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and fin e ' 8%, F a lcon► Aga . R e ward, Luguota'► reevfellh ()bawl' with loss her Ma n, Cubs; amts. Quee. iDsP,I [9. ;tibia 4.. Marine► 3athurstf xeb , Quebec I Quebec' rd. I ° l3► . robasc ° .! iainich" Science: land a n . 1, 1309t011' )ec. liapolll, a op, ya ‘.2 , tbt t. a u ard an •s, ~e~ is• ral" -1.401(1):(114rTPØfly M.ORNItid:-___3l:7l4lr 22, 1644. i SPIRIT - of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. EGENCE SPORTING INTE LL , IPSWICH RAC F c-' - der Ataiest pi. 11r. 8 0 , s •,Y 8 a ''' ' , r ce s Coranna, 5 :yrs si • Th Bretes.l.)ani e l, aged e County Members' 0 . • Plate of 504 ; 3 yrs old, 7st 21b , yrs, Bst Bth ; 5 vrs, 9st ; 6 y rs an d aged, 9st 4th. Alore and geldings allowed 31b ; and half-bred horses, 71b. ; Win ners extra. H ea t s , two miles. The winner to be sold for 20a , & c. 11,:!.(l_Exeter's Crosby, 3 yrs (Pettit) 1 1 ;Itr.logers's Prosody, 5 yrs 5 2 frt.. Coleman's Devil-among -the-Tailors, 5 yrs 2 3 ~rirq . r a e rd 'sDis F cr al et rp io i n ay ( , late Sir Diggory Diddle), 3 yrs 3 dr 4 dr aged. 'Lie St eward's Purs e o f 201 ., a dd e d to a sweeps t a k es o f 3 sovs. V __re• Abel ' s Bot Conditi yrs y 4 heeem ons as above. The winner to be sold for 80L .[, VI:: Bradford ' sSquabble, 4 yrs ••• (Ling) 1 1 2 dr M r. Remnant, 3 yrs 3 dr Theobald's Old Chemise, aged __The Hu r dl e Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, list Itil, O neo mile a n d a di s. , were won , in two heats, by Mr. r , w 6 3•rs (Pettit), beating Mr. Button's Faith, ' lra ' an d Mr- Coleman's Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs. WLD: , f 10t (Boyce) THURSDAY. The TOM Members' Plate of 50/. Conditions as for the Lord County Plate. T _ Exeter's Crosby, 3 yrs ... ........... -..(Pettit) 2 1 1 'II W. Powlett's Aso p, 4 y rs . by AI/ -11 weap of 3 sovs. each, 1 ft, with 30 added, was won r. R ogers ' s Prosody, 5 yrs (Bartholomew), beating Mr. 1,,,?4'es Slow, 6 yrii, Mr. Abel's Bother'em, and Mr. Hardy's tTh ,e tight Dragoo n S wee p s t a k es f or o ffi c e r s' horses, list ilt th orough -bred 71bs extra, were won: in two heats by TiltllaKan's Duk e , ag ed , i n a can t er. e tlank Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added, 3 yrs old, thorough yrs, 9st 71b-5 yrs, lOst 31b—aged, 10st 101b— lIgh-bred, 101bs extra, winner to be sold for 401., were b la two heats by Mr. Abel's Bother'em 4 yi? (Ling), an ee ci ti ng Remnant, 3 yrs, Mr. Theobald's Old Chemise, aged, Cobbold's Tiney, aged. b e Beate n P urse was won b y Di scret i on, b eat i ng th e evil- aziong-the Tailors and Faith. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING—(CONCLUDRD). FRAY. Thele Sta n l ey Stakes of 15 Soya.l D each, 10 ft, with 30 added, k r. AA the second saves his stake. T.Y.C _ . White' s S wee t mea t, 2 yrs (Darling,jun.) 1 Godfiey, 3 yrs 2 4,.lG .Benthack's Miss Elis. 2 yrs 3 he following also ran :—Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden, l' an , Y tßir R. Pigot's The Lass of Gowrie, 2 yrs—Mr. Wil vt.l - " A l's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs—Sir John Gerard's Pluto, 2 Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 3 yrs—Mr. Watt's Pickpocket, Alostyn's Master Stepney, 2 yrs, and Lord anl eY's Z 5 ephon. a gu L t , 2 agst Dr. Husband, 4 to 1 agst Sweetmeat (t), 5 to 1 '';tiny Eden (t), 6to 1 agst Pluto, and 7 to 1 agst The7l" B . Won easy by a length. Miss Elis a good third. the second St. Leger of 25 sovs. each, with 100 added ; to receive 50/. ; colts, Bst Blbs ; fillies, Bst 31b. t or r mile a n d th ree quarters. D il k S tanley's Ithuriel e of Richmond's Red Deer b' u s l i o •St. P au l' s Telemachus r. I Z I Westenra's Paragon t h awrth's Kilgrfn 144 ° . B t t Yn's Lad Sale tett' entinck s y Emma W eh L i ng -6 to son Red Deer, and 6to 4 agst Ithuriel. Deer y two lengths, after a tremendously fast race. Red w its Th e much distressed. ,?talid Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of 15 sow. Mr. I each, 10 ft Once round and a distance. 1,0 r'ul'e Mickey Free, 3 yrs. (Murphy) 1 George Bentinck's Naworth, aged 2 W o :',e, following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. 4 1 ., u iligton's Caine, 6 yrs—Lord Eglinton's Pompey, 4 "v:sair• Meiklam's Philip, 4 yrs—Mr. Merry's Armitage, " 2 - , and Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 4 yrs. ?,„ s o 1 agst Mickey Free, 3 to 1 agst Armytage, 5 to 1 agst agst"PeY. 6 to 1 agst Philip, 7 to 1 agst Glossy, and 7 to 1 -Naworth W en • t ies , on the pest by a head after the longest, closest, _and i'iTesolute race ever witnessed. Pompey was a bad third. feerosvenor Stakes of 15 sovs. each,. 5 ft, with 30 added, Othree and four years old. One mile and three-quarters. rd eiklam's The Best of Three, 3 yrs ............(Lye) e g ik li i n a to in n ,s 's Aristides, 4 yrs 3 - Godfrey, 3 yrs ... 2 ` 1 4 _ 1 111 Gerard's Erebus, 3 who 4 Th o - ,, on Best of Three, who won easy by two lengths Lo r f ll °lvsler Stakes of 100 soya. each. One mile and a half. Sellnley s Zephon, 3 yrs " e ing Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 60 added, the second 11„ , to receive 10/. Heats, one mile and a half. at'_• W hitelock's Fair Rosamond, 3 yrs...(Darling) 1 0 1 air Bawson's The Biddy, 5 yrs Bowes's T'Auld Squire, 3 yrs Robinson's April Noddy, 3 yrs 0 2 4 Morpeth, 6 yrs 0 0 5 41 . 4 hnstone's Easingwold, aged 2 0 dr Three well-contested heats. LATEST BETTING AT LIVERPOOL. 9 -CI t GOODWOOD STAKES. 8 t 2 agst Franchise—taken 10 to 1 agst Best of Three—t 10 0 1 agst Era—taken 10 to 1 agst Parthian t° 1 agst Croton Oil—tak. 10 to 1 agst Canton t 4 GOODWOOD CUP. - agstAliceHawthorn—t. I 10 to 1 agst Prizefighter—t. ST. LEGER. 12 to 1 agst Red Deer 13 to 1 agst Morpeth 12 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh 30 to 1 agst Lightning 4 to 1 agst The Cure 4 to 1 agst Ithuriel 8 to 1 agst The Princess—t. 8 to 1 agst Bay Alomus--ta to 1 agsr Ugly Buck The Ugly Buck is declared " GOODWOOD C Alice hawthorn, 6 yrs, 98t 51b Robert deGorham, syrs, 9st 4 Attila, 5 y rs , g s t 41b Lothari o , 4 y r s, 9st 41b Cotherstone, 4 yrs, 9st 31b Una, 6 yrs, 9st 31b Wi lliam-le -Gros, 5 yrs, 9st 21b Sealteen, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b The Altered One (late Ca brera), 5 yrs, Bst 131 b Aristotle, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b Orion, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Parthian, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Plflegon, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Sirikol, 4 yrs, list 101 b Bishop of Romford's Cob, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Vibration, 5 yrs, Bst 91b The Era; 4 yrs, Bst Blb Bramble, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Semiseria, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, gat 61b P rizefighter, 4 yrs, Bst 51b The Squire, 6 yrs, Bat 51b Pompey, 4 yrs, Bst 51b British Yeoman, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Belem'', 5 yrs, Bst 51b Somerset, 4 yrs, Bst 31b The Original Match at Got one's Larry *Hale and Los 'we been altered to be run on i ?Nruers up, Lord G. Benti nc k I (hot likely to be less than 12s1 Rive slbs. The Ugly Buck is declared The not to go to Goodwood. :UP WEIGHTS. Wiseacre, 5 yrs, Bst 11b Revel, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b Khondoez, 4 yrs, 7st I llb A:istides, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Arundo, 4 yrs, 7st 81b g by Hindoo, out of Sister to Aolus, 5 yrs, 7st 71b The Princess, 3 yrs, 7st 71b llessai ina, 5 yrs, 7st 61b lonian, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Antler, 3 yrs, Ist 41b Discount, 6 y rs , 7 s t Olb Brunel, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b Red Deer, 3 yrs Est 131 b Milton, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Little Vivian, aged, 6st 131 b Giges (bred in France), aged, 6st 121 b Cameleon (bred on the Conti nent), aged, Est 121 b Lightning, aged, Est 101 b Stomacher (the Castor filly), 3 yrs, Est 61b The Ashtead Pet,3 yrs, Est 31b Rowena, 3 yrs, 6d llb Broken Down, aged, paid. Daddy Longlegs, 5 yrs, paid The Ugly Buck, 3 yrs, paid oodwood, between Lord Maid rd G. Bentinck's Captain Cook, the first day, over the course, to ride what weight he pleases t 71b), and Lord Maidstone to Lot to run at Goodwood. - practice of transmitting.portions of the human y '4"e ever e thr oug h the Post-o ffi ce is an outrage so revolting to that feeling of our nature, that we are not surprised t o many psons can with difficulty bring the itsthe m e exis t te h n ee e • We feel it our duty, therefore, to give more fuly tai particulars of this shockiug case the packet con eleg the human flesh arrived at the General Post re • t o ,ee, in the mail-bag from Amersham, and was addressed ti esk lt• Quain, Esq., Surgeon, London . University." The is " vvas wrapped up slightly in flax, and then enclosed ITT , 31 a thin covering of paper. The envelope was flesh,y daniaged by the oozing out of blood from the _ t t r „ • ,;_other letters were contaminated to an extent i should st ?ras Us to allude to. If, however, any persons tel_trernain sceptical on the point, we would refer them . to o 17: Post-o ffi ce. We understand that a communica tio n bas made to the medical authorities of the London loah:ersity on the subject, of such a nature as is likely • thp'event any furth e r r esor t to the practice, as far as A' a re concerned.—Ob server . AETI ON TO TRESPASSERS UPON RAILWATS.—A Isi r • - c Alan named Richard Oldfield was charged before Vrederick, Bait., at the Kingston Police-court on W tlrc at the instance of the Directors of the South. tr.. - "ero Railway Company, with having unlawfully Vi a Pea k led up on t h e ra il way on t h e 9t h i nst . M r . Jasper and 3 % the sup er i n t en d ent o f t h e ra il way s t a t e d the ca se, the info defo rmed the magistrates that on the day in questa?n il_.ant had got down the embankment of the raal p_, a nd walk e d from Esher to Kingston. The superio. _ th e d was about to prove the case by witnesses when Rnt expressed his desire to plead gu ilty. Mr, 4 1bY a i ; sai d that when the defendant was stoppe d upon Ivr o r N`way, be said that he was not aware he was doing 4 g- The Compauy bad no desire to pres . s the rotee. "hi ' b • ti o 3, ut they felt it to be their duty for the oft:ef tbe d public to proceed against all persons P who so imp ort n 'ed- The magistrates observral that it was very teant such trespasses should be punished, and at the Conn thee said that if the defendant had been Wed, hirja7 woad in all probability bave been blamed , ray aley remarked that the only objed. of th e hae w aa to protect the public. He added that, . ; _ r hav e e b c 'e° up. in all probability the defendant mus., traia . - e en killed. The defendant having expressed his , 14,4 ► jet at the occurrence, the bench fined him in the itated Penalty of ten shillings and costs. ti le 1.4111'14.Y MISADVENTURES.—On Sunday a ft ernoon had 'Mega up tr a i n , w hi c h l eaves the station at 2 A.M., fice_Pf () Ceeded about three quarters of smile beyond the ler t , w a br idge, at Cowley -bridge, when the engineer ob ' h e a cow on the line, but, thinking that long before lito n ' ani _e up to it the animal would move off, he did not teet":_nowever, such was not the case, the engine caug ht eks r o ,,‘,T l _, and knocked it down, the whole of . the . tru a _ e r oe ;,"lg over it, and bruising it into an undistinguish bl _ b ein 4 . It belonged to C. Cross, Esq., of Duryard, and It ;„g a very fine animal had been let out to a dairyman. iit z - t tlPPosed that it broke the fence of the field adjoin lte;4o line, and so wandered to the place where it was h ew • The val ue o f t h e cow is estimated at 181., and of tt !4:3 thi s , great damage was done to the rails, several rap by cross pieces, connecting the sl e ep ers , being torn cot;v the trucks throw n o ff t h e li ne. On Saturday, t h e riset rain, due at 5 20, P.M., not arriving in proper meat it an engine, with engineers, was dispatched to watfearing som e acc id ent h ad occurred. At Bridg t,,_, it was found th at the engine which had been at -07.7 t d to the tr a i n was ren d ered useless by the bursting tr a i n h be. The engine sent up was then put on, and the lay H a rfived shortly before 8 P.M., thus having been de au°llt two hours and'a half.—Somerset Gazette. roa n d ; t •iceroN,....-A. dreadful accident occurred to a day r ivalg a heavy unloaded timber carriage, on Fri cast. A 4 . bundle of hay was placed on the front of 4"1.7_ carriage for the horses to eat whilst loading, and the wh v ee f :very incautiously seated himself on it. The em. rin s Pa4aink over a large stone in tho road threw the froni"o,ao Pugh on one side as to cause the hay to roll N__,nunuer bhp, by whi c h he was thrown off, the wheel ;,: t t,g over part of his head, and taking off the ear th e g s a l side of his face, close to the nose, and part of stiffsuee er . a ill The poor fellow lies in a dreadful state of er; rag the Wellington Union, where he has every re, o0 "„"°11 shown him,with some hopes of hie pltiToll ' er ' 3 % -- Sonterset Gazette. CAPT. WARNER'S EXPERINENT AT BRIGHTON WITH THE NEW DESTRUC TIVE POWER. It being generally understood that Capt. Warncr was n Saturday to put to.the test, oft* the' beach of Brigh power of ton, his _ _ r .ca, Com pletely and instantaneously, immense numbers of per sons proceeded from London to witness the experiment. By the train which left town at half-past eight the num ber of passengers could not have been less than 500, while the several succeeding trains were also crowded to an unusual extent. As early as twelve o'clock the Steine, which, as many of our readers are aware, extends nearly two miles along the sea-side, presented a scene of unwonted animation and bustle. Thousands of pede,trians were seen walking about, and eagerly looking in the direction of Shoreham —five or six miles off—for the vessel on which the interesting experi ment was to be made. The beach was also crowded with fashionable equipages, while all the vehicles which were to be let in Brighton seemed to have been engaged for the occasion. The crowd increased until two o'clock, at which time many expected that the ex periment would be made. Never, we will venture to say, did Brighton before present so exciting an appear ance as it did at that hour. Let the reader only ima gine that he sees along the beach one continuous stream of persons, among whom were a very large number of elegantly attired ladies, while the outside of the foot pathway was crowded with carriages, &c., and he will form some idea of the very imposing scene which Brighton presented on the occasion. The windows too, it ought to be mentioned, of the houses along the beach, were all occupied, as was indeed every spot whence could be commanded a view of the extraordinary occur rence which was expected to take place. The numbers were variously estimated. Some supposed there could not have been less than 40,000 persons present. We feel convinced the number must have been upwards of 30,000. The day was exceedingly fine, which gave additional interest to the scene. Though the impression was that the experiment would be made by half-past three o'clock, the immense concourse of spectators exhibited no signs of impatience up till four, but a fear then began to, be expressed that some accident had taken place, orthat some circumstance would, after all;occur to prevent their receiving the gratification which they had been promised, and which they were so anxious to obtain. Another, hour and upwards passed away, and still no symptom of preparation for the important experiment were perceptible. The ship was still to be seen lying iu her moorings,while neither of the two steam vessels, which it was known were to accompany her, exhibited the least appearance of motion. A little after five, however, the ship, the name 'of which was the John of Gaunt, was seen to leave her place off Shoreham, towed by one of the steamers, and followed by the other. A feeling of delight was now visible in every countenance, inspired by the gratification which they were about to receive. The progress of the ship, which, it ought to be mentioned, is three-masted, strongly built, and of 300 tons burden, was watched with the most intense interest. About fif teea minutes before six, the steamer which had towed the ship from Shoreham was seen to make a pause, and then return to the ship about to be destroyed The other steamer was about a quarter of a mile behind the John of Gaunt. The first steamer having returned for a few seconds to the vessel, quitted her, and proceeded in the same course as before. The vessel and the steamer were soon about a mile out in the sea; as near as might be opposite to the Old Ship Tavern. A little farther to the westward is the battery, where Lord Ingestre, Cap tain Henderson, R.N., Captain Breton, RN., and Captain Dickinson, RN., had stationed themselves for the purpose of giving the signal when the ship should be blown up. This they distinctly declared was left entirely to themselves, without having had any concert or understanding with Captain Warner. When the first steamer had got about fifty yards ahead of the vessel, the Noble Lord and the three Gallant Officers whose names have just been men- , stros mg tioned, gave the signal, which was the hoisting of the Union Jack. In a moment afterwards an immense quantity of smoke of an unusually white complexion, and evidently very thin, was seen to ascend from the vessel. In -a few seconds, indeed, she seemed to be en veloped in a cloud of smoke, the only part of her visible being her mainmast. In a moment more, for it was li terally the work of a moment, the main and mizen-masts were seen to fall over the vessel into the sea. A few se conds more, and a rumbling sort of noise, which it is dif ficult to describe, was heard to proceed from the ship, and ere yet the sound had died on the ear, the vessel was a complete wreck. She went almost in stantaneously to pieces, no trace of her being visible but the top . of her foremast. The spectators were not only astonished but astounded at what they saw. They could scarce believe the evidence of their eyes, that so fine a vessel—one which but ten or twelve seconds before was riding majestically on the waves—should have been totally destroyed. The in stantaneous completeness of the destruction seemed to indicate something magical. Under other circumstances, loud cheers would have doubtless burst from the vast assemblage. But they were too much confounded by what had so rapidly passed before their eyes, to give a single shout. It was some time before many of them could exchange words with the friends who stood be side them. We conversed with gentlemen of great naval experience—men who had seen ships blown up and destroyed under all circumstances, and by every variety of means—and all of them concurred in saying, that no agency ever brought to bear in this way can stand a moment's comparison with that of Captain Warner; which, after what they witnessed, they could not but regard as possessing, in some respects, an almost omnipotent power. Nothing, certainly, ever constructed by the hand of man, could resist. the agency which on Saturday produced such destructive effects. 'the fact to be illustrated in the experiment of Satur day is the power which a vessel containing the projec tiles of Captain Warner could have over other ships which might be chasing her. Captain Warner wished to prove that if a ship of war were nearly falling into the hands of the enemy, either because not a sufficiently fast sailer, or not able to defend herself, she would only have to use his projectiles - to insure the immediate de struction of that ship, or of several ships. If what he did- on Saturday could always be done with infallible certainty, there cannot be a doubt that all that Capt. Warner says of his discovery is true. On this point, however, we express no opinion. We have no idea how far Captain Warner's agency could be made available in actual warfare with a rival power. That must he left to the decision of competent judges after due inquiry. The question in every body's mouth is, by what agency Captain Warner produces such won derlbl results. That, we believe, is known only to Captain Warner himself, and if he be wise he will keep the secret until he has the reward of his genius in his pocket.. But though nothing definite is known as to the mode of operation, there is no lack of conjectures on the subject. Some persons fancied they could dis• cover, by means of a glass, a rope which communicated the steam-vessel in which Captain Warner and his friends were to the ship destined to destruction. We ' cannot contradict this, because we had no glass ; but certainly nothing of the kind was visible to the naked eye. The prevailing opinion among scientific men was, that the work of destruction had been done by means of -an electrical battery. Others contend that the ship was destroyed by means of a line connected with a trig ger, and that when this trigger is pulled, a concussion takes place which shakes the ship to pieces. There is a third class of persons who are equally confident that a case, about three feet square, containing the materials by which such wonderful results are produced, is placed along the ship, and that the contents being by some means or other eisploded, instantaneously shivers the vessel in pieces. But all this, t 0 already remarked, is mere conjecture. The experiment of Saturday is only one a a series which Captain Warner means to make, having for their object to prove that he possesses the knowledge of a source of naval power which - would destroynn entire , fleet at once. The present experiment has been made at his own and his private friends' expense ; but he is now to apply to Government for the necessary means to enable him to make the experiments. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The subject a the supposed new destructive power, invented by Captain Warner, has recently been revived in the public mind by an announcement that an experi ment upon a grand scale would take place off -Brighton, the inventor undertaking to destroy and sink a ship of between 300 and 400 tons burden by the simple force of one discharge (so to speak) of his shell," as the invention has been termed. Saturday, the 13th inst., as our readers are aware, was the day originally ap pointed for the experiment to be made, and, as stated in this journal of last week, the extraordinary nature of the undertaking had the effect of attracting a very large number of naval and military officers, noblemen and others; from London, for the purpose of witnessing it. Adverse winds, and other accidental circumstances com bined, however, prevented the ship from reaching Brigh ton on tie 13th, and the "curious" were disap pointed, at any rate fer *time ; but all concurred in re lieving Captain Warner fro'n the Opp of intentional neglec.. On Wedne:,44Yl , t he ship intended to be expert nenta lised upOn, a fine ;zone o . f . between 300 and 400 tons and belonging to Mr. burden, named the John of 'A it for the pur- Somes, of London, who liberally gran.,.._ pose, arrived off Shoreham, and the necessary ar:2." . ments having been completed, Saturday was fixed as the most convenient day for the trial to come off, principally to allow the attendance of the Members of the House of Commons, many of whom had expressed a wish to be present. The mail train, which left London at half-past ten, brought down a perfect host of visitors. Amongst those travelling by it we observed—Lord Brougham, the Earl of Miinvers, Lord Ranelagh, Viicount Ingestre, lion. Captain Murray, RN., Colonel Dundas, Captain Ryder 'Burton, R.N., Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., Mr. Montagu Gore, M.P., Mr. Somes, the ship-owner, Mr. G. Tomlin, M.P., Mr. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. R. Neville, M.P., Hon. Sydney Pierrepoint, Chevalier Benkhausen , Captain E. Lloyd, R.N., Mr. Redhead Yorke, M.P., Sir Montagu Chol monde ley, Hon. Henry Fitzroy, M.P., Viscount Alford, M.P., Captain Boldero, M.P.. Mr. Emerson Tennent, M.P., Lord Tadcaster, Captain Henderson, RN., Mr. William Peel, Mr. J. Sheppard (the Chairman), and the follow ing Directors of the East India Company—Mr. Robin.. son, Colonel Sykes, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Warden, and Mr. Cotton, &c. `Upon arriving at Brighton most of the company pro ceeded to the chain-pier, from which point the vessel destined to be destroyed was seen riding at anchor off Shoreham harbour. The greatest excitement prevailed' in the town, and nearly the whole population seemed to be collected on the cliffs and 'upon the pier. Three o'clock was the time appointed for the experiment to be made, and, long before that hour the pier head, the bat tery, and every other point cothmanding a good view of the sea, was crowded with gentlemen and fashionably dressed ladies, whose observation was anxiously directed towards Shoreham,_ Among thew la se sent Vv e bbiervpd the Wittis of Eiteter„Loyd . A,ylmee, ZiotitCOMbermere; Lord Templetown, Hon. General Upton, the Marquis of Lorne, the Marquis of I Mir , o, Lord Lovaine, the Bishop of rd, aul a great atany others whose •names we cannot now particularise. The above hour passed without any apparent movement on board the ship, which still rode at anchor gdlantly, with twa attendant steamers within a short distanc of her. Four o'clock arrived, and still the anchor r. mained fast, and some feeling of impatience was manifested by the spectators. Before five, however, the crew on board were observed, by the aid of a powerful glass, to be busy weighing an chor ; and shortly afterwards the vessel was taken in tow. by oze of the steamers, and hove down towards Brighton. There was something in the appearance of the gallant barque, riding proudly on to its destruction, which created a feeling of deep interest among the spec tators ; and, although another hour elapsed before the experiment was made, no further impatience was mani fested. The John of Gaunt arrived off the battery at 20 minutes to six o'clock, and in a few moments the two sailors - who had remained on board of her up to this time were taken off by a small boat from the steamer. The most intense anxiety now prevailed among the spectators on shore, and every movement of those on board the tug-beat was watched with the greatest interest. -Capt. Warner was himself on board the tug, and it had been arranged that when the signal was given from the battery the crew of that vessel should go below, leaving no other persons on deck but the captain and the mate. This arrangement was observed ; and immediately afterwards the steamer, which had hitherto been towing the ship by a hawser, put back, and came abreast of her—a position which she maintained for a.very few moments,.and then again pro ceeded to her former situation, about a quarter of a mile eastward of the John of Gaunt. At five. minutes to six o'clock, Captain Warner answered the signal from the battery, by lowering the flag at the mast head of the steamer ; and this being generally understood as the immediate prelude to the explosion every eye was ri vetted on the ship, which, it should be stated, was at this time exactly opposite the battery on the west cliff, about two miles distant from the shore. A little delay, how ever, took place—five minutes only—and at six o'clock precisely (the vessel being at the time bearing down channel to the eastward), and still (as it is believed) in tow of the steamer, the explosion took place, effecting the wreck of the ship in the most complete and perfect manner, not a vestige of her hull being visible above the water within about two minutes after she Was struck. The first intimation which, the spectators had of the destruction of the ship was by a low dull sound, immediately succeeded by a column , of white smoke, which appeared to rise from be neath the vessel. This smoke cleared away in a very few moments, and left the wreck exposed to view. The mainmast was broken off quite short, within a very few feet of,the deck, the mizen mast-being almost wholly gone, and the foremast alone remaining entire. 'The bulwarks on both sides the ship were blown completely away, the greatest injury appearing to have been effected on the larboard scle, as the vessel immediately heeled over in that direction, and gradually went.down, As her hull disappeared, the success of the experiment was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering-from the crowds as sembled on the battery and the pier. She sunk in about thirty-five feet water, and when her 'keel touched the bottom about half the fore-topmast was visible above the water. Several officers interested in the experiment im mediately put off to make an examination of the wreck, and the Sir William Wallace, the steamer in which Capt Warner had been, remained in tbe vicinity for some time. The masts, and other large portions of the wreck, were clearly observed from the shore, floating about in the water. And now a few words as to the modus operandi. It is not to be supposed, after hearing all the statements cir culated as to the destructive power of Captain Warner's invention, that even the anxiety of a reporter to obtain the most accurate information would carry him within ordinary shot distance of the ship about to be, shattered by the supposed new element, and,.in common with many thousand others, the writer confesses to a weakness which kept him safely ensconced on the battery height. Hence, through a powerful telescope, an excellent view of both the steamer and the John of Gaunt was obtained, and the appearance of the wreck after the explosion as certained with tolerable distinctness. The distance from the shore (nearly two miles) was far too great, however, to discern whether "the instrument *of destruction was propelled by any machine on the steamer to the ship, or whether the destruction of the vessel was accomplished by some hidden power beneath the surface of the water placed exactly in the track of the vessel. In this dilemma, as to the real facts, the opinions and statements of various scientific and other individuals who have long been curious as to the means employed, will be read with interest. From an extended conversa tion among this class of persons, the writer obtained opi nions at variance with each other on many points ; but the prevailing impression certainly was, that no " pro• jectile force" is adopted by Capt. Warner in carrying out his discovery. The difficulty of controlling any power possessing sufficient force to destroy a ship instan taneously.with such a degree of accuracy as to ensure its explosion at a given moment, and at the same time to prevent its bursting by the act of propulsion, may have induced many to come to this conclusion, and there is some show of reason in it. The prevailing impression .is, that two " detonating shells ' secured together by means of a chain or rope, are suspended at a certain distance beneath the surface of the water, directly in the track of the vessel, which upon meeting with the obstruction offered by the chain or rope, forces it forward, a motion which inevitably draws the " shells " against the sides of the ship, upon coming in contact with which they are so constructed as to explode instantaneously, and by such explosion de stroy the vessel. A close observation of the whole proceeding this day led the writer to believe that some such mode' of pro ceeding must be adopted. There certainly was no ap pearance of an explosion from the hold of the vessel, and, so far us could be ascertained,' the injury the ship sustained appeared to be about the centre on the lar board and starboard sides. It is true that two of her masts were destroyed, and that her back appeared to be broken, .but this might have very well arisen in the manner described. A few individuals were of opinion that a galvanic communication existed between the steam tug and the vessel destroyed, and they backed their opinion by the fact that Captain Warner had declined to allow any person to go on board the ship immediately before the experiment. It was very generally urged that this latter arrangement was not quite satisfactory, but Captain Warner met the objection by stating, that if he allowed one individual he should be overwhelmed by applica- tions. The result of the examination of the wreck will be looked forward to with the greatest interest by all parties. The Directors of the Railway Company had liberally offered to send a special train up to town for the conve nience of those who came down to witness the experi ment, but the time at which it occurred fortunately en abled all who desired it to return to town by the half past six train, which brought up twenty-nine carriages, containing nearly 600 persons.—Sunday Paper. COURT OF REQUESTS, GUILDHALL. LLOYD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER V.:TIIE TIMES. On Saturday the Commissioners of this Court adjudi cated upon a case of some importance to new spaper pro prietors. It was brought at the instance of Mr. Edward Lloyd, proprietor of Lloyd's Weeny Newspaper, to re cover the sum of 155., from John Joseph Lawson, the printer of the Times newspaper, as follows: — Mr. Samuel Robins, overseer to Mr. Lloyd, appeared to support the case on behalf of Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Alexander Dobie, an attorney, on behalf of Mr: Lawson, of the Times. Mr. Robins said that on Friday, the sth of July, he took an advertisement to the Times.office, for insertion on Saturday the 6th. The advertisement contained a bill of contents for Lloyd's Ifeekly Newspaper of Sunday,- the 7th. , The same advertisement was also sent to other morning papers, and appeared on Saturday, the 6th. The one in the Times, however, did not appear until Monday, the Bth, and then had been altered by their printer, in order that it might read correctly. 'This being of no use whatever to Mr. Lloyd, he (Mr. Robins) had on behalf of Mr. Lloyd taken out the present sum mons, to recover the sum of. 155., which had been charged by the Times for the insertion. A COMMISSIONER—What is complained of is an every day occurrence, and I do not see that, Mr. Lloyd can re cover the bum he seeks. Mr. Dobie contended that the advertisement had ap peared, and therefore answered the desired effect, namely, that of giving publicity to the paper. Mr. Robins—lf a bill were made out for a particular day for a benefit at a theatre, or advertised any parti cular exhibition for a certain day, what use would it be to the proprietor if the advertisement of the benefit or exhibition appeared on the day after it was over 7 A COMMISSIONER—Yes ; or a sale by auction appear ing the day after it has taken plaee. Mr. Dobie—lf he had applied on the Saturday and rescinded the advertisement, as it had not appeared, his application would have been attended to. Mr. Robins—l did not consider it necessary • and when saw it IP the Monday's paper, I thought Of the utter inutility of its appearance, One of the CestsmisrowEas observed that its having appeared would be the means of additional copies being , • Av. • Mr. Robins galti that the intention was to sell the papers on. the Sunday named in the tikivertisement. Another CciAINTSSIONEB said that he was perfectly of the same opinion, and it was evidently inserted to in crease the sale on that particular Sunday. Mr. Dobie denied that any particular day bad been named for the-insertion. Mr. Robins replied that he had particularly named the day to be the next day (Saturday), besides the circum stance of their own printer baying altered the adver tisement, was a sufficient corroboration of what he had stated. After a long consultation between the Commissioners, the Chief one said—" We are of Opinion that the money ought to be refunded to Mr. Lloyd." Mr. Dobie said he thought Me advertisement duty should be deducted from the amount. Mr. Robins said that Mr. Lloyd had. brought this cases forward upon p rinciple ; he should; - therefore, agree 'to the reduction, but should press for costs. To this the Commissioners acceded, and thus the affair terminated. CAUTION TO PARENTS, o children were brought to the Dispensary, Barnstaple, on Tuesday last, each of whom had gat a cherrystone in his ear. The first was a boy from TaWstock, to whom the accident had happened on the preceding Sanday; "and several abortive attempts had been made to get out the st one ; by which the ear w a s ver y muc h irritated,. and it was not without much difficulty .that. ttieetiEds at the I)ispenitarvouceeeditl'in extraoting.lt« klearcelY had he bebh ielievechwheiV the second came into the house, and in - his case also, which had only just occurred, extraction was performed.—Somerset Gazette, . THE WORDS OF WISDOM. OVER-TRADING-OVER-POPULATION-AND OVER-PRODUCTION. Our wise men and sages—our public orators and Writers--:our Dr.'s—our LL.D.'s— our M.A:'s—our A.M.'s and A.S.S.'s, and our numerous host of learned men, with many words and little knowledge, have been for years labouring most profoundly to make us under stand the wisdom and sublimity of the above motto. Another very knowing and active set of gentlemen are trying to enlighten our understandings by preaching and talking to us about free trade—in everything but money —but that it is necessary to retain the money, to afford the wealthy capitalists an opportunity of exhibiting their great goodness in allowing us, when it suits their pur pose, the honour of making trousers for sevenpence per pair, and shirts for one penny farthing each, &c. Also to show us, in the fulness of their wisdom, how they can increase the markets by destroying the demand and starving the consumers. And the people, inspired by the aforesaid, cried Amen, so let it be. Some few silly people said, the Money Currency had much to do in retarding or promoting the well-being of the people. But the people, at the bidding of the Wise Men and Philosophers, turned a deaf ear, and laughed at the want of knowledge on the part of these simple people of sublime sayings and doings, of the learned . Philosophers Political Economists. - And in, and behold, it came to pass in the year 1844, that the few silly people, notwithstanding they were laughed at, continued to say the wise men and philoso phers, commonly called political economists or wisdom persbnified ; and who also boasted of much learning one filling a professors chair in Gower-street (*Cul loch), another scattering wisdom from Oxford (Senior), others from the haunts of law and commerce (Tooke, Torrens, Lloyd, and others). Yet the few silly and perverse people continued to say, notwithstanding you have much learning, you have very little knowledge of men and things ; and these silly people denied the truth of an assertion put forth by their great, philosopher whom they called Malthus, who said the people had no right to live when they became too numerous, and must be starved out of existence in obedience to the new philosophy. In vain did the people say, let us produce, consume, and exchange with each 'other, and we will provide enough and to spare. We contend you philosophy promotes immorality and crime, and creates envy, ill will, and strife among men ; but one leurned philosopher said (Senior, see Note 1) they had nothing to do with morality, their business was with accumulation. . Another wise man made known his wisdom and know ledge, by saying he had never thought about it (Jones Loyd, see Note 2) ; yet, notwithstanding, the philoso phers continued to say the people had no business to live unless they understood the wise doctrine promulgated by them of supply and demand, and the more they pro duce the less they ought to consume,-&c. • Supply depends on demand, they said,.and demand is governed by money ; and to increase the demand we will lessen the money.. Two more daring than the rest (Loyd and Peel by name) said we will show our wisdom practically, con sequently Loyd wrote a book, and Peel framed a law from that book, and they said thus : We will set up a golden calf, and the wondering, cheated' multitude will worship the invention. We will give bits of gold in small quantities at a fixed price, and only with these will we allow them ;to make their exchanges. It shall not be more than 20s. per head for the population, and small as is the amount com pared with the people's wants, we can manage to mono polize it in the hands of a few, and thus will the people soon know and feel the true doctrine of our • friend and predecessor Malthus. There will be too many to live under these crippled arrangements—consequently some will starve. Others will fight and tear, and kill each other, with cares and anxieties in these money scrambles. Some will become cheats and swindlers, others will steal, and thus we shall promote emigration. And the people, through their representative, shouted and cried " hurrah ! for the wisdom, , philosophy, and learning, of Lloyd, Peel, and Company.' W. K.. Note I.—The preface to Mr. Senior's Books on Poli tical Economy. Note 2.—Mr. Jones Loyd, in his examination before the Committee on Bank Issues, is asked among other questions, as follows : .2. " Have you ever considered what would be the effect upon the minds of the trading and working part of the community if the value of stock and wages fluctuated, and were subject to sudden depressions by the action of the currency. " Answer.—l must admit I have never reflected on such topics ; because I feel assured if I was to make the attempt I should only lead my own intellect into great confusion, &c." LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.— At a Committee meeting of the above Society, held at the Office, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on Friday, the 19th instant, Mr. Edmonds in the chair, a reward of one guinea was paid to Wm. Latham, F 45, for apprehending Thomas Dignum, for robbing Mr. Marriott, the Old Crown, Broad street, Bloomsbury, of an ale glass. At a previous meeting the following sums were also awarded ;--To John Sayer, 285 N, one guinea, for apprehending John Williams for rob bing Mr. Rouse, White Conduit Tavern,,Pentonville, of a pewter pot ; to Wm. Horsford (an active officer of the Men dicity Society), one guinea, for apprehending Benjamin Jones for robbing Mr. Jenkins, Catherine-wheel, Little James street, St. James's, and Mr. Beavans, Duke of Albemarle, Stafford-street, Bond-street, of several pewter pots—the sen tence in this case was ten years' transportatiori; and to J. Burford, servant to Mr. Sandy, Green Dragon, King-street, Golden-square, half-a-guinea, for detecting John Cannaway in robbing his employer of a knife and fork. PILGRIMAGE TO THE TOMB OE' JOHN RAY.—A pilgrimage was made on Wednesday last to the tomb of John Ray, the naturalist, at Black Notley, Essex, by the President (the Lord Bishop of Norwich), and several fellows of the Linnean Society. 'The party left town by the first railway for Witham, where they were joined by J. H. Pattison, Esq., who being the proprietor of the house in which Ray spent his last days, invited these gentlemen to take luncheon beneath its roof.. Proceed ing to Black Notley, about six miles distant from Witham, the party reached the village church about twelve o'clock. On the south side of the church rest the mortal remains of one of the greatest of British Naturalists. The tomb is of a pyramidal form, and is inscribed with an elegant latin epitaph from the:pen of the Rev. W. Coyte. It is in good pre servation, but the inscription is rather illegible, and it is said that the Linnean Society intends to restore that portion of it. The Bishop of Norwich appeared to take especial interest in the scene, but was obliged to leave early. About one o'clock the party assembled at Dew lands, the house from which Ray's pure spirit took its flight in 1705 ; it is now a farm house, and here they sat down to a cold collation provided by Mr. Pattison, at which that worthy gentleman and his lady presided. The memory of John Ray was drunk in reverential Norfolk Chronicle. signatures in a work belonging tto separating Mr. Pattison.—i° dpßaelins of Ray ;" which will doubtless that gentleman as an interesting memento a . t r tis een o r n d ._ ed ,, t ro h e e r ir . FIRING IN HYDE PARK.—A notice has been posted in Hyde Park, about midway between Victoria-gate, Bays sbhoifealenittnhrecseeaL:suiisrfieeTt.diabneyNo water, and the Serpentine, by order of his Grace the Com mander-in-Chief, to the effect that the troops, when exer cising and practising, are not to fire within 200 yards of the Magazines situated in that portion of the park, which are stored with gunpowder. RATHER PARADOXICAL.-011 Saturday last, as the bellman was parading the streets of Huddersfield, an nouncing to the inhabitants that, in consequence of the continued drought and scarcity of water, they would, in future, be limited to two days supply per week, the rain-fell in torrents, and literally drenched_ the poor bellman !--Zeids Ti mm The tax on wool being now wholly repealed, foreignets can send their wool to the British market duty free. The consequence will be that, as our manu facturers can get wool cheaper, they 'will make cheaper cloths. These will be sent to foreign markets, and being cheaper, will be sold at a less price than foreigners oats make them. An impetus will thus be given to trade, more hands will be employed, and being em ployed, they will be able to consume more agricultural produce. ,The demand for agriculturalproduce will en hance the price, and th us moving in a circle all classes, even the British wool growers, whose wool cannot be used except mixed with foreign wool, will be benefited, We wish that the same principle was applied to every, thing as well as wool. It is stated by Pe Pontemporafy, that it is indisputably certain the more we draw. front foreigners, the less we shall grow of our own. This is false.; for in proportion as foreign wool bas been im ported, the growth, mq.nufacture, and consumption of our own have inceased also.—Brighton Herald. THE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.--011 Thursday, the 11th instant, a special meeting of this society was convened by the Rev. Edward Blencowe, one of the Rural Deans for Lynn Marshland, to meet at his rectory at West Walton, for the purpose of oxdin i n i,_ g the churches of West Walton and Walsoken. The members of the society, together with other guests of t o .. Blun7 cowe, arrived at. the parsonage about t we l ve o'e k, and Proceeded to the churoll whial is said to be the finest earlyVnglish architecture specimen cif . in this part of the aountrY• The majestic and beautiful tower ! which stands apar t fro m the church, has suffered little from either time or ill.-usage but the church itself has been 50 cruelly mutilated, that of all the beautiful windows which once adorned the buildings one alone remains to tel the tale. The roQfs, both of the nave and the twe ?Alegi have been Sham of their fair pro portions; and windowg Of every and of no shape, have to time inserted, been from time without the slightest regard to the character of the 8) all this is in-. deed deplorable; and ar't the less so, that' it has been th'e fate of half the fine churches in the country. But, on the other hand , muc h s t ill remains of Unrivalled beauty, particularly in the interior of the Aura, The clustered columns of the original building still extend the entire length of.: ~ th% h from west to east. Under the auspices of t e Rector, centuries, o f w hit ewas h and filth have been cleared away, and 'many of the pillars now display their original marble ; and such has been the effect merely of careful cleaning, that the light, flowery, and diversified capitals of the columns appear as if fresh from the chisel, One of these fine pillars has been entirely rescued vc; • - 7 lileneowe, from a bed of plaster id whichit had' ,been walled u p time out of mind and 0110 e again its finished and beau, tiful workmanship is displayed as it model to the artists and workmen of modern times,—.../v or ft; Chronicle. Holorry.—A , pleasing instance of honesty in a farrnino• labourer occurred last week. A.,. gentleman not far'from us dispatched per pos4,4etth - r, tec i os i eg a; note j iddressed. - "'lrr , HepsVorth." By a *suite in the postToffiee,the letter was sent to Epworth, where it was delivervd to a poor man, a ,farming labourer, of a similar name. The next post brought back the 10/. note to the sender, with a remark from the poor man that he was sure it could not have been intended for him—Bury Post. FROM TH I S ETENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—When speaking on Irish questions, Lord Lyndhurst is singularly unfortunate. Whether he ad dresses the House of Lords as a politician, or deliver an opinion when presiding therein, in his judicial capacity, the Noble and Learned Lord is led to employ phraseology which fails to convey the meaning he intends to express. For instance, the Noble and Learned Lord's memorable description of the Irish people—" aliens in blood, reli gion, and language," which was concise and pointed as an epigram, meant anything but what, to ordinary ears, the words seemed to convey. Whereas, the words them selves affirmed—and their connexion. appeared to justify the construction—that the Irish people had neither claim to, nor fitness for English institutions and privileges, which, by virtue of the Act of Union, they claimed from the Legislature. Lord Lyndhurst subsequently explained that the construction given to the words, so far from being justified, was forced, unnatural, and foreign from his purpose. The Noble and Learned Lord was not, it is true, extensively successful in his at 'tempts to persuade people that the - phrase had been misunderstood. But this obstinacy in adhering to what they asserted was the plain and obvious meaning of his words, might arise from the proverbial power of preju dice—unless, indeed, the aphorism be accepted, that " language was given to man to enable him to conceal his thoughts ;" and Lord . Lyndhurst, acting up'm this principle, employed. the offensive phrase to conceal his deep affection for the Irish people, and his earnest wish that they should enjoy privileges and immunities in all respects equally extensive with the other subject's - of the United Kingdom. Then, an observation of the Lord Chancellor, 'during the recent are ' minent before' the House of Lords on the Writ of Error has also been the subject of a most un fortunate misconstruction, which it became necessary for his Lordship to set right by an elaborate exposition of his real meaning. This the Noble and Learned Lord did last night—with what amount of success, we leave those who read . the text and the , comment upon the words, as last night supplied by his Lordship, to deter mine. While Mr. Hill was pursuing his argument on the omissi'in of names from the special jury panel, and explaining the manner in which the jury had been composed, and which had been made the ground of challenging the array by the defendants, the Lord Chancellor interposed ;--" There is no dispute about the facts. It is clear from the record that there was a fraudulent list; that the book was made up from that list ; and that the panel was made out from the book." At a subsequent period of the argument, the Lord Chancellor observed—" The only question was, whe ther this was the right course of proceeding—whether the fraud formed a ground of challenge of the array." The Lord Chancellor has explained. But in so doing has, to our view, rather mystified than rendered clear, that which he conceived required elucidation. The obvious meaning of the words his Lordship has " ex plained," was previously-clear to every one who is in the habit of taking words in their plain and obvious sense. His Lordship states, 'that.when he said, "It is clear from the record that there was a fraudulent list," he only meant, " It was so admitted for the purpose of legal argument. It could not be denied. His statement went to the fact that the admission was made for the purpose of argument, and of argument only. But he never said, or intended to say, ,nor could their Lord ships or any .other person suppose he could intend to say, that these facts, admitted for the purpose of argu ment, were in reality true.' STANDARD.—We shall not be suspected of a wish to limit the functions or to disparage the importance of the public press, but we are bound to say that the tenor of the debate upon Mr. Milner Gibson's motion last night confirms us in the opinion we have long enter tained, that if ever the people of this conntry shall come to think the press an intolerable nuisance it will be when the public journals send roving commissions in pursuit of grievances into remote places, where a temporary excite • ment may, from any cause, exist. There is no part of Eng land which has not an ably condtictedlocal press of its own, amply supplying all the uses of a press to the district. The conductors of this local press are men who must have much better means of information, and of forming a correct judgment, than any itinerant who visits the neighbourhood as " our own reporter," and they must be responsible in character, which our own re porter " cannot be. To what extent does it affect the interests of a London journal, if all the statements of its " own reporter" should be, at the six months end, proved absolutely false or grossly exaggerated, as generally happens ? Mean while misrepresentation and encouragement of disorder do their work. The local journals, on the other hand, cannot dare this policy; they depend for existence upon their local character for veracity and eircumspectness. The temptation to send down " our own reporter" to any excited quarter, is no doubt strong to vanity and not in considerable on the side of profit—but the practice is unquestionably a great public evil. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The settlement of the Consol account wag the chief feature at the Stock Exchange to-day, in the absence of more important business, and the result of the adjustment -gave rather a favourable tendency to prices, whi.:ll previously showed some symptoms of weakness. Money was exceedingly abundant at merely nominal rates, and hence not the least difficulty was experienced in the final arrangement of the business. At the close of the day the market appeared to be very firm. The Illinois bondholders held a meeting to-day to consider the plan proposed by the indebted State for restoring its, credit. This plan has been too oft e n se t forth under this head, in every stage of negotiation be tween the interested parties on both sides, to need a description now. The result of the meeting was, that a resolution was unanimously carried, approving of the scheme, and recommending all holders of Illinois bonds to subscribe to the funds required for the completion of the canal. This proceeding, according to the opinion of the meeting, was absolutely necessary to secure the early restoration of credit. The East India and China Association have published their comparative statement of the number of British ships, with tonnage, entered inwards and cleared out wards from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the Ist of January tq tho 30th of June in the years 1843 and 1844. The statement of - vessels entered inwards shows that the number arriving at the port of London during that pent) • d was an increase of ton vessels, with 6,084 tonnage, compared with, 1843, there being 280 vessels, with 116,632 tonnage, in the former six months, and BYO ves sels, with 110,548 tonnage, in the latter six months. In the case of Liverpool, the increase was only two vessels, with 710 tonnage, the number of vessels arriving in the first six months of 1843 being 85, with 36,6131 tonnage, and in the same period of 1844, 87, with 87,031 tonn age . The ports of Bristol and Hull show an increase of five vessels, with 1,915 tonnage, the number in 1843 having been 9, with 2,982 tonnage • and in 1844, 14, with 4,197 tonnage. The Clyde and other pnrts show a de crease of two vessels, with 2,046 tonnage, 27, with 9,868 tonnage, having arrived in 1843, while in 1844, 25 ar rived, with 7,822 tonnage. A general revision of the entries inward shows a total increase in the first six months of 1844 over the same period of 1843 of 15 vessels, with 6,663 tonnage. The 'chief increase has been in the 'arrival of vessels from China, Singapore, the Philippine Islands, and New South Wales, while there has at the same time been a consi derable decrease in the arrivals from Calcutta. The clearances outwards show an increase in the arrivals at the port of London of 38 vessels, with 12,545 tonnage, in 1844, compared with ma, the re spective numbers in the six months being 233 vessels, with 92,459 tonnage, slnd 185 vessels, with 79,914 ton nege.• -- Livorpani shows the large increase of 87 vessel% with 40mA-tonnage, the numbers being 117 vessels, with 45,371 tonnage in 1843, and 4% vessels, with 75,761 tonnage, in 1844. Bristol also shows an increase of 18 vessels, with 4,514. tannage, only 1, with 367 tan. nage, having arrived in the first six months of 1841, whereas 18, with 4,522 tonnage, arrived in the -first six months of 1844. The Clyde and other ports show an increase of 10 vessels, with a decrtiise of 555 tonnage, the arrivals in the first six months of 1844 being 89 ves sels, with 28,947 tonnage ; and in the first six months of 1643,:79 vessels, with 20,402 tonnage. A genera l rovicly c f the clearances shows a total in crease in the Ars; sib months. of 1844 over the -same peripilin 184 a of 153 vessels, with 46,902 t onnage . Th e increase incladea 4f vessels for Calcutta, 15 vessels for 80mbay,.24 vessels for the Mauritius, 87 vessels for the Cape of Good Hope, and 5 vessels for the South Seas, In the clearaws gni New South Wales the great de-, crease of 20 vessels is to be noticed. • BOROUGH OF LAMIRTH.---NOTICE TO LODGERS.— The churchwardens and overseers -of the borough of Lambeth have just issued a notice to lodgers, which they have caused to be posted all over the parish, as well as, on the doors of the several chUrches and various rlaces of worship, stating their willingness to carry ota effect the intention of the Legislature relative to placing the names of lodgers on the list of persons qualified to vote for Members of Parliament; and that all lodgers who occupy rooms or apartments of the yearly value of 101., or four shillings per week, and have occupied such rooms for twelve months previous to the 6th of April last, may, on giving notice to the , churchwardens- and overseers of the parish, have their names entered on the register, but must pay up all rates and taxes due on or before the 20th inst., the amount of which twee and rates so paid the lodgers may deduct froth the rent due to their respective landlords, The above notice is issued in pursuance of the eth and nth William. IV., cap. 60. Numerous lodgers in the parish of Lambeth have availed themselves of this no tice, and caused their news to be inserted accordingly, by which Wens the- constituency of. Lambeth will be inereased by considerably more than a thousand voters. The right of lodgers to be rated to the poor, and placed on the list of voters, has hitherto not been generally known. THE CROPS nt IRELARD.—We have been informed by a person who recently travelled from Dublin, and passed, on his way to this city, through parts of the counties a Meath, Louth, (2avan, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, that every where On wheat promises to be an excellent exp. Barley Also looks well, but the quantity sown is very limited. Early oats, particularly that on gond ground, appears well headed % and will be more than an average crop. Late sown oata, however, appear short, but thick in the ground: The early' sown flax, in general, looks well, but thg of late growth is' likely to prove a failure. The hay pep is both thin and abort, and will, in all pTph.lhility, not be half so abundant as that of last season, In the potato crop, in some places, par-. tial niiSlei appear; but on the whole it appears promising, especially those planted at an early period Oft iiuson. The pasture grounds have lately , improvtd eoosiderably, yet it must be admitted that it has been a very bad season for grass.—Derry Sentinel. USE OF .THE FLESH BRITSII.—HOW many are they who keep a number of groolwi eiwi , v their horses, who would add, ton years to eomfbrtabie existence, if they would employ ono of them to curry themsel v es With a fie brcish night and moral% i---Sinelair's cbcpcif g(441414, CHINESE DOMESTIC ARCHI TECTURE. Extract of a letter from Shanghae, dated the 13th of February " As soon as Icould get a place I removed on sho re . My house is neither very large nor very handsome ; it consists of six small rooms, namely, dining.room, sitting room, and office (all in one), bed-room, muster-room, store-room, and two rooms occupied by my linguist and Shroff, so that all are in use. The upper part of the house is built entirely of wood; the rooms about nine feet high at the sides, and 15 feet in the' centre (top of the roof) ; and the tiles visible, there being no ceiling to cover the rafters. By dint of papering the walls, and , so stopping up, or rather covering, the chinks between the planks, putting curtains to the windows and doors, making a ceiling of mats, by nailing them to the rafters, and carpeting the rooms, I have made the place mode rately comfortable, at least habitable, and by the help of a small stove, and a pan of charcoal, or rather a compo sition of charcoal and other substances, which is used here, I keep myself from freezing ; but it is utterly im possible to keep draughts out of a Chinese houie, and I occasionally get a twinge of rh. umatism. However, by next winter, I hope I shall have things more com fortably arranged. `• The weather is very cold, and snow lying on the ground. The thermometer, when I got up this morning, was 28 deg. in my room. lam sometimes cold at night with four blankets and a quilt over me, and frequently I find the water in the basin, nail-brushes, &c., frozen in the morning. Although not very pleasant to me, after being accustomed to a,tropical climate, it is bracing, and will, I trust, strengthen me to stand the hot weather. I have been told that the thermometer sometimes stands at 127 deg.. here in the shade. I suspect it must be ex aggerated. Fortunately it does not last long, not more than three months, or it would be impossible to exist." FAIR SUFFERERS. (From Punch.) By fair sufferers we mean about ninety-nine out of every hundred of those poor dear young ladies,-con demned, thrcugh the accident of their birth, to languish, in silk and satin, beneath the load of a fashionable ex istence. Ah ! little think the gay licentious paupers, who have no plays, operas, and evening parties to be forced to go to, and no carriages to be obliged to ride about in, of the miseries which are endured by the daughters of affluence ! It is a well-known fact, that scarcely one of these tender creatures can be in a theatre or a concert-room ten minutes without being seized with a violent headache, which, more frequently than not, obliges her to leave before the performance is over, and drag a brother, husband, lover, or attentive young man, away with her. If spared the headache, how often is she threatened with a fainting fit (nay, now and then seized with it), to the alarm and disturbance of her company I Not happening to feel faint exactly, still there is a sensation, " a something," as she describes it, •' she doesn't know what," which she is almost sure to be troubled with. Unvisited by these afflictions, neverthe less, either the cold, or the heat, or the glare of the gas, or some other source of pain, oppresses or excruciates her susceptible nerves. And when we take one such young lady, and put together all the public amusements which she must either go to—or die—in the course of a London season ; and when we add up all the headaches, and swoons, and the somethings she doesn't know what; the shiverings, burnings, and other agonizing sensations which she has undergone by the end of it ; the result is an aggregate of torture truly frightful to contemplate. Suppose she is obliged to walk—this is sometimes actually the case—happy is she if sh e c a n go t wen ty yards without some pain or other ; in the side, the back, the shoulder, the great toe. Thus the pleasure of shop ping, promenading, or a pic-nic is embittered : th us is colocynth infused into the eau sucree of bliss! If she reads a chapter in a novel, the chances are that her temples throb for it. She tries to embroider a corsair ; doing more than an arm of him at a time strains her eyes. Employ herself in what way she will, she feels fatigued afterwards, and may think herself well off if she is no worse. Nine days out of ten she has no appetite ; on the tenth she enjoys her dinner, and is taken Then comes that horrid physic She cannot take pills; she objects to powders ; draughts are insufferable to her. Poor unfortunate ! `hat is she to dog Without a care to vex her, save, perhaps, some slight misgivings respecting the Captain, she is unable to rest, though on a couch of down. Exercise would procure her slumber; but oh ! she cannot take it. Whether a: little less con finement of the waist, earlier hours, plainer luncheons, more frequent airings in the green fields, and mental and bodily exertion generally, than what, in these re , spects, is the fashionable usage, would in any wty *alle viate the miseries of our fair sufferers, 11 be questioned. It may also be inquired how fltr sue miseries are imaginary, and to what extent a trifling exercise of reso lution would tend t o m i t i gate them r Otherwise, sup posing them to be ills that woman is necessarily heiress to—unavoidably, irfemediable ; gracious powers ! what torments, whgs anguish, muit fishwomen, washerwomen, charwomen, and haymakers, to say nothing of servants of all-work, and even ladies' maids, endure every day of their lives BANKRUPTCY EXTRAORDINARY Before SIB C. F. WILLIAMS. At the sitting of the Court, a figure entered, looking as pale as death, and begged to be allowed to surrender himself as a bankrupt. The figure represented himself as the statue of Nelson, now and far some time past of Trafalgar-square. He stated that a few friends had been desirous of setting him up in the neighbourhood of Charing cross, where he had hoped to have cut a good figure, bat want of money had for a long time kept him down, and he had been com pletely laid upon his back for a very considerable period. Sir C, WILLIAMS—What do you want here ? I sit here to do justice, and if justice is not most thoroughly done in every sense of the word, it is no fault of mine. The figure observed that he came to surrender, and to ask for protection against the numerous jokes that were being made at his (the statue's) expense, and which were really enough to break a heart of stone. Sir C. if. WILLIAms--/ can give you ne protection against jokes, I can't protect myself. I have been nearly joked Of this chair on several occasions. What is the extent of your liabilities ? The figure said he really could not tell. A man and a boy had been employed, who had left no stone unturned, but he (the figure) was not aware whether they had been paid for their labour. Sir C. F. WILLIAM asked if there was any truth in the report that the statue contemplated throwing himself off the lodostal, in consequence of his awkward position ? The figure, with large drops of stucco standing in his eyes, observed that he had never thought of throwing himself on the public by jumping down; but he admitted that, if he had had sufficient rope, he might as well have hanged himself. Sir C. F. WILLIAM,—How much rope have you, then? The figure said he had got a coil of about a yard, till some of it was out away, for what reason he did not know—far he was just as much tied by the leg now as he had been always. Sir C. F. WILLIAms asked if the statue had nofriends who would set him up respectably ? The figure replied that his best friends were for withdrawing him altogether from public observation. He would sooner pave the public street than be knocked about and taken to pieces as he had been lately. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—I sit here as a Commissioner, and I really can do nothing. The figure said he had heard so before •, and having thanked the Commissioner, he was carried out by the man and the boy who were appointed . assignees under the bankruptcy,--Punch. THE BOY JONES AND THE BOY JOIN VILLE. (From Punch.) The eyes of Europe are ent.‘e more upon the Boy Jones. Well, the eyes of Europe have very often been turned upon more insignificant persons. We confess it—we have a regard for the Boy Jones. Whether he be redly nephew or nut of George Jones, of Ancient America, Esq., we have nevertheless a regard for the youth, who at so early an age associated his name with the annals of his country; for what future History of England, we ask, will be complete, omitting all notice of Jones? Poor boy! If fortune were not as perverse as a prima donna, the Boy Jones would have been born in some western square; would have learned his humanities at college, and so been regularly trained for public place. Only think of the Boy Jones, as Home Secretary, at the Post-office! As it is, we have only the heavy Graham. At least, we should have had sprightliness casting its charm over illegalities; Jones would have broken a seal with a whim apologetic of the felony, whilst Graham— but we will not pursue the contrast. Jones is a genius. That of the millions who gaze upon the awful walls of Buckingham Palace, shut out from them as from Paradise, Jones should have been the only daring spirit that conceived a design to pass them—to dip his plebeian fingers in the custards of the royal lar der—to creep up the royal chimneys—to crouch beneath the royal sofa, thereby (as his uncle, George Jones, has written to Punch) " causing her Majesty so much alarm;"—that he alone should have done this makes Jones—whatever his real time of life may be—far in advance of his age. And her Majesty—bless her!—saw the daring in its proper light; and therefore, as it now appears, sent the Boy Jones on board the Warspite (whence the world has just heard of him), with a recom mendation to the captain to watch " his dawning me rits," that Jones may, in good time, sport epaulets. A recent letter tells us that Jones fell overboard off Tunis in the first watch ; when the life-buoy, "which blazed away with a steady and beautiful light," was let go, and Jones clinging to it, called out to the boat's orew, " Here I am—look lively !" However, the writer insinuates that Jones jumped overboard, " and that for no other purpose than to see the life-buoy light burning," This is a slander. The truth is, the poor boy had been reading in the for clams. his uncle Jones's' Ancient America;" whereupon he naturally fell into a sleep, which lasted many hours, and in his sleep fell overboard! life was saved for greater things. However, we are happy to have heard thus incidentally of the Boy Jones; as his whereabout is a sufficient evi dence of the watchfulness of Ministers as regards the designs of France on Morocco. Sure we are that neither gi e Charles Napier nor Lord Minto would have twitted the Admiralty with neglect had th ey only known that the Boy Jones was on the Gibraltar station. We at once acknowledge the profound policy of Ministers: it is their intention to meet Joinville with the Boy Jones! There is. if we mistake not, a minor theatre drama called The Prince and the Chimney Sweep ; and we have no doubt that this pieoe will, sooner or later, be revived on the high seas, w i t h-- as Mr. Osbaldiston has it— " new and startling e ff ects; the whole to conclude with the destruction of the enemy's fleet!" Yes : let Joinville hover on the coast of Morocco, Britannia, may be as mild as a Quakeress, for has she 1104 at Gibraltar her babe of glory—the Jervis of the ohimuey—the Nelson of the larder—her Boy Jones 10 It may, possibly, wound the self-love ~f the ;Torch td learn that we pit our Jones against their Roya I Admiral; nevertheless, up to the present moment, is not the achievement of greatest daring on the 5 . .10 ~ f oin' her. I' We taste the fulness of content to ki.o.:v T, quote the sweet song of a sweet singer— `• Ai , the pause upon the ceasing of a thousand-voiced psalm, Is our mighty satisfaction and full eternal calm," to know that wheresoever Joinville is, there beneefo. t.h will be Jones; that whensoever it may please tho French Admiral to attempt a descent on Brighton, Margate, or Ilerne Bay, Jones, "Like a sweet little cherub will sit up aloft, And keep watch for the life of John Bull !" And when some twenty years have passed away, pleas ing it will be to see the Boy Jones—then Post-Capta;n Jones—kneeling to receive the honour of knighthi od from our darling Queen, surrounded by her seventeen sons and daughters; most pleasant will it be to mark the sly yet benignant smile with which her Majesty dubs the hero who" once caused her so much alarm ;" the in truding boy, who, according to his own report., once heard the Princess Royal " ak." We put it to Mr. George Jones, as a man and an an cient historian—should so likely an event come to pass, would he then deny his nephew, the Boy Junes ? Punch thinks not. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JULY 19.—A somewhat extensive business has been done in Foreign Wools this week, at recent rates. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JULY 19.—We cannot quote any alteration either in the price or demand during the past week. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JULY 19.—There have been very few sales passing during the week ; what are made, are at more money, but at prices quite inadequate to what is given in the country. There is a fair demand for blanket wool, which also commands full prices. LEEDS.—This week we have had brisk markets at both our Cloth Halls for goods of a general description, more par ticularly for beavers, low cloth shawls, and fancy cloakings. The supply for the market still continues very limited, in consequence of the principal manufacturers being engaged in delivering to order. The prices of all kinds of goods of low qualities are a shade higher, but fine goods remain steady in price, notwithstanding the demand is more lively than it has been for some time past. There has been a number of the larger buyers of finished goods in the town this week, and pretty extensive purchases have been made • on the whole there is a greater amount of business than us ual at this period of the season doing in the warehouses. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is an increased demand for merinos which are still scarce, and commanding full prices. In other goods about an average business is doing, and at last week's prices. In yarns there is nothing new since our last, either in demand or prices. There is rather more doing both in combing and clothing wools, and the bu siness is no doubt retarded by the staplers seeking blew ; prices to meet the rates paid to the growers. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENT7:M.—TiIe demand for cloth that was so general and exter'Llve on Tues day, continues, and large as is the production, the legitimate wants of buyers seem equal therefr,, and the state of things here must now be called licatlay, with prices if anything higher, even in the face of a lowering market is Liverpool. The home trade continues to improve, as the lowering stocks of domestic cloth clearly indicate. Yarns are in exceed ing brisk demand, and are again the turn dearer.—Leeds Mercury. FIRE IN THE BEAUFORT PIT OF BLACK BAND. The subterranean fire which has for soni, tim e re . riously alarmed every person interested in the welfare and prosperity of this and the adjoining mineral districts, has been at length, with much labour and difficulty, sub dued, so that the men were enabled to resume their ac customed employment on Tuesday last. The large open cut, commenced for the purlyose of driving a-head of the fire, was completed 0 ,11 the 12th ult., but owing to the great discharge of carbonic acid gas from one of the old. stalls, the men were obliged to discontinue their opera tins, although working in the open air. To obviate this difficulty, another powerful ventilating furnace was erected over an old air pit, communicating with one of the cross headings immediately over the fire. By these means the cut was soon cleared of the life-de stroying effluvia, and in a few hours they struck into the level, and there beheld the unruly ronnster which had hitherto baffled all their energy and perseverance. No time was to be lost,—walls of brick and mortar, with a division of play, were immediately ordered to be c•in structed, so W as , to intercept its further progress, a n d crown the workings with water, whenever it co'.l:Ct be plentifully obtained. A large supply of water was turned in on Wednesday morning. but it is doubtful whether it will prove effectual to extinguish the fire. From the commencement of this unfortunate accident, not a day, or even an hour, has been lost, and every person engaged on this arduous operation appeared to vie with each other in subduing the fire, and all praise is due to them for their arduous attention, their unwearied exertion, and extraordinary perseverance. Within the last four weeks nearly 5,000 cubical yards of earth have been removed. It may be remarked that, with the ex ception of the melancholy loss of human life, for an unfor tunate occurrence, it has turned out far less disastrous than might have been apprehended for had the fire been a-head of the cut, it is very much questioned whether it would have been conquered at all ; and if such had not been the case, it would have soon communicated with the old workings in the mines, and the consequences would have been extremely calamitous. Previously to re suming employment the coal works were surveyed by one of the agent& and six colliers, anti as a demonstrative proof of the deadly influence of this gas, it was found that rats, which had formerly enjoyed their secure re treat, were observed in great numbers lying dead on the roads and in the stalls. It is now confidently asserted that the workmen need be under no further apprehension. The damages are estimated to be under 3001.—Merlin. THE SPIRIT OF DESPOTISM. "Despotism," says the Marquis de Custine, in his "Russia," " is never so much to be feared as when it is pretending to do good ;" for despots sometimes, among their other freaks, determine to be reformers, and to civilise, educate, and improve the people and the institutions of the country over which th e y have power. Good men h ave had a fancy of this kind, and when they have written upon the subject, despots have read and received them with pleasure- They perhaps wished the people to be improved ; but then it must be after their fashion. Fenelon, in his " Telemachus," gives instruction to the Bourbon Princes how to rule and make a nation happy. Nothing was to emanate from the people themselves ; all was to be the work of the Prince. Fenelon was perhaps the first who put this notion, into the heads of Princes, and Kings, and Emperors,, and strange as it may be, of Pashaws, But all Fene lon's men and women resemble the pictures drawn by poets of smiling maids and piping shepherds so faith fully copied in the last age by the pencil of Bartalozzi. These shepherds, however, are not of this world, nor ever had existence except in poets' and painters' dreams. The Bourbons certainly attempted to carry some of Fenelon's notions into effect, and so late as the reign of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette it is easy to trace in the arrangements of " little Trianon" an af fection for simplicity and a country life. Frederick of Prussia was of It sturdier race, and under the influ ence of philosophy; but all his efforts to improve the condition. of the people were attended with real tor ments to them without advancing them in the least degree. Later still, we have seen Mehemet Ali, whose as sumed "amelioration" and aggrandizement of Egypt have steeped the people in blood and tears, whilst he was flattered in Europe as the regenerator of a nation. Something of the same kind has been going on ever since the reign of Peter the Great in Russia, and is still carried on. The Emperor Nicholas wishes perhaps the people of his empire to be the greatest, wisest, and most civilized people on the earth. He has, with this view, founded seminaries and colleges in every considerable town in the country. He patronises the arts, and encourages learning ; hut everything, even to the cutting of a moustache, must be done according to the Imperial rule : all must square with his notions, as if he were a God, and could form the mind of man as easily as he can clothe his army in a peculiar garb. But the mind of man, though plastic enough at times, is formed of other than Imperial stuff, and men will think for themselves in the end ; and when they begin to think it is not long before they proceed to action. It is "impossible to teach, ignorance, for the light that pervades, and illustrates), at the same time dispels darkness." The truth seems to be, that Russia must become European—she cannot remain Oriental, nor for many centuries despotic. The light of European civilisation will penetrate even that dark region. The attempt to, bring up the people in darkness and to educate them at the same time has been often tried and has always t failed. he ig ignorant t r e v h i i v g a o l tr o y f c o l a f s s t i c h a e l m e a i r d n d i l n e g was . fatal to The principles of Greek freedom survived that glorious people, and burst forth with original vigour the moment they were known and transplanted to Europe. The proud bearing of haughty independence that breathes through every line of Plutarch has exercised a far greater influence over the revival of freedom than is often supposed. Luther did not labour with more zeal or success to arouse the dor mant faculties of man in the north, than did the re fined Leo X. in his Pontifical chair. Both, though in different ways and with different views, were ex tending the mental and intellectual powers of man. The same operations are still going on—dark ness is continually driven back, and the light is daily extending its bounds. Fenelons and Bour bons, Fredericks and Mehemet Alis, Emperors and Churches, may assist the people to rise from mental prostration, but are apt, when they rise, to be angry because they will no longer 'sub mit to the dicta of their rulers, who would give th( right of private judgment, but with the condition that that private judgment must always be in accord ance with their own views—or be treated as a six) and a crime. But, wherever real education pre vails, men will think for themselves, and it is seldom they will think with despots, whether at Moscow or Venice. Emperors who undertake the task of educating and civilizing their subjects are engaged in the same way as Frankenstein, but with this ference ; instead of raising up a monster of darkner.,s t they give being to the noblest of all beinga—g ..)od and intellectual men.—Brighton Herald. 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