The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. „, GOODWOOD RACES.—TuesDa.v. - tee Goodwood Races have now been established forty-two years, and, after many " ups and downs," have attained an eminence to which the records of the . tort , do not furnish a parallel. The first meeting, in 4 r Nil, 1802, occupied three days, and produced sixteen aoitzes,thitnh: highest in value 1001., and the aggregate o ,_ 6 u .er Under l,OOO. So litte encouragement did jl,'"Y receive for some years, that ) n 1810, then held in ay' they had dwindled down to two days, and the . sport ;‘, a coupl e of races and three walks over, amountin, s i .. ro ue whole to little more than 200/. ! With the establi . h r ent ef the Goodwood Stakes in 1843, the Drawing dookStakes in 1827, the Goodwood Cup, won by Fie r u a r t : w e i PO 1 829, followed by the Molecomb, Levant, G taci lei; r il t a c w i' we g' may and ( 2 th e ; other rich and important stakes, and i "tamense advances made since 1828, all must be mention, however, as a contrast be -I,,eea tee present and the earlier meetings, that f the t r t i„g r arame for the current week contains nearly forty e or a y . raer, ernbracing stakes for horses of every age and from h f ou etand fur jockeys, amateur and professional, sfirrrue five pounds p to thirteen . stone, amounting, fi,, e a liberal allowance for forfeits, to about twenty t i th " s and pounds! It i; not alone in sport that such j, 41 : 1 : 4 strides have been made—at a lavish from it s leblins e Xpenditure the course has been freed r ruti n .. () i i.- g in al defects, and, either for training o fltsbd'g ha s been brought as near perfection as the most f l 'lna trainer could desire. Above all, from this , that bad arot have issued most of the improvements 444 e recentlyr been made in the " moral' adminis w °a of ce • it is here that the first b . low th tt al d b eal t at the wild - and' dishonest system of betting, it:1 0 , 1 . 48 .0f late years proved so inimical to racily . , by the oth4 i r ° n or rules, that, followed up zealously 'at many 50,... eflpectable meetings, have— pity that it should be tlist. ib pr a k - . New market a sanctuary fur those whose r ace _ bees should have excluded them from every retroeourse in the kingdom. We have taken this . short tea t , h P e etive glance for the purpose of showing what - hag: u °ae by a liberal, energetic. and competent ma sitti ln -e nt• Lord Rosslyn, at Ascot, has followed in the A track 1 , , with the most encouraging success. !, i v e e c r . o eons„'“rit, Warwick, and Doncaster, have ate b lt.a,[lll"oasly Toro aril in the work of reform. and at a ° 'ja the eleventh hour, following instead of leading, im prove certai n great bod • from which all laws, all evin, men u ought to ), have einanatill, is beginning to trust, a disposition to " go with the times," that, we . 84 4 will lead to the complete carrying out of the m i e l a m %nib, s° successfully commenced at Goodwood. preh-e Pnblished in this paper on Friday last will have c ta e ; c ar ed our readers for a brilliant meeting ; its (bin , - bee n e ment this day, as far as racing is concerned, .as expe:ueeessful to an extent exceeding the most sanguine take n ta l, i °aa, leaving nothing to which exception can . 4 hert, u s" the very excess of sport. Nothing, iii . ivhil e ° l it fine weather was wanting to give it eclat u.. tars, '„,'° make it accessible to the metropo .. l a ided - a r n e a ci a, l trains, and extra coaches, were . pro i "eala' af f.' .if we form an opinion from the extraordinar3 .l • Arundel I°r lodgings at Bognor, Little Hampton, an, Pfir sa `„" extensively patronised. The Craven Stakes, in it h a i t i." . ee of the announcement made last week, came off 1 , 8 0 that, was twelve o'clock, an early hour, but not more 1° than ; ; a s necessary to get through so plethoric a list._ sty ap, - ; "ate the stand, more particularly that portion of ' ) flin, ° ,,,P ri ated to the reception of the Duke and Duchess taills, e e pcmd, and theirvisitors, presented a fair display of c 'ec„ upi e a e g a ,nee, and fashion • the enclosure was exclusively . re p - ,„" u3' those more immediately interested in .4 othe ree dings of the day ; but the attendance respectselPee,„ses was not so large as might have been th er, '''', he nature of the attractions. The wea r t tron g . 3 : i e have intimated, has not been propitious—a ` r etill -4 " from the south-west, an overcast sky, and due e grat'a t h ent showers, having in no . slight degree lessened . ir t,, cation that the racing was calculated to p d ro- Pertei ttd tiole, and a regard to the business of the k ay . Itleh, h e '' " might extend our introductory remarks ; se"ent A towever, has been the rapidity with the . variou em e v e been run off, that we must of necessity bring 4143 close• for the same reason we must confine our the to a list theofvisitors moreat Goodwood House, reserving Teeneri!l list i l: favourable opportunity : t esti e r 414 ' Duchess of 13edford, Duke and Duchess of t arl rt, t,,„Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Normanby, 11111 "" -. '" r °lce, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Baron te et Zw, Earl of Verulam Earl of Glasgow, Lord George dooalitek, Lord Maidstone, ' Lord Duncannon,_ Lord Mae titanee-,J-ord Paget and the Ladies Eleanor andyCovvn lWy,,, %eget, Lord Stanley, Sir R. Bulkeley,.)Sir 1 . W. ion:V i e J. Shelley, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, vilii,,-Wain ROUS Hon. G. and Mrs. Byng, Hon. V. ks.. ''.: 3 ' Colonel Peel, ' Mr. C. Greville, Captain Pettat, llotd,i/rsilligals, Mr. . Grahin, Mr. J. Stanley, Mr. and L worth, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Foley, Mr. Payne. Lord th e d 4 ' 4 ' Albemarle wereprevented from attending by h eau, of ,s, . ; Y bo n° , Dowager Lady Leicester , and Lord Jersey e ciafio,..b Oaliged to be in attendance for her , Majesty's his . pee t eir t i e ls-f i t i r : p % l i t n ; d rd Lord and Lady Chesterpeld by position. Prince William of Prussia is ea t) Th e e )11 Thursday, accompanied by Chevalier . Bunse . ~,. ra ven Stakes of 10 sovs. each. One mile and a ttourr e°h_Yecset'serCaiearidrann a, ker. 5 q y u r a s r. t e r . (W. Boyce) 1 's Knight. of-the-Whistle. k r. 1,0 Richmond's Lothario, 4 yrs 6 yrs ... 2 3 ls4s • b 9rt h's cby Velocipede, out of Fair Jane, 3 yrs 2 tfird ° l , n's Jamul, 4 yrs 6 6 , -,-,entinek's Best Bower, 3 yrs h, 4,0 4 1 a 'v hi agst Corranna-3 to r, ~ stle tiro 4 ' made all the san e i '-- ... to 1 agst Jam asst Knight-of-the al. Corranna , _ t a F ag ' all 'i won in • canter by three lengths. A good ..e .or second. 4 teturti, G. Bentiockla,stcohli2voeoBl7Lt T.Y.C. 7Ib (Roi;ers) 1 Bstrtt Glasgow's f by Sheet Anchor, out of Canada, 41b ....................... . 2 ............................ 7t04 on Canada f. Won by it h ead. Swe e p sta k es of 300 sovs, each, h ft, for four-yrs-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Three miles and five furlongs. Lord Eglinto n' l s 6 A Su ri b s s t . i ) d Lord Eateitielerb'snlPohnldeg,soEn.:.B.: ?..1.a.r..!?1.). !1 Duke of ' Mr. Bowes's Cotherstoles.lura 2to 1 agst Phlegon, ................................... egst El •si 5 to 2 agst Cotherstone, 5 to 2 first, . 3 iinr, 4to 1 agst Aristides. This race, like the never told in two words. Aristides took the lead, was 'ivar.,_. aPProached, and WWI by at least one hundred ll:21. Cotherstone, whose legs have long been under T,', 1 2 1 ,1 0 a n, broke down about half a mile from home. 71 , Han, Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for 2 year old ,i,' . i .5 .i .. , t 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; 31b and 61b allowed, &c. D uke e ~(42 Sub s .) Colonel Peredl:siblin. k r. Richmond's f Refraction, by Glaucus (31b)... 1 2 's c by Camel, out of Monimia f Hersey 3 The f o n . Colonel ~ owi ng also started, but were not placed:— ~ : Ils,, ‘. 4-Insoles Jezail, (61b)—Lord G. Bentinck's by to•:r.ll4ldieton, out of Chapeau d'Espagne (31h)—Mr. s ea, o e s t s As yOll like it—Lord Chesterfield's f by Horn kiddi; 0 Industry (61b)—Lord Glasgow's b c by Bay by s irt e ‘on, out of Miss Vhip (31b) —Mr. Gratwicke's . c lietjle, out of Margravine (61b)—Mr. Hook's Bastion. You leg - --7 to 2 agst Monimia, 4to 1 each agst As 1 a.„ e it, and Miss Whip, 5 to 1 agst Bastion, and 5 to Iter't Refraction. The Monimia nimia and Miss Whip colts, to Z e tion, and The Margravine, ran in front all the way lekii; distance, where the Monimia colt, which , had been hors e g ' W as Passed by Refraction, who was clear of her Ker sey 3 at th e stand, and won in a canter by two lengths. col t wil was a length from the second, the Miss Whip tlit"i., lll3, and As you like it fifth. i 1 1 .% Match 00, la ft. One mile.—Mr. King's fby Jack %'ejesaGkreen, out of Eliza, received forfeit from Mr. Th e t u f by Almack, d by Sampson. Bat ratw icke Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft ; colts, a sia l ?lb, fillies Bst Sib; 31b and 61b allowed, &c. Mile tor.,'`,..nalf. (64 Subs.) kr.gs6. tabiey's Ithuriel (61b) 4. r, Rich (F. Butler) 1 bolt• Herbert's Antler eof . naond's Pastoral (61b) Stomacher,sii,,,lliirev,,,,,,s:z,a,etisobia(6lo) (6lb) (..,.stra tt „, ; ,.,_ 4 5 Lora 0, ttiehtnond's Red Deer Col. 4Gti'sBeotanck's All-round-my-Hat 7 te • s Buzz ,_ tt,,,,,......„, a sst It et i s ,„, ll , veri on Ithuriel, 5 to 2 agst Antler, 4 to 1 '4,, ,eer, and 5 to 1 agst Zenobia. 1 t°olt the i-rklse starts. At the third, All-round-my-Hat tuck 07,1ead, followed by Zenobia and Stomacher, a te ar ' flors.es being up with them, with Pastoral in the aft er tasking his • however, through his horses, the r unnincs vi ay, - turn : t , about three hundred yards,___ he took '.113 littl e : 1-40 the Gratwicke Course, followed, _after h Y, Ithur!',esitation on the part of their jockeys, f„Y Ali. ri , kl and Antler, the other body, headed i nt c ) the frild-mY-Hat, going on and making the turn ,ke t o th r4wing-lio au Stakes Course. This left the , ho had e three is we have mentioned ; Pastoral, aavi si ' Profito la ?a 1 "by the hesitation of Day aild Butler, tk g• la tur ead of several lengths into the straight run s? of 8. tail l el then drew upon him, reached him a guar -B:ii, ae t „ r e from home, beat him at the weighing stand, p en ;111, b liii 'ling almost into the Judge's chair, won by !'t it A. s ii ,!• bolted into the trees the moment he was i;4: bea t hire caught Pastoral a few strides from home, S ti 4 1 th„ 111 for second by a length. A long way thtek '" Came a second lot, ut the head of which was ti ve a che 4.0,,,' 5 01, i t f . lit • a lit k i d E. Maidstone Course. Owners up. ' rt e. Itw.e. „„stone's Mechanic, lOst 71b, received ft from '4o,e tof tiampton, 5 yrs, list 91b. gilveant Stakes of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, the second en 311 : 118 stake, for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, .i.estrtLy•.r...The winner of the July Stakes, &c., 51bs (larrf 4-1 t!lf a. mile. (26 Subs.) 11 , Gr 'i g Maid of Orleans bak e 41itohn's Plaudit 2 The f°lli rnond's Refraction 3 I • , '' Alb ern wi ng also started, but were not placed: 4 u. teanqe's Tisiphone, Lord Albemarle's Full Sail, t4 , l ,D; l i e _ f ,t_.lick's Pug, Mr. Osbaldestone's Secutor, t,..s en 0 ltiehrnond's fby Glaucus, out of Estelle. ttwg,.stltefi3rtteteatitoatilt,laof_Orleans, 3 to 1 agst Plaudit, 3 to 1 o7tQad e b i ild sto 1 agst Full Sail. The running ,eans Full Sail to the distance, where the Maid of tke 'th e all Plaudit. singled themselva out to finish the littl a,-12 4 „,,a,_id . leading and winning a tolerable race by pitra,to;"Toa,., Refraction was a ball third. Thel)ist 71b ' u, h ft.—Mr. B. Collett's Cattonite, 5 yrs, agediv i , ,_ e loot• forfeit from Mr. Milbank's Ro- G oc ,„ o 12st. Maidstone Course. Gentlemen riders. h ears Od ° ll , 2d e Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three xies% ' 0, 6, , , Craven Stakes Course. Gentlemen : P a y t , .„. r , .3 labs.) I 11 0 ' v : 4 ‘4lleen Mab, 5 yrs, lOst 1 llb (Capt. White) 0 rt,i.. B na Quebec, 4 yrs, lOst 11 1 b (Capt. Pettat) 0 4 ." folio ' Yr e 1 Win g also started - -Mr. Bagot na Fisticuff, k l lst a' idst lolb Lord G. B'entinck's Naworth, aged, r, ''''Lord - 6 . r .,.. jstost„,.... Bentinck's Emma, 3 yrs, lOst 51b— tgentirii,K,! a_?iss, 5 yrs, lOst 51b, and 3lbs over —Lord _ yn n tla ,%‘-'.ll,cal Black Rose, 3 yrs, lest—Sir W. W. w eV, 3 yrs '' , 91st 3161 yrs, 9st 101b—Mr. R. Peel na Sea 4141:41151tpag.st Sea weett, 4 to 1 each agst Elemi and Queen , apt Quebec, 6 to 1 agst Nawgrtill and 6 to THE SITN, LONDON, WrDNESDAY MORNING, 31/,_1844. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. DORSETSHIRE.—The past week has been one of genuine summer weather, and the rapidity with which all kinds of grain have proceeded to maturation, has been as striking as it has been gratifying. The fields can be almost seen to change colour daily. We are now fairly engaged in harvesting, and few can recollect finer crops of wheat or better weather for saving them than it is our pleasure to record on the present occasion. On Thursday the operations of the field were retarded by some heavy rains, but they were but showers ; and we are again favoured with the most genial sunshine that the husbandman could desire. The crops of barley and oats are, as has been frequently stated, deficient on the whole, but we believe that the yield arid quality will be much better than was a short time since anticipated. The great deficiencies of the year will be hay and straw. —Western Flying Post. Ev agsnmE.—SOUTH HAMS.—Since our last the weather has been delightful, and the corn has ripened rapidly. Harvest has commenced in all the early parts of the district, and new corn has been sold in various markets. The price of corn has declined. There are some failures in the crop of potatoes. NORTH BERWICK.—It is now obvious that harvest will be at least three weeks later than was at one time anticipated. The late dropping showers have been so favourable for vegetation, that the crops are rather grow ing in length than filling. There is reason to fear that much of the wheat around here is too luxuriant, and will be lodged. Hay is now nearly all stored, and is below an average crop ; the after growth promises to be very heavy. The only complaint we have heard regarding turnips is that they are growing faster than they can be thinned out.—Berwick W arder. LANCASHIRE.—We had several considerable falls of rain during the past week. Some of the showers were very heavy. The intervals have been bright and sunny, with warm airs and o:Tressive heat. On Saturday the temperature was somewhat reduced, a pleasant breeze imparting to the air a refreshing coolness. Yesterday was cloudy, and a little rain fell. The grain crops in this vicinity look very promising.—Liverpool Albion. MID-LOTHIAN.—The weather, since Tuesday night, has been pretty variable; but the heat still continues. A good deal of rain fell in the early part of Wednesday — the afternoon, however, was comparatively fair, with scarcely a breath of wind. The morning of Thursday was rather foggy, but as the day advanced the atmos phere cleated up, although we had several passing showers. It rained, but very gently, up till about twelve o'clock yesterday forenoon, after which the sky became somewhat clear, with a light breeze. It con tinues so as we prepare for press.—Edinburgh Evening Post. - - - LANARKSHIRE. —The weather during the last few days has been marked by intermitting heavy showers, and in tense sultryness. In the immediate neighbourhood we have not been visited with the thunder storm, though we have had the rains which often accompany or follow it. The weather, however, although uncom fortable to the person, has been most beneficial to the country. It has literally forced on vegetation ; and on the early soils all around the wheats and barleys are losing the summer green, and assuming the golden lane of autumn. The pastures, turnips, and aftermaths have improved amazingly ; and the potatoes, where not affected by taint, give promise of an abundant re turn. A good number of patches of both wheat and oats have been cut in the south of England and Ireland, and samples of superior new oats shown in the Wakefield and other markets. During last week there were heavy thunder storms in various parts of England, particularly that of Saturday last, which broke over the towns of Rochesteeand Chatham. Damage has been sustained, but only of a partial kind.—Glasgow Chronicle. WILTSHIRE.—In some parts of this county the wheat harvest has already commenced, under the most favour able auspices, the corn being well ripened, and the crops good. We may say of wheat, that throughout the county there will be found but very few failures, and the harvest will be general in the beginning of the ensuing week, should the fine weather continue, of which there is every prospect. Barley, in the immediate neigh bourhood of Dorchester, where it is sown early, in good land, turns out excellent • but to speak of many parts of the county where, the continu ance of wet, the sowing was late, on inferior land, the crop is a total failure, being hardly worth the expense of gathering in; in other places there is a partial failure, the instances of good crops being but " few and far be tween." We make nearly the same observation in res pect of oats, the farmers of this neighbourhood being also more fortunate than others in this description of grain. —Salisbury Herald. _ _ - KENT.—The late weather, with the little exception of laying some corn, has been highly favourable to the growing crops. The barley, which but a few weeks since was very unpromising, has greatly recovered, and advanced to sufficient ripeness to be cut in some places, with small quantities of oats. The late showers have had a great effect in filling the wheat ears, and the hot sunshine of this week has con siderably promoted the ripeness. General reports are increasingly favourable, and a full average is expected. Many farmers intend commencing harvest next week. The recent storms have been particularly serviceable to the pasturage, which now presents the liveliest green and luxuriance ; and affords good feeding.—Canter bury Journal. MR. GEORGE STEVENSON. - This eminent engineer, at a recent entertainment at Newcastle, gave the following account of himself : —" The first locomotive that I made was at Killing worth colliery, and with Lord Ravensworth's money. Yes ! Lord Ravensworth and Co. were the first parties that would entrust me with money to make a locomotive engine. That engine was made thirty two years ago, and we called it My Lord.' I said to my friends that there was no limit to the speed of such an engine, provided the works could be made to stand. In this, respect great perfection has been reached; and in conse quence a very high velocity has been attained. In what has been done under my management, the merit is only in part my own., I have been most ably seconded and assisted by. my son. In the earlier period of my career, and'when he was a little boy, I saw how deficient I was'in sducation, and made up my mind that lie should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man, and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and watches at night, after my daily labour %s as done ; and thus I procured the means of educating my son. He became my assistant and my companion. He got an appointment as under-reviewer, and at nights we worked together at our engineering. I got leave to go from Killingworth to lay down a railway at Hetton, and next to Darlington; and after that I went to Liverpool, to plan a line to Manchester. -I there pledged myself to attain a speed of ten miles an hour. I said I had no doubt the locomotive might be made to go much faster, but we had better he mode rate at the beginning. The Directors said I was quite right ; fbr if, when they went to Parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep the engine down to ten miles an hour, but it must be done, and I did my best. I had to place myself in that most un pleasant of all positions—the witness-box of a Par liamentary Committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to" creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy either the Committee or myself. Some one in quired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down. Assistance gradually increased—improve ments were made every day—and to day , a train, which started from London in the morning, has brought me in the afternoon to my native soil, and enabled me to take my place in this room, anti see around me many faces which I have great pleasure in looking upon. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 30. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Dissentients Bill was read a third time and passed. The Church Endowment Bill, the Ecclesiastical Juris diction Bill, and the Clerks of the Crown and Chancery Bill, severally passed through Committee, and were re ported. The Metropolitan Buildings Bill also passed through Committee, and was reported. The Privy Council Bill was read a third time and passed. LAW COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, with some preliminary ob servations which were inaudible in the gallery, moved the order of the day for the Committee on the Bill for regulating the certain usages and practice of the courts of law in Ireland. Lord CAMPBELL objected to the appointment of prothonotary and other officers by the Lord Lieutenant or his secretaries, instead of their being appointed by the judges of the respective courts. He would, at another time, move an amendment for the purpose of removing that objection. The LORD CHANCELLOR defended that part of the Bill, which he said was not a new enactment, as the appointment of the prothonotaries had been vested in the Lord Lieutenant. The Bill then passed through Committee. CATHOLIC PENAL LAWS REPEAL BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had been requested by his Noble Friend near him (Lord Beau mont) to move the report of the Committee on the Bill for repealing certain Acts imposing penalties on Roman Catholics. He (the Lord Chancellor) had carefully examined the Bill, and it did nct pro pose to repeal any • measure for the retention of which there could bo the least reason shown. The motion was that the report be received. That motion was made with a view to another—namely, that the Bill be recommitted ; and in Committee it would be competent to any Noble Lord, or Reverend Pre late, to state his objections to any part of it. It was a strange objection, under the circumstances, that the Bill was brought up at so late a period of the session ; the fact being, that the Bill had been before the House for two months, to enable every Noble Lord and Rev. Prelate to examine its details. He defied any Member of, that House to lay his hand upon any Act named in this Bill which ought not to be repealed. The first Act was the Act of Edward VI., the Uniformity Act, which required every person attending a place of wor ship to use the Book of Common Prayer, and impos ing upon any person attending worship where the service was not performed according to that book, a heavy fine for the first offence ; for the second, impri sonment for one year ; and for the third, imprisonment for life. He did not propose to repeal the Act, but only that it should not be obligatory on Catholics. Could any one doubt the propriety of that ? The next was the Act of Elizabeth, the Supremacy Act, which enacted that if any one assumed that any person had ecclesias tical, spiritual, or temporal authority in these realms except the Queen, should for the first offence be punished by the forfeiture of all goods and chattels ; for the second, by imprisonment for life; and for the third by all the penalties of high treason. The third Act imposed penal ties for not attending the parish church at least once a week. Now, how could that law be retained after the Catholics had been emancipated ? The sth of Elizabeth subjected every one who denied the supremacy of the Sovereign at once to a prantunire. How could any one say that this Act should be retained in the present times ? The next Act was, that any person who should be reconciled to the Church of Rome should be guilty of high treason. Another imposed the heaviest penalties upon any Ca tholic who should cause his children to be educated abroad. Was it reasonable, that at this time, such a law should be retained ?—(Bear, hear.) Another of those Acts prohibited any Roman Catholic from departing more than twelve miles from his own home, or approaching nearer than tin miles to the me tropolis.—(A laugh.) Would any one say that that Act should not be repealed ? The 35th of Charles IL disqualified all persons who became converts to the Roman Catholic religion to bold office ; another Act prevented Roman Catholics from having arms in their houses, or possessing a horse of the value of more than 51.—(Laughter.) If a Roman Catholic was found to possess a horse of greater value than that, the horse could be seized and sold for that price. —(Hear, hear.) Who would say that he did wrong in repealing that Act ? (Hear, hear.) Now, if his Right Rev. Friend, who ex pressed on another evening some alarm for the security of the Church on account of the proposed repeal of these Acts, would state to the House the reasons which convinced him (the Bishop of London) that any one of those Acts should be continued, he (the Lord Chan cellor) would give up his opposition to it.—(Hear, hear.) He had recommended to his Noble Friend to allow his Bill, after passing through the Committee, to stand over till the next session, in order that it might be seen what the Government would do in the meantime. But if his Noble Friend was not willing to do so, he (the Lord Chancellor) would feel it his duty to support the Bill. The Bishop of LONDON did not wish it to be sup posed that he was opposed to the repeal of those penal laws, which pressed, not practically, but in theory only, upon the Roman Catholics. Apprehensive as he was of being supposed to be a supporter of those obnoxious laws, he was thankful to his Noble and Learned Friend for giving him an opportunity of stating his reason for opposing this motion. His Noble and Learned Friend expressed an, opinion that this was a subject which it would be more fitting for the Govern • ment to take up and consider in the course of the approaching recess. As that was the fittest course, and as their ,Lordships had almost an assurance from the Lord Chancellor that it would be adopted, he would protest against the measure being now taken up by her Majesty's Government, at the end of the session, without notice, and without consulting any of those Members of their Lordships' House who were the rulers and guardians of the Established Church, and who ought to be consulted upon matters affecting' so much the interests of that Church. Risking whatever imputations might be cast upon his charity, he would protest against the repealing of those statutes, without giving the House time to examine how far that repeal would affect other laws. It was to be remembered that since the Reformation the constitution of this country had been not only essentially Protestant, but anti-Popish. The first time the bulwarks which the Reformation had set up around the Church were broken, was in passing the Catholic Emancipation Act. Their Lordships should beware how far they went in breaking down other barriers. In removing those which it was now proposed to remove, they should be careful to as certain that none more essential to the interests of the Church should be endangered by their removal. He believed that in these observations he only expressed the sentiments of 19-20ths of the Protestant people of this country. There was an Act—the 10th of Geo. IV.— which provided that a Roman Catholic taking an oath therein prescribed should not be liable to penalties under the Acts referred to in the present Bill. No incon venience could be suffered from the delay of this Bill. The Rev. Prelate concluded by moving as an amendment, that the report be received that day three months. Lord BROUGHAM entirely concurred in the ob servations of his Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack, and he believed that the repeal of these Acts would add to the security of the Church. Those laws were only retained on the statute-book—were only tolerated for an hour—on this condition, that they should never by any accident be put in force. One of these penal acts—the safeguards of the Established Church—imposed a penalty of 200 marks upon any priest saying mass, and 100 marks upon every one who attended mass ; yet mass was said in every part of London every week, every day, perhaps, and Catholic churches, some of them of great architectural beauty, were erected in all parts, at the expense of the pious in that persuasion. —(Hear, hear.) Would any one attempt to enforce that cruel and absurd statute?—(Hear.) He had only one objection to the present Bill which was, that it did not go far enough ; and he hoped that in the next session, the Government would bring in a much larger and more comprehensive measure. A Noble Friend of his who was now high in the diplomatic service of the Crown, had recommended to Mr. Canning that the first step towards emancipation should be to do away with all those Acts of promunire, which prevented all commu nication with the See of Rome, and to establish such diplomatic relations with that court as were maintained by Prussia and other Protestant countries, on behalf of their Roman Catholic subjects. The Earl of WICKLOW believed from the turn the discussion had taken that it remained with his Noble Friend (Lord Beaumont) whether or not this Bill should pass or not.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate had alleged no argument against the Bill, but wished it to be postponed, to make way for a larger Bill to which there would be larger objections.—(Hear, hear.) It was admitted on all hands, and not denied by the Right Rev. Prelate, that those Acts were both useless and unjust. He would support the Bill, with the hope that at a future time a more comprehensive measure would be passed. • Lord CAMPBELL would recommend his Noble Friend to persist in the Bill as it stood.—(Hear, hear.) He had listened with great pleasure to the precise and accurate speech of. his Noble Friend on the woolsack, who had clearly and forcibly demonstrated that those twenty-four Acts ought to be at once repealed. Lord BEAUMONT said that very little remained for him to do in respect to the Bill. After the lucid speech of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Wool sack, it would be supererogatory for him to add one word in support of the Bill. He would not have brought forward the measure if he had seen her Majesty's Go vernment taking any steps towards the repeal of those laws. But he had found support in her Majesty's Go vernment, especially in the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, who was not deterred by the gross at tacks which were made on him by a public print, sup posed to be a friend to the Established Church.—(Hear, hear.) But could it be doubted that his Noble and Learned Friend was attached to the Established Church, or that he was thoroughly convinced that the retention of those odious laws in the statute book was useless to the Church ? The Right Rev Prelate told the House that there was provided by the 10th of George IV., an oath which would protect Roman Catholics from those acts of pramunire. But did the Right Reverend Prelate know that there was not one Catholic in one hundred who was " qualified," as it was called—that is, who had taken the oath of the 10th Geo. IV. ? Indeed no Roman Catholic ever thought of going to the courts of quarter sessions to take that oath, which they would consider an insult to their neighbours, as if they sus -1 against ed. themThe great those p pe re ct :n d un so ir m e eAinctfsoirfnitehr would were majority of the Roman Catholics in En g land and Wales were at this moment liable to q ui tam actions, and the laws which he sought to repea l held out am p le p ecuniar y . inducements to the informers(lleq ? hear.) One Act oden n gave a reward of lOU to any'person who should convict f o o t '. e q e u a i a " Popish priest of saying mass."--(llear, hear, and laugh.) That Act was still in existence, and no one could say when an attempt would be made to enforce it. Ile would proceed with the Bill, and trusted that their Lordships would support him.—(Cheers.) The Bishop of LONDON explained. The question was then put, the amendment was nega tived, and the report received. The Bishop of LONDON, in reply to the Lord Chan cellor, said that he would not interfere in the Bill any further, as he knew, from the way in which it was taken up, that any interference on his part would be fruitless. But he felt fortified in the course he had taken by the coun tenance and approbation of such of his Right Reverend and Most Reverend Brethren, who had attended to sup port tim. The Bill was ordered to be committed on Thur - sdiy next. 1 agst Miss Miggs. A dead heat between Queen blab and Quebec, Naworth third, and Elemi fourth. The de ciding heat was not run when our parcel was forwarded. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, &c. 3 yrs, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21 1 h. (28 Subs.), D.R.S.C. Lord George Bentinek's Croton Oil (Rogers) 1 Colonel Anson's .Toe Lovell 2 Duke of Beaufort's Claude Frollo 0 Lord Chesterfield's Cockfighter 0 Lord Exeter's Algernon 0 7t04 on Croton Oil, who won by half a length. A fine race with all. GOODWOOD STAKES.—Betting -9 to 2 agst Franchise, 6 to I agst Croton Oil, 7 to 1 agst Era, 9 to 1 agst Best of Three, 10 to 1 agst Parthian, 13 to 1 agst Elegance filly, 12 to 1 agst Murton Lordship, 14 to 1 agst Lucy Banks. Red Deer declared not to start for this race, nor in all probability for the Cup. LITERATURE. HIGH LIFE IN NEW YORK. 2 Vols. How, London, 1844. In these sketchy volumes we have a series of letters supposed to be written by Mr. Jonathan Slick to his father, a Justice of Peace in Connecticut, illustrative of the manners and personal peculiarities of the Yan kees, and more especially of the state of fashionable society in the city of New York. The letters are written—as the far-famed conversations of Sam Slick were recorded—in the homely, uncouth dialect of humble provincial life in America, but have little of the wit, smartness, and cutting practical sarcasm of Mr. Halliburton's aditnirable work. The most divert ing incident contained in them is the writer's account of his interview with Fanny Elssler, after one of her performances at the theatre, and the effect her grace ful figure, manners, and picturesque dancing produced on his mind. WALKS IN THE COUNTRY. illoxon, London, 1844. There are many graceful images, and healthy, un affected sentiments scattered through this little un pretending volume of poems, which, like all Lord Leigh's productions, is characterised by quick, ac tive feeling, and chaste felicity of verac:Aion. His poem entitled " The Estate Oak," is a lyric worthy of Collins, if only for the easy and delightful flow of its melody. HISTORIC FANCIES. Colburn, London, 1844. The spirit that pervades this volume, the prose as well as the poetical portion of it, is of a most catholic and tolerant character ; indeed the author, in some instances, pushes his love of toleration to excess, which in the discussion of historical matters is a fault that should be as seduously guarded against as an indulgence in the antagonist quality, for truth never lies in extremes, but is always found in the mean. The work is evidently the production of a young writer, thoughtful, ardent, and well-informed, and amid much that is brilliant in expression and gene rous in sentiment, contains also much that is erro neous in opinion anti exaggerated in the portraiture of character. Thus, speaking of the favourite policy of Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin, Mr. Smythe says :—" Upon his attaining the Ministry, Richelieu found the King only the first of his nobles. He resolved to make him somethingmore. He undertook to concen trate all the power which he saw dissipated amongmany great feudatories and lords. His policy was to confound and equalize all classes below the King. But not satisfied to dedicate his own life to this object, he devolved his power upon his successor, Mazarin, whom he himself had formed, who was instigated by the same motives, and who sprung, like himself, from the Democracy ; inherited, with instinctive zeal, his hatred and his views of the Aristocracy. But the sa gacious policy of the Cardinals was not destined to be continued by - the great king whom they had made. He took pains in nothing so much as in rebuilding what they had pulled down, in raising up what they had so skilfully destroyed." Surely this is a very erroneous view of the policy of Louis the Fourteenth! So far was this sagacious monarch from opposing himself to the system of Richelieu and Mazarin, that he carried it out to its fullest extent, for while he gratified his noblesse by showy pri vileges and courtly marks of esteem, he took care to deprive them of all substantial power, and reduced them to the most abject state of dependence on his arbitrary will. It was not by destroying, but by rigidly following up the political system of the Car dinals, that he was enabled with perfect truth to make that memorable boast, " L'etat c'est moi !" Never, in the whole history of France, were the aristocracy with all their pompous titles and imposing wealth, such mere impotent shadows, as during the long reign of the Grande Monarque. In a clever, brilliant sketch of Mirabeau—who, however, is rated infinitely beyond his deserts—our author takes occasion to remark that Casimir Perier, the leading statesman of the year 1831, possessed " an energy anti a genius only in ferior to Mirabeau's." This is high praise, but as suredly it is not warranted by facts. The French Minister was a man of fierce impatience and un bounded pride—arrogant, egotistical, and determined ; but he wanted the comprehensive views, the practical sagacity, the impassioned eloquence, and dauntless intrepidity of the great leader of the Revolution, while as regards " genius," he had not an atom of it in his composition. He was the mere mouth-piece of the Bourgeoisie—the congenial advocate of their narrow, selfish theories of legislation, and died a victim to chagrin at his inability to control a movement which he could not comprehend. In his biographical sketches of Couthon and St. Just, Mr. Smythe, ap parently from a desire to be thought original in hi 3 opinions, takes far too liberal a view of the character of these two Republicans. So far was the former from having anything of a " Roman of free Rome" about him, that he was wholly made up of artifice and plausibility—a twaddling, maudlin sentimen talist, who could shed tears over his lap-dog, while with a dry eye he daily consigned scores of his countrymen to the scaffold. As for St. Just, he was a hard, merciless, pedantic dogmatist, an advocate of principles of which he had never con sidered the tendency ; cruel from want of human sympathies ; and " lofty"—as our author assures us he was—only in his sublime self-conceit. That he was " intrepid" we will not venture to deny ; but his was not moral courage —the noble feeling that sustained Vergniaud and the other Girondists in the last memorable night of their existence—but the brute courage of the bull-dog, originating solely in the utter absence of imagination and the finer instincts of our nature. The truth is, that with a few rare ex ceptions—such as Mirabeau, Roland, Carnot, Verg niaud, and perhaps Danton—the whole of the French Revolutionary chiefs were a set of unmitigated quacks and vagabonds, who had talent enough to enable them to pull down a vicious system, but were destitute of the political sagacity requisite to con struct an enlightened one on the ruins. As, on the whole, we prefer Mr. Smythe's poetry to his prose, we shall confine ourselves to an extract from his beau tiful poem entitled " Mary Stuart's Last Prayer :" A lonely mourner kneels in prayer before the Virgin's fane, With white hands crossed for Jesu's sake, so her prayer may be vain. Wan is her cheek, and very pale—her voice is low and faint— And tears are in her eyes, the while she makes her humble plaint. 0 little could you deem, from her sad and lowly mein, That she was once the Bride of France, and still was Scot land's Queen. 0, Mary Mother !—Mary Mother !—be my help and stay I Be with me still, as thou !last been, and strengthen me to- dayl For many a time, with heavy heart, all weary of its grief, I solace sought, in thy blest thought, and ever found relief: For thou, too, wert a Queen on earth,—and men were harsh to thee ! And cruel things and rude, they said,—as they have said of me I 0, Gentlemen of Scotland l 0, Cavaliers of France ! How each and all had grasped his sword, and seized his an. A NEW ORDER OF THINGS. Dr. M`Hale has addressed to Sir Robert Peel a second letter, on the subject of the Charitable Dona tions Bill now before Parliament. The production is lengthy and elaborate—too diffuse for insertion at large in our columns—but still too important, as a sign of the times, to be altogether passed over in silence. We have, therefore, taken a middle course —and sifting off the bran have preserved the flour. The first thing that will strike the attentive reader is the sudden, the extraordinary change of tone which this letter exhibits, compared with the former. There is in this a beautiful shading off of the rough corners and asperities of thought and language in which this Malleus Herelicorum was wont to delight ; and an agreeable amenity of manners and diction indi cates that something has occurred to change the spirit of the hierarch's dream. Can it be that his recent speech has had anything to do with bringing the Minister into better odour ? Can the prospect of good things to come—of schools and colleges, with new, or with enlarged endowments —and the consequent increase of power and patronage in Holy Mother Church —have had this soothing effect on the Doctor's temper ? We cannot say—the cause may be sufficient—and yet not the efficient of so great and pleasing a change. But come how it may, the change is visible. The Doctor is not only civil, but placable : not only placable, but in some measure ap peased ; and, if things go on in the same prosperous course till the close of the next session, the Doctor will probably be one of the most attentive and suc cessful courtiers at the Castle of Dublin. Indeed, as Sir Robert rises, Lord Normanby seems to go down ; and nobody need be surprised to hear that, as the new diplomacy developes itself, the old " officious and unauthorised sponsorship" will become more and more odious and insufferable to " a nation's feelings and convictions." It is true the Doctor is not quite reconciled to the Charitable Donations Bill; but propter utilitatem ecclesice, the feeling Is. not unnatural. Too little power is 'given to the Church—too much to the State. The interests of the priests are sacrificed to the interests of the laity ; in fact, the Bill is too careful of lay property and too heedless of the " benefit of clergy" to be quite acceptable to a churchman so thorough-going as the successor of St. Jarlath. But all in good time. The amorous lion, that suffered his fangs to be drawn and his claws to be pared for the sake of the forester's pretty daughter, may be considered only as the forerunner of our Lion of the Fold of Judah, the terror of whoge mane is relaxing at the sight of a fair endowment, and who begins to sheath his claws at the prospect of an additional grant. We write this amid the thun ders of popular applause that rend the skies, while the brilliant cortege that conducts Lord Heytesbury to the Castle is passing almost under our windows; and we, too, begin to think that his Lordship will work a miracle. Before closing these remarks, we must notice with approbation the very useful hint which the Doctor has thrown out respecting the supposed inability of this country to bear its fair share in the burdens of taxation ; and we hope Sir Robert will profit by it. " An average of two thou san d poun d s a week," quoth Doctor An-hie, "shows the mighty resources of a people resolved to be free." That is a Catholic truth, which, in whatever sense it may be taken, deserves the attentive consideration of her Majesty's Government.—Dublin Evening Mail. ANNANDALE PEEnicia.--We understand that the infant twin son of the late Sir Frederic Johnstone, Bart. was on Thursday served heir male in general to the last Marquis of Annandale, by a jury, consisting chiefly of members of the legal profession. The evi dence of the pedigree was got up in. a masterly man tier. The librarians of the Faculty of Advocates and Writers to the Signet, and the gentlemen con nected with the records in the Register Office, at tended with books and documents, from which, the propinquity was to be established ; and a body of evidence of the most convincing character was laid before the inquest, who arrived unanimously at the above conclusion. The jury afterwards dined together in Douglas' Hotel in honour of the occasion.—Sir Fre- derick John William Johnstone of Westerhall, Baronet, was on the same day served before the Sheriff of Edin burgh, and a respectable jury, heir male in general to George, last Marquis of Annandale. Thomas Thomson, Esq., advocate, presided, as Chancellor.— Scotsman of Saturday. years our bearing T l E ag L ho A i sT i tn E aw C mi R el I c e c s P t. o j it ap lub remembered, ines, CLUB .--Some . the street, oun havingdtehrr announcedoee f or f the c his intention of Tearing from business, the total dissolu tion of the club would have speedily followed, had not the Duke of Beaufort, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, and a few influential members, after forming them selves into a committee, succeeded in rallying the disjointed members, and effecting a resuscitation of the old body, under the new title of the St. James's Club. For a couple of years or so the subscrip tionsand matters seemed to body, om w di we yr cau are : t sd o yl exertiond i , n unequivocala fmoribundn. came in swimmingly, gs have manifested them in all probability, before the end flourish; syroptom s la o t f te su rl a y d , ry ho b w ae e k ve si r idin will , ear, become entirely defunct. The is aredby aristocratic aoale state, s do e fi l itd e h s t a i n n e pl energies, s t s ielsn present quondam humble fishmonger of Temple-bar, through whom alone, it would seem, it lived, and moved, and had its being is now no more. How long will the club sur• st f o ra t, an was vive his dissolution? boni early age he JOE SMITH, THE M ORMON PROPHET.—(FROM A CORREVONDENT.)—This extraordinary p ersonage, who was shot in the year attended a Dissenting c ha p el, and w hen seventeen years of age, it is said that an ang el a pp eare d to him, telling him his sins were forgiven, and that he was chosen to translate the in attempting i a to Blanchester,e s escape pe New from reku ; sacred book of Mormon, which was written in the Egyptian language on plates of gold, and had been hid for 1,423 years in a stone box, on the hill of Comorah, in the New York territory. It was not, however, until four years' after that he received the plates from the angel; the translation was conducted in a most singular manner, having prevailed upon a person named Harris, who resided in Palmyra, to assist him, Smith dictated from behind a screen, while Harris transcribed. Harris having had some misgivings in conse quence of not being permitted to see the plates, withdrew from the sect after it had cost him 10,000 dollars ; he was succeeded by a person named Cowdery, by whose assistance the translation was published nr 1 830: in the fall of the year his followers amounted to about eighty persons ; but in the following spring they numbered above 1 ,000, when they re moved to Kirkland, in Ohio, where their first temple was built:. In 1838 having been threatened by the myrmidons of the law, in consequenc e of havin g in curred debts to a consi derable amount, they fled to Independence, Jackson County, Missouri ; here they were shamefully treated by the Lynch lawyers—their houses levelled with the ground, 30 killed, and 15,000 banished by the Governor. The party then emigrated to Illinois, and in the Western wilds built the city of Nauvoo, all the inhabitants of which are Mormons. It was estimated in the beginning of 1843, that there were nearly 100,000 of the sect in the United States. The Book of Mormon has been proved to be a novel written by a person named Spaulding, since dead, transcribed by Smith, and inte r p o l ate d w i t h por tions of Scripture, the whole being intended to show that a great number of Israelites, on the dispersion of the tribes, emigrated to America, and in A. D. 420, were cut off by the Indians, with the exception of Moroni, who escaped and hid the book. No fewer than 1,300 men have been hired for the - a lighting of the lamps in the Cham p Elysees, for the illumi nation of the 29th. They will commence at a given signal, so that the lighting up is expected to be almost aimultaneeus. Print. - _ _ HERRING FISHERY. BERWICK.—The take of herrings this week has been very good, averaging about four crans a boat each day; but some boats have had as high as eight or nine crans. This morning, however, the take is very poor—highest boat three crans; and the fishermen think that the night was too smooth to have a good fishing. Prices are about 13s. to 145. per cran. Many boats are now out each night. The other night we saw about 100 boats near our harbour, and the scene is most animating. As yet no strange curers are here; and the French vessels might be supplied next week, in all probability, at a moderate rate, as the tides are beginning to set in when the fish will multiply. NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The fishing of the present week has been a little better than the last. Some few boats went off on Monday night, and returned on Tues day morning with a few hundreds, On Wednesday some two or three boats had each from two to ten barrels, and some quite clean. Prices, 275. per barrel. It is expected there will be a general trial to-night (Wednes day), and it is anticipated there will be a good take, as there is a good appearance on the coast. No boats are yet engaged to any of the curers ; and only three Yar mouth luggers have as yet arrived to buy herrings. If, therefore, herrings should be plentiful, prices are tied to be very low. DUNBAR.—Since our last report the herring fishing has been rather improving upon the whole. On Thurs day the boats ranged from three to six trans. The fish are of excellent quality, and are principally purchased by the cadgers, none of the curers having commenced. Indeed, from the great take on the west coast, and the quantities already shipped to the Continent from the Lewis Islands, curing (unless the fish are very cheap) is considered to be anything but a safe speculation.—Bre wick Warder. ABERDEEN, JULY 25.—The fishing here for last week, as was stated before, was very poor. The Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday's fishing this week has been attended with rather more success, the boats generally returning with an average of 1 to 2i crans. As the nights are now getting darker there is every reason to hope that the returns will be much greater during the course of next week. BANFF, JULY 22.—The fishing during the last week was not so good as during the previous week, which was partly to be attributed to stormy weather ; but as the weather is now settled, there will be a general turn out of all the boats to-night. The contract price for fresh herrings has declined ; and several boats at Fraserburgh have been engaged at Bs. 6d. the cran, in full, and, in some instances, even less money has been accepted. The foreign letters received this morning mention further arrivals of Lewis herrings, which could, with difficulty, be sold to leave about 10s. to lls. the barrel, according to quality. PETERHEAD, JULY 24.—Our herring fishery is now fully commenced ; the number of boats is 417, being nearly 50 more than last year ; the average take up to this date being nine crans, this day's fishing alone being seven crans. SPEED OF THE THAMES-BUILT STEAMERS.—On Monday last a trial of speed took place between the Prince of Wales Margate steam-vessel and the last new vessel for the Folkestone station, the Princess Maud. The Prince of Wales was on her passage to Margate, and on reaching Gravesend was challenged by the Princess Maud, which was waiting for her there, all prepared. Both vessels started fairly, and the run was continued nearly to the Nore, when the Princess Maud 'relinquished the contest. At this moment, and in a run of an hour and a quarter, the Prince of Wales had left her competitor a full mile-and-a-half astern. The Prince of Wales had 200 passengers on board, and her awning set. The Princess Maud had on board only from twenty to thirty persons. This is the third unsuc cessful attempt within the last fourteen months to out strip the Prince of Wales with the new vessels built for the Folkestone station ; and it is but justice to her builders, Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., of Blackwell, to state that the engines of the Prince of Wales are a pair of beam-engines, constructed by them about six years since, and transferred in the spring of last year from the Royal George into the present iron vessel, the Prince of Wales; while, at the same time, it affords a proof of the advantage that might be derived from a skilful adaptation of such excellent and durable machinery. The Meteor, a new iron-vessel, built this spring, by Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., for the Star Gravesend Company, is another remakable instance of speed. Her engines are a pair of beam engines, made by them for the Planet, nine years since, and she is equalled in speed only by the Prince of Wales. On the same day of her race with the GUERNSEY.—GeneraI Sir Thomas Saumarez ar- Prince of Wales, the Princess Maud twice entered the rived by the Transit from 'Southampton this evening, just as lists with the Meteor ,• the first time early in the we were going to press. We have learnt that the result of morning, and the second time at ten o'clock, when the his mission to London has been entirely satisfactory , but we Meteor had 500 passengers on board, and on both occa have not heard any particulars.— Guernsey Star of 'Thursday. s i ons the Princess ls laud was beaten. The Meteor is, LIVERPOOL. GUANO SALES.—On Friday two car- unquestionably, the pride of the Thames. Go where goes of guano, from Ichaboe, were offered for sale at the ' vou may, she is acknowledged the swiftest boat on the room in Oldhall-street. The first cargo of 900 tons , by the - - station, and echo replies—" It will be some time before Bradshaw, was divided into lots of five and ten tons each. she has an equal." For the first lot, consisting of five tons, the fi rst offer was 4/. per ton ; the next was 5/. ; after which it rose by half-crowns The Drury-lane Committee have invited their to five gu i neas , at which the bidding ceased. In the course lessee, Mr. Bunn, to a dinner 4t Greenwich. in testimony of of the bids, it was s t a t e d th a t the o wners were quite pre- their approbation of his conduct• in the management of the pared to sto re this cargo, and, if they did, it certainly would T T r h af ea a t l r g e ar d , u o r n ing th t e he re p t a ur st n se o as f o t n h , e wL n ich ag is er to fr t o a n k i e p p a la ri c s e . at the not be sold at that price. They were anxious to meet buyers fairly, but not to sacrifice. The whole cargo was then with- Earl of Glengall will preside. drawn at 51. lOs. per ton. The next cargo was one of 250 FIRE IN THE BEAUFORT PIT or BLACK BAND.— tons, offered by Mr. J. H. Rayner, broker, in: a vessel just The subterranean fire which has for some time seriously arrived, whi c h, it was s t a ted, wou ld convey it to any safe alarmed every person interested in the welfare and prosperity port which the p urc h aser might se l ec t. It was offered in of this and the adjoining mineral districts, has been at length, w one er lo e t u . le T y h s e to b pip id e d d di ; d n a g n sc , ommenced at 4/., advanced to S L , w ith much labour and difficulty, subdued, so that the men where they at 5 . 108. as in the other case, the cargo was were enabled to resume their accustomed employment on Tuesday sew:light, —Cambrian, _ gry lance, If Ladye love, or sister dear, or nearer dearer bride, Had been, like me, your friendless Liege, insulted and belied ! But these are sinful thoughts, and sad,—l should not mind me now, Of faith forsworn, or broken pledge, or false or fruitless vow But rather pray—sweet Mary—my sins may be forgiven I And less severe than on the earth, my Judges prove in heaven. For stern and solemn men have said—' God's vengeance will be shown,' — And fearful will the penance be,—on the sins which I have done! And yet, albeit my sins be great—Oh Mary, Mary dear ! Nor to Knox, nor to false Moray, the Judge will then give ear ! Yes ! it was wrong and thoughtless, when first I came from France, To lead courante, or minuet, or lighter, gayer dance. Yes—it was wrong and thoughtless,—to while whole hours away In dark and gloomy Holyrood, with some Italian lay. Dark men would scoul their hate at me, and I have heard them tell, How the Just Lord God of Israel had strikers Jezebel. But thou—dear Mary---Mary mine ! hast ever looked the same, With pleasant mien, and smile serene, on her who bore thy name ; Oh, grant that, when anon I go to death ! I may not ace Nor axe, nor block, nor headsman,—but Thee, and only Thee! Then, 'twill be told, in coming times, how Mary gave her grace To die, as Stuart, Guise, should die—of Charlemagne's fear. less race. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. _ _ The Marquis of SALISBURY moved amendments, the purport of which'was not heard in the gallery. But they were agreed to without discussion. All the clauses, 118 in number, were read seriatim and agreed to, with only verbal amendments in a few. The schedules were then reel, and agreed to. The report was brought up, and ordered to be received on Thursday. The Railways Bill was read a second time on the mo tion of Lord DALHOUSIE, who stated that the dis cussion would be taken on Thursday. The House then adjourned at Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 30. The SPEAKER entered the House at a few minutes to Twelve o'clock, but it was nearly half-past Twelve before a sufficient number of Members were present to constitute a House. The Lords' Amendments to the Ventnor Improvement and the Rochdale Improvement Bills were agreed to. The Protection of rurchasers, &c. (Ireland) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Customs (New South \Vales) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Books and Engravings Bill was read a third time, and pasSed. The Courts of Common Law Process Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Courts of Common Law Process (Ireland) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Militia Pay Bill was read a third time and passed. The Privy Council Bill was read a third time and passed. The Tralee Navigation and Harbour Bill passed through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The report on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was brought up, agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The report on the Woods and Forests Accounts Bill was brought up and agreed to. The Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The report on the Grand Canal (Ireland) Bill was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The report on the Spirits (Ireland) Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the third reading fixed for to morrow. The report on the Marriages (Ireland) Bill was agreed to—third reading to-morrow. The Piccadilly Improvement Bill passed through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The South Sea Company Bill passed through Com mittee, and the report was ordered to be received to morrow. The above orders of the day were disposed of without a word of discussion. The report on the Merchant Seamen's Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the third reading fixed for Thurs day, at twelve o'clock. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM said the second reading of the In solvent Debtors' Bill was amongst the orders of the day, but as he had not given notice for the second reading for twelve o'clock, he would not take it until five o'clock. He would, however, give notice that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to press this Bill during the present session. The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a body of artists, against the Art-Unions Bill. CAPTAIN WARNER. Sir J. GRAHAM said there was a notice of motion on the paper with respect to Captain Warner's invention ; but, as his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Govern• ment was most anxious to be present when that subject came forward, and as it was, from particular circum stances, impossible for him to be in his place that day, he would suggest to his Noble Friend (Lord Ingestre) the desirableness of postponing the motion, either until to-morrow or Friday. Lord INGESTRE said he should, tinder the circum stances, postpone the motion until to-morrow at five o'clock. POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. Col. SIBTHORP gave notice that he would, early next session, take the sense of the House, by moving for the removal of the Assistant Poor•law Commis tdoners. PORTS AND HARBOURS. Colonel DAWSON DAMER appeared at the bar as Comptroller of the llousehold, and stated that he had to acquaint the House that her Majesty had received the address relating to the several tidal harbours, ports, and rivers, and that her Majesty had been pleased to return as the answer, that consideration should be given to the subject. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME moved for copies of all correspondence relating to the deposed Raja of Sattara, which has taken place between the Government of India and Major Car penter, the officer in charge of the Raja, from September, 1889, the time of his llighness' departure for Benares, to the Ist of January, 1844. The Hon. Member said it had been his intention to submit to the House, in moving for these papers, a short statement of the injuries of the Raja of Sattara ; but as he had been informed that there was no objection to their production he was unwilling to take up the time of the House by entering into details. Dr. BO\VRING seconded the motion. This unfortu nate Prince had long been waiting for justice, and he hoped he would not have to wait for it much longer. Mr. B. BARING said there was no objection on' the part of the Company to produce the return. After some observations from Mr. NOGG and Sir T. COLEBROOKE, the motion was agreed to. The Debtors and Creditors Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The Transfer of Real Property Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. THE COOPERS' TRADE. Mr. HUME rose to call the attention of the House to the depressed state of the coopers' trade in Great Britain, and to move that the House would, early in the en suing session, take the petition of the coopers into consideration, with the view of relieving them from their present distress. Great changes had been made in our tariff, and the coopers considered that their interests had been neglected, and their trade in jured. They complained that the colonial market had been thrown open to the Americans, while a duty of 25 per cent. was maintained on the raw material used in this country. It was, therefore, impossible for them to compete with the Americans in the colonial market. All that the British coopers wanted to prevent them selves and their families from being ruined was, to be placed on the same footing with foreigners, with regard to the raw material. The greatest benefit had been experienced by those engaged .in the cabinet making trade from the reductions which took place in the duties on mahogany, Amboyna wood, and rose wood. If a reduction took place on the raw material of the wood from which staves were manufactured, he had no doubt the change would be soon beneficially felt by the coopers. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. • The question having been put. Mr. GLADSTONE said he was sure the Hon. Gen tleman did not desire to obtain the sense of the House on this subject, and that his wish only was to raise a discussion. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman as to the hardship which the coopers suffered, and he had doubts of the expediency of imposing a heavy duty on wood, or a class of articles like staves. Ile had said that the coopers attributed their distress to causes to which it was not to be properly attributed, and the Right Hon. Gentleman appeared to him to be under the impression that it was owing to the change in 1842, that distress had fallen on them. He would not hesitate to assert that their position was improved by the change in the law which had taken place in 1842. At the time the change was made he had reason to sup pose that the trade were satisfied with the arrangement. He now came to the alteration of the colonial duties and the duties charged on the importation of staves into the West Indies. The parties said their position was materially worse since the change in the jaw, and to that they ascribed the distress under which they were suffering. But the Hon. Gentleman was misin formed as to the extent of that change.. The Hon. Gentleman stated there was a prohibitive duty on timber, which was not the case. A most exaggerated degree of importance had been attached to the change. The causes of distress must be sought for elsewhere. It arose from the falling off in the general production of the West Indies, which had caused a dimin ution in the importation of staves both from this country and the United States. It arose in some degr ee also from the, to decay of the whale fishery, which had been reduced an insignificant amount ; and ano ther reason for it might be found in the high pri ce of staves from the Baltic. Another cause had also operated against the trade in London. The great brewers had lately adopted a new system of collecting their empty casks from the publicans, in consequence of wh ich the q uantit y of empty casks in the cellars of the public-houses was much re ducod, and that acted injuriously on the coopers of Lon. don. Again, a certain portion of the coopering of Lon don had been transferred to other places. The trade of brewing bad lately considerably increased at Burton-on- Trent ; that had affected the trade of the coopers in London; but, at the same time, the state of the trade was at the present moment not so bad as it had been repre sented to be. There had been a great increase in the importation of staves during the first six months of the present year as compared with the first six months of last year. The duty paid OA staves during the first six months, of 1843, was 8,6691„ and during the first six months of 1844, it was 15,900/. This justified him in saying that these figures showed at least a revival of trade. Then, as to the benefi ts to be derived from a reduction of duty, he should be glad if he - could re-echo the sentiments of the Hon. Gentleman, and state, that since the alteration in 1842, the furniture trade had revived. The declared value of the export of cabinet ware in 1840, was 78,0001., in 1841 it was 76,000 L, in 1842 it was 75,0001,, in 1843 it was 80,0001., and during the first six months of 1844, it was only 35,0004 showing a smaller amount of trade than during any previous year, and showing it was not 59 easy W get back st trade that was lest, . The lime must not suppose that this question was free from diffi culty. It was not a mere question as to whether, by the sacrifice of a revenue of 20,0001., they could save an im portant trade, but there were other trades in a position analogous to that of the coopers. There were the im porters of wood fur the making of packing cases. They paid a duty upon the raw material, whilst foreigners imported their packing cases free from all duty. Perhaps the Hon. Gentleman would say, admit all packing-case wood free from duty.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Hume.) That might be all very well, but the wood imported for this purpose might be ap plied to very different purposes. Now, with regard to the coopers, wood imported for staves might be used for wainscot, and for other purposes. He did not say that was any reason why the House should not take the question into consideration ; but he would remind the House that this was not a simple question on the subject merely of the duty on staves, but that it went into the general question of the wood duties. He hoped that there were symptoms of a revival in the coopers' trade ; and, at all events, he believed that the coopers were not correct in attributing the distress under which they were suffer ing to the continuance of the duties on staves, but that that distress was attributable to other causes which were in the course of removal, and he hoped that the coopers' trade would soon be in a better state than it had been for some time past. Mr. HL TT thought that the question between his Hon. Friend and the Hight Hon. Gentleman as to the cause of the distress was matter of minor consideration; th e fact of the existence of that distress waki admitted by the Right Ilonourable Gentleman, and that was the great point for considera tion. Ile had frequently called the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the subject, and he had . been gratified to find that that attention had always bees earnestly and feelingly given.—(Hear, hear.) He ad mitted that this was no simple question. It was mixed up with the question of West India distress, and with a variety of other questions. Owing to this state of things the coopers had become Chartists, and if he were a cooper himself he should have great •difficulty in• not becoming one. He would take every opportunity of forcing this subject on the attention of the Government. Mr. HUME replied. The Right Hon. Gentleman had not candidly stated the question at issue. The re lative situation of the coopers now and the coopers in former years was not the question. His complaint was, that no drawback whatever was allowed on the manu factured article, and without that not one single cask could be sent out of England. There was a shop in the Strand where the cooper's work from the United States could be purchased at twenty per cent. under the cooper's work of this country. As long as they levied a duty of thirty per cent., it was impossible that a single article could be exported. He would suggest whether the . coopers might not be allowed to manufacture in bond for the West Indies and the colonies generally. If that advantage were conferred the English merchants would, doubtless, give the preference to their own countrymen. After what had been said he should not take the sense of the House upon his motion. Lord SANI)ON hoped the Government would give their attention to the subject, as it was a very pressing case. --- After some short discussion the motion was withdrawn. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. The Earl of LINCOLN, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill to empower her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests to form a terrace and embankment, wi di convenient landing places for the public, on the Middlesex shore of the river Thames, between West minster and Blackfriars bridges, said that he did not mean to press the measure during the present session ; but he was anxious to give Members an opportunity of considering the matter in all its bearings. Sir C. BURRELL opposed the Bill. Mr. HUTT thought the measure would be an advan tageous one, though he disapproved of many of its pro visions. Mr. HUME said he thought those provisions in the Bill which were intended to effect improvements, would be the greatest possible impediment to the navigation of the river. Sir F. TRENCH said he had been examined before the Committee, and gave his evidence on the belief that Mr. Walker's proposition of embankment had been adopted. Improvements should not be confined to one bank of the Thames, both should be improved equally. A view of St. Paul's should be opened to the river, and nothing could be more magnificent or desirable thee such a view would be. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr. MACKINNON rose to call the attention of the House to the report of the Select Committee on the Im provement in the' Health of Towns in 1842, which states, " That the practice of interment within the pre cincts of large towns, is injurious to the health of the inhabitants thereof, and frequently offensive to public decency." Also, to the report of the Ecclesiastical Com mission, as follows :—" The practice of burial in the church or chapel, appears to us in many respects inju rious, in some instances by weakening or deteriorating the fabric of the church, and in others by its tendency to affect the lives or health of the inhabitants ; we are of opinion that this practice should in future be discontinued." Parliament had been too long neglectful of the disgraceful condition in which the churchyards of the metropolis were. Instead of exciting feelings of awe and rever ence, these venerable graveyards excited nothing but feelings of disgust. He would not mention the names of particular places. They were notorious as they were abominable. Let them view the burial places on the Continent, Pei e le Chaise for instance, and they would see nothing to offend the eye or the ear, but everything to inspire feelings of reverence and admiration. Was it not a shame_that the wealthiest, and in all respects the greatest, city in the worldshould be surrounded by grave yards so hideous and noisome that it would be disgrace ful to the most barbarous countries? They talked of the march of intellect and civilization, but let them recollect the decent and solemn regard which was paid to the dead in Greece, Rome, and in Egypt. The Right Hon. Baronet would have a great deal of leisure during the recess, and hoped he would devote a portion of his time to this most important subject. He wished to know whether, in the course of the ensuing session, the Go vernment intended to introduce, any measure on the subject. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would not discuss the subject at present. It was a most difficult one to legislate upon. It was impossible to bring forward any measure on the subject, and until he could introduce one in all respects satisfactory, he did not in tend to call for Parliamentary interference. Nothing could be worse than legislating on such a subject by piecemeal.—The subject then dropped. DON CARLOS. • Mr. P. BORTHWICK then rose to move for copies of all correspondence which had passed between Don Carlos (or on behalf of his Royal Highness) and her Majesty's Government, relating to certain propositions which had been made by that Prince, having for their object the tranquillisation of Spain; as also copies of all correspondence which had passed between her Ma jesty's Government and the Governments of France and Spain respectively relative to the said propositions.—The Hon. Gentleman alluded to a question which had been put by the Earl of Clarendon in the House of Peers to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but he was called to order by The SPEAKER who said that it was quite irregular for the Hon. Member to refer to anything which had occurred in the House of Peers. _ _ Mr. P. BORTHWICK said he would bow to the de cision of the chair. He contended that the proposition which had been submitted to the Government of this country by Don Carlos relative to the affairs of Spain had been misunderstood and misrepresented, and in order to show this he called on her Majesty's Govern ment for the production of these papers. He denied that Don Carlos was the representative of despotism, or that Isabella was at the head of a Liberal Government. He could not look upon that country as enjoy ing constitutional liberty, three-fourths of which was always in a state of seige. Why, he found by the public Gazette of Spain, that lately 147 men had been called out one morning and shot without the form of trial. He would ask when had Don Carlos shown any disposition to withhold constitutional liberty from the people of Spain ? He said that no in stance of Don Carlos having done so could be found. He (Mr. Borthwick) trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government would not oppose this motion on a point of form, seeing that a principle of justice was involved in it. Lord J. MANNERS seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER looked upon the motion of the Hon. Gentleman as one which had been made merely to give the Hon. Gentleman an opportunity of expressing his opinions upon the subject. He thought that in the House of Commons, when papers were moved for, the Government ought to adhere as closely to matters of form as they possibly could. The House had before it the whole facts of the case, a n d h e did not, t h ere fore, think it necessary to enter more at length into it in resisting the motion. The Marquis of GILANBY said the affairs of Spain were at presentin a state of confusion, in consequence of the disputed succession ; a proposal had been made to arrange the matter by a marriage between the young Isabella and. the family of Don Carlos, and this, he thought, was the -only manner in which the contest could be ter minated. Mr. BORTHWICK replied, and asked if the informal part of the correspondence was refusekwhether the Go• vernment would also re f use t h at part o f i t w hi c h was strictly official, and which ought to be before the House. This question was not answered ; and on the motion being put, Mr Borthwick called for a division, in which the numbers were— For the motion Against it 33 Majority against the motion —3l FINE ARTS. Mr. WYSE then presented the petitions of which he bad given notice of, from artists and friends to art, in London and Dublin, praying the establishment of gal leries for the reception of casts, or the best works in sculpture, from the earliest period to the present. 110 recapitulated the statements in the petitions of the ad vantages that would arise from such an institution, and allude to the orderly and praiseworthy manner, in which the people had behaved when admitted into collections of works of art. Such a gallery, if made, ought to be as complete as possible, and contain specimens of various schools and ages, from the Egyptian and Persian, to the Greek, the Roman, the midoeval, and modern schools. Its influence on art would be important and salutary. The Right lion. Gentleman concluded by moving that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take into her favourable consideration, the prayer of those petitions for the establishment of a gallery for the pre servation of works of art. Colonel RAWDON seconded the motion. Dr. BOWRING thought there was no person in this country to whim art MS SO mach indebted. as his Right Lbert N of iclc d ards 'ere. the air- suc• I in a nd ieire Ling the ince and ingt ,onf ling in sap and had ite- Dr. Air. :ivro r e re Ion" ord the ere Of gat re'