The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-12 00:00:00

-....--,-, ..... -=- --.....'------‘-----" - 7 7 --- ' --- -"•,- - ----- -:` , "* , - ,- *:.7-1 ,, '- -•---- ------ . • =i -- 7 _ --..- . . _. . ._ _ _. _ _ . -...-- - .__.,..-------- --- -__ _— . - - -- . _ - . ~ ,- - -, TH E SLN LO NDON 0 ..--, 3 .- , -..—..----- ___ ------ --:-. - '' PA RLIAMENTARY NOTICES. HAMBURGH M AIL. Ito, . -.Let 8 ..-- BERLIN, JULY 29.—The Austrian Government has . 1 ) 11 00 ,, °F MOTIONS WHICH NOW STAND IN THE ORDER lately ordered that travellers arriving from foreign PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPEN DITURE.- -BALANCE - SHEEI• 6 k tsw or THE R OUSE OF COMMONS FOR THE NEXT countries are to produce not only their passports but 1119. L., l ' br. 14 1; their domiciliary certificate (*Hermaths-schein). This e "''lliti ' --- 'wriug—to move the consideration of the re- is a most i m portant mea sure, the motives for which are 1. An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended the sth day of Jul}, 1845, after abating the Expenaliture thereout defrayed by the several „en s ~., . 2. I) .1: 4 the taelect Committee on colonial accounts. prAably to be looked for in the Catholic infection and Revenue Departments, and of the actual Issues or Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances anal t be r* 13 the f o r the improvement of the introduction of ideas of reform connected with it. If Pliblie ' Repayments for Local Works, - &o.- • - ----- - - --- . 3. Al ... '' tteeoU n tS . $ we consider the probable effects of this measure on the .., • . . Applicable to t . ,11,4 t''• Escott—that the article " Maize," commonly reciprocal intercourse, there seems reason to apprehend •- • EXPENDITURE. f 'tut s I ndian Corn," be admitted into the ports of the that other Governments may be obliged by it to adopt. . Consolidated Other Public 4 ei‘ liingdorn free of duty. reprisals greatly to be regretted. INCOME OR REVENUE. Fund. Services. Total. ______ .£ s. d. e llettth' . 4 . Emart—total repeal of the punishment of ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 26.—The merchan's of Archangel and Wolegda have received, on their applica- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. • 5 6: ) 1". 'E wart—reduction of duty on tea. tion to the Minister of Finance, permission to seek within ORDINARY REVENUE AND RECElPTS. Terminable Annuities 3,997,309 $ 0 • 18,973,567 0 2 3,000,000 0 0 21,973,567 0 2 Customs hte 1 1 . 1. • Ewart—titat Committees on all opposed pri- the boundaries of Russia for guano, which is found not Excise 13,351,253 710 ••• ••• 13,351,253 710 Total Charge of the Funded Debt, exclusive of 9,214/. 4s. 6d., the Interest fry ,, _ r ills 1, f orn '.'„° reduced to the number of five Members, only in some island of the South Sea, but in the islands , Stamps on Donations and Bequests. .29,592,583 18 4 r 411 (10 1 , -- ail interest in the question referred to them, of the White Sea and the Northern Ocean, to collect it,4,228,441 17 3 Taxes (Land and Assessed)..... , of rail a y the Committee of selection, as in the case aid to export it duty free from the seaports of the White 5,261,954 611 ••• ••• 5,261,954 611 — 30,070,827 1 8 • 7. O r d}' bills. Sea.. Property-tax Post Office 702,000 0 0 ••• ••• 702,000 0 0 Civil List 391,789 13 5 11 4 0 th,:' 41,11 n Fielden—Select Committee, to inquire Aix LI CHAP.ELLE, AUG. 2.—A great sensation is 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 ,- Crown Lands ••• ... Annuities and Pensions for Civil, Naval, Military, and Judicial Services, meat. t ''' ' l ase of Messrs. Fielder, relative to their asap excited here by the answer of the Minister of Finance, Is and 6cl. and 4s. in the £on Pensions and Salaries.... 5,179 12 4 ••• ... • 5,179 12 4 &c., charged by various Acts of Parliament on the Consolidated Fund—. 549,111 18 8 4 '4 Li e , income-tax in the years 1842, 1843, and 1844. to the petition for an augmentation of the protective Small ' 12,086 211 ••• ••• 12,086 211 Salaries and Allowances O "ik 4r..1 orster—Select Committee, to inquire into the duties, which was signed by nearly 2,000 of our citizens. Branches of the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown 37,942 11 3 ••• ••• 37,942 11 3 Diplomatic Salaries and Pensions 177,996 3 2 r . I.ld! c ci e ncroachments of France on the possessions and The answer promises, indeed, that special attention Surplus Fees of Regulated Public Offices Courts of Justice tt ktklr tu n deln'e of the natives of the west coast of Africa, shall bo paid to the subject, but observes, that his Ma. 50,100,844 0 3 3,000,000 0 0 53,100,844 0 3 Miscellaneous Charges on the Consolidated Fund 616,892 17 8 111 '441; 4 t h'-! consequences thereof to the natives and to jesty cannot approve of such collective petitions evading 5. .. interests in that country. — 2,732,496 3 9 . le t o th illr, the legal channel. Every body asks, what does he mean OTHER RECEIPTS. Army Mackinnon—to call the attention of the House by this expression ? Money from China under the Treaty of August, 1842... 593,072 13 4 • ... „, 593,072 13 4 Navy 6,300,807 10 7 A thi3,,eetesolution of this House on the Bth day of April BERLIN, Atm. 3.—We expect in a few weeks the rati- 106,133 9 3 106,133 9 3 Ordnance Imprest and other Monies le Pteti - la : t 3 , it ' l li " That the practice of interments within the fication of a treaty of commerce between the Zollve- Money received from the East India Company 60,000 0 0 ... ... 60,000 0 0 Miscellaneous, chargeable on the Annual Grants of Parliament 2,841,285 0 3 t ioti k ~ 4 of the metropolis, and of large cities, is inju- rein and the kingdom of Sardinia, which is said to be Unclaimed Dividends (more than paid) c . Itei,„' n the health of the population, and demands the very advantageous to both parties. Ships under the Ditto, South Sea Company .. °, attention of Parliament." Sardinian flgg, laden with marble, silk, .oil, and fruit, — Oed 'II% Mackinnon—to move (in consequence of a will shortly arrive in our ports, and we shall supply 50,995,804 5 4 3,000,000 0 0 53,995,804 5 4 ' 50,524,683 10 9 A ou l ci e given by the Home Secretary, that a commission Sardinia with our manufacture s, particularly linen. Such Excess • of Income over Expenditure 3,471,120 14 7 1 44 t b e issued on the subject during the recess) fur a treaty was contemplated some years ago, but is only ... ... 11 44 ° , 13 ring in a Bill to suppress the nuisance of smoke, now concluded, through the able negotiation of the Sar- . a il - yan alteration in the period of paying the dividends on certain classes of the late 53,995,804 5 4 al 'ttil ot „ L ne question is taken up by her Majesty's Go- dinian Government to the Court of Berlin.—liamburgh is k li v ‘ ri l t• Papers, Aug. 8. ! 53,995,804 5 4 Three-and- Half (now Three-and-a-Quarter) per Cents., formerly paid in January and July, of ‘4%,.,. -, l*. W_ P........, Q-1....., fl,,,,,rnittno fn ron9.ider . ~,, !_ .-, ii __ 4- ........, . ..,.+;Ar..ta of din usual there arc five payments in the said classes in this account. AR LIAMENTARY NOTICES. a, oz o 01? MOTIONS WHICH NOW STAND IN THE ORDER °l' THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR THE NEXT i~ ki litit; l% 13°wr iug —to move the consideration of the re 2, b il s of the select Committee on colonial accounts. tbs r ' 130 w* . ine'—r - olutions fur the improvement of Publi% Teton r -t e' 3 . nt s . rt 164,44/• Escott—that the article " Maize," commonly t hlit 'l ndian Corn," be admitted into the ports of the 4. e,(lliingdorn free of duty. lieuetr..Ewart—total repeal of the punishment of 5, k p r• t:wart d nof duty on tea. rateiltirisEb‘ —reoc to vart—that Committees on all opposed pri lrit. f r n reduced to the number of five Members, I tlld e h °m all interest in th e question referred to them, °fr ai l °s°ll 'ay the. Committee of selection, as in the case l v a3 . Bills. I ke t h'""Tolin Fielden—Select Committee, to inquire merit . vase of Messrs. Ficlden, relative to their assess ' tta t he home-tax in the years 1842,1843, and 18 4 4. 411 4 ; D , r. F ors t er —S e l ect C omm i ttee, to i nqu i re i n t o t h e encroachments of France on the possessions and 'rod . . I h ritl i n , eiwe of the natives of the west coast of Africa, 4 riti t, r, the consequences thereof to the natives and to 5 . , Interests in that country. the Mr. Mackinnon—to call the attention of the House thi3 resolution of this House on the Bth day of April Pteoi" That the practice of interments withir . i the tiot h -r '-: 1 of the metropolis, and of large cities, is inju tsti,to the health of the population, and demands the 1078 a ttention of Parliament." ON Mr. Mackinnon—to move (in consequence of a A e 4,, e given by th e H ome S ec r e tary, that a commission 14, 4 4 be issued on the subject during the recess) for 1 144, t° brin g in a Bill to suppress the nuisance of smoke, 11, 4 ne t .. he question is taken up by her Majesty's Go ttl V. ;Tiv . ,"`,r- W. Patten—Select Committee to consider this k r may be expedient to relax the privileges of ties rezpecting the impositir - in of pecuniary penal 12.44rates as regards private Bills. ta . , Sibthorp—reduction of duty on fire insurance. ipp °l Smyth e —S e l ect Committee to consider and lit e t c o the Papers laid on the table of the House rela- Ill i t') th e Claims of her Majesty's subjects, arising out meas ures adopted by the French Government in ilearCs 1834 and 1835, on the coast of Portundic. 1.1; Verner—to move an address to the Queen, tkn e . Subj to ect of remova of .-Watson from the 43 tlilty ls-s o i P l ,, of the the l peace and deputy-li Mr eutenancy of the 15, Llntrint. A ir. Wakley—to move for leave to bring in a Bill and consolidate the laws for regulating the ~I'llare o , - " '" of physic and surgery, and the practice of I tsiti a q , in Great Britain and Ireland, with a view to I I — C . `roe ;10 registration of " every person who, at the iss ° ' t he passing of the Act shall be legally prac or entitled to practice, as a physician, a surgeon, a kothecary, in some part of her Majesty's do- A ". k ittl' e l l equality of r i g hts and privileges for registered 1. 61 . 4 Practitioners throughout the kingdom. epresentative systems of government in the col -I,4:Physicians and surgeons. ktitli,ne ele c ti on by those collleges of a national c ouncil, having for its president a principal Se- I, ; 3 (. 1 : 4 State. Nis ii `;'° i ntroduction of comprehensive systems of edu 0. V h tl the schools of medi c ine and pharmacy. 0 1 1 , *," ° appointment of courts of examiners by the Physicians and Surgeons of England, Ire- Scotland. 111 ,,t1 t l u e admission of the examiners into the hospitals i g tts ° l'r Public insti ution4, for the purpose of enabling gtest the 1 - nowl ' edge of the candidates for diplomas B . s il et ne and surgery ' at the bedsides of the sick. ate to repeal of lose sections of the charter that was Oiehlto the College of Surgeons in England in 1843, (.I. fe s " ; `sPlaced the members of that college from the „9, 14 . ° 11 0 rank which they had previously enjoyed. . ~.`llls and right of every registered practitioner in meth-- 1 4 1 d surge ry to recover reasonable charges for li tt IN g er Y t ,nizt surgical advice and medicine, without other 4 0 the registry. e examination and registration of chemists and thmettt'• S t o England and Scotland by the Royal Pliar- Society of Great Britain ; and in Ireland by Phar r of A - othecaries of Dublin. 1,7 more effectual p protection of the public against k '''4 4 l . - „ 6e ruus proceedings of unqualified medical prac lhAisi'; a nd unlicensed chemists and druggists, by "die offences of such persons questions for the Poisons.l2.4l;,Y jurisdiction of magistrates. i 'e Prohibition of the sale, by retail, of certain h i a.h"cept . by licensed chemists and druggists. " t Y f r separation of the practice of physic and stir -16. t)4l . the 9-d e o f d rugs a nd medicines. Mr 4ct ea , Yse—to call the attention of the House to Condition of the diocesan and royal schools of „`ird„ and to submit a motion to render them,. lAJ' e e with the recommendation of the Committee rift i n at lon (Ireland, in 138) more subservient to the 3 41 Mud improvement 8 of education in that country. al • • This German word seems to mean a certificate of the usual place of abode. BELGIAN FUNDS.—llituzvELs, AUG. 9. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • • • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per cent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent ••••••••• • •, • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. Ditto, ditto, 1844. • • Ditto of the City, 1832 •• • • • . Ditto, 1813 • • • ••• • • Bank of Belgiurn• • • • • • ....• .. .Brussels Papers, Aug. 9. 2. An Account of the Balances of the Public Money remaining in the ended the sth Day of July, 1845 ; the Money applied towards the Works, Btc., with the Difference accruing thereon ; and the Balances !;xchequer on the Redemption of t in the Exchequer, sth day of July, 1844; the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the Year the Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and Repayments on Account of Local !, on the . sth day of July, 1845. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ISSUED. £ S. d. j £ s. d. B AL ANCES in the EXCHEQUER on the s th day of Ju l y , 1844 To the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, to be applied to the redemption of the Public Debt : MONEY RAISED IN THE YEAR ENDING THE STH DAY OF JULY, 1845, BY By issues per Act 10 George IV.. e. 27 2,647,471 17 9 THE CREATION OF FUNDED OR UNFUNDED DEBT. By interests on donations and bequests 9,214 4 6 Exchequer-bills 18,407,3001., charged on Supplies, per Act 7 Victoria, 2,656,686 2 3 c. 14 Debt, but of Consolidated Deficiency Bills. 556,686 2 3 To the Paymasters of Exchequer-bills for payment of Exchequer-bills, 9,379,6001., charged on Supplies, per Act 8 Victoria, Unfunded Debt : c. 23 - Money out of the Consolidated Fund for payment 18,294,500 0 0 of Public Works, West India Relief, and Shan non Bills . Exchequer-bills for Public Works.—Great Britain (charged on Conso- Money out of the Consolidated Fund, to pay off lidated Fund), per Act 3 Victoria, c. 10 in full of 2,000,000 L, granted per Act 6 and 7 Victoria, c. 87 Exchequer-bills, West India Relief, per Act 2 and 3 Victoria, c. 125. to payment of Supply Bills .•... 2,800 0 0 Exchequer-bills issued for payment of Supply Exchequer bills, West India Reli ef, p er Act 6 and 7 Victoria, c. 87 107,000 0 0 Bills 18,294,500' 0 0 • - 108,500 0 0 18,415,500 0 0 Total amount of advances for Local Works, &c., under authority of various Act of Parliament ... 1,445,768 19 4 Ditto of re-payments, ditt6 1,391,156 1 71- Excess of Income over Expenditure ............................................ , ........... . ... ..• ... 3,471,120 14 7 Excess of advances over re-payments 54,612 17 8 Balances in the Exchequer on the sth day of July, 1845 ••• ••• 6,641,519 1 101 27,574,118 1 10i 27,574,118 1 101 DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUG. 8. Money. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent........... • • 64% :-itto, 3 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • • • • • • • • 100% Amort Syndic, 4V, per Cent • • • • • • • • •• 100 Ditto, 34 per Cent •••• • • • • ..... •• • 93 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 169 1 4 East India Loan, 4 per Cent • . • • • • .... 100 1 Exchange on London, at sight .. ••• • • • 12 Two • On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • 35 On Paris ...... ••• • • ..... Twomonths. ••••••• • • • • • • • •Dutch Papers, Aug. 9. Bills. 64% 78% 10Ih 101 94% 170% 100 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AUG. 2 5 per Cent. Metalliques. ••••• • • • • ••• 113% 4 per Cent. ditto. • 3 per Cent. ditto 7B Loan, 1834 • • • • • • •• • • • • • • 159 1 4 Ditto, 1839 .. • • • • ....... ..... ........ 129 1 / 1 Bank Shares •• • .. .• •• • Esterhazy's Loan •• • • . • •• . • • •• RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand . • • • • • •••••• 206% Vienna—Milan ...... • • • • • • • • • ... 137 Gloggnitz • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • —Allgemeine Zeitun,g, Aug. 5. HAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, Aug. 5, Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents • • •• • • • • ........ 114% Bank Shares •••••• • • • • • • ••••• • •• • • •• 1656 Anglo-Russian Loan • ••• • • • 114 Russian 5 per Cent., 'lamb. Certificate. 105 IA Ditto Ist series Inscription. • Ditto, Hops and Co., 3d and 4th series•• Ditto, in Certificate.. • • • • • • • • • • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. Ditto Stieglitz .. • •• •. Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • - Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 214 per Cent Dutch Actual Debt, per Cent • • • • Ditto 3 per Cent. .. • • • • • • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1814 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 Cent National Bank Shares• • • - 105 1 ,4 9914 91 1 ,4 99% 91 3 / 4 20 IA Whitehall Treasury Chambers, July 30, 1845. ... .. 9ni 92 E. CARDWELL. 65 .. 63 86 14 •• • • 87 ii RETIREMENT of POST C ATTAINS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUP. Sits,--The scheme of retirement proposed to the ac ceptn.nce of 300 captains of the royal navy has been hitherto variously commented on, but now appears to combine, in one opinion of its merits, the majority of those interested and of those who can best appreciate their claims ; which opinion nearly coincides with my MURDER. Qr -s TE a, NI ow oa. Y. -- A murder of a most appalling cha r. 'eurred h ere this morning. A young man, about I. 4 lti„' 4 n ,/e and twenty named William Hubbard, a framework d lived with ' his wife for some time past in a small i' t titp - „ n i t in a street leading out of what is called the Newarkes , 1 1 *ii. t iV n g it jointly with hi s b ro th er , who is also married). li t ,ltr:imonial career, but of about three years' duration, i i 7stt is said, most unhappy from its commencement. ; t o l t i kul 'u s rep or t e d to have been a still, steady, hardworking t ot tl idl; 41 1 d he, on the contray, to have been improvident th tor 4 ;..They had been, it was well known, but poorly off 4,4114: 4 e, and he was determined at length to fall upon ite p ri ,...4 he, 1 . 3 ° 11, e. This his wife strenuously resisted, de taki,7ther '''tention of proceeding to Birmingham, where ie t ,;,.7 4 int e ta4 a sister reside, and there earn her own ts,; — tnreh — This morning was fixed upon by her for her te, n h e ,llue o f e , tl L ee,• About six o'clock the husband, who, in con kil,„l.`nerr disagreements, had slept at his mother's . over tlow-h`ed at the door, desiring his wife to let him in. She b ut with her night-clothes on, and had no so o n er k i daur th an a sereana was h ear d, and the brother and llie c° _ l4 !ng down on the instant, the unfortunate wo th"erbio:ne of William Hubbard, was found weltering life.o l with a frightful gash in her throat from which 11 0 4;%d was still flowing in torrents ; '.ndeed, she was 1 4 4 i 'der e ' r ' ce d to give one deep sigh ere she expired. The Isw, te ller fl ed immediately down a lane leading to the V i tli gm c anal, along the towing-path of which he ran for ifief!ds of yards, and, crossing into a Mr. Stretton s Ors, himself "in a dike nearly covered with nettles and i i(s a , ne ure he was found, in less than an hour afterward', o pe ra, * l ds, who, with a great number of policemen . and as teZ a ntly set off in search of him. He made little tlif -4 ' l ", but expressed his sorrow for what he had done. tib,7 4 :I; a zur. or other instrument with which the deed ap pr'llth, "e been committed was found either upon him or t o P ‘ p l ethi e P r etnise s where the murder was perpetrated. The most 4the ~„"Pposition is that the instrument was a knife used t jt, i rrrouse of scraping the butchers' stalls in the market -11)14 the risoner's father had been employed for Opf,; a rs, and this may hay , been thrown in the river by dr tef ;111,rnar himself y as he . passed. Hubbard underwent t ,,,,Eist rat initiation this morning before two of the borough : Z e: t .s ! ,,7 l B , lil and was remanded until Monday next. The t i, 41 9.uest is expected to be held to-morrow, the result duly appear. The prisoner's demeanour before retreptstrates was remarkably cool and collected, and he ap e'e o f his e little apprehension for the ultimate con , act. own. Considering my position on the list of captains—about one third from the bottom, my age being somewhat above 55 years—and sinking the regard which I, never theless, think due to 32 years previous time as lieutenant and commander, a large portion of which was passed in active war service, aed ought in fairness to be held as improving my claim for retired pay, I make no com plaint on my own account. I readily admit that a fair equivalent is offered me (should I relinquish my eligibi lity for ne7ive service), for what would be my chance of attaining the rank and pay of rear-admiral, on the sup position that 260 or 270 of my seniors accept the offered retiremer.t, and I decline it ? But who n I look at the proposed measure as it seems intended to affect a large proportion of my elder brother officers, I cannot conceive how any person can so abuse the right meaning of words as to call that liberal, which, if it were a transaction in the ordinary relations of society, could hardly be characterised as anything but an unworthy attempt to deprive most rightful claimants of ss. per day. The 50 or 60 senior captains, under whatever aspect their case is viewed (more than that number of admirals having died since the last promotion), are most justly entitled to the immediate rank and pay of rear-admirals ; and if the same advance were forthwith granted to the first hundred on the list (the junior of them having been more than 32 years a captain), it could not be considered any great stretch of generosity. The Government may or may not feel some real em barrassment in requiring the needful supply for the equitable recompense of these veteran and meritorious officers ; but would not all the disinterested and gener ous of our land—all who would be distinguished as just, grateful, and patriotic, be forward to consent to the expense, were it even greater than can be requisite ? '1 here may be many—no doubt there are some—of abundant private means, to whom the proud title of a British Admiral is the most coveted reward, but bare names are a slender substitute for the well-earned means of comfort and independence. We must doubt the genuiness of that justice, that gratitude, that patriotism,' which, though loud in the praise of these and such men when their important and noble services were rendered, in fighting the battles of their country, Prot( cling her commerce, guarding her shores from insult and invasion, and upholding her honour in every corner of the world, now talks to them of liberality, whilst essaying to foil their long cherished, • fair, and reasonable expectations. • Aug. 9, 1845. A POST CAPTAIN. "1:)41I'LeTION OF TILE TUNNEL ON TIIE GRAVESEND h is eti neti Esrsa RAILWAY.—Major-General i Pas trirtat,,,:ysgeneral. of railways, accompanie d by rt r . i the Child,the d clon Saturday morning, h eu ,....erintendent,. p 11 4 . before . the train commenced running, to inspect b " and line of railway. A . t the entrance of the tunnel Iki . 4r ge, on the deck of which was c onstructed a wood sfficiently high' as to enable any person thereon to In 'Pect the top. The general and superiatendent rn °onted the steam the barge was take l n m m to .n t ri h g e p r opelled b a small-boat, the genera. examinin g The r: ti et ' al i el i e p. part, - occupying him until seven o'clock. the are th...rnng completed . his examination, v.as pleased to 44 te en at the line was in superior order ; that the roof of of was perfectly secure ; and that there was no appear 1114'tti .4 1 Possibility of chalk falling, It appears that this q 4, was owing to the members of the Board of Trade thein r t fortnight, received several anonymous fottj -l'eations from as tis locality, pointing out in strong o~c i nsecurity of this tunnel. The general left for 4 - h ," 4 2 , diatelf after completing his inspection. thy, tl e 1%4 Elys VEN pmts.—That highly respectable news venders of the metropolis, on Wednesday last, 41 ' In'tan t celebrated their sixth annual excursion in aid o~mQitt nf f management benevolent and provident institution. The engaged the Vivid steam-boat fort li e t . 4l, lll:_ tl _ as she touched at . the respective piers, numbers k od, till . with a due proportion of the fair sex, hastened on li ed y * 3 OO were assembled. Rose Cotta . ge, Rich 0/a' tas the Place selected for the dinner, to which 60 sat r7lifiti't.cs• Wild in the chair. The day was one of unbroken 4 ii il k „ te li* "d e nj o yment, dancing on deck, and rural amusements d ton t Q e'r l za having been pursued w . ith equal zest. We are ~.4 4° Iince that the contributions to the fund, after the th eir '„,"ere exceedingly liberal. The party reached town on k r v - , 4111 1 before nine in the evening. ,1 41 11 1 1,•w CAUSE D BY CUTTING A CORN. — On 4441 It 111°r ning aes Rance, a journeyman coach spring t'" ? esidi n • T g in Great Wild-street Great Queen-street, 4; 4 l ee k - .' 4l O-fields, was suddenly seized . during . his breakfast et ikw • appears that on Finny night he cut witha trvi " his great toe, when the razor slipped and made t kae t t , s e "Y ord bleed my slight i T b c e ision,which caused it for a short bleedingm o a 6 having abated, a piece I :c a ll ) _ 4P ee ° d " ov e er Y* the cut with some salt. On Saturday . ori e .` • l ° proceeded as usual to work, thinking .b nothing ars,ll;ts rashern his return at night, and having . een . drinking e„"l'etl freely, he complained of acute pain in his toe, b .t u . t and the following morning was seized wi h ta ts- e4 d W i i . ;_ A medical gentleman . was sent for, who recom lee. 3 removal to the hospital, as his life was in imminent t he t j.--The return match between Sussex and ) ii: eu° neu Cl (with Fuller Pilch) commenced yester- sa Ryal Crick g und, Brighton. Sussex won the ,141i h Put o in Dean e a t n - d r° Mr. King, Royston and Hillyer of tee" At first th e p l ay was very care f u l, an d 30 runs were d t I ) Ilne n Mr. King was bowled by Royston, with a score IcelG• Pieknell t k Mr King's bat, and played splen 01140,ilaA his score by a 4 , and with Dean running up the p iek _nen the latter was taan cr o t After dinner Bushby c l e f /1 an Zl a ; rk a e n r d the sc u o t r e e n in : l ased rapidly, when Mr. otkerthe as se w o e r r e e to bowl. Still the play pro cpontinuing to advance, and several Zitkete;24,oB of bowlers took place. At length Bushby's t r • l owered by D inton, and he was succeeded by tatte lowered tie ' red by a ball after °rr hich Pieknell's stumps wore also seo r e e 'li b t ., ll an . 79 run from sßex y w Royston, ent after the player had obtained in with Mr. Taylor, and the 40‘ut increased to 207, when a shower put a stop to the m n li t t h alf -past six o'clock. 1i!.. 1 4y7 1. 41 ,... E AWFUL Loss OF LIFE AT ABERDARE, 1 1% ' 4 )4 enu, IYDY/L.—Mr. Powell,proprietor of the the 2d inst. tt. 44 la rY in which 25 men perished on (I; tl :th e :P l "l i cti of I air, has done all in his power to ibd fed grief and supply the wants of the survivors of the be , 14 a rtio ' L ying secured to the latter, at his own expense tl 'at re spectable manner, the last rites of sepulture, tia k e y - R aVetb u .tnthe wid ows p ens i ons of 9s. a week each, and Oth i y a house to live in, with liberty to_ take what coal tiy m i l uro k . for their consumption. He relieved the 'm Proportion to their wept& IN RESPECT TO THE DEATH BY DROWNING OF WILLIAM POWELL IN THE SERPENTINE RIVER LAST WEEK. SAFE ARRIVAL OF HER I%IAJEST Y IN THE SCHELDT. winner to be sold for 801, 3 Subs., were won in 2 heats by Mr. Matthews' Tubthumper, aged (W. Balchin), beat ing Mr. Law's the Star (Drewett) easily. The Old Kent Road Hurdle Stakes of 3 sous. each and 15 added, list each, half bred horses allowed 71bs ; winner to be sold for 60/, twice round over 4 hurdles, 5 Subs , were won in 2 heats by Mr. Lamb's Fairplay (Elotliam), beating Mr. H. Scott's Sir Edward (Scott), Mr. Sait's Tincton, aged (owner), Mr. 11 ,, rnsby's Do nald Caird (Mr. Simmonds), and Mr. J. F. Cole's Em peror (Beckett), after a fine race, by a head. The at tendance was numerous. By the arrival at Blackwall of the General Steam Navigation Company's ship Soho, Captain J. F. Cullen, from Antwerp, we learn the safe arrival of her Majesty in the Scheldt. The Soho passed the Royal yacht about thirty miles fr ,m Antwerp, at four P. at. on Sunday, which place she would reach about half-past six, P.M. The Black Eagle was four miles astern of the Royal yacht, and the Porcupine about the same distance from the Black Eagle. At the time the Soho passed the royal yacht, it was blowing a heavy gale from the W. SW., accompanied with rain. When the Soho left Antwerp, doubts were entertained as to her Majesty's leaving the Thames, the weather having for the last two days been so unsettled. The Soho saluted the royal squadron, which was promptly acknowledged. The Lightning and Monkey government steamers, with the royal carriages, arrived at Antwerp on Saturday morning. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—(MONDAY CONCLUDED.) The Ladies' Purse of 50 sovs. ; three years old 7st 31b ; four years, Bst 71b ; five yrs, 9st 111 b ; six years and aged, 9st 31b ; mares, &c. allowed 31b ; half-bred horses, 61b. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Dawson's Surety, 4 yrs Mr. Jones's Rolla, 3 yrs Mr. C. Cartmell's m by Troilus—Clinker's dam, 5 yrs 0 0 Mr. Phillips's f by Physician, out of Thesus, 3 yrs Mr. W, Scott's Maramat, 3 yrs ..... Royal Humane Society's Office, No. 3, Trafalgar square, Aug. 11, 1845. Dear Sir,—l feel greatly obliged to you for drawing my attention to a report of proceedings at an inquest had on Friday last on the body of a young man who was unfortunately dtowne.l while bathing in the Ser pentine River, aed who might probably have been saved had the Society's boatmen been more accurately in formed by the eye-witnesses as to the exact spot where he had h ien last seen; but on his body being found (at a distance of more than a dozen yards from where the bystanders had indicated) fourteen minutes had elapsed, and which time was marked by a policeman. He was immediately carried to the Receiving-house, where every effort :vas used by Mr. Woolley, the medical attendant, to rtstore animation, but unhappily without success. I take this opportunity to inform you that this is the only fatal accident which lizs occurred since the bathing s e a son has commenced, although uvards of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND BATHERS have enjoyed that healthy and cleanly exe vise in the Serpentine. I would here beg leave to add that at the aforesaid inquest one of the jury having remarked (in the absence of any knowledge of our very limited funds), " that it was a great pity the Society had not more boats and boatmen for the protection of bathers," my reply was, that if the Royal Humane Society was more liberally sup ported by the public the committee would be most happy to extend their aid in additional boats and men, not only upon the Serpentine, but likewise upon the river Thames, where numerous andfatil accidents almost daily occurred. I remain, dear Sir, your most obedient servant, J. CHARLIER, Secretary. To George Robins, Esq., Covent-garden. P.S. James Carnie, for whom you obtained a small subscription for his great courage in leaping into the water at Leith, during the frost and a heavy fall of snow last January, and saving a fellow-creature, has just been presented at our Board with the medal he has so de servedly, won, and a high testimonial on vellum, in re ference to his bravery and great perseverance. I have learnt also that your assistance has been extended to a most deserving and worthy husband and father. To the above statement Mr. George Robins would only add, that it really amounts to something AP PROACHING SACRILEGE, THAT SUCH A MIGHTY INSTITUTION, instead of being properly supported, should only have such STINTED MEANS to carry out its benevolent intentions. _ . Mr. Mostyn's Miracle, 3 yrs ... ...... . ............. 2 dr Mr. Percival's Show Lass, 5 yrs First Heat.-6 to 4 agst Surety, and 3to 1 agst Maramat. Won easy by a length. Second Heat.-2 to 1 on Surety. Won in a canter. ST. LEGER BETTING.-5 to 1 agst Weatherbit (t), 6 to 1 agst Mentor (t), 22 to 1 agst Red Robin, 25 to 1 agst Ould Ireland (t), 30 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon, 40 to 1 agst Idas. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The racing of the past week has not been of a very im • portant character. The sport at Brighton might have been well compressed into two days, and I believe it is arranged that next year the third day's racing shall be abolished. An earnest endeavour is also making by the tradesmen of the place to raise the meeting to that im portance in the grade of turf re-uniors, that the size and standing of the town make it fit it should occupy. The Brighton Stakes were carried off, according to m y prediction, by Pineapple, and my other selection, Subduer, was third. Lothario found no difficulty in carrying off the Queen's Plate, and will, no doubt, win the same stake at Lewes. At Horwich, Glossy, the mare I selected to win the Goodwood Stakes, with 7st I tlb, being a stone more than she would have had to have car ried for that race, beat seven others very cleverly for the gold cup; so I trust my readers will not complain of the animal I recommended to their attention for that large and exciting race. TROTTING MATCH FOR 1001. Yesterday, a trotting match, which has for a length of time excited much interest, came off at Figs Marsh, Mitcham. The match was between Mr. Nixen's grey horse Flanders, and Mr. Courtney's brown horse Giles. The parties having selected a suitable road, two and a half miles of distance was measured, and the horses were harnessed to their respective vehicles and brought to the starting-mark. Both horses concluded the first turn (two and a half miles) nearly together, occupying eight minutes and forty-nine seconds. The grey then took the lead of one hundred and twenty yards, which he maintained, and performed five miles in eighteen minutes and four seconds. The brown was then sprung, and rattled off two miles at an in creased speed, and succeeded in coming up with his opponent at the second turn, completing seven and a half miles in twenty-six minutes and forty-six seconds, and they both went away for the goal together, and the struggle now commenced. The grey broke and was turned, and the brown almost imme diately followed the example. They were at the ninth mile on a par, and were at tip-top speed ; the grey then passed his antagonist, and went in the winner by sixty yards. The last bout of two and a half miles was performed in eight minutes and twenty-nine seconds, and the whole distance of ten miles accomplished by the winner in thirty-five minutes and fifteen seconds. Both horses pulled hard the whole time, and ap peared fresh at the termination of the match. The Wolverhampton Races commence this day, and improved, and the race-fund materially increased, I have conclude on tb Wednesday atavisitto * As the course has been much them will repay the speculator. For this day four races and one match are set down. The entries for the Trial Stakes not being published, comment upon them is out of the question. For the Produce Stakes I prefer most Carissima and Princess Royal, Reliance should run well on this course, but I am afraid of her legs. After this race we have the Wolverhampton Stakes, the principal feature of the meeting. For this Stakes nineteen horses have been left in, but I doubt whether we shall see half that number at the post. Queen Mab heads the list of acceptances with 9st, but, after her Goodwood doings, I cannot fancy her chance to be worth anything for this race. Winesour, with Bst 61b, will be on e of the first three at the finish. Una won both this Stake and the Cleveland Cup the year before last, and, therefore, should know the course well, but the state of her legs prevents me from imagining she can win now. The Best-of-Three, if recovered from his accident, with 7st 12lb, is by no means to be despised, and will take a great deal of beating. Neither Joe Lovel or Rowena I like. Intrepid, 7st 51b, will, if he starts, of course engage much attention, and be made first favourite. I know not in what form he is in now, but should Wadlow bring him to the post in the same way he did at Chester, I must have him for my winner. The Poor Soldier will find the distance too far for him, so will Yardley, Nereus, Salopian, Nix-my-Dolly, and King of the Gipsies. ThePedome ter,me rits of Winesour and Lightning are well known, from their running so constantly together. Should Glossy go, as she carries a stone less than she did at Horwich, she will make a capital fight of it with Intrepid, and to these two I leave the race. Should neither start, then I would have Winesour in preference to anything else. For the Patshull Handicap on Tuesday eleven horses have accepted, and after an attentive consideration of the weights, I think Coranna, with Bst 121 b, cannot help winning; the distance, a mile and a-half, is just her length. Philip I expect to be second. The Chillington Stakes look booked for Ch ero k ee , but if she does not go, why, then, I lean to Lord Harry and Birthday. The Cleveland Cup, always a race of interest, will be sure to create a sporting race. As the distance is three miles, I think the old Shadow and Winesour will fight it out. In the Theatre Stakes Lord Harry and Cherokee will I again meet, and, I have no doubt, the result will be the same as will attend their meeting in the Chillington. For the Holyoake Stakes I do not imagine anything can be found to beat Glossy or Hooton. London, Aug. 11, 1845. TELEGRAPH. . 3 CHEPSTOW. — The news of the South Wales Rail way Bill having received the royal assent, was received in this town on Tuesday last, when one universal shout of joy burst forth among the inhabitants : the bells were set in mo tion, and pealed out their jocund sounds at intervals during the day; and in the evening the strains of music were heard in the streets, which did not cease until midnight. Indeed we do not recollect any occasion when such unmixed satisfaction was ex hibited as on this desired event. We hope the expectation of a revival of trade here will be realised in consequence. Trades men are making every preparation to meet the emergency, and the inns and lodging-houses also look forward to better times. —Monmouthshire Merlin. Mr. W. Laidlaw, the faithful steward of Sir W. Scott, aged about sixty-six, died on the 18th of May, in Ross shire. He was the friend from youth of the Ettrick Shepherd, and himself a pastoral poet of no mean powers, as he evinced by his ballad of " Lucy's Flitting," and other pieces in Hogg's " Forest Minstrel." He was the occasional amanuensis of Scott, and altogether an ornament to his own or to any other station where intelligence and integrity are of value.—Literary Gazette. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - - SlR,—The Patsbull Handicap to be run for to-day (Tuesday) at Wolverhampton will doubtless be won by Philip or Coranna. For the Chillington Stakes and the Cleveland Cup, Dawson will furnish the winner; at any rate he will be very handy. The match on Wednesday between Grand Cairo and Roebuck, will, in my opinion, be won by the latter. The fate of the Holyoake Stakes will much depend on the race for the Wolverhampton Stakes, as several of the principal horses are engaged in both. I expect to see Lightning and Intrepid very forward, probably the first two, with Glossyand Coranna f o ll ow i ng close. The fate of Merry Monarch and Weatherbit is fixed; e;ntasato be s o . W ort hl ess an d ' and Annandal e are fi rm i n t h e deserve it is with them as it wa s wit h the Sixth Harry, " all his St. Leger ch ance i s very goo d U will suit him b eaut if u ll y • he i s .l'. " market, aand Wood Pigeon are " coming." The f ormer w ill b e sure i t n o d a c e e e d ; a t h b e e t t e r distance day; about the most dangerous outsider that can be found, barring Idas and Wood Pigeon. The acceptances for the Great Ebor Handicap, thirty eight in number, have made their appearance some time. Upon a review of the whole, I am inclined to place faith in the following batch, viz. Rowena, Vol-au-vent, Dr. , Husband, Coheiress, Psalmsinger, Lightning, and the I Castaway filly, especially the last and Vol-au-vent, one I of which I think will manage to do the trick. Six, yours, &0., THE 13PIRIT Or TELE TUBE RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY SCHEMES—THE TWO DIRECT MANCHESTER RAILWAYS. (From the Mining Journal.) Among the many schemes, which for the last few months and even now are attracting the public attention, none are so prominent and important as the two com panies, who have started main trunk lines to Manchester. The first was announced cfficially to the public under the title of " The Direct London and Manchester Rail way," the second assumed that of "The Direct Inde pendent London and Manchester Railway—Remington's Line." A rival line of railway to Manchester, and an opponent, too, W . the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and other great lines in that dirt ction, needs for its prospects of success, the countenance and support of those who can turn into it some of that immense traffic passing daily betna en London and Manchester. It is demonstrable, that if there is to be another main trunk to Manchester out of London, it must be a TRADE LINE. This is an opinion, and we are confident that that opinion will be acquiesced in by all who have thought, and are interested in the subject, and is the opinion of the projectors tioms Ives. With the same confidence that we express this opinion, we express another, which we hope will be properly neighed by those who are em barking in railway projects--viz., that a railway com pany, formed to go from London to Manchester, started for speculation sake, will full. Passing by some topics which have been introduced to the public, as to these schemes, and most properly in troduced—namely, the use by one company of names fur which no authority had been received from the parties quoted, because such matters, unnoticed, are apt to take the public ff their guard, and tend to ruin many a man who legitimately and honestly employs his capital upon the credibility and responsibility of the names advertised as the promoters of a scheme, we shall advert, as briefly as our space allows, to a few circumstances, which should be considered in connexion with a project of such extent and importance. No man, who has :een the immense woollen and linen drapery establishments in London aed the large towns, can fail to be struck with the vast quantity of goods which must come out of Manchester, and, if we could bring to the eye the shipments of the Manchester manufactures which are made to all quarters of the globe, the annual commercial operations between London and Manchesti r would appear astounding. If, in addition to these, we add the extensive glove and stocking trade of Leicester, is hich principally pours it self into London, an accumulation of commercial trans actions would b.! developed which no other part of Eng land could surpass in extent. The three great termini of the new main trunk to Manchester, are Manchester, Leicester, and London. We have it on good authority, that in one large stocking and glove establishimnt at Leicester, no less than 25,000 pairs of gloves are manu factured weekly ! The inevitable conclusion is, that if the traffic conse quent upon the transit of goods from Manchester and Leicester to London, or any large portion of it, were thrown into a competing line with the Birmingham and Grand Junction, that competing line, if legitimately carried forward, could not but be successful. The pre sent route to Manchester is circuitous; that to Leicester more so. The question which forces itself, then, upon us is—which of the two main trunk lines now projected could approach such traffic ? If one be started by the masters of that traffic, who pay for the carriage, and could, if there were two tines, choose which they please—surely the conclusion would be, that must be the one, if any, to succeed. It is plain that Reming ton's line is not only not supported by the large ware houses and establishments in London, but opposed by them—while it is as palpable that the Direct London and Manchester is the project of the Manchester and Leicester trade, and the addition of " the Trade line " would have been a proper appendage to it. The Direct comes forward with the astounding intimation that " the London promoters only of this lire (the Dirt ct London and Manchester), in their ordinary commercial operations, now pay for the carriage of goods a sum equal to 4 per cent. upon the whole capital ; an amount of traffic which will pass upon the Direct line when completed. At the proper time this fact will be proved in Parliament." The names of this Company's committee are a guarantee of the truth of the statements published under its title, and, with regard to the extent of business of its sup porters, those who have been in Watling-street, Wood street, and the neighbourhood, in the morning, when the waggons of our great carriers, Pickford, Chaplin, and Deacon, have been casting their bales of goods from Manchester and Leicester into the extensive warehouses there, can doubt the magnitude of the daily dealings of these firms. While the Direct is announced to the world as started by the wealthy proprietors of such establish-. meats, there is not on Remington's acting committee one London tradesman named, engaged in the Manchester or Leicester trade. These facts and reasons induce us to give the preference to the Direct Company, of which Mr. Rastrick is engineer. Our space prevents our going into this matter further to-day, but there are other topics to which we shall have occasion again to advert, in con nexion with the history of the two companies. TILE LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. A correspondent addresses a letter to us as a scrip-holder in the London and York Railway, which, under existing circum stances, we deem worthy of insertion in our columns. It is as follows Sir,—being a constant reader of your journal, and a holder of shares in the London and York line of railway, I feel assured your usual kindness will not be wanting in giving publicity to a few remarks I have to make on the anomalous position in which this Company is now placed. The Lords' Committee not having come to a conclusion on the various points laid before them, further than that the " allegations against certain respectable parties had not been sustained," and that, " as their inquiries cannot be brought to a close during the present ses sion, they do not propose to report the evidencetakenbef hn o t r e them to the House," the subject will have to be renewed ,s Parliament again assembles. If rumoudrsepinensidueadrtoenr,siutsiticaolulyliiwaepl.l informed on railway matters are to be nLsoarbdles, fleepf o e r a m r a t t o i o h n e o h f i a g h n l e y w pr s o u b b a s b e r l p t t h i o a r t , dueneddhere will any be circumstances g t u h a: an by r ed itis te s e ai t d safet yhe tha that such of t a h e s i p ll , through t considered hl n ou d s i e s e of promoters of the Bill themselves. If a renewal of the -docu ment is really to be looked forward I fear the pre sen t holders of the scrip will find themselves in an awkward posi tion ; and it is with this view I am induced to draw forth (through the medium of your journal) some remarks from those more conver sant than m y self with these matter s as to the circumstances in which we are actually placed, for it will be necessary, in case of a new deed being required, for all scrip holders to sign it. The adhesion to the company of the origi nal s ubscribers will therefore become optional. If certain sinister rumours afloat be well founded, the present difficulties hive emanated from a quarter which has laid itself open to severe censure, since the difficulties referred to and injury to the shareholders may be attributed to the parties concerned. It is also very questionable, whether, if a new subscription deed be resolved upon, it can pass it: the House of Lords without having first gong through the House of Commons ; and hence arises one of the most serious embarrassments attending the whole affair, for should such prove to be the case, a complete formation of a new :company would be rendered necessary', while the whole expense would have to be gone into again. It, that case, who must be the sufferers ? No new sub scribers would be found to take upon them the heavy expenditure already incurred ; and the only course left open would be to break up the present company, the Shareholders in which would have to bear the loss; but 'this votJd be meat cruel and hard upon them, the more so if the omergeney has been caused, or even aided. Sy the avaricious prooeedings of t party from whom different conduct should have been eacructed. You have justly remarked at various times on the talent dis played by the legal practitioners concerned for this .11111, and if it has been counteracted in the manner which I fear it . has by some other persons interested, the fact will, I trait, be thoroughly exposed, so that the real delinquents may stand forth to answer for themselves. Hoping through the me hum of ycur valuable and independent journal soon to see a sole tion of the problem, I remain, sir, your most obedient servant, A LONDON AND YORK SCRIPHOLDEir• Ti ability and energy displayed by the gentlemen chargme: with conduci flg the Bill through its various difficult stages arts certainly entilts.l to ail the commendation bestowed upon them.- Nor can it be lout, t,ed that it must be a source of great vexa tion that the shotx2d at the eleventh hour be placed in the uncertain predicament N which our correspondent directs at tention with respect to it.--F°Bl. MORTALITY IN HE METROPO LIS AND PROVINCES. The usual quarterly tables of the morteiity in 115 of the dis tricts of England (inclusive of the principal towns), showing the number of deahs registered in the four quarters of 1844, the number of deaths in the June q a aarter of 1845, and the average number of deaths in the five Jur, e quarters, 1.840-44, have been published by the authority of the Registrar-General.ln the metropolis, th e p o p u l a ti on o f whichis estimate.''at 1,915,104, according to the l a te ce n sus, the deaths in the spring quarter, ending on the 30th of June last, amounted to' 11,267, somewhat above the ordinary average. The quarterly average of five June quarters, from 1840-44, having been only 10,e35, and that of five years (1840-44), 11,948. The deaths registered in the four quarters of 1844 amounted ; respectively to 13,471, 11,471. 11,823, and 13,566. Of the 11,267 deaths in the quarter ended the 30th of June last, 1 843 occurred in the western district of the metropolis , 2,130 in the northern, 2,056 in the central, 2,389 iu the ea tern, and 2,849 in the southern, which are invariably the most unhealthy and most inimical to longevity. The total number of deaths registered in the spring quarter; ended the 30th of June last, in the 115 provincial districts of England, amounted, exclusively of the metropolis, to 29,462 ; of which, 1,121 occurred in the south-eastern division, includ ing Maidstone, Brighton, the Isle of Wight, Winchester, and Windsor ; 9a9 in the south midland, including St. Alban's, Wycombe, Oxford, Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge ; 90J in the eastern, including Colchester, Ipswich, ,Norwich, and Yarmouth ; 1,695 in the south-western, including Devizes, Dorchester, Exeter, Plymouth, Bath, Redruth, and Penzance; 4,750 in the western. including Bristol, Clifton. Stroud, Chela tenham, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Kidderminster, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and Coventry ; 1,513 in the north-midland, including Leicester, Lincoln, Not tingham, Basford, and Derby; 10,3 0 5 in the north-western, including the great manufacturing and commercial towns of Stockport, Macclesfield, Liverpool, Blackburn, Preston, Rode dale, Isury, Bolton, Wigan, Prescott, Chorlton, Manchester, Salford, and Ashton ; 4,611 in the York division, including Sheffield, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Leeds, York, and Hull ; 1,827 in the northern division, including Sunderland, Gateshead, Tynemouth, Newcastle-on-Tune, Carlisle, Kendal, and Coekermouth ; and 1,793 in the Welsh division, including Abergavenny, Pontypool, Merthyr- Tydril, Wrexham, .1101Y well, and Anglesey. 'I he quarterly average of five June quarters (1840-44) in the above 115 districts amounted to 28,639 ; and the quarterly average of five years to 29,316. '1 he number of deaths regis tered in the four quarters of 1844, amounted, respectively, to 32,570, 27,454, 26,959, and 30,302. The population is taken at 4,663,808. The grand totals, including both the metropolis and the 115 provincial districts, give, with a population of 6,578,912, 40,729 deaths, during the last quarter (ending June 30); 39,494 death', as the average of five June quarters, from 1840 to 1844 ; 41,624 deaths, as the quarterly average of the five years, 1840 to 1844 ; and 46,041 deaths, 38,925, 36,784, and 43,958 in the four quarters of the year 1844, respectively; of the 11,267 deaths (from all causes) registered in the me tropolis during the 13 weeks ending 28th of June, 1845, 1,885 were occasioned by zymotic (epidemic, endemic, and contagious) diseases. Of the deaths from spradic dis eases, 1,193 were caused by dropsy, cancer, and other dis eases of uncertain or variable seat; 1,938 by diseases of the brain, spinal marrow, nerves, and senses ; 3,478 by diseases of the lungs and other organs of respiration; 419 by diseases of the heart and blood-vessels; 860 by diseases of the stomach, liver, and digestive organs generally; 125 by diseases of the kidneys; 150 by pa-turition and diseases of the generative organs ; 85 by rheumatism and diseases of the bones anti joints, &c. ; 25 by diseases of the skin and cellular tissue ; 744 by old age ; and 329 by violence, privation, and intem perance. Amongst the deaths from zymotic diseases, we find that 246 persons were swept off by small. pox (nearly 100 per cent. above the average of the five Lune quarters, 1839-43), 322 by measles, 201 by scarlatina, 463 by hooping-cough, 83 by croup, 45 by thrush, 84 by diarrhsea, 17 by dysentery, 11 by influenza, 308 by typhus, 80 by erysipelas, and 13 by syphilis. The quarterly meteorological tables, compiled from the weekly tables furnished to the registrar-general by the astroU nomcr royal, show that the mean height of the barometer during the last. quarter (from sth of April to 28th of June), from 72 obset vanons corrected and reduced to 32 deg. Fahrenheit, was 29.731 inches, the highest point having been 30.094 inches during the second week of June, when a constant calm pre vailed in the atmosphere, and the lowest point 29.332 inches, during the second week of April, when the general direction of the wind was from N. N. W. The highest point attained by the thermometer was 83 deg. 2 min., and the lowest point. to which the mercury fell 29 deg. 5 rnin., marking an extreme difference of 63 deg. 7 min. The mean of the highest point on each day from six obser vations, was 60 deg. 5 min.; and the mean of the lowest, on each day, 44 deg. 2 min., showing a difference of i 6 deg. 3 min, The mean of 72 observations gave a result of 51 deg. 9 min. The average dew-point (mean of 72 results) was 46 deg. 5 min. The extreme altitude of the self otegistering . thermometer in the sun, was, during the week, 115 deg. 6 min., and the mean of seven observations. 80 deg. ; the lowest point on the glass was, during the week, 12 deg. 2 min., and the mean of seven observations, 36 deg. 3 min. The mean of 72 differences be tween the dew- point temperature and the air temperature was 5 deg. 4 min. ; the mean of the greatest on each day, 12 deg., and that on the lowest, 9 deg. The average difference between the mean temperature of the quarter, and those of the mean temperature of the same quarter, on an average of 25 years, was 1 deg. 1 min. less. The greatest pressure of the wind during the quarter was 121 b. the square foot, and the mean for the week 51b. The mean amount of horizontal movement of the air in each week was 956 miles ; the extremes were 1,705 and 345 miles. The mean amount of cloud was 6.4 ; the highest, 8.8 ; and the lowest, 3.1. The fall of rain during the quarter was 4.80 inches. We quote the following general remarks from the report of the Registrar-General:— " Small-pox has prevailed epidemically in many districts; and the mortality from that disease has been considerable among children unprotected by vaccination. Several persons, said to have been previously vaccinated, and one who had been inoculated, also died of small-pox. In many districts no deaths from small-pox occurred ; in others, the disease was introduced by migratory labourers, ill provided, probably, with household comforts and cam venienees. The neglect of vaccina tion is adverted to by several registrars. The registrar of Lei cester says, ' I have registered 50 deaths by small-pox from January 1 to June 30, 1845 ; only one of the 50 per sons had been vaccinated, and that was a doubtful case. The registrar of Heaton Norris, Stockport, mentions that • in one family, three infants, two sisters and a brother, all died of small-pox in the short space of 11 days.' Small-pox,' observes the reg.strar of Great Marlow, • has appeared in part of my district. I find, on inquiry, that a vast number of parents have not availed themselves of vaccination, although perfectly aware that it can be done free of expense.' The number of deaths (143) in the north sub-district of Yar mouth is much above the average, in consequence of the pre valence of the small-pox, which has proved fatal in 62 cases. Of this number 61 died without previous vaccination. One case only is recorded in which vaccination is said to have been performed, a midwife was the operator, and the patient was attended by an old woman. The child was two months old. Measles and scarlatina have been epidemic in several districts. " The 11,267 deaths in the metropolis are near the average of the season, if we allow for the increase of the population. The weekly deaths fell progressively in the quarter from 884 to 756, as the teml erature rose. The deaths from small-poe. were 246, less by 235 than were registered in the previous quarter, but 102 above the average of the June quarter for five previous years. 104 women died from childbirth in the me tropolis within three months. " The following are the districts in which the mortality was above the average of five June quarters :—West, north-east, and south districts of the metropolis; Winchester, Northamp ton, Colchester, Ipswich, Yarmoth, Dorchester, Plymouth, Kidderminster, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Leices ter, West. Derby (adjoining Liverpool), Blackburn. Rochdale, Chorlton, Ashton, Bradford, Leeds, Merthy r-T y dvil, Hol y . well, and Anglesey. " The following are, on the other hand, the districts in which the mortality was below the average of five June quarters :-- Central distinct of the metropolis, Devizes, Redruth, Penzance„ Bristol, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Macclesfield, Liverpoels Pres ton, Bury, Wigan, Prescott, Sunderland, Tynemouth, .New. castle-en-Tyne, Kendal, Wrexham. " The mean temperature at Greenwich was 51 deg. 9 min e* which is I deg. 1 min. below the average of the season. The north and north-east winds prevailing, the temperature of the whole month of May was below the average, but the wind turning south-west, the temperature of June rose above the average of the month. The fall of rain was nearly five inches deg. 80 min.) At Derby more than eight inches of rein fell in the same time." 'FRE NEW 1411IE1. ACT.—'this Act, to amend the 6th and 7th Victoria, c. 96, has just been printed. It contains only two provisions, By the first it is declared that in cases of actions for libel in Ireland, where the defendant shall plead matters allowed by the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., c. 42, and pay money into Court, such payment shall be of the same Ofe e q:s if required by the said Act. The second clause is it? a. l" lowing words :—" And be it declared and enacted,wt,h whether in not be competent to any defendant in such ac tion, o t h a et tt b .. in England or Ireland, to file any such plea owtftti byt hof same time making a payment of money into C :net w ay pe t everyshall be deemed " filed, amends wi I a h s u provided e nbtyotfhe moneysa d tetto; Court, a nullity, and may be treate d as such by the plaintiff in the action." PRESENTATION or PLATE TO DAVID SALOMON% FSQ- —A deputation of gentlemen, consisting of ',Messrs. S. S. Hall, James Thompson, J. Wales, B. Standring, S. Saul, J. K:lby, Joseph I - aacs , and others, waited u p on Mr. David Salomons on Friday, for the purpose of presenting to him a piece of plate as a testinony of their es n t ia e t e de m stref f oe o rn r tfh h oe f r s a c sh i h o em a rr some c ta n t i m e ri time and gown for of h i l s ,o c r :in so d k u e c n t ( , I , u ,a r r i d ng the Th r e ec i e d n a t te co i finished, but it , presentation was delayed until " the Jewish ef t l ho la me d itr, r i e ne ceived the ro 3 al a ssen t, th e Committee e i i s s o s u u ß s e il . 0 1 o i D i it s nh a g b t i ha l i ne t e xe t r h ti e on p s ro b ce y e t d h in e g p s a o ,s f in t g he of la t t h e e e ß le i c l t l ion to b w e i relieve their Jewish fellow-subjects from the doubts which hung over their rights to be admitted to municipal offices. The plate consists of a triple-sided pedestal or plinth, with bright panels, supported on three massive scroll feet. From the angles of the above are placed three most beautifully moulded female figures. These figures are in dead silver, bearing a flower basket of most exquisite woi kmanship in filagree, edged ith a vine foliage. Upon one of the panels are engraved the arms of the City of London, upon another the arms of Mr. Salomons, and upon the third is the inscription. A " DEAF ,T ROR.—RATIJER GREEN.—In the Nisi Prius Court, at Bridgewater, on Tuesday last, a juror appeared in the witness box, and claimed exemption on the ground of deafness. Mr. Baran Platt, in a very subdued tone of voice, interrogated the deaf 'un. " How long have you been deaf ?" inquired he judge. The juror unhesitatingly answered ' " Two years." The judge, in a much less audible tone," How was your deafness caused?" Juror (without evincing the least difficulty in hearing)—" I caught a severe cold." Judge (in a voice almost reduced to a whisper)—" Don't you thin your deafness is cured ?"—" No, my Lord," answered the unsuspect• i ng juryman. " Clh,youlll do very well, air," replied his Lord , • ship, amidst roars of laughter. COURT CIRCULAR. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken in a carriage to the sea beach on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday morning the Prince of Wales, Prince Al fred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went out on ponies in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. In the afternoon the Juvenile Royal Family were taken an airing to the beach. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, and le Com mandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Sir Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall-gar dens yesterday afternoon, for his scat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Sir James Graham and Mr. Young had interviews with the Right Hon. Baronet previous to his departure. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Monteagle had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Marchioness of Hastings and Captain Henry left Farrance's Hotel on Saturday for Southampton. Lady Johnstone and Major Wieland left Farrance s Hotel for their seat in Oxfordshire, yesterday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'3.—YESTERDAY. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—taken 2 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Yardley THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 4 to I agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis 5 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale ST. LEGER. 51 r to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken ' 11 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 5 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—take 11 to 2 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr: A. Johnstone's Annandale 18 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron—taken 20 to 1 agst all the mares 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger 33 to 1 agst Major Yerburgh's Red Robin 33 to 1 agst Mr. Hesslctine's Fitz-Allen 40 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken In the early part of the at ternoon Weatherhit's friends were rather " fond," and 5 to 1 was laid to a consider able amount, the layers, however, were in great force, and ultimately 11 to 2 was offered, Mentor, more from the shyness of the betters than from any actual busines.=, becoming first favourite. The Merry Monarch was backed for a good stake at 10 and 11 to 1, Old England at 10,11, and 12 to 1, Pantasa fora small sum, at 16 and 18 to 1, and Ile Baron, who had a strong party, at 25, 22, and 20 to 1. The odds quoted against the other horses were also laid, and, except in the instances spe cified, subsequently offered. DERBY. 25 t• 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright—(taken to 2501.) 2,000 to 40 agst Lord Chesterfield's Austrian—(taken) 1,000 to 20 agst Ginger, brother to Pam and Holloway, in one bet WOLVERIIAMP lON RACES.-MONDAY. Match, 100 sovs. h ft. One mile.—Mr. E. Emery's Glideaway, 4 yrs, Bst, received from Mr. Batson's Scrambler, 3 yrt-, 7st. Produce Match of 100 sovs. h ft. Mile and three quarters.--Mr. Fowler's Oyster Girl, Bst 21b ; Mr. Lister's Princess Royal, Bst 21b—off. Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for colt-:, Bst 61b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by untried stallions or out of untried mares allowed 31b. Once round, (14 Subs.) Mr. Bristow's Carissima (G. Whitehouse) I Lord Warwick's Gwalior Mr. Davies' Princess Royal Mr. Copeland's Reliance Mr. Moss's Raymond Sully 6 to 4 agst Carissima. and 2 to 1 agst Gwalior The Wolverhampton Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with the Trades' Purse of 100 sovs. added, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, the second saves his stake. Twice round and a dis. (49 Subs., 30 of whom declared.) Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 5 yrs,' 6.t 121 b (Cartwright) 1 Lord Warwick's Yardley, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. Hawkin's Nix-my-Dolly, -6 yrs, 6st 91b 3 The following also started, but were-not placed :—Mr. Bell's Winesour, 5 yrs. Bst 61b—Sir C. Monck's My Old Hack, aged 7st 51b—Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Lord Chesterfield's Poor Soldier, 5 yrs, - 6st 121b= and Mr. E. Peel's Jack Sheppard, aged, 6st 121 b. - Betting-2 to 1 agst Intrepid, 3toto 1 agst Yardley, 4 to 1 agst Glossy, and 8 to 1 agst Winesour. Won by about a length ; Nix-my-Dolly a bad third, and the rest beaten, Winesour being last. HATCHAM PARK RACES.-MONDAY. The New Cross Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 25 added, for three yrs old, ist 81b ; four yrs, Bst 91b ; five yrs, 9st 21b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 61b ; winners, once, Sibs ; twice, slbs ; thrice, 71bs extra ; mares and geld ings allowed 3lbs. Heats, once round and a distance. Winner to be sold for 100/. Mr. Lamb's Lady Flora, aged Livesey) 1 1 Mr. Wood's Stittenham, 3 yrs (Pattison) 3 2 Mr. Willan's Elysium, 5 yrs (W. Baichin) 2 3 Won easy—Winner claimed. The Hatcham Park Stakes of 3 sous. each and 15 added ; 3 yra old, 7st Blb ; 4 y_r_s, Bst 940 ; 5 yrs, get 21b; 6 yri and aged; 9st 61b, &o. ; once round and a dis. ; LAMBETH REGATTA. This old established contest took place yesterday, but owing to the exceedingly unfavourable state of the weather was not so numerously attended as heretofore. The race was in three heats, with twelve pairs of oars, for a purse of sovereigns sub scribed by the residents of St. Mary's, Lambeth, who on this occasion exceeded even their usual liberality. For the grand heat the boats came in in the following order :—Lett and Moon first, Perry and Wilson second, Wilson and Maynard third. THE THAMES (STANGATE) BOAT CLUB. The gentlemen of this highly respectable club contended last evening, in a pair-oared race, for a pair of gold oars, the distance being from Putney to Hammersmith-bridge. Messrs. F. Kew and W. Field (light blue) first, J. C. Hanby and P. Maudsley (white) second, E. Howard and E. S. Reddome (dark blue) third, H.. Field and J. Hanlon (crimson) fourth. All four boats were well together for the first fifty yards, when crimson began to show in front, followed by white. In the heat of the race, white having overhauled the leading pair, an accidental foul occurred between them. White then took the lead and crimson fell astern. Light blue, off Rosebank, rowed by the other two into the first place, and won by six lengths. PETER-BOAT SAILING MATCHES. These very interesting matches took place yesterday at Gravesend, under the immediate patronage of J. Saddington, Esq. (Mayor of the above place), and a committee of gentle meu belonging to Gravesend, who accompanied the vessels in the match in a steam-vessel engaged for the occasion. At eleven o'clock, the hour named for the boats starting, several yachts and steamers arrived off Gravesend, many of them trimmed from stem to stern with colours of all nations, filled with ladies and gentlemen, who accompanied the match ; the Town and Terrace Piers, as well as many other parts of the shore, being thronged with spectators. The course was from abreast the Clifton Hotel, sailing southward of a flag-boat off the Chapman's Head, from thence to a flag-boat in Northfleet Hope, southward to the winning flag-boat, which was moored between the Town and Terrace Piers, the distance being about thirty-four miles; and at half past eleven o'clock, the signal gun being fired, twelve boats started out of fourteen entries, it having been previously ar ranged by the committee; that the three classes should all start at the same time. At starting, the Mystery quickly took the lead, the Henry second, Martha and Mary third, and the William and Harriet fourth, the others following closely in their opponents' wake; the boats continued in this order till nearly off Chapman's Head, where the Martha and Mary took the lead, and the boats presented themselves as a very pretty . fleet ; but the Martha and Mary soon lost her enviable position, she having carried away her mast during a heavy squall and thunder storm. She was shortly afterwards taken in tow by a steamer, and brought into Gravesend. During this time the Mystery again led the way, followed by the William and Harriet, the Henry being third, with most of the others close up; and in this order they passed Gravesend to the flag-boat at Northfleet Hope, each vessel being crowded with canvas, having shi f ted sails several times during the match, in consequence of the sudden storm, and a great deal of seamanship was here dis played. The 'Mystery still continued the lead, the William and Harriet pressing closely on her ; and on rounding the committee's vessels, between the two piers, the boats came in in the following manner : FIRST CLASS. Mystery, J. Doward (orange) William and Harriet, W. Sandford (R kite) Joseph and Mary, J. Negus (dark blue) Elizabeth, J. Clark (red) A closely-contested match between the first and second boats, both vessels rounding the flag-boat nearly at the same moment. _ . _ The Gratitude and New Industry were entered in this class, but did not start. SECOND CLASS. The Henry, H. Brown (light blue) I Try for It, Sandford (yellow) Alfred and Martha, A. Brown (standard) Won easily, the Henry having it all her own way, after the accident which befel the Martha and Mary, of carrying away her mast. THIRD CLASS. George and Mary, J. Sutherland (blue) Magnet, G. Brown (pink) Victory, J. Beichteller (red) Wedding Day, J. Brown (green) This was a very severe and closely-contested race between the first three boats. THIRD-CLASS RAILWAY CArtmAGEs.—There Was issued on Saturday, by order of the House of Commons, in re turn to an order of that House, dated February 26, a document containing plans of the carriages either already sanctioned, re commended, or most approved of by the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, for the conveyance of third-class pas sengers under the penny a mile clause of the Railway Act. The return also contains a statement in detail, showing the number of passengers these various carriages are constructed to hold, with the length, breadth, &c., and whether glass is used in any, and in which of the various spaces provided for admitting light and air. The rules issued by the Board of Trade upon the subject are also appended. The plans above described show a very great improvement in the third-class carriages, as regards the protection of their occupants from the weather, and the steps adopted for preserving them as far as possible from accident. PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO THE PAYMENT OF RENT. —On Tuesday last the Sub-sheriff of Tipperary proceeded to a portion of the Derry Castle estates, for the purpose of execut ing about 190 decrees and attachments for arrears of rent, against the defaulting tenantry on that property, due for several years prior to the present owner of the estate coming into pos session. The Sheriff was accompanied by fifty police, under the command of Sub-Insp, ctor Lewis, and fifty of the Ist Royals, under the command of Captain Neville, from Killaloe. Every house was locked up and well bar ricadoed, and there was not a head of cattle on the lands, nor a human being to be seen, with the exception of a few young chaps, watching as scouts to bring the news to ocher districts. When the Sheriff knocked at the houses of the principal tenantry, the inmates refused to open the doors. The party had to retire as they came, being totally unsuccessful in their mission. The tenants on the Derry Castle estates have been permitted to fall into arrears, some for three, four, and five years.—Nenagh Guardian. A little girl, who was crossing the Lancaster and Preston Railway last week, when the train was approaching, was knocked down between the rails by the buffer of the en gine, and the whole train of carriages passed over her without doing her any harm.