The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-24 00:00:00

NEVii ton• „ e at tighnesses „opt Font iobw er a i ii , - tfie King , at c t, o loo o d'Astorg• soir e, and tilotut of prinCiP 3l the tional 0 9 c 1 1 0 7i . tbes. l ; five fi the nivu s i , ( 0 vent were be tr. w here t t ion st 004 „s; the age et ib .ces that the..n ply . ci r a leagued p oun ded CaP t • t o the ;griciere COno at an e nd..„ ko r antheon Ivo v : ; e r )ia of tg c se e w e i l oB ol ' Tor n s t e he, re eis d Three vk "OF religious 6 4 ill wasp' , inister of ent introd el ;obe r if either CIL.OO, id admill ie 7f tiO he wish es n Loee, n_ tBbew::01:01: i the Gov r ilin ...ots 11 14,265 70' end Ge ed se Th e y"'-"ar. ince 183 1 . lation f 340 to 4,0 0 w„r, d i , to tbe j v ibeshad 51 ig the previo7,oo brought de ; their larendoool6 Farl or ° g•r 4 ~ ld dr. 00 g 4 0 was agernellt9 b g of t-e to poil for the P,,,,0 1 f or the Mr ,d the 'lO fr, irisons 1. - • d P nz l d at I eh — ebv ied th e ef 1 ; v ho Ar e r TstO ,usinlya cc a s o e a u the t i f i e s tte l , the r `would °pe d il l is eng" t o Thestr e l d 114)10 the 531° fi o e , gessrs ti , ed by e,r)sis d es t . tiP; oes is i o t* s ze' f ale 1 0 01 t, the g ot an d art. toh is o• Of ,re ar 0116 I t MAJESTY 'AND PRINCE AL BE PT' s s VISIT TO STAFFORD HOUSE. C 4„, were aturday evening the Duke and Duchess of Suther trie honoured with the company of the Queen and her N ion ns consort, at Stafford House, on the interesting oc istaat s " on the christening of the Noble Duke and Duchess's 611 r, • Ar ',Juke and Duchess of Norfolk, Duke and Ducliesss of tiki,,Viscount Morpeth and Lady Mary Howard, Lord Clif d 413' Blantyre, Marquis of Lorn, Lady Dover, Viscount 4 4. ' 11 , Earl and Countess Grosvenor, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. tgeriitrd, Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, and the different iir r i s ,, ‘ ",i's of the ducal family invited to witness the ceremony, o r I.o7kbefore seven o'clock ; also his Grace the Archbishop r e , ' who came accompanied by Mr. Egerton 'Vernon . pl?,nit and Miss G-eorgiana Harcourt, and the Rev. Sir Dukinfield, Bart., Vicar of St. Martin's. at seven o'clock her Majesty and his Royal tit t ", i d leos Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, the -itred hi the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes; laivii,uarchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Earl Df 1va1,7, Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of Warwick, Lord in tai4iT,lg; Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting ; Cap • Geo rge lentell, Groom in Waiting on the Queen ; and Lord trara,Lennox, Lord in Waiting; Major-General Sir Ed- N A; ti owater, Equerry in Waiting ; and the Gro . om in tar r .' n g on Prince Albert. The Royal party came in four eeC 11,8' peke and Duche ss o f S u the r land were in waiting to e Q ya u l carreen and his Royal Highness as they alighted the Roiage. land r 2laiesty leaning on the arm of the Duke of Suther itaitrZas conducted by the grand entrance to the marble the 17 . e, and from thence to the saloon, Prince Albert and 11 4-- Ilelle ss of Sutherland, and the Duchess of Buccleuch, 'asnibers of the Court, following. pixie fun th band of the Royal Horse Guards Blue stationed . kst : left of the staircase welcomed the Sovereign with the Th ill arY honours, playing the national anthem. (th e e chri s t en i ng was solemnised shortly after t h e arr i va l 111 e N r a Ala jestY, the religious ceremony being performed in }Ls finificent picture gallery g fields , irli,race the Archbi s h o p o f York, assisted by the Rev. —r Y R. Dukinfield, Bart., Vicar of St. Martin , s-in-the- Thofficiated at the baptismal rite. 11,„He s Aonsors were his Royal Highness Prince Albert 'and her Morpeth and Lady Frances Egerton, who was, in fence, represented by Lady Blantyre. Li i i"e noble infant was named, after his illustrious god l'er, Albert. th e Selection of sacred music was performed on the organ in gn b a r n ena of the staircase, until dinner was announced, at a ii; vr to eight o'clock. 1 1 / 4 e entertainment was served up in the splendid banquet ktiesr°°rill' 111 a style of princely splendour. At the table her the jj - Y,_ and his Royal highness Prince Albert sat together, the i \ u'ie of Sutherland sitting on the left of the Queen, and The on the right of Prince Albert. e circle included the Duchess of Buccleuch, Duke and ,go ip li f ts s of Norfolk, Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Earl and lis e4 lles s Grosvenor, Marchioness of Douro, Earl Delawarr, -41 t Morpeth and Lady Mary Howard, Lady Dover, and a nt Clifden E ar l o f W arw i c k, Hon. Wm. S. Lascelles kid rim Lascelles Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, Lord Stu;' 4 43' Blantyre, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Hon. Mr. Dp R Marquis of Stafford, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, tit eger Lady Blantyre, Lord George Lennox, Major-Gene zli ir E dward Bowater, Mr. Loch, Marquis of Lorn, Lady tblabeth Leveson Gower, the Rev. Sir Henry R. Dukinfield, 141 Z, Col. A r b uthnot, C apta i n M eyne ll , & c. C overs were 'Or fo r t_ , 1 1e8 3 D le Minutes to eleven, her Majesty and his Royal High- Ake "nee Albert departed, attended . by the Duchess of seve,,e,ach, Earl Delawarr, Marchioness of Douro, and the ,the i :l7 l , 3 l3 nembers of the Royal Household ; the Duke of Su -03, -11 u conducting the Queen to her carriage, accompanied the r, =duchess of Sutherland, Marquis of Stafford, &c. ST D -- ' 4l - 11 1 COMMUNICATION WITH .„ O FRANCE. `ate„ul the great advantages presented by the South- Pirrit,;" Or London and Dover) Railway is the extreme ra i;,._l°ith which the public, by availing themselves of it, ofth;ln he Continent. But,•although since the opening !lit! time to Folkestone and Dover the journey to Boulogne • a r i s has been abridged in point of time to an extent rebs e w years acro would have been incredible, something $ 44 ,411.,'Ci11ed to be done in furtherance of the steam corn `Qtri-t7.:49n between the two countries so as still fur ') th e " increase the facilities for rapid locomotion offered % el Public in connection with the railway. The new „ ta r the Princess Alice, which has recently been oath on • eet tic li; has already very materially contributed is ul e t , but now another steamer, also of remarkable speed, tfti t ": en added, called the Princess Mary. To try the speed %le te tt "? vessel, and also to test the rapidity with which Ni ter a_ be whirled from London to Calais by the wonderful ti t of steam, the directors of the railway made a trip on „h 8 7 from the one place to the other, the result of which te ,,,. i galY satisfactory. At about ten minutes to eight in '‘ ll oolB r i ng a special train started from the Bricklayers' the tation, which, by the way, i 3 admirably situate for reunvenience of all West-end travellers who may not like tat ta gh it through the crowded streets of the City. The t e e between L o ndon and Dover was done in two hours Pak:env-eight minutes, including a stoppage of twe lve u l lth e es at Folkestone, and in a few minutes after the arrival Party. at the Dover station, the new vessel, the Princess firci• tiwnich was lying outside the quay, started with them ~,d8 4 4 8. She is a very handsome vessel, with great power ed, for her build. She has two of Maudslay's engines 1 4▪ 4 % horse powe r each, and the improved paddles. The e4d tt ee between Dover and Calais was done in two hours kt o 4 Minutes. On the arrival of the party at Calais , they a „,` s et a luncheon at Dessein's Hotel, and after having• wk)4lile time to wander through the quaint old town a nd v l at the grotesque people, they again entered , the an ,hich left Calais harbour at a few minutes after tou h r e , y .,lved at Dover in two hours and five minutes. T ` u en returned to town in a special train. Many of them kelt in town lunched at Calais, dined at Dover, and Pera b . "`',,c, again in' London in time for the last act of the 7ach., The result of this experiment proved that even under e:, ll tageous circumstances the distance between London ' ll .,itlf , "',!',; or Boulogne, may be traversed in four hours and ~A 7 1 1 ,, w ith scarcely any personal inconvenience. the railroad from Calais to Paris is completed, the • of France from the metropolis of England to the metr0,,1413 ,, 1 413 may be done in twelve hours. At present t 4e l , - „ el v steamer, together with the Princess Alice, performs .j age across' as rapidly as steam power will accomplish • ';_new vessel, the Princess Maude, is also being built for lor fi l lnie service, either from Dover to Calais, or Ostend, or ° lkestone to Boulogne. - xtAORDINARY HEAT OF THE LONDON ATMOSPHERE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. ~.‘4 1 1t)1 his day has been of so unusual a character, that I refra from sending you the particulars of my obser -16, ells linst Point was 60 deg. This morning was bright, with a gore of breeze from the S. of the E., with an upper current esterly—the air positively charged with electricity, g r ,,Pre - v e ; aPPearance of a slight shower having fallen during it) t k 'ens night—the barometer steady at 29.80. At two I,„eu:‘, P.m., the " shade " thermometer, north aspect - m, stood at 86, and the " sun "thermometer was, in the rle4tedBl3e, etextr, 107. At three o'clock the one in the shade in e aordinary height of Bs, and that in the sun ti dAt four o'clock they stood relatively 85 and 99. I w a „thermometer at two o'clock in more direct opp „,' the sun's rays, which raised the spirit to 121 degrees `Qnheit. The air is still (five o'clock) indicative of s ti lt ri t ged ele c t r i c ity, and the thermometer stands — shade •'Atle,, 96. I have rec ollection of such extreme heat in a m , sir our subscriber, H. P. h,tlCti,. h4 ev - squa , y r June 23, five o'clock, p.m. ZN - Lis correspondent be correct , the atm os p here of Ber as nuist be very different from se that of Westminster, the rmometc - r in the cour of the day never ex- Prabn;whilst he makes it 88 degrees--a difference not at " 111 e —I:D. Sun.] A: , I . 4 IGNATION AND DEPARTURE of EARL DE dla:(f e .- Pn Sunday last Captain_ . Lord Francis Gordon, First gat, C amp to the Lord Lieutenant, was . dispatched to Lon tal,esent to the Queen the resignation of his Excellency 4. De Grey as Viceroy of Ireland.—Limerick Chro ktik [The y ' • h resignation has been accepted, and the servants . i it iee7 to the vice-regal household have got a month's Zabl'; ° quit. The affair attracts just as :much attention in 'Pe e ,,, l. as it is worth—that is not the amount of a nutshell. P A Z, moan's Journal. t i jc 4l4 OCCURRENCE AT A PICNIC PARTY.—Yes -121/111),, a s a family party were enjoying a pic-nic near the f,„ l4 r-d, Ilarnpstead-heath, a young man, 22 ylaers. had „ . "et of the family, went into the pond to bathe. 1 - •!. si Vsae la three yards into the water when he sank in th o e_ i'ee his family, and never rose again. The screams ent f at illt ives collected vast crowds, and several excell t e aae rtl a dived after him, and drags, boats, and every other .. i kt ,reaching him were ineffectually put in requisition , gat. kill e d AGE VIPER.—The other day a large viper was t 4 1 ,q., o ' f i s l Ahe Bishop Woods, the property of It. L. Watson , eate r „,l'algarth, bv Jonathan Stalker, woodcutter, which - j h _ th e feet in length, and neaely five inches in r On e making an incision in the belly twelve hs et B.l,l‘fiers made their appearance. Its colours were . ve t te ; Otitl; m nf b i pautifully mottled. These animals breed in the t.l ° Nte' 'lay, and are supposed to be about three months_ -- eY brio ' forth. They have seldom more than elev n_ - * • *lt t ti me g They usually bring forth the month of freeterr o nd Gazette. W re a ' B On Friday night Lady ENLOCK 9 ALL.- 1 4 91 . gave a splendid ball, at his Lordship's spacious I `stle ° ,l - Berkelev-square. Above 400 fashionables as xeiren- The ball-room, on the ground-floor, was brilliantly - h l kbei, ate ,g by some hundreds of waxlights, and a vast t u - e )th„ °, flowers were used hl t iPt f j a - a partments. A supper of the most sumptuous de- Zed -a t was announced shortly after one o'clock. Weippeq's se at-en ' cl ed• The company comprised the elite of the ans .& i'„Etrid fashionable world. the echo ONDE. S T ORY .—We find the following in tiii i i de la. In the night of the 11th instant a procee' Malta : from Paris to Clermont, being at a into e"' t atice from n- rne was lifted off the road by - 'te t iti j e ct of a thund Ma st t o a r ‘ m e , and carried over a large ditch Ft th - e ,. ad jainfn field. er Carriage, travellers, and horses were - • e . t e rc it c a b g y etehantment. ' The carriage was not upset, 13 • e smell of sulphur, and a large hole in the trunk "Ills thzeiriage, demonstrated by the passage of the electric " Il ieve - ' c ause of the accident. The travellers could scarcely 413 their eyes when they alighted." of the ex !ltniutljisstoN OF ATTORNEYS. — The a lase q," candidates for admission on the roll of attorney h FOnr j e r g i a lit y Y ro T fe e s rm sio , n e , hows a a larger increase on that bran . c fit were Were 71 h ving passed examin o a t t i i o o o n, d iv d h o il o s t t t• e nd Peetponed, and four who had given r! si servi gild a large number failed to perfect their testimonial with besides which one of the candidates for tlelinito r ex a "4ew during the examination. Upon referring ._ s o l 'illitytatioi of the jut Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and te at s, it appears that in Michaelmas 106, in Hilary For ter 92, and Trinity Term 71 passed, showing a total ~e s• - :ast four terms of 359. This number, we believe, in • ly instance in which the examiners reported ape "aitt, were reference to questions of service of clerkship, and were submitted to the decision of the judges. 4 tti Pow *,i. e4 by t ER.—A pint of water may . be . evapo tw o h wo ounces of coals. In its egaForat . ion it swells 'eal f or t uldred and sixteen gallons of thirty with # mechr.- t°()t high 84,facient to raise a weight of -seven tons or common steam thus produced has a pressure equal to ad l aY o.catnroon atmospheric air; and by allowing it to ex lirtue of its elasticity, further mechanical force A t• of%rtmed, at l east equal i n amount to t h e f ormer . A Nkler4 at er, therefore, and two ounces of coals, are thus 't ve,l`tv..f ca Pablo of d,oing as much work as is equivalent te , ale • • toAte a o 4sed a fotThe circumstances f Nth fl e • . eteamensm.e. worked on railway are not b 4 ule to the ftee n eo,,My el. Nevertheless a pound of 1 1.1 1 a ti ' z , a.114.,.. ! r l a voa a rteeoe i ri n Ise: :: .eiciecnn: ge s t v e . e i,i t u ti e e ppaat e e r a e b r o t about me etfive"'eta f • In their evap to draw two :7 4 6 ? 4 , ,,;, 4 ?' i . 284 6 _ a y nk a '4l Of Ali wig, co ein two minutes. Four - 44 , met i lo lesi g h t a Aa on a common road, are necessary to " 41 anail di/411114 41 NIX minutes, a~? THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1844, Co LAR. MEDICAL REFORM. (From the Lancet, J une 22, 1844.) To the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of England and Wales. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the royal suite and the household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual walk in the forenoon of Saturday in the royal gar dens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback, at tended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting. The Royal Family were taken airings on Saturday in the royal gardens. The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace at seven o'clock, on Saturday evening, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with their company at the ceremony of the christening at Stafford-house Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes; and the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting. The royal suite followed in three of her Majesty's carriages, and consisted of the Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain; the Marquis of Exeter, K.G., Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert; the Earl of• Warwick, K.T., Lord in Waiting; Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting ; Col. Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting ; and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended Divine service, yesterday morn• ing, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street ; Ba roness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck were in wait ing on their Royal Highnesses. Her Royal Higness the Duchess of Cambridge went on Saturday morning to Kew,returning to town in the afternoon. BRUSSELS, JUNE 19.—The King and Queen ar rived at the Palace of Lacken this evening at eight o'clock. The Government has just laid before the Chamber a project of law, which purposes a vast plan tendin ,, to concentrate, in the hands of the Government (that of the Minister of Public Works), almost all the means of conveyance in the kingdom, both by land and water, the diligence, the carriage of goods, the steam-packets, between England and Belgium, &c. Such a plan is,_ at first sight, a con sequence of the administration of the railways by the State ; but it requires serious examination. The proposed law consists of 11 articles. Gentlemen,—Under the impression that one faculty of medicine, with equality of rank and title, is a con dition unattainable under existing circumstances, and equally impossible to retain, if chance for the m inent annihilated all existing grades, and afforded an opportunity for trying the experiment; and be lieving also (admitting such a chimera to be prac ticable) that neither the public nor the profession would be benefited by such an arrangement, I take the liberty of offering for your consideration the following suggestions, with the sincere hope that by a free and unreserved interchange of opinion, some plan or other may be devised for harmonising the three branches of the profession, so that they might work honourably and satisfactorily together. As a pre liminary step, however, I must premise that th e Apothecaries Society should immediately take the lead, and detach their scientific and professional department from that which properly should never have been combined with it, namely, their trad ing establishment at Apothecaries' Hall. They should, in point of fact, never have held their examinations for licenses to practise medicine at their shop in the City ! It detracted from the credit and dignity of the profession, and has constituted, at all times, the most fertile source of opprobrium and dissatisfaction. This separation is, I conceive, the first step that the Soci e t y should take, for by this means the title of apothecary, which has become so objectionable to professional men, that they seldom, if ever, designate themselves by it, might altogether cease as an appellation for them, and be retained only to describe the members of the trading Society of Apothecaries—one of the City corporations. The Council should then invite the profession to unite with them in a petition to the Legislature for a charter of incorporation, as a Coll. , ge of General Practitioners; the whol e me di ca l body now practising under the license of the Apothecaries' Company being considered members of the proposed college, and the present list of the Corporation of Apothecaries, as well as all existing or future licentiates of ten years' standing, being constituted into a constituency with the title of fellows, and who shall be eligible for, and privileged to vote for, the Council, Court of Examiners, and governing body of the college. That the colleg e h ave the power of framing its own curriculum ; that the education and examination for its diploma be under the control of its own governing body, and that it should confer the right to practice as a general practitioner in all parts of her Majesty's dominions. That the education of the general practitioner should be, in every respect, sufficient for all ordinary practice, and should be in no degree inferior to that required by the Society of Apothecaries as at present constituted. To avoid in terfering with existing institutions, and to afford the means for those who desire to cultivate a more ex tended knowledge of any particula r branch of medical science, the diplomas of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons respectively may be required of all candi dates for army, navy, Indian, hospital, or parochial appointments. The College of Surgeons requiring a knowledge of morbid, microscopic, and comparative anatomy, as well as greater practical skill in surgical operations. The College of Physicians conferring degrees of bachelor and doctor of medicine only, granting no licences to practise whatever, and requir ing ample testimony that all on whom the honour of a degree is conferred are by education fitted to uphold its dignity and ensure its respect. By these means the three great subdivisions of the medical professsion may be made to work harmo niously together; each gradation having its own college, with the arrangement of its curriculum, and the management of its affairs, under the control and regulation of its own governing body. To these suggestions, it may be replied that, on the passing of the Apothecaries' Act, in 1815, an application was made to the Legislature for a charter of incorporation, and refused, on the ground that it was inexpedient to grant such charter without some experience of the work ing of the new Act of Parliament, a plea which, however reasonable at the time, is now clearly in admissible after nearly thirty years' experience, and with a retrospect so highly creditable to the parties to whom the administration of the Apothe caries' Act was deputed. Surely a refusal under such circumstances should in no degree intimidate or dismay the Society of Apothecaries at the pre sent moment. What was then a matter of doubt, namely, the effect of their administration of the rules and regulations for conducting the education of the apothecary on the acquirements of the future practitioner, is now a matter of triumphant con gratulation. The rank, talents, and professional re putation, with the hold they have on society, fully entitle the present body of general practitioners to this mark of consideration. I have been in duced to address these observations to the Court of Assistants of the Society of Apothecaries, be cause I consider both the public and the profession as deeply indebted to them for the great benefits con ferred on the former, and for the honourable position into which they have elevated the latter, and still more from an anxious desire to identify more com pletely the interests of the Society and its licentiates. —I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your very obedient servant, JAMES BIRD. 16, Orchard-street, June 11, 1844. Art. 1. There shall be a daily steamer between England and Belgium for the conveyance of passen gers and mails. For this purpose the department of Public Works shall have credit for a sum of one million of francs for the purchase of these packets. Art. 2. The Government is authorised to establish successively, and wherever it shall think necessary, similar communication by steam-boats for the con veyance of goods, passengers, and mails. 13aussEns, JUNE 20.—The Countesssaf Westmore land, with her family and suite, has arrived at Brus sels, on her way from Berlin to London. ROTTERDAM, JUNE 18.—Accounts from Batavia, dated Feb. 29, have been received to-day by the Co lonial department, respecting the assassination of the members of the agency of the factory of the Nether lands Commercial Company, in the island of Bali. This circumstance, added to o th er ev il d ee d s , suc h as the plundering of the Dutch East Indiaman Overypol, Capt. Blom, two years ago, make it not only desirable but absolutely necessary for our Government to take more rigorous measures for the maintenance of our influence and the safety of our flag in the Indian Archipelago. His Majesty the King, the Grand Duke of Luxem bourg, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, are expected in the city of Luxembourg at the end of this month, or the beginning of the next. 'Tits II kGUE, JUNE 20.—The debates on the pro ject of the law relating to the redemption and conver sion of the public debt commenced in the Second Chamber of the States General to-day. The list of members inscribed to speak both for and against the measure being exhausted, the Chamber adjourned till to-morrow, when the Minister of Finance will speak in favour of the law. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yes terday-. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. A deputation, consisting of Lord Howard, the Rev. V. H. P. Somerset, the Rev. J. J. Smith, Mr. J. Lahouchere, Mr. J. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. Joseph Wilson, Mr. Rochfort Clarke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. E. V. Sidebottom, Mr. P. White, Mr. A. Gordon, and Mr. G. J. P. Smith, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Heytesbury had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on on Saturday. A deputation of country bankers, including Mr. Rochdale, Mr. Melville, and Mr. Spooner, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Duke of - Wellington and Sir F. Trench at tended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's yesterday. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. N. Grenville. THE HAGUE, JUNE 21.—1 n the sitting of the Se cond Chamber to-day, his Excellency the Minister of Finance spoke at great length in favour of the law for the conversion of the debt, and gave various informa tion on the subject, amongst which was, that the Belgian Government will begin on the Ist of August to pay the second instalment of the Belgian shares of the national debt of the Netherlands. His Excel lency further announced that the project of law re specting the tariff of duties on importation and ex portation, or transit, will be shortly laid before the Chamber. The Duchesses of Beaufort and Sutherland,the Mar quises of Anglesey and Salisbury; Lords Effingham, Bandon, Wilton, Cawdor, Mulgrave, Leveson, Ha therton. Ebrington, and Wrottesley ; Ladies Wilton and L. Gower, attended the daily service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. W. Hall ; the sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. N. Grenville. The musical ser vice was Nares in F, and the Sanctus in F, Hawes. The anthem, " Awake unto the Lord" (Travers), was sung by Messrs. Horncastle and Chapman. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Duke of Montrose, the Marchioness of Ales bury, Lords Delawarr, Godolphin, Canterbury, Can tilupe, Forester, and Norreys ; Ladies Wilton and Ernest Bruce, attended the afternoon service yester day in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison had a dinner party on Saturday at their residence in Great Stanhope street. The company included the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford, Lady Louisa Churchill, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Marquts of Salisbury, Monsieur St. Aulaire, the Earl of 11- chester and Lady Caroline Strangways, Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, Lord Seaham, Lord Stayer dale' Lord Curzon, Mr. W. Peel, Mr. Tomline, Lord and Lady Mahon, After some discussion, the question was put, and the project of law agreed to by a majority of 43 to 14. AMSTER]) t. 31, JUNE 21.—We hear with great plea sure that Captain Nap, of the ship Madeira, states that he thinks he may possibly affirm that the account of the murder of two officers of the factory in the island of Bali, published in the New Rotterdam Courrant of the 19th of June, was founded on an entirely false report, which was spread while he was in India at Soerabaja and Passaroeang, and with such an appearance of probability that a squadron of armed vessels, which was ready to put to sea on a service against the pirates, was sent to Bali, but he afterwards learned at Banjoewangle, that the flo tilla had returned, having found Bali in a state of per fect tranquility, and thrt there was not a syllable of truth in the report of disorders, and of the above-men tioned murder. The Captain left Banjoewangle on the 29th of February. BERLIN, JUNE 18.—His Majesty the Emperor of Russia and her Royal Highness the Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, with Princess Louisa, her daughter, arrived at six o'clock in the af ternoon of the 15th at Swinenmonde, after a rather stormy, but afterwards favourable and quiet passage. At eight o'clock *ley put to sea in the Russian steamer Bogater ; the wind was rather stormy, but favourable for the voyage to St. Petersburgh. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JuNE 21. Money. Bills. Actual MIA, 2% per Cent .. ..... ..." " 61% 61 ' Ditto, ditto 5 per cext.: „ „ 100 k 1 Amort Syndic. 4% per cent " W 99 Ditto, ditto. 9% per coat .„ 0 „.....„ 87 87i Commercial Company, 4!,', per cent.".."" 141 1 41+ Loan 1837. 5 per cent. •.".•"".............." 99 100 Exchange on London, 0nem0nth"."."."...12 12% Two m0nth......." 12 07 1 Hamburgh, One menth"..... ..... 35 62 Two months 57 67% Dutch Papers, June 21. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JUNE 14. Five per Cents. Metalliques • •••••••. 111 100 3( 77 -" 1634 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. The Lords present were the Lord Pre sident, Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the Chancellor of the Duchy ofCornwall. Dr. Addams was heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Panton v. Williams" (part heard at a former meeting). Lord Brougham gave judgment. The Court then rose. The following memorandum of the business of the Court was issued on Saturday : " The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will resume its sittings on Monday, 22d July. " Their Lordships will dispose of all the cases set down for hearing on or before the 18th July. " All cases not set down on that day, will be post poned until after Michaelmas Term. " Privy Council-office, June 22, 1844." Four par Cents Three per Cents. Bank Shares .... Allgemeine Zeitung, June 18. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-13saun, JUNE 18. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. ...... 1013( 100( Prussian English Bonds, MO, 4 per cent Exchange on London 6 22% Prussian State Gazette. June 19. BELGIAN FUND3.—Baussats, Junit 20. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent,„ Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ..... 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 99 Three per Thirty-seven Millir ns, ditto ......... Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent.... . . ... ..... 102 ........ . ..... ....... 104 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent Issue of 1811 lO9l —Brussels Papers, June2l. A paragraph has lately been going the round of the papers to the effect that Mr. John Frost, the celebrated Chartist, having been released from the degradation and drudgery of working in chains like the other con victs, his wife and two daughters were on the eve of quitting England to join him. This is incorrect. It is quite true that Mrs. Frost, in every letter she has written to her husband for some time past, has expressed a most earnest desire to go out, with her daughters, to him ; but he formerly objected to her leaving England to join him, on account of the degraded and wretched situation in which he was placed. Now that his sentence has been so far com muted as to make him a clerk in one of the Government offices, he entreats her not to entertain for a moment the idea of coming out to him, assigning as the reason that he has the very best ground for believing that he will ere long receive a full pardon, and have the happiness of rejoining her and his daughters in England. Mrs. Frost has, in consequence, abandoned the idea of going out to New South Wales to her husband. It is worthy of remark that she is a lady by birth, education, and manners, and that her two daughters, both grown up, are also well educated and accomplished.--Observer. INCENDIARISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—lncendiarism exists in the county OlSuffolk to an alarming extent. This we learn from the local papers, and from Mr. Gibson, the Earl of Stradbroke, and other gentlemen residing in that county. Being a Suffolk man, I have been very anxious to learn the cause of this horrid practice of burning food to make it cheap. All I can lear n i s , th a t no sa ti s f ac t ory cause can be given. Low wages, I know, many per sons think is the cause ; and, if I mistake not, it has been stated that wages are lower in the immediate neighbourhood where the fires have occurred than they are in other parts of the county. This statement is entirely without foundation ; and I will add, that wages in Suffolk are not lower than they are in other counties. In some parts of the county I hope a good feeling exists between the labourer and his master but I doubt this good feeling does not extend far.; We may sometimes look back to see what is before us. There can be no question that for some months a war has been going on between the manufacturing and agriculturing interest. Now, what is the general feeling of the landowners and tenant-farmers in Suf folk towards the manufacturers ? ‘Vhy, they say we will prove to you that we cannot spare! a protective duty upon corn, and that we can barely keep our labourers from starving with the protection we now have ; and they go on to argue that we only follow your exam ple by turning our men upon the roads when we have no profitable work for them ; and this we show you to prove that our situation is not a very enviable one, and indeed that we have no thi ng t o s p are . The m en , with few exceptions, who labour upon the soil in Suf folk are an honest, patient, hard .working people, but let us not forget that these people have connections working at various trades, and some of them living they cannot tell how. If discontent is stirred up amongst the agricul tural labourers depend upon it that it extends much further. Master and man do not pull in the same boat as I should wish to see them. The high bearing of the masters to the men is not palatable to them, and no kindly feeling exists. In my opinion this incen diarism may be traced to three causes, viz.—the want of a better understanding between master and man, increase of population, and the harshness of some of the clauses in the new Poor-law Bill.—l am, Sir, &c. Warwick. J. F. A very handsome new iron steamer, the "Princess Mary," destined for the continental traffic, as we hear, arrived in Dover harbour yesterday, from the Thames. This vessel very much resembles the Princess Alice Government packet; and it is supposed by some that it is not unlikely she may also, like that vessel, become a Government packet froth this port. It has been hitherto given out that the Princess Mary was to ply between Folkestone and Boulogne, in connection with the South- Eastern Railway. Be her future destination, however, what it may, we understand she takes her first trip this day from Dover to Calais, with the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company, when it is expected a trial of speed will take place between her and the Princess Alice.—Dover Chronicle of Saturday, MISFORTUNES SELDOM COME SINGLY.—Two New castle gentlemen, who had determined to enjoy the pleasures of our Regatta, on Tuesday last, took their places, per rail, for our venerable - city, duly supplied with a goodly store of provender, intended to be used, as appetite should dictate, under cover of our beau tiful shady woods. On arriving at Durham, however, they discovered that they had left their refreshments at the station, at Gateshead. After conferring to gether awhile, they resolved to dispatch a person for the lost " creature comforts." Away hastened the messenger to the station, and jumped into the first train ; but, lo ! at the expiration of an hour, he found himself set down at Darlington. He explained that he wanted to be at Newcastle, and was once more put into the train. In due time he was again seemingly at the end of his journey ' • but on turning out he found himself at Sunderland. He then explained again to the railway people that he wanted to be at Gateshead, and was once more fairly launched in the train, and finally found himself at the desired point. He then thought his troubles were at an end, and applied for the provi sions left by the gentlemen in the morning ; but was told that as he had not a note authorising him to receive the package, they could not give it up to him, and misericorde !—he was at last obliged to wing his way back to Durham, out of money, temper, and everything. —Durham Chronicle. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AT WOLVERHAMPTON. On the 19th instant, Edward Cudd, the driver and proprietor ofthe Birmingham stage coach, appeared be fore Dr. Dehane for having wantonly ill-treated one of his horses, and on the evidence of John Smith, one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, he was convicted, and fined in a pe nalty of 205., and l ls. Gd. costs. James Moore, a pig driver, was convicted on the evi dence of the same officer, and fined 10s., and Bs. 6d. costs, for cruelly beating one of the pigs which he was driving. Jeremiah Leadheiter, for ill-treating a horse, was fined 205., and 6s. Gd. costs. VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S PAR TIES.—On Saturday evening the above Noble Viscount and Viscountess received a select party to dinner, at their man sion in Carlton-house-terrace. His Lordship held an assem bly after dinner; all the saloons being opened for the recep tion. Among the visitors were—His Excellency Meer Jaffer Alee Khan, and Mirza Lootfallah Khan, his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, and his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, Duchess of Buccleuch, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lad Augusta Somerset, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Duchess de Coigny and Mademoiselle de Coigny, Marquis and Mar chioness of Ailesbury, his Excellency M. Dedel, Prince and Princess Radzivill, his Excellency Baron Nieumann, Countess Pallfv, Earl and Countess of Ki nnou l, D owager Countess of Morley, Lady Theresa Lister,. Earl of Besborough, Eari of Auckland, and Mr. and Miss Eden, Countess of Gainsborough and Lady Louisa Noel, Hon. Coloilel and Mrs. Dawson Darner and Miss Darner, Lord Harry Vane, Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, Lord Redesdale, Lord John Manners, Lord and Lady Cottenham and Hon. Misses Pepys, Sir John and. Lady Easthope, Sir Frederick Trench, Countess of Tankerville, Lord John Rus sell, Earl and Countess of Miuto and Ladles Elliot, Lord and Lady Melgund, Viscount and Viscountess Campden, Mr. Tomline, Sir Augustus Foster, Baron Talleyrand, Hon. W. Jocelyn, Captain F. Seymour, &c. IIAYMARKET THEATRE.—Among the nobility who have visited the Haymarket. Theatre within the last few nights to see the new comedy, Quid pro Quo, were the Duchess of Bedford, the Dukes of Bedford, Devonshire, and Leeds; Marquises Clanricarde and Douro; Earl and Coun tess Craven ; Viscount and Viscoiintess Leveson ; the EWA of Lincoln, Pembroke, and Belfast; Lord and Ltd Brooke I Lady Holland, Lords Ranelagh, Macdonald, Albert Cunning ham, Falmouth, and Dillon ; Generals Lord Strafford and Espartero ; Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, E. Lascelles, F. L eveson , R. Dore, G. Barrington ; Mrs. Arbuthnot, Sir H, I'y app Lady Webster, Sirs Henry Wheatley, W. V re e rar i l i tle, John Quin, Andrew Corbett, Captain Maw ; . Scc, George Taylor, for the same offence, the same fine and cost. John Mottishani, for the same offence, the same fine and costs. Benjamin Russell and Sarah Brown, for cruely to donkey:, were fined,'the former 10s., and 6s. 6d. costs, the latter 55., and 4s. 6d. costs. CAMBLETOWN. — Great preparations have been made here for the horring fishery this sea - ion. Upwards of one hundred and fifty boats are already afloat, and this fleet is shortly to be joined by forty new boats, built in the low country on an improved plan, and of a larger size than those formerly used here. The greater number of them, end particularly the new ones, are to be supplied with the patent machine nets, and the trains to be of greater length, in proportion to the size of the boats, than those formerly in use. The larger trains will extend to twenty-five pieces, each piece being fifty fathoms in length. The large boats have a crew of five men, the second size four men, and the smallvr ones three men each—thus afford ing employment to a number of individuals who anti cipate a prosperous fishing, for which a re a dy m ark e t is found in Glasgow at a high price, in the commencement of the season, the herrings being carried there fresh by the steamers, and those caught in the latter end of the season being cured for winter use.—Scotch Paper. A fine specimen of the celebrated "mummy" wheat is growing fast to maturity, in the gardens of Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, Bait, Doonass. The seed was found in one of the Egyptian catacombs, and its produce is superior to any other known, yielding nearly double the number of grains in the ordinary head of wheat.—Beffastpaper.' RAILWAYS. In Mr. Laing's paper appended to the evidence taken before the Select Committee on Railways, there is a curious table, showing the rate of different items of expenditure per mile of railway upon some of the principal British and Foreign lines. From this table it appears that the Parliamentary expenses of the London and Birmingham and London and South-Western Companies have been about 6501. per mile ; and of the Great Western and Manchester and Leeds, 1,0001. per mile ; while the London and Brighton cost, under this head, 3,0001. per mile. There appears to be no corresponding item in the ac counts of the Belgian and French railways. The " Law Charges, Engineering, Direction, &c." have varied on English lines ; but on all of them they have been enormously large. Thus, the Lon don and South-Western Company have had to pay, under this item, 9001. per mile; the Grand Junction, 1,200/.; the Birmingham, 1,500/. ; the Manchester and Leeds, 1,600/. ; the Brighton, 1,800/. ; and the Great Western no less an amount than 2,500/.1 It seems that the average per mile on the Belgian Rail ways, under this head, is 430/. ; and on the Paris and Rouen Railway, 8001. Under " Land and Compensation," the difference is equally remarkable. Thus the Newcastle and Car lisle Company paid, per mile, 2,200/. ; the Grand Junction, 3,000/. ; the South-Western, 4,000/. ; the Manchester and Leeds, 6,1501.; and the Birmingham and the Great Western precisely the same—namely, 6,300/. • while the Brighton paid no less than 8,000/. per mile. The average of the Paris and Rouen Railway was 2,3001.; and of the Belgian Railways, 2,7501. In " Railway Works and Stations," the difference is greater still. For example, the Newcastle and Carlisle cost 12,0001. per mile ; the Grand Junction, 15,000/. ; the South-Western, 18,4501.; the Birming ham, 38,2801.; the Brighton, 38,0001.; the Great Western, 40,000/. ; and, beyond all the rest, the Man chester and Leeds, 41,4001.1 The average of the Bel gian railways is 10,600/. per mile; and of the Paris and Rouen, 17,0001. The " Carrying Establishment per mile" has been, on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1,3001.; Grand Junction, 2,000/. ; South-Western, 2,350/. ; Birmingham and Brighton, 3,000/. ' • Manchester and Leeds, 3,600/. ;- while the Great Western has, in this item, far out-topped all—being 4,800/. The average of the Belgian Railways is precisely the same as the cost, in this respect, of the South-Western— namely, 2,3501.; and of the Paris and Rouen Rail way, 2,400/. POST- OFFICE E SPIONAG E.-A most disgraceful transaction was brought to light in the House of Com mons on Friday night last, and was also the subject of discussion in the Lords on Monday night. A petition was presented from three individuals complaining that their letters had been detained and opened at the Post- Office. Sir James Graham unblushingly avowed that letters had been detained and opened, and that it was by his orders it was done ! He had the power, he said, as Home Secretary, to do this, and he had exer cised it, but why or wherefore he refused to state. That such a power is possessed by the Home Secretary was not disputed, but that it was exercised was never before dreamed of by any one. The public at large had certainly no knowledge of the existence of such a power, and they will hear of it with as much surprise as indignation. It was believed that correspondence in this country could be carried on with perfect freedom, and without the slightest danger of a violation of the trust; Sir James Graham has destroyed the delusion ; and we now find that the Eng lish Post-office is merely the head-quarters of her Ma jesty's principal Spy, Sir James Graham, whose ambi tion it is to rival the fame of Fouche, when he held a similarappointment underßuonaparte Carlisle Journal. AN UNLUCKY ExPosE.—On one occasion, Bartley, whose business it was to play in the tragedy at Drury lane, had to begin also the farce at Covent-garden. The play on this evening at the latter house had been short, and was brought even earlier than usual to a conclusion, by no encore of the songs having taken place. After a lapse of some ten minutes, the audi ence became impatient—(" unruly," as Elliston would have said)—and messengers were accordingly dis patched, demanding Bartley's instant attendance.— Bartley, considering that a per centage on his tragedy might easily be spared, or more readily be supplied by the THE IRISH V I CEROY- -• ---ich- ano th er , tha n th e absence of his merry face in file farce mond has been mentioned as the probable successor of Earl of "My Neighbour's Wife," kicked off his buskins at Drury, and running to Covent-garden, was speedily in bury will be appointed to that • to believe that Lord lleytes his dressing-room, where he instantly began pulling on De Grey as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but there is reason important pat.—Hero/4. his well remembered pantaloons. But being somewhat TT H 1 IFE —The agitated by the importunity of the prompter's boy, and Wellesley and in a contemplated alliance between Lord Charles . APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN -.AG A • considerable state of perspiration, he had more MissPierrepont, only child and heiress of the Right Earl Hon,H f than usual difficulty, so that the pantaloons gave way M. Pierrepont, and niece to the Marquis of Exeter and , _ t. in the struggle, presenting the most graceless rent in o au n g t m he en p te a d ti t e h n e ce de o l Manveiss is fixed to take place next Thursday „n se imigh arrear that ever freeholder experienced. This, of course e a la fear- The Duke of Wellington will chette after the ceremony, at Apsley HOOP, to eu the Duke and f ay t , h a e nd au t d b i e to d ry el ; ay th h ey ad w th er e e rm ho e w e e ff v e e c r t , pacified by some timely explanation and within ano give a grand dO then quarter of an hour Bartley appeared' in his own re- Dlaucucleiessspoiferrßeepaaunfotr,LcEwadrlanadndLady Fitzroy Coun tess al a nver s, Tilarquis And Marchioness of Exeter. The Noble and Gallant spectable grey trousers, and went comfortably through 7..:,creausi t his bride elect will take up their abode after their Somerset, an d and th e , , his part.--ilinstoorth for June. uuktiPilig . 4PA 6 7 AQ4I9. -- - - THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The packet-ship Cambridge, Capt. Barstow, arrived i❑ the Mersey this morning; she sailed from New York on the Ist inst., from which city she brings one day's later news than that brought by the Britannia. She has thus performed the voyage in twenty-one days. The news is not of much importance. The papers are principally filled with comments on the nominations at the late Baltimore Convention. The nomination of Polk, it seems to be admitted on all hands, will secure the election of Clay in November by a large majority, with the continuance of the pre sent restrictive tariff, and limited intercourse with England. Capt. Tyler had accepted the nomination for the presidency conferred upon him by the Tyler Convention at Baltimore. The Houston Telegraph contains an account of an affray at a place called Corpus Christi, between a party of Mexicans and Texians, in which about eight of the former were killed, and as many taken prisoners ; and a report of a similar onslaught which, a short time before, a party of Alexicans had made upon a small number of Texians. It was generally believed in Texas that their treaty with the United States was rejected. 'The Liverpool packet-ship Roscoe, which sailed hence an the Ist of April, had not arrived at New York when the Cambridge sailed. She was supposed to be fast in the ice on the banks. Much anxiety began to be felt concerning her, as she was full of passengers, and had a valuable cargo on board. LATEST from the UNITED STATES LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY. The fast-sailing ship Sea, Captain Edwards, arrived at this port to-day, after a quick voyage. She left New York on the 3d inst., and Sandy Hook on the 4th. The Sea has brought five passengers only. The news is very barren of interest. At Washington, on the Ist last , in Senate, the joint re solution of the House, to adjourn on the 17th of June, was adopted. Mr. M'Duffie's tariff resolution, pronouncing the present rate of duties unjust and oppressive, was taken up and reject ed—ayes 18, noes 25. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Adams broached the great principle of the Native American party, i. e., the al teration of the Naturalization Laws so as to require foreign ers to reside here twenty-one years, instead of five, before they exercise the rights and powers of native-born citi zens; and he presented a petition from citizens of Pennsyl vania, praying Congress to make this change in the natu ralization laws. In presenting this petition, he supposed an opinion would be expected from him on the subject, and he therefore stated that the petitioners being unknown to him, he did not feel bound to support the prayer of the peti tion. He moved that the petition be referred to the Judi ciary Committee. Mr. Murphy called for the ayes and noes on a motion by Mr. Hammett to lay it on the table. The question was ordered, and resulted in 104 votes in favour of laying it on the table, and only 26 against so doing. A murder and suicide of the murderer, of a very horrible description, had been committed at Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Ledger says, under date of Saturday, June 1, that a Frenchman named Jules Lesueur, early that morning, shot his wife in the right side, between the fifth and sixth ribs, and committed suicide by shooting himself in the left side. The Coroner convened a jury about eight o'clock, when the wife was still alive. Augustus Esmoil, keeper of the French boarding-house ' Dock-street, below Thi r d, i n which the deceased resided, knew of no quarrel between de ceased and his wife, but papers and documents were found which made it evident that murder and suicide were preme ditated by deceased. In a letter to Mr. Esmoil, found on a table, Lesueur begs " pardon of God for his crime " he was about to commit, gives directions for the funeral, that both shall be interred in one grave, in plain coffins, the expenses to be defrayed out of 170 dollars left for the purpose. It ap pears that suspicions of infidelity on the part of the woman in refusing to live with deceased, produced this deplorable result. She was alive at noon, Saturday, but her recovery was impossible. She was suffering great pain. She says, he awoke her on Friday night, asked her to kiss him ; and on refusing, he shot her. She is a Creole, of Louisiana, where she has a sister. Mr. Barbace, of whom deceased was jealous, is her agent, and at her desire assisted her to escape from the dower of her husband. COMMERCIAL. The New York Sun says— " The intelligence by the Caledonia is any thing but favour able to those who have dipped into the cotton speculations on this side the water. The decline of about id. per pound on our great staple cannot but result in great pecuniary loss to present holders, and those who have advanced freely on consignments, to some of whom, in the southern cities, it will probably be disastrous. Money continued to be abun• dant in England, at former rates. " The sales at the Board this morning are very large, and the prices generally at an advance. Morris Canal Company, which sold yesterday at 17, opened this morning at 26, and closed at 24—a rise of 7 since yesterday. Norwich and Wor cester advanced 24 ; Farmer's Trust Company, 24 ; Stoning ton, 2; Erie Railroad, l ; Harlem and Long Island, 14; Pennsylvania Fives and Mohawk Railroad, 1 ; Reading Railroad, i ; Illinois Bonds and Canton Company, 4 ; and Ohio and Kentucky Sixes and State Bank, ; Vicksburg Bank declined *. "At the Public Board, Canton Company improved 24; Farmer's Trust Company, 2a ; Erie Railroad, la ; and Long Island Railroad, Vicksburg Bank closed at a decline, and United States Bank at yesterday's price." SUSPECTED CASE OF PIRACY. THE SALADIN. The above vessel, commanded by Captain Mackenzie, bound from Valparaiso to London, was lost on the 21st of last May, near Ireland Harbour, Nova Scotia, and was com municated in this paper upon the 17th instant. Since then circumstances have transpired whicn lead to a very strong impression that a terrible act of piracy and murder was committed previous to her destruction, and which has en gaged the attention of the naval and civil authorities of Halifax since the time of her loss; and although nothing at p re sent of a positive character has transpired to fix the crime upon a portion of the ship's crew, there is much rea son to fear that if not guilty of the more serious crime, they are not quite blameless as regards the lesser one. So strong was this impression entertained by the authorities at Hali fax, that the crew had been taken into custody, and had undergone an examination, and from the evidence collected, in the words of the writer of a letter received at Lloyd's, there can be but one opinion as to the fate of the officers. From the particulars furnished by Lloyd's agent it appears that this vessel was bound from Valparaiso to London with a cargo of 70 tons copper, guano, 8,500 dolls. specie, and some bars of silver; that she left the former port on the 17th of February last, that Captain Mackenzie, her commander, died about the middle of April, and the mate about three days after. The second mate and two men were subsequently lost from the fore-yard; that no log had been kept after the 14th day of April (about the time the captain died), or any notice of sickness on board up to that date (circumstances, it will be presumed, of a very suspicious nature) ; and that the com plement of men when the vessel was lost was six. She went on shore, however, during a thick fog, which certainly gives some reason to suppose that she may have been lost acciden tally, but at the same time does not do away with the im pression that such an opportunity may not have been waited. The Admiralty Court at Halifax had taken possession of the cargo saved from the wreck, in consequence of the suspicion of piracy. All the letters on board which were supposed to contain invoices, bills of exchange, or bills of lading, are said to have been torn open by the crew, and that many were missing, as also about 1,000 dolls. The articles saved from the wreck consisted of 730 pegs of copper, seven bags containing about 7,564 dolls., thirteen large and one small bars of silver, two chronometers, one gold and one silver watch, and two silver stones ( ? ) with all the materials, &c. The most suspicious indication of one of the most revolt ing crimes to civilised nations having been committed is the sudden death of the captain, for sudden it would imply to have been the case, from the fact of no mention of sickness having been made in the log-book, at any period of the vo y age , previous to his death; and most of our readers do not require to be told that the illness of the commander of the vessel (who, when at sea, is more of a monarch, as re gards actual power and influence, than any reigning sove reign) is too important and serious an affair to be treated lightly, and should have been, according to practice, in serted in the log. The next suspicious circumstance is the deach of the mate, upon whom, by the decease of his com mander, devolved the charge of the vessel, &c. ; and subse quently that of the death of the next officer in authority on board, which, though it is alleged to have occurred, together with that of two of the crew, from falling off the fore-yard, there is, when all other things are taken into consideration, some ground for supposing it to have been anything but an accident, and this appears to have been the view taken at Ha• lifax upon the subject. STEAMER GREAT WESTERN.—LIVERPOOL, SUN DAY MORNING.—After experiencing the " law's delays," this noble steamer started from our port yesterday afternoon about three o'clock. The uncertainty which existed until within a few days past as to her departure operated against her ob taining a large number of passengers, but her berths were tolerably well filled. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 23.—At twelve o'clock this day the Royal West India mail-packet the Avon, Capt. Sturtt, arrived at her moorings in the river, and landed her mails, which will be forwarded to London by the two A.M. mail train to-morrow. Her dates are—Jamaica, 24th of May ; Deme rara, 20th ; Trinidad, 21st ; Grenada, 26th ; St. Thomas's, June 1 ; and Fayal, 15th. The Avon has sixty-eight pas sengers, and a small quantity of specie. The Oriental Com pany's steam-packet Little Liverpool, from Gibraltar, is hourly expected with the Peninsular mails. The following large steamers are now lying in the docks and river :—The Oriental, 1,673 tons ; the Pacha, 550 ; the Lady Mary Wood, 556 ; the Iberia, 650 ; the Teviot, 1,743 ; the Clyde, 1,850 ; and the Avon, 1,600 tons. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR G O LDEN-SQUARE.--This morning, at half- one o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr.- Wright,\V corn- c h an dler, situate behind the dwelling-houses in Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square. The fire was first discovered by a female servant, who was awoke by smoke entering her 'sleeping apartment ; she in stantly raised an alarm, but so rapid was the progress of the flames, that the ewners of the buildings had not sufficient time to save any of the prop er ty. S evera l eng ines were soon on the spot, and water being obtained, they were set to work, and a great body of . water was thr own u p on th e burning ma terial ; notwithstanding, the flee continued to rage most fear fully, and strong apprehensions were entertained lest it s hould reach the extensive fl b a;e w s e w ry as of stayed Messrs. by ß t w r o o a o d s c v l o o o c The further progress of the not, however, before the premises in which they commenced were levelled with the ground, and the adjoining buildings damaged. The loss must be somewhat considerable, and un fortunately Mr. Oxarn, who had a large quantity of his em ployer's goods in the place, was not insured. The origin of the fire Is unknown. AUT.—The Duke of Ri, THE SHERIFFS' DINNER TO THE JUDGES. On Saturday the two Sheriffs of the City of London and Middlesex, John Musgrove, Esq., Alderman, and Francis Graham Moon, Esq., gave a sumptuous entertainment at Stationers' Hall to the Judges, who were represented by the Lord Chief Baron, and Mr. Baron Rolfe; the other Judges having, as we understood, been engaged to dine with Mr. Justice Coleridge. Among the distinguished guests invited were, Sir Chapman Marshall, Sir Henry Nicholls, Sir George Carroll, Sir George Larpent, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Sergeant Dowling, Aldermen Wood, Gibbs, and Johnson, the Chairman and the Deputy-Chairman .of the East India Com pany, the Rev. Dr. Croly, the Under Sheriffs and many other oqhe City authorities. Covers were laid for seventy, and most of the distinguished guests were in full Court dress. The dinner consisted of the choicest viands, the wines were of the first quality, and the entertainment was conducted altogether in a manner worthy the well-known hospitality of the City of London. Mr. Sheriff Musgrove, in pro posing the health of the Queen, said that as the dinner partook the nature of a private party, he would not re quire the company to stand, excepting that and perhaps one other toast, nor would the toasts be given with the cheers customary at public entertainments. When the health of the Judges was proposed, allusion was very appro priately made to the services rendered in India by the brother of the Chief Baron Pollock, to whom the country was so much indebted. The Chief Baron responded to the toast, and in doing so adverted to the circumstance that he was in ' debted for his early education to a seminary near the spot where they were assembled, therefore he felt peculiarly gra tified at the compliment paid to him by the citizens of Lon don after his elevation to the Bench. He concluded by pro posing " The health of the Sheriffs," who, he observed, had discharged the duties of their office in a manner not exceeded by any previous sheriffs, and their hospitality was exercised with a munificence worthy the wealth and generosity of the greatest city in the world. Mr. Musgrove briefly acknow ledged the compliment paid to his colleague and himself. Mr. Moon then proposed " The health of Sir Chapman Marshall, and the Magistracy of the City of London." He prefaced the toast with a neatly worded compliment to the magistracy of the City; and in speaking of his colleague, and the able man ner in which he had done the honours of the table, said it must be acknowledged that he had " eclipsed the Moon." The next toasts were, " The health of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and the Bar of England," " The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company," " Mr. Baldwin and the Stationers' Company," and " The Under-Sheriffs," which were duly acknowledged. About half-past ten the company left the hall and retired to the drawing-room. The convi vialities of the evening were enlivened by glees and songs by three professional gentlemen. CAPTURE OF FIVE SLAVE SHIPS. Saturday morning the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty received official advices from Sierra Leone to the 16th of March, with the following list of slavers which had been captured and condemned through the exertions of her Ma jesty's cruisers on that slave-trafficking coast :- 1. The Helena, master unknown.— She embarked 546 slaves at Ambriz ; 128 of whom died on the passage. She was taken by her Majesty's sloop Espoir, Commander A. Murrell, and was condemned on the 6th of January last. 2. The Brazilian schooner L'Egeria.—She was run on shore whilst being chased by her Majesty's cruiser Spy, Com • mander E. C. Earle, near Appee ; and being unable to get off, and unseaworthy, she was destroyed by the captors, and was condemned on the 24th of January last. 3. The Brazilian brigantine Loteira.—This vessel was taken during her voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Campos, by her Majesty's ship Madagascar, Commander J. Foote. A claim was made, but she was condemned as a slaver on the 15th of December last. 4. The Brazilian brigantine Imperative.—She sailed from Rio de Janeiro for Campos, and was captured by her Majesty's cruiser Heroine, Commander H. R. Foote. She was not de fended, and was condemned on the 10th of January last. 5. The Spanish brigantine Roberts.—She was run on shore and wrecked, near Black Point, whilst being chased by her Majesty's ship Madagascar, Commander J. Foote. She was condemned. LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER STEAMER. (From a Second Edition of the Hull Advertiser.) It is our painful duty to publish intelligence just received by the Leeds, Captain Mowle, Hull and Hamburgh steamer, which, we regret to say, places the loss of the Manchester steamer, Captain Dudley, trading between Hull and Ham burgh, and which left this port on Friday evening last, be yond doubt. On the arrival here of the Queen of Scotland, Capt. Cape, on Wednesday last, fears were entertained for the fate of the Manchester, Captain Cape not having met her or learned any intelligence respecting her. By Captain Mowle, of the Leeds, letters have been received by Messrs. Gee and Co., and among them is one from Mr. Henry Dutton, Lloyd's agent at Cuxhaven, of which, by the kindness of Mr. Duncan, we have been favoured with a copy : " Cuxhaven, June 18, 1844. " Gentlemen,—lt is my painful duty to give a distressing account of the Manchester, Captain Dudley, which, in all probability, is lost to the northward of the Vogel during the heavy gale from the north, on the 16th and 17th instant. A quantity of wreck, which was entangled with eotton twist, cotton velvet, and linen yarn, all apparently belonging to the said steamer, has been picked up and landed here ; and I am sorry to add, that there is little, or rather no hope entertained for the lives of the crew and passengers, as some pieces of the boats of the Manchester have also been landed. "I am, &c., " HENRY DUTTON, "To Messrs. Gee and Co." Lloyd's Agent. The following letter has been communicated by Mr. Joseph Sanderson, the agent of the Hamburgh Steam Com pany, relative to this melancholy catastrophe : " Hull, 6th mo. 21, 1844. " It is my painful duty to inform you that, by advises to day from Hamburgh, dated 18th instant, the Manchester steamer, which sailed from here on the 14th instant, had not then arrived at Hamburgh or Cuxhaven, and that there was great reason to fear she had been entirely lost during the gale on Saturday night, being stated from Cuxhaven that, amongst the wreck found near the entrance of the Elbe, are some seemingly parts of a large steamer. There is of course no certainty yet as to her fate or that of the people on board, but there appears but little to hope. There were about five or six passengers on board, but their names are not known. " i remain, very respectfully, "JOSEPH SANDERSON." Other accounts have been received, stating that a number of dead bodies had been found near Nieuark, at the entrance of the Elbe, and that a trunk belonging to the mate had been also washed up. These, however, it will be seen, are not confirmed by the above letter, which is the latest account. Captain Mowle, of the Leeds, who brought the intelli gence, states that on his voyage he passed some of the wreck of a large steamer, which he has not the least doubt is part of the Manchester. He states there can be no hope that either crew or passengers are saved. The Manchester left this port on Friday last, about 5 p.m., and had she continued safely on her voyage would have passed Cuxhaven on Sunday forenoon. It is supposed, however, that she went down about five o'clock that (Sun day) morning. The gale, we are told, was tremendou s ly heavy at that time, and for twenty-four hours afterwards. The Manchester was a fine vessel, about two years old, belonging to the Hanseatic Company. She was built at Bremen, and her engines were put in at Liverpool. FRIDAY, 10 P.M.—Since the above was written the Ellen M'Gregor, Captain Frost, has arrived from Hamburgh, and she brings tidings in further confirmation of the melancholy intelligence given above. It appears that a great portion of the cabin furniture, the sample-bags on board the Manchester, and other remains of that unfortunate vessel, have been washed up. Of the crew on board the Manchester, the captain, the two engineers, and one or two firemen, were Englishmen. Captain Dudley was a native of Ireland, and first came to Hull about four years ago, when he was mate of the Juno steamer, which came here to recei ve new b o il ers . H e was afterwards placed in command of the Innisfail steamer, which carried the mails between Hull and Grothenburgh. He has been in command of the Manchester since the death of• Capt. Bridge, about twelve months ago. The chief engineer, named Jonas Wilson, re s id e d i n St. James's-place, English-street, Pottery; he was married, but has left no family. He was for some time employed in the foundry of Messrs. Pim, and was much respected. The following is, we believe, a correct list of the passengers on board of the Manchester : Frederick Barnet Phillips, Esq., of Birmingham ; a young gentleman, 22 years of age, who was travelling for the bene fit of his health. He is stated to be of pale complexion, five feet five inches high, low forehead, and grey eyes. With him was travelling a foreign gentleman, of whom nothing is known. Smith, a lady, 46 years of age ; her daughter, Miss Emily Smith, 21 years of age ; and M r . St. G eorge Smith, her son, 27 years o f age. This family came from Drogheda, in Ireland, and were going to Graaffenburg, in Silesia, for the benefit of their health. Mr. James Richmond, of Paisley, who has resided at Worksop five or six years, was also on board. He was 25 years of age, and 5 feet 7 inches high. Mr. Rothery, of Leeds, a wool merchant, was also on board. The above is all the information yet known respecting the sad occurrence. TUB CARLTON CLUB.—The readers of the Times last week must have been surprised to find amongst its articles of intelligence a report of the meeting of the mem bers of the Carlton Club, in reference to the ministerial dilemma, occasioned by the adverse vote on Mr. Miles's sugar resolutions. As none but members can be present at club meetings, and as it is always understood that such meetings are held to be strictly secret, the publication of the proceed ings on that occasion produced an extraordinary sensation in the Carlton. It was tolerably evident, even out of doors, that the report could be traced easily enough to its source ; but as no proof, in the nature of things, can be obtained of the authorship, so as to fix it upon the culprit, the club has re solved to•take another, but not less decisive course, to clear itself of the individual who has committed so extraordinary a breach of usage and the implied confidence of club intercourse. We have the best authority for stating that the Carlton Club has determined speedily to dissolve, for the purpose of recon structing itself—to the exclusion of the objectionable indivi dual.—Court JournaL LAMBETH PENSION SOCIETY.--The anniversary dinner of this Society was celebrated on Thursday last at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, Mr. Thomas Grissell in the chair, supported by the Members for Surrey, Messrs. Kemble and Antrobus, the Rev. Mr. Spencer, Messrs. Francis and Rosseter, magistrates of the county, and several other influ ential supporters of the charity. After the customary toasts had been disposed of, the Chairman, i n g i v i n g , 6 Prosperity to the Lambeth Pension Society," made a most forcible ap peal to the company on behalf of the institution in support of which they had that day assembled, and in feeling terms alluded to the benefits already conferred on so large a number of the respectable but decayed inhabitants of the parish. It appeared further, from the Chairman's address, that the In stitution had been established in the parish of Lambeth 18 years, and that during that period it had on an average 36 pensioners on its funds, and that at the present moment 44 were on the books of the Society. The sum distributed during that period was upwards of 10,000/. ; and although there were at that moment au candidates for election in July next, from ttts want of funds only three could he admitted. It appeared also that the number of the subscribers to the charlfy was only 600, at 12s. per annum, although the number of rated inhabitants was 20 p0 0 , 6,000 of whom are in affluent circum stances. The Chairman took occasion to impress the meet ing strongly with this thet, and showed how easily the funds might be increased by active co-operation, and hoped that publicity would be given to this statement, in order that the portion of the 1) charitably disrsed pmish might avail them selves of the consolatory opportunity of contri butiuThe R in the support of so praiseworthy iia . liWle4aking, VilitilTilan concluded by appealing itidAY l 4ll3.lly to the meeting and not without effeet, u most liberal contribu tion fo llowed, to the amounts we understand, of nearly 2001. Various other toasts were given and responded to t and, after alljoyiN ariaagernenta,whieh Wei7a excellent, the ci , ) ,, A p w separated before eleven o'elock t The largest goods trams bic has left Hull since It became a station, was that of Monday evening, con glean& of 9 2 w l . l , onsi 'chiefly laden with wool. . - JOINT-STOCK BANKS A deputation from the Committee of joint-stock banks had an interview at half-past two o'clock on Friday with Sir Robert Peel, for the purpose of proposing their amendments to the Bank Charter Act. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Joseph Walker, Vin cent Stuckey, J. W. Gilbert, Daniel Robertson, and Oliver Vile. Mr. Weuczn stated the different points suggested by the joint-stock banks, and Sir Robert Peel very courteously con sented to the following important modificatiOns:— • " 1. That instead of the averages of the two years as origin ally proposed, the maximum of the future circulation shall be regulated by the average of the circulation during the three months, February, March, and April, previous to the an nouncement of the measure to Parliament. "2. That the future maximum shall be taken upon a monthly, instead of a weekly average, so that if I bank should exceed its limits in one week, it may reduce it in the follow ing weeks. 3. That the word ' place' in clause 13, be omitted, so ati to allow banks to open new branches, provided they do not exceed the fixed amount of their circulation. " 4. That the Act shall not come into.operation, as far u country bankers are concerned, until the 25th October, the period when the bankers' annual licenses are renewed." The deputation urged Sir Robert to permit, that when a union took place beween two joint-stock banks, or a joint stock and a private ba n k, th e un it e d b an k might issue to the united amount of their previous circulations. But to this he objected, on the ground that the whole of the circu lation of the country might then fall into the hands of a few large companies. Mr. WALKER expressed the satisfaction of the deputation at the concessions which had been so handsomely made, and still entertained a hope that Sir Robert would reconsider the subject of the union between joint-stock and private bankers, as he considered such unions might often prevent banking failures that would inflict great distress on the country. Mr. Walker also expressed the satisfaction of the deputation with that part of the Bill which placed the joint-stock banks in London upon an equality with other banks in regard to the rights of acceptance. The concessions made by Sir Robert Peel will add above half a million to the country circulation, and by the monthly, instead of the weekly average, the danger of- incurring penalties will be wholly avoided. We have no doubt the banking interest generally throughout the country will feel greatly obliged to the joint-stock banking committee for having obtained these important modifications, and we ap prehend that the Bill will now pass through Parliament without any opposition. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - - PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 23.—The Wanderer, 26, Commander G. H. Seymour, having unloaded the Chinese ransom money, will now be paid off at this port. Her commander, who is a son of Rear-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, has been promoted to the rank of captain since his arrival. The Resistance, 42, Commander C. G. E. Patey, arrived on Friday from Quebec, which she left on the .21st ult. last, from Halifax (left on the ssh of June), • having on board Lieutenant the Hon. W. Yelverton, RA. ; Major Bergh, 93d ; Captain Davenport and Lieutenant Gray, Royals ; Captain G. Campbell, 52d ; Lieutenant Dennis, 43d ; Assistant-Sur geon Woods, and 200 invalids, chiefly military. She came into harbour yesterday afternoon, to be paid oft. A Danish steam-frigate passed through Spithead soon after sunrise on Thursday, with the Crown Prince of Denmark on board, going to Southampton. The three experimental brigs at this port have their guns on board, but no commissions have yet arrived. • The Anson, 72, Lieutenant-Commander F. It co g i sm , ar rived at Hobart Town on the 4th of February, with 499 con victs, and detachments of the 51st, 58th, 96th, and 99th Re giments on board. She left Plymouth on the Ist of October, and put in at Rio, where she remained fourteen days. A, number of the troops were ordered to Sydney. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, has been removed from the dockyard jetty alongside the hulk off Gosport. She has her topgallant masts up, her running rigging rove, and is entering hands fast, and otherwise rapidly progressing to wards readiness for service. The Satellite,-.18, Commander Rowley, was at Rio on the • Bth ult., last from Bahia. The whole of the force upon the South American station has been ordered for the coast of Africa, to assist in the suppression of the slave trade. The Bonetta, 3, Commander Brock, sailed yesterday from Spithead for the Mediterranean, on surveying .service, to supersede the Magpie. The Canton, Fairlie, and Ratcliffe transports, are hourly expected at Spithead, with the 55th Regiment on board; 8 officers and 200 men embarked at Canton on board the Rat cliffe on the sth of March. On their arrival they will land at the Royal Dockyard, and march to Chichester, where they will be quartered pro tem. Their depOt is ordered from Chat ham, to join them at Chichester. The Childers, 18, Commander G. G. Wellesley, is hourly looked for at Spithead, with another moiety of the Chinese ransom. By the arrival of the Swift, 6, Lieutenant-Commander J. Douglas, at Falmouth on the 18th inst., which left. Rio on the 29th of April, Bahia May Bth, and Pernambuco May 14th, we learn that the Cura9oa, 24, Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart. ; Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Ricketts, Bart. ; Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot ; and Growler, Commander C. H. M. Buckle, were at Rio on the Bth ult. The Daphne, 18, Capt. J. J. Onslow, was about to proceed round Cape Horn. Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief on the South American station, has struck his flag on board the Illustrious, 72, and re-hoisted it in the. Pyramus receiv ing-ship, and dispatched the Illustrious with Commodore& Sharpe, on the 26th of May, with the Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliott ; the Scylla, 16, Commander R. Sharpe ; and the Columbia steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J. Harding. to Jamaica and the Havannah. The French Admiral sailed from Rio on the 30th of March for France, in the Glorieuse, but put back on the II th of April, leaky, and hoisted his flag on board the Arethuse, the Glorieuse being hove down at once. The Cohunbus American frigate being relieved by the Raritan, the Commodore sh_ipped. his pendant to the latter, when the form er sa il e d f or New York. The Dublin, 50, Captain Tucker, flag of Rea r -Ad m i ra l R . Thomas, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, arrived at Pa peiti on the 9th of January, at which port were six whaler' at that date. The Mercury tender sailed with stores for Plymouth and Milfordhaven on Tuesday ; and the Diligence transport on Thursday with stores for Plymouth. In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Collingwood, Malabar; Rattlesnake, Fearless, Sydenham, and Echo steam-vessels. Arrived, the Arrow ketch. In Dock—Prince Regent, Victoria and Albert, Roabey, Scourge, Pantaloon, Lily, Athol, and Waterwitch, At bpithead—St. Vincent. SISEERNESS, JUNE 21.—The Apollo treolt-ship, Master- Commander W. Maclean, in working into luirbour yesterday afternoon ran ashore on Grain Spitt. Two steam tugs went immediately to her assistance, but were unavailing in getting her off. The Sindbad and Aid, Government lighters, are taking out her stores to lighten her. She is not in much danger, being on a muddy bottom, but it is feared they will not be able to get her off until next springs. The Dee steam-vessel, Master-Commander Driver, passed up to Chatham this day week with part of the 74th on board, and returned on Saturday with a portion of the 77th, ordered to Ireland. The Amazon, 44, was undocked this day, and will speedily be commissioned. At the Nore—Camperdown, awaiting orders for Spithead, In Harbour—Ocean, Africaine, Raven, Apollo. In Dock—Amazon, Chamelion, Eolus. In the Basin—Boseawen, Vernon, Monarch, Vulture, and Crocodile. The Apollo has got safely off the mud, and has bean to Wad up to Chatham by the Afracaine steam-tug. PROMOTlONS. — Commander—Geo. Henry Preymour (1842), of the Wanderer, to the rank of Captain, Lieutenant--klalachi Donellan (of Vats Crescent) ; G. De cceurdoux, to be Retired Commande':, by order in Council of 1830. Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals: —John Liddell, to be Medical Inspector of 110t7pitals at Greenwich, vice Dobson, resigned. lii . rourrsiErrre.—Captain—Lewis T. Jones, to the Royal Naval College, for study. Commander—E. Hawes, to the Royal Sovereign, for oon. ducting the packet service at Portpatrick. Lieutenants—W. Peel, of the Black Eagle, to the Como rant, in the Pacific ; W. T. Bellairs, of the Ocean, to be agent in a Royal Mail packet. Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals—Gilbert King (of Bermuda), to the Hasler, vice Liddell, promoted. Masters—T. C. Pullen, to the Flying Fish ;F. R. Sturdee, to the Daring ; J. S. Hill (acting), to the Osprey (to be bound on the books of the Victory until the above brigs are com missioned) ; Benjamin Renard, James Bodle, and George Andrews, all acting additional to the Poictiers, for the Cruiser, Mutine, and Etiptegle. Mates—W. De Vere andl S. Osborne, to the Collingwood ; G. M. Jackson, to the St. Vincent; E. IL Blake, to the Cam perdown. Surgeon—C. H. Fuller, to be Surgeon Superintendent of the Agincourt convict ship. Paymasters and :Pursers—C. Fielon, F. Coles cacting.), G. H. Mowbray, additio n al to the Victory for the } lying Fish, Osprey, and Daring; G. A. Lance, John E. Brooms, and Joseph Lewis, acting additional to the Poictiers, for the Cruiser, Mutine, and Espiegle. Naval Instructor—F. W. Smith, to the Iris. Masters' Assistants--J. T. Wise, to the St. Vincent ; Jack• son, of St. Vincent, to Prometheus; Seabrook, to the Firefly. Second Masters--T. Pitt, late of the Comet, to the Medusa steam-packet; W. B. Edwards, to the Caledonia; R. T. Saunders, of the Blazer, to the Zephyr steam-packet. Midshipmen—G. A. Smith, to the Firefly; .R. F. Calvert, to the Coningwood. Naval Cadets—A. C. Couper and C. Markham, to the Col lingwood, COAST GUARD.—PROMOTION. Lieut. Edward Hill (1815) to the rank of COMlnander. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—H. Probyn, to Greetham Creek station, B. Taylor, to Chichester Harbour. Mr. T. Edwards, Inspector of Shipwrights at Pembroke, is appointed foreman, vice Turner, who is to proceed to Bom bay as master shipwright, vice Lear , resigned from ill health - C HARGE Or FORGERY.-- B RIGHTON, JuNn Yesterday, a youth about twenty yea of age, named Phil. lips, was brought before the sittin g M agistrate at the Town hall, charged withforg in ( g an t d he br n o a th m e e r of his the e l m at p e lo at y r e . r, jo b wi Wigney,G tr. Wigney,banker), brewer ), to two c h eques, one for 761., and the other for2r6Lge k, which had be en cas h ed at the Union Bank. Mr. West, of the Union Bank, proved that he cashed a cheque for 761. on the Bth of June, and Mark Dullimore, a clerk in the employ of Mr. G. Cheesman , builder, deposed that the prisoner asked him to change a cheque for 261.; he (witness) got it changed, and the prisoner gave him 5/. ( !) for his trouble. Chief officer Chase deposed, that about one o'clock. on Wednesday, Mr. Wigney handed over to him 5/. and, forty-six sovereigns, and from other information he received., he applied to the prisoner's mother for some money, and she gave him 14/. 10s. Mr. Wigney deposed, that Daimons found the money in witness's presence, and that he took it from under a board in the counting-house. Dullimore, on b e i ng re-examined, stated that the prisoner told him that he had cashed another cheque for 761,, and hid the money under the board. Mr. Wigney stated that the cheques were not in his handwriting, and Richard Carter, hia-tierk, stated that he believed them to be in the prisoner's handwriting. Pri soner was committed to take his trial. it appeared that he was employed in Mr. Wipers counting-house as an under clerk. Ms father is n exciseman, and the prisoner's wages were five shillings a..9;re e k ! BOULOGNE, SIINDAY.—Our favourite steamer the Magician, astonished the Boulognese yesterday by her ex traordinary speed. Much as has been written about this mac.. nificent craft, yet we had not before an opportunity of know' how Ole could get through her business by running throng the water as she did in this instance. The Magician left took in passengers at Bole. London-bridge -wharf after two on Saturday morning, arrived at Boulogne shortly after ten, logne, started for Dover, remained there some time, and era barked a number of families for Boulogne again, as won me carriages, and landed them at Boulogne before four o' c l oc k on Saturday afternoon ; thus performing the distance frona London to Boulogne, Boulogne to Dover, and Dover to Bou logne, including stoppages, landing and embarking three dif ferent parties, under l3i hours. The General Steam Nari" after a fine p assage of 19 hours; out gation Company's steam-ship S o h o, arrived this morn L vo fro7 age An w tw as er m p, ade in 14 bourn. f a if