The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-07 00:00:00

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Dan. _ Prom the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Lnindays included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and Ralf-past Seven AtFrom the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, S even, Half-past Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. • un at Five instead of Two. lara—Fore Cabin On and S Seconi days -class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and Star First-class Carriage, Nlnepence. °Mee, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. square, Islington, Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Cour(of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee. .1. Williams, silk-dealer, Selater-street, Bethnal-green, Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett. official assignee. A. G. Hamilton, agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. X, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. R. Copley, cowkeeper; Sheffield, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. T. C. Fletcher, schoolmaster, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Aug. 12, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. W i C No. 16,217. LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING SU N, AUGUST 7, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Tim e f or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS le of the Monday. fly occu r. Ea in. The fully ac .ediatelyF to which ie Prince Lie whole ance and Senor Lisbon. the Go 'August, a decree , all'per ;elves to 'nest), or d in th e the space Hall 0! 1 four pri m felony , )f which Lealing $ as Olnei' :nn-roa4, las as his ;ard to it, le silver but ro an for all prisoner nd Sarah stealing rb. ient y enent; 2onvicten )our, and )vrn until proceed/ bably re- lily bare klingtoir 71iere 0 1 . 4 airs to !ug 1, to eruct Viscount inner, 00 have 0 - There. , x , a nd I i t Dover' taken for gagelnel4 idence st Laying II .toria OP isel goig Whitehil -Ding, fo r iworth• Lye issue' L am, nesf mort 0 ° n p attend; Le Isle of iall per/ Dover it , .Neee —li s i =gatipit service 7. w, Cho° id 3SI: lg• de a ledoni o St• vern, . nstitut oa le COO; nendniena: Scotllloo 19, flo th day, 9 ; 34 ,ve Iles of w. wage rboroub u ce to to 0118 to g r ' avonsbir4 on . big COI; written. • ruled v. Te n to T., Vice ° )e 0 reasf',„g i barw t io di3 i g; g, L', o ol !I St rine Ge °r' Viil# Lieu , of teriej. • itclE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION _ COMPANY'S splendid and powerftd first-class STEAM -651,/are appointed to l eave LONDON for— 'AMBUR(III and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails -Eve r Y Wednesday and Saturday Morning. . laVß E — Every Sunday, at Eight, Morning. T WEBP—From Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall—Every Mrs -3% at Eleven, Morning. OST - pc From London Bridge Wharf, for— BoiTr• D_ From Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. T `' , lA) ,ONE—E very Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. ,- Tnesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday Morning. Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. B RM OUTII—Every Saturday, at Six, Evening. x i l . t .SGATE—Daily, at Half-past Nine. a nd "'Xill/RGll—Fro m Brown's Wharf, Poplar, every Saturday X every alternate Wednesday, August 7, 10, 17, and 2 1 , at Ten vening. br Ew Fr en Down's Wharf, Reduced Fares, for— bb,„. CAS ME—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Eve eParcs, 10s. and ss. h.. - ""ERL AND—Every Tuesday, at Seven, Evening. b etween HAVRE—Every Tuesday and Friday. BRIGHTON and DIEPPE, daily (except Sundays). T ' and IiOULOGNE—The Magician, Dily, according to tide. dt 0 secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills , containing hours of /4" . . 4 re, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. UnIGHTON RACES, Bth and 9th of tX•c AUGUST. rII SION TICKETS will be issued on the above days to B TO-N - and BACK, at HALF FARES, by all the usual Trains. 48%14 Ti ckets to be available only for the day on which they are 1844.r :Th u i l ne : To C ii,: l i as T 4 rin , c l ia s. 6d., or 12s. ; Second Class Bs. ; Third Class, ss. s Train leaves London at Half-past Eight a.m., and ugust 2, 4 I from Brighton, at Half-past Six F.M. p°REIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES NI and STATE BONDS, RAILROAD SHARES, &c. kiii%OEORGE VOELCKER, jun., Banker, 'of Frankfort-on-the- Brek e ; r seeclully calls the public attention to his occupation as a taelit Stocks Agent in the Sale and Transfer of the following Govern _,ocks imperial Austrian 500 florin Bonds of the Loan of 1834 " „ 250 „ ~ . 1839 . . L`r!1(1 Duchy of Baden 50 ~ ~ PO 1840 NZ ?U . l Esterhazy's 50 „ „ If 1836 Th e e ll olish -- - - 500 ., IP 1835 The P,...Y of Frankfort Bonds Of 1844 e z . ! . us si anNa va 1 Trade 150 dollar „ 'II 1832 e r e2Pany , , A . 1 1 other Foreign Stock, Railroad, and Estate Shares, &c. di m tDi a lcations by post ( pre - pa id v ia F rance ) w ill mee t w ith imme ir-- ttentlon, and p rospectuses an d part i cu l ars w ill h e f orwar d e d ...._ d SPPLEMENT TO THE ATLAS.—On 01 SATU RDAY NEXT, August 10, a GRATUITOUS SUPpLE _zIIeT o wi ll be presented with the ATLAS, containing an original Askon th e Advantages of Commerce ; the principal features of the P A r England New Charter Bill ; together with a Summary of The sartarY Proceedings, and Contemporary Opinions relating to Adve r lj ae asure, and other Monetary matters. ..,Isernents will be received at the Office until Friday next. pryce of Publication, 0, Southampton -street; Strand. • EST INDIA PINE-APPLES, per Fear Puntlelcot, Twentv-sii Days from Now Profidence.—For 1 84, 4t itonument-yard, on THURSDAY;.' August 8, • 4 1Ps. t ,`,.\_‘'n o'Clock procisely, the following goods, viz., 3,000 rri„„ SUGAR -LOAF, and PROVIDENCE .PINE-APPLES, fler Fear Not, from New Providence, 40 /limes WEST 4 u,ses :,IItItOW-ROOT, 150 Tins UNDRESSED TURTLE, and To b e t AST INDIA CANDIED GINGER. viewed on the morning of sale, and catalogues to be had of KEELING and HUNT, Brokers, v. 14,t ------- ----_________2 l lLon Monument-yard, and 9, Pudding-lane. •!• ',..LE LEASEHOLD HOUSES, UPPER STAMFORD fI be STREET, BLACKFRIARS-ROAD. In N. 'E p r `.° oN, b AU, y Mr. YT L ots at SOLD ra Garway's, y on FRIDAY CTION b , August 9, at twelve, tlv o sub ilt bein stant ially-built DWELLING-HOUSES, in excellent re r." lin ! 43. and 46, Upper Staniford-street, Blackfriars-road, held Bc h b oos 7.l ,l red term of upwards of 42 years, at a ground-rent of 91. b„„4,lts front the occupation of Mr. 'Sapper and Mr. Baldwin, — ", tk atl unt '" . 3 ear to year, at the several rents of 50/. and 521. 10s. Ot`" Prergi s the en ,.._ es are in complete repair, and may be viewed by leave 4urt lits ' °n application to Messrs. Peyton and Atkin, 10, 4 , or 1, Lincoln's Inn-flelds, of whom particulars may be had ; ' z 'eet, G,.,`"rs• Rippingham and Rose, solicitors, 17, Great Prescott s_ _ -...,.....; and at Garraway's. I IV• BURNETT'S PATENT ca n ,. Th . as Cords aPest and best process for the Preservation of Timber, ti o ' tieen' sos l . ge, Cotton, woollen, &c. t n ,; a tm ;anted to Noblemen and Gentlemen to use the Prepare :42'qd. nlic'":thers for the purposes of Trade, on advantageous .'" ab o ,.. - PParatus and Tanks, for the expeditious preparation of -P kosite materials, at the principal station, Millwall, Poplar, nearly .„__ ...re ens ., ; _ ft,,,:iero u , 7: 11 ..ati on P( cnnens and Testimonials may be seen, and every in -4.,,, obtained at the Office, No. 53, King William-street, Lon ---r-..Zne. SHEFFIELD PLATE. IVEssRs. HORTON and ilversmiths and k. Jewell ,erin gt ,„_,_ ers, 36, C 0 .,.. Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite . Mesars. Znite ed `,"...,, offer to their Friends and the Public, at considerably Zltleh feciees, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED GOODS, noose. they warrant to be the manufacture of the first She ffi eld 1)411 ( 7 4" are of the most tasteful and modern designs, comprising et°, Corner Dish W i *lent a goo , C andlest i cks, ters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee ed. and every other article useful and orna on Birmingham ware kept. Irtti l - kr gSto e4 d- inn 2. k.,,,v , , at Stock ca Jewellery and Watches, Fancy Silver and other --'laents London,ell worthy the notice of Visitors to, as well as of /tti 4 an d PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE P SAUCE. ( . 1.. " Cr ea r ' t 'Pa,re d from th e rec i pe o f a N o bleman in the county. it,orn tart, nre *"'eat West.: est( 'rn Steam-ship, June 6, 18 , The ca n of the , • • ereest erl d - Fn has been regularly Vatuo us I;lls'libeef supplied with Lea . and Perr . ins Sauce,' which is adapted for every variety of dish, from salmon to steaks—to all of which it gives • I have great pleasure in recommending this excel tiTt.sauce to eantai "en-ace., _as and passengers for its capital flavour, and as meat et its "Mad for a voyage. Ire - 1 - 1;; Sold wholesale ti -A rh ed) aPnrodPriseotbosr,sr, Me s srs„ Lea and Perrins, Wor " JAMES HOSKEN." t l a ter ; . M essrs. p, ' LI, _oil and Italian warehousem en am ngdon-street ; and the prin- Sem Pn i 411 vendors of saucet. -- . 1 1 London ; and retail by the SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive N ms _./tybi inju r i ous metals called Nickel and German Silver 5up er,,4,1,7 the i ntroduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA ti:ATSON., 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOL _ aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals,. ec4s3,lZeedeol in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article ' Z ith al ° l lf i ered; P°8"31113 hardness the richness of Silver in the raneinun -ladurability and —with its rfect sweetness a , , ou ucr gellig, as it does, a chemical process, all tbat is be s ' n ixed metals is entirely resistingextracted— all acids'at T.,, c ' e aned as silver and i Manufactured into every article for s ' ,4l and Sideboard: c 4„ Fiddle. Threaded. King's. ..eest,iK)Ons and Forks, er doz.. 16s. 6d. .. 30s. Od. 355. ed. telt e„,.._ dt tto• Per • • 12s 6d. • • 255. Od. .. 28s. Od. atit4evions, per doz. ... . ***** 5s 6d. .. 12s. 6d. 13s. 64. 6 ah - ongs, each ... . • • Is . . 3d. .. as. Od. • • 3 a- 6 d• - %ma s t _ -UB.urel Spoons, each 6s. Od. • • 13s. 6d. .. 13s. 6d. aN e. W atson Communion Services, &c. -egs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu- C k ketai";„‘"), and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than •i t le_teet,,7 , . 3 ., rn o ail others ; on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it uti vm 14,7!l from the daily increasing eulogiums he receives, he that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of uni h, . 6 t -4 6 handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current 4'4'11 E40 lloe Put ,: e lisi ted, and families who regard economy and elegance, " t helnselves of thin useful book, which may be had )44°P5' poet eO, from the above address er, ''e-Inires, Ils. per dozen, Dessert, 95.; Carvers, 3 . . 6d. 4 4 t hl TABLE. DESSERT. CARTIER. • b and doz. doz. pair. titZbala nc e 41:te balance handle .... 18s. Od. 14s. Od 6s. 6d. 1 0 , de. , . handle,largest and best yrit h •••.. \ k li kle t y - Wats o n; s “ •••••• • • • • • • 20s. Od. 163. Od. 75. 6d. , eq ual to Albata Plate silver.... . ..... 225. 6d. 18s. Od. 85. 6d. Forks half the above price. kk•lritr Fi r elea-tr 4 et of f, , ,z , 35 8. the Set of Three ; very richly ornamente 11 at.,, A S et Qua rt Lo ee d" v s „ t, Rix L „ . _a, on made Bronze Tea-urn 355. up to 5/. "ATs os s. 6d .",,uusn made Dish Covers 18s. 6d. ; Imperial Raised rbeset'S, hous es the Set ot Six tsry 101 1..tes ha d 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLOATE. ostln nit i _a_e for Fiftyranked pre-eminent for their '. always exchanged, if not approved. Pt 4 Send for his Catalogue. SU ch a I CIRCE OF HABIT. di .in title as thi. to many folks, seem l kit tr lar headin , may. A te we reader mu s t to choose for a theme. ,t In !II Mere" hear not that the " Habits of Moses. A nti rat s we i from what he ,upposes. li e in dre ss of " good h hits" a- d.. bad"— • At ! th e b 61 , depends how a person is did. when ry ~._rful .. Habits" of MOSES and SON iii Per so Ff e , t - labits".....outrivalled ..y none. T he . resp en , get in" to such " Habits" as these, AhTh e : " Habits" are certain to please. oy g an e f 3 , of such " Habits" by all is allow'd— Th,s*/"en ut ,U respect as you pass through the crowd; C,: .. ge ntles " ~ drawing-room party you blend, kue - ' a Renti`a will certai. , ly gain you a friend. An, depends em wooing some feminine bloom, 'lO ,hos e t on the " Habits" which he rnay assume. 14 tn r a, re the reasons why Rend men .. don" For„ Mo s a?le Habits" of MOSES and SON. ivvl"nyin,ksbas beautiful " Habits," of course, A Zieh 4,7, 4 In the "habit" of riding the horse, :11,,Ilabi t 2r , -' to the ladies who " habit" in these, A, " ,D 1 a of riding with grace and with ease. p,,,, ,1 i eZ I I th e g d readers reflect, as they should t . i this ' ofr• " - b w iti l for those that are " goOd." IN 1 e b ea Milt Dress a s v i e s y foon done tat" 1' Utiful .. - Ma r l t" of MOSES and SON. tat A t, s ' %Zion i s .. A s. d. .711 1,•1r,.., - - •ror ~- . .... READY MAIL oni s LninLsie ~,..4, l alit;;* ... : .... e . from 0 8 6 An'urriese - t ' s t& i n :Ovlth silk cellars, cu ff s, and facings.... 016 0 ote, st,, ,n ock _...y.ariety of shapes, handAirnely trimmed 1 0 0 4 . !1N e,. y.w,'_,. ttolland and Jean blouses from 0 l 6 h n nis yarietrysortr ...................... ............. from 0 2 6 Si;;2!t4 . aii ............. ca.h.ere and ieriCan - vests, splendid Agle 4:.ifte,_ vets . 00....... ..................................... . 3s. to 8 6 b r ltr sat Ill esi s t . i .. .. . ... w arrante d •• 0 4 0 from 0 9 0 k ' -'l- • .04 4 t io t. ell le ed t , 6 74 ... u *. ria .....2 . ... ..................... . ................ from 0 11 6 ~ 1 0., .. gad.. t ° r trousers from 0 7 0 ' ree k, ••• ••.„ . •••-•«..... ...................... from 1I 11 V% pron e l a ts, t r i .. :"•••• ..... ....... ...... ... ........ .«..1 a 0 bin e , el .. 4 41'4 ...I "'ADE TO MEASURE. ~1 f r e e, fi ;:•.., '''' With silk, made in any shape, water .. from 0 18 0 Q,,,,, N er e qu ' i l i t t i h t e e 3 6 4 41 ) F t 7 . ,; . a"r7c rotlier ... iiiiit . summer ....... m ... aterials, air, 'ner t is v es e , ve sts 3:1; of .lashion from 1 5 0 I,_ /le lir. ron ser M r4h - each , or three for kegt tata oe4 v i z, in . gresarbe patterns from 0 9 8 Z is oa .,_ w ei qor ia, evariety of materials .............. 4 16 0 k t „ is .... of Ri l Plain doe trousers.... Ol7 6 cairn. acti t ...... • gland 1 2 4 In g , red ..•, ..... .. from 1 12 1 , ken, ' ll an,. ta ...... t. .... ........... ... nos s nitit ‘ , tent e .............................................. 215 0 ( Into 'PresB e 4 4 1 1 he had at five minutes' notice, at the St . P °l7AL* l4. ket ( , ) , at • ves owing prices r korch an -T.-.. A „' • esr, a t t i and trousers from 1 16 0 w"sse ese ged, or ' ...tY s me ll trousers from 0 18 0 r s A? .. len bs- r t. 14 1 1 3 )e in on _e purchased or ordered, if not approved 1, 44 aDar, , SE3 a IY returned . sh i a til dr , k4 d. Alrutfitr„;' d SON, Tailor!, Wholesale and Retail Ist ie nsi i •--p , ii gai e,cit . and General Wareh ouseinen 154, Mi. h it. hn nd mp tis oses as i d , sPposlte the Church. ' I, see n ,Of bei n ft • hay s i , s s on are obliged to guard th public 1 114 in ni lv 'srte r f t :eetl'i !smell that the untradesmanlike l g._ n os _ no . c __ i na — n _ with them, or it's the same concern i1,„,7. wk, de sire _... Instances, and for obvious reasons. ' - 1 , ..n te s t tn ient reir e gen 7natever with any other establishment, p' 'h. l ' Ch' c ' ) call nu send p ... og shoul d o i ri s . l4 N., b ,iireh . -r to, in 4, mmories, o 86, Aldgate, ' " 0 r t ill tu U n ' ' h e's tr set on tt! aet ed at this • .urri ait , s , .stablishment front sunset on hen business is resumed till twelve itllcgCCls/}.(ll' IN SHAVIN 1 , 11 4 , 1 1 z 0 it C%, vi,"614847.tr o iCi p S. CO \YVAN'S invaluable__ tl,,, t Ntt . 4 , A tipENER ,‘Ol. QIIAIIRILA:FERAL CH!NESE , heat the edgniinost tender skin e go til t n l3Ertl). rendeVsatrised by his h ßoyal e oßera a tio r n e of seineavpinegpno Highnes s longer 1 rocess the litkat;,,, 4;, s e owva Y wr e ed_ily be given totteblutZt razor or penknife, cau l ( if the 8 Peculiarly tempered razors and shaving powder. ttenivh, h ion trops are no de x hibitin at the Royal Polytechnic tuie ~,ostlfloYal Adelai Gallery, g Lowther Arcade, from certificates have been sent, which may be hr;,,re- thheeSt t n ro v p e i nt: • B ,4 te ß rui - ° and •S. COVVVAN, 164, Fenchurch.street, L eer.. atc...ln tit' May. be obtainek al well as of all reipectable "• Po l . p Aiso tr,, be he united Kingdom, price ss. 6d., 7d. 6d., and C eut S , l 4t _ Ihe Sh4davlne°llc:ian's Canton Razor Strop Paste, at , O ne are ....atinewder Is. 6d, per bo x. th e rked and Spelt 14 . a. A 4 V. and i.e(c,c)74.131 ma beral Ili ntranCit to the trade and shippers. and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POS7; containing PARLIAMENTAR) and all other NEWS in LONDON up lo that Hour. THE Public are respectfully informed that the METROPOLITAN ART-UNION is NOW ESTABLISHED, and that the Committee will fix an early day for the Drawing. London, August 6, 1844. THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. DEFEAT OF THE FREE SECEDERS. cious. Why not let the meeting have his report read for their approbation ? If that course were objected to, as it appeared to be, he would move that in that portion of the report which spoke of the school master that these words should be introduced—" That the schoolmaster shall be an orthodox Presby terian, ready to subscribe to the Westminster Confes sion of Faith." He (Mr. Stewart) was a sincere friend to the asylum, and he could not help remarking that when the N.ble Duke said that it was intended to Lever it from the Established Church of Scotland, and when other gentlemen indulged in the same mistaken senti ment—he could not help remarking that they were both equally and egregiously mistaken.—(Loud cheers from the Seceders.) In early times no clergyman had pre sided over that institution, and after some time the Rev. Mr. Lees became its superintendent. A paragraph had been inserted in the preface to one of the reports, stating that a clergyman does superintend it, but that paragraph by no means pledged them to the continuance of that system. lie (Mr. Stewart) and his friends did not want to sever the institution from the Church—all they wanted was, that a proper person should be elected, and, as an earnest of his determination, he was willing to state that should two persons be presented, one a member of the Church of Scotland, and another of the Free Church party, he would vote for the former, if his quali fications were better. He was sorry to find that the subject had not been fairly treated by a portion of the public press. In the Morning Post and another morning paper, the most flagitious misrepresentations had been made. They did not desire any alteration with regard to the instruction of the children or the books employed for that purpose. That cry had been got up to alarm those who had not taken an active part in the affairs of the asylum, and by those persons, out voters, had his amendment been lost, and not by the re gular attendants at their special courts.—(Hear.) A long desultory discussion ensued between Major- General Aitchison, Mr. Stewart, and The Chisholm, after which R OYAL POLYTECHNIC IN STITU TioiN . CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT. In consequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION of BRIGH TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION yield to the generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt one of his Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. This Lecture,!illustrated by interesting Experiments, so far as they can be shown with perfect safety, will he delivered daily at half-past Three o'clock, except on Mondays and Saturdays, am 4 in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quart , a• to Nine o'clock. On Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP WATER, with various interesting Experiments. Professor BACH HOFFNER'S Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest in the Institution. A special general meeting of the members of this Asylum was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, on the subject of a proposed alteration in the by-laws of the Institution. Much excitement was occasioned in consequence of the expressed determination of the Free Seceders to attempt a c h ange i n accor d ance w i t h the i r own principles. The meeting was announced to com mence at two o'clock precisely, at which hour the chair was taken by the Duke of Buccleuch, the President, who was supported by the Marquis of Bute, Sir G. Clerk, M.P., The Chi s h o l m, Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., the Hon. Captain Gordon, M.P., General Aitchison, Mr. Dallas, Mr. 11. Rose, Rev. J. Cumming, Mr. G. Bain, Mr. G. Duff, &e. It was remarked that, at the commencement of the proceedings, there were only three or four of the Seceders present, and it was supposed by some that they had resolved to abandon the contest on which they had said they would enter. His GRACE, on opening the business of the day, stated that he had to attend a Cabinet Council very shortly. and he regretted, therefore, that he should not be long able to preside. The subscribers were aware that some changes in that Institution were contemplated—changes to which he was directly opposed. In order to show that he (the Duke) objected to such alterations, he would beg leave to read a correspondence which had passed be tween himself and Mr. Bain, who is at present Chair man of the Committee of Directors of the Caledonian Asylum. The correspondence was as fol-lows " Montagu-house, July 1, 1844. " Sir,—l have been informed that some meetings of the Committee of Directors of the Caledonian Asylum have taken place, for the purpose of maturing the new arrange. ments rendered necessary by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Lees, and by the prospect of extending the benefits of the Institution to a certain number of girls. " As President of that Institution, I shall be obliged to you to inform me what steps have been taken towards the ma turing of the new arrangements, and also the nature of the proposed new arrangements. " This is so important a matter, as connected with the future welfare and prosperity of the Institution, that I con sider a full meeting of all those persons who are qualified to t a e c n t d u p t h o e n m t h e e e t Committee s s d h e o r ul i t d ;haveand been I a summoned m surprised tthat anto communication of any sort has been made to myself, or to taanye a warm interestoneofthe Vice-presidents its welfare.esidentso of the asylum, all of whom k "There is one point I desire especially to call to your attention. This Institution has from its commencement 1 , t7r,,.et;" 2Pg >.. .D, ' '''l Banns Bonus in gk 9" P 4 1 4" ~., 4 - . - n ° Premium. 9 , 9, p 4 , added. Cash. B-g 2:6 - - g £ £ 8. d. 1 £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 60 100 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9.16 4 296 13 4 I 1839 116 16 0 51 bll 711 9 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. This Institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. Mr. JAMES GORDON DUFF rose—He had no sympathy with the seceders from the Church of Scotland, still he thought it would be advisable for them to avoid the dis cussion of such questions altogether. The question had been forced upon them now, and it must be dealt with in the best m inner possible. It was a very bad compliment to a Committee when sending in their report to have it thrown back in their teeth, with a command to them to swear black was white. Ile felt that in the present in stance the Committee had not been well treated, and he should therefore second the motion of Mr. Patrick Max well Stewart.— e (Cheers from the Seceders.) The Marquis of BUTE thought that the intention of Mr. Stewart to avoid division by the course he had adopted would be completely thwarted. In fact, he had taken just that course which would have the effect of promoting divisions. —(Hear, hear.) The only way to prevent divisions was to leave matters alone, and then some course would have been taken by the directors. The distinction which Mr. Stewart proposed was one of words alone, and quite incomprehensible. To tell the meeting that no severance was intended was absurd in the highest degree—the object was clear, and not to be misunderstood. When they talked of an orthodox Pres byterian who subscribed the Westminster Confession of Faith, they talked of what was entirely unknown to the constitution of this country and to the people of Scot land.—(Hear, hear.) Since the secession from the Church of Scotland had taken place, he (the Marquis of Bute) had always refrained from making any reflections on the Seceders, but he could not help remarking that they must have signed the confession of faith witliother intentions than those entertained by the Church of Scotland, and not only had they done so, but they made it their boast publicly to avow it. Twenty-five years' subscriptions to the Caledonian Asylum had been got on the faith that it was superintended by a clergyman of the Church.—(Hear, hear.) Would they now stultify their former act, and desert the principle on which they had rested their claim for public support? The Rev. J. GUMMING, Minister of the National Scotch Church, Crown. court, Covent-garden, believed that changes such as that sought to be introduced, were in the highest degree dangerous. It was easy enough to adopt them, but it was never known where they would end. There were various classes of orthodox Presby terians, and, therefore, the introduction of that term as recommended, would be no safeguard. One class of orthodox Presbyterians held the Solemn League and Covenant, and believed it to be their duty to attempt the extermination of Episcopacy. The encouragement of such persons would offend those of their Episcopal friends who were subscribers to the Asylum. And then there was another class of orthodox Presb.Kterians.who left out an entire chapter of the ConfesSion of Faith, de claratory of the duty of establishing a national church. The encouragement of such persons would offend those members of the Church of Scotland who were subscribers to the Institution. If the meeting adopted the proposed changes they were commencing a series of ills of the most disastrous character. The safety of the Institu tion, he felt convinced, reposed on their adherence to the principles they had so long and so successfully main tained.—(Cheers.) Another long discussion ensued, and it was deter mined, Mr. Dallas's motion having been withdrawn, to take the sense of the meeting on the motion of Mr. Patrick Maxwell Stewart. His Grace the Duke of BECCLEUCH distinctly put the question to the meeting, and having taken a show of hands, declared the motion to be lost. Mr. P. M. STEWART expressed his dissatisfaction. He would not be content unless the names of the voters were entered in a book, or at all events until a division should take place. The latter suggestion was adopted, and tellers having been appointed, the Seceders took the left hand of the Noble Chairman, their opponents ranking themselves on the right. The numbers were then declared to be— For Mr. P. M. Stewart's motion 19 Against it 25 'LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. The more than usual success which has attended this Company has arisen— From the combination of advantages formerly obtainable partly from proprietary and partly from mutual societies, thereby affording to the assured bonuses, reduction of future premiums, and complete freedom from responsibility. From the indisputability of the policies, leave to travel beyond Europe, the option of payment of one-half of the premiums for the flrst seven years, and immediate settlement of claims. Prospectuses and rates forwarded by the agents and Manager. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. been in connection with the Established Chuieli;isci;Q: As a public Institution it should so continue. That was the intention of its founders—that is the desire of a very large majority of the present supporters of the asylum. I desire to state distinctly, that neither as President of that Institu tion, nor as a subscriber towards its funds, will I consent that the connection of the Caledonian Asylum with the Establishment of Scotland shall be severed, or in any way impaired. " This opinion was expressed by me at the anniversary meeting, but I have considered it to be nay duty to repeat it in a distinct form.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " BUCCLEUCH, &c., " President of the Caledonian Asylum. " To the Chairman of the Committee of Directors of the Caledonian Asylum." " 18, Parliament-street, July 15, 1844. " My Lord Duke,—ln reference to the conversation which I had the honour of having with your Grace on Saturday last on the subject of the Caledonian Asylum, I now beg to enclose herewith a copy of the scheme which has been pre pared for the future government of that institution, and agreed to be adopted at a special general meeting of the Com mittee of Directors, on Monday, the Bth instant, with the exception of that part relating to the Secretary's salary, which has been reserved for further consideration. " Another special meeting of the Directors is to take place at the Asylum this day, at three o'clock; but I presume that any resolution which may be carried at this, or passed at the previous meeting, must be confirmed or rejected by a Ge neral Court of the Corporation. " In the meantime I shall be most happy to attend to any wish or suggestion which your Grace may be pleasei to com municate to me.—l have the honour to be, my Lord Duke, your Grace's most obedient and faithful servant, " GEORGE BAIN. " His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., s te. . " Montagu-house, July 15, 1844. ' " Sir,—l have this moment received your letter of this date, inclosing a copy of the scheme which has been prepared for the • future government of the Caledonian Asylum, and agreed to be adopted at a special meeting of the Committee of Directors on Monday, the Bth instant, with the exception of the part relating to the Secretary's salary, which has been reserved for future consideration. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and In the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001. In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum, on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows :-- Sum Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. 25000 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £.5000 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur ance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. WILDE'S NARRATIVE—CHEAPER EDITION. Just published, Bvo., with Illustrations, 18s. cloth, NARRATIVE of a VOYAGE to MADEIRA, TENERIFFE, and along the SHORES of the MEDITER RANEAN. By W. R. WILI)E, Surgeon, &c., &c. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. ' Also, by the same Author, A USTRIA and its Institutions, Literary, Scientific, and Medical. Crown Bvo., 9s. 6d. cloth, London: Longman and Co. Dublin : W. Curry, jun., and Co. RAMBLES IN GERMANY AND ITALY. Just published, in 2 vols., post Bvo. cloth, R AMBLES in GERMANY and ITALY, in 1840, 42, and 43. " After reading that scheme, I am still more impressed that no communication whatever has been made to me as Presi dent of that institution, nor to any of the Vice-presidents, upon so very important a subject, one involving the future welfare and prosperity of the institution, and affecting the nature and character of it. I desire formally to protest against the adoption of that scheme. " I again state, that neither as President of the Caledo nian Asylum, nor as a subscriber towards its funds, will I consent that the connection of that institution with the Es- By MRS. SHELLEY. Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street 'Now ready, in post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, by Leech, price 10s. 6d., CROW QU IL L'S COMIC SKETCHES; Or, the Phantasmagoria of Fun. _ . _ . _ _ _ T Full of arch drollery, and illustrated in a kindred spirit by Leech. A more humorous or entertaining little volume has not appeared this season."—Sun. tablished Church of Scotland shall be severed or in any way impaired. That scheme, if adopted, would first of all impair, and ultimately tend to the severance of, that connexion. Had it not been for the circumstance of my attention having been accidently directed to the proceedings that were in pro gress, I should have been in entire ignorance of the changes proposed, and the arrangements suggested. In the ordinary daily management of the institution I have no desire to in terfere, but in such a matter as the present I consider it to be my duty, as President, to take a part, and the duty of the Committee of Directors to ,inform the President and Vice presidents of their intended meeting and proceedings, that they might have an opportunity of expressing their opinion, and recording their decision. " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " BUCCLEUCH, ~ " President o f t h e Caledonian Asylum. " To the Chairman of the Committee of Directors of the Royal Caledonian Ayslum." During the reading of this correspondence a large number of Free Seceder s entered the room. A mongs t them was Mr. Patrick M axwe ll Stewart, M.P., the Rev. J a mes Hamilton, M r . Nisbett, the bookseller, and ethers. The confusion having sub s id e d , Mr. P. M. STEWART, M.P., rose, apparent l y labour ing under strong excitement, and said—Your Grace, this is sharp practice. This meeting was advertised for two o'clock, and the chair was taken precisely at that moment. It is always customary to allow a quarter of an hour's grace, and that is the reason myself and friends were not pr esent at the t i me . I w i s h to know what has been d one. The Duke of BuccLErren explained to the Hon. Member that a report had been read, but it was of no importance, and that he had laid before the meeting some correspondence which had passed between himself and Mr. Bain, relative to contemplated alterations. The reason the chair had been taken so exactly was that he (the Duke) was desirous of attending a Cabinet Council to be held that afternoon. Mr. P. M. STEWART was satisfied with the explana tion the Chairman had offered, but still could not lose sight of the fact that the Institution had got into con siderable entanglement in consequence of the proceedings of some of the Directors. A committee appointed by a general court had given in a report to the Directors, that report having subsequently been unanimously approved by another Court. In defiance of this judgment, the Directors had overruled the report, and had submitted another comparatively unimportant and which would, he was quite sure, be in opposition to the views of that meeting.—(" Hear, hear," from the Seceders.) As a matter of justice, let the amended report be read. The Duke of BUCCLEITCH explained, that the only difference was this, that in the original report it was provided that the schoolmaster appointed should be a n orthodox Presbyterian an d ready to subscribe the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the amendment that he should be a member of the Church of Scot land as by law established. With regard to this matter, namely, the qualification of the schoolmaster, a special general meeting was called, and the original report was confirmed. It was considered, and as he (the Duke) thought very properly considered, that in an institution like the Caledonian Asylum, the religious principles of the master should be clearly and explicitly defined. It would be ruinous to their interests to allow a man to come in whose religious character was not well under stood.—(Loud cheers.) It was of first-rate importance that an institution which had so long enjoyed the super intendence of a clergyman of the Church of Scotland, and whose examinations had been conducted by the Presbytery of London, should continue to be in con nexion with that church, and that it should not be left open to a sect dissenting from that, or any other church. —(Cheers.) It was not a matter of church government, but one affecting the religious education of the children. —(Hear, hear.) In the letter he had written, and which he had already read to the meeting, he had done all for the welfare of the institution. If he had erred, he had done it unwittingly, and with the best intentions. Mr. P. M. STEwAitT still persisted in having the amended report (namely, his own ) , r ead to the meeting. The Hon. Member was loud l y a pplauded by the Se ceders present. Mr. DALLAS would not rise for the purpose of pro moting further discussion, whic h productive of any good effect. Not only was he (Mr. D a ll as) con vinced of the necessity of the ma ster being a member of the Church of Scotland, but wou ld g o much further, and could nit be esb licentiate, or a assert, that in the present circumstances, it was indis pensable that the master should either be a mini s t er , licentiate, or probatisner of the C h u r ch of Scotland, and he would move a resolution accordingly. He wo u ld m oy of the T t h h e a t C h hch o e u s r liallb f e a Scotlandques tion of qualification of mas ters as settled at prev i ous meetings. He was an Episcopalism , and not likely, therefore, to be swayed by either of the contendi ng parties in Scotland. He was quite of opinion that th e usefulness of the Caledonian Asylum was in a g rea t measure dependent on its connexion with the Established Church of Scotland.—(Cheers.) THE CEIsUOLM, a minister, established d tioner.” Mr. HECTOR RosE discussed at some length the contended that Mr. Stewart was wrong in the course he had taken on this occasion. Mr. Stewart's report having been rejected, it could not now come under the consideration of the m eet i ng. Mr. P. M. STEWART persisted that the course taken by the speakers was extremely irregular and injudi " Wo cordially recommend this very piquant and pleasant book to all laughter-lovers."—Court Journal. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had also of all Booksellers. PROLAPSUS, PILES, FISTULA, &c. Just published, bound in cloth, price ss. • by post Is. 6d. extra. 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The contemplated marriage between the Earl of Mulg-rave, only son of the Marquis of Normanby, and Miss Russell, niece of the Dowager Duchess of Cleveland, is fixed to take place on the 17th inst., at Mu!grave Castle, near Whitby. Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P., brother to the Marquis of Abercorn, will lead to the altar, this day, :Miss Proby, daughter of the Hon. Rear-Admiral Granville Leveson Proby, brother and heir presumptive to the Earl of Carysfort. Lord Loftus will be united early in the ensuing month to Miss Hope Vere, daughter of Lady E. Hope Vere. Mr. Charles W. Beauclerk, eldest son of the Rev. Lord Frederick - Beauclerk, will be united early in the ensuing week to the accomplished daughter of a gentleman of large fortune in Sussex. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—On Monday a communication was opened for foot passengers from Oxford street to Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, on the south side of the new thoroughfare that is to connect Oxford-street with Holborn, by which the circuitous route in front of St. Giles's church may be avoided. The passage is across the cellars which have been built for the new houses on that side of the street. On the north side of the way the whole of the ground is nearly excavated for the vaults, which will be completed in a very short time. In digging the ground about the spot where stood the hospital for lepers, some deep wells were found, in which were pumps, that had evidently been three several hundred years, as they were formed of hollow trees sunk in the wells. . Ea,l Spencer, on leaving town after his return to Spencer House from the agricultural show at Southampton, went to Longfoid Hall, Derbyshire, to attend the funeral of the lamented Do wager C oun t ess o f Leicester. FILTRATION OF FOUL WATER.—The chief bleach ing firms in this neighbourhood, have, we understand, re ceived during the week large packages of machinery and sponge for the purpose of adopting " Stuckev's Patent System of Filtration," in preference to the troublesome and expensive sand-b e d s hitherto in use. We have heard much of the wonders of this invention from Lord Brougham in the House of Lords, and our metropolitan contemporaries. We shall soon see f or ourselves.—,Volton Free Press. Majority against the Seceders —6 Mr. GORDON Dun. said, that after the boisterous pro ceedings of the day he should like to see one unanimous decision. He was sure the motion he was about to pro pose would secure unanimity, namely, thanks to their excellent President, the Duke of Buccleuch. The Marquis of BUTE had great pleasure in second ing the motion, which was carried by acclamation. The Duke of I.3uccLEucif acknowledged the compli ment, and the meeting dispersed, after a sitting of upwards of two hours. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and CdIJNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA ORDINARY. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1844. Windsor Castle, August 6, 1844. This morning, at ten minutes before eight, the Queen, was happily delivered of a Prince. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, several Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Ma jesty's Bed Chamber, being present. This great and important news was immediately made known to the town by the firing of the Park and Tower guns ; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, at the Council Chamber, White hall, it was ordered, that a form of thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Prince be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England and Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday the 11th of August, or. the Sunday after the respective mi nisters shall receive the same. Her Majesty and the infant Prince are, God be praised both doing well. TUESDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE. At the Council-chamber, Whitehall, the 6th day of August, 1844, by the Lords of her Majesty's most Hon ourable Privy Council, it is this day ordered by their Lordships, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God for her Majesty's safe delivery of a Prince ; and that such form of prayer and thanksgiv ing be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunday, the 11th day of August instant, or the Sunday after the respective ministers of such churches and chapels shall receive the same. And it is hereby further ordered, that her Majesty's printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said form of prayer and thanks giving, that the same may be forthwith sent round and read in the several churches and chapels of England and Wales, and of the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. WM. L. BATHURST. At the Council-chamber, Whitehall, the 6th day of August, 1844, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, it is this day ordered by their Lordships, that every minister and preacher, as well of the Established Church in• that part of Great Britain called Scotland as those of the Episcopal Com munion, protected and allowed by an Act, passed in the tenth year of her Majesty Queen Anne, chapter 7, inti tuled " An Act to prevent the disturbing those of the Episcopal Communion in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, in the exercise of their religious worship, and in the use of the Liturgy of the Church of England ; and for repealing the Act, passed in the Parliament of Scotland, intituled ' An Act against irregular Baptisms and Marriages,"' do, at some time during the exercise of Divine Service in their respective churches, congregations, or assemblies, put up their prayers and thanksgiving to Almighty God for her Majesty's safe delivery of a Prince. WM. L. BATHURST. CROWN-OFFICE, Atm. 6. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH OF CIRRNCISTICR.—The Honourable George Augustus Frederick Villiers, in the room of Thomas William Chester Master, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. WHITEHALL, - JULY 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Mounsey, of Car lisle-. in the county of Cumberland, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Peel, C. Harding, and W. Willock, cotton manufac turers, Tamworth, Staffordshire, Aug. 27, at half-past twelve —B. and S. Vanderplank, woollen drapers, Saville-row, Bur lington-gardens, Aug. 27, at one—T. Green, bill broker, Ab church-lane, Aug. 27, at twelve—W. B. Edridge, coach maker, Long-acre, Aug. 27, at half-past eleven—J. R. de Alzedo, merchant, Bank-buildings, Aug. 27, at eleven. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Carpenter, surgeon, Bothwell, Northamptonshire, Aug. 29—P. J. Papillon, wine merchant, Leeds, Aug. 30-IV. Procter, tanner, Leeds, Aug. 29—G. Parker, spade manufac turer, Sheffield, Aug. 29—J. Mayn, merchant, Mylor, Corn wall, Aug. 29—T. Westren, maltster, Brushford, Devonshire, Aug. I5—T. Kearsley and T. Watt, bone merchants, Run corn, Cheshire, Aug. 29—J. Falkingham, bacon factor, Brad ford, Yorkshire, Aug. 27 —J. Taylor, miller, Carlisle, Cumberland, Aug. 27—T. Newton, cattle dealer, Holbeacb, Lincolnshire, Aug. 27—W. Parson, grocer, Southampton, Aug. 27—J. S. Tolson, fancy cloth manufacturer, Hudders field, Yorkshire, Aug. 27—W. Chamberlain, linen draper, Peckham, Aug. 27—C. Nichols, bookseller, Wakefield, York shire, Aug. 27. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. A. Baueutt and H. W. Sanders, chemists, Stourport, Worcestershire—B. and J. Berry, cotton dyers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—J. and R. Simpson, tobacco manufacturers, Leeds —C. Ward and R. Fearnley, copper smiths, Houndsditeh— B. Field, W. Field, and B. Field, jun., wine merchants, St. Mary-axe—A. Wilkin and E. Preston, ship brokers, Liverpool —E. P. White, S. Edkins, and J. C. Edkins, tea dealers, Coventry -street, Westminster (so far as regards E. P. White).— A. Waters and W. Kane, surgeons, Exmouth-31. Humble and T. M►lcrest, ship builders, Liverpool—J. and L. Winder, plumbers, Manchester—J. Burrows and J. Blakey, pawn brokers, Leeds—C. Albino, A. Mazzuki, and J. Mantora, pic ture-frame makers, Union-court, Holborn-hill (so far as re gards J. Mantora)—R. Edmonds and T. T. Fawcett, mer chants, Trump-street, City--W. and J. Williams, wine mer chants, Alcester, Warwickshire—J. and W. S. Shuttleworth, tea dealers, Nottingham—H. Puplett and W. Jackson, woollen drapers, Stockport, Cheshire—W. Miller and W. M'Kiniey, engravers, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JOSEPH RANSON, glass merchant, Perth, Aug. 13 and Sept. 3, at one, at the chambers of Gray and Jamieson, Perth. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SWANSEA RACES—(CoxcixnED). The Ladies' Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 soy& each, one mile, was won in two heats by Mr. Lucas's St. David, 5 yrs, Bst 7Th, beating Mr. Williams's Lucretia, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, and two others. The Tradesmen's Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, two miles, was won in two heats by Mr. Parr'a Xanthus, 4 vrs, Bst, beatirg Mr. Gough's Fausta, 6 yrs, 9st 71b, Mr. Pearce's Jack, 5 yrs, Bst 1216, and two others. The Hack Stakes of 1 soy. each, and 15 added, two :riles, were won in three heats (the second a dead heat between Sergeant Bother'em and Thomas's horse) by Mr. Harris's Sergeant Bother'em, beating Mr. Thomas's horses and Mr. Lucas's Gazelle. The Riding Whip, value 10 guineas, and a Sweep stakes of 1 soy. each, one mile, were won by Mr. Lucas's St. David, 5 yrs, lOst 10Ib, beating Lucretia, 5 yrs, 9st 71b, Mr. W. Jones s Trueboy, Bst 716, and two others. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. HEREFORD, 1844. FIRST DAY. Acceptances for the Herefordshire Stakes. Bellissima, aged, Bst 91b—Princess of Wales, syrsi i•st 31b—Tamburini, aged, 7st 91b—President, 6 yrs, 7sl 51b—Doctor Allen, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Freystrop, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—Kilgram, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. SECOND DAY. Acceptances for the Gold Cup. Fausta, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Tamburini, aged, Bst 21b— Doctor Allen, 5 yrs, 7st 10113—Tariff, 5 yrs, ist 101 b Bedalian, aged, 7st 91b—Delawere, 4 yrs, 6st 1214 Hopbine, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. EGHAM, 1844. Handicap for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. Pine-apple, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Wiseacre, 5 3 rs, Bst 71b— Mosque, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Daddy Longlegs, 5 yrs, Bst Naworth, aged, 7st 111b—The Currier, aged, 7st 61b— Tbe Whaler, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Subduer, 4 yrs, 7st—The New Forest Deer, 3 yrs, 6st.—To declare on Saturday next. AQUATICS. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES. The trial race amongst gentlemen amateurs, challengers for the silver sculls, took place on Monday, and was, notwith standing the heavy rains, accompanied by several of the leading clubs. According to the conditions of the contest this event should have come off on Saturday, and the candi dates for the honorary distinction met at Searle's prepared for the start, but as it was the opinion of the best judges that no wherry could live through Lambeth or Chelsea reaches, the race was unavoidably deferred until yesterday, when, although the wind bad abated,. the weather was upon the whole anything but favourable t 3 aquatic sports. The silver Sculls Rtie \ils first established in 1831, by a gentleman named Wingfield, toNlieburage _a, spirit of emula, Lion in the scientific art 4.4 f rowing ;The conditions being that on eack i suceeeding year the holder of the previous season should I'eAigrrthein or contest .I . ith the successful challenger of the p?evious week, : the arrangement being that the first heat should take place on the 3d, and the final race on the 10th of August. It is almost unnecessary to say that this has always been a most interesting feature in aquatics, and generally the hardest race of the whole season. At about half-past five the four gentlemen who had entered moved towards Westminster-bridge, their boats being covered in fore and aft, accompanied by the Leander, the Neptune, the Guy's, the St. George's, the Queen, and other club boats, with a boat manned by watermen, in which Mr. Lewis took his seat as umpire. Mr. Bumpstead, Leander Club Mr. Noble, Cambridge Subscription Room.. 2 Mr. Ronayne 3 Mr. Kennedy, Amateur Scullers' Club Mr. Bumpstead, who carried off the valuable prize entitled the diamond sculls, at Henley, was the favourite. The gen tleman who had entered in the name of Noble was first on the Middlesex shore, Mr. Kennedy being second, and Mr. Bumpstead third. The start was very unevenly taken by two of the gentlemen. Mr. Noble first got it, and went away with the lead of a length or more ; Bumpstead started very indifferently, and Ronayne was right astern of all. Some sharp work followed up to Lucas's, Noble endeavouring to retain the first place, and the others working very gallantly to mend their positions. In the former of these `Mr. Noble was unsuccessful, as after a few strokes abreast of each other, Mr. Bumpstead shook him off ; and having obtained the pride of place, kept it throughout, winning by half a minute. Mr. Ronayne rowed in a very plucky manner, and off Nine Elms passed Mr. Kennedy in good style, and kept the second gentleman hard at work all the way up. Mr. Bumpstead will row on Saturday next against Mr. Chapman, the holder of the last two years. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE REGATTA. The seventeenth annual regatta for a purse of sovereigns, given by the ladies and gentlemen of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster, to be rowed for by men plying on the Middlesex side of the bridge, took place on Monday. The rage was with six pair of sculls, in three heats, the distance being to start from the Duke of Buccleuch's to Vauxhall bridge, back round a boat moored off Montague House, and return to the bridge. J. Jones, jun. W. Windsor W. Spratt Won easily. SECOND HEAT. G. Campbel1... W. May J. Jones ' sen Won after a smart race by a length or two. GRAND HEAT. MaV took the lead and held it some distance, when Camp-- bell challenged him, and a very pretty race followed, which ended in Campbell taking the lead, retaining it, and winning by three or four lengths, rowed in a very beautiful boat of Cownden and Wentzell's, out-rigged like the cutter used by the Newcastle men at the Thames Regatta. which has been the subject of so much talk. DEPTFORD REGATTA. FIRST HEAT. This contest, on Monday, for ;IQLtiOther prizes, given by the inhabitants, was very numerously attended, but was not so well contested as we have seen it. The managers, however, were determined to compensate in quantity for any deficiency there might be in quality, and six watermen there fore rowed Jive heats, the business beginning at ten in the morning, and continuing until half-past seven in the evening. FinsT II EAT. Robert Ilowlet William Cox (Green) 2 William Smith SECOND HEAT. Robert Delamane (Pink) 1 Alfred Trott (i)ark blue) 2 John Trott . (Light blue) 3 Tnini) BEAT William Smith ... 1 Alfred Trott Forttrit HEAT. Robert Delamane Robert Ifowlet The grand heat was between the two last named. For about half a mile they were scull and scull, and then Dela-- mane went ahead, but was closely pressed for the next half mile. lie, however, after that went further in advance, and ultimately won easily. „.„ .I.d'XTMNSIVEAII,URE.—DIuch anxiety prevails in Huddersfield, among the merchants and others in business, udd from the reported failure of a very highly respectable firm in 3 stated,ooo confidently but r h frome assertedil the foreign trade. The liabilities of the firm are variously every l. ers that tiei account tea3l thatcannot as lovt well l a bl can ea be obtainedmemuacniiy less largelt ial s l small manufacturers, will be severe sufferers ; and rumour states that the estate will not pay Is. 6d. in the pound.— Halifax Guardian. ACCIDENT IN THE LONG WALK, WINDSOR.—On Sunday evening, about live o'clock, only a few minutes be fore her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Princ e Albert, in a pony phaeton and pair, had entered the Lon g Walk, for their usual afternoon's airing, a serious accident occurred to two gentlemen in a gig, between the double gates and the statue on Snow-hill, as, they were returning from Virginia Water. It appears that in descending the lull the horse took fright, both gentlemen being thrown out, one of whom was for some tine insensible. The horse then dashed furiously on towards Windsor ; but the keeper, re siding at the lodge at the double gates, seeing its approach, had just time to close the gate, and thus fortunately stopped the animal, which was proceeding at the rate of some twenty miles an hour. Both the horse and carriage were much in jured. 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Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Londc.n, from Eleven till Twe, and Five tiilEight , and on Sundays from 'Tee till Twelve. One personal visit onlj is necessary to effect a permanent cure THE SANATORY REPORT. (From Bell's Life in London.) This report has at length been published, and its contents are such as to do honour to the industry of the Commissioners, and the witnesses who have been called on to give evidence before them. There is above all others, one service which it will render to religion and morals, as well as to the poor in their physical condition. It will displace, and for ever utterly destroy, that cruel and blasphemous proposition, that war, and plague, and wretchedness are the natural checks upon a redundant population. That these things may destroy life, is no doubt true—that they will permanently check the too rapid advance of population is now shown to be false. Nature and religion are now freed from a tenet which seemed to contradict both, but which appeared so true, that nothing but a very strict and exact examination of intricate and multitudinous facts could possibly have de tected and exposed its fallacy. Mr. Chadwick deserves the credit of having first given to the world this con tradiction of a belief which was admitted by all good men, with the deepest regret, and the complete and overwhelming contradiction to which will be received by them with the greatest joy. The Commissioners have fully worked out the contradiction which Mr. Chadwick first offered to the glad acceptance of all feeling and religious men. It is now clear, that when these scourges of the human race, war and pestilence, diminish the amount of the population, they do it only for a time, at the fearful cost of substituting an un healthy and weakly, for a healthy and vigorous race of men. The numbers wasted by pestilence are 'soon supplied, but if that pestilence is of the slow, though continually operating kind, if it proceeds from dirt, and the want of the means of cleanliness, those num bers will be recruited by creatures suffering from the same causes which occasioned the deaths of their pa rents, and oppressed through a short life with the dreadful curs© which attended their entrance into ex istence. And these wretched creatures will come into existence in larger numbers than their more fortunate fellow-beings. What is the lesson taught us by this fact ? What but that which reason and religion would alike have taught before—that to diminish the amount of human misery in any classes peculiarly exposed in their circumstances to its visitation, is to increase the comfort and happiness of all. No one class can be happy while others are suffering around it—no one body of men can long prosper on the wretchedness of those who aro about them. All human events work in a perpetual circle, and sooner or later the mischief, in flicted or permitted to be inflicted upon some, returns on those who might have prevented its existence. In a moral and political point of view, all far-seeing men had known this to be the fact, and statistics now come to their aid to show that in the ordinary affairs of the internal economy of a nation, the same rule applies with equal force. Nature is thus vindicated from that which appeared to be a fearful self-con tradiction, and the wish to improve the condition of the lower classes will receive additional strength from the circumstance that those who possess the power to effect the improvement have an interest in effecting it.' We are happy to be able to add, that even pecuniary in terest is now proved to be on the same side with morality and good-feeling, and that the researches re cently made abundantly show, that improvements in the dwellings of the poor, care for their h e alth, and atten tion to their advantage and happiness, will not only benefit them directly, and their superiors (though quite as extensively), but will diminish the ex penses, and improve the profits of all. We could not avoid referring to this one great and gratifying dis covery, but the report itself is full of matter of the highest interest and importance, and we shall again and again refer to its contents. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE CHARLES SMITH, builder, Kensington park, to surrender Aug. 14, at half-past one, and Sept. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Corohill ; Dampier, Lincoln's Inn-fields. ELIZABETH MANLEY, shoe-maker, Chapel-street, Westminster, Aug. 14, at one, and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Turner and Ilensman, Basing-lane.. THOMAS TURNER, grocer, Sheffield, Aug. 16, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court` 4-lope, of ficial assignee, Leeds; Messrs. Sudlow and Co. Chancery lane, London ; Messrs. Smith and Wightman, Sheffield. HENRY JOSEPH EDWARD SAFFRAN, cloth mer- - chant, Huddersfield, Aug. 16, and Oct, 4, ht eleven? at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Jones, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury ; Hesp, Huddersfield ; Sykes, Leeds. WILLIAM WYRILL, ironmonger, Bradford, Yorkshire, August 16 and September 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; B. and J. Lawrence, Old Fish-street, London ; Morris, Bradford; Bond, Leeds. RICHARD JACKSON and RICHARD YALE, en gineers, Leeds, Aug. 16, and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, o ffi cial assignee, Leeds ; Parkes and Co., Bedford-row, London; Tyas, Barnsley; Blackburn,Leeds. JOHN TREVITT, butcher, Wheaten Aston, Stafford shire, Aug. 16, and Sept. 17, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Corser, Wolverhampton. THOMAS CARTER, junior, butcher, Waltham, Leices tershire, Aug. 24, and Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham ; Smith, Birmingham. ABRAHAM OGDEN, sizer, Rochdale, Lancashire, Aug. 16, at eleven, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester ; Appleby, Harpur-street, London ; Grundy, Bury. ROBERT EDWARDS, draper, Aberdovey, Merioneth shire, Aug. 20 and Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Bird, official assignee ; Oliver, Old Jewry, Lon don ; Evans, Liverpool. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. T. Crook, provision dealer, Heaton Norris, Lancashire. T. Glover, victualler, Hinckley, Leicestershire. W. Pursell, carpenter, Shrewsbury. C. K. Thorndick, cabinet maker, Brandon, Suffolk. C. Painter, wheelwright, Bourton, Gloucestershire. T. C. Matthews, auctioneer, Bourton, Gloucestershire. H. Marks, bacon curer, Oxford. J. Cheadle, upholsterer, Burslem, Staffordshire. G. M. Priddey, grocer, Ellesmere, Shropshire. S. Halls, Colchester. J. Knight, hat leather cutter, Long-lane, Bermondsey. W. Pollard and J. Pollard, tailors, Manchester. C. Booth, butcher, Manchester. D. Spillan, M.D., Howard-street, Strand. L. Bendle, commercial-traveller, Morris .place, Southwark. J. Carruthers, publican's assistant, Southall-green, Middlesex T. Marshall, jun., grocer, Ilkestone, Derbyshire. T. Joseph, hatter, Cheltenham. F. Robinson, coal merchant, Nottingham. J. Hancock, carpenter, Walcot, Somersetshire. W. Foster, compositor, Lewes, Sussex. J. Potter, scale-maker, Britannia-street, City-road. P. Tyror, coach-builder, Liverpool. J. P. Offord, miller, Great Yeldham, Essex. J. Walker, Whee.lright, Caddington, Hertfordshire. E. Godwin, butcher, Portsmouth. J. Wood, cart owner, Liverpool. E. Outram, farmer, Dronfield, Derbyshire. R. Byass, surgeon, Arundel, susses. D. Kennedy, general salesman, Commercial-road East. H. Heap, grocer, Manchester. J. Posford, commission agent, Euston-mews, Euston-square. M. Bramley, cotton-spinner, Skipton, Yorkshire. J. Barker, sicklesmith, Dronfield, Derbyshire. G. Fox, engineer, Sheffield. T. Mitchell, blacksmith, Leeds. L. Akeroyd, coal dealer, Adwalton, Yorkshire. J. Pontey, nurseryman, Huddersfield. E. Atkinson, jun., Salford, Lancashire. J. Laister, butcher, Sheffield. C. Vickers, baker, Manchester. R. Scaling, pork butcher, Liverpool. R. Hartridge, high constable, Brenchley, Kent. A. Bray, commission agent, Goswell-street-road, Islington. J. Deadman, horse dealer, Deptford. R. Lewin, bricklayer, Chatley, Essex. A. B. S. Ramsey, broker, Percy-street, Bedford-square. J. Milliken, tailor, Keen's-row, Walworth-road. J. Gibbs, harness maker, Lower Whitecross-street. H. Ball, beer seller, Goldsmith's-row, Hackney-road. R. S. Hurst, Pomeroy-street, Old Kent-road. J. Chatwin, cabinet maker, New Weston-street, Bermondsey. J. Marcroft, innkeeper, Rawmarsh, Yorkshire. M. Keymer, warehouseman, Manchester. W. Steel, jun , licensed victualler, Liverpool. J. Rowland, licensed victualler, Liverpool. W. H. Harpham, farmer, Sibsey, Lincolnshire. J. Bloor, silk-manufacturer, Prestbury, Cheshire. F. Ashby, miller, Knockholt, Kent. J. Bowler, whip-maker, Liverpool. H. Cope, butcher, Old Radford, Nottinghamshire. W. Basiorcl, engineer, Radcliffe-highway. W. Thistlethwaite, cigar dealer, Liverpool. SECOND NOTICES. C. Clifford, plumber, Norman-street, St. Luke's, Aug. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy o r ffi e, ci A al u as g. sig lO n , e a e t . . Green, official assignee. eleEvenS, t a e t v t e h n e s , b Ce u u i r l t d e e r f , S B t a a n n k b r r u i d p g w e y , official assig nee . J. B. Harwood, Bistern - pla ce, Po p lar, Au g ust 10, at . 131ed Fo r° ll r e d t s t h , i G. Heffill, tailor, Chenies - stre et, Bedford-s q uare, Au g u st 12, eleven, at the Court of Bankrup tc y . Green, at one. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. C. E. Castle, commission agent, Princes-square, St. George in-the-East, Aug. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. J. l'uttman, fishmonger, Northampton, Aug. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. C. Harding, schoolmaster, Bartholomew-close, West Smith field, Aug. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. E. M. Hague, Richmond, Surrey, Aug. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. C. Pashley, plumber, Rayleigh, Essex, Aug 20 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. G. Simmons, commercial traveller, Brighton, Aug.lo at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. George Brodie, comedian, Craven-buildings, Drury-lane, Aug . . 10, at twelve, at the C ourt of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. James Rutley, carpenter, Bromley, Middlesex, Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrutpcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Pratt, straw-bonnet blocker, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, August 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. S. Dainton, plumber, Bermondsey-street, Bermondsey, August 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. H. 11, Wood, philosophical instrument-maker, Tibberton- POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE. REPORT FROM THE SECRET COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO THE POST-OFFICE. By the Lords Committees appointed a Secret Committee to inquire into the state of the law in respect to the detaining and opening of letters at the Post-office, and into the mode under which the authority given for such opening and detaining has been exercised, and to report their opinion thereupon and observations to the House ; and to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Mazzini, of 47, Devonshire -street, Queen - square, complaining of his letters having been de tained and opened at the Post-office, and praying for inquiry ; Ordered to report—That the Committee have met, and inquired into the subject referred to them, and have examined several witnesses in relation thereto. The Committee hare not thought it necessary to at tempt to define the grounds upon which the Government has exercised the power afforded by public conveyance of letters of obtaining such information as might be, thought beneficial for the public service; it seems suffi cient for the present purpose to state that the exercise of this power can be traced from the earliest institutions of this country for the conveyance of letters, from Orders in Council of the 22d of November, 1626, and 24th of February, 1627. The Secretaries of State were in time of war and danger to the state to be made acquainted, if they required it, with letters and communications to foreign parts. In 1657, upon the first establishment of a regular post-office, it was stated in the ordinance to be the best means to discover and prevent many dangerous and wicked designs against the commonwealth. In letting to farm the Post-cffice to individuals, and in the proclamation of the 25th of May, 1663, and 25th of August, 1683, the power is distinctly claimed and re served. The terms in which the provisions of the Act, 9th Anne, cap. 10, upon this subject, are enacted, can only be explained upon the supposition that this power was at the time fully recognised, for that Act gives no power to the Secretary of State to detain or open letters, but prohibits others from doing so, except by an express warrant in writing, under the hand of the principal Se cretary, for every such opening or detaining. The subsequent statute of 35th Geo. 111., cap. 62, and Ist Vic., cap. 33, adopted nearly the same form of re cognition. 'The power, therefore, appears to have been exercised from the earliest period, and to have been recognised by several Acts of Parliament. This appears .to the Committee to be the state of the law in respect to the detaining and opening of letters at the Post-office, and they do not find any other authority for such detaining or opening. The Committee have very carefully investigated the mode in which this power has of late been exercised. Lists and abstracts of the warrants for many years back have been preserved at the Home-office ; but the Committee have not thought it necessary minutely to pursue the investigation to an earlier period than to the year 1822, from which time only has any record of warrants been preserved at the Post-office. It appears that since 1822, 182 warrants have been issued, averaging about eight per annum ; about two thirds of these have been for the purpose of either tracing persons accused of offences, or of tracing property em bezzled by suspected offenders ; and the warrants have been issued whenever application has been made to the Under Secretary of State, upon grounds which have seemed to the Principal Secretary of State to justify such proceediEg. The application has generally been made either by magistrates or by solicitors conducting prosecutions, and these parties have been put in possession of any useful information thus obtained, but not of the original letters, which have been usually returned to the Post-office, to be forwarded to their original address. The detention of letters has been invariably refused in cases in which civil rights have alone been concerned. The Committee have not had any means of estimat ing in what degree the examination of letters thus de tained has facilitated the administration of justice, the result never being reported to the Home-office, but it is known in some instances to have led to the apprehen sion and conviction of offenders, and to the recovery of property. _ _ _ It miy seem that the issue of six or seven warrants annually, in proportion to the 30,000 or 40,000 commit tals which take place in this kingdom, cannot be an effi cient instrument of police; but, on the other hand, the isme of six or seven warrants upon a circulation of 220,000,000 of letters cannot be regarded as materially interfering with the sanctity of private correspondence, which, with these exceptions, there is not the slightest ground to believe has been ever invaded. The second class of warrants has been issued by the Secretary of State at periods when the circumstances of the country have seemed to threaten public tranquillity. The warrants for detention of letters of this class have scarcely, upon an average of twenty-one years, exceeded two annually in Great Britain; and though under some of the warrants not a single letter has been opened, under others many have been detained and examined. It does not appear that from any one of these letters specific knowledge of great importance has been ob tained. The information, however, which has been de. rived from this source has been regarded as valuable, and may have given better information upon danger ap prehended in particular districts than could be derived from local observation, or than might be collected from the vague and exaggerated rumours which in periods of disturbance very usually prevail. It is the concurrent opinion of witnesses who have held high office, and who may be most competent to form a sound judgment, that they would reluctantly see this power abolished ; and possibly it might be thought to be even more convenient and requisite in time of foreign war than it is in our present state of peace. The power of issuing warrants, which was first granted by the Irish Act, 23 and 24 Geo. 111., cap. 17, to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, has been very sparingly used, and the number issued does not average more than two annually, and these have been principally for the detection of suspected criminals. The Committee have examined into the case of the petitioner whose petition has been referred to them. It is true that Mr. Mazzini's letters were for about four months stopped and opened, under the warrant of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and in spected by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, upon an apprehension that he was engaged in a corre spondence having for its object designs which might be injurious to the tranquillity of Europe. Certain parts of the information thus obtained were communicated to a foreign Government, in so far as such a communicn, tion appeared to be warranted, but without the names ot details that might expose any individual then residing in the foreign country to which the information was trans mitted to danger. The Committee are bound, in conclusion, to state, that having looked back to the proceedings of several Secre taries of State during successive Administrations for more than twenty years, they have found the practice has been nearly uniform, that the power has been very sparingly exercised, and never from personal or party motives, and that in every case investigated it seems to have been directed by an earnest and faithful desire to adopt that course which appeared to be necessary, either to promote the ends of justice or to prevent a disturb ance of the public tranquillity, or otherwise to promote the best interests of the country. The Committee leave it to the Legislature to deter mine whether this power shall continue to exist, and have discussed such rules as have been suggested as guards upon its future exercise ; namely, first the concurrence of more than one of the high officers of State in the issue of each warrant ; and, secondly, a better and more de tailed record than is at present kept of the grounds upon which each warrant is issued. They think that the responsibility will be more effec tive when resting upon the individuals who are mainly charged with the preservation of the peace and the pre vention of crime in this country, than if it were divided with others; and a more detailed account than is already kept of the grounds upon which each warrant is granted would frequently have the effect of leaving in the office a grave accusation, without affording an opportunity of reply or defence. _ It is in evidence that, though bags have been some times detained and examined, upon a supposition that letters from them may have been abstracted, no letters from such bags have been opened; nor have any letters been opened at the Post-office, except letters which, from defects in the direction, could not be forwarded to their destination, unclaimed letters, and letters detained by warrant from the Secretary of State. It appears to have for a long period of time, and under many successive administrations, been an established practice, that the foreign correspondence of Foreign Mi nisters, passing through the General Post-office, should be sent to a department of the Foreign-office before the forwarding of such correspondence according to its ad dress. '['he Postmaster-General, having had his atten tion called to the fact, that there was no sufficient authority for this practice, has since June discontinued it altogether. COUNT NESSELRODE.—The General Steam Navi gation Company's mail packet Columbine, Captain w . Nor wood, arrived off Blackwall-pier yesterday, at 2 o'clock, with the Dutch mail bags. Among the passengers on board the Columbine was Count Nesselrode, whose anticipated arrival was alluded to in this journal of yesterday, and who is ac companied by his son, Count Drintry Nesselrode, First Secre tary of Legation at Berlin. The Columbine had a very boisterous passage. On arriving at Helvoetsluys, the weather continued so bad that Captain Norwood cast anchor for several hours, and only left that place late on Sunday, arriv ing at Blackwell, as stated above, at 2 o'clock yesterday. His Excellency Baron Brunnow having been in hourly ex pectation of Count Nesselrode's arrival, was, with Chevalier Benkhausen, in attendance to receive the distinguished foreigner, who upon landing entered the Ambassador's car riage, and arrived in Dover-street shortly after 4 o'clo c k. It is scarcely necessary to add, that Count Nesselrode, the Duke of Wellington, and i'rince Metternich, are among the few re maining individuals who witnessed all the great events of 1813, 1814, and 1815. 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