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Thie gale was most terrific, and much damage and loss must ba expected from its severity and suddenness. - AIR, Aust. 2.—Th e u p per wor k s o f a s l oop 300 or 400 tons, with broad yellow streak was passed sth ult., fifteen Tiles E.S.E. of Bird's Island, together with a number of deals marked R..D.L., in white paint, by the Alexander Wise, arrlved here. Arrd. Princess Victoria, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Magog, Ditto. CLYDE, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Lord Byron, St. John's, New ,•th unswiuk ; N eptune, Dalhousie, Rio Grande. The brigs - 15, :idget, Archibald, and Jane are ashore, and expected to be coLdemned. Orr CORK, AUG. 2.—Aylesford, Willis, Rio Grande ; Fara go'', Plank, Truxillo (June 23), with stern• post and quarter deck stove, bulwarks, &c. gone, five feet water in her hold, ha k ., via; been pooped 30th ult. Arrd. John Wesley, Prigwash. ' , id-. :Liffey, Barbadoes. . V VARINGTON, AUG. 3.—Sld. Caledonia, Ichaboe ; William 4 '€ 1 1, Quebec. HULL, AUG. 2.—A rr d . P ens h aw, Q ue b ec . 3d . —F razer, S t. ' 0 h n's, New Brunswick ; Latona, Quebec. THI LATE DR. DALTON. In Our last number we gave such information as Was tlf.tn at our command, respecting the last moment s a",, decease of this illustrious man ; and we now r " l7 .me the statement of such further particulars as r e ly be interesting, respecting the occurrences of the st few days. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Politi, having obtained ;Permission, took a plaster cast of the head and face tor the deceased philosopher. (in the same afternoon e xamination of the brain • was made by Mr. J. A. ansome, surgeon, the der.eased's friend and medical ttteridant, in the prese,:ace of Dr. Lyon, Mr. W. J. Wi lson, surgeon, and I,l r . Tomli n s on , h ou se surgeon at the Manchester R'ayal Infirmary. This examination Was that her a careful and very minute one; and it was fo und the left hemisphere of the brain was Sher than the right, and that there was a very all a el (or bag containing morbid matter), not larg er than a pea, on the left side of the brain, in the meo . alkary p ar t, n ear the outer edge, and just above 'e top o f th e ea r. This cyst was filled with a wntsh palpy mass, rather thinner in consistency t, ur an the surrounding brain. In other respects le brain appeared very healthy, and presented 41 ,2 unusual appearances. The peculi a rity o f Dr. 115 alton's vision —blue, purple, pink, and crimson, all 'appearing to him to be blues—we have previously A4,'noticed. His eyes were examined on Saturday by 11r. 7 - ' a nsnme_, with reference to this visual peculiarity ; ut we have not heard the result, so as to state it with ` l precision ; and it will doubtless, ere long, he mid before the scientific world. It was not thought nec essary to open the body. Immediately after this Z a mination, Mr. 'William Bally, who arrived too late .s i7„,.,, t altr. , the cast of the head and face, took one of the - f e 7 l ' 3 .or of the cranium and also of the cyst, of which I a to make a model in wax. 9 11 Monday afternoon, some change was mani zi-s'ecl; and, in the evening, the remains were placed il t shell, which was in turn. inclosed in a leaden n, in the presence of Mr. Clare (one of the exe- P t t's), and Mr. Ale x ander Morris, the u n dert a k er . this time, from a natural process of decay, the 113 s had s wo ll en , so as t o res t ore th e d eep sun k en 12 .I ° ll th to w h a t was it s appearance some years b ac k, al_ , this circum s t an c e gave t o th e f ea t ures genera lly agreeable expression; and the countenance as -I,tled so striking a resemblance to that of Sir Isaac a. ' e wton, that, when Mr. Clare placed a cast or mask r that philosopher's f a ce beside that of Dr. Dalton, it a li d g h bee t l t t iave been su pp ose d that the mask of the cne rn - udueed from the features of the other. et Ci n Tuesday morning it was found necessary to : s e , the lead coffin, which had till then been kept r e n, in conse quence o f th e a b s e nc e from town of one ? the d ecease d' s f r i en d s an d executors. I n or d er; ' h owever, to give his friends an opportunity of seeing 4 1 . 8 featur es , a p i ece o f p l ate g l ass was l et i nto t h e l i d "It the leaden coffin ; but subsequent decomposition 'tendered it necessary to close this also, before the ar- Ravel of several friends from a distance. The executors named in the will are Mr. Alderman ,- I ; re ikl, Air. Pet er Cl a re, and the Re v . Wm. J o h ns ,— a il of whom had long been the closely attached friends .f the deceased. We understand that the parties aely t o attend as mourners, in respect of consan tY, are Mrs. Robert Abbatt, of Liverpool, and Mrs 4 tobert Benson, of Preston (who, we are told, are first ousins twice remove Gua r dr. Dalton), and their hus ° ands . -21 ./anehester an. - - 4PTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION. To THE EDITOR OF THE BRIGHTON HERALD. have seen a letter in the Morning C`h'• ° n re . de rofessedly written by Captain Warner, con t aining I larks upon mine and Mr. Parish's s t a t em ents in the Iri ghton Her a ld l as t wee k, upon. -.vhich I beg to make a ew brief observations. als ii st s .- 4 , Captain Warner sar, that "The mysterious rope iv ur 1 )pose - a coil, consisti - og of two new ropes for the c 3 :f towing the ;hip ; the other ropes, which 'eein to have puzzled these Shoreham visitors, were merely guy ropes for ;conducting th e l arge or t ow - ro p es on ove r board the steame-,e ; ot h ers were man-ropes hanging Crew." the sides r ,or th e more convenient escape of the b Upon thl.s I b eg to observe that, as a man who has affairsw all my ycquainted with ship-building and nautical life, it appears to me, as well as to every tnhaautti'.cal man who has paid any attention to this affair, it is very extraordinary for man-ropes 'to be passed ough eye -bolts two or three feet below the water-lino. 1 a the first instance these ropes were small, but on the morning of the explosion warps were placed as described in the statement last week. 2nd--Captain Warner says, " I durst say there wets . rop es towing overbo ar d b ot h h ea d an d stern, as w i ll appen in slovenly ships." N ow, Sir, I inspected the vessel whilst in the boat !within oar's length all round, and saw no ropes hung over In a slovenly manner, and I think I am judge enough to "ow wh et h er the ropes were hanging in that manner or n ot. th i n,ee my letter w as wr it ten, I h ave ascerta i ned that h Teem s team-boat had on hoard a lo ng three e lin.e bent to a kedge-anchor; which was picked as sel l after the explosio'n, and which it is my belief, Well as that of any other nautical men of this ex °rt i , was attached to • the John o'Gaunt at the time of the ke l d ).ei on, as the end of the line farthest off from the I le Las a,pparently been burnt. r e , " given no opinion as to the explosion itself, but Nvhij ~43" to re-affirm ever y thi ng re l at i ve to t h e f acts kave stated.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, Jreham, WILLIAM YOUNG. August 1, 1844. STATE OF TRADE. Vo nt ., , Nearly Ali pt li WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUG. 2.early Ali descriions of Foreign Wool have been in fair re -tit -A during the past week at full recent rates. basti`lol.tBri WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AUG. 2.—There ooti i i ).eeti a considerable business done in combing and cautiously,in Wools, but the manufacturers buy very po rt , and will not, at present, give prices in pro w" n to the cost of new wool in the country. rvirs AREFIELD WOOL MARKET, AUG. 2. 4 ---We do not t r t '2:t any alteration in the trade this week; holders are demanding the small advance in combing wools, quentl the consumers are yet unwilling to pay, .conse be rea dy Y salvea but limited. Short wools continue to 4 of at full prices, and stocks at market small. 4,4,-Ebs•--The sales of balk goods have been of the . dtiive character as tine last few weeks : the great bulk is gaen t e red to Order off the market days, and in conse netsttcrntin. v ery e the . . s „urilly to the cloth halls continues to be -r - ziees are without any alteration. Bust ".• brisk in the warehouses. • s need 1 4" MARKET, THURSDAT.—There is very suit E 4 e t t p si iiess doing in the piece trade, and for goods of I vera te , or the autumn, particularly those made f very 6 " , the demand is even increased, and prices are quest, a , a . Mixed goods have been in rather more re fad the prospect is more satisfactory. Yarns are tutor request, and the buyers disposed to purchase for ~* °(sl e ,'delivery at last week's prices. The supply of -r e g r e a zung to market is very considerable, but there temi l eat e ornl;laints among the staplers that they cannot th e rie.; corresponding with what have been given ,t, a courary, aa.re e 4 or MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.---WO have had f)ei " 'I i san :le he a l t h y demand for cloth since Tuesday that was j e „, tly • ced on t h at day, and prices are, if anyth i ng, te " hi gh . Gr ea t i nterest attac h es to t h e na t ure o f e9narnercial news by the India mail, just announced, earnest, ar'' the accounts are favourable, we shall have a r.tner advanc e : of this there can be no doubt; the late P " 6 1111 1 enable the calico printers to set to work in .d gaged, hi and it is not unlikely but, when full en cloth, s at a further impulse will be given to printing t arti c i 11 . 1 0, as by comparison with other cloth, that and e f is. Twist continues in unabated good demand Al e °I . all export numbers, is fully as dear.—Leeds r itry. Ihr i t . - - p oi ; 4 ight lion. the Speaker of the House of Corn Lent gave his usual entertainment previous to the adjourn- L e of Parliament, to the officials of that branch of th . e siT_.- islature, on Saturday last, at his residence e in , •on•4quare. Thearty consisted of Mr. L 3 l y : I , r William Gossett, Mr. William Ley, Mr. Clementso_n r ; 1 -,.., j3ooth, Mr. H. Ley, Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Jones, INI • ' tikain Rose, Mr . Whitham, Mr. Dyson, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 'I 4 . " °B e , Mr. Pole, Mr. C. Gunnell, Mr. Frere Mr. Gudge, • Ley, Rowland, Mr. Postlethwaite, Mr. Gray, 'Mr. William pardon, jun, Mr. Gunnell, Mr. G. Gunnell, Mr. Hawes, Mr. m r. A ,- Vaal;•ttay, Mr. Gossett, and the Rev. G. A. Andrews, , and Air. Lefroy, secretary to the Speaker. Th. L IRE .--On Saturday morning a fire broke out in x;raze of Mr. Webb, cooper, in St. Thomas's-place, Old alarm, mid The family were roused from their beds by the w • --111, and were saved with difficulty by being got out of the in u fi di)w of an upper room, the lower part of the house being fro m a ,, nleB . By means of the engines, the fire was prevented - P r eadlag • but the house and everything it contained Was destroyed. ' 0 ,,, tTHE PATA. MO RGANA. —Th e heavens in the east la er th e G erman ocean, and from H ornsea , on M on d ay le v• ' w l e" was an unusually hot and cloudless day, pre s_ented t he appearance of a mirror, in which were re • !?wti. ected number of vessels with their sails set, and a er, supposed to be acme lighthouse. A portion of "I° v essels were inverted—that is to say, all their masts and ski. '— Pointed downward to the sea.—. Eastern Coun tie+ arraki, SUMMARY OF NEWS AN D tintair !pinion. Ifhp runs may read." roanitkx. The few words spoken by Sir Robert Peel relative to the arrest of Mr. Pritchard, had caused a strong sensation at Paris. Extracts from the French papers on the subject will be found under the proper head. The Prince de Joinville left the bay of Cadiz, with the fleet, on the 24th, for the coast of Morocco. On Thursday evening the King and Queen received the British Ambassador, the Prussian and Saxon Ministers, the Chancellor of France, Count Mole, Barons de Mareuil, and de Pre jean, Generals Baudrand, de Colbert, and de Preval, an MM. Viennet and Boulay (de la Meurthe.) A small printing-office has just been established at the Tuileries for the amusement of the Count de Paris. By telegraphic accounts received from all parts of France the fetes of July have been celebrated with the most perfect order. An English medical man, named Edmonds, was on Thurs day arraigned before the Correctional Tribunal, for prac tising his profession in France without sufficient license or authority. Mr. Edmonds pleaded ignorance of the law of France, but the President replied that he must have been made aware of it by a former prosecution against him. His counsel, however, defended him so well, and produced so many favourable certificates, amongst the rest one from M. Lisfranc, the eminent surgeon, speaking in the highest terms of his science and skill, that the Avocat du Bed recommended him to the consideration of the Tribunal. He was, in conse qnence, subjected to a fine of only 301. The great fair of Beaucaire has this year been extremely brisk in all branches of trade, more foreign dealers having attended than in former :years. The most numerous have been Spaniards, who came to purchase goods of mild silk and wool, and silk and cotton, which are now admitted into Spain on payment of moderate duties, instead of being, as formerly, absolutely prohibited. Larger purchases were made for Nice, Genoa, and Leghorn, which are free ports. There was a complete dearth of Americans, who, in former years, before the great augmentation of their tariff, frequented the fair, and did a considerable business. 'We learn from Montpellier that the number of persons wounded by the railroad accident of the 29th ult. amounts to fifty, but none of them are in danger. The Journal des Chemins de Fer states, en the authority of a letter from Papeiti, that Captain Bruat, finding it neces sary to bring building materials from the mountainous parts of the island, has constructed a railroad for that purpose. The intended ascent of MM. Bravais and Martins to the summit of Mont Blanc, to make meteorological observations, has not taken place, from the guides positively refusing to remain through the. night at the summit, as was proposed. They wished to return to the Grand Mulet every evening, because during the night whirlwinds are liable to arise, 2nd bury all within their influences under avalanches. As this would prevent the observations from being taken as fre quently as was thought necessary, the ascent has been abandoned. _ The Castellano of Madrid contains the following :—" Fund Effendi, the Otteman Ambassador to the Court of Madrid, is at present on a tour through Spain, visiting the principal towns and monuments. When looking at the Alhambra, he readily translated into French the inscriptions on the walls, although in the ancient Moorish characters. lie afterwards visited the Charweuse, and in contemplating the ruins of that edifice, which had suffered so much from the re volutionary troubles, he exclaimed—" The hordes of Africa would not have done so much injury." LAW AND 1.0-ILICE. At the Stafford Assizes, William Beards, aged 35, was con victed of the wilful murder of Ann Griffiths, at the parish of Wednesbury, on the 16th of March last, and sentenced to be executed. _ _ Mark Sherwood was indicted at Newcastle for the murder of his wife, Ann Sherwood, in March last, found guilty, and ordered for execution. At the same Court Jane Purvis, a middle-aged woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, at Leatham Shank, near Berwick-upon•-Tweed, on the 23d of June, by cutting its throat. His Lordship having summed up, the jury, after being some time out of Court, found the prisoner guilty of concealing the birth.—To be imprisoned for twelve calendar months. At Bodmin, ➢latthew Weeks was indicted for the wilful murder of Charlotte Dimond, on the 14th of April last, by cutting her throat. The jury retired for about half an hour, and the foreman then said, " We are of opinion that the pri• soner is guilty." The Learned Judge then put on the black cap and passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, assuring him that no mercy could be extended to him in this world. The particulars of this extraordinary murder are given in the assizes reports. James Frost, aged 33, was charged, at Norwich, with the wilful murder of Harriet Frost on the Bth of April last. When called on to plead to the indictment, he said guilty enough in the eyes of the world, but not of God. He was acquitted on the ground of insanity. The following is a summary of the arson cases which stood for trial at Norwich—they were ten in number, and the par ties implicated were ten also ; of these there were, convicted, 4 ; acquitted, 2 ; bills ignored, 4 ; total, 10. C 0 MitT-L-P11.13 X 4 0 rif AB X. B. On Saturday Viscount and Viscountess FaTnerston enter tained Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord William Russell, Lord and Lady Seymour, Dowager Lady Holland, Mr. M. Mines, Mr. E. Landseer, Mr. Samuel Rogrs, and a distinguished circle at dinner, at their mansiP;n, in Carlton House-terrace. A small party as sembleil after dinner, the visitors including Baron Nieumann, Chevalier Bunsen, Duchess De Coigny and Mdlle. De Coigny, the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Count Jarnac, Marquis of Worcester, Countess Cadogan and Ladies Au gusta and Honoria Cadogan, Countess of Mount Edgecumbe and Misses Macdonald, Countess of Mexborough and Lady Sarah ,Saville, Earl of Auckland and lion. Misses Eden, Sir Robert and Lady Sale and Mrs. Sturt, Viscount and Vis countess Ponsonby, Lord Foley and Hon. Miss A. Foley, Lord Campbell, Mr. T. Duncombe, &c. Sir Robert Peel has, we believe, accepted an invitation from the Duke of Rutland, to meet a select party, at Long shawe, Derbyshire, for grouse shooting, about the middle of the month. _ _ _ The Duke of Rutland and Lady Adeliza Manners and Lord George Manners have arrived in town, from Southampton, after a cruise in the Noble Duke's yacht, Resolution. The Duke purposes early next week to repair to Longshawe, his shooting box in Derbyshire, where his Grace will receive a distinguished party for grouse shooting. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have gone on a tour of the German Spas. The Noble Earl and Countess left town on Thursday, and embarked the following day for Ostend. We hear their absence on the Continent is not likely to be protracted beyond three months. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford left Goodwood. Park on Saturday, and have joined the circle assembled at Arundel Castle, the seat of the Duke of Norfolk. Lord Southampton is among the guests at present partaking the Noble Duke's hospitality. The Earl and Countess Grosvenor and family have left town for the season. The Duke of Sutherland, accompanied by his eldest son, the Marquis of Stafford, was expected to leave Trentham for Scotland on Saturday last. Viscount and Viscountess Canterbury, who have during their sojourn in town been residing with the Countess of Blessington, at Kensington-gore, left on Thursday last for Rockbeare House, near Exeter, for the autumn. Viscount Morpeth has left Trentham, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, for Castle Howard, the Earl of Carlisle's family seat in Yorkshire. Lady Jeinima Eliot and family have left Dover-street for Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall, and at the close of the Parliament will be joined by Lord Eliot, who will remain there a short time with his family. and then go to Dublin for the winter. _ . _The Hon. George Wentworth Fitawilliam, M.P., arrived at Mortimer House on Saturday, from a visit to the Hon. Mr. Wodehouse, in Norfolk, and leaves town to-day for the Earl of Yarborough's seat, in the Isle of Wight. Earl Fitz william and the Ladies Fitzwilliam remain at Milton. THE NELSON MONUMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - Stn,-1 have read your very just remarks in your leading article of yesterday, relative to the penurious conduct of the aristocracy in not affording the means for furnishing the Nel son Monument in Trafalgar-square. I subscribed ten pounds towards it, and am willing to double my subscription ; and if others, who can better afford it, will do the same, the monu ment may, and will, be finished by Nelson's admiring ccun• trymen, who will have an opportunity of returning to the Emperor of Russia his munificent donation, accompanied with their best thanks, &c. The sum voted by Parliament for its completion may be invested for its repair. The monument will then be what it professed to be, a grateful tribute of affection to the departed hero, erected by the voluntary sub scription of his surviving countrymen. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Weymouth, August 4, 1844. J. L. FAT AL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. Yesterday afternoon, as a party of youths were amusing themselves in a small skiff, nearly opposite to Somerset-wharf, Bankside, one of them who - was rowing, caught what is technically called " a crab," and losing his balance, fell backward, and, at the same moment, the boat got athwart the hawse of a sailing barge moored in the river, and upset. One unfortu nate lad, the son of a respectable hatter, residing in Union street, Borough, named Harrison, was immediately drawn under, and carried away by the tide and drowned. The re mainder were saved by the praiseworthy promptitude of the master of one of the Chelsea steamers. Tux HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appreciated to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred, its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as the " genuine" Macassar Oil whereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son, and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders abortiveany attempt to discover its component parts—thus provingi the imposition of all other articles bearing the title of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—All others are fraiidule-,' counterfeits! TRAVELLERS IN ITALY.—These who contemplate spending the ensuing autumn and winter under Italian skies, will be gratified to learn that a new and accom plished Lady Guide and Travelling Companion offers herself to their notice, in the person of Mrs. Ashton Yates (wife of the late Member for Carlow), whose two delightful volumes on Italy are just published. They are precisely those light, off-hand travelling sketches of the places they depict which travellers desire to meet with ; telling just so much of each as to secure the reader against overlooking anything specially worth visiting, yet not enough of any to blunt the curiosity or fatigue the attention of those who desire to examine and explore for themselves. The chief places visited during this pleasant " Winter in Italy," are Perugia, R ome , Cisterna, Naples, Florence, Bologna, Ferrara, Padua, and Venice—returning . to England by the Tyrol, The form of narrative is the happy and appropriate one —especially in the case of a lady of familiar letters— doubtless the identical missives which Mrs. Ashton Yates , dispatched home to her friends and relatives during her absence. ' Earl Spencer, on leaving town after his r eturn to Spencer House from the agricultural show at Southampton, went to Longford Hall, Derbyshire, to attend the funeral of the latuetated Dowager Counter?) of Leicester. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1844. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The very serious difficulties lately raised touching the legality of marriages celebrated by ministers of the Presbytery, in the north and other parts of Ire laud, will probably be fresh in the recollection of our readers. It having become necessary to test the va- lidity of such marriages by an appeal to the Irish Bench, the venerable judges of the sister kingdom— (to the no small dismay of all persons comprised in the Presbyterian connexion, and the surprise of most people in England who had interested themselves in the progress and decision of the question referred to the arbitration of those learned persons)—concurred in announcing their solemn judgment to be "that such marriages, so performed by Presbyterian ministers, would not he recognised as valid by the law of this realm." A Bill, having for its object to remedy this serious anomaly in our general Marriage Law in fu ture, and a Bill having retractive operation to validate and confirm all de facto marriages of this nature already celebrated, were the two measures which it was judged necessary to propound, on this matter, for the sanction of Parliament. There could be little difficulty or hesitation in dealing with the latter, which every principle of equity and policy appeared equally to call for. The former measure, it was an ticipated, could not be devised without considerable embarrassment as to the best methods of obviating the recurrence of similar difficulties to those which had just been brought under the consideration of our Courts of Law, and, by appeal, under the review of the House of Lords. These anticipations were fully verified in the subsequent deliberations, long and con flicting as they were, of the Peers upon the Marriages (Ireland) Bill. A copy of this Bill (as amended by the Lords' Committee), entitled "An Act for Mar riages in Ireland ; and for registering such mar riages" (brought from the Lords on the 10th instant, and ordered to be printed by the Commons on the 29th), is now before us. This Bill consists of eighty-five clauses and seven schedules. The preamble recites the expediency "of amending the law of marriages in Ireland, and pro viding the means for a register of the marriages of her Majesty's subjects," there. The want of a well digested, faithful, and carefully-preserved marriage register is one of the most serious inconveniences under which organised society at this time of day and in this kingdom can labour. Such a register is essential, as among the best authenticated documents to govern the right descent of titles and honours, the representation of property, &c., &c., in litigated cases. Clauses 1 to 16 enact that after the 31st of March, 1845, all rules prescribed by the rubric concerning the solemnisation of marriages shall continue to be observed, except in the cases after provided for in this Bill, by every person in holy orders of the United Church of England and Ireland, who shall solemnize any marriage in Ireland. The giving notice to the registrar, and the issue of his certificate for marriage without license, may be used, and shall stand in lieu of publication of banns, to all intents and purposes, wherein such publi cation shall have been made, provided the marriage be solemnised within his district, by whom the certificate is issued; seven days notice to be given to the Surrogate before any license granted, not being a special license, the new rights of the Arch bishop of ARMAGH and his successor, and his and their proper officers to grant marriage licenses—and mar riages by any Roman Catholic priest which may be now lawfully celebrated, nor the registration of any Roman Catholic chapel being in any wise affected — but remaining, on the contrary, unaltered by this Bill. Marriages between parties, one or both of them Presbyterians, may be solemnized in certified meeting-houses between eight in the morning and two in the afternoon, in presence of two or more credible witnesses, and with open doors, always provided there be no lawful im pediment in the way of such marriages—by license from a Presbyterian minister or by banns. Where both parties are Presbyterians, banns shall be pub lished in presence of a Presbyterian minister, in the Presbyterian meeting-house, certified as above, fre quented by the congregation whereof the parties are members ; six days' previous notice, at the least, to be given to the Presbyterian mi nisters before the publication of banns. Each presbytery is to appoint a minister to certify meeting-houses; such minister to send to the regis trar a certificate signed in duplicate by him of the particulars of every such marriage (after a form in the schedule) ; the registrar will remit them to the Regis trar-General, who shall cause such meeting-house to be entered in a book, to be kept for this purpose, at the general registry-office. Every minister so appointed and approved is authorised to grant licenses for marriages in any Presbyterian meeting-house so certified, being within his presbytery after a certain form presented in one of the schedules ; but he shall previously to exercising the power give security to the Registrar-General in 1001. for the due and faith ful execution of his office. Before any such license is granted by such minister, one of the two parties to be married must appear before him to take an oath in the usual forms required by the existing Marriage Act (as to the absence of legal impediment by reason of consanguinity or otherwise ; and, in cases of minors, the written consent of parents or other lawful guardians duly appointed, &c.) The applicant for license to produce from the minister of the congregation, whereof he or she is a member, a certificate in the form set forth in Schedule D, which certificate is to be in all cases fairly copied by the officiating minister into his "Marriage Notice Book." A caveat may be lodged with the minister against grant of a license in any case, duly signed by party entering the same. Marriages of Quakers and Jews may continue to be solemnised after manner respectively observed with regard to them under the present law. Notice of every intended marriage must be given to the registrar of the district, who will enter all such notices in a book, and afterwards publish them, and after expiration of seven days, if marriage is to be solemnised by license, or twenty one days, if without license, the registrar shall, on demand, grant his certificate of notice, fee Is. Clauses 17 to 32 regard the forms of the certificates to be furnished, and state in what manner certificates for marriage by license are to be distinguishable from other certificates ; when the issue of registrar's cer tificate may be forbidden; who shall give consent where parties are under age, and who, in the case of incapacity in such parties, every registrar empowered to grant licenses for marriages, or any buildings re gistered within his particular district, but such license shall not extend to marriages to be solemnised ac cording to the rites of the United Church of England and Ireland in any church or chapel thereof. The certificate of the applicant's appearance before regis trar to be produced before grant of license ; and no marriage, except by license, to be solemnised until twenty-one days filler entry of notice; and where such notice or license is not acted on for three months, notice, &c., must be renewed. Forms to be observed in delivery of such certificates, and solemnisation of such marriages, in presence of a registrar and two witnesses, and amount of fees payable to minister and registrar. After any such marriage shall have been solemnised, proof of residence of parties, or of consent of guardians, &c. (where one or both parties still minors, shall not be necssary to establish validity of such marriage.)—Cl. 32. This clause is one of the best, we think, in the whole Bill. The true policy of the Legislature should be to affirm that which our highest authorities in the canon and spiritual law, in dealing with the law of marriage, have held to be essential to the true interests of so ciety; namely, to keep up a broad and well-defined dis tinction between marriages void, and marriages voidable ; rigorously to restrain within its pre. sent limits, that class of marriages which from "law ful impediments" or other disqualifying circumstances are, as it were, ipso facto, or ab initio, illegal and void ; and jealously to discourage any attempt to mul tiply the cases in which, by appeal to the legal tribu nals of the country, marriages are sought to be ren dered void from informality, irregularities sanctioned by custom, though not recognised by law, omissions or oversights in personal description, or other accidents and contingencies not affecting the moral status of, nor necessarily implying in, the parties themselves any guilty knowledge of, or connivance at, such in formality or irregularity (as the case may be). Clauses 33 to 39 enact " that, in order to relieve the parish church, or any chapel mar riageswedhaecrcceohirnudrincgh inhabitants of populous districts remote from the ceremonies lawfully of the rites m a a y n dbe lawfully toof England and Ireland," Bishops, with consent of patrons and incumbents, may license chapels for the solemnisation of such marriages ; but patron or incumbent may appeal to Archbishop against such licenses ; notices of such license to be affixed on walls of such chapels; ceremonial to be the same as that of our parish churches ; Bishop, with consent of Archbishop, may revoke such licenses; steps to be thereupon taken, &c. By clauses 43 to 47 persons on duly entering caveats are declared liable to costs and damages ; persons making false declara tions, &c., are guilty of perjury; persons unduly solemnising marriages in Ireland, or any other place than a church or chapel of the Church of England and Ireland, or a Presbyterian meeting-house or registered building certified under this Act, except by special license from the Archbishop of Armagh, or otherwise solemnising marriages, without publica tion of banns or license, or any registrars unduly issuing certificates, shall each and all of them be guilty of felony. By clause 51 it is enacted that in cases of fraudulent marriages, the guilty party shall forfeit all property accruing from the marriage, as in 4 Geo. IV., c. 76. The other clauses of the Bill appear to regard, principally, details of registration, salaries of officers, &c., penalties, and the means of receiving them, for the falsification or wilful defacement of re gisters. The 83d clause comprehends the retroacting confirmation, we' have mentioned, of " certain mar riages that have, in divers instances, been bad, and celebrated in Ireland by Presbyterian, and other Protestant or Dissenting ministers or teachers, or between persons of the same or different religious per suasions." It declares these to be valid "as if such marriages had been solemnised by clergymen of the United Church of England and Ireland." Upon the whole, and with some few exceptions only, we think this is a large and fair Bill, well cal culated to relieve the parties for whose benefit it is especially intended, from the effects of the anomalies complained of in times past, and to protect them from the recurrence of such vexations in times to come. SWEDEN. SPEECH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN ON OPENING THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATES-GENERAL, JULY 20, 1844 The position which I occupy in this sacred place, in the midst of the States-General of Sweden, brings to all our minds the recollection of a great and irreparable loss, and the first words that I have to utter, are accompanied with unaffected grief and deep regret. These feelings must ever be yours as well as mine, and they are no more than a just tribute to him who now reposes in the peaceful tomb, my venerated father. His memory is dear to the two States that he by his power and genius united in ties which are in dissoluble. By their union he established for the north a new source of strength and glory. It is in the firm main.• tenance of that which has been accomplished, and in bro therly concord and sameness of object, that we ground our future hopes, and find the best security for the independence and the welfare of the Scandinavian people. The first meeting of a monarch with the representatives of a nation, in order to concert what may be necessary for the future, is always an important and solemn proceeding. Much depends upon intimate communication. From that springs confidence in vows and pledges, just actions are assured, and, with the assistance of Providence, the repose and prosperity of the country we love will thus be promoted and established. In the temple of God we have invoked the protection of the All Powerful. His strength is indispensable to the ac complishment of the high duties imposed upon us all; we rely upon it for the performance of our mutual obligations and attachments; for fidelity, benevolence, and concord. I promise you, Gentlemen, to defend and maintain justice and truth, to help onwards the progress of knowledge, and to encourage and promote, by my efforts, the development of all those noble and endearing qualities that are to be found in the manly character and energies of the natives and inha bitants of the hardy north. These are my resolves :to you I look for a sincere co- operation, and for reliance upon the purity of my exertions for the good of our country—for the welfare of a magnanimous people. In calling you together, Gentlemen, in an Extraordinary Diet, I do but gratify my lively desire to meet the AsSembly at an epoch which is a solemn one both for me and for you, that you may, at the earliest possible moment, be prepared for the consideration of those important arrangements for the benefit of the State which are the objects of my solicitude, and regarding which I bespeak your prompt attention and deliberation. The great social questions that were before you in the last session will again come before you and re-claim your particular attention and investigation. I shall cause to be brought before you, in due course, various matters of deep interest, and one of the earliest of these will be a project for a new criminal code, in conformity to the times in which we live, wherein we should studiously endeavour to combine with the severity needful for the repression and punishment of offences the respect and tender regard which, as rulers and law-makers, we owe to the dignity of man. Appreciating the importance and necessity of amending and simplifying the administration of our internal concerns and the completion of our system of defence, I commend to your instant attention the consideration of these vital ques tions. With regard to the accomplishment of the public works to which I intend, at a future period, to invite your concurrence, I propose to make them one of the subjects to be submitted to you in a new Extraordinary Diet. It is with the most lively satisfaction that I communicate to you the fact that ny accession to the throne has been viewed by all the Foreign Powers with the most gratifying friendship and good wishes. I shall take an early occasion to make to you the necessary communications on this and other points of interest. The relations of these united kingdoms with the States of Northern Africa, and the payment of an annual tribute, are injurious to our commerce, and incompatible with our , na . . tional dignity. I have firmly resolved to break through an exaction which all the Powers of Europe, except ourselves, have long since refused to pay. My feeling on this matter is strong ; and I have reason to expect that the negotiations which have been opened with reference to it will terminate pacifically, and to your satisfaction. The patriotic sentiments and feelings with which you are all animated, Gentlemen, will guide you in your delibera tions, and influence and facilitate your decisions. I pray the Almighty to be with you, and assure you all of my royal regard and affection. UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. The Great Western, Captain Matthews, which left New York on the 20th of July, arrived here to-day, at noon, with sixty-five passengers, after a run of fourteen days and sixteen hours. The treaty for the annexation of Texas, although thrown out by the Senate during the late session, is in tended by Mr. Tyler to be the ground upon which he again claims to be continued during another term in the Presidential chair. The candidates in the field, Messrs. Clay and Polk, are both, if not opposed to, neutral on the subject of annexation, but it is a darling scheme with the retiring President, and accordingly, he has pub lished in the Government paper, the Madisonian, a number of " secret" documents hich he sent to the Senate while that body, with closed doors, was debating the project, with a view to induce them to pass it. First, there is a " a message," from Mr. Tyler to the Senate, in which he strongly expresses his own opinion in favour , of the treaty, as the only remedy of keeping Texas out of the clutches of England ; the message also shows, 1 that General Jackson entertains the same sentiment as ' Mr. Tyler himself, and all this is strengthened by the testimony of Mr. President Houston. A letter from a I Mr. Allen to a Mr. Walker, dated Houston, March 1, 1844, shows the feeling in Texas in favour of the annexa tion, and that "if the effort fails, President Houston will make a free trade treaty with England." Finally, there is a " circular," addressed to the French, Spa nish, English, and Russian Ministers, by an employe of the Mexican Government, in which the Santa Anna version of the project is put forth. This document goes at considerable length into the subject, and shows that the treaty, if effected, would be an act of gross injustice to Mexico, as that country has never acknowledged the independence of Texas, and still regards it as a province of the mother country. The floods on the Mississippi had receded ; not, how ever, without doing serious injury. In many districts what are called by the Americans " bottom lands" had been much injured by the great deposit of sand, amount ing in some instances to five feet deep, having been left when the floods receded. The riots in Philadelphia continued to be discussed in every part of the union, eliciting a variety of opinions, according to the views of the respective parties. An in vestigation had taken place, and the circumstances will the attention party of ha thed diedi courtsn theof justice. interim Some and t h o e f affair appears to have left behind a rankling feeling between the Irish and the native American people, the the results of which will, in all probability, lead to serious co llisions hereafter in other quarters. One of the pri mary causes of the riots—the absence of a police force occupy wounded sufficiently strong to keep the peace —appears to have been overlooked in the discussions with which the Ame rican papers teem. The Toronto Examiner of July 17th contains a long account of what might have proved a very serious and bloody riot, between a number of Orangemen and a large party of Roman Catholic labourers, who assembled in the neighbourhood of that city. It appears that the Orange party had formed the intention of going on board a steamer, with their party colours, music, and deadly weapons, to the Falls of Niagara, where they intended to have passed a gala day, and dined at the hotel, on the British side of the falls. The Roman Catholic labourers assembled, to the number of 1,500, and declared that unless the badges of the Orange party were suppressed, the arms thrown away, and every symptom of tin offen sive character taken from them, they would prevent the excursion. The Orange party, fearing the consequences, consented, and thus a breach of the peace, which, had it occurred, would have been of a deadly character, was prevented. The labourers were armed with muskets, bayonets, scythes, reaping hooks, and every imaginable instrument of destruction. These party broils between the Catholic and the Orange ;parties are giving much annoyance to the local authorities in Canada. The following is the commercial summary of the New York Commercial Advertiser for the week ending the 20th of July : " The appearance of business indicates greater activity in the commercial circles than has prevailed for the last few weeks, and there is every prospect that the commu nity will be actively engaged at a period earlier than ordinary in corresponding seasons. The imports for the fall trade are now coming in quite freely, and as the West and South have hitherto bought but moderately, and are not supposed to have large stocks of merchandise on hand, it may reasonably be expected that the sales to the country will exceed those of either of the two or three previous years. . _ _ " During that time the country has been recovering from the effects of the great revulsion, and progressively improving its condition." The New York Express says:— " The weather since the sailing of the Britannia has continued fine, and there has been nothing received in the city in relation to the harvest to lessen the prospect of a most abundant crop of wheat, corn, &c. The far mers will thus be able to send a large amount of pork and beef to market." In Canada the crops are represented as being above an average, a part of which will go to swell the large amount of grain and produce generally, that can be exported to Europe, in the event of a demand in that quarter. EXCHANGE.—There has been a fair amount of busi ness in foreign bills for transmission per the Great Western. The transaction in bills on London have been at from 109 to 1091. The latest quotations are 1094 to 1091. Some drawers ask 109/1, and some small bills, with first-rate names, have been purchased at 1094, but the market cannot fairly be quoted at over 1094. On Paris we quote at sf. 27k to sf. 264. Her Majesty's Attorney-General, Sir W. Webb Follett, and family embarked at the Blackwall pier on Satur day morning on board the General Steam Navigation Com pany's Mail steam-packet Giraffe, Capt. R. Stranach, for Rotterdam. _ 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 " Stuckey's Patent System of Filtration," in preference to the troublesome and expensive sand-beds 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 for ourselves.—Bolton Free Press. ARRIVAL OF THE lOIVA INDIANS IN LONDON. — A party of Indians, of the lowa tribe, whose hunting grounds are some hundreds of miles west of the Mississippi, arrived in town last week, at the terminus of the London and Birming ham Itaihvay, Euston-square, from Liverpool, where they de barked from the Oxford, American packet-ship, on Monday. The party consists of the aristocracy of the tribe, and includes the principal chief of the lowas, the " Great Medicine," or "Mystery Man," who, as his title implies, is the " medical adviser" of the tribe, and who is en attendant on the party in case of sickness or accident, a third chief, five " braves" or warriors, four squaws or wives, a little boy and girl, and a " pitpoose," or infant. FORTNIGHTLY DISPATCH Of MAILS TO INDIA.— We are informed on good authority that her Majesty's Go vernment are industriously engaged in the consideration of some important arrangements, tending to facilitate the over land communication with India, and the establishment of mails once a fortnight to and from our possessions in the east, infisold of goutbly al at pregnt. MAGAZINES-(CON TIN UED). HOOD'S MAGAZINE. As usual, we received this Magazine at so la'.e an hour that we were unable to include it yesterday among our Monthly Notices. We have cast our eye hastily over its contents, and have been amused with the spirit and ingenuity that not a few of the articles exhibit. The first is from the pen of the Editor, and is a continuation of a tale entitled " Our Family." The sketch of the parish apothecary, Postle, is the best thing in the present chapters, and contains several racy touches of character. in the "Festival at Basle" an account is given of a desperate battle fought by the Swiss against the French and Austrians in the year 1444, the anniversary of which has ever since been held by the patriotic mountaineers. The "Boy and the Angel" is a quaint and somewhat mystical poem by Mr. Browning, who is but too apt to deal in the obscure and the mysterious. The "Polka" is a lively prose sketch, in which occur one one or two smart hits at the politics of the party of Young England. We subjoin the following pleasing and unaffected sonnet, which is the production of a lady who signs herself " Gertrude":— Oh! not for cities' smoke and sultry toil Is the fresh glory of this summer day: Tlaste, spread thy wings, and from the vain turmoil Spring like freed bird from prison-cage away! Whitt halcyon life awaits thee - in the woods, The tangled deep luxuriance of green shade, Where the mind revels in those rainbow moods By thousand links of thought and feeling made! ... Go, fling thee down in somesequester'd nook, Where the glad stream in chequer'd sunlight flows : No need hast thou of comrade or of book, Whose heart responsive still to Nature glows: Let but a wild flower at thy feet be springing, And all thy poet's soul will break forth into singing ! ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE. We miss the Editor's allegorical " Chronicles of Clovernook" this month—a sad miss, for they are usually the cleverest and most thoughtful articles in the Illuminated Magazine. In lieu of these, however, Mr. Jerrold contributes one of those short, racy tales of real life conveying a useful moral, in which he so greatly excels, and which is called "Lizzy's Black Hair." The subject of the story is soon told. A poor village girl, whose parents are in the lowest state of destitution, refuses to have her luxuriant back hair cut off—an act of presumption which so shocks the squire's lady, who has no notion of poverty giving itself airs, and presuming to be vain, that from that moment she withdraws her gracious patronage from the fair offender. Slight as is this incident, Mr. Jerrold has turned into excellent account in his usual caustic manner. The " True and Particular Story of King Midas" is a humorous poem of the Ingoldsby school. The illustrations, as usual, are of a very su perior character. SPORTING MAGAZINE. There are two embellishments in the present number of this veteran periodical—one representing the well-known game of " thimble-rig," as played by the knowing ones at Epsom and Ascot before Sir James Graham interdicted the amusement; and the other, which is called " Aeronautics," representing a heron flying away with a small bird which she has pierced with her long, sharp bill. The first plate is the best, and exhibits much variety of low, flash, sporting character. Among the literary contents, in addition to the usual sporting intelligence of the month, we find a whimsical account in verse of the late remarkable trial in the Court of Exchequer before Mr. Baron Alderson respecting the case of Running Rein. BANKER'S MAGAZINE. This Magazine, as will be anticipated from its title, is exclusively of a practical character, and con tains some intelligent observations on the subject of the "Income-tax," whose objectionable features are forcibly pointed out, together with the injurious effect they have had on many banking establishments, and on joint-stock companies generally. It is easier to show the mischief than the utility of the income tax, notwithstanding that Sir Robert Peel is so firmly persuaded of the excellence of this odious impost. POLYTECHNIC REVIEIV. Among the other articles in the August Number of this periodical, there is one on the subject of the "Metropolitan Buildings Bill," now on its passage through the House of Lords, which the writer, surely without sufficient reason, defines as "a Bill of pains and penalties for the protection of London from further extension." The descriptive " Sketches of Constantinople," a hackneyed, and indeed exhausted subject, is treated with skill and vivacity. FISHER'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. In the article on the subject of " Sir Charles Met calfe in Canada," a complete exposition is given of the question in dispute between this Governor and his Executive Council, apparently by a writer who has had peculiar means of obtaining authentic information. This is the most important feature in the Number, which contains, in addition, a vast mass of the most recent colonial and commercial intelligence, drawn up minutely and circumstantially. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES. That our return of the four days' racing went less into detail than its extraordinary interest merited, is attributable solely to the little time allowed to collect, put in shape, and forward the results for publication the following morning. Commencing each day at half-past twelve, and with only half-hour intervals between the different events, the racing was not over until half-past seven o'clock on Tuesday, half-past five on Wednesday, six o'clock on Thursday, and half-past five on Friday—a profusion of entertainment that has never been equalled at this or any other meeting. Without the most rigid attention to the order of running the proceedings would have been wearisome to the company, and it is due to the professional riders to state that the wishes of the stewards in this respect, as in all others, were strictly obeyed. The amateurs were also kept up to the mark on the first and second days, but on the last were evi• dently impressed with a notion that time was made for slaves, not for gentlemen, of which they were only dis abused by a wholesale infliction of 5/. penalties. We trust Sir Watkin Wynn, who evinced as much impar tiality as rigour in this respect, will see that the fines are not nominal—the paid jockeys, we suspect, receive no mercy, nor should those who ride only for amuse ment. Of the stewardship altogether, from first to last, it is impossible to speak too highly; it was active, efficient, and courteous. We are not aware that its power was enforced in more than two cases of default. One as against an individual (Mr. A.) who lost a large stake on the Derby, in Coronation's year, but who has lately been tacitly admitted into the " ring " on payment of a composition of half a crown in the pound; and the other against a Mr. J., from Hull ; the half-crown com promise was not recognised, and the second party not having even this excuse, both were warned of The starting, with two or three exceptions, was creditable to Mr. Bayly—of the judge's decisions it is scarcely neces sary to speak. Mr. Clark's character for impartiality and correctness is too firmly established to require a word of commendation. The arrangements, however, admirable on the whole, were not exactly faultless ; the numbers of the starting horses and the names of the jockeys were exhibited on the first three days with all necessary dispatch, but it was otherwise on the Friday ; the numbers were slow in making their appearance, and in some races the riders names did not appear at all. This arose from the multiplicity of duties forced upon the judge, and the almost indiscriminate admission into the weighing stand of persons who had no business there whatever. This may be prevented next year, by the employment of a regular clerk of the scales, and by sta tioning more competent men at the entrance. In respect of the racing we have hitherto spoken in general terms ; a few figures will help us in proving the correctness of our original estimate of the number and value of the prizes to be contested: — Number of Races. Number of Starters Value. Tuesday.... 12 Wednesday 7 Thursday... 12 Friday Total... 40 244 £24,900 In the above we have included forfeits, walks-over, and the winners' stakes, but not dead heats, or more than one heat for the plates, amounting, in addition, to seven races. The greatest winners (their own stakes included) were the Earl of Eglintoun, 5,1851., Lord Stanley, 3,600 k, Mr. Wreford, 3,205 k, the Duke of Richmond, 3,1721. 10s., Lord G. Bentinck, 2,815 k, Mr. Gully, 1,752/. 10s., Mr. Gratwicke, 1,1504, Mr. Salvin (the Cup included), 1,040 k, Lord Chesterfield (the Chesterfield Cup), 630/, and Cap tain Harcourt (Stewards' Cup included), 5704 The Goodwood stable, which started nearly eighty horses, won thirteen races, J o hn Day's four, Fohert's (Lord Eglinton's) four, Scott's two, Boyce's two, Forth's two, Hesseltine's, and several others, one each. Lord Stanley is one of the stewards elect for 1845. The Goodwood Stakes already . has nearly 120 sub scribers, the Cup upwards of 30, and the March Stakes nearly 50k LATEST BETTING AT GOODWOOD. ST. LEGER. a ag a y gs st t 6 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bay Momus 10 to evening 3,5001. to 1,0001. was laid agst 1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken freely 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer 12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess 16 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh Lo Mr r . a S s a ta lv n in le 's y T ,s h i e th C ur ur i e ei The Cure, the bet, we believe, to be void unless the mone y be posted this day (Monday), and the party failing to forfeit 1001. 1,4001. to 8001. was laid agst The Cure and Ithuriel. Ons3:rill THE DERBY. 9 to 2 agst John Day's lot 18 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt-20 to 1 t freely 25 to 1 agst Captain Delme's Alarm—taken 25 to 1 agst General Yates's Seaman—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantesa—•taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Nutbourne—taken 35 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Twig—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Somers. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear• the-way—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince—taken. 1,000 even laid between the field and the following lots — John Day's, John Scott's, Colonel Peel's, and Boyce's. The betting very heavy. THE LATE JOHN TRAVERS, ESQ. A meeting of merchants, bankers, and traders, took place, on Saturday, at the Hall of Commerce, Thread needle-street, for the purpose of adopting some mode of testifying the respect entertained for the public and pri vate worth of the late Mr. Travers, the City supporter of the Reform Bill. Amongst the company present we noticed Mr. Patti son, M.P., Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., Mr. S. J. Loyd, Mr. G. W. Norman, the Baron de Roths child, Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., Mr. C. Pearson (City Solicitor), Mr. R. Gibbs, Mr. G. M. Simpson, Mr. S. Amory, Mr. G. H. Heppell, Mr. J. Underwood, Mr. W. Wansey, Mr. D. W. Wire, Sir G. H. De Larpent, Bart., Mr. J. H. Denied, Mr. T. H. Hall, Mr. J. Towgood, Mr. J. Lister, and many other distinguished and wealthy citizens. Mr. J. PATTISON, M.P., having been called to the chair, expressed in a few brief and emphatic words the high value he set on the public and private worth of Mr. Travers, and said that in that most excellent i ndividual he had lost a sincere friend, and the public had lost a most able and upright man. He thought something ought to be done to perpetuate the sense entertained by all parties of his eminent public and private services. Mr. G. W. NORMAN , Bank Director, in rising to move a resolution, said, that he did so under a strong sense of duty. It was difficult, if not impossible, to find a man with qualifications so rare, and so admirably fitted to adorn both public and private character. It would be a source of deep regret if so excellent a man should pass away from the scene of existence without record or no tice of his eminent services. —(Hear.) Although he (Mr. Norman) had not had the honour of a personal acquaint ance with the late Mr. Travers, so as to be able to estimate his character fully, he had looked at it both as a political and a commercial man. With respect to his public cha racter, none could deny that he was a good citizen and art upright merchant, and that in all his views he was only actuated by one object—the welfare of his country and the common happiness of all.—(Cheers.) In the share Mr. Travers took in the public affairs of the City, he was equally worthy of love and admiration. His extra ordinary high mindedness—his perfect negation of self —the absence of all personal ambition, were most dis tinctly marked in him, and shone out more conspicuously in him than in other men. Some were actuated by motives of personal ambition, some desirous to obtain office, distinction, or power, but Mr. Travers, throwing all these aside, looked only to the common weal, and sought only those measures and supported only those men whom, he believed, were anxious, like himself, to do good to all.—(Loud cheers.) He should be sorry, indeed, that such a man should be forgotten, or that the citizens of London should not adopt some means to recal his public and private virtues to the notice of a future generation.—(Cheers.) Mr. Norman concluded a speech of great feeling, of which we have room to give but a slight sketch, by moving " That the late John Tracers, Esq., during his life, by his high commercial enterprise and skill, his spotless honour as a merchant, his large and benevolent views as a citizen, his public services, his unostentatious charity, and his general kindness and suavity of manner, having won the esteem of his fellow-citizens in an eminent degree, his death is a public calamity." Mr. R. GIBBS said it was with mixed pain and plea sure be rose to second the motion. He had almost a daily acquaintance with Mr. Travers for twenty years, and he solemnly believed that the equal of that most excellent man, in all things, was not to be found in the city of London.—(Cheers.) Mr. S. J. LOYD moved the next resolution, " To ap point a committee to consider the best mode of carrying the wishes o f the meeting into effect." He said that it was with deep regret he was called upon to express his sentiments on this occasion from his inadequacy to do justice to the subject. He admired so much the high in tegrity of Mr. Travers's character, and was so struck by his perfect sincerity in all that he undertook, and by the absence of all personal and selfish motives, that he thought some means ought to be devised to show the sense entertained by his contemporaries of his exalted merit.—(Cheers.) Mr. FORSTER, M.P., seconded the motion. Other resolutions were moved, seconded, and adopted, by Mr. Ashurst and Mr. Heathfield i and the names of Mr. A. W. Roberts, Mr. Dillon, Mr. W. J. Denison, MP., Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. W. G. Prescott, Mr. E. Divett, M.P., Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., Mr. H. J. Prescott, Mr. D. W. Harvey, and others, having been added to the Committee, the meeting adjourned until the Sub-Committee should be prepared to report what means should be adopted as most likely to meet the wishes of all parties. THE LATE DR. DALTON.—The death of this amiable and distinguished philosopher and Iphilanthro. pist is mentioned in our obituary. Dr. Dalton had been for more than half a century an active and invaluable member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, having, together with his friend Dr. Edward Holme, M.D. F.L.S., been elected on the 25th April, 1794. Indeed, they were the oldest surviving members of the Society, with the sole exception of Sir George Philips, Bart., who became a member in 1785. Dr. Dalton had been president of this Society since 1817. In 1788, he commenced his " Meteorological Observations," which have been continued to the present time. In 1793, he published a volume of " Meteorological Ob servations and Essays;" a work which displays much original thinking, and the germs of some of Dalton's after discoveries. Some time afterwards he was ap pointed to the situation of Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the New College, Mosley-street, Manchester. He resided for about six years within this Institution, with which Dr. Barnes was contempo raneously connected as Theological Professor, and con tinued to hold his office until the college was finally removed to York. On withdrawing from the college, in the year 1799, Dalton began to teach mathematics and natural philosophy, at his own residence. The deceased was a member of the Society of Friends. During the present week several meetings have been held in Manchester with a view to devise some public tribute to the memory of the deceased.—Liverpool eery. SALE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LATE DUKE 00 SUSSEX.—The principal lots sold on Saturday, which closed the sale, were the following :—A Greek New Testament, written in the 13th century upon vellum, with an illumination at the commencement of each Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, written in 1295 by Thee. dore, the fellow countrymen of the saints, purchased by Messrs. Payne and Foss for 70/. ; the New Testament, translated by Wickliffe, a very fine manuscript on vellum, r size 7i inches by 5f inches, 91/., Pickering ; and a col lection of 800 letters referring to the Synod of Dort, 16L, purchased by Mr. D. Turner, the banker of Nov , with. The first day's sale realised 871/. Is. 6d., the second day 877/. 7s. the third day 936/. 75., and Satur• day's 4501. 10s., making a total of 3,134/. 15s. 6d. The catalogtie of the third and last division of the late Duke's library will be issued on Monday. This division is corn. posed of works in general literature, and embraces many books of extreme rarity. In one book, a copy of Hall's Chronicle, to be sold early, is an autograph of the un• happy Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, which, is supposed to be unique. TWENTY HOUSES CONSUMED AT EXETER: OM Saturday, the various insurance offices throughout the metropolis received information of a most disastrous fire breaking out at Exeter on Friday morning, and destroy ing upwards of twenty houses, besides other property of great value. From the few particulars received it op• pears that on the alarm being raised, at about half past ten o'clock, the fire was found raging in the extensive warehouse, tallow stores, and melting-house, belonging to Mr. Tackett, which were situate in the centre of the most densely populated spot in the city of Exeter, eallod St. Mary Arches-street, opposite the Jew's Synagogue. It was supposed to have originated in consequence of the foul state of the furnace flues of the melting-house, for.wheX discovered, the flames were issuing out of a crevice in the chimney, and the fire had communicated to several tons of tallow, straw, and reeds deposited in the floors just above. From thence the flames extended with awful velocity to other parts of the manufactory and the ware. , house, which was soon alight in every direction. The numerous engines belonging to the city, were brought to the scene soon after the alarm had been made, as well Al three engines from the barracks, with about two hunw dred and fifty privates of the 13th Dragoon Guards. The latter rendered the most important services to the inha bitants in saving their property, but the engines stood useless in the street for an hour and upwards for a sup. ply of water, the conflagration in the meantime destroy. ing no fewer than twenty of the surrounding houses, some in Garden T -square and the remainder in Synagogue-lane. The loss of property t w h a s e m a t o n least k sp pleasant and U p t a o g agreeable nine eea b o l 'clock e men. A ft er Friday a night the fire had not been entirely subdued. Within Tu the tones of the organ were sounding to comfortable meal and an hour's chat by the fire, we were shown to our chambers, and slept well, after a fatiguing day, on the good clean beds of the convent. Next morn- W the e i n e l 3 rose M l" early, As while without the wind vas howling as it does on the wild over p snow-clad December nights at home. How beautiful • it was—the worship of God on this dreary mountain top ! I felt its beauty, as I listened to those deep organ tones, and heard the solemn chaunt of the priests in the mass ; and I honoured in my heart these holy men, who devote them• selves to this monotonous and self-denying life in order to do good, in the spirit of their Master, to the bodies and souls of men. Nor did I honour them the less that they were Romanists and monks of St. Augustine ; for well I knew that for a thousand years Romanists and monks ofSk Augustine had done the good deeds that they were doing—. and that when none else could do them. A man must be blinded indeed by prejudice or bigotry that cannot see the monuments of Catholic virtue and the evidences of Catholic piety in every country in Europe; and worse than blind must he be that will not acknowledge and honour them when he does see them."—Dr. Durbin'a Observations in Europe.—[Dr. Durbin is a Wesleyan minister, and the President of Dickenson College, in the United States.] On Friday, Mr. Edward Manning, of Gayton i ; whilst on a visit at his brothers, at Massingham, put an end to his existence by shooting into his mouth with a gun. Although his face and neck were dread fully mutilated, the unfortunate young man survived four hours after the rash transaction, when death put jui end to his sufferings. A Coroner's inquest was held eaa the body, and a verdict of insanity returned.—lpswich Mercury. A youth named Frederic Goat, about eighteen years old, was accidentally drowned at Massinghato Friday. Verdict accordingly.—lpswich Mercury. sweetly, wc f o un dheeptl ay COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Tho Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk this morning in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness also took an airing in the afternoon in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving. The Hon. Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay performed Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle to-day. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings this forenoon. In the afternoon the Royal Family were again taken out in the gardens. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing this afternoon in an open carriage, from her resi dence, Frogmore Lodge. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert prome naded on the terrace of the Castle in the forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken a drive yesterday morning in an open carriage. Her Majesty's private Band was in attendance after dinner at the Castle on Friday, and performed during the evening. The Duchess of Gloucester came to town on Saturday from Kew, and paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Duke of Cambridge left town on Saturday morn ing, attended by Baron Knesebeck, for Cashiobury Park, the seat of the Earl of Essex. The Royal Duke re turned to Cambridge House yesterday evening. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and th e P r i ncess M ary of Cambridge, attended Divine service yesterday morn ing, at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday morning, at twelve o'clock, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Stanley, :the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Iladdington, Lord Wharn cliffe, Mr. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Granville Somerset, and Sir Edward Knatchbtlll. The Council remained in de liberation above three hours. Mr. Wakley, M.P., had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday. Lord Stanley arrived in town on Friday night from Goodwood. , His Excellency M. Dedel had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. His Excellency had also an interview with the Noble Earl on Friday. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office, on Saturday, to the Governor-General of Canada. THE MINISTERIAL WHITE BAIT DINNER. On Saturday last her Majesty's Ministers had their annual white bait dinner at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich. The Waterman's steamer, No. 12, was specially engaged for the occasion. The party em barked at Hungerford about six o'clock, and pro ceeded down the river, receiving a salute on passing the General Steam Navigation Company's-yard at Deptford, and arrived at the tavern in twenty-eight minutes, where an excellently arranged floating pier led into the house, by which means landing was effected without inconvenience from the weather, which was squally. There were present Lord Hawarden, in the chair, Sir R. Peel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Henry Baring, Mr. Pringle, Mr. John Young, Secretary of the Treasury; Lord Arthur Lennox, Si r G eorge Cl er k, Sir Thomas Fre mantle, Sir Jame s G ra h am, H on. H. M a nners Sutton, Viscount Canning, ord Lord Stanley, Mr. George Hope, Sir Geo. Cockburn, Hon. Captain Gordon, Admiral Bowles, Right lion. Henry Corry, Hon. Sydney Herbert, Sir George Seymour, Colonel Peel, Captain Boldero, Sir E. R na t c hb u ll , D u k e o f Buccleuch, Earl of Beverly, Earl J ermyn, M r . B on ham, Sir Fred. Trench, Earl of Dalhousie, Hon. Mr. B. Baring, Mr. Emmerson Tennent, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Geo. Somerset, Earl of Lincoln, Right Hon. John Nicholl, Lord Eli o t , t h e Attorney - G enera l f or Ire land, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Lord Ernest Bruce, Right Hon. Col. Dawson Darner, Earl of Warwick, Earl of Hardwicke, Viscount Hawarden, Captain Meynell, Lord Redesdale, Sir A. C. Grant, Mr. Horace Twiss, M r . C harles R oss , M r . H o l mes, Viscount Castlere ag h , M r. Pem b erton L e i g h, Vi scount Sandon, Earl Bathurst, and Mr. Greene. The party re turnedveyance. at half-past ten by the same con to tow" INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm i —l would respectfully call your attention to the above measure, which, although calculated to do a great deal of good in the cases of honest debtors, is likely to work cruel injustice to creditors in cases of dishonesty, for whilst the Act will offer every facility to fraudulent debtors, it will afford no protection to creditors. "A debtor, if he acts fraudulently, may be indicted for a misdemeanor, and, if convicted, be imprisoned conversant w th it e h re crin; i w sh ill fraud i I t s beh would seem sufficient to pre afve that effect ? o n un h d . a creditor Narennxtiofurasutdu; punish for three years." Who will ultra anxious t isdebtor as to pursue ina a l n p a r . ocee . dings knows how him into a criminal court, and i o n n d e i c c t o ? n v his own . cost ? Every difficult it is to convict on it is seldom that such an indictmentindictment for fraud; difficulty in proving the animus f succeeds from the should the creditor fail in establishing guilt he would not only be subject to his own costs proceed ings, but would ex p ose himself to an action for a of the malicious prosecuti on at the suit of his debtor (a pauper), and who, suing as a pauper, would protect himself against the payment o f any other hand, should he su cceed, he will costs. On the expended double t he amount of his debtll probably in have the " gratification" of punishinc, his debtor. purchasing I again humbly submi t that the constituting a fraudulent debtor a criminal will afford no protection to creditors, and he ncefor th roguish debtors will pass unpunished, and, in many cases, retain, in defiance of his creditors, a fun d for his future maintenance. _ Yours, obediently, A CREDITOR. Aug. 3, 1844. PowrsmouTll.—Van Amburgh has been here since Monday, exhibiting his splendid lot of horses, lions, and tigers. His amphitheatre is erected on land adjoini wing. ng Southsea Commo n , and has been filled to overflo The sagacity of his e l ep h ant i s wonderful —every day this noble and tractable animal (an Asiatic, one of some twenty years growth) has been brought down to the beach, opposite th e Ki ng ' s Rooms, to bathe in the sea, where a, where he s eems t o enjoy himself in his ablu tions r olling and wall ow i ng about in the surf, a occasionally gong entirely under water, and swimming out for a short distance. lie generally remains in the the water half an hou. This no ve l s i ght has attracted thousands of pool?le to the beach, many of whom come provided with fruit and biscuits, with which they feast the poor fellow, who is so quiet and careful that we observed children running about under his legs at play. Van Amburgh leaves on Saturday morning for Chi chester. It is a fact worthy of notice, that during the last eight days, in the extensive district of North Shields, comprising a population of 30,000 persons , death and the sexton have had no employment,— Tyne Mercury. __ 1