The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

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Her Majesty and his Royal highness t 4 Buckingham Palace at one o'clock, in an open car of%, attended by the Dach*Bucclench, Mistress a t ti e n n ,°bes, and the Marc of Douro, Lady in sitin g , Lb, raids of honour in Waiting, and the Master of ,„gorse oecupied another open carriage. o r? e Lnrd Steward, the Lord Cham rlain, and Groom S i d Stile to Prince Albert, were third carriage; Sir George Meynell, Groom in airing, General • # a, Anson, Groom in Waitirp; to Prince Albert. g e „"hel Arbuthnot, Equerry in W, Siting, and Major -1,,,"eral Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert, re in a fourth carriage. 1 . 4 1 ' 11 ' Robe r t P ee l, an d o th er C o mmissioners for encou brng the Fi ne A r t s i n the rebuilding of the Palace of : s ti tr ainster, received her Majesty and Prince Alb ert at C o , n 'a. ll . and also Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary of the teics 4l3l- sion. The Commissioners and Mr. Eastlake After the ill us t r i o us party through the exhib i tion. lb e ft " inspecting the collection, her Majesty and Prince it took th e i r d epar t ure , and returned to Buckirg• 1 1 1 Pala ce soon a f ter two ‘' c lock. I t i n er Royal H glii:ess the Princess litiyal w-is taken an 1.1 ce g Yesterday in the royal gardots ot . . Buckin--: ; hatn "L. Glli 8 R oyal Highness Prince Alh , rt. attend 11 t:ythe ( Plitit of Exet, , r, Lord George Lennox. and Mao. - ceral Sir Edward Bowater, :eft B-tekiughain Palace 4: 4 Y before eight o'tdock vcstertlay , ve•ittg, f,r t h ,fer Rall,.to honour with their presence the pAtfurtn tb—"of the ora t or i o o f St. Paul, by the Sacred liar ze Society. C:he foll ow i ng h a d the honoor of dining with the t l i i %n Yesterday evening at, Ftn•kingtham Palace : .1 15 elgian Minister and M:dame V.:n de Weyer, the .?! George Liverpool, and Selina, Viscowness Milton, and r eeorge Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. it IS Royal Highness the Duke of Ca mbrid g e left town 1, f o ur o'clock yesterday afternoon fur Bagshut-park, on liiit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. i k ' Royal Highness the Duchess of Cianbridge, t t Mpanied by the Princess Mary , and attended byar tMess Ahlefeldt, honoured the exhibition of the te et Y of Painters in Water Colours with a visit yes ay 114 Meeting of several of the Cabinet Ministers was - b„,,; Yesterday. Lord • Wharncliffe,- the Duke of 1 41 - 4'euch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl• of Fladdington, 1114 -Sir James Graham. were present. The Lord Ad t OF Scotland was in attendance. T he eb Post mas t er -General had an interview with the r es i l c rellor o f th e Exchequer yesterday, at his official b. nee in Downing-street. g I V - Itches from - the' Governor of the Cape of Good I t t i e t and also from. the Governor of St. Helena , we re iv ed yesterdAY at the Colonial-office. 1 , 0 , , LLOYD'S SHIPPING. box, JUNE 28-Wind light, N.W. breeze, and cloudy. k e „; 4l ., JUNE 27.-Wind, N.E. light and cloudy weather. - k t i• - George Delius, Port Rico for Bremen ; Tropicus , for Rotterdam ; Tancred, Smith, St. Lucia ; Blenkin, Port Cabello for Altona. Sld. Donna Maria, 11• C cif Good Hope ; Durango and James, Ichaboe ; Bertha, k e ; Cai ro , S ou th am pt on and Quebec, and a number of i g' , vessels. • e r ,:orrsmotrrya, JUNE 27.-Wind, E.N.E. and W.S.W. -Off, )1 3 3', Mollison, Ceylon ; Bengal, Galis, St. Joh n ' s, New rtie sw • ic e . 14,! - ID , tount, JUNE 27.-Wind S.W.-Sld. Nautilus, Que (lff, Queen, M'Leod, Calcutta, left St. Helena 11th ult. FD'rtea.atFroN, JUNE 27.-Sld. Pacha stea mer, Lisbon, &c. BNIOUTH, JUNE 27. - Wind variable an d li g ht.-Off, il ee of Wales, Hopkins, Calcutta, left the Cape of Good Ae sth ult eoe,, . thtto JUNE 27.-A large schooner, water - logged and 'toned, with onl foremast an bowrit passed Ist inst standing, and r..a making a clean breach over d her, w sp as ~ 0 , lon. 55. by the Sarah, off the ight. r. , l ' THE WIGHT, JUNE 24.- W a, Astre Pernambuco, for 0 4 1111 allrgn ; Remeis, Jamaica, for ditto; Amph itrite, New to r e ans, for ditto ; Elizabeth, Porto Rico ; B. Bolen, ditto, cli ts _wemen • Apprentice, Havannah, for Antwerp ; So ca, v o io, for Dantzic ; Sarah barque, for London; Mary Hay , um, Launceston. k ot °l :GLAs, Ist.E or MAN, JUNE 25.-The Speedwell, of last "and lime laden, took fire in Castletown Harbou r, 19th ftand vial scuttled. lI:ErtPoo L , JUNE 27.-Wind N., light. - Arrd. T arolenta, T w fork, 15th Met, Sailed, 26, Stephen Whitny , Ne w York ; Barton, Canton, and Covenanter, Quebec. 27, Sir 11,, , „,. Peel, Edwards, China ; Stow, Cape of Good i Mare Hamsel, Ichaboe ; ElizabetleValpso Boston;dgar, ki i "`e l - 1 , Ceara ; Rob Roy, Virginia ; Palmyra, Bar, and Elgin, St. Andrew's ; Washington, St John's, New AZ,tisvvick ; M ar y an d Ann, Newfoundland, off Stirlingsh ire. t ott r-Ttglish brig, said to be from Texas to England, with tilt O n , Was ashore on the Quick Sands, near Key 'West, 26th . 6; I 4 art of cargo landed oneach. 11, tat TIN, JITNE 25.-Shi. Garonne, Antigua; Indian Q ueen, " t badoe s ; Hibernia, Newfoundland. • - EAST INDIA SHIPPING. t Arriv a l s. -- Queen, M'Leod, from Bengal , off Pl y - Z i t h, sailed March 5, St. Helena May 12 ; Prince of Hopkins, from Bengal, off Falmouth, sailed • ofn eh 5, Cape.Ma; 5 ; Cressy, M.wllison, from. Ceylon, I,' , ortsmouth, sailed Feb 17, Cape April 11, St. He - ' April 29 ; Sir Charles Napier, Wright, from Ben iqf th , Wight, sailed Dee. 27, Mauritius Feb. 16, fr„P e April 12, S. H-lena April 29 ; Cove. Palmer, liauritius, off Dartmouth, saved Feb. 20, Cape f t .L u l 12, St. Helena April 28 ; Mary Hay, Winer, 1.440 run Di' men's Laid, off the Wight; ...died from ar rivals Feb. 29.. ri t crrivai s a t At. Helena-Protomelia, May 3, from M 9.11- % 41 4 11 % and sailed 6th to Londm ; Pandora, from Bengal, railed 4•11 to Liverpool ; Bengal, 4th from Bengal, sailed 6th to Bordeaux; Commodore, from Bombay, nd Bailod 4th to Liverpool ; Sirius. from Batavia, and g' ll 6th to Amsterdam; D.-Ita, 3d. from Java, and sailed_ t ' 1,9 Dordrecht ; Viselmore, from Bengal, ajad sailed t° Bordeaux; H.M.S. Childers, from China, and sailed t i " to En g l an d ; El o r a , 6th. from China, and sai led 6th to i t Zpool ; Osiris, from Batavia, and sa iled 7th to Am t.?) p a "); Blucher, f . om Coast of Africa, and sailed, B th. ernambtico ; Franziska, from Sourabaya, and sailed, , to Hamburgh; Rubens, from Batavia , a nd sailed, 7th, Ontwerp; Malabar. from Bombay , and sailed, 6th, to t o ve rPool; Lalla Ruokh, 7th, from Bengal, and sailed Bth, Btrrvlon ; Earl Powis, Soutter , fro m Ben g al, and sailed, X' to Liverpool; Theresia, from Jaya, and sai l e d Bth, to edam ; Eden, Boyce, from Bengal, and sailed, 9th, to tr a i l n ; Argyle, Walsh, Bth, feom Coast of Africa, and th t p`") 9th, to Cork; Affiance, Spencer, from Bengal, and tilted, 9th. to London; Timor, from Java, and sailed, 9th, Prcirecht ; Sultan, 9th, from Ceylon ; Louisa Camp- Qll ' from China and Cape ; Alfred, 10th, from Batavia ; L . !ka, from Cape ; Lord Saumarez, Grace, and Munster t - 4 71 fro m C oas t o f Africa; Hope, from Ceylon ; Ford llth, from Sydney and Cape; Mohawk , fro m Bom ; rtna tl m of Muskat, from Adelaide. Arrivals in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope-Lord I,4lll4;erford, Pigott, April 20th, from Portsmouth, and May 2 3, to Madras ; her Majesty's ship Win ester, 22d, from Rio. ti.4kreivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope-Esper - Ire, April 18th, and Sylvia. 1 9 'h, from Newcastle ; and sailed from Leith; Louisa Campbell, 19th, from China , kJ sailed, 27th, to London ; Scotia, 22d, from China, L: l sailed, 28th, to London ; Mary , Sharp, 20th, from l e h rel° and sailed, 20th , to Sydney; Louisa , 26th, from ~ ; Ann, 29th, from Algoa Bay ; Barrys, from .4 4 Beaufort ; Lord Keane, 30th, from Port Philip; ) 1 1 1841 a, from Batavia; Vigilant, May 3d, from London. j i ,,,ePartures from Table Bay-Florentia, April 17, t o la v „" g °n ; Bland, 18th, to Bengal ; Rebecca , to Ang ra 2orne; Alfred, 19th, to St. Helena ; Duke of Argy ll, t zti o, to L on d on ; M eg gie, 21st, to Mauritius ; Anne, 2let ; •Dorcas, 22d, to Ichaboe ; Phoenix, 27 th, to j . ,,,c ) a , Bay ; General Scott, 28th, to Manilla ; Agnes , A t zt ' May 1, to Mauritius ; Britannia and Favorite, to th ,Ra, Pequina ; Catherine, Jamieson, 3 d, to St. Hele na Leith. 2 A rrivals in Algoa Bay-Ann, Roberts, April 20 ; 42 erpa, 21st, from Table Bay ; Curlew, 14th ; Lynher , d /• f rom London. t v '' Q Partures from Algoa Bay - Ann , Cauvin , April 22, r • 2, able Bay ; Assume, to London ; Anne Roberts , ",', to Mauritius. D eparture f rom Simon's Bay-Her Majesty's steamer 11 1 1 de:bolt, April 27, to West coast. V l l , r rivals at Laun •eston. Van Diemen's Land-Ellen, Feb. 12, from London, and sailed 21st, to Port 1 1 ', 1 1) ; Tobago, 21st, Henry, 22d, from Port Philip ; s itlgton from Portland Bay ; Diana, 23d, from Port -1) ePy a, r , ures from Launceston-William Wise and ` Tir Y, F.. 1). 22, to London ; Mary Ano to Sydney. 'rivals at Hobart Town-Enterprise, Townsend, 17 , from Low' andkCowes. SUMMER CIRCUITS.-1844. he otice is 1;t ays for further nof trial at the severa assi d zes, are of the dates and for the places as under -1 D e ntioned • Saturday, J une 28 —C ar diff. 134 11 t1 " 44 71 .Tune 29—Abingdon, York and City, Hertford, W uckinziain, and Winchester. e thlesday J u l 3—Oxford, Bedford, Newton, and Car flUarthen' a ll t (l u,T2 JulY s—Northampton and Chelmsford. A "ian July 6—Huntingdon and Dolgelly. Juli B—Cambridge and Dorchester. Nedliesdav July 10-oakham. da y , July' 12—Lincoln, Worcester, Carnarvon, Haverford :est and Town. • .ST tirCI4 Y, July 13—Ipswich, Exeter and City. July 15—Durham, Bcaumaris, and Cardigan. /'rtr' s dav, July 17—Nottingham and Town. t at ,', 4 3_,'. July 19= -Stafford, Lewes, Ruthin, and Brecon. lit" l uaY, July 20—Derbv, Norwich and City, and Bodmin. F i ."3 7. , July 222 2 —Ne'-eastle aad Town, Guildford and e d, cine3d aY , July 24—Leicester and Borough, and Mold. e L he Y s i,July 26—Shrewsbury, Chester, North Wales Circuit , s at • .er, South Wales Circuit. 1 4 41.44 ,Y, July 27—Coventry, Carlisl2, Wells, Warwick, and 4 ( 11 ‘a3, July 29—Appleby. gat x : c laY, July 31—Monmouth and Lancaster. a•Y, August 3—De v izes, and Gloucester and City. wZY August s—Liverpool. "lan August 7—Bristol. th hutribc,r of fowls are kept in the stable-yard of 1 , .v ti e ri l 3".Y at Hot e l, th e h en! depositing their eggs in ever uus t , ests upon th e p remis e s . It is customary, when on e'-tgs are fo un d, to ta k e t h em ou t o f eac h nes t, ex cept i$ left behind. Some weeks ago, two of the „ er ,la who were accustomed to lay their hegs in the same tiZt, became what is called broody, and alternately sat upon . °, III Y tha regularly in the nest ; whenever one left tiiii,.st.la-other took her place, and in the due 14.11 for' to the solitary chicken was hatched. Both M d .! ki tallY t and carefully.perform the duties of a mother, whe r , s) ,,, l4 a nY artimosity appearing between them, and iz se i ve d r ovl one eh b , : e o. b id y s ortr the chicken, the other lays 4her side, and spreads her wing • e l. t 6 bacl of the other hen. It is an old saying that 1, pecson " struts about like a hen with y4 l; 7 ne g e tt i t l ek," but there may- be seen a petted . chicken .. st . r .. ut , - / out between two mothers, showing no (*cute(' 11, either.—Plymouth Journal. /010 fo l Liotpe „t, 4 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE RACES,---ThuRsDAY. The Grand Stand or Tyne Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added. T.Y.C. (21 Subs.) Mr. Hesse'tine's ➢larion Ramsay Mr. Bell's f by Romulus, dam by Vanish Mr. Kitching's br or b f by Voltaire, out of Priscilla Tom- boy's dam Mr. Headlam's fby Tomboy, dam by Dr. Syntax Mr. Osbaldeston's fby the Saddler, out of Miss Etty Mr. A. Johnstone's ch cby St. Martin, out of Marchioness 6 Won easy by three parts of a length. The Gold Cup of 1501., by subs, of 10 sous. each, the surplus in specie. The second to receive 20 SOTS. Two miles. (21 Subs.) Mr. M. Bell nd Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs (Templeman) 1 Mr. Bell's Winesour, 4 yrs 2 Betting 8 and 10 to 1 on Alice, who won; pulling hard, by half a neck. The Members' Plate Handicap of 10 soya. each, with 50 added ; once round and a distance. (23 Subs.) Mr. F: Walker's Ravensworth, 4 yrs, Est 51b.....(Abda1e) 1 Mr. Meiklim's Poussin, 4 yrs, Est 111 b Sir C. Monck's Flagstnan, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b 3 Mr. Allen's The Wasp, 5 yrs, 7st 21b 4 Won by two lengths. The Victoria Whip Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 15 added ; one mile, were won in four well-contested heats, by Mr. T. Walker's The Nobbler, 3 yrs, (Wintringham), beating Mr. Ayres's Inheritress, Mr. Chilton's Sheet Anchor filly, Mr. Lamb's Lady Flora, Lord Normanby's Lorimer, and two others. LUDLOW RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Ludlow Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared, with 30 added. Once round and a diAance. Mr. Wadlow's Tippoo, aged, walked over. The Maiden Plate of 50/. Heats, as above. Mr. Flintoff's Countess of Lichfield, 4 yrs 2 1 1 Mr. G. Ongley's The Mouse, 3 yrs 1 2 3 Mr. Jones's fby Jupiter, 3 yrs 4 0 2 Mr. W. Andrews br g by Dr. Faustus, out of Dr Allen's darn, 3 vrs Mr. Minor's Sinbad, 4 yrs .. ... 3 0 0 The Oakley Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats. Ludlow Stakes' Course. Mr. E. Herbert's Tariff, 5 yrs Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 3 yrs Sir C. Cockerell's Stelae, 3 yrs ...... 2 3 dr. Mr. Flintoff's The Exciseman, 4 yrs 0 3 dr. THAMES YACHT CLUB. The practice of handicapping was never resorted to in this distinguished club until Thursday. The presentation of a valuable painting by Mr. Candy, the marine artist, was the occasion of the public being favoured with a race of this novel but beautiful description. The weather was in the morning exceedingly unfavourable, the rain at intervals falling heavily, notwithstanding which there was a good sprinkle of fashionable company on board the Comet, which had been engaged by the Club for the accommodation of themselves and visitors. The steamer left her moorings at a little after nine, and having added a few subscribers to her number on board at Blackwell, proceeded to Gravesend, from which place, in order to have plenty of room for a full fleet, the match had been arranged to start from thence, and to sail round the Nore Light and back. The following yachts were at their stations at half-past twelve, the Enigma, Spartan, and Phantom being iron boats : Enigma, 25 tons, crimson Maltese cross and bells; Spar tan, 18 tons, blue and white vertically; Exquisite, 15 tons, white, blue cross, gold star; Rival, 10 tons, red and white quartered; Phantom, 20 tons, white andblue border. The wind blew lightly from the north-east, and at ten minutes to one, at about half ebb, the signal was fired, and the yachts were off. On this occasion, contrary to general practice, the boats started with their mainsails and topsails set, and a portion did not get under under weigh cleverly, in consequence of not holding on their springs taut at the time they canted. The Spartan took the lead, closely followed by the Rival, the Enigma being third, and the Phantom fourth. The wind was favourable for the yachts either way, being what is termed " a soldier's breeze," and only required them to make a couple of boards in the Lower Hope, it being, with this exception, a reaching wind all the way down. Within a quarter of a mile of the starting-place the Enigma ran by the Rival, and immediately after this, on the breeze freshening as the boats entered the Lower Hope, the Phantom took the third place, but did not keep it long, as in the opening of Sea Reach she went up to the Enigma's near quarter, and directly after passed her to - windward. Off Shellhaven the Phaiitom had reached abreast of the Spartan, and gradually went by her, and from this time no change of the slightest importance took place. The boats rounded the Nora light in the following order :—The Phantom, 14 min. 5 sec. past three ; the Enigma, 15 min. past three ; the Spartan, 20 min. past three ; and the Exquisite, at 20 min. 10 sec. past three. From this moment the match might fairly be said, barring accident,, to be over. The ebb had not done running out, and the boats turned into the slack on the south shore, where they continued until the turn of the tide, no change whatever occurring on the way up, and the b oa t s roun ded the flag-buoy at Gravesend in the following or d er:— sec p P a h st a l tom th , e a s t plartOsaenc., at to sixl2 in. min. 37 sec. past ; t h e Ex ; the Enigma, a t 3 m i n. 45 (visite, at 12 min. 45 sec. past ; and the Rival, at 26 min. to seven. The Commodore presented the painting, with a high com pliment on his sailing, to Mr. Wilkinson, who ack now l edged it with an appropriate speech. The subject was, the Gnome and Sabrina passing to leeward of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and Lord Yarborough returning their salute. Th e M arquis of Anglesey's Pearl (with her Noble owner on board), L or d Alfred Paget's Mystery, and other gentlemen's beats accom panied the race. Amongst the company on board the steamer were Lord Suffield, and Lord Clarence Paget. THE TOWER REGATTA. The annual grand scullers' match took place on Th ursday. lewas to be decided in four heats, by six watermen, viz.:-- First Heat—John Warwick, yellow; James Robinson, purple; John Statiphrey, red. Second Heat—Benjamin T. Vans, green ; William Bremley, pink; George James, light blue. The first heat was won, after a spirited contest, by Robin son, who took the lead, and kept it throughout. The second heat was won by James. The third heat, rowed for by the second and third men from the previous heats, was cleverly won by Vans. The fourth and grand heat, which did not take place till eight o'clock in the evening, e xc i te d the greatest attention, and attracted crowds of persons to the Custom-house Quay, Tower-bill, and neighbourhood. After an arduous struggle, Robinson (purple) won by twelve boats' length, Vans (green) coming in second, and James (light blue) third. The latter was the favourite, but, like some favourites on the turf, was not destined to win. The whole of the heats were good—superior to most of the previous Tower Regattas ; and the excellent arrangement did gre a credit to Mr. Robert Eallem, the manager. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—We understand that wor kmen have been for some time past en coac h establishment of Messrs. Russell andgaLee d nee, in in the b ui lding the carriages for traffic on the North British Railway'. The contract, we have heard , amounts wards of 100 carriages, consisting, in about equaltopurpo-- portions, of the first, second, and third-class description. —Edinburgh Advertiser. THE LATE MR. BECEFORD.—The curious and hi g hly interesting personal reminiscences of the cele brated author of " athek," which appeared i n the Junenu m ber of the New Monthly Magazine, will, we under stand, be c ontinued in the forthcoming numb er for July,and will inclu de to p ics of a still more att ractive and x citing character ; such, for exam p le, as Mr. Beckfored'; own personal recollections, given in his own words, of t h e great Lord Chatham , of Lord Camden, of / r Wilkes, of William Pitt, of " Anastasius" Hope f , Horace Walpole , of S trawberr y -hill, of Beckford's o ow n father, the celeb rated Alderman Beckf ord , of the "bonny" Duchess of Gordon, of Madam de Stael in her early youth, and, among more modern p eo p l e , of Bul wer, Lockhart, Theodore Hook, Sir Robert Peel, g ce . STATE OF TRADE AT LIVERPOOL.—There i s but little to remark under this head. A moderate business is going on generally, while in some branches a material improvement is observable. The country trade has not yet regained the position it was in previous to the re verses of the last two or three years. and in the agricul tural districts, especially, there is still only a very slight increase in the demand for exciseable articles. In the manufacturing towns there is a prosperous business, and, from present appearances, it is likely to continue. We have had a more general demand for cotton in the market, and prices of some descriptions are again a shade higher, the article, generally, bearing a more healthy ap pearance. Speculation has been engaged in to a small extent, but the large show of cotton in the market has prevented any very extensive operations. The losses to importers are very considerable, yet the large houses are free sellers. The West India interest cannot yet con ceal their disgust at the late Ministerial measures ; in deed, the continued fall in price of sugar and coffee will suffice occasionally to remind them of the kindness of their friends. It is every day becoming more evident, that unless some very stringent and additional clauses are introduced into the Sugar Bill, it must have the effect, when it comes into operation, in about six months, of reducing prices very considerably.—Liverpool Mercury. A SHIP ON FIRE OFF THE TOWER.—On Thursday morning, at about four o'clock, a fire, which raged for upwards of three hours, producing the greatest excitement on the river, broke out on board a fine brig, 280 tons burthen, called the Galena, Mr. Dutchen master, at anchor off the Tower. She was laden with a cargo of tea, sugar, bales of cotton, and about thirty barrels of tar, and was to have sailed for Newcastle in the course of the day. The Thames police, it appears, were the first to discover the fire, by observing it, as they were rowing past in their galley, and upon their alarm- ing the crew, and removing the hatchways, the cargo imme diately beneath was found in flames. Large quantities of water were thrown down amongst the cargo in the hope of Stoppi ng the fire, but without success, and so furious were its ravages, th a t w i t hi n an h o ur the hip was in flames from stem to stern, and there seemed not the slightest probability of any part of her being saved. Two powerful floating engines of the brigade were soon brought alongside and put into play, but the fire still continued to rage, and it was deemed prudent to scuttle her, which had barely been effect ed before she fell over, and 'nearly engulphed one of the en gines. The loss will be very considerable, and which is only partially insured. now Tn at n a CONVICT n edth e D solicitorf m A s io — r A pai ll hope having vi a g rrY presented a ppeittaitliponuntios h t m he e n Secretary o o f n St, e t e ground, fora r t e n m a a t i ss great r o e n a t r o e p f r e t e h j u e d c i a c e existed against the unfortunate man in the Public mind, and 7 a l s o that the evidence on which he was convicted mustno means of a conclusive character, and that the jur y have entertained great doubt of his gut,l in consequence of their long deliberations. To this petition an unfavourable answer has been returned, and the sentence will undoubtedly be carried into execution at nine o'clock on Monday morni ng . Th e convict has been inform ed of the unsuccessful e fforts made on his behalf in order to save his life, for which he ex pressed the greatest gratitude to those benevolent individuals who had so deeply interested themselves in his fate, and merely added that he expected to die, and was resigned to the change which so shortly awaited him. It was not until yes terday afternoon that the convict despaired of receiving a re prieve, but his firmness and presence of mind have never for , saken him. Up to the present time he still insists on his innocence, and maintains that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity. He states his motive for surrendering him self up to justice was, that he felt he was a persecuted man. CHANGE OF REGIMENTS.—The following changes in the Household Cavalry Regiments will take place on Monday next, the Ist of July. The Ist Regiment of Life Guards from Windsor to Regent's Park Barracks ; the 2d Lifr Guards from Regent's Park to Hyde Park Barracks; and the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) from Hyde Park Barracks to Windsor. THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1844. THE NEW POST-OFFICE STAMP. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Tne principle of atmospheric propulsion for railways has lately assumed a degree of importance which its previous aspect rendered it but little likely to attain. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. We find in Australian letters, recently received, and which, from the various meetings of the proprietors of the banks established here in connexion with the colonies, are at pre sent invested with some interest, the following account of an apparently little known district in Western Australia : "The harbour of St. George's Sound is accessible, at all times, by vessels of the largest size, and is, in every respect, one of the best harbours in the world. The geographical position of King George's Sound is excellent, as it lies directly in the track of vessels proceeding from Europe, or from the Cape of Good Hope, to the colonies of South Australia, Port Philip, Van Diemen's Land, and New South Wales, being, according to the great navigator, Flinders, about 150 miles to the eastward of Cape Leeawin ; and with the safe and ex cellent roadstead two harbours are connected, sheltered from all winds, and completely landlocked—Princess Royal Har bour to the west, and Oyster Harbour to the north—the former having an entrance and secure anchorage within, for the largest ships ; but the entrance to the latter has not more than fifteen feet at high water. Plenty of wood and good water are to be had in either of these harbours, and also in the sound. . It forms a most convenient place of resort for ves sels engaged in the southern whalefishery, or proceeding to or from any of the settlements of Australia, whilst it possesses every requisite for commercial purposes. In the vicinity above-mentioned a small town was formed, and named Albany : the district is named Plantagenet. The fine country which commences about thirty miles north of Albany, extends in that direction for a long distance, and is admirably adapted for agricultural and pastoral purposes. Much of the land hereabouts is fertile, well watered, and of a very pleasing appearance, and it yields crops of grain, fully equal in quantity and quality, to those produced in the best parts of the colony of Van Diemen's Land, celebrated for growing the finest wheat ever seen in the London corn market. The town of Albany is, by land, nearly 300, and, by sea, about 450 miles from Perth, the capital of the colony of Western Australia. The intermediate country has bees frequently traversed, and found fully equal to the most favoured portions of Terra• Australia, or the Great South Land. The overland journey has been much enjoyed by many, and every person who has written on the subject dilates, with enthusiasm, upon the beauty of the scenery, the fineness of the climate, and the extraordinary natural ad vantages of this extensive and fertile region." For the information of the reader, the distances by sea be tween King George's Sound and the principal settlements of Australia, are undermentioned. From these it will appear that the voyage from Europe, or the Cope of Good Hope, may be made thither in less time, by three weeks or a month, than is occupied in proceeding to Van Diemen's Land or New South Wales, namely Miles. King George's Sound is distant by sea, from Swan River, Western Australia, about 450 Adelaide, South AustraliA Port Philip, New South Wales l,BOO Van Diemen's Land ... Sydney, New South Wales 2,700 To prevent any misconception, it may be as well to repeat here an observation previously made, namely, " that the country around the shores of the harbour, and for some dis tance inland, is mostly poor and sandy; but the fine country commences about twenty-five or thirty miles north of Al bany, extends in that direction for a long distance, and is admirably adapted for pastoral and agricultural purposes." you are always ready to notice in your excellent journal any suggestion likely to promote the good of the community, I take the liberty of recommending that means should be taken to induce the Government to bring out a new Post-office stamp, which might be charged an extra penny, and be labelled " Warranted not to be opened by Sir James Graham." This would raise a considerable revenue, and re store in some measure confidence with the public, which the Post-office has lost by recent exposures. I remain, Sir, yours , A CONSTANT READER. 1 Sheffield, June 26, 1844. Fcw subjects of practical science have given rise to greater diversity of opinion than this, and three or four professional reports upon it have lately been made. The first, by M. Mallet for the French Government, has proved to be so imperfect in the experiments, and so erroneous in the statements, that although highly laudatory of the invention, it appears to be by common consent consigned to oblivion. A report of a very different kind has lately been made by Mr. Ro bert Stephenson, and from his great experience and high character as an engineer, his deliberate and well-consi dered opinion on such a subject cannot fail to carry with it great weight. The report in question was made to the Directors of the proposed Chester and Holyhead Railway, and a short abstract of it will be interesting to those whose limited knowledge of the subject may not enable them to follow the author through all his details. After a brief description of the apparatus, Mr. Ro bert Stephenson proceeds to detail the experiments he instituted to test its powers on the Dublin and Dalkey Railway. The apparatus consists of a pipe, 15 inches diameter, extending the entire length of the railway ; and along this pipe a piston passes, to which the car riages are attached, which moves along with them, the motion being communicated to the piston by atmospheric COL. STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. "Merve, in the Tent of Ameer Sarog the Toorcomaun, 230 English miles from Bokhara, April 15, 1844. " To all the Missionary Societies, all the Philanthropic So cieties, the Societies for the Abolition of Slavery, and all Scientific Societies in England, France, Germany, Aus tria, Prussia and Russia, Sweden, Denmark, thudostan, and America. " My dear Friends, " Since I left Teheraun the prospects of my finding well and alive and free my friends Stoddart and Conolly become, with the progress of my journey towards Bokhara, dimmer and dimmer, and daily more cloudy. I find everywhere, it is true, people who tell me that both are alive—and it is also a fact that no public execution has been witnessed at Bokhara ; and it is also true that the Khaleefa, the holy dervish of Mowr, whose hospitable tent I left yesterday, escorted by one of his relations and other Toorcomauns towards Bokhara,tells me that Stoddart certainly was alive ; but it is also certain that if they are alive, they must sigh in the miserable prison called Harum !-=eray—a room which is close to-the room of the harem of the Lmeer, so that there is no possibility for them to communicate their condition to any living soul. I therefore address to you these lines from here, where I am detained to-day by the snow, that I shall be at Bokhara in five or six days, if the Umeer does not send an order to stop my progress to Char-Joo, the first frontier place of Bokhara, and where I shall arrive after to-morrow. "In case that you should not learn after mv arrival at Bokhara that both Conolly and Stoddart are dead, and even my own head has fallen by the hand of the ruler of Bokhara, I beseech you, then, to exert all your powers for some higher purpose, for some more noble purpose than avenging the death of those excellent and gallant officers and other Europeans—l mean, exert your powers, then, for the purpose of ransoming 200,000 Persian slaves, and several Italians, as Giovanni, the watchmaker, &c., who have been brought there from Khorossaun and Persia; and many thousands of those Persians have been sold for the most immoral, unren pressure, when the air is partially exhausted from the pipe by a powerful pump fixed at one end of the main. A portion only of the air can be thus exhausted from ,he pipe before the train starts ; and the remainder of the air is then pumped out as the train moves forward, tile velocity of the train being exactly equal to the rate at which the air remaining in the tube is withdrawn by the pump. The leakage of air into the partially-exhausted tube is found to be remarkably uniform at all degrees of exhaustion, the barometer guage falling about one inch per minute, when the action of the pump is stopped. As the pump, however, can only extract a given volume of air in a certain time, it follows that for every cubic foot of air leaking into the pipe when the exhaustion is equal to 15 inches of mercury, two cubic feet must be extracted by the pump in conse quence of the expansion of the air in the partially ex hausted pipe. This is one of the great fundamental 4ifficulties ; and Mr. Stephenson then goes into some calculations based upon experiments, showing a loss of power from this and other causes varying from 39 to 71 per cent. on the theoretical velocity. About 30 per cent. of this loss arises from the leakage already described; and about 41 per cent. is ascribed principally to the leakage at the piston, which is obliged to be about one inch less in diameter than the pipe; the aperture though covered by an expanding cup of leather, necessarily permitting a large quantity of air to pass in during the rapid mo tion of the piston along the pipe. Mr. Stephenson next shows the actual power expended in moving trains of different weights and at various velocities ; and by calculating the power expended in producing the partial vacuum :in the pipe before the train begins to move, and the subsequent power employed while the train is in motion, it appears that on the line at Dalkey, which is 1 mile long, the lightest train, weighing 25i tons, travelling at the rate of 344 miles per hour, con sumed a power equal to 322 horses ; and the power for other trains varied with the weight and velocity, a train of 58 tons with a velocity of 20A- miles per hour, requir ing a power equal to 506 horses. This enormous power Mr. Stephenson divides under various heads, showing the separate amounts consumed in producing the vacuum, in working the train, in the atmospheric resistance, and in the friction on the rails. A compa • rison is then made on the expenditure of power for working the incline on the Birmingham Railway at Camden-town ; from which it appears that while the loss by the atmospheric system is 74 per cent., that on the Camden incline (worked by a rope and a fixed en gine) is only 45 per cent. Calculations are then made on the cost of construction and the expense of working a railway by locomotive engines and by the atmospheric system. The extra cost of construction for the atmo spheric system Mr. Stephenson estimates at 11,000/. per mile ; from which in certain cases some deduction may be made for using increased gradients, and also a saving by dispensing with the outlay required for locomotive engines. Mr. Stephenson's report is based on mere matters of fact; and considering the occasion of his report, he has very wisely abstained from entering into any abstract theoretical questions. A very able mathematical in vestigation of several points connected with this report has, however, been made by Mr. Hera path, which has been published in the last two numbers of Herapatles Railway Journal. In this investigation Mr. Herapath has developed by mathematical analysis some most important and in teresting points, which clear up the apparent anoma lies in the experiments published by :Mr. Stephen son ; and he has deduced by an investigation, which agrees completely in its results with the experiments in question, that one great source of the immense loss of power observed in the working of the atmospheric railway arises from the friction of the air in the main, which produces a constantly varying density from one end of the pipe to the other, and causes a loss of 111 miles per hour for each mile that the length of the tube extends. The loss of velocity by this cause only would therefore, in a main four miles long. be 45 miles per hour from the theoretical velocity, even if no leakage at all occurred, leaving about 10 miles an hour as the re sulting velocity which could he obtained at the com mencement of each of the mains of four miles long. Fewer experiments have been made on the motions of air than on almost any other branch of science connected with engineering ; but Mr. Herapath has quoted from a work of high repute two experiments of a very exten sive character, which are nearly analogous to the subject under consideration, and they both failed from the same cause that he has pointed out as exerting so great an influence in the atmospheric railway. Professor Barlow and Sir Frederick Smith some time ' since also made a report to the President of the Board of Trade on the atmospheric railways, in which, although they experimented with a much less perfect apparatus, their conclusions agree well with the facts more recently developed. They arrived at the same conclusion as to the great loss of power. In Mr. Stephenson's experiments the power of the engine is calculated at the usual amount of 33,0001 b. raised one foot high as the unit of a horse's power. The state ments made by the advocates of the atmospheric system have all shown an expenditure of power enormously be low these amounts stated by Mr. Stephenson ; and it was not until the recent examination of witnesses in the Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of this invention, that it was elicited from them that all the calculations of the horse's power were made by using 66,0001 b. as the unit, thus reducing the power nominally to one-half its real amount. That a mode of calculation so totally different from anything that had ever been used before should have been thus adopted without the fact being so stated, when the object could merely be to exhibit the invention in a more favourable light than it would otherwise appear in, is calculated to throw a strong suspicion over the other statements made by the same parties ; and, indeed, these experiments of Mr. Stephenson have clearly shown that many of the statements which have been made in favour of the in vention are not to be relied on, and are at variance with the facts in some most important particulars. Were the difficulties which attend this invention purely mechanical, they would be comparatively unimportant ; for such is .the state of mechanical science at the present day, that nothing seems impossible for it to accomplish. But this invention appears to have far greater difficulties to contend with ; for, unless the experiments and deductions of some of the most scientific and practical men of the day are erroneous, the laws of nature are against its success, and those who are urging upon so impoverished a company as that of the Croydon Railway such an enormously expensive experi&nt, are incurring a responsibility of no ordinary character. It should also be observed, that Sir James M`Neil has within these few days made a report on the Atmospheric Railway, in which he arrives at exactly the same conclusion as Mr. Robert Stephenson, of its inappli cability to the ordinary purposes of railway communica tion.— Times. tionable use to Bokhara arid its neighbourhood. They are not black slaves, but white slaves. And I also beseech you to learn, should you hear of my own execution, that there was a Jew who has been enabled, by God's grace, to expose his life for the purpose of saving the lives of Gentiles. "And you, noble relations of my beloved Georgiana, should you hear that my head has fallen at Bokhara, be kind to my wife, and to my dear son, Henry Drummond Charles Wolff. " Your affectionate friend, " JOSEPH WOLFF, LL.D., D.D., " (late Curate of High Hayland, in *orkshire)." THOMAS CAMPBELL.—The remains of this great poet will be interred in the Poets' Corner, in West minster Abbey, on Wednesday next, at half-past eleven in the forenoon. The noblemen and gentlemen attend ing the funeral, as a mark of respect to his memory, will assemble at the Abbey at a quarter past eleven o'clock. The funeral procession will enter at the west door. The Ate poet, in his will, mentions two articles as the " jewels of his property." These articles consist of a silver bowl, presented to him by the students of Glasgow when he was Rector of that University, and a copy of the engraved portrait of Queen Victoria, with her Majesty's autograph to it, given to him by her Majesty. MISS CLARA SEYTON'S LECTURE ON COMEDY.— Miss Seyton repeated her lecture on comedy on Tuesday evening last, at the Princess's Concert-room. She was much applauded throughout, many of her songs were encored, and that excellent song " The Mayp )le," nar rowly escaped a double encore. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the room was crowded to excess. WRECK OF THE MANCHESTER STEAMER. The loss of the Manchester steamer, running between this port and Hamburgh, has created a degree of pain ful excitement, only second to that occasioned by the melancholy loss of the Pegasus, twelve months ago. The Manchester, however, being foreign built, and for the most part manned by foreign seamen, it has hap pened that only one or two residents of Hull were on board during her outward voyage. There is one very m,elancholy point of resemblance between the ill-fated transatlantic steamer the President and the loss of the Manchester, viz., that in both vessels every soul on board alike perished. The cause of the fearful disaster which has just befallen the Manchester, can only therefore be matter of conjecture. The evidence before us is far too slight to warrant any imputations upon the care or skill of Captain Dudley. We are, however, irresistibly reminded of a passage in a letter written by Sir John Barrow, by command of the Lords of the Admiralty last year, in which their Lord ships express an opinion that " inattention to the reckon ing, stupidity about the lights, running in thick weather, neglecting to allow for tides, bad compasses, and, above all, laziness in not heaving the lead, will amply account for every wreck on record." We should not be,justified in saying to which of these causes the loss of the Man chester is owing, or indeed that it is attributable to any of them. The deviation of the needle in steam-vessels has been known to vary from 3 deg. to 18 deg., and is therefore a not unfrequent source of error in the reckon ings of steamers. Whatever the cause, the public have the strongest possible interest in having a full and searching investi gation instituted into all the facts, so far as they can be ascertained. We believe that a sharp competition has, during the last two or three months, been carried on between the foreign Company to whom the Manchester belonged, and the owners of the Hull steamers trading to Ham burgh. The results of this rivalry have been indeed that the rates of freight upon goods, and the fares of passengers have been greatly reduced, and have been a secondary matter with both Companies, in comparison with the struggle as to which vessels should engross the, greatest share of goods and passenger traffic. We have no reason to think that the dispute's between the two Companies and the reductions in their rates of charges upon bale and other goods, have been accompanied in any 'case, by overloading their vessels, so as to diminish their efficiency as sea-boats. Nor are we justified in assert ing that the rivalry between the two Companies has been so far shared by their respective captains, as to have led them, in their desire to make quick voyages, to neglect any precautions necessary to safety, such as running in thick and stormy weather, &c. It would tend, however, to satisfy the public mind, and to place the Hull steamers right with the public, if an inquiry embracing these and other points con nected with the Manchester were set on foot. The steamers engaged on the Hull and Hamburgh station are splendid boats, and their owners are deeply interested in convincing the public that the route from this port to, the Elbe is not only the shortest, but the safest. If the re sult of inquiry afford reasons to believe that the deplo rable fate of the Manchester, her crew, and passengers, is, humanly speaking, and in all probability, attributable solely to the severe stress of weather, and not to Any want of competency or care in the master, or priVer equipment in the vessel. We ought perhaps to add that, so far as we can learn, the opinion among nautical men is, that the ship 'was a-head of her reckoning, probably from having misealcu lated the effect of the wind upon her.—Eastern Comities Herald. HOXTON SOCIAL FRIENDS.—On Thursday even ing last, the first quarterly supper of this highly respectable Harmonic Society took place at the Monmouth Arms Tavern, Singleton- street, Hoxton, on which occasion a numerous and respectable party of gentlemen partook of an excellent sub stantial supper, served up in Mr. Shannon's proverbial good style. Messrs. S. W. Burgess and J. Smith officiated as chairman and deputy, and were supported by Dr. Pickering, Messrs. Saunders and Hurnell, licensed victuallers. The chairman, after the health of the Queen had been drank with due honours, in a neat speech, proposed " Success to the Hoxton Social Friends," which was received with much ap plause. The healths of the chairman, deputy, and Mr. Shan non, the respected .ho3t, were severally responded to with great enthusiasm. The party broke up at a late hour, highly entertained with the evening's amusement, and longing for another opportunity of similar enjoyment. THE ROYAL MlNT.—Since Monday the employes of this establishment have been busily engaged in strikins off a considerable quantity of new sovereigns and half-sovereigns on account of tke Bank of England, preparatory to the pay ment of the July dividends, which will be in the course of settlement in the Rotunda on the Bth of July. A very large amount, both in gold and silver, has also been struck for Go vernment during the last fortnight, STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT BRIGHTON.—A good deal of interest has been excited in the town by an assault upon the Rev. Mr. Vaughan, officiating mi nister of Christ Church, and Mrs. Vaughan, by a woman who is labouring under an impression that the Reverend Gentleman is her husband. The female's name is Jane Matthews, and the facts are briefly these :—Last Sunday morning, as the Reverend Gentleman and his lady were proceeding to church, Miss Matthews walked up to them and struck at Mrs. Vaughan with her parasol. The blow inflicted a wound in her face, from which blood flowed. Mr. Vaughan turned his attention to Mrs. Vaughan, and the woman escaped. In the evening Miss Matthews attended Christ Church, and as the reverend gentleman was leaving his desk she rushed towards him, evidently with a view of assaulting him, but, on being observed by the clerk and beadle, she was secured and taken to the Town-hall. Mr. Vaughan subsequently took oat a summons against her, and the case came on for hearing on Wednesday, before the magistrates at the Town-hall, when the above facts were stated by Mr. Vaughan, who also added that the defendant had fre quently, called upon him, and sent him letters addressed "James, Bishop of Jerusalem." After an examination which lasted two hours, and in which it was evident the unfortunate female was labouring under aberration of mind, the magistrates adjourned the case till Thursday, and in the meantime she was to be examined by some medical gentlemen as to the state of her mind. COMMITMENTS FOR ARSON.—CA.MBRIDGESHIRE.— The following prisoners have been committed to the Castle during the week on charges of arson, viz : Robert Murrell, John Robinson, Samuel Baker, Joseph Dorrall, and George Fairhead, by J. S. Tharp, and J. Dobede, Esqrs., charged with having, on the 14th inst., at Snailwell, unlawfully set fire to a haulm rick, the property of James Gittus, whereby the said rick, together with two barns, three lodges and other pro perty adjoining were destroyed. The above five men are railway labourers and strangers to the county.— William Fuller and Robert Munson, of Burwell, la bourers, by the same magistrates, charged with having, on the Bth instant at Burwell, unlawfully set fire to a, certain stack of straw, whereby a barn and other build ings adjoining the roperty of Charles Phillips, gent., were destroyed.--Essex Herald. GENERAL AVITARILE.—GeneraI Avitabile, who has recently arrived in Europe, after a long service in the Punjaub, and is now in London, bad the honour of waiting on the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley-house, on Thursday, the 20th instant. The General had a very gratifying reception from the illustrious Duke, who is well aware of the important services rendered by him to the British Government while he tilled several high offices under the Sikh Government of Lahore, especially during the whole period from the first entrance of the British troops into Affghanistan to their final retirement. General Avitabile, who was then governor of the Sikh frontier province of Peshawur, rendered the most es sential assistance, employing all the resources at his dis posal in support of the British Generals, affording cordial aid to the sick and wounded men, and welcoming the officers with princely hospitality. When General Pollock was sent to retrieve our lost honour in Affghanistan, the success of the expedition depended much on the good faith and hearty co ' operation of our Sikh allies, and it is extremely doubt ful whether the good intentions of the Lahore Go vernment would have been efficiently carried out in the distant province of Peshawur had a native governor ruled there instead of this gentleman, whose European feelings never deserted him even while he discharged with scrupulous fidelity his duty towards his adopted country. The officers of the army of the Indus presented the General with a piece of plate in recognition of the kindness which he lavished on every dependent of the British Government who passed within the province under his rule. The Supreme Govern ment of India have very handsomely acknowledged their obligations to him. On his arrival at Naples his own Sove reign received and treated him with marked consideration, as did the King of the French at Paris; and now that he is in England, it is to be hoped that he will not meet with a less hearty greeting from those whose privilege it is to be the medium of public gratitude for important public services, however distant the scene of their performance. We are happy to say that the General, who was absent from his native country (Naples) twenty-eight years, is in the enjoy ment of excellent health, having fortunately retired, with a handsome fortune, from the service of the Lahore Govern ment before the occurrence of the calamitous events which have lately caused so much distraction in that country.— Morning Post. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE FALLS OF CLYDE. —On Saturday last, a most melancholy accident took place near the Falls of Clyde. On the morning of that day a small party of friends left Glasgow for the pur pose of visiting the Falls and spending a holiday, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baxter, of Buchanan-street. After having seen the two lower Falls, the party separated, one: portion proceeding up wards to visit the Bonnington Fall, while Mr. and Mrs. Baxter and a friend remained • behind. They seated themselves on the banks of the ,river, 'waiting the return of their friends, when Mrs. Baxter expressed a wish to see Wallace's cave, which was below, and in the imme diate vicinity. She accordingly went to the spot, accom panied by the friend already alluded to, and having sur veyed the locality, requested that he would call her hus• band to participate in the sight. Leaving Mrs. Baxter seated by the river's brink, the gentleman retired a few paces to call her husband, and, bn his return, he found that in the very, brief interval that had elapsed, Mrs. Baxter had disappeared. Whether the unfortunate lady had fainted and unconsciously - fallen from the top of the rock, or whether she had risen and approached too near the brink and fallen into the flood, must for ever remain a mystery—for the only trace left behind her was her handkerchief, lying upon the rocky seat which she had occupied when her friend proceeded to call her husband. A search was immediately made for the body which was not, however, discovered till early the follow ing (Sunday) morning, and within a few yards of the place where the accident happened. Mr. Baxter had been married only nine months before. The crop of tnelons and pumpkins this year at Havering estate (Captain Walker a) has been estimated at seventy to eighty tons. The pumpkins are of a very fine sort, would not only keep well hence to England, but be found an admirable article of sea stock.—Austratian Paper. CRICKET.—The wetness of Tuesday prevented; the renewal of the match between the Marylebone Club and Ground v. the West of England, with A. Mynn, Esq.,l and three players, but the fineness of Wednesday caused the, full muster of the parties at Lord's at an early hour. It will be remembered that upon the first innings the West of Eng land headed the Club by sixteen runs, and that four o the wickets of the former were down at the termination o the play on Monday evening for a very few runs ; amongst t,hem those of Pilch, Mr. Mynn, Martingell, and H. Kingicote, Esq. The play was resumed on Wednesday, when. the Marvlebone Club won by two wickets. STEAM-BOAT PIER AT VAUTHALL•BRIDGE:—A steam-boat pier is now in course of erection at Vauxhall bridge. It is on the city side of the bridge, and will project from about the centre pier. It will be similar in most re spects to the one erected at Southwark- bridge, but the pas sengers instead of descending through the bridge to theyier, will approach the latter by a circular staircase, built op the outside of the structure, and supported on piles. It is to be opened in the autumn, and its cost will be 800 L The bridge will, as is the case at Southwark, be toll-free to passengers. STASISTICS OF CAB DRIVERS, &c.—From some do cuments recently prepared for the Home Missionary Society, it appears that there are in the metropolis 347 watermen em ployed upon the various cab stands, 1,793 omnibus conduc tors, 1,662 drivers of cabs, and 4,546 drivers of hackney coaches and omnibuses, making a total of 8,348 men, or with their families, 20,000 persons, living by the conveyance of passengers in and around London. One of the cabmen has recently endeavoured to reform the character of his brethren, and, in the manner of a missionary, has visited 178 stands, has had religious converse with 2,156 drivers, afforded spi ritual and temporal relief to 106 sick drivers of verious vehicles, and distributed 3,010 tracts. Lord Viscount Lifford and family, the Rev. D. Stewart, and the Rev. W. Bathurst, embarked on Thursday morning on board the General Steam Navigation Conrpany's steam-ship Soho, at Blackwell Pier, for Antwerp. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON HAMPSTEAD HEATu.—Yesterday Mr. Mills, Deputy Coroner for Riddle sex, held an inquest at the Yorkshire Grey, Hampstead Heath, on the body of a young man named Benjamin Preston, who was drowned in one of the ponds near the above place on Sunday last. From the evidence of the parents of the deceased, it appeared that on Sunday last he went with a pic-nic party to the Vale of Health, Hampstead, and Alined there at one o'clock. The deceased, who was in the highest spirits, then saw some men and boys bathing in one of the ponds, and expressed a wish to go into the water himself His friends endeavoured to induce him to remain with them, but he was determined he said to have a bathe, and Leaving them to walk about and amuse themselves on the heath, he undressed and went into the water. Suddenly he railed a cry of distress, and sunk before the slightest available assist ance could be rendered. A young man advanced towards him a few yards, but like the deceased was unable to swim, and was afraid to venture farther. His body was not found until nine o'clock, when it was pulled up by means of a rake drag. Several of the jury commented upon the indecency of bathing in a place so public, and where so many females are constantly passing. A great many persons had been drowned in those ponds, and they thought that the " Vale of Death" would be a much more appropriate name for such a place, than the " Vale of Health. - '—Verdict, " Accidental death." INCREASE OF THE . SMALL-PDX.—The progress of this direful disease has lately been much on the increase. It is stated in the statistical report of the health of the me tropolis that, during last week, the number of deaths aris ing from small-pox in the metropolis alone amounted to no fewer than forty-seven. This extensive mortality is gene rally prevalent amongst infants under two months old.. The Poor-law Commissioners have addressed circulars to the parochial officers of the metropolitan parishes, calling upon them to give every publicity to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, which requires the vaccination of infants and children in order to prevent the progress of the infectious disease, and for which purpose medical gentlemen are ap pointed to various districts of every parish, who perform the , vaccine operation gratuitously. The increased spread of the disorder can only be attributable to the lax manner in which the legislative enactment is obeyed. the n e T c The n letters and papers received from the provinces oh w av il e l, inint many he operated most like yesterday remove all apprehension about the further conti nuance of drought. The rain has now visited every part of more or less copiously, and the impulse given to previously parched vegetation is described in many cases t i m m agi min c. ent T d h a e n b g a e r r le o y f a c l r m op o , B t total whic fail_ h was considered ire, districts, not only be saved, but in all pro bability will yet reach an average. As to the wheat crop there was at no period any ground for alarm, as has been manifest by the cautious proceeding of the houses engaged in the foreign corn trade, who have the most extensive means of procuring prompt and correct information. The alarmists have, therefore, but faint hopes of their -predictions being realised, that before the end of the year the money market would be dery aged by the extent of foreign importation. ESTABLISHMENT OF A STOCK.-EXCHANGB IN GLasoow.—The share-brokers of Glasgow have just formed themselves into a society, under the title of" The Glasgow Stock-Exchange Association." The vast amount of business transacted in this city in stocks has rendered such an association, more particularly of late years, a decided desideratum ; and there can be no doubt that it will prove highly advantageous to the public. An accredited list of prices, founded on the usual transac tions of the association, will be regularly furnished to the members and to the different newspapers, and any thing like misrepresentation as to the value of shares, for dishonourable or jobbing purposes, will thus be effec tually checked.—Glasgow Argus. THE SWORD FISH.—Mr. Fleming, one of the owners of the Royal Archer of Glasgow, has left at our office, for a few hours, for the inspection of the curious, a piece of the timber belonging to that vessel, with the horn or sword of a sword fish sticking in it to the ex traordinary depth of 14 inches. This monster of the deep seems to have come in contact with the Royal Archer, on its homeward voyage from Ichaboe, and struck the bow of the vessel with such extraordinary violence, as to force its weapon through two plates of copper and upwards of a foot into the timber, where it was broken off, either by the: violence of the shock, or the desperate efforts of the fish to recover its liberty. It was most fortunate that the weapon remained in the bow of the vessel, for it had made an opening, which, if not plugged up in that manner, would probably have sunk it.—Liverpool Times. THE WEATHER IN DERBYSHIRE.—We have at last been favoured with a fall of rain, which has already worked a wonderful alteration on the face of nature. The hay harvest in this neighbourhood may be said to be at a stand still, as most parties are anxious to reap the benefit of the present rain, but we are afraid in many instances the grass had been so thoroughly burnt up that it will never recover. On the other hand the wheat, oat, barley, bean, and potato crops are evidently receiving immense benefit from the rain ; and although in many cases they are irreparably injured, in others there is great promise of abundance.—Derby Mercury. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A DISEASED STOMACH.— CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS.—Mrs. Aikins, widow of the late Captain Aikins, residing at Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road. This lady had been in India, where her liver and stomach became dis eased, so much so that she could scarcely keep the slightest food on her stomach. She was very weak and debilitated, and suffered continually from sick headache, a nervousness, and lowness of spirits. In six weeks, however wonderful it may appear, she was restored to a high state of health by this unrivalled medicine, which is a certain remedy in all liver, bilious, and stomach coin plaints.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (whore advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable Ven dors of Medicine throughout the civilised world. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on tho Wool sack al Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL and the Earl of WINCEILSEA pre sented petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. IRISH MARRIAGES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this Bill, intimating that he would take the dis cussion on going into Committee. The Archbishop of ARMAGH trusted that the Bill would be referred to the Select Committee which had been appointed upon the subject of Irish marriages. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Friday next. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition . from Paisley against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the first reading of this Bill, and gave notice that he should move the second reading of the Bill on Monday. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed. OPENING LETTERS AT THE POST-OFFICE. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from Mr. Mazzini, complaining that his letters had been opened at the Post-office, and praying for inquiry. The Noble Earl said he should on Thursday call the attention of their Lordships to the subject of the petition, by moving fur a Committee to inquire into it. He wished now to ask whether a warrant had been issued by the Secretary of State for opening Mr. Mazzini's letters? The Duke of WELLINGTON said he was unable to answer the question. Lord BROUGHAM said the power of opening letters at the Post-office had existed since the time of Oliver Cromwell. A few nights ago it was stated that the practice was established in the reign of Queen Anne. After a few words from the Earl of RADNOR, Lord CAMPBELL said it was not intended by the original Act that letters should be secretly opened and sealed up again.—(Hear, hear.) The Act provided that suspicious letters should seized, and might be used as evidence in a court of law. The Act also provided that every letter opened or detained, should be opened under a warrant, in such case, from one of the principal Se cretaries of State. General warrants could not, there fore, be legal. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, if a warrant were issued to empower the Postmaster to open all letters of A. B. within a certain time, that was a warrant for each letter to be opened. The Act of Parliament would be quite nugatory, unless they put this construction upon it. Lord CAMPBELL did not find fault with the law, but with the manner in which the law was carried out. Lord BROUGHAM thought the gravamen of this case was that of opening the letters, and not the seal ing them up again and forwarding them. Lord DENMAN thought that, when this subject was brought fairly before their Lordships, they would see that it was not a question of antiquarian history, but a question affecting the liberty of every subject of the realm. He felt convinced that if it were not, that he would thereby overthrow a colleague—the Noble Duke himself (the Duke of Wellington), who came down with a measure to modify that Act which gave the power of opening letters. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Campbell) had referred to the original Act ; perhaps he would read to them the words of the existing Act. Lord CAMPBELL said it provided that a warrant should be issued in each case when a letter was to be opened. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that to do that the Secretary of State would have to go to the Post-office, and put his finger on a letter, and say " Open this." Lord DENMAN thought there was another mode.— (Cheers.) They established a system of espionage at the Post- office. A spy might write to the Secretary of State, and say, " You will receive a letter from Ports mouth on such a day." Ile felt that the Secretary could not conveniently exercise this enormous power, unless he stopped every letter on a certain day. If the Act of Parliament was difficult to be carried into opera tion, so much the better. Such Acts ought to be difficult of being carried into operation. The circumstances of this particular case which had come to the knowledge of their Lordships made it most imperative on the Government to introduce some new measure, to render the law clear on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM observed that they were not bound to make intelligible every Act of Parlia ment ; but, for the last hundred and fifty years, by all Governments, this law had been acted on in one way, and now his Noble and Learned Friend came forward and suggested that the proper way to carry the law into execution was one which it was almost impossible to adopt. His Noble and Learned Friend assumed that they must have a spy who knew the handwriting, whereas all they knew was, that A. B. was plotting against the State. This reading of the Act of Parliament would reduce it to insignificance, and he thought they were bound to place such a construction upon it, borne out as they were with the practical sense of the words, as would signify that a general warrant for opening all letters was sufficient to justify each indivi dual opening. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the words of the Act were that the Postmaster-General should swear that he would not open any letter or letters except by express warrant from the Secretary of State—that in - eluded the plural as well as the singular. Lord CAMPBELL—That is not the enacting clause. The LORD CHANCELLOR—It was the oath the party took, and if there was any doubt about the con struction of the Act, they must go to the oath to exem plify it. It had been supposed that a Tory Government had brought forward this Act.— (Cries of " No, no.") The words which had been left out in the Consolidation Act had been left out by the Whig Administration. Lord CAMPBELL had before declared that the Act had been introduced when he was Attorney-General, and he was responsible for the words of it. That Act had not altered the Act of Anne, which required a special warrant for every opening. The Act had passed or i g inally in the time of Cromwel. Cromwell had heard that a letter written from the King to the Queen was to be brought in a saddle to the Blue Boar, Holborn. He had waited the arrival of the messenger, opened the letter, and found that instead of a blue ribbon he was to have a halter. The LORD CHANCELLOR had been taunted with using the words of the oath only. He would now read the enacting clause. The clause enacted that the Post master-General should not detain or delay any letter or letters except by express warrant in writing under the hands of a principal Secretary of State. Lord CAMPBELL—Read on. The LORD CHANCELLOR —" For every such opening."—(Tremendous Opposition cheers.) Every body knew that—(Renewed cheers and laughter)—but the point turned upon the word " letters."--(Cheers.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that a simple and unlearned man would imagine that a warrant was necessary for every day's opening at least. It was im possible that the matter could stop here.— (Cheers.) They had heard doctrines from his Noble and Learned Friend who spoke from the table, and who was then sitting on the woolsack (Lord Brougham) to which an Englishman could never submit. It was utterly im possible that the Secretary of State could issue a warrant for the general opening of letters except upon informa tion ; and if that were not good information he was guilty of an act of the most desperate tyranny, and which no Government could justify. The accusation against the Tory Government, as they so chose to desig nate themselves, was, that in the case which had been brought before their Lordships by petition they had caused the letters of a gentleman to be opened with no good reason for so doing, and therefore that accusation had been unjustifiably brought against a great public officer. If it was denied that these letters had been o pened by authority there was an end of the matter; but if it was not denied, they must inquire whether the Postmaster-General had opened these letters under general warrant, and if so, what reason the Secretary ot State had for issuing that warrant. Lord BROUGHAM said he had never been more grossly misrepresented in the _whole course of his par liamentary life. His Noble Friend had said that this was the first time that he (Lord Brougham) had laid down the doctrine that the Secretary of State had any right to open letters without any information upon which to proceed. Now this was a gross misapprehension, to say the least of it. Every body must admit that the Se cretary of State must have general information. No Se cretary of State would be justified without information which would lead him to suspect a party—he was not to open a letter because he dreamt that somebody was sus pected. Ile must have information that the parties were engaged in treasonable t r ansactions—transactions injurious to the tranquillity of the realm at home, and he might add as to the realms abroad. He did not mean to say that any foreign Minister should be allowed to come and say, " I suspect A. 8., therefore open his letters." But if a British Minister received information that a certain individual was engaged in dangerous and unlawful practices that that individual ought to be watched—that the peace and tranquillity of the country or the due administration of justice required that he should be watched carefully; he (Lord Brougham) said that the Secretary of State had a right, by the fair con struction of that Act, to issue his warrant, and that it was a gross absurdity to say that the Act would compel him to particularise each letter, inasmuch as in 999 cases out of every 1,000 it would be an impossibility. Mr. Fox did not do so, and he was a man who was not very much attached to general warrants, and who was well informed in the law. He (Lord Brougham) had read the signature of Mr. Fox to general warrants, call ing on the Postmaster-General to detain and open all letters of all foreign Ministers without any specification whatever, and also to open any letter of which he might -thereafter give notice. A NOBLE Loan—ln what year was that ? Lord BROUGHAM—In the year 1782. Mr. Fox, therefore, had exercised this power, and had issued a general warrant for opening the letters of all foreign Ministers, who were living under the especial protection of the Crown in this country. And how could these general warrants be avoided in such cases as these ? Suppose a Postmaster receives two letters for the same man, on the same day, which would he take? It would be, of course, a matter of chance. But he (Lord Brougham) was really ashamed to trouble their Lord ships, by longer arguing on this untenable proposition. Suppose a warrant were issued to take up three men, who could say that that was not a warrant to take up each? The LORD CHANCELLOR—That was an express warrant. Lord BROUGHAM—Yes, that was an express war rant, so it was with all warrants issued for the opening of letters. The Earl of RADNOR said that his Noble and Learned Friend had not been discussing the merits of the petition before the House, but had rather entered into a technical agreenient on the general question, and had not entered into the question as to whether any letters had been opened, or whether this one gentleman had been injured. That gentleman complained that his letters had been continually opened for four consecutive months. That was the question on which he (the Earl of Radnor) grounded his motion for a Committee of Inquiry. as to whether this gentleman had been griev ously itjured or not. His Noble and Learned Friend said that if the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment was informed by one foreign Minister abroad that a certain foreigner living in this country was a danger- • ems person, that person ought to be watched. He the Earl of Radnor) said that a man ought only to be watc ed when he was supposed to be plotting against the realm of England. They were not to play the part of spies to foreign Governments. What excited his surprise was that although this proceeding with respect to this gen tleman had been going on for four months,_ and been the subject of . debate twice in that House, and three times in the House of Commons, yet all the six Cabinet Ministers on the other side of the House had not thought it their duty to inquire from the Secre tary of State of the Home Department—their colleague —into the circumstances. That was what he must say was most extraordinary. lie should endeavour—feeble an advocate as he knew himself to be—to see justice done in the case, and for this purpose he now begged leave to give notice that on Thursday next he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the subject. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, after the notice thus given, when the motion of the Noble Lord came on, it would of course be regularly debated. At that moment he would only say if the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department had issued a warrant with re spect to the letters of any person, he was authorised to say it had been done in the form usual in the office; and that the Right Hon. Gentleman had done no more than every Secretary of State had done since the days of Queen Anne.—(Ministerial cheers.) Lord KINNAIIU) wished to ask the Noble Duke (Wellington) if there was any secret board at the Post office, to whom such letters, when ordered to be opened, w re assigned? The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lord could not. suppose he had any knowledge upon the sub ject; but if the Noble Lord would give notice of a ques tion on the subject, he (the Duke of Wellington) would endeavour to get such information as would enable him to answer it. The subject was then dropped. PUBLIC GRANARIES—CORN. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said he wished to oc cupy their Lordships' time for a very few minutes, in pointing out to them the expediency and sound policy of establishing public granaries of corn in various districts of the country, under the control of the Government. It was well known to their Lordships that, at a certain period of the year, when the great bulk of the corn grown was out of the hands of the farmers, that the market became under the control of a small number of men, and that these men could, and did, effect a great and serious rise in the article of wheat, by which they not only gathered a great individual profit on the home grown wheat in their possession, but realised also a fur ther larger profit by the import of great quantities of f 'reign corn. Now, in his (Lord Winchilsea's) opinion, if any measure could be arranged by which a fair quan tity of corn could always be ready at a fair price for the poor man, they would be conferring on the country a great public benefit. He had often contem plated, with feelings of intense anxiety, what the state of things would be in this country if there should be a failure in the harvest. And what man could say there would not be a bad harvest—nay, no harvest at all, for the produce of the land was in the hands of the Lord? And then, if they looked abroad, and found the same state of things to exist there as in this coun- , try, the consequences might be such as it was, indeed, awful to contemplate. The plan, then, he had to suggest was that a number of national public granaries say five or six—should be established, each to contain from 300,000 to 500,000 quarters, and that they should be situated in the most appropriate parts, such as Man chester, Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, or, in such parts as might, by competetent judges, be deemed most advisable. As to the agriculturists, he should say to them, so long as you can supply the market at say 555. the quarter, •we will not interfere with you ; but, the moment wheat rose above that price, he proposed that Parliament should have the power to open the granaries, and so keep down the price to the sum agreed upon. For the purpose of supplying these granaries, he would allow to Parliament the power of buying corn abroad at the lowest price they could get it at. When he looked at the state of the manufacturing districts, and the vast increase of population, he was of opinion there should be an ample supply of food, at a fair and fixed rate, always at their command. He had exactly the same solicitude for the agricultural population, who equally merited the consideration of their Lordships. The great body of agriculturists never obtained the advantage of high prices. The price of corn was generally at the highest between the month of March and the commencement of harvest, at which time the corn was generally in the hands of speculators. Such a measure as he proposed would be of great benefit to the agricultural labourers, 14 the rate of wages was regulated by the price of corn. Ile said this, speakmg from experience as a practical agri culturist. This measure would at all events secure one great benefit to the agricultural interest, namely, fixity of price.—(Cheers.) It would also, in a great degree, put an end to the agitation on the subject of the corn laws, which was at present producing such an injurious effect to the country, and during the course of which the gentry and aristocracy of England were held up to the hatred of the people as sordid persons, wishing to enrich themselves at the expense of the community. lie had brought forward this question from no party feelings, and there were many persons, for whose opinion he entertained the highest respect, who approved of his views on the subject, and he trusted that he should some day have the happiness of seeing this plan tried. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the speech of the Noble Lord a most important one, and if his high cha racter were not sufficient. to acquit him of the charge of being actuated by party spirit in bringing forward this proposition, the calm and logical tone of his speech would at once negative such a supposition. It was quite true that. the corn trade was in few hands. Some of those in whose hands it was were great capitalists some times, but there were others who were mere speculators trading upon the capital of others. It was true also that the increase of price benefited the speculator and not the agriculturist; but, why was this? The trade was open to any man—there was no license required to em bark in it. Why, therefore, was the trade in few hands? Because by their artificial laws, they made the trade in corn so gambling that ito man of prudence would em bark in it.—(Hear, hear.) By the law the speculator had every inducement to withhold his wheat from the market at the time prices were rising, when it was most wanted—he had the double motive of profiting by a rise in price and a fall in duty—and when the price was raised so high that. the duty fell toa a. shilling, then the market was at once glutteda and such would ever be the case under the sliding scale. —(Hear, hear.) He now came to the remedy which the Noble Earl proposed for these evils, and there was cer tainly no inconsistency in his proposition, and much might be said in favour of some remedy as long as they continued the sliding scale. If they had adhered to an unnatural system, they must apply an unnatural remedy to the evils arising out of it.—(Bear, hear.) But al though the Noble Earl might be logically right, yet he thought that practically he was wrong. The scheme was no novelty, and he would quote the opinion of Mr. Burke on the subject, from his tract. en scarcity, which he had written at the desire of Mr. Pitt. Mr. Burke said that he feared some such measure had been proposed as the establishment of public granaries. If such a scheme were adopted, he should not like to answer for the safety of the granary, or of its agents, or ofthe town in which it was situated, in the first storm of popular phrenzy which fell on it. The construction of those granaries would be attended by an expense beyond cal culation, the purchase of grain would be enormous, and the loss by waste and corruption of the grain would be incalculable. He thought the arguments of the Noble Earl were some of the strongest arguments he had ever heard against the sliding scale. The Duke of RICHMOND, in opposing the views taken by the Noble Earl with respect to the establish ment of public granaries, said that it was not the sliding scale which caused fluctuations in price. It was the weather which caused fluctuations. The best way to pre vent a scarcity in this country was to keep a majority, such as that which had occurred in another place the other night, against a repeal of the corn-laws.--(Laughter.) The Earl of WINCHILSEA replied, and the subject dropped. SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the second read ing of this Bill would be moved on Monday, and he would then move that the Committee be negatived, and take the third reading on Tuesday, after the Law of Libel Bill. Sir G. CLHRK and others brought up the Dissenters' Chapels Bill from the Commons. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed, and the report ordered to be received on Monday. PARISHES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord CAMPBELL thought there was no necessity for multiplying parishes in Scotland. He objected to this Bill on the ground of its being unjust to the tithe holder in Scotland. Under the 10th section of this Bill any trustee or tutor to a union could give away for the site of a church a manse or glebe, provided these lands did not exceed four acres. „Could there be a more un just interference with the rights of property than this ? The Earl of MINTO thought that when a division of a parish took place the two incoming ministers should be placed on the same footing with respect to each other. The Earl of DUNMORE supported the Bill. The Earl of HADDINGTON said that the principle of which the Noble Lord (Campbell) complained was not a new principle, but bad frequently been introduced into former Bills. It was very essential to Scotland that this Bill should pass this session, for he believed it would go far to heal differences which bad long existed. The Duke of RICHMOND thought the present Bill was an infringement of the rights of property, but still he thought a Bill of the kind was necessary. After a few words from the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commit ted on Friday next. The County Rates Bill was read a second time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 28. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Brix ham against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Major MACNAMARA presented a petitie n in favour of the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON also presented a ?petition in fa vour of the Bill from a place in Lancasb: Mr. EVANS presented a petitioU f rom Beale, is Derbyshire, against the,PilL //iff f 1 i .~