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oss , -s , .4. so.mos.s • ...Am . NOW rel. e :11 the Libraries, in 3 vols., ? HIRD E DITION of "C 0 iN i ..\ GSBY By B. WISRAELI, Esq., M.P. Renry Colbuin, Publisher, 13, Great Marlbc rotmit. street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Milk. FANNY ELSSLER respectfully Informs the Nobility, Patron: to the Opera, her Friends, and the Public, that HEtt BLA 1 , ..1 I I' will take place THIS EVENING JULY 25, When will he perfo - .med (for the tit st time this Season) Ro si Opera, LA OAZZA LAURA. Nirette, Madame Grisi; Pinpo, Mdile. Favanti (her first appear an,e in that charscter); Giannetto, ignor Mario ; Fernando i+abe.la, jig, Form...sari ; Podesta, Sig Lablache. Iu the csar eof the Lvening the almired ivertissement, by M. Perot, (gait ed UNTB A L SOU'S LOUIS XIV. n Whi h will be introduced a variety of antes and Pas de Carac ,n-e. Fanny b. , ss er will appear a: a Cavalier of the Court of 1113 X : V., and will dance with Mdlle. e.ito the admired " Minuet re Couimut 0 •votte." Po ooncTode with an entirely new Butte - Divertissement, by M. rem - , entitled _ - L !'AY ,ANNTE (IRANDE DAME. 1 lie Prim 4.1 Charact..rs by Mdlle. Fanny Liss'er and M. Perrot. A pplicatio'.s far Boxes, Skalls, and Tickets to Le made at the Box Opera Colonnade, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKLT Mtt. BEN ; MiN WEBSTER, LESS • E THIS EVENING, JULY 25, Will be performed the Colpedy of Tllr BUSY BODY. Sir Francis Grip?, Mr. W. ..iarren; Marplot, Mr. Charles .M.thews; M rania, Mai , ame Vestris . Patch, Mrs. Humby. To wh.cn will be added the new Farce, entitled THE MIL. LlNEi{'S HOLIDAY. Sir Sinrh Sparkes, Mr. Ouckr.one ; Mr. fennvviig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; hloi Pcttl, Mrs. Humby. in the course of the Es cuing, Mr. John Parry will sing " Fayie To co - ,cii.le with the Com-dy of SPRING AND AUTUMN; or Fifty. Sir siutcn Sack, Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Chile' t ..out:;, Mrs. GlJvcr. • •,•,immarrt Stall 3, 53.; Boxer, ss. ; Pt, 3a. ; Gallery, 'N.; H Half-price—Boxes,as. ; Pit, Gallery, 1` ; U : per H Gallery, fu. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance; tuft, .cc at Seven. Tirkers_ Lod Places to be had W Mr. I. T. Archer, the Box. o ft.. from rem till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-81%11'LT. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 23 Will be performed THE DEVIL'S IN IT. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir J lirry V 6 flier, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxleriy; Lady n, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. 'Jo conclude with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE oaDErtFuL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Aliariaar, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Aladdin, Mr. Wright ; Princess Badr,alhadonr, Mis . E. Stanley. Tai ?SIRE R.Ol AL LYCEUM[, LAFE ENGLISH ('ERA, HOUSE. Under tee Management of Mrs. KEELEY. iha Adve tires of " Martin Chuzzlewit" hay.hg, on each repre aentr.tion, been received with every possible mtYk of public appro bation by the mo,t fashionable and crowded audiences, and having been pronounced by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be one o: the most interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of its celebrated Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening till further re.tice. THIS EVENINts, JULY `25, vyiil he repeated a New Drama, enti:led MARTIN CHUZZLF— V% I Principal characters by Messrs. IL Younge, Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, alum, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Striders, and Keeley ; Miss For te:llc, inriss Woolar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss CsICIVO :ors. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. I% eeley -I'o Lo lohcwed by art A propos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. I baract,rs by :.Ir. F. Matthews, ar. Wigan, Mr. leeeley. Miss W..olear, and Mrs. dec'ev. . , To conclude with a New I) ritestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTO IS QUESTION. t.t.arzcters by Messrs. Diddear, F. J. W. Collier, Pl:ss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PH ICE:. OF A hi::: I oS.—l3alcony oxen. 4., Upper Boxes, , Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Ed Second Price—Balcony 80 , es, 2s. ; V; pet mzes, is ed.; Pit, V. Private Boxes on the d my lie, eight persons). 1 etc, rhirneas. Private Boxes on the Seconel Tier Oro ding eight persons), ice Guinea and a-Half. Private Po ,, C - nri ti - .e Pit l'ier (holdin2 :ix persons), One Guir ea. The Bax.otlice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec. lien of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF A It IS. Froprictor t "Tanager, Mr. BATTY (heat Sucties3 cf thc: Chincse. Feast of Lanterns, and New Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, JULY 25, Will be repeated an en. ire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests ot Amoy t-y 3 it sh Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to realise t!ie recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Featt or 250 Lar.:.erns. New a - id unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary Feat, ofHo:sansau~hipby Louis Tom-haire, Sg. (;erman), Li Petit Iszbetle, Mr. Newsome, &c., with Mr. It. Smith's highly trai ned Stec. s. After which, the old English pageant o' THE SUMMER': MDR N of or, the White Wreath and Flitch of Bic,n. cohclude with THE UREA l' SrEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eng- IlarveiA Acting and s:age.m4nager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAzloill "3 1WY. 4 .1, StiRHEY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JULY The Gran/ Cpera ; p,t sp endid Speet'acle have attracted the greates orierfiew ever v,,y.embered, incre sing nightly._ Second Week of toe Opera Season, commencing with Bellini's aoLlime c-hrpositioti, LA SONNA MBULA. Powerful Operatic Co.np,nv—Aliss Homer, Miss Betts, Miss Yeaison, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Leffler, Mr. E L. Mine. Mr. S. Cowell, and Mr. G Stansbury, coo:it:42[ou. Increased Land and efficient Chorus from the Th.atr.,b Royal 3'o coneluilc. - rith an etivrely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Sct , n2s of Beal Watee, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA. RAC: ; o-, The Enchanter's Spell. 1 ) 1 ,- : - .g and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. erschner, at the Box. coin*, !roll eteven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING JULY•2S. In eonser,42nce if;eratlti.:ous reception with which it has beet the decided ,iid cesorved success with which it hsa net wn(d the 'entirely New Vet ion, in Three Acts, of MARTIN in wh cli usbaldiston, Mr. Seam,-n, Mr '.l,S3V.r.cent, Miss Arden, and the combined talent of !I. (7 , i.hpany perform. A ter vd - ie-1, JOHN OF PARIS John of Paris, Mr. Obb4l dision; 0!;r!a, Miss Vincent; Princess of Navarre, Miss Arden. et:nein se with THE CAUMELITEi ; or, The Co.ivei,: ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN& Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Danson Telbm. r let sensatioa caused by this unrivalled production is beyond a'• ;rimer Fieeedent -' the artist, ti.e amateur, Vie casual observe) are a!1 struck with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of dei.nea. t. m, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderfUl ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only a- a veh•cle for the terrific . Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in th e ca l m s till ness of the ql.•et Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa_ Sous Lake, :o be fully appreciated. Die Evening PROMENAt)E CONCZ.RTS, on Mon 'ays Tues. Wednesdays ' ant Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey ate u: ern a scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail doioirjustice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fearful ch ere' teristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the earn, time so beautifully nded with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnii that deli!, ht is p. .2.orninaut over terror; and the Thousand: crowd the : - ;:irdens hail it with acchroations, and adrn'i SO4tilby, the Unrivalled Pyroteehi•ist, h..s achievad a matchles, - l by oa.dens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfec. atatp and combininsf so many and intere,tin7 tertnres. are by the mo~t Ittractive loungo in or near the metropolis. keeling of the Animals at t isg—.C.oncert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admitt once, One Shilling. - EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCALILLI. IMPORTANT NOTICE. o.NT,' SHILLING Admission t , THE NAI ()LEON MU SEUM, thi, moat magnificent and .intensive CollacCen of Histo• n sal Ctulosi les and Works of Art el - :a• known to hate been forme( by tine Person, during Twenty-five ye;,rs of elaborate research, at a cost of 00,000 guineas, and to coMplettly illustrate, hi the most hi strueti7e and int,resting manner, the most Important part of Eurc. • pean history, viz. —CHAP LES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, ant' LOUIS 1:IV., to the death., of GEOltiiE 111., and the ENIPEROI, NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often during the last and present year, by the Royal FamPy, the Duke ty. Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an I their Ladles also, men; thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pr(-• prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very dui rietures, fie., his previous almost incredible number and variety o MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relic', and °the] tturtailties, Is this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it aught t.) bc, a National Museum. Many thousand have ittsoected it, and TiIIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESF have stated that It ought to he seen by every one. The price of admix lien is reducel to ONE,.SHILLINO. AP 4 ...01.1:05 Irt7SE;3:4l is to be seen only at the Mgyptiar My, wily from Ten till Dusk. TITS WEATiII. 7 I3.-SuN OFFICE, JULY 24. 15isrx~xtirEn., Lowest, 62 ; Highest, Noon, 77. BArtourran, 30.05. WPM, S. E. Norm—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the ircezing point, and 55 temperate. In liarometets fair iE a tally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WATEL AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Pri , v ... 2 minutes after 9 I Evening...4l minutes After 9. re-:•,.., L; tg , T N • - . . _• ~..._ N V. •, . ,If ~ Iv , a *44,...;..;, - , - T, a u o • M , ra , 5.., , ,-, j A •A', •Vp• w. - .• - ' - ''%-'- : ..,,-7rw ,,,,,'" .......,,,r,.... - ".'.• , , ... .., x••.' o •, .0".••,,, , `",- '...t=,''......_D.Cf• , ' ~". 14 , " tli: ' " ' l° ' • Ko'" . A ~,T - --•- .....4... ' _ ~....,,,,,,,,; ^ • ' NW . , rt,tirrili s ' * llAl LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1844. The Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met attwelve o'clock, and went into Cominittei on the Turnpike Trusts Bill. S;r J. GRAHAM, on the first clause being proposed, said, it W 43 not the intention of the Government to continue the Turnpike Trusts Committee beyond the 29th c` •Sep'ember, 1845. The:Bill went through Committee, 'and the report was ordered to be brought up this day Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that, on the 30th o, July, he would call the attention of the House to the report of the Committee on the health of towns. A brief discussion took place relative to printing more copies of the report on the Custom 1-louse frauds, when Mr. T. I)uNcoMBE announced that on the House going into Committee of Ways and Means, the Chancellor of the Exchequer should go a step further and allow the whole evidence to be pub lished. But of what use is evidence taken with donrs ? If en: , evidence taken under such cir cuma.ances is so 13:;d that. Mr. GOULBUIIN is afraid to publish it, what disclosltreS • Would have been mail if the inveztigaion had Leen conducted in an open and manly manner ? 'h 1e Committee, no doubt , is compckel of honouvabl e men; but if they wish the public to give•credit to their honour, why should they adopt a course which tl'e public believe is only in tended to sere: n the g;:ilty, theskepy Comtnissioner4:, and th!! protegees of whi g s and Tories, who have robbed this country to an incalculable amount? mat t•rs rot, however. The 658 copies which are to be pi inred I spread over every county in the United K it= . Thellor. , ;e Slaughtering Bill went through Com mittee, and the report was ordered to be received on Frith! y. On the report of the Poor-law Amendment Bill heirv, - 3; brought up, Mr. P. BORTUWICK moved the in troduction ()flour clauses, the object of which was to allow husband and wife above sixty years of age to reside together in the workhouse, and to provide that children under seven years of age shall not be sepa rated from their mothers. Sir JA ME:, GRAHAM resisted the amendments, on the ground that th'3 law provided paupers above sixty Ivith out-door relief, and that there was already an SPA w of the - roor-la - W - Cornmigliarers, sanetio n ed' by Tri - cretary of State that -...bildrf.n under seven -7:;:,: - . ‘. - e . ~.---% , ~. V - 7 - ...1.- ,-- i 4 ?",.?...- .. , -- , -.1z.n.: I. ,:.: , L - (Sy s THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1644. Three per Cents. were done at 261 for cash, and 261 at sixty days; and the Five per Cents. at 20i for the 31st inst. MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The transactions in Cotton at Liverpoolyesterday amounted to 6,000 bales, at firm prices. The business was nearly all to the trade, and principally American, at 4d. to 53d. per lb. There was a good demand for Railway Shares, except for French, which were dull :—Birmingham ansl Gloucester,lo2 ; Caledonian, 33 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 30 ; Ditto and Ilolyhead, 5A • Eastern Counties, 123 ; Ditt o R eg i s t ere d, 143 ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven, 15 ; Grand Junc tion, 217 ; Ditto Half, 1083 ; Li verpoo l and Manchester, 230; Ditto Half, 1143 ; London and Birmingham, 226 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 38 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 264 ; Lon don and South-Western Eighths, 4i; Manchester and Bir mingham Quarter, 3*; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 108; Midland Counties, 993 • Sheffield and Man c h es t er , 773 ; S ou th- Eastern, 38 ; Trent Valley, 9i ; Lyons and Avignon, 11. 18s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons, 24 ; Itaris and Rouen, 384 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 21. 6s. As so many of the people of the United Kingdom are in terested in the welfare of those of their friends who have settled in the British colonies, the following extract from the Quebec Gazette, relative to agricultural property in Canada, will be read with interest "The hopes of April which were disappointed in May and the first days of June, have been partly revived by dry and warm weather since the 10th instant. " The grain crops are however short for the season, and not of the most healthy appearance. The meadows have also suffered by the cold and wet weather, and the grass; where the ground has not been well manured, is thin and short. l'otatoe planting has been retarded and is not vet quite finished on low grounds. The early planted, in dry land, have come well forward. " The apples are formed in the orchards, and give the ap pearance of an abundant crop. Red plums, after flowering richly, have had the fruit blasted, as well as some sorts of cherries. Currants and gooseberry bushes are well provided with young fruit, but in some places catterpillars are trou blesome. " Garden seeds of all descriptions have come up well, and generally the produce of the garden is not unpromising. Early peas are in blossom. " Some kinds of wild fruit promise to be abundant. Flocks of birds (the Bohemian Chatterer), are already at work. The whole tribe of chatterers are troublesome, and often do much mischief. Ripe wild field strawberries were picked on the 16th instant. "The produce of the', dairy where the cows have been well wintered, is abundant, and the pastures good. " Although the promise of the season, so far, is not remark ably good, there is nothing discouraging, and with the quan tity of wheat sown, if it escape the fly, a great addition will be made to the most valuable produce of the country." There are some accounts from Port Phillip this morning, but they do not contain any news of interest. The hinds continue to be in a most buoyant condition. , The Government brokers bought 10,0001. Consols at par, since which the market has receded a shade. The same re marks will apply to the value of Consols for the Account. The other Stocks are a shade under what they were in the morning. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has advanced again to 80s. Bank Stock has touched 209; and East India Stock, 2863. • The information which we communicated yesterday of the assent given by the Legislature of Buenos Ayres, to the ap propriation of 5,000 dollars per month, towards the payment of interest upon the loan raised in this country fur the repub lic, until a final settl emen t can b e m a de w ith its creditor s , ha s afforded much satisfaction to those interested. The effect produced upon the value of the bonds, has, taking the lowest prices of the week, been an advance of not less than 2 per cent. The price this morning is 36 to 363. Chilian Bonds have been done at 5 per cent. over par. Belgian Bonds have fallen from 1041 to 103 i. Brazilian at 84. The Dutch Five per Cents. at 1014. Spanish Three per Cents. at 333, and the, Five per Cents. at 23. An improvement has taken place in most of the Railway shares to-day. The demand is exceedingly brisk. London and Westminsterßank shares are at 7 premium. MANCHESTER SrocK EXCHANGE, JULY 23.—The charac ter of our market presents a firmer appearance, and the trans actions have been to a fair extent at higher prices. —Eastern Counties, 121; Ditto, Registered, 14/ ; Ditto, Perpetual, 335. 10d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 3 5-16; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 45; Sheffield and Man chester, 763 ; Huddersfield and Manchester, 20s. to 225. 6d. premium ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 4 ; Trent Val ley, 8i 93. . CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. :AMMO Bask Stock 2OO Indian Stock 286 3 per Cent. Red lOO% Ditto Bonds pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. R e d New 3% per C en t ....... ...e 102% Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 14(d .., 81 pm New 5 per Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 81 pm. Jan WOO. ......... ... 12 9.16 Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1859 12% Consols for Act. lOO Jan. 1860..„„,.. FOREIGN FU NDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Porttrguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto New Ditto., ....... .... Brazilian Bonds — Prussan, 5 per Cent ......„ Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ce n t ' i ßussian, 5 per Cent l2O Chilian, 6 per Cent ....... Metallic _ Colombian, Ditto, Colombian, 6 p er Cent ~.... 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent 22% alit°, 1824 ...... ..... Ditto, 3 per Cent 33% • Cuba Bonds, 6 per Ce••••••••• nt. Ditto, Deferred l3 Danish, 3 per Cent ....... ..... French, 5 per Cent.... —t —c. Greek, 18.5, 5 per C en t ,Exchange - —f. —.e. Mexican, 5 per Cent ... ..... French, 3 per Cent. — l -. —e Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — ,Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 62 0 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent ........ SH A RES. Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid • - 49 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 4 tili Eastern Counties (23 paid) » Ditto Registered (8/65 8d paid) Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 83% Hull and Selby, 50 paid 6O Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 4% London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 44L)....... ....... London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (121. 15s.- 4d. p a id) 7 . Ditto, PrefeTence or Priv:tele, .R. 03 17s 2d paid 50 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Manchester and Birmingham North British, 2% paid l% Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4cl paid) ... Ditto New Shares, 4 paid York and North Midland (50 paid) 109% Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, I paid Paris and Orleans (Si) paid) . R ai Paris and Rouen. 20 paid COURT CIRCULAR, WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, walked in the pleasure grounds of the Castle this morning, and also took an airing in a pony phaeton. Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore Lodge. The Princess Royal (accompanied by the Dowagcr Lady Lyttelton), and the Princess Alice were - Zia their usual walks and rides in the forenoon. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere took his depar ture from the Castle to-day. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Castle fr im town this afternoon on a visit to the Queen. In the afternoon the illustrious party rode out. The Queen, the Marchioness of Douglas, the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, and the Countess de Grey, occupied an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was on horseback. The Marquis of Douglas and the Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal Highness, Colonels Arb u th no t and Bouverie, were also on horseback. The Hon. Miss Paget, the lion. Miss Liddell, and Earl De Grey, were in an open carriage and four. The Royal party returned from their excursion soon after seven o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in an open carriage. The Royal Family were taken in the gardens of the Castle in the afternoon. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte ])undas, the Countess Wratislaw, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas; and Earl and countess De Grey. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance at the Castle during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended and performed the remainder of the evening. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese beck, left town yesterday morning, by the South-Western Railway, at seven o'clock, for Southampton, to be present at the show of the West of England Agricultural Asso ciation. His Royal Highness returned Zo town in the *evening. • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Here ditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh 2trelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck; honoured the Earl and Countess of Wilton with their company to dinner, in Grosvenor-square, yesterday. Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The - Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Colonel Macdonald, of Sierra Leone, had an inter view with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches .were received at the Colonial-office yester day, from the Govetnor of Gibraltar, Mr. Higham, Comptroller of the office for the Reduc tiim of the National Debt, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ' The Bishop of London had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Commissioners of Cus toms, had an interview with Lord Dalhousie yesterday at the Board of Trade. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Gibraltar and the Mauritius. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting on Tuesday ; those present were the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Lord President of the Council, the Dean of Westminster, and the Earl of Besborough. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Special Court was held, for the purpose of receiving a report from the Parliamentary Com, inittee upon the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill, the Corporation Officers Bill, and the Charitable Bill now in Parliament. THE LOSS OF LIVES AT BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. Two or three members having risen at the same time, to call the attention of the Court to the late dreadful accident at Blackfriars-bridge, Mr. ANDERTON handed in a notice of motion, "to take into consideration the state of the piers for embarking and landing passengers on and from steam-boats ; and also the present laws for regulating steam-boats on the river Thames, and the necessity of applying to Parlia ment for further power, for the better regulation thereof, and that the subject be referred to the Naviga tion Committee to examine and report thereon." • Mr. T. H. HALL said there existed in the Court a very great and natural anxiety to give expression to the feeling occasioned by the awful calamity which had oc curred at Blackfriars-bridge on Thursday evening; and he thought it necessary to mention that the Chairman of the Navigation Committee was not aware of the inten tion of the Lord Mayer to hold a Court, and had gone up the river on business connected with the. Corporation, or he certainly would have attended in his place in order to make any explanation which might be required as to the responsibility of that Committee. The Lord Mayor was perfectly aware of the difficulties which the Navi gation Committee had to encounter as to the navigation .kf steam-vessels on the river Thames; and that doubts had been expressed, even by the members of her Ma jesty's Government, with regard to the powers of the Committee. His Lordship was also aware that there were individuals connected with the river who completely set at defiance the authority of the Committee, and that a difference of opinion existed in the body itself, calcu lated to prevent that which unanimity would have effec tually accomplished.—(Hear, hear.) That there should be a perfect supervision of all encroachments and inno vations, and that a controlling power should exist some where, there could be no doubt. Many were of opinion that the authority should belong to the Navigation Com mittee. At all events, that point ought to be settled, as nothing but the repetition of such calamities as they had to deplore, was likely to arise from the continuance of the existing irregularities, and the operation of an inefficient and divided control.—(Hear, hear.) Sir P. LAURIE, upon looking over Mr. Anderton's notice of motion, hoped that the words " if necessary," in reference to going to Parliament, would be added ; for he much feared that an application to Parliament would, to a certain extent, put the rights .and privileges of the citi zens of-London in jeopardy.—(Hear, hear.) He believed the Secretary of State to be disposed to take all power to himself, and had embraced the advice of one Major Jebb, who recommended that the City should be called upon to erect a new prison upon five acres of ground. Now, where that enormous space was to be obtained, unless, indeed, it was to be found in the river, he could not tell.—(Hear;' hear.) There was no spot except Smithfield upon which such an enormous speculation could be at all likely, to be reduced to practice. These attempts to build gaols of frightful magnitude should be closely watched.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the control of - the river Thames, he had not the slighest doubt as to the efficient exercise of the united power of the Lord Mayor and the Navi gation Committee without an appeal to Parliament at all.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DIXON said it would be recollected that before steamers were employed in the Thames the stairs and landing-places within the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor were kept in repair, and the expenses - were defrayed, by the City of London. The complete authority rested with the Corporation. The introduction of that new ' species of navigation did not abate that authority. On the contrary, it rendered the exercise of the power more necessary by the introduction of new dangers.—(Hear, hear.) As to the regulation of the steam-vessels, the Watermen's Company, from whom the licenses were ob tained, were, under existing circumstances, not empowered to inflict penalties for the violation of the rules ; but that defect could be supplied by the Lord Mayor and Alder men, who might, in his opinion, at once confer the Power, and thus achieve the remedy.—(lleac, hear.) Mr. Nonnis said he was anxious to call the attention of the Court to the important question of the state of the pier at Blackfriars-bridge, where the melancholy acci dent occurred. He recollected when the Blackfriars bridge Committee arrived at the conclusion of their la bours, they requested that the question as to the state of the pier there should be referred to a Committee, and a discussion of some length took place as to whether the subject should go to the Navigation Committee, or the Bridge House Estates Coinmittee. He advised upon that occasion that the matter should be submitted to the Navigation Committee as more appropriate to the duties, of that Committee than to those of the other. Ultimately, however, it was referred to the Bridge House Estates CoMmittee by whose report further plans and papers were called for and the consideration of which report was deferred to another period. That period had unfortunately not yet arrived.—(Hear, hear.) The question of course was at the present moment before the Committee, and would no doubt be soon brought forward. After some remarks from other members, Mr. GRESHAM said it was quite impossible for any one to suppose but that the Corporation might have remedied the existing evils long ago, if they had acted with ordinary vigilance and energy.—(Hear, hear.) He lamented that, two years since, the condemnation alluded to had not produced the effect so naturally expected from' a judgment of that description. What, he asked, would the public say when it should go forth, as it, no doubt, would nexeday, that the very spot on which the dreadful occurrence had taken place, had been condemned two years ago ?—(Cheers.) How monstrous was it that the greatest corporation in the countr.y should be told that what was formally condemned by the Committee appointed by them to superintend the affairs of the river was allowed to remain as if formally sanctioned by them, and that they were only roused into a recollection of the sentence by the terrors of the disaster ?—(Cheers.) It was (Mr. Gresham contended) absolutely and indis putably necessary to go into the qu es ti on at once, w i thout waiting for the slow operation of a notice TA' motion.— (Hear, hear.) The Court ought t o re fl ect t h at s i m i lar accidents might happen, and had happened at other piers on the river. They ought to reflect that the loss of parents to their children, and the loss of children to their parents, was attributable to the culpable neglect of the Corporation of London.—(Loud ' cries of "Hear, hear," and "No, no.") He insisted that his charge was just. If they argued in their defence that they had no power, why did they not say who had the power, and who had refused to exercise it? If they said the power lay with the Lord Mayor, why did they not distinctly say so, and call upon him to perform so lerious a duty ? —(Cheers.) The Court of Common Council had the City funds at their command, and showed that they pos sessed that authority in a great variety of ways; and surely, as they were invested with large corporate autho .rity, they were bound to devise a remedy for the evil, particularly as they had money to carry out the object. —(Hear, hear.) There were several of the inhabitants of the ward in which the calamity had occurred, at the bar, ready to present a petition, praying the Court to give their immediate attention, to the subject. - He added his entreaty to theirs. He had spoken strongly, and in the opinion of many, perhaps, h ars hly, on the subject; but it was one calculated to operate powerfully.upon the feelings of any man of common humanity.—(Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR rose. Lie said it might be satis- factory to the Court to know that a code of laws for (1 ;1 regulation and management of the river Thames wow be submitted to the Committee of Aldermen or. Saturdili next, and that the cons ervancy was o f i tse lf a su fficient power upon which to act on all occasions, however irr; portant, and rendered q u it e unnecessary any app li c ation to Parliament for assistance or sanction. When the se rules should be agreed to, there would be no delay t i nor check to their op era ti on .—(Ch eers.) Wi t h re spect to the deplorable accident which had occurred, it w . 35 necessary, after what had been stated as to that disaster , that he should say a fe w wor d s . I t appeare d f ro m th e statements which had been ma d e , th at t h e p i er at Big' . friars-bridge had been condemned for the last two years. He regretted that his predecessor in office was not pre' sent, to state why h e h a d not acte d upon that sen tence of condemnation—why he had not proceeded as soon possible to apply a remedy.—(Hear, hear.) At the ao° time, he could not help sa yi ng th at the Navigation Corr, mittee ought to h ave re p orte d to, him (the Lord Mayor ) that such a dangerous pier existed. If the Cum' mittee had given him that information, he would at onc e have removed the Bla c kf r i ars -b r id ge p i er as co mplete}' effectually as he had rem ove d t h e p i er at Lond°", bridge.—(Loud c h eers .) I n hi s op i n i on the Nav i ga ti° Committee ought to ha v e renewe d t h e i r applicat i on fro' ,„" time to time with ceaseless perseverance, until 0% accomplished that the accomplishment of which they knew and acknowledged to be paramount. It was tiw, duty to follow up an object which m e l anc h o l y ex perience now pointed out to them should have been long sin e° In hi s op i n i on, t h e p i er ougbts°o to have been at the place where it is at all. Any one Ic t i t would look at the Blackf r i ars -b r id ge A ct must say 0 the erection was mad e di rect l y i n oppos i tion to i t ; 2 , 1 that there was neither au th or i ty nor excuse for wo,lia had been done.—(H ear , h ear .) Hi s Lordship,concluld by stating that on Thur s d a y next (this day), he shoul d go up the river, examine all the piers, and issue orderld with respect to th em , w hi c h, h e would take care A°ll/ be obeyed. Upon the motion of Mr. OMURA the standing or der was suspended, in order that the Farringdon-ward Wit out petition, in praying for the immediate erection 0 ' substantial pier, might be presented. In answer to questions from Mr. ICING, the pelitioeris said they knew the Blackfriars-bridge pier had be e l under condemnation for the last two or three years, that . they did not care by whom the pier might be as their only object was to have au efficient In secure one. Mr. KING, upon tho part o f the Bridgehouse Ests t-e n Committee, said that the members thought the quesl„ of the erection of a pi er so important, that it ought to submitted to competition, and that the vast plan of et as bankment proposed by th e G overnment necessarily ceo,s delay.—(Hear, hear.) Under all the circumstances, Court ought to be very cautious how they sanction s any plan. •nd Mr. R. WILLIAMS believed th a t th e pu bli c mt 4 would be, in a gre a t d egree , re li eve d b y what had De', stated that day in th e C our t, prov id e d i mmed i ate stet were taken to carry out the object of those who bad eo"; demned the course of apathy which had been so 1 1 pursued.—(Hear, hear.) The p e titi oners did no t apPtl i at the bar to advocate any particular plan of buildtio • Their only object. was to have a secure and effectual pLvi and the public would hold the Court responsible for vitr o might henceforward' t a k e pl ace , for they believed t hat the Corporation were chargeable with having allol individuals to erect piers, no matter where, and to poc of the money of the people, without caring anything .0 110 9 the danger incurred by th ose w h o pa i d, or the disgra e , ) reflected upon those who granted the favOur.---(Chee ll 'o He hoped that petitioners would never again appea r t. that bar, praying f or a reme d y f or gr i evances, the exi, 9, ence of which was a dishonour and a reproach to tho• to whom they were represented.—(Cheers.) i 6 r e Mr. T. H. HALL submitted , that the Court ough• . recollect that the Na v i ga ti on C omm i ttee could not t, commend the erection of a pier upon any particular sr a o until something, decisive should be done in the gr e ol , scheme of embankme n t.—(H ear, h ear.) Lord Lioc „o ,W given notice, thavon the 30th i ns t an t, he Sh ° . introduce a Bill in P ar li ament, f or the purpose o f ex `' „"o , sively embanki ng t h e r i ver, from the City to Wes ta ,!,i o o ster. How could th e C orporat i bn then, at once. erq, e f pier upon any sp o t w ithi n t h at large space ? „ were bound to look at the question in all its bearing s ) (Hear, hear.) In the meantime, that, he admitted , ' 1 0 , nothing to do with th e r i c k etty pier which had been c° , a demped two yea rs ago, and ought to h ave b een retuo the moment after condemnation.--(Hear, hear.) t he The petition was then unanimously referred to Committee. DEATH OF THE. DOWAGER COUNTESS Or CESTER.—It is with extreme regret we have to r ecord. ifs demise of Anne Amelia, D owager C ountess of Leioeste r, he of the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P. for Coventry-, n o , melancholy event took place on Mond a y morning, at 'dr ford-hall, her Ladyship's seat in Derbyshire, where the ge t ceased Countess had repaired for her accouchenteat 10 0 death resulted from her confinement, she having onthe /, instant given birth to a son, who survived his birth °ll l ,dtet few hours. • The d eceased Countess, who was third &wile of the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, was born t be e st of June, 1803, and so had only just entered her 42d & ice , She married, the 26th of February, 1822, Mr. T. t o ' 7 hi of Holkham, No'rfolk, created Earl of. Leicester le T 9 and whom, who died in 1842, her Ladyship had issue „ s William, the present Earl of Leicester, and three 51D i5th 01 one daughter. Her Ladyship married secondly, the W ho w ho October, 1843, the Right lion. Edward Ellice, al - I n est had previously married Lady Hannah Bettesworth, yo,L I tte y sister of Earl Grey, and widow of Captain G. E. B. y e -rl worth, R.N., who died in 1832. The families of the i e ., and Countess of Albemarle, Earl and Countess 'of Leice s o Dowager Viscountess Andover, Mr. and Lady Elizani f Spencer Stanhope, L or d an d L a d y Sherborne, Mr. and 1 ,1 14, Mary Stephenson, Mr. E. Ellice,"M.P., and Mrs. Ellice, a and Lady Caroline Gamier, Mr. and Lady Georgians P o Mr. and Lady Maria Keppel, &c., are placed in mourning the premature death of her Ladyship. w e b On Sunday aftern oon th e luggage up-train, w bo ot leaves the statio n a t two Lat., had prccee d e d a 0; three-quarters of a mile beyond the skew-bride Q e Cowley-tridge, 'when the engineer observed a COW it it the line, but thinki ng th at l ong b efore he came upvet, the_animal would m ove o ff, h e d i d not stop. How e io al such was not - the ca se , th e eng i ne caught the cow . 14 knocked it down, th e w h o l e of the trucks rulli/lble over it, and bruising it into an un di s tinguisba s d 'masa. It belonged to Mr. C. Cross, •of D u ryard, so , 'being a very fine ani ma l, h a d b een let out to a dnirYal, io , It is.supposed that it b ro k e the fence of the field actl°,4s ing the line, and so uandered to the place where it 'isod killed. The value of th e cow is estimated at 18 1 . , al besides this, grea t d amage was done to the rails, sc' tip of thucross pieces connecting the sleeper s b e i n g tor° by the truck s th rown off the line.—Som erse t GazeM; o o PIKE FISIIING.—On Saturday last an pike was caught in Bassenthwaite-lake by a yoling• e ttlf named John Stanley, who certainly secured his unal i o prize in a manner somew h at novel in the art of ang dot Whilst fishing for perch by the side and near the beg re' the lake, and b a iti ng w i t h t h e minnow, the bait was the sently swallowed by an enormous p i ke, and the momell,, t i fish found himself ho o k e d h e rap i dly took off, and mau l ; ps i way further into the lake. When the tyrant of the str; e l, had nearly stripped th e y oung man ' s line off his v i his it suddenly stopped, o th erw i se i t would have snappe d its .frail tackling in a n i ns t ant , and thus have regaill,,d ong liberty. The angler,' however, commenced "f'; the fish, with a ,view of exhausting him, by ifrst ro c ar ing . him towards th e h • shore, and t h en letting - 1 for again into the lake. - In this way he wrought on his upwards,of.two ho urs , t h e pike frequently runningoie whole line off within a yard or two. At length , ' rig youngman . ob.seyved a pi ece o f wood or railing 1 ),; in on the ground, about th ree yar d s long, with a paloe the end of it, which he contrived to get hold of. ri ch pike by this time was getting weaker, but was still O ve r, toe strong for his fr a il t ac kl e; h e determined, h°weroa, on trying his chance o f capture w i th his new Wes ol d and drawing the immense fish: as near him as be,„ C o ad with one hand, w hil s t' w i t h t h e other he struck at 14 0 succeeded in driving the nail into the pike's head, O r os the very wo o d. St an l ey t h en quickly landed his ]';lest on terra firma, when it proved to be a full.growc P o o 44 inches in length, 22 inches in girth, and weighing less than 281 b. ROBBERIES.—On Tuesday information of the A -• lowing da r i ng an d extensive robberies was rece.,i"-- the various stati on -h ouses of the metropolitan nolletlilis Stolen from the person of Miss Hudson, while National Gallery, Trafalgar-sqtmre, a crimson os purse containing five sovereigns and some silver. t he Saturday morning last, about twelve o'clock, frcr a , o l, pocket of a gentlem an , b etween the Bank of LivcXal Water-street, a nd the E xc h ange News-room, a "4010 leather pocket-book, containing two 10/. Bank 0 1 F 1 :ba; notes, a 50/. ditto, endorsed in red ink, Eli u r e a 0 00 19th July, 44,'' a 54 ditto, endorsed, "J. Harr s , 01 5 Sons," same date, and a bill for 72/. 16s. 6d. Fr° ll ,,.' in person of a. little girl, five years old, whilst 0 0 4 3 ,7 0 0 1 North-street, Lambeth, a necklace of live rows (Y ,' beads, with gold snap. From the residence of Si r 7 4 ' gnstus Clifford,. the . Usher of the Black Rod, Eaton-Nuare, six silver fiddle-headed dessert sr ot to, crest, a leopard h o ldi ng a spear in the right paw, tro" " Virtus mille scota." From 106, S tran d , a sr" ler hogany ca s e, conta i n i ng tbree-and-a-half dozen o f 51 icit• pencil cases,. two dozen ditto thimbles, and a toot h P re A From the hou se o f M r . L ane, 13, Haberdasher's,Vti East .11 ox t on , a small fiat French gold wa tch, Maltese cre ss , a M a l tese gold ring, 'pin and chaia'Tbe other property contained in a leather portmantelill•_ ,/ erf robbery was comm itt e d b y a man of middle statu!' e t , stout built, and walks lame; he was dressed „,,,re '.mariner, and i s t a tt oe d on t h e r i ght arm with t he T o rt of Christ o n th e C ross , sun, moon, and stars, sad aicrier _with_ a dart th roug h i t . F rom 7, Upper Ber rj e, , street,' eleven s ilv er tea spoons two pair of s ugar marked "F. E. L.," s i x silver dessert spoons, cin ° f o ot table spoons, a sugar spoon, thirteen silver fors. all salt spoons, t wo butter knives, and two pickle f or paiv e silver. From the house of a surgeon in the Citis nrc' not mentioned, an i mmense .quantity of valuat in 40' perty, consisting of r i ngs , runs, coins, surgical merits, &c. gen' e- FOOT HURDLE -RACING AT GRAVESEND —° , w eac d, day afoot-race for a silver cup came off at the `i o gloe gardens, at Graysend. The race was open to a ll ~f or ini e e and several of the most celebrated ruuners of Lond entered their name to contest the prize, a very 4 1 e i l ed drer i s 3b iLl i interest was created. The gardens were comrletelY p ers°,7 t spectators, there being not less than three thous!eu eno tre: l , present. The parties entered were Smith. (the 11 00 • fa re , Pet), Patterson, Makpiece, and E. Smith, of London 'otheo, cock, of Birmingham ; and Clarke, Mitchell, and 440 Y sr t hs of Gravesend. The distance to be contested wa s i n g at o ff and to leap twelve hurdles. The men apPeer, otio ded , starting-mark, the signal was given, and they in with great rapidity. E. Smith, of London, ca'' :and Badcock, of Birmingham, second. ilov f. ‘ DIVIDENDS OF LIVERPOOL BANKS. d , h --The 1 ol ° e, , i 1 ing dividends h ave b een d ec l are d f or the Pasvvverr:i by the Dir e ct ors , o f th e Banks in Liverpool: wer e; Banking Comp an y, s i x per cent . - per annum; r pool $ / 01 i 'Union .Bank,- eight per cent. 'per annum; Live North , rough Bank,.eight per per cent. -per annum ; - South Wales B an k, e i g ht per cen t. per annum' pool Courier. years of age should not be separated from their l of any sound from the steamer—these are two pheno mothers. mena which it seems to us difficult to account for, ex- After considerable discussion the amendments were rejected. The report will be brought up to-day at twelve o'clock. The House having resumed, disposed of the other business on the paper, and adjourned at One o'Clock. The case of Mr. O'DRISCOLL, which has already been discussed in the House of Lords, was on Tuesday brought under the notice of the House of Commons by Mr. Ross, who moved that an humble address be presented to her MAJESTY praying for the removal of that gentleman from the Commission of the Peace. The particulars of this case of magisterial tyranny— which is about as flagrant a one as has come before Parliament for many years—must be well known to the generality of our readers ; and accordingly we shall content ourselves with observing that Mr. O'DalscoLL, after having been proved, on unimpeachable evidence, to have acted in the first place illegally ; secondly, with wanton cruelty towards a boy who, from all we can understand, seems to have given him no earthly offence; and thirdly, to have conducted hisaself with gross impropriety towards his brother magistrates, and then aggravated his offence by refusing to apologise till an apology was absolutely wrung from him—after having been proved to have committed all these multiplied offences in his magisterial capacity, Mr. O'DarscoLL was very properly superseded by the Lord Chancellor. But how was he superseded, and in what spirit was the official communi cation of his removal from the bench made known to him ? He was told, forsooth, to consider that he was removed solely in consequence of his ill-health ! It was not the magisterial temper that was an invalid, but the magistrate himself. On the receipt of this gentle and delicate communication, Mr. O'DRIscoLL observed with emphasis thig so far from his being in ill-health, and thereby incapacitated from the dis charge of his official duties, he was never in such ro bust health in all his life, as indeed he had triumph antly shown a short time previously by the vigorous and energetic manner in which he anointed the unoffending shoulders—as Counsellor PHILLIPS would say—of the boy DEMPSEY. But passing the excessive complaisance of the Lord Chancellor towards an indi vidualwvho had so grossly misconducted himself as Mr. O'Darscom, had done—and this, too, at an age when years and experience should have taught him the wisdom and beauty of forbearance—what is to be ;aid for the subsequent proceedings of Sir E. SUGDEN, who no sooner received a memorial from certain par. ties in the county, than he instantly reinstated the man who, but a few months before, he had declared to be too much of an invalid to discharge his magisterial functions with the requisite spirit and ability ? Some of the parties, we should ob ierve, who signed this memorial, lived at a distance )f fifty miles from Skibbereen ; knew nothing of the eelings of the people whom Mr. O'DRISCOLL had )utraged ; and most probably had never seen that 'entleman in their lives; and yet it was on the personal intercession of such men, which should not have been allowed the slightest weight, that a magistrate, notoriously obnoxious and ignorant of his duties, was replaced on the bench ! Lord ELIOT and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, both of whom undertook the defence of the Lord Chan eellor, made but sorry work of it ; the latter, in par titular, finding that plain prose was riot sufficien The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Liverpool arrived at Southampton on the 22d from Gibraltar; her dates of departure are—Gibraltar, July 14th; Cadiz, 15th; Lisbon, 17th; Oporto, 19th ; and Vigo, 19th. Ships of war lying at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's ship Warspite ; French steamer Veloce. Cadiz—French line-of battle-ships Jemmappes, Triton, Suffren ; frigate La Belle Poule ; steamers Asmodee, Pluton, Gassendi ; Danish frigates Thetis and Gefion ; frigate, name unknown. The Montrose arrived at Lisbon July 16, at four P.M. The intelligence from Lisbon is not important. The letting of the tobacco contract has been fixed for the 20th of September, and by the terms, which have received the royal sanction, all European capitalists are invited to com pete, and the term of twelve years has been specified fur the running of the contract. Effective measures are announced for the suppression of smuggling, and a cordial co-operation in discountenancing all preju dice to the contractors is stipulated on the part of the Government. The Finance Minister had contrived to raise a little money to meet pressing wants. dignified for the occasion, had recourse to the lan ;nage of poetry, and quoted a panegyrical pas sage from DRYDEN'S " Absalom and Achitophel," which had every earthly recommendation, except that it had nothing at all to do with the case in point. This affair of O'Daiscor.r. will 'We find no news of much interest in the Paris papers. The Semaphore de Marseilles publishes ac counts from Algiers, in a letter dated the 16th inst., which announces that Marshal BUGEAUD, provoked by the general conduct of the Moors, and especially the treacherous attack of the 3d, was concentrating all his forces, and preparing to make against them a definitive demonstration. The measures the Marshal was taking induced a belief that he would shortly assume the offensive. Some even said that he con templated attacking the Moorish camp on the follow ing night. The Sentinelle de Toulon states that the object of the Prince DE JOINVILLE'S visit to Gibraltar was to request the Governor not to allow the British squadron to proceed to Tangiers, and that Sir ROBERT WILSON had acceded to the request. A circumstance not very likely, for we find accounts from Barcelona that the Formidable, accompanied by a steamer, had sailed from Gibraltar on the 16th, as was understood, fix the coast of Morocco, probably Tangiers. The National, in an article written with some care, and with the usual hostile -pint towards England, con trasts the course adopted by the French Government at Algiers with that of England after the victory of Lord EXMOUTH. After adverting to some remarks made on the subject in the English journals, the wri ter thus continues : " England appeared to comprehend that there was for her a sort of moral necessity to repress the insolence of the Alge rifles, and that the only means of arriving at the complete abolition of the slavery of the blacks was first to abolish the slavery of the whites. But she still hesitated, and it was necessary, in order to overcome her irresolutions, for the example of the rigorous undertaking of the American squadron under the orders of Captain Decatur, to excite her pride. 'lt is only then,' says M. Charles de Rota tier, in his history of Algiers, ' that this Power determined to intervene in the difficulties which the Algerine Govern ment caused to the kingdoms of Sardinia and of Naples, and in April, 1816, Lord Exmouth arrived before Algiers at the head of a tint of twenty-five sail, of which six were ships of the line. But, appearing above all, desirous of showing consideration to the interests of the regency, he only imposed on it in favour of the powers which England took under her protection—conditions but little advantageous and little honourable. Naples, in particular, had to com plain of the treaty which was then concluded for her.' Such tire the results of the appearance of Lord Exmouth before Al giers. We have seen how the English mention the benedic tion of the liberated Christians. A month later, Lord Exmouth appeared again before Algiers. This time, fortunately for the Christian slaves, he was grossly insulted by the Algerines ; the English Consul was arrested, and his wife and children were most shamefully dragged through the streets. Oran, Bona, and Calle, were ensanguined with the murder of several Bri tish subjects. Then the honour of England was at stake, and she determined to act at last with rigour against these bandits, whom she had hitherto treated with such conside ration. The details of the affair are known, as well as the magnificent audacity of Lord Exmouth—audacity wonder fully favoured, besides, by the incredible ignorance of the Turkish, gunners. But, says again the historian whom we have already quoted, ' the glory of. the English would be greater if the reproach could not be brought against them of not having done enough. Political men remarked at this period, that Lord Exmouth, in the very terms of his report, had simply received instructions to burn the Algerine vessels ; and that, being able to constrain this barbarous Government to destroy its fortification, and to renounce for ever its piracies, he had simply stipulated for an advantageous peace for himself and Holland, and the abolition of slavery. To add to her preponderance in Europe by this striking action, to avenge her own injuries, and still show consideration to a Power which might thence forward be subject to her, was the calculation of England.' It is seen by this how far England is entitled to boast of her disinterestedness; and incriminate our ambition. She did not retain an inch of ground in Algeria, it is true, but she had reserved to herself better than that. She had thence. forward under her hand a band of robbers, whom she could at any time let loose upon all the commercial navies. We acted differently, it must be allowed. After having bom barded Algiers, we have kept Algeria; but piracy exists no longer, the Mediterranean is free at present for everybody, and the whole of Christendom is relieved from these shame ful tributes, which nearly every country paid to a chief of robbers. If we were to act in the same way at present with respect to Morocco, who could complain ? England alone. But, decidedly, all the Christian Powers which are still in the present day the tributaries of this Government would applaud its fall, and would thank us for our victory." THE BOURSE—MONDAY, JULY 22. riot easily be forgotten in Ireland, affording, as does, another striking proof of how little import- ,ce the due administration of justice is considered .y the official authorities of that kingdom. Under he flagrant circumstances of the case, Mr. O'Dats ;OLL, having been once superseded, should never after yards have been replaced on the bench ; and his re 'ppointment can be looked on in no better light than is a mockery of the popular feelings of the county. The result of the experiment with Captain WAR IER'S destructive invention for extirpating ships (any .ther phrase would but inadequately express the mpleteness of its terrible operation) came off on iaturday afternoon last, at Brighton. Of the con- . luct and value of this experiment our readers will be nabled to form .their own conclusions from the ac •ounts we have published of the transaction. As to he satisfactory nature of this test, we cannot imagine hat there can now be much difference of opinion. Cc cpvs t, oisucd Cap!, ;71c T ..NOESTRE, HENDERSON, and Dicxxrisors (all of the .loyal Navy), who had the control and direction of tie affair, demonstrates, we think, that there can lave been nothing like collusion—no claedestine in roduction of combustible or explosive materials into he hold or stowage of the ship to be experimented on. These gallant officers declare that it was impossible or Captain WARNER to know beforehand when they would give the signal for him to set his invention in' notion; that when they did make their signal, it was nswered with the one agreed upon, by Captain VARNER, who was at that time in a steamer three tundred yards distant from the John o'Gaunt (the doomed vessel"). It is also clear that on this re-' turn signal (the hauling down of the union jack on aoard the steamer), Captain WARNER commenced mmediate preparations for this memorable experi-' nent. With all perfect respect for that gallant and .ble officer, we take leave to have our own opinions as o the motives which induced him to send all hands ielow from the deck of his tug, with the solitary , xception of the mate. 'We are also free to confess ,hat we consider that motive to have been perfectly ,ustifiabie, if there be any foundation in fact for the, conjecture we are about to hazard as to the tre mendous power actually employed by Captain WAR- We do not believe, with some of our Contem ?oraries, that such an effect at such a distance could have been produced by the discharge of a voltaic or lectrical battery, the shock of which must have commu nicated by wires within the strands of a cable stretched from the tug to the John o'Gaunt beneath the surface of the sea. The notion of the line and trigger, we should reject as equally unfounded. The difficulty remains to account for'any- projectile, sufficient to have caused such instantaneous and absolute destruc ion, having been discharged at so short a distance um the shore, without any flame being visible, or .ny report being audible from the steam-tug. Taking he report of the naval officers, in conjunction with . he accounts given by the reporters for the public gess and other eye-witnesses, and with the important .verment in the communication of Mr. WALESBY, :he barrister, to the Morning Post, to the effect that ‘Ca:.tain WARNER was never once on board the John J' Gaunt from the time of her having left Gravesend ':en days before the experiment came off;" we are in clined to dismiss all suspicions of pre -arrangement g technical preparation on board the craft itself, for he purpose of this experiment. We look, therefore, it a few of the facts which immediately preceded the thenomena of annihilation. We find that a little be ore 6 P.M., the towing tug-steamer, having Captain iVARNER on board, on her passage from Shoreham, suddenly put about, and for a few seconds hove to close 'to the John o'Gaunt. Then' she re,,u.aed her former situation, and brought up between one and cwo miles off the shore, almost opposite the Old ship cavern, but in such a position as to present, it would -eeni, her broadside to - the. tug, which took up her ,tation at about three hundred yards' distance. One VER. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price: Price. rrench Five perCsnts..... • 122 20 .. 122 20 .. 121 85 .. 121 85 Four per Cents lO6 50 .. 106 50 .. 106 50 .. 106 50 Three per Cents.. hank of France. • •••• • • .• 3095 • . 3120 . 3095 .. 3095 I.anitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o ..1120 • .1720 .. 1120 5,000 f. Sharesso7o —5070 ..5(70 —5070 l;elgian Bank. Belgian Five 5,11131. — ..., 108 ;; 103 •• 1-63-1 1840.........1051 106' .. 105 i .. 106 • 1 8 42 •• •• •• •• 108* .. 1081 .. 1081 .• 104 Dutch Two.and.a.llalf 611 .. 61* .. 61* . 611 Spanish. Threes ...... 33* .. 333 •• 334 ' • ;33 t Active ...... .• •• •• 30* .. 304 .. 30* •. 30* Portuguese Fiveoper Cents— 441 .. 44* .. 444 .. 44i Neapolitan ...... ..,.... •• 98 90 .. 99 .. 98 90 .. 99 Roman •• •• ••.•- •• •• 104 .. 104 .. 104 .. 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8......•• • 4OO .. 400 .. 300 .. 390 L.B• • • •• • • 245 •• 248 75 • • 248 .. 247 50 Rouen ••••• • • • •• • • •• •• •• •• 987 50 .. 987 50 .. 987 50 .. 987 50 Rouen to Havre• • ..... •••• • 763 75 763 75 • • 763 75 .. 763 78 Orleans ••. Strasburg to 240 .. 241 28 .. 240 .. 240 ccouut says—" The moment after Captain WARNER had answered the signal from the battery"—another with a lapse of exactly five minutes after that action," the various heralds of the lightning-like de struction which had enveloped the John o'Gaunt were perceived from the shore. Now, it strikes us, that the sudden return of the tug (the Sir William Wallace) to almost alongside of the craft, was perfectly compatible with a de.,ire, on .the part of Captain WARNER, to take a last glance at her hull, or her sheer, with a view to detect the most Ivantageous position for striking her; and that her Accounts from Madrid of the 16th announce that ming brought up in so favourable a position to be hit the atrocious executions which had been carried i n t o from the Si r Willi am Wallace, was in furtherance of effect i n A rragon an d Catalonia had excited the this design. But what, if any, were the projectitex greatest public indignation, which might ultimately employed which could thus rend, freak up, scatter to cause the downfal of the despotic and cruel Ministry. the winds of heaven, and remove almost every frag- EVen some of the 'Government journals condemn went and vestige of a strong-built and powerful ship, these unjustifiable acts of cruelty. General MAUR' with all her rigging and masts, upwards of more than who is to command the troops now on their march . 300 tons burthen ? And how happened it that the to the south, had arrived at Algesiras. The Dutch explosion was heard anterior to the low, booming, squadron. reached Gibraltar on the 6th, and some days SitbiriatibedUTT intirriitirlßatal'OSeTzioni IlledeAniyed afterwards left for the coast of Morocco. craft herself? The absence of any flash—the absence i The Spanish Funds were lower on the 16th. The Avignon to Marseilles.. •• •• 767 50 .. 767 50 . 767 50 50 RAILWAY SILI.RES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF JULY. Versailles, H,H,. 4OO .. .0 .. 390 .. 390 L.B 215 .. 244 75 .. 245 .. 247 50 O 985 .. 985 .. 983 75 .. 983 7S Strasburg to Bale s 240 .. 242 50 .. 140 .. 240 Avignon to Marseilles..•.•. 767 50 .. 767 50 .. 767 50 .. 7 - 67 - 50 cept on one hypothesis; namely, that the projectile was a condensed or concentrated preparation of ar ' geidum fulminans, or even of fulminating gold ; the explosion of which, by concussion with any solid sub , stance, is knisiflOo be followed by all the tremen dous effects that arise from the expansive energy of the electric fluid. This hypothesis is not the less probable when considered in connection with recent experiments on some of the larger shells of the same gentleman's invention, at Woolwich Warren. If we suppose the machine of projection to have been an air gun of capacity or calibre sufficient for so small a ball or shell as would suffice, fraught with this terri ble material, for such a work of extirpation, we shall perhaps be not very far from an approximation to the solution of •this curious enigma. Then, again, the appearances described as accompanying the annihila tion of the ship; the column of water forced upwards and forwards through her hull and decks ; the pro jection of part of her masts and spars into the air ; the tenuity of the white smoke that suddenly enve rl loped and as suddenly dispersed from the wreck; the extraordinary area of the explosion, tearing away her bulwarks fore and aft, and breaching her solid ribs, snapping off mizen and mainmast, and leaving the hull so dismantled and dissevered that she filled in two minutes and went down head over, with only her foremast standing ;—these are, all of them, compatible with the employment of the most tremendous natural agent which scientific chemistry has yet subjected to her astonishing empire and irresistible control, and, we are almost tempted to add, with no other known force, under parallel circumstances. In any case, the experiment reflects great honour on the sagacity and skill of Captain WARNER, the spirit of Mr SoleEs, the shipowner, who supplied the ship, and the libe rality of the other gallant friends who provided the means for testing this marvellous invention. The Government ought not to lose a day, unnecessarily, in satisfying themselves, one way or the other, as to the merits and feasibility of the plan ; and if satisfied on these points, they will be greatly wanting in their duty to the country if they do not instantly secure for it the unfettered benefit and advantage, on almost any terms, of so effective and tremendous an inven tion, provided they be satisfied that the elements of its construction and application can be kept a secret, patent only to such high State authorities as the Le gislature may think fit to nominate for its inviolable depository. NeoitTING- INTJULLIGENCE. --- BRIDGNORTH RACES.--(MoNDAY CONCLUDED.) The Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 30 added; the second to receive 51., and the winner to be sold for 100/. if de manded. Heats, twice round. • Mr. Thompson's Hudibras, 6 yrs (Marlow) 1 3 1 Mr. Jones's Pensive,A yrs 0 1 2 Mr. Morgan's Cotswold Lass, 4 yrs 2 2 3 Mr. Ongley's Utica, 4 yrs .. 3 dr Two others started. TUESDAY. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs.. each. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Arthur's Miss Susan, 4 yrs... ............... (W. Arthur) 1 Mr. Saunders's Caitiff, 5 yrs Mr. Wadlow's Tippo, aged .. . 3 The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 10 a dd e d. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. J. Stephens's Charity, 4 yrs ... ......... (Owner) 0 1 1 Mr. Wesley's Miss Lucy, 5 yrs Mr. Ongley's The Exciseman, 4 .yra Three others started, but were nit placed. There were two other races to be run when the post left. DUDLEY AND TIPTON RACES.—TUESDAY. The Himley Park Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 40 added ; three yrs old, ist ; four, Bst 21b ; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b; mares, &c., allowed 31b; winners extra. Two miles: Lord Warwick's Yardley, 4 yrs ...(Denman) 1 Mr. Ilalford's Pickwick, aged Mr_ Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs 3 Mr. Hawkins's Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yr' The Dudley Castle Stakes of 3 sors. each, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. Beats, one mile and a half. Weights as for Himley Park Stakes. Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs (Sly) 1 1 Mr. Hawkins's Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yrs .... ........... ...... 2 2, Mr. Emery's Glideaway, 3 yrs The Ashwood Hurdle Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 20 added, one mile and a half, over six hurdles, were won in two heats by Mr. Shepherd's Mudlark, aged (Stagg), beating Victoria, Sweetheart (fell), and four others. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUFSDAL GOODWOOD STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Franchise—taken 11 to 1 agst Pride of Kildare 7to 1 agst Croton Oil—tak. —taken Bto 1 agst The Era —taken 16 to 1 agst Subduer 10 to 1 agst Best of Three-4. 16 to 1 agst Lucy Banks 11 to 1 agst Parthian 20 to 1 agst Pouissin—taken GOODWOOD CUri 6to 5 agstAlicellawthorn—t 12 o'l agst The Squire 7 to 1 agst Prizefighter—t. I . . . - ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Ithuriel—taken Bto 1 agst The Princess—t. 4 to 1 agst The Cure—off. 8 to 1 agst Ugly Buck - 7 to 1 agst Bay Momus 13 to 1 agst Red Deer 'GREAT OARS' WAGER AMONGST THE GENTLE MEN OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY CLUB. The members of this highly-respectable club, who have acquired much popularity by their spirited racing at the • Thames Grand Regatta, and at Brith, - in the great race against the splendid crew of the Royal Artillery, on Thursday rowed their pair -oared wager for a pair of very handsome gold oars, intended to be worn, we presume, as union pins, a' bijou not unlike that presented at Henley, under the title of the diamond sculls. Seven pairs had entered the lists as competitors, and were chosen by lottery a few days ago, thus . affording any gentlemen on the river who were speculative, an opportunity of •backing their opinion. The distance was the same as that chosen a few days ago by the Leander Club, the start being made from Vauxhall'instead of Westminster bridge; and the race finishing at Putney. Messrs. I'. L. A t ki nson and Robins ...... Bl ac k . .. .. ........ ...I Messrs. Dodd an d E mery , Pink ...... .......... .2 Messrs. H. C ooper and P . Smith •..Light Blue 3 Mes3rs. A. D. C ooper an d M at hi eu . .....R e d 4 Messrs. E. Smith an d R eve l .... ..........Whit e .. 5 Messrs. H owar d and Emmerson ........... Bl ue an d Whi te 6 Messrs. 'Mo or h ea d and Cameron - ' Red and Blue 7 In consequence of-the lateness of the tide, the gentlemen did not mo ve t owards Vaux hall -bridge until seven o'clock. Mr. A. Cooper's boat was nearest the Middlesex shore, Mr. Atkinson's next, then Mr. Moorhead's, Mr. Howard's, Mr. Revel's, and Mr. Dodd's. The signal for starting was given by Mr. A. Cooper, R.A., who was umpire, and steered the club eight, arid the whole of the seven pair went off very prettily together. Atkinson and his partner took the lead, clolely followed by A. D. Cooper and partner, Dodd and his partner and Smith's boat being abreast of each other, and the others scarcely a boat away. In rowing up the Teach, the leading pair immediately improved their ad vantage, and never lost the first place. A. D. Cooper and partner held the second place, Aptil, in consequence of shifting their oars, a trifling (Play was occasioned, which lost them their position. Moorhead and his part ner, H. Cooper's boat and Dodd's, all being well up, and a splendid struggle going on for the second place, which was obtained off the beginning of the the town of Wandsworth, by some very plucky pulling on the part of Dodd and Emery, who were pressed all the remaining portion of the distance by the third pair. Atkinson and Robins won by eight lengths, the three next having hut little space between them. The Leander, and some other great aquatic clubs, accompanied the race. SCULLERS' CONTEST BETWEEN LEACH AND • BARTLETT. The scullers' c on t est for 10/. a-side, between Joseph Leach, of Vauxhall, and Clement Bartlett, took place on Tuesday, from Westminster.to Putney, but was, from first to last, too much ene way to need any lengthened detail. Both men have acquired some note as scullers, Leach having exhibited considerable powers in the oars race at Putney a month ago; and Bartlett having defeated the we ll-known John Ph e l ps some five or s i x years ago. me men started at about half past sik, L eac h h aving the outside pl a ce, but not bein g a t any disadvantag e i n t h at respect, as the w i n d blew sttongly from the eastward. "Leach ran away with the lead, main tained it throughout, and won by two or three hundred yard; SUMMARY OF NEWS AND ipubitt Opinion. " Who runs may read." rowLmxoN. The Vigie of Dieppe, of the 19th says :—" If we are wel informed, the King has accepted the invitation of the Muni cipality, in the name of the town of Dieppe, to be present at thefite of the inauguration of the statue of Duquesne. It is therefore certain that the inauguration will take place this year : " _ _ His Majesty has purchased a splendid gold cup, which he intends as a present to General Avitabile, who returned re cently from Lahore. The Ministry is preparing for a creation of Peers. Amongst the intended new Peers who are spoken of, are M. Pedre- Lacage, M. Anisson-Duperon, M. Paulze-d'lvroy, and several Generals. The King of Bavaria arrived at Palermo on the 9th, and immediately received a visit from the King of Naples;. A Coblentz journal states that the Queen of Greece is about to pay a visit to Germany, and that she will go to the baths of Ems. The following circumstance is related in a letter from Bar celona :—" At the moment before the departure of Fuad Effendi, the Ottoman Ambassador, he went to the palace of the Bishop of Barcelona, and, requested his blessing for the journey he was about to undertake, saying, The blessing of the aged and the just is always respected by our Supreme Master.' The Bishopacceded to the demand, and pronounced the following words May the Lord protect you in your journey, and direct your steps in the right path.' The German Universal Gazette mentions, under date Dres den, the 14th inst., that since the late disturbances at Prague, all the letters received from Bohemia were opened, and, after being read by the Austrian authorities, forwarded to their destination with the imperial seal affixed to them. The Crown domain, says the Courrier Francais, has pos sessed for nearly a century the diamond called the Regent, which weighs more than 136 karats, and is cut brilliant fa shion. It was worn by Napoleon .in the pommel of his sword. It is valued at 3,700,000 f. ; but, supposing that to have been its cost a hundred years ago, its cost now, with compound interest, is more than 40,000,00 pf, . . It appears from an official return that the European popu lation of the parts of Algeria directly under the French Go vernment in December last was as follows :—ln the province of Algiers 20,791 French, 2,208 English and Anglo-Maltese, 11,055 Spaniards and Portuguese, 2,955 Italians, 1,146 Ger mans, Swiss, and Belgians, and 106 Russians; Poles, and Greeks. In the province of Constantina : 4,437 French, 2,796 English and Anglo-Maltese, 389 Spaniards and Portuguese, 1,223 Italians, 265 Germans, Swiss, and Belgians, 25 Rus sians, Poles, and Greeks. In the province of Oran : 2,929 French, 303 English and Anglo-Maltese, 5,835 Spaniards, 816 Italians, 206 Germans, Swiss, and Belgians. Shortly after the trial of Mine. Lacoste, at Auch, there was brought before the same Court of Assizes a young girl of the labouring class, who, in a fit of despair at being abandoned by her lover, killed him by firing a loaded gun at him. The jury, taking into consideration the whole of the circumstances, declared by their verdict that they were greatly extenuating, and the prisoner was only condemned to four years of solitary imprisonment. _ LAW AND POLICE. At the Cambridge Assizes, Fanny Rutherford, 15 years of age, was convicted of arson, and sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. The "Worcester Assizes commenced on Monday. The fol lowing is an analysis of the offences in the calendar :—Steal ing from the person, 9 ; housebreaking, 5; burglary, 10; unnatural crime, 1; shooting with intent to kill, 2; man slaughter, 2 ; concealment of birth, 1; assault. 1; highway robbery, 5 ; utt er i ng counterfe i t coin, 1 ; embezzlement, 2 ; larceny, 14; possessing counterfeit coin, 3; false pretences, 1 ; criminal assault on a child, 1; destroying a parish regis ter, I—total, 59. The Lincoln Assizes also commenced on Monday. There are few causes, but the calendar is very heavy as to crime, for out of 21 indictments 4 are for murder, 1 for intent to murder, 1 for rape, I for secreting letters the property of the General Post-office, 2 for sheep-stealing, 3 for burglary, &c. The common juries were disposed of in the course of the morning. In the Crown Court, Eliza Joyce, aged 31, was charged with having in the October of 1841, at Boston, administered to Emma Joyce a quantity of laudanum, with intent to kill and murder her. A second indictment charged her with having, in the month of January, 1842, administered also a quantity of poison to Ann Joyce, with intent to kill and murder her. The prisoner was tried at the last spring assizes for the murder of one of the children of her husband by a former wife ; but owing, however, to some defect in the proof, was acquitted. Some time after she went to the Boston union, where, being attacked with a severe fit of illness, she confessed to having murdered the two children mentioned in the indictment. To one, which was three years old, she was step-mother ; the other, which was eighteen months old, was her own offspring. She pleaded guilty to both the charges, and was sentenced to be executed. A singular case was heard at Bow-street, which arose ap parently out of some new instructions given to the police by the officers of the Strand union, relative to stray children in the streets. We refer to the police report for the particulars. At Worship-street, James Elliott, the individual who some time ago obtained 4001. damages in the Court of Com Mon Pleas for false imprisonment, was charged with causing a cisturbance by knocking at several doors without excuse. He was ordered to pdv a fine of 205., and having no money, was sent to prison. lie struck at the officers, and showed strong symptoms of insanity. COURT-1 0 1i5EIXONABLIS. Lord Henniker has left town for the Earl of fichester's seat in Dorsetshire. Sir Roger and Lady Palmer, with the younger branches and suite, have left Portland-place for Kenure Park, Ireland. Sir Clifford, Lady Constable, Miss Chichester, and suite, have left Cumberland-place for a tour in Norway and Sweden. The Earl and Countess of Warwick received a select party at dinner on Monday evening, at their mansion in Carlton gardens. _ _ - Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on Tuesday afternoon, for Broadlands. The Right Hon. Sturges Bourne is entertaining a large and distinguished party at Fulwood House, near Southampton, during the agricultural meeting in that town. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond will give a grand en tertainment on Saturday at Cadlands, near Southampton, to celebrate the coming of r.ge of their eldest son; 600 guests will be present, and the tenantry will be feasted. The Marquis de las Marismas (M. Aguado), accompanied by his Marchioness, arrived at Mivart's Hotel on Tuesday, from Paris. MISCELLANEOUS. The weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held in Dublin on Monday. It was anticipated that the rent for the week would be 1,5001. At a meeting of the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday, Alder man Copeland brought up the report of the inspector's" of weights and measures for the half-year ending June 24, 1844, from which it appeared that there -had been 249 defective weights and measures seized; 166 weights and 91 measures that were unstamped ; and that 227 had been convicted for the use of false weights or measures. The dole amount of fines exacted was 1271.55. 6d. The sentence of the court-martial on First Lieutenant Louis, Royal Marines, 'Woolwich division, .for leaving his guard at the Victualling-yard, Deptford, without due autho rity, and for being absent therefrom when the fire took place on board the freight ship Madras, on the 9th inst., has been promulgated. The award of the Court was, that Lieutenant Louis be cashiered ; but in consequence of certain mitigatory circumstances, Lieutenant Louis was recommended to her Majesty's favourable consideration, and the Queen, though fully approving the sentence of the Court, has been pleased to order that Lieutenant Louis be permitted to return to his duty. Lieutenant Louis, who, we believe, is a son of Rear- Admiral Sir John Louis, up to the period of the late unfor tunate occurrence, was always considered a most attentive and zealous officer. We understand that her Majesty the Queen Dow ager, attended by the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormond, Earl Howe, and Lady Georgina Curzon, Sir D. Davies, &c., is expected to arrive at Marlborough House, on Friday next, from Germany, via Brussels and Ostend. Her Majesty will leave town early next month for Bushy, and subsequently it is expected, proceed to Witley Court, near Worcester, for the autumn and winter. FALMOUTH, MONDAY NIGHT.—The wind having blown at east to-day, we have had several arrivals off, and the following have communicated :—The Marquis of Hast ings, Riddle, from Calcutta, March 5, Cape of Good Hope, May 15, and St. Helena, June 4. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Coles, from Calcutta • and General Sir W. Nott, lady, and family, who embarked at the Cape of Good Hope, landed here. When Sir William's luggage was being examined at the Custom-house, he appeared to take pride in showing to the officers his magnificent sword, presented to him by Lord Ellenborough, which excited much admiration. Also off this port, the barque Countess of Minto, from Calcutta, 130 days; the Mount Stuart Elpbinstone, from Calcutta, March 4, and St. Helena, May 29 ; the Belle Alliance from Singapore, March 5, St. Helena, May 23; the Carib, from Batavia; the Mary Miteheson, from Port Philip, March 1, and landed passengers; the Layton, from Valparaiso; the Helen Jane, from Buenos Ayres ; the Governor Macdonald, from Gambia ; the Barlow, from Jamaica. A melancholy occurrence happened to a young gentleman named Dewen, the nephew of a merchant in Broad-street, City. He had been in very low spirits for some time, owing to differences with his family, and on Tuesday night he eluded the vigilant 'watch kept by his family, and swallowed a large dose of °Pun, which induced stupefaction, and although medical aid was speedily obtained, he continues in a dangerous state. TILE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The beautiful weather of the last few days has had a wonderful effect on the crops. The harvest in the county of Essex has already commenced, and in the neighbourhood of Rom ford has become very general. Several fields of wheat, barley, and oats have been cut, and throughout the coun ties of Kent, Sussex, Essex, and Surrey, grain of every description presents a most luxuriant appearance. Not withstanding the long drought which has prevailed for such a lengthened period throughout the whole of the agricultural districts, which had a serious effect on the early crops of grass, and which it was calculated would have caused hay to be exceedingly dear, the late refreshing showers have caused the crop of aftergrass to be most abundant, and the mowers are now everywhere engaged is cutting the second hay harvest. Some wheat and oats have al ready been housed in the most excellent condition. The hop grounds of the county of Kent are looking extremely beautiful, the plant is remarkably healthy, and freer from the grub than has been known for a number of years. The prospect of an abundant and early harvest is cheering in the extreme, and should the present fine weather [continue, the harvest will become general throughout the country in the course of a week or ten days. "lore or less rain has fallen every twenty-four hours since the date of our last, St. Swithin's day. On Sunday it rained nearly the whole day, and again during a portion of the night ; and from the embrowned and swollen state of our river, it is obvious that thunder, or some other showers, must have been still heavier up the country. In fact, with the exception of passing skiffs to lay dust and freshen the blade, the soil is now sufficiently moistened to carry the farming community over harvest. Where strongest and best, the crops have been partially lodged --an evil very little dreaded at onetime. In some rare instances they are so completely flattened, that they can hardly regain the perpendicular, even under the influ ence of favouring breezes. Still we hope the best, now that harvest is so close at hand, and grain changing co lour in ever direction. The pastures, aftermaths, turnips and potatoes,' have been greatly benefited within the last ten days ' from_the alternating eff ec t s o f suns hi ne an d shower, and from the:favourable accounts received from the south, the trade in cattle, so long marred by intense drought; will speedily revive. —Dumfries Courier. Th Ali preca and 1 Ca Gentt eerta being sii Ares( At Wu. divis from ter t boils CI 01 defin by s i‘ith CUSSI the I redu thini Gov latio term wet% con s got i Goy tunic sent trust undo C lie~~ give of 3 , for t prin °the, won qua' age