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tons. Frc Tote Alder tch dis- in ge isiness, rtnight sews of ion. narketf for ink ind for r stock Indis to 1; er South, ire 123 eature ants. eC Col l ' I at 3 6 i alf per ate de ctatioti favour- 1095 0.414 9-16 • .- •—••••, • INVS• QINO. , but Invest ree iter D par. Active! to 33i.. i; and es have . ire 12 ; to 62; ; Lynn 1 to 15; ; Trent ; Ditto iris and leen.ll; unkfo74l nburgh.. ports of ending. ,rlcet A L , d their place iactions; d.; 400) to 61d; Clerican,. Id as on er, 28 ; Cashel, 'ilasgovf eer.oelc, Inn and South- British, Eastern ie trade Si. ; in -43821. ; Total I 1843, 14/ ered ill burden, ber a .In, and P o ' ~: -- - • "! COURT CIRCULAR. er ;ZSClit, TITESDA.Y.—Her Majesty is going on in u Peet as well as p oss ibl e . Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel uerr in Waiting, went this morning to he Zet the battalion of Scots Fusilecr Guards stationed ith Th eir Royal Hi g h nesses t h e P r i nce o f W a l es an d the Prite ess Alice w ere t a k en a i r i ngs i n a carr i age i n forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal also taken in the royal gardens. TThe Earl of Hardwicke arrived to-day at the Castle. er 14 :I en , -Val Highness the Duchess of Kent left her re fte — 0 ; 'rogmore Lodge, in a carriage and four, soon to h r er - i t ° :elock to-day, to pay a visit of congratulation Bush;,T r a Jesty, the Queen Dowager, at her residence at he r b „,', 44 , ° , 113 e, Bushy Park, on the auspicious return of 0 - 77, 'my. The Royal Duchess returned to Frog- Werra Lodge soon after six o'clock, and immediately after and il n p a ro ce celd l e b d er t t o . the Castle, and visited her Majesty A c a b. p 'net Council was held yesterday afternoon at sew,' ctre ign-office, Downing-street. The Council as seilt`4ed at half-past three o'clock. The Ministers pre to Were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the r d Chancellor Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the el ze hequer, t h e Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Wharneliffe, the or pz; 1.e:1 t0 ,,, —Pon, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Edward 7 111 , and the Duke of Buccleuch. The Council 4 ' n eti in deliberation about two hours. visit ZlsSitr left j anlaemyesGraham town la . last night for Netherby, on a ter !he Ch ancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yes eaornin g. A rile • -,,..!thiisheotping of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for A gta ncl took place yesterday. Those present were the of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lichfield, the L,4'rd President of the Council, the Chancellor of the V4cheqtier, the :Earl of Besborough, and the Right Hon. " I. John Nicoll. „111,,ORTING INTELLIGENCE. Th.„- -iL VERHAMPTON RACES.-- . MONDAY, . produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added , lair' colts Bst 61b, fillies Bst 31b. Once round. I k Copelands Ninety-one 2 xr`._ 111:istoves Freystrop 0 'ff. Critchley's Roal int C hesterfield' H s is Joan y of Arc Highness Th_hi W arwick's Th e M u l e . Wolverhampton Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft and 1.'" °111 Y if declared, with 100 added—the second save s Of %th ''s stake. Twice round 1.1.. d a distance. (51 subs., 30 Itr orn declared.) ill!. Wreford's Franchise, 5 yrs, 6st bib If •IlaYne's Maria, 4 yrs, 7st 81b I,r• Cooke's What 4 Ts 7st 21b ...a t t , , , . , 0 1 f .,. • 13tickley s David, 5 yrs, Bst 41b vThe Ladies' P urse of Won easy. Kings Yarrow sa Heats, oats round and a dis. 754. ' - kr• C ope l and ' s I , 3 Yrs (Lye) 0 1 1 1 2 3 lir. Painter'• 0 Inallin ' 3 yrs Lord Cheste;fielrlb'esr°llA'o 0 2 Mr. Wilson' s aged lir . uMotnikor's, 0 0 dr y 3 rs Yrs j o h nofatb r s3o t vv ta n g e h d ,:n i 2 dr yrs ar sbg by Jupiter, 3 yrs ....... Masteb, 140(tiVTE1.011; wh ), be (Bell ACES.(MONDA.T.) Mr. Shelley's Prologue, 2 yrs Mr. J. Verrall's br c by Rockingham, d by Tl, tiehone, 2 yrs, easy 6 Que en ' s Plate of . 100 Guineas. Heats, the new _ course. 111 2r r : S e i r cru t . h , 8 8 Alice biawthorn, 6 yrs (Templeman) 1 1 Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs 2 dr (4 subsweePstakes of 3 sovs. each, and2s added, T.Y.C., li;s), Were won in four heats by Mr. Monk's I.)al tkes;',.s Yrs (E. Edwards), beating Mr. Shelley's Five- f Te s , -- "ve, 4 and Captain Smith's c by Elis, out o Ile, 2 yrs, another. B ETTING AT WOLVERHAMPTON. 103 to 1 agst The Curet LEGER. 1 3 agst Red Deer —taken to 1 ago, -,,.... g.. -.a a-ballagh. 5 EBOR HANDICAP. ,_ to 4 agst Franchise. zi A T , „ I' 'uNAL SWIMMING MATCHES _est e ,„_, , idela tuay t t.... 4 . -Le swimming matches under the superin that h e ee i °L 'he National 6 Society for the promo t ti o on se o r. f pe n t i ll 4 taful and necessary art, comm!nced on h oy y. River 1i; 36 4 t Strad ian, I? H de- ark. This Society was founded Hyde-park. Westminster, on the Ist of January, Ors °i now under the patronage of several zuesn- The the nobility and other distinguished individuals. its h-ronl_atches brought about by it reflect much credit on no L s Qtrlt ers and supporters. Since the commencement or tor t 3 .than 86 valuable prizes have been presented f ilni)etition to swimming societies in various parts of diiptll4llld, Ireland, and Scotland. The weather yeste d r- . anee nor and, being exceedingly unpropitious, the attend first tb„ Was not numerous. At about half-past six . o'clock ekeii time inatch commenced. On a signal being given . t aneo u t' the competitors plunged in the water smut ' , rill e,„,' , and swans about 110 yards. The matches There-" 7114 until Friday, which will be the grand day. ons e e qu 'r el s e lle t a sufficient entry for the silver d medals, in "aa an, eof the weather, but notwithstan . ing . there re, -Qt ltseZdeel,lent morning's sport, The following is the eciared.:-- -W v 9lia lt , shaw SUB SCRIPTION puns= 5 IViililalli none ....................Alexander awardßoy Riddle 2 1 E ant Wil l i am Bright .... 0 John Killoss 4111 smith .... 3 Riddle Thi, rn ............ 4 Thomas 0 c° his atell was splendidly contested throughout, all 110 0 , aC " 1 Pretty close together, and Shaw winning b y 4 Iheasecond was rather an amateurmatch being a (chatwstl'ength between William Robinson,i of Oxford (Il ara v r,; l°ll O f last year) ; George Pewtress, of London )2e ateb r•()lt of the previous year) ; and four others.. The the was Yer rest well Y Well contested ; Pewtress came in first, I ) ,lkt th e nil• nought conclusion of the latter match . the sports were 13 ° rxiii i 4 close for the day, and adjourned ; till this lai iT Several boats, together with those of the of 445' ite cid li e 4l 4l B . o ciety, were in attendance iu case 1:1 Thetit lA.TEsTY'S THEATRE.—Her i'rn,:e L,wks last night honoured by the K be aeem" Parti ed Z` Prtissia, vvho, it is believed, will esen A c l e aj o e f st t y h ' e s The Don I)42aZhhis express command or t he g., as been substituted by the Royal Highness Prince Albert. d esir e "Peep, to meet his Royal Highness's t.rfe,e4l.,,lesesdlifOcr)optheer:ies::: 'Tit%Kl NVIt • • was b ness this beautiful work. . theatre opened .14124qtiTo T ATRE.—Th'S management earnest last .the E dec orat e d the i house has" bee e n completely renovatednerby Mr. Reek, under the Cobb, th - ,, , 11 a terY chaste and elegant man w ß ee ath Theatre. During and the toe.ti eaLre has th th Viritecl Proprietor. In the course of the visitorsw eek heePn Well filled by the numerous Mr. IlOtopte rtteiSl,L4ll4 it is to be hoped the exertions of /ton -" ue duly rewarded. '4ll A te "111 AT LORD RODNEY'S. t that on the Bt;:dttY sent to the Police-office at Bow ' s se of Lord 1145cloeviR11.,staet sortie Person entered the 0 11 —lnforra re a e t t i , eu was Cl 'ltttl." 1 '' sariey-street, and stole with black 441tre8Wateh ' jew elled in four holes, gold dial old snap littlio4ather blotted, and silk guard, with the a gold Geneva hori %her ea ' two arnall seals, one a ' hair, Ivith * -4 tt k e) and a small locket ,containing of Mrs. c°° des all the property 4 eu. eu the back, white corn . g n e i li n a g n ' 4 il ;401, 6---oioNAHLE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AT -matt 4-01,---burinvthDast week several town, kat tletLellt.an•ived at thee - Adel hi Hotel, in this Thurs • til tY th e their de t f P places. visit On to his ex,t 3.6 , e Rar mare . or various persons of from a left on s.„ritisty, est ' lt utelskroxhir e returnedt o f u k Ireland, and d.i4b,aiatlitig, arecornepasld by the H rl oi n i- f 1 ar rtved f ~ or ton Abboy. The Earl Irelana. tkly 16°4, Lodon, and left for Killeen Castle, having re. M F r in C ga aven .. - vemile aiedo, ~ arrived on Tuesday, and, after ,4), for e ss of Cardi an' passed through on T he Coup , days in town left for the county of Antrim. to ktf_ Dublin. Genegral Wallace 1 liZit --On the Oh inst„ - „,r kr TRX ALFRED CLUB -110USE. passed through Z°llse,i'n'"- sortie persons stole from the Alfred . a C u l t u ie b d - IT ettsll7l""herearle-street, Piccadilly, a blackiskp i drawn uY •La, arkh u; containiti a cheque for 40-, Finch lane, kCi l on ke - m ovre, and Co., e. i ,.., 4iv b Sgra. Igorrien, a. '' note, 15 sov 4gus loge',l -.4 4ak of England note, a 5/. John c 1 e, iler with es got • „The thiev . e '°lle l ' 51 . in silver, a gold pencil case, and ) 3 Olt with quantity of papers. a silver te ll h e ., , their booty, and the property has not since 1. or o r -infor • 11 this day, 1114" tilati°ll was received at Clerkenwe , teilt.”et9f welldressed fellows were going about, .levying titrseleutions on gentry, and h, °, h y f at _ , the nobility, that they belonged tilere se,ciety ;oerly ,i,epreereontteim. of Italian Boys, R P k„ .bah l . t, 11% existence.oharitabioe to bllZY,itistealeea ', - c society in . ue Polio 11. imposition, 4 3 the', h 6 ate on th e y have succecled in obtaining I moiley SUDDEN" 4 received a de Alert t" nof some of the parties, ars ii I)EATII.--111• ser g le duin, for many Ye ~ r ector it . of the Aeade • au usi ue of waiting a fey, d ays si ni n ie de M attend the marriage o *he% tenr' end days e r. e e t d• i t. ? a rie e was sitting inchair, Douai, w - f hi h ls is t his he ex. gz: and, drooping lit itne ( B l• lne °no han4dPed him his gloves, when I am tlyir, ,„ 14 a Faint voice, " I want nothing more ;_. the liletatb" I).4TH AT ETTERING.—Among c't kett e t)r his head, instantly expired to witness the interment in the parish c *4 a F in & of the late Mr. T. Lamb, on Saturday _las:: leoN,Ficlevr named Bailey, who, before the funeral_s.n a "vogeg were closed, was-observed to fall back, as if l ail noon, w°ll. Under the impression that this was the case b y ll3 carried into the en air, where she was seen Paley al tnan, who pronounced her to be in a fit of e ekbtr•_, Thence she was borne to her residence, and a n h , at i, 1 7 1 io about three hours from the time of her bel b kopletl• The deceased was in her forty-thLA year.— N13414:1E/I DEATR.—On Sunday pten Mere ur Y. N Yor Ai r 1 - _ . Of , O. 4, c. • ....ewis Duval, the eminent conveyancer, afternoon the fa th, , otone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, were thrown into eca meePest affliction, in consequence of his sudden de• het e . Itt his residence at Bayswater. A few minutes , e four . bp at, o'clock in the afternoon the deceased went hng lila askr_,B_to his dressing -room king purpose ofiya s ! u its be was preparatory to his t a airin b t ter va 63 Much lonr,er than was thoughtnecessary, a hi 1 was sent toi'h'he was found sitting in jai c h air • • li n , when eell e , . quite insensible. Medical aid was immediately kp . i' l ln, but the vital spark had for ever passed away. 4st i liva l was in his wonted good health, and it was at 4'espestrnagined that appoplexy had seized him, but upon te,,,i/1"-teni examination being made upon the body verselkett-443? nierning, it was ascertained that death had b ias cau sed by the rupture of one of the principal blood_ la of the heart. The bel Lincoln's-inn Chapel ketued of the mornthg as a° mark of respect to his ory. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1644. ART-UNION OF LONDON. The Annual Meeting of the Subscribers to the Art-Union of London took place yesterday, at twelve o'clock, in the Theatre Royal Drury-lane. Great interest was manifested in the proceedings of the pre sent meeting, in consequence of the difficulties which have been recently thrown in the way of these useful institutions, from the state' of the law on lotteries, and in consequence of an expectation that some explana tion would be given of the steps which have been adopted by the friends of art in both Houses of Parliament to secure to the subscribers to the various art-unions throughout the coun try, "indemnity for the past and security for the future." The doors were opened at eleven o'clock, and shortly afterwards the boxes were fully occupied, the greater portion of the occupants consisting of ele gantly-dressed ladies. The pit soon became crowded, and the stage, which was fitted up most appropriately, and in front of which were erected the wheels of for tune, was also completely filled before the commence ment of the proceedings. Among those present we observed the Right Hon. Lord Monteagle, T. Wyse, Esq., M.P., D. Christie, Esq., M.P., W. E wart, Esq., M.P., Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., W. Tooke, Esq., and several other patrons and admirers of the fine arts. At twelve o clock precisely, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, President of the Society (who was attended by Baron Knesebeck), entered the theatre, and took the chair amidst the reiterated plaudits of the audience. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then opened the proceedings by addressing the meeting as follows :—Ladies and Gentlemen, It is under very peculiar circumstances that I am called on to preside over you here to-day. You and all our other friends have no doubt heard of the legal poin's which have been mooted, and of the difficulties which have arisen in the course of our proceedings. Thanks to the attention of two Mem bers of Parliament—Lord Monteagle in the House of Lords—(Cheers)—and Mr. Wyse in the house of Commons—(Cheers)--to whom we are all under great obligations—(Cheers)—these points have been cleared up and those difficulties removed.--(Cheers.) \\Then I last had the pleasure of presiding over you, which was two years since, I congratulated you on the con siderable increase which had taken place in our num bers—we then numbered 7,000 members of our Art- Union, since then we have added 7,000 more to our numbers—(Cheers) and we now consist of 14,000 members.—(Loud cheers.) This fact must afford great gratification to all who take an interest in the progress of the fine arts, and I assure you that it gratifies no one more than myself. The report will be read to you by Mr. Goodwin, our honorary secretary. Our chief object, after the re port has been read, will be the drawing of the prizes, and I heartily wish you all success.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the following report : The late proceedings relative to the legality of this Association having engaged a considerable share of public attention for some time past, ) ,are probably known by the majority:of the subscribers, through the periodical press. The Committee, however, consider it necessary to com mence this, their eighth annual report, with a brief re cital of them. In April last, according to custom, all the arrangements were made for the ennual distribution of the funds ; the use of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, had been generously afforded by Mr. Bunn, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had promised to take the chair. A few days before the appointed time a letter was received from the solicitor to the ; Lords Com missioner, of her Majesty's Treasury, informing the Committee that the Art-Union of London had been been brought under the notice of their Lordships, that they were advised it was illegal, and that the further continuance of the same would render all parties en gaged in itj liable to prosecution. On receipt of this communication, your Committee, in deference to Govern ment, immediately suspended their proceedings, and addressed an urgent memorial to the Prime Minister, setting forth that, the Art-Union of London, since its establishment in 1837, had expended about 36,000 L in the purchase and preparation of works of art, to the great encoragement of artists, and the diffusion of a taste for the Fine Arts throughout the empire •, that none of the parties concerned in its management had any pecu niary or other personal interest therein ; that it had put into operation painters, sculptors, engravers, medal-die sinkers, and workers in bronze—a branch of art much neglected in this country ; that they had established correspondents, not merely throughout the United Kingdom, but in Ceylon, Bombay, Singapore, Nora Scotia, Hobart Town, Mexico, and New York ; and had thus bound together by one common interest—an im portant and good one—a multitude of individuals, throughout the world, and had opened to many fresh sources of elevating gratification, tending to wean them from debasing pursuits; that the Committee had then a large sum of money in their hands for distribution and for payment of engravers; that many artists had devoted labour and skill to the preparation of works of art, and in the majority of cases looked to this and similar asso ciations for their reward ; and that, if the Committee were presented from completing their arrangements, the results would be disastrous to a large body of meritorious , men. They therefore prayed, without then entering on the question of legality, that they might receive assurance that ,no legal proceedings would be sanctioned by Government if the general meeting were held as arranged, and promised to give the most serious attention to the opinion of the law officers of the Crown before any steps were taken towards a future subscription. They had an interview afterwards with Sir George Clerk, on the part of Sir Robert Peel, but were unable to obtain any guarantee. A meeting of artists was held in the metropolis, numerous petitions were presented to Parliament from all parts of the country, and ultimately, on the motion of the Right Hon. Th omas W yse, a Com mittee of the House of Commons was appointed (3d of June), " to consider the objects, results, and present position of Art-Unions, how far they are affected by existing laws, and what are the most expedient and practicable means to place them on a safe and permanent basis, and to render them most subservient to the im provement and diffusion of art through the different classes of the community." This Committee continued to receive evidence till the end of July, and have not yet made their report. In the meantime the exhibitions were drawing to a close, and the Right Hon. Lord Monteagle, with the view of securing the continuance of the operations of this Asso ciation, and of preventing disappointment to artists who had exhibited works during the current year, presented a Bill to the House of Lords to legalise Art-Unions, under the provisions of which, as altered by the House of Commons and made law, the Association is now car ried on. By this Act we are enabled to proceed until the 31st day of July, 1845 ; and it is understood that early in the next session of Parliament a Bill, founded on the report of the Committee, will be brought in to place the Art-Union of London and similar Societies on a permanent and firm basis. The proceedings referred to have been necessarily the cause of much anxiety to your Committee, and have called for continual exertions on their part; they are repaid, however, by the conviction that the Association will now hold a more important place than it has yet done. The subscription for the present year amounts to the sum of 14,819/. 145., being an increase of 2,485/. 7s. over that of last year. The extension of the Society's operations, by the appointment of additional provincial and foreign honorary secretaries, has been referred to already. There are now 271 gentlemen acting in that capacity, and it is hoped that the list will be still further increased. In America, especially, your Committee are most anxious to increase their relations; and they have accepted with pleasure friendly offers of co-operation from the officers of a Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States, recently named, by an Act of the New York Legislature, the " American Art-Union." Every link which helps to bind together VO great nations in a good cause must be valuable. The number of works of art selected by the prize holders last year was 236, including two pieces of sculpture. They were exhibited for three weeks to the subscribers and their friends in the Suffolk-street Gal lery, by permission of the Society of British Artists, and for one week gratuitously to the public without any limitation or restriction. It is estimated that, in the whole, nearly 200,000 persons visited this exhibition, and that, too, without the occurrence of any accident-- another gratifying proof, if it were needed, of the eager ness of the public to avail themselves of any opportunity to examine works of art which may be afforded them, and of the perfect safety with which, under proper su pervision, this privilege may be accorded. Since the date of the last general meeting the print due to the subscribers of 1843, " Raffaelle and the For narina," engraved after Sir Augustus Callcott by Mr. Lumb Stocks, has been distributed. At the same time the outlines in illustration of " The Pilgrim's Progress," engraved after Mr. Selous by Mr. Henry Moses, were distributed to the subscribers of the current year. The Committee cannot avoid congratulating the sub scribers on the excellence of both these works. They have to state that, in pursuance of the advertisement, which provided that, in the event of engraving the out lines selected, the artist should receive a further remu neration to superintend the publication of them, they presented the sum of fifty guineas to Mr. Selous, in addi tion to the premium. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was pleased to accept a copy of these illustrations, and, in reply to a letter addressed to his Royal High ness by the Honorary Secretaries, commanded Mr. East lake, R.A., to express his Royal Highness's approbation of the objects of the Association. The character of the Prince as a lover of art, the in terest oonstantly manifested by him in its progress in Fogland, and the efforts already made under his direc tion with that end in view, give this testimony much greater value than would result simply from his Royal Highness's exalted position. A marked and decided change in public opinion on the subject of the Fine Arts has taken place during the present reign, and will not form the least importantpage in the volumes of the future historian. Britishitish artists hare shown themselves competent and willing to essay great works when the opportunity shall be afforded them ; and the British public that they will willingly contribute means for the production of such, and seek enjoyment in the contemplation of them when executed. The engraving after Mr. Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., by Mr. Goodall, " The Castle of Ischia," due to the sub scribers of the current year (1844), in addition to the outlines, is in a forward state. The fact that two such works as these (either of which, under ordinary circum stances, would cost a guinea or more) can be produced for every subscriber of that sum, and still leave the greater part of the aggregate amount for the purchase of paintings and sculpture, affords an extraordinary in stance of the results of co-operation. Every subscriber for 1843 will receive an impression 4of 6 line engraving, after Mr. Mulready, R.A., by Mr. G. T. Doi, " The Convalescent," which is far advanced towards completion. In consequence of the very successful result of the first competition of designs in outline, the advertisement was repeated. In reply, thirty-two sets of designs of various degrees of merit were received, from whic the Committee selected, as most deserving of the premium offered, a series illustrative of Thomson's " Castle of In dolence," by Mr. William Rimer. For a future year the Committee have arranged to engrave "Jeptha's Daughter," painted by Mr. O'Neil, and selected by Mr. Cyrus Legg, a prizeholder of 1843, and have placed it in the hands of Mr. Peter Lightfoot, for that purpose. The Committee are desirous on all occasions, when it can be done with advantage, to en grave pictures purchased by the Association, and they look with much anxiety for the result of the selections about to be made. It cannot be too strongly reiterated, that a great responsibility rests with the prizeholders ; and the Committee venture to urge on their attention the remarks on this subject which appear in former reports ; and even to repeat that the prizeholders must consider themselves but as the stewards of the Association, and endeavour to promote as much as possible its highest objects. On the other hand, the Committee would call for the co-operation of the artists themselves, who have so deep an interest in the success of the Institution, and " implore them to discourage any attempt to divert its funds from their legitimate purposes, and to discounte nance:any, should there be such, who, instigated by selfish motives, would endeavour to make the Institution sub serve only to their own individual gain." In order to insure a good subject for engraving here after, and to induce the production of a superior work of art, your Committee are about to offer the sum of 5001., under conditions which will be advertised, for an original picture illustrative of English History. They propose that cartoons, the size of the picture, shall be sent in by the Ist of January, 1845, from which ate selection shall be made, and that the artist shall undertake to complete the finished painting within twelve months after the decision. In proposing this competition to the artists of the United Kingdom, the Committee express an earnest hope that the result may be creditable to the country. They seek a work of the highest order of merit, a work of mind ; and they venture to think that painters of ability will be induced to respond to the call, not merely by the sum of money offered—a secondary consideration in the mind of a true artist—but by the knowledge that copies of his work, by one of our best engravers, will be sent into every nook and corner of the kingdom, as well as to many parts abroad. The bronzes from Flaxman's "Michael and Satan," and Sir R. Westmacett's " Nymph and Child," executed very satisfactorily by Mr. Edward Wyon and Mr. Woodingten, have been distributed to the prizeholders. For the present year, the Committee have caused a bust of Hebe, by Mr. A Gatley, selected by Miss Acocks, a prizeholder in the last distribution, to be put into bronze by Mr. Hatfield. Many of the casts are already finished, so that those subscribers who are fortunate enough to acquire a right to them to-day, will receive them almost immediately afterwards. The medal of Chantrey has been delayed, unfortu nately, partly by the illness of Mr. W. Wyon, R.A., and partly by the success of our arms in India, which led the Government to call on that gentleman unex pectedly for medals for the troops. It is now nearly completed, and will probably be ready for delivery in a short time. In continuation of the series, Mr. A. J. Stothard has been commissioned to execute a medal of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Your Committee intend to take immeeiate steps to obtain medals commemorative of Sir Christopher Wren and Flaxman. They propose to omit no opportunity of elevating in public opinion the character of the true artist, and of strengthening the conviction that to all such their country is deeply in debted. _ _ Since the date of the last report, the Right Hon. the Lord Prudhoe, a member of the Committee from the foundation of the Society, has been elected Vice-Presi dent. The vacancy thus caused in the Committee, has been filled up by the appointment of John Auldjo, Esq., F.R.S. _ _ . _ The extension of the Society's operations has called for an increase of the establishment, and additional exertions on the part of those engaged in it. To remind the subscribers of the largeness of the operations carried on in the office, it may not be uninteresting to state that since the last meeting more than 60,000 letters and circulars have been issued by post; 15,000 copies of last year's report, 50,000 prospectuses and almanacs, and 10,000 catalogues of the prizes have been distributed. For the print of " Una " 12,000 sheets of paper were re quired; for that of " Raffaelle and the Fornarina ' nearly the same number; and for the designs in outline 330,000 sheets. The account of receipts and disbursements for the current year showed that the sum set apart for engrav ing the " Castle of Ischia " was £1,857 17 9 For the outlines. For the bronzes 4OO 0 0 For the expense, printing, &c 2,166 16 3 For pictures and other works of art It is satisfactory to observe that the expenses are little more than they were last year, notwithstanding the increased number of subscribers and the expenses caused by the late proceedings of the Government. The amount set apart, according to the foregoing statement, for the purchase of works of art, viz., 8,5901., will be alloted as follows :—Fifty works of art of the value of 10/. each, 5001.; thirty-six works of art of the value of 151. each, 540/.; forty-two works of art of the value of 20/. each, 840/.; twenty-eight works of art of the ♦alue of 251. each, 7001.; twenty-five works of art of the value of 301. each, 750/.; twenty works of art of the value of 40/. each, 800/.; fourteen works of art of the value of 50/. each, 700/.; twelve works of art of the value of 601. each, 720/.; eight works of art of the value of 70/., each, 560/.; six works of art of the value of 801. each, 4081.; six works of art of the value of 100/. each, 6001.; two works of art of the value of 1501. each, 300/ ; two works of art of the value of 200/. each, 400/.; one work of art of the value of 3001.; one work of art of the value of 4001. To these are to be added thirty bronzes of the '• Bust of llebe," making in the whole, 283 works of art. The reserved fund commenced in 1842 ; and formed simply by the profit on sale of catalogues at the exhibi tion, the interest on subscriptions received, and by the sums unexpended by prizeholders, now amounts to 1,000/. With the view of increasing it. your Committee invite all those who have the great objects of the Asso ciation really at heart to pay their subscriptions early in the year ; the difference to the individual could be nothing, while the interest obtained by the investment of the aggregate would amount to a considerable sum. This fund, which is necessary to secure the Committee against the possibility of loss through engagements made prospectively with engravers and others, will pro duce hereafter, it is confidently expected, a large perma nent revenue for the advancement of the fine arts in England. Your Committee have given much considera tion to the future proceedings of the society. They will delay, however, proposing any alterations of new steps until the publication of the Parliamentary Report, which will doubtless contain other suggestions requiring dis cussion. The necessity for more ample apartments, and a gallery specially appropriated to the Association (for the exhibition of the works of art purchased by the prizeholders and of those submitted in competition), be comes each year more apparent. Should the means of obtaining this desired object present themselves, your Committee would not fail to take advantage of them — convinced that by such a course the character of the As sociation would be raised, and its ability to do good greatly increased. The state of public opinion relative to the Fine Arts (already alluded to) is a subject for earnest congratula tion, and should unquestionably be ascribed in part to the operations of this Association. It is to be hoped that influential public bodies will aid the Legislature in the important steps in favour of the arts about to be made. The surplus revenue of a club or city company could not be better expended than in record ing, for imitation, on the walls of their hall, a noble action or elevated feeling, in the language of all lands—the language of the painter—(teaching the be holder to regard his fellows with love, by that exposition of the human heart which a great painter equally with a great poet can make)—or setting up in marble memorials of their good and great men, and so shaming vice by doing honour to virtue. And do not let it be said that we have few artists capable of such productions. Genius requires an incentive. The great artists of past times produced their finest works when they were called on for them, and because they were called on. The display of power on their part did not create the opportunity and the demand, but the demand led to the display. Great efforts will not be made without the prospect of cor responding reward either of honour or profit. The cost of one civic banquet might be made to produce a work which should long remain to advance the best in terests of society, and to bring applause to those who thus applied it. At all events, let us give our artists the opportunity—they have not had it yet—and if they fail to avail themselves of it the blame will no longer rest with ourselves. The advancement of the Fine Arts is an object in which all are interested alike. Apart from their great general power over minds and manners, by the warrior and the statesman, they are seen to be the means of per petuating worthily their - deeds and memory ; by the author, the only exponent of his ideas with universal significance ; and by the Christian, the most powerful illustrator and exponent of the truth. As affecting our commercial relations, too, the promotion of taste is nationally important. Improvement in this respect amongst our operatives would remove a great disadvan tage under which we now labair, as compared with foreign manufacturers. By the power of art, that which is evanescent and fleeting is arrested and made permanent, to minister constantly to our delight and improvement ; from her works we have obtained some of our most distinct im pressions of the past—our best knowledge of things re mote : moreover, admiration of what is beautiful is not far remote from an admiration of what is good. Every effort, then, however humble, to increase the influence of these powerful civilizers, the Fine Arts, and to extend the elevated enjoyments which they present, is condu civeto the general happiness and prosperity, and de serving of applause. His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN then called upon Mr. Wyse, M.P., to address the meeting, add ing—" Recollect, Ladies and Gentlemen, that this is the Member of the House of Commons to whom we are all indebted." Mr. NYSE, M.P., then came forward, and was re ceived with the most rapturous applause. He had been intrusted with the grateful task of moving that the report be received--a report which not only did honour to the institution, but held a well-grounded hope of the greater extension and general improvement of a society which had already done so much for the interests of art.— (Cheers.) With regard to what had recently oc curred, it appeared to him that the Government when called upon by individuals to uphold the law, had no ( other course to pursue, but to put that law into execu tion. They had no choice left as long as the law remained on the statute-book.—(Cheers.) It would have been easy to have introduced a measure legalizing art-unions, but he thought this a favourable oppor tunity for directing public attention to the subject, and for correcting what needed correction in the constitu tion of these societies, for improving what was good, , for fixing them on a firmer basis, and for making I them what he believed they were destined hereafter to be, the great instrument in extending a love of art among the people of this country.—(Cheers.) An inquiry had accordingly been instituted, not only into the management of art-unions in this country, but also into the management of those on the Continent; and he felt bound in justice to say that Sir Robert Peel had given every facility to the inquiry, and had throughout acted in the most candid and conciliatory manner.—(Cheers.) The evidence thus collected would dispel the doubts which many persons entertained as to the utility of these in stitutions. His Royal Highness was aware that in Ger many the art-unions had grouped around them all that was most illustrious in art in that country.—(" Hear," from the Duke of Cambridge.) He had heard it said in the House of Commons that the cultivation of art tended to corrupt and demoralise tha public mind. Such opinions could only be occasioned by an im perfect knowledge of what art was, and an inade quate conception of what art ought to be. (Great cheering.) Art was only another mode of language—speech was the language both of the reason and the imagination —mathematics was the language of the reason alone. Art was the language of the imagination, and it would be just as reasonable to throw aside the use of our own noble tongue or of the still nobler tongue of ancient Greece, because all the writings in those tongues were not moral, as it would be to throw aside art on such grounds—the fault was not in the language but in the writer.—(Cheers.) They should not change the language, but improve the writers in that language.— (Cheers.) This could be done by inducing artists to devote their attention to the illustration of the two noblest subjects that could engage the attention of the human mind—religion and history.—(Cheers.) He would not enter into any peculiar views on the subject of religion; but, he would ask, could any one deny that he was not moved by the illustrations of religion of Raphael, of Rubens, or of Michael Angelo, although he might not agree in every religious opinion, or with the peculiar views of those great men. If we could not admit works of this description into our churches, there were many buildings of a charitable and high moral character in which they would be most appropriate. There could be no want of subjects—there was a large portion of the Old Testament untouched, and the religious history of the period of the Reformation had been almost as yet uncultivated, although it might be seen by the recent illustrations of the History of Knox, that Protestantism had her artistical glory as well as Catholicism.—(Cheers.) With re gard to history, there were many public buildings of this metropolis, which might be most appropriately made receptacles for historical paintings ; and he trusted that the example set by those who had the management of the decoration of the two Houses of Parliament would be followed by the City of London and the other cities of the empire. The arts to prosper must be patronised by the Sovereign, the aristocracy, and the people. We were happy in the possession of a Sovereign who not only en couraged art, but who knew by what means that encouragement might be made most effectual, who herself enjoyed the noblest aspi rations, who loved, valued, and understood the art. — (Cheers.) As a Royal Commissioner he could state that he had never seen more enthusiasm in the ii—eir (Cheers.) cause of art, or more devotion to its encouragement, than The aristocracyha d been 'e x h h a i d b i longte d since the given Sovereign.—(Cheers.) ei gnall t patron age to art—it was the encouragement of the people alone that was necessary, and that could only be ob tained by diffusing among them a general love for it. That that love was becoming diffused among them, he thought their conduct during the recent exhibitions in Westminster Hall gave proof. Not the slightest injury had been done to any of the works of art, and the assistance of a police man had had never once been required on any occasion. Was it not possible but that the country which had produced Shakespeare and Milton, Scott and Byron, must also produce great artists ? and all that was wanted was to popularise art in order to bring them forth. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by mo v i ng that the report be received. Mr. W. TooxE seconded the motion. Mr. EWART, M.P., moved a vote of thanks to Lord Monteagle and Mr. Wyse, M.P. He would not de tain them with many observations, as they were then on the stage and about to perform the comedy of " The Wheel of Fortune."—(Laughter.) Mr. CHRISTIE, M.P., seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Lord MONTEAGLE, after passing a high eulogium upon their conduct, moved a vote of thanks to the Committee. The Noble Lord, in alluding to the Bill which he had introduced into the House of Lords on the subject of art-unions, stated, that he had received, with respect to that measure, the most strenuous exertions of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.— (Hear, hear.) His Royal Highness had not only attended on every occasion that the Bill came before the House, but he had thrown in the weight of his exertions and of his high experience of the subject. He had also received great assistance from the Mar quis of Northampton, who was the president of the first scientific Society in this country. The Noble Lord then proceeded to eulogise the Society, and to express the pleasure he felt in its having been so largely supported by the public, and concluded by moving the vote of thanks. Alderman J. JOHNSON seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously, after a few observations from Mr. Wvse, bearing testimony to the great exer tions of the committee. Mr. T. L. DONALDSON, as Chairman of the Com mittee for General Purposes, returned thanks, and concluded by proposing a vot e o f th an ks to the Ho norary Secretaries. The mo ti on was c arried, and thanks having been returned by Mr. Gordon, The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said, he must now re quest the meeting to permit him to vacate the chair in favour of Lord Monteagle, as this happened to be the Queen Dowager's birth-day, and he had to go to Bushy Park. His Royal Highness retired amid much cheering, and the chair was taken by Lord Monteagle, when the drawing commenced. Among those who were most successful, we may mention : I The Countesi of Arundel and Surrey ...... £3O The Countess of March .. Lady Lushington ......... The Earl of March ...... . 2 3 5 0 The Right Hon. Earl Grey A. Cooper, R.A. ........... 20 11Iiss C. Hennington , near Lonsdale, a prize of 400 M l r, P. Saunders,G 300 IVr on-Trent Mr. J. Flamanck , of Tavistock Silentio ....... ...... , ................. 150 .George, o r f g a 9 r 2 t Barton-on -T ren t Edward Hazlitt, Hounslow Mrs. Watlington , Upper Bedford-place lOO Mrs. W. H. M'Queen, Tottenham-court-road lOO Mr. Stephen Maberley, Dublin Post-office M r . W. Collingwood, Liverpool lOO Charles Gildon, Port Philip, A ustralia Fe li x Joseph Chandler , Pipe - lane, Bolton H. L. Leod, Columbia .•• 80 H. Luscombe , Andover A. Scott, Nova Scotia ........ 80 P. Morris, Lombard - street ..... John Gliddon, Camden New Town •. 80 Thomas Rawlings, Stourbridg e .... 80 A. J. Symington, Paisley .......... 80 Henry Hill, Wolverhampton ............ 70 Wm. Davis, Wincanton ..................... . 7O T. Sambrook, Arund el Wharf . ...... 70 Samuel Walker, Leed s ...... . ... Hyde-park-gardens Mrs. P. Cruickshanks , H y ga rd ens. Charles Coombwell ...... . ..... . 70 Rev. C. Parker, Epsom ............... ... 70 Rev. Mr. Bacon, Norfolk ...... • • Dr. Callum, Dartford... ••• • •• • • ...... 70 Dr. Smyth, Glasgow .. • ••• Branstone, Old Change ............ . 60 John Feat, Croydon .. • .. ••• •............. 60 Musgrove, Mount Pleasant, Leeds ......... 60 H. Stridfield. .•.. . ...................... 60 R. Winter, Bedford-row . Thomas Hopwood ............................. 60 W. E. Walmslev, Adam . s treet, Adel phi ....... 60 E. Pritchard, Atontgomeryshire ........... 60 A. C. Turbot, Reading ... •• •• ...... ••• 55 Buckley Ward, Leicester • ... ••• • •• •• • . 50 E. 11. Brady, Suffolk ...... .• .• ............ 50 Edward Branch, Islington .• .50 D. Rawlings, Stourbridge. •........ 50 Greig, Plymouth .. • • •• • • E. S. Tyson, Bradford .... • Cockshot, Clitheroe ............ 50 E. W. Hazlewoorl, Bridgnorth . . ........ 50 Hawkins, Royal Society •. • ••• ...... ..... 50 Minor prizes varying in amount from 401. to 51. were also declared. The total number of prizes, 283, in the drawing occupied two hours and a half. At the conclusion of the proceedings a vote of thanks was carried unanimously to the two young ladies who had officiated at the wheels, and who were each presented with a copy of the exquisite engra v i ng of " Raffaele and the Fornarina. Thanks were also voted to Alfred Bunn, Esq., for the use of the theatre, and the meeting then broke up. Dr. Pusey preached his first sermon, since his sus pension by the Vice-Chancellor, in the parish church of Ilfracombe, on Sunday last, the 11th instant, in aid of the funds of the National Schools of that parish, from Matth. xyiii.s.—"Whosoever shall receive one such little child, in my name, receiTeth me." LORD BROUGHAM AND HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. Chief Baron Pollock, and fourteen of the leading members of the Bar on the northern circuit, on Thurs day evening last dined with Lord Brougham, in the grand entrance-hall, at Brougham Hall. The display of plate was of the most splendid description, and the din ner consisted of every delicacy of the season. The Hon. Colonel Lowther, M.P., arrived at Lowther Castle on Thursday last, where the Hon. Gentleman will remain during the greater part of the shooting season. The Gallant Colonel, in the course of a few days, will be joined by several distinguished visitors. Sir C. Taylor is at present paying a visit to Lord Brougham, and his son-in-law, W. Brougham, Esq., and family, at Brougham Hall. The Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster• General, on Saturday last arrived at Lowther Castle, from London, by way of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Chief Baron Pollock, his son, and other branches of the Learned Judge's family, from Saturday till Monday last, made a short tour to Keswick, and the Cumberland and Westmoreland lakes, the business at Appleby assizes having terminated on Friday night. Mr. Justice Cress. well, during the same interval, sojourned with the Hon. Mr. Howard, of Levent Hall, near Milnthorpe, in West moreland. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford passad through Carlisle on Tuesday last, on their way from London to their seat in Scotland, where theyarrived on Wednesday. Sir Charles and Lady Lamb, on Sunday evening last, changed horses at Mr. G. Poster's, the Crown Hotel, Penrith, on their journey from London to their seat in Scotland. DELIBERATE ASSASSINATION OF A GAMEKEEPER'S SON. (Abridged from the Staffordshire Mercury.) It is our painful task to record the perpetration of one of the most atrocious and cold-blooded murders chronicled in the annals of crime. The scene of the catastrophe is a sequestered spot, called Halmerend, about two miles from Audley, on the estate of Sir Thomas Fletcher F. Boughey, in this county, and only about a mile and a half or two miles from the place where Beech, the policeman, met his fate, while attending a gamekeeper last year. It is also remark able that the murder was committed on the night of the anniversary of Beech's funeral, being just twelve months since the interment of that unfortunate officer. The name of the deceased is William Cooper, a labourer, and an unmarried man, about twenty-three years of age, son of Thomas Cooper, gamekeeper to Sir Thomas Boughey. Up to the time of his murd6r he was still living with his father. The house at which he resided is situated at the extremity of an eminence which commands a view of the sur rounding country and of the woods below, and, as it is far removed from any public thorough fare, it is a very secluded spot. Another house adjoins it, which is occupied by Thomas Shooker, a labourer on the estate. The deceased was in the habit of going out occasionally in the night with his father, to assist him in watching the game—a circumstance well known to the gangs of poachers which infest the neighbourhood, for he had sometimes been engaged in conflict with them, and assisted in their capture. The last occasion on which he had been out was on the night of Saturday, July 27, when nothing unusual occurred. On Sunday even ing last the deceased left home between five and six o'clock, stating that he was going to attend Audley Chapel, where sermons on behalf of the Sabbath school were that day delivered. On his way he called on Daniel Colclough, a collier, who resided about a quarter of a mile nearer Audley, with whom he walked in company to the chapel, where they arrived a little after the opening of the service, and remained together until it was concluded, which was about eight o'clock. On leaving the chapel they went to the Boughey's Arms Inn, where they met with William and Samuel Cooper, two of Colclough's relatives, with whom deceased and Colclough adjourned to the King's Head beer house, where they drank a pint of ale each, over which they sat in conversation until about eleven o'clock. Among the company present no persons of known suspicious character were noticed. At eleven o'clock the deceased and Colclough, and Samuel and William Cooper, left the house, and George Dean, a resident at Scot Hay, left at the same time. The two Coopers, after a parting salutation, turned immedi ately in the direction of their own homes, and de ceased and Colclough, in company, took the direction of theirs. They were accompanied as far as Halmer end Chapel by Dean, who there parted with them to go to Scot Hay. Colclough and the deceased con tinued in company without seeing any one, except a known friend, until they arrived at Colclough's house, at which time the clock announced the hour of mid night. Deceased, as he stood before the door, took a draught of water, and after bidding his friend good night, pursued his way home, which was about a quarter of a mile across the fields. On his arrival at home about a quarter-past twelve o'clock, the family and neighbours were gone to bed, but his father was awake. The back door, which is the usual and readiest entrance, was left unlocked. When the de ceased had approached the door, and had put his right hand upon the latch to open it, his body would very naturally be turned half round towards the left hand; at that precise moment, some vile miscreant, who would appear to have been lurking behind a low wall, about seven yards to the left of the deceased, or else at the corner of the house, at the same distance, fired a gun, and the unfortunate man received the contents in his breast. The report of the gun, as well as a dreadful shriek of the victim, was heard by his father, and also by the neighbours, Shooker and his wife, who all hastened to the spot. The father found the door partly open, and his son lying partly within and partly without the house, having his head on the threshold and his body in the yard. It was broad moonlight. The father lifted up the head of his dying son, and asked what was the matter ? Raising his eyes expressively to his father, indicating that he was sensible of the question, the poor fellow made an effort to reply, but " there was no voice, nor none to answer," the p ower o f speech was gone for ever. One affectio na t e f arewe ll look of recog nition concluded the tragical interview. With the assistance of Shook e r h e was p l aced on the floor in si le the house, and his clothes were removed from his breast, which was covere d w i t h woun d s, wh i ch b led slightly. Life was fast ebbing out, and in ten minutes from the time the gun was fired, the unfortu nate man ceased to exist. The father, however, sent for Mr. Warburton, surgeon, who arrived in about three hours after. Some poachers are in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—On Monday the friends of this Society took an excursion per railway to Anerley-gardens, on behalf of the funds of this laudable institution. The company were highly respectable, and, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, enjoyed themselves to the fullest extent. TIE OLD HOUSES IN WEST-STREET CHICK LANE, SMITHFIELD.—These o ld houses, said to have been the residence of the notorious Jonathan Wilde, and the resort of Jack Sheppard, which excited so much public curiosity, are now nearly levelled to the ground, they havinc , been sold to a builder in the Dover road, for the sak e of the old materials. An old rusty pronged fork, with a silver handle, evidently of very ancient manufacture, was found in the lower part of the premises, which was handed over to Sergeant Miles, of the G division, who presented it to Mr. Combo and some other gentlemen for inspection, at Clerkenwell police court, on Friday last, informing them that it was found in Jonathan Wilde's old house in West-street. TILE LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—The Commission for the southern division of this county will be opened in this town on Thursday next, before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Cresswell, and the trials will be proceeded with on the following day, at twelve o'clock. There are 81 prisoners for trial at these assizes, of whom 1 (Owen Leonard) is charged with the murder of his wife, 5 are charged with attempts at murder, and 7 with manslaughter. The other offences in the calendar are of the usual description, such as burglaries, highway robberies, aggravated assaults, &c.—Liverpool Albion. TIGHT LACING.—On Monday an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Coach and Horses, Avery-row, Bond-street, as to the death of Miss Eliza beth Allen, aged twenty, a pupil of Madame Devy, of No. 75, Lower Grosvenor-street, the fashionable milliner. Mr. Robert Druett, of No. 6, Bruton-street, surgeon, stated, that he was called in to see the deceased on Friday afternoon, about five o'clock, and found her quite dead on the bed, and very nearly cold. He was of opinion that she had died very slowly from the appear ances about the mouth. He could discover no traces of poison about her or in the room. He understood she had gone up to her room at two o'clock, after eating a very hearty dinner. She was of very full habit of body, had come up from the country, and was one of the finest young women he ever saw. She had been found by the side of her box, and he heard she was subject to fits. He had no doubt the stooping posture and tight-laced stays had brought on congestion of the vessels of the head, which no doubt was the cause of death. lie had mea sured her corset, which was one foot eleven inches round, and on her body it would not meet in the smallest part by two inches. lie was not aware if that was the usual way they were made, but if so it was certainly too much contracted. Mrs. Cowley, housekeeper of Mr. Evans, of No. 4, Avery-row, the deceased's uncle, stated that she had lived at the house for about four months, having come up from her father's, at Barnstaple, in De vonshire, to be " finished" in the millinery busieess, at Madame Devy's. Witness saw her at two o'clock on Friday, when she appeared in excellent health and spirits. She had eaten a very hearty dinner. She had had holidays from Madame Devy, in fact was not to re turn till the Ist of October. The jury retuined a ver dict of " Died by the visitation of God." ANOTHER " MONSTER TRAlN."—Monster trains, as well as monster quadrilles, are all the rage. On the South-Eastern Railway, on Sunday evening, a train was dispatched from Dover to London, at half-past six, con sisting of 40 carriages, which were all literally crammed with passengers, consisting principally of persons who had availed themselves of " excursion tickets, and who were returning homeward, having reached Dover by the trains on Saturday and Sunday mornings ; but it ap peared as if they had made a mutual agreement all to return by this particular train. Four engines were used, and the number of passengers amounted to upwards ofl 1,000. SPIRIT o f the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The close of the session produced at least one measure of considerable promise. Though long delayed, it will—if perfected in conformity with the outline, as explained by Sir James Graham—be the means of obviating a host of grievances that are now inflicted on the poorer classes of society in the ad ministration of justice. We allude to the Bill which Sir James Graham laid on the table of the House of Commons on Thursday evening, for regulating the appointment and mode of payment of clerks of the peace, clerks of petty sessions, and other officers of the inferior cr i m i na l courts. Th e Bill was read a f i rst time, and was ordered to be printed. It will, we presume, be introduced early in the next session. In the meantime it will be considered by Noble Lords and Hon. Gentlem en , w h o , as mem b ers o f th e Legis lature, will be called upon to discuss, and determine upon, the principle and provisions of the measure, as well as by th e p u bli c genera ll y. E very class of society is deeply interested in whatever re lates to the purity an d i mpart i al i ty of punitive Justi▪ ce. The substitution of salaries for the present mode of paying ma g i s t ra t es ' c l er k s, and similar func tionaries, by fees, w ill b e regar d e d w i th satisfaction. The disproportio na t e amount o f f ees on summary con victi▪ ons, upon which fines are inflicted ; and the de mand of fees by clerks of the peace, clerks of the arraigns, and other functionaries, on the charge of defendants who had been tried and acquitted on in dictments for misdemeanors, have been often adduced; and shown to be as unjust in principle, as they are op pressive in practice. Lord Worsley has applied himself, with praise worthy diligence and perseverance, to bring this subject under the notice of the Legislature and the Government; and has developed the fearful extent of oppression which the existing system has caused throughout the kingdom. The returns his Lord ship moved for and obtained, by a vote of the House of Commons, furnished evidence so con clusive as to the character and extent of the evils complained of, that the Government was induced to take the subject into its own hands. A promise was given by Sir James Graham that the Government would prepare a measure, which should place the whole of the functionaries alluded to on a basis at once better calculated to ensure competency for their duties; and at the same time relieve the public from the fees they were in the habit of exacting. The measure we have alluded to is the tardy ful filment of that promise. If we are not greatly mistaken, Sir James Graham will have to encoun ter strong, if not formidable, opposition in car rying his s measure through Parliament. The emolu ments derived by clerks to justices, both in boroughs and in counties, from the present system, are very considerable ; and their endeavours to prevent a change from fees to a fixed salary will be great. The greater number of these magistrates' clerks are active electioneering agents in the Tory interest. They wield extensive influence in their respective localities. The Parliamentary representatives, to whom they have ren dered material services in contests for the seats they hold, will be applied to. These Honourable Gentlemen will be urged to bring the weight of their influence to bear against the Bill; which, if it become law, will curtail the emoluments of these functionaries. To ' this influence, partly from gratitude, and partly from hope of future benefits, the Members will yield, and will endeavour to prevail with the Government to abandon, or mutilate the measure. We, therefore, ' thus early, invite the attention of the Liberal Members to this proposed beneficial change in the existing law. The Bill will, we presume be printed without delay. Let its provisions be consi dered ; and every effort used to render it complete, as a remedy for the evils it is designed to cure. When it comes before the Legislature, it will, we trust, be watched and guarded with vigilance against the intrigues that will be in motion to defeat the ob jects it is designed to accomplish. STANDARD.---A statement, evidently ex parte, which appears in a rabid Popish Maltese newspaper, has been greedily seized upon by a contemporary, as a pretext for a truly jesuitical attack on the Bishop of Gibraltar and the Governor of Malta, for an imputed disregard of the feelings and preju dices of the Roman Catholic portion of the inhabi tants of the latter dependency. The facts of the case appear to be these, and we derive them, be it under stood, from the very suspicious authority above referred to. Sonic ten or twelve months ago Don Michael Angelo Camilleri, about 35 years of age, having become a convert to the Protestant religion, left Malta for Gibraltar, for the purpose of being married to a lady—said to be the widow of a Maltese Roman Catholic, who had also embraced the Pro testant religion—according to the rites of the Anglican Church, of which they had become mem bers. So soon as the news of this marriage reached Malta, the mother of the lady's husband claimed the right to tear from her son's widow her two chil dren, in order that she might train them up in the Roman Catholic faith ; and after a trial in the Royal Civil Court—the whole of those officials are, if we mistake not, Roman Catholics—her appeal was de cided in her favour ; and the verdict confirmed by another Court, presided over by Judges of the same tolerant faith as that professed by the complainant. Of course, nothing then remained but the execution of the sentence; and a warrant was accordingly issued to deprive the mother of her children, the execution of which was confided to the usual officers. " Nothing" (says the Portofoglio Maltese) " could be more regular, more formal, or more solemn" than this attempt to drag the two infant orphans from the arms of their mother. The whole ceremony was, in fact, per formed secundem artem. " It was not to be expected," says the grave journalist to whose account we must be content to be indebted for the facts of the case, " that the Marshal would separate these unfortunate orphans from their mother, without some resistance on her part." Her " tears and lamenta tions" appear, however, to have drawn her husband to the spot ; who, finding how matters stood, seized a " thick stick" and would have struck the officer, but that it was wrested from him. A gun was afterwards produced by him, which shared the same fate ; after which the mother and her husband were overpowered and the children torn from them, and delivered into the hands of the " paternal grandmother," who, with her priest was, no doubt, in attendance to receive them. A complaint was then made in the police court of the resistance offered by Don Camilleri, and the " very moderate penalty of twenty days' impri sonment" inflicted upon him. The Popish jour nalist is quite scandalised at the extreme leniency of this sentence on a clergyman. But " his senses were overcome by an unexpected w e i g ht," w h en the frightful fact transpired that " th e Execu tive" had commuted his imprisonme n t to a fine of twenty-seven shillings and ninepence ster ling ! This decision is described as " an attempt to destroy the happiness of a faithful people," and " compromise the honour and integrity of the supreme Government ; and a series of cases evidenc ing the utter unfitness of the native Maltese to administer the laws of the island are quoted, which do not appear to have attracted the notice of the Government. It was only some twelve or eighteen months ago, that a young British officer, sta tioned at Malta, was sentenced to a long im prisonment, because, whilst enjoying his dessert at an open window after dark, he happened to dis encumber himself of a few nutshells at the moment when some idolatrous procession was passing through the street. It was not enough that several of the witnesses for the prosecution proved that the act was wholly unpremeditated; that the night was so dark, that it was impossible to say which of the three parties seated at the table was the offender; and that the aforesaid nutshells struck no person who formed part of the procession. The most savage sentence it was possible for these Popish judges to inflict they did not hesitate to award, and had it not been for the consideration of the Governor, the young gentleman's prospects in life would have been irre trievably ruined. It is surely time that the adminis tration of the law should be taken out of such hands, at least so far as Protestants are concerned. Mais rerenom a nos moutons. A Morning Contemporary, on the assumption of the very respectable autho rity above quoted, that the release of Don Michael Camilleri was obtained at the instance of the Bishop . of Gibraltar, attacks that estimable gentleman, and having reminded him that " the mar riage of a priest who has made a vow of celibacy in Catholic countries, a great crime whether canoni cally, or civilly, or both, he cannot say,,, hisand br id et at the moment of bringing themselves . together, So ought ' to have excited the Bishop'ssuasup suspicion." .ty a Bishopthen, according to this great Puseyite ought not to have countena nced two persons in abjuring the errors of Popery, and be coming com municants of his own Church; and still less ought he to have consented t o marry them by the r it es of that Church on which alone they could hare h a d any claim. A Roman Catholic priest, wheth er a titular bishop or not, would, we suspe c t, h ave . little hesitation in qualifying two Pr o t es t ants at the altar by their conversion on the spot, did such course appear feasible. The conduct of the Bishop of Gibra ltar a pp ears t o have been perfectly unimpeachable. " Probably, 7 says his monitor, " in Such countries the law provides for the removal of children born of Roman Catholic parents from under the roof of a person who has embraced another faith." If it do, the sooner such a law is abolished in a British dependency the better. In the case in point, how ' ever, the mother of the children as well as her hus band, had abjured the Roman Catholic faith ; and if there be any law in Malta which empowers relatives to drag from their mother her children, because she happens to have embraced the Protestant religion, it is a most iniquitous one, and one "more honoured in the breach than i n th e observance." We trust that the interference of the Government in this matter will extend to the compulsory restoration to the bereaved mother of her children ; for it is impossible that the civil courts of Malta can have a legal right to annul ; a marriage and remove children from the protection of their natural guardians, if those guardians are the subjects of a country in which the Protestant religion ! is the religion of the State. 'TIMES.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer on Thuirsday last made an announcement, on which, as it somewhat regards ourselves, we may be excused for conamenting. He then intimated, that it was the in tention of Government in future not to furnish a re turn of the stamps issued to each individual news paper, but to give the aggregate of those used by all of them. And the reason assigned for this recurrence to ancient custom was one the fairness of which we readily admit, inasmuch as it appears that the returns, as hitherto published, have been prejudicial to the circulation of some of our Contemporaries ; those of them which have been but lately established, and others which had not yet formed a connexion, having made earnest remonstrances against a system which, by a premature disclosure of their condition, too effec tually prevented them from improving it. As for us, we are by no means sorry to see Ministers revert to the practice of former days. This practice was first infringed by a Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer for the express purpose of injuring us. Mr. S. Rice, whose political connexions had naturally made him suspicious of trickery and cunning in every department and profession, had lent himself with too facile credulity to the notion that, for the purpose of deceiving the public, we were in the habit of purchasing an unnecessary number of stamps, and selling those we did not require to other papers. Hence the distinctive die—an invention which, like many other shabby devices, instead of effecting the harm it designed, was of great advan tage to us, and, we flatter ourselves, ultimately visited its own authors with condign retribution. In the amount of our circulation they have furnished the public with a gauge of their own unpopularity. They have given to our humble efforts to expose them and their miadoings a weight—not altogether factitious—but which we never could have obtained for them ourselves, by enabling us to publish a quar terly evidence of our success. When we bade adieu to the Whigs, we remember well the auguries of failure by which we were beset. We had de• serted, it was said, the cause of the nation, and the nation would desert us. We had dared to separate ourselves from the public opinion to which we owed our strength, and public opinion would avenge itself. The contrary has happened. It is not too bold to say that the English nation has sanctioned the sentiments which we then dared, at some hazard, to express. If ever the circulation of a public journal testified the accomplishment of a great revolution in public opi nion, such an evidence is to be found in the increas ing amount of support which we have ever since enjoyed, and, most of all, which we at this moment enjoy; and fur the official, incontrovertible, and con tinually recurring proof of this support, the Whig Ministers of 1834 have only themselves to thank. However, gainers as we have been in every way by an innovation which owed its origin to the most con temptible spite, we are not unwilling to forego an ad vantage which can be obtained only at the expense of our Contemporaries. It is true that each succes sive quarterly return has exhibited our continued superiority both in circulation and advertisements— it is true that the prestige thus obtained itself reacts by increasing the success to which it owes its birth— it is true that to Mr. Spring Rice's manoeuvre we are indebted for the most satisfactory, because hostile, testimony to that position which it is our pride to have achieved, as it must he our ambition to maintain; yet we willingly abandon these advantages, convinced as we are that we can well afford to dispense with those guarantees of success which are furnished by the indirect depreciation of our brethren of the press. CHRONICLE.—The Otaheite affair is still the subject of much discussion in the Paris papers, and we are glad to observe that both the Ministerial and Opposition journals begin to look upon the quaition. with more moderation th an h ere t o f o r e , and with a more decided inclination to look into the true merits of the case, and judge of the conduct of all parties according to that conduct. We bear of no more such absurd pretensions as that the conduct of Mr Pritchard should be disavowed, and that gentleman put upon his trial, and the Journal des Deficits has ceased to speak of the conduct of Messrs. Bruat and D'Aubigny as being perfectly justifiable. When the affair first burst upon the public followed, as it was, by the declaration of the English Prim. Minister that "a gross outrage " had been committed, the French Ministerial press spoke of it as a matter which required explanation ; and while they did not deny that, according to the statements which ap peared in the English papers, the affair looked badly, they held out a hope that, since the statements were erparte, the explanations to be received from the French officers would, in some degree, exculpate them. No sooner did Lord Aberdeen, and his Lordship's organ, the Times, show symptoms of weakness and vacillation than the pretensions of the French papers rose. They declared that there was nothing in the conduct of MM. Brunt and D'Aubigny that was inconsistent with their honour as French officers, or with the law of nations. Since that time the strew feeling exhibited by the people of England, the manked opinion expressed in Parliament, and, above all, the last declaration of the Duke of Wel lington in the House of Lords, that a gross outrage had been committed, for which some one must be ac countable, have made a strong impression in France. Some accounts of the negotiations going on between the Governments on the question are looked for ward to with some anxiety. It was reported in Paris that the answer given to the first communication of the English Government by the French Cabinet was simply that it had received no official accounts from its officers, and that it was necessary to wait for information. A second communication from the Bri tish Government is said to have given very complete and authenticated documents, which place the impro priety of the conduct of the French authorities in a very striking light; and it was further said, that, in dependently of the conduct of M. d'Aubigny to Mr. Pritchard, he had offered a decided insult to the Bri tish flag in the manner in which he ordered the Cor morant steamer to quit the island. It has always struck us that the unceremonious manner in which the Cormorant was told to " be off" was not a little extraordinary. The expulsion of that ship removed almost the only protection remaining to the British inhabitants, and we shall be glad to find that further light can be thrown on the matter. Should it be true that there was discourtesy or insult on the part of M. d'Aubigny in regard to the British flag, the in jury sustained by Egland will certainly be greatly aggravated ; but the difficulty of settling the quess tion will, if anything, be lessened, as the French Go vernment should have no difficulty in at once acknow ledging and repairing the injury. POST.—Our modern clever men have a wondrous facility at detecting and denouncing an evil when it is quite too late to rectify it After four months or more of the Parliamentary sitting are wasted in im pertinent or mischievous talking, and much less than two months devoted to the actual " dispatch of the business " of the country, Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel, the two great party leaders, simulta neously discover that the superfluous talk is a con summate nuisance and a hindrance to urgent and im portant matters. In the month of August these pro minent members of the Legislature come to the ac knowledgment of the lugubrious truth that three fourths of all their fellow-senators have been doing and saying for more than six months were a good deal worse than useless—that the time occupied in Parliamentary prating would have been more bene ficially addressed to practical pursuits of local and general utility—that the session holds much too long —and that a bad use of a long session is to spend all the early and vigorous months in sheer logomachy, giving only the dwindling, thinly-attended skeleton sittings of the few weeks at the "fag end " to the actual performance of legislative func tions. Caution and prudence are qualities surpassingly commendable in your grave and potent statesmen who have charge of the public interests ; and to caution and prudence we suppose we must refer as a reason why these two great men put off their avowal of a fact notorious to all England, to the very moment whereat the fact ceases to have present importance. In the l lp a a s r t re inl y s ieinaegrr from l o no o dm , we s f m r i a e d n e d s e a o r f n t e h s e t r f e o r 3 e , s a e n n months of February, and M arc h, an d April of this d public s a s n t c o d a t n o h d f e a the time wasted in listen mg to the outp our i ngs of dull noisy and impudent intruders at inane either conceit, c o si c d e e i t fro m noisy of the I louse more especi a ll y among " gent l emen oppos i te. " Exactly what has happened we then made bold to predict—that, as matters were proceeding, so much time would be sacrificed in noise and prate, as to leave none whatever for thought and legislation. We re minded Sir Robert Peel that there were many questions of exceeding importance that would re quire long and deliberate consideration by both Houses of Parliament—that some of these questions were embodied in Bills—and that a first duty of a " strong" Government was to see that such business have clue and timely attention, and not be shelved for the gratification of vulgar, ignorant, and frequently disgusting garrulity. Most of the motions in which. the " debating" of the session was spent were evi dently and confessedly factious, or brought forward, for the purpose of ‘-‘ testing some principle" which. any presuming shopkeeper might choose to make the stalking-horse of his loq iacity. Our strong Govern ment was certainly strong enough to crush or curtail such discreditable displays—to break them in the • opening with stern, and, if necessary, with con temptuous reproof. Not numerically merely, but morally, intellectually, the Administration was strong enough to sweep away this unclean froth of the re presentative seething-pot. Our strong Government, had it taken counsel from the warnings we addressed to it in the early months of the year, by going on with business and despising the bubble and muddle of the vulgar, would have found full time for the con. tons. gs 11‘01 • • a9# ;i -iiii ... nar_ u M 31a - Mar -,yca* ii P i* '9 o °. $ Efr 1 2 7; •4' 3d 9e+ Lch xst 0 0 1 rer )11.‘ 1 \. ■