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go TS it4 OM s the sentel :;osenza agai° insurrection 'went has be° to death, ten to to twenty yea have been O r ss, and twenty; The G az ette 0 1 hose condemn ed the King is: to confiserao roposes to rtr ki .„, s with Belgi t t"„ ) bring the r on macbl9 at country f foreign rr vord, the I' o -regulated, esented to st." .11 at the troops ° On the 10; of the line, ` ;re establish' s; od at 86 dee Mans, and If; Paris for 5° ain. at King ° l fir 6 us of the 0 sit Belgium ° e nt n Governm Berman SUt eS t and unif°' d to death O r tear Aubetetto )ervant, wh °ll cuted at Cu; n e his death!, with becolo circumsta o end to his o''; . l lays ago, 0 0 , 7 1 , ;e deep eno o o s , Custom-bo u t lg his inust, Dme out of I . l ' to die by water, ober4 rent and ale ried for arced the whole er to a fare his prcew" tharge of se'l' sere tried 1 1 ° ( ter conic . The 016 ; 'ere are 019 , long the'e,, ir nce of a Burt, 1 1 1 ; 1 s of St• en in ensts ling nrAcr 10 has n",,0 oug ht bet` o dread)! to fr parish s° o having o ; the pri'°- id at (rol I l 3 Magitil gn , rl and Co ds :cellenc,_„' ( 1J )'Estet k -lane. ' Get' of the J o at inielli' t at Bea w-f o ill rece ic :o o for r 1 0 to re ro 00 • ing ta s ' it h tbe n o g /4oble ing 'Ate Iwo wife° the eil e el . wln• present el" :ipal of 'ous circ.- in ly Edinburg health, 13° of Eng lsll o 4 o to froW mb e( a gle ot, r aVe )le 11.10 ( 1 a , I his lAr gricult. • in a of c 3 ; l the w- • the Co,f o l i ; found a ' c ir 'Rt G"t o f 1 1 ,t0 . Vou'e d .70 L'h vers. ite. 3es- ter' Corrr tY' s far' ts of 0 1 ad dit i .0 th ion (71 tb, d7De ng oL rr io 33 2 • i n case. si% e* Tas 1 P to co— he 6 lot • &l l •Ii t to fiXe' f ( i ve d o nd °et' rota l ' (1. s• with mail. On his head he wears a bassinet with a princely !oronet, surmounted by a dragon's crest. The figure of the Prince is finely proportioned and elegant in attitude. An ~Pression of joyful surprise is given to his features as he tts, while ascending the steps, the cradle, and finds his child uninjured. The little urchin, too, is made to recognise his father and stretches out his arms to greet him. This group is decidedly one of the very finest ever executed fur a race course. The second group is conceived in fine contrast with the foregoing. The subject is more homely, not so full of tender interest, but, nevertheless, an attractive one. It is taken from Sir W a lt er S co tt' s nove l o f" W aver l e y," an d re p resen t s the meeting between the Baron of Bradwardyne and Davie Gellatley, accompanied with his two dogs, Ban and Buscar. The figure of the baron is detailed with the strictest adhe rence to Sir Walter's description ; the small French cocked hat, the brigadier's wig, the laced coat and embroidered waistcoat, and the jack-boots and heavy riding-whip, have all been duly and picturesquely rendered by the sculptor. The countenance of the old gentleman is strikt i gly charac teristic, and his seat on the horse has ber.,,i " pronounced by competent judges to be perfect. The ;force itself is one of the most beautiful specimens of mo‘leiting which Mr. Cotterill 9, 4 3 yet prod uce d. This though not so striking as the first -mentioned, is fug; of beauty, and evinces a consummate 4, :ewled ge of the principles of composition. COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. Ce t he a nnua l di s t r ib u ti on o f pr i zes t o th e pup il s o f t hi s re tney. ege• took place yesterday, at the institution, at llis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron K nese b ec k, arr i ve d a t th e C o ll ege p rec i se ly at tw o o'clock, and proceeded over the whole of the " d ding, examining with much attention the engineer , and foundry departments, attended by the Hon. E. • Howard and the Rev. J. R. Page. the resident chap lain of the institution. His Royal Highness evidently took very great interest in the various pieces of work emanship executed by the pupils, and expressed himself , ""gBIY satisfied with the exhibitions of their skill. On entering the dining-room of the college, where the Pupils and company were assembled, his Royal High bs% requested the Hon( urable E. P. Howard to take the air• In compliance with his Royal Highness's com t4rinds, the Hon. Gentleman assumed the office. 110 The Rev. Mr. PAGE said the report was too volumi 4, us to b e r e a d. He felt extremely happy in having so l o ourable a report to give. He was happy to say that he never had witnessed so much labour so well Itd so cheerfully performed as the pupils bad performed during the last year. As to the con 'Wet of the young men, all the dificrent professors W ere full of praise. Instead of having received, as might have been expected, complaints from the inhabit "ts of Putney, he had received nothing but compliments t i t P e uo the extremely good behaviour of the pupils. The verend Gentleman then stated that he had received letters from the Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 6d others, in which they lamented they would n ot be a l e to attend at the distribution of the prizes ; an d \ e t luugst th em h e h a d a l so rece i ve d one f rom C apta i n i () ?rsona, who had received three young men from the iasn titution, in whiich he states that they were now learn yg t °, that science practically which they had pre tolisty ttarnt in theory. Pt ' s young men were then called up to receive their which were distributed in the following order :- 11. 41 athernatics— Ist Class, Ist Prize, Mr. Kingbury ; 2d 2d lt te, Messrs. Baynes and Brown ,• 3d ditto, Mr. Grant. Class, Ist Prize, Mr. King ; 2d ditto, Mr. Coates •, 3d 1,40, mr.Woodifild; 4th ditto, Mr: Stephenson. 3d Class, d Yt Prize, Mr. Morse ; 2d ditto, Mr. Bartholomew ; 3d 0 0 , Mr. Male ; 4th ditto, Mr. Le Geyt ; sth ditto, Mr. 13„ e14 ; 6th ditto, Mr. Davidson. Physics-Ist Prize,. Mr. (ewlk; 2d ditto. Messrs. Baynes and Shillito. Chemistry l an iputation), Ist Prize, Mr. Kingsbury; 2d ditto, Mr. • )et son. Geodesy-Ist Class, Ist Prize, Mr. Brown; 2d ts l, h ` tu, ditto, I st ditto, Mr. Williams; 2d ditto, 2d Mr. 2 ( i att °ek; 3d Class, Ist Prize, Mr. Woolrych; 3d ditto, 4 d itto, Mr. Male. Certificates, Messrs. Woodi the d und Morse; ditto' special for having completed eourse, Messrs. Ibbetson and , Brown. Civil En 2,ineering —lst Class, Ist Prize, Mr. Kingsbury ; ditto, Mr. Devenish ; 2d Class, Ist Prize, Mr. mg ; 2d ditto, Mr. Stephenson ; 3d ditto, Mr. oe3'. Machinery Ist Class, Ist Prize, Mr. De 2dpsh ditto. Ist Prize, Mr. Ficklin ; 3d ditto. Ist t rue, Nl r. Male ; manipulation ditto, Mr. Charsley. te r ee jittod i)rawing—lst Prize, Mr. Montagu; 2d ditto, '"lidgeman ; ditto Water Colour, Mr. A. J. Mahon. t i ll ''ar Per s p ect i ve —M r . M or s e . G eogra phy-I s t P r i ze , k r . Brow n ;2d ditto, Mr. Woolrych. Map Drawing— hir French Language—lst Class, Ist Prize, t Charsley ;2d Class, ditto, Mr. Chattock. German ki in g u age—lst Prize, Mr. Youge ; 2d ditto, Mr. Mason; ditto, Mr. Paddison. Special Prizes—Principal's Z _lze for greatest proficiency in the professional depart (l,7lts, Mr. Ibbetson. Principal's Prize for good con e,t, Mr. Devenish. trer the distribution of the prizes, eI i ZT Royal Highness the Duko of CAMBRIDGE said eatis lir was extremely glad to hear so gratifying and vro ctory an account of the pupils, not only of the ce pgresB they had made in their studies, but of their ex the,Plt behaviour. He begged of them to continue in k i v ir good course, for they would find good behaviour as a ntageous and necessary in civil engineering as in itOther walk of life. 1., 7 . he Hon. E. P. How Ann said it was his most . grati fying task to dismiss them for the vacation, during which perfect health they would be extremely , happy, and enjoy in . -e ' , ect health the leisure they had so well earned, and Would ret t the College with new vigour, to resume their 1 • 11 ' n ° „ses studies. He then mentioned that two of the Pro '. esors would leave, but he hoped that their appoint nts would be filled up in such manner as only to in crease the advantages of the institution. His R- va i Hi g h ness departed, and partook of an ele gant dejeuner a LA fourchette the house of the Rev. J. 11. Page. Amongst the co Dr. Reid, Sir I. rn PanY We noticed Lord Courtenay, le. Brunel, the Rev. E. Golding, Bzo. XING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. DIST RIBUTION O PRIZES. b Yes . terda OF PRIZES. the di str ib ution of prizes to the pupils of t e schools in u n i on with the King's College took place in the large theatre of the establishment. The accus !2-ned deli ver v y of or a ti ons was a l so gone th roug h. the chair was occup i e d b y the L or d Bi s h op o f - 1 hfield (late Principal), and there were present t he i ßev. ial Dr. Sh eppard, the Rev. W. Jell', D.D., ; tthe Rev. J. R. M a j or , D.D., H e ad Mas ine There w as a l so present M r. C h ar l es K em bl e , t h e Zminent tragedia n who appeared to take a lively inte ts.st in th e proceed i ngs, and paid the most marked atten ln to th e delivery of the dramatic orations. The seats et:. ladiesllery were occupied by a fashionable assemblage r „ , and indeed the theatre was crowded in every ir• Shortly after two o'clock the chair was taken by by Lord Bishop, who was most enthusiastically received all present. ~ After some introductory proceedings, the Professors Thr ow that the speeches would be first delivered. ricmghout the delivery of the addresses there was much apetli?suse, and his Lordship at the conclusion congratulated la w in very flattering terms. 1 . he prizes for proficiency in the several classes of i ttt in, Greek, Hebrew, divinity, mathematics, drawing, t i r a e t n rhe c es ti sc.i lerm an , and arithmetic, were then distributed chairman, each being accompanied by a suitable su l r , he , Prizes principally consisted of valuable and ther e bound literary works. In the drawing classes class were four silver medals awarded. In the first 1)4" the competitors were Messrs. Cotman, Mathews, xrn , es, Burrowes, and Galsworthy. In the second, ~essrs. Brackley, E. M. Majo, Peel, :Basset, East eei.,.t:!, Prettyman, Morrison, Thickbroom. The suc ,,v,•vtil candidates in the several departments of classics W ere . Messrs. Harrison, Mackey, Connolly, Hough, ; re el Irvin, Wilson, Gibbes, Allan, Robinson, Hansard, k eY± Webb, Halson, Turvill, Painter, Miles, New s,orschee &c. THE DISTRIBUTION. Ada'." following were the speeches delivered : , e cif i lll e es nin " ********* 1 Homer t Day. „_,:,,0 ............... Kitchen. one ... ............ ... • ' I, e a B .. 1 Virgil 3,ei, ............ 1 Bason. t. h . l .a ...... Milton Parker. b: liP IL ....... '" Cusins. \ i !l Carlo s ........ ''' Schiller _L la ,,, ..... Day. Mackay. -kk, jciliiad g ............ Thucydides kcer o e - ............ Batty. at•i• ....... I KitcLin. , i , ine ......... Croly :ItrnlCAvryititee's2 ,ef...., .............. •• I Kidd. Cunnynghame. 1 Matthews. sorepllsiaci_7 ............ llarrison. P ti 'rtes ...... ......... _ ith_..•........... Mackay. a3i a j'ues ......... Arlstoph. Nub. A I ,. . ....... iii ini as ........... f Cusins, tt1eac10rua.........,. Tl'lloughby. k ell° •• "....••..1- Plaut 2Utnl. alai 04 ,,.• . ........ ' - IRogers. ~ .dain ......... {Day. Nil: de Philoso-}Moliere Air t ' 84 .... 84c. llit ,_ ......... A u: ............ f Harrison. Th o t°ll 3, ece ....... - Shaksp, 3. Cesar 1 Batty. Th e s peeches an d t h e di str ib u ti on h a ving term i na t e d, tlih v e CU AIRMAN congratulated the pupils for their 4111 4 /c e th a„ . ll 9 industry i n the prosecution of their studies carti tia ,;., year. lie had met them on . many occasions, li h knewug his connexion with the College, 'the ° f t „1110 no more joyous occasion to mye th e sof the King's College School than during t trih ut • . bee'3 ti It 0 „ ion of their rewards. Ho could bear n b `y , to the great attention that had always the ela _ustowed by the pupils on their studies, and to h m d rier in which the Head Master and other officers t its Lords their respective duties.—(Applause.) tl, - 1 40rd s ge, disc. .Thin, after some further laudatory remarks on chided his and general character of the school, con . T he iici address amidst much applause. Wks 4- ' et ' Dr. lIRPI , ARD proposed, and the Rev. Dr. f,) seconded, r pr es i di „ nded, a vote of thanks to the Lord Bishop 'Ls L c , ""g• ker itl rei,ruie, tift,r duly acknowledging the eompli ur ti, and the proceedings then terminated. ____ _ _ _ tain w ts.r INDIA. PINES. --Yesterday there was another , t h of about 5 ,000 of this esteemed fruit in PuddlngLiatit, ho %,,,:tt their importation will soon cease to be a novelty. They i t- o „, rt f , r ,Gua New Providence, in the Bahamas, and landed 414 —aline Urania, after a passage of twenty-nine days. 9r17 8101 ly, the whole cargo was of good quality ; but many had ape,.ec much from injudicious package. They realised an th aver Pri ce of 3s to 4s. 6d., and found ready customers, f.-1 ' w hole of the pr . evious cargoes having sold well by the -.l4lterers. ila voillat,°cLAJAlA.-rtorrs OF OUTL AWRY. — Thursday being Proe court day, Hemp, the officer of the Sheriffs, made tot :Illation in the usual manner, and the following persons Ee veraT me ri.og Were declared outlaws at the suit of their Tbo creditors :--William Milton, Bamford, H. T. Ryde, "rho rlla s Read Xemp, John Charles Trev anion, George Clarke, Nviilas Delahaye, -- Chanel, the Count de Tier, Wright, Sta c k 41 , Pole Tilny Long Wellesley, William Pine, J. A. Star, rte, Gilbert „Bolton, Anthony - Elmsley, George yaw- Wa s Zra vb k Gregson (at the suit of two several creditors), 17 4 WD, and William Francis Harrowby. PARLIA_MEN VARY _WV ISIONS. (From tar rotes and Proceedings of the House of Consincnis.) FRIDAY, JULY 26. SAVINGS BANKS 81LL ,, -(IN flit COMMITTEE.) First Clause (That On thd `l‘lth day of November, 1844, the interest payable on the Receipts issued to the Trustees of Saving Banks by the Commissioners for the 11.3duction of the National Debt shall c-ase, and that from and after the said 20th day of November all receipts issued prior to that day shall carry interest at the rate of three pounds five shillings per centum pet annum) :—Amehdatent proposed, in page 1, line 13, to leave out " three pounds five shillings," in order to insert " three pounds six shillings and eightpenee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That ' three pounds five shillings' stand part of the Clause ." The Committee divided: MAJORITY—AYES, 51. Ainsworth, Peter Etscott, Beckham Norreys, Lord Alciam, W. • Forman, T. Seatbn Peel, Jonathan Alford, Vemount Gaskell, J. M. Pringle. A. Archdatl, Captain Goulburn, H. Smith,Rt.Hon. T.B C Arkwright, George Graham, Sir James Sutton, Hon. H. Al Baring, W. B. Henley, J. W. Tennent, J." E. Beresford, Major Herbert, Sidney Thornely. Thomas Boldero, Henry G. Hodgson, It. Thornhill, George Bowles. Admiral Hope, Charks Trench, Sir F. Broadley, H. Hope, G. W. • Trollepe, Sir John Brotherton, J. Howard, P. H. Trotter, John.:. Chapman, Aaron Humo, Joseph Wall, B, Clerk, Sir George Jerniyn, Earl Wawn, John T. Cole, Hon. H. hnatchbull, Sir E. Wodehouse, Hon. E Cripps, W. Lennox, Lord A. Wortley, lion. Jn. S Dernson,E. Zeckett Martin, C. W. TELLERS. Eliot, Lord Meynell, H. Young, John Ophinstone, Howard Nicholl, John Baring, Henry COURT CIRCULAR.. WINDSOR, FrbAr.-=- 1 111e attd Prince Ali 4 ert to? atA tdit; morning in a pony phaeton. 1 hit Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal were taken their accustomed airings in the forenoon. Colonel Buckley ) Equerry hi Waiting to her Majesty ) returned to the Castle to-:lay. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a drive to-day, in an open carriage. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess nue) ) and attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe and the Hon. Miss Paget, left the Castle, in an open carriage and four, in the afternoon, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, being in attendance, on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left on horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to his Royal Highness. Her Majesty returned to the Ca. - Ale at half-past six o'clock. • His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, was taken an airing this afternoon, in an open carriage. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included Colonel and Mrs. Berkeley Drummond and Mrs. Harcourt, of St. Leonard's. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner party at Cambridge House. The company con sisted of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Mar chioness of Londonderry, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Worcester, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl Brownlow, Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford, Viscount Castlereagh, Mr. and Lady C. Lister, and Mr. Henry Greville. In the evening, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge had a very numerous evening assembly. The whole of the State rooms were thrown open, and most illuminated, and were decorated by a profuse display of a most beautiful assortment of the choicest flowers. Among the distinguished guests were her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Caroline Murray ; the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, Lady Southampton, Lady and Miss Taylor, Lord Foley, Hon. Miss A. Foley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Lady Eliz. De Burgh, Earl Auckland, Hon. Misses Eden, Marquis of Headfort, the Ladies Tayleure, Mrs. Young, Sir Geo. and Lady Clarke, the Alisses Clarke, the Countess Grosvenor, Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, Lady Alexan drina Vane, Countess of- Tankerville, Mrs. and the Misses Moiler, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mr:l. Glad stone, the Rev. Mr. llutchinson, Baron Neumann, Col. and Mrs. Hugh Baillie, Miss Baillie, Sir J. and Lady Anne Beckett, Lady Georgiana Fane, Sir J. and Lady Reynett, Mr. Swinton, the Solicitor- eneral and Lady Thesiger, the Countess of Euston, Lady Louisa Fitzroy, Miss Emily Seymour, Earl and Countess Beauchamp, Lady Catherine and Miss Cavendish, Lady Abinger and the Honourable Miss Scarlett, Earl and Countess Kinnoull, Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Moncrieff, Lady and Miss Gordon, Earl and Countess of Antrim, Mr. Rogers, Lord and Lady Jemima Eliot, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Mrs. Lawrence, Lady Rendlesham, Hon. Miss Thellus son, Countess of Haddington, the Duchess of Leinster, Lady Jane Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady de Ros, Hon. Miss de Ros, Sir John and Lady Shelley, Miss Greville, Mr. Mellish, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, Sir F. Trench, Mr. Vincent, the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjorn stjerna, Earl of Wilton, Sir John and Lady Macdonald, Lady Agnes Byng, Lady Adelaide Paget, Mr. and Mrs. Bankes, Lady Dufferin, Mr. and Lady Harriet Clive, Miss Clive, Lady and Miss Farquhar, Earl and Countess Delaware, Lady Mary West, lion. Miss Mitford, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Augusta Somerset, Mr. Culling Smith, Mr. and Miss Mackinnon, the Countess Brown low, the Ladies Cust, Countess Mansfield, Lady Georgina Murray, Sir E., Lady, and Miss Dis browe, the Prussian Minister, Captain Perceval, Colonel and Mrs. Walton, Lord Lovaine, Lady Louisa Percy, Earl Howe, Lady Georgina Curzon, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Hon. General Upton, Viscountess Forbes, Mr. Vaughan, Mrs. and Miss Macleod, Mrs. Seymour Bathurst, Col. and Mrs. Come wall, the Earl of Besborough, the Ladies Ponsonby, Lord and Lady Brougham, the Marchioness of Aber corn, Lord Claude Hamilton, Duchess Dowager of Bed ford, Lady Rachel Russell, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Normanby, Count Revel, Baron Brenner, __ . . the Marchioness of fllandford, Captain Murray, the Turkish Minister, Earl Dalhousie, Duchesse de Coigny, Mademoiselle de Coigny, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Countess of Chesterfield, Mr. Robert Gore, Lady Elizabeth and Lady Emily Gore, Lord and Lady Leveson, Viscount Cautilupe, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementine Villiers, Lady Quentin, Miss Seymour, the Earl of Denbigh, the Rev. Mr. Nepean, &c. &c. In the course of the evening a concert was performed, of which the following was the programme : PARTE PRIMA. Duo—" Dove vai," Signori Mario e Lablache (Guillaume Tell)—Rossini. Duo—" Un tenero core," Madame Grisi e Sig. Mario (Roberto Devereux)—Donizetti. Duo—" Lo diro," Signori Fornasari e Lablache (Ajo in Imbarazzo)—Donizetti. Duo—" Ecco fora," Madame Grisi e Sig. Marras (Maria di Rohan)—Donizetti. Aria—T'amai' qual aman gli angeli," Sig. Mario (Don Carlos)—Costa. Duo—" Ancor giovane," Signori Mario e Marras (II Bravo) Mercadante. Aria—" Quando guerrier," Madame Grisi (I Briganti)— Mercadante. Trio—" Tronear suoi di," Signori Mario, Fornasari, c Lablache (Guillaume Tell)—Rossini. Trio- 4 PARTE SECONDA. ." Vanne a colei the adoro," Madame Grisi, Sig- non Mario e Marras—Costa. Duo—" Anna to piangi," Madame Grisi e Sig. Forna sari (Assedio di Corinto)—Rossini. Aria—" Scesa dal del," Sig. Marras (La Favorita)— Donizetti. Duo—" Con pa zienza," Madame Grisi e Sig. Lablache (II Fanatico)—Fioravanti. Aria—" Nel furor dello tempeste," Sig. Mario (II THE DANcrEROUS PIERS ON TUE RiYEA, . Thursday'rnorning, the Lord Mayor, aecompinied fly ~he Chairman of the Navigation Committee, and attended by the Water-Bailiff, the City Solicitor, and the UndentherifT, inspected the steam-boat piers above bridge (ix., above London .bridge): t hey diE,Tnbarked ut Blackfriars-bridge, and minutely examined the con struction of the pier, His Lordship examined Frsons who were present at the tittle of the accident, as to the imtnediate cause of the disaster: It was quite manifest to the Lord Mayor that the planks connecting the dumb lighter with the shore had befit of a Wellness quite in competent fur the purpose for which they *ere laid down, and that the lighters themselves, and iti fact all portions of the structure were highly dangerous. The result of his investigati6n of the Blackfriars-bridge pier most powerfully confirmed the truth and necessity of the observations which he had made on the preceding day in the Common Council, when the subject was so pro perly introduced and handled by , several of the members of that body, and he had himself asked why the Com mittee which had ineffectually represented the con demnation of the pier to a former Chief Magistrate, had omitted to make a similar representation to lam The Lord Mayor and the City Officers, after hating examined the Blackfriars-bridge pier, attendeda Com mittee at the Guildhall, a nd or ders were issued to the Pirata)—Bellini. Aria—" S'io fossi in caso," Sib. Lablache—Paer. Quartetto—" Ridiamo, cantiamo," Madame Grisi, Sig nori Fornasari e Lablache—Rossini. Signor Costa presided at the pianoforte. Sir Robert Sale had an interview with Sir Robert Fcel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A Deputation, consisting of Mr. Burge, Agent for Jamaica, and Messrs. Fuller, S. liibbert, Davison, Stewart, Pearse Grigor, and Dickenson, had an inter view with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Higham, Comptroller of the Office for the Re duction of the National Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday. Mr. Mayer, agent for Tobago, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from South Australia. Water-Bailiff and Clerk of the Works, to set off from London-bridge and proceed up the river, and to compel the owners of all piers immediately to put them in a condition for the safe and convenient embarkation of passengers by steam-boats ; and in the event of hesita tion in complying with the regulationa, the Lord Mayor declared that he would sign warrants, which the City Solicitor had prepared, for removing with a sti ong hand every pier not rendered conformable with the rules. Blackfriars-bridge pier, it appears, had been pre sented two years ago by a conservancy jury as unsafe, and the parties engaged in keeping it in use were informed that it would be removed, under the au- thority of the Court, but intelligence having been re ceived, that the proprietors were poor watermen, thrown out of employment by the introduction of steam navigation on the river, the pier was permitted to remain, upon an tusurance that it should be rendered per fectly safe and secure. The manner in which that pledge was redeemed the late melancholy event demon strates, and the Lord Mayor commented in strong lan guage upon the readiness with which such a pledge was received, and the carelessness with which it was ever afterwards treated. At the last Court of Conser vanny, a . very intelligent syry presented several of the floating piers as offering obstructions at a certain state of the tide to the free navigation of the river. They, however, accompanied their presentment with a state ment that " in the absence of better constructed per manent erections for the accommodation of persons landing from, and embarking in steam boats, the continuance of some such piers was a neces sary evil, but they represented that measures should be taken by the Corporation, as conservators of the river, to compel the proprietors of all temporary piers to render them now more firm and safe for passengers, and that they should be provided with coloured lamps at night, so placed as to show the position of the piers, and to define their limits." It appears that the Navigation Committee, in concur rence with the Lord Mayor, have been for some time engaged in making arrangements to give effect to these recommendations of the conservancy juries, and it is to be hoped that a calamity so deplorable will quicken the speed of the authorities, and lead to an early consumma tion of such an important object. At a Court of Common Council, held on the 16th of December, 1841, Mr. Jonathan C. Prior, the Chair man of the Blackfriars-bridge Committee, whose unwearied attention to the duties of that office, and ability in completing the repairs, entitle his opinion to great respect, said, in recommending that Mr. Walker's plan of erecting a pier on the Bridewell side of Black friars-bridge, " the Court could not forget that already three or four deaths had taken place in consequence of the wretched and badly-managed construction at present in use. It was quite impossible that the Corporation should allow such a melancholy appeal to pass unnoticed. So long as that bungling piece of work was in existence, the lives of the public would be in constant jeopardy, and it therefore became the duty of the Court to inter fere without delay, for the sake of humanity.' Sir Peter Laurie supported Mr. Prior's view of the subject, and dwelt most particularly upon the security of the lives of the public, with reference to the pier. On the 20th of January., 1843, Mr. Prior, in bringing up the first report relative to Blackfriars-bridge, con cluded his remarks by "urging again upon the Court not to lose sight of the necessity of remedying the existing evil at the bridge, but at once to cause the present dis graceful landing-place to be removed." Mr. Anderton also rose and said " he regretted that a committee which had so admirably performed its duties should be dis solved before they bad carried their plan for establishing a better.and safer landing-place, and it would be most satisfactory to know that the committee, to whom the would not suffer the q keeping n u to p The public will see from the above quotations from r o e f st t . h , e bridge devolved the speeches made on the subject of the danger, the lamentable evidences of which have so recently been manifested, that some of the members of the Corporation did not hesitate to speak aloud their apprehensions. SUICIDES IN LEICESTER.—The frequency of sui cides in this town by young people, would appear to fully justify the remark, that sympathy is a principal cause of them. It was but in AOill last, that we announced the death of a highly respectable young man, a druggist, by shooting himself with a pistol, in consequence of the receipt of a note from a young lady with %%horn he had kept company, disclaiming all further ac quaintance with him. At the latter end of that month, a fine young woman poisoned herself by taking arsenic, simply because she had been told by some one that a young man, who had paid his addresses to her, was about to be married to another. A few weeks after that, another girl took a dose of arsenic from a somewhat similar cause, and nar- rowly escaped with her life. On Saturday week a girl who worked in Messrs. Bedell's factory, put an end to her existence under peculiarly distressing circumstances. Her namewas Matilda Jon es , an d h av i ng kept company with a youth named George Potter, carpenter and joiner, but not yet out of his apprenticeship, for some months, she be came pregnant ; on the discovery of which by the girl's parents it was agreed the couple should be mar ried, Potter expressing his perfect willingness to make the girl his wife. The banns were published, the ring was purchased, and Monday, the 15th instant, was fixed for the wedding. Alas ! on that very day the poor girl was a corpse. The mother of the youth, hear ing of the intended union on the Saturday previous, ex pressed her intention of throwing every obstacle in the way, and threatened to f or bid th banns the next day (Sunday); declaring she would sooner see her sots hanged than that the match should take place. The girl was wrought to a dreadful state of excitement, and, having ing gone up stairs some time after her intended mother in-law's drparture, took a dose of arsenic, which was kept on the premises for the purpose of destroying ver min ; but as she declared she should get better, having taken various remedies administered by her parents, they, wishing to avoid additional exposure and dis grace, neglected to send for medical assistance, until a great and sudden change appeared in their child on the Monday morning, and it was too late. She died in a few minutes after the arrival of the medical officer, and at about the time when, in all probability, had the course of true love run smoothly, the marriage cere mony would have been performed. There is now another added to the above dismal catalogue. A girl named Mary King, aged 18, of a somewhat profligate character, the daughter of a widow living in the Wharf-street, a low part of the town, having been out all Monday night until three o'clock the next morning, was reproved by her mother for her conduct, and a fierce quarrel arose between them, the daughter declaring that her mother should have reason to remember it before the day was over. She at down for a short time, but went out with her work (gloves) EXPLOSION OFF BRIGHTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having perused the various accounts given in your journal of the 22d inst., relative to the blow ing up and total destruction of the John o' Gaunt by the invisible shell, or some other most powerful agency, said to be invented by Captain Warner, and considering the various opinions formed by able and scientific men as to the probable cause, I was, and still am, somewhat surprised that no allusion what ever has been made to the sub-marine boat invented some twenty-five years since by the celebrated Cap tain Johnson, who expended a good fortune, to his own ruin, in bringing to perfection this destructive machine ; and I believe, from what I have often heard him assert, that had the Government, at the time I speak of, rewarded him with a liberality commensu rate with his scientific skill, in all probability the sub-marine boat would have produced precisely the same destructive powers as the present invisible shell. I have heard him assert, too, that, on one occasion, after his repeated application to Governments for pe cuniary assistance had failed, that one of the Lords of the Admiralty, at that time, had hinted to him his doubts as to the destructive powers of his boat. His reply was, " Well, if your Lordship will please to take your station in any one of the largest ships we have, and try the experiment, I'll send both your self and her to hell in five minutes after, or forfeit my head.' 3 tcow, without meaning or wishing to detract in the slightest degree from the merit due to this worthy and distinguished officer, whose scientific and wonder ful skill has brought to perfection another machine, so mysterious in its nature, and so awfully destructive in its power, as to fill with astonishment and wonder the assembled thousands who witnessed its effects, yet, Sir, I cannot help thinking but that great merit was also due to thebrave but unfortunate Johnson, who cer tainly deserved from his country (whatever might have been his faults) a better fate than that which I believe closed the latter period of his most eventful life; and in the sincere hope that the present Govern ment may seriously contemplate the immense im portance which the knowledge of this mysterious secret may be to them in any future conflict with the enemies of their country, and reward the present possessor on a settle adequate to its importance I remain, Sir, respectfully yours, J. C. Belle Vue-terrace, Southsea, Hants, July 26, 1844. in her apron, apparently to her employers, but really to a druggist's where she purchased twopenny worth of arsenic on pretence of cleansing the bedstead ; went to a neighbour's house, and drank it off in a cup of VI ater. She died in about four hours afterwards. An inquest was held the next evening, and a verdict to the effect that she died from the effects of poison adminis tered by herself with an intent to destroy life was re turned. She was buried the same evening, and although it was nearly twelve o'clock at night, there were some thousands of people assembled to witness her interment THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—Saturdav last was one of the most brilliant days of the season, and with a breeze just strong enough, with the thermometer at 70 in the shade, to waft from field to field the grateful odours of the clover and bean, and affording, we hope, only a prelude to a long track of weather of a similar description. Sunday, to be sure, was rainy, almost from morning to night, with the temperature down to 55 ; but Monday and Tuesday the weather was again clear and bright, and although the thermometer stood at 75 in the shade during the day, and fell only to 70 at ten o'clock on Tuesday night, the atmosphere was soft and delicious in the highest degree, and altogether devoid of the scorching fierceness with which so high a temperature is usua lly accompanied , a nd of a character as favourable for maturing the cr o p s as the hear t of man could desir e . Yesterday again was r ain y ; and, altho ug h the quan tity of moisture w hich has fallen in thi s neighbour hood within the las t ei g ht da ys has been considerable , it has has never been to excess, and its effect has been to benefit every des cri p tion of cro p ; and in so far as w e have been able to learn, both from our own o bservation and from the reports of others, it can hardly be said to have occasioned even the most partial injury. Wheat and barley are rapidly filli ng , and early patches have already exchanged the verdant green of summer for the sombre brown which precedes the rich gslden hue of autumn. The crops are from ten days to a fortnight more forward than at the corresponding period of last year, and if the weather be favourable, we shall have an early as well as an abundant harvest. If there be no check, we may expect to see the sickle at work within three weeks. Extensive failures have occurred amongst the potatoes, and numerous attempts have been made partially to remedy the loss, by sowing turnips in the intervals ; and we regret to say that in many in stances the latter will be the more v a l ua bl e c rop of the two.---Caledonian Mercury. VIENNA, JULY 16.—The Archduke Stephen, has arrived here from Prague, and brings a lamentable account of the excesses committed by the workmen. There had been revived meetings of the Council of State, on this occa sion, at which all the Princes of the Imperial Family now at Vienna, were present. PORT or LONDON. — Notwithstanding the strong w inda which have prevailed since operations were corn menced for raising the ship Atlas, Captain J. Fisher, R.N., the principal harbour-master, has succeeded in moving her upwards of two miles from the place where she formerly lay. The vessel is deeply laden with coals, and was much em bedded in the sand ; a bank of considerable height had also formed around her, over which she had been lifted with uch T 1.1 5U N, LONDON, SATURDAy_EVI4ININa I JULY 27, 1641. CORONERS' INQUESTS. FATAL ACCIDENTS:ON THE RIVER.—THREE LIVES LOST.— /safe on Thursday night Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Coach anti Hof' s; nood-street, Westminster, on the body of John Thwaites, aged Who, with his father and a man named White, was drowned iu the river on Sunday night last. Alfred M'Evoy, a lad residing in Haydon-court, Saint James's, said that, ou Sunday afternoon last, the deceased, his father, a youth named White, another named Picton, whom witness did not know, and witness himself, engaged a four oared cutter at Hungerford-market. They all got into the boat and rowed with perfect safety to Richmond. When they were upon their return, and near Vauxhall bridge, three drunken men in a skiff endeavoured to over take them. Upon arriving off Chandler's yard, between Lambeth Palace and Westminster-bridge, it being then half past ten o'clock, and quite dark, witness saw a number of barges moored in the middle of the river, and directly in the course in which they were rowing. Just as they reached the barges, and under any circumstances they could not, owing to the strength of the tide, have avoided coming in contact with them, the skiff which contained the three drunken men struck them at the stern, and the consequence was that the cutter ran its larboard side against one of the barges. By the force of the blow, the cutter was broken right across the middle, but still held together, and witness caught hold of the barge, and climbed into it. He then caught hold of the arr.S of the boy, whose name he did not know, and held him Itor skint. twenty minutes, when assistance arrived. From the fltlie that witness got into the barge he did not see the deceased, father, nor White, and he believed that they were shaken out of the cutter by -the force of the collision. Picton was borne away in the boat, which, notwithstanding the injury it had sustained , still kept afloat , and was carried to Westminster-bridge, whets: P. waterman saved him. Wit ness afterwards heard that one of the men in the skiff was drowned, a few minutes afterwards. . Richard Maryland, a waterman, said that n found the body of the deceased on Wednesday, not far from the: s p ot where the accident happened.—Verdict, Accidental Death: I IDANGEROUS STATE OF THE SERPENTINE.-011 Thursday Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Barley Mow, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of James Coombs. aged 23, of No. 1, Clare-market, who was drowned in the Serpentine under the following circumstances : Charles Griffith, one of the Royal Humane Society's boat men, said he was on duty in the Serpentine on the mornings of Wednesday last, when he heard a cry of " boat" raised from the north side. He rowed to the spot immediately, and then ascertained that a person had that moment sunk. With the aid of drags he found deceased corn • pletely imbedded in the mud, and after three-quarters of an hour's hard working he got him out. His eyes and mouth were filled with mud. The spot were deceased sank was one of the most dangerous places on the river, there being about ten feet of water and eight feet of mud. Three out of every four persons who get in there are lost. Boards are placed near as a caution, in spite of which people will bathe there. James Baseld said deceased and himself went to bathe there on Wednesday morning. They had not boon in the water more than ten minutes, when deceased sank. He said be did not see any caution-boards; neither was he aware that the place was dangerous. Dr. Woolley said something ought to be done to prevent the public from bathing on the north side. On the opposite shore the Society's men were in constant readiness in case of accidents ; besides, it was more safe. The whole of the north side was very dangerous, more especially that part just al luded . to. That very afternoon, a gentleman on horseback led his horse to the side of the river, in order to water it, but the animal having taken a step too far, both man and beast were precipitated into the water. An extraordinary pull of the rider turned the horse round, and they both escaped being drowned. Other evidence having been adduced, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. ANOTHER DEATH WHILST BATHING IN THE SERPENTINE. —IMPORTANT VERDICT.—Last evening Mr. Higgs held an inquest in St. George's Hospital, on the body of James Davey, aged nineteen, who was drowned whilst bathing in the Ser pentine on Wednesday evening last. Charles Griffiths, chief boatman of the Royal Humane Society, said that on Wednesday evening last, about half past eight o'clock, he was on duty at the east end of the Serpentine river, near the north shore, when he heard a call of " boat" proceed from the south side. He rowed there with all speed, and found many persons in the water. The river was crowded, and he had the greatest difficulty in rowing among them. On reaching there a spot was pointed out where a boy had sunk. It was about a yard from the weeds. Just as he was commencing he saw another man sink, whom he laid hold of, and got into the boat. That man told him that the cause of his sinking was by the deceased clinging to him. It about three minutes he brought up the deceased, who appeared dead, but on proceeding with him across the river, he observed him breathe. On reaching the receiving house he was placed in a hot bath, and became so convulsed that they were scarcely able to keep him in it. That is usual with persons when recovering. He was then placed on a hot bed, and having been attended by Mr. Woolley, he recovered his sensibility, and told them where he lived, but begged them not to tell his mother of it too suddenly. He was afterwards brought to the hospital in a cab. The place where he sank was very dangerous, in consequence of the great quantity of weeds, which are eight feet in length and very strong. The deceased, whilst on the bed, said the weeds got round his arms, and he was so exhausted that he could not release himself. There are six hot baths. By the Jury—Only three men are in attendance on the bathers, and tWo in the receiving-house. The reason of the deceased being brought to the hospital was because the re ceiving-house was too hot, and there being ro room. He was wrapped up in a blanket, and rentsved by order of the surgeon to the hospital. Whilst going theft he complained of pain in his chest. Mr. T. W. Cowley, house-surgeon, deposed to the de ceased being received into the hospital, and to his dying at half-past two the following morning. The cause of death was congestion of the lungs, produced by submersion in water. He could not state whether the removal had hastened his death. It further appeared that the deceased could swim a little, and had got out into the river about twenty yards, when he tried to turn round, but could not, and sank from exhaustion. He was a coach-builder's apprentice, residing in Glasshouse street, Vauxhall. Verdict," Accidental death," with the following addition "The jury, in separating, while they laud the endeavours of the Humane Society, in restoring, &c., have to deplore that the Institution does not employ an additional number of men and accommodation at this season of the year, and earnestly hope that the subject will be taken up at an early period by the Legislature." SUICIDE OF A LICENSED VicsrumasEß.—Yesterday after noon,_ Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy-coroner, held an inquest at St. B ai tholomew's Hospital, on view of the body of Mr. W. Rowles, aged thirty-five, late landlord of the Crown and Sceptre, Great Arthur-street, Golden-lane, who committed suicide. Edward Henley, an engine -driver, No. 2, Osborn-place, Great Arthur-street, said that on Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, he was standing at his door, facing the Crown and Sceptre, when he heard several persons exclaiming that the deceased had committed self-destruction. Witness, with several others, ran up stairs, and found the deceased in his bed-room, on the floor, at the back of the door. Witness raised him up, and then observed a deep gash across his throat. A surgeon soon after arrived, who directed that he should be taken to an hospital. Life appeared extinct. George Wood, jeweller, No. 14, Rahere-street, St. Luke's, said that he saw the deceased a few minutes before seven o'clock. Deceased's sister-in-law had requested him to watch deceased, who, she said, was in a state of distraction. About seven o'clock witness bad occasion to leave him. On his re turn, in a minute or two, witness heard the gurgling in his throat, upon which he immediately gave an alarm. In the morning of the same day he was very excited. Witness saw him in the yard, walking to and fro, and laughing in a very strange way. Witness asked him what he was laughing at. He replied, " There was heaven in a kiss," and laughed again. He was not in a state of poverty, but he was a man who had been much better off. His wife is out of town. She went on Monday morning to Falmouth, to see her father and mother. By the CoßoNEß—Deceased had formerly been a wine and spirit merchant, and had a public-house of his own. He was put into the Crown and Sceptre by Mr. More, the brewer. Witness had no doubt but that his trouble had affected his mind. Five weeks ago he was in a very excited state, and on one occasion it required several persons to hold him down. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." , A FAMILY OF SUICIDES.—L ast evening, Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Dun Horse, High-street, Borough, on the body of John Crowley, aged 19, a porter in Billingsgate market. From the evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that the deceased resided with his father at one of the low lodging houses in the Mint. He was of a very uncertain, and at times violent temper, and gave much annoyance to his fellow lodgers. The landlord paid that he was in the habit of play ing "larks" with the either inmates of the house, such as throwing stones of a pound weight at them, or sometimes half a pint of water, and then run away laughing. On Tuesday he was out nearly all day drinking, but was at home at seven o'clock, and went to bed along with his father. Shortly after nine o'clock he was found suspended by his neckerchief to a rafter in the closet, and quite dead. About three years ago the deceased hanged himself at the Queen's Head, Billingsgate, but fortunately was cut down before life was extinct. He was potboy at the house, and shortly be fore making the attempt upon his life, the cook succeeded in destroying herself by the same means. The landlord in con sequence of what had taken place left the house. The father of the deceased said he was sure his son was not in his right senses, nor had he been for some time, and that he made an attempt upon his life when only twelve years old. It was also stated in the Court that since the death of the deceased his mother had attempted to hang herself, and his Father to cut his throat. The CORONER summed up the evidence veryminutely, and The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." SALE OF THE EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.- The auction room at Garraway's was much crowded yester day by capitalists, in consequence of the announcement of the sale by auction of the above celebrated premises, which were erected about thirty years since by Mr. Robinson, the eminent architect, and were originally known as Bullock's Museum, but have since been used for different exhibitions. The property, which is leasehold, having an unexpired term of twenty-eight years from Midsummer last at a ground rent of 3001. per annum, which, with the land tax, paving, light ing, water, and parochial rates, would amount to the annual rent of 4131., was ordered to be brought to the hammer by the direction of the executors of the late George Lackington, Esq. From the statement of Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis, the auctioneers, it appeared that the premises realised a net rental of 1,1001. per annum, after paying the ground rent and all rates and taxes, which income was derived from the exhi bition rooms, the two shops on the ground-floor, let for 2101 . a-year each to permanent tenants, the lecture rooms, and bazaar, the Waterloo gallery, and immense warehouse under the bazaar room. Mr. Rushworth said that, from a moderate calculation of the net rental, the property would be worth, for the twenty-eight years' purchase of the lease at six per cent., 14,8501. The competition then commenced by a bid ding of 3,000/, but was eventually bought in for 6,250/. The sale created considerable interest. It was stated by the auctioneer that the exhibition of General Tom Thumb rea lised at times as much as 1251. per day, and that 44/. per month was paid for the use of the exhibition room. THE NEw NIGHT-POACHING ACT.—This addi ditional landlord's law was passed on the 4th instant. It sets forth that the former Night-poaching Act (passed :Tilly 19, 1828), has been evaded and defeated by the destruction, by armed persons, at night, of game or rabbits, not upon inclosed lands, but upon public roads and highways, and other roads and paths leading through such lands, and also at the gates , ou tlets, and between such land and roads, highways and paths; and it then enacts that all the pains, punishments, and for feitures imposed upon persons by night unlawfully taking or destroying game or rabbits in any land, open or in closed, shall be applicable to and imposed upon any per son by night unlawfully taking or destroying any game or rabbits on any public road, highway, or path. Of fenders may be seized. This additional " landlord's law" is a further disgrace to the English statute-book. great folks seem resolved to render themselves thoroughly odious ; they have beeti keaithing- in- that direction for soma time. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. SOUTIIAMI.TON FRIDAY.—A general meeting of the So• ciety was held this morning at the Victoria-rooms, at which the President elect, the Duke of Richmond, was inducted into office. The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE, in proposing a vote of thanks to the• retiring President, Earl Spencer, spoke in the most flattering terms of the conduct of that nobleman in his ex ertions, not only during the period of his office, but at all times, to promote the interests of the, Society, and of the agriculturists generally. At the next annual meeting, which is to take place at Shrewsbury, in addition to the prizes given this year to the various:classes of cattle, prizes will be given to the owners of sheep best adapted to a mountain district. Prizes will also be given for the best essays on the following subjects : Fifty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be given for the best report on the farming of the county of Nottingham. Competitors will be expected to describe the different varieties of soil which prevail in the county, the ordinary mode of farming and courses of cropping adopted accordingly in its various districts, and to state how far any peculiar practices in its husbandry are, or are not justified by peculiarities of soil or climate. They will also be ex pected to state what improvements have been made in the farming of Nottinghamshire since the report of Mr. Robert Lowe, in 1798 ; and especially to point out what further im provements ought to be effected either by better farming on land already cultivated, or by taking new land into culti vation. Fifty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be given for the best report on the farming of the county of Cornwall. Competitors will be expected to give similar de tails to the foregoing of the varieties of soil and the peculiar practices in the husbandry of this county, and to state what improvements have been made in its farming since the report of Mr. G. B. Worgan in the year 1811. Fifty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be tri --en for the best report on the fa rming o f th e coun ty o f • -th the foregoing details, and to st a t e w h a t i m p rove - Kent, . -:n made in the farming of Kent si n ce th e re p or t meats have b.. of Mr. John Boys. a piece of plate of that value, will Twenty sovereigns, or . best method of reclaiming be given for an account of :red to describe methods heath land. Competitors will be re4w the reclaiming of which have been successfully adopted in the following points :—The mode of breaking up, whether by px4.7lng and burning, or by simply ploughing : the application of lime j the course of cropping; the conversior. of heath land into pas ture, where either the steepness of the land, or its elevation above the sea, does not allow the culture of corn. Ten sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, for the best essay on the advantage of one-horse carts. Competitors will be required to point out the saving in horse labour, and other advantages which undoubtedly arise from the substitu tion of one-horse carts for waggons. Twenty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be given. for the best csaety on oatch meadows. Competitors will be required to describe the best and cheapest method of forming water meadows on the sides of natural slopes, as practised in Somersetshire and Devonshire; the mode of managing them, and of applying their produce; the increase of value thereby given to unproductive hill-sides ; and to state how far this mode of improvement might be applied to the mountainous districts of Wales and of the north of England. Twenty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be given for the best essay en fences. Competitors will be required to describe the best and neatest methods of manu facturing hedges, whether for arable or for grazing, and to point out how far the present fences in various parts of Eng land are injurious to the farmer, whether by their size, their excess in number, or the over-abundance of timber which they contain. Tiventy sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be given for the cheapest and best method of establishing a tile yard. Competitors will be required to attend to the fol lowing points :—Mode of working the clay, according to its quality; machine for making the tiles; sheds for drying the tiles ; construction of the kiln ; cost of forming the, establish ment ; cost of the tiles when ready for sale. Ten sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be given for an account of the best method of fattening cattle, as to the places in which they are kept, large or small yards or stalls, as well as the food, roots, hay, &c., on which they are fed during the time of fattening. Fifty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, for the best description of the Dutch method of salting butter, pointing out the causes of its superiority to other salted butter. Twenty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, will be given for an account of the best experiment in agriculture. These essays must be sent to the secretary on or before the Ist of March, 1845, and all information contained in them must be founded on experience or observation, and not on simple reference to books or other sources. The copyright of all essays gaining prizes shall belong to the Society, which will have the power to publish them; the other essays 11 be returned on the application of the writers. There was a ball last night (according to custom), which took place at the Victoria-rooms, and was very fully at tended, upwards of 400 persons being present, among whom were the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, Lady Mary and the Misses Long, Lady Henry and Miss Paulet, Mrs. and the Misses Colt, Colonel Sir George and Lady Burgoyne, Sir H. Paulet, Admiral Dacres and family, Captain Dacres, RN., Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Welds, of Lulworth Castle ; Mr. Hope, M.P. ; the officers of the Grenadier Guards, from Win chester; the officers of the Victory, Excellent, and others of her Majesty's ships at Portsmouth; Mrs. Abbott and the Misses Abbott, the Misses Duke, Colonel Henderson, &c. This morning the show yard vas again visited by many thousand persons, many of them attending for the purpose of purchasing some of the stock intended for sale. A great portion of the stock, brought only for exhibiting, not in tended for sale, was removed from the ground and sent off by special trains from the temporary station made for the occa sion at Portswood. MINORITY-NOES, 20. Ackers, Jams Duncombe, T. S. Rolleston, Colonel Acland, Sir Thomas Fox, S. Lane Stewart, P. M. Allix, Jahn Peet Harcourt, G. G. Wakley, Thomas Arundel, Lord Henniker, Lord lorke, F.. T. Clive, Viscount Kemble, Henry Colebrookc, Sir T. Labouchere, H. TELLERS. Divett, Edward Napier, sir Charles Hawes. B Duncan, George Rendlesham , Lord Tufnell, Henry Second Clause ( After the 20th day of November, 1844, the interest payable to Depositors by the Trustees or Managers of any Savings Bank shall not exceed the rate of two pounds fifteen shillings -per centum per annum) :—Amendment pro posed, in page 2, line 22, to leave out " exceed the rate of," in order to insert " be less than two pounds eighteen shillings and fourpence," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words not exceed the rate of ' stand part of the Clause ." The Committee divided : • MAJORITY—AYES, 58. A ckers, James Eliot, Lord Nichol!, J. Aciand, Sir T.D. Forman, T. S. O'Brien, A. S. Adderley. C. B. Fox, S. Lane Packe, C. Wm. Allix, John Peter Gaskell, James M. Peel, Jonathan Archdall, Captain Goulburn, Henry Pringle, Alexander ArKwright, George Goulburn, Henry Hendlesdam, Lord Arundel, Lord Haw gs, B. Rushbrooke,Colonel Baring, W. 13. Herbert, Sydney Seymour, Sir R. Bateson, Robert Hodgson, Richard Sutton, Hon. H. M Boldero, H :George Hope, Charle, Th rahill, George Bowles, Admiral Hope, G, W. _ Trotter, J. Breadley, Henry Holdilsworth. T. Wakley, Thomas Bruce, Lord E. Howard, P. H. Wall, C. Baring Chapman, A, Jermyn, Lord Wodehouse, Edmond Clerk, Sir George Knatchbull, Sir E. Wortley. Hon. John Clive, Viscount Labouchere, H. Yorke, E. T. Clive, R. H. Lenricor ' Lord A. Colebrooke, Sir T. Liddel, H. F. TELLERS. Corry, H. Macki non, W. A. Young, John Cripps, W. Martin, C. W. Baring, H. Divett, E. Meynell, H. MINORITY—NOBS, 14. Ainsworth, Peter Duncombe, T. S. Tufnell, Henry Aldam, William Elphinstone, Howard Wawn, John Beuverie, E. P. Escott, Bickham Brothei ton, Joseph Morris, David TELLERS Childers, J. W. Napier, Sir Charles Hume, Joseph Duncan, George fhornely, Thomas Denison, E. Beckett COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, JULY 25. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 20.—Falcon yawl, John Beardmore, Esq., from Ply mouth and L'Orient. 21st.—Kestrel ketch, Commodore Earl of Yarborough, from Brighton, and proceeded for Devonport. 23d.—Pearl cutter, Marquis of Anglesey. from London ; Eagle yawl, Clement Ruding, Esq., from London. 24th.—Maid-of-the-Mist cutter, Henry Study, Esq., from Plymouth; Wave cutter, Marquis of Blandford, from Ports mouth. SAILING S. July 20.—Fairy schooner, William Peareth, Esq., 'for Sandgate ; Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, for De vonport and other western ports. 22d.—Caroline cutter, Crofton Vandeleur, Esq., for Guern sey and river Shannon. 23d.—Ariel schooner, Almon Hill, Esq., for Cherbourg. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Brilliant, Gem, Flirt, Camilla, Zephyretta. Cutters—Pearl, Phantom, Sparrowhawk, Alarm, Hebe, Emerald, Reindeer, Whim, Corsair, Nymph, Witch, Ariadne, Ganymede, Naiad, Owen Glendower, Spider, Dove, Medina, Wave, Maid-of-the-Mist. Yawls—Breeze, Falcon, Eagle. IN HARBOUR. Hawk schooner, Aurora cutter, Will-o'-the-Wisp ditto, Therese ditto. The Cowes season is: so backward this year that the town has been very dull. Several families have arrived this week, as Lord Clonbrock, to the Parsonage; Lady Caroline Morants, to the Pavilion ; Alfred Montgomery, Esq., Bath-buildings; Lady Aylmer, to No. 4, Bath-buildings; J. G. Norbury, Esq., South Parade; Lady Titchborne and Mrs. Bennett, to Small Pavilion; Mr. Ballard, to Rose mount; Sir Bellingham Graham, to Gothic Villa; the Mar quis of Anglesey, to the Castle ; Sir James Graham and family are expected to-morrow at Belmore House; Lord Dillon, to the Bth cottage ; Mrs. Townly, to Bath-road. AN OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.—As the Marquis of Angle sey was passing through Southampton on Wednesday, he noticed four Staffordshire farmers who were attending the Agricultural Meeting; he stopped and invited them to the Isle of Wight, and they found themselves quite at home amongst the good things at Cowes Castle. Nightly some hundreds visit Cowes, some to enjoy a trip to the Isle of Wight, others for economy, the beds at South ampton and Winchester being charged 10s. each, while at Cowes they were to be had for 2s; they could pay the pas sage down and back, and save 3s , besides the treat of a trip to the island. Though steamers leave almost hourly, the accommodation was not equal to the demand. The steamers were all loaded, the Gun this morning took 386, what could not stand on the deck were stowed in the large boat the lambs are taken over in for the London markets. They were queer looking lambs certainly, and some thought it a sheepish affair to be sent from Cowes in the cattle boat to view the beasts assembled at Southampton. THIRTY SECONDS ADVICE TO A CABMAN. 3IY Goon FELLOW—Your being a cab-driver is no reason why you should be dishonest and impertinent, or even ex press yourself improperly ; pray, therefore, take these few words of advice as to your conduct and demeanour : When a gentleman hails you, do not cry out "Here you are, sir I" 'What you mean to say is, " Here I am, sir." To tell a gentleman that he is where you are, is nonsense; un less, when he addresses you as " Cab :" you mean to reply that he is another, and then it is impudent. Say, simply, " Here, sir !" which is both concise and civil. In soliciting for employment, pronounce the word, cab, according to its orthography; that is, as it is spelt, c-a-b— -cab, and not as if it were, k-e-b—keb. Your brethren almost invariably cry, " Keb, sir !" " Keb, sir l" There is no such word as keb in the English language; you annoy the correct ear exceedingly by using it ; and besides, you set a bad ex ample to youth, who learn to imitate the inaccuracy. Abstain, while on your stand, from flourishing your whip in the face of everybody who passes you. By this gesture you often needlessly interrupt a train of reflection, and dis compose a philosopher. When you are desired to drive to such a place, go there by the nearest way. Endeavour to do your duty rather than your fare. In making your charge, recollect that there arel,7oo yards, not less, in a mile; and that miles are to be multiplied by eightpence, not by one shilling. At all events, try whether you cannot, now and then, ter once or so in the way, receive your just due without grumbling for more, and being abusive if it is not given you. If it is net really too much trouble to you, mind, a little, where you are driving. If you see a child or old woman in Sour way, you may as well cry out before you run over them. hould they not hear you, you might even slacken your pace a little. Wken any sort of property happens to have been left in your cab, it will not be amiss, provided it is not exceedingly valuable, to take it to the Hackney Coach-office, or to the place at which you set your fare down. Honesty is not alto gether ridiculous, and may sometimes prove worth as much as a crown to you. These hints, my good fellow, are kindly meant by your possible fare, PUIN CH. GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF DESIGN.—In our ac• count of the distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Go. vernment School of Design, Somerset House, the two follow. ing names were omitted. For the best shaded drawing from a cast, prize 21., Miss Hunter; second price ibr the same, Miss M. E. Filmore, 1/. 10E4 EXTENSIVR ROnnERY BY A BANK CLERK.—Yes terday morning the walls of the borough of Birmingham were covered 'oy bills, of which the following Is the sub stary,' ; e:—" Felony--1001. Rewarti.-- - Wherens, Stan ley Warner, clerk in the 131rininghatn Town and District Bank, has this day absconded with twelve 100/. Bank of Eng land notes, dated Birmingham, 18th April ; 1843, and num bered from 46,531 to 46,54 both incl'usiv'e. lie is about 27 years of age, rive feet five inches high, rather broad shoul dered, light hair and complexion, and sandy whiskers. Pay ment of the notes is stopped. Birmingham, July 25,1844.' It seems that Warner, who is a. young man of highly respectable connexions, was in the habit or going to dinner every Thursday betWeeir two and three o'clock. On the above day, in accordance with this practice, he left the bank, without having said or done anything calculated to attract attention. He did not, however return at the usual time, and one of the clerks having occasion to go to a drawer in which a large amount of notes was kept, missed twelve 1001. notes. Every exertion is now being made for his apprehension. TROOPS FOR INDIA. —CHATHAM, JULY 26.—This afternoon a draught of the 39th Regiment, consisting of 115 privates, was inspected on the parade-ground of Chat ham Barracks, by the Commandant, Colonel Sir T. Wiltshire, Bart. K.C.8., and although the mth kit recruits, and their average ages only about 2 . 6, they went through their duties to hie entire satistaction. These troops arc ordered to march from this garrison to-morrow, the 27th inst., at 7 o'clock, en route for Gravesend, and there to embark in boats from the Custom -house quay, on board the ship Monarch, an India man of the first class; launched frotn Mr. Greeh i a yard, Blackwell, on Saturday, Atilt 1, 1844. The troops are to be under the tointliand of Lieutenant Archer, of the 39th, for Bengal. ARRIVALS AT BROADSTAIRS, ittli4Y g;... l .—hbrEard llebeler, Esq.; and at Upton- Cottage ; Ed war d Fletcher, Esq. ) aid familyi,at i y9lA; Johtt Badyqll upd faintly; at th'e Al9tOtt ' v. lA. ldyror, Esq., aim rainny, at Minsonett ; Mrs. Chatfield, Miss Holmes, Mr. Atkinson and family, Edwat d Montrose, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Shoobridge, Mr. Foley, Miss Jones, Mrs. Revington, Mn.e and Mleti Webb, MI'S. Let, Mrs. Prospect house ; Mr. James, Mr. and Mrs. Smithson, Mr. ECtirtntl Cod rington, Captain Williamson. ILLNESS OF SIR COLMAN OILOGIILEN.-11Te deeply regret to announce that Sir Colman O'Loghlen is now ill of fever at Drumconora his seat in the county Clare , ha vin g been compelled to leave his circuit, after his return fram London. We have seen a letter written by Lady O'LoghTen yesterday, and which, we grieve to add, states that no de cidedly favourable symptom has yet appeared.—Dublin Evening Post. FAS The Duke of Northumberland is confined with nn ' attack of gout at Sion House There is uo prosp.l. - zt of the Noble Duke and Duchess going for some weeks to Ala wick Castle, the Noble Duke, it is said, having deter mined to vist Leamington for the advantages of the waters of thAt spa. TO TilE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Perhaps it is not generally known, that, in consequence of the numerous fires in this county and Suffolk, the Directors of several insurance offices have raised the premium on farming stock and pro duce frac is, to Bs. per cent.; and lam informed, before issuing a polfdy, they make a strict inquiry as to the conduct of the farmer towards the labourers, both a td ainouht of wages and general feeling to wards them.—Your obedient servant, AN ADMIRER AND SUBSCRIBER TO YOUR JOURNAL. Fakenham, 25th July, 1844. PENSIONS ON THE CIVIL LIST.—The fallowing are the pensions which have been granted during the year ending June 20th last :—Dame Maria Bell, 1001. a year, in consideration of the services rendered to science by her late husband, Sir Charles Bell ; Miss Ann Drum mond, in consideration of the public services of her brother, the lamented Edward Drummond, Esq., assassi nated by Macnaghten, 2001. a year ; Robert Brown, Esq., the botanist, 2001. a year ; Dame Florentia, Sale, wife of the hero of Jellalabad, 5001. a year ; and Sir W. Rowan Hamilton, the Astronomer Royal for Ireland, 2001. a year,—making, altogether, 1,2004 per annum thus coasrredo THE SALE OF STOCK. The sale commenced in the shim yard at ten o'clock, under the auspices of Mr. A. Fletcher, of Milbrook, a well-known auctioneer in this part of the country. A great number of persons were present at the sale, not less, indeed, than 2,000. Several of the lots fetched high prices, and excited keen competition, but many others were bought in. Mr. John Cooper's short-horned bull fetched 1001., three years old and upwards. Mr. John Herbert's short-horned bull, four years and three months old, 601. Mr. H. L. Mow's short-horned bull, two years and eight months old, 63/. Mr. G. H. Sidebotham's pure short-horned bull, two years and eight months old, 145/. Some other bulls of the same breed fetched prices varying from 100/. to 501. The short-horned cow of the Rev. T. Cator brought thirty five guineas; and another cow belonging to the same gentle man, 36/. A short-horned heifer of the Duke of Devonshire's, two years and six months old, 52 guineas. Sir C. Morgan's fine short-horned yearling heifer, 50/. Amongst the Herefords, a bull of W. F. Hobbs's sold for 50 guineas. A Channel Islands bull, belonging to Mr. W. G. Phillips, Fling Vicarage, two years and four months old, realised 291.85. A fine Jersey mulch cow, belonging to Mr. M. Fowler, of Stanmore, 301. One of the same breed, by Colonel W. Coulenr, 261. Mr. Robins's cow of the same breed, realised 291., and others were sold at the same rate. A thorough-bred stallion of the Duke of Richmond's fetched only 37/. ; but was evidently of much higher value. It was probably bought in. The gouthdown rams sold generally for good prices, vary ing from 361. to 101. Mr. J. M. Goodlake's ram was the one that obtained the highest price. Very few sold for less than 20/. Amongst the long-wools, a Cotswold ram, belonging to Mr. E. Handy, brought 211. A pen of five shearling Lincoln and Leicester ewes, six teen months old, bred by Mr. James Linton, realised the sum of 501. The sale, however, is not finished at the moment of dis patching our communication, and any further particulars must be reserved to our next. COLOGNE.—PubIic attention is just,now strongly attracted towards a new preparation, which has been issued from the celebrated distillery of John Maria Farina, 23, Rhine-street, Cologne. This extraordinary liquid possesses curative and preventive virtues in an unexampled degree, and its use is universally recom mended by the faculty in Germany. Taken internally, it has, we are told, been found an almost certain remedy in cases of weak or disordered digestions, and in liver complaints; and, applied externally, it heals wounds and bruises with surprising effect, and forms, when diluted with water, a delightful wash for the complexion, ren dering the skin soft and smooth, healing all cutaneous affections, and giving a healthy bloom to the counte nance. We understand that the inventor's attention has been directed to this preparation for a number of years, and we heartily congratulate him on the successful issue of his exertions. We are glad to find that the respect able firm of Voelcker and Co., of No. 1, Carpenter's buildings, London-wall, have been appointed agents for the sale of it in this country. THE CAST IRON LIGHTHOUSE.—This structure, which has for many weeks past formed a prominent feature on the Surrey side of the Thames, has been during the week undergoing the process of dismantling—only a small portion of the upper part has yet been taken down, which has received a coat of paint. Some portion of the ponderous plates, &c., have already been removed from the late site (Messrs. Cottam and Hallen's) to an adjacent wharf, preparatory to their shipment on board the vessel, which will shortly be appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty to convey the whole mass to its final destination in the island of Bermuda. Since the above has been temporarily erected in Messrs. Cottam's, the manufacturers' premises, they have allowed nearly 20,000 persons to ascend and inspect the same. Messrs. Cottam and Hallen were also honoured by visits to view the work from many of the nobility and gentry, including several divines ' and military and naval officers, amongst whom were the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Normanton, the Earl of March, Lord De Ros, Lord Radstock, the Hon. F. Howard, the Hon. E. Ridout, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Jekyll, Sir John Wa r lsh, Sir T. Wilson, Sir B. Martin, Sir H. B. Hoghten, T Fremantle, AdmirabOliver, Major-General pasley, Major- General Pakenham ; Colonels Peel , Speller,Angelo, Cunn ingham, Willsen, Alderson, Emmett an d Bib bTrg S. .Ü B ap r t o a w in n s , Montague, Dennison, Dimsdale , Fanshaw, s l Clarke, Wharne, Davison, Manni n g , Wilson, Pritchard, R. Irvine e F ;. J Morris, Hatchard, Codrington, Bird, Gore,sono:op James, Larren,Olih Hume, ver,Hob and Hobson, Stanley and Austin ; Major Watson, idr i . j M. .vvr. C aik H e a r m , jm.eArs.leyjoh;nh Johnston , ,R J. Lupton , , G. Shepherd ; F. Whitmarsh , E s q ., Q.C., &c. &c. ; the TURN-OUT OF CARPET-WEAvERS.—This town was in considerable excitement last week, owing to a turn-out or strike among the men employed by T. Simcox Lea, Esq., the largest carpet manufacturer in the town. The case was this. It is a rule among the carpet-weavers to exact a heavier fee for footing, as it is called, from every person entering the trade who has not served a regular apprentice ship to it. This money used to be spent in drink, but from the 9th of March, 1844, lit has been set apart as a defence fund for general purposes. A young man residing in Park lane, named Phaisy, had a loom given him by Mr. Lea. He was not twenty-one years of age, neither had he been ap prenticed to any one. The we avers d eman d e d 31. f or th e i r footing, which any refused to pay. They then requested Mr. Lea either to turn Phaisy off or to make him pay. Mr. Lea declined to interfere. A meeting of the workmen was held at Mount-pleasant len Tuesday evening, and adjourned to Sutton-common, whither they proceeded to the number of about 300, marching four abreast. It was agreed to strike till their request was complied with. On Thursday evening a meeting of the weavers from many of the firms in town was held at Sutton-common, where a large number of persons assembled, when it was resolved that Mr. Lea's men should remain out, and that the rest of the trade should support them. On Friday morning the footing was paid, and ,the men have since returned to their work. It is due to them to state, that they offered Phaisy twelve months to pay it in ; and even said if he would pay .it, quietly they would return him3os. Worcestershire Chronicle. R _ ti w THE TEN HOUR At a delegate meeting of the opera, the following letter from Lord Ashle) delegates : " London •. " Sir,—You have done me the honour, with the other Members of the Short Time Committee, to. request my advice respecting the course you should now adopt in pursuit of a Bill for the further limitation of the hours of labour. "In the first place, I most heartily applaud your zeal and determination never to relax your efforts until you shall have obtained this just and worthy result of so many years of anxiety and toil. So far as my services are of any avail, they shall be unceasingly at your command, though it may be treated as a serious question at your meeting, whether you ought - not to find some other Member less obnoxious than myself, and whose name is not associated with constant defeat. " In the second place, I would counsel you to begirt by an address to your employers by an appeal from. the work people of each mill to the proprietor of it, and earnestly, though respectfully, to entreat their sympathy and co-operation towards the abatement of your excessive labour. It is a matter of the highest importance that this great end should be at tained, if possible, in unison with the feelings of your employers, and not in despite of them. I cannot too strongly urge the expediency, nay, the necessity, with view to the speedy and happy adjustmentof the question, of a good understanding between master and man. You will, most certainly, by such a line of action, win the approval and sympathy of the country. Should you be successful you will have attained all that you desire ; and, should you fail, you will have, at least, the satisfaCtion of having made every reasonable and becoming effort, and of proving to the world that amendment is altogether hopeless without the aid of the Legislature. "I am deeply thankful for the success of the Factory Bill, which has just become law. My great difficulty was to combine the safety of that measure with the con stant assertion of our ten hours principle. I was sure, even on the night of the first majority, that eventual success was beyond our reach in the present session ; I bent, therefore, all my efforts to secure this enactment, and yet lose no proper opportunity of demanding more. We were in constant peril ; but, by God's blessing, we saved the Bill ; and I venture to anticipate from it very great and lasting benefits. " With many and fervent prayers for your public and private welfare, believe me " Your very sincere friend and servant, " ASHLEY. " To the Chairman of the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee, Manchester." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. _ _ . TIMES.—The rapid rise of the Manchester and Leeds, and of the Birmingham and Gloucester shares, since yesterday, is the most remarkable feature of the share market. The former, it is said, are influenced by a demand induced by the belief that the new lines will. prove productive ; the latter are in request, on account of the receipts having surpassed general expectations_ Compared with last year, the increase is at the rate of 1,0001. per week. Bristol and Gloucester shares, though their rise has been less sudden, have been steadily pro - gressing . from a similar reason, the receipts here also exceeding the general belief, although the railway has not not been open above three weeks. The following has been sent by the Committee of Spanish American bondholders, as the:official account of their proceedings yesterday : " 13, Austinfriars, July 26,1844. " The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders held a. meeting yesterday, on the subject of the new Granadian debt, when it appeared from recent communications from Bogota,. that there was some reason to expect, by the next arrival, some specific communication on the subject of the adjustment of the debt. The Committee, therefore, adjourned further proceedings. The delay of the Government of New Granada has been most unsatisfactory to the Committee and to all parties concerned, after the very liberal conossions which have been made to procure an adjustment of this long-pro tracted affair." _ By this document it is tolerably evident that no public meeting will be called till the receipt of further commu nications from New Granada. The bondholders, though they are anxious to express their sentiments on the sub ject of this debt, will probably wait with patience a little longer, on the understanding that the next arrival will bring the " specific communication" desired.. Then, it is to be hoped, the Committee will lose no time in calling them together, and the subject will undergo a. thorough consideration. Besides looking into the na ture of the proposal made by the indebted republic, the bondholders will make stringent inquiries as to the sum which is said to have been already remitted by New Granada, and to be in the hands of Senor Mosquera. Nothing definite is known respecting this sum, but it is. supposed to be sufficient to pay 1 per cent. per annum on the whole debt for a period of two years. The letters lately received from Lima represent a re spectable mercantile firm there as having refused the offer to become local agent to the Peruvian bondholders. The fi rm in question expressed their gratifi c ati on a t being thought worthy of so high a trust, but stated that the republic was subject to such constant changes, that it would be utterly useless for any one to undertake matters connected with finance. One Government so rapidly succeeds another in Peru, that an agreement made with one, might be cancelled by the next before it could be brought into operation. As some parties have incorrectly supposed that by the Dutch decree, mentioned yesterday, the holders of the old Five per Cents. are bound to change their bonds into Four per Cents., it is as well to remove the error. The decree in its preamble sets forth a wish to afferd to the holders of the old Five per Cents. an opportunity to exchange their bonds on the same footing as the holders of the "Indians" (the "speckle backs"), but it is by no means compulsory as to their entering into the operation. To prevent all future misunderstandings on the subject, we give the sth article, which relates exclusively to the holders of the old stock. " Art. s.—ln order to enable the holders of the old Five per Cents. to transfer their bonds at the price mentioned in Article 1 (viz., 95} per cent.), at which the Indians can now be exchanged, an inscription register will be opened from the Ist till the 20th of August ensuing, in order to convert this stock (from the Ist of October, 1844) to Four per Cent. bonds, with a bonus of 4i per cent. (or 45 florins in cash), and bearing interest from the Ist of October, 1844." SUN.—Consols closed at the lower quotations of the morning, 991 to Exchequer Bills were 80s. to 78s. pre mium ; and New Three-and-a-lialf per Cents. 1021 to 4. The other Stocks remained the same as in thu morning. The Foreign market was inactive up to the close.. Spanish Three per Cents. n ere 33+ to 4, and the De ferred 124. Colombian were 131, and Mexican 86. Dutch Four per Cents. were 964- to 961. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 27t to 264; and Thames and Medway, 91 to I discount. Bristol and Gloucester, 20 to 1; Grand Connection, 1; Hull and Selby, 101 to 111; Birmingham, 1281; Brighton Loan. Notes, 24; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 74-; Mid land, 1; Northern and Eastern, 14e ; Norwich and Brandon, 7i; South-Eastern, 5; York and North Mid land, Half, 291; Paris and Orleans, 181 to 4-; and Peril and Rouen, 181 premium. The Foreign exchanges have been rather higher on one or two cities, but generally there is no particular alteration. THE LATE HORRIBLE CHARGE AT STOCKPORT.—* Our readers will probably remember this charge, mentioned in The Sun of Monday. On Wednesday the rev. delin quent, R. H. Cresswell, the incumbent of St. Peter's Church, Stockport, who was under bail to answer the horrible charge, underwent an examination before the Mayor, and Messrs. I- Walinsley, C. Baker, and P. E. Marsland, two of them being Churchmen and two Dissenters. As he was not in a fit state to be removed from his bed, the examination took place pri vately at his residence, at the Parsonage House, St. Peter's square, Mr. W. Vaughan and Mr. H. Turner attending fizz the defence. The first witness called was a youth named James Booth, a servant employed in the prisoner's house, who detailed several revolting particulars, unfit for publica tion. His evidence was in many respects corroborated by different domestics of the house, and the cross-examinations of the prisoner's solicitor did not at all shake his testimony. The result of the inquiry was, that the magistrates considered it their duty to commit the rev. offender to Chester Assizes for trial. Not being in-a fit state to be removed, however, he was admitted to bail, himself in 2,000/., and two sureties of 1,0001. each ; his uncle, said to be a magistrate in Leicester , - shire, and his father, a person in opulent ciscumstances, w e understand, residing in the same neighbourhood, becomin g sureties. The revolting affair has caused much excitement in Stockport: PARK THEATRE.—This house closed for the season on Wednesday, and will re-open on the 26th August. During the recess the scenic and decorative artists will be employed on the opera of the Bohemian Girl, th e most s uccessful novelty produced in London during the past theatrical year. Macready plays a farewell en gofagememine e n n t c i e n f S ro e n p l tet t n h b e er o , th a e n r d w si i d ll e b o e f su th cc e e A ed t e l d an b ti y e. ac i‘ to i rs t. na estimable neseavxei ltreyde a branch forrr npa campaign, manager Europe eh of et f uho ; Id e f e a o a n r r ns t d' the h i Drury" Simpson, rararitab t nr h igm e tehym w i rr o eot r nyv t te h s)m y , c fromcom plete P th ie e te g promises to exceed in profit any season since the great one o of 37, when the Woods played to upwards of n twelve consecutive nights.—From the New York Courier and Inquirer. The town of Bonifacio, in Corsica, was thrown into consternation on the 10th by the disappearance of M. Em- manuel Ru, collector of taxes, aged seventy-four, and one at the most wealthy men of the canton. He went out in the morning with his agent to visit a fine proper, which he possesses at Sanguiliano, about half a league off. As he did not return in the evening, Madame Ru became alarmed, and a minute search was made for him. At Sanguiliano his hat, cane, andriding-coat were found in the hall, as if placed there on his arrival. For four days the search continued, when the arrival of the agent explained the whole affair. They had been both carried off by banditti, who detairod M. Ru until a sum of 12,000 franca in hard cash should be paid down as his ransom. Should their demand not be agreed to, they threatened the most cruel treatment. The authorities were to assemble the next day to decide what wee to be done.—Galignani. DEBT OF PUBLIC GRATITUDE TO ROWLAND HILL. w. We have learnt, with pleasure, that previous to the public subscription having been set about in Hull, one was con). menced amongst the Society of Friends here, which amount id to several pounds, and was privately forwarded to the Co*. mittee in London. The plan appears worthy of adoption by other religious denominations, and we suggest to a few of the right-spirited ones in each body in the town, whether tiler will not be doing their duty to a public benefactor, by immiss diately " going and doing likewise. —Hull Advertiser. ROWLAND HILL TESTIMONIAL — We are glad to hear that the subscriptions to the testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill already amount to about 731. We believe the committee close their duties on the 29th instant, and we trust that before that time such of our friends ss have not yet subscribed will send their contributions AO Mr. George Mackay, treasurer. The cause is one de! serving universal support—lnverness Courier. I a - re. , I . 4