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- V I ATION OF THE BISHOP OF y, ORCESTER WORCESTER. MONDAY AFTERNOON.— The Lord bishop of Worcester held a visitation at the Cathedral ill this city to-day. There was a very full attendance of the cler g y, an d t h e war d ens of t h e c h urc h, by whom I 'reas expected that his Lordship would, in his charge, a dvert to the recent dissensions in the Church. , °ening service commenced at eleven o'clock, prayers ig read by the Rev. A. Wheeler, precentor. The Rev. -L!• J. Steve nson , h onorar y canon o f the cathedral, and chaplai n to the Lord Bishop, then preached an excellent sertaon from Acts x., v. 42 and 43, "And he commanded us to p reach unto the people, and to testify that it is he de b° was o r d a i ne d o f G o d to be the judge of quick and n d- To him give all the prophets witness that through le sta tiatne whosoever believeth in him. shall receive remis m-on of sins." The Reverend Preacher's discourse from the above text had reference entirely to the duties and obligations of the Christian minister, the Reverend Preacher ob serving, that the consideration of these duties was at le present tim e of excitement, a:arm, and suspicion in divided eehurch, of the utmost importance. He then his discourse under three heads, considering first, the ori g in and offices of ministers of the Gospel, t rn al eing the origin of their ministrations to the Foun i"in of all Wisdom in the command delivered to Peter clia the mount, "Go thou and teach all nations ;" lie ecaldly the Rev. Preacher dwelt upon the nature and deseriptio 9 n of the offices ot Christian ministers as minis ters and witnesses ; and lastly on the objects of their .• ; concluding a most appropriate discourse, le exhortations to his broiler clergy and the laity, the oilier to cultivate mutual charity in their ministration, Vid the latter to receive God's Word from them, not as f rom men but from Gud, adding nought thereto, neither d iminishing anything therefrom. The Bishop, accompanied by Chancellor Philliracre n ral other officers of the court, the clergy and parochial lerchwardens, then proceeded to the court behind the '" tar when the names of the clergy and churchwardens 14 'ere called over, after which his Lordship took his seat s'ithi n the communion railings and delivered his charge to the clergy- His Lordship's charge had reference almost exclu sively to these matters which have recently agitated the C hurch —viz., the question of, the revival of obsolete form s and usages. His Lordship observed that the first matter which had presented itself to his mind, as most calling for remark from him on this occasion °t his triennial 'visitation, was important, not only on account of its effect, but of the specious grounds on whi c h it rested—he meant an undue regard for anti quities which had latterly been manifested and dwelt upon by theological writers, and which extended not only to the forms and ceremonies of the Church, but related also to architectural matters ; and he proceeded first to e onsiiler whether there were sufficient grounds for such reverential observances of these antiquities. Here he found that scanty as were the books which had reached us written by authors living in the first century of th e Christian era, and invaluable as those works Were in establishing the fact of the early circulation of the Scriptures, they did not assist in clearing those ?milts which now agitated the Church. Not only. was It Unsafe to appeal to those authorities, because so few records had reached us, but also because there was reason Lome belie ve th a t in those early days the Church had ueeome much corrupted ; and it might be doubted whe ther the early fathers, while engaged in refuting the errors which had crept into the Church, had n" really really been imbued with their latent heresy. 41 ence we were struck with the differences which eXist between the doctrines taught by the inspired follo wers o f our L or d, and those inculcated by L h a ancient fathers of the Church. By the former they Were taught that the expiation of sin was through the 'vicarious intercession of Him who sacrificed himself for en uPon the cross ; and by the latter they were strictly joined to expiatory penances and fasts. But if the Paucity of writers in the three first centuries of the C hristian era rendered it unsafe to trust to them, he heed should they be more successful if, abandoning se, they had recourse to the writings of the fourth and following century ? Much stress had been laid upon the writings of the fourth and fifth centuries of Chris tianith°lacy as authorities not to be questioned regarding Ca doctrines ; but here errors much more fatal to e ",ristia n ity were found to prevail. The contest between ~pristian i t y an d Paganism finally ended in the victory the former, though that victory was not won without sacrifice. His Lordship then alluded to Roman tholic processions as in use in Italy, and their ' l ,!lllilarity to the Pagan rites. All these ancient autho rities were contradictory one to another ; if, therefore, e d e t , were to regard antiquity, it became a question h el ! e h of the fathers they should adopt. Should they i rre some who affirmed that the blessed should live for e„.."msand years in Elysium, or should they treat that as others of the same day had done—viz., 1 1 1 1 , 11 the idle dream of a child. "In short , " said Cs Lord s hi p , he who trusts to antiquity will find th nlludi diversity of opinion among those styled fathers of the Cnurch,' that h e will so be ;:' "d about up choron th for his soul iwn ese troubled atersthe midst of th a? to search in ljr,, ti for worse only useless ? Ile ans wered, by no means. No Ithle they most val uable for the sentiments of piety the con t a ined, but as corroborative of t h e S cri p . The Established Church was deeply indebted to e Works of antiquity as f u rnishin g corroborative evi dei,, nee of the book of Scripture ; but they would be if danger of filling into the worst errors of Popery they went beyond this in their regard to those Works. The Bible, and the Bible alone, was the book uPon which the Protestant depended in his faith. It was . 0 11 argument again st the d octr i nes o f t ransu b s t a ntiation 4 tin nd the adorati on of the Virgin Mary, that they cou ld Dv:aces of them for six centuries of the Christian should I: v it was it likely that such important doctrines while th A ve t , been transmitted from the Apostles centuries'Y Right ;It the rid no traces of them until five or six Was th after Christ ? In this negative sense it true use of antiquity consisted. The there everend Diocesan then went on to say that the attention was another point to which he was anxious to call ention of the clergy, as resulting from excessive Attention to antiquities—a matter of very inferior conse quence as to doctrine, but which had its effects upon the Ile alluded to the pedantry (if he might so Cal al ,' it) of introducing into Protestant churches stone al tars instead o f t h e commun ion table, a substitution for a t „L e nding desk, sedilia, candlesticks placed on the communion table, never to be lighted, and texts ee , S cripture emblazoned upon the walls, in divers be o urs, and in Roman text, which never could read. He objected to the revival of these obsolete I s in the Chur c h—not on account of the expense at tending th em ( t h oug h t hi s was , u nder circumstances, to beo regarded), but b ecau se be regarded them as having teodency to convey a wrong impression of the pur poses for whi c h th ey assembled in church. They did "' meet to gaze with awe upon lighted tapers C anted by priests ; but they assembled together in rotestant worship, humbly to confess that they h ad left un d one many t hi ngs w hi c h they ought to have du ne, and h a d d o n e many things which they ought no t ~ to hav e d one , t o p ra y to God to forgive their sins com mitted, and to offer up prayers and thanksgivings tile throne of mercy. These were the spiritual exer ses for which Protestants assembled' together in the ee; us e of God. His Lordship then begged to offer some C h a r,k 3 in favour of an internal arrangement in - r enes, which had been made the subject of much tu Peration. He alluded to that distribution of the sit tingsra by which each family in the parish was allowed to th s 'e, as it were a family congregation in the midst of We general congregation. Such arrangements he observed wi i .° unnecessary in Roman -Catholic congregations, but the mass of the people assembled, not to pray i ts " to gaze ; where the service was performed in an un th"ll language, and the whole was performed by le Priests, the congregation taking little part in it. % is Lordship expressed himself in favour of family of an geRIORtS of the pews, and asked what father family, who bad been accustomed to off er u p his prayer sresign with his wife and children, would willing l y that privilege for a strict regard to ancient erages ? He admitted that abuses of this pr ivile g e had ,„ es - Pt into practice, but such abuses should, immediately t i• e • their detection, be corrected by the proper authori tera', His Lordship next alluded to the practice of n et "`ng to the east, which he said wa s now exercised, W et only during the recitation of the Creed, but even 1 , 0 11 the congregation united with the priest in prayer. thels unquestionably a very ancient practice, "ta Lordship here quoted authorities, who, in tracing origi n of this custom, had assigned the eastern L i ° ll of the universe to the Omnipotent , a nd the W est ern to the enemy of mankind. On this po int it a . Seevident that the fathers differed , and certain it was ;': no authority could be found for the usage in the 5 .,,. tlPtures, which abounded in evidence of the univer .4u th Y of the Deity.' In the above observations, as also eall. s e expression of his opinion o n other p oints, when 1 184 - " upon (his Lordship continued), he trusted he hi s sufficiently testified that there was no leaning on th P a rt towards the errors of Rome, no deviation from preePrtinciples of the Reformation. He, therefore, 81)- ( 14, f red with more confidence a subject upon which he ali he e d iu opinion from most of those around him. He Ni tt ",:ed to his vote upon the grant to the College of of I, ll° °th. It might be true that a bishop, as a peer th e arliament, was bound to give his vote according to to dictates of his conscience, without being called upon r i ncler an account to his clergy in justification to Provennself ; but for his part lie was most anxious to his brethren that he had not given his vote f avour of the Maynooth grant without the most sid Galion deliberation and upon good grounds. No con fer of expediency would ever induce him to vote ter,measure which he could consider per se sinful. His stated hip then proceeded to combat the arument ad .against this measure—viz., that it was . a national lie' ne! would be injurious to the Established Church. ques tion d both of these positions, and said the ques- Ch ril, N .: v as. whether they should contribute to teach nity inculcated by Roman Catholics or h e Net her their fellow-countrym-n in Ireland should ' not to Lu e ucated at all. The education, he considered, must ch'unreend contribute to the extension of the Established f e ,, eur u• After some further remarks and arguments in Mi ssed u f the Muynooth en downment, his Lordship din g) in the usual form. icA IIVE RITSEAIENT.] —An Extraordinery Cure of Nd kkased Knee of Ten Years' Standing, by Holloway's Pills Ointment !--Mr. Edward Perryns, residing at No. 21, ..114,,aaitnned:sfar:tetfi. j. \ o ll l o , r t c , ester, is now cured of an abscess on the which had been bad for ten years, indeed, it 'e be was f urteen. He had lost from the knee joint h i d pieces of bone, one being two inches in length. He a nd : t een under the mos• eminent of the faculty in Worcester, INa s ! lst was told that his leg must be amputated, as a cure stulte imp oss ibl e ! A perfect cure has been effected in this o peles s tit,r n i„ c-se by these won d er f u l medicines. Sold by all a and b y the proprietor, Strand, London. Heouie n Sunday last some thousands of people from .t s Y , Staffordshire, came to Liverpool by a cheap train.— Hr finer. / TI-IF, Sc N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7 TES lIMONIAL TO THE SEAMEN OF THE SCOUT. (From the Essex Standaid.) While Harwich regatta was proceeding, last week, a highly interesting scene took place on the deck of the Blazer, Government steamer, which, gaily d:essed with flags,• was anchored in front of the esplanade, just leav• ing room for the yachts t ) pass through the inner channel. Here a numerous company were assembled, amongst whom we noticed the Archbishop of Norwich, the Venerable the Archdeacon Berners, Lady Morton and family, the Misses Fitzhugh, the Rev. T. and Hon. Mrs. Mills, of Stutton ; the Hon. and Rev. F. De Grey, Mr: and the Misses Western, Mr. J. Blowers, the Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Berners and family, Mr. and Mrs. Segrave, Captain Jerningham, R.N., Colonel Whyte and the officers of the 7th Hussars, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Browell, the Misses Kirby, Captain Mends, R.N.. Mr. and Mrs. Dagshaw and family, the Mayor of Harwich, Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., Rev. Mr. Lineke, Sir Robert Schomburgh, Captain and Mrs. Washington and family, and Rev. G. Burmester. Commander Saxby and the crew of the revenue cruiser Scout were also on board. Between the intervals of the yachts starting the whole of the party being assembled on deck, and the crews of the Blaz-r and Scout called aft, — The Bishop of NORWICH expressed the great satis faction he felt in having it in his power to present the commander and ship's company of the Scout with some token of his respect and regard for men who had Eo gallantly distinguished themselves in attempting to save the crew of the Hero, when driven on shore on the exposed beach near Languard Fort. As soon as the details of their praiseworthy and perse vering exertions reached him, he had encouraged a hope that the time would come when he might have an opportunity of seeing those who had set so striking an example of what British sailors could and would do when the preservation of human life was at stake, nobly and fearlessly fir such a purpose risking their own. But he little thought that such an opportunity as the present would have offered itself— when, on the deck of a British man of-war, he could in person express his feelings on the subject. He would not stop to speak of his own individual approbation ; for, stranger as he was to them, that might be of little worth ; but he felt persuaded that in addressing them, and reminding them of their own devotion and persevering endeavours on that awful night, he was expressing the approbation of every individual present, most of whom, from being resident in the neighbourhood, must have taken as deep an interest es he did, and were better informed pro bably than himself of all the circumstances of the case. Still more gratifying was it for him to address them, not only in the presence of those to whom he had alluded, but in the preeenee of a crew serving, like them selves, their Queen and country in their own callieg and profession. And here he would remind them of the advan tage of discipline—that characteristic feature of the army and navy of England, by a strict adherence to which those services had distinguished themselves above all others, and csnquered armies and navies, led by commanders who boasted that they were invincible. In union, it was said, there was strength; but strength without discipline would still be inefficient and defective. By discipline the strength of the navy was collected into one focus or point, as it were; and when under the control of a judicious commander, bearing down all opposition, it becameinvincible • and,with reference to this essential ingredie n t in cur land and sea service (be here addressed himself to Captain Saxby) he could have itO doubt but that the gallant conduct of the crew was rendered still more efficacious by the discipline and good order which he, as commander, had established on board the Scout. He next referred to those times when, during the war, the united ser vice of England could vie with each other ; and who could forget the numberless occasions, when, in contending with their country's foes , th e y had added so much to her glory and renown ! But proud as Englishmen had a right to be, and grateful as they ought to be, for those deeds of valour, they could not and ought not to dismiss from their minds that a day of victory must inevitably be the day of death to many, and that with their joy and gladness there was an accompaniment of sorrow for those who had perished in the fight. Many were the instances he could mention of the sympathy which manifested itself in various parts of the kingdom, when news arrived of battles fought and victories won, towards the brave men who had fallen. One above all he could mention, which occurred in the city of Edinburgh, illustrating his remark, so creditable as it was to all concerned. No sooner did the intelligence arrive of the vic tory of Trafalgar than a burst of joy and ex ultation resounded far and wide but when it was known that Captain Duff, of the Mars, had perished in the action, and that his widow resided in the city, the people of their own accord posted a guard at each end of the street in which she lived, and when the rest of the town was one blaze of illumination, and thronged with joyous multitudes, none were allowed to intrude upon the solitude of that street—there and there alone were darkness and silence—a due respect shown to a widow's feelings in the moment of public exultation—a due reverence puid to her hour of mourning and bereave ment. He next begged to call their attention to another point. Bravery and energy, it was known to all, Were the characteristic features of our sailors and soldiers e but there was one other principle still more important, and without which a character, however high and dis tinguished for its noble qualities, was destitute of much of its worth and value. Pointing to the Blazer's ensign, he called their attention to the red cross which was its conspi-uotts feature ; and remind ing them of what it was the sign and symbol, urged them above all things to bear in mind that while they served an earthly Sovereign, they also served another whose eye was ever upon them, and his spirit ever around them. He pointed out to them in the strongest terms the importance and necessity on all occasions, wherever they might be, of linking together their religious and professional duties in one bond of inseparable union—never to forget that their duties to their Queen and country ought always to go hand in hand with their duties to their God ; and to their loyalty, as Englishmen, invariably to add the faith and works required of them as Christians ; and he trusted that this latter feeling bad its full share on the occasion respecting which he then ad dressed them ; that while risking their own byes in endeavouring to rescue those of others they felt that they were, in thus doing to others as they would be done by, performing at the same time a work pleasing and ac ceptable to Him who watched over them in that hour of peril, which might, for aught they knew, have been their hour of death. He concluded by reminding them of the satisfaction such deeds as this, for which he was now about to request their acceptance of a memorial, must give them whenever they looked back to it ; bow far superior the satisfaction than any derived from sources of vice, and what too many thoughtless people called pleasure ; and he bad only to hope that from the books he was now about to present to them, they would de rive benefits, not only for the furtherance of their wel fare and respectability in this world, but for their eternal happiness in the world to come, when their earthly course should have reached its close. His Lordship then proceeded to present Prayer- Books and Testaments, commencing with Captain Sax by ; and in addressing himself more particularly to three men who had distinguished themselves, one of whom was an artilleryman in Languard Fort, be ex pressed the peculiar satisfaction he felt in reminding his hearers that the soldier had rivalled the sailor in this scene of danger and exertion ; and added that such he hoped, as it had ever been, ever would be the case with the two united services, identified in one and the same genereus and noble spirit, contending in laudable rivalry who should be first and foremost on every occa sion, whether in the day of battle or in other scenes like this to which he had alluded, when their courage and energies might be rendered available for the benefit of their fellow-countrymen. Capt. Washington then, turning to Mr. Saxby, said— After the eloquent and impressive address you have just heard from his Lordship, it would be quite out of place that I should add another word. I will only say, then, that in the name of Archdeacon Berners, Sir Philip Broke, Mr. Attwood, M.P. for the borough, the Mayor of Harwich, a few sailors and other friends, I beg to offer you one of Dollond's best telescopes, and to your chief mate a Dollond's silver pocket compass, in testimony of respect and admiration for your self and the crew of the Scout, for your humane exertions in endeavouring to save the lives of the crew of the Hero schooner, wrecked on Languard beach, in an easterly gale and heavy snow storm, on the night of the Bth of December, 1844 ; and may you both live many years to make use of them in the profession to which you do so much credit. And now, my men, not only of the Scout, but my shipmates of the Blazer, who have faithfully and creditably served your Queen and your country upwards of four years with me in the North Seat', I trust what you:have heard and seen this day will not be forgotten by you, but that it will be an encouragement to press forward in the cause of humanity whenever an opportunity arises, assured that sooner or later your exertions will always bring their own reward. By permission of Capt. Stanley, captain of the ship, all hands then joined in three hearty cheers for the crew of the Scout and the Lord Bishop of Norwich ; the band of the 7th Hussars struck up "Rule Britannia ;" and thus terminated a ceremony that we think will not be readily forgotten by any one who witnessed it. IRELAND. DUBLIN, AUG. 4.—The weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held this day, in Conciliation Hall. Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., accompanied by Christopher Askew, Esq.. and Captain Broderick, entered the Hall at one o'clock, and were received with the loudest and most enthusiastic bursts of acclamation. The chair was taken by Dr. STEPHEN MURPHY, who said he felt deeply grateful fur the -honour con ferred on him by calling upon him to preside over so respectable a meeting. When he reflected on the many changes that had taken place since its forma tion, he felt he had reason to congratulate the men of Ireland and himself, on the position they had now assumed. He was not one of those who forgot to give credit where he thought. credit was due; and when he recollected the number of persons the Liberator had with him at the formation of -the Association, and when he compared its position at that time to that which he had now brought it, he could not refrain from according to him the credit which he so eminently deserved. The Chairman then handed in several subscriptions from the county of Wexrord, which h ere entrusted to him for presentation. The following letter from Mr. O'Connell was read, and ordered to be inserted in the minutes : " Derrynane Abbey, Aug. 1, 1845. "My d ar Ray, —I enclose you 41. ; the subscription for the month of August of Daniel O'Connell, M.P., 11.; Maurice O'Connell, M.P., 11.; John O'Connell, M.P., 11; Daniel O'Connell, jun., IL " The demonstrations at Wexford and at Galway were magnificent and of great national importance. The peo ple behaved nobly. Both meetings were characterised by the most peaceable demeanour and conduct—nA the least approach to violence or intimidation—all order, re gularity, and good humour ; but accompanied by the most fixed determination never to cease from seeking, by legal and peaceable means, the repeal, until the na tionality of Ireland is restored, and the Legislature once again seated in College-green. "No one can possibly doubt the ardent zeal and the enthusiasm of the great and almost universal people of Ireland fur the restoration of the Irish Parliament. It is well that the Queen's Ministers should be unable to conceal from themselves the deep sense of insulting injustice and the thorough conviction of ruinous conse quences which the union has impressed on the Irish mind. But the statesmen of England must be made to feel practically the effects of such impression. It was the evidence of national determination afforded by the great Clare election, which showed the then Ministry that it was absolutely necessary for the salvation of the State to emancipate the Catholics. Similar evidence on a much larger and more magnificent scale would de monstrate irresistibly to the present Government the still greater necessity of repealing the union statute, and restoring to Ireland her native Parliament. That evidence would be produced by the return to the first session of the next Parliament of sixty members of the Repeal Association. " Our first duty, then, is to return sixty members of the Repeal Association. " It can be done if the Repeal Wardens exert them selves with any energy suitable to the magnitude and vital importance of the occasion. " It is, in truth, from the practical and working energy and perseverance of the Repeal Wardens that I expect and distinctly anticipate the Repeal. " Sixty members from Conciliation Hall would con vince the most sluggish and dull of the people of Eng land that the time was come for discussing the terms of the Repeal. It being quite clear that the Union ought not, and morally speaking, could not last longer. " It is the first duty, I repeat, of the Association to make all necessary arrangements for the return of sixty members, In the first place, the registry must be mmt strictly and perseveringly attended to. In the second place, let proper candidates be selected as speedily as possible. " - Take, for instance, Wexford. Let the Committee of the Association appoint a Sub-Committee fur that county, including its two boroughs. Let that Sub Com mittee act in the parishes, and, if possible, procure for each parish two Repeal ardens, of the nomination, or at least subject to the approbation of the parochial clergy. At all events, with the assistance of that clergy, let the names be procured of all persons in each parish qualified to be registered, let notices for registry be served for all of such persons as are in the interest of Ireland, and of the Repeal, and let every exertion be made to bring up the parties to the sessions, so as to place them on the roll of voters. " This plan is highly likely to succeed completely in Wexford, The next duty of the Sub-Committee will be to procure suitable candidates ; recollect, to be suitable to this great occasion, they must be members of the Re peal Association. Not one of the four Members for Wexford is such member—only one of them, Mr. James Power, is an avowed Repealer, but is not a member of Conciliation Hall. I trust that he will have become a member of the Association before this letter reaches you. If he shall not think fit to do so, it seems to me that his conduct will be, in its nature, if perseveied in, a very gross insult to us members of the Repeal Associa tion. It would be - suggesting, that although he is a co- Repealer with us, yet that we are net, in good soatif, sufficiently respectable to be associated with by him -in seeking the repeal—a line of conduct which I fervently hope Mr. Power will not pursue. At all events, the Sub • jommittee will have to assist the real Repealers of Wex ford in suggesting three, if not four, candidates for the ensuing election. • " Every other county, town, and borough, must be gone through in the same way, for registry and elec tion. The form in which I mean to prepare the drafts of the several Bills committed to my charge by the As sociation, is for presentation to the Imperial Parliament. The first, of course, must be laid before that Parliament, I mean the Act the better to enable her gracious Ma jesty to exercise her undoubted prerogative to summon her Parliament of Ireland.' " Should the proposed meeting of Orangemen for the 12th of this month be seriously intended to take place, the Association must take the meat active means, by counsel and influence, to prevent the Catholics, but especially to caution all Repealers, from interfering in any way, and from in any respect impeding the Orangemen in their procession. Between the Repealers and the Orangemen there is no real cause of quarrel, or even of difference. In Wexford, the green arches across the road were in very many instances decorated with Orange lilies. It is hus we can best attain the Repeal. " Believe me to be, faithfully yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. " T. M. Ray, Esq." Mr. Jonii O'CONNELL, M.P., moved the suspension of the standing orders, for the purpose of enabling him to move that the Committee of the Association be em powered to draw up and forward an address to the Ro man Catholics of the North, calling upon them not to interfere directly or indirectly with the Orange demon stration, which is purposed to be held on the 12th inst., but to exhibit the same spirit of forbearance which they displayed on the anniversaries of July. :The Hon. Gentleman then said, in reference to the misun derstanding with the London repealers, that he would postpone till the next day of meeting his motion for striking off the roll of the Association the names of the offending parties, and he trusted that in the meantime they would see the folly of the course they were pursu ing, and, perhaps, render the disagreeable alternative unnecessary. After several subscriptions were handed in, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL again rose and addressed the meeting at considerable length. With regard to the possibility of England being engaged in a foreign war, he said that if any such event should occur, England might calculate on the hearty co-operation of the Irish people, provided she rendered them but simple justice. But if, on the other hand, she persevered in her injus tice towards Ireland, she would be obliged in time of peace to succumb to foreign power ; and if engaged in war, the people of this country would remain inactive, but not inattentive observers of the result. After a slight altercation between Mr. John O'Con nell and a Mr. Scott, relative to the question of American slavery—the former denouncing the existence of the system, and the latter contending that no reference should be made to it in the Hall. The rent of the week was announced to be 2671. 17s. 11d. THE ORANGE DEMONSTRATION ON THE 12TH.--DIS° MISSAL OF MR. WATSON. The Evening Mail of this evening announces the dis missal of Mr. Watson, the I)eputy-•Lieutenant who headed the Northern Orangemen on the 12th ult. You will find the terms of the announcement in the following article:— " The preparations for the meeting of the Orangemen at Enniskillen are progressing, and there is no doubt that an immense number' of the body, in conjunction with a multitude of Protestants not yet members of that loyal institution, will assemble on the day appointed — Tuesday, the 12th of August. " We address ourselves this evening in an especial manner to District and Lodge Masters, and to those who will have the arrangement of the proceedings, and the guidance and direction of the brethren on this, one of the most important occasious which has occurred within the last century—perhaps, on the eve of a crisis big with future events. " Without abating a particle of the zeal with which they are filled—without modifying a single item in the catalogue of the adverse feelings which wrong, and in sult, and persecution have begot against Sir Robert Peel and his associates, by whom they have been wronged and betrayed—without diminishing by a single head the tens and twenties of thousands who have announced their intentions of being present—on the contrary, with a view of increasing their strength, and making their re solutions and petitions the more effective—we would most strenuously and energetically impress upon them the absolute necessity of prudence, caution, and forbearance. Never having deceived or misled our friends, we claim, upon an occasion like the present, that attention to our solemn and duly-considered advice, to which we think the Evening Mail is entitled at their bands. "Their enemies are studiously on the watch to catch at the slightest error—even one in judgment—that can supply the pretext for putting the Orangemen in the wrong ; and there is no one act that would arm Sir Robert with so destructive an addition of power—to be evinced against us, and the party we represent—as his being able to establish such a fact. " Therefore we say, dear friends, be not goaded by whatever may happen ; be not maddened by any event that may occur, to commit any act, not strictly within the law and fully recognised by the Constitution. " You should not attend the meeting with arms. " You should not perambulate the town, or walk osten tatiously in procession. " You should not give offence to those who differ from you in religion or politics. " You should assemble in some large pal k or field, where your speeches can be heard, and from whence it shall be our care your remonstrance shall spread through out the land. "By avoiding the one and übmitting to the other, you will place yourselves in the right, and defeat the machinations of your bitter and relentless enemies. " And what, think you, these enemies have done ? " What means have they taken to pour oil upon' the tr :u bled waters ? "In what manner have they shown► their desire to quench the flame which has so long lain smouldering ? " They have, on the very eve, we may say, of your meeting—when your passions are excited—while your hearts are beating, and your blood inflamed ! " They have selected this moment for dismissing igno miniously from the commission of the peace, and insult ingly removing him from his office of Deputy-Lieutenant of his county—because he was loved, respected, and re garded by you— " James Watson—a member of; and holding high office in, your institution— ". But bear with this. Be not exasperated. Fall not, we beseech you, into the pit dug for you by your enemies. " The precise terms in which this insult is conveyed through Mr. Watson to you, we have no means of ascer taining, there not being yet time for a copy of the letter, which was only dispatched on Saturday night, to reach Dublin ; but it is rumoured that it is couched in the most bitter and offensive epithets that language is capa ble of supplying. " But hear with it, we implore you. " We have further reason to believe that this precious document was concocted in Downing-street, and that it is not of Irish manufacture. " Think of this, friends, and give not to Sir Robert Peel and your enimies such a triumph as any direct vio lation of the law would necessarily tend to. " The object of your meeting, as we understand it, is to address and petition the Queen and the Legislature. It is a constitutional object—you have the constitutional right to do so. Exercise that right, like wise and pru dent, brave and loyal men, and there is no power on earth that has a right to question your proceedings. But, be earnest and intent on this great object. Do it as your ancestors would have done---thoughtfully, gravely, determinedly—and there is no power in the constitution that can treat your prayer with indifference. Do it in he spirit of the men who concocted the Bill of Rights, and you will command the support of your friends, and the respect of your enemies. Show your strength—but observe the law." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, August 6. The criminal business was concluded on Tuesday morning, and since that time both Courts have been engaged in disposing of common jury causes, all of which have been of the most uninteresting description. In consequence of the pressure of the business, and the length of time that many of the causes have occupied. it is arranged that no special jury cause will be taken be fore Friday. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester , Aug. 5. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. JusticePATTEsox.) John 11I'Grath was indicted for the violation of Ann luinlen, a girl of fourteen years of age, at Bristol, on he 14th May. Guilty—Sentence to transportation for Alfred Baker, 16, was indicted for stealing a quantity of shoemakers' tools, at Cheltenham, on the 14th July, the property of Thomas Cole. lie was found Guilty. A previous conviction, at the last March sessions, was proved against him, and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation. On leaving the dock, he impudently exclaimed, " Thank, you, my Lord ; I am obliged to you for that. An innocent chap, too ; but never mind, it can't be helped." Joseph Shipp, 30, was indicted for stealing eight sheep, at Horton, on the 6th May, the property of Mary Sidney. The prisoner, a butcher, living at Bristol, was seen late at night in a lane near the field from which the sheep were stolen. It was proved that he slaughtered eight sheep at Sodbury, the skins of which he sold to a fell monger at Bristol, for 6s. 6d. each—three of those so sold were identified by the bailiff and shepherd of Mrs. Sidney, from a saddle mark on them. Mr. GREAVES contended that the identity of the skins was by no means proved ; and that the evidence did not fix the prisoner with the robbery. Verdict—Not Guilty. Frederick Selby, 20, a genteel-looking young man, was indicted for stealing a horse at Cheltenham, on the 13th of June, the property of Thomas Williams. He hired a horse and gig from Mr. Williams to go to Tewkesbury and back, on the Friday afternoon, saying he should return at ten o'clock. He did not, and nothing being heard of him, Mr. Williams went to Tewkesbury and Upton on Sunday, but could gain no tidings of the prisoner or his horse and gig. On his return in the evening he found a letter waiting for him, bearing the Worcester post mark, signed " John Rowe," stating that business had called him on to Worcester ; but the horse would be well kept, and he should return on Monday. It appeared that on Friday night he ar rived at the Crown Hotel, Worcester, stopped there until Monday at two o'clock, when, having had the horse saddled, he rode out at that hour, ordering dinner at four. He, however, did not return ; but rode on to Bir mingham, where he put up at the King's Head Inn, and on the following morning hired a hor se and gig from Mr. Fisher, of that town, with which he went to Sutton park races. On his return he said he had lost all his money on the first race, but had written home for a re mittance, and he supposed it made no difference. Mr. Fisher told him it did not, and he then left the yard, but returned, saying he had a horse at the King's Head, which was of no use to him, and he would sell it. He asked 121, and Mr. Fisher agreed, after examining the animal, to give him eight pounds, and it was removed to his stables adjoining. He said he had the horse of Mr. Wright, of Bristol, and gave a card as follows :—" C. and J. Wright, cheese-factors, Welsh Back, Bristol." On the reverse was written , in ink, " Mr. Rowe, Mr. Ford's, Greyhound, Gloucester." Mr. Fisher said, if he knew any respectable referee, ho would pay the money at once. The prisoner referred to a Mr. Barnett, to whom Mr. Fisher proposed to go. He, however, said he would go into the hotel, and dine first, which he did, and while at dinner he was apprehended by Inspector Glossop, Who told him it was for stealing a horse and gig. The prisoner said, "Itis a mistake." He was asked his name, and said, "Selby." Mr. Williams identified his horse. He found the gig at the Crown, with a demand of 16s. 6d., incurred by the prisoner there. Mr. Rowe deposed that he never sold the prisoner a horse, or wrote any letter respecting one. A long argument ensued between the counsel as to the evidence of the intention of the pri.ioner when he hired it, Mr. HUDDLESTONE contending on several autho rities and cases cited, that it was not a felony; that there was no conversion, the contract was not completed, or the sale perfected, as it was clear Mr. Fisher would not buy the horse till he was satisfied. Mr. Justice PATTESON said this case differed, how ever, from those quoted, inasmuch as the possession was changed. He differed from the view taken, but he would reserve the point for the fifteen Judges. The Judge decided that the letter signed " John Rowe" could not be received in evidence, there being no proof that the prisoner wrote it. Mr. HUDDLESTONE denied that the prisoner:had any felonious intention at the time of hiring. Verdict—Not Guilty. The foreman said—Selby, you have done very wrong; mind you never come here again. The JUDGE — Gentlemen, I agree with you. I don't think he had the intention at first ; I hope it will be a warning to all young men. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Coventry, Aug. 5. _ Edward Forster, aged 46, - wag charged with cutting and maiming Edward Reynolds, at Anstey, on June 4. Mr. HILL, Q.C., who op ene d the case, said that Rey nolds was a farmer living at Anstey. On the evening in question he went to the Crown public-house at Anstey, and sat drinking there till he was intoxicated. The pri soner came in, when the prosecutor accused him of shoot ing rooks on his mother's farm. The prosecutor laid hold of prisoner with both hands, shaking him, and knocking bim against the wall. He then loosed pri soner, and told him to leave the house. Prisoner would not do so, and prosecutor then laid hold of prisoner and shook him again. Prisoner drew a clasp-knife from his pocket, opened it, and threatened, if prosecutor did not let him go, t?) make a hole in him. Prosecutor would not, upon which the prisoner drew the knife across his wrist, making a wound about four inches in length and two in depth. From the evidence of the surgeon, he would probably never have the use of his hand as he had had. . . This statement of the quarrel was corroborated by se veral witnesses, and that great provocation had been given by thd prosecutor there was no doubt. The jury, under the Judge's direction, acquitted him of the capital charge, finding for the common assault only.—Sentence deferred. aged 30. was placed at the bar, charged August 6. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE.) ns, under the following cir cumstances: The prisoner, who is a saddler living at Paulton in the vicinity of Coventry, had gone to the office of a wißthicseteFaliinndrthree sovereigns, Mr. Orton, in that city, to pay a bill of 21. 155., and ss. for a letter. When he got there he found Mrs. Wind less, the wife of the clerk of Mr. Orton, an d com pl a i n ed to 3s. to, and wrote a receipt, when the prisoner wa lked awa y wit h the money and re ceipt both, saying, " Her master mi g ht come an d f etc h h 6 e d r . of T th n e is chaahrege consented o f ss., saying he would only pay it." The prisoner is a person in very good i, and sentenc e d t o f our mon th s ' circum stances, and the matter w as alto g e ther inexplicable, un edaenmsod. of defeating what he consi ldeesiraeihodewt etahsboefuoganuhntd g unjust a mlty an u imprisonment and hard labour. In the course of yesterday and to-day three road in dictments (tried as one) were disposed of. The object of the prosecution was to fix the parishes of Anstey, Over.Whitacre, and the township of Bentley, with the repairing of a road, called a public carriage road, run ning for three miles and a half through ~thos e p a rishes and townships. The case: possessed no features of in terest, except to the p arties imm ediately concerned. T pa h r e ie tu e r e y fr fo em und an f y or li t a h b e ili d v e . The counsel fcr the prosecu tion ere Mr. Hill, Q.C.fendants, thus absolving the Mr: Gale, and Mr. M ellor ; and f o r the parishes, Mr. ' Humfrey, Q C., Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Macaulay. WESTERN ClRCUlT• — Bridgewater, Aug. 5, CROWN COURT.— (Before Mr. w Ju.tiet; George Strong, Edward Bryant, and Williani Bitch , cock, were indicted for burglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of the Rev. Charles Deedes, at West Camel. From the statement of the Counsel to the jury, and from the evidence, it appeared that Mr. Deedes had gone to bed soon after twelve o'clock on the night of the 10th of April, after having fastened upthe house. About one on the morning of the 11th he was alarmed by-hearing , a noise in his ,turfy, which was immediately ui,der bed-room. He listened for some little time, and stl4l hearing the noise went out into the passage, when he saw a stream of light proceeding from the study door, which was partly open, he then immediately went down stairs, and went into the room, on getting into which ho. saw a candle lighted on the mantlepiece, and two men, one standing at the table examining something, and the other busily engaged in rifling a desk of its contents. lle then called out to them, saying, " Holloa, you fellows, what are you about here ?" upon which they both re treated, one went out of the window, which was open, and the other retreated slowly, putting himself in a fighting position. Mr. Deedes upon this immediately closed wish the man, and a struggle Prism d, during which the man (who Mr. Deedes stated he believed to be Strong) struck Mr. Deedes repeatedly on the arm with some sharp in strument; Mr. Deedes, however, succeeded in pinning him against the shutter, w hen the other man returned and struck him a blow across the bridge of his nose with a small iron crowbar, which made him loose his hold, and the two men then made their escape through the window. Mr. Deedes then proceeded to examine the premises, and found that the entry into the house had been effected by the window shutter having been cut through near the hinge, and then forced open. Nothing was taken away, but one desk was broken open, and the articles contained in it strewed about the room. A witness was called of the name of Elizabeth Clarke, who had been originally committed to take her trial as a participator in the burglary, but as it did not appear that she was actually engaged in it, she was admitted to give evidence on the part of the Crown. She stated that she had become acquainted with the prisoners at Brid port Fair on the 7th of April, and by the invitation of Strong had joined their party, and had gone to Crew kerne with them. They travelled altogether in a spring cart. On the 9th they went from Cress kerne to Yeovil, and remained there until two o'clock on Thursday, the 10th. They then left Yeovil and went to the Colston Arms, about ten miles from Yeovil, passing through West Camel on their way. Upon passing Mr. Deed' s's house there, Strong said, " What a pretty kirk that is," and on the witness asking bins what he meant, he sail, " What odds is that to you ?" They all stayed at the Colston Arms until eleven o'clock, and then drove away in the direction of Mr. Deedes's house, until they got within a qutonter of a mile of it, when they stopped their cart, and strong said he had left his carpet- bag behind, at the Colston Arms. Hitchcook said, " Have you ? then let's go back after it ;" and they went of together in the direction of Mr. Di eies's house. Briant foLowed in a few minutes, and after they were gone Elizabeth Clarke observed the carpet-bag in the cart. The three men were away about a quarter of an hour, and then all returned together, running, and they all got into the cart, and drove away as fast as they could to Ilchester. On the way there, Clarke observed a mark on Strong's lip, as if from a blow, and heard him say to Hitchcock, "He made three straight blows at me, but I never caught but one, on my lip ;" to which Hitchcock, re plied. " You would have caught it worse if it had not been for me. I hit the kirkman across the nose with the jemmy" Witnesses were called who confirmed this witness, and to their all being at the Colston Arms at the time she had stated ; and on being taken to the spot where she had stated the cart to have stopped, she pointed out the direction in which Mr. Deedes's house was, and on their being taken up at Chard some time afterwards by Holt, a constable of Yeovil, several bunches of skeleton keys were found upon Bryant, and a " jemmy" which ex actly corresponded with the marks in the shutter where it had been forced. There was also found a round box of lucifer matches of a peculiar make, and one quite similar was found in the room that had been broken into, Counsel having addressed the jury for Strong, The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence with great care, and The jury immediately found all three prisoners Guilty. Mr. Justice ERLE then sentenced them all to be trans ported for life. There were no less than four other indictments against the prisoners for burglary, which were not tried, and, singular to say, they were all for breaking into the houses of clergymen. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEIV WELL. John Marchant was placed at the bar, charged by Thos. Cater, an Excise officer, of 3, Essex-place, Old street, St. Luke's, with having hawked about cigars for sale without a license. Cater deposed that being given to understand that a fair was to commence on Monday last, and to be con tinued for five days, in a field near Chalk or Caledonian road, White Conduit fields, Islington, he proceeded thither in company of Doekwell, another officer, to keep watch, when he saw the prisoner hawking about cigars for sale. Mr. BINGHAM—I suppose it is a sort of fair or fête ? Cater—lt was described as being conducted in a very orderly and respectable way, and the police were con stantly in attendance. The Clerk—l suppose it is free for any body to enter without payment ? Cater—Oh, yes, Sir. Mr. BINGHAM inspected the cigars, and asked Cater if he was sure that the cigars were real tobacco ? Cater— Oh, I am sure of that, your worship. Prisoner—They are not real tobacco. If you examine them you will find .they consist only of a leaf. They are not tobacco ; we don't sell them as tobacco. Mr. BINGHAM—Then you mean to say you have not rendered yourself liable to the Excise laws, but to a charge of fraud upon the public. The prisoner made no answer to this. Dock well corroborated the evidence of Cater, and the cigars having been id( ntified as being tobacco, Mr. BINGHAM said he was bound to convict him ; the law said he should pay 251. fine or three months' im prisonment in the House of Correction with hard labour; but he might apply to the Commissioners of Excise for a mitigation of the penalty. The prisoner, who said he had a wife and family, was eventually conveyed to the House of Correction. Ann Hunter, the young woman who was charged on suspicion of the murder of a female infant child, was finally examined, but there not being any further or sufficient evidence against her, she was discharged. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Friday Anne Smith, a prostitute of the lowest grade, was charged at this Court with inhuman neglect of her infant, in consequence of which Dr. Wright, one of the medical officers of St. Margaret, considered it doubtful whether the child would survive. It was shown by the evidence that the prisoner went to reside at a brothel in the Almonry about two months ago, at which time the infant, who was only a month old, was in a fine healthy state, but owing to the gross and in human neglect of the mother, her frame became in so emaciated and deplorable a condition that a girl of the same abandoned course of life as the prisoner was so horror-stricken at its appearance as to give information to the authorities, who caused the wretched mother to be apprehended. She had been in the habit of leaving the poor child in her room alone all day long, and the only attention it appeared to have received was from a fellow lodger, who on hearing its pitiable cries occa sionally fed and washed it. On the day that the prisoner was apprehended, she had left the child at nine in the morning, and was found at six in the evening playing a game at cards with some soldiers, at a low public-house in the neighbourhood ; and a witness, speaking of the condition of the neglected infant, said it was on that day so weak that it could hardly cry. The prisoner was remanded until Friday, and the child was taken to the workhouse, in order that every atten tion might be paid to it. Mr. Elliott, the master of the workhouse, waited upon Mr. Burrell, and informed him that the child was dead. Mr. BURRELL said that information must, of course, be given to the Coroner, who would hold an inquest on he body. Ws 365. Tie gave the prisoner into the custody of the police, but he made his escape, and was not recaptured fora week. Witness took the trots to the forest for the purpose of comparing them with the stumps, but the latter were purposely disfigure d, so that he was unable so to do. Ile was positi►e to having secn them the day previous in the forest. lie di.l not know who cut them down, bat he charged the prisoner with stealing the wood. The polic.?-constable who took the prisoner into cus tody• said, that whilst conveying him from the station house to the residence of a magistrate, he made his escape, and in the intricacies of the fureit defied any one to take hiur. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that he had had the wood by him for some time, and that he had it given him fur assisting the men in the forest to fell the timber. In answer to a question from the Bench, the first witness said the wood was sold to skittle makers, it being a hard kind of wood, and that on the Sunday the skittle makers from London generally visited the forest, and bargained with the persons living ou the borders for a supply of the wood. The CHAIRMAN said, the Magistrates were well aware that these depredations had been goiiig on for some time, and they were determined to put a stop to them. They should fine the defendant 5/. fur the unlawful possession of the wood, 365. its value, and 10s. costs, making alto. gether 71. Gs., or four months' imprisonment with hard I.bour. For a second o&nce, the Chairman said he should send the prisoner to gaol for 12 months. Nut being able to pa), he prisoner was sent to Ilford gaol. COMMITTAL of a POST-MISTRESS 'OR EM3EZZLEMENT AT BIRMIL";;;IIAM. On Tuesday last Miss Louisa Maria Mewis, a female most respectably connected, and who has had the superintendence of the receiving, office at Edgbaston, was brought before the ma gistrates at the Birmingham Police-office, charged with having embezzled several small sums of money beloug.ng to the Post office authorities. Mr Peacock, solicitor, of Londtn, and Mr. Spurrier at tended for the prosecution ; Mr. Harding for the prisoner. The case excited a great deal of interest, and the office was crosded by a number of respectable persons. The prisoner, who had been in custody the previous day and night, was brought into the room in custody of Richard Bing ley, the officer, and allowed to sit in front of the bench. She was most tasefully dressed, and seemed to treat the charge with compararative indifference. Mr. Edward Bird, chief clerk cf theliirmingham Pest office, deposed that in consequence of instructions which he received he directed a letter to be written and sent through the Edgbaston post-bag to Mr. Groves, Frederick-street, Edg baston. There was a twopenny stamp put o.i the envelope, but the contents of the letter was made heavy to render it a surcharge of 4d. more. He, however, did not surcharge it, but sent it with the 2d. stamp upon it. Benjamin Rowe, one of the clerks, was prosent, and made up the bag, and he (Mr. Bird) saw it leave the office for its destination. The same even ing he went to the house of Mr. Groves, which is only about a mile from the Post-office, and obtained from him the same letter after he had received it in due course from the postman of Egdbaston. The witness then produced the letter and said it was not in the same state as when he saw it put into the bag at Birmingham It had now written upon it the words " Above one ounce, 4d. extra." In the evening of the same day Miss Mewis sent to the office in Birmingham what was termed an office bill, containing an account of all moneys received that day for letters and surcharges, and that bill he then produced, but it did not contain any return of the surcharge made by Miss Mewis for Mr. Grove's letter. It ought to have con tained that surcharge because it was the duty of the prisoner to make all such returns. In the hurry of business letters some times went from the office at Birmingham to receiving-houses not surcharged; but it was the duty of the receiver to attend to the omission, and having received the money to make a proper return of it to him daily. The witness was here cross-examined by Mr. Harding, when he said—ln the office-bill then produced, there was not a column for a return of surcharges. He could not tell why there was not such a printed line. The regulation emanated from the General Post-office. He did not know that there existed any impression amongst receivers that such surcharges were considered fees or ;perquisites. If any such notion existed, it was a very wrong one, for which there was no foundation, but, in fact, no such impression did exist. Mr. Spurner, with Mr. Peacock, then referred to the Act of Will. IV., which provides, that if any Post-office-receiver shall embezzle money belonging to the Crown, he or she shall be subjected to transportation for any term not exceeding 14 years. Mr. Rowe, the clerk referred to by Mr. Bird, stated that he saw the letter then produced put into the letter bag, and sent by the carrier to Edgbaston, and he was quite positive that it was not then surcharged in the manner in which it at present appeared. Joseph Hampton, letter carrier at the Edgbaston post-office, deposed that he received the letter then produced from the pri soner, to be delivered at Mr. Grove's house, and it was then surcharged 4d. in the handwriting of Miss Mewis. Mr. Mainwright, another clerk in the Birmingham post office, produced the day bill which had been received from the prisoner, and in that bill there was no entry of 4d. surcharged to Mr. Grove. In answer to questions by Mr. Harding, Mr. Bird said that letter and another had been sent intentionally, in order to de tect the prisoner, whom they suspected bad been carrying on such practices for a length of time. Two other similar charges were then preferred against the prisoner, and she is fully committed to take her trial at the assizes to-morrow. MR. GREEN'S DESCENT IN THE ALBION BALLOON. The veteran aeronaut made a safe descent in a pea field, at about a mile from Ponder's End, in the parish of Enfield, after his nocturnal ascent with fireworks on Monday evening from Vauxhall Gardens. Mr. Green appeared to be highly de lighted with his trip—one of the finest he ever made. The view of the metropolis, he says, was truly splendid, London appearing one mass of light, resembling only Vauxhall with its myriads of lamps, and to all appearance confined within the space of a square mile. He could distinguish the bridges from the dotted lines of lamps, and in his transit over the metropolis could distinctly bear the shouts of the assembled crowds. On leaving the gardens, the balloon took a north-easterly direc tion, and he anticipated that he should descend in the neigh bourhood of Highgate or Fmchley, but in the early part of the day, from the direction of the wind, lie considered that he should land either in the counties of Essex or Hertford, and at that period would have had no objection to have taken up a " light weight," but subsequently he determined that no consideration whatever should induce him to have a com panion in his aerial voyage, and consequently increased his ballast from between two and three hundred weight to nearer six hundred weight. No difficulty occurred with the fireworks, either in the ignition or otherwise, but with respect to the frame, which consisted of three conjunct wheels, he is still of opinion that a single weel in front, one large hoop would be preferable, as in the present instance he was obliged to rid himself of the frame, as it impeded the free action of the grapnel and guide line. The fireworks, however, were admir ably executed and arranged, and did great credit to the inge nuity of Mr. Darby, pyrotechnic artist to the gardens. The balloon, Mr. Green states, never attained a higher altitude than four thousand feet. The temperature of the atmcsphere was mild, and the lowest degree of the thermometer was 54. With reference to the gauge of the balloon, Mr. Green considers it will contain about 24 thousand cubic feet of gas, not 26 thou sand, as previously stated. After pleasantly sailing for about an hour in nubibus, Mr. Green determined on descending, but he was anxious to ascertain, first, whether any difficulty oc curred in the shape of trees, or whether he was over a field. His position, however, he soon discovered, for on hearing voices below he called out, " Where am I?" This question greatly surprised the gentlemen (Mr. Hogg and Mr. Smythe, of Ed monton) who could not conceive from whence the sound pro ceeded. Mr. Green repeated the question, and in a louder tone. They replied, " Who are you?" The rejoinder was, " I'm Mr. Green, and I have come in my balloon from Vaux hall-gardens." Mr. Hogg and Mr. Smythe laughed heartily, and exclaimed, " Then come down, for you are all right." Mr. Green, on hearing this, let go the grappling-iron, and was soon safe on terra firma. The descent took place at about twelve o'clock. With the aid of the aforesaid,gentlemen, as sisted by two constables, the balloon was soon packed up. Mr. Green then expressed his anxiety to return to the gardens, but not a post-horse was to be had for " love or money," the march of railroads having knocked up most of the posting establish ments on that road, and it was not till a late hour that a con. veyance could be obtained, which prevented the arrival of Mr. Green at the gardens till six o'clock in the morning. STATE OF TRADE.—The unfavourable state of the weather had some effect upon our goods market yesterday, which was quiet, but without change in prices. For yarn the demand continues exceedingly gocd, and prices, especially of some counts of water twist, which are relatively scarce, con tinue buoyant.--Roc HDA LE FLANNEL MARKET, Monday, Aug. 4.—We have had a brisk demand for flannels at better prices, and the supply of goods is not equal to the demand. Low-priced wools are becoming very scarce, and the manufac turers are obliged to purchase at higher rates.—Manchester Guardian. TUE LATE COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND BlR mnicitAm RA ILWAY. —Last night, at eight o'clock, an in quest was opened in the board-room of the University Col lege Hospital, Gower-street, before Mr. Thomas Wakley, M.P., on the body of Mr. Charles Dean, civil engineer, of Gandy-street, Exeter, who died in that institution on Tuesday, from injuries received in a collision which occurred on the above line between the up mail train and luggage trains on the morning of the 29th ult. Mr. Strother Ancum Smith, a Fellow of Catherine-hall, Cambridge, identified the deceased, whom he knew very well, and who, when the accident happened, was on his return from Merioneth, North Wales, whither he had been to survey amine of which he (Mr. Smith) was a shareholder. Mr. Wakley said it was not his intention to proceed further with the inquiry then, as the jury had only been empannelled to view the body of the deceased, to give the family an opportunity of taking it away for inter ment. The inquest would be adjourned till a future day, when it would be resumed at an early hour, as it would be highly important that the exact spot where the accident occurred should be visited and inspected by the jury. The inquest would no doubt last the whole of the day, as he intended to enter fully into the details ; for in all matters of that kind such a searching investigation ought to take place as the circum stances of the case demanded. Immediately on the adjourning of the jury, the coffin containing the body of deceased was re moved to the Paddington terminus of the railway, whence it was conveyed by the fast train to Exeter. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—Yesterday MT.Wak ley, M.P., coroner, held an inquest at the Crown Inn, on the Harrow-road, at Harlesden-green, on the body of Richard Osborne, aged 76 years, who was found dead in a barn, on the property of Mr. R. Tubbs, a county magistrate, a short distance from the above inn. From the evidence gone into, it appeared that the deceased, who was a haymaker, bad been wandering about that neighbourhood for a lengthened period, apparently in an ill state of health, and living how he could, having api f lied for parochial relief. On the morhnainug- of day last, he was discovered quite dea d, about pastMlooun; dead." excited , o ' a c m l o e i k u , i i i n w a t the barn T. h e i n Coronerquestion, remarkednear theLtohnadtn sucha nd cases liir m n e g r e - h n su o r w pr o is f DOCKS.—. uch T t h ir e eq i u ur e y nt re re tu cu rn rr e e d n a ce v , e t r l i d a ic t t t o h f e y,. sc F a o r u ce n l d y 'lwo F ATAL A CC IDENTS IN THE LONDON London Yesterday fatal a ri6, gaccidents employed occurred ed boardat the e case was that of a m an name d ptowc Docks. . shocking Thefirst case Samuel Fry, aged 45 years, ar Aureva, bound to the West Indies, now lying in the docks. It appears that deceased was at work on the royal mast-head of the vessel, when, from some unexplained cause, he lost his foot ing, and fell on to the deck, from the fearful height of nearly eighty feet. He was picked up quite insensible, bleeding pro fusely from the head, eyes, ears, and nose, and immediately con veyed or, a stretcher to the London Hospital, but he had ceased to breathe before he arrived there.—Shortly after the above, another accident occurred to a labourer named David Lang, aged 40 years, who was employed working a crane, hoist ing goods from a ship's hold on the Brandy Quay, when he let go his hold of the handle or jigger, which revolving with fearful velocity, struck him on the head, fracturing his skull to such an extent that he died immediately upon his entering the hoopittl, REGATTA AT HAVRE. This much-talked-ef affair came off on the 29th of July, the last of the three "glorious days" that placed Louis Philippe on the throne of France. It was held under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Prince de Jeinville, who gave a prize of 1,500 francs (601. ), the largest that was contended for at this regatta, fur a rowing match open to all nations. Some English sailors brought a boat over from Ports mouth with the intention of entering her, but she was found too long for the regulations. Determined upon making a profitable voyage, they borrowed an old leaky Frencb boat of the landlord of Frascati, and caulking her as well as they could upon a few hours preparation, started against three crack French row-boats, manned with the best mariners of Havre, in a strong north-west wind, and rather a heavy sea. The contest was witnessed by an immense concourse of spectators assembled on the beach, where the authorities of the place, the military with their bands of music, and the fashionable visitors at Frascati, added much to the splendour and gaiety of the spectacle. From the first it was evident that the old boat had got a crew of men in her ; the pull altogether, the feathering of her oars, the helmsman's method of meeting the swell, and her constantly gaining upon the other boats, told the spectators the plain story that that was the English boat. The best ap pointed French boat pulled most manfully to keep np with her, but in vain. At length, baffled in the attempt, they permitted their boat to drift too much in shore, and shipped a breaker that put them all hors de combat. The English boat absolutely stopped awhile to pick them up ; but finding that Old Davy was not likely to get anything out of the Frenchmen that time, they stretched out their oars again, and reached the goal up to their knees in water. The French admit that the English sailors did their business in very handsome style, tut are not a little annoyed that Jack should have carried off the Prince's best prize with one of their own worst boats. DEATH OF THE DEAN OF LINCOLN.—We regret to have to annource the demise of the Very Rev. George Gordon, D.D., Dean,of Lincoln, who expired at the Deanery on Saturday last, in his eighty-fourth year. ..;. WORSHIP-STREET. Jas. Thompson and William Cunnington were placed at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, for final examination, charged, the former with having stolen, and the latter knowingly received two valuable sporting dogs, the pro perty of Mr. William Burnell, a licensed victualler at King's-cross. In addition to the evidence already published, Edward Hornsby, a waiter at a public-house in Cock lane, Shoreditch, proved that on the night of the rob bery the prisoner Thompson entered the tap-room with the two dogs now produced, and was shortly after joined by two othr men, who remained in conversation with him for some time, when they all left the house. Elizabeth Crowther, a lodger in Cunnington's house, deposed that the dogs had been left there by the pri soner Thompson, and that he afterwards called and fed them on several occasions. Police-constable Burchan proved that the prisoner Thompson had recently suffered twelve months' impri sonment for uttering base coin, but nothing was known to the detriment of the other prisoner. Mr. BROUGIITON said that this was the first case of the kind that had been brought before him since the passing of the new Act for the more effectual suppres sion of dog stealing, which contained very stringent pro visions for the accomplishment of that object. By one of the clauses any person found guilty of the offence was liable to be committed to the House of Correction, and there kept to hard labour for six calendar 'ninths, or, at the discretion of the Magistrate, to forfeit and pay over and above the value of the dog so stolen any sum of money not exceeding 201. ; and, by anotber clause, any person in whose possession, or on whose premises, any stolen dog, or the skin thereof, should be found, with a guilty know' dge that such dog had been stolen, was liable to the same penalties as those specified in the preceding clause. In the present case he did not con sider the evidence adduced against the prisoner Cun nington to be sufficiently strong to warrant his c _evic tion, and he; should, therefore, order him to be dis charged ; but with regard to the other prisoner, the offence had been conclusively established, and he should order him to be committed to the house of Correction fur six months, and to be kept to hard labour. ILFORD PETTY SESSIONS. Henry Randall, a labourer, was placed at the bar, be fore G. Masseter, Chairman, and a full Bench of Ma gistrates, charged Kith stealing wood, the property of the Earl of Mornington, the Lord of the Manor of Hainault. William Seabone, a keeper of the forest of Hainault, said that for some time past extensive depredations had been committed in the forest by the cutting down and stealing trees ; and they had increased to uch an extent, that Earl Mornington had issued orders for a sharp look-out to be kept after the depredators. The time genera ly selected for the commission of the depredation was on Sunday nights, and it frequently occurred that as many as fifty trees, which were seen standing in the forest on the Sun day, were cut down and conveyed no one knew whither before the following morning. Some time since he missed some trees from Barking side, a n d on the 14th July, about four in the morning, one of hi: men informed him that he thought there was a load of wood just got off the forest, as he had heard a cart going off it in the direction of Stratford. Witness immediately went in that direction, and on getting opposite the "Pigeons," overtook the defen dant driving a cart laden with trees, which he could swear to having seen growing on the Sunday previous in the forest. There were thirteen in the cart, and their vase 1845. , / ~.t. -...-.- G'% ..,,-,----7'---7''/2---.0-''. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TOU..I•ON (From a Supplement of the Semaphore of Marseilles. MARSEILLES, AUGUST 2, 1845.—We have just reed ...rod, from our correspondent at Toulon, the news of a disk iter which will plunge the country in consternation. The Mom *U lm of Toulon, the rich and immense :depot of stores for o, ' l r rm:itary and navy, has become a prey to the flames. It is wit, ` 1 au unspeakable feeling of grief that we lay the following ac count of the catastrophe before our readers : " Tou:Lorr, AUGUST 1, 1845.-1 write these lines in pre-; sence of an immense disaster. Our magnificent establish inent of the Mourillon is on fire since this morning. At half-past eleven the alarm-gun was heard, and the alarm bell of the arsenal sounded the tocsin. The whole town was inunsibately in a state of commotion, and every one was vein hurrying to the arsenal to inquire the occasion of the unusual summons, but it soon became evi dent of itself. Columns of smoke were seen to proceed from the Mourillon, and with the least possible delay the fire en. pines of the Arsenal were breetg.o to that spot, and the greater portion of the labourers of the Areenull. and all the disposable troops of the garrison were sent to sceri them. The Alarine Prefect, the general commanding the depo.,:ment , the Mayor of the town, and the other authorities, were also in a very short time at the scene of the disaster. But, Alas, all their efforts were nearly useless. The fire was hardly' discovered, when it seized upon the principal sheds, under % -bich were piled almost all the timber for the use of the dockyard. The flames rose to an immense height. Up to the present nulrient the firemen have been able to save the saw mills, an estabhsh. ment which cost immense sums, and the ships on the stocks - 4J The loss, however, is calculated at 25 millions of francs. It is a g l a a i r i d s m g u i c v h e n h , e a it d before bad a i l t r e w a a d s y d id. e s r c e o a v t e e r d e verb difficult to explain how the fire in the daytime could have wa frightful ravages. Some attribut e th e fire to the convicts, many of whom contrived ra th v e ag fir e s s t . to escape in the midst of the confusion." The Semaphose adds that travellers who left Toulon at eight o'clock at night, say that the fire was still raging, and that a great number of lives had been lost. There was some alarm for the parts of the town in the neighbourhood of the fire. ( From the Sud de Marseilles.) TOULON, Aucusx I.—A terrible fire broke out at half-past eleven o'clock this morning, in the marine Aneual at the i\lourillon. The tocsin and the alarm-gun of the admiral's guard-ship immediately announced Ibis misfortune, and means were adopted to extinguish the fire, but in vain. The fire broke out simultaneously in several parts of tne great covered wood-yard. Every part soon became a prey to the flames, which also destroyed all the neighbouring piles of wood. The ,fllces were also burnt to the ground. Fortunately the wind, which was from the east-south-east, and blew hard, though it excited and extended the fire of the wood-yard. pre vented it from communicating with the ships on the stocks. Nevertheless, the loss is immense. The fire still continues at the moment I write (seven o'clock in the evening ; but with much less intenseness, and we can now say that it will not extend further. About fifteen wounded per sons have been carried to the hospital. The fire can be attri buted to nothing but maliciousness. It is attributed to the con victs, several or w horn have escaped. THE LONDON AND YORK SELECT COMMITTEE. At eleven o'clock yesterday morning the Committee to which Mr. Bruce's petition was referred by the House assembled in Committee-room No. 2, Mr. Hawes in the chair. The lobby and passages were crowded by the gentlemen interested in the proceedings, many of w hom were in a state of the highest possible excitement at being, as they termed it, dragged before the public in such a shameful way. " Indeed, it would seem from their appearance that many of them had been annoyed by the allegations of the petitions, and loud and deep were the threats uttered and oaths sworn that " actions would be brought against those rascals for defamation." As Mr. Parkes, Mr. Croucher, Mr. Bruce, and other parties in terested for the petition passed to and fro, they were greeted with sardonic " Ha ! has !" and derisive laughter, and even less pleasant manifestations, by the gentlemen whose character and position they had assailed. Many of those who knew each other indulged themselves in bitter mirth,—" Pooh, Sir, don't speak to me, you're only a man of straw !" and " You've a fic titious residence, according to Mr. Bruce." In fact, the out of-door proceedings were anything but pleasant; It was under stood, for only the parties were admitted inside, that Mr. PA RKES, agent for the petitioner, at the sitting of the Committee, requested leave to postpone the case, owing to the sitting of the House of Lords' Committee, before which he would be required to attend. Mr. COATES, of the firm of Dyson, Hall, and Coates, Par liamentary agents, resisted this application, on the ground that it would not be lair to yield to it when it bad been stated that the petitioner was ready to prove the allegations reflecting on the character of so many gentlemen. The Committee cleared the room to deliberate, and eves tually decided that the case should go on. Mr. Bruce was then called, and stated that he drew up his petition on the information of Mr. Parkes and Mr. Humphrey, solicitors to the Cambridge and Lincoln and Tottenham Rail ways, and knew nothing of the facts personally. He ex pressed his regret to find that his petition contained some mis statements, which he intended to abandon. Mr. PA RKES then applied for leave to select some cases from the list, 17 out of 66, to which Mr. COATES objected with success, as The Committee decided that the cases were to be taken seriatim. Mr. Ince was then called, and stated that he directed his application from Coombs-hill, the residence of his mother, but that he really resided in Canonbury-street. The COMMITTEE decided that the address was good. Major Griffiths, who expressed himself very warmly at the reflection and misstatement in the petition, was also called, and asked a few questions pro forma, as it at once appeared that he was a most respectable gentleman, and had given his address from his mother's residence. In this case, and in those of Mr. Dart, of Mr. Clarke, and of Mr. Elliot (to whom the Chairman expressed his regret at the necessity for appearing before them, as he (the Chairman) would be most ready to give him a character), the decision of the Committee was, that the allegations in the petition were untrue. The case of two brothers named Guernsey, who were proved to be the sons of a person in a very humble rank of life, was next brought forward. It appeared that one of them was a cle.k to a sharebroker named Mortimer, and the other in a wine- merchant's office, and that they had been induced to apply for and had procured shares to a large amount in the line, the deposits on which had been paid for them. The Committee at seven o'clock adjourned to twelve o'clock to-morrow. The Official Gazette of Stockholm announces that the King . of Sweden has nominated the Duke de Glucksberg and M. de Nion, Commanders, and Al. Mauboussin, Knight of the Order of the Polar Star, and presented each of them with the decoration in diamonds, as a reward for the diplomatic as sistance rendered by them in his negotiations with the Em peror of Morocco for the suppression of the tribute which he had previously paid to that power. The Wonder steam-packet, on the Southampton station, since her return from the experimental squadron down the Channel (where she eclipsed every other vessel in speed) has become a great favourite with the public both on the Havre and Channel islands station, and has carried, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather during the past week, in one voyage on the Havre station, 132 passengers; and one on the Channel islands station, 191 ; making a total of 323 pas hengers, among whom were several families of distinction. The average passage of the Wunder has been seven hours and a half, being only six hours of sea voyage. NEW ZE ALAND.— LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—An important petition with regard to the affairs of New Zealand has been numerously signed in this town to-day, and it will be immediately dispatched to the House of Commons. It refers with expressions of dismay to the peril of our fellow-subjects in that distant land, and prays that as the Government are taking no measures to remove or alleviate the causes of disorder, the House will not separate without taking steps to ensure a change in the policy hitherto pursued towards the colony. This pe tition will be forwarded for presentation to Mr. C. Buller. CHANGE RINGING EXTRAORDINARY. — The London Society of College Youths had their annual excursion in Kent last week, and after ringing in the most scientific methods at several places, arrived at Hythe, near Folkst one, and succeeded in accomplishing a true and complete peal of the Kent varia tion of treble-bob-major, consisting of 5,024 changes, in three hours and ten minutes. The peal was conducted by Mr. John Friend. And on Monday last, the smile society met at St. James's, Bermondsey, and rang a true and complete peal of Kent treble-bob-royal, containing 5,040 changes, in three hours and thirty-one minutes, it being the first peal rnng in London in that method on ten bells. The peal was conducted by Mr. John Cox. FlRE. —Between one and two o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) morning, a fire broke out in the large colour factory of the Messrs. Berger, at Homerton, Hackney, which at its commencement, from the inflammable nature of an ex tensive portion of the stock on the premises, threatened the most disastrous consequences. The building in which the fire was discovered was filled with colours undergoing the process or drying by means of a furnace, which maintains a temperature of the place not lower generally than 150 degrees. This build ing was speedily one mass of flame, and the whole of its valua ble contents totally destroyed. The parish engine was speedily on the spot, and was soon afterwards followed by several en gines from London. Fortunately the burning building was de tached from the long range of warehouses connected with the manufactory, which the exertions of the fire brigade, aided by a plentiful supply of water, preserved from any serious damage. Tne precise cause of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have been occasioned by the over-heated state of the furnace. The loss, which is considerable, will, it is understood, fall upon the Messrs. Berger, the hazardous nature of their business having prevented them from effecting an insurance. A large number of police were on the spot, and rendered efficient service. _ _ _ _ _ _ LOVE AND SUICIDE.—Mr. Gell held an inquest yesterday, at the Prince's Head, Buckingham street, Strand, on the body of Phoebe Lawrence, aged 26, servant to Mrs. Ewens, of James-street, Haymarket. From the evi dence of the witnesses, it appeared that fcr the last two years deceased had been attached to a young man, named Philip Juttell, and, from his promises, expected him to marry her. On Tuesday last, hearing that he had been mar ried, she went to the stables where he was employed, and asked him whether what she had heard was true. He told her that it was, and at the same time gave her a piece of the wedding-cake, which she threw on the ground and trampled ohna.d beenJ u t t e treated,l l' s broken der n , Promises, s heres, andhe intellects, mannernd t her mistress said she had been in a state of frenzy. On the a o at day following Sunday she went to a surgeon's in the neighbour hood, and bought two pennyworth of arsenic, saying that it was for her master to destroy ra ts, and on the next afternoon oinsanity. intoxicated herself with sp irits, and swallowed it. Her mistress what she had tak en, had her conveyed to Charin g . cross the , n , hopeno " her overlc, and u of r Sir George Ilay ter, who has been suffering from T s o d s a p y i ta she l , but died. th e re 1 e re, Verdict—a s concussion of the brain and wounds in the head and legs, occa si,.,„ed by the accident on the Dover Railroad, on Monday, the 28th ult., is so far recovered that it is hoped he will shortly be enabled to leave his bedroom, although it must be many days kefore he will be enabled to walk, or eve n s t an d w ith ease . GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Aug. 3, 1845 ;—Passengers, 60,187, 16,179/. Bs. 10c1.; maih, 4041. 7s. I Id. ; parcels, 6201. 4s. 10d.; expresses, 41/. merchandise, 3,277/. 16s. t Id.—Total, 20,523/. 4s. 6d Su ARE GAMBLING.—Such is the desperate eager ness for gambling in shares at Leeds, that the magistrates are compelled to employ the police to keep the footpath clear in I the street where the Stock Exchange is situated. —Manchester Guardian. THE UNDER-SECRETARYsIIIF FOR IRELAND.—Mr. Lucas, on retiring, has been made a Member of the Privy Council. Mr. Pennefather, son of the Baron, advances to the Under-Secretaryship; but the place of Chief Clerk in the Secretary's office, held by that gentleman, has not yet been disposed of. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF A PAROCHIAL-OFFICER. —Last evening Sir. Kerslake, relieving officer of the populous parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, while engaged in parochial business, was robbed in notes to a very enormous amout.t. It appears that Mr. Kerslake had with him a pocket book, containing several notes of 20/. and 51. each, and also many papers of importance, which were safe in his pocket when near the Victoria Theatre, but a few seconds afterwards, on proceeding up a street towards Stamford -street, he, to his utter astonishment, on calling to pay a bill, found that his pocket had been picked. Notice was given at Tower-street station-house, and, fortanately, the numbers of the notes ere knows). ay - 0 in e o t ii_ a to Pr ill ° rht „ e r f• a Sod be ~/ "11,