The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-11 00:00:00

accounts r of 310- Moorish ,ally Ma ,fined of a :s not de" )risk ter in neigh for 'lira 3 towns of h of the A at the and FIO -11 Family where a Bich fir ie Presse, carriages returned d'Aurna l3 tbs. Ge s. r rov i nc e o f „pt -to or h was at hundred t expedi te officers e eat to vhich d the bar. e Counc il rocceding , ck, when , nt by the uid in the n corinnit destroyed ndeghell! , ie loEs 15 em ploYe 4 from th! 'awe iously la' tired of. Clue Cow" ) repair to it country nst set oti -ed. The hest shir, owner 0 will ta 6 4 eng k. r; his jud l the 10tb• e calendar,. be ti?u, 1 ; cutting 1 ; abd .. ile rought Berono nefe rt r red in • ting promo ion, hicu. 114 01 a p adjourile ietor, wag for sale be a ffectel nbert, an t the hom ix,. that ~ ;eon's , ght of. he; ease ; d bcen ta(l as tO " er said P, )e arance7,: proseci L. h, gav e 5 a wa te r' he einPle):l. sulnioonee use of tb. .terfnan :haloes , ° or t he I d efencidba; no pose a ,f a jty, ie Pe - , o sta 3 - ON- Do teePer' - 3 Mr. es, a in in rid cart, .t a furioll s to the re" -Ito was as knocko body, a , v profuse , / .ost be was in" ainer vile prisone r 1 bill' for , ;outivon on the P64cfr. withdral Spee% ,Mag eS 131 Ist sten,* e , steame!: diateli le l' gav ber a t Bedf(4. Grace o,be ;hness ke of CO nd banqu e ! Hertdit gh compao ) reiling t° l„ l ' of Sir 109-c fa sirGP ° Afi b v Wednes—, v olt_ Ke 0' liose; pd Ear' ptun, ; to Ind a 1 ' 1 : i ain 113" le ts ion, for 1101 1 °4 departed Sa ntis g e offie e 'oe bairc,.ect of prosy- t he :e sirA e lt io six ro ° : l her 1, its I' l g, g re3 olA , Were sleg 1 tolls d $ 'sea, lin tel 3 estiela er itentv The At cle . tors r 0 glop P s c i i b e : the . fc cr . e P ° ` *f h icli , nie ic y ' .ate ' dw — pci ,stburY r. S ev r e to at oel li° °. 101 atiov, 03 relit go sitar t he ['lra.' A " ps 0" ,tpOne 0 0 1 and, ° l n ca he le r e ir .dress a lo ggir in 00 , yew:: 0 1 bre6 oot" row ho tt s ;0 2 " prioc i r • oa l °' 48 1 Ga r .4 7; ‘,7 .J. 8. lora , " Mr' rdaY Ha rr )ers'l 3 7bat :able 1,, same Pbei . t ll' Of Its c i n ee cl le be o plf was at adeeL of' surg e to Zccide° Tue s ' +h iog ba.- - 3 cod 3 14 ace 0 1, ank lici a re' )ity " r ot Aiug 'IIEETING of TWENTY THOUSAND PITMEN at SHADEN HILL. (From the Tyne Mercury.) ron 'l3 ! .l Monday a numerous meeting of the pitmen was held S.,lladen-bill, more generally known as the Black Fell. It 1;`‘. 48 said that 25,000 persons were present ; our own imprcs -1,0.n vas that 20,000 were about the number at the meeting. had all the men lately employed in the pits of the Tyne bg" Wear were present, and each colliery was distinguished and ,.fl% or banner, bearing upon it the name of the colliery tit .6111 table inscription. The appearance of the men had the slightest degree deteriorated since the meeting on to h i e "11- moor of N ewcastle, and the general disposition was k p e aceable and quiet. After having exhorted them to t,e9 the peace, and proposed that twelve men should attend „,.(e, O u tskirts of th e meet i ng f or t h e purpose o f carry i ng t h e tam into effect, p !Y. THOMA S Ii Ay was called to the chair. He said— w-men, lam thankful that by the providence of that ti ( e '; !Om is an enemy to all oppression, we are again assetn _aa ore to-day. I. can read in the countenances of every : e ll it the ties of brotherhood and fellow feeling, and I am still i li ?,re Proud that we can muster our 20,000 pitmen on Shaden sin'c' and that they conduct themselves peaceably and quic.tly,e the strike the march of intellect has been advancing, ga rl e l. t he people are thinking for themselves. I never saw t a host of moral force men as I see assembled here to tiFe', Ohl the voice of this meeting will produce a wonderful Af tn e ' end will be heard by the tyrants of the Coal-office. sp en j, , nrging them to keep the peace and listen to the various 1 . /r •-r,, the Chairman introduced Inv ' 41 1 -MAN, from Thornley colliery, who moved the fol ,„. resolution--.“ That, in the opinion of this meeting, the 47ters' monthly agreements are calculated to break up ot!r in u ee ' I t l and destroy our liberty as Englishmen ; therefore, this ti o n g Pledges itself to* resist it by all legal and constitu nal tneans " The resolution was carried. ()st:III .FA • - f tM r moved—" That in the Mil es 00 , ".',ollortiliS meeting the struggle in which we are engaged p r i o n 'e of justice and righteousness; and, based upon these 'PIeR, it cannot fail to triumph ; therefore this meeting t i; ii t- 3 itself to continue the holy contest until our just jo '" . ' are acceded to." it Bc'EsToN moved—" That after the diabolical at thir 13, our masters to force us into a breach of the peace, 10: beefing pledges itself to .keep within the pale of the kin' 3 firmly adhering to the principles and objects of the OW Association." tue e l P i sT o PßEn HAs\YELL moved—" That the thanks of this L ou l ng are due , and are hereby given, to the Trades of w ea ,‘ °ll , Edinburg' h. Manchester, Newcastle, and the carpet g,ndotiisrufgo v 4r iv n ' e rs of purhani and Barnard Castle, to the trades in the gi n us other towns to the miners generally of the United pres g r le th . e support ' they have rendered during our and we trust they will continue the same 11 1'4 our contest' is brought to a successful close, and we lA,: ourselves to assist them in return, should they ever be like circumstances. rarriedi-MNELs seconded the resolution, all of which were With ne n , n artiroously. A vo t e o f th an k s h av i n g been car rie d e mination, the vast assemblage dispersed. p A "4-111ANIEN TAR,Y DIVISIONS.. (Fr Ns the Votes and Proceedings of the House of amtmons.) AC WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, TINS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE Ord, (No. 2) BILL.) Relr for Committee read ; Petition of Charles Henry Rus th, gresented 4th July), praying to be heard by Counsel at 4tid q r of the House against the Bill read :—Motion made, Coo, 'estion put, That the said Petition be referred to the doll l';'"ttee on the Bill, an d t h e P e titi oner heard against the Y his c o ace divided urise upon the Petition, if he think fit ." The t ert MINORITY—AYES, 14. tiibspo I'FLo Io Y, Captain Scott, Robart . o G n, Howard Tan Strutt, Edward on, g T. e Milner cred, Henry W. ;la y es, Benjamin Thornely, Thomas un ' e h Osep Wawn, John Twizell itealfe H enry Al. Nnehell, Thomas A. pj, r .eYs, Sir D. J. qiiips, Mark TELLgRS. Christie, W. D. Duncombe, T. S. tetiti MAJORITY—NOES, 30. lie ne k , Lord G. M'Neill, Duncan 131 r " fQ rd, Major Martin, C. Wykeham toackstne, W. S. Neville Ralph eri 9iwi ek, Pete Nicholl, John P P B, Will' ''. el l i so lam Palmerston, Viscount t % „„ 4 . E. Beckett Pringle, Aexander r, ~L, iii.,, , i,l o llllA irn `' , ra Stanley, Lord rah , Henrytt Sutton, Henry M. Gr "I, Sir J ames T he si ger , Si r F re d er i e qrß qr e e e e all, Peter 4. Thomas Vane, Lord Harry Vivian, J. Ennis Ilayl e °r Yi N. Henry Wallace, Robert 14 r, W ; „. I ,..utt w.„',ulam G. Yorke, H. Redhead ..,, t 4 liii am tit e hbull, S' L o Zln, Earl 'r, Edward Q"t ' Wil o r ' iara TELLERS. Young, John Lennox, Lord A. M • do ' , °4 % tri fr om ,, le4tile, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker ad,-1 : h e wo r ', l tl i 'e Chair :"—Amendment proposed, toleave out resnl v e ,w4rd, ' That" to the end of the Question, in order to Q e 'tselr `` this Hona will, upon this day six months, PaZ ' o t r?, 4 l' ,, t, l T",the said Comm , ittee," instead thereof . "le gq, ' l ' at the words proposed to be left out stand -8 " on t" The House divided :- 4 Ykyrri g h t , 11 / 4 1 AJORITY—AYES, 45. itr rast ,...t 0r II • r " tl g, Si r I° Jermyn, Earl _ er told , L ord Atdrew Knatchbull, Sir Edward .1.:1_ eaford, 111 • . Lincoln, Earl of ~Blackstooe W aj°r Lockhart, William - "older ° a s p, rn - ) ..etiry George Manners, Lord C. S. •• e r4 „ --3 tort, Thom as -• cial‘negi., Captain W. Martin, C. Wykeham Neville, Ralph ,s. r istoplier, R. A. isTicholl, John k-,lerk, Sir George I C ; i 1 ) 1's, William Norreys, Sir D. J. e o combe, T. S. Northland, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount pSeqt, Bickham Peel, Joeathan li`: ° _ b es, William P ri ng le , Alexander zi'vr A. Eliot 6 . o a r dst ' o ne , Captain S tanley, Lord Sutton, Henry M. Graham")n Captain Thesiger, Sir n ederic , Sir James Vane, Lord Harry eenall, Petei Verner, Colonel • Gr eene, Thomas Vivian, John Ennis l i t ial l e° Z ' AV NV illiam e Z y Yorke, H. Redhead . TELLERS. •enley lva Hutt,Willi trier Young, John atn, Lennox, Lord A. Berkeley MINORITY—NOES, 9. C o n et ,o. Captain Pechell, Captain E . lp a. t r, e -r , john o os h e n ph Tanered, Henry W. 11 istone, Howard Wawn, John Twizell lq 'tcheli T TELLERS. 14 0 r. •T . A. . Christie, W. D. o; General Gibson, T. Milner At th, -------------- Shareholders of th e ti . •''ie. fifth annual meeting of the x ) on the paid-uP p er Union Bank of London, hel!I yestef t cl e ay, a dividend of 5 capiCaro-flt'Zsacillparedy(fre o e f i Th business of the Bank iesesitateise: iczteettnldharogressing, the increase on current anedetidvesy, com et Daroa ling beenmore than 60 per cent, resp The result of the r - ati l l o ith the state of affairs last . year . _ 5001. as nsual st, ( ps i _ for the year, after paying all c . harges of manage in ta„,..l''arsing dividends, and app oh re h n as enabled the Dir,c tor to " , pn of preliminary exnses fund , which is thus in crease,' add 3 ,468/, to the reservedating i(leti leo? 12,053/4 invested in Government td 4. pp ; ‘ 4B „ng Directors of unappropria c p _ profit of 7,000/. d red it necessaryto securities, be- t l eak s __‘ne have not consi allowed to their cost4h_uy a l teration in the rate of interest the low 1'4111,73 current accounts, notwithstanding . n that the perma atilt 'non e curr ent because they are of opinion by a ~t ri, , Ulterests of the Shareholders will be best consultedßankwas fsell'(ti,ulherence to those principles on which the ublic confi ti,sent e(4,,a,.1111 which has secured for it so much . p to have 'lost e. I:tie agency business of the Bank is stated Government teoaBultriatorially increased, and, under . the ' new expected this bra ti ,.. l s .for the regulation of banking, it is T.' , . will further improve. —Times. R AT HlGH ati ~, NEWSVENDERS' ANNUAL DINNE em.. i ll o 4- ON TWEPNI The annual dinner of persons Yed b - ' . --- ester ay d held at tli s b.. the dealers in newspapers was 7 kabout 200 boys clio,4:ighbury Barn Tavern. At one o'cloc dinner. At al and were regaled with a very substantial' to dinner, the rep 4t l ent four o'clock 300 persons sat dom n wives and chil dea (4!leing graced by the presence of the The total num ber of Persons of the members of the society. 5 . 29 The dinner }l ad hr re ens who dined at the tavern was and some little dfl av en ordered for a much smaller number,. but, under all oil eceurred in affording the requisite supplies , tered i n the beat e circumstances, the worthy Proprietor ca nter tainment Iva, \‘'peoliiible manner for his guests, and the e establishment. The I r a, W orthy of the reputation of this theguests, and toe di,,,, 1,3 f the tavern were thrown open to. , _ of their `'4l)tea of b' were pre-eminent in the chspla.?"we a s , e All a iscobolus of quoits . Prettier play Persons r i , t the classical game see many young "Ilesd; and we were delighted to . ball. L ea gerl y en raged in this game, and in that of trap such manly sPortrs grh ‘ on- m ay they enjoy suc h legitimate, c • b Sn/ et , Zetw o a .- "; .Al' RICHMOND . —On Tuesday morning, Richmond ' ll4 tii - ' el l and eleven o'clock, a tradesman of meadows when 1.11,, beard wife W ere - the Twickenham jo ti f oeard a e l crossing n ha th river as , if some per.o si‘Pell tpto t h e e t w as a h t r ia The sound came from the Surrey mai;- s ioi;: 'IT,' aPparentlyenea, r to the Duke of B . uccleuch's hut •‘l7hitst crossing the bridge the parties looked about, 1 ,, , ec, 4lti ~_. . bank or in the u eY . th °5- ' no person, either on the . stated the 4 1) (4 ,. .50 proceeded to the police station, and was dis- P4O, f acts , when police-constable Hunt, 207 V, he White ~ ,5 ., 11 to the spot Drags were obtained frome,t after the .aDse vavern, and used by some bargemen, 711 of a young I vor riat i a quarter of an hour, recovered the body Cross Tavern, and 1 , 1 • ,The deceased was taken to the White t) r• WE I ' f gentleman, A Ili 1,9, a surgeon, was sent for, . but that . xtlie !,arrivals declared life to have been extinct some time. is .e se a single 'elan eta was recognised as Elizabeth Holley, livelihood by kli o , h .enty yeara of age, and obtaining herd dare that shy 1 ,. 'Ming. She had been repeatedly heard to declare White gyro s ;',01(1 drown herself. The body still lies at p. isav ern to await an inquest. ',.kt4TAL CONSEWIENCES OF SUDDEN EXCITEMENT. the ei , 411 inquest held yesterday, before Wm. Carter, Esq., Wal- Ivn_e!ter for Surry, at the Good Intent, East-street, had r e ' r r i t . . , l l l, as to the death of an old lady, who, it appeared, ek, it l e last few days been labouring under considerable mental I vlt o r t ll nt, in consequence of the behaviour of her daughter,_ fit , f . Was said had set her at defiance, which resulted in ' that 4Peillexy, under which she died. The Coroner observed,. e (4 11, an occurrence took place before his father, at Wimbl - Ika4icil Was not only an instance of the extraordinary_ of th e ) , t . the human mind under personal suffering, but also 11 rtf car ful result of sudden excitement. The case to which Pry trr e d was that of a gentleman, having a very large liisti3ellY at Wimbledon, who had for months been confined to a, t I k e „' hY the gout, to which he was very subject. He was 4 44 i „ -- a ble to drive his family out in a pony chaise, but he to h ; :i be lifted into it. One day, when he had been carried . r oan Beat in the chaise, and his family being in it, in driving ftwal, the common the pony suddenly took fright and ran h itii) s . d 41i3 gentleman, losing all control over the horse, talk,. out of the carriage, ran after the pony for some dis -1.1e;44, and succeeded in stopping him. lie then fell down , a ed it was shown that the death was caused by ap?- I vIli o l; Il e doubt caused by the extraordilytry .excitement in he w his his hildren. Tri as in endeavours to save c t een „! was CUT OF ALL.--141F. Roebuck has 3 , 4 1 4 11e - 7 1 ' 1 1 , g in Parliament the daily press. What, In the -4 eP Y h ' done that we are not included in the ob . k ,aN e Nye ember's atbuse?—Punch. T 1 1 kati: I.\TACKEREL FlSHERY.—Upwards of 100,000 . 1 , ri0,1 ref have been landed on the Brighton beach since last Iv er 4 ' whit realised from lls. to 18s. per hundred,.. and fish oletailed in the streets at six to eight a shilling. The tilo se Nt.et at Brighton has been completely glutted with ties of the deep during the last fortnight. THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. This noble edifice is rapidly approaching completion, and at present no obstacle is apprehended that will delay its being opened beyond the early part of September. The Gresham Committee have not as yet appointed the day, al though preparations are going on to celebrate the event, so as to render the ceremony of an imposing and interesting character, it being clearly understood that her Majesty, ac companied by her august consort, will honour the city of London by opening it in person. The exact arrangements have not been as yet determined ; it is, however, known that a grand banquet will be served in a spacious pavilion erected in the area, mid that the whole proceedings will be conducted in an unusual degree of splendour well becoming the opening of certainly the finest commercial building in the country. At the recent meetings of the Committee most important improvements have been arranged, which will render the structure far more attractive than was anticipated, the original intention being that it should be free from all decorative and sculptural embellishments. In the centre of the quadrangle will be raised a beautiful marble statue of the Queen. Feelings of delicacy and loyalty prompted the Com mittee to leave the choice of the sculptor to her Majesty, who has been pleased to name Mr. Lough. The Committee have allowed 1,1001. for the execution of statues. A new statue of Sir Thomas Gresham has also been decided on. It will be 15 feet in height, chiseled out of Portland stone by Mr. Behnes, at a cost of 5501., and when completed will be placed in the niche at the eastern end of the Exchange, imme diately under the tower. The old statue of the wealthy founder that withstood the ravages of the fire at the burning of the former Exchange, has been safely pre served, and will be erected in another part of the building. Nov statutes of Sir Thomas Whittington and Sir, Hugh Myddelton will also decorate the area—the artist selected for the former being Mr. Joseph, cost 450/. ; and the latter, Mr. Crewe, cost 4301., who has also been appointed to execute the royal arms that will adorn the western entrance. Amongst the most important decorative improve ments is 4he painting of the whole of the roof of the mer chants' colonnade. It is termed encaustic painting ; the colours being mixed with molten wax instead of oil, and is a style entirely new to this country. It is materially different from fresco, the latter being laid on while the cement or plaster is in a wet state, while the former is effected on the walls when perfectly dry, after having undergone a strong layer of oil paint. The artists (14 in number) are all fo reigners from the vicinity of Munich, under the direction of M. Langs. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, on his re turn from the Infant Orphan Asylum at Wanstead, a few days since, visited the Exchange privately, and expressed himself highly gratified at its appearance, the effect from the open area beneath being brilliant in the extreme. Portions of it are inlaid with gold, and the principal designs comprising the arms of England, Hanover, France, America, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Greece, Saxony, Netherlands, and the rest of the nations, so as to correspond with the shields above the colonnade. That of the royal arms of England is under the western side of the arcade, in a line with the grand entrance. In addition to the arms, there are a profusion of devices characteristic of the produce of the several countries. The sum, we believe, voted to the artist fa T this novel and superior work of art is 1,7401. The whole of the Turkey stones which formed the pavement of the area in the old Exchange having been saved, it was at first in tended they should be relaid in the present area. Within the last three or four weeks, however, that determination has been rescinded, and the quadrangle is now to be paved with tessellated pavement, at a cost of 7001. The tower is quite completed, and in a few days the peal of fifteen bells, at Messrs. Mears's, in Whitechapel, will be raised. The clock and chime work, by Mr. Dent, of the Strand, is also ready for placing, the tune being now under the consideration of Pro fessor Taylor. Mr. Westmacott's sculpture has been fixed over the grand façade, and workmen are now engaged in completing the work and cleansing the masonry, when it will be thrown open to the view of the public. .o.# i, ,fe a NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS3LOUTII, JULY 9.—The Camperdown, 104, Captain Martin, came into harbour this evening at eix o'clock P.M. Her powder, shot, shells, and a proportion of her stock were taken out at Spithead to lighten her, as it was supposed she would draw too much water, if fully equipped, to pass over the bar at the mouth of the harbour. She was towed in by the Echo steam-tug, not a breadth of air stirring at the time to enable her to unfurl her canvass. She would have come in direct after anchoring off the Nab light, last evening, but the wind fell, and the tide was unfavourable: she conse quently anchored at Spithead, where she made the necessary preparations for towing in. She is considered a good ship, but is expected to turn out much better as a two-decker, aad may do efficient service as an 80-gun ship, as the Col lingwood. Many of the crew of the St. Vincent having neglected " Blue Peter " were left behind on that ship sailing, the Emerald tender has consequently been dispatched with them to Plymouth, where the St. Vincent will touch at en route to Gibraltar and Tangier. The books of the Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, are nearly ready, and she will be paid off on Thursday, when a general transfer of officers and crew will take place from the Camperdowii on her re-commission. LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,—l observe in your respectable journal of last evening a paragraph relating to the unfortunate loss of the Manchester steamer, which contains an intimation that the' awful catas trophe was the result of a defect in the mode of her construc tion, viz., " she was wall-sided, and in consequence of this she was difficult to bring round in stormy weather, and that this defect principally occasioned her speedy wreck." No statement can be more remote from the truth, nor could any steamer be better formed to contend with a storm or high sea than she was, and she was at all times under good steer ing. As an incontrovertible proof of this she proceeded from the River Weser to Liverpool, in ballast, to receive her en gines, &c., and during that passage contended with stormy weather, but is no instance did she refuse to answer her helm, and go quickly about; nor did she law down on her side, as wall-sided vessels do, when on a wind to a dangerous extent. She has plied between Hull and Hamburgh since 1841, in all seasons and in all weathers, and proved herself to be a most excellent sea-boat and a fast vessel. It is not for me, as her builder (who possess all the draw ings and specifications of her form, with certificates of her eligible construction), to give an opinion as to the cause of her foundering, but 1 may be allowed to surmise what that cause was. Requesting your insertion of these observations, in reply to the statements referred to, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, SOLOMON COOK, N.A. 11, Bermuda -street, Jam aica••street, Commercial . road_East, June 10, 1844. SWEARING IN OF QUEEN'S,. COUNSEL AND SER- GEssrrs-AT-LAW.---At a quarter before ten o'clock yesterday morning the following members of the bar were sworn in as Queen's Counsel before the Lord Chancellor, in his Lordship's private room in the House of Lords, namely :—Mr. John Henry Hodson, of the Oxford Circuit ; Mr. Charles Howard Whitehurst, of the Midland Circuit ; Mr. John William Alexander, of the Oxford Circuit; Mr. Robert Charles Hild yard, Northern Circuit, and who is also Queen's Counsel for the Duchy of Lancaster ; and Mr. J. Parker. The following gentlemen were also sworn in before the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, as Sergeants at-Law :—Mr. Edward Bellasis ; Mr. John Alexander King lake, of the Western Circuit; and Mr. Charles Chadwick Jones, of the Home Circuit. In consequence of the swearing in taking place out of term, the newly-made sergeants were not invested with the coif, as is the case when the promotion takes place in term. After the usual introductions of the learned sergeants by the Lord Chancellor to their learned brothers, the Judges of the Common Pleas, the rings were presented by the newly made sergeants to the Judges of the Common Pleas, also to the Lord Chancellor, and through the Noble and Learned Lord to her Majesty. The latter were of a very massive description, made of pure gold, with a blue enamelled ground, on which, according to ancient custom, are inscribed the motto, " Paribas legibus." The rings to the sergeants and the counsel with whom the newly-made members of the coif used to be engaged are plain gold rings, bearing, however, the same motto. As the law Lords in town were engaged in the House of Lords, a number of the members of the legal profession were present on the occasion. FIELD-DAY IN I`HYDE-PARK.—i esterday the Royal Regiment of Grenadier Guards, Colonel his Grace the Duke of Wellington, had a grand field-day in the Review-ground, Hyde-park. The morning being remarkably fine, the an nouncement had the effect of drawing together a very; nu merous assemblage of persons. BARBERISING PAUPERS.—We often said— God help the poor! And who is there that will not respond Amen, when we tell him of the prison discipline of the Dun manway guardians of the poor ? It was resolved last Satur day by those humane . Christian gentlemen, that all the women were to be "cropped," their hair cut close —thus uniting degradation and poverty, shaved poles and porridge! It was further resolved, that, if the master's wife had not cropped every female head in the house by the Bth (this day), she was to forfeit 1/.—Cork Examiner. The Duke of Rutland is at present enjoying a yachting excursion. His Grace is accompanied by several members of his family, and is not expected to return to town until the end of the present month. THE LATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN HOLBORN. —Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the shooting. gallery, 288, High Holborn, who was shot by Mr. Touchet, the brother of Lord Audley, last Friday, is still in the hospital, and in a very precarious state. The ball entered close to the spine, and about the centre of the back, without touching a vital part. As yet the surgeons cannot trace the ball, although they have made every effort to do so, in order to extract it. Mr. Smith's declaration respecting the affair has been taken, as he will be unable to attend at Bow-street to-morrow (Friday), when the accused will be again brought up. Notwithstand ing the shock Mr. Smith sustained by the wound, he was enabled, after receiving it, to walk, with the assistance of his son, to the cab that conveyed him to the hospital. He is in his fiftieth year, and has a wife and two sons. Lord Audley is inc....vent in his attentions to Mr. Smith. Besides the hospital surgeons, his Lordship's own medical men daily attend him. As regards Mr. Touchet, no reason can be as signed for the murderous attempt; nor as yet can any evi dence be adduced of his insanity beyond the act itself. TUE MODEL OF VENlCE.—Yesterday afternoon the highly-interesting model of the city of Venice, recently ex hibited in Pall-mall, was brought . to the hammer at Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis's Auction-gallery, Saville-row, Regent -street. The time announced for the model to be sold was 3 o'clock, but long before that hour the gallery was crowded by a very respectable company. Four talented architects, assisted by several eminent artists, are said to have been occupied 14 years, and been at an expense of nearly 2,0001., in producing this beautiful model, which was on the scale of 1-540th part of the real dimensions. It con tains about 102 churches, 122 towers, 340 bridges, 135 large and 297 smaller palaces, 471 canals, and 18,479 houses. After some remarks from the auctioneer, 20 guineas were offered for the model. He said that sum would barely compensate him for the loss he had sustained in having the model open to the public view for nearly a week. An advance of only 5 guineM was, however, made, and after four other biddings of one guinea each, the model was knocked down to Mr. William Tyler, the proprietor of the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, for 31 guineas. BRIGHTON,- JULY 10.—The latest arrivals at this fashionable watering-place comprise the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis of Lorn, Lady E. Campbell, Lady Charlotte Penryn, Lady Nurse, Sir John and Lady Champ neys, Sir George and Lady Sitwell, the Countess of Love lace, Lord William Thynne, General and Lady Susan Reeves and family, Sir John Eustace, Prince and Princess Polignac (since left;for the Continent), Sir Thomas Hawker, Major- General Battine, &c. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Thursday last, Mr. Padwick, son of Henry Padwick, Esq., solicitor, was angling in a pond near this town (Horsham) ; he hooked a small roach, which was instantly seized by a perch and the two were as quickly swallowed by a jack. After some consi derable trouble the three were safely brought to land, and exhibited as a great curiosity to many persons.—Brighton Guardian. A Posz-OFFICE PlE.—The Stamford Mercury states, that a day or two since a gooseberry pie was sent through the Post-office. For the sake of those who ate it, we hope that Sir James had no finger in it, the Home Secre tary having, just now, not the cleanest of hands.—Punch. GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF DE SIGN.-SPITALFIELDS BRANCH. The third annual distribution of prizes awarded by the Committee of the above Institution took place yesterday, in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street. The Marquis of Normanby in the chair. The Noble Marquis was supported by Lord Robert Grosvenor, John Dillon, Esq., and other warm friends of the school. The ancient and beautiful hall was crowded to excess. _ _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—A. miserable day's sport was preceded by the sale of the late Mr. Thornbill's two year olds and yearlings, of which the following were the prices : The Marquis of NORMANDY was enthusiastically cheered on taking his seat. The Noble Marquis said that he would not occupy the time of the meeting at much length by any remarks he had to make, as the objects of the Institution had been recently described by a very warm and tried friend. He had only to congratulate the meeting on the pre sent success and future prospects of the Institution, espe cially as regarded the great increase in the number of pupils and their advance towards perfection. On matters of taste he would say nothing, because on such a subject there were no general rules, except those which by their own fitness pleased the eye; to inculcate the study of such rules was the great object of the promoters of the School of Design. — (Hear.) Fashion, it was true, was constantly changing, hence novelty was considered in part to be a merit; granting this, he sincerely hoped that what was really good, refined, and elegant in the arts, though old, would never become ob solete. Without referring to that vexatious question the hours of labour it could not be doubted that the best way of spending the hoursi of relaxation after labour had terminated for the day, was by following a course of study in such an Institution as the Government School of Design afforded. For his own part, he felt highly honoured in being called upon to preside over the meeting.--(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. STONE, Rector of Spitalfields, then read the report of the Committee. It was very satisfactory, and set forth that in April last the number of pupils in the school amounted to 238, which exceeded by 122 the number at the corresponding period of last year. The amount granted by the Council for teaching was 250/. ; last year it was 1501. Several warm supporters had contributed, by subscriptions and otherwise, the sum of 450/., the interest of which was to be expended in prizes annually. The report went on to state that the Committee entertained no doubt whatever that the manufacturers -of Spitalfields, by care and attention, could compete successfully with those of France. In conclusion, the report stated that the amount of fees received for the past year was 86/. ; and that Mr. Octavius Hudson, formerly a pupil in the central school, had been appointed master of the Spitalfields branch, at a salary of 100/. per annum.— (Cheers.) The Rev. Rector, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the working classes would never be really' benefited by the exercises of a morbid philanthropy, but by the culture of their own mental endowments. Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion, after which the report was unanimously adopted. The Marquis of NORMANDY then, in a very affable and condescending manner, delivered the prizes. Several of the successful competitors were exceedingly young—fine, smart little fellows, nine or ten years of age. Besides twenty pupils who received prizes, one, unhappily deaf and dumb, received a prize of a book, for regularity of attendance and general good conduct. Mr. Dimas, in moving a resolution, to the effect, that the meeting viewed with satisfaction the success of the Society and the progress made by the pupils, observed that the Com mittee felt grateful to the Government for the assistance it had given to such societies as the present ; but great and per manent usefulness was only to be achieved by the labour, care, and patient industry of the pupils. He had lately been in the city of Lyons, and he was sorry to acknowledge that he certainly witnessed an advance—a temporary advance, it was to be hoped—in the arts of design over his countrymen, because the people of Lyons were educated in the arts; it was not from any natural talent over the English that the Lyonese excelled ; it arose simply from the accidental cir cumstance of education. Let the English pupil study dili gently the beautiful models exhibited—let him listen atten tively to the instructions given to him in these schools, and, however poor his parents, that pupil will ultimately rise to wealth, honour, and distinction.—(Applause.) Mr. WiLsoN seconded the resolution, and bore testimony to the progress of the school. Thanks to the Committee were then voted unanimously, and several gentlemen addressed the meeting. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR proposed the thanks of the meeting to the Noble Chairman, for the good taste, good feeling, and ability with which he had presided. Had it not been for the Noble Marquis there would have been no such institution as that which had called them together; or if there had, it would have been one of very limited usefulness as compared with the present. The Noble Marquis, when one of her Majesty's advisers, suggested and warmly sup ported the Institution, which had continued to prosper and increase in usefulness. - The motion was carried by acclamation. The Marquis of NORMANBY briefly returned thanks, and having descended from the platform, with much apparent sa tisfaction, examined the various specimens for which prizes had been awarded. QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE JUDGES. The following are the questions propounded yesterday to the Judges at the close of the arguments in the case of the " Queen v. O'Connell :" "The attention of the Judges is requested to the record and proceedings hereafter subjoined, with reference to the following questions : " 1. Are all, or any, and if any, which, of the counts in the indictment bad in law, so that, if such count or counts stood alone in the indictment, no judgment against the de fendants could properly be entered upon them ? " 2. Is there any, and if any, what defect in the finding of the jury upon the trial of the said indictment, and in enter ing of such finding? "3. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the in dictment, by means of any defect in the indictment, or of the finding, or entering of the findings of the jury upon the said indictment ? ".4. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judg ment by reason of the matters stated in the pleas in abate ment, or any of them, or in the judgment upon such pleas ? "5. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg ment on account of the continuing the trial in the vacation, or of the order of the Court for that purpose? " 6. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg ment on account of the judgment of the 'Court overruling and disallowing the challenge to the array, or any or either of them ; or of,the matters stated in such challenge ? " 7. Is there sufficient grounds to reverse the judginent by reason of any defect in the entry of continuances from the said trial to the 15th day of April, regard being also had to the appearances of the defendants on the said last named day ? "8. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse or vary the judgment on account of the sentences, or any, or either of them, passed on the respective defendants, regard being had particularly to the recognisances required, and to the period of imprisonment dependent on the entering into such re cognisances ? " 9. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judgment on account of the judgments in the assignments of error coram nobis, or any or either cf them, or of the matters stated in such assignments of error, or any or either of them? • " 10. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg ment by reason of its not containing any entry as to the ver dicts of acquittal ? " 11. In an indictment consisting of counts A, B, C, where the verdict is guilty of all generally, and the counts A B are good, and the count C is bad, the judgment being, that the defendants, for the offences aforesaid, be fined and impri soned, which judgment would be sufficient in point of law, if confined expressly to counts -A and B, can such judgment be reversed on a writ of error? Will it make any difference whe ther the punishment be discretionary, as above suggested, or a punishment fixed by law ?" "AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE." — The truth of this soul- delighting saw was beautifully illus trated, two or three days ago, in a court off Gulston-street, Whitechapel. A poor man, named . Leeson, owed Is. 6d. for rent ; yes, he was one week in arrear, having before been punctual with his eightecnpence. His landlord, named Martin—may seraphs harp the syllables !—forced the room door off the hinges, dragged a girl of 15 by the hair of her head from the bed, then her brother, a boy of seven, and, lastly, removed an infant, which he placed on the ground outside the door ! The poor girl had prepared some food for the babe, which the merciful Martin, in the fulness of his powers of distraint, refused to let her have. One Lyons, a Jew broker, dwelling at 4, George-court, Stony-lane (an apt address), Houndsditch, then left the following document, which was banded in to Mr. Norton, of Lambeth-street : " Rent, 3s. ; levy, 35.; and man in possession 2s. 6d.," making altogether Bs. 6d., though all that was due was one week's rent, is. 6d. What a luxurious• thing is English law, even when it visits the hovels of the poor 1 For Is. 6d. debt, law asks 7s. costs Mr. Norton, however, sent word to the landlord and the Jew that they must immediately restore the goods free of expense. He had better have sent his warrant for their apprehension for the assault, and punished them ac cordingly. However, Leeson may, as a Briton, h a ve this satisfaction—his house is his castle, so long as his landlord and a Jew broker refrain from breaking into it.—Punch. EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF LETTERS AT THE GENERAL POST•OFFICE FROM ImmA.—Yesterday (Wednes• day) morning an unusual number of letters and newspapers arrived at the General Post-office, by the ordinary snails from Egypt, Greece, India, China, the lonian Islands, &c., via Southampton. There were 52 boxes of letters, containing 'together upwards of 12,000 single packets, and 5 bags of newspapers, most of which were in perfect files. SUDDEN DEATH ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY. — Last evening, Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Green Man Tavern, Tooley-street, on the body of Mr. Thomas Anthony Fenton, aged eighty, of Finchley-park, Ripley, Surrey. It appeared in evidence that deceased had come to London by the Croydon train on Tuesday morning, and having transacted business at the Bank of England, the East India House, and Ransom's, he was returning by train at twenty minutes to five r.m., and had just taken his seat in a first-class carriage with two of his sons. As the train be gan to move his sons observed him lean forward, and on a closer inspection discovered that he had become suddenly in dispose& They caused the train to be stopped, and deceased was conveyed from the carriage to a waiting-room, and Mr. Clarke, a surgeon, of Tooley-street, was sent for. On his arrival he pronounced deceased dead, most probably from the rupture of some blood-vessel, caused by over-exertion at his advanced time of life. Verdict—" Natural Death." LIOENSED VICTUALLERS.—III the Court of Excise on Tuesday, Mr. Jonathan Hawkins, proprietor of the Red Lion, Lower-road, Rotherhithe, applied for a return of six months' duty on licenses, under the following circumstances : —The licenses for selling wine, spirits, beer, and tobacco were duly paid on the 10th October last up to the 10th October in the present year. During that time the house was pulled down, and a much larger one erected, partly on the same ground. In consequence of the new house being much higher rated, Mr. Hawkins was compelled to take out a fresh set of licenses, and which the officers of Excise refused to grant until the old ones were giiren up. The old house was shut up on the sth of April last, and the new Red Lion opened on the following day. Several witnesses having fully proved the above statement, Sir J. Mortlock ordered the amount of duties paid for the Old Red Lion, from the sth of April to the 10th of October next, to be returned to Mr. Hawkins. EXPLOSION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Great excitement prevailed at the Brighton terminus on Monday, by the non-arrival of the last train from London, and after the lapse of about half an hour a pilot engine was dispatched up the line to ascertain the cause. It appears that when near the Ilayward's Heath station, one of the tubes of the boiler burst, and the train was enveloped in steam. A messenger was dispatched up the line for an 'engine, but before he re turned the pilot from. Brighton arrived, and propelled the train for the remainder of its journey, after a delay of an hour. No one was injured by the explosion. Tins POLITICAL PECKSNIFF.—We have heard that Mr. Charles Dickens is about to apply to the Court of Chan cery for an injunction to prevent Sir Robert Peel continuing any longer to personate, in his capacity of Premier, the cha racter of Mr.Pecksniff, as delineated in " Martin Chuzzlewit," that character being copyright. We hope this rumour is unfounded, as the injunction would certainly be refused. Sir Robert Peel is in a condition to prove that the part in question has been enacted by him for a long series of years, and was so long before any of Mr. Dickens's works appeared ; in short, that he, Sir Robert Peel, is the original Pecksniff.— Punch. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING L JULY 11, 1844. TWO YEAR OLDS. B C by Albemarle, out of Exotic, by Emilius 34 A 0 by Albemarle, out of Erica, by Emilius Attorney, brother to Apprentice, by Albemarle B f by Albemarle, out of Eloisa. by Emilius 5O Bf by Emilius, out of St. Agatha, by St. Patrick 45 B f by Albemarle, out of Elpbine, by Emilius 55 Ch cby Emilius, out of Victoire, Perseqs's darn 9l YEARLINGS. Ro f (Sister to Euclid, Extempore, &c.) by Emilius 330 Br f (Sister to The Caster), by Emilius, out of Cast-a side 6l Ch f by Emilius, out of St. Colomb 3O B f (sister to Perseus) by Emilius, out of Victoria 20 B fby Emilius, out of Hint, by St. Patrick l5O B f by Emilius, out of Tarantella, by Tramp B f by Emilius, out of Variation Ch f by Emilius, out of Lantern _ _ . Elecampane, br c, (brother to Mango, &c.), by Emilius Bc by Emilius, out of Merganser, by Merchant 195 B c brother to E. 0. by Emilius, out of Ophelia l4O 13 cby Emilius, out of Appolunia (Langollen's d) 115 B c by Albemarle, out of Emetic, by Emilius 220 13 c by Colwick, out of Peeress, by Priam The sale of Mr. Ford's horses was postponed until to morrow fur want of time. The racing attracted but t a small attendance, and may be described in half a-dozen lines. The Town Plate of 50L ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Last mile and a dis. of B.C. Dake of Bedford's Glen Fishie (Robinson) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Fal coner . ..._ Lord Exeter's Crosby 3 6 to 4 on Glen Fishie.—Falconer cut out the work at his best pace to within half a distance of ending, and was then passed by the favourite, who won easy by a length. Crosby a bad third. 50/. ; for three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st llb ; six and aged, 9st 51b. From the starting post of T.M.M. to the end of R.C. Mr. Boyce's Corranna, 5 yrs (Robinson) 1 Lord Lonsdale's Black Drop, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs 5 to 4 agst Corranna, and 5 to 4 agst Black Drop. Corranna made all the running, and won by five lengths. Lord Chesterfield's Dirce filly arrived this morning, for the Chesterfield Stakes. Arrivals.—Earls Verulam, Spencer, Albemarle (and Co.) Chesterfield ; Lords C. Manners, Godolphin, E. Russell, W. Powlett; Count Bathyany ; Sir G. Houston; Honourables Capt. Rous, Capt. Spencer, G. Fitzroy, Col. Anson ; General and Mrs. Grosvenor ; Col. Peel ; Major Udny ; Major Parlby ; Messrs. Meyrick, R. Peel, S. Stanley, Newton, Batson, Payne, &c. &c. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY EVEZTING. The only new race made for to-morrow is a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for which the following are named :—Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Algernon, 3 yrs, Bst 31b—and g by Liverpool, out of Princess Victoria, 3 yrs, Bst. CHESTERFIELD STAKES.—The following remain in :—Tisi phone, c by Cxsar, out of Misnomer, f by Hornsea, out of Dirce, Sister to Canadian, Richard Cricket, the Seakale filly, and the Queen of Cyprus. No race for the Garden Stakes. THE JULY STAKES.—The betting on this race was incor rectly returned as 2 to 1 on Scarmentado, instead of 2 to 1 on Old England. CRICKET. TIIE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND THE COUNTY OF HANTS, WITH PILCH AND GOOD.—This match excited considerable interest, and occupied Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wed nesday. Lord's was very well attended on the first and second days, and comprised, as usual, a great number of the nobility and gentry of the land. The odds—which, as soon as the names of the respective sides had been made known, had been in favour of the Marylebone Club—on Monday morning were much increased on that eleven so soon as it was intimated that Box was unable, in consequence of the severe indisposition of his wife, to come up. Another player, Good, was therefore substituted, we think with some want of judgment, because the Hants wicket keeper having been lost, an efficient representative in that place was required. The player selected is not distinguished in that department of the game, and the result of the match clearly proved that a mis take had been made in the choice. In the progress of the contest the want of a good wicket keeper was much felt, for several wickets were lost in consequence of the absence of that officer. The first innings was well fought for, whilst the Marylebone scored 118 their opponents made 90. In the second hands, however, the former completely ran away with the match. Everything was against the country eleven. The heavy rain of Monday after noon caused the ground to be very heavy during the greater part of Monday, so much so as to take out what is termed the " devil " of the bowling. Sir F. Bathurst and Day bowled beautifully, but for the reason just assigned their balls did not tell as they are wont. Neithea did the finest hits prove as effective as upon ordinary occasions. The Marylebone having won the toss went in first, and, there fore, reaped all the advantage arising from the heaviness of the ground. They scored 118, of which Mr. Hartopp made 10, Mr. Haygarth 16, Dorrington 7, Mr. Kynaston 20 single runs—showing the operation of the ground, and such a hand, we should say, this gentleman never marked on any previous occasion, seeing that he is of the "slashing" class—Dean 13, Captain Freer 14, Hillyer 4, Mr. George 4, whilst there were 20 byes and - 7 wides. Hampshire followed, and scored 90 ; of these Mr. Ward, whose presence in the match afforded universal gratification, made 3, Pilch 35, Bodle 12, Good 15, Mr. Keape 9, and Mr. Greenwood 6. There were 7 byes, and not any wide balls, the bowlers being Lillywhite and Hillyer, who never bowled so well. The Marylebone, in the second innings, fetched 175, in the following manner—Mr. Hartopp 12, Captain Freer 11, Mr. Kynaston 12, Dorring ton 16, Mr. Haygarth 42, Dean 34, Hillyer 3, Mr. George 16, and Mr. Barker 9, added to which there were 15 byes and 3 wides. In the second hands of Hampshire 57 only were scored, the longest score being that of Captain Freer, who marked 13; Sir F. Bathurst made 9, Pilch 9, Good 7, Mr. Ward 1, Mr. Keate 4, Mr. Gale 3, Mr. Greenwood 4. The byes were 7. The Marylebone, therefore, won by 140 runs. SAILING MATCH. The river yachts mustered in great force. yesterday at Greenwich, for the purpose of contending for the most costly prize that has been sailed for since the establishment of the club. The cup was a splendid silver gilt tankard of large dimensions, and exquisite workmanship, and for costliness, beauty of design, and execution, was iimneasurably superior to the ill-designed Brummagem-looking cups which are ge nerally contested for by the yachts of the club. This elegant tankard was purchased some time past at Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt's, by Captain Cocksedge, one of the members of this liquid fraternity (people are getting tired bf the word aquatic), and was by him presented to the club to be sailed The vessels slipped th e i r moorings off G reenw i c h a t a b ou t twenty minutes to twelve, the competitors being the Gazelle for by yachts belonging t o t h e squadron. of 25 tons, Thomas Rutherfoord, Esq. ; Mystery, 25, Lord Alfred Paget ; Champion, 26, H. Gunston, Esq ; Gnome, 25, T. Meeson, Esq. • Enigm a , 25, Josiah Wilkinson, Esq. ; Ph a ntom, 20, A. 0. ' Wilkinson, Esq. The Phantom got a good start at the beginning, and was followed by the Mys tery ; whilst the other cra f t were all b eca l me d, an d c l us t ere d t oge ther in most admir e d di sorder. The b oats d r ift e d d own Woolwich Reach, where the Phantom was obliged to let go her kedge, as the tide was setting her OR to the shore, and unfortunately the man in the bow, instead of taking a turn with the rope round a cleet, endeavoured to hold on, and let the warp go with the kedge. However, she went on keeping the land until Halfway Reach, when the Mystery caught a light air of wind, and carried it up to the Phantom, which she passed to windward. In Erith Reach the Phantom lulled in to windward of the Mystery, and passed her, maintaining her position up to Coalhouse Point, . where she rounded the buoy at forty-four minutes twenty seconds after four. The Mystery was barely half a minute astern of her. The Enigma followed at fifty minutes ten seconds after four, the Gnome twenty-five seconds after, the Gazelle and Champion bringing up the rear, all within six or seven minutes. As the boats hauled their wind the match increased in interest, and it was expected that the well known capabilities of the Mystery, under the auspices of Stokes's extraordinary skill, would have enabled her to overhaul the Phantom, but this little vessel kept the lead, and the Mystery did not appear to-fore-reach, or weather on her in the least. At length, in HalAvay Reach, Lord Alfred Paget carried away the jaws of his gaff, and he was consequently obliged to douse his topsail whilst two hands were sent aloft to splice the spar to the mast, and as soon as the damage was repaired, he got a smaller topsail set; but meantime the little Phantom was bowl ing along, soaking well with the tide, and occasionally jam ming up into windward, and it now became evident that the redoubtable iron Mystery must yield to her smaller wooden adversary, and accordingly, at twenty-five minutes past seven, she rounded the buoy at Greenwich, amidst the joyful acclamations of the assembled multitude, for the fre quenters of the river still retain a lurking tendresse for the old-fashioned wooden vessels, and are glad to see a small minutes l4 radfte Alfred seven,Paget boat of this class triumph over the most p ower f u l i ron y ac ht that severalot twenty-nineunder minutes aft weigh er . , then the Champion, then the Gnome and the Gazelle , but these four latte r vessels were several minutes astern. Notw ith s t an ding the great disadv an t ages under which the M ys t er y laboured from carrying aw a y s the jaws of her gaff, roundednh aa followedt e h e r buoyy yet t a g t it must be acknowledged that she was fairly beaten by fair sailing—Lord Alfred Paget might have raised a protest against the cup being given to the Phantom, as that vessel had let go her anchor during the race, and had lost it, whereas by the laws of the club it is not allowed to any vessel, to throw anything overboord during the race. Lord Alfred, however, with excellent taste and a generosity which cannot fail to be appreciated, at once waived his claims, and refused to avail himself of what was unquestionably a valid objection. The cup was accordingly presented to Mr. Wil kinson by the munificent donor, Captain Cocksedge, and the yachts returned to their moorings. The next match will take place on the 25th. ~, -- A BDUCTIO N FROM G RAVESEND.—In the course of yesterday information was forwarded to the several police statjonsinth A y e ineoturnopgofliel re specting the following .case of abduction : ale, who h as b are l y atta i ne d h er sixteenth year, the daught er of Mr. Hodgson, the proprietor Boweresend du Saloon,in in Lambeth, w as staying with a fr i en d the past week, wh en late on F r i day s h e o w aft a tGv s hre s a uddenly missed, and on inquiries being made, it was ascertained that she bad embarked on boa r d the S a pphire steam-boat, for London, in the early part of the afternoon, in company with a Mr. Sharp, a comic singer at Tulley's Bazaar. On arriving at London-bridge, they proceeded on board one of the iron steam-boats to the Southampton rail way station, where all trace of them has been lost. The police are making every endeavour to discover the retreat of the parties. They are supposed to be secreted in London, and a reward is offered for their apprehensioit EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES. -- Information has been re ceived at the metropolit an p olic e offices that, on Saturday last, an extensive robbery was c ommitted in Minshull-street, Edge cu, engraved the property st o l en consisting of a large silver ve( l ‘ on one side with a s hi p, and on the other an inscription, importing that the cup had been given by the underwriters at Lloyd's, to Captain George Lyon, of the ship Favorite, for saving the ship and cargo in the river Delaware; also six large silver dinner forks, ten or twelve table spoons, dessert and tea spoons, sugar -tongs, sauce and cream ladles, two silver half-pint cups, aad various other articles. On Saturday th e sho p of Messrs. Perrin, of Temple Cloud, near Bristol, was broke n into and robbed of a large quantity of silk handkerchiefs , shawls, black silk velvet, satin eop p e waistcoat a co i of s i t tn c h. o e a depredators. reward pieces, of 201. has b een o ff ere d f or the dis covery apparel, hats, & c., and a quantity of COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at BuckinghaM Palace. It was attended by his Royal . Hightiess Prince Albert, Lord Wharncliffe, the Lord -Piesident ; the Duke of Buc cleuch, Lord Privy Seal ; the Ditke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief ; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury ; Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Edward Knatchbull, Pay master of the Forces ; Lord Granville Somerset, Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward ; the Earl of Delawarr, Lord Chamber lain ; the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse ; and the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the Right lion. William Lord Heytesbury, Lieutenant Ge neral and Governor-General of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Comptroller of the Household. The Earl of Morton and the Hon. Captain Hood were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty-and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the Royal Gardens of Bucking ham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace in an open car riage and four, at half-past four o'clock yesterday after noon, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, escorted by a party of Light Cavalry. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice followed in the next carriage, and the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, the Maids of Honour, the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting, the Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Al bert, followed in two open carriages and four. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, and the Vice-Chamberlain. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAr.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and at tended by the Vicountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, arrived at the Castle at 25 minutes before six o'clock this afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, commanded by the Honourable Charles Cust,, from the Slough station of the Great Western Railway. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, accom panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, were in the next carriage. The Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting ; Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Wait ing ; Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty and the Prince, followed in two open carriages and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Frogmoro Lodge, at half-past eight o'clock this evening, in -a carriage and four. The Royal Duchess landed at Woolwich Dock-yard from the Continent from the Princess Alice steam packet at half-past four o'clock. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comp troller of her Royal Highness's Household. The Royal Duchess left Woolwich at twenty minutes past five o'clock, and immediately proceeded to Frog more. Mr. Moon had the honour of an interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert relative to the engraving from the picture by Winterhath, of his Royal Highness Albert, Prince of Wales. Mr. Craufurd, Inspector of Prisons, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon and New Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening for the Governor of Gibraltar. ATTILA PEEL'S VICTORY OVER THE TRADE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. DEAR SlR,—Procrustes deems it essential that kis New Currency Bill should be passed forthwith, " in order to put an end to commercial speculation." In spite of his many miserable failures, I can promise him success in this enterprise ; and, moreover, that he shall fare like the Asiatic in the fable, who prayed that Alla would turn the Euphrates through his lands. The prayer was granted—his crops swept away by the torrent, and himself lodged in the maw of an aligator. " Commercial speculation," which this unhappily powerful lunatic deprecates and seeks to crush, is but another name for trade and commerce. " Specula tion" consists in making purchases or engagements under an assumption that the articles bought will be again sold with a profit. A:l3, a merchant, orders from France 10,000 gal lons of claret, judging that he shall be able to re-sell it in smaller quantities, at such advance of price as shall yield him interest on his capital and a fair profit. C D engages to furnish a customer with 1,000 tons of West India coffee by a certain day, at a certain price, assuming from certain facts that he shall be able to obtain the coffee and bring it to London, at an expense below the sum which he is to receive for it. E F consigns to his correspondent at Calcutta 2,000 cwt. of glass, assuming that it will sell there to a profit. All these men speculate. But there is .another case which noodles would not suppose to come within the category. G H, a retail tradesman, purchases of a whole sale house, in the spring, a thousand pounds' worth of summer silks. He "speculates ' as much as either of the other three—that is, he invests his capital on an assumption that certain events will hereafter happen. Again, J K, a manufacturer, makes, in the spring, a certain amount of goods, for summer wear—he also " speculates." In a word, "commercial speculation" is the main spring—the vital blood—the soul—of our national transactions ; and this our lunatic proposes to destroy. Thanks to the apathy of the public, and the nearly incredible ignorance of our Legislature, he will suc ceed. May the Lord have compassion on his un happy victims! When will men cease to suffer the fate of nations to be decided by gabblers, and leaders of (or rather panderers to) class interests ? COMMON SENSE. EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOILER.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate • individuals killed by the explosion of a boiler at Bolton, was brought to a close, after three days' inquiry, on Tuesday, when the jury returned the following verdict :—" We are unanimously of opinion that the death of James Swift, Bridget Hart, and James M'Donald, was caused by an explosion of the steam-boiler at Mr. Brooks's mill. That the said boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too great ' • and that George Branscome has caused the explosion. We are also of opinion that due care has not been used in the general superintendence of the steam-engines and boilers." George Branscome was thereupon committed to take his trial for manslaughter. A subscription was entered into by the jury for the relief of the families of the deceased, and the sum of 8/. 10s. was handed to the Coroner, as the commencement of a subscription for that purpose. ANIMAL MAGNETISM IN CHINA.—This is under stood in the Celestial Empire, and turned to good account, being practised by the barbers of Canton. " I observed," says M. Borget, " that the greater part of the patients slept while they were being shaved, and I could not account for this singularity. But one morning I observed a man seat himself on a stool a little apart from the rest; I began my task of sketching, when the barber, instead of commencing his operations, placed himself before his customer, and, first of all, took hold of his hands, then passed his own several times over the shoulders, and before the face of the sitter, who shortly fell into a state of quiet drowsiness, if he did not actually go to sleep. He then moved his customer's head about in every direction he pleased, to facilitate the operation of shaving. When he had finished he shook the sleeper gently and awoke him. I frequently saw the same thing practised afterwards."—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio and Tea Talk, No. 11. DUNKELD.—FUNERAL OF THE DOWAGER LADY GLENLYON.—The remains of this distinguished and lamented lady were interred in the family vault below the Chapter-house, on the right side of her husband, the late Lord Glenlyon, on Thursday the 27th ult. All the most respectable inhabitants of the place attended the funeral, and the shops in the town were shut during the ceremony. Loss or AN EMIGRANT Sal'.—Recently intelli gence has been received from Sydney, Cape Breton, concern ing the loss of the Sir George Prevost, emigrant ship, on a reef of rocks to the westward of Gaberus, and but for the moderate state of the weather it might have terminated in a fearful sacrifice of human life, the ship having up wards of 160 souls on board. The vessel, which was of 600 tons burden, and commanded by a Captain Savage, left the port of Newry, in Ireland, in the fore part of the present year with emigrants and a miscellaneous cargo. The voyage across the Atlantic was as favourable as could be expected, when on nearing the coast off Gaberus on the evening of the 31st of May, it came on a dense fog, so much so, it is said, that it was almost imposstble to discern anything beyond the length of the vessel. Instead of her being brought - to anchor in such weather, the ship was allowed to continue • her course, and the result was, that at about nine o'clock she ran on the reef of rocks before men tioned. Minute guns of distress were kept firing for several hours, and two vessels arriving near the spot, their boats were lowered, in which, together with those belonging to the Sir George Prevost, the whole of the emi grants and seamen were safely landed. Providentially the wind, during the whole of this trying period, was light ; had it been otherwise, the consequences, in all probability, would have been dreadful. At daybreak on the following morning the ship was lightened and attempts made to get her off; but she had become firmly fixed, and within 24 hours was a total wreck. Of the emigrants, 102 were conveyed to Arichat, where they remain under the charge of proper authorities. OXFORD, JULY B.—This afternoon an alarm of fire was given, and on inquiry it was found to be at a farm, in the occupation of Mr. Greaves, at Elsfield, a village four miles from Oxford ; it was fortunately confined to a barn and some out-houses, where it broke out. Two valuable horses were burned, and some beans and oats. The damage is estimated at about 4001. The whole of the property is insured in the County Fire Office. We are glad to say that the fire was accidental, and not incendiary, as at first re ported. It arose from the carelessness of some boys in light- ing some straw with lucifer-matches, for the purpose of burn ing a wasps' nest. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six.,—One error makes many ; the vague language of the repbrts on insolvency, contrary to fact, and contrary to right reason, however conformable it may be to certain grimgribber principles of musty law ore, hay.. caused much false thinking and acting thereon. Without any regard to the general good, without any rational sympathy for unfortunate per sons, and with the sole object of relieving the aristo cratic classes from the personal penalties due to their extravagance, sensuality, and dishonesty, a series of very maleficent changes in the insolvency laws are persisted in, by which, in the end, all power over the person of an unfortunate debtor will be removed, and nothing left to the creditor but the effects, the pro perty of the debtor, the apparent increased power over which had deluded creditors -to allow without a murmur the removal of every form of imprisonment, while the power over the effects will be found prac tically a power of words, a worthless bit of parch ment, only a mere cheat and fraud. Bad as may be the ill-conduct and insolvency of young divines at Oxford, or of the gentleman class in general, it bears but a small proportion to the total of the insolvency of the country, which is that of merchants, bankers, manufac turers, tradesmen, mechanics, operatives, employes, and the like, who in general have dissipated their ef fects. These remarks are suggested by the recent debates in the Lords, as well as by the objections made against the County Courts Bill, because of the penal clauses.. Unless imprisonment of the non paying debtor be enacted, those Courts will be utterly useless. The class of persons who will be summoned therein, are those who have very few effects. Their incomes consist, e. g., of wages earned week by week, and they will have no objection to a sum mer's full work and plenty of wages spent week . by week, and the enjoyment increased by as many debts as they can contract with small shopkeepers— in riotous living, gross sensuality, and frolics to Gravesend and Hampton Court, silk gowns and good coats ; and then when the winter comes pro ceedings in the local courts will take away, for the benefit of creditors, all of their effects, which have not been already disposed of in anticipation,i , of some few shillings or pounds value, and so pay their debts with out any inconvenience whatever. Thus live many thousands of clever mechanics and operatives, whose really valuable effects are concealed in their fingers and heads ; whose property consists of their ingeni 7 ous handicraft, to whom the boon of non-imprison ment for debt, will grant complete imptinity to sen sual indulgence, fraud, and folly. Such persons will roam from one end of the kingdom to the other, and victimise with impunity the tradesmen of the provin cial towns. I cannot hope to find the columns of a newspaper, at this time, open to the further discussion of the in solvency fallacies, which are so rife abroad, im portant though they be. The mischievous errors of the reports of the various Common-law Commis sioners, are evident in the effects they have produced on the mind of Lord Cottenham, whose two speeches are made up entirely of the report of 1840, which is but a specimen of the popular reasoning on the matters of debtor and creditor—popular reasoning, but not of the opinions of the people, which are humane and correct. These reports are full of errors and false reasoning, chiefly in applying the term " unfor tunate" to cases of insolvency-, and then appealing to the public sympathies on behalf of persons whom they have so represented. Insolvent debtors are unfortu nate, just as all evil-doing persons (criminals) are un fortunate, but not in the sense in which the Commis sioners (to serve the interests of this class) use the word. This is a question of evidence, and does not rest on mere hypothesis. Insolvents have become so vo luntarily, by a course of conduct which they pursued either before or after the contracting of their debts, or both. They willed to become insolvent, just as, but not with an equal degree of criminality, the pick pocket or the forger willed his deed. Insolvency, larceny, felony, are each one, only the last acts, the fruition, the social evil-doing of a long course of con duct more or less vicious. Let the causes of insol vency be honestly examined, and they will be found to be, in nearly all cases, idleness, extravagance, spe culation, gambling, and dishonesty, vices in which men will freely indulge, as theyare more or less liable to punishment. The pickpocket obtains the products of his neighbour's industry by creeping behind him, and taking it unawares ; the insolvent does it by a promise dishonestly and deliberately given, which his neighbour accepts, and then, as has been above stated, by a series of voluntary acts, he renders himself un able, or he will not fulfil his bargain, a bargain which it is of the very highest importance to society should be fulfilled; and, therefore, all men who do not fulfil it, but who voluntarily break it, are punishment worthy, and will be punished in a virtuous state of society, where the interests of the whole people, and not the interests of a select class, are legislated for, The censures about facilities of gaining credit are absurd, and also much else of the report of the Com missioners ; were there space; it could be easily shown to be idle nonsense, unworthy even a school-boy's prize essay. However, folly and humanity-monger ing will have their course, and when millions and more millions have been wasted, and illicitly distri buted—that treasure which has been created and hoarded, and thus made into capital by industrious, ingenious, and self-denying men, perhaps the public voice will swell with righteous indignation at this corrupt legislation, and demand punishment due— exemplary and sanitive— against all public enemies, whether they be insolvents or pickpockets. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Brixton, June 30. A VICTIM. CHATHAM. JULY 10.—The Commandant, Sir Thomas Wilshire, Bart., K.C.8., issued garrison orders this day to Major J. Casimer Harold, commanding the 74th, to hold in readiness a detach ment of his corps to proceed to Harwich to relieve a com pany of the 58th, that returns to this garrison. This morning the following detatachments from the pro visional battalion marched from this depot en route to Graves end, attended by the drums and fifes of the battalion, when they embarked from the Ordnance Wharf on board the ship Owen Glendower, for Bengal : their strength consisted of 61 men of the 10th Regiment, and 58 men of the 62d, under the command of Captain Stanter, of the 10th ; Ensign Fitzgerald, 39th ; and Ensi g n Bruce, also of the 39th. A medical officer proceeded with the troops to inspect them when on board. Colonel Kelly and Captain Jackson also went with the men to see that every requisite accommodation was afforded to them on board. The casement barrack at Brompton, which has been fittedjup at a considerable expense for the accommodation of invalid soldiers, is now so crowded that it was found neces sary on Monday to apply to Sir _Thomas Wiltshire, Bart., for additional barrack room. There are at this time nearly 1,200 men of different corps in these barracks, although they were fitted up for the accommodation of only 840 men. The inconvenience felt is very great. The late Sergeant-Major Valance, of the 12th Lancers, who, it will he recollected, was tried at Chatham on the 6th of May by a Court-martial, for an alleged attempt to bribe Major Mayer, :of .the cavalry depot at Maidstone, and who was reduced to the ranks, has since been sent to his regiment, and returned again yesterday to be discharged; he has been in the 'service twenty-six years, fourteen of which he was troop-sergeant, has been nearly two years sergeant-major, and during the whole period of his service bad conducted himself in every manner worthy the character of a British soldier ; owing, however, to that charge against him, he will only be allowed a shilling a day pension, which it is under stood will be granted to him. LIBRARY OF THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—Yes terday the sale of the extensive and valuable theological por tion of the library of the late Duke of Sussex was continued at Messrs. Evans's, Pall-mall ; and many of the lots fetched equally high prices as those disposed of on the preceding days. (1,413) New Testament, Latin and English, translated by J. Hollybushe. Nicholson's July edition of 1538, " im perfect." 14/. (1,426) Holy Bible, with all the Holy Scrip ture, truly and purely translated into English by Thomas Mathew, extremtly rare, with wood cuts ; 14 leaves of pre liminary matter wanting. The title a pen and ink fac-simile, several leaves damaged and stained. 1527. The real name of the translator is said to have been John Rogers, who was the first martyr in Queen Mary's reign. 221. 10s. (1,429) Holy Bible, translated by T. atthewe, very 'rare. W. Hyll and T. Reynoldes. 1549. 19/. 10s. (1,430) Holy Bible, with Cran mer's preface, rare; imprynted by Whytchurche. 1549. At the commencement is the Common Prayer, 1689. 21/. (1,435) The Bible, Genevan version,' with profitable annota tions ; the first Bible printed in Scotland. The first title is a fac-simile by Harris ; very rare. Printed in Edinburgh, the Old Testament by Arbuthnot, 1579 ; the New Testament by Bassandyne, 1576. This copy wants the address to King James, two leaves, part of the map at p. 82, and.one leaf of a perfit supputation at the end. 12/. 15s. (1,651) The Byble, in Englyshe ; Bishop Cranmer's, first edition, extremely rare, fine copy. The leaf of title is an admirable fac-simile. A few corners of the kalendar and of the first leaf restored by fac-simile. Grafton and Whitchurch, finished in April, 1539. 70/. (1,658) Holy Bible ; Cranmer's, quite p erfect, very rare. Whitchurch, November, 1541. 19/. 108. (1,669) Holy Bible, 2 vols., ruled with red lines. Oxford, Baskett, 1717. This Bible is designated the vinegar Bible, from a misprint of "vinegar" instead of "vineyard," on the top of the 20th chapter of St. Luke. 12/. 12s. AMERICAN CLOCKS. —A novel species of clocks have recently been introduced from the United States. These clocks are shaped something like hall-clocks, the principal novelty of them consisting of a sheet of plate or looking glass being fixed in the door under the face. These mirrors vary in size from a few inches to two feet in length. On the first importations of the article, it seems that the officers at London and Liverpool, uncertain as to their correct deno mination, delivered them on payment of the duty as goods manufactured, at the ad valorem duty of twenty per cent. The matter has since been brought under the notice of the Board of Customs, and they have directed that in every instance the adivalorem duty be charged on the clocks, with the addition of the duty on the plate-glass of 4s. a foot. The importers have remonstrated, and have requested to be al lowed to serape the silver off, which has been refused, and the parties informed that they can only be allowed to remove the glass and export the same. The importation of these clocks has lately been very considerable, a parcel arriving by almost every American vessel. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING.—A most important Anti-Corn -law meeting has been held at Lyneham, North Wiltshire. The district is a purely agricultural one, and the persons of whom the meeting was com posed were farmers and farm-labourers, chiefly the lat ter. About one thousand were in attendance, and but for the exceedingly unfavourable state of the weather the meeting would have been a very large one. Reso lutions were unanimously passed in favour of free-trade, a significant indication of the progress of free-trade doc trines amongst a class for whose benefit the landowners have the impudence to affirm the corn-laws were enacted. —Boleyn Free Press. N LITERATU. EDINBURGH RE VIE 11 Longman, London, The subject of " Popular Del theme—is amusingly treated in .1 Reviewer, however, is mistaken w the crime of poisoning, so general initaly during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,' he- states that " in France arid England this crime, though occa sionally practised, never became common." ' Unfelt, tunately in the reign of Elizabeth, - and more especially of her successor James, no. ''node of assassination was more common among our higher classes, and not a few women are known to have lived in affluence in tlie metro polis by their skill in compounding deadly drugs, and the handsome sums which were paid for them by their reckless customers. In France -the practice of poisoning was of still more frequent occurrence, and was first introduced into that country by the Italian druggists and perfumers, 'who swarmed 'in. Paris during the demoralising sway of Catherine de Medici, and received no stinted share of Court patronage. Catherine herself was a first-rate genius as a poi soner. She dispatched her enemies in the most scientific manner passible, and with an adroitness that bade defiance to discovery. One was got rid of by a pair of perfumed gl:.ives, sent her as a mark of delicate attention by her royal mistress ; another, by a per fumed rose ; and a third, by the ingenious contrivance of a poisoned billet. In the reign of Louis XIV. this crime reached its acme, but the severe measures adopted by Government contributed greatly to its suppression, and still more the general horror excited by the trial of the infamous Marchioness of Brin villiers, who was found guilty of having poisoned her father and her two brothers, and of having at tempted also the lives of her husband and her sister. This amiable creature was remarkably gentle in her manners, of a prepossessing countenance, and much addicted to sentimentality. The " Late Census" states some curious particulars relative to the increase of population within the last ten years ; and alluding incidentally to one distinguishing point in Sir R. Peel's tariff, which it appears has been in some de gree a failure, the Reviewer remarks :—" The Pre mier allowed the importation of foreign cattle and of American junks; but, alas ! it was found, though oxen could be fed in and shipped from distant countries at a cheaper rate than under the present system they can be slaughtered in England, yet that the Bay of Biscay affords too hazardous a transit, and the heats of summer too insidious an hostility, to encourage the importation of live cattle or of fresh meat ; while the salted com modity supplied by our transatlantic brethren occupies a position below that to which British stomachs have as yet generally descended." In the " Memoirs of the Duke de la Force," we have a rapid summary of some of the most remarkable events that took place in France from the period of the St. Bartholomew massacre down to within a few years of the breaking out of the childish and ridiculous wars of the Fronde. Refer ring to the favourite policy of Richelieu, the Re viewer says that "by levelling social superiorities, abolishing privileges, and dismantling the citadels of the reformed party, this arbitrary Minister pre pared future dangers for the monarchy." This is perfectly true, as the sequel proved, for during the feeble and disastrous reign of Louis XVI., when the Crown most needed support against the rapid encroachments of the revolutionary principle, the noblesse—who had been deprived of • substantial power for upwards of a century, and had become the mere sycophants and hangers-on of the throne —were found wholly unable to render • that support, and the Monarch was left to fight his battle with the people alone. " George Selwyn and his Contemporaries" is a notice of Mr. Jesse's pleasant gossiping work on this subject. The Reviewer enlivens his criticism by brief biographical sketches of some of the most remarkable characters who flourished during the last half of the eighteenth century. The following is his account of the Duke of Queensberry—an eccentric, profligate nobleman, who died in the year 1810, at the patriarchal age of 8.5 : " He was born in 1725, succeeded his father in the earldom of March in 1731, his mother in the earldom of Ruglen in 1748, and his cousin in tie dukedom 9f Queens berry in 1778, being then in his fifty-third year. Few men of his day acquired greater notoriety, or were more an object of inquiry or speculation ; yet he took little part in political events, except so far as his own interests were affected by them, and it would hare been' better for his reputation had he taken none. When the King's malady grew serious, in 1788, he gave in his allegiance to Fox ; and on the recovery of his royal master, was unceremoniously dismissed from his situation of Lord of the Bedchamber, which he had held for twenty-eight years, notwithstanding the known profligacy of his life. Wraxall says he took a journey to Windsor to learn the exact condition of the King, but he was misled by Dr. Warren. The mistake mattered little. His business was pleasure, his passions were women and the turf ; and he contrived to gratify both, without impairing either his fortune or his constitution. As regards the turf, he was thoroughly versed in all its mysteri+ s, and seldom in dulged in any sort of gaming unconnected with it, or relating to matters where any undue advantage could be taken of him. On the contrary, he was generally ma the look-out for opportunities of turning his own shrewd ness and coolness to account. A curious instance is related in Edgworth's memoirs. " Lord March had noticed a coachmaker's journeyman running with a wheel, and on minuting him by a stop watch, found that he actually ran a considerable distance faster with it than most men could run unencumbered. A waiter in Betty's fruit-shop was famous for speed. Lord March adroitly introduced the topic, and maintain ing what appeared a paradox, easily got bets to a large amount, that the waiter would run faster for a mile than any one could run with the kind-wheel of his Lord ship's carriage, then standing at the door. But be com mitted a trifling overstht. The wheel was lower than the wheel the man was used to run with; and the biter would have been bit, had not Sir Francis Blake Delaval suggested an expedient. The night before the match, planks were obtained from the Board of Works, and a raised groove, for the wheel to run in, was constructed across the course. The journeyman won, and the Jockey Club decided in Lord March's favour. Another of his bets carne before the Court of King's Bench. He had laid a wager of five hundred guineas with young Mr. Pigot, that old Mr. Pigot (the father) would die before Sir William Codrington. Old Mr. Pigot died the same morning be fore the making of the wager, but neither of the parties was acquainted with the fact. The Court held that tha dutiful and hopeful heir must pay. A startling example of this style of bet is mentioned by Walpole. I, t'other night at White's, found a very remarkable entry in our very remarkable wager-book :—Lord bets Sir twenty guineas that Nash outlives Cibber. How odd that these two old creatures should live to see both their wagerers put an end to their own lives!' Lord March's rate of betting was never very high. The largest sum he appears to have won or lost at any race or meeting, during the period over which this correspondence ex tends, was 4,1001., and this is mentioned as a rare oc currence." CONSTANCE D'OYLEY. 3 Vols. Bentley, London. 1844. The incidents in this story—which, like those of Miss Austen, is wholly of a domestic character—are few and simple, and put together in the most inarti ficial manner possible. They have all, however, the rare merit of probability, and, in consequence, the reader's interest is kept up throughout the narrative. The princil pal recommendation, however, of - Constance D'Oyley consists in the skill with which the leading characters are delineated. Those, in particular, of the heroine Constance, and her unfortunate young friend, Isabel llernshaw, are discriminated with great nicety; the one exhibiting in her career the effects of a careful and conscientious education ; the other, of ,an artificial and dishonest one. The dialogues are uniformly natural and appropriate, and, when opportunity offer's, by no means deficient in sprighthneas. A little more variety and breadth of incident would not have been amiss ; still the story is worth reading, and points an excellent moral. The lighter scenes are the most successful, with the sole exception of that wherein the author relates the tragic death of Isabel Hernshaw, which is described with no ordinary vigour. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 2OO i Indian 5t0ck.......... ..... 264 ... 3 per Cent. Red - 100 'Ditto Bonds ........"..... 9 3 Pu. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red 102% Ditto New Annuities ... New 3% per Cent. lOl Ex. 8i115 .,, ,., 1 0001. 1%d... , Pug New 5 per Cent. Ditto mut. •11000110.•••• . ,a Illm I . L on g Annuities to expire • Ditto 5ma11 .,„.„.„.„. . 18 pm. Jan 1860 l2 9.16 Bank Stock for Acct.... 2 00 _ Oct. 1859 l2 5-16 ,Consols for Opg. . ..... 2 , 9* Jan. 1860 l2 % !India Stock for A . Ca..... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ,Portuguese,s per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto.. ...... ...... Brazilian Ponds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 34% Russian, 5 per Cent 119% Chllian,6 per Cent ,Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... ',Spanish, 5 per Cent.. ....... Ditto, 1824 !Ditto, s per Cent ll Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent — French, 5 per Cent ..... .. —f. —e. Greek, 184, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per Cent . . ... .... 'French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1117.... Dutch, 2 36 per Cent 61 1 ,4 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 99 Ditto, New Shares, 173{ paid ........ ........ 24% Caledonian, 5 paid Eastern Counties (21 'mad) i•••••••••••••••- ....... •••••••• 14 Ditto Registered (8/6s 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, 131 4d. paid,Ne. I Ditto ditto, paid, No. 2 % Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 79 London and Birmingham (Stock) , 225 46 1 1 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Norwich and Brandon, 2 paid •• •.... ..... '7)4 South Eastern and Dover (33 25 4d paid) 11% Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) 2 Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid :::8% Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen, 20 paid „„ AIETROPOLITANI MPROV EMENTS.-1.119 extensive street from Long-acre to Piccadilly is making rabid progress, and two intervening houses having been pulled down, there is now a clear opening from Leicester-square to Coventry. street, the completion of the line. Other improvements are in contemplation here, amongst which is that of building on the freehold land forming the square in the centre. This has for some time past been in a most neglected state, the sub scriptions of the inhabitants being far short of the sum' re quisite to keep it in proper repair ; nor are these likely t 9 be increased when one side will be the line of an extensive traffic. The large site of ground on which the hotel stoxl still re mains unappropriated, and the square has long lost all at tractions for business, or as •the resort of fashion, for whit it wag 9110 celebrated. S U N • r- - -/ ...,,,,,,,,, I ( RE. ': - , .;"-- - ,gi'ltf : - ‘. j v, o.,c_Lxr, - ,!.': ,-- 1 i_ ..i- . -,"::*f -- • 1844 ` - ' elusion d ' —a.` p;63ifif_' .i e this NI ':er7 -Tho ' 2 \ --, - when, ia ir'erefe\lc b !tiik, VA N.