The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

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Off, Helen, Port Republicain for Antwerp ; a ship, supposed to be the Fairlie, with troops from China. COWES, JUNE 28.—Arrd. Elizabeth Gumner, M'Bean, Porto Rico. OFF TORBAY, JUNE 26.—Charles Brooke, St. Vincent's. SALCOMBIL, jUNE 27.—Sid. Jessamine, St. John's, New foundland. Off, Le Narvin, Josephine, Martinique. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 28_—Wind N.—Sid. Kerswell, Boston. POOLE, JUNE 27.—Sld. Albion, Newfoundland. ,CLAY, JUNE 27.—The Louise, of Frederickstadt, from N oway to Dieppe, is ashore at Cromer, waterlogged and With loss of keel and rudder ; crew saved. • ,11, 132P00L, JUNE 28.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Stirlingshire, Davidson, Bombay; Hero, Sedgley, Buenos Ayres; Elizabeth King, La Guayra ; Columbine and Sara "n, New Orleans. Sld. Brunswick, Calcutta; Countess ~.Arran Ichaboe ; Kate, Rio ; Reliance, Pernambuco ; Mary alarselen, St. Thomas's; Richmond, Providence; Amelius, Boston ; Caledonia, St. John's, New Brunswick. 27. Fifa !hire, Cape of Good Hope ; Triton, Africa ; Stephen, . t tirmer, Baltimore; Henry Duncan and Standard, Quebec. Of, Lancashire Lass. jiULl y JUNE 27.—Woughton, St. John's, New Brunswick; Woodhouse, Miramichi. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Although the supplies of both fruit and vegetables Were very extensive, even the time of year considered, the ~trade was throughout active, on the following terms :—Old potatoes, from 5s to 6s, and New ditto, 8s to 16s per cwt ; Onions, Is 3d to 2s 6d ; Turnips, 2s to 3s 6d ; and Carrots, Ss to 6s per dozen bunches ; Spinacb, Ibl to ls 6d ; Goose. berries, Is 6d to 3s ; Currants, 2s to 3s 6d; Broad Beans, Is 3d t o 2 s ; and Peas, ls 4d to 2s 6d per half sieve. Aspa ragus, Is to 4s 6d ; Oranges, 8s to 14s ; Lemons, 8 s to 14 s ; and French Beans, 9d to is 6d per 100 ; Pine Apples, 5 8 to lOs ; Hot-house Grapes, 3s to 6s ; and Cherries, ,„ 24 to Sd per lb ; Peaches, 12s to 25s ; and Cabbages , r . , Q a to is per dozen. Strawberries, 3d to 6d per pottle ; "lcumbers,4d to is 6d per brace. Cauliflowers, 2d to 6d ; and Melons, 3s to is each. Horse-radish, 4s to 6s per bundle ; Small Salad, 2d per punnet ; Radishes, 3d to 6d per dozen hands ; Lettuces, 6d to 2s per score. NinvGATE AND LEADENnaza.. Although the supply of meat was seasonably large, the general demand was firm at prices quite equal to those noted 11 1 our last report. Beef from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 48 ; Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork 2 8 4d to 4s per 81bs. by the carcase. We had a very scanty supply of Poultry, yet the demand was in a sluggish state, at barely previous rates. Capons, 4s to 7s ; Guinea Fowls, 3 3 to 4s ; Chickens, is 3d to 3s 3d ; Ducklings, 2s to 3s ; ?Wings, 43 to 6s ; Pigeons, 5d to 9d; and Rabbits, tame, L e to Is 9d each. lIUNGERPOILD. There was a fair average supply of most kinds of meat and V egetables, as well as fish, while the general demand ruled steady, at full prices. NEWPORT. There was a fair average supply of Meat, yet the demand raa firm at full prices :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 4 8 8d to 4 s ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and rork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. For most kinds of Fish, the supplies of which were tole rably good, we had a steady inquiry at last week's quota tions. WHITECHAPEL. A fair business was doing in each kind of Meat at full prices : Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ;. Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 48 to 5s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s Per Blbs. BREAD. Theprices of Wheaten Bread in te metropolis are from ed to Bid ; of Household ditto, 6d to h id per 41b loaf. HIDE IKAILICIT. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, ' l3 4d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 6d to 5s ; inferior ditto, 48 to 4s 4d. Sheep and calf Skins, at per skin—Market ;all; 6s 6d to 8s; shearlings, 9d to is 3d; and Lamb skins, IS 6d to 2s 3d each. HAY IVIAMILETS. SMITILFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, Si lOs to 41; use nu ditto, 4/ 5s to 4/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to 5/; Clover Hay, 5/ to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1114 s to 11 16s per load. A moderate supply, tad a sluggish demand. .CIIMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 31 15s to 4/4s ; use 'lll ditto 41 5s to 4/ 15s; fine Upland ditto, 4 / 16 s to 5 / 5 s ; Clover Hay, 5/ to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1114 s to 1/ 163 ; Wheat 4 traw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 183 per load. Supply tolerably good, kid trade rather brisk. Wan•EcnAlla..—Coarse Meadow Hay, Si 12s!to 4/; use ful ditto, 414 s to 4/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to 5/ ; Clover Hay, 5/ 5s to 6112 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s •, Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off steadily, at full prices. New Meadow Hay Was selling at from 31 5s to 4/ per load. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. We have a good supply of Wheat to-day, the finest qua lities of which are dull sale, at barely last week's prices, ;while other descriptions must be noted flilly ls. per quarter lower. Barley continues in moderate request, and fully main tains its value. Oats and Shelling are steady both in price Itud demand, but Beans have been taken off freely at an ad 'Palace of Is. per quarter. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. EXTRA. NEW. Wneat Suffolk, Essex, and Rent......... Red to 56 54 to 55 Ditto ditto White... 60 57 58 Norfolk Red ...... 55 52 53 Ditto ditto White... 56 53 54 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 54 52 53 Ditto ditto White... 56 54 55 Yorkshire Red 51 53 54 Ditto ditto White... 57 54 56 Foroido Red 55 52 54 Ditto ditto White... 57 54 55 Per guar Ter imperial. l iarley, Norfolk and Suffolk 34 31 32 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 34 '4 33 Grinding 28 29 For 32 30 31 Per qr. of 631 b. to the bushel. Beans, Small fine Ticks — 37 35 36 Foreign. . .. . . ... - Oate, Potato ii,d rola d .. —4. —4. .1. ....14 Mnling.... ... lld to lid., Foreign —d to —d. pet Stone. B `tolling At. to 27s Od. per Lead. 1 1_ A lt • - 403. fine 425. per Lead zt tysts2ed..... .......• 271.01 ',81.04. --I. Os. per Litt koNE y AN D CuMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Cotton Market, at Liverpool, yesterday, business to some amount was transacted, and prices ruled fully as fin.—The general tone and feeling of the Share Market was on the whole rather better. French , however , were low er. zirmingham and Gloucester, 924 ; Eastern Counties Perpe tual, 20s. 10d. ; Grand Jun ction, Half, 1104 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 394 ; Great North of England, New, 21; Great „w estern, Fifths, 221; Liverpool and Manchester , 223 ; D itto, 't r , alf, 109 ; London and Croydon , 17 1 ; Midland Cou nties, -,.tli Ditto, Half, 234; South - Eastern , 34 4; Ditto, 101 ; ulster 371 ; Lyons and Avignon, 21 . ; Paris and Lyons , 24• ; Paris and rleans, 38 ; Orleans, Tours , and Bordeau x, ' 75 . 6d. There are no arrivals of interest except the Caledonia, with the American news to the 4th inst. from Halifax, a summary of the news by which appears in another part of The Sun. Stocks, as usual on the last business d a y o f the week, have fs °een neglected, and Consols have gone down a trifle , viz. to 84 to 98i. The Three per Cent. Reduced Stock is 99 1 to ~4, -,.' 9 i, and the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1021 to 1021. 17 • : 13 g Annuities are 12 7-16ths to 124. Exchequer Bills oh • 735. to 755. premium, and East India Bonds 945. premium. The foreign investments are also drooping. Spanish Actives Obtain 251 to 4 ' • and the Three per Cents., 34 1 1 ; Porta toese Converted Bonds have varied from 464 to 47 4 ; Colom mu are at 131 ; Dutch Two-and-a -Half per Cents. realise 1 001 to 1004. In Railway Shares there have been a few transfers at nearly Previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) S per Cent, Reduced Annuities illiU 334 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... ..... . lO2 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 ...... l2 •-16% India 80nd5,1,000........ ............. ........ 94 Ditto under 1,000 — Consols for Opening .......... Xxchequer Bills, 1 -, %d. I)4d 1,0 _OOl. ........ .............. 7 5 pm. 5001......, .............. 73 pm. Ditto 5ma11...-. ..... Ditto Advertised" pus. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds .'. 13% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. - _Ditto Converted 4614. 474 47 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 224%, Ditto for the Account. 2 2% Ditto Three per Cent. .... ............ Ditto for the Account 34t% Dutch 5 per Cents ...... 100 34 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER BRAM Birmingham and Gloucester IOO Ditto New 17% 135 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5 4,4 % Eastern Counties 23 to -- Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent 135. 4d.... yi to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ......... 63 Great Western Ditto Fifths l2 22% to London and Birmingham. lOO .214 Ditto New Thirds London and Blackwall 16% - London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes lO - London and South Western ...... 41% Ditto Eighths % 3% to Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux... 1 - Paris and Orleans ......... ..... ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, JUNE 27. S per Cent. Consols Three and a Half Stock ....... :,)itto New, 1830 33 4 p,; , r Cent. Debentures Grand Canal Stock ll% Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. LA•.ST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Dublin and K. Road arogheda 55 Dublin and Cashel ditto... 2% Hibernian Bank 25 30% Royal Bank ...... National Insurance 25 Patriotic ditto Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company lOO lOl British and Irish Steam Company „. 50 Steam Ship B u ilding Company 11 4k 1 CCHEsTER STOCK WWI-LANGE, JUNE 28.—The market Is dull, with little disposition for business. Manchester and Leeds Half-Shares, 434 ; Trent Valley, 84 ; Huddersfield and il lanchester, 14 premium; Great North of Eng land New, 24 premium.„ ; Union Bank of Manchester, 9 4 ; Ma nchester As -.ranee, Il i . Cr THAN ' ' jOURSE OP EXC.). A Msterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam .2.. U l2 6 Antwerp 25 90 klarnburgh ...... M.B l3 10' 3 Altona . ....... Paris, days' s 4 ht 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Marseilles Rourdeaux 25 85 Frankfort on Maine l2th Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Perlin bur gh ' .... .. . . 7 Vienna, effee. f 1.311. 952 deate ditto ......... 953 ziadaid .................. 37 CuliZ 8i1ba0,,,, sll"4 ar Ce ll lollll t 36 6 ..... . ........ GE.—(YESTERDAY., Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 90 Milan — Venice 47 Naples ........ Palermo, per oz ll7l Lisbon 54 Oporto 534 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia — - . PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silva is Bars 0 4 11, AL RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway illagazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— Week Total. ended Name of Railway. .e. s. d. June 22 Arbroath and Forfar 149 13 4 22 . Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,587 14 3 21 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,858 0 5 22 Brandling Junction Chester and Birkenhead — 20 Dublin and Drogheda.... ...... 25 Dublin and Kingstown 1,104 2 1 23 Dundee and Arbroath 243 10 44 22 Durham and Sunderland 3BB 14 9 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,197 17 3 23 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,687 3 4 22 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,305 10 6 22 Glasgow and Greenock 939 5 2 22 Grand Junction 9,359 8 10 22 Great North of England 1,595 11 10 23 Great Western Liverpool and Manchester 22 London and Birmingham 23 London and Blackwall 1,418 14 3 22 London and Brighton 25 London and Croydon 27 London and Greenwich 825 16 11 23 London and South Western ....... 20 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 789 18 74 22 Manchester and Birmingham 3,253 11 5 22 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 6,995 0 8 22 Midland Counties - 3,175 7 4 22 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,635 14 9 22 Newcastle and North Shields 349 6 3 22 North Midland 21 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,492 12 9 18 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans 24 Paris and Rouen 6,442 0 0 22 Preston and Wyre 4Ol 7 114 22 Sheffield and Manchester 5Bl 16 4 27 South Eastern 22 Taff Vale 23 Ulster 487 6 6 23 Yarmouth and Norwich ..... ......... 22 York and North Midland PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings (lithe House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 28. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Order for third reading read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " upon this day sia months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question :" The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 201. Acland, Sir Thomas Forman, T. S. O'Ferrall, R. More Acland, T. D, Forster, Matthew Ogle, S. C. IL A'Court, Captain Gardner, J. D. Ord William Ainsworth, Peter Gaskell, James Manes Paget, Lord W. Aldain, William Gibson, T. M. Paget, Frederick Arbuthnot, Mon. H. Gisborne, Thomas Palmerston, Visct. Archbold, Robert Gladstone, W. E. Pattison, James Arkwright, George Gladstone, Captain Peel, Sir Robert Bagot, Hon. W. Godson, Richard Peel, Jonathan Baird, Witham Gordon, Captain Pendarves, E. W Bannerman, A. Gore, Robert Pennant, Colonel Barclay, David Goulburn, Henry Philips, G. It. Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir James Philips, Mark Baring, F. I% Granby, Marquis Plumridge, Captain Barnard, E. G. Hanmer, Sir John Ponsonby, C. FA. C Barrington, Viscount Harcourt, G. G. Powell, Colonel Bellew, R. M. Hawes, B. Power, James Bernal, Ralph Herbert, Hon. S. Pringle, Alexander Boldero, H George Hervey, Lord A. Pulsiord, Robert Bowes, John Hill, Lord Marcus Pusey, Pnilip Bowles, Admiral Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Rawdon, J. D. Bramston, T. W. Hodgson, F. Repton, George J. Brotherton, J. Hodgson, Richard _Roebuck, J. A. Browne, W. Hogg, J. W. Ross, David R. Bruce, Lord Ernest Holland, Robert- Russell, Lord John Bulkeiey, Sir R. B. W Hope, Charle - Shell, R. L. Buller, E. slope, G W. Shelburne, Lord Byng, George Hersman, Edward Shirley, Evelyn J. Caw pbell, John H. Hoskins, K. Smith, benjamin Christie, W. D. Howard, E. G. Smith, J. Abel Clerk, Sir George Howard, P. H. Smith, T. B. C. Clive, R. H. Howard, H. Somerset, Lord G. Cobden, Richard Hutt, W. Stanley, Lord Cockburn, Sir G. Ingostre, Lord Stanstield, W. It. Colborne, W. Ridley James, William Stuart, Lord J. Colebrooke, Sir T. Jermyn. Earl Stuart, Villiers Col , ett, John Knatchbull, Sir E. Stock, Sero.eant Collins, William Knight, Henry Gally Strickland, Sir G. Courtenay, Lord Langston, J. H. Strutt, Edward Craig, W. Gibson Langton, Col. G. Sturt, H. C. Curteis, H. B Lascelles, W. S. Sutton, Hon. H. M Dalrymple, Captain Leader, J. I'. Tancred, Henry W Darter, Hon. Dawson Lennox, Lerd A. Thesiger, F. Denison, W. J. Liddell, H. T. Thornely. . Thomas Denison. E. Beckett Lindsay, H. H. Towneley, John Dennistoun, J. Loch, James Trevor. Hon. G. It. D'Eyncourt, T. C. Macaulay, T. B. 'rufnell. Henry Dodd, George Mackenzie, Wm. F. Vane, Lord Harry Douglas, Sir C. Mackinnon, W. A. Vernon, Granville Douglas, J. D. S. Macnamara, W. Villiers, Charles P. Drummond, H. H. M'Neill, Duncan Vivian, J. H. Duncan, Lord Mainwaring, 'l'. Vivian, Captain Duncan, George Marshall, William Wakley, Thomas Duncombe, T. S. Marsland, H Walker, R. Duncombe, A. Martin, C. W. Wall, C. B. Easthope, John Milimay, H. Wit. John Wallace, Robert Egerton. W. I. Milnes, Richard Warburton, H. Egerton, Lord F. Mitchell, I'. A. Wemyss, Captain Eliot, L ord Mordaunt, Sir J. White, Henry Ellice. Rt. Hon. E. Morris, David Whitmore, T. C Entwisle, William Muntz, G. F. Wilde, Sir T. Escott, Bichkam Murphy, F. S. Wilshere, W. Esmonde, Sir T. Neville, Ralph Wodehouse, E. Ewart, W. Nicholl, John Wortley, J. Stuart Feilden, J. Norreys, Sir D. Yorke, It. H. Ferguson, Colonel O'Brien, J. 7: TELLERg. Fitzroy, Lord C. O'Connell, M. J. Young, John Flower, Sir James O'Conor Don Baring, Henry MINORITY-NOES, 81. -- -- - - Adderley, C. B. Fitzmaunce, W. Newport, Viscount Antrobus, Edmund Fitzroy, Hon. H O'Brien, A. S. Archdall. Captain Fox, S. Lane Palmer, R. Ashley, Lord Fuller, A. E. Plumptre, J. P. Bagge, Wm. Goring, Charles Polhill, Frederick Baskerville, T. B. M. Granger,7Thornas C. Potlington, Viscount Bateson, Thomas Gregory, W. H. Richards,s Richard Beresford, Major Grogan, Edward Rushbrooke, C olonel 131ackburr e, J. I. Hamilton, J. H. Russell, J. D Blackstone, W. Hardy, John Seale, Sir John H. riroadley, H. Harris, E. A. J. Shaw, F. Brooke, Sir A. B. Henley, J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel Bruges, W. H. L. Hillsborough , Earl Sm y th, Sir H. Buck, Lewis W. Hussey, Ambrose Smollett, Alexander Chetwode, Sir John Hussey, Thomas Stewart, P. M. Cholmondeley, Hugh James, Sir W. C. Taylor, Edward Clayton, R. R. Jocelyn, Viscount Thompson, Ald. Cresswell, A. J. B. Jones, T. Tollemache, J. Darby, George Kemble, Henry: Trollope, Sir John Dashwood, G. H. Lawson, Andrew Troubridge, Sir I'. Dawnay, Hon. W. Lefroy, Anthony Verner, Colonel Dickinson, F. H. Lopes, Sir Ralph Vesey, Hon. Thomas Douglas, Sir H. Lygon, General Vivian, John Ennis Egerton, Sir P. G. M'Geachy, F. A. Wawn, J. T. Etwall, R. M‘Taggart, J. Welby, G. Earle Farnham, E. B. Manners, Lord C. S. TELLERS i- eilden, W. Masterman, John Colquhoun, J. C. Fellowes, Edward Mundy, E. M. Inglis, Sir R. STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT BRIGHTON.—A good deal of interest has been excited in the town by an assault upon the Rev. Mr. Vaughan, officiating mi nister of Christ Church, and Mrs. Vaughan, by a woman who is lahouring under an impression that the Reverend Gent rtian is her husband. The female's name is Jan( 'atthews, and the facts are briefly these :—Last day '4norning, as the Reverend Gentleman ills lady ware proceeding to church, Miss Matth(wY walked up to%them and struck at Mrs. Vaughan wish her parasol. Vie blow inflicted a wound in her face, from which blood flowed. Mr. Vaughan turned his attention to Mrs. N i - sughan, and the woman escaped. In the evening M' Matthews Matthews attended ( 'hrist Church, and as the reverend gentleman was leaving his desk she rushed towards him, evidently ;th a view of assaulting him, bus, +x being observed by 'he clerk and beadle, she was •J,:,ured and taken to ill- Town-hall. Mr. Vaughan sunsequently took out a •.ummons against her, and the case came on fur hearing on Wednesday, before the magistrates at the Town-hall, when the above facts were stated by Mr. Vaughan, who also added that the defendant had fre quently called upon him, and sent him letters addressed "James, Bishop of Jerusalem." After an examination which lasted two hours, and in which it was evident the unfortunate female was labouring under aberration of mind, the magistrates adjourned the case till Thursday, and in the meantime she was to be examined by some medical gentlemen as to the state of her mind. RATING OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY.—Among the Appendices to the Fifth Report of the Select Committee on Railways, there is an elaborate table of parochial assessments in the several parishes intersected by the London and Birmingham Railway. From this table it appears that the railway passes through eight parishes in the county of Middlesex, ten in the county of Hertford, twenty three in Buckinghamshire, twenty in Northamptonshire, eighteen in Warwickshire ( including the county of the city of Coventry), and one in Worcestershire. The total of as sessment on the railway and buildings in these parishes was, on the 31st December last, 134,1591. ls. Bd.; the "value of the land occupied by the railway at the average rateable value per acre, of the several parishes," 2,445/. 2s. 7d. ; and the " additional value derived by the landed property of the parishes from the assessment of the railway with reference to rates only—assuming such value at twenty years' purchase, of the annual rent-charge from which the rating of the rail way has relieved the parishes" not less than 360,312/. Surely the rate-payers have reason to rejoice that the railway was established !—Railway Record. LORD BLOOMFIELD. — We are happy to state that, to the great gratification of the garrison at Woolwich, the Gallant and respected Commandant of the Artillery, Lieut.- General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8., G.C.H., is rapidly reco vering from his late severe indisposition. His Lordship is able to take his usual daily carriage exercise. Lord Heytesbury, G.C.8., the successor of Earl De Grey in the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, is in his 65th year, and has been Ambassador at the Courts of St. Peters burgh, Naples, Madrid, and Lisbon. He was appointed Go vernor-General of India on the accession of Sir Robert Peel to office in 1834, but on the return of the Whigs in 1835, the appointment was cancelled. The Noble Lord married the daughter of the late Hon. W. H. Bouverie, grand-daughter of the first Earl of Radnor. His Lordship's son, the lion. W. H. A. A'Court Holmes, who married the daughter of the late Sir Leonard Holmes, is Member for the Isle of Wight. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—STEAM.BOATS.-011 Saturday last, the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway and a select party of friends made a trip to Calais, principally for the purpose of testing the speed of the new boat the Prin cess Mary. The distance from the Bricklayers' Arms terminus to Dever was accomplished in two hours and twenty-eight minutes, including a stoppage of twelve minutes at Folke stone. The distance from Dover to Calais was done in two hours and ten minutes. Many of the party breakfasted in town, lunched at Calais, dined at Dover, and were back again in London in time for the last act of the Opera ! This cer tainly is sharp work.—Railway Record. PLEASING RESULTS.—With the gaiety assumed by nature in the brightness of the summer season there are few disinclined to participate; and in pursuit of those rational enjoyments personal agremens, in all their variety, are necessarily objects of desire—those, of which the perfection and durability are at once obvious and important, meet their most available preservative in Gowland's Lotion ; first, as a decided remedy for all cutaneous impurities ; and, secondly, as an elegant, find effective appendage to the toilet , removing every species of local discolouration, defending the skin from ail the well-known effects of heat upon its surface, and as contributing largely to continued delicacy and fresh ne:s of the complexion, A SLAVE WHIPPED TO DEATH.-^ , -A man by the name of Lamb ( ?) was recently tried at Charleston, South Carolina, for whipping a negro to death. Though it was proved that he inflicted 350 lashes, well laid on, in twenty four hours, and that the slave died soon after, the jury found him Not Guilty ! And such are the tender mercies of slavery—the institution of the patriarchs !—Anti-Slavery .Reporter. THE SITN t LONDON, SATURDAY ~IT,VENING, JUNE 29, 1844 FINE ARTS. BXHIBITION OF CARTOONS, &c., WESTMINSTER lIALL.—(THIS DAY.) We this morning attended a private view of an ex hibition of cartoons, pieces of sculpture, &c., which have been sent in to Westminster Hall, pursuant to the notices issued by her Majesty's Commissioners on th e Fi ne Arts. The array of cartoons is a very im posing one, and completely fills the walls of this mag nificent hall, while the statues and groups in marble and clay are ranged on tables in the centre, which run the entire length of the building. The exhibition, we understand, will be opened to the public on Monday next, and meanwhile we will just bestow a few words on some of the works of art which most attracted our attention in the hurried survey we took of them. No. 1, Encounter between Ccesar and Cassivilaunus on the Banks of the Thames, is a battle scene by Melling full of spirit and action. The Roman leader and the British King are of course the principal figures in the piece, but the expression in the countenance of the latter is too exaggerated, being less that of a stern, patriotic hero, than of a raging maniac whose eyes, which glow like hot coals, indicate the fire of insanity. No. 12, Fair Rosamond in Woodstock Park, awaiting the arrival of Henry the Second, is by Edward Corbould. The listening, anxious attitude and demeanour of the mistress of this enamoured monarch, are well delineated, but there is too much of sternness and severity in the countenance to realise our notions of Rosamond. No. 14, The Overthrow of the Druids, represents the Roman Ge neral, Suetonius Paulinus, making his last fatal attack on the British priests in their strong-hold in the island of Mona. There is considerable vigour in this sketch. No. 15 is a representation of Milton's famous scene in Paradise Lost, where he describes the fallen angels lamenting their fate in a " silent valley." The chief defect of this sketch is a want of appropriate expression. No one would ever imagine, without the aid of the explanatory catalogue, that the singers were other than a group of enamoured men, bewailing either the coldness or the death of their respective mistresses. Their grief wants dignity, elevation, and intensity. No. 19, Discovering the Body qf Harold. This is one of the most correct, skilful, and natural designs in the whole exhibition. Two Saxon monks, assisted in their search by the deceased monarch's mistress, Edith, have just succeeded in discovering his body amidst a heap of slain. One of the monks is kneeling down, and raising the royal corpse reverently in his arms ; the other is standing erect holding in his hand a lighted torch which casts a lurid light over the whole fore ground. To the right of the spectator appears the figure of Edith, whose attitude and manner— though her countenance is averted from us—expresses a world of heart-felt grief. Nothing can be simpler and more intelligible than the design of this study in oil for fresco. It is full of expression, animated, yet wholly devoid of exaggeration, and one reads it with the same interest which one would read some touch ing episode in a work of fiction. The grouping of this clever sketch is not among its least recom mendations. It is replete with easy beauty and pro priety. No. 21, Scene from the Tempest, is chiefly deserving of praise for the single figure of Caliban, which goes far to realise our notions of this ma lignant, ill-favoured imp. No. 24, Sampson, with the Jaw-bone of an Ass in his hand, is a striking display of prodigious physical energy. No. 25, Council qf Ancient Britons, shows an aboriginal British Chief listening to the counsels of an aged Druid adviser. The scene is a wood, and the Chief is seated under the shadow of a branching oak, with a youth, his armour-bearer, reclining at his feet. The sub ject is well chosen, but the execution is not re markable for spirit or character. No. 30, The Signing of Magna Charta, by Douglas Guest, is another well selected theme. The best sketch in the groupe is that of King John, who is seated in a Gothic chair, and whose action expresses just that de gree of indecision and apprehension which might be anticipated from the distrustful usurper at such a crisis. N 0.33, King Henry the Fifth praying before the Batik' )f Agincourt, possesses a deep historical interest which will be sure to attract notice to it ; but there is a most singular discrepancy between the figure of the monarch, which is that of a full grown man, apparently past his five-and twentieth year, and that of his face, which is that of a mere boy, not more than sixteen or seven teen years of age. No. 46, The Fates, contains one expressive figure—namely, that of Atropos, who is cutting the thread of destiny, and whose countenance indicates a mingled sternness and melancholy. It is shown in profile, and has a very striking effect. No. 47, [Vat Tyler, is a design much too crowded with figures. No. 49, A Bohemian Fortune-Teller, is cleverly-executed, and the features of the Bohemian the principal figure in the piece, teem with shrewd inquisitive expression. No. 80, Luna and Endymion is a very sweet, poetic sketch, though too deficient in breadth, we fear, for the purposes for which it was designed. Among the clay models and pieces of sculpture, which are as numerous as they are varied, we may single out for praise No. 90, a full length figure of Captain Cooke,—another, of Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet, and a portrait statue of his late Majesty, William the Fourth. No. 105, So phronia and Olinda at the Stake, is a beautifu groupe in marble by Retchie, and merit s high praise, if only for the exquisite tenderness which the sculptor has contrived to throw into the countenance of the female martyr. No. 112 is a very indifferent statue of George the Fourth—a worse than indifferent monarch. His Majesty looks as sour as vinegar, and .displays no more dignity than a King in a penny puppet-show. No. 142 is a striking full length likeness of the Marquis of Wellesley, represent ing him at that period of his life when he was Governor- General of India. No. 153, The Burial of the Princes in the Tower is a skilful and naturally disposed groupe. No. 110, Hesitation of Pandora, is an elegant and symmetrical female figure, with the exception of the neck, which is too lean and scraggy for our ideas of feminine beauty. At some more leisure opportunity we may possibly return to the subject of this exhibi i on, which will, no doubt, attract crowds during the season. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE FALLS OF CLYDE. —On Saturday last, a most melancholy accident took place near the Falls of Clyde. On the morning of that day a small party of' friends left Glasgow for the pur pose of visiting the Falls and spending a holiday, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baxter, of Buchanan-strcet. After having seen the two lower Falls, the party separated, one portion proceeding up wards to visit the Bonnington Fall, while Mr. and Mrs. Baxter and a friend remained behind. They seated themselves on the banks of the river, waiting the return of their friends, when Mrs. Baxter expressed a wish to see Wallace's cave, which was below, and in the imme diate vicinity. She accordingly went to the spot, accom panied by the friend already alluded to, and having sur. veyed the locality, requested that he would call her hus band to participate in the sight. Leaving Mrs. Baxter seated by the river's brink, the gentleman retired a few paces to call her husband, and, on his return, he found that in the very brief interval that had elapsed, Mrs. Baxter had disappeared. Whether the unfortunate lady had fainted and unconsciously fallen from the top of the rock, or whether she had risen and approached too near the brink and fallen into the flood, must for ever remain a mystery—for the only trace left behind her was her handkerchief, lying upon the rocky seat which she had occupied when her friend proceeded to call her husband. A search was immediately made for the body which was not, however, discovered till early the follow ing (Sunday) morning, and within a few yards of the place where the accident happened. Mr. Baxter had been married only nine months before. THE LATE MR. BECKFORD.—The curious and highly interesting personal reminiscences of the cele brated author of " Vathek," which appeared in the June number of the New Monthly Magazine, will, we under stand, be continued in the forthcoming number for July, and will include topics of a still more attractive and ex citing character ; such, for example, as Mr. Beckford's own personal recollections, given in his own words, of the great Lord Chatham, of Lord Camden, of Mr. Wilkes, of William Pitt, of " Anastasius" Hope, of Horace Walpole, of Strawberry-hill, of Beckfurd's own father, the celebrated Alderman Beckford, of the "bonny" Duchess of Gordon, of Madam de Steel in her early youth, and, among more modern people, of Bul wer, Lockhart, Theodore Hook, Sir Robert Peel, &c. A number of fowls are kept in the stable-yard of the Royal Hotel, the hens depositing their eggs in various nests upon the premises, It is customary, when ever eggs are found, to take them out of each nest, except one which is left behind. Some weeks ago, two of the hens who were accustomed to lay their begs in the same nest, became what is called broody, and alternately sat upon the only egg that was in the nest ; whenever one left the nest the other regularly took her place, and in the due time fur incubation the solitary chicken was"hatched. Both hens kindly and carefully perform the duties of a mother, without any animosity appearing between them, and whenever one broods over the chicken, the other lays herself down close by her side, and spreads her wing over the back of the other hen. It is an old saying th a t a consequential person " struts about like a hen with one chick," but there may be seen a petted chicken strut ting about between - two mothers, showing no decided prefcmee to either.--Plymouth Journal. SUMMARY OF NEWS! r~ ..:: i3ztbitt Criptrav " Pirko runs ?eay read." al Eilt . On Tuesday, at two o'clock, the King of the French, ac companied by General Durosnel, Colonel Dumas, the Count de Strada, and two orderly officers, left Neuilly for St. Cloud. llis Majesty returned to Neuilly at four. In the evening their Majesties received the President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Besse, Generals Sebastiani, De Colbert, Boyer, and Levasseur, and Baron Mechin. Marshal Soult had addressed an order of the day to the army on the occasion of the attempt made by the Legitima tists to seduce from their duty the Sappers of the Corps of Engineers stationed. at Issy, near Paris. The Minister of War reminded the officers, sub-officers, and soldiers of the oath of allegiance they had taken to the King and their drapeau. The Precurseur de r Guest announces the arrest at Angers of M. Cherbonnier de la Guesnerie, a well-known Legitimatist. llis papers were all examined, and a warrant had been re ceived to transfer him to Paris. The Patrie of yesterday evening states that two visits have been made by the police at the house . of M. Cherbonmer, at Paris ; one on Sunday last, when all his papers were seized, and another on Monday, to search for portraits and busts. The Gazette de France an nounces the arrival of Cherbonnier de la Guesnerie in Paris, under escort, and states that he is confined au secret at the Conciergerie. Dudresnay, the Legitimatist candidate, has been elected a Member of the Chamber of Deputies by the electoral col. lege of Morlaix. M. Barbet, the Mayor of Rouen and the Ministerial candi date was elected deputy for that city, in the room of the late M. Jacques Laffitte, on Wednesday. He obtained 461 votes votes, and his opponent, M. Bouvet Bondel, 392. The Algerie publishes a few details of the engagement of the 15th between the French troops and those of Morocco. The account states that 300 of the enemy were killed, and that the heads of 110 of them were brought in by the spahis on the points of their sabres. The French had 7 killed and 20 wounded. The Wurzburg Gazette contains a letter from Berlin, June 20, which says :—" It is confidently reported here that the news of the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandrina, Princess of Hesse, has just arrived." s.aui aND POLICE. George Jessop, a journeyman painter at Yarmouth, was charged at the Guildhall, with stealing some silver spoons and other articles, the property ofJames Gage Last, an inn keeper at Yarmouth. The prisoner had, in fact, carried off the innkeeper's wife, a good-looking young woman, who was also placed at the bar. He was committed for trial, and Mrs. Last returned home with her husband. A respectable looking young man, about twenty-five years of age, who gave the name of George Page, but refused to give his address, was charged at the same ffice, with bur glariously breaking into the house of Constantine Geralo pulo, a Greek merchant, residing at No. 15, North-buildings, Finsbury, at two o'clock yesterday morning, and stealing some trifling articles. He was committed. William Fisher, describing himself as a porter, was charged with having broken and entered some wine-vaults in Hun gerford-market, and stealing therefrom a pipe of port wine, value 801., belonging to Mr. John Wright, wine-merchant and hotel-keeper, 142, Strand, his empluyer. He was com mitted for trial. _ Mr. William Burt, many years rate-collector for the united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, was charged, at Queen-square, with embezzling upwards of 6001., the moneys of the Governors of the Poor. Prisoner, who had absconded some weeks ago, and for whose apprehension a large reward had been offered, was captured on Thursday evening, in a lane leading from Hightield to Greenhithe, Kent, by Mr. Taylor, an Inspector of the B division. Evi dence of the defalcation was given, and the prisoner was re manded fur a week. William Colson Simmons and Richard Duke, both of them respectable inhabitants of Highgate, were charged at Mary lebone with having been concerned in stealing a cow, the property of H. Aslett, North-hill, Highgate. Several wit nesses were examined fur the defence, and their evidence was of such a nature as to convince the magistrate that the charge of felony could not be maintained. The prisoners, who re ceived good characters, were discharged. C n tray —l o Abitia u 111.1113 LE. The Princess Augusta of Cambridge, who was united to the Hereditary Grand-Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in June last, is expected to arrive in England in the course of the en suing week, upon a visit to her Majesty and her illustrious parents. The Earl and Countess of Ripon have left town on a visit to the Right Hon. S. Lushington, in Kent. Viscount Lifford and family embarked on Thursday morn ing, on board the steamer Suho, at Blackwall pier, for Antwerp. Viscount and Viscountess Maynard gave a dinner in Grosvenor-square, to the Earl of Liverpool and Viscountess Milton, Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary West, Marquis of Granby, &c. Lord Rokeby, after a lengthened tour in the East, has ar rived at Montagu House. Lady Peel and family, who have been at Drayton Manor since Monday last, will come to town early in the next week. Lord and Lady Carew and family have left town for Har rogate. The Earl of Burlington and Lord Cavendish left Belgrave square early in the week, for Compton-place, Eastbourne, where a family party have assembled. The Countess of Zetland has left town for Upleatharn Hall, Yorkshire, for the season. The Noble Earl departed on Saturday last. The Countess of Westmoreland has arrived from Berlin, and is staying with the Earl and Countess of Harrington, at, their residence in Saville-row. The Noble Earl is shortly expected from the Prussian capital on leave of absence, and will remain about six weeks in this country before his Lord ship returns to resume his diplomatic duties as ambassador at the Court of Berlin. The Earl and Countess of Brownlow's dinner-party last evening, at their residence in Belgrave-square, was to the Earl of Norman ton, Marquis of Winchester, Earl and Countess of Powis and Lady Luny Herbert. Viscount Northland, Lord Goderich, Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Sir William and lion. Lady Middleton. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert went yesterday after noon to Westminster Hall, to view the fresco paintings and sculptures. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace at one o'clock, in an open car riage, attended by the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes, and the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting. The Maids of Honour in Waiting, and the Master of the Horse occupied another open carriage. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, were in a third carriage; and Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting, General Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert, Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, and Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert, were in a fourth carriage. Sir Robert Peel, and other Commissioners for encou raging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster, received her Majesty and Prince Albert at the Hall, and also Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary of the Commission. The Commissioners and Mr. Eastlake conducted the illustrious party through the exhibition. After inspecting the collection, her Majesty and Prince Albert took their departure, and returned to Bucking ham Palace soon after two o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Exeter, Lord George Lennox, and Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, left Buckingham Palace shortly before eight o'clock yesterday evening, for Exeter Hall, to honour with their presence the perform ance of the oratorio of St. Paul, by the Sacred Har monic Society. The following had the honour of dining with the Queen yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace : The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Earl of Liverpool, and Selina Viscountess Milton, and Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town at four o'clock yesterday afternoon for Bagahot-park, on a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, and attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, honoured the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours with a visit yes terday. A meeting of several of the Cabinet Ministers was held yesterday. Lord Wharneliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Haddington, and Sir James Graham, were present. The Lord Ad vocate of Scotland was in attendance. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. PANORAMA, BAALBECK.—We had much pleasure yesterday in examining a view of the magnificent ruins of the ancient metropolis, now Baalbeck in Syria, which is opened this day for the public at Burford's Panorama, Lei cester• square. The picture has been painted with remark able care, from drawings executed by Mr. Catherwood with the camera lueida, so that the spectator has before him a most faithful transcript of this vast scene. The ruins lie in a wide plain, girt by the chain of the Antilibanus eastward, and to the west by the Lebanon range, the snow-capped summit of the mountain itself towering above the others. The vast ruins of the chief temple, and the beautiful remains of the smaller edifices are finely represented, and the spectator will recognise among the general ruins specimens of archi tecture of several distinct ages. There are parts which are evidently the work of the Saracen, occupiers of the place, others of Greek and Roman origin, and others which the legend assigns to the architects of Solomon. Several gen tlemen who had visited these interesting ruins were present, among others, Sir Robert Inglis, who expressed his admira tion of the work, and said it was a perfect likeness. THE RAISING OF THE BRIG GALENA.—Late on Thursday night, the brig Galena, Captain Dotching, London and Newcastle trader, which took fire early in the morn ing, whilst lying at her moorings off the Irongate stairs, Tower, and which subsequently fell over on her starboard side, was raised by means of chain lighters, and warped to the hard gravel in front of the Tower-wharf; where she presents a distressing spectacle. Yesterday morning the immense quantity of water in the hold was pumped out by a large number of labourers and others employed for the purpose. The whole of the cargo (con sisting of teas, sugars, figs, cotton, and other articles) has been destroyed by the fire and water, and the hold, with the exception of a valuable log of mahogany, which is only par tially damaged by the fire, presents a mass of rubbish. The fire had raged from stern to stern, but appears to have made the greatest havoc abaft the mainmast, the cabin being lite rally gutted. The mainmast, for nearly 18 feet above the deck, has sustained much damage, but the forepart of the vessel, above the deck, has not received injury. A survey has been held on the brig, but the result of the surveyor's report has not transpired. She is, however, repairable, but the expenses of doing so must be very considerable. Part of her top rigging, sails, &c., have been put on board a lighter and conveyed to a place of security. When the hold is emptied of its contents, the Galena will likely be placed in a dry dock to undergo the requisite repairs. A crowd of per i tons proceeded to the Tower-wharf yesterday and inspected she ill-fated vessel. An Antwerp journal of the 24th states, that a ves sel hasjust left that port with 20 tons of cherries on board for the English market, and that one of the largest growers in the neighbourhood of Antwerp has entered into a contract with a Englishman to supply him with 100,0001b5., at the low price of four centimes, somewhat less than a halfpenny per 10. GOLD ATM SILVER BULLION AT TAY.. BANK OF ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUZ% Sm,—By the new Bank Charter Bill, clause 4, it is pro posed to enact " That from and after the 31st day of August, 1844, all persons shall be entitled to demand from the issue department' of the Bank of England, Bank of England notes in exchange for gold bullion, at the rate of 31. 17s. 9d. per ounce of standard gold." Under this clause, will parties pre senting gold bullion, of any other standard than that of Great Britain, be entitled to demand Bank of England notes for it, according to its relative value to the British standard, the British being calculated at 31. 17s. 100., but paid for in Bank of England notes at the rate of 3/. 17s. 9d. per 0z.2 If the demand of notes for bullion be limited to gold bul lion of British standard only, the accommodation to ha porters will be crippled. In the Solieduh, A, which relates to the circulation depart ment, there is no 'oparation of coin and bullion, the returns are to be made only under the heads " Gold bullion " and " Silver bullion." How is the value of gold bullion to be calculated in this return ? is it to be estimated at Mint price 31. 17s. lqd., or at 3/. 17s. 9d., the purchasing price? How is silver bullion to be calculated in this return? At the mar ket price? If so, on what day's price? the value per oz. on the day the return is made, as the price of silver varies, at one time we find it quoted 4s. Hid., at others ss. Oid. per oz. The same questions will also apply to gold and silver bullion (not coin) in " the banking department." Bullion is to be under the head "other securities ;"—if the value be not returned under such head, I see none under which it can be returned, for it is clear it cannot be returned under the head "gold and silver coin ;" and how is the value of silver bullion to be calculated in reference to the 3d clause, which entitles the Bank to have not exceeding one-fourth part of the gold coin and bullion in amount in silver bullion? In this 3d clause, the "coin" does not occur in reference to silver, it is confined to silver "bullion" alone—is the circu lation or issue department to be restrained from holding silver coin, as part of the silver bullion that the Bank will be entitled to hold? " It shall not be lawful for the Bank of England to retain in the issue department, at any one time, an amount of siver bullion exceeding one-fourth part of the gold coin and bullion at such time held by the Bank of England in the issue department." According to my notion, the word and between coin and bullion refers only to the word "gold ;" if so, the proportion of silver to gold can be only 1 to 4, or not as some persons imagine 1 to 3—the silver is not to form one-fourth part of the whole of the gold and silver bullion together; but to be equal to one-fourth part of the gokikoin and bullion only, so the silver will only form one-fifth of silver and gold jointly—these points had better be settled at this time than to have any quibbling after the Bill shall be come law.—Yours, &c. Ilfracombe,-June 28th, 1844. R. W. D. LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER. The intelligence brought by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship John Bull, Captain Corbin, which arrived late last night, respecting the deplorable loss of the Manchester steamer is somewhat interesting. It still bears out that which we have already laid before the public, that not a soul has been spared to tell the tale of her wreck. Amongst those at Cuxhaven hopes were entertained that some might have escaped by being washed ashore in the boats to the southward of the Elbe, but by advices received from all quarters, it proves to be a forlorn hope. This sur mise arose from the circumstance of its being known that the ill-fated vessel carried two boats, each capable of holding at least twenty persons, like all the rest of the steamers run ning to and from llamburgh ; but that conjecture was soon set at rest by the bow of one, and the fragments of the other, being picked up by the Victoria steamer in the course of Friday night; the former being identified by a white ball and red cross being painted thereon, the signal of the Com pany. The Hainburgh steam-ship had also conveyed to Hamburgh a portion of the wreck, but most parts of it were in small pieces—the effects of being dashed about by the breakers. Large quantities of the cargo have been found, and the accounts from Cuxhaven state them to be as fol lows :-614 packets of twist, 112 pieces of velvet, 55 pieces of calico, 10 packets of tulle, 199 packets of twist, 59 packets of calico, and similar large quantities are expected to be safely landed and housed in a few days. There has. also been recovered some ladies' clothes, linen, dresses, collars, and stockings, the latter marked " M. H. S." no doubt belonging to Mrs. St. George Smith or her daughters, they being the only female passengers on board. Down the coast at Busum, and at a place called Iledeivigenkoog, a quantity of manu factured goods have been cast ashore, and about 2,000 more bundles of twist, which have since been forwarded to Cux haven. As the John Bull steamer came out of the Elbe on Wednes day morning, Dodd, a pilot on board the pilot galliot boat, lying in the harbour, was spoken to for the purpose of ascer taining the latest information. The officers were informed that the wreck of the Manchester had been discovered sunken in twelve feet of water, in the neighbourhood of the Reissen sand, but the exact part could not be ascertained. Another party on board stated that the masts could be seen protruding through her bottom, but this operation is considered as im probable. The Reissen sand is situated about eight miles to the northward of the Vogel sand, and separates the latter from the Marl-bank, the spot where it was at first supposed the vessel bad been wrecked. Two partied have arrived at Cuxhaven from Hull, for the purpose of identifying the bodies washed ashore. One of them is a friend of Mr. Egington, a magistrate of Hull, with whom the unfortunate Mrs. George Smith and her daughter and son had been on a visit previous to their departure in the Manchester. The Transit steamer, on going out of the Elbe on Sunday evening, picked up the body of a man, which was supposed to be that of the mate. It was afterwards recog nised by the pilot at Cuxhaven as being one of their own people, who was lost out of his boat during the late gale. From the fact that the cabin clock and a watch being picked up, showing the same time (half-past one), there cannot be a doubt but that she was lost at that time on Sun day morning. The captain, Mr. Dudley, is said to have been a steady, experienced sailor. He formerly commanded the Innisfail, Newcastle steamer, then the Scotia, in the Ham burgh trade, and then the Express mail-steamer, fron - i Hull to Gottenburgh. The Manchester had two letter bags on board, both of which were of course lost. DEATII OF A JEW BY BLEEDING HIMSELF TO DEATlL—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on Barnett Barnett, a Polish Jew, aged 70 Tears. City police constable Ferrett, .624, stated that on priday morning last, about eight o'clock, he was on duty in Gravel lane, Houndsditch, when he was called into No. 7 in that street by a Mr. Durant, who told him he had seen foot marks of blood in the passage adjoining the room occupied by the deceased. He knocked at deceased's door, but not getting any answer, and finding the door locked, he broke it open, when he found the deceased sitting in a chair, quite insensible, and a large quantity of blood on the floor. Both his legs were also covered with blood. Witaess immediately sent for Mr. Dyle, a surgeon, who, upon examination, found that the blood was issuing from a small puncture in the right leg. The leg had a ligature round it, as is usual in cases of bleeding, and he had performed the operation in an appa rently scientific manner, having perforated the right vein for venesection. There was no doubt he had done it himself. The puncture was very small, as if done by a needle, no in strument being found near him. Mr. Pyle staunched the bleeding, and advised his removal to the above hospital. He never rallied, and died yesterday morning. the house-surgeon said from exhaustion, consequent upon the excessive loss of blood. There being no evidence to show what had induced the deceased to resort to such an extraordinary expedient on self-bleeding in such a part of the body, the jury, in the absence of such testimony, returned a verdict that " Deceased had died from loss of blood, from a punctured wound in his leg, but how or by what means, or by whom the said punc ture was caused, there was no evidence to show." TnE LATE COLLISION Orr GRAVESEND.—AD , JOURNED IxQuEsT.—Yesterday, at two o'clock, Mr. C. J Carttar, coroner for West Kent, resumed and concluded the inquests upon William Williams, aged nine years, and Ga briel Rosling Williams, aged eight years, the children of a waterman residing at Gravesend, who were drowned on the 12th ir st., by the Antwerpen steamer running down the Maria peter-boat. Mr. Watson, of the firm of Watson and Broughton, solicitors, Falcon-square, attended on behalf of Capt. Jackson, and the owners of the Antwerpen steam-ship, and Mr. Pelham for Jonas Knight, the Trinity House pilot in command of the vessel at the time of the accident. The Coroner having referred to the evidence of identity taken upon the two former occasions, several other witnesses were called and examined. Capt. Thomas Jackson, of the An twerpen steam-vessel, came forward voluntarily to give evi dence, and stated that the steam-boat was, at the time of the collision, in charge of Jonas Knight, a Trinity House pilot, who was taken on board at Margate. The vessel was of 600 tons burden, and belonged to a number of gentlemen residing at Antwerp. Witness was dressing at the time the accident took place, having quitted the paddle-box about ten minutes previously. The mate was assisting the pilot, but the latter had sole charge of the steamer. Witness had commanded vessels for fifteen years, and deeply deplored the sad event. He had ordered the expenses of the funerals, &c., to be paid, and done everything in his power to relieve the sufferers' re latives. The Coroner said that it had been proved by all the witnesses that the conduct of Capt. Jackson had been entirely free from blame. After hearing some further testimony, Knight, the pilot, was called upon his summons, when it was found he had suddenly left the room by the advice of Mr. Pelham. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Jonas Knight. SINGULAR SUPERSTITION.—On Tuesday a fisher• man residing in Woolwich, named Michael Sullivan, had been drinking rather freely during the morning, and, con trary to the dissuasive arguments of his friends, proceeded in his boat to the middle of the river to catch whitebait, and while engay.ed in hauling in his net was observed by several persons on shore to overbalance himself and fall into the river. Drags were immediately procured, and every attempt made to recover his body, but without success. Some of his friends insisted upon trying the following . singular plan to discover the body, but without the anticipated result :—A bundle of straw was taken to the middle of the river in a boat, and on her arriving as near as possible at the spot where he fell overboard, the straw was set on fire while float ing on the surface of the water, and allowed to be carried on wards by the tide, then running down, the parties in the boat expressing a firm belief that the fire would go out and the smoke cease to be evolved over the place where the body had settled in the river. The experiment failed entirely, as after considerable labour in dragging the river for some dis tance round the place where the straw ceased to burn and to smoke, the parties gave up further trial as hopeless, and the body has not yet been found. CHATHAM DOCKYARD, JUNE 28.—The Cruiser, 16-gun brig, to form one of the experimental squadron, will be put out of dock to-morrow. She is completely rigged, and has the greatest portion of her stores on board. The masters and pursers of the Mutine and Espiegle experimental brigs, as well as of the Cruiser, have arrived here and commenced their duties. These three vessels are expected to be put in commission in a few days. Workmen are busily employed in building 'booths for the accommodation of the public to witness the launch of the Retribution steam-frigate, which is ordered to take place on Tuesday next, at half-past one o'clock. Immediately after the launch a second class steam vessel, to be named the Bull Dog, will be laid down on the slip on which the Retribution now stands. The frame and timbers for this new vessel have already been brought Up to the neighbourhood of the slip, to commence immediately wills its building. The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, of two guns, Master-Commander Thomas Lean, left this port yesterday, for Woolwich, where she will remain to have the defects of her boilers made good. The Apollo troop-ship is nearly dis mantled of her rigging. She will be taken into dock on Monday, July 1, to have her defects may good, The Rev. Henry Hake, Perpetual Curate of Ast ley, in the couutv of Warwick, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of 'Worcester to the vicarage of Chilvers Caton, in the same county, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. George Hake. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. CUSTOMS.—Three officers of the Landing Depart ment, who have been some years in the service, have within the last two days been promoted to the office of Landing Sur veyors, in pursuance of warrants which have been received from the Treasury to that effect. These appointments are understood to have taken place in pursuance of a recommen dation by the Revenue Inquiry Commission to the Lords of the Treasury, for the establishment of Landing Surveyors to be increased from twelve to fifteen, to insure a more complete I supervision of the department. IRELAND. ORANGE PROCESSIONS. DUBUN, JUNE 27.—The Dublin Evening Post of this after noon contains the following address from Mr. Daniel O'Con nell, jun., " to the Repealers of Ulster, and particularly to the Catholic - Repealers :" "June 27, 1844. " Fellow-countrymen—The days are approaching on which, for many years, processions of Orangemen took place in your province of Ulster. It is not my intention to make any re marks on the proceedings of the persons heretofore engaged in such processions, or on the consequences that followed . thereon. I wish to bury all th ose by gon e ci rcu mstances in a generous oblivion ; and I call upon you, repeaters of Ulster, to do the same. Let us forgive and forget the past; let us do all we can for the future to conciliate and reconcile all parties. " It is said that it is intended in some places to hold Orange processions on the ensuing Ist and 12th of July. I hope the report is not true—and I believe that it is not true. But if it should happen to be true as to any locality, I do implore, adjure, and, I will say, command the repealers of Ulster not to oppose or interfere in any way with any such procession. You, repealers, should be too manly to beo ffended with any expressions that can be used by your deluded fellow-country men. Let the Orangemen amuse themselves with their pro cessions as much as they please for what you care. Should they—which is not probable—make any actual attack upon persons or property, seek the protection of the law and of the constabulary, and do not give your enemies any pretext to accuse you of riot or violence. " In short, brother repealers, your duty is, not to take offence at words, or colours, or foolish processions. Your business is, to offend nobody, and to conciliate, if possible, everybody. " Peace, and good humour, and conciliation, and Christian forbearance are the duties—the pleasing duties—of all honest repealers. There are many honest Irishmen in the ranks of those who were Orangemen. " Do not omit to inform your Protestant fellow-country men that, in looking for the restoration of the Irish Parlia ment, you are looking for that which would be of equal advantage to Irishmen of every class, creed, persuasion, and party. " Signed, on behalf of my father, " DANIEL O'CONNELL, ORANGE OUTRAGE AT PORTADOWN. ‘i - DANIEL O'CONALL, jun." There has been an investigation respecting the recent Orange outrages in this place. The result was, that infor mations were granted against thirteen of the Orange party. This outrage indicates the spirit in which the Orangemen would celebrate their anniversaries, should the Government allow Lord Stanley's Act against processions to die out. THE LATE TRAGEDY AT GORT. _ _ A coroner's inquest was held on Saturday on the bodies of the two sons of Peter Larkin, an account of whose horrible butchery by their own father was published in the Times of Monday. The first witness was Mary Larkin, the daughter of the murderer. She deposed as follows :—Her father is a pensioner at 9d. a day, from the 87th regiment of Foot. He went from his residence at Shanaglish to Gort on the morning of the 20th June (distance five miles) to buy potatoes ; he returned about 10 o'clock that night, at which time her mother, Bridget Larkin, was in bed in a room above the stairs. Witness was also in bed in an ad joining room (which had no door) with her two brothers, Bernard and Martin Larkin, aged 15 and 12 years. Her mother got out of bed and went down stairs to let her father in. They both in a short time returned. Her mother had a lighted candle in her hand, and her father a small bowl, and a bottle which contained about a pint of whisky. He poured about a noggin of the liquor into the bowl and gave it to her mother, who said, " Have you a mind to kill me ?" He said not ; that hewould take part of it himself, and they both drank it; 116 then went into the room where his daughter and two sons were, and compelled his sons to take one glass or better each, although they refused it several times ; he then poured out into the bowl a glass for his daughter, who refused to take it as she was a teetotaller, but he compelled her to drink it, and said that he would take the sin of it upon himself. Shortly after the two boys began to play in bed from the effects of the whisky ; but he told them several times to go asleep which they soon did, but be fore this he said he should go down stairs to dry himself ; her mother told him that the fire was raked out, but he went down and returned in a short time and extinguished the candle. He did not take off his clothes, and was finite sober. Witness fell into a sleep, and about four o'clock A.m. next morning she was awoke by an unusual noise in the bed. She saw her father leaning over her with a razor in his hand. He made an effort to cut her throat, which did not take effect, by means of a handkerchief that was about her neck; he then drew the razor across her right breast, and 'round her left breast, which he nearly severed from her body. She then put up her hands to save herself, and received a wound on the left hand and finger, at which time she plunged out of the bed .from him, and then saw her two brothers lying in their blood, and crying out " Father ! father! father!" at which time she saw her father draw the razor across their necks. He then made a desperate effort to catch herself be fore she got to the top of the stairs, but she was too fleet for bim, and made the street door, calling her mother, and in a moment removed a table that was against the said door and escaped, her father in chase of her. She was naked, and cried out murder, holding up her mangled breast with her hand, and wherever she walked the street was covered %.ith blood which streamed from her person. She re turned shortly after, met her mother at the door, having her youngest son Martin in her arms dying. A number of persons collected. The razor was taken from her father. He was sober. Cannot ascribe any cause for his having com mitted the act. Bridget Larkin, wife of Peter Larkin, corroborated her daughter's testimony in all that came under her notice be fore she fell asleep, and also that she and her husband drank about a noggin of the whisky in the kitchen before they went up the stairs ; and that she was awoke from sleep about four in the morning by her son, Martin, who came to her bed, and said that his father had killed them. She saw the • boy co vered with blood at the time, and his throat cut. She took him into her arms, and carried him down the stairs, where she saw her husband with a razor open in his hand. He then made furiously at her. She threw down the child to save herself, and with an effort threw her husband from her; in doing which she received a wound in the thumb, but es caped, having but her smock on. The two boys died almost immediately after. The prisoner was brought into Court at the latter end of the proceedings in custody of the police. He is a man between 40 and 50 years of age. The Coroner read the depositions, to all of which he listened with great attention, and at the conclusion said he did not want to deny having committed the murder, and expressed a wish he might suffer death for his crime. The jury retired for a few minutes, and returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Peter Larkin." SHOCKING CHILD CHILD MURDER.—Last night, at seven o'clock, Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, concluded an inquiry, adjourned from Wednesday, at th 3 Savoy Palace, Savoy-street, Strand, as to the death of a full-grown male child, the offspring of a young woman, named Sarah Hyland, who was house-maid at the above house, but is at present in the custody of the police. It will be recol lected that on Tuesday last the mother was discharged, and requested that her mistress might not look into an unlocked box which she left in her room. This caused suspicion, and upon opening it the body was found with a petticoat tight over the head, and the string tied with a double knot round the neck. There was also a severe bruise on the head. The evidence left no doubt that the young woman Hyland had delivered herself between the hours of six and eight the same morning, though she had always denied that Om was enceinte, and the inquest was adjourned, for the purpose of having the body opened. Mr. Walker, of Drury-lane, sur • geon, having stated particularly the mark of the string round the neck, the pressure of the nose on the face, and , a large swelling from the ear to the top of the head, said he had since made a post mortem examination of the body. On the head being opened, a quantity of reddish fluid was found extravasated on the brain. The lungs had been inflated, and upon being cut, bubbles of air exuded ; they also floated in water. He was of opinion that the labour had been a natural one, and that the child was born alive. The death had been caused by strangulation, suffocation, or extravasation on 00 brain, produced by pressure or violence, or the three causes might have operated almost simultaneously or conjointly. Mr. Snitch, also a surgeon, was examined, and stated, that on Tuesday he was sent for to the station-house at Bow-street, and saw Hyland, who at first refused to be examined, but at last consented, and upon his doing so was satisfied she had recently had a child. She could have delivered herself. After a groat deal of immaterial evidence, the jury consulted, and at eleven o'clock returned a verdict of " Wilful murder," against Sarah Hyland. STRANGE FREAK OF A MADMAN.—On Wednes day evening police-sergeant Squire, No. 14 K, was sent for to the Sunderland Bridge public-house, in Wapping-wall, Lower Shadwell, to take charge of t_ seaman named Raphael Brown, who was conducting himself In a very strange manner. He was calling out for a knife to cut his throat, and it was with great difficulty he was prevented laying violent hands on himself and others. Squire succeeded in pacifying him, and ascertained that he had been lodging at the Ship, King James's-stairs, since last Saturday evening, and that he had engaged a passage on board a steamer bound to the north, and when the vessel was ready to start he left his clothes on board and came ashore. He then began drinking enormous quantities of soda water, and, from Saturday night, when he first came to lodge with Mrs. Cooper, at the Ship, until Mon day evening, he managed to swallow 120 bottles of that liquid, and during the short time he was in the Sunderland, bridge public-house, he drank 35 bottles of soda water, but so far from cooling him, every bottle he drank increased his excitement. Squire managed to get him away from the Ship, under a promise to allow him more soda water, and after a further consumption of 15 bottles, he convey_ed him to the station-house, and procured an order from Mr. Ser geant, the relieving officer of St. Paul, Shadwell, for his ad mission into the union workhouse at Mile-end, where he now remains. It appears that the poor fellow was paid off fifteen days ago, when be received 371., and soon afterwards a letter from his father In the north reached hire, stating that his sister had gone out of her mind, which preyed so much on his feelings, that he became insane himself, commenced drinking large quantities of soda-water, and at one house, where he staid for a short time, he broke all the chairs and tables. While Squire was conveying him to the workhouse, he insisted upon entering a ginger-beer and mineral-water manufactory, where he dispatched seven bottles of soda water and ginger-beer in three minutes, and called for more ; but the proprietor, fearing the man would burst, declined opening him a further supply. KING'S COLLEGE.—Yesterday the distribution of prizes among the pupils of this establishment took place in the theatre of the College. Ills Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided on the occasion. The theatre was crowded by ladies and gentlemen, and within the circle sat the members of the Council, the Professors, together with the Bishop of Lichfield (the late Principal of King's College), Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and other persons of distinction. Dr. Jelf (the Principal) addressed the company on the onerous duties be had to perform, and briefly descanted on the incalculable advantages of education, when coupled with moral and religious instruction, The prizes (copies of the classics, &c.) were then distributed by the Most Rev, the Primate to the successful students in the various depart ments of literature and science taught in the College. Among the youthful scholars who were eenspicuously distin guished in classic lore was a son of Mr. Barry the architect of the New Houses of Parliament. HER MAJESTY'S CORONATION. — Yesterday being the sixth anniversary of her Most Gracious Majesty's coro nation, the Tower and Park guns fired royal salutes at one o'clock, and in the Tower the national standard was displayed throughout the day, and the church bells in the metropolis rang merry peals at intervals ; but there was certainly a con siderable lack of this kind of demonstration yesterday. At the entrance of the St. Katharine Pock the Union Jack was hoisted, and similar manifestations of loyalty were displayed from some of the monuments and other eminences throughout the metropolis. The shipping in the river and in the docks had their colours hoisted on the auspicious occasion. 'A settler in the neighbourhood of Mount Barker has produced this year fourteen quarts of prime strawberries, which he sold at s s. per plan t or Id. each, if, as we are told, sixty strawberries filled a (heaped meas ur e) quart. We hear of fine fruit in ever , direction. Many of the imported trees have thriven so well as to promise great encourage ment for ftiture importations at the proper season.—Austra lian Paper, THE NEW Vxcitair,--We have learned than Cap tain Willis, whetield the office of Gentleman Usher, for eight trove nine years past, has received a renewal of the appointment troalLerd Heytesbury.—Dublin Evening roe. ~; ~ . . ._ AQUATICS AT ETON COLLEGE. 1 ' I A very interesting trial of skill, whiclii iicited considerable interest amongst the amateurs of Wii 2 d4o r - an d Err, took -1_ 7 1.,... 1 place upon the Thames on Thursday e ertifig; -- betl4oMb°' --; 7 Lower Sixes" of Eton College; the tance; aboutitlA*• - 5 .../ miles, being f rom Wi n d sor -b r id ge to the tudtesimir Fick.`— The two boat s w hi c h started - (the Drealikagtiv triti;Lklirg . l4 Thetis) were thus manned : The Dreadnought—Miles, stroke oar; Fitzgerald, Nash, Alexander, Balguy, Mosely, Lawford, mi. coxswain. . The Thetis—Burton, stroke oar; Winter, Boileau, Suther land, Fredericks, Shipton, Mr. De Ros, coxswain. There was a considerable deal of bumping (a system which is allowed in matches of this description at Eton), from the Lower Hope up to the Rushes; in rounding which the Dread nought took the lead and kept it, winning the match by about two boats' lengths. A great number of the principal families of Windsor and Eton were present in the Lorras to witness the start and the finish. WRESTLING. The annual gathering of the wrestlers of Devon and Corn wall commenced on Monday last at Chalk Farm, and termi nated late on Thursday night, after three days' play, the finest perhaps ever witnessed. The liberality of the noble men and gentlemen of Cornwall and Devon, and other pa . rons of the sport, had enabled the Committee to procure the most celebrated wrestlers from distant parts of the respective coun ties, and also to give prizes so as to attract the "crack" men resident in the metropolis and suburban districts to enter the ring in competition. The Committee had anticipated the pre sence of the famous Devonshire champion, Abraham Cann, as " tryer," and which certainly would have given eclat to the meeting, but the veteran, by the pressure of business, was prevented from attending. The arrangements, however, were wry complete, and everything passed off in the most satisfactory manner, the only damper to the sports being the unpropitious state of the weather on Tuesday, but this was amply compensated for by the fineness of Monday, Wednes day, and Thursday, which doubtless was the means of at tracting a great portion of the spectators, among whom on each day we noticed several noblemen and gentlemen of dis tinction connected with Devon and Cornwall, and a number of well-known sporting characters. The ring was formed in the inclosure attached to Chalk Farm. To prevent any ill feeling among the competitors, it was distinctly stated that the rules of the Club would be strictly adhered to, and the play to be in the Cornish style, without shoes. Among the new men from Cornwall, whose travelling and other expenses were to be discharged by the Committee, were W. Hodge, J. Hodge, Bray, Bennett, and Lanyon, all first rate men. AlONDAY.—Umpires and a referee having been chosen, and the customary preliminaries arranged, the play commenced with a match between Truscott, a Devonshire man, and Bray, from Cornwall, the first of two back falls, which, after two hours of severe and scientific play, terminated in the defeat of the latter. The single play was opened by Richard Dyer and Bath, both of Cornwall, and after some very pretty play Bath was thrown. Some capital struggles then ensued between Gill, Williams, Lucas, Cocking, and Chapman, all of Cornwall, and several others. TUESDAY.—In consequence of the rain the play was de ferred till— WEDNESDAY.—The play this day was first-rate, the com petitors including W. Snell, Devon ; W. Hodge, Cornwall ; G. Snell, Devon ; Bennett, Cornwall ; Webber, Devon ; Lan yon, Cornwall, whose family have been wrestlers for the last three centuries ; Toogood, Devon ; J. Hodge, Cornwall ; Gaynor, Ireland; Hutchins, Devon; Bray, Cornwall; Wil liams, Cornwall ; J. Dyer, 3ornwall ; Truscott, Devon ; and Twing, Cumberland. At the close of the day there were nineteen " standards," thirteen Cornish men to six Devonshire men, consequently the odds were greatly in favour of Cornwall, which were freely laid by the natives of that county, and as freely taken by the men of . Devon _ _ _ THURSDAY.—The double play commenced to-day between W. Hodge and Gaynor, and the latter yielded to his ad versary. Lanyon then, after one of the finest bouts of the three days, threw Toogood in first •rate style. Snell, likewise, after a good tussle, threw Bennett. Hutchins yielded to J. Dyer. • Webber, after a capital bout, floored R. Dyer. Truscott defeated George (Cornwall), Chapman floored Twing, and Bray tumbled Lucas. G. Snell being absent when called forfeited to J. Hodge. Williams (odd man). THIRD ROUND. STANDING MEN.—Heavy Weights—W. Hodge, W. Snell, Lanyen, J. Dyer, Webber, and J. Hodge. Light Weights—Williams, Truscott, Chapman, and Bray. J. Hodge then threw J. Dyer, Lanyon yielded to Snell. and W. Hodge threw Webber (by consent). Chapman threw Williams, and Truscott gave way to Bray, having injured his foot on the previous Monday. FOURTH ROUND. STANDDM ME:v.—Bray, J. Hodge, W. Snell, and W. Hodge. Bray threw Chapman, and Snell threw W. Hodge. J. :odge (odd man). FIFTH ROUND. STANDING MEN.—W. Snell, Bray, and J. Hodge. Bray gave way to J. Hodge. W. Snell and J. Hodge thenplayed for the final fall, which, after a beautiful struggle, was won by Snell, amidst the cheers of the assembled spectators. The prizes were then awarded as follows :—First prize, W. Snell (Devon), 101. ' - second, J. Hodge (Cornwall), 6/. • third, Bray (Cornwall), 31.; fourth, W. Hodge (Cornwall), 1/. 10s. THE POETUGAL-STREET " GHOST."—For some nights past the neighbourhood of King's College Hospital, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn• fields, has been the scene of some excitement, owing to a report being spread that a " ghost" paid a nightly visit to the " grave-yard," at the rear of the hospital, between the hours of eleven and twelve. It was reported that an old woman was passipg the church yard between the above hours, on Monday list, when she saw the "ghost" distinctly; she was so frightened at the apparition that she fell into hysterics, and was conveyed home to her lodgings, in Clement's-lane, where she has remained in bed ever since, confident that she saw a " ghost." Several other people of the neighbourhood have been honoured by the visit; and in consequence of those reports, the grave-yard has been surrounded nightly by thousands of people, anxiously waiting for the appearance of the " ghost." The disturbance created by the mob, so near the hospital, has caused the interference of the police— a body of whom are stationed at the railings of the grave yard, to disperse the " ghost-seekers." It is reported that some of the students attending the hospital, have been hav ing " a lark," by frightening the old ladies, by dressing in a sheet, as some of the respectable inhabitants informed our reporter that they actually saw a figure (clad in white) moving about the grave-yard on Friday night last. Since the attendance of the police the " ghost" has not visited the grave-yard. SHOREDITCH CHURCH.—On Tuesday a meeting of the parishioners of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, which com menced at three o'clock and did not terminate until twelve o'clock at night, was held in the parish church for the pur pose of making a rate for the relief of the poor. As the parishioners entered the church, the Rev. Mr. Wicks, the Curate, was reading prayers, and after a lapse of a few minutes the service concluded. The conduct of the party was tumultuous throughout. The Chairman repeatedly called the meeting to order, amidst groans, yells, kicking against the pews, and cries of " Shame.") Mr. Pearce moved that a rate of Is. in the pound be made to meet the expenses. Mr. Thomas moved an amendment, that a rate of Bd. in the pound be granted. The amendment having been carried by a large majority, Mr. Pearce demanded a poll. The Chairman fixed the poll for Friday (yesterday). WooLwictr, JUNE 28.—The Rhadamanthus, steam troop-ship, Master-Commander Thomas Laen, having been employed in conveying troops from Guernsey to Hull, pro ceeded to Chatham in the early part of the week to embark troops for Ireland ; but, in consequence of some defect in her boilers, came round to Woolwich to have them repaired. She is expected to be ready for sea in three or four days, and will return to Chatham to embark troops for Cork. The Rattler was tried down the river yesterday, and went upwards of ten knots an hour, the greatest speed yet attained by the screw propeller. The Comet and Lightning, steam vessels, have had their defects made good, and, having been tried down the river, are now ready for service. The Goodwill sailed for Chatham on Monday ; and the Falmouth arrived at Dept ford, from Devonport, on the same day. The Agincourt, hired ship, Charles H. Fuller, Surgeon Superintendent, and the Lord Auckland, hired ship, John J. Lancaster, Surgeon Superintendent, are both lying off the Dockyard, Woolwich, with detachments of the 58th 'Regiment on board; and each vessel is expected to receive from 240 to 250 convicts from Milbank Penitentiary, to convey them to the penal settle ments in Van Diemen s Land. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Mendelssohes ora• torio, St. Paul, was performed last evening at Exeter Hall, under the composer's own direction, and the effect of his superintendence was sufficiently apparent in the accuracy of the performance, and the delicate shades of meaning which abounded in every part of it. It was evident that the So ciety had bestowed great care in its preparation. From the smoothness and clearness of the choruses, they must have been repeatedly rehearsed, and we never heard the instru mental band play so nicely together. The principal solo singers were Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Dolby, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. A. Novello, and Herr Staudigl, who alone was sufficient to stamp the character of the whole performance. His air, " 0 God, have mercy on me," was given with a strength of expression of which no previous performer had given us any idea ; it was evidently deeply felt by the audience. We have had such frequent occasion to speak of this noble composi tion, that it is unnecessary to enter into its merits ; it has, moreover, been so frequently heard, both in the metropolis and the provinces, that it is now well known to every lover of sacred music. We shall content ourselves therefore, with saying that its performance of last evening was in every way worthy of its greatness. Prince Albert, attended by his suite, was in the gallery near the orchestra. His Royal Highness had a score before him, and appeared to be taking a part in the choral harmony. On his entering the hall, he was loyally received ; and God save the Queen," sung by' that host of voices and instruments, had an effect which pro bably was never given to it before; STATE OF TRADE AT LIVERPOOL.---There Is but little to remark under this head. A moderate business is going on generally, while in some branches a material improvement is observable. The country trade has not yet regained the position it was in previous to the re verses of the last two or three years, and in the agricul tural districts, especially, there is still only a very slight increase in the demand for exciseable articles. In the manufacturing towns there is a prosperous business, and, from, present appearances, it is likely to continue. We have had a more general demand for cotton in the market, and prices of some descriptions are again a shade higher, the article, generally, bearing a more healthy ap pearance. Speculation has been engaged in to a small extent, but the large show of cotton in the market has prevented any very extensive operations. The losses to importers are very considerable, yet the large houses are free sellers. The West India interest cannot yet con ceal their disgust at the late Ministerial measures ; in deed, the continued fall in . price of sugar and coffee will suffice occasionally to remind them of the kindness of their friends. It is every day becoming more evident that unless some very stringent and additional clauses are introduced into the Sugar Bill, it must have the effect, when it comes into operation, in about six months, of reducing prices very considerably.—Liverpool Mercury. RAILWAY LOAN NOTES.—In the course of his era. mination before the Select Committee, Mr. Wyndham Hard ing, then Secretary to the Glasgow and Greenock Railway Company, stated that by a return to the House of Commons the Legislature had authorised 57,000,000 L to be raised by shares, and 21,000,000/. by loans, the loans being about 33 per cent. on the share capital ; whereas in reality 21 Com panies had expended 57 per cent. of borrowed money; and out of these 21 there had been raised by ten companies on loan 90 per cent. of the amount raised by calls. Mr. Hard ing's argument was, that the limitation by Parliament as to borrowing was prac tically evaded, was injurious to the Cont . panics, and ought to be removed.—Railway Record. 1 ~ r