The Sun. — London, England, 1839-07-04 00:00:00

I EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen rode out on horseback yesterday, accompa nied by the Princes of Leiningen, and attended by the Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Hon. Miss Cocks, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quentin, Lord Gardner, Hon. Colonel Cl vendish, Lord Byron, Lord Lilford, and Sir Fred. Stovin. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. The Royal Dinner Party at the Palace last evening in cluded Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Folkestone, Right Hon. G. S. Byng, Captain the Hon. H. A. Murray, and Mr. Luttrell. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Princesse s of Hohenlohe took a drive yesterday in a pony barouche and four. The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty yesterday at Marlborough House. The Duke of Cambridge dined with the " Nulle Se. cundus" Club on Tuesday at the Clarendon Hotel. The Duke of Sussex did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit to him on Monday for his picture of the Coronation. The Duchess of Gloucester left town yesterday for her resinence in Bagshot Park. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prin cess Augusta and Mary ofCambridge, went to K ew yes terday, returning to Cambridge House in the afternoon. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by the Rev. J. R. Wood, left Marlborough House yesterday for Sandhurst. A Committee of the Lords of the Privy Council on Eder. cation, sat yesterday at the Council Office. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy, and the Earl of Harewood had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. The Earl of Gosford, Mr. Robinson, Chief Justice of Upper Canada, Dr. Strachan, Mr. Stuart, and Mr. John Montagu, had interviews yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby at the Colonial Office. The Austrian Ambassador and the Bavarian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The High Sheriff of Kent had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home Office. Mr. Warburton, M.P., and Mr. Wallace, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial ' Office from the Governor l of British Guiana. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELTENHAM AND COTSWOLD RACES. T ES DA Y. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. ; for colts, Bst. 71b., for fillies and geldings, Bst. 31b., the produce of mares covered in 1835 ; those by untried stallions, or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b. ; if both, 51b. ; the win ner of the Bath Produce Stakes this year, 31b. extra. Mile and a quarter. (4 Subs. Mr. I saac D ay ' s b . f. Science,- by Defence (31b.) Pavis 1 Mr. J. J. Bristow's br. f. Margaret, by Dr. Faustus (31b.) 2 4 to 1 on Science.-Won easily by a length. The Prestbury Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added from the Fund ; three-yr-olds 7st. ; four-yr-olds Bst. ; five-yr olds Bst. 9b. ; six-yr-olds 9st. ; and aged 9st. 31b. ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. Three Subs. Mr. Sadler's Delusion, 5 yrs (Darling) 1 Sir. Bristow's b. c. Whirlwind, 4 yrs Mr. P. Pryse's gr. f. by Fungus, dam by Reubens, 3 yrs Betting -6 to 5 agst Delusion (taken), and sto 4 agst Whirlwind. Won by a length. • The Gloucestershire Stakes of, 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only sif declared; the second to save his Stake. The winner of the Somersetshire Stakes this year 51b. extra. Fifty-seven Subs., 38 of whom paid 5 sovs. each. Mr. C. Griffiths's eh.b. Lugwardine, 5 yrs. Bst. (Chapple) 1 M. V. Dolphin's The Skater, 6 yrs, 7st. 81b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :-Mr J. Fowler's br. h. Heron, 6 yrs, Bst. 121 b. ; Mr. Fairlie's Zoh rab, aged, Bst.; Mr. J. Meiklam's b. m. Modesty, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b.; Lord Exeter's ch g. Adrian, 5 yrs., 7st. 81b. ; and Lord Pal merston's Ashfield, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b. Betting -2 t o 1 agst Heron, 3to I agst the Skater, Bto 1 agst Zohrab, 9 to 1 agst Adrian, 12 to 1 agst Lugwardine, and 16 to 1 agst Aslifield. Won be a head. The Cheltenham Stakes of 5 soi. each, with 20 added from the fund, for any horse. Gentlemen riders; two miles. (8 Subs.) Capt. Lamb's br. h. Gardham, 5 yrs, list. 21b.(M'Donough) 1 Mr. Collett's d. m. Duenna, aged, last. 91b. Mr. J. S tevens's Talebearer, ' 10- 101 b yrs, last. 3 Mr. Fairlie's Don Sebastian, aged, 10st. 91b Won very easily by four len g th s . The Southam Stakes of 5 sov. e ac h, with 30 added from th e f he day of naming ; 3 yrs o ld, 7 st. ; 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. ; 5 yrs, ; 6 yrs, 9st. 121 b. ; and aged, 10 s t. M ares an d sta geldings allowed 31b. Winners of 100/. a t any ti me b e f ore _rting 51b. extra. T wo m il es . (8 S u b s.) Mr. -W• E• Holla n d named ch. f. Susanna, 3 yrs (Chapple) I W. Hervey's gr. c. Master Eady, 4 yrs Won by half a length. The Sh er b orne Stakes of 5 sovs. WEDNESDAY each, with 30 added from the fund, for all ages. To be. handicapped by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint. One mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. 1. Day na. Delusion, 5 yrs, 9st. 41b.... .... (Darling) 1 Mr. E. H o ll an d na. Ashfield, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b .. Mr. Bri s to w ' s Whi rlwind, 4 yrs, Bst. 2 Mr. Tome s ' s Eli za, 4 yrs, Bst .............. .......................... 4 Lord Seag rave na. Alzdorf, 3 yrs, 7st. 121 b Ashfield the favourite, who made the running to the distance, when Delusion made play, and won by about a length. Match, 50 soya, hr. ft. lOst. each. Gloucestershire Couise. Mr. G. V. Stanton's br. g. Salperton, aged (Darling) 1 Air- R. Glover's b. m. Maid-of-all-work, 5 years old 2 Won in a c an t er . The Tradesmen and Innkeepers' Cup of 100 sovs. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, h. ft Three horses to start, or the 100 sovs_ will not he added ' • Goodwood Cup weight s an d con di t i ons ; two miles and a half. (18 Subs.) Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway, 5 yrs (Calloway) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus, 4 yrs ... (J. Day) 2 Lord Segrave na. Caravan, 5 yrs (Pavis) 3 3 to 2 on the field agst Harkaway-3 to 1 agst Grey Momus, Grey Momus went away with the lead at a strong pace. Ilarkawaylying second, and forcing the running round the top turn, down the course, and into the flat, where he declined, and Caravan went forward, Harkaway taking up the running, and winning in a canter, the Grey beaten off. The Security Stakes of 10 soya. each, h. ft„ with 20 added, forany horse, Gentlemen riders ; heats, the last half mile. Mr. V. Dolphin na. Delusion, 5 yrs. 12st (Mr. Sadler) 1 Lord Set„ rave na. Duenna, aged, 10st. 121 b. (Mr. Powell) 2 Lord Waldegrave na. Huckster, 5 yrs. llst...(Capt. Pettat) 3 First Heat.—Delusion and Duenna made a race the whole way, Delusion winning by a length. Second Heat.—Delusion played first all the way and won by a length. The Victoria Stakes of 50 toys. given by the Ladies of Chel. tenham, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for the beaten horses of the meeting ; the winner to receive 50 sovs., the second horse 10 toys, and the third horse 5 sovs. The surplus of the Sweepstakes to go to the winner. Two miles. Capt. Fairlie's Zohrab, aged, 9st. 7lb (Cartwright) 1 Mr. J. Meiklam's b. rn. Modesty, 5 yrs., ist. 121 b 2 Lord Exeter's ch. g. Adrian, 5 yrs., 7st. 121 b. Arr. Bristow's Alzdorf, 3 yrs , 6st. 41b. A good race all through, won by three lengths. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LEWES, 1839. Handicap for the Lewes Stakes. almuek; six yrs, 9st 21b ; Obelisk, six yrs, Bst 21b ; Brig tolian four yrs, 7st; Taney Owl, four yrs, 7st; Romania, fo ur yrs, 7st ; Gimcrack, four yrs, Est 101 b ; Primus, four yrs, bSt 10% ; Olio, sister to Olympic, four yrs, Est 101 b ; f by Mer chant, out of Turquoise, three yrs, 63t 41b ; Secundus, three yrs, Est 41b ; c by M u l a tt o or Starch, out of Carew's d am , three yrs, Est; Egotist, three yrs, Est; Forlorn Hope, three Yrs, sst 91b ; and Nominee, three y.s, sst 41b. EGHAM, 1839. Handicap for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. `lreyills, four yrs, Bst 131 b; Toothill, six yrs, Bst 1 llb ; m f i ' Six yrs, Bst 91b ; The Skater, six yrs, Bst 41b ; Adrian, yrs, Bst. ; Telltale, six yrs, Bst ; Mervan, five yrs, Bst ; 1 , - 'Egville, f our yrs , i s t 121 b ; Ind us t r y, four yr s , 7st 91b ; ,Vrnborough, five yrs, ist 61b ; Slender, four yrs, 7st 61b ; a wneY Owl, four yrs, 7st 41b ; March, four yrs, 7st 41b ; Guardsman four yrs, ist 41b ; Hooghley, four yrs, ist 41b ; f. by Merchant., out of Turquoise, three yrs, Gst 71b ; The Drama, three yrs, 6st 51b ; Egotist, three yrs, Est 41b ; 10, three yrs, sst 121 b; and Diamond, three yrs, sst 121 b. WARWICK, 1839. Handicap for the Leamington Stakes. Harkaway, 5 yrs, lOst 71b ; Caravan, 5 yrs, 9st 1 llb ; The Potentate, aged, 9st 31b; Calmuck, 6 yrs, 9st 21b ; Grey Mo nu's, 4 vrs, 9st 1 Ilb ; Toothill, G yrs, 9st ; Heron, 6 yrs, 9st ; Kin Cowboy - 5 yrs , Bst 1 9 1 b • Abraham Newland, 5 yrs, Set 12Ib ; g Cole, 6 yes, Bst 101 b ; lon, 4 yrs, Bst 81b ; Barnacles, 6 yrs, Bst 51b ; Ernprise, 5 vrs, Set 51b ; Ruby, 5 yrs, Bst 51b; Telltal e , 6 vrs, Set 4ib ; Ste - Martin, 4 yrs, Bst 41b; Chit Chat, yrs, Bst 51b ; Alumnus, 6 yrs, Bst 3ib ; Modesty, 5 yrs, Sat 31b ; The Skater, 6 yrs, BSt 31b; Isaac, aged, Bst 31b ; Adrian, 5 y: s, Bst ; Talleyrancl, 4 yrs, Sat ; Botheration, 5 yrs, Set ; Lugwardine, 5 y'rs, 7st 131 b; Exorable, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ; ch c by Muley, darn Dulcamara, 4 yrs, 7,t 12ib ; Gadfly, 4 yrs, ist 121 b Paganini, 4 yrs, ist 1 lib ; Gilbert Gurney, 4 yrs, ist 111 b; Gasparoni, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b ; The Hydra, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb ; Piccotee, 4 vrs, 7st 101b;' Dormouse, 4 yrs, 7st bOlb ; D'Eg vile, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib ; George, 4 yrs, ist 101 b ; St. Andrew, 4 l yrs, 7st, 91b ; Rachael, 5 yrs, ist 91b ; Beggarman, 4 yrs, ist 91b ; Ole Bull, 4 yrs, 7st 911) ; Melodrama, 4 yrs, ist 71b ; Vertumnus, 4 yrs, ist 71b ; Wee Willie, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; The Drone, 4 yrs, 7st 51b; I-wish-you-may-get-it, 4 vrs, 7st 41b ; Ashfield, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Miss Etty, 4 yrs, ist 31b ; Gardliam, 5 yra, 7st 21b ; The Friar, 4 yrs, ist ; Maid Marian, 5 yrs, 7st ; 1190 ghley, 4 yrs, 7st; Cornborough, 5 yrs, 7st; Kensington, 4 yrs, 7st ; The Pedlar, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ; His Grace, 5 yrs, Est 1 21 b; Bilboa, 4 yrs, Get 101 b; Whirlwind, 4 yrs, 6st gib; Nim rod, 4 yrs, Gst 91b ; Ascanius, 4 yrs, Gst 91b ; The Dean, 3 yrs, Est 81b ; Medea, 3 yrs, Est 71b ; Hahneman, 4 yrs, 6st 714; Little Comberton, 5 yrs, Get 71b ; Query, 4 yrs, Est 71b ; Spring field, 3 yrs Est 51b ; Hazard, 3 yrs, 6st Mb ; Sarcophagus, 4 yrs, 6st 51b ; Eliza, 4 yrs, Est 51b ; The Nile, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ; Sir Mark, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Deceit, 3 yrs, 6st 31b ; Confusionee, 3 yrs, 6st. 21b ; Manumission, 3 yrs, sst 1 21b ; and Tubalcain, 3 yrs, sst 10ib. - - NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1840. TH U ItSDAy. General Grosvenor's Diploma, Bst 71b, agst Lord Albemarle's Clove, fist. T.Y.C. ; 100, h ft. BIBURY CLUB, 1840. SECOND DAY. Mr. Etwall's f by Tomboy, out of Mantilla, agst Captain Williamson's f by 1 o mboy, out of Benevolence ; Bst 71b eac h. Three quarters of a mile ; 200, h ft. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JULY 2.—Wind E. N. E., moderate.—Arrived the Stately, from Qaebec. Sailed the Gratitude, Ro. bertson, for Hobart Town ; Brisk, Han], Newfoundland Lord Wellington, Tate, Sierra Leone; and Warblington, Benson, Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3.—Wind N. E., to N. N. W. PLYMOUTH, JULY 2.—Wind N. N. W. FALMOUTH, JULY 2.—Wind N.. moderate. LIVERPOOL, JULY 3.—Wind N N. W., moderate.—Ar rived the Unicorn, Childs, from New Orleans ; Abeona, Barrow, Malta ; Achille, Camel, Barletta ; and San Fran cisco, ditto. Sailed the Mary, Hamilton, for Quebec ; Fenella. Malaga ; Malcolm, Sim, Singapore ; Cognac, packet, Todhonter, Cape of Good Hope ; Gertrude, Hodge, Brazil ; Sheffield, Allen, New Yurk ; New Jersey, Dixon, Boston ; Scotia, Leslie, Baltimore ; Chester, Van Dyke, New Orleans ; Pioneer. Grahrm, Alexandria ; Crawford, Quebec ; Petrel, Bell, Montreal ; Pagoda, Freeman, City Point ; Falcon, Thomas, St. Andiew's, New Brunswick ; William Russell, Bruce, Pernambuco ; Warrior, Wade, Lisbon ; Vestal, Gradem, ditto, and Monte Video ; and Azores, packet, Tugga, Algiers. Off port the North Star, from New York. MAGAZINES.-CONTINUED. THE ANALYST. The best essay in the Number before us, is that on " Elevating the Profession of the Educator," in which some useful suggestions arc put forth, in a spirit of ear nestness that impresses them on the reader's mind. The remarks on Ushers have truth and point to recommend them. " The Monk" is a tale not devoid of exciting iccident, but it is much too long. It should have been abridged at least one half. MONTHLY CHRONICLE. There is a very useful, practical article in this Number under the title of the " Thames Steamers and the Waterman," in which the case between the rival parties is fully and impartially stated. The water t men, says the writer, have lost some of their perqui sites of office, but they still retain many valuable ones, and may long continue to retain them, provided they will practise the very available accomplishment of civi lity. " George Sand" is an acute and spirited analysis of the works of Madame Aurora Dupin, one of the moat remarkable writers of young France. In the course of this analysis occurs an observation which we quote for its just and elevated character : " It is not good to prostrate oneself lazily and blindly before the grandeur of intelligence, and to make a vow to follow it without inquiring where it leads.. There are moments in which the pale and modest star that God has placed in simple bosoms, and which we call conscience, throws more light on the path of truth, than does the blazing comet of genius in her haughty wanderings." In the Essay on " Greek Funeral Inscriptions" there is some neat and elegant criticism, such as we meet with in the writings of Leigh Hunt, who perhaps is the author. " Studies of Undeveloped Characters in Shakspeare" sani ingenious notion adroitly worked out. We quote a Sonnet, which is of a most dreary, lugubrious character, but not deficient in fancy : A Shape of Grief it is words cannot paint That on my weeping heart its gaunt hand places, And with relentless strength, that leaves me faint, Crushes its salt tears out. Time, that effaces All other memories, makes this immortal, As if the deepest woe should also be The longest-lived: as though it were not well To suffer and forget—but, lingering, see The shadows darkening day by day upon The earth, blotting out all things fair and good, But showing still their spectres in the sun, Making the Past our Present. Hope, that stood Upon the horizon's verge, is vanished, And I am left alone, companioned with the Dead ! MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. This periodical is, what Johnson used to call a " good hater," and in a political diatribe, entitled the " House of Commons," speaks of Ministers in the most en venomed and uncompromising terms. We cannot deny the spirit and energy of the attack ; we demur only to its fairness. The writer is quite indignant with Govern ment for permitting the Ballot to be considered an open qnestion, and in consequence compares them to Cate line ! This is the only article in the Number worth notice. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. A Number well worth an attentive perusal, if only for the minute and lengthy critical notice of a Chartist epic, entitled " Ernest," from which Mr. Heraud gives nu merous extracts, some of which are of a bold—we might almost say original character. " Ernest," as we learn from the Review, is yet unpublished, but we suppose it will ere long be laid before the world. The " Remem hi ances of the Monthly Nurse," are not so entertaining as usual. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. The first article in this Number is the best, furnish ing us with some curious details of the rise and progress of Mehemet Ali, Pacha of Egypt, whom recent cir cumstances have again brought under the notice of European Cabinets. " Passages in the Life of a Sailor," is also a readable paper. FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW Contains all the Masonic intelligence of the last three months, together with several amusing miscellaneous arti• Iles in prose and verse. Among these last, is a graceful little poem, entitled " Dearest, I long for Thee," which we regret our limits will not permit us to extract. THE CHURCHMAN. Painter. This periodical, as its title imports, is intended to ad vocate the cause of the Church. To this there can be no objection, each sect having an equal right to set forth and defend its peculiar principles and doctrines. It is the manner and the spirit in which this is done in works of this description that is often so objectionable. A charitable construction of the motives which actuate those who differ from the law-established faith, would, we think, add much to the influence—we are sure it would to the character, of " The Churchman." SPORTING REVIEW. Craven continues to take a prominent place, and his July Review forms a valuable addition to the several subjects which he discusses with so much ability and good taste. All the pictorial embellishments, as usual, are first rate. We have at the outset the winners of the Derby and of the Oaks, both of which engravings, besides their high merit as works of art, possess the rather rare advantage of being good likenesses. Amongst such an abundance of good articles as are provided in the present Number, it were difficult if not invidious to select ony one from the assemblage. We shall there fore, whilst limiting ourselves to the expressson of a very high opinion of this Review, merely add that the Editor's remarks on the present crisis of English racing, brought about by well known events in the sporting world, are just and sensible. The present turf system is rotten to the core ; it requires a thorough revision ; and if the Jockey Club would uphold racing, they must set about the business of reform in a spirit of uncompro mising hostility to the pernicious innovations that have recently sprung up. MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF WELLING- TON. Part IV: The account of the great struggle in Portugal, shortly after the formation of the successful lines of Torres Vedras, is carried on with much spirit and animation in this Part, which is embellished by an engraving of Torres Vedras, in which we see a portion of the cele brated lines. ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. The Indian intelligence from month to month is al ways very fully and accurately reported in this periodical which is, or ought to be, a favourite with all who are in terested in such matters. The Number before us does credit to Mr. Alexander's tact and judgment as an editor. REPTOIV'S LANDSCAPE GARDENING. This is the first Part of Mr. Loudon's edition of Rep ton's Landscape Gardening, which it is proposed to il lustrate with notes, biographical notice, and copious ge neral index, and with upwards of two hundred appro priate engravings. Thus recommended, we have no doubt the work will take with the public. THE LIFE OF A SAILOR. Bentley, London, 1839. A republication in one volume of Captain Chamier's Life of a Sailor, and forming the fourth Number of Bentley's Standard Library. Two spirited engravings are affixed to the volume. LONDON AND EDINBURG II PHILOSO PHICAL MAGAZINE. Richard Taylor, Red Lion -court. The July Number of this Magazine is accompanied with a supplement, and contains a variety of articles on scien tific subjects of great interest to those who ate engaged in such pursuits. We are glad to see that this work con tinues to keep up its long-established character as one of the best of the pioneers in the cause of science, of which our country has to boast. THE CHURCH MAGAZINE. No. VII. We find little or nothing worthy of notice in this periodical. Like all others of its class, it is disfigured by one-sided views of religion, and want of charity for those who do not belong to the Established sect. This Number contains a smart attack upon the Record newspaper—the slop-pail of the ultra - Ev ange li ca l party in the Church—from whom it quotes the following ludicrous advertisement, as a specimen of the mis chievous cant which it is the means of circulating through the country :—" Wanted immediately, in a religious family, a pious nurse, with full breasts, and of Evangelical sentiments." The Number is embellished with a portrait of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the popular preacher of St. Jude's, Liverpool. THE EPISCOPAL MAGAZINE. No. VII. 'This is another publication of the same kind, but more inclining to high Church sentiments. Mr. Shut ticworth is severely handled for the late onslaught made on him upon " Tradition," for which the writer of the remarks alluded to very naturally stands up, as he sees that without this prop the very foundation of his Church would give way. Neither of these periodicals gives us a very high idea of the talent engaged in them. THE ASIATIC JOURNAL. The most interesting articles in the present Number of this periodical are " the Manners and Customs of the Japanese ;" " Persia," being a Review of Papers recently laid before Parliament ; the " Women of Hindostan and some Observations on the present state of the " Caucasian Nations." The intelligence from the East is scanty this month, but that little is well and lucidly arranged. PICTORIAL SHAKSPERE. PART IX. ILL U STRATED SHAKSPERE. PART 111. The present Part of the Pictorial Shakspere, which is the completest edition of the works of our great dramatist that has yet made its appearance, contains the entire comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor, judiciously annotated, embellished with numerous clever plates, and with a frontispiece representing the fat knight pinched, and thwacked, and kicked, and scratched y the supposed fairies under Hearne's oak, in Windsor PArk. The Illustrated Shakspere (Part III.) con tains also a portion of the Merry Wives, the introduc• tory remarks on which, by the Editor, are neatly written. Of the embellishments, which are designed by Meadows, the best is that of Bardolph, to whose immortal snout every possible justice is done. The portrait of Falstaff is, however, a decided failure. He is merely a mountain of inanimate flesh, without humour or expression of any kind. FAR2I.IER'S MAGAZINE. Contains much useful agricultural information, part cularly on the important subject of spring tillage. THE SUN, LONDON, THETRSDAY, JULY 4, 1539. MONTHLY BELLE ASSEMBLER Is etnbellishel witha portrait Oftl;;re7entguchess of Sutherland, engraved by Dean, from the celebrated original painting, which attracted so much notice at the Exhibition about ten years ago, of Sir Thomas Law rence. The Number contains, in addition, some pleas ing prose tales, and original anecdotes of the late Monk Le wis. THE SPORTSMAN. We have here a creditlble engraving of Bloomsbury, the winner of the last Derby, in his stable, unmounted. The details of this picture are skilfully handled. The engraving is followed by another, equally good, of the winner of the Oaks, Deception. Amongst the literary contributions we may notice Nimrod's " Chantilly Races," which cannot fail to be read and relished. THOMAS'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON. Part 111. HORNE'S HISTORY OF NAPOLEON. Part V. We class these two Lives together, for they both treat, with great perspicuity of details, on the same sub ject—are both impartially written—and both lavishly embellished with plates from the well known designs of Horace Vernet and other eminent French artists. The Life of Napoleon, however, that is to reach posterity, has yet to be written. Scott was too negligent, and oc casionally, though not so often as is generally supposed, too prejudiced ; Hazlitt, too uniformly and enthusiasti cally panegyrical. A judicious mean between both is what we now want ; but what we cannot yet expect to have, because we live too near the period of the great Emperor's glory. Meanwhile, the two Lives before us will answer a temporary purpose well enough. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. The Sixteenth Number, (which is the one before us,) is one of the best, if not the best, of this admirable tale, that we have yet read. In description, dialogue, and the development of incident, it leaves nothing to be de sired. The scene where the madman is discovered in Mrs. Nickleby's chimney, singing a love song, with his voice half suffocated with soot, and his legs sticking out in front of the fire place, shows how keen is Boz's ap prehension of the humourous ; but better even than this, are Mrs. Nickleby's comments on the conduct of the lunatic, eliciting, as they do, some exquisitely natural touches of self-conceit. We should premise that the good lady had already had one or two interviews with him—for he was her next door neighbour —on which oc casions, she attributed all his high-flown, frantic compli ments, to the excess of his love for her, her vanity blinding her to their manifest absurdity ; in the present instance, however, the maniac's disorder takes a new turn, and instead of flattering her as before, he addresses her as follows : " Avaunt—Cat " Sir I" cried Mrs. Nickleby, in a faint tone. " Cat I" repeated the old gentleman, " Puss, Kit, Tit, Grimalkin, Tabby, Brindle—Whoosh I" With the last word, uttered in a hissing manner, between his teeth, the old gentleman swung his arms violently round and round. " Mrs. Nickleby wasted no words, but uttered an ex clamation of horror and surprise, and immediately fainted away. " Kate," murmured Mrs. Nickleby, reviving when the coast was clear, " Is he gone ?" " She was assured that he was. " I shall never forgive myself, Kate," said Mrs. Nickleby—" never." That gentleman has lost his senses, and I am the unhappy cause." " You the cause ?" said Kate, greatly astonished. "I, my love," replied Mrs. Nickleby, with a desperate calmness. " You saw what he was the other day—you ACC what he is now. Making allowance for his being a little flighty, you know how rationally, and sensibly and honourably he talked, when we saw him in the garden You have heard the dreadful nonsense he has been guilty of this night ; can any body doubt how all this has been brought about ?" There is nothing in Fielding better than this. It is as true to nature, as that famous scene in " Joseph Andrews," where Parson Adams offers to walk four miles in the rain to fetch his favourite " Sermon on Vanity," in order to show that he has not a particle of that weakness in his nature ! But Boz is remarkable for his nice observance of character ; indeed, this is his prominent excellence, and brought out, as it usually is, by means of apt dialogue abounding in case, and truth, and spirit, no wonder that it carries all before it. The sketch of the old miser, Arthur Gride, is not one of our author's most felicitous sketches. There is something strained and exaggerated about it ; but the account of the man's dwelling, or rather den, is conceived and ex pressed with singular skill and energy. The subjoined passage will show how strongly Bez feels his descriptions, and how active and constantly on the alert is his sense of humanity. What novelist but himself would ever dream of endowing a house-clock with vitality —making it, in fact, a sentient being ?—" A tall, grim clock upon the stairs, with long, lean bands and famished face, ticked in cautious whispers, and when it struck the time in thin and piping. sounds, like an old man's voice, it rattled, as if it were pinched with hunger." We have said that Boz is remarkable for his nice observance of every-day life and peculiari ties, his sketch of the Miser's housekeeper whom he represents as talking " in that subdued tone in which deaf people commonly speak," is a striking instance in point. The illustrations to this Number, by Phiz, are admirable. The figure of Tim Linkinwater marching in a showoff style to captizav the supposed thief in the chimney, with the tongs clutched with a fierce grasp in his hands, and his grave, sp ectacied face, evincing quite an heroic determination of purpose, is far superior, we think, to any of Cruickshank's recent sketches. SPORTING MAGAZINE. The plates in this Numb er are exceedingly well exe cuted, especially the portraits of those two famous blood-horses, Bloomsbury rind Deception. The literary contents are pretty much tl3e same as usual. THE ROMANCIST. A collection, in quarto, of some of the most striking romances of the last half century and upwards, got up with remarkable neatness, handsomely bound in blue cloth, and cheap to a degree almost approaching the miraculous. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE STATIS- TICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. The Journal for th►a month contains some papers of considerable interest to those who are fond of sta- tistical inquiries. There are also two of general inte rest, from which we have already given some extracts, but which will repay the trouble of perusing at length —on the sickness and mortality among the Metropolitan Police Force, 1830-38 ; and among the troops in the United Kingdom. In the latter report some singular and new facts are stated" Much has been said about the unhealthy state of the troops in the West Indies, yet it appears that disease there is not so fatal as among a portion of the troops at home—the Foot Guards. The average annual mean strength of the depots in the West Indies is 3,246--the annual deaths 60 — the ratio of deaths consequently is 18.5 per 1,000, while that of the Foot Guards is 21.6, and the mortality among this body of men, is nearly one half higher than it is among the Dragoon Guards and Dragoons, being in the proportion of 21.6 to 14.5. We do not observe that this great difference is accounted for ; but the fact, that nearly twice the number of the Foot Guards, as compared with that of the Cavalry, die of diseases of the lungs, may lead to some discovery of the cause. There are also two useful statistical notices on the Population of Norway and Denmark, furnished by two Professors, natives of these countries. The following extract, relative to the working of the Marriage Act, is from the first Report of the Registrar-General on Births, Deaths, and Marri.-iges in England, in 1837-8 : " In the year ending Jo ne 30, 1838, it appears that 111,481 marriages were registered • 107,201 according to the rites of the Established 'Churc h—namely, 9 by special license, 13,677 by license, 6 8,410 by bans, and 493 by a certificate from a Superintondent-Registrar ; while in 21,612 instances it was not sti led in which of the foregoing forms the marriage was performed: 4,280 marriages took place not according to the rites of the Established Church —namely, 2,976 in registered places of worship, 1,093 in t h e offices o f Superintend ent-Registrars, 76 between Quakers, and 135 between Jews. In the first quarter 24,030 marriages were registered, in the second 34,449, in the third 23,201, in the fourth 29,801. The mean of the three last quarters was 29,150 ; and this would make the annual number 116,600, while, according to former esti mates, the number should have been 116,000." THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE. Wylde, Chairing Cross. __ Among the original papers in the present Number we find a description, accompanied with a diagram by G. Rennie, Esq., of the Turbinie, a new species of horizon tal water-wheel, which has excited much attention on the Continent, and seems well worthy of being adopted in this country. It is strongly recommended by its sim plicity, its effectiveness, its adaptation to situations in which, a vertical wheel cannot be employed, and by its occupation of a small spac,t:. The Editor's " Observa tions on raising additional Capital and Loans," are valu able, and deserve the seriou s consideration of railway proprietors. "An Account of Nautical and Hydraulic Experiments, by the late Colonel Beaufoy," will not fail to interest the scientific reader. This number contains several other useful articles erg c ommunications which will be found interesting, not to scientific readers only, but to the public, who are every day becoming more dependent on steam-boats and railroads. In the course of the last month and a few days of the end of May, not fewer than eleven rail roads have been opened, or the original lines continued from ten to sixteen miles, in different parts of England. One feature of this Number affords much gratification, because it urges on Railroad Directors the considera tion of a change which we have long advocated, and which we consider alike essential to the proprietors and. the public—the reduction of the fares for til6 interest of the passengers. In almost every line the high fares have operated to the disadvan tage of the undertaking, and when Directors know how little additional expense they would incur in conveying 100 passengers in place of 50, their obsti nacy in this respect is quite unaccountable. A witness on the part of the Southampton Railway Company stated before the Select Committee on Rail ways, his belief that " in a distance of thirty- eight miles the difference of expense to them would not be 55., whether they carry 50 or 100 passengers in one train." Yet, notwithstanding- this evidence of indeed a well-known fact, they still charge 3d. per mile for first class passengers. Another proof of the absurdity of the system is the small proportion of individuals that travel in the first class carriages. On the Great Western the number of passengers is four of second class to one of the first, and in many others the proportion in favour of the cheap class, we believe, is considerably greater. On this subject a writer in the Magazine makes the following judicious observations :—" This seems to be a branch of the general statistical law, that what is the cheapest will be most widely distributed ; and it is not the only application of it to which the attention of Rail way Managers might be called. It is established that the cheaper the fires are the greater amount is received ; and it is well worth the while of some of the Companies to act upon this rule. Were the fares to Birmingham reduced to 10s., only from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning, the number of passer)! gers would infinitely increase, as it would be little mo; • than the price of a trip to Margate." A good engine can convey a thousand passengers. The " North Star" engine on the Great Western Line took a train from London to Maidenhead, a distance of 26 miles, in less than an hour, and that train contained 617 passengers, nine coaches, and fifteen horses ; and taking the esti mate of ss. for every additional 50 passengers for the distance of 38 miles, the expense to the Company for conveying 1,000 passengers, in place of 500, to Maiden head, would be only 355.! In the summary of the First Report of the Select Committee, some curious details are given as to the erroneous estimates of the expenses of projected Rail ways. In the Southampton Line the cuttings were estimated at 6d., but have cost more than Is.; by one deviation at St. George's Hill they knocked off three millions from a cutting, which was to be three millions and some odd thousands—the land was estimated at 90,000/., and it has cost 260,000/. The first estimate for the Liverpool and Manchester was 300,0001., thought very full at 510,000/., and it has cost 1,200,000/. ; aad in a notice on the Eastern Counties Railway, it is as serted that " Lord Petre managed to bind some of the Directors to pay him for land—which any man would have considered, well sold at 3,000/.—and an alleged da mage, 120,000!.!" DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The raciest article in this Number is the review of Crofton Croker's Popular Songs of Ireland. We are puzzled to determine whether it is from the pen of Father Prout or of Dr. Magian, but one or other of them must have written an article, of which the follow- ing is an extract, and a fair sample of the whole : In his note upon " Barney of Macroorn," Croker re marks, " it is difficult to form a correct estimate of the quantities of whiskey punch which may be comfortably dis cussed at a sitting." We sincerely trust it is. At least, we should be sorry to sit down twice with the roan that kept s score of it. Put a fire under the pump, said old Giles Dackson, and be perpetually bringing up hot water. We never hear of any other gunge attempted than this one. To think of an allusion to a temperance society in a work called the " Popular Songs of Jreland l" It is fortu nate for our old friend T , the rector of Carrickma cross, that the Lord sent for him before he read this. He never would have held his head up after. Poor T---, his testimony in regard to strong drink would not have sup ported Crofton's. I must tell you a story about him. When the Duke of Richmond—the only Lord Lieutenant, after all, we ever really had—was making one of his little excursions in Ireland, he chanced to spend some days with Lord Blayney. Now, though the Lord himself was a very respectable pull at the decanter. he was nothing at all to be compared with the Duke. " What w ill become of me ?" says Lord Blayrey—" there is no one here fit to drink with his Grace, and I'll be ruined entirely if he goes to bed dry. Major Hitchcock is laid up in the barracks, with leeches on his head, and T —n, they tell me is at the visitation." The more he thought of it, the more puzzled he was; till at last he determined to send an express for the rector to Armagh, where they caught him just going to dine with the Primate, for he preached the visitation sermon that morning. His Reverence knew what was meant, and, making an excuse to the Archbishop, set off with all speed to Castle blayney. He just got in when they had finished dinner; but little he cared for that ; there was plenty of port, and some very crusty old hermitage„ and he soon consoled himself. Well, a pleasanter evening never was heard tell of than they passed. T-- told some cf his best sto ries, and the Duke laughed so heartily that be nearly cried, and at one time he fell down, and they were all frightened, thinking it was apoplexy, for lie was nearly blue in the face ; but it was only laughing ; and small blame for to laugh, for Billy T was sitting upon the hearth rug, singing Lazarus and Dives in such a way as would half kill the chapter and all the prebends if they heard him. Well, a little after two o'clock they were all under the table except his Grace and the Rector. . . " Now, Mr. T-," said the Duke, " you know the ways of the house. Could we have a little of something warm ?" By all manner of means," said the other, rino'ing a private bell in the corner of the room, which was al7vays a sign for spirits and hot water--" and I was only waiting for your Grace to say the word, for I'm getting a little husky. Port is a mighty dry wine." The material came in, and at a little past four, his Grace gave in and lay down on the carpet, and T went home across the fields, looking as fresh as a rose, and with a great appetite for breakfast. Well, this went on for three evenings, and the Doke at last, who never was beat before, could not help feeling surprised at the rosy colour and pleasant looks of the Rec tor, when every body else about him was suffering from the late hours and hard drinking. " you're a wonderful man," says his Grace. " Upon my conscience you ought to be a bishop." "Ah, I don't know, )our Grace," said timidly. " But you ought, though. Da you know, you're the only man that ever drank me down. And ye have a beau tiful voice. We must see about ye. But mind, you must not go on this way : no health, no constitution could stand it." " Mine is getting very used to it by this time, my Lord." " But are you never the worse for any thing you take ?" Never, my Lord." " Think, now, for a moment—never is a strong word, and you must have had some stiff bouts of it in your time. Pray, now, which do you reckon the hardest night you ever had ?" " Let me see. Well, then, the severest drink I ever took was with his Lordship's mother there, rest her sowl, for she's in glory." " With niy mother," said Lord Blayncy, starting up. g, Why, T---, what are you at now ? Do you know what you're arc saying ?" " Perfectly well, my Lord, and I repeat it, that was the hardest night I ever got through." "By Jove, this is good," said the Duke. " Now, T--, give us tlie account of that same evening, for I'm rather curious about it." , 6 Willingly, my Lord. and briefly, too. I was dining here one dey after a very bard day's hunt—we were just in our fifth bottle of claret, getting comfortable and warm, after the fatigue of the day, when a servant came to say that some one wanted to see me at the door. " Send him off, the, ; saidnyl4Ord, ;this is no time—' " But it may be parish business," said I. "The more reason, you can't do any thing now." " I wager ten pounds it's some news of Cathogue," (one of the best hounds in the pack, that strayed from us in the morning), said old Nicholson. " Maybe ydu're right," said I, jumping up at once, and rushing out of the room into the hall, where I was prettily annoyed to see my old sexton with a cock-and-a-hull story of a funeral. I was so vexed at the time, that as I turned to go back, I mistook my way, and instead of reaching the dining-room, found linyself, alter some serpentining, in Lady Blayncy's boudoir, as she used to call it. There she was, all alone, drinking tea at a little table, as com fortable as might be. " Oh, how kind of you, Mr. T—," said she, as I came in ; " you've left the dining-room early. May I offer you a cup of tea ?" " I never, someway or other, could refuse any thing like drink. If it was an apothecary, I believe; himself, who asked me, I'd pledge him in senna mixture—out of habit, I suppose. So I said, With the greatest pleasure, and down I sat ; and sure enough, we both set at it in right earnest. I never drank fairer in my lif e ; fillingup and clearing off, just as if I was in the dining-room. Sixteen cups of tea my lady finished that evening ; and when I saw that she was hard aground, I called for the seventeenth, and took it off in a bumper. But, will you believe it, that night's hard drink I never recovered for three months ; but then I have a safe conscience about it, for I always drank fair." Now, Crofton, there was a picture of a pleasant man, and a good ; that was a real Biblical, and liked his tipple ; and not one of your modern, whey-faced, thin nosed gene ration, that pray for the end of the world, and petition for the " bither observance of the Sabbath. ,, Rest his soul, he's gone now. I hope and trust they put up th e monu ment to him they promised in Armagh cathedral, w hi c h, your face , to the slack." after enumerating his titles, virtues, &c., conclud e d i n th e with beau him i l n a nag coal-hole, a g l e . h o o f l e, with Giles .) ack so n "Y e m i g h t d r i n k " Jim Sullivan's Adventures in the Great Snow," supply mirth enough for the dispersion of a legion of blue devils. The Anthologia Germanica," is continued this month, with translation s from Wet zePs Poems, in a style far superior to the com mon-place, wishy-washy s tyle of the originals. Harry Lorrequer's continental " Gossippi nit; - s ” are very prosy. His dissertations on French Criminal Jurisprudence are almost as dull as Sir Edward Sugden's Treatises on the Law of Evidence. The other articles are all Reviews of books, which have already . been noticed in The Sun—as Burbidge's Poems, Gleig's Germany, Bohemia and Hungary, and Lady Chattel ton's Rambles in Ireland. We regret to see so many Reviews, and so few original Tales and Essays in this periodical. LIBERATION OF ANOTHER CIIMITIST LEADER. —Mr. Thomas Powell, of Wolchpool, whose in careeration took place on the 6th of May last, was libe rated on Friday last. Dr. Johnes (a Magistrate of the County) and Mr. Watson, bookseller an d p u bli s h er o f t h e City-road, having entered into the necessary sureties, bail to;the amount of 1501. each. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JUNE 27,—The Commercial Council of Ge noppe has sent a petition to her Majesty the King of the Belgians soliciting the re-instalment of the Baron de Stassart. On Tuesday there was a meeting of the Electors at Molenbeck for the purpose of voting their approval of the address which the Electors of Brussels have presented to Baron de Stassart. The proposal was carried by ac clamations, after a speech in praise of his conduct in his post as Governor of Brabant. BRUSSELS, JUNE 21.—The official part of the Moniteur Beige gives notice that the number of persons required for the service of the roilroads is now compete, and that most arrangements have been made that no more will be required for the sections of the road which will soon be opened. The Minister of Public Works, therefore, cannot possibly comply with the applications for employment that have already been made, or which may be made in the sequel. He thinks it his duty to give this notice that the applicants may not neglect, through a false hope, any opportunity they may have to procure em ployment in some other manner. If he had not replied to each of the applicants individually, it is because their number amounts to 8,000. The Echo du Luxemburg has the following article:— Since the delivering up of the territory, the Receiver and Clerks of ate Belgian Customhouses had fixed their office at Steinfort, in a house on this side of the bridge which no more belongs to that village. On Monday, about noon, 40 or 50 Prussian lancers and hussare, with M. Munchin at their head, came and drove away the Belgian officer with very little ceremony, as may be supposed ; they carried off the money as well as the scales and the books, to all which they had no right whatever. We will not examine what right Belgium has to have officers at Steinfort; however that may be, and allowing that ifilgium is in the wrong, it must be confessed that this is a strange proceeding on the part of a State which, but a few days ego, concluded a treaty of peace with us. The Belgian Commissioner; have refused to deliver up the village of Martelange to the Dutch Commissioners, whom they met at Steinfort. On Monday it was reported at Asten that a body of Prussian troops was marching to Marielenge. Measures for opposing this expected invasion were immediately taken, and three Brigades of Gendarmes and the troops at Aslon were sent in all haste to Martelange. On the following morning it was known that no attempt to take forcible possession of Martelange bad been made, and that Mr. Munden alone had been there to endeavour to persuade the Authorities to deliver up the place, which they refused to do. Our troops occupy the village, and , every precaution is taken to prevent a surprise. They are ordered to use all means to cause the possession of the village by Belgium to be respected. Yesterday the King gave an audience to Mr. Seymour, the English minister. FhON FIEPS OF SERVIA, JUNE 13.-1 hasten to inform you that Prince Milosch has abdicated in favour of his eldest son. This act of abdication is drawn up in all due forin and si g ned by the youn g e r P r i nce Mi c h ae l, i n t h e name of his father. As soon as this document was heard before the Senate, a deputation, accompanied by most of fle principal persons in:effice, was dispatched to the Prince at Milan, who is so ill as to bo almost beyond hope of recovery, to acknowledge him as Sovereign. Though all this has passed in Belgrade almost under my own eye, it is difficult to give particulars without risk of making some erroneous statement; yet it seems certain that the result of the in quiry into the late attempt at re-action shows that Prince Milosch himself contrived the insurrection in order to govern as an absolute Sovereign. It was even proposed to declare destruction to the Constitution, sanctioned by Rus sia and the Porte, but this idea seems to have been laid aside, though it is said that the Prince, who wishes to go and end his days on his estates in Wallachia, is under a guard. Five Senators have formed a Regency, and a deputation is going to Constantinople. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN AMERICA.—An American lad, between 17 and 18 years of age, named John Mayland, was brought on Saturday before Sir PETER 'whir., who sat for the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed his brother, a wholesale grocer in Mobile, in the United States, of between 8,000 and 10,000 dollars in American notes and silver. The complainant, who seemed to have a strong affection for the prisoner, very reluctantly stated the circumstances of the robbery. He said that he was convinced that the prisoner had been persuaded to commit the offence by a young man who was a book-keeper in the house, and who accompanied the prisoner to New York, and from - thence to England. The complainant, upon discovering that he was plundered, set off in quest of the thieves although in a miserable state of health, and travelled by steam from his place of business to New York, a distance of 2,300 miles, from whence he set off for Liverpool. At Liverpool he succeeded, through the activity of Mr. Dowling. the Commissioner of Police, in apprehending the fugitive book-keeper, who had upon his prrson a considerable sum in American bank notes. The pri soner, however, having heard of the apprehension of his companion in iniquity, immediately quitted Liverpool for London, and arrived in the metropolis a few days ago. Bills were printed off in Birminghim by the direction of the complainant, accurately describing the prisoner, and offering a reward for his apprehension, and the Metropo litan and City Police received notice. The book-keeper was in custody at Liverpool, and had delivered up the share of the plunder he had pocketed. Sir PETER LAURIE (to the prisoner)—Which of you in duced the other to commit this robbery ? Prisoner—The book.keeper persuaded me. 1 . . Sir PETER LAUhIE —ls this property your brother's? Prisoner—Certainly it is. I was going to return to Ame rica u ith it to bim. Sir PETER LAvarn—A very likely thing I I see that you arc a very bad fellow. Why. if you were seized with con trition; .4id you run away from Liverpool, when you found that your brother pursued you? Prisoner—l didn't know how he would treat me then. Sir PETrill. LAURIE--You robbed him of all this property, and he has followed you at the risk of his life in a wretched state of health many thousands of miles, yet you are quite indifferent about the serious injury to him, or the disgrace to yourself. Prisoner—l came to London with the ititen tion of going back to give him his money. John Forester, the officer, stated that the prisoner had, upon his arrival in London, exchanged at a bullion•shop 701. in American dollars for sovereigns. Witness had traced the prisoner from place to place, and the lad was at but met by Smith, policeman No. 93, who knew him from the description.in the bills, and took him into custody in Cheapside. The prisoner said that his name was Hill. Smith (93 policeman) said that he had seen the bills at eight o'clock in the morning, r al watched in Cheapside all persons whose appearance answered the description. The moment he beheld the prisoner he knew him to be the party described. John Forrester said that the prisoner had taken care to have the bank-notes stitched up in his coat. The sove reigns which had been received by him at the bullion-shop were not to he found, and the prisoner did not seem dis posed to give them up. Sir P. LAURIE—Is it possible that he could have thought of keeping the sovereigns? Prisoner—l'll give them to him, if he comes with me. Mr. Mayland said, he was sure that his brother would be sorry for what he had done, and return all the money he could, and begged that the Lord Mayor would dismiss him. Sir P. LAURIE—I will not allow him to go away from our custody until he gives up to you every halfpenny. Let Forrester go with him and receive the money. Mr. Mayland very thankfully received the notes found upon his brother, amounting to about 3,000 dollars, and paid the reward he had offered. He had already received from the book-keeper the portion which that person had kept as his own share. John Forrester afterwards called at the Mansion-house, and stated that the boy bad lodged the 701. in the hands of the landlord of the house in which he set up, who at once handed it over to the owner. A DRUNKEN GENTLEMAN.—A man, of very respectable appearance, named Priestley, of Hyde -street, Bloomsbury, a descendant, we understood, of Doctor Priestley, was brought up, charged with having been blind drunk in a cab. The cabman said that the defendant got into his cab at night, and ordered him to drive to Lawrence Pountney lane and other places. Witness found that the gentleman did n'ot live at any of the houses to which he directed the cab to go, and was obliged to obtain the assistance of the police, as the gentleman began to " shoot the cat" all over the vehicle. At last the witness drove him to the station-house, where he was stripped of his filthy clothes. Sir PETER LAURIE (to defendant)—Why, sir, you are old enough to care of yourself. Defendant—True I am, Sir, and I am ashamed of the condition in which I M. But I assure you solemnly that I was never drunk before. Sir PETER LAUME—SO every drunken fellow tells me. —(Laughter. ) The 'lnspector said that in a private pocket of the drunken gentleman the person who took his clothes to be cleaned found 1401. in Bank-notes, and a bundle of railway share 3. Defendant—lt is quite true I had the property about me. Sr PETER LAURIE..--It was well yriu fell into the hands of our police; if you had not, probably you would have lost all the money. Defendant—l would have deserved it for allowing myself to be led to drink myself into such a brute. Sir PETER LAURIE—Take care how you repeat tha dose. It is a dangerous thing for a man of your years to begin to get drunk when you ought to be leaving it off.—(Laugh ter.) Defendant—No one shall ever see me in such a state again as long as I live. Sir I'ETREL LAURIE—I believe that the Magistrates will soon have the power of sending drunkurds to prison for seven days for each detected offence of the kind. It is too hard that a rich man to whom the fine of five shillings is nothing, should be punished in no other way, while the poor man, to whom that sum is a great deal, should be sub jected to the same penalty. Take care of a week's impri sonment. Defendant—l never will drink again. Sir PETER LAURIE—Very well ; pay the penalty, and pay the cabman and the police for taking care of you. The defendant very willingly and gratefully paid the pe nalty and all the expenses, and departed. BOW- STREET. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—A man named John Marchant, was charged with the following impudent robbery-:—lt appeared that while Mr. Inman, a shoemaker, in Holborn, was opening his shop on Friday morning, the prisoner slipped in unperceived ar.d helped himself to six pair of boots, which he put in a bag. Mrs. Inman asked who he was, and he said he had just bought the boots of her hus band, who was at the door, and paid for them. She called to her husband to know if that was the fact, upon which the prisoner bolted out of the shop, but was fol lowed and taken into custody. Committed for trial. THE STORM.—We continue to receive from all parts of the kingdom accounts descriptive of the devae• tation occasioned by the recent storm. Its effects appear to have been severely felt in Scotland. The rain appears to have fallen with unprecedented rapidity, and to have inundated several places. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 3. The Earl of SITAFTESIIVEY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack shortly before Four o'Clock. The Pontefract Honour Courts Bill was read a second thne and ordered to be committed. The South Eastern Railway Company's Bill was read a third time and passed. Wiguelin's Divorce Rill went through Committee and was orderel to be reported to.morrow. The Sugar Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then adjourned to to.morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. The Newport Docks Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord JAMES STEWART presented two petitions from Ayr, and Lord DALMENY presented a petition from Stirl ing, in favour of a uniform rate of penny postage. On the motion of Mr. R. PALMER, the Reading Cizporation Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. The Lords' amendments to the White Lead Company Bill were agreed to. Mr. C. LUS HINGTON presented a petition from the Ministers and Elders of a congregation in Perth, against the monopoly of the Queen's printer in Scotland, and pray ing that it might not be renewed. Mr. BE A MIK' presented a petition from Cork, com plaining of certain excise regulations. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce, Sheffield, and from the Protestant Dissenters of Sheffield, in favour of a uniform penny postage. Lord J. RUSSELL brought up the Ecclesiastical Pre ferments Suspension' Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. C. BULLER presented a petition from F. Wardle, of the City of Londonderry, to which he wished to direct the attention of the House, as it complained of a grievance iiithcted by an Act of Parliament. A petition was presented against the return for the City of Londonderry at the last election, and the petitioner was compelled to attend the Committee as a witness. He had received a certificate from the late Speaker, entitling him to receive 1261.-10 s. from Mr. Watts, who had petitioned against the return. Mr. Watts had paid him 100 L, and had refused to pay him the balance. The Act `of George IV. specified that, in such cases, the amount of costs might be recovered by an action of debt in the Courts at Westminster, but thera was no enactment stating how debts were to be recovered in Ireland. Consequently the Courts of Westminster had no jurisdiction in this case, and conld not compel the at tendance of the defendants, consequently the only remedy given to the petitioner was absolutely unavailable in law. He believed the same evil existed with regard to Scot land. There was still one remedy open to him, he might proceed against the recognizances, but they bad been dis charged by the verdict of the Committee, for as soon as the Committee had presented their Report the recognizances were discharged. The petitioner complained that he was therefore without any remedy, and was unable to recover the sum of money due to him. The case was one of pe culiar hardship, and he was anxious to call the attention of the House to it. The Hon. Member was proceeding to read at length the allegations in the petition, when An HoN. MEMBER rose to order. The SPEAKER said, if the individual grievance was one requiring immediate redress, the Hon. Member might read the petition at length, but not otherwise. The petition was then read at length by the clerk at the table. Lord ASHLEY presented petitions from Blackburn and Manchester against the Government plan of national education. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BERNAL, a new writ was ordered for the Borough of Ipswich, in the room of Thomas M. Gibson, Esq., who had accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.—(Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches. ) Mr.' - O'CONNELL gave notice that on Tuesday next he should call the attention of the House, to the petition of Mr. Bradshaw. Mr. G. PALMER gave notice that he should to morrow bring under the notice of the House the Report of the Committee on Shipwrecks, and move for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent vessels loading their decks with timber, on coming from British North America, after the lit of September next. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL. Mr. SHAW gave notice of certain amendments, which it was his intention to move in Committee, on the Irish Municipal Bill. They were rather long, and therefore he would hand a copy of them in, so that they might be printed with the Votes. In substance some of them were as follows. First, he proposed to preserve the rights of freemen under the Irish Reform Act by the present Bill. He proposed to amend the franchise clause, so as to substitute a 101 franchise, composed of the net annual value at which the premises should be rated under the Poor-law Act and the landlord's repairs, for the a franchsie proposed by the Bill. To omit the 92d clause, which would qualify all rated inhabitants of parishes after three years' residence. He proposed to insert a clause compelling the proper officers to publish a list of those who paid rates. That the Roman Catholic oath should not be dispensed with. That compensation be given to the Lord Mayor of Dublin. To insert a restric tion as to the 9th of George the Fourth, requiring a uniform rate of taxation, instead of a graduated scale. To omit the 121st clause, as to the appointment of Sheriffs. To alter the 198th clause, which bad reference to new char ters of incorporation, so as to substitute the majority of qualified rate- payers for general inhabitant householders ; and lastly, to insert clauses providing for the due auditing of public accounts. _ _ BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL then gave notice that he should, to.rnerrow, move the second reading of the Canada Bill ; and as be did not anticipate much time wculd be con sumed in discussing that Bill, he proposed after it to p:oceed with the Irish Corporation Bill. As there was very little private business, now before the House, he wou!d propose, unless some objection was offered on the part of the House, that in future the House should proceed with the public business at half-past four to morrow.—( Hear, hear.) , Mr. F. BARING brought up the Report of the Corn mittee on the River Shannon Navigation. BANK OF IRELAND. Mr. HUME said the Chancellor of the Exchequer had promised, day after day, that a time should be fixed for the discussion on the Irish Bank. Ho thought there seemed to be an indisposition to his proceeding with his motion re specting the Bank of England, after what took place last night. He wished to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer would fix a day for the discussion on the Irish Bs.nk question. If not, he (Mr. Hume) would take the opportunity of bringing it on on the first Supply day. Sir F. BURDETT inquired whether the Government had obtained any further information respecting the re ported outrage upon the British flag in the Mexican Seas? Mr. C. WOOD said there was not the slightest foundation for the report ; it was wholly and utterly without foundation.—( Hear, hear.) In answer to Mr. HUME, Lord J. RUSSELL said, he could not fix any day for a discussion upon the Bank of Ireland. Mr. MACKINNON moved the second reading of the Turnpike Trust Bill. Mr. F. MAULE said he would propose that the Hon. Member should postpone the further progress of the 13111 for a time, as the whole question was now before a Com mission composed of Members of both Houses of Parlia ment. Mr. MACKINNON said he should move then that the Bill be committed this day week, and after that, consider ing the lateness of the Session, he supposed that it would not proceed much further. He begged to state that he had no wish to interfere with the progress of the Commis. sion which had been appointed by the Crown, nor to act in opposition to her Majesty's Ministers upon the subject. Sir E. KNATC H BULL said, under the circumstances he could not help thinking it would be better not to carry the Bill any further.—( Hear, hear.) Certainly, he should object to the second reading of the Bill if it was thereby intended to pledge the House to the principle on which they should legislate next Session.—( Hear.) Sir C. BURRELL said, unless something was done by the Legislature, one half of the Turnpike Trusts in the kingdom would soon be ruined—( Hear, hear)--and he should bring in a Bill as speedily as possible to remedy the evil, and restore the Trusts to a healthy condition. Mr. MACKINNON withdrew the Bill. PRISONS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. F. NIAULE moved the order of the day for the further consideration of the Report oa the Prisons (Scot land) Bill. Sir W. RAE said that the Bill was so changed in its character since it was last before the House, that he felt bound to call the attention of Hon. Members to what its provisions now really were. As regarded the general state of prisons in Scotland, and the improvement of them, he believed that no difference existed. The great ques. tion was as to the manner in which those improvements were to be carried into effect. It had been proposed by her Majesty's Government that three general prisons should be established in Scotland. Now Honour- Members on that side of the House thought that three general prisons in Scotland were unnecessary. Another objection was that it proposed to make a general assessment throughout Scotland, without any refe rence to the expense which might he incurred by each county. In his opinion, in Scotland as well es in England, each county should bear the expense of its own prisoners. All alterations, however, had been resisted in the Bill. Himself and his friends had opposed these clauses in Committee. It had been unsuc cessful. Another day had been fixed, and they felt they were exposing themselves to the imputation of endea vouring to defeat a measure for the general improvement he of Scotch prisons. Under these circumstances, in order to prevent misunderstanding, be had put on paper_a, andla p by which they proposed to accomplish the same ends, had complained. He bad transmitted a had which would not be open to the objections o f w hich remained copyd t been agreed to. Such u t to p u t t h e of d it to th e Home beingme Office, th e an n d as t e he nn te th rm in s o p n r o o w poscd measure into proper shape. Th e terms agre e d to were, that one depot should be established, to the fitting up of which the Mooed. alrl. was y voted s h ou ld b e applied. An addition al 20,000 as to be assesse d on all Scotland, in order to compl e t e the fittings up ; the expenses of the p r isoners . in the d e p ot were to b e de frayed by the towns by wbic h they were to b e sent . Th e expenses of the local prisons were to fall entirely on the counties. Under there circumstances, he did not wish to throw any o bstructions in the way of the Bill. Mr. .FOX MAULS said this Bill proceeded on the same principle as other Bills that had passed the House, and which had not met with any opposition. After a few words from Mr. PRINGLE, The House went into Committee on the Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. Clauses 1 to 8 were agreed to. On clause 9 being proposed; Sir G. CLERK suggested that at this clause all those parts of the Bill relating to the constitution of the Local Boards should be taken in. Mr. F. MAULE said it would be better to consider, EVENING EDITION this Bill now as it stood. When it had passed he meant to have an analysis made of its provisions. The clause waa agreed to, and clauses 10 and 11. On clause 12, Mr. CHALMERS moved tiect the words " and the burghs situate therein," be struck out. Mr. F. MA ULE objected to the proposal. After a few observations from Sir H. PARNELL and Sir W. RAE, Mr. CHALMERS said he should object to the clause altogether, unless the burghs were struck out of it. Mr. HUME hoped the Committee would adopt the claus,?,. - Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no divi sion took place, the amendment being negatived without it. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Clauses 13, 14, and 15 were agreed to isithout obser vation. On clause 16 being read, Sir G. CLERK suggested some verbal amendment, which was agreed to, and the clause ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses up to 23 were agreed to without obs erva ti on . On clause 24 being read, Mr. GILLON suggested that the day on which the Commissioners of Supply were to meet was rather vague, and that it would be better to fix some particular day for that purpose. After a few words from Mr. F. MAUL E, the amend ment was agreed to, and the clause ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses up to 39 were- agreed to with a few verbal amendments. On clause 40 being proposed, Mr. GILL ON moved that the words " County B )ard" be inserted in place of " Commissioners of Supply," as the parties who should melte the assessments upon the counties. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses up to 57 were agreed to. Clauses 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63, were also agreed to. Mr. HUME objected to clause 64 on the ground that it did not specify what Acts it proposed to repeal. The LORD ADVOCATE said it would repeal all Acts since 1598. Mr. HUME observed, so much the worse, and unless the Acts were specified he should move that the clause be struck out. Mr. FOX MA ULE—Do you intents then to bring up another clause ? Mr. HUME—That's your duty, not mine. , Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. There were— For the clause Against it , Majority in favour of the clause The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. The Chairman reported progress, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. SUPREME COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the Order of the Day for the third reading of this Bill was read, and Mr. GILLON rose to move that it be read a third time that day three months. The Bill proposed to give large and increased salaries to public servants who bad never bad very much work to do, and whose labour was now gradually decreasing. The Bill had been so often discussed that he did not think much new light could be thrown upon it, unless the new Lord Advocate was able to saw scything in justification of so profuse an expenditure of the public money. In 1786 the salaries of the puisne Judges amounted to 1,0001. a-year ; in 1800 to 1,2801., and in 1810 they were increased to 2,0001. That increase was made on the ground of increased price of commodities and the necessaries of life; but since the war the price of those commodities had fallen one-third. There were not more than three men at the Scotch bar who realised 3,0001. a-year by their practice ; there were not more than four men who realised 2,000/. a-year by their practice at that bar; and upon this subject he would quote the opinion of Sir Robert Peel before the Com mittee cf 1834, who stated that a Counsel realising 3,0001. 'a -year by his professional practice would be very glad to accept the situation of a puisne Judge, even at a salary of 2,0001. a-year, in consideration of the comparative digrety and ease he would then enjoy.--(Haar, hear.) He was aware that the opinion of Jeffrey had often been quoted against him on this subject, but Jeffrey, although the most emiaent man at the bar, had himself accepted the situation of puisne Judge. Again, he would observe, that there were a great many more Judges than necessary, in fact, the bar had been drained, and if four vacancies occurred on the bench to-morrow, be did not believe four individuals could be found who were capable of discharging the duties of a Judge. He would also ob serve that they only sat one hour and a half a day, for about five months in the year, and the business of these Courts was gradually decreasing, for the law expenses were so great that there was an increasing aversion among the people of Scotland to law.—(Hear, bear.) Let the Houle consider whether the circumstances of the country were such that they could afford this extravagant expendi ture of the public money. He would be agreeably sur prised it on Friday next the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not tell them it was his painful duty to oppose the repeal of certain taxes, on the ground that the revenue was not in a very prosperous state ; and if that were the case, he did not see hew they could justify such proftnion. He did not think, by such a course, they would succeed in stifling the cries of the unrepresented millions, while the hand-loom weavers had to support their wivcs and families on 4s. GI a week, ground to the earth as they were, from the cradle to the grave, by oppressive taxation. Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. He cons id ere d _ _ _ his Bill to be one of the grossyst jobs that had for some time come under the consicieration w of the House. He had always objected to the appointment of thirteen Judges, for a population little more than that of Yorkshire and Lancashire united. It appeared to him, considering the duties they had to do, that it was the very acme of extravagance. But it remained for a reforming economical Ministry, to bring forwa-d such an Act as this. It was a most unjustifiable measure, and preceding Governments had not dared to propose it. No cne was in favour of the Bill but the lawyer:.—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") There was not a sensible or honest man in Scotland, that did not cry cut against it.--( honied cries of " Hear, hear.) Not one.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.) He only spoke of his own correspondents.—( Laughter.) He admitted that lawyers and those who were likely to benefit by it might be in favour of it. The establishments of the country were every year going on increasing instead of decreasing, and it was on this ground that he objected to the present Bill, and should divide the House on the third reading. But there were other objections. He bad offered, if the num ber of Judges should be reduced to an adequate number, and employment s'inibtr to that of the English Judges should be aErtied to them, he would agree to their b e i ng paid in pr4ottion. But while the English and Irish Judges retired on two-thirds only of their salary, the Scotch Judges were to retire on their full salary, and this too, on an iNcreased salary. Unless there were some secrets which had not yet been divulged, he considered this Bill contrary to the sound principles on which the House ought to act. If the Bill should be read a third time, he hoped the clituse which allowed the retiring salaries would be ea- punged. Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR was very indistinctly heard in the gallery. We understood him to say that when this Bill was last b.fore the House he was prevented from stating certain facts which he now wished to put the House in possession. of. He felt much gratified in standing forward as the advocate of the claims of some of the most enlightened public functionaries in the empire.—(Hear.) This was not a parry question, for it had been t a k en u p by Members on both sides, and he rejoiced that her Ma jesty's Ministers had given way to the wishes so generally expressed, and fixed the increase at the amount which the majority of the Scotch Members believed to be indispensa ble. The question was %hailer the Court of Session deserved to be placed on a level with the other tribunals of the country. It had been a sort of target, at which the shafts of vituperation had been almost universally di rected. The salaries of the English and Scotch Judges had gone on pani passe until of late years. In 1809 an augmentation of both took place. In 1825 an augmenta tion of the salaries of the Engliss Judges took place, but na corresponding one on the part of the Judges in Scotland. In 1830 a great number of judicial offices were abolished in Scotland. _ The Judges were not consulted with regard to those altera. tious, because it was understood that an augmentation in the salaries should take place in consequence of the in creased deties thrown upon them. At thst time a change in the Government took place, and the public attention was so much occupied with the Reform Bill, that the question was not mooted again till 1834, when he (Sir G. Sinclair) moved for a committee, which was agreed to, which Com- mittee reported that 3,0001. a year ought to be allowed to the puisne Judges as a salary; and the necessity of this re commendation was borne out by Earl Grey, Lord Jeffrey, Lord Brougham, Sir R. Peel, Sir S. LuAington and others. t w o h l a h t .e w a a s s h th e e o a u m gh o t un t t o of d r o a , la a r n y d ne h c e es ao sa n ry . sufficient. The Honou rable Member for Kilkenny ttToehneedneciadbuleteslataaio!nutwhise'amount proposed was not more th an after the re B m i a l seemed to thick of nothing but tie time w hi c h the Judges were emp lo y ed in the Co urt , just as if th e y were journeymen c ar p enters. He r epudiated the notion altogether on which the amendment had been m ove d , an d should support h r l' lts of the Hon. Th e LORD ADVOCATE w ou ld not detain the use tmoann' observations aft of the hose services o n this subject he could bear te third reading the most ample testimony ; and he would not have troubled the House at all, but for the manner in which be had been alluded to by the mover and seconder of the amend ment, who had expressed great anxiety that he should state some new ground in support of the alteration pro posed. He should have met that challenge without hesi. tation, if he had heard any ,new grounds of abjection stated; but it seemed to him somewhat extraordinary that when the Bill came to a third reading, objections should be urged which had been answered over and over again, and that he should be asked to state some new answer to these objections. It was said that the Judges only sat for half a )ear, and only attended about two hours a day. It was said the Judges sat only for a few hours each day, and so on, without any distinction in respect to individuals , . however distinguished, were they characterised. But it should be recollected that the greater part of the official duties of the Scotch Judges were not discharged in pub. lic.—( Hear, hear.) It might or might not be an objec tion to the forms of judicial proceeding in Scotland that they were mostly in writing—it might or might not be un, fortunate that oral pleading was not more general—but he (the Lord Advocate) bad to speak of the forms as they existed; and this he. cculd declare, that the Judges of Scotland, especially those of the Inner Court, h a d tb , greater part of their duties to p erform out of C oLtrk. 1 4; entitled to respect, a n d th a t t h e high o ffice should av n e e o v r e d r in b g e coed riot, he trusted, remind the House that the judicial t l o i g o h r t d l y i ordinary g c u e d s: (Hear, bear.) hoffioldceerws ass s f o tl f ut a t ilothers I n the come of the present session two tom, the arguments of counsel on both sides were reduced to writing—( Hear, hear, from Mr. Wallsce)—and with cases had occurred, in which, the documents, &c., necessary to introduce, occupied in the one case 600 printed pages quarto, and in the other 1,000, (Hear, hem - , from the same lion. Member.) The argu.