The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-04 00:00:00

Tho yearly comparison of the, weekly imports is as Beasts. SIIi - cp. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1850 684 ... :i, 664 ... 622 ... 463 ... 355 1 849 1 848 BlB ... 5,045 ... 237 ... 603 ... The following are the imports of foreign stock into the United Kingdom during the month and the six Months ending July 5: — Month ending July 5, 6 Months, ending July 5, 1850. 1851. 1 , 50. 1851. Oren 1 374 6)1 6,385 „..... 7,411 Cows . ... „ ..... 942 ...... r ~. i .. 8 5,073 Calves .. 1,756 ...... 826 7,654 8,252 i S heep ...... 8,252 Pi gs ... 436 g 8 2lB th -40-day"s".market was again heavily supplied with stock 40, 11 abroad. The arrivals of Beasts tresh up from our grazing districts were seasonably extensive and of ina- Proved quality. Although the attendance of buyers was good, the Beef trade was in a very depressed state, at a d ecline in th e quo tations of Monday last of fully 2 d per 8 1bs., and a total clearance was not effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we re rived :1,600 Herefords, Runts I)evons, Scots, Home . reds, &c.• from other parts of ? England, 700 of various b reeds; and from Scotland 170 horned and polled Sects. titkough there was a slight falling off in the supply of Sheep, compared with that shown on this day se'nnight, Zo have n o t th e s li g htest improvement to notic e in the utton trade. Prices, however, were fairly supported. ?la the whole the Lamb trade was somewha t firmer than last week, but we have no advance to notice in the cur raacies. Calves, the supply of which was good, moved Off heavily at barely late rates. Pigs, though dull, were tot cheaper. Per 81bs. to sink the Offal. s. d. to s. d. S. d. L. Llferlor Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 Ettferior Sheep 2 6 2 8 toad quality .... 2 8 2 10 Second goal. Shee p 210 3 'ulnae large Oxen.. 3 0 3 4 Coarso-woolledditto3 2 3 6 ?Me Scots ......3 4 3 6 Southdow n Weth er 3 8 3 lu arge coarse Calves 2 5 3 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto .. 3 4 3 6 Large Hogs ...... 2 6 3 2 :tickling Calves —lB 0 20 0 Small Porkers •• •• 3 4 3 QUM!! 310 410 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 18 0 Beasts. 4,187 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sbet.p. Calves. I Pigs 31,810 1 438 I 415 FOREIGN;SUPPLY. B Asts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 1,154 I 4,050 314 100 A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 5, 1850, and this day, Monday, Aug. 4,1851. _ _ Per Sibs., to sink the offals. Aug. 5, 1850. Aug. 4,1851. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. , narse and inferior Beasts ... ... 2 6to 2 8 2 4to 2 6 second quality ditto ... ... 2103 2 2 8 210 Prime large Oxen .. ... 3 4 36 3 0 3 2 prime Scots, 3 8 310 3 4 3 6 I,cm second and inferior Sheep... ... 3 0 3 2 2 6 2 8 pquality ditto ••• •• • ••• 3 4 3 6 2 10 3 0 ,;,Itne coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 8 310 3 2 3 6 Southdown ditto ... 310 4 0 3 8 310 iambs... 3 8 4 8, 310 410 ge coarse Calves ... 210 3 0 2 6 3 2 pr ime small ditto 3 2 310 3 4 3 6 L arge Hogs .. ... 3 2 3 6 2 6 3 2 s mall Porkers ... ... 3 8 4 0 3 4 3 8 Beasts ... •-• 3, 58 7 4,187 Sheep and Lambs .. ...30V 00 31,110 Calves ..............254 438 Pigs .. 210 415 Sep PuEs ON SALE, AUG. 0, 1849. Beasts, 3,433 ; sh eep and Lambs, 29,680 ; Calves, 203 ; Pigs, 225. Cuck. , 1848.—Beasts, 3,659 ; Sheep and Lambs, 25,090; "Ives, 236 ; Pigs, 280. T hese AND LEADENHALL. ea 4 , markets continue to be heavily supplie d with en kind of meat, arrivals of which, to some extent, „ t withstanding the prevailing hot weather , have taken 7 tace from th e p rov inces. The general demand is very Eteti ve, and late rates are with difficulty supported. /it per stone ey the Carcase. h em s. d. to 8. d• ! d. to s. d. 2 0 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 8 `Middling 262 8 -- middling.. 210 3 4 Primelarge .. 210 3 0 --- prime •• 3 6 3 s v e2 , Prime small .. 3 2 3 4! Pork, large •. •• .. 2 6 3 4 —• ••••• • • • 2 8 3 4; small .• ...... 3 6 3 8 Lamb, 3s 6d to 48 Bd. ZIOROUGES 82ND SPITALFIELDS. "e are wholly without supplies of Potatoes from the, i - ; t ontinent ; bet those from Essex, Kent, tic., are very t ge, and in excellent condition. The demand is steady k. from" 41 to 5153 per ton. BOR,OUGE BOP IVIARZET. de mand show of fine Hops is comparatively small. The i Pah(' for them is, therefore, atcady, at full prices. In t tl krior qualities exceedingly little is doing. The plan tation accounts are very unsatisfactory, whilst the duty called 900001 Mid and East Kent Pockets, 90 s to 15 59 ; Weald of Kent ditto, 803 to 105 s; Sussex di tt o, 14 - Is to 96a. WOOL. Nearly the whole of the Colonial Wool submitted to pabli o competition last week was disposed of at full these. Up to the present time, 37, 000 bales out of the b ,OOO have found buyers. By private contract very e ltle is doing. Last week's imports into London were d a B bales from Odessa, 51 from Callao, 169 from Aloga (4o, 9 9 from Dunkirk, 185 from Uamburgh, 658 fro m -37( they, and 18 bags from Oporto. TALLOW. Since our last report a fair average amount of busi ti4 has been transacted in Tallow for the time of year, 7 3 4 c u l l prices. P. Y. C. on the spot is quoted to-day at 4 , 89 d to 38s, and for delivery durinq the last three 4 11 the, 39s 3d to 39s 6d per cwt; Town Tallow, 37s per 4: het cash; Rough Fat, 2s ld per Bs. T shipments 11. --......ttyetersburgh are progressing steadily hoc. k'etersburgh are progressing steadily. _ 1847. 1848. 1849. 11850. 1851. kt,: kit tit trite 0 la day .....• 41 9 ; 8 6 1 c 1 1 ' 3 2 11 71 3 1 cl 31) 5, 6 0 .; t l O Os 2 ' 9 5 d 5 3 489 64 3 1 8 k t I Y. C. "" E to Os d Od to 44s 6d to .Os Od 36s 9d to3ss Od bi,yery last week •• ;799 1,304 1,25 1 1,254 1,159 4Z fr om June 1.... 7,365 12, 068 10 , 5 . 54 10,221 11,628 tiTAls olz l9l une weel g .. . : 5,74 14,348 8,7 9 6 19 8 9,€ 98 5 5 8 7, 1 4 24 8 I'll 4 of Town ...... 52s Od 46s 6d 40s Od 38s Od 39s Gd SURREY SESSIONS. mehe (THIS DAY.) e adjourned sessions for the county of Surrey cora tkineed this morn i ng , a t the Sessions-house, Newington -BewaY before Mr. Puckle (chairman), and a full h Of marristrates. The aalendar was e xtremely tOr f t l i eentaini4 the names of only thirty-one prisoners e ,' °ll Y, and four for misdemeanour. t0 t 8,,, A Pia.— Thomas Rogers, 36, was indicted fati i s e alfeg a pig, the property of James Elstone, a Tk er, near G u ildf o rd. missed Prosecutor deposed that on the 22d ultimo he havi e(l a Pig from one of the styes on his farm, and to ut , given information to the police, the pig was 141 40 ' i ll the prisoner's premises with other pigs. The 44r lived t wo m il es from the prosecutor's place. 44 4 s :l 'lfelice, the prisoner said he purchased the pig of a le the roa d f or ten shillings.k T he jury found him Guilty, and CennT sentenced him to six months' hard labour ttildford House of Correction. I t -- " s OW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Q i h Isaacs, who stated that she was the owner of eti4,' tl g-heu ses of a certain class in Shadwell, was tiv n 4 ", upon her own allegations, with the murder of child it t en. 0 10 11 1 ) Pearcd that last night she was found by a police tlt)th:Mle, of the F division, sitting upon the steps of a kiyitlncar this court. Upon his speaking to her, and liti e ,g that h e w ould not allow her to sit there, she re )pitil t hat she had come to this spot in the afternoon Qopf the intention of giving herself up to justice, and th e 2 B icl4 to th e c hief magistrate that she committed Othe'utrders—one that of a boy, nine years old, and the ,°t . a child but three years of age. ttp m ": , er statement represented the offence to have been t i ' e ttc a d in another district, Mr. HALL directed her to k t before th e magistrates of that district (Tham es .) 4 4 4 Oant Thompson (of the detective force) having 1104 e directed to make inquiries, considered that the pri *sa areas insa ne , an d from w hat he could as yet learn 4misPosed to disbelieve her story. oti t ti t : / a B l however, forwarded to the Tham es Police • ttL Y.) -11R0'-STREEr—(THIS DA It O t t - IttLE 3/ N AMUSEMENT AT THE ARIPLhi, L M'Cloud, York Chambers, A a tr 4B Geor ge T urner , B er k e l e y Chambers, CodneduPi 41 :0 1 and William Ging tho bar be er, 43, South Molton-street, 'oa ) :ell -dr esse d gentlemen, were placed at tltl Jardine, char ge d w ith creating a di s turbance a Winitti2Baulting the police at the the Argylltaill-street. Rooms, Great L ht a t. ,.$ l , 5 !TY. who appeared on behalf of M. Laurent, 5444.:-I,ll* tor of theabove rooms, stated that he wa Drekc, et efi not to offer any evidence in support of , the t 4,llpea",t,nharge. From inquiries that had been maae on i . s _Qeet e - r i e, t that the young men at the bar were well Gretn a "jel l and on Saturday they had been dining at ( ? while th i ' li d no doubt haa taken too much wine, , an s eve ral state had entered the Argyll Rooms, bonn t e i t e e m d': %e1y,,, 1 Persona, and, in fact, made great fools of them tat ii'n:their conduct was certainly highly improper, O‘ 45 Y made an apology he, with due submission to At r o art, w ould let the matter drop. ~I n ita'4 , 4 , 4 , l l blaim said if M. Laurent did not press the the re was an end of the matter, but he saw by !11tippri,°,,line-sheet that M'Cload and Turner were th u d with obstructing and assaulting the police whilst ;vet, ; eetation of their duty; this he could not pass .111titZw.tiger, however, was not cOn.cerned in that affair, h e ea ', I ' L L'. Jardine) directed hire to be discharged. a - rea l-el len of the constables was then gone into. ay ,aen-eonstable Hardy, 85 A, stated that on Satur baaa"lght about eleven o'clock he was standing by the N le e tl Y : take r'a box at the Argyll Rooms, when he was ee, 41 , i t ° the rooms to assist in suppressing a disturb :to, 17,, s s oon as he entered he saw the three defend 7 _ -" n Paear€d to be the worse for liquor, " bonnet" -4. gentlemen on their hats. Witness said such “aiv a - t l' could not be allowed, and requested them to 11 / 4 Wit„ 9 r ooms. Turner said he should not leave, and P,lse e - 1 1:45 taking hold of him to eject him from the 4 k, a at ' h " 0 struck him three or four times on his back. l'l4,ll'er Constable then came to hie assistance, and he G a ," ) and Ginger were conveyed to the station. ,ttim m J , 4 A, said he was in th'3 Argyll Rooms . Sa bikst when he was called to the assistance of t _ tuess. Oa taking hold of Turner, M'Cloud pat to 11°ielf between him and his brother conatable, and trie 4 0t t heta out of the rooms. Ginger was tipsy, but a rt all violent. 14,4111,js aanta E said ha could not overlook the &large of , 1 44, a `mg the constables when in the performanca " tl tsa and he should fine M'Cloucl and Turner 203 the mo ney was immediately paid. A 11 11,31_ lawr Fon THE SUMMER.—A light thread net tieiloleancled before an open window,. will effeetua,lly keep out Nillatet:4B, Willy.H it is a singular fact that these trou b les ull not pass through the meshes of the net, even tile 4.3 of are more than an inch in dimeter. ONO* - THE SUN, HER MAJESTY'S TiIEATRE, La G-'azza Ladra was repeated on Slturday evenin ; ?, and never have we beard this delightful opera more per fectly performed. Alboni was in excellent voice, and as usual produced an immense sensation by her delicious rendering of "Di piacer." The "Oh ! nume be nefico" was splendidly :sung by Alboni, Coletti, and Lablache ; and the finale to the first act was most purely an beautifully rendered. The prison scene was exquisitely given by Alboni and Pippo, and never have we heard Lablache in finer voice, or seen him .nct with more gusto than he did on Saturday. His Prefetto is a thing to be remembered; it is perfect. The theatre was dentely crowded. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. After the pretentious ponderoeities of the Prophete (much be-praised by pedants though they may be), it' is delightful to listen to the ever fresh and ever delicious music of Rossini, and therefore do we laud the manage ment of this theatre for having on Saturday night given us La Gazza Ladra, and the audience seemed to be of our opinion; there was none of that weariness observable of which too frequently there are unmistakeable signs to wards the conclusion of "heavy operas,"and the auditors remained until the:conclusion. The opera was very strongly cast. Grisi, of course, was the Ninetta; and although she seemed in the early pert of the evening suffering trom slight indisposition, and scarcely produced as much effect as usual in "Di pincer;" yet she rallied as the opera proceeded, and in the trial scene, and indeed throughout the second act, was superb. La Diva, in the concluding scenes was quite herself again. Madlle. Angri was the Pippo, and most effectively supported Grisi in the great prison scene. Tamburini resumed his old character of Fernando, and Mario ap peared as Gianetto, instead of Ciaffei, who had been announced. The audience were delighted to see Mario once more on the stage, and greeted him enthusias tically, and albeit be has scarcely yet recovered from his hoarseness, he sang the music exqusitely; nothing could exceed the taste and delicacy with which he ren dered his aria d'intrata in the first act. Ronconi ap peared for the first time as the Podesta, and gave a lively, amusing, bustling, grimacing, Figaro-like version of the part. Ronconi, however, does not yet possess the secret of repose. The overture was superbly performed by the orchestra, under the direction of Costa, and was, as a matter of course, encored. IMPORTANT CASE IN THE SCOTTISH COURTS.-THE VELASQUEZ PORTRAIT. COURT OF SESSION, EDINBURGH, FIRST DIVISION. SNARE V. THE EARL OF FIFE ' S TRUSTS. This case, which was a claim for damages at the instance of Mr. Snare against the trustees of the Earl of Fife, relative to the celebrated portrait of Charles 1., by Velasquez, came on for trial before Lord Cowan and a jury on Saturday, and was con tinued on Monday last. In the summons it is stated, on behalf of Mr. Snare, who is a bookseller in Reading, that he pur chased the picture at the sale of Mr. Benjamin Kent, Radley Hall, near Oxford, in October, 1845 ; that he had exhibited it publicly in Reading and London, and that he had commenced exhibiting it publicly in Edinburgh, on the 15th of January, 1849, and continued the exhibition till the 31st of that month. At that pe riod a petition was presented to the sheriff substitute, at the instance of the trustees of the late Earl of Fife, praying his Lordship to grant a war rant to the clerk of the court to take possession of the picture, and retain the same until the right of property thereto was determined, on the ground, as they alleged, that it had been stolen or surreptitiously abstracted. On the same day on which the petition was presented, the sheriff substitute ex parte, without affording the pursuers an opportunity of being heard, pronounced a deliverance, ordering the petition and deliverance to be served on the pursuer, and in the meantime granting warrant to the clerk of court to take possession of the picture, according to the prayer of the petition. The sheriff clerk ac cordingly took possession of the picture. Imme diately thereafter the pursuer lodged a minute to the sheriff, craving him to appoint a hearing of parties, that the pursuer might have an opportunity of satisfying him that no grounds existed for so un warrantable a step, and also lodged answers to the petition. The pursuer also caused a protest to be served on the trustees. On the 26th February the sheriff, after hearing parties, recalled the interlo cutor of his substitute, and appointed the picture to be restored to the pursuer. The trustees afterwards presented a petition to the sheriff, praying him to grant them leave to advocate his judgment; but this was refused, and he issued another interlocutor on the 3d of March, appointing the picture to be restored. After this the trustees presented a note of suspension and interdict to the Lord Ordinary on the bills late on the evening of the 2d of March, 1849, in which, "con cealing the important fact that they had applied to the sheriff for leave to advocate his judgment of the 26th February last, and that such leave had been re fused, they falsely asserted that the sheriff had granted possession ad interim, pending the advocation." The Lord Ordinary, without hearing the pursuer, granted interdict to a limited extent ; but afterwards, when parties were heard, he recalled the interdict. The trus tees next raised a summons of multiplepoinding in the name of the sheriff clerk, which was executed against the pursuer. These proceedings being persevered in, and the pursuer still deprived of the possession and use of his lawful property, his agent addressed a letter to the agents for the trustees on the 2nd March, warn ing them that if the pursuer's property was to be longer withheld from him, on any pretext or denial whatever, he would hold them responsible for the full value of the picture, as the same should be fixed by him. Notwithstanding this warning, however, the trustees still continued their attempts to prevent the pursuer from obtaining possession of the picture till ;he 17th of March, when it was restored to him. In these circumstances, the pursuer claimed damages for the loss he had sustained by those unwarrantable, unjustifiable, and illegal proceedings. The defenders, after stating some preliminary de fences, allege that they had every reason to believe that the picture was the property of James Earl of Fife, and in his possession at the time of his death; that it passed, along with the other effects of the trust estate, into their possession as trustees under the trust disposition and deed of settlement of James Earl of Fife, and was, without their knowledge or consent, abstracted or stolen. The picture may have been exhibited in London, but their attention was only attracted to the matter by its exhibition in Edinburgh, and the' posi tive declaration that the picture had belonged to the collection of James Earl of Fife, and consequently belonged to them, as they had never parted with it, or any other pictures belonging to the estate. The pic ture appears in a catalogue prepared and printed for the Earl of Fife himself in the year 1807, as being at Fife-house. After the Earl's death Fife-house in Whitehall, with everything therein contained, including the picture in question, was taken possession of by the defenders. Fife-house was thereafter sold by them in the year 1812. Immediately before the sale orders were given by them to pack up the picture in question, along with the other pictures, plate, and wines, and trans mit them to Duff-house, in Banffshire, and other houses in Scotland belonging to, though not inhabited by, th e defenders. It must have been about this time that the theft of the picture was effected, for although it can be proved that the picture was in Fife-house, at and subsequent to the late Earl's death, no trace can be obtained of its having been ever seen in this coun try since. The defenders deny that on the proceed ings taken there can be any claim of damages founded, and also that the pursuer had suffered severe pecuniary loss. It was understood that the exhibition of the picture did not pay ; and the notoriety which it subsequently obtained from the defenders' proceed ings caused a large increase of visitors after the exhi bition was re-opened, which more than compensated the pursuer for the temporary inconvenience to which he bad been put. The sole object of the defenders' proceedings was the safe custody of the picture, until the question of right should be determined. The case went to trial on the following issues : " 1. Whether, on or about the 31st day of January, 1849, the defendants wrongfully applied for and ob tained from the s heriff-substitute of the county of Edinburgh the warrant set forth in a schedule annexed, and wrongfully caused the same to be executed, and the picture therein referred to to be seized and removed from the custody or possession of the pursuer, in virtue or under co lour of the said warrant, to the loss, injury, and damage of the pursuer ? "2. Whether the defenders wrongfully detained and withheld the said picture, or caused the same to be detained and withheld from the pursuer, from, an, or about the said 31st of January, 1849, till on or about the 17th day of March following, to the lose, injury, and damage of the pursuer ?" Damages were laid at 5,0001. On Saturday various witnesses were examined, and counsel having been heard, Lord Cowan charged the jury at considerable length, after which they retired, and returned into court with a verdict for the pursuer on both issues, awarding damages to the amount of 1,0001., irrespec tive of solatium, which they did not take into consi deration. The Solicitor- General took exception to a part of the judge's charge, to the effect that the jury, in as sessing the damages, if they were of opinion that the warrant was wrongously obtained, were entitled to take into consideration the injury that the pursuer's business had sustained, provided it had been proved to their satisfaction that such injury flowed from these proceedings Counsel for the pursuer, John Inglis, Esq., and George Young, E , q. ; Mr. James ',emoted, agent. Counsel for the defenders, the Solicitor- General and E. D. Sandford, Esq. , Messrs. Inglis and Burn, agents. LON DON, THE QUARTERLIES. THE BRITISH QUARTERLY No. XXVII. Intelligence and variety have all along proved themselvts perhaps the most prominent characteris tics of this now firmly established periodical. Its reputation in regard to these merits cannot be in any degree diminished by the current number just issued from the press, a number which displays a singular diversity in the materials selected for criticism, and an equally noticeable ability in the style of the prin cipal contributions. In the opening article the reader is instructed as to certain remarkable theories in reference to the cause of " Human Progression," and the reviewer takes occasion to explain from these the nature of the development of civilization. After this brilliant paper comes a delightful criticism on "Dramatic Poetry in the Age of Elizabeth," a chapter very curious of its kind, having reference to such writers as George Peele, as Robert Greene, as Christopher Marlow, as Philip Henslowe, and as John Lyley, with especial allusion also to such plays as " Ferrex and Porrox," as "Appins and Virginia," as "Gammer Gurton's Needle," as " Tancred and Gismunda," or as " Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes." From the subsequent attempts of Thomson and Sheridan Knowles two of these dramas possess a peculiar in terest for the reviewers of English literature. " Thoughts on the Labour Question" is the indefinite but suggestive title of the next contribution, and this again is followed by a very readable review of " Ilauff" and the German Romancists. Besides these papers the British Quarterly contains others of various tendency, some of them marked by very nar row views and prejudices, others conspicuous for their evidences of enlightenment. Possibly the most interesting of these to the philosophic inquirer will be the one on "The Correlation of the Physical Forces," and to the provincial reader the one relating to the condition of the great shires of York and Lan caster. LITERATURE. MELB URN : a Vision. Hope and Co. Happily for the writer of this little volume it has come forth anonymously. It cannot, consequently, reflect upon herself personally the ridicule which would be inevitable on the part of that jolter-headed critic, the public. We say " herself " advisedly, be cause the effusion is evidently from a mind by no means whatever masculine. We speak of the public (and we include ourself amongst the number) thus disparagingly, because, on the part of the authoress, we are indignant that nowhere can be discerned the genius she evidently fancied would be, at little more than a glance, recognised. On the contrary, it must be confessed by the majority of those who find cou rage enough to read a dozen or so of these closely printed pages, that they would more reasonably ex pect to find the Preface dated from the vicinity of Bedlam than from the precincts of Par nassus. " Melburn" is called " a Vision," and yet more boldly, a little lower down on the title-page, "a poem." If it does not begin like " The Doetor " at the seventh chapter, it commences with the conclusion, for the—a-hem--" poem " be fore us is announced at its very outset to be the sequel to a larger work, of which it is the avowed precursor. It reminds us of Mrs. Malaprop's direction to David in the last act of The Rivals, —" You lead the way, and we'll precede !" Fancy, at the very opening of the book a description of the northern regions of frost, where certain outlandish trees are said to -6 6 Bend 'neath the weight of icicles and snow, Thro' which prismatic lamps of lightning glow; Where lucent ice drops in long crystals clear, Droop all aroaud a lustrous chandelier!" Why, Martinus Scribblerus never gave a more dia bolical example of bathos than this. A "chandelier" at the North Pole—and " lamps" of lightning—and lightning that " glows;" it smells of midnight oil, and goosequills poddened in ink, and not one jot, we can assure the writer of genius or of inspiration. Then imagine anyone presuming to aim at poetry, with such a worse than cockney, with such an absolutely cruel and excruciating rhyme as this, in the third page-- " All thickly laden with bright silvery crust, Like gems embedded, seem with light to burst." The sound of it sets our teeth on edge like the sharpening of a rusty saw. Poetry ! Pshaw, the book is rather the saddest outpouring of the most me lancholy evidence of delirium. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday night an inquest was held at the Red Lion, Strand, on the body of Thomas Gill, whose real name is Edsforth, machinist at the Strand Theatre, now known as Punch's Playhouse. The deceased was thirty-nine years of age, and was well known by country managers as an ingenious and clever machinist. He was found dead in his bed. Evidence was given to show that he had died of a disease of the heart, and the jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death." THE CONVICT SARAH BARBER.—A petition, which in the course of three days has obtained 5,088 signatures, was forwarded on Saturday from Nottingham to the Home office for presentation to her Majesty, praying for a commu tation of the sentence of death passed at the last assizes upon the wretched woman Sarah Barber, whose execution is an nounced to take place on Wednesday next. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO SOUTHAMPTON...-. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Colonel Phipps, landed on Friday afternoon in the Southampton Docks, en route to Bishopstoke station, on a visit to the Rev. Dr. Gamier, Dean of Winchester, and to inspect the beautiful gardens and grounds attached to the dwelling of the Deanery. The Prince returned to the Docks shortly after six, the Royal yacht Fairy, under charge of Commander Crispin, R.N., en tering the tidal basin at the same moment with her Majesty and the Royal children on board. While waiting a few mi nutes before embarking, his Royal Highness entered into con versation with Captain Peacock, the Superintendent of the Docks, as to the size and capabilities of the new West India mail steam-ship Parana, and other matters connected with the docks. The Fairy left the docks for Osborne Bay amid loud and hearty cheers from a great number of persons who had been attracted thither by the news of a visit from the Queen and Prince Albert. On Friday, pursuant to notice, Blackfriars-bridge was closed to carriages of all descriptions. The work of re moving the heavy granite stones hitherto resting on the faulty arches has already commenced, a light wooden path way having been provided for pedestrians. The thick bed of earth at present forming the bed of the road is to be taken away, preparatory to the contemplated repairs. During the closing of the bridge, omnibus travellers will have to remem ber that the Kennington " busses," as well from Islington as King's-cross, pass over Waterloo-bridge. DOWNING• STREET GOSSIP.—Mr. Lewis Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt, of the Inner Temple, is appointed a police magistrate for the district of the metropolis, in the room of Mr. Burrell, of the Westminster Court, whose re signation will date from Thursday next, the 7th of August. Mr. Fletcher Conyers Norton has been transferred as Attaché from her Majesty's mission at Brussels to the mission at Naples. Mr. Joseph Cufle is appointed Registrar of the t I S y u it p h re a m n e a C e c o i u d r e t n a t t t w C o e y lon. days a T g h o b . 6 y l a b r q e i u n i g s o t f h L r o a I n v s n d o f w r o n m e me his horse. Though his Lordship did not appear much hurt it was thought desirable to postpone a meeting of the Com mittee of the Privy Council of Education appointed to be held yesterday at the Council-office. The oble Marquis has, however, sufficiently recovered front his fall to be able to resume his official duties, though he is obliged to carry his arm in a sling. Sir George Grey recovers but very slowly from his severe indisposition, the Right Hon. Baaronet being still too unwell to transact business. The Chncellor of the Exchequer and the First Lord of the Admiralty are expected to return from their trip to the Channel Islands on Monday.—Sunday Paper. ACCIDENT TO THE MAYOR OF COLCHESTER , --BiS Worship was riding over East Bridge, about three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when his horse shied pt a tilted cart, and, in a desperate plunge on to the side pavement, threw his rider with much force against the pallisades of the bridge. Mr. H. S. Goody, with his family, were passing at the time, on their way to the rural fete at Wivenhoe ; but, on witnessing the accident, their cab was at onco vacated, and his Worship, being assisted into it by Mr. Goody and Mr. Warmington (who was also passing in the same direc tion) was accompanied to his residence by those gentlemen. He was shortly afterwards visited by his medical attendant, Mr. G. B. Clark, who found him much bruised about the body, and cut on the elbow, but the principal injury con sisted in a very severe bruise on the right thigh, which is in a degree agravated by the fact that the same limb was similarly hurt in an accident a few years back. Mr. Clark has no apprehension that anything more than a temporary confinement will result from the unfortunate occurrence. — Essex Standard. e regret to learn that Dr. G. C. Holland has sus tained a painful and severe accident, by which he has lost the sight of one eye. While amusing his children in the gar den he received an accidental blow on the right eye, which penetrated the eye and immediately destroyed its vision.— Sheffield Independent. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE AT ALEXANDRIA.—ID a long memoir in the Builder of the 2d inst., on Egyptian obe lisks, with proposals in detail for bringing to England that called Cleopatra's Needle, Mr. Nathaniel Gould, the writer, says :--" I feel persuaded that the removal and transport of this large mass to London is both practicable and compara tively easy, and to be accomplished within one-fourth of the time expended on the same operation by the French, which was three years and a half from the sailing of the vessel to the erection of the column in Paris, and about four years and a half from the commencement of building the Lusquor ; and lam prepared with a plan for its execution, and to enter into contract, either on my own account or conjointly, for performing the same within nearly one-fourth of the time, and at nearly one-fourth of the actual cost of the removal of that of Luxor by the French, which could not have been less than from 35,0001. to 90,000/." In a note the editor re marks that " the writer urges, with justice, that the feeling manifested with respect to the Great Exhibition shows that the public would now appreciate the erection in London p of e u t n h i e a r y a n s c u i e c n e e t s s o h o e f ik the s Exhibition belonging to o them, ffers and th e nae a n tli s a t of the pecuniary success of the Exhibition offers the means of in dulging the public taste, without calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer." M. Freyberg, director of the Italian Theatre at Berlin, brought an action some time ago before the Tribunal of Commerce against Mme. Florentina Jennings, the singer, to recover from her 80,000 f. as damages for having broken t h e engagement into which she ente re d with him in October, is i 9, to s ing at his theatre for a certain stipulated period ; and he brought ano ther action against Mr. Lumley, director of the Italian Theatre, to recover damages for having en gaged time. Florentina Jennings for his theatre at Paris and Loudon, though he knew she was under an engagement to him. The Tribunal held that it could not interfere with respect to the arranganeut between M. F re yberg and the lady, as they were both foreigners; and as to Mr. Lumley, who, in his capacity of director of the Italian Theatrd at Paris, was subject to the French tribunals, it held that he had done nothing which entitled the plaintiff to demand da ' mages. Against these decisions M. Freyberg appealed to the Court of Appeal ; but the Court, after hearing length ened arguments, confirmed both of them. REVAL, JULY 25.—The Emanuel Gubel, from Stock holm to this port, has got aground at the entrance of this harbour. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1851 at 4 3-16 to 4 dolls. To-day market quiete-r, at same pries. Arrival of wheat lar ge ; sa l es a t a trifling concession. Indian corn dull. Cotton faille. per lb. lower ; small sales making at irregular prices. United States Sixes, 1856, at 106 ; 1867, at 1151. Stock market heavy, and lower than yesterday. Money tighter. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 2.—The Royal Mail steam-ship Canadc, Captein Lang, orriN ed here today, at one o'clock, from Bos'on and Halifax, having oa board 72 passengers, and 185,000 dollars in specie on freight. The Canada left Boston at noon on the 23d ult., and Halifax early in the morning of the 25th, bringing direct advices from New York to the 22d, and per telegraph to Halifax, commercial reports from the same place to the 24th July inclusive. The Royal Mail steam-ship America arrived out at Halifax on the 22d ult., at half-past six P.M. The United States steam-ship Pacific arrived on Monday night, July 21, about nine o'clock. On the 17th, when she was eight days out, she broke a part of one of her engines, which rendered it necessary to stop and disconnect the two, causing a delay of three hours. The re.,t of the passage was done with a single engine. The United States steam-ship Crescent City ar rived at New York on Sunday morning, July 20, with 143 passengers and upwards of :,000,000 dolls. worth of gold dust. The steamer Cherokee, from New &Orleans, with Havannah dates to the 17th ult., arrived at New York on the evening of the 21st. There was no later news at New York from the gold districts, and the political intelligence by the Canada is comparatively meagre. The cholera is prevailing to a considerable extent in several of the western states. A number of fatal cases have occurred in various towns of Illinois, In diana, Missouri, and Ohio, and the pestilence appears to be spreading with alarming rapidity. The city of New York was visited on the night of Saturday, the 19th ult., with a very severe thunder storm, which did considerable damage. Many deaths from sun-stroke are also recorded in the papers. REPEATED INSURRECTION IN Cur .--The report is that there has been a conflict between five or six hundred of the people of that place and the troops, in which the latter were defeated. Treops were sent to disperse them, but they were repulsed with the loss of their commander, and 28 killed and wounded. The insurgents had retired to the mountains and fortified themselves. Other towns followed tLe lead, and in a few days the whole eastern part of tie island will be in a state of revolution. The Goverrment have been sending troops to Matanzas the past week, but it seems they did not call there, as something more ur gent presoed them eastward. The Havannah papers say little on the subject, and it is understood the Go vernment are doing all in their power to prevent the true state of things becoming known. Our private letters state that the newspaper reports are somewhat exaggerated. In the Canadian Legislature the Church of Eng land University Bill has been so far modified that the clause allowing the establishment of separate common schools at the public cost for that denomina tion has been struck out. An unsuccessful motion was made by Mr. Mackenzie to strike out the portion repealing the statutes of mortmain in favour of the Church of England. The Bill to abolish the right of primogeniture in the succession to real estate has passed to a second reading in the Assembly by a large majority. The crops in Upper Canada are said to be unusually good. We have dates from Central America to July 4. The state of affairs in San Juan de Nicaragua re mains unchanged, the new administration acting har moniously, and giving satisfaction to the inhabitants. Oar latest advices from Rio Janeiro are to June 11. There is nu news of importance. A steam tow-boat had been seized by the British steamer Cormorant on suspicion of having furnished supplies to vessels en gaged in the slave trade. She was taken outside the harbour and blown up. Major Hobbie, the Commissioner from the United States Government, and late assistant postmaster general, who has been engaged for some time past in effecting improved postal arrangements on the route to California, returned home in the Crescent City. Previous to the negotiation by Mr. Hobble no ar rangement has been made to enable letters mailed either in this country, or in England, to pass through Havannah without the intervention of a correspon dent at that place, and the same state of things existed on the Isthmus. The party must write to a correspondent at Havannah or at Panama, to get his letter sent thence to its ultimate destination. The Captain-General of Cuba declined to enter into any agreement on the subject, but Mr. Hobbie succeeded in effecting an understanding with the British Consul at Havannah, by whom the American Consul there is constituted a postal agent, and under certain regu lations for paying over the postage to the country which may he entitled to it, letters can now pass through Havannah as readily as from one state to another. A similar arrangement has been concluded with the British Consul at Panama, affording every facility for correspondence with persons in the Southern Pacific as well as in California. Mr. Hobbie also re organized a portion of the mail service in California. Daily mails have been established between San Fran cisco and Sacramento, San Francisco and San Jose, and Sacramento and Nevada. • A banquet was given on the 21st ult. to Dr Hughes, R. C. Archbishop of New York, in celebra tion of his return from Europe. Nearly 200 of the principal Roman Catholics of New York were present at the Astor-house on the occasion. The first toast, as at the entertainment in Liverpool to the same per sonage, was " The health of the Pope. The Hims: Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, proposed as a toast, "Religious toleration and charity:' The fes tivities were kept up till an early hour in the morning. Another fugitive slave case had recently occurred. A negro named Daniel Hawkins was arrested at Lancaster, and on being taken before the United States Commissioner, was ordered to be sent back to his owner in Maryland. Great excitement existed, but no violence was offered in opposition to the law. The following particulars of the accident to one of the engines of the steam-ship Pacific, above alluded to, are furnished by:an eye-witness :—":On Thursday morning last an unusual vibrating motion was felt in the ship, and which was almost immediately followed by the breaking of that part of one of the engines (the port engine) called the cross-tail,' which se vered in the centre ; and at the same time its con necting rod snapped off about two feet from the end. The starboard engine made some three or four revolu tions after the accident, which wielded the broken rod so that it came into contact with a beam supporting two pillars, and broke it. The piston-rod of the damaged engine having been deprived of its assisting power, fell heavily on the cylinder top and crushed it. The swinging about of the mutilated machinery came also in contact with the feed pipe, which broke it; and in a moment the whole of the engine department was, filled with boiling hot steam, tho density of which was such as to render it impossible to discover what damage had been done for some time. The firemen, however, alive to the probable danger, and energetic to prevent it—although compelled, in detachments, fainting and almost overcome, to grope their way on to deck to breathe the air—immediately, on tempo rarily recovering, hastened down again, to aid if possible in the reparation ; and in a space of time to me inconceivable, succeeded in raking out all the immense tires (32), and thus all was safe. Soon after this the steam cleared off, and within three and a half hours from the time of the accident, the starboard engine was at work, and we were steaming it at eight miles per hour." COMMERCIAL NEWS. STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 22.—There is a better feel ing in the market to-day, though the transactions are very few. The demand for money continues active, and rates are without change. Foreign exchange was very dull to-day, though it is steamer day for remittance by Canada, which sails to morrow from Boston. The rates, however, are very firm. Sterling, 10 to 10i per cent. premium; France, 5.10 to 6.034. In freight there is less doing, but the rates are steady for wheat and flour. There is no corn of moment offer ing. A vessel was taken up to Dundee at Is. 11d. for flour, and one for Glasgow at the previous rate. To St. Petersburgh measurement goods aro taken at 395., and sarsaparilla at lie. To California there is but little going forward, and the rates are about the same. The amount received at the sub-treasury is 122,074 dolls. Paid, 46,310 dolls. Balance, 1,856,535 dolls. NEW YORK MARKETS. NEW YORK, JULY 22. Ashes—A steady market, with a fair demand for pots, at dolls. 5 25; pearls are quiet, at dolls. 5 50. Cotton—The market is very much depressed, and prices continue to droop, and are very unsettled. Flour, &e.—There is rather a better demand for low grades of State and Western flour, and the market favouring the seller. The inferior and better grades are firm, but quiet, at the decline of yesterday. The supply afloat is moderate, especially of State. Canadian is not plenty, and the demand is limited, at dolls. 4 12i to 4 2 5 . The sales of domostic are 4,000 brls. at dolls. 4 12i for State; dolls. 4 16 to 4 184 for Michigan and Indiana; and dolls. 4 18? i to 4 314 tor pure Genes2eo and Ohio. Southern is heavy; holders are disposed to meet buyers freely, there being more now offering. The demand is fair for export and the trade; sales of 1,800 brls. at dolls. 4 31 to dolls. 4 44 for mixed to good straight brands. Itye flour and corn raeal are steady. Grain—There is a fair demand for wheat for milling and for export, but at prices below the views of holders, and the tendency is in favour of the buyer. Rye i s quiet at the decline. Sales of 10,000 hushas at 70c. in store. BY TELEGRAPH FROM NEW YORK TO HALIFAX. The following is a copy of the telegraphic dispatch brought by the Canada, vice Halifax : " NEW YORK, JULY 24. " More doing yesterday on receipt of American news. Western Canal sold freely at 4i dolls. ; Ohio THE FETES AT PARIS. PAMS,—SATURDAY.—Yesterday having done ample justice to the good cheer provided for them by the municipal authorities of Boulogne, the Lord Mayor and aldermen, and other visitors, noble, civic, and scientific, took their seats in the train " of honour," and started at a rapid rate for Paris. At Amiens, a second refection was prepared of wine and fruits, laid out on long tables, tastefully decorated with flags and flowers ; and the National Guard was drawn up to receive the strangers. After a short delay the train proceeded, and arrived at Paris at nine in the evening. Meanwhile, as early as seven, a detachment of 100 Republican Guards proceeded to the terminus of the Northern Railway to await the arrival of the distin guished visitors. An immense crowd gathered about the terminus and thronged the streets adjacent. Shortly after arrived MM. Berger and Carlier, the pre fects of the Seine and of police, and M. Lanquetin, president of the municipal commission, accompanied by a deputation of ten members of the commission. The administrators of the railway had placed at the disposal of the city of Paris one of their rooms for the reception of the guests. When the train arrived at the terminus, the two prefects and the president of the municipal commission received at the entrance of the room the guests, introduced by M. Petiet, engi neer in chief of the railway. Carriages of the mu nicipality of Paris were waiting in the inner court, and, after the presentation, the trumpets of the muni cipal guard gave the signal of departure. The pro cession passed at a rapid rate through the Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere, along the Boulevards, through the Rue de Richelieu, across the Place du Carrousel, and gained by the quays the Hotel de Ville, where the lodgings of the guests were pre pared. Throughout this circuitous route the visitors were received on their passage with every demonstra tion of good feeling and welcome, and, above all, with frequent cries of " Vive le Grand Maire." At the Hotel de Ville all had been prepared for the reception of the guests, and already the tables were laid out for the grand banquet of this evening in the beautiful Galerie des Fetes, and the adjoining saloons. This vast hall, hung with the flags of all nations, has been entirely refitted and newly em bellished. In addition to the ordinary lights, lustres of exquisite lightness and elegance have been sus pended above the tables. All the staircases and vestibules have been ornamented with flowers, mir rors, and tapestry. The inner court on the entresol has been converted into a delicious flower gnrden, in the midst of which a fountain tosses its sparkling jets. Statues impersonating the French cities have been ranged along the arcades. In the Salle du Trone a theatre has been prepared, where the leading actors and actresses of the Theatre Frangais, MM. Provost, Got, and Delaunay, with the captivating Madeleine Brohan, are to play the " Medecin malgre lui." The banquet is to be fol lowed by a ball and concert. The President is not to be present at the banquet, but will receive the visitors at a dejeuner at St. Cloud on Monday. To morrow the waters are to play at Versailles. On the sth will take place the grand ball at the Hotel de Ville ; on the 6th the military fete and the represen tation at the Opera. The Municipal Council decided, in its sitting of yesterday, that a largess of 12,000 f. should be distributed on this occasion among the poor of the twelve arrondissements. The walls of Paris are covered with placards, an nouncing the various fifes; and in each of these " Le Grand-Maire de Londres," figures in enormous capitals as the leading attraction, with the fireworks and waterworks. The special train of honour which brought the Lord Mayor and Aldermen were succeeded at the interval of an hour by another train, which conveyed upwards of a thousand visitors from England. To-day the Lord Mayor visited the English Am bassador at two, and remained in conversation with his Excellency for half an hcur. He then repaired to the Assembly, where he was introduced into the tribune of the Municipal Council. He was preceded by two ushers of the Assembly, and accompanied by M. Baze, one of the questors, M. Gustave de Beaumont, formerly ambassador in England, and M. Ferdinand de Lasteyrie helped the questors to do the honours of the Assembly, and pointed out to the mayor the parliamentary notabilities present. After witnessing the proceedings for about half-an-hour the Lord Mayor retired. Singularly enough, the debate concerned a municipal question of the first mag nitude—the loan for the improvements of the city of Paris. The following is the programme of the maneeuvres which will take place on the 6th by the troops composing ; the garrison of Paris. Two corps d'arm6e are supposed to be opposed to each other, the one on the left the other on the right bank of the Seine. The former will occupy the Champ de-Mars and Grenelle, and the latter the Trocadero and the Bois de Boulogne. The army en the left bank will endeavour to make an offensive move ment on the right bank, and will throw a bridge over the Seine, over which a pal t of the troops will pass and establish themselves on the right bank, under the protection of a heavy fire from their ar tillery. An attack will then be made on the Troca dero on the left, while the troops which have crossed the newly-constructed bridge will make an attack on the right. These attacks will be repulsed, and the troops will retire to the Champ-de-Mars, under the protection of their artillery. The troops of the right bank will then cross the bridges, and advance on the Champ-de-Mars. Charges of cavalry will be made to oppose their advance, but which will not pre vent the whole of the right bank army entering the Champ-de Mars. A general filing off of all the troops engaged will then take place. The President of the Republic has given orders that the public shall be allowed to approach as near to the scene of action as is consistent with the movement of the troops. The quays, the heights of the Trocadero, and the houses adjoining, will be the most favourable spots for witnessing► the mana3uvres, which will occupy about two hours. PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING.—It would be hardly possible to exaggerate the magnific ence o f th e ban quet which was given last evening to the Lord Mayor of London and the committee of the Great Exhibi tion, by the Ville de Paris. The h our ap p o i n t e d f o r the banquet was six o'clock, a s th e car d s o f invita tion had it tres precises, bat alth oug h th e 500 gues t s were politely punctual to time, they had to spend upwards of an hour waiting the appearance of the Prefect of the Seine. The delay of the worthy host was explained by reference to wh a t was t a ki ng place in the Assembly, of which M. Berger is a Member, for, by a coincidence worthy of note, the good city of Paris was itself on its trial as it were before the legislative body, having to justify the stewardship of its large revenues, by way of preliminary to the passing of a Bill authorising a loan of fifty millions to be spent in city improvements. The principal arti cles of the Bill were tarred with no further incon venience than that of retarding a banquet, which Ministers were anxious to grace with their presence. By another coincidence worthy of note the visit of the Lord Mayor to the Assembly at three o'clock yester day was during the debate on this city Bill. The worthy Lord Mayor having been treated with due attention, having been shown over the old Chamber of Deputies and through the library and rooms, was introduced into the tribune belonging to the city authorities, from which he had pointed out to him such Parliamentary celebrities as were present. Having remained little more than a quarter of an hour, his Lordship left to pay his respects to the President of the Republic and the British Ambas sador. Upon the arrival of the Prefect of the Seine from the Assembly, followed shortly after by Minis ters, three folding doors were thrown open, and the guests admitted into the city's unrivalled ban quetting hall. Seated at table, the guests found themselves in a long, spacious room, with a gallery at each end, remarkable for their architectural lightness and beauty, beyond which the room, continued for some extent, presents vistas of the most airy appearance. Fourteen lofty-arched windows at each side, set in light Co rinthian pillars, from which spring to the ceiling highly decorated and painted supporters, if the word be correct, would, any one of them, be sufficient to give a character of richness and elegance to a large saloon. From the ceiling, which is in the style of the renaissance—that is to say, in numerous small squares forming so many frames to a central orna ment, having three rows of large new lustres of most beautiful design, in which the blending of golden branches and foliage, with drops of crystal cut under myriads of soft stars of light, produced an enchanting effect. Harmony of effect must .. have been studied by an able master, and produced , with a skilful hand. The window curtains of a delicate lemon hue, with white under-curtains, set off with silver fringe, formed a ground for the light of the candelabra and lustres whic h in its way was perfection. The tone of colour throughout is very delicate : the Corinthian pillars are pure white, the ceiling is painted in colours of a deeper tone, but not much deeper, while the central ornaments of the nu merous small squares before referred to being o f bl ue , give character to the rest. The flags of th e diff eren t nations suspended over the heads of the comp an y pro duced a strikingly imposing effect. A s if by i ns tinct each stranger looked towards the flag of his own dear land awaking his patriotic sympathies, while any dis position to rivalry was soon quelled by seeing all blending their colours together in sign of the philan thropic objects which had re-united all who were there. A splendid band in one of the galleries played pieces from Rossini, Gluck, and. Auber. The Prefect of the Seine occupied the chair placed in the centre of the salle, opposite to which stood the bust of Louis Napoleon beneath a semicircle of tri coloured flags, moat gracefully arranged. On the right of the chairman sat the Pope's Nuncio and Lord Granville, the Vice-President of the Exhibition com mittee, and en his left Lord Normanby and the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs. The Lord Mayor presided at a table opposite to that of the Prefect of the Seine. The valets and jockeys, who, covered with gold lace, stood behind his Lordship, attracted much curious attention. At the dessert the Prefect of the Seine rose, and after giving the health of the President of the Re public, which was drunk with loud applause, he pro posed the following toast " Gentlemen,—l give a toast to the noble guests of the city of Paris ; to the Commission charged by the Queen of England to organize the universal Ex hibition; to Prince Albert, its illustrious President; to the Executive Commission ; and to the interna tional Jury, whose enlightened labours have given so much éclat to this imposing solemnity. Honour to the fruitful idea which has assembled together in one palace the marvels of human intelligence 1 In this industrial congress, the true congress of peace, the people in thus coming together forget ancient enmities, and in presence of the chefs d'auvre of all, wish only to form one great family. The city o f Paris inscribes with pride the date of the 2d August, 1851, among its municipal fetes tes; it is for it a memo rable day, of which its magistrates will retain a long remembrance. Thanks, therefore, to our guests for coming to take a place at our banquet; the Hotel de Ville is proud at receiving them ; I drink to the il lustrious representatives of the industrial genius of all nations ; to the Royal Commission of London, and to the international Jury." These words were received with loud and prolonged applause. Lord GRANVILLE, Vice-President of the Royal Committee of the Exhibition, then rose, and in the midst of the most profound silence returned thanks as follows :—Monsieur le Prefect and gentlemen, —Allow me, in very bad French, though with the greatest sincerity, to thank you, in the name of Prince Albert and of the Royal Commission for the honour which you have just done them. For my own part, gentlemen, the impressions of my youth, the bonds which I have since contracted, the souvenir which you have preserved of him whose name I bear— (Loud applause)—and who devoted so many years to cement the union between England and your fine France, which he had learned to love and to respect like ai second country—(Renewed cheers)—all, gentlemen, makes me feel both pride and embarrass ment in having the honour so little merited by me of being the organ of the Commission at this brilliant assembly, at a fete the magnificence of which is only equalled by the cordiality of your reception.— (Applause). The desire was felt in England of trying one of those grand national exhibitions which had so well succeeded in France, and which had been found to be productive of so much advantage. Prince Albert thought that the idea might be still further enlarged, and its advantages extended, if, at one time, all countries, brought together by the pro gress of science, and by the diffusion of education, could be invited to exhibit their varied productions. It appeared to him that such :an exhibition would serve to show the progress of actual civilization; and that while it taught us to return thanks to the Creator of all things for the blessings he has heaped upon us, it would also teach us how much might be added to the common happiness by the union not only of individuals, but of nations.—(Loud cheers.) lam specially charged by Prince Albert, as well as by my colleagues of the Commission, to thank Prince Louis Napoleon and his Government for their zealous co-operation, for the enlightened mea sures which they have taken to dissipate any prejudices which might still exist, and for the choice of the persons who have co-operated in the execution with so much ability and conciliation.— (Bravo, bravo.) We had no pretension to make an English exhibition of the industry of the world—we regarded it as a great honour to be able to offer to the other nations the means of making their own exhibi tions as integral parts of this great work.—(Re newed approbation.) Gentlemen, we also thank the French exhibitors for the elegance and splendour which they have given to the Fxhibition by their pro ductions. They have more than confirmed their long-established reputation for the invention and good taste which prevails in the execution of their manufactures. I hope that the sacrifice of time and money which they have made will not be all lost for them, even in a commercial point of view. I also hope that they will feel no jealousy if we, on our parts, should profit a little by the lessons which they have given us.—(Loud and continued applause.) Our thanks are particularly due to those men, distinguished in sciences, arts, and industry, whom France has sent to us as jurymen. Our orga nisation as a voluntary association has made us estab lish rules which were contrary to their old experience. As French jurymen they have not ceased for a mo ment to fulfil their laborious duties. No opinion was rejected—everything was freely discussed and voted. It was frequently French jurymen who were the first to point out the merits of the exhibitors of other na tions. At the end of a labour of seven or eight hours a day, during the space of two months, they sepa rated from their confreres in perfect harmony, and have excited in England only sentiments of kindness and respect. Permit me also, gentlemen, to say a word of the visitors which France has sent to the Ex hibition. Among them were some of her most illus trious statesmen, literary men, and soldiers. There were representatives of those renowned names which since the middle ages have illustrated the history of France and of Europe; there were citizens who have advanced the prosperity of your nation; and there were intelligent working men and industrious peasants. All, gentlemen, have shown, in different degrees, that intelligent curiosity and that good humour and courtesy which so much distinguish the inhabitants of this country.—(Applause.) At the end of thirty-six years of peace, the Exhibition has given my countrymen of all classes an opportunity of witnessing the intellectual and moral qualities which render the French so distinguished in arts of peace. For ages before they had only been able to know them for their bravery and their military genius. —(Re newed applause.) An enormous and unexampled step has been made this year towards the destruction of national antipathies and prejudicies.—(Bravo.) I beg pardon, gentlemen, for having so long trespassed on your patience.—(No, no, and bravos.) I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the obliging at tention you have given me, and I demand permission to drink, in a glass of this wine, one of the most delicious productions of your soil, To the political, social, and commercial prosperity of the city of Paris. " (Long continued braves.) The speech of Earl Granville was received with thunders of applause that lasted several minutes, and it appeared that the audience scarcely knew how to show how deeply they were penetrated with senti ments corresponding with those which his Lordship had so well expressed. When silence was at last ob- tanned, M. LANQUETIN, President of the Municipal Coun cil of Paris, rose to reply. He said that he ought, perhaps, to leave them under the influence of the charm of that eloquence which had marked the speech of the Noble Lord, but that he felt himself compelled in the name of the municipal body in Paris, to at tempt a reply, being impelled thereto also by the fact, that the Lord Mayor of London was seated by his side. He augured the happiest results from the visit of the Lord Mayor, as he considered it an event that went to tear up the last roots of the prejudices that had been nourished by the long wars and their effects that had hitherto divided two nations formed to esteem each other. He begged to propose a toast in honour of the Lord Mayor--" To the Lord Mayor, to the municipal ma gistrate who is so worthy, so revered, and so powerful to do good; to the city of London, to the immense and wealthy capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ; to the worthy and noble rival of Paris—ho nour and gratitude !" " Honour (said ha) to her, for she has been the first to realise the grand idea of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, for she has thus made a great and noble emulation triumph over every feeling of egotism ; honour and gratitude, for she has shown herself great and gene rous in raising splendid arenas for the display of that pacific struggle, and in offering the most distinguished hospitality to the sages of industrial science, called together to bestow the crown upon the most deserv ing." After some further complimentary expres sions that marked the strong desire he felt to do bo nonr to their guests, he concluded, amid tremendous applause, with propming " Prosperity to the City and Corporation of London.' The LORD MAYOR, then rose and addressed the assembly in English. He expressed the highest gra tification_ at being the chief magistrate of London for the year 1851, and in being the first individual who in that capacity h a d h a d the honour of accepting an invitation of th e P re f ec t o f the Seine.l the nntne of all the municipal authorities, he assured them of the satisfaction they had in co operating with them in the success of the Great Exhibition, which lac, hoped would conduce to the ha pp iness, peace, awi unity, not only of Fran ce and England, but of all th e countries of Europe. lie concluded by thanking them for the great honour they had conferred on him, and proposed " The Health of the, Prefect of the Seine, and Prosperity to the City of P ar i s : , Alderman SALOMoNS, in the midst of the cheering the Lord Mayor resuming hi s seat called out in Eng li s h, " For the City of Paris,Hurrah," which was taken up and responded to in the true English style by the British guests. After the banquet the guests were shown into that magnificent room called formerly the salle du Crone, which was fitted up for a theatre, and in which was gived Le Medecin m agre l u i, w ith great humour and point by the artists of the Theatre Francais, including Mdlle. Brohan and Mdlle, Denain. While the guests were making their way to this room, the ladies, now entering for the concert, were trying to invade the banquetting hall, now metamorphosing w metamorphosing into a con cert-room. The fair invaders had, however, to be prevented until the necessary chang es were ma d e , an d which were indeed effected with marvellous rapidity. The concert did not begin before half-past eleven o'clock ; but who would not wait until morning to hear the unrivalled band of the Conservatoire ? TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) Sir,—Oa Wednesday the 30th, the House in Com mittee was engaged with the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill; a fruitful subject, in which it was as much as could be expected, to have proceeded from Clause 5 to " re porting progress to sit again to-morrow." On Thursday the Second Reading of what is called the " Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management (N . o. 2) Bill," from the Lords, was carried by 45 votes against 34; thus demonstrating that there was a struggle upon the question. There is nothing a man of any experience will more certainly have learned, than that he may easily be wrong; and yet he cannot give up the privi lege of risking being wrong when he has done his best to be right. It certainly was heard represented, and from sources commanding respect, that there was some great enormity in this Bill; which was confirmed by the tone taken by its opponents, who called it an " attempt to impose upon the laity a certain price for the lands which they held of the Church, and that pri c e w as to be arbitrarily imposed by the bishops themselves"—(See Times report). The image raised by this description, is that of an unfortunate representative of the laity as the graver of P un ch might portray him, crouching with purse-strings open, and ready to aisburse the sum com manded by a swo ll en bi s hop in pontlficalzbus standing over him. But on looking into the Bill, nothing of the kind appeared t o b e di scern ibl e . It was a Bill to au thorize a certain existing body, to wit the Church Estates Commissioners whoever that may be, to give their consent and thereby legalizs the execution of agreements voluntarily made between two contracting parties, to wit an Ecclesiastical Corporation on the one aide, and the present holders o f l eases from i t on t h e o ther. Itiscertaily difficult to see in this, anything to justify the description of it quoted above. Put what seems to be the extreme case, that the Commissioners and the Ecclesiastical Corporations should be found to be the same flesh, and it only amounts to this, that the Corpo rations shall have the power of making a composition with the lessees when they like it, and when they do not like it, may leave the lessees as they are. This would no doubt have a one-sided appearance; but after all it gives the Corporations no power over the lessees which they have not already. The lessees could in no case force a composition without the Corporation agreeing to it. So that all which results, is the ausence of the power which might be supposed to forbid the execution of some of the agreements on which both parties were agreed. This may amount to something, but not at all to the thing stated in the description quoted. One of the first necessaries of life, is not to get into the habit of being run away with by misrepresentations. Some men may like bishops, and some may dislike them; but whether they like th e m o r no t, th ere i s a f a i r pl a y whose price is proverbially like that of rubies. Much . puzzle was att em pt e d to b e ra i se d upon men ti o n made of certain Rules to b e l a id d own f or th e gu id an ce of the Commissioners; and the line taken, was to con found these rules with s omet hi ng to wh i c h t h e l essee was, will he he, to be forced to agree. Now there ap pears nothing to bear out this construction. The ob ject of the Rules, is to restrain th e C omm i ss i oners f rom giving their assent except upon terms fair to somebody who has not yet been named; and that some b o d y i s t h e public. Suppose, for instance, it proved true, as ap pears to be suspected, that there was too much of corporal identity between the Commissioners and the Bishops, and that the Commissioner-Bishops or Commissioners and Bishops were found disposed to make agreements with the lessees having a ten dency to sacrifice the future revenues of the Church for the interest of present incumbents,—which it is not impossible they might be tempted to, among other things as well knowing that the end would be a demand on the public to come forward and pay for more Church when wanted;—is there no visible use in Rules to pro vide something like a check upon such proceedings in posse ? The public must look to this, and not be run away with by a simple misstatement, if it is one, of the bearing of the Rules. On Friday, from mere desire of information, like the man in the play who asks his friend if he has such a thing as eightpence about him, I took the opportunity of the re-appearance of the Bill to ask whether this view was right or not. And the result was, that it was de clared as distinctly as Parliamentary usages could make it, that this and nothing else was the object of the Bill. So that if it turns out to be anything else, we are all of us deluded gentlemen; and we must in self-defence look sharply after the future stages. On Saturday the House met for a little more than an hour, for the furtherance of business, principally of a formal nature. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, London, Aug. 4, 1851. AN OLD RaORMEIt. SPORTING NOTES. No. XCVIII. GOODWOOD SETTLING, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Considering the heavy amount that has to be transferred by the list-houses, the Goodwood settling up to the present time has been of a most satisfactory nature, not one of the leading bettors having been found in default; some few of the small fry are non est as usual. The betting this morning on a few events is uncommonly brisk, at the following prices:—Pavilion Stakes-2 to 1 on Freedom. Marine Stakes-6 to 4 each agat Freedom and Harbinger, 4to 1 agst any other. Brighton Stakes —5 to 1 agst Backbiter, 5 to 1 agst Narcissus, 5 to 1 agst Grand Duke, 6 to 1 agst Westow, 6 to 1 agst Ingrati tude, 20 to 1 agst Edipus. Brighton Cup-6 to 4on the field. Ebor Handicap -6 to 1 agst Haricot, 10 to 1 ags:. Backbiter; offers to lay against Nancy, but no price transpired. Great Yorkshire Stakes-3 to 1 each agat Nancy and Marlborough Buck, 6 to 1 agst Neasham. I am, Sir, yours, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Aug. 4, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. The following is an outline of the engagements for the three days' racing next week, commencing on Wed nesday FIRST DAY.—The Brighton Stakes of 25 says. each, 15 fc, &a., with 250 added, with 33 acceptances; the Pa vilion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old, 5 Subscribers; the Trial Stakes,.and three Plates of 501. each, one in heats. SECOND DAY.—The Marine Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h it, with 100 added, for two years old, 11 Subs.; the Brighton Cup of 100/. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, 9 Subseri4ors; the Grand Stand Plate of 1004, added to a handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft; a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, for three years old; a Handicap of 5 soya. each, with 50 added, end two 50/. Plates. Turnp DAY.—(Club Racing).—The Brighton Club Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ff, with 50 added; the Claret Handicap of 5 sovs. ea c h, w i t h 50 added, a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 100 added, end a Plato of 50/. for two and three years old, jcckies up. All the race s, with the exception of the Brighton, Pavilion, and Marine Stakes, have yet to be entered for. The New Grand Stand, capable of accommodating 4,000 pcisons, will be ready by the commencement of the races, and every possible facility afforded by the the railway company (their arrangements including a cheap train each day ai 8 .4.5 t., returnable at 7 P.m, the fares being respectively 7s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 3s. 6d, for the double journey), so that there is every prospect of a most brilliant meeting. BRIGHTON, MONDAY MORNING.—Tho following horses have arrived:— Lord George, Duc-an-Durras, Chatterer, Catalpa, Freedom, Glen Saddel, Ischia, Tilsit, Backbiter, C111 . 1 7, -; pion, Gill 3 flower, Upton, Manilla, Eth e l wo lf, Hers"' Cr was, Falcon, Fifty-one, Perjury. Between thirty and forty more are sa id to road. LATEST BETTING ON THE BR IGHTON STAKES. be on the 9to 2 agst Backbiter J6to 1 og st IsTarcissus—t. At a meeting o f th e J oc key Club, held on Daiuruaysth e following the 31st of May, it was Th at re solved, " in all articles where i t words be added to ru l e 66—` But is stated th a t w i nners shall carryresolved, eenrced extra penalti es of fo up to the th© adjudged case s in faet'ule be omitted in publishing r t weight, such penaltiesitwas also shalltl "That case N time of starti ng .' _ volumes of the Racing Calendar. The rule rescinded was in exact anitgonisna with the Present rational regulation. been the n V a ° r Ls rarion ß s ,-, EIGHT Yrens IN PALESTINE, SYRIAN By F. A. NEALE, E N. h ~, , AND ASIA MINOit. East have hitherto chiefly who have hurried over the o o o fk st o o n nri the st s, groundwith the utmost expedi tion.h Here, however, we are with presented • the wanderings of one who passed so long a period as eight years in those r egions to which both history • and religion lend their interest. The author of this entertaining work, who carries the reader so far out of the beaten track of travellers, has opened the new vein of native s • domestic life with • society, linking vivid descriptions of its give unflagging his own experiences and adventures,which sprightliness to the narrative. While he takes the reader to thoseplaces renowned from tion with memorable events,he I ads th e em also to new scenes and localities . of which there has hitherto been no account.— Evening Paper. [A.DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills an infallible Remedy for Liver Complaints and Diseases of the Stomach.— Copy of a letter from Mr. Henry Woodward, of Richmond, dated 25th May, 1651. "To Professor Holloway. Dear Sir, I suffered for many years from a most obstinate liver and sto mach complaint, and although I tried various medicines pre scribed by most eminent medical men in different parts of the country 3et I could obtain no relief and in dispair I had re course to your Pills, and it is with gratitude that I acknow ledge that they have been the means (under Divine Providence) of restoring me to a state of good health that I never could have anticipated."—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor tlolloway's Establishment 244, Strand, London. A surgical operation has iately bean performed in this city which is deserving of remark. About sixteen years since, a smith, named Joseph Daniels, in the employ of Messrs. Stothard an I Slaughter, iron-fennders, Newark street, was working at the anvil, when a chip of red-bet . steel entered his left eye. Surgical assistance was of course obtained, but the chip was not extracted, and became em bedded in the substance of the eye, occasionally causing • A fortnight since the chip was successfully acute pain. ex tracted by John Soden, Esq., of Gay-street, a n d i t proved to be one -eighth of an inch in length. The sight of the eye, which had been injured, is now gradually improved. —Both Chronicle.