The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-31 00:00:00

oai~c^ `— ef i Zet• The opinion of the House of Lords .a o.4mtof 4, carry great weight. The first House .reeee hetvveen the Ministry and the 11 %litter:l3,f said the Prime Minister, was no . longer a fetes 0 discussion. Upon the second point of dif- Pe. te hetween them and the House of Lsrds, the tp;,,T Miaister proposed the insertion of the figure wi;►s instead of eight. Ireland was, in fact, a country r m °l n a constieency. This was a bona fide effoili to ki 4 l , 4e llee a cnstituency. They must draw the limit ttedi zl wil ete• It should not be made a matter of party Adentek eici g. Ile denied that this question hEid been first r li p by the Government that exists. A forme Ito__,llstratioh had proposed the measure, and every d f er ul i b t er on his side of the House, he believed, had "all then . (An Hen. here observed that the h i nt (eoliiiPareepsed was f o ra 3O/. qualification.) Did . not t t o _ °Pini,,: i cl the Hon. Member) show the diversi . y . n t of . ~ _that existed upon this subject? The d eeishlead it 'eawa,nllouse of Lords showed that' their objections they beenlllo,l4` well considered. and they conceived that .0 the d e . ac in a constitutional way in supportin g lit e il t , i t et' the House of Lords.—(Heir.) he (11 . HOLDS said that the Hon. Gentleman had of L_ 9 10 tithe of the House in proving that the . Hou o s . p e , i 4(1 8 had exercised a constitutional privilege in pr eettintfigda,,l2f. instead of an 81. qualification. His speech "itebk. o hire of what he had often seen upon placards, ,, _ , ti t s ) '', B „h ma be thrown here."—(Leughter and s, () O w n_ th ' The fi • --lt h - on. and eloquent Gentleman had it. Il e w e cottld say a great deal with a very little in i : tletat°ol remind the Honourable and eloquent . Gen of duo of the difference between the representation a. lief, th ere and England. In 1841, in the English cou t tnsb e i: f was a population of 8,336,000, while the ti me 2 electors was 3 44,564. Now, wat was the ktket Ireland ? he population of the Iris o h , eleetol7BB was 7,445,100 while the number h _ se t ttote4 ,W 45 only 2 7,000. The 12/. free: r i e. Rtet,„,(l,3• increase the number to 140,000. H ilas;lll..lhe Position of the - lion. Member for Bucking ttenierie- lie should rejoice to see him throw off the Bucking of tof party, instead of speaking to the intellectsf Lords sie,7lllrY eentlemen.—(A laugh.) The House e entertained eititlipPesed to every liberal measure. They ente th r e peo. Ple wo ll . , of the people, but his belief was that Iptet.44thi ultimately triunaph(Divide.) I t le should Politionlatne ihd s et blhe Proposition of the Noble Lord, because he ~ tit. G 1 , 1 ,,,, h im, but the House of Lords, for the pro illtiott i '''' l l . said there had been some uninn- L3 rd Lk misrepresentation. The Government, throe h. gh . Inltebrsclene, did propose the eight pound franc Ise . , Slke,. and Lord gave notice of a fifteen pound fr w an as tleen,eilig that the eight pound franchise u an Res N e ' LK) said he was prepared to take the issue etie ` r e Potted franchise, as the chances of success .I,..greeter. I cli r t obiSRAELI said it appeared to him that the he (till 4. ?!.. Gentleman had substantially confirmed har, what The ttuoisraoli, j had just stated.—(Hear, r e e j F or T u_se then divided; the numbers we A u cr t d . 213 •L Russell's proposition ... 91 k lt ••• ' -4.1 i .. ... ••• • .......122 Lord I'LtY in favour of the 121. franchise to htu' RUSSELL then said he did not want to dis at once till measure an further, and he would 1414 the a p t th .e Lords' amendment to the claubsee disagreed "vo iitid tieeistratiOn shall be self-acting, Th e /i li t the clause to. ere— as it originally stood be agree For again again divided, when the numbers ve_ 410 • °l. ° J.. Russell's proposition ..- 179 eatest i t ~, 109 The aJ ,t tl IY in favour of the original clause —7O co 'ger amendments were agreed to. _ t hen vere n . ometed.oe upon the subject with the Lords was The nbl'IEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. itilllk_e CatIANCELLOR of the . EXCHEQUER would ‘s, w PPortunity of reminding Hon. Members that tli ciek ° , ll ld Meet in the new House of Commons at twelve Ittltltldbellicirr(lw (Wednesday). A new roof had been vsst: 11 ( 1 it was desirable ;that they should test its ae " °4 ld ieB itmediately. He hoped that the Hou Tattood enou g h to attend there. IX eIf,„OA.SE OF BARON ROTHSC . '417 separated URN said it would be advisable, iliLD before . 44 1 l ill t , lted • to know precisely upon what day the I,:terd 1.4. en •Rothschild would be brought on. 1141 ' t I. 41188 EL L said the Government thought it It a ?tild *O,, state upon the evening of Thursday what they e 1;,14 Stem in respect to Baron Rothschild.. 1.' 4 th 4 w ish, if the House would assent to it, to nsed question into consideration at twelve o'clock on . ' kdattr:ll44:4ll44B.rtp. .O „ T p l o a :i t 4i t o tt . orn . ey-General would on Thurs daf t a ll of t h e G iml aiti e gave notice that, in the . event of the hie • 444 Y to th • Government not being considered 4 . tnteliti makends of Baron Rothsch s il o d h , je i ,e t t w o a n s Nay . .. °a tO a motion upon the Th„ SUPPLY. 4tlere,je,P°rt upon the Committee of Supply , he ro( , "0 be brought 1, 0 te e ~e up. , was then Sgh t ,, Port upon the vote having reference to Marl „eat thruse 1 141 . eri -..,;11„E ;vished to understand whether this was _ ft ze ti tq la i fakiriown Property.. He protested against this ~ 8 l'i 3 7 aereed to without knowing what these . NI) p i ere whiel3',at this moment, were , the property ot t,,ettetter.ll„4,cif Wales. It appeared to him that the land t.e L u cile e ; ( , ) ,` Ihe Crown ought to be sufficient to pay m P o. ''4lltte.:,Pttl'e (if the Civil List, had it not been so 1 tbil4!. Bed as leave little or ithing to . the public reve -6:llter. e: tilerefore, ought to be cautious not to incur • t h' e tixj,,':PTise until that particular period was i d of ton years AtLeelunts,‘:_linderstood that for H, the Tit%lT,44t office had never been made out. hj:ka4 kitAietn•4".l'VNY had again and . again re pre i ze r d m u a p i o o n o rti, the the duty of giving T heeds m et 4 Property of the Duki! _of ° Cornwall. He r t et tury h ‘ h T, 3' a statement amounting to 5 i ;,, 4 (1 5p1,.„,-,-0 Power t interfere in , m th a is tt — or t . hat the ti e "' the 4-4:l,c()Litiß said the interfere in th,.„ tece" t. ," • When the m h e a m cl h n e o r th sh in o g al t fd o st d he o ee tact hid ° net ould find that the ao la a n g ki ; t o ilirt y }ears t . been so badly d ed r . eve lv nu it e h of the peri od laud...Ll,s had increased. a Soo So o ja cre ' rev enue in the country. a yea r 04 Med from 30,0001. Or 40,0001. 4 °13 g r, R D ,. - .ow ed ' 4 Lk E looked to the net increase. The accounts it%l9n-eiettitLe_net receipts were less than nothing. a 4. ' 141:130RI? characterised the matter as Af ter h tord 46fet! words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, gb._ -tl r "I„ -,,,N R USSELL said the question of the to la t n h d e omi t : •-• not before the House. With respect a.7..eared:.: 3891 Zetli. ...„-aselrattiti! ,stables, the arrangement at present pro le, fo, l, an advantage than otherwise to the Afte r ' it increased the revenue by 8001. appear. The 4 ' few word's from Colonel SALWEY, t i l ts s t h i e lee ti a i rol v e i se d an e id d aro , ti w eana he t n : t .. h : ere • 1,4 gajority . ... ._ —42 t()QPrrt on the resolution ... was then agreed to. __. i the EST ABLISHMENTS IN IRELAND eelNioereport of the Supply, P ori I)UNNE complained of the inadequacy in t ..ls tic) 4 Made for the accommodation of convictsaccumu of the ' ." Ai:lithe n umbers of which were allowed to in roe, lis n°llt anything like suitable accommodation ift.eas"toe.tbet.vise being made for them. 1,:te, 11. ,(1 t fairly treated in the ma . eltfe,:trY and the colonies wouldbenefited by Ireland, in h n 1 2 pseZtte their convicts to the latter. of his in -040,74 content himself with giving notice _orn. mittt e ' to e a , 3 be He should for h e e t,,, inquirer es f the appointment of a Select t; tltes.-7, into the state of the financial relations ilThgreil'eland sad.4l 4 -. ‘,44,this country. 6,, it 4.,,_:I4CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not pomp 4 ( 7 ‘ e . ~.ary to go into the widequestion referred to ev te t th: ti entlene ae , as he h a d g g given notice post -I°%in',th,Corlaatter to next session. n shat e Uon. Gentleman was mistaken kn. e • compared with f tilt t e i, . I %'llB done for Ireland, Hemight in say, sti p h p e o w s - - ; ) ,; 14 0 e ' 4ll l, in the matter of' the amount granted granted out_ e th ere taltll:otislidated Fund in aid of the local rates. n t e ht, , qe account for last year, which . showed that Ireland, tag voted for England; while for . 4 4 hsl,n`uarY and convicts, there was 591 . 0001.; mak 4„The t,,, • _fe in favour of Ireland ' of 200,0001 LIVI Das 4311Vitleat tie d. 0 e astn Company Bill was read a third time th-it w. .-rins Acts were reported. , e ltieq• Acts moved the second reading of t kr. 411,01 Pal Corporation (Ireland) No. 2 Bill. h el d e'df•I.N°LDS could not consent to have the Bill the tet til e i4 g t : cl e e l l e tiLne at that hour (half-past twelve) in 0. elire cl e 4 - e 4 , Bill proposed to repeal a variety of Pr titers, Of 13,,sist,n other Acts of Parliament, e relieving the It r i eve th"au,l9l fr etneertain taxes . . I I hog, that House should adjourn. LI would there . p ot - tbilea divided, when there appeared-- ' et ' A gainst :*' ••• ••• ''' ::. 69 O lt ' y Te l aajority Ol t ' would in . O . ve tht . :t . the debate should e I Vitio a i t lir there was to be no explanation of h 1 4 .2 r q. G RE Y 11(i Bi ll . o._ kred ,„ said the Irish Attorney-General e was (1; 4 14% 1 "" enter into the Bill if the Gentleman N 'i. al k s lre d to discuss They could not do so, how-. eit, le - I 1 4 toot'nt. etil l ti ty t , T 0 , 1 , , t? . form adjournment. not prepared to dis --, LI S said ho was Th, '' U ill at th •morning. trs d '' oi.icit 'r " hour ill the Year for th OR GENERAL said the the Bills of last tel e ' and th e e PurPoite of explaining_ Id be done to the Bill was in ei"shie ~,,, greatest injustice would " thi s • ' lz ells of Dublin if it was to Aft er session. 114 4 k! k few words f O'Con nell, Mr. 'onb , be thrown Agli Y do e ii, Ore g „ , fro Mr. sot B°InRRATILLE said the tiltht efjusti Nit •4bts tha t to the citizens of Duane ti:nevit a. b h, , .iiisted, and that would, unless set at Bill was intended to Th“lityNtY3o,6ll to costly litigation.. .• and to Se l tdio u ; SPRAT,* rO9O yr speak; but blqti o LIMNIt theca`",!4it decided, as he not moved the The on _"ae debate, he could not make another hee Lin__e.Me ellbjuet. - Co 0441 114: o " three read a second time, and ordered to 11, eo .on rhuraday at twelve o'clock. ,41aiiteel°1°113 Inclosure'(No. 2) Bill went through 4 ii! le P4negiceg f or 1 ,,!(1 ti gins 0 ,.., Tahing Fish (Ireland) Bill was read TV Trlt,te'eu,,liassed. tit4'll RAv i !, sll l was read a third time and passe% ti o e4cleave t",:eLLOR of the EXCHEQUER o: il I).' 4485 84 - c i ' L lia g in a Bill to facilitate the compost.- ,A „ ' - ' 1 -,„. 8 ' ''' - elr ' IV w rit Iv NE W WRIT. 1.,. 8 4, E,„ ss ordered for Lambeth, in place of C. The tloes.Vawd!le has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. 1, ae.r...,.,:2....___2urnPd at On o'clock. zo.4,4eti 4°1 ;• - t i iaari t l ' et -.. RADE REPORT, TUESDAY, JULY tatuat m.„ . ' 5 riew, frtc'sday is quiet, having been rendered more kiveila, be t h P)). America. Prices are, however, well qttle 'et €oodsad ir cloths, long clotks, 4414 h, .8 yarns. "m 9 re Irt doccuuld. I THE SUN, LONDON, OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. We have received from Marseilles dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mai!, which lift Bombay on the 25th ult. The intelligence is not important. We take the fol lowing ample summary from the Bombay Times:— " The English mail of the 24th of May arrived in Bombay on the 21st of June, the transit having been accomplished in the singularly short space of 27 days 14 hours. " Our rains have this season been somewhat late of setting in; hitherto they have been rather scanty, but we can augur as yet nothing from what has occurred as to the ultimate character of the season—on the whole it seems to promise favourably. We had a severe thun derstorm on the morning of the 14th, when one or more houses in the fort were struck with lightning, and about six inches of rain tell in twt lye hours. Up to the pre sent date the falls amounts to 16.00 inches in all. " There is now no finger any douht about the retire ment of Sir C. Napier. Ile takes fuel leave if India in October. No authentic accounts of the - name of his successor have yet been promulgated. " Sir W. Gomm is expected to take charge of the Bombly army in November. " On the 29th of May a public meeting took place in the Town-hall, for the inauguration of a School of In dustry, fur some time in contemplation at the presidency. The Chief Justice presided; the whole of the members of Government, the Judges of the Sudder Adawlut, and the greater part of the general staff now at the presi dency, were present. The Right Honourable the Gover nor was chosen patron; Sir E. Perry, president; Vice- Presidents—The lion. J. P. Willoughby, the Hon. D. A. Bane, Mr. John Warden, Sir Samsetjee Jejeebhoy, and Mr. Juggonath Suokeraett. Committeet—Mr. A. Spens, Mr. M. Larken, Mr. John Smith, Captain P. T. French, Captain H. J. Barr, Mr. Cursetjee Jamsetjee, and Mr. Cursetjee Peatonjee. Secretary, Dr. George Buist. The school has since been opened for the reception of pupils, of whom there is a considerable number now in attendance, of in immediate pros pect. The objects of the establishment, are, in the first place, to reclaim juvenile culprits, and teach them trades, by which they may earn their bread; secondly, to en deavour to improve the processes of manufactures and advance the resources of the country. Destitute juve niles alone are maintained by the charity, but instruction will be willingly imparted to any one desiring it. The attempt to introduce improvements by locating indi vidual improvers in the districts has hitherto pro►ed a complete failure. There seems no reason to doubt in the success of a central establishment resorted to from all quarters by parties who return to their country to introduce the implements in which they have been taught. " A curious case of the tyranny practised in native states, even when most strictly under the surveillance of the British Government, has just coma to light. Some years since a wealthy merchant at Baroda died, leaving two wives behind him; the elder widow was of weak intellects, but had a son; the younger, a woman of talent stud spirit, was four months ad vanced in pregnancy at the time of her bereave ment. The husband willed that his property, amounting to above half a million sterling, should be life rented in the widows, and that in the event of a boy being born, it should be divided equally betwixt the children, the mothers being trustees over the whole till they were of age—the survivor to inherit all in case of the decease of either. The Brahmin died—five months after wards his widow was delivered of a son; as the heritage was an enormous one, every precaution was taken to secure evidence of the genuineness of the child. Not the slightest doubts on this subject were raised for a year and a half, when the younger widow began to bring Baba, the manager of the estate, to account for ex travagant conduct. While the child was out on an airine, it was stolen and carried into the wilderness by Baba's directions, as is now allowed; the mother was placed under personal restraint, and told she was an im postor—that the child was none of hers—that hers had died in infancy. Remonstrance was in vain. Baba had now secured every channel of access to Government by bribes or loans. At length a punchayat or jury of five was pro posed. This, at first, according to the advice of a native lawyer, anxious to maintain litigation, the widow, strong in her consciousness of innocence, declined. A coart of Baba's sieves was now constituted, and the case decided against her, no intimation having been given her as to the charges to which she was to answer, the evidence supporting them, the record kept, or sentence pronounced. Repeated applications on the subject have hitherto only produced the answer that the case was closed—Baba was content, so were his abettors; when did ever the cause of suffering awaken sympathy or arouse friends in the East, K ben the sufferer was poor and penniless? The Bombay Government have at last been petitioned to take into con sideration the new matter of the abduction of the child. Baba had no more right to make away with an adopted child than with the offspring of the widow—the theft offers the strongest presumption of his guilt. The senior widow is now said to repent her ever having joined the persecu tion against her sister, and to be anxious, if left to her self, to come into the field in her defence. Well she may, if she dreams that her own offspring will ever see maturity or she herself survive many years, she must look for a consummation unknown in Oriental history. The family of the banker a ere under the protection of the British Government, and on this ground it is that we are specially bound to interfere, either to secure for the widow her rights or expose her as an impostor, if what has been stated should turn out incapable of proof; and, what is apprehended is, the usual lazy answer by which injustice is soothed and ease secured—' refer to previous decisions.' The cruel Baba, at all events, de serves no mercy, unless child-stealing is to be formally sanctioned under authority of the British Government. " Mr. Beadon has been appointed to inquire into the state of the Post-office at Calcutta, Mr. H. Forbes at Madras, and Mr. W. Courtney at Bombay, with a view to the general improvement of the system. It is ex pected that the franking system, which debits the public with the carriage of Government letters and papers, and is liable, besides, to the most enormous abuses, will be recommended to be done away with ; that a large reduc tion on letter postages, with probably the prepayment system, will be introduced, and that the charge for the transmission of newspapers will be commuted from postage to a one anna (Id.) stamp, enforced on the same general plan as at home. The measure will be emi nently unhappy to those journals, three-fourths of whose circulation is at the place of publication, which, being mainly devoted to personal squabbles, and abuse, or to local gossip or slander, can never look for extend ing their circulation, and will have to pay 21. a year of duty for papers which will never enter the post-cffice. So long as postmasterships areconsidered exclusively civil service appointments they must be in a great measure sine cures. However able or excellent may be the gentleman on whom they are conferred—and there is, no division of the service more full of ability—a civilian who late in life comes into an appointment of the duties of which he can know nothing—where he finds these all well dis charged by his deputy, where he has no inducement to exert himself or to learn, as perfection will not accelerate, nor want of it retard, his advancement to the next stage fixed in the service, to which the postmastership is looked on as a transient step merely—theduties would be as well performed by deputy without him as with him. The Post-office is thus made available with the sum of 6,000/. or 8,000/. a-year of bonus to the sinecure, for which nothing whatever is received in return. " Mr. R. M. Stephenson and the engineering staff of the Bengal Railway have arrived at Calcutta, and find ing the plan concocted betwixt the London Board and the Court of Directors impracticable, are preceeding on the examination of a new line, in hopes of obtain ing a fundamental change in all their arrangements, and a further and fresh guarantee from the Court of Directors. The moat feasible scheme seems to be to pro ceed in the direction of Burdwan, where large returns may be looked for from the transmission of coal and other minerals. On the expenditure of a million sterling the Friend of India assures us 7} per cent. gross gain may be looked fur; from this fall to be deducted the charges for working the line. Past inquiries with the cost of course become useless, and an entirely new scheme,with a new guarantee on a much larger capital than at pre sent, must be secured. We have no doubt of the India House coming into any reasonable measure that can be laid before them; past occurrences are anything but calculated to secure the confidence of capitalists. We mentioned in our Overland Summary of the 17th of April that some such result as this was inevitablei . the s t a t e ment was met by the emphatic contradiction of the London board. Unfortunately its accuracy was not only notorious to every mau in India, but the impossi bility of constructing a railway on the plan proposed had been shown at home years before. Is it wonderful that when such things as this occur all confidence in home management should be lost in India? On the accounts of the Great Indian Peninsula meeting of the 29th of April reaching Bombay, stock at once fell 50 per cent. " Since the dispatch of last mail Captain Newbold, one of the most distinguished of our English geo graphers has been removed by death. He was assistant to the Resident at Hyderabad. He had been long ailing, and his demise, though deeply lamented, was not uu looked for. He died at Mahabuloshwar on the 29th of May. lie was cut off without a moment's warning, in he midst of his studies. s O id n e e no o y f , our m L o a s r t k e w n o t r e t r h p y r , isi h n a g s b m e e a d o ic o a o l t m o e ff n b a y t ohthoePre. lera—the disease whose ravages he was at the time en deavouring to stay or to mitigate. " Sir H. Lawrence has proceeded on leave for a few months to Cashmeer, where it is probable he will be joined by Colonel G. St. P. Lawrence, from Peshawur , who has obtained sick leave till January next, the dutie s of the former officer being in the m ean ti me per f orme d by Mr. John Lawrence, and of the latter by Lieutenant H. B. Lumsden, commandant of the Guide Corps. Mr. G. F. Etimonstone, C.S., has succeeded Colonel Macke son, C. 8., as Commissioner and Superintendent of the Cis-Sutlej states. It is reported that the Governor-Ge• neral will not accept of the resignation of Mr. Pringle, commissioner in Sinde, and has called for the reasons which induced him to resign. It is further said that in future there is to bea commissioner for Upper as well a 3 Lower Sinde, and that both are to be under the orders of the Lahoro Commission. " The Nizam's dominions are once more in a disturbed state, and it is rumoured that Sir G. F. Berkeley in tends visiting the capital shortly. " The Governor and Commander-in -Chief of Bombay reached Poonah on the 31st of May and 3d of June, where they remain till October. The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in India are at Simla. " A smart shock of earthquake was felt at blussoorie on the sth inst. " Trade is at a standstill." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM THE 25TH MAY TO THE 24TH JUNE INCLUSIVE. BOMBAY, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 24. Money still continues abundant, and discounts easy, and there is likely to be a continuance of this state of affairs for some time to come. Government securities have maintained their value, the open loan being at par to per cent. discount. Fours have been sold at 85. Shares aro comparatively neglected, but we hear of some transactions in those of the Bank of Bombay at 20 per cent. premium. Orientals we quote at 164 per cent. discount, and Agras at 41 per cent. discount. The itnrort market during the past month has been, as usual during the early part of the monsoon, almost totally inactive--the only sales effected being the con sumption on the spot. By the end of the rains the up country markets will have become bare, and should the season prove a favourable one, a brisk trade may be looked for. A large number of vessels with supplies have arrived since the date of our last report, but while the present high prices for cotton aro maintained, we can look but for light supplies of .alanchester goods. The cotton market continues extremely active, and is the only article of export inquired after. Cotton Piece Goods—To effect sales in any descrip tion of piece goods a reduction on last month's rates has to be submitted to. Those chiefly its request are 40- inch and 45-inch grey, and 72 reed white shirtings of. the middling and superior qualities, and the best de scriptions of jacconets. Grey shirtings have sold to ex tent of 1,900 pieces, at prices varying from sr. 3a. to qr. per piece ; and bleached jacconets 1,800 pieces at from 3r. to sir. p.p. In other descriptions there have been but few transactions. . . Cotton Yarn—The sales during the month amount to 111 bales (chiefly No. 20's) mule, and 250 bales (chiefly No. 30's) water twist, 70 bales orange yarn, and 25 bales Turkey red yarn. Best quality orange realizes 11i at 12 annas, and Turkey red, q,r. per lb. Metals—Copper—Sheathing, tiles, and braziers', are firm and in good demand. A small quantity direct from Australia has sold for 47}r. per cwt. Iron—Swedish bar is in request, while British bar, nail rod, sheet and hoop and Swedish steel, are but little inquired for. Lead —Sheet as before, dull; pig in request. Cochineal—We have heard of a sale of 2,0001b5., at 2r. 3a. per lb. The market is dull, but prices remain firm. Saffron—No transactions. Woollens—The only sales effected during the month have been 144 pieces scarlet, 54 inch 22 yards, at lir.; and 8 pieces 62 inch 19 yards, at 2ir. per yard. In flannels we hear of sales of 100 pieces at 7,100 at 10a., and 75 at 9a. per yard. Beer, Wine, and Spirits—ln Allsopp's, Bass's, and Hodgson's, beer, large sales have been made during the month. In wines and spirits there has been little doing. Maine Stores—The only sale we have heard of is one of 150 cwt. cordage, at 19r. per cwt. Oil of linseed is in some slight demand; paints and spirits of turpentine, as also canvas and twine, very dull. EiPORTS. Cotton Wool—The purchases during the month amount to 3,350 bales sad 4,250 candies. Although last advices from England were highly favourable, the large quantities of the staple now in the market have prevented the rise in price which would otherwise have taken place; and, indeed, a decline is looked for, owing to the setting in of the rains, and the fact of last accounts from China being of a less encouraging nature than those formerly received. Opium—Since the arrival of last China mail on the 21st inst., the price of Malwa has advanced to 1,530 r. per chest; prior to that date ;the rate was 1,240 r. to 1,203 r. Freights—Subsequent to the date of our last Overland dispatch several ships were taken up for Liverpool at 11. 10s. per ton, since then the rate has advanced, and en gagements have been made at 1/. 17s. 6d. per ton, and for partial lots at 2L ss. To London the rates have been ruling between IL 15s. and 21., but to-day something more could be obtained we think. To China shorely after the departure of the last mail numerous vessels were engaged at 64r. per candy. Since then rates have advanced to 7r., Br., and 9r.; but in consequence of un favourable accounts of the cotton market in China, the rate has again declined, and is now nominal at 7r. to Br. Exchange—The Commercial Bank has been drawing at 2.. Oil, six months' sight we understand, and docu ment bills have been placed at 2s. Oid. and 2s, 00. six months' sight. Russell's and other clean credits seem scam , . Transactions for this mail have not been heavy; at this season they seldom ate. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 27. By the co-operation of Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Greaves, Q.C., who presided in separate courts, one in the grand jury room, and the other in the Judges dining-room, for the trial of prisoners, all the Crown business, with the exception of the murder case, on which the jury were deliberating, and two indictments for perjury, were disposed of by ten • o'clock last night. At that hour the first of the indictments was called on in the Crown Court, before Mr. Justice Wil liams, when Mr. HUDDLESTON (who was the leading counsel for the prosecution), said, that having been engaged the whole of that day in the two cases of murder, he was physically incapable of proceeding with another case that evening; and as, moreover, the defendant was not present, he hoped his Lordship would adjourn the court until the next morning. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he should be most glad to do so if the state of the public business would permit him, but there were three civil causes, and two indictments for perjury still to be tried, and yet to-morrow was the commission day at Shrewsbury. He had no doubt that the counsel was very much fatigued, but he must remember that both himself (the Judge) and the jury had been working equally hard, and were equally tired. He did not in tend that the whole case should be tried that evening, bat merely wished to make some progress in it. The presence of the defendant was not indispensable, this being a misdemeanor, and it was admitted she would surrender in the morning. Mr. HUDDLESTON still contended that the presence of the defendant was necessary, and as Counsel for the pro secution, required that she should surrender before the trial was proceeded with. He also further urged the plea of exhaustion, and added, that from the pressure of business at these assizes, he had not been able to open his brief in the present case; and, if he were compelled to proceed must read it at length to.the jury, in order that ho might at the same. time inform himself and them of the charge against the defendant. After a lung - discussion, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS directed the jury to be sworn and the case to be proceeded with. After the oath had been repeated to the jury, The crier said, my Lord, one of the jurymen refuses to take the oath. Mr. Justice WiLmats—How is this, sir? Juryman (producing from the depths of his fob an enormous watch, and extending it at arm's length towards his Lordship)—Whoy, my Loard, its noaw moare than ten o'clock, and I'om now been sitting here and in t'other courts moare than thoirteen hours, and I wo'ant sit no mosir this noight if I can help it.—(Great laughter, in which the Judge joined very good humouredly.) Further discussion took place, and at length it Ix - came apparent to everybody that no progress would be made in the case even if it were proceeded with, and it was adjourned until the morning. PERJURY.—EIIen Capewell, aged 45, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury, committed at the lust Sum mer assizes. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. P. M'Mabon appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Whateley, Q C., and Mr. Skin ner for the defence. The case occupied tlii Court from nine in the morning till six o'clock. It arose out of an action of trespass brought by Captain Powys, of Cheadle, against a man named Clewes, to try the title to a piece of wharf at the left-hand side of Basford canal bridge as you go from Leek to Cheadle, occupying altogether a space of 16 yards. Clewes defended as the servant of a gentleman named Sseyd, and the question of title was therefore in substance tried as between Powys and Sneyd, both being gentlemen of the highest respectability and of very con siderable fortune; and both resembling the honest Dandy Dinmont in his litigation—looking not to " the value of the thing but the justice." The few feet of wharf were admitted on both sides to be really of little value; bat each claimed a title from a remote period, Mr. Sneyd contending that it had been in his family along with the surrounding land at that side of the canal bridge for at least 70 years; and Captain Powys claiming it for a very long period also, under a deed of exchange with the former proprietors of the ad joining land. Captain Powys's land was at the north side of the bridge, and Mr. Sneyd's at the south; and the spot in question was on the south, and if Captain Powys's claim were well founded would certainly interfere with the fair proportions of Mr. Sneyd's land; and, therefore, if ever " the grays of a goose" were an excusable ground of litigation it was certainly so here. The cause was entered for trial at the Spring Assizes of 1849, and in consequence of the judges not having time to try it, it was, at the close of the assizes, made a remanet—of course, at an enormous ex pense to the parties, who had kept upwards of sixty witnesses for some days at Stafford. It was tried at the next assizes by a special jury, and ended in a verdict for Captain Powys. The defendant was one of his witnesses. She had been authorised formerly both by him and Mr. Sneyd to collect the wharf-dues for both, but since 1832, when Mr. Sneyd erected a public-house called the Navi gation Inn, near the bridge, she had ceased to collect for him. In order to prove user and possession by Captain Powys, it would be very mat eri a l to ascertain who had received the dues for this piece of wharf since the erection of the Navigation Inn, and she swore that she had been always paid them for Captain Powys by all persons using the wharf—by Mr. Sneyd himself, by several of his servants, tenants, and others claiming under him, whom she named, and particularly by hi s woodranger ; that it had not been claimed by any one but the Powys family; that she had not received any money for it on account of Mr. Scud; and that she had not had a particular conversation with some of her neighbours. For these statements she was now brought to trial. Eight of those whom she named as having paid her on account of C iptain Powys con tradicted her point blank, swearing that they had not done so, and that when she demanded wharfage for the wharf now in dispute, they refused to pay it, and she admitted that she had no right to that side of the bridge. Others proved that she demanded the wharfage in the ofhoaamtehs otherM r . Sneyd,haodand hand, w i tnes s es others w p e r r o e v e e d s the ed conversation. the truth of her statements as to everything but the con versation, and this was treated as it had been by Mr. Ba A ro f n ter ß . o th lf e e, B w p () h e ft h t r e e , d the actions, as mere idle talk. occupiedrni a s n t e s h i ao andrthes at a v j' i u d r e y n c re s t ' i acquitting e i gr n du u ji t et e tt s i o n f ir g h u a il r ty on on . t a wo_ o f the most material assignments, r a e a d d t o summing consult aup pa hadf e few half-past seven returned with a ils charge as to the conversation, She NESDA Y EVENING, JULY 31, lB5O. was thereupon, after a very severe reprimand, his Lord ship intimating that but f ir h er age h e wou ld b e die posed to punish her more severely, E enterced to a year's imprisonment. The second indictment was against another witness, who had also given evidence on the same occasion against Mr. Sne3d; but on Mr. Whateley the defendant was pr e pa re d to adm i t t h at b e was mis taken in swearing wh a t h e did , the char geryas was not pro ceeded with, and a v er di c t c f acqu i ttal s taken by consent. saying that WESTERN CIRCUIT —Bodmin, July 27. CROWN COURT. There were the names of twenty-four prisoners in the calendar. William Gibson pleaded guilty to an indictment charg ing him with setting fire to a rich. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, in sentencing the prisoner, said that he had stated he wished to be transported. The Court was not in the habit of attending to the wishes of prisoners, but in such a case as this he must he trans ported ; let it, howcvrr, not be supposed that transpor tation was merely a removal from one country to another, and that the prisoner would there have the op portunity of bettering his condition. He would first be kept in separate confinement for twelve months ; he would then most likely he sent to Portland, and be sub ject to very severe and hard labour at the breakwater; and after being there for a long time, he would be sent out of the country. The sentence was that he should be transported for ten years. Robert flood, aged 62, was convicted of a rape upon a little girl, and was sentenced to 20 years' transportation. Thomas Baker, jun., was indicted for striking and beating William Coles about the head, from which beating and striking he died. Mr. H. T. Cole prosecuted, and Mr. Collier defended the prisoner. It appeared that the deceased was a farmer. On the 27th of May he was at a public-house called the New Inn, at Week St. Mary. The prisoner came into the room in a most excited state, being intoxicated, and offered to fight any one there. At length he addressed the deceased, and endeavoured in every way to induce him to fight. He provoked him very much, but the de ceased said he would not fight, although he was •not afraid. The prisoner then struck him two blows, one over the eye, and the other under the ear. After the last blow the deceased fell from his seat, and in a few minutes died. The surgeon said, he considered the deceased died from apoplexy, which might have been occasioned by the blow. He did not make a post mortem examination, be cause the coroner's jury did not wish it. The witness, upon being pressed in cross-ex:mina: tion, went into all kinds of possibilities. The deceased might have been attacked wish apoplexy even without a blow. He was a stoat subject, and therefore liable to apoplexy; and from the surgeon's evidence it would seem that, not having had a post mortem examination, he could not tell much about it, and he could not say anything, in fact, that was of any value upon the subject. The jury found the prisioner Guilty of a common assault; and he was sentenced, after a severe admoni tion from the judge, to three months' imprisonment. The assizos for Cornwall commenced on Friday at twelve o'clock, and ended on Saturday at two o'clock. During our remembrance the judges have been com pelled to sit early and late for a week to get through the business. Certainly the promotion of Mr. Cockburn and the illness of Sergeant Kinglake, who was compelled on that account to leave Dorchester, and has not been able to come here, may have had something to do with the small quantity of business, for these gentlemen having been retained, the attorneys were placed in an unex pected position. It is expected that Mr. Slade will be made a Queen's Counsel before the conclusion of the circuit. Parties feel heavily the loss they have sus tained in the promotion of the Solicitor-General. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER. EXTENSIVE. ROBBERIES BY A LADY'S MAID, and CHARGE AGAINST TWO POLICEMEN.—Mary Ann Raw lings (who has lived as a lady's-maid , in several families of distinction), John Martin, 36 B, and Charles Murray, 171 B, who had been remanded—the female prisoner charged with stealing two gold watches, a valuable brooch, a silver teapot, and other property, from General Sir Colin Halkett, Governor of Chelsea Hospital, and the two latter with having feloniously received the brooch, were brought alp for final examination. There were other charges against the female prisoner, and a second against Martin. Sir Colin and Lady Halkett, Sir Fortunatus and Lady Dwarris, and other persons of condition interested in the proceedings, were accommodated with seats on the bench. A gentleman from the office of Mr. Humphreys, soli citor, attended oa behalf of the male prisoners. The voluminous evidence, which has been already de tailed, having been read over, Lucy Barton, laundress, 23, William-street, Portland town, produced some lace habit-shirts and a pair of cuffs, which had been brought to her by the female prisoner on the 11th inst. to wash. Lady Letitia Halkett proved that the female prisoner had been in her service as lady's maid, three weeks up to the Ist instant, and identified the several articles pro duced upon this and the former occasion. In reply to a question from the male prisoner's advo cate, her Ladyship could not state the exact value of the brooch, which had been presented to her some years ago by the General. It might be valued about 6/. It be longed to a set, other portions of which she produced. Sir Colin Halkett was called to negative a statement made by the female prisoner. In reply to the inquiry from Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, whether he had ever givea her the brooch, he replied that he hal not. He could not tell the value of the brooch. As this concluded the case against the accused, they were severally addressed in the words of the statute by Mr. BRODERIP, who inquired whether they wished to say anything? The female replied in the negative, and the male prisoners' legal adviser reiterated the arguments used by Murray on his previous examination, and solicited his discharge at once. Mr. BRODERIP refused to accede to this request which was strongly pressed by the advocate, until he had heard the other cases which were to be brought forward. The next case was then proceeded with. . Sarah Smith, female searcher at the Pimlico station, proved finding a stocking marked " Rosa Platt" on the female prisoner's person, and another similarly marked and apparently its fellow in her box. Mr. Samuel Platt, magistrate for the county of Mid dlesex, residing at 10, Hyde Park gardens, stated that the prisoner entered his service as one of the lady's maids, on the 23d of April, and remained a fortnight. After identifying the handwriting upon the stockings as Mrs. Platt's, Mr. Platt stated that he had discharged the prisoner on suspicion of robbing the kitchen-maid of half a sovereign. He then went through a long list of articles, including silk stockings, &c., which had been missed from his house immediately after the prisoner's departure. Mr. BRODERIP inquired whether he had received a character with the prisoner? Mr. Platt replied that he had received a good character with the prisoner from Lady Manners. The female prisoner, in reply to this charge, said that Miss Rosa Platt threw the stoc ki ngs ou t o f her drawer. Accused knew nothing about the half-sovereign. In the next case the prisoner Martin was included in the charge, and again placed in the dock by the side of the female prisoner. Eliza Lane, a laundress, produced two cambric hand kerchiefs which had been left with her by the prisoner Rawlings io wash. John Davy, polic e consta bl e, 119 B, said that b etween nine and ten month s ago h e b ought the dupl i cate ticket of a watch and gold pi n , in pawn at Mr. Roberts's, Westminst er , o f t h e pr i soner Mart i n. He redeemed the arti c l es , w hi ch were pledged leleneeuee :de n megga i nvees n d-dd ts ht his baar eyest person e s ress houseos i n o n who ever since . Mr. Ythte)rk6-tshtroefe July. ' He now producedpledtheged for 17s pin, which" on had ep te d . r e s s o c un r ieb c o u lde pledging.d not 0 two tTi dheenp length fn i y c g e tt m bh e e o n af . ct time ehe that h y a( tm w h e aa r rd e . Mr. Roberts pr ove d that the watch and pin were i h n e . 7th July, 1849, and re gstave the name John Martin, 5, elapsed pr evente d his bing able to remember the fea tures of the person. Miss Ann Brereton stated that the prisoner Rawlings was in the service of her sister, Lady Dwarris, James street, Buckingham -gate, for a short time, about June last, during which witness was upon a visit there. Miss Brereton identified the two pocket-handkerchiefs, which had belonged to her mother, and the gold pin, as her property. In her cross-examination by the male prisoner's ad vocate, the lady repeated that she identified the pin by some peculiar marks about it, although she could not exactly describe them, and pointed out the marks to which she alluded. She could not exactly tell the period at which she lost the things produced. In her re-examination by Mr. BRODERIP, Miss Bre reton said she had the things at the time she went to pay the visit at her sister's. The female prisoner, in reply to this charge, said she knew nothing about either the pin or the watch, and never gave them to Martin. Mr. Roberts was recalled to ascertain whether he could identify the female prisoner upon another charge with reference to some valuable table-linen, without which identification the case could not bo supported. Mr. Ro berts said he should be most happy to assist the ends of an interval of 13 months having justice, but he could not identify the person who had sincep aW n elapsed. a t • Mr. BRODERIP said he should commit the prisoner Rawlings upon the several chares did brought against her. p h s e ed P , r° Ho expressed his opinion that feel sur • not ho think the male perty, prised at the prisoners had any reason to d• but the situa tion in which they were pace d; , question was not whether they had acted phreutoheeurti therey or properly, wa consider ing.s suf fi cient evi dence their position, but w natttal. He thought that there to warrant a com but it '‘as s o fir from c onclusive that he would ac cept two sureties in 30f . ea ch fur their appearance at the sessions. [ADVERTISEMENT.] --BOTANIC WATER AND ___-- BEARS' GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and fall ing off, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, a use l2 o o f bears' grease in this is the use of the two above-named ar , tii l l li e s s h ,: s p ga li t e e d .s a t l i t . ex 'lately, the botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf, and as a stimulant, and the bears' grease as a nourishes. If any k el9d ill tha t ne he animals, recommend the or the chances are their obtain further evidence was required of the virtues of bears' grease for renovating and•preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length of hair obtained by some of the North American Indians, would be a sufficient answer.—Koss country ,n u os b nw l d i e c orn o whoal t p n u °ds r c swfi h harB6Bsote fat San:Or:a:end and 1c other but with their names and trllilrailiprz9nustedortionctihe.o pot, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES. _ _ CHICTiESTER, 51011 DAY NIGIIT.—The entries for the plates, &c., closed this evening at Goodwood, and if one sir ta o did not come up to the mark—the Craven Stakes and Cowdray Stakes, the Stewards' Cup, Inkeepers', Anglesey, and Queen's Plates, filled better than usual, proving that there were plenty of horses in the neigh bourhooll, and that the daily average of racing is likely to come up to the amount we mentioned last week. The pen was drawn through a considerable number of two and three years old, and several engagements were thus re duced within narrow dimensions. For tho Ham and Goodwood Stakes, the Nursery Plate, and the Cups, the fields will be larger than appear to have teen generally anricipated. The two and five o'clock trains this afternoon left London-bridge station with immense freights, but num bers having stoprd at Brighton, Worthing, or Bognor, with the intention of abiding there during the' races, the priTortion which reached Cnicbester was confined almost exclusively to the sporting classes, for whose aepomods tion the Subscription Betting-room was opene 1 as usual; not a bet, however, was laid. _ _ _ A large and distinguished party is assembled at Good wood, snere open house will be kept to the close of the week. A good deal of rain fell this evening, about seven o'clock, and the prospi-cts of the meeting in respect of weather are dubious. TUESDAY.—The weather this morning, contrary to expectation, turned out fine, and having continued so throughout the day, wo are enabled so far to record a favourable commencement of tho meeting. The sport. too, was ample and interesting, but the attendance did not, either in number or rank, come up to the standard. The list of the fashionables, and of the Goodwood and Molecomb parties, we must defer until to-morrow. The following return will show that four great '• cer tainties" did not come off, and that the " fielders" found some consolation for a long run of ill luck. The Craven Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous. each, with 50 added. Craven Course, (9 Subs.) Mr. Walter's Maid of Team Valley, 7st 81b ...(Lye) 1 Mr. Greville's Cariboo, 3 yrs, 7st Ilb (E. Sharp) 2 Duke of Richmond's Quiver, 7st 31b (Kitchener) 3 Duke of Richmond's Vampyre, Sat 101b...(Flatman) 0 Lord Clifden's Loadstone, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Sly) 0 Major Mertyn's The Moor, 5 yrs, Sat 21b...(Abdale) 0 Lord H. Lennox's Woodlark, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Esling) 0 Mr. Chatfield's sis to First Chance, 6st 111b(Barker) 0 The Duke of Richmond declared to win with Quiver. Betting-2 to 1 agst. Cariboo, 3to 1 agat Maid of Team Valley, and 4to 1 agst Quiver. Woodlark took a lead of a couple of lengths immediately after leaving the post, and with Maid of Team Valley and Cariboo in her wake, cut out the work until half-way between the commencement of the rails and the distance, where she retired beaten. The Maid of Team Valley went on with the running and won cleverly by half a length, Cariboo beating,Quiver by the same; nothirig was near these three. Run in 2 min. 20 sec. _ _ Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b each. Craven Course. _ _ , Lord IT. Lennox's Bee Hunter, Bst 71b ...(Flateasn) 1 Lord Exeter's Nutshell, Bst 71b Betting-2 to lon Bee Hunter, who made all the inn ning and won in a canter by fifteen lengths. Run in 2 min. 50 cm Tho Innkeepers' Plate of 50:sevs., added to a Sweepstake of 5 soya. each. Two yrs old, sst 71b; three, Tat 91b; four, Bat 41b; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged, 9st. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.) Count Hahn's Meridian, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Well's Vigilant, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Hughes's fby Cowl, •2 yrs, sst 71b...., .(Cowley) 3 Mr. Deltne's Ranger, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Flatman) 0 Mr. Osbaldeston's fby Pantaloon, sst 71b (Barker) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Slang, 3 yrs, 7st 91b ...(Witherton) 0 Captain Hervey's fby Envoy, 2 yrs, sst 71b(G. Mann) 0 Major Martyn's Fernande, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (W. Abdale) 0 Betting—Even on Cowl filly, 4 to 1 agat Vigilant, and 5 to 1 agat any other; the winner not mentioned. Meridian took the lead at starting, was never ap proached, and won in a canter by four lengths. Run in 1 min. 20 sect. The Levant Stakes of 50 sous. each, 30 ft, for two yrs old. Colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b, winners extra; the second to save his stake. Half a mile. (16 Subs.) Lord H. Lennox's Turtle, Bst 31b (Kitchener) 1 Sir J. Hawley's f by Bay Middleton out of Venus Bst 61b, including 31b extra (Templeman) 2 Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, Est 71b (Flatunn) 3 Mr. Henry's Julia, Bst 31b Betting-5 to 2on Venus filly, 4to 1 agst Buckhound, and sto 1 agst Julia. Buckhound Went off with the lead, which, with Turtle and the favourite laid up, he re tained to the Stand; the running was there taken up by Turtle, who delighted the fielders by winning, not easily, by half a length, the Venus filly beating Buckhound by the same. Run in 52 secs. The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 sovs. each, b ft; for three yrs old, colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b; 31b and 6lb allowed, &c.; the second to receive 200 sovs, and the third horse to save his stake. One mile and a half. Mr. Foster's Musician, Bst 71b . (J. Manson) 1 Colonel Peel's Hardinge, Bst 101 b.. (Flatman) 2 Mr. Bowes'i Mickleton, Bst 101 b (F. Butler) 3 Lord Exeter's Cora, 7st 13Ib (Norman) 4 Sir J. Hawley's Hippia, Bst 51b ..... (Templeman) 5 Mr. Gannon's Deicoon, Bst 10Ib (S. Rogers) 6 Betting-5 to 4 agst Hardinge, 3to 1 agst Deicoon, and 7to 1 agst Musician. The race, like the two which preceded it, came off in favour of the fielders, and is easy of description—Musichn taking the leal, keeping it to the end, and winning cleverly by a length; a head be tween second and third, and the same between third and fourth . Run in 2 min. 51 sec. _ The Ils,m Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft; two yrs old, colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, 83t 71b; 31b and 61b allowed, &e.; the second to receive 200 soya. out of the stake. T.Y.C. (38 Subs.) L'rd Exeter's Phlegra, Bst llb . (Norman) 1 Lord H. Lennox's Hernhndez. Bst 71b ...(F. Butler) 2 Lord Egliuton's Bonnie Dundee, Bst 71b (Marlow) 3 Mr. Howard's Christina, B,t 41b (A. Day) 0 Mr. Gratwicke's Anspach, Bst 41b (S. Mann) 0 Mr. Greville's Geneyra, Bst llb (Flatinan) 0 Sir J. Hawley's The Ban, Bst lolb (rempleman) 0 Lord Clilden'a Coticula, Bst 71b Colonel Pkel's The Black Sea, Bst - lolb ...(S. Rogers) 0 Mr. Stebbing's Knock Knoll, Bst 121 b (Bartholomew) 0 Betting-7 to 4 apt Hernandez, sto 1 agst Bonnie Dundee, 6 to 1 each agst Black Sea and The Ban, 7 to 1 egst Coticula, and 8 to 1 agst any other. Phlegra took the lead at starting, closely attended by Hernandez, Anspach, and Knook Knoll, the others lying well up. They ran in this order to the distance, where Bonnie Dundee and Knook Knoll headed Anspach, and immediately after challenged Lord Exeter's mare. An extraordinary close race ensued, Phlegra winning by a head, and Hernandez beating Bonnie Dundee by the same, Knook Knoll a good fourth, Anspach fif,h. Run in 1 min. 18 sec. Sweepstakes of 300 stns. each, h ft, for four yrs old; colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Sat 21b; the second to sane his stake. Queen's Plate Course. (12 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman ...(Marlotv) 1 Sir J. flawley's Vatican (Templeman) 2 Betting-10 to 1 on The Flying Dutchman, who fol lowed the non-favourite for about two miles and a half, and had all the rest to himself, winning by ten lengths. Hun in 7 min. 23 sec. LITERATURE. ALETIIEIA, AND OTHER POEMS. By William Charles Kent. Messrs. Lonz man and Co. The minor pi eces con t a i ne d in this' volume, of whose principal poem we had occasion some time back to speak in terms of high and richly-merited eulogium, fully sustain Mr. Kent's high character as an accomplished writer, and an intuitive a n d id ea l artist, possessing very considerable powers of fancy • and of pathos, together with a felicity of expression which no mere cultivation can ever give —the genuine and unforced fruit of an originally poetic tempera ment. There is the same apparently careless beauty of language, the same happy choice of imagery, the same tenderness, and the same truth in these shorter poems as in his longer and more sustained effort.' The following sonnet on poor Keats seems pregnant with the peculiar graces of Mr. Kent's style : " Another sadness round Apollo's fine; A cypress wreath hung on his golden lyre; A gleam of beiuty born but to expire; Another Cnattcrton in hart and brain— The doom of genius fell on earih again, And, like a thunderbolt of Sapphic fire, Bkstel the rapture of thy young desire! Again from out thy lips the dcatbful strain Pour'd like the murmur of undying love. Again the glory, and figain the woe OF bariic joy fell on thee here below, Fell but to lift thy fame to realms above. A life had perfected thy form, but now A torso of' eternal !pace art thou," The concluding line, concentrating as it does in its most quintessential form the whole truth about Keats' genius, is singularly felicitous ; the sonnet itself realises the ideal formed by Keats himself of this class of composition, "swelling loudly Up to its climax, and then dying proudly." In the verses which immediately succeed, upon " Amelia; a Beloved Memory," there is a deep and genuine pathos, which passes fresh from the soul of the poet into the soul of the reader : " beautiful ex ceedingly" is this recollection of " The smile of innocence and joy, The smile of bright, seraphic rest, Which hallow'd, like a saint, the form That died upon my breast. It gleams upon my mem'ry still, It wafts me back to years of old, It glimmers on the darken'd Past Like moonbeams on the wold." Very beautiful, too, is this pure and delicate tracery of a ♦irtuous and gentle character : "Thy sorrow for fictitious woe, Thy sympathy for true distress, Thy tears of charity divine— The tears that God will bless— Thy noble and unselfish mind, Thy spotless and celestial youth, Resembling in angelic dreams The radiant grace of Ruth. Such recollections stream along The channels worn by floods of grief And, oh! they pour upon my soul A sad and lora relief. They bring me back to peaeeful scones, To scenes and things to you so dear, And, at the potent touch of truth, What buried thoughts appear! Thoughts of thy bright, poetic taste, Thy seer-like, childlike love of books— A love that shone within thine eyes, And liv'd within thy looks." Unless we are mistaken, in allowing ourselves to be influenced by a very natural and indeed almost un avoidable feeling, there must be great depth, delicacy, and purity in the character of a writer who can so admirably appreciate and pourtray these qualities in another. The fbllowing passages from a poem called " An Elegy on the Old Year" are tinged with the same tender melancholy, and are steeped besides in that idyllic richness of expression which we have already noted as an attribute of Mr. Kent's style : Weeds grow where I look'd for roses—weeds, weeds! And the grave-mounds oj the dead up-ripple the smooth meads; Where rich grapes were lately peeping, Knots of ivy boughs are creeping: Thus with me, alas! Old Year, thy deeds Smiles have chang'd to weeping. Fair she was with youth and beauty—fair, fair! Lip of vermeil, deep as sunset, molten gold her hair; One she stood amidst a crowd, She—withal so nobly brow'd, So pure, so mild—Old Year, thou hadst no love nor care, For she is in her shroud." The lines printed in italics need no comment to re commend them to the lovers of rich and picturesque imagery. As a specimen of our author's style, we extract the whole of the graceful little poem called • FEFINE IN THE CORN FIELD. "Feline dearly loves her lover, Loves him as the lark the morn; Yet her love ne'er discover ; Reaping down the ripened corn. lie is timid of her beauty, Timid as the fawn of eves, And his passion screens with duty;— Swathing round the rustled sheaves. She allows her thoughts to slumber As at midnight sleep the fl nits, While his sighs her tighs outnumber; — Prepping up the yellow shocks. What though ho beside her tremble, (Sunbeams weave a cheequered shade!) She will yet her love dissembln;— Gleaning each forgotten blade. For ho has not told the glory Of his loving hopes and fears; And she hides her heart's fond story;— Toying with the wheaten ears. 'Neath his gaze her pale cheek flushes, Yet her love is still conceal'd, While the last autumnal thrushes Warble mar the stubble field. Fefine speaks not, yet her glances Tell of love in every look, And while boldly he advances Downward drops his reaping hook. Lo! his pent emotion gushes Blindly forth in burning words; While in answer she but blushes— 'Round theuvoftly chaunt the birds. Palm to palm their fingers mingle— He so fervid, she so chaste; Thro' his arm warm pulses tingle Circling 'round her supple waist. All her grace of art he copies, Bending o'er her form so fair, Twining scarlet Imes of poppies In her auburn gloom of hair. Fefine dearly loves her lover, Loves him as the lark the morn, Now that both their love discover— Breathing 'mid the golden corn." The exquisitely tender lines on a " Mother's Love" contain passages of a very high order of beauty ; our citations must be limited to the following stanzas on a topic abundantly familiar, but which has very rarely been more gracefully handled : " Days of my boyhood! wherefore did ye seem So glad, and bright, and gloriour, and fair; Why did ye flit in such a joyous dream, Giving a bluer beauty to the air: Did the green river sparkle clearer then, Were the rimm'd daisies whiter in those hours; Came there a blither whistle from the wren, Or sweeter perfume from the meadow flowers? I know not; but more softly stirr'd the leaves, The cowslips bloom'd more golden in the grass, Poppies look'd deeper scarlet in the sheaves, And thyme smelt sweeter in its russet mass; A richer ripeness gloom'd upon the fruit, A pearlier dew hung glimmering on the sprays; A darker purple deck'd each violet's shoot, And fraught with charms apposed those mystic days." Of all the minor pieces, however, in this volume, the most remarkable is "Phillippo, the Dream -Haunted," a poem founded on " an old legend of a young man in Languedoc, who, seeing an unknown lady in a dream, pined away and died for the love of her, despairing." In this Idyll (for such in truth it is) the shadowy tenderness, the vague longing, the chill disenchant ment of a poet's love-dream ar e g i ven w i t h hi gh artistic power; it seems as though the teller of the tale had drawn his inspiration from the waters 'of Lethe, and, in the language of Keats, " made his rosary of yew berries," and " suffered his pale fore head to be kissed by nightshade, ruby grape of Pro serpine." The reader finds . himself in a climate of mild and monotonous langour ; a visionary haze wraps all objects in the hues of the unreal; only at intervals the leaden air is streaked with some fever flashes of a passion ,whose anguish soon merges into despondency. How . Phillippo, in the _words of his poet, " dies for the death of his delicious dream and melts into oblivion" can only be learnt aright from the poem itself. The following extract will give some notion of the voluptuous richness of the imagery which adorns it : " Then from night's solace I arose, and drain'd The healthful coolness nature breathes at morn, While my light step along th' elastic sod Mov'd with elated pressure; when the dew In sparkles glittr'd on the spider's web, The fairy cordage of its network strung From thorn to bramble, like most delicate lace Powdered with diamonds; when the skyward lark Shrilled duo' the vepours faint and fainter, till bucanticles of love were heard alone By the Invisible; while tears of dawn Hung pendant on the pendant cherries, each A ruby with a twinkling crystal drop !" From the " Burial of the Archbishop," a sombre and solemn dirge, rich with the gleam of censers, and resonant with funeral music, we take the following -passsge of imitative melody : " Echo all the crypts around, Even every,creviee With a sweet, but awful sound-- • sorrow's ssonising 11)7111L. ^ , l . t a Tuba minim spa-rgcns sonum-- 'Round the vaulted chambers ring, Per sepuldra regionum— Where the silent dead we bring, Coget omnes ante thronum,— . Sirrowfully murmuring." Space fails us for further extract, and we must con tent ourselves, therefore, with merely pointing out to the reader's notice the two spirited and Tyrtican ballads " The Hungarian Patriot," and "Lamartine in February," the politics of which alone would com mend them to all readers of this journal, even if their poetry were less meritorious than in fact it is. Here then we take a reluctant leave of Mr. Kent, in the full confidence that we shall encounter him once again in that region of high art where he has already achieved so much and given promise of- so much more. The rich redundancy of his manner requires occasionally a wise repression ; maturer taste will no doubt increase the correctness and concentration of his language ; while it is certainly to be hoped that Ills next subject will be of more general interest and of more manageable proportions than the "Doom of 'Mytho logy." These, however, are all errors of judgment, for which time and experience supply the rt.unedy o On the other hand, he possesses, in enviable though imperfectly developed vigour, some of the finest and rarest attributes of the poetic nature—wealth of words, grace of fancy, strength and variety of inventiveness. In these and their careful cultivation reside his future celebrity. He cannot, we think, fail, if he be not wanting to himself. The sterile correctness which commences its career without fault is certain to con clude it without glory. its highest praise is a kind of blameless impotence. The exuberant life and vigorous manhood of Mr. Kent have undoubtedly led him into some few faults of excess —excess of orna ment, excess of epithet, occasional excess of thought ; but what Dryden says of the desire of glory may truly be affirmed of the occasional outbreak of a rich and generous nature, it is " a godlike sin" and worth a whole boarding-school of the tamer virtues. With such opinions of the position already won by Mr. Kent, and with such hopes for his future achievement, we heartily commend his book to our readers, and himself to " those fresh fields and pastures new" which few indeed of his cotemporaries are better fitted to traverse with honour. Match, 1001., h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Gratwioke's Henrietta, 2 yrs, Bst 41b (Flatrasu) 1 Mr: Dorrien's Chaplet, 2 yrs, Bst 71b.. ...... (Decker) 2 Betting-2 to lon Henrietta, who won in a canter by four lengths. LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. sto 4 agst Windiscbgrstz 7to 1 agst Snowstorm (t) 7 to 1 aga Won't-you- 12 to 1 agst Clothworker come-out-to-night 25 to 1 agst Cayenne GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 agst Canezon 1 sto 2 agst Windischgratz COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by their illustrious visitors, walked early this morning in Os borne . Park and grounds. The Prince of Wales, and younger branches of the Royal Family, took their accustomed walks and rides. His Imperial Highness the Prince Peter of Olden burgh arrived at o,borne yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and re turned to London this forenoon. _ There was no other addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, with the infant Prince of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, left Cam bridge House at nine o'clock yesterday morning, for the Euston-square terminus, and left 'town by the London and North-Western Railway, for Plasne wydd, Anglesey, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesey. The Rev. Mr. Hutchinson was in attendance on the Duchess of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited and took leave of the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz on Monday even ing, at Cambridge House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left Gloucester House yesterday for Richmond Park. The Rev. Dr. Murray, _Chaplain Convict Service, Bermuda, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir ThomasYremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had in interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday, at his official resi dence, in Downing-street. • LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. - Yesterday the fourteenth general annual meeting of the shareholders in this bank .wai held in Liverpool; Mr. William natlabone in the chair. Mr. Cross, the manager, read the report, which stated the profits of the past year, after payment of all expen,vs of management, and after allowan ce b e i ng made for all bad and doubtful debts during that time, amount to 51,263/. 17s. 4d. The directors have found it necessary to make a further re• auction in the valuation of the doubtful debt account of 3,339/. 15s. 2d. The directors were of opinion that the basis of the bank works should be enlarged, and they have ac cordingly prepared a plan for increasing the capital of the bank. The reserved fund at present is 25,7471. 17s. 7d." The report having .been adopted, the meeting was made special, to consider the resolutions of the directors relative to the ex , tension of capital. Mr. Cross read the resolutions,' which were to the effect that, in consequence of the gradual in crease of the business of the bank, a corresponding increase of capital was desirable and expedient. That the capital of the company be increased by the issue of 50.000 new shares of 'lO/. each, to be paid in calls of 1/. per share, at intervals ofsireximoiountitohas, which months, &c. w The Chairman c Cha v irm ried. an moved the adoption of the TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 29th, the Member returned for London was called to the table, and asked by the Speaker, why he demanded to be sworn on the Old Testament; to which he replied, that it was because that was the form of swearing that lie declared to be most binding on his conscience. On which he was directed to withdraw. Much skirmishing then ensued upon a motion, that the Member be asked what Oath he claims to take, whether the Roman Catholic or the Protestant Oath. On which nobody succeeded in making plain, or even in asking, whether the question meant, which of the two Oaths he pre ferred to take in substance but after his own form, which was on the Old Testament,—or which of them he preferred to take in tie form in which he would take nothing. If it was the last, the House was desired to put itself into the position of the Frenchman, who asked his chickens which of two sauces they preferred being eaten with. And on the cock's saying they did not want to be eaten at all, the Frenchman cried " Question, question." If it was the other, then it was apprehended the enemy was ready with the assertion, that the Roman Catholic Oath was rigidly and carefully limited to Roman Ca tholics. All of which probably operated in preventing the point being pushed to an explanation. This motion being withdrawn, motion was made that the Member should be asked by the Speaker whether he was willing to be sworn to the Oaths required of a Member by Act of Parliament before he takes his seat. Which being a manifest attempt to obtain an answer in an adverse form, was opposed and negatived by 118 to 104. Motion was then made that the House refuses to alter the form of taking the Oaths. To which Amendment was moved, that the Clerk be directed to swear the Member for London on the Old Testament. And after an ad journment to five P.M. the original motion was negatived without a division, and the Amendment carried by 113 to 59; the motive for allowing the original motion to be thus disposed of, being apparently the conviction that the Ite,o!utions promised by the Government would do the busin-ss best. On Tuesday shortly after twelve at noon, the Member for London was again called to the table, and the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy administered to him on the Old Testament, the Member, at the instant of kissing the book, putting on his hat, which may be apprehended to be a trace of the Oriental feeling, by which an individual who should uncover his head in presence of his superior, would be thought guilty of as great a solecism as one of our ancestors who should have exposed his shaven poll by taking off his peruke in like circumstances. The third Oath, that of Abjuration, proceeded in the same manner till the Clerk came to the words " on the true frith of a Christian," when the Member said " omit those words, as not being binding on my con science," and immediately putting on his bat, said "So help mo God," and kissed the book. Upon which he was directed by the Speaker to withdraw, a considerable number of the Members present crying out "No, no," sad " Sit down." In the debate which ensued, the Member for Oxford "torn" made one of the most luminous and able plead ings produced before any judges. The Attorney• General fAlowed, and assigned his reasons for the unhappy opi nion put forward by the mouth of the Prime Minister on the previous day, declaring his inability to agree with the sufficiency of the Oath. Conscience is en intract able thing; but what conscience enforced the expression of this opinion before the case was heard? 11 is plain thqt the Government not only discharged their con science, but fired it off considerably too soon for a con scientious hearing of the question. As bystanders are proverbially said sometimes to see more than those who play the game, the observation may be hezarded by one in that position, that it might have been an improvement it on the Clerk's uttering " on the true faith of a Christian," the Member had said dis tinctly " on the true faith of a believer in the Old Tes tament," and then finished his bath. This would have added weight to the strong point of the defence, which was that the weeds were part of the form and not of the substance. It was stated in conversation, that it would not do to alter the words of the Oath. But a substitution of this kind is a smaller alteration of the words of the Oath than leav ing them out altogether. Besides which, it strengthens the claim for their being among the mututis mutandiv. It further seemed to be an oversight in a leading ad vocate to volunteer the admission that his client " refused the words of the Oath." It might be for an adversary to urge, that he virtually refused. But the concession should not have been made, and having been made should be recalled. The fact is that the Member did not refuse. He stated that he omitted them as irrelevant. And the way to recover the I , ,st ground, would be that he should be brought up again, and on coming to the words, should substitute "on the true faith of a believer in the Old Testament." This ould re open the argument,that he has a right to change he form; which is exactly what the plea that " he has refuted," is intended to preclude. I am, sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, July 31, 1850. FALL OF A MILL AT STOCKPORT. DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. Yesterday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, a very serious and alarming accident occurred at a mill belonging to Mr. Cephas Howard, and rented by Mr. Joseph Heywood as a doubling mill, while the hands were at dinner. Oue of the main supports of the build ing gave way, and a great portion of it fell, burying 15 or 20 of the hands woo remained inside. Five people were conveyed to the infirmary, of whom one has died, and others are expected nut to live. At present, none of those who were completely buried have been recovered, so that the names are not accurately known ; but we understand that, in addition to a number of girls who were dining at the mill, there were some machinists and workmen who were employed there temporarily. It is a fine large fireproof mill, four storeys high; and it will have to be almost entirely rebuil'. A great portion of the machinery was all new, and has been entirely destroyed. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.— CHESTER, SATU RDAY: About a quarter before twelve o'clock last night the exten sive steam saw-mills belonging, to Messrs. Dickin and Beards worth, situate near the Shrewsbury and Chester Canal offices, at the Canal-wharf, in this city, were discovered to be on fire. About one o'clock the flames had attained their greatest height : the roof fell in with a terrific crash, and the fiery elements illuminated the city and surrounding district. In consequence of the wind blowing very strong at the time from the north-west, the pieces of burning wood were carried up in the air and fell on the houses of the residents in King street, Northgate-street, &c., to the great alarm of the inha bitants. There was a large quantity of timber in the yard adjoining the mill, but this was fortunately preserved by the rain falling heavily at the time, and the large quantity of water thrown on it by the engines. In a very short time after the fire was discovered, the fire brigade, under the di rection of Mr. Hill, were on the spot. As they had abun dance of water close at hand from the canal, they completely succeeded, in extinguishing the burning embers of the wood. The tire broke out in the first story of the mill, but whether it was the work of an incendiary or not we cannot at preeent learn ; yet it appears somewhat strange, as there had been no fire lighted on the'premises from twelve o'clock'yesterday. The damage done is considerable, but the exact amount cannot be ascertained at present. The premises and stock are, it is sad, fully insured. 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