The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-30 00:00:00

NV UIAT IS TO BE THE FUTURE MODE OF GOVERNING NE CV ZEALAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia.—ln the .year 1813 two ships were despatched from Greene ich Dockyards to Quebec, faded with staves to supply water-casks to the British flotilla on the lakes. On . ..he arrisal of the vessels in Canada the staves were pronounced to be useless, because the nayy floated on water of the purest quality. To an eye-witness and attentive observer of pass leg occurrences in New Zealand, during the last three years, the intelligence of Downing-street and tee knowledge of Parliament (as displayed- in the late debate) appears little better, if any, than the wisdom which prompted Lord Liverpool's Admars tration to send out water-casks across the Atlantic for the use of cur tars or. Lake Superior. The knowledge of a disease is said to be half its remedy. But no hope is there of this country's ar riving at a knowledge of the disease of New Zealand, because nineteen out of twenty of all those who have hitherto spoken out on the subject have either sup pressed the truth or perverted the facts. He that has had mcral courage to expose the truth has not been believed, and, therefore, has been silenced, because there has been full nineteen voices to one against him. In deceiving the public the New Zealand Com pany took the lead, and has kept a-head of all com• petitors. Through the means of an all-powerful press the praises of New Zealand were sounded throughout the length and breadth of the land, induc ing a belief, amongst all classes, that the soil and climate of that territory were such as to render it every thing that could be desired by an English emigrant. The climate, I grant, is most favourable to vegeta tion, in sheltered spots, rain falling on at least half the number of days in the year. But the soil is in ge neral much—very much—inferior to the soil of Eng land. I have seen potatoes planted in fresh broken up soil, which, when ripe, produced a crop no larger than marbles. This was on land situated two miles above Auckland, on the Waitemala, and there are some three hundred acres between the same spot and Auckland, of the like quality of land. In the narrow gullies intersecting this land, every quarter to half a mile, the soil is in the opposite extreme of richness and fertility ; and when cleared and cleaned of fern and other roots, its pr duce is very large for the first crop, half as large f.r th.- set ond, a quarter for the third, and for the fourth the occupier will be lucky if he get the quantity of his seed again. What, so soon exhausted! Soil whose wild state of natural vegetation astonished the eyes of the be hohler ? Even so. No sooner are the fern and other roots (which intersect and bind the soil together, like a rope mat), removed, than the rains and the winds begin aid persevere in we ehing and blowing its fer tility a weiy, amid then it becomes poor and " hungry," an 1 crying aloud for manure. The settlers in New Zealand, who one and all wish to sell their lands, and can only hope to do so by " picking up" iiewly-arrived immigrants, and the New Zealand Company having land orders for sale, will say the facts are not so. But I maintain they are. and my knowledge is derived from eles- personal observation at and around Auck• land. Moreover, a grub is at times most destructive; for, to my knowledge, the grubs cleared away 13 out of 14 acres of Mr. Joseph Hargreave's wheat, on the Tamaki, hi December last, just as the plant was bursting into ear; end had the same crop been but a month leter, the locusts, which always devour a s..cond crop, would have assuredly cleared it away in the Iwo mJrner. I beve no interest to bias my judgment ; but being one of he many hundreds mi.- 4 :e,, and deeeieed by the Ni:SV Zealand Company's publicatioee. it is a duty I owe to my " neighbours," in the Scriptural sense of the wore, to warn them against the mass of error and false prejudice which pervades even Parliament itself, on the subject of New Zealand. I defy any one to tuelerstand New Zealand withont going and living there for some time himself. The Company should, one aid all, be compelled to immigrate and remain there during the rest of their lives, and then would their worst enemies be satisfied with their heavy but righteous punishment. The treaty of Waitangi is most unaccountably as sumed to be still binding on the New Zealand Chiefs on the one side, and on the British Government on the other. Ae well might it be assumed, that be cause a parish "A" consent to a proposed railroad, all other parishes represented by the rest of the let ters of the alphebet, although they never before heard of such oonternolated railroad, are yet bound by the consent of " A." The native chief's, who entered into the treaty of Waitangi, were a few only of the chiefs whose respective territorial sway extend over less than a half of the northern islend, that is, over not one-sixth part of the New Zealand territory. The rest of the chiefs were never asked, and never heard of such treaty being in negnciation ! They probably would have heard of the treaty, had it not been suddenly put an end to, cut to shreds, and cast to the wind, by the prompt and decisive proclamation of British sovereignty at Akaroa on the middle wand, six hours before the French (who were crossed and jostled) were about to land, and do the same in favour of their owe flag. To assume the validity of the treaty of Waitangi, entered into by a few, as binding on the many, and that, moreover, after the proclama tion of sovereignty at Akar is a puerility unworthy the wisdom of any junior c'erk in the Colonial-office The treaty of Waitangi, resting at best on a bat-is of sand, was kicked dewn, before half erected, by the British Government itself. Another fallacy is, the assuming it to be a fact that there are waste. or uncultivated, lands to a large extent in New Zealand, the ownership of which is unknioen. The fact is just the reverse. There is not a yard of land, no, nor even a blade of grass, that a native will not (mule forward to claim, with the sanction arid approval of his ne;ghhoto ing, tribes, en its being approplated by a European. The land may be the su ject of dispute between two or more of the netives, hut that only makes the case worse for the intruder, since each claimant will demand and enforce payment. A farther fallacy is in assuming it pos sible to indie_e the, settlers to organise themselves into e bedy of militia. The settlers are too good juiges of :heir precarious position ! They have gone out to till the land, not to fight ; and hying on their lands, dispersedly throughout a wild country, they could not leave their homes without inviting the plunder of their property by the jealous natives, and probably their own destruction in detail. None but madmen amongst the agricultural settlers would en tertain, for a moment, the idea of organising them selves. into a militia. The thing is impracticable, and if practicable, it would be the height of folly. A further fallacy is the belief in a productive customs duty. The settlers are now too poor to pay for custeinable commodities ; and were it otherwise there are alatudant able and willing people in New South Wieee, who could and would employ the natives to land goods in their large wer canoes, and then who durst meddle with the warriors ? I am no admirer of Captain Fitzroy's administra tion, but, considering.that he came out chock-full of the wisdom of the Colonial-office, which he stuck to longer and more tenaciously than any other man, probably, would have done in his senses; he has, considering his means, done much more good than harm in New Zealand, and so far fLom his recal being likely to be disagreeable, there is reason to be lieve that his recal, within ore month after his ar rival in New Zealand, would have been more grate ful to his feelings than a Parliamentary grant of 10,0001., so much had he been deceived on accepting his appointment as to the actual state of the colony. From Lord Stanley's remarkable dispatch to Captain Fitzroy, on the subject of the Wairoa mas sacre, it is eleer that Captain Fitzroy's view of that affair agreed in anticipation with his Lordship's opi nions ; and Captain Fitzroy's listening to the bishop, clergy, and missionaries' intercession, when they pro mised to be answerable for Johnny Heki, at the Bay of Islands, was in the same key-note of prescribed con duct to be observed towards the " darling" natives And yet Captain Fitzroy is now made the " scape goat" of the Colonial-office. Let Captaie Gray, or any other Governor, do what he can, New Zealand is lost as a colonial field of emi gration. Its position is its best recommendation, for its other advantages have been far, very far over rated. Hitherto the British Government in New Zealand has been entirely based on opinion, and that opinion being now lost, will never be regained, unless a pestilence sweep off nine-tenths of the natives, and so render the remainder controleble. In the mean time, half a million of money, and twice that sum, can be eas il y spent, w i thout ma k ing t h e co l ony a desirable field for emigration ! A second Algiers it will prove, and the French (who would have carried mat ters in another fashion) will point at our government o f. New Zealand with derision. And now, Sir for my remedy for the evils of New Zealand. Compensate the settlers for removing Land to Van Dieman's fi ancl withdraw the Govern ment, leaving the Britishandnolie t ii 4 as an emblem of ex clusive protection, ce/Nigvhe who m i g ht i to ht fl y und er under the sanction of scn,e chief, duced, by a fixed gratuity, t o protect thegresickentlliin charge of the flag. Let 1,0 one suppose that I enter tain foi , th eineut an idea of the natives standing st f a en n rooc d th i i n idte yob against u bodyof British troops. They •11 their disposition and so. They will fly, being no more changed by their flight, than would be the disposition of wolves chaced by bulldogs, , could never overtake them. Except along the sea hore, and a few inland paths, N e w Zealand is a ll but impracticable-to Europeans. The natives would travel four miles through the tea-scrub whilst our soldiers , would scramble one. The French were taught that secret ivhen they landed a party of to ariees tea th 4 Chsichaiii.lslands, some five years ago to punish . the Ne*rZeillartders -resident there, for massacreing the - aieW:of- as:French vessel. The New Zealanders sligt4 leughed at the Freech, troops-are to be sent from this country, they halfeeatei Jle and then, be iz n=rnen , beled, da.firet native bicxsa that is shed wiii organise a war ~, ~. - . T.OIIDON, MONDAY IVIORNING iremE no, 1845. 'TIP RAILWAY COMM ITEES (SAY( RDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. NEWCASTLE AND BERV7ICK E.A.XLWAT. ABANDONMENT OF THE NORTHUMBER LAND A TMOSPHERIC LINE. The Committee on these competing lines met this day, at eleven •'clock, in the Court of Chancery, Lord Stradbroke in the chair. The case On the preamble of the Newcastle and Berwick haring closed, Mr. Sergeant WaIINGRAM opened the case for the atmospheric line. At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's speech, The CHAlamare said the Committee could not entertain the atmospheric line on its merits, but they would go into the case as a locomotive line, thereby placing both lines on their general merits. Mr. Sergeant WRA MM.& That being the case, my Lord, we shall net offer evidence on the case. It would be but wasting time alter such a decision. Mr. A uertm—Then I understand that the opposition of the com peting line has ceased. Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAY—ExactIy so. Lord Howick was thin called to state the origin of the atmosphe ric line, which he said was originated to prevent the destruction of Howick Hall. The opposition from the landowners was then proceeded with. The landowners' opposition had only just opened when it was said that an artangensent bad been come to, and the opposition was insmedi.stely withdrawn. The preamble of the Bill was then proved, and the clauses were gone through. The Committee then adjourned to one o'clock on Monday, when they will meet pre forma. HOUSE OF OMMON S. GROUP X. LINCOLN AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. - The Committee having assembled this day at the usual hour, Mr. Cubitt, engineer for the London and York line, was placed in the chair, and explained, at considerable length, the manner in which he proposed to obviate the difficulties and remove the ob structions stated by Mr. Leather to exist at various places on the London and York line. The witness said he would make towing. paths where the line of rail would impede the navi gation of canals, and viaducts where it crossed fields or roads, private property, and bridges across rivers, &c. He was cross.examtned by Mr. HILDI saD, after which he said, in answer to a re-examination by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE, that if the bridge now proposed to be built at Boston should be found to im pede the navigation in any way a lifting bridge would be sub,tituted, to which no objection would be raised by any party. The banks of the Witham were at present of an undulated form, and if the water was to escape over the banks at all it would of course be over the lowest parts of the undulated ground, but as the rail would run parallel with those batiks they would be raised, in consequence of the works, so that, in fact, the effect of the railway would be to improve the banks. Mr. P. SCROPE—You say there is to be a towing-path along the banks of the canal, parallel. Is there to be a fence along by the rail to prevent the horses being frightened by the engines —Why, the horses never are so frightened no .v? -days.—(Laughter.) Mr. Wrigby was next called and asked a question about coals, to which M*. WEBSTIR objected, on the ground that the Committee had had this evidence twenty times before, Mr. Sergeant KINULAKE contended he had a right to ask the question, inasmuch as his Learned Friend had given evidence to the effect ►hat the Winderworthmere coal and the Dukesmere coal was equal, if not superior, to the Derbyshire coal. The CHAIRMAN said, that if the object of the Learned Sergeant was to disprove the evidence of Mr. Machon on this point, he had a right to ask the question. Mr. Sergeant KINGLkiLE said that such was his object. The CHAIRMAN then desired the question to be put. The witness then went on to say that the coals of Claycross had to come to London to go to Vauxhall, which increased the expense of transit. Witness had made inquiries so late as yesterday, and found Derbyshire coals by no means in such good repute as the Durham and Sidtstone. To Mr. W MITER-It was on the 3d of Jar.uary he made his in. quiries about the price of Derbyshire coal at Grantham ; the cost of bringing coals to Stamford differs very much, owing to the dif. ferent places it comes from, and the different routes it takes. Mr Sergeant KINGLAKR—Can you see any reason why people at Grantham should give 245. for Silketone coal, when they can get coals fri,m Derbyshire of equally good quality for 18s. ? —I may answer that question generally ; I have spoken of the dif ferent coals according to the prices I found them bringing in the market, and the quantity sold. Mr. Bishop was the next witness, with a view, Mr. PAHRT said, to cornAorate the evidence of the last witness. Mr. Bishop said he found Claycroes coal so bad at the markets he inquired at, and so full of sulphur, that nobody would buy them. Mr. Wimberly was next calico todepose to certain coach traffic, with a view to rebut the evidence of Mr. Parks, who appeared on behalf of the Cambridge and Lincoln line. The evidence was ob jected to, and the Committee declined to consider it; and when they returned The CHAIRMAN said the Committee had decided that the evidence might be given. The evideLcewas then proceeded with, and the witness said that according to the Stamp-oftice returns, 17 coaches had been put on the particular line in question, and 10 taken off. Mr. HILDVARD contended that this was new evidence, and tin refore conceived lie was entitled to be allowed till Monday to test the accuracy of these tables before he could cross-examine the witness upon it. The Committee having retired declared that they would accede to the Learned C. unsel's proposal to atijourn the cross-examination to Monday, but that both parties should confine themselves to the Stamp thee returns of May, 1845, and in the meantime the other evidence for the London and Yolk line should bt proceeded with. Mr. Webb was the next witness called, with a view to rebut the Cambridge and Lincoln vidence, as to agricultural traffic. When his examination bad concluded, the Committee adjourned at four o`ciock. Aberdare Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 1. Wakefield, PontefracWand Goole ;;; re r Monday, June 30. Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2),—Report to be consi dered, Tuesday, July 1. London and Greenwich Railway,—Lords' amendments to be con,iderea, Monday, June 30. North B itish Railway,-I.i.rds' amendments to be consi dered, Monday, June 30. Glasgow Junction Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 1. Norwich and Brandon Deviation (Diss and Dereharn Branches) Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 1. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway,—Re port, Monday, June 30. London and South Western Railway (No. 2),—Third read ing, Monday, June 30. Preston and Wyre Railway Branches,—Third reading, Monday, June 30. Newport and Pontypool Railway,—Third reading, Mon day, June 30. Greenwich Colliery Railway,—Report, Monday, June 30. London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch) Railway,— Report, Monday, June 30. Birmingham and Gloucester ( Worcester Branch and Chel tenham Extensions) Railway,—Report, Monday, June 30. Belfast and Ballymena Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Monday, June 30. LAW INTELLIciLINCE. COURT OF CHANCERY Ju"e 28 The Lord Chancellor did not sit in Lincoln's Inn Hall to -diY. in consequence of having to attend in his private room at West minster, to hear the further arguments in the cue with respect to the Crown jewels of Hanover. We understand the arguments will be concluded to-day. He appeared but very little damaged by what be had 'hunk Mr. DOUSE said that the defence was not a dishonest one, but ene brought ford ard by tne defendant's friends, in the performance of a duty th• y owed to society. The .teteedant's house was a house open to pro,titutes and Liamb'ers, and .the plaintiff wa.s a panderer to the follies and extravagance of youth. The defendant was a y oung man, and only twenty -t. o years of age, and having t e. - -n a very steady young man, was set up in business by his friends. Unfortunately his brother, who was a different character, lodged at plaintiff's, and defendant was unfor tunately induced to visit, and there he fell in with gam biers, and played at unlawful games with plaintiff himself, who induced him, whilst in a state of intoxication, to give the I 0 U. He. therefore, called upon th- jury iv , parents and friends, by their verdict, to protect the unwary. John Wills, a carpenter v f Arlington-street. Camden town, was called—He could net identify the defendant as being at the house, lie saw a game at billiards played, and plaintiff said it was for 10s. a game. Witness and a friend i.i,en pia) e and the plaintiff and others went to oagatelle. Ile saw no card playing, and that was the ,nly time he was in 0 e heuse. M.. DOUSE said he was deceived in the evidence the witness c wei give. J o e. t .h Ashmeal, brother to def rida.nt--W is in the hat - a of lodging at piamtiff's, Wh st and crible.ge was played on the in tit in coestion at 15% a gam , a :4 hi• brotlier w.,, deank when tl.- ..12ited the te,t . 'l', , e xam natain of e it. ess d such itnpro habil ties rhs , tn. coun,el for plaititdi would not address thi-j.•ry in lep , y. The LEARNED CO3IMISSIONER without summing up .sked if 0 , were satisfied. The ju y, viol great excitement, exclaimed, " All all," " utiani.noasly , a vercla , for th, plaintiff we don't b-lieve the defea,e, and vie believe the plaintiff to be a very respectabl man." The pladitifrs r'nv said an action should laf brought ~ g :died re:at t; sea (1 , 11 of that day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MAI , 'YLEBOIVE. • Mr. John Fiddes, who d -c: 'Oar trintell a; a gen6e ,inan, rotiding at No. 4, S . . Vill 'John's \I cod, was brought up it. , _ustodv, and plac4d at thc bar, charged with the following robbary. The prisoner is the hatband of Misa 11. Cav‘se, the well-knowr _ 'chomas Msug,ilett, clerk to . .!,iest.s. Oabort4; and No. 22, Sr. Jatu.,-'s-, , treet, stivor-with, dt , posod that w the previous cvetting, 2hour six luck, the. prisol.er en tered the shop. and premented note, at the same time a-king if' the sum alluded to therein had been sent. Toe note, which had been written by Mr. Osborne, sen., was here handed to the Magistrate. It was addressed to Mrs. Ftddes, No. 26, Manchester-street, Manchester-square, and ran thus : _ _ " Mr. 0-borne will ihtv.k Mrs. Fiddes to send him a line whether he will d., right in sei•di!.g a ttioni-y order. It will be directed, June 17, 1845. No. 22, St. James's -tr: et." Mr. LONG (to witnes-) : Now state all that took place. —Witne,s—l took the note to Mr. Osborne, who after perusing it, said he knew nothing about it. Witness then gave that information to the prisoner, delivering him bark his note ; and soon after his departure witness discovered that six silver forks had been abstracted from the counter. He looked out of doors as speedily as pos • Bible, but could not discern the prisoner. He after wards, from information received, went to No. 26, Ben tinck-street, and there found that the prisoner was liv ing at St. Anne's Villas, where he was, the same !light, taken into custody. Prisoner -I am, as described, a gentleman, and living with my father in Great St. Helen's. I was at the h.:us on the day in question, but knew nothing of the robbery. Mr. Loma decided on remanding him next Satur • day ; but, at tile solicitation of his friends, consented to take bail for his appearance on that occasion—himself in 5001., and two suretiea in 2501. each. PARLIAMEN TAKY D! V' [SION S, (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 27. SUPPLY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Order of the Day for the Committee of Supply be now read :—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the eud of the Question, in order to add the wk,ris " Returns, So. 72 and 248, made by the t.eneral Post-office, be referred to a Select Committee, with a view of inquiring into the accuracy of those Returns; also, into the pre sent mode of remunerating by fees and percpisites certain officers of the General Post-office, and how :ar the duties of that establishment may be rendered more satisfactory to the public, and less unequal and o,pressive to the persons engaged therein," instead hereof:—Question put, N That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 106. Acland, Sir T. Egerton, Sir P. Meynell, Captain A'Court, Captain Entwisle, William Mundy, E. M. Mare, Viscount Fitzroy, Henry Neville, Ralph Arbuthnott, H. Forman, T. S. Newdegate, C. N Arkwright, George Frearmtle, Sir T. Nicholl, John Beillie, Colonel Gaskell, J. M. O'Brien, A. S. BaiHie, H. J. Gladstone, W. E. Pakington, J. S. Baird, William Gladstone, Captain Patten, J. W. Baldwin. Barry Glynne, Sir S. Peel, Sir R. Baring. F. T. Gordon, Captain Peel, Jonathan Baring, Thomas Gore, Montague Polhill, Frederick Baring, W. B. Goulburn, H. Pringle. Alexander ilentinck, Lord G. Graham, Sir J. Richards, Richard Beresford, Major Granby, Marquis Scott, Frances Boldero, 11. G. Greene, Thomas Shaw, Frederick Borthwick, Peter Halford, Sir H. Sheridan, R. It. Botfield, Beriah Ilenley, J. W. Smith, T. B. C. Bowles, Admiral Herbert, Sidney Spooner. Richard Broadley, Henry Holmes, W. A'Court Stewart, John BroadlN ood, H. !lope, Charles Stuart, IlenrY Buller, Sir J. Y. Hope; G. W. Sutton, H. M. Cardwell, Edward Ilussey, Ambrose Tennent, J. E. Carew, W. H. P. Hussey, Thomas Thesiger, Sir F. Clerk, Sir G. Ingestre, Viscount Tollemache, John Cockburn, Sir G. Jennyn, Earl Trench, Sir F. W. Copeland, Alderman Jocelyn, Viscount Trevor, G. R. Corry, Henry Jones, Captain Trollope, Sir J. Cripps, William Kemble, Henry Verner, Colonel Damer,:Colonel Knightley, Sir C. Vernon, G. H. Darby, George Lascelles, W. S. Vivian, J. Ennis Davies, David A. 8. Liddell, H. T. Wellesley, Lord C. Dickinson, F. H. Lowther, Sir J. H. Wortley, James S. Douglas, Sir H. Lygon, General Douglas, Sir C. Mackenzie, T. Drummond, IL 11. Mackenzie, W. F. buncombe, A. WNeill, Duncan Egerton, W. T. Masterman, John THE NAPOLEON MUSEUM.—Wedne-day the sal.e of this collection was resumed by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at the Egyptian Lion, Piccadilly. Among the numerous lots sold the followitg were deserving of notice from their interest ing character:—The large decoration of the Order of the Legion of Honour, presented by the Emperor to Murat, sold ;or fourteen guineas. The Sicilian Order of the largest size, worn by Joseph Bo aparte, Kiel of Naples, sold tor thirteen guineas. The large Geld Order of the Dutch Lion, instituted by Louis Bonaparte, and by him presented to Joseph. King of Spain, from whose carriage it was taken after the battle of Vit toria, sold for fourteen guineas and a half. A collection of sixty original drawings by Duplessis Berteaux, illus trative of the principal events in the French Revo lution, deigned for the " Tableaux Historiques de la Revolution Franqaise," sold for twenty-five guineas. Of the miniatures, one of Jerome Bonaparte, h ing of West phalia, by Isabey. fetched 71. 10s. A beautiful miniature by Iloltres, of Lord Nelsen, frem a drawing made on board the Victory, on the morning of the battle of Trailgar, fetch d 51. A beautiful miniature of Madame Mere ( Napoleon's mother), painted at Corsica, on the lid of a snuff-box, the property of Napoleon's fie her, sold for 41. The enamels sold yesterday were very fine: A - small one of Napoleon by Isabey fetched 12 guineas. A volume containing 387 prints, caricatures, and handbills, relating to the French Revolu tion, &c., fetched 20 guineas. A volume containing 571 portraits and prints, comprising numerous por traits of Napoleon and other eminent persons of the period of the d fferent nations of Europe, sold for 281. A volume, most interesting, containing 2(55 prints f battles and sieges, from the siege of Toulon to Waterloo, 24 guineas. A large collection of vignettes, cartouchea, fleurons. and tail-pieces, cut from official letters and documents (this collection, chronologically arranged from the time of Loui:. XIV. to Louis Philippe, comprises about 1,400 plates, many of them highly interesting . . 21 guineas. A volume con taining cuttings from many thousand newspapers, from 1789 until the Emperor's death in lP'2l. sold for 51. 103. Another volume, containing 300 portraits and prints, there being in it no fewer than 145 portraits of N. poison, sold for 11 guineas and a half. The whole of the above were most interesting lots. The day's sale concluded by the &smell of some pictures by Gebatri, D. Deightnn, A. Graf, Collett, Steaber, &c., but they were not of such interest as to deserve particular notice. THE DOG NUISANCE.—We have time after time brought before the public complaints in referenee to the num ber of dogs, without owners, which are permitted to infest the streets of the city ; and not unfrequently it has been our duty to record cases in which citizens have been bitten by wild-looking dogs, where it was impossible so to follow them out as to have them destroyed. A notable instance of this kind occurred on Friday last, in a respectable betel, where a large dog entered one of the parlours, attacked two ladies who were seated in it, and after biting both of them severely, ran off and escaped. Neither the dog nor its owners, if it has any, were known to the people about the inn, and no one can tell how many persons the ferocious brute may have attacked in a manner similar to the above ; but this is just one sample among many of the evil effects flowing from the number of useless and unknown dogs which are allowed to prowl about our streets When the accident occurred, immediate attention was paid to the two ladies by Dr. David Burnes (brother, we believe of the late lamented Sir Alexander Burnes), who was fortunately in the. hotel, and who is travelling with Lord and Lady Panmure, who have been on a tour through the Highlands. Dr. Barnes, on learning the n , cure of the accident, instantly cauterized, cupped, and excised the wounds, and had also recourse to the singular method of making the patients suck their wounds. This course the doctor recommended ten sears ago in the Lancet, and he says that no danger whatever is to be feared from it if the mouth and lips are free from sores or chaps. We base no doubt that in this case the very best surgical treat• ment was given to the ladies, and we trust that they will speedily recover from the inj ur i es they hav e s u s tain e d ; b ut i t is h igh time that measures were taken to save the public from such frightful inflictions ; and this can oils be done by li c su it l y tp a T n es t s h io e n e o w f .p t i h r e e2 i tanie which is rot equalled ' in any cth t , e r exc ß ite n rc l e a n T t oL ; hic SjZk b li tt i l as Zl:AXK li ic r ,r.....TUNl; '27 .---After the 1 business transacted here tor Y the e l 1 d the transactions are iiesit e e t l a s s ted, and the large amount nit NO 'ICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFIT.E. weeks, our market—as, Wear Valley Railwav,—Third reading. Monday, June 30, been e I n a. : ob w r: i.t t e h 7e beenor o ti quintd ines bod:t.a ilye te i o a. our r i n la id s ,:4 : : : ing E , d :s i i n o b n u d r . g iy h , a j t u id ne Natieern Railway (No. 2),—third read. 1 a t er aeed, was to b e m ewed ... ha , for Ouch, hnweser, very full pri,,,, Middlesbro' and Redcar Railway,—Third reading, Wu. su; ply in first hinds does not row camel 800 01 ds , a most un. day, . t une 30 . us , al c rcumstaece at this season of the year. In rum and mo. "t. Helen's Canal and Railway,—Report to be considered, i lasses the sales are unimportant—peak/ isfemo.r. I Tuesday, July 1. TELLSIS. Baring, Henry Lennox, Lord A. MINORITY-NOES, 30. Barnard. E. G. Langston, J. H. Tancred, IL W. Barrington, Viscount Lemon, Sir C. Villiers, Charles Brotherton, Joseph Marsland, Henry Wakley, Thomas Itusteild, Wlllimn Martin, John Warburton, H. Collett, John Mitchell, T. A. Wawn, J. T. Craig, W. G. Muntz, G. F. Williams, W. Curiti5,41...8..• - Mumryritiraneer .- WyerepTlrortias ""'l. ,"" Derwistoun, John O'Conor, Don Forster, Matthew Paget, Color,el TELLERS. Hawes, Benjamin Pechell, Captain Buncombe, T. Ileathcoat, John Plumridge, Captain Doming, Dr. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Moti-n made, and Question put, " That a sum, net exceeding 3,2401., be granted to her-31aJesty, towards the-Expenses of the •Ec clesiastical Commissioners for England, to the 31st day of Max6ll, 1846." The Committee divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 61. Acland, Sir T. D. Fitzroy Henry Nicholl, John Acton, Colonel Flower, Sir James Parker, John Baring, F. T. Fremantle, Sir T. Peel, Sir R. Barrington, Viscount Gasktll, J. M. Peel. JOnathin • Itoldero, H. G Gladstone, 'Captain Plumptre, J. P. Bowles, Admiral Godson, Richard Protheroe, Edward Boyd, John Gordon, Captain Scott, Francis Broadwood, Henry Goulburn, Henry Sheridan, R. B. Bruce, Lord E. Graham, Sir J. Smith, T. B. C. Cardwell, Edward Grogan, Edward Spooner, Richard Clayton, R. It. Hamilton, W. J. Stoneleld, W. R. C. Clerk, Sir George Henley, J. W. Stuart, Henry Clifton, J. I . Herbert, Sidney Sutton, H. M. Cockburn, Sir G. Hotham, Lord Tollemache, John Copeland, Alderman Houldsworth, T. Trench, Sir F, W. Corry, Henry Liddell, 11. T. - ' Trevor, G. R. Cripps, William Lincoln, Earl Wellesley, Lord C. Davies, D. A. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Deedes, W. Mackinnon, W. J. Denison, E. B. IPSeill, Duncan Dickinson, F. H. Martin, C. W. Egerton, Sir P. 3lasterman, John TNLLEiIIi. Baring, Henry Lennox, Lord A. BIIORITY-NOES., 19. Anson, Colonel Hawes, B. Villiers, Charles Brotherton, J. Hindley, Charles Warburton, H. Collett, John Martin, John Wawn, John T. Crawford, W. 5. Morris, David Duncan, George Muntz, G. F. Duncannon, Lord Redington, T. N. Ferguson, Sir R. itieardo, J. L. Gibson, T. 31. Somerville, sir W. TILLERS. Williams, William Bowring, Dr. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 27. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Liverpool and Manchester Railway. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Exten sions, Stoke Branch, and Midland Railways Junction). Great Ncrth of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway. Richmond (Surrey) Railway. Newry and EuniAillen Railway. South Wales Railway,—Petition for additional provision reported ; referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. RAILWAYS. The following is the list from which Member; will be se• lected to serve on the Railway Committee which will corn. mence its sitting in the week beginning Monday, July 14. Col Austen dr. Thomas Mackenzie Mr. Thomas S. Dunct.mbe Mr. John O'Connslt Right Hon. T. D'Eyncourt Mr. Savile Ogle The Hon. Cecil Forester : Mr. Smith O'Brien N'iotirtt Mr. William Williams Lori Lev:Hon Sir John Walsh. . ROLLS COURT, Jule 28. His Lordship the Master of the Rolls did not sit today, in con sequence of having to attend in the Lord Chancslior's private room at Westminsier, to hear the further arguments in the case of the Hanover Crown jewels. VICE-CI-lA%CELLORS' COURT, June 28. the Vice-Chancellor of England took short causes and causes of no general interest. . . _ The Vice-Chancellor Knigbt Bruce took causes, and the Vice- Chancellor Wigram short causes, unopposed petitions, and peti tions on the general paper, none of which possessed any points of interest, except to the parties concerne«, COUR"! OF QUEBA'..s . BE i vcri,ju,e 28 (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) FIRTH V. RICHTER. This part-heard case, which was noticed in yesterday's paper was resumed this day. Witnesses for the defence were called and examined by Mr. BRANWICLL, with the purpose of showing that part of the claim made by the plaintiff on the Phcenix Fire-office was founded in fraud, and that, therefore, he had no right to any part of the in surance. 'BAP, C• ;CRT .1 ulle 28. ( Sittings in Banco. ) Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Wil liams mere the presiding judges. COOYEK V. HARDING AND SMITH. This was a motion on the part of the defendants fir a non suit on a verdict for the defendants, on several grounds. The short licts of the case are these a—Messrs. Harding and Smith, the defendants, are solicitors, at Birmingham, and be came agent to the assignees of a batikrupt, named Guild, an ironmonger at Stafford. The assignees were in litigation with the plaintiff, Cooper, their former solicitor, in respect to some trusts. The matter had been the subject of a suit in Chancery, but thinking the suit would be brought to a more speedy ter mination, it was taken before Mr Daniels, Commissioner of Bankruptey. The defendants being desirous of Mr. Cooper's appearance before the Commissioner, served him with a sum mons to attend before the Court, but Mr Cooper, when the su n mons was tendered to him, refused to attend, unless his expenses were paid as a witness. The defendants then applied to the Commissi,ner for a warrant to compel his attendance, who observed that if they had not done what was right regarding the summons, they were not entitled to a warrant, owing to the expenses not having been tendered ; but upon being pressed the Commissioner said. that at their own peril, and upon their own responsibilit), he would grant the warrant. The warrant was accordingly taken out. Haddam, the officer of the Court, put it into execution, and Mr. Cooper was brought in custody before the Court. Mr. Cooper brought an action again 4 the defendants for false imprisonment which was tried before Lord Denman, and a verdict was had against them. Thereupon the present proceedings ensued. Counsel for the plaintiff prayed that the rule m:ght be discharged. The defendant's plea was, first, that the plaintiff was sus pected by Mr. Commissioner Daniels ; and secondly, that he was generally suspected for the act, and says that a witness is not b.onnd to attend unless his expenses are paid, but in the ca4e of suspected persons, postpones the question of expenses until the suspected person be examined. The summons, however, did not set forth any such suspicion, and the jury by their verdict recognised the fact that the Commis,ioners did not regard Air. D. Cooper as a suspected person. The summons merely set forth that the solicitors for the assignees believed Mr. Cooper to be a person who could give useful information in the case, but the warrant recited that be was a person sus pected to be in possession of some of the bankrupts' goods. Their Lordships took time to eonrider their judgment. COURT OF Ci , MMOIV FLEAS. June 28. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL ) HOLCROFT V. HOGGINS AND OTHERS. Mr. Serjr , aiit Morph), Mr. Si rjeant and pppeared counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Serje,nt Talfourd and Mr. Lush for the defendants. This was an action brought by Mr. Hotel , fr to rt - cove , r frot the defet.dants, as registered proprietors of the Newcastle 4clve,tiser, 1051 for a year's services in supplying leading articles to that publication. It was in June, 1844, that the plaintiff first write for this paper, being engaged by a Mr. Lowkin as agent for the de .rendants, aial some months afterwards a contract was entered into wi:h the plaintiff to writ , such articles from November to November next. It was, however, sb:.wn that the real contract was trona (7tiristmas. lti4-1 for a year, The defendants remained registered proprietors at the Stamp-office, and their names appearel as such at the end of each number of the Newcastle ,id"e, tiser down to the present time. It was, therefore, contended that tilere could be no doubt the contract was made on behalf of the defendants, and that they were liable in the present Julien. Evidence having been given of these facts, witnesses were about to be called to prove the custom on other papers, but the Learned Judge doubted the relevancy of such testimony, and it was not continued. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, in addressing the jury, said that the case on the part of the defence was, that the de fendants were not responsible in this action. They had allowed their names to remain entered at the Stamp office as proprietors of the Newcastle (formerly the Great Nootiterh) Adve , tiser, long after they had cett , ed to have any connexion therewith. In October, 1843, the defendants assigned the paper by a bill of sale by way of mortgage to a Mr Netham ; and in the begin ;ling of June last the defendants sold the paper to Mr. Lox kin, who thus became the whole and sole proprietor of the 'Newcastle Advertiser. The deeds of assignment and sale, &c., were put in to prove these facts, and Mr. Lowkin gave eviderce to establish his own sole responsi bility for the payment of the plaintiff, and to show that the plaintiff had regarded him in that light. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, in his reply, o intended that the defendants' case was an attempt to shift the responsibility from the real proprietors to one who really was not liable, but who had engaged the plaintiff merely as agent for the defendants. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the jury retired to consider t . .eir verdict, and after an absence of half an hour, returned into court with one for the defendants. The Learned JUDGE reserved for the opinion of the Court above the question, whether the stAtute did not constitute an estoppel to the defenda'its' denying they were proprietors, as their names were regist,r d at the ,tamp-office as such, and whether such circumstance was not to be taken as conclusive evidence of their being really propflelrilis 15f:the paper in vestr9n. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 28. BRADFORD V. STONEUEWKR• BREACH OF PROMIhE OF MARRIAGE.—Tbis was an action for breach of promise of nun ria Le brought by the plaintiff; a young f male. against the d. fen•iano, who was a widower. -- - _ - It appeared that sh xtly hefor last Christmas, t e plaintiff, with her sister and her aunts, went to see a cricket match at Wimbledon, where she resid. s, and in the evening the party paid a visit to the P 1 ugh Tavern in that place; where they met the defendant The result of the meeting- was an intimacy bPtw. , en the parties. and the defendant begged to be p- rinitted to xisit th" plain tiff as her suitor. This was acceded to, and he fi.;-qtiertity visited her in that capacity. In some short time afterwards the plaintiff became pregnant, and it was al eged that she was so because of her acquaintance with the de fendant, which, however, he denied. It was at•the same time given in evidence, that he frequently expressed his determination to marry the plaintiff, and as he refused to carry out his statement in this respect, the present action was brought. Mr. BAALEY, on the part of the defendantolenied that there had ever been any promise of Farri..ige f the plaintiff, and his speaking on the subject in the way men. tioned to her relatives was merely a cover to enable him to carry on his intimacy with her. The CHIEF BARON, in summing up, thought the ex • planation of the affair on the part of the defendant but a poor excuse for his conduct, and said he thought the plaintiff was entitled to damages, but that under all the circumstances they ought to be moderate. The jury returned a verdict for the plamtiff--Pe mages, 101. : SHERIFFS' COURT, June 28. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) WILBEE V. ASIIMEAD. " A SCENE IN COURT." — S LANDEROUS DEFENCE.— The plaintiff in this action is the landlord of the Three Tuns, Moor. street, Seven-dials ; the defendant is a hatter in Davies-stre't, Brk&ey-square.. The action was brou4ht to recover the suns of 71. 12s. 2d., for wine, &c., sepplied, aosl money lent. Mr. PEARSON—For plaintiff, stated the case. On the 24th of March the defendant went to the plaintiff's house with sonic friends, and had dingier and wine for self and friends, and the bill amounted to 21. 10s. Two or three days afterwards he was again at plaintiff's house, and borrowed 71. He now plea ded the st a tu te against tippling, although it was f or wine, stea ks , chops, &c., and that the 7/. lent was for g,ming in plaintiff's house. The defendant's Counsel would en deavour to prove that he had been frandol. m tly induced to drink ti: sir ke his ci,:ars. anti hoer w his money. lie. the 1.,( arnei Counsel, would br able 0. !Toy- !hat the tra,s,ction tn the part of the plaint if was of the most ~.pright (diameter. and that there was the slight-st ground for any one of the pl. as. The plaintiff', i•r:ANI that the defendant went to the house on the 24th of March last. He was a stranger. but brother to a person who put up at the house. At n ght, when he was asked for the money, t said it must be put down to him, end he would call again. lie was trusted on account of h s c onnexions. Mr. Ed said Jackson proved that defendant signed an I 0 U for money borrowed. Defendant was not drunk. CORK THEATRE. After an absence from this ci •y 01 ten years. dutieg which period the inhabitants of the capi a s aed ptirtci pal towns of Earope and America have testified th it admiration of her genius in th , -• most flat ering and •ub stantial manner, that highly-gifted actress, Mad..ine Celeste, made her appearance at the Vict-ria before a full and fashionable audiettee. She was sup ported by Mi. Webster. whos.- reputetion a- an atter, and talent as manager of some of tie t•ltleip:l Leucite. theatres sr, w•• 11 knowie tij hie: last in Co. It, those uhe An' essed the per ormance ef to the A- nb Bore the leeneyale, the it eit of tt ishtou Wish, aid eh, : ehsrect rs watch she ha mad i. Ins v ly '•er tined the forewi in I dagti , gt. -upettl ..x -pre-sive were her et sticulatiuns and attitudes, and it: fall ttl' meaning aid elequ eve ware her lo iks while I:l.:urn:tying in silence the Fe' lings which influenced her. On the present occasion she has come before the public in quire a dill. rent range of cheracters, M hich are admirably ce,lculated to display to advants, , e her varied talew S. The seti-ai , m she created :ast evening in rile character of Marie Dueanie, wirtren expr , s4y for h r by Mr. Boyle Bernard, sit ow , t'l a just appreciation of her powers iu devel..ping the; very interesting drama. We have never seen soy thing more painfully affecting or fearfully real than the mad• ne,:s of Marie, and it will be long, indeed, before the itnpression created by her powerful acting in the mr.,q, striking scenes will be effac,d from the recollection of the audience. Mr. Webster was exceedingly happy in the character of Freng, whe is an admirtiVe --wire on the pre • cut tnaitia hir p. colt-110e, anti c:invuls d the h res••• with taught r oy the effeci-e , ila!,tter ill which he deli sered se a pass,ges. After e certain tell, Madame Celeste wa,s ealltet for tee most deafening applause, and was greet -d ellen Oh- made her appearance from box, pit, and gallery, -in the ne , st enthusiastic manner. The performance concluded wi , h a laughable atterpiece, entitled the Trumpeter's Daughter, in which Celeste, as Madelon, and Webster, as Philip, won renewed applause by their admirable acting. In the last scene the original Polka was danct.e.:. by Celeste in a style never equalled in this city. It was loudly encored, and the curtain fell amidst m urtn urs of app. , bat ion.—Co , k South& Repo, ter. SPA-FIELDS BURIAL-GROUND. TO THE EDIToII OF THEsuiv Sts,—l shall feel obliged by your stating; for the informa tion of your readers, that, in reference to the case of the " Spa-fields Burial-ground," I am no party. in any degree, to what I consider a most extraordinary and unexpected compro mise on the part of those who had the conducting of the pro. seeution. In the discharge of a laborious and painful duty I have met, too frequently, with an unprincipled and insulting opposition on the part of interested individuals, and although I am satisfied in my own mind that the facts I collected. and which would have been adduced in evid•-nce, avould have raised a universal storm of loathing and execration, I shall be con tented to abide the i•sue of a further appeal to public opinion ; and this I shall most certainly make if the abominable and deadly nuisance of which I and my neighbours, and, indeed, every person interested in the health, morality, and decency of the locality, cdmplains, be tr.t effectually removed. I am, yours, obediently, ROBERT WATT. 14, Exmouth-street, Spa-fields, June 25. RoY Pa. SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY This well-known society held a grand miscellaneous flower-show on Wednesday, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. These gardens have been for many years the chosen spot for the exhibitions of this isociety, and bona the various attrac tions they present, appear peculiarly adapted to this species of display. Three large marquees. occupying the most pro minent situation of the grounds, had been erected for the reception of the plants. which comprised every kind of gera nium,-rosei pink. cactaso&c. ,in almost endli ss variety. The specimens sent in by the competitors for the various prizes were of the first-rate order, and must have greatly puzzled the umpires to have decided which was entitled to superi ority. Among the prizes awarded were:— To Class the First, private growers—F.ir the best cotection of miseel laneous elan% gold medal—Mr. Young ; sec 'rid eitto, ,arge silver Victoria medal—Mr. Ham s ,. Fir Pela goeiums. in collections of eight varieties, -large silver Victoria medal— Mr. Foster. For roses, in colleeti ,ns of twelve varieties, large silver Lienman medal—Mr. A. Parsons ; second ditto, small silver Victoria medal —Mr. Davis ; third ditto, small silver Linr.tean medal—Mr. J. Bruce ; fourth ditto, small silver Minerva medal— Mr. Bridges. For ranunculus, in col let' iona Of twelve varieties, large silver Lintisean medal—Mr R. Smith, jun. ; second ditto, small silver Victoria medal—Mr. Trevers ; third ditto, small silver Litinman medal—Mr. Harms. For pinks, in collections of twelve varieties, large si . ver Un man medal—Mr. Blest; second dim, small silver Victoria medal— Edwards. Esq. ; third ditto, small silver Mi nerva medal—Mr. Proctor, sen. In class two, for nurserymen, tee silver medals were awarded for the beat collections of miscellaneous plants, pelargoniums. roses and pinks . In ass, three, eleven other silver medals were awarded for orchidaceous plants in flower, vegetables, &c. ; in this class, which was open to private growers as well as nurserymen, a gold medal, an extra prize, offered by James Coppock, Esq., was awarded for a collection of ripe fruit. amides these, other extra priz-s were offered by members, and awarded by the Society. In tie course of the day his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and suite, the Bishop of Norwich, and several other members of the aristo cracy, honoured the gardens with a visit. In the evening the usual grand display of fireworks took place. The gardens were crowded with a very fashionable company. SINGULAR DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN AT HAMP 'Man.—MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE —Wednes day Mr Wakley, M P., held an inquest at the Red Lion, Hampstead on the body of Mr. Samuel Booby Williams, aged 37. late of Clifton, near Bristol. It appeared that nearly all last week deceased had been wande, ing about Hamp stead. and sleeping at nights in the hay-fields, in a state of excitement and exhaustion. On Thursday last he went into the shop of Mr. Crabb, hair-dresser, and appeared so ill that Mr. Adams, the relieving-officer, was sent for, who offered deceased an asylum in the union, which he refused, saying he did not want for means, and requested that a lodging should be procured for him, which was done at Mrs. Tilby's, the Old Chicken-house, Roslyn-street. Mr. Lord, surgeon, at tended him there, but he would take no medicine, saying that he relied on the vie mediatris nature. He refused all kind. of food, except a little arrowroot, which he took shortly previous to his death on Friday night. Mr. Lord and ethers kindly and delicately off-red him money, which he refused to accept, repeating continually that he had means, and that he expected a Post-office order, on the receipt of which he would return to Clifton. He appeared to be a person of high spirit, great power of mind, and capacity of endurance. He said that he had been a gen tleman, was unfortunate in many respect., had been a bank rupt, and cruelly treated by his friends. He greatly complained of his troubles and their neglect. It was further stated that he had married the daughter of a rich clergyman. dissipated her dowry, had been trsnsporteit tor fraud, but that his sen tence was shortened in consequence of his good behaviour. His wife had separated from him in consequence, it was said, of his ill usage, and his reckle-s conduct had alienated all its relatives, save one brother. Mr. Lord, surgeon, of Hamp stead, being of opinion that deceased died of irritative fever and 'ablution, the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." THE FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—A brilliant audience attended these performances last evening. There were present her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Lady Wilson and Captain Mildmay ; the Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Caroline Maass, the Marchioness of Ailetbury, kc. 84. of colour, in all probability, wrich will occasion a call for military aid in every direction ; a call for aid which, from the nature of the country, cannot be effectively complied with, were even the whole nili tary force in the South Seas placed at the ,isposal of the Governor of New Zealand —I am, &r, your obedient servant, and a late resident in New Zealand, ROBERT D'OYLY. London, June 28, 1845. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Jo g! 2.s.—The soiree in the Senate House, last night was very humerously attended. Among the dis tinguished pt - rsons present were the Alaiquis of Northampton, Earl Fitzwilliam, Sir David Brewster, Sir Charles Schomburck, &e. &c. Professor Faraday, who had arrived the day before, explained towards the close of the evening the principles of the electrifying-machine and much amusement was excited by the various groups of ladies and gentlemen who v.-Inured to test its effects. Even on those who experienced the shock it seemed to have very nearly the powers of the laughing gas also. _ _ One of the beat attended sections to-day was the Ethnolo gical, at which the Anglo-Saxon scholar, Mr. John Kemble, of Trinity, and the Rev Rowland Williams, of King's, held forth on the characteristics of the Celts and Sax"ns. The former was of opinion that the Saxons had settlements on the coast long before the period generally ascribed by our history to the Saxon invasion, and he pointed on , circumstances which led him to believe that there were Teutons in Brita•n before the Roman conquest. Mr. Williams, during the course of some Ethnolo gical remarks, entered into an interesting disquisition upon the local and hereditary difference of complexion in Great Britain. His remarks concerning the colour of the hair as a charac teristic were very entertaining, and listened to with great attention. It used to be thought that the colour of the hair was of no more value tlr.n to po nt a compliment to beauty, or afford a subject for the lover's sonnet. It helped now in an investigating age, to form moral and physical deductions con nected with the human race. Speaking of the hair of the ancient Britons, he alluded to Cse,ar's description of its light c , Auur, and glanced at passages in Martial and Ovid, in which the Roman ladies of a certain at e were reminded of the fact of their borrowing the auburn locks of the Celts to repair the ravages of time. The Rev. Speaker then traced the migra tions of the Celts on the map of the world, commencing from the shores of the Caspian, east and west, through 'Europe and through India, to the borders of China, pointing out where they had advanced and succeeded, and where they had been defeated aLd driven back, There was this particular feature about their migrations, that they advanced in two bodies at different period- of time, and these bodies were not, although not nary dissimilar, similar, as the Persian and Mede, the Latin arid the Greek, and the High and the Low German, were akin yet different. Sir ROBERT :"CHOMBURCE read an elaborate paper on the Indians of Guisna, some of a hose superstitions were of an extraordinary character. The education of their priesthood in habits of the most wonderful austerity, gave them a great command ever the feelings of the respective tribes, and these priests laid claim to the power of expelling evil spirits, by which they said their followers were possessed when troubled with any species of disease. These Indians believed in a good spirit, but did not adore him, and in an evil one, whom they feared. The good spirit they believed had created men at first with tails, for their protection. When they bebanie bad, he took away their tails, and sent the mosquitoes for their punishment. It has been decided that the next meeting of the Associa tion be holden at Southampton, in September, 1846. Inv,tatton; had been received fr,tn Cheltenham, Norwich, and Oxford. Professor Murchison was elected President for 184“-47, and Colonel Sabine, General Secretary. FALL OF TUE CHAPEL OF BOATSWAIN SMITH. On t'aturday morning, shortly beFere three o'ch,ck, do accident nearly attended with a frightful loss of li.e, and which has involved a eirrious destruction of property. occurred in Wellclose-square, nearly facing the brigade ngine-station. At the time stated above, Police-con stable 11 161, whilst going Lis rnundi, had his attention directed to the premises used by Boatswain Smith, as a preachin , - hothe, and which have been termed the Kiriners' Church, by hearing a hurl noise, as of the failing of timbers, within the building. The consttible immediately endeavoured to iirotb , ,e the inmates, hut be fore he could do so the whole building fell with a tre mendous crash to the ground, carrying aloroz with it the adjoining premises, known as the Mahogany Bar public-house and Albion Saloon. Fortunately, Mr. Colli!is, the occupier of the latti r build irg, with his wife and family, managed to effect their escape. As soon as the dust had in some measure cleared away, a most distressing scene presented itself. The whole of the orphan children suddenly emerged from one of the buck apartments, and crawling upon the top of the ruins, were bewailing ',heir impending fate. A number of the brigade, with a party of police con stables, at once set to work, and, after considerable trouble, succeeded in extricatir g the whole of the poor children. The occupiers of the buildings on either side, apprehen-ive that their own houses would likewise fall, simultaneously - rushed into the square in their night clothes, and were all hospitably received by their more fortunate neighbours. The Chapel and the Ailahogany Bar lie in complete ruin, and all that remains of tin Albion Saloon is the st .gu. Mi. Collins estimates his own loss at £1,500. a heaccidt nt, it is sot posed, was caused by the removal of some fj , oring in the clap-l. IVIARILEIIO. , ,E and PADDINGI ON HOSPITAL. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of this intended edifice took place on Saturday, with the usual forms, on the site, near Cambridge-terrace, Paddington road. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, by whom the principal part Ives La-formed, arrived on the ground pre cisely at dire,. o'clock, Ilk , was received by a deputation of the parochial authorities, the Bishop of Londi . :ll, Lords Beverly and Alanv,rs, Air. B. Bond Uabhell, the Dean of ChichcsaT, and a great number of thuch rg). Hi, Royal Highness, havitz inspec;ed the plans for thy: Wilding, which were expiair.t d to him by Mr. Hopper, the archi tect, proeetden to tie spot w here the arrangement, had been made in the usual manner foe laying the store. The whole of a very large space, in which several thous:a d of persons w ere accommodated, was covered by tin tenor nious marquee from the manufactory of Mr. B. Edging ton, of the borough, and effectually protected the com pany from the sh.. - iwt-rs and the continual gusts of mind, and without which the ceremony could hardly have been performed. Here the Bisn(1) of London commenced the proceedings by a short but suitable address. A prayer was then read, and the store laid. The children of Pad- dington parish then chaunted a hymn, and the Bishop pronouncvd his blessing. This terminated the ceremony. His Royal Highness has consented to allow one of the wards to be called the "Alpert ward." The f o llowi ng is the inscription on the stoce : " This stone "r.s laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the cons, rt of her Majesty Qu,:en Victoria, on the 28th day of Jun' 1845." The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attqlidaree; acid at the c , JicluAon of the prayers pla;cd the national anthem of " God save the Claeen." In the ev..ning very large party of the sub cribilts and patrons of thf hospital sat down to an excellent dinner provided by Mr. Bacon, at the Freemason's Tavern, at which Prince George of Cambridge presided, and at which a large ,mount of subscriptions was }:nnouneed. CI)URT COM.llcr.ii COUNC IL. On Thursday a Court was held for the di.patah of public busi ness. TOLLS AND STALLAGE. AND THE ENLARGE MENT OF NEWGA LE MARKET. A loeg discussion took place on the important question respectinz tolls aril stallage and the enlargement of New-.. gate-market, as recommended by the Market Committee, but, as the report was referred back to the Committee with additional instructions, we abstain from giving an account of the proceedings until the Committee shall have again re ported on the matters. It is only necessary to mention that Mr. W. Jones, the Chairman of the Committee, informed the Court, in calling their attention to the report, that the limit of the amount which might be required to enlarge the market was 60,000/., and that the following amendment was earrittdt— " That it be referred back to the Committee, with instructions to report the present area of Newgate-market, the space pro posed to be added, the sum estimated to be expended, and the plan of the building intended to be erected." Alderman and Sheriff SIDNEY presented a petition from the Committee for Building and Endowing a Church for the Seamen of the Port of Lon: on, for a grant of money to carry that object into effect. He called the attention of the Court to the claims of the seamen upon the community, and stated that the fl. sting chapel long used by them was in a state of deem, and required much repair, and that the erection of a church in the neighbourhood of Sr. Katharine Docks, for their benefit, would be in every respect highly advisable. Deputy I ORNEY seeonded the motion to refer this petition o the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, and said that he t.ad apportunittes while a member of the Navigation Committee, of ohierving th t the fl acing chapel and two nth. r floating institutions on the Thames constituted serious obstructions to the navigation Mr. /trine : TON was of opinion that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests nukht to render such an application un necessary grant of the necess:Ty site, as the seamen, although their services could not be disputed, were a severe burden upon the public. Deliwy COR.NEY informed the Court that the Commis eioners of Woods and Forests had .ffered to sell ground for 1,2001., which was worth upwards of 2,0001., for the proposed chapel.—( Hear, hear.) Some surprise was expressed that the lusting chapels, which had been bit+ a few years ago much preferred as places better adapted to the taste of the seamen, were now yielding in popu larity to the ordinary chapels frequented by the mixed public. he petition was referred to the Committee. PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE. Mr. D. W. WIRE presented a petition from the Royal Society for th.. Protection o , Life from Fire, " for the pro vidirg of fire-evaFes within the City of London." It stated. that the ptan upon which the fire•escattes a ere con , tructed hat' proved more ffficacious then any hitherto acted upon or suggested, and that, withla the last ear, the bvt-s of ten of urt ellow creaturvs had been saved by the use of the machines f the Society. He submitted that it would be a difficult mater to add anything to the powerful a•gument contained in the petition, and moved, without more comment. that it should be referred to the Police Committee, in which he well knew it would meet with the most attentive con•ideration. Mr. LOTT raid that some years ago he had submitted to the Court a proposition on the subject, whieh, if it had been adopted, would in all probability have counteracted several calamities of a mast awful description. He had, after great pains, succeeded in getting the subjeet before the Police Committee, in which 50 models had been examined. He was desirous to know why the three machines, which were constructed upon one of those plans, and whieh were de posited in the Guildhall, to be used by the police, were not. now in operation ? He knew that upon one occasion of a fire, a poficeman, when asked about the escapes, said he knew very well where they were, but that did not signify, as they were not in his beat.—( Hear, hear.) He wished to know whether the neglect of the machines arose from any disagreement anywhere. At all events, he was satisfied that the interference of some more influential member of the Cor poration than himself would have been productive of the good which he had exerted himself in vain to accomplish. Alderman WOOD said Mr. Lott was much mistaken if he thought the Committee held the plan In low estimation, be cause it was the result of his suggestion ; no such idea ever occurred to them. In tact, there were several difficulties in the case. Of all the plans of fire escapes. there was but one of practical utility, and that was the canvass bag es cape, one of which description of machines had been sent to almost every station-house in the city. But there was no established body appointed to apply tl em in cases of emer gency or to keep them in a state of preparation. 't would be mii.t desirable that they should be in the hands, and under the control of the police, but the Commissioner could not apply the public money under the Act of Parliament, to such a purpo e. Now, those .ho petitioned the Court that &I were an established Society, wi.h regularly-appointed officers, who were Wwar; on the Wert, and the Court would act wisely in rendering 'them the aid they required for so im portant a purpose.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. R. TAYLOR could not very clearly see how the Court were justified in placing implicit reharice upon the conduct of the voluntary soder!, which had thus petitioned the Court. They designa ed themselves a Royal Society, but he could not see what reliance wa, to be pliced upon their stability. He was c.nvineeit that the care and management .bould be in ;he hands of the Foice alone, or a box!y onstituied as the police wi•re.—t Hear. hear.) petitio” war then r,fe•rel o the C rnmittee 'O%IPLETION OF THE IM ROVEMENTS OF HOL wN HILL AND FARItINGDO,—STREET. Mr. R L. JONES brought up the report of the London bri ge Ai pr aches Committee, to whom it wa4 referred to examine the allegation in the petition of the inh,bitants of the north tide of the ward of Farringdon Without. fur the completion of :he improvements at Farringdon New street and Holborn-hridee, with instructions to rrp:vt their opinion upon the expediency of carrying out these • roposed improvements. It stated that the o.mtnittee had viewed the new hoe of street and the projecting hous-s on the north side . of Hoilevn-bridge, and directed the Clerk of the Works to report hi, optrinn as to :he summed value of those houses, and also to report the probable amount of the cost of the improvement, deducting the value of the surplus grentui; that they had subsequently received reports from the Clerk of the Works, from which it appeared that ex clusive of law charges, the probable cost of completing the line of improvement at Holborn-bridge, after deducting the value of the surplus ground, would amount to 14,500 1 . That the Committee, having duly considered all the cir cumstances are of opinen. that it WAS dew:lbl,- , for tiie City to complete the line A* improvement at Holborn bridge by purchasing stel setting back the .aid houses. pro vided suitable means and powers could be obtained for tha: purpose; and they were further of opinion thst an oppor tunity would at the same time be affor.led for effecting an additional improvement of Holborn-hill. The Genmittee. therefore, felt it their duty to draw the particular attention of the Court to the propriety of takine measures to carry out these objects ; and they recommended the same accordingly. That they had caused the vaults to be con structed on each side of Farrir.grton-street, and had already let eleven of the lots of ground in that street for building leases, and were taking measures that they trusted would ensure future lettings; so that the whole of the in ;movement, so far as the City was concerned, might be completed without dela , and they were the more strengthened in that opinion in cowequence of the measures in progress for carrying on the new line of street in the county of Middlesex. Mr. JONES. in commenting upon the report. spoke of the necessity which existed for much more extensive improvements in the City of London, and manifested the strongest disposition to proportion the changes in several of the populous streets to the large means possessed by the Corporation and their in creasing prosperity. The report was agreed to, and, after some discussion upon a subject which was suddenly dropped by the announcement that there were not members enough present to constitute a Court, the Lord Mayor declared the Court adjourned. DISCOVERY of H MAN REMAINS. A discovery, which has created considerable interest and excitement, took place at Birmingham on Tuesday. A number of workmen, in the empl of Mr. P. Smith, the town surveyor, were engaged in sinking what is termed a dome well, at the Public-office, in Moor-street, when about seven feet from the surface of the ground they met with the remains of a large dog. This created no surprise, but immediately beneath the excavators found their work im peeled by appar ntly a large box, bu , which. upon examina tion, proved to be an oak eoffii. On its top was a porcelain pipe, of curious, and evidently antique c•mstruction. anti an engraved heart, with the initials " W S " The coffin, con• sidering the number of years it is suppo ed to have been in the ground, was in a state of excellent preseivatiot.. Curiosity, as a matt. r of eour,e, was exe ted to a•c , rtain it. (-rodents, and, upon bog opened anti exammed, it was found to contain the skeleton of a human being, through which, as in past times in the case of r xecuted malefact Jr a stake had been driven. The ' , mains were -übmitted to the ex,mination of one .it the medical gentlemen connected with th. Queen's .Cl egg arid H„-peal. and he pronounce, the.. to he th sk to en of a none. abet' the age e.I sor 6. The only polio pre• tr. d worthy of obse-vation was an iii rt,r,tion o the torefieot, f.: m wh eh it. would he i..ferreit that lie deceased came to hi' death by violence. These are. how• ver, very plausible rea-nos for com•rig to a different con clusion. L not at all improbable that the f, aeture of the forehead was the result of the violence of the writ kpeople em ployed in the excava ion ; and if the man whose remains are found was murdered, it does not appea• likely that his mur• deters would have honoured his corpse wit!: an oak coffin, decor ted with expensive insignias. Moor-street, in which the remain= were found, is now simuate in the very cerore of iiiimingharn; but two hundred years ago, vt which time , he !atee, is is •u, posed the b sty twist have b , en in terred, it funned part of an ext.-nsive pails. belonging, as sdme say, t the J timings family, and so sequently to the ancestors of the oresent Earl Howe. His Lori:slop holds exteosive property in the neighb urhood at the present time. M-ridtn-street, Pa , k-street, Jennings-row, &c., constituted a part of the original domain. The probability is that the body found is the r• mains of some member of the family to whom the esta• e forin--rly belong, d, and who, as is ft , quently the ease, eve,, in modem tones, was bur ed within the precincts of he family grounds. This view is confiranoi by the fact that in Oxford-street, now standing upon a por tion of the came domain. a few weeks ago the workmen employed by the to, n surveyor met with the skeleton of a man ho had e‘idently been buried for a great number of years, and between whose thighs was placed a large black bottle containing a black fluid. Unfortunately, however, the cupidity of an Irish excavator employed upon the work. who expected to find something to drink, led him to break the bottle, and its contents were never correctly ascertained. It is needles to say that the di-covery of the remains of a human b-ing in the immediate neighbourhood of di, public prison has led to many vulgar and unfounded surmises. How these notions are to be corrected it is difficult to say, but it is to be presumed that the worthy borough Coroner, who, during his tenure of office, has been most extraordinarily industrious in the discharge of its duties, will find in popular clamour a justification for sitting in judgment upon the discovered bones. THE LATE ELECTION FOR SHERIFFS.-Mr. Laurie who was on last Midsummer-day chosen, together with Mr. Chaplin, to fill the office of sheriffs of London, and Sheriff of Middlesex, is the nephew of Sir Peter Laurie, with whom he WAS formerly in partnership in the extensive concern in Oxford-street, and is possessed of a very large fortune. Mr. Laurie lately purchased the Duke of Norfolk's mansion near Hyde-park, and is the owner, in right of his wife, a lady of considerable affluence whom he lately married, of the splendid house called Ho'croft's, adjoining the Bishop of London's Palace at Fulham. The new Sheriff, it is said, is a man of extremely active mind, and is determined to perform the duties of the office so as to gratify his fellow-citizens. Mr. D. W. Wire i- to be his Under-Sheriff, the appointment of whom his given the highest satisfaction to those benevolent indivi duals of both sexes, who are so alive in the csreer of reform of uniortonate criminals. ; 7 , I IoCKING ACCILENT AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. --On Wednesday evening, immediately after the fall of the cut tain at the close of the opera of The Enchantre.sr, and while Madame Tuition was upon the stage, a quantity of the heavy machinery immediately in her vicinity fell with a tremendous crash, knocking down two of the scene -shifters of the names of Kirby and Hathaway. They were immediately picked up, bleeding profusely, and in an ap parently lifeless kate. A medical gentleman, who was in the house, promptly attended, and ordered them instantly to be conveyed to the hospital. The injuries received by Hathaway were slight in coin pa:ison with those su s t a i ne d by Kirby, of whom, we learn, it is feared there is little hope of recovery. Net the slightest blame attaches to any QUO 117 the theatre, AI LI T NE WS.--(SAT URDAY • We had an In usually large supply of both Fruit and Ts* getables, yet thr demand was throughout steady, on the fol lowing terms . Old Potatoes, from 3s to 4 s per cw t ; TurniPs, Is 84 to 2s 9d ; Carrots, 58 6d to 7s; Young Onions, i s to 2s; and Greer s, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches; Peas, i s to 2s 3d ; Goose( erries,' is 6d to 23 MI - Curraltits,- 31-to 69; and Spinach, Sd to Is 3d per half sieve; Cherries, 6d to ls Hot-house Grapes, 5s to f3s ; new Potatoes, 2d to 6d ; end Pineapples, 8s to lOs per lb; Cauliflowers, Sd to $6l Summer Cabbages, Is ton2s per dozen ; Rhubarb , t° ls 6d ; Asparagus, is 6d to 7s • Horse-radish, 3s to ss; and Celery, Is to 2s per bundle ; O ranges, 8s to 14s; Lemons, 73 to lifs; and French Beans, Is 6d per hundred; Cucumbers, 4 d t° 2s; and Melons, 4s to 6s each; Radishes, hands; Small Salad, 2d; and Mushrooms, 64 to is per l° . net ; Strawberries, 4d to 8d per pottle; Peaches and . .i` 444. tarines, 24s to 50s, per dozen. £l)lrUp2erli r 411 3, LEALDII27I I4I - 1.1. We had a large supply of both English and Foreign Poultry. Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, at late rate 9. The supply of Meat (town as well as country) slaugt•recd, being on the increase, the demand was, throughout, be4v- 44 per dozen at barely stationary prices. mow 0 ERPORD. We had a decided increase in the supplies of most articles, vet tr.e general demand ruled steady, and l as t week's quote' Lions were generally supported. N EWPORT. but Prime Mutton and Lf.mb sold freely at full prices, otherwise th e trade ruled dull. Beef, Itom 2 s 8a to 35 it Nlutton, 3,4 d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 45 1 0 d to 6s Veal' 10d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per Slbs. BIM ,INGEIGATE. Fish There was a considerable increase in the supplies ° brought forward, yet the trade was steady at our quotatioa!: Turbots 8s to 16s; and Cod Fish, 3s to 9s each; to is per lb; Eels, 4d to 104 per lb; Mackerel, 165 t 3us per 120. WHITECHAPEZ. We had a full average supply of meat; on the who l e , the rade ruled dull. Beef, from 3s to 3 - 3 10d • ' Muttol a nd Folk , Bd;is Lame, 45 10d to ' 6s; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; as to 4s per Sibs 3s 61 to BREAD. 4. Straw. ds. i ' ll, F ,tl h aot. e0 : 81, prices Hides, . 4 5 .,. i o t f t lV h a /t Householdeun i si ditto, Br it e r ai d i l n t:i tti i ~j, . 3 p l e e r t 4 r 7 b p s o 1 1 i s s a t.. are how Market Calf: 5s to 5s 6 • , 6 a s 6 p d er to sto ss ne ; o L f a l ir 4 b lb s s k :— i :es i t s S 6 t d eer tt s p tu ; s d 3 ll d e ::: SMITH Shearliugs, 6d to 10/1. - ' de., 41 12s to 5/ C 4/10s to Middlingplua,._l,eepdittitnod, 4Csa6lfd_stkoi.4lss,loadt; Irpifeerrisokrintlit:t.....o, 5/ 145 ‘.lttu l ic 01 8 5: G t to ; 2 (51 / a:1-6r p ;sl e e: r iOniZ 1 4-e i a ijd . 1-Solfl'in it y : :'‘ i 1 r i'..141.6 a ./. s v ts e ot r it a g 4i6t e lsi s lB : °s- P s; P ; ili r'l.(aei::l a steady traue. 51 . Coarse Meadow flay, 3/18s Com BERLA ' NI) Hay, 4,8 s to 5/ lineiss 18s, Vat. sdtirtat(i,,,,s/I,Bsistosto 4; llas ;,, us , ?... f : r i s t / 0 16 2 5 4 ‘74 Y ( l ) ,: erna t .straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load Supply mod erate, and trade fir • ast W fu 'il l l' . l :i E t ( t : t il : l- 1 - 6, t- t t : 11 57 7sL7-e-atilln-9:112:1 4d,ttow, , : 8 5 . : 51 83 10 5/ 15s ; t tovei llay, 4/ lOs to 6l; Vat Straw, ld 1 64 tP ', . ''''' heat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. Trade Wadi' at ful! prices. New Meadow flay sold freely, at from 3/ 10i to 41 8a . per load. ----•-• LLOYD'S SHIPPING. A.y There LONDON, JUNE 28.—Wi nd W., fresh bree ze, and Cloa".' was a heavy fall of rain. ' O5 r.S. , S.W.AL, JUNE 27.—A.M., Wind S.S.W. light breeze ; at ' Bom bay; Ritchie,tts, 3liramichi, for Hull. Arrd. from 1 2_ 0 1 : by S., moderate.—Arrd. Ilerefordshile, Bicha.de°°, Bombay the River fit ,R, Br ' Madras ; Bucephalus, Bell, Cape of (food Helle,:•—: Thkel, Sovereign, Cow, ditto; Andromache, Skelton, Bombay' Grey', C I heyne, ditto ; Barbara Gordon, ItitCDie, TOW"; C'L.'""-. LudlOvi , TSMOUTII,JUNE 27.—W' d i get, St. Kitt's ; British Monarch. Muirhead, JalligotZre' „wick. tumtbrd, St. Jago de Cuba ; Peruvian,. St. John's , I,l " ° % . .in — g hard.--' Poa in S..S. • 0 • • Off port, Mary Kay, Dobson, Launceston. A Champ' 0' Li • NERPOOL, JUNE 27.—Wind fresh—Ar_r-h•fia warner, Mossop, Barbadoes. Sid. the outward bound and C.`" -- Ju•tkins, Boston, &c. rtland , , whe sa of F° ~, CLYDE / JLNE 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. 2 5 , •".„`,-„, Erroinang ; Dickson, Barbadoes. 26. London Brown, .`"•,",,,' 25. Parsee, Kelso, Montr. al ; John Brown, ' ditto. ..,-•-• St peter, Wallace, ,r, ,nerara ; • C:ievars, Singa • pore , 26. Thal stris Telfer , ..- e--- 4,CtiIDAS/ Hanlon, Gibraltar. ' 'Porto Rico; -- CORR, JUNE 2' o.—Off port, Ellen, Gertnao, ada* G (l ' ' ' Card, Yarmouth, United States. —,,,, Oren ' • - NEWPORT / JUNE 27. Sid. Thomas Bell, Siralw" - ' br luck, Luce, ditto. tl a cutter aPPe rea Y in lat. 455 DEAL, JUNE 27.—A vessel bottom u IN • ot b, ult., ~ • 1 . by the Herefordshire, Itich P ardson , schooner, of 'W t WSW.,blo about 100 tons, was passed on the 2 the P"'1"1,4 bin 2 WHITEHAVEN, JUNE 26.—Wind S.W.—Sld. LadY Stewart, DUBLIN, JUNE 25.—S1d. Garonne, Dunn, Antigua. Breton tO trona Car d ' - aso ngell LIVERPOOL, JUNE 27.—The Hope, W hite ' Liverpool, was lust in the h., 17th ult. ; crew an P •e on the saved . arrived ill --•-----7-7----_____-_r_-_-_- v' TROt-AV" LOSS UI HER MAJEST z..1111 - ' Al' 1 -- t ' l). On Friday evening a very painful interest . letter havitli Barracii aat Woo.wich, in consequence of a private . y e been received Irian Greenock (announced in the w PP o hIP of last e‘ening), describing the loss of her Majesty's tr.!): , to Apollo on the coast of Newfoundland. The letter was tene ! f i t " the paeket.ship which reached Liverpool in the early' Part.:' , .„, week, addressed to Messrs. Baine and Johnson, merchants l_ . ". Newfoundland, .S: above town, from heir ' agents at St. John's, pervaded the Artillery bears the date of Friday, the 6th of June, and briefly announce; melancholy fact that the Apollo troop-ship , wit h tr°°Ps f" d tha l had been lost at a place called St. Shots, near St. Johns, an _... SO of tho-e on board had p• rished. At first the report was ~ the sidered by the o f fi cers of the g arrison as unfounded, neitheLl same conveyance which brough t the above letter nor ird toe Apollo. respecting the lamentable occurrence. On refer .17; sVestern bringing any crntriu, ication from the o ffi cers or a 7.... however, to the last advices from the officers on board, O a rre d i great distance where the sad catastrophe is said to have nocu ii , ea perhaps off one of those isolated spots which are so nunser s t li t the banks of Newfoundland, where the only communication "to true ri, h g e a i A n e p c , f , i g l oro sailed u n d. coasting vessels , the belief that the reported calamity va . Dot from Sheerness in the early part of il t he Apr 101, tßhoeyca,lmAnttaiLeroyf Captain Bent via., 01 having on board from the Woolwich garrison two compani"°, t he o_indthceaplsttaitailcidoightnhgtbsontetalw.inth° t : le d ig l: I . be l e, lowing o ffi cers attached :—Lieutenant Travers, Lieutenant "eot Ord Hon. E. I'. Gage, Lieutenant S. K. BayleY, Lieutenant Love!, Lieutenant Evans, Lieutenant ... ;nt, Li eute e e lii L ieutern i f ih e Ordnance Medical Dr partment. They Granville, and Lieutenant J. G. Boothby, with Dr. Beh t ,'.. °o3 ' panics of the Royal Artillery in the Canadian territory. ;ow M.,jur Furneaux and Captain Cater. The ship airive d l on tie mouth on the 10th of that month, and took her departnr,di. 19th, bound for Cork, Halifax, and Quebec, taking o la tne former port portions of a regiment of d in 1 ~, tbs were to relieve eti'...eder last advices received by the authorities bear date fish'seti- and :28th of May, announcing her safe arrival at that P° o e try the satisfaction of those of the Royal Artillery ths A t . d " ther e ; which had embarked at Cork had fin . Is -fo h ` . She was to sail from Halifax on the followng 'II' t h at 4hti that a succession of very fearful gales took destination, uebec 2 It appears from other accounts o he boo d i , il t rolsti°° ° Newfoundland, there being at that time a vast 8c :::.., was aj e e j ice. Several ships had been lost, and aniongst tr' she b i barque Jupitet, from Liverpool, bound to St. Jo bs ll ' ant ° place eff 10 a,id. been crusqed by the floating ice, and so suddenly tha • sr. ,- the ship's company perished with her. The calit al° ' ape th ,, e , mend, of Scarborough, and the remainder of the crepe btly e ptsi7, same fate by jumping on a piece of ice, and subseq v u id e ent isily b et "; floated. Respecting the fate of the Apollo , ing possession of the ship's long boat, which Prci___tot K ali fs,%i must necessarily prevail until the arrival of t he ins erooli l 0 , packet. The Apollo has been engaged in S he ing if° c° M I different parts of the world for several years. se e" tie. missioned on the 3cl of March last by CaPtain (oster),:ent the,g_rcn'ext officers comprising Lieutenant Risk, Mr. Willisul: F. J. . r ' no o Graham (surgeon), Mr. Dowell (purser), and so le of ir" (second master). She carried eight guns, and Pr. " tons burden. THE CII A RIT .'" ABLE SO—CI-ETY OF PANC.SIIB 0(001; oa T br t o e vff C e llEßS ot , DANCING --.The annual gen e " ' la . eeAtinitgaticers' °P. man the stage, instituted to support poor and aftlcte.. 0 , ash was held on Friday afternoon, sch ism The ch air; Great Queen street ; Mr. James Byrne in the _ .. 1 orc oe : ttroheiarta:tahraien gisetiaiteerdaitshtaattetmheennat eoefti.trig,ewfitsuncdagllaeidjd focrifect.ht:,iFta,,cppeee,idre?: t g n h e e a t a i n ee n e u i a p l ts ri . p t or a t of the cahtartihtye, fooryinwebkiectnshveinstirbre:i g A r ti an g t u e s , t i last, were 45!. Is 3d the use of the theat re ' c ' —of 1* Sxhpee:tnniyrti by Mr. Welistr.r . gra7uifrusly. The total in °._7Frl f charit was 43.21.vihich included 51. lora th':re. TO , and a simi.ar sum &oar the Duke of Devonostb-r join,. 4,.., s t es fur advertising, printing, rent, and suaery ,_.,1 it t t ' e :; , ea to x'94l. 7s. 9d. A balar.ce therefore reas7:, mr. 8tti,:15ie.dr:::,::e‘1n,:3:5:1:.t..4::"..01,,a.. lii'hrenreeportd h3atvririgoobergl:G:ialbeor; otberet oected tru,tees ; and cafternt'catinbyeeeole',:;:hoeftith.ll,cinhbl.:l:f ii,,d, Cipriano ff ia ide iiyrne a Potter, d auogfh d aughter e o ß f 3rn a coos' , Thalberg, on the pianoforte. ,e_ Ogle' [ADVf'RT - ' IsMENT Awe r onyra.i CAtics:diees:y: velosenad aon to „, ]—Tus ErEs•--3g9 ~, pot.le P;e •tr , el l'ic'eadil.y.—opti,,„ii,,,pro,,,,,ment, tti;rodi,cri;;; sons at an adanced age to read with ease; l in" "ii Aeotls` 3 : I obi ills w:th perfect distinctness,and 6tes" geors• . „. Instruments for relief of extreme deatn.• :is: te'rle-eljetehti p. snit B. Soahnons, Opticians, 39, l' - '' )e- ,5 . c ° L : , ;Willy, have invented Spectacle Lease,6l,. Jvaetgin derived common use is, that instead of sision beconitt;ously ill; . • stet!, ‘, eakened, and in numerous cases so, oge. A fery jured, it is preserved and strengthene, s", the r°,. °ll : persons are enabled to employ their sight i' ' n oes e l " n 7liite o.cupati()n, and can see with those 1 , . m ots , : ii ~ ell less maguifyirig power, and that thy' 15 :req uire Li. the greatest consequence is, that th A eY is d o o , r , i .. ° c ' ro r°6 l the frequent changes to further helps. sible, f)11 lese"pes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, I°lf o.trelo_,* ail kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief e ns Or' deafness. Caution. —Messrs. S. and B. Solcr°,l ;eitp * cians and Aurists, are not in any Iwrsun on of the same name ill their irornediste ileire'nt tei.3' way eonnecteerAboor n d ; nor in any part of the country. To P L. !' g c 3/ 0 takes, be cautious, and observe —Only to be a l o tel. Albetna.rle-street, Piccadilly, opposite th e Ye'r c oirs ol :, ADVBRTISENIENT.]---A HAND AND A„1114 sla . 4 ' 14 " will' WOUNDS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S VlNT'''. _ .5 ,go I'ILLs !—Thomas Main injured his hand two Ye,_,,i11,03 to lit the yard at Nortlitleet, which in a short tittle °m„,'97_ l !' the .swell to an alarming extent, and broke out .12:001i fingers up to the elbow into several ulcers. l'ilfi„„ for was this poor man incapable of doing Or "die' ,_,A beet" . etghteen months, but, what was worse, he P' '" , •,,,r tbe rw charged as incurable, from an hospital, after vekl."%erpori nine weeks. From this hopeless state has Wis. Per t, been radically cured by Holloway's and I 2ills.—Sold at Professor Holloway's Egsr vero ,l'one Se 244, Strand, and by all respectable ttle-' throughout the civilised world. wonderfult,o4o:oo BIRTHS . On the 14th inst , at the Briara, Hanwell, 01011" c'fi°lll) Kennedy, Esq., of 'Demerara, of a son. ye of Bu O lk n le t y he j. 2 3 3 1 4 . ipursate.,d,aEt sqG.o,oodfraesstoLno. Lodge, Berko, the 0' - Lo O v n ell t , h E e 1 VI sq 24th inst., in Wilton -place the lady of Jo h¢ of a daughter._ ',, t. la lure, I°l3ll On the 24th inst at York•road, Lamoet-, Havers, of a daughte"r. DIED. Os!' On the sth of March, at Port Elizabeth, '4)g°A Sophia, the wife of Mr. Samuel Welsford. , ~ iir J0°641 On the 24th of May last, at Santa Cruz, er— e ' h Baker, Esq., of Fenchurcb-street• t. Oa" - On the 9th init., at Copenhagen, Isabella, Yollliges'-b• ter of James Carnegie, Esq., Athol-crescent, E Ou the 13th inst., at Camden- town , Air' James iv • i f London: Printed and Published hy D ili 10. No. 112, Strand, Printer, It Me Site 000,c0,1;ti Savoy, is St ra nd, in the Precinct of the /Laws, Moucliy Jaa• 30, 110. • Th. /A '. The 13 e. 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