The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-14 00:00:00

~..... 1403171i7"--nd COMMERCIAL THREE. • CITY, QUARTER T O HR The Cotton market at Liverpool yester ,e d r a e y ----Sales 2,000 bales, of which ir a tinn, and 600 arket at Liverpool w on as s b p e e t c t u e l r a4tWion's tarnsley Junction, 5; Ditto,. 8 Birkenhead, . The Share again ye s t fwo e d r ra c B l G a yieo. flat.x— 45eh"ter, and Cheshire, 11111,ailf;ShBairrems,in4g B eel l a te ek r b ' 11114 36 , D ,• ar ß w l: n ck , Blackburn, Burnley, o ß lt u o r n n , ley, and Ac hs c .a ; m ingt a o u n, 8% ; T e tl i a,. , B , % ; Bolton, Wigan, an s el s l, l4 isler ß p e o l o fa l st ll and ;13Caaillye-- 11 °11 —, ' 1 .4 • Ditto Extension, 3 ; ; Chester and Birkenhead, 52 1 4 Ditto, d Holyhead, 14. Cambridge ; - and d w Linea Shares, li ' 4 1 6 :1 % t Ditto, Half Shares, 26 1 VA ; Chester an , 2% . 0„.; Churnet Valley, 6 1 4 N ; ci k i_th a e n r , o , e lN J ra u t n e c r t fo lo r n d, , , c 1 h,,,,ltad Bandon, 8 1 4 6s. 3d. ; ir h u i lla and Belfast, Junction, 10 3 A Cu ,• r Dublin, Mullingaara, Eastern Cob s , ll : e, 41 A 6s. 3d. ; Dundalk and EnniskiilenN,4e3/4w ;Jtarters, 6I L r,les, 19% ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, iii,4 ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran G to la n s , g p w ref a e n re d nc p e u S in h f aj i e es s , , 24..;_Edinburgh and Perth, ; b ° ,l2 c !and Junction, 22i 1 / e ; 1 1 , p;,Y, Eighth Shares 20% 1 %; Crrea e i Q. So u u a t r l t i . e e r rn S a h n a d re N s V s e s sPern .. c k ~,,, 9 , II( ( erS . . lack 13. 11 I ' l field Canal and Railway, 7 ; bitrzia Waterf or d , 8% N erpoorm Isiorklla. ; 10; London; Leeds end lo i 214 1 : A.. "'vf Shares 37 Liverpool, 236; Lo n don and Wind ol and Manchester, 204 ; aonderry •• ; London and Birmingham, ;kirk, and Pr L es l . l t a n ( n ) e n ( - 1 , Lon T h . , 91s. 6d. ;Leeds an a d rl l; e C w e s le b r u a rT., e . ' lo 3l / 4 3 / 4 ki t ak k ' 6% and Leeds and West Ridin it .ester Birmingham, N ew Quarter 4,„ er anti Buxton, 5 1 4 ; an chest Shares g - At Junction, 6; Manchester and . New idland Railway, 157% 1 ; 5914 ; — A; st 40/ Shares, 19 ; Manchester, Leeds, Sp a effi lf e L ld, an , d , I,ze and and Berwick, 12 ; Ditto, . Ii- I th wales Mineral, 16; Nor N th e l w N r 'e Y st u e u r d n, Manchester, 118 ; Enniskillen, 4v2. oxford s a ( 1 D itto Junction, 3% ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 13 / , i ; Fan to, quarter Shares, 14% 15 • andSheffield96s_ .; _ south t:_:,.tiultYto: 30, 3, t 7 ry 6 , 3A and ; obeshir . e , . ,%* aa,,and Dover, New Shares, N2. , 1..4 11 ; e 31 1: Ditto, No. 5i,..410n, A "A ; Welsh Midland, la 4 21,4 tl * 2- ; Worcester and Tring, Yorkshire, 2, Trent Valley, Wo r m,. ork and North Midland, ig ; 18 1 4 ;Ditto Cii -4,1.6ew; ' H yo a r lf k s tn a d re c s :l 6 li4.l. : (it.„„o, and Amiens (English), 10; North ( e L rn affi o t f tg; F o ra , n E e n e . , 11,1 1 584 „itcM, English, 465. ; Paris and Lyone p (G aa :7B 58s. 6d.; Ditto, French, 51s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons, )41,, r° ,.. 11 '5), 51s. 6d.; Ditto (Calon's), 395. Ir .— % . rittITER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY Barnsley Jun etion—',rnlagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2/s 13 . —The sat e es . tio e ,`(1)%s; Birkenhead, Manchester, and ; Cheshire June- L t i llt e k:e t ra tn, ; DEalraue'lenhurL'd Burnl ey, Bolto n and Accrington, 8 1 4 % ; Cambridge and Lin eal:,r;l, 111 4 ; Caledonian, 11 1 /s ; Direct Northern, 5%; Bolton„ Wigan, and N; taierpheroe Junction, 2% _ F Viill ey, i tl 3 , ll rgi! and Glasgow, N34ewPQeunalr.t.erjs'u6nellitio; Junction, ofli wa r e s x h aty. /2 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield . Leeds and West. I.,ed'Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6, 8 ; Ilitin' ." ewsb nrY, and Manchester, 9'7//a ; t 4 ll, f l hiletion, 9 3 / 4 / 7i • Liverpool, Ormskirk, and t om 4 A ; London and ' Windsor, I Is. L inden and Worcester, Oxford and Ru and , Birming -1 l b s 3d 4 p 3 r - e l n 6 l ;; hea l , r i and York, 14% • Manchester ka neti err Quarters, 7 ; Blanchester and St ; .„Ptr and Leeds,' 152; Ditto, Sixteenth th Western. Buon gh sL 2a ; , 41 9.,';,'atk and Sheffield, 5 elim new ; 1 u • r Sheffield and Lin eetri ° ;_ Preston and Wvre Extension, 2 A , ...„ 0. _, 6 3 / 4 ; NSouth shire Junction, 11f- 16 ; South-Eastern, -N 4 A i viZt a and Euxton 3YR ; Trent Valley Continuation renT" ‘,:;.tilletion, 'DA - • Warwick and Cheltenham, 2%. In th -• t .''' est Yorkshi 14, ;Great North of France, !neer. subs ce lt . ..e, as far a re' can collect the opinions of those th en " Pee Calc.a tk 'alelY c . an ne s et w ed e e l a rith the United States, the ad- , e e ng szyir r 7 ll l :an are considered to be satisfactory, and I, a pprehension of unpleasant consequences the At e . 41 the Oregon affair. On the other hand, however,_ romthe Vrein n Li,,4lcan relation appear more unsettled, and f .10tailCt:'-71:6111°4'a:0 tt Se d rica th n eWashington i were nit conclude fleet Governmenthaving is lirni tti t aVve, and ° , nu thee generally, subject. t h e business The markets dig New imnoorrt more e hes on i lkl t ja 31 10 ,.: 40 Key still continued rather tight at wasN York, s he c 3 110, .: the following extract, which also touc . °nth th - "' : " - -" The condition of the commercial classes is The heavy at the banks prefer making loans on stock security. 41-3 e 6,- losses of the pst -ear of the importing and jobin f this ; d c'tY havesnj3nred the credit of the class gene ati . 7- the banks discount no more of the paper of those doing tiiey tali I„elLaire western and southern business, h eliui;s'r'nlY h ell). The banks of this city are t alm a a n o e s e t u e l x a : NI ti, devoted to the interests of the stock P ex to th Wall -street. They are indirectly of some benefit kkotnc Inercantile classes but the brokers of the street regular karehrandated with one hundred dollars where a banks disga,,,,A ti t i 8 accommodated with one dollar. The tors i n ete l ,'‘ and cover up the loans to stock . ittiii Peasible way. They report as distinct sp a e n e d a separate D'rec tate. altbaccetain amount loaned to brokers ; loans tco la re h ,._ - "‘ the usual discount line. The last item optreTsen loans to those engaged in legitimate business f te i s intended sf. thefts, but a true and correct elassificatio . n o Wall 4treet_ l oans of every banking institution ot": WoUld show an amount loaned to in brokers lar l whole business is to speculate is stocks, class of 11 ; 1 817: th an the amount loaned to any other cla oans t It Psn eBs , °len. There is no doubt but that 1 etty, such security as United States, New York f Stat t e a o n r kl atis °l ' 1111 Y other good sterling stock, is much sa er ha h n _ tit tte nn the general run of business paper, but these stoeks iktbot chartered for the exclusive benefit of a few aoilita k te NO' b nt. ou the contrary were chartered f ca iital, ' a Cana to extend commerce by a concentration to of d news a I t will be goo . thudprosperous one writer says '- 45. fia a Moderate business was doing,. and the colony 14tuure friends of Canada in England, to learn, railroad from Mon trel t, 1 ) 143 Passed the Bill to :sanction a be continued to the sh ores the province li ne , from thence to that the Legis- Afresh field is by this Nan a 0 " ths Atlantic, at Portland. nce to all classes I nte...._ kened for the employment of import capital, and the ttal;,‘„`nrettnada will become of more to satisfy the Igeiti s h a Wolk as this, which will alone serve rt a gi nt e. It as iMPOBSibIe to calculate on the results of so int- Sur i : Public that Canada is shaking off her . letliar . g .! 4 '.5 catching the active spirit of the age, which points °,,,,.4"tar5., The Fun have improved 14 Per cent. to-day upon the 99 „ _ news, being 99 to 991% - is to 99 for Account. The , - d-a-Quarter r Cents. have been ICKM t 74 h , .. , ,Ne w Three-an Cents. for present transfer, and '*Ys• Bank '' "° oi, and the Three per Idia Stock 2771 Stock has been 209% to 210, and A. E Premium. The foreign invest ments have been quiet. 4chequer-bills have been 545. to 565. Shares are steady, tbirb bttton _ blit puNos,(CLOSING PRICES.) .1 4 ,..„. CLOSING h at ;i4A Or 131taTisa ONE PRICES, .. s to , s , FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 210 ' Per c,l'is:ii;zi;i;.... .............. 20? IA 210 98 1 1 let:., e , ,ent• Consols d ........... -.. 977 A "IA 99 A Lon ';it Per Cents. . ....... .•. 101 1909114100% 101% bi,!tt 11304%itLea....1.,o_excpi.reJan.1860 11% % 11 5-16 I ndia 30‘ 7 ‘.7.. r ._ 5 _ ".. t i 0,1859 ... 11 1-16 3-16 11 9-16 ,nat st o ili 4 ' l , Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 9-16 277% mdia c 4 ... Dittonda, : .................... . 277% 11 3-16 1 , 0 001.. under 1 000/ ........... . 70 "allth s_ , •.. ...... .. ..... 70 118 i t . ' 44 Stock Nil 1. , ~,, . .: . ................ 1.18 97% :., ks , Y e t ~ t tnnuittes ............ 97 210 ‘,46,_ ? k I r Account.. /,,,,.-1 to r A . ,,__ n _ .. . ...... ••• 210 3/ _ 99% t Ci i lla St oe i': , l t.. ........... ... 97 1 4 I% 278 1 /, Ac c0unt........ 278% Lt ecitte r Ell for Pm. 56 bko 500 /. 1 8, 1,0 00/., liAd. ... 54 56 p m . 56 ittosn,„ . • ................. ... 54 p in . 57 -41 .................... ... 57 55 rl ti , ta ONE CLOSING 8 Phil' oP PoitE iGx , O'CLOCK. PRICE . c,_, tau 1i0„,,_ 6 UNDS. 9 ntuilbi.._'3 per Cent.... . ... • 99 15% caexi,'n isonds, ex Venezuela. 15% 37% •D . - " 1, 5 Per C D it to, A ent. 1837 . 36% 37 1 37 tecolult P . Deferred .................... 17% ortu gue erred .................. _ bitto, P ' ° nds, 5 per Cent ... s 67 _ bitto, .onverted.... ............... 6714 67% Account 118% R ussi a,l ii Bonds ....... .. 67% 118% ic.l§lls per ......... . 30 , t3 i ‘ i &Pat o 1 , .Cent. 1840. ......... , 1,. , assive Ditto b,..,_ ..................... 814 1 / 4 17 /s ',mitt ° 3 terred ................... 17 AWI ' 42 .ta. t h , i Per Cent. .................. 41% % 63, V ''4 Per t % 4 Cent . .... . . ..... 63% ^. 7 Per Cent., Certific. 98 97% 98 1 / 1 3 97% 9d s 1 14,tilie ts 0 CLOSING 111)4.•IvAl' $ i l l; B. IEB PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3% n onl.l &," Ditto . --(1. di .......... 21 / 2 33 74 134 1 / 2 k,14 Glaresnucesterloo l3tt /2 4% - 4 tl "/11 41.4 ...... 3 ...... 59 ri ed,,,,.._oliceuter... 30 11X ,til- ....... .. .... 5 ...... 11 107 i 11 1 ••• 7 Q ° :. 4 ter kiciatild Lincoln 1% ...... 7% % 3 / 4 16% tlilelleater 41°13 ' h ead... 5 10 4 / 4 etlUtlitt .v.fil(ll3righton 10 6 t tivritii' '''e3 , .. 4. ......... 2 4% 1 4) tette ....... ouhi, -,orthen; ""•••••• 3 ••• • 41 1 z Nl)g 444 Belfast :i ... ;.. 21 1 to i ; • nelfast 2l" b ll i t t ati lt , and 2% ble .14 kid ........... 2IA 2 3 / 4% 438 41141414 ratwaY... .. 21.2 4 l /8 4 % 38 VI. 114.11 k 1111.1ingar... 212 4 l/s 4 ~. t.,ril ~,,...c tuniskillen 2% 4% 19% bittoll)2_llaties ........ 25 ...... 19% % titilieent ' R et ual sner bli ' 0 . 1. ' - 1 1, A bit VI a n d ••• 5 /. 13s. 4d ....... 1% 64% t l, t, New Glasgow 50 t 'A Gnat' 4l ll e " Quarters 2 1 2% so dford " .... 2% iji e ianr at ki Wes t .. 1 A .. tt o ) .... 2' q r ..._ t zte., .. ......... 10 ..,... 23 Viorth o t p, n ...... 2% ...... 13 blitttoliew. Lngland..lo 197 Q.,_ te Is; •••••• ..... 5 est eW ...... ' b. 1ir,,,, ............ , % itt o 1 , 11,1 .... 4uitt o 0 "'liar .... "'• 80 --- 141,4 ,„ 4 eS ......... 50 lO4 It__ ttl 41.. ............ 20 )1,9 ar k i ;..:a.. ............. 1 ...... _ Vtand svze!nabOTOUgh IN l% T\ l to 6„ I° Y .... • ...,o -,arte Shares ........ 50 25 Lap °. %i f r 12% 23% • ..... 23 LiZ ti e kite r ;Tare.a ..... 2 .—..— 41 D on 4,41:Car.1i51e.... 20 ...... 41 234 1j).1414,111111"ngln (Stock)... 44% La °' X " . (13 ...... 2 .. lia ew Quarters .. _ 33 L _ 0 1l ajaci3, .. 2 .... 32 33 1 - 4 ,, ,, „,, d i.leltviall.. 16/. 1 3s.41:11 Bli 9% ...... 4 ( , )4 a rt,riglitou 50 63 1 h 414 Pliah r14 ,4`e, r0 Ydon . j3i . 1 ...... 63 A 18% 1 p ( 0 1. ii i - l w 0. 'Western 41/ ' 6l . 1 9 0 d a 1 4 7 14 0 0 a a nd i.o*.r.it ........ 216...... 13% 14 . ii III II il a d o er 7 8, Col ........ . .. 21 4 ...... 4 ! 4 1 4 itte l ,4 , lqy .... I . ne 2 2 1 0 . .... 31( 2 &lie t,,:arld Ceeds::: 73 ....... 15 1 1 4 kD g'„wrtrd Birmin 40 ...... 571 A tidL,,,, (1,,1,i. ....... 4 ...... -- bt . ..... ers ... 2 197 48 _2_3l/2 184 104 13 1 4 4 1 , 31 2 6/ 150 57 9% 7 _...„ ...... 7 161 tli c i' - , ew - ............... 100 ..... 158 159 3 / I ;I%;4ll:7:ttulitill:Ctrt;;allal*:.l.rs.-e....1........g..,." 2 ...... 19% 20 . ..... .. 1 2 2 0 1 1 11 j aud Darra*—.lo .... ..120 48 25 ...... 471 A 48 14 liewry And ~" isenvicik 1 1 A, .... 13% 14% 4? l i Itit t i, It x-liniskillen 217 3, .. 1 (144:4 trilitiCLlSLeffield .. 11/2. .......... 4 51 3 / 4 4 15A l iorti: liew ..... •••••• 10 ...... 15 3 ( 4 b e e r ,rn ati,tik ........ 1 ...... 4 43/ 66 % qo tt astern... 45 1 .. 66% 4 101 t ent er Shares... 12 ....... 18% 1111r*kil kV ... inlo .. n: .. .. .. 120%:: ..... . — 17 5 % 5 17% _ k ci r t4,4 ll) Wor g et n r 4 1 - A e erktrai 1 nn g 1 ...... 4 Y# 6 3 / 4 544412_ W01ver..... 2% ...... 634 1 kid Bi ini . P's . 4% ... 2%• ..,. 4,j.....• ere ::1 1 'lOll vis e o° °3B iresw , the° ago of ter e d oc e° 'oo os Gffe,see re then 0 ; lye had at ,idle' A}/ but *se" el adduc on to "" in an ces, oo , to do s;'s • fo the Iff' do - a lt Abe roeogieDesr; D ore t jog ‘ EEC' Lire „ 4 sotx'rif.:► ibst cer, t he sal: fra il or"' f . ctilf th e 'Log jeac e o tai d 71POPPle se oho to.d °l eft, s ot o to. , gr . by t he d bf 1 10a e ' to I°. ' of I : s 4 te .' t alo°idisg bo, or i f for uPs P) .ito ted' a ilø s tio t,lll" r ee' ea. ruoi t t so d • e 01 I THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING., MAY 14, 1845. South Eastern &Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 39 Do., No. 1 8 Do., No. 2. D0., No. 3 South Wales ..... .. 2 1 / 2 SSA Trent Valley and Holy-- head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3%... \Vest Yorkshire Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and North Midland 50 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension FRENCH. RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux - and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamers) 2 Jamaica Junction l l /2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 4% Lyons and Avignon 2 — Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 10 Over Yssel 413 s 4d O l /2 .., Paris & Lyons, Latlitte's 2, - 3/ 8 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rotten .. 2O Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spam ... 2 - •••.•••• ..... Sambre and Meuse ..... 4 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's JOINT STOCK BANKS British North American 50 ..... London and Westminster 20 ...... 26 3 / 4 National of Ireland l 7 l /2 2ll/2 RAILWAY COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) Group V. The other clauses proposed by the promoters were agreed to seriatim. Mr. lIu.L then, for the Corporation of Nottingham, pro posed the insertion of certain clauses to protect their interests, which were all, with some verbal alterations, also agreed to. Mr. HILL said that he had also, on the part of the Navi gation Company, to propose the insertion of several clauses, but first he should call several witnesses to show the injury which would be done to the interests of those persons who used the canal by the narrowing of the water-way and towing path, and the lowering of the headway of the bridges. Four or five witnesses were then called to support this view, and Mr. Thu. then proposed a clause retaining the present width of the canal and towing-path, and the height of head way, 11 feet 6 inches, instead of 10 feet 6 inches , a s p ro p osed by the Rail way Company. Mr. AUSTIN replied. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion that 11 feet should be the headway of the bridges, and that the span proposed by the Railway Company should be adopted. The Committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 14.—Wind Northerly, fresh breeze and fine. GRAVESEND, MAY 13.—The Anna Magdalena, Candy, has been picked up in the Maplin Sand a derelict, and brought up here. DEAL, MAY 13, r. M.—Wind N. by E., fresh breeze and squally.—Sid. Caroline, Lima; Mandingo, Jamaica ; Hymen, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Ellen Gillman, Nassau. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind N.—Sld. Hendrick Hud son, New York. Off, Owen Glendower, Toiler, Calcutta. COWES, MAY 13. —Wind N.—Arrd. Ellen Margaretta, Gothenberg for Algiers, loss of foretop and maintop gallant masts, Sc., and part of bulwarks, having been run into yes terday. Sid. Mercury, Cape of Good Hope ; St. Andre, St. Croix. PLYMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Sovereign, Parett, Monte Video. JERSEY, MAY 11.—Sld. St. Anne, Gaspe. OFF PORTSMOUTH—SeaguII, Langley, Mauritius (sailed Feb. 18. OFF THE EDDYSTONE, MAY 9.—Nashville, New Orleans for Havre. CLYDE, ➢iAY 11.—Arrd. Marquis Douglas, Henderson, Ichaboe. 12. Wind N.—Jupiter, Charleston, sld. 10; John Kere, Boston ; Ann Rankin, Quebec. 11. Cape Horn, Val paraiso ; Europa, Demerara ; Mecca, Montreal. 12. Ann Martin, Bombay. SCILLY, MAY 12.—The Herald, from Lisbon to Liverpool bore up for these islands with a strong N.N.E. gale, when off the Land's-end, 9th instant, and in working up St. Mary's Sound missed stays, and ran on a rock, but got off with loss of anchors, and ran to St. Mary's Pool without much damage, and will proceed. LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ca tharine, Wilson, Ichaboe; Anne Armstrong and Ellerslie, New Orleans. Off, Wallace, Mobile ; Caledonia steamer, Boston. A large island of ice was seen on the 2d instant, lat. 43, lon. 43, by the New York, arrived here. Conic, MAY 11.—Arrd. Ann Sophia, Leith for Smyrna, leaky. Sid. Tyne, St. John's, New Brunswick; George, Quebec. PArA WESTRAY, MAY s.—The Salus, Wood, of and from Shields for Quebec, was stranded yesterday on the Island of NVestray ; crew saved. YARMOUTH, MAY 13. The Edward, Redhead, from Hartlepool to London, was abandoned this morning on the Scroby Sand, and is expected to become a wreck; crew saved. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—COTl iderable sensation has been caused during the last few days, in the neighbourhood of Finsbury-square, by the fact of a burglary having been committed early on Sunday morning last, on the premises in the occupation of Mr. Foot, a green grocer and pleasure-car proprietor, residing in Windmill street, Finsbury, which was attended with circumstances of great violence to Mrs. Foot, the wife of the occupier. From inquiries since the occurrence, it appears that after the shop was closed on Saturday night last, and shortly after Mrs. Foot had counted pp the proceeds of the day, and was pro ceeding with the till across the back yard, she was suddenly struck a blow upon the head, which felled her to the earth, and instantly . rendered her insensible. In her stupor, she moaned most piteously, and her cries alarming her husband, who has been for some time apparently near death, he sum- Mooed up all his energies, and attempted to gain the landing on ihe top of the stairs. From excessive weakness, however, the sufferer fell in the passage in a state of so much ex haustion that the circumstance has much retarded his reco very. Meantime the poor woman was writhing with pain ; copious streams of blood flowing from an extensive wound in the front of the head. A neighbouring cheesemoeger hav ing heard the cries of the injured female, instantly hastened to the spot whence the sound proceeded, and having pro cured the assistance of the police, Mr. T. W. Walls, surgeon, of 9, Windmill-street, Finsbury-square, was called up, and the premises, as well as the wounds of the poor creature, ex • amined. Close by the spot where she fell a large piece of wood was found, with which t here is little doubt that the blow was struck. The unfortunate woman's body was covered with blood. The wound presented a most frightful appearance, extending for some length to the cranium. The main artery connected with the tem p le was divided, and a number of the minor vessels were severed. For some time after the occurrence, it was feared that a fracture of the skull had taken place, nor is it now quite evident that such is not the case, as the sufferer is in a most deplorable condition from the consequence of the outrage, nor is it expected that she will be able to rise from her bed for some time to come. When found, the poor woman still grasped the till, the con tents of which were safe. ROBBERIES AT A RAILWAY TERMlNUS.—Yester day information was received by the police of the following robberies having been committed on the previous day (Whit- Monday) at the terminus of the Greenwich Railway:— From the person of Mr. Ernest Lantz, a gentleman residing in Lime-street, City, a small Geneva gold watch, also a blue silk purse, containing a sovereign and seine silver; from Mr. Jeremiah Marton, of No. 22, Woodbridge-street, Clerken well, a silver watch ; from Mr. JameS Fitzgerald, No. F, Kirk ham-street, Tottenham-court-road, a silver watch ; from Mr. Penton, of Kent Cottage, Old Kent-road, a plain double cased gold watch, a gold chain, with two gold seals and a key attached; from Mr. James Stone, of Croome-hall, Green wich, a red and black netted purse, containing about 10/. in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, and three Bank post bills, dated on that day (12th), one for 20/. and the other two for 101. each ; from Mr. Grant, of No. 14, Green-street, Leicester square. a silver watch, a gold seal, ring, and key, attached by a black ribbon ; also drab silk purse, with steel slides, con taining two sovereigns and a half-sovereign. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON.—BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Whitsun holidays and the cheap fares of the London and Brighton Railway Company brought a verylarge influx of visitors into this town, a great majority of whom availed themselves of the numerous pleasure-boats for taking trips to sea. The offing on Monday was studded with small boats, and we did not hear of any accident; but we are sorry to say that a boat was upset this afternoon, and one young man has lost his life. The deceased, whose body has not been recovered, is named Richard Swinburne ; he was the son of Mr. Henry Swinburne, a wholesale chemist in Bush-lane, City; his companion, who was saved, is Henry Stewart, of 21, James-street, Limes-fields; he is in the em ploy of Messrs. Miller , Rav enfield, and Company, the eminent engineers in Glasshouse-fields, Shadwell, where the deceased, who is only 18 years of age, was an apprentice. From what we have been able to collect, it appears that the unfortunate young man and his companion, both of whom were in liquor, engaged a small boat called the Pheasant, and it unfortunately happened that the boatman who accompa nied them was also in liquor. The boat was capsized within a stone's throw of the beach, and the moment the accident was observed several boats hastened to their assistance, and the result was that two out of the three were saved. The fishermen were dragging for the body of young Mr. Swin burne when this account was dispatched. FRIGHTFUL FALL FROM A SWING --Yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock, the following dis tressing accident occurred in the New Cross-road, Deptford, to a young female, named Elizabeth Cooper, residing at King', street, Southwark -bridge-road. Several young men and their" sweethearts" were on the road home from a ball-room near the fair, when they unfastened the ropes of a swing which the owner had left unprotected. They had amused themselves about ten minutes, when one of the females was taken suddenly ill and fell out of the car, which was then at its greatest height. She was picked up in a dreadful state, and conveyed home. No hopes are entertained of her recovery. DEATH OF R. B. COOPER, ESQ., LATE M.P. FOR GLOUCESTER.—We much regret to record the decease of Robert Bransby Cooper, Esq., who expired on the 10th inst., at the residence of his son, near Gloucester. In the exercise of an extensive sphere of Christian beneficence, the first ob ject of his existence was to relieve the necessities, and to mi tigate the distressee of suffering humanity. In this respect it may be truly said, " When the eye saw, it blessed him." In his walk as a Christian, while he evinced a due regard for conscientious differences in opinion, he was a consistent sup porter and bright exemplar of that form of religious b elief which he deemed best calculated to promote the temporal advancement and spiritual felicity of his fellow-men. His end was, as his life, one of peace. Mr. Cooperrepresented the city of Gloucester for twelve years, and in three successive Parliaments. The consistency of his character as a politician, and as a steady defender of the Protestant constitution of these realms, is well known. He was the author of some re - ligious and political works, which have passed through many editions. Mr. Cooper was senior magistrate for the county of Gloucester, a brother of the late Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., and an uncle of the present Baronet. He was in his 84th yeah—St. James's Chronicle. 40 1 / 4 141/2 SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutiltr Optittou. " PO' runs may read." VOREIGN. On Saturday the King of the French came to the Tuileries from Neuilly, and transacted business with severa l of his Ministers. In the. evening, their Majesties received at Neuilly Counts d'Houdetot, de Colbert, Merilhou, and de Montesquiou, General Schneider, and M. Joubert. On Friday the Duke de Nemours visited the establishment of M. Cave, the manufacturer of steam-engines, and exa mined every part of that large factory with great attention. The cylinder of the 220-horse engine, intended for the Chap tal Government steamer, which is being constructed at As nieres, was cast in presence of his Royal Highness. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Weimar has, on his ar rival at Paris, alighted at the Palace of the Elysee-Bourbon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans intends, it is said, to do in person the honours of the capital to her young relation during his stay. On Monday the Chamber of Deputies adopted a law em • powering the Minister of Finance to melt down the silver coin of 15 and 30 sous, and the small copper pieces of two sous and six liards, marked with the letter N., which are to be withdrawn from circulation, the former on the 31st of August, 1846, and the later on ie 31st of December, 1845. The Committee of the Chamber appointed to report on the Paris and Strasbourg Railroad Bill had approved the course proposed by the Government. The Courrier du Havre states that a commission, composed of military and naval officers, has been appointed to prepare a Bill for adding to the fortifications of that town, to be pre sented to the Chamber in the course of the next session. These works, the estimates of which are to amount to 23,000,000 f., will consist of a fort on the Ecla, two forts on the heights above the greater roadstead, a fort on the Amfar Bank, another fort towards Nieges, a fort at St. Adresse, and a military work in front of the Mare aux Hugenots, to com mand the south-western passage. Count Munch Bellinghausen, President of the Germanic Diet, left Vienna on the 2d, fur Frankfort. The principal object of discussion in the Diet, during the present session, will be the religious dissensions which have arisen in Ger • many. M. Breschet, Professor of Anatomy at the Faculty of Paris, member of the Academie des Sciences, consulting physician to the King, surgeon in ordinary to the Hotel- Dieu, and officer of the Legion of Honour, died at Paris on Saturday, in his 70th year. El Catolico, a Madrid journal, states that Monsignor Bru nelli has been appointed Apostolical delegate to the Court of Spain, and that the Pope has apprised the Spanish Govern ment that it may proceed to the presentation of Bishops. The Catolico adds that the towns of Madrid, Guadalajara, and Ciudad Real are to be erected into bishoprics. The con cordat, which was believed to have been signed at Rome on the 27th of April, was expected to reach Madrid on the 7th of May. During a period of more than sixteeen years there had not been any capital execution at Munich ; but on the 3d in stant a man-servant, named Eppsteiner, had his head taken off with the sword, having been convicted of cutting the throats of his mistress and her maid, and then carrying off the most valuable part of the property in the house. On this occasion the police revived an old and barbarous custom. During the three days preceding the execution, the public were admitted to see the murderer, and speak to him in the prison, on condition that cash person should, on entering, put into a box, fixed for the purpose at the door, a piece of money. The amount thus collected is to be distributed among the poor relations of the condemned man, or to be applied in payment of masses for the repose of his soul. The most influential inhabitants of Munich have joined in a peti tion to Government to abolish this custom for ever, as not only repugnant to civilisation and humanity, but as inflicting upon the criminal a severer punishment than the law de nouncesagainst him. LAW AND POLICE. At the New Court, Old Bailey, Mary Floorey, aged 22, was convicted of stealing on the sth of April, two watches, value 24/. ; two brooches, two rings, and other articles, value 61., the property of Mr. Wm. Hall, her master, in his dwell ing-house. Owing to the profligate conduct of a male fellow servant, by whom she had been seduced, the Court took a lenient view of the case, and sentenced her to three months' imprisonment without hard labour. In the case of Leo Viner, who was called on Monday to come in and abide his trial, and thereby save himself and sureties, but did not answer, the Court ordered that the recognisances of the defendant and his hail be estreated in her Majesty's Court of Exchequer. At Worship-street, Henry Goodricke, a young man of very juvenile appearance, described as a journeyman cabinet maker, was charged with having criminally assaulted Sarah Johnson, 18 years of age. The prisoner did not deny the charge, and the Magistrate directed the witnesses to be in attendance on Thursday next, when their depositions would be taken, preparatory to the final committal of the prisoner, who was remanded until that day. COURM—FASHIONABLE. The Duke of Wellington is entertaining a family party at Strathfieldsaye. The Earl of Harrowby, accompanied by Viscount and Viscountess Sandon, has left Grosvenor-square, on a visit to the Hon. Granville and Lady Georgiana Ryder, at West brook, near Berkhampsted, Herts. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle are expected in Berkeley-square on Friday next. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden is daily expected at Mivart's Hotel, from Germany, apartments having been taken for his Serene Highness and an extensive suite. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz are expected to leave Cambridge House on Saturday next, on their return to the continent. Lord Dundonald arrived at Chatham on Sunday after noon. His Lordship is much better, and will soon be able personally to superintend the experiments with her Majesty's steamer Janus. Dr. Rae and Mr. Minter have been in close attendance on him during his recent serious illness. Lord and Lady John Somerset and the Hon. Juliana Somerset are expected to arrived at the Countess of Antrim's, in Chesham-place, on Saturday, the 17th inst., to assist at her Majesty's ball on the 19th. The Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen received the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, the Bishop of Glou cester and Mrs. Monk, his Excellency Baron and Baroness Arnim, Baron Paleski, end a select party, at dinner, on Mon day evening, at the Prussian Legation. MISCELLANEOUS. The Lord Mayor 71Dublin has arrived in London to present an address to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty may be graciously pleased to visit Ireland in the course of the present year. The report of the death of Colonel Shelton, says:a Dublin paper, is not correct. He still survives. Upwards of one hundred of the military are daily em ployed, in addition to the ordinary labourers, in proceeding with the works of the Tower. The site of the old Armoury has been nearly excavated, and concrete laid for the founda tions of the new barracks. The earth taken out of the latter has been thrown over the Tower into the moat to fill it up, and it is not now intended to make it into a plantation, but into an exercise ground for the military, and a promenade for the inhabitants of the fortress. . On Tuesday the fairs of Stepney and Greenwich were as numerously attended as on the previous day. The visitors on Tuesday, at the British Museum, as com pared with the crowds of Monday, were very limited. At no time during the day were the rooms crowded. Up to seven o'clock, the hour of closing, they did not exceed 8,000. The visitors to the National Gallery, on Tuesday, were numerous, the rooms were crowded during the day, and the number of persons exceeded 7,000. At St. Paul's Cathedral, on Monday and Tuesday, up wards of 5,000 visitors paid for admission. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual walks and drives yesterday in the grounds of Osborne House. The Prince of Wales End the Pi incess Royal were taken airings. There was no addition to the royal dinner party at Osborne House on Monday evening. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, acc,m panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent Nisittd Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday in a carriage. In the evening her Majesty (at tended by her suite) honoured the Italian Opera with her presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Colonel Sir George Couper) and her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness do Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, also honoured the performance of the Opera with their pre sence yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, attended by Mr. Ed mond Mildmay, honoured the Dowager Countess of Lis towel with their company yesterday, at the dejeune given by her Ladyship, at her residence at Fulbam. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, yesterday, at the Duke of Hamilton's residence, in Portman-square. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. BUSINESS BEFORE PARLIAMENT.—A great mass of public business, much of it of importance, stands on the books of the House of 'Commons for disposal after the present recess. In addition to this, the unpa ralleled amount of private business, principally con sisting of Railway Bills, must either protract the session to at least the usual late period, or if, as is generally supposed, the session is to be shortened so as to allow her Majesty to visit Ireland, the inevitable result must be, that a large proportion of those Bills and projected measures must be deferred " till next Session." On Friday no fewer than 58 notices were given at the Private Bill Office. With respect to the . public business, there is some appointed for as distant a date as the 9th of June, when the Physic and Surgery Bill and Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons Bill are named to be considered in Committee. The Maynooth College Bill again comes on on Monday, the 19th, when it is to be read a third time. And there are ten notices of motions entered on the books, for which no days have yet been named. One is by Mr. Ewart, for a Select Committee " to inquire whether the present system of indirect taxation does not press unjustly on the poor," &c. CAPE Woor..—Of the Cape wool nothing now remains to be said ; it has taken its place in the grand market of Europe amongst the best, and may soon be the first in the first rank, for the Cape climate and natural grasses seem ordained to bring the Merino breed of sheep to perfection. This article of export has increased in the fol lowing proportions :—ln 1824, 23,0491 b. ; in 1834, 143,8831 b. ; and in 1844, 2,233,9461 b. The rate of increase in New South Wales for similar periods of ten years, when the quan tities were not far from those of the Cape, down to 1835, was as follows :—ln 1815, 32,9711 b. ; in 1826, 411,6001 b. ; and in 1835, 3,893,2271 b. Thus, in the last period of ten years at the Cape (1834 to 1844), the quantity of wool in creased about fifteen times. During a similar period of ten years at New South Wales (1825 to 1835), the increase was only about nine times. Such are the powers of the country bountifully bestowed on the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope.—South African Commercial Advertiser March 12. The Earl of Yarborough has laid out a consider able portion of land on his estate in the Isle of Wight for gardens of a quarter of an acre each, to be let to the labourers of the district. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED TIIIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, TUESDAY EVENING. THE SUFFOLK STAKES. . . At post-time the only horses ascertained to be non-starters were Ould Ireland, Secutor, Buzz, Comrade. and Sir Francis. About twelve expected to run. The only bet laid this even ing was 55 to 40 agst Alice Hawthorn. ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW. Jockey Club Plate—Oakley and Welbeck. Sweepstakes, winner to be sold for 100, &c.—Little Finch, Miss Julia colt, St. Domingo, g. (h.b.) by Slane, out of The Captain's dam, &c., by Bentley, out of Emma. Handicap Plate, A. F.—Oakley, aged, 9st 121b--Minotaur, 5 yrs, 9st 21b—Welbeek, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Skeleton, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Kesheng, 3 yrs, 6st 81b—Sister to Ma Mie, 3 yrs, 6st— Seven's-the-Main, 4 yrs, 6st—Ruff, 3 yrs, sst 71b—and f by Redshank, out of Lava, 3 yrs, sst 41b. The two top weights are scratched. LATEST BETTING. SUFFOLK STAKES (AFTER POST LEFT.) 6 to 4 agst Alice Hawthorn—t 6 to 1 agst Prologue 9 to 2 agst Wee Pet 8 to 1 agst Khorassan—t 6 to 1 agst The Bishop of Rom- 10 to 1 agst Misdeal—t ford's Cob 2 to 1 agst Idas 9 to 2 agst John Day's lot 9 to 1 agst Weatherbit 1 to 1 agst The Libel 5 to 1 agst Pam By. 16 to 1 agst Pantasa 20 to I agst Doleful—t 40 to 1 Titmouse — t 66 to 1 agst Minikin c—t 7 to 1 agst Hope 8 to 1 agst Lancash. Witch NEW M THURSDAY.—Espoir, Bst 81 T.Y.C. 150, 11 ft. 12 to 1 agst Lady Wildair—t ATCIIES. lb, agst Wee Pet, 7st 131 b. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1845. MONDAY.—Captain Phcebus, Bst 71b, agst Duc an Durras, 7st 111 b. First half of Ab. M. 100, h ft. MANCHESTER RACES.—TuusDnv. The Manchester Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second to receive 301. out of the stakes. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Meiklatn's Best of Three, 4 yrs, ist 121 b (Hutchinson) 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 5 yrs, Bst 2 Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne, 6 yrs 3 Philip, Porto Bello, Sinbad, and the Old Maid, also ran. The Plate was not run for when the post closed. THE WAVERLEY CLUB BOAT RACE. A very spirited pair-oared race, w ith four boats, came off yesterday evening, amongst the gentlemen of the Waverley Boat Club. The distance was the same as that chosen for eights and fours in the Thames Regatta, being from Putney Bridge toChiswick Ait. Light Blue—Messrs. Watkins and Bennet. Orange— Messrs. A. Prior and E. Prior. Purple—Messrs. Strutton and Mongredieu. Crimson—Messrs. Westmoreland and Green. At about ten minutes to seven the gentlemen drew to wards the starting place, and were accompanied by the Union, the Thames, Ariel, and other clubs. The wind was blowing very stiffly down the reach, and made throughout a great deal of left-handed labour. The boats were then positioned, crimson on the Middlesex side, then orange and purple. At two or three minutes before seven the signal was given from the Union, and a pretty start was effected by all the parties, purple taking the lead, orange being second, and blue coining outside them. They had not proceeded many yards when Mr. Westmoreland, through over excite ment, fainted, and fell off his thwart into the boat. He was immediately taken to the Star and Garter, where every at attention was paid him. • Off the Duke's Head purple was leading, closely pressed by orange; and the heat of the race purple and orange accidentally made a slight foul, and light blue came up and shortly after took the lead and kept it. The struggle from the Duke's Head up to Ham mersmith-bridge between purple and orange was very inter esting; orange frequently rowed up to purple, and ulti mately passed them after a very dashing spurt. Won by about sixty yards. DEVON AND CORN WALL WREST LING MATCHES. The Devon and Cornwall Wrestling Society resumed their matches yesterday afternoon, and the display of science in this old English game was exceedingly good ; and the ground selected, which is at the Brecknock Arms Tavern, Camden town, was in a fair condition. The attendance was nume rous and respectable. The principal play was as follows : G. Partridge, of Devon, and J. Clyper, of Cornwall, light weights, entered the ring for a few minutes, and Clyper was thrown by the hanging toe. Tregidder, of Cornwall, and Lucas, of Devon, light weights, were the next competitors, bot h sh owing play, when Tre gidder threw his man a fair back. John Goodman, of the Blue s, a Cor nishman , and George wrestlers.Sn e l a D C bout In this both a great fine men, deal of science was displayedheavy weights, and good by both men, and two falls took place. In the next turn Snell went to knock Goodman across the knee, when the soldier caught his opponent by the back dock and threw him, amidst loud cheers. J. Bennet, of Cornwall, and John Hillman, of Devon, light weights, played together for a considerable time, when Hill man was thrown in a very scientific manner. J. George, of Cornwall, and Parish, of Devon, heavy weights, played for a few minutes, and Parish was thrown. Richard Dyer, of Cornwall, and James Gill, of Devon, heavy weights, then contended, and received several cheers from the spectators, each man playing well and showing science, Gill being thrown. James Trusscott, of Devon, and Read, of Cornwall, light weights, were next, and, after a long tussel, Truscott threw his opponent by the lock. SECOND PLAY.—LIGHT WEIGHTS. Mildrum, of Cornwall, and Bond, of Devon, two men of equal weight and well matched, showed much toeing, when Bond was thrown. . Bennett being absent when called, his fall was given to his competitor, Truscott ; and Tregidder gained the same from Partridge. THIRD PLAY. The names being drawn, Truscott and William Mildrum were the first to play for the prizes, and both men found plenty of backers. Truscott quickly threw his man, but on his shoulder. Mildrum was on the alert, and both men showed play, when Truscott caught his man by the fore .hip and threw him. Tregidder and Truscott then came together, and consider able science was shown on both sides, each man struggling hard for the laurel, and their backers cheering them on, but Truscott was too much for his opponent. lie caught his man in his favourite way, by the fore-hip, and threw him amidst loud cheers. LIGHT 'WEIGHTS. First prize—James Truscott, Devon. Second prize—T. Tregidder, Cornwall. FIGHT BETWEEN H. BROOME - - - AND ROWE, FOR 50/. A-SIDE. Yesterday, the long-pending and long talked-of match between Harry Broome, brothe r t o J o hnny Broome, host of the Rising Sun, Air-street, Piccadilly, add Joe Rowe, was decided at Heversham, Oxfordshire, before a large muster of the professionals, and a no very inconsiderable portion of the metropolitan holiday folks, who thought it an agree able way for once at least of en j oy i n g theinLelve. Accord ing to the previous articles the fight was to come off within fifty miles of London, a space professionally termed the Home Circuit, and neither of the men were to exceed lOst. 51bs. Care was taken by the promoters of the fight to prevent a recurrence of those disorders which had led to the interruptions on former occasions, and everything possible was done to bring the contest at length to an issue. The men entered the ring, formed in a select spot, adjoining the place above alluded to, and all the preliminaries b ein g arran ge d, the set-to commenced, with all the fervour and ar dour which so characterised the Olympi c The new rules of the ring, w hi c h have in a great de g ree humanity as their standard, prohibit any app roach to " pan cratium," so that the conte s t was o ne of the fists a lone. B y the rules, after each round, th e belligerents must walk from their seconds' knees to the middle of the are na, and there renew the contest. The person failing to fulfi l the order is ga m es of old. deemed the loser instantaneously. In contests of former days the men were sometimes carried up to the last rounds, and hence the many fatal consequences. According to the accounts which reached town last night both Broome and Rowe displayed great courage and skill ; the former, however, after a smart cont est, including 26 rounds, and occupying 57 minutes' time, was declared the victor, amidst the congratulations of his friends. The number of rounds in so short a time speaks well for the tactics of both men. The battle money will be handed over to Broome during the week, and a subscription will, no doubt, be opened a gfand contest will for the loser. While on the subject, it may be well to state that through the instrumentality of Johnny Broome , take place shortly for the chanripionship of England, between Nottingham. Ben Caunt, the present holder of the belt, and Bendigo, of Covent- t g h a e rde „ THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE BAZAAR. A t Theatre welve o were , 'cl o c t k h r o y w e n s t e o r p d e a n y to the n d i o t o t ris i f re ducede price of one shilling per hea d. The consequence was, o pub C li o c v that the avenues of the Gothic Hall were soon densely crowded with visitors , and the sale of articles at the various s t a lls went on with great spirit. Notwithstanding the arrangements made for the convenient ingress and egress of the public, the succession of new arrivals was so constant that in about three-quarters of an hour the visitors were so closely wedged together as to make onward progress almost impossible, and the stewards gave directions to the police to close the doors until a certain number had, by taking their departure, made room for the admission of more. This plan was afterwards acted upon from time to time throughout the day. WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. WOOLWICH. Notwith standing the enormo us influx of visitors to Greenwich during the earlier part of the p resent we ek , the vessels of the Watermen's and Woo lwich Steam Com p anies have brou g ht down immense freigh ts of p assengers, most of whom visited Repository. During the whole of Mond a y the main thoroughfare leadin g from the piers to the Roy al Arsenal presented a continuous stream On the same day about 1,400 p ersons t ßo he ya g l re A a r t aen naatioannadl th e e st ß ab o l y is a h l m m e i n i t itary the Royal Dockyard, of human beings. visited the Royal Military Academy, and were highly delighted with the numerous and beautiful models which form the chief attraction of that unique military and naval museum. DESPERATE SUICIDE ON SOUTHWARK-BRIDGE (BY SHOOTMG).—Yesterday afternoon a gentleman named John James Gogerley, aged 51 years, expired in Guy's Hospital, from the effects of a wound which he had inflicted upon himself by firing a loaded pistol into his body on the night of Thursday last. It appears that between 12 and 1 o'clock on that night, as City police-constable No. 478 was on duty on Southwark iron-bridge, his attention was directed to the flash and report of fire-arms which proceeded from about the centre de of the bridge. On hastening to the spot he found the ceased man lying on the ground, bleeding profusely from a wound or, the left side, which had evidently been caused by a pastel, the stock of Which he held tightly grasped in his hand, the barrel having been blown to pieces. A neighbour ing surgeon was immediately sent for, and deceased was ultimately conveyed to the hospital. Mr. Marsh, the house surgeon, administered to him proper restoratives, and de ceased was some time afterwards restored to consciousness. He at first refused to give any account of himself, but subse quently stated his name and where his relatives resided. The latter having been apprised of the occurrence visited him in the hospital, and it was ascertained that he had borrowed a pistol from a person named Pearce, 'a night-watchman in the employ of Messrs. Boyd, warehousemen. He then loaded it with four bullets, stating that he wanted it to shoot a mad dog at his sister's. He sutsequently proceeded to the bridge, and there committed the act. Two of the balls were afterwards extracted, but deceased lingered until yesterday, when he died. He had formerly been in comfortable circum• stances, an d filled the o ffice of clerk to his brother , a solicitor in Mark-lane, but lately .having become reduced in his cir cumstances, he has been In a very desponding way. THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH.—We have heard it reported that it is the intention of her Majesty to pty a visit to the Earl of Ellenhorough, at Southern Hall, during the corn Lug suctraer.—Cheltenham Chronic AMERICAN NEW;. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The arrival of the Caledonia steamer, Captain Lott, from Boston and Halifax, has been anxiously looked for, and, true to her time, she was telegraphed off Holyhead at half-past three o'clock yesterday, and arrived in the Mersey at half-past eleven. We have received by this vessel New York papers to the 30th ult., being six days later than the intel ligence furnished by the Great Western. The great topics in these papers are the Oregon question, and the unsettled relations of the United States with Mexico. As regards the former, the intelligence, on the whole, is satisfactory. There is a good deal of blustering in some of the democratic journals, with bitter allusions to the remarks made in the British Parliament, and something like defiance against Eng land. But the more sober and respectable part of the press take a different view of the subject, and regard with satisfaction an amicable settlement of the differences. One of them publishes a report to which it inclines to give credit, that the result of the President's delibera tions with his Cabinet on the Oregon question was a determination to follow the example of the British Go vernment on the Maine boundary affair, tied send a spe cial Minister to London. Even the Minister has been named—Mr. Van Buren—and we have heard also, in this connexion, the name of another distinguished leader in the democratic party. A correspondent from Washington says :—" There is great activity in the State Department just now, and Mr. Buchanan had a long conference with the President this morning, and he also received dispatches from Mr. Pakenham." The New York Herald, which professes to echo the popular cry, is even peaceable, and merely calls upon the Government to maintain the honour of the country, which England certainly has no wish to inter fere with. We subjoin an extract from that journal of the 30th of April:— " It is very evident that Great Britain is in earnest iR her an. nouncement of uncompromising hostility to our claims to the Oregon territory. She assures us that she is prepared to maintain her pretensions at every hazard. She is certainly at this moment in a very excellent condition for enforcing her claims and carry ing her threats into execution. She has settled her difficulties in the East. She has satisfactorily arranged the Chinese affair. She has at present no particular business in the way of war on hand. Her financial condition is prosperous in the highest degree. She was never, in fact, more powerful, more unembarasscd, more able to effect her purposes than now. It is surely, then, incumbent on our Government to make some preparation for meeting this for midable enemy. The whole country should be put into a state of defence at once. The President should immediately summon an extra session of Congress. The navy and army should be increased. The militia should be re-organized, and put in such a condition as to present a :more reliable means of support than an armed mob. The defence of the country should be made win thy of the name. All the recent improvements in naval warfare should be introduced. A steam navy should be erected at once, which could be used in connexion with commerce, and be always in readiness for actual service. Communication between the great cities along the coast and in the interior should be established by means of the magnetic telegraph. This is the way to negotiate. We do not wish a war. We deprecate war. It would be a great calamity. But we do not wish to see the country humiliated. We desire to see the country in a proper posture of defence, fully prepared with the means of negotiating with honour and success." The Washington Globe, which, though not the official paper, is understood to express with more authenticity than any other the views of the administration, thus con cludes an article headed " War with England:"— " Nothing was ever more true than the sentiment expressed by Mr. Polk, in his inaugural address —' that every extension of our empire gave an additional security of peace to the world.' "Yet have we been forced at times, and that too under the mildest of our rulers, from this, the settled policy of our Govern. ment ; and it is our solemn conviction that we shall soon again be called on to take up arms against our former and only adversary. It is perfectly manifest that they regard this as a favourable mo ment to renew the system of aggression upon us which has re. suited in war heretofore ; which to submit to is only to invite new wrongs—wrongs premeditated, not for the advantage which ac crues to them, but arranged and settled upon merely as the means of bringing on the conflict of arms, or the entire abandonment of our rights as a nation. The only mode to avoid this is, the firm adherence by the President to the letter and spirit of his inaugural address. He will be sustained by the nation in that; for, not withstanding the English Ministers choose to level their lances at Mr. Polk, it is not to be forgotten that the previous action of the House of representatives had, by an immense majority, given their sanction to his language. By the truckling abandonment of our rights by Mr. Webster in the Ashburton treaty, we lost the subject of controversy, forfeited the respect of the world and of ourselves, and invited new and unfounded pretensions from our adversary. " This, so far as it goes, certainly indicates a disposition on the part of the dominant party to insist upon our whole claim to Oregon, even at the hazard of war. We do not believe any such action will be sustained by the people. The question is pre-emi nently one for arbitration. If our claim is not just we ought not to insist upon it. Great Britain has heretofore offered to submit it to such arbitration under the most liberal conditions. This proffer of peace was rejected—with more emphasis than dignity— by our Government. Should it be renewed, we have no hesitation in saying that it should be at once accepted. We shall run no risk of losing anything to which we have a right ; and when rights are conflicting, mutual concessions—concessions which a neutral party would deem just—should reconcile them. " If we should be plunged, by madness or folly, into war with England or with the world, we should do alt in our power to in. sure its vigorous prosecution and successful issue ; but we trust the country will not become engaged in such a contest, without having exhausted all honourable efforts for the preservation of peace." The following is the money article in the New York Courier and Enquirer : " We continue in an agitated state in respect of our foreign relations; not that any one thinks war is at hand, but that many fear through the complication of difficulties that war may at last come. We do not deem such a result possible with common pru dence on the part of this nation, and yet the bare apprehension of it causes doubts and hesitation both to the c stocks and money market. " At this season there Is generally great activity in home busi ness, and such is the case just now, for produce does not feel the effect of the warlike rumours and apprehensions. Indeed, thus far the whole effect is confined to operators in stocks, which rise and fall as rumours more or less angry, or more or less probable, prevail. " The foreign business of the year was expected to fall short of that of last year, and especially the importations ; and the estimates by the Treasury of receipts from the Customs for the current year were at a considerably lower figure than '' • " those of the past year. The result will turn out as foreseen. Thus far the duties received at this port, as compared with those for the same time last year, have fallen off more than a million and a half of dollars, as may be seen by the annexed statement : Receipts from Jan. 1 to April 27, 1844 ... $7,136,302 Ditto dltte 26, 1845 ... 5,549,207 Decrease in 1845 ......... " The same relative diminution will be found in the Custom House receipts at other ports. " in cotton there has been considerable activity, at full prices. " The state of the exchanges remains unchanged. Sterling is steady at 9* to 9i, and France at sf. 25c. to 26f. " Money is in good demand. The banks make their quarterly statement on the Ist of May, and in order to make a good appear ance, prepare in advance by calling in loans and accumulating specie which, the statement once made, they again release. " The line of discounts generally is pretty well up, and that of specie remains without material variation. There are always very heavy payments falling due in May, which, however, the banks will facilitate by extending their discounts, and, if no unforeseen events occur, we see no reason to suppose that money will be scarce or high for months to come. " The operations of the Stock Exchange this morning were un • usually limited. " GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. " Tuesday, April 29. Offered. Asked. United States Loan, 6 per cent. transferable 1862 Ditto 6 ditto coupon 1862 ll2l 113 Ditto 5 ditto coupon 1853 lO3 1031 Ditto 6 ditto transfer., 1853 104 1041 The intelligence from Vera Cruz is to the 12th ult. The New Orleans Picayune of the 20th, says Mexico has not declared war against the United States ; but the official paper, El Diario del Goberno, of the 3d instant., announces that it is in possession of certain movements on the part of the Government of a warlike character, which it is constrained to withhold from the public, as secrecy is the soul of military operations ; but that journal adds, that it trusts that the speedy and successful issue of these operations will soon relieve the public curiosity in regard to them. The papers of the capital and of Vera Cruz are occupied almost exclusively with the sub ject of annexation. There are not wanting those who insist that there is no alternative left to Mexico, to pre serve untarnished her honour, but war. The Siglo of the 4th inst., contains a letter from Mr. Shannon to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations in reply to the official note of Senor Cuevas, announcing the termination of official relations between the two countries. This note, and a circular addressed by the Mexican Cabinet to the Ministers of France, Spain, and England, we laid before our readers in our Thursday's edition. We will now give Mr. Shannon's reply— which has undergone two translations, first into Spanish and now again into English—and also a rejoinder from Senor Cuevas. It appears to us that Mr. Shannon is not pursuing a dignified course in pressing a correspon dence upon the Mexican Government after the publica tion of the documents, of which the following are the sequel:— United States Legation,.March 31st, 1845. The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary,: &c., of the United States, has the honour of acknowledging the receipt of his Ex cellency's, Senor Cuevas', Minister of Foreign Relations, &c., note of the 28th of March, announcing that the Congress of the United States has sanctioned the annexation of Texas to its terri tory ; that the Mexican Minister at Washington had terminated his official relations and protested against the said act of the Congress and Government of the United States, and that diplo matic relations between the two countries should not be continued. The liberal and honourable sentiments entertained by the actual Government of Mexico, had induced the undersigned to hope that the differences which exist between the two Governments could be arranged amicably upon terms just and honourable to both. It would appear, however, from the note of his Excellency Senor Cuevas, that Mexico declines to adjust these differences in this manner, and thus preserve the peace of the two countries. The undersigned can assure his Excellency Senor Cuevas, that his (Mr. Shannon's) Government entertains the liveliest desire to cultivate amicable relations with that of Mexico; and here he will improve this opportunity to repeat that which he has before communicated to the Government of Mexico—to wit, that the United States has not adopted the measure of annexation in any spirit of hostility towards Mexico , and that the United States are anxious to settle all questions which may grow out of this mea sure, including that of boundaries, in terms the most just and liberal. Having offered the olive branch of peac7, and manifested a sin_ cere desire to arrange these questions amicably and upon principles just and honourable to both Governments, the United States have done whatever is in their power to preserve the friendly relations 50 3 / I DA 2 1 51 21/6 !4_ 3 / 4 174 4: 1 ,4 42 1 % 28% _2% 45 3 / 4 29 1 / 2 17)/2 etween them, and it now rcmains for Mexico to decide whether they shall be continued, or whether tl - e peace of the two countries shall be broken by a conflict equally injurious to both, and which can give satisfaction only to the enemies of civil liberty and repub. lican institutions. The undersigned will pass over in silence the charge made against his Government of having violated the treaty of friendship with Mexico. The right of Texas to cede the whole or a part of her territory to the United States, and the right of the United States to accept such cession, have already been amply ♦indicated repeatedly. The undersigned has received no official communica tion as to the action of his Government in regard to the annexa tion of Texas to the Union; nevertheless, he cannot doubt, from the tenor of his personal correspondence, that the measure has been passed by Congress and approved by the President. He ex pects daily dispatches from his Government, with special instruc tions upon this subject, and before taking any further steps, has re solved to await their arrival. The undersigned has the honour, &c., WILSON SHANNON, Minister, &c. In reply to the above, the following letter was sent VS' 0 days after ; National Palace, Mexico, April 2, 184 5. The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Relations, has the honour to communicate to his Excellency, Mr. Shannon,.Minister, &c. &c., in reply to the note of His Excellency of the 31st of March that the Government of Mexico cannot continue diplomatic relations with the United States upon the presumption that such relations are reconcileable with the law which the President of the United States has approved in regard to the annexation of the department of Texas to the American Union : that this determination is founded upon the necessity which Mexico is under of maintaining no friendship with a Republic which has violated her obligations, usurped a portion of territory which belongs to Mexico by a right which she will maintain at whatever cost; that the relations be. tween the two countries cannot be re-established before a corn. plete reparation of that injury [agravio] such as is demanded by good faith, justice to Mexico, and the honour of the United States, is made. Moreover, the undersigned will take the liberty to say to his Excellency, Mr. Shannon, that if the United States Government thinks that it entertained friendly sentiments towards Mexico at the time of giving such offence, and when attacking the integrity of the Republic of Mexico, this Government (Mexico), is very far from entertaining the same views, or of acquiescing in the assu rances which his Excellency, Mr. Shannon, has given, whatever may be its sentiments towards his Excellency personally. The undersigned, in making this announcement to his Excel. lency Mr. Shannon, doing so by the order of the President of Mexico—cutting short a new discussion which the interruption of the relations of the two countries will not permit, and because no. thing can be added to what this Department has already said-.has the honour to renew the assurances of his very distinguished consi deration. LUIS G. CUEVAS. Santa Anna's trial was slowly progressing. His health is represented as being very indifferent. The British frigate Eurydice arrived at Vera Cruz on the morning of the 12th instant, from Galveston, with dispatches, which were immediately forwarded to the capital. Captain Patherson, of the schooner Fanny, spoke, on the 17th instant, in lat. 20 46, lon. 95.20, the American squadron, consisting of the frigate Potomac, sloop Fal mouth, and brigs Fairfield and Sonnrs, bound to Vera Cruz. Letters had been received in Vcra Cruz from the American Minister, Mr. Shannon, who had retired to Tacubaya, that he would leave for the United States in a few days. It is probable that he is only awaiting dis patches which he knows to be on their way to him, be fore taking leave of Mexico. The city of Mexico had been much damaged by an earthq,:ake, experienced on the 7th ult. There is no news from Canada. LITERATURE. ROGER DE FLOR;or,theALAIUGAVARS. 3 Vols. This is a spirited and stirring history, full of inte rest and excitement, following closely in the path of truth, yet embellished with all the graces of romance. The events which it celebrates took place in the be ginning of the fourteenth century, when the ancient glory of Rome had departed, and Constantinople was ruled by Greek emperors, and inhabited by men, who, according to Gibbon, "assumed and dishonoured the names of both Greeks and Romans." When Constantine chose Byzantium as the seat of his mighty empire, he little thought he was preparing the grave for Roman power, but so it was ; the luxury and effeminacy of the East became the " con querors of the conquerors of the world." I'Ve may say in the words of one of their own poets, when speak ing of the Trojans, " Fait Roma! et ingens gloria Romanorum." Under these circumstances, the Turks found little difficulty in seizing on the Greek pro vinces in Asia—the descendants of the " rapid Greeks" and " steady Romans" were unable to defend their own. In this emergency, the Emperor Andronicus gladly accepted the proffered assistance of Roger de Flor, the leader of the Catalans or Almugavars. The fierce and desperate character of these warlike men presented a striking contrast to the effeminacy of their allies; born in the bivouac, reared amid the storms of war, they were the very children of battle, daring and irresistable. Gibbon, in speaking of them, observes " it was reported that they could cleave a man and horse with a single stroke," and he adds, " the report itself was a powerful weapon." A large body of these dreaded soldiers, under the command of Roger de Flor, arrived at Constantinople, where they were re ceived with fear and doubt, for cowards are ever sus picious. The following is a description of the beau tiful Stamboul, as it appeared on their arrival : " In front lay the capital of the world—lovely even in its decline—rising almost at once from the bright waters of the Propontis, while the silver line of the rapid Bos phorus stretched far away beyond the entrance of the Golden Horn, until it could no longer be traced between the closing shores of the rival continents. Behind was the s a; and far, far off the lofty summit of Olympus, capped with snow, might have been easily mistaken for the cloudy mansion of the ancient Gods of Greece. On the right and left Europe and Asia extended into the re mote distance, until lost in the blue haze, which the aching eye sought in vain to penetrate. The galleys swept proudly on—the leaders and the troops crowding the deck in their bright arms, which flashed back the rays of the early sun, and dizzied the eyes of the crowds that lined the shore in thronging multitudes." " As the galleys approached nearer, the different fea• tures of the noble city came more distinctly into view. First the huge palace, with its gardens and terraces, stretching down to the very edge of the water, and ex hibiting in its varied architecture the taste (or perhaps the want of it) of every emperor from the time of its great founder. Further off the white pumice domes of St. Sophia rose in the full maturity of nearly eight hundred years, proving how well the architect Anthemius had fudged when he refused to permit the use of wood in the construction of a building which he intended should last for ever." The interest of the tale is kept up throughout ; it abounds with animated descriptions of the impetuous Catalans, their combats with the enemy, and their quarrels with the crafty Greeks. The conclusion of the story is strictly in accordance with history; the fear and jealousy of the Emperor, and especially of his son Michael, overcame every other consideration ; Roger de Flor was summoned from the head of his conquering army, to meet the Emperor as a friend and guest. His companions sought to dissuade him, but with the confidence of a generous spirit he mis trusted their suspicions, and obeyed the royal invita tion. Seated by the side of the Emperor Michael — in a scene of festivity, in the presence of the Em press and of his own wife, the Emperor's cousin —he was treacherously assassinated ; a victim to the fears of a cowardly tyrant, who was jealous of his glory, and who dreaded his power. The writer of fiction could hardly find a more romantic theme, or one more fraught with interest and instruc tion : it is enough to say he has done justice to the subject. Almost all the characters are historical, except Melee, the Koord, one of the most interesting ; he has been taken prisoner by the fierce Catalans, but his life is spared by Roger. Overcome by gra titude, he swears to serve him faithfully till he can repay the debt, and then he must seek revenge. The constant companion of the brave warrior, he learns to love a character which resembles his own ; at length he saves the life of Roger, and the debt is paid. The unhappy man imagines he can read the secrets of futurity, and he foretells the glory of Roger, but tells him also that he is fated to destroy him. When the chief was sur rounded by assassins in the banquetting hall, the first impulse of Melee was to rush to his assistance, when, remembering the prophecy, he raised his bow, and struck him whom he loved so well ; then believ ing his mission fulfilled, he fled to the desert. The following is an account of the conclusion of the most decisive battle fought between the Turks and Almu gavars : " Far In advance Roger de Flor led the carnage, and where he passed but little was left for others to do. Still the Turks fought on, and the tide of battle swayed backwards and forwards, with an obstinacy which seemed to promise that it could only cease from the absolute weariness of both parties, or from the death of all en gaged. But suddenly loud cries were heard on the right of the Turkish cavalry, and Roccafort, with the entire of his infantry, rushed down the hill upon their flank with the impetuosity of a mountain torrent which has burst its barriers, and descends into the plains, sweeping flocks and herds, shepherds and cottages, in its i • n a i v n e g r l e y d, ce f a o s r ele th ss ei fi r ig w h e t ar o i f ed the ho t s e t rr w ib a les destructive course. a oduelrsaseee j a a s y s'a e i l T i e n hd s e which made the attack of the Almugavars ab solutely irresistible All o went ti lin g down s b a d d o e r e . that dreadful shower, aga i nst which n fence ; through mail shirt and padded hauberk, through shield and steel cap, the javelins o , f the atalant(lre way and , and through. me lt an i d iam ho a r n sesNl ere equally their through pierced endurance could resist no longer, and the Turks turned and fled " So dreadful, however, had been the slaughter in that hand-to-hand contest, where for five hours each man fought for his life, that Montaner asserts the Turks left six thousand horse and twelve thousand infantry dead upon the field, without counting those who perished in Marulli's pursuit and by the hands of the mountain peasantry." THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. IVo. 11. We can hardly judge yet of the merits of this wor, but on comparing the present number with the" first, the impression is very favourable, and leads fa,' the belief thLt it will attain its object, and become a useful representative of the opinions, wants, and rights of a very large and influential portion of the community. Though opposed to State churches and hostile to every Parliamentary enactment which com pels one sect to pay for the maintaining the religion of another by which they derive no advantage, the writers in general display a just moderation, and trust more to rational argument than declamation and abuse. We regard the se as favourable syinfr toms of the plan on which the speculation le founded, and if they adhere to this principle we cannot doubt its success. If we might be permitted to give advice, we would say, maintain your theological principles to their full extent ; shrink not from defending them at all hazard ; point out their truth in a way not to please a particular party, who are already convinced, but avoid making it an organ for one class, and try rather to influence your opponents than flatter your friends. To make it useful, it should abound with various matter, suited to all tastes. Exclusiveness must be shunned as the greatest evil, and readers of every description be allured to read and judge. When any great question is agitated, connected with the policy which it advo cates, let no pains be spared to make it prominent, but do not thrust the same subject into every article, merely to show that it is an Anti-State- Church Review. In this number there is no reason to complain of a departure from this rule. There is sufficient variety in the selection of subjects ; they are treated, too, without any sectarian prepossessions, and occasionally show a liberality of sentiment cre ditable to Dissenters. Among others of this kind we may mention " The Constitutional History of Ancient Greece," Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer's Novels, Leigh Hunt's Works, and Commercial Re form. Even in regard to Church matters and to the Maynooth grant, which has caused such excitement among the class for which we believe it is chiefly instituted, there is a degree of calm reasoning, im partiality, and good sense, which cannot fail to make a favourable impression. The writers disclaim all offensive expressions respecting the religion of others, refuse to join in the "No Popery" cry, and do not pretend, as far as we have discovered, to the merit, as some vain hypocrites do, to be the only pure and real Christians. We extract from an article on the " Policy of England towards Ireland," the following sound and dispassionate remarks. In objecting to the Alaynot.th grant the writer says : " If we demur to this policy, we think we have said enough to show that we are not likely to do so from any want of sympathy with the wrongs of Ireland. We think we see those w.ongs as clearly as any of the g. ntlemen who are wont to make speeches about them in Parliament, and we are greatly mistaken if we do not: detest them quite as sincerely. It is not that we would do less fur Ireland /Ilan Sir Robert l'eel, or Lord John' Russell, but that we would do something more ands better. Nor can we take exception to this policy, in the manner of muny devout churchmen, on the ground that there is a radical difference between Catholicism and Protestantism—a difference of which statesmen should be cognizant; so that while they bestow all manner of favour on the one, they should visit the other with every sort of discountenance. We must confess, that we are at a loss to understand—we will not say the religion, but even the morality of the principle, which would tax the Papist for the support of the Protestant religion, and then tell him that the sole end for which he is so taxed, is, that by the politic use of his money, as thus obtained, his Papistry might be destroyed.—So little of the spirt of doing as we would be done by, is there in this principle, that it is not enough, it seems, that the faith of the Catholic should be proscribed, but an ab straction must be made from his purse, that means may not be wanting to render that proscription effectual. The Protestant Nonconformist in this country finds it sufficiently chafing to his temper to be in these circuin stances in relation to our own Established Church, but to the Roman Catholic, and especially to the Roman Catholic of Irelan.l, this sort of grievance must be of much greater weight. We say therefore, once for all, that if the church-establishment principle is to be ad mitted, e see not any just ground on which objection can be made to the proposed grant to Maynooth, nor even to the endowment of the Catholic priesthood in Ireland. In our judgment there are maxims of social justice which have their clearness and obligation an terior to all our theological diffi rences ' and which those differences should never be allowed to disturb. One of these maxims we hold to be—that if all are to be taxed, either directly or indirectly, for the support of religion, then all who are willing to receive from the proceeds a that taxation in aid of religion, should be allowed to so —and be allowed to do so in the proportion in which they may have contributed toward that common stock." And in another place, the main cause of all the prevailing discontent in Ireland and the remedy are thus pointed out We do not blame England for perpetuating an es tablished church in Ireland. Nothing could be more unreasonable than to expect that our rulers in past times should have done otherwise. But it was not incumbent. upon them to perpetuate such a church ; and it is the vicious nature of that establishment, covering the whole land, as it does, and accroaching to itself enormous wealth without yielding any edequate return, that we find the real secret of the effort now made to endow the' Romanism of that country. So long as there is an en do ed Protestant church, it is presumed there can never be tranquillity until there is an endowed Catholic church. But why no!, in a spirit more consonant with the prin ciple and temper of the age, reduce the Irish Protestant church to something like just and modest dimensions, after the congregational method before adverted to ; and having thus removed nine-tenths of the cause of ir ritation to the Irish mind as arising from that source, why not pr,,ceed to make abundant provision for further conciliation by a judicious and righteous expenditure with a view to the general improvement of the country 7 Such a method of dealing with the case of Ireland would • have been worthy of the wise head, and the bold heart, but in what is now proposed we see little indication Of either." The article altogether is in good taste, and the subject, with some exceptions, fairly treated ; but while snaking these admis,ions, it must not be forgotten that too muc:s importance is at-- e tached to this Maynooth affair, and too little to the host of difficulties which obstruct almost every measure for abating Irish grievances. The aAlition to the annual vote to Maynooth of itself is a very small affair—it is only a drop in the bucket; and all that can be said for it is, that it evinces on the part of the Tory Government and a Tory House of Com mons a disposition to adopt a conciliatory course in preference to the old system of coercion. We agree cordially with the writer that the useless ecclesiasti cal fabric in Ireland is an intolerable grievance, and that it ought to be abolished, or at all events modi fie 1 to the real wants of the Protestant population. But the main question is—has either Peel or Russell, or any Statesman, the power to effect such a change at present ? Is the measure practicable ? Would the churches of England remain quiescent ? Could the liberal party and the Dissenters overpower the Toxies and Conservatives, and Orangemen,backed. bny both the countries wealth and? v o influencefear not,o the and fifestablishmentreess i of Irish grievances is not made by degrees — if; nothing is to be done till all is done at once, the Irish must wait many a day, and trust fo r justice to the terrors of a foreign or domestic war. THE 111ECHAA ICS' MAGAZINE. This magazine is entirely devoted to mechanical`„ inventions ; but it is full of information likely to in terest the general reader. In this number there is an account of the " Rapid Mail Carrier—three dred miles an hour !" some remarks on the (nnanci--. pation of glass, and Sir R. Peel's allusion to glass pipes; a letter on the "Invention of Steam Navigation," and various articles on similar subjects. The illustrations consist of '• Captain Ericsson's Screw Propeller," "Mr. Home's Pneumatic Instruments," "Malam's Improvements in Purifying Coal-gas," and "Sproule's Pile-driving Machine." CRUIKSHAAK'S TABLE-BOOK. ri is gh a tly gu a ffi nd . amusing work ; the name o c u f k is sh a ank " lovers of fun and frolic. It is needless to say that this cient guarantee to the There are numerous wood -cuts by his master hand, and a pleasing variety of light and laughable tales; among others, a " Passage from the Polk-Oregon Var" from the " Kentucky Keepsake for 1855." The most important feature in the present number is the frontispiece, " The Demon of 1845." This is an admirable illustration of the delusions of railway spe culation ; it is divided into three parts :—at the top of the page we see the " Demon" of railway shares engaged in blowing golden bubbles, eager thousands crowd around, each anxious to obtain a prize —this is " Premium." Next follow " Par," here there are no more bubbles, no eager crowds, the "Demon" wears a still and awful look, the calm before the storm. Then the whole concludes with "Discount," the anxious multitudes are torn in pieces by the bursting of their idol, the " Demon" himself is destroyed, and shows the fate of his own bubbles. There is also an amusing account of this dreadful tragedy. THE EDINBURGH TALES, Conducted by Mrs. Johi,ston, Port IV. Under the name of " Edinburgh Tales," Mrs. Johnston has collected interesting and amusing nar ratives of every variety. The list of the authors who have contributed to the present number will be a sufficient guarantee for the interest of the work. In the first place there is a " Swedish Tale," trans lated by 11 . Ilow•itt. " The raid of Honour," a mournful story, from the pen of the celebrated Mrs. Gore. " The Rangers of Connaught," by E. Quit- linan ; and " last not least," the commencement of - a German fairy tale, by Tieck, translated by Thomas - Carlyle. THE ILLUSTRATED FAMILY JOURNAL This is a weekly journal, full of amusement and in struction. In the present number we have some accounts of "the neglected fields of British com merce;" a description of buffalo hunting from Catlin's Indians • and a pleasing variety of fanciful tales, some translated' from tho French; the whole adorned with' numerous wood-cuts. erlf dtb, )11 1 9 nuld sbly earl ida's Dean oar the siv'e• t go , 0 or she rot hi' had