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les steamer, 1,543 d. a ; 14, - ,verell Lunty, Riga ?asbno, sod ; Windsor. Ld Zenobis, 'hitrtdelphia; pa sterner, ; Astrologer ate ; ution, New la long bar inked up 6th Hutton, ar- 7., 27th, W. >; Canada, Ipollo, and Tia maths, ditto; Cal Maga. th, ,tz ;; J. B. Constantith id Triade, Aus, Tisrifir Vloato Bat- DAY.) DAY. the leading y moderate. t stationary Lear, but in mtion. No ley or Malt, as, and In dy business that, not len off, the Baltic and no bales of received up the imports 20 Barley, 191 Tares, ding Indian lish Wheat irket coast- Is very coo all_guarters N o tivith• 't of stook, De produce, of Monday parallel) bad d shipment r accounts )een lodged principal , erel ut the cl elsewhere ye were but moved off iddling and )g, bat )14? :ention, but large. ign Barley 'as brought at full 'as doing• , moved og erially in' motive, ye' ed. wely sta. late riitei‘ r prices pf • • 53s to 5 50 nd ed. 20a In .. 91s 355 ... 195 215 ... 20s 341 21s 355 ... 27s 3 ,, 9 , 1 ... 28s 3 .; ... 27s 30 ' ... 285 3 1" ... 3 ° 25s 305 •• 335 385 .. 27s 335 alk 275 335 lisposed of it 351 per they Seeds .. 315 •• 16s 215 !I' 32s 3 " •• 60s 6" •• 48s 5 21 445 47 5 , 465 505 Fos 7115i' tOs 61 ibi lOs 411» :410s 25101 , Df foreiga tee in the 1 having 3spondini, 4,209; the latter on 55 4d Pig*' ... --. ~, 14 .. 346 ... 25 ... '''' •• • ..... ••• ....'.. ••• '''' ..390 DrtB si Pigs. ... 148 ... 81 tO go d 6 9 6 0 a • 2 3 3 6 9 lO D 0 0 n 5 3 • 3 ° ) 18 0 ricer of ilarket, ~ JulY 3,185 1 . a. d. ;o2 8 3 0 3 4 3 8 2 8 3 0 3 6 3 10 4 10 3 2 3 6 S 2 3 8 3,93 0 33,0 90 21 8 4LO 3,739 ; 3,78 0 ; 401 31 scorner , pet i pod ), 806 t Sr woe 1:1 Wit Ind for which the demand is steady, at from 4s 6d to c os per cwt. The account , r specting the appearance f the crop, continue very favou , able. NEWGILTE AND MEADENHALL During the past week the arrivals ut country killed Neat up to these markets have been large for the time of year. The supplies slaughtered iu London —amongst Which have been 2,000 head of Foreign Beef, Mutton, Lamb, and Veal—hare been seasonably extensive. Generally speaking, the demand is in a very sluggish :,st , te, at but little alteration in the quotations. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to I. d. , s. d. tO R. Beef,lnferlor .• 2 2 2 4 , lintton,inferior .. 2 4 2 8 middling ••• • 2 6 2 8 ; caiddling ••2 10 3 4 •••-- primelarge 210 3 0 p r i me a 6 3 8 --- prime small •• 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 4 3 4 2834 3 6 3 Lamb, 3s Bcl te 4s 10d. WOOL. The public sales of last week were very extensively attended by buyers, and the whole of the wool offered -14.800 bales was disposed of at fully the opening quotations. One lot of fine Australian went as high us 2s 81d per lb.; but the more general rung,' of prices Was is 6d. Very little is doing in the private contract market, at about previous rates. The imports have amounted to 2,410 bales from Port Philip, 100 from Barnburgh,2B from the Cape, 1,283 from Portland Bay, and 30 from Leghorn. The auctions will be concluivd On the 16th of August. TALLOW. For the time of year the demand for Tallow continues steady, at fully the late advance in the quotations. The price of P.Y.C. on the spot is 37s 9 to 38s, and for delivery during the last three months 39s 3d to 39s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow 37r per cwt net cash; Hough Fat, 2s Id per 81bs. The delivery last week was 1,148, whilst the imports amounted to 1,188 casks, chiefly from our colonies and South America. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. Stock this day •..... 6.421 Price of Y. C. .... ' 485 3d to Os od Delivery last week •.1 1 883 Ditto from June 1.... ' 6,566 Arrivals last week •) 24 Ditto from June 1 ... 4,899 6,170 24,040 418 Od 39s Od to 4456 d to 39s 6d 1, i 40 1,717 10,760 9,483 1,354 1 , ti06 9,483 7,450 465 6d 40s Od 25,330 i 33,889 368 9d to; 37s 9d Os Od !to3 i g Od 1,0 , 6 1 1,144 8,967 10,069 61 1, 1 88 8,673 7,425 38s Od Price of Town • • ....1 51s Od 39s 6cl ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA Donizetti's lively and amusing opera buffo, L'Elisir d'Amore was produced here on Saturday for the purpose of introducing Signor Craffei to the English public in the character of Nemorino. Signor Ciaffei has been long a favourite with the Roman public, and has re cently appeared with considerable success in Sweden, and we believe also in Russia. Signor Ciaffei, although no longer in sa premilre jeunesse, is still capable of sus taining youthful characters, for he is tall, w. 11- formed, and has good features. His voice is a pure, light tenor, without a barytoue note in it; it is moreover somewhat thin, and his intona tion is somewhat uncertain; his aria d intrata "Quanto e belle," was anything but promising, but he ralli.d as he proceeded, and gave the beautVul " Una furtive" with much taste. He gave a perfectly original version of the Part of Nemorino so far as acting was concerned, mitring him a gauche and awkward peasant, such a peasant as one might imagine would have been taken in by Dalcamera. This, although it may at first shock the conventional notions of those who have been used to the Dresden china style of Marie's Nemorino, is certainly the mote truthful it not the more graceful version of the part. Madame Viardot, as Adina, was full of sprightliness and espieglerie; Tam burini was, as he always has been, the best Belcore on the stage; and Ronconi, although he greatly over-acted the part, was exceedingly amusing as Dulcamara. The Elisir was preceded by the first act of Norma, in which Grisi was superb. The Queen's box was occupied by Sir Edward and Lady Bowater, Lady Wheatley and Miss Wheatley, and PnrtY. Among the fashionable company attending the theatre we remarked his Excellency the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, his Excellency the Sar dinian Minister, the Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Northampton, the Marchese Brancaleone and Madlle. Brancaleone, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, the Earl and Countess of Fingall and the Ladies Plunkett and Lord Killeen, his Excellency the Belgian Minister sad Madame Van de Weyer, the Earl of Durham, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss John stone, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, Viscount Ex mouth, Viscount Sydney, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Macdonald, Lady Glamis and Lady Frances Lyon, Lord and Lady Carington and the Ron. Miss Carington, Lady Blanche Dupplin, Lady Rose Lovell, and Lady Henrietta Somerset, Lord and Lady Rokeby and the Hon. Misses Montague (3), Lord A. Vane, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Sir Compton and Lady Domville, Sir Willoughby Gordon, Sir George and Lady Armytage, Linn. - John Fortescue, M.P, Ron. Leopold Ellis, Lady Vernon and the Hon, Miss Vernon, Captain the Hon. Evans Freke, Captain the Hon. Claude Lyon, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Colonel NPDowall, Mr. Peabody. Sir Henry Webb, Lord Arthur Hay, Baroness von Ster z and party, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne, Mr. De Blaquiere, M and Madame Ralli, Mr. Temple Leader, Major Gage, Colo nel Maitland, Colonel Crombie, Captain De Horsey, Sir Frederick Trench, Mrs. Monntjoy Martin, Mr. Augus tus Lumley, Mrs. Bates and party, Captain De Bathe, Captain Hotham. Mr. H. B. Baring, M.P., and Mrs. taring, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Scott and party, Mr. Martineau, Colonel Tyrrwhit, Mr. Featherstonhaugh. Lady Parke and Miss Parke, Mrs. Rattan and the Misses Hutton, Miss Burdett Coutts, Theobald Dillon, Baron de Sternberg, Sir C. Mar thane, n, Colonel the Hon. A. Upton, Mr. Bulteel, Hon.J. J. .ra Mr. Raymond Barker, &c. - SADLE WS WELLS THEATRE. This well conducted little theatre was suddenly opened `,ln Saturday night fur a few performances before the rithencernent• of the regular season, in order to tiff ,rd e• Warner an opportunity of appearing in several of her best characters prior to her departure for An a • 0 /lea, where, it seems, she purposes to go in the cours e of the autumn. The play was King Henry the Eighth in which Mrs. Warner and Mr. Pluips filled the tw o principal parts with their usual ability, Mrs. Warner, Particular, bt log received with a warmth of wv-lcome by fully p rove d t h e estima ti on i n w hich s h e i s h e ld the playgoers of the metropolis. It is proposed, we ° d ee, to give a Shaksperian representation every evening du ring this brief p e riod of Mrs. Warner's engagement —UEATRICAL COMPANY FROM STRIA.—A company °, fifteen persons, Syrian Libanese from Syria, have arrived 1 ,„ 11 London, for the purpose of giving represent tions of the timanners and customs of Syria. The company have travelled ro ngh France. They arrived in London by the steamer A rne from C a l a i s . Among the distinguished persons who have lately n.visited Litchfield House, St. James's-square Gallery of Pic re by living Painters of all .Nations, are the Duchess of e utherland, the Countess of Jersey, Lady Crewe, Lady Man- V Crs, Lady T ruro, L adv Shelburne, Lady Clementina Villiers, "tr B . Hare Townsend,' the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earls Ellesmere, Manvers, and Malmesbury, Lord Colborne, Sir James Cockburn, and Sir Walter Sterling. dDRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Drury-lane opens to ay with an equestri an company, composed of American and Welshriders. M r. Risley, Mr. Dumbleton, ani General i n r elsh are the l essees until October, then Jullien will wield , 111 baton until Christmas, when the theatre will be under Ithe management of another speculator. Mr. Bunn has been 11 Med, also committ Mr ee Allcroft, but not hi ng yet has been decided the . WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—A Public meeting was held at the Eastern Lecture Hall, Ch urch -lane, Whitechapel, .on Friday evening, for the pur principles and objects of this society— Pose of explaining the ti al r. G. E.Dennes in the Chair. Mr. James Taylor,. g'un., d of ‘,lrMingham, pointed out the social, and political a - L 4 etages to be derived by joining the freehold land move thenhaving, explained ' e ets Mr G. , • Huggett, the secretar th anks llies, a number of shares were taken, and a vote of :ions Msjesty's to Mr. Taylor clo i s s ed he th r e iNr p i r o o s c t eed G in r i zt T en li ti E SESSION..—It tiers _ On to prorogue . the session of Parliament for 1851 in w. ,un. The Appropriation Act was introduced early in the T h - eit, and was White ed on Saturd at the morning , s i tting. Dinner is fixed for Saturday feast rendered all the "..! Ministerial Bait . mo st, at the Trafalgar, Greenwich —a 01.7e,pleas.ant because it signifies f a trheelefaosielowfroinmg twheeelka,booruarst 4 ,1 1 e session towards the close 0 It : events early in the week after that, n a t s o it was r e l v a e s u t year. w ill 1 is.not expected, however, that any u Pain either House of Parliament beyond the s n e d con el d ec le v e e k , (5.. 4l lgust,and that our legislators, hereditary a *ill at, be dismissed to their country sports before the _oro..ii7 1 2th of August. Indeed, as far as the Houseof 1 ; Q rl B , B i , concerned, the business of . the session is all but of th 'ed, the Money Bill being considered the . last measure mittse Year, and a great number of Bills having been have :p e t eted deal of work to get through, which will enable the pr ep —rn erls to finish the discussion on the Jew question for the . imues,ent session, and all other topics that seem to require any to k tl . t it of protracted discussion. It has been no easy bec,el , a House together, and still a very great amount ma of A. p ", e ;s has been transacted during the week.—Sun d ay A , been - ' 4I . , C OLLIERY ACCIDENT.-00 Monday a ft er . le r - gi a ll inquest was held at the Antelope public-house, o "; ,on the bodies of tiers, Stones, aged 31 ye t a js rs ies a e n rs d . q,,,-,,Auerary, aged 48 years, cointheemploy at six °ll3e l ' j nd Co', of Kersley. 0n Friday . au h„ the men descended the pit to their work, anti in about Ay? - ,.„, 41. after a cry was heard from the pit as if for help. tbe c :C"r l were con. equently sent down, and the bodies of Wi l -,eiieased were found, the fire damp with wh the t destto'ed having destroyed life. A verdict of "Accidental 1, way returned.—Manchester Guardian. , ri r , Att,,„__ - `. O LITII JULY 25.—ARRIVAL OF THE 19TH SO 1 „ 4 „:"'r FROM AMERICA —Her Majesty's troop-ship Java, in the S, 1 ,458 tons, arrived here this morning and anchored 1 1 ,,f the Med, with the head-quarters and service companies C ol ,"tu Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant fro. pulnbbeeieharles Craufurd Hay, on board. The Java salted th e 6 6 1- t - lel?ec . on the 25th of June, she having disembarked f l ' e girnent, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel ha s b„ - ,, r eln Barbadoes, West Indies. The 19th Regiment We nt i' - '" on foreign service since September, 1840, when it as 1, usualthe West Indies, and having served six years there, remained, Proceeded to ' North America, where it has since . tie,h,AroAaasrteeraalltthorised to state that Mr. `Neale, the ..‘nolic Church, Islington, is not a priest of the Roman t,4 :? l?eittsisuzorT TioN and r ha T s u r E ece m ive A d u n t o L o E r n d o e . r N a .E in p th , a l t ß? C Ei ur l c Ai ti L . "4--This association, whose vigilant activity t, has n ii 4te , a _l , l of reform members to the Marylebone vestry, rYi th t la r ,,, A16d.2 enabled it virtually to conduct the affairs of a la r ge ilar,ish, voluntarily dissolved itself on Wednesdaylast. or :u_eueholders of Marylebone, having faith in the proie tir e :, ''` party of professedly more thorough reformers, with- Jetted Lnr confidence from the parochial committee, and re 4,„ve their list. Thus situated, its members saw no alter their but to retire before the public opinion, and break up organisation. - Tkut SUPPOSED 04 15,. MURDER IN NORIVICH.—Since be,„ publication, another portion of human remains has heti'dglocovered. On Sunday, a young gentleman found a the \o_,rerresponding with the one previously discovered, in !"..44,, 4 ,°,1 ;, 1 !38, at Bracondale, in the grounds of Mr. Merry. 1.4f5 wirollufic. iO. 6 i9l 92 ASSETS. Cash in hand ... Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ... .. Bills discountfd, but not yet due, of which 14,237,2881. were received from the Branch Banks ... Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... ... Ditto by the branch banks ... Ditto on French public securities ... Ditto by branch banks... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... i)itto on the loan of 75 millions ••• Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto at the branches ... LIABILITIES. Uapital . . f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve-inamobiliere ..• ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 421,978,800 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 113,614,67'5 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 6,416,666 50 Account-current with Treasury creditor 113,102,300 71 Various accounts current ... ... 82,252,451 69 Ditto in branches ... 29,262,270 0 Bills payable at sight ... ... 8,182,500 0 Ditto at branches 3 166,457 0 Dividends payable Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 7,760 0 Expenses anticipated ... 269,939 83 Di,counts, interest, and expenses ... 182,798 74 Ditto of branch banks ... 356,514 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 96,733 70 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 227,245 0 Interest on protested bills ... 398,539 1 Iliscellaneous 38 f. 889,321,690 95 Certified by the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of France, J. E. GAUTIER. It appears from the preceding account that the cash in hand has increased by 4,000,000 f. The commercial bills discounted have decreased by 500,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have increased by 2,000,0001. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in creased by 3,000,0001. Sundry credits have decreased by 1,500,000 f. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—By the Chagres steamers to New York we hay e advises from the Sandwich Islands to the 3d of May. The British store ship Da3dalus, Captain George Wellesley, with stores for her Majesty's ships in the Arctic Seas, arrived at Honolulu on the 16th of April, and was to sail in a few days in search of Sir John Franklin. Sir Robert Peel,-Bart, 111. P., has left town, on a continental tour, and, according to present arrangements, will not return to this. country until the month of November next. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. S. C. Denison is appointed Deputy Judge-Advocate to the Queen, in place of Mr. F. Newman Rogers, Q.C., deceased. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake is appointed Recorder of Exeter. Messrs. Bour geois, J. Pollock. and Beausoleil are appointed members of the Legislative Council of St. Lucia. PUBLIC DINNER TO MR. PaxTori.—The commit tee appointed to superintend the arrangements for the dinner to be given to Mr. axton at Derby on the sth of August have issued circulars altering the day, in order that Mr. Paxton might be enabled to accept an invitation to the Pa risian fires. We are, however, requested to state th a t, i n order to suit the convenience of Mr. Paxton and other gen tlemen, the dinner Ail' take place on the sth of August, the day originally appointed. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU TION.—A special general meeting of the friends and sub scribers to this institution was held on Saturday last, at the London Tavern, 13ishopsgate-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration such portion of the rules of the society as bear upon the election of annuitants. Mr. Jenkin Jones in the chair. The chairman said, in his opinion, there should be an election of one or more annu i tants before Christ mas. He was sure that if an election was to take place it would tend more than anything else to the success of that in stitutiJn, which he was cer ain they all had at heart. Mr. J. Aden moved a resolution to the elect that as soon as the state of the funds of the society shall enable the board of management to grant two or more annuities, they have power granted them so to act. Mr. J. Peill seconded the resolution, which, on being put from the chair, was carried unanimou-ly. Mr. W. G. B. Gunton, in referring to the im proved prospects of the institution, stated that he believed there were very few instances on record of an institution like this meeting with so much success in so short a period, and from that circumstance he augured a gratifying and prosper ous result. A vote of thanks was then moved and carried, thanking the chairman for his urbanity in taking the chair, which having been acknowledged, the meeting separated. On Saturday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, a policeman on duty near London-bridge discovered smoke issuing through the fan-light over the shop-door of one of the large houses in Duke-street. immediately at the rear of Tooley-street, belonging to Mr. Alderman Hum phery, but occupied by Messrs. J. Wynn and Co., boot and shoemakers. The policeman immediately sent for the en• gines. Several quickly arrived on the spot, and in a very short time the tire was extinguished, before any material damage was done. The origin of the outbreak is unknown. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR —We hear from a private source that a rather extraordinary case is likely shortly to occupy the attention of the Bristol District Court of Bank ruptcy. So long ago as 1769, a person, named Constable, became bankrupt, and his affairs were wound up. It so happened that some time before his failure he had made a deposit of 500/. in one of the Bristol banks, but, through some inadvertence, the deposit note was overlooked, among the rest of the papers, and no mention was made of it either in the balance-sheet or any of the proceedings under the fiat. Constable shortly afterwards died; and, in the course of years, a change took place in the banking firm, and in the arrangement of the private affairs of the partners at this time (1820) the 5001. deposited by old Constable was paid away to one of the retiring partners. Through a series of almost romantic circumstances, the papers in Constable's bankruptcy fell, with some others, into the hands of a highly respec• able solicitor of this city, who, in searching for some other documents, n alighted hadh uponus been they l lying a deposit of compound n Constable i ftoerressot,oati w 2 per cent., during nearly a century, and which has accumulated to the large sum of 1,708/. The gentle man who made this discovery at once communicated the fact the rup t ey e r h e d a i N t .e ors l o a n n g d s i t n h e e e other ; to the official assignees. r . e y ba t A o n klolbtain this mon e y f or t h e i r re iew it is i ntended to reopen the i p s p s o i c n a e t r i n for w t i h l s shortly district.— pb p ru e e r t s s e o iti interested tw s aatisv resolvedes. vi in the o t t h th s v fiat, under the power given by the B an k rupt Law Consolida te apurpose Commissioners m a Brit tmadeConsolida tion AolGaze. to d o a n l e d e o t t f f t r hieh be 1 Etnd A TTOILNETS AND SOLICITORS REOI, LATION AC..— The Bill which originated in the House of Lords, for amend ing the several Acts for the regulation of attorney s i n Ire yBand soli citors was brought before th e House of Commons, 17th o July. The object of the Bill ii t o extend to the degree of bachelor of arts and laws in Queens the provisions of former Acts relating to the admission and enrolment as attorneys of bachelors of arts or laws at Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin. Also to extend to students of Queen's colleges attending lectures acid PassiPig exam inations in the faculty of law during the collegiate years, the provi sions of former Acts as to persons bound for five years, and serving part of that time, not exceeding one year, with a barrister or special pleader. ' - - A CHILD KILLED WITH DR. COFFIN'S MEDICINE. —VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER, AGAINST AN AGENT. — On Friday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, and a jury. resumed an adjourned inquiry at the Bell Tavern, Ratctiff-highway, which lasted until a Lite hour last night, concerning the death of Henry Stewart Davis, aged thirteen years, an idiot, who died from the effects of medicine admi nistered by Mr. John Stevens, an agent for the sale of Dr. Coffin's various compounds. Lengthened evidence having been produced, the jury announced that they had unani mously agreed to a verdict of " Manslaughter against John Stevens ;" and the Coroner then made out his warrant for the committal of Mr. Stevens, who was conveyed in a cab to liewgate, to await his trial. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—A terrible instance of the uncertainty of human life occurred on Friday last at Plymouth. A poor woman named Ann Martin, who had previously enjoyed excellent health, was standing by her fireside, talking in a lively strai❑ to the members of her fa mily, when she suddenly fell to the ground a corpse. Dr. Fuge, of Plymouth, was immediately cal.ed in, but he de clared that death must have ensued instantaneously. HARRow, JULY 26.—This day Mr. H. M. Butler, son of the Dean of Peterborough, was elected scholar on the Gregory foundation. THE PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE FROM THE CONTINENT. The following petition to the fiouse of Ginmons signed by the most ialuentitzl htuking end commercial houses in Loitdon, and there is every reason to belltve that the adoption of its suggestions would materitllly facilitate, aria consequently increase, the traffic between . this country and the continent:— TO THE HONOURABLE TIIE COMMONS OF THE UNITED ILINGDOK OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The bumble Petition of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, and others of the city of London, Showeth,— That passengers arriving from the continent are in conveniently delayed at Dover and Folkestone, and un able to proceed to London until their baggage is exa mined at those places. That such inconvenience would be removed if the examination were to take place in London. That like facility is afforded by the French Govern ment to persons going trom this country to Paris. whose baggage is not examined until their arrival in Paris. That your petitioners are informed that the South- Eastern Railway Company are willing to provide at the London terminus of that railway better accommodation for the purpose of such examination of baggage there than now exists either at Dover or Folkestune., Your petitioners, th ere f ore, most humbly pray your most Honourable House that your Honourable House will be pleased to pssa such resolution as will warrant the LA.Lis Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to au thorise the necessary arrangements for examiug in Lon don the baggage of persons travelling there instead of detaining them for the purpose at Doter or Folkestone, whereby your petitioners believe that a saving of one to two hours of time will be insured to passengers from Marseilles and Paris and the Continent generally to London. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on July 24: ... f. 457,994,435 85 ... 133,301,961 0 ••• 105,972 88 41,123,449 80 68,363,492 () 1,317,100 0 1,957,110 0 8,4 08, 24 6 10 2,489,606 0 50,000,000 0 50,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,678,118 53 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 3,528,108 0 200,000 0 168,000 0 45,225 0 688,140 5 E 559,321,690 95 SUN, LONDON, LITERATURE THE SCALP-HU ,V TERS. 3 Vols. By Cap tain Mayne Reid., C. J. Skeet. Captain Mayne Reid has genius. He is not a mere book-maker for the circulating libraries. Whatever he may call his literary productions, they are entitled to more commendation than is usually awarded to the three•volume novelist. His "Rifle Rangers" have already gained him popularity. His " Scalp-Hunters" may confirm that popularity by establishing for its author a certain reputation. In a very modest but manly " Preface," Captain Reid fore warns his reader that he is "a coarse, crude, and careless writer," la • menting at the same time that he lacks " those classic sympathies" which enable many of his brethren of the pen to give such " elegant expression to their thoughts" —all of which deprecatory and apologetic remarks, graceful though they be when contra.ted with the self-sufficient arrogance of irredeemable mediocrity, cannot but be regarded on the present oc casion as altogether inapplicable, and consequently al together superfluous. if our author is devoid in several instances of the customary adroitness of the craft, he possesses that which compensates for every such deficiency, the divine ajlatus which we have in our opening sentence ex plicitly mentioned as his most noticeable character istic. Reviewers, unfortunately, have to wade through a vast deal of rubbish i❑ their researches after the true and the beautiful. Considering the grievous amount of twaddle we have to encounter, it really -appears to us at times that there is some excuse for us poor critics, if we occasionally evince a little petu lance of temperament. Hours sometimes wasted in poring over a work of the most tedious and unmeri torious description constitute assuredly not the most exhilarating preparative for the inditing of commen taries. Precisely, however, in proportion to the an noyance experienced in turning over volumes thus blameworthy, is the delight felt at others whose excellences enthral our attention and wake up our blunted sympathies to a certain enthusiasm of ad miration. An effusion of this nature is the one here under consideration. Having perused, or rather de voured, as the phrase is, these romantic adven tures from their commencement to their conclusion, with a curiosity which became only enhanced with the opening of each successive chapter, having found our regard rivetted to the nar rative with more and more eagerness at the disclo sure of its numerous and extraordinary incidents, we must, if only in gratitude to the writer who has thus powerfully appealed to our imagination, commend his work as a production of remarkable and enthral ling attractions. Captain Mayne Reid insists at the outset, as he did, if we remember rightly, in reference to the " Rifle Rangers," that many of the events recounted are realities, and that the book possesses therefore the merit of being something more than altogether fictitious. Now, according to our opinion the beauties of Ossian are in no degree dependent upon the amount of credit yielded to the assertions of Macpherson, and those of Homer are as illustrious whether they be traceable to one bard or a thousand. We accept the traveller's record, coming to us it does most acceptably, with a benison and a gramercie. It helps to amuse us, to wile away an hour that might other wise hang heavily, and, while affecting us thus agreeably, it brings to our minds very vividly the landscapes, the manners, and the population of Northern Mexico, the country in which these occurrences, imaginary or not, are said to have transpired. Therefore we receive the work with thankfulness, and with a credence in our author which adds very wonderfully to the force of his descriptions. The " Scalp- Hunters" may be viewed as strictly autobiographical in their character, M. Henry Haller speaking to us in the first person throughout. At St. Louis he joins a M. St. Vrain with other Prairie merchants trading to Santa Fe and Chihuahua, being himself an idle young blade in search of the picturesque. Having proceeded as far as the capital of Northern Mexico, the hero is wounded in a fracas arising out of the Fandango, and is detained in the city, while his comrades proceed on their expedition. Recovered soon afterwards from his wound, Haller endeavours to overtake the merchants, but in so doing is prostrated by the accumulated horrors of the Jornada. Here it is that in the midst of his calamities he is saved from destruction by Seguin, the scalp-hunter. The last-mentioned character is finely delineated, and is the central figure round which all the others may be said to revolve, and upon which all their interest may be said to be dependent. Saved by Seguin, and falling afterwards in love with his daughter Zoe, Haller is induced to join the former in one of his great scalp-hunting expeditions. It must be premised, however, that the leader of this blood thirsty enterprise proves, on inquiry, to be by no means the monster he is generally reputed, but, on the contrary, his ferocity is resolved into an evi dence of paternal tenderness. Adele, his other daughter, has been stolen in her infancy by the Na vajoes, and all his efforts against them are made with a view to her recovery. This, immediately before the close of the narrative, is effected, and the heart of the scalp-hunter gladdened by the prospective nup tials of Adele with St. Vrain, as well as of Zoe with Haller. It is in the fluctuating fortunes of the scalp hunters, however, in the course of this expedition that the chief and engrossing attraction of the work is discoverable. The narrative of their vicissi tudes is one of resistless fascination. Several of the personages introduced into the princi pal group are characters which might have reflected honour upon some of our most successful novelists. El Sol, for example, might have been painted by Fen nimore Cooper, and have added yet another brilliant figure to his memorable gallery of Redskins. ; Old Rube, again, would have reflected credit on the author of " Saw Slick," and the paternity would not, we are satisfied, have been disdained by Judge Han. burton. Ttie vividness with which our author con trives to describe to the comprehension of readers un acquainted with those localities the aspect of Mexican scenery may be mentioned as among not the least ad mirable of his peculiarities. Accordingly, as he wishes it, we are with him in the winter forests at midnight, listening —not to the tree-frog or the cicada—but to the crackling knots in the bivouac fire, to the coo whoo-a of the white ow), to the bark of the racoon, or to the howling of the wolves; we are there again in autumn, watching among the withered foliage the plumage of the western birds, "the golden green of the paroquet, the blue of the jay, and the orange wing of the oriole," observing " the red bird flutter lower down in the coppice of green pawpaws, or amidst the amber leaflets of the beechen thicket;" we hearken to the rattle-snake "gliding under the scanty shade," and watch with furtive eyes the coyote as it " skulks through the silent glades" of an impassable under wood. With a single epithet sometimes the writer impresses - the appearances of that astonishing land upon our imaginations, as where he calls the Rocky Mountains, the American Andes, " the colossal ver tebrie of the continent." Equally graphic are his de scriptions of the frivolity and effeminacy of Mexican society, ex. gr. where we are made to listen in the ball-room at Santa Fe to this significant little dia logue—" Have you heard of the electric telegraph ?" " No, Senor." " Can you tell us what a railroad is ?" " Quiets Sabe ?" "La Polka?" " Ah! Senor, la polka, la polka, cosa buenita, tan graciosa! vaya !" Humorous as some of the passages in the " Scalp- Hunters" are, as may be perceived by reference to Rube's account of the turkey -buzzard, or again the same old trapper's dodge to secret him self in the cave when hunted by the Navajoes, other passages are marked by a grace and a tenderness equally conspicuous. Witness this, that first portraiture of Zoe, where it is said so beautifully —" it was not a woman that held my gaze captive, but a child, a girl, a maid, standing upon the threshold of womanhood, ready to cross it at the first summons of Love !" Witness it again, that lovely portion of the episode in which, by a novel device, eminently bewitching, Haller reveals his love to Zoe, and—is answered. Occasionally, it must be remarked, that a certain habit of ungrammatical expression in the potential mood (instanced in Vol. 1., pp. 46, 237, in Vol. 11., pp. 21, 158, and in Vol. 111., p. 170, in short, passim) blurs the charm of the style, and in duces one for the moment almost to mistake the work for the effusion either of an Irishman or a foreigner. This, nevertheless, is but a minute blemish, indeed, when balanced against the numerous and brilliant merits with which the production otherwise abounds throughout. Better immeasurably, however, than the most earnest eulogium, will be a few illustrative quotations. Take, therefore, the subjoined passage, descriptive of :THE WEED PRAIRIE. " I stand in an open plain. I turn my face to the north, to the south, to the east, and to the west ; and, on all sides, behold the blue circle of the heavens gird ling around me. Nor rock, nor tree breaks the ring of the horizon. What covers the broad expanse between? Wood ? water ? grass? No—flowers ! As far as my eye can range, it rests only on flowers—on beautiful flowers f. lam looking. as on a painted map—an ena melled picture brilliant with every hue of the prism. " Yonder is golden yellow, where the helianthus turns her dial-like face to the sun. Yonder scarlet, where the malve erects its red b anner. H ere i s a parterre o f the purple moranda—there the euphobia - .sheds its silver leaf. Yonder the orange predominates in the s h ow y flowers of the asclepia ; end beyond, the eye roams over the pink blossoms of the cleorL6. ,‘ The breeze stirs them. Millions of carollas are waving their gaudy standards. The tall stalks of the helianthus bend and rise in long undulations like billows on a golden sea I , d, They are at rest again. The air is filled with odours, sweet as the perfumes of Araby or Ind. My riads of insects flay their gay wings —flowers of them seiv,s. The bee - birds shirr around, glancin g lik e stray whirring ee, wings, dri n k from with laden limb s , s the u n b n c e a c m t a s r e ; fi o r e u p p o s i poised n don the hwiriirdi clings among the honeyed pistils, or leaves for his far hive with a song of joy. " Who planted these flowers? Who bath woven them into these picture parterres? Nature. It is her richest mantle—richer in its hues than Vas toads of Cashmere. MONDAY EVENING, " This is the weed prairie.' It is misnamed. It is the Gil den of God." While journeying once or twice across the Jornada, the author takes occasion to pourtray with his lu minous pencil the marvellous phenomena of the wil. derness, illusions like the mirage, the fata morgana, and the phantoms of the Brocken. Here is his ac count of THE PILLARS OF SAND. " A tropical sun glances up from the brilliant surface, and we are almost blinded by the refracted rays. The wind blows more lightly; and clouds of dust load the air, sweeping slowly along! " We push forw ar d w i t h out guide or any object to in dicate our course. We ara soon in the midst of be wilderment. A scene of seeming enchantment springs up around us. Vast tower s o f sand, b orne up by the whirl-blast, rise vertically to the sky. They move to and fro over the plain. They are yellow and luminous. The sun glistens among their floating crystals. They move slowly, but they ar e a p proaching us! " I behold them with feelings of awe. I have heard of travellers lifted in their whirling vortex, and dashed back again from fearful heights! " The pack mule, frightened at the phenomenon, breaks the lasso, and scampers away among the ridges. Gods has galloped in pursuit. lam alone. " Nine or ten gigantic columns now appear, and stalk over the plain, circling gradually around me! There is something unearthly in the appearance. They resemble creatures of a phantom world. They seem endowed with demon life! " Two of them approach each other. There is a short gusty struggle, that ends in their mutual destruction. The sand is precipitated to the earth; and the dust floats off in dim shapeless masses. " Several have shut me within a space, and are slowly closing. My dog howls and barks. My horse cowers with affright, and shivers between my thighs, uttering terrified expressions! "I am irresolute. I sit in my saddle waiting the re sult, with an indescribable feeling. My ears are filled with a buzzing sound, like the hum of machinery. My eyes distort the natural hues into a fiery brightness. Uy brain reels. Strange objects appear. The fever is upon me! " The laden currents clash in their wild torsion. lam twisted round, and torn from my saddle—my eyes, mouth, ears, are filled with dust. Sand, stones, and branches strike me spitefully in the face; and I am flung with violence to the earth!" As really admirable examples of Captain Reid's skill in sketching off the more remarkable specimens of humanity discoverable in Northern Mexico, take these three miniature daguerreotypes : THE MEXICAN FREEBOOTER. " Calzoneros, of green velveteen. These are cut after the fashion of sailors trowsers—short waist, tight round the hips and wide at the bottoms, where they,are strength ened by black leather, stamped and stitched ornament ally. The outer seams are split from hip to thigh, slashed with braid, and set with rows of silver castle stops. These seams are open—for the evening is warm --and underneath appear the ealzoncillos of white mus lin, hanging in wide folds around the ankles. The boot is of calf-skin, tanned but not blackened. It is reddish, rounded at the toe, and carries a spur at least a pound in weight, with a rowel three inches in diameter. The spur is curiously fashioned, and fastened to the boot by straps of stamped leather. Little bells—canipanillos— bang from the teeth of the rowels, and tinkle at the slightest motion of the foot. Look upwards. The cal- soneros are not braced, but fastened at the waist by a silken sash or scarf. It is scarlet. It is passed se►eral times round the body, and made fast behind, where the fringed ends hang gracefully over the left hip. There is no vest. A jacket of dark cloth, embroidered and tightly fitting; short behind—a la Gree-leaving the skirt to puff out over the scarf. The shirt itself exhibits the triumphant skill of some dark-eyed poblana. O ver a ll this is the broad brimmed shadowy sombrero — a heavy hat of black glaze, with its thick band of sil►er bullion. There are tags of the same metal stuck in the bides, giving it an appearance altogether unique. Over one shoulder is hanging—half folded—the picturesque serape. A belt and pouch, an escapotte upon which the hand is resting, a waist•belt with a pair of small pistols stuck under it, a long Spanish knife suspended obliquely across the left hip, complete the tout ensemble of him whom I have chosen to describe." THE TRAPPER. "He stands, leaning on his long, straight rifle, looking into the fire. He is six feet in his moceasons; and of a build that suggests the idea of strength and Saxon an cestry. His arms are like young oaks; and his hand, grasping the muzzle of his gun, is large, fleshless, and muscular. His cheek is broad and firm. It is partially covered by a bushy whisker, that meets over the chin, and fringes all around the lips. It is neither fair or nark ; but of a dull brown colour, lighter around the mouth, where it has been bleached by the sun, ' amber,' and water. The eye is grey, or bluish grey, and slightly curved at the corner. It is well set, and rarely wanders. It seems to look into you, rather than at you. The hair is brown, and of a medium length (cut no doubt on his last visit to the trading post, or the settlements); and the complexion, although dark as a mulatto, is only so from tan. It was once fair—a blonde. The countenance is not unprepossessing. It might to be styled handsome. Its whole expression is bold, but good-humoured and generous. " The dress of the individual described is of home manufacture—that is, of his home, the prairie, and the wild mountain park—where the material has been biought by a bullet from his rifle. It is the work of his own hands—unless, indeed, he may be one who, in his moments of lassitude, has shared his cabin with some Indian damsel, Sioux, Crow, or Cheyenne. " It consists of a hunting shirt of dressed deer-skin, smoothed to the softness of a glove. Leggings reaching to the waist, and moccasons of the same material—the latter soled with the parfleche of the buffalo. The shirt is belted at the waist, but open at the breast and throat, where it fall► back into a graceful cape, just covering the shoulders. Underneath is seen the undershirt, of a finer material—the dressed skin of the antelope, or the fawn of the fallow.deer. On his head is a racoon cap, with the face of the animal looking to the front ; while the barred tail hangs like a plume drooping down to his left shoulder. " His accoutrements are a bullet pouch, made from the undressed skin of the mountain cat, and a huge crescent-shaped horn, upon which he has carved many a strange souvenir. His arms consist of a long knife, a bowie, and a heavy pistol,; carefully secured by hol. stern to the leathern belt around his waist. Add to this a rifle nearly five feet long, taking ninety to the pound, .and so straight, that the line of the barrel scarcely de flects from that of the butt! " But little attention has been paid to ornament in either his dress, arms, or equipments; and yet there is a gracefulness in the hang of his tunic-like shirt—a sty lishness about the fringin g o f t h e cape and leggings, and a jauntiness in the set of that coonskin cap, that shows the wearer to be not altogether unmindful of his per sonal appearance. A small pouch or case, newly em oroidered with stained porcupine quills, hangs upon his breast. THE DELAWARE INDIAN. " Most of them wore hunting shirts, not made of deer skin—like those of the whites —but of calico, pri❑ted in bright patterns. This dress, handsomely fashioned and fri❑ged, under the accoutrements of the Indian warrior, presented a striking appearance. But that which chiefly distinguished the costumes of both the Delaware and Shawans, from that of their white allies, was the head dress. This was, in fact, a turban, formed by binding the head with a scarf or kerchief of a brilliant colour— such as may be seen in the dark creoles of Hayti. In the group before me no two of these turbans were alike, yet they were all of a similar character. The finest were those made by the chequered kerchiefs of Madras. Plumes surmounted them, of coloured feathers, from the wing of the war eagle, or the blue plumage of the gruya. _ _ "For the rest of their costume they wore deerskin leggings and moceasons, nearly similar to those of the trappers. The leggings of some were ornamented with scalp locks along the outer seam, exhibiting a dark his tory of the wearer's prowess. I noticed that their moo casons were peculiar, differing altogether from those worn by the Indians of the prairies. They were seamed up the fronts, without braiding or ornament, and ga. thered into a double row of plaits. " The arms and equipments of these warrior men were like those of the white hunters. They have long since discarded the bow; and, in the management of the rifle, most of them can ' draw a bead,' and hit plum centre,' with any of their mountain associates. In ad dition to the firelock and knife, I noticed that they still carried the ancient weapon of their race—the fearful tomahawk." Another characteristic, and unquestionably the most extraordinary of all, by which Captain Mayne Reid has already rendered himself conspicuous among our writers of imagination, is that of a most fruitful, we might almost say, Inexhaustible invention—inven tion, we mean, in regard to plot and incident. Throughout the " Scalp-Huntrs ' the plot is per petually rising up to a climax, while its incidents are mostly of a nature so marvellous in their horror as to keep the reader in breathless suspense until their termination. Of this a single extract will be the most conclusive demonstration. Read, therefore, the brief chapter here given, descriptive of " A CONFLICT WITH CLOSED DOORS. " Wane longer doubted what was to be the winding up of the negotiation. The air was filled with the elec tricity of anger. Hate kindled hate, and vengeance was burning in every eye. " The Indians scowled at us, glancing malignantly out of their oblique orbs. There was triumph, too, in their looks, for they believed themselves far stronger than we! " On the other side sat the hunters quivering under a double indignation—l say double. I ca❑ hardly explain what I mean. They had never before been so brayed by Indians. They had all their lives been accustomed— partly from bravado and partly from actual experience —to consider the red men their inferiors in subtlety and courage; and to be thus bearded by them filled the hunters, as I have said, with a double indignation, It That, N e take it, is a noble specimen of our author's j eloquence, and one which sufficiently testifies his capacity as the depictor of a landscape. Listen again to his mention of THE MARKET CRIES OF SANTA FE. " The tortillera, kneeling by her metate, bruises the boiled maize, claps it into thin cakes, flings it on the heated stone, and then cries, Tortillas tortillas ca ientes!' The Cocinera stirs the peppery stew of chili colesudo, lifts the red liquid in her wooden ladle, and in ♦ites her customers by the expressions, Chile bueno! ex cellente !" Carbon! carbon!' cries the charcoal•burner. ' Aqua! aqua limpia!' shouts the aquadori. Pan fino! pan blanco!' screams the biker; arid other cries from the venders of atoM, huevos, and leche, are uttered in shrill, discordant voices. Such are the voices of a Mexican piazza.'" JULY 28. 1851. as like the bitter anger which the superior feels to wards his resisting interior —the lord to his rebellious serf—the master to his lashed slave, who has turned and struck him! It was thus the hunters telt. " I glanced along their line. I never saw faces with such expressions as I saw there and then. Their lips were white, and drawn tightly over their teeth. Their cheeks were set and colourless, and their eyes, protrudirg for ward, seemed glued in their sockets! There was no motion to be detected in the features of any, sa ve t h e twitching of angry muscles. Their right hands were buried in the bosoms of their hall•open shirts—each, I knew, grasping a weapon—and they appeared not to sit, but to crouch forward like panthers quivering upon the spring! " There was a long interval of silence upon both sides. "It was broken by a cry from without—the scream of the war-eagle! "We should not have noticed this—knowing that these birds were common in the Mimbrei e and one might have flown over the ravine—but we thought, or fancied, that it had made an impression on our adversaries. They were men not apt to show any sudden emotion; but it appeared to us that, all at once, their glances grew bolder and more triumphant! Could it Lava been a signal? "We listened for a moment. The scream was re peated; and although it was exactly after the manner of a bird well known to us—the white-headed eagle—we sat with unsatisfied and fearful apprehensions. " The young chief—he in the huzzar dress—was upon his feet. lie had been the most turbulent and exacting of our opponents. He was a man of most villanous and licentious character—so Rube had told us-but, never theless, holding great power among the braves. It was he who had spoken in refusal of Seguin's offer; and he was now about to assign his reasons. We knew them without that. "' Why,' said he, looking at Sequin as he spoke,' why is it that th e w h ite c hi e f i s so d es i rous of choosing among our captives? Is it that he wishes to get back the yellow-haired maiden?' " He paused a moment, as if for a reply; but Seguin made none. "' If the white chief believes our Queen to be his daughter, weuld he not wish that her sister should be her companion, and return with her to our land?' " Again he paused; but as before, Seguin remained silent. " The speaker proceeded. "' Why not let the yellow-haired maiden return with us, and become my wife? Who am I, that ask this? A chief of the Navajoes, the descendants of the great Mocteruma— the son of their King!' " The savage looked around him with a vaunting air, as he uttered these words. " Who is she,' he continued, that lam thus begging for a bride? The daughter of one who is not even re spected among his own people! the daughter of a culatta " I looked at Seguin. I saw his form dilating. I saw the big veins swelling along his throat. I saw the wild expression I had once before noticed gathering in his eyes. I knew that the crisis was near. " Again the eagle screamed! " But no!' proceeded the savage, seeming to draw new boldness from the signal; I will beg no more. I love the white maiden. She must be mine! and this very night she shall sleep—' "He never finished the sentence. Seguin's bullet had sped, piercing the centre of his forehead. I caught a glimpse of the red round hole, with the circle of blue powder; and the victim fell forward on his face! " All together we sprang to our feet. As one man rose hunters and Indians. As if from one throat pealed the double shout of defiance; and, as if by one hand, knives, pistols, and tomahawks were drawn together. The next moment we closed and battled! " Oh! it was a fearful strife, as the pistols cracked, the long knives glittered, and the tomahawks swept the air—a fearful, fearful strife! "You would suppose that the first shock should have prostrated both ranks. It was not so. The early blows of a struggle like this are wild, and well parried; and human life is hard to take. What were the lives of men like these? " A few fell. Some recoiled from the collision, wounded and bleeding, but still to battle again. Some fought hand to hand; while several pairs had clutched, and were striving to fling each other in the desperate wrestle of death! "Some rushed for the door, intending to fight outside. A few got out, but the crowd pressed against it—the door closed—dead bodies fell behind it—we fought in darkness! "We had light enough for our purpose. The pistols flashed at quick intervals, displaying the horrid picture. The light gleamed upon fiend-like faces —upon red and waving weapons —upon prostrate forms of men —upon others struggling in every attitude of deadly conflict! " The yells of the Indians, and the not less savage shouts of their white:foemen, had continued from the first; but the voices grew hoarser, and the shouts were changed to groans, and oaths, and short, earnest excla mations. At intervals we heard the quick percussions of blows, and the dull sodden sound of falling bodies. "The room became filled with:smoke, and dust, and choking sulphur; and the combatants were half stifled as they fought! "At the 'first break of the battle I had drawn my revolver, and fired it in the faces of the closing foemen. I had fired shot after shot—some at random, others di rected upon a victim. I had not counted the reports, until the cock " checking " on the steel nipple, told me I had gone the round of the six chambers. "'Phis had occupied but as many seconds of time. Mechanically I stuck the empty weapon behind my belt; and guided by an impulse, made for the door. Before I could reach it, it was closed; and I saw that to get out was impossible! " I turned to search for an antagonist. I was not long in finding one. By the flash of a pistol, I saw oue of the Indians rushing upon me with an upraised hatchet. Up to this time something had hindered me from drawing my knife. It was now too late; and, holding out my arms t o ca t c h t h e bl ow , I duckd my head towards the savage. " I felt the keen edge cutting the flesh as it glanced along my shoulder. I was but slightly wounded. He had missed his aim from my stooping so suddenly; but the impetus brought our bodies together, and the next moment we grappled! " We stumbled over a heap of rock, and for some mo ments struggled together upon the ground—neither able to use his weapon. Again we rose, still locked in the angry embrace—again we were falling with terrible force. Something caught us in our descent. It shook. It gave way with a crashing sound; and we fell head long into the broad and brilliant light! " I was dazzled and blinded. I heard behind me a strange rumbling, like the noise made by falling timbers! But fheeded nut that. I was too busy to speculate upon causes. " The sudden shock had separated us; and both rose at the same instant—again to grapple, and again to come together to the earth. We twisted, and wriggled over the ground, among the weeds and thorny cacti. I was every minute growing weaker, while the sinewy savage —used to such combats—seemed to be gaining fresh nerve and breath. Thrice he had thrown me under; but each time I had clutched his right arm, and prevented the decending blow. I had succeeded in drawing my knife as we fell through the wall; but my arm was also held fast, and I was unable to use it. " As we came to the ground for the fourth time, my antagonist fell under me. A cry of agony passed from his lips,—his head toggled,' over among the weeds— and he lay in my arms without struggling! "I felt his grasp gradually relaxing. I looked in his face. His eyes were glassy and torted. Blood was gurg ling through his teeth. I saw that he was dead! " To my astonishment I saw this, for I knew I had not struck him as yet. I was just drawing my arm from under him to do so, when I noticed that he ceased to resist. But the knife now caught my eye. It was red— blade and haft—and so was the hand that clasped it! "As we fell I had held it, accidentally, point upwards. My antagonist had fallen upon the blade. " I now thought of my betrothed, and entwining my self from the lithe and nerveless limbs of the savage, I rose to my feet. The ranche was in flames! " The roof had fallen in upon the brazero; and the dry shingles had caaught the blaze. Men were crawling out from the burning ruin; but not to run away. No! under its licking flames, amidst the hot smoke, they still battled—fierce, and foaming, and frenzied!" Besides this most appalling incident of bloodshed— an incident all the more terrible, seeing that it is founded upon an actual occurrence—we encounter in these three volumes a multiplicity of others no less thrilling in their character. Such incidents, for ex ample, as Haller's ride upon a buffalo, as his slowly sinking in a quicksand, as his perilous situation dur ing the fight at the Fandango, as his dangling over the precipice in a state of delirium, as the detention for " three days in the trap," as the buffalo " sur rond " a really ghastly display of adroitness on the part of the Red-skins, as the tremendous battle in the Canon, as the fight upon the cliff, and the last des perate escape of the hero from the valley of the Na vajoes. For ourselves, we must acknowledge, that a book of more truly; absorbing interest has not for a considerable time fallen in our way, and through it for a great entertainment, therefore, we are indebted to the recounter of these romantic adventures. Tbey yield promise, we conceive, of large success to Captain Mayne Reid as a novelist. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major the Hon. James Macdonald, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with his presence. Amongst the fashionable company present in the theatre were his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulett, the Duchess of Beaufort, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Ely, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury and the Ladies Ilermione and Ulrica St. Maur, the Earl and Countess of Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Bective, and the Countess of Harbourough. The Queen's box was occupied by Lady Bateman, the Hon. Misses Hanbury, Colonel and Mrs. Bou verie, and party. There were also present Viscount Cran bourne, Lord Seymour, the Prince Troubetskoi, the Count and Countess de Morelia, Lady Pigott, Lady Vincent, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord George Paget, Lady Cranwortla, Count Graben, Lady Eden, Lady Emily de Burgh, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Mr. C. Greville, Sir Thomas and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir Seymour Sadler, Colonel Wildman, Mr. Montague Gore, M.P., Colonel Freestun, M.P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, 11Ir. C. W. Packe, M P., and Mrs. Packe Reading, Mr. and I Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. C. Palmer, Miss Coroline Bellow, Mr. G. Hayter, M.P., Mr. Bancroft Davis, Mr. H. Bar ing, M.P., Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., Mr. C. B. Baldwin, Erizakior Arthur, Mr., Mo., and Miss Ewing icc• SOYER'S SYMPOSIUM. A most interesting as well as elegant entertainment took place at Gore house, on Saturday last. A committee was recently formed in Paris, under the auspices of M. Emile do Girardin, for the purpose of defraying the ex penses of fifteen of the most approved French ouvriers to London to inspect the productions of industrial skill collected within the Crystal Palace; and to these intelli gent gentlemen M. Suer extended his hospitality on that day. Several English guests were likewise invited by the Amphitryon to meet these visitors from the Parisian to the English metropolis. Of the recherche nature of the dinner suffice it to say that M. Soyer evinced his highest talents on the occasion. The only drawback was the absence of M. de Girardin, who was to have occupied the chair, but was compelled to depart for Paris in the morning. A letter from that emi nent journalist to M. Soyer was read in the course of the evening, expressive of the profound regret which he experienced from this unavoidable ab sence. The presidential post was very ably sustained by Mr. Henry Vincent, who took the chair precisely at six o'cicek. After dinner the loving cup went round, a ceremonial which seemed equally to surprise and delight the foreign guests. The CHAIRMAN then propoFed " Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert," observ ing that although never disposed to pay flattery to great personages, he felt bound to say that the domestic virtues and encouragement of the arts evinced by that illustrious pair had justly endeared them to the affections of all classes. Drunk with three times three and repeated cheers, in which " Messieurs les etrangers enthusiastically par ticipated. The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of the evening, which he prefaced by an address in the French lan guage, in which he highly eulogised the exertions of th e Peace Cong re s s , a n d conc lud e d by saying that next t o the efficacy of Christianity in promoting the happiness of men came the spirit of national fraternity—the noblest example of which was to be found in the alliance and sympathy of France and England—" Aux ouvriers de la France." The VICE-PRESIDENT, M. Larchet (President des ouvriers), acknowledged the toast, and gave " Les tra vailleurs Francais aux travailleurs Anglais." " The union of the people of the North and South" was next proposed by M. POTONIE, commercant de Paris, who spoke as follows : " Ce vcz n, travailleurs Francais, trona° deja un echo favorable dana l'enthousiasme qui none anima depuis les quelq' jours que vous etes a Londres. Et en effet quels peuples voisins, mieux que l'Angleterre et La France, seraient capable de s'estimer et de se comprendre non par en depit, mais en vertu de leurs nuances diverses ? L'Angleterre representant la civilization du nord, la France representant la civilization du midi ; ici, le ter rain plus special des e ff orts , c h ez nous le terrain plus special des jouissances. L'Angleterre sons son climat brumeux, sous la pression de la necessite, cette premiere institutrice des hommes, et avec cette perseverance qui accumule les capitaux, arrivant a des resultats gigantesques ; la France, assis sur teas vigno bles, donnant libre carr.6re a l'imagination de ses ouv riers et de ses artistes, et accumulant les produits de gout qui sont aussi l'un des besoins be l'existence humaine— a cheque nation, Messieurs, son Genie et as nuance. Et de meme que le peintre, pour composer son chef d'oeuvre, harmonise sur sa toile toutes ses teintes, de meme la pro vidence a besoin de nuances humaines,et des oppositions meme trancb 6es, pour devel opper les progres de la civilisa tion. Il eat certain que le Francais, soldat sous l'empire, a eu de la peiae a ployer sa petulante activite sous n les exi gences sedentaires de 'lndustrie: on a quelquefois songe, mais cela n'est pas possible, a renvoyer aux travaux de l'agriculture certaines ambitions, qui sont pourtant raison nables. Esperous que notre Republique et ses hommes d'etat future ouvriront Icette ambition Cr autres votes, et nous permettront, I nous au ss i, d e d even i r comme rciants et par consequent marine, ij l'exemple de nos vigoureux voisins. Le commerce honorable, travailleurs de l'ln dustrie Parisienne! ouvrira des debouches I vos pro duits, des que certains de nos haute barons •voudront bien ne plus nous entrainer par des prohibitions inter nationales. Malgr6 cat egoisme le siecle marche a 1' union par la democratie, et l'Exposition Universelle, c'est l'aurore du Bien-etre universel!—(Bravo.) Buvons, Messieurs, a 1' union des peuples du Nord et du midi, et specialement de l'Angleterre et de la France. This sentiment was duly honoured amidst vehement applause. The CHAIRMAN next rose to propose " The health of M. Emile de Girardin, whose absence on the presen happy occasion was so sensibly felt. In this tribute of respect to M. de Girardin, all pre• sent, English as well as French, participated with equal ardour. M. LARCIIET, amidst shouts of applause, demanded the honour of a bumper for their esteemed host—a cit i zen of the two great nations of Europe, celebrated and revered amongst men of taste in both countries. This tribute to the excellences of M. Soyer was paid with the accompaniment of nine times three, and when the cheering had subsided, he expressed himself to the following effect:— Mes chers compatriotes! Je ne saurais vous exprimer combien je suis flatt6 de l'honneur que vous venez do me faire en eue portant un toast. Je vous en remercie de toute mon ame. L'occasion qui nous rassemble au jourdhui sur le sold& l'autique Albion, nous la devons a l'ami hint Cre des peuples industrieux, au Prince Albert.— ' (Bravo.) Et pour votre visit au Symposium, je la dois un digne personnage, l'ami des arts, des sciences, de l'industrie, de l'ouvrier, et sourtout des pauvres. C'est l'homme du dix-nctivicme circle, M. le Comte D'Orsay, qui m' a chargé aujourdhui de vouz recevoir chez moi, COLOMO it aurait desii ele faire lui n erne. .Maligt que j'ai su conserver autant que possible les reminiscences do cet amiable personnage, qui avant moi, habitait cette demeure, ii ne me reste qu'un regret, c'est son absence. Ainsi, vueillrz done, Messieurs, vous joindre it moi en remplissant vos coupes, et porter uno sant6e a l'homme qui nous est si cher—au Comte d'Orsay ! The health of that accomplished nobleman, thus feli citously proposed, was drunk with lively demonstrations of esteem. M. PIERRE VINCARD (Secretaire des delegues des tra vailleurs Francais) next gave " Aux hommes du congres de la paix, et aux dames Anglaises." The CHAIRMAN responded to this toast, and proposed the health of Mr. Fox (of the celebrated firm of Fox and Henderson) which was received with immense ap plause. Mr. Fox returned thanks in very happy terms. He accorded the highest praise to the many noble specimens of French industry and taste in the Crystal Palace, and expressed his conviction that the Exhibition would be a great instrument in the promotion of the peace of the world, a sentiment which obtained the coraial assent of the meeting. The last toast proposed, was the health of Mr. Vincent, the Chairman, which was cordially honoured, and very eloquently acknowledged. The company then adjourned to partake of coffee on tho balcony, whence they enjoyed the beautiful coup d ail of the brilliant illumination of the grounds. The ph asures of the latter portion of the evening were considerably enhanced by the vocal contributions of a party of genuine Spanish minstrels in picturesque costume. The loader of the troupe, who accompanied himself on the guitar, excited a perfect furore by the ex traordinary animation which characterised his singing. Shortly after eleven o'clock the guests, after partak ing of a stirrup-cup, bid adieu to their courteous host, whose attentions had been unremitting throughout the evening. Altogether, the entertainment was of a delight ful character, and in the production of it M. Soyer gave the highest satisfaction to his countrymen, and to all who had the pleasure of being present. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Will you, through your . columns, permit me to ask when the " Jew question is to be settled, and when are London and its suburbs to be really represented? The former has certainly not been so for some years. I trust, however, that my Bative town — Manchester—will at once speak out and say, that if a fellow-citizen (no matter or what persuasion) be responsible on his alle giance to serve his Sovereign and his co un t ry i n a ll the offices incidental to his position as such citizen, and is also authorized to vote at the election of a representative to serve in Parliament—thus delegating to another the right of legislation—why should he not also be enabled, if chosen by a numerous and influential body of his fellow subjects, to take a part in the making of those laws by which himself and his fellows aro and must be bound. Why, I ask, should it be otherwise? Having onerous and important duties to perform, why should they not have the corresponding privileges? During the session now rapidly approaching its termi nation, weeks—nay, months—have been expended in re pressing the aggressions of a foreign potentate, who claims a temporal as well as spiritual allegiance from English subjects. They are still (although recognising these untenable claims) permitted to sit in the British Parliament, and to act either as hereditary or elected legislators. The Jews are subjected to no such in fluences; they have received the most substantial marks of the confidence of their Sovereign—having been on various occasions appointed to act in the time-honoured and important offices of high-sheriffs and magistrates. Why, then, should they be treated with greater harsh ness or more suspected than the Roman Catholics? The country will not any longer stand this ridiculous nonsense. The time has long since gone by for these exhibitions of intolerance, and if the Government are not prepared to assume a manly and straightforward p ar t, the sooner they make up their mind to retire from office the better. We have, however, still confidence in Lord John — in his honesty, his purity, and his courage. Let him dis card the influences that have hitherto warped his better judgment. Let him remember what Manchester did in the olden time, when the Reform Bill was in danger. I shall never forget the stern and unflinching resolution of the men of Manchester, and those who then acted thus nobly will once and for ever insist upon an end being put to all these religious anomalies. No one can respect our glorious Constitution in all its elements—Sovereign, Lords, and Commons —more than myself; but each must keep their places and co-operate together. The Lords have now bearded the people, and they must he responsible for any difficulty that may arise. I hope arid trust that these ttt difficulties may n o t be of a more formidable character an th ey have at present any notion of:—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, E. B. Manchester, July 25, 1851. FATAL A C CIDENT AT TUE KIN TEEURY STONE Wonics.—A lan w l a bouring man named Ge orge P eard, employed at the t er bury or ks, near Plymouth, wa s leading a h orse , a ttached to a heavily loaded cart, whi c h moved on rails, w hen he slipped and fell. Th e wheels of the cart passed over him, and inflicted several severe injuries on the lower part of his body, from the effects of wnich he died on Friday, at the South Devon Hospital, to which he had been immediately conveyed. Peaches were selliog in New York market at 50 cents per peck. SPORTING NOTES. No. XCUI. THE PROBABLE FIELDS AND WINNERS OF TO-MORROW'S RACES AT GOODWOOD. TO THE EDITOR OF TAE SUN. Sia,—l have already given glances four at the proba ble results of the week's racing on the Downs of Sas sex, I shall now merely give a programme of to-mor row's races, which, of course. has been subjected to cor rections up to the latest moment—hsilf-past one o'clock this day. The Gratwicke Stakes, one mile and a half, will be won by HERNANDEZ; Iris or Miserrima second; Bonnie Dundee third; Phlegra, Anspatoh, and Catalpa not placed. The Ham Stakes, three-quarters of a mile, I fancy, will be won by FATHER THANES or the Good wood horse; Claverhouse and the Cheshire Witch filly being close up, and H. R. H. filly, Bull's-eye, Glenluce or Greengage, and one of Mr. Herbert's colts figuring In the rear. MIDAS, ill the absence of Ariosto, will win the 50 Soya. Stakes, Kakistos, if they run him, second. The Levant Stakes, half a mile, will be won by the Goodwood horse ; in this instance probably Horne-brewed ; with Caning second, Ambrose and the Cestus filly not placed. The Great 300 Save. Stakes will be won by NUTSHELL, William the Conqueror se cond. The Craven Stakes and the two Fifty Pound Plates, do not close until this evening at eight o'clock. The betting market this morning is in a highly sensi tive state, the odds varying with every trivial report that's breathed. Latest figures up to two o'clock are as follows:—Gratwicke-6 to 4 on Hernandez, 5 to 4 laid freely; 5 to 2 agst Iris; 6 to 1 agst Bonnie Dundee,— Good wood Stakes-9 to 2 agst Grand Duke, sto 1 taken freely; 7 to 1 agst Cariboo, 8 to 1 taken to 300; 8 to 1 agst Narcissus, 9 to 1 takenr - 10 to 1 agst Backbiter; 25 to 2 agst Duc-an-Durras; 14 to 1 agst Pitsfourd, 15 to 1 taken to 200; 14 to 1 agst Windischgratz; 16 to 1 agst Miss Whip colt; 20 to 1 agst Runnymede, 25 to 1 taken rather freely. Harpsichord and Humphrey were frindless, and Presto hcarcely mentioned.—Goodwood CuP-10 to 3 agst Clincher, 7 to 2 taken to 400; 7 to 2 agst Nancy; 5 to 1 ags t C ar ibo o , l a y e r s; 9 t o 1 agst Montes ; 12 to 1 agst Landgrave. The course is in ex cellent order. I am, ir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT S OF THE TURF. July 28, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-- SATURDAY. GOODWOOD STARES. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Herbert's Grand Duke —taken 10 to 1 agst Colonel Anson 's Backbiter —taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo --taken freely 10 to 1 agst Mr. Burgess's Narcissus 15 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whi p colt 15 to 1 agst Captain Archdall's Windischgr a t z Grand Duke and Cariboo were in great force, and at, one time as little as 8 to 1 was taken about Backbiter. Offers to take 100 to 6 each about Windischgratz and Miss Whip colt. GOODWOOD CUP. 7to 2 aget Mr. Martinson's Nancy—taken and afterwards offered 4 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Clincher—take 9 to 2 5 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo—taken 10 to 1 agst Count Hahn's Montes—taken 20 to 1 agst Prince Gallium's Young Altigidora--. taken to 50/. 600 to 100 agst Montes and War Horse—taken Nancy, Clincher, and Montes were backed freely, the outlay on the "foreigner" at 10 and 12 to 1 amounting to upwards of 400/, ST. LEGER. 9to 2 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez-5 to 1 laid. to 501. 15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster 25 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban—taken 12 to 1 agst Clasher and The Ban —taken DERBY. 2,000 to 100 agst Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed—t GOODWOOD RACES. The following horses, in addition to the Duke of Rich mond's, Lord Enfield's, and Mr. Gratwicke's (trained on the spot), and several from other stables, are expected to be at Goodwood in the course of this day (Monday).— the ground is said to be in excellent order:—lris, Crou. pier, Champion, Backbiter, Tordesillas, Preslaw, Vara pyre, Grand Duke, Constantine, c by Sir Hercules (Jut of Odessa, Jullien, The Bishop, Presto, Cariboo, Ca talpa, Barcelona, Wingenund, Bull's-eye, Glenlece, Greengage, Chaffinch, Constance, Montague, Garforth, Incurable, Ingratitude, Cornelius, Spark, Chimney Sweep, Showman, Iresine, Lassitude, c by Don John out of Miss Whip, Clarissa, Faux-pas, Diligence, Frantic; f by Annandale, 2 yrs; Narcissus, Bonnie Dundee, Hippolytus, Juggernaut, Claverhouse; o by La nercost, out of Cytherea, 2 yrs; Teeswater, Phlegethon, Reindeer, Midas, Ambrose, Nutshell, Phlegm, Dulcet, M. Houdin, Grey Tommy, Fidgetty Girl, Woolwich, Sis. to Clothworker, Duc-an-Durras, Lord George, Pits ford, Runnymede, Father Thames, Finns, Essedarius, Canine, Vivandiere, Cossack, Sir Rowland Trenchard, Humphrey, Ischia, Senorita, Sir Charles, Cestus filly, Fernande, Windischgratz, Montes, Loadstone, Coticula, Hippogriff, Confessor, Herschel, Young Altisidortl/4 Strongbow, H.R.H. filly, Clincher, Cheshire Witch, Benita, Bay Rosalind, Sagacity, Gladiole, War Horse, Nancy, Harpsichord, Gillyflower, Aphrodite, Science colt. LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. sto 1 agst Grand Duke , 15 to 1 agst Duo-nn-Durres 8 to 1 agst Cariboo 20 to 1 agst Pittsford 9 to 1 agst Backbiter 33 to 1 agst Runnymede 0 to 1 agst Narcissus The others as on Saturday. CUP. 9 to 2 agst Cariboo 10 to I agst THE 7 to 2 agst :cher (t) I 4 to 1 agst Nancy TO THE SECRETARY OF THE I3RADFOR,D REFORM ASSOCIATION. (EVERY /MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) Sir,—The sitting of Wednesday the 23rd was pricci pally distinguished by the re-appearance in Parham), nt of one of the ablest and most indefatigable of the Pro tectionists, the new Member for Scarborough. And so the thing is going. Ha will leave no stone unturned tor finding occasions of familiarising the House of Coin moos and the public with the doctrines of the Protec tionist school, and accustoming all who are so di.posed, to set them down as unanswered and unanswerable. And the accredited organs of the Free Trade school will do all that is possible to play into his hands. They have apparently taken a leaf out of the book of that Free-Trader in war, who when his son pro posed to continue the movement upon a beaten enemy, cried " Boy, do you want to have us sent to plant cabbages?" The press on both sides will follow parallel courses; that is to say, one side will work with. might and main to extend the successes of its chaos pions, and the other will support nothing and nobody, nut put its head into the bushes in hopes of the danger passing by, as is the practice of the ostrich on the African continent, and the sagacious collaterals of our turkey-cocks on the American. On Thursday exemplification of this system was pre sented in the debate on tho Navigation Laws. The at tack and defence consisted almost entirely of combats on details. There is nothing modern statesmen so much abhor as a principle. If one side of the House, for example, were to advance, that the way to aid a leaky ship was to bore a hole in the bottom, the other side would meet it with statistical details, to prove that after such an operation the water in the hold had not dimi nished. And if the assailants could discover that in consequence of the leaky side being brought to wind ward, or any other reason, there had been lest water in the hold than for some hours preiiously, they would proclaim triumphantly that the boring had been the cause. Their opponents would possibly en deavour to rebut it by pointing out the reason of the appearance. But the one thing which they and every body would utterly eschew and avoid, would be the mooting of the question whether there was any rational connexion between boring a hole and diminishing the water. This would be too powerful an appeal to human reason; it would be strong meat, fit for the rude constitutions of the Free Trade Hall, but not adapted to the more refined digestions of the House of Commons. On Friday Mr. Muntz carried his clause for requiring a safety-valve on each boiler in steam-vessels; so that our chance of being the boiled may be considered as diminished. The argument of some of the officials o_ in opposition to it did not appear to be so well consid ere d re__l4 as usual; being, that it was not politic to tak in e!l r a eo Z: sponsibility of defining what was a and therefore it was not politic to enac t t h a t one. vessels should have two safety-valves inst eadut of the Con- On the same day 137,000/. were voted out o f for the solidated Fund, for the advance, by ° w jeisitb, under th e purposes buried seem in purposes of the General Board f The boys who do Metropolitan Interments Act, 1850. twhae y y.ha T ve he (lb q i u ectl t ? o n n is not want to be washed, make everyw b u e e sraefe o athe g tai o t lit n oi s g lte t ih e s c a in tyl ih : e ; ; and the boys who do not wan t to g In clined i n o ed beingto chime buried in e , xe o e r pt at in all o h v e cn o t i s d seems to be between doing s omething of o a s n t d o d n i n with the further alternative , an P thin p anee; and the cholera comes to quickensollms.ebody,sy ui g is to 138 done, it must be done in unde t r his seems to be g of by following up that passengers on only way of eff 4' ,c h t s —g ease is like p lans begun'There may always be an ultimate o fficer on deck is free from humane shipboard. error_u question, andi o n, whether t he the bes tof all possible governments; but it is quite put their hands to such they best chance for clear tbat the the passengers, if anything ropes as are asked. s urd to ay the House met for furthering a number o llP f srOe ß sn i7l;: ilit of which the most important was the Health of Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill. There appeared to be something like an etiquette, that the discussion should be confined t o Irish Members. 28th July, I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, London, 1851. AN OLD REFOR 11ER. DEATH FROM WRESTLING.—On Saturday Mr. W. Carter, the co roner, h e ld an i nquest at the Duke of Suffolk Lavern, Brandon -street, Walworth, respecting the death of William Sayer, aged 35, who, it was alleged, had died from violence. It appeared that the deceased left home on the 19th instant, and proceeded to the Lion Brewery tap, East lane, kept by Mr. Merryfield. The deceased and several men sat in front of the bar, when the conversation turned on the subject of wrestling, and subsequently the deceased was thrown heavily to the ground b3r a man named Addy, a Cornish wrestler, who holds the belt as champion. The de ceased complained of some injury he had received by the fall, and was taken home by two men, where he died on Wednesday. Mr. J. Adolphus, who had attended the de ceased, said there were no appearances of external violence, and the immediate cause of death was peritonitis, arising front a fall or other violence. The inquiry was ultimately a d.„ journed for further evidence. sy . eak hi hl y of the wheat The American Papers crop, and of having surplus =thou of bobtail of this rit e s growth to expa•