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MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE. On Satur.lay there was a general assembly, in the saloon of Drury-lane Theatre, of the company of Pro prietbrs, for the purpose of receiving the annual state ment of the accounts from the Committee, to elect an auditor for the ensuing year, and to elect six members of the general committee, in the room of six gentlemen who go cut by rotation. The meeting was but thinly attended. Mr. BOND CADDELL presided, and expressed the deep regret he, as well as the other members of the committee felt at the continued indisposition of the Noble Earl (Ghligall), who had so often occupied the position the meeting had just done him the honour of appointing him to. The Noble Earl, he found, was still detained in Ire land by illness, or he would, as heretofore, been present on that occasion. —(Hear.) He would now call on the secretary to read the report. Mr. DuNN then proceeded to read the following REPORT. REPORT OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PROPRIETORS OF DRURY-LANE. " The theatre having closed, after a protracted season, the Committee have the pleasure to meet the general assembly with their annual statement of the affairs of the Company ; and they have great satisfiction in stating, that notwithstanding the depressed state of the drama, as regards the national theatres, Hod the threatened annihilation of the total inte rests of the proprietary of these once noble establishments by legislative enactments, Drury-lane Theatre has been open to the public, during the past season, no less than 223 nights, a circumstance alike beneficial to the artistes concerned, as also to the numerous dependents upon it for their daily support. It is gratifying to the Committee to be able to state, that amidst the wreck of the national drama, her Most Gra cious Majesty continues her patronage and support to the theatre by her visits, hoth in state and in private, the influence of which, upon a concern dependent upon public favour for support, can tle* but be of the highest importance towards its success, and must excite the liveliest feelings of gratitude. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has been generously pleased to resume the occupation of her private box ; and it is matter for consolation, that since the Legislature of the country has thought proper to extend, by their late Act of Parliament, the powers of the Lord Chamberlain, and remove the drama from the two national theatres to Sadler's Wells, the Yorkshire Stingo, the Eagle Tavern, and a host of minor establishments, to the number of Ailey, Mr. Bunn hay been enabled to furnish an entertainment worthy of the royal patronage and the public at large ; still the Committee are not insensible to the difficulties which the lessee had to encounter and surmount in the progress of the past stetson, from various causes ; notwithstanding which they have the satisfaction to state that Mr. Bunn has, under every circumstance, never failed in his punctuality in the payment of the rent, and the 'Committee are advised that all other claims upon him in working this establishment have been met by the same degree of regularity in discharge thereof. Again referring to the late Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic. chap. 68, whereby the chartered privileges of the ,two national theatres, upon the credit of which 300,0001. have been expended, are so impaired as to reduce them nearly to the state from which the places already enumerated have been raised, it must cease to be matter of surprise that the Committee have to add another year to the many bygone, without the prospect of any return to their constituents for the capital advanced by them in erecting the present theatre ; for, in addition to the cows for the edifice, the amount actually paid for the security of Wile patent riehts equalled that of the building, and was com prised in the following items :—To Messrs. Sheridan and others 40,0001., to composition upon claims of the late theatre 50,0001. to the Covent-garden proprietors 21,0001., and the rent charge of an annuity of 3,750 L entailed upon the present theatre as renters of the late. An act of the greatest injustice has thereby been inflicted upon the national theatres, and most certainly demands compensation at the hands of those who legislate for the drama, and who are bold enough to contend that they are upholding it bygalizing the representation of Shakspeare at pot houses and piNie gardens. The fate of the Drury-lane patent bas destroyed the security of the claims of the renters, and the trustees of that body have received payment of 51. per night for 223 nights of performances in the past season, instead of the original amount of 181. 15s. per night. " The repairs to the stage flooring have been effected, whereby it is now rendered perfect; but the state of the roof, which entails considerable annual expense, is such (according to the report of Mr. Beazley, the architect of the theatre) as to require I very serious outlay, previous to the forthcoming wieter, from the funds at present in the banker's hands. " The Committee have to call the attention of the assembly to the annual statement of the accounts which have been re gularly audited by Major Naylor, now laid before them, by which it will be seen that the income of the proprietary for the past season, under the several heads, amounts to 5,1551. 6s. ; whilst, on the other hand, the expenses amount to 4,7771. 65. Id. The Committee have paid to the account of the renters' trustees, at their banker's. the sum of 1,115/. for 223 nights of performance, at Si. per night, as before stated. " In concluding their report, the committee have only to' observe, that the season now ended was the first of a term of three years leased to Mr. Bunn, with the option of either party to terminate it at the end of the first year by giving certain notice. The committee trust they have acted Judiciously in retaining their lessee, and hope be is too well satisfied with the terms of the agreement to seek to disturb it." Sir W. CURTIS moved that the report be approved and adopted. Mr. WARING seconded the proposition. Mr. WELLS said that prior to the reception of the report he was anxious to offer a remark. Ile observed that' there had been a sum of £1,115 paid over to the renters, a body whom he was prepared to contend had no legal claim for such a payment. He. for one, in qemmon however with a great many other persons, was of opinion that the renters ought to take the subject into their consideration, in order that they and the proprie tors might come to such an arrangement as that both parties should act and share togetber.—(liear, hear.) r. GRENFELL fully concurred in what had fallen from the lion. proprietor. Ile had at their meeting last year taken the liberty to suggest that some such course should be adopted, when he had been somewhat warmly met by Mr. Robins, who by the way he regretted not to s , e in the room that day. The new renters in fact ought to proceed and go hand in hand with the proprie tors, so as to enable them to meet the difficulties under which the theatre existed.-0 - lear, hear.) Mr. WARING considered that this question had been most unfairly introduced on the present occasion, when the meeting was purely one of the proprietors and not of the renters. After some further discussion — The CHAIRMAN, in putting the question that " the report be received, approved, and adopted," said, that without doubt much of the discussion which had taken place had been irregular, but he had felt that upon this particular subject probably some benefit might arise, if the renters were in possession of the feelings of the pro prietors.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt the subject, with a slue observance of regularity, should not have been in troduced at that meeting, inasmuch as it was a meet ing of the proprietors and not of the renters. This ques tion, it should be borne in mind, had never been - treated by the proprietors as ,one between themselves and the public, but as between themselves and the renters. It was clear that the better course for Mr. Whitbread to have taken when the arrangement was originally made would have been to have turned all their claims into shares in the new house, and then there could have been but one set of interest to be dealt with, whereas, as the business at present stood, there were two bodies whose interests were of a conflicting character. The best plan would be, that an arrangement should be come to by which there should be one common and mutual interest. If that were done then the renters would be in a position to take part in the control and management of the affairs of the theatre.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then put and carried unanimously. The meeting next proceeded to the withdrawal, by ballot, of six of the present members of the General Com mittee, who, by the provisions of the Act of Parliament, retired from that body. The names so drawn were in the following order :--Sir E. Codrington, Lord Ongley, Parnther, Esq., Joseph Arden, Esq., the Duke -of Leinster, and the Earl of Westmoreland, all of whom, on the motion of Mr. Waring, seconded by Mr. Crawcour, were re-elected. The sub-committee were then appointed in the sons of the Earl of Glengall, Sir W. Curtis, Bar., B . 'Bond Cabbell, Esq., J. Ramsbottarn, Esq., and L. Ballen, Esq. Major Naylor was then re-elected audi; o r . Captain SPENCER, as the meeting '',as about to break up, said that he had been asked lei a great many persons how it was that the committee, had allowed the regular and legitimate drama to leteee the boards of Drury-lane Theatre, and then ether:. Or whether it was the intention of the committee or the' management to resume those performances. NoW, as he had been an adviser of the present cotrese of entertainments on their stage, Le would etate the reasons why the house had been exclu sively devoted to musical performenees, and to assert it to be his opinion, that, if the old plan had been persisted in. the thehtre could not have been carried on. and then there would have been no money ready with which to meet the claim for ground rent, which would in due time become due to the Duke of Bedford. Ilia grace in that case could not 1 . - ,ave been paid ; but, under the new ar rangements; although they had collected a numerous and a splendi'.l musical company, it was far less expensive than ( e n former years, when a manager or lessee was compelled to have three companies. Now, there was but one, and yet a distinct company, all of whom were constantly in requisition.—(Hear, hear.)—With respect to the performance of what was clenomivated the legiti mate drama, he was prepared to show that the most dis astrous consequences had arisen from the management of Mr. Maeready. Sir W. CURTIS thought that this was a subject which did not fairly come under the notice of the meeting on the present occasion. It would, therefore, be folly to enter upon it. There were, moreover, a variety of opi nion: on the question, and he might say that he himself took a different view of it to that which had • been ex pressed by the gallant captain. Captair. SPENCER thereupon said that he would not then t 'lva- upon the detail of the reasons. This, how ever, he was anxious to prove—that there had been more money received from Mr. Bunn and music in two years than had been 'paid by Mr. .Macready during the same duration of time. For instance, he found that the Com mittee had received in two years from Berm and Music Macready and Legitimate Drama £.8,000 1,125 Leaving a balance in favour of " Bunn and Music" of 4,575 Thus far, then, "Bunn and Music" had yielded far more -than ‘' Macready and legitimate Drama." Sir W. CURTIS—AIi, but this difference requires ex planation. The CISAInMAN said the gallant proprietor was not - - quite correct in the statement he had just made. It was very true that the Committee had received a larger amount in money from Mr. Bunn than from Mr. Macready ; but that was accounted for by the circumstance that the latter undertook to lay out a considerable sum upon the repairs which were required in the theatre. It was the I.Ni qSrll ihil 1 r mittee to see that ample justice was - ea to t' row . r one. and therefore be had felt it ne ," ' ..,-,-, 3,-- 1 0 • is explanation in order that an erro -4- , - - k.. •.„%. .• ~ ould not be created in the public < ~%fs j , ' :-. • I , : , . OWL 1 ` ..•., , ~ , - • ‘ ..-• i _ . en been voted to Major Naylor (the lhairman, the uteetieg-separated. Y ~ `7 ~~~~ ./ _ ~ cy , MAGAZINES-(CO►NTINUED.) BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. In " 'rhe Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Poisoner of the 17th Century, a Romance of Old Paris," chapters 22, 23, and 24, Mr. Albert Smith very ebly sustains the in terest of this highly-wrought story. We are glad to fall in, again, with some of his notes on the topography of Paris, under the aspects which it may be supposed to have exhibited at the date of his story. The Hotel de Cluney is very picturesquely- conceived and well made out ; and the debauched revels within its walls, in which Lauzun, the Abbe Dubois, and other historical profli gates figure, afford situations of fearful interest for the' exhibition of the beautiful, but guilty heroine of the tale, and her paramour, Sainte Croix. Tohn Leech's illustra tion, of which the subject is the unexpected rencontre of these parties with the miscreant, Exili, is capital, both in drawing and conception. The poetry of W. Y. 8., Will Jones, the Rev. W. Flo*er, &c., is generally good. We have too little respect for professional criticism— that is the opinion of actors upon the acting of their con temporaries—to be much disappointed at the poverty of Mr. Carter's " Outpourings;" but there is one racy scene in them which is worth giving. It is as follows—the scene is laid at the Crow-street Theatre, Dublin : " But when a new Lord and Lady Lieutenant visited the theatre for the first time, Pat's peculiarities became most diverting. " Pat Mooney 1' shouts a voice in the gallery. " Halloo !' answers Pat, from the opposite side. " Voice—Can you see 'em, Pat? (Meaning the Lord and Lady Lieutenant.) " Pat Mooney—l can. " Voice—Well, what's he like? " Pat Mooney—Oh, mighty like a grazier or middle-man. Any way, he has got a good long nose of his own.—(Loud laughter, in which his Lordship joins.) " Voice—ls he clever, think you? "Pat Mooney—l'd lie sorry to make him sinse.keeper.— (Laughter again.) " Voice—Does he look good-natured? " Pat Mooney—Well, - he does, and enjoys a joke, too— Heaven bless him !—like a gentleman as he is. " Voice—Then we'll not have to send him back? " Pat Mooney—No, I don't think we shall. We may get a worse.—( Roars of laughter.) They say he's mighty generous, and means to spend his money amongst us like a prince. " Gallery—Bravo ! bravo I We'll keep him, then—we'll keep him. Three cheers, lads—three cheers for the Lord- Lieutenant !—( Cheers and laughter.) " Voice—Well, and what's she like, Pat? " Pat Mooney—Oh, nothing particular. She'd not frighten a horse.—( Roars, her Ladyship joining.) " Voice—ls she tall? " Pat Mooney—Wait till she stands up. " Voice—May be she's stout, Pat ? " Pat Mooney—Faix ! you may say that. It isn't the likes of her lives on buttermilk.—( Roars..) " Voice—D'ye think she's good-natured? " Pat Mooney—Oh, I'll engage she is. She has the real blood in her, and there's plenty of it.—( Roars, and Bravo I' from the gallery.) " Many Voices—She'll do, then, Pat? "Pat Mooney—Och ! she will—she will. I'll engage for her Ladyship. " Voices—We may keep her then, may we. " Pat Mooney—Och the longer the better—the longer the better.—( Roars.) It's her Ladyship that'll speak the good word for the man that's in thrabble, and never let the decent woman want, that's in the straw—God bless her ! " Gallery—Bravo! bravo ! Three cheers for her Ladyship ! —three cheers for the Lady Lieutenant ! (Cheers and laughter. ) " Pat Mooney (seeing the Lord Mayor)—My sowl to ye ! Dan Finnegan, is that you ? " Gallery—Ah 1 ah I Is that you, Dan Finnegan ?—is that you ?—( Hisses and laughter.) " Pat Mooney—Faix ! it's good for the likes of us to see you down among the gintry there, Dan Finnagan !—( A loud laugh, at which his Lordship does not seem particularly pleased.) Och you needn't look up so sour at us I Many's the good time you've sat up here yourself;—you know it is, ye ould vinegar bottle !—( Roars.) " Voice—. Sure the world's gone well wid you, any way. Dan Finnagan. Ye hadn't them white kid gloves " Pat Mooney—No, nor that grand cocked hat there " Voice—No, nor that white wand, ye cormorant ! when you kept the chandler-shop, and cheated Mike Kelly out of a farden's-worth of pipes, and " Gallery—Ah ! ah ! Who cheated Mike Kelly ?—who cheated Mike Kelly ?—( Great confusion, during which the orchestra strikes up. )" " Mary, Queen of Scots and Lord Brougham " is a critical refutation of the opinion adapted by Hume, and vindicated on singularly insufficient grounds by Lord Brougham, of the guilt of Mary, touching the mysterious death of her weak and profligate husband, Darnley. Of this and all the other high crimes alleced in her lifetime against the unfortunate, but bigoted, Queen of Scotland, we should suppose that no candid reader—now that Prince Lubanoff has given to the world the completion of his long and laborious, hut most satisfactory, investi gation into her history—will hesitate fully to acquit the ill-starred mother of our first James. An interesting memoir of the late Rev. R. H. Barham is accompanied by a good likeness of our lost " Thomas Ingoldsby," and a pretty ballad by the same gifted writer, now, alas! mute within the tomb. ➢irs. Homer's "Story of a Pic ture" is a clever trifle. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEIV. A grave number, but containing matter more interest ing than the table of contents would seem to promise. The papers follow in this order :—" Ireland—the Endow ment of the Catholic Clergy;" "Wealth and Want," a revi©w of Mr. D. Urquhart's work ; " The Progress of Organic Chemistry ;" " Adolphus's History of England." "Latitudinarianism" is a severe critique upon a " Bill to enable Her Majesty to Endow New Colleges for the ad vancement of Learning in Ireland ;" " Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope"; ( 4 che ! jam sates"—we are tempted to exclaim, This endless lady will be the death of us). A review of " Etudes sur les Orateurs ; par Timon, (Brux elles, 1834) is made a vehicle for a severe, but not alto gether illiberal estimate and analysis of the political cha racter and the forensic pretensions of Earl Grey. With regard to the latter, its eulogium is at once unqualified, frank, and elaborcte. We have been both amused and startled by the following passage in the article on "Wealth and Want:"— " Mr. Urquhart's defence of villenage is able and successful ; and those who object to it that the term itself proclaims that it was only the inhabitants of towns, riles, who enjoyed its bene fits, and that consequently the rural population was in a state of slavery, overlook the fact that to every village or hamlet, how ever small, the term was applied ; indeed, up to this day, in the midland counties, " town' is the appellation invariably given by the common people to every congregation of cottages ; and Mr. Urquhart's assertion that England was divided into milites, freemen, rustics, or villeins, and slaves, just as to-day England might be said to be divided into esquires, tennants, labourers and convicts,' is borne out by the results of the re searches of such men as Sir Francis Eden and Sir Francis Palgrave. The truth is that the feudal system was the most perfect form of society that the world has seen since the theocracy of the Jews ceased ; for in it privileges depended upon the performances of duties, whereas now they are too commonly regarded as a ground of immunity from it. Lands were granted, honours conferred ; but it was not for the ex altation of the unit so much as for the benefit and defence of the community." DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. This periodical is gradually strengthening the alr , ., a d y ' conspicuous position it has attained among the ablest of its competitors for public favour. In the P: ese „ t num ber we have " Rinuccini in Ireland"—sor,e more " Stray Leaflets from the German Oak"—(ve.-.f beautiful poetic al translations they are) —" O'Gor . .nan's Practice of Ang ling ;" " Italian Poets ( 4 . riosto) ; " Our Portrait Gallery" (with a Portrait of Dr. Whitley Stokes) ; " Stories of Gold—T:„ Treasure Box"—(a highly in teresting story). - There is a large sprinkling of poetry scattered thr with regr 'itgh these August pages. We have read '2. the following announcement—enhanced by thero`l.pect which is excited in us for the writer, by an a'''..ress so remarkable for its good sense and good I feeling " A WORD AT PARTING-FROM THE EDITOR. " Kind Public,—l believe it is Mr. Puff who expresses his dismay, that there is no getting people off, on their knees.' Such is precisely my difficulty at this moment. lam about to take leave of you, and most anxious to know how best and most suitably to express the sense I entertain of your favour and my own unworthiness. " It is—happily for us both—unnecessary to enter into any explanation of the reasons which induce mo to take the step. Enough if I say, that no diminished interest in the success of the Dublin University Magazine—no abated desire for the advancement of the principles it has always so ably upheld and defended—enter into these causes. Neither can I gratify pri vate gossip by a hint that any disagreement with my publishers has its share in this determination. I abdicate at good will with all my fellow-labourers, and for reasons so purely per sonal, that I feel to obtrude them, on public notice would be merely an act of egotism. I should have left the boards in silence—as I do without a farewell benefit—if I did not feel that one who has so largely enjoyed your favour could not so depart, without some stain of ingratitude for kindnesses which, he is not ashamed to own, contributed so much to his hap piness at the time, and which are so dear to his memory at this moment.—l am, your very grateful and devoted servant, " CHARLES LEVER. Bruxelles, June, 1845." [This notice should have appeared in our last Number, but was not received in time.-L-A. P.] HOOD'S MAGAZINE. " The Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land," a vigo rously written tale, of which chapters 16 to 18 inclusive here keep up the stirring interest. " The Stake" is also a graphic sketch of one phase of modern life, as it is called, at the West End. The infatuation of gaming is strongly depicted, hut its strength is nut exaggeration. No. 111. of the " Chronicles of the Fleet" comprises a tale called " The Turnkey's Daughter," the heroine being a species of Eugene Sue's " Fleur Marie," a girl pure and unpolluted amidst the Pollutions and the horrors of a prison. The " Bar of England" supplies a very able memoir, antiquarian and critical, of the rise and pro.- greys of this noble institution. There are some inci dental anecdotes of a piquant character, just now, when bar-messes are becoming fidgetty. " As a consequence of the circumstance to which I have adverted, every student for the bar is supposed to possess an independent fortune. Indeed, a rule made in 1600, sanc tioned by Elizabeth, and her successor James, provides that none shall be admitted of Inns of Court who are not of good parentage, and , not of ill behaviour ;' and there is another about the same period, purporting to be made by the judges and benchers,' that none but gentlemen be admitted.' Hence the rank of esquire' is always affixed to his name. No doubt, in many instances, this supposition may be classed with other pleasant deceptions with which the law and its establishments abound, for otherwise, I suspect the specimens of the genus would be mare scarce than we see them in our days. Never theless, fiction though it be, something must be done, as in other cases of legal shadows, to give it the appearance of a substance. It follows, therefore, that no one who is palpably and manifestly dependent on his own labour for a livelihood, will be admitted into the brotherhood of the Inns of Court. Thus a person openly engagt:d in trade or commerce, in what soever department, is certain of refusal. If, however, he cease to be engaged in the obj ect i ona bl e occupation fur at least two years, assuming meantime the appearance of independence (before the eyes of the Inn), though lie may have it not in fact, he may be admitted. I am acquainted with two counsel, each eminent in a different branch of the profession, who were both shoemakers, the elder one having made shoes for my father. I know a barrister also, who was formerly a dancing master at Bath ; and his son, whn subsequently taught the sal-; tatory arty is now keeping his terms. These use feting illus. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,_ AUGUST 1, 1845. trations of my remark, to which I could add others, without recurring to former. times, did I think them required." `• Rainbles through Bohemian Villages," we have found, in the author's company, exceedingly pleasant ones. Of " The Curate (Thambard, or the Secrets of the Confessional," a smart translation from the lerench of Dumas, we have another chapter. Mr. Roweroft is pursuing his editorial task successfully. the desolate condition of the eastern frontier ; bounded as it is by a dense and almost impenetrable jungle, to defend which nine times the military force now employed would barely be adequate; and flanked by a population of eighty thousand dire, irreclaimlble savages, naterally inimical, warlike, and preda tory, by whom the hearths of the Cape border colonists have for year:, ptst been deluged with the blood of their nearest and dearest relatives."_ _ _ But, as is justly observed by the writer in this Maga zine—this is not the whole of the case which the Beers can make out against the Colonial government. " The farmers addressed the Government upon their grie vances, real and supposed, by petitions, to which they received only cold, short, and unsatisfactory official answers. They laid their complaints before the newly-appointed Lieutenant- Governor on the frontier, at the same time stating their deter mination to emigrate unless justice was done to them ; they were told in reply that there was no law to prevent them caving the colony. This must never be lost sight of in considering the case of the emigrant farmers." It has been stated, that the emigration of the Boers to Natal was occasioned by their dissatisfaction at the eman cipation of their slaves, and their desire to re-establish slavery. The Natal 80, rs, however, expressly declare, in their official answer to the Government proclamation— " A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced us of the injury, loss, and dearness of slave labour; so that neither slavery nor slave-trade w iil ever be permitted among us. " There was no concealment on the part of the Hoe of their intention to emigrate ; their march to the frontier was made openly. A formal, it might almost -be called a religious, leave taking took place between them and their English fellow-cola nists, as they passed near Graham's Town, on which occasion a handsomely bound Bible was given them, and the blessing of Providence was invoked for their undertaking. This was not done without the knowledge of the Government authorities. Now what the Government does not oppose it sanctions, and, it is to be supposed, approves. When persons in authority wink at irregularities, they become its responsible as though a formal act of approbation had been published; and the Boers quote this implied sanction to their emigration, in their answer to Sir George Napier's proclamation. " It would be but just, therefore, to recollect— " That the Boers asked for inquiry into their grievances, which was refused ; "That they were misadvisod by the highest colonial authority after the Governor himself, the Lieutenant-governor, as to the legality of their emigration; • " That no steps were taken to stop or check the emigration, although the intention and purpose of it bad been publicly stated." THE ARMY. The Boers are generally a kind-hearted, hospitable people, and if they are treated with kindness and justice, the writer considers that Natal may become a strong, profitable, and flourishing dependency of the Cape Colony. The Boers, however, have recently be come involved in disputes with the Griquas or Bastards " This will affect the question more seriously than perhaps the Government is aware, namely, that these very Griquas, as they call themselves, are similarly situated, in reference to the colony, to the emigrant Boers. A number of half-bred or bastard Hottentots, dissatisfied with their treatment within the colony, too proud or too lazy to work, and restrained under the old colonial law from wandering about without employment, emigrated, forming themselves beyond the frontier into an inde pendent society. They called themselves Griquas, by which name they are known to the missionaries, and have been' acknowledged by the Colonial Government as a free people." We trust that the Government will adopt a wise, firm, and conciliatory policy towards the Boors, so as not to give rise in South Africa to that hostility of races which, as this writer. justly observes, is the curse of our American colonies. There are several other in teresting papers in the present number of this magazine, to which, however, fur want of space, we cannot more particularly allude. AitatVAL AT CHATHAM OF THE GALLANT 13TH Lloth INFANTRY FROM INDIA.—The head-quarters of the 13th Light Infantry, or Prince Albert's Own, arrived at this gar rison on Monday, from India. Their strength consisted of 23 sergeants, 15 corporals, 14 buglers, and 310 privates, with 18 women and 21 children, under command of Lieut.- Colonel T. C. 'quire, with Major J. H. Fenwick ; Cap tain A. E. F. Holcomb, Lieutenants Arthur Oake, P. R. Burrowes, Arthur E. Frere, Charles Compton Abbott, Ensign J. F. Woolhouse, Quarter-master Sheridan, and As sistant Surgeon 'A. A. Prout. They embarked at Bombay, in the ship Cornwall, March 23 • and during the voyage, which was most favourable, the troops lost by death nine men and one woman, and the daughter of Major Fenwiek. This distinguished regiment, the heroes of Jellaiabad, entered the garrison-amid the hearty welcome from the troops assembled to receive them on the general parade ground, and by the principal officers of the garrison. The troops are very healthy. They brought home three colours which they captured in the late war with the Affghans ; two of them were taken at the recapture of Caubul ; and another, which was a large scarlet flag, the standard of Akbar Khan, captured by Sergeant Ulyett; the armoury sergeant at the memorable retreat of the Affghans at Jellalabad on the 7th of April, 1842 ; when, on that occasion, the gallant 13th formed the centre of the army under General sale, and con sisted of 500 men. The majority of these soldiers are deco rated with three medals, bearing the inscriptions " Ghuznee," " Jellalabad," and " Caubul." The Queen's colour is very much shattered, and also the regimental colour. The depot at this garrison, which joins the regiment, is 361 in strength. The left wing of this-regiment, by the ship Boyne, is expected daily, having embarked at Bombay at the same time. 9th Royal Lancers.—On the 20th and 21st of May, Major General Sir-Robert Dick, K.C. B.,commanding the Cawn pore division of the army, attended y Major-General Fearon, C. 13., and the division and station staff made his half-yearly inspection of this regiment, commanded by Colonel Campbell, C. B. and K. H. At the conclusion of the inspection, the gallant general highly complemented the commanding officer upon the very effective state of the corps, and remarkably healthy appearance of the men ; five horses only are wanted to complete this fine regiment, and they are prepared at all points to take tha field at the shortest notice. On the evening of 2lst May the majors general and a large party were entertained by Colonel Campbell and the officers at dinner. Colonel Scott, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Fullerton, Captains Power, Willoughby, and Dawson, Lieutenant James Browne, were on leave at Simla. THE TRAVELLER'S MAGAZINE, and Review of British and Fo,eigra Literature. No. "My First Pilgrimage and Last Tour" is continued by the Editor in a vein of sound observation and with much sprightliness of manner. His pen-and-ink like sketches of " Monsieur l'lnspecteur" of the Pinacothek Gallery at Munich—of the rack still preserved in the torture chamber of the Castle of Saltzburg—of the smoking Prussian Courier (a portrait full of character), Are very artistic, and worthily illustrate this agreeable paper. Charles Johnston's " Narrative of a Voyage along the Eastern Coast of Arabia. from Aden to Suez, in the year 1843," is a well-sustained narrative of a trip that c ,mprehends a portion 'of the shores of Africa, among the most interesting in its various associations that can be found upon the snap of the globe. From the poetical contributions we quote the following beautiful sonnet SALTWOOD CASTLE, NEAR HYTFIE, KENT. Woods, in the autumn, when the sun begins To gild green branches with imperial gold— • Valleys of dry soft verdure, where the cold Of dewy twilights no continuance wins Through sultry morrows—brooklets, blithe and bold, Daring the fiercest heat in their excess Of liquid wealth—a Castle, grey and old, Yet grand in its surpassing loveliness:— These have I here—these, and the ceaseless sea, That penetrates, like Death, through every part Of Nature's mazy world. Saltwood, thou art A glorious ruin—whence the memory Of visiting kings and prelates, almost gone, Leaves thee still royal in thy beauty lone ! DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE. The present number fully maintains the high charac ter which this magazine has already acquirel. The tale of St. Giles and St. James becomes intensely in• teresting as it proceeds. Our readers will remember that in the last number young St. James, for the murder of whom St. Giles had been apprehended, had been dis covered to be alive. The present number begins as follows : " And now,' thinks the reader,' St. Giles is free. There is no charge against him ; he is not the murderer, men, in his wretchedness, took him for. St. James, with his injuries upon him, has withdrawn himself ; and once again the world lies wide before St. Giles.' Not so. There still remains, to his confusion, a hard accuser. St. Giles is destitute. In the teem ing, luxurious county of Kent, amidst God's promises of plenty to man, he is a guilty interloper. He may not grasp a handful of the soil, he cannot purchase one blade of wheat ; he is S pauper and a vagrant ; a foul presence in the world's garden, and must therefore be punished for his intrusion. Every rag he carries is an accusing tongue : he is destitute and wander ing : he has strayed into the paradise of the well-to-do, and must be sharply reproved for his whereabout. And therefore St. Giles will be committed for a season to the county gaol, as a rogue and vagabond. The roguery is not proved upon him, but it has been shown that whilst decent people have .goose-beds and weather-proof chambers, he, at the best, has straw and a barn. It is, too, made a misdemeanor against mo ther Earth to sleep upon her naked breast, with only the heairens above the sleeper ; and as St. Giles had often so of fended—he could not deny the inquity—he was, we say, com mitted to gaol by Justice Wattles, as rogue and vagabond. Now, to punish a man for having nothing, is surely a sport invented by Beelzebub for the pleasure of the rich ; yes, to whip arascal for his rags is to pay flattering homage to cloth-of gold. No thing was proved against St. Giles but want ; which, being high treason against the majesty of property, that large offence might be reasonably supposed to contain every other." It happens, however, that a murder has actually been committed—a certain farmer Willis, the brother-in-law of Justice Wattles, has been found murdered. A pocket book falls into the hands of Wattles, which proves that Robert 'Willis, a rustic ma'rais suja, the nephew of the murdered man, is the murderer. This evidence Wattles suppresses, not desiring_ to bring disgrace on his family. Robert Willis, however, is apprehended on the charge, and committed, and in prison lie meets with St. Giles; and to him confesses his guilt. Willis, at his trial, is defended by Mr. Montecute Crawley, a man who, by virtue of wearing a wig and gown, is entitled by lnw to become accessory after the fact to the crime of murder, provided only his principal gives him the usual fee. This honourable member of an honon-able profession, so badgers and brow-beats the witnesses 'of truth that Robert Willis is acquitted, and St. Giles, who had given evidence against him, is exposed to the danger of being torn in pieces by Willis's pot-house companions. St. James, however, who is on the bench, is struck with the manner of St. Giles. He sends for him after the trial is over, and engages him as his groom, and thus St. Giles has, for the first time in his life, the chance of becoming an honest man. " The Spirit of Chivalry" is a well written paper on the exhibition in Westminster Hall, and we are glad to see that the writer does justice to the noble cartoon of Maclise on this subject. Coven try Patmore contributes a somewhat coarse, but very powerfully written poem, entitled " The Murderer's Sa crament." And Juniper Hedgehog continues his piquant correspondence on the events of the month. " The Englishman in Prussia" is the first of a series of papers on the manners and customs of Old Prussia. It promises to be an extremely valuable series. The author is evi dently a shrewd observer, who has studied well the nation which he undertakes to daguerrotype. There are various other papers, to which, for want of space, we cannot further allude ; but we may sun) up all in these few words—" There is not a single line in Vie maga z;ne which we should desire to see cancelled." DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. This is an unequal number, with a choice of papers — some of considerable originality, others of singular de ficiency in that respect; and most of them too much dashed with a spirit of angry nationality. The " Coun tess Clemence," by the Editor, is a well imagined adapta tion from the Sicilian Legends of the eleventh centuey,— rich in historic interest and picturesque beauty, of which the editor has skilfully availed himself. This close of the " first book" brings us to the death of the execrable Giorgio Majone, the High Admiral; and the arch-poi._ soner of the story. " The Popular Author" is concluded with all the powers and pathos of the author of "La Gitana." "Anecdotes of the Bastille," full of circum stantial but terrible details, contrast fiercely enough with a very mawkish " Vision" by a Mr. L. Buckingham; to whom we are tempted to exclaim with the warning spirit of the great dramatist, " Sleep no more !" The best con tribution of all is the "Analysis of Wit from Esop to Pt.nA." The essay entitled " Importance of Papal Bulls as Historical Rec•ords" is written with great earnestness, and by some one who has devoted much research to the illustration of a subject that carries with it historic value, as well as amusement. Nevertheless we are at 'once amused and startled by the gravity with which the or thodoxy of the writer's Romanism overlooks all moral and ' political wickedness in the Sovereign Pontiff in favour of his spiritual infallibility. Thus, in recording with great complacency the crowned heads which in past ages in voked, received, or (more inexplicable still!) tolerated the suspension of their Sovereign titles at the hands of the reigning Pope, he alludes to the most execrable mons ter of the middle ages, Rodrigo Borgia, in these terms: " By a single stroke of his pen, Alexander VI. put an end to the disputes between the King of Spain and Portugal, by defining the boundary of their American conqueits." In these days the lay reader, we suspect, will be re minded, under any feeling but one of kindred reverence for the arrogance of the dispensing power which excites so much admiration iu the author, that " for 240 years the Supreme Pontiff deprived Polonia of the rank of kingdom, allowing its rulers to bo distinguished by no higher title than that of duke." But with the-horrors, the atrocities, the infamies, that have disgraced so many occupiers or the papal chair, and are still, as it were, present to our own eyes, as they will be in those of posterity, in the vivid pi c t ures d rawn b y papa l secre • tortes and historians, Burchardus, Paulus Jovius,• Platina, &c. ; we must protest against the " pious frauds" incorporated into the following wholesale mis representation of their ministry. " And let not the reader suppose that the pontiffs abused the power entrusted to them, for their own selfish purposes. They sought not to extend their territory, for they have ever been content with their own small patrimony; they strove not to enrich themselves, for, though the treasures of Christendom were poured into their lap, they were freely distributed for the good of relip'.on and the relief of the distressed throughout the world.. ,We propagation of religion, the diffusion of sound more a y , the peace of Kings, and the happiness of the people, 'gave formed their rule of action." We have thrown a few words into italics to mark the fine irony with which they reflect on the real character of the Johns, the Sixtuses, the Juliuses, the Alexan ders, the Leos —of the papal rescripts and decretals (collected into such a system of morality as that, pro bably, to be found in the orthodox work of Sanchez)—of the Papal " indulgencies," and the doctrines taught by Iccelius and'others in superintending the sale of them ! THE BRITISH MAGAZINE. The " original papers ". of this number are " Modern Hagiolo g y,'" " Antiquities " (being a further series of extracts from Archbishop Marsh's Diary), " The Church in Newfoundland," " The Supremacy of Conscience in the pursuit of Religious Faith," " On the restoration of the Jews to the Land of Canaan," (a very " so so " spe culation)—are of unequal interest and very various merit. The smaller contributions are generally of much inferior pretensions. The reader may be amused with a more than Puseyite Puseyism. " Most extraortinary passages of this description are found in Dr. Posey's books. For example, in his adaptation of Surin to the use of the English church, where he talks of truths which God inspires him to propound (p. 234), and says, As for me, I only follow his direction, and am hardly master of my pen,' (p. 245)—and in another place he says, We feel ourselves, in fact, more enlightened in this one instant, than we should be after ten years of study in the schools. This is done by the operation of the Holy Spirit, and by the infusion of a light which is quite simple, with no variety of objects, but which contains within itself the essence and abridgment of a thousand truths,' (p. 189); and to illustrate the superiority of this inward light to that of reason or study, he says— " ' This has been proved in very many instances, and parti cularly with respect to St. Theresa. Fifteen learned men were assembled at Avila to judge by what spirit she was led. When the examination was finished, they concluded that the astonishing things that God worked in her were the operations of the devil. But a holy monk, of the order of St. Francis, passing by, perceived and declared that it was the spirit of God that governed her ; and St. Francis of Borgia, more illustrious for the gift of contemplation which God had given him than for his learning, confirmed this declaration. " ' It is written in the life of St. Clara of Monte-Falco, that she discovered a concealed heretic, who was universally re garded and revered as a saint. God has worked many other wonders in his servants. He sent St. Bernard to destroy many errors, and to undeceive many heretics. Yet the saint in his youth had given but little time to study, and with all his talent, what he had learned could not have sufficed to write the many admirable works which he has left us. " Even women, as St. Catherine of Sienna, St. Theresa, and some others, have discoursed so well on the mysteries of the faith, that their works cannot be read without admiration. St. Ignatius, the founder of the Company of Jesus, had re ceived such light on the ineffable mystery of the Trinity, that he undertook to write a book on it without having studied. St. Francis of Assissi, when consulted on many di ffi cult passages of Scripture, instantly replied so clearly, that learned men were surprised at him. You have only to read the Chronicles of his order to see acme remarkable instances of this; and all this proceeds, not from the strength and penetration of the human mind, but from Divine illumination. Therefore it is more fitly called wisdom than learning.' "—p. 190, 191 . " The force of tolly can no further go !" SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE. --- The Boers of I'ort Natal are under greet obligations to Mr. Sitnmonds. In an article in the present number, entitled, " The Cape of Good Hope, the emigrant Boers and Natal," he has made their caseknown to the British public, and has shown that they are more sinned against thin sliming., Major Sir W. C. Harris, in his work on Southern Africa. which is quoted in the paper now un der our consideration, gives the following account of the grievances of the Beers before their emigration to Natal : _ " Long subjected to the pilferings of a host of Hottentot va gabonds, whose lives are passed in one perpetual round of idle ness, delinquency, and brutish intoxication on the threshold of the gin-shop, the South African settler has lately, in too many instances, been reduced from compar a ti ve a ffl uence t o wan t, by b e i ng unseasonably, and without ad e q ua t e com p ensa ti on , b ere ft of the services of his slaves, who, prone to villany, and no longer compelled to labour, have only served to swell the swarms of drones by which it is his destiny to be persecuted. Far greater than these, however, are the evils that have arisen out of the perverse misrepresentations of canting and designing. men, to whose mischievous and gratuitous interference, veiled 'ender cloak of philanthropy, is principally to be attributed THE RAILWAY REGISTER. This periodical is exactly what it professes to be, a complete register of all matters relating to railways which have transpired during the last month, and a per manent record of every thing of interest connected with railway progress, and railway legislation. The valuable paper on Indian Railways is continued in the present number, and is illustrated by a map care fully and accuratt ly drawn on a large scale, showing the pr. tjcetcd lines of the Great Indian Peninsular Railways. This number also contains a valuable paper (also il lustrated), a map on the subject of railways in the island of Sardinia. The article on railway legislation is con tinued, and in connexion with this subject,the editor of the Register, like every other person interested in railways, expresses his great satisfaction at the extinction of the railway department of the Board of Trade. There are also articles on railways in Canada, and railways in Holland, each illustrated by maps. The map illustrations of the Register are admirable, and are given with no niggard hand. They cannot but prove most useful to all persons interested in the subject, and reflect the hishest credit on the liberality and enterprise of the proprietors of this splendid periodical. THART UNION. The present number contains an elaborate critique on the " Cartoon Exhibition in Westminster Hall," and ano ther on the " Frescoes in the Grand Pavilion at Bucking ham Palace." There is also an excellent paper (profusely illustrated) on " Ornamental Designs." The editor is doing good service to the cause of art by his exposures of the tricks of picture dealers. His "Notices of Picture Sales" are worthy the attention of all who set up for .con noisseurs. . . GEORGE CRUIKSHAIVK'S TABLE BOOK. The August number of the " Table Book" is as full of wit and fun as any of its predecessors. The illustra tions of " The Annual Emigration of Birds," and of " The Concert Monstre," where all the instruments are played by steam, are most laughter moving. WADE'S LONDON REVIEW. _The best papar in'this number is a reviewer's, who has addressed himself to a critical examination of Dr. Prichard's " Natural History of Mn." 4 What the " original" papers want in originality and curious matter is abundantly Supplied in the article we are al luding to. THE BRITISH CHURCHMAN. We have, here, the first number of a series of papers on " Christian Polities:" It is entitled the "Church and the Ministry," is very bitter on the conduct of Sir Robert Peel, in respect of the late Maynooth and College En dowments (Ireland) Bills; and concludes by an appeal to the lay constituency Of the kingdom to return at the next general election "Protestants and Churchmen." But with the same amusing confidence in the man, which the High Church party — Still deny. to the Minister, a locus penitentiec is again provided for the Premier. " Then try," it is .said, "if 'Sir Robert Peel's ayes cannot be opened to the real 'Wants of the British nation. If he will but take this line, he would still be the best Minister that at present we could have ; he possesses unquestion ably more power even in his increasing unpopularity than any statesman who' could be placed in his seat." " The History of the Church Establishment" we hope to see continued. It may be made to form an useful manual of reference. " Conversations of Contempora. ries" supply a dramatic sketch between Dr. Wllale and Sir Robert Peel, not very smart nor effective. Mr. Ancona supplies an agreeable paper on the rise and pro gress of architecture in England. A FANNY. VTR LITTLE MILLINER; or, THE RICE AND 7'HE POOR: By C. Rowcroft. Of this little tale the interest does not at all flag in the present number. There is abundant observation evi denced in 'chapter 44, from which we can only find space for extracting a part of the homily delivered by some paupers whom a traveller encounters at their mid-day meal, at a road-side country ale-house. " That any one should talk to them of their hearts being glad, was to them altogether as unaccountable as the thing was inconceivable ! and as to the sun shining—whether the sun shone or not, what was it to them ? The sun might shine, but the sunshine of the heart was a thing they never felt. Did the shining of the sun make 'Their labour less, or their enjoyment mere ? If it ripened more plentifully the fruits of the earth, it was not for them that the fruits of the earth were ripened. It was for them to toil and sow and exhaust their animal ener gies in constant labour, but it was for others to reap and to revel in its produce. What were they ? Labourerers. What are labourers? Human machines for the production of wealth; to be used like other machines, animate or inanimate, at the minimum of cost : to be worked while they last, and to be flung aside like rusty iron and useless logs when the y are fit to work no longer. Their hearts feel glad l Glad for what ? That they produced more wealth for the rich ? What was it to them that the rich got richer while the- poor got poorer? Did they share in the prosperity of the nation which they had heard the squires talk of ? What were all the arts and improvements of civilization to them ? They could not reason, but they felt that as eivilizatiqn increased their condition got worse. The wonderful inventions of machinery, which they beheld but could not prize, what was it to them? Did it cause them to labour less ? They hated it, because they felt that, instead of being made the means of lightening their labo ur, it was used in com•• petition against their labour, pitting wood and iron against muscle and bone • and that it was held out to them in the way of defiance when they complained of the insufficiency of their wages. They would have welcomed it as an auxiliary they abhorred it as a rival. As to the education of which their lupe periors made a parade—wi.st was the use of it to them ? To teach them new wants; to wake their pre sort miseries more miserable, their galling burthetis snore intolerable !" We under3t and that no 'I43Y has yet been apointed for the e xecu ti on o f t h e seven pn'ates convicted at the Exeter assizes of the mur d er o f Mr. Palmer ,o n the-high seas. A legal the prisoner's objection, t a k en t o t h e i r conviction by counsel, has been f o r war d e d t o the home-office, .and which, we • Judge who pre sume,pre- will be r e f erre d t h ence to th e Learners . sided at the trial of these monsters. This re., Irene° mustotime no necessarily cause som e li t tl e d e l ay , b u t i n t h e meb- as no " respite will be required for stay of execution, inasmuch . .re precise day had been named for it when the convictiCyiy, sentenced.— Obs rver . .. „ . . . - INFANTRY. 6th Royal.—Head-quarters and four companies, with the band and colours, staff, &c., under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Michel, marched from Richmond Barracks, Dublin, to Great Ship-street Barracks, on the 25th July. Four compa nies, under Major Crofton, marched on the same day to Ald borough House Barracks ; and two companies marched to Bagger's Bush Barracks. - Relieving head-quarters of the 41st Regiment, and the detachments at the stations, the 6th Royal will shortly march for Mußinger to relieve the 54th Regiment. 11th Regiment (Chatham).---On Friday next the 11th Re giment, consisting of 10 sergeants and 249 rank and file, with 30 women and 40 children, will embark at Gravesend on board the ship Ramilies, for Van Diemen's Land, under the com mand of Major J. Singleton, Captain E. L. Blosse, Captain W. Kenning, Lieut. John R. H. Parker, Ensign Stewart, Ensign Quantrill, Ensign M'Lean, Ensign M. S. Creker, and Assistant Surgeon Marshall. The following drafts from the Provisional Battalion embark with the above :-14 privates, 58th Regiment ; 32 privates, 96th ; and 4 privates, 99th Re giment. It is expected that a demi-battery of Royal Artil lery, from Woolwich, will proceed with the above. 22d Regiment.—Lieutenant Maycock, will embark this day at Gravesend, on board the ship Owen Glendower, for Bombay, to join his regiment there. 41st ( Welsh ) Regiment.--Four companies head-quarters, with the band, colours, and staff, 'under the command of Lieu. tenant-Colonel Browne, C. 8., marched from Great Ship-street Barracks, Dublin, to the Royal Barracks, on the 25th July ; the detachment of 4 companies, under Brevet Lieutenant-Co. lonel Simmons, C. 8., Aldborough House Barracks, and 2 companies under Major Carpenter, moved from Beggars Bush Barrack to the Royal Barracks same day. 54th Regiment, Mullingar, will shortly march on Dublin, the service companies to embark by steam-vessels for Cork, there to await further conveyance to Gibraltar. Col. Mildmay Fane is commanding. _ 60th ( Royal Rifle Corps ). —The depot of the 60th Rifles arrived in Chatham garrison on the 27th instant. Strength as follows :—Captain Poyws, Lieut. Fielden, Limit, Travers, 11 serjeants, 6 corporals, 1 bugler, 72 privates, 35 women, and 46 children ; I pay-serjeant, 3 privates, and also 9 men sick in hospital were left behind. The depot of this regiment at Paisley was reviewed on Wednesday last, in the Barrack square, Paisley, by. Major General Sir Neil Douglas. com mander of the Queen's forces in Scotland. He arrived shortly after twelve. o'clock, accompanied by Lord Jocelyn, his aide de camp. The general was received with all the honours by :Major Crombie, the soldiers presenting arms, the band playing a salute. The general, after inspecting the front and rear ranks, took his station on the south side of the square, and the whole were formed into four companies, and marched past him in slew and quick time, formed in line, and went through the manual and platoon exercise, and fired a round from flank to centre. They next marched across the square in echelon, drew up in line and fired a volley ; then formed into two squares, those in front kneeling, with fixed swords on their rifles, and those in the centre discharging their rifles as if attacked by cavalry. The who'e body then formed into one solid square, and repeated the previous beautiful tactic. The whole of the manoeuvres, under the command of Major Crombie, were ex ecuted with a precision that would have done honour to a corps of veterans. The general complimented the major highly on the soldier-like appearance of the corps, and their high state of discipline. The general afterwards• visited the barracks and the soldiers' mess-rooms. _ . . . 61st Depot arrived at Chatham from Cork, on the 27th inst. The strength is 12 sergeants, 6 corporals, I drummer, and 123 rank and file, under the command of Captain William Ward, with Lieut. T. P. H. Fitzmayer, Lieut. W. Mayeock, and Ensign Charles Lennox Maher ; 63 women and children came with the troops. The depot leaves behind at Cork 3 sergeants and 21 privates. 64th (24 Staffordshire) Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Severns William Lynam Stretten, arrived at the North-hall, Dublin, on the 26th July, on board of the Bir mingham, Mersey, and Leeds steam-vessels, from Liverpool, were disembarked, with their baggage, women, and children, and marched to Richmond Barracks, to relieve the 6th Royal Regiment. Lieut. Kilvington is recruiting at London, as su perintending officer of the 2d Infantry, sub-division. 63ih Regiroent.—On Monday the head quarters, comprising the Grenadiers and the let, 3d, add 6th company, numbering 22 sergeants and 292 rank and file, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Henry Senior, with Major James Fatience, Captain J. Lewis Smith, Lieuts. Peter Wolfe, J. W. Marshall, Chas. G. Traffoid, D. Bazalgette , T. R. 51‘Coy, F. Barnard, and Lieut. George Mayler ; Ensign Stephen Blake, and Assistant Surgeon James G. P. Moore, arrived at Chatham, from Dublin. The "other divisions of this regiment are expected, 76th Regiment (China). —Ninety-six persons of this regi ment, from Chatham, will embark on board the ship Owen Glendower, at Gravesend,' this day, for Bombay. THE CONVICT SLAVERS. (From the Western Times.) The convicts, immediately on their condemnation,' appeared to be moved by indignant feelings rather than apprehensions for their fate. Majaval, the Spaniard, exclaimed that be had not had a fair trial • he had been silent during the whole time, but if he had thoughtl that he should have had such justice - as this, he would have taken a very different course. He said that before such a fellow as Cuqueira would have been permitted to give evidence in his country, the people would have torn him to pieces. He drew his hand - across his throat with an action that could not be mistaken ; and the revengeful feeling which it indicated being rebuked, he said that the people would have killed him ; he did not mean that he would have done it himself. The idea of bloodshed seemed to he familiar to his mind. He begged to be allowed to write to the Queen of Spaia. He complained that he had written to his Government, when first taken into custody, and had received no reply, and had no notice taken of his letter. His whole bearing indicated anger rather than terror./ Serra, the captain, maintained his wonted tranquillity, but his frame relaxed on hearing the verdict, from the iron tension to which it had been screwed up. Alves, the blood-drinker, has a high and expansive brow; there is less of the fiend in his countenance than in that of his right-hand man, Serva, who stood by his side during the trial. His demeanour was quiet, grave, and thoughtfel, and mild thoughts, one would have supposed, held firm possession of his quiet breast. Yet this man was the first to tush upon deck, in reply to the bloody command of Serva, " kill, kill ;" he was the first who received the knock-down blow of the quarter master, and being pitched into the sea by that heroic English- Man, regaining the vessel after the latter was killed, and not having had his revenge—drank his blood ! Such is the evi. deuce. Merderer and savage as he was by the evidence, he stood in the dock,- repelling, by his placid demeanour, and his mild and thoughtful face, the bloody reputation which the evidence cast upon him. When the verdict was pronounced, he, for the first time, appeared' anxious. • The torture of them all, when brought up to know the issue, was visible ; for there was a formal placing of them in the dock, the counting of the jury, and the customary challenge to the foreman as to the unanimity of their agreement in the verdict they were about to deliver. All • this, if done in any ordinary matter, would pass unnoticed. But when life or death are in the issue, the moments hang like a weight on the soul ; and even to the spectator the suspense is intolerable. Majaval east a glance timidly round at the jury ' - but he quickly withdrew it, as if be felt that he had a part to play, and that it ill became him to express apprehension, or anxiety. But though his mind was sealed within his breast, his sufferings were manifest to the close observer. A restless movement in the half closed right hand showed the intense effort which it required in that awful moment, to assume the bearing of repose and indifference. Serve's arms fell placid by his side, and his whole frame became listless—it was but momentary—but it showed that his mind was struck with the agony of the moment. Alves was calm till the sentence was delivered. Profuse per spiration then overspread his brow, and he wiped his forehead with a small bit of rag, which he had been rubbing to and fro in his unconscious fingers. In earnest, but gentle accents, he sought t) speak, but through the clamorous gesticulations of the Spanirds. he received no attention, and redoubled agony came over him, as he had to speak an unknown tongue to an audience and judge ignorant of his language. His look of wild despair reminded one of a man struggling in sleep with some desperate phantom from which there is no hope of escap e . They were all taken back to prison, and placed in the con demned cells, with guards over them day and night. , Janees Alajaval is not the nephew of Espartero ( Duke of Victoria), as reported, but the second cousin of the Duchess of Victoria. Majaval's grandmother, and the grandmother of the Duchess were sisters. The prisoners have not been ironed. They are kept in separate cells, and eat and drink heartily. They are allowed tobacco to chew, and snuff. They take their meals with as much nonchalance as if there was no sentence of death im pending over them, and " they eat their full allowance." They all take exercise daily, except Serva, who keep his bed, bei.ig afflicted with a bad leg, and Alves, who spends much of his time in reading. Majaval, immediately after condemna tion, applied for writing materials, and would not listen to any sairitual advice until he had penned a narrative (as he says) of the whole transaction for the information of his Government. The materials were supplied, and he set about it with great diligence. Those of them who can read have been supplied with pious books by the priest, and they read them with con siderable attention. The Rev. Thos. Ca.itello, of Tiverton, volunteered his ser vices to the unfortunate prisoners, and had attended them twice, when on Tuesday last, the Rev. Dr. Lima, a respectable Por tuguese priest, who has charge of alarge congregation at. Strat ford, Essex, was directed by the Catholic Bi4tiop, Dr. :Griffiths, to come down and afford them every spiritual assistance. Etc is indefatigable in his attentions, and the good effects of his visit are very manifest. They have all been much tranquillized since his appearance, most of them having " made a clean breast of it." All, except Serva, have been wrought upon by the coun sels of the reverend father ; but he remains obdurate. " What he has," he says," is in his own heart." He'll confess nothing. This man was the terror of the coast—daring and unscrupulous, pursuing his bloody traffic with a fearless and ferocious spirit-- " neither fearing God nor Devil." He held human life toil cheap to be unprepared for this alternative, it is to be pre sumed; and he bears himself with a degree of stoical indiffer ence, which was unshaken by the three days' trial. A petition against the execution of the prisoners has been got up in this city; and it is reported that Sir Thomas Wilde intends -, to bring the subject before Parliament—but nothing , is yet cer tain, They remain at present under sentence of death. But the general opittion of the lawyers being strongly in favour of Sergeant Manning's law, Baron Platt determined to consult his Learned Brother, r. Justice Erie, as to the propriety of reserving the points of law for the decision of the twelve judges. The Under Sheriff, Mark Kennaway, Esq., was to meet the Learned Judges to. day, on their return from Corn wall. Should they decide against the appeal, the prisoners will be left for execution. TRADES DELEGATES' CON FERENCE.-S AT ITN.DAY. CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS—PURCHASE OF LANDS PLAN. At the assembling of the delegates this day, they entered upon the discussion of the plan suggested for the purchase or leasing of lands upon which to locate the surplus labour population, and provide them with the means of emplo; ment, either agricultural or com mercial. The "objects" of the plan are, substantially— The purchase of lands whereon to locate and employ the surplus labour of the Association, in such manner as shall he most conducive to their own wel'are and that of the Association. The erection or rental of buildings for domestic, in• dustrial, and commercial purposes, in such localities as may be best suited for these respective objects, and the promotion of the general inter( sts of the Association. The application or these lands and buildings in the fol lowing manner, to meet the corporate and individual re• quirements of the. members of the Association. 1. To afford to trades in their corporate capacity the power of leasing in perpetuity, or of purchasing in fee simple, such lands and buildings belonging to the Association as they may require for the location and employment of their surplus members, and also the power of investing their funds with the Association, by way of loan or mortgage on any of the property of the Association. 2. To divide such portions of the estates purchased by the Association as may be thought expedient into small farms, to build thereon suitable cottages and outhouses, and to sell or lease the property thus improved, to indi viduals selected in accordance with the laws of the As- sociation. Then followed a plan for the constitution of the di rectors, officers, &c. who are to controul and direct the whole. The governing body was to consist of a board of directors, secretary, treasurer, trustees, auditors, and ex officio members. The powers and duties of the di rectors were to be circumscribed within the following limits : The Board of Directors shall have full power to manage and control all the affairs of the Association in its name and behalf. They shall receive and disburse the funds, and have power to borrow money on loan or nfortgage from trades unions, on the security of the property of the Association, subject to the regulations affecting such borrowed capital as are hereafter provided. They shall purchase land, erect buildings thereon, lease or sell the property so improved, and re-invest toe pro ceeds in other estates; or, where it may seem to them for the advantage and profit of the Association, they may retain such estates and buildings, whether domestic or indus trial, and work the same for the Association, if it ap• pear to them that its objects will be thereby more effec tually attained. They shall appoint and dismiss all salaried officers and agents. They shall call an annual meeting of the Association, at which full and complete reports of the transactions for the past year, and an ac curate statement of accounts shall be submitted 7 and de clare the dividend on shares accruing during the year, together with all such business as the Directors may re quire instructions upon or confirmation by the Share-' holders. Special meetings may be called by the Direc tors whenever necessary, upon fourteen clear days' notice being given of such meetings, and the business for which such meetings are called being clearly specified in such notice. No other business than that announced shall be transacted at special meetings. Several other clauses were added, for the regulation of the details, such as the appointment of local agents, the manner of making leases, effecting sales, permanent investments, commercial establishments, ba&eers, &c., and which were all agreed to, with a few unimportant alterations. The meeting next agreed unanimously to elect Mr. Dencombe, M.P., as President of the Board. The office of Vice-President was next canvassed, when thr„e delegates were put in nomintion—namely, MessrS. Robson, Grimley, and ;`tort ; but the sense of the meet ing haring been taken, Mr. Robson was elected by a majority of votes, he having had 19, Mr. Grimley 13, and Mr. Story 3 votes. Messrs. White, of Bradford ; Evans, Staffordshire ; and Roberts, Manchester, were elected unanimously as the members of the Board of Directors, from the country districts; and Messrs. Grimley, Wade, Story, and Arch, as the London members of the Board. The officers were next appointed, and this having completed the business of the delegates, the chairman was about to leave the chair, when a vote of thanks was proposed to the papers who had reported their proceedings, particularly the Nola:ern Star, when Mr. ROBERTS contended that very satisfactory report§ had appeared in the Morning Advertiser. Mr. ARCH, of the Silk Hatter's Protection Society, said; that the delegates also felt indebted to The Sun, for the excellent reports that journal had furnished. Mr. \\Turn , : said he also could bear testimony to the excellency and accuracy of the reports in The Sun. Several other Delegates said that they should not par ticularize any paper, and regretted that they could not at present establish an organ of their own. Mr. WHITE said that he was the person who originally proposed the omission of all matter having re ference to newspapers, At the same time he did think they should be thankful to all papers who published re ports of their proceedings. He would support the motion that the IVotthein Star be at present the organ of the Society. The meeting declared in favour of saying they felt thankful to all papers that advocated their claims. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Duncombe; and the Delegates separated. THE LATE SIR W. FOLLETT. We have been permitted to publish the correspondence which passed between Sir William Follett and Sir Robert Peel, in May last, with respect to the proffered resignation of the Attorney-General. It is highly creditable to both parties. " Park-street, May 20, 1845. "My dear Sir Robert,—l am about to write to you on a subject painful to me, but which I am afraid I can no longer avoid. When I first returned to this country from the• Continent I felt no doubt, from the improvement that had then taken place in my health, that I should he able to give my regular attendance in the House of Commons, and to take my fair share of the business of Parliament, as well as the other duties of my office ; but it has been ordered otherwise, and the fresh attack of illness under which I have been suffer ing since my return has again obliged me to keep away from the House. This has distressed me much, holding the office which I dn, and feeling that I was not able to perform one of its most important duties. Still, I had hoped that it was temporary only, and that as the warmer weather approached the illness would be removed. My physicians have, however, recently announced to me that my present illness is much more serious than I had at first imacined, anti that, although I am now going on very favourably, yet that time and care and quiet are essential to give me a fair chance of recovering from it. This announcement makes me no longer hesitate, in justice to you and to tke Government and myself, to place my office of Attorney-General at once in your hands, and to pray of lon to lay my resignation before the Queen whenever you may think it best that the vacancy should be declared. . _ "I cannot, my dear Sir Robert, conclude this letter without saying how deeply grateful I feel to you for the unvarying kind ness and friendship you have ever shown me since my first en trance into public, and I need not say the pain it gives me to write this letter, and to take any step to separate myself from you and from your Government, with all the members of which I have so long cordially acted ; but there seems to be no struggling against long-continued, though varying, sickness, and I have no choice in submitting to inevitable misfortune. " I have net mentioned to any one out of my family my in tention of writing this letter, as it has struck me that it may not at this moment be convenient to the Government to have a sudden vacancy announced in the law offices of the Crown, and that it may be better to arrange with you when my retire ment should be made public.--Always. my dear Sir Robert, most sincerely yours, " W. W. FOLLETT." " Whitehall, May 21. "My dear Follett,—l received, with the deepest regret, on my ret . •urn from the House of Commons, this morning, your letter of yesterday. " I will ask you, for the present, to confine the communica tion of your wishes and feelings with regard to retirement ex clusively to me. It would give me the greatest pain to con template the necessity of your absolute relinquishment of office. There is no temporary arrangement which I would not make— no relief to you from labour and anxiety connected with official or Parliamentar7 duties which I would not most cheerfully propose, rather than choose the alternative of permanent sepa ration from you. " lam deeply grieved that you have not made more rapid advances towaids recovery ; but earnestly hope that complete repose and the approach of milder weather will, at no distant period, re-establish your loalth, and enable you to resume your usual occupations. With feelings of regard and esteem which I cannot ade quately express, " Believe me, See., " ROBERT PEEL. " The Attorney-General." [ln a subsequent letter, a copy of which we have seen, Sir Robert Peel begs him to retain the office of Attorney-General, with the distinct understanding that he should not be asked, on any occasion, to attend the House of Commons, and for the present should not hear a ward on professional business."] Law Review, No. 4. HYDROPHOBIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Some time past you had the kindness to publish my letter on Hydrophobia, through which I tried to attract the attention of the medical practitioner and the public to the fact that Belladonna , Cantharis, Hyoseyamus n i ger , and Stramo - Alum have been found very efficacious both in curing and pre venting that dreadful diserdcr. In the Times of to-day I see sga;n a case of hydrophobia at Cuckfield, by which three horses have been destroyed without any aid. May I ask the favour of your assistance to awaken the dor mant faculties of the people on such a terrifying subject, by giving publicity to the present.—l beg to remain, Sir, yours very obediently. GE V. V., M.D. Aug. 1, 10, Chadwell-street, Myddleton-square. TRIAL BY JURY IN WALES.—It appears from a statement in the Carnarvan Herald, that at the assizes held at Beumaris on Monday last, before Mr. Justice Parke, an ac. cured party, who had been at large, on bail, surrendered to take his trial fur a felonious assault with intent to maim &c.'; and, on a jury being empannelled to try him, it was notified to the Celia that eleven of the number did not understand English ; upon which the Judge observed that the foreman (the indivi dual who understood English) could explain the case to his fel low jurors. The foreman returned a verdict of " guilty," and the man was sentenced to four months imprisonment. On the morning of Wednesday, the gentleman who acted as attorney on the prisoner's behalf, and as deputy to the sheriff, applied to the court under curious circumstances, stating that eleven of the jurors, by whose verdict (understood to be unanimous) the pri soner was sentenced to four months' hard labour, were not con• vinced of his guilt, had intended to acquit him, and had in- .. . . strutted their foreman so to do. Mr. Baron Parke smiled, and told the attorney to forward an affidavit to the Secretary of State. To this unfortunate prisoner trial by jury has indeed proved " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare.'_ PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. REPORTS FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE O GROUP (K) OF RAILWAYS. , JULY 30. CAMBRIDGE AND BURY ‘VERNESDAY ST. EDMUND'S RAILW.- BILL. Viscount Sandon reported from the Select Committee on Group (K) of Railways, and to whom several p etition! against the Bills comprised in the said group, together wit!' In report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred , that the case of the Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's RailwaY Bill they had heard counsel in support of the said and had also heard counsel in favour of the saki Billf art h , „ that they had examined the- allegations contained i n preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved' " their satiZ.lction. THURSDAY, JULY 31. LONDON AND NORWICH RAILWAY BILL• Viscount Sandon reported from the Select Committee 0 11 . Group (K) of Railways, and to whom several metitio.ef against the Bills comprised in the said group, together vItP the report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, til2/ in the case of the London and Norwich Railway Bill tired had heard counsel in support of the said petitions, and eab also heard counsel in favour of the said Bill, and that 07 had examined the allegations contained in the p r eamble ° the Bill; but the same had not been proved to their satifacti°°' THE LATE COLONEL ROBINS 01 4: We have another distinguished name to add to our ri On' heavy casualty list—that of Lieutenant Colonel MD. Ste bertson, of the Bombay army, who died on the 6th insti' of cholera, at a village between Kolopore and e; gaum. The loss of this amiable and talented office ." will be severely felt, not only by his Eur o p efr friends, but by thousands of the natives of the neat whp have been in times past the objects of l j Lenevolence, and whose gratitude has been displal e , in a sincere and permanent attachment to their ben: factor. 'Colonel Robertson entered the Company'st . vice in the year 1805, and on the establishment of ~; tish supremacy over the Mabratta territories in 1818, '''„ was selected by Government as one of the officers 7 , whose management those districts 'were then entrus ted At first, we, believe, he held the combined offices of ju'lg e : collector, and magistrate, of Poonah, and the onereo, and important duties of these situations were disch ar gt by him in such a manner as to afford the greatest sat; faction to his official superiors, as well as to gai n t e j esteem and regard of those beneath him. Colon Robertson remained at Poonah till the year 1834 ' period of seventeen years, and appears, during this P r ; tracted term of service, to have been in the highest 0 gree respected by all classes of the community. On "t, arrival in Bombay in 1842, he received the stint, ment of officiating resident in the Persian Gott., post which, howevrr, he relinquished in conseq ue 'd of the treatment which he received at the hands I Lord Ellenborough. In August of the Mlowily't' Y' s ,i! having resigned this situation, he came to the Pre d dency with the view of returning to Europe', , 11 ;1 , during his short stay took the opportunity ofla it. ing Poonah, the scene of his former init and exertions. The inhabitants flocked to hin i e ll great numbers, to pay their respects, and vied with efird, other in their manifestations of gratitude and reg l3 , :e r " From ten o'clock a.m., to four, p.m.," says $ le ' it written at the time, " his temporary plsce of residencer thronged with natives of all classes, sects, and perlo sions, And he, with his accustomed courtesy and urha n ,4ll receives them all and converses with them. Thei4 him the father and the benefactor of the people 0 ' t he Deccan. Next to Mr. Eiphinstone, he is certainly to , most popular man amongst the natives of the Pe` Jc r is and they wish, from the inmost recesses of their 1 1 ' 0 , ' that he was once more placed over them. In speil,4 of Colonel Robertson, they say that notwithsta a f ;,, l his having held a plurality of situations in Poonshldt, that, too, during the most troubled and difficult t'. t il justice was even more speedily administered thee 101, now, under the complicated machinery of a ser,el judge and collector." Colonel Robertson was at° very considerable talent, and with an amiable d tion possessed sound judgment and discriminatio literary abilities also were of no mean order.— Times, June 14. . LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS. REMOVAL OF SANDBANK AT BALDERk, P V A letter transmitted to Lloyd's, from Riga, ruentieSA the Pilot Commodore, at Balderaa, had succeeded in Teri, Pt' the sandbank within the lighthouse at that port. A depth o+,:osv (Dutch) bad been obtained, which is fully more'thaffi at present on the Sea.bar, and will enable vessels to Priete , sea from that port with their full cargoes. The 1 1 °00 mentions' that land-marks had been put on Nagtlen ' %, Geri which may be seen in clear weather, at a distance 01 0 : 0 ilon man miles off, and by keeping them in a line vesse l % mark / out and sail for the bar. The distance between the ;feet. is 1950 feet, and their respective heights 85 feet ano EAST INDIA SHIPPING. for, Arrivals at St. Helena—June 5, Augusta,A d e d l e - i t ;r1 3 11;: g ; Singapore; Bellone, Titan, Bombay. 6th, denkirk, Batavia ; Industry, Allison, Saldanha Bay' ba Beg lee, Boddie, Calcutta. 7th, Majestic, Isbister, Saldan led John Bartlett, Dartlett, Mauritius and Cape, and( sai l ed slice Bth, ; Pandora, White, Saldanha Bay, and saile 1 _ A lice Bth, Urania, Cook, Paternoster, and sailed for Leith ' oo l Brown, Palmer, Cape, and sailed for London. 9th, AnGeoell Fleetwood, Sorabayu, and sailed for Gottenburg ; tteres• ; Baron van Gren, Myland, Batavia, and sailed for Ro , Log Ceylon, Leslie, Calcutta , Colebrooke, lti•Lear , Bombay, and sailed for Glasgow. ' f ief j Au a s je tr s a t l y i , a s , b l3 ri l g anChard, Calcutta, and sailed for Liverpool; io ,S, and sailed for Falmouth. nth/ CYguet, Layton, Ascension. 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HORACE SMlTll.—The distinguishe d j of " Brambletye House," and a host of other work* have placed his name in the front rank of our living n°cari'lle is about to put forth a new work of fiction, bearing. the : 00 title of " Love and Mesmerism." From this designs o riel may conceive that we are to have one of those lively 9:oottij the day by which Mr. Smith's pen has achieved a ref b eo e 3 , not even exceeded by that he bad before acquired in ' o f It ( of historical romance, or the more sparkling realms hsni'j " Mesmeristn" is now an all-engrossing topic , a nd hand than that of the author of " Rejected Addresses hardly be found to treat so rieh' a subject. ill On the 29th ult.,' Miss M n ar l- th E a D Eyre, second „cla u p le J tt, On the esf Olt° D.Eyre, h ult.,E i s i q t ., of Lee, at Kent, in, Jameshe r32dmrr) y a ear, , d a teP t i ii Y e r leai , " V he . G 2 . 4 B th eek a It E ., sq a . t lledenham Rectory, Nt' rf°ll' ' 'of son On of I t Maria, wife of the Rev. J. P. Chambers. vre f e eso f C T h eoo y mna t p n It i e s h. t e r y 26 t o t h a iMiddlesext., Atwood Hospital. ‘v i g n On the 26th ult.. Thomas Everitt, Esq., late ' c iyi the gi d ell, Esq., - ° f b' the 29th ult., at Lichfield, Sarah Bayley' t peg Ode ~,, ter of the late T. B Bayly, ace, A a S ti ll' , da o ag n ht t e h r e a 3 f Otthheulaltte, Sir r t INvetrliapinpaxAltaare,sford, ..-" °11 0 u l' f ' • i Carmarthenshire. of Middlet 101'a On the 3Uth ult., at Hurstmonceaux Rectory, w, Theodore Hare, Esq., of Rockend, Torquay i. r oad' On the 30th ult., in Turner-street, Commercia ne. o On the 31st James North, aged 71. . t he y ult., at Cardington, Beds, Charles, t..'' son of S. C. Whitbread, Esq. On the Ist inst., at Bryanston-street , alrAtigir' Mrs. Eliza Catherine Archer. tlilla t ' MONY'II,LY MILITARY 081- - 1 ., General— Sir A. R. Dillon, Bart., Dublin- ~B . C0 1 °; Lieittenant-General—Sir R. D. Jackson, IC-•‘-' 'Amer' 35th Foot, Commander of the Troops in North Montreal. Major-General—Ready, Isle of Man. Colonel—Newhouse, late of Royal Asti Fortin Lieutenant- Colonel—Ranald Reg and K. 11., 4th Foot, Deputy Adjutant-General,,v_ . B a llo', , 0 inaki lle m rY4 c S i s rin s a lt . tl_ ::: Majors—ltogers, Ceylon Rifle Regiment,Ceyiuo,,4st 111' half-pay 60th Foot, Bury St. Edmunds; Johnso -,..• enclo Company's Service, Cheltenham. Ar., _ MadraS ; "-fort, Captains—Tranter, 57th Foot, 'Arnee, , l i • pan d, .. . l• ar 0 che late of the Royal Marines, Stonehouse , " unatta •e, vardell, Lego Unattached; Streatham, Surrey ; 1. , Germ an Chatham ; C. Baron Witzleban, King s Hanover.* - .,010 ° Bengal ;• g„...... . Lieutenants—O'Coner, 16th Lancers, I h Foot • ' a ii. 21st Foot, Kamptee, Madras; Saunders...o:Jusb ; Da y, , ,u oot ; near, half-pay Royal Artillery Drivers, 11 1 , 1 , r . „ a y 4 2d ; I: Jer pay 11th Foot; /toss, ditto;. Fraser, lul.„F___,ttsehea, ~tll Maclean, half-pay 53d Foot; Barringtonimueuutu; seys , 40 sey ;De Misani, half-pay Meuron's Reg , we 4 Foot, llalifax, NoVa Scotia. w oo d, IS , 1 5°. Ensigns—Harman, 48th Foot, Kilkenny; 1 D y UOY al l t, r es l9 ' India Regiment, Dominica; Mallard , ha'fiGuards,-.-P Quartermaster—Clark, late of the Ist _____.------ ugDO Yi-/‘': - 11 7 ',ow: Am : i'rintea and Yubllshod by Id cs „,„ a _ No. _„„ so. 112, Strand, Yrintcr• 0 The Su s . v IVc c utr Szrand, in the Precinct a the Savo)", 1 ` bliddleaex, Friday, August 4 1845. BIRTHS. stelleir On the 29th ult., at Starcross, the wife of George —' o f son, e Es., of a son. t S e On the 30th ult., at Harbury, Warwickshire, - 11 b Theophilus Howkins, Esq., of a daughter. Dl ° On the 30th ult., at Birkenhead, the lady of John i , Esq., of a daughter. a o ' n ' On the 31st ult., in Hyde-park-street, the lady 0 min Oliveira, Esq., of a daughter. $ OlO On the Ist inst., at Park-road, Regent's-park, Dfl l ' ~,/ Puzey, of a son. -------- r ruzey, vi a zou. MARRIED. n otpd On the 29th ult., at Wandsbeck, Germany, Edolll4- en( Bradley, Esq., of Battersea, Surrey, to Margaret 4./ Donaldson, daughter of the late John Donaldsoot Westbourne• terrace, Hyde-park-gardens, London. On the 31st ult., at. All Saints', Fulham, the Rea. A. Carter, to Gertrude, youngest daughter of th e late . Rogers, Esq. 10' On the 3 lst ult., at Trinity Church, Islington , son of Thomas B. Gordon, Esq., of Hornsey, to la . „ l. ,tor''„ bella, only daughter of Anthony Gibson, Esq., of Is"Vo i „' ' On the 31st ult., at Tottenham Old Church, Job° v i 1 son Fletcher, Esq., of Union Dock, Limehouse, to 31 0 . do' nam, eldest daughter of Josiah Messer, Esq., of Broce'' Tottenham: I