The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-25 00:00:00

Wit* r, 38, ted for 7 ani sassy. 1, iges ub Ids for 111 0 oei so, ;13t. and non rill% i dly t00 05 4 :4 ass!) Ri )0 0 tb° - - _ Ih t „ FLANDERS MAIL. %is a w s 'z ee Ls, 21 Aug.—The Archd u k e F re d er i c k o f A us t r i a k tei ' in Belgium. General Goblet went to Liege to 'Min e " i n'. The Prince is son of the Archduke Charles, and kivilguished himself in the ::'•yrian camrign in 1840, as ticu -I,,el;B4,i:tias and at the siege of St. Jean d'Acre. itti l ,,," (l .we of Albussera, son of the late Marshal Suchet, has tLere from Paris, on his way to Germany. 14 5 the einniteur of this day publishe s t h e l aw o f th e 41 st M ay, theeoir which the Government is authorised to gr an t assent t o tond '"PenY repra sen t e d by Mr. George Rob er t H arcour t, o f Ittiod i °4 ' eti riulkting in the name o f Al essrs. A n d rew Stoppis lis,,,, 11 ,1e / Aird B a t es , and Jahn Gurney F r y, th e Commis ei the rail roe d t rom Li ege to N amur, and of the coal hork Munage and Mons. Jena brig left Antwerp yesterday from St. Thomas de Itii: v - nea. Mr. Augustus T. Kent de Rciidenbeek, be -IPer;l_ ff to the D e p ar t ment o f Foreign A,irs, commissioned I:l 4t " 10 Governments of Central America, proceeds to Ti s el liela on board this vessel. Precurseur of Antwerp, of the 20th, states that a buc k tL e took pl ace th ere on the 19th, with a thunder-storm t ie " distanc e . Th e h urr i cane was likewise felt at Bruges. atei fell in torrents and wassucceeded b hail. It t e th at the wheat crops in the s e environs have suffered. is [mo topitbaszts, /inch 22.—General Goblet, who went to Liege the Archduke Frederick, has returned to Brussels, Th e havin g t a k en another route. th e "e fa rmers here proßted by two days fine weather to get in hle t r k which was cut. It is said th a t th e corn h as su ff ere d b u t few days fine weather will suffice to alla f. , Itpt,4e,Nouvelliste des Flanders, says, A letter man of the ners 18th n , w ardt - '4 announces that the crop of potatoes in Fries itteaked, Q 94 ri ue e` •tre d and abunda o prevaihng malady.nt this year, though the plant , BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baus%ELs, Atru. 23. Actual Debt, 2 1 / 2 per Cent • • • • • • • Itothsehild's Loan, Five per Cent ••• .• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • • Ditto Three per Cent • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Z)itto, ditto, 1840 - • • • bit to, ditto,lB42 Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • • • • • • Ditto, 1843 •••••••• • • • • • • • •• • , Bank of Belgium Papers, Aug. 23. BORSENHALLE, Aug. 19. Bills • •• •• 101% • - •• 104% •• • • 101% SI alley 114% Austrian 5 per Cents .. • • I lank Shares •• • •••• • •• • • • • • • • 1650 A ng l o-Itussian Lean •••••••• • • .• • • • • 114 „kussian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 1051.2 .oitto I st series Inscription.. 10 ,1 ( 2 b itto,Tlope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 991 , bate), in Certificate.... •••• • • • • Pdq ? Sew 4 per Cent., Slope and Co. •• • • • 93 bitto Stleglitz • • •••••• • • • • • • 91 % 91 !-4 4anist. New 3 her Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 2016 Ditto 3 per Cent • • V 1 ,710-Portuguese Loan, 2 1 /4 per Cent •. 'hitch Actual Debt, 2 per ent ••• • • Ditto 3 per ' p olish New 4 per Cent, roan, 1844.• • • 861 k nglo-Danisli Loan, 3 r:..r Cent ...• • • 871 rational Bank 5hare5........ • • ...... 150 DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTBRDALI, AUG. 22. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent •••• • • • . • ila)itto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 77 77% Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • ••••• • • • • • 10014 101 -Arnort Syndic, 4i4 per Cent-- • EEDitto, 3!‘ per Cont....—. •••• • • • • 93 1 4 93% c,ra ntercial Company, 4Y 2 per Cent • • 168% 169% a India Loan, 4 per Cent.. • .• • 4Zehangeon London, at sight • • • Two months. On Hamburgh, at sight Two months..... On Paris .......... Two months. .... .1 )9 ..r5, Aug. 22. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, AUG. 19. Bills. Money 100% 99% • • 12 20 • • 12 15 •• 35 8734 •• 35 62% t t •Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • • •• • • mss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. -aehange on London, 2 months— •—• • • 6 2Ci 411 State Gazette. Aug. 20. '1444 AQUATICS. i i .el 1 OARS WAGER.—The oars wager between Robert Na William Robins, of Horsely,lown, and William NnLambeth, and John Phelps, of Fulham, came off Ot t `nay, the distance being from Westminster to Putney, i ttake 20/. a side. The celebrity of the whole of the t i! i liiZ l i ßttged had induced the public to expect a first-rate i 4 ° _t;; but they were, unfortunately, owing to accidents N't the men, doomed to disappointment. .At about L . 7 , 0 11 t Past five o'clock they appeared at the starting-place, 11.. !'iho had won th e c h o i ce o f stat i on, go i ng to the Teo fro m th e steam- b oat p i er, and Pocock taking the Ll kt i t 4 er arch, the former wit h th e co l our f orward, and e t with the colour aft, which, however, was les -I;lite° Pocock's boat by its being particularly low, 16,1 it moat level with the water. Both pairs went t% i t, a rattling pace, but before two dozen Zl a i, oad been taken, the veteran Phelps pulled ` o off off his oar ; another was immediately handed Nt boat from a skiff, but as it was useless for wagering, O t i t ks furnished him from his cutter. In consequence of klt k i l l Newel and his part n e r h a d gone upwar d s o f 250 : ty llsi,„,,d, but owing t o th e canvass stretc h ed fore and aft It ' , oat not bein g p roper l y g l aze d , s h e shipped water at i it tit t rl Eo, and th e y b ecame so " l ogged " that they were 4,° 'Abandon h er j ust a b ove C u b itt ' s and get into their I ttt ti l tt ab out t h e t i me that Pocock and his partner had 01.1)4> them. Pocock and Phelps rowed the distance, k•ottrse won the match. (Ihe:WAVERLY AND ARGONAUTS " SCRATCR."—The ."I of these clubs rowed a mixed " scratch" on Satur iiNbiilng, from Vauxhall to Putney. Five pairs had been li tt si t ' t °llly four Caine to the starting-place. Messrs. James 6rfield. yellow, 1 ; Webb and C. Prior, red, klli t t ,: l4 and Mongredsan, purple, 3; Newell and Strutten, It( a ll went away prettily together, and rowed through ' Rood speed. Shortly after the s'art red showed in hand led the way up to Wandsworth, when the win i-,vr some very plucky rowing, overhauled them, and 'Ant by three lengths. esIisTATION" or DUTCH CATTLE, &C.—lt 1S now te e lAtis that the importation of cattle and provisions is il IZd and other places on the Continent takes place oisiga almost daily by the numerous vessels trading 4ltitt, to London to a very great extent. The cattle IsN'iser, and particul ar ly f rom H ol l and, i s of a very k." 11, ,if not superlative d escr i pt i on, and arriving here Toi e. ? good condition, in consequence of the quick tran fse by the advantage Gf steam, have no doubt b een ‘lts st l . to answer the most sanguine expectations of the L k , The beistsseous and squally weather however, h og Prevailed, during the greater part of the last sksks s ss e at's',Ct a mishap. whi c h w ill, d ou btl ess , p r o ve a is e :• l thi --‘ to the speculators. The Dutch steam-ship 11 zi s , *as due at the St. Katharine's-wharf, from ,\ t ‘a ri ll ' , on Wed nes d a y a ft ernosn at one o ' c l oc k , b ut IS, '''t make her appearance until the following day k i iss i :a s Me hour, havin g b een d e l aye d b y t h e tempestuous ba r ) Weather at sea on the night of Tuesday 24 hours Vs ?roper and appo i nte d t i me o f arr i va l She had N ti• t ril tows on hoard, and 75 s h ee p, an d th e seen ,. .1 h a : decks and hold of the vessel presented on her tosses de scr ipti on. Th ey were a l l s hi pped sound and s !s d ° odition, b u t th e storm at sea on T ues d ay n i ght Is li i i r rataend v , and the that nas vessel waso le so ssthan 2 much tossed 7 of theabout tit4s i l from the suffering caused by the rough weather, itlo s arrival it was found necessary to get them landed t l s !' as n ehn o t n o d e t o h k e h k e r i t n aeke a r l ' in s os f t or n th n- - ~. t5 4 14 ,(1 they i w ere pronounced by the veterinary surgeon by the Crown to examine them previously to I X, k i s? be totally unfit f or h uman f oo d. I t w ill b e S, k action to the p u bli c t o k now th a t, b y a sa l u t ary S,':: lt t 4 l of the revenue department, an officer is deputed st s 4 oY the animals so pronounced to be unfit for I , t iii l iki to the premises of the knacker, he being pre- I N pp ^ ltness the flesh being bailed, and thereby ren ,\6t . : , Iti l i s and not likely to be brought into human eonsump pi, i s •ta regulation was duly observed in this extraor ,yrsu-Itance. It was found absolutely necessary to slay 11 ‘L'et v -re ,_ (6 f the cattle on board, The remainder, although s i "si.''lcak state, were in a considerably better condition, ki s kel with some difficulty got ashore and removed to their 15.:, 11 ,* Once or twice instances have occurred of one or 11. 1i,„ -- ," dying or requiring to be slaughtered immediately Sktcoar circumstances; but such a wholesale destruction 11. I s , its unprecedented, and will, doubtless, be a serious , 1 of the importers. The decks presented the appear NCI '2' l extensive slaughterhouse, dead and sick lying \tifssilluirections, and cor.torted into every iin.agin c k t ,4 and altogether presenting a most extraordinary, Is,: i tt t L s deplorable scene. There were twenty-one passers -11-.7d, and the inconvenience and wretchedness they Nthe ' ''tt '''d v, verygreat. They describe thepassage as a N . were k l uc one, and such as none but a well proved sea boat, a cargo, could have stood against. The Batavier Skethl3ht 21,3 t ttp, ,„, packages of peas, 82 packages of plums, 371 shah'„ ' of yeast, a quantity of poultry, and other articles \s Sy r Produce and manufacture. As i t ta :ZEALAND —[Extract from a private letter.] ktr c o - s t aNn, MARCH 22, 1845.—1 have just had . additional iVis t :l the Bay of Islands, which is worth communicating, tiqS . ll is now elated, and the vessel sails for Sydney at N, se, Th e Chief Nene (or Thomas Walker), Ripa, and yjs.4-gers, have already marched over from Hokianga (two l lttis hl ,, e )) to the Bay of Islands, with 800 men, cut down a NOeki had erected, and are going to set to work with 1 ,2 - ( ; ) 4 s• Napua (or Noble) joins them in a few days . kt, Ai n' th 2 i ,oo * 0 morneOtaonndlH w ell t i h w ou ill t be a st a t t o lo r n ta f k ro e m n ptl - I s r ) b ut thi s done after havins, y r in reply to various offers of 011 -y ea told even remain •t , as the Governor would settle d_ go _ to quiet, . liiNot,artel with Heki. This is most gratifying, as proving l l the good feeling of the natives, tl„ et ip once to be placed on ~ s k stronger proof can be given. i s da s i) ,,,lt —A shucking murder was committed on S h vii;'lght last at Bromley, near Standon, Hertfordshire. L 't h lt st '° Was the wife of an agricultural labourer, and the nal :of the violence which occasioned her death was her Mts h4 ,. Levi Warman, the husband, is 45 years of age, I NN ito, his . wife, was ;owe years older. They had been 11,b : kt e t e r many years, had brought up a family, of which N i (11 v living two sons and two daughters, the youngest tt i , s:''',about 20 years of age ; the eldest is an idiot. The S i t'l l, s osarth of Warman was disturbed by frequent I Zte:nti his wife was a constant sufferer from the violence se Per • i I ‘l O , O he had frequently threatened her life, and fear gtspsaf h.`lcarry his threats into execution, she was in the i l l 4y ,'"!og herself when he was in an ill-humour. On 'l 4 ti - "gist last W man's temper was unusually ruffled. `tltiltAfttilnate deceased , ar in consequence, concealed herself s .s ti 4 ta s tu s eri, butWarmtnwent out, anidiscovering her re stt yof in I in such a manner about the head, that she was si le e rward s found by her daughter lying on the ground of ,a. . . klit o i w., An inquest has been held on the body, and a ver- Ntits i i t l e'al murder" returned against Levi Warman, who dts`si sw " committed to the county gaol to await his trial. ,ss i i se L oci erful man, standing six feet high. On Wednes ett'slhe , 3 ; of the deceased was interred in Standon church ,,N,.ll nole of her children following her remains to the 4 t 4k. ,.. e " ford Mercury. Itii tt ttl - RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday morn 44Chemed ,of Hill expired in Guy's . Hospital, in coi:ise- Vk ii severe injuries he sustained about a fortnight k sk fisib s i ng from the top of a viaduct on the line of the k a t , Sway whilst engaged as a labourer. 4 4 , 4 4 1 HONEYMOON.-011 Friday a young kNyvi su r oed Caroline Glynn, who had been married only a.:lrsasksl ma gistrate nchester, was brought efore the Mayor a ~ s ess; °l , and committed fortrial at the next i s at i sn "'As. on a charge of stealing some silver spoons il l : ts t ,eres s ,"‘ lS e of Mr. F. Barnes, a solicitor. After the mar- NI . s t , d nY she called upon a female in that gentleman's th; tppreptoraitted the offence, for which she was immes tt ot ° coded The husband was rendered almost frantic bcts, k 'eUrr en • 1 1 4 t t ta' ". tyili::or wharfs REPROOF.—Some time since a sailor on % c iarfs was swearing most boisterously, when one IN tl letYof Friendspassing along Is s y, h , tt and said, 6' Swear friend, swear away, till I,At 41 1 th., away, Co, NI vi ., tk ut bad stuff out of thee, for thee can never go 'N:! 1 t , ".tilat bad stuff in thy heart." The sailor, with li '4'4 °'lnhnient and shame, bowed to the honest Quaker 0 . te q v ‘4 4 . N 4 ii,„ eo lier in this locality has been more favour %old 4, and the harvest may be said to have generally ""-Nottingham Review. LITERA TURE. AUST RIA, and the POPE. A Letter to Sir Ja. , nes Giabam, I:wt., by Joseph Mazzini. M. illazzini lies lung bi en known to this country as the leader end rail . ) ing point of that prescribed but en , thusiasiie and intrepid band of patriots, who, under the designation of " Young et - mpose a party devoted to the aecomplishment of great social, political, and morel reforms in the existing institutions of their noble but unhappy country. Ile will be known to a still larger portion of our countrymen as the refugee foreigner especi,lly selected by the confederates of the " Right Honourable" Secretary of State for the Home Department, for their ingenious experiments on seal breaking rand letter-larceny. It is impossible to do justice, by any abstract, or citations, to this forcible, timely, and bitter/epistle ; but it is a singularly rare specimen of the nervous eloquence with which a foreigner can manage to embody the expression of his just indignation in idiomatic English. 'There are some noble passages in this letter—none more so than those which regard the cruel and untimely fate visited by the relentless jealousy of the Austrian Government—the gallant, the lamented brothers Bandiera—tempted, cheated, betrayed into the toils of an unsparing despotism, but nurturing, with the effusion of their young and noble blood—we trust, we hope, we believe—that vigorous plant which is destined, even in our times, to become " the tree of liberty" that shall strike deep and wide its roots into the soil, and spread abroad the sacred shadow of its branches over all renovated Italy! The following impassioned manifesto of Italian nationality is conceived in a glorious spirit, and derives some additional interest even from the very ltalieisms of its English:— " We are a people of from one-and-twenty to two-and twenty millions of men, known from time immemorial by the same name, as the people of Italy; inclosed by natural limits the clearest ever marked out by the Deity—the sea and the highest mountains in Europe ; speaking the same language, modified by dialects varying from each other less than do the Scotch and the English ; having the same creeds, the same manners, the same habits, with modifications not greater than those which in France, the most homogeneous country on the earth, distinguish the Basque race from the Breton ; proud of the noblest tradition in politics, science, and art, that adorns European history ; having twice given to Humanity a tie, a watchword of Unity —once, in the Rome of the Emperors, again, ere they had betrayed their mission, in the Rome of the Popes; gifted with active, ready, and brilliant faculties, is not denied even by our calumniators ; nch in every source of material well-being that, fraternally and liberally worked, could make ourselves happy, and open to sister nations the brightest prospect in the world. " We have no flag, no political name, no rank among Euro pean cations. We have no common centre, no common pact, no common market. We are dismembered into eight states— Lombardy, Parma, Tuscany, Modena, Lucca, the Popedom, Piedmont, the Kingdom of Naples—all independent one of another, without alliance, without unity of aim, without organized connexion between them." Dlt majestic Italy cannot yet be lost—she is not " dead, but only sleepettl," who in the generous Bandieras could boast of sons whose dying lips pronounced this touching duclartion: —" fede rostra giovare l'ltalica liberti morti meglio the vivi." (" It is our trust that we shall better aid the cause of Italian liberty in our deaths than in our lives.") No hero of Old Rome in the best times of the Republic ever testified by a nobler death to a nobler sentiment ! THE PRACTICAL COOK, ENGLISH and FOREIGA. By Joseph Breyion and Anne Miller. 1 Vol. Sublime is the mystery of good living. Sagacious was the scholiast who defined man to be "an animal who cooks." Great wisi.km was there in the reply which some one made when his hostess said, " Why, Doct,r, you actually enjoy the delicacies of the table 1" To be sure I do. Do you think good things were made only for fools? May I trouble you for some more of the partridges and truffles ?" There is much philosophy around the social table :—a good feast, with a good many people (from 4 to 12) to partake of it, practically carries out the utilitarian prin ciple of " the greatest happiness of the greatest number." Not until the Restoration was the obese Bourbon really entitled to the title of Louis Dix-huit ;—but, even in exile, he had happily qualified himsel!, by mtive enjoy ment, for the appellation of Louis des-huitres ! \\ hat eared the, while he feasted at Hartwell, how French men fought, and bled, and starved for glory ? If the Moniteur duly recorded the triumphs of the Cor si( an , the exiled Bourbon could solace himself, and did, by careful study of the Al/tau:adz des Gourmands. If, thinking of the days when the classics charmed him, he de,ired once more to bother his mind with a reference to them, how natural') must he have taken up Apicius de obsoniis et condimentes—how immediately must he have been reminded of the epicurean philosophy, " Live while you may." We Have had a score of cookery books within the last dozen years. Why, in these days of knowledge made easy, does not some one give us a gastronomic geogra phy ? The pupil could readily travel over Europe on the map. The Neva would remind him of sturgeon ; Burgundy, Bordeaux, the Rhine, and the Peninsula, of the wines, white, red, or sparkling ; Alencon, of geese ; Strasburg, of a pale; Narbonne, of honey ; Parmesan, of cheese ; Ai, of champagne ; Limoges, of oxen ; and while chesnuts, capons, and cherries, were on the table, what time more suitable to instruct con cerning the places whence they come in perfec tion, viz., Puy, La Fle'Are, and Montmorenci, Even within our own " tight little island" what a charming Tour Gast, onomique might be made ! Oxford and Cam bridge, if there learning had no attraction, would woo us with their sausages and bishop. No one could visit Liverpool without a pilgrimage to Everton, where " toff'•" xas first produced. Ormskirk and its gingerbread— Norfolk and her mammoth-turkies—Colchester and her )ysters—shabby Shrewsbury with her brawn, and cakes Ind simnel—Gloucester, Cheshire, and Stilton with their cheese—Devonshire and her clouted cream —Scarborough Ind her lobsters—all these are places sacred to him who studies the geography of the table. How .rippingly off the tongue" run the names of places made irnmoetal by the delicacies they produce ! Burton de, Yarmouth bloaters, Severn salmon, Banbury cakes, Lincoln pork pies, Finnan haddocks, Bath buns, ()unstable larks, York hams, Cumberland bacon, Dundee marmalade, Innoshawen whiskey, or the death less Ferintosh ! The Cookery book before us, a joint-stock concern, by Hr. Bregion and Miss Miller, is an improvement, in •ome respects, upon many of its class. It Las an abun lance of old receipts adapted to the present time and caste ; and (what is really curious and may be useful) a variety of receipts in the cookery of France, Germany, Russia, Spain, Poland, Holland, Switzerland, India, and America. Among the last-named receipts we have one for making the far-famed " mint julep" which Mar ryatt and Dickens have attempted to describe—one might as well try to paint a perfume ! but oh ! not one word as to the constituent parts of a " sherry cobler." That the public may not languish for this exquisite drink, we here annex our own receipt :—" Pour into a large tum bler about half a pint of brown sherry ; add half-a dozen spoonfuls of powdered lump-sugar'; fill up with Wenham-lake ice, broken small ; pour the contents of this into another tumbler, and keep on shifting he mixture from tumbler to tumbler until an in crustation of ice gathers on the outside of the glass ; rub the lips of the vessel with a lemon, cut transversely ; put a straw into the golden hued mixture, through that delicate medium gently and luxuriously imbibe !" The mint-julep is made in the same way, equal parts of brandy and rum being substi tuted for the sherry, and a few mint-shoots, just squeezed once, to emit the more delicate flavour of the herb being held iu one tumbler, while the other contents are shifted about from vessel to vessel to insure the perfect blending of the whole. By the way, " The Practical Cook" omits the " to be well shaken;" yet, on this deperels the perfection of the delicious com pound. Let them amend this in their next edition. Dr. Kitchener (what an appropriate name for a gourmand!) never published a receipt until he could say—probaturn The thoroughly English receipts are the best in this volume :—the French ones are very good, also, and comparatively inexpensive, which is a great point. To use the authors' words, we have thus united "all that is best in the substantial solidity and simplicity of the English kitchen, and all that is most varied, delicate, and harmoniously combined in the kitchen of the French." —There are some sensible remarks on wines, and hints as to the difficult and desirable mode of making coffee. TII.B BRITISH MAGAZINE for August. The best thing in this number occurs exactly where it ought to do. It is the first, as well as the best, of the papers. We like the truth-hitting simplicity and honest strength of the editor's "Short Way with the Puseyites." Take this sample of his mode of handling that pink of TracLirian Protestant repudiation—the Rev. Mr. Oake ley. It is taken from his eighth chapter on " Modern Hagiology :" " The aim and object of these tamperings with Holy Scrip ture are here purposely kept out of view, because it would be totally contrary to the writer's design, and a great misrepresen tion of his own judgment in the matter, were he to lead his reader to suppose that he considered the moral of Mr. Oakeley's fables the point of primary, or even secondary, importance. Mr. Oakeley, of course, as well as Mr. Newman and the writers of the Lives of the Saints, mean to advocate Romanism, or, more truly speaking, Popery. This is their object; they make no secret of their intention; and, however pl a i n ly irreconcilable with common honesty ad their obligations as clergymen of the United Church, their conduct and principles appear, still one has no desire whatever to forget, even for a moment, that they have a Master to whom alone they must give account of their treatment of their conscience. The Ro manizing tendency and object of the movement is now fully developed, and Mr. Oakeley's practical mode of handling the sacred narrative is only the result of a theological system of which he openly avows himself the advocate:" By the publication of such truths as these the Bri tish Magazine is doing good service to the cause of morals, of religion, of the Established Church. In this conviction we abstain from indicating, here and there, leaven of something like intolerance in this clever review. THE ADVENTURES OF AN UMBRELLA. By G. Herbert Rodwell. Rut 1. Mr Rodwell has been long known to the public as a musical composer of great talent, to whose genius we are indebted for sonic of our most delightful melodies. He now comes before us in the character of a novelist, and has bid fair to b, come a most successful one. The idea of making an umbrella relate its own adventures is a very happy one, and it has so far been cleverly worked out. His sketches are extremely graphic. Old Stutters, the returned nabob, is the most entertaining of oddities. But it is not alone in depicting the broadly humorous that Mr. Rodwell excels ; his description of the gaming house and its inmates is one of the must harrowing ever penned. We extract the following graceful tribute of respect to one to whom we, in common with thousands, have been indebted for some of the merriest hours of our existence, and corlially do we join in the prayer with which it concludes : " In passing a very pretty, low, white-fronted house, facing Hyde-park, who should I see reading at a window, but one that must ever be dear to the whole sacs of umbrellas. I trust I shall not offend in mentioning big; name, but it would appear THE_ ►w N, LON DON, MONDA V EVEN I NG, AuGUST 25 1845. ungrateful were any of my race to pass that door without some tribute of respect—what would I not have given to have been ths umbrella he immortalised in Paul Pry 2—it was the great, the incomparable Liston. That he may now in his private life enjoy that heartfelt cheerfulness he so freely imparted to others in his public one, is my sincere—my fervent—prayer," The work is profusely illustrated with characteristic and spirited woodcuts by Landdls. LECTURES ADDRESSED to the WORKING CLASSES. Part VIII. By W. J. Fox. This part contains Lectures VIII., IX., X., and XI. Of these, the first three are devoted to a comparison of Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine in their lives, prin ciples, and political influence. The last resumes his review of " Living Poets, and their Services to the Cause of Political Freedom and Human Progress"—Leigh Hunt being the poet illustrated on this occasion. SONGS, BALLADS, 6-c. A collection of little poems, for the most part evincing facility of versification and a picturesque conception. The following fragment is a spirited little affair, and we should have been still better pleased with it, had the author correctly accentuated " Genoa" in the first line. The error is the more remarkable, as it does not occur in a subsequent passage:— " Ah, long may Genoa's maidens strain Their tear-dimmed eyes—." FRAGMENT OF A BALLAD ON THE BATTLE OF CRECY. Then forth Genoa's bowmen stept, One bound each archer forward leapt To daunt their island foes— As when the storm's brief lull is o'er Forth bursts the tempest's mighty roar Their war-cry hoarsely rose. They bound again —again their cry, The shout of thousands, bursts on high And rolls along the plain. Ah, fools—they are not hearts of hare You rouse—in vain you rend the air With shouts—you bound in vain, For many a banner must be ta'en, And many a hauberk cleft in twain. And many a knight must press the plain, From earth no more to rise again, Ere England quit the field. Yon ranks are not the timid deer Who fly the hunters' shouts—but here, At bay, stand those who know not fear, Who win them shall, I trow, pay dear, For shattering axe and rending spear Yon host full well can wield. Hark I to that sound the crossbows' ring, A thousand quarrels hurtling sing Through air towards the foe— There rose fair England's yeomen's cry— A pace each archer steps—on high, Their arrows, whitening air, fast fly, Like wintry drifts of snow— But not like flaky snow they fall— The shrieks of agony, and all That meets the ear and eye, Pierced brains and riven morions tell, And breasts transfixed, proclaim full well To meet them is to die. Ah, long may Genoa's maidens strain Their tear-dimmed eyes across the main To catch their white-winged galleys—vain, They sweep the deep no more— Fast, fa,t they fall—on Crecy's plain They slumber ne'er to wake again Amongst the dying and the slain, In dust and curdling gore. Ah, long shall Genoa's matrons wail— Fast falls that deadly iron hail, Death rides the clothyard shafts that sail, Blood-thirsting, through the sky; Against that flight, that with no fail Pours on, nor plate nor iron mail, Buckler nor helm, would aught avail; Well may the falling sigh They ever left their own loved land On Crecy's gory plain to stand, For life-bought gold, to try How well an English yeoman's hand The tough yew-bow can ply; I trow that none for long that blast Of death can face and live. See, fast Their thousands crowd in eight ; With hellish yells at.d wild uproar And shriek and curse and groan they pour, The trampled dead and dying o'er, From out the bloody tight. Hark to King Philip's wrathful shout, " Sweep from our path yon rascal rout, The dastard rabble slay ; St. Denis ! 'Tis our proper meed, We might have known in hour of need Such churls would flee the fray." The men at arms are in the throng, The flying down are hewn, Their trampling steeds they spur along, The plain with dead is strewn ; In vain they fly the death they dread, They fly the foe in vain, Hurled 'neath the chargers' iron tread, Or by their riders slain. TEXAN BONDS AND LANDS. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 14.—Texas lands are in de mand, particularly those held by Mexican titles ; but Texas Treasury notes and bonds have not advanced, nor is there anything doing in them at any price. They are quoted thus in New Orleans :—Red Buck, 13c. to 14c. on the dollar ; Interest Notes, 15c. to 16c. ; Bonds, 8 per cent., 19c. to 20e. Bonds, 10 per cent., 20c. to 21c. The Red Bucks are notes first issued by the Government, and they bear no inte rest ; they began to depreciate, and notes bearing interest of ten per cent. were next issued to prevent depreciation, and a law was enacted allowing holders of the first issue to fund their notes and take bonds drawing ten per cent. interest. The next year the law was changed, and only eight per cent. was allowed. The various issues of the Government may be safely estimated at ten millions of dollars. Nor is it true that this debt will be paid by Texas immediately , on its annexation to the United States. These promis sory notes and bonds are the last thing that will be paid. There are very many individual claims which will be promptly paid by the Government—to wit, supplies for the army, money advanced, personal ser ►ices, &c. These stand as debts against the Government, nor have they been liquidated by bills or bonds. The Government will, in all pro bability, never pay more than ten cents on the dollar on these bonds and bills, and that too for the reason that the Government and people never received even that amount for them. They are chiefly held by brokers and speculators in New Orleans, who wrung them from the oppressed Government and its poor people for•the amount of from three to eight cents per dollar, and the Government will doubtless pay what they justly owe, and ❑o more. Is it right or just they should ? The brokers have tried many ways to secure their Texas claims to the full amount on the face of them, but they will never succeed. It is now a conceded point that some persons were bribed by certain persons by an offer of 30 per cent. on the amount of the debt, if they would cause it to be stipulated i❑ the articles of annexa tion that the United States should pay the Texas debt. One treaty was drawn up for this purpose, but it was not ratified. Persons then commenced negotiations else where, and thought they could lull the people of Texas by offering them another boon, but it would not do, the people discovered their schemes. _ In Texas a national debt is truly and practically a na tional blessing, and I will demonstrate it. About nine tenths of the people have not as yet received from the General Land-office the titles to their lands. The land office expenses will amount to an average of about fifty dollars each. These old notes and bonds are received at par value—fifty dollars of them can be bought with seven dollars par money—so that the person, while he is only paying seven dollars in par money, is really paying fifty dollars of the Government debt, but if any other nation was to assume the debt, it would raise the money to par value, and the citizen would have to pay fifty dollars in par money, and, instead of the Government getting any benefit from the remaining forty-three dollars, it would go to brokers and bond• holders, and the Govern ment would get no more than if it was only ten cents per dollar. It is not true that each dollar is good for one acre of land—it is true that you can enter land at two dollars per acre, but then you must pay for location, surveying, &c., in good money. It is not here as in the United States: here the Government pays for no sur veying or any other expense—all is paid by the locator. It is true that a Bill was introduced in Congress (and passed) by that talented, patriotic statesman, D. S. Kaufman, appropriating a portion of land to pay the public debt, but it is only to pay it as it was issued, say ten cents. per dollar. Major Kaufman has ever been foremost in the cause of integrity and pa triotism, and Texas is more indebted to him for an nexation than to all her other politicians to gether. Major Kaufman is in Congress, and the people of Texas are thereby deprived of his great talents in the Convention. But there are some few men of fine talents in the Convention. General Rusk, Colonel Love, Colonel Mayfield, Volney Howard, Esq., Go vernor H. G. Runnells, General Darnell, Colonel Hogg, Charles S. Taylor, Esq. These are the only men of talent in the Convention, but the small fry are nume rous, such as county court lawyers, justices of the peace, and quondam judges. PRIZE MONEY for the CAPTURE THE HEROlNE.—Commander (the lieutenant) Fodte, and the officers and crew late of the Heroine, 6 brig, who captured, on the sth of April, 1843, the slave schooner Maria Louise, will be paid, on and after the 28th instant, the amount of prize -money, 637/. 125., arising from the slave and tonnage duties, in the following proportion : Lieutenant commanding 79/. 14s. ; second class, 28/. 17s. Id. ; third, 14/. 18s. 6d. ; fourth, 91. 12s. 4d. ; fifth, 4/. 16s. 2d. ; sixth, 31. 4s. Id. ; seventh, 11. 12s. THE ALBATROSS.—Commander Reginald Yorke and the officers and crew of this 16- gun s l o op will have an account of the Spanish slave brig Constancia, seized on the 30th July, 1844, deposited in the Court of Admiralty on the 26th instant. THE GROWLER STEAM SLOOP.—The accounts of two slavers captured by Commander Young and the officers and crew of this steam-sloop—the Spanish brigantine Veterano, seized 21st July, 1944, and of the Spanish schooner Concepcion, seized on the 23d September, 1844, will be deposited in the Court of Admiralty on the 20th instant by the agents. ESCAPE of YOUNG BONAPARTE FROM ITALY. You have seen the accounts of the arrival, some time since, of young Bonaparte, to take possession of Bor dentown, the former residence and property of Joseph Bonaparte: Mr. Mallaird, the old secretary of the ex- King, and his son reside at Bordentown, with the young Prince Canino, as is his title. There is quite a romantic incident connected with this, on the truth of which you may safely rely. The estate of Bordentown was be queathed to the young Prince, with the ex ieption of a comfortable farm, which was left to Maillard. But the father of Canino resolved that he should not take possession of his property. Fearing that through his prodigality his estate wouid be squandered, or wishing to hold it in his own hands for his own use, he resolved to detain the young Prince in Italy. The son having derived his title of Prince Canino from the Papal States, the father had control over his person in those States, and could by the laws of the kingdom imprison him there till he was twenty five years of age. The young Prince having resolved to come to America and take possession of his testate, the father, to prevent it, determined to throw him in prison, and in the mean time, to preclude the possibility of escape while they were in Florence, he wrote to the various parts of Italy authorising the authorities to arrest him if he should appear there with the intention of embarking for any foreign country. Finding himself locked in on every &de, the young Prince gave himself up to despair, and awaited the day when he should be carried to the Papal States and be shut up in the walls of a prison. But young Maillard in the meantime was active for his friend, though all his efforts seemed abortive. At length but one day was left in which to escape before the father should take the son to prison. Almost in despair, young Maillard hastened to Leghorn, and there to his joy found a Swedish vessel bound for New York. Jumping into a carriage he hur ried back to Florence, and dressing himself in female apparel (a sign agreed on between the two when Mail lard wrote him), sent a note to the young Prince saying a female wished to see him. Hastening to a by-street, he found his friend awaiting him, who told him of the Swedish vessel th..t was to sail next morning for New York. The Prince needed no urging, instantly jumping into the car riage with Maillard, he drove with all speed to Leghorn, where they arrived a little after daylight. The vessel was to sail in two hours, and aboard of that miserable craft with its miserable accommodations the young Prince was hurried, and in two hours was making out of port and away from the shores of Italy. After a pas sage of seventy-three days he arrived in New York. Maillard went to London and took passage in the packet for the United States. We saw him a week or two after his arrival full cf delight to find his feet on American soil. He is a nobleman, and loves the United States better than half our own citizens. He brought over with him several fine dogs and some pheasants, which he has taken to Bordentown to turn loose in its parks.-- New York Letter, July 10. BAD VENTILATION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP. Churches and chapels, though more lofty than schools, are usually less in area, in proportion to the numbers frequenting them ; and, though in most cases they are occupied for fewer hours in the week, they seldom profit by much pains taken to change the a;r, whilst they are unoccupied. "In regard to churches," says a medical witness, " many illnesses and deaths proce e d f rom faults of ventil a tion and warming ; from the rush of oold air in one place on those who sit near the d oors an d windows, and the want of fresh air in other places." And if such be the case with the congregation, in a building often of the most c)stly character, wherein a trifling expense would permanently secure a b un d ant ventilation, what must be the injury sustained by the preacher in the pulpit ? Placed on a height at which his voice acts at a disadvantage, as if on pur pose that he may breathe an atmosphere composed of the breath of all who sit beneath him on the floor, he has to exert his lungs to the utmost pitch, while they have the worst of the air to work with. And the more promising his talents, the more success ful his exertions in interesting and edifying a multitude of hearers, so much the sooner is he likely to be con signed to silence, consumption, and the grave. Still more pitiable, if possible, is the lot of Sunday school children, whom modern architects, and committees, and commissioners, are apt to place in the recesses of a lofty roof. Above the vent afforded by the windows, and with rarely any ventilation in the ceiling, they have the foul air of the whole building in a sort of halo round their heads. And there, where they can scarcely see the minister, much less hear him, with perhaps little convenience for sitting, and none for kneeling, and with their attention previously exhausted in school, they are required, under penalty of chastisement, to keep still, and silent, and awake, in an atmosphere which of itself is quite enough to produce in a grown person, much more in a child, inattention, restlessness, and drowsi ness. To say no more of the unhealthiness of a posi tion such as this, I cannot refrain from expressing my apprehension that there must b e h un d re d s o f th ousan d s in the land who, having had these for their first im pressions of Divine service, have hence conceived a deep and lasting averbion to the house of prayer.—The Un healthy Condition of Dwellings, 6-c., by the Rector of Alderley. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF 132 k 227 46% 29% 10% 26 110 1208% 1101 16 - 986 d I — 1 143a9c1 12889d1 12% 13ii 3756 d 3% 7- 101 27% 121 i 1336 17s p 40s p 335 p 25 43( 206 lOs p 12a p 3MP !Med Exeter, 101. 10s.—North Devon. 2. 7 . 105. prem.—South Mid lands, 6/. ss. prem.—" , •cuth Wales, 5/. se. IiUDDERSHELD, AUG. 23. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Great Grimsby Dock Extension, 3.—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 18s. 6d.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 31s.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 41s. 3d.—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 14 jy with new—Lancashire, York and North-Eastern, 15s. prem.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and P . , - t4ton, B—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3 1 / .,l—South 111 id kmds, YORK, Aro. 23. STocK ExcifAxog—The sales arc—Eastern Union Exten • sion, 3 1 / B —Great North of England, gow, 543 1g —Ditto, ditto, 32—London and Croydon, New, 21. 116.—Midland, New, 26 1 /3 —North Britiah, New, 9;4f.;—York and North Midland Extension, 24:1.—Leeds and Bradford, .55 1 4 C—London and York, 5 4 —Manchester, Buxton, &c., B%—Newpastle and Berwick, 24—North Staffordshire, 51. 2s.—Shre - wsbury, Hereford, and North 'Vales, 3 3 1 —South Midlands, 71. 12e. ULL, :SUG 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, mid _Bolton, 9 1 ,4 —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 11. 17s. 6d.— Grimsby Dock Extension, 3—North British, Half Shares, 9 1 4 —Armagh ; Coleraine, and Portrusb, 21. Is. 6d.—East Lin colnshire, 15s.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 3.sB.—Leeds and West Riding Junction, 14s.—London and Birmingham Ex tension, 15s.—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 1/. 17s. 6d.—riottingliam and Boston 13s.—Nottingham and Mans field, 275. Cal. Rugby , 2%.-South Midland, 7 1 4—Sheffield and Lincohislilte Junction, 3 1 / 2 ---Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 44—Tvan and Dove Valley, 225. 6d.—Wake gekl and Bradford ; 21. 18s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 7s. &L EDINITEGH, Arc. 22. STOCK Exert/I-WM-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 35.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 21. I Is. 6d.-Arbrooll and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,' N.-Armagh and Porti7l3 ll , 21. - Banffshire, W. Is 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 7s. 6d.,-Bel fast and County Down, 31. 17s. 6d.-Cambridge and Li,"Cobb 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 10s.Caledonian Extension, 2 . 1 . 16s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/.175. 6d.-Clydesdao Junction, W. - Direct Northern, W. - Dundee and Ar broath, :37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee and Perth, 4/. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Batligate, 2/. 9s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 881.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 15/.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 11. 17s. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 26/.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 17/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 145.-Ditto, New, 1/. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles,2/.155. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 11. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 31. 145.- Glasgow and Neilston, 21/. 10s,-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ; IL as. 6d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. 15s. 6d.-Inver ness and Elgin, 11. 25.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 5/. 15s. -London and York, 41. 10s.-Londonderry and Coleraine, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 31. 155.-Monk land and Kirkintilloch,33/.-Morayshire, 1/.-North British, 31/. 10e.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 55.-North Wales Mineral, New, 6'.55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. Is.-Scottish Central, 71. 12s. 6d -Scottish Midland, 21. 2s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, 4/. Is. 6d.-Slaniannan, 181.-South Midland, 6'. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 11s. 6d.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Waterford, Wick low, and Dublin, H. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 391. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER. BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY AFTERNOON,-.-This afternoon, the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above Company was held at the Company's offices, Lawley-street, in this town. Mr. Samuel Bowley took the chair. Mr. SAUNDERS, the secretary, read the report of the Direc• tors, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement which has been entered into between the Midland and Birmingham and Gloucester Company. Mr. GILL, of Plymouth, inquired what was the number of shares in the Company ? The SECRETARY answered 11,421 100/. shares; and in answer to further questions, said that the shareholders in the Worcester deviation line were being paid off. Mr. GILL wished to know what the weekly returns on the Gloucester line had been during the last two months? The CHAIRMAN could not answer the question, as the returns had been amalgamated with those of the Midland Company. Mr. GILL said he understood that the returns had increased to the extent of 3,0001. per week. The SECRETARY said this was evidently an exaggeration. A short conversation ensued as to the Midland Company being able always to fulfil their engagements, after which the report was received and adopted. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the resolution declaring a divi dend, said it was right that he should explain to the share holders why the dividend was less than had been anticipated. At their last meeting he had informed them that the dividend would not be less than 11.:17s. 6d. per share. In consequence of a claim which the Bristol Company had set up, but which this Company did not acknowledge, the dividend would be less by sixpence per share than had been anticipated. Although the Directors did not admit the justice of the claim of the Bristol and Gloucester Company, yet they had deemed it right to avoid any dispute and give up the amount in ques tion, which would average about sixpence per share. They had thought it better to do this than involve the Company in any difficulties. It was only fair to the Proprietors, how ever, that he should state that the Directors had not bound the Company. If the Proprietors were of opinion that the claim of the Bristol Company should be resisted, they were at liberty to take steps to oppose that claim. He thought, how ever, that it would be better to leave the matter as the Direc tors had recommended.—( Hear, hear.) He then moved that a dividend of 11. 16s. per share of 100/. be declared, and made payable on the 15th of September. Mr. GILL inquired what was the aggregate amount of the claim of the Bristol Company? A PROPRIETOR said he believed that if the claim were not made by the Bristol Company, the Gloucester shareholders would have U. 18s. 6d. per share. Mr. GILL said that would in the aggregate then amount to 1,1001. The CHAIRMAN said the real difference in the dividend was only about 6d, per share, as the dividend was made payable free of income-tax. The resolution was then carried. The thanks of the shareholders to the Chairman and Direc ors closed the proceedings. LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX. SOUTHEND ! SAT RDA Y. —Yetterday afternoon a public meeting of the inhabitants of Southend and its neighbourhood was held in the large room of the Royal Hotel, to consider the proposed London and South Essex Railway, and the propriety of adopting measures for promoting it. 111 r. Tyerman, solicitor, of Gresham-street, London, at. tended on behalf of the Company. Colonel Kesterman presided, and there were also present General Thompson, Lieut. Gooch, the Rev. Edward Lilling stone, incumbent of Prittlewell, the Rev. Fred. Hope, James Tabor, Esq., James Haggett, Esq., John Harris, Esq., A. Holt White, Esq. ; M. Comfort, Esq., C. Giles, Esq., Archi bald Hunter, Esq., J. Scott, Esq., &c. Mr. CLA RKE felt convinced that, by means of a direct corn manication with London by railway, the town of Southend would be in a much better condition than it could ever be without.--( Hear.) It could scarcely be doubted that the scheme, if carried out, would be of incalculable advantage to Southend, and to those other populous districts which were altogether usssupplied by the Eastern Counties Company. At present Brighton was easily accessible by railway, at moderate prices, giving Londoners the benefit of a sea-side residence, without the difficulty or expense of a long journey. By the proposed line, Southend would be but little more than an hour's ride from London, even to the very heart of the City. It had been thought that Brighton would be injured by the influx of weekly visitors, but such was not the case. He was assured by the principal tradesmen of Brighton, that the business of the town had greatly increased through the facilities afforded for cheap and speedy communication with London. When the railway was constructed, he (Mr. Clarke) saw every reason to believe that Southend would be quite as good a place as Brighton. Mr. TY ERMAN said the Company had been formed to open the nearest possible direct line of communication between the metropolis and the coast. The object would be effected by the construction of a line from the Stepney station of the Black wall Railway to the town arid harbour of Burnham, on the river Crouch, with branches to Grays, Tilbury, and Southend. The line would pass through or near Barking, Rochford, and numerous agricultural towns, and at Ockendon would meet the line of the Thames Haven Dock Company. The distance from London of the principal places on the proposed line, or immediately connected with it, would be—Barking, 7 miles ; Ockendon, 17 miles; Tilbury, 22 miles ; Gravesend (by a steam-ferry from Tilbury), 23 miles ; Thames Haven, 27 miles ; Rochford, 37 miles ; Southend, 40 miles ; Town and harbour of Burnham, 41 miles. By the proposed line Gravesend would be reached from the City within less than an hour, and Southend within an hour and twenty minutes ; and, by the proposed extension of the Blackwall Railway to the Thames Embankment and City Railway, the means would be afforded for the most speedy communication with the western districts of the metropolis. The present dis tance of Southend by road, from Whitechapel Church, was forty-two mile., and the tediousness of both the land journey and the river vos age ' had hitherto been felt as a serious draw back to the peculiar advantages of its position. By means of the proposed line Southend would become the nearest water ing-place to the metropolis, and more easily and economically accessible than any other. The proposed line would also shorten, by nearly two hours, the length of the voyage from London to Sheerness, Herne 13ay, Margate, Dover, and the continental ports. It gas proposed to carry the line beyond Southend to the river Crouch, connecting it with the existing natural harbour for colliers, fishing-smacks, and other vessels at the south-eastern extremity of the county of Essex. The line had been laid down so as to avoid all property of an orna mental or costly character. It travelled, for the most part, a level or gently undulating country, and would be free from works of a peculiarly expensive character. The net profits on the estimated capital would amount to at least 10 per cent. Mr. LEIFCIIILD was convinced that by such a line Southend would assume a position it had never yet occupied. The pro perty of the neighbourhood would he increased 20, 30, or 40 per cent., in addition to the great local accommodation that would be afforded.—( Hear, hear. ) The Rev. FREDERICK HorE proposed a resolution, affirming the desirableness of forthwith taking measures for the construc tion of a line. Lieutenant Goocts, R.N., seconded the resolution, which vras carried. The Rev. E. LILLINGSTONE, incumbent of Prittlewell, moved that a memorial should be presented to the Provisional Committee, expressing a hope that they would proceed with their line, and promising on behalf of the inhabitants of South end their hearty co-operation. Mr. COPELAND addressed the meeting, and stated that if nothing better were done for Southend than had been done hitherto, it would soon cease to be a watering• place altogether. The present year had been the worst that Southend had ever experienced, an d a ra il way m i ght go f ar to i mprove i t s position. After same discussion, resolutions of approval were passed unanimously in favour of the project. SOUTHAMPTON AND MANCHESTER. CHELTENHAM, SATURDAY.—A highly influential meeting of the capitalists and inhabitants of Cheltenham took place this day, at the public assembly rooms, to consider the best means of ensuring a direct railway communication between Chelten ham and Southampton ; and to hear the statements of a aepu tation from the Manchester and Southampton Company, for carrying that object into effect. The meeting was convened by a full bench of the county magistrates, acting for the Chel tenham division, in accordance with a requisition signed by nearly 1500 of the leading gentry arid tradesmen of the borough. In the absence of the Honourable Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Member for the borough, the meeting was pre sided over by James Gardiner, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Cheltenham. The proceedings were commenced by Mr. Edward Hopkin. son, High Sheriff of the county, and Mr. Joyner Ellis Verner, who spcke of the importance of the proposed line of railway to the interests of Cheltenham.—( Cheers.) Mr. WALKINSHAW being called upon to a dd ress t h e meet . ing, said he would not debate upon the advantages of the pro posed line of railway to the great termini, Manchester and Southampton, but he would confine himself to the benefit it would confer upon the town of Cheltenham. Its advantages to Cheltenham will be, that it will open the counties of Ilants and Dorset, and other districts, almost hermetically sealed to OF SLAVERS. THE MADAGASCAR.-Captain Foote, the officers, and crew late of the Madagascar frigate, will have the fol lowing sums of prize money, amounting to 1,5781., paid on and after the 28th instant, for the under-mentioned captures .- For the capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine Ins dependencia on the Bth of August, 1843, 5211. 12s. Bd. Captain, 65/. 4s. Id. ; first : class, 81. 19s. 9d. ; second, 5/. 7s. 10d. ; thi r d, 21. 13 s . I Id. ; fourth, 1/. 15s. Ild. ; fifth, 17s. I Id. ; sixth, lls. I Id. ; seventh, ss. I Id. For the capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine Lotena, Felieio Gomez, master, on the Ist of November, 1843, tonnage, bounty, and moiety of the proceeds, 483/. 10s. Captain, 601. Bs. 9d. ; first class, 81. 12s. Id. ; second, 51. 3s. 3d. ; third, 21. 1 ls. 7d. ; fourth, IL 14s. sd. ; fifth, 17e. 2d. ; sixth, lls. sd. ; seventh, 55. Bd. For the capture of a slave schooner, name unknown, on the 13th August, 1842, tonnage, bounty, and estimated value, 1601. I9s. ; captain, 201. 2s. 4d. ; first class, 31. 9s. 9d. ; second, 2/. Is. 3d. ; third, 1/. Os. 7d. ; fourth, 13W. 9d, ; fifth, 6s. 10d.; sixth, 4s. 7d.; seventh, 2s. 3d. For the capture of the Spanish slave brigantine Roberto, Antonio Marquis, master, on the 11th August, 1842, tonnage bounty 412/. 2s. 2d. ; captain, Si?. 10s. 7d. ; first class, 81. 15s 6d. ; second, 51. 5.. 3d. ; third, 2/. 12s. 7d. ; fourth, 11. 15s. ld.; fifth, 17s. 6d. ; sixth, I Is. Bd. ; seventh, ss. 10d. THE MADAGASCAR AND THE IIEttoINE.-The officers and crews of this frigate and brig jointly share in the capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine Imperatriz, Jose Maria Pereira master, on the 12th November, 1843. The following are the proportions for each class of each vessel :-For the Madagascar, captain, 21/. 13s. Bd. ; first class, 2/. Bs. 6d. ; second, 1/. 9s. Id. ; third, 148. 6d. ; fourth, 9s. Bd. ; fifth, 4s. 10d, ; sixth, 3s. 2d, ; seventh, Is. 7d. For the Heroine, the commander shares as first class, 2/. lls. Bd., and the other classes in pro portion. SCOTCH PRISONS. The report of the Select Committee on Prisons in Scotland has been published, together with the minutes of evidence. From a table appended it appears that the average annual amount of prison charges levied upon the Scotch burghs during the four years subsequent to the passing of the Prison Act of 1839, was 23,9201., and the amount for the three years previous to the passing of the said Act, 16,656/, thus giving an average annual increase since the passing of t h e Act of 7,264 1 . Th e average annual prison char ges on count i es i n S cot l an d amou nted during the four years subsequent to the passing of the Act to 39,367/, an d d u ring the three years previous to th e A ct to 16,263/., thus ex hibiting an average annual i ncrease o f 23,104 1. The total average annual char ge b oth for count i es an d burghs, amounted during the four years subse q uent to the Act of 1839 to 63 , 2881 ., and du r i ng t h e t h ree years pre ceding that enactment to 32,919/. The total population of the Scotch burghs assessed for prison charges amounts to 962,644, that of the towns and villages to 442,927, and that of the counti es an d b urg h s a lt oge th er to 2,620,184, which is the total population of Scotland. The prison assessment on the inh a bit an t s o f th e S co t c h burghs and counties, which, under the present system, amounts to 63,2881. annually, would be exactly the same if the assessments were calculated according to real pro perty, the value of which is estimated at 9,481,7621., inasmuch as the respective increase and decrease balance each other to a nicety. The gross increase would amount to 10,5921., and the gross decrease to precisely the same sum. Were the rate of assessment equalised, and the sums levied upo n the whole real property within the counties, including the burghs, the rate, on an average for the last four years, would be one penny and seven-twelfth s of a penny per pound, or a little more that.' three - halfpence per pound. The Committee, in their report, state t h at t h e effect o f t h e Act 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 42, has been to increase (as we have already seen) and in many instances very greatly, the annual expense connected with prisons beyond what it was when the whole expense of maintaining the Scotch prisons was borne by the royal burghs alone. This has arisen from two causes-Ist, the necessity that e x i s ted for the creation of new prisons in many districts ; and 2d, the additional expense occasioned by the intro. duction of a new and improved system of prison disci isnt soon o the ea forces i t nh relative e t he expenses popu lation distri bution pline and accommodation. The effect upon the . The landward Par liamentary burghs has been to impose upon them a burden to which they were not previously subjected, although there is no reason di doubt nys that ard pa r tst produces,h on a f to counties,t imnceurbeulys parts of counties have suffered in a similar manner. After considerablyw of il e l r b e e ctig noticing the “onaplaints of the buy•ghs tothis effect the Com mittee proceed to express their opinion , . that . the prac tical e prisons liquidated. s of the landward pt!rts . of the county and the burghs within it, is most objectionable, from the inequa ticalopoefrathtieonasosfestshme e A nt c , ts ac a c l o re rd a inequality is the more but between the different and often adjacent burghs themselves. They adduce several instances in support between litof rate the burghs and aintdtlae necessarilylati w oppres sive from its being invariably greater according to the poverty of the burgh, and because. according to the of their opinion. This . principle on which the assessment is apportioned, the rate upon a burgh must increase in proportion to its decay, and the diminution of the value of the pro perty within it, if there be not a corresponding d ecrease of its population. The Committee acknowledge that relief has been in some degree afforded by the o p erat i on of recent Acts of Parliament ; " but they would, never theless, strongly recommend that some other p r i nc i p l e shoul6 be adopted for the Ci-tribution of the assessment between the landward parts of the counties and the burghs within them." The minutes of evidence, on which we have only been enabled to bestow a cursory perusal, creepy a large portion of the document. eslsa'n n partsd thro ug h ou t the of N The harvest prospects in the nortihofEn England iTd begin to be very gloomy. The late heavy rains have lod g ed the Lincolnshire,w heat in and many in w h districts ole t tracts t s H o o f ldern level midland counties. Yesterday the accounts received of the in jury done by floods to the growing crops were really disastrous. —Hull Advertiser. . CRUELTY :OF • A SCHOOLMASTER.—About a week since a master of a national school, in South Devon, struck a girl, one of his pupils, a blow which knocked her down, and then knelt on her, injuring her so much that the surgeon says that, if she survives, she will never recover from the injuries she has received. This fellow is, and has been, one of the parsons' catechism crammers.— Western Times. ,~ y ~ RAILWAY SHARES ix titg PRINCIPAL CITIES A; SCOTLAND, D TOWNS 1,1 ENGLAND, AND IRELAND. NAMES or RAILWAYS. Aberdeen ............ Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Forfar . Ditto Half Shares • . Armagh, Coir.,&Portruill Bandon and Bantry .• • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan. Birmingham and Glo'ater Do. New (iss. at 7 dis.) _ _ /11 pttto Half Shares . Binninghm &Oxfrd.Junc. Bickburn, and Preston Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, 11 , igaii, & Liverpl. Boston, Stamfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Haat. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • . Ditto New . • • • • • Bristol and Gloucester . • Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. & Dumbar. June Caledonian ........ Ditto Extension ... • .. Cambridge and Lincoln. Cheater and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares ... Ditto Half Shares ... Chester and Il.lyhead Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton... Churnet Valley ... Clitheroe Junction Clydesdale Junction Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon . • • .. • • Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford • • Cork and Youghal • . • • • • Canterbury and Dover. • . Coventry and Leicester Cornwall. • . • • • ....• • . • • Derby and Crewe . Direct Lon. and Manchstr Diss, Beccles, & Yannoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich .• • • • • Dublin and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coin e Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Galw, y Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . Ditto New ... •• • •. Dundee and Per. h . • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) . Eastern Counties Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union . • . •••••• • Ditto Extension • . Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow Do. Quarter Shares . Do. New Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon .... Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr. Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock .. Ditto New . • ......... Ditto Preference • .. Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, lillmarnek, &Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares • ... Ditto Quarter Shares . - Ditto New Quarters .. Ditto Eighths ..... Grand Union . Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Hind) Ditto Extension .. • •. Great Munster.. • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Nbrthern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. Do. New 30/. Shares .. Great Western • • • •. • • • . Ditto Half Shares • . • . Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • .. Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Ludrsfld & Man. R. Br, C anl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Clainsborough.. Hull and Selby •. • • • • .. Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Half Shares .... Inverness and Elgin .... Isle of Jersey • • ........ Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... Killarney Junctions ..... Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford .... Ditto Extension Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Tliirsk Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl, Ormskrk, & Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds.. Ditto Quarters ..... London and Blaekwall • Loa.&lltan.(Remington's) London and Brighton. •• Ditto Cousolid. Eighths London and Croydon • • • • Ditto New . ••• • • • • • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich • • Do. I'ref. or Privilege.. London and South Westrn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares • • Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York . • • Ditto (Bawtry) London and lirinilsor.. • • Londn, Salsbury, & YeoTl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskilln Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham .• • • • Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto Half Shares • • Ditto Quarter Shares. Ditto Sixteenths • . Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto New Quarters Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamptn Midland ....... ..... Ditto Fifths ... Ditto New Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 1111dlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newcsti & Darinen June. Do. New (Brandllng)• • Newcastle and Berwick. . Newcutle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen • • Newark and Sheffield . • • North British • • • • .. Ditto New Shares .... Northern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares .• North Devon North Kent • . • • • • . • • • • • North Staffordshire .... North Eastern.. North Union (A) • • • • • • • • Ditto (B) • • • • North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares • . • • North Western • ..... North Wales Norwich and Brandon . • Ditto New Not., Belvoir, & Oranthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. Juno Oxford and Worcester • • Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness • • • • Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • Preston and Wyre • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares •• • • Do. I'ref. 5 per Ct. Gum' Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extol.. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central ...... Scottish Mid1and........ Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto ditto (No. 2) .. Ditto ditto (No. 3).. Sheffield and Lincoln Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir Chrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrn s, Herefd,& N. Wales Slamannan • • • • . • . • • • • • • South Devon . .. • • • • • • • • South Midland • • • • • • • . • • South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (155.331.68.84.) „ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „3 Staines and Richmond . • • Staffordshire &Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales ....... . . • Tenn and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley . • ...... Do. and Holyhead Junc. Vale of Neath • • •• • • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford and Carlow • • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfil,Wick & Dub Wakefield and Bradford . • Wakfld, Pontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . • • West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh Midland • • • . • • • • • • West Cornwall West Yorkshire • • • . • • • • Wilsontvrti, M. & Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New. • • • • • • • • • • York and Carltsle .• • .• • • York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares .. • . Ditto Scarbro' Branch _ _ r)itto Selby .. • • • • • • • Ditto Extension ...... Yorkshire & Glasgow Un. 12%' 6%' 61s6d: 714 71561' 12 - la6d 15 - 2s6dl 55s p - 1 6% p, I I 51s3d - 1345 pl EXETER, AUG. 23. STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are.—Ezeter and Crediton, B%—Exeter, Dorset, and Yeovil, % prem.—Bristol wad Cheltenham at the present moment; the produce oi` these great agricultural districts would he brought for consumption to this rising and populous town ; foreign traffic would also b e directed to this district; and the famed and health-dealing springs of this celebrated watering-place would be brought within easy distance of the foreign valetudinarian. The Lance from Cheltenham to Southampton would be performed in two hours; and when it was borne in mind how many Indian families were co'stantly arriving and departing at Cheltenham, the advantages of this transit could not be over estimated. Again, this line, in connexion with others in exist ence and contemplation, would make Cheltenham (he radius of a great circle of railway communication, which could not but benefit the town.—(Cheers.) As to the probability - of the completion of the line, the best guarantees were the highly in fluential directory of the Company, and the high appr'eval with which the project had been received, an approval whilla was greater than had been met with by any line of railway ever projected. It had been truly styled a great national pro ject—'the great trunk line of the national commerce.— ( Cheers',) In addition to the names already in the Directory, he had now to mention the name of the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst.—(.Loud cheers.) The Noble Earl had not joined the undertaking withoat due deliberation, but the result of that deliberation was, that he had resolved to support the line by all his influence. Mr. h'opkinson, the High Sheriff of the county, Sir J. Tancred, Mr. Cripps, M.P., and Mr. Lyme, of Mullidine Park, had also added their names to the supporters of this project.—(Cheers.) Not Daily from the local benefits which the line would confer on Cheltenham, but also on the great commercial grounds on which it was projected, he called upon the meeting to strengthen the hands of the Directors of the line. Mr. NEWBERY, of Manchester, Deputy Chairman of the North Lancashire and Manchester and Birmingham Railways, spoke to the in conven i ence o f t h e present c i rcu itous route to. Southampton by w a y o f L on d on . Th e L on d on ancißirming ham and South- We s t ern C ompan i es f e l t t h at i t was im ps?ssible to interfere against the project. They felt that a direct line between the north and south would and must be carried ; and he .knew of one Director on the former line who wished his name Ito be added to the Directorate of the Manchester and Brice of the landed p ropr i etors on t h e route , an d Southampton Railway.—(Cheers.) The speaker alluded to tl'er courtesy and urbanity the deputation had re ettis;ccioanlciyurtri; ceived from Earl Bathurst, whose possessions and influence at Cirencester were so well known. They brought Manchester and all the northers: districts in close proximity to one of the most flourishing seap.'rts in the world. In Manchester the public feeling was tinanicaous in favour of this line ; the appli cations for shares were numerous beyond precedent, and there was not a doubt entertained of jts successful completion. Mr. LANCASTER, member of the tow.o council of South ampton, said that, to prove the importance o this project to his town, he need only say that to attend this metaling he had him self been cornl•elled to come by the circuitous ron: eof London, when he ought to have travelled the distance by a chi'ect line in lest than three hours. He was prepared to contea that Southampton was the natural port of Cheltenham. From Cape Fiaistere and all foreign countries to the eastward, it was 600 miles nearer than the neighbouring port of Glou cester, and the saving of lighthouse expenses between the two places would give in every cargo a sum of 251. in favour of Southampton. The speaker entered at considerable length into the advanta ge' which the line would confer upon the southern portion of it:" route, and sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. STEBRINGS, of S: uthampton, also addressed the meet ing, dwelling upon the unan:unity which prevailed in its south ern terminus in favour of the voject. Mr. WILLIAMSON, of ChelteOhain, thought, before . the people of Ch e lt en h am were i rrevo cibly pledged to the brie, they ought to insist upon having a few more Weal names on the direct road. At present the Committee of Management con.- rusted almost entirely of Manchester and Southampton names, d —crs and he did think th a t some Ch e l ten h am names oug ht t o b e a d cheers.) Din. G added.—(Loud Lo s u N d E h , the l o cal solicitor, said the subject was by no means lost sight of, and there was every di spos i t i on on the part of the lead i ng proprietors of the li ne t o gi_ ve Cheltenham its due share of influence in the Committ ee of Management. A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Williams, Newmarch, Shewell, Aldridge, Captain Watson, Dr. Gibney, and others took part. A string et resolutions were passed in f avour o f th e line, and a petition, to presented to the Hou se b y th e H on. C. Berkeley, was unanimo,usly adopted. On Saturday a meeting of :he inhabitants of Romsey and the adjoining districts, in pursuancbs of a requisition to the Mayor, was held at the Town-hall, when resolutions were passed in support of the undertaking. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER Ran.way..—Th.e half- yearly general meeting of this Company was held on t.zattowley, at their offices, Lawly-street, Birmingham. Samuel Bow Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, having taken the chair, Mr. Saunders, the secretary, read the report of the Di rectors, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement which had been entered into between the Midland and Bir mingham and Gloucester Companies. The report was received and adopted. The Chairman moved that a dividend of 11. 16s. per share of lOU. each be declared and made payable on the 15th of September. The resolution having been unanimously adopted, thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors, and the meeting terminated. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - -- - The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday from Richmond Park, the residence of her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester. His Royal Highness attended divine service yesterday moi-ning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. His Excellency Edward Everett, late envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the - Crated States at this Court, with Mrs. Everett and family, leave town this day, ;Ind embark at Liverpool in the Bor.on and Halifax steamer on the 4th of September. Dispatches from the Governor of Van Dieman's Land were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Marquis oe Anglesey and the Earl and Countess of Listowel attendA divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. Haden, the lessons by the Rev. W Hall, and the communion service by. the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached bv the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was," 0 God, thou art my God," (Purcell). • HER MAJESTY'S VISIT 'l'o GERMANY. Prince Albert.. .ce Connua, AUG. 2.o.—Her Majesty an,' with their suits., arrived safely at the 1. ..a1a of the Grand Duke of Saxe Coburg at about halt past Live o'clock yesterday evening, having left NlTurzburi . at half past six in the morning, and travelled all day. There wits a very hriliant reception at Coburg. 1: 1 e, town was diuminated, and troops lined the principal streets. They fired salutes as the royal travellers arrived. The hour at which this dispatch leaves Coburg precludes the sending any further particulars at present, except that her Majesty and the Prince are quite well. CHURCH-RATE CONTEST.—(FTOIII a Correspondent.) Wakefield has been much alive with a church-rate contest during the last six days ; the town has been in a state of excite ment not to be exceeded by th a t w hi c h p reva il s on the occasion of a Parliamentary election. The contest commencer: on Mon day last, the 18th inst. The polling of the rate-payers com menced at ten o'clock, and has been continued each day sind'• The majority in favour of the anti-rate party up to Saturday night was 111. Every means, iair and foul, have been used by the Church party to coerce the opponents of the rate into corn , pliance, and hence the contest is being carried on with a degree of warmth almost unparalleled. The pro. rate party have been driven to the most desperate efforts to gain their object. Wakefield is the head-quarters of a division of the Sappers and miners for the Ordnance survey ; and the privates of the corps, who occupy small tenements in the town, have been brought up to poll for a church-rate. Captain Tucker, the commavdant of the division, has polled four votes in favour of the rate for a iarge tenement which is rented and the rates pail by Government for the Ordnance survey. It has always been understood thaa the military of this country were to avoid all elections and contests of this sort ; it appears, however, that in Wakefield this rule is to be of non-effect. What may be the position of the parties at the close of the poll it is impossible to say. We hope that the inhabitants will not permit this town to be dis graced by the triumph of a party who are obliged to call upon the military of the kingdom for the support of their cause. FORI:1(:N FRUIT AND PROVISIONS.—The Batavier steam-ship, from Rotterdam, brought on her last voyage. besides cattle, 203 packages of peas, 82 packages of plums, 371 of melons, 7 of yeast, a quantity of poultry, and other articles of Dutch produce and manufacture. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel Rainbow, which arrived on the same day from Havre, brought nearly 500 packages of plums, &c., of excellent quality. The same Company's vessels Tourist, from Calais, and Earl of Liverpool, from Ostend, also brought en the same day a large quantity of poultry, eggs, and butter for consumption here. The Company's ships which were due on that day from Rotterdam and Hamburgh did not arrive, owing to the extreme rough weather at sea. The faveurite steam-ship Antwerpen, which was due at the St. Katharine Decks from Antwerp on the same morning, did not arrive for several hours afterwards, owing to the contrary winds and rough weather. She arrived shortly after the Batavier, with the large number of seventy-two passengers on board, including several persons of distinction ; and the revenue officers at the wharf stayed until a late hour at night, in order to facilitate the delivery of their baggage and effects, and the fruit and cattle belonging to the vessels before mentioned as having arrived on the same day. WEST BRONINVICH.—FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE FALLING OF A THEATRE.—An inquest vas held by Geoqte Ilincbliffe, Esq., coroner, at the Hare and Hounds, Mare's Green, West Bromwich, on Thursday evening, on the view of the body of Benjamin ltubery, aged twenty-four years, who was killed the night before, by the gallery of a temporary theatre having fallen upon him. It appeared from the evidence that about ISO persons had assembled in the theatre, to witness the performance, and in five minutes after the curtain rose the gallery fell in with a sudden crash, amid the screams of men. women and children. Notwithstanding, however, that so many persons were thrown down in the midst of benches and the frame work of the structure, only one person (a female) was found to be hurt, and she escaped with a few slight bruises. When the persons who had fallen were extricated, the deceased was premed down on his knees under a platform, with his hands on the ground and his head forced between his shoulders. It appeared afterwards that the deceased, to avoid paying for seeing the performance, had crept under the stage in front of the theatre, forcing his way through some of the woodwork, by which he got under the gallery. Here, it is supposed, he displaced some of the supports, when the whole gave way, and the platform falling upon him, crushed him to death. It was proved by the evidence of several witnesses, that theac was no negligence on the part of the proprietor of the theatre, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.—Birming hani Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—LURE FOR DROI'SY BY 1101, LOWAV'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—Captain James Eyre, of the Company's service, residing at Boulogne, had been tapped thrice within seven months, twelve quarts of water were taken from him each time; notwithstanding which operations ho was about falling a victim to this terrible complaint, when he com menced the rubbing in of Holloway's invaluable Ointment, and as effectually as salt is forced into meat—besides this, he took large doses of his wonderful Pills, which in nine weeks effected so extraordinary a cure, as to enable him since to walk twenty-five miles in one day. Any unnatural swellings of t body are effectually cured by these celebrated medicines. Sold by all Medicine-venders ; likewise at. Professor Holloway's Es tablishment, 244, Strand, London. 11111.1TARY COURT-MARTIALS.—On Friday morn ing, the 22d inst., the Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards, unde the command of Colonel Lascelles, were assembled at St. John's. wood Barracks, to hear the following sentences read:— The first on private T. Roadknight, of No. 6 Company, whet had been tried by district court-martial, for absenting himself from the battalion three nights without leave. He was found guilty, and on receiving a bad character from the adjutan (having been tried by nine court-martials for similar offence within seven years), was sentenced to undergo three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The second sentence was on private J. Emery, of No. S Company, who had been tried by a battalion court-martial, for absenting himself six nights with out leave. lie was fourp' guilty, and sentenced to forty days' imprisonment, with hard labour. The prisoners were imme diately placed in irons, and marched by an escort to the new military prison at Chatham. _...,-: ~ Y.) lid in In 00 D tba a die toles• d fly° Itolea. which Co lo ' Ad of tor 01 P igs ' Ib . :12 01 ' sod ,t to ) oi. I SOCI 111' Ito° o * los D, ;0 $ • .$ • $. kL, ,~. 1