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PLYMOUTH, JULY 16. i'ne Joo AntlA.soFt was lost in the littatol Caannel 1301 instant; two of tha crew Saved. YARMOUTH.—The Lady Mary Ann, of Kirkaldy, sprung a leak off Cromer 14tH and vault; crew saved. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STAIIFORt) RACES—WEDNESDAY. SwerTatakes of 10 Bova. eftch, 5 11, ftilti 25 wided, for thre e yrs old. Once round and a dis. (3 Subs.) Plr. G. Htggins's Theseus Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 25 added, for 2 yrs old, colts Bst 7(h, and fillies 8 , 4, 31b, winners of 2001. 3lbs, of 3001 Sibs extra. T.Y.C. (9 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Freedom . Mr. Watson's France (Bar(holotnew) 2 Capt. Lowther na tby Annandale—Cal) p., (Rogers) 3 Lord Clitd, n ' s fby B a y Middleton—H.R H (Pail) 4 Lord Burghley na Lens (Norman) 5 Betting —Even on France, 5 to 2 agst Freedom, 5 to 1 a gat Calypso filly, and 6 to 1 each agst the others. Won cleverly by half a length; two lengths between second and third. The Gold Cup of 100 sovs. by Subs. of 10 sovs. each and 20 added; three yrs old, 6st 71b; four. B,t; five, Sat 131 b; six, 96t 51b; ir(d aged, 9st 71b. Mares and geldings allowed 3lbs. Thrice round. (11 Subs.) Mr. Stephenson's Nimp., 4 yrs (Fla.(mar , ) 1 Lord Burghley's Phlegethron, 3 yrs (Eiarlock) 2 Captain Lowther's King Charming, 3 yrs (Hammond) 3 Betting -7 to 4on Ninus, 7to 4 agat Phlegethon, 3 to 1 agst King Charming. Won by a length; a good lace for second place, which was obtained by a head only. Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. One mile. (2 Subs.) Mr. Rogers's Pulcherinn (Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's Visite (Harlock) Won by a head. GOODWOOD, 1851. handicap for the Cnesteifield Cup. Craven Course. Yrs at lb Yra at lb Glance 5 8 12 Dulcet a 7 2 Landgrave 'Vatican .......... 5 8 12 Champion .... .... 5 7 0 Turnus . .. • 5 8 7 Eva Nutshell .............. 4 8 4 Humphrey Strongbox, ....... 5 8 4 6 10 3 6 7 2,Cornelies yPinclisch g rat z .., 4 8 0 Glenhawk ogLittle aiteek :bo J int a se e r k .... 4 7 11' Barcelona 6 7 9' Na.utch Girl ••••• ... 4 7 91 Aristocrat William the Con- ICroupier .... queror . Mae Ann • 5 7 7; Hurry Scurry 3 5 13 loadatone Montague - 3 5 10 Woodlark... 3-flower... The Heriot 5 7 4!1) fby Irish Bird - Gill 3 7 41 Wadastra handicap for the Nursery Snakes of 15 movs. each, for two yrs old. One rage. Rersch e ll, Bst 71b—The Brahmin , B s t 71 b —b cby Cotherst one , out of Wryneck, Bst 71b—Burndale, 8,..4 71b-1., h '' e by Sir Hercules, out of Odessa, Bsl 71b—Ma .1ant, 8 3 t 71b—G re y Tommy, Bst 71b—bf by Laneroost, 4: 2, 11 t of Cytherea, Bst 41b—Constantine , B st 31b—Jullien, 'at 12 1b—Hambletonian, 7st 121b—Frantic, 7st 101 b Ethelvvolf, 7st Sib—Greengage. 7st 71b—b cby Touch stone, out of Fugl-mao's dam, 7st 7lb —Lens, 7st 71b— lresine, 7st 51b—Urbanity, let 3!b—Joe Miller, 7st 3!b --Sir Charles Napier, 7st 21b—Benita, 7st 11b—Maria, ! I le — Hirsute, 7st—The Sphinx, 6st 121 b—M. Houdin, , 14 'a 121b—Lenorits, E s t 121b—Lil a , 6st 121b—Lady " h ulas, Est 101b—Koh-i-noor, Est 101b—Plumstead, Est 1 01b --f by St. Martin, out of Toga, 6st 71b. CRICKET. THE NORTH AGAINST THE SOUTH. This finely contested match was brought to a conclusion Yesterday, when the score stood as follows: NORTH. First Innings. Second Innings. G ItY, c. Wisden, b. Hillyer 9 b. `Virden ...... _. 4l Grundy, b. Hillyer ...-Box, b. Wtsden 16 ll ur, b. Hillyer ... ... ... 1 c. D a y, b. Wisden kr. 11. Vernon, b. Wisden 4 b. Wi s d en .45 kr. It. T. King, b. Hillyer 1 b. Wisden . ..........•... 12 Anderson, ' b. Hillyer . ... 11 c. Caesar , b. Day .......-- I Chatterton, b. Hillyer _.... 33 b W isden ... .. •• 7 Nixon st. Box, b. Hillyer 3 b Wisden ... Dahill, btt isden ... - 29 run out ClLord G uernsey, b. Ifillyer ob. Wisden .. ••• - arke, not out 0 not out ... .- ...... ...... .............. b. , 6 l2 L. b. ........... ... . 9 B 6- L. ....... - Yes, 1 95 SUUTU• First Innings. Second Innings. Adams b Clarke ... 4c. Clarke, b. Nixon l2 Ctesar, c . N ixon, b. G . r . un - dy" 39 c. and b. Grundy !sir. Haygarth, b. Grundy 0 b. Grundy flyn, b. Grund y 0 b. Grundy ... &lettingen, b. Grundy..... oc. Grundy b. Clarke 4 toz, b. Grundy t ir • N. Felix, b. Grundy 1 b. Grundy ...........11 Nv ea , ll, v. Grundy .. .... ..... 2 c. Vernon, b. Clarke . ... 4 RV °, b. Grundy...—. .. 11 c. Chat , erton, b. Grundy 52 ~, er not out 0 c. Grundy, b. Clarke ... 8 Day' b. N' go ut xon I not out .... '''', 2 l N. b.,1. ........3 8., 2 ; L. b., 2 61 And so the " North" were the victors by 12 runs. -E-KAER. A lett er from CABD the onstanti L nople D of the 25th tilt., in Augsburg Gazette, states that the Ottoman ,orte.has n o t accepte d the propos i t i on o f t h e F renc h ( vovernment to take charge of ABD-EL-KADER, a nd Prevent him fr om escaping , in the event of his being allowed to leave France. _ F . REE TR ADE IN PRUSS IA .—The Government of A?an tzic has brought an action against all the public func tionaries who attend e d t h e Free-trade Congress . Th e Com munal Council of Elbing has received a Government rescript, !lating that the nomination of delegates to the Free-trade Congress is ill ega l , i nasmuch as the di scus sion of the interests ?!.free trade is no t w ithi n the province of a commu nal coun -5 which is merely charged with civil matters. Any breach si nister rescript will be followed b y deprivation of office. The for Inland Aff a i rs has imposed a pecuniary fine on chief burgomaster an d two senators for having attended the said council. A.10 74 . v --nil IN THE EXCHEQUER. —According to an nwint published yesterday, the amount of moneys remain 1. to be raised to comp ete the grants for 1848, 1 849 , and was, on the sth of July, 1851, 1,765,204/. t4s.:.A. MoriEr MARKET.—The quotation of gold at Paris n about 4 per mille discou n t ( accor ding to the B r tariff), which, at the English Mint price of t h. 1 .7 - 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex aCnge of 25 07 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at d art being 25.02 i, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. I ) ,, eate r in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the Eng r"". Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, es an exchange of 13.ni ; and the exchange at Ham - I: ir li g„ h ,on London at short being 13.51, it follows that gold The nurse per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. vA)urse of exchange at New York on London for bills a bbe days, sight is 110 i per cent., and the par of exchange etween England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., fa,,follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in st - ou r of England ; and after making allowance for differ of interest and c h a rges of transport, the present rate sime, St ates. a profit on the importation of gold from the United —Power is given b y t PUNISHMENT FOR ASSAULTS 14°I'd Campbell's new Act to criminal courts to sentence per 'Las convicted of aggravated assaults to three years' rimpri aonraent (instead ot two), with or without hard labou . Tit& 15TH REGIMENT IN CEPLON.—As a proof the t heetiti moaftsio: i n which the 15th Regiment was held by the hahabitants of Kandy, both European and native, and in ro tationatements which have been made 'n this country , a 8 to their conduct in Ceylon, on the departure of the regi- Ment from Randy in the early part of the present year, an address was presented to Lieutenant- Colonel Drought, bear ing the signatures of 80 of tne most respectable Europeans and 32 natives, expressive of their regret, and testifying to aid honourable conduct of the high character and estimable the whole of the officers an d privates forming the corps. The address was accompanied by a piece of plate for the use of the mess, on which was engraved an inscription conform able to the address. Lieutenant-Colonel Drought acknow ledged the compliment, and ordered the address to be en tered in the regimental records. APPREHENSION or OFFENDERS . There is a clause in the new Act for the better Prevention of Offences (14 and 15 Victoria, cap. 11) which persons are enabled to apprehend offenders which should be generally known,withoutbs, the presence of a constable. The wards of the 11th section declare—,4 And whereas doubts have been entertained as to the table authority to apprehend persons found committing indictable it offences in the night, in remedy thereof, be it enacted that shalle lawful f or any person whatsoever to apprehend any P erson who shall be found committing any indictable offence in the night, and to convey him or deliver him to some con stable or other peace officer in order to his being conveyed, 43 soon as conveniently may be, before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law." THE GIP SY K ING AND HIS DOMINIONS.—The cere ''ionY of ridi ng t h e common, to preserve the right of the lieges of Kirk-Yetholm, was gone through on Friday, the 27th ult., by t h e Gipsy King, and a respectable band of his aubjects. About 3 P.M., the royal procession emerged from jthe Village, and proceeded towards the common. His Ma esty wore his royal robes, b ore i n hi s h and a stout oaken c udgel for a sceptre, and was mounted on a spirited charger, Which was led by two grooms. In returning, an adventurous youth dared to annoy the charger of his Majesty, to the groat ,danger of th e Ki ng, whereupon Charles called on no subject to apprehend and punish the offender, but dismounted, and was about to administer chastisement in person, when some O f his advisers interfered. His Majesty disdains on all oc casions to fight by proxy. He is the hero of a undsed fi ghts, and a l t h oug h well stricken in y ears , he has still vigour and courage to avenge his wrongs by an appeal to the fists. ----Ca/edonian Mercury. VICTORIA PARK.—The Bill brought into the tfouse'of Commons by Lord Seymour and Mr. C. Lewis, to amend the Acts enabling the Commissioners of Woods to purchase lands to form Victoria Park, has been printed. The object of the Bill, as stated in the preamble, is that definedortions o f t h e par k wh i ch may be leased should be , sell or and that th e C omm i ss i oners should have power to exchange such portions of it in the like manner as hey have Power to sell or exchange any parts or parcels of the hereditary land revenues . f the Crown not being royal forests, parks, or chases in England. The Act will also in ...4enirlify the trustees of copyhold lauds held in trust for her Majesty. hap LOUCE STERSHIRE. -- The majority of f armers , by this time, completed their haymaking operations, and the producerdce of grass lids been, in most cases, on the laoyee.ariaitgie ea the wheat is suffering from smut. but we do not 13,,.eve tha`.. th-t malwi v i,... - L. .if .“ lie general stock, for in as many others it is flue and lull in the °. • Beans and peas are in a most flourishing condition, end Potatoes are of better than an average quality.— Glou cener •Toarnal. LITERATURE. CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. By Charles Phillips, Esq., A.B , 4c. Fourth _Edition. Blackwood and Son. Another edition—the fourth —testifies the excel lence as well as the popularity of this brilliant and enthralling biography. It may be remembered how very recently we had occasion to announce the ap pearance of its predecessor, and yet already a reprint has been demanded. That circumstance alone is a sufficient panegyric on the work as a literary per formance, To the biographer himself it must seem yet in:.re precious as a sort of national approval of his eloquent and earnest tribute to the shadow of a departed friendship. Those who have obtained any thing like an intimate acquaintance with the volume as it was, even at the period of its original publica tion, will comprehend how sincerely and deeply felt must be the pleasure with which the author must regard the dissemination of his encomiums upon Curran among the masses of his fellow- country men. The knowledge that he is thus multiplying the admirers of that great and remarkable man must be to h:m a source of exquisite consolation whenever he laments the calamity of his disappear ance. It must console him for the extinguishing of a light so illustrious to consider that its reflection upon his own admiration is being continually repeated upon the admiration of every reader of the biogra phy. With reierence to the public at large, more over, it must be matter of exceeding. satisfaction to be able to turn to any such well-authenticated parti culars as those which are here furnished by Mr. Charles Phillips, in regard to a person of such extra ordinary powers and world-wide celebrity as Curran (p. 433)—" The unique, the wondrous, the inimit able Curran"—that famous Curran of whom Dr. Birkbeck said that within the space of every five consecutive minutes (p. 434), he would nuke him " both laugh and cry"—that wondertul genius of whom Lord Byron remarked—" He beats every body ; his imagination is beyond human ; and his humour perfect ; he has fifty faces, and twice as many voices when he mimics ; I never met, his equal," adding, at another time, " Curran ! Curran's the man who struck me most : the riches of his Irish ima gination were exhaustless ; I have heard that man speak more poetry than I have ever seen written, though I saw him seldom and but occasionally." Such is the surprisingly gifted genius selected by Mr. Phillips as the subject of his biography and the ob ject of his eulogiums. Entering upon the fulfilment of his duties as the memorialist or celebrant of the career of John Philpot Curran, the author bas in the noble volume before us contributed an estimable offering to the literature of the United Kingdom. Aware of the merits of the work in its improved form, it is gratifying nevertheless to find its excellence yet further increased by the addition of several very in • teresting and hitherto unpublished particulars. The mass of anecdotes scattered through the chapters, en livening almost every alternate page, and intermingling the charm of wit, and humour, and pun, and re partee— " Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles," with the more sober materials of the biography, has been in the present edition here and there increased. Added to which we may notice more especially the introduction of an entirely new chapter on the Duke of Wellington as one of Curran's contemporaries. From this interpolated addition we take the sub joined quotations : " WELLINGTON. " It has been asked cf me, why, in enumerating the contemporaries of Curran, the ornaments of our common country, I have omitted, immeasurably the greatest of them all—Arthur, Duke of Wellington, an Irishman by birch, an associate of Curran in the Irish House of Commons in 1793, a high official afterwards in that country. Ireland justly claims him as her own, and, not unreasonably, complains of the omission. Though the complaint is just the emission was int‘..ntional. In dilatation, duty, Cove of my native laud, all imperatively pre cubed a task which, nevertheless, conscious incom petency admonished me to decline. Deeply did I feel it was not mine to fix the flashing; of the diamond, or gaze, with eye undimmed, on morn than half a century of glery. True, indeed, it is that, with a patriot, end therefore, perhaps, an excusable ambition, I had ven tured to delineate the wits, the orators, and statesmen of my country. But, then, it was because in the contrasts and varieties of their career I 'bought myself furnished with the tintings which might guide me. '` The eloquent lamented voice is scarcely hushed which mourned Ireland as the difficulty' of his Govern ment—a melancholy. and, in my mind, from a British statesman, a humiliating admission! Why aheuld this be so? and so, in the seventh century of England's sway ? It is, indeed, to every thinking man's astonish• ment, a diffiettey,' and it is more than a difficulty—it is a reproach —or, it may be, a peril. How easy it is to fold the arms, and cast the bl•me on Ireland ! Nothing more easy than for the libellers alike of man and Pro vidence insanely to insist that there is something in her nature so dogged and incorrigible, or in her intellect so dull, or in her instincts so indocile, as to tender culture vein and statesmanship abortive; and this of the land which gave the empire (but one of many bounties) all that was eloquent, profound, philosophic, sagacious, almost inspired, in Burke; and which, even in this our own day, gives to the slanders an illustrious and living refutation! Yes, had libelled Irelaad been all, or more than all, her libellers assert, she has given a compensa tion to the nation, which be saved, in Arthur, Duke of Wellington. Grateful England feels it, and his poor country, prostrate, forlorn, and desolate as she lies, still half forgets her misery, as she heats the generous min strel of the north— ' Hark! from yon stately ranks what laughter rings, Mingling wild mirth with war's stern minstrelsy, His jests, while each blithe comrade round him flings, And moves to death with military glee. Boast, Erin, boast then. tameless, frank, and free, In kindness warm, and fierce in dangers known, Rough nature's children, humorous as she. And He—yon chieftain—strike the proudest tone Of thy bold harp, green isle— the hero is thine own !' " This truly great man encountered, in his commence ment, the destined fate of greatness. Detraction, as usual, muttered its presage of ill omen, the presage of a moment. It was but beard and hushed. Soon loftily above it rang the trumpet of Assaye; Europe caught up the tone—it woke the frozen echoes of the north, called Spain and Portugal again to life, startled the fal con amid the silence of the Pyrenees, bade prostrate France arise, and, at last, from Waterloo resounded through the world. The path to' fame's fair temple' lay indeed be!ore him; but it was steep, and it was rugged. Dangers, privations, jealousy, vicissitude, and difficulties of every kind beset, but sought in vain to baffle him. In fact, they only proved his genius. That course which, in another, would have indicated defeat, was in him the result of science and design. His retreat always pre luded a triumph—his pause was merely a preparative to progress; and when, at last, amid the doubts, and to the dismay of those who could not comprehend him. he rested amid that marvel of his strategy, the lines of Torres Vedras, it was to give breathless victory a brief repose—it was that Fabius might complete the wreath, to which every hero had previously contributed. If, how ever, his career was at times exposed and perilous so, on the other hand, it was not without its felicities. Amongst the latter may be counted both the foe he had to combat and the theatre of the contest. Amid the mingled scenes of Moorish romance and Andalusian chivalry, every rock awoke some noble ction—t visions of gl ,, ry tired the aching sight.' The mighty gpirit of the Cid himself seemed to arise, in recognition of a kindred heroism. Nor were the hostile ranks unworthy their an• tegonista No barbaric horde, an easy prey to disci pline, no conscript levy, to whom war was novel; but iron legions, inured to danger, familiar with victory, and ignorant of tear. And the chiefs who led them — honour to their memories !—honour to the brave, although they were our enemies!—well were such leaders worthy of such followers. No ancestral shields or herald's artifice made pedigree supply the place of merit. Nature's own nobility, their cradle was the ranks, their achievements their only title-deeds to distinction; heroes, indeed, who with their own bright swords carved their armorial bear ings; veterans of the bivouac, the battle, and the siege— now bronzed beheath the sun of Egypt, now nerved amid the Alpine snows—their names familiar as the fields ou which they fought, and their exotic garlands culled from the varieties or the climes in which they conquered. No wonder that their eagle had soared, from Rome to Mos cow, over every capital in Europe. No great marvel that prostrate dynasiies indicated its course, and rising kingdoms mai ked its resting-place! " There were occasions on which he (Wellington) st t o9 e d, and sto o d a l one, aga i nst t h e concen t ra ted energies of France. In one single month, and in one single pro vince—that of Estrarnedura—six of their ablest generals, Soult, Ney, Monier, Killerman, Victor, and Sabastiani, were in the field against him. At another period, though se parated, there wer e i n force in the P en i nsu l a —Mortier at Leon; Soult, a t Z amora; Killerman, at Valladolid; Socket, at Zaragoza; and St. Cyr, at the blockade cf Genore. a From the first rifle-shot at the village of Obidoa to the last teem which boomed at Toulouse, over an empire's grave; from the day on which he resigned his desk in Dublin to that on which (having received twelve times the thanks of Parliament) he took his seat among the Peers of England, Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, Duke e his path was a plane of contin ue d eleva ), in right a ( a h lir aoturo'snfcoeu,ntain being quite exhausted tions.' "And yet—Wellington, having disposed o f arm i es, had to encounter criticism. Rome-bred Hannibals and civic Scipios now denounced his inactivity, now depre cated his rashness. Even London's train-bands, redo lent of Finchley, shot their goose-quill arrows at the warrior's reputation. With a pen furnished by the shat tered eagle, Wellington rebuked them with a scornful word —a single word :—that word was —Victory. How it chafes the blood to think of dolts like these avenging their surfeits on a national benefactor! who fasted for them while they were feasting, and fought for them confederating against him—who, while they tweed upon their couch of down, was on his midnight watch, waiting the thunder -clap which was to wake to battle. But, both obeyed their mission—the one misusing time, the other intent on im mortality. Difficult, indeed, is it at this day to credit, as it must at all times have been disheartening to contem plate, the discouragements through which he struggled to his renown, From the hour or his disembarkation at Mondego Bay, to that on which, from the summit of the Pyrenees, he looked on the lovely land lie had emanci pa d, 'a sword (to use his own expression) hung over head.' IA Lite lac Ltd' at burns guy fur Its victim, a foreign coulederacy was at work to furnish it. The impediments ho had to combat meet us in every Page—sometimes, as just Batter of complaint— LONDON, oftener, as the necessary record of occurrences. It is not too much to say that they would have broken the heart of any other man in the kingdom. Here he had to propitiate the jealousy of a grandee, there, to counteract the perverseness of a junta—leagued with allies, brave but impracticable—untaught by defeat and intolerant of I council—at the mercy of Governments dogged in their decrepitude—now neutralised by the imbecility of Spain, now thwarted by the ingratitude of Por ugal, now ha rassed by their rational auimositee sometimes slandered, often neglected, always envied—still faithful to the mighty trust reposed in him—still mindful of the crisis he saw gathering round his country—unaided, self•sus tained, self-relying, he never sheathed the sword, till, amid Europe's homage, he gave Europe peace. " Almost every man imagines that he knows the Duke Wellington, because of those exploits which have be come as household words amongst us. But no man can be said to know him truly who has not pored and pon dered over these dispatches. They must ever remain, at once, the army's manual, and, of their gifted author, the most enduring monument. The records of his glory, they are also the revelation of tho qualities which insured it. Here aro unfolded to us the several and as sociated talents, rare in themselves, but still rarer in their combination, which constitute the hero. Bold, yet prudent—gifted, yet laborious—ardent, but circumspect —leaving nothing to chance which calculation could sup ply—he was prepared for adverse or prosperous vicissi tude, and made of his reverses, as of his victories, so many avenues to renown. Such are the disclosures of these invaluable volumes." Another contemporary figure has thus been intro duced by Mr. Phillips in the group with which he has ingeniously surrounded the principal figure on his canvas. Among these personages it will be remem bered by those acquainted with the volume that several men of particular celebrity are recognisable —their personal aspect being sketched with a pencil at once faithful and luminous. Witness his outline of Grattan—with his short stature and unprepossess ing appearance ; his arms disproportionately long; his walk like a stride ; his person swaying like a pendulum ; his air abstracted ; apparently always in thought, and each thought provoking an attendant gesticulation. Witness his silouhette of Plunket— his square built form, his look solitary and ascetical, his habit of walking to and fro with his hands behind his back, to all appearance perfectly self-absorbed— " the observed of all, and yet the companion of none !" Above all, witness his keenly marked and genially coloured likeness of the greatest of all Irishmen, Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator. " I knew him well," says he, " long and intimately. He was the beau ideal of an Irish agitator. His every movement was racy of the soil.' Face, figure, accent, gait, and above all, the rollicking, self-assured independence of his manner, were all so many proclamations of his country. As the leader of a multitude, especially of an Irish multitude, he never had a rival. For there was in him a union of qualities rarely found is any individual There he stood—bland and burly, sincerity itself— a real son of the sod—speaking their own tongue— kindred in tastes, in habits, and by birth—and, dearer than all, a 11°m/ or like themselves !" How characteristic is that ludicrous anecdote told of the Liberator (p. 318), when, at the Clare election, Dan came forward on the hustings, immediately after the flight of the other candidate, a lord in embryo, Vesey Fitzgerald, and exclaimed to his auditors, " Boys, where's Vusy Vigarald ? Och hone, Vasy, but it's me that'a dull without ye. Righi, mavourneera righi (U on, darling! run), and send the bell about for him. Here's the cry for you— Stolen or strayed, Lost or mislaid, The President of the Boar d of Trade.' " Equally characteristic are the other anecdotes plenti fully squandered through the volume under considera tion, anecdotes now of Judge Norbury, now of Sir Boyle Roche, now of a Dublin applewoman, and now of a London statesman, not to mention a multiplicity of inimitable bon mots and incidents, relating espe cially to Curran himself. Under every point of view the book will be found singularly interesting, and in several chapters even supremely enthralling. Agree able, however, as these peculiarities of the production incontestably are, they constitute to our thinking its least noticeable excellence. What invests the biography with its prominent and paramount claim upon our attention is the fact of its unimpeachable authenticity—the author simply and touchingly re cording the fact, " He was my friend," upon a fly leaf at the commencement. Hence it is that we are induced to regard as the masterpiece of Charles Phillips his work upon Curran and his Contempo raries. ADELPHI THEATRE. MISS WOOLGA It'S BENEFIT. In the Times of this morning we find the following tribute, as graceful as it is just, to the merits of the most accomplished and most versatile (or, as Bulwer would phrase it, comprehensive) of English artistes, Miss Woulgar:— " Of all the actresses who belong, properly speaking, to the present day, there is none who has more fairly and honourably worked her way to a high position in public favour than Miss Woolgar, who took her benefit last night. First becoming celebrated as a performer in those rhymed burlesques which now-a-days constitute so large a portion of the English drama, she has since ap propriated to herself a sphere so wide that it is hard to define its limits at all. We might say that her general tendency was comic, embracing in that category every sort of character, from a duchess in a French piece of intrigue to a chambermaid in the broadest tarce—to say nothing of the host of male exquisites, whom she dresses up so neatly, and whom she colours with such pleasing foppery. But this limit is far too narrow to define her range. She will quit farce and comedy without the slightest compunction, take a leading serious part in a drame, and astonish by her force and intensity. Her acting of the Gipsy boy in Flowers ol the Forest will long be remembered as one of the most striking per formances of the sort to be seen on the modern stage. Then, though not a professed vocalist, she can sing well enough to make a musical drama effective, and the bur lesques in which she first acquired her fame are still il lustrated by her talent. " And it should be added, that the various characters which belong to this boundless range are all performed well. In badly-managed theatres, when the company is weak, it is common enough to see the same persons fill every conceivable part. But the Adelphi is no theatre of this kind. It has, for its purpose, the best company in London, and one great talent in the ma nager consists in the power of discerning and applying the peculiar capabilities of each individual artist. It is the last theatre in the world where an actor would be made to shuffle through what another could do in finitely better, just for the sake of saving an engage ment. Strong casting is the very principle of Adelphi management, and if Miss Woalgar's department is most varied, it is on account of the variety of her talent. " Looking through the several forms which this ac complished actress assumes on the stage, we shall find certain important characteristics which enable her to shine in them all. In the first place, she has a quick intelligence. She sees in a new part, not a mere com bination of words to be uttered, but something capable of iudividual expression, and she at once sets about to detect what can be made of it. No part, for instance, could be made more utterly insignificant than that of Lelio in Good!light, Signor Pantalon, which she selected as one of the pieces for her benefit yesterday evening. Thereis nothing in the dialogue, nor has she the best situations, and yet the youthful vivacity with which she en dows the young.lover gives him quite a distinct existence. Carefulness is another characteristic. What she per fectly understands she endeavours thoroughly to express, and the elaboration of her by-play, and the well-consi dered adjustment of her emphasis, show that her atten tion is never slackened for an instant. Let us add a third and most valuable quality—that of perpetual good hu mour. Miss Woolgar always conveys the impression that she is pleased with her occupation, she acts every part as if she liked it thoroughly; and when it is in it self none of the best, she shows a hearty resolution to make the best of it. With these qualifications, with great personal attractions, and with admirable taste in dressing, it is no wonder that she is one of the most popular actresses in the most popular theatre of the metropolis. " Last night she appeared in three pieces—the Road to Ruin, the School for Tigers, and Good Night, Signor Pantalon. We will not say that this was on account of her benefit, for there are few nights in which she has not undergone similar exertions. Her versatility was displayed to the utmost by her selection, and her popu larity was demonstrated once more by a house crowded to suffocation. She was enthusiastically received; and a hearty welcome was likewise given to Mr. Webster, who, in the character of Goldfinch, made his first appearance in London since a severe indisposition." FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The performances at this fashionable theatre were last night under the immediate patronage of her Ma jesty, and were for the benefit of Mr. Mitchell, to whose taste and enterprise we are indebted for the naturaliza tion of the French .drama in this country. The new one act classical comedy of Horace et Lydie, from the pen of M. PonEard, was produced for the first time in this country, Madlle. Rachel sustaining the part of Lydie, and proving that she is as true to nature, and as artistic in the delineation of the fascinating, graceful, coquettish, jealous, refined Roman lady of the Court of Augustus as she is in the intensely impassioned Ca mille of the early days of Rome—her performance of which lust night followed that of Lydie, and as usual created a furore. The house was crowded to suffocation. Mr. Mitchell's benefit st as last night attended by the Belgian Mi n i ster an d M a d a me Van de Weyer, Prince Troubetekey, Baron Koller, Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, Earl of Kilmorey, Earl Granville, Earl Munster, Earl and Countess of Bruce, the Countess do Salts, Lady Blanche Dupplin, Count Louis do Noailles, Lord and Lady Trimleston, Lady De Dtmatanville, Lord and Lady Reidhaven, Lady Williamson, Lady Russell, Lady Gr. y, 11:13. Sir Ed w ard and Lady Butler, Hon. Julian Pane, Hen. W. S tuart, H on. Mi ss S tuar t, L a dy Quentin, Lady and Miss Palmer, Hon. George Smythe, Mi!rs Burdett Couts, Mr. Montagu Gore, Mr. Trelawney, Mr. Spencer Drummond, Major Martyn, Mr. and Mrs. Goldsraidt, Captain Lovell, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Alston, Mr. Akoona Mrs. Trelawny Brereton, Mr. and the Misses niece, air. iNeta,ati a,acciorlld, Mr. Edward Blign. M Miss Watkyn Wynn, Colonel Tierney, Mr. Cosine Gordon and Miss Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. John Sanford, Mrs. Brunel, &c. T lI U Ili d 1; A Y KNARESBOROUGH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l have bee spending the last week in Knares borough, and in return for the great pleasure I often ex perience in perusing your highly-talented journal. and, in particular, the letters signed "An Old Reformer," I ven ture to send you some perticulars concerning Knares borcugh and the late election, which may probably gratify many of your readers. In the first place, then, Knaresborough is a beautifully picturesque town; it contains in the parish the fashion able watering place of Harrogate, eo justly celebrated for its mineral waters. Now, Harrogate is only two miles and a half from Knareeborougb, and contains about as many inhabitants, and in the new Reform Bill which is promised by Lord John for the next year, it is hoped that the whole parish of Knaresborough will be included. Certainly it ought to be, and then there will be far less corruption in the place, as the constituency would he in creased from 360 to upwards of 900. It is now very corrupt indeed, and is celled a second .Pontefract—the inhabitants must take care they do not find it a second Sudbury! Knaresborough, under the rotten borough system, was perhaps the best represented of any town in the kingdom! For the last twenty-one years of the old sys tem, the Duke of Devonshire nominated the Right Hon. George Tierney and the Right Hon. Sir James Mackin to,h. Now, under the Reform Biil, there has been a miserable falling off in the representation of that ancient place. The first Members were Mr. Henry Rich and the well-known Mr. Fernand; its late Members were the late Mr. W. S. Lascelles, the brother to the Earl of Hare wood, and Mr. Westhead, a gentleman first nominated by the Manchester League. Mr. Westhead is himself a rich cotton spinner, and bears the reputation of a quiet and inoffensive man. The well-known and highly-respected Mr. Eneas Macdonnell also visited the borough and offered himself, but being a Roman Catholic he did not receive that support which his great talents ought to have insured to him. At the last election, also, there was an address to the electors issued by a late townsman, and a native of the place. I was favoured with a sight of the address, which was treasured up by an old gentleman like sterling gold, and he told me the address was reprinted at Manchester and at Glasgow, and many thousands sold, as a model address, worthy to be followed out by every Member of Parliament, and had this been the case the country would now be very different to what it is at the present day. Mr. Foster in this address appears to be an indepen dent Conservative, of the Peel original school. Ho contended that " justice ought to be dealt to the indus trious British farmer as well as to other classes of the Queen's subject,'" fie described himself "as too poor to contest the borough, and could he afford to do so ho would not buy the constituency, because he would never sell them, but would employ all the energy and talents which od had given to him for their benefit and that of his country." Mr. Foster was also described to me by his old friend as the firm and personal friend of the late highly gifted William Cobbett, and that the latter had told him when on a visit to Ripley Castle, that it was a ahem such a man as Mr. Foster was not in Parliament, as he was the fittest man he knew to be sent there—that his com mercial knowledge was not excelled by any one in the House of Commons, whilst on the subject of the Cur rency I delight in calling him my first disciple." This was the opinion of by far the greatest politician of the day of Mr. Foster. In this address, which was valued, it would appear, every where except iu the venal borough of Knaresbo rough, Mr. Foster " pledged himself, if returned (viz , in 1847), immediately to move a total repeal of the Win dow-tax, a repeal of the Income-tax, and a re-modelling of the new Poor-law." This was, indeed, " thinking like a statesman." Mr. Foster is now, I am told, in the prime of life, and is the father of that highly-talented young and rising barrister, Mr. Campbell Foster, the late Times' commis sioner in Ireland. Mr. Collins, jun., and Mr. Lawson, the two candi dates from the very rump of the Tory camp, were the only gentlemen who were offered for the choice of the electors; and Mr. Collins was returned. He also is a young barrister, but who, albeit he has plenty of talk, will certainly " never set the Thames on fire; his father is not, nor ever was, the vicar of Knaresborough, as has been falsely represented; but he is " a Reverend unat tached." His grandfather was an attorney, of the firm of Collins and Richardson, whilst his notorious great grandfather—" the less that is said about him the better." Knaresborough is also justly celebrated for its ancient castle—perhaps the remains of the strongest feudal edi fice in England. A capital account of this castle is given by a very able historian and good man, the late Mr. Ely Hargrove, of Knaresborough, a book which will well repay its perusal; it also contains the original account of Eugene Aram, now immortalized by our great Bul wer; also the birth of Mother Shipton, who was born near the famous " dropping well" at Knaresborough; also the history of the famous " Blind Jack," of Knares borough—perhaps the most extraordinary blind man of modern times.—l am, Sir, &c., G. W. Bradford, July 16. REPRESENTATION OF ARUNDEL. ARUNDEL, WEDNESDAY. 7 .-.ThO election Of a repre. sentative for the town of Arundel, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, took place to-day. There being no opposition, the proceedings excited little attention. Mr. Edward Strutt, formerly the representative of Derby, who had obtained the support of the Duke of Norfolk was the only candidate. The MAYOR (Mr. W. 03borne) opened the business of the election with the usual formalities, after which Mr. Halliday proposed, and Mr. Marshall seconded, Mr. Strutt, as a fit and proper person to represent the town ut Arundel in Parliament. Mr. STRUTT then addressed the burgesses, stating his views to be those of a Free-trader, particularly as re garded corn, any re-imposition of a duty on which, he believed, would be attended with serious injury to the best interests of the country, as well as being calculated to excite great ill-will in the minds of the people gene rally. He considered that the time had now arrived for an extension of the suffrage within certain bounds, and should give his support to auf well-prepared measure that might be brought forward to that end. With regard to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, he stated that had he been in Parliament he should have given his support to that measur e , a l t h oug h h e wished . to be understood that he wus a warm supporter of civil and religious liberty. He should upon the above question have taken a course directly opposite to that of the Noble Lord thair late representative, although he readily gave that Noble Lord credit for conscientious views and conduct in the course he had taken. M. Strutt con cluded by promising hi s b est serv i ces the town in the promotion of its local interests. Captain HOLMES then made an attack on the Duke of Norfolk, in reference to an alleged attempted diversion by his Grace of one of the public footpaths. lie also declared himself to be a Protectionist, and determined at the next general election to assist in ridding the town of the intimidation practised towards the electors by those in the interest of the Duke. Mr. COOPER, steward to his Grace, replied to . the Captain amid the applause of the assemblage. The proceedings then terminated by the MAYOR de claring Mr. Strutt duly elected. THE O'BYRNE TEt-TIMONIAL—We understant. that a meeting of naval officers for the presentation of the testimonial to Mr. O'Byrne, the author of " The Naval Biography," will take place at the 'United Service Institu • tion. Whitehall, on Saturday, the 19th inst., at twelve o'clock. Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., will preside. UNUSUAL Low TIDE.—On Tuesday evening the waters of the Thames fell unusually low at Waterloo-bridge; with the exception of the two nearest the Middlesex shore, the whole of the arches were quite dry. Extra dummies were required at many of the piers to enable the steam-boats to land their passengers ; several vessels grounded in the usual channels of the navigation. ARRIVAL OF THE PETERHOFF STEAM-YACHT.--. This fine vessel, built by Mr. Mare, at Blackwall, and fitted with engines by Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie, to serve as an Imperial yacht to the Emperor of Russia, and which went, when on her passage to St. Petersburgh, on the rocks off the Island of Oessel, in October last, has been re covered, and is now in the Import-dock of the East India Company at Blackwall, apparently in as good a state as before the accident, with the exception of the wood panel ing of the cabins, which has yielded to the ill treatment it received and long immersion under water; but the hull and engines are as good as ever. The following details may prove interesting :—Various attempts were made by the captain and crew of the vessel to get her off, assis ed by some officers and men sent by the Russian Government, but without success. The vessel stuck fast on the ridge of rocks with a hole in her bottom, and, being constructed of iron, she was abandoned by the Russian authorities to the agent of the company in London who had insured her, and the company sent out an able officer—Captain Fell, who after great exertions succeeded in getting her off the rocks. He let the water into every part of her, and allowed her to re main full all the winter. Tie.s bold experiment had the effect of preset ving her from being battered by the winter storms, and in the spring the vessel was raised, and, after being par tially repaired, he floated her to Riga, where she underwent a more t horough repair. He then tried the engines, and found the.t they worked well, and on trying the speed of the vessel at . the measured mile, near Riga, the result was ascer tained to be sixteen knots an hour. From Riga Captain Fell proceeded with the vessel to Elsinore, and from Elsinore to Hamt iurgh, where he lay for a short time, and then left for Engl. Ind, and although he had to contend against a strong he ad wind, reached the East India Docks, at Black wall, en t iunday night las t, in 36 hour s , being a distance of about 506' mile:, showing the average speed of th e vesse l during th e voyage to be at the rate of upwards of 131 knots per hour. THE GUILDHALL.—The Lord Mayor having granted tl se use of the Guildhall for the purpose of a dress and fancy ball in aid of the ward schools and dispensaries of the city of London, the event took place last night. The patronage that had been vouchsafed to the undertaking, headed as it was by the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Glouceht er, and the Duchess of Kent, brought together a vast concur irse of visitors, and at a comparative early hour of the evenirig: the hall was completely crowded. The ',fittings provided last week for the reception of her Majesty were, by the courtesy of the Lord Mayor, left untouched, and those who did n of care to enter into the Terpsichorean festivities of the princi pal salle were amply amused by roaming through the vestib ales, corridors, and crypt, and surveying the gay and vario I decorations which the liberality of the Common Council h ad supplied in honour of the auspicious event al luded to. We have already given an account of these em bellishma ate; and they appeared to be precisely the same as they wer e yesterday se'unight. Nothing could be more brilliant t ban the lighting of the hall; while the tableaux at the west end, composed of flags and reflectant glass, have not often t been equalled for picturesque and imposing lumi nousness . Adams's band was in attendance, and the company seemed t o enjoy the pleasures of the evening to the utmost. We can lout hope that the charitable institutions for whose benefit true ball was projected will profit by the issue; and there wf is every reason for believing from the numbers pre sent, the .t the balance of money available for distribution will be Wl* derable. E I:: N IN G 5 CLY THE OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION. HENLEY'S MAGNETO-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin i —lf ever there was a time when inventors were fairly entitled to a just and unbiassed criticism of their productions, it is now, at the Great Exhibition of all Nations, when acme, and wealth, and high standing are expected, for once at least, to give way to the more le gitimate claims of original genius and persevering in• dustry. I am not in any way connected . with the Magneto-Electric Telegraph, but I call attention to the description of this instrument, in the published exponent referred to, just as a sample of the amount of justice which inventors are to expect from the compilers of official catalogues, unless they are keenly alive to their own interest, and assert their rights tbrcugh other and independent channels. The stet:ailed explanation of this invention is more like an extract from some work on general science than the description of anything in par ticular, and as illustrative of the matter of which it as sumes to treat, it is erroneous from beginning to end. After a brief statement of the received theory of mag netism, the author (who signs hims.elt R. 11.) proceeds to inform his readers, by what means a magneto-electric disturbance is effected, so as to produce a continuous and uninterrupted stream of electricity. Whereas in Mr. Henley's telegraph continuous streams of electricity are entirely dispensed with, and the necessary communica tions are effected by a succession of momentary waves or impulses, each of which is made to produce upon the in strument a totally distinct and independent action. The writer then goes on to inform us that " the magneto electric machine was first employed for telegraphic pur poses by Professor Wheatstone." This statement would lead any one to suppose that the present invention was wanting in novelty, and was borrowed from the original ideas of Wheatstone. The real facts of the case, how ever, are in direct opposition to any such conclusion. The first person who ever applied Faraday's discovery to the working of a telegraph was Dr. Stenheil, of Bava ria, Afterwards, it is true, Professor Wheatstone con structed an instrument upon this principle, and tried it upon two different sections of the Great Western Rail way. The telegraph which he employed indicated by means of an escapement, or what is commonly known among electricians as the step by-step motion. It was found inoperative, and after a brief trial was hid aside, and has never been used since. To Mr. Henley the merit is due of having first practi cally applied the ma..lneto-electric power to the move ment of the needle telegraph, and of obtaining a result which, for simplicity, power, and economy, has received the unqualified approbation of many of the leading scientific men of Europe, and some of the first engineers of the age. The author cannot surely be acquainted with the numerous and trying experiments to which this instrument was successfully subjected on the South Devon Railway, or with the still more decisive demon strations which were recently given in Hyde Park and 'across the Serpentine, and which one would have thought were by this time patent to the whole scientific world. If, however, he is really desirous to examine into the justice and validity of his extraordinary conclu sions, and to ascertain the correctness of his terminat ing assertion, that the ordiAry voltaic battery is usually preferred in this country to any application of magneto electric agency, I will not refer him to any printed re cords of past experiments, abundant and decisive though these are, but I will ask him to see and judge for him self, and to institute the most trying experiment he is able to devise upon any line in the kingdom, in order to ascertain the comparative excellences of the two ar rangements, and I have no doubt he will find the inven tor most ready to assist him in the trial. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. B. I - Anxious. as we have repeatedly shown ourselves to be, in maintaining the rights of inventors, and in for warding the cause of philosophical inquiry, we have with pleasure inserted the above communication of our cor respondent.—En. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—iour paper - of Friday contained a paragraph relating to an article which you had copied from the Sherborne Journal, and expressing your reproach of it, in a manner that shows me you had been placed in pos session of just as much information, and no more, as would give my statement the colour of a fabrication. I trust, therefore, you will do me the justice of allowing me to state the facts on which I consider I was justified in announcing the dissolution of the Sherborne Mercury. A few years ago a new paper was started in Yeovil, en titled the Yeovil Times, and on Tuesday week para graphs appeared simultaneously in the Yeovil Times and the Sherborne Mercury, to the effect that those papers were about to be amalgamated, and for the future would be published as one sheet at the office of the Yeovil Times, in Yeovil. Now here was a fact announced by the proprietors, that the publication of one of these papers was about to be discontinued, and that there would no longer be a Mercury printed in Sherborne, but from the effice of the Yeovil Times a weekly sheet would issue as usual. Surely, under these circumstances, I should not have been justified in saying that the Yeovil Times had gone to the wall, yet one of the two papers having be come defunct it became my duty to announce it as an article of news. _ _ Some years ago I remember there was a True Sun as well as a Sun paper published in London, but your en lightened principles eclipsed it, and you triumphantly bore off its remains to your own office. I fear I should give you great offence if I affirmed that the True Sun still lived to share the laurels of your well-earned tame. I am Sir, &c., THE EDITOR OF THE " SHERBORNE JOURNAL." Sherborne, July 12, 1851. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Amelia Murray, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Col. Francis Hugh Seymour, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations yesterday morning. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, also paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, also visited the Exhibition yes terday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Viscount Clifden, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, 1 , ft Buckingham Palace at five minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the Nine-elms station of the South-Western Railway, and travelled by special train to Windsor, to be present at the dinner of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The younger members of the Royal Family took their ußual exercise yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Royal High ness the Duchess of lit , nt, her Royal Highness tho Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal Highness the Prince of %Vasa, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Bruce. Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess Grey, Major Biddulph, Colonel the lion. A. Liddell, and M. Fizer. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following selection:— Overture—" Ira Diavoto" Auber. Waltzer—" Henrietta" ••• Browne. ••• ••• Selection—"Lucrezia Bor g i a " Domzetti. Quadrille—Swiss Jullicn. Polka—" Russian Battle" ... Minasi. Galop—" Victory" Tinney. God Savo the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Philip Miles, and a deputation, had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchero yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Harris haul an interview with Earl Grey yester day, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Rowland Hill had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. We attended last evening the Literary and Scien. tific Institute, in Aldersgate-street, to hear a selection of national melodies sung by Mr. Milne, the Scotch vocalist. We were by no means strangers to Mr. Milne or his style of singing, but we confess ourselves pleased beyond our anticipations with the evening's entertainment. The memory of poor Wilson is still fresh in our minds, and we would not do injustice to the dead to gratify the ambitious views of the living, but we are bold to say that, in many respects, Mr. Milne even surpasses his distinguished predecessor. The manner in which the business of the evening was conducted was alike creditable to Mr. Milne and the managers of the Institute. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—The hal yearly meeting of this society was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Mr. J. Clayton in the chair. The half-year's accounts were read, and appeared to be most satisfactory. The balance at the Bank on the Ist of January was 11,3091.145. 7d. The premiums on 63 new po licies assuring 27,6971., in the half-year ending 30th June, amounted to 975/. 3s. 11d. The amount received on policies renewed, was 14,3431. 10s. 7d. The receipts from mortgages, loans, and capital invested , brought the gross up to 44,528/. 19s. 4d. On the other side the sum paid in claims was 3,700/. ; the general expenses were 1,4651.45. 7d., and the balance in the bank on the 30th of June was 25,220/. 6s. W. The Chairman said it would appear there had been an in crease of something like 20,003/. in the sums assured since the 31st of December last; the sum paid in claims had beta 3,704., and the capital of the society had increased upwards of 10,0001. From a table prepared by Mr. Brown (the ac tuary), the claims paid and claims allowed stood tor the last three years and a half thus—Claims paid-1848, 12,300/. ' • 1849, 6,550/. ; 1850, 5,203/. ; fi rs t half-year of 18 51 , 3,700/. Claims allowed —lB4B, 4,100!. ; 1849, 3,450/. ; 1850, 9,1001. ; first haif-year of 1851, 1,7001. The Chairman left it to the proprietors to draw their own conclusions from this statement, which must be considered highly favourable to the prosperity of the so ciety. The five retiring directors and one retiring auditor were re-elected. The accounts were passed, and thanks having been given to the chairman, directors, and auditors, the meeting separated. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning as James Partitt, one of the porters in the goods department of the Great Western Railway Company, at Paddington, was passing along the platform, in his ordinary duty, a small cask suddenly exploded , the head of which came in contact with the poor fellow's chin, and tossed him some eight or ten feet into the air, when he fell upon the ground about three feet lower than the platform. Upon inquiry, we find the contents of the cask to have been yeast, which had been sent up the line. The motion of the train probably brought it to so high a state of fermentation as to cause the explo -151911. Por ( 311 9 w OA W 41nut a qUartgr of an hour. 17, 1651. WOODS AND FORESTS' EVICTIONS AND ME CRYSTAL PALLIC.E. The rising generation will, no doubt, have a lively re collection of the White Cottage in Hyde-park, and its bulky and bustling Mistress Ann Hicks, who supplied them in exchange for their coppers wish cakes, curds and-whey, nuts, ginger-pop, and ether small luxuries, so teropting to juvenile palates. Yesterday the same Ann Hicks, woebegone, and very shabby in appearance, with a basket of three-a-penny cakes on her arm, was brought to Matlborough-strt Police-office, before Mr. Hardwick, by the park-keeper, charged with the offence of attempting to s e ll her linuale wares near the Crystal Palace. The sudden transformation in her condition had been effected by the Woods and Forests, according to her own statement, in this way :—Her grandfather, about a century ago, had the gc'od fortune to assist in extricating George 11, from the Surpentine, and as a reward for this service he was permitted to have a stand in the park. He kept this stand for 69 years, and left it to her father, who had it for 49 years more. She came into possession of the stand, having attended it ever since she was five years of age. Nome years ago, and as she said, she never earned a shilling anywhere else up to last November, she being now between forty and fifty years of age. In consequence of the length of time the stand had been established, her good character, and the real service it afforded to lashes who might desire a glass of cool water in sumniser, Lord Lincoln, about seven years ago, gave her permit sion to build the stone lodge at the foot of the Serpeutiee, and to occupy it in the same manner as she had occupied the stand. This lodge cost her the whole savings of her life--130[. In October last, having heard of the intended erection of the Crystal Palace near hser lodge, she thought its proximity to the Exhi bition .might be turned to account in affording accommo dation. to ladies, and the drew up a petition to the Woods and Forests, which was signed by forty of her lady custon ters, setting forth her wishes. To her great as tonish meut she received this answer:— "Lc ►rd Seymour has received Mrs. Hick's application, dated the 22d ultimo. " As, Mrs. Hicks is aware she has been served with a notice to quit and deliver up possession of the place she occupies, Lord Seymour conceives the serving of that notice to be an answer to her application. The board has imnicdiate occasion for her removal, and they can do nothing, ;therefore, to assist her in extending the accom modation of her present dwelling. "Lord Seymour was prepared to recommend the board to make an allowance to Mrs. Hicks for house rent for as short period after her removal, in the event of her complying with the notice served upon her. 0/ course, if the board are driven to expense in taking legal steps in dispossessing her she must abide the consequences._ " °i lea of Woods and Forests, Nov. 1, 1850." Notices were immediately served ea her, and she further received written orders from Lord Seymour and the Dake of Wellington, commanding her to quit the place. She did not give up possession, and on the 11th Mr. Mann, the surveyor, visited her, and told her if she did not go the Commissioners would do nothing for her. She still kept possession, and a more peremp tory notice was sent to the effect that all the people who had stsuids in the park were to be turned out of the park, and that if she did not go away at once the roof would. be taken off and the place pulled about her ears. In this extremity she wrote again to Lord Seymour, stating her case at length. The answer was as follows: " Lard Seymour can only say, in reply to Mrs. Hicks' letter,. that he cannot permit either her or her f a mily to have a stall, or sell articles, in the parks. The utmost Lord k;eymour can do will be to provide means for the remorttl of her furniture, and to allow her at the rate of five shillings a week, which he is advised is amply sufficfont for lodgings, for a twelvemonth after she shall have quitted. Ho can do nothing more; and if Mrs. Hicks shall not have appointed with Mr. Mann, before four o'clock to-morrow, a time for the removal of her things,. and for delivering up the place, the law must take its course, and he will not consent to make her any allowance whatever. " Of ace of Woods, Nov. 10, 1850." She was at last ejected, the lodge pulled down, and in return for the money she had expended in building it, the amount of twelve months' lodging, at ss. a week, was given to her. She applied for compensation for the materials of her house. Sixteen letters were written, but no notice whatever was taken of them. She laid her case befeze the Queen, and she received this reply:— " Buckinghara Palace. " Madan ,—I am directed by Colonel Phipps to ex press the Queen's regret that the very numerous pres sing claims on her Majesty's private bounty prevent a compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 2d instant. " Your obedient servant, " Mrs. A. Hicks." " DOYNE C. BELL." She contrived to interest Lord Ashley in her case, bat his interference procured her no benefit. In the extre mity of her distress, finding her money all gone and starvation staring her in the face, she got a basket and few cakes, hoping to sell them among her former cus tomers in the park. She was taken in the very act, and brought to this court to be dealt with according to law. Mr. Hardwick had some difficulty in making her un derstand that it was an offence to sell cakes in the park. If she would promise never to do the like again he would discharge her. The defendant could not promise. What was she to do to support herself and child? She supposed her fate would be the same as had attended the other poor crea tures who had been turned out of their bread by the Commissioners. One, who had kept a stand twenty years at the Victoria-gate, had gone out of her mind in consequence of this eviction; a second was in Kensington workhouse; a third was in St. George's Workhouse ; and she met a fourth that morning nearly broken hearted. trying to sell medals in the park. Mr. Hardwick said the law must be obeyed. The defendant said she would sell no more. She would beg. Mr. Hardwick told her that was equally a crime. After some further parley, a reluctant promise not to sell cakes in the park again was extracted, and she was set at liberty. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending July 13 : Passengers, parcels, Zce. ... £46,765 5 6 Merchandise ... 15,603 16 4 Cattle ... 1,093 19 0 Total ... £63,463 010 Corresponding week last year 50,575 16 1 Ncte.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, Nerth Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Blanchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY...(MiIes in work, 236.) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 6, IS5l: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ....£9,494 9 1 Merchandise and minerals ... 3,398 0 I() Cattle ... ... 323 10 9 Total .. 0 8 Corresponding week, July 7, 1850 (143 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,637 1 11 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 1,486 13 6 Total ... £3,123 15 5 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount of Traffic for the week ending July 13 : Passengers ... ... £14,7E4 5 3 Goods ... ... 2,399 10 11i Total ... ..£17,133 16 Corresponding week last year... 13.325 010 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending July 13 ...£17,328 5 1 Corresponding week in last year, (24.51 miles open) .. 16 3 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. ( Miles open, 112.) Return of traffic for the week ending July 16 : Railway and canal ... £5,207 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 5,079 0 0 Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts a va il a bl e under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY....Traffie for the week ending July 13:— MAIN LINZ. -- Passengers ... - £2,096 12 9 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... 72 16 1 Goods, cattle, &c. ••• ... 558 6 7 Mails •.. ... 575 0 0 Total £3,302 lb 5 MOLD. Passengers £4117 2 Parcels,ll. C. and D. ... 1 7 9 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 125 6 2 Total ... ... ... £l6B 11 1 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ... ... ... £376 2 1 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 13 10 2 Total ... £389 12 3 SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open 29 miles.)—Traffic for the week ending July 13:— Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £429 4 4 Goods and live stock .. ... 205 6 9 Total .. £634 11 1 Corresponding week last year ... 463 9 101 SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RamwAY.—Traffic re• ceipts for the week ending July 13 : Passengers ..• £351 18 7 Carriages, horses, and parcels ... 11 7 4 Live stock ... 15 8 4 Merchandise and minerals ... 281 19 3 Total .. ... £660 13 6 Corresponding period last year.. 653 12 11 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—(I6O miles opened.)—Retur n °I traffic for the week ending July 6 : Passengers, &C. x 3,3 9s 8 12i Goods, &c. 3,486 12 Tutal* ••• ••• £6,8 () 11 Corresponding week last year ... • Including Wishaw and Coltness,charge of a now factor. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWA Y .—The numb er o f pas -- andty_ f r om .London-bridge the sengers conveyed on this line, namel., 1 0,023 to London, terminus on Monday was and 9,256 from London. THE GREAT EXRIBITION.—The receipts yesterday , were 2,9101. 45., the number of persons who visited the build ing being 60,626. THE GREENWICII UNION.--The poor children of the parishes of Greenwich, Woolwion. and Deptford were yesterday treated by the guardians to a visit to the C:ysta Palace, and about three o'clock in the afternoon were per mitted by the Commissioners to assemble round the crystal foun tain,: and when there sang the National Anthem, which had a pleasing effect, the children who joined in it being about 300 in number. HEALT.I7OI 7 I,O2VDON DUI:IAG THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The public health now presents a more faveuraele as pect. In the week ending last Saturday, the number of deaths registered from all causes declined to 881. In the ten corresponding weeks of 1841.50 the average number was 877; but as the population has been grow ing throughout that period, and up to the present date, an average mortality corrected for the rate of increase, may be estimated at 965, compared with which the deaths of lest week exhibit a decrease of 84. The progress of the summer months in reducing the mortality is perceptible in all those classes of disease which make the principal contribution to the aggregate amount, with the exception of the class of epidemics, in which there now appears some disposition to increase. In the preceding week (ending sth July) this class numbered 214 deaths, it has now risen to 224; but the tubercular class. the most important of which is phthisia, has fallen from 202 to 163. Phthisis or consumption numbers this week 127, which is less than the corrected average. Smell-pox is recorded as having been fatal to 27 per sons, all of them children except one. Three died in the Small-pox Hospital of "smallpox confluent ; un protected ; ' and amongst these a labourer, aged 27, from Bermondsey. The registrars mention particular families which have suffered extensively, and lament in such cases that vaccination, which might have prevented the spread of the disease or its fatal results, had been neglected. Diarrhme, which was fatal in the previous week to 23 persons, needy all children, has suddenly increased, and last week carried off 53, of whom 44 were young per sons, 3 were of middle age, and 6 had reached sixty years or upwards. Besides these 8 cases were registered, ie which th© cause of death is described as " cholera in lantum," or "English cholera," and one in which it is stated as Asiatic cholera. The particulars of these cases, all with ono exception am pngst children, are as follow In Kensington, at Jonuing's-buildings, on 6th July, the daughter of a spinster, aged 1 year, died of " cholera infantum." In Kensington, Cooper's-gardens, on 6th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 6 years, '° cholera infantum." Iu Marylebone, St. John's, at 4, Victoria-terrace, on 6th July, the daughter of a gardener, aged 4 years, " English cholera." In Cripplegate, at 10, Adelaide-place, on the 10th July, the son of a police constable, aged 7 months, " cholera ink tntum (5 days)." In Bethnal -green, at 13, Ihdford-row, on the 6th July, the daughter of a woodcutter, aged 4 months, English cholera (4 days)." In Bethnal-green, Town sub-district, at 31, Thomas street, on 9th July, the wife of a scale and beam maker, aged 68 years," cholera Asiatic (36 hours)." In Goodutaifs-fields, at 8, Everard's-place, on 4th July, the daughter of a tobacconist, aged 4 months, "English cholera (3 days)." In St. George-in•the•East, at 21, Cross.street, on Sth July, the son of a mariner, aged 2 years. 6 , Cholera in fantum (7 days)." In Si. Saviour, at 23, Zoar•street, on 6th July, the son of a cellarmau, aged 2 years, "English cholera (14 days)." STATE OF This WEATHER DURING TAE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was covered with cloud throughout the day ; cirrostrati and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any examination. PtIONDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered with cloud during the morning, and overcast during the remainder of the day; cumulostratus, cirrostratus, and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. TUESDAY. —The clouds were occasionally broken during the afternoon, otherwise the sky was overcast throughout the day ; cumuli, cumulostrati, and fleecy clouds. Light ning, followed by thunder, occurred at sh. 15m. P.M., ac companied by heavy rain; frequent showers fell at other times. Electricity —Negative, and very active during the afternoon ; frequent sparks were shown. IVEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Light showers of rain fell during the afternoon. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. THURSDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud duriuthe morning and afternoon, and clear at night; cnnaulostntus, cirrostratus, and scud. Frequent claps of thunder were heard between 2h. and 311. P.M., and a violent squall of wind and rain occurred between 4h. and bh. r.m. Electricity —Negative, and very active daring the afternoon; frequent volleys of sparks and galvanic currents were shown. FRIDAY.—The sky was mostly covered with cloud throughout the day ; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. SATURDAY. — The sky was three-fourths covered till 9h. r. m., and clear afterwards ; cumuli, cirrostrati, and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate gene rally throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m., was 60'5° ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 59•3 Q ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 60•9 Q, and 57.9 0 respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.86 in. to 29'91 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 7th ; decreased to 29 . 16 in. by Oh. on the 10th; increased to 30.01 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 11th • it continued at about this reading till after 3b. r.m., and decreased to 29'81 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEER ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1851. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases —.224 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... ••• 44 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ... ••• ••• 168 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ••• 83 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 32 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... .•• ... "41 ••• 109 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ••• ••• .•, Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &o. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ... Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• Premature Birth ... ... ~. ... Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ... ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ... ••• ... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... ..• 51 ... ..• 10 ... 41 ... 32 ... 31 17 ••• 13 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... 881 Populatim Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumeraied, sponding week in the 1851. of 1850. Week. Wett Distric'q 376,332 . . 118 161 North Districts.. 490,441 .. 161 ... 165 Central Districts 392,356 ... 12S ... 134 East Districts ... 485,336 ... 171 ... 193 South Districts.. 616,545 ... 203 228 T0ta15........ 2,361,640 ... Males Females ... 881 ... 436 ... 445 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females 700 646 Total ... .„ 1,346 * In this number are included 13 by Scarlatißs, 28 by Typhus Fever, 53 by Dicrrhcea, and 9 by Cholera. ETON COLLEGE.—The election of candidates for scholarships on this foundation, and the Lister college at Cambridge is fixed for Monday, the 28th inst. We under stand that the authorities of the two colleges have made some alteration in the arragements usual on the occasion, viz that the cloister speech will be spoken at tw o o ' c l oc k in the afternoon of Friday the 25th; that, on the following day, Saturday the 26th, the election speeches will be deli vered in the Uppzr School at ten o'clock A. M. ; that the din ner, hitherto given on Monday by the college, in the college hall, will take place at three o'clock r M., on Saturday, the 26th, thus leaving the electors of the two colleges an oppor tunity of commencing their: examination on Monday the 28th, without interruption, after the indentures of the pre vious year have been cancelled. The accession to the num ber of candidates for the Eton Foundation, and the conse quently increased necessity of care in the award of places on the indentures, have, we believe, led to this alteration. The oppidians will be dismissed early in the morning of Monday, the 28th, and the collegers who are not in trials will be al lowed to go after the dinner in the hall on Monday. CAPTURE OF A LADY SHOPLIFTER —Amelia Lang ley, alias Mrs. Williams, alias Mrs. Colonel Hamilton, a fashionably attired young female, with a slight cast in her left eye, was charged on Monday last, at Guildhall Police court, with stealing a gold wedding ring, from a jeweller's shop in Fleet-street. The duplicates of two valuable dia mond rings were found upon her, one of which has been iden tified by a jeweller to whom the prisoner had pa id a visit. Her plan of operation appeared to have been that of e ntering various watchmakers and jewellers' shops, and ordering a quantity of goods in a fictitious name, to be se nt to a false address, and while the articles were being submitted for her inspection she invariably contrived to ew se oa c aro r i e fe t e e er_s s 0, 0 r,il l ni.h e odai art vigie , aL c iu l l e oe2 r o o ; value, with which she decamped. Th . and Bull, the detective, have made inquiries,d of 50 jewellers' that the prisoner has visited up which o S th a e v rres ' pectable firnis have while order • shops in London (among of Cheapside; and a great many Pillaged been victimised), all of which 101., 20/ 30 1., and 501. ing goods, to the various am e She is remanded till DIOIIdaY ne x ' oull rb tfl of D" ROYAL SEA BATHING Inau ARY.---A festival ire zi aid of the funds of this i ns titution took place yesterday at the London Tavern, B i s hopsgate-street, Mr. B. B on d C e bb e ll, M. P., in the chair. The clothd having been removed at the conclusion of an excellent inner, the chairman proposed the toasts, and, after them that of the evening, usual loyal Sea Bathing " Success to the Infirmary." It appeared that the charity on behalf of whi c h h e appealed was esta bli s h e d for the es pecial treatment of scr o f u l a , w hil s t that it was re quired wa s evident by the f act that 22,0 00 pa ti en t s, c hild ren , and a dults, amongst the poor, had partaken of the benefits which it afforded. As regarded its present efficiency, there was nothing wanting in the arrangements of the building— which was in good repair and free from debt—in the diet and comfort afforded the patients, or in the medical attendance provided them. It had 220 beds and an excellent bathing apparatus; it lacked nothing, indeed, but increased public support proportionate to the increasing demands upon its means. The result of the chairman's appeal was a subscrip tin. list, read by the secretary, and showing contributions to an amount of upwards of 1,6001. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLWICH, JULY 15.—Detachments of this branch of the Ordnance corps arrived at head-quarters at Woolwich to-day, from Ports mouth, Chatham, and from the Crystal Palace, at London, to till up the company commanded by Captain White, Royal Engineers, placed under orders for Swan River settle ment. The letters from Rouen state that business gene rally presented a more settled appearance. In the market for manufactures an increased attendance of buyers and limited stocks had contributed to maintain prices The de • scriptiou of goods suitable for exports were in the best de mand. EFFECTS OF TUE NEW AMERICA' FEMALE DRESS. —The editor of the Chicago Journal perpetrates the follow ing, in punishment for which he shou ld be limited to one " darn'd old pair of socks," the balance of his life : " Short dresses, if adopted by the ladies, will hays one good effect, at any rate, it will _oblige them to mend their stockings." - 4;''' I