The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-19 00:00:00

e --...............................-.. ....., C up of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of 15 sous. each, 10 ft, and sif declared. One mile and a quarter. _ Mr. C u thb ert's Queen of Tyne, 6 yrs (Joy) 1 Mr. B uc k ley's David, 6 vrs 2 Mr. keiklarn's Trueboy, 5 yrs pl. Poussin, 5 3 yrs, and Dr. Husband, 4 yrs, also ran. - 01 . ; winner to be s o ld f or 15 0 1 . Heats, two miles and a dis, Mr. Meiklam's Poussin, 5 • (Hutchinson) 31 1 3 rs Mr. Dawson's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs 1 4 2 jr• Robtnson's Wasjo, aged • 4 3 3 ilk Palmees Betsy Bird, 5 'yrs 2 2 dr 1, 1 ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. i t." o first club match of the season was sailed yester 'l% from Greenwich to Coal-house Point, below Graves ,..erld, and back to Greenwich. The yachts entered were 1..41% Tatham's Prima Donna, 25 tons ; Viscount Sea tnisham's Mystery, 25 tons ; Lor A. Paget's Belvidere, 25 ; Messrs. llighington's Vixen, 25 tons, and Mr Wllira's Antagonist, 25 tons, all of the first class ; Mr. 12 t ons CYgnet, 10 tons ; the Messrs. Smith's Charm, 1:07,811,t,', Mr. . Howard's Wave, 10 tons, and Mr. Man eltia3silt '-'ll.(r)s;Pilln, 10 tons. The several boats ' in the first all 'new except the Mystery, and have been ititere " the most approved principles. Great a y a : t t Was created respecting this match, and th e number of persons were present . to se . e , ergr r t; The construction of the Vixen is tie t V ec tlilar, and her owners have had great expecta.- th e i resPecting her. She is' composed of three skins ; pls4 lsicl9 skin is of deal, the next is laid diagonally one 4140.'ever ,„ another, and the outer one is of polished th Th e 11 0 - " Y• The wind was light, and from the nor toie l d e , u r a starting was twelve o'clock.. The yachts Ante. ° : th e fiag-boat in the following order :—The dietehst at 55 minutes past two, the Mystery- imme -1114114 after her s the Belvidere three quarters of a !+l. O, t h e vi ' and the Prima Donna at 53 minutespas , t kie e , v ixen one minute past three, the Dolphin five kt eut ' e e ! , the Charm seven minutes, and the Wave . eight Naildi:,_Psst three o'clock. About half . a mile after t Paa s Xr , " the fla4 boat, the I.llys:ery, in , trying . o_ tleitr._ae Antagonist to windward, ran as.:ore, and in sh ot : so at the same time forced the Antagonist also upon rilot e j nt a tici thus were those two splendid yachts in . a t drair er Placed hor s de combat. a sad spectacle for their ow p ~„a • Prom thi, period the &Avid, re had it all her B it. IV' , and arrived at Greenwich by 44 minutes pa=t th freers"e V'Xen a nd Prima Donna were 14 minutes in A r tivi Itcd buth of them so close together that the her bow",4.the second prize only by halt ti:e length of Past e,,,ePrlt• The Dolphin came in at 11i minutes aeceed-_,.; theri-by winning the third prize for the mined class b oats against the Charm, which was five th e R e ;i l o her rear. The match was accompanied by ~r 4' ' rt " o ver steamer, the Waterman No. 13, and the rs e-er" Pe eb ra d e , °ln et ; all three were well freighted, and — ateh " armed to take the deepest interest in the tit 0 ,,. "' A lt , tAT RUNNING MATCH ,_ 'the follol,-": • 1 40 . 1.TG II.—(ON FRIDAY.) .. ,etiTillitle:dllie":llgrseenneeunarrnall'ybrl! rcit : et ; fuller account of this o e f x 3 c . i e t s i t n e g rd ra y ce i_ t_h A an n give in our a paper ~,e i en ts e Person svih ol e o front n e partsll otric rs of o the th c e o r u e n s t p r e y e , t in.e 1N,4141 th e _ln garrison at Windsor, Hounalow, Hampton. count h4,at ~euetro,-,,,,, .oi h -,'"'is, arrived at an early hour yes t ter e da 41 - ‘ r ilst t i n t , ' f for th e Purpose of witnesses hiterse'awhieh has a man to run twenty te T h. , t in th e ~ created for the last n weeks t'lgimiles thesh within greatest footmorn racetw two kulLiteehtcze orthlneeintroapt(e,ulituan and provincial sporting circles. ,tain ; 1 , 1 % Ilrak,3llll-lorse Guards e(rlellause)f,°ll%l°:ge'r—edA2oosp/o.rttolulgOoe./a.pwith 6 11 the ar these proprietor of the North Star Inn, onat tloh seilterd s ;* 'l.) could not find a man who would,Friday, htheenbe,et.toiti:tethe 16th 11a t ent miles in tw o hours ; the y, run 7 y hat% %tile, to be named Previously to the start. From the extraordinary undertaking to be accompl u is p he t d o , ~_- . .iirst i a -",and that to considerable extent, was, via% lauernoon st_ a ,-, e a el d in most instances 2tol on ,7y:t i_ h „etailtp„)i hwaiVlng beco ' m n eknolvn that Maxfield (" the gl oo7 in („ th no beat Davis"(' the Welsh rn m il a e n' r 'l, ce, an a d t se 11, is e American Deer), in a one ;ger a the weeks since, had been selected by Mr. Bragg, , he 0 4: vere and successful training, to perform the match, I)efore thagainst time were considerably reduced, and long tp. to 4 'a Start, yesterday morning the betting was only "kid agst Maxfield with but very few takers. The tru'lce heltebleeted for the match was one mile on th . e lu . g l h Ciretee n 7eil Slough and Maidenhead, which, considering _ . te tite2 ‘ o t illt ; a" had to be taken by the runner to sa c ir o a m a. '''' Pro ta in des was be to be greatly to his . di d lt th. the immense sums which were depending on oin th e e . in b2sg:llind was strictly measured, and two chn - in at yk.1,47,_ tirom town to " keep the time." Precisely . :Silition ten 0 clock Alaxfied (who appeared in beautiful t o s tf' h s f n and in full confidence of winning) and lil l6 e i g d g iv en by the gallant captain who b . ac b k l e e d ekt field thi s • Performed the match in most admire L 40 1 , 1:. 18, We are informed, the first and only time_ s . t i ti o t ym h w l i ee s . : gt.,triteligaY.Undertaking has been accomplished, the . follow- " I ke 0 1 ,24 of the time in which each of the two milee was v,. r e ._ , i,. :.Y- interest our sporting readers : ~ first 2 miles ~ 4 miles " 6 !til es 2110 min:: tes 1 5 2 seconds. 7 ii " 8 miles 43 ~ 34 ~ 10 Miles 55 16 e " ~ „ " 12 miles 1 h our 7 22 ~ ::14 miles 1 9, 19 '' 38 ~ 19 7/ 16 miles 1 7, 3' 5 2 " 21 " ~ . ~ 18 mile, 1 „ 8 ~' 30 " t op .r rori t th is 2 0 miles 1 ~ lio' le ars. 4 the twBtatteraent, it will be s t e e en an t d ha a t h D a l l a f i n fi n e d l e d r p t e w r- o At per the Bu t i ec. dr . miles in one minute s ier -e eed of , .ue race the odds fluctuated .i Ter); Is 44.0 .i.eistressiise ald„ , the - ;%-nteetwithhemile, Max ll, ! ( appeared not it materially. cor- * l 5 t ilile t o sal, b ut tl ._t p h o e i r ut t o h f is was feigned kilt ja were leicrgae,. he was appareiitilm f the eighteenth or ii ing th.eaPPared tousidertenv .' ' kt the t e h n e dno r ace sev-ral bets li ttlel 2 ni t hl . fa the 1,1,51)4117a ,li.)f fatigue, proveed,fraesdb,oisihaoccvio.innigplibslut-t 1 - I Y e l e - luit im. mediately conveyed tlielllatasebeed' verse t:el-144 he to bed. ' as When :his account was o n ._ , nr. ow ; , e.ivas, to use his own words, u " p a , s , en ` c -i' li n ,mg the races in his life." He never"pulled a,er by meaii, but full spee d —3 (i' a sponge, while he was running a was supplied with b . randy t ---...,...„_,_,.... 11`44°11130N, C r , ------___---- -ii p ii 1. riATII AM, ANT) NnaTli KENT RAILWAY. are e ld at thelisaii isitlikecial meeting of the above Comp any was lis_ Portfrorn th e i.,) °limier:et, 1 nreadneedie-street, Co receiveea. rts4, T u bays elsiigriiitsaaapipreetors, and to adopt such further m ear ilece,sary. The chair haying been a s izt, - - jell wit Mate th a t Goldsmid, the secretary read the o tli e i al ,', it h ad b e d t hat, at a meeting held on the 29th .ti f i t es t Bin to in been agreed that they should eke.. rd ef Trade ' ie nse of Commons, notwithstanding the proceed with teesesesef end ad reported. against their line, but that the liktinilittee eavouring t o pass through the Standing Orders tej...ned t e thi,,and oin g to the second reading, should be DatTyseelly t-stuhtn of 108. per share. They had proceeded th e ,..ud b eets et reading, while the South Eastern Com ettahrelllinitte'entlihnTecessfnl, and it was now suggested by kit. thein a the limitation should be withdrawn, to i id ,q e.k ~,,,a, :uoce,e_s.sfully to prosecute the . Bill through Com therard iu trairinan said that, in addition to what they . !lihitdi n tli hdin g or! r ePO) t, though they had passed through te „,g' they sad Cernmittee, and proceeded to the second tilio 6h'!re ii toit 1i .. ," not spent one-half of the sum to which t . 11 tilai, e b u; and should they not be fortunate enough k.ols -1 0en sea '. 'ill the Shareholders would be only liable to seloalleve etnvlricurred before the 29th of January. Mr. l'rn l , t it of deed, and Vlr. Drury seconded, that the whole th,isioitaiosits should be placed at the disposal of the ?tli riihtnittee, for the purpose of carrying the Bill thaiedh.._ uelturiiainent. The resolution was then put, and 1)"1411., the4l°llBl.Y. Thanks having be voted to the l es. tok of eeting separated. Of i-t,ll4tiat4i.TME REV. DR. COOK. —We regret to ili4nev, b- 'l,gence reached town last night of the death etioka Yeste rd r. Genr e Cook, which took place at St. An itapie a v lif tiadalY Morning. llis i s the Rev. Dr. John vmN oft .."Ingtem, Was yesterday' elected Moderator of in Perikt_,..ethian and Twe ddale Dr. Cook was for a .tete •liabllle ,acknowledged leader Of the . moderate party berdtYear g p 'Lied Church of Scotland, and for the last seven li;isii ~-,Afeasoair.of Moral Philosophy and Political Eco s., t,kedr ,en Co l lege of St. Salvador and St. Leo . Ilr'iless,let., helegW:t_ . Rev. Doctor had reached an ad -4 14 e. ,we believe, upwards of 70.—Edinburgh -. " i tY 14 6tlcl, )34,itr,t, Luell,.4t 111,-,' or P.A.SSING A COUNTERFEIT SOVE cvtab,_7` Prefe,`XE.TRADE AZAAR.—In reference to the li lieZ6SgaiN't`lb.at Row- street Police -court on Thursday ti t Qt . "' r etietnh i . *lt Richard White for attempting to utter tn ,k4 l , ll iLtil k . julnEo, a_so.v..ereign in the purchase a an article heirn, `l - 4 7 1 tice t t w, t8 ".7 11 . t garden Theatre,. it appears that u _ th e ! eb ,llikl been __not a co unterfeit or imitation fora s I,Tr7si'ehee, hu;ePreSented by the complainants in giving_ ._ezit,„„kgar„,, ', a Medal such as are daily offered for sale ,lik'` i iY ) .,`"(l or t,_-linire and other public thoroughfares in the i'le , 7kbh,,_ ll ; Ilene of which in the slightest degree have ltlis-luieeiltioeitZutoa.the current coin of the realm, but h i a n v o i s n ,e ff . s: tiniZk on thl e __s_tY en one side and the King of H toeer‘rate preNT!-everse. The medal was examin:edb is! ilia r c l his 0 • l( ?iis to givin g hi s decision, but in con . - .et,. ge ~._ Mating to make any observation about it, NA --a"tned the character of an attempt to utter a 1,14 ,titerfeit SOV • 1 4 1 . 11 ( h pi,..‘iltt&i, ereign, which was not the c l t l se. q:11(1, th,asure in s zi t Hym n I have QTEANI-Sip P . .— ,e 0 _ a Oat Igltt C aptai n liting, through the intorination f 111444" eater, Steal axton, R.N., managing director of the I nt4 in Y ' With ll-shp Co mpany, visited Plymouth on slbt' Ri b nett % t he view of s place for the Great i.iglieetith,_o4 I:4halt.t° lie at, it beinginaed bv the directors I Ile, ruood 'tants of these towns aeti surmunding attt ~ all , L.. a l i, mq 15th APertunity of viewing this leviathan of iti tal al h at . oi June is the day intended for the day of boPitZi'llireieZhanj.do!„tria• iGill's pier the place for her exhi itittn titi I , t ‘ btp• rf , • 1.1, 41 4 ti ! ° abort oh Ptl3.--A. destructive fire broke out I,c ek.s! short , - Saturday morning, at Deptford, which, t,lble, irive p re „e a half an hour, completely destroyed r a .` 4 o w a n ate i n ,i:sin__ee known as the Royal Standard pubhc -1410004 The oo.ner-stri.tet, leading out of the Deptford ti tt likle eh i and theunagration caused a great light ON er the ), 'al cgine e b rebY occasioned a general turn out of' 1 , its , r _ue b uil a it but ere they could reach the scene of devas h.kits',eut, ~,hi,IF was in ruins. The dock-yard engines I_3.",tiof!!ttees'il,lit7t:re worked with great energy,. and pre li;etx tl oto }ices were lost,ending to the surrounding pr 0.4111 . 41 11 14, kis s theititslllial keetia hexlO SOCIETY.—On Fr a iday night Neietticr°4se ch a g ?f friends of this society was held at 1 . iv .. T he 01))1, Fish -street-hill, J. R. Mills, Esq., in th.the t is i g ntie ry i Jesl of this society are chiefly to assist 4h.7 hei s t ish eoinnstautioos, and to educate a native agency e;,,m d tta Y had i t Lies, Prom the report it appeared that ;44ty,.,_ a tr alis in ations in America, different parts of Africa, me ea d p Withal /1 1°St of which their endeavours had been 4114%4,, tittiottete.lg share of success. The receipts for the 4lbttees;llat stlet`iiin ,3381. 14s. Bd., and the expenditure '44., " i e'rer it i o Su re, le a debt of 780/. due by the come_ th Al lt• h a d dress r; were delivered on behalf of the ~Itellitetigelitfitol%this jealto `a, him 4 . 11 to I li . Lb.—On the recent visit of h it %tr.. with an Willingham, the wo rkingjewellers pre th..talent. and hi elegant gold ring, with an onyx stone in lie;t4tnyt l ' and theirrTi as expressed their admiration of ,tetiotiu.elese, he gr s atitude for his literary advocacy o . f eerie took place in the Polytechnic Dou_iktl4l,4l‘tbbr4XlBll..„.o I,iqq%e 4t th e n __, ur readers Will learn with antis cz 4 a,!...f itos(thi!tabulary force for this county are . in t t lity. , i ii i l. o et . of the ipportant information in connexion 91; NY. tied ti t i e oreS wilfully occasioned in this . ti t ) tl io ,_ a forte hay a, suspected parties are already . in Il 'et 4144 1; (5 -iee f 41° di:bl been privately engaged in tracing 111614,11401z41414-11.6ntr0r374--uarl:4lrillarierttioi:rillitcal:tellierfil!teteehhctsetNl:dll'n a d st havehe partiesa convincet last all that, concerned suceeeded hew. d csrimiserpfetratore will be brought -,__ THIN SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1845 THE RETALIATORY MEASURES OF BRAZIL. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Mr. Macaulay very justly predicted that the un justifiable conduct and aggravating language made use of in the House of Commons respecting Brazil, would produce nothing but irritation and recrimina tion on her part, and such has really been the case. We have sought to obtain by coercion what we eould have much sooner and better obtained by conciliation. In addition to the proposed differential duty on our cotton manufactures, the Government of Brazil have done away with the right of search and the mixed Commissions established by the treaties between this country and Portugal in 1815 and 1817, and by that of 1826, between England and Brazil. A separate article to the treaty of 1817, adopted by Brazil, runs thus : "As soon as the total abolition of the slave trade, for the subjects of the Crown of Portugal, shall have taken place, the two high contracting parties hereby agree, by common consent, to adapt to that state of circumstances the stipulations of the conditional convention concluded at London the 28th of July last ; but in default of such alterations, the additional convention of that date shall remain in force until the expiration of 15 years from the day on which the general abolition of the slave trade shall so take place, on the part of the Portuguese Go vernment. " The present separate article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the additional convention aforesaid. It shall be rati fied, and the ratifications shall be exchanged as soon as possible. " In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have hereunto affixed the seal of their arms. " Done at London, this 11th of September, 1817. (S'gned) " CASTLEREAGH. (LS.) " CONDE DE PALMELLA. (S.)" The original of this separate article in the Portu guese language says, " Mas quando nao sega possi vel concordan em outro ajuste," which is translated above, " but in default of such alterations ;" whereas it should have been, " but in case it shall not be possible to come to any other arrangement," which bears a very different meaning. However, the facts are, that in 1817 a convention was entered into by the British and Portuguese Sove reigns for the abolition of the slave trade as then carried on ; but such suppression was limited to the coast of Africa, north of the equator, full liberty being given to its continuance on the south of the line. In 1823 the British Government obtained from that of Portugal some further concessions, which it is not necessary for our purpose to recite. In 1826 the Government at Brazil, anxious to put an end to the slave trade, entered into a convention with our Government, on the 23d of November, THE BANKS. (From the Times.) From the returns made to Parliament, under the late Banking Act, by private bankers, as analysed by Mr. Gilbart, we give some further particulars:— TABLE I The following is a list of those banki who are not members of the elear,ng-h, ag flmas east of Temple-bar, Name of the Firm. `o' Eo zNames of the Partners A 4A 1. Abraham Bauer and Co., 71, King William-street ••• • • • 1 1 Bauer, no Co. 2. William and John Bigger staff, 8, West Smithfield .• • 2 1 2 Biggerstaffs. 3. James Bolt, Son, and Co., 85 and 86, Cheapslde .• • • 3 1 All Bults. 4. Messrs. Child and Co., 1, Fleet-street Wormald, Copp. 5. Roger Cunliffe, Lombard -1 Cunliffe. 6. Cunliffe, Breoks, and Co., Lombard-street ••••• • • • • • 3 2 2 Brooks, 1 Cunliffe. 7. Robert Davies and Co , 187, lligh•street, Shoreditch .• • 2 1 2 Davieses. 8. Dixon, Brooks, and Dixon, 25, Chancery-lane ........ 3 2 2 Dixons, 1 Brooks. 9. Drewett and Fowler, 4, Princes-street •••••• • • • • • • 2 2 Drewett, Fowler. 10. John Feltham and Co., 42, Lombard-street ••• . • • .... 2 2 Feltham, Cooper. 11. Gosling and Sharpe, 19, ' Fleet-street ••••.•• • • • • • • • 4 1 All Goslings. 12. C. Hill & Sons, West Smith field 13. Charles Hoare and Co., 37, Fleet-street 5 1 All Mares. 14. H. and J. Johnson and Co., Great Bush-lane ....• .... 3 2 2 Butlers, 1 Prior. 15. Jones and Son, 41, West stnithfieid .• • ..... •••• • • • 1 1 Alfred Jones. 16. Pock!ington and Lacy, 60, West Smithfield 2 2 Pocklington, Lacy. 17. Praeds and Co., Fleet street . .... ....... •• • 4 3 2 Praeds, 1 Fain., 1 18. Puget, Bairibriciges, and Co., Johnson. 12, St. Paul's Churchyard.. 4 3 2 Bainbridges, 1 New ton, 1 La Touche. 19. Smithfield Agency Banking Company, 59, West Smith field ••••• • • • • ..... • • 2 2 Jones, Weedon. 20. William Henry 'tallard, 76, West Sinit lificld •••• • • . • • 1 1 Stallard. 21. Thr:mas G. Tis,lzlll, IS, West, Smithfield ...•••••• • • • • • • ' 1 1 Tisdall. 54 36 pledging Brazil to the observance, not only of all the previous treaties and conventions the mother country had entered into, but further to the abolition of the slave trade along the whole coast of Africa. And in conformity with this pledge, a law was passed on the 11th of November, 1831, prohibiting the importation of slaves into the empire, and exacting penalties and punishments for any infraction thereof —this law continues in force ;—thus the condition imposed by the separate article was fulfilled; and as no further arrangement took place for adapting the stipula tions of the additional convention of the 28th July, 1817, to the state of circumstances arising out of this total abolition, effected by the treaty of 1826, of course the additiorrtl convention of 1817 would cease and de termine in fifteen years from the date such total abolition took place, which was on the 23d November, 1829, three years having been allowed from the date of the treaty, for vessels engaged in the traffic to the south of the line to wind up their affairs, and return to a port in Brazil. In consequence of the expiration of the fifteen years, all the stipulations in the conventions of 1815 and 1817 are become null and void, of course the right of search conceded in the last of those conventions, to gether with the functions of the mixed commissions, cease and determine ; but the law of Brazil, for the suppression of the trade and punishment cf the offenders, remains in full force and vigour, the Govern ment having already issued orders to all the presi dents of the provinces situated on the coast, and to the commanders of the ships of war employed as " guarda costas," to enforce its enactments. The right of search was conceded by Portugal— without due reflection, perhaps—at a time when she had received great benefit from the exertions of our armies and from the assistance afforded her by our treasury, but she has since given proofs of repentance at having conceded that point, whilst France and the United States have resisted all our solicitations and ' attempts to prevail on them to accede thereto. Why should we wish to impose on less powerful states conditions we cannot obtain from those our equals ? The slave trade has been falling off in Brazil ever since the year 1838, as is proved by the returns lately laid on the tables of the House of Lords and that of the Commons ; it is not, therefore, likely that the landed proprietors of Brazil have been obliged to mort gage their estates (as our West India merchants have been compelled to do) in order to procure labourers —consequently cannot be under the controul nor in fluence of slave-dealers—still less likely is it that the Government of Brazil should be truckling to them, at the same time that they are taking every practica ble measure, without submitting to foreign dictation or interference, for putting down the traffic, of which they have always expressed the greatest abhorrence. How should we have felt, if, duriog the continuance of our slave trade, any other country or countries had prohibited our sugars, and threatened our seamen employed in it with being treated by them as pirates, and hung up to the yard-arm ? How should we feel if the representatives of our sovereign at foreign courts had been stigmatized as the abettors and encouragers of that traffic ? If we have ene law for the rich and another for the poor amongst ourselves, that is no reason why we should have one law for the weak and another for the strong, in respect to foreign countries. Justice demands that we should treat them all alike ; or, if we made any distinction, it should be in favour of such as are our best customers, and who act most honour ably in their pecuniary engagements with us. Brazil now stands in the same position with re spect to the right of search as the United States. Our cruisers have no more right now to board a Brazilian than an American merchant vessel. Then how is it to be ascertained that either is engaged in the slave trade ? And, without ascertaining that point, how can the vessels of either of those Powers be treated as pirates ? It must be left to their own Govern ments to inflict any punishment or penalties incurred. SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE RE GIMENT OF YEOMANRY CAVALRY. DESERTION OF SEVENTY TROOP HORSES.—The South Nottinghamshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, consisting of four troops, the Wollaton, Holme, Bing ham, and Watnall, under the command of Colonel Moore, assembled in this town, for eight days' permanent duty, proceeded on Wednesday morning last, as usual, to their training ground, on Bulwell Forest, a distance of four miles from the town, where they went through the move ments of the day, and at three o'clock in the after noon dismounted. As the regiment had to he reviewed and disbanded on the following day, this hour had b - en fixed upon for awarding the prizes offered to the best horses in the three troops (Watnall, Holme, and Bing ham), and the horses entered as competitors were or dered in the rear. The sums proposed to be given were 10/. for the best horse in each troop, and 5!. for the second. George Robinson, Esq., formerly Major in the regiment, who had been requested to officiate as judge, attended by Colonel Moore and the officers, commenced the inspection, and the whole of the men, feeling anxious to witness the exhibition, formed into a circle, leaving their own horses standing in a line in front, unguarded. On previous days, a large number of boys from the vil lages of Basford and Bulwell had offered their services to hold the horses when the men dismounted, with a view of having a small douceur, but being disappointed in their expectations, had declined on this day to afford their aid.; but this circumstance was not at all re gretted, as considerable mischief had been committed by these urchins while in the charge of the horses for a few minutes. Leasing the troop horses untended, however, occasioned a serious and unexpected disaster. While the whole were busily engaged in the rear, and the prize horses were being trotted round, the mettle of the troop horses became roused, and in an instant up wards of seventy set off at full gallop across the'Forest, leaving their riders behind, and accidentally forming themselves into three separate bodies, away they went on the high road towards Nottingham, scampering along as hard as they could go. On reaching the turn leading into the village of Basford, three bodies went in that direction, and it fourth continued along the road to Carrington. A largo number of little chil dren, from four to ten years old, had assembled at Dobb Park•gate, waiting for the return of the cavalry, but fortunately at this particular juncture, Mr. Charlton, of the Pear Tree Inn, Basford, and another person, happened to go that way, and hearing the sound of a bugle, the loud clanking of the scabbards of swords, and the heavy tread and swift approach of horses, and seeing no riders upon them, Mr. C. began to pitch the children, like hay into a loft, one after another, over a gate, into Dobb-park, till they becam e a h ea p o f upwards oT twenty ; the remainder he rolled into a ditch. His companion took off his hat, boldly placed himself in the road, and extending both arms. with his hat in his right hand, endeavoured t) stop the horses ; the leader, however, pounced upon him, knocked him down; and passed on, followed by a troop of about twenty more, all of which jumped over him, and left him unhurt, except a slight bruise on his right thigh. He sprurey up before the arrival of the second troop, and dashed out of their way. The whole line of road in the village instantly became alarmed, men turned out of their houses, calling out " stop the horses," women shrieked, and children ran screaming and cry ing to get out of danger. The horses, on reaching the middle of the village, suddenly took a turn up David. lane, to the consternation and dismay of the villagers, as it had happened that only a few mi nutes before, a number of young men, for a holiday freak, had gone that way, carrying brooms, besoms, and banners, rattling upon tin pans, and making various noises, accompanied with a large number of children. This company stood outside the Horse and Jockey public house, kept by Mr. Flint, drinking ale, and when they saw the approaching horses, a general shout and the utmost confusion ensued. The men placed themselves in a position to stop the animals, and the women and children ran into the house and other places for safety as they could, but unfortunately many were unable to get out of the way. Fifteen horses resolutely made their way through the crowd, pros trating all before them, but at length four or five were brought to a stand, and those in the rear coming up pell mell, fell in succession, till upwards of a score lay in a heap upon the ground together. The second troop, finding the road obstructed, instantly faced to the right about, and oil' they went, some in one direction and some in another, and had the village been beseiged by a foreign army, greater consternation could not have pre vailed. Eight of the horses went directly to the toll bar on the Mansfield-road, within the precincts of the town of Nottingham, where they were stopped, and others took across the forest. The scene on the training -ground was indeed of a novel description, and will not soon be forgotten by those who wit nessed it. Officers and men joined in pursuit, some riding and others running and panting, in the vain hope of coming up with the deserters, but ere the horse men could get in sight of the fleeting steeds, the mis• chief had been accomplished. At Dobb Park, only one child was injured, but at Basford, three children, Catherine Elliott, six years old, Wm. Flinders, three years and a half old, and George Smith, aged 13, were carried to their respective homes, their heads and other parts of their bodies being covered with blood, having been kicked or trampled upon by the horses; these in juries, though very serious, are considered not to be fatal. It is impossible to ascertain how many others were slightly Injured and bruised, the number being very great. Mr. Morley and Mr. Ratcliffe, surgeons, were very busy dressing the wounded when the surgeons of the regiment, Mr. Watts and Mr. Wright, arrived; the latter instantly afforded their aid, and visited every case. Several of the horses were not found till th e nex t morn- MUSIC. GRACE AFTER MEAT. This has been composed in imitation of the old English psalmody, as an occasional substitute for " Non Nobis Domine," by T. Williams, author of the original " Not a drum was heard," &c. The words are few, and intelligible to all, which cannot be said of the Latin grace, and the music is very appropriate. THE COCK INN. W 2 itten, adapted, and composed by T. Bishop. The " Cock Inn," was a favourite song of T. Phillips, Laid to be the last of the Incledon school, and though the words are neither very sentimental nor refined, the air, which is spirited, makes up for the deficiency, and when sung even with ordinary taste and execution, produces a good eff2ct. LITERATURE. FINDEN'S BEAUTIES OF THE POETS. Part 1. This is a most delightful publication. It is not " music married to immortal verse," but immortal verse married to equally immortal art. It is the first number of a series of beautiful engravings, from the burin of Finden, illustrative of the beauties of the British Poets, and Moore is chosen as the first poet for illustration. A happy choice ; for Moore is al most the last of the band of immortals who is yet left to us. As a title, we have a beautiful and valu able portrait of the poet—valuable not only as a work of art, but as a most characteristic and spirited portrait. We have then a beautiful illustration of the song, " Black and Blue Ey es ," the characteristic expression of the "Brilliant black eye, Which in triumph lets fly Its darts without caring who heeds them;" contrasted with " The soft eye of blue, Which scatters wounds-too ; But is much better pleased when it heals them," is admirably presented. The illustration is accom panied by a critique on the song in which the writer almost appears willing to j,4n issue with the poet. We, however, like good Catholics, eschew all such heresies, and steadily adhere to the good Catholic creed of the good Cath„lic poet. St. Jerome's Love is the subject of the next illustration, .rid the artist, 11. O'Neil, has been thoroughly imbued by the spirit of the poet. It is a study for a Magdalen. The next. illustration is Young Kitty, the heroine of the song of " 111 Omens "-- As she looked in the glass, which a woman ne'er misses, Nor ev , r wants tune for a sly glance or two, A butterfly fresh from the night-flower's kisses, Flew over the mirror and shaded her v'ew. Enraged with the insect for hiding her graces, She bi - ushed him—he fell, alas! never to rise; Ah, such, said the girl, is the pride of our faces, In which the soul's innocence too often dies. The artist, J. Wright, has made a most beautiful picture of this. The butterfly lies dead on the table, and the girl's features have a mingled expression of coquetry and sorrow, which is beautifully executed. The last illustration, " Laughing Eyes," by Frith, is most characteristic. There is something perfectly bewitching about the lovely girl, to whose laughing eyes the poet calls upon us to drink a round. This is " the illustrated book" of the season, and no draw ing-room or boudoir can be considered altogether comnte it faut, on the table of which " Finden's Bet.uties of the Poets" is not to be found. AMERICAN FACTS. By George Palmer Putnam. This is a very valuable work on the statistics of America, replete with facts, which at the present time, especially, are of very general interest. It is in fact a resume of the social, financial, political, military, and naval condition of the several republics constituting the United States. The compiler exhibits great industry and research, and defends his countrymen stoutly against the accusations brought against them. With regard to the existence of slavery in the States, we believe it is admitted on all hands, that that is rather their misfortune than their fault. England certainly is guilty of having intro duced negro slavery into North America. For "repu diation," however, the North Americans are solely responsible —on the principle of audi alteram partem, we give the author's explanation : " The stain of repudiation, which so lamentably ob scures the fair fame of one of the States, so far as a part of her debt is concerned ; and the embarrassments and temporary delinquency of six or seven of the other States, are greatly to be deplored. A full and fair ac count of the causes of and reasons fur all this would she w the injustice of much that is said and written on the subject. Not a syllable should be suggested even in palliation of intentional fraud : and no one will deny that some States have too long abused the confidence of their creditors ; or, at least, have not exerted their energies as they were bound to do, by a just sense of honour and public faith, to meet their engagements. But those who are most bitter upon this subject, are not, or should not be, ignorant of these facts ; viz. 1. That the 5,000,000 dollars' stock disowned by Mississippi, was disowned because it was wrongfully negotiated, and ap propriated against the laws, and not for the benefit of the State. 2d. That in other States, the public works for which loans were obtained, could not yield a revenue until they were completed ; and that the means of these States were thus suddenly crippled by the course of foreign stockholders and the Bank of England, in unexpectedly refusing, at the time of the great commercial disasters, the c..ntinuance of the supplies which had before been temptingly offered, and which were rez•veasary to the compl.•tion of the works, and for rendering them rapable of paying the interest as due. 3d. That twenty out of then twenty-nine States and territories, equal in extent to the whole of Europe, save Russia, either have no debt at all, or have honourably and promptly fulfilled all their pecuniary engagements, to the extent of several millions annually. " These considerations, in ccnnexion with the fact that a large part of the deferred debts are due at home, to Americans themselves ; that American journals of all grades have urgently protested against the present state of things, and most of t he State legislatures have pointedly condemned even the very excuses of the delinquents ; that the natural resources of the State, when sufficiently • developed, are ample for ten times the amount of their liabities ; and, moreover, that the constitutions of the States, and the nature of the federal system, preclude all control of one State over another, and render each one alone responsible for its local pecuniary affairs, in just the same way as the civic expenses of the —nglish city would belong to its municipal government, and ❑ot to the Queen and Parliament: all these points should have some consideration, before it becomes necessary in Eng land to stereotype American' and a swindler' as synonymous terms." ing. as they had made their way to different towns and villages in the county. Captain George Rawson (clerk to the justices of the town of Nottingham) mado vigi lant inquiries, ord,ring everything necessary to be done for those who had been injured.—Nottingham Review. Some of our contemporaries copied during the week a paragraph from a country paper, stating posi tively that Earl St. Germans (late Secretary for Ireland) had been appointed Ambassador to the Court of Russia, at the special request of the Duke of Wellington, in the place of Lord Stuart de Rothsay, who had just resigned. There were other statements in the paragraph which it is not necessary to notice. The fact, however, is, that Lord Stuart de Rothsay resigned so far back as the be ginning of last year his embassy to St. Petersburgh on account of his health, when Mr. Bloomfield was ap pointed to succeed him as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, which (-Ace he now holds. The statement of Earl St. Germans' nomination is, con sequently, without the slightest foundation. A thousand years hence antiquarians will derive the vulgar saying, "Please the pigs," from the corn laws. In Australia and the United States pigs are fat tened on corn, because men are not allowed to eat it in England. The bread Ns hich a poor wretch wants in this favoured country, a pig is devouring in the grain in Van Dieman's Land. If the corn-laws, then, are preserved for no other end, it cannot be denied that they serve to please the pigs of Australia and America. In the Free- Trade Bazaar an Australian pig, well fatted on wheat, should be exhibited in juxtaposition with a Dorsetshire labourer, in exemplification of the blessed working of the protective system, which gives the beast what it re fuses the man. Certainly our law makers have a secret sympathy with the pigs. BRISTOL gUGAR MARKET, MAT 17.—Very little business has been done in our sugar market this week, owing to the Whitsuntide holidays; the offices having, as usual, been closed for a short period. The sales since our last are about 150 hhds. West India, and 900 mats Mauritius, at the quotations. Refined goods in demand, without any adequate supply.—Bristol Mercury. We hear that Sir R. Peel has purchased the 'estate of Closebunt, in Dumfriesshire, for the sum of 230,000/.--- Glasgow Cburier. :There appears to be som e m i sapprehension as to the precise character in which Mr. Ashbel Smith has re turned from Texas to this country. The facts are, we be lieve, simply these :—Mr. Smith was, it may be recollected, up to a very few months ago, Chargé d'Affaires of Texas, both in London and Paris. After an absence of some years from Texas he solicited his recal. His request being granted, he left England. He was replaced in the Texian mission to Europe by General Terrell, late Attorney-General of Texas. This appointment was made by President Jones, when the Congress of Texas was not in session, and on its assembling did not receive the approval of the Senate, and consequently became void. President Jones has, therefore, re •appointed Mr. Ashbel Smith, and that gentleman, consequently, as sumes the ordinary diplomatic functions of the mission, and has not arrived in any special character. THE M.P.'s AND THE LAWYERS..—The Members of Parliament appointed to serve on Railway Committees are complaining bitterly of the severe treatment they are com pelled to undergo at the hands of the lawyers employed as Counsel. Poor Mr. Escott had actually given way under the dreadful burden of listening to the barristers' speeches, and several of the M.P.'s are fast sinking under the dire in fliction. We would propose that standing orders may be framed to regulate the conduct of standing Counsel. Among other things it might be Arranged that the lawyers should meet alone to deliver their speeches two hours before the regular time for the Committee to sit, so that the speeches could always be concluded and got rid of before proceeding to the business, which they usually have not the smallest connexion with. The proposition for making the Irish Mem bers come over to take a part in the fatigue of hearing the lawyers talk is exceedingly just, and ought at once to be acted on. A$ to stopping Counsel when they once begin, we see no chance of that; but if both sides were allowed to deliver their speeches at once, time would be saved, and the result would be equally useful. We hope that what M.P.'s are now suffering will teach them to shorten their own speeches, iu mercy to those who have to listen to them.— Punch. IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING COMPINY. On Friday, the annual general meeting of the proprietors of this Company was held at the LondneTavern—Mr. Thomas Gibson in the chair. The report stated that the six months ending with the year 1845 had been, as ri , garded produce, the least successful since the working of the Gongo Soco mine was commenced by the association, the quantity of gold obtained being only 1621115. This small produce had, in some degree, been occasioned by the extreme drought, which had prevailed considerably longer than usual, and had caused a serious deficiency of water for the use of the stamping machines and other mining purposes. The Catta Prete mine had been successfully worked. The statement of receipts and expenditure give a balance in favour of the Society. The report was adopted. Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Mr. Thomas Gibson, and Mr. Ray, having retired by rotation from the Court of Directors, were unanimously re-elected. CHILDREN SUFFOCATED.—On Thursday evening Mr. Baker held two inquests at the Bridport Arms,-Bridport terrace, Hoxton, on the bodies of infants, whose death had been caused by suffocation. The first case was that of the female child of George Pickering, of 45, Dorset-street, jewel ler. It appeared by the evidence that deCeased was five weeks old. On Monday night it was taken to bed as usual by its parents, and at five o'clock on the following morning Was discovered quite dead. Mr. Coward, surgeon, said ho was called to deceased ; from appearances he attributed death to suffocation, from being accidentally covered by th e bed clothes. The second ea 4 was that of the male child of Wm . Hale, of 5, Edmund-street, Philip-stre e t, Hoxton, aged fou r . weeks, who came by his death und er precisely similar cir cumstances. Verdict in each ease, Found from auffooatip. eadf aPPireatly The drab-coloured men of Pennsylvania are, it would appear, the only honest men in the States. " Pennsylvania, since February 1842, has not paid any dividends, at least not to any who did not come under the denomination of small holders ; but never was satire more misplaced, or ignorance more com pletely shewn, than when the drab-col oure d men o f Pennsylvannia' were held up to public odium ; for the fact stands forth, simply thus : the drab-coloured men' are almost enjlrely limited t o Phil a d e l ph i a, and the city of Philadelphia never for an instant defaulted : its five per cent. stock, even during the worst times, never fell below ninety-eight in America. The really blameable parties are the agricultural German settlers, who possess a m ajority in some o f t h e - countr i es ; many of them cannot e ither read or write in any language : almost all are unable to understand the English lan guage, and place a ban upon an y d escen d ant w h o s h ou ld so far forget the manners of his forefathers as to make any attempt to assimilate himself, by his acquirements, to those people among whom he dwells. At present there are are nearly as many German newspapers pub lished in Pennsylvania as English ones :—now, however, that the Germans have been made to understand that deep dishonour has fallen upon their State, and that Faderland sees with sorrow the contempt into which they have fallen, they have readily come forward with their hard dollars, and contributed to remove the stigma." The author, however, gives up the State of Mis sissippi and characterises its conduct in the following terms " The only State in the Union against which the scorn of civilisation can be justly directed, on the ground of entertaining the doctrine of repudiation, is Mississippi. This State is rich in resources, and cannot plead poverty; but even here a few words might be urged in mitigation. By the last accounts of voters there, we find that the number of persons in that State who were for payment of the bonds were 18,665 and against payindlthem, 21,036 ; and there can be no question but that the minority contains the wealth, the talent, and the respact ability of the State ; but, unfortunately, they are out voted by those who are neither the taxpayers, nor have Any deep interest in the commonwealth." By J COMMERCIAL STATISTICS, 6-c. 6 , c. Macgregor. 3 Vots. London, 184 p. [SECOND NOTICE.] In the last of his three introductory sections,_ namely, that on " Taxes upon Consumption," Mr. Macgregor arrives at some pithy conclusions, which we recommend with all the full weight of his authority to the consider- Mien of those who advocate protection to the agricul tural, colonial, shipping, or any other class interest. " In accordance, therefore, with the foregoing principles, that country which possesses average advantages ,from nature, and whose population possesses the greatest industry, ingenuity, and intelligence, will, if tinf'ettered from l?gislative restriction, become, in proportion to ' extent., resources, and advantages, th e most fl ourishin l cquntry in the world ; or, at least as prosperous li other country with equal advantages. andlegislatingas any upon equally liberal . principlt - s. We believe that the United Kingdom poss esses a ll the requisite ad vantages to become that which ni thong but false legislation prevents, viz.—far more independent, rich,o prosperous, and power ful—and with the more wh fli e r l y ci p paidpu a population their f a r less labour, poor, better far better employed, sahtetlhteerepdre, present time t a i n m d e fed, o f anyn moret he r cooomunfotrrytaibnleththeawnotrhladt. g a n gri an e d ul o t o u l r o e n , ia th l e t manufactures, radean o re d een e t po T fo h re e i Kingdom might, in their' th tw th e e r o s b h fe i t p h p ? in u g, ni t t h ed e only in their infancy, instead p of bseiange, consideredviewe as haying, before now, attained manhood— g if those soun as d principles of fiscal and commercial legislation which we have attempted to elucidate, but which are not new, were boldly taken u p i n or d er to b e carr i e d o ut by th e Im perial Parliament."—Voll p. 9. In a work so well arranged as this is, we do not know that we can do better when proposing. to put our readers 0 possejoion of MN moral ideo of its .00ntogtoilbsa .. • follow the arrangement which we find already prepared to our hands. We therefore commence with the power ful empire of AUSTRIA, occupying more than 11,631 German, or 258,000 English, square miles of the surface of Europe, and exceeding, therefore, the areas respec tively, of France by 45,000 square miles; of the United Kingdom by 138,000 ditto, and of all the Prussian States by 141,000 ditto. Now this vast area yields, or is capable of growing, for the Austrian nation, the products of varied and extensive regions ; namely, corn, rice, wine, oil, honey, wood, silk, hemp, flax, tobacco, madder; all useful vegetables and delicious fruits. Also, iron, coal, salt, and all other minerals in abundance ; and cattle, swine, horses, and sheep. The Danube and its other great rivers extend its inland navigation to almost every part of the empire, with many seaports on the Adriatic. Her States adjoin each other, her population is generally industrious and orderly, and she is certainly capable of becoming one of the richest and most potent empires of the world. The " States" of which the empire is composed are Austria (Proper), Upper and Lower Styria, Corinthia and Carniola, the Illyrean Coast, the Tyrol, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, Gallic-is, Dalmatia. And besides these her dominions extend over Lombardy and Venice, Hungary and Transylvania. Of these, togethe r w i t h h er military frontier, the total population is 3 7,550,000 souls. There are 3.177 per Austrian square mile. Nobility are a very abundant class in Hungary. In 1837 there were not less than 259,648 privileged noblemen, or one for every twenty bergers and serfs. But this number has since consider ably increased. In Transylvania there is 1 noble for 23 not noble. In Galicia, 1 noble for 68 not noble. In Moravia and Silesia, 1 noble for 855 not noble. In Lower Austria, 1 noble for 152 not noble ; in Upper Austria, 1 noble for 353 ; and Lombardy, 1 for 342. In Venice, 1 far 280. Of wines, the total average pr o d uct i on in Austria is 3,200,000,000 English imperial gallons. Hungary, Dalmatia, and Bo hemia abound with oak, pine, firs, and other durable timber. In Veneto -Lombardy there are annually grown 700,000, and in Pemeser 10,000 metzen of rice. Bohemia alone raises 20 ,000centners of linseed for sowing. South Hungary, Moravia, and Lombardy are the countries for the millet crop. Flax is very largely cultivated in Upper and Lower Austria, Moravia, Bohemia, and Northern Hungary ; hemp, of the best quality, in Hungary and Transylvania. Hops are extensively produced in Bo hemia, Upper Austria, Moravia, Galicia, and North ern Hungary. T.,bace ) in Hungary and Tran sylvania : in the former, klene, 250,000 to 300,000 centners annually, of which about 150.000 for home consumption, the remainder for export. Rape and other o:1 seeds, mustard, sumach, madder, saffron, are largely raised, and ripen excellently. The same may be said of such fruits as apples, pears, m,'lonq, grapes, walnuts, ehesnnts, and other nuts. It was cal culated that, in 1837, the number of live swine in Aus tria was 5,500.000, of which number there were in Hun gary and Transylvania, and the military frontier, 2,300,000 wild boars. Deer and goats abound in many districts —mere than 700,000 goats were enume rated—and in the forests and the rivers game and fish are most abundant. In the whole empire there are every year produced very large quantities of raw silk—in the southern parts of the Tyrol about 320.0001b5. ; in South Hungary, Istria, a n d th e m ili tary f ront i ers, 45,200 1b 5. ; in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, an average of 4,687,7001b5. Under the head of Trade and Manufactures, Mr. Macgregor enumerates the followinz :—The woollen manufactures, established chiefly in Bohemia, Moravia, and Upper Austria ; coarse woollens manufactured in most of the provinces ; cotton in Bohemia and Vienna ; shawls and merinos in Lower Austria ; linens in all the provinces ; metals and glass in Bohemia, Lower Austria, &c. The following manufacturers were licensed (Hun gary, &c., included) in 1839 ;—manufacturers, 13,649 ; bankers, 211 ; wholesale merchants, 1,350 ; retail dealers and shopkeepers, 27,290 ; various trades, 707,300 ; other licensed occupations, 72,760 ; total, 822,560. Apprentices and servants licensed under the foregoing trades, &c , amounted to 556,100. The capi tal employed was valued at 206,000,000 florins, and the licence •tax (gewerbe struer) amounted to nearly 2,650,000 florins. The income and expenditure of Austria for 1837, were as follows:—Heads of revenue, under in come-1. Direct taxes, (48,000,000 florins)-2. Indirect ditto, including customs, excise, tobacco, and salt mono polies, (81,000,000 florins) ; Crown estates, monastery lands, mines, &c., (4,750,000 florins) • miscellaneous branches, (14,500,000 fl or i ns ) ; extraordinary receipts, (6,250,000 florins ) Total The heads of ch arge , un d er expenditure, amounted to.. 17,300,000 Excess of expenditure in 1537 ... £1,850,000 These heads of charge were—Public Debt (67,000,000 florins), Civil List (5,500,000), Foreign Department (1,580,000), Salaries and Expenses of the Government Administrations (23,000,000), . Department of War (50,000,000), Education and Endowed Institutions (3,900,000), Police (9,000,000), Contingent expenses (2,750,000). Total-173,000,000 of florin P, or 17,000,000/. sterling. Since 1837 this revenue is understood to have so far increased as nearly to balance the expenditure, in eluding any increased interest on floating or other debt. In 1837 there were in all the Austrian States 268 high schools, 16,446 local or elementary schools, and 308 national normal ditto. Out of a population of 20.009,000 it was found that 1,562.546 children, or about 1 in 13. were ac tually trained at the elementary and high schools. In the high and classical branches of education there were, exclusive of Hungary, eight universities, with 10,200 students ; five lyceums, with 1,108 students ; 130 gymnasia, with 29,558 students. " If," says Mr. Macgregor (p. 12), "we take Austria, Bohemia, the Tyrol, Moravia and Styria, elementary instruction is upon as extensive, and, we can speak from personal knowledge, generally, upon as liberal a foundation as in any other country of Europe." Mr. Macgregor has reason, therefore, to remark, on the commencement of this part of his statistical survey, that " Education, at (cast elem en t ary e d ucation, far from being neglected, as has generally been asserted respecting Austria, is generally provided, and even enforced." The population is classed thus as to rel4ions ;—Ro man Catholics, 25,704,000 ; Greek Church, 6,519,000; Lutherans, 1,276,000; Calvinists, 2,261,000; Unitarians, 45,000; Jews, 667,000; Military, 465,000. We regret to find that Hungary, with the most generally fertile soil in Europe, is least In poportion cultivated, has the worst roads, is therefore subject to the heaviest expenses in transporting its produce, and is most opposed to education and all other social incroachments, which would impose any thing like assessments or direct taxation on the Hungarian nobles for the payment of the charges incidental to such ameliorations. Mr. Macgregor does ample justice to Prince Metternich's earnes;, and sustained exertions to establish amended fiscal, commercial and other insti tutions in the empire, despite of the enormous op position with which that great ministsr's proposals are encountered by numb, rless functionaries " in the count less bureaux" of the empire, who are interested in the keeping up of old errors and antiquated abuses. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. We understand it is the intention of Government, in conjunction with the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, to have the electric telegraph established on that important line, reaching from London to Holyhead, a distance of between 200 and 300 miles, and embracing in its route the commercial capitals of Liverpool, Man chester, and Birmingham. The adoption of this inven tion on a scale of magnitude bids fair to effect a change in the entire correspondence of the country, by bringing, as it were, momentarily into close consolidation and communion the exchanges of London, Liver pool, Manchester, and Birmingham, conveying with e m ey ar fl t, uc w t i u t a h ti m on arv o e f ll a o ff u a a ir e s x , a a c n ti d . lightning-like veloci a ty rt to telegraphing from in every tude. and oter areas of hundreds of miles, intelligence that may be received and reciprocated almost simulta neously by every mercantile community in the king dom. Great advantages have already been developed to the Admiralty and the commercial world, by its adoption between London and Gosport. The old sema phore system is now nearly superseded, and important Government orders and intelligence, that formerly oc cupied hours in transmitting by the ordinary sema phores between London and Portsmouth, are now for warded and fulfilled in a few seconds, the communicating wires, which will shortly be carried from Nine Elms to the Admiralty, at Whitehall, terminating in the very barracks of the garrison at Gosport. The establishment of telegraphic communication between Liverpool and Holyhead, Lloyd's and London, will gise every facility for shipping purposes ; and in this respect the invention has worked most efficiently between Lon don and Southampton, where, as at Gosport, there is a telegraph station, telegraphic notices being daily die. ..patched, on the arrival of important mails and merchant men. The advantages, moreover, that may accrue from a line of wires to Holyhead, in establishing a closer con nexion between the metropolis and the sister isle, is of a nature not to be overlooked, either in a political or social point of view. Lines of telegraph, we understand, have been.or are about being adopted on the foll ow i ng, amongst other, lines:—On theSouth-Western, as a Government telegraph for the Admiralty to Portsmouth. 90 miles; on the same line, as a commercial telegraph, from Nine Elms to Southampton, 77 miles, with branch to Gosport, 21 miles ; on the South Devon atmospheric line, nsw in d isT i o n r g w to ie n h, t 2 o o m Slough les; , o l n s o ; v e o r n i t n h e e , f Y r o a L m T o u t h b . an d prcgress, 52 miles ; on t h e G reat Western, from Pad , miles on rid ge to Maidstone, 15 miles ; on the Croydon atmospheric, on the Blackwell, on part of the Manchester and Leeds, and its branch to Oldham ; on part of the Edinburgh and Glasgow ; upon the l)alkey atmospheric branch of Dublin and Kingstown, applicable alike to the convey ance of commercial intelligence knd to the safe conduct and working of the line. The above embraces an extent of nearly 250 miles, over which the telegraphic prin ciple is already in operation ; and its adoption between London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Holy. head will add about 300 miles more. • SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH.—At a late meeting of the Diocesan Synod of Edinburgh, on the motion of the Rev. John W. Ferguson; Minister of St. Peter's Chapel, Edinburgh, a resolution to the following effect was adopted :—That the Synod deeply deploring the recent defections from the Church, appoint a com mittee to inquire into their causes, with the view - of restoring to the communion of the Church those who 'I have left it ; and, if possible, to suggest a remedy for preventing further defections, and at the same time to preserve due regard to the discipline of the Church. —Scotsman. On Tuesday, the 22d of April, the Blackmors Vale harriprs found a roe buck in Houghton Wood, and killed him in one hour and thirty-five minutes, and on taking him up he was found to possess only a single horn growing out of the centre of his forehead. A m ore cur i ous specimen of malformation was never seen, a nd some experienced game keeperslases nature of the kind ever kno w n in t he history of the rocbgc.k.—Sherborne Journa l . present d ec lared that this was the only who were GRAND BANQUET AT GOLD- SMITH .3' HALL. On Saturday evening the ancient and opulent Company of Goldsmiths gave a RI Aptuous banquet to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Sir Robert Peel, and most of her Majesty's Ministers, at their splendid Hall in Foster lane, at the rear of the General PoNt•office. On this occasion, as might be expected, the exterior and interior of the noble structure presented a very gay appearance. As relates to the interior, the state apart ments and the approaches to them have been justly pro nounced as marked with an air of palatial grandeur not exceeded by that of any other piece of interior arehitec • ture in the Metrop , dis. The whole suite of noble saloons presented so brilliant a scene as to surpass anything hitherto displayed by this wealthy corporate body, and justly merited the encomium passed by Prince Albert, who, we are informed, expressed to the Prime Warden of the Company his admiration and astonishment at the magnificent spectacle which each apartment presented to his view. The liverymen and visitors began to arrive so early as half past five o'clock. Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Buccleuch, and o'her members of the Cabinet arrived by half-past six, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the officers of his suite, arrived at five minutes before seven o'clock. His Royal Highness was received with loud cheering by a considerab!e crowd assembled in front of the hall, and in the General Post-office yard. The Prince was received, on alighting from his carriage, by the Prime Warden, and the Company's chief officers, and conducted to the state apartments. Shortly afterwards the company sit down to a sump tuous banquet, consisting of eve ry luxury of the season. Prince Albert, we are inform • n ieg conducted t.) the dining hall by the Prime Warden, was struck with the utmost surprise at the splendour of the scene, and his Royal Highness is said to have exclaimed, " This is, indeed, magnificent." The usual loyal toasts were drunk en this occasion, and the speeches consisted of re ciprocal compliments lJetween her Majesty's Ministers and the Company. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOP SIGNERS IN DISTRESS. [The followire• is a more full report of the annual festival of this Society then we could find room fe- on Sat ter,lay] : The annual festival (,f the supporters of this benevolent institution took place on Thursday evening, at the London Tavern, when a magnifiyeut repast was served up, and the dessert was particularly good. An abundance of beautiful flowers were interspered amongst the dishes. In addition to an effient military band, which serenaded the company during dinner, and efficient corps of glee singers, formed of Messrs. Francis. C o oke. Hatton, Machin, and Masters Stevens and Willings, di,-coursed mnost excellent music, and received the meed of deserved applause. Mr. Toole, sen., was the toastmaster, and it is needless to is that his arduous duties were performed in first-rate style.. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in the chair, surrounded by severrd foreign stobassadorsand other friends of the Society, amongst whom were the Count Kid mansegge, Chevalier Bunsen, Mohan [,al, Consul General Tottie, Consul General Tiarks, ConSul General Prebost, Rev. G. W. Cartron, Rev. Mr. Dangars, Mr. Salamons, &c. The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal toasts were proposed and drunk with enthusiasm ; after which the Noble Chairman called upon Mr Hornernan, the secretary, to read the report. It stated that the past year had been the most prosperous one for this Society since its first establish ment, with the sole exception of the two years,lBl4 and 1833, in the former of which the presence of the Allied Sovereigns and other propi!ions circumstances first enabled it to- invest a sum of some magnitude in the public funds; while in the latter, its shattered finances were replaced on a secure foot ing by the bf illiant result of the never-to-be-forgotten fancy fair, held under the auspices of her Majesty Queen Adelaide. The Directors attributed the present position of affairs to the successive arrival on the British shores of several foreign Monarchs, who had munificently contri buted to the funds of the Society. Many other large donations and favourable circumstances had been the means of raising the funds to the present favourable state. The number of pensioners during the past year had been 70; 73 persons had, besides, received small regular allow ances ; 102 persons had been assisted with the means of returning to their native countries; casual relief had been given in 2.289 instances, among which there were 236 new cases. But notwithstanding the ample support given to the Society, it was not able to relieve the numerous cases that came under its notice : the Committee, therefore, begged to claim the liberal donations of the gentlemen present at this festival. The total amount of receipts during the past year amounted to 4,212/. 28. 7d., and disbursements to 3,7151. 3s. 2d., leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 496/. 19s. sd. On the conclusion of the report the Noble Chairman, in a few words, proposed "Prosperity to the Society," and the tongt was responded to with immense cheering. Chevalier Bunsen then proposed " The health of their Illustrious Chairman," to which his Royal Highness briefly responded. The "Health of the Foreign Ministers" was then drunk, for whom Count Kielmansegge returned thanks. This toast was followed by the "Health of the Vice-Pre sidents," which was briefly acknowledged by Chevalier Bunsen. The Stewards' lists of donations were then read,'and in consequence of the great exertions and splendid list of Mr. Brandt, in which appeared a donation of 1001. from the free City of Hlmbiirgh, his Royal Highness proposed the health of that sten Oman. for whom his son, Mr. Adolphus Brandt, returned thanks, tis follows: Mr. Amma'nus BRANDT said—ln rising to respond to the toast which has been so kindly proposed, and so flatteringly received, I must apologise to you, loth on my father's behalf and on my own. On my father's behalf, that he finds him self so cyor , ssed by the foeliugs with which this ulte - Npected honour has overwhelmed him, as to be utterly unable to thank you in however few worls. and on my own, that I am so itili(h-cpwto to the duty whkh has fallen upon me. In m , :skrut up the ! o p t: list 0 bourilicul contributions which has been presented to von in my name I cannot pretend to any great, share of the rue:;: it is to nty finher's numerous friends and his influence amongst them, that it is to be attri buted. The Society has long b 'en the abject of his constant solicitude, and on this cpecial occasion he has had a twofold interest, in its welfare, and the success of my stewardship. The r , ,,tit would of itself have amply rewarded all his trouble; but the manner in which it has been received by you, he bids me say, adds so greatly to his satisfaction, as to make this a day which he can never forget, which he will remornhcr wit h Hdf.: am! oratitode to the latest moment of his life.—(Cheers.) To my father's warmest tlranks I may he remitted to add my own, for the honour you have con ferred upon bhn ; and allow ma to expr, ss the hope that future anniversaries of this excellent charity may be es dis tinguished as this has been, both in individual and aggregate amoant of contributions, and that my successors in office will, year after yva-, exert themselves to render each suc ceeding festival more beneficial to its funds than the last. The list of Mr. Al9lphus Brandt amounted to the enor mous _ sum of 1.24 U 16,. Mr. SAMMONS then rose, and spoke to the following effect : —I obey the call of your Royal I tight - less to introduce to this great meeting a toast com nitted to me from the unavoidable ,re of a r. C.lquhoun.:the Char,re d'Affaires of the Hanse Towns, who is Prevented from attending by indisposition, which I most sincerely regret. I have to perform an im portant, although an invidious duty, to select from among the contributions of :his day, poured in upon us from all parts of Europe—ind , :.ed, from all parts of the globe, from the coasts of America to the shores of the Bosphorus —one which particularly merits our attention and especial acknow ledgment, It is that from the Senate of the Free City of Hamburgh. It is not long since that devoted city was visited by an awful calamity, which appealed to the hearts of every one of us, and claimed a universal sympathy. Tr.e donation of this day is an evidence of her having recovered from the effects of that terrible visitation, as well as of her gratitude towards those who sympathised with her in the how of mis fortune. Again we must acknowledge the persevering and kind exertions of the philanthropic Mr. Brandt, a native of Hamburgh, although so long established amongst us, and now to be numbered among the merchant princes of this great metropolis, where I trust his name will be preserved for many generations. He it was who brought the claims of this Society to the notice of the Senate of Hamburgh, as will be seen from the copy of the letter from Sindicus Sieveking to Mr. Colquhoun, and which, by the permission of your Royal Highness. I M ill venture to read, at least that part only as is material to my present purpose :—" The request of a con tribution towards the friends of the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, coming from a man who has so just a claim upon his native city, as Mr. Emanuel Henry Brandt, has been taken into favourabl, consideration by the Senate. and you are authorised to subscribe, on behalf of the Senate, through Mr. Brandt, the sum of one hunthed pounds as a donation." Thus we see the pod effects of high and ho nourable example, such as ever has been set us by the Royal Family of England, such as our daily experience off ers us of your Royal Highness's kind and distinguished patronage of the metropolitan charities—setting a laudable example to us all, assisting us to raise the splendid monument of philan thropy peculiar to this country, where all charitable estab lishments flourish by the exertions of private benevolence, unassisted by State contributions. We rely entirely on the extended influence which charity never fails to beget, where men assemble together to encourage each other to soothe the distress of our fellow-men. It has happily become part of our every-day life to cultivate these sympathies, to give play to these feelings which are planted in the heart by our Almighty Father, urging- us to listen to tales of sorroW, and prompting us to relieve the distress of the forlorn and destitute stranger. I trust, that these sympathies will ever be culti vated and extended, net alone by ourselves, but by ssurround ing nations; and I hail with great delight the contribution from the City of Hamburgh as an earnest of their desire to promote and extend thR field of phihnthropy. I beg to prn l pose the toast of " Health and happiness to the Senators, and prosperity to the good and griteful City of liamburgh, and thanks to the Senate for their lilwral contribution." This toast having been done justice to Mr. THORNTON proposed "The health of the Duchess of Cambridge," which was drunk amidst general applause. The Noble CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of the foreign clergymen, and the other directors of the Society," to which the Rev. Dr. Kuper replied in a very appropriate and feeling manner. The company at until a late hour, and broke up highly delighted with what had taken place. STRIKE OF FARM LABOURERS.—Last week the labourers at Nether and Over Compton were informed by their employers that their wages would henceforth be reduced from 7s. to 6s per week. The reduced wages were offered to the Nether Compton men on Saturday night, but refused, and on Monday morning, as early as six o clock, the men, who had arranged their plans during the Sunday, started off in a body to the residence of the landed proprietor, taking with them the Over Compton men, who (their wages not having been curtailed) had gone to work as usual. The men, to the number of thirty or more, passed through Yeovil, and we believe had an interview. The result was, that they re turned to their work. It appears that, an audit or two ago, the landlord took off 10 per cent. from his tenants' rents, but that, at the last audit, he put on 5 per cent. on that amount. The farmers declared that they were unable to pay an ad vanced rent in these times, and to continue paying the same wages as formerly. The consequet.ce was the reduction of the labourers' wages, as above stated. We hear that the tenants are willing to pay their labourers at the usual rate if the increase of 5 per cent, is taken off, and negotiations have taken place to effect this desirable arrangement. The matter, however, at present, is unsettled. The tenants, we believe, are determined not to give the customary wages, unless they obtain a concession from their landlord.—Sher borne Journal. COCKBURNSPATH.—The railway operations in this quarter, in which is the most extensive and difficult sec tion of the whole line, from there being so many deep cuts and glens to go through in the different deans upon the estate of Sir John Hall, Bart., Dunglass, are not withstanding advancing rapidly. Some of the cuts are forty and fifty feet in depth. The minor bridges aro all nearly finished, and the great bridge over Dunglass Dean was key-stoned on Wednesday evening. This will be th e moot and mot splendid bridge in geotatind. I. NAME OF THE FIRM., On comparing the name of the firm with the names of the partners we find—in the firm of Messrs. Abraham Bauer and Co., there is no Company. In the firm of Messrs. Gosling and Sharpe, there is no partner of the name of Sharpe. In the firm of Messrs. H. and J. Johnson and Co., there is no partner of the name of Johnson. In the firm of Messrs. Puget, Bainbridges, and Co., there is no pawner of the name of Pugq. The firm of Messrs. Jones and Sbn is represented only by Mr. Alfred Jones. In the firm of Messrs, Child and Co., the only partner of the name of Child is " the Right Hon. Sarah Sophia Child, Countess of Jersey." IT. NUMBER OF PARTNERS. The 21 banking-firms east of Temple-bar, who are not members of the clearing-house, comprise 54 partners, bearing among them 36 names. No. of No. of Partners. Names. 2 firms have, each ... 5 partners ... 10 3 ditto ... 4 do. ... 12 5 ditto .., 3 do. ... 15 6 ditto ... 2 do. ... 12 5 ditto ... 1 do. ... 5 21 firms. Partners ... 54 Names 36 111. NAMES OF THE PARTNERS. The 36 names of the 54 partners are distributed as follows: 1 instance of five partners of the same name in one firm—Hoare . 1 instance of four partners of the same name in one firm—Gosling . 4 2 instances of three partners of the same name in one firm—Bult, Hill 7 instances of two partners of the same name in one firm—Biggerstaff, Brooks, Davies, Dixon, Butler, Praeds, Bain bridge l4 11 29 25 individual names . 25 36 names. Partners... 54 Here a plarality of names occurs in 11 instances, and the number of partners who have another partner of the same name is 29. In the following firms respectively all the partners have the same name:—Messrs. William and Thomas Biggerstaff, Messrs. James Bult, Son, and Co., Messrs. Robert Davies and Co., Messrs. Gos ling and Sharpe, Messrs. C. Hill and Sons, and Messrs. Charles Hoare and Co. IV. OCCUPATION OF PARTNERS. They are all described as bankers, with the following exceptions Nfessrs. William and John Biggerstaff are described as " Agents to cattle salesmen and wholesale dealers in fo reign wines and spirits." _ _ Messrs. John Feltham and Co. are described as " hankers, &c:." Messrs. 11. and J. Jnbnson and Co. are described as " Irish merchants and agents." The two partners who compose the Smithfield Agency Banking Comp - my are described, one as " corn factor,' the othrr ' 6 inn , mc,er." V. PI.ACEi WHERE BUSINESS IS CARRIED ON. Commencing a►. the cast and going westward, we find one of these hanks in Shoreditch, three in Lombard street, one in Icing William -street, one in Great Bush lane, one in Princes-street, one in Cheapside, one in St. Paul's Church-yard, seven in Smithfield, four in Fleet street, and one in Chancery-lane. Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks and Co., carry on business not only in London, but also at. Manchester and Blackburn. VI. RESIDENCE OF PARTNERS. In ten instances one or more partners reside on the bank premises, most of the others reside in London or in the neighbourhood. PRIZE %lONEY. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP PENELOPE.—Notice has been given to the officers and company of her Majesty's ship Penelope, who are entitled to share for the Spanish schooner Maria Louisa, captured (in company with her Majesty's brig Spy) on the 3d of April, 1844, that a distribution of the seizors' moiety of the net proceeds of the said vessel, and also of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be made at No. 22, Norfolk-street, Strand, on the 2d day of June next; and that the shares not then paid will be recalled, at the same place, agreeably to Act of Parliament. Amount of an individual share :—Captain, 34/. 15s. 4d.; first class, 3/. 14s. id.; second class, 21. 4s. 4d. ; third class, 1/. 2s. 2d.; fourth class, 14s. 9id. ; fifth class, 7s. 41d. ; sixth class, 4s. 11d. ; seventh class, 2s. sid. HER MAJESTY'S BRIG PANTALOON.--NOllee has been given to the officers and company of her Majesty's brig Pan taloon, Lieut. Charh s Horace Lapidge, commander, who were actually on board at the capture of the Spanish brigan tine Desiao, on the 19th of May, 1842, that they . will be paid their respective proportions arising from the sa►d capture, on the 17th of June next, at No. 10, John-street, Adelphi ; and all shares not then claimed will be recalled every Tuesday and Friday, pursuant to Act of Parliament :—Commander, 511. 14s. 4d. ; second class, 21/. Os. 4 d. ; third class, 101. 10s. 2*(l. ; fourth class, 71. Os. lid. ; fifth class, 3/. 10s. Odd. ; sixth class, 21.65. ; seventh class, 11.35. 4id. HER MAJESTY'S BRIG SPY.--Notice has been given, that an account of the seizors' moiety of the net proceeds of the Brazilian schooner Linda and cargo, captured by her Ma jesty's brig Spy on the 20th November, 1843, also of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be delivered into the registry of the High Court of Admiralty on the 30th inst., agreeably to Act of Parliament. HER MAJESTY'S Slur BtrrEns.—Notice has been given to the officers and company of her Majesty's sloop Bittern, William Cornwallis Aldham, Esq.. commander, that account proceeds of hull and stores and tonnage bounties for the Attrevida, seized 23d September, 1843; and for a brigantine, name not known. seized 25th September, 1843, was deposited in the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty, on the 14th inst., agreeably to Act of Parliament. MR. HOOD. The following circular is about to be issued:—" This distinguished writer—who has for upwards of twenty years entertained the public with a constant succession Of comic and humoristic works, in the whole range of which not a single line of immoral tendency, or calcu lated to pain an individual, can be pointed out; whose poems and serious writings rank among the noblest mo dern contributions to our national literature; and whose pen was - ever the ready and efficient advocate of the unfortunate and the oppressed (as recently, for instance, in the admirable ' Song of the Shirt,' which gave so remarkable an impulse to the movement on behalf of the distressed needlewomen)—has left, by his death, a widow and two children in straitened and precarious cir cumstances, with no other means of subsistence than a small pension, terminable on the failure of the widow's life, barely sufficient to supply a family of three with common necessaries, and totally inadequate for the edu cation and advancement of the orphan children. Even this scanty resource has been, of necessity, forestalled to a considerable extent during the last five months, in or der to meet the heavy sick room and funeral expenses. Under these circumstances a few noblemen and g,ntle men, admirers of Thomas Hood's genius and hurnanitv, have formed a Committee, for the purpose of raining a sum by subscription, to be held in trust for the benefit of the family during the widow's life, and at her death to be divided between the children, whom that event will leave destitute, Publicity is given to this design. in order that Thomas Hood's admirers throughout the eountry may have an opportunity of publicly testifying their recognition of his genius, and their sense of his personal worth." We heartily hope the design may proper. Lords Northampton and Francis Egerton, and Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, are on the list of Commit tee ; and some handsome donations have already been made. LICENSED VICTUALLERS PROTECTION SOCIETY.— At a special meeting of the Committee of the above Society, held at the office, on Friday, the 16th instant, Mr. L Jones in the chair, the following sums were awarded :—To T. H. Caslake, one guinea, for detecting W. Simpson for robbing Mr. Amoss, Bell, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, of a brass candlestick. To George Taylor, 154 F, one guinea, fir ap prehending a man for robbing Mr. Moffatt, One Tun, One Tun-court, Strand, of a hogshead cask; and to Esther Anne Peters, a gratuity of half-a-guinea for apprehending Eliza beth Griffin, for robbing her master, Mr. Alexander, South wark Arms, Tooley-street, of money from the till. At a previous meeting the following sums were also awarded To Benjamin Judd, 385 N, one guinea, for app re h ending Henry Bates, for robbing Mr. Healey, Drapers' Arms, Barnsbury-park, of pewter pots; being an old offender, the punishment was transportation for *seven years. To Wm. Baggy; is one guinea, fer detecting Sarah Cox in robbing her emp'ioyer, Mr. Jones, Grapes, Great Earl-street, Seven dia is, of two pounds in silver. And to Robert Cosser and Ja tiles Price, half-a-guinea each, for detecting and appre- James Welch, for robbing M r . G yett, King and Prince eof Wales, Brick-street, Piccadill Y , of a stuff e d squ i rrel end THE CATASTROPHE AT GREAT YARMOUTH. In our last communication on this subject, we stated that no further proceedings would be taken until an answer was received to the mem or i a l a dd ressed b y the coroner's July to the Home Secretary. On Thursday the following letter was received by the foreman of the jury (Mr. S. Palmer) from Mr. Wilshere, M.P. for this borough, to whom the memorial had been sent:—. " Hitchin, Wednesday, May 14 . " Dear Sir,—l find f rom a l etter this moment received from the Home-office, in reply to one which I had written, that Sir James Graham had given instructions to Mr. Cubitt to go to Yarmouth and examine the bridge. It will not therefore be necessary for me to have an iaterview with Sir James, which, however, had been fixed for three o'clock to morrow afternoon. lam exceedingly glad Sir James has acceded to the wishes of the memorialists ; whatever may be the report of the engineer, the public will at all events be gratified at the attention shown to the application. In haste. —Yours truly, Ar. WILSHERE. " To S. T. Palmer, Esq." After the interview referred to, it is expected Sir James will send an official communication, addressed to the Coroner and jury, stating when the engineer will arrive. The abOve, it will be perceived, is not literally an official announcement, though it is so virtually. Notwithstanding the above communication, it is at pre sent by no means certain that Mr. Cubitt will proceed to Yarmouth to investigate the state of the bridge at the time of the accident. The nature of Sir James Groahyamar'lns Yarmouth. z TThinmunication to Mr. Cubitt was, w e ar e informed, to request thatis mr. c gentleman ttop numerousroceed " immediately" to engagements, consequent upon his extensive practice as a civil engineer, rendered impossi ble ; and he accordingly wrote to the Right Hon. Ba r o ne t, informing him that sometime, probably ten days or a fort night, must elapse before he should be able to go down. Mr. Cubitt had not yesterday received a reply from Sir James Graham, and it is, therefore, at present extremely uncertain whether Mr. Cubitt will go at all, or whether some other engineer will not be appointed who can proceed to Yarmouth at once. YARMOUTH', FRIDAY. — A 14 tter has this morning b een received from Sir James Graham , of which the following is an extract:— a civil engineer of eminence, will arrive Whitehall, 15th Mav, 1845. Sir,—" I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham, to Tuesday morning next, inform you with reference to my letter of the 13th inst., that for the pur paMtorsti.erjoeaafltlitYetsqaulrFilnri'ani'litahin°ton the circumstances connected with the falling of the Suspension -bridge Over the river linre." • (Signed) S. M. PHILLIPS. —Norfid News. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BRO3lpTON. — Yesterday morning a sermon on behalf of this valuable institution was pre ac h e d be fore the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of Lond on , at the church of St. Mary - l e-Bow, Chea pside, by the Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A., minister of Percy Chapel, Fitzroy-square. The church was crowded to excess. The Rev. Gentlenaan preached from Proverbs, chap. 14, verse 31, and very eloquently and emphatically pleaded the interests of this deserving charity. From the printed statements circulated it appears that the western wing of the new building at Brompton is now nearly ready for roofing in, and, moreover, that the Building Committee have determined to spare no exer tions to induce the wealthy and benevolent to enable them to put forward the good work of charity. The sum collected at the conclusion of Divine service amounted to 451. A VERY AGED BENBEI T S O CIETY MEMBER.—Last week the annual proces sion of tr ades benefit societies took place at Yeovil, Somersetshire, when, after the usual perambulations, several lodges had most excellent dinners at the Mermaid Tavern, and amongst those present was a female member,- 406 years old, The old lady, notwithstanding having reached five score and six, was in the enjoyment of most excellent health. r.......f No of ctable horn'3 con •, must se was still I igh to tin, 55 .e - n ' t Of •ont of 3ed of all the The pated. ade no ;eni ent nclig eS borseg d too° ,5i 6)oc o il? , ) ofil° tP ile rf . 5 Y Pi 05 .. .. e ' ,bor^ for ' l O/ ;lit. 5 r. St 7111 C° lr eed' ao t. t• ido l I 1 e) 9 ..' 3 r ica s at' 1 0 Ele a ' r) 19 esc ljt alb' 'OO4 1 1 0 5 o 5 ide a ' I) 1 0 r. ~~J