The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-16 00:00:00

L~. .0 t 213 L J'S SHIPYING.—(THIS DAY.) 3°N, Atra. 16.—Wind at noon W.S.W., 0114 bretzt and 6nr3 clear weather. light litiDEN. boa, 9.—The Maria Helene, of Elmshorn, lil `ltlepool to Keel, was stranded en Speckeroog . .api 0 , , Itt er i in ding,ning of the 7th instant; crew saved, tts a s la cargo lost. Thorn( - k ik 44E, AuG.ll.—The Henry Nesmith, of _ . tgr ab ' ",,'S., from Matanzas to St. Ptersburgh, 4,, t t1 : 4 Skim' Reef on the night of 4:11 inst • but got hos; i;°ll,loaterial injury. The Blackney, of Blaekney, IN ,0 1 r . d . i g . %berg to Blackney, put in here to to-day leaky, find out and siltCie.°,oharge part of her cargo Cerkr,,,tmeal-411,4"4/in, AUG. 7.--The Endracht, from titlo4,llndee has been assisted into Lillesand in a b-cig Bkei andmust di.charge to repair. lif i g 11111, AtoVenus, of S:ralsund, fro . ni , 414°1°4'1V) Stettin, has heoi wrecked on Thorniey Opoit'"o' Robertstiout; crew saved. tan' i htleo l I)4 °' Y°. .—The Vensora Felix, from r P u e r r; and lesky. urived off the tar, with mainmast sp 011..r:is4s:x, Ara. 8.--The Knny, from Glasgow to Val hi, . 'Pm iu here oa the 3 tst nit., leaky in her stern, .I„.Ptured 4..,E, • 'William Par }er,;i4, AN. 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. sid. Ligi, Etillst,n ,Singapore. Arrd. from the River and trk /tAkill Parry, Hong-liung• Tudor, Madras; Eliza .. b,khi I °4 . 13, y; Lord Auckland, Ascension, at.. ) :I,, s ' awk lea; Ann Sophia, Bermuda. itill.„„,, Au°. 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. King /2.(1)17, Newcastle, from Oporto, to stop 81,4815100T1i, AuG. 15.—Wind N. etittik,.l,l4l, 6Ydrlty, New South Wales ; . to a le N al ; Alfred, Cal t n4Jevonbbire, Capo and Madras. Off port, Cur -__Saldl: „App',,Untiel, Fletcher, New York. kttba,:"Nol., AuG. 15.--Wind N.W.—Arrel Stn . d r, ar_d_, 454,-,,ltuttelle. Sid. Alexander Wise, Montret!l,.u , L . :_U . liii,L"eWroutidland; Albion, Rio Janerio:; Lima,_ e o w ' l'orki Tuscorora, Philadelphia; Castille . t . u, i N i 1 1 .4 i . etlnY go'Aßoston; Helena, Miraminnt Ntio-81°Pr, The Britanma, 4014" to Ipsvvich, was assisted in this morn] I M . n i d g d . 1 n e s a pi.llll.lttte, having S prung a leak off Cromer. illtely 07%0E Aye. 15. —Part of the car,guo.sf, d has been %d,. 6 ore oa the East Barrow Se the Julie, pc t iter e , d. John sloi ).1,,°1111, AUG. 15.—Wind variable.— '111,414-,1, Quebec. The William, Cardiff A to rr L s ondon, kid.,:.itt alth loss of mainmast and foremast prang, sz'oe"gr dataag, C1::141.,--Arrd. Carron, Coveney, Restigouehe . 1,A,,t.:--Sld. Mundane, Demerara. latill ~, l e " , At% 15.--Wind variable.—Arrd sotze allao. Diamond, kid, Gitib4RPTOX, AIIG. 15.—Wind alta r , Ot S • Dieherit a, N.E. Arrd. Ala- I N r.. 4lrrMoriTii. -- Sophie Erne diner, oti''Wle, for liamburgh. of Ham 6, Ittlia.ro,_ re, - " P tb, p i wzg, lla. 14. —The, Singapore, I t• 3 S., 10n.31. ~kt.„„e4 oPoken dist:lasted. June 23, a • po. N.w.— N. 41Phottn, Atja, lA.—Wind N. by E. to 4... Ott ,11, nell,Clarke. i'44,?fil.: AUG. 14. Wind E. 1114,11-itl.tabore ; Walfaille, M.Millan, Quebec. Arrd. hStNi),"lc. ditto. ssIRLNn, AuG. 15•—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Naiad, /41. Qt) Au % 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Flamingo, rep -4 ` 1111 (1, with four fish-33 tons. 44111C.ET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) Co lt , kThtt,„'l 2X(31 -lAN GE.—(FRIDAY) l' t it i ltC t O rl titY of English Wheat received up to our t,„, °1 01 ;-.ll"teelt, coastwise -has been on the increa!e-- toNiti!iiitle.na"tiolds_te.d to nearly . 3,000 quarters. By land f that grain fresh up hi t ? vr e4 atnitauliplesthe recei pts 4ie 1112.41°l'ed eff stead S e l ecte d r s a o lities, of both red and n it l i e i ddli ng and l y , at tll -u lly Monday's prices. I tt ° ,,is w as .. na i nferior _ n kinds comparatively little 114,2rtit 4 t2,r_a , acted. T . ire were a few parcels of thi; ll ,ra of. c O 7 , in fair condition. . Upwards of 13,000 ;II" fro% t Og i ll Wheat have arrived sinco Saturday, 1 4 , kle s ote "0 altic. Fine dry samples were held at 4 Ilot ta r urr'lleY, but the amount of busineps doing I,oo°TitforwgQ• Scarcely any English i ü ßli w ril un w de a r s t, Tbi tter f i l s. rd, and the supply of tore . g q t , t , itti bri ,..._ ...11 descriptions were in steady re to:' tvt 4 `. l 7 were well supported_ in every instance. tZts, h ow r Iler more inquiry for Malt. In the quo 474'ibte sever, we have no change to notice. The kinds sold k , et eu PP I Y of Oats was small. c,4t4ll,l)ellarr'etleies quite eqiial to tho 3d s l e os r o t f Monday. Iliv 4 , *rind Flour, were quite as des. , but Indian 4°tainsi. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Malt. Flour. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 5707. kt i tk --Zs— --------Q—rs• 2% 2,790 L ~... . 2 ,950 " Qrs. P 4 ... 1,190 , _ "... —. _ 111 1 410 5,950 9,390 1,500 t kit!' 4%4 1 , s ittrrltrzELD. ° t th N, °I Beasts on offer in to.da y's market was . the quality I letel , toei t ° ° Ile; but, for the time o f y ear, tjittl. was inferior. P r i me S co t s commanded a Nit ", 111 Nil, lll at * f Mondays quotations. In all other :'"Y buttlet;. vie, Y a 1' ii M itited ld. . is* 441 4 e ' v e w ere - business was transacten, late t N ed nd ° well supplied with Sheep, both as 1 1 . 11 4, N oeseh" l litY; nevertheless, the Mutton trade 4411,04 pri d e active, at an advance in prices of 2d per 4 1 141 . '41e 4 „ 8 , t old Downs producing 4s 2d per 81bs. to • hitt which was good, moved off steadily od ' ," currencies. Prime small Calves im -1141)4:4 Vq 4 k i' a2 (l. per 81bs. The quot‘tions of other 411 44 4 €l)in,*tre well supported. In Pigs next to f • fr 4ll - 1 ) 4 t late r a t e s. Mitch Cows were ' 44 to 181 5 1 . ea ch, including their small 1 41 N PI Z % b Per albs, to sink the offal. t" 3 . 4 ,91/ e 8 4 , t3 •• 4 4 a , to s d 1, d , to s. d. ‘,_ '.' 1 4 ,, t r e e - 1 •• ;62 ' 8 ' Inferior Sheep •• .• 3 2 3 iztt t ; Nt a 'll14;:: - 10 3 2 wecondS a r t P to , 8 310 o k eoa, 3 - e •..... 4 3 8 iOitY9C-We e ' 4 14i : 44 44 41 N 3 8 3 10 Southdown °l‘lYedther 40 4 2 of the wool 0 0 0 0 : e 4.1, 4 0 .. 3 B il 3 ( 6 ) a Ditto rge er iog . .. .. 3 2 3 4 6 '• ••1 A 4 l k '''•• .. , ‘, 24 0 small Yorkers •• • • ..,,,,, t 1 , 0 ,.-- 6 4 6 Quart3r old Pigs —lO 8 20 0 0 500, .41. SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. k itsta. I I I 14,260 299 330 " I SCOTCH. b ' Sheep. I Calves. 1 1 rigs. 14 4 40 it % • 1 rOREIGN SUPPLY. Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pies. I Tl l .%lv itt 1,400 • I 126 12 - S o - Ran t -4111 3 AND I.IIIADENHALL. I ted . rlitliidemand was steady, and prices were well 11 ‘ . . e s upplies Offering were small. 1111 ! I trio At 1)!3r stone by the Carcase. 0,, , ,. .. ~. d. to s. d. I a. d. to s. d. '••,,i'lfitg • •• ' z 4 2 6, Mutton, interior .. 210 3_ _4 1 t 4 4. 41, 0, 41 /tro . " 2 8 -2 lo middling— 3 6 3 5 310 4 0 ''.. °4 411:: 3 ° 3 2 1 prime ""2 10 3 4 ...... 2 0 3 4 ' Pork, large ••••.• • • 310 'llan . ... 3 5 3'lo Ill„, zio Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. i lt , 114 1114.- It°l7 G a ItOP rtx.eutßET. IN l e fa, ''°n accounts at hand this morning are not 1 1 7 1 ti li jcItili c :, 11 ,. rt t i _ble as those received last week. The 1 ,. 4 tt ; Sea kuto'burr in most of the forward districts; in,ll; t •rie e i l l'ai made its appearance in several loca i'lt` at f , s ,°, Ps, which are very scarce, are in steady b l: l " l. tir e ,t,,11, Prices. Old qualities are neglected. 'pat ~.1 14 1, , 1 ` a levv ba-kers of the duty a 200,000/. i ttt): 4 ;ea e t .ll ,, h ,, e4 , Place on the following terms:- Midand „Ni t i i 'l I,s,7ckets, 71 to 11/ 11s; Weald of Kent %, ' 1 ,48, 1 . 7 el 12 3 ; Sussex ditto, 41 15s to 51 10s; • , fo -53 15s; Old Hops, 164 to 2/ 15s per 14 I reland 17 packages have arrived this week, 04, a.......p, COLONIAL. 17 4 4 4°11, uZi e demand has been good for British * ' 44 5: 4 10 14 u t i i 4 t , 4- 3 ., k 6f0.1 7 . t i0 f w .1 3 1 , e i i prices. jw , Barbadoes has realized and 37s 6d to 40s for mid • * 'Tell -It ' a d has been sold at 35s to 36s for low !11t 1 ,,, Ow, and 34s 6d for good brown. Antigua 11 EINt t ," 411 hEen at ss. 't, ' L' 147,2 here has been a good demand and small ~„"44;sti.„-4 grocery lumps 503 to 503 6d per cwt. ' N,11411C4.-13engal, 4,420 bags only partly found Itif,4Bkilt Pre'rions rates; low to good white Be -2404.:i-n4Q' ed; fine grainy white 50s, and ord and 'iti, l - : 1 itia,1;• (11 t 33s to to 365. Maim was withdrawn. stltaAkae,;T,l7 bags, about 'hale sold, and rather ai.`uto:L Q4 ' o l 4 ( 383 6d to 40s 6d, mid 35s 6d to 36s 6d, .1744.141:1-.4lhTown 3,1 s t0 . 33s 6d. A -'•••The demand his been good and at firm bi llltC: ' l4lwil been sold ,OA,k, sots a avannah has at 41s to 43s i ' l l't i' ,4 4 ~.mbe, and at 38s to 40$ for low and mid. iNilli,h lealizitd 433 6d to 455, and mid yell.)w has , inv ) o f ,, at 203 6d to 21s 6d per cwt. Bahia has 1A '•''t a cargo afloat, and privately 38s to 408 Is 4 414 1 ' white. Porte Rico bas . i 4 , li t ~ 1. cr low to good ti, a 44,, ; ;, 6 , 3 to 39s for ord and mid. i", 4 oeq . 4'",ia, article _ has been tolerably steady. \ k: 4 ,te .4 114 „ t hl•fitie ord, 404 to 425; Plantation fine 458 7,N,,1t s,,`"lt Mid and mid 50s to 52s 6d; pea berry ;tl, d ; k ;,' Per . O w l . Mysore was taken in at 45s for getkirld 2 etish Jamaica brought 428 to 43s for fine ° l .,lia t ' . ' - t a ' t . 6 ( l to 39s 6d for triage, being rather l'e sl)6l}t tviit - i lit good ord was withdrawn at 425. tilel.„,PY has been in request. ZiSA M. 42 "t mu h Trinidad has l Iv: t o 478 C has been done. . 4 ....p e Per cwt. l':t) ~ksie. Ginger has been held for full rates. Malabar ''. 2 1 L'd p ith - k /iager has been sold at 31 64 to 51 lis per 1 4 41,,,. -1 Ila t r , rl to at 5 2 d to 6id per lb. Nutmegs 2s 3d tti ht,Pttatatace is 7d to 2s per lb. 1 1,k,, 4 (144e,Calcutta has teen steady, but not much ttl ttlht..rh tt l. sp , :.,T h e Iliarket is fir m , b u t no t ac ti ve . '44 ere hail been a moderate demand at full 11.:`11. 4th . till it4 . o ° N... 7 _ . ,i h r i !ess 1.8 doing, but holders are firm. et, w...... 1) , article is not quite so active. 4 4 iit A.C. is 36s 6d per cwt on the spot, and 41 4 41 1' 141, - rqr 4131.1% ---The l ast cargo of West India Pine p ro th e %he , e ate N ti ke. b y •„. lison, ex Senhora, has been sold . at , 1 0‘,,, °11 ae t,,A3.-eeling and Hunt, and realised prices h 1 th„ .4 ' a E h ' ei(Mdition and quality. Lisbon Lemons " ale.cargo of autumn Malaga interfering Br ill l'l , l Aoh %,A n other cargo of Barcelona Nuts is to ''' lan about fiuish the shipment of the J,llr. Prices are without alteration. p, j', A kit 1, 7"----,_._.___5''......._............................. h,tllttpl ( ‘' l %RI fot ri tut of the intelligence regarding the com• ve•tt• What e shooting season is as y d et ill able we is of a bkt t wo ch,ra ot have already learne however, C learned, stitutional states, necessarily very 14 4 ! I ltel lltle tile tr• re fi o t hs lt dEty' ; r°ll glit il , i l lPori thee shootin g. r ninety - four u brace for 11 1 : 1 ( 41 1 4' N)e rt "_.°lvn, between them, g o o id, not far from the of ' 4 480 4 e lreeti o ' ll 'il the. 12th. Accounts we have 3 on9bin e i n representing n openingheard ktb 43 very Nt m 4 _ l .4z it , • 1,,, Promising.— Caledonia Mercury. take the sense (.4'44 '''' til e Elisri""Lvvity.--A. requisition has been pre -1111410:1111411Y 0tn491.8 by the shareholders to any expenditure t 24 of t , Y tile Leeds ltB assumed liabilities IN 6. 4 4 cor.., end Bradford, 0 the circumstances Midkalde and f a.s or _to the debenture wiltilli ‘itttlftlivragiithiarnes t pg /;' toyouth ___ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1850. out completely putting an end to the collection and delivery of letters, and Wier Post•ofice packets on Sundays, we recommend the adoption of the following arrangement:— _ _ . With regard to the London Post-office, we think that the system which was in force at the time specified, and which has not been affected by the recent order, should be continued. With regard to the provincial post-cffices, we recom mend that a delivery of letters on the Sunday should be resumed, subject to the following restrictions, many cf which have been sanctioned by the previous practice of the department:— 1. That there be only one delivery and one collection. 2. That the delivery be made at such a time as shall not interfere with the hours of Divine service, especially of morning service. 3. That this delivery be made either by letter-carriers or at the window of the post-office, according to the plan previously pursued on Sundays in each place. In Edinburgh, Glasgow, and most other towns of Scot land, it has been the practice to deliver letters only at the window on Sunday. The inhabitants of these towns have become habituated to the arrangement, and we do not theref.)re advise its discontinuance; but we do not propose its extension to other towns, where such a usage has never been introduced, because it affords less convenience and security to the public, while it pro duces no diminution of Sunday labour. 4. That, as far as possible, every post-office he closed on a Sunday at 10 A.M. fur the remainder of the day, with the necessary exceptions arising from the late ar rival of mails which have heretofore existed. 5. That no money payment for inland letters be re ceived at a post-office on a Sunday; and that no such letters be received except such as are stamped or unpaid. 6. That whenever the letters, which were delivered on the Sunday morning, reach their destination by eight o'clock ou Saturday night (which is the case in some of the more remote parts of the kingdom), the de livery be made the same night instead of on the Sunday morning. 7. That were the duties are such as to prevent the rural letter-carrier from attending Divine service an ar rangement be made for providing a substitute at least on the alternate Sundays. We apprehend that the addi tional cost incurred by this arrangement would be jus tified by the importance pf its object. 8. That in retaining a Sunday delivery of letters in a rural district the Postmaster-General be guided by the prevalent feeling of the locality; and that where the prevalent feeling of the district is opposed to such deli very, the Postmaster-General, after satisfying himself of the tact, take the requisite steps for suspending it. The principle has already been acted on to a considerable extent by the department. The Postmaster-General, in the years 1848 and 1849, withdrew no less than 404 Sunday rural posts, 320 wholly . and 84 partially. In some instances, however, the inhabitants, finding the withdrawal more inconvenient than they anticipated, subsequently requested that the post might be restored, which was accordingly done. 9. That an option be afforded to every householder to suspend the Sunday delivery of letters at his house, on his written application to the local post-office. It would be necessary that this permission should be guarded by proper regulations of the department, in order to pre vent the inconveniences which would arise from frequent changes. 10. That the arrangements already made by the Post master-General for the withdrawal on the Sunday of comparatively useless mails be continued upon the same principles which have been already adopted, and that they be rendered as complete as possible. We would also recommend to the attention of the Postmaster-General the suggestions made by the sur veyors, with a view to his considering tiereafter how far may be practicable to carry any of them into effect. (Signed) CLANRICARDE. H.LABOUCHERE. G. CORNEWALL LEWIS. Aug. 10, 1850. REVENUE, &c., IRELAND. A return has just been presented to the House of Com mons, containing accounts of the revenue and expendi ture, excise and customs duties , imports and exports, with amount of stamp duties and postage collected in Ireland for the year 1850 (in continuation of Parliamen tary Paper, No. 520, of session 1849). From this it ap pears that the net produce of the revenue of Ireland paid into the Exchequer in the year ending the sth January, 1850, amounted to 4,332,4604 ; and that the items comprising this sum were-Customs, 1,941,1221 ; Excise, 1,231,5481. ; Stamps, 502,073/. ; Post-office, 26,000/. ; miscellaneous, including repayment of advances, 631,7171. There was of money re maining in the Exchequer at the commencement of the year, 815,3714 13s. ; et the end of the year, 1,026,9901. Bs. 101 d. The total expendi ture during the year was 4,071,6631. 6s. Id., and in cluded-dividends, intere,t, and management of public funded debt, payable in Ireland, 1,386,1011. Is. 2d.; army, 626,0001.; miscellaneous grants of Parliament, 565,9031. lie. 7d.; money advanced out of the Consolidated Fund for public objects, 554,336/. 14s. 6d., &c. The sums re mitted through the Excise in Ireland to the Exchequer in England, amounted to 49,177/. 145. 10d. which, added to the above-named total expenditure, mid substracted with it from the entire net income of 5,147,831/. 9s. 9i(1., leaves the balance in the Exchequer, 1,026,9901. Bs. hid. This account, however, shows only the payments made from the Exchequer of Ireland, and not the whole expen diture by the United Kingdom on account of Ire land ; but, on the other hand, the receipts from the Crown lands in Ireland are brought into the ge neral account of the Commission( re of Woods, &c., and do not appear as part of the income of Ireland. The amount received from rents, and other sources of land revenue in Ireland in 1849, was 61,531/. 3s. 10d. Au account of the Excise collections in each ravenuß district of Ireland for the year ending January 5, 1850, bhows a total of 1,407,803/. 13s. Of this sum the Dub lin district contributes 325,7331. 19s. 3d. ; Cork, 204,2861. 14s. 10d. ; Belfast, 192 6441. 19s. 2d. ; Drogheda, 164,6181. Is. 9d., &c. The gloss produce of Customs duties taken at the ports of Ireland (ex cluding casual and miscellaneous receipts for the same year) is 2,165,9061. There was taken at Dublin 924,5331.; at Belfast, 346,2024; at Cork, 254,6694; Wa terford, 119,2691., &c. The duties at strangford amounted only to 91. According to another statement included in this return there have been retained for home consumption in Ireland* during this period 7,228,809 gallons of spirits, of which 255,476 were foreign. The quantity of wine of all sorts retained there was 524,662 gallons; of tea, 6,383,6161b8.; and of coffee, 1,013,3991b5. The exports to foreign ports of Irish spirits were 58,680 gallons; of b u tter 22,636 cwt.; of linen manufactures, entered by t h e y ar d, 342,620 yards; of cotton ditto, 596,082 y ar d s; an d of linen yarn 11,5571b5. There were also imported to Great Britain 201,811 oxen, bulls, and cows; 9,831 calves, 241,061 sheep, and 68,053 swine--but these exportations of live stock are stated on the credit of non-official documents. and the return of them is, therefore, of necessity, de fective. There were, however, according to official record, 249,489 quarters of wheat and wheat flour; 41,077,364 qrs. of oats and oatmeal exported from Ire land to Great Britain, in the year ending January 5, 1850. The total amount of stamp duties collected in the same year in Ireland was 143,96 e/. 7e. 61d.; of which. the Cork district contributed 28,312/. 13i. 10d., and An trim 26,524/. 1 ls. 20. The return of the amount of postage collected in each county shows-Dublin, 50,767/. Os. 411.; Cork, 14,2991. 3e. 7d.; Antrim, 10,4381. 17s. 2d., &c. THE I'UNERAL of THE ENGLAND.—The last mournful obsequ ies to t the late Sir Launcelot Shadwell ' w *V er i e " e C rf u or A m S villages performed LraeLtmOßarnesremains f Church yesterday morning, i n endeared from a long residence hi benevolence.Putney , and assetnblange of the inhabitatiotfhneeparrelysetnwceenotfy years, and a e n r d ou a s continued unostentatious exhibition Mortlake, to whom the Vice -Chancellor had become greatly n f Barnes, of the principal shops in the ages alluded to were closed, and along the whole line of ro ad i which the mournful caval cade had to pass from Barn-E park to the church, every gentleman's residence showed outward signs of mourning. It was the last and earnest wis h of the late Vice-Chancellor that he,should be buri e d i n a brick grave in Barnes-church yard, in which one of his daughters had been laid, and;more recently his lamented SOD, Mr. L ou is Shadwell, whose about sudden death by drowning , a twelvemonth since, had left an impression upon Iris bereaved parent which was never removed. He also requested that his fureral should be unattended with any pee l; () and that none should follow him but the members o f his family and one or two very old and intimate friends. The carriages of the local nobility and gentry were also dispensed with, and these in structions were strictly carried out by Mr. Aviss, of Putney, the undertaker. The body was inclosed in a shell, leaden coffin, and outer coffin, covered with black cloth, which bore the following inscription :—" Right Hon. Sir Launcelot Shad well, Knt., Vice-Chancellor of England, blrn May 3, 1779, and died August 10, 1850." At eleven o'clock precisely the melancholy procession left Barn Elms, consisting of the hearse and four mourning coaches, containing the following members of the family : —Mr. Shadwell, the eldest surviving son, Mr. Alfred Shadwell, Mr. Jahn Shadwell, Mr. Arthur Shadwell, and Mr. Augustus Shadwell, the Rev. Air. Wood, a son-in-law, and Mrs. . Wood, dedeased's eldest daughter, Miss Shadwell, and Miss Sarah Shadwell, the Vice-Chancel lor's eldest brother, Mr. W. Montague Short, and Dr. Willis, his medical attendant. The funeral service was performed by the Rev. R. E. Copleston, the vicar of Barnes. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The new Tooth-pick Tooth brush, thoroughly cleansing between the teeth, when used up and down, and po li s hing the surface when used crossways, the hair warranted never to come out; in four strengths— viz., No. 1, hard, No. 2, less hard, No. 3, medium, No. 4, soft. The double anti - pre ssure nail-bru sh , which does not divide the quick from the nails. The triple hair-brush. which thoroughly searches and cleanses the llair in one-fourth part of the time of any other method, and acts as both comb and brush combined. The medium shaving-brush, being a se lection of the strongest badgers' hair, so well secured in the socket as never to come loose. And, though lastnot least, the newly invented" Renovator clothes brush, which makes an old coat look like a new one, and .a new coat to Took new double the usual time. Invented and made only by Rossand Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. THE CONFLAGRATION AT GRAVRSEND.—Yester day a meeting, convened by public advertisement, was held at the house of Mr. James Ward, the Weavers' Arms, Crown street, Finsbury-square, for the purpose of originating a sub scription for the relief of the uninsured and poorer class of sufferers by the recent calam i t o us fire at Gravesend. The chair was taken shortly after eight , o'clock by Mr. William Self, and several respectable tradesmen of the neighbour hood were present. A letter from Mt. W. Sqnire Plane, the Mayor of Gravesend, was communicated to the meeting, and informed them that the poorer of the sufferers having had sufficient time, to remove the bulk of their property before the fire reached their dwellings, a small sum, probably about 101. or 121., would cover their loss. Resolutions in further ance of the objects of the meeting, were submitted and agreed to, and a committee nominated for the collection of subscriptions, Mr. Ward consenting to act as treasurer. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair man, and to Mr. Ward, for the use of hit room. TORQuAT REGATTA.—The meeting of the com mittee was held at Hearder's Family Hotel on Wednesday evening, in order to make final arrangements for the 23d inst. His Imperial Highness the Prince of Oldenburgh has subscribed liberally to the regatta fund, and has coreented to act as one of the blewayll6-.Trumines flying toe, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ' Madame Fiorentini appeared last night as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, nod more than realised the expectations which had been excited by her Norma. There can be no doubt about the fact that Madame, Fiorentini is the legitimate successor to Madame Grisi, who will find in the new prima donna a rival who will in the course of next season dispute with her the throne of lyrical supremacy on her own ground. The Donna Anna of Madame Fiorentini is, we have no hesitation in saying, the very best at present on the stage. Her clear, fresh, and youthful yoke, and her youthful beauty are great advantages in the representation of such a part as that of Donna Anna, and her acting and her singing were delightful. It was evident that she reverenced M , zart because she understood him; and never has MuzarL's music been more finely or more conscientiously rendered. The scene in which she recognizes Don Giovanni as the murderer of her father was magnificently acted, and never have we heard the beautiful air " Or sai chi" so deliciously rendered as it was last evening by Madame Fiorentini. One reason, perhaps, of the immense success which she achieved in this air was that she snag it in its original key as it was composed by Mozart, whilst the vocal exigencies of the majority of her prede cessors in this character have compelled its transposition. I❑ the concerted music her fine voice and her pure and perfect in tonation told with immense effect, but the great triumph of the evening, was the " Non mi dir bel idol mit) " It was rendered with a mingled sweetness and power that left nothing to be desired, and her full, clear, rich, fresh voice seemed to revel in the music of Mozart. She was applauded to the echo, and was called on at the conclusion, as she had been repeatedly during the course of the opera. Madame Sontag made the most graceful and coquettish of Zerlinas, and was, as a matter of course, encored in the " La ci darem," with Coletti, the " Batti Batti," and the delightful " Vedrai Carino," which no one sings like her. Coletti was the Don, Lablache the Leporello, his son Masetto, and Madame Giuliani Elvira. The chorus and orchestra were perfect, and Mozart's chef d'oeuvre was repre sented last evening, at her Majesty's Theatre, in the most complete and perfect manner imaginable. The house was crammed to suffocation ; not a stall nor a hoz was unoc cupied. A crowd, reminding one almost of a Jenny Lind night, assembled at the pit and gallery doors long before they were opened ; the crush was terrific, and long before the commencement of the opera even standing roam was at a premium. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royall High ness Prince Albert honoured the performances at the Royal. Italian Opera with their presence last even ing. Her Majesty and the Prince were accompanied by the Count de Mensdorff-Pouilly and Count Alphonse de Mensdorff-Pouilly. In attendance upon the illus trious party were Viscountess Canning, Lord Elphin• stone, Major-General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie. His Excellency General Jung Bahadoor, General of the Forces, and Prime Minister to the Raja of Nepaul, also honoured the theatre with his presence. His Ex cellency was accompanied by his two brothers, Colonel Juggut Shumshere Jung and Colonel Dhere Shumshere Jung. Major Cavanagh and Mr. M'Leod were in at tendance upon their Excellencies. Among the other fashionable company present in the theatre we re marked his Excellency General Prince Castelcicala, and the Princess Monte Negro, his Excellency the Pe ruvian Minister, the Marquis of Stafford, the Mar chioness of Conyngham and the Honourable Miss Chichester, the Marchesa Brancaleonie and Mdlle. Brancaleonie, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Fane, the Earl and Countess of Devon, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Durham, Viscount and Lady Blanche Dupplin, Viscount and Viscountess Craw ley, Viscountess Seaham and party, Dowager Lady Blantyre and the Hon. Miss Stuart, Lord de Manley, Lady Charles Wellesley, Miss Burdett Coutts and Lady Catherine Loftus, Lady Charles Somerset and Miss Talbot, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. A. Upton, Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon. H. Pon sonby, Hon. Julian Fane, Mr. Rashleigh and the Hon. Mrs. Rashleigh, Lady Monson and party, Sir Ralph Howard, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Hubert de Burgh, Sir Frederick Thesiger, M.P., and Miss Thesiger, Sir Richard Vyvyan, M.P.. Hon. Francis Stonor. Sir Wm. Fraser, Sir Henry Mildmay, Mr. Greene, M.P., Mrs. Greene and the Misses Greene, Hon. 0. F. Toler, Lord Adolphus Vane, Sir George and Lady Armytage, Lady Flint and party, Colonel Pearce, Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Henry Greville, Captain Wilson, Cc plain Randall, Captain Steele, Captain Compton, Madame Lizardi and party, Captain Edgell, Mr. Archibald Camp bell, Captain Hotham, Mr. Bulteel, Mr. Courtenay. Mr. Dawson Darner, Sir John Burgoyne and the Misses Bur 'no. .goy, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. FIRST EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF M.B. 1850. • FIRST DIVISION. Hard wich, Thomss.Frederic, King's College. Headland, Frederick William. King's College. Hornidge, Thomas King, St. George's Hospital. Lister, Jueeph, University College. Pavy, Frederick William, Guy's Hospital. Rooks, Thomas Morley, Guy's Hospital. Simpson, Henry, University College. Smith, Albert Daniel, King's College. Trouncer, John Henry, University College. Washbourn, Thomas Buchanan, Guy's Hospital. Weaver, Joha Davies, University College. SECOND DIVISION. Brown, William, King's College. Burchell, Baer Lod wick, Westminster Hospital. C Durtenay, Richard Hudson, Ricbmond Hospital, Dub:in' Jay, Edward, University College. Maslen, William Edward, King's College. Rice, Bernard, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Shillitoe, Buxton, University College. Stevens, Nicholas Henry, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Swete, Edward Horatio Walker, Bristol and King's College. Tovey, Charles Henry, Guy's Hospital. Walker, John %Vest, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Williams, Aldborough Lloyd, University College. On Fl ECONOMICAL RAILWAY LOCOMOTION.— rid ay a locomotive engine, only ten tons in weight (the ordinary locomotive engines weighing 25 tons), arrived at the railway station, Waverley-bridge, from Glasgow, with a train of six carriages, having accomplished the journey from that city in an hour and twenty minutes. The engine is understood to be on the principle of Adams's patent, which is designed for short distances, and is only to be attached to a single car riage, capable, however, of carrying about 100 passengers. The experimental trip was understood to have been quite successful.— Scotsman. Mr. Furrier, the Judge of our County Court, is engaged in London, with fuur other Judges of County Courts, in revising the rubs and form of procedure in the County Courts. In his absence, Mr. Furner has deputed Mr. Hasler Ilollist to sit for him during the present circuit. —Brighton Gazette. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAT.—T'ne works on the loop line have at length just been commenced, so that Worcester, it is expected, will soon be placed in communication with all the main lines. CAMBRIAN GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—Tbe order to wind-up this company has been discharged. EXPENSES OF QUARANTINE STATIONS.—The total expense of the several quarantine stations irl Great Bri tain for the eight years ending 1847 was 99,944/., and the expense for 1848 and 1849, 8,431/. ; making the total expense for ten years, from 1840. 108,3751. The ex pense of the station at Malta, from 1838 to 1849, NV6S 53,553/. ; Gibraltar , 7,966/. • Grosse Island and Quebec, 36,5081. ; Prince Edward's Island, 95,143/.; Bermuda, 1.41.; Jamaica, 10,400/. ; St. Vincent, 14/. • Granada, 137/. ; St. Kitts', 36/. ; Dominica , 25/ . ; Trinidad, 25 i I.; Bahamas, 1,0891. ; Sierra Leone, 350/. ; Gambia, 160/. ; Mauritius, 20,0451. DEATH OF WOMBWELL'S RHINOCEROS.—A blank has been created iu Wombwell's splendid collection, now ex hibiting in Paisley, by the death of the female rtfnoceros, which formed so prominent and interesting a feature in the exhibition. It died on Sabbath morning. It had been in the possession of the renowned collector for nine years, and coat him 1,000/. We understand he has negotiated with the directors of the. Edinburgh Museum for the disposal of the carcass. The animal had been ill for a week prior to its death, the cause of which has not been ascertained. MURDER BY POISON.—A Parliamentary return, printed at the instance of Mr. Stanford, of the number of persons tried in. the United Kingdom for murder by the ad ministration of poison during the ten years, from 1839 to 1849, both inclusive, raves the following results:—Tried at the Central Criminal Court, 33 persons, viz., 18 men and 15 women. Of the whole number, 16 were convicted of mur der, and 15 of attempts to murder. Tried atHome Circuit, 13 persons, convicted 3 ; Midland Circuit, 17 tried, 4 convicted ; Norfolk Circuit, 22 tried, 9 convicted; Northern Circuit, 13 tried, convicted 11 ; Oxford Circuit, 23 tried, convicted 8 ; Western Circuit, 20 tried, convicted 10; North Wales, 10 tried, convicted 6 ; South Wales, 5 tried, convicted 1 ; Scot land, 15 tried, convicted 7 ; Ireland, 25 tried, convicted 13: MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, AUGUST 15.—The market to-day has been exceedingly quiet, though prices have remained firm, sellers continuing tolerably steady to the terms of Tuesday. MURDERS IN ARMAGH.—According to a recent return the number of cases of murder and waylaying which have occurred in the baronies of Upper and Lower Fews, county of Armagh, during the last six ,years, is 33. The number of persons arrested was 25. In ten casesthe prisoners were acquitted or discharged, in three they were sentenced to imprisonment for periods of from one to twelve months, and three remain to be tried at quarter-sessions. CAUTION TO kaUCUMBER EATERS.—A MAD, named John Watkins , slate r and p lasterer, of Evesham town, died early on Saturday morning last, from too freely eating cucumber the previous night. The silly man ate no less than three of these unwholesome things with his supper on Friday night, atter which he went to the Bridge Inn and called for a pint of ale. He had only one drink of it, how• ever, when he was seized with a rattling in his throat, and immediately lost his speech. He was taken home, where he remained in the same state till about half-past three next morning, when he died. Au inquest has since been held on the body before C. Best, Esq., and a verdict in accordance with the above facts returned.— Worcester Journal. CRICKET UNDER DIFFICULTIES. —At a return match between the young cricket club of Burneside and the junior members of the Kendal Club, one of the most remarom rk able features was the • playing of Walker, a youth f Burneside, without hands, having been unfortunately de prived of those useful members by an accident at the pape me mill. Maimed Maimed as he is, he can do anything in the ga except bowl. He bats very tolerably, and certainly most extraordinarily for his means; catches a ball upon his chest, with the assistance of his arms; and throws up a ball with remarkable precision by means of his foot.-- Westmorc- L rand Gazette. _ . REPORT ON SUNDAY POSTAL COMMUNICATION. We are enabled to furnish our readers with the subjoined report upon the important question of Sun • day Postal Communication : TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY ' S TREASURY. My Lords,—ln compliance with the instructions con tained in jour Lordship's letter of the 18th ult., we have carefully investigated the question referred to us, viz., " Whether the amount of Sunday labour in the Post office might not be reduced, without completely putting an end to the collection and delivery of letters, Sec., on Sundays," and we have the honour to report as follows: Your Lordships are aware that this question has arisen out of a change in the Post-office arrangements, which was made by the Postmaster-General on the 23d June last, in consequence of an assurance given by her Majesty in answer to an address of the House of Com mons, agreed to on the 30th of May last, representing the great dt sire which exists in all parts of the United Kingdom, for an extension of that rest on the Lord's day which is afforded in the London Post-office to the post-offices of the provincial towns,.and praying her Ma jesty to direct that the collection and delivery of letters shall in future entirely cease on Sunday in all parts of the kingdom. The nature and extent of this change will be best seen by referring to the " Notice" issued by the Postmaster-General for carrying it into effect ; but we may state briefly that it involved the suspension of the delivery, collection, and dispatch of letters on the Sunday, throughout the United Kingdom. We understand that, by the reduction of Sunday la bour, referred to in your Lordship's instruction, is meant a reduction in the Sunday labour as it existed before the 23d of June. Prior to that date the state of the Post-office, as re gards Sunday labour, was as follows :—During the pre vious two years and a half the Postmaster-General had been engaged in carrying into effect a series of care fully considered measures, with the view "of affording to all connected with tbe Pest-office the utmost amount of rest on the Sunday," which, in the opinion of his Lordship, " is consistent with a due regard to public convenience," These measures are fully described in a report to the Postmaster-General, of 28th January last, by Mr. Row land Hill, which has been laid before Parliament ; and a statement is there given of the amount of Sunday re lief which had at that time been afforded. At the date of this report the relief' was, for the most part, confined to England and Wales; but, before the ad dress of the 30th of May, it had been extended to Ire land and Scotland, and some other important improve ments, described in the same report as then in progress, had been completed. We find that, by these several measures, 8,424 persons had been relieved on Sunday to an average extent of nearly six hours each; that the Sunday transmission of numerous mails had been altogether stopped; that the ordinary rule in the provincial offices was, for the office to close finally (except for the receipt and dispatch of certain mails) at 10, a.m.; and that the Sundry deliveries had in all cases been reduced to one; while in the London office, by a transfer of duty to two travelling corps of 5 clerks each, working in the railway carriages—the one during Saturday night and the other during Sunday night—the ordinary Sunday force, which was originally 27 men, and which in October last was temporarily in creased to 52, had been reduced to 4, viz., 1 clerk and 3 messengers. These arrangements, we may add, by re ducing to a minimum the letters for London itself brought in on Sunday, are wholly inconsistent with the possibility of a Sunday delivery in London; a measure indeed, which, as your Ldrdships are aware, was never even contemplated. With the view. of ascertaining the effects of the late change, which first came into operation on the 23d of June, the Postmaster-General, at our request, called for certain information from the Superintendent President of the Inland-office, and issued certain queries to the surveyors for England and Wales. These documents are given in the appendix. While the surveyors concur generally in regarding the recent change as objectionable, they show con siderable diversity of opinion on minor points, as might naturally be expected from a number of gentlemen pur suing independent inquiries, and guided by the varying circumstances and opinions of their respective districts. From this very diversity one conclusion seems obvious, viz., that it is hazardous to make a general change, such as that recently introduced, without previous inquiry into the effects which it is likely to produce in the various districts over which its operation may extend, and such modification as the requirements of different locali ties may demand. As regards the chief office in London. and the minor metropolitan offices within a radius of six miles, the change in question has lett every thing untouched. As regards the provincial offices, we are enabled to state that the principal relief afforded is to the letter carriers, more especially those serving the rural districts. But whatever may be the amount cf relief afforded to the servants of the Post-office, there can be no doubt that it has been obtained at a great sacrifice of conveni ence to the public ; for though, amidst the numerous communications we have received on the subject, there are many urging the continuance of the arrangement, yet having regard to their general tenor, and to the se rious specific inconveniences complained of in many of them, as also to the results of our own inquiries, we have come to the conclusion that the evils touching to the change press heavily on a large portion of the public (not excepting the poorer classes, who cannot bear the expense of secondary means of communication), and have excited in many quarters a strong feeling of dis satisfection. Among the evils adverted t above, the following may be specitied—vfz., delay and inconvenience in the cor respondence, arising out of the transactions of the country markets, when they fall, as they frequently do, on the Saturday; increased risk of theft or loss, aris ing from the detention, during Sunday, of money let lets (many of which contain large remittances) ; obsta cles to the insurance of vessels, with delay in the an nouncement of their arrivals and departures; hindrance to the detection of crime, and to the general administra tion of the law; delay in the transmission of information and directions respecting legal and other sorts of busi ness; inconvenience to travellers, and delay in procuring medical aid, and in summoning friends and relatives in case of sudden illness or approaching death. In confirmation c f these views we may refer to nu merous petitions to Parliament complaining of the re cent change. Some idea of the extent to which these evils must exist is afforded by the following facts:-Ist. The num ber of letters arriving on the Monday morning in London has been reduced by the recent change from about 212,000 to 127,000, bring a reduction of about 85,000, or 40 per cent.; so that, in London alone, at least that number of letters must be delayed every week, while the number is made up by an increase on Tuesday and the following days, though probably not to the full extent 2d. The number of letters leaving London on the Satur day night is about 140,000, the greater part of which, reaching their destination on the Sunday, are not delivered till Monday. Moreover, the number of letters dispatched from London on Saturday night has, as was natural, been reduced by their non-delivery on Sunday. The extent of this reduction appears hitherto to have averaged nearly 15,000. 3d. Whereas previous to the recent change, the correspondence between one provincial town and another was not interrupted at all, now all the letters posted on the Sunday, the greater part of those posted on the Sa turday, and many posted on the Friday and even earlier, are delayed (either in dispatch or delivery) throughout the United Kingdom. Taking these circumstances into account, we are of opinion that probably one-seventh of all the General Post letters distributed by the Post office, or more than 700,000 a week, are now delayed, or alto vet her suppressed in consequence of the recent change. Tilis is exclusive of a very large number of newspapers. The extent of these delays, and the manner in which they arise, are fully explained in the able report by Mr. William Johnson, the surveyor of the home district. The reasons which render a complete suspension of dispatch and delivery on the Sunday expedient in Lon don do not apply to the same measure when extended to other parts of the country. Residents in London can no longer dispatch letters on Saturday night with the expectation of receiving answers on the Monday morning; while residents in the provincial towns, who previously suffered the same interruption in their correspondence with London on one day of the week, are now subjected to the additional inconvenience on a second day. The truth, therefore appears to be that unless the suspension of the Post-Office action on Sunday be limited to the metropolis, it must be productive of very serious Inconvenience. It must also be remembeied that under the old arrange ment it was possible for a resident in London to provide for the receipt or dispatch of a letter on the Sunday, by sending to a post-town beyond the twelve-mite circle. This expeditet, se frequently resorted to in cases of emergency, prevented the people from ever before feeling in all its force, the inconvenience arising from a total suspension of Sunday dispatch. Where the legitimate modes of conveyance are thus interrupted on every side, it is natural that other modes should be devised; and thus have arisen (as there is reason to apprehend) evasions of the law, or at all events, substitutionary modes of conveyances, involving not only loss of revenue, but also Sunday labour in a new form. Looking further to the extensive arrangements now made for the Sunday distribution of newspapers, and to others waiting the decision.of this question, as also to the re course now had to special messengers, and to the eco nomy of labour in the organised arrangements of the Post-office, we are not satitied that the general effect of the measure would be to diminish Sunday labour. The Sunday _distribution of newspapers, referred to above, arises of course from the fact that so many of the weekly papers, whether in London or the country, are nubllshed on the Saturday. Aud the refusal of the Post-office to deliver these journals as usual has been felt by both proprietors and readers as a great hardship. For further information as to the effects of the recent change we must refer to the reports of the surveyors. Having regard to these various reasons, we consider the restriction established by the recent order, not only as inexpedient, but ineffectual for its main purpose. In exercising a monopoly of postal conveyance, the Government, as it appears to us, takes upon itself the Yostt ova h nef e rdt h m n.i egtoo ffirous enan c e3di o . t de g : di e esn n pao t dt n t c at Kingdom,ehht di u en, r go e ta . duty of forwarding the public correspondence without any delay, which may not be demanded by reasons of that service v t i li c e e lyWbreanncehed of i t th p e ei e p t ub e l u i t c in which a certain amount of Sunday labour is required; 1 l a ee t txt t ec h re s e p to g o e general sna p a r (d a i n c a t cy i l c ui e nd i aenifgl partsde l i even- Dublin and Edinburgh), dates back, so far as we are aware, from the first regular establishment of a Post office in this kingdom; while day the avp non-delivery eara tn in London orr the same had d tte a r n s equally early origin. hav hove of With a view, therefore, of m • king a reduction in in the amount of Sunday labour • a the Post-office, as it existed immediately before the 234 of. June .11 last, wit • COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in state yesterday to the House of Lords, to close the session of Parliament with a speech from the Tnrone. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, and the officers of state, descended from the state rooms by the grand staircase, to the garden entrance, at twenty minutes before two o'clock. The state procession was then formed in the following order : A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying Colonel Masters, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, and Capt. the Hon. Mortimer Sackvilla West, Gentlemen. Ushers in Waiting, and Captain Phibba, Exon in Waiting. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, R.N , Groom in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the Prince; and Messrs. Gordon and Cameron, Pages of Honour in Waiting. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying General Wernyss, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince ; and Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Groom of the Robes. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying Colonel Parker, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Colonel Lascelles, Field Officer in Waiting; and the Right Hon. William Sebright Lascelles, Comptroller of the Lousehold. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Marquis of Donegal, G.C.H., Captain of the Yeomen of her Majesty's Body Guard ; Lord Elphinstone, (i.O H., Lord in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince ; and Lord Marcus Hill, Treasurer to the Household. A carriage drawn by a set of black horses, con veying the Viscountess Canning, the Lady in Wait ing ; the Marquis of 'Westminster, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Aylesbury, K.G., Gold Stick in Wait ing; and the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of the Stole to the Prince. The Queen's Marshalmen. The Queen's Footmen. The Yeomen of her Majesty's Body Guard. The state coach, conveying her Majesty the Queen ; his Royal Highness the . Prince Albert, K.G. ; the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes; and the Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Master of the Horse. Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard, Vice-Chamberlain, conducted the Queen to the state coach. A guard of honour olthe Grenadier Guards was on duty on the . Palace lawn, and received her Majesty with the usual honours, the band playing the National Anthem. A detachment of the Life Guards formed the es cort. The crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir William Martins. His Excellency Count de Mensdorff Pouilly and Count Alphonse de Mensdorff Ponilly were present in the House of Peers during the prorogation of Parliament. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace at five minutes past three o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The Ju Ige Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen yesterday, and submitted to her Ma jesty the proceedings of some courts-martial. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert presided yesterday at the council for the management of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, Somerset House. His Royal Highness was attended by Lieut. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided Yes terday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Com mission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the year 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of Westminster about five o'clock, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners present were Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, Lord John Russell, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard West macott, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Eastlake, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and Mr. John Shepherd, chairman of the East India Company. Mr. Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Commis sion, was in attendance. Colonel Reid, chairman of the Executive Commit tee, was present. Dr. Lyon Playfair and Colonel Lloyd attended. The meeting broke up at half-past six o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Italian Opera-house with their presence last evening. Her Majesty awl his Royal Highness were accompanied by Count Alphonse de Mensdorff Pouilly, and were attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lord Elphin stone, General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday morning, at the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell, the Lord Chaubellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir John Hobhouse, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Marquis of Clanricarde, attended. The Council sat one hour and a half. Captain Huish had an interview with Sir George Grey at the Home-office i yesterday. Mr. G. W. Sperling had also an nterview , yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet. .01r. John O'Connell and a deputation bad an in terview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Sir James Weir Hogg bad an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town yesterday morning for Hickleton, Yorkshire. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 15. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. THIRD DAY. Royal Yacht. Squadron Cup of 1001. value. By all yachts of the squadron (no time allowed for tonnage). Course, round the Isle of Wight. Three to start, or no race. To start at ten o'clock. YACHTS ENTERED. Stations No. 1, nearest to Cowes Castle. *l. Wyvern, schooner rigged, 205 tons, the Duke of Marlborough. 2. Gondola, cutter rigged, 87 tons, W. H. Wood house, Esq. *3. Destiny, schooner rigged, 107 tons, W. Wells, Esq. *4. Fernande, schooner rigged, 125 tons, Major M. Martin. 5. Freak, cutter rigged, 60 tons, W. Curling, E sq . 6. Arrow, cutter rigged,Bl tons,.Chamberl a y ne ,E sq . 7. Brilliant, schooner rigged, 392 tons, G. H. Ackers, Esq. 8. Constance, schooner rigged, 218 tons, the Marquis of Conyngham. 9. Sultana, cutter rigged, 100 tons, R. C. Naylor, Esq. 10. Mosquito, cutter' rigged, 49 tons, Lord Londes borough. 11. Alarm, cutter rigged, 193 tons, Joseph Wild, Esq. *l2. Bianca, schooner rigged, 32 tons, C. P. Leslie, &.q. 13. Aurora, cutter rigged, 47 tons, Le Merchant Thomas, Etq. Those marked with a star did not start. The nine yachts without a star started with a nice breeze from the N.N.E., crowding all sail for the Needles, but before they reached Yarmouth the wind fell off. The Aurora was thought at first to have the advantage. then the Freak, then the Mosquito, the wind favouring the smalltr vessels. Had the wind they had at starting lasted, the general opinion was that the Alarm would distance the others; indeed, the pilots and yacht captains not in the match expressed their opinions very freely that Mr. Wild ought not to have put the Alarm in, it being like putting a race-horse of the first class to run against a lot of ponies. Four out of the six schooners were withdrawn, having no chance with so light a breeze against the small cutter-yachts, much more the great Alarm. At midday the breeze died away, and a drifting match commenced. Towards evening a light breeze sprung up from the S.W., but at the time of going to post the yachts bad not made their appearance to the eastward. 8 15, r. M. The steamer that accompanied the yachts is just re turned ; they passed the Needles about 5 o'clock in the following orderr—The Freak, Arrow, Sultana, Aurora, and Mosquito. The latter being about five minutes astern of the first; in nine minutes afterwards the Alarm passed the Gondola, being seven minutes after her. The Constance rounded the rocks at half-past five; the Bril4 tient being considerably astern. The steamer only fol lowed them as far as Freshwater, when, finding there was no chance of their reaching Cowes till after mid night, she if ft them to their fates and returned. Spoken in the Needles Passage, the Bremen barque, Maria Francesca, bound to Cowes., The Roadstead is one forest ot masts, there are above 50. yachts of the squadron, independent of other yachts and pleasure vessels; a great influx of company has taken place this week, and many houses have been taken, but the town is far from lull. At the annual dinner of the R.Y.S. yesterday, the Commodore, Lord Welton, took the chair; the vice chair being filled by the Vice• Commodore, C. R. M. Talbot. Lq., 51. P. There were present the Marquis of Bath, Lord F. Fitzclareuce, Lord A. Fitzclarence, the Marquis of Ormond, Viscount Exmouth, Sir R. Graham, and about 50 other gentlemen. Tale dinner gave universal satisfaction. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE, AnCusT 15, 1850. ARRIVALS. Aug. 10.—Destiny schooner, Wm. Wells, E:q , from the Eastward; Sultana cutter, Richard Naylor, Esq., from the Clyde; Wizard cutter, Win. Delatield, Eaq., from Cork; Wyvern schooner, Duke of Marlborough, from the East coast of Scotland; F risk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., from Ireland. 13th.—Mirage schooner, Marquis of Ormonde, from Ireland; Ballerina, John Davenport, Esq., from Norwa,l. 14th.—Freak cutter, Wm. Curling, Eaq , from Ire land; Maud shooner, T. Legh, from Dublin SAILINGS. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Sohooners—Xarifa, Capricorn, Constance, Wyvern, Brilliant, Sibyl, Fair Rotamond, Ballerina, Maud, Mi rage, Gipsy Queen, Bianca, Ariel, Fernande, Novice, Destiny, Merlin, Titania, Hawk. Cutters—Pearl, Alarm, Wizard, Elizabeth, Frisk, Osprey, Gauntlet, Turquoise, Stormfiuch, Sultana, Au . rora, Arrow, Gondola, Cygnet, T a li sma n, C orsa i r , O. proy, Plov er , Freak, Lucifer, Ganymede; Artispito. YAnlei—Flower of Yarrow, Water Lily, Susan, Eagle, HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal.) MAIDSTONE.—The hop plantations are now every where brightening with the development of the burr into hop. This is more particularly the case in the Weald, where the plantations seem to be rather more forward than in Mid Kent. The bine is, however, both there and in Sussex, much more slack, and scarcely warrants the high quotation of duty. The winds of Thursday and Friday last did some damage, the extent of which will be more apparent a few days hence than at present. Our parish reports are still so identical in their description of the grounds as to render it quite useless to give them in detail. In those places where the mould has appeared it seems to he on the increase, and many apprehend that it will be seriously extensive. One of our Mid-Kent district reports says,—" The mould is likely to do much mischief in some of the grounds, as it is upon the increase, and the wet warm weather is in its favour ; there aro some grounds free from it to any extent at present. The result is looked forward to with great anxiety. The bine looks well and grows freely, and, except the mould, has a very promising appearance." Another correspondent says,—" I have seen Farn ham and Worcester, and have been with their best planters. It is their opinion as well as my own, that though the bine is generally good the fruit is likely to be too late. Hops are a fortnight too back ward, and without the weather be more genial than the last few days, we shall fall far short of the duty now estimated. The complaint of Sussex is back• wariness, and slackness of burr, as they say it is too tar apart.' Mould, in our neighbourhood, is much to be feared. It does not exist merely in the ima gination ; it is too visible." WORCESTER.—There is nothing new to report this week as to the growing crop, which progresses most favourably, and the produce is likely to be abundant everywhere. The accounts from Kent speak of mould among some of the best grounds, but with the present bright warm weather the disease is not likely to spread to any extent. Our market is quiet, and prices the same as last week. Duty for the district 20,0001., and 190,0001. for the whole kingdom. FOREIGN Hors.—An importation of some packages of Hops has just taken place by a vessel from Lisbon, as a portion of her cargo, of Portuguese produce. This is the first time an arrival.of hops has taken place from this southern state of Europe since the introduc tion of the article from foreign countries, and the arrival is, therefore, of interest. OUR ~ ANGEL SIDE." Good and evil, like plants of earthly growth, in crease by culture; but in order that they may be cultivated they must be discerned and recognised. The great system under which evil has grown up, is one which takes note mainly, if not entirely, of the defects and frailties of humanity, which is intended to repress vices rather than to cultivate virtues, and hence has grown up the practice of imprisoning in stead of teaching—of punishing instead of prevent ing—of relying upon force rather than upon affection —of appealing to fear, the lowest and most degrading of man's attributes, instead of to love, the highest and most ennobling of his qualities—in order to prevent vice and crime. Few people seem to have thought that it is better to create truth, than to punish error. There has been a want of perception of the fact, that good and evil may be compared to two spheres, spreading over, and occupying the whole surface of the human mind ; that as one is expanded the other is necessarily decreased, and that the true way to diminish the sphere of evil is by good gentle agencies —by high and holy teaching—by forbear ance, patience, and charity, to extend the sphere of good. From this not being generally understood, the attempt has been hitherto to govern men through their vices, instead of their virtues—through their pas sions instead of their affections ; the " angel side" of humanity has been forgotten, while its demon-like as pect has been brought into glaring prominence, and vice has grown and spread like a foul ulcer, mocking in its power the ill-directed and futile attempts to check its ravages. * * * And so, through all the phases in life, in the world, and in the home, love is the true civilizer, the creator of unnumbered benefits. It is affection which links families together with a stronger chain than laws can find to bind empires ; and when that fails, no law can supply its place ; no authority can gather together its broken parts, can weld them again into one. It is love that calls out all the good of which man, in the varied relations of life, is capable. Where that cannot enter, all good is barred out for ever ; but perhaps there never yet lived a being upon earth—perhaps there never was a murderer so brutal, or a robber so hardened—that some touch of human sympathy did not linger in him, and gild even his crimes with a holy ray of human sympathy, the best evidence that the lowest and most debased has still an " Angel Side."—Eliza Cook's Journal. FINE ARTS. THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS. Painted by W. Etty, R. d. Engraved by C. W. Wass. The picture from vvhicn this engraving is taken is the first and best picture on this subject that Etty painted. His later picture, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1846 or 1847, is crude and jejune in comparison with the picture, which Mr. Wass has, in the strictest sen'e of the term, reproduced in the very beautiful engraving now exhibiting (with the original picture) at Mr. Grundy's, in Regent -street. The visitors to the exhibition of Etty's pictures last year, at the rooms of the Society of Arts, will recollect this as one of the gems of that collection. Mr. Wass seems to be the only engraver who thoroughly under stands the handling of masses of colour, and hence he is, par excellence, the engraver of Etty's pictures. So delicate is his handling, that he has succeeded in giving to every shade of colour in the original its corresponding light or shade in the engraving, and has thus succeeded in rendering in black and white a perfect fac simile of the original. Nothing can be more beautifully harmonious than this engraving. The figures of the contending goddesses, of Paris, and of the nymphs are all exquisitely engraved, and the figure of Mercury is a miracle of correct and beauti ful drawing ; nothing can be conceived more perfect than the foreshortening of the legs and arms in this figure. The engraving is mixed mezzo-tint and stipple, and is as near as may be a perfect engraving from a perfect picture. PORTRAIT OF GARDONL This is a beautifully soft lithograph of the far famed tenor of her Majesty's Theatre. As a likeness it is unmistakable; as a work of art it is worthy of every commendation. PORTRAIT OF AMALIA FERRARIS. This is a life-like portrait of the most youthful of our Deesses de la Danse, the lovely Amelia Ferraris. M. Salome, the artist, has been fortunate in catching and transferring to the canvass one of those marvel lous and graceful flights of aerial choerography with which Amelia Ferraris at once delights and astonishes the audience of her Majesty's Theatre, and M. Selb has been equally happy in transferring to stone the production of M. Salothe's pencil. MUSIC. THE LADY ALICE. The Poem from House hold Words," written by William Allingham, Esq. Composed and arranged by T. Harries Wilson. Thu composer of the music of " Lady Alice " is evidently a man of genius and originality, and bids fair, if we mistake not, to originate an entirely new school of music, which shall combine the power of the descriptive school of Henry Russell with the teLderness of the Haynes Bailey School, but without the coarseness, in some cases approaching to vul garity of the first, or the namby-pambyism of the last. The music of " The Lady Alice" is dramatic in the highest degree, and yet written within the compass of any ordinary tenor voice ; while the har monies of the accompaniment are full and almost Handellian in their inassiveness. Mr. Harries Wil son is an accomplished musician, who understands and loves his art. We hope to meet with him again ere long. ItEPAIR OF ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.—MT. W. F. Rock, in a letter to the editor of the Builder, says—" In reply to a letter in your columns on thia subject, I should indeed rejoice if the funds at the disposal of the commission for the repair of this, the chef d'auvre of Sir Ckristopher Wren, enabled them to do all that is desirable to ' London's architectural gem.' This would entail buying and removing the house attached to its tower, chipping off its unsightly stucco, and working down to the original stone, or possibly refacing it from the ground to the balustres. The committee have not, however, f o u n d ou t the way of making 1,000/. do the work of 5,000/. They have consequently decided on doing to the exterior only what is necessary for due pre servation ; and they hope the remainder of the sum at their disposal will enable them to restore the interior to its best appearance in its best days. I fully join Parishioner' in his desire to have both out,ide and inside made at once com plete, and will put his zeal to the test. I will put down 20 guineas for this purpose, and ensure 500/. by collection, if be will do the same. I agree with him that t.it. Stephen's has claims on the public; it is the best work of England's bent architect ; its complete repair ought to be a matter of civic pride—it is almost a national duty. THE FURNITURE BROKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTI TUTION.—Yesterday the annual meeting of the Furniture Brokers' Benevolent Institution, which is established for the relief of decayed and distressed members of the trade, their widows and children, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn, to receive the report for the past, and to elect officers for the ensiling year; Mr. Winter, treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Buckle, the secretary, read the report, which showed that the balance in hand at the last annual meeting was 1,350/. Is. ad., and that 1271. 10s. 4d. had been since received in donations and subscrip tions. There had been invested with the Commissioners of the National Debt 1,5274 9s and the, balance in the trea surer's hand was 11 l/ . 15s. 7 d. " Two pensioners at 15/. each were maintained. The report was received and adopted, and the officers reselected. CRIME IN FRANCE. The statistics of criminal justice for the year 1849 inform us that the number of crimes and mis demeanours considerably increased in that year. At the same time it is apparent that this augmentation is explained by a fortuitous and accidental circumstance —viz., the deficiency of the harvest, and the conse quent pressure on the labouring classes. In this, then, we recognise one of those insignificant varia tions from which no deduction can or ought to be drawn, since there is no reason for supposing that in the next year the whole phenomena may not be re versed. If we would really profit by statistics, if we would derive light and certainty from that source, we must follow the course of criminal statistics throughout the twenty• two years of which we pos sess the exact history. Of those years a table has been prepared, in which they are divided into four periods of five years, besides the two years which commenced the course ; in juxtaposition with this is placed the number of accused who were tried in each year, and the average number of trials for each period of five years. From this table it appears that the mean number of accused has been fir the first period-1826 to 1830, 7,130 ; for the second period, 1831 to 1835, 7,466 ; for the third period, 1836 to 1840, 7,885 ; for the fourth period, 1841 to 1845, 7,106. The figures for the two intermediate periods, it will be seen, are higher than those for the two others, and that the figures of the last are lower than of the first. But the proportions are not the same, if we consider the accused according as they have committed crimes against persons or against property. It it the first period that contains the lowest number of crimes against property, only 1,824 per annum on an average. The second period offers the greatest num ber of these, 2,371 ; while the third and fourth have only produced 2,153 and 2,220 respectively. But if we deduct from the number accused of crimes against the person during the second period, 1831 to 1835, about 1,000 accused of political offences, we shall have for the second period an average number of 2,170 accused of crimes against the person ; a number which differs very little from those which we have found in the third and fourth periods. With respect to persons accused of crimes against property their number is the lowest in the last period, 1841 to 1845, the average per annum being 4,918. After it comes the second period, which counts 5,095: the first 5,306 ; the third 5,732. Thus the difference between the third and fourth period is 814 accused, that is to say, that from 1841 to 1845, the mean annual number of persons accused of crimes against property was less, compared with the preceding five years, by more than 14 per cent. What is the corollary to be drawn from these figures ? Is it true, as is often asserted, that the number of crimes increases year by year in a fright ful manner ? Such is not the teaching of statistics : on the contrary, this science attests that from 1826 to 1847, the number of crimes properly so called, and qualified as such by the penal code, has not increased. If we leave out the exceptional year 1847, it has even diminished ; and still more remarkable, it has diminished, although the population of France has augmented during that period by more than one tenth. It is true that by the side of this result sta tistics place another of a less satisfactory character ; it is, that while certain classes of crimes have re mained stationary or diminished since 1826, there are others which have augmented in considerable pro portion. Thus the number of forgeries, which in the period 1826-1830 was only 403 per annum, has progressively increased, and in 1847 attained the height of 68:2. Fraudulent bankruptcies, which from 1826 to 1830 did not exceed an average of 99, rose in 1846 to 170, felling to 146 in 1847. In the same lapse of time the crime of coining has increase.l to a fourfold extent. A sad progression is likewise to be noticed in the excesses resulting from disordered passions. Viola tions and assaults with intent on adults have increased from 166 to 227 in twenty years. The same crimes committed on persons of tender years have progressed from an average of 139 to 369. The number for 1847 was 384. Hitherto we hive spoken only of acts qualified as crimes by the penal law, and submitted as such to the courts of assize. As to those which are classed under the term of offences, and as such sent to the police courts, they have followed, since 1846, the as cending movement. These offences are divided into two classes, according as they come before the court on the complaint of the public authorities, or as mere civil cases. Charges of the first class are more seri ous, since they have for their object the repression of conduct which attacks the public morals, or social order. The others affect only private interest, and those but feebly. But during the twenty-two years embraced by statistics, we find that the number of persons tried on the demand of the Minister has more than doubled. This number which in 1826 was only 47,443 has gradually ascended to 124,159, the figures for 1847, It is to be noticed that the cases flr swindling, abuse of confidence, and simple bankruptcy present au in crease corresponding to that which we have remarked of the crimes of forgery, coining, and fraudulent bankruptcy. We are thus enabled to discriminate in the in crease of crime. It is not that all crimes are multi plied, but only certain kinds ; and these would be more properly styled delinquencies. The crimes and offences whose numbers have most signally aug— mented are those which have their source in private interests. But besides a statement of the number and nature of indictments and police charges, our statistics fur nish us with the results of trials. Upon the whole this result agrees exactly with those of the two pre ceding years. Of 100 accused we find in the last three years 33 have been acquitted, 27 condemned to personal and ignominious punishment, and 40 to cor rectional penalties. There has thus teen no increase in the vigour of repression during the last three years. It is nevertheless true that since 1835 the repression of crime has made way. The jury, as well as the magistrate, bring more intelligence and firmness to the accomplishment of their duties. This is in some measure due to the number of modifications to which our criminal law has been submitted during several years past. It was under the reign of the Code Napoleon and its Draconian provisions, that the proportional number of acquittals increased from 1826 to 1831, while the number of condemnations to ignominious punish- ments followed an inverse movetnent. The law of 1831, requiring for a verdict of " guilty" eight voices in the Jury•box, instead of seven as before, greatly increased the number of acquittals, which in that same year reached 46 per cent. The law of April 28, 1832, followed, moderating the severity of many of the penalties prescribed by the Imperial code and extending to all offences within the pur view of that code the faculty of admitting of ex tenuating circumstances, which had been as signed to as mall number of cases by the law of June 25, 1824. The effect of these modifications was an immediate and sensible diminution of the number of acquitments, but at the same time they served, to diminish the number of the more aggravated punish ments which has not ceased to decrease since 1837. The law of September 9, 1837, reducing again the number of votes necessary to conviction from 8 to 7, powerfully contributed to confirm the power of the law, and it is under the influence of this statute that we have seen the average number of acquittals de scend from 39 to 32 per cent., while the average of condemnations to ignominious and personal punish ment has during the same period been raised from 23 to 29 per cent. The law of September, 1835, that liberticide law, • • • as it was called, exists to-day no more. Within the last two years the law of the jury majority has been twice changed. M. Cremieux, by an an act of authority, raied the number from 7 to 9 ; the con stituent then reduced it from 9to 8 voices. One day statistics will iuform us what has been the result of these variations. The table of second offences continues to exhibit the saddest results. It gives an almost regular in- crease in the number of — repeated offences since 1826, and especially since 1835, the date since which the previous conduct of culprits has bean more search ingly investigated than in anterior rears. In 1825 the number of offenders whose previous convictions could be ascertained was 11 per cent. ; in '1835, 21 per cent. In 1842 the proportion had attained to 25 per cent. ; at this figure it stood for three years ; in 1846 it was 26, and in 1847 25 per cent. Thus one criminal in four has undergone previous punishment. Such is the result of statistics, but it is below the truth, because, by concealing their names, many criminals escape the penalties which the law prescribes for a second conviction. It very frequently happens that individuals, who have been convicted as if for a first offence, are not recognised under their true name and antecedents until they arrive as the places where they are to undergo punishment. Official documents prove that in the year 1846 the number of criminals liable to punishment as having been previously convicted,.but against whom that charge was never preferred, ex ceeded by one-fourth that of the number recognised end condemned as offenders for at least the second time. These figures prove the character of that regimen to which our criminals are subjected in our prisons and penitentiaries. They prove that the reforms of detail which we have attempted are completely ineffi cacious. They prove something more ; they show how vicious is the system under which our convicts pass the period of their punishment. GERMANIA ; ITS COURTS, CAMPS, AND PEOPLE.... The startling revelations made in the moat fearless spirit throughout the numerous pages of this work, have naturally directed public attention towards its author, but we believe it is not generally known that the gifted writer who has ex• cited so much interePt and curiosity has already figured in the world of letters with signal Mat, it being to. her able pen that we are indebted for the very graphic novel of " Mildred Vernon." —Evening Paper.