The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-09 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAILS. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP TRENT. SOUTHAMPTON - , SATURDAY MonNING. The Royal Mail Steam-ship Trent, Captain W. Clarke, arrived here at an early hour this morning, bringi ng t h e usua l W est I n di a an d M ex i can mi ii s , 1 0 charge of Lieutenant South, R.N., Admiralty Agent. The Trent experienced strong north-easterly winds during the first part of her voyage. She was detained at St. Thomas till 3 A.M. on the 22d ult, in conse quence of the non-arrival of the Great Western from bar Gulf of Mexico. This delay was causes by the i ) " of the Tampico river being impracticable from °eavy freshes. The Great Western remained off there till 9th July, at noon, when she sailed for Vera Cruz, leaving behind the mails, 92,000 dolls. in specie, and the Admiralty agent and purser of the shi p. The dates brought by the Trent are—from Panama, ` T ull 9; Vera Cruz, July 11 ; Santa Martha, June `, 4 ; Grey Town, July 5; Chagres, July 10; Jamaica, July 17 ; Demerara, July 12 ; 13arb2does, 14 ; Trinid a d, 12 ; St. Lu c ia, 14 ; Carthagena, 12. The Trent brings 54 passengers, and the following on freight ;—Speote value 1,240,938 dolls., of which 3 0,000 dolls. are fur account of the Mexican Divi dends; also 106 serons cochineal, 17 cases arrowroot, six bales of tobacco, 21 tierces coffee, 65 packages of Pimento, and sundry merchandise. From Jamaica we have accounts to the 17th ult. The cholera was increasing in the extent of its ravages in various parts of the island, particularly in Hanover and Westmorland, from whence the accounts are most distressing. The pestilence had also made its appear anon at Up-Park Camp amongst the troops, several of the soldiers having died. The health of the city of Kingston was not satisfactory, the influenza being very prevalent. Another visit of cholera was feared. From British Guiana we learn that an important failure had taken place in the suspension of Mr. A. Duff with liabilities for 240,000 dolls. There had been a decided change in the weather during the fortnight, and the wet season had entirely broken up. There is nojoolitical news from this colony. In Barbadoes the weather was very fine, and the Prospects for next year's crop most favourable. Ia St. Lucia, rain, with high winds and thunder storms had thrown back the planters in taking off the Current crop of sugar. The weather was very favour able for the next year's crops, which are expected to be very large. In Trinidad, heavy but beneficial showers bad fallen. Agricultural operations were going on freely. The colony will probably ship 30,000 hogsheads of sugar this year. The royal mail steamer Dee, with the outward t aaile of July 2, arrived at St. Thomas on the 20 th ult. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. XINGSTON, JAMAICA, JULY 17.—Flour—In conse. (Insilco of the non-arrival of any fresh supply, the market shows an improving tendency, 28s. to 305., and t Sugar—There being a little demand (to fill up) for : u iPment, 17s. to 19s. have been maintained; none offer. ` ll 6 at public sales. • Butter—Declining; late receipt from Halifax being inferior, h as b een so ld a t 61d. t o 7d. I r i s h, 10d. t o Ild. ; fre sh May butter may be soon looked fur. Lard -6d. to 61d., and small sales. • Iliae—East India at 13s. to 13e. 6d., and there is no I . l2 aproved d eman d f or C ar oli na; fi rs t h an d s sold at 19s. ' 4 good; inferior, at 16s 6d. to 17s. 6d. Leal -189. for Brandywine, in small lots. Cora—Large lots have changed hands at 7s. per bag or A mer i ca , Mackerel— No. 3, at 20s. to 215., and heavy. lot g •1, Herrin s—No l4s but no wholesale demand; a --- of old selling at public sale at 4s. to ss, per barrel. Sowp—No demand, and a largo stock. Candles-6.i. to 60. for all bIZ.'S. ! ..110 a•—••31i. 2d. to 3.. 4d.; for export, ls. 3d. to ls. sd. large supply, 2s. Id. to 2s. 3d. for cod. Tobacco—Caveudish, no demand. 11d. would be sub- Witted to. Coffee—None at market, but small lots at 265. to 30s. P imento—Very little coming in; prices 3d. to 3d. rork—S a l es mess at 925.; prime. 765. to 78s. Fish—. Dry, in tierces, at 10s. to 10s. 6d. Two arri vals since List, but all remaining on hand. Freight heavy; sales as before. Exchanges -90 days, par; 60, per cent.; 30, 1 per eent. GEORGETOWN, DEMERARA, JULY 12. Business has improved a little since our last, exten rae sales having been made in articles in which there 8 been a reduction of import duties. The stock of flour is heavy; sales are forced at our quotations, and n t o advantage has been derived by importers from the decrease in duty on that article. Pilot bread still dill' of sale. The demand for pork is limited, at present high prices. Four cargoes of dry cod fish have arrived during the past fortnight from 'Newfoundland, and one r ,irriall lot from Nova Scotia; last sale, a large cargo of 4 500 quls., at 3f dolls. Pickled fish in great request; tnackarel at market. The stock of white and pitch vine luml er very light, and one or two cargoes would meet ready sale. The weather has been toleraby dry for a week past, rthere :a still little doing in exports. A few lots of l asses I ave sold at our quotations. No employment offering °wt. ftr seeking vessels. Current freights 2s per Flour -Duty 1 doll. per barrel; 6 dolls. to 6-4. dolls. fo r choice brands. Stock very large. C orn . Meal-Duty 49c. per Darrel. Stock of Sweet i t gut, but demnd:a quite limited. Sales dull: 4 dolls. " e i ; Per barrel. b E. 1.-Duty 25c. per 100 1 bs. -3 i dolls. per itit of 160 lbs. brown. Largo consumption. White race dolls. per bag. Carolina ditto-Duty, ditto; 41 dolls. No demand. b arrel. Bread-Duty 50e. per 100 , b5.; 2k dulls. per ' 4 , 131 . Heavy stock, and demand quite limited. i ls atter-Duey lie. per lb.; Irish, 13i dolls., in small o ta, Per firkin of 641bs. to 701bs. American, 17c. per Good demand. Lard -.Duty ic. per lb.; Irish, consumption small, pri ce 16e. per lb. American, 16c.; very scarce. Fondles-Tallow, duty, lic. per lb.; American only to t eable ; test quality, in boxes of 201b5., bringing 121 c. per 13 e. per lb.; composition, duty Sc. per lb., price 2l:lc , 1 b- in smal lots. lb s 'aP--Duty, jc. per lb.; best Irish, 5i dolls. per 112 .; Steele's, 5i dolls. per 100 lbs. ' , C od Fish-Duty, 23c. per quintal; 3 dolls. Large 'bock. Mackerel-Doty, 1 doll. per barrel. None at market. B errings-Duty, 75c. per barrel; 4i dolls. per barrel. I,,,t y, S ir a e l ra ly en-Duty, 2 dolls. per barrel; 12 dolls. per brl. ._rerk-D u ty, 1 d o ll. 50 0 . ; Iri s h, trade confined almost to retal, price 18 dolls. per barrel retail. Ame ' ;l ani prime 16 dolls. to 18 dolls., according to quality. Beet-Duty, 1 doll. 50c. per barrel ; half barrels f amily, gi dolls. for favourite brands. t-Ilarns.-Duty, 2c. per lb. ; common Irish, 140. per lb.; ;Perior, 16'c. to 18c. Am er i can , p r i ce 13c. for prime. "411. th il• E. Peas-Duty, sc. per bushel. Price, 2b dolls. " 2 1 dolls. per bag of 2 bushels. Corn-Duty, be. per bushel. Yellow, at 1 doll. per "th , hel, It , Toba c co-Leaf, duty, sc. per lb.; price 20c. per lb. " t good long leaf. Dull. Cheese-Duty, lie. per lb. American. Price 10c. ' l-9tll) . Very large stock. NV -u ay--Duty 4 per cent. ad valorem, lie. per lb. .„..aoted. r o tatoes-Duty, Bc. per b ushel ; 5 d olls. per barrel. c hree. et h (:)a 6 -Duty, sc. per bushel. Irish, 16 dolls. per pun on (puncheon included). American, 50c. per bush e l. ,'"quaber,W.P -Duty, 2 dolls. pe r 1 000 feet-22 P.P.-Duty, 2 dolls. per 1,000 feet. Stock ti - t i lt° light, last sale at 30 dolls. Ne xt arrival, if g ood v ir : - a ssorted to suit the market, w ill command an ad lee on th a t. 25‘eta'red, R.0.-Inspected. Duty, 1 doll. 50c. p er 1,000. to 27 dolls. Some inquiry. W.O. -Inspected. ItY, 2 dolls. 45 dolls. to 50 dolls. per 1,000. Bht files, W.P.-Duty, 50 c. per 1,000. 2k dolls. tlo... ee r in bottle-Duty per dozen, 10c.; 1 dull. 37c.per ',PI, common quality; dolls. per dozen, superior. 15 a _ r hhds.-Duty per hhd. in bulk, 2 dolls. , p rice f.ells. t o 16 dolls.; best London, 23 dolls. 4611:rter in hhds-Duty per hhd in bulk, 2 dolls. 12k t° 13 dolls. per hhd. as in quality. lo t) ,; 4 's-Duty 10c. per hhd. Hhds, dolls. to 8} dolls; 't 5 dolls. to 5i dolls. per ton. Supply ample. PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, JULY 12. Iti ch °l r, American, 6k dolls.; bread, pilot, 4 dolls.; %ob -14 traerican, 4k dolls.; ditto, East India, 3 dolls.; ilatj, ce ° leaf, 10 dolls. to 22 dolls.; brandy, 1 doll. to 2k tar n - h i s gin, per case, 3 dolls.; ditto, per damj. , 2 dolls.; httt per barrel, dolls.; lard, per keg, 4 dolls.; 2(1 t er, Irish, per firkin, 16 dolls.; pork, American mess, b?‘ 4 3 Ps.; ditto prime, 13 dolls,; beef, American, half foraily, 9i dolls.; cod-fish, per quintal, 3 i dolls.; OLir e . ' 4 dolls. per 100 lb.; cocoa, 6 dulls. per 1101 b.; l• ga,11 0 4 dolls. per 100ib.; rum, 45c. to 7 5 c. per imperia l n. I COIC EXCHANGES. 48 a • 'Dial Bank-30 days, 486 dulls. per 1001.; 60 days, /At . 1: , 1 , 15 . per 100/.; 90 days, 480 dolls. per 1001. I Il e - i ll s, 90 days, 478 dolls. per 100/. al Q mtlinus ACCOMMODATION.—Since the closing of a•kf • Cr 6 r iars-bridge the passengers travelling by . the King's- I's and Islip ion and Kennington-gate omnibuses have ion put to some considerable inconvenience and loss of time b. . it e : lise quence, as it is alleged, of a . " misunderstanding" at Caen the proprietors of these vehicles. This misunder _--"hg has, for some extraordinary reason or other, in tl the owners of the Islington buses to drive their vehi )en ;,' route to the New Post-office, over Waterloo-bridge; si! a the proprietors of the King's-cross vehicles, with equal ter"; 'lacy and incon s i s te nc y, in making for the end of Chan ters lane pass over Southwark-bridge, so that the passen to e t 'viahing t o get to t h e P os t- o ffice, as well as those going thc lancery-lane, or onwards, are considerably retarded in had„' Progress. The proprietors of these vehicles would not „ :bought of taking such a liberty with the public if it )t so tamely submitted to the imposition of upwards It 4 11 tY-three per cent. on the fares on the fat of May last. tak e i 'ornewhat surprising that the Stamp-office has not Veh. rl , nY notice of the affair, as it must be evident t hat both 1 1 1 :koi travel m uc h b eyon d t h e i r proper limits. lor t , "'" DER Or A TAX.GATURREB. -- Yesterday ln gt was received by the police, that about one o'clock b. , ° ° 11 ) tt itlr. Jon a th an Rogers, collector of taxes, was on le q ,Cl frk Kinnerley to Baschurch, Salop, when in a lane tw o nf ; fro, 'n Nnockin lleath to Rugton, he was attacked by 43/. en, w. ho knocked him off his horse, and robbed him of half, e gold, fo urteen 5/ . B an k o f E ngland notes, and e i g ht Witt l , w,r ',lvitir b ll. He raitied as alarm, but they got clear off 00, ty, usiness done to-day. :iai Lis% 0i NEWS. ;LOCK. v were eati• port and on e, at rather ly over, we reek, to the Tne sato° Tbn ?uses. t upon, end The dis ie statement :tree weeks, ed with the 268,180 42 695 229 281 5,683 758 458 462,963 002.461 95,101 270.148 74,481 ,eration. 800,14 3 199 538 922,485 213,04 0 894,87 9 78.14 3 ,345,695 170,34 5 terday aft 11 cities w e " .1i; Anlst' er4 to 81; 04 were lower, rould ePPei lt s Dutch git 3 Wall preq laving fours: Ote of abow a 43 t 47 im e price behig iu Liollfied; ?laced st il urred on th minal. by the c°l3l‘ rust, 1851, cellelicy kit, snob that tb° published to o-morrolt• servant, EisvirsaLSll6 Mae° isterdam• till lera from tb• distribution our directioo he gratifyi n g the natal Fe Wad sigen d cation of the the Dutc h hange of t h e for wbl C, which W.', committee o f ate the ter t, which w" reed meeting he Bill beill Lie notice wil l en finally rni eir fivan ci r d e b they viP d Calif) ad patch of WI rota Undo : Was 12 09 , to gold w 'r to 101103 arrived, bui e 30,000 dol' re bills. it few parsl7 ye been dopy D g day bei 9 ad- a' '1 r Q ua rt 0t .,... rid the r - L 5 to n• iced. spa n e r being rol" h 4 , out 43 to - Dutch o°' an. THREII' 6 __.,, o'CLOO° 215 1 /4 ' 9BN 99m 53 p id. 46 P 46 p 46 p o'CLOid) _,,,,, . 0;i 5 ,0i 3 1 4 it IA P - i 20% kdon. DAT. • •••• OP ••• •• 25 40 .•• •• • •• • • ••••• ••• • • 4 1 $ •• •• 12;4 •• •• 0 14 •• •• 34 •• • bOi •• .. •• ...„,,, Bight 1.5 LION. r 0 0 ' X 17 .• 0 - 0 • 0 0 0 • 1 1 0 n A 11 0 2. L N. , 0 10— BPDelsl3' d. Grilllvilig rd. Triads' 1 2a The re* .11 k Fra c'', be o, re, Quetlior eirr.‘ 4 • sp a Dor, Troth' wet r ig, ~ Loot G reys-- 01 ' Arr • el . 0; mororo ;n Logle . :ewe, rr woo d. a. TAr d o ow ; york ; Triee te ' iletder s ! loon via New - a or, te. e it r, W mi:240,936 . _ ~IF t THE SUN, SPORTING N OTES. No. CII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—Having completed my arrangements for the re• gular supply of intelligence from nearly every quarter antl on nearly every branch of sporting information use ful to the turfite, every sporting note for the future will be in itself a perfect multum in parvo to the racing man, embracing as it will do all the latest on Bits afloat at the clubs, the principal betting houses, t• the Corner," &c. &c., together with the latest "moves" on the board at the various seats of action, as well as the principal betting at the Turf and other clubs, in the City and at the leading list houses. I have, however, said enough on this score, let the future Sporting Notes tell their own tale, and proclaim whether or no in this remarkably fast age I can " make the running " and " live the pace" i❑ sporting knowledge; I can at least assure my numerous clients that as their SPORTING COUNSEL I will give them the best advice and information that I can possibly ob. tain. The ensuing week will be a very busy cne to the turfite, as no less than five meetings figure on the list, three of which, the Wolverhampton, Reading, and Hun tingdon, I now intend to touch upon. WOLVERHAMPTON levis off on Monday with the Trial Stakes, 1 in. 2 fur. 122 yds. which, I presume will fall to the lot of ALONZO, 4 yrs, Bst 71b. Thirtetn acceptances for the Wolver hampton Stakes, 2m. 4 fur., is by no m a n ner o f means a very blooming affair, yet, I expect to see a moiety at the post, consisting of Snowstorm, 5 yrs, 7st 81b, or Cocktail, 5 yrs, 6st 12 ib, most probably the former; Champion, 5 yrs, Get 121 b; Goldfinder, 3 yrs, sst 121 b; Hippogriff, 3 yrs, sst iblb; Salford, 3 yrg, sst 41b; and Cloth worker, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b. Selina might also run. Glutton has paid forfeit. Snowstorm and Champion, it hey ever possessed a chance of winning a race, have got an opportunity now; their owners had better make the best use of it. Gold finder and Stafford will run uncommonly well. The winner, I fancy, will be found in Scott's or Daw son's horse, CHAMPION for choice. Stafford and Gold tinder third and fourth. The Ladies' Purse closes this evening at nine o'clock; it will be run for in heats, 1 m. 2 fur. 122 yds. The Welter Handicap, one mile and a half, will be won by General Sale, 5 yrs, 12st 51b; Ba roness, 5 yrs, list Sib; and Warwick, 4 yrs, 1 Ist, second and third. The field for the Produce Stakes will be very exclusive, as not more than three (First Fruits, The Prima Minister, and Ringleader) will start, aod very possibly the affair may terminate in a walk over for the Prime Minister or First Fruits ; if the former runs, and I think he will, no matter whether opposed or not, he wins From the fifteen nominations for the Cleveland Cur', three miles, run on Tuesday, I shall deduct the trio of three yrs old as the lot from which the winner will spring, taking LABYRINTH for choice; should he not start, I must go for fiippogriff which, at any rate,, it would be advisable to keep un the right side. Among the heavy weights Sotterley and Ciuthworker are the beat. The Chillington Stakes, for two yrs old colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 51h, half a mile, will, according to my accounts, be won by MY FANCY or Lady Amyott, former for choice, with Medlock in the third position. The Borough Members' Plate of 60 sous., winner to be sold, &c., heats, a mile and a half, closes this evening at nine o'clock. The Patshull Handicap, a mile and a half, lays between LE JCIF, 3 yrs, 7st 21b, and GRIEF, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b; Humphrey and Manchester close up. On Wednesday, but two stekes out of five have closed as yet; the first, the Holy °idle Stakes, two miles and a half; will be won by HER BERT, 5 yrs, 7st 1 llb; or Ischia, 3 yrs, sst 910; Ad ministrator third. The Foal Stakes is a certainty for THE DECEITFUL. LONDON,: Mr. Sitwell's Nancy Da - wson, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b... 2 3 4 Won by a length. The Vola Stakes of 7 toys. each, 4 ft, and 1 only if declared, with 25 added. Heats, one mile and a quart , r. (11 Subs., sof whom declared.) Mr. Kelly's Theorem, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Wells) 1 1 Mr. E. Herbert's Sir Robi,rt, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Sly) 2 2 Mr. Giles's Gaffer Green, aged, 7st (Jones) 3 dr Woneasy. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty went in state yesterday to close the pre. sent session of Parliament. The Queen left Buckingham Palace at a quarter to two o'clock. The Royal procession was formed in the following order:— The first carriage, drawn by six horses, conveying three gentlemen ushers—Sir Noel Harris, Mr. Mont gomery, and Mr. H. Greville, and the Exon of the Yeo men of the Guard, Captain Phibba. The second carriage, drawn by six horses, conveying the Groom in Waiting, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. R. Boyle; the Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert; Colonel Wylde, and two pages of honour. The third carriage, drawn by six horses, conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Buckley; the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon; and the Groom of the Robes, Lieut.- Colonel E. H. Seymour. The fourth carriage, drawn by six horses, conveying the Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel Hall; the Field officer in Waiting, Colonel Hay (Coldstream Guards); and the Comptroller of the Household, the Earl of Mut. grave. The filth carriage, drawn by six horses, conveying the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Marquis of Donegal; the Lord iu Waiting, Lord Camoys; the Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, Lord George Lennox; and the Treasurer of the Household, Lord Marcus Hill. The sixth carriage, drawn by six horses, conveying the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Desart; the Lord Steward, the Marquis of Westminster; the Gold Stick in Waiting, the Marquis of Anglesey; and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Marquis of Abercorn. The Queen's Marshalmen two and two. The Queen's Footmen, in state liveries, two and two. A party of the Yeomen of the Guard. The state coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, conveying her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the Dacha:is of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse. A guard of honour of the Scotch Fusilier Guards was drawn up in the court-yard of the Palace, and received the Queen with military honours on her Majesty enter ing the carriage. A detachment of Life Guards formed the escort to the House of Lords. Her Majesty, the Prince, and suite, returned to Buckingham Palace at three o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess Helena, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Desert, Col. Buckley, and Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, visited the Exhibition of the Works of In dustry of all Nations early yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.- Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, rode out on horseback yester day afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Lord Camoys, Col. Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the performance of the French plays with their presence last evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat two hours. The Chancellor t f the Exchequer left town yesterday morning, for Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Dowsing-street. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean or Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, and the Rev. A. I'. Stanley (,ecretar) ). Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the North American Colonies. READING Races commence on Wednesday and conclude the fol lowing day. The only attraction on Wednesday is the Berkshire Stakes, two miles, which, I imagine, will be carried to Sir Joseph Hawley's account by the aid of CRANBERRY, 4 yrs, 7st 61b; Brington, 4 yrs, Est 81b, second; and Tilsit, 5 yrs, sst 12. b, third. On Thursday we have the Reading Stakes; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 31b; half a mile. This stake generally attracts a large field to the post, and bad it not been tot the appearance ot ly Tommy's potent cognomination among the entries, would do so this year. At the pre sent time only one stake demands my attention at HUN fINGDON, _ _ and that is a Sweepstakes of 10 sm. each, with a purse add(d by the ladies; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and tiniest, 8A 41b; last half-mile. Among the entrie, for this btske the crack names of Kingston (31b extra), and Al. oulton Lass (31b extra) appear, should either of these run of course he or she, whichever it may be, will win. With respect to other events not very close at hand, I may as well observe that HARICOT is a first-rate spe culation for the Great Ebor handicap, that Knook Knoll and Little lawn are also worth a trifling invest ment for the same race; that the colt by Prince Caradoc out of Miss Julia Bennet, and Vanguard, are " goo() things" for the Chesterfield Handicap at York; that the Abbess of Jerveaux will be about the mark for the Tradesmen's Plate at Derby; that Don Pedro, Brington and Valentine will be the fancy nags for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes at Egham; and Maria and Prince Rupert for the Magna Charta Stakes at the same place. The betting this morning extends over a wide field, embracing nearly a dozen stakes., The latest prices rule as follow:—Wolverhampton Stakes-4 to 1 agst Snowstorm; 4 to 1 agst Goldfinder; 4 to 1 agst Hippo gruff; 6 to 1 agst Cocktail and Champion; 10 to 1 agst mall:ord. Welter Handicap-2 to 1 agst General Sale. Produce Stakes—Even on The Prime Minister. Cleve land Cup-3 to lon the field. Chillingtoo Stakes-6 to 4 each Lady Amyott and My Fancy; 4 to 1 agst Med lock; 4to 1 agst the Greek. Patshutl Handicap-2 to 1 agst Le Juit. llolyoske Stakes-5 to 2 on the field. Berkshire Stakes-3 to 1 each Brington and Cranberry. lleadiug Stakes-2 to 1 agst Grey Tommy; 4to 1 figs' Songster; sto 1 sgst fresine. Etior Handicap-6 to 1 agst haricot ; 7 to 1 agst Nancy ; 8 to 1 agst Maid of Masham ; 10 to 1 agst Knook Knoll ; 12 is 1 agst Cy clops; 20 to 1 agst Presto. Great Yorkshire Stakes -2 to 1 agst Nancy ; 7 to 2 agst Neasham ; 4 to 1 eget Muiborough Buck; not above eight or nine expected to tun. St. Leger-10 to 1 agst Hothorpe. Cesarewitch -30 to 1 agst Nancy, taken and at erwards offered. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Aug. 9, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON CLUB.—FRIDAY. Match, 50/., T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's France, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Charlton), beat Mr. Mills's Fernande, 4 yrs, 9st (Bartholomew), by a head. 2tol on France, Run in 1 min. 13 secs. The Claret Stakes (handicap) of 5 soya. each, with 50 added; the winner to give three dozen of claret to the club. T.Y.C. (16 Subs.) Mr. Carew's Shropshire Witch, list 81b (Capt. Little) 1 Lord Cli!den's Sagacity, lOst 121 b (Mr. P. Williams) 2 Lord Waterford's Due-an- Durres, 6 yrs, 12st 121 b 0 Mr. Burgess's Alicia, 6 yrs, list 131 b (Mr. Hobson) 0 Mr. W. Etwall's Knight of the Thistle, 3 yrs, llst 51b 0 Mr. Thelluson's Falcon, list 41b...(Maj. Bringhurst) 0 Mr. Elwes's Stockbridge Buck, 4 yrs, 1 Ist...(Owner) 0 Mr. Drewe's Forest Flower, 6 yrs, lOst 131 b Mr. Etwall's Iracundus, 3 yrs, lOst 71b...(Mr. Bevill) 0 Count Batthyany's Kakistos, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (Owner) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agat Sagacity, 7to 2 agat Shropshire Witch, 5 to 1 agst Iracundus, and 6 to I agst Duc-an- Darras. The race was entirely between the two to vourites, and was severely contested to the end, Shrop shire Witch winning by a head, Alicia third, and Duc an-Durras fourth. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. A Plate of 50 sovs., for two yrs old, 7st 41b, and three, 9:1; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 soya., if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. Last half-mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. W. Etwall's Peletine filly, 6st 101 b (1000 1 Mr. Winch's Herschel, 2 yrs, 7st 131 b (Arnold) 2 Mr. Carew's Prestige, 3 yrs, Bst 6lb (100/.) (A. Day) 3 Mr. Blythe's Julia, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (1001.) (Howlett) 0 Duke of Bedford's France, Est 10!b (1000 (G. Mann) 0 Mr. Shelly na b cby Japer, 2 yrs, 6.4 131 b (1001.) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Pelerine filly, sto 2 agst France, and 7 to 2 each agst Julia and Herschel. The Pelerine filly made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 59 secs. The Brighton Club Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft (handi cap), with 50 added; the winner to give three dozen of champagne to the club. New course. (18 Subs.) Lord Waterford's Duc-au-Durras, list 121 b Mr. Carew's Remunerator, 4 yrs, lOst 71b 2 Mr. Stf vens's Cogia (h b), 5 yrs, lOst 31b (Scobell) 3 Mr. Bevill's Mrs. Tait, aged, lOst 71b (Owner) 4 Mr. Drewe's Lady Frances, 6 yrs, lOst 31b Betting-5 to 4 agat Remunerator, sto 2 agst Due ati-Durras, and 4 to 1 agst Mrs. Taft. Won by a length; the same between second and third. Run in 3 min. 28 secs. Pate of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each; three years old, lOst 71b; four, list 91b; five, 12st; six and aged, 12st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 300 sous. if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. The second to receive 20 SOU. out of the prize. New C mmr.. o o c u aa r : r e e,:ww , , U es a t r o p w , , 3 s y y rs r , s 9 , s l t i l s l t l 7 blb(2(o2oo/o) l Wapt.Little) 1 Mr, Bevil!) 2 (3001) ...(Ow ner ) 3 4 sCapt.Sir ci l l a u w ith o r o t u l s s B u s p r t o o n n e , s 5 s , y 7 r s s ,t list 4 b ( 2l O u i t, / Mr. Elwes's Vesta, aged, llst 71b (2001) ...(Owner) 5 Betting—Even on Harp, 2to 1 agst Westow. Won by two lengths. Ran in 3 min. 32 secs. The winner was sold by auction for 300 sovs. The stewards for the regular races in 1852 are Lord Strathmore and Captain Lowther; and for the Club, the Hon. Captain Rous. Lord Waterford has discharged his rider, Robertson; and the trainer, J. Anson, having R. Prince in his place. resigned, has engaged LEOMINSTER RACES. The Herefordshire Stakes of 1 0 sous. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 30 added. Two miles. (8 Subs., one of whom declared. Mr. Herbert's Spot, 5 yrs, Sat 7 1 b (Sly , jun.) 1 Mr. Barnet's Becton, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (James) 2 Mr. Giles's Guiles Green, aged, Est 11Ib (Wells) 3 Won easy. The Maiden Plate of 304, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Heats, one mile and a half. (7 Subs.) Mr. I)avies's Gilled, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (R, Sly, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Austen's Miss Talbot, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Clement) 0 2 Mr. Artley's Gamecock, 5 yrs, 9st (Edwards) 2 3 Mr. Thompson's Hardwick, 6 yrs, 9st 41b (Stevens) 0 0 Mr. B. Laud's General, aged, Ost llb (,lase) 0 0 Mr. G. Whitehouse's Seapulary, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 0 0 Mr. Sitwell's Nancy Dawson, 4 yrs, Bst fib The first heat was won by a neck, and the second by half a length. The Selling Stakes of 3 soya. er,ch, and 20 added. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Kelly's Glenlyon, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (Boyce) 4 1 1 Mr. Ward's Show-the-way, 5 yrs, :Bst (Clay) 1 2 3 Mr. Mirford's Macaraoro Lass, 4 yes, BSI 181 b 3 4 2 THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The sale of season tickets yesterday produced 271. The money taken at the dours amounted to 1,920/. Ils. 6d., making a total receipt of 1,9471. lls. 6d. The re turn of the police showed that the number of visitors was 18,466. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, AUG. 8. INCOME AND PROPERTY•TAX COMMITTEE. Motion made, and Question put, " That the minutes of the evidence taken before the Seleet Committee on Income and Property Tax be laid before this House." The House MINORITY-AYES, 50. Alcock, Thomas Hobhouse, T. B. Scholefield, William Baldwin, Barry Hudson, G. Scobell, Captain Barrow, W. 11. Hume, Joseph Smith, John B. Brocklchurst, John Lockhart, A. H. Stanford, J. F. Cliflord, Henry M. M'Cullagh, W. Stuart, Lord Dudley Cochrane, A. D. M'Gregor, John Tennent, H. J. Copeland, Alderman Manners, Lord G. Thompson, George Devereux, John T. Moffatt, George Urquhart, David Duncan, George Monsell, William Walinsley, Sir J. Ellis, John Morris. David Wawn, J. T. Evans, Sir De Lacy 31iintz, G. F. Westhead ,J. P. Fox, W. J. Norreys, Sir D. Willcox, Brodie Gilpin, Colonel Peellell, Sir G. Williams, John Hall, Sir B. Pinney, William Willyams, H. Hamilton, J. 11. Power, Dr. Willoughby, Sir H. Headiam, T. E. Ricardo, John L. TELLER,. Henry, Alexander Roche, E. B. Wakley, Thomas Higgins, G. G. Roebuck, J. A. Williams, W. MAJORITY -NOES, 62. Armstrong, Sir A. Euston, Earl Mullings, J. R. Ilaldock, E. 11. Forster, Matthew Murphy, F. S. Bell, Jacob Freestun, Colonel Newdegate, C. N. Brooke, Sir A. B. Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, Sir Lucius itrotherton, J. Goold, Wyndham Packe, C. W. Bruce, Lord E. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Palmerston, Via Buller, Sir Y. Grey, Ralph W. Prime, Richard Cabbell, 11. B. Grosvenor, Earl Russell, Lord J. Cholmeley, Sir M. Hamilton, G. A. Sibthorp, Colonel Christy, Samuel Hawes, Benj. Smith, R. V. Clay, Sir W. Heathcote, Sir G. Spooner, R. Cobbold, J. C. Henley, J. W. Stafford, Augustus Collins, W. Heywood, James Taylor, Col. Craig, Sir W. G. Howard, C. W. G. Thompson, Colonel Darner, Colonel Hutt, William Verney, Sir H. D'Eyncourt, T. Inglis, Sir It. Vyse, R. H. R. H. Dick, Quintin Knox, Colonel Wilson, James Dodd, u. Knox, W. S. Duckworth, Sir J. Lewis, G. C. TELLER!. Dundas, Admiral Lygon, General Rich, Henry Dundas, Sir David Mahon, O'Gorman Bellew, K. M. Dunne, Colonel Matheson, Colonel THE DEAN AND CANONS AND THE CHURCHWARDENS OP MANCHFSTER. —The Bishop of Manchester preached a sermon in the cathedral of his diocese on Thursday on behalf of the Society for Assisting the Widows and Orphans of De ceased Clergymen in the Diocese of Manchester and Chester. A collection was made subsequently, which pro duced the sum of 551. After the sermon, M. C. E. Cawley, one of the churchwardens, handed thirty guineas to the treasurer of the society, in lieu of a collection which was to have been made on Sunday morning after a sermon on behalf of the society by the Rev. Canon Parkinson, but which the churchwardens prevented, alleging that they alone had juris diction over the parish church part of the cathedral, and that they could not allow any collection to be made without having been asked. [ A DVERTISEMENT]. —THE GREAT EXHIBITION.-- A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, only the size of a walnut, to discern minute ob jects at a distance of from four to five miles, which is found to be invaluable at the Exhibition, and to Sportsmen, Gentlemen, and Gamekeepers. To be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York-hotel. Opera and Race-course glasses with wonderful powers—a small object can be clearly seen from ten to twelve miles distant. Telescopes-a new and most important invention in Telescopes, possessing such extra ordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the Double Stars. They supersede every other kind, and are of all sizes, for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military, and sea purposes. Messrs. S. and B. SOLODIONS, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural and original state. The Invisible Organic Vibrator, and all kinds of acoustic instruments for relief of extreme deafness. 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. COUNTY COURTS.—There was printed yesterday, by order of the House of Commons, a Parliamentary docu ment containing an abstract of the general rules and orders for and concerning the practice and proceedings of the county courts in England, as certified to the Lord Chancel lor by the five judges of county courts appointed under the Act 12th and 13th Victoria, chap. 101, sec. 12, and approved of by three of the judges of the superior courts at Westmin ster. The rules and orders, which have been expected for some time past, are numerous and extend to more than 20 folio pages. They were framed by Mr. Sergeant Dowling, Mr. Brandt, Mr. Espinasse, Mr. Gale, and Mr. Furner. The orders were approved by Lord Chief Justice Jervis, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Baron Martin, on the 20th of May last. They were certified by the Lord Chancellor. The sit tings of the courts are to be regulated on or before the Ist of January next, and in matters of insolvency the rules of practice used by the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in London are to be used and adopted in insolvency and protection cases so far as the same are applicable to the county S courts. UICIDE AT SOUTHWARK•BRIDGE.— Last night Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, held an inquest in the Vestry hall, Horselydown, on the body of Henry Edmonds, aged 50. George Connew, a fireman, employed on the floating-engine at the upper side of Southwark-bridge. on Monday morning last, about five o'clock, saw as man leap into the water, striking his head against the triangle in trout of the engine. The deceased disappeared, and rose again opposite the Welch Trooper public-house, Bankside, when he afterwards bhsdf cheerful,et r oeeN i ue, d aeer g ar, a,y e saa - cis r i inodwapahadani paralysiss, ssdsu s hi t sal a a uobb t ato e il ut d aTdsttti,o t no h afL ,fibgl a gtiul‘h t ,toAtethenxt t oeoh h i ba e i htltndooei d ßdbsed e :sbo c r 7. employ e e Ge a lEtin s TDeh e n d ehea left at home A r. sunk. The wife of the deceased, of New-street, Southwark engineer. He had been restless all the previous night, and 1 e a t t c h a e n r's e , a t r h i y e when he went out he said to witness, " God bless you. Witness heard that a person had thrown himself from the bridge, and was not then found. The deceased had been very os c yl Tee t l e drfght d e aithw s sut s oea r r i musntmheentda. unfortunate r e nsHtva brain ueweqnr sudtaaihideeet c e jb le ue a t r i he did not like to be watched, Percival Scott, a lighterman, howfaoNT:lllt:glinE3,llasrn‘Co'i thNOSWV, finding scncondemned on Saturday last for the murder of her infant child, by drowning it in a pool at Wilstone, near Church-Stretton, has since made a full confession of her guilt. In a letter to her brother on Monday last she stated that her hand alone committed the deed. We believe that strenuous efforts are being made in high quarters to obtain a commutation of the sentence, and rumour says that several benevolent individuals; are preparing a petition to be trans mitted to the Secretary of State. We earnestly hope that these efforts will be successful, and that the wretched Ivo. nian'§ life maybo apmecl.-PS/trewsbgry Chronicle. SATU'RDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1851. ENGLISH AND CAMBRIAN L 1 FE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The first annual meeting of this company was held at the office, New Bridge-street, en Saturday - , the 26th July last ; G. M. Murray, DT, occupied the chair. Mr. C. W. BEVAN, the resident manager, read the report and balance-sheet : The directors have much pleasure in meeting the share and policy holders on this the first annul general mueting of the society, aid although a period of scarcely eight months has elapsed from the date of the issuing of the first policy by the beard an amount of business has been done almost unprecedented in the history of in surance societies. The number of proposals received up to the 12th instant has been 432, amounting to 99,4151., of which 273 have been accepted and completed, averaging 2591., and assuring... .C 70,695 0 0 29 ditto, ditto, but nat completed .. 62 have been declined cr withdrawn 68 under c:Nisideration... 10,290 0 0 0 0 243 as above 4,650%:0 0 The society's income to the present time is 2,3281. ls. These results cannot fail to be h , ghly gratifying to the proprietary, and augur well for the suture prospects of the society. The directors, under the powers contained in their deed of settlement, deemed it prudent, in D , cember last, to suspend the fire department of the society's tusiness, and accordingly the ri , lts (with the exception of two) were transferred to a highly respectable office, for which the society is still liable. When the proper period ar rives, the directors will ask the sanction of the share holders to resume this department of business, of which due notice will be given. The directors point with much satisfaction to the an nexed report of the auditors, containing the ~balances heet, and the state of the society's affairs, and on com paring the preliminary and working expenses with those of other offices, have reason to congratulate the share holders on their comparative smallness in amount. Your directors have devoted their attention to the establishment of local branches in favourable districts of the United Kingdom, and have succeeded in forming a highly•respectable and influential branch in the city of Norwich, which cannot fail to be productive of the most beneficial results in extending the business of the society. The directors have further to congratulate the pro prietary on having secured the lease of the valuable pre raises now occupied by the society at a very low rental; and although a considerable sum has been expended in the necessary alterations, it now forms a valuable asset in the society's balance-sheet. Your directors are happy to report that, up to this date, no claims have fallen in by reason of death, and no losses have been sustained in the loan department. The directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of five per cent., up to the 30th of April last, be paid to the shareholders upon the amount of their respective shares. The following directors, viz., G. M. Murray, Esq., William Whitelock, Esq., and Daniel Wane, Esq., retire by rotation, and being eligible for re-election, offer them selves accordingly. The following auditors also retire, and being eligible, likewise offer themselves for re-election, viz., R. L. Mid dlemist, Esq., G. H. Hodges, Esq., B. Williams, Esq., and John Miller, Esq., a duly qualified policy-holder, offers himself to fill up the vacancy in the list of auditors, and is recommended by the board. By order of the board, GEORGE M. illußßAt,lChairman. July 14th, 1851. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the report, observed that it was a matter for congratula tion that the company bad not sustained any loss either from the dropping of lives, or in its loan de partment. By great energy and perseverance they had been enabled to issue a large number of policies, and to obtain an income of a highly satisfactory amount, and which there was every prospect of being materially augmented. The directors, at the outset of the office had deemed it well to drop the fire de partment, on account of the great risk of that kind of business, having transferred its few fire policies to another. The office had had a great many difficulties to contend with, but the facts stated in the balance-sheet, exhibiting the amount of business transacted, showed, he thought, an unexampled amount of business to have been transacted by so young an office. They had been unf ' or'tunate in establishing a number of excel lent agencies. They had been very fortunate in the selection of a board or agency at Norwich, as already a number of shares had been taken up, and sixty eight policies issued. If they were thus encouraged, they should extend their agencies into other parts of the country. The office, they would see, was situated in an excelleu t position, and the lease of the premises had been obteined on very advantageous terms—the rent not being more than 1001. a year, and the value of the lease was such that, with the great improve ments that had been made, it would realise, if sold, a premium of 2,0001.; indeed, they could get, he had no doubt, .300/. a year for the eligible premises they occupied. With respect to the dividend, he had to state that the directors conceived that it would not be well, in the infancy of the office, to declare a dividend, in order that the funds might be augmented; but as the deed provided that a dividend of 51. per cent. upon the paid-up capital should be declared, the directors had much plea sure in doing so, for it would not have been advisable to have disappointed the shareholders, nor to have contravened the terms prescribed in the original prospectus.--(Hear, hear.) With respect to the sum of 500/. mentioned in the balance - sheet as having been nppropria ted to the directors for their services, it was well he should mention that they were empowered to take the money, and when the preliminary expenses were being passed it had been classed among them. They had not, however, taken the money ; the item was entirely subject to the approval or disapprovel of the shareholders, and was put down for their consideration. If voted to them they should take it out in shares. They must not, however, forget that the directors had devoted a great deal of attention to the affairs of the office for which they had not charged a farthing, and surely they could not expect that men of business would come day after day into the City and attend zealously to their affairs without reward. —(Hear.) The office had been at considerable ex pense in its formation, for competition in life assur ance business was now so keen that much money could not be made unless a good deal of money was expended. It was well perhaps to remark that the office derived the full credit of having been the first to put life assurance within the reach of the working classes, by the establishment of various branch offices for receiving the subscriptions of these classes in small payments.. He appealed to the shareholders and policy holders to exert themselves to extend the busi ness of the office, and to consolidate it.—(Bear, hear.) Four-fifths of the entire profits belonged to the policy-holder, so that it was to their interest to do their best to promote the welfare of the office. The prosperity of the office depended in a great measure upon the shareholders and policy-holders, and he trusted they would all join in a " strong pull, a long pull, and a pull altogether."—(Cheers.) A discussion then ensued, in which Mr. Lawrence (of the Engineers' Life Assurance Company), Mr. Sheridan (of the Times Life Assurance Company), and others took part with respect to matters in the report and balance-sheet. At length a committee was appointed to consider the amount of compensation to which Mr. A. li. Smith, formerly the solicitor, was entitled for procuring the eligible pre mises occupied by the society, and to consider the point with respect to the remuneration of the director s for their past ser vices. Mr. BEVAN, the manager, drew attention to the fact that when he joined the offic e but ten policies had been issued ; whereas there were now nearly 300. He did not mention this in order to claim any particu lar merit to himself ; but to mention the fact that both himself and the other officers were badly remu nerated in comparison with the officers of other com panies which had not transacted, and did not transact a larger or more promising amount of business. Throwing as he did his whole energies into the com pany, and being determine d to p romote its increased 'success, so that the office might take a proud position among the assurance offices of the metropolis, he trusted that his endeavours would be met . in a fair and liberal spi ri t b y the directors and proppetors, and that the proprietors would take care that if he served them well that be should not be removed from his office without due and sufficient reason. He asked for this security , because it often happened that those who expended t heir best energies in raising a public company to a position of considerable greatness were put aside without a n y j ust or sufficient reason. A resolution was then passed, recommending the directors to increase the salaries of the manager and the other officers. A resolution was also passed to the effect that the directors should have full power to suspend any officers for improper conduct, but that they should not be dismissed w ithout the approval o f a special meeting, to be called to consider the matter. The report and balance-sheet was adopted, with the exception of the matter referre d to the consideration of the committee. The retiring directors and au ditors were reelected, and a vote of thanks awarded to them for their services. A motion, awarding a vote of thanks to Mr. Bevan, the manager, and the other executive officers of the society, was then passed, on the motion of Mr. Fen- Ping, of Fenning's Wharf, who took occasion to highly compliment the great and unwearied exertions of the manager, Mr. Bevan, to promote the prosperity and welfare of the office. His exertions were beyond all praise. The secretary, too, had served the society very efficiently. The meeting then separated. THE BISHOP or CLIFTON.—We hear that, irnme- , diately after Miss Talbot's marriage, Bishop Hendren was chasseed. The fact is, the Doctor did not manage that busi ness so adroitly as he ought to have done, especially when we regard the large amount of money there was at stake. He has, consequently, retired, and in his place Dr. Burgess of Monmouthshire, has been appointed. The new bishop will roicle at Privr-part, near Datn....Acivertiser. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TINIES.—It has of late been .several times remarked that the redoubled oppression, both moral and political, which hangs, with the solitary exception of Piedmont, over till parts of Italy, is closely connected with the in creased pretensions and aggressive spirit manifested in ecclesiastical affairs by the Court of Rome since the restoration of the present Pontiff. For this extension of the Papal authority is by no means confined to the assumption of hierarchical rights in countries long detached from the Romish See. It is, on the contrary, directed with even greater activity and success against the liberties of the Church and the joint rights of the civil power in States altogether Ca tholic; and the result of some of the recent measures of the Papal Government is to assert and exercise a power which never was conceded by the Italian Governments in the most devout ages of the Catholic faith, and before the schism had been declared between the authority of the Pupe and the great principles of human freedom. Our attention is once more recalled to this subject by the publication of the concordat signed on the 25th of April of the present year between the Papal See and the Government of Tuscany; for the increasing strin gency of the provisions now exacted by the Church not only demonstrates the deplorable and abject sub. serviency of the civil power to the common leers ex cited by the revolution, but proses the general ten dency of the Church in this age to claim a license it entirely rouses to others, to place itself above the law, and to efface the limitations which were impost d on its powers by the prudence and energy of Sovereigns in ages termed less liberal endless enlightened than our own. Tee papers relating to Tuscany in the volume recently reprinted for Parliament with reference to the regula tion of Catholics by foreign Governments, officially in form us that ever since the time of the Florentine Re public the Tuscan Government had been extremely watchful that no authority whatever, particularly that of Rome, should infringe on its sovereign rights. To this end no act or decision was allowed to be carried into effect in the Tuscan territory without the license of the Seignory; nor could any ecclesiastical living or dignity be taken possession of without similar permission from the Government. A law of mortmain limited the pos sessions of the Church, the jurisdiction of the epis copal courts was transferred to the civil tribunals, and every ecclesiastic was made subject to the judical au thority of civil magistrates. The Inquisition was also summarily abolished by Leopold 11. iu 1782, and by a circular of 1777 the subjects of Tuscany were for bidden to have recourse to Rcme without the permis sion of their ewn Government ; nor even with that permission were they dispensed from obtaining the Regium Exequatur for every bull, brief, or Pontifical rescript; though a distinction was made between the briefs and rescripts which have an influence on the civil state, and those which interest only the conscience of individuals by spiritual dis pensation or absolution. It was even provided by one of these Leopoldine laws, as they were termed, that nothing should be read during meals in the refectories of convents but the Scriptures in the vulgar tongue. These laws were revived after the French invasion, and have remained in force till a recent period. They supply abundant evidence of the determination of the Tuscan Government to prohibit, not by negotiation with Rome, but of its own authority and mere motion, every excess of foreign jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs. We live, however, it seems, in different times, and the Court of Rome is enabled in 1851 to exact con ditions from independent Governments which they dis dained to listen to in the last century. No sooner was the Grand Duke of Tuscany restored, and M. Baldasseroni brought back to the Ministry, than a negotiation was set on foot for a concordat, which was eventually signed by that Minister and Cardinal Antonelli on the 25th of April, and gazetted in the Tuscan &Zonitore of the sth of July. The object of this treaty is declared by the preamble to be to put the laws of Tuscany in harmony with the laws of the Church; for this purpose it is sti pulated absolutely that the ecclesiastical authority shall encounter no obstacle in the exercise of its functions, but that the civil authority will lend the Church the support necessary for the exercise of episcopal power. The bishops are free to publish what they please in relation to their ministry. The ordinaries retain the exclusive censorshilOover ecclesiastical publications, and the bishops preserve their whole authority to restrain the faithful from the perusal of books contrary to reli gion and morality. The bishops and their flocks are free to communicate directly with the holy See. All causes, spiritual and ecclesiastical, belong exclu sively to the judgment of the ecclesiastical autho rity according to the sacred canons, though ecclesi astics may be tried for civil offences by the civil courts. The property of the Church and benefices are to be freely administered by the bishops and clergy, in obedience to the canon law. Upon questions relat ing to pious bequests, or changes in ecclesiastical property, the spiritual and civil powers shall concur to obtain the assent of the Holy See, saving the rights of the bishops to exert the powers conferred upon them by the Most Holy Council of Trent. This instrument, of which we have here given a brief but faithful description, completely establishes, for the first time since the very existence of Florence, the sub jection of the State to the Church in all spiritual mat ters, or all that may be called so. It gives the bishops power to enforce the orders, subject to no control, which they may receive from Rome. It arms them with a religious censorship of books and opinions; and it recognizes the Canon Law, irrespective of the laws of the land, as the sole disposer of Church property, under the sanction of the Papal See. Such conces sions amount to a real abdication of most important sovereign rights, handed down by ihe Seignory of Flo rence, defended by the Medici, and c,.mpleted by Leopold II.; and they demonstrate in an authentic form to what extent Rome is even now prepared to carry her domi nion over a contemptible Government and an enslaved people. The temporal power, which is the natural guar dian of these rights, has betrayed its trust, and it con spires with the foreign authority of the Romish Church to complete the destruction of all freedom of thought and independence of life amongst the people. In such a state we are net surprised to learn that Count Guieciar dini has lately been condemned to prison and exile for reading the Bible to his friends; and that even the ex ercise of public worship by the English residents in Florence has been made the subject of obstruction and persecution by the Government. Three years ago, or little more, Tuscany was the happiest and best-governed portion of Italy, and the present Grand Duke, though defi cient in character and energy, was justly in possession of the confidence and affection of his subj ects. Those qualities did not protect him from the violence of the Democratic party, and he was driven from his dominions as summa rily as the bigotted Duke of Modena or the foolish Prince of Parma. A more honest popular movement afterwards recalled the Grand Duke to power, but he unhappily returned entirely subject to the predominant system of Austrian military repression, and the more subtle domi nation of Rome. Between Vienna and the Vatican the independence of the minor States of Italy is extin guished ; and the Tuscan Government has been driven into the very policy for which it suffered unjustly in 1849. That is the ordinary result of that conflict in Italy between two extreme parties, which limits the experiment of rational government to the dominions 'of the King of Sardinia, and even there endangers its ultimate success. Because we regard with aversion the evils of one extreme, we are not the more tempted to tolerate the evils of the other. A government of fanatics and enthusiasts who speculate on the delusions of the people, and violate in the name of freedom the laws and authority essential to every Christian state, is a bad exchange even for such governments as we now witness relying for support on their prisons, their priests, their police, and on foreign armies; Between such alternatives, that appears the worst which happens for the time to be most powerful; for both are incapable of the just and moderate exercise of power. Those of our own countrymen who are led by their natural indignation at the present state of Italy to encourage the plots and schemes of the Indian demo :rats are misled by that generous but ill-informed sym pathy which may always be easily kindled amongst us. For those democratic leaders are as much the enemies of the constitutional Government of Piedmont as they are of the Pope and the King of Naples. Indeed, they pre fer the violent absolutism of the latter to the hospitable toleration of the Court of Turin, because they know it is playing their game. A large portion of these very ex cesses are due to the indiscriminate hatred they have absurdly proclaimed of all government, good or bad; and we know not which is the greatest curse to Italy, the foreign armies that oppress her, or the Italian fugi tives scattered over Europe to agitate, to lure, and some times to invade their country, which only knows them in her days of anarchy and by the ruins they leave behind them. ADVERTISER—Mr. Gladstone's letter to Lord Aberdeen on the treatment of a Neapolitan gentleman in Pius the Ninth's prisons, in Rome itself, disclose horrors:to which parallels can be found only in the nar ratives of captivity among the Algerines in their pira tical days; of the British prisoners in the Black Hole of Calcutta; of the merchants and mariners tortured in Batavia; and of Jews, Protestants, and wealthy Roman Catholics, immured in the inquisitions of Valladolid, Goa, Madrid, Lisbon, and Rome, in the darkest ages. We are taught by the highest authority that a tree is to be known by its fruit. If the very same effects are pro duced by the alleged Christianity of the Papacy, as by the real Mahomedanism of the Algerine sea robber and the savage slaughterer of the Mabrattas, in what respects do they differ, save in the greater or less duration and intensity of the tortures which they inflict? The cells in the gaols belonging to his Holiness, the self-styled " Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth," are said to be 8 feet 11 inches in length, 7 feet 7 inches in breadth, and 7 feet 10 inches in height, and each contains two prisoners, although the air in that space is altogether insuffi cient for one. When it is considered that at this time of the year the ordinary heat of Rome is 99 degrees of Fahrenheit, while at Algiers it is 87, and in Calcutta and Batavia 97, we obtain a further exemplification of the rule for discovering the tree by its fruit. It neces sarily follows, that cruelties which the word has never ceased to execrate in the unbelievers, are exceeded by the head of the Roman Catholic Church. His gaolers, too, are mercifully invested with the privilege of inflict ing severe floggings at pleasure for slight offences, or of chaining the victims of pontifical cruelty with a weight of iron, which incapacitates them from moving. The consequences are easily foreseen ; madness, suicide, and e e n f t v h a u n m d an the tre r a a t t m e mor pri- soners are sometimes stared to d Six died of t a a t l t i e t m y p is s a h t ig s h ui . cid ß P' ss a i r d e es fre th cl i u s en i t n , s tarvation within a few days, two were eath. put in chains for attempting, suicide, and two were carried to the mad house raving, and in a hopeless state. " I protest," says the patriot, Father Gavazzi, "I have more respect for the Grand Llama of Thibet, as a more excusable object of blunt, downright homage from congenial and kindred barbarians, than for such a grim jumble of carnifes and h a ngman and high priest, as th e p res ent emu pantPtifx°noefihe Vatican and the Castle of St. Angelo (the arched causeway connecting palace and Filen has just been rebuilt), presents to the nineteenth century. Must the barque of Peter be rowed by galley slaves? Must the fisherman's ring be the signet to the death warrant? Must the functions cf Nero be performed by the succes sor of his supposed victim? They show you in Rome the Mamertino dungeon, where Catiline's confederates were immured; whore Jagurtha, Zaaobia, and a hest of illustrious prisoners, were let down. Peter, they say, was thrown into that monumental cavity at the foot of the Capitol; and the memory of minor captives is merged in the monopoly of marvel which that circum stance establishes for this prison-hole." Why has the successor of the Apostles united his Palace to the Black Holes by a covered passage, if it be not to transport un fortunate persons, who have excited his suspicions, secretly into the oubliettes of St. Angelo, and to afford him the convenience of witnessing and gloating in per son over their sufferings? Whether this man of blood, who has attempted to foist his rule over England, found or re-established the Roman Inquisition, we know not; but Dr. Achilli is an illustrious instance that he makes use of its dungeons; and what they are, we know from the discoveries made by the French soldiers in 1795. Skeleton s were found that had been im mured, when living men and ivemsn, within the massive walls ; numerous traps for pri vate executions, and deep wells containing quick lime and hall-consumed bones. And when again, in IS4S, Rome was besieged and the Pope expelled, the bones of thousands of victims, w h o b a d b een secret l y put to death, were discovered. This is th e re li g i on th a t was to displace Christianity, as it is practised by English men; this is the man who was to rule the province of England. We do not refer to the dark ages of Popery, but exhibit it as it now sho ws itself in th e eyes of the world. That the fruit discovers the parent tree cannot be doubted. Two or three weeks ago the Augsburg Allyemeine Zeitung had the following pasauge:— " The total absence of religious feeling among the lower classes of the population of Rome is really horrible; add to this, that scarcely any class whatever has the least sympathy for the Papal Government, and the most me lancholy reflections will rise in the mind o f every friend of social order." The state of the popular feelings in Rome in regard to religion might be explained on the ground, that the people are on the spot where Pope and priests show by their daily actions, that they have no real care for religion themselves, otherwise than as a medium of pecuniary profit and temporal power. But this argument will extend beyond the metropolis of Roman Catholicism, and apply to the whole of Italy. So notoriously depraved is the state of morals in that country, and more particularly in the States of the Church, that no attempt has been made to deny the fact —but persons favourable to Romish tenets, like Mr. Eustace, the author of the " Classical Tour," have con fessed it in seeking for palliating circumstances. " May it not be ascribed," he asks, " to the corruptions of the national religion, to the facility of absolution, and to the easy purchase of indulgences?" And if it may, what, let us ask in return, are these latter but essential parts of the Romish religion, the very tree whose fruit we are considering? A modern traveller relates, that at Tivoli, a man stabbed his brother, who died in agonies within an hour. " The murderer went to Rome, pur chased his pardon from the Church, and received a written protection from a Cardinal, in consequence of which he was walking about unconcernedly, a second Cain, whose life was sacred." We give one more illustration of the religion that Dr. Wiseman was to have triumphantly carried into Westminster Abbey. It is from " Graham's Three Months' Residence in the Mountains East of Rome"— " Those that have an interest with the Pope may obtain an absolution in full from his Holiness for all the sins they have ever committed or may choose to commit !" And the author of" Rome in the Nineteenth Century" says—" I have seen one of these edifying documents, issued by the present Pope to a friend of mine. It was most unequivocally worded." In reference to the dread fill barbarities perpetrated by the Pope in the prison of St. Angelo, is is obvious that unless the French autho ritatively interfere in behalf of his victims, the character of their nation will be seriously compromised. Having the power to wrest them from sacerdotal malignity, they will become accomplices in the foul deeds now charged upon the Pope, in the letters to Lord Aberdeen. Under the relations of England to Rome, we hardly see how our Government could interpose to save them. The ex istence of this miserable and hypocritical despotism any longer in Europe, however, will be a crime in all the states that have the power to crush it, but hold aloof FOREIGN v. BRITISH AUTHO COPYRIGHT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—The meeting at the Hanover-square Rooms some little time ago, presided over by Sir E. B. Lytton, Bart., at which some influential authors de livered their sentiments, is beginning to do its work, by exciting a spirit of inquiry amongst those most interested in the issue of the conflicting judgments between the Court of Exchequer and the Court of Error. If we were called upon to say on which aide the sound logic, legal acumen, and just interpreta tion of the law preponderates, we have only to use cur common sense in comparing the two, and there would be no " error" about it. It is one thing to say what is, and another to determine what should be the law. The moral principle and the legal construction and administration may be at issue with one another, but let us not trust both in one set of hands ; if we do, the law will vacillate into a thing of circum stances and not of facts, whilst the functions of the Legislature would merge in those who are appealed to for a right interpretation of the various Arts of Parliament. Tce monopolists feel Lord Campbell's decision to be " a heavy blow and great disconnv , ment " to their cause, for altEough it appears on the surface to go along with their interests, it iti reality gives them mare than they anticipated, and thus verifies the old adage that " too znuob of a good thing is good for noth " Their favourite doctrine (the monopolists) has been, " Oh, we have paid money, and therefore nought the article and the right which attaches to forgel`ting that " copy-right," or the right to multiply copies,- is one given by the British Legislature to Briti,h at: hors alone, and therefore, w hilst an English publisher can buy and retain a foreign manuscript as a chattel, . 4 se cannot claim the English author's right for a thing which is " foreign " to it, and use it for his own ad vantage. As easy would it be for a foreigner to say, I have purchased an English freehold, which gave the former possessor the elective franchise, and that course I have bought with it. The law requires something to precede the latter, if not the right to hold the former. Were every man able to buy any privilege or exemption with money alone, that which law is intended to regulate by giving rich and poor equal rights, would be clone away with, and corrup tion and monopoly thereby allowed to sap the very foundation of legislative equality. If the law which regulates copyright in this country is to extend to all the world, it follows as a necessary consequence that a foreigner cannot be allowed to do what would be an infraction of the principle as applied to a native writer. The former must therefore abide the liabili ties consequent upon claiming a British author's rights, and the English assignee standing in the place of either must establish the right or pay the penalty of his assumption. Suppose that a foreigner residing abroad was to send a manuscript here and dispose of it, which afterwards had been found to have been dis posed of fraudulently, the publisher in en deavouring to maintain his supposed right against an alleged piracy, would involve both himself and the defendant in a litigation which the party who was the occasion of it would wholly es cape the consequences of. Literary publishers are said to have given large sums of money for the works of American authors, but what have they bought? Not the copyright certainly, for the alien hail no status by which he could assign, and the purchaser has paid money in order to exercise illegally a right, which belonged to a British subject. Of course he could not maintain it, and must take the consequences of his attempt to violate the law. Music publishers have been " wiser in their generation" in regard to outlay with foreign composers, for in all the cases that have come before the courts it has been proved that they have only given a nominal sum—not to the author, but the foreign publisher—to effect priority, or what has by a contrivance been called simulta neous publication. In by far the greater number of cases they have paid nothing at all, but merely re printed the works of foreign authors, making fraudu lent entries at Stationers'-hall for their copyright s and deceiving themselves into the belief that by en graving these assumptive words," This work is copy right," on their English editions, they could prevent any competitor from meddling with, what they would LAM persuade others, was their property. No greater proof could be adduced that the Eng lish publisher had no faith in his own power to ac quire copyright in the works of foreign authors than the miserable pittance given to obtain the proof sheets, or first copies, from the foreign proprietor, or by the latter, that the sums received bore no proportion to the actual value of valid and positive copyright. Any lawyer's clerk is competent to determine that statutable property cannot be acquired by the same process that governs the transfer of articles of mer chandise, and therefore injunctions, issues, bills of exception, writs of error, and appeals to the highest tribunal, are mere efforts to substantiate by legal trickery that which every one understands but those whose business • it is to " make the worse appear the better reason." It is a bad state of things that enables a wrong-doer to pursue any one who will not succumb to those who desire to be law makers or law breakers, as best suits their own cupidity, and thereby call the powers of litigation into exercise for the purpose of turning law into an engine of oppression. It has been, however, proved that injunctions may be filed and dissolved— supplementary bills proceeded with—issues directed, and all the continuous quips and quirks of legal forms put in force by a litigious plaintiff without et scintilla of right to drag the defendant through this expensive process, or leaving him the means of ob taining redress—nay, more, that he may be ruined by subornation of perjury. What a state must British jurisprudence be in to allow this to be said without any one daring to cone tradict the fact. However, monopoly and perjury, if they escape the consequences to outward appearances, are made to pay the penalty in some way, sooner or later. " Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap." " The triumphing," therefore, " of the wicked is short." "Chancery reform" is the first step to put an end to filing of bills—directing issues—taking out commissions—importing of foreign and irrespon sible witnesses, and a long train of evils connected with " the law's delay" which have hitherto made it worth the while of monopolists to spend a large sum of money to bolster up a system which, after all, is but " saving at the spigot and letting out at the bung hole," for the chicanery of " foreign copyrights" it exploded, unless effect be given to the "International Copyright Act" by the reciprocity it requires. I am, Sir, yours, Zee., P. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE ; GLOUCESTER, PRIDAY.--011e of the most horrid atrocities, perhaps, ever committed in a civilised country has just been perpetrated in the retired dis trict of her Majesty's Forest of Dean, in this county, four of the perpetrators of which have been committed to the Gloucester county gaol for trial. The outrage is of such a nature as to render its details almost ins credible, nine men being charged with having in suc cession violated the person of a poor, helpless, wander ing Irish widow, named Mary Macarthy, who noe,r . lies in one of the union workhouses on the borders of the forest. The facts which came out before the committing magistrates, Sir Martin Crawley Boevey, Bart., and E. Jones, Esq., are as follow :—The woman, who is 35 years of age, and has but recently lost her husband, was journeying alone arid unpro tected through the Forest of Dean on her way to Blake; ney, at a late hour of the night, when she observed a light, and, being but half clad and wholly starved, she sought its cheering influence. The light_ Ply ceeded from the fire of some charcoal burners who r f a 7 left their work for a short time, and the poor iv ni e p : ixt creature lay down before it until the number, returned to resume their labolluirs,e,n;t°,:tmaenne or two o'clock in the morning. At Jai I treated her kindly, and at her desire e risoners are draught of water. The names of r t e g Charles, and James James, Richard Bear, ured her a Thomas Stephens, and they arrisoner gear wished o'clock in the morning. TheeaPCTrei°vea at about two She her to go into a small hu t t if did not they would declined, but was told thsahe n fib r e and lie down. was then taken into the in with James and another put her on the fire;_sn i o , l ed James held her arms, violated hut, where she was 10 2_ man not in custody T he The stranger immediately threw her down, and, dtb7r prisoners, together with five other °Join succession committed the same crime her, on her crying men, afterwar telling tongue, and this shall be the last. her ; and the out " murder,' to bold her thewoman's According: to one to of thew of the offence by all the nine men, a quarrel arose en two of them as t o w h ether she should remain i h n e t t w hehut, and one of th em , t a ki ng up a s h ove l, threa tened to kill her if she did not leave at once. It was then daybreak, and while the men were scuffling together she went out and proceeded on her journey. She met a woman on the road, and told her of the treatment she had exper i ence d , an d a ft erwar d s , be coming exhausted, she lav down under a hayrack, where she was found by a policeman some four-and• twenty hours afterwards. She was conveyed to the workhouse, when a surgeon examined her, and s tated . before th e mag i strates t h at h e f oun d suc h marks 0 1 violence up on h er person as m i g ht have been oc_c h e • Thy sioned by th e t ransa ctions sworn to by her..soners. it police succe e d e d in apprehending the i fourn p r i soner'. whom the prosecutrix identified, and s hoped tbar the other ruffians will speedily be custod y. --- -- A KNOT DIFFICULT TO DE.—We observe, as a mark of Puseyite progress, that last week the Rev Dev...Eonport, neas Hutchinson married a couple of young people at at which he was obliged to be assisted by two other clergy men.—Plymouth Journal. BRITISHLADIES' FEMALE EMIGRATION SoCIETY.— h as been graciously pleased to express her Her Majesty approval of the objects of the society, and has subscribed 1001. to its funds. GLOUCESTER, Aria. 7.—Arrd. Palestine, Jones, lutt, Sid. Quebec Focht, and Ann li l ia s t l / 4 TI quebg& HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The most perfect opera in the world, Don Gio vanni, was repeated here last evening, on which occa sion Madlle. Alboni appeared for the first time this season as Zerlina, and acted the peasant girl in the most archly naive manner imaginable. Never have we heard the music so deliciously rendered as it was by Madlle. Alboni. All her principal morceaux were encored, and the audience desired to encore even the " Giovenette" which she sings as she enters with Masetto. The "La ci darem" was exquisitely given by Alboni and Coletti ; the " Batti Batti" was sung with infinite taste, spirit, and espieglerie. The great triumph of the night, however, was the " Vedrai Carino ;" her exquisite fioriture at the end of this air brought down a hearty burst of applause, such as i 3 seldom heard within the walls of this aristocratic establishment. Lablache, as Leporello, was in superb voice, and in most buoyant spirits ; and Coletti, as the Don, was ad mirable. ➢?adame Fiorentini gave a careful and conscientious version of the music of Donna Anne, and produced an immense effect by the intensity of her acting. Madame Giuliani still continues to be the best Elvira on the stage, and Ca!zolari made a pleasing Don Ottavio. The house was crowded. On Monday an Italian version of Balfe's Quatre Fils Aymon (which was originally produced at the Opera Comique, Paris) will be per formed under the title of I Quattri Fratelli. The opera will be performed on Monday for the benefit of the maestro himself, who enjoys a European reputa tion. It has been successfully performed in all the great towns of the Continent, and was so popular at Vienna that it was not unfrequently played at more than one theatre the same evening. FRENCH PLAYS. M. Bouffe appeared last night in Ina favourite cha racter of Grandet, in La File de 1 ' Avare, perhaps one of the best in the repertoire of this admirable artist. He sustained it, we need hardly say, with all his or dinary vigour and finish, and was enthusiastically applauded. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Desert, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord Camoys, Colonel Buckley and Colonel Gordon, honoured the performance with their presence. On Monday M. Boufte will appear in Michel Per rin, and on Wednesday will again sustain the charac ter of Le Gamin de Paris. " The last week but one of the season " is, we are sorry to see, now an an nouncement in Mr. Mitchell's affiches. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open 29 miles.)—Traffic or the week ending Aug. 3 : Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods and live stock ... £419 7 10 ... 169 16 6 Total .. ... .. £589 4 4 Corresponding week last year ... 482 5 G SHREWSBURY AND BM:HINGHAM RAILWAY....Trafne re ceipts for the week ending Aug. 3 : Passengers ... ... ... £4OO 5 2 Cart juges, horses, and parcels ... 94 8 Live stock ••• ••• ••• 14 13 6 Merchandise and minerals ... 254 19 8 Total .. .£679 3 0 Corresponding period last year.. 755 410 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.-- (160 miles opened.)—Return of .raflic for the week ending July 27: Passengers, &c. Goods, &c. ... £3,284 12 2; ... 3,'34913 7 Total• .. .. ... £6,634 10 91 Corresponding week last year ... 6,842 2 11 • Including Wishaw and Coltness, now in charge of a factor. CREMORNE GARDENS.—Anong the varied amuse ments that have been introduced at these gardens are some pyrotechnic displays termed "naval fetes," the third of which took place on Thursday night. The occasion represented was, when the Spaniards, with the assistance of the French fleet, attempted the capture of Gibraltar. To illustrate this attempt, the Citizen and Iron Steam-boat Companies lent their aid, and their boats and crews represented the Spanish and French fleet, while a host of auxiliaries, commanded by Chevalier Mortram, impersonated the English garrison force. The engagement commenced on the part of the boats, who, at a given signal, poured a broadside of tire into the fort and esplanade, which was immediately taken up by the assaulted, the whole line of battery sending out volleys of rockets, Roman candles, &c. For upwards of half an hour the mimic war was waged, suspended only for a minute or two by an explosion which failed now, as indeed it did before, to blow up the rocky Straits. The introduction of a new explosive floating fire, which appeared to increase in brilliancy as it came in contact with its antagonistic water, and the additi on of distant bugle music added to the effect of this novelty. A fashionable and crowded audience assembled to witness the fete. MIVART'S HOTEL.—Arrivals—Messrs. Cannell, Skipwith, Randolph, and Coles, from the United States; the Prince de Schoenberg, from Germany ; M. H. T. Konigs water, Consul de Saxe Coburg Gotha aux Pays Bali; the Duke Marino lorlonis, from a visit to the Count and La' Cecil Delafeld, at Little Hampton ; Messrs. W. C. Ew u rn W. A. Brown, and Wharton Chancellor, from the r ti 1 "" States. Departures—Lord and Lady Farnham, seat in Ireland; the Earl and Countess of Fingal! a d the Count Henrietta Plunkett, for Dover; his Excellency ..thadeiyr Cervellon, the Duchess de Fernan Nunes, the t ! Cmhibald Camp and suite, on their return to Belgium ; Sir Arc for Fol- Car}', Camp bell, for Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley„ ari„; n tees Uralic Mr. and laton, Devonshire ; M. de Balaschetr, forniechioness of Water- Mrs. Colyer, for Herefordshire; the -- cie r Gage, for his seat ford, for Curraghmore ; Sir T. Rokew r o rar is and the Count liengrave-hall ; Captain Essaaoll; fo r V. Miaczynski, for Paris. ROYAL ASYLUM OF Arizes SOCIETY.—A half yearly general cour t was sgate-street, h od yesterday at the Lo n d on Tavern, Bi .ufollowed by an election o f fif teen Mr. E. Halswell occup i ed shop children into the Royal As y lm. the chair, and Mr. Leeks, s ecretary, .read a rep or t, announc ing the continued p ros p erity of the institution, and stating that the pa yment of two . legacies, the on e o f 500/ and the other of 200/. , ha d permitted a valuable a ddi t i on to the funds of the institution. No legacy, however, had beets bequeathed during the last six months. The report was adopted, and the election commenced, the ballot lasting from twelve , o'clock til l three, there bein g eighty candidates " child ren of those once in prosperity," see ki ng the benefits, in the shape of maintenance, board, and religious education, which the illstiOatioll will Afford to the fifteen who have been auccosfAl. .......,.... e., 1 ~~ }:~ _~ - 71 , I , kl '~