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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS We arc far from wishing to set bounds te the joy of the inhabitants of Westminster a' the passing of the Reform Bills. We cannot, towever, help thinking that an illumination o three days is rather too much of a good thing. They must have a strange relish for the smell of oil, and a capability of bearing heat almost equal to that of a salamander, who will be satisfied with nothing less than a three days' illumination in the burning month of .July. The inhabitants of Westminster will, we trust, reconsider their determination, and those of them who have such a stomach for oil and roasting, ought in mercy to abate something of the three days for the saki of others. Really this projected illumination of three days will be a very great nuisance. NN e trust, at all events, if we are to be subjected to ~ n ieh a nuisance, that it will be the last illumina tion we shall have to encounter. A good Catholic would take a year extra in purgatory to be rid of it. Besides, those who are so fond of illumination ought to consider, that as the patience of many others will be infallibly ex. hau , ted (to say nothing of the cost), the conse (p of it will, before all is over, he breaking of windows and outrages. The householoers in g,eneral are, wehelieve, verygenerally dissatisfied with this attempt to extend the illumination to three days. The thing must not be attempted.— Morning chronicle. We must again impress upon the Members of the Bank Committee the scandal and impolic) of prematurely closing their labours by any pre tended final - Report on the wide and all-im portant subject of their legislative inquiry. Whoever contemplates such an indefensible ob 7ect must be swayed by some sinister interest, or the desire of evading his own responsibility in past legislation. But while we thus promote a thorough probing into the whole situation, and a complete review of the monopoly and working of the Bank of England, we would not be misin terpreted, or suspected of any desire to promote an alteration of the standard. The return to cash payments, after the long existence of an inconvertible paper money, has been, doubtless, grievous in the extreme to the debtor interest of the whole kingdom ; but he would be a most rash and wild speculator who sought again to disturb all present contracts, and to rob another class of society by an arbitrary reduction of the standard. There are various and important pur poses to he answered by a full investigation be sides those connected with the question of standard. They are sensibly expressed in the following extract from the " Penny Appendix to the Reform Acts, being Facts for the Use of Electors " RENEWAL OF THE BANK CHARTER. " It is reasonable to expect that the Bank Charter will not be again renewed without an entirely new arrange ment far more favourable to the public interests than that note subsisting. The Bank annually receives about 257,000/ f.r its trouble in paying the dividends. It holds balances of public money, free of interest, averaging three or f.ur rnil!iona. These balances are employed in dis• counting bills at the rate of four per cent., yielding a re venue of 100,0001., which, being added to the 257,0001, makes an annual sum of 417,000/. derived from its deal ings with the Treasury. The Bank also enjoys various exclusive privileges in carrying on the trade of banking. By the Act of Anne, no coporate body or partnership, consisting of more than six persons, other than the Bank of England, is allowed to cirry on the business of bank inz. After the panic of 1823, this privilege was so far relaxed as to allow the establishment of banking firms of more than six partners, at places exceeding the distance of sixty miles from London; provided such firms had no establishment as bankers in the metropolis. These re srrictions form a chief obstacle to improvements in bank ing, both in London and the country, and no reasons exit why they should be longer maintained in favour of this rich and ova rgrown corporation. 't When the charter expires, the Bank proprietary be come nothing more than a common partnership trading upon a joint-stock. Government, by granting a charter 01 incorporation to a new association, and transferring to it the exclusive privileges of issuing notes, of retaining the public balances, and of paying the public dividends, might av_ one ',low destroy two.thirds at least of the business and revenue of the Threadneedle-street establishment. This we advert to, lest it might be thought, on the renewal of the Bank Charter, the Directors had power to pre-cribe their own terms to Government : the power is all on the ocher side—in the hands of Ministers, and if they do not exercise it fur the public benefit, they will not have faith fully discharged their duty to the community. The rela- ton in which the Bank stands to the public is nothing wore than that of a number of pnvare individuals entitled to no special f,vour ; whatever privilege they enjoy, they ought to pay for ; for whatever work they perform, they onght not to receive more than a reasonable compensation. Upon this principle, let us inquire what ought to be the main conditions of the future contract between the Bank and Government. " First, the Bank ought to account to the public for the profits arising from the exclusive privilege of issuing notes, after deducting a reasonable sum fur trouble and incidental t!spen•e.. 64 Secondly, The Bank ought to pay a per-centage for the av•-r,ze amount of public balances it holds and employs in banking. •• If the composition paid by the Bank in lieu of stamp duties be inadequate, it ought to b.- augmented. '• Fourthly, the Bank ought not to charge a greater sum per million for the payment of the dividends than is an equitable consideration for trouble and loss of time. " Fifthly, The Bank being invested with important public trusts, and having the control of the na'ional cur- rency, and as any error of judgment committed by the Directors might be productive of disastrous consequences, it is highly expedient their affairs and proceedings should be at all times known, co as to be constantly open to public and Parliamentsry observance and discussion. " Sixthly, If the suegestion which has been made, and appears judicious, be adopted, of making a Bank of Eng land note a legal tender when offered by the country banks, the concession of so great and advantageous a privilege would justly claim a bonus from the Bank to the public; especially as it would tend to augment the circulation al their notes, and accelerate the spread and establishment of their branch institutions. " Lastly, the Bank Charter ought only to be renewed for a short term of years. Fur this, three reasons may be assigned. Fri bt, it would tend to keep the Bank dependent upon and tinder the control of the Legislature. Secondly, th e peculiar and changing state of the country at the pre sent moment is a strong objection both against granting and accepting lung leases by public Bodies. Thirdly, there is no public reason for renewing the Charter for a long term. In this respect the 13,111 k and East India Com pany materially differ; the affairs of the former are all at home, and may be wound up at any time in six months ; the affairs of the latter extend to the other side of the globe, and requir. years." But, independent of these intelligent remarks on the monopoly of the Bank of England, the general question of the laws regulating the Cur rency or " Banks of Issue" ought to he com pletely reviewed. There cannot be a doubt that the circulating medium of the country may be greatly improved—that credit may be extended on safe and enlightened principles of banking-- that the monetary legislation of other countries, particularly that of tile United States of North America, will furnish much invaluable data for British legislation—that the Usury Lads may be most advisably modified—that the Bonding System may be excellently extended into the country—and that some modification of con- vertibility may be wisely devised, to guard against the recurrence of . ~ panics"—all which important subjects are immediately and ne tessarilyttaddanected with the inquiry of the Bank ► Ccnnetittee. The pressure on the productive and' industrious classes m us t be . re lieved by the grefeept practicable adopti on o f th e principles of f irt ‘t de in commer ce an d mone y, tl consistent , with. —." t r existing financial system. Taxstiph-ilitstMie reduced to its lowest possible it.lo,}-1. 'tilo4l-1 amount, and thoroughly revised, and the fund holders and men of property must, by submitting to direct taxation, relieve the weight of the fiscal extortions levied on the necessaries of life. These vital subjects can only be fairly and boldly dealt with in a Reformed House of Com mons. One of the greatest evils of recent Par liaments has been the paucity of " business , nen" connected with the trading, commercial, And general monetary interests of the nation. Sir Robert Peel, for example, as any one may discern by reference to the debates on the mea sures of 1819 and 1825-6, was ignorant of many of the most common practical principles )f the currency ; and the late Sir J. Macintosh, in an anonymous obituary of Mr. Canning, men tions, as a singular proof of the " quickness" of that statesman, that he entered on the subject , if the currency in the discussions on Mr. Peel's Bill ignorant of the most elementary principle , : of the questions, but acquired a profound knowledge of this difficult subject of practical experience during the debates ! We hope and trust, therefore, that Sir R. Peel, Mr. Herries, et hoc genus mune, will not be allowed to fore -lose or smother the difficulties of the inquiry. lithe Right Hon. Baronet should exhibit such an intention, we shall never forgive ourselves in having sent him down to the Committee.— ilforning Chronicle. As the Bank charter draws to a close, and its monopoly is about to cease, the historians of its proceedings and the critics of its conduct multi ply, while, strange to say, considering its im mense wealth and influence, its partisans are few, or dare not raise their voice in its defence. In recounting what it has done, and what it has prevented others from doing, since its origin— in following its history from 1694 downwards, through its increasing power and its increasing tyranny—in tracing its successive accumulations of wealth, and its successive encroachments on the freedom of banking, according as the ne cessity for new banking establishments arose, in reflecting that by restrictions on cash payments for its protection, and by a restoration of a metallic currency for its security and our own, it has twice changed the fortunes of every class of men in the kingdom, it is evident that it has much to answer for, and that it cannot expect very indulgent or gentle treatment at the hands of the public. It can, indeed, lay no claim to national gratitude for any sacrifices which it has made for the national interest. At the succes sive renewals of its charter it offered only a very inadequate compensation for its exclusive privi leges ; and when it was required in 1826 to sur render a part of its monopoly for the public bene fit, it limited its generosity to the permission of distant establishments, and endeavoured even to render nugatory this permission, by creating coun try branches of its own. Among the statements which have been sent us respecting the Bank, and the criticisms of its conduct, is one by Mr. Farren, the resident director of the Asylum As surance-office, printed in 1827 ; in which an apprehension is expressed respecting the exclu sive power of its country circulation, by means of its branches, which has not been completely realized. There is one remark in Mr. Farren's paper which well deserves mention,—namely, that a panic, like that of 1825, which compelled the bank to issue H. notes to supply the defi ciency of money created by the failure of the country establishments, was a real gain to the monopolists of Threadneedle-street. Even a new restriction act, of whatever calamities it might be the symptom or the cause to the em. pire, would be to the Bank of England a source of additional profits,—of growing dividends and increasing capital. Immediately after writing the few foregoing remarks, in which we have said hat we have seen no recent defence of the Bank interests, it is curious that a pamphlet should be put into our hands, (scarcely :yet, we believe, published), evidently penned by a very zealous, though not a very wise, partisan of that establishment. This pamphlet is entitled Facts relative to the Bank of England and the Bank charter. The author makes a great parade of his practical knowledge (by which he means some knowledge of the manner in which the Bank conducts its business, both with the Government and with the public) ; and upon the strength of that kn ow l e d ge , t hi n k s himself entitled to dispute principles which he plainly does not understand. His theoretic ig norance far transcends his acquaintance with small details, and must make him a dangerous advo cate for the system which he defends. Thus we are assured that, even under the Bank Re- striction Act, when the issue of bank-notes was checked by no regard to the power of converting them into cash, these issues had no influence on the foreign exchanges. The Bank Directors had said, in their examination before the Bul lion Committee in 1810, that " they did not conceive that the amount of their issues could materially affect the exchange with foreign parts, that they did not deem it necessary to advert to the course of exchange or to the price of bullion in regulating the amount of their notes issued in discounting, and they could not perceive any danger in discounting good bills for re sponsible persons who required the accommo dation." This opinion is still maintained by their present advocate, who, of course, must deny that their notes were depreciated, when a guinea, or its weight in bullion, could purchase :27 shillings in their paper currency. In speak ing of the Bulli on R eport o f 1819, h e as k s, How does Mr. Peel suppose that the foreign exchanges are to be regulated by the issues of Bank of England notes ?" This question is enough to decide the character and principles of the Bank advocate, and must save us from the trouble of controverting such grandiloquent non sense as the following :—" To annihilat e the charter of the Bank would be to reduce at once the greatest and most powerful empire in the world to the shrivelled insignificance of one of the most puny States of Europe ! !" When the mighty interests connected with the questions now submitted to the Bank Committee are con sidered ; when we reflect that the gain or loss to the public of several millions a year, may de• pend upon its decision ; when we extend our view to the influence which a renewal of the charter, with the sole power of coining paper in the metropolis, and within a range of sixty miles around it, must exercise on the general cir culation of the country, we are persuaded that it would be preposterous to expect a satisfactory arrangement in the present session. Let the committee, therefore, receive all the evidence which it can collect with all its diligence. Let this evidence be printed by order of the House of Commons, and circulated over the nation, and in the first session of a reformed Parliament the question of the currency will be settled with more knowledge of facts, and under less bias from prejudice.— Times. We cannot say we are much gratified at the decision of the Westminster meeting, held on Friday last, relative to the celebration of the Reform triumph, when it was cauied, more by noise than anv argument, that the best mode in which an intelligent people could testify theb joy at a great public event was by sticking a parcel of tallow candles in their windows, and shouting about the streets the greater part of the night. We are the less disposed to concur in this dictum of the Westminster meeting, as the dis• cusssion which the subject had already undergone in the public prints was producing very different effects in different parts of the country, where the plan of feeding and relieving the poor was in general preferred to the senseless, and in many re- Teets, mischievous practice of illuminating. With out claitningthe character ofdownright sages,either for ourselves or our coutrymen, it is surely al lowable that we should require a small mixture of rationality to express the joy of full-grown poli ticians at the victory of reason over antiquated abuse. The advocates of squibs and candlelight ►nay tell us that trade is benefited by such enjoy ments ; but it is benefited at the expense of the poor as well as of the rich. All must light up, or take the consequences ; and amongst many bad effects of the stupid custom is that of exposing poverty to ill-treatment for not doing what it may not have the means of doing, if it vt ere ever so desirous. A Mr. Showbridge, who stated at the meeting that " a more rational method might be adopted, and one more becom• ing the reformers of 1832," was met with such a shout of disapprobation as soon convinced him that the rational mode was not the popular one in that assembly. Still the dictum of one meet ing can hardly be considered binding on the whole country, if the public mind have actually taken up an impression the other way. In that case we should expect to have a counter mutiny, which, if it spoke out strongly in favour of any benevolent project, could scarcely fail of success. A few days will decide whether illumination, which is an old custom, shall be adopted in preference to all other modes of rejoicing, merely because it is an old custom, when the corruption whose de feat it is intended to celebrate is at least as old, arid, if that be the only argument, as much en titled to respect.—Morning Herald. Our readers will have learned from recent movements in the Ministerial circles that there is that perplexity and tribulation in Downing street which is usually manifested by large meet ings of the friends of Government, convened for the purpose of being lectured or consulted on some pinching point. There was an assem blage of this kind on Saturday morning at the Foreign-office, and a less pleasant one for those who called it, and for those who obeyed the call, has seldom, if ever, occurred in the history of party politics. The object of the meetingwas to prepare for the approaching renewal of the dis cussion on that luckless specimen of Whig policy, the Russian Dutch Loan. We understand that Lord Palmerston made a very pathetic address to eighty-one Members (the whole number out of three hundred that obeyed the summons), setting forth the claims of himself and his colleagues to the support of all their friends in this untoward job on the score i 4 confidence ; and distinctly informing them that this sacrifice of British money had been the only means by which the cooperation of Russia could be secured in the foreign policy of the present Government. We have heard that he added that this was a vital question, and that the existence of Government depended upon it. An informant states this speech of the Noble Lord proved to be a moving appeal, inasmuch as some of the persons ad dressed forthwith took their hats and departed. From among those who remained a rejoinder was made to his Lordship's address, by no means satisfactory to his Majesty's Ministers in its effects, however complimentary in the terms employed by the speaker ; and finally, tt►at the meeting dispersed, leaving the Secretary of State and his colleagues in a position at least as unpleasant as that in which it had found them. And how could it be otherwise ? How could any set of Gentlemen having the smallest con sideration for their own characters, or the least regard for their success at the approaching elections, undertake to support such a scanda lous transaction as the grant of this profligate bribe to Russia ? We rejoice to perceive by the observations which fell frotn Mr. Flerries on Friday night that the whole subject is again to be discussed, with a full sense on the part of the Opposition of the deep importance belong ing to it. In the meantime we invite the parti cular a'tention of all our readers to the co►tven- Lion which has been recently laid upon the table of the Hou , e, and which we published last week. We beg them to recollect the debate which took place on the 26th of January, in which the Ministers affirmed, and succeeded in inducing a majority (a feeble one indeed) to affirm with them, that they were empowered, under the law as it then stood, to make the payments due to Russia on the Ist of January, and then to compare that assertion with the terms of this Convention, dated the 16th of November preceding, in which it is ex pressly declared, under the hand and seal of Lord Palmerston, that, owing to the circum stances attending the separation which had then taken place between Belgiunz and Holland, it was necessary for his Majesty to recommend to " his Parliament to enable hint to undertake to continue, on his part, the payment stipulated in the convention of the 19th of May, 1815." Notwithstanding this formal, this solemn decla- ration, our wise and upright Ministers paid the money which they therein declared they had no right to pay without a fresh authority from Par liament ; and they defended that payment by a reference to the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, given four months before the date of that Convention, and which opinion they had thrown overboard by the Convention it self ! Throughout the whole of that dis cussion, they maintained that the Conven- cion of 1815, and the law founded upon it, gave them full power to continue the payment, notwithstanding the separation of Bel gium from Holland; and this they did although a fresh convention had already been signed ten weeks, expressly framed on the ground that the former convention and the existing law did not give them that power! Whatever may have been the influence by which they then obtained the support of 249 Members, all of them ignorant of t he facts and documents now brought to light, we will not carry our party feelings so far as to su ppose that any influence which they or any Ministers could exert would suffice again to overcome the honest judgment of these gentle men with the damning facts b e f ore th em w hi ch have now been revealed. how th e Mi n i sters will answer to these their adherents for th e duplicity with which; they were treated on t h at occassion it is not for us to anticipate. Toward. them, and indeed towards the whole House of Commons, the offence committed by this disin. genuous conduct must be a subject of th e heavist responsibility.—Morning Post. The thirty-four mile match between Driver nd Rattler, 5001. a-side, will come off on the 1211 inst. 3 ith mitclas excite considerable interest. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. Dr. HARDY proposed that a committee should be appointed to examine the merits of the gentlemen to he presented as representatives. Mr. SAMUEL PALMER moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Tennyson was a fit candidate to represent the borough. He said, that however highly he valued the honour which the inhabitants of Lam beth proposed to confer on him by putting him it. nomination, and delighted as he should be to serve them in any capacity whatever, yet he thought he should best promote their interests, as he was sure he should best consult his own wishes, by declining the proffered compliment.—(Cries of " No, no.") He should deeply regret to be obliged to thwart the wishes of his fellow-parishioners; but a con scientious sense of duty forced him to the resolu tion.—(Hear.) He was only anxious for the true interests of the borough, and when he found a more able and experienced (though not more zealous and honest) individual than himself to uphold and push forward the great objects they wished to be carried in Parliament, he would, as an honest and independent man, cheerfully resign to that individual whatever influence he could command, be cause by doing so he should help to give a noble cousummation to the great measure of Reform.— (Hear, hear.) In pursuing this course he resigned personal aggrandizement, and ambition was out of his view. —(Cheers.) He thought and acted inde pendently, and his free agency was exercised for the good of his fellow-parishioners and the borough.— (Cries of " You were always a good un.") Who was Mr. Tennyson, and who was Mr. Hawes ? Mr. Tennyson as a public man had long ago been weighed in the balance, and had not been found wanting. When the profligacy of East Retford was under the consideration of Parliament, did he not honestly advocate the transferring of its abused franchise to Birmingham ? Who made a more maknartimous and formidable stand against the Niarquess of Exeter in his own close borough ? What good arid patriotic measure had he not supported, and what bad measure had he not op posed ? When he (Mr. Palmer) found a man of such high and varied endowments, and well-earned claims by long public service, he must unhesitatingly resign to that man his own pretensions.—(Cheers.) There were five boroughs within the reach of Mr. Tennyson, but these he resigned, and appealed to the free and honourable people.--(Cheers.) Of Mr. Hawes he knew nothing; but he surmised that he was at least as great a friend with the Tories as he was with the Reformers.—(Cries of " That's enough —we won't have him.") Mr. WESTON seconded the motion. A motion was then carried with acclamation, that Mr. Palmer sh•iuld be put in nomination. Mr. PALMER declined, but his refusal was over ruled. Mr. RICHARDSON said that the connexion of Mr. Hawes with Mr. Barclay, the brewer, was sufficient ro stamp his political character. All men knew that Mr. Barclay was an honourable man; but he was an inveterate Tory. When a gentleman called on Mr. C. Barclay to suspend his vote at least, his answer was, "Mr. Hawes has been here. He is a proper man : I will support him." Mr. PARKER said, that from the exhibitions of Ma. Hawes, at Sr. George's Church, he believed him to be a rank enemy of all liberal institutions. He then showed the Tory hoof.—(Chaers.) Several other gentlemen spoke in favour of Mr. Tennyson, and against Mr. Hawes. A motion was then made that Mr. Hawes should be put in nomination; but only twelve hands were held up for it, while a forest of hands was raised agains it. The motion was then put that Mr. Tennyson be put in nomination, whic.) was carried by acclamation, ILLUMINATIONS. A numerous meetin g of the electors and inhabi tants of Westminster took place on Friday, at one o'clock, at the Crown and Anchor Cavern, to take into consideration the best method of expressing the public satisfaction on the great victory achieved by the passing of the Reform Bill—Sir Francis Burdett in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, though summoned by no requisition, he came to ascertain the opinions of the meeting as to the best mode of celebrating the suc cess of the Reform measure. Mr. SAVAGE read the first Resolution, to the effect that the nation, by its united and legitimate efforts, having achieved a great and beneficial vic tory, it was necessary to celebrate that victory in a manner worthy of the victors. A. the measure was divided into three branches, extending to England, Semiarid, and Ireland, he thought that the victory should not be celebrated until the three parts were finally completed. The sister country, in particular, deserved well at their hands, and, until justice were done to her, it would not be worthy of the English people to rejoice at their own peculiar triumph. Mr. PITT seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried unatornotudy. Mr. PETER WALKER ro-e to propose the second resolution, the sum of which was, that this meeting, ►n order to counteract the false assertions of the enemy, who spread abroad that the people were in different to the triumph of Reform, thought ii ex pedient to propose a subscription for a banquet to he given to the poorer orders. All that he regretted was, that the resolution was not put into abler hands. —(Cries of " No banquet—an illumination is the thing.") The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was re jected by an immense show of hands, Mr. LIE proposed the third resolulion, which em braced the motives for which the meeting was as sembled, and proposed, in order that all classes of the community may have an opportunity of testify in their joy, to adopt the ancient national usage of a general illumination. There was an appendlge to this resolution!, which the speaker said ought not, perhaps, to be read. Jr was that the illuminations do take place on the 11th 12th, and 13th of July next. It was his own wish that they did not take place until the final discomfiture of the borough mongers, by the emanc;pat ion of the United King dom from their harpy claws.—(Cheers.) Mr. Lee then put the resolution, which was carried amid re iterated cheers. The CIIAIRMAN--It seems, then, that you have decided by an immense majority, that the way of testifying our satisfaction should be by an illumina tion, not to take place till after the passing of the Irish Reform Bill; and, in my opinion, you nave decided on the most proper manner and the very best. The CHAIRMAN then said that it was the final re solution of the meeting that the illuminations were to take place on the 4th day after the Royal assent was given to all 'he BD: for England, Scotland, and Ireland, provided a Sunday did not interfere. A vote of thanks was then voted to the worthy Baronet and to Mr. Byng for their attendance on the occasion. The ►Marchioness of HASTINGS has just given an heir to the Na 1. House of Hastings, at his Lordship's new residence in Park -crescent. In addition to the Engli , :h and Irish honours of the Noble Marquess, the infant E irl of AloiaAwill inherit the Scotch Ear!dont of Loudon and Barony ~ f Mauchline, now enjoyed by the Dowager Marctioness of HASTINGS, and also the English Barony of Grey de Ruthyn, of which his noble mother is the tepre,entative. The Ramona steamer, purchased by Don PEDRO, has been repaired, and her machinery found, on examination, to be in perfect order. She will, therefore, proceed immediately fi um Falmouth to join the expedition• The City of Edinburgh steam r also leaves Falmouth to morrow 'or the same destination ; and a third steamer, we understand, has been purchased at Bordeaux for the service of the expedition. In the case of the troops being landed on two or more points, these steam-vessels are in tended to be employed in keeping up communications bettve,n the different divisions of the army. It is re ported that Don PEDRO is now amply provided with pecuniary means, and that on his landing, every supple of provisions or stores which it may be necessary to demand from the country will be immtdiately paid fur in 'Booty. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Julia 29.—The Vice-Chancellor has ap pointed to-morrow (Saturday), for James Hildyard, of Christ's College, to recite his prize essay; and Monday foi Ds. Spedding, of Trinity College, and Ds. Hildyard, of St. Peter's College, to recite their pi ise essays. The Vice-Chanceor has appointed Tuesday next foi W. C. Kinglake, of Trinity College, to recite his English poem for the Chancellor's medal ; for J. Hildyard, of Christ's College, to recite his Greek and Latin odes, and W. Nicholson, of Christ's College, to recite his epigrams, for Sir William Browne's medals; and also for H. Lush ington, of Trinity College, to recite his exercise for the Poison prize. At the congregation to-morrow there will be proposed to the Senate an address to his Majesty, on the subject of the outrage recently committed against his Majesty at Ascot, The Rev. E. Bushhy, Fellow and Tutor of St. John" College, has been instituted to the vicarage of Impington, in this county; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The Rev. John William Butt, M. A. rector of South ery, succeeds to the mastership of the school at Bromley, in Kent, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Henry Booth Hiobert, who retires to his preferment given by him by the Bishop of Lincoln, near Louth. Tuesday last being the anniversary of the King's Ac cession to the Throne, a sermon was preached at Great St. Mary's by the Rev. Edward Baines, Fellow of Christ's College, from Judges xxi. 25. "In those days there was no King in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes." After the sermon an anthem was per formed. OXFORD, JULY 30.—0 n Thursday last Mr. Thomas Dand and Mr. Thomas Calvert were elected and admitted Taherdars of Queen's College. Messrs. Joshua Treacy, Joseph Hunt, and William Wilson were elected Scholars on the old foundation ; and William Andrews, of Exeter College, an Exhibitioner on the foundation of Sir Francis Bridgman. On Tuesday last the Examiners for the Hebrew Scholarships notified to the Vice-Chancellor that Ben jainin Harrison, B.A. and Student of Christ Church, was appointed to the Hebrew Scholarship on the Pusey and Ellerton foundation; and James Robert Burgess, B.A. of Oriel College, to that on the foundation of the late Mrs. Kennicott. Thursday the following degrees were conferred : BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. The Rev. William Kay, Fellow of Lincoln. Rev. Thomas Price, Fellow of Jesus. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Wm. Gilkes, Pembroke, Grand Compounder. Thomas Lewin, Corpus, Grand Compounder. Henry Cradock Nowell, Corpus. Rev. Alexander Stewart, Alban Hall. Rev. Robert Wells Whitford, St. Edmund Hall. Rev. Dacres Adams, Rev. William Moore, and Marma. duke Robert Jeffreys, Christ Church. Rev. Henry Curtis Smith, Balliol. W. W. Tireman and W. Bulley, Demies of Magdalen. Rev. William John Meech, Fellow of New College. Rev. R. Eldridge and the Nev. L. Tomlinson, Wadham. BACHELLORS OF ARTS. Cornelius F. Broadbent, St. Mary Hall. William Offley, University. William Higgens and Edward C. Swainson, Worcester. William Horatio Edwards, Brasen Nose. Charles Percy Wyatt, John Charles Burton Borough, and Samuel Ravenshaw Wood, Christ Church. Thomas I)and and Thomas Calvert, Queen's. The tollowin : t subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's Prizes, for the ensuing year,viz. For Latin Verse— Carthago. For an English Essay_ On Emulation. For a Latin Essay—De Atticorum Conuadia. The first of the above subjects is intended for those gen tlemen who, on the day appointed for sending the Exer cises to the Registrar of the University, shall not have exceeded four years, and the other two for such as shall have exceeded four but not completed seven years, from the time of their Matriculation. Sir ROGER NEWDIGATE'S PAIR.E—For the best Com position in English Verse, not limited to fifty lines, by any Under-Graduate who, on the day above specified, shall not have exceeded four years from the time of his Matricu lation— Grenada. THEOLOGICAL PRIZE+ The Analogy of God's deal ings with men would not lead us to expect a perpetual succession of miraculous powers in the Church. The Rev. James Lupton, AL A. has been collated by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to the united Rec tories of St. Michael and Holy Trinity, Qurenhithe, void by the cession of Dr. Russell. - The Rev. Henry Dalton bas been presented to the Living of St. Leonard's, Brilignorth, by T. Whitmore, of Apley Park, E'q. The Rev. Dr. Pearson, Dean of Salisbury, read him. self in on Sunday to the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Guild. ford (vacant by the death of the Rev. E. Fulham). The Dean preached an excellent sermon to the respectable and crowded congregation. The following is the list of those candidates who have obtained Classical Distinction : In Discipliuis Mathematicis et Physicis. Crass L—Henry J , ,nes, Jesus ; Charles Lefroy, Ch. Ch. ; Frederick Rogers, Oriel ; Edward Protheroe, Balliol. CLASS IL—Alfred Menzies, Trinity. CLASS lll.—None. CLASS IV.-Godfrey T. Baker, Christ Church ; Henry B. Cronin - 10in and Daniel Dehoudrey, Magdalen Hall; and Henry N. Loring, of Exeter College. ExAmmEits.—R. Walker, A. P. Saunders, and G. Falconer. In a Convocation, holden on Monday last, it was una nimously resolved that a loyal and dutiful address should be presented to his M ijesty, on occasion of the treasonable attack lately made on his sacred person. On tie same day, John Saltvvell Pinkerton, Edward William Vaughan, John Joseph Pratt, and Francis John Kitson, Probationary Scholars of St. John's College, and Thomas Charles Hyde Leaver, of consanguinity to the founder, were admitted actual Fellows of that Society ; and at the same time Samuel Henry Russell, James Augustus Hessey, and George Kidd Morrell, from Mer chant Taylors' School, and Thomas Ward, from Reading School, were admitted Scholars of St. John's. LARGE PIKE.---On Monday last, as Mr. WILLIAM HALL, hair-dresser, of East Retford, was fishing in the river Idle, near that place, he caught a pike, me°. curing three feet three incises in length, and round the holy one foot six inches and a half, weighing sixteen pounds. This may he taken as a large fish, if we con sider that the fishery is not here strictly preserved, but open to almost every person who may choose to try his luck therein. CAUTION TO BATHERS.—On Wednesday se'nnight, three youths, aged 1 1, 13, and 16, the sons of a pour widow named WOOTON, residing in Leather-lane, went early in the morning to bathe. On arriving at the river, THOMAS, aged 13, perspired very much, yet, not withstanding a caution from his elder brother to wait until he was cool, he plunged into the water. After being in sane few minutes he complained of a giddiness and sicl nets, and came our, but was unable to dress himself. As sistance was procured, and he was conveyed home and put to bed quite delirious. Indeed it was necessary to strap him down. The assistance of Dr. LAMB, and Mr. WHITMORE, the surgeon, of Great Bath-street, Clerken well, was rendered ; but in spite of the medical skill of those gentlemen, the unfortunate youth died on Sunday evening. A post-mortem examination of the body by Dr. LAMB and Mr. WHITMORE has since taken place, and the appearance has verified their opinion, that the boy came to his death throtigh imprudently bathing while in a profuse perspiration. ildilligne music. Bon horseback, GREAT REFORM AND ANTI •TiTHE MEETING, COUNTY KILKENNY.--DUBLIN, JUNE 27. —An immense assemblage took place at Moncoin, half way between the towns of Waterford and Car rick, last Sunday, for the purpose of petitioning against tithes, and for a full and fair Parliamentary Reform. Multitudes attended from distances of four teen miles, amounting, according to various estimi!te k s : from 50,000 to 80,000. The inhabitants of ir C vv art a a t c er. shaugh, Knocktopher, BAllyliale, Carriek.on acernto,funintaftintsin(gi.: umarc A he h d ou li t i f i, o o r d d i , e, au t t o l several Aioc o a i d n j , oi adjoining I, towns bnae a nr n ds d wa v on i 8,000 footmen, and 2,000 whichk‘veph When n togetheracrcirrarrived iee, k i s n h : p un. r g o t e tt e near Ballyhdlea esasinriodnK.nock.topliveienr attended, separate dr s a i t t e i pb t l e u : tc , etsh an aat t t i wa n-it y Le.oni t n o - th t the ep Welchl • I at the ground, it was found that a five ultitude : an immense platform also broke hold the in acre field a ppropriated for the purpose was insufficient to down with the weight of those who crowded round the speakers, and ultimately they separated into three nice - once.i,:gs, and s ti w ll e grereaadtielrrecsrseodw crowds s y the weather was exceedingly w7 b ue o al i dk st e e hr r as ous, and many / were prevented from crossing the river Slaney from the county ‘Vacerford side. Strong resolutions, and a petition to Parliament, were adopted, after which the meeting sepa rated without any drinking or rioting. The cholera is on the increase at Belfast, anti the pawn-brokers have given ilp business. Ennisbowen is still disturbed. The pea s ,ntry now and then, at night, tear the roofs of the tithe proctors' houses, and threaten the lives of all the family, ven within sight of the barracks. AGRICULTURAL RRPORT.;FOR:JUNE. The wheats, our most important concern, have experienced a most sudden improvement in colour Ind healthful vigour, and are now universally promising. On cold and poor soils, of course, they ire not bulky, but their promise for a crop at pre sent far exceeds our late expectatiew : on strong Inc! rich grounds a rick is to be apprehended from over luxuriance, the corn being so lofty as to be liable to he beat down and laid by storms or heavy rains. The ears burst forth immediately on the favourable change of weather, and the critical season of blooming is now in course. The spring corn, oats, barley, pulse, together with the grasses, natural and artificial, have received their full share of benefit from the late fortunate change, and are all in a most flourishing and improving siate; the exceptions, in comparison, however hard upon individuals, being of small consequence in a general view. In the ir regular crops the backward portion is shooting up with great vigour, affording promise, should the weather continue favourable, of nearly an equality of ripeness at harvest.. ilionthly Magazine for July. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JUNE 29. MRS. HUMBY V. J. GRANT, ESQ. The well-known actress, Mrs. Humby, appeared in Ccurt to exhibit articles of the peace against the defendant, who, notwithstanding previous recog nizinces into which he had entered, had broken the peace against Ler, the exhibitant, who prayed that Mr. Grant should enter into more sufficient securi tie, in order to shield her from annoyance, and the continual apprehension of bodily harm, The exhi bitant went on to state, that in making this applica tion, she was not actuated by malice or all she sought was the protection of her person from insult, and that she might not be interrupted in her professional duties. The articles stated several of the annoyances which the fair exhibitant had met with from Mr. Grant, in consequence, it would seem, of her repulsing the ardour of the defendant. The CHAIRMAN 1% fished to know, as the case had been before the Court on a previous occasion, into what security Mr. Grant then entered ? Mr. ALLEY-Sir, 501. and two 25/. but all have been forfeited in consequence of subsequent conduct, hence the lady for whom I appear requires a better security. CitAmmaN—Well, then, we will double the Se c uri t ies. Let the sum be 100/. and two 501. the former breach of the securities (the Learned Gen tleman was understood to say) standing in terrorem. Mrs. Humby gave one of her best curtsies, and departed the Court with apparent satisfaction. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST VS' ERIC. Per Quarter. Carlisle. Nforpeth Penrith Skeftield Winchester Per Bushel. Carmarthen--... Coventry --„...... Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton , Swansea Warwick Per 8011. Barnardcastle Durham Richmond Stockton. s. to s. s. to 3. 163 36 , 60 70 36 42 63 66 33 36 62 I 33 64 56 64 32 35 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 66 70 36 40 70 90 48 54 94 96 64 6 6 70 9 3 36 46 98 99 56 60 74 80 40 46 90 100 46 50 i Wheat. Barley. Oats. ',160 186 90 100 146 176 90 10 6 15 6 176 96 100 15 3 16 9 9 6 10 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-June 29 Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sufflilk -s. 545. to 61s. fine esg. Lin. and Cam. -s. 545. to 61s. fine 655. Yorkshire -s. 58s. to 625. fine 655. -- White -s. 595. to 655. fine 68s. - Foreign, Red -s. 488. to 565. fine 62a. White -5. -a. to -a. fine 665. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk '32l. to 345. fine 375. - Lincolnshire 3ss. to 395. fine 40s. - Yorkshire Wold - Foreign Beans, Small ---- Tick 335. to 345. fine 35s Oats, Potato 22s. to 255. fine 26e. - Poland -s. 20s. to 245. fine 25a. - Friezland and Small ... ...... -s. 175 to 225. fine 245. - Mealing lld. to 12Md. per Stone. Shelling 2ss to 2ss. Od. per Load. Malt 34s. 435. fine 465. per Load. Rapeseed. 23/. Os. 25/. Os. 271. Os. per Last. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley e A o b i e d r s d t i e e e a n m —„,_ Cupar Dundee Elgin I nverness....... Kelso . K rkald y-- Perth The size 50 58 46 49 44 50 62 70 55 74 60 62 57 60 48 50 40 45 65 72 of the ml EDINBIJI We had a middlir Barley, and the sal, rent or average pri, quoted for want of Wheat. First 7ss Od Second Otis Od Third 53s Od Beef, per lb. Mutton Veal. , 25 29 22 24 23 25 32 35 34 36 28 30 30 32 24 27 27 39 30 25 asure va N MARKI fall kinds of ds uncomm /, Pease, a Oats. Beans. Oatmeal. 18 22 30 31 15 17 22 24 34 37 17 IS 22 23 21 24 30 32 23 211 26 30 18 21 23 30 20 24 23 30 17 18 23 25 25 32 45 48 43 44 24 27 26 - les throughout the ceuntrv. RGH COR ng supply of e of all r• inc ce of Barle. returns. Barley. Oats. 37s I , ci :265 4d 364 Ott 24s Od —s Od 203 Sd .—June Grain to-, ionly he;;i. and Beans, 48 -. ay, except The cur_ cannot be Pease. Beane. 334 Od 33s (ki —s 0.1 —8 od •-•3 (Ai —3 Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, Ite, Os. 4d. to Os • 7,1 O 5 0 7 O 3 0 7 O 4 0 6 20 4 0 38 0 40 0 O 9 0 10 O 5 0 0 ['ork Lamb, per qr. ('allow, Qthirtern Loaf Potatoes. 1711 b. EDINBURGH MEA The supply of Oatmeal at tl last week's, which met with same. Per Sack of 2801 b. I mp. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 16 0 l3arleymeal 1 13 0 Peasenteal 1 6 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 13 GLASGOW COHN New thrashed Wheats contini In other descriptions of Grain • doing, with little altetation in Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. a. British, old 250to30(:( new 32 0 ii ii Canada, free 26 0 30 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English — 0 0 Scottish 2B 0 30 0 Irish Freshßutter, lb. Os. 9.1. to Is fld. Salt Ditto—, 0 9 0 10 Ditto, per cm t. 068 74 0 Eggs, per doz. 0 7 0 0 OatStrawckpl.)lo 0 10 6 Wheat Ditto-12 0 13 0 Barley Ditto 9 0 9 Hay, per 1 1 1 2 L MARKET —June `2f3. his day's market was similar to a very dull sale : prices still the Per Stone ot 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal ..... 2 0 Second ditto ............ 0 1 10 Barleymeal ...... ....... 1 JO Peascmeal ...............0 1 1 5c.—.141. 20.4 —Peat' 24 d. ue in demand at former rates there is b u t a mo d erate business . ificeg. Oats, per Xrllb. s. d. a. d. Irish l6 0 to 18 0 British — 0 U Beans, pet `2 01b. English ........ Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 b l5 0 17 0 Flour, per 2801 b 43 0 48 0 CORNWALL MARKET. TRURO—Wheat (average) 2.55. 12. a. 6d.—Oats, 98. ST. Aus - rEm.--Wheat, --s. to s.—Barley,—s,' to 12s.—Oats. oi. to 9s. 6d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 2.45. to 261.—Barley, —s. to 133.—0 at.. Os. to 10s. Od.—Beef an d Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Pork, Od. to , flutter, 9d. per lb. LAuNrcusToN— Wheat (average) ::218. 01.—Barley,11s.3d.—thits, 7s o.l.—Beef, 51—Mutton, 6d. LISKEAHD—.Wheat, —a. to 4 225. 01—Barley, 1 la. 6 , l.—Oats, Os. to 7s. 6d. ___ JD;IIN —Wheat (average) 245. o.l.—Barley, 12s. Od.—Oats Si. HELSTON—Wheat, 245. Od.—B ar l ey, 13 s. Od. , Sr. COLON' U—Wheat, 245. to 2 5s.—Barley, 11s. to 12s..—Beef, and Mutton, sd. Jo 6d.—Veal, °J.—Lamb. Od. 311NING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday 2,701 0 Quantity of fine 239 14 Average Produce 91 / 6 0 Amount of Sale, 18,2401.55. 6d.— A verage Standard, 1041. ss. od. The death of the Dowager Duchess of MAN CHESTER puts the following families into mourning :- The Duke of MoNntosr, who is married to Lady CARO LINE GRAHAM, eldest daughter of her Grace, the Mar quess of TWEEDALE, Viscount MANDEVILLE. Lord WIL LIAM MONTAGU, Lady ELIZABETH HEEL?, Lady GEOR thteA N I ate A , Duke ag h o t e f T MANCHESTER o f GIANA BAILLIE, Lady CA ROLINE CALCRAFT, and Sir GEo. WATKI N DASllvvooD. Th e Duch ess was G EOR- G Sir iIENRY 4 D I AySeIaIrIOOD, and survived BIRT HS. On the 29th u l t. Mrs. William Freeman, of Millbank.street, of a son. On the 30th u l t. at Camelford House, Mrs. Charles Mills, of a daughter. On the 29th u lt . at Warwick-place, St. John ' s-woo d, the lady of George Stephen, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 30th ult. at S.t Martin's-in-the-fields, John Wilkinson Esq., of Glouc es t er -roa d , Old 14romp t o n, to France s M ar i a Moy, ' of Sloane-street. DIED. active Membera Magistrate t s r e a v t e e several On the °ad ult. suddenly, at his residence, Wi c k*H ouse, near lie county of Warwick. I B ,e r e l, d William Societies, W . n i t d h eri for n g r'n a f' n -s y q. y e L ar L s D an ' At his house in "Pimlico, aged SI, the Right. Hon. Charles l)undas, Lord Aniesbury lie was recently , raised to the Eng -1 sh peerage, after having been a Member of the House of Com mons above 60 years, and had represented Berkshire in several Parliaments. Having no male heir, the title becomes extinct ; but he has left an only daughter, married to his nephew, Captain J. W. Dundas, Royal Navy. On the 30th January last, at Candy, on the Island of Ceylon, Cie Rev. Thomas Ireland, aged 49, succesively Chaplain to his Majesty's Forces at the Cape of Good Hope and in Ceylon.J PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG ♦r TIM SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON, Beans. s, to s. S. S. 41 - 22 27 20 25 24 22 22 24 s. d. s. d. 17 20 36 40 34 39 33 40 38 47 23 26 22 26 60 7 0 50 7 6 50 70 48 68 33 36 -- 38 4t 49. 46 s.d. Q. d. 00 0 0 56 60 50 56 56 60 62 6 6 0 0 0 0 73 76 00 110 100 106 86 100 00 00