The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-29 00:00:00

SIIARE ALARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) t BRITISH RAILWAYS, RAirwAys . Closing Prices Saturday. Business done this day. 254 —26 i 4i 4i 9 , 1 - 101 9 7 dis 20 - 22 3i -- .244:t 102 -- 103 66 -- 674 21 -- 22 19t -- 204 4 _. 5 pl 8- 9 5a 5a 4 3 i 134 —13 A 47 - 49 33 - 35 iii: ii 52 - 55 72 - 74 28 - 30 83 S 4 51 55 133 - 135 112 - 114 88i - 89 7i - 71 104 - 107 17 -18 p, 75 -75 A 5 - 31- 1 - 2i 15 - - 1d —lipad 101 —lO2 d 111 3 / 4 112 1 1 lir 89 3 / 4 864 7 6 d 6 5 d 11 13 18 20 27 -- 28 ...d 71 -71 i 40 - 42 ~ - • 55 57 i R ° 3i - 34 d 2i 38 52 54 3i 20 32 ... 33 8 10(11 14 2 7 7Ad - 4Ad 84 9 lA 2Ap 50A 511 94 96 62 64 62 64 69 -- 71 ld 19 -- 20 9 -- 10 13i -14 ii 33 3id 19 -- 20 701 70i, 36 -- 37 12i -13 i 26 28 26 15 15 i 81 8A 32 33 10 69 7- 71d 2 a' 2 d 58_ -- 59 Aberdeen &rag. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Sirkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ...... B ristol and Exeter Caledonian. ....... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Du blin&BelfastJune urtdee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New ........ aat Ang1ian.......... 1 0., (£lB E & H).... Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock • Do., B. Stock I Do., N ew A- ..... ,••• East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin • Pith. & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth . &West. (Ire ) Great Western Irish South -Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Laneash. andYorksh. Do., Fifths DD. Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv .Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwell Lou d. Tilb. & Sthend Loud. Bright & S. Cst Lend. and N. Westn . Do. Fifths Do,l 0/. Sh. L ondon andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do. £4O Landrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. li anch.Shef.& Lincin Do., Man. & Lin. Un kidla•nd Do. Birinng. &Derby Xidld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., B ury Extension. wpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Nor thn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No • 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton • Scottish Central Sc ottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Si c.k Shrewsby. & Herefd. S re.wsby. & auster (N. W. Min Do. Halves, Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun ............ Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny W aterford&Limeriek West Cornwall, Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen..... Do., N o. 2 , 7 P. .0 Brio. & Ex, 4 p. e. St Do. 4 / 3 . c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead 5. per cent ,-,crk&Bandon 5i p. c ,tort.ndeePerthezAber ( lee Junction VastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. ( 25 ) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No 2 Do., New 6 p. c St.. EasteTn Union, Scrip G'aar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 P•cts- Edi nb•Prth.daDundeLl 54 per cent.. Glasgow dz S.Western guar. 5 per cent. ••• Great Northr SP• c• 130 . 5 p. at 10 p. c. rem.... Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Westu. (Berks dt Hants Ex. 5 p. c.). • G. West fixed 4 p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. e. Stock.— London and: , Brighton Gu aranteed 5 p. c ••• O. Pref., 5 p. c• St. bo. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . ...... • Do. Now Guar. °p.c. L onclon & S, Western, C.:on. Thirds 'Londonderry& Coler Shar & es Loudy. Ennis Sh Mau ch. ,Shef. , Shares, No. I. Co. New, £lO 'llarYpt.tltCar.l. 4 Do. 14 per cent p. •c Do• • ........ ....... M ad.Co nsol. 6 P.c, St' O. Birrn. Consol. Brist o l & 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension.— Dc. Pref. Si per ct O. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverb. £ 1 5,6P• c. Do . . Sh e sSE )3irm. N. G. Shrewshy. & Chester Gier.W.Min),B p. c • Do. 5 per cent .• S outh D D o evon e . Nw .......... , S. Eastern (Reading 411 h.,) of gl Os.6d. S. Yorksh4p. c. Guar. Fork Watefd..&lijik.6p.e. N ewcastle and. Do. terwick' -• 4 e Pref. • ... 11.°1*/& .... B. Piarch.. ......... 100 6 100 100 10 all li all FOR: Antw rp Ul t ----- 7, - a---- erdaml belgian East. Junct.' Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besa2u— jtlbutch Rhenish ...... ast Indian .......... i Do. Extension ... lOt. Indian Peninsula 'Cd. Junct. of France 1 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares.. .... .. ......... ;Lucca and Pistoja, 5 I per cent. pref. ...... { Imexerabourg ....... DDo. (Railway) . ........ 0... ......... .. ......... i l3° ' (Canal) ............ Do. 6 p. cent. pref. MLyons & blecliterran. adras ................. Maria Antonia ..... Do. New . Namur & Se ge (with iuterest ............... Do. (ex est) ....o)rthern inter of Pranc .. o. 20i . 3 e.. Bds.. [fraY.R. &Ams.Shs.] Norwegiataruk . Pref Pa • d L Paris an ions...'a ... IParis and Oeans.... ,Paris and Rouen ..... 1 j Par is and S trasbourg Mar is Caen& Cherbrg. iSkehec & Richmond Inonen and I lavre . Sambre aud Meuse... Do. 5i per cent. pref. southern of France.. CCV'Upper India crip eost FlandersS . . ....•.... 1). 4 per 0. Prof Western of Frauce... W est. of Switzerland 1`41? all 1 4 ! all all 116 • - 105 iii : i 7 194 204 id par 6i 6g 4 4i 5 5A 4 - - 2 P 1 1 4 151 i 21 124 - 129! 1121--113; - 9 6i - 7 1 103 -1 p O 4 m 15 A 0 - I 152 ai 3 i 10 - 11 Di - 14-, 8 -- 9 1 10i -- 10i' - 1149 151 Par p 114 llix 118 122 115 - 117 246 - 2521 2g lot 17h 18 P 14 1 5 par P 25i - 26 19. -20 A - id 'lO3 105 5b 5i par— i PI 2 -- 1!4 1 13i -- 14 i ,l 2 - 3 D 2 -- lid • r 11 P p 2 -_ 2 r 2 2i p -- id -- id :: 7 4 1 1 P 7 i -- 8 35 -- 366 14 - 146 8 -- 9 1864 -- 19 51 - -53 P -- 45 39 -- 391 4i -5; 1 4 -- 1 d 20i -21 i 9 A -- 9f - 4 4 - 2f 21 d i Pm aGN. t , week 24,4 11 beans, fantirl sane . „ 0 t Ter h earl ;leethe h rate! renlen' ma rket ) tained rer. p rices• tatioill lent t ° psree ,is t h e top To-dsl marl° s to 636 7 / 4 8 cig ,24 205 23.3 .23 36 40s '8• 4b6 32' 3" 35 3Ss „ 41S 39 " hos 63 ' 36 3 4 1 , 11 38 6 4 ck into ,ondil v ; ;27 ; rigs -545 P i 54 5 •• 605 16' 2 10 9 • 5 sr_ vect to- r clte 01'0 1 f n•beas ti lo b f e b t o te ti i le The t. T" o ni3tea a 500 0 d ,f a ll of of stocwedgy lc , r sib 9 . es ,er eta I , ortil " oh Oa • 1 60 3 " .3, 150 ~. 91 f P t ;s et rk ug• 2, 1553 ci 4 ta 2 3 5 i, 4 SO° fi f3l l' SO S 6 eho P , 2, g1.0; ,ffer in 7,ro'nej cl. 5 , 6 3 4 4 4 1° 4 4 4 ,s 55: cll l t l e • t ) V" tc3 20 lii 10 4 17 ear 100 10 100 1Q 100 100 .i. D 5 1(u. WI LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Compass. '''ZiZr'd:,;: - this day. On Saturday last thb el'erilony of laying the founda- tion stone of the Melbourne Athenaeum was performed e - , 50 all Bedford am :..oncion & by Viscount Palmerston, in the small but thriving town Bletchley.... N. West. ... ... of Melbourne , in Derb y shire, where the noble lor d and el w 301 all Bina, & Oxfd. Lady Palmerston are now temporarily residing. st guarantee... R.Westn ... ... The cost of the proposed building, which will be A ., 304 all Do. withoutgt Do -.— -. situated in Potter-street, and will be a neat structure, 30 all Birm. Wolv. & with two porches, and is to be erected after the design ' n Dudleyguar. Do ... ... o f M r . St e vens, of Derby, is estimated at a bout 7001., of w 301 all Do.wthtguar. Do • ••• d which sum subscriptions, including a donation by the m St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.ScN.W lO3 —losxd x late Lord Melbourne, have been already raised to the 1 .,g,. ° 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Jaledon 514 —s34xd extent of 4501. It is intended to combine three distinct 1 - 1 ; St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. gt.Nrthn. 150 152 but important objects in the building—first, accornmoda- th 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fi Grit. Westn 32 33xd a d tion for an infant school ; next, a mechanics' institute ; 100 all lirtipl. Dk. & fie. New. and lastly, a savings' bank. The hall will also be avail- F Railway & Berw. ... ... able fur lectures and public meetings. The institute at ex 50 all Hull & Selby Y. & NMd 113 114 present possesses between eighty acid ninety members, 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 56 — 57 and a library containing nearly a thousand volumes. kr lal 124 all Do. 4 Shares. :)o 274 28? ) Every effort was made by the inhabitants to give eclat 13i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 141 14 4 to the occasion, and the event being considered to mark or 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 an important era in the history of the town, the day was p r i -- 100 20 100 Lowestoft gr. observed as a general holiday. The committee, feeling TI 4 per cent. Norfolk _ that it was only fitting, from the interest which Lord ' 98 _ 20 100 Do. 6 per ct. and Lady Palmerston ever evinced in ail that concerns in 54 all Manch. Bxtn. L.&N.W. te and Matlock & Midld. 3 3 i the well-being of Melbourne, that they should be invited , ne 50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton & to take a prominent part in the proceedings, embraced tic R e d car Darlingt.,.• x d x d the opportunity offered by his lordship's visit to his Mel- u n 00 all Midld.Bradfd Slidla.nd.. • 108 -- 109 bourne estates, to request him to lay the foundation fo 50 all Northern and scone—a task which the noble viscount cheerfully con- m th sented to undertake. m 50 all Do. Fixecls pi Do — _. D E o . Count 6. . 5. 7 6 .. 7 . ... The proceedings commenced by the presentation of an s „ 50 all Do. Eas 6 te p rn er s . P ct . ! • 25 all Prest. & Wyre address to Lord and Lady Palmerston, at their Mel- &Ln&Yk ... •.. bourne residence, welcoming theni on their arrival h i 124 12 Do. 4 Shares. Do . ••• among the inhabitants of that town. A multitude of at St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthi, 148 1. 5 50x ( d i 149 x d the townspeople assembled upon the grass-plot in front i n 148 0x St. 100 Do.Shep th.St Do of his lordship's mansion, and vociferously cheered the y, __-- 1 4 25 18g Shef.Rothan d Lancash& noble viscount and his lady during the presentation of hi G Yorksh. ... ... 12 94 M.MCleai. 14 ---4 d al S. dsph.c.. 50 all W ear V a lleygrStockt. & o s o ta le fl g o . r s the address. Lord PALMERSTON then addressed the assemblage. al 6 per cent...l Darlingt. ... xd Having cordially thanked them for the kindness with w 25 a ll Do Do 3IA 321 311 w hi c h th e y h a d rece i ve d Lady Palmerston and himself, e l St. 100 Wilts&SerarstlGtWestn lO - -- 103 I x a he proceeded to. say :—Allusion has been made in ni the address to the foreign policy which her Majesty's ui MINES. Government pursued while I held the office of Mi- w nister for Foreign Affairs. Whilst I had the honour et 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold i d par 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian l4l * d , Europe the inestimable blessings of peace. But I felt ei 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera a id ings was to make foreign governments understand that EC 1 all Australian Freehold g td while, on the one hand, this country would never wil- le 1 all Ave Maria — id linaly or knowingly inflict wrong upon a foreign nation, of 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) td par on the other hand we should never submit to the inflic- th 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 Icl tion of any wrong from them. In these endeavours I ti 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 was nobly supported by the people of this country. I cc 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued am convinced that as long as the Government of this v.( at £5 pm ..• •. 31 —4l country know t h at t h ey are supporte d b y th e generous f r . 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 24 34 feelings of the British nation, we shall maintain that re- WW 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 34 33 1 A Carson's Creek 40 all Cobra Copper 4l 45xd best security for the maintenance of peace. (Hear, al 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 social, commercial, end political improvements which ti 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 64 —74 p were deemed by the wisest men to be conducive to the ti 5 all English anclAustrin welfare and interest of the country ; and I think I may th Copper Smeltg.Co 2l 14(1 appeal to the present state of comfort among the work- th 20 all General ing classes as a proof of the soundness of the policy fa- cc 2 all Great Nugget Vein i 4 P milady denominated free trade. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, m 2 all Do. Registered lam glad upon all occasions to come into contact with re 3 all Great Polgooth --ld 1 all Lake Bathurst t id the working classes. It is the peculiar pride and dis- hi 1 all Liberty . ............. 3 1 barriers between the different classes of which the corn - w munity consists. It is the happiness and pleasure of tt all Li berty L L i o n n a d r . e & s c a 1 .. i . f . 0 . 1 ... n . .. G .. oid . 84 94; Quartz Crush. Co. i a the higher classes to avail themselves of every opportu- al 1 all Kariquita 10 9 Nfexican&S.Americn 6 —7 labouring classes. On the other hand, there is no man, tl 1 all New Granada A d— i P 13 p 14 however humble, who does not feel that by his industry gi 1 all Nouveau Monde g 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and the exertion of his talents he may obtain the highest (f and Copper Smeltg. ... ... distinctions in the State. There are abundant examples co 5 1 Port Philip $ 4 d in the House of Peers of men who owe their origin to pi 1 all Quartz Rock - tl 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — ••• the working classes, and contributed to the welfare and pl 30 101 Santiago de Cüba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 7 9 • hereditary distinctions to those who have descended from de 284 all United Mexican.-- 4 44 them. (Hear.) lam convinced, gentlemen, that the work- IQ 1 all Waller g i a 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba - i d talent, and industry, and lam confident that they will di avail themselves of every opportunity afforded them by hi - the increased knowledge and improvements of the age. or JOINT-STOCK BANKS. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and beg that EQ you will accept my most faithful acknowledgments for do 40 all Australasia BO 82 the flattering address which you have presented to me. st 50 all British N. American ... ... Gentlemen, I wish you all health and happiness. cc 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of 'edict, A procession was then formed, which, headed by a in Australia, & China p 100 25 Colonial .• ... 184 band of music, and accompanied by his lordship, marched hi through the town to the site of the institute. On its it 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ... ... 20 10 English Scottish and way thither it passed through triumphal arches, and was fii Australian par 4 p greeted with the shouts of the multitude. A consider- hi 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of able muster of the most respectable inhabitants of the ai Australia 24 3 p town and surrounding district had collected on the s! 50 20 London and County ... --... ground before twelve o'clock, the hour fixed for the per- h. 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... formance of the ceremony ; but the . gathering would g 100 20 Lend. & Westminster ... ... have been much larger had it not been for the very un- n 20 2 London Bank of Aus- propitious state of the weather. Among those present t' tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank of and Countess of Harrington, Lord. Petersham, the Hon. r Corporation . 504 54 Mrs. Lamb, Mr. Cantrell, Mr. Moss (Mayor of Derby), 'f 25 5 Do. New — ... the Rev. Mr. Dean, vicar of Melbourne, &c. 100 25 ' •ovincial of Ireland ... ... The ceremony was preceded bya brief address, es- ( 10 all Do. New... 5 1 Royal Australn.Blig. reverend vicar of Melbourne, who afterwards offered up I & Gold Imp Co 4 dis— par a prayer invoking the divine blessing upon the under. 1 25 all South Australia 43 45 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 704 70 taking in which they were about to engage. The stone ( ••• 24 Do. New 8 - - 8.3 was then lowered. to the appropriate level._ when Lora I 50 10 Union of London ... ... 19 4 Palmerston was handed the silver trowel, and proceeded e 40 all Union of Madrid-- ... ... in a workmanlike manner to accomplish the task assigned I to him. The work having been completed, amidst the ( MISCELLANEOUS enthusiastic cheering of the spectators, 1 His LORDSHIP said-e-Ladies and gentlemen, it has I 100 35 Australian Agricult. 35 37 afforded me great pleasure to assist in laying the founda- t 20 12 Australsn.Peific.Mail ... ... tion of so interesting a building as that which is to be ( 10 8 Australis. Royal Mail ... ... erected on the spot where we now stand. It is indeed ( 50 38i Brit. American Land 65 68 a building of peculiar interest, because it is destined to f 100 324 Canada — be, I may say, an epitome of the life of man, as well € 5 5 Crystal Palace l4 2 p 7 as an example of the 'civilisation and improvement i 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France i 1 p a 20 1 Eastern Steam . ... 1i the age. It is to contain, in the first place, a provi- c 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... sion for infancy ;in the next place, it will afford instruc- 1 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... tion and amusement for men of maturer years by means t 20 14 General Screw Steam ... ... of the mechanics' institution ; and, lastly, in the savings 1 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar . ... bank, there will be a provision for advanced and declin- , 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... ing age. In former times the treatment of infants was I 10 3 Netherlands Land id par far different from that which now prevails. Mothers I 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... considered, and still in some other countries consider, I 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ..• their infants as encumbrances, impeding their useful ex- ( 50 25 Do. Do. ... ... 381 ertions ; and they used to be scolded till they cried, and t 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... ... beaten till they ceased to wasp. (A laugh.) In some f 25 25 South Austral. Land 37 39 37/ 61 countries, mothers who want to employ themselves in 1 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. .., ._._ ... useful labour wrap their infants in swaddling clothes and 1 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... ... I hang them on pegs as you would a hat or great coat. f 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 16 —l7 ! _ (Renewed laughter.) But our improved civilisation has ----"----• taught us that we may provide for the care of infants, 1 and at the same time begin to instruct their useful t LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) minds. It is, indeed, not possible to hope that any i .0.- great degree of information can be instilled into children 1 L O NDON, Aug. 29.—Wind this day at Noon , S. W., li g ht of from two to six years o f a g e, and the knowled g e breeze, and fine clear weather.—The wreck of a brig of about 400 tons, with decks swept , lower hold full of timber, which is imparted at so tender an age may, perhaps , not long survive the hours during which it is communicated I was passed on the I st instant by the Lady Milton, arris ed to them. But they acquire habits of obedience, order, 1 in the Downs. DEAL, Aug. 29.—Wm ~ . . and regularity, and habits are the most important ob- g. ' o d a, WN W Arrived from the jects of education, and most durable in their effect ;and the habits thus taught to infants in their earliest years ' River—Queen, for Al Bay ; Commodore, Jamaica ; Sphynx, Boston ; Ballengeich, Quebec ; Anne, do. SHOREHAM, Aug. 27. -The Australia , Grim sb y to Rio contribute to their happiness, to their good conduct., and 1 , Janeiro, on shore near here, has become a total wreck. to their welfare in after life. We are, therefore, when WHITSTABLE, Aug. 28.—The Favourite, of Chichester, we establish infant schools, not only assisting mothers ; sunk in the harbour, but has been raised ; cargo, all but the top tier, damaged. by giving them the means of more useful occupation, but ! we are laying the foundation for good order in that corn- ' PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 28.—Wind, W., blowing hard. munity of which their infants are hereafter to be m em- Arrived—Faith (s), London, for the Coast of Africa ; Car- hers. The advantages of mechanics' institutions are so matic, London, for New Zealand; Alexander, do., for well . known, and so justly and universally appreciated, Mauritius ; Fleur de Lis, Sunderland, for Madras ; A p ollo, Hartlepool, for Demerara. that it would be a waste of time, I may say, to dilate PLYMOUTH, Aug. 28.—Arrived — Alice Mark, Loudon, upon them ; but, nevertheles s, it is not useless to bear . in for Algoa Bay. mind that these institutions contribute not only to the in. MILFORD, Aug. 27. The Kingston, from Quebec, is on tellectual pleasures of the working classes, but also con shore on Pwllchion Flats, without apparent damage. duce greatly to their worldly comfort and advantage. CARDIFF, Aug. 27.—The Massachusse tte, New p ort to And speaking of plea sure, I ma y sa y that there are no New York, was run on shore near Scill y Island last ni g ht, pleasures which are really worth having but those which much damaged, and very leaky ; cargo will be saved.—The are connected with the intellectual faculties. Pleasures of I Maria (Greek barque), Belfast to this port, is on shore, another kind may, perhaps, be valued for the moment, 1 and fills with the tide. , but they_ leave no good effect after them, and they tend WEYMOUTH, Aug. 27.—Wind, W. Arrived — Promise , frequently rather to degrade and brutalise than to im- Quebec.—The Collector, Callao to Queenstown , foundered prove and adorn the beings by whom they are enjoyed. off Cape Clear ; crew saved. BREST, Aug. 26,—The Sardinian (brig), N. S. del. Car- (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, the pleasures of the mine, Almeria to Swansea, put in here on the 24th inst., intellect increase in intensity in proportion as they are with considerable damage to hull, topsails, Szo. enjoyed, and they elevate the persons who cultivate SHANGHAI, June 21.—The Sir H. Pottinger, from Live- them in the scale of human beings. Now, gentlemen, pool, got on shore on a reef off Gaspar Island, on the 3d of there is a 'remarkable difference between the times May, but came off, and arrived here, without apparent in which we live and those which have preceded damage. —The Regent, of Hull, New us. We have indeed in these days great discoveries HALIFAX, N.S., Aug. 18. and inventions York to Quebec, was totally lost on White Island, 70 made, worthy of the intellectual pro miles East of this port ; crew saved.—The Zero, Clyde to gress of the people who now live. We have in these days New York, went ashore at Archeveque, C.B. 28th July, invented railwa y s, which facilitate and increase the in and is likely to become a total wreck.—The Ley of th e tercourse between towns, and provinces, and countries Isles, Prince Edward's Island to Liverpool, has been taken —which tend, as it were, to render urope one vast into Arichal, having been on Mainadeen Point, July 30. city, and to confer upon different nations those advan tages of easy communication which heretofore were en joyed only by the inhabitants of separate towns. This SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION.—It appears the di- is a great improvement— a great invention—and one rectors of this company have resolved to recommend which is likely to conduce much to the prosperity, the the declaration of a dividend for 'the past half-year, at happiness, and welfare of mankind. We have in these the rate of 2 1 per cent. p er annu m. days applied the power of steam to the navigation of ILLNESS OF CARDINAL WISEMAN.—The Tablet states the wide ocean, and have thereby brought countries that the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster has been nearer to each other which heretofore were separated confined for the last week at Walthamstow with a serious by passages of many months, accompanied also by great internal complaint, and that a good deal of anxiety is perils and dangers. We have also, gentlemen, in these felt about him. days had an invention—one of the most splendid P LYMOUT H SAILORS HOME. — We are happy to state triumphs of human genius, because it was not by acci through the instrumentality of Messrs. Eastlake as dent that it was discovered—it was the result of labo executors of a lady recently deceased, the above Insti- none investigation and patient induction ; I mean the tution will be benefitted to the extent of one hundred electric 'telegraph—an invention which brings the most guineas.—Plymouth TiMe2. 1 distant parts of the world within minutes of each other, SIR G. Baninv. - -The screw steam-sloop Brisk, Come and which will probably, at no distant day, enable us to mander Seymour, put into Falmouth on Saturday from hold converse with our fellow-subjects in India as quickly stress of weather, bound to the West In dies with Sir G. as parties recently cou ld d o i n a dj o i n i ng rooms . B u t, Barkly, the n e w Governor of Jamaica. I gentlemen, f ormer ages h ave a l so h a d t h e i r great an d Novel, MAC TUNE.—In the Court Circular of last Sa- ! important inventions and discoveries. The magnetic turday's Times, it is stated, " Messrs. Nicoll, of needle enabled men, who used before to creep timidly Regent-street, had the honour of submitting for her along the shores of seas, to launch into the wide ocean, with Majesty's and his Royal Highness's inspection yesterday, the certain security of attaining directly the object of their the newly-invented sewing machine, and a coat sewn by search. That was a great invention, and it laid the this process." The machine was originally invented by foundation of vast improvements in the existence of man an American citizen, but has been brought into practical kind. Former ages invented also the art of printing, an use by the Messrs. Nicoll, who have patented a peculiar art whose usefulness,it would be childish in me to point method o f joining seams or edges together. The ma- i out to any of those whom I have now the honour of ad chine accomplishes six hundred stitches per minute, all I dressing. Former ages also invented gunpowder, which, of whi c h are s t ronger and finer than ca n b e p r oduced by ' although apparently an instrument of more rapid destruc the be s t h an d l a b our . M essrs . Ni coll state the intro- I tion, yet gave to civilisation a secure protection against ducti on o f th e machine has not caused the dismissal of barbarism ; and it may be safely affirmed that if the I even one of their numerous operatives, nor is it likely ' Romanshoade would poss notesseda have knowled b g e e en of o t v h e is rr i u m n pl b e y m . implement of i f to do oth er th an to supply the gre a t d eman d crea t e d war, Eul p by the growing prosperity of the colonies, Where this hordes of barbarians who involved the moat civilised class of labour . is scarce and dear ; ,runreover, the un- portions of the world in the darkest ignorance for many h b e ea a l i t t h o y ge s t ti s n u g p p er o s s e i d ti e e d n . of the workman will in future centuries by their inroads. But, gentlemen, though in 1 former times there were men of great knowledge, who Leasing Compans• Closing Prices Saturday. Business this day. 67 6 51 13i i 753 1111 xd xd xd xd sci. 71 53 i 32 i 70 36i 1281 8 TME .geN, LONt) I MONDAY .IJi.ViN LORD PALMERSTON AT MELBOURNE. invented those wonderful things, tot to mention men of siMende and of literatiire, who hive never since lam surpassed, yet in those times knovledge was &mined to a few. Now; however; happily; knOwledge ig at the othiliarld of all, and books for ilcirrOVing iiistfu^tidii cf every kind are accessible at prices which place thent within the reach of all ; whil t alas these mechanics' in- stitutions enable the working theses to profiP, by the exertions, bodily and intellectual, of those who are the investigators and acquirers of knovledge. (Cheers.) The workman now, without going many yards from his home, may acquire a knowledge of distant countries which was gained by adventurous travellers vho had traversed the burning desert or encountered the stormy ocean—who had visited the Arctic regions, or tone to the extreme of the southern hemisphere. The mechanic has now an opportunity of acquiring the results of these painful exertions without stirring from borne. He has now also the means of applying to his own purposes all the knowledge which men of deep scbrice have gained by laborious processes, whether in chemistry, in mechanics, or any other branch ; and he is enabled easily to profit, at a small expense, from the investigations which have been so arduously ursued by others. The mechanic is also, by th ese institutions, initiated into the secrets of nature, the contemplation of which tends to elevate the mind ; and while, on the one hand, it teaches every man how insignificant a por tion he is of the great universe which science un folds to him, it must also, on the other, render him more contented with his lot, and more resigned to bear those individual evils which Providence in its wisdom may have ordained him to suffer. The mechanic in his small room, by the library which is placed at his com mand, is enabled to know the wonderful contrivances by which insects too small to be seen by the naked eye are yet formed with all the artificial conformation of larger beings—that although you cannot perceive them, yet that they have joints, and limbs, and veins, and blood that circulates, and lungs that breathe—that they are endowed, although in minuteness hardly conceiv able by mar, with all the elaborate contrivances which we find in the larger objects of creation. The me chanic also by these institutions is enabled to carry his mind to the more elevated and distant regions of the universe ; he is enabled, not merely to understand the wonderful mechanism of that system of which this earth forms a part, but be can carry his views further, and learn that there are visible to those who have the command of the telescopic improvements of the day, eighty millions of suns, all of them probably as large, though some may be larger, than ours—all of them sur sounded by planets like our sun, and containing pro bably an indpanita,...number_ of beings, all tho creatures of the same inscrutable Power which made this world — the contemplation of which subject must, I think, raise the mind of the mechanic from earthly, low, and vulgar considerations, and tend to direct his mind with fer vent devotion towards that great and mysterious Being from wLem be derives his present existence. (Cheers.) Well, then, if these institutions are advantageous to the middle age of man, so also are savings banks valu able establishments for the benefits they confer upon declining age. There is no maxim of life more important than this, that a man should make the day conducive to the morrow—(hear, hear) — that he should be willing to forego enjoyments, the temptations, the allurements of time present, for the purpose of laying up a store which shall ensure to him comfort in time to come ; and the observance of that maxim is no less productive of comfort and happi ness in this world than essential for our well-being hereafter. Those who act upon that maxim will find themselves comfortable, wealthy, and respected. Those who, on the other hand, are careless of to-morrow, and think only of to-day, and waste and riot in extravagant and needless pleasures those means which ought to be laid up in store for their future support -they will lose the respect of all their neighbours, and, what is still a greater loss, they will lose all respect for themselves. (sear, hear.) Well, gentlemen, nothing can be more calculated to encourage the habit of forethought and providence than these savings banks ; and I trust that the good effect of the establishment of one in this town will be as great as it has been proved to be in other places where similar institutions have been founded. I trust that the workman who by his industry and skill is now in the receipt of ample wages, instead of squan dering (as perhaps many may now be tempted to do, by the want of any proper means of accumulation) in dissipation, in drunkenness, or in other momentary in dulgences a large portion of his earnings, will be in duced to lay by that portion for the future support of himself and his family ; and depend upon it that, if once the habit is acquired, and a man begins to feel that by providence and forethought, by saving up a little day by day and week by week, he is accumulating a store which will stand him in stead when a rainy day comes, when age and infirmity prevent him from labour ing with the same activity as he has been able to do heretofore—when once that habit is gained, he will find it a source of pleasure as well as of advantage—he will find it a source of honest pride to himself to know that he has been collecting together a little stock for himself, and he will be a far happier as well as a far more re spectable member of society than he would have been if he had dissipated in daily and weekly riot and extrava gance those means which ought to be otherwise and more advantageously applied. (Cheers.) I look, therefore, upon this institution as one of perhaps greater interest than any that has ever been placed under a single roof, because it combines a care for man from his in fancy to his most advanced age—it provides those means which the improved civilisation and greater knowledge of the times have pointed out as useful to all classes of the community ; and I trust, therefore, that this day will be one auspicious' to Melbourne—that every man and every child who now hears me will reap in the future career of this institutior benefits far greater than perhaps many have anticipated, but benefits which have always attended institutions of the like nature wherever they have been founded, and wherever they have been ade quately supported. (Cheers.) There is one other topic, ladies and gentlemen, on which perhaps I may be per mitted to address to you a few words. There is one thing, I think, still wanting to complete the institution of this town. I mean a school for the education of girls. (Hear, hear.) There is an excellent boys' school, but there is not yet a similar establishment for girls. Now, gentlemen, it is well known that the education of women is of the greatest importance to society. Men may be in deed the rough stones of which the fabric of society is built—they are the strength and the resting portions of that fabric ; but women are that finer cement without which these rougher ingredients would not find order or consistency, and without which there can be no beauty, no form, no lasting endurance. (Hear, hear.) We all know the important influence which is exerted by women upon the welfare of man, whether it be in the capacity of daughters, of sisters, of wives, or of mothers ; and therefore, independently of any further regard for the fairer sex—a regard, however, which lam persuaded all whom I now address feel in the strongest degree—(a laugh)—the most selfish consideration, a single regard for ourselves, a mere regard for man, abstracted from and independent of woman, ought to lead us to endea vour so to mould and educate the rising generation of the female community that they may be as well fitted as it is possible for good training and instruction to make them to perform the various duties of life in the capaci ties of daughters, sisters, wives, and mothers. I there fore commend to your consideration—though it forms no part of the institution now about to be esta blished, I commend to your anxious and earnest con sideration the establishment also of a girls' school at Melbourne. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, I can only again express the high gratification it has afforded me to take part in this most interesting ceremony, and I conclude with wishing every possible prosperity, not only to the institution itself, but to the town of Mel bourne, to which it is destined to be both an ornament and an honour. (Loud cheers.) The ceremony concluded with the National Anthem, in which the whole of the company joined. COLLATION. The party then retired to the National School-room, where a collation was served under the presidency of Mr. J. T. Cantrell. Lord and Lady Palmerston, Earl Cowper, the Hon. Mrs. Lamb, the Hon. Mr. W. Cow per, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Moss, the Rev. Mr. Dean, Messrs. Moxley, S. Fox, Sandars, Heywood, &c., were present on the occasion. After the repast the usual loyal toasts were duly honoured, when The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Ladies and gentlemen, I now propose t• give a toast more immediately connected with the proceedings of this day, and in proposing the health of Lord Viscount Palmerston—(loud and con tinued cheering)—l feel it would be as presumptuous in me as distasteful to him that I should enter upon any statement of his claims to public admiration—(hear, hear)—and it would be equally unnecessary for you. All of you know that he has long occupied a most pro minent position in the councils of her Majesty and her predecessors,. and that he has long filled the highest position in the State--that his name is not only known to England—not merely to Europe, but to the whole civilised world—(cheers) —that Wherever the name of England extends—and where does it not ?—the fame of the noble lord has accompanied it, and that wherever an Englishman has planted his foot upon foreign ground, he has always walked erect and proudly, knowing that if he conducted himself properly, he had a champion at home, in the person of the noble lord, who would pro tect his liberty and redresii his wrongs. (Cheers.) But however brilliant, and almost if it is not to his position, not altogether unequalled, that I have now to direct your attention. It is rather to the obligation which the noble lord has conferred upon us by his presence here to day—that amidst the cares and anxieties, the toils and responsibilities of bis high office, he should have snatched the first day when the slightest cessation oc curred, to come down here amongst us, and to testify his interest in the institutions of this place by his pre sence here to-day ; and the admirable address which we have heard, and the also equally admirable precepts which he has inculcated. (Cheers.) To him I feel that our deepest gratitude is due, and when I tender him, on your behalf and my own, our sincere thanks, I feel that I must not confine myself to that only, and merely to him alone, otherwise you would say that I had not half discharged my duty, nor duly represented your feelings, for, considering the manner in which the noble lord is allied to this place, and looking to the deep interest which Lady Palmerston has always taken—(cheers) — since she has been connected with Melbourne, and that she has testified that interest by hergracious presence at the ceremony which we have witnessed, and also in this room; showing that she does in reality take a deep interest in all that concerns this place—l feel that to her, as well as to Lord Palmerston, we owe a deep debt of gratitude—(cheers)—and, therefore, when I propose the toast I am now about to give, I am sure that you will accompany it with the heartfelt wish that Lord and Lady Palmerston may long live in health and happiness to reflect with satisfaction upon the proceedings of thi's day, and to witness what we are sanguine to hope will be the beneficial results which will emanate from them. (Cheers.) The chairman concluded by giving " The INC4-_,AITGUST 26, 1 53. health of Lord and Lady Pahnerskm." [The toast was drunk with enthusiastic applausi.l Lord PALMERSTON then rose and said Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Lady Palmerston, and in my tiwii rianiey I beg to return you our most cordial and sirlobtrq thanks for the most kind and flattering manlier in which, in the first place, our worthy chairman has beets pleased to propose the last toast, and in the next place, for the manner in which you have been pleased to receive it ; and I can assure you, on the part of both of us, that the circumstances of this day will leave a most grateful impression upon on hearts to the longest day of our existence. (Cheers.)' For Lady _Palmerston I may say that she, lam certain, us her relations to this place will ever bear in mind the maxim that property has its duties as well as its rights —(cheers)—and nothing will give her more pleasure than doing anything which may lie in her power to contribute to the welfare, the happiness, and prosperity of this town and of its inhabitants. For myself, with respect to the kind manner in which our excellent president has been pleased to notice the plf lic duties which have devolved upon me, I can only say that it has been my endeavour, in whatever public situation I may have been placed, to perform the duties of that office ; and in regard to those duties as connected with ourforeign relations, any humble endeavours on my part properly to maintain the dignity of the country, and duly to afford in every part of the world protection and support to my fellow-countrymen, have been so ably, so amply, and so honourably sup ported by the unanimous feeling of the country—(cheers) —that very little merit—no merit, I may say—is due to the man who was the organ of England in these matters, The merit is due to the English people, and I am per suaded that whoever may be the person charged with the conduct of the department of foreign affairs, he will always find in the manly determination and the generous spirit of the country all the support which he may re quire in the most difficult circumstances. (Cheers.) It has afforded me, ladies and gentlemen, the most peculiar pleasure to be enabled to assist at the interesting cere mony which we have had to perform to-day. There can not, to any person who has been conversant with public affairs, be anything more interesting, and nothing, I am sure, can be more important—than to assist in the de velopment of the intellectual progress of the inhabi tants of this country. It is a subject of pride to every Englishman to feel how awakened is the spirit of the people to objects and matters of this kind ; and when we see everywhere endeavours spon taneously made by the population of every district to cultivate their own minds, and to lay the foun dation for the cultivation of the intellect of the rising generation, it is a contemplation which is not only grate ful to every lover of his fellow-men, but which is pecu liarly gratifying to an Englishman, because he feels that thereby we are laying the surest foundation for the great ness, the prosperity, and the happiness of our country. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I see before me a motto which is peculiarly appropriate to the occasion for which we have met, and a motto which, I trust, will lead naturally to the toast with which I shall beg to conclude, viz., " Prosperity to the Institution of which we have to day laid the foundation." The motto I see is " Know ledge is power." Now, if there is any axiom which is more true than another, that axiom is the one which I see before me ; for it is by knowledge man is enabled to coerce to his service the elements of nature—it is by knowledge that he is able to make the wild winds of heaven conducive to the purposes of commerce—it is by knowledge that he is enabled to reduce the almost in describable power of steam to obey him like a slave—it is by knowledge that we have lately been enabled to bring the destructive element of lightning to our service , and to make it subserve the most ordinary and daily purposes of human existence. (Cheers.) But there is one power which knowledge gives us, which, perhaps, ' for each individual is still more valuable than what I have alluded to, for knowledge gives to man power over himself—(cheers)—it is by knowledge that men are en abled to control their passions, to regulate their conduct, to devote their energies and exertions to the welfare of themselves, of their families, of their neighbourhood, and their country—(hear)—and therefore of all the powers which knowledge confers upon man, there is none 4 which, perhaps, is more valuable—none which comes more home to men's business and bosoms—than the power which it confers upon man to govern and regulate himself. (Cheers.) I am persuaded, gentle men, that the institution of which we have to-day laid the foundation will convey to the inhabitants of Mel bourne that most valuable power, and that they will exert and employ it for the purposes for which Provi dence has destined it to be applied. (Cheers.) I beg therefore, gentlemen, to propose to you the toast of " Prosperity to the Melbourne Athenaeum." (The toast was drank amidst great cheering.)_ The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Health of Lord and Lady Cowper," and said that the people of Melbourne would be delighted to hear that there was a prospect that they would have an annual visit from the distin guished subjects of that toast, and have the benefit of their counsel and advice, as well as their kind patron. age, their active benevolence, and admirable example. (Drank with the usual honours.) Lord. CoWPER, in returning thanks, expressed the pleasure it afforded him to attend the proceedings of that day, and his hope that the institution which had been just founded would bring forth good fruit, and be attended with great success. The noble lord concluded by proposing "The health of the Committee." The Rev. Mr. DEAN returned thanks on behalf of the committee, and proposed "The health of Mr. Moss, the mayor of Derby, and the visitors." Mr. Moss acknowledged the toast. Lord PALMERSTON said—l beg leave, with the per mission of the worthy president, to propose a toast to the company. Derbyshire has been celebrated for the praises bestowed upon it by tourists, and in all works treating of the different remarkable things in the coun try—and nobody who. hue look.d ab ti g uide-book, or has at all thought it well to visit the interior of his own country—can be ignorant of the attractions which are offered by what are called the beauties of Derbyshire. By those attractions have generally been meant the mountain scenery and the other naturai but inanimate objects which have drawn persons to all parts of this country. Now I propose that we should drink to the beauties of Derbyshire ; but the beauties to which my toast will refer are far from being inanimate, and far from being uncultivated (laughter and cheers)—and may vie with any other parts of the creation the attractive beauties of which excite the admiration of all beholders. (Hear, hear.) I trust, gentlemen, that we may in that toast, for the present day at least, include any beauties that belong to other counties—they will allow us to consider them for this day at least as Derbyshire beau ties. (A laugh.) I therefore propose that you shall drink, with that enthusiasm which I am sure the toast will excite, "The Beauties of Derbyshire." prank amid loud cheers. The Hon. H. COWPER M.P., returned thanks on behalf of the ladies who, he said, felt that the noble lord had done them full justice, and that he had as accurately and as faithfully described them as any land scape painter could depict. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Turning, however, to the interesting event which they were met to celebrate, he felt glad for Melbourne's sake that the inhabitants had at last determined to rear an edifice worthy of the wealth, the prosperity, and skill of the town. It had never occurred to him to hear of a hall being built to combine so many useful and excellent purposes, for there they were to have a place where they might invest not only their surplus money, but their surplus leisure, and he hoped that the mental and moral benefits they would reap would more than equal the pecuniary advantages held out by the institution. There was something interesting to his mind in the name by which the insti tution was designated, taking them back as it did to the centre of ancient civilisation and to a temple reared two thousand years ago on the shores of the 2Ege,an Sea. This reminded them that they must not be too proud of their modern civilisation ; and that, though it was Etc rally true that we had made conquests over nature and attained to heights in science unexampled in the pre vious history of the world, yet that in comparing modern with ancient civilisation, we had our defects as well our preponderances. One of those defects, he thought was, that we were so busy and so absorbed in carrying out the great purposes of life, as somewhat to disregard the best mode in which advantage might be derived from the leisure at our disposal. In all that beautifies and adorns life, in all that tends to taste and recreation, the Greeks were our superiors ; and when we looked to the development of mind, we had some thing to borrow from others instead of resting in proud complacency upon our own pre-eminence. He trusted that the Athenmum of that town would provide ra tional, innocent, and wholesome amusement, for man was an animal who must be amused, and who, unfor tunately, could not always amuse himself—(a laugh) — and it wanted a good deal of union, combination, and forethought to provide large bodies of men with useful and advantageous recreation. (Cheers.) • The proceedings then terminated, when the company, as well as the townspeople, afterwards dispersed them; selves among the grounds of Melbourne gardens , which • were, by the kind permission of Lady Palmerst on, placeth 3. at the disposal of the committee for Lthe b enefit of e institution. Boats also plied on the lake for the accom - modation of excursion parties. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. —The Queen has appointed the Earl of Craven Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Warwick, in the room of the Earl of Brooke and Warwick, deceased. The Queen has appointe d Lord Lovat Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the county of Inverness, in the room of the late Earl of Seafield. Her Majesty has conferred upon the Duke cif Athol and Lord Panmure the Orders of the Thistle, va cated by the Earl of Brooke and Warwick and Lora Saltoun. The Commissioners to inquire into the System and Practice of Education in th the e College of Maynooth are the Earl of Il arro wby, Right Hon. D av id Robert Pigott, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland ; Mr. Travers Twiss, D.C.L., Mr. Montifort Longfield, LL.D, Professor of Law in the University of Dublin ; and Mt James O'Farrell. The Commissioners under the convention between her Majesty and the U n it e d States- of America, for the settlement of outstanding claims by a mixed commission, which, upon its ratifica tion was presented to both Houses of Parliament on the 20th inst. are—Mr. Edmund Hornby, on the part of Great Britain, and Mr. Samuel G. - Upham, on the part of the United S tates. Mr. N. Winston B arron , now Paid Attache to her Majesty's Mission at Stutgardt, is appointed Paid Attache at Brussels. The Hon. C. Eden, now Paid Att ache at Brusse ls , is appointed to the same position at Stutgardt. Mr. James Egan Rosser is appointed Assistant Government Surveyor and En gineer at Sierra Leone. Mr. Richard Savage Reilly, barrister-at-law, is appointed Secretary to the Com-IW sion of Inquiry into the Law and Practice of Bankruptcy, l of which Mr. ex - S ecretar y t h e H on , Spencer Walpole is I the head.—Observer. NAVAL INTELLIGEICE. PORTSMOUTH, AM. 23. THE CHANNEL FLEET. Lord Walter Kerr is appointed naval cadet to the Prince Regent, 90, flagship of Rear-Admiral Corry, com manding the first division of the Channel Fleet, consist ing of the Queen, 116 ; Amphion, 34 ; Sidon, 22 ; Highflyer, 21 ; Valorous, 16 ; Leopard, 12 ; Vulture, 6. The Highflyer went out of Barbour this day to join the second division, under Commodore H. B. Martin, C.B , consisting of the Duke of Wellington , 131 ; Agamen; non, 91 ; Imperieuse, 50 • Arrogant, 46 ; and Despe rate, 8. By the arrival of the Plymouth and Ports mouth packet Brunswick at this port last night we learn that both the above squadrons had put into Torbay, or moored off Brixham, on Friday evening, from stress of weather. They put in with top-gallant-masts struck. The Brunswick, which was due on Friday morning, did not arrrive until last night, owing to the violence of the gale. She had a dreadful pas sa g e round ; many of her passengers were landed at Torquay. Her non-appear ance here at the usual time created some alarm, her punctuality having become proverbial. C The Edinburgh, 5 8 , screw gunnery ship, Ca fain Hewlett, which sailed from Spithead on Monday last on a three weeks' cruise, returned to St. Helen's Roads, off this port, last night, from stress of weather. Her Majesty's screw-frigate Highfiyer, 21, Captain Moore, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour this after noon, and anchored at Spithead, whe re her p owder and live shell will be nut on board ; she then sails, to com municate with and join Commodore Martin's scittatiror. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 27. At 9.30 a.m. on Thursday the fleet was observed by Joel Treliven, Plymouth pilot No. 2, five miles south of the Eddystone, passing to the westward under topsails, courses, and jibs, with their larboard tacks on board. Wind. strong, from S.W., thick we ether, with rain. - F1 The fleet consisted of two line-of-battle ships, four steamers, and four . frigates. At 10 a.m. two guns were fired, one steamer beiog a long distance behind ; when she approached the firing oeased. At 3 p.m. same day a bark-rigged screw man-of-war steamer, under steam, and double-reefed topsails, wan, up Channel: Her Majesty's screw steam-ship ,Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Henry B. Martin ; the Ajamemnon, screw, 91, Captain Sir T. Maitland, and the bnperieuse, 50, screw fri g ate, Captain Rundle B. Watson, are reported by the Brunswick steam-vessel, Captain Harvey, to have anchored in Torbay at 4 p.m. on Friday. Very severe weathor has prevailed at Plymouth and in the Channel for the last to oor three days. The Odin, 16, paddle steam-frigate, Captain Francis Scott, which left Portsmouth on Thursday for Lisbon, was compelled to put into the Sound yesterday afternoon. The Confiance steam-tug. Master-Commander Martin, having in tow the Tortoise lighter, with caulkers to assist in caulking the Caesar, at Pembroke, left this port at 10 a.m. yesterday, but was obliged to put back into Cawsand Bay. She started again for Pembroke at 6.30 this morning. On Thursday night the French merchant schooner cf Meaux, Captain Hubeau, 10 days from San tendero, with 1.250 sacks of flour for Liverpool, was struck by lightning in a severe storm, which carried away both topmasts, laid the vessel for some time ou her beams, and filled the cabin with water. She came in here to-day for repairs. On the same day at 8.30 p.m., the Lizard bearing N.N.WT., distant 20 miles, the bark Alice Maud, of and from London for Algoa Bay, was struck by a heavy sea, which carried away bulwarks and stancheons, and did other damage, and forced her to take shelter in this harbour. This morning at five o'clock a war steamer, about the size of the Odin, was observed going up Channel inside the Eddystone, under single-reefed topsails. AUGUST 28. Her Majesty's frigate Leander, 50, Captain G. St. Vincent King, arrived this morning from Halifax, which place she left on the 13th inst. She has on board the Earl of Ellesmere, Lady Alice Egerton, the Hon. Algernon Egerton, and Sir John Acton Bart., with domestics, and invalids from Sir George Seymour's squadron, including Mr. Edward D. Herbert, clerk of the Vestal, 26, Captain P. Thompson. A court-martial assembled on board the Leander, at Halifax, on the Bth inst., to try Lieutenant Thomas D. Williams, first of the Medea, 6, steam-sloop, Com mander John C. Bailey, on six charges preferred against him by the Commander. The Court consisted of Cap• tain G. S. King, of the Leander, president ; Captain George H. Seymour, Cumberland, 70 ; Captain Arthur Forbes, Calypso, 18 ; Captain Thomas P. Thompson, Vestal, 26 ; and Commander Joseph G. Bickford, of the Cumberland. The inquiry continued three days ; the prisoner was declared not guilty on five charges of general neglect of duty and disrespect. The sixth charge, for disrespectful conduct, was partially proved, and the prisoner was admonished to be - more respectful in future. Lieutenant Williams immediately on the close of the court, sent in a letter to try Commander Bailey on several charges of tyianny, &c. A. court-martial, consisting of the same officers, was held on a marine of the Medea for desertion, when he was sentenced to lose his time, be mulcted of his pay, and be imprisoned two years in gaol ; he is brought home in the frigate. The Leander was only 14 days at New York, and went from there to Halifax, where she continued one day. She then proceeded to Quebec, remained one day, and sailed for Chaleur Bay to protect the British fish- eries. Prevailing winds, W.N.W. ; experienced light winds for two days to the southward and eastward of the banks of Newfoundland. Sounded on the banks on the evening of the 18th instant. Spoke Aug. 19th, lat. 43° 50' N., long. 47° 20' W., the Pallas, of Jersey, from Newfoundland for Oporto , And Aug. 24th, lat. 4/' Du' N., long. 26° 10 W., the Enterprise, of Prince Edward's Islan d, 13 days from Bristol. The St. Jean D'Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, will in all probability go out of harbour on Tuesday on her first trial trip. The Lady Jocelyn, which arrived on Friday afternoon with the mails from India and the Cape, left in the even ing for Southampton. Vessels in the Sound—Leander frigate, 50, Captain G. St. V. King ; and Nautilus, apprentices brig. In Hamoaze—lmpregnable, 104, Captain Arthur Lowe, flag-ship of Admiral Sir John Ommanney ; St. George, 120 ; Captain Kingcombe, bearing the flag of Commodore Seymour.; St. Jean D'Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel; Ajax, 58, Captain Quin; and Philomel, 8, Commander Skene. WOOLWICH, AuG..27 Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, Rear-Admiral Dundas, C.B. and Captain Alexander Milne, Lords of the Admiralty, and Captain O'Brien, Private Secretary to the First Lord, left Whitehall this morning on an official visit to the Harbour of Refuge and other sea-works at Dover. Their lordships, after concluding their inspection of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines on Friday after noon, remained about an hour in the offices of Commo dore Henry Eden, Superintendent of Woolwich dock yard, before leaving for town, inspecting the books and documents and plans of contemplated improvements for the greater efficiency of the establishment. It is con templated to place a caisson across the opening at the west side of the upper landing place, which is at present crossed by a wooden bridge, impassable for carts or trucks. The Cyclops steam-frigate, in charge of Mr. Pope, Assistant to the Master-Attendant at Sheerness dock yard, was to have been taken out of the basin to-day, having the remainder of the machinery of the engines for the Cressy, 80, on board, for conveyance to Sheer ness, but the strong south-west wind blowing during the day prevented the tide rising sufficiently high for the purpose. SCHOOL OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. Sir James Graham, it would appear, is de sirous of re forming that establishment, which he most injudiciously abolished—the School of Naval Architecture. The cen tral mathematical school at Portsmouth for apprentices, is now to be the " Naval Construction Class." This class is to be supplied by the selection annually of one pupil from all the apprentices at the various yards by the Rev. Dr. Wolley. Each pupil will remain at the "Naval Construction Class" for four years, and it will be so arranged that one pupil will leave and another will enter each year, and accor din g to their abilities or their quali fications they will be disposed of by their lordships when they leave the " class."—Heald. THE EX YARODUS OF HER MAJESTY'S DOCK DS AND ADMIRALTY ALARM. The Admiralty are taking alarm at the number of young men who are leaving the Royal dockyards for better employ, and have ordered these vacancies to be filled by the entry of an extra number of appren tices ; but even these "entries " are losing their attrac tiveness. The parent of one of the lads recommended on the last entry at Devonport refused its acceptance. Some idea of the difference of wages in the private and public establishments may be seen in the fact that a caulker, lately superannuated from Devonport yard at 241. per annum, because he was thought to be past doing sufficient work for his 245. a week, aft er hi s dischargeb got engaged in a private yard on the r i ver, where he is owning 40s. a week. The Government scale of prices is said to be so miserably low —that the caulkers em ployed on the St. Jean d'Acre at unlimited earnings could not get more than 30s. a week. The country will yet pay dearly for Sir B. Hall's hubbub about the entry of men into the dockyards, and the Star-chamber conduct of the political agent in the late Plymouth election further-inquiry affair. The fact is, the men are disgusted with the treatment they have received, and only those remain in the royal service who have claims for pensions. In the royal dockyards in the Thames and Medway the men are leaving by shoals, and a great many more are about to quit an ungracious service. We hear that the men of Woolwich and Deptford dockyards only in tend to give their lordships another chance of complying with the terms of their most respectful memorial. It must be confessed that their lordships hav been very civil to the men-- a course of conduct on their part which contrasts most favourably with the style in which they were answered when Sir James Graham was at the Board of Admiralty in 1832, when the dockyard men were told that "if they did not like it, they might leave it." Their lora ships now compliment the royal shipwrights on the manner in which their petition for an increase of pay was presented, but respectfully decline to comply with their request. But the men consider that i t is p a y ing rather dear for compliments to be working in the Royal yards for 245. a week when they can get 425. in private establishments. The Admiralty, with the aid of the Board of Trade, have endeavoured to get the fleet manned by introduc ing foreign seamen into the merchant service, with the hope of disgusting the best British sailors, and throng them into the Royal Navy. In this " artful dodge' they have succeeded to some extent, but only pro tern They are differently situated, however, with the arti ficers of the Royal dockyards. Private shipbuilders will not have foreigners, and if any are imported the Royal dockyards must have them. We confess that at the present moment the aspect of affairs, whether as respects manning the fleet or the dockyards, is by no means satisfactory. Neither artificers, seamen, or marines appear to have that re gard for the Royal service that they formerly had, and Sir J. Graham, to use his own words, " knows the reason why."—lle)wld. STATE OF TRADE. (Franz the Manchester Guardian of Saturday. MANCHESTER, AUG. 24.—Si nce the .• date of our la. report, this market has been quiet and void of spirit, both in regard to yarns and goods ; although no general reduction in prices can be quoted. Still, where any change has been made, it is for the niost part in favour of the buyer. The decline most perceptible is in yarn of coarse and medium counts suitable for the home trade. In domestics there is no change to report, and a mode rate business is doing, BRADFORD, AUG. 25.-- Wool—There is a great diffi culty in getting wool from growers and country dealers, who are evidently seeking prices beyond what can be rea lised here, and consequently the suppiy coming to market is not abundant. There is no disposition on the part of the spinners to buy, and altogether the trade is flat. Noils and brakes are without change since our last. Yarns--LThere is much complaining .of . the high price sought for wool, corm red with, w.h.at..calt .b.e realised for yarns, and at no period has. this .branch of .the trade been more disjointed than, at present—. Piece4—There is a fair but not average businessdeing for August,.... • NOTTINGHAM, Aug. 25.--Notwithstanding the preva lence of fashion both at home undin America for goods of Scotch manufacture, - . there is stilt n* good business doing in lace goods, • htit - tirincipaliy in those made of silk, while those fabricated . brcottOn are not in so much request ; but so long as is so decidedly in favour of muslin goods, we cannot expect so much of a demand as to lead us to expect very remunerating prices. Cotton is too high in price for those.engaged in this part of the trade to be able to obtain. such a profit as their expensive machinery would warrant. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of Satztrday.) • LEEDS Aug 26.—We have no ch an g e to re p ort i n , the state of the . woollen cloth market. There is a steady good trade regularly doing. The markets on Saturday as well as on Tuesday were of a fair average character, and about an usual amount of business was done. There have also been several heavy deliveries of cloth during the week direct to the merchants' warehouses. Stocks continue within a very moderate compass ; and although the markets have had a good supply of fresh goods this week, yet there is not any apparent augmentation. The trade in the warehouses continues in a good and satis factory state ; about an average business for the season has been done this week, principally for the home mar ket. EtUDDERSFIELD.-Our market continues without al teration, the supply being barely equal to the demand. Prices much the same. ROCHDALE.—We have had but a poor market to-day, being the wakes, which generally interferes with busi ness. English wool is very firm, and rather more in quired after. BRADFORD.—There was on the whole scarcely an ave rage amount of business doing. The trade is spoilt by being so very good, because its extraordinary extension during the last four years has outstripped the supply of all kinds of raw material—wool, especially English wool, cotton, and oil ; and the consequence is, that parties find considerable difficulty in realising a profit. Manu facturers who buy their yarn are considered to be in the best position. Colonial wools, which are, in proportion to their quality, the cheapest in the market, are more sought after. HALIFAX.—We have no change in the piece market ; there is better demand for yarns, and prices exceedingly firm. In long wools there is a pretty fair business doing, and prices are fully supported. Higher rates are being paid to the growers, and it is rather expected we shall be a little dearer here than otherwise ; at present the current prices in the market are far from commen surate with those in the country. TRADE OF LEICESTER.—The demand for the home market, has been dull this week. Continental orders continue to arrive, particularly for shirts, drawers, and fancy hosiery. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—About two o'clock this afternoon the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Capt. E. G. Lott, sailed for the Mer sey for New York, with the usual mails for the United States, and British North American Colonies, 150 pas sengers, and a very full cargo of merchandise on board. Her mails were carried out in charge of Lieut. Lewis, RN., Admiralty agent. LIFE-BOAT AT TEIGNMOUTH.—The appearance of a new life-boat, belonging to Teignmouth, amongst the breakers on the Dawlish coast, last week, revived the anticipations long since felt by the residento of this de lightful watering-place for the establishment of a similar life-preserver for use in cases of accident. It has been suggested to commence a public subscription for this object, to which occasional bathers will doubtless con tribute most willingly.— Woolmer's Exeter Gazette. T.TvioN BA'ea BONDS.-The accounts from the United States, by the Washington, mention that the questio n of the liability of Mississippi upon her repudiated obli gations known as the "Union Bank Bonds," has been unanimously affirmed by the High Court of Appeals in that State, before which it had been carried. These bonds, which amounted only to a total of 1 ,000,000/. sterling, were issued by the State more than 15 ye ars ago—namely, on the sth of June, 1838—when their full value was received and expended. some questions which were subsequently raised as to their legality being met by the Legislature with two distinct resolutions, at different periods, to the effect that the contract was in every respect sound, and that any attempt to deny its validity would be "a calumny upon the justice, honour, and dignity of the State." In 1842, however, the finances of the country becoming worse, and payment of the interest being pressed, it was resolved to resort to repudiation, and from that time to the present no re presentations to the people or Legislature have had any effect, although a period of prosperity has been experienced which has created a surplus revenue and been a constant subject of boasting and congratula tion. It appears, however, that the principal of the bonds was stipulated to be repaid at certain progressive periods, and, that the first of the series having fallen due in 1850, a suit was commenced by one of the holders, which has just terminated in the decision now reported. The only remaining question, therefore, is whether the citizens a. Mississippi will submit to the fiat which has been given against them even by the highest of their own constituted authorities ; and, although the fact that an appeal to a popular vote as to whether they should or should not recognize their obligations, which'was actually made by the Governor a year ago, was decided in the negative, is a discouraging circumstance, there is reason to hope that further resistance will be abandoned and that a resumption of payment may at length be antici pated. Should such prove to be the case, repudiation being extinguished in the quarter whence it originated, a similar step cannot long be delayed by the other States of the Union in which it is still practised—namely, Michigan, Florida, and Arkansas. MILITARY ANECDOTE OF THE LATE LORD SALTOUN.— Lord Saltoun was with his regiment, in 1815, at Quatro Bras, on the 16th of June, where the Guards were se verely engaged. At the crowning field of Waterloo, on the 18th of June, he and his fellow -countryman, Colonel Macdonnell, commanded the all-important post of Hou gomont, on the right of the British army, and held it all day against the overwhelming numbers of the French host, wnoo ffoi t Coln whtt the oteenotGomt.koue o naaTr el hispodw T owards prominent ,hrcdews Macdonnell ihtnhomet w hoelholesi close of had dlii that and with gone n but uv eventful Lordto faboutnal c day t one-third Saltounoynneteh re turned r de mi o n u en e t s p h a o r r t t in an th e d el t a s t f celebr this ated m c e h n a t rg o e f his career will at once depict the e o ch e a o racter of the man, and the regard which the officers and the love which his men bore for him. Volunteering to go to the front some 20 or 30 paces—while the battalion was lying down, and the last column of the French army, some 10,000 strong, was coming on to endeavour to break the British line, and retrieve the day—he arranged that he would put his cap on his sword as a signal when the men were to get up and fire. Utterly regardless of himself, and seeing the advantage of allowing the French column to approach to within certain destruction, he waited till they were so near that his brother officers and friends called out to him—" For any sake, come back, Saltoun—our own men must shoot you ;" on which there was a general cheer, from right to left, "Never fear : we won't shoot my lord."—Edinburgh. Courant. do, the HAMPTON CoDßT.—Highly appreciating, beneficial effects of throwing open groundssAviewethehs'eto the public, it is only fair that we should watch it to mar jea lousy any occurrences that may be their beauty or impair their value. Thousandscalculated lace, "and the* demesnes that there ac i, j t of thousands of people have visited Hampton tPbais tion, not a solitary exemplification season, and yet we have not heard of 0 . fsitnigiele bump p eda o - f destructiveness on which the most fastidious exclusive could fasten as a reason for depriving the multitude of by roaming through the great physical, and we hope mental and moral, ad vantages which theyexperience these classic and always charming regions. But we have now to call attention to the progress of an evil for which the people are not responsible--an evil which threatens uponto put the park if not imme- a - pound or two into to di a i t n e fl i y i c a t r a r n e s irreparable a r l a n b 1 order s the pockets of the ranger or rangers of the park, a sc , re or two of rough-looking horses—the property of small farmers in the neighbourhood —have been admit ted, at a trifle per head, to graze in the park. These quadrupeds, instead of confining themselves to the grass of the field, have evinced a strong penchant for the bark of trees, and already a noble avenue of limes, up wards of two hundred years old, are being destroyed, in consequence of their partiality for this species of food. Some very valuable Scotch firs have also fallen victims. Jurisdiction in the matter we understand. is a subject of dispute between the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on the one hand, and his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Master of the Horse, on the other. 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