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

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TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CHELMSFORD STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Retail (taken). 3 to 1 agst Waverley. 2' Even on Retail and Garforth agst the field. 2! ST. LEGER. Even on West Australian (taken). 9to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 6to 1 agst Rataplan (taken). 10 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1000 to 20 agst Invasion (offered). 100 0 to 15 each agst Peggy and Seahorse (offered). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 6 0 to 1 agst Newminster (taken), 50 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken). 60 to 1 agst Defiance (taken). 50 to 1 agst Winter (taken). 50 to 1 agst Rosalba (taken). 50 to 1 agst Invasion (taken). 50 to 1 agst Torment (taken). DERBY. 7to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ruby. 30 to 1 agst First Lord. 33 to 1 agst Alembic. 50 to 1 agst Meteora. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. f si 21 T,. 14 ..."D0N, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— 5i 18 53 return for the week ending Aug. 27, 21 ... £l4 679 13 9 11 e orre ............. .. . ... . , T o4 B l)° ,l ding week last year 13,388 5 8 10 ri of the half-year to this date, 1853 1 t 2,131 19 2 St °' ,l l a the half-year to this date, 1852 126,552 2 0 St 2( D ► 12 aftLIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—About two o'clock this St 4 t At rnoon the British and North Americ an Ro y al Mail 50 a ealn- ship Asia, Capt. E. G. Lott, sailed for the Mer- 40 St- n for New York, with the usual mails for the United 2z:5 2 8 : t e 8 , and British North American Colonies, 150 pas 25 and a very full cargo of merchandise on board. 8/si Tt ,roails were carried out in charge of Lieut. Lewis, St 4 , Admiralty agent. S. LIFE -BOAT AT TEIGNMOUTH.—The appearance of a 50 b r w life-boat, belonging to Teignmouth, amongst the 2 5 eakers on the Dawlish coast, last week, revived the IA anticipationsl long since felt by the resi dents of this de- St p_i tful watering-place for the establishmeut of a similar 'sale -preserver for use in cases of accident. It has been „ 1 3gested to commence a public subscription for this .uj e trib et, to which occasional bathers will doubtless con tribute most willingly.— 'Roamer's Exeter Gazette. n Thu a d t th French merchant sehooner e on Meaux, e tea it 6, ef Captain Hubeau, 10 days from San et d .r°, with 1.250 sacks of flour for Liverpool, was a lliek by lightning in a severe storm, which carried w ay both topmasts, laid the vessel for some time on h er beams and filled the cabin with water. She came 'I here to-day for repairs. On the same day at 8.30 1 . 3 ) tn., the Li zar d bearing N.N.W., distant 20 miles, the _ ark Ali ce Maud, of an d f rom London for Algoa Bay , was struck by a heavy sea, which carried away bulwarks a nd staneh eons , an d did other damage, an d forced her ▪ 0 take shelter in this harbour. St ates, BANK BONDS.--The accounts from th e United by the Washington, men tion that the question ~a the of Mississippi up on her re p udiated obli • ns known as the " Union Bank Bonds," has been : 1 1 , 11 animously affirmed by the High Court of A pp eals in bonds, State, before which it had been carried. These -°ll da, which amounted only to a total of 1,000,0001. sterling, were issued by the State more than 15 years a g?—namely, on the sth of Ju ne, 1838—when their full value was received and expe nded. some questions which were subsequently raised as to their le g alit y being met by the Le g islature with two distinct resolutions, at different periods, to the effect that the contract was in ev ery respect sound, and that any attempt to deny its validity wou ld be "a calumny u p on 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 r epudiation, and from that time to the present no re presentations to the people or Legislature have had a ny effect, although a p eriod of prosperity has been elPerieneed which has created a surplus revenue and been a constant subject of boasting and congratula th'%. It appears, however, that the princ i p al of the ° llds was stipulated to be repaid at certain progressive iPeriod s and, that the first of the series having fallen ,eila 1850, a suit was commenced by one of the holders , rileh has just terminated in the decision now reported. T he Only remaining question, therefore, is whether the titizen s of Mississippi will submit to the fiat w hich has e en given against them even by the highest of their own eemstituted authorities ; and, although the fact that an lt PPeal to a popular vote as to whethe r the y should or e neuld not recognize their obligations, which was actually m ade by the Governor a year ago , was decided in the negativ e Z is a discouraging circ umstance, there is reason ;.iI! hope that further resis tance will be abandoned and at a resumption of payment ma y at len g th be antici ecl• Should such prove to be the case, re p udiation be ing extinguished in the quarter whence it originated, % similar ste can not long be delayed by the other States of the Union in which it is st ill p ractised —namely, lentgan, Florida, and Arkansas. t MILIT ARY ANECDOTE OF THE LATE LORD SALTOUN.— ° rd Saltoun was with his regiment , in 1815, at Quatre $ r as, On the 16th of June, where the Gua rds were se verely engaged. At the crowning field of Waterloo, on 1 e 18th o f June, he and his fellow - country man, Colonel M acdonnell, commanded the all-important post of Hen rsout on the right of the British army , and held it all Y against the overw helming numbers of the Fr ench Ast, C o l one l M ac d onne ll within, and Lord Salto un ith nnt• Towards the close o f that eventful day he re turned to his place in the line, with but about one-third Ao the men with whom he had gone into action. He 0 2,w took a p rom i n ent part in the last celebrated charge the Guards. One shirt anecdote of this moment of career will at once depict the character of the man, an d the regar d w hi c h the officers and the love whic h his i" ( 711 bore for him. Volunteering to g o to the front some th or 30 p aces — w hile the battalion was lying do wn, and e last column of the French army, some 10,000 strong, auWas coming on to endeavour to break the British line, e a d retri eve the day—he arranged that be would put his e , 13 on his sword as a signal when the men were to get ti t l a nd fire. Utterly regardless of himself, an d seein g to ' adva n t age o f allowing the French column to a pp roach Within cer t a i n d es t ruc tion, he waited till they we re so ne ar il that hi s b rot h er o ffi cers and friends called out t o C h e n t"" For any sake, come back, Saltou n—our own shoot you ;" on which there was a general esr ttr. , ' from right to left, "Never fear : we won't shoot •v 4 ord."—Edinburgh Courant. cue 141 ' 7 °N COURT.—Highly appreciating, as we do, the the ficial effects of throwing open grounds like these to l eu Public, it is only fair that we should watch with jea bP any occurrences that may be calculated to tens ef beauty or impair their value. Thousands and L loe u °nsands of people have visited Hampton Court Pa sea.:"and the demesnes that there adjacent lie," this do °n, and yet we have not heard of a single depreda -44,4' not a solitary exemplification of the bump of eo u i a ruc tiveness on which the most fastidiou s exclusive th e fasten as a reason for depriving the multitude of va ti f, reat physical, and we hope mental and moral, ad thee;gL which they experience by roaming through Row to call and always charming regions. But we have eall attention to the progress of an evil for which to i i c e e n Ple ar e no t r esponsible—an evil which threatens diatel let an irreparable loss upon the p ark if not nnme- tb e Y arrested. In order to put a p ound or two into se,,,,Y n ekets of the ranger or rangers of the park, a -or two of rough-looking, horses—the property of te,d fanners in the neighbourhood —have been admit , at a qud r . ti trifle per head, to graze in the park. These of Peds, instead of confining themselves to the grass bark of e field, have evinced a strong pe nchant for the rarde o re", and already a noble avenue of limes, ur eon f3e two hundred years old, are being destroyed , in c l ue nne of their partiality for this sp ecies of food. e ve ry valuable S co t c h fi r s have also fallen victims.n i F urie dietio (lir. _ n the matt er , we understand , is a sub j ect ore /ute betwe en th e ommissioners of W oods and "vv em ‘s on the o ne h an d , an d hi s G ra ce the Duke of n perha ps the Master of the Horse, on the oththe er. poin "nega. rival authorities will be able to settle tter all th e m i sc hi e f h as b een done. — Sunday - - published : - . Ricuidru . RAL M Mechi has 11;gid investigation and computation have convinced letter in which he says : —" A calmamncle V at the doom of the plough, as an instrument of . c t u1 5 ,,,,,11113, ,,,,, 11113 , is sealed, and that the rotatory forking, or as i "angly called, digging machine, is the only profitable t'nitivator. Even with six or eight horses, it is cheaper t Z I infi n it e l y more effective than the plough. Since e t rial of i mp l ements at my ' gathering,' I have re- "ived from one of our North American colonies the Inodel of a newly invented machine, which by a happy 1 1 1 1 Most simple combination of horse and steam power ;; tl- --atid I pledge my agricultural reputation for it— d °I alY deeply, cheaply and efficiently cultivate an ve riee the soil, but at:the same time sow the seed leave all in a fi n i s h e d condition. It will also, by a ample in version, c u t an d gather the corn without any rake or other complication ; while both in cultivation ai 'd ha • Nvi„ ruag its operation will be continuous and viirut stoppage. The implement, when complete, h Z ei gh about 20 to 25 cwt., will require a pair of twel ve and will represent the power of about eight to Ye, or mor e , rea l horses. The implement for dig he Will requi re one man and one boy only, including ii`La."le, ! Manag e ment of th e s t eam - eng i ne ; i n reaping, thi with e l n the additi on o f t h ree men to bind a s th e the fa.lls.into their arms. Th e men will be c arr i e d on ' terliattrpio_DEßSPlELD.—Our market continues without al es M the supply b eing barely equal to the demand. much the same. 7,r linALE.—We have had b u t a p oo r mar k e t t o -d ay, ti ta lg tll e wak es , which generally interferes with busi cour- 94 471tegrl.isli wool is very firm, and rather more in- .••'' . 1 0 ,` ,0 9 . 0 SO 0 vb* 8 1 ! ARE ArARKETS.-(THIS DA Y.l BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS , Closing Prices this day Business done this day. lhr. !Paid St. jlOO 20 j .Bf 2 Ai all 1 28 ;71 all 2 _l9 100 O all O all D all 0 45 15 all 15 all 15 all .8 all !O all 3t. all it. 100 5 8i >t. 100 ;0 1 all 100 0 14 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 2 11 .6i 11i ;t. 100 0 16 .4 11i if) all 0 all kberdeen Nottug. Bost. and ' Eastn. Junct Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Laucsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 'Do., £20..... ...... Bristol and Exeter Ca1ed0nian.......... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (£lB E & H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A 5t0ck..,......• Do., B. Stock Do., New A......•• East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Junc Edinburga Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee' Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Pt. Sth.&West.(lre.)i Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud.Bright&S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O undndrry& Coleraine Lndudrry.& Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Birmng. & Derby Midi& G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmarket . Do., Bury Extension. , Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 io., ?; A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western ..... & S. Westru. June, Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton .... Scottish Central ..... Scottish Midland ...... ihrewsbury & Bit mg. On. L. & N. Western Guarante ad Si c 0k... Shrcwsby. & Heiefd ihrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, t Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Ely. Dun 0 8 !6f, all .34 all 9 . all ;0 66 i 0 all it. 100 i 0 all 9 15 9 5 15 16i :5 20 Do Stockton & llartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall IWimbledn &Croydon, York Newetl.&Berw.l !O 17 !O all X) all 14 LO 21s. ;t. 100 '5 20 Do. Extensions 15 I D°. G.N.E. Purchase it. 100 York & N Midland ;t. 100 it. all 3t. 100 !O 5 3t. 100 .5 all 211' 3A all 5 all 7i 2 6 all .0 all ;Ca all ;t. 1 100 5 all ;t. 100 ;t. 100 0 1 all >t. 100 6 ii it. 100 it. 100 it. 1100 1 all 2 122 i .2i all 15 all .0 all 6 3 L 2 2.1 all I L2Il al] 10 ;t. 100 it. 100 5 A. 100 it. 1( 0 it. 100 it. 100 ?.0 all 'lt. 100 .5 15 8 all _0 all 10 10 25 all 10 1: .0.6 all 0 all 5 3 ;t. 100 .7I 5 ;5 lO I) 4 5 3 !O all i .',O 10 I . XI 8I ZO all 20 I 5 all , 20 10 20 20i 51 3 O 1 51 _o 10 5 2 5 3 Lo 4 !la 9 NI _7i ail 29 LO I 10 tO all 9 all 6 all 9 all .61 loi l 0 all !O all 1.0 4 2s. 8i 011 LO 10 ?,0 10 LO 2 251 - 261 4k-.- 4 9i - 104 9 7 disl 20 - 22 26 102 - 103 (11 6tii - 21 - 214 19 - 4 - 5 8- 9 5i 53 ___ 4 lat 47 49 33 - 35 71 - 72 i - ii 27 1 29 836 = 546 53 54 133 - 135 112 - 114 881 -89 i 7 - 7 105 - 107 17 - 18p' 75 - 75. 5 4icf ! 3i 2 15 15i1 84 84 14 —lipxd 1004 —lOlOl 111 114 14 lip 1 lir 854 861 7 6 d 6 5d 11 13 18 20 27 28 71 714 40 42 ... - • ..• -- ... 55 57 i a 0 3i 34 d 2i 3i 84 8i 54 56 3i 2id 32 ... 33 8 10d1 - 2 I 7 4i 8 - 9 la 50 51 94 96 63 65 63 65 69 71 li ld 19 -- 20 1 9 -- 10 13i -- 3a -- 3id 18 -- 20 69i 704 36 -- 37 726 -13 i 26 - 28 2 - 151 15i 8i - 8$ 32 - 33 91; - 10 6A i 7 - 2 71 2 d 58} -- 59 PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bris. dr Ex. 4 p. a. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5/ per cent., Cork &Bandon 5/ P.C. Dundee Perth&Aber-, deen Junction ....... I EastA nglian (,£3los)' 6 per cent. Do. (i',s) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7x) 7 p• ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. ....... . Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Seripl Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLaucash. 6 pets. Edinb.Prth.&Dundet 5/ per cent.- ..... Glasgow & S.Westeriv guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northr 5 P.C. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. Prom • •• • Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westu. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p• c.) G. West. fixed 4/ p c Um. & York. F. Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c.., Do. Pref., 5 p. C. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . ..... . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western„ Cou. Thirds Londond,rry& Coler A Shares Lindy. & Eunis. Sh & Liu., / Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, Do., ..... %larypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per cent .. ',lid. Consul. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol &I Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 6;1 per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ... •••••• S'oreu Stafforrishiro.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 P. c. Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Slu•ewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref., Do York& N. Midland H. S. Purch.. ibd U 5 - 1071 19a - 204 id par 6,1 sg 4 4i 5 54 i lip 11 -- 2 p lt -- 2 p 14i -15 i 21 -. 21i 129 1121 -- 111] 8i -- 9 6 i 7 i 103 104 i 3 / 4 d -- ipm 150 152 . 3.1 - 3i 10 - 11 134 - 144 8 9 10a 10, 1051 149 151 spar— 4PI 114 —11 f 118 122 115 - 117 24 - 25,1 _ 2j 114 17h 18 I 14 i l5 I 1 par — iPi 25 —26 i 19 —20 i a —di 103 - 105 Par — i Pi FOR . A.ntwrp 8: Rotterdam i ßelgian East. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin (Dijon and Besnon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) D 0... ................... Do. (Canal) ........... Do. 6 p. cent. pref. ILyons & Mediterran, ,Madras ................ lfaria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) INorthern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [finy.B.StAms.Shs N orwegianTrnk. Prei (Paris and Lyons , 'Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen (Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. (Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre ..„ Sambre and Meuse Do. 5:1 per cent. pref nuthern of France .I.Tppor India Scrip West Flanders Do. 54 par c. Pref cstern of France West. of Switzerland Now Zealand.,,, 2 16 14A 2 - 3 - 1 0 2 a 4 4 5p 1 l 2 —24 p 2 Id id 7 76 41 46 11 1 11 -- 1i ii - 2ipl ~. --- • 71 - 7 33 - 36 1 -- 14 —14 A 81 9 18 -- 1 8 0 50 -- 51 43 -- 44 38 -- 39 44 -- 5i d 20 -- 21 9i -- 9a 5 - 6 4 -4: 91 - 9i 2 --2 i a 34 15 all 15 , all ;t. 1100 474 ,0 rri, 00 6i 4 15 171 i 0 71 !O all 4.1100 - .6 1 6 l 6 11 8 all 8 8 9 17? !O all .0 10 it. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 1100 83i 4i 75i i Ibr.l PI LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, ;t. 1100 RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.ScDn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Leasing Compans. IL. &N.W. jealadon... it. Iwo I Gt.Northn l • ..t.Penn 1 Y1.... New & Berw Y.&N.Md Do Do 5 all op all Hull & Selby. Do. Shares.' Do. 4 Shares.' , Lon.& Greenwi Do.Preferencel !Lowestoft gr.' 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Nianch.Bxton and Matlock Micldlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and' Eastern 5p.c.1 Do. 6 per et 1 Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. &Wyre all 21 all .2t all all it. 1100 ;t. 100 5,1 all 0 all >0 all 15 all S. Eastern Po Closi Price this, day. 103 - 105 51i -53 i 150 - 152 32 - 33 113 -- 114 56 -- 57 271. -,,28i 144 -14 i 26 -- 27 Norfolk Do Lu.&N.W & Midid Stckton Darlingt. Midland 98 - 100 3 - 3i 1 108 - 1091 E. Count iDo 1D0... n.?, 1 ;t. 100 it. 100 n 18 'Do. 2 Shares. 1] Roystu. & Hit. II Do.Shepth. St. I Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearVallergr 6 per cent Do.. Wilts dxSomrstl .2 5 all ;t. 100 lull )s. all LO 2 !O 5 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all !O 13.5 35 24 1111 i 86i 5i 3t. all 15 all 5 all 71i i i IL. &N. W &Ln&Yk Do Gt.Northn IDo Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do G 5 - 67 148 - 150 1148 - 150 d ali —32 i 102 103 MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Californian _ Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth. Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Me xicau&S. Americo. New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft .1 United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa, Yuba 1 lipi la i:1 ) ' a - 4 & i - d 't d i die— Par i d 7 9 31 - 41 2 - 3# 32 - 34 Business this day. a par 44 45 1p 10b i 1 55 65 6i-7 P ( 2 15 —l6 1 3 , d a par d 6 7 4 , (1 par —cl iths— A P 103 149 !O all 2 all 3 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all 5 1 1 all 50 all 15 li 11 4 ;0 10i 1 all .0 7 ;84 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 3i d— par 7 9 4 4i g- A d g d g d d 1111 E . SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1853. health of Lord and Lady Palmerston." [The toast was drunk with enthusiastic applause.] Lord PALMERSTON then rose and said : Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Lady Palmerston, and in my own name, I beg to return you our most cordial and sincere thanks for the most kind and flattering manner in which, in the first place, our worthy chairman has been 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 our hearts to the longest day of our existence. (Cheers.) For Lady Palmerston I may say that she, lam certain, in her relations to this place will ever bear in mind the maxim that property has its duties as well as its rights —(choere)—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 pseilic 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 our foreign 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 t 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 element; 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 brink the destructive element of lightning to our service andd - 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 cianfers upon man, there is none which, perhaps, is more valuable—none which comes more home to men's business and bosoms—than 691 N 58 i 1281 8 9 103 i 2 ,81 " 39i 8 LORD PALMERSTON AT MELBOURNE. On Saturday last the ceremony of laying the founda tion stone of the Melbourne Athenaeum was performed by Viscount Palmerston, in the small but thriving town of Melbourne, in Derbyshire, where the noble lord and Lady Palmerston are now temporarily residing. The cost of the proposed building, which will be situated in Potter-street, and will be a neat structure, with two porches, and is to be erected after the design of Mr. Stevens, of Derby, is estimated at about 7001., of which sum subscriptions, including a donation by the late Lord Melbourne, have been already raised to the extent of 4501. It is intended to combine three distinct but important objects in the building—first, accommoda tion for an infant school ; next, a mechanics' institute ; and lastly, a savings' hank. The hall will also be avail able for lectures and public meetings. The institute at present possesses between eighty and ninety members, and a library containing nearly a thousand volumes. Every effort was made by the inhabitants to give eclat to the occasion, and the event being considered to mark an important era in the history of the town, the day was observed as a general holiday. The committee, feeling that it was only fitting, from the interest which Lord and Lady Palmerston ever evinced in all that concerns the well-being of Melbourne, that they should be invited to take a prominent part in the proceedings, embraced the opportunity offered by his lordship's visit to his Mel bourne estates, to request him to lay the foundation stone—a task which the noble viscount cheerfully con sented to undertake. The proceedings commenced by the presentation of an address to Lord and Lady Palmerston, at their Mel bourne residence, welcoming them on their arrival among the inhabitants of that town. A multitude of the townspeople assembled upon the grass-plot in front of his lordship's mansion, and vociferously cheered the noble viscount and his lady during the presentation of the address. Lord PALMERSTON then addressed the assemblage. Having cordially thanked them for the kindness with which they bad received Lady Palmerston and himself, he proceeded to say :—Allusion has been made in the address to the foreign policy which her Majesty's Government pursued while I held the office of Mi nister for Foreign Affairs. Whilst I had the honour of filling that situation, it was my abject to use every effort in my power to preserve to this country and to Europe the inestimable blessings of peace. But I felt that the best security for the continuance of those bless ings was to make foreign governments understand that while, on the one hand, this country would never wil lingly or knowingly inflict wrong upon a foreign nation, on the other hand we should never submit to the inflic tion of any wrong from them. In these endeavours I was nobly supported by the people of this country. I am convinced that as long as the Government of this country know that they are supported by the generous feelings of the British nation, we shall m a i n tai n that re spect in the minds of foreign Governments which is the best security for the maintenance of peace. (Hear, hear.) It has been the object of the Government and of this country, for many years past, to promote a ll those social, commercial, and poli▪ tical improvements which were deemed by the wisest men to be conducive to the welfare and interest of the country ; and I think I may appeal to the present state of comfort among the work ing classes as a proof of the soundness of the policy fa miliarly denominated free trade. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I am glad upon all occasions to come int o contact with the working classes. It is the peculiar pride and dis tinction of this country that there are no insurmountable barriers between the different classes of which the com munity consists. It is the happiness and pleasure of the higher classes to avail themselves of every opportu nity of holding social and frie• ndly intercourse with the labouring c lasses. On the other hand , there is no man , however humble, who does not feel that by his industry and the exertion of his talents he may obtain the highest distinctions in the State. There are abundant examples in the House of Peers of men who owe their origin to the honourable industry, the natural talent, and perse vering exertions of ancestors who, having sprung from the working classes, and contributed to the welfare and prosperity of their country, gained from their Sovereign rank and honours, which again they have transmitted as hereditary distinctions to those who have descended from them. (Hear.) I am convinced, gentlemen, that the work ing classes of Melbourne are not behind other parts of the country in point of natural energy, intellectual talent, and industry, and I am confident that they will avail themselves of every opportunity afforded them by the increased knowledge and improvements of the age. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and beg that you will accept my most faithful acknowledgments for the flattering address which you have presented to me. Gentlemen, I wish you all health and happiness. A procession was then formed, which, headed by a band of music, and accompanied by his lordship, marched through the town to the site of the institute. On its way thither it passed through triumphal arches, and was greeted with the shouts of the multitude. A consider able muster of the most respectable inhabitants of the town and surrounding district had collected on the ground before twelve o'clock, the hour fixed for the per formance of the ceremony ; but the gathering would have been much larger had it not been for the very un propitious state of the weather. Among those present were Viscount Palmerston, Lady Palmerston, the Earl and Countess of Harrington, Lord Petersham, the Hon. Mrs. Lamb, Mr. Cantrell, Mr. Moss (Mayor of Derby), the Rev. Mr. Dean, vicar of Melbourne, &c. The ceremony was preceded by a brief address, ex planatory of the objects of the institution, from the reverend vicar of Melbourne, who afterwards offered up a prayer invoking the divine blessing upon the under taking in which they were about to engage. The stone was then lowered to the appropriate level, when Lord Palmerston was handed the silver trowel, and proceeded in a workmanlike manner to accomplish thetask assigned to him. The work having been completed, amidst the enthusiastic cheering of the spectators, His LORDSHIP said—Ladies and gentlemen, it has afforded me great pleasure to assist in laying the founda tion of so interesting a building as that which is to be erected on the spot where we now stand. It is indeed a building of peculiar interest, because it is destined to be, I may say, an epitome of the life of man, as well as an example of the civilisation and improvement of the age. It is to contain, in the first pl ace, a provi sion for infancy ; in the next place, it will afford instruc tion and amusement for men of maturer years by means of the mechanics' institution • and, lastly, in th e savin g s bank, there will be a provision' for advanced and declin ing age. In former times the treatment of infants was far different from that which now prevails. Mothers considered, and still in some other countries consider, their infants as encumbrances, impeding their useful ex ertions ; and they used to be scolded till they cried, and beaten till they ceased to weep. (A laugh.) In some countries, mothers who want to employ themselves in useful labour wrap their infants in swaddling clothes and hang them on pegs as you would a hat or great coat. (Renewed laughter.) But our improved civilisation has taught us that we may provide for the care of infants, and at the same time begin to instruct their useful minds. It is, indeed, not possible to hope that any great degree of information can be instilled into children of from two to six years of age, and the knowledgeh which is imparted at so tender an age may, pe p long survive the hours during which it is communicated to them. But they acquire habits of obe dience, order, and regularity, and habits are the most impo rt a nt ob jects of education, and most durable in their effect : and the habits thus taught to infants in their earliest years contribute to their happiness, to their good conduct, and to their welfare in after life. We are, therefore, when we establish infant schools, not only assisting mothers by giving them the means of more useful occupation, but we are laying the foundation for good order in that com munity of which their infants are hereafter to be mem bers. The advantages of mechanics' institutions are so well known, and so justly and universally appreciated, that it would be a waste of time, I may say, to dilate upon them ; but, nevertheless, it is not useless to bear in mind that these institutions contribute not only to the in tellectual pleasures of the working classes, but also con duce greatly to their worldly comfort and advantage. And speaking of pleasure, I may say that there are no pleasures which are really worth having but those which are connected with the intellectual faculties. Pleasures of another kind may, perhaps, be valued for the moment, but they leave no good effect after them, and they tend frequently rather to degrade and brutalise than to im prove and adorn the beings by whom they are enjoyed. (Hear, hear.) On the ot her han d, th e pleasures of the intellect increase in in tensit y in p ro p ortio n as they are enjoyed, and they elevate the p ersons wh o cultivate them in the scale of humanbeings. Now, gentlemen, there is a remarka ble difference between the times in which we live and those which have preceded us. We have indeed in these days great discoveries and inventions made, worthy of the intellectual pro gress of the people who now live. We have in these days invented railways, which facilitate and increas e th e in tercourse between towns, and provinces, and countries —which tend, as it were, to render . Europe one vast city, and to confer upon different nations those advan tages of easy co mmunication which heretofore were en joyed only by the inhabitants of separate towns. Thi s is a great improvement —a great invention —and one which is likely to conduce much to the prosperity, the happiness, and welfare of mankind. We have in these days applied the power of steam to the navigation of the wide ocean, and have thereby brought countries nearer to each other which heretofore were separated by passages of many months, accompanied also by great perils and dangers. We have also, gentlemen, in these days had an invention — one of the most splendid triumphs of human gen ius, because it was not by acci dent that it was discovered—it . was th e resu lt o f labo rious investigation and patient induction ; I mean th e electric telegraph—an invention which brings the most distant parts of the world within minutes of each other, and which will prob abl y , at no distant day, enable us to hold converse with o ur fellow-subjects in I n di a as qu i c kly a rooms. But, gentlemen, recently acouldge sdoleave v in also adjoining their great and a important inventio ns and discoveries. Th e m agnetic as parties former needle enabled men, who used before to cree p timidly along the shores of s eas, to launch into the wid e o cean,with attainingtbe certain security o f attang directly th e o bj ec t o f their search. That was a great invention, and it laid the foundation of vast improvements in the existence of man kind. Former ages invented also the art of printing, an art whose usefulness it would be childish in me to point out to any of those whom I have no w th e h ono ur of ad dressing. Former ages also invented gunpowder, which, although apparently an Instrument of more rapid destruc tion, yet gave to civilisation a secure protection against barbarism ; and it may be safely affirmed that if the Romans had possessed a knowledge of this implement of war, Europe would not have been overrun by those hordes of barbarians who involved the most civilised portions of the world in the darkest ignorance for many centuries by their inroads. But, geiitlernen, though in former times there were men of great knowledge, who invented those wonderful things, not to mention men of science arid of lit. rature, who have never since been surpassed, yet in those times knowledge was confined to a few. Now, however, happily, knowledge is at the command of all, and books for improving instruction of every kind are accessible at prices which place them within the reach of a ll ; whilst also these mechanics' in stitutions enable the working classes to profit by the exertions, bodily and intellectual, of those who are the investigators and acquirers of knowledge. (Cheers.) The workman now, without going many yards from his home, may acquire a knowledge of distant countries which was gained by adve n t urous t rave ll ers w h o h a d traversed the burning desert or encountered the stormy ocean—who had visited the Arctic regions, or gone to the extreme of the southern hemisphere. The mechanic has now an opportunity of acquirin g th e resu lt s o f th es e painful exertions without stirring from home. He has now also the means of applying to hi s own p ur p oses all the knowledge which men of deep science 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 pursued by others. The mechanic is also, by these institutions, initiated into the secrets of nature, th e 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 man, 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 ; be is enabled, not merely to understand the wonderful mechanism of that system of which this earth forms a part, but he 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 indefinite number of beings, all the 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 1 considerations, and tend to direct his mind with fer vent devotion towards that great and mysterious Being from whom he 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 in timeposeof t layingo come e ; a a stoined the observance which shall ensure ofetohim comfort 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. (Hear, 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 fathily ; 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 ii 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, I 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 faney 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 institution 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 quatelyansudppgoenrtteledm. gentlemen, n ee web rs b lT p h e e r r b e a i p s e o l ne m o a t y he b r e topic, ladies 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 it is w yet as e ir l kowilnaresn that t sh te mbeendtufooartgioirn ofwomen girls. Now, gentlemen, is of the greatest importance to society. Men maybe 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 laugh)—the ugb ) — I t n b o e w m a o d s d t r e e e s i s fi e f b e e o l 0 n in s i d t e h r e a t s i o t r n o , n g a e s s t degree—(a i n gle regard for ourselves, a mere regard for man, abstracted tiom 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. The party then reli c '. O ea LL t A o T t l h o e N. Nat. h t National s c 001-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, ite., 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 to 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 redress his wrongs. (Cheers.) But it is not to his position, however brilliant, and almost if 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 ahmigalin amongst fi t ce us, , h a e n should o t u o l d testify have to day—that amidst the cares and anxieties, the toils snatched the first day when the slightest cessation oc curred, to co his interest in the institutions of this place by his and responsi m bi e lit d ie a pre sence here to-day ; and the admirable address whi c h we have heard, and the also equally admirable precepts which he has inculcated. (Cheers.) To him I feel that responsibilities here h is our deepest gratitude is due, and when I tender hi m , on your behalf and my own, our sincere thanks, I feel that I must not confine myself to that only, and merely t discharged my duty, nor duly represented your feelings, halffor, considering the manner in which the noble lord him alone, otherwise you would say that I allied to this place, and looking to the de is which Lady Palmerston has always taken deep interest since she has been connected with ]Melbourne,—(ch) and that she has testified that interest by her gracious presence at the ceremony which we have witnessed r oom, showing that she does in reality, and also in this i n terest in all that concerns this l take a deep ') ace—l feel that to h e r, as well as to Lord Palmerston, we owe a deep debt of gratitude — (cheers) — and, therefore,when I p the toast lam now about to gi ve, I ' urthat ropose am s will accompany it with the heartf e lt wish that sure you Lord and Lady Palmerston may long live in health and happiness to reflect with F attsfacti on upon the proceedings of this day, and to witness what we are sanguine to hope will be the beneficial results whi c h w ill emana t e f rom them. (Cheers.) The chairman concluded by giving " The JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ___-- 40 all Australasia BO 81 40 all British Colonial Hank ... •• • and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... ... 63 2 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk .of India, Austral., and China — i p 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 2d par 4i i 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd.. • par— i p 20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia - 2ip 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... ... 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ••• 50 22 N p a o t ra ion ti a o l n of Ireland 50 .. . i —_ 51 25 all Oriental Bank Cor. 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co d— par 25 25 South Australia 42 44 25 all Union of Australia 7O 71 70 3 / 4 70 13 . 1D0. 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Land 36 38 371 61 1 all Submarine Telegraph ... ... 100 282 Van Diemen's Land 1G 17 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TJIIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 29.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather.—The wreck of a brig of about 400 tons, with decks swept, lower hold full of timber, was passed on the Ist instant by the Lady Milton, sari% ed in the Downs. DEAL, Aug. 29.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived from the River—Queen, for Algoa Bay ; Commodore, Jamaica ; Sphynx, Boston ; Ballengeich, Quebec ; Anne, do. SHOREHAM, Aug. 27. -The Australia, Grimsby to Rio Janeiro, on shore near here, has become a total wreck. WHITSTABLE, Aug. 28.—The Favourite, of Chichester, sunk in the harbour, but has been raised ; cargo, all but the top tier, damaged. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 28 . -- Wind , W. , blowing hard. Arrived—Faith (s), London , for the Coast of Africa ; Car matic, London, for Now Zealand ; Alexander, do., for Mauritius ; Fleur de Lis, Sunderland, for Madras ; Apollo, Hartlepool, for Demerara. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 28.—Arrived—Alice Marir, London, for Algoa Bay. MILFORD, Aug. 27. - The Kingston, from Quebec, is on shore on P wllchion Flats, without apparent damage. CARDIFF, Aug. 27.—The Massachussetts, Newport to New York, was run on shore near Scilly Island last night, much damaged, and very leaky ; cargo will be saved.—The Maria (Greek barque), Belfast to this port, is on shore, and fills with the tide. WEYMOUTH, Aug. 27.—Wind, W. Arrived—Promise, Quebec. —The Collector, Callao to Queenstown, foundered off Cape Clear ; crew saved. BREST, Aug. 26, — The Sardinian (brig), N. S. del Car mine, Almeria to Swansea, put in hero on the 24th inst., with considerable damage to hull, topsails, &c. SHANGHAI, June 21.—The Sir H. Pottinger, from Live rpool, got on shore on a reef off Gaspar Island, on the 3d of May, but came off, and arrived here, without apparent damage. HALIFAX, N.S., Aug. 18.—The Regent, of Hull, New York to Quebec, was totally lost on White Island, 70 miles East of this port ; crew saved.—The Zero, Clyde to New York, went ashore at Archeveque, C. 8., 28th July, and is likely to become a total wreck.—The Lady of the Isles, Prince Edward's Island to Liverpool, has been taken into Arichal, having been on Mainadeen Point, July 30. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION.-It appears the d rectors of this company have resolved to recommend the declaration of a dividend for the past half-year, at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum. ILLNESS OF CARDINAL WISEMAN.—The Tablet states that the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster has been confined for the last week at Walthamstow with a serious internal complaint, and that a good deal of anxiety is felt about him. PLYMOUTH SAILORS HOME.—We are happy to state through the instrumentality of Messrs. Eastlake as executors of a lady recently deceased, the above Insti tution will be benefitted to the extent of one hundred guineas. —Plymouth Times. SIR G. BARKLY.--The screw steam-sloop Brisk, Coma mander Seymour, put into Falmouth on Saturday from stress of weather, bound to the West Indies with Sir G. BArkly, the new Governor of Jamaica. NOVEL MACHINE.—In the Court Circular of last Sa turday's Times, it is stated, " Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, had the honour of submitting for her Majesty's and his Royal Highness's inspection yesterday, the newly-invented sewing machine, and a coat sewn by this process." The machine was originally invented by an American citizen, but has been brought into practical use by the Messrs. Nicoll, who have patented a peculiar method of joining seams or edges together. The ma chine accomplishes six hundred stitches per minute, all of which are stronger and finer than can be produced by , the best hand labour. Messrs. Nicoll state the intro duction of the machine has not caused the dismissal of even one of their numerous operatives, nor is it likely to do other than to supply the great demand created by the growing prosperity of the colonies, where this class of labour is scarce and dear ; moreover, the un healthy stooping position of the workman will in future be altogether superseded. 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." _ . Theßev. - 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 has looked at a guide-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 th• beauties of Derbyshire. By those attractions have generally been meant the mountain scenery and the other natural 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." p ran k 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 lEgean Sea. This reminded them that they must not be too proud of their modern civilisation ; and that, though it was lite 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 corn y as well as the townspeople, afterward s dispersed Phan selves among the grounds of Melbourne gardens, which were, by the kind permission of Lady Palmerston, placed at the disposal of the committee for the benefit of the 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 appointed 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 of Athol and Lord Panmure the Orders of the Thistle, va cated by the Earl of Brooke and Warwick and Lord Saltoun. The Commissioners to inquire into the System and Practice of Education in the College of Maynooth are— the Earl of Harrowby, the Right Hon. David 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 Mr. James O'Farrell. The Commissioners un der the convention between her Majesty and the Un ite d .o. States of America for the settlement of ou s tstain, claims by a mixed commission, which, upon itit ratifica tion was presented to both Houses of Parliam thee. on the part of 20th inst. are—Mr. Edmund Hornby, Great Britain, and Mr. Samuel G. OF of the United States. Mr. N. Winstiloanomnbaol;rotnb,e nowpart Paid Attache to her Majesty 's Missin a t Stutgar he T Hon.dt, is C. appointed Paid Attache at Bruss els . a Mission Epointed to the Eden, now Paid Attache at Brussels , is 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 Commis sion of Inquiry into the Law and Practice of Bankruptcy,alpole is of which Mr. ex-Secretary the Hoa. Spencer Walpole the head.—Observer. 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 weather, with ram.ll The fleet consisted of two line-of-battle ships, four steamers, and four frigates. At 10 a.m. two guns were fired, one steamer being a long distance behind ; when she approached the firing ceased. At 3 p.m. same day a. bark-rigged screw man-of-war steamer, under steam, and double-reefed topsails, went up Channel. Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Henry B. Martin ; the Agamemnon, screw, 91, Captain Sir T. Maitland, and the Imperieuse, 50, screw frigate, 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 two or 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. 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. AUGU2B. Her Majesty' s f r i gate Leander, 50, Captai n 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 G eorge 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 Lieute nan t Th omas 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, stilt in a letter to try Commander Bailey on several charges of tyranny, &c. A court-martial, consisting of the same officers, was held on a marine of the M e d ea f or 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. 47' 50' N., long. 26° 10' W., the Enterprise, of Prince Edward's Island, 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. 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'A cre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel ; Ajax, 58, C a pt a i n Q u i n ; and Philomel, 8, Commander Skene. WOOLWICH, A.ma. 27. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., and Captain Al exan d er 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, SO, 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 desirous of re forminc, 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. 'Polley. Each pupil will remain at the "Naval Construction Class" for four years, and it will b e so arranged that one pupil will leave and another will enter each year, and according to their abilities or their quali fications they will be disposed of by their lordships when they leave the " class."—Herald. ARDEMRMA.A2TRYSTYAL'ARS THE EXODUS F IRDANSODThe Admiralty ar e t a ki ng alarm at the number.of young men who are leaving the Roy a l d ockyards for better employ, a n d 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 o f t h e lads recommended on the last entry at Devonpor t refused its acceptance. Some idea of the difference o f h wages in the private and peauulticerr latelytabl ishmui.eencrtsaausunmeuaaytedefrosemenDinevothnepofrtactyathrdat ata 28 sufficient c p i e e per t annum,wor k for his 245. he was we t e h k o , ug a li ft t e t r o h b i e s past doing got engaged in a private yard on the river, where he is earning 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 w ith t h e 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 th e y did not like it, they might leave it." Their lord 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 it is ra ther dear for compliments to b e working in theßyo al yards for 24 5. a week when th ey can get 425. in private establishments. The Admiralty, with the aid of the Board of Trade, have endeavoured to get the fleet manned by introduo ing foreign seamen into the merchant service, with the hope of disgusting the best British sailors, and throug them into the Royal Navy. In this " artful dodge* they have succeeded to some extent, but only pro tem They are differently situated, however, with the arti ficers of th e R oya l d oc k yar d s. P r i vate sh i p b u i lders 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 m eans sa ti s f ac t or y. ; Ne ither artificers, seamen, or marines appear to have that re gard for the Royal service that they' fo er , l , y kn h o a w d s , and Sir J. Graham, to use his own words, reason why.".—Berald. OAP C , $4, • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. P6RTSMOUTH; AUG. 28. 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 harbour this day to join the second division, under Commodore H. B. Martin, C. 8., consisting of the Duke of Wellington, 131 ; Agamem 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 passage 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. The Edinburgh, 18, screw gunnery ship, Captain Hewlett, which sailed f rom Spith ea d 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 Highflyer, 21, Captain Moore, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour this after noon, and anchored at Spithead, where her powder and live shell will be nut on board ; she then sails, to com municate with and join Commodore Martin's scptadron; old on Which doing leney• t arter. ii t ae t o the r ather ruled . t week 24,at' beano, oidrY ". / ' 10 --- 558 20 20 20 20 ;IGN. 67 61 51 1.31 i 89 81 53 i 32 i 70 i 364 2 i 15g i 4 4 a_; ` x ' l r"