The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, attended by the. Countess Vanderatraten and Majer de Moerkerke, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter past nine o'clock yesterday morning, in one of the Queen's carriages and four for Woolwich, to embark on beard the Garland for Ostend. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Household in Waiting, took leave of their august visi tors at the garden entrance of the Palace. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians visited and took leave of her Royal Highness the Duchess sf Gloucester on Sunday, at Gloucester House ; and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, at Cambridge House. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, left town, at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, for Cambridge. The Royal party occupied three open carriages and four. In the first carriage were her Majesty the Queen his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Desert. In the second car riage were the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Marquis of Abercorn ; the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morton ; the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Buckley ; and the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Lieut.- Colonel Seymour. In the third carriage were Mr. George Edward Anson, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Bowles, and Dr. Meyer. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were conducted to their carriage by the Hon. Misses Murray and Mac donald, Maids of Honour in waiting, and Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in waiting. A party of Lancers formed the escort from Bucking ham Palace to the Tottenham station of the Eastern Counties Railway. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Duke of Saxe Weimar, attended by Count de Beust, left Marlborough House, at half-past e ght o'clock yesterday morning, for Cambridge. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by her suite, left Marlbo rough House at twelve o'clock yesterday for her resi dence. Bushy House, Bushy Park. The Countess of Assenburg was in attendance on the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar. His Royal Highness Prince Peter of Oldenburgh ♦isited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Sunday at Marlborough House. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President), left town yesterday for Cambridge. Mr. Glyn had an interview with the Right Hon. Ed ward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George street. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—MONDA.Y. An important change in the premiership for the July Stakes, a further and marked improvement In Stultz, The Questionable, and Tantivy, for the Goodwood Stakes, and in Eryx and Fitz Emilius for the Goodwood Cup, were the only " movements" yesterday; the general betting was decidedly flat. Closing quotations: — JULY STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Teetotum 7 to 4 agst Mr. Payne's Woodcraft 5 and 6 to 4 laid on the two favourites agst the field. LIVERPOOL STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Conjuror 8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Pic Vic 12 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken 12 te 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress 13 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit 15 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Quadruped 20 to 1 agst Mr. Skerrett's Romance The Acceptances remain as we gave them yesterday. GOODWOOD STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Stultz 10 to 1 aget Mr. Sainsbury's The Questionable 12 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Milliner 14 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre 16 to 1 agst Mr. Elwes's Miss Elis 20 to 1 aget Mr. Baker's Plover 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken freely GOODWOOD CUT. 3 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero 6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken 8 to I agst Mr. Aumont's Fitz- Emilius 14 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First Offers to take 20 to 1 about Cossack. ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—t. 11 to 1 11 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. 11Iartin 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken 2000 to 40 agst Mr. L. Fox's Executor—taken DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken 30 to I agst Mr. Gully's Edie Ochiltree—taken to 250/. 40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Stinger—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy—taken CARLISLE RACES.—Eryx's weight for the Cumberland Plate was 6st 121 b, inclusive of the penalty of 91bs. CARLISLE RACES.—FEIDAY. The Lottery Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs. each, p. p., with 40 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners of handi caps subsequent to the declaration of weights, of 200 sovs. or upwards 61b, of two that value 91b extra; the winner of the Derby 91b extra; to start at the Style turn, and go once round (about a mile and three quarters). (13 Subs.) Mr. S. L. Fox's br h Psalmsinger, by Physician, 5 yrs, 7st 12Ib Lord Eglinton's br in Plaudit, 5 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. O'Brien's br f The Emerald Isle, 3 yrs, sst 61b 3 Plaudit took the lead, followed by Emerald Isle. They ran thus to the distance, where Psalmsinger passed Emerald Isle, and gained gradually on the inside of the mare to within twelve strides of home, which the rider of Plaudit not seeing, Psalmsinger won by a neck, it being too late for Plaudit to persevere. The Carlisle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added ; two year old colts, 6st 71b, fillies, 6st 31b, three year old colts, fist 71b, fillies, Bst 31b ; winners once in the present year 31b, twice 51b, thrice 71b extra; from the Stylesturn in. (4 Subs.) Mr. Taylor's br c George Hudson, 3 yrs ........(Holmes) 1 Mr. B. Green's br f Miss Margrave, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Rait's br f Cybele, 2 yrs Betting—Even on George Hudson, and 6 to 4 agst Miss Margrave. Miss Margrave and Cybele took the lead, and ran neck and neck to the distance, where George Hudson passed them, and won easy. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs., for horses of all ages ; three yrs old, ist 51b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 71b. Heats, twice round. Mr. Stephenson's b c Sheraton, 4 yrs ...(Simpson) 1 0 1 Mr. Robertson's b g Tom Tough, aged (h b) Mr. H. Johnstone's br g Rough-and-Ready, 5 yrs 2 0 2 Mr. Harrison's ch f Lady Malone, 4 yrs.. Mr. O'Brien's br f Emerald Isle, 3 yrs First heat—Emerald Isle took the lead till about 100 yards from home, when he was passed by Sheraton and Rough and-Ready, between whom a splendid race ensued, Sheraton winning by a head. Second heat—Tom Tough and Eme rald Isle went at a tremndous pace all the way, Tom Tough winning easy. Third heat—Sheraton and Rough-and-Ready trade pla alternately, Sh er aton winning by two lengths. The Shakepere Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 20 added by Mr. Daly, the lessee of the Carlisle Theatre ; three yrs olds Bst; four, 9st ; five, 9st 6lb ; six and ag ed, 9st 81b ; mares and geldngs allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 200 goys. ; if entered to be sold for 150 sovs. allowed 71b ; 100 sovs. 141 b ; 80 sovs. 181 b ; and 50 sovs. 211 b.. Heats, once round. (8 Subs.) Mr. Merry's b in Marian Ramsay, by Phys sician, 5 yrs, (100 50v5.)........ (Holmes) 0 1 3 0 1 Mr. Pedley's ch c Tenais, 3 yrs (100 soya) 1 0 2 2 2 Mr. Dawson's b m Bretwalda, 5 yrs (50 soya) 0 0 1 0 3 Mr. Meiklam's br c Daring, 3 yrs ( 50 sovs) 3 2 dr Mr.H.Johnstone's b h Milden, 5 yrs (80 sovs ) 0 0 dr Mr. J. Scott's b f The Alderman's Daughter 2 dr First heat—A good race with the first three. Won by half a length. Second heat—Marian Ramsay took the lead, kept it all the way, and won easy. Third heat—A good race with the first three ; won by a head. Fourth heat — Marian Ramsay took the lead to the distance, where Bret- Walda challenged her, and a splendid race ended in a dead heat. Fifth heat—A fine race ; won by a neck. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and only 5 if de clared, &c. (14 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 13st 101b—Mr. R. Stephen eon's Keeley, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Col. Peel's Oregon, 3 yrs, 7st 81b —Mr. Peter's Black Cat, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Lord Exeter's Circas sian Maid, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Sanford's Kimblesworth, 3 yrs, 6st 121b—Mr. Cheshire's Ellen Horne, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. W. H. Roberts's Mogulistan, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib—Col. Peel's Vert Vert, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Mr. Wigram's Philo, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. Four paid. TIIE JULY STAKES.—Kangaroo, Festus, Nil Desperandum, Mr. Etwall's colt, Lord Lonsdale'a two, Red Doe, Dick Turpin, Comet, Amy, and Dacia, are scratched. EREATTJM.—A Correspondent is informed that the horses for the Cumberland Plate were, by an oversight, misplaced, but the remarks would tell how they came in. SALE OF LORD SPENCER'S YEARLINGS. Eddystone, by Cotherstone, out of Allumette 135 gs. Parmesan, by Cotherstone, out of Maid of Fez 140 gs. Strachino, by Cotherstone, out of Aliens 260 gs. Conholt, by Thistlewhipper, out of Sophia Farthingale, by Cotherstone, out of Cloak Chesnut Filly, by Harksway, out of Agnes 4O gs. OPENING OF THE NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK R►uw/Y.—Thursday, the Ist of July, witnessed the opening throughout of this important line of railway, ler passenger and goods traffic. The communication by railway between London and Edinburgh is at length complete, excepting the slight breaks caused by the Tweed and Tyne. No public demonstration of any kind has taken place on the occasion; that is reserved for the time when the bridges -over the Tweed and Tyne are completed. STATUE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.—By letters from Breslau we learn that the inauguration of the statue of Frederick the Great took place in that city on the 27th ult., in presence of the King and the Prince of Prussia. Among those who assisted at the ceremony Was an old veteran, 109 years of age, who had served in the armies of the great King. He was dressed in the Prussian uniform of the time of the seven years' war, in which struggle he took part. At four o'clock in the afternoon his Majesty and the Prince quitted Breslau by the railway for Berlin. Sir Edward S. Hutchinson, Baronet, and family, Sir William Hort, Bart., W. James, Esq., M.P., Colonel White, and Captain Ward, embarked, on Sunday last, on board the steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson, from St. Katharine's-wharf, Tower. THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—The Count and Countess de St. Aulaire left Manchester House yesterday for Paris. POTSDAM, JUNE 28.—His Majesty the King has just returued from Silesia. c ti TF _ , .4 .• TrSDAY • LONDON - VVEN 4.74 - JULY s, 34) MAGAZINES— -(CONTINUED.) BENTLEY. Bentley opens" this month with a memoir of one or the greatest and the most ill-used of English naval commanders, to whose merits the present age has ren dered a tardy justice—the Earl of Dundonald. Dr. W. C. Taylor, the author of the memoir, says that, " unfortunately for his fame, Lord Cochrane wished to add senatorial dignity to his professional honours," and after recording his return to Westminster thus proceeds:— " In 1809 he performed his last great achievement in the service of his country—the destruction of the French shipping in the Basque Roads. Ten ships of the line, and some frigates, lay in these roads, protected by for midable batteries and a dangerous shoal, which extended between them and the English blockading squadron, commanded by Admiral Gambian Lord Cochrane formed a bold plan for the destruction of this squadron, and communicated it to the admiral. He was, in con sequence, sent to join Lord Gambier, and under him to take command of the attack which he had projected. Fire-ships and explosion-vessels having been prepared, Lord Cochrane, with his gallant crew, led the way, and the boom by which the enemy was protected was broken by the Mediator. The fire-ships immediately rushed through the opening, and wore piloted into the midst of the French anchorage, in spite of a furious cannonade and discharge of shells from the batteries. Though some of the ships mistook their course, and others exploded too soon, the greatest alarm was produced in the French fleet. Three ships of the line and a frigate of fifty-six guns were burned ; another ship of the line was so injured that she sunk a few days after; and seven others were driven on shore. The whole loss occasioned to the conquerors was only ten men killed and thirty five wounded. For this exploit Lord Cochrane justly re ceived the dignity of Knight of the Bath, an honour more rarely accorded then than it is now. " Lord Gambier had from the very first opposed this enterprise, and he was much annoyed that the conduct of it was entrusted to Lord Cochrane, a stranger to his squadron. He did not, therefore, second the attack as heartily as he should have done, and he lost the oppor tunity of capturing or destroying the seven ships that had run ashore. Lord Cochrane, therefore, expressed his determination to oppose the vote of thanks to Lord Gambier when it should be proposed in Parliament. As Cochrane was in opposition, and Gambier a great favou rite with the Administration, party spirit was mixed with the question, and Gambier demanded a court martial. After a long investigation he was acquitted ; but the verdict of the court was not ratified by the country. Lord Cochrane was regarded with manifest dislike by the Ministry, and he reciprocated the un friendly feeling with interest. Instead of entering into this controversy, we shall content ourselves with quoting the opinion of Napolen Buonaparte, whom no one can suspect of partiality. Cochrane,' he said, might and would have taken the whole fleet, and carried it out with him, had his admiral supported him as he ought to have done. For, in consequence of the signal made by L'Allemand to the ships to do the best in their power to save themselves, sauve qui pent, in fact they became panic-struck, and cut their cables. The terror of the brzilots (fire-ships) was snob, that they actually threw their powder overboard, so that they could have offered very little resistance. The French admiral was an im becilic, but yours was just as bad. I assure you that if Cochrane had been supported he would have taken every one of the ships.'" He then says, that in the affair of Cochrane Johnstone, and others, " Ministerial vengeance found an opportunity to vent itself upon Lord Cochrane ;" but Ministerial vengeance would have been impotent had Ministerial vengeance stood alone against him; but Ministerial vengeance was edged on and backed up by saintly hate. The imbecilic Gambier, more wise in his generation than poor Byng (who was mur dered by the court-martial that acquitted Gambier, if the logic of George 111. in the case of Dr. Dodd be correct), Gambier had the cunning early in life to attach himself to the saintly clique, which, during the latter years of the reign of George 111. sold its aid to the Ministry at the highest possible price, and it was by its bitter and malignant hatred that the brave Cochrane was sacri ficed as a peace offering to the wounded vanity of the pious imbecile who envied, but dared not imitate his achievements. " Captain Spike" is continued, and in the present chapter Spike captures Mulford and his companions, who are endeavouring to escape from the wreck, and removing Jack Tier and Rose, with her female companions, on board the Swash, lands Mulford on a coral rock in the midst of the gulf, and leaves him there, without food or water, to perish. Horace Twiss furnishes a pleasant memoir of Mrs. Mathews, which is illustrated by a portrait—and Maxwell continues his story of " Brian O'Linn." The best article in the number is the last. " How Mr. Straggles went cheap to Ascot." It is from the pen of Albert Smith, who in this sketch has beat Dickens at his own weapons. We omitted to mention in our notice of the opening paper, the " Memoir of the Earl of Dundonald," that it is illustrated by a life like portrait, engraved from a painting by James Ramsa No. H.—lncome and Charge of the Consoli Quarters endwd July 5. ty. 4,523,291 3,117,181 1,730,495 2,006,427 1,009,162 181,000 18,001 440,000 73,939 111,607 13,211,203 13,211,203 4,519,119 3,305,528 1,869,464 2,075,001 1,036,517 215,000 7,461 88,02 137,944 13,254,666 5,510,632 18,765,298 THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER. ENDING JULY o, 1847. No. I.—An Abstract of the Na Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of July, 1846, and sth of July, F 47, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR. QUARTERS ENDED Year ended July 5. Quarter ended JMy 5. f - ,______-___-_, ended , --..-A-------. .---. ,--------A-.. ..-A-.. ----, ,------- , Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5 July 5, July 5, Oct. 10, ; Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, --' /11.11E31,AeR(15, ill 1845 1846 1846 1846 1846 1846 I , 1847 1847 18 47 1847 Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. -----• ££££££ i £ £ £ I £ , £ X X £ Customs . Excite --••••• • • • • • • • 3,955,106 3,338,837 1,626,458 3,104,711 12,025,112 4,181,926 3,608,155 1,652,865 3,291,052 12,733,998 ' Excise ...... ...... 70 8,886 •• " 186, 341 Stamps... - 138,969 -- .... 201,279 1,876,051 146,142 2,006,427 4, 9 29,899 209,940 1,909,899 130,892 2,075,001 4,325,732 Taxes 95,833 .... 68,574 Property Tax 1,823,883 386,985 1,963,882 1,009,162 5,183,912 1,972,128 I 450,219 2,033,072 1,036,517 5,491,930 . Property Tax.. -• • 308,024 ~ , , 27,355 - Post-office ••.•••• • • • • • • 209, 000 189,000 215,000 151,000 794,000 217,000 , 203,000 219,000 215,000 854,000 Post-otlicc .... ..... 60,000 I .• .. 34,000 -- Crown Lands ••••• • • • • • 30,000 25,000 45,000 - 100,000 I 45,000 ' 30,000 37,000 .. 112,000 Crown Lands .. .. • . 12,000 y .. .. Miscellaneous •••• • • - l 15,102 68,612 91,522 18,001 193,237 177,910 29,657 92,593 7,461 307,621 . Miscellaneous •• •• •• •• •• •• 114,384 .... •• • - - • • .. 10,540 . - - - - - - -- -- --- Total Ordinary Revenue 12,862,908 12,031,676 9,735,790 12,573,187 i 47,20 3 , 561 .13,889,103 12,486,338 10,430,377 13,013,614 49,819,432 Total ,•. • • . ..2,615.871 .... 455,239 14,812 China Money.... ... - 450,000 300,859 .. 4 40,000 1 1,190,859 1 227,644 .. . 227,641 , China Money .•• • • • •• • • 963,215 .... 410,000 Imprest Moneys, &c. . • I 24,591 64,084 52.909 73,939 215,523 33,815 31,884 53,859 88,632 208,190 1 Irnprest Moneys,&c. 7,333 14,693 -- Repayments ofAdvances 473,881 404,179 456,473 I 111,607 1,446,140 I 199,882 1 302,449 , 164,568 137,944 804,843 . RepamntkwfAdvncs. .. • • 611,297 26, 337 Total Income* • • 13,811,380 12,800,798 10,245,17 2 i 13,198,733 I 50 , 056 , 083 1 14 ,350,444 12,820,671 :10,648,804 13,240,190 f 51,060,109 Total .... • ... '2,615,871 1,611,845 4 96, 26 9 454,812 - -- - - ! Amount applied to Con. I 1 , Deduct 454 81 . 2 solidated Fund ••• • • • 8,869, 9 7 3 7,859,997 5,468,355 8,476,134. 30,674,459 7,617,435 8,615,898 3,207,608 9,912,813 2 9,353,751 ,611 , 84., Decrease , Deduct Decrease. Ditto, as Advances ..... ' 550,000 615,077 14 0 , 000 91,501 I 1,396,576 472,500 837,500 i 2,940,000 1 1,724,311 5,574,311 _ Ditto, as Ways & M e ans I I ncrease Increase of the Year.. ...... .. 4,391,407 4,325,724 4,636,817 4,631,09 8 i 17,985,046 6,260,509 3,361,273 , 5,461,196 7,113,638 22,202,676 1,004,026/ on 41,457 /on the - - - Total •- - 13,811,380 12,800,798 10,245,172 [13,198,733 . 50,056,083 1 14,350,444 12,820,671 111,608,804 ,18,750,822' 57,530,741 ' , 0 Exclusive of 960,000/. received in April Quarter, and 5,510,6321. received in July Quarter, 1847, on Loan of 8,000,0001. idated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth July, 1846, and the sth July, 1847. Quarters ended July 5, DOUGLAS JERROLD. Anxiously did we look forward to the appearance of the July number of this magazine, and sorely have we been disappointed. Notwithstanding the fair promises of last month, Juniper Hedgehog has not yet made his appearance. " Drat that cabman, where can he be staying." We have, however, en revanche an admirable " Voice from the Crowd in a Steam-boat," by Angus B. Reach, from which we extract the following, which we commend to the earnest attention of the Corporation of London in general, and of Sir Peter Laurie in particular : " In the cold days of early spring—when east wind and drenching sleet and rain come lashing down our London streets—and when nobody will dare the icy blasts of the river who has got a shilling to pay for a cab, or twopence for an omnibus, or who is provided with a couple of useable legs to walk withal—when the steamers ply up and down, dripping and deserted things one shapeless mass of oil-skins at the wheel, another on the paddle-box—then it is that the Corporation of London suddenly wake up to the danger of over-crowded and too-fast-driven boats. An enthusiastic discussion accordingly takes place in the Common Council or the Court of Aldermen, and a code of bye-laws of terrific severity is forthwith drawn up and established, menacing with horrible pains and penalties the reckless skippers who shall dare to contravene them. The whole proceed ing looks severe and determined. Nervous people nod their heads approvingly, and say, All right now—the Lord Mayor has taken the thing up in a proper spirit. These fellows won't be overloading their boats again in a hurry.' Alas—deluded folks ! Wait a bit. Blazing summer comes—and sweltering London rushes on the river. Where are the City bye-laws then? Where are the informers who were to work them—where the stipu lations allotting to each passenger a certain cubic space upon the deck? Gone—melted with the hot weather — leaving the City statute-book a tabula rasa for the in scription of the same farce at the commencement of the next mayoralty. And yet, Heaven knows, if the nuisance be still uncorrected, it is not for want of nuisance • mongers and grievance -hunters in the community. Only these gentlemen are eternally catching wrong sows by the ear. They are the cranes who wage war with the pigmies. A parcel of ragged urchins playing pitch-and toss with dilapidated buttons in an alley—an advertising van or two ; not half such an obstacle in a crowded thoroughfare as a sheriffs broad-wheeled waggon, and not a tithe so ugly in its gaudiness as that worshipful functionary's official coach—a dozen or two of emanci pated mechanics and maids-of-all-work enjoying them selves in the merry go-rounds at the foot of Primrose hill ; or a knot of hard-working, honest, men, scouring their skins in a cheap bath and washhouse—such are the objects which the nuisance-mongers—or rather the superlative nuisance-monger— of the day delights to show his vigilance in rooting up and exhibiting to the gaze of a world—by no means so very much scandalised at the spectacle. Sir Peter Laurie is—as everybody knows—a pestilent busybody, always deep in some mare's nest or other, and yet occasionally making a blundering step—more by chance than anything else—in the right direction. Now, here is a chance for him. Let him take to the steam-boat nuisance. He flatters himself that he has put down suicide ; let him try his hand at putting down a system which may result in occasioning as many deaths in a moment as the mania for self-slaughter does in a twelvemonth. Let him for sake Primrose-hill on the Sunday afternoons, and take his stand on Hungerford-bridge—let him observe the cram, the squeeze of jostling men and women, hurrying, in unthinking, merry masses, on board the rocking and unstable boats—let him observe the conduct of the steam-boat functionaries jamming the live cargoes on board as though they were packing cotton into a bale — let him observe the sickly sway of the boats, as each slowly moves away, groaning under its weight of human flesh—let him see all this, and let him remember, that all this is perpetrated in defiance of the magnates of the City, and their solemnly recorded regulations—let him observe that the interpretation put upon the City bye laws seems to be that they are laws for the City to give the go-by to, and if, out of such materials, he cannot erect a grievance of the first magnitude —cannot carve a nuisance of the first water—then will I be content to be on board the first steamer which pitches its living masses head over heels, to drown in Thames water, and to rot in Thames mud." " The Dreamer and the:Worker," which is now ac knowledged to be from the pen of the author of " Orion,' Mr. R. H. Horne, is continued, but the andau l Bell r gives l . 1 11; 1 801 l furnishes a r i y n t m p a a k p e e s r b o u n t t t T I e h p e r c s g e r u e s s o s "Young p and lvatson,detailing the first oseries of entitledthe es es escapes Y tandevetnimtuereswohfiethheelahpesreodobfettlwieeebnphafiiseledsscaripoets, from d theuring_ constables on the 2d December, 1816, and h is arrival in America. This promises to be a valuable contribu tion to the materials gradually accumulating for a history of the Regency. " Club Crotchets and Cheap Comforts" contain hints well worthy the attention of the managers of the Whittington Club ; and the " Converted Man" is, we fear, an overtrue picture of what too often takes place in society. Notwithstand ing the absence of Juniper Hedgehog, this is a good number of Douglas Jerrold. DOLMAN. When writing for the New Monthly, poor "Peter Priggins " was christened the " Ghost of Theodore Hook ; " the contributor of the first article in this month's number of Dolman we are almost disposed to christen the " Ghost of Peter Priggins." A similar theme is selected, and a similar tone of plea santry characterises each ; but the spirit by which the two writers have been actuated is singularly different. What "Peter Priggins " was to Oxford, this " Trinity Man" promises to be to Cambridge ; but the contributor tc the New Monthly was a staunch upholder of the Church of England, while the con tributor to Dolman is an avowed seceder from that Church to the Church of the Roman Catholics. Nevertheless there is no acerbity in his revelations ; indeed, his portrait of his college tutor, Dr. Hamlet, is most fascinating, and is, in its manner, filled with affectionate remembrances. We anticipate many glimpses in the mysteries of —no, not of the prison house, but—of the University. When a Cantab of mani festly high spirits and of earnest conviction withdraws at an early period of life from the religion which he has been taught to regard as the orthodox road to salva tion, and becomes a cordial writer in the organ of the faith to which he has passed over, there is, surely, very considerable probability of a few marvellous dis closures as to the habits and dispositions of the com munity amongst which he was an unit, but of which he is evidently disposed to speak now as of the dwel lers in moral darkness and the believers in a theolo gical error. We shall scrutinise the serial as it appears In piecemeal chapters. Another serial, but of a marvellously opposite character, is commenced in the July number, namely, " Sketches of Irish Agitators.' Although the first is devoted to a biographical notic e of Patrick Costelloe, it is quite certain that the great name of Daniel O'Connell—the name above all other agitators, and assuredly above all other Irish agita tors—must recur repeatedly. It does. An interest ing anecdote about the Liberator when an advocate will be found in this article. Of Patrick Cos telloe himself it is impossible for the general reader not to think admiringly when he is told that Mr. Costelloe, though now closing his 60th year, "is the living personification of Irish devilry." " Exeter Hall ; its Patrons and Dupes" is a bitter satire from the pen of the Editor. The contribution by Scott Nasmyth Stokes upon " The Authorised Version as a Test of Truth" is laboriously learned, and will be perused with deep interest by Protestants as well as by Roman Catholics. The Editor in his remarkable chapters upon the last days of the " Penal Laws" is plunged into the very midst of the Gordon riots, where from forty thousand to eighty thousand of the rabble under Lord George Gordon besiege the Houses of Parliament, kick Lord Bathurst " like a football," tear the gown of the Bishop of Lincoln to ribbons, and compel him to fly ignominiously over the tiles. The descriptions are brilliant, but are deplorably painful, showing as they do the brutalities resulting from fanaticism. 7'HE KNIGHT OF G WYNNE. Nos. XIX. and XX. By Charles Lever. After nineteen months have elapsed since the commencement of this tale of the time of the Union, it is concluded. At the outset of the narrative we were peculiarly gratified with the promise of a fiction of unusual brilliancy from the usually brilliant pen of Harry Lorrequer. Now that we have read " The Knight of Gwynne" down to " The End," we cannot but protest our disappoint ment. There is no excuse whatever for the rambling, careless, book-making, style of the latter portion of the work, for Mr. Lever had originally grouped to gether materials of extraordinary excellence for the composition of a novel. The time chosen was one fraught with a strange and national interest; the cha racters outlined were bold, original, and attractive. There was the boldest, the most original, and the most attractive of all the sketchy portraitures by Lever—we mean, of course, Bagenal Daly ; yet Bagenal Daly disappears at a comparatively early moment in the story, and is only introduced just at the conclusion, in the midst of a preposterous bustle, and when tha traits of his character are lost in the con fusion of departure. There was the knight himself; he is abruptly carried off, as the saying is, " neck and crop" to Egypt. There was the old butler; he is utterly forgotten in the closing numbers. There was Gwynne Abbey ; it is entirely lost sight of. There was young Darcy ; he is hurried out of the way as though he were an illegitimate child, or an irreclaimable felon. There is honest Tom Gluson ; he is only whispered about in the letter-press, his for tunes are only told with any distinctness in the in imitable etchings by Phiz ; indeed the double num ber before us is mainly attractive from the four capital illustrations by the first of all the serial artists. The frontispiece represents Erin sur rounded by a swarm of mannikins showing Ire land as she might be, " Great, glorious, and free"—great in the development of her resources, glo rious in the happiness of her people, free from po verty, misery, and anarchy. The title-page is still better, showing the dilemmas resulting from the Union. Altogether we are gratified at the conclusion of the least successful of Mr. Lever's productions, though we are disappointed at its being the least successful. CHARGE. Permanent Debt .......... ........ Terminable Annuities ..... ...... • ........................... Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund . . . . ...... .......... .. Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund For Advances, including 1,724,0001. in the present Quarter to Ireland, per Act 9 and 10 Vic. cap. 107 ......... Total Charge .. .......... The Surplus ........ •• • • • • • Amount of Exchequer Billa issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, April 5, and paid off out of the produce of that Fund, July 5, 1847, after deducting 550,0001. paid out of the Sinking Fund ............ The Amount issued in the Quarter ended July 5, 1847, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund, for Supply Services. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended sth July, 1847 ....... The probable Amount of Exchequer-bills required to meet the charge July 5, 1847 ..• ••••••• • • • • • • ..... • • • • . • • the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended contributors, but not Pollux, and there is Harry , Hieover, too, as smart and:gossiping as ever, and Oxo nian and the Old Fly. For its class the Sporting Review• is meritorious : 5,650,119 618,i586 1,407 595,150 98,004 370,584 91,501 7,425,651 5,785,552 13,211,203 7,113,698 9,233,717 5,744,711 609,120 2,957 691,298 98,243 520,941 1,864,311 9,531,581 9,233,717 18,765,298 2,916,960 2,120,049 796,941 THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The Quarterly Return of the Revenue is very different from an oracle which men visit in dark ness and uncertainty, and then expect to be astonished with an announcement quite new and distinct. It can do very little more than check or verify estimates which have already been matters of safe and approximate cal culation. Given the former returns, the recent fiscal alternations, and the state . of public and commercial affairs, and the problem is easy enough. The next quarter's revenue follows almost as a matter of course. There is little in the present return that might not be accounted for. It has its favourable and its unfavourable features. On the whole, however, we think that no sifting will divest it of a rather encouraging appearance. To what ever cause it may be traced, the fact of an increasing revenue—the fact of increase on the ordinary:sources of revenue amounting to more than two millions and a half on the year, and nearly half a million on the quarter —will be hailed with satisfaction at a time when we have been obliged to add largely to our debt. On the quarter's Customs there has been a very slight decrease, which is all the more noticeable because there has lately been Avery Considerable increase, amounting to more than a million on the twelvemonth. The fact admits of too ready an explanation to cause any anxiety. Our chief impolts lately have been grain and flour, which bring nothing to the Customs. The high price of freights and the diversion of capital and ships to the corn trade, have stood in the way of our regular commerce ; to which it may be added, that possibly the dearth of food, the contraction of manufacture, and the diminished export of cotton goods, have re duced the consumption of tea, sugar, and coffee, and such foreign produce, in the manufacturing districts. In the Excise there is an increase of more than seven hun dred thousand on the year, and a not quite proportionate sum on the quarter. With an unparalleled expenditure by railway companies, paid in great measure in weekly wages, and millions diffused by Government with no very careful hand, it is only wonderful the consumption of exciseable commodities has not increased more. Excise is the measure of private expenditure. That has .risen lately even to a hurtful amount. The slight but regular increase on stamps, taxes, and property-tax, testifies to the stability of our commercial system, in spite of much that is calculated to shake and unsettle it. As to the loans and China money, they must speak for themselves. The latter mine appears to be finally worked out. The former has only just been opened. The return is, at least, quite as favourable as we could expect. Nay, more was not to be wished for. While we cannot export, why should we force our imports? If we cannot get labour and material for manufacture, why encourage an importation, which would put us in debt to all nations? No. We are not really prosperous just now, and it little avails to set up the appearance of prosperity. great increase of revenue in the midst of dearth and diminished exports cannot be sound. Rather let us be content with a moderate increase, which may encourage the public hopes without exciting any too curious in qeiries, and which seems rather the fulfilment of a general law of progress than of any accidental or ephemeral causes. CHRONICLE.—The revenue accounts, published this morning, exhibit a most flattering view of the financial condition of the country, as far as income is concerned. upon The increase uiithe income of the year is no less than 1,004,0261., and upon the quarter 41,4571. Large as are the sums of the net increase, especially that on the revenue of the year, they by no means fairly represent the full increase, as far as it indicates the state of the corn coerce of the country, as well as of the internal con .umption of commodities during the year. In the ac counts for the year every item which can be taken as representing either increased trade, increased wealth, or increased consumption, has yielded a much larger in come than last year, while it is those of an accidental character on which alone any deficiency has arisen. The Customs, Excise, Stamps, Taxes, Property-tax, and Post-office, which are the great general indices of the progress of trade, wealth, and domestic comforts, show an increase of no less than 2,489,4871.; while in monies received from China, for imprest and other purposes, and for the repayment of advances, the deficiency in the present year amounts to 1,611,8454 in reduction of the total increase. A similar observation applies to the quarter, except that the increase is not so large in pro portion on each of the items, with the exception of the Post-office, and that in the Customs there is a very slight decrease. That there should be so slight a decrease in the amount received during the last quarter from the Customs as 4,2721.—when we consider the de rangement in the state of the money market, and the extent to which business in all branches has been contracted, in consequence of the desire which has been universally manifested to reduce liabilities to the lowest point—is, we must confess, a most agreeable sur prise. Nor, indeed, could any one be prepared for so favourable a general result in these accounts, especially as regards the Customs and Excise, when the deplorable condition of the manufacturing districts during the last six months is referred to. It is true that, as a set off to this, not only have the railway calls exceeded 20,000,0001. during that period, a large portion of which has been expended ; but the enormous amount of Government money which has been given to Ireland has caused a consumption of sugar and other commodities, contribut ing largely to revenue, greater than was ever known in that country on any former occasion. But if there be one view more striking than another:which these accounts force upon us, it is the extraordinary success which, even in a fiscal light, has attended those reforms in our commercial legislation, and the reductions in our tari ff , which have been so freely made during the last few years, and especially in the spring of 1846. These accounts comprise the first entire year of the low duties under the last reduction of the tariff, and, compared with an entire year of receipts prior to that reduction, they show the extraordinary increase already men tioned ; and, what is more remarkable still, the year ending the sth of July, 1846, was one in which all branches of manufacturing employment were active to an extraordinary degree, and when all hands were well employed ; while during the last year, it is notorious that there has been a great deficiency of em ployment in some of the main branches of our trade. The contrast of the two years in this respect only ren ders the triumph of free-trade principles more marked and decided. The profits arising from our fiscal reforms have more than compensated by a million sterling the cessation of the China ransom moneys, and other re ceipts of an accidental kind. Thus, although our Treasury is no longer enriched by direct payments from the Chinese Government, yet we are reaping the ad vantages of an enlarged commerce and an increased revenue, as part of the fruits of an honourable peace. There is surely much in these reflections that should encourage a Government to persevere in the same course, and to make, as a means of ultimately increasing our in come, extending our trade, and adding to the general comforts of the community, a large reduction of the tea duties. All experience points to this experiment as being a safe policy in every view which can be taken of it. It is impossible, however, to dismiss this subject without referring particularly to the great extent to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer is indebted for this large income to the important measure with respect to the sugar duties passed in the autumn of last year. No fiscal reform has ever been attended with such ininir diate and striking results, which, however, were so we re a re in and so certain,.that it is now only a wonder they we resisted so long. ADVERTISER.—The returns of the quarter's re st venue are highly satisfactory — a than could have been expected in which the country has been tgbreedeal more so some months past. c i r cumstances in placed fo It was generally feared that th ere wably o r uld be sura serious rised de reep to faleation; the country will be ag The augmentation, it is true, not find that, on the contrary , there is an increase. in large; but under the gratifycir cumstances it is most g to find that there is any increase at all. In a ll the items,eomexacreepd w t two it , h th t e he there is an i ncr ease on the qua rter, as cor responding quarter of last y ear . P The two exc e pti ons a ro the Customs and the Miscellaneous. The deficit, h owe ver, is very slig ht on either head. On the Customs it is 4,2724, and on the Miscellaneous it is 10,540/. Under both heads, however, we have an increase on the year. On the Customs, the increase on t h e year, as comp a red with the year ending the sth o f J u l y , 1846, i s no less than 1,103,348/., and on the Miscellaneous it is 114,384/. In the Excise—one of the best tests of the prosperity of the country—the augmentation on the quarter as 186,3411, while on the year it is 708,8861. Open Deposit Accounts. The Stamps, btoo, have been jtipreasiagly 1 roductive, the addition on the quarter being 138,9691., and on the Sear 212,8571. The Property-tax has also yielded an additional amount, the augmenta tion on the quarter being 27,3551., and on the year 308,024/. The Post-office produces 34,0001. more this quarter than in the corresponding quart• r of last year. The total increase on the quarter is 41,4571.: on the year it is 1,004,0261. On the whole, we repeat, the revenue returns are highly encouraging, and will, we are sure, be so consi dered by the country; for, as before observed, the im pression was universal that there would be a serious defalcation. The increase is the more surprising when it is remembered that, in the quarter just ended, no sum was received under the head of Chinese money, while the total amount of the corresponding last year's quarter was augmented by no less than 440,0064. in the shape of Chinese money. As trade and commerce are every where improving in the manufacturing districts—money becoming easier—and food very considerably cheaper. we are justified in cherishing the fond hope, that we ar, now entering on a period of unusual prosperity. We congratulate our countrymen on the bright prospec . s which are at last opening upon us. CHEAP NEWSPAPERS. (From the Times.) A respectable Contemporary announced yesterday his intention of reducing the price of his paper to fourpence in the course of this month. As there cinbe no doubt that a really good paper cannot be published for less than fivepence, the announcement, of course, implies that an interior article will be given, and that our temporary is driven by sheer necessity to give up his present terms, and take to a lower business. The inci dent of a sudden drop in the world, from a good shop to u cheap shop, or from a first-rate manufactory to deal ing in secondhand goods, is so familiar as to excite no surprise, were it not that hitherto there have not been these downfalls in the newspaper world. But the inci dent is the samec . and means the same, in whatever line of life it occurs. If our Contemporary could compete with us at fivepence, or secure enough subscribers at that price to pay his expenses, we have no doubt that be would feel no call whatever to open a cheap shop merely for the good of the public. We beg to ex press our unaffected concern that he should find things going so much against him. There is room for us both in the world, and even for many more such. At the same time we will frankly own that we feel no surprise at the unsaleable character of his wares. In geniously fabricated as they undoubtedly are, they do not take with us. We can conceive that we might per haps want them or might relish them in some other state of being than that in which it is our fortune, or misfortune, to live ' • but being men, we can neither use nor enjoy them. Whether the article will be more adapted to the wants of humanity at fourpence than it was at fivepence remains to be seen. On a former occa sion we presented to our readers some of the fixed items in the cost of one copy of our paper. We beg leave to repeat them:— Cost of paper for each copy of this day's publication Stamp ll I* Newsvender's profit Price to the Public Profit These three-eighths of a penny are all that is left out of the price of a paper for the other expenses of its pro duction. There remain to be paid reporters, printers, compositors, correspondents foreign and domestic, repair of machinery, interest on capital, and the numerous other burdens to which journalism is liable. The staff and material of a newspaper establishment ought to be the very best of their kind; and as far as the choice of men is concerned, the discerning portion of the public will remember that we have to pay not only for talent and industry, not merely for the man who will do a fort night's work in an unexceptionable manner, but for un spotted integrity proved by a life of service. To render the channels of intelligence proof against continual at tempts at bribery in one form or another the most liberal scale of payment is required; and if once the correspondence or the reporting of a paper falls into the hands of needy and ill-requited men, the pub lic will be at the mercy of - those who will bribe the highest. This applies with tenfold force to the case of those who contribute to our lead ing columns. They must not only be above bribes, not only above the suspicion of a bribe and of all private influence or interested motives whatever, but they must be assisted and induced to give up other openings and prospects, and devote all their energies and thoughts to a task which, with a certain reserve common to all earthly employments, demands and deserves this abso lute devotion. Interested as we may seem in the affair, we boldly maintain that the public are themselves inte rested in keeping up, the price of the London daily paper, which, after all, is the cheapest thing in the whole world ; for nothing else can be mentioned in which you can get so much for your money. A poverty stricken journal is sure to be always fishing about here and there for support wherever commercial or political adventurers may haply be found. Watch a "cheap John" through the twelvemonth, and you will find him offering his wares in succession to everybody likely to give him a price. England ought to have a thoroughly independent press—a press that can rebuke and expose Kings, Lords, Commons, Bishops ' clergy, magistrates, functionaries of all sorts, landlords, manufacturers, farmers, merchants, railway di rectors, speculators, and every other class, even while, by means of its advertising columns, it can turn their folly or their wickedness into gold. England requires this protection to its liberties. Already it is discovered, and made the subject of a rather unseemly boast, that Go vernment cannot afford to retain for the public use the best talent of the day. It is outbid by private compa nies. A press in the interest of no one class, but aim ing at the common advantage of all, goes far to supply this want. We belong to the public. We are proud to think that England is proud of its Times. It is not very extravagantly taxed for the possession and use of the first journal in the world. But we feel that we are perfectly uninterested ourselves in the scheme of cheap and inferior newspapers. They do not touch us. We have not lost one subscriber, one copy of our sale, or one advertisement, through the ex periment which has now had more than a twelvemonth's trial, even though, as we happen to know, one of our upstart neighbours has offered to adver tise in some instances for no other remuneration than the presence of a useful and respectable advertisement. It is commonly said that cheap things do not interfere with the sale of good things, but that they rather diffuse a taste for the article, and in that way ultimateiy enlarge the class of consumers. We believe it to be so in our case. They who start with a twopenny-halfpenny, or threepenny, or fourpenny journal, will soon not be sa tisfied with anything under a fivepenny one. They will soon find out that underpaid workmanship is sure to be " scampt." The experience of every class will assure it that there is no such thing as a cheap and a very good article, unless, indeed, by means which the honest por tion of the community will hardly wish to encourage— by defrauding creditors, by plundering dupes, by wasting capital for the purpose of selling things at less than they cost, and thus injuring those who are compelled to cal culate closely, and who feel an honourable ambition to live on their just and proper gains. ST. 3/IARYLKBONE BANK FOR SAVINGS, 76, WELLBECK STREET.—EstabIished July 5, 1830.—Comparative State ment of progress, at specified periods, during the last seven years. 4tas invested with Na tonal Debteommissioners On July 5, 1841 ... 12,881 £260,852 „ „ 1842... 13,100 275,072 „ ft 1844 ... 13,820 305,383 fl ft 1844 ... 14,638 340,509 1845 ... 15,724 356265 PO FP 1846... 16,729 346,977 „ „ 1847... 17,939 319,340 WEST LONDON SAVINGS' BANK. Comparative statement of progress at specified periods during the last seven years:—On July 5, 1841, 2,509 accounts, 39,5011. deposited; 1842-2,920,46,150/4 1843-3,397/, 62,0511; 1844-4,078, 71,414/. ; 1845-4,537, 81,464/. ; 1846-4,770, 87,843/.; and in 1847-4,782 accounts, 83,290/. deposited. RUNAWAY ENGINES.—On Sunday afternoon an accident, which fortunately resulted merely in the de struction of a few hundred pounds' worth of property, occurred at the Brighton terminus. As is usual at the termini of railways, spare engines, called " pilots" are kept in readiness to meet emergencies ; and soon after midday the driver of one of these left the station to get • his dinner. During his absence, William Harrison, the fireman or stoker, imagining that the boiler wanted to re - u _ plenishing with water, ran out the engine in ord e r to P at the pumps in action ; but instead of immedi atel y t turning to the place where the driver had lef bt take an tothe engine , he under a wrong impression that he ougnoman near, other line of rails, and not seeing a ..°' don on the engine. jumped down from the engine and tarns ; on the points wLhiocnhd has trains) driven himself, and tried to regain hig, station engine with in- His foot, however, slipped, . and the , a into the easternmost creasing velocity dashed forward thetpot where a line of rails (the arrival and smashed two lugr b r sieve. The two similar accident occurre dplatform • a n r e, on o fe the f in-ffice had left their through the front of pa i r e few ls- f ee c k e s • desks scarcely a clerks of the p r e concussion , arc h e and but for this they must minute bet.° " te as not only • were have both p eri s hed, knocked . • the front wall and window of the office in, but the desk and various packages were forced by the luggage van to the back of the office and smashed against the wall. The fireman was immediately given into custody, and yester day morning he was taken before Major Willard, Messrs. C. Carpenter and J. Borrer, the Brighton magistrates, on a charge, under the sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 55, of neglect of duty, for which he was fined 101., or in default two months' hard labour. The damage to the vans and office, including some pictures, for which the company are liable, is nearly 4001. Yesterday morning a special train arrived from London with a party of the " Foresters." The train was a long one, consisting of 23 carriages, and the driver, misjudging the strength ne cessary to push the train to the arrival platform, put on too much steam. At the end of the platform, at the very point where the concussion just described too k en place on Sunday, a second-class carriage had b een placed, and beyond this a " hoarding" had been rsi.b ere cted behind which workmen were already engaged ran her repair ing the disaster. The front carriage of the r buffers through this second-class carriage , which it forcd again over the pavement and through t he now exhausted, hoarding. For tunately the momentum of the train was and no further mischief accrued. of Lombard-street, has issu e d Mr. Bevan, banker, to offer himself as an address, announcing his i ntention a candidate for the r epresentation of the City of London ,on the Protestant interest. . THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. A communication published in this number of the Farmers' Magazine is strictly in accordance with the argument we have ourselves endeavoured to enforce, namely, the advisability of cultivating the Windsor, French, or Haricot bean, in preference to the doubtful potato. Let the following table of the nutrition rela tively contained in grain, peas, and beans, go far to show the propriety of some such preference as the one we have indicated. " According to Einhof, the proportion of nutritive matter in beans, compared with grain, is as follows: — Wheat Rye 19 39 „ Barley ~ 33 „ Oats ~ 91 23 „ Beans 9 9 If 45 „ Peas 75 99 99 49 „ French Beans If ft 54 „ The July number will prove particularly valuable to agriculturists. SIGHTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND EXHIBI TIONS OF LONDON. Edited by Arthur Freeling. This is the most useful hand-book for the visitor to the metropolis ever published. E ac h s i g ht i s a rranged alphabetically. The distance of each, east and west from Temple-bar, is stated, and an estimate is given of the time which each exhibition will occupy. The prices of admission are stated, and the objects most worthy of attention in the respective exhibitions are described. The book contains only 39 pages of letter-press, and can, therefore, be carried conveni ently in the pocket. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Scarcely any improvement is visible in the embel lishment of this excellent periodical ; two of the engravings are of the least interesting subjects that could well be selected. The portrait of the Liberator is the only attractive sketch, but even it is execrably pencilled ; while that of Dr. Chalmers is a mere caricature. Genovena of Brabant and Crossing the Brook, by Steinbruck and F. Tayler, are the two ab surdities we allude to. Lord Nugent continues his very sensible serial upon the treatment of crime. Other contributions are of really superior ability. HOWITT'S JOURNAL. A beautiful panoramic view of Heidelberg, from the original by J. B. Pyne, and a miniature drawing of Darrynane Abbey, are the two illustrations most deserving of attention in this month's number ; the former for its merit as a composition, the latter for the mournfulness of its associations. We are pleased to see William Howitt's paper upon O'Connell at Darrynane—first published in Tait's Magazine— reprinted in this miscellany. Dr. Bowring pursues his free-trade recollections very pleasantly up the Danube. Silverpen writes sensibly on Mr. 1-zpooner's Bill. Lamartine, and Beranger, and Allan Cunning ham ; and Barry Cornwall among those whose poetical effusions are transferred to the columns of this journal of literature and popular progress. THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. A second part of this sterling publication develops still more strikingly the excellence of the new serial conceived and commenced by Mr. Charles Knight. Every Cantab in the world will greedily devour the paper descriptive of Cambridge, its colleges, and its rural beauties. LITERATURE. SMILES AND TEARS; or, The Romance of Life. In Three Vols. By Charles Whitehead, Author of " Richard Savage," 4-c. Charles 'Whitehead is the prince of magazine writers. As the author of short stirring tales, wherein the interest or the fun, as the case may be, never flags, he stands unrivalled. We delight to see his name in the table of contents of Bentley; still more do we delight to see it on the title pages of three such goodly volumes, as these now under review. Smiles and tears is a col lection of tales, such as those we have described. Some of them have heretofore adorned the pages of " Bentley's Miscellany ;" others are original, but all are excellent, and for a travelling companion, whether by railroad or steam-boat, commend us to Charles Whitehead's " Smiles and tears. It will be th e book of the season for seaside sojourners. POST-OFFICE RAILWAY DIRECTORY for 1847. This admirably got-up work, which has been com . piled by Messrs. Kelly and Co., the proprietors of the " Post-office London Directory , " contains a list of the chairmen, deputy chairmen , directors, secre taries,ntegdine l e ( r i s n , theln engineers , Kingdom ; officials, the chronological, of every railway in succession of chairmen, deputy chairmen, and other officers ; the number of years each director has to serve, with the date of election and re-election ; and also an alphabetical list of all persons connected with railways. The index to the Railway Companies is one of the most complete specimens of index work we have ever seen, every company being entered under each of its names, thus :—The Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar drossan Railway is indexed under letters K and A as well as under G. This is the first attempt ever made to produce a work of this nature, and the labour and difficulties that have been overcome must have been great indeed, as there were no materials available as a groundwork. Those difficulties have,_ however, been overcome, and o vercome triumphantly, and we congratulate Messrs. Kelly on having produced a standard work, complete and easy o f reference—a i work which should be n the possession of every person interested in railways, and one which can never be superseded, as improvement on its arrangement is impossible. ---- Swansea' The time fi v z i e s d co i u s n th t e A 9 d th ar o e f , -,---___=-- Marquis of Northampton, F.R.S., BRITISH ASSOCIATION. —It .is with unfeigned u p m r e. e ci s ,h. i e, d , e jF n . President. L e i ir.i l awr i n a ,. r cl E p u s G i i rsy . o , eveer, pleasure we announce to our readers the intelligence, that the British Association l h: Rt s . d t ;c ,l id i. e p d . o s n ir ho u ld . i d ng e its ia F.Ii.S., the Dean next August, 1848. a t SThe F.R.S., e E ta s r q i . : s . —Cambrian. 113 n, E sq., 'SOUT UAMPTON.—The Direc tors Llandaff, and W. 11 . Vice-Presi dents. 3. G. Jefferys , KR.S., Treasurer. Dr. Nicol will issue new scrip as early as possible, • but no precise time can be named, as the re ceipt of such new scrip will have to be preceded by the subscription of fresh deeds, which cannot be prepared until Parliament has decided upon some contemplated and l‘ 13 l o .N f Mc this i i° Eg sgTr companyEidlge'A Esq., )scl . alterations in standing orders. When these are made public, the deeds will be prepared, and new scrip issued without delay. A deposit of ss. per share will be pay able before issue of scrip. — Manchester Stock Exchange Circular. The Minister of Public Worship had addressed a circular to the Archbishops and Bishops of France, re minding them of the law which forbids their taking in structions from any source L b ut r th s e i church have, on the occasion t c h h ei u r rc G h o e v s e ; r b nm at en se t v r e e r l a a l tiv o e f these t of e t sie h el e highpp u : . oidnrigaglilulierat t r e pi r ersa o yo f fe. the Pogo, ordered prayers to be put up, and collections to be made for the distressed Irish.— Gdignani. &MUD:ELL SUELLS.-1,167,642 shrapnell shells have been ordered for the British and Indian armies since the adoption of the shell by the Government for the use of the national forces. This appears from a Parliamentary return. The Rev. George Everard was elected evening ..licbone Vestry, ott Saturday. Church, at the Maryle t‘u. jr7 e ,, r u a li t u S ti t.. , 3 o la u r , y ,i le , b . o . n:: ,.. e , 7 l,::_i_;_, ,__,,, INCOME Excise • . • • • .. • 5tamp5......... ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • Property Tax • • Post-office .• . ... Crown Lands Miscellaneous •. .. China Money • • • • .• • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • Imprest and other Moneys • . • • • • • • • Repayments of Advances . • To Cash, being the Further rnstal meats of Loan of 8,000,000/. .. . • SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. Better and better are the contents of Sharpe's London Magazine, affording as they do amusement and instruction in abundance. Perhaps the most interesting contribution in the part for July is the " Biographical Sketch of Madame Guizot"—a story long familiar, however, to the students in the con temporary literature of France. The illustrations are generally spirited and neat, and the letter-press is of a particularly miscellaneous character. THE BELLE ASSEMBLEE. Under the skilful editorship of Miss Camilla Toul min, the Belle Assemblee begins a new series, and that, too, with considerably more promise of improve ment than has been discernible for several months. A rather unprepossessing, but still a very interesting, portrait of Lady Rachael Russell is prefixed as the frontispiece. Most of the old contributors are retained, and new talent is acquired for the composition of the miscellany. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. A bitter attack upon the present Government forms the opening article. The writer, in a foot-note, claims for himself the gift of prescience; while he was about it he might, with better reason, have pro tested his sufficiency at pertness and churlishness. The review of " Lingard's Anglo-Saxon Church" opens with a graceful and deserted tribute to the genius of that eminent historian. Among the re maining contributions, the notice of " Prescott's Peru" is the most worthy of perusal for its condensa tion of facts. CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL. The same earnest endeavour to present a whole some means of moral and mental nourishment to the people is visible at the conclusion of the seventh volume of this celebrated Journal as at its original commencement; only the capabilities of the editor are mellowed by practice and perseverance. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Without any diminution in bulk or depreciation in appearance, the Colonial is this month superior in its literary contents to several of its predecessors. The first article, "Emigration and Colonization Consi dered," is well timed, and will be devoured with the greediest curiosity. THE SPORTING REVIEW. A likeness of the winner of the Derby—Cossack —is, of course, prefixed, and a biographical notice re cords the events of his career with as much solemnity as though he were one of those equine gentle men mentioned by Lemuel Gulliver. " Racing in June," by Craven, is a capital digest of the turfy Olympic, for 1847. Castor Is among the FRtNCE i7LAYS ST. JAMES'S THEATRE 4. gr. Mademoiselle Rsohel commenced :),-r engagement bete last evening with the character of Camille, in Corneille's tragedy Les Horaces. This is, perhaps, the finest of Corneille's tragedies, and, tale it for all in all, it is also, perhaps, the finest of Madlle. Rachel's impersonation. 4. It is not, like many other characters in French tragedies, a mere exemplification of one pa s siou ; it is a human character, co m p oun d e d o f 'various passions, and affording scope for the exemplification of all of them—hence it is that Mademoiselle Rachel is so great in it. Contrast the trusting simplicity of the artless girl in the earlier portions of the tragedy with the volcano of passion in the latter scenes, and the whole range of the French drama can produce nothing finer. Mademoiselle Rachel last night acted superbly. De lightful was her burst of sisterly affection in the scene with Curiace, in which she rebukes him fur seeking the life of her brother. Heartrending was the silent, tearless agony with which she listens to the recital of her lover's death, and terrific was the burst of passion with which, on recovering from the insensible state into whiCh her agony has thrown her, •he furiously upbraids her brother, and irritates him to rat an end to her most miserable existence. She as admirably sus tained by M. Brevatine a.; the elder Horace, M. Marius as the youvg..r Horace, and M. Raphael Felix as Curiace. The house was crowded, and her reception wr.s such an on , as the greatest artiste of her time had a right to expect from the most en lightened and educated audience in the kingdom. LYCEUM. Another version of the French vandcaiiie under the name of Flying Colours, MO produced at the Aielphi some time since, was brought out here kW evening under the title of Marguerite's Colours; or Pass ing the Frontier. It is unnecessary to again detail the plot of the piece. It is sufficient to state that the hero and the heroine were admirably personated by Mr. A. Wigan and Miss Dickensian, who kept the audience in a continued roar of laughter, and that the piece was an nounced for repetition amidst the unanimous applause of a crowded house. WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT ON THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND. Mr. Wilson closed his season in the Music Hall, Store-street, last night, when he was honoured with a numerous and brilliant assemblage, whose atten tion he well repaid by the admirable manner in which he gave all his songs. He was in splendid voice—we never heard him in better—and the programme was made up altogether of gems, and could not fail to give universal delight. It included several songs that have been great hits during the present season ; for ex ample—" The Stuarts of Appin," Burns's beautiful song of " Go, fetch to Jne a pint of wine, " The Skylark," "Bonnie Bessy Lee," and others. Wilson sang also— " The Soldier's Dream," with the beautiful and appro priate music composed for it by Attwood, and another lyric by Campbell, " Lord Ullin's Daughter," which we heard for the first time, and hesitate not to say, that it Must become one of Wilson's greatest songs. He dis played in it to great advantage his dramatic and decla matory powers, and the song produced a thrilling effect on the audience. It would be difficult to conceive any. thing more beautiful than his delivery of the lines—. " The waters wild went o'er his child, And he was left lamenting." The programme included, besides many old favourites, " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled," " The land o' the Leal," &c. At the conclusion Mr. Wilson was hailed with loud and long applause ; and before retiring he begged to express to his audience the gratification he felt for their continuing to rally round him in such numbers after his having given his entertainments for seven seasons. He said he hoped to take his stand again in Store-street about Christmas, when he would present some novelties from the old stores of poetry and music which he was now busily preparing. During his vacation, we believe Wilson intends visiting Belgium, and some parts of Germany, where no doubt his enter tainments will afford delight to many of his countrymen who have taken up their abode " far free home,' and who will be wafted back to their native hills and streams through the magic of Wilson's minstrel's strains. _,., SALE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF A COUNTY. Mr. Grantley Berkeley has just issued a most extra ordinary document, addressed to the electors of West Gloucestershire. It contains a proposition, said to have been made by the friends of Earl Fitzhardinge, for the sale of the representation of the western division. Mr. Grantley Berkeley says in the course of his address— " On the 24th of June, 1847, I received the following proposal on the part of the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, as I am informed, through the combined instru. mentality of Colonel Kingscote, Messrs. Visger, Josiah Hunt, Nicholson, and Kin A ton. I believe it to be the handwriting of the latter, and if not his handwriting, at all events Mr. Kington in conjunction with Lord Fitz. hardinge drew it up, and caused it to be presented to tae, It is needless for me to state to you that my reply to this monstrous document was, that I indignantly rejected it with all the disdain it deserved. The original document is still in my possession," The following is a copy of this precious proposition:— " 1. Lord Fitzhardinge tc deposit in the hands of two tru , tees, one to be named by himself and one by Mr. Grantley Berkeley, the sum of 1.200/., together with Mr Grantley Berkeley's deed of assignment of part of his annuity to Earl Fitzhardinge. "q - Mr. Grantley Berkeley to publish an address to tLe electors of West Gloucester,hire, distinctly tenotine. lug all intention to appear as a candalate, or to sit if ,lected for Wcat Gl,ucestershire at the ensuing election, "3. Trustees to pay over, on the publication of such address in the two Gloucester papers, and in the Bristol Mercury and Gazette, the said sum of 1 2001. in the fol. 1, - win4 proportions—viz., 200/. to Mr. (41,1:Cloy Bake ley, urid 1,0001. to Mr. llenry Bur in payment of Leveux's judgment. "4. M. Grantley Btrkley undertakes to do nothing prejudicial to the return of Mr. Grenville Berkeley, or to affect his seat when returned, and to discountenance all such acts in his friends, and Mr. Henry Berkeley uniertakes to preserve strict neutrality, conditional upon which the aforesaid deed is to be delivered to Mr. Grantley Berkeley at the termination of Mr. Grenville Berkeley's election, but upon either party failing in their said several undertakings, the deeds to be returned to Lord Fitzhardinge." DRURY- LANE THEATRE.—Monsieur Jullien will ope❑ this theatre for the ensuing season with Promenade Concerts. Mr. Bunn, who has declined to renew the lease, has entend into another speculation, and is off to Paris to make several important engagements. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—A grand gala al fresco and fete champetre, took place yesterday, at the Royal G ardens, Vauxhall, in aid of the building fund for the Butchers' Charitable Institution. The fete was a bril liant one ; all that ingenuity could design, or capital ac complish, had been effected by Messrs. Wardell and Brown, the lessees of the gardens, in conjunction with Mr. Ness, the Secretary, Mr. J. Purssey, and the com mittee of management for the gratification of visitors. C REMORNE GARDENS.—There was an ascent made yesterday evening from these popular gardens in the great Nassau balloon by the veteran Charles Green, accompanied by several friends. The other entertain ments at the gardens possessed the usual attractions. THE BRITISH 11.1CsEum.—Mr. J. Payne Collier has been nominated secretary to the commission for inquiring into the management of the British Museum. Mr. Col lier has devoted many years to literature, especially to that of the olden time; but, besides being deep in " black latter" lore, he has those habits of application to business which peculiarly fit him for his new office. MEDAL OF VISCOUNT HARDINGE.—An admirable likeness of the gallant Hardinge appears upon a medal lately executed by Mr. G. G. Adams, in honour of the victories achieved under his Lordship's ausOces, and in Isis inspiring presence on the banks of the Sutlej. No man who ever saw the countenance of the veteran hero of Albuera, in which the lines so clearly marked denote at once invincible firmness as well as native gen tleness and genial courtesy, could for a moment doubt that the true representation of it, so far as unbreathing brass or marble could convey it, was now before lai rn . On th e obverse there are two a llegorical figures —one of Minerva, and another of an armed warrior presenting to her, the wise divinity of war, the patroness of war " to c o nquer peace," a lowered sword and an u p- ra i se d branch of olive. The one had had its lurid flash ; the (Aber suggested the many-coloured h ues o f Hope, which t h e picturesin the tr a i n o f the results of a w would adorn lengthened peace. It is a sort of symbolism in m etal of Edwin Landseer's moral lessons on painted canvass—" War" and " Peace." But in one word let us say, that in addition to bearing testimony to the fidelity o f the likeness to L or d Hardinge, the wOrk of art, in all respect to which cr i t i c i sm could 'be applied, is good. It is dedicated t o t h e Queen—of course, by her am gr • nia P e rmission; and an order, we understand, has been given to the same artist, 11Ir. Adams, to strike a medal in com memoration of the Chancellor Prince Albert's installa tion at Cambridge. DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELCIANS.—WOOLWICH, JULY s.—Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, attended by Countess Vanderstraten, Major Moerkerke, Dr. Carswell, and the members of their Majesties suite, and accompanied by Lord Camoys, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. Edward Cust, K.C.H., arrived at Woolwich Dockyard at a quarter-past ten o'clock, A.M., to-day. Their Ma jesties immediately went on board the Garland steam vessel, Captain Smithett, accompanied by Sir John Ha milton, and at half-past ten o'clock the vessel left Wool. with for Ostend. MARYLEI3ONE POLICE-COURT. —It is finally decided that Mr. Broughton, the magistrate at Worship-street, will succeed the late Mr. Rawlirwin at Marylebone Po lice-court, and that Mr. Hammel will go to Worship street, in the room of Mr. Broughton. TESTIMONIAL Or RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.— The inhabitants of North and South Witham, Lincoln shire, have presented the Rev. Robert Sharpe, curate of Cottersworth, with a handsome silver coffee-pot, on his resignation of the curacies of the above-mentioned parishes. PROROGATION OF PARLIXMENT.—It was yesterday positively stated, about the Houses and the Government offices, that now the prorogation of Parliament is not likely to take place until the end of this month, or the first week in August. Sir Thomas Cartwright, her Majesty'r. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Stock holm, is shortly expected to arrive in this country on. leave of absence, and the necessary directions have hoar g iven by the Treasury to the officers of the revenue at the packet ports in communication with the continent, in order that the respect usually shown to Ministers of Sir T. Cartwright's rank may be observed on his arrival : and in the landing and delivery of his baggage and 1 effects. I I eD E o _, .9 1 ; !ell' Of nlO del o' nip tor ?r i• iisa (.) by grit r ) hp, K•