The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-04 00:00:00

...........—• 4. Me A rit Nr W 4 u Qn rmaciti, , m emo, b.Ci ; Hear 0:e$0 , Ipt _A rru• islastof BrUn. 4. %Neff rg u n ()Pt f fc,or Albion. reetmot s ric• Cab- 0 10. 1 %, i o so d 0 7,31UW by. !..° Fri' )10P tO bY $ll6 sit IS° IR' 6j.' nW pew ' reo the b e ira ~en e s°";ei CO 4 00 rbe 1.1.0 ,„; 0 0 onir, 0 o f ild of .4er. ,80 W- STltt;t:.l.—(TfiliS DAY.) Lit e : LATE FO RGERY IN SOMERSET HOUSE.— William daythe o e n hi a ei charge clerk in 'he property •tax department.me W rset-bous e , who on edne,d4y last was remandpd of forging a receipt for 1371.. I . P l aced at the b ar be f ore Mr. Jardine this morning. r l g will be remembered that, on the former occasion, rr i a g t , „ l 2 d having been a ppli e d f or on t h e part o f t h e prose emi ri, and as sente d to on the part of the prisoner, the _at not entered int o a t ally length, but evidence _ " the d ocument in question was a forgery. was taken " Matter of form. Tho evidence was now given at Vetter length. Mr. Lawford, secretary to the Drapers' Company, "lid that the document produced was a warrant for the YrtPaYment of 'he sum of 1371. to him on behalf of the ZraPers' Company for property and income-tax paid by Ay e . l4 ;. they being exempt, by the Property-tax " end 6 Vict. cap. 35), from that impost. At the °ad of the document was what purported to be his re nelpt for the sum in question (137 i) by him on behalf of the COMp ee ... It was not in his handwriting, nor had be authorised any one to sign it. Ile had never received Any such sum. Mr. G rant, a clerk in the property-tax department, o . ol nerset-house said that it was his duty to r e gi s t e r all "nis for repayment of property and income-tax to tneritable institutions. They were registered by him' °II being first received, and afterwards, if admitted, they W ere filled up b y other clerks in the o ffi ce, and left there to, be Paid o n app li cation. He had never registered the %elm referred to in thedocument produced. This warrant was filled up in the prisoner ' s handwriting , and not in t hat of either of the clerks who usually filled UP such warrants. He believed the purporting t 4) be that of Mr. Lawford was in Mr. Gates's hand, but De could not undertake to swear to it positively. „ Mr. J. Fuller, Sp ec i a l C omm i ss i oner o f P roperty an d itt Peenae-Tax, said that he presided over the department which the document in question would have been made itt the ordinary course. The document purported to be Ili gned by him as having a ll owe d th e c l a i m . The signature that It W as certainly very like his own, and he could not swear was not genuine. Indeed, if he had seen it on ▪ ether document he would have admitted it at once; but k now ing the document to be fabricated, he was dig ris..ti to believe that the signature was a forgery. It a "uirie it must have been obtained upon a false repre ftntlition that the claim had b een ma d e , an d was a j ust ens. Gates.Ths Be - t - r - e - pr - e . sentation mult have been made by r. e had no recollection of signing such a-docu &vent. _ - Mr, Ray, a clerk in the office of the Receiver. General of Stan 3s Paid the a nt end Taxes, Somerset hout,e, said that he of 1371.' to Mr. Ga'es on the 7th April. Tie Rave it to hi m in payment of the order in question upon his representation that Mr. Lawford was waiting for the n3on-y in another part of (T he examination was the building. press.) proceeding when we went to DAY.) Two huh, about ten years of ag. each, were charged With stealing some old iron from a wharf at Bank,ide. Mr. COTTINGEIA3I said it would be useless to send such children to prison ; and he rj,,iced that, under the new Act of the 10th and 11th of Victoria, which came into operation on the 224 he w etnp .wered to sitb.ti • tote whioping for imprisonment on juvelile offenders. The Magistrate then ordered th, two bo s to he well whipped, and a p.,lic-inan. o the name ut Hart, was directed to carry it into etfeet. --....„"....,......MM1N1 , IVIAGAZINES- ( C ONTINUED.) TH NE 1 7101). iLI rAA. _ Although we can say little enough in comtnenda ?, of the stories contained in tree Metropolitan— Delng, as they are, of the average In""ille'81 .44e , atort hy sk : ., ~, about ." and " 1 3 0,,r Relations," and w h at. ,1161!--we are gratified to observe an evidence of g oo ‘l - .`"se on the part of the editor himself. Ills observa• • twits on the Monot ony o f Cv . li..ation are snrewd an d i i tovel. Th p r i ce .3 e argument entitled—" e , "" its Pro& "- - is worthy of a extensive Perusal. 1 ' 48 is to the very . com mon ta logic is truth, and its appeal understanding of the people. Rele is BELLE ASSEJIBL EE. . at s trat n f a Is the f rontispiece, and a view of the c h urch - 0 /rj ti , 11 .4 LIP° n•Av o r) --- the church in which "our • lulu:4 1 - c ~..illy "is buried—is the wood-cut embal tow .. L:milla Toultmn evlnces taste in her edi tioa of...npecr tty, and a singular modesty in the 'riser own compositions. ki • THE SPoRMTcr, REI7IEW. •t . ,aUll the winner of the Oaks, is the portrait en- Astor describes her, r " e iug f or August and appears, in truth, to be, a• t he le mare:' little game -looking, teatid oyerafle " a very wiry, Craven - has a retrospective paper upon olnwgieVuly"--a review penned with gusto , with hilarious spirit. Scribble ha s ilitatl,pinly purloined a few pages from Albert Smith; se nt Nnisiti°4 4 1 3 °u " Sporting Gents " in the pre- pu nuth. pia *number of the Sporting Review. is a shamefu l 8 Poistn upon the laughable brochure of Albert Liar rY Hieover and Charles Westmacott eenute their respective serials on " The Pocket and • a S tud" and " The Stage fLi " , lind espie 1 • hie is o 1 e with esprit li,v e i g e lle. The remainder of the magazine y arid riscellanet,us. ~._—_______ ' u. 4 0 *WE'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. ' L .." P'efer the contributions of a political or a Nraptii, al t a i net , , this ature to those of a theological one, con cup,','," northern miscellany. The paper, fur Pir e " i n the 4' corn . merce of the Ottoman Em ::::' I s P easant and readable; whereas that com taatefoi 171'ti it" A. of Gla " n ß ce lan a c t° th N e Vh P P.: r e e ' - ' Ad i a s mi pl te os E t ar d t hisi; e Most valuable article in the magazine. I 77113 -FARMERS' MAGAZINE. . I\--endicant, the winner of the Oaks in 1846, makes 1a‘i..8.`)(14 companion pieture to that of its successor, rearlY alluded to in the Sporting Reniew. In the Period• th at ~ t h e " Review of the Corn 1 rade" we.p.rceive ~, a r e causes of complaint in the wheat , --r5% are blight and red gum, but the Farmerx ugazineis not filled with treoi , iatio n on that account. A SNARPE'S LO,ViioLiTIG IZIvE• thi s vislbl" improvement in tho embellishment o f ii porindical enhances the value of the August part ; after liyer Cromlvell reproved by hii dying &tighter; wodeatphieta7inal by L. Hicks, is a very 6 piri:e als o cut .' " The Butler's Fright on Halloween is distrihnt• b oth in the hUmour or the sketch and the 1 " 11 " the light s and shadowsntents are of atnusin g and intelligent. . The literary ----- HO It i 1 7"s jo,JRNA L. Prom thet• continued spirit evinewil in this puhlica. -ion, we presume that it has as:.urned a permanent 4Position arnono. the monthlv eriodicals. Two portraits re contained In t h i s er portraits of two distin • Ignilhed men of France and ' England,—Felicite La )!ennais and Colonel Perroo e t Thompson. Th tognerasrstireat n o o f ti c e e ffio o g f iu t t h ne, latter is written in an ear I b tYle o f xtravagant Panegyric t o h f a t t he see fi s nr m er fa i u n its a , tat views everything as virtue. Th e DISTRESS (IRELAND). -th fourth report of th 6. Relief Cominissioners, constituted under th e A ct 10th Victoria, cap. 7, was tecently presented to both Houses of Parliament by !c)rotnand of her Majesty, and was on Saturday gas in a printed form pursuant to the orders of arliatnent. The report is to the following effect : Relief Commission -office, Dublin, July 19. May i t p l ease your Lorchhips, We beg to submit our fourth monthly report as Commissioners under the Temporary R-lief Act. We have now 1,823 electoral divisions for relief Under the operation of the Act, which are distributing 2 ,342,900 gratuitous rations per day, at an average cost of twopence per ration, including expenses, and 79,636 rations are sold. The falling prices of provisions, and the small profit required by the lower class of traders, have tended to keep down the necessity for much selling by committees. - Your Lordships will perceive a considerabl e in crease in the distribution, occasioned partly by the additional districts, which, although among the most suffering, have been now, for the first time, brought under the Act; partly from the withdrawal of the supplies which had been so largely contributed by a ssociation s for the relief of a state of actual starva tion, against which a general provision now exits ; and from the reductions in the public works; but chie fly from the pr essure o f di s t ress w hi c h it i s no t o . , ritotiuosnof always wei g h s h eav ily on th e agr i cu lt ura l popu - Ireland at this season of the year. Prom the commencement of August, however, we shall look forward to great reductions ; the harvest relief to be very abundant, and as the temporary Was intended to provide for the diminution of collect by the failure of the potato crop, the gradual 41e:ction of the agricultural produce will remove Yjustification for its continuance on any other ple a , lenY an arrangement with the Commissary General, nare clearing out the Government depots of provi ",,!, by orders on them in lieu of so much money. et _ l nese depots were established at an anxious period i ts ., Prospect of great deficiency of supplies, which no ''';,ffer exists. 14 , - 1,2 !lumbe r of temporary hospitals ordered to be lnifshed under the Act 10 Vie., cap. 22, now ezZounts to 2 Wher 83 ' highly ever opened they are reported t have been G ben e fi e • , but we regret to learn that the ne • L essi tY for them vvirlit abated. genera ly the country is far from We have, &c. (Si gned) J. F. BURGOYNE. T. N. REDINGTON. R. L. ROUTH. H. D. JONE. 4. o E. J. B. TWISLETON. the Ria t th. D. NI'GREGOR. o f her ma Lordsje%Teaury r C s ominisbioners sty *1.34. Cli a ' 1"1111"1"." '" 1 "" 125 " 11.11 ' f the Q. „ t,.neenior 0 ot ko ot ir Ex i ihequer has received from •cr of twt, f- zork•s, rmitiad T'l 1 s u N, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, CO Ve;si G )E ThnizAti's opera, Karin di R )11 , 1a, WAS last night produce.l for the second time at tnis theatre. Madame Ronconi again appeared as the unfortunate heroine : we confess that we were most agreeably surprised by the performance of this lady ; it was, indeed, a great improvement on her first appearance, whatever might have been the cause on that occasion, whether pro ceeding fr o m nervousn ess or indisposition, she did not exhibit the powers or qu ilifications of which last night she proved herself to be possessed. She sung with great sweetness and expression, and repeatedly received the strongest testimonies of the unqualified approbation of the audience. The scene with Chalais in the second act, when imploring him to fly from impending ruin, and not to keep his appointment with Gondi, and that with Chevreuse at the conclu sion, when he has discovered the love of Chalais, whose escape he has assisted in, for his wife, were most effectively rendered. This lady will prove a much greater acquisition to the establishment than we at first could have supposed. M idemoiselle lAlboni as the court gallant, Armando di Gondi, as in every part in which she has appeared, was admirable indeed. The " Per non istare" was magnificently given, and most rapturously encored, indeed the audience seemed well inciined to obtain its repetition a second time. A similar compliment was also paid to her " Son leggero noll Aurore," which was listened to with breathless attention and elicited thunders of applause from every part of the house. She completely identified herself with the character, and by her acting and singing elevated it to an importance far beyond that it was intended to possess. Signor Bettini made his second appearance in this country, in the part of Chalais, which had been formerly filled by Salvi. Signor Bettini possesses all the essential qualifications of a great artist, and we have no doubt that he will attain a very high rank in his prof e ssi o n. Hi s vo i ce i s a rich tenor, of great power and sweetness. His first aria, " Quando it Cor," was given with great effect, and also the " Alma Soave e care," and he ably seconded Madame Ronconi in the duet at the close of the second act. Ronconi as Chevreuse, the injured husband, was in every r e spe c t su p er b, hi s ac ti ng an d . singing were of th e hi g h es t c l ass , an d repeate dl y oh tamed the well-merited tribute of applause. He has male the character completely his own, and we do not know of any who could approach him in its concep tion and execution. It must be seen to be appreci ated, and would alone be sufficient to render popular a work of less merit. The chief performers were called before the curtain at the conclusion of the opera, and Signor Ronconi, was most enthusiastically cheered on his second appearance, by himself. The entertainments concluded with the ballet of La Peri in which Mademoiselle Plunkett was loudly applauded. The house was very well filled—inde, d, surprisingly so, considering the advanced period of the season, and the exciteme.nt of the general election. The orchestra was most effective. HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. On M,eplay even n r Mr. Gerhard Taylor gave his second " Grand It • cital" on the hsrp, at the Ilimover squiare Rooms. Mr. Taylor is said to he the firSt harpist in F.nr.pe. rin , l the suce• ss which atterd. d his first per . ermarc,• fully wa-rant • him in v-nturing upon a second recital. Under ttie fingers of Mr Taylor the hirp be comes Trite a new instrument. He not only " diseourses most elivient musk." but xh hits .a power, and display.. a range and capability wt ich the barn has hitherto never he "t d emeil able to eff ct. He plays from tl-e original '48 11 4 ,rte copies, and performs selections from the wo , ks ..f the great masters —Be-ainven, Weber, Mey erbe. r, and Mendelssohn, with a finish and delicacy of the most sitrprisin; chat act. r. When you hear the performance of Mr. Taylor )ou are no longer inclined to doubt the romantic tales which are yet preserved of the wonders effectedtby the ancient bards, when the harp was an instrument. especially in the sister king dom, universally eultivated and admired. Now-a-days it is et - maid...red as being fitted for little else than a mere taccampaniment, and the more surprising, therefore, is it that the difficulties which are obviously in the way with an instrument like the harp, should be, as they are in the present instance, so wonderfully - overcome. The selections were principally from the composers whose names we,have m ntioned. One of _the most interesting performances was a quartette in the second part, by Gerhard Taylor, Miss C. Taylor, and Mr. J. Taylor, on , hreo grand gothic harps and violin, introducing sirs from DonizAti's Lucia di Lammermoor. The perfora, mace was loudly applauded, and warmly encored. Mr. H. S. Mar played a fantasia on the pianoforte, in-ro• diming airs from favourite Italian operas. and a sonata (3eethoven). which concluded the second part. Miss Townsend and Miss Taylor sang two or three songs and a duet. The concert was exceedingly well attended. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord and Lady Byron, Hon. Miss Macdonald, and Colonel and Lady Catherine 114reourt, had the honour of j , ,ining th , . royal circle at Osborne, at dinner, on Mo-dsy evening. Ifesti-rday morning the Queen and Prince Albert vralk(-d in the gardons of O•borne. Their Royal Erighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince AVre,i, the Princess Royal. and the Princes Alice, walked lnd rode on ponies on the beach yesterday. The Barone4s de Speth left Osimrne yesterday. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps arrived at Os borne in the afternoon. lio% al liieinet.s the reign Duke of Nassau, accompanied by hts suite, honoured ti e establishment of Messrs. Hunt and li,..skell with a visit yesterday. P , ince Caste!cicala. the Ne .pnlitan Minister, had an interview lesterduy with Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign-offie . Diciatch , s for the Governor of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American Provinces, were sent off from the Colonial-office on Monday evening. Mr. Macgregor, M.P., has arrived in town from Glasgow. -- - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BE rn vu AT MA NC ESTER.-TIIESDAL DONCASTER ST. LEGER.-5 to 4 ago Cos-m.lk (t), 7 to 1 :atz•t Ervx (take 8 , o 1), 12 to 1 ag.t Van Tromp, 14 to 1 ng , t Mr MArt'n ( , ),20 to 1 Rest ForeeloEure(t). 25 to I g t z-t fla , •lc Dwarf. 30 to 1 nest Llinestotw, 35 to 1 .gst Halo, 40 to Ila v-t RPal flirt (0. HER MAJESTY'S I'IIEATRE.—His Imperial High ness tee Gran I Doke Cetstantirie of Bessie, 'wended by the B trop Brunnow the Baron Frederiek, the Court Hiederi, M de Berg, and Lieut nunt-Celonel Grey, were pre , ent at the performances at her Majesty's Theatre yesierdey everone. The Q opn's box was ec cupied by the Earl and Ceutitess at Churl moat, Ludy Clemente, Mr J Clement:, Lord Leitrim, unit Mr. J. Hill. In her M j.sty the Q teen Dowager's box were, the !hike and Duchess of Besuftirt, and the Ladies Blanch and Jerrold Somerset. the Marchioness of Wor cester, and the Viscount Doplin. There were also pr e . sent— his Excellency the French Arnbassailer, his Se rene Highness the Duke of Nassau and suite, the Duke Wellington and Mr. Arbuthnot, the Prince Louis Na peleun, the Duke of Leeds, the Duchess of aamilten, the Duchess of Somerset, the Prince and Prince-s Ge rincheffe and Millie. Alexandrina de Gerincheffe, the Countess of Norbury. the M irquis of Huntley, the Mar quie of Donegal, the Marquis of D turn, the Countess Dowage r of Charleville, the Prince Trouhelshoi, the Earl and Countess if J erse y an d Laity Clementine 'Sri!. Tiers, the Earl and C..untessof Westmoreland, the Martini, of Westmins , er, the Countess of Hastings, the Coutite-e of Kinnoul, the Countess of Leicester, the Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Count Ducitri Aproxie, th e Viscount R inelagh, Lord Ward, Lord Ternplemore, Mr. Barry Baldwin, Lord and Lady Villiers. Lora George Lennox, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Lady Howard, Lade Palmer, the Dowager Lady Templemere, Lady Grant. - &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—On the Count de Jamie t he Duc he ss TAtaiesday evening there were present his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador Cou n tess heo Rii)eih Richmond r , e n ht t n • a E and Miss Johnston,lai,,r.l and Countess of An- Viscount Cants er ot Essex Lady Caroline Lenni;x, the d Dowag trim and Lady Louisa Parker , rl Bruce, the Countess lupe, Lord Suffield, Lord 11. nry . Lennox, Alexander Lennox, M.P , Ho , Lord Lady Ernest Bruce, Count . Rosenn.a Vide Y, Lord and Count Louis de N.:ailles lio 'n, Lord Mandeville, George °Valle ban, 11' , n. John Fortescue, Hon. C..10n0 G. L. nagwsoo Darner, A. D. Willoughby, Hon. Esq , Sir Will' mer, M.P., Henry B. Bering, Spearman, Lad tarn Ball, Sir Henry B. Ledy Lewin, Sir tv•ir dept, Mrs. Herace Smith I l am Abily, Miss Hui- Colonel Knox, E. D t?rneral „ Fox, Colo n ,' Bi„,, Mrs. alountjey , Arthur Webster, Misses Humphreys, Ca p t a in Mrs. Charles Mills. the Esq ptain White Melville,' W. Rose, MASQUERADE AT Ir AU X !. masquerade at Vauxhall nIiALL GARDENs,—.The season —was, if p oss ibl e, more t, h ril t ir the third f or the than any of its pre.teeee,ors, The ant and successful gardens was, in fact, mo re lik e a creeti a o P t I P P o af ranee of the scene from fairy land, than a reality. connTleagic, or a formed almost a continuous canopy over the ss lamps grounds, while the gay throng beneath seemed, s should entire be the case on such an occasion, as if they were deter mined to render the night among the happi, st of their existence. The charactms presented the usual variety, and some of them were very well sustained. There were three bands in attendance—Mr. Bean's well known military band, Mr. Allwood's stringed hand, and a Ty. roleatt band, conducted by the Messrs. Kittler, which played with consideralile skill. The attendance was very large, and the long line of f ishionahle equipagee near the entrance showed that no small portion of the visitors were of the urictocratic class. Altogether, the arrangements c •nierred the highest credit oil the enter prising proprietors, Messrs Wardle and Browne, and on the acting matwer, Mr. Ryan. GREENLAND PIitIERY.—A letter, dated 24th of July, has been received by Mr. Benjamin Pickering, of this town, announcing the arrival of the Swallow, of this port, at strorneese, with 2.900 seals tied (VIP fish. She left the ice on the 12th inetant, and reports the fishing up to the 2(1 instant, as follows :—Anne, if Hull, one fish ; Forth, of do, one do.; Commerce. of Peterhead, one do.; Hamilton Ross, do. ; three to.; Hannibal, do., three do.; Union, do., two do.; Lclipse, do., four do.; Dublin, do., four do.; Gleaner, do., one de. ; Enterprise, do., full ; Fairy, of Dundee, one fish.—Hull Advertiser. PORTSMOUTIT, TDESDA*.--HiS Imperial Highness the Grand Doke Coustantine, Lord High Admiral of the Russian fleet, 15 expected here this evening at a quarter pastsix o'clock by the South- Wester,: Ml Way, QA To' wc tra ClbOrtra, C 72 a visit to am Qtrevz LOIN' WEDNESDAY . EVENING, A.UGUS THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Atm Peninsular and t )riental Company's steamer, C.aptaiti Meehan, arrive;: here at two o'clock this afternoon, bearing the Peoio • sular mails of the following dates :—Gibraltar, July 25; Cadiz, July 26; Lisbon, July 29; Oporto, July 30. The weather during the voyage was fine, except on the after noon of the 18th, on the voyage out, when they experienced a heavy storm of thunder and rain. The following were the.: stations of her Majesty's ships :—Gibraltar—Her Majesty's steam vessel Virazo. At Lisbon—Her Nlsjesty's ships Hibernia (Vice- Admiral Sir Williatn Parker), Trafalzar. Canopus. Suprb, Phceoix, Bulldog, and Jackall. Off Oporto at anr . hor—Gladiator steam frigate. In the Douro— Polyphemus and Nautilus. At Vigo, refitting, Etc.— America, 50. Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States :—Gib raltar—Portuguese brig Sena do Pilar, and Sardinian corvette Aurora. At Cadiz—French steam vessels Ori noque and Cerheres; Spanish brig Ligero. At Li-b in— French frigate Iphigenia. 60, and Anacreon and Solon steam vessels ; Spanish, Isabella IL frigate, and Venise corvette; Portuguese, Vasco de (lama flag hip, Reinha frigate, and Mendillo, Terceira, and Oporto steam vessvls. In the Douro, French brig Meleagre, 20. At Vigo-- Spanish steam vessels Isabella 11. and Lapanto, sailed at 6.30 P.M. THE GEN E ti A I. ELECTION ABE RDE EN—II A PAS 1' THREE O'CLOCK. Capt..tio Ford) ce 910 Colonel kes 420 BANDON. Viscount Bernard returned without oppo.ition. BEDFORD TOWN— CLOSE OF THE POLL. Sir H. Verney (L.) 433 Stuart (C) ••• ••• ••• 432 Captain Polhill ) 392 • • BERECSHIRE. Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. P. Posey, and Lord Barrington were yesterday re elected. BRECON TOWN. John Lloyd VAughisn Watkinii, Esq., the Lord Lieu tenant of the Cijunty; and a warm supporter of the Rus sell Administration, was position. yesterday elected without op. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. The contest has terminated in favour of 11r. Law and Mr. tioulburn. At the opening of the poll there was a tolerable rush of voters, and Lord Fading's party Caine up in superior strength. At a few minutes after eleven the majority of Mr. Goulburn was reduced to 12, but below this it never went. At twelve o'clock it was evi dent that bo:h pirties were polled out, with the excep tion of the committees, who toe,v came up. About half past twelve an application was made by Dr. Webb, of Clare Hall, on behalf of Lord Fending, to extend tht period of polling. A consultation between the repre sentatives of the candidates and the Vice Chancellor en• sued, and the request was refused. Great interest was manifested as the hour of closing drew nigh, and the galleries became crowded. 'Lord Feilding voted for Law and Feilding about half-past one, and then took his de parture, with his lady, amid loud cheering from the gal leries. Mr. Goulburn voted for . Law and Goulburn ; Mr. Lefevre plumped for Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Law voted for Law and Feilding durinz, the list half hour. Mr. Law was loudly applauded. At two o'clock the offi cial numbering of the votes was commenced by the au thorities, and the name of every voter, with the way he polled, having been read • by the senior proctor, the ' numbers were declared as follows : Law 1,486 • ••• ..• ••• G.•&hurn 1.189 Feilding , 1,147 Lefevre 860 Conteituency . 3,800 Number polled ... 2,491 Mr. Law and Mr. Goulbarn were declared by the senior proctor .duly elected. Among th• most influential voters, since the list which appeared on Saturday, are the following:— FOR MR. LAW AND LORD Frere, Mar quis of Granby; the Senior Proctor, Dr. Williams, Rev. Canon Srarke, the Public Orator, Professor Corrie, Sir W. R. Kemp, Sir ll:Dryden, Sir C. N. Lighton, Sir H. Fitzherbert, Sir T. M. Wilson, Hon. Eliot Yorke, Arch deacon. Browne, Hon. H. Savile, &c. FOR MR. LAW AND MR. G OULRURN.—Sir E. H. Alderson, Sir C. De Crr•spigny, ; Ho n . H . J . T . M Sitton, the Pre s id en t. of gleen 6 , Dr. Matcham, F. J. Bolland, Dr. Thackeray, Lord Somerville, Sir E. An trobus; Sir L. Shadwell, Dr. Haviland, Hon. R. Wilson, Professor Challis, Sir J. Wistram, Hon. H. C. Oust, Sir J. H. Lowthet, Hon. G. Welltsley, Hon. T. S. Grim ston, &c. FoR MR GOULDURN AND MR LEFEVRE.—Hon. F. D. r, Marquis Douro, Sir J. FeHowes, D. Ricardo, M.P., G. Leaping wel.. Hon. G. Denman, M. Thackeray, Spencer Perceval, Professor S-dgwick. Lord F. A. Gordon, Lord Duncan, the Speaker of the House of Commons, lion. G. Wentworth Rev, Thurtell, Mr. Bureham, Mr: Creasy, lion. R. Denman Dr. Fisher, the Mastt , r of • Christ's ; Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Milton, Rev. C.. C. Babington, Rid Jermyn, T. B. Ma emilay. Hon. G. Smythe, Dr. Latham, Mr. B. Ffolkes, Rev. L ,rd John Tnyin , ,, Dr. Chambers, Realism. M P., Right Hon. Stru.tt, M.P., Romilly, M.P., J. Abel Smith, M.P., .Bateson, Vice Provost of King's, Master of Sidney, Dr. Broadley, &e the Astronomer Royal, Hon. G. W. Fitz u, Sir .1. F. W. Herschel, Archdeacon Thorp, Lord Norreys, Sir William Wors ley, Sir E. Ryan, Hon. F. R. Grey, Hon. T. Grey, &c. Fun MR. LAW AND MR LEFEVRE.—De, Walker, Dr. Ha wtrey (Provost of Eton), Muter of St. J o h n ' s . FOR LORD FEILDINO AND MR. LEFEVRE.—HOD. and Rev. Baptist Noel. FOR Ala. LAW —Dr. French (Master of Jesus), J. C. Adams, C. LustiingtAi, Lord John Manners. Fon MR. GOULBORN.—Lord John Fitzroy, Lord Al fred Hervey. Fon MR. LEFEVRS —Hon. w. F. Campbell, DEVON iSOUTH). L'rd Courtenay and Sir J. Y. Buller re-elected with. out opposition. DROGIIEDA. - _ MONDAY--The election commenced this day, at twelve o'clock. The Court-house was, from the first moment of opening the doors, a scene of. tremendous ex c it ement . The reading of the Queen's wr it was followed by loud cheers for " Repeal." The HIGH SHERIFF, in addressing the assembly, re gretted to state that there was great excitement in th e town. He h a d h ear d Of houses having been demolished and inhabitants attacked; and he especially regretted to hear that an assault had been made on his respected friend Sir Wm. Somerville —(Cheers and cries of ‘• The Whigs did it.") Ho was himself of no party, and was resolved that the freedom of election should be protected, and that the peace of the town should be preserved; and, if it were neeess,,ry for the attainment of either object, he would cal out the military. Let the proceedings be carried 'on with proper spirit, but without violence. Mr. J. GERIsTON, J.P., proposed Sir Wm. Somerville. Mr. CARTAR seconded the nomination of Sir William Somerville. • Alderman RocEns proposed Thomas L Murray, Esq as the parricular . triend of their late Liberator. Mr. Mur ray was connected with a bank which had done more good for Ireland than all th , 4 Whigs and Tories put to geth, r—Cheers)—for Mr. Murray's hank had brom=ht oalt a-million into the country; and he was also a Re pealer.—(Cheers, and cries of .` How many days has he been a Repealer?") He adopted Mr. L. Murray on the principle which had ever actuated him since May 30, 1844.—(Cheers.) Mr. JOHN COLLINS seconded the nomination. Mr. ABBER,ON, the proprietor of a Conservative journal, proposed Joseph Henry Dunn as a proper representative. Mr. Cua.m,Es M'CsuE seconded the nomination of Mr. Durm. Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE presented himself amid loud cheers and groans • lie observed that he had often appeared before the electors of Drogheda under diff.rent irceinstanees from the present, and all he now asked of th,m—and he was 'We it was not ton much—was a Lair, impartial, and honest hearing, He should have preferred entering into general questions—questions which agitated the public mind.. lie should have preferred discussing these wi.h hi s tate constituents, to the course he now iidoptil. The oppo-itio n, however, which he had tact wiin in Drogheda, and the nature of that opposition, iorced him vi dw. ui""lt matters with respect to which he had to request a fair and indulgent hearing. For tunately he knew what were the diff-rences that existed between him and a few et his con•tituents, and as he ound these differences stated in Vie Drogheda Argue, be should endeavour to answe r them. He then entered into is detail of the local objections made against him, arid he said he was sure he could give to them all a triumphant answer. He had been amused, especially by a Mr. Boylan, with being a placeman. He was a placeman. tie never Fought it ; arid on taking it he believed he nee lit serve his country. He might fail in office, but he would have the con-olution of thinking that if he did so he had struggled to do his b st fur his country.— (Cheers.) Mr. Boylan, who decried him as a placeman, he (Sir W. Nimervila.) denounced es the most per place-hinter in Drug ieda.—(Cheers, and cries of 6' Ni) personality ") „ e k l r, a hook of applications tor office. On the 4th of July. 1846, about the time the Whigs obtained office, M r . Baylan applied to him for the .ollowitig situation s . --(C r i es of No personality," from Mr. Bolan 1, a Ines! attorney.) He asked fur a place in the courts.—( Loud uproar.) The HIGH SHERIFF interfered, and declared he should insist on Mr. Roland being silent. Sir W. SOMERVILLE continued by saying that Boylan asked for a situ itiou in the courts, a stipendiary magis tracy, a inag,istraey in the colonies, a situation in the, fisheries, or in the Castle—(Cheers and laughter)—and n, t less than thirteen applications fur as many different individuals.—(Cheers and laughter.) He had done with that point.—(Loud cheers.) He was next accused of not getting a grant for the town, when the Solicitor- General had in a week procured 30,0001. for the harbour of Gslway. Why did Mr. Boylan invent this? He had a letter from the..Solicito--General declaring the state• went not to be true; a nd then there was the Gahcay Advergiser declaring t h e statement to be a monstr ous itivention, and "all moanshine.' —(Cheers and laughter.) lle had procured for Drogheda its harbour commis stoners and if they had' n ot done more for the harbour it was their fau!t and ho t his.—(Ccies of "Hear.") Il e next cane to tha poo i.„kw system of rating, He was one of tlie few alembe:s in the House of Commons who was in favour of a "J e n rating.—(Cheers.) He n ex t referred to the speech a Mr. Coitus, ch a r g i ng hi m with not supporting Mr. T..Duncombe's *lot i on f or a repeal of the rate-paying claues. lie exp l a i ned the state of parties in th e House of Commons, and then sa id to that he was indiffer ent as 3,r. Duncornbe's motion, because it had no mare to do with I re l an d than with Japan. He hope d that the time was not far distant when he might himself propose a Bill which would relieve the people of Ire land fro m this obnoxious t ax . —(flear, hear.) He didknow that h e h a d anything else to answer.—(Cr ies of not Except th e k nocking down of the houses.") Mr. Collis charged him with imposing out-door relief on D ro g heda. He did— he stood by it, and he was proud of it.--(Cheers,) Th en it was said hr.', was not in favour of ur tenant-right. He was i n f avour of for whit h e p rom i se d h e should endeavo tenant-right.—(Cheers.) But he must be cautious in what he said, to perform. He said, ',hen, that he sho u ld en d eavour to construct a measure which would do jusiee to all p ar ti es ;yield et,; and it was one in which if he succe eded he nub gocd.—(flear.) He had n ut supported Lord George Bentinek.—(lfear.) He honoured Lord Georq, for his sentim ents resptc.ing Ireland, b ut his schen : about railways wit.; will that it fri g h tt‘ned every man from his propriety. But Drogheda had not much to cotrtpl tut of with resp ect 10 railway.i.....„e himself had dorm inueli to promote its prosperity in this respect. — (Cheers.) Greer stress had been laid on the fact of his opponent, being the friend of the Liberator of their country.—(Cheers.) He was that great man's friend; and he believed if that great msn were alive he would not (Cheers.) Defeat e d or success f u l bus opp ose d th a t day.— this was a proud day ter him. Never was a man sup• ported as he was,— (Cheers and laughter.; W as i t not a proud thi ng for him to say that ,„„hi, foe: htiti. ransacked a l l . Lehi:n(l 'for an opponent, and eiotilcr not'firid one ? (Cbners.) It' he were an enlighierred peakr, he would say they could itot dogrAfie the nania ditin by im - 7-artm ali g s et ocOvv 6 W bati rea2 INDEPENDENCE OF THE LEE WARD ISLANDS. The foll)wing is the copy of a convention between the Governments or France arid England in relation to the independence of the 'Leeward Islands : " Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of the French, being desirous of removing a cause of dis cussion between their respective Governments, rflative to the Wands in the Pacific Ocean which are herein after designated, have thought proper reciprocally to engage 1: Formally to acknowledge the Independence of the islands of Huahine, Raiatea, and Borabora (to the lee ward of Otaheite), and of the small islands adjacent to to and dependent upon those islands. " 2. Never to take possession of the said islands, nor of any one or more of them, either absolutely or und4 , r the title of Protectorate, or in any other form whatever. "3. Never to acknowledge that a chief or a prince reigning in Otaheite can at the same time reign in any one or more of the other islands above-mentioned ; nor, on the other hand, that a chief or prince reigning in any one or more of those other islands can reign at the same time in Otaheite ; the reciprocal independence of the islands above-mentioned, and of the island of Otaheite and its dependencies, being established as a principle. " The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the French at the Court of London, being furnished with the ne cessary powers, . hereby declare, in consequence, that their said Majesties take reciprocally that engagement. " In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. " Thne in duplicate at London, the nineteenth day o June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bun. dyed and forty-aoven. (L S.) " PALMERSTON. (14 S.) " JARNAC." BUENOS AYRES. The following is a copy of a fetter addressed by Gen. Roses to Lord flow,ten, the day after his Lordship land,-,1 at Buenos A)res:— "My Lord.—l do myself the honour of addressing your ExcAleney, to acquaint you that my good friend Mr. John Henry Mandeville, a gentleman whom I sin !ei ely appreciate, has especially recommended your Ex elh ncy to me in the manner most distinguished, and becoming your Excellency's high merits, in a letter dated 22d March last, which your Excellency had so attentivoly conveyed to my hands. " Upon such an occasion it is particularly gratifying to me to present personally to your Excellency my re spectful regards and compliments, and to beg you will, without any reserve, honour me with your cornrivinds in the manner most agreeable, or in whatever way I can be useful. My house and all that I possess are at the dis posal of your Excellency, and in whatever way you may be pleased to avail thereof will afford me the greatest pleasure. "I sincerely hope that the important health of your Excellency will be re-established, and I feel great inter est in availing of the present opportunity to subscribe myself your Excellency's most affectionate and obedient servant, (Signed) "JUAN MANOEL DE ROSAS. " Buenos Ayres, M.,..y.1.1,rit54.7..1 HOP INTELLIGENCE. BArrix.—The hops are still improving here, and the burr is coming out with a healthy appearance, although the drought has been so very excessive. The planta tions generally have been exceedingly clean. and worthy of crenit to the cultivators, yet there are some that do not pay sufficient attention to the theoretical as well as the practical knowledge in agriculture, as plants co not exhaust the soil in the way that some describe, for the plant does not consume concrete or liquid substances; it is when it be comes wralised that it insinuates itself into the plant. The heat produced by decomposed sub stances, in combination with the heat of the surround►ng. atmosphere, expands-the plant, and when comint in con tact with a colder atmosphere, is condensed ; thus animals and plants increase in magnitule. FARNHAM.—There is no material difference in our hops this week, the better grounds are now out in burr and are progressing tolerably well, but the slighted ones are so dried up as to preclude all further hope, and this parish they are by far the largest proportion. In the adjacent villages to the east of the town they are almost a total failure, while from Binstead, Bentley, parts of Kingsley, and others to the west the accounts are more favourable. The duty is called 5,000, but few are in clined to back that account. FLETCHING.—The hops in our strongest grounds show for nearly an average crop ; the weaker gardens never looked more unpromising, and from them an average crop cannot he expected this year. We are now reaping wheat; there - is a slight deficiency in the crop. GonDituasT.—Some of the hops have not been doing vnyttfing of fate, par icularly those that have hail the most vermin. Ha n would do much good, and unless we get some soon the crop will be very short, in some grounds. We are begi.ning the oat harve.t, which h good, and shall begin to cut wheat in a few days. We are very short of keep and water. MAYFIELD —There is no improvement in the hops since our last report ; they appear to be in a very weak ' , taste. The vermin are still very thick, and the bine ap pears in some places to.be .alm st dying, but there are some plantations whtrek'filakt,os...exp••ct to be more for tunate, they being cleaner at d more growing. Without rain the crop mu,t, according to the present appez:rance f the b•r., he very short in this paris'i. UCKFIELD.—The hops in this parish hare not im proved much during the past week, most of the grounds are nearly on the standstill for want of rain. 'There are one or two good gardens in this pati-h, which bid fair for a very heavy crop. The hest garden belongs to `dr. John Kenward, which is set at 20 e't. per acre and up - warch, a nd consists of several acres. The duty is still called about 185 000/. to i 90,0001, and the latter esti agate is backed by some. It we could get heavy rains arida fine August the duty may yet pay 230,0001., the duty was called last year at this time 150,0001., and paid 243.0001. WADHURST.—The hops here progre:s but slowly, the prevail:rig opinion is that rain mould be highly beneti vial to the plant, and materially aaist in eralicating the vermin that the low grounds are still infesb-d with. our be,t plantati tns the plant with the burr looks healthy, but we shall not grow so many in this district as last year. We think the duty as it atanda quite high enough. —Sussex Advertiser. EFFECTS Or DauNKENNESS.—Yesterday a man about fifty-seven years of age, dressed in black and of a very respectable exterior, died in Lambeth workhouse from the effects of ardent spirits. He was found by the ()lice in a helpless state of intoxication in the Commer cial-road, Lambeth, and removed to the police-station, anti from thence to the workhouse, where an immense quantity of spirits was drawl' from him by the stomach pump. He died, however, without recovering from the stupor, and nothing was found on him to lead to identity. Information was forwarded to the Cor o ner. FRrGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yester day afternoon an accident of a frightful character took place on the river. George Andrew , , aged 40 years, residing at Rotherhithe, was engaged in ptinting the side of a steam• vessel called the North Star, lying in the river off East-lane tier, Bermondsey-wall. lie was at work on a portable scaff o ld, when another steatn-boar, which was coming up full swing with the tide, by some unforeseen aecident,catie.tigbtettliwart the North Star, jamming the unfortun ate fellow between tne sides of the two v , ssels. His screams were heartrending, hut with all possible speed exertion was made to release him from his fearful position; and when brought tip he aopeared to be quite insensible, and almost flattened by the force of the collision. He was immediateiy taken ashore, and carried to the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, where he was found to have received two lacerated wounds of the periocum, the nones of the pelvis, (Ste., being corn caponleldoltaephrl:erwcarushed ; the abdomen was extensitely torn, both nahonessci li k ewise were other ra fr e a s c : t irc u i ao r ieudot s c e ec T snl r t a ub l suet r d i f b ro s o nmv atwerehr.ieo various compli catedopka, e r n t nature of the g v m s an r y e lx is; of th e body. Ha was at on c e seen b y Mr. Bransby the injuries sustained he cannot survive Fount) Ditowt sen.—Yesterday in last two days the bodies of to fi t v he in the river Thames. One awades t,.und yesterday morn formation was forwarded jad:teat the o P bhf r rat r i P e r sons nhfoardi unfortunate eo epal found rat3s, that during the dirriLnteleadr ,Binatst:rtsu.r.aciayßri being that of Mary Mortlake in vv hd.tgee. oAunseu,th;ri has been found opposite the body quest. A third w w • a li s er f e ou i tn(wi in n s t t h a e k r e i t v i erinn, near a f.pmair Sunday eight to be one of tile three drowned thp re . and is Su pp o s"d G lac r t e . en w A k f h .o , ur a t n h d b f; (l,3 in tt at d dress s it is ( t;. ( ii , p ' , at..ri,rmoadEi po unfortunate Mary Goo Irwin, of the we j tt~~rtn~l the destroyed her life by jumping off the Wt 7 Steam .bo it Pier. A fif h body found in the river is Bride lying at Chelsea workhouse to await a coroner's inquest: APPREHENSION ON A CffARGE OF POISONING TWINS . --On Monday last, an unmarried woman, named A o'nes. Kelly, a native of Wigtown, and about thirty years of age, was apprehended on Fugpichn of having caused the death of her twin daughters by poison, to which she hart given birth on Tuesday week. IV Children fa , llin p un• well, Mrs. M'Cracken sent for Dr. Crawford, who, oil see inq them, was eorrtnc , d that they h a d tI .vceived la4d-Lnurn, TheyVtli - d u z afterwards, sad -titider cirovaataixow 111 . aPtblerell SNOWlrildb".44, 4#04,14 4, 1847. I ei u lii ff r e tt r h.i i )e n rr g et h s ce o a . r l m o ,: n tl yt n o o r t Ps karl i a m o e u n t t i n He t:s hfail a ou r der such eircumstanee; Ch. no He appraled to the electors of Drotrheda and ( on W er t s ) nesday next he anticipated a triumphant verdict iu his favour.—(Cheers.) Mr. L. MuitrtaY said that, their late representative had uttered many nothings. He did not i ntend to attack the private character o Sir William Somerville, nor to follow him through his drawling; defense. lie did not mean to dwell on his betrayal of confidence, though never before did he hear of a Minister of the Crown betraying confidence repoSed in him by a respectable citizen.—(Hear.) He had fifteen years' character from the great man whose remains were arriving aoaotigg them, at a time when the country was suffering under Whig misgovernment. He could show the half of that Court-house full of letters thanking him for what he had .done in introducing capital into that country.-- (Cheers.) They were not discussing private letters with Mr. Boylan, nor private conversathins; but :hey met there to decide a great principle. and a great question— that of a repeal of the union. But his opponent was a placernan, and could not but speak as his master bid him. lie had often heard good arguments in favour of repeal, but Sir William Somerville's speech was the best argu ment he bad ever heard respecting it. He could say for himself that eight out of every twenty-four hours of his life were engaged with Irish affairs; and the reason he was for repeal was, that Englishmen did not understand the affairs of this country. He felt convinced from his canvass that the success of repeal was inevitable, and that Sir William Somerville, and other large landed proprie tors, would yet beg for it. Sir William knew well that the English press had imposed a poor-law upon Ireland. —(Hear.) Nothing would have induced him to oppose an Irishman, if he did not desire to prove that it was not enough for Ireland to make an Irishman the Chief Secretary for the country: He wished Drogheda to give an example to the rest of Ireland, so that more,Re peal Members might be sent into Parliament. And why not have had repeal before now, as it had been promised by Mr. O'Connell? It was because too many bad repeal on their lips and place-hunting in their hearts.—(Cheers, and cries of " They think out-door relief gond enough for us, and make us pay for it.") He was for tenant right—not at indefinite tenant-right, but a substantial, equitable adjustment between the occupier of the land and the owner in fee. He had between that and Dublin seen more , weeds in the fields, drawing more nutriment from the land, than would support the paupers in the town. The Whigs considered nothing as capital but money or fixed property, and omitted from their calcu lation as capital the store of wealth to be found in hu man industry, the human will, and human energy. He declared he had no place to seek•for from Government. He had been the friend of Mr. O'Connell, and had sug gested the plans which the wisdom of that great man had carried out. He concluded by appealing to them as Repealers to support the cause of repeal, a measure which he hoped to see carried in 1850—(Cheers)—and affirmed he would poll to the last man. Dusze.made a speech, and concluded by declining to go to the poll. a. show of hands was then called for, when the High Sheriff declared that they were in favour of Mr. L. Mur ray. A poll was demanded on the part of Sir W. So mervil:e. The Sheriff fixed it to be taken on Wednesday, and to commence - at eight o'clock. Thanks were proposed to the High Sheriff by Sir W. Somerville, and secondi.d by Mr. L. Murray. The Court was then broken up a few minutes after three o'clock. Was•eause to . take offence at, his political conduct, would .t not have been better for the person finding it to have called together the electors and have told them so, in- stead of going to the castle and whispering his bitter spite to its lordly owner.—(Cheers end uproar.) So far he alluded to Mr. ,Josiah Hunt.—(Groans and uproar.) Now, he asked them, whether Grenville Berkeley was not a nominee, and he would tell them why. He said that he was not dictated to by the castle, but he (Grant ley) called upon.hitn, Man to man, to state—and he Itrusted that no relation' of . his, and a gentleman and soldier too, would deviate from the truth—he asked him to state:' Man to man,' who paid his election ex penses I —(Hear, hear; and cheers.) He asked him if he was not a nominee, how came he to have his name in serted in that disgraceful document which offered him (Grantley) money to get out of his way ?---(Cheers and confusion.) - Those were stubborn facts, and all the special pleading in the world, and all the lip blotting paper which could be produced, could not erase that dis graceful fact from the rec 'rds of county representation —(Cheers.) It wa s necessary that he should now advert to the as onions which had been so shamefully ute and n candidate hlushin2ly put fo r th, th at he was a Popish an It was true h e h a d married a Cath o li c l ads - ; but h e . asked them, if having remained a sincere Protestant for i 2 years after his marriage, it was likely be should Le changed now ?—(}Tear,) It Was hot true that he kept Catholic servants ; he had never had a Catholic servant lin his life. It was true that he had taken his lady to chapel, and he would do so-again. He was as strict a ? Protestant as man could be— (Cheers)—but he was a friend to civil and religious liberty, and was for the re- i !novel from all sects of c i v il di sa bili t i es on I account of religious belief.—(Loud cheers.) Every I man had a right to judge of spiritual affairs for himself. The game-laws had been used as a cry against him, and he would buckle to that ques tion. Mr. Grenville Berkeley had in his address taken advantage,of that cry, and had sedulously used it against him. Now, he judged of a man by the company he kept.—(Hear, hear.) Had any of them seen a printed placard stuck-up nearWotton• under- Edge, by the castle, stating that every man who even looked a rabbit in the fate would be taken up, and dealt with with the utmost rigour of the. law?—(Hear, hear.) Would any man possessed of the most ordinary judgment tell him that he believed, for one. moment, that Lord Fitzhardinge would send a nominees in for the county who would vote for putting down the game-laws, when every one knew that sporting was his Lordship's chief amusement ? (Cries of "No one," and " Yes.') He (Grantley Berke ley) would tell them what he would do—he would sup ' port any Member of Parliament-who would bring for ward any remedy for the game-laws.—(Cheers, and " Oh, oh!") •it had been thrown in his teeththat he dfd not vote for free trade—but why did he not do so? He had two interests in the county—a large body of agricul turists, . and also a manufacturing interest. He did not attempt either to deny that he regarded Lord Fitshar dingo as his local leader, the same as he had recognised in Lord John Russell his political leader; and Lord Fitshardiage it was who prevented his voting on the corn-laws. There stood Colonel Kingacote, and let him contradict it if he dared.—(Cheers.) Colonel KINUSCOTE here said a something, which was 1 I not heard in the confusion. Mr. BERKELEY continued—lie would ask Colonel Kingscote whether he was not at a meeting at Gloucester when he (Grantley Berk. , ley) proposed from the castle what was his line, and did he not say that if he did not follow a neutral course on the question of free trade, neither he nor many other gentlemen who were opposed to f ee trade would richer like it or stand it? Colonel KINGSCOTE, in reply, said—l was at that meet ing at Gloucester. I believe _that the great part of those in the room were Protectionists, and I was then a Pro tectionist myself.—(Cheers, and " Ohl") We had a long discussion, and at last Mr. Grantley Berkeley said he did . not know which was the strongest party, Lord Fi?zhardirge or the Duke of Beautort. The conclusion of that meeting was this, and the words I used to Mr. Berkeley were; " Vote wx.oiding to your conscience." If I don't mistake, Mr. Berkeley said, " I do not like not voting at all; I must vote one way,or another."—(Cheera and uproar.) _ _ _ Mr: BEIIIkELET continued—Colorel Kingscote, with his usual fairness, had stated that he (Mr. Grantley B ‘rkeley) had wished to vote upon the question, but Lord Fitzhardinge would not let him do so.—(" Oh, oh," and great contusion.) He had omitted to state one thing in regard to the religious part of his opinions. He had always opposed the Maynoeth grant—he bed opposed the Government plan of education. He was a trieud to the education of the people, but he wished every sect to have fair play, and would oppose every measure which did not give them fair play.—(Cheers.) After referring to his cocnexion with the Forest of Dean, and to measures he had taken for the benefit of the fo resters, sad after . criticising some placards which had been put out, and satirising his opponent as a nominee, aNd as the " golden image of the castle," Mr. Berkeley concluded by appealing to them to support him, and at the same time to give a fair hearing to the mushroom candidate which had just sprung up.—(Cheers.) .31r. HALE then addressed his friends, but owing to some uproar on the side of the hustings where our re porter was squeezed into, could not be very well heard. fie was understood to declare his attachment to the Protestant religion, and his objection to any further en dowment of Popery, either out of the property of the Establishment or by taxation of the people.--(Cheers.) He was attached, as hig votes had alma n, to the agricul tural interest, and, upon the question of education, he assured them that he would support any plan conceived in a spirit of Christian fairness, because he believed that it was the duty of the Government ,to educate the people.—(Cheers.) GRENVILIA: Baal ELEY was received with warm cheers from his friends and great opposition from his opponents. The principles he avowed were those which he had entertained from the time he was first able to form an opinion. —(Cheers.) Ile came before them as a thorough Liberal. He was an honest Churchman, but %visited to do full justice to all other sects.—(Cheers.) He was a friend to civil and religious liberty, and an ardent supporter of the principles of free trade—(Cheers and hisses)—and he appeared before them a determined opponent of • any further endowment of any church whatever.—(Cheers and hisses.) Although he had a deep impression of the truths of his own Church, he did not wish to force them upon any one else. He wished all to worship their Creator as their consciences dictated. He would oppose either directly or indirectly giving one penny.towards the Roman Catholic religion.—(Cbeers.) As to his coming forward to oppose Mr. Grantley Berkeley, it was well known that for a very long time that gentleman's constituents had been displeased with his public conduct, and had he not come forward some . one else would have don. so.—(" Hear," and " Ob.") He had been taunted with saying that he had all the respectability of the Liberal party with him ; let them look at the friends around him.—(Cheers and contussion.) _There stood by his side the son of one of the brostAtraightforward, consistent, honest Liberals that ever lived—Earl Ducie—there he was.—(Lord Ducie's son was here presented at the front of the hustings, amidst cheering, disapprobation, and cries of "We don't want•any more lord riding.") He had been called a nominee, which ho denied; but his opponent had confessed that for fourteen years he had been serving the interests of the castle.—(Cheers, and " He's all right now.") Let them look at the other brothers of the Noble Lord (Fitzhardinge). They found them voting as their consciences dictated; and he dis tinctly stated that he had given no pledge or promise of any kind to the castle, and that he would go to Parlia ment an unpledged man.—(Cheers and uproar.) He was decidedly opposed ro the present game-law system, and he. would do his utmost to get a remedy for it.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentletnan concluded by expressing a hope that they would return him to Parliament. The show of.hands.was then taken, and being largely in faVour of the Hon. Grantley Berkeley and Mr. Hale, ?tr. Grenyille Berkeley's friends demanded a poll, which will commence On Friday. The impreision here is thitt Mr, Grantley Berkeley will be returned.. There is a good deal of drinking going on at the open houses, and it is feared there may be a row. HAMPSHIRE (NORTH). Right Hon. C. S. L?fevre (the late SpeAker) and Sir W. Hesthcote were yesterday re-elected without op positipn. HERTFORDSHIRE. Sir Henry Vieux and Messrs. Halsey and Brandon were yesterday elected. KENT (WEST). The nomination took place yesterday on Pennenden Heath. The candidates are Sir Edward Filmer and Colonel Austin, Protectionists, and Mr. Law Hodges, Liberal. The show of hands was in favour of Filmer and Hodges. The polling is fixed for Friday and Sa tuiday. • KIRKALDY. Col. Ferguson re-elected without opposition. LANARKSHIRE; The election is fixed for to-clay. There is 130 opposi tion to the return of the late Member. Mr. Lockhart. LANCASHIRE (NORTH). Mr., J. W. .Patten (Conservative), the late Member, and Mr. James Heywood (Lib e ral), of Manchester, Were yesterday •returnad i ; h o ut opposition. The T ories talked of starting the eldest son of Lord Stanley, but thought better of it. NEwity. Lord Newry re-elected. T . . • NORFOLK (EAS ). Messrs. liVoileh ous e and Burroughs re-elected. N ORTIIAAIPTONSHIRE (NORTH). items. Moonset" and Stafford O'Brien wer e 'Aster . day re• elected. . NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (NORTH). Lord , Bentinck and Mc. Houldsworth re-alerted without opposition. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. OXFORD, TUESDAY EVENING. —This protracted con test has at last terminated, • having finally closed th - s (Tuesday) afternoon, at five o'clock, when the Vice- Chancellor declared the following to be the close of the poll: Sir Robert H. Inglis ... 1,700 Mr. Gladstone ." ... 997 Mr.. Round 824 • Majority for Mr. Gladstone —173 It will also be seen from the . above numbers that Sir R. Inglis has a majority of 703 over Mr. Gladstone. and of 87G over Mr. Round. The total number of members w ho have voted is stated to be 1,851 and there have been 154 pa i rs. All parties seem , the poll has at length closed, for the proceedings during to be glad that the last few d a y s h ave b een of so du ll a character _IPA. tohnve completely wearied out all who were scinwnNici t h erein. F. • Lord Norreys, M O r. X Gran ORDSHIRE viIIe Harcourt, and Mr. Hen ley, were yesterday. re- . oected. PAISLEY. ,„,, xvir:saftstie re-elected without opposition. PORTARLING TOIL 0,1• l aniie. . s mow. returned wi_tt t out tics.: in wbo kir t j av R i os O a WPM Nom DUBLIN. The nomination took place on Monday. The candi dates w ere —ll-ssi s. Gregory and Grogan, the old Mem bers;. Mr. Reynolds, Revaler; and Mr. Ferrand, Orange man. The latter gentleman will not go to the poll. Mr. Reynolds had not, it would appear, lodged in the Sheriffs the required deposit to pay tor the erection of polling booths. The HIGH SHERIFF declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr. Grogan (Conservative), and Mr. Rey nolds (Repealer). Mr. GREGORY demanded a poll. Mr. BRERETGN, on behalf of Mr. Gregory, observed that he had lodged the required deposit, and contended that if Mr. Reynolds did not lodge his share at once, the Sheriff was bound to declare Messrs. Grogan and Gregory duly elected. Mr. KELLY said that Mr. Reynolds might lodge the money at any time previous to the hour fixed for polling. The SHERIFF expressed his disinclination to incur the expense of polling places without the prescribed in demnity; but Mr. REYNOLDS argued he had time enough to comply with the conditions. Finally, at six o'clock, it was agreed that the Sheriff should'attend to•morrcW, at twelve o'clock, to swear in the deputies and poll-Cletki, and if Mr. Reyr.olds should book up the cash by Wednesday, then to proceed with the poll. The Court then adjourned. DUNFERMLINE BURGHS--CLOSE OF THE • POLL. J. B. Smith Maitland , Alison ... 345 ... ... 312 .•• 136 •.. DUMFRIES. Mr. Ewart re-elected without opposition. DUNDEE. Mr. Duncan ye-elected. DURHAM (NORTH). Lord Seaham (C) and Mr. Shafto (L) elected without opposition. ENNISKILLEN. The Hon. Artur Cole returned without opposition. ESSEX (SOUTH). The nomination took place yesterday at Chelmsford. Messrs. Bramstone and Smythe, the Conservative candi dates, expected to walk the course. They were, how ever, disappointed. Sir Edward Buxton was proposed as the Liberal candicbJe by Mr. Leonard, M.P., the newly-elected Liberal Member for Maldon, and seconded by Mr. S. Gurney. The show of hands was in favour of Sir E. Buxton and Mr. Bramstone, and there is every prospect of the triumphant return of the Hon. Baronet. The poll takes place on Friday and Saturday. FLINTSHIRE. The Hon. Lloyd Alostyn was yesterday elected with out opposition, GALWAY TOWN. M. J. Blake 2nd A. O'Flaherty returned. GLOUCESTERSHIRE WEST DURSLEY, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The nomination of can didates to represent this division of the county of Glou t ester took place to-day. A hustings had been erected for the purpose by the authorities, but the preAt had been entirely ovf•rlot , ked in the arrangements. No re porters' box had been provided as at other places, and the reporters had to take their notes as best they could, holding their beoks in their hands, and pushed about in all direetians; . As mitatit have been expected, considering the nature of the contest, au unusual amount of excitement prevailed in the town, the friends of the different candidates evi dently straining every nerve to secure the " show of hands." The castle party had special trains, and brought up a number of persons from the Forest of Dean, and from the Bristol end of the county, and the Grantley Berkeley party mustered in strong numbers, coming in carria:es of various kinds, and on horseback. Mr. Gren ville Berkeley's friends first entered the town in preces sion, his supporters wearing green and orange, the old 13, , rkeley colours in the county, and wearing as a dis tinctive mark the holly leaf. Mr. Grantley Berkeley next arrived, accompanied by a procession which cer tainly comprised a great number of persons. These also wore green and orange colours and oak leaves. It was very evident, let what may be the issue of the contest. that the popular feeling is strongly for Gratatley, :for, notwithstanding that Dursley is close upon the castle demesne, there was scarcely a house in the route from which 'he was not warmly cheered. Mr. R. B. Hale, the Conservative candidate, was also brought to the hustings by a handsome cavalcade, with band and ban ners. The preliminaries having been gone through, the High Sheriff,. T. B. L. Baker, Esq., inquired it any elector had a candidate to propose. Mr. Aaron Gould, of Bilson, near Newnham, nomi nated the Hon. Grantley Berkeley. Ile had in his hand the result of the canvass ; and while Mr. Hale, the Tory, would have a majority of 1,400 over Grantley Berkeley, Grantley Berkeley would have a majority of between 1,700 and 1,800 votes over Mr. Grenville Berkeley, who, it was evident, had the purse-string of some powerful person to assist him. Where his funds csme from he would leave them to guess.—(Hear.) Never had he known, at any contested election, such a lavish expen diture. A cheque for 8,0001. had, it was known, been paid down by somebody. M r . G ou ld urge d the electors to withstand all unconstitutional interference, and con cluded by proposing Mr. Grantley Berkeley. Mr. ltutwoon, of Woodhouse Oiveston, seconded the nominations • • • • Sir THOMAS CRA*LB-Y.410E4Y, Bart., then came for ward, amidst much cheering, to propose Mr. R. B. Hale. Major BLATHWAITE seconded the nomination. Mr. G. BENGotroft, of the Ridge, then proposed, and Mr. Nicnotsox, of Coleford, seconded the nomination of M. Grenville Berkeley, but it was impossible to hear, amidst the uproar which prevailed, what either of them said. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY first addressed the electors, and was received with cheers by his friends, and with hisses and groans from his opponents. He asked them while he defend e d hi mse lf f rom to give a,poor and oppressed man n a um pa h t e i r e l n e t ss h g ea sp ri e n r g . sions of his enemies. —(Cheers.) That was no longer now what it once was—a family quarrel; and he would therefore avoid as far as possible all allusion to family affairs, and would take the question upon its broad and constitutional principle.—(Cheers.) When a Member of fourteen years' standing was called upon to retire from his seat, the usual course was to call together the general body of his constituents, and to send him a requisition requiring him to withdraw from the repr.'sentation. — (Hear, hear.) No such course had been pursued towards him. The only hints he had received that it was de sirable he should • withdraw from the county had come to him from private persons individually, or interested for Lord Fitzhardinge.—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) lie asked, was that the proper way in whio!i to attempt to drive him out of the county, by the individual threats of the friends and agents of one great Lord.—(" No, no," cheers and con fusion.) lie was sure they would give him a hearing. They were so fond of his colours that the ( yh h a e tl e s s t ) O at le lei n nd them.—`(Cheers and laughtee.) Besides, t hey c so r oft e n used to run and chee r fur him when it was his Lord ship's pleasure that the y should do 50. laughter.) He ,was told that all the resp a eo c t o a l l::: the county were with Grenville, and that he was appeal.lin ing to the pit and gallery. Why, the it and ut e io i t were the proper parties to appeal to in gallery election.—Cheers.) If they wer e Lot, Is, tth w ith the tare° of. 61. COmitikueney. and ,e ll 3 do away in the liecirsiges....(Cheers.) He " . vest the franchnie would sak theta 5°44 wiz° peas 14171784 "41r ds ; it' thors SHROPSHIRE (SOUTH). Lord Clive and M r . Ormsby Gore relected. ST. I VES. .."' 2l. 11111 ..., Lord Powlett Peter Borthwick 'rho latter has resigned. • STAFFORDSHIRE (50T.7.111). ••• 262 ••• 145 Lord Ingestre and Colonel Ans(3n re :eleciecl: • SUFFOLK (WEST): BURT ST. EDMUND'S. TUESDAY. —Mr. H. dington and .11r. P. Bennett, jun., were to•3ey return • d for this division of the county. There was no opposition. SUNDERLAND. ThP nomination took place yesterday. Candidtat e ,_ Mr. Hudson, Mr. D. Barclay. and Mr. Wilkinson. TI. show of Lloyds was for Messrs. Barclay and Wilkinson, CLOSE. OF .Tf4 POLL. Hudson Barclay Wilkinson TAVISTOCK. OFFICIAL DECLARATION. Russell Trelawilv Phillimore Carter • .‘VIGIoWN BURGHS Sir J. M`T*gLtat returned. ... 879 • . 642 ... ZSS ... 56 CITY ELECTION. ,At the tirst ttiee,tinr. held at the Lecidon Tavern, gin the 29th of Julie„ 18:17, the'Llber4 ASW' elation reported tile ek,q)siitoeri, of thr city of Loculun to be- Liberals Coriservatives-. ............. 8.109 ...... ; ..... 6,220 Majority tor Liberals ..• 1,889 We kriew that this, by many Liberals, was co th e be too sanguine a report. NOS let us see the result of the election. FINA:L CLOSE or THE .POLL. Liberals. Conservativie s , Russell Pattison .7,030 Bevan Rothschild . Larpent . 6,719 Freshfield 4) 27,678. 4) 21,763 Payne . 6,919 Total Conserva -513 ' 'lives Total Liberals ... 7,432 5,440 Liberal majority... 1,992 . When it is considered that Masterman polled nearly 1,500 more than Bevan, the next highest of the Conser vatives, and more than 2,000 above Freshlield, likewise that Lord John Russell polled only 418 more than Lar pent (the Liberal lowest on the poll), it will, we think, be universally admitted that the estimate of 7,432 for Li berali, and 5;440 for Conservatives, is in a liberal spirit towards the Conservatives. • The Liberal Association gate 8,109 Liberals to 6,220 Conservatives. • The Liberals polled 7,432, which in relative proportio'n would be 5.700 for Conservatives. The Conservatives polled 5.440. • The Liberal Association gave a majority of 1.889 upon 8,109,--tbe relative proportion would, upon 7,432, be a majority of 1,732. The result of the pull shows a ma jority of 1,992. WINCHESTER COLLEGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,— Many public abuses have been removed throve' your powerful iuterrerence; let me, therefore, call your attention to the evils existing at Winchester College. I am induced more especially to do so at this time, be cause another boy is now lying dead, or dying of typhus fever; within the walls of that establishment, produced, as it is stated by the medical men, " from over exertion of mind and body." The boys here, unlike those of any other of our public schools, are net only subject to the rigid discipline of the masters for six months together without intermission, but the most cruel tyranny is allowed to be exercised by the elder over the younger students. The juniors, as they arc called, are obliged to perform the most menial offices for the prefects, are made to fag for them far beyond their strength, and are frequently by them most cruelly beaten. The child to whom I have alluded above was com pelled to fag out atericket for some of these petty tyrants for six hours successively in a scorching sun, and without a hat; and this, no doubt, has been the exciting cause of his present suffering. Indeed, a system of torture is earned on. such as would not be allowed in a union workhouse or a gaol, and this, too, with the knowledge of the authorities of the place, who have been frequently warned of the con.. sequences of their:system; hut they seem determined to persevere. _ Few men are fit to be trusted with power; much lexa boys of 18 years of age i trust some publiiinquiry will now take place, and that parents w►II not he deprived of the advantage& arising from this rich or,dowtnor,..—Your obedient servant, 11U til A NITAS- July 27. FLOGGING. AT .STI)NYHURST COLLEGE. TO.TU rniroit OF THE DIES. tilr.—Being one of. U,d, s:2; youths alluded to in the paragraph which appeared N: Prt,.tia Cisropiele. and which has been eopioi Tinief (0 the .2stn of Jult I beg leave to say that the "hol e statement is correct. Allow the to give tun a faitbini :o,ouot of the treat ment I have met with in this College of the Jesuits. I was e,llltd out " , ,St tle' grelind b Cliffard. a )4.lb prefect, and told to go to the room of Mi.. i..3ptakunn, the head-prefect. On •enterieg his • r.•om I found the window-blinds• and he immediately locked the door. He then desired toe to strip, to receive a disci pline. I asked him,..fer what? - answered, for cursing. I request, dto know who had heard me curse? His reply was, •.‘ Ne v er mind, you know that you Are guilty." I acknowledged that I had, on two or three occasions, when provoked, said. " Damn it," but that was the only term I had used, and I defied any one to prove that I had made use of any other term. " You have," said he, " expressed yOurself as hostile to the Jesuits," I again asked who had heard'me use any offensive ex pressions against then, ter leas not conscious of having said anything that could or ought to give offence; but I received for answer, " Never' mind;" and was again or dered- to strip; and - kneel down- against a chair placeU in the middle of the room, while he adjusted the sleeves of his cassock, in order to use the cat wore freely. If a boy wears fianeel, he is ordered to remove it, that the (farce 91 the cat may. ot be.weakened; he is also made to bind his braces round his waist, which was the cue with me. • The number of stripes I received, was up wards of thirty. What I have stated can be corroborated by my five schoolfellows who suffertd on the same day, and for no graver offence than the one I have stated. We shall all remember Stonyhurst College and the Je suits. I enclose, Sir, my name and address for your private information. July•3o. A VICTIM. NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH. TUESDAY. --The royal squadron to tier company her Maj.ste to Scotland will consist of the royal. yachts .Victoria . and Albert and Fairy, Captain Lord . Adolphus Fitzclarence, .G.C.H., the Birkenhead iron steam troop-ship, Commander Ingritn; the Undine steam yacht, .Maiter Comrna!,tler Allen; the Garland steam-res , el, Mastsr Commander Luke Stnithett; and, possibly, the Fire Queen st , :tm•yaebt, Lieutenant Com. minder Johnston, of the Comet. About the 12th inst. will be 'the time for lea . ving Osborne. We noticed last week the circumstance of the Bo; 07 7 Clarence-yard battalion having been officially reviewed by Lord Frederick FitzAarence, and that his Lo s rdship had expressed himself gratified at the that oorps in their military exerci,es. bled to state that his Lordship - d approval ebu t that 00 sail fined to the expression of it on u o c i,r a a n J d, First Lord of the evening be wrote to Lord i A f . in k the highrst terms ofeeart eg ar e r w e s * hot na d've CO! bn Admiralty,expressinghun h s : Admiralty have since trans mitted to Captain &Pe" mendation. The Lards of: t t ndent Sir W. E. Parry, R.N., the d with , handsome o th f e L t, o t: u a c t a ii t c ui s a raf t tea e Ph i : 11! t obi . t o r l t h aand officers, easciroipn g n ciri • co e zeCornOliogllnhecelt ,be .l. ; cto : C omm andingerr pression of their o . sam missioaed officers, snd privates of this very promising corps. • eueral meeting of the members of the A sPecla g • Roy a l Southern Yacht Club was held yesterday, at the Club-house, when the Earl f , Cardi gau was unanimously elect is ed a commodore of th o c l u b . The regatta commenced th dy. Wootwica, Auc, 3.—The Black Eagle steam vessel'. Master Commander S. B. Cook, is under orders to leave Woolwich to-morrow for Cowes, the rendezvous of the . vessels ordered to accompany her Majesty to Scotland- EXTRAORDINARY eINCUMSTANCE.—Mrs. Captain Fulcher, who resides at 10 Niontpelier-terrace, Brigh' ton, is in th e h a bi t of looking under her bed before alio retires.to rest. Between eleven and twelve on Friday night she took a candle, and, as usual, looked under the bed, and on seeing a man there she shrieked out . . sei 7 Z fellow instantly rushed from his hiding place and Mrs. Fulcher by the throat firmly that she thought she must ha ve been tra „l e d wif.h hot she could scarcely breathe, but abl i : res P i li pg the bell, assailant, and fortunately succeed with both bands, sad Matz quitted his hold , t be John Goldspin her. foo tman, . . where he ilia, o om adjoining, which she pulled violently. Th e e h man, who proved to and ran into the dressing -ro om s„ ra zor apd cut his throat, but al t.hdid not do it effectually. residing b close by..who was e o d u i g a h tely e , ni to a o a k i. rpe..,orans: Mr. Richardson , a cry-of surgeon, u niurder was called in. ) la sewed awoke by the -wo up the Round:rid - afterwards had hint ranoved tO s: Sussex County Hospital. On searchi ng him a piece of rope a beurthethickness of a clottwg-hue was Wood in , his pocket. ) Itis stipposell he had conceakd himself for the purpose of robbery, as the plate and other valuables; were kept tinder loCk and key in • the dressingroom. which was ac:yessibk , only through his mistress's' he. room. He had. been iu Captain Fulcher's service about eight monthr. , It is expected.that he.will recover. DEATH OT DUKE ADAM Or WURTEDIDEB4.--411t Royal Highness Duke Adam of Wurtemberg, Lieute tiant-Gconeral in,the Russian service and Aide-de-Camp of the'Emperor, died on the 27th ult. at lAnctaanwat Inch, in the duchy of Nassau. The Duke.was born in 1792, and was Von i?f Date Voids o urpEup hottg ,r ho died in 1817, als4 the Fffooesi lilary:danglatitr of Prince 44 84 , clarlodidd e *her of Prince Adak. lobo is 0W *Or° 1 4 Nl* Y•) Y.) boi l ti , e, ,ser Fr°. e d I . o fif ,bst 0 41 C of ° of t.,