The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-29 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended Divire Service yesterday afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Even ing Service was read by the Rev. J. V. Povah. The Chaunt was Attwood's. The Magnificat and Nunc Di- Inittis in G, Aldrich. The Anthem, "0, come let us worship" (Dr. Ayrton). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, was in waiting. The Royal Suite consisted of Lady Barham, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, Lord Georg e Lennox, Mr. Rich, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Ed ward Bowater, and Mr. Francis Seymour. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Barham, took an ailing after the Service in an open car riage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Bar ham, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, Earl of Fin gall, Lord George Lennox, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Ed- Ward Bowater, and Mr. Francis Seymour, left Buckingham Palace at twelve o'clock on Saturday. for Whitehall stairs, to embark in an Admiralty b trge for Greenwich Hospital. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and Suite, returned to Buck;ngham Palace at half-past three o'clock, in four open Carriages from Greenwich. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Hon. Miss Murray, lion. Miss Lister, Earl of Fingall, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Mr. RiLh, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir E. Bo- Water, and Mr. Francis Seymour, honoured the Italian Orera with their presence on Saturday evening. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yes terday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. The following Addresses of Congratulation on her Ma jesty's happy preservation were presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday afternoon, at Buck ingham Palace : From the parish of St. Mary, Islington. From the Mayor and Town Council of Arundel—pre sented by Lord Fi nlan. _ _ From the Royal Exchange Assurance—presented by Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart., Thomas Tooke, Esq., Sub- Gorcr nor, and G. G. de H. Larpent, Esq., Director of the Company. From the inhabitants of Chichester—presented by Lord George Lennox. From the inhabitants of Wes:bourne—presented by Lord GeOrge Lennox. From the inhabitants of the city of York in public meet ing assembled—presented by tho lion. J. C. Dundas, M.P., led John IL Lowther, Esq. MP. Also, from the Lord mayor • and Corporation of York—presented by Mr. Lowther, M. P., and the Hon. Juhn Charles Dun das, From the Corporation of the Borough of Weymouth ; also from the inhabitants of the Borough of Weymouth Iliielcombe Regis—presented by Arthur Horsford, Esq., Mayor, Rev. W. Brassy, Viscount Villicrs, M.P., and Mr. George W. Hope, M. P. From the Corporation of the Borough of Lancaster ; also from the inhabitants of that town and neighbourhood— presented by Mr. Greene, M.P., and Mr. Murton, M. P. From the pariah of Clerkenwell— presented by a Depu. tion. From the Corporation of Dartmouth—presented by Sir John Seale, Barr., M.P. From the Corporation of Chcster—presented by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Marquis of Westminster, and Mr. Jervis, M. P. From .the Corporation of Trinity House, London—pre sented by the Duke of \Veiling ton, Master; Captain Pelly, Deputy -Master; Captains Chapman, Aaron Chapman, Brown, Rees, and Weynton, Elder Brethren ; and Mr. Herbert, Secretary. Prom Cheltenham—presented by the Hon. Craven Berkeley. From the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng land in General Court assembled—presented by Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., M.P., Governor, and Mr. John Henry r - ellY, Deputy-Governor, From the Corporation of Southampton; also from the I nhabitants of Southampton—presented by the Mayor. From the Corporation of Exeter—also from the inha bitants of that city—presented by Sir William Follett, M. P., and Mr. Divctt, M. P. From the public Vestry of St. Bride s, Fleet-street — Presented by the Rev. Thomas Dale, Vicar, Messrs. Halter, F arr , Atwood Smith, R. Cooke, Dewey, Lowe , Wood, and Williams. From Hythe ; also from Folkestone—presented by Lord Melgund, M.P. From the Parish of Marylebone—presented by Mr. Al fred Daniell, Chairman of the Vestry of St. Marylebone, Lord Nugent, the Mover, and Mr. Hovenden, Seconder of the address. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was atten ded b y Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the stole; Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer ; Lord George Lennox, Gen tlernaa of the Bedchamber ; Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting ; and Mr. Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting. The following Addresses of Congratulation were pre tented to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Sa- Nrd a y Sir W. Follett and Mr. Divett—from the Mayor, Al tAereeen, and Burgesses of the city of Exeter in Council assembled; also from the inhabitants of the city of Exe ter, in Public Hall assembled. • Lord Fitzatan—from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Coun cillors of the Borough of Arundel. Captain Pelly, Deputy-Master; Captain Chapman, A. :Usa.pman, Brown, Recs, and Weynton, Elder Brethren, and Mr. Herbert, Secretary—from the Master, Warden=, Assistant s , and Elder Brethren of the Corporation of Trinity House. Mr. A. Daniell, Chairman, Lord Nugent the Mover, itntl Mr. Hovenden, Secander . of the Address—from the Vestry of the perish of Marylebone. Mr. Arthur Horsford, Rev. Willoughby Brassey, Viscount Villiers, M.P., and Mr. George W. Hope, M. p. —from the , Mayor, Inhabitants, and Visitors of Wey bsouth ; also from Melcombe Regis. Mr. Greene, M.P., and Mr. Marton, M.P.—from the Corp orat i ono f L ancas t er ; also from the Inhabitan ts of teat town and neighbourhood. Sir J. W„ Lubbock, Bart., Governor; T. Tooke, L a g, Sub-Governor; and George G. de Hochpicd Lar r„„t, Esq , Director,—from the Roya l Exchan g e As. —4enee, Rev, T. Dale, Vicar ; Messrs. Baker, Farr, Attwood Pahl], R. Cooke, Dewey, Lowe, Wood and Williams— rem the public Vestry of St. Bride's, Fleet-street. The Hon. J. C. Duidas, M.P., and Mr. J. H. Low seer, M. P., from York. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and see Duke of Cambridge, visited the Princess Augusta Yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marl . berou g h House on Saturday, from Bushy Park. Her s erene Highness paid visits to the Duchess of Kent, the princes s Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Cambridge. Her Serene Highness returned to the Queen's Lodge in Bushy Park in t he afternoon. The Duchess of Kent took an airing on Saturday in a . carriage. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge , and Prince Georg e "leorge of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somer. a rt • nd Baron Knesebeck, honoured Sir Robert and Lady Feel w i th their company at dinner on Saturday evening, • at their residence in White hall Gardens. The D uc h ess o f Cambridge, Prince George , and t he Princess Augusta of Cambridge, took an airing to Kew Yesterday afternoon. Sir Thomas PhillTps and Mr. Williams, 'M.P., had an Interview w ith th e Marquis of Normanby on Sa turda y at the Home-office. Minister, Excellency Andrew Stevenson, t he American eurnister, transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign • °flee • . . Ur. J. H. Jerrard and Dr. Roget had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday. Lord Keane and*Sir Hu.sey Vivian had interviews with Viscount Melbourne on Friday in Downing-st•ect. Lord Stair, Mr. Blake, and Mr. M‘Haggett, had an lyerview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Satur tlay in Downing -street. _ The Duke of Roxburgh, Lord Bloomfield, Mr. Pigot, S ulieitor-General km Ireland, Colonel Considine, Mr. C. Forester, and Mr. Hutt, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir William Beauchamp Proctor and Lady Beauchamp Proctor and family, at Bailey's Hotel, Berkeley-square, • !"rem the Continent; James Bishop, Esq., and family, at bill residence, from ~ Cambridge; Baron Lotzbeck, at the Burlington. Hotel ;- Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Campbell, at ,ditto; Mi. and Mrs. Pares, at ditto ; Lord Huntley, and Mr, Dudley Carleton, in Bruton -street; Sir Roger and Lady Palmer, Lieut.-Colonel Prows, the Dowager Lady Radcliffe, the Earl of Radnor, the Bishop of St. Asaph , Major-General Sir James and Lady Sutherland, Mr. and Lady Caroline Townley and family, the Countess Dow ager of Sefton and Lady Maria Molyneux, Hon. Mrs. :`Varnzford, at Mivart's Hotel; the Earl of. K e nmare and Mrs. Watts Russell, at the Clarendon Hotel. DEPARTURES. Captain and Mrs. Caldecot, for Cumberland ; Captain "en, R. N , from Charles-street, St. James's-square, for DevonpOrt ; the Hon. and Rev. W. Wilson and family, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Capt. Vandeleur for Dublin; ' Lord and Lady Montagu, for Ditton Park ; Earl Walde grave, for Strawberry Hill ; the Dowager Countess Wal deerave and Algernon Hicks, Esq. for ditto ; the Rev. Dr. Mar s h an d Lady Louisa Marsh, for Leamington ; Colonel Stisted ; the Dowager Lady Blayney, for Bath ; Lord Drumlanrig, for Harleyford Court ; Lord Norbury, the Marquis of Salisbury, and the Ladies Mildred, Blundre, and Lord Brow nlow Cecil, for Hatfield House; Lord and Lady Godolphin, on a cruise in the Channel ; Sir Henry and Lady Bedingfield, for Bath ; Rear. Admiral and MN. Edgell, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Mitford, for ditto; Sir . Hyde Parker, Bart., fur Haswell ; Mr. and Mrs. Gran ville, for ditto ; Lord and Lady Clonbrock and family , for Oxfordshire; Lord Chetwyn d, fur Bicester; the Hon. Capt.. Keith, from Mivart's Hotel, fer Haddington, N. B.; Colonel Vernon Graham, C. 8., fer Gibraltar. On Saturday afternoon an inquest, adjourned front Thursday, was 'concluded before Mr. Wakley, M. P., at the Sliver Cup, Cromer-street, Brunswick-square, on the body of Emil Willis, aged 18, who died suddenly in the following. manner unusual : —Mrs. Charlotte Deadly, of No. 70, Cromer- street. said that deceased's brother occupied a part of her house, and that on Monday last she came to do some needlework for her brother. About six o'clock in the evening, after having conversed with witness, she went up stairs to her bro±et's rooms on the first floor; and, after the lapse of about ten minutes, witness heard her exclaim, " Oh, my God," and then a heavy fall was heard upon the stairs, down which, as far as the parlour door, deceased and another female fell. Deceased was taken up insensible, and immediately attended by Mr. Macdonald, a surgeon, who tried bleeding and other remedies without effect. Some other witnesses were examined, and there was a supposition that prussic acid had been swallowed by the subject of the inquiry. The Jury's verdict was-- , " That deceased died of congestion of the brain, but that they had no evidence to prove what caused it." CRACOW. As the question of the occupation of Cracow is likely to be brought before the House of Commons to-morrow night, it may not be unacceptable to lay before our readers a translation of the " Address of the Inhabitants of Cracow," which was drawn up in March last year, but which, owing to the dlflicul ties of transmission, has but recently been received by Lord Melbourne. A similar Address has been transmitted to the Government of tire King of the French : "My Lord, First Lord of the Treasury,— The misfortunes which overwhelm the free city of Cracow and its inhabitants-are such, that the undersigned can see for themselves and their fellow citizens no hope but in the powerful and en lightened protection of the Governments of Eng land and France. " The creation of the State of Cracow as a free city, independent and neutral, was one of the acts of the general treaty which the representatives of Great Britain and of France signed at Vienna in 1815, and by which they contracted, in the name of their Governments, the engagement to cause the existence of that State to be respected. " The annexed Memorial is intended to show that the stipulations concerning the State of Cracow have not been respected as they ought to have been, and to exhibit the deplorable situation in which the inhabitants are at this day placed, in conse quence of the violations of the treaty. " We venture to recommend to the attention of the Governments of England and France the Me morial, which draws a faithful picture of the sor rowful condition to which we are reduced. It de monstrates the causes of our suffering, and points out the measures which would tend to diminish it. " Condescend, my Lord, to take this statement into your consideration ; and if you be convinced that the situation in which we arc placed gives us the right of invoking the intervention of every Power which has signed the Treaty of Vienna— that the Governments of Great Britain and France arc expressly bound to reply to that appeal—and that the course which we demand of them would. be, on their part, the fulfilment of a duty solemnly con tracted. Then, my Lord, condescend to become the interpreter of our prayers (yaws) to the Sove reign who honours you with her I. ugust confidence, and to lay at the foot of the Throne the following demands, which we respectfully address to her : "Ist. That Great Britain shall agree with France to exact a fundamental revision of the conditions on which the existence of the State of Cracow is established, not only in respecct to the interior, but in its relations with the neighbouring States, and that a Commission, or Conference, be ap poirted for this purpose by Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia ; that these five Powers fix by concert, as they did in ] 815, and in a definitive manner, the fundamental principles of the internal organisation of Cracow, and put them in accordance with the former organic regula tions, by which its original Constitution has been modified, although that Constitution, originally in serted in the general Act of the Congress of Vienna ought' to have been maintained in its in tegrity, as well as the other s! ipulations of the same treaty. " 2d. That the delegates of the free city of Cra cow be admitted, with a consultative voice, to the deliberations of that Conference. "3d. That the Conference determine the measures calculated to procure for the inhabitants of Cracow, in their commercial relations, and in all their com munications with the neighbouring territories, the benefits which were assured to them by the treaty of Vienna.—(Sec Art. 14.) . _ . . . . _ " 4. That the fundamental institutions intended to govern the future existence of Cracow having once received the sanction of the Five Powers, all ulterior reform should henceforth be accomplished, after the manner already prescribed for that purpose —that is to say, by the regular agency of the con stitutional powers of the country. "5. That the authorities of the country,constituted according to the institutions thus renewed, be henceforth free from every (avowed) foreign influ ence, and be answerable for their acts only to the powers which the law shall designate for that pur pose. " 6, and finally. That to obviate for the future the necessity of an appeal like the present, as well as for the purpose of watching the ef f ect of the measures which we now propose, the Govern ments of England and France keep up, equally with the Three Powers, neighbours to Cracow, accre dited representatives to that State. " Such are the prayers which we address to the Governments of Great Britain and France. We flatter ourselves that the examination of the facts, exposed in the annexed Memoir, will prove that these demands'are prompted by the most urgent necessity. and that the measures which we call fcr are the only ones that can put an end to the state of things under which we are now groaning. " Penetrated with this conviction we venture to hope that Providence will grant a happy success to the present proceeding, and we shall esteem our selves happy, my Lord, if you will support it with your especial favour. " We have the honour to be, &c., "THE INHABITANTS OF CRACOW. " Cracow, March 14th, 1839." —British and Foreign Quarterly Review for April, 1840 RESTORATION OF YORK MINSTER. On Saturday morning a meeting of noblemen and gen tlemen took place at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's street, for the purpose of adopting measures, and opening a subscription fur the restoration of York Minster. There were in the room the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Durham, Earl de Grev, Lords Wharneliffe, Milton, Howtham, Feversham, Wenlock, and Wyndham ; Sir John Lowther, Sir J. B. Johnstone, Hon. E. R. Petro, J. Childers, Esq., 11. P., S. Vernon, Esq., M. P., 11. Stansfield, Esq. IJ. P., Edward Lascelles, Eiq. M. P., Harcourt. Esq., John Hardy, Esq., W. Lowther, Esq., and the Rev. W. V. Vernon. The Right Hon. the Earl of HAREWOOD occupied the Chair. Lord WHARSCLIFFE laid before the meeting a financial statement. After this statement, his Lordship proposed the first resolution, which was, that a public subscription be opened for the restoration of York Minster. Sir J. B. JouNsTosE seconded the resolution. He said the intention was to restore the Minster exactly to its for mer condition. Mr. STANSFIELD, M.P., wished to know how the 60,0001. raised on a previous occasion, and in the same way, was expended? The accounts had never been brought before the public. The Archbishop of York and Lord Wharncliffe informed Mr. Stansfield he could examine the accounts by applying to the Dean and Chapter for an order to do so. Some further discussion took place upon the subject, when Lord Harewood put the motion from the chair, and it was carried unanimously. Other resolutions followed, and were agreed to, to the effect that a provisional com mittee should be formed to carry out the intentions of the meeting, that a public meeting should be convened, to take place at York on the 7th of August, am , . that Sir Robert Smirke be appointed to restore and rebuild the dilapidated portion of the Minster—flee same architect who was cr.- ga7ed when the lunatic Martin did so much injury to the cathedral. A vote of thanks having been presented to the chairman, the subscription papers were produced, the Archbishop of York subscribed 1,0001., Earl Harewood, 5001., Lord Wenlock, 2001. la all, the sum of 3,3501. 153. was subscribed before the meeting adjourned. THE DRY FOUNTAIN.—An American cor respondent sends us an account of the drying up of a fountain, called the Silver Springs, in Florida, which had never before - failed, and was relied on by all living things in that reigion as exhaustless. Its name (he observes) was naturally suggested by its bright aspect. "In the depth of the forest, and bordered by a matted growth of live oak and other evergreens, a circular or oval hollow, about sixty yards in diameter, shelved down through sand of perfect whiteness to its centre, where the spring gushed upward so vigorously as to agitate the surface Some fathoms above, filling the entire basin with water of delicious purity and coolness, through the diamond transparency of which were seen fish of different kinds and various co lours, which always refusing a bait, were believed by the Indians to be enchanted or blessed spirits ; and under the blaze of a tropical summer, a sensual fancy could hardly have imagined, even in the land of flowers, a more de light! ul heaven than the bath of the Silver Spiing-•---perhaps the very fountain of rejuvenescence, in search of which the roman tic old Spaniard found that immortality in death which he hoped to enjoy in life. There was ample room and verge enough for a little boat, in which visitors amused themselves floating over the secluded little lake. On a visit, a few weeks since, some officers found the spot deprived of half its beauty and of all its wonted freshness. The silver sands were dry Is the desert ; 1 the spirit fish and the water had vanished; and thickly strewn hi the woods around were the bleaching skeletons and wither ing carcasses of horses, deer, wild cows, and a variety of other animals, which had perished of thirst. The dry basin some what resembled the crater of a volcano ; for though there was not a drop of moisture, the boiling motion was kept up in the sang, and, on thrusting down the foot or a stick, the gas escaped into puffs distinctly audible."--Athemeura. Hors DEFERRED,—" Go to lied, sir, in the I closet there," said an enraged father' to a son, who had. given him just cause of offence ; " were it not that these gentlemen are present, I would give you a sound whipping. but you shall have it before breakfast to-morrow, certain." The little rebel went to his crib with a heavy heart, and the enjoyments of the party continued until a late hour. Just when the party was about to b-eak up, the closet (Ivor was quietly pulled back, and the raw). - offender put out his head requesting that the sen tence might be put into:execution. " Father, would yejust gie me my licks this night? for I canna sleep without them. " i Laird of Logan. 'TIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1810: REIGNING KING OF PRUSSIA. cent melancholy emotions; next comes Duchess Alcxandrina of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, wife of the Grand Duke Paul, who most strenuously op poicd the marriage of Princess Helen with the Duke of Orleans ; lastly, Princess Louisa, wife of Prince Frederick of the N e therlands.—French Print. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Frederick Williatn IV. ‘eas born o❑ the 15th October, 1795, and is thetefofe in his forty-fifth year. His mother was tl►e beautiful Queen Louisa, who died cn the 19th of July, 1811. The Prince Royal evinced, from his youth, much vivacity of mind, His education being superin= tended by learned men, such as Ancillon and Del bruk, was a grave and serious one. As yet very young, he took a part in the campaigns of 1813, 1814, and 1815, wherein he displayed personal courage, but never had the command in any action of importance, as erroneously alleged by some prints. After the peace of 1815 the bodily and intellec tual faculties of the Prince Ito) al were rapidly de veloped. He gradually became one of the most vehement opponents to the Administration of Prince Hardenbergh, who, until the Congress of Vienna, almost exclusively (Elected Prussian politics. Chan cellor of State, and enjoying the confidence of the King, Prince Hardenbergh did not find the same sentiments in the Prince Royal, who, until the death of that statesman, continued to wage against him a war of epigrams and bitter censure ; that hostility more than once saddened Prince Hardenhcrgh, but greatly amused the Berlin public, who delighted in repeating the Prince Royal's sarcasms and bon mots. For a time the Prince's caustic wit and bitter irony threw even a c.9ldness into the private inter course between the father and son, a; well as into that between the Sovereign and subject. The Prince Royal often criticised the King's military mania. Several parodies of Schiller's fine poem, Women," were imputed to the Prince Royal, who, in his satirical lines, extolled with a strong feeling of the ludicrous, the heroism of the musca dins of the Royal Guard and of the officers with bodices, who have since forsaken those effeminate manners, so unworthy of soldiers and habits which the coquetry of the Emperor Alexander had, as it grew old, rendered for a time fashionable in the Russian army. After Prince Hardenbergh's death the Prince Royal's opposition had no longer the same object, and maturer years moderated a little his sarcastic turn of mind. His former irritable, vivacious, and passionate temper, has been greatly modified by the happy influence of Princess Eli zabeth, daughter of the late King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria, whom he married at Berlin on the 23d of November, 1823. This Princess, who is gifted with solid qualities, much judgment, and, above all, much firmness, has mater►ally sof tened down the asperities which the Prince's man ners exhibited. The latter displays, when it suits much amiableness towards, those who please The contrary happens, however, some imes, when he has to deal with persons whom he dislikes, and his high social station should make aim understand that it is ungenerous to use thu's his (From the Hampshire litdeperidunt.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 27.—The Thunderer, 84, Cap tain Berkeley, arrived in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the Bth instant, on her way from L:sbon to Malta. The Athol troop-ship arrived, on Thursday, from Quebec, having on board the head-quarters of the 15th Regiment, under command of Lord Charles Wellesley. The Athol came into harbour in the afternoon, for the purpose of disembarking the regiment. at Gosport, to occupy the quarters vacated by the 60th Rifles at Haslar and Fort Moncton. The Athol then takes the head quart era of the 58th Regiment to Leith. The Scaflowcr cutter, Lieutenant Robilliard, arrived on Tuesday last, from the protection of the British fish eries, at Jersey, and came into harbour to refit. The Vesuvius steamer, Lieutenant Blount, sailed, on Wednesday last, for Dartmouth, havbig Sir James Gordon, and the Commission appointed to decide upon the port for the \Vest India mail-packets on board. compose the squadron that The Vesuvius returned to this p o rt again in the evening. The following men-of- war is to be employed in the op era ti o ns against the Chinese, under the command of Admiral the Hon. G: Elliot : Algerinc, 10, Alligator, 26, Blenheim, 74, Blonde, 42, Childers, 16, Columbine, 18, Conway, 26, Cruizer, 16, Druid, 44, Favorite, 18, Herald, 26, Hyacinth, 18, Larne, 18, Melville, 74, Modeste, 18, Nimrod, 20, Pe lotus, 16, Pylades, 18, Volage, 26, Wanderer, Wel. lesley, 74. Two large war steamers of the East India Company's Service, the Queen and Sesostris, and several other steamers from Bombay and Calcutta, were to be added to the above force, nearly the whole of which were to proceed to China. The half-yearly examination of the Mates of the Royal Navy studying at the Royal Naval College, took place on Wednesday last, when Mr. Miller • was declared to have passed the best examination, and attained that. degree of proficiency to enable him to receive a Lieu tenant's commission. ( Fr om the Hampshire Telelraph.) PonTstwouTH, .TuNE 27.—The Pluto, steam-vessel, arrived on Monday from Bermuda, (which she left on the 16th May), and was ordered, by Semaphore, to proceed forth to Woolwich. The Apollo, troop-ship, Mr. Alexander Karlie, commander, arrived on Monday, from Plymouth, and yesterday embarked the 2d Battalion of the 60th Regt., for conveyance to Woolwich, where she will take on board the 29th Regt. for Leith, and then re turn to this port. She sailed yesterday. The Jupiter troop-ship, Robert Fulton, Esq. aim mander, was obliged to put into Plymouth, for repairs, having sprung a leak, with her chain pumps out of order, and the ship making three feet water a day. She sailed again on Wednesday. The Pique, 36, Captain Boxer, is refitting at Sheer ness,, and when ready, will proceed to Spithead to await orders. him. superiority. Abandoned to his natural feelings, the Prince has often eagerly repaired what a fit of passion had injured. Childless, he had directed a large share of his affections toward the main questions of go vernment. His mind rejects all that is superficial —all that merely glitters, or exhibits but a falla cious gloss. He has studied much, and his habit ual circle, before his accession to the throne, con sisted of the elite of all the branches of literature and the arts. The distinguished painters, sculp tors, and musicians of Berlin often assembled in his drawing-rooms. For some time past he has been reproached with a strong tendency towards religious mysticism and the Protestant sect known under the name of Pietists. The want of activity has im•• parted much ambition to this Prince, who, for the very same reason, may have sometimes sought in Pietism a relief to the want of action by which he was tormented. The Mediator, New York packet arrived on Thurs day, bringing New York papers to the sth inst. ; but their contents are not important. After landing her passengers and mail at this port, the Mediator proceeded to the river. _ _ The steam ship British Queen will leave London on Monday, and may be expected at Spithead on Tuesday horn which she will depart for New York, on Wednes day, the Ist July. In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Vanguard, Vesuvius and Echo steamers, Athol troop ship, Riven and Senflower cutters. On Sunday, the 21st inst., the Harpy, revenue cutter Lieut. G. Drew, Commander, crept up off Bit.] Island, eighty-three and a half ankers of foreign spirits. The stations in the immediate neighbourhood were on the alert and sent three, boats to assist the Harpy in their capture: On Monday ,the tubs were returned to the Plymouth Custom-116We, and the spirits were found to be considerably above 'Proof. PLYMOUTH, JUNE `26•---The Meteor, steemer, having been collecting-volunteers for the' Cambridge, ar rived on Monday evening with twenty-five, and sailed yesterday for Falmouth with stores. The Opossum packet sailed on Sunday, for Chatham, to be paid off. The Nightingale. sailed on Monday for the North coast of Spain. The Victor, 16, sailed on Wednesday for the West Indies. Remaining in Hamoaze.--4mprognable, San Joseph, Rodney, Nautilus, Linnet,Sylph, Meteor,Carron, Duck, and Portsmouth pitch boat. In the Sound.—Cambridge, Inconstant. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. When the morganatic marriage between the King of Prussia and the Countess Harrach (now Princess Liegnitz) took place, on Nov. 9, 1824, the Prince Royal's conduct was in every respect worthy of him. He did not evince on that occa sion the disrespectful opposition which several other members of the Royal Familysfor some time manifested towards the King's :young consort. The latter contrived to quell, by dint of ireek ness and resignation, a conspiracy above all active among the female portion of the Royal house of Prussia. The French revolution of 1830 found in the Prince Royal one of the warmest opponents to the acknowledgment of the Orleans dynasty. Without sparing in his judgment the errors of the fallen Go vernment, the Prince counselled an expectant neu trality, which, however, did:not suit either the Prince de Witgenstein, M. de Werther, who' was very cle verly deceived at Paris, or the peaceful habits of the old King. The Belgian revolution imparted CON:TANTINOPLE MAY 27.—A1l the world here is fromnow still more vehemence to the Prince Royal's feelings; excited to the liveliest' interest in Circassian affeir and the family ties existing between - the Court of the astounding reports of victory after victory that 11%yo late come upon us with such rapid succession. So far as the Netherlands and that of Berlin being a further I have yet been able to learn, there had been captured, incentive, the expulsion of the house of Orange previouslyn the tothe departure of our present informants , six Nassau found one of the most strenuous opponents torts n s coast to the southward of Ghclendjik, and two in the heir to the Prussian throne. Until that pe. between Ghclendjik and the Cuban. The capture of the two latter ( Aboon and Nicolaeffski) rind the Prince had evinced but little inclination lane b f e considered. -tin as of great importance; because the for the mere military organization and progress of the Prussian monarchy ; the revolutionlB3o iiisinirieff and his huge av y h m tm y e sne , whichhgreat cost effort Gen sd e u r r ol mg W- two il of suddenly producing chances of a war, the Prince y ears, to establish, and sshich has not been maintained Royal became the soul of the war party. For a without several severe straggles, is thus entirely destroyed. And the capture of Aboon especially appears to have been time that party had some chances at Berlin, but one of the most extraordinary achievements of the Circas , Count Mole's declaration made the intimidated sums; for the position of that fort is more fosinidable for party reflect ; the old King, though strongly soli- defence than that of any other, with the exception of Ghe cited and urged by his children, determined for lendjik, as the very gradual dope of the termination of the hill it was seated on gave its guns a clear range in every peace, and the Prussian army did not march to the direction around; and the garrison, on account of the assistance of King William of the Netherlands importance of the position, was one of the strongest, hay- The hopes of the war party having thus vanished, ing amounted , as is believed , together with the military a deep rupture was observed between the Prince colonists lately sent there, to nearly 3,000 men. . Royal and MM. de Witgenstein, Ancillon, and B u t the most des p erate ex p loit was the capture of Tchop_ ho o s n e str bast . ion and battlements were of more for. Werther. Tire Emperor Nicholas had also striven s n e , i e d n a ' b t7 garrison,cn construction than of most other forts, and to effect a change in the views of the old King, who, ~,,,11,„,with its military colonists, formed extremely tenacious it, his notions of the status quo, a force of about 2;500 togetheren. wished to end his days in peace, and remove, during Tchopseen is the first echelle to the south-eastward of Its fort was seated at the termination, toward the s P e si , a o t f • a ridge that extends down the centre of the besuti. his lifetime, all chances of a European conflao ful valley, which is closely environed saii by steep ll hills, except ration. The violent sorties of the Prince against MM. ing on the east, where another it;m eom e m r o v n a 7e e a y te j s oi w ns ith ot a h m e d ts , de Werther and Witgenstein are well imown ; last v in a t l e le niru s ption, however, of several if he boldly wished' to back the cause of King Wil adwsebfii 1 e ll 'l s e 2 e thexfatolerl nni c d t h e h i r( e: f o' v ‘ i h f ' t l ht y h h te f h r se : much beyond ham of the Netherlands, it is but fair to say that W ay e ., re ne o a h r li the d coast, forthosepeolutri,former iaoinn ro g cfa o ot i trnh n hs g e: the Polish question had ins the Prince Royal of to t o southward, w g -ho w d ta f bm i a : mo r nt t ddch ec a i or t tiuthTagis (about orhefouodoatrpdat one nenadaeensncpi mile Special ccl o b: II aeia d ltt anoivkueesra. eyesore.gtheha Butel there rs e fet r t: el mv meo f b r s y o o t mthtthoheeter mountain ecao Prussia one of its most enlightened advocates. The arguments he adduced at that period in behalf t is h s considerations r o a t thi others, r o s s , of Polish nationality, of the neutrality of the ri p eult ' u o r n e I. That its greater dis- Powers towards the Russian and Polish 'armies, ; of au t d he 2 two valleys, valuable agriculture ; of the foreign , and of the wise policy which Prussia and Germany bs a u ri :e d in,en() commandingsuspended eedof mucht h e c t vh h ai would adopt in preventing the annihilation of the the u f commerce that it ha o d f kingdom of Poland, were even urged by bins, the populous province of Shapsuk. though in vain, in the Council of State. If , ins was thus drawn down 'upon i Be g , tt ' it the fearful hos- France, at that time, some really eminent stat es- t ilit y of old Ha jj i Guz Be one o il !ie most of t ht daring a a nel en man had understood the question , and offered the ter p rising among the many gallant chieftains pro vince. But his musters, and those of the neighbourhood, y Prince Roal to act towards the maintenance of were swollen by others from the northward of Notwhatch, Polish nationality, we may be permitted to believe till about 7.000,rhe sagacious warriors that the kingdom of Poland would still afford e n f t r . e p a i d n d I 1 avod -o k oo- Europe a solid rampart, the party who inclined for Foos had the comniand.i a li-chi having s elected M e n Poland including several exalted members of the parties for storming the ramparts on three sides fpm Prussian Court and army, and enjoying , moreover, the valley, and on the fourth from the ridge, he conned of the mass of his force a cordon the sympathy of the German people. fortress, so that not a man of his inmates might escape. The The external appearance of the new King so m e - sabre and the dagger were the only weapons to be used, and what partakes of that of his g r andfa ther, Kin g Fre• the ver y earliest of the dawn the noiseless signal for the at tack. The carnage was frightful, for the Russians, on be &rick 11. The expression of his countenance is in„ i driv enreas from trleet r r e a a rn te p d a fi rt o s ht b ing y the impetuous b f assault of shrewd, and his eye has much vivacity. His con- the versation is always varied and piquant, and h i s their hairdo and central defenc'es, w b e y r e foot, towards powder gaiety often buoyant; his taste is enlightened ; he magaz ine ex p loded in the midst of them. The prisoners admires neither ballets nor musical noise, and at- captured in endeavouring to escape formed but a small propohr t d ion bv (a t b h o e u e t s so lo o s ) io o n f o t r h t e h whole for ce; th e rest all tends with preference the representations of Goethe , Schill.er, and Cald eron ' s tragedies. The fine Gothic perished this affair the i bireassians lostward i between 300 andde dearly monuments of the middl e ages hav e found in him men, but I am happy to say that it was the most a powerful protector, as i s t est ifi e d by the Castle b o ught of all tfieir successes; for the forts on the coast to the southward (which were captured first) were so corn of Marienburgh, one of th e master . pieces of the pletely surprised, that the assailants gained the mastery architecture of those ti mes . Tfine arts and he with comparative ease, and the garrisons of the two last literature will derive great advantage from his ac- c aptured were so terror-struck by reports of the fate of those cession. As for policy, we believe his Majesty who hadresisted,. . leans but little in favour of const• • diately on being summoned. constitutional notions, but that he is strongly convinced o f the necessity All the forts, save one which the Circassians mean to maintains. have . been entirel y destro y ed . an d t h eir garri of a broad applications of the municipal system, I and st•ns, art ill e ry, and ammunition, borne off into the moun of an extension of the powers of the• prpvi ne i a l taints. The number of , Russiaus killed and c ap t ured is states, which would gradually lead to a larger con _ . calculated at upwards of 12,000. The heavy pieces of ar cession of political rights. tillery must a mount to nearly 150, as each of the forts was Prince William, now the nearest heir to the mounte d with 15 to 20 ; and as for ammunition, the Cir i cassians, whose ideas have be n hitherto somewhat parsi throne, and who, like his brother Charles, has mar- m ._ , l onious in regard to t h at commo dit y , now say that they tied a Princess of Saxe Weimar , niece to the Em- kayo an abundant supply for ten years to come. In this peror Nicholas, is, of all the Princes, the one who I respect, however , the R u ssians will assuredl y experience a most strongly inclines for the Russian alliance. His I great change upon their again taking the field , for thou sands of rifles that were but occasionally and sparingly health is weak, and he has had several dangerous , made use of (for economy) will henceforth c ome i nto un illnesses. His eldest son, who is, next to him,heir ' remitting operation against them. presumptive to the throne, is nine years old. Prince I Intelligence from Odessa informs us that there has been William's tastes are essentially military ; his bro- i formed there an extraordinary council of war, of which ther, Prince Charles, is fond of the arts, and his I Raj ewski, Commander-in- Chief on the Circassian eoast, town and country residences, especially his charm- i zierra.nestobfe furrifortification r p . o andse o f t d b e a v t i s iimmenseng some despatches of jug chateau of Glineke, near Potsdam, bear witness ! troops have been made from all the depts in i h of to his taste in that respect. The third brother of 1 Rus s i a. But the Cireassiaes state that those firsts sent ut by the present King is Prince Albert, married to Prin.- • sea did not attempt landing en their coast , but proceeded tothe southward, from f t romwhichcome infer that a revo l t ma y cess Marganz of tine Netherlands, daughter of I i King William. This Princess enjoys great popu.l p a or v t e s b v „ r . e o r k e en th o a n t t a force Georgia.of4o A,ooos men, for Circ h ass h ia, the re larity at Berlin. The new IN ing's three sisters are i assembled on the north of the Cuban , would be w fo ss rt b h e w i i n tt the . Empress of Russia, whose health has long been i moved across that river to compensate for the latedisasters, b laying wage the open country towards the Cuban with iopaired, and will be still more injured by her re- i i fine and ovford.—. Times. PnoMoTloN.—Lieut. John William Bailey, to the rank of retired commander. Mr. Gustavus Dittman, late of the Rodney,has passed his examination at the College, as Na‘ al Instructor. APPOINTMENT.—ChapIain R.J.Oliver to the Rodney. Second Mas,ter.—Y. H. K. Bower, to the Scorpion. Mates:Aly. - .Tattle - s - ifulf, turd -L. Ma , ...ltionon, to the Vanguard. . CIRCASSIA. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE ROYAL HOSPI TAL, GREENWICH. Oa Saturday the Queen and Prince Albert pro ceeded from Whitehall, accompanied by their suite, in the Admiralty barges, to Greenwich. Her M.'jesty and her Royal Consort were accompa nied by the Earl of Minto, First Lord of the Admi t. illy ; Lady Barham, the Lady in Waiting ; the Hon. Misses Murray, Maids of Htmourl Lord George Len nox, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Charles Adam, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Sir E. Bowater, and Mr. Lister. As the Royal barges passed Deptford, the Royal standard was hoisted at the Victualling Office, &c. On the Queen's arrival at Greenwich, Captain Row land, the Harbour-Master, Mr. Howard, the Chairman, Deputy Peacock, and other Members of the Commit tee of the Conservatory of the Thames, were waiting to receive her Majesty, and preceded the Royal party to the landing place. On arriving at the Royal Hospital stairs, Vice-Ad miral Fleming and Sir Jableel Brenton, C.B , the Go vernor and Deputy-Governor, attended by Captains Edge, Huskisson, Woodruffe, Larkin ; Mr. Commis sioner Lockyer, the Secretary, and other officers of the Hospital, conducted the illustrious visitors to the Go vernor's house, where, after a short visit to the library, they partook of an elegant collation ; after which the Royal party, accompanied by the Governor and princi pal officers of the College, walked through the different halls and inspected the dinners prepared for the veteran tars. Grace was performed in the Queen's presence, when her Majesty condescended to taste the soup, bread; and meat, provided for them, arid expressed her entire satisfaction at the arrangements and quality of food provided, and handed a piece of the bread to one of the ladies. Two hundred of the college men were arranged in di visions as a body-guard, according to the several naval victories they had figured in, under the orders of the Lieut.-Governor Brenton, Capt. Huskisson, and Lieut. and Adjutant Rivers, and placed by themselves opposite the Governor's house. The men were in the following battles Lord Howe's lst June, 1794. Earl St. Vincent'g Lord Duncan's l2th April, 1798. Lord Nelson's Ditto ditto 2lst Oct., 1805. Trafalgar. Thee deserving fellows were dressed in their best clothes, and expressed themselves highly honoured at her Majesty's condescension. About one thousand of all classes of pensioners were drawn up round the grand square, the nurses under the colonnades ; the girls of the school between the painted hall and chapel be hind them ; four hundred boys of the upper school, headed by Lieutenant Rouse, and, behind them, four hundred boys of the lower school. A guard of thirty boatswain pensioners, with halberts, were drawn up in front of the north entrance, where the . Queen landed. At a given signal by Adjutant and Lieutenant Rivers the pensioners gave three hearty cheers, which were responded to with three times three. The royal stan dard was displayed in the middle of the grand square, at the statue of George 11. The men were ordered to dinner after the Royal visit to the halls ; they were then formed again round the square, and received her Majesty once more on her way to the painted hall and chapel. The landing and approach to Government House was covered with crimson cloth, and every possible atten tion was paid to her Majesty's convenience, consider ing the very short notice given the authorities, namely, ten in the morning. Mr. Fisher, the High Constable of Greenwich, with Mr. Malliheu, Superintendent, and a large body of the R division of po'ice, attended and kept excellent order. Four carriages, with four horses and two outriders each, arrived from Buckingham Palace at twelve o'clock, and drew up in the grand square, waiting to convey the royal pair and attendants back to London. At three o'clock they departed, expresting themselves much gratified by the visit. Through every street, as they passed to Deptford, nothing but cheers met their advance. Tne bells of St. Alphage, Greenwich, played a merry peal on the arrival,and departure of the Queen ; the royal standard was hoisted on the church, and the vessels in the river displayed n . variety of:flags: Nearly the Whole of the inbabitatits'ef Greenwich and its vicinity were out on the occaSiOn, arid 'were exceedingly disappointed at • not having had time .to exhibit their loyalty, and attachment •in• a more particular manner. Her Majesty -was dressed in 'Mourning, with a small crape cottage bonnet, and looked - uncommonly well. The prince wore a black frock coat and waistcoat and drab trousers, black stock and diamond pin, and at tracted great admiration from the Greenwich ladies. Great praise is dite to Lieutenant and Adjutant Rivers, who formed all the arrangements in a very short time. ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION. The following is the report of the auditors, which was received and agreed to in the Common Hall on Midsummer dap-- :" Guildhall, June 24th, 1840. 1 " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, elected by the Livery of London, in Common Hall assembled, on Tuesday, the 24th day of June, 1839, auditors of the Chamberlain's account of the Corporation and Gresham funds, and the Bridge•incster's account of the Bridge House estates, do report— " That the account of the receipt and expenditure of the Corporation of the city of London laid before us to audit, was the eighth account of Sir James Shaw, Bart., Chamberlain of this city, from the Ist day of January to the 31st of December, 1838, both days in clusive, which we have accurately examined, and find that the balance of cash in the hands of the Cham berlain on the 31st day of December, 1837, was 3,4.58/. 10s. Sid. " That the receipts of the year ending the 31st of December, 1838, including the sum of 67,8211.125. Id., produced by the sale of Government securities, to pro vide for the purchase of freehold ground-rents, &c., at.d the sum of 2,3101. arising by the sale of premises, a•nountcd to the sum of 226,518/. 17s. 60. " That the expenditure of the said year, as appears by the several vouchers and documents laid before us by the Chamberla.n, including the sum of 14,171/. 19s. Id., applied in the purchase of Government secu rities, and 41,796/. 9s. 3d., paid for the purchase of freehold ground-rents, was 209,915/. 12s. Bd., leaving a balance in the hands of the Chamberlain on the 31A of December, 1838, of 20,061/. Iss. 7d. " In the further prosecution of the examination re ferred to UP, it appears that certain debts, arrears of rents, duties, and Government securities were due and belonging to the Mayor, commonalty, and citizens, on the 31st of December, 1838, and that the Corporation were answerable at the same period for debts, claims for interest, and other payments ; we have therefore directed a balance statement of the same to be herewith annexed for the information of the Livery. " The Gresham account laid before us for examina tion was also the eighth account of Sir James Shaw, 13•trt., Chamberlain, of the produce and expenditure of the city's moiety of the estate held under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, lint., being from the 10th Oc tober, 1837, to the 10th October, 1838, which we have also examined, and find that the amount of- cash in ad vance by the Chamberlain on the' account ending the 10Ji October, 1837, was .£6,262 10 61 That the psyments of the said accounts for the year ending 10th October, 1838, con sisted of the ordinary disbursements of the fund, amounting to 1,6811. 123..31, 520/. 12a. 9d. the moiety of the expense of hoarding the site of the late exchange, and 22,500!. invested in the purchase of stock, amounting together to 24,702 5 0 That the receipts for the said period, in cluding 22,500/., the moiety of the sum fur which the late Royal Exchange was insured, and 1,231/. 2s. 9d. received for old materials, were 0 5,015 5 8 Leaving the sum in advance by the Cham berlain on the year's account, ending 10th October, 1838 " The account of the Bridge House Estates, laid before us to audit, was the account of Lewis Lewis and Joseph Watson, the Bridge-Masters or Wardens, from the Ist day of January to the 31st day of Decem ber, 1838, both inclusive, which we have also accurately examined, and find That the balance of cash in hand, on the 31st Dec., 1837, wa4 £l,lOB 11 Of That the ren's of the said estates, and other receipts of the year ending Dec. 1, 1838 30,454 13 Making together 31,563 4 9, That the disbursements of the said year, in cluding the sum of 24,8261. Is. Bd. paid to the Chamberlain of London, under the authority of the Act 4 George IV., c. 50, for rebuilding London.bridge, and improying and making suitable ap proaches thereto, and the Act 4 William c. 118, for raising a sum of money for the repair of Blackfriars-bridge 30,377 9 6 Leaving a balance in band on Dec. 31, 1838, of 1,185 15 3i " We likewise found certain arrears of rents due to the Bridge House Estate on the said 31st of Deceniber, 1838, as follow : Proper Rents Foreign Lands purchased Quit-rents ON THE INCOME OF RAILWAY COMPANIES. BY HYDE CLARKE, Esq., C.E. F.L.S., ETC. Wi:ile it is still treated by so:ne people as a problem, whether railways will pay, and while they are still re garded.. isa soma part.s._.of the conpfr.Y.as.n. w hich much mono) , has been wasted, it may be worth while to endeavour to ascertain what is the real state of the case. For thii purpose I have endeavoured, from the valuable tables of traffic in the Railway Alagazine, and from other authentic sources, to term some calculations of what the actual earnings of the English railways are at present, of . which the following is a table : London and Birmingham -£600,000 Grand Junction Great Western South Western Liverpool and Manchester 250,000 • Newcastla and Carlisle North Union Birmingham and Derby .... 60,000 Greenwich North Midland Manchester and Leeds ... 40,000 Midland Counties Newscastle and North Shields 30,000 Sheffield and Rotherham Croydon Eastern Counties York and North Midland Leeds and Selby 15,000 Aylesbury Brighton Oaiitted £2,250,000 £17,869 4 II i SAMUEL WILLIAM ROWSELL, JAMES MANLY CHAPLIN, Auditors• EDWARD BREWSTER, EDWARD FREDERICK LEEKS. This is distributed as follows: To the North of Birmingham £1,100,000 To the South This estimai,e will certainly prove much under the mark, and is the produce of less than 700 miles of rail way, while this month and the next, above a hundred miles more will be opened, which must be added to the calculation, so that the rate of earnings of railways for this year cannot be estimated at less than two millions and a half. This is produced from a population of se ven millions at the utmost, and consequently a popula• tion of another seven millions is unproductive, including Wales, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Shropshire, Here ford, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, So mersashire, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, Cornwall, Sussex, Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Huntingdonshire, Bed fordshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Yorkshire, &c. Most of these counties are rich enough but as usual the agricultural districts are in arrear, and letting the manufacturers get ahead. The principal connection of the agricultural interest with railways, hitherto, has been to plunder them of at least half a million in the shape of land-extortion, opposition, law, &c., while if this interest turned their attention to wards availing themselves of the improvement, the amount of income from railways would be at least five millions. Dr.—The Balance Statement of the Arrears of Rents, Duties, Government Securities, due and belonging to the Corporation of the City of London on the 31st of December, 183 S, and of the Claims and engagements of the Corporation at the said period. To the amount remaining of the sum of 150,0001. borrowed under the authority of the Act for the Rems,val of Fleet Market£sl,ooo 0 0 To a half year's payment due to the London- bridge Approaches Fund £5,750 0 0 Annuities on lives remain ing unpaid Of Annuities granted on the purchase of part of the Finsbury Estate Interest on the sum remain ing of 150,0001. bor rowed under the Act for the removal of Fleet market For Compensation allow ances to the Deputy Sea Coal Meters and others unpaid 234 1 3 Deducting from this 2,500,000/. 60 per cent. for ex, penses, the profit will be 1,000,0001., which, at five per cent., is capable of sustaining a capital of 20,000,000/. ; if, as was proposed, railways were extended to the agricultural districts, a prcfit of two millions would be obtained, capable of sustaining a capital of forty millions, and so of showing the absurdity of those who denounced the railway system as threatening to swal low up the capital of the country. It must be recol lected that the present returns are obtained in the in fancy of the system, in the teeth of prejudice, under great difficulties, and during a period of financial dis tress ; and it is, therefore, not unreasonable to expect still greater results from their operations when in full play. All this system, it must be remembered, is carried on by means of the mine) al wealth of the country, without interfering with the subsistence of the population, as would be the case by the employment of an equal amount of animal exertion, and without any extensive injury to former interests. Perhaps never in the history of machinery was an improvement so extensive yet in troduced, which so little affected old stocks and old in terests; so that the country has gained every item of the tdvantages, with scarcely a loss to set off against them. There cannot, therefore, exist any objection to the requi site extension of the Railway system into every part of the country, as a means of ministering to the general com fort and prosperity. It is time that the Legislative ob stacles should be removed, and that, instead of difficul ties being opposed, every facility should be given for the establishment of new companies for carrying out the Railways required. To speak of the beneficial influence of this large an nual expenditure on the ir o n-masters and manufacturers of machinery is unnecessrry—it must be palpable to the commonest observer. The amount contributed by it to the coal-owners cannot be much less important ; for if the Railway system were carried out, as it must be, the quantity of fuel required would equal in value our fo reign exports of coal, and, indeed, at present, the con sumption cannot be much under a quarter of a million per annum. T --- - - . RAILWAY RAVEL LING.—The speed at which The object of this paper will be fully attained,if it I we may now expect to be whirled along by the railway may be only goes to prove that an interest which produces two estimated from the' fact that on Saturday last, after millions and a half a year is one which ought not to be the conclusion of the " Festival , " the Royal Train reached oppressed, but encouraged ; which is too important for London from Southampton, in two hours and nmeteea minutes, Legislative quackery to meddle with ; and which, so far from being ruinous and unproductive, is a great and ffi cient contributor to the public wealth. the first extra train in two hours and twenty-one minutes, and the , last in two hours and nine minu!,es—being e - thirty-his wiles in the hour. This included stoppages the rate of stoppages at w on ngto take in coke and water.— Hampshire Independent. EVENING EDITION. _, MARYLEBONE VESTRY. EXECUTION IN LORD KENYON'S HOUSE.—On Saturday at the meeting of the Marylebene Vestry(Mr. Churchwarden Daniell in the chair) the Chairman ic i formed the Vestry that be had received a communica tion from Mr. Morris, of the firm of Morris, Milne, and Co., the solicitors of his noble colleague, Lord Kenyon, requesting a conference with the Vestry relative to a distress which had been put into his Lordship's house that morning, under a warrant of the Magistrates, for the sum of 2,5001. due by the parish for county-rate. Before that gentleman was admitted he (the Chairman) wished to inform the Vestry of what had transpired between himself and the Magistrates relative to the affair. He attended on Friday, in company with Messrs. Graves and Woodward, the Overseers, the Court of Quarter Session, for the purpose of showing the reason why the parish were at the present time unable to:pay the demand for county-rate. His noble colic ague, Lord Kenyon, was not present. He stated to the bench that the Vestry did not dispute the legality of the rate, and he therefore trusted that a month would be allowed for its payment. To this the Bench would not assent, and he (the Chairman) subsequently propos( a a fortnight, and then a week, when he was directed to retire. After the lapse of a short time, he was recalled, and told by the Bench that they could not even give him over Sunday, and that the warrant was signed. Finding this was the case, and that there was no alter native, he requested the bench, as lie kept a decent house, to send a decent person to he put in possession, and that he (the Chairman) would find him in good board and bed. As he was about to leave the Court, he (the Chairman) .requested Mr. Allen, the County Clerk, as a matter of courtesy, to write to Lord Ken yon informing him of what was about to be done, when that gentleman replied, " Oh, we don't intend to inter fere with Lord Kenyon." Hearing this, the injustice of the proceeding suggested itself to him, and be re turned to the Court and made a representation of it to the Magistrates, and at the time reminded them that he (the Chairman) was the junior Churchwarden. This entirely altered the state of things, for the Bench decided that the distress should be issued against his Lordship's goods, and, in the event of there not being sufficient in his, house to pay the demand, then a man should also be put into rossession in the house of him (the Chairman). The warrant bad been executed in Lord Kenyon's house that morning, and Mr. Allen had also waited upon him (the Chairman) to put a man into possession. Mr. WALPOLE EYRE having moved that the solicitor Of Lord Kenyon be - admitted, an amendment was moved that he be referred to the parish solicitor. Mr. COCKRANE said that the annoyance the Noble Lord suffered was only a just retribution for the endea vour of his party to plunge the parish into difficulties.— (Applause.) Mr. WALPOLE EYRE denied the assertion then made. Those persons who had from a desire of a spurious po pularity reduced the rates so low as to cause the accu mulation of the large debt were the causes of the pre sent difficulty and the promoters of the legal proceedings. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Eyre admitted that there were personsjoining in promoting the Chancery suit whose names did not appear on the information. Mr. GIBSON said it was nothing but a conspiracy. The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Eyre for the additional names. Mr. W. EYRE knew nothing about the matter : it was not the Act of the Parochial Association ; he highly condemned Mr. Cockrane's attack on Lord Kenyon. Mr. COCKRANE had a right to impugn the conduct of Lord Kenyon when he heard his Lordship approve of the Chancery suit. Mr. EYRE, amidst cries of" Order, order," said that the unjust course of making the now rate-payers pay for the deficiencies of the old was not honest. On a division taking place the solicitor of Lord Ken yon was referred to the parish attorney by a majority of 20. Dr. DIBDIN now rose and a•kcd whether the Vestry would pay the Rectors their salaries ? The CHAIRMAN said they had no money. To which the Doctor replied, that as the Vestry bad received the money, it should have been forthcoming ; they had 9001. pew rents from his church alone. The CHAIRMAN said it was the result of the Chan cery suit. Dr. DIBDIN denied this on behalf of himself and brother Rectors, as the Vestry had actually received the money to be appropriated to them ; and if they bad acted unfaithfully as trustees of the funds, so unjust a proceeding should go forth to the world. Mr. KIRBY moved, that as the demand for county rates was legal and just, it should be forthwith paid.— (Laughter.) Mr. W. LYRE seconded the motion. The Chancery suit was to prevent not to compel the parish to pay money.—(Oh, oh.) Mr. G. A. YOUNG stated that the parish could not pay the money ; they were overdrawn at their bankers 2,300/., besides the old debt, and no more money would be advanced pending tie suit in equity. The Vestry had no money. Mr. COCKRANE advised the Vestry not to borrow any money, but to let the case remoin as it was. Mr. KENSE TT said that the next rate would COM mance on Thursday, when 75,0001. would be received by the parish, and it was better to let Lord Kenyon entertain his visitor than risk the banker's refusing their check. This coblernan bad, within a few years, re ceived 160.000/. from the public purse, and he could get rid of his unwelcome guest by lending the money to the parish. The motion was lost by a majority of 19. Mr. G. A. YOUNG moved that the county-rate be paid on the receipt of the outstanding fund, The resolution having been seconded, the CHAIR MAN said he regretted the inconvenience to which Lord Kenyon had been put, and be would immcdiate'y give his check for 1,250/. if Lord Kenyon would do the same until the parish could repay them.—(Cheers.) Lord Kenyon not being present, the O'er could not be responded to, and the resolution beinr, carried, the Vestry separated. ABUSES IN CHANCERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—ln my letter of the 10th instant, which ap peared in your Journal, relative to the vexations, abuses, and delays in the Court of Chancery, I confined my observations principally to the existence of those abuses. Will you now have the kindness to allow me the further indulgence of a brief space in your columns - , whilst I again advert to the important subject, the constant agitation of which, by the press, is so obvi ously necessary, to the accomplishment of the desired end. I have always held, that the question of Law Reform is'entirely free from those objections which some persons allege against certain alterations-in other matters that have been proposed. This is not a question af fecting any creed, be it political or religious, but a subject alike interesting to all. Simplification and ex pedition in the administration of the law is certainly a subject upon which men may be unanimous ; and it was with much satisfaction that I observed the suggcs ' tion said to have been made by the Marquis of West meath in the Upper House of Parliament on Monday evening. A suggestion, the adoption of which, will go farther to remove the present causes of complaint, than any proposal I have observed—namely, the assimila tion of evidence to the Criminal Courts, documentary evidence, as at present permitted (I speak from recent personal experience), allows a latitude to as individual who is disposed to set justice at defiance, to an almost incredible extent, and permits men who would not be believed upon oath before a Jury of their country, to furnish evidence at direct variance with truth. I am aware I may be told that in Courts of Justice, under trial by Jury, evidence is oftentimes opposed to truth ; this, of coutse, I-admit, but cross-examination, charac ter, and mode of life, are, in these instances, made avail able, and adduced as the means of detecting falsehood, or giving credibility to the evidence, none of these opportunities are, however, afforded in Courts of Equity, men are doomed (as I myself was on the :25th of April last) to hear arguments founded upon an affidavit opposed to truth, and the force of which would have been entirely destroyed had an opportunity offered ; but, Sir, it requires no lengthened observations to substantiate the correctness of my position, and not being desirous at present of occupying too much of your valuable space, I will merely add, that I earnestly trust the suggestion of the Noble Lord, to whom I have alluded, will m ee t w i t h t h at attention, w hi c h, ( t h oug h no doubt some persons in the legal profession will de nounce as impracticable) I ant confident it merits ; at all events I hope that the present session of Parliament will, even now, not be allowed to expire without the Passing of an efficient measure of " Chancery Reform," and that while, in ordinary cases of debt for the most trifling sums, men are incarcerated in a prison,. frau dulent trustees, unprincipled partners in trade, and men in general, who seek by vexatious opposition to con tinue their work of plunder, may no longer be permitted to escape, as they now are, by almost intermliable • delay.—l am,' Sir, your most obedient, J. SMITH. THE CONVICT COURVOISIER.-011 TtitlTS• day Courvoisier stated to the Sheriffs, that owing to the very careless manner in which he was searched by the police aft er they took him into custody, he contrived to secrete ten sove reigns about his person in such a manner as to elude their de tection, and that the first day he was taken to Bow-street police c,)urt fur examination, on his being placed in the lock- up cell adjoining the office, he dug a hole in the floor, an d th ere hid the money. Improbable as the story was, Mr. Cope, the governor of ewgate,N by the direction of the Sheriffs, commu nicated the circumstanc e to the Ma g istrates. The conseque nce was, tb onF in r g iday the cell was examined, th e fl oor dug up, and every h a done t that could be, iit order to ascertain the t truth of the statement. The result s%as, that no money was foutd, and that it was quite clear that none had ever been de posited there, as stated by the corn ict. It is impossible to ', - con jecture what was the wretched man's object in telling such au abominable falsetwod. He has told so many palpable lies sine.. his c onviction that not the slightest reliance can be placed in any thing he states.— Sunday Times. I Mr. Sturges Bourne, the Lord Warden of thc New Forest, has appointed one of his sons to 'the situation of 1 Master-keeper, vacant by the death of 144. Dudley. 402 10 0 892 10 0 £61 . 999 1 7 Cash, balance in favour of the Corporation on the 3lat of December, 1838, ex changing the value of the contra stock 11,822 5 9} £73,821 7 4} Balance of cash in the bands of the Cham berlain, on 31st December, 1838 By arrears of rents—City of London and LibertiesXls,3ss 5 Si Ditto—Counties Middlesex and Surrey Ditto—Tenancies at Will Ditto of the City properties of Finsbury Estate Ditto—Markets, Tolls, and Duties Ditto—Brokers, Rents, and admissions Ditto—Casual Receipts Ditto—Of Freedoms voted to be sold for the City use 305 0 0 Ditto—Of Fees on the ad mission of Freeman Ditto—On Government Se curities purchased with the Monies arising by the Sale of Premises re quired for Public Im provements, and a Stock applicable to the dis charge of Debts incurred by the removal of Fleet market 33,769 16 4 Debts due to the Corporation. From the Fund for Lighting and Blackfriars.bridge... 4,989 15 5 From the Fund for Improv. ing the Navigation of the River Thames 19,951 15 5 Government Securities belonging to the Corporation : A Capital of Consolidated Three per Cent. Annui ties, arising by the sale of premises, of £13,057 16 10 A ditto of New Three-and. a-Half per Cent. Annui. ties, invested to provide for the liquidation of the debts incurred by the re moval of Fleet-market... 20,252 15 2 A ditto of Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, pur chased with the City's projortion of monies re ceived for the site of tw o churches to be built on the Finsbury estate 2,406 8 4 £73,821 7 4i " Note—There is also a debt of 20,0001. due from the City moiety of the Gresham estate ; the balance of 26,700/. advanced by the Corporation of London to wards the rebuilding of the Royal Ex c h ange a f ter t h e fire of London, and interest thereon from Midsummer 1708 ; but there being little prospect of any present repayment, the debt is noticed without being put into charge. " in the audit of the accounts, the auditors approved of the principle on which they were arranged, as afford ing a most satisfactory result in the audit. They much doubted whether it was possible to have accounts so voluminous brought before them for, audit in a more intelligible shape. The Corporation is stated to ha not only out of debt, but perfectly uneneuTbered." 173 12 10 I H "`~~