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meeesseeeseeee " That this meeting cannot help expressing t n he . strongest indignation at the conduct of Mr. Harvey, o a n s! feel quite sure that, after the generous displa b y on e e bath iidence of the great constituency of Maryle returning him Ka regards the promise of support and of his free of expense, with the exception of the hus tings , . disgraceful conduct in withdrawing at this K cr i i n sis d w ona il . l ., be Condemned by every elector in s the United chairmen g of r. STOCKTON, one of Mr. Harvey committees seconded the motion, but ' ientl strong. Harvey's late expressed his con- Victims that the resolution was not sufh and y disgraced No man had ever so disgraced the Liberal party in Marylebone as Rarvey. hi mse lf Mr. Daniel Whittle The resolution was carried with ,but one dissentient. Mr. J OSEPH said he now rose to propose a resolution Of a definite character, and it was with referenceto: il r t Who sh ou l d be the candidate to stand in conjun c tion the Hon. Ba ronet Si r B. Hall. Lord D thoughtthe Stuartu having the secon d place on the ballot, he Noble Lord was justly entitled to their confidence.— (C heers and "N o , no. ") He had a precedent for it; for When M r . Harvey retired and went to So u thwark in 1834 , Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer, who was seconclo i n the b a ll ot, was elected, and was ultimately returned, He Moved, amidst great confusion, "That on account of the withdra w al of considersMr.Daniel Whittle Harvey from th e con t es t, thi s meeting Lord D u dl ey Stuart, the second on the ballet of Monday t l ast, dese rv i ng the franchise of the Reform electors of Rhis borough, and thi s A ssoc i a ti on therefore art in the esrefpoproepledges l itself to gi ve t h at Noble Lord its ear forth'coming contest." Mr. WAGSTAFF seconded this resolution, Conservative and hett urged g Upon the meet i ng the fact of t he already in the field, and the short space of time there Was to carry out the contest. Mr. MANN, on the part of Mr. Sergeant w Sergeant Shee,asa d op- Posedi s the r eso l ut i on, on t h e ground that it tint understanding that if the candidate at the o eheat the head of the b a ll ot did not stand the poll the re wa s an n c ompact, an d t h e b al l ot went for nothing* H con tended th at b ut for Mr. Harvey Serg e Is ea a nt o Shee mr. W ould have be a t en L or d D u dl e y Stuart .—(Cries . of " No no," and " Hear.") Mr. H ETHERINGTON urge d upon thememetiantgt, and or nd a re flect bef ore t h ey too k a hasty step in the ter , not to b e f r i g h tene d because _To i ry was in the field, and that t h ey h a d b een grossly deceived. He moved as an amendment,— " That in order to unite the Reformers of thew ith borough Sir in suppOrt of a Lib era l can did ate i n conjunction B. Hall, a b allot of the Association take ;place for the selection of a candidate for that purpose. Mr. DYKE seconded the amendment. Sir B. HALL, in answer to a question, said that the probability was, that the writ would be issued that night or to-morrow morning, and it was extremely likely that the election would take place in the course of the ensu ing week, as he had already received a letter asking him to be at the returning officer's house on Monday fur the purpose of arranging about the polling booths. The returning officer was bound to give three days' notice or proclamation of his proceeding to a poll, and he was bound to proceed to such poll Within eight days after giving such notice. Messrs. H. C. Wilson, Potter, liensett, and others, urged the necessity of deliberation before they were called upon to pledge themselve s for any second candi date ; whilst Messrs. Howarth, Douglas, and other friends of Lord Dudley Stuart, urged th e necess i ty , if coming t o an immediate deci s i on. Ultimately the amendment was carried by a very large Majority, and the proceedings terminated at a late hour amidst great confusion. ____--_—„,..,__ THE METROPOLITAN SEWAGE COMPANY. At length, (From th e Critic.) after in differenc e or hostility that in var i a bl y atten d the bi rth has obtains gs that are n ove l and grand, this company attainment d from Pa r li ament the powers needful for the of its objects and is about immediately to commence its operatious: lion i t eh fits n r i a c ti° allureu o t f h the is c company ountr try, , v marks, ery much . commercea,t imp( rtant era thin its rela of ca r and its estimates athbrief accoun thesaro e and a , a will t of its origin, its plans, first , railway . corms in t h e history the Criti c, When the bvaluable for re ference hereafter, be interesting to the readers of 3 e : , s3'stem now about to be begun shall be fully caw riseu out, bearing with it the blessings of health and ealth to the community co_ gTnhiesev.alue of sewage manure has been long re- For many g years past both scientific and re lo writers have pointed to the refuse of W ti aan te s d k , as a vast source of profit improvidently It has been estimated by careful calcula throw t u a t the contents of the London sewers annually rovvo into the rhames would, at the selling value of manure, be worth upwards of one million. Its produce, tstkiosnleyadearuipyo.n the land, would be some five or six mils Nay, it has been contended with confi nee that the annual value of the sewage of all the t he entir e in Great Britain, now wholly wasted, would equal _entire burden of the nat , :Probably these views are somewhat exaggerated ; but tt. t lis certain that an enormous revenue is annually lost . to me country in the form of wasted sewage. The subject continued to engag e the thoughts of men of science and feeonomists. The value of the material was admitted; !se it wa d y° onle o s, J pro blems that rema i ne d f or resolution were, how be Numberles sken, and how di s t r ib u t e d. With plans were put f o rth f rom ti me to t i me 'n view to the accomp lishment of this obj ec t. B ut t'sse ro they failed, be cause allo f them proceeded up on t h e p t ion that th e only portion of the contents of the sewer s = n i ght b used f or manure was that which was, or : , made, solid, an d t h e flu i d was worthless. iitaY_a_e p r actical di ffi culties of collecting, and conveying the the solid d eposits were found to be so gre at, .o t produce. cost would exceed the market value of t h Ore believe it was Leibig who first made known . the a (tut that manur e is more fertilising in a fluid than in solid state. j a a 'Ste. He showed that even fil s solid form, it isl iquid, by the moisture that ten s thr as a - if applied to the soil fr om th 9ag fertili • is that solid manure thrown upon the surface was h it, that it feeds vegetation. It followed attended sstead of sinking by au enormous waste, a large po . rtion of thethe ai r i 'sing Particles passing off b evaporation i n to was obviousthat li quid intomanure th e soil was fertiliser. - therfh The conclusion economical Nor experiment 1, long . did th is remain a mere theory. It was soon la nd, al on an averae a 'Y proved. Near Edinburgh was a tract of most barren whose annual value was, o _. the s ,e, not more den half a crown an acre! One t ne ar Z r s was tu rned into a stream of water that ran ttoh:motsst wo rthless tract , and the mixed fluid was ma de ow at cert ain times over it. The result far exceeded four y sanguine anticipations of the projectors. n ISt t ed.ears the land that had previously been worth on l y Per acre was readily taken at rents varying from . aew 0 20s an acre. stre w At the town of Mansfield there is a 1 , nto e; which the Duke of Borland caused to be turned I Very , and the mixed fluid to be applied to some inferior land which had p reviously let for lOs. per - "sill only. T wo water r • ten pounds Ittiite rese . alse x d their er value from frre:mten a pplicationsshillishill i ngs s o t f o the sewage Matter and more ~ P ments were decisive. lt was now a 7s"._ of certainty that the still ric her of ro. tlaildant sewage of the Metropolis was capabl e P nis e - in g Yet more profitable results, if only some feas ib le "" could be devised for cheaply collecting and di I I tug it. Jaen c ompa e n e the or i g i n of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure The 37. 80 a; Plan of this Company is, like all other inventions, 2, pim ple' that when it is described, one is surprised that SS not thought of before. It was suggested by some such reflections as these:— "oOur," object is, to convey into the country, and apply , .the soil, the refuse fluid of the Metropolis. How can 4 lt t a tie best carried out of London? To answer this, let th:ee how it is carried into London. What is done by water companies? They bring water from the c_Snintry by steam engines and pipes ; they send it into the streets, and from the streets u the very tops of the tallest houses; and, notwithsta ndin g g the machinery, ;nes! are enabled to supply it at a cost of somewhere about Vtlt a farthing a gallon. All the liquid thus sent into Jeondon passes out cf it again, saturated with highly fertilising materials, which flow into the Thames, pollute f art river, and are wasted in the sea. Why should not the same machinery that sends the clear water from the country into London send the dirty water out of London back into the country, to be there a source of incalcu lable wealth ? If a steam-engine and pipes can supply the former, at a very trifling cost, to the summits ot the houses, the like machinery can surely convey the latter, at a still l ess cost, to the flat surface of the soil." _ , The id ea t h us started was, of course, instantly con vincing to all who gave it a moment's thought. It was zo longer a n experiment that was to be tried with doubt ful r es i , e ,_ u hi. All its parts had been practically proved. s.,,SS value of sewage water had been established at E de value and at Mansfield, and the ease and cheapness °. its transmission was shown by the daily experience of the water companies. selve s committee was formed who subscribed among them b . es a fund to meet the expenses of endeavouring t o hs rleg the subject before the public, and procuring t he "'ws for the carrying out of that which was in truth a tra.t national work. Although labouring under the 'advantage of appearing at the moment of the panic t t/ 5 r 5 1 , 8 45, so much was it approved by the thoughtf u l, . a 7S a sufficient number of shares were taken to permit „s" ePPlication to the Legislature for an Act of Incor ruration, a T he obst ac l es which the company encountered in this ittllication from prejudices and ignorance of their plan, „_ t i t he novel - of the s u bj ect , the manner in which .oese were overcome by the inquiries instituted by Go ver s 'talent and the Parliament, and whieh resulted in 'talent and into warm supporters even those who at first and So d and ridiculed the scheme, will form so curious C" us eful an illustration of the power of truth when seroperately urged and inquiry is courted, that we must uevote to it another paper. SING ______-,........ sinc e Ur hi AILAR CAS E or DROWNNG.— IA short ti me 4 , 1“ , .." • enry Ralph, yeoman, of Begber, near Stun f ar er Dorset, went to bathe in the river adjoining his A ir m r) . Ile was followed by his favourite dog, and, as of f 'alph was swimming in ttie stream, the animal out (%la°laciness for his master also took the water, and got ehis masters back, which obliged him to turn himself hi„ r t ; and when in this positron, the dog again got on rise u ° B oin and neck, which caused his master to sink, to ~7 no more alive. A youth, a servant of the deceased, ,i t i r ta essed the sad catastrophe without being able to ren anY assistance. Mr. Ralph it acwas a single man, and Ca respected by all who knew him.—Buth paper. a ptaark Bernard, Captain 4.4 rs p Knox, Mr. Nesbitt, and ae• ranks and family, were among the passengers that cbarked at Blackwall yesterday morning on board the tbr4A,,ellll, Steam Navigation Company's steam -ship —444werP• Soho DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. SUPPLEMENT TO THE "LONDON GAZETTE " OF LAST EVENING. BY TIE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION, FOR DISSOLVING THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT, AND DECLARING THE CALLING OF ANOTHER. Vrcrottra, R.—Whereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament, which was this day prorogued and stands prorogued to Tuesday the 21st day of September next: we do for that end publish this our Royal Pro clamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Com missioners for shires and harghs, of the House of Com mons are discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said Tuesday the twenty-first day of September next: and we, being desirous and resolved, as soon as may be, to meet our people, and to have their advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all our loving subjects our Royal will and pleasure to call a new Parliament; and do hereby further declare that, with the advice of our Privy Council, we have given order that our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, and our Chan cellor of Ireland, do, respectively. upon notice thereof, forthwith issue out writs in due form, andaccording to law, for calling a new Parliament: and we do hereby also, by this our Royal Proclamation, under our great seal of our .United Kingdom, require writs forthwith to be issued accordingly by our said Chancellors respectively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Com. mons, who are to serve i❑ the said Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, our said Parliament, which writs are to be returnable on Tuesday the twenty-first day of September next. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and forty-seven, and in the eleventh year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION, IN ORDER TO THE ELECTING AND SUMMONING THE SIX- TEEN PEERS OF.6COTLAND. VICTORIA, IL—Whereas we in our Council have thought fit to declare our pleasure for summoning and holding a Parliament of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on Tuesday the 21st September next ensuing the date hereof ; in order, therefore, to the electing and summoning the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are to sit in the House of Peers in the said Parliament, we do, by the advice of our Privy Council, issue forth this our Royal Proclamation, strictly charging and commanding all the Peers of Scotland to assemble and meet at Holy rood House, in Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the Bth day of September next ensuing, between the hours of twelve arid two in the afternoon, to nominate and choose the sixteen Peers, to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the said ensuing Parliament, by open election and plurality of voices of the Peers that shall be then preset t, and of the proxies of such as shall be absent (such proxies being Peers, and producing a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses, and both the constituent and proxy being qualified according to law); and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of the principal Clerks of the Session as shall be appointed by him to officiate in his name, are hereby respectively required to attend such meeting, and to administer the oaths required by law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to take their votes; and immediately after such election made and duly examined, to certify the names of the sixteen Peers so elected, and to sign and attest the same in the presence of the said Peers the electors, and return our certificate into our High Court of Chancery of Great Britain. And we do, by this our Royal Proclamation, strictly command and require the Provost of Edinburgh, and all other magistrates of the said city, to take especial care to preserve the peace thereof during the time of the said election, and to prevent all manner of riots, tumults, disorders, and violence whatsoever. And we strictly charge and command that this our Royal Proclamation be duly pub lished at the Market cross, at Edinburgh, and in ail the county towns of Scotland, twenty-five days at least before the time hereby appointed for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed to such election. Witness ourself at Westminster, this twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and i❑ the eleventh year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. IMPERIAL PA H,LIANIEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 23. This being the day fixed for the prorogation of Par- liament the doors of the House were opened at Twelve o'clock, and soon after the galleries of the House and the seats set apart for Peeresses were occupied by ladies of rank, in full dress. The Foreign Am bassadors occupied the place set apart for them, and were dressed in full costume, several of them displaying the ribboi,s and jewels of their several orders of knighthood. The Peers, in their robes, began to ar rive shortly before one o'clock, 'and at two o'clock the arrival of her Majesty was announced. Her Majesty,, accompanied by Prince Albert and . attended by her Ministers and the great officers of State en tered the House shortly after two o'clock. All rose on the entry of her Majesty, who, taking her seat upon the throne, commanded the attendance of the House of Commons at the bar. The coup d mil presented at this moment was superb, and whatever may be the de ficiencies of the new chamber as a place for debate, it must be admitted that as a salle de spectacle for occa sions of state it is unrivalled. Nothing could exceed the gorgeous magnificence of the scene as the Queen, taking her seat on the throne, commanded all present to be seated. The Speaker of the House of Commons, dressed in his state robes, and attended by several of the Members, then appeared at the bar, and addressed her Majesty as follows: " MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, " We, your Majesty's most faithful Commons, attend your Majesty with the Bill by which the supplies are completed for the present year. They have been granted with a strict regard to economy, as also with a disposition to make ample provi4on for all branches of the public service. " During the progress of the session which is now about to terminate, we have maturely considered various measures for the practical improvement of the law, and for the amelioration of the moral and social condition of the people. And where it has not been possible to bring these measures to a satisfactory conclusion, we hope to have prepared the way for sound and useful legislation in future sessions of Parliament. " We have passed Acts to regulate the disposition and transfer of lands in Scotland, and whilst carefully adhering to the established principles of law, we have given increased facilities for dealing with real property in that country, which must tend greatly to increase its security and value. " We have found it necessary to place a further limi tation on the hours of labour of young persons employed in factories ; and by giving more time and opportunity for their religious and moral instruction, for healthful recreation, and the exercise of their domestic duties, we have elevated the character and condition of a large and industrious class engaged in manufacturing ope- The Royal Assent was then given to several Bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR then advanced to the foot of the throne, and kneeling, presented her Majesty with a copy of the Speech. Her Majesty then proceeded to read in a clear and beautifully distinct tone the Speech (for which see our paper of yesterday). Her Majesty having concluder) reading the Speech, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, it is her Majesty's royal will and pleasure that the present Parliament he prorogued to Tuesday, the 21st day of September, and it is prorogued accordingly. Her Majesty then rose from the throne, and the royal procession left the House in the same order in which - lt entered. At about a quarter before three o'clock her Majesty left the House of Lords, and proceeded in state to Buck ingham Palace. The Park guns fired a royal salute on her Majesty's arrival at and departure from the House of Lords. HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 23. The SPEAKER took the chair at One o'clock. THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lord M. HILL, the Compt roller of the Household, appeared at the table in uniform, with the reply of her Majesty to the address recently voted on the subject of the accommodation of the House of Commons. The reply was as follows :—" In answer to your address, it is my anxious wish that there should not be any unne cessary delay in providing permanent accommodation for the Members of your Honourable House, and I will give directions accordingly." WEST INDIES. Lord G. BENTINCK said it was his intention, at the earliest period in the next Parliament, to ask for a Select Committee to inquire into the state of the West Indies as regarded their present power to compete with those countries which have still the advantage of forced labour. The Noble Lord went into statistics to show that there had been a great falling off in the produce of sugar and rum from our West India colonies since the reduction of the duty on slave-grown sugar. He thought the differential duty should not be less than fifty per cent., or seven shillings per hundred weight ; and he was of opinion that it would be much better to appro priate a portion of the one million sterling which was now being expended every year, with a view to the sup pression of the slave trade, in obtaining free labourers for our West India colonies, so as to deprive Cuba and Brazil of the profit which they obtained by slave labour, by furnishing free labour on lower terms to the West Indies ; and thus, by competition, beating down the profits of the slave holding states. He had been in formed, on very good authority, that the value of slaves in Cuba had increased twenty-five per cent. within the last year ; 1001. a-head was now give❑ for every male slave as soon as he was landed. They were forced to labour eighteen hours out of the twenty-four, and the number of suicides that occurred was beyond all imagi nation, whilst the average life of slaves in Cuba was not estimated to endure beyond five, and in Brazil beyond six years. His object was, to enable the West India planter, with his free labour, to supply the sugar market at a lower price than the slave-owner, and thus abolish the infamous traffic in human beings. The Noble Lord concluded by stating that he should move for a Com mittee on the subject in the next Parliament. Mr. lIAWES said the Noble Lord evidently wished his statement to go forth to the country to be made use of at the coming elections ; the public, however, would see that the policy of the Government was to reduce all the first necessaries of life as much as possible, whilst they would clearly understand that the motive of the Noble Lord was to revive the old doctrine of protection in favour of sugar with a view to increase its price. The petition which the Noble Lord had presented was from a single parish in Jamaica, and its demands had been carefully excluded from the House. The Noble Lord wished to keep up a differential duty of fifty per cent., whilst the petitioners modestly asked that they might have the privilege of sending their sugar free of dlity altogether. When the Noble Lord talked of any por tion of the sum paid for the suppression of slavery being put into the pockets of the planters he must have for gotten that the country had already paid 20,000,0001. to those persons, and that there was nothing to prevent their obtaining as great a supply of labour as their capital could procure. With reference to Jamaica, however, that was the only colony which had interfered by its own act to stop the supply of labour. When the Noble Lord moved for his Committee on the subject, it would be for those i❑ power to determine what course they should adopt, and there would be no difficulty in showing that the law which had recently been passed o❑ this subject would be most conducive to the increase of capital, and the ultimate happiness of the people. After a few words from Mr. BORTH WICK, the sub ject dropped. Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Baron Knesebt-ck, left town at hall past ten o'clock yesterday morning for the continent. 'fheir Royal Highnesses proceeded to the Bricklayers Arms station, and left by the South-Eastern Thiilway for Dover, from wilenco their Rol al Highnesses ill embark for Ostend, en route to Frankfort. The Duke of Cam !midge visited and took leave of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday morning at Gloucester House. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM 01.11 t OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JULY 23. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 16. Heroine cutter, Sir J. R. Carnac, Bart., from London. 17. Pearl cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, from London; Arrow cutter, Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq., from the eastward. 20. Noran cutter, Sir 11. B. Hoghton, Bart., from New Yarmouth. 22. Frisk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., from Cork and Plymouth; Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, from Brost. SAILINGS. July 22. Noran cutter, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., for Guernsey. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners —Capricorn, Flirt, Camilla, Magic, Resolu tion, Fair Rosamond, Merlin Maud. Cutters—Pearl, Sparrowhawk, Peterel, Alarm, Dryad, Lark, Frisk, Elizabeth, Nymph, Witch, Osprey, Arrow, Turquoise, Stormfinch, Heroine, Antelope, Aurora. Yawls—Dream, Waterlily, Susan, Syren, Eagle. ELECTION MOVEMENTS.—Mr. Wykeham Martin has started again for the hot ough of Newport. He has been to-day canvassing that part of Cowes that some magic has made part of the borough of Newport. Mr. Plow den is supported by the High Church party, and Messrs. Blake and Crompton by the Liberals. BLIGHT.—It is rather curious that the potatoes have escaped and are better this year than for the three past seasons, while the beans planted amongst them have been destroyed by the aphis. Peas and all other vege tables, except potatoes, have suffered seriously. rations. " There is, however, one subject of paramount impor tance to which your Majesty was graciously pleased to direct our attention at the commencement of the session and which called for long and anxious deliberation. For many months past your Majesty's subjects in Ireland have been suffering from the combined effects of famine and its too frequent conse quence — d i sease ; requiring pecuniary aid, and prompt and energetic mea sures to arrest their fatal progress, and to prevent an almost total disorganization of society in many parts of that kingdom. "No exertion has been wanting on our part to meet this terrible emergency. Every restriction on the impor tation of food has been suspended, and every resource of legislation employed to mitigate what no human wisdom could avert—this awful visitation of Divine Providence. Nor, in providing for this emergency, have we been unmindful of the permanent welfare of that important part of the United Kingdom. We have encouraged the development of its vast capabilities and the industry of its inhabitants, by giving every pass) ble stimulus to public and private enterprise, whether directed to the improvement of land, or to the establishment and construction of fisheries and harbours; and, profiting by past experience, we have extended and rendered more effective the pro visions of the law for the relief of the destitute poor, thereby bringing into new and closer relations, and con necting by ties of mutual interest, the proprietor and cultivator of the soil. " To those measures for the temporary relief, and fur the permanent improvement of Ireland, our labours have been assiduously devoted; and nobly and generously have our efforts been respondeit to by all classes of your Majesty's subjects, who, following your Majesty's_gra cious and benevolent example, from the highest in the realm to the humblest, have made every sacrifice which the urgency of the case demanded to alleviate sufferings unexampled in their intensity, and borne with a forti tude and resignation equally unexampled by that brave and loyal people. " We now tender to your Majesty the last Bill for appropriating the various sums voted out of the Con solidated l'und,ito which we humbly beg your Majesty's Royal Assent." "'Pray tell it me.' " ' Yes !' 1 . 11E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1847. LITERATURE. F ln o a l? n T o E: I , C f r u o E rr • the A o h v e o i f . andyrajmaamteise Sheridan we Knowle s . Th ree V ols. are naturally disposed to look for some peculiarities which may, in a cer t a i n d egree assimilate it with its author's ordinary compositions. For instance we may expect the heroes and heroines of the tale to be possessed of a certain vitality more akin to the self acting personages of the drama than the automata of an ordinary romance, we may expect pecularities of temperament to be more nicely discriminated, and the individuality of character to be more clearly de fined. As a drawback to these advantages we may likewise anticipate that the dramatist, while he aspires in a novel as in a drama, to "hold a mirror up to nature," and pourtray life as it is, will also (forget ting for a while his change of materiel) in a novel as in a drama, endeavour sometimes to effect a compro mise between nature and stage effect, and diminish occasionally the probability of a denouement in order to enhance the attraction of a " scene." These pecu liarities, whether defective or otherwise, may easily be remarked in this navel by Sheridan Knowles. Many of the "situations," more especially the climax, where the chief personages of the tale are are all un expectedly assembled in a church, bear evidence of the dramatic experience of their author. But " For tescue" has one great attraction which a drama can scarcely possess—namely, the earnest, genial, warm hearted style in which it is written. Many passages have evidently been thrown off hurriedly, under the impulse of the moment, and are consequently most animated—written con amore, as the saying is, than which never was saying more expressive. Among these passages are brief but earnest eulogies of Shakspere, inspired by a walk to Shakspere's Cliff, of Thomas Moore, suggested by a casual quotation, and, above all, of the great namesake and relative of the author, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Fortescue is a distant relative of the great orator, who is, in conse quence, frequently alluded to in these volumes. After referring to Mr. Sheridan's death and the poverty which surrounded it. Sheridan Knowles, who is evi dently his most devoted admirer, eloquently and even passionately eulogises his conduct, and denounces the little respect shown to his memory in his having no monument in the new Houses of Parliament. But let him speak for himself : " Go, ransack the journals of the House for any vote of Sheridan's that was not to the truth of Liberty !—a phrase of his own, when he was arraigned for laying a thoughtless wager that the men, most of whom he mis trusted, because he knew them, would not succeed in their efforts to obtain office. If he bad a fault in respect to his devotion to liberty, it was, perhaps, that of his loving it too much, where the land of his birth was con cerned ; for we perfectly well recollect a night, when kindled into burning—aud how he could burn!—when kindled into burning at the enumeration of his country's ages of oppression and persecution, and at the relation of the game of blood that had been played, by luring or goading, to plunge her into insurrection ; he struck the table with his clenched hand, and exclaimed, " By had I been there at the time, I should have been myself a rebel "And Sheridan is not to have a monument in the new Houses of Parliament! Our love to the judicious com missioners! 0, fur an Apollo to award them the honours of Midas! Give Burke a niche—not a crevice to She ridan! Write it down with a steel pen !—the handle, a cherished polished splinter from the abandoned hulk of any one of many ships, which, when they were new, and well found, and full-manned, he saved at the mutinous Nore! "To the kennel with rewards! After this they are offal and ordure! Look on!—the Crown—the Ministry —the Parliament—the country ! and applaud the discrimination, disinterestedness, and justice of the sapient junta—Burke!—But never mind!" And then follows a passage, which we will not quote, but which, en passant, we must entirely pro test against, namely, some indignant and most unworthy remarks in reference to one of the biographers of Sheridan, who is styled, in irony, " a composer of mechanic's essays," —a title which, to our thinking, is a very honourable one. But while we disapprove of such observations we can, to a certain extent, excuse them, because like the warm-hearted eulogiums they are evidently written hastily under the impulse of the moment. The following passage relating to the death of Sheridan is of some interest : "Fortescue was left alone. lie read the account of his cousin's sickness and his death. "‘ Solitary work!' sighed Fortescue—' A faithful wife —and one faithful friend!—And poverty—but that ex plains it. Providence ! where was the world in his bitter extremity—the world which he delighted, in structed, served? Alone!—Merciful Providence, alone ! —But now for company! They will show themselves at his funeral.' "He read the description of the funeral, and there, indeed, they were. " Nauseous parade!' Fortescue cried. There was not one heart among them all!—What troops of them there were—to enjoy the credit of attending at the obse quies which they might have deterred, perhaps for many a clay, had only a few of them clubbed together, as they do, year after year, for a plate, to be run for by a race horse! And his strait must have been known to them— and there was not one of them--noble or commoner— who had not banqueted upon his genius, the most lus trous and diversified of his time! " Die!—but I shall go to your funeral !" I wonder if they managed to squeeze out a sear. It would have been carving and gilding to their hypocrisy! A pity that such a piece of workman- Ship should be put out of hands incomplete. They had no hearts!—lle had one.' " Here Fortescue threw down the paper, stamped upon it, and wept. " He had a heart,' Fortescue repeated; and good reason have I to know it—a heart that never allowed him to look at his own circumstances when those of an other solicited his assistance, and he thought he could accord it; and if not, he could not refrain from promising it. Some way or another he must relieve the heart that never looked upon need, or listened to it, without filling till it overflowed with compassion. Did I not know that man? I did, from the first—from the moment that my poor father introduced me to him, when his full bright eye looked thoughtfully and cherishingly upon the boy of his less fortunate relative. Did I not know that man! —Did I not love him!' " Here Fortescue's tears flowed afresh. " He had scarce dried them when Mrs. Parkyn re turned. Observing the newspaper upon the floor, she stooped to lift it. He anticipated her, and placed it upon the table. " Will you not keep it?' she kindly inquired. " No, madam. All that I want, and more than I want, is imprinted upon my heart! Bloodless creatures;' " I know what you allude to, but there was one re deeming exception. A nobleman—it has bee❑ said an early friend—supplied him with one hundred guineas." " Don't believe it, madam!' " ' Why, indeed, I heard but yesterday a new version of the story, and which I have every reason to regard as the true one.' " The act of friendship originated in the suggestion of an amiable poet, who urged upon Lord 11--- the need of a supply, and offered to contribute the moiety. The proposition was met, and another interview was ap pointed ; but when that int erv i ew too k p l ace t h e person solicited declined, upon the plea that your cousin's wife had disabused a common friend as to the existence of any pecuniary difficulty.' " And what was the result ?' " ` The poet himself gave the money.' " God bless him ! and the peer, madam ?' " He reimbursed the poet to the amount he had pro mised, upon ascertaining that his demur had been founded upon a perfect Linsey.' " ` And with whom did the fallacy originate ?' " With Lord L--, who probably was misunder stood. In my mind the poet had all the honour " And let him have it,' rejoined Fortescue. " The memory of the kindly deed belongs of right to him !' " Rogers !' " The new version of the anecdote was the correct one ; and it was a pity that one of Sheridan's biogra graphers—for Sheridan was the man to whom our hero had the honour of being allied—should have attributed to the nobleman the whale credit of a transaction, of the merits of which his lordship could lay claim, at the most, to but an inconsiderable and very questionable share. After all, there was nothing enormous in the boon ! It could hardly have involved a mortgage ! We ourselves, when at a pinch, have been offered five times—ay, ten times the same amount by a Glasgow cotton spinner, and by a Glasgow merchant sailor—scions of Nature's noble family I" Besides the genial tone of kindliness which pervades these volumes, they are imbued with a genuine ll reli gious spirit, demonstrating by that b es t of a teach ings—the teaching by exampl e —h ow beautiful and happy a feeling is a humble dependence upon God, and a constant and cheerful sub m i ss i on t o His will. The main object of the work is apparently to incul cate_ the great importance of self-command. Henry Fortescue, the hero of the story, is a youth of great promise and good principles, but endued with lively feelings, whose impulse he is ever ready to obey. In order the better to illustrate the evil effects of such a tendency, the author of his history has placed him in a somewhat peculiar, and certainly very trying, situation with regard to the two heroines of the tale —Marian and Lucy. The characters of these ladies, as opposite as night and day, are both very excel lently delineated—that of Lucy is, perhaps, the most naturally done, that of Marian is more ideal. Marian is represented as the possessor of every personal grace, and mental and moral good quality ; while Lucy, the ill-educated daughter of uneducated parenti, has only a beautiful face, and viva city of manner, to counterbalance the absence of every other attraction. Marian is much younger than Fortescue—he has been accus tomed to regard her only as a child, yet child as she is, she is devoted to him, and he himself fully conscious of her many estimable qualities, believe s that in time she will be a paragon or perfection. H er mo ther is anxious to Took upon Fortescue as a son, and all his better feelings prompt him to p reserve his h e art for Marian. This is a somewhat unromantic an d business-like way. of dealing with suc h _ . a subject, as most novel readers will agree, but this is the il lustraion which the author o f cc Fortescue" has adopted in order to enforce his moral lesson—namely, MOZART'S " NOZZE DI FIGARO." the propriety of refusing a present gratification, in order The following interesting details respecting this work to procure a yet greater one in tutor(); This is at- are extracted from Mr. Iloittes's Lize of Moz rt most beyond the power of Fortescue; though fully " From a letter of Leopold Mozart to his daughter, impressed with the excellence of Marian, he can with dated Novt-mber 11, 1785, we l earn that the composer difficulty resist the influence of the fascinating Lucy. ; wa s already engaged i n p reparation for his ar i ati opera, Le F l The parents of Luny are als o anxious for, her union .Nozze di they ne were on ,y preparations, tpwa with our hero, and, encourage d by th e m the young other engagements interve ned, but nterved, and not commenced until the April following. Thesc oorn:, was, lady u ses every art to captivate her hesitating lover. This part of th e s t ory i s d eta il e d w i t h great m i nuteness , grossing subject of Mozart's thoughts during th e spr i ng and though ma d e to appearthey Nozze in some degree natural undertaken at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph. and probable, it is certainly not pleasing, the lady This work, which has maintained its place on the stage and gentleman having, as it were. changed parts- and in the drawing-room for nearly sixty years in con- But if the conduct of Lucy is somewhat forward and ti nua ti on , i s j us tly cons id ere d, f or i ts extraordinary depla c e e , th e character of Jilarian is very delicately wealth of melody, the variety of its style, and the per drawn, she is evidently a favourite with the author. faction of its concerted music, as one of the most won He has endeavoured, and not uns uccess f u lly, to derful trophies of human skilL The libretto, adapted illustrate in her childish de vo ti on, the purity by Da Ponte from the well-known comedy of Bine and unselfishness and other nobler attributes marchais, seems to have satisfied Mozart, and the subject seems to have possessed unusual charms: of love. Her pleasure on receivin g lette r ess site a from Fortescue is very happily d e scribed ibedr for him, if we may judge by the rate at which he worked. when hardly conscious of her own feelin gs , The Miele opera was written in the course of April. The marvellous finale of the second act, consisting of six tribes the happiness of her heart to the beauty of thes weather_ " No, indeed, mother ; I never yet saw grand pieces, occupied him for two nights . and l a nt, day, e the morning that was half so fine as this. It is not e d o e u r r it s i e g 0 7h h ich s tole second wrote oh h he without was i se t i e a r e m d w ss i t i c h n an fancy—l feel it." But we have now detailed suffi- which eom t pc e .lled e ° him t i o g st t o but there remained only a illness cient, and must leave the denouement undisturbed. few pages of the last piece p t ; o instrument. During the The beginning of the first volume, before the real month of May, the composer was occupied in teaching story commences, is very interesting, and contains some the singers and superintending the rehearsals. It is re markable that the experienced friends ot Mozart trembled very admirable sentiments, but the concluding por fo.r the reception of this opera; and the father (Leopold), lion of the third volume, after the real interest is s w ta n te o w of ell knew the musical politics of Vienna, and the over, is quite unworthy of the work. The character p t ig i o r t o i e b s t er e , WrIVS to his daughter, April and conduct of Marian 's uncle, who is then intro- in these plaice on the 28th. first stage of rehearals 1786 a will take doted as just arrived from India, is most unnatural know It t will be fortunate it the agforai:istKit; Salieri t a h n er d e s tr h e i imme n sely and even revolting. Still we are ready to forget all opera succeeds, imperfections for the sake of the many attractions by strong intrigues which they are accompanied, namely. among others, move heaven and earth to put it down. Dus s se tr k latel w is the high estimation the good moral and the good and ennobling sentiments said to me, " that the reason of your brother's having which strong cabals against hint, which the whole work inculcates ; the many agree he andhas g ß ai i ne h d in b i y his uncommon talent and skill." wit t h hi m s na ti a m rt e f ready able characters which it introduces to our notice, among whom we have forgotten to particularise Mrs. S al ieri with operas, were g bothcompet g itor a s t Parkyn, whose kindliness, warm-heartedness, and ference ; and the contest between the composers Wrapsrsoa plain-spoken manner is very naturally pourtrayed. warm, that the Emperor was o bli ge d to interpose, and and t he seem Thegenerous tone in which the whole tale is written, he decided for Fig aro . S ome eagerness of rivalry seem bursts of earnest eloquence with which it is to have been pardonable on an occasion which is ren- interspersed—these are among the attractions of dered memorable by the unequalled talent of the singers, which " Fortescue" can boast, to which, let us add, and the extraordinary congress of composers assembled not the least —the authorship of Sheridan Knowles. at Vienna. Rarely, if ever, has it happened to a musician to sub mit his composition• to such an ordeal as Mozart dal Figaro, and few have been the instances in dramatic annals in which men of such renown as Haydn, Mozart, Week, Paisiello, Storage, Salieri, Righini, Antossi, tke. s have been collected together under one roof to witness the first performance of an opera, and it is no impro bable surmise that they were on this occasion. The re hearsals went off favourably. Kelly, who claims to have sung " Crudel percha?" with the composer, just as it had fallen fresh from the pen, gives a lively account of the first rehearsal. " I remember Mozart was on the stage, with his crimson pelisse and gold laced cocked hat, giving the time of the music to the or. chestra. Figaro's song, " Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso," Benucci gave with the greatest animation and power of voice. I was standing close to Mozart, who, sotto voce, was repeating, " Bravo, bravo, Benucci;" and when Benucci came to the fine passage, " Cherubino, albs vittoria, alla gloria militar," which he gave out with stentorian lungs, the effect was electricity i ts elf, f or t h e whole of the performers on the stage and those in the orchestra, as if actuated by one feeling of delight, voci ferated " Bravo, bravo, maestro! . Viva, viva, grande Mozart!" Those in the orchestra I thought would never have ceased applauding, by beating the bows of violins against the music desk. The little man acknowledged, by repeated obeisances, his thanks for the distinguished mark of enthusiastic applause bestowed upon him. "But on the first night of the performance there was a cabal among the singers, which obliged Mo zart to go , b etween the first and second acts, to the box of the Emperor, where he pointed out, in great agitation, the danger hits music was incurring. The refractory performers were brought back to their duty by Royal inter ference. For an account of the opera during the second and third nights, we must extract a sentence from a let.. ter of the composer's father, d ated May 18, 1786 :—"At the second representation at Vienna, there were five, and at the third seven pi eces encored, and among them a little duet, which was sung three times.' These en. cores, which seem indicative of the growing popularity of the opera, were, notwithstanding, of transient effect, and the balance of parties was decidedly adverse to Mozart. It is well ascertained, that the profits of the third representation, which were to reward his labour, proved so inconsiderable as in no degree to ameliorate his circumstances, and so discouraged was he with the reception of Figaro, that he resolved never more to produce an opera at Vienna. This resolution he in deed waived, through change of circumstances and mo tives of private benevolence ; but his dissatistaction with the musical taste of Vienna is well known. Among the performers who sustained the original cast of characters in Figaro, Mozart could certainly reckon upon some friends. According to his memorandum on this opera, they consisted or the following female singers race, Laschi, Mar.dini, Bassani, and Nanina ; the men were Beuucci, Mandini, Ochely, and Bassani. What the lyric drama gained by this opera in ele gance of melody, in models of love songs, in rich con certed music and varied finales, we are well able to determine. While all the p.pular melodies ot the comic ..peras coeval with Figaro (attics which were regularly transferred from he theatre to the ,treet musicians) are lost, not a note of that composition has faded, and when reproduced, it still finds as many enthusiastic admirers as a comedy of Shakspeare. Thu cusehination of play fulness and grace which predominates in it, imparts to Figaro, according to souir critics, a more decided Mo. zArtian C , Luracler (ball fury wait r of his works. .Every one may certainly find in it something to please. The musician, for instance, haters with d. light to the bass of the first duet, or to the admirable nista umentation of the song in which the page is trying on the cap. %% hat wealth of beauty in place eomparaittely unnoticed. Those who like to combine delightful music with a laugh, may tine both in the duet in which Susanna describes the behaviour of the Count when her bridegroom is gone on his travels. The deprecator y ifiterit'etious of poor Figaro, " Susanna, inert, piate" call up toe mostrleasan t recollections. It were endless to pursue this opera through all its materials for pleasure. The favourite piece of the composer was the sestetto, " Riconosci in questo amplesso." Le Nozze di Figaro is the third dramatic piece which its composer tiwi produced by desire of the Emperor Joseph. Throughout the re mainder of the year in which Figaro was produced, Mozart appears to have been full ot a plan of settlieg in England.' MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Landon New Price Current of July 23.) SUGAIL—To-day the home and export demand for Raw Sugar was not so good, and former terms were not generally sustained. In West India Muscovado only a small amount of business was transacted, and for brown, inferior yellow, and grey, in some cases merchants lowered their prices 6d per cwt, but good and fine grocery sustained the former currency. The purchases are only 300 hhds, &c., including 111 hhds Barbadoes at public sale, which went 6d per cwt under the rates of the sales held on Tuesday. REFINED.—To-day there was less demand for Refined goods for home use, and prices declined, Standard Lumps selling at 595, and brown grocery 565. EAST INDIA.— This afternoon at public sale, 1,598 bags of Bengal were offered, the whole sold at 44s 6d to 45s 6d for mid and good mid white, and good at 465, damp and washed 41s 6d to 45s 6d, being the former value ; but ordinary damp brown was taken in at 33s 6d to 345, a few lots of low soft yellow sold at 355, being cheaper. MAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauri tius oTered at public sale amounted to 4,317 bags and 28 casks; the chief part consisted of the sorts under 40s, and for these prices declined 6d to is per cwt; but those at and above that price fetched the former worth. FOREIGN.—Holders of all descriptions have more con fidence, and there is but a moderate quantity offering for sale. There has been an increased demand from exporters, and the business transacted has been much larger than last week. Our refiners working under bond have operated with more freedom, whilst tke grocers purchased a fair quantity, and more than last week. The market has a firm appearance. At public sale 7,580 bags of China were sold for export at full rates. MOLASSES.—The market at length has assumed a brisker appearance, but at present there is no advance to notice in the value,. holders are, however, not so wil ling to press sales. The total purchases amount to 600 puncheons. COFFEL—This afternoon a fair business was trans acted privately in Ceylon of all kindle, and at firm sates; good ordinary Native fetched 37s 6d to 38s. None was offered at public sale. Of Jamaica 55 casks 14 barrels were put up to auction, and sold at steady prices—low to good ordinary at 40s to 455, fine and fine ordinary 54s to 64s per cwt. COCOA,—West India is in brisker request, but there is no advance to notice in the value. At public sale 117 bags were sold, Trinidad, fine red at 57s to 57s 6d, good dark 53s to 53s 6d, ordinary 475, and St. Lucia low dull red 43s per cwt. The market will be better supplied shortly. For Foreign Cocoa the market is in a quiet state, and prices are on the decline; at public sale 400 bags of Para were sold at 39s to 40s for good dark greyish red. v TEA.—At the public sales this day, at which the only important arrivals of fine Gunpowders and Imperials which have yet appeared this season, establish the ad vance in these sorts at from 6d to 8d per ib, as high as 3s 3d being obtained for Imperials, and 5s 64 fur Gun powders of superior grade; useful tnidCing Gunpowder, sold readily at 3s 3d to 3s 10d; glazed coarse Leal Twankay RICE.—To day in East India Rice there was less bu siness privately ; at public sale 857 bags were sold a! 18s fid for middling white, being the full value. SAGO.—By private treaty there was not much desire shown to operate; and 999 boxes at public sale went to 3s under former rates. SPICES.—There has been little desire evinced to ope rate in Jamaica Ginger, aiftough there are sellers upon further reduced terms. Or 152 barrels of Jamaica offered at auction, a small part only found buyers. Pi mento is wanted. There is an unwillingness on the part of holders of Black Pepper to submit to lower rates, and they supply the market si aringly, hut the amount of business transacted by private treaty has been upon a 5m.411 scale only by ex porters aid the home trade, low as prices are. White is little required, and can be obtained at 31.1 to sid, these are low rates compared with those of former years; the supply is still exceeding the demand. For Nutmegs the market has a dull aspect, and prices are looking down. Cinnamon is little wanted, and the tendency of prices is downwards, as the supply is on the increase. Mace met little attention. Cassia Lignea is held with firmness, the supply continuing to be small; but the purchases made have been trifling. SPIRITS.—The market is still well supplied with all kinds of Rum, and a further decline in the value has taken place, as the demand is unusually limited for the period of the year. Although there are sellers of Lee ward Island at the reduced rates 01 2s 6id to 2s id proof strength; still the purchases ,made have been to a small extent only. East India is heavy of disposal, and it is difficult to quote prices with accuracy: the nearest for proof with certificate are 2s 5d to 2s 6d. The purchases made in Demerara have been tri fling, although holders are willing to accept 3s 2d to 3s 8d for strong sorts. All sorts of Jamaica have been operated in with caution by shippers and the home trade, whilst a further fall in the value took place, and holders are anxious sellers—middling quality 30 to 35 per cent over proof at 3s 10d to 4s, good 4s 2d to 4s 4d, and fine to very fine 4s 6d to ss. There has been also a trifling demand for brandy from exporters and the home trade, whilst holders remain anxious sellers upon previous reduced terms INDIGO.—To-day 810 chts have passed the sale. Al. though proprietors have given more support to the marks that passed the hammer this day, prices remain about the same as those quoted in yesterday's report, viz:—Bengal, good and fine 3d to 6d discount, ord and midd par to 3d ditto, low ditto ditto. Of the quantity (10,68 chts) which has passed the sale to this day 1816 chests have been withdrawn, 2,317 bought in, leaving 6,535 chests sold. The quantity bought in this day is 290 chests. YEOMANRY CORPS. SALTPETRE. —By private tr ea ty R oug h h as b een largely dealt in since our last report, and the advanced rates previously established are well supported. CocumEAL.—Privately there has been a good business transacted, and the rates paid are fully equal to those that existed previously; indeed in some cases they are rather higher. The public sale consisted of 118 bags. TALLow.—Prices continue to give way for Russian on the spot, and the town and country trade have operated with much caution. For fine Petersburg Ye Candle 47s 6d to 48s are the prices taken, and at which there is a desire to realise. For forward delivery little has been done, and at 463 6d to 4 0 7 0 5 , there are sellers .for the last three months t 0 4 f 83 on year. Home- made moves off slowly at 47s r 6 ts cl m o ot with the spot, and the supply is large. Other d fine 46s 6d to 4 s South Wales good an little attention, and are offered upon lo w e rso rts met d to middling per stone. 1 1O: 438 to 465. The value of rough Fat is 2s 9 The third ascent of Mr. V AU XHALL-GABDEN I S. Thursday evening. Notwith- Gypsoia's balloon took p aeronaut and his equal]) intrepidity of the which the first ascent was at continued undiminished, and the) valiant associat s e n s d took their places with a magnanitnit) t s e t n cti d d e i d . the accident by entered the car n , g the intrep ve dignified a better cause. The name s of the w g would ba lem en amateurs were Cox we ll and Evans. The ascent -3 was certainly a fine one, and the discharge of fireworks from the machinery beneath the car, brilliant and effective. The balloon, or rather the light which wa s beneath it, continued in sight a considerable time, and had the appearance of a star. The balloon rose to a very considerable height, taking the direction towards the north-east, apparently the track which was taken by Mr. Green's balloon On the evening of the fatal accident to Mr. Cocking. Immediately after the ascent the fireworks in the firework ground were commenced, and at then' conclusion dancing and the usual amusements succeeded. The gardens were crowded with company, amongst whom were many persons of rank and fashion. The arrangements this season have produced a great variet) of entertainment, and a constant succession of talent of different sorts. The great attraction in the early part of the ev en i ng i s the performance of the family of the Lejars, wh ose h orsemanship is peculiar and surprising. There are also a num b er o f m i nor exhibitions, the Tyrolean sin gers , & c ., a ll goo d i n t heir taste for kind. Th fineness of the e ven i ng c o operated w it h the grounds. BRISTOL and the pleasure able to fill the T JULY 21.—There is a BRISTOL SUGAR and several lots have been advance on o t n ill p g re su vi g o ar u: better feeling amongsNe l s t ll r o Bums are at present neglected, rates of 6d. per cwt. Ru asiddeiattoa-nd dealers not considering present Fines satistlwto r y, Bristol gazette' A return has just been presented to the House of Commons of the total expenses of the yeomanry cavalry in Great Britain, from 1842 to 1846. W e select the following details connected with the dif ferent corps in Scotland :—ln 1842, the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 27 officers, and 474 men, cost 4,481/. 42. 4d. ; the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 11 officers, and 223 men, cost 3,150/. I4s. In 1843, the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 2$ officers, and 473 men, cost 2,823 E 19s. 7d. ; the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 officers, and 248 men, cost 1,4401..155. 4d. ; the R oya l Mid-Lothian regiment, consisting of 8 troops, 26 officers, and 379 men, cost 1,968/. is. 9d. In 1844, the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers, and 475 men, cost 2,823/. 9s. 7d. ; the Upper Ward of Lanark shire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 officers, and 251 men, cost 1,355/. 12s. 10d. ; the Royal Mid-Lothian regiment, consisting of S troops, 26 officers, and 364 men, cost 1,9731 18s. In 1845, the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers, and 475 men, cost 2,8541. 16s. ; the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 officers, and 253 men, cost con; 1,379/. 12s. 6d. ; the Royal Mid-Lothian regiment, sistine of 8 troops, 24 officers, and 364 consisting creogstiml7Bll- 2s. 1,9461. 14s. In 1846, the Ayrshire regiment, n 2 4838/. 13s. ; of 6 troops, 26 officers, and 475 men, m 4 troops, 13 officers, and 253 . men, consisting of 8 troops, the Upper `' yard of Lan re ar g k i s m h e ir n e t, re c g o i st the Royal Mid-Lothian regiment , consisting 2 n i s. n 611 1 O g d .° f ; 23 officers, and 357 men, a i cost ingof 2 troops, 6 of f icers, and'At 1,9551. lls. ; the Esq. , cm- st life total charge of the whol o in 1842, amounted to of officers to 845, and the 1 the number 101 704- ; ' to 13,358. In the year 1843 the total number of men to 95 470/. ; the number of charge amounted , officers to r 9l Fg tin i h m eia e n n n' ts of Great Britain , 893, and the number of men to 1 4,311. In 1844 the charge amounted to 87,622/. ; the number of officers to 273, and the number of men to 1 4,189. In 1845 the c h a rge amounted to 82,1821.; the number of officers to 884, and the number of men to 1 4,353. And in 1846 the total charge amounted to 8 7,948/ ; the number of officers to 884, and the number of men to 13,818. THE WEATHER. —In the early part of the week considerable quantity of rain fell, and laid the grain to some extent. Very warm weather has now succeeded ; and will, doubtless, repair the little injury done by the rain. From all quarters the most favourable reports are received. Mr. M:tcqueen, Finga.sk, has sent us a field potato, near!) as large as an orange and perfectly sound. STEAMBOAT RACE FOR 501.—0 n Saturday even: ing a race between the Scottish Maid and Harvest e r ra steamboats, for 251. a side, came off at sea, from o Theder - land Bar and back, a distance of abo h ut buoy at the mouth of the Tyne to the buoy cylinders to the boats wete alike in size, with 25 ic After a gallant engines, equal to about p ow er. 22- horse bmaa winner by about run, the Sew fish Maid came . gone over in one hour halt a mile. Tne distance w w " as - a good deal of spirit in m ff ile t s S . un and twelve mi►.utes. the Durham Chronicle. b e tting, and cons l id h e e r r a e ble sums changed hands.— E EscerFßOMP° tar trial named m theed assizes fur b n s on, who had t a f o rgery upon the railway company at Y armouth, made hescape from the Castle on Saturday. Th e bricklayers is having left for breakfast, Williamson p ut on an apron FROM . committed — A person and so much of their dress as they left behind, and having suitably besmeared his face and hands and other parts with whitening, placed a hod upon his shoulders, an d quietly passed through the doors. He was soon missed, and on the following day was discovered in a den in St. Stephen's. --=Bury Post. CHINESE GnerirrE.—The vessel John o' Gaunt, arrived from Shanghae and Hong -Kong respectively, has brought, in addition to a general' cargo of tea and other Chinese productions, seventy-eight slabs of granite. We know of no former instance of an arrival of this valuable description of atone from the Chinese empire, and this notice of the matter will prove of interest and impor tance. The importation alluded tu took place at the Port Of Liverpool last week. PRICE OF BREAD. Mr. BANKES called attention to a petition from the Rei. IL F. Yeatman, which had been printed with the votes, relative to the sale of bread, and contended that the public were not sufficiently protected, either with re ference to the weight or price of the first necessary of life. He should have submitted a motion to the House on the subject if he could have seen an opportunity of doing so with a chance of being able to carry it. (The Hon. Gentlemen then went into the allegations of the petition. He also moved for a Select Committe to in quire into the fact stated in the petition.) Sir D. L. EVANS said, what the Hon. Gentleman seemed to want was a summary jurisdiction with respect to bakers, and he did not think that such was required for them more than any other trade. Mr. G. HEATHCOTE thought they could not do better during the last moments of the session than to di rect the attention of the public to some means for se curing to the people of the metropolis a loaf at lull weight and at a fair price. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL did not think that any reason had been assigned to justify an alteration of the law respecting the weight and price of bread. Mr. HUME was about to put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs respect. mg the late events in China, when BANKES, amidst much laughter, said he intended to divide the House. (It was now a quarter past two, and it was known that the Queen had arrived.) Lord PALMERSTON said that it would be casting ridicule on the House if, in the last moments, not merely of a session, but of a Parliament, they were to divide on a motion for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into a complicated point of political economy, applied to the daily transactions of life.—(Llear, hear.) That the messenger whom they might shortly expect should find them in the lobby instead of Aiding them in the House would be a proceeding too like a set of school-boys, and one which he hoped the House would not sanction. The House was then summoned by the Usher of the Black Rod to attend at the bar of the House of Lords, to hear her Majesty deliver her most gracious speech on the prorogation of Parliament, and the Speaker, accom panied pro ceededpttnie d b to y the e e greater bar o f th part o of s eo the Memb ers Lords accordingly. present, f The SPEAKER having returned to the House, read the Speech from the Chair, and thus was the business of this, the [mist important Parliament ever assembled since the passing of the Reform Bill, brought to a close. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in State yesterday to the house of Lords to close the session of Parliament with a speech from the Throne. The royal procession was formed in the following order : A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying three Gen tlemen Ushers, Sir Frederick Smith, Mr. Arthur Black wood and Mr. Alfred Montgomery ; the Exon of the Yeomen Guard, Captain Kincaid ; and the Page of Honour, Mr. Gordon. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain the lion. A. H. Gordon ; the Groom of the Robes, Lieut.-Colonel Seymour ; the Silver Stick in Waiting, Col. McDonall ; the Groom in Waiting, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore; and the Page of Honour, Mr. Forbes. A carriage drawn by six bays conveying the Clerk Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget; the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Buckley; the Field Officer in Waiting, Colonel Sir Ord Honyman ; and the Comptrollers of the House hold, Lord Marcus Hill. A carriage drawn by a set of bays conveying the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Viscount Falkland; the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morley; the Lord in Wait ing to the Prince, Viscount Clifden; and the treasurer of the Household, Lord Robert Grosvenor. A carriage drawn by six black horses conveying the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe; the Lord Steward, Earl Fortescue; the Gold Stick in Waiting, the Marquis of Anglesey; and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Marquis of Abercorn. The Queen's Marshalmen, two and two. The Queen's footmen. A party of the Yeomen Guard. The State Coach, conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland ; and the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Norfolk. . ._....._. The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, and the Vice-Cham berlain. The State procession left Buckingham Palace by the temporary garden entrance at twenty minutes before two o'clock, escorted by a party of Lite Guards. The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal Suite, returned to Buckingham Palace at five minutes past three o'clock, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain. The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past three o'clock. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secre taries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Com missioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. At the Council a Proclamation was ordered to be issued for the dissolution of Parliament. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lans downe, and Lord John Russell. The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting; the Treasurer of the Household; the Vice Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. andM Miss Macdonald, Colonelcc . lonald,th s e e) E m ar o l ur. oiMorley, Colonel Buckley', Her Majesty the queen Dowager, attended by her suite, returned to her residence, Bushy Ho use , B ushy Park , on Thurgday night from town. Their Royal Highuesse3 the Duke $l;4 D uok en of KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL. The distribution of prizesto—the pupils of the King's College School, whose acquirements render them en titled to such marks of distinction, took place yesterday in the new hall of the institution. Sir R. Ingis, Bart., presided on the occasion. The following persons occu pied places in the vicinity of the chair:—.lir. Sheppard, Dr. Vivian, the Rev. E. J. Tyler, the Right Hon. E. Gladstone, Mr. Greene, kc. The audience, which chiefly consisted of ladies, was very numerous. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings with a brief address, in which he expressed his conviction that all present were united in a desire to ren d er t hi s annual distribution of priz es b o th interestin g and profitable— interesting to parents, and profitabl e , h e h oped, to those who were the m ore immediate objects of the proceed ings of the day. Before the prizes were handed over to the persons re spectively declared to be entitled to them, the following recitations, in compliance with the request of the chair man, were delivered.— iEschylus—Prometheus, Thompson; Hermes, Bailey; Coryphmus, Fleay. Cicero pro Lege Manilia, Dymes. Addison's Cato—Cato, Fleay; Sempronius, Gibsone; Lucius, Martin. _ Thuicydides—Speech of Hermocrates, Irving. Terence—Chremes, Dickenson; Menedem us, Edwards. Shakspere—Brutus, I:Liaison; Cassius, Cookson. Moliere—Harpagon, Gibsone; La Fleche, Maude. Schiller's Jungfrau von Orleans--Joan of Arc, Harri son ; Lionel, Irving ; Fastolf, Price ; Isabeau, Bacon; Soldier, Ancell. Lucian—Diogenes, Bacon; Alexander, Vallings. Collins's Ode on the Passions, Stapley. Virg. Georg. IV.—Eurydice , Price. Moliere Bacon; A (LeMa i r a i r a p g h e urs Fiuor,e—Sganarelle, Irving; Pancrace,Bailey. Aristuph Ranze— Dionysus, Headland ; X ant hi as, Shakspere—King Henry VIII., T Edwards. Thompson ; Cardi nal Wolsey, Bailey; Suffolk , Price; Norfolk, Cookson ; Surrey, Irving; Cromwell, Stapley; Lord Chamberlain, Gibbes. The audience was enthusiastic in their expressions of Ancell; Charon, Gibbes; Coryphceus admiration of the very great ability displayed by the young gentlemen to whom parts were allotted. Prizes were then distributed to the following pupils:— Upper Sixth Class—E. Thompson, A. Bailey, M. H. Irving, F. Harrison, R. IC. Edwards, T. J. Dymes, C. A. Cookson, F. G. Fleay, E. Headland, G. W. Price, F. A. Stapley, Thomas Dickenson. Middle Sixth Class—l 3. Pigou, C. L. Bayley, W. Stebbing, H. B. Walmisley. Lower Sixth Class—J. I.er, W. J. Stuart, E. E. Biber, J. B. Jones, W. H. Wilkinson, T. R. R. Stebbing. Fifth Class—E. H. Osborn. J. W. V. Blackburn, W. H. Wheeler, George Moody, George Schrader, W. Rich ardson. Upper Fourth Class—W. M. Ord, J. Coming, F. S. Drake, J. W. Tyas, W. K. Hughes, W. H. Middleditch. Lower Fourth Class—H. Gining, E. Cutler, S. Jones, B. Bishop, F. W. Wynn, J. E. Copeland. Upper Third Class—H. Brandon, H. Drake, G. Wins low, F. C. Maude, W. D. Davies, E. W. Seale. Lower Third Class—G. N. Chambers, H. Randall, H. Hayne. Second Class—W. L. Twentyman, W. Summers, A. Vickers, A. B. Hopkins. Upper First Class—J. R. Thayer, J. Vicat, A. E. Dixey, S. C. Arne-bury, R. Forrest, G. A. Webster. Lower First Class—W. W. Duke, A. G. Whitehouse, W. S. Lovej..y. Mathematics—J. G. Fleay, B. W. Gibsone, E. 'Thomp son, E. Headland, M. H. Irving, M. C. Ancell, W. B. Brown, M. M. Fitzgerald, S. Biddle, A. F. Owen, W. S. Cotton, B. Hensman, C. L. A. Farmer. Arithmetic—W. Gandy, G. Schrader, W. Jackson, W. S. Squire, S. Jones, G. E. Dc Mole, 11. Hayne, F. H. Morris, J. R. Thayer, R. Hurst. French—A. Bailey, E. Headland, hi. Carr, W. 11, Wheeler, W. M. Ord, W. K. H ug h e s, H. Brandon' G. Winslow, H. Hayne, C. S. Cadman, F. E. Bacon, J. Sutton. German—G. W. Price, W. A. Michael, H. West, R. J. Knowles, W. Richardson, A. F. Tomlins. Geometrical Drawing—C. W. Eastwood, H. Hender son, andscape L. De ille, .J. Kn W owles. L V Draw ß ing—G. . Price, W. Lightley, E. W. Seale. • As each recipient bore awa y his prize, he was loudly applauded. In conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to Sir R. Inglis for his efficient disch arge of the duties of chair man, and the proceedings terminated. whichM i scanaorew HER MAJEST Y ' S T HEATRE. Th e se ason will close with s in w o a n ct d i e v ,r e fu re l h o e p a e r r s a al. of The Le A fo o t / o % r e i d ng i F c i a g s a t r i o s , remarkable:—Jenny Lind, Susanna ; Castellan, the Countess ; Figaro, Lablache •; Bartolo, Staudigl ; and Cceetti, the Count. FRENCH PLAYS.—Last night her Majesty and hi s Royal Highness Princ e Albert, accompanied by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Hon. Miss Mac donald, Earl Morley, and Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Seymour, honoured the French plays with their pre sence. Mdlle. Rachel appeared in Andromaque. There was a fully and fashionably attended house. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The benefit of Mr. J. M. Stevens, of the free list, will take place on Monday. The entertainments arewell selected, and all the strength of the company will appear. The uniform civility of Mr. Stevens should secure for him a full measure of patronage. SHAKSPEARE'S HOUSE.—Yesterday a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon, of the members of the Stratford Shakspearian Club and the Archmlogical Association, was held in the Town hall, for considering the best means of providing against the destruction of the birth-place of S haks p eare. Dr. Fettigrew, F.R.S., presided. There were also present, Lord Brooke, M.P., Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Sir W. Betham, Baronet, Sir H. Dillon, Sir J. Annesley, Mr. Crofton Croker, Mr. H. Ainsworth, &c., together with many other members of the Antiquarian, Cam den, and other learned societies. The proceedings having been opened by the chairman, and the report of what had been done by the corn mittee, and the co rres p o ndence in which the y had o f S a h n a y k *p otherer an society Society i n s ecuring Shakspeate's house to been engaged ha v i ng b e en read , Dr. Thom pson said , he was sure that nothing would g ive g rea ter pleasure to the than to act with th e mem bersto the country. A report ha d been circulate d th at it i was the intention of certain parties to purchase the house for the purpose of exhibiting it as a travelling s h ow . That report he believed to be a chimera; he was sure that neither Englishmen nor the sons of Englishmen would ever submit to such a degradation.—(Loud cheers.) Sir W. Betham and Mr. Joseph Arden then addressed the meeting, the former moving and the latter seconding a resolution, " That the Archaeological Asso ciation fully entere d into the views expressed by the members of the Shakspearian Club at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the resolution that the committee be requested to communicate with the Archaeological Association, and solicit their co-operation towards forwarding the objects in view." The resolution having been carried unani mously, and several other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, the business of the day concluded. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS.—An order has been received by Mr. Mackenzie, innkeeper, Aviemore, for 16 pairs of horses to take her Diajesty and suite from Fort William to Ardverikie, the lodge of the Marquis of Abercorn at Loch Legg an, about the 14th of August. This seems to settle the point as to the exact period when her Majesty will visit Scotland. Mr. Mac kenzie has received this order through the kind recom mendation, unsolicited, of the Marquis of Abercorn. In verness Courier. THE HoN. AND Ray. G. SPENCER. —We deeply y regret to announce th at this g entlem an , who some ears . back joined the Rom an Catholic Ch urch, and more re cently one of its religious orders, i s lying in a mast dan gerous state from fever, caught in the discharge of his duties among the poor Irish at the monastery of Aston, in Staffordshire. The lat est acc ounts leave sea I me y hope of his recovery. any PAUCITY OF BUSINESS IN THE SHERIFF'S COURT. —There were only three cases fur trial yesterday in the Sheriff's operation Court, in consequence o f the - of the County Courts Act, and in the Secondaries' Court on the previous day there was only one cause. Actions in the supreme courts for sums under 201. have been discon tinued. FEMALE SOLDIERS IN SWITZERLAND. women of the Sonderbund Cantons of Switzerland have formed themselves into a military body, amounting in number to 672. They carry muskets or carbines, have officers, passwords, and, in fact, a complete military org a Dizttitra• i re• o ut lad ot, ,po l ' l 0 1 ' 3, to rOlll t h e vi e, gy be ;ess