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EG E • ; t A L ECI'ION SCrodERSETSHIRE (WEST). , FIRST DAY'S POLL. aloody (C.) 1,844 acwi (C. ( -) r, .. 1,765 oilverie \_.) .„ • 1,183 tscott (L.) ▪ 1,145 14 1 , 101 AVLA \.ja.VIIIII.4I.SroTTII). THE POLL. I\Tewdegate 2,915 Spoon er • • ... 2,451 1_ Leh Sheriff declar e d th e two fi rs t duly elected. SCOTLAND. hee„nom ORKNEY. tiay. ination took place at . Kirkwall on Thurs bond '21.1e ca ndidates are Mr. Anderson and Mr. 46,46,. a5 ' The show of hands was in favour of Mr. IRELAND. CLARE COUNTY. ,_i.en and lir'ne Sheriff has declared Sir Lucius 0 B M ‘ll3 • a ctiarnar a duly elected. Mr. Cornelius rien intends to Ntition, on the ground that his voters were in tirniia.tecl by the Conservative mob. CORK COUNTY. ele cted • and Dr. 13urke Roche Power were re " Sa arday without opposition. KILKENNY COU.N TY. jl el FIRST DAY. 11.5 t u re t e le n r 89 Walsh 87 66 LIMERICK COUNTY. 1144 bit ' luons 11 (C•), d Mr. Smith O'Brien e le a r t ) ' h av e e ben returned. ani Mr. Caleb Powell ens a. petition. LA ur 91 (Eits IN THE NEW PAR 1, LIAMENT. latm,,ealbers of the Bar, re-elected for the new Par .4l";‘-- li;;; °ll ,b3', U. A., dockermouth. CC Buller,rbr it;tvaiei ,131:%(1.1.;* 'Rochester. el:13:1(;e3-srt'tple°drok.el 'Advocate), Liskeard. erip p , e ,„ ,•.r. D., Weymouth. 1) 14' ''gym., Cirencester. tw, 8 , Sir D., S. G., Sutherlandshire. Wm., D um f r i es. tr ee s°ll ' Q.C., Kidderminster. q, l le. T., L ancaster. North Y ' li ght Hon. Si r G. (H ome Secretary), North tr_ tunerla.nd. G., Q. C., Wells. Sir J. W., Bart., Honiton. oir R. H. Oxford University. Lil lis ' Sir J., Knt., A.G., Chester. Nieboll' Bight Hon. G. eSCLmiPib:rrmitd.pg:hl:Uren.iversity. J o cartJ ., „ Q C., Newark. TTan, ° ;, r ,'s N., Q C., Reading. he-74. 1 - 1. W., Q.C., Banbury. h i s ,, i g;r, Sir F., Knt., Q.C., Abingdon. 2, t" n 'e, S. Q.C., Midhurst. Balarristers n ot I , ,efore in Parliament, now returned:- 131.11Z' U.T., 0,4 Northern Circuit, Hull.. _ khp to e c' eler al ; ,‘• Recorder of Folkstone, urn s Recorder E., Q.C„ Western Circuit, South e. ar m ' 144,11:.`TrJhn, Q.C., Haverfordwest. T.E. Equity Bar, Newcastle. It. d., Q.C., Northern Circuit, Whitehaven. art Equity Bar, Horsham. Palm er , o arnuel, Q.C., N or th ern Circuit, Pontefract. T urner , Equity B ar , Ply mou th. 1 74 1; ;, i • Geor ge , Q.C., Equity Bar, C oventry. The Q C., South Shields. kerl y e solicitor-4 now practising, or who have for te), 120r,,,4etd..and have been re-elected, are -' 'Dudle "t' J•Monmouth. ),tires c i i • ~ 4' ThThomas, Macclesfield. u• Chipenh. r= solicitorsp not arn before in Parliament, but now Itt. ty e 'l, are en t , , tll , a rid g e, R Bar ns tap le. 1,0 ". 4 3 ,s till Chevalier, Ipswich. . Charle, Lambeth.—Legal Observer. It .44 I'°"II:I.PERARY ELECTION. . . t 3 Ort ' ol,llfica.tion of the Euglisli reader is . sub d jo b ined a /, 11 4.1- a most characteristic speech delivere sra lt it e fr p :n td ) Y ' e ta er ll tn e e po l s t in o tr man Catholic Cnurch (Archdeacon y , Mr. Scully, one of the successful I n I ti ; to a4 tit aida te_, at the recent election f:or t e earth tretl ' lr l f li r -3 ' of Tipperary. Exeter-hall . raigh_ t . r.114-a:__Parallel oration on the opposite sid e ' with a A eado,;",_4 LArrAN rose, and was greetedk the Times 1 : 41 '.v sh yer "' onrst of acclamation. At t l l . . abl? Ilt " ) i . his pocket, and thr l o i ne ' your speech 644 14,91,:if'said to Mr. Collett "There in te g i o 't with force o M y Lord lsa l ° nit r Yee-"---(Great cheering.) ole \Continued the Archdeacon), I never in the_ eteo., coarse t e ' 11, . Of my life, and it is a long . political life, grtt . A' 1 4 this Court-house with feelings of y 4 o el i h t) tm neo Wl ,. l . ar s e you bringing forward this day, Tory h b 4 .......(Gr,,,, -1 . -I pperary?(Cheers..) I'm ashamed of la i i p a pe i r n ar !; w s- a — rd ( , L r a e u s g p h ee t etare, 1 3 ; . th e 47.41, cheering.) I always like to catch the bull I repe l at, are you r , oral:4on." The man who stood by in the ou d s l i V nd h e o, pendent an u dlord e s of 0t sti,,J when Roebuck called you murderers, an did kr. e" 11 1 ) to defend you." oatlirehdell'l.Err—l did. — (G oans ) 11. reap` -ea nil La.v. -(11.. r . 1 en of Tipperary! et _,_ ,e -•AN----v,,, gent gentlemen h'uarh 111111-- a,Y! Thu4uuth descendants of the Tipperary aristo h at you when ( t au yo ti n are Tories, .I love l you better than g ter)—who will g "...rt. e state 3 are d ro "--Otid cheers confiscated and your children beggars. bit?he 4 naolo i k ? ,inoz Th fe o l s lo e m, E:glish fellows ? the in their bosom. lietei‘_ar.very ill-looking kid ' u tit ill,' .. f human kindness m have not one fellow—(Laughter) ita o ) ght r e . r C )_ ollett)— Arndt Collett commenced writing in his tablet._ . et.,444,llyatFaetaeinollyott' s r n A u N if - - bo P x ut as th ,a a ,e t d a o a w y n io in your tablet, ltey tz tttu g h ter.) Ido regt:et, my Me b ean of theold i d p a p i e e r , a t r o y a .— ee hk o , stock of the aristocracy LerdBu'il coming to liesr,\., i a man whom they do not know.—(Hear, hk• 1 ", care not for the Whigs It. ;' to tne ~ 0 or Tories; o n sell and , i q i r• m snappish Roebuck to Lord e J a o ll h e n d Le, a, landlords e r t. Roblert Yeel.—(Cheers.) . t ie11 0w...„ aulre and, wholesale murdere T rs h ; ey a c n_d did tl,sthter,) ip', ghter)—stand up for you? . Loud "trik y o „ . Don ,U be looking so angry at me, sir; don't ,- uil iniimidate me Mr. John Bull.—(Cheers.) fat:(l:4s really laughable' to . see the astonished, con nch it la negerry looks of Mr. Collett, who did not expect T h ,.. , . ation from the Very Rev. Gentleman.] nut of I;acithEacox (smil'ilg) lam glad Roebuck is with cb.i v a : rliaineot- When ' he charged the landlords ther e . • tng out their it ~ , did ~,,., _. unfortunate tenants, and starving dt:Lar?_....(tiou'dsteahned up then, Mr. Collett, and call him y ord S "h: :Stilt y ou reneeflrSHl.llll)saoidooli lo n h i n w h m ull ? ii He said, 3 ' °ll (le - ery w , ll, for he td de oyster and gave _., . PPerary, " 'ti shell; ' v er y ea elandlords oud laughter.) liter But, Tory Yonr candidate was ) tur t n o e r d out of Lincoln, wttft.tittlYou thought out tletaeenfr3ing Pan il in i to ,lioeedfireen. enough for gen Mead; are 3'ou---are you not ashamed of yourselves? btr- cheeks I see the crimson blush mantling on %,it7 heeks--you can't conceal it —your hearts are not (Lotti ° . ll. tongues —you are partly Irish after all.— with , ( ; ) ne f ers.) If you return Collett, he will laugh Nu e " r4s . l2 aPt at you ; and when your estates are I.e .ed like lemon, he will damn you for a set of beggarly raseals.(Loud laughter.) Collett, did you Di d hear that Irishmen had tails?—(Loud laughter.) t , you ever hear that the bretal 7 imes called us the vloedy priests?—(Groans.) .., M. COLL ETT (good humo ured l 3 . )—Do you sa y your vrayers? The ARCHDEACON —We do say our prayers, and I'll snake you say yours before I am done with you.— (Laughter.) It is a sad day when we see men with their ears a n d e y es o p en, se l ect such a man as their cao didate for Tipperary.—(Hear.) I would take toy po, litieal enemy by the hand ; I would shako hands with Er, Mr. Collett, if you'd let me—(L aug ht er )—b ut, to e ll nd or foe who would abuse me, t I would say, " G o along, you scoundrel." I could support Lord J o h n Ituas ell, my Lord Suirdale; and n) I will tell you why. Be c ause he starved 2.000,000 of my fellow-countrymen.worefused , (Groans f or t h e P rem i er ). A scoundrel h ''' send two vessels of war to bring .d fo t o h d e to A t m h e e r s ie t a a o rv a in d g o And what di I)" ? le • — (Groaning). was never soiled ?- ---,, g orious America ?—(Loud cheerin—the land of le brave, where freedom's sod do ? The cPreat cheers.) What did brave America ----with food, resident, the Government, the people,sent theirbest alliPs, manned with their noble Yankee sailors—(Cheers) e„P Premier of 113 1 ) are this with the conduct of the pigmy r not bomb-shells, to our shores.—(Cheers.) l a nd-, the r o tt en R usse ll . —(G roans .) " dirlter. C OLLETT—Say somet hi ng a b ou t y o ur own can e•---(Groans.) The A la m not done yet,—(Laughter.) 0„_ R CHDEACON— Moen source of the great revenue of England is . derived aPttl their cast-off clothes, and they send us their cast-off , (-_eraber, saying, ~ He'll do well enough for Paddy. %.lughte stood for Lincoln, Mr. Collett—what's y oh r., You th mr I:lam e ? John ?—(Laughter.) I'm sorry that . e Y did not send us a handsomer specimen of the cast-off nloth 1.. -es than you any way.—(Laughter.) You're not itlf ' (Loud - laughter.) 1 h as handsome as my man.— (l e -a ve here the Times of the 30th of July, that's the 5 , 6 3 ' You showed your nose in Lincoln—(Laughter) —and 1.: 4 made your debut very smart.—(Loud laughter). ir11in....0.1n contains 1,859 voters—Colonel Sibthorp opposed ki ,he headed the poll. Surely they must have the in'leoief's opinion of you when they elected Sibthorp 10.. preference to you.—(Loud laughter.) Well, how a nY voted for • ? I'll tell—out of 1,859 voters you Cot 2.• )ou ' --(Renewed laughter). And, after that, you comp to r A Ipperary, to try the Tipperary boys. 1 ` °lcE—Oh, what a chance he has!—(Renewed an ghter.) be 4. RCHEEACON—IIe has, indeed! Why, I have „ te a list of voters for my own two parishes, and there ..re i, histhose two parishes alone a majority of seven over . ...., whole sorry supporters in the barony of Middlethird. a itni a ( ci l l i9l ud o e it e . r_s) Put that i• 1 your pipe, Mr. Collett. (Laughter.) Eketors of' Tipperary, h e ring to propose as a candidate a young man, and (Laughter not a bit the worse for being a Roman Catholic. — how Ve t t%) A man was never the worse for knowing CI Vless him self. —(Cheers.) He is 14 band69lne o - nd g beL ri at t bet 331 is esP ec " • or the °fen utionld w ere vecl to .is st i c e d ty ich ta other . were . , ser ve , . a so"'' neigh" o ut •udg bet of the t 1 for Cu °r ,o O rs itt , the for ks o tion , Y re , b 0 oe• to 1116 , or the ', to the a: s 5 fellow, too.—(Laughter.) I beg leave to propose Francis Scully as a fit and proper person to represent Tipperary. —(Loud cheers.) His father, the late James Scully, was, at the worst of times, at the head of the Catholics of this county.—(Cheers.) In 1828, the year before Catholic Emncipation—of w hi c h mea sure, my Lord, your Lord ship's ancestors were the most strenuous advocates — Dr. I3URKE-A cheer for the old Hutehinsons.—(Loud cheers.) The ARCHDEACON—I remember in Dr. Burke's pre sent chapel the late lamented O'Connell, may God be merciful to him!—(Sensation.) Pray for him, Mr. Collett.—(Laughter.) Dr. BURRE—If he knows how.—(More laughter.) The ARCHDEACON—The late Daniel O'Connell was present—James Scully was in the chair. " I am de lighted," said the Liberator, " to see you in the chair, James Scully, as the brother of the distinguished author of the ' Penal Laws.'—(Loud cheers.) We must have fair play ; we'll beat him into rags , so that his E n g lish friends won't know him.—(Hear and laughter.) They'll say, " Can this be the Collett that stood for Lincoln ?" —(Loud laughter.) Electors of Tipperary, you'll do your duty ; we want Ireland for the Irish. (Loud cheers.) Our standard is the green flag of Erin.—(Tre mendous cheering.) " On our side is virtue and Erin ; The friends we have tried Are by our side, And Collett is before us."—(Loud cheers.) I am speaking at random (Laughter)—but I had a very good speech prepared, and you, Mr. Coll'-tt, spoiled it—(Laughter)—by coming up at the eleventh hour with your bamboo head. (Laughter.) I really believe it's not the first good thing you spoiled.— (Laughter.) Sir Joseph Yorke, in the House of Com mons at one time said, that if Ireland was four and twenty hours under water, it would be peaceable, and not till then. Little Johnny Russell has adopted a dif ferent plan; he adopted starving them in millions.— (Loud groaning.) You may go home to Lincoln, Mr. Collett; do you live near it?—(Laughter.) Go home and tell them from us we are Irish—the descendants of the old Spaniards.—(Cheers.) You are not a Spaniard, you are more like a Creole.—(Loud laughter.) Tell them from us that we are not to be trampled upon — (Cheers)—that we repudiate both Whigs and Tories; and if Old Nick had both of them Old Ireland would be much better off.—(Laughter.) We are moral force Re pealers.—(Tremendous cheering.) We are the disciples of the Great O'Connell—he of European fame.—(Loud cheers.) We are his followers, and though he is dead, we will hoist his banner for repeal, liberty, and Old Ire land.—(Great cheering.) I have great pleasure, my Lord and electors of Tipperary, in proposing Francis Scully as a fit and proper representative for gallant Tipperary. —The venerable Archdeacon resumed his seat amidst the loudest demonstrations of applause. HER MAJESTY'S MARINE EX- CURSION. PEMBROKE, AUG. 14.—At 3.45 P.M. the Prospero mail-steamer (which had on Friday noon been ordered to lie off St. Anne's Head to await the arrival of the royal squadron) signalled the squadron, and precisely an hour afterwards they had entered Milford Haven, coming to an anchor off Allifoid, the Dockyard fort firing a royal salute. The squadron passed Friday night at the Scilly Isles, being prevented by fog from touching at Fal mouth. The Queen came on deck and was heartily greeted by her Welch subjects, who, after cheering her Majesty, called for the Prince of Wales, when hearts, hands, and voices were united to express the delight felt by her loyal Britons. The Earl of Cawdor waited on her Majesty on her arrival and took with him a Welch girl in the costume (hat, jacket, &c.), much to the amusement of the royal party. A few minutes afterwards the Prince, accompanied by his suite, together with the Earl of Cawdor and the Captain-Superintendent of the Dockyard, went on board the Fairy, and proceeded up the river to the Dockyard, where they landed and went round the establishment. The fort again fired a royal salute as the steamer passed. They then rode up in the Superintendent's carriage as far as Bush-hill, to have a view of the castle and tawn of Pembroke. The Prince alighted, and seemed to enjoy the scenery very much. They then returned and embarked on board the Fairy, steamed down to the royal yacht, and came to anchor about half-past 7 in the evening. It is not known whether the royal party will remain to-morrow (Sunday), or proceed to the coast of Scotland. Rumour says they will visit the Earl of Cawdor to-morrow, and start on Monday morning. CARNARVON, SUNDAY, AUG. 15. To-day at one o'clock the squadron was descried out in Carnarvon Bay, and the movements of the vessels were immediately signalled from the pilot station at Llanddwyn. It was soon manifest that her Majesty intended to pass through the Menai Straits. As her Majesty had been fully expected on the pre vious day everything was in readiness. Colours were hoisted on all the principal buildings—the Porth-yr-aur, Custom-house, Town-hall, &c., and the various vessels in the harbour and straits were gaily decorated. About half-past two o'clock the Fairy yacht, with her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of % ales, the Princess itoyal, and suite, steamed up to the front of the town. One man-of-war steamer only accompanied the royal yacht, the Victoria and Albert and the other vessels, forming the escort, having passed round by llolyhead ; but several Li verpool steamers followed in the wake, having large pleasure parties on board. On arriving off the town, the Fairy lay to for ten minutes, when a royal salute was fired from the Coed-helen guns, and from a bat tery on the pier-head. The quays, town walls, pier head, and every available spot of ground were crowded with people, all anxious to obtain a view of the royal party, who, however, were not distinctly visible, owing to the distance ,from the shore. Mr. Turner, the Mayor, and several other gentlemen, paid their respects on board. Before the salutes had finished the Fairy got under steam, and proceeded on her passage down the straits, having a pilot for the pas sage of the Swillies on board. A. pilot for the navi gation of Carnarvon bar had joined the yacht at Mil ford. The non-arrival of her Majesty on the previous day had caused great disappointment, numbers of persons having arrived from a distance for the pur pose of seeing the squadron pass. It is expected the yacht will anchor fur the night in the Cross Roads. THE INFLUENCE OF THE BANK ACT IN PRODUCING THE PRESENT PRES SURE.—No. — E NI TO TEDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—ln considering the present difficulties which oppress the money market, a n d interfere so prejudi ciallywith the commerce o f th e coun try, it is exceed ingly important to draw a strong and a conspicuous line of distinction between the radical and the acces. gory causes out of which the evils have arisen. An impatient and indiscriminate vehemence, which should expend itself in animadversions upon the Bank Char ter Act as the exclusive parent of the severe incon venience from which the country suffers, would not in any sense be creditable either to the candour, the reason, or the discretion of those who gave it the be nefit of their concurrence. There can hardly be a question among dispassionate observers, that the influ ence of this supererogatory law has been most per nicious, and that it has added very seriously to the difficulties of a crisis which certainly did not require the aid of any extraneous complication. It is most desirable, therefore, that the faults of vicious legisla tion should not be palliated or obscured by an intem perance of accusation unable or unwilling to discrimi nate between inevitable and artificial causes 'of commercial disturbance. If we can fairly apportion the results upon this basis, and with this object, we may conclude with some confidence, that a judgment so obviously impartial and so sedulously just will not pass uaheeded by a community distinguished by an habitual respect for fair argument and an honourable sensitiveness to its force. It may very readily be conceded, that the competi tion raised by the railway companies for the use of capital, both as direct calls upon the proprietors, and as loans negotiated with the public, has become so extensive as to exert a powerful influence upon the market rate of interest. If the rate of interest was, say four per cent. before a railway demand of the magnitude of thirty millions per annum came upon the country, the fact of that demand is an intelligible reason why the rate of interest should advance to a higher figure. But it is scarcely an intelligible reason why the general advance of the rate of interest should produce the same violent effects as the measures of coercion which are connected with the last stages of an adverse exchange. A feeling is very prevalent, which with some in consistency appears to be equally alarmed at the oc currence of one of those gluts of capital when 1 or 2 per cent. is obtained with difficulty, and at the revival of a demand which again restores a more natural relation between the lending and borrowing portions of the community. There is a general uniformity of opinion as to the ultimate mischief of capital over-easily and cheaply obtained; but there is no well defined test as to the position in the scale of advance of that line of distinction which separates a period of exuberance from one of healthy facility, or which, again, distinguishes this latter condition of the money market from a period when the rates of discount have attained a degree of inflation ruinous to the successful prosecution of the ordinary branches of trade. It is not in the nature of the phenomena that there should be such a certain and definite test. Nor in this country is it probable that we ever suffer from a state of things when the quantity of loanable capital in existence is positively inadequate, except at ruinous prices to meet the legitimate demands for its use. The derangements of our money market are those of panic and alarm. We encounter periods when in the words of the late Mr. Rothschild, " the appre hensions of capitalists are excited, and they withdraw themselves altogether until quiet is restored." The exorbitant prices paid for accommodation during these seasons of excitement are not so much a correct index of the relative scarcity of money, as premiums fairly due to the lender for the augmented risk with which circumstances have suddenly surrounded nearly all the branches of his business. lam far from say ing that extremities do not sometimes occur, when, as the condition of avoiding a greater and more per manent evil, there is no escape from one of these desperate and disastrous disturbances of our whole commercial economy. It is the duty, as most assuredly it is the interest, of ou r legislation to establish regulations which, as far as possible, shall diminish the frequency and mitigate the violence of these unhappy disruptions of all the roles of ordinary sagacity and circumspection. This is t he species of merit which, before long, will be held paramount to all others in the consideration of schemes of cur rency management ; and it is precisely because the existing law, so far from giving us any better protec tion against these exacerbated crises, does, in point of fact, promote their multiplication and intensity, that it is so obviously and so justly obnoxious to the severest tone of criticism. There is abundant evidence that the elevation of the rates of interest at the Bank of England on the 2d August inst. was a measure almost totally unex pected by the commercial community. During the preceding week the abundance of money in Lom bard-street, at the then existing rates, was quite adequate to the applications for it, and there was no symptom of uneasiness until the publication of the return of the 24th July excited an apprehension that, with so small a reserve in the banking department, and with the improbability that it would receive any important increase from a further decline in the out standing circulation, the directors might feel it neces sary to adopt some measures of restraint. The acute sensation produced by the events of April has not yet been much impair e d by l a p se o f time, and it can excite no surprise that any reasonable fear of the repetition of similar difficultie s and perils should bring the principle of self-preservation into most active exercise, and at once place the money market under the influence of one of those alarms when, as I have endeavoured to explain, the rate of interest ceases to be the true index of the quantity of capital in existence, and becomes a premium of insurance against an imminent but undefined hazard of losing the principal advanced. It appears to me, there fore, that altogether apart from the general question as to whether the demand for advances had come so far to preponderate over the supply of capital as to lead naturally to a rise in the rate of interest, the rise which has oc curred, supposing it to be legitimate, has been accom panied excitementby a altogether sudden n disproportionate e s sand severit y of t o tension the o occa sion—and sion—and that this suddenn ess and severity are wholly and exclusively the consequences of the pre sent Bank Act. By this Act the directom are mere passive instruments for giving audible utterance to the effect of a numerical rise or fall of the reserve of the banking department. When that reserve has fallen to a certain depth of exhausti on, the functions of the establishment cease and determine. 'The public 1 1 in April last had an opportunity of beholdiing a p irtial reduction of this theoretical outline into bond fide practice. The lesson has not been thrown away, and no merchant can now be accused of nervous timidity who feels himself in the midst of perils when the Bank directors, in obedience to the prer_,ent ruth less legislation, have intimated in the 'usual form that it is only a narrow margin which separates them from the positive rejection of all furt'aer discount business. In a few words, then, we are indebteal to the Act of 1844 for the sudden and unexpected interference of the Bank with the course of the m oney market, and for the association with that interference of a degree of perplexity and alarm such as,, under other circumstances, would be reserved for the extreme stages of a foreign drain of bullion. There are two objections which may be started to this conclusion—it may be said, first, that, in the ab sence of the present stringent laws, the !Hank would have permitted its treasure to descen , l to a most hazardous point of exhaustion; and seccmdly, that to the same influence we are beholden 'ior an action upon the money market so decisive as to impose an effectual barrier to the further progres:a of no small portion of the railway expenditure. With your permission these topics may form the subject of another letter.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, LOUIS D'OR. Aug. 14, 1847. RAILWAY ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.—M. Klein, who was sent to Bogota to treat with the Go vernment of New Granada for the establishment of a railway across the Isthmus of Panama, has returned to France. He has completely succeeded in his mission, having obtained most advantageous conditions for the company ho represented. The works will shortly be commenced. _ The following arrangements have been effected in consequence of the vacancy of the collectorship of cus toms at Inverness :—Mr. J. Waters, now collector at Boston, to be collector at Inverness ; Mr. W. Delap, comptroller at Sligo, to be collector at Boston ; Mr. t , I . .1 (i C e l a tEo r r k , a tc FORCE ll a e i c d t 0 0 0n r . F._ a t ioi‘b M i As e a Gr l iv d Ne o rA n . 1 , I to o be comptroller at newr‘papers that collector Mr. J. Bennett, collector at Bridlington, to be THE singularaeni3r,eumstance is one of man N y .— tha T t h o e ccu f r ol i l v o i w th i o n u g t ceived from Captaayi. finding Upon tatting publicity, ,i.sre re a d y notwithstanding tosna pup eve th ry e n umber o f inconsider able trifle of the Ramsgate, two ladies, one of them discovered, Corbin. The captain, as is his We relate the fact as it was re wont, went his rounds n among the passengers to receive the amount demanded from their fares. to Margate. Captain Corbin, and not, as she thought, e , e seeing her sudden alarm, in consequence, that was comparatively she was on her way to assured her that the ditferenn the utmost dread of the o.h er . Lrd but little no thing, as the weather was fine and that fe in a little glass. She, however, expressed the sea as smooth as North Foreland. Captain Corbhnina fur ther on the subject, naturally time she would laugh at her ill-grou n u cl n e g d wa a s rs. Upon being told by her companion that she ‘ North Foreland," the lady in question fell baclt‘ off i the fainting fit, from which she never rocovered. She nt was a removed from out the steamer (the Little Western) upons its arrival at Ramsgate, and placed in a fly by order 1) the cqt•ain, who himself obt;ined apartutA=nts for the in. sensible lady and her di , tracted sister. E r , ). ear, a'',, attention was paid her, but she died the same e ven i ng an extraordinary instance of the folly of allowing the mind to be overcome by horrors of its own creating.— Canterbury Journal of Saturday. COURT CIRCULAR. Major-General Bowles left her Majesty's marine resi dence, Osborne, Isle of Wight, yesterday morning, for town. The Dowager Lady Lyttleton remains at Os borne with their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena. The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan returned to town yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Jamaica, and also for the Governors of the other West India colonies. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Fire Queen steam yacht, Lieutenant Commander C. R. Johnston, having on board the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Captain Eden, Private Secretary ; and Colonel Irvine, Director-General of Engineering and Architectural Works to tree Admiralty, ran the dis tance between the Needles and Alderney-roads in five hours. The Earl of Auckland landed with Captain Eden, and surveyed the breakwater (Wednesday) which is in the course of construction at that place, and afterwards visited other points of the island, leaving on Thursday morning for Guernsey, where the First Lord again landed, and remained some hours inspecting all the available points for defence. His Lordship left Guernsey about six P. M. for Jersey, where he arrived in two hours afterwards, a distance of twenty-eight miles. His Lordship, accompanied works are i by Captain Eden and Colonel Irvine, proceeded on shore about half -past eight r. M., and on Thursday mornin g 1 • v,l.Lcd. va • the island, here progress riou ors p p r a o r j t e s o t o e d f . theT The e is F la i n r d e Q w u h e e e ri i ; left the Victoria-pier, p l ier, Jersey, about twelve o'clock, and and proceede. Irvine, and er uey Bay, at the N.N.E. point of proceeded to after planning sundry the Earl of Auckland, Colonel Captain to Eden and Mr. Watkin embarked, Bouley where e they disembarked, and returned view the island of Ecrihow, and Bay,improvements, returned to to St. Belier's in Fire Queen, after acliriages' as the nearest route. The the other official persseombarking the First Lord and Helier's with all speed to fleet proceeded also for St. The Amphitrite, 26, Captain R. Eden, is all ataunt, presents a very fine servicabl:naanpned. She already doubtless prove a very comfortable- earance, and will economical ship. as well as a very The Trincomalee, 26, sister ship to the above, Warren, is also progressing as fast as possibleve, Capt. equipment, but shortness of hands is a princ*Ta in h er l cause of her tardiness in other respects. The Fury steam-sloop,Commander Wilcox, is in th basin fitting for sea rapidly. She has had a thi r d' mast fitted, which improves her appearance. She will sail to the Cape, and most likely thence to the East Indies. The Centaur steam-frigate, alongside the basin, is now ready for commission. A captain is expected to be appointed to her daily. The Bee steam-vessel, for the use of the students of the Royal Naval College and the Excellent, is receiv ing a new tubular boiler, having worn her old one out The Geyser steam 'sloop, Commander Brown, is fitting for sea in the basin. The Cambria n , 36, C a pt a i n Pl u mridge, is alongside thejetty to receive the necessary fitments for her com mission, and the accommo d a ti on o f G ene ral Sir Harry Smith, family and staff. ERRATUM.—Li the report of the meeting of the Charing-cross -bridge Company, on the 13th inst., the name of the newly-elected director should have been given as Coles Child, Esq., not Gilechill Esq. The son tence, wheu corrected, wit 9 read thus:—Colo'_; of 13ronn1ey, Kent, a magis.trate and deputy-lieutenant of that county was (with Eeiward English, Esq., of Guild ford-street, Itussell•sgtyare,) elected a director of the Company. LoVEION; TTIFIADA_Y VVPNINCT, AUT4U`Si 1 ;7 7: 18414. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—If the document emanating from the Prussian Cabinet, which we published a few days ago, were understood to comprise the sum total of the results of the late Diet, the most sincere well wishers of King Frederic William IV. would be con strained to admit that the amount of business trans acted, and the importance of the measures carried, fall much below the solemnity of the occasion. To convoke GOO gentlemen in Berlin from all parts of the Prussian dominions, and keep them in full debate for eleven weeks, was rather more than was necessary, if the Diet simply negatived all the proposals of the Government on the one hand, and the Government has evaded or ignored all the demands of the Diet on the other. But if the proceedings of the late Diet of Berlin are obnoxious to this kind of criticism, we hasten to add that we by no means underrate the im portance of the moral consequences of what ha s been accomplished and ex hibi te d t o the nation and to the world. In sp i te o f a ll the apprehen sions and uncertainty which attended the convo cation of this assembly, we have seen a body of men whose moderation and good sense were only equalled by their eloquent language and their enlightened opinions ; we have heard the unanimous declarations of the Diet in favour of the existing institutions of the Prussian monarchy, and of all that tends to main tain the nationality and vigour of that kingdom ; we have nowhere discovered any tendency to revolu tionary innovations or a spirit of disaffection, and even the Ministers escaped in a remarkable manner from those legitimate attacks which it is their busi ness to encounter in such popular assemblies. In a word, the Diet lent the whole strength of the nation to the support of the Crown and of the King's Go vernment, and it seemed never for an instant to have forgotten that the duties of loyalty and order ought to be paramount in the Legislature of a monarchical state. By the Prussian people and by the rest of Europe the conduct of the Diet has been appreciated as it deserved to be; but we cannot think that the Prussian Government has done full justice to the mo deration which guided its whole conduct. To sum up impartially on both sides, the Diet leaves a great, dignified, and honourable impression of the mind; whilst the demeanour of the Prussian Cabinet has been from first to last uncertain, petulant, and by no means equal to the emergency. It would have been easy for the leading members of the popular assembly to have raised and directed a party which would have routed the Ministerial forces in a week, and compelled the King to seek for other advisers. But whatever the country may have thought of iota Ministers, they were on all occasions treated with as much respect as if their policy commanded the approbation of the Diet. The truth is, that all the Ministers are, like the public chieflytamhn melee d i er h e t o hpw n ee ieyrt fromssithioo anu i daint personal eenrcxno3hp,tuai formidableegorr n hai ec s t rt ne r et asono existence. xa w ri thessr,htioeeeundnnnce wounds e ; servants in Prussia generally, me n o f hi g h c h arac t e r ,evi y bm, ohul e tstt ihrcrt machi neryreeacosldapuneigtnch cannot w ttf ' hb( a ve s e extended so far as to justify their political conduct upon a review of the whole transaction. It was a great and an impracticable inconsistency in the Prus sian Monarchy to educate and arm the people, and to confer on them the exercise of extensive municipal rights, without extending to them any portion of political power ; but that inconsistency would be rather increased than diminished if the same exclu sion from political power were still maintained against the representatives of the people, after they had been formally convoked in the Diet of the kingdom, and after they had shown the utmost moderation and aptitude in the performance of their duties. Very naturally, they assert that the first of those duties is to define their political power. They are called together in pursuance of pledges repeatedly given, and the manner of their assembly is studiously copied from that of the estates from which they trace their descent. It is clear that their legitimate powers cannot be less extensive than those of their forefathers, or those contemplated and s e c ured to them by pledges of a more recent date. Those powers, therefore, they will contend for and eventually obtain. For it must be remembered, as one of the principal consequences of the Diet of 1847, that henceforward the United Diet of Prussia has a permanent existence. It can no longer perish. Whether it be sitting or adjourned, the hopes of the people and the strength of the State rest on its future deliberations and on its votes. Whether its powers be latent or acknowledged, they are in being ; and at the first emergency, to them the appeal must be made. In other words, the political destinies of the country are in their hands. The last observation we would make on this subject is to point out the strange confusion which exists in the minds of wary continental statesmen, and probably of the King of Prussia himself, on the subject of constitu tional government. They speak of a surrender of the absolute rights of the prerogative, as if that in volved an inevitable weakening of the powers of government. They forget that for every por tion of individual authority which may fall away they receive the benefit of a collective energy and a multi• plied co-operation. They do not at once see that no arbitrary Government, which is always acting without the express support of its subjects, and perhaps in opposition to their will, can ever accomplish those great tasks or realise those vast designs which re quire the conjoint action of a whole people ; and they have yet to learn what the strength of that power is which a Minister derives from the majority of a free nation. There is, it is true, no halting place between absolute power or constitutional responsibility. Ministers must either act with the undivided autho rity of the Sovereign whom they serve, or they must have the direct support of the people whom they govern. A Cabinet is worthless and powerless which is first tutored by a Prince, and afterwards tolerated by a people. But that is a state of transition which cannot be of long duration. The Prussian Govern ment will be wise enough to discover that its true strength lies for the future in the support of a ma jority of the Diet; and we have no doubt that time and moderation will bring the councils of the Crown into more perfect harmony with those of the nation. CIIRONICLE.—The results of the county elec tions in Ireland indicate the political temper of that country even more strikingly than the borough re turns. The facts are well worthy of notice, and most especially worthy of the notice of English statesmen. The conclusion which they all establish is, that the feeling in favour of a Repe a l o f the Union, or, in other words, the tenden c y to l oo k anyw h ere ra ther than to England for the cure of Irish evils, is as strong in the hearts of the Irish people at this mo ment as when the multitudes assembled at Tara and Mullaghmast, and when a leader still lived to give utterance and intensity to the national aspirations. There can be no room for doubt that the Repeal pas sion is alive and powerful amongst the Irish, and its vitality is the more evident from the circumstance that all these exhibitions of it are the result of local and apparently unconnected impulses. There has been no central power worth speaking of at work, no general organization. The Repeal Association has been little more than a name. It has had nei ther mind nor money for the arduous business of giving direction to a popular movement. But for the audacity of Mr. Reynolds, the metropolitan city would have been as cool as a cucumber, while the greater part of Ireland was raging in the fever of Repeal. In dealing, howeve r, with these confused and tumultuous heavings of popular passion, it is not unimportant to notice the position and cha • ratter of the parties who, though they have little real control over the movement, are most prominent in connexion with it. These may be separated into nn ft of whir.h is friendly and the other hostile to the present Government. We may take this as the broad practical distinction between them— that the former is disposed to give Ministers a general support, and to enjoy the benefit of their patronage, while the latter declares the acceptance of Ministerial favours treason to the Repeal cause, and opposes the Government with the most deadly enmity. The " Old Ireland" party, which includes the sons of Mr. O'Connell, has only the strength which arises from that popular name, and from the countenance of the priesthood. The form er th is o n li o c t soc.lerglfytheyliaerlgder p to ortion m o r f . p e o le li m ti e c n al t of al p l o eg w i e a r ne is e esvimanielasr ctheent, latter t O o 'C t o h n a n t ell' w s hifcahniilytheay rendered to himself it may still be possible, at least f or a ti me , t o prevent the main cu rrent of the Repeal feeling from being directed into d an g erous channels. Mr. O'Con nell's successors may not exactl y p ossess his sagacity and discretion, but they may be presumed to be at least as willing as he was to keep Repeal for the Corn Exchange, and to use Parliamentary influence for the enforcement of practical measures. So far as there but it is a party which would be is any central influence, it appears to be in the hands powerthe clergy, nationality, mwohh eyn w ia analysed, a y s of this party art w y i as politicians, appear to grow from day to day less ;thout the clergy, and united. Except in one or two localities, the other section of Repealers, which is called " Young Ire land," appears to be not only powerless, but positively unpopular. This, beyonda l question, is a curious fact. Young Ireland, which in its fierce and almost m ight be supposed . to be in perfect har mony hatred of England, and in its fanaticism for with the popular feeling, can scarcely show however, the thing is not so policemen without twine . to call against the mob. itself upon any hustings, nor even walk the streets, Young Irela nd can create a poetry surprising. movement, and can vivify +lle,n utt• minces of th e coarse an , I fhoirstortichael Repeal l on s by its lit erary power, but it wants tact and discretion, and its b allads an d its oratory are rath er attempts to create a new spirit w hich now exists. Th e se t o f ge , J . or' ,;;Ition)/iti.'i vulgar sentiment htloetmaetnpNrvehsoentcommporoe dangerous than th e i r r i va l s ,. I t Young Ireland, th ere f ore, • are would be a gr i evo us mistake, however, to take, it for granted that they cannot become dangerous. Already they have powerful allies amongst the young, and they fraternize easily with the Conservative converts to Repeal, who bring to it the influence of property. The wind of popular favour is now against them, but before a twelvemonth is over we may see it filling their sails: Their determined denu n ciations of place-hunting; are :very likely to tell in the long run, for it required nothing less than the magical power of O'Connell himself to make fide lity to the Repeal cause appear compatible with the solicitation of places from an Anti-Repeal Government. IVe do not hesitate to say, however, that if Ire land is ever to be raised out of the slough of despond in which she is now plunged, the bestowal of place ought not to be made thus subservient to the extension of 'political influence. The immediate gain is purchaSed at . a frightful cost. That de bauchery of the public mind which is the result of stimulating the appetite for place-hunting, may be come, if it is not already, one of the most formidable obstacles to good government in Ireland. Steady tastes for the ordinary pursuits and labours of life, and that impulse which seeks an improved condition through industrial enterprise, are the mental quali ties to be promoted amongst the Irish. A Govern ment honestly desirous for the social advancement of such a people would take pains to turn their thoughts towards any other mode of living rather than its own appointments. It would reduce the number of ex pectants by every practicable expedient. It would make its selections in all cases with the least possible delay, to prevent suspense and the growth of vain hopes. It would give a flat negative at the first word to all improper applications, and instead of keeping crowds hanging about its offices in idleness, and wasting the time of its functionaries with useless interviews, it would at once drive the nine out of every ten who must be ultimately disappointed to betake themselves to some honest calling. These principles have not only not been observed, but resolutely violated by nearly all Irish Governments, and the consequence is that the place-hunting pauperism of Ireland has become almost as great a social evil as the system of public works. We may give one illustration. Under Sir Robert's Act for creating new colleges there are some twenty, or at most thirty, professorships to be disposed of. For these thirty places it is currently reported that there are upwards of one thousand applicants. In this case alone, therefore, a thousand educated men are hanging in expectation upon the Government. They have been so for about two years, and it is said that one year more will elapse before the appointments are made. It is needless to insist upon the bad habits of mind which must be engendered by such delay in this large mass of persons. An Irish Government ought to be as far from encouraging a moral plague of this sort as from promoting the spread of cholera or fever. If it could not make these college appoint ments at once, we may feel sure that it might at least have dismissed at once nine-tenths of the appli cants as unqualified, leaving a qualified remnant for the selection. Such promptitude would not subserve mere party interests, because it would convert nine hundred friendly expectants into as many disappointed foes, but it would be a wholesome medicine for one great social malady of Ireland. ADVERTISER.—The present state of our com mercial and monetary relations with America is not sufficiently understood. Great misconceptions exist on the subject where correct views might be expected to prevail. For the last eight or ten days apprehen sions have been entertained, that we were about to be subjected to another severe and continued drain of specie in consequence of the demands of the United States for our gold. The alarm is groundless. No man who looks below the surface of things could share in it. The exchanges have not been quoted lower than 5 per cent. Their highest rate is 6i. It is of importance to observe, that no transaction is re presented as having taken place at 5 per cent. Bills are only said to be offered at that rate. But what sort of bills ? Only those of a very questionable character. There is no instance given in which transactions have taken place at less than 51 per cent.,—none at least in paper that would even be looked at. Good bills . are not to be had under 6 per cent., a rate of exchange which, with the in creased rate of discount now charged by the Bank of England, the expenses of insurance, freight, and the loss of four months' interest, renders it impos sible to export specie from this country to America without sustaining an absolute loss. But this is not all. Even the very best American corn bills are now regarded with great suspicion by the banking in terests in England. A large number of such bills, protested, were returned by the steamer which sailed on the first of the month, and a still larger number by the steamer which quitted Liverpool on Saturday last. Under these circumstances, it were out of the question to suppose that any amount of specie will be drawn from the coffers of the Bank for export to America. There.is even more than this. Not only are all apprehensions of another American drain of our precious metals without foundation, hot there are grounds for believing that in a few weeks we shall actually see a re-importation of gold from America into this country. The large amount of returned bills must instantaneously operate on the exchanges in New York. The difficulty of getting undoubted bills on England will send up the exchanges suffi ciently high to render it profitable for our merchants to import bullion from New York. It is proper, how ever, it should be understood, that in advancing this position, we do so on the assumption that, along with the returned corn bills, there will be a con continued, if not increased, demand for our English manufactures, and a sensible decrease in the ship ment of bread stuffs for this country. On the first point there can be little or no doubt. In Lancashire and Yorkshire there is at present a large number of American orders for English manufactures, and all the more intelligent Americans in this country concur in the opinion, that this trans Atlantic demand for our goods will not only be continued, but increased. It is equally probable—certain, we should rather say— that the shipments of bread stuffs to this country will now fall off to a very considerable extent. The very great reduction which his occurred in the price of corn must of itself prevent any large shipments to England. With the present low prices, in con junction with a still further expected decline, no English merchant will dream of importing cargoes of American corn, in the expectation of realising a profit by the speculation ; and the United States mer chants will not incur the risk of sending their cargoes to this country on chance. The necessary effect of this will be, that the exchanges will take an upward turn, until they reach a point which will render it profitable for England to import the precious metals from New York. POST.—It has been well remarked, with respect to the tendencies of this busy, self-displaying age, that whatever it does at all, it overdoea. This is quite as apparent in the most serious and weighty affairs of life as in the most trivial. Whether it be men's object to propogate a religion, or to acknow ledge acts of individual service to the community—to build churches, or to elevate some character in the public esteem—we perceive equally the nimium which is the characteristic of the day—the extrava gance which well-disciplined good sense and native sobriety must condemn—the exaggeration from which good taste must turn with sensations of offence. Of course this general feature of the time is modified by circumstances into various forms, and, according to attendant lights and shadows, assumes various hues. In all of them there is—or, at all events, in our judgment there is—a disagreeable violation of truth and simplicity. One of the forms in which this extravagance or excessiveness appears is in the en deavours which even good men make to blend together things in their very na ture discordant—to en graft, fur instance, religion upon worldliness, or—to use the words attributed to a distinguished personage —to embark " the ark of the Church upon the crest of the advancing wave of modern society." We beg pardon for what may seem to be impatience, when we say at once that we can look upon this kind of thing as little better than grave nonsense, or some thing between dreaminess and affectation. We have in this journal, as often as it seemed proper for writers in our sphere and of our calling to do so, pro tested against the prevailing spirit, or " advancing wave" of modern society, as utterly alien from Christian sentiment ; and we declare now unre servedly, as we have inferentially argued before, that they who would have the principles of Christian re verence, of good-will one towards another, and of practical humility and kindness prevalent in our land, have no other rational course but that of utter and absolute opposition to the sentiments and habits which do now prevail instead of these things. _ combine the spirit of the Church with the spi▪ rit 9 the world appears to us to be an extr ava g ance stsuffi ciently rebuked by the plainest lang ua g e of the emalo awful authority to which Christian men can T ap h p ere be " Ye cannot serve God and Mam mon. three potent spirits—not, certainly, of Heaven —by which modern society g wave" which appear upon " the crest of its ad is manifest l y_ possceinssed, and but too prominently—we mean the sp v_ i a r n it ef oflevity , the spirit of aggrandisement, and the spirit ostenta tion. As to the first, almost every one seems ready for a jest, or even a sneer , and subjects of public• . portance ;we frequently brought forward in a shape which indicates that the p ublic giggle is soughtfor as an 'evidence of public opinion. In complaining of this, - we have nothing to say against mirth or buoyant hum our where it is natural or becoming. Our object hum is to that excess and perversion of a ligttsome rApirit which invokes laughter where judgment shouid make the decree. Next there is the spirit of aggran: - disement, which in these days seems altogetherin satiable. The last thing thought of by any one is moderation. A perpetual and inordinate straining after more is the characteristic even of those whose possessions are already alarmingly great. More pro minent than the other two, and not less offensive, is the spirit of ostentation • for we find each onestriv ing to surpass his neighbour in som e egregious vanity dim ati or. another, and sounding his trumpet }Decor - 0 much as ever he dares.. Is it in company with SUM), spirits as these that the ark . of the Church is to be borne upon the crest of the advancing wave of modern society ? The• Right Hon. Gentleman lately elected to Parliament by Oxford University is gene rally believed and. said'_ to have written an article in the last number of the Quarterly Review on the state of British Society with •relation to Religion and the Church. In this essay we recognise that curious combination of clearness in the detached parts, with obscurity in the drift and purposes of the whole, which the Right H on . Crentleman is apt to exhibit in his more serious, discussions. But, if we rightly understand the article, it is intended ultimately to enforce the poliCyfof trying to blend religion. with the habits and views .of society as we find them. And yet the author, adverting to a time which he describes as " towards the • middle of the nineteenth century, " describes thus the state of ou r di v id e d society : " There are huge assemblages of human beings in vast and wealthy towns, and wide districts also of the land, through which we may walk and see the spec tacle of a Christian people, silently unchristianized, and religion all but relegated, within the pale of wealth and temporal ease which it menaces, by the poverty which it came to bless and ennoble. When the consciousness of these things becomes definite, when it falls upon the affections of sensitive and pious, especially if also youthful and ardent minds, like a spark upon tow, can we wonder that every thing that exists. shall be questioned and arraigned and many a harsh and unjust sentence passed under the excitement of the moment ?" It appears to us that if any judgment at all be delivered upon such a state of circumstances, whether by the youthful and ardent, or by the aged and considerate, it must be a severe judgment if it be a sound one. We think that he who deals tenderly with such a state of society, and who does not condemn . it, is more liable to the reproach of being "unjust " than he who does. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Until late in the evening the only stake touched upon was the Ebor Handicap, for which Mathematician was backed at 6 and 7 to 4, and Grimston freely at 5 to 1, the latter subsequently advancing to 4 to 1; nothing else was fancied. A few bets were laid afterwards on the Great Yorkshire Stakes, St. Leger, and Derby, but be yond showing a decided feeling against Eryx, it pos sessed very little interest. THE , EBOR HANDICAP. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Gully's, Mathematician 4 to 1 agst Sir J. Gerard's Grimston 12 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin (no backers) 15 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale Neither Halo nor Pyrrhus go to York. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier 6 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote 7 to 1 agst Mr. J. Days The Farmer's Daughter ST. LEGER. Even on Mr. Pedley's Cossack (the field for choice) 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin 25 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf—taken 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—taken 400 to 100 agst Mathematician winning the Ebor Han. dicap and Cossack the St. Leger—taken GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER). Even money laid on the field agst lots of ten and eleven DERBY. 1,000 to 40 agat Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone—taken 1,000,t0 30 agat Mr. John Day's Nil Desperandum— taken freely 35 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—take 40 to 1 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff—taken SOUTHAMPTON RACES.—MONDAY. The Southampton Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and only 3ft if declared, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr. W. Sadler's Antagonist, 3 yrs, 6st 71b...(Maton) 1 Mr. Hawkin's Teresa, 6 yrs, Bst 31b 2 Mr. White nd Rosin-the-Beau, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b 3 Mr. Etwall's Passionate, 5 yrs, Est 51b. Won cleverly by a length. The Shirley Stakes 'of 5 soya. each, and 25 added. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Elwes's Cerberus, 4 yrs (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Sadler's f Hind of the Forest, 2 yrs Alewhipper, 2 yrs, and Prudence, 5 yrs, also started. Won by a neck. The Railway Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 25 added, were won easily in two heats by Mr. Drinkald's Moodkee, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Maton), beating Misdeal, aged, Bst 31b, and Alvanley, aged, Bst. The Maidin Plate of 301., added to a Sweepstake of 3 soya. each (5 Subs.), was won in two heats by Mr. Etwall's Passionate, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Sharpe), beat ing Mr. Death's Danseuse, 3 yrs, Sat 21b, and Mr. King's Madge Grey, 3 yrs, Est 111 b, easily. DONCASTER RACES, 1847. Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. Miss Sarah; 5 yrs, Bst 131b—Lightning, aged, Bst 91b —Chanticleer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Poynton, 4 yrs, Bst 51b— St. Lawrence,liged, Bst 21b—Sir Tatton Sykes. 4 yrs, Bst —Plover, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—hothario, aged, 7st 61b—Yard ley, aged, 7st 51b--Quadruped, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Best of Three, 6 yrs, 7st lib—Arthur, 5 yrs, 7st—Miss Burns, aged, 7st—Vanish, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Pilgrim, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Spithead, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Mowerina, 4 yrs 6st 121b—Limestone, 3 yra, Est 91b—Alliance, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Crown Prince, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Shelforth, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—Sagacity, 3 yrs, Est 31b—Queen Mary, 3 yrs, 6st 31b —Tragical, 4 yrs, Est 21b—Queen Mab, aged, Est —Executor, 3 yrs; 6st—King of Morven, 3 yrs, 6st— Ulysses, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Wiseacre, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Martext, 4 yrs, 555 91b—Puncb, 4 yrs, sst 91b—Delo raine, 4 yrs, sst 91b—Watchdog, 3 yrs, sst 81b—King of the Forest, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Sir Martin, 3 yrs, sst 31b Lyme, 3 yrs, sst—Palma, 3 yrs, sst—Pride of Eden, 3 yrs, sst—Pantomime, 3 yrs, 4st 41b. The rest pay 5 sovs. each. Acceptances for the Cleveland Handicap. Plover, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Winchester, 5 yrs, Bst 21b— Sharston, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb—Pilgrim, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—King of Morven, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Hector, 5 yrs, 6st 91b— Ibrahim Pacha, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Don Caesar, 3 yrs, sst 41b —King of the Forest, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Cheapside, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Pride of Eden, 3 yrs, sst—Mary, 3 yrs, sst. The rest pay 5 sovs. each. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND V. TWENTY OF LEICES TERSHIRE.This match was resumed at Leicester on Saturday morning, when the twenty commenced follow ing their innings in the face of 203 majority. It will be found that they made a better stand on this occasion, but the number proved too large for them; the only scores were obtained by Dakin, Keslin, Mr. Fabling, and Mr. Clifford. The most killing bowling in this innings was delivered by Dean. The final score stood as follows: LEICESTERSHIRE. Keslin, s Dorrinton, b Hillyer... 3... b Dean 21 G. Clifford, Esq., b Hillyer Marshall, run out Warrinton, b Hillyer Deacon, b Mynn Dakin, b Mynn R, Seddon, Esq., b. Hillyer ... B...run out 7 E. Elmehirst, Esq., c Pilch, b Myan Pratt, b Hillyer 0...b De an ... 0 C. J. Freer, Esq., b Hillyer ...,.. 5 ... c Mynn , b Hil l y er ... 94 A. Bass, Esq., c and b Mynn ... 8 ... b Mynn 4 W. Benn, Esq., hit wicket, b Hillyer 6...b Hillyer .. • .... 2 J. Wheatley; Esq:, b Hillyer Nicholson, b Hillyer 16... c Hillyer, b Mynn ... 4 Dakin, jun., c Mynn, b Hillyer 0...n0t out 0 Barker run out 0...c Dorrinton, b Hillyer 6 J. Fabling, Esq., b Mynn ..... J. Pratt, Esq., not but W. Brooks, Esq., c Pilch, b Hill yer J. Fulshavr, Esq., b Mynn Byes 8, wide (Mynn) 2 ..... lo...Byes 8, wide 1 9 73 ALL ENGLAND. A. Mynn, Esq., b Dakin 5 Hiliver, s Clifford, b Marshall ll Clarke, s Warrinton, b Marshall 10 Pilch, b Dakin 37 Guy, c Dakin, b Marshall 0. C. Pell, Esq., b Dakin ..... N. Felix, Esq., run out Dorriuton, run out 7 G. Parr, c Elmhirst, b Fulshaw 100 Dean, c Elmhirst, b Warrinton 44 Sewell, not 0ut......... ......... 6 Byes 28, wide 10, no ball 1 39 276 All England therefore won in one innings by 71 runs. ' PEDES fRIANI§ GEORGE . day a large co . London --This s ground of the Bat and Ball, ev s e r n ti t enlars , to the sp acortions of the articles were, that Gravesend. The .8 SEVEN MnlseLloEuraMe Arcs.—This C , R , stipulations Hammersmith, whose pedestrian attract ß ed ßA y l e Bradshaw, o f before the public, should George well capabilities are alre ady fair toe and heel, for a stake of 20 so ssgt e A r w walk e sev , en Indite:amount being deposited by the backers erei-n T s i m th e e . li The measurement of the distance to be of Old Time. was 12,320 yards, and as the area of the ground t a r t s v m e mine host Farr 's proved to be 578 yards, 21 circuits of the course, with 182 yards extra at the coming-in, had to be walked. At five minutes after five o'clock Bradshaw started from the scratch, in racing trim; to our eye, however, he was too fleshy, and by no means in such tip-top condition as when he walked Powell or East, in his last matoh with that pedestrian. The first 3i miles were covered in 29 minutes 33 seconds, which gave a winning aspect to the man • in the fourth mile he walked a little out, owing t o the inequalities of the ground; in the fifth he met with a severe wrench of the ' right foot, by putting it into a hole, staggered, and nearly fell. From this time he walked in difficulties, and finally lost the match by coming to the winning-post 1 hour and 40 seconds from the time of starting. The old gentleman who carries the scythe, and sooner or later mows us all down, thus triumphed, by a gain.often shillings per second, over those who had risk ed theircash against him. OXFORD UNIVERSITY, AU----G. 14.—1 t is understooa t h at zixteen heads of houses voted at the late election f or mr... it. , ound, four for Mr. Gladstone, and four did not vote. Of 1 2 , e . head masters of public schools, being but one voted for Mr. Gladstone. By Oxford men, ah t 6onsent of t he Vice--Chancellor and both committees, a Z Ihed, and the pairs Mated in an poll-book will be p ai4 appendix. • . - . - STRAND .LANE REGATTA. i• - :iterday a ''arse 'of sovereigns and other prizes I r ts Y ;icinity, were con- I - ------- ' AQUATJCS. /e-Strand, St. Cle -I:_tle ich s tb e it T aL' e.m ts p o i f 6;. S a t. n 3 d l given by ment's Danes, tended for by font-Peen free - watermen, belonging to Waterloo-bridge, Arum 2el, Essex, rind Ten3ple Stairs'. in throe heats. The two fir:: boa in. e . 11.0 heat to start for the grand heat.. • First Heat. • . Richard TeLtsdale and Isaac Scuithorpe ... (Pink) 1 - Andrew Mitchell and W. Mason ... (Light „hlue) 2 George Garrett and W illiam Webster (Greksl3e) 4 3 Richard Martin and J ose p h Waite ... (Purpl) _ A good start waS' deeded, when pin k and light b;ue 1 - soon showed in front, and arrived in the above, order:- - Green being third in thglieati was entitled to row in the second heat. . Second Heat. Benjamin Russell and R obert Rid g way ... ( Green) 2 White) 1 ' George Garret an d William Webster ••• ( (Yellow) John Bush and James - Dup ers ..• 0 Samuel Martin and Joseph Teasdale •.. Wed) 0 Grand Heat. This heat was severely conteste d throu g hout by 3h. and pink, when pink ultimately came in the winner. CHELSEA REGATTA. The annual regatta at Chelsea took pla ce y esterday,. twelve wat ermen contending, in an oars wager, for si purse of sovereigns, subscribed by the residents of the vicinity. The rowing throughout was excelle nt, and the attendance of spect a t ors , as us ual, ezaremely numerous. The contest was in three heats. First Heat. Williasa Waight and Charles Cole, jun, ... (Green) Thomas Cole, jun.. and William Cole (YellOw) 2 James Atkins and Thomas Woodford ... (Pin k ) The distance •in this and th e nex t succeeeing heat was from opposite . the Yorkshire Grey, up to Cre xnorne house, down round a boat moored off the British Flag, and back to the Eight rfells, Cheyne-walk. tin even start, at , a good pace, was suoceedea by Yellow taking the lead; but in coming up nearly oppo site the British Flag, the winners, who bad been upon their quarter for some distance, took the Rrst place aitd kept it. Won by a length and a half. • Second Heat. • George Thomas and John Prince ... (Scarlet) 1 2 Joseph Cole, jun. ' and George Brown The the o n win s n e e c rt took ok man th , and m e lead e a a nd e in a kept lengthit, closely y :• h ai e t a o ti a on by . Grand Heat. The distance in this. heat was reversed to suit the tide. The men started from Battersea-bridge down to the British Flag, back to Cremorne-gardens, and finished by rowing to the Yorkshire Grey. William Waight and Charles Cole 1 Green took the lead, kept it, and won vosy by half a dozen boats' length. EXTRAORDINARY -HAIL-STORM.—On Wednesday', August 4, at about 3 P.M., an extraordinary storm swept over the town of Foix and its vicinity. Hail fell for nearly half an hour in such vast quantity that w fsere it could agglomerate it was left in heaps a yard high. Its effect on the vines was so destructive that nothing is _left but their bare stalks; the beans, corn, potatoes, and fru.'t have also disappeared. The storm took. a direction from west to east. The breadth was of no great extent, for it scarcely covered a quarter of a league; but it was consi derable in length. Taking its rise at Col-del-Boueh, at about 4 kilometres from Foix, it devastated successively the communes de Lavelanet, Sainte-Colombes sur Lhers, Chalabre, and reached Quillau. in the department of the Aude. It is impossible to calculate the total loss, but some idea can be formed of it by that sustained by a M. 1 3 eri e, nurseryat tfrom 2 gr o d o e o n e to r, 22 a t ,oo Foix, n n c tich has b:e 11 esti mated Mr. Cunard has entered into a contract with the British Government to run a line of steamers from HaM fax to Bermuda, and to place a steamer on the route' I between Halifax and St. John's, Newfoundland. The contract has no connexion direct, or indirect, with the 1 British North American Royal Mail Company.—Liver - pool Albion. SHIPWRECK. —On Friday night the brig Mute, laden with coals from Whitby, went on shore on the Nore sands, about two miles above the light-vessel. The wind blew freshly from the E.N.E., and the vessel soon after striking bilged, and filled with water. Several boats from Southend, and a steam -tug, put out to her assistance, and her cargo was thrown overboard to lighten her, but she had worked into the sand to o deeply for any assistance to save her. On Sunday she was abandoned by the crew, and now lies with her hull covered at high water, gradually sinking in the sands, which will ulti mately absorb the whole of the bull, Another brig went on shore on the same sands on Saturday night, but was got off with the loss of her rudder. THE LATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER A/11D SUICIDE:. From the hour that Mr. Sully, the senior assistant surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, performod the diffi cult operation of extracting the bullet from It.r. Craw-. ley's jaw, as noticed in our journal of yester,lay , the unfortunate sufferer has been improving. ..4t six o'clock last evening it was the opinion of the surgical staff of the hospital that no fatal consequences need now be apprehended. It is matter of surprise to every 'one that Mr. Crawley and his intended murderer were nest both killed instantaneously when the pistols were dis charged, for when Ovenstone fired at Mr. Crawley the mouth of the. pistol nearly touched his cheek. it is stated by Ovenstone's friends that the pistols had been charged for• upwards of two years. The intended murderer is also considerably better, and it is the opinion► of the surgeons at Guy's Hospital that if no unfavour able symptoms come on, he will be fit to be removed to the Mansion house to hear the charge against him in the course of a day or so. He has been under the strict surveillance of the police ever since .he was removed to the hospital, and hp has not uttered a single word about the deplorable occurrence during the time he has been in bed. He has been visited by several of his friends, but he has not so much as alluded to the event to any of them. Besides the document found upon his person by the police, in which he alluded to the motives that in duced letters hrei them were t e onw al s o c ommit bhya wthret w ritt e n be hnasedubc stated oabnt h ieem o d r o r tut i o b th l a e tot his crimes, (10.ihm the sisters, e money no n t o w ei nny o e :v o ov rb t f f s iti :h e bge r , l'e letters told to himself was more than he owed, and he hoped his creditors would be all paid and the overplus given to a relative of his. FIRE IN SPITALFIELDS. ---• Yesterday morning, shortly before four o'clock, a fire brake out in the pre mises occupied by Mr. J. Nicholls, a bedstead maker, flames 1, Thomas-street, Brick - la ne, Spitalfields. ,The ' when first discovered by th e p olice were rkging in few the workshops on the first floor , and in the tours v of a The in third floor of. Mr. Thomas Mu ntz's p remises. . minutes penetrated the root an d comm unicates(' Th'to the mates of the adjoining houses having been arou.led, a messenger was dispatched to the fire stations, and seceral engines quickly attended; but the fire continued to pro gress, and it was not until the workshops were burned out, and their contents consumed, that the firemen could obtain the mastery. Considerable damage is also done to Mr. Muntz's premises by fire and water. The origin of the disaster could not be ascertained. Unfortunately Mr. Nicholls was uninsured for his stock in but the building was insured in the West of England trade, Fire Office. THE LATE MISS DUNCES B UR DETT (SISTER or h th as is 0 n la l y dy ju h s a t s bbeenenn proved the husband of the en Court FRANCIS —The osm e t i m w e i , l la and d f by the executor, Wm. Jones Burdett, Esq. her niece Sarah, the elder daughter of her late brother, estimated at 30,0001. She has provided an Nannity of 100/. for Mrs. Thornett, who was her faithful a,ttendant J. G. Ramsdell, q•+ property was for twenty-two years;_ also a small annuity for a former maid of her aunt, Lady Jones; a legacy to the widoNT of her late brother, W. J. Burdett; and to her sister, Las.'lY Langham, to whom she has left her share in the Oxford shire property bequeathed to her by her aunt, 1 Jones. The residue of her personal estate, the furniture, plate, books, pictures, and jewels, of the real estate, to be divided among the c hildreo,• t o' " late brother., William Jones Burdett, Esq.._:_ . , -.... li AdITTLE... DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL BESM"Z e of t he above HALES. — WO have to announce the der%,, , ea compton Gallant Admiral, who died a few das e if d age of 82 years. Bishop, Somerset Shire, at the s4r_t u f oat' on board the The deceased flag officer watieidrgTePiwit,:on between the Vigilant in'l77B, ' and as is under A.dmire: Seppel and inoluch.nz English and French tef,t!est. Admiral d'Orvil!lOrs, ott.f Admiral Sir Thornew. l Bour- Cntrass CiaLbT b - 7 ; I' E G ; Court of Inquiry on boas d her Mier has been , ..i, n i c ti'e'r9, at Chatham, to examine the Majesty's S " I P - f h Iris recently arrived with a ' heads. U pon , part of the e paid by the Chinese for breaking some of our cou n trymen s opening one of night, Pension tind al though the captai n c h e :I n. :u p° mone y poed t o o be filled with ' silver, to the amount of I,ooot, it was 'discovered to be filled with lead. Tr.() other chest s was - strongly ts. bi n doubt clas ped existsdo w a n s s too Chinese, and that the one was substathisteutkto-endraebvseeyrni3trbhloeemf the e r the other. Captain Mundy, who commanded the Iris, rec v ei A ve u d x t u h l e L e L he G st it s ß fr p o E m iss thl e , had a benefit at these V Tg i ha x er e d n re . nrsinitaesrts So ciete was somewhat unfav oura bl e , the weather the past week or two, and were was numerously and respectably attended. The enter tainments were the greetecsth still thei same that have been preseOfed during warmest arobation, the whole scene, lighted up as it was, by i nn umerable lamps and other splendid &ea. rations, being of the most brilliant description. Ths only drawback was the absence of the French eques trians, who, we understood, were detained by s tress of weather. Tan GREAT BRITAIN.—The following is an ex tract from a letter to Gibbs, Bright, and Co., written by Captain Claxton, and dated Dundrum Bay, Aug. 14 f°No tide ; only 12 feet 6. W e want 12 feet 6, as tide table gave it. Every exertion was made both lby our selves and her' Majesty's ship. Her Majesty's people stand by us, and her ship returns on the 22d. I cannot say enough in praise of their exertions. I beg to add, that nothing can exceed Messrs. Bremner's exertions, father and son. They have been beat this time by the ' s forßirkenhead the element. . Mr. Bella m y we are extremel y luck y in hav ing, and his su gg estions are most valuable ; he stands by A usw proposal ith 56 has me b n e . Majesty en ii m er ade in G l a s gow w ill be here on the 22 d inst." in stitution of a fund for the purchase of an annuity to Mr. Sheridan Knowles. No definitive method of raising it has yet been resolved on ; but an amateur theatrical performance is one of the methods talked of. • IMPORTATION OF CATTLE.—An account of all cattle, sheep, and swihe imported into Great Britain from Ireland, from the sth day of April to the sth day of July, 1847, has just been published by order of the House of Commons. Of oxen, bulls, and cows, the number during the quarter was 34,917 ; of calves, 4,428 ; of- shesip aud lambs, 88,178 ; Ina of. salvias, 14,750. ~ ;,