The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-24 00:00:00

expressing "That this meeting cannot he l p and strongest indignation at the conduct of Mr. ... ~,yHarvey,'4:" also-. o: c ~, feel quite sure that, after the gene rous fidence of the great constituency of hior;lebotw, both n as reg ar d s t h e promise of supp o rt free of exp ense, with the excep tion of of returning him of the hustings, his disgraceful con d uct I n w i th d raw i ng at this crisis will L condemned by ev er y e l ec t or in n t he irve United Kingdom." ree of Mr. ST OCKTON, one of M r. y'B late chairmen committees, seconded the motion, but expressed his con viction that the resolution was not sufficiently strong No man h a d ever so di sgrace d hi mse lf an d disgr aced the Liberal p ar ty i n M ary l e b one us M r . D an i e l Whittle Harvey. The resolution was carried with ,burtonosee a resolutiondissentient. Mr. JosEnt said he now rose to propose of a definite character, and it was with reference to one who should be th e can did ate t o stand . Lord Dudley Stuart in con j unc tio n with the Ho n . B aronet Sir B. liall having th e secon d place on the ballot, he thought the Noble Lord was justly entitled to their confidence.— (Cheers and "N o , no .") H e h a d a for preced s en i t uthk f or in w i e t r ; when M r . H arvey retired and went 1834 , Mr. Henry Lytt on B u l wer , w ho was second on to the b a ll ot, was elected, and was ultimately returned. He moved, amidst great confusion " That, o n accoun t o f the confusion, alof Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey fr om the contest,meetingconsid n e i r e s i this Lord Dudley Stuart, the second one Reformb alletthee of el Mondayeter sof last, deserving the franchise o f th this borough, and this Assoc ia tion therefore pledges itself t o g i ve t h at N o bl e L or d ts hearty support in the forthcoming contest." Mr. WAGSTAFF seconded this resolution, and being urged nsan the m ee ti ng th e f ac t o f t h e Conservative 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 it w Shee,uea d op posed the re so l u ti on , on th e ground tinct understa n di ng th a t if the t candidate wasan end of the at the h eadof the b a ll ot did not stand the poll h that compact, and the ballet went for nothing. Sergeant He also s o hee acon tended that b u t f o r Mr. II rvey Mr. would have beaten Lord Dudley Stuart.—(Cries of " No no," and " Hear.") Mr. H ET EERINGTON urged upon the meeting to re flect before they took a hasty step in the matter, and not to be f r i g htened b e cau s e a Tory _. was in the field, and that they had b een gross ly dece i ve d. He moved as an amendment,— " That in order to unite the Reformers of the borough in support of a Liberal candidate is conjunction with Sir B. H a ll, a b allot of the Association take ,place for the selection of a candidate for that purpose. Mr. DYKE seconded the amendment. Sir B. Hann, in answer to a question, said that the probabiltt 3 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 for 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 givin g such notice. y Messrs. 11, C. Wilson, Potter, Kcnsett, and others, urged the necessity of deliberation before they were called upon to pleuge themselves for any second candi date ; whilst Messrs. Howarth, Douglas, and other friends of Lord Dudley Stuart, urged the necessity, if the Association wished to keep out a Conservative, of coming to an immediate decision. Ultimately the amendment was carried by a very large Majority, and the proceedings terminated at a late hour amidst great confusion. TI M METROPOLITAN SEWAGE COMPANY. F the Cr At length, afte r sur rom mounting itic.) all the di ffi culties of in differec ee or hostility that invariably attend the birth el und ertakings that are novel and grand, this company has obtained from objec P ns arliament the powers needful for the commen ce its operatio attainm ent of its ts, and is about immediat e ly t o . so ormatiou of this company marks, in it s . sane lion the o , agriculture of the country, very muc h the l of IN rtatit era that the first railway forms in the history and cur commerce, a brief account of its origin, its plans,. its the Critic, and estimates will be interesting to the readers of may be valuable for reference hereafter, when the system now about to be begun shall: be fully gulled out, bearing with it th e blessings of health and iv to the community. The value Fer o f sewage manure has been long re cognised. nominal many years p ast b ot h sc i ent ifi c an d ec wr iters have poi n t e d t o th e re f use o f .tt, aate owns as a vast source of profit improvidently d. It has been estimated by careful calcula tion that the contents of the London sewers annually thrown into the Thames would, at the selling value of ! t i l.anure, be worth upwards of one million. Its produce, 2 , i . 'Tread upon the land, would be some five or six mil lions yearly Nay, it has been contended with confi townsdenee that the annual value of the sewage of all the in Great Britain, now wholly wasted, would equal e entire burden of the national debt I Probabl it I, Certain that an enormous revenue is annually lost to the country in the form of wasted sewage. The subject eecued to engage v alu e oughts of men of science and to°` eeenonlists. The of the material was admitted; only problems that remained for resolution were, how Numberless to be taken, and how distributed. .2rth,r‘lamberless plans were put forth from time to time a view to the accomplishment of this object. But he 'ney failed, because all of them proceeded upon t he talannaption that the only portion of the contents of t ftw tars used for manure was that which was, or s pi. 4d lght be. made, so lid , and the fluid was worthless. away"cal difficulties of c o ll ec ti ng , and conveying , u the solid deposits were f oun d t o b e s o g reat, ' a t the c ost would excee d t h e mar k et va l ue o f t he Produc e . We believe it was Leibig who first made known . the fac.t that manure is more fertilising in a fluid than in a 8 -d Rate. Re showed that even if applied to the soil . 1 . 11 ae solid form, it is as a liquid, by the moisture that fi e l d tern through it, that it feeds vegetation. It fo w ' ra this that solid manure thrown upon the surface was faetrt e t te iti d g by an enormous waste, a large portion of the air instead particlesf passing off by evaporation into the obviou s Sinking into the soil. The conclusion was fertiliser. that liquid manure was the most economical e , 14 ., M . : did this remain long a mere theory. It was soon la nd, almost proved. Near Edinburgh was a tract of ...''', almost barren, whose annual value was, on an f theverage, ....... "ut more than half a crown an acre! One o it sewers was turned into a stream of water that ran to ..r this was tract, and the mixed fluid was made th :ow at cer tain times over i t. The result far exceeded n fouer"st slo guine anticip at i ons of the projectors. I 28.., /ears the land th at had previously been worth only 151. ". Per acre was readily taken at rents varying from tl,e te 20/. an acre. At the town of M a n s fi e ld there is a 'ate r which the D u k e of Porland caused to be turned %stream, and the mixed fluid to he applied to some r v ery inferior land which had previously let for 10s. per ° "iy• Two or three applications of the sewage %ter rallied their value from ten shillings to ten pounds an acre. These experiments were decisive. It was now a matter of certainty that the still richer and more arc Odant sewage of the Metropolis was lng yet more .profitable results if only some feasibe capable of pro s Pan could be devised for cheaply ' collecting and distil outing it. Company Hence th e on of th e M etropolitan Sewage Manure •. _ o The FIT of this C ompany is, like all other inventions, a simple, that when i t i s described, one is surprised that It was not thought of before. such refle ctions as th ese:— It was sug ges t e d by s ome o he to t s obj ect i s, to convey into the country, and apply t. soil, th e refuse fluid of the Metropolis. How can It be best carried out of London? To answer this, let tapehow it is carried into London. What is done by water companies? They bring water from the e;riuntry by steam engines and pipes; they send it into the streets, and from the streets up to the very tops of the tallest houses ; and, notwithstanding the machinery, they are enabled to supply it at a cost of somewhere about halt a farthin g a gallon. All the li qu i d thus sent into London passes out of it again, saturated with fertilising m a t er i a l s, which flow into the Thames , pollute highly the ri ver, and are wasted in the sea. Why sould not the s ame machinery that sends the clear water h from the l !itFountry into London send the dirty water out of London iele into the cou n t ry, to be there a source of incalcu '!ble wealth ? If a steam-engine and pipes can housesmer, at a v ery tr ifl ing cost, to the summitssu ot pply the , the like machinery can surely convey th at 2 t still less cost, to the flat surface of the soil." e latter, T he idea thus started was, of course, instantly con nvio l ing to all who gave it a moment's thought. It was iirenger an experiment that was to be tried with doubt -o,uleesults. All its parts had been practically proved. , value of sewage water had been established at tru!osourgh and at Mansfield, and the ease and cheapness t : . It transmission was shown by the daily experience of ge water companies. A e • ter was formed who subscribed among them bring a fund to meet the expenses of endeavouring to moa ns for subject before the public, and procuring the „_° 1 4 , 1 tor the carrying out of that which was in truth a ofnational ork. Although labouring under the of • ofthe of a dvantage 5_ appearin approved oment that *so much was itby the thoughtful, , ti _ sufficient number of shares were taken to permit aPplication to the Legislature for an Act of Incor- Pe ratio n. 4t4;1)1, e o bstacles which the company encountered in this ciacatlon from prejudices and ignorance of their plan, th eB ,, t he novelty of the subject, the manner in which a sp ' were overcome by the inquiries instituted by Go oollvolent and the Parliament, and whieh resulted in °p p :og into warm supporters even those who at first 4 4 , 1 ae d and ridiculed the scheme, will form so curious t om useful an illustration of the power ( f truth when de`uPrtely urged and inquiry is courted, that we must 'rot e t o • it another paper. Stsi, CASE OF DROWNING..--A short time }Lin t' " '4r. aenry Ralph, yeoman, of Begber, near Stun artn, Dorset, went to bathe in the river adjoining his He was followed by his favourite animald, as f '4l Ph was swimming in toe stream, the out is",lldness for hi; m - ist,r also took the water, and got over'is naaster'h back, which obliged him to turn himself hi ; and when in this posit,on, the dog again got on tis,oBolo and nec k , which caused his master to bulk, to with" m ore aliv e . A youth, a servant of the deceased, der es the sad catastrophe w ithout being able to en, ren rilerlY assista nce. Mr. Ralph was a single man, and n, respected by all who knew him. —Bat paper. Mr,,Ptain Bernard, Captain Knox, Mr. Nesbitt, awl , aaiL . '' ' anks and faruPy, were among the passei,gers that toriarked at Blackwall yesterday morning on board thc for Z al Stearn Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho --mtiVerp. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE" OF LIST EVENING. - -- -et ,---- ' BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION, FOR DISSOLVING THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT, AND DECLARING THE CALLING OF ANOTHER. VacromA, R.—Whereas we have thought fit, by and Kith 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, Citiz?ns, and Burgesses, and the Com missioners for shires and bxrghs, 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 ►nay be, to meet our people, and to have their advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all cur 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 anew 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 servo in the said Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, our said Parliament, whieh 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. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION, IN ORDER TO THE ELECTING AND SUMMONING THE SIX- TEEN PEERS OF SCOTLAND. VICTORIA, R.—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 text 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 6th day of September next ensuing, between the hours of twelve and 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 elt ction 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 in the eleventh year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 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 ribbons 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'wil 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 3peclacle for occa sions of state it is unrivalled. Nothing could exceed the gorgeous magnificence of the scene as the Queer, 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 provision 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 passe d Acts to regulate the disposition and transfer of lands in Scotland, and whilst carefully adhering to the est ablished principles of law, we have given increased facilities for dealing with real property in that country, w hich must tend greatly to increase its security and value . " We have fotrad it necessary to place a further limi tation on the hoars of labour of young persons employed in factories ; and by giving more time and opportunity for their religio us and moral instruction, for healthful recreation, and Ilse exercise of their domestic duties, we have elevated the character and condition of a large and industrious. class engaged in manufacturing ope- 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 Maj es ty' s su bj ec t s in Ireland have been suffering from the combined alects of famine and its too frequent consequence —disease ; requiring prmuninry aid, and prompt and energetic mea sures to arrest -their fatal progress, and to prever.t an almost total disc rganization 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 emplt eyed to mitigate what no human wisdom could avert—thi s awful visitation of Divine Providence. Nor, in providing for this emergency, have we been unmindful of tae permanent welfare of that important part of the United Kingdom. We have encouraged the development oi' its vast capabilities and the industry of its inhabitants, by riving every possible stimulus to public and private enterprise, whether directed to the improvement of land, or to the establishment and construction of fisheries and harbor Ars; 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 irn to new and closer relations, and con necting by ties of mutual interest, the proprietor and cultivator of the soii . " To thos e =east; res for the temporary relic; and for the permanent imp rovement of Ireland, our labours have been assiduously e.evoted; and nobly and generously have our efforts be , !rt respondeit to by all classes of your Majesty's suhj eels, tvho, following your Majesty's gra cious and bent,volet ►t example, from the highest in the realm to the bumble st, have made every saw ifice which the urgency of uhe c ase demanded to alleviate sufferings unexampled in thei r intensity, and borne Kith a forti tude and resignatioi , equally unexampled by that brave and loyal people. "We noivtende l • to your Majesty the last Bill for appropriating the •arious sums voted out of the Co.'.- solidated Fund,lto v Lich we humbly beg your Majesty's Royal .A.ssent." The Royal Assent was then given to several Bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR then riCvanced to the foot of the throne, and kneeling, presented her Mey'sty with a copy of the Speech. Her Majesty then prooecf.ed to read in a clear and beautifully distinct tone the Speech (for which see our paper of yesterday). Her Majesty having concluded reading the Speecl7, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, it is her royal will and pleasure that the present ParLer,,,nt be 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 it 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." WE-1' 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 Nob!o 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 ; 100/. a-head was now given 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 yews. His object was, to enable the %Vest 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 conntry to be made use of at the coming e!ections ; 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 or 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 csrefuliy excluded from the House. The ,noble Lord wished to keep up a differential duty or fifty per cent., whilst, the petitioners modestly asked that they might have the privilege of sending their sugar free of duty 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 in power to determine what course they should adopt, and there would be no difficulty in showing that the law which had recently been passed on this subject would be most conducive to the increase of capital, and the ultimate happiness of the people. After a few words from Mr. BOKTIIWICK, the sub ject dropped. PRICE OF BREAD. Mr. BANKES called attention to a petition from the Rev. H. 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 fur 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 full 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 ing 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. — (Hear, hear.) That the messenger whom they might shortly expect should find them in the lobby instead of finding 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 by the greater part of the Members present, pro ceeded to the bar of the House of Lords accordingly. The SPEAKER having returned to the House, read the Speech from the Chair, and thus was the business of this, the most 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• tlewen 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 Hon. A. H. Gordon ; the Groom of the Robes, Lieut.-Colonel Seymour ; the Silver Stick in Waiting, Col. McDouall ; 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 Fortescu e; th e Gold Stick in Waiting, the Marquis of Anglesey; and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Marquis of Abercorn. The Queen's Marshall:nen, two and two. The Queen's footmen. A party of the Yeumen Guard. 11:e 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. Tha 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 Lard 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. . yV 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 Cow t was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, GoNi StiLk 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. Oroa,by Gore, Groom in Waiting. -The Queen and Prince Alb,rt honoured the French Plays Nsith their presence last evening. The Royal su i te consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgectnbe, Miss Macdonald, the Earl of Morley, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour. her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her suite, returned to her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Pat k, on Thursday night from town. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Baron Knesebeek, left town half past ten o'clock yesterday morning for the continent. Their Royal Highnesses proceeded to the Bricklayers Alms station, and left by the South-Eastern Midway for Dover, from whence their Ito) al Highnesses will embark for Ostend, en route to Frankfurt. Thu Duke of Cam bridge visited and took leave of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday morning at Gloucester House. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRom out OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JULY 23. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 16. Heroine cutter, Sir J. R. Cantu; 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 cutt er , Ri c h ar d F ran kland, Esq., from Cork and Plymouth; Resolution schooner, Duke of Rut l a nd, from Brest. BAILINGS. July 22. Noran cutter, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., for Guernsey. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Cap r i corn Flirt, Camilla, Magic , Resolu tion, Fair Rosamond, M erlin, Maud. Cutters—Pearl, Sparrowh awk, Peterel, Alarm, Dryad, Lark, Frisk, Elizabeth, Nymph, Witch, Osprey, Arrow, Turquoise, Stormfinch, Heroine, Antelope, Aurora. Yawls—Dream, Waterlily, Susan, Syren, Eagle. ELECTION MOVENENTS.—Mr. Wykeham Martin has started again for the borough of Newport. He has been to-day canv ass i ng t h at part o f C owe s that some magic has made pa r t o f t h e b oroug h o f N ew port. Mr. Plow den is supported b y t h e H i g h Ch urc h party, and Messrs. Blake and Cromp ton b y the Liberals. BLIGHT.—It is rat h er cur i ou s that the potatoes have escaped, and are b e tt er t hi s year than for the three past seasons, while the b eans p l an ted amongst them have been destroyed by the aphis. Peas and all other vege tables, except potatoes, have suffered seriously. EVENING, JULY 24, 1847. LITERATURE. FORTESCUE. A IV:x:4. By Skez Han 7 . hree i'cls. In a novel, from the pen of a dramatic write. we are naturally disposed to look for zotne winch , inay, ill a certain degree ilsiinilate it with it, authors ordinary compositions. For instance we may expect the heroes and heroines o f th e t a l e t o h e possessed of a certain vitality mote akin to th e self acting personages of the drains than the automata of an ordinary romance, we rn:y- 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 dran atiA, 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 dencmenzent in order to enhance the attraction of a " scene." These pecu liarities, whether defective or otherwise, may easily be remarked in this novel 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 (more, 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 tnost 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 Rouses of Parliament. But Ist him speak for himself : " Go, ransack the journals of tho 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 had a fault in respect to his devotion to liberty, it was, perhaps, that of his loving it too mach, where the land of his birth was con cerned ; for we perfectly well recollect a night, when kindled into burning—and how he could barn'.—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 insuriectiou ; he snuck the table with his clenched hand, and exclaimed, •' By had I been there at the time, I should have been myself a rebel t "And Sheridan is not to have a monument in the new Houses of Parliament! Our love to the . judicious corn missioners! 0, for 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 l—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 I "To the kennel with rewards! After this they are offal and ordure! Lock on!—the Crown—the Ministry —the Parliament—the country ! and applaud the discrimination, disinterestedness, and justice of the sapient junta—Burk,!—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. Ile 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 parader 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 deferred, perhaps for many a day, 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 vias 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 tear. 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 cherishinglv upon the boy of his less fortunate relative. Did I not know that man! —l)id I not love him!' " Here Fortescue's tears flowed afresh. " He had scarce dried them when Airs. 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 been 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.' "'Pray tell it me.' " The act of friendship originated in the suggestion of an amiable poet, who urged upon Lord II- the need of a supply, and offered to contribute the moiety. The proposition was met, and another interview was ap pointed ; but when that interview took place the person solicited declined, upon th e pl ea that your cousin's wi:e had disabused a common friend as to the existence of any pecuniary difficulty.' " And what was the result ?' " "rhe poet himself gave the money.' " God bless him ! and the peer, madam ?' " lie reimbursed the poet to the amount he had pro mised, upon ascertaining that his demur had been founded upon a perfect fallacy.' " And with whom did the fallacy originate ?' " With Lord L--, who protsably was misunder stood. In my mind the poet had all the honour r " And let him have it,' rejoined Fortescue. " "The memory of the kindly deed belongs of right to him r " a Rogers r " ' Yes !' " 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 whole 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 ()tiered live times—ay, ten times the same amount by a Glasgow cotton spinner, and by a Glasgow merchant sailor-4cions of Nature's noble family !" Besides the genial tone of kindliness which pervades these volumes, they are imbued with a genuine reli gious spirit, demonstrating by ths.t best of all teach ings—the teaching by example--how beautiful and happy a feeling is a humble dependence upon God, and a constant and cheerful submission to His will. The main object of the work is apparently to incur cats the great importance of self-comman d. 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 illlstrate the: evil effects of such a tendency, the author of his hi.story 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 charm tters 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 Alari•in is more ideal. Marian is represen ted as the possessor of every personal grace, and mental and .moral good quality ; while Lucy, the ill-educated daughter of uneducated parents, has only a bfautifill face, an d viva city of manner , to counter,halance the absence of every o ther attraction. Marian is much younger than Fortescue—he has beenaccus tomed to regard her only as: a chill, yet c hild as she is, she is devoted to him, at id he himself fully conscious of her many estimable believesnualitie that in time she will be a paragon of per f ec s- t i on. i er m other is anxious to look upon l'ort escue as a son, and all his better feelings prompt lii;mto preserve his h e art for Marian. This is a some hat unromantic and business - like way of dealing wi th such a subject, as most novel readers wiwillagree agree, but this is the il lustration which the author of " Fortescue" has adopted in order to enforce his fhoral lesson—nameiy, the propriety of refusing a present gratification, in order i to procure a yet greater one in futoro. This s . :d -i-mist beyond the power of Fortescue; though fully impressed with the excellence of Marian, he can with ditlieuity resist the influence of the fascinating Lucy. Time parents of Lucy are also anxious for, her union with our hero, and, encouraged by them the young larly uses every ar t t o cap ti va t e h er h es it a ti ng lover. This part of the story is detailed with great minuteness, and though made to appear in some degree natural and probable, it is certainly not pleasing, the lady and (.I,lieputi if e e te n h, tele the : 0 n duct having, of character L uo a fe as it were. changed parts. Mariany is som e is "'h very a t forwarddel delicately t a e l y d drawn, she is evidently a favourite with the author. He has endeavoured, and not unsuccessfully,to illustrate in her c hildi s h devotion, the purity and unselfish ness an d ot h er nobler attributes of love. Her pl easure on receiving a letter from Fortescue is very happily described when hardly conscious of her own feelings, she as cribes the happin e ss of her h ear t t o th e b eauty of' the weather, " No, indeed, mother ; I never yet saw the morning that was half so fine as this. It is not fancy—l feel it." But we have now detailed suffi cient, and must leave the denouement undisturbed. The beginning of the first volume, before the real story commences, is very interesting, and contains some very admirable sentiments, but the concluding por tion of the third volume, after the real interest is over, is quite unworthy of the work. The character and conduct of Marian's uncle, who is then intro duced as just arrived from India, is most unnatural and even revolting. Still we are ready to forget all imperfections for the sake of the many attractions by which they are accompanied, namely, among others, the good moral and the good and ennobling sentiments which the whole work inculcates; the many agree able characters which it introduces to our notice, among whom we have forgotten to particularise Mrs. Parkyn, whose kindliness, warm-heartedness, and plain-spoken manner is very naturally pourtrayed. The generous tone in which the whole tale is written, and the bursts of earnest eloquence with which it is interspersed—these are among the attractions of which " Fortescue" can boast, to which, let us add, not the least—the authorship of Sheridan Knowles. KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL. The distribution of prizes to 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:—Dr. Sheppard, Dr. Vivian, the Rev. E. J. Tyler, the Right Hon. E. Gladstone, Mr. Greene, &c. The audience, which chiefly consisted of ladies, was very numerous. The Cuslnm.sx opened the proceedings with a brief address, in which he expressed his conviction that all present were united in a desire to render this annual distribution of prizes both interesting and profitable — interesting to parents, and profitable, he hoped, to those who were the more 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.— hischylus—Prometheus, Thompson; Hermes, Bailey; Coryphreus, Fleay. Cicero pro Lege Manilift, Dymes. Addison's Cato—Cato, Fleay; Sempronius, Gibsone; Lucius, Martin. Thurcydides—Speech of Hermocrates. Irving. Terence—Chremes, Dickenson ; Mened,rn us, Ed wards. Shakspere—Brutus, Harrison; 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 (Le Manage Forte)—Sganarelle, Irving; Pancrace, Bacon; Marphurius, Bailey. Aristoph. Ranw—Dionysus, Headland ; Xanthias, Ancell; Charon, Gibbes; Coryphceus, Edwards. Shakspere—King Henry VIII., Thompson ; Cardi nal Wolsey, Bailey; Suffolk, Price; Norfolk, Cookson; Surrey, Irving; Cromwell, Stapley; Lord Chamberlain, Gibbes. The audience was enthusiastic in their expressions of admiration of the very great ability displayed by the young gentlemen to whota parts were allotted. Prizes were then distributed to the following pupils:— Upper Sixth Class—E. Thompson, A. Bailey, M. H. Irving, F. Harrison, R. K. Edwards, T. J. Dymes, C. A. Cookson, F. G. Fleay, E. Headland, G. W. Price, F. A. Stapley, Thomas Dickenson. Middle Sixth Class—lL Pigou, C. L. Bayley, W. Stebbing, H. B. Walmisley. Lower Sixth Class—J. Ker, 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. Cuming, F. S. Drake, J. W. Tyas, W. K. Hughes, W. H. Middleditch. Lower Fourth Class—H. Cuming, E. Cutler, S. Jones, B, Bishop, F. W. Wyon, 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. Amesbury, R. Forrest, G. A. Webster. Lower First Class—W. W. Duke, A. G. Whitehouse, W. S. Lovejoy. Mathematics—J. G. Fleay, B. W. Gibsone, E. Thomp son, E. Headland, M. H. Irving, M. C. Ancell, W. H. 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. De Mole, H. Bayne, F. H. Morris, J. R. Thayer, R. Hurst. French— A. Ba il ey, E. H ea dl a nd, M. Wheeler, W. M. Ord, W. K. Hughes, H. H. Brandon G. Winslow, Rayne, C. S. Cadman , F . H. Bacon, J. Sutton. Carr, W. H 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, L. De Ville, R. J. Knowles. Landscape Drawing —G. p r i ce , W. Lightley, E. W. Seale. As each recipient bore away his prize, he was loudly applauded. In conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to Sir R. Inglis for his efficient discharge of the duties of chair man, and the proceedings terminated. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Theseason will close with Mozart's wonderf u l opera o f Le A oz ze di Figaro, which is now in active r e h earsa l. The following cast i s remarkable:—Jenny Li n d, S usann a ; Castellon, the Countess ; Figaro, Lablach e ; B a rtolo, Staudigl ; a nd C&etti, the Count. FRENCH PLAYS.—Last night her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Countess of Mount Edgecu m b e , the Hon. M iss Mac donald, Earl Morley, and Colon e l Buckley , a nd Colonel Seymour, honoured the French plays wi th their pre sence. Mdlle. Rachel appeared in Andro m aque. There wssa fully and fashionabl y 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 un iform civility of Mr. Stevens should secure for him a full measure of patronage. SHAKSPEARE'S llOUSE.—Yesterday a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon, o f the members of the Stratford Shakspearian Club and the Archtelogical Association , was held in the Town hall, for considering the best mea ns of providing against the destruction of the birth-place of Shakspeare. D r . Pettigrew, F.R.S., presided. There las wer e also present . , Betham, Baronet, Sir IL Dillon, Sir J. Annesley, Lord Brooke, M.P., Sir C. Doug, M.P., Sir W Mr. Crofton Croker, Mr. IL 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 COW mittee, and the correspondence in which they had been engaged having been read, Dr. Thompson sa id, he was sure that nothing would give greater pleasure to the Shaksperian Society than to act with the mem bers of any other society in securing Shakspeare's house to the country. A report had been circulated that it was the intention of certain parties to p urchase the house for the purpose of exhibiting it as a travelling show. That report he be lieved to be a chimera; he was sure that neither Englis hmen nor the sons of En g lishmen would ever subm it to such a degradation.—(Loud cheers.) Sir W. Betham and Mr. Joseph Arden th en addressed the meeting, the former moving and the latter t h e Shakspe aria Club at Stratford-upon seconding a resolution, " That t v h i c es, Archaologic a l Asso ciation fully entered into the 6 expressed by the HIGHLAND exact H et in the resolution that the committee be requested m A e v m on b , ers o f her r e lodge of the to communicate with the Archaeological Association, and : about the 14th of solicit their co-operation towards forwarding the objects in view." The resolution having been carried unani mously, and several other gentlemen having* Majesty ddresasendd the meeting, the business of the day concluded. Mr. order has been received by Mr. Mackenzie, innkeeper, VISIT TO THE TIIE QUEEN'S suiteAm va Marquis qmfuroi from me, of l for j,ko br 2 et 6 r\cy p o pairs ll r t s aamt o f i_ it h oo o cA r h s r e Ld s : t eg o rgi t ak a ni k e, period August. vd h e T n h h i This r seemsAlaMajesty s t t o y s l e v t i t l l i e v t i h s j e t pointscotl Scotland. .t to Mac kenzie has received this order through the kind recom mendation, unsolicited, of the Marquis of Abercorn.— Inverness Courier. THE HON. AND R a y. G. SPENCER. —We deeply regret to announce th at this g entleman, wh o some years back joined the Roman Catholic Church, and more re cently one of its religious orders, is lying in a meat dan gerous state from fever, caught in the discharge of his duties among the poor Itish at the monastery of Aston, in Staffordshire. The latest accounts leave s carcelyany hope of his recovery. PAUCITY OF BUSINESS IN THE SHERIFF'S COURT. —There were only three cases for trial yesterday in the Sheriff's Court, in consequence of the operation 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..--The women of the Sonderbund Cantons of Switzsrland have formed ' themselves into a military body, amounting in number I to 672. They curry muskets or carbines, have officers, passwords, and, in fact, a complete military orga nization. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 23.) SUGAR.—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 58s. 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 Gd to 45e Gd, being the former value ; but ordinary damp brown was taken in at 3356 d to 345, a few lots of low soft yellow sold at 355, being cheaper. Maverrws.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauri tius offered 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 Gd to is per cwt; but those at and above that price fetched the former worth. FOREIGN.—Holders of all descriptions have mare con fidence, and there is but a moderate quantity offering for sale. There bas 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 the 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 GOO puncheons. COFFEE.—This afternoon a fair business was trans acted privately in Ceylon of all kinds, and at firm rates; good ordinary Native fetched 37s 63 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 54a 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. TEA.—At the public sales this day, at which the only important arrivals of fine Gunpowders s.na Imperials which have yet appeared this season, establish the ad vance in these sorts at from 6d to 8d per lb, as high as 3s 3d being obtained for Imperials, and 5s 6d for Gun powders of superior grade; useful middling Gunpowders sold readily at 3s 3d to 3s 10d; glazed coarse leaf Twankay 9id. RICE.—To day in East India Rice there was less bu siness privately ; at public sale 857 bags were sold at 18s 6d 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 2s to 3s under former rates. SPICES.—There has been little desire evinced to opo rate in Jamaica Ginger, although there are sellers upon further reduced' terms. Of 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 sparingly, but the amount of business transacted by private treaty has been upon a small scale only by ex porters and the home trade, low as prices are. White is little required, and can be obtained at 3id to 51d, 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 firfnness, 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 of 2s 6id to 2s 7d 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, gocd 4s 2d to 4s 4d, and tine to very fine 4s Gd 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 Gd discount, ord and midd par to 3d ditto, low ditto ditto. Of the quantity (10,G68 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. SALTPETRE.—By private treaty Rough has been largely dealt in since our last report, and the advanced rates previously established are well supported. COCHlNEAL.—Privately there has been a good busines transacted, and the rates paid are fully equal to these 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 a Y n e . at Candle 47s 6d to 48s are the prices ta F k o e r n, d forward which there is a desire to e delivery little has been done, artnehdrieeisaet.o4o6as months ad ofto 4 th 7 e s 1 there are sellers for the off t iowly at d to 48s on I year. Home-made moves . O on f t I rough e:ergor se tarms.,at i e s t 2N w se i 9 t w h the spot, and the supply I is a rge , to 47s and low South little a t tention, Wales good a nd a a ns r .d e lfi. offered uhee 6dv4a6i ti us p e o to middling 43s to 46 per stone. VAUXHALL- Ai i DEN s.—The third ascent of Mr. place Thursday evening. Notwith aGwYnPdsliag'stbhaena°c°cGuidtr. acc ident by by which the first ascent was at tended, the intrepidity of the aeronaut and his equally va li an t associates continued undiminished, and they entere d the car and took their places with a magnan i mity w hich would have dignified a better cause. The names of the gentlemen amateurs were Coxwell and Evans. The ascent 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 was 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 their i so fdm peculiariinnor theirexh conclusion dancing and the usual amusements succeeded. The gardens were crowded with company, amongst whom whom were many persons of rank and fashion.li arrangements this season have produced a great variety ot of entertainment, and a constant successtihoon of talent different sorts. The great attraction in the family e of the of the evening is the performance of and surprising. Lejars, whose horsemanshiparly part There are also a number a ll good kibiintdic.ns,Tthhee Tyrolean singers, &c., w rea ith ble th t e o tafisitle thelor fi th n e eti el j tr o il f Or t d h i e na e r v j e " 'grounds. ni a n a g d co th o e per; lea d su ' to amon gst the trad e -day respecting su ga r, and several lots have been s old at an a d vance B RISTOL SUGAR MARKET JULY 21.—There i s a better feeling rates of 6d. per cwt. Rums are at present neglected, on previous dealers not considering present prices satisfactory.— Bristol Gazette. MOZART'S •.NOZZE 1)1 FIGARO.," The following interesting det.eils respectiem, this wcrk are , e :F x r tlic ace letter () air. t L 10,10( Leopold e s 'e:‘l;eoiizlra.oirttet cfthat t l it slz e ro daughter,se dated November 11, 17e5, was already engaged in preparation for his opera, Le Nozze di Figaro, but they were on), preparations, as other engagements intervened, and the actual score was not commenced until the April follcwieg. Th e grossing subject of Mezart's thoughts during the spring of the year was Le ...Nozze di Figure, an opera likewise undertaken at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph. This work, which has maintained its place on the stage and in the drawing-room for nearly sixty years in con tinuation, is justly considered, for its extraordinary , wealth of melody, the variety of its style, and the per fection of its concerted music, as one of the roust won derful trophies of human skill. The libretto, adapted by Da l'unte from the well-known comedy of Beau marchais, seems to have satisfittl Mozart, and the subject seems to have possessed unusual charms for him, if we may judge by the rate at which he worked. The whole opera was written in the course of April. The marvellous finale of the second act, consisting of six grand pieces, occupied him for two nights and a day, durin g which he wrote without intermission. In the course of the second night he was seized with an illness which compelled him to stop; but there remained only a month pa ge of s the last y the composerpiece te was e 1)u ring in teaching i t n h g e the singers and superintending the rehearsals. It is re markable that the experienced friends of Mozart trembled ee t sw i onhoef there, t r h s fo ta r te th o e f r p e a C r e t who well kri p i writesi s opera; to f a i s d d t s h o e g f h a t t e h r e r( AprilL and the e (Leopold), o t„ d , 6 ) musical p o li t i cs of V ienna, in these doubtful terms:—The first stage of rehear sa l will take place o n th e 28th. It will be fortunate if the opera succeeds, fear I know that there are immensely strong intrigues against it; Salieri and all his tribe will move heaven and earth to put it. down. Dussek Intel said to me, " that the reason of your brother's having such strong cabals against him, is the high estimation which he has gained by his uncommon talent and skill." Salieri and Righini, being at this time ready with operas, were both competitors with Mozart for pre ference ; and the contest between the composers was so warm, that the Emperor was obliged to interpose, and he decided fur Figaro. Some eagerness of rivalry seem to have been pardonable on an occasion which is ren dered memorable by the unequalled talent of the singers, and the extraordinary congress of composers assembled at Vienna. Rarely, if ever, has it happened to a musician to sub mit his composition to such an ordeal as Mozart did Figaro, and few have been the instances in dramatic annals in which men of such renown as Haydn, Mozart, Paisiello, Storace, Salieri, Righini, Anfossi, &c., 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 perclie?" 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, " Nen piu andran 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, " Cherubim, alla vittoria, alla gloria militar," which he gave out with stentorian lungs, the effect was electricity itself, for the 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 Mozart to go, between the first and second acts, to the box of the Emperor, where he pointed out, in great agitation, the danger his music was incurring. The refractory performers were brought back to their duty by Royal inter ference. For an account f the opera during the second and third nights, we must extract a sentence from a let ter of the composer's father, dsited May 18, 1786 :—"At the second representation at Vienna, there were five, and at the third seven pieces encored, and among them a little duet, which was sung three times.' fhese 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 dissatisfaction 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 at the following female singers :—Sto race, Laschi, Mandini, Bassani, and Nanina ; the men were Benucci, 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 popular melodies of the comic operas coeval with Figaro (tunes which were regularly transferred from the theatre to the street musicians) are lost, nut a note of that compo,ition has faded, and when reproduced, it still finds as many enthusiastic admirers as a comedy of Shaltspeare. The combination of play fulness and grace which predominates in it, imparts to Figaro, according to some critics, a more decided Alo s in lis t i e t zertian characte r t h an any other of his works. Every o m n u e st m et a a y n, ce fo r r ta t i n n certainly find ,es with somethingdeligh to t to please. the bass o ase. Thef the first duet, or to th e a d m i ra bl e i nstrumentation of the song in which the page is trying on the cap. What wealth of beauty in places comparatively unnoticed. Those who like to combine delightful music with a laugh, may fine both in the duet in which Susanna describes the behaviour of the Count when her bridegroom is gone on his travels. The deprecatory interjections of poor Figaro, " Susanna, pian, pian," call up the mostpleasant 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 amplessu." Le Norze di Fig aro is the third dramatic piece which its composer had 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 of a plan of settling in England." YEOMANRY CORPS. A return has just been presented to the House of Commons of the total expenses of the yeoma l ri v ry e select cavalry t h i e n f G o r n e j a ,s t i ng details ßritain, the Ayrshire ferent corps in Scotland :—ln 1842, regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 27_officers, and tr c o o m nne l e B t 4 e 2 d t N o vit l h B4 th 6. e dy 71:14pertro\oVpasr,d l o l f 14s. In 1843 , officers,4i i a 4 n a rmen,hshai and Lanarkshire cost r2c2, g 4 3i ,4 m ll ne / nt . , , 4 e cc . 00 4 ns dii consisting i, nl t gs h o e i .O L i, the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers, and 473 men, cost 2,8231. 19s. 7d. ; the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 officers, and . 24B men, cost 1 ,4401.„155. 4d. ; the Royal Mid-Lothian regiment, consisting of 8 troops, 26 oftwers, and 379 men, cost 1,9681. Is. 9d. In 1844, the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers, and 475 men, cost 2,8231. 9 s. 7d . ; the Upper Ward of Lanark shire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 officem and 251 men, cost 1,3551. 12s. 10d. ; the Royal Mid-Lothian regiment, regiment, consisting of 8 troops, 26 consisting men, cost '),8541. 16s. ; the Upper Ward of e o f 6 troops, 13 26d officers, 3 5 officers, amned n 253,25 3 men, cost and consisting of 4 troops, 13 (Aliid-Lrso'thian regiment, con -1,37 9/. 12s. 6d. ; the Royal officers, and 364 men, cost sisting of 8 troops, 24 h Ayrshire ci regiment, consisting 1,9461. 14s. In 1846,Lanarkshire n regiment, e(gni 7 coste the Upper Ward of Cost 1,955/. 11 ' s. ; the East men, cost 1,385 C. 2s. 101 ; Lanarkshireaend47s men, regim c e o n s t t , C 2 o ,B n 3 s B is L tin l3 g s. o ; t. 4 troops, troops, cos sting of 2 troops, 6 officers, and costregiment,nrinstlL 2 s . he total charge of the whole 3alind-Lothian regiment, consisting el 8 regiments of Great Britain, in 1842, air.ounted to 2 th 3 e o l fi t i t e l; r a s l , 11,70.11. ; the number of officers to 845, and the number of men to 13,358. In the year 1843 the total 98 men, rcg . , charge amounted to 95.47e1. ; the nutuber ot officers to 893, and the numner of men to 14,311. [n 1844 the cBh73ar, 884, g u ae n n and da mt t ho h eu e nntneuudntlbt oe:Bo2to,.ltBm2le;ii charge amounted to 87 ,6221. ; the number cif officers to th tu e l h -t u , m lB h 9 e . r ofo6n 18 c 4 e 5 r s t h toe ot hffie c t e o r t s a t l o c h B a B r t g , melt to 14,353. A n d i n 1846 e a n a d ui t o h u e nt ed numberto of , m 94 e B n / number to t. t h 3 e .Bls. Tim WEATHER.—In the early part of the week considerable quantity of rain fel!, 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 fi n received. Mr. Macqueen, Fingask, has sent us Herd 501.--OdnandSahtluarr„ait even ingliotnepotsatToE,AnmeaurolyA'TasillaArcgEe as an orange and perfectly d a souttd. a race between the Scottish M__ mouth of the Tyne to the buoy Sunder landaaalbt o s u e t a 2 i roomff miles, the buoy at the steamboats, for 25 a a with2:ps.oivincehr. c A yl t i t n e d r e a rs a t a o ll the t The Bar and back, engines, equal to about 22 -horse . .i. side, id e ' distance c a ne of o 7 run, the Scottish Maid came bac , a winner by about and considerable sums changed hands.— The distance was gone over in one hour boats were alike in size, and bait t a w m el i l l- e e. miLutes. There was a good deal or spirit in D th ha s o i fs n ie b i l r er is g b s z w ac c e e a n h At : p) o Pi , e nE i u g i f apiroo upon O b s i t : tthe Chroni cl e . hneP e railwaycß rn as l Castle. — t t o e T A 1 . companystret u l ' t r s r d o i aanalyt namedYarmouth,The b assizes r l i N e ' k il llai3a. madeernf o r s r m su n i c ta h bl o y f their besmeared dress es h s is having left for bre a la as!, W illiamson put on an sprOn a l s a c e t the} left hands ot a h n e d r an parts with whitening, placed a hod upon his shoulders, and quietly passed through the doors. He was soon missed, and on the following day was discovered in a den in St. Stephen's.—Bur;Post. CHINESE GRANITE.—TLe vessel John o' Gaunt, arrived from Shanghae and Hong-Kong respectively, hes brought, in addition to a general cargo of too and other r Chinese prod uc ti ons , sevent y- e i g ht s l a b s o f gran it e . lle know of no former instance of an arrival or this valuable description of stone from the Chinese empire, and this notice of the matter will prove of interest and impor tance. The importation alluded to took place at the port of Liverpool last week.