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LITERATURE. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXI. Not the leading article in point of position, but certainly the leading article in point of ability, among the nine papers contained in the hundred and sixty first n um b er of the Quarterly Review, is the one en titled "Pant agrue li sm. " M uch erud i t i on is scattered through th e contr ib ut i on, but its excellence is frit tered away b y t h e ent i re a b sence of arrangement, and the rather doubtful purpose of the arguments. To an ordinary reviewer it would be a rather embarassing thing to have to compile an article c omp l ete and one in itself upon the triple theme of the political caricatures by H. 8., the " Sartor Resartus" of Thomas Carlyle, and the " Doctor" of Robert Southey. Yet upon this literary and pictorial tripod, as it were, has the Quarterly Reviewer raised a very able, and, in many respects, elaborate disquisition. The incongruity, or more strictly speaking, the want of unity in his subject, has however, deteriorated so far from the intrinsic merit of his compilation, as to render it at times diffuse and disconnected. The writer sets out by stating that his object, if he can be said to have one at all of a definite character, is to afford illustrations of a style of composition which he distinguishes by the generic title of Pantagruelistic. Every one who is a lover of the vis conzica has read, of course, Rabelais or if he h as no t, h e d eserves to b e —lik e one of the monks depicted by that prince of jesters— kicked to death in a desert. Every lover of the vis conzica, therefore, is at once familiar with the mean ing of the term Pantag,ruelistic, a word compounded of 7 :' 23 ' - rz, which in the Greek signifieth all, and gruel, which in the Arabic signifieth thirsty. For Panta gruel, according to the authority of the incomparable author of " Gargantua," was born on a certain Fri day, when the people were all at their orisons, and great drops of water exuded from the ground like sweat, which, when the observers had collected and drunk they found to be salt and brackish as the brine of the sea : wherefore the father of Pantagruel so christened him as a commemoration of the time of his birth when all were thirsty. Rabelais further ex plains the signification of Puntagruelism, declaring it to be " a sort of high spirits worked up in despite of accidents—ready to drink too if you will," or as the review er, yet more distinctly expresses it " that sort of gaiety w hi c h a mo d erate allowance of good wine is calculated to produce ;in plain English —a ten dency to skylarking !" Plain English enough we opine, language which Mr. Roebuck would call the vernacular. From the assertion that although Rabelais created the expression 7:x, 72- gruelism, he was far from being the creator of the thing gruelism, the r ev i ewer dashes off into an episodical eulogium Upon Aristophanes. And in the course of this man n panegyric i rec t t s a passage to w hi ch we would in a particular er sage to of the Royal Academician, DANIEL AIACLISE, containing, as it does, a sugges tion oon pregnantr w i th opportunities for the manitesta- his very great artistic genius. "As w e can not hope to see Aristophanes restored to the stage," says the reviewer, " though Sophocles has, after a fashion reviewer, resumed his buskins, we should be truly glad to see the next best thing—a series of illustrati ons of his comedies—say the "Knights" or th e " Peace " —by an artist of real skill and real humour; he must be a better draughtsman than theßetzsch, and less formal than Flaxman ; he must have fun of a caracatur i st, an d the feelings of a poet ; ike 1 - 1.13 , h e must be able to preserve an identity of face in the leading characters, but he must be able, at the same time, to sport with an unlimited variety °f attitudes and groupings." " There is an artist " lo ng us," continues the rev i ewer, " who toc of n d mistak es hi s own calling, but who could Aristophanes Which he could occupy in the nineteenth century." well onN;°.'rds of Challoner, let Mr. Maclise " think the follow ing A sens e of justice prompts us to give of Arist op h anes forcible and specious vindication Socrates. regard t o hi s conduct towards saying Still we must pre m i se th e quo t a ti on , by th a t the writer blasphemy i n h is rem is gu il ty o f a l most as muc h putes with suc h fli arks ab out S ocrates , as he im of Socr a t to Rou s seau. The name es how ppever,ancy defies all aspersion and oblo quy—Socrates the wisest of the sagesof antiquity—So ca rates thesan greatest of all pagan philosophers—Socrates floss in principle, in th e m id st o f licentious and polytheism ! ." It i s i mpossible, " proceeds the Quarterly Revie, strict understand the d eat h of Socrates, without w a reference to the history of the times in which he lived." We believ e the case to have stood thus. A great r.,..,uee4i3 was introduced into the Athenian character of atorircles, who was a disciple of the philosophical speeu , Anaxagoras. AVe shall best characterise this Change by saying that it consisted in the rise of the e l!tss of xr. 6 %oricayasol—that is (according to the Athe '.'wn meaning of the phrase) of those who were for lodg- PoVver with an aristocracy, not of birth and wealth, w ` . t of talent. In this state of things great influence 07,s exercised by the Sophists, par excellence the men of 7„l'eloss restin g on intellectual accomplishment ; and :3"ei t every educated man subsequent to Pericles was selfi s h d tO , the old established democracy either from Motives or on theoretical grounds. We may Prieedlicate this distinctly of Critias, Antiphon, Thucydides, the'AcrtZad and Soph - ocles. As for Euripides and So- Mov er :, Y Were considered as fellow-workers in a movement for the exaltation of the middle class, and as pur e So (See Aristoph. Ran. 771, and Asch. c. xenz rat. n nt; - 4 ). Aristophanes was the great solitary at exception to this tendenc on the part of literary men Athen s ; Socrates hence his antagonism 3 to Euripides and the vho, although they would never have favoured Ifioerr establishmentt,he..s of a pure oligarchy, and were rather 'OO . O than for the 400 or the 30, had given ear animations than any others of their wish to place the above the D emus . I n one of h i s most iot_c tragedies E ur i p i des had ventured to put into the mouth of Theseu s th e words— And 7 f su):1 iE u.sqov r'v o - xZeir!)),Elc.—S upp i. 244. tician Ther'amenes, who, if he had been a consistent poli- Vmight hav e b rought these views to a practical ex- Q l Pent, was c er t a i n l y a favourer of middle measures. ?°_erhave no d ou b t then that Aristophanes looked upon . rtes as a m i sch i evous advocate of the cant of the reformers, to whom he attributed hyp - ocrisy and selfishness, selfishness, the usual qualities of the talking patrons °,,l,atheoretical changes ; and if we are right in supposing d m_ a sort of Stoicism—not that which was positively ,"eleped by Zeno, but that which is practically adopted y all men of genius and si ncer i ty i n a vicious age—if ewe nuty supp ose t h at a sort of Stoicism is the necessary o neornita nt of true Pantagruelisrn, then the feelin g of Arist ophanes may not have been ver W hich y diff erent f Rome, w as su b sequently expressed by the model Stoic of rne, who use d to say that Socrates was a loquaciou s and overbearing person, and endeavoured, as tar as it bas possibl e f or him, to get the mastery over his country Y abolishing established customs, and drawing or bring ing over his f e ll ow citizens to opinions contrary to the laws.' (Plutarch, Cato Major, c. xxiii.) After all, we Socratesmuat remember that the question for us is not whether the rough deserved the punishment which he incurred, or handling which he had some years previously received from Aristophanes, but whether our Pants- Were for poet sincerely believed, and on grounds which Were for him, as a conscientious and clear-headed man, sufficient and satisfactory, that this father of many schools of philosophy was a mischievous character, whose cTtip.o:qoy was as much a piece of cant and quackery as bAlthe lying spirit of divination possessed by Lucian's exander, or any other qiE:.;r3su.av-.-z 5 - and Sweden borgian of ancient or modern times. If Aristophanes had reasons which we must admit to have been sufficient for a co ntemporary, who could not estimate all the important Consequences which might one day flow from the doc trines of Socrates, and who was bred up in the belief that toleration is a cowardly vice; if he had reasons for believing that this was the case, and was besides com pelled to identify Socrates with the proceedings of a party which paved the way for the subversion of the old constitution of Athens,we cannot but extol him for acting with unshrinking courage on the str engt h o f his own convictions, and we willingly me strong hand whi c h cut recognise in The Clouds' the same good heart and the same Up Cleon into shoe-soles for the knights.'" (Ach. 300.) After a few gallant slashes at the now pop u l ar Tory b ug b ear o f Popery, mentioning it as a " mysti &cation o f Christianity," and as a system assuming a right t o " ens lave the individual conscience, and to cramp the individual intellect," the writer Merges int o a milder and less polemic strain by re ferring to the Divina Commedza of Dante, which, however, from its strictly allegorical character and it s Pervading solemnity, is not counted in the category of Pantagruelism. Speaking of the contributions ,made to th e raw ma t er i a l s o f the English language '1 Skelt on — a true P antagrue li s t—th e reviewer ob . - serv e s —" A certain shrewd Professor of the Unt vrsity o f C am b r i dge was once as k e d , i n our hearing, hether Shakspere or Milton had the greater e°nlniand of the English language : he replied, briefly I.l ough, Sh a k spere cou ld have s l ange d Mi lton i nto a di tc h 4 ft/se minutes." Swift, in like manner, is mentioned, an d with reason, as one gifted with this pantagruelistic Nubility. Jean Paul Frederick Richter is received 14 to the same number, while Sterne, and Hogarth, an d Churchill, and Voltaire are rejected. We cordi ally agree with the writer in his depreciatory epithets 3lts to the sincerity of Southey's facetiousness in that ; o derful mo ns t ros it y o f mo d ern l i terature, The fi v e We h ave d evoure d th e fi ve fi rst volumes, sixth we h ave not yet seen, but from those ac')e volumes, it i s as i mposs ibl e to deny the I,4lltbnd reading an d th e pro f oun d learning of the th los "er as it would be to regard his grins as other his a s Pasms produced a s by ga l van i sm, or look upon affeetat - t avagant ga i e t y as ot h er than an extravagant h o ion and a g i gan ti c h um b ug. No affectation, te r vrev er, have we ever been able to see in the charac eemh ,eompositio ns o f Th omas C ar l yle, and as an fou° Ivirl 4 .tle vindi cat i on of the latter we transcribe the Ittuel l ) l ,r l FS' Paragraph : th regar gr d to Mr. Carlyle's style--we have heard f eet, d O f its aff ectat i on. If it be true that he is an af fli an a „ W i r iter, no one ca n h ave any business to claim for ! i tself ae`aee among the P an t ag ruelista; for affectation is hen n k• But w e b e li eve that the case is not so. ° f M e ens . power of thi n ki ng t ranscen d s hi s p ower , ' colouring of quaintness And pecifilltrY .1 4 ...: 7441 ..... k . 4 II 14' 3 L 0 . N .. D . 0,14, BA.T tY Ill) A Y _NV Ulf I . lw a, JUL Y Vii will often attach to his writings ; and if he has convinced himself that the common literary style of his country men is used as a vehicle for the concealment or inade quate expression of thought, he will be not unlikely to substitute for it the plain-speaking of colloquial inter course, though this should occasionally verge towards vulgarity. Hence mannerism ;—but we can by no means see that mannerism must necessarily be affectation Some of our readers will perhaps be startled by the as sertion we are about to make—that Mr. Carlyle's style is identical in its leading peculiarities with that of Bishop Andrewes. Perhaps there were never two men who were more different in the habitual direction of their thoughts, or in their early training, or in the raw mate rials of which their writings are made up. And we feel certain that the author of Sailor Resartus ' never read a page of the bishop's writings, otherwise he must have referred to them in his Cromwell.' 'We must conclude, then, that these two peculiar writers of the seventeeth and nineteenth centuries wrote as they did from some internal necessity of a similar nature—namely, that as Andrewes wished to speak plainly from the pulpit on subjects which were involved in the wrappings of theo logical learning, his pedantry, quaintness, and slang, were the results of his struggle with the fetters imposed upon him ; and that the same defects in the style of the modern author were produced by a similar wish to shake off the trammels which he felt to be imposed upon him by the sometimes unmeaning decencies of the fashion able mode of writing." . . Several curious examples are given of this strange resemblance between the styles of Carlyle and Andrewes, as for instance in the derivation or real meaning of proper names ; in the manufacturing of words ; in the use of the vulgarest colloquialisms; in a pedantic play upon words ; in an etymological sort of punning; in abrupt exclamatory sentences ; in quaint inversions ; and in emphatic and demon strative epexegesis. Perhaps the most remarkable of these resemblances is the last—namely, the epexegesis. " From Oxford to Rome" is a dissertation Protestant to the back-bone. It is conceived in a spirit of true earnestness. Those who love the witcheries of voyaging in the Arctic and Antarctic regions will read with intense interest the review of the works written respecting the memorable expedi tion of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., one of the ablest navigators that ever lived. The in terest of the article is enhanced by the mystery sur rounding the fate of the expedition to the North Pole under Franklin and Crozier—for the safety of which expedition all true hearts pray. Of the " Financial Pressure" we have spoken so repeatedly, and there is a certainty of so many better opportunities than the present arising to tempt us to a reiteration of our animadversions upon the Bank Charter Bill of 1844, that we shall content ourselves with simply men tioning the publication of a paper upon this important subject in this number of the Quarterly. " Peel Policy" is a diatribe very little to our taste. The great statesman, whose conduct is rendered the theme for so many malicious invectives and scurrilous vituperations, will not go down to posterity through the pages of the Quarterly Review. His memory will live, as he desires it to live, in the cottages of those who labour, and from the great boons he has showered upon his contemporaries, that remembrance we do believe will be as beautiful as it is illustrious. Quarrel we must, and we do, with Sir Robert, for his innovations upon the national system of currency—as a grand and ruinous in!stake ; but we should be ungrateful not to call to mind, at the same time, the noble and patriotic mea sures he has been principally instrumental in passing through the Houses of Legislation. " The Heirs of the Stuarts" and " Grand Jours d'Avergne" are papers replete with historical knowledge, happily compiled. " Lord Lindsay on the History of Christian Art" and the "Journal of a Residence in Portugal" complete the very able contents of this number of the great organ of the shadow of Conservatism. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. A meeting of the electors of this borough, very nutnerous and highly respectable, was held last even ing in the large room at the York and:Albany Hotel, near Regent's Park, for the purpose of hearing Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart's explanation of his political conduct and opinions. Mr. Churchwarden HowaitTir, in taking the chair, explained the position of affairs at the present mo ment, and the circumstances under which the pro posed ballot had been suggested by Lord D. C. Stuart, and agreed to by his competitors, observing that the object was to preclude the possibility of a Tory " slipping in, not to represent but to misre present the borough."—(Great applause.) The wor thy Chairman, after a few words in praise of Lord D. C. Stuart, and in recommendation of him as a fit representative for the borough sat down amidst great and enthusiastic cheering. Mr. WATKINS, apologising for coming forward at an unseasonable moment, said that when Lord Dudley Stuart was M.P. for Arundel, he (Mr. Watkins) was one of his constituents, and having heard of Lord Dudley Stuart's intention to set up for Marylebone, he considered it his duty to come forward and say that the whole constituency were well satisfied with his Lordship's conduct, and that he considered him the best Member they could possibly select. Lord DUDLEY STUART then addressed the meeting. He was very uncomfortable at being obliged to listen to so much praise of himself.—(A laugh.) At the same time, Parliamentary candidates must not be shamefaced, they must have no false delicacy.— (Much laughter.) He was prepared to receive whatever praise was due to him, and to meet and repel whatever attacks might be made upon him.— (Great applause.) His Lordship then proceeded to give an outline of his conduct when in Parliament, and to enumerate some of the liberal measures which he had given his support to and had voted for. Amongst these were—The Reform Bill, the glorious Reform Bill—(Great applause)—the abolition of slavery—(Cheers)—of impressment—of the Jewish disabilities —of property qualification —of the rate-paying clause—and of long Parliaments. — (Immense cheering.) Not only these measures, but also the amendment of the poor-laws, the granting of out-door relief, and the abolition of the odious practice of separating man and wife, parent and child, in the workhouses.—(Great applause.) He had voted for the admission of Dissenters to the Universities.— (Cheers.) He was in favour of local government. He hated central boards — all commissioners—poor-law commissioners, health of towns commissioners, and police commissioners.— (Great laughter, and applause.) It was for this reason that he opposed the Health of Towns Bill. Some such Bill was necessary ; some Bill was re • quired to prevent people from being poisoned by the filth of their towns, but it could be don e by o th er means. It could be done without centralisation— without commissioners. It could be done as well— better—more constitutionally—by local boards, and ha was determined to give all the opposition in his power to any proposal for taking such matters out cf the hands of the local board, and placing them in the hands of central boards. The rate-payers who paid the money ought to have the spending of Ct.— (Cheers.) He was also of opinion that the window tax was a most unjust and impolitic enactment, and ought, nay must, be repealed.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the suffrage ought to be extended not only to all housekeepers but to many others, as there were many lodgers who were men of sufficient intel ligence and stake in the country to entitle and qualify them to vote.—(Great applause.) It had been said that he was not a true reformer. He thought if any proof was wanting of his sincerity in respect to reform, he had given one quite sufficient to convince the electors of Marylebone, within the last week or ten days, by suggesting the ballot between himself and his two rivals, Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey.—(Hear, hear.) His Lordship then entered at some length into an explanation of the ar rangements on that subject. He was in favour of the ballot.—(Cheers.) He would rather people could vote openly. It was repulsive to his feelings to see men discharging a duty in secret.—(Hear.) But was it not better men should discharge a duty in private than betray it in public ?—(Aye, aye ! and cheers.) It was impossible to secure purity of election without it, and the objection must be abandoned. There was no doubt that many men acted honestly in spite of those who, having them in their power, tyra nn i ca ll y endeavoured to influence thei r votes. There were many such in Maryleb m o a n l e ce ; a but we had no ri g ht t o p a r s o acr e i t fi ed ce ._ . a m ll a e n o t u e ght to c be protected.—( h t c call be e upon ribg. -- ( (G lle r a e r a .) His Lordship proc ee d e d t h en to go over a numb e r o f cywhic friends, to h had been n ll f l of which made against h ch im arg b e y s h o i f s in op co p n on site e s nt n s or their he gave clear and satisfactory a nswers. ing at some length on the Polish question, After dwell- Lord sat down amidst the most enthusiastic cheers Several questions having been put to his Lordship, and answered by him, a resolution, pledging the meet ing to support his Lordship at the ballot on Monday, was unanimously passed. After giving three cheers for Lord D. Stuart, and moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. A letter from Berne, of the Bth, in the Constitu tionnel, says :—" The sitting of the Diet to day was, like that of yesterday, taken up with the discussion of mi litary affairs. What is more interesting than the deli berations of the Diet, is a report, believed in some circles, that the Ambassador of France yesterday paid a visit to the President of the Directory, to read him a recent dispatch of M. Guizot, giving not only his en tire approbation to the written speech of M. Bois le Comte on June 2, but dwelling still more on the strange doctrines contained in it. It was said that M. llochsenbein expressed the greatest surprise at the lan guage of M. Guizot, being so sensibly different from that employed by that Minister in his recent explanations in the Chamber of Deputies. The President of the di rectory, it is also said, spoke still more firmly than in the first interview of the French Envoy, against certain doctrines which that diplomatist endeavoured to uphold. Without guaranteeing the fact which I thus inform you of, I have every reason to believe it is exact." GLASGOW PIG-IRON MARKET, JULY I3.—The iron-market is very firm this week, and prices have ad vanced to 703. 6d. and 71s. cash for 3•sthS No. I, iind 2•504 No, 3,-! Glasgow Chronick. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Profferlinos of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, JULY 16. 131 - S110N:1C OF MANCIIESTRR, &c., BILL. Order read, for resuming adjourned debate upon Question (15th July), " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:" —Question again proposed :—Debate resumed :—Question put. The House divided. MAJORITY—AYES, 63. Acland, T. D. Frewen, C.H. - Parker, John Antrobus, Edmund Gaskell, J. M. Plumptre, J. P. Bannerman, A. Goulburn, Henry Plumridge, Captain Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir James Polhill, F. Bentinek, Lord G. Greene Thomas Repton, G. W. J. Borthwick, P. Grey, Sir G. Rich, Henry Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Richards, Richard Brown, W. ~,- . 47" Hatton, Captain Russell, Lord J. Huller, Charles Hawes, Benj. Ryder, Granville D. Cholmondeley, H. Hobhouse, Sir John Saudon, Lord Christie, W. D. Hope, G. W. Somerville, Sir W. Clive, Viscount Hornby, John Stuart, J. Colebrooke, Sir T. Jervis, Sir John Thesiger, Sir F. Cowper, W. F. Labouche:v, henry Tollcmache, John Denison, J. lE. Law, Hon. E. C. Tufnell, 11. Dickinson, F.:II. Legh, G. C. Turner, Edmund Disraeli, 13. Macaulay, T. Vivian, J. E. Duckworth, Sir J. 31aule, Fox Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Admiral Mundy, E.M.,, Wynn, C. W. Dundas,iSir David Newdegate, C. N. TELLERS. Entwille, William Nichol', John Hill, Lord Mavens Ferguson, Sir R. O'Brien, A. Stafford Ebrington, Viscount MINORITY—NOES, 18. Aglionby, 11. A. Escott, Bickharn Thornely, T. Aldam, William Haste, A. Trelawny, J. S. Brotherton, J. Horsman, Edward Wakley, Thomas Clements, Viscount M'Taggart, Sir J. Williams, W. Collett, J ohn 3folesworth, Sir W. TELLERS. Currie, R. Philips, Mark Hume, Joseph Duke, Sir J. Roebuck, J. A. Osborne, Captain Preamble, p. Mine 21 ; Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " that a measure should be submitted to Par liament for continuing the Bishoprics of St. Asaph and Bangor as separate bishoprics :"—Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Preamble." The Committee divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 132. Acland, Sir T. Entwisle, W. Miles, Philip W. S. Antrobus, Edmund Ferguson, Sir R. Morpeth, Viscount Archdall, Captain Forester, G. CI Morris, David Baring, Menry Frewen, C. H. Mundy, E. M. Baring, Thomas Fuller, A. E. Neville, Ralph Barrington, Viscount Gardner, J. D. Newdegate, N. Beckett, William Gaskell, J. M. Nicholl, J. Bennet, P. Gore, Montague Norreys, Lord Bentinck, Lord G. Gore, Robert Norreys, Sir D. Blackburne, J. I. Goring, Charles O'Brien, A. S. 3odkin, William H. Goulburn, Henry Packe, C. W. Boldero, 11. G. Graham, Sir James Palmerston, Viscount Borthwick, Peter Grey, Sir George Parker, John Bowles, Admirr I, Grosvenor, Lord R. Patten, J. W. Broadley, H. Hallyburton, Lord Pennant, Colonel Buller, Charles Halsey, T. P. Philipps, Sir R. Buller, Edward Hamilton, G. A. Plumridge, Captain Buller, Sir V. Hatton, Captain Price, Sir R. Byng, G. S. Hawes, B. Reid. Colonel Carew, W. H. Pole Henley, J. W. Repton, G. W. J. Cavendish,lC. C. Herbert, Sidney Rich, Henry Cholmondeley, Pi, Hildyard, T. B. T. Richards, Richard Christopher, R. Hobhouse, Sir John Russell, Lord J. Clayton, It. It. Hope, A. Russell, J. D. Clive, Visc.l Honaby, John Rutherford, A. Collett, W. It. Hothana, Lord Seymer, Henry Ker Corry, Henry Ingestre, Viscount Seymour, Sir H. B. Courtenay, Lord Inglis, Sir It. Shell, R. L. Cowper, W. F. Jet vis, Sir John Somerville, Sir W. Craig, W. G. Joc3lyn, Viscount Stuart, J. ._ Denison, J. E. Jones, Captain Thesiger, Sir F. Denison, W. J. Kirk, Peter Tollemache, J. Dickinson, F. 11. Labouchere, Henry Turner, E. Disraeli, 8.2 Langston, J. H. Vesey, Hon. T. Dodd, G. Lascelles, W. S. Vivian, J. E. Douglas, J. S. Law, C. E. Vyse, R. li. R. 11. Duckworth, Sir J. Lefroy, A. Ward, H. G. Duncombe, 0. Legh, G. C. Wellesley, Lord C. Dundas, !Admiral Lemon, Sir C. Williams, W. Dundas, Sir D. Lindsay, Colonel Wilshere, T. W. East, Sir J. Lowther, lion. Col. Wood, Sir Charles Easthope,:Sir J. Macaulay - , T. B. Wortley, J. S. Ebrington, Lord Manners, Lord C. TELLEES. Egerton, W. T. Manic, Fox Tufnell, H. Egerton, Sir P. Meynell, Captain Hill, Lard Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 33. Aglionhy, H. Duncan, George Philips, Mark Aldan, W. Duncombe, Thomas Pinney, William Berkeley, Craven Ellis, Wynn Roebuck, J. A. Bouverie, E. P. Escott, Bickham Seymour, Lord Bretherton, J. Evans, Sir De Lacy Smith, R. V. Brown, W. Forster, M. Thornely, Thomas Clay, Sir W. Hall, Sir Benjamin Wakley, Thomas Clements, Viscount Hindley, C. Walker, Richard Colebrooke, Sir T. Horsman, E. Wall, C. B. Currie, Ilaikes M'Taggart, Sir J. TELLERS. D'Eyncourt, T. Molesworth, Sir W. Hume, Joseph Duke, Sir James Osborne, Ralph Collett, John Page 2, line 1; Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " and for establishing forthwith a Bishopric of Man chester :"—Whereupon Moticn made, and Question pro posed," That the Chairman do now report progress, and ask leave to sit again." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 18. Aglionby, 11. A. Escott, Blckhain Philips, Mark Brotherton, Joseph Hall, Sir B. Thornely, T. Currie, Raikes Ilindley, Charles Wakley, T. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Horsman, Edward Williams, W.. Duke, Sir James Hume, Joseph TELLERS. Duncan, George Molesworth, Sir W. Roebuck J. A. Duncombe, T. Osborne, Ralph Collett, John Acland, Sir T. Acland, T. D. MAJORITY-NOES, 129. Ebrington, Viscount Masterman, John Egerton, W. T. hiaule, Fox . _ . . Antrobus, E. Egerton, Sir P. Meynell, Captain Archdall, Captain Etitwisle, W. Miles, P. W. S. Austen, Colonel Ferguson, Sir R. Milnes, It. M. Bannerman, A. Forester, G. C. Morpeth, Viscount Baring, 11. B. Frewen, C. 11. Morris, David Baring, Thomas Fuller, A. E. Mundy, E. Miller Baring, W. B. Gardner, J. D. Neville, Ralph Beckett, W. Gaskell, J. M. Newdegatc, C. N. Benret, Philip Gore, Montague Nichol], John Bentinck Lord G. Gore, Robert Norreys, Sir D. Berkeley, Craven Goring, Charles O'Brien, A. S. Blackburne, J. I. Goulburn, lleary Parke, C. W. Bodkin, W. H. Boldero, henry Grey, Sir G. Pahneraton,l 7 l.9. Grosvenor, Lord R. Parker, John . . Borthwick, Peter Hallyburton, Lord Patten, J. W. Bowles, Admiral Halsey, T. P. Pennant, Colonel llroadley, 11. Hamilton, G. A. Philipps, Sir It. Brown, W. Hatton, Captain Pinney, W. Buller, Charles Hawes, Benjamin Price, Sir Robert Buller, Edward Henley, J. W. Reid, Colonel Buller, Sir J. V. Herbert, Sydney Repton, G. W. Ilyng, G. S. Hildyard, T. B. Rich, Henry Carew, W. P. Hobhouse, Sir J. Richards. Richard Cavendish, C. C. Hodgson, F. Russell, Lord John Cholmondeley, H. Ilope, Alexander Russell, J. D. Christopher, R. A. Hornby John Rutherfurd, A. Clayton, R. It. Hotham, Lord Seynaer, H. K. Clive, Viscount Ingestre, Visct. Sheil, R. L. Collett, W. R. Inglis, Sir It. H. Somerville. Sir W. Corry, H. Jervis, Sir John Stuart, John Courtenay, Lord Jones, Captain Thesiger, Sir F. Cowper, W. F. Labouchere, Henry Tollemache, John Craig, W. G. Langston, J. H Vesey, T. Dickinson, F. F. Las ce ll es , W . S . Vyse, H. Dodd, George Law, C. E. Walker, Richard Douglas, J. D. S. Lefroy, Anthony Ward, H. G. Duckworth, Sir J. Legh, G. C. Wilshere, W. Duncombe, 0. Lemon, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Charles Dundas, Admiral Lindsay, Colonel Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Sir David Lowther 1 Colonel TELLER& East, Sir J. B. Macaulay, T. B. Tufnell, Henry Easthope, Sir Joint Manners, Lord C. 11111, Lord M. COURT CIRCULAR. The royal dinner party at Osborne on Thursday even ing included the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caro- Line Leveson Gower. _ _ . Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk in the pleasure-grounds and plantations of Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, rode out on ponies and took their usual airings. The Hon. Miss Murray, one of the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty, left Osborne yesterday. The Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Alderman Kay, and Mr. Alderman Hopkins, a deputation from Manchester to oppose the establishment of any Ecclesiastical Court in connexion with the Bishopric of Manchester, accom panied by the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., and Mr. J. Brotherton, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Hon. F. Scott and Colonel M'Arthur had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Speaker of the House of Commons had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing-street. ➢Tr. Palmer, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the Office of the Commis sioners of Railways in Great George-street. Dispatche s were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial -office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last niht's Gazette.) In Account, pursuant to the Acct? th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of July, 1847. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. Notes i55ued........ 23,304,805 Government debt . • 11,015,100 Other securities . • 2,984,900 Go-ld coin and bullion 7,905,963 Saver bunioa . • 1,398,842 £23,304,805 Dated the 15th day of July, lb I X 23,304,805 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 17. lEPARTMEN T. BANKING Di X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .... ... •••• • • • 3,551,551 Public dsposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di. X. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight AnnUity) • 11,636,340 Other securities • • • • 18,747,037 Notes Gold And silver Coin.. 781,570 viaend accounts).. 5,245,017 Other deposits ...... 9,305.323 Seven day and other bills •• •• •• •• 841,386 £33,496,277 £33,496,277 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 15th day ofJuly, 184' PROPOSED STATUE IN LINCOLN'S INN FIELD S TO THE MEMORY OF L ORD RUSSELL. Yesterday morning a preliminary meet i ng of gentlemen and i n fluential rate payers was held in the p arish of St. And rew ' s , H o lb orn, for the p ur p ose of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting a monument to the memory of Lord Russell, on the spot where he was beheaded in Lincoln's Inn- Fields, on the 21st of July, 1683. Mr. J. R. Taylor took the chair, and explained the o bj ect f or which the meeting was held. Several gentlemen having expressed .their opinions upon the subject, a sub scr i pt i on of one geaulilninega aeapcahbwlicasmpereotpinogseadt, and earliestanin tci a n t i p o p n a e r t x u p n r i e t s y s . e d of The Emperor Nicholas has of ju st . taken an important decision in a strategic point the project of a vast line of railvwlaew, He has adopted rsb urgh. of 1 sr T r a h e r i e . s capitals—Warsaw, Moscow, and SL y Pe u t: iting the al line, of which the tete de poet will be the f o rtress saw, w ill complete and strengthen the sy stem the old kingdom of Poland, such as the Emperor Nicholas esta blished it at the last insurrection in 1830. to be traversed by the line is generally flat, which will allow of the works being rapidly completed at an ex pease of about 1 00 , 000 f. the English mile. N EWFOUNDL AND PRODUCE.—The Vessel Dart arrived in the river from Newfoundland, has brought, in addition to a cargo of oil and other merchandise, the large number of 18,194 seal skins ; and another vessel, the Cynthia, arrived from the same place, besides a cargo of oil, 17,000 of the same kind of skins. Th ese extensive importations of the seal skin from the British North American provinces mentioned, amply iutietr a t ev i the tibundgnog of the creature in that district., FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, juLY 14, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles 11. Broadwood, Esq., Exon of her Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, vice Henry Chard, Esq., resigned. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, JULY 15. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Stephen Jordan Rigaud, M.A., F.R.A.S., Senior Assistant Master at Westminster School, to be one of his Royal Highnesg's Chaplains. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Carrel, as Consul at St. Helena for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. WHITEHALL, JULY 14. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend John Scarth to the church at Sandwick, in the united parishes of Sandwick, Dunrossness, and Cunningsburgh, in the presbytery of Lerwick and stewartry of Orkney and Shetland, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Alexander Shand, late minister thereof, to the parish of Nesting. WHITEHALL, JULY 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry William Whitehead, of Rochdale, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JULY 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Armitage, of Huddersfield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Swift, it nmonzer, Walsall, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. John Brittan, market gardener. Redlynch, Wiltshire, to surrender July 30, and Aug. 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, BasinghaLstreet; Knight, Basinghall-street. John Wyatt Sugg, architect, Torquay, July 29, at one, and Aug. 24, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman Official assignee, Exeter; Laidrnan, Exeter; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench walk, Temple. James Dolphin, grocer, Bilston, Staffordshire, July 24 and August 21, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christi©, official assignee, Birmingham; Bod ding-ton, Dudley. Luke Langley, baker, B ra di n g, Isle of Wight, Jwly 29, at eleven, and Aug. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Westmacott, John-street, Bedford row; Hearn, Newport. Thomas Green Crofts, draper, Leicester, July 30 and Aug. 27, at eleven, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Motteram and of st ep Bankruptcy. Knowles,he Stephen Hoekn Birmingham. eG,robo umi eorffi, c Cornwall-villas, official-assignee, - r a n s : i a g l I n - e v e i I a s A , b D c h a u l s r t e o h n . , July 28, at two, and August 27, at eleven, at the Court lane, Lombard-street; Cutler, Bell-yard, Doctors' Com. mons. John Snook, builder, Ledbury-road, Paddington, July 27, at half-past one, and Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Fisher, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. Henry Clark, oil merchant, Redcross-street, City, Aug. 6, at eleven, and Aug. 28, at one, at th e C o urt of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assigiage, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Murray, London -street, Fenchurch street. John Fearne Gee, manufacturing chemist, Wakefield, July 29 and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Clarke, Chan cery-lane, London ; Barratt. Wakefield; Carriss, Leeds. George Roberts, miller, Rodborou g h, Gl oucestersh i re, July 30 and A ug . 27, at eleven, at t h e Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; K earse y, Stroud. William Alsop Massey, licensed vict ua ll er, Li verpoo l , July 27 and Aug. 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Kennedy, Chancery-lane, London ; Henry, Liverpool. Crighton, Holden, and Company, cotton spinners, Pendleton, Lancashire, Aug. 4 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester ; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London. Joseph Leadbeater Butterell, grocer, Doncaster, July 30 and Sept. 3, at ten, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Rushworth, Staple Inn, London ; Sanderson, Leeds. 'William Bromley Cooke, tape-manufacturer, Winshill. Derbyshire, July 23, at ten. and Aug. 27. at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; J. and J. Richardson, Burton upon-Trent. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. Gammage and J. Mott, cheesemongers, Broad street, Bloomsbury—first div. of 28. 4d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder man bury. J. Wray, furrier, Newington-causeway —first div. of 4s. 10d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Hignett, sack manufacturer, Manchester—a div. of 3s. 7d. in the pound, on Tuesday, July 27, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Man chester. S. Hill, boiler maker, Bolton-le-Moors—a div. of 20s. in the pound, on Tuesday, July 27, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. S. Hill and H. Owen, boiler makers, Bolton-le-Moors —a div. of 7s. 6d. in the pound, on Tuesday, July 27, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Ogden, cotton spinner, Reddish, Lancashire—a div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, on Tuesday, July 27, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Man chester. J. Beal, confectioner, Manchester—a div. of 3s. 7d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. W. Tickle and W. Roberts, cotton spinners, Burnley, Lancashire—second div. of Id, in the pound, and a first and second div. of 2s. 3d. in the pound on new proofs, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. W. Lockmore, stuff manufacturer, Hightown—first div. of 41d, in the pound, on any day after July 22, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Seaton, farmer, Wickley cum Cloyton—first div. of 49. in the pound, on any day after July 22, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. on —third and T. Helliwell, aucti oneer, Halifax—f i rst div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, on any d ay after July 22, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds, T. Taylor, groc er , N ewcastle-up final div. of sd. in t h e pound (in addit i on to 10s. in the pound previo us ly d eclared), at the office o f M r . Baker, Newcastle-upon-Ty ne , J. Allison, bookseller, P enr ith—first div. of 6 e. in t he pound, on a n y S aturday, at the o ff i ce of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-T yne , -Tyne W. A. Perry, traveller, Birmingham—first div. of 7d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham, G. Longfield, woollendraper, Westbromwich—first div. of Is. 4d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Bi rm i ngham. T. Anderton, farmer, Yardley, Worcestershire —first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basin hall-street. street, St. Lukes, Aug J. C. Moore, bookseller, Strand, Aug. g 9, at half-past twelve—S. Hitchin, draper, Oxford-street , street, Aug. 9, at half-past twelve—Sy, n -• • Qutncey, tin-plate worker, Old jeweller, Reading, Aug. B 7, at three—CT• O. Shields, Lambeth-square, Lambeth, Aug. 6, at twelve —J. at the Manchester District Court—J. A Revell, grocer, Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, Aug. 6, at twelve. 7, at half•past two—T. Carter, In the Country. W. and J. Fox, oilman, Manchester, Aug. 6, at eleven, manufacturer, Manchester, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—J. Mack, Pawnbroker, ten, at the Sheffield District Court —J• stley, fustian Liverpool, Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—H. Johnson, merchant, Sheffield, .Aug. 13, at pool, Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Aug. 7—J. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown Gibson, Liver to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. M. Blashfield, builder, Albion-wharf, Blackfriars, Aug. 6—P. F. A. V. Vyver, merchant, Crutched.friars, City, Aug. 7-11. C. Timpson, surgeon. Woolwich, Nottinghamshire, Aug. 6—R. V• Furlong, wine mer chant, Cheltenham, Aug. 10—S. L Trotman, merchant, machine maker, Stockport, Liverpool, Aug. 6—II. W. Shipley, lace manufacturer, Aug. 9—J. Laybourne, Aug. 6 Simpson, common carrier, Crosswell Bishop, Nottingham, Aug. 6—W. a nd S. Edge, earthenware printer, Manchester, Aug, 6 manufacturers, Fenton, Staffordshire. Aug. 7—J. Clarke, —J. Ingram, grocer, Bir mingham, Aug. 6—R. Pickstone, grocer, Manchester, Cheapside, Aug. 6—J. Ward, grocer, Runcorn, Cheshire, —W. Fugler, warehouseman, Lswrence-lane, Aug, 6—R. Gibson, cattle dealer, Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, Aug. 9—J• Donaldson, coach builder, Aug. Aug.R. Buckley, woollen cloth manufacturer, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, Aug. 6—G. Teil, merchant, Old Jewry chambers:Aug. 6--u. v v . King, cabinet maker, Oldham, Aug. 6. 6 —J. Blyth, grocer, Chelmsford, .... PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Powell and J. Phillips, ironmonger, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire—D. Hum and Jital: Wurr, waterpro o f cover manufacturer s, Brick - lan e, Sp fields—J. Stott, J. Winterburn, and J. Inman, merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards J. Winterburn)—F. Butterfield and M. Pickup, attorneys, Bradford, Yorkshire —G. Haine d W. Vorley, boot manufacturers, Northampton—D Bat' lary, T. Hillary, G. Hillary, W. 11111, and N. Atk hurst, R. inson, Devr stone merchants, Bingley, Yorkshire—E. Walker, and W. Mac kenzie, calico printers, Sharpies, Lancashire (so far as regards W. Mackenzie)—H. Kemp and H. Hulbert, corn factors, high-street, Borough— . Sussex —R. Wootten H. Walker, P. Walker, and N. Brodie,. alkali manufac jun., G. Tubb, T. W. turers, Bagilt, Flintshire—B. Shirley and M. Tipper, china manufacturers, Lollgtoll, Staffordshire—J. T: Radcliffe and J. Butterworth, grocers, Shoreditch—H. Trigg and W. Hodgson, share brokers Hull —R. and W. 'Qleewn-street -road-- u m le e k rc S h et; u r t o .2 7 son., 11. Tubb,illers, L it a . nib erh u Wootton,rs t , Tubb, H. M. Tubb, and G. Tubb, bankers, Bicester—P: Till and W. Hawtrey, coach masters , . Fulham—S. and J. P . en n y and Clothier , stone j. . Wheeler,m ase n w s' in Q e place, City—G. Basham and B. V. Hutchinson, attorneys, Staple Inn—J. Unswor th, W. Lund, and J. L. Co peland, soap manufacturers ( so far as regards J. Unsw orth) H. H. Walker, T. p a wber, and T. Thompson, calico printers, Manchester —W. H. and W. H. Ford, auc tioneers, Penton-row, VValworth—R. Roy and J. Blunt, attorneys, Lothbury--J. Smith and M. Seymour ' coal owners, Trimdon-grange , Durham—J. Wibberley and J. Broom, painters, Liverpool—W. S. Simpson, J. Walker, and C. Bennet t, railway contractors Wi,b ecl, . SCO TCH SEQUESTRATION.' IL Colville, wino merchant, Glasgo w , July 21 and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the office of Memo, Malli9lll Mid Wink, 0168gOW. PRICE - OF SUGAR. The average pri ce of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending July 13, 1847, is 273. Phd. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 16.) SITGAR.—To-clay the home trade purchased Raw Sugars with increased freedom, whilst exporters were more inclined to do business, and better prices were obtained for all sorts. The purchases made in West India Muscovadoe were extensive, and for bright gro cery kinds the rates obtained were 6d above those oflast Friday for grey and brown more money was obtained, so that for these sorts prices close the same as on Friday last. At public sale 110 hhds Trinidad were sold at 38s to 38s 6d for low and mid yellow. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were extensively dealt in by the home trade, and prices further ad vance d, brown grocery Lumps selling at 57s 6d to 58s, and Standard Lumps at 58s 6d to 595. Bonded Crushed Sugar is little required, and 31s 6d to 32s is the present value of the best. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon, at public sale, 942 bags and 49 casks Mauritius were offered, and taken in at rather above the value- 7 -good and fine yellow at 43s to 465, middling 40s 6d to 41s, low 38s to 39s 6d, fine urown 37s to 37s 6d. 52 puns Trinidad Molasses at 20s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal Sugar met with attention, and 1,579 bags at public sale were all sold at rather higher rates—fine white Benares at 48s, good middling and good 45s 6d to 46s 6d, damp and washed 42s to 475. Madras is not much required, and 419 bags were taken in at 34s for damp yellow and brown. FOREIGN.—There has not been much desire evinced on the part of exporters to do business, whilst the home trade purchased only small parcels by private treaty, al though there were sellers upon former lower terms. The refiners working under bond are not much in want of Sugar at present. At public sale 3,788 bags and 145 chests Pernambuco were offered. MOLASSES.—In West India the business transacted privately has been trifling in all sorts. In East India little business has been done, and prices still tend down wards, whilst there is a fair supply. COFFEE.—This afternoon Native Ceylon was wanted, and the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 1,435 bags were nearly all sold at full rates. 12 casks and 539 bags Plantation Ceylon were chiefly disposed of at steady rates. Of Jamaica 17 trcs 82 barrels 6 bags wers sold at full rates. 25 bags St. Domingo sold at 32s 6d for pale. Of Mocha the quantity offered at public sale was large, and amounted to 519 bales 365 half-bales ; nearly the whole was taken in above the value. , CocoA.—Although West India can be obtained at a reduction on former rates of 2s to 3s per cwt, still little desire has been evinced to operate, and 102 barrels 118 bags at auction were nearly all taken in and with- drawn. Foreign Cocoa is heavy of disposaL Of all kinds. of Cocoa the arrivals still exceed those of last year. TEA.—There has been a falling off in the demand for black this week, still holders evince firmness, and insist upon fully former rates for all kinds, whilst here is but a moderate quantity on offer. In Congou only a small amount of business has been done, but common cannot be obtained under 9d, and good common 9id per lb. For green former rates are asked, but the business concluded has not been of much moment in any sort. RICE.—To-day at public sale 1,768 bags Singapore Rice were sold at a decline on former rates of 6d to ls; middling white went at 14s to 15s, good 15s 6d to 16s, sea damaged 88 6d to 14s. Privately little was done in any sort of rice. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 1,016 bags picked Zanzibar Cloves were only in part sold at Bid to Sid for fine, and at 7d for ordinary. 32 bags Bourbon fetched 7d per lb. SPIRITS.—There is a plentiful supply of Rum, and the quantity- on offer far exceeding the demand, a further fall in the value must be quoted. The deliveries con tinue to be unsatisfactory, especially for exportation ; Jamaica is offered ld to 2d per gallon under former rates, still the purchases made have been trifling in all kinds by exporters and the home trade. The total sales since this day week are only 200 puns. High flavoured sorts 5s 2d to 5s 3d. East India is little required, and proof with certificate can be procured at 2s 6d. Leeward Island have been operated in with caution, and prices are yet on the decline. Demerara is dull of sale. For Brandy prices remain much the same as on this day week, but there has been little desire to do business by exporters or the home trade. Geneva is in good request for exportation at 2s 8d to 2s 9d, and for fine for home use at 3s to 3s 3d. For British Corn Spirits the demand Is dull. Immoo.—The quarterly sale of East India which commenced on Tuesday has gone off better than was ex pected, considering the late dulness that prevailed in trade generally. Importers of Bengal showing a desire to realise occasioned the home and export demand to be good for all sorts, whilst the principal portion passed the hammer has been sold ; good and fine qualities brought last sale's rates. Surpah has been only in moderate request at from last sale's quotation to 2d per lb in advance. There was little disposition evinced to do business in Madras, but buyers are compelled to pay the rates of the May sale to 2d per lb advance. There has been only a moderate attendance of exporters or the home trade. To-day during the progress of the sale 91 chests were withdrawn, and 906 chests have passed. There is no alteration to notice in the prices of Bengal, which remain very irregular. SALTPETRE.—AII qualities of Rough are much re quired by exporters and the home trade, and in cense quence of the scanty supply, buyers are compelled to pay stiff rates. In British Refined a good deal has been done at 33s to 33s 6d, at which prices are firm. Nitrate of Soda is in little request. Ou.s.—Although the supply of Linseed is not large, still there are sellers upon further reduced tet ms. On the spot the home trade operated with caution, and only small parcels were taken by exporters, whilst 27s per cwt was accepted. There are sellers for forward delivery at 26s 6d, but few contracts have been concluded. The consumption, however, does not decrease. There is no further advance to notice in the value of Rapeseed Oil, but large purchases have beon made. Olive Oil cannot be quoted higher, but the demand is good both from exporters and the home trade. Of Palm the stock has been further increased, still the market is firm, and many purchases have been made. Cocoa Nut is less required, whilst the supply is on the increase, and prices are on the decline. The value of Lard Oil is 43s to 475, and of African ground Nut Oil 41s to 42s per cwt; but little business has been done. Of Fish Oils there are large arrivals, still holders are firm, and there is no decrease in the demand. Southein of all sorts has been in excellent request; at public sale 100 tuns were all sold. In pale Seal a good deal has been done, other kinds have been sold to a fair extent. For Cod a fair demand exists, and there is but a moderate _ .......- , quantity on offer. Sperm does not improve in value, as there is a plentiful supply, but by private treaty several purchases have been made. TALLow.—Russsian on the spot is offered upon fur ther reduced terms; still the town and country trade have purchased with caution. There has been little business transacted: for forward delivery. Other sorts of Tallow are little wanted, and can be obtained upon rather lower terms. The value of rough Fat is 2s 9id per stone of 81bs. The supply from St. Peters burgh this season is estimated at from 135,000 to 140,000 casks. JERSEY LA W. The following is an account of justice as administered in the island of Jersey, and is wondrous strange if true: --‘‘ I knew a scoundr e l i n J ersey , w h o owed a person residing in Southampton 801. The creditor had heard the debtor had come t o J ersey; h e pursue d hi m to J ersey toobtain the money. The debtor happened to be at the pier head, when his eye saw there his friend, the cre ditor, land from the packet, come doubtless to hunt him up. He dogged the gentleman to an hotel, fetched the officer, and served upon him a bill for eighty pounds, at the suit of a Mr. A. The sheriff found Mr. B. at breakfast, and asked him if his name was Mr. 8., and having replied in the affirmative, he handed him the demand. The astonished Mr. B. looked at him, and recovering a little from his surprise, cried out, Why, odzounds the man owes me the money, not I him! I am come over to-day by the packet, on purpose to get it. Ha! ha! this is a capital joke 1' You will not find it one, Sir. Are you prepared, Sir,' demanded the Sheriff, 'to pay that money?' Un doubtedly not.' roared Mr. B.; I tell you the scoundrel owes me! Pretty thing, indeed! Ha! ha! That's rich!' Will you find bail that the amount is paid?' pursued the Sheriff: I tell you, Sir, the boot's on the wrong leg; the knave owes me the money, and I have left my business, and put myself to great expense and inconve nience, to come over here and recover it; and as soon as I have swallowed down this muffin I shall be off and find him. I must return by the next packet. Ha! ha! that's fat! Me owe it? Ha! ha!' I will wait, Sir,' replied the Sheriff, till you have finished you meal; and then, Sir, as you will neither pay the money nor find bail, I must fulfil my instructions, painful as they may be. You must con sider yourself try prisoner.' Imagine the surprise, the disgust, the indignation that seized upon the infuriated creditor as he found himself actually in durance. And there, in spite of all his ravings about his innocence and the infernal mistake, he remained three long weeks, till he was brought up to the Hall, and no one appearing against him, he was discharged ; for his ras cally debtor had, as you perceive, caused him to be un justly arrested and confined, in order to allow himself a clear exit to France, which he effected. And there was no redress for the poor creditor, so he quietly went to his home at Southampton, after suffering his three weeks' imprisonment in Jersey, minus his eighty pounds, and, rejoicing that ho was at l e n g th out of that i n f ern al place." —The Emigrant, by W. H. Leigh. PIRACY—FOUR MEN KILLED. The Mayo Constitution publishes the following from a correspondent at Westport: — On Saturday, 4th instant, the schooners Olive Branch and Sarah were plundered off Eagle Island, on the Erris coast, of five tons of Indian meal each; and on the sth instant the schooner Ranger, on her way to this port, was attacked in Blacksod, and 170 barrels of meal taken off. The pirates, in their hurry quitting the vessel, left one of their party after them, who has been handed over to the police here. On the 7th instant the Emily Maria of Skerries, a smack laden with Indian corn,was attacked near Inniskea, but the Captain having applied to the Commander of the Emerald cutter, now stationed in Broadhaven, for the marines which were on board, the people mad e so despe rate an attack that the marines resolutely d e f en d ed the property under their care, and shot four of the plun derers dead, and wounded several others. It is to be hoped that this melancholy occurreueg Will put stop to . plunder on the Ems c94Bt. ~~~~ THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ELY AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. ELY, FRIDAY EVENING.--This morning the inquiry respecting the death of Thomas Staples, ttle driver of the engine of the express train which recently ran off the Ely and Peterborough Railway, was resumed at the Lamb Inn in this city, before Mr. Marshall and the jury previously empannelled. Captain Simmons, one of the Government inspectors of railways, was present, as also Mr. Samuels, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Scott, of the Eastern Counties Company, who work the railway. The CORONER adverted to what had been done at the previous meeting of the jury. He had had that part of the line where the accident happened surveyed by a competent disinterested engineer, who had prepared a plan of the spot for the information of the jury. Mr. Pratt Collier, the engineer alluded to, produced the plan. The decline from the Hundred Foot-bridge to to the place of accident was I in 173, the distance was three chains and five lengths. There was a difference of seven inches in the levels of the up and down rails, the up rails being the lowest. The accident happened on the up rail. The gradient on the down rail was lin 264 feet. John Mayo, a fireman in the service of the company, said he was stoker to the engine attached to the train, and the deceased was the driver. The train consisted of the engine and tender, a break van, and two passenger carriages. CORONER.—Did you feel any difference of motion at or near the place where the accident occurred ? Wit ness—No, I did not. We were going at a steady rate. CORONER—Were you going faster than usual? Wit- , ness—We were not. We never go fast down an incline. My mate was a careful steady man. I was with him five weeks, and I never saw him drink anything. We were going at about 25 to 30 miles an hour. CORONER—Have you experienced any peculiar jerk in passing over the fen country? Witness—Not at this place, but I have at Downham at a crossing. CORONER—Have you noticed any jerk or difference of motion in passing off a viaduct on to an embankment? Witness—l have not. I did not feel any giving way of the tender just before the accident. John Gardiner, who acted as guard of the train, said the engine left the rails about 50 or 60 feet beyond a wooden viaduct over an occupation road, and felt no mo tion until the train reached that place. Observed no jerking on crossing that viaduct. The engine gave no warning of running of the rails. CORONER—Have you any idea as to the rate of the train at the time of the accident? Witness—Between thirty and forty miles an hour. After the accident I went back, and saw a left hand rail on the up line torn out of its place; this is where I suppose the engine first left the line. The ballast was cut up and the sleepers cut through. William Stanfeild, a plate layer, employed on the line, said he examined the line where the engine left the metal. There were seven rails broken and dis turbed. There was one broken and three bent on the left side and three bent on the other side. CORONER—How often is the line inspected? Wit- ness—Every other day. This part of the road does nol much settle. There were eighteen sleepers cut through. Ido not know how many chains. There has been a difference in the levels of both rails ever since I have been on it. The rails were not lifted up to the level, but merely where depression existed. Jacob Dyke, another plate-layer, said, I assisted in re pairing the road. I have observed that the road was not in so perfect repair as I could wish. I don't recollect ever saying that I thought an accident would take place. I have remarked that the settlement on that part of the road near the Hundred Foot-bridge was so great as to require more men to be employed on it. I spoke to Mr. Jackson, the foreman of Mr. Peto, the contractor, to allow more men to attend to the settlement, and in a day or two extra hands were put on. There had been a set tlement of six inches since the last time the gauge was taken. I should certainly have lifted the rails more often if more hands had been on. There was a greater sinking where the accident took place than in any other part of the line. When I saw the engine coming along she seemed to be travelling at about forty miles an hour. The engine " wriggled " about a good deal. I have seen many trains pass that part of the line, but none of them went so fast as that which met with the accident. Mr. John Hunter, locomotive superintendent of the company, deposed—l have seen the broken rail and the axletree of the tender, and consider them as being of good metal. The axletree might have been broken by a violent jerk. The engine has recently been thoroughly repaired. It has inside cylinders. She is a very steady engine, of Braithwaite's manufacture, forty-horse power, and capable of travelling with a train at fifty miles an hour. There was nothing in her machinery that could account for the accident. In my opinion one of the frac tures of the rail was caused by a lateral and not a down ward pressure. After several other witnesses had been examined, many speaking positively to the speed of the train having been excessively great, Captain Simmons re-inspected the line, and, on his return, stated he found the sleepers where the accident happened from the " Hundred Foot bridge," to within ninety or a hundred feet on the Ely side, to be more or less damaged. He could not give an opinion as to the precise cause of the accident. The line was in good order. _ At one o'clock the jury returned the following ver dict;—" We find that Thomas Staples, the deceased, came by his death by being crushed between the tie rod of the axle guard of the break van, which was attached to the train on the Ely and Peterborough Railway; and we further find that the accident which led to his death was occasioned by some part of the train running off the line by reason of its being propelled at too high a speed, the embankment at the place of the accident being out of order, a settlement of the permanent road having been allowed to take place, and the rails below their proper gauge; and we cannot separate without expressing our decided opinion that whenever an accident occurs it would be much better for public satisfaction that rail way companies should leave the line undisturbed until inspected by the Government authorities, in order that a more conclusive and decisive opinion might be ar rived at." FEARFUL ACCIDENT. A sad tragedy occurred in the neighbourhood of In verness last Thursday. Mr. Rose, one of the most respectable and wealthy inhabitants of the town, his son (a lad about fifteen), his two daughters, and another gentleman, Mr. Letham, left town on that morning with a carriage and pair to visit the Fall of Foyers and the surrounding scenery. At the rocky pass of Inverfarkeirg, about thirteen miles from Inverness, the road becomes very rugged and uneven, and the approach to the bridge, thrown across the torrent which tumbles through the glen, is so steep and dangerous, that most travellers alight from their vehicles and perform that part of the journey on foot. On their way t o th e F a ll t h e party adopted this precaution ; but on their return, when it was debated whether they should again walk that part of the road or not, they, fatigued probably by rambling about the Falls, resolved to remain in the carriage. At the steep approach leading to the bridge, the weight of the carriage pressing upon the horses, they grew restive, and one of the rei ns b rea ki ng, t h ey b ecame unmanage able. At or on the bridge a sudden jerk threw the youngest lady, who was seated on the top, off into the bed of the torrent, a height of between thirty and forty feet. The same jerk threw her father and the driver off; but luckily they fell on the bridge. One of the horses fell over, and hung struggling in the harness; the other retained its footing, and strove desperately to keep it. Ultimately, however, it was dragged over, and, falling undermost, was killed upon the spot. The carriage and its occupants shared the fate of the horses ; it turned round in the air, and falling, wheels uppermost, on the poor girl who was first thrown off, was dashed to pieces. Some labourers working near the place used every exertion to extricate the sufferers, and medical assistance was immediately sent for to Inverness. The injuries of the youngest lady were so severe that she lingered insensible till the next morning, and then expired. Her sister is very severely injured, and her brother's skull is fractured. Both lie in a precarious state. Mr. Letham is much cut and bruised, and has sustained a serious injury in the knee. Mr. Rose and the driver escaped unhurt.—Scotsman. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST AN AFRICAN CAPTAIN. Captain Witt, of the Swiftsure, belonging to Thomas Tobin, Esq., was brought up before ..dr. Rushton, charged with having caused the death of a seaman, named Alfred Boland, by knocking him down and kick ing him, on the Bth of January last, whilst lying in Bonny River, Africa, from which ill-treatment he lingered until the 16th of that month, when he expired. James Anw ell, a seaman, stated that he shipped in Liverpool on board the Swiftsure, bound for Bunny River. On their arrival out, on the Bth of January, o Alfred Roland, a Swede, and himself, were ordered a t _ " shackle the chains," and Boland taking the wronge d the captain struck him and knocked him d t ow t p, ao went shame fully kicking him when down. The dece e a c s h ei hy h the cap below, but was immediately ordered on d The captain effects of the ill-usage he had r ece ived. hWas very much dis coloured. He died on the 16wthhicifi the surgeon of the Princes . that month. They river—who attended Bo land in the same rive . washad s a en su t rg fo e r o — n m on r. bo T a u t e d k, of the . SI the Princess . Royal, then lying Witness arrived in this port on land until his death. last,. and thes because the captain was out of w rea son why he had not g i ven in formationThursy wa da earlier n. Deceased wa s never well after he was first struck taond ki c ked on the Bth January. The prisoner said he was quite unprepared kr any de fence at present, but he wished to have the evidence of the log-book, from the entries in which it would be found that the statement made by the witness Would not agree in reference to the medical officer who attended the de ceasedm ag i s witht ra t e t t h o e a n a l 1 e o r w . him tim ; eatnod obtain,he l i k c e o w u i s n e s e w l s a h n e d d t t o h the consult c h i‘ a i n r t . s o Rushtonw hom t a n d e m S i t w t e i f d t s u ther e belongs, prisoner to bail in two sureties of 504 each, to appear to answer the charge.— Liverpool Courier. D- —EATH OF SIR WALTER, BLUNT BART.—This youthful . baronet expired unexpectedly on Tuesday last, at his seat, Heathfield, Sussex, aged nl but d 21 f . It appears that about twelve months since ' com plaint manifested themselves, but e n s o ee im s m o immediate danger was apprehended. On Monday last, while driving in his park, one of the horses plunged, and the shock, which under ordi nary c i rcumstances might have b een compara tively harmless, had a fatal effect. lie was immediately conveyed to the mansion, where death ensued next morning. DEATH OF ANDREW HENNY LYNCH, ESQ.—This gentleman, for many years e! Memb fr the town of nd on the of G a I M w a a s y te r a C w h h al u y r p y t 13th St Wournay, France, after lengthened ato a therec e E n n t g p l i e s r h i o b d a , o r fi , l d e i d e dthe AYLeLstcEr2yEaDu ex p tr E aort T ila fi ry, special meeting E o i f Ns Tfiz3 eof Visitors" of the barre Couney - Lunatio As)lum was held in the board room Y of the as‘luni.%a inquire into the cause of the death of James Burden a lunatic, whose dec e a se was a l leged to have been caused by violcrice received whilst an inmate of that institution. The chairman, Mr. Kemble. M.P., stated that no ono was charged with any specific offence. Mr. Bridgeland, the steward, said that on Monday, June the 14th, Mr. Holland, the medical officer, report,ed to him that the deceased had had a pain in his side f 0,.• five days past. He visited the patient, who said that he was very unwell during the night, and about ten or eleven o'clock he knocked bard at his door to be let out, and on the door being opened he received a severe blow in his side from some man with a long pole. The force of the blow drove him back against the wall with mat violence. Since that time, which was three days before, he had suffered much pain, and had great difficulty in breathing. During this interview deceased appeared quite rational. Mr. Joseph Holland, resident surgeon of the institi.a. tion, stated that on Sunday, the 10th, he found deceased suffering from diarrhoea, and in a state of great exhaus tion. He treated him accordingly, but at eight o'clock in the evening he found him breathing with great diffi culty; his pulse was quick, and skin hot. Witsess was about to ask the deceased some questions, when the attendant, John Steel, remarked that he bad made a strange complaint to Sir Alexander Morrison, to the effect that he had been ill-used by him, Steel. He examined the deeeased, and discovered that be had a broken rib on the right side; there were two contusions on the ri g ht s id e of the body. Deceased gradually sank, showedanddiedthoant thet e eighth 2 d nit.rib a w ' The p ost fractured,m or a t e examination that a t injury was the oa c en a k u de s dh e d ueop in was then He found deceased, on h th is en ro i o n m a t m ill ostl;hy state, between ten a. and e o l n e e v en c. c o a ' s c i l o o n c John Logan Steel said d eceased had complained of a st pain in his side from the time he was admitted, De ceased had told him that he had quarrelled with Roberts, another patient, who had kicked him in the side. He told Sir Alexander Morrison that he was kicked. He had also told witness he had been violently assaulted in Brixton gaol. James Burden, the son of the deceased, said that his father bad told him, his wife, and his mother, that his teeth had been knocked out, his eyes blackened, his head knocked against the wall, and he had been violently thrown against the side of the bedstead, which had hurt his ribs. Deceased told his mother he had been struck with a piece of the bedstead. The keeper Steel appeared to be attentive to deceased. Steel turned the conversa tion on two or three eccasions when deceased was about to speak. _ _ _ The committee consulted for a few minutes, and ex• pressed their opinion on the case in a resolution that " the committee are not enabled to decide whether the injury from which the deceased died was occasioned by a blow received on or about the Ist of June, in a scuffle which took place between him and a lunatic of the name of Roberts; whether it was from the injury received in a fall which he got in attempting to get through the ventilator over the door of his ward; or from the blow stated by him to have been inflicted by some of the at-. tendants. They regret the unsatisfactory manner of this conclusion, but they feel that it would be unjust to the attendants to throw upon them, or any one of them, a stigaia which is not borne out by the evidence." CHARGE OF MUTINY. Nine seamen, named Aneas Dunkin, Anthony Thomp• son, John Bull, William Cornish, Hugh Mulholland, Samuel Armstrong, James Shields, James Linard, and. John Weakling, were brought before Mr. Ballantine, at the Thames Police-office, charged under the 6th section of the Merchant Seamen's Act, with refusing to pro ceed to sea in the ship Katherine, on her intended voyage to the East Indies, after signing the articles of agreement. The seamen came up from Gravesend voluntarily, with Mr. Barnard Robert Matthews, the Master of the Katherine, for the purpose of obtaining the magistrate's opinion on their alleged grievances, but he refused to go into the case, unless it was regularly put before him. The men were then given into the custody of Inspector Horn of the K division, and their names entered on the police charge sheet. Captain Matthews then stated that all the prisoners had signed the ship's articles and received an advance note for two months' wages, which each man got cashed. On Thursday afternoon the ship was below Gravesend, off Leigh, in Essex, and he gave orders for all hands to heave the anchor and get the vessel ready for sea. To his great surprise the prisoners refused to do any duty, and said they would not sail in the vessel. He was therefore compelled to bring the seamen to London and detain the ship. Theseamen, in reply to the charge, objected to proceed to sea on three grounds:—The first was, that the ship was a leaky one and not seaworthy; secondly, that the provisions were bad, and the bread like bricks and mortar baked together; and, lastly, that the full com plement of hands bad not been shipped. The Magistrate inquired the tonnage of the ship, and the seamen declared she was 900 tons burden, and that fact was marked on the combings of the hatchway. Captain Matthews, however, declared she was only 753 tons by the new measurement. The seamen said the crew, including the captain, only consisted of twenty-eight hands, and she ought to hare at least thirty Captain Matthews, in reply, said the ship was per fectly sea-worthy, and had recently come out of Fletcher's dock, where she had been copper bottomed and repaired. The provisions were good, and he had brought some as a specimen. He contended that the ship was not short• handed. Mr. Ballantine thought she was, and that the master ought, for a vessel of the K a therin e ' s t onnage , according to the Act 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 54, at least to carry thirty men. The men insisted the ship was leaky, and that they had had a good many spells at the pumps already. Captain Matthews said the ship did not leak much, and that, from her construction, all the water ran into the well, where there might be a few inches of water, while the rest of the hold was dry. He wished the magistrate to examine the provisions. Mr. Ballantine declined doing so, and asked the cap tain if he was disposed to take the men back, and ship two additional hands. Captain Matthews said there were two men whose conduct had been so very bad that he could not wait himself of their services. If he did they would foment disturbances. He afterwards said he would rather not go to sea with any of the prisoners. Mr. Ballantine—What, after advancing them two months' wages? Captain Matthews—Yes, Sir. The advanced notes for which the men have obtained cash will not be paid. Mr. Ballantine said the master could request him, instead of committing the seamen, to cause them to be conveyed to the ship again ; but as he would not do so, he did not think it necessary in this case to send them to gaol, because it did appear the vessel was short handed. He would discharge the seamen, and the master coal discharge them too, and take care to forward their re— gister tickets to the proper officer of Customs. He also recommended the captain to make up the number of his crew to thirty at least, and thought he was bound to do so. Captain Matthews said he would act on the magis• trate's suggestion. The seamen asked the magistrate to order the restora• lion of their clothes, chests, and hammocks, now on board the ship. Mr. Ballantine—l shall make no order about that. „, DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On 'T ues d ay afternoon, about three o'clock, a melancholy occurrence, attended with loss of life, took place at Mersey-mills, Stockport, belonging to Messrs. Kershaw and Co. A young me chanic, named Bracegirdle, had been working in a well about thirty feet deep, for the purpose of loosening e , valve connected with the gasometer pit; he remained hea down the first time about a quarter of an hour, and then came to the top to breathe more freely. I heard minutes went ffown and to, another mechanic, named Horton at workhe descended and come to his assist ance,foreman of the mechanics, Leech, to and was in the being dnsnhooat shouted who, without . hesitation, complied, who had got Bracegirdlo found him senseless at the bottom. 'He called to the act of pushing behind Hoon Horton became faint and found on his shoulder, when his senses going. I immediately ascended the ladder Le which becoming entangled calledout to him to cut it off, which. at the top, Leech h , course of ' instantly did. lie In ” Leech a minute or two a ds he c alled out to . to come up the ladder afterwards the end of the rope h %It. him, but, receiving alone and threw down a rope, . and bring . no answer, atter . again calling, he ran for further assist ance; on returning, a light was lowered into the pit, ton mi n a u t r e t and an explosion took place. This so alarmed the men, no one would venture to that no . one in durst descend. Dr. Rayner was sent for, ,s p ; e round his body, and went descend,and arr arrived he e fastenedte down about twenty feet. Finding that the air was not so impure but that it could be respired for a short time. he ascended, when a man named Wood volunteered, under the direction of Dr. Rayner, to go to the bottom. A rope was fastened round him, and he was ordered to shout "Right" every time he felt a check at the rope. He succeeded in laying hold of one of the bodies, but had not strength to bring it up, so he came to the top, and, after breathing the fresh air for 4 few m i nutes, took courage, got to the bottom , and as speedily as possible, laid hold of Bracegir dle, .. . _ both were pulled to the surface. .The latter exhibiting no the no signs of life, he was immediately ta t k e e r n applied to open air, his wet clothes removed,. hot face . he shortly the chest and cold water dashed in the a d by Perseverance began to move and breathe gently, ela n mined unconscious for some time was restored, bu . t as r sent down the pit as for some hours. Another man ut " but the air had became soon as possible to get Leechhcourse' of two minutes he wa more impure, and in A t e l am p was put down, which was pulled up senseless. e xtinguished, and on being repeated a slight explo s i on This cleared the air somewh a t, when a , took place. third inn), volunte ere d t o go down. He s ucceeded putting man , named Stan a rope round th e f oot of Leech. and at t h e second descent round the oth er, and thus he was taken out ; but though every means were tried, he did not exhibit any sign of life ; h is mouth was full of sand and small stones, so that he had, doubtless, been first rendered senseless by the gas, and then drowned by the rush of water from the gasometer pipe. He has lets a wife and two children, the youngest about a month old. He was a man very highly respected by his em ployers and fellow workmen. It is probable that Leech had died before Bracegirdle was got out ; the latter was sitting upri g ht, t h e f ormer lying down. Bracegirdle was in about three-quarters of an hour, Leech about an i hour and a qua r t er . H a d L eech b een f i rst take out, I most likely both lives would have been sacrificed. Bracegirdle was slightly scorched about the' face epri hand* by the fiat explosion.