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LITERATURE. I THE TREATY WITH THE IVPRMAIV'S BRIDGE ; OR THE MODERN ZOLLVEREIN. 111 /D4S. By th e A u th or of Emilia Windham. 3 Vols. The following are extracts of •the more interesting All who remember " Emilia Wyndham" will, like portions of the papers relative to , the notice given by littetiorselves, rejoice in the appearance of a new work of Prussia, on her own behalf and on behalf of the other nby the same author Among the numerous states of the Zollverein, of the termination of the treaty navel d • • concluded with Great Britain on the 2d of March, 1841 3 an romances which have appeared since the Publication of " Emilia Wyndham," we have not met (just presented to both Housese s sof Parliament by her Majesty's command): — With one which, to our thinking, has surpassed or even cui _equalled it as an interesting domestic nove , Iyin- THE CHEVALIER BUNSEN TO VISCOUNT PALmEnsTorf. (Translation.) '''tlag a sound moral lesson. The main incidents Prussian Legation, May 10, 1847. n e s f . t? .. e . story were certainly at variance with the ordi ..y laws of The Prussian Government, in its own name, , and in f ou _, . romance, and, perhaps, in consequence, ' the name of its confederates, the members of the Z . ollve-_ tov uu little favour with the " sentimental" class of I rein give notice of its intention to cause the provisions of was e l readers. Nevertheless, the story, on the whole, the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, concluded ce npor one fully calculated not only to reflect credit : with Great Britain on the 2d of f March, jnc l a B4l,to t a h s a e i a u ___ t , its writer, but to confer a benefit upon ! t in su t ch sh m a a ll nn n e e r lo th n at e , r fr h o e m ce t n h s e id l e s r t ed as in 1848,r e y x'istence, or et. who might attentively peruse it—the benefit ! .: good example. Generally speaking, the most ! a r s e b a i y ndin upon the g two high contracting parties. The reason g of this determination is to be found solely j e probable legend, or the most impossible fairy tale, in the conviction that the treaty in question, according ___,o.nerpod to inculcate one moral by its denoiiement ! h almost invariably exhibits the punishment of ; vice 7ll l to the experience of the years which have elapsed since its conclusion, has not produced that development in the times the reward of virtue, to effect which, some- commercial relations of the Zollverein with Great the most unlooked for transformations take Place,ill .and the most marvellous achievments are ac- to tarn which had been looked for. The concession nal c d h e the ships of the Zollverein in the first article, by h Wyndham" plashed. but rln so much the story of " Emilia the ports between the Meuse and . the Elbe are to be the,l, esembled its more romantic ootY'reres considered as ports of the Union, has hardly been ..‘s heroine happy result which crowned the fortunes o f utility. Butwhat appears to the found of any practical was %ea u ,. obtained only by very ordinary. Prussian Government to militate principally against Placed in a most trying situation in the efficacy of the treaty of 1841 is the want of re themidstof unpropitious circumstances, she ciprocity unhappily existing with respect to the laws which rule the navigation of the two countries. For be s rendered ultimately happy by no lucky chance or verseudden change of fortune, but in patience and while the Prussian legislation, founded on the principle of liberty of navigation, allows British ships to import ti e; v E rance, and a zealous discharge of daily du- into Prussian ports the produce of all parts of the world, v a “e Pursues the even tenor of her way, and the the ships of the Zoliverein can only import into British eh to becomes smooth and her lot peaceful. The ports (as regards the enumerated articles, including eh oek el es in her path are overcome, by no violent almost every article of importance) the produce of their bl but are rather melted away impercepti ,i v. , !Ls the dripping water wears away the stone. - own country. These enumerated articles were, morn -1827, subsequent to the treaty ofrecie over, increased in lesson consequently,likely to be effective— procity a " battle ' • was of 1824, by 13 articles, among which are to b reach ~ of life," fought with weapons within the found wool l of an °! MI. The story of " Norman's Bridge" is oexfcreepaltiona reciprocity arneasure could not but augment the want to the prejudice of the Prussian flag. Kision, urPpbosite character ; it aspires to teach by re le beauty er than attraction. Not by pourtraymg The treaty of 1841 does not allow Prussia, as the aggrieved interests and public opinion in Germany, tlillos likewise," virtuous life, does it bid us "go and which powerfully support those interests, would require, Y se, e " f a but by e x hibiti ng it s baneful effects it to restrict in an analogous manner the admission of Brie ne g in s US with detestation for an unhappily but too tish ships; for the second article of this treaty accords a w h e ° l ll Sin--" covetousness, which is idolatry." As to Great Britain the right of the most favoured native e E_:i.e, perhaps, the story is hardly so pleasing as with respect to the importation of sugar and rice. e eed w i _ i n;t Wyndham" but individual portions are ex- The expiration of the treaty at the end of the present earn es t beautiful. The style is forcible and year will restore that liberty to the Prussian Govern- Th erei arid runs on in an easy and agreeable manner. ment, and a change in the laws affecting navigation has 4,...,4,superabundance certain abruptness in the manner of narration be , e r n be the no s m ub i j a e a e t t io o a f se o r f io a us Parliamentary consideration. Committee to vv`gie`, _u separate of breaks, dividing the chapters examine the English navigation- laws, and to report Z t of a_e fragments, which perhaps savours some- during the present session of Parliament thereupon, has effect . 1 ,, attectetion, although it certainly produces nevertheless held out to the Prussian Government a bary reti n u e story ; - 8 so entirely different from the ordi- hope that Great Britain will at no remote period, by its chief incidentsne ithout briefly mentioning some of means of a general legislative measure, cause the re al' idea 0., it will be - impossible to give even strictions to disappear which at present weigh upon begins withl• its PecUliarities. he first volume German navigation and commerce, and which so noto alluded. , ta, the suddenness to which we have riously impede the development and commercial relations Take heed ake heed and beware of covetousness. of the two countries. covetous i uIY brethren, I and beware of Animated by the desire to see these relations con ness ; fora mansl.f say,. and h ot in the stantly extend, which could and to avoid everything abundancet of the th; --ogs l whiche hceonseiss!etssetnh.„ This even h fo t r a o b brief space of time retard a development so th is e thein mountains of. a sermon preached in P a little chapel in went of hi e s Prussian wished for for both countries, the Govern russian Majesty joins to the preceding eentr_. a.ins of Scotland one Sunday in the last notice relative to the cessation of the Treaty of 1841, her e aind heroine the humble congregation are the the following proposition. raoder "eroine of our tale. Michael Grant, the The Treaty of 1824, as general treaty of reciprocity, il,litstatn Midas" whose chequered career serves to shall remain the recognised basis of the relations of IseePherd the demoralising influence of avarice, is a commerce and of navigation between the two countries, wh .,., youth, whose early life had passed some • and shall continue to remain in force as heretofore, as ano ;l 1 lie that of the far-famed Norval ; but like many long as notice shall not have been given of its cessation. l one , horrible individual, Michael is ambitious, and The existing status quo shall, moreover, by means of i en : l s 6 to fill a prominent place in the world. Survey- diplomatic declaration, be de facto maintained, and do tes _Mankindpartmental orders shall be issued for that purpose to the with a shrewd, but superficial pri result of his.glance, respective authorities in order to afford to the high con shows that rile agent • reflections that the in the affairs of men, and, conseq tl sta nd ing • uen V app lic ationof the principle possessel with respect to an great man. % or of . great wealth is necessarily a of reciprocity as perfect and extended as possible. mon ey ? "N That is birth in comparison with Notwithstanding the expiration of the treaty, a modes after the a ho at for a Duke in rags ? Who asks vivendi would thus be established, which need not termi 4, who ask e s eestr of the Poor r' Or knowledge— nate till three or six months after one of the high con resolves to after the abilityrich of the poor . ? " Michael tracting parties shall have made a declaration to that effect. . considerable - Man, and, possessing la no abilities In order to render this status quo endurable to Prussian t impossible,' the task, though a nd the arduous, commerce, and, in as far as practicable, conformable with a nd . first ve l um _ lleproceeds to England, _ the principle of reprocity, the Prussian Government ex jp, Parsins en , Nola e records his perseverance peels with confidence that the British Government, from Ills a large ••' establishmentefilling the office of clerk feelings of equity, and out of regard to the intimate wages +, and endeavouring, out of relations which unite the two Governments, will accord to te r h• .i wc save u s ip in the b 1 3 money enough to buy a part- the vessels of the Zollverein the same concession which , aleecelnPanied from' llsi _ness• But he is not alone, he is has in late years been made by Great Britain in favour of -seam- e , Scotland by his young bride. other Powers, relative to the ports of the Baltic, a conces n r) tha n we Wiy, ~... , hors , never Scottish Mary was more sion which at present greatly injures the interests of P . n . 's- This Der lovely, more e sia. It will no doubt be considered but fair by the British ur is tender, or more true. very b e Y a very beautiful Government that the vessels of the union shall hence b.. autif 1 and natural character, 'sages 1 .., n Y and naturally pourtra ed. The forth be permitted to • port freely the produce of all import rev eal , whin relate more especially to Y her, which the note Prussian ports of the . Baltic, as if those vessels In_ her secret emotions came from Prussian ports, in the same .. _manner as Bus '', trlals her devoted land ions, love her Prussian sian and Hanoverian vessels arriving from genui n ) are written with much simplicity andthe Baltic• d with their cargoes in the re e feelin ports of are receive ore es „... ,g• It is in these portions of her work, ports of England, as though they had arrived from na 'vithsteiVtlY, that the authoress is revealed, not- tional ports. lean," ending her assumed d* • The " Old The undersigned, &e. 1 under disguise. "ave entered whose name she writes, would hardly (Signed) BUNSEN. 0.. ered soTO THE CHEVALIER BUNSEN. VISCOUNT PALIIEItsTON a Partin readily • into Mary's sorrowful feelings, ev er g from her Foreign-office, June 14, 1847. - 3' Wo ol early friends, or have told us how roof, lookslovesherfather's she the receipt on the . volume of Ev e ing - him on the 10th by the Chevalierßunsen, &c., giving ; s e when uitt• - Paradise." the first 'sing i''' , Perlis q ing enotice on the part of Prussia and of the other States of knat aps, the most interesting, it con- the Zoliverein of the termination, on the Ist of January history _,. a perfect story in itself, namely, the next, of the treaty concluded with Great Britain on the .alary" the early troubles of Michael and 23 of March, 1841; but at the same time suggesting aftervi'arrasioned chiefly by poverty, but which that the provisions of that treaty should, after its expira kid. T i a l gave way to others of a more painful tion, be allowed to remain in force provisionally, until covert e old but often refuted adsa—" When the high contra ctin g p arties shall have seen whether the y at ral!'sed. Cor nea in at the door love flies out may not b e able to come to a more satisfactory under reversed, reVe WindOw,''._ was exactly standing; provided, however, that the privileges granted , in their case 4141 41 As their poverty decreased, their by Great Britain to the shipping of certain other States l be in the meantime extended to the shipping of the Shall ylikewise, States of the Zoliverein. th ou ar 'ee of Michael • - • - • his wealth,and In g h f.,.., increased with say that her Ma- With lira gold attached to his wife he could not part jesty's Government has already communicated to the to h ere gold even to gratify her wishes or contribute Prussian Government, through her Majesty's Minister t hou °lnfe rts, and she became aware of this, and at Berlin, their view of what was understood to be the e left all stilt d for him, to him as entirely as when she intention ot the States of the Zoliverein as regards t b ecam e "un, the love subsisting between them treaty of 1841. In the communication so made, the un re,wcra UltiMately somewhat akin to the light which dersigned had the honour to explain to the t Prussian to _ kee ps 1. darkness visible," or " the hope which Government, that if the engagements of the treaty f k e i ni a ,lve desp a i r :, 1841 have been unproductive of advantage l to Jates In this, as in other instances,e Great tur a ;, s e t fulfils his character of the " Modern Midas,,, of the Zoliverein, they have proved .,s toe G qua e l r y nra so ent lik e :if what Britain ; and that herMaee y would he touches into gold. But, nevertheless, of st that treaty, ev because it s es e, e Other misers reve • the 11of the hi. only regret the termination . r..cl's st n .., rsing spe - puts an end to relations which were conceived in a roe • vue—that was intended to transmute base • the B into a ' friendly spirit, and from which there de l i re of Precious one, but they literally fulfilling reason to hope that mutual advantage to all parties con pin* their Brutus " coining their hearts and drop- cerned might arise. efi ent i en ,.blood for drachms," only convert priceless The reason assigned by the Chevalier Bunsen for the but arn ',and precious feelings into what is after all notice thus given by Prussia and the other States of the barteredetal, and base when compared with what it is Zoliverein, is the want of reciprocity in the navigation Porti on f° r• We have lingered so 1 over this laws of the respective contracting parties.. Butthat_n a o de n ... ~.tat we can only enumerate the other inci- great benefit has resulted . to Great fromß bi r c i b tain tbe at tht te.._ , of MiChael's indirect trade with Prussian s, , w .. , career, many of them poste the Prussian law enables Che t 1 russian brovernment th7,4eue.refurnuch and even immediate interest owing to to grant, is sufficiently manifest from the fact which Ntessint_ events, stance of their being interwoven with has already been stated to the Prussian Government, le o % 8: and nts, fore xample the famine and distress of through the Earl of Westmoreland—namely, that in h ear a co the influence of a paper currency which the year 1846 only four British vessels, of the aggregate On the cons influence part in the fortunes of the miser. burden of 530 tons, found it their interest to avail Usual for:p.proach of the famine, Michael, with his themselves of the privilege which, under article sight, buys afterw ar d up corn at a low rate to sell it one of the treaty, British vessels enjoy, of en lucrative sat a high one.tering Prussian ports from third countries; . and This speculation, however, Ms IV as it him the undersigned cannot, therefore, but believe that, e, he ultimately seized proved, ?lad nearly cost however insignificant the corresponding advantages . may corn riot, and g upon by the mob during a be which are derived by Prussia from the provisions of renc e of Lord "1•Y rescued by the zealous interfe that same article, the concession made by Great Bri ""ing propel_Strathnaer, a young nobleman, cos- tarn by this article may at least be regarded as a full e,onVeyed toY in the neighbourhood. Michael is equivalent for that which is made by Prussia. The the effects his house ; and here, while recovering from undersigned would also beg to observe, that if the prin darin , of the inj ur i es he had re ce i ve d, forms ciple of strict reciprocity is to be assumed as the indis do,.._g• Plans for the future. Looking from the - win- pensable basis of the commercial relations between nens wsof Lord Strathnaer's castle, which is situated Great Britain and the Zollverein, there does no h t e s c e c em h a ': the mouth of a river, he remarks how the waters ' to be any good reason why that principle should whir ,s_re receded during a few years, leaving a b are ex - fin e d in its application to the navigation laws nor_the rey. 1 0. 1 ase of unsightly mud banks. Me proposes to Lord it should not also be applied to the tariffs of otratbnaer to confine the waters by a dyke and flood- spective parties. gates at the mouth of the river, and then to drain As, however, it appears, from the Chevalier Bunsen's the estuary, and convert it into corn fi e ld s, t h us note, to be equally the desi re o f the Prussian Govern affording to the starving population present employ- went, as it assure dly i s o f t h e G overnment o f h er Ma- Meat, and a prospect o f f u t ure p l enty. Lord Strath- jesty, to endeavour by negotiation to come to an under naer agrees to the proposal, but Lord Strathnaer is standing more conducive to . the interests of both parties, the undersigned will refrain from further examining poor; Michael advances the money. Foreseeing, how- this portion of the question at r t nd ill t ever, that his supplies, great though they be, will be state how far it 'll be in the esen ' a w a once wi exhausted before the remunerative repayment can Government to accede to the wishes of the Prussian Go take place, Michael, who enjoying the unenviable vernment as stated in tke Chevalier Brunsen's note. ti the of miser, is possessed of credit almost in- . Her Majesty's Government are ready to consent that finite, resolves to turn it to account ; and, the provisions of the treaty of 1841 shall provisionally accordin sets up a bank, and pays in paper. remain the acknowledged basis of the trade aid nevi- The sudden .effected by the employ- transformation cation would between the two countries, but the undersigned at the same time ~nlentof labour and diffusion of money in the hitherto be given of suggest that the term of notice to " 3 1 ) d• • o „ , 011 in villae of Norman's Bridge is very vigor- the cessation of such provisional ment should be six months rather arrange than three, as the —s tY described, and bears out the observation of the latter term might not afford sufficient time for ' 4u „ . . ofmoney in the body the arrangements which making author th a t ~ the circulation Politic • "ndi- to a change of the commercial relations necessary previously d cis as the circulation of blood in the body i . between the two vi -I circulationis what invigo- countries. a a • A free and rapid rates th p inert and languid . With respect to the additional co • ncessions which the two ur i h e f rame ; the same mass Government requires - Prussian in order to render this the story s es not." It is needless to pursue . further; provisional arrangement, as the Chevalier Bunsen states endurable to Prussia, the undersigned has to express I) . ' resseg s and is likely, therefore' " materials of general interest, regret that the advantages accorded by Great Britain to inc luded ,to afford amusement to many not generally certain other States asregardsports of the . . Baltic, should • ( I_, in the class of novel readers. While the be considered to have been injurious to Prussian com tnestio That they should be so was assuredly not the have already mere , all u d career of Mary, to which we . the British Government, which, in grant kid 7 and the history of her grand-daughter Joan,. intention of the f • ter.,amity of Lord Strathnaer, will serve to in- ing those advan , tages was solely guided by prilciples re st those th e ... of a more romantic taste. Apart from of equity. of the above-mentioned The privileges accorded to such voh;noral which they are intended to convey, these states as are German States, but not members of the Of ',t i les are chiefly attractive from the general spirit 'Zollverein, are only such as, in consequence of their g ena nclliness by which they are pervaded; from the have acquired geographical position, those States would 4 041 ni ne simplicity and naturalness with which the under the treaty of 1841, if they had become members te rea t i. s .tic incidents are pourtrayed ; and from the in- of that union ! and surely the Government of P rssia cld ef . L ing and life-like delineations of some of the could not expect that Great Britain should withhold is ee Personages of the tale. The moral of the whole from States which have always treated British commerce sttes Il ave r ? forcibly expressed in a sentence hy Bishop in the most liberal manner advantages which those with a oft e j lc ige, on the title-page, which can hardly be too might have acquired by associating themselves British as repeated " Will riches ' do it ? No ; I may system of commercial policy less favourable to the other bear' undertake 4 Undertake to fill my barns with grace as my interests. Her Majesty's Government have, on Virt u Wi th gold; and as easily stuff my bagssuch of the with hand, no desire to withhold from Prussia. do not e a ever satisfy my desires with wealth.' advantages in question which Prussian vessels Te_ .____ say that the British Government is willing, during the existence of the proposed provisional arrangement, to consent that Prussian vessels, together with theireargoes, when coming from any port between the Meuse and the Elbe, and between the Trave and the Russian frontier, shall be admitted into the ports of the United Kingdom and of the British possessions abroad, in as full and ample a manner as if the ports from which such vessels may have come were all within the dominions of Prussia. This would add the ports of Mecklenburg and the port tl f iri PEC TION OF THE FOOT ARTILLERY.—The who le Ivel,e.iten b attalions of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich . • - I4helt.-,:pect,d on t h e Common, at ten o ' cloc k on Friday,eoalk g order, Sir Thomas Days n , 119 a,alltiant lnarc of hin the garrison and his staff of officers. battil?'lrance of the men and the reports of the officers !hkid at gave great sati s f ac ti on t o the commandant, e e - a - eti bue conclusi on o f t h e i nspect i on o f eac h com p an y "Yoid w ere permitted to march to their barracks to 914140%110y exposure to th e sun. k T E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY VVENING, JULY 19, 1847. of Lubec to those with respect to which Prussian vesssls have already enjoyed the above concession. As regards the privileges which have been granted to Russian vessels arriving in Great Britain from Prussian ports, the undersigned has to observe that those pri vileges apply only to vessels arriving from two or three Prussian ports at the mouths of rivers which have their sources in, and which flow through a great portion of the Russian empire. The concession made to Russia is therefore precisely similar in principle to that made to Prussia as regards the ports between the mouths of the Elbe and of the Meuse. The British Government was able to make both of these concessions under the exist ing provisions of the British law; but the concession now sought for by the Chevalier Bunsen, as regards the ports of Riga and other Russian ports not situated at the mouths of Prussian rivers, could not be granted by the British Government without the sanction of a fresh Act of Parliament; and although her Majesty's Government would have no objection to introduce a Bill into Parlia ment for granting the privilege in question, and would hope to be able to obtain the assent of Parliament thereto if such a measure would be likely to promote a perma nent commercial arrangement with the Prussian Govern ment, yet her Majesty's Government would not like to undertake to propose to the Legislature a law of this kind for a merely temporary purpose. (Signed) PALMERSTON. The Undersigned, &c. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended divine service yester day in Whippingham Church. His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. His Royal Highness was attended by Baron de Lauer, Count Oriole, and Count Groeben. His Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein arrived at Osborne at the same time, on a visit to the Queen. Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual airings yesterday, and on Saturday ; and on Friday afternoon took a drive in a char a-bane, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite, The Royal children took airings on the beach. Lieut.• Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps left Osborne on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at tended divine service yesterday morning in St. Michael's Church, Chester-square. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Lord John Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, •Sir George Grey, Visconnt Pal merston' Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir J. Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat two hours. The Commissioners of the Merchant Seamen's Fund held a meeting on Saturday at the Board of Trade. The Commissioners present were the Earl of Ellenborough, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir William Clay, Mr. Enderby, and Mr. Lock. Dr. Southwood Smith had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-cffice. Mr. Pattison, M.P., had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Friday at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Ceylon. The Duchess of Inverness had a dinner party on Saturday at her residence in Kensington Palace. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, and Sir F. Trench, attended the early ser vice yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the sermon. At the daily service the prayers were read by tha Rev. T. Helmore, and the lessons by,the Rev. J. Haden. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem was—" Q God, thou art my God "—(Purcell.) The Dukes of Beaufort. and Leeds the Duchess of Beaufort, Ladies Wilton, Palmerston, Fortescue, Eb rington and Charlemont, Lords Wilton and De Manley, were among the Mobility present. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. On Saturday night a public meeting of the Liberal electors in the wards of Bridge, Candlewick, Walbrook, Cordwainers, Dowgate, and Cheap, was held in the Bay Tree Tavern, St. Swithin's-lane. Soon after eight o'clock, Sir George Larpent, Baron Lionel de Roths child, and Mr. Pattison, jun., entered the room, accom panied by several members of the Liberal Committee, and were loudly cheered. On the motion of Mr. TRAVERS, Mr. Alderman Wood was called to the chair. The Worthy ALDERMAN addressed the meeting at some length, and observed that the day was gone by for religious distinctions.—(Loud cheers.) Moral worth and personal integrity was all they bad to do with; and the time would soon come when the electors would have an opportunity of acting upon that principle by the choice they would make of four candidates possessing such qualifications to represent them in Parliament. — (Cheers.) He concluded by introducing three of the candidates—one of there would be represented by his son (Mr. Pattison, jun.); and he doubted not that the citizens would return them in conjunction with Lord John Russell as their representatives in the House o Commons.—(Loud cheers.) Sir George Larpent and Baron Rothschild then en tered into explanations of their political sentiments precisely similar to those given by them at the previous meetings. In answer to a question put about the proposed new bishops, Sir GEORGE LARPENT said, the question was one which referred entirely to the Church of England. The members of that Church might think, perhaps, that more bishops were required, but he would not have any more bishops unless they were paid out of the revenues of the Church—(Cheers)—and he deprecated the conduct of giving large sums out of the ecclesiastical revenues for the building of palaces.—(Cheers.) He was further of opinion, as regarded the bishops having seats in the House of Peers, they ought to be confined to performing the duties of their respective dioceses.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. PATTISON, jun., apologised for the absence of his father, which was caused, he said, by the fatigue his father had already undergone in attending a number of meetings, otherwise he should have had the pleasure of meeting the electors that evening.— (Loud cheers.) He did not know that it was neces sary for him to add anything to what had been already stated by his father. The electors had known him for many years in Parliament, and there was no great question during the period he had sat as one of their re presentatives on which his vote had not been recorded. —(Loud cheers.) He could assure the meeting that the interest his father felt in the present election was not so much upon his own account as for the sake of the great principles which were involved.—(Loud cheers.) In 1843 the question before the electors of London was that of free trade, and they bad decided in the affirma tive.—(Cheers.) The question now was that of civil and religious liberty, and everything denoted that their success was certain.—(Loud cheers.) An ELECTOR—win - your father vote for the repeal of the window-tax? Mr. PATTISON, jun., said that a motion for the repeal of that tax had been repeatedly brought forward by Lord Duncan, and on all these occasions his father had voted for the repeal.—(Loud cheers.) An ELECTOR wished to know Sir GteoergleueLstairopen,nrte's. opinion about reforming the Corporation of London.' Sir GEORGE LARPENT, in answering h peated what he h a d said at the Hall of Commerce on Friday, namely, that if petitions were sent into the House of Commons he would give them every support, and would go into the fullest details to expose every abuse that should be proved.—(Loud cheers.) An ELECTOR—WiII you vote for the separation of Church and State?—(lnterruption, several calling out, " Don't answer that question.") The question being pressed, Sir GEORGE LARPENT said, in reply, that he could not.—(Loud cheers and some hisses.) Mr. TRAYERS, jun., then rose to propose a resolution for the adoption of the meeting; and said that as a Radical himself, and the son of a Radical, he could fairly say, that the four candidates proposed to their support represented every shade of liberal opinion in the city of London.—(Cheers.) The votes of Mr. Pattison spoke for him sufficiently.—(Cheers.) Of Sir George Larpent he might say, that he was the friend of his father, and that fact might be taken as a proof of Sir George's ra dical or liberal principles.—(Cheers.) Baron Rothchild represented a principle—(Cheers), — and he believed that no more fitting man could be found to be one of their Members in Parliament.—(Cheers.) To the Baron's exertions, in 1843, the return of Mr. Pattison was in a great measure owing; and he believed he was j us tifi e d in saying that Mr. Pattison's success on that occasion had a very important bearing on the efforts of the League in battling for the repeal of the corn-laws.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. Travers then referred to the other candidate, Lord John Russell, on whom he passed a warm enlogium ; and concluded by moving a resolution to the effect, that Lord John Russell, Mr. Pattison, Sir George Larpent. and Baron Rothschild, were fit and proper persons to represent the city of London in Par liament, and that the meeting pledged itself to use every exertion to procure their return•—(Loud cheers.) Mr. KEELING briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. COLEMAN moved an amendment to the effect that the names should be put separately, as he could not, he said, vote for Sir George Larpent and Lord J. Russell. An ELECTOR—WiII you have Colonel Sibthorp and Lord George Bentinck in their room?—(Laughter.) A gentleman named Tamer here rose to address the meeting, but from some cause or other he appeared to be at loss to explain himself, and the patience of the meet ing becoming exhausted, considerable interruption ensued. Silence being at length restored, The CHAIRMAN said, as the amendment had not been seconded, he should put the original resolution, which was accordingly agreed to by a large majority amid loud cheering, very few hands being held up against it. A vote of thanks was then passed to Alderman Wood, for his excellent conduct in the chair, and the worthy Alderman having expressed his acknowledgments for the honour, the meeting separated. MARYLEBONE ELECTION. Saturday the arrangements for the ballot of the 16,000 electors of this great metropolitan constituency, which is to take place at Hall's Riding-school to-day, in order to decide whether Mr. D. W. Harvey, Sergeant Shee, or Lord Dudley Stuart, shall stand as the Liberal candi• date in conjunction with Sir B. Hall at the ensuing election, were finally completed, and are upon a very extensive scale. As a preliminary step, on Saturday morning every elector received a circular, of which the following is a copy, containing a balloting card:-. "BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE UNITED REFORM SSOCIATION. 6( Committee-room, Cafe Colosseum, July 13, 1847. "Sir,—We, the undersi gne d can did a tes for the re presentation of the borou g h o f Mary l e bone at the en suing election, respectfully invite our attention to the y following resolution un an i mously agre ed to at a meeting of the Association held th e Bth instant:— " That the Associatio n , d eeply i m pressed with the importance of avoiding the danger of a Tory repre senting the borough of Marylebone, cordially approve of the course which the candidates now in the field in the Liberal interest have agreed to preserve, and which course is set forth as follows: " That a ballot card or letter shall be addressed to each registered elector, with a declaration to be signed before the elector ballots, pledging his honour not to vote, in the event of a poll, for any other than the Reform candidates, it being clearly understood that the two candidates having the lowest num b e r of votes shal l im mediately retire.' " To carry the above resoluti ons into effect , we have to request that you will attend at Captain Hall's Riding School, Albany-street, Regent's Park, on Monday, 19th of July, to give your vote by ballot, in accordance with the resolution. To enable you to do so, you will per sonally deliver this letter at the door, having previously signed the declaration. " Be so good as to attend to the instruc tions on the enclosed card ; and, to save time, we earnestly recomh mend you to sign the declaration, and strike tt e names you do not vote for, before leaving " WILLIAM SHEB. STUART. 4, DUDLEY COUTTS "DANIEL WHITTLE v x " This letter must be brought entir e, and the . declara tion hereunder must be signed:— t h e meeting. " DECLARATION. " I pledge my honour not to vote (in the event of a poll at the ensuing election) for any other than the Reform candidates. Name .---.-----.. " NOTE.—Ballot to commence a at nine in the morning, elector on the register, and the arrangements for taking and close at eight in the evening. On the postscript of this letter is the number of each the ballot are as follows: " Barriers have been erected all round the Riding School, and there are ten voting divisions and ballot. boxes, viz., one for Paddington, five for the five electoral districts f Marylebone and four for the electoral districts of St. Pancras. ' Each division will be indicated by a printed placard, corresponding with the ballot card held by the elector, showing the division to which he may belong." The following is a copy o f one of the ballot card s : " Voting Card for West Pancras, d _at the SHE& STUART. HARVEY. Strike out two nam es, and leave only one, or the vo t e will not be counted.,, tb be :n o m b e e t h fi e l e p d r 0 p ro a st any elector w ill even be admitted to the build ing he will have to produc e his letter with the p l edge e signed, onel u s i a o n n d o f e t v h e e ry b a l e l l t o t e t rawill to arty o f th e successful candidate. Each ballot-box will have three inspectors, one ap pointed by each candi date, and a check clerk, who wl refer to the register and check the name of every elector as he comes up to ballot. At the conclusion of the ballot the whole boxes will be handed over to three gen tlemen who have been a pp ointed, as friends of the can didates, scrutineers, an d who are wholly uncon nected with :the borough. At the conclusion of the scrutiny the numbers will be forthwith declared. In this country from the Majesty the Queen Dowager, —....—_ Her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe is Weimar, e x p e t the e h sistertl to otfohaerrrae Continent, on a visit to the Queen Dowage r . It is calculated that the Liberal party will o b ta i n an accession of no less than 80 seats in the c om i ng elec tions ; an increase that will gi ve 0 to the Government of Lord John Russell a good working majority in the new Parliament.— Observer. To COLD PUNCH DRINKERS. — Is it generally known by these good fellows that wa ter is the greatest enemy to ice?h Sunshine melts it far less rapidly than co ld water . Water at 40 degrees will dissolve ice more rapidly than dry air at 70 degrees. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT LIVERPOOL ON FRIDAY. G OODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Stultz (t) 12 to 1 agst Milliner (t) 10 to 1 agst Questionable (t) 15 to 1 agst Lothario (t) Grimston is declared not to - start. GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 agst The Hero 11 to 1 agst Halo 7 to 1 agst Eryx (t) 7 to 1 agst Wolfdog and 11 to 1 agst Wolfdog . Pyrrhus GrinisiOn is decl;tred not to start. 2 to 1 agst The Cossack 7 to 1 agst Van Tromp (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Red Hart (t) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 1000 to 10 agst Executor BY. 40 to 1 agst Brocket (t) 40 to 1 agst Besborough (t). 25 to 1 agst Surplice 30 to 1 agst Sesostris SINGULAR CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM.—A most fear ful accident occurred yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, to a little boy only ten years of age, the son of Mr. Charles Stuart Voules, a solicitor, residing in Park-street, Windsor. Mr. Stillwell, an articled clerk to Mr. Voules, hearing at that early hour in the morn ing the breaking of glass, and the sound of something falling heavily on the paved yard below, immediately descended from his bedroom, when he discovered Mr. Voules's son completely doubled up on the stones and insensible. Mr. George Chapman, and other medical men in the town, were speedily aroused from their beds and were in attendance. Although the poor little fellow was most dreadfully bruised, his body showing one mass of contusions, no bones fortunately were broken. It was gathered from the little sufferer, as soon as he was restored to sensibility, that he had been dreaming ho was bathing in the river, and it is supposed that when he was in the imaginary act of leaping from a bank into the water, he sprang from the dressing table through the window, falling from a height (his bedroom being on the second floor) of upwards of 28 feet. Although the pane of glass he leaped through was little more than a foot square, he sustained not the least injury from the broken glass. We regret to state, that from the ex tremely severe nature of the injuries he has sustained but very faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE ON THE BLACKWALL RAlLWAY.—Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday forenoon an accident happened on the Black well Railway, which terminated in loss of life. It ap pears that the Stepney carriage was proceeding along the line, between the Limehouse and West India Dock station, towards Blackwell, when the guard perceived a man walking near the rails on the south side of the line. Seeing the imminent danger the man was in, the guard immediately blew his hand whistle, and by shouting en deavoured to apprise him of the approaching carriage. The poor fellow, however, seemed to pay but little heed to the cries, probably not hearing them from the noise of the ropes and wheels, which were going at the time, and in a few seconds the carriage struck him with such fearful violence that he was killed instantaneously. He was recognised as being a plate-layer, employed on the line, named Collier. FALL OF Two HOUSES IN ST. GILES'S.—On Saturday evening, two houses, Nos. 25 and 26, Endell street, St. Giles s, formerly called the Bowl-yard, fell with a loud crash, greatly to the terror and alarm of the surrounding neighbourhood. It was at first reported that several persons were buried beneath the ruins; but on inquiry such was found not to be the case, the whole of the inmates having fortunately made their escape, without sustaining any injury, except a boy named Wil son, who, iu returning to fetch his cap from out of No. 26, was struck by some of the falling materials; and the occupiers of the premises, as well as numerous lodgers, have lost the ent i re of their furniture and property, which is buried beneath the ruins, the front walls of which still remain standing, presenting so threatening an aspect that it has been considered necessary to close the thoroughfare. TRIAL OF A WOMAN FOR HANGING HER THREE CHILDREN.—CARMARTHEN, FRIDAY.—At the Assize Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mary Hughes, a pleasing looking, middle-aged woman (al. though by her manner it was evident that her mind was deranged), was indicted for the wilful murdor of her three children, Sarah, Mary, and Even Hughes, under the most horrible circumstances. The husband of the wretched woman, who is a mason, rented a cottage at the foot of the Llanbyther Mountain, and, on the morning of the 28th of April, when he left for work, the children were in good health, and the mother seemingly in her usual spirits. In the course of the day her sister had occasion to visit the house, but, not finding the un fortunate woman in the building, she proceeded to examine the place, and on entering a loft she was horror stricken on seeing the three lifeless children, suspended by handkerchiefs from a large beam running across the roof. On being called on to plead to the indictment, she stared steadfastlyat the Learned Judge, and seemed tohave no knowledge of what was pssing around. The demand was made to her in Welch, still she heeded not the chal lenge, and remained mute. The Judge examined the medical officer of the prison as to the capability of her mind twhe er were Learnedincapacity affect e d, to ff e Judgepc t l e e d ad , , and hdheoo pri soner s p ronounced directedexplained tthn e mtp her eeto olda to wr o we thtboueernt return insane. their verdict ier e rry . The the unhappy t s tmindsofo her r t m G a u j i e lt s y t - y ii: B her case. This was accordingly done, and w p o l m es a s n or w e i:ll, therefore, be detained during NOT TO BE CAUGHT —A sucking Tyk e , i n th e employment of a n eminent. dealer in the no r th, was once upon a tim e carr i ed to York 'Sires, as evidence to the identity of an animal sold or bought by his master. The scamp watched every move of the court and case, and marked with proper care the cour se o f cross - exami , t m i n n e t d o which e f t , h teh ecounsel c witnesses was c p a ut llec i l ol for the s follows:--Coun jectesel—Now, the box w ere sub d. Prese n tl y h e and having been defendantexa rose to p u t l him to the question, w hi c h he did a plaintiff's horse? ff sel—Now, Sir, pray h ow hi gh was the p Boy—Sixteen feet. Counsel —And how be, Sir? Boy—Six years. Counsel —How hi 11-12idqt he say he was? Boy—Sixteen hands. Counsel g N 1 , y ", recollect yourself, and remember you are on your ° s w _ol Sir, oath ; you have d finares:ls,wilosrtniekhetnwiast I si y at n e n en ni f n e t et a ? go ß i n o e g y m t n o Sixteen feet! Did I say sixteen feet? Counsel —You did. I Boy—Then, I catch me contradicting myself, Mister Counsellor 1"-- Sporting Review. Rear-Admiral: Prescott is to be the new Lord of the Admiralty, and will take his place as the junior Lord. Admiral Deans Dundas, now a member of the board, will take the place of Sir Charles Adams as the senior naval Lord, the Hon. Captain Berkeley com i ng next in rotation—the other members being Lord John Hay and the son. William Corper.—Observer. THE SENTENCE ON M. TESTE, GEN. CUBIERES, AND M. PARAIENTIER. COURT OF PEERS, JULY 17. At five o'clock this day, the Court gave judgment in case. M. Teste has been the most severely visited, as was expected. He is condemned -Ist. To civil degradation. 2d. To three years' imprisonment. 3d. To pay back the 95,000 f., which sum is to be given to the hospitals of Paris. 4th. To a fine of 94,000 f. General Cubieres and M. Parmentier are each con demned- -Ist. To civil degradation. 2d. To a fine of 10,000 f. each. General Cubieres has had a very narrow escape of having imprisonment added to this sentence, a majority of one only being in his favour. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. BROTHELS.—On Saturday a letter was read from an inhabitant of Cirencester-street, paying 171. a•year rates, complaining that the street was filled with houses of ill fame, and calling upon the parish to prosecute and put down those houses. He said that his children saw females in a state of nudity walking in the room opposite his, and that at night the cries of the drunken, abandoned women residing in the neighbourhood were terrific. Mr. Flood, the vestry-clerk, said that the parish solicitor had informed him that the particular house to which the writer referred was indictable. The vestry directed the solicitor to proceed against it without delay. SANATORY CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT.—Upon the motion of Mr. G. Daniel, committees were appointed to the five districts of the parish to report upon their sana tory condition, with the view of submitting to Govern ment such facts as would justify her Majesty's Ministers to empower the local authorities to adopt means to secure the public health. _ DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.-Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P., informed the vestry that Parliament would be dissolved on next Friday or Saturday. The vestry shortly afterwards adjourned. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the perform ances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with her presence. In her Royal Highness's suite were the Baron and Baroness Nieureann, the Hon. Miss Mit ford, Sir William Davison, and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay. The theatre was also honoured by the pre sence of the Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who occupied her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box. Ms Royal Highness's suite included the Count de Grot ben, the Count d'Oriola, and the Baron Lauer. In the Queen's box were the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Lady Adelisa Howard, Lady Mary Howard, Lord Edward Howard, and Col. and Lady S. Lindsay. There were also present—Prince Trubetskoi, Prince Louis Napo leon, Princess Tuka Gargarin, the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Arbuthnot, his Excellency the Duke de Brog lie and suite, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke of Leeds, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal, the Mar quis of Huntley, the Marchioness Dowager of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Headfort, Count Revel, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess de Jarnac, the Coun tess of Glengall, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of West moreland, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Vis count Duncannon, Mdlle. Olgar de Lechner, the Vis countess Dungannon and the Hon. Misses Irvine, the Ladies Taylor and Lord Robert Taylor, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Saltoun, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lady Bellingham Graham, M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Sir P. Acland, Bart., Lady Meux, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Edward Codrington and the Misses Codrington, Sir Henry Willoughby, Hon. Julian Fane, Hon. Mr. Arbuthnot, Major and the Hon. Mrs. Gage, Major Baring, Major White, Capt. and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, M. de Coultu, Mr. Milbanke, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brereton Trelawny, Lady Palmer, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Captain Reynolds, Mr. Errington; Mr. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe, Reading; Mr. and Mrs. Gricewood, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Huxley, Captain and Mrs. Griffiths, Mr. and Miss Somerset, General the Hon. A. P. Upton, Captain Arthur, Captain Smith, Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. Cholmondeley, &c. &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—On Saturday night her Majesty's box was occupied by his Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, Count Oriola, Count Greeben, and Baron de Lauer. There were also present the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Blanche Somerset and Lady Georgina Codrington, the Marquis of Ely, Earl of Cardigan, Earl and Countess Villiers, Earl Compton, Earl of Besborough, Earl and Countess Minto, Count Potocki, Viscount Castlereagh, Viscountess Glentworth, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Templeton, Lord and Lady Caring ton, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord Otho Fitz Gerald, Lady A. Harding, Lord A. St. Maur, Lord Suffield, LadASophia Wyndham, Lord Wrottesley, Lord M. Hill, Lord Brooke, Hon. G. W. Mlles, Hon. G. Barrigton, Hon. J. Fortescue, H. R. Yorke, M.P., Hon. Col. and Mrs. Fitz Gibbon, Hon. Colonel Ripton, Hon. C. C. Cavendish, Hon. A. Ramsay. Hon. Captain Fitzroy, Hon. Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Thelluson, Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, Sir Archibald Macdonald, Sir J. H. Lowther, M.P. Sir Michael Shaw Stuart ; Sir John Campbell, K.C.T.S., and Lady Campbell ; Sr William and Lady Molesworth, Sir Philip Broke, Sir William de Bathe, Sir George and Lady Clerk, Lady Jodrell, Lady Macfarlane, Sir B. Hall, M.P., Sir S. and Lady Scott, Sir J. and Lady At kinson, Sir C. Marshall, Sir H. Webb, Sir J. Duckworth, Sir J. and Lady Easthope, Sir C. Kent, C. P. Leslie, Esq., M.P., IL Baring, Esq., M.l'., II Wilshire, Esq., M.P., General M'Neil, F. Hodg son, Esq., M.P., Montague Gore, Esq., M.P., Captain Stevenson, Charles Wemyss, Esq., Captain Bailie, Capt. Dalrymple Captain Boyce, G. Stuart, Esq., J. Lloyd Cie) ton, Dalrymple, Mrs. Curwen, E. Delafield, Esq., Arthur Webster, Esq., the Misses Byrne, Mr. Drummond, Mrs. Arabin, Captain Balfour, G. Parnther, Esq., Mrs. Braine, Major Mitchell, Mrs. Kemp, &c., &c. The municipal council of Copenhagen have just given orders to have two great establishments of baths for the poor constructed in that city ; the admission to be gratuitous. VACANCY IN THE ADMlRALTY.—Speculative opi nions have abounded during the week, in reference to the vacancy at the Admiralty Board, caused by the appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam to Greenwich Hospital. Our belief is, however, that until Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker has again and deci sively refused to accept the vacant post no Gazette will be issued, and it will take at least another week to settle that question.—United Service Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Y esterday evening a boat, in which were two ladies and several gentlemen, was swamped just below the pool, nearly opposite Rattenburgh's Dock, by the swell of several steamers simultaneously passing each other. The life buoys of eaeh steamer were thrown overboard, and a boat lowered, and all were saved except Mr. Smith, a young gentleman of Gray's Inn, who was swept by the tide under a tier of shipping, and entirely lost sight of. With this sad exception the exertions of the steam-boat people were successful. PRINCE WALDEMAR OF PRUSSIA. —His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, being desirous of observing English country life, has arranged a plan for visiting the provinces after his return from Osborne House. His Royal Highness will remain in town for a few days in order to witness the prorogation of Parlia ment, and will then commence his proposed tour through the manufacturing districts, the north of England, and Scotland. The first city visited by his Royal Highness will be Oxford, whence he will proceed towards Bir mingham, Manchester, ;York, and other important and interesting localities in the midland and northern counties. His Royal Highness in the course of his tour in Scotland will visit her Majesty and Prince Albert at Lord Abercorn's seat on the banks of Loch Laggan. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—WO understand it is probable that the number of voters who will poll at the approaching contest for the University of Oxford will be unprecedently large. The number of those who voted in 1829 was 1,366, being 755 for Sir R. Inglis, and 611 for Sir R. Peel. It is rumoured that Mr. Gladstone's friends estimate his propable supporters at little short of the total number polled in 1829, while Mr. Round's party are equally confident. Allowing for pairs and absentees, it may perhaps be near the mark to name 2,000 as the number likely to be actually present. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—On Saturday the third and last exhibition for the season took place in the gardens of this society, at Chiswick. The preparations were on an extended scale, his Grace the Duke of Devon shire having kindly directed that his extensive grounds should be thrown open, and placed at the disposal of the society. The morning broke most unpropitiously ; at daybreak there was a storm of thunder and lightning, which continued with slight abatement until after eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a drenching rain descending nearly the whole of the time. About midday, most fortunately, indications of a favourable change presented themselves, and soon after twelve o'clock occasional bursts of sunshine gave pleasing anticipations of a fine afternoon. At the opening of the doors, at one o'clock, very few persons were in attendance; but towards two o'clock fashionable equipages began to draw up in rapid succession, and continued to do so until long after five o'clock, by which hour the gardens were moderately filled, and presented an exceedingly gay and brilliant scene. The bands of the Ist Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), the Coldatreams, and the Gre nadiers were iu attendance as usual, and the fete alto gether passed off very satisfactorily. ACCIDENT ON THE DORCHESTER AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—DORCHESTER, JULY 17.—The greatest consternation was created in this city to-day, on it becoming:known that the 7 o'clock train, A.M., from here had met with a serious accident, the reports in creasing as being told from one to the other. On lcienro; ceeding to the spot we found happily the acei (though serious) was not a tithe so bad as represented.tedof The simple facts are as follow :—The train consis engine, tender, six passengers' carriages, and a van ; on their arrival about eleven miles on the journey towards Southampton, passing over Moreton-heath (a loose sandy embankment forming part of the road, at 25 feet above the natural ground below) the train ran off the line, so sudden and unexpectedly, that the engineer had no time to revert or stop the speed; fortunatel y but one carriage was thrown down this tremendous embankment, and that had but two gentlemen t herein, who most miraculously, on assistance arriving, were found but little injured, th us providentially escaping with cuts and bruises o n ly—. neither having a limb broken. By the fortunate break ina of the chain, connecting this carriage with the other five and the engine, but this one fell over the precipice, the engine maintaining its place on the rail, and the driver proceeded to the nearest station for assistance. After some delay they proceeded on their journey, arriv ing in London without further accident. pointed to conamand____„ aa station• NAV. A.L INTELLIGENCE. T PORTSMOUTII, SIINDAY.—Sir Charles Napier's t-eet removed from Durang-point to of line of battle :Chips is now at anchor at Spithead, ing---Lieutena n t. Caledonia, 120, Captain Dixon, and the Queen, Ho: , Captain Sir H. Inc ake, having joined yesterday morning. The vacant seat at the Admiralty, caused by the re moval of VicerAd miral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., to Greenwich, is at length taken by Rear-Admiral Pres cott, an eminently distinguished officer, and one likely to benefit the „service much by his counsels and advocacy. The appointments to the Command-in-Chief in the Pacific and the superKntendency of this dockyard, vice Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, C. 8., K.C.H., and Hyde Parker, C.B , are expected to be co erred on Rear-Admirals Phipps, Hornby, and Shireff. The following are the extraordinary particula7s re lating to the death of Mr. Thomas Hart, late assistant surgeon of the Conway, 26, who destroyed himself by cutting his throat - with a razor at the Quebec Hotel on Friday morning last. It appeared in evidence at the iv.- quest taken before Mr. Cooper, the Coroner for the borough of Portsmouth, on Friday evening, that the deceased went to the Quebec Hotel on the previous evening in company with Mr. Henry Wilson, :R.N., Acting-Assistant -Surgeon n: of the Victory (newly appointed), and :partook - of 9 a little draught pale alo about half-past nine in the even ing. He bad been paid off the same day. Mr. Wilson had known the deceased about four years ago, before he went in the Conway. On the occasion under investiga tion he dirt not observe any peculiarity about the deceased, who appeat7ed in his usual health and spirits, but spoke vehemently , and indignantly of the degrada tion his class was sufVering under the in navy, in being so ill provided with prayer messmates and accommodation; he seemed to consider his class ill-used by being com pelled to exist in tho midshipmen's berths, and to have no other associates - than that position provided in the navy. He did not speak of this personally, but gene• rally, and after the ;manner of information to Mr. Wil son, who was just entering the navy in the first step (" acting") of the medical branch, and told him (the witness) that he must be prepared to " rough it." De ceased had told him he had lost three 51. notes and a sovereign, but he believed he had b een robbed of it prior to quitting the Conway after she was paid off. 'This witness and another friend of the deceased slept at the Quebec on Thursday night, and were to have started together some time early on Friday morning, conse quently witness ordered the chambermaid to call de ceased at seven o'clock, which was done, and he an swered, and asked for a razor to shave with. The girl said they had not one, and asked if she should send for a barber, which was done, but when he came deceased borrowed his razor with the profession of intending to shave himself. He was subsequently found quite dead, about half. past 8 o'clock, the razor lying near him. He had cut the jugular and carotid artery. No explanation was found in the room or on the person of the deceased, nor any information as to where his relatives or friends resided, but two certificates were found lying on the table, worded as follows— " These are to certify the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that Mr. Thomas Hart served as Assistant- Surgeon on board her Majesty's ship Conway, under my command, from the Ist of September, 1844, to the date hereof, during which time he has conducted himself with diligence, :sobriety, and attention, and was always obe dient to command. i" Given under my hand, on board her Majesty's ship Conway, at Portsmouth, this 15th day of July, 1847. " WILLIAM KELLY, Captain." At the bottom of which, in pencil, was written, appa rently very hurriedly— "l should have been recommended for promotion." The other certificate was worded in precisely the same term, only the dates were " from the Ist of July, 1846, to the date hereof, Ist of July, 1847," also signed by the captain, and at the bottom o f w hi c h was written, also in pencil— " Heart broken and disappointed." It therefore appeared to the jury that on the ship's arrival at Spithead the deceased had asked for the last quoted certificate to memoralise the Admiralty with for his promotion, as he appears on the Navy List as an Assistant-Surgeon of 1839; but what appears most in comprehensible is the fact, proved by the above certifi cates, of the deceased's having been on the books and done the duty of assistant-surgeon of the Conway from the Ist of September, 1844, until Thursday last, nearly three years, without his name appearing in the list of officers' names appointed to the ship shown in the official Navy List. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence—viz., " That the deceased died from wounds inflicted on himself, but what the state of his mind was at the time he committed the act there was no evidence to prove. In the absence of any relative or friends to claim the body, the preparations for interment were, with the sanction of the coroner, immediately made by Mr. Forbes, of Portsmouth, undertaker and united service outfitter. The Comet steam-vessel, of 238 tons and Bb-horse power, commanded by Lieutenant C. R. Johnson, which has been employed in all kinds of service, from a royal yacht to a meal barge, has again worn out her boilers, and consequently her officers are turned over to another ship, wo believe named the Fire King, at Greenock. This little Comet was built in 1822, by Mr. Oliver Lang, and has never had any breaking down in machinery or jobbery in hull since she was built. We stated a few weeks since, in commenting upon the paramount supe riority of the work and design of this vessel, in compari• son with some (and very many) of the steamers of modern build in the royal service, that she would wear well to the last timber, and her engines would wear out all. We were, it seems, closely correct in that judgment of the nature of the materials with which the first steamer that ever carried a pennant was constructed. We hope the new commissioners about to be appointed for executing the office of surveyor of the navy will take a lesson from the vast amount of instruction she so palpably offers, and that the navy may have more Comets, and fewer Jackals, Bloodhounds, and Tridents in its list for the future. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir F. W. Austen, K.C.8., arrived at Halifax on the Isth ult., from Bermuda. The Alarm, 26, Captain Loch, was at Halifax on the 24th ult., having arrived from Vera Cruz to recruit the health of her crew, who were very sickly, and dying fast by the last advices. The Constance, 50, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, was at Mazatlan on the 30th of April, having relieved the Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, which is daily expected at Spithead with a large freight of specie on merchants' account. The Calypso, 20, Captain Worth, arrived at Callao on the 3d of May from Valparaiso. The Herald, 26, Captain Kellett, and the Pandora, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Wood, her tender, were at l'orto Praga on the 14th of May, about to proceed to Quibo, to continue her surveying operations, whither the former was to be towed by the Samson steam frigate. The Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Ricketts, was paid off at this port yesterday. ROYAL MARINES. Should there be, as is anticipated, and addition to the corps of Royal Marines of two field-officers and six divisional companies, the establishment will then be as follows, viz.: 5 Colonels Commandant. 4 Colonels Second Commandants. 16 Lieutenant-Colonels. 10 Artillery Captains. 112 1 Supernum. Captain (director at Laboratory). 100 Divisional Captains. 1 Supernum. Captain (Assist.-Adj.-General). 20 Artillery First Lieutenants. 133 133 Divisional First Lieutenants. Q. C 20 Artillery Second Lieutenants. 67 Divisional Second Lieutenants. To complete the establishment to which num ber Zit will he necessary to promote— Captains to Lieutenant-Colonels. 9 First Lieutenants to Captains (one for the vacant Artillery Company). 27 Second Lieutenants to First Lieutenants (viz., 10 Artillery short at present, 9 Divi sional vice 9 promoted, 8 Divisional pro portion by augmentation). 38 New Commissions (viz., 7 Artillery short at prespresent, 27 Division a l v i ce 27 promoted, 4 Divisional proportion by augmentat i on). The above is authentic, and consequently differs from the statement in the United Service Gazette. The following are the promotions and appointments of the past week:— PROMOTIONS. Lieutenant—George Smythe (1834), to the rank of Commander. Mate—Henry Samuel Hamilton (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Captains—T. Rodney Eden, to the Amphitrite; Fre derick H. H. Glasse, to study at the Steam Factory, Woolwich. Factory, Richard R. Q u i n , t o study at the Steam Commanders—W. C. Chamberlain, to the Britomart; Woolwich. William K. Nicolas, to W. H. Hood to the Birkenhead ; tothe _ es .__ R. Lieutenants—Norton C. S. Sullivan, to the Vernon ; the Ocean, Robert J. St. Auhync,, the re l s de l n s t "r" ; Walter W. H. Alcock, of the Scout , Comet, to command the Fire . lti ht to the Shearwater ; Va j...tneg..li. Johnson, from the Strickland, to thdereAwmsp.llKitilrlitg , Masters—An he Ampitrite. lentine G. Roberts, G. to t eter, to the Amphitrite. Purser—W. ~._. l ;ansny ne, to the Caledonia. Chaplain—W. 5 1 , wis W. Young, to the Penelope; to the Adventurer; John Parsons (acting), s Braddon, from the Comet to the Fire to the Odin; S. King. ilNisf,asters—Le James W. Poland, to the Re- Fr S an ee l:l n n d g A ss istant -Surgeons — Henry C. S. Wilson, and Thomas the Howe; H. Matthias, to the Victory;• B• toabbington, from the Comet to i t l o r .At B. .e IDI,a. ilb, Clerk in Charge—John Macdowall, from the Comet Re sistance; thei :aStll3: Fire r d ne o c ee nt K ; i n g . to the Fire King. Passed Clerk —C. S. Saunders, to the Victory. Clerks—James C. Molley, in charge, to the Cuckoo; C. J. Martin, to the Queen; Edward Marcon, to the Re sistance; Henry Gray, to the Seringapatam; James H. Jackson, and W. F. Wentworth, to the Crocodile. Midshipmen—Henry Batten, to the Dragon; Charles Hope, to the Excellent; J. W. Parrott, to the Queen; T. B. Lethbridge, E. H. Standish, E. H. Buck, and John Burgess, to the Victory ; J. R. Lawrence, to the St. Vincent. Masters' Assistants—J. K. Cooke, to the Poictiers ; Edward Swain, to the Dee • Charles B. M'D e rmott, to the Kite; D. Grant, to the deledonia; J. G. Whitehouse, to the Victory. Naval Cadets—Charles N. Streatfield, to the St. Vin cent; Frederick Lewis, to the Queen; John Griffiths, to the Hibernia. Coast Guard-111n W. S. Ewes (Motor R,N.) is ap- Li m tenant H. It Rare. Greeu t lastle, as Inspect.. CRICKEt. SURREY AND KENT. This singular match being resumed on Friday', at Preston hal/ .Park, was renew e d and brought to a conclusio tuTch ty. The first sc ore was as follows: non 84- ZENT. NV. hi e ynn, Esq., b Brockwell 14 run out C. G. Whittaker, Esq., c Heath, b Martingell Hillyer, c Brockwell, b Mar- .......... 3 tingelf Pilch, b Sherman 8 c Hayward, b D a y ... :2(.; W. Pilch, b Sherman ll b Day ...... ...... . 0 A. Mynn, Esq., c Heath, b Sherman 'Dorrinton, not out ll b Day ... i _Martin, b Sherman .Belton ' b Sherman 0 b Day . is Jones, b Sherman 4 b Day l2 IVilsher, b Sherman 0 b Sherman 0 Byes 5, wide 4, no ball 1... 10 Byes 10, wide 7, no ball 2.-- ....... ,•• 00000000000000 4 120 99 SURREY. Chester, b Mynn ...... 1 c Belton, b Hiller.-- 1 Sewell, c Wilsher, b Hillyer 3 c Dorrinton, b Hillyer 8 A. Barnsha-w, Esq., c Belton b Hillver ..•• ......... .. 2 c Dorrinton, b Hilly-er 7 13rockwell, c _Belton, b Mynn 8 cW. Pilch, b Hillyer 3 Martin ell, b Mynn l2 b Hiller ............ 9 N. Felix, Esq., c Belton, b y ilillyer ........... ... , HDay, cW. Pilch, b Mynn .. 2 b Hillyer ..... .. ...., 4 eath, b Hillyer C. Marks, Esq., b Hillver ... 0 c Hillyer, b Mynn 0 Sherman, c Belton, b Hilly 7 not out Hayward, not out .... ........ 0 c Whittaker, b Hillyer 6 Byes 2, wide 1 (Martinoll) 3 Byes 13, wide 2 l6 45 74 Kent ther6foi.e won by 100 runs. THE HURS GANG. Among the contrivances on the Scottish central line, none struck us more than that which is called the " horse gang." The first sign of this thing filled us with an undefined feeling of something like terror : the next with thoughtful solicitude ; and, finally, with an abortive attempt at laughter, so odd like, and yet fearsome, did the affair appear to our unintiated eye. Although it is far from being either new or uncommon, we cannot resist an attempt at describing it, that others may go and see it as well as we. The horse gang, then, consist of what, upon level ground, would be a wooden platform, five or six feet broad, and twelve or fifteen yards long, raised upon one end, and leaning upon the edge of the cut, at an angle of about fifty degrees ; at least those we saw at Kippenross were so situated. This, then, being given, the query is, how is a man to be made to wheel a loaded barrow up almost this perpendi cular affair, and then to take it down again, though empty ? Well, there is upon the top of the bank a little gin to serve as a rope, and to one end of the chain a well-trained horse is yoked, and to the other a short piece of rope with as eye at each end, at v:hich place it is strongly fastened to a piece of board, which we call a protective board. This rope is then fastened by another strong eye in the middle to the chain. The rope and board, fixed as they are together, are then put upon the stilts of the barrow, in such a manner as that they s h a ll no t slide back, and they cannut get forward for the sides of the barrow. The man who is to wheel then seizes the stilts of the barrow with both hands, and intimates to a driver above that he is ready. The driver then speaks to the horse, which moves off, and, turning the gin, brings up both the man and his barrow. It is, however, the position of the man upon the platform which creates a feeling of uneasiness in the eyes of the looker-on for the first time. The man is at right angles to it, and therefore his safety, and even his life depends entirely upon the firmness of nerve with which he holds the stilts of the barrow, as no mechanical means are used to attach him to it. In short, it seems a very dangerous mode of working, and yet we never heard of any accident occurring to those employed in it, and we understand they get better wages than any other labourers upon the line. In descending, which he does at the same angle at which he went up, the weight of the chain and its friction on the ground serve to balance him. We are satisfied that no person can look upon this contrivance without interest. At the present time, when every exertion is making to finish the line, the labourers are allowed to work as many hours as they please each day; and so completely do some of them enter into this arrangement, that it is no uncommon circumstance for many of them to work a whole week with only two nights in bed, and some of them seek only one by way of brag; and it is but a short time ago since one fool hardy fellow roughed it out the whole week. He went out on Monday morning, and did not return till Saturday afternoon. He was a " tipper," that is one of those who empty the waggons at the bank head; and the only rest he got was to throw himself down on the ground in the intervals between the emptying of the last and arrival of the next waggon, when he occasionally obtained a few minutes sleep; and yet, many of those men who possess such indomitable and untiring energy work so hard, just in order that at the end of fuur weeks they may be the more able to enjoy a day or two more of mere animal gratification, when jollification and drinking are in the ascendant.— Scottish Railway Gazette. Mr. Cobden has arrived at Vienna, where he has been presented by Lord Ponsonby, the English Ambas sador, to the Prince de Metternich and Baron de Kubeck, Minister of the Interior. Mr. nurke, of trotting notoriety, performed, over the Belle Vue Course, which is some yards short of three quarters of a mile, a wonderful feat in driving two horses in a tandem, 16 miles, in 58 minutes and 19 seconds, to the entire satisfaction of some thousands of spectators. ROBBING THE SAXON MINISTER Or 3,000 DOL.. LAus.—On Saturday information was received by the police that the Baron Beust, the Saxon Minister, of Wilton-crescent, Belgrave-square, had been plundered of the above amount by a person named Ernest Ramsham, who is supposed to be now trying to get out to America. FATAL ACCIDENT WHILST BATHING.---011 Satur day a man employed at the floating bath, Blackfriars, discovered the body of a youth lying in the mud off the plate-glass wharf, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars bridge. The body was identified as being that of Ed ward Poley Gibbons, aged seventeen years, an appren tice to Mr. `'Peat, the optician in the Strand. On Mon day last the deceased and his master proceeded to the waterside to bathe, and whilst in the water the swell caused by the various steam-boats carried him out into the stream, when he became alarmed, and before as sistance could be rendered he was drowned. ROBBERY AT EARL SomEßs'.-LOn Saturday in farmation was given that on Friday a massive silver ink-stand, twelve or fifteen inches long and five broad, with a small silver candlestick attached, the property of Earl Somers, was stolen from his Lardship's seat, the Priory, at Reigate, Surrey. It was engraved with a crest, a weed growing out of armour, and a stag, and with the names of several of the family. The robbery is stated to have been committed by some go-cart men, two of whom were seen near the house in conversation with another man, who offered paper ornaments for sale, after which they drove to London. DEATH FROM MORISON'S PILLS.—Last week, Emma Partington, aged 30, of Love-place, Rochdale, swallowed in two days, 55. 6d. worth o f M or i son ' s p i lls. After which her health, which had been delicate, be came worse, and she ultimately died. At an inquest held upon the body, the jury returned a verdict " That she died from an overdose of the pills." EXTRAORDINARY SUlClDE.—Saturday a man , whose name is unknown, committed suicide under the following sing u l ar c i rcumstances:—lt appears t h at the deceased was i n grea t di stress, an d on the previousin. eet t ni ght st r . applied for a l o d g i ng at t h e R e d-h ouse , in 1,1 St. George's, S ou th war k, c hi e fly occupied by cadgers and beggars. At an early hour he got b u ti ently discovered up stairs to his room, where he was subsequently p and went t ceiling, quite hanging by a rope from a rafter immediatelyi under the dead and cold. On the floor spot where the deceased as_ ilspended, was written n. :731 s triends reside at , a bold hand, with chalk, p w o as ckets were searched, Church-street, Brighton. found, pawned for and in one a duplicate of Brighton, on Mond ay a coat y.s -ard's pawnbroker, 6s. at Mr. Folk , last. Mr. Allingharn, th e officer of St. Geor ge ' s, South wark, took possession of thebo dy, which ho removed to the workhouse. THB WEST INDIA MAILS. -- SOUTRAMP TON7 S i - TURDAY.--The Royal Mail steam-ship Dee, 'William Allan, Esq., commander, left Southampton, at three P.M. ' with the mails for the West Indies and South America. She takes out 46 passengers for the different islands, and a vary large and general cargo, including 60,0001. in dollars and English coin on Government account for Barbadoes and Bermuda, also a large sum on merchants' account. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Jupit er, C aptain Mehan, left at three o'clock, for the Peninsula, with thefull and a mails, acargo, large number of passengers. Young, the tragedian, a contemporary of the Kembles, on Friday, visited Bristol. Though in his 71st year, he is looking both hale and hearty. He came from Clevedon Court, the seat of Sir Charles Elton. Mr. Walt on , w h o h as b een connecte d with the Princess's Th ea t re ever s i nce i ts fi rst opening, oi ran actor (and occ as i ona lly as act i ng manage r), Sa turday last, after a few days' illness. Tourists will learn with satisfaction, that at Naples, a tariff of charges for the hire of horses and published ; and mules to ascend Mount Vesuvius has been and also for the charges of the fixed por t e rs and boatmen their luggage on employed in carrying passengers and board the steam rculate„Packet:"„it.—On Saturday informa tion FOREIGN IIC with a description of a fo re i gner, tion was eid, w a fternoon, stole a quantity o f va l uable property under who, on Friday the following circumstances, f rom M r. Catchpole, a watchmaker and jeweller, in R egent - street. The person mentioned, who, although a f ore i gner, gave the name of at Thompson, caked the shop, and s e l ec t e d a gold wa t c h, with gold guard-chain and brequet key attached; a gold ring, set with an emerald; and two diamond rings (valued altogether at 341.), to be sent for approval to No. 151, Oxford-street, and a shopman ac companied him to the place with the goods. He then, however, took the shopman to Fiadvoy's Hotel, seven or eight houses distant, under pretence of getting him a cheque for the amount, and, leaving him there, returned to 151, and got possession of the valuable property, with which he mado off. He is described as apparently about thirty years of age, five feet eight inches high, with mustachios and whiskers, cut close and turning grey, and wore a black frock coat and black trousers. `''