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~, _,. ,~ .:~- FOREION INTELLIGENCE. RUSSIA AND PERSIA. We have received (says the Globe, of Monday,) through Mr. Waghorn, the Bombay Gazetie of May 21, which contains an article on the aspect of affairs in Persia; of an alarming nature. " Some say," we quote the article, " that Mr. M`Neil has been ordered to quit the Persian court, or has quitted it of his own accord, in consequence of certain pro ceedings derogatory to British interests, and inconsistent with a due regard to British honour. It is reported that an order has been received at Bushire by Captain Hennel from Mr. M`Nell, for the former to leave that place and put him self under the protection of the British flag in the Persian Gulf, at its head-quarters, at Bassadore." The writer then alludes to a report that a body of Russians had entered the Persian service for the purpose of maintaining the influence of the czar in the councils of the shah. " The news, what ever they are, arro.ed. a few ,days ago by a buggalow from the Persian Gulf. They must have,been considered of the high est importance, as a meeting hi council was held late on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of deciding what mea sures ought to be taken under such an emervency. * * ' The following vessels proceeded, with as little delay as possible to the scene of action ; and we think the armament cannot fail of striking a salutary terror, inasmuch as the for inidable Hastings is one of the number, au'l must inspire a wholesome fear whenever her portentous and unseemly bulk makes its appearance. The vessels are the Semiramis,. Hugh: Lindsay, Hastings, Coote, Tigris, Snake, and the Grant, if she can be got ready. There was a rFfAirt that the Berenice would also be sent on the excursion, lust this appears to be without foundation " , aponaent oldie Standard.) RS OF THE EAST maphore of Marseilles contains a 16th June, which states thatthe command of Admiral Lazariff, is iat two Russian corvettes were, )f the Bosphorus. The letter goes ,sels penetrate into the Black Sea, most distrust in the Russians; and •ht that the Circassians would not, t the war would supply a pretext it for making continental arma a Black Sea. Semaphore writes that the Druses ahim Pacha, with great loss; that re been taken from them, as well of baggage. Thesame correspon takaus at Ispahan held a meeting Persian nation during the absence that the Russian minister gave came to anv deliberation without l.ussia would consider it as an act and that 40,000 men would enter the affront. We may add to the e Paella's resolution to proclaim of the Sultan is likewise confirm t.as }I altar SPAIN. The Castellano of Madrid announces that the celebrated Merino was on the day of the fete Dieu, with the troops at Cirat, a small town on the banks of the Nigares, and in the afternoon, laying aside his sword, clothed himself in his sa cred garments as a priest, and having officiated at mass, af terwards carried the host during the whole of the procession. The Madrid Gazette of the 2(1 instant contains a dispatch from General Narvaez, dated Ciudad Real, the 29th ult., sta ting that a corps of his army had defeated the Carlist chief Orejita in the neighbourhood of Calzacla de Calatrava, and that he had killed 30 of his men, and made 19 officers, a chap lain, and 370 soldiers, prisoners. Orejita succeeded in ef fecting his own escape witlvonly six horsemen, his band hav ing been totally annihilated. Letters from Bayonne of the th instant state, on the au thority of ad vices from Elorrio of the 2d, that General Espar hadlisanceuvred, after the affair of Penacerrada, with the ntention of attacking Estella, but that he had subse ;hanged his mind, and proceeded to Logrono. Gene was following him with a strong division. PORTUGAL. its from Lisbon have been received to the 3d instant, v the BOaganza steamer, which arrived at Falmouth The ministers of finance, justice, and the inte ,etesaid to have tendered their resignations, which, how , not been accepted by the queen; and it was be .t the only change that would really take place-would department of finance, from which Carvalho per his wish to retire. ( From the Paris c i s , t THE , PARIS, JULY 9:—' e Se 7 letter, dated Cons ' tinople, It ussian fleet, der the c completely ed, and the cruising re he mouth of on to s tharEnglish vess and those which show m th. was generally though ut down—but still that t., the Russian government naents, and placing them on The correspondent of the have been defeated by lbra several thousand sheep haw as a considerable quantity ( dance states that the Kaims to discuss the affairs of the I of the shah at Herat; but i re .., them notice that, if they , ! . the sanction of the shah, R , .of hostility against herself, the .Aderhijan to avenge : . abo4e, that the report of thi I his complete independence ed by lettets of the 27th nit . k c t—. ... . .. ter') had* evident int quentirch Marotto w Accouni sought h! Saturd, nor weres ever, had lieved that he in the ( si3ted in h dat are of the Bornhay. were disp Engiaad, pose Mby Bengal, fi out 1111, states have takes the Perri; - can be si have beer ters do nc credited h COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. Ltes by the overland mail from India, received to-day, le 4th of May from Calcutta, and 21st of May from The government, had issued a notice that they ,osed again to make advances on goods shipped to at the exchange of 2s. 2d. perrupee, for which pur had apportioned one hundred lakhs of rupees for fifty lakhs for China, and Madras and Bombay with , at the Bengal rates.—One letter from Bombay The Russians have gained a footing in Persia; ,they !n Teheran, the capital. Troops are being sent down an Gulf; but it is impossible that one thousand men pared from the Bombay side. All the steam-boats n taken for the conveyance of troops." Other let of Mention the subject; therefore it is not much here.—Gloke of Monday., CAN ADA. MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6.—Sir John Colborne arrived in town yesterdayjaornino., in the steamer Canada, which left Quebec on Monlay. His excellency was accom panied by his two sons, Colonel Rowan, the Hon. Colonel Gore, Lieutenant-Colonel Eden, and Captain Goldie, and about ten o'clock set off for Upper Canada. The object of his journey is of course connected with the late outrage near French Creek, into all the circumstances of which it is to be presumed be will inquire. We hope his visit will be advan , tageous, in allaying whatever of excitement may still remain in that quarter, and in ascertaining with more certainty than heretofore the truth or untruth of the rumoured preparations for new troubles in other directions along the frontier. SATURDAY, JUNE 9.—Yesterday evening the celebrated Generlds Sutherland and 'Teller, Colonel Dodge, and seven others,all state prisoners, on their way to England, whence they will be transported, arrived in town from Toronto, via "the Rideau Canal, under the guard of a detachment of the Toronto - queen's Rangers, consisting of one captain, two subalterns, two slants, and 29 rank and file; Mr. Sheriff 41 Jatvis,-.4a—aecorn nic4 them. Thfy reached Lachinp about three o'cloc , and were shortly atter removed from the steamer Ottawa into a batteau, which brought them to town through the canal The two generals and the colonel were cabin passengers fiom Kingston to Lachine, and were with out irons. The other seven were chained in pairs, and exhi bited a most wretched appearance; some of them appeared mere boys. Sutherland wore a kind of blanket half military looking coat and blue cloth cloak. 'He is a handsome map, with an intelligent but bad expression of countenance. Theller, who is a short, stout, impudent-looking fellow, ap pears wholly unconcerned about his situation, and converses freely with every' one who addresses him. Dodge has a baud - some, but pale and dejected countenance. Twelve others came as far as Kingston with them, among whom were Mont gomery, John G. Parker, and the two Sheppards. The hat teau with the prisoners passed through the locks, and was brought alongside of the British America, on board of which they ware put with an adequate guard. Soon afterwards they were removed to the new gaol. THE WEST INDIES. .• rvwailye received Jamaica papers to the Ist of June in. c . 'The following are extracts (From the Morning Courier.) THE BRITISH ABOLITION AMENDMENT Act —We learn from the West Indian that at a privy council held on Tuesday, in Spanish Town, it was resolved that the proclamation of this unconstitutional and arbitrary act should take place on Saturday, the 9th June. It would appear by this that only four days are allowed the assembly to make up their minds, and pass the Apprenticeship Annihilation Bill. TRU/LAWNY.— We are happy to announce," says the Falmouth Pest, " that the gentlemen connected with the agricultural and commercial interests of this parish are in favour of immediate emancipation, atilt that a petition to the hou. House of Assembly, praying for the abolition of the apprenticeship on the let of August next, has been headed by some of the most influential gentlemen of the parish." We regret that we cannot make room for the interesting account of the proceedings at Arcadia estate on the 21th instant, when the apprentices, 250 in number, were informed that on the Ist August next they would cease to be such. The Rev. Mr. Vine, independent missionary, and the Rev. Mr Knibb, were present, and severally addressed the people. William Holder, Esq., the proprietor of Lilliput estate, in this parish, has declared to his apprentices his intention of liberating them on the Ist August next. INCREASE OP THE SLAVE TRADE.—Her Majesty's ship Pearl, 20, Commander Right Hou. Lord Paget, captured a Spanish slaver, with 470 negroes on board, and sent her into Havannah. Her Majesty's ship Sappho, 16, Commander Fraser, captured another Spanish slayer, with 572 negroes on board, and sent her into the Havannah also. Both of these captures, we believe, were made during the last month. A letter from Black River, dated the 18th ult., says:—"A small boat, and a canoe with the captain and ten men of a Portuguese schooner, called the tistella, from the coast of Africa, has come in here, in four days, from the Pedro Shoals. The Estella was bound for the Havannah, with 300 slaves, her size was only 61 tons, it is said. She was lost on the Pedro Shoals, where all the slaves, with the exception of one, were drowned, this (a girl) they brought with. them, and four boys, who have been two or three voyages to the coast from the Havanna. The Estella was from Rio Brassa. To judgeFiomtiieobscrvations of some of the editors of her papers, Barbadoes seems not to have regretted the step she lately took. The New Times thus speaks;—" It is truly gratifying to us, and must be to all who takes an interest in the great experiment of emancipation, to observe the happy and successful progress which, so far as we have proceeded, has attended that measure, and to compare it with the gloomy f or bodings and alarnving , predicticaleof maay colonial_ pro prietors some few Years past. Nothing but ruin, -complete and universal, was to overspread the country. Horrors in describable, anarchy, and bloodshed, must be the inevitable result ! Into savage b arbarism the labourer must relanseyon whom every want and incentive would be powerless to stimu late hirii to - order ! But what do facts say? What tr ust the terrorists now admit? invariably Why, that peace, order, and exem plary industry have characterized the conduct of the apprentices." Tus again the Mercury : u, ` I . sy e profess to be amongst those who augu r well from th e approaching change ; as a body, we believe no peasantry iintse world ever possessed a stronger inclination to la bon r Ulan the Preedials of our island." And thus the Liberal:--`` T. entertain the smallest doubt that this act of grace (for an act of grace it will be consi dered) is calculated to produce, and Unless neufralised.by co-operation with ill-advised measures, will produce, the happiest results on the sentiments a nd , conduct of our pea santry, would evidence but little knowle, of human na ture, and none of all of the character of the I '''(zro. Already we could almost affirm it has wiped out of his calendar a full half of those wrongs over which he Las been da t i o . y . brooding for ages." After this, can the advocrites of the apprentice a b i adduce as a reason f o r its continuance , the. dan%ep r of the measure of abolition ? ABOLITION OF THE APPRENTICES 111 P.—It is said, Aserves the Polypheme, that on the meeting of the House of Asse m b ly, the abolition of the apprenticeship will be moved by one pro prietor and seconded by another, both of them, having b een long resident in the colony, and members of some standi ng in the house, whose policy has hitherto always been to t9tiose any atidden changes in the state of society, and conduct of the business of the colony. NEWFOUNDLAND. Pap ers from Newfoundland to the 22d of June contain the speech of the Governor at the opening of the Legislature on the 20th. He alludes to the former disputes between the Council and the House of Assembly, respecting which, it is stated, that a copy of a despatch from Lord Glenelg will be laid before them proposing a means of conciliation; and also of another despatch for the future regulation of the disposal of Cro wn lands. HAYTI. We have been burdened with a sort of conspiracy, which 'will only tend to give more firmness to our present govern ment. I'he mass of the people will make any sacrifice for their tranquillity, tinder such circumstance all attempts to upset the government will be vain. Since you left this the country has not been less properous ; indeed, a decided im provement in the morality of the lower classes has taken place. 'That the Haytians are becoming more industrious yearly is not to be questioned. Another gentleman, writing from Santiago, in a letter dated 20th April, thus expresses himself: " Pesikous of benefitting the country, I propose rendering the Yaqui navigable for steam-vessels to Manchioneal Bay, • or laying a railroad to Monte Christi) from this city, a dis tance of from 80 to 100 miles. The government, by an official grant, have given me the exclusive right and privilege to do this, and to enjoy its advantages, free of all impositions for a :ern► of 10 years after the works are completed and in oper ation. • "This grant authorises me to employ as many foreigners as I please, and secures to me the extensive coast navigation by steam from Manchioneal Bay to Cape Haytien West, and Puerto Plata East." A tide of emigration is setting in from Georgia and Florida, of persons of colour and of property, which is likely to con- Lribute much to the amelioration of the country, whose inde pendence being now placed on a respectable and honourable rooting willcement all parties into one body, animated by one principle, to strive with confidence and security for the pro -motion of the general prosperity of the island. The crops .pi Santiaga_bave already quadruple-1 in consequence. The HaBtian papers by the packet contain the proclama tion- of the president consequent upon the attempt to assas sinate the Secretary General Inginac, which circumstance we not long since announced to the public. It would appear than an insurrection was also contemplated, arising out of the circumstance of the Haytian government having con cluded treaties of amity with France. Some of the parties have been taken, and the rest dispersed. The chief, it would appear, had perished. LONDON POLICE REPORT. QUEEN-SQUARE-TUESDAY_ UNSEASONABLE VISIT To HER MAJESTY.—Thomas Flower, a silversmith, was charged with forcing his way into the pic ture gallery of Buckingham Palace. It will be remembered that the defendant was charged at this office on Thursday week with having attempted to force his way into Westminster Abbey. On that occasion his wife came forward, and stated.that he had suffered severely from the brain fever about three years ago, and that whenever he took any quantity of liquor it created a temporary derange ment. She observed that his unfortunate state of mind was increased by sorne.severe losses he had sustained in business. He was- then discharged, upon the understanding that his friends would take pretper care of him. W. Randall, Esq., one of her Majesty's pages, stated that on Monday night he was in attendance on the royal person. About halt-past 11 o'clock, her Majesty having retired to rest, he had occasion to pass through the picture-gallery on his way from the drawing-room, when he found the defendant seated in one of the chairs, apparently contemplating the beauties of the paintings. Witness asked him what he wanted there at that unseasonable hour ? The defendant either could not. or would not return any answer, and witness sought the as sistance of other pages; and they contrived, with great re sistance on the defendant's part, to remove him from the near proximity to her Majesty into one of the under apartments. The Hon. Sir Charles Murray, master of the Queen's house hold, then gave orders for the defendant's removal to the sta tionthouse, which was-accotplished with some difficulty. Thomas Cook, 4 B, stated that, with the assistance of four brother constables, and two privates of the rifles, he conveyed the defendant to the station house, having previously had to strap his arms and legs. The defendant had nevertheless contrived to tear witness's trousers with his teeth. Mr. WHITE remarked that it was useless toask the defend ant any questions, as he was evidently not cognisant of his own actions. Defendant—l can assure you I have had great difficulty in finding my way through the various windings and passages of the palace, and as I am in the habit of going there fre quently I hope you will order the ways to be made less puzzling. The defendant then paused for a considerable time, and then suddenly said he had a charge to make against the police for tying his arms and legs, and commanded that they should immediately be put in the dock. Mr. WHITE said the defendant's friends must again be sent to, and he should insist upon their becoming sureties for his good conduct for the next three months, otherwise he must send him to prison in default. It was his opinion the defendant should be immediately sent to some lunatic asylum, and not suffered to roam the streets at large. The defendant was then removed. THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP. BRISTOL, J UNE 8, Half-past Five, p.m. The Great Western steam-ship, Captain Hoskin, R.N., commander, cast anchor this afternoon in Kingsroad, at about half-past two o'clock, having performed the homeward passage in the wonderfully short space of twelve and a half days. The outward-bound voyage was by this splendid ves sel accomplished ,in 141 days, having sailed from Bristol, June 2, and reached New York June 17, at four A.M., which place she left for Bristol, June 25, at five P.M. Thus she has performed the whole voyage from Bristol to New York, and back again, in the unparalleled short space of 36 days, eight of which were spent at New York, which leaves her five weeks for the actual voyage, and which generally averages as many months by sailing vessels. The Great Western has brought over 92 passengers, all of whom express themselves in terms of the greatest delight and satisfaction with the splendour and comfort of her accommodations, and seem quite enraptured in making mention of the 'very slight mo tion felt on board the vessel throughout the passage, even when blowing hard, and during the latter part of the voyage they encouptered heavy weather, which gave them every opportunity of judging of the great advantages possessed by the vessel in this respect. A passenger, with whom I had an opportunity of conversing, told me that he had several times crossed the Atlantic in sailing packets, and in very similar weather to that experienced on his voyage home in the Great Western, and that he should not have believed it possible for such a difference to exist, had he not felt and tested it himself. Even in the roughest weather, it seems that passengers may sit down to dinner without any of the fears or dangers of accident on board sailing vessels. You feel assured that you will not be laid sprawling on the cabin floor, by your chair lurching to leeward, or that you will be thought desir'ons of appropriating to yourself more than your share of eatables, by getting the contents of half a dozen or mole dishes poured wholesale into your lap. None of these or others somewhat similar, but even more disagreeable acci dedts, so frequent but unavoidable on ship-board, are here felt ; in fact, you may sit down and enjoy yourself almost in as much ease as in a drawing-room on shore. This compa rative tranquillity and slightness of motion is mainly to be attributed to her great length, which enables her to cut through several waves, into the troughs of which shorter ves sels must of necessity roll, and become, as it were, "swal lowed up." Vessels of great length must, therefore, of course, by reason of their powers, not ) only be much easier, but must also save very considerably id the timeand distance occupied] by vessels of ordinary length in rising and falling from the troughs of. these seas. The Sirius reached New York on the 18th of June, at four o'clock P.M. ; the Great Western having arrived the day previous, at four A.M. The Great Western passed Sandy Hook at seven P.AI. of the With of June, and from this time, to the time of seeing Trevose Head in Cornwall, was exactly 12 clays. The average distance run on the outward voyage was about nine miles per hour, and on the homeward' voyage rather .more than ten miles per hour.—London Standard. STEAMING ON THE CANALS As our American neighbours would say, we are "going a head" in the use of steam as a locomotive power. But a few weeks ago, we noticed the starting of a small steam-boat to ply on the Irwell, with passengers, between this town and Warrington; and we have now to announce the application of steam to carriers' canal boats for the transit of goods be tween this town and London. In canal navigation in this country, a long period of time has elapsed since any altera tion or improvement of any great importance has been made. The boats are of the same construction, and so inartificial is the mode of working them, that the only means in practice. at the present day for propelling them through the immense tunnels, of which one is nearly a mile in length, and another three quarters of a mile, is 'for the boatmen to lie on their backs on the tarpaulin which covers the goods with which the boats are deeply laden, and, by pushing their feet against the roof of the tunnel, work the boats upwards at a tediously slow rate, with great labour and fatigue, amidst the smoke from the boats' chimneys or funnels, which, to any one unused. to its effects in a long tunnel, would seem wholly unendura ble. This is what the boatman term " legging through;" and in this way every boat load of goods is worked onwards through the tunnels on every great water-line of internal na vigation in the country. The first application of steam on canals has been made, not on a new form or construction of boat, nor even on an iron boat of similar form, but on one of the long narrow canal boats, with sharp stem and stern, which had for some time been plying on the canals in the usual way. The experiment which has been tried, at little cost, and which, at best, is an imperfect one, has, however, been eminently successful; and there appears very little doubt that its results will be a revolution as complete in canal navigation, as the introduction of marine steamers has work ed in our coasting packets. The merit of making this expe riment belongs to Messrs. Robins, Mills, and Co., carriers, of London, and of Castle Field Wharf, in this town. Into one of their canal boats, near the stern, they introduced a small high-pressure marine steam engine, of only four horses' power, to which a boiler that had been used for one of the locomotive engines on the Liverpool and Manchester rail way was adapted. As the narrowness of canal tunnels, and the injury likely to result to the banks from the use of side paddles, must always have thrown a difficulty in the way of applying steam power in the ordinary mode to, canal naviga tion, it became necessary to substitute some paddle which should not be in the way, while it should not be liable to the objection of injuring the banks. This difficulty has been surmounted, as it seems to us very satisfactorily and com pletely, by an ingenious application of the principle of the old fish-tail paddles. These paddles are placed at the extreme stern of the boat; and this terminating in a sharp point, it was necessary to lengthen the boat, and make a square box to contain the paddles. They consist of two small wheels, placed side by side, not working parallel to the boat, but transversely, and revolving contrary ways. The paddle boards, or plates of iron, of which there are six on each wheel,. have an inclination of about 45 0 . When in action, there fore, it will he aeon that, as one wheel of paddles strikes the water on the starboard side of the stern, the other strikes it on the larboard; thus producing an action on the water re sembling that which sailors call "the double scull," and which is the best effort of art that we have seen in imitation of the mechanical action of the tail of a fish when swim ming. The defects of the present experimental engine, &c. seem to be rather in its adaptation and arrangement, than in itself. In the first place, we should think a more powerful engine necessary to the fair development of the power of steam in this species of navigation, considering the great length of the boat, and the bulk and weight of its cargo, which is probably eleven or twelve tons. Then, we have no doubt, that that torm of boat which has hitherto sufficed for the slow dragging of horses and a towing line, is not pre cisely the shape and build, nor, perhaps, is timber the best material for canal st eam navi ga ti on . gain, it appears ta us that the engine was rather too far from the paddles to ex ercise its full available motive power. But these and several other points, into which we have not time to enter, will doubtless receive a full and sagacious consideration from scientific and practical men, when once their attention is di rected to the subject. That the time for this is not far dis tant, we think, bearing in mind the force of competition in every branch of trade and mode of communication, cannot be far distant. But to return to the Novelty, which is the new name the boat received, when, from a (tow) liner, she became a steamer,—the first voyage she made very recently, from London to this place, with very considerable success. Like her great prototypes the Great Western and the Sirius, a log was kept of her rate of steaming during this, her first outward voyage ; bot we kave not been able to obtain a sight of this log, and can theeefore only very generally notice her performance, which, we understand, was at the rate of nearly eight miles per hour. She left Paddington, on Thursday w katnoon with about eleven tons of goods, but was de tained for several days on the Grand Junction Canal, waiting her e turn to proceed. Notwithstanding this delay, she reached here about half-past three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon last, without sustained havi ng the least injury, except that, having be en lengthened she was a little too long conveniently of the locks; and the result was that her paddle boards pass ards somew were littl e bent, and put out of order. They were speedily put to right s . and, on Monday last, the proprietors, we bet' ss far proceeded with the boat on an ex- Iciu'ittlisioanpa rdowntyo thfer canal,nds believe, as Runcorn, when her speed was tried, with the favourable results already no ticed.iogwohketon ü board a cargo of bale On Monda e y L e toh v ne e d n o i sn n a, g m a s e h n e dn, t believe, started on her rate of eight mil ts an hour, she does not We nderstand that, oN, homeward e when pack go g i n o g o v d ao s ty f ta o hg r e occasion the least swell. it is anti:ipated that she will be able to deliver goods in London in three days from her de parture from this place. On one ociasion, shortly before her first canal voyage, the Novelty tcwed the city barge, on board of which' were 150 gentlemen, up the Thames as far as Teddingt,e lock, at the rate of about eight miles an hour; and her performance then gave the highest satisfaction to all who witnessed it. —Manchester Guardian. Emptrial Vartianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. The Benefices Plurality Bill was committed, some altera ions made, and the bill as amended was ordered to be printed. POOR LAW (IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day was then read for resuming the ad journed debate on the Irish Poor-law bill, and the amend ment proposed by Lord Ellenborough, on Friday last, to per mit the adjournment of the debate having been agreed to. Viscount MELBOURNE moved, that the bill do now pass, when the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, feeling that the measure was pregnant with evil, and not calculated to yield any advantage to Ireland, begged leave to move, that the bill be rejected. The Earl of Limerick, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Mounteashel also opposed the bill. Lord-Bfic..tic4ori-ma said he would take that_appartunity of declaring his sincere and conscientious (although he believed unavailing) objection to the measure. Lord MELBOURNE said, the noble and learned lord had laid great stress on the unpopularity of the measure, and on the utter detestation in which it was held by all classes in Ireland. Certainly a great number of petitions had been presented against this bill, and it was opposed strongly by the Irish gentry; but he doubted much that the poor would have any objections to its provisions, if explained and fairly represented. The noble and learned lord had said, that it was a widely different measure from the English Poor-law bill, on the merits of which all agreed; but the noble and learned lord should not forget, that When the latter was being passed, them was as great an outcry against it, and it was equally unpopular with the present measure. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe, as had been stated, that it would be un popular because it imposed an additionnl burden upon the landlords. (Hear.) He was not by any means insensible to some of the arguments which had been urged against it, nor to the difficulties to be surmounted in carrying it into execution; but there were still some objections in which he could not concur. Mr. O'Connell had said, that Ireland was too poor for a poor-law; the noble earl opposite had said,. that the nubility and gentry of the country would be ruined by the bill; others, and more particularly a noble lord who had spoken that evening, had said, that the rate would not be paid. Now, these were objections which he did not con sider sufficient to outweigh the advantages to be derived from the present measure, which he called upon their lordships to pass, convinced, that if prudently carried out, it would have a most beneficial effect. He was of opinion, that affording relief by other means than those of private charity, while it would lead to the discouragement of vagrancy and mendi cancy, would not encroach or corrupt, or interfere with, those habits of charity which belonged so much to the nature and religion of the people of that country. Lord PLUNKETT spoke in suppori of, and Lord RODEN in opposition to, the bill. Viscount GORT characterised the measure as a bill of pains and penalties against the landed interest of Ireland, and one ,of the most okuoxiout and unjust bills' that was ever con .cocted. Their lordships then divided on the question that the bill do pass, when the numbers appeared: Content, present, 69; proxies, 24; total, 93:—Not content, present, 23; proxies, 8; total 31:—majority in favour of the bill, 62. The several bills on the table were then advanced a stage and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY: THR BRITISH LEGION. Mr. BYNG brought up answer to the address, which had been agreed to by this house on the 26th of June last, praying that her Majesty would direct her ambassador at Madrid to use his good offices with the Spanish government in endeavouring to prevail upon them to settle the claims of the officers of the British Legion. Her majesty was most graciously pleased to direct accordingly. NATIONAL LOAN COMPANY BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. P. , Tuomsori said he would oppose the third reading as govern ment was about to introduce a general measure upon the subject. He trusted to be enabled shortly to give to the house an opportunity of deciding upon the general principle. The bill to which he referred would be placed in the hands of hon. members to-morrow. Under these circumstances he considered himself bound to do all he could to prevent the passing of the present bill. After a short discussion the house divided, and the third reading was carried by a majority of 71. In answer to a question, Lord PALMERSTON said that he had not received any intelligence respecting the defeat of the Persian troops. CANADA. In answer to some questions put by Sir E. SUGDEN on the affairs of Canada. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, that he should have no objection to lay before the House of Com mons the instructions and other papers so far as they had been communicated to the House of Lords; but further he did not feel disposed to go. With respect to the abandon ment of any instructions sent out to Canada, he had only to say, that they remained in full force, and he had no doubt that Lord Durham would act upon similar principles to those on which the instructions were founded. TITHES (IRELAND) BILL. The House having agreed to discuss the Irish Tithe Bill at a morning sitting on Tuesday, went into a com mittee of supply fur the purpose of discussing the miscella neous estimates. The conversation on the various items oc cupied the remainder of the evening up to half-past twelve, when the Chairman reported progress. The third reading of the Qualification, of Members Bill was postponed till Wednesday. The house adjourned at a quarter-past one. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuEsnAy. Lord MELBOURNE, in answer to Lord Brougham's inquiry, said that he believed there was no truth in the rumoured taking of Teheran by the Russians. Lord BROUGHAM moved an address for copies of Admi ralty orders respecting Sardinian vessels on the Spanish coast, and any notices or warnings to neutral nation, upon the subject. They regarded the interception of vessels sup posed to be laden with munitions for the service of Don Carlos. , . Lord MELBOURNE and Lord Mitsyro opposed the motion as of inconvenient tendency. Considerable debate ensued. The Duke of WELLINGTON eventually recommended the motion to be withdrawn. Lord MANSFIELD, and many other . peers, opposed this recommendation, and supported the motion. Their lordships divided on it; and, curiously enough, the numbers were evev, being 57 contents, and 57 non-contents —the lord chanceror having voted, (bele was no one to give the casting vote. The Duk of Wellington had retired front the house, whereby one vote was lost. The remaining orders were disposed of, the Charitable Trusts Bill being deferredefor a fortnight, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. The Commons met at twelve o'clock, pursuant to arrange ment, to proceed with orders of the day. - Mr. P. THOMSON (in answer to Sir J. GRAHAM) said, that on account of the quantity of business of a more pressing character before the house, he should defer "till the next session," the Pilotage Bill; and that be should bring it for ward early that session. Sir R. PEEL, inquired respecting the Registration of Elec tors. Bill, and other measures which he thought it would be quite impossible to proceed with ; but _ Lord J. RUSSELL said that he could give no answer, as the measure named was under the management of the attorney 7 general. On the motion that the house resolve into committee on the Tithes (Ireland) Bill, Mr. O'CONNELL moved an instruction to the committee to make provision for the payment of the arrears of the tithes. Considerable discussion ensued, in which Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Shed, Mr. Hume, &c., took part—all agreeing that, in order to afford this bill any chance of working successfully, no tithe arrears ought to be left unadjusted. The motion, however, was eventually withdrawn, and the bill was committed. ' The house adjourned soon after four o'clock till six o'clock. On the reassembling of the house at that hour, Mr. W. GLADSTONE moved for an address to the Crown for the ap pointment of a commission of inquiry to investigate on the spot the past and present state of the relations of our colo nists in the eastern part of the Cape of Good Hope with the Caffre tribes. _ _ The motion was opposed by Sir G. GREY, and negatived by 41 to 32. BEER ACT. Lord F. EGERTON having referred to the petition l s he had presented, one of which was signed by 6000 of the most re spectable inhabitants of Manchester, as evidence of the strong feelings of the public against this act, called the attention of the house to the operation of the measure. He contended that the license given to open houses for the sale of beer to be drunk on the premises had been followed by-consequences the most injurious to public morals and to the peace of society. He was anxious to put an end to this system, which had led to frightful increase of crime, and had multiplied the temptations to vice which beset the poor man. He had re ceived communications from Huddersfield, York, Rother ham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Portsmouth, and London, tending to show that the operation of the act was equally pernicious to the morals of a large manufacturing commu nity as of a less thickly peopled rural district. He had re ceived, among others, a lettler from Mr. J. F. Forster, chair man of the quarter sessions at Salford, a gentleman re markable for the liberality of his character and the capacity of his understanding, who expressed himself strongly opposed to the measure, from the experience of its pernicious conse quences he had had as a magistrate. The gentleman stated that he had been not unfavourable to the experiment at first, from a wish to supply the labouring classes with a wholesome and refreshing beverage at a cheap rate, and to extend to them every advantage which their station permitted; but he was now quite satisfied that the introduction of beer-shops had been productive of consequences had in every respect among the working classes, destructive of their habits of foresight and economy, subversive of moral feeling and ruin ous in many instances to their families. (Hear hear, hear.) These beer-shops, the noble lord went on to say, were often. kept by men destitute of character, and became hot beds of depravity, sometimes being the scene of most disgraceful out rages. The opponents of the measure had predicted the con sequences it would produce with more truth and accuracy than could have been anticipated. The spread of immorality and crime, the ruin of the licensed victuallers, which was proceeding, as his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer well knew, and the serious increase in the con sumption of spiritous liquors, were among the evils attributa ble to it.—(Hear, hear.) The Beer Bill would in fact have been more correctly designated as a bill for the increase of immorality and drunkenness in England. (Hear ' hear.) So appalling were the evils which it produced, that he found himself obliged, notwithstanding the late period of the session, to bring the subject undr the notice of the house. His object was to procure the repeal of that part of the law which permitted shops to be opened for the consump tion of beer on the premises. It was impossible that the force of public opinion, which was daily gathering strength in re ference to this matter, should allow that provision to remain in force another session (hear, hear,) and he thought it ad visable to warn those who might have embarked their capital in the business, that a storm was impending which would soon sweep the iniquity away. Without interfering unneces sarily with the poor man in the free disposal of his time and money, it was merely the duty of the Legislature to remove the facilities to crime which were presented to him, and to guard his morals from contamination. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord then moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty that she will be pleased to give directions that there be laid before the house copies of any passages in pre sentments of grand juries in Eneland and Wales bearing re ference to the state of the law affecting the sale pf beer in the Years 1836, 18.37, 1838. Mr. SANFORD, iri seconding the motion, said he did not wish to return to the old system, but thought that regulations might be effected which would very much ameliorate the pre sent practice. The CHANCELLOR of the ExclisQuEn still thought, as he thought at the time of its passing, that the measure which repealed the beer duty and opened the beer trade was one of the wisest, most statesmanlike, and prudent financial mea sures which, in his experience, he had seen adopted by par liament. Mr. PAKINGTON said it was almost impossible to overrate the very prejudicial effects which the beer act hail had upon the morals of the people; and he agreed with the noble lord that before long some measure to remedy the existing evils would he forced upon the legislature. Mr. H wit said no one who knew the noble lord could - doubt the integrity of his motives, but he thought that pro ceedings of this kind were a kind of meddling with the com forts of the poor. He was surprised that gentlemen who could themselves drink their bottle of wine when and where they pleased, should object to the poor man having his pot of beer where he chose—where he could get it best—and where he could get it cheapest. Ltt DUNGANNON*pressed his conviction that tift'lleY l houses were the sources of much evil and crime in the eoun- try. In the part of the country where he resided, there,*as scarcely one case in ten of .poaching, wood-stealing, &c., brought before the magistrates, in which it was not found the beer-shop was the place Where the crime was concocted, and, not unfrequently, the depot where the stolen goods were afterwards found. Mr. WARBURTON said it was notorious that the beer houses were unpalatable to the clergy and the magistracy, and when an invitation for petitions proceeded from such a quarter, it could not be doubted that it would be accepted, and that petitions would pour in. Mr. DARBY said the condemnation of these beer-shops was by no means confined to magistrates or the clergy, for there was scarcely a respectable layman in the country who did not set his face against them. After some further conversation respecting the working of the beer-shop system, the motion was agreed to. Lord SannoN called the attention of the hou - Se to the -un settled claims of British subjects on the Government of Por tugal for military services rendered to Donna Maria in the contest with Don Miguel. Lord PALMERSTON said the government had not been in attentive to these claims, and assured the house that whatever influence the British Government possessed should be exerted, to bring about as early a settlement of them as the circum stances of the Portuguese Government would admit. Sir G. GREY withdrew, after a short conversation, the mo tion of which he had given notice respecting moving for the production of papers. t. On the motion of Sir R. BATESON, a return was ordered of all the stipendiary magistrates in Ireland, specifying their names, salaries, and emoluments, the date of their appoint ments, their residence, and the districts under their charge. *Mr. ELLis withdrew a motion of which he had given notice for a return of the purchases of property for the site of the new Houses of Parliament made by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. _ _ _ Mr. PR AED moved for papers relative to the kingdom of Oude, part of which Sir• J. Hobhouse objected to produce, and Mr. Praed was contented to take the others, which were accordingly ordered: The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. • MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK Consols opened at 95i 4 for the Account; Money, 93i : 3 „ ex div. Exchequer Bills, 73 75, Bank Stock, 2051 . 1. India Bonds, 77 79. India Stock, 265 266. Spanish Active Cents 232 24. Brazilian, 794804. Belgian Scrip, 11 pm. Mei can, 241252. Columbian, 26-1 7. Dutch Two-and-a-Ha per Cents. 533 4i. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols for Account 951, Money, 94; Exchequer Bills, 75 73 pm.; India Bonds ' ' lower, 79' 77 • Bank Stuck, lower, 2054; India Stock, 266 2654. Spanish Active, 21i 2h, with coupons; Portuguese, 351 36 ; Three per Cents., 233,i 24 ; Btazilian 79Z 80 ; Mexican, 24 7,5% : Columbian,`) '27 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cente's3A 54%. QUARTER BEFORE THREV.i: Consols for the Account, 954 1. From the official list, coot aining the business actually cted.) DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. transa BRITISH FUNDS THIS Bank Stock, 2051 3 per Cent. Red., 9lh 3 per Cent. Cons. 931. 31 per Cent. Anne. 1818, 3 1 - per Cent. Red. 101 i New 3 3 / 4 per Cent. 1011 Long An. 1860. 151 7-16 Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, 15 3-16 Ditto 30 yrs, 1860, India Bonds, 79 7 pm India Stock, 266 51 South Sea Old Anns., Bank Stock for Acct., Consols for Opening, 951 £lOOO. Ex. Bills, 75 3 pm , aoo. do. 73 5 pm Small do. 73 spm ,Ditto Commercial, SgARES. The quotations give the actual price, without reference to premium or discount.) British Iron, 101 'Asphalte, Liverpool, Birmingham & Derby, 3-1 Asphalte, Polonceau, Great Western 76 75 Asphalte (Claridge's Patent), London & Brighton, 101 London and Blackwall, 41 Asphalte * British, Asphalte, United States, Asphalte, Scotch, Asphalte, Netherlands, Bitumen, Polonceau, 11- Asphalte, Swiss, UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE, OXFORD, JULY 7.—This being the last day of Act Term, a congregation was holden for granting Degrees, &c. when the following were conferred : Bachelor and Doctor of Divinity, by Accumulation—Mr. Elsdale, Corpus Christi College, grand compounder. Doctor of Music—Mr. Stephen Elvey, organist of New College. Masters of Arts—Rev. J. W. Moore, Exeter College; Rev. P. Keigwin, Wadham College; Rev. L, W. Owen, Baliol College; Rev. R. Montgomery, Lincoln College; Rev. W. C. Beasley, Lincoln College. Bachelors of Arts—C. Alderly, Christ Church, grand com pounder; E. I. Wrottesley, University College. Rev. Dr. Stamers, Cambridge, admitted ad eundem. On Wednesday last, A. P. Stanley, of Baliol College, was elected a fellow of University College. This talented young man is son to the Bishop of Norwich. He obtained a place in the first class last Michaelmas Term, and was the success ful candidate, in 1837, for the prize adjudged to the best English Poem, when there were 52 competitors. Subject, The Gipsies. Yesterday. Mr. W.'Everett, from Wincheeer School, was admitted probationary fellow of New College. The Dean and Chapter of ChrisrChurch have presented the Rev. H. Bull, student of Christ Church, to the perpetual curacy of Lathbury, Bucks. ' The Bishop of Lincoln has instituted the Rev. H. Browne, of Lincoln College, to the rectory of Little Kimble, Bucks. OXFORD JULY 9.—The following subjects are proposed for the chancellor's prizes for the'ensuing year—viz., For Latin Verse—" Marcus Atilius Regulus fidem hostibus solvit." "The classical taste and character For an English Essay— compared with the romantic." For a Latin Essay—"Quaznam sint erga rempublicam acadernim officio." The first of the above subjects is intended for those gentle men who, on the day appointed for sending the exercises to the registrar of the university, shall not have exceeded four years, and the other two for such as shall have exceeded four, but not completed seven years, from the time of their ma triculation. _ Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize.--For the best composition in English verse, not limited to 50 lines, by any undergraduate who, on the day above specified, shall not have exceeded four years from the time of his' Matriculation. "Salsette and Elephanta." In every case the time is to be computed by calendar, not academical years, and strictly, from the day of matriculation to the day on which the exercises are to be delivered to the registrar of the university, without reference to any interve ning circumstances whatever. No person who has already obtained a prize will bedeemed entitled to a second prize of the same description. The exercises ars all to be sent under a sealed cover to the registrar of the university on or before Friday, the 22d day of March next. None will be received after ihat tune. The author is required to conceal his name, and to distinguish his composition by what motto he pleases; sending at the s ame time his name, and the date of his matriculation, sealed up under another cover, with the motto inscribed upon it. The exercises to which the prizes shall have been adjudged will be repeated (after a previous rehearsal) in the theatre, upon the commemoration day; immediately after the Crewiau oration PREFERMENTS, &c. The Rev. James Haworth,,M.A., of Christ's College, Cam bridge, has been presented to the vicarage of Croxton, near Thetford, by the masters and fellows of that society. The Rev. A. Grant, of Chelmsford. has been presented by the New College, Oxford, to the living of St. Edward's Chanel, Romford, in' the room of the late vicar, the Rev. Mr. Ratfibone, deceased. The Rev. John Johnson, to the rectory of Outwell, Nor folk, on the presentation of the Bishop of Ely. The Rev. John Bailey, M.A., to the vicarage of Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, on the presentation of the dean and chapter of Norwich. The Rev. Robert Cobb, to the rectory of Thwaite, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Earl of Albemarle. The Rev. Thomas Amory, to the vicarage of St. Tethe, Cornwall, vacant by the death of the Rev. Joseph Fayrer. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The Rev. J. Leighton Figgins, late of Queen's College, Cambridge, perpetual curate of Linthwaite, Yorkshire, has been licensed b) , the Bishop of the diocese to the pastoral charge of the church. and district of St. Matthew, Liverpool. The Rev. F. Lee, M.A., to the vi carage o f St an t o n Bury, Bucks, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Shipton, D.D., of &alio). College. Patron, Earl Spencer. • The Rev. Henry Freeman, to the rectory of Folksworth, Hants, vacant by the death of the Rev. 'William Bissil. Patron, the Rev. H. Freeman. The Lord,Bishop of Cork has presented the Rev. John Kyle, A. 8., to the living of Inchageela, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Sealy Baldwin. His Grace the Duke of Leinster has presented the living of St. Paul's, Cork, to the ,Rev. Francis St. George, vacant by the death of the Rev. S. Baldwin. GRAND REVIEW BY HE r li, MAJESTY, IN HYDE PARK. On Monday, one of the most splendid reviews held in the neighbourhood of the.metropolis for many years, took place in Hyde Park, before her Majesty and many other members of the , royal family, the foreign ambassadors and ministers resident in this country, and the foreign ambassadors and ministers extraordinary, with their respective suites. The troops reviewed were—three troops of royal horse ar tillery, having two guns each ; Ist regiment of life guards, the 2d ditto the royal horse guards (blue), the 10th royal hussars, the 12th royal lancers, three batteries of field at . tillery, having four guns each ; the Ist and 3d battalion of : the grenadier guards, the Ist and 21 battalion of the Scotch fusiler guards, and the Ist and 2d battalion of the rifle brigade._ lt being anticipated that the review would be attended by a vast concourse of persons, every pracaution for the per serv-ation of-the public peace was adopted on Sunday by the commissioners of the metropolitan police, who ordered 15 superintendents, 49 inspectors, 96 sergeants, 960 constables, and 96 constables in private clothes, to assemble in Hyde Park, near the reservoir, close to Grosvenor-gate, on Mon-, day morning at nine o'clock, for the purpose of keeping the ground, and the persons who acted as special constables on the day of the coronation were likewise directed to assemble , at six o'clock, a.m., in Scotland yard, for the purpose of i being appointed to a similar duty. The appearance of the morning indicating the probability of a fine day, as soon as the gates of Hyde Park were opened,i numbers of men and women, laden with chairs, tables, forms, benches, and planks, entered the park, and commenced forming erections close to the carriage -road abutting on Park lane, for the purpose of persons viewing the splendid spectacle, in which they were unmolested by the police, so long, as they did not trench too far on the line of ground marked out for the evolutions of the troops. At seven o'clock each of the six principal entrances into Hyde Park (Kensington, Hyde Park-corner, Stanhope, Grosvenor, Cumberland., and Vic toria gates) were taken charge of by a mounted. inspector, a sergeant, and 10 constables of each of the K, L, N, R, T, and. V divisions, who bad strict directions not to admit, until after the troops were withdrawn, any carriages save those of the royal family, and the members of the various embassies; and also no horsemen, except royal personages, ambassadors, foreign ministers resident, foreign ambassadors and minis ters extraordinary, with their respective suites in regular at tendance upon them ; and excepting also tier Majesty's ministers, her Majesty's aides-de-camp in uniform, mounted officers belonging to the troops reviewed, general officers in uniform, commandants of corps in the united kingdom in uniform ; an arrangement which, vit are happy to say, was highly conducive to the preservation of order among the vast assemblage. Long before eight o'clock numbers of respectable people began assembling in the park, and took up positions on the various seats and standings, for which sums varyin from 6d to 5s were demanded, and cheerfully paid ; and by Ioo'clock not a place was to be procured - for either love or money. The- troops began arriving as early as nine o'clock ; the de tachments of tile 4th or royal Irish-dragoons, and of the 20th infantry, appointed to keep the ground, being the first to en ter the park. They were soon after followed by the royal ar tillery from Woolwich, the grenadier guards from Portman street barracks, the Scotch fusilier guards from St. George's barracks, the 2d regiment of life guards from the Regent's park barracks, the 10th royal hussars from Hounslow, the rifle brigade (billeted at Chelsea and Fulham), the royal horse guards (blue) from Knightsbridge barracksohe 12th royal lancers, (billeted at Kensington and Hammersmith,) and the Ist life guards from Windsor. About the same time General the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8., Col. Rogers, Lieut.-Colonel Wbinyates, Lieut.-Colonel Cleaveland,..Lieu tenant-General Sir Charles Dabiac, K.C.8., and Major- General D'Oyley, to whom had been deputed the command oa the line, the royal artillery, the royal horse artillery, the field batteries, the cavalry, and the foot guards and infantry, entered the park from Grosvenor Gate, in full military cos tume, with their various orders and badges, and their horses splendidly caparisoned, and attended by their respective aides-de-camp and orderlies. At 10 o'clock the troops formed in the following order viz , in contiguous columns (the cavalry in close columns. and the infantry at quarter distance) from the right of the Serpentine River. The royal horse artillery, the household cavalry brigade, the first battalion of the rifle brigade, the brigade of foot guards, the second battalion of the rifle bri gade, the light cavalry, and the field batteries of artilleries. At the same time the various divisions of police - formed a square of large dimensions at the extremity of the ground marked out for the evolutions of the military. They were placed two paces from each other, and between every sixth man was a private either of the 4th dragoons or the 20th foot, patrols from which regiments also paraded up and down. There was only one line of spectators formed instead of two, as at previous reviews, which occasioned a great press on those in the front ranks. Another cause of great complaint was, the continued passing of persons dressed as, military officers to and fro through the line, many of them returning with ladies, whom they placed in front of the line, and there by created repeated disturbances. Shortly after half-past ten o'clock, the Duke de Nemours and Marshal Soult (Due de Dalmatia), attended by General Count Sebastiani, General Count Colberg, Count de Bern, Colonel Boyer, and a brilliant suite, entered the lines, from Grosvenor-gate. They were immediately received by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Hill, (commander of the forces), Lord Combermere, Sir Charles Dalbiac, &c., and conducted down the lines. At a quarter to 11 o'clock his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, attired in a field-marshal's uni form; Prince George of Cambridge, dressed as a general officer, accompanied by his Serene 'Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Duke of Nassau, the Hereditary Prince and Prince Maurice of N assau, Prince Prince Ernest of . Hesse Phillipsthal, Prince of Leiningen, Prince Christian of Holstein, Prince Furstenberg, Prince Kotchoubey, Prince Frederick Schwartzenberg, Prince Von Putbus, Count Za wadowsky, Count Cruquemberg, Count d'Andilot, Count d' Aertchot, Count de Katting, Count de Bonde, Gen. Count Alton, Marquis Miraflores, Baron Bulow, Baron de Seydlitz, &c., entered the lines from the same gate, attended by a num ber of grooms in the royal livery, and took up a position close to the staff erected for the royal standard, directly opposite Grosvenor-gate. • Eleven o'clock was the hour appointed for the arrival of her Majesty, at which time never was so brilliant a scene .before witnessed in this country. The weather was most propitious, the sun shining in all its lustre, and the park was crowded by, it is computed, near 290,000 persons, attired in splendid dresses, varying in hue with all the colours of the rainbow, while the windows of all the houses in Park-lane, and every other spot from which a sight of the review could be obtained, were crowded by a brilliant assemblage of beauty and fashion, the tops of the houses being also covered with spectators. The Queen, who left Buckingham Palace with her attendants in four of the royal private state carriages, each drawn by two horses, attended by her aides-de-camp on horseback, - and'escOrted by a troop of the first regiment of life guards, did not enter the gates of Hyde Park until 20 minutes after 11 o'clock, when a salute of 21 guns from the royal artillery announced her entrance. The staff, with the royal and notain personages above mentioned, immediately took op a position to the east side of the flagstaff, flanked on the right by the carriages of the ambassadors, &c.; and at 25 minutes to 12 o'clock her - Majesty entered the lines, when the royal standard was instantly hoisted, and the whole of the troops presented arms and saluted. Her Majesty, who looked remarkably well, was most• enthusiastically received. After the staff and noble and illustrious foreigners had paid their respects to her Majesty, the. Queen proceeded in her carriage, followed by another carriage, containing her ladies in waiting, down the lines, each body of.troops pre senting arms as she passed, and bands striking up the na tional anthem. She was attended by the whole of the splen did cortege which had awaited her arrival, and the tout en semble was most magnificent. On the return of her Majesty's carriage to the royal standard tile troops commenced their evolutions. They first marched past in ordinary time, after which the artillery and cavalry formed in cloie columns upon the right of the ground. On the ' Duke of Wellington ad vancing near the royal cortege at the head of his regiment, (the grenadier guards,) his Grace was most enthusiastically cheered. The foot guards and the rifle brigade then marched past in quick time, and, having wheeled, formed into line. Whilst the Infantry was thus forming, the artillery and ca valry trotted by, and, having passed, the cavalry formed aline at 200 paces in the rear of the infantry, when the artillery formed on the right and the 'field batteries on the left of the line of infantry. After the infantry had formed their front they commenced firing volleys by battalions from the right: They Oren advanced, the two rifle battalions in column and the foot guards in ,line. The line then retired in direct echelon of battalions, from the left, and, when halted, formed squares on the centre sub-divisions of battalions, a manoeuvre which was much applauded.. The squares then fired, after which they reformed columns and retired, forming in the rear of the cavalry. The cavalry then advanced, and, having attacked the infantry, retired by threes from the right of squadrons, through the intervals of the infantry, and formed lines. The infantry then returned to their original positions by deploying round by the skirmishers, the artillery firing from the flanks. The infantry then commmenced file firing in a most masterly manner, which occupied 11 minutes, and the firing having ceased, both lines then advanced in parade order, and saluted. The band of the grenadier guards then struck up " Got) save the (been," and precisely at two o'clock the review being ended, her Majesty quitted the ground, fol lowed by her staff, and the brilliant cortege; under a salute of 21 guns. The demonstrations of loyalty and attachment evinced by the crowd towards the Queen were, if it were pos sible, more fervent on her departure than on her entrance. She was loudly cheered during her progress through the park, as were also the Doc de Nemours and Marshal Soult. Fully an hour elapsed before the park was in any degree clear of the vast assemblage, or the various bodies of troops had taken their departure. The 10th royal husears, headed by their colonel, the Marquis of Londonderry, on leaving, passed down Park-lane, and on arriving at Holdernesse House, the residence of the noble marquis, the hand turned off, and entering the opposite garden, playid,"during the pub lic breakfast given by his lordship, numerous favourite airs. On the Duke of Wellington's leaving, his carriage being un able to get up, his grace, leaning on the arm of the Earl of Munster,.proceeded up I'ark-lane, through Stanhope-gate, and down Hyde Park, to his residence, followed by hundreds of respectable persons, by_whorn he was loudly cheered, and who vied with each other in shaking bonds with the " Hero of Waterloo." His grace looked remarkably well, but much fatigued. Another public breakfast was likewise given by the Marquis of.Breadalbane, in Park-lane. We regret to state that several accidents, some of them of a serious nature, occurred during the morning, by persons falling from trees, &e.—Mo.ining Herald. OBITUARY On Sunday, the Ist instant. in the Close, Lichfield, after a lingering illness, borne with exemplary patience and forti tude, iu the 77th year of his age, the Rev. John Newling, 8.d., canon residentiary of the cathedral church of Lich field, rector of Ditchingham, in Norfolk, and chaplain to Viscount Sydney. The - loss of this excellent and accom plished man will be most sincerely lamented by his family and a numerous circle of friends, to whom he was endeared by the most pleasing manners and genuine goodness of heart. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The absence of many of principal subscribers at New market prevented any regular attendance to-day at Hyde Park Corner. The following list of prices, therefore, will be found to include not only what was done in the course of the afternoon, but a variety of bets made in the course of the two or three previous days : - GOODWOOD STAKES. 4 to 1 against Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo. 6to 1 „ Mr. Osbaldiston's rslahometan (taken.) 14 to 1 „ Mr. Roe's Puppy (taken.) DONCASTER ST. LEGER. sto 1 „ Colonel Peel's lon (taken.) 6to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Don John. 10 to 1 „ Mr. H. Coombe's Cobham. 16 to 1 „ Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville (taken.) 18 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Albemarle (tk.) 18 to 1 ~ Mr. Thompson's Voltaire colt. 20 to 1 „ Mr. Parkin's Lanercost (tk.) 20 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad (tk.) 25 to 1 „ Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps (tk.) 40 to 1 „ Duke of Leeds's Vertumnus (tk.) THE LIVERPOoT. TRADES' cUP. 4 to 1 against Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett (tk.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE STAKES. 4 to 1 against Mr. Osbaldiston's 11Iahometan (tk.) 10 to 1 „ Mr. King's Jack in the Green (tk.) NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, TNEsDAT, JULY Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours arrived at Colonel Peel'S this morning, accompa nied by the Marquis de Beranger, Count Flahault, Count de Bearn, and General Colbert. After partaking of a dejeuner d la fourchette, to which the Duke of Richmond, Lord Ches terfield, Lord John Fitzroy, Hon. Col. Anson, and Mr. Greville were invited, his Royal Highness and suite went _ over some of the principal stables, and then proceeded to the Heath. At the termination of the races his Royal Highness quitted for town. Handicap Sweepstakes, of 10 sacs each, for three year olds. New T.Y.C. Mr. Greville's Hilda, 7st 41b Mr. Rogers's br c by Picton, 7st 41b Nine others_ started, but were not , placed. Won by a neck. Match, .£lOO, h ft. Nev T.Y.C. Lord Suffield's Marchioness, sister to Margrave, (G. Ed wards,) beat Col. Peel's Bantam, by Muley, out of Bequest, Bst 4lb each.—Betting ; 2 to 1 on Bantam, who was beaten by a length. _ The July Stakes, of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, for two year old colts, Bst 61b; and fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. Duke of Richmond's ch c B u lw a rk 1 Lord Exeter's ch c by Reveller Seven others started, but were not placed.—Betting : 6 to 4 on Bulwark, 7 fo 1 against Mr. Birchani's f (taken,) 8 to 1 against Alms, 8 to 1 against Mr. Knight's c, and 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's two. Won bylk length. BLOCKADE OF BUENOS AY RES, The following has been posted at Lloyd's, dated— .' Buenos Ayres, March 29, 1838. " Sir —I beg to acquaint you, for the information of the subscribers Oa Lloyd's, that the port' of Buenos Ayres, and the whole of the littoral of this river belonging to the Argen tine republic, is declared by Rear Admiral Le Blanc (com manding the French naval forces on the South American station) under rigorous blockade. Vessels actually in the port of BuenosAyres will be allowed free departure until the 10th of May next. _ _ " RICHARD B. LYNE. " P.S. The notification of the Wn,ckacle is dated yesterday " Mr. W. Dobson, Lloyd's." THE PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY, The following important intelligence, to all who take an interest in the progress of Christianity in the world, will be read with pleasure by them. A letter from St. Petersburgh, dated June 23, says—" We learn from Pekin, where a mis sion from the Greek church of Russia ' has existed since the time of Peter the Great, that upwards of 300,000 Chinese have embraced Christianity, and that there was every rea son to believe that all persecution of. Christians was on the point of ceasing. The Emperor himself. is said to have studied Christianity, and to hold it in respect; while, at his accession to the throne, Christian blood was frequently made to flow. The rigorous laws against the Christians now ex ist only on paper, and their execution is intrusted to such Mandarins alone as are favourable to the Christians. The law of 1835, although in terms applying to all Christians, was directed solely against the English, of whose political in fluence the Emperor began to be afraid. There are in China several vicariats, whose chiefs are to be found at Pekin, Nankin, and Macao." . A GLUTTON.—On Thursday a person named Hingley, of this town, who has long been noted for his devouring propen sities, undertook to eat, in the space of two hours, a leg of mutton, which weighed 101bs previous to its being cooked, and 4lbs of plum-pudding, which he accomplished within the time specified. During the following night he was taken dangerously ill, and for several days little hopes weve enter tainea of his recovery.—Ten Towns Messenger. MISCELLANEOUS. 'PA RUA MENT.—The general opinion at the west end of the :own is that Parliament will not be prorogued before the middle of August. It is confidently rumoured that Lord Durham has applied for more troops, but that our economical ministry do not know where to find them. Prayers have been ordered by the Patriarch of Lisbon to offered up in all the parish churches for the safe delivery of her Most Faithful Majesty. Since• the visit of the allied Sovereigns in 1814, the arrival and departure of persons in and from London has not been known to be so great as within the last fortnight. The Wesleyan Methodist Conference will commence its sittings in this city next Saturday. Nearly 500 ministers of that religious and exemplary community are expected to assemble here on the occasion.—Felix Farley. We heal' that Madame Vestris and her husband (Charles Matthews) intend to sail from Bristol for New York on the 21st instant, in the Great Western Steamer. Mr. Power is to accompany them on their trans-atlantic speculation.— Felix Farley. The Grand Western Canal at Tiverton was opened on Friday week. This will complete the line to Taunton and Bridgewater, and must tend to enhance the ultimate interests of all those concerned in this unquestionably beneficial un dertaking.—Felix Farley. EARLY BARLEY.—We were shown yesterday (Thursday) three or four stalks of barley fully in ear, from a field at Torthorwald, belonging to the Rev. John Yorstoun. The whole of the field is in awn, and here and there it is in_ear. This warm weather is bringing the crops rapidly on.—Dum fries Herald. FRESH SALMON SENT TO AMERICA.—On Wednesday last, three boxes of very fine salmon, which had been taken at the celebrated salmon-leap of Coleraine, were forwarded by the Coleraine steamer from Portrush to Liverpool, to be shipped on board the Royal William steamer.—Derry Sentinel. THE POTATO CROP.—In the neighbourhood of Kendal great fears are entertained of the crop of winter potatoes proving a failure, many of the landholders ploughing them up, from their extreme thinness. Mr. Collins, of Burneside Hall, has ploughed up four acres of this description, and sown it with barley.—Carlisle Patriot. PROFITABLE SPECULATION.—Some of the Cornish mines, both known and unknown, which were brought into the mar ket by the knowing ones some two or three years ago, have turned out exceedingly fortunate, considering all things. The Directors of one of the best of their speculations have just declared a dividend of one shilling per share.—Felix Farley. It is now well understood that the late decline in the Great Western Railway Shares (from which they are again reco vering) was caused by the unprincipled tricks, or rather the unblushing cheatery, of jobbers. We could name souse of these gentry—smooth-tongued, plausible, canting knaves, who endeavour to cheat even their own consciences by a pro fession and outward show of sanctity I—Felix Farley. VICTORIA PUDDlNti.—Many large and excellent plum puddings were made by the ladies of this town (Stourbridge), for the children of the different schools belonging thereto; but none could vie with the one made by the Misses Coltman. Its measurement in circumference was four feet nine inches, and its height three feet; it was boiled 2=l successive hours, and when placed upon the table, the children, several hundreds in number, huzzaed lustily, and spontaneously christened the noble production "The Victoria Pudding."— Ten Towns Messenger: CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Saturday, a boy, four years old, residing in Gifford Park, ate a quantity of the berries of the red mezereon (the daphne mezereon of botanists), from a bush growing in one of the plots of garden ground in Rankeillor-street. He was soon afterwards taken ill, and though medical assistance was procuried, he died on Moil day. We may state that the poisonous qualities of the berries of this shrub are universally recognised by botanists; and it has been known that cattle have died from . feeding on them.—Edinburgh Evening Post. Considerable disappointment has been experienced by se veral individuals of high rank, at the intimation which we are informed has been made, that it is not her Majesty's in tention to visit this season any party beyond those of the royal family, with the exception of that to be given by the Duchess of Northumberland, on Wednesday, an exception in compliment to the high trust which devolved upon her grace during the Queen's minority. THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.—A Paris journal says that M. Sebastiani has, for eight years, made ineffectual attempts to obtain the order of the garter for Louis Philip, an order offered to all the Kings of the elder branch of the Bourbons. The want of success of these diplomatic overtures made to William the Fourth was one of the great vexations which M. de Talleyrand experienced during his embassy at Lon don. Will Marshal Soult be more fortunate in this negotia- tion, which forms part of his confidential instructions, and will the young Victoria grant to the illustrious warrior that which her - uncle so obstinately refused to the illustrious diplomatist? SINGULAR RETRIBUTION.—A few days ago, one of a pair of blackbirds which have nestled in a garden near Dalblair House, for some years past, was caught and killed by a cat, the property of a neighbouring cottager. Deep was the grief of its surviving mate—the male, we believe—which sat moping on a tree close by the fatal spot for several days. "Sweet is revenge," says the poet, and so thought the blackbird, as the issue demonstrates—for having discovered baudrons asleep in the sun under the tree on Sabbath last—"the bet ter day the better deed"—he descended like the mountain eagle, and at one peck fairly deprived the feline maurader of one of her eves.—Ayr Observer. The curious and important operation of transfusion of blood was recently performed with perfect success by Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Richard Ripley, of Whitby, on the person of Mrs. Hartley, who was rapidly sinking under vio lent hemorrhage. The pulse was gone, and not even by the application of a mirror to the mouth of the patient could it be perceived that she breathed ; but, by the injection into her veins of a large quantity of blood taken from those of her sister and husband, the patient was gradually withdrawn from the very jaws of death, and is now approaching conva lescence.—Sunderland Herald. THE REV. MR. GREGG.—We understand that this great champion of protestantism is likely to be in this neighbour hood shortly, and that he will probably visit Wigan, when our readers will have an opportunity of judging of his power of defending Protestantism. It is considered necessary that some means should be taken to counteract the mischievous tendency of the system pursued by the Roman Catholics in this town, as it is understood there have been, for some weeks, lectures regularly delivered on Sunday and Wednes day evenings against the Protestant Church.— Wigan Gazette. DR. CHALMERS IN PARIS.—Dr. Chalmers, who is now on a brief visit to this capital, preached on Sunday last to a crowded congregation at the English chapel in the Rue Taitbout. The subject of Dr. Chalmers's address was, the insensibility of man, while surrounded by mundane pleasures and occupied in worldly duties, to the great.debt due to his Creator, and the eternity which awaits him ; and it would be difficult to imagine anything in pulpit eloquence more beau tifully impressive than the manner in which the reverend orator treated every portion of his subject.—Pa is paper. SHEET IRoN GlG.—Tuesday forenoon a very handsome sheet iron passage gig, built by Messrs. Reid and Haßna, and fitted up by Messrs. Walker, left town for Carlisle. Her dimensions are as folloW :—Length sixty-nine feet, breadth of beams seven feet six inches, depth two feet two inches. Her weight on the whole will be rather under two and a half tons: She presents a very excellent specimen of workman ship, and is highly creditable to the builders and fitters, and also to Mr. Waterson, the painter. .She goes to Carlisle overland, a carriage having been sent thence to take her up. Her keel is raised about four feet and a half from the ground, so that she had a very conspicuous appearance as she moved along If all has gone on well she will reach Car lisle to-day, and being in every respect finished, she may begin to ply in five minutes after her launch.--Paisley Advertiser of Saturday. MAIL BETWEEN PENRITH AND WHITEHAVEN.—TWO new mail-coaches passed through this city during the week td be placed upon that line of road. They commenced running on Friday. The mail leaves Penrith early in the morning for Whitehaven, and returns again the same evening so as to be in time for the south and north mails. The drivers as well as the guards are to be in scarlet laced with gold. As the road on which this coach has to travel passes, through some of the finest scenery in Cumberland, skirting the lakes, as also the famed Skiddaw, we have no doubt but it will re compense its spirited proprietors who have established it solely for the accommodation of the public —Carlisle Patriot. BLESSINGS OF FREE TRADE.—It was stated the otherday, at a meeting of the Clock-makers' Company, that for some months past no less than 500 watches per week of foreign manufacture have been warehoused in the port of London for exportation. These goods are intended for the China market, and are got up in imitation of English work, because the Chinese will not purchase any work of this kind except English. In this way the English manufacturer is cheated of the custom which the character of his wares have obtained all over the world, should fairly give him; but what do whig radical statesmen care about the English manufacturer? They are above the prejudice of caring for one country more than another. Besides, even should the English manufac turer be ruined, are there not " union workhouses" prepared for his reception ? EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning an el derly man, named Leonard White, possessed of considerable property, hut of very eccentric habits, sometimes remaining in bed for days together, and falling into a passion with every body who approached him, got up early, and broke open his box with a hammer, from which he took a cash-box, con taining a large quantity of gold. The old man, without putting on any cloaths, took the money down to a piece of water called the Old Duck-hunting Pond. into which he threw sovereigns and half-sovereigns, one after another, un til the box was empty. He then returned to the house, and threw his will and some notes upon the fire, but his niece. who was there, rescued them and put them into her bosom.. White again left the house, followed by his niece, and, be fore she could lay hold of him, he jumped into the middle of the pond. Assistance was 'instantly procured, and in less than five minutes the body was taken out of the water, but life had fled. At the inquest, on Monday, a verdict of in sanity was returned'— Western Luminary. GAMBLING AND SELF-MURDER.—On Monday evening an inquest was held at the sign of the Cherry Tree, Bromley, Middlesex, before Mr. Baker, the coroner, on view of the body of George Taylor, aged 21 years. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased, who had been an industrious young man, went to Fairlop Fair on Friday last, and having seen several persons, strangers as he believed, but who were mere confederates of the party, win sums varying from 5s to £5 from the "thimble rig" men, he unfortunately made up his mind to "try his luck." He at first staked all the money he had about him, which was 7s 6d, and having lost that, he next played his watch against 10s, whiCh he also lost; and these being gone he staked his coat, and afterwards his waist coat against small sums, and, as may be anticipated, all fell into the hands of the sharpers. Bereft of his money, watch, and clothes, he wandered about for some time, and at length threw himself into the River Lea, and was drowned. Verdict —Temporary Insanity. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—This stupendous steam ship, com manded by Captain Roberts, formerly of the Sirius, arrived at Port-Glasgow on Saturday, and went into dock, where she is to receive her machinery. The Queen left Gravesend on Monday last, and was towed to Plymouth by the Vulture steamer. Betwixt these places she had foul winds. At Ply mouth the Vulture left, and the Queeu then came right round by the Land's End herself in fine style, carrying all sail and beating every vessel on her way, especially a French bfig,, which attempted to compete with her for some time. Having arrived at the tail of the bank early on Saturday morning, she was towed into the wet dpck at eleven by the Samson steamer, the top of whose funnel, it was observed, just reached the height of the Queen's paddle-box. No one can have any proper idea of the vastness of this vessel, unless he go on board. She measures 1862 tons : the deck is flush, their being no obstruction of paddle-boxes or machinery on the whole of her length, which is 275 feet, nearly double the length of Nelson's Monument in the Green. The American and British flags flaunted at the masts on Saturday: The interior of the vessel is equally wonderful—it is like a little town, there being two flats of berths, which amount, we were given to under stand, to about 300. The Queen has a fine full-length like ness or her Majesty in front—and is supposed to be the largest vessel in the world, being 35 feet longer than any ship in the British Navy. She wasbuilt by Messrs. Curling and Vung, of Litnehouse, for the British and American Steam Naviga , Lion Company; and when she gets in her machinery, which Mr. Robert Napier of this city is to havet he high honour of furnishing, the Queen will ply betwixt London and New York. —Every person who saw her before she left the Thames, in cluding many naval officers of high rank, expressed themselves in terms of admiration of the handsome appearance of this vessel, and she proved herself a capital sailer on the way down, her general running being abnuteleypn knots an hour. Scottish Geordies!, BLACKBURN, MONDAY.—There has been some little im provement in our market to-day. A more th an usual quan tity of goods have changed hands, but at no adiance in price. —Blackburn Standard. STATE OF TRADE.—In consequence chiefly, we believe, of the drooping state of the cotton market in Liverpool, the de mand both for goods and yarns was yesterday dull, and prices were barely supported in this market. There was not, how ever, any marked or general decline.—Manchester Guardian, Wednesday. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 9.—Tie demand for pieces has been very limited to-day, and the buy ers do not seem at all desirous to purchase. Prices may be quoted the same as they were the last week. ,The wool market has been flat; but the last week's prices have been fully maintained. MONTROSE.—We have heard with much pleasure that the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury are now prepared to aid and facilitate the much-desired improvement of the port, by ad- vaneing - a loan-of some £2OOOO or £25,000 to the Harbour- - --- Trustees.—Reiiew. AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE.—The estimated cost of the Kilsby tunnel, on the London and Birmingham railway, was £70,000, the actual cost was £330,000, being a slight increase of £280,000, or just five times as much as it was originally contemplated! The New Yorkers cannot screw their thermometer up be yond 86, no how. They are monstrously vexed to think that we have had it up to 94 The fact is, we can beat them at any thing but filthy streets and loco-focoism. The Thermo meter.—About 91 was about the pattern to-day.—Boston Transcript. --•- • CHEVIOT HILLS.—It is said in many border towns, we know not with what degree of truth, that when the snow is seen on Cheviot Hills on the 224 June, the tenants an those mountains pay no rent for the year. If this be true, the pm.: sent will be a free yelr ; for large patches are now distinctly seen.—. Tyne Mercury. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY —The following is the engineer's return of the number of men and horses employed on the works of the Midland Counties Railway, on the 30th of June, and of the quantity of earth-work excavated from the 4th to the 30th June :—Men, 4,038; horses, 385; earth work, 213,933 cubic yards. According to the Bulletin O'Enologique, the cultivation of , the vine in France gives occupation to 2,200,000 families, which form a population of more than six millinits, or nearly a fifth part of the total population of the, Country. Th e an nual produce of the vine forms about one-sixth of the re-venue of the kingdom, and the duties ou it constituteone-half of those of the towns. HAY.—Great breadths of grass are now cut in almost every part of the country, and, generally speaking, the crops are much more abundant than was expected; but the un settled state of the weather has hitherto been very much against their conversion into good hay. Strange to say, hay-making near London, which used to commenee with May-day, is this year more backward than in any lei part of the country. - DEATH OF THE DOKEOF LEEDS.—We regret to learn that his Grace the Duke of Leeds died at arfeatlly bout' on Tuesday morning, after a very short illness. The Marquis of Carmar then, now Duke of Leeds, attended his noble father during his last moments. By the decease of his Grace a blue ribbon and a lord lieutenancy will be at the disposal of ministers. Mr. Dennistoun has paired off for the remainder of the ses sion with Mr. M'Kenzie, M.P. for Peebleshire, for a very good reason, namely, that he was to be married on Thurs day last to Miss Fanny Onslow, the beautiful daughter of - , Sir Henry Onslow, Bart.—Glasgow Courier. - The exportation of the precious metals from the port of _ - . . London for the week ending the 7th instant; Saturday last, consisted according to the official returns, of 23,9(X) ounces of silver, of which 16,000 ounces were shipped for Rotterdam, 6000 to Gibraltar, and 1900 ounces to Canton. WHITEHALL, JULY 10 —The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the great seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominating, presenting, and appointing the Rev. James Buwstead, Doc tor in Divinity, to the Bishopric of the Isle of Man and Sodor, void by the death of Dr. William Ward, late bishop thereof. THE NO-PATRONAGE GovEnNslENT.—:According to the Hampshire Advertiser the Hon C. Elliot, who was last week promoted to the rank of lieutenant, is about twenty years of age, and is a matter orsix weeks' standing the service, whilst there are many mdtes of many years standing unpro moted. Has Mr. Elliot the unspeakable advantage of being a scion of the insatiable Mintos? MILITIA.—Orders have been issued to those colonels of militia regiments where the adjutancies have become facgn by death or resignation, that the vacancies thus caused are' only to be filled up by active and well-disciplined officers from the half-pay list, to be approved of by the Commander in -Chief; as some very great changes are about to take place in the whole system of this branch of the service, so as to make it an efficient force, and render it available and useful 'A) the country. There are at present six of the regiments of Militia without adjutants.—Suffolk Herald. THE NEW Bistroe.—The Rev. James Bowstead, D.D , late tutor of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, son of the late Mr. Joseph Bowstead, yeoman, and. brother to Mr. John Bowstead, of Beckbank, and of Mr. William Bowstead, of Leeham, has been installed Bishop of Sodor and Man. His lordship was born in the village of Great Salkeld, in this. county, in the year.lBol, and received his education tinder „ the able superintendence of his uncle, the Rev. John.Bow stead, 8.D., who was upwards of fifty-six years master of the Free Grammar School, at Brampton, in Westmoreland, and who now is Rector of Great Musgrave. About fourteen years ago his lordship came out second wrangler at Cam bridge.—Carlisle Patriot. The notorious Tully Crybbace has been lately delivering - a sort of politico-religious lecture in New Ross and Ennis corthy. The sovereign having very properly refused thin fire-brand the use of the Court-house on Sunday last, as a • place for delivering his harangues, he was compelled to re sort to the street, where the mob looked upon him with great • suspicion, and. notwithstanding his adoption of so popular a topic as the''' abolition of tithes," they seemed to think hint "something not right."—Limerick Standard. - THE REGISTRERS.—COUNTY SLlGO.—After all we have heard about the swamping of the country—the turning out of Cooper - and Percival, and so forth—after the never-to-be- • forgotten June sessions of 1838—the whole businesi has turned out to be nothing more nor less than a tory majority of 12 !!! Well, this is really too bad ; it is mortifying to think that, notwithstanding the desperate efforts of the cor poration of bachelors, the harmonious chiming of the radical organ and the redoubled exertions of the " penny-a-week" eollectors, these bigots, Copper and Percival, are "doomed to represent this county as long as either of them shall existrr" Sligo Journal. LEICESTER WooL FAIR.—The annual wool fair, establish ed four years since at Leicester, was held there on the 'zlth: instant, and from the quantity of business done, apPeari to.' be of growing importance, as well as to the growers them selves. The number of fleeces " pitched" on this occasion, according to the Leicester paper, was upwards of 8,000, the whole of which went off freely at fair prices. The largest lots were purchased by the Yorkshire people, although consider able quantities were also disposed of to buyers of the County.. , The position of Leicester, a midland county town in the heart itself of a manufacture of importance. and well situated foe easy communications with parts of Yorkshire and. Lanca shire, seems peculiarly well adapted for the seat and exten sion of the trade in wool. The fair was attended by several of the leading gentry of the neighoourhood,and at the dinner - afterwards all the parties present expressed their satisfaction with the mode in which business had been transacted,. and, their anticipations of its continued increase in , future. VAuX A Ls. GA R nENs.-- i The Nassau balloon made another -- ascent on Tuesday afternoon. In the car were eight individ uals—seven gentlemen and one lady—viz. Mr. Wrottesley, Mr. Power, M. le Comte Kalling, of the Swedish embassy, Colonel Tryon, Capt. Carnagie, Mr. Green, Mrs: \Vebb, anti a gentleman whose name did not transpire. The ascent was particularly fine. The Duke of Nassau was expected to -honour the gardens with his presence ; but was prevented by an accident which had happened to his highness from the shying of his horse. The company was very numerous and highly respectable; among them we observed the Duke of Palmella and the American Minister.—Standard. THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.—At the Shrewsbury quart ter sessions, on Monday last, three youths were placed at the bar, charged with robbing Mr. J. A. Bowhes, a schoolmaster in that town, of £22. Mr. Botches received the money 'on the 15th of May, and determined to take - an excursion to Underdale, where he got intoxicated, and was observed to be led from one public-house to another by two of the p'rison'ers. On the following . morning he found himself in a bed in a low public-house in- Shrewsbury, and his pocket-book, Con taining four £5 notes stolen from him. The third prisoner was noticed changing three of the notes, and the others-con fessed to the robbery. They were all' foutittguilit i and sen tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and tge.eourt formed Mr. Bowhes that his conduct in the affair scat so dig -- creditable that they would ' not allots him his ex pen.4elP--•- Salopian Journal. -" • ACCIDENT ON THE LONDpN AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL ROAD.—On Saturday afternoon a fatal accident occurred to a man of the name of Dent, in the service of the London and Birmingham Railroad Company, who was attach, d to the train that was on its way from Birmingham to London. Dent, who was on the roof of one of the carriages, had been employed in placing the tarpauling, over the luggage, and which had been removed by the violence of the wind. When at a few miles on this side Watford, Dent,was so engaged just as the line of carriages was about to pass under a Midge, going at a speed of about 30 miles an hour. when his head came in violent collision with the arch of the bridge, and he was immediately precipitated from his situa6in, falling between the carriages on one of the train rails. He was seen to fall, but not in what way he was struck, though it is supposed that at the time his back was turned to the bridge. The train, owing to the velocity with which it was going, went on near a mile before it could be stopped. It then returned, when the men found the poor fellow's body had been run over, It was in a frightfully Mangled state; his heart having been forced ont- The body was then taken to Watford. Dent had been in the employ of the company several months, and was a trustworthy anti valuable servant. CORONATION MEDALS:—It seems that, at the late 'coro nation, a son of the Duke of Richmond contrived to Father up 12 of the medals, scattered at internals by the Earl .of Surrey, Treasurer of the Queen's Household.. The. noble earl and this youth's uncle, together, represent West Sussex. Alas, so it is, that these whigs scatter and scramble for things amongst themselves; whilst an old alderman (Harmer), it seems, is found sprilWling on the floor unsuccessfully sit ug gling for a single medal. The judges of the land, too, in their dignified efforts in vain extend their hands for what the Lord Treasurer was willing to spare from the 'public purse for the scat of justice; but nothing fell to them, whilst the full dozen fell to the nephew of the treasurer's parliamentary colleague. Tempora mutantur. The time has been when an alderman and a judge Were not left in vain to scramble for what, in obedience to the law of the land, was to be..dis tributed. Duke's sons, it seems, are able distributors, inter se. The noble duke was pleased, in the upper house of legislation, to term the old aldermen " corrupt," forgetting at the time from what impure influence his ancestors possessed 1.:19,000 a-year by the coal tax on the poor and rich but joking aside, if "a duke's son is to be a distributor, at random, of the public money, another duke's son must not be one of the scramblers, and (Olen a Catholic is to distribute, public monies, ehe alderman and judge must be thought of, and treated otherwise than by a whit; Catholic, or we shall see matters carried to a serious length. . . STEAM V. SAILING VESSELS.—In February ' 1837, the British ship Diamond, arrived at New York from Liverpool, having been 100 days from port to port. There were 180 passengers, of whom 17 died, not from any disorder, but froin mere starvation. 'nue principal suffering was amonar the steerage passengers, the crew having been put upon allow ance, and supplied to the last with food, though in small quantities. The description of the appearance of these poor wretches on their arrival, given by an eye-witness, is heart- • rending; our informant himself had lived nine days on potato-peelings soaked in his scanty allowance of water. For any ordinary voyage the supplies in this case were abun dant. Some, who had extra quantities, sold °et, it seems, to their less provident fellow-passengers; first at moderate develop e d it se lf a t en . r h a a t n e x s, ( l i ni p t r i a c s e s t u s , tj a i r city n sovereign w a s a s k e d for a i,ll t y no h r a e if ft a illy pint of meal. Before the arrival of the vessel a sovereign has been offered and refused fur a potato. as it was roasting before the tire ! Once more—the hark Ellen, from-Leghorn , with a cargo valued at 100,000 dollars, after a perilous voyage of 103 days, her crew having subsisted for 15 days o n inaccaroni arid sweet oil, arrived within three or four mile s of Sandy hook, on the Ist of January last, and hoisted signals. After waiting four hours in live fathoms water,an d finding no pilot, she was obliged to stand off to sea, and in consequence of a stor m w hi c h came on with the disabl ed state of the crew, wh o were th e spor t o f th e winds, in tilt' severe state of the weath e r, with ou t f ue l, and 6110.1t:Pf Pr e y cm vision, for an enti r e mth ! —Qua r ter y 1 Review . •