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strta OREIGN INTELLIGE 1,4 SPAIN. Ifladrid journals of the 25th ult., state that Espartero's Lt of the victory of Penacerrada had had a favourable ace on the public funds. The Five per Cents advanced e 25th to 20i. for cash. tvices from flayonne on the 28th ult. state that General .itto, the new chief of the staff of Don Carlos, had left trio on the 25th, to take the command of the army from ❑eral -Guergue. Count d'Espagne had arrived in Cata nia, and had been rece►ved by Rus de Eroles at the head of so battalions. The Carlist chief Castor was blockading the .own of 'Reynosa. BELGIUM. (Private Correspondence of the Morning Chronicle.) BitussEr.s, JULY I.—The Municipal Council of the city 0, Liege has just voted the adoption of the following address k the King of the Belg,iarts:— " To THE KING. " Sire,—The treaty of the 24 articles, _which could not have been made obligatory but by the immediate acceptation of all the parties, is not only onerous for Belgium, on ac count of the enormous debt with which it burtheus her, but Principally, and above all, by the concessions of territory which it imposes on her. " Delegates of a city which maintains with the inhabitants of these territories numerous commercial relations,ond con sequently feels the liveliest sympathy for them, may we be permitted, Sire, to express the wish that on the conclusion of th definitive treaty this painful separation will not be again sanctioned, that the butt hen of the debt may be parti tioned in a more equitable manner, and in a juster propor tion, so that those misfortunes might be averted from Bel gium which an unmodified execution of the 21 articles is likely to give rise to." The Espoir, a Liege piper, in its number of the 30th June, gives the following article : "As we were going to press, a person worthy of confidence informed us that some peasants, who came iu this morning from Sit bird, told hita that from midnight, last night, they heard the tiring of cannon in the direction of VenToo for the space of three bouts, and that the generalimptessionwasthat the sound was caused by an attack on the town by the Prus sians." The same journal states, that during the last few days the Dutch have been repairing and strengthening the exterior palisades of the fortress of Maastricht. It would appear that the Belgian Governor of Venloo had received orders to resist by force any attempt to occupy the place, for he has published au order of the day, in which he announces that his Majesty has charged him to make known to the garrison that he reckons upon them making an honour i., able defence, should the place be attacked, nu matter from ' ..,. what quarter the attack may come. There is to be a meeting ‘....__ of the patriot* of urtlssels, on Wednesday next, to appoint agott* 4 4 - inittee' of defence and armament, in order to supply ~, with arms the inhabitants or the provinces that are to be ceded to Holland. We regret to hear of the existence of a pestilential disease at Sobre St. Gery (in Belgium) and at Beaumont and Con - Norte (in France.) The symptoms occasioned fears that the malady was the black fever. Its progress was rapid, and in the places just mentioned it has already decimated the popu lation. The Queen of the Belgians would, it was expected, arrive in Paris on the 7th or Bth inst.. on a visit to her Majesty's royal parents. The Duke de Nemours would return to the French capital by the 15th, and proceed from thence to the camp at Luneville. BRAZILS By her Majesty's shiir Rover we have received the Bra zilian mail with dates from Rioe de Janeiro to the 18th o r May. It appears by those advices that the government con tinued to gain ground in popularity, and that the public business was proceeding very satisfactorily. The elections, particularly in the southern provinces, were greatly in favour of the former regent. The chambers met for business on the 3d of May. when the minister of the finances laid his report before them, which is not a very favourable expos& It ap pears that the deficiency of the revenue for the year ending with 1837, estimated at about £130,000 sterling, had advanced to about 1:380,000. This defalcation was attributed to the disturbajjces which had prevailed in Bahia and Rio Grande, but for ilittwirrent year, calculating- the mean of the exchange on London at :30 dollars, the minister of finance considered that the deficiency would not-be more than £140,000, whilst he states that the annual remittances on account of the de vidends from the Brazils to London amounted to £369,000 sterling. This ezposj of the minister is rather more explicit than most of the documents of the like nature usually laid before popular assemblies, and the minister concluded his address by saying—" This statement may not be over-flatter ing to your feelings, but surely it is better that government should prefer frankness (though it may not always command flattery) to dissimulation; and, with the agricultural richness of our country, the best of all securities, (this would serve as a hint for Mr. flume on his agricultural notions,) there need exist no fear that we shall ever he found •to want credit so long as we attend to the just fulfilment ot' nor present as well as our future engagements. A meeting of merchants had been held at Rio, when it was resolved to establish a new bank there, and a provisional committee, consisting of Messrs. Emery, Ratton, J. F. Los Santos, and others, was formed to carry the plan into effect. The Six per Cent local Stock had advanced about two-per cent., being quoted at 89. The exchange on London was 291 RAILWA YS. ABSTRACT OF A BILL TO PROVIDE FM: THE CONVEYANCE. OF THE MAILS BY RAILWAYS. _ I. Postmaster• General may require Railway Companies to convey the Mails, together with Guards or other officers of the Post-office, either be ordinary trains of carriages, or by special trains, provided - at the expense of the Companies; such carriages to be subject to,stich reasonable regulations as to speed of travelling, placer, times, and duration of stop pages, and times of arrival, as the Postuffice-General shall direct. 2. If required, carriages to be applied exclusively to con veyance of Mails. 3. Railway Company, if required, to provide seperate car riage, or carriages, for sorting letters, tilted up as the Post master, or any person deputed by him, shall direct, and sub ject to such reasonable regulations as the Pustmaster-Gene ral may appoint. 4. Postmaster-Genrrra I may direetMuils.t6 be carried along the Railway in mail coaches in lieu of Company's carriages. 5. - Company to be subject to such directions iespecting the conveyance of the Mails, Ste., as the Postmaster shall tom Lime to time give. 6. Postai.4ster-General,.or person deputed by him, may ob• ject to engines or carriages provided by Railway Company, and direct others to be substituted in their place. 7. Amount of remuneration to Railway Companies, for the conveyance of Mails, to be tixei: by agreenient between Post master-General and the Company, or, in case of difference of opinion between them, by arbitration. 8. Agreements between Postmaster-General and Railway - Companies as to amount of remuneration, &c., may be altered on notice being given by the L'ostmaster•General, that an ad dition to, or diminution of, the services of the Company, will be required; terms to be settled as before-mentioned. 9. Postmaster-General may terminate services of Railway Companies on notice of three calendar months. 10. If without notice, then a full and fair compensation, fixed tiv arbitration, to be made by the Company. 11. Postmaster-General way provide or hire engines or car riages, Scc., for conveyance of Mails on Railways, in which case no rate or toll is to be charged by the Company, pi ovi ded that the consent of three Lords of the Treasury he ob tained, prior to the running of such engines., 12. Engineers or servants employed by Postmaster-Gene ral in the management of engines or carriages provided' by him, to have free - access along Railway. 13. Railway Company enjoined to render services or ac commodation, if demanded, when Post-office engines or car riages are employed; for which special remuneration, to be fixed as above, is to be given; in all such cases a fair com pensation to be made for the tear and wear of Railway. 14. Royal arms to be painted on engines or carriages pro vided by Postmaster-General. 15. By-laws of Railway Companies to be of no effect against any provisions of the present act. 16. Companies to be liable to a penalty for refusing to con vev, or obstructing conveyance of Mails. 17. Postmaster-General may require Railway Companies to give security by bond to her Majesty for the doe perform ance of the duties imposed upon tbetri by this act. 18. Notice to be held good if served upon any Director, Secretary, or other officer, agent, or servant of the Railway Company, or if left at any station of the Company, 19. If Postmaster. General and Railway Company cannot agree upon the amount of remuneration to be given for tear and we ar. or for any services performed by the Company, the case shall be submitted to the arbitration of two persons-- one to be named by each party; and if they cannot agree, then to the umpirage of a third, to be appointed by them, whose award shall be. final. 20. Construction of terms in this act to be according to the •espective interpretation of the terms contained in the acts fo• regulating the Post-office, passed last year. 21. Act may be amended or repealed during the present Session of Parliament. RATING OF RAILWAYS. At the quarter sessions for the county of Chester, held at Knutsford. yesterday, an appeal by the Grand Junction Rail way Company against the assessment for the relief of the poor of the township of Hartford came on for trial, before Trafford Trafford. Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. It was admitted by the counsel on both sides, that the distance of railway passing through the township of Hartford was one mile and 470 yards; that the amount of tonnage received by the railway company f or th e w h o le length of line b e t ween Warrington and Birmingham was £1,236 Os. 6d. per mile which, for the Hartford di s tan c e, was £1,528 I3s. 6d.—M r Cottingham, in stating the respond en t's case, said that the only point in dispute between the parties was the amount of the deductions to be made on account of the expenses incur red by the company in maintaininisz the railway in a worki ng and tenantable conditi on , w hi c h he should be able to prove b y the evidence of Mr. George Stubs, the lessee of the rail; way 'tinning from Newton to Warrington, for the three years preceding the opening of the Grand Junction line, did 'not exceed, on the average, £55 per mile ; which, deducting £5O per mile for poor-rate, would leave £1,186 as the sum per mile on which the railway company were liable to be assessed. The learned counsel contended, at some length, that no other deductions ought to be allowed. Mr. Stubs wa s then called, and stated, that he was lessee of the Newton and Warrington Railroad for two years and a half; and that the expense of repairs did not exceed £55 per mile; and he believed that the Grand Junction Railway would not cost more than the Newton and Warrington did at that time.— in answer to this case,- said, Pr. Brown, sel had nut in any way the opposing coun applied himself to the question as to what rent could be obtained, in the event of the railway being let to a tenant; and that point would bring the case of the c ompany fairly ender consideration. In the celebrated case of the D o k e of Bridgewater's canal it had been decided - by the Court of King's B ench, that the entire produce of the land was not to be taken as the rental. In his opinion, canals and railways ought to be olaced in the same position as that of the occupiers of land; fool in the case to which he had alluded, the judgment was that the r en t a l s hould be as sessed on, the receipts, deducting the cost of repairs and maintaining the canal, and also a tenant's profit. With re gard to the expenses of maintainitr the road, he contended that the £55 named by Mr. Cottinglarn was totally inade quate. He should be able by evidence to prove, that the cost incurred in the engineering department, the police, and gatekeepers, was £l9 Ils. sd. per mile; that the maintenance of the railway was £250 per mile; and as another item of expense, that of walls and fences, which were necessary to the railway, and cost £l9 6s. per mile, all of which deduc tions ought to be admitted, instead of the £55 stated by the appellants' witness. One other item was the expense or the collection of the tolls, and in the Oxford canal case £5 per cent had been allowed. There were twenty-two stations on the Grand Junction Railway, and he could not suppose for a moment that the court would consider that charge too much for the trouble of collecting' the tolls. Several witnesses were thee called, who proved the facts as stated by Dr. Brown. After which Mr. Cottingham teplied; and the ma gistrates retired for a shalt time. On again. court, the Chairman swirlthey entering the were of opinion that the rate ought to be amended. They would allow per mile for expens es of repairs, eugneerin i, t fences; I:30 18s. per mile, . ~a e-k eepers, police, and per cent fo r th e co ll ect i on o f the tonnage; £2a per 7 as.mite,accordingto the cu s t om o f t h e township in. other cases. —Th e rate w pursuant to this. decision. acftes a te s r t haeof-odrieana7nlteeddl nesday. At Swedish i n ns, as w e ll as at privatetahles, they serve t h e soup in the middle or dinner, arid Alpine strawberries and cream after the fish. Emperial parlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. APPOINTMENT OF MR. TURTON. Lord WHARNCLIFFEL rose for .the purpose of putting a question to his noble friend at the head of her Majesty's go vernment, in reference to the appointment of Mr. Turton, who had gone out with the Earl of Durham to Canada. It would be in the recollection of their lordships that a question on the subject of a report respecting that gentleman having gone out with a view to being appointed to some office, was put.to his noble friend by a noble lord (Lord Winchelsea), on the 20th of May last, and who was not at present in Lon• dots; and his noblerfriend (Lord Melbourne) had on that oc casion given such an answer as was not only satisfactory to his noble who had asked the question, but to the public also. . . (Hear ) Ile (Lord Warucl;ffe) had a perfect recollection of what the noble viscount then stated, even in the ipsissima verba themselves. In answer to the question put by his noble friend, continued the noble lord, the noble viscount said, " I have no difficulty in answering the question put to me." The noble viscount, after a few observations, then went on to say, " First of all I have no hesitation whatever in declaring, on the part of her Majesty's government, that no intention exists of appointing him to any situation; and, next, if that gentleman is gone nut—as I du not mean to deny he is—that he has gone out without any appointment, and without any intention on the part of government, or on the pal t of my noble friend the Earl of Durham, to appoint him to any situation whatever." (Hear.) Now after this statement, my lords, I do confess 1 was surprised to find from an extract of the Quebec Gazette,which I have seen, that Mr. Turbot), who did go out with the Earl of Durham, had been appointed his second secretary, the first secretary being a member of the legislative council. I am anxious to know how my noble friend can reconcile this—(hear) —with the statement which he formerly made to the house, which I have read. It is, at all events, clear that at the time that Mr. Turton went out, there was in the mind of Lord Durham an intention of giving him an appointment. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the cit.- cutnstance of that gentleman's conduct, upon which their lordships had formerly exercised an opinion, it sunk into nothing in comparison with the other more important ques tion —viz., the answer given by the first minister of the crown upon the subject. I know the high feeling of my noble friend opposite, and I sin fully sensible of the position in which he is placed; but it is essential that we should be able to rely upon the facts stated by the ministers. ( Hear, hear.) This I feel to be a subject of a great deal more importance than the appointment of a gentleman, who has committed an act which appeared to this house to be most flagrant. My lords, my object in asking my noble friend whether he has received any official notice of that appointment is, that he may set himself right, for I cannot help thinking there must be some mistake about the matter, Viscount MELnouiiNa...--I.....rtainly do not mean to deny the nren,..— -c the ,i.tement made tr,- Lot , noble frip.-.1 of what I stated on the occasion alluded to. Indeed, I believe the words he has quoted are exactly and precisely what I used. 1 believe that in the despatches which have been re ceived fromthe Earl of Durham, there is no mention of the ap pointment of Mr. Turton to be his secretary; but there is no doubt whatever, from the Quebec Gazette, that the appoint ment has taken place I can only say that I have seen the appointment in that Gazette with very great concern, (hear, hear), and I beg to assure your lordships, that at the time I made that statement alluded to by my noble friend to the house, I had no reason to expect that any such appointment would have taken place. (Hear, hear.) Lord Wit ARNCLI I' FE expressed his satisfaction at the an swer given by his noble friend, and that he was very glad that lie had put the question to him. Lord BROUGH A NI said that as he held the great seals when the case of Mr. Turton was before the house, and as he was one who assisted in that decision, he felt he might offer a few words to their lordships, and they should be but few, on the present occasion. He had no doubt whatever when the noble viscount made the statement to the house that he believed in its accuracy. (Hear.) With regard to the case of Mr. Tur- ton, it was to be remembered that it was that of a wife seek ing to be divorced from her husband, on the ground of adultery with her own sister. This was undoubtedly a very bad case, the more especially as there was seduction con nected with it, an offence which he looked upon as very serious. The noble and learned lord than made some few observations, indistinctly heard in the gallery, in the course of which he adverted to the state of the law, as it then existed, with respect to a man's being then able to marry his wife's sister, which was now contrary to the law. Now, there were persons who looked upon this law as not being the law of God, but the law of the church only; and, therefore, in that light, a marriage solemnised between parties so circumstanced, wss not to be branded as an offence. Many persons had married the sisters of their wives without being considered as committing so pave an offence as the law now imputed to them. But it ought to be recollected that the law was not al tered until three years after Mr. Turton's case was under consideration. The late Mr. Edgworth married two sisters. There were noble persons in that house who had done the same; they and their marriages were held valid. He hoped, however, he should not be mistaken, as he was not offering any thing in extenuation of the crime of seduction, which he abhorred—nor of adultery, which was prohibited by the laws of God; but what he wished to do was, to mitigate the cen sure which had been passed upon that gentleman. Let it be likewise borne in mind, that Mr. Turton was a most en- ightened member of his profession, and had sacrificed a pi:Ofessional income of £2,600, as couusel for the subjects of her Majesty in Bengal, in order to go out with Lord Durham. The Bishop of LONDON could not hear the speech of the noble and learned lord without protesting against the doctrine which he had laid down. Were their lordships and the country to be told that the law of marriages was to be held less sacred because it was thought by some not to be binding, or that the law of the church was less sacred than the law of the land ? 1t was for the interest of society, and was likely to lead to a better observance of morality and virtue, that lie laws which now existed should be maintained. As a mem. her of the church, therefore, he could not sit silent and hear the doctrine of the noble and learned lord, and he begged to protest strongly against i t. Lord BROt7jll/54 denied that he had defended adultery and he maintained that his doctrine was the same in kind differing only iii de! , ree, from that of the right rev. prelate. In the course of his first observations he.had thrice stated hii opinions as regarded that offence, and he would now repeat them, for the fourth time, in order that they might be under stood. 'Lie was the more surprised at the necessity of his doing so, in order that one so acute as . . the right rev. prelate might comprehend him; hut he supposed that the right rev. prelate was preparing his protest instead of hearing him out. ( Hear.) So much for the very invidiotis &ensure which the right rev. prelate had cast upon him. He (Lord Brougham) distinctly expressed his, ,abhorrence at the crime of adultery, and he had also expressed, in strong terms, his abhorrence of the crime of seduction, The Bishop of LotinoN, said he would not occupy their lordships many moments, but he was not. sorry that he had occasioned the noble and learned lord to address the house a second time, for the commentary, as in other instances, had proved much better to.cliinprehend than the text. He cer tainly did understand the niphle and learned lord in the way he had before named, and that be bad justified such a pro ceeding —no, no. The noble and learned lord had, however, in very nervous and perspicuous language, now explained what hi, opinions were. He did not think that he had taken any time to prepare his protest, for he immediately rose to express his dissent from that doctrine; neither dui he think he ought to be considered as having acted in an invidious manner, for he really thought that the noble and learned lord's doctrine tended to weaken morality. Ile hoped that nothing which had occurred would occasion any difference between them—(cries of "bear," from Lord Brougham;) but he felt, as a member of the church, that he was bound to pro test againt what be bad understood to be the doctrine laid down by the noble and learned lord. Lord'BrtouGnAm having repeated what he had before said with respect to his abhorrence of adultery, begged to assure the right rev. prelate that what had transpired would make no difference with regard to the feelings of respect which he entertained towards him. CORN LAWS. Earl FurzwiLLlA al presented a petition from Glasgow, against the corn law, which was read at length, and which his lordship supported. It called forth an extended conversation, after which, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY On the presentation of the report of the Middlesex county courts bill, Captain Woon said he should hereafter move that it be referred to a committee of the whole house, and Mr. T. DCNCOMBE said he should move that it be taken into consideration that day three months. OCCUPATION OF ALGIERS. Mr. MACLEAN having instituted inquiries regarding the occupation of Algiers by the French, &c., Lord PA istEasTori answered that the French statement on the subject was correct—that the French had declared their operations would be confined within the limits of the ancient regency of Algiers, and the English government hail thereupon intimated that in such case it bad nothing to say. His lordship further observed that he had no objection to pre sent papers on the subject similar to those laid before the House of Lords in 1832, adding that there bad be 'n no com . inunications with other countries relative to the transactions. except Turkey, and they were verbal, and with the ambassa dor in this country. Mr. MACLEAN inquired what were the intentions of the government regarding Mehemet Ali's declaration of inde pendence, and whether the French government had inti mated what were its intentions thereon. Lord l'aLsiEnsToN said he could not be expected to state what were the intentions of government; and the French 4overnment had not stated what were its intentions. SPAIN. Sir R °en rrr PEEL inquired whether it was correctly under stood that Lord Palmerston had, on a former evening, repre sented that the Spaniards who had followed Don Carlos into Portugal, and who were now there prisoners under the treaty eC- Evora-Monte, would he released, on giving an assurance that they would not afterwards engage in the contest now going on in Spain. Lord PA LMERSTON answered that he had made no such statement. He had said that they would be detained until they were exchanged. He added that, according to despatches received from Madrid, exchange had been declined, unless all the Carlist prironers were released. Mr. Duscosine, inquired whether Lord J. Russell was cognizant of commitments by Middlesex magistrates of in sane persons as vagrants to solitary confinement Lord J. RUSSELL answered that he had caused inquiries to he made, and that he was not yet acquainted with the re sult. Sir R. PEEL Said, that perceiving the impossibility of pro ceeding with the controverted elections bill this session, he would defer it till next session. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL deferred the copyhold and prac tice bills, for the like reason, but he having expressed his intention to proceed with the registration of voters bill, Sir J. GEAti A m declared that it would be absolutely requi site to defer it " till next session." Lord J, RUSSELL admitted that many bills must be post poned "till next session ;" but he thought they ought to pro ceed with all the important bills which there was any chance of passing, while they.had a stock of members in town. He also suggested that there should be two morning sittings in each week—a proposition not very favourably greeted—in consequence of which his lordship repeated that certainly many bills must be deferred " till next session." His lord ship then withdrew "till next session" the government bill regarding controverted elections. The ATTORNEY-GENRE h L expressed a hope (!) that he might be able to carry through this session the iniprisoninent for debt bill. IRISH TITHE BILL. Lord .1. RUSSELL moved that the house resolve into com mittee on the Tithes (Ireland) Bill. WAito moved his resolution regarding "appropria tion." Lord llottvErryt epposiiil the motion, not because his or the government's views of the principle had changed, but because, lacing desirous of carrying some measure on the subject of tithes in Ireland, it was seen that no bill could be now carried embodying that principle. After some debate the house divided. The resolution was negatived by 270 noes against 46 ayes, showing a majority against the motion of 224! Sir U. STY LK moved that the house go into committee " that day three months," which was negatived without a division. The house then resolved into committee; and the discus sions, caused by amendments moved by Mr. Shaw, occupied the remainder of the sitting. Mr. SHAW, among other propositions, moved that the blank in clause 3, line 22, be fillet"! up with " three-fourths," or E. 7%, instead of the 7-10ths, or £7O, proposed by the go vet nment. This was carried against the government by 188 ayes, and 167 noes--majority in its favour, 21. Mr. titi&w then moved a proviso to be appended in the clause, which called forth considerable discussion. Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. Several bills were forwarded a stage. The Sugar Duties Bill, the Party Processions (Ireland) 8i11,4c. were read the third time and passed. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from the Rev. Mr. Stoney, complaining of the Irish education board, which led to a conversation ou the subject. The petition was eventually laid on the table. Lord ELLENBOROUGH put a question to the colonial secre tary, on the subject of a letter in the Quebec Gazette, dated dated May 31, purporting to be addressed, by the direction of Lord Durham, to the members of the executive council of Lower Canada. Lord GLENELG answered that the government had no fur ther information on the subject of the appointment -of a council by Lord Durham than what was thus published. Lord Ilitoucts AM observed that according to such intima tion the government was without information, except what had appeared in the newspapers. Lord GLENELG -said that Lord Durham took out with him instructions to guide his conduct on these ,uaatters. The Marquis of LoNnostpEttatty, with the view of illus trating the mode of appointin ,, magistrates in Ireland, moved for various papers on the subject, consisting of copies of the lord lieutenant's circular; lists of the old and new commis sions, &c. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY ROYAL ASSENT. At four o'clock the Lord Chancellor, Earl Shaftesbury, and the Earl Albemarle took their seats as lords commission ers, when the royal assent was given by commission to the following bills:— The sugar duties bill, the church patronage and corpora tions sales bill, the freeman's admission bill, the Queen's Bench sittings bill, the Sodor and Man bishopric bill, the Grand Junction Railway bill, the party procession (Ireland) bill, the Midland Counties Extension Railway bill, the Southampton pier and dock bill, the Blackburn gas bill, the Exeter gas bill, the Leicester gas bill, the Leamington gas bill, the Huddersfield improvement bill, the iefuge for the destitute bill, the St. Luke's Hospital bill, the Bolton. and Preston railway bill, the Garnkirk awl Glasgow Railway .bill, the sale of bread (Ireland) bill, and a number of road and enclosure bills. The Earl of ZETLAND (Lord Pundits) was introduced by the Earl of Albemarle and Earl Dacre, and took the oaths and subscribed the parliamentary roll on his elevation to. the peerage. • The Blackheath small debts bill was read a third time and passed. A message from the commons brought up the Oldham gas and water works Lill, the Barnsley small debts bill, and several private bills, which were read a. first time. The house adjourned at a quarter-past four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -\VEnshsOAy. Tho speaker took thethair auuntiarterbefore_fonr Several petitions on various subjects were*-2sented. The Oldham gas and water works bill, and the Barnsley small debts bill, were read a third time and passed. The Usher of the Black Rod summoned the house to the House of Lords, to hear the royal assent given to several bills (for which see Lords.) NEW WRITS, On the motion of Mr. B. J. STANLEY, new writs were ordered for the borough of Cashel, in the room of Stephen Woulfe, Esq., appointed to the office of Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and for the borough of Clon mel, in the room of Mr. Serjeant Ball, who had accepted the office of Attornev-General for Ireland. CONTHOVEHT.ED Er.ricrtoNs. Lord MAHON said, in ccnsequence of the right hon. bart., the member for Tamworth, having postponed his bill on the subject of controverted elections until the next session, he (Lord Mahon) felt reluctantly compelled also to postpone his motion for removing the trial of controverted elections from members of that house to another tribunal, till next session. POOR-LA WS M. D. W. Il A RVEY gave notice that to-morrow he should move for certain returns relating to the operation or the Poor law Act in the county of Suffolk. Mr. GICLON gave notice that, on the third reading of the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill, he should move a clause by way of rider. Other days were appointed for considering the dropped orders of yesterday. ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. This bill was ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. PUBLIC BUSINESS A desultory conversation took place on the state of public business, during which Mr. HOME observed, that little had as yet been done, and that there did not appear much disposition to get through public business. (Hear.l lie, therefore, suggested that all notices of motions should be dropped until the orders on the paper had been disposed of. (Hear.) The conversation was not, however, attended with any re sult. HIGHWAY RATES BILL. Mr. S. LEFEVRE moved the order of the day for the further consideration of the report on the Highway Hates bill. Mr. PARROTT trusted the hon. member would consent to postpone the bill until another session of parliament. If not, he should move as an amendment, that the bill be recom mitted that day three months. Mr. S. LfiFiVRE said, he could not consent to abandon be bill. Mr. PARROTT then moved that the bill be re-committed .hat day three months. The question having been put from the Chair, Mr. S. LEFEVRE at some length stated the provisions of the, bill, and contended that it would be advantageous to all classes of her Majesty's subjects. Mr. PA RRoTT did not press his amendment; and the house went into committee, Mr. Aglionby in the chair. Several clauses were agreed to without amendment. [Left sitting.] COURT CIRCULAR. He► Majesty's State Ball, oh Monday evening, at . Brick-. Ingham Palace, was the most splendid given thisieaiOn. The, Royal Family, all the Foreign Princes at present in this corin try, the Foreign Ambasaadors Extraordinary and their nu merous suites, the resident Foreign NI inisters, and a very large party of the nobility and gentry were present. From a quarter before 10 untill2o'clock the ,company con tinued to arrive, and were ushered, - in the same Manner as at the previous balls, to the Grand Saloon. The dresses of the. Princess Schwarzenberg, of the Baroness Van de Capellan, and other Foreign Ambasaadresses were very Inagniticent,.... and the costumes and uniforms Worn by the s and the noblemen attached to the several embassies were ex-. tremely rich and varied. The Greek national - Costume was worn by two gentlemen in the suite of Prince Soutzo, and Count tathlen and Count Eugene Zichy were in Hungarian. uniforms, that of the former was beautifully worked in gold, and the pelisse and tunic of the latter nobleman thickly stud ded with precious stones. The uniforms of the aMbassadors were nearly covered with gold embroidery, and many of the stars and other ensigns of knighthood worn by their Excel-. lencies, and also by a number of English noblemen, were set in diamonds and precious stones. Lord Lovat appeared in a Highland dress. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta .of Cambridge wore a very beautiful lama dress of silver. The Princess Augusta attended by Miss \Vynyard and Sir Benjamin Stephenson, the Duchess of Gloucester attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, the Duke de Nerneurs attended, by Count E. Colbert, Le Marechal de Camp Boyer, Marquis de Beranger, and Count de Bearn, the Duke of Nassau ac companied by the Hereditary Prince and Prince Maurice of Nassau, the Duke of Sussex, and Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipsthal attended by Captain Curzon, R.N., had 'all arri ved at half-past 10 o'clock. at which time her-Majesty. accom companied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Hohenlohe, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, and the Prince of Leiningen, quitted the yellow drawing-room, and, passing through the grand saloon, entered the ball room, which was very brilliantly illuminated, as, in addition to the line large cut glass chandeliers, arabeSque branches with wax lights were placed between all the columns and over the doors. Candelabra were also placed before the portraits of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and of the late Princess Char lotte. The quadrille baud immediately played " God save the Queen." The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge arrived just as dancing - was about to commence, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Colonel Cornwall. Her Majesty opened the bait, in a quadrille. With his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours. His Serene. Highness Prince Christian of Holstein Glucks bourg, attended by Mr. Bille, Chambellan of his Danish Majesty, and Count G. de Blucher, Prince Fursteuburg, and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr, arrived shortly before 11 o'clock. Her Majesty danced in the next quadrille with Prince George of Cambridge. Between the dances her Majesty sat with the Royal Fa tnily on a platform Betted up with great taste and elegance. Her Majesty danced in quadrilles during the evening with the following :—Lord Emlyn, Lind Ashley, His Serene Highness Prince Christian of Holstein Glucksbourg, and His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Nassau. In the yellow drawing-room Weippert's band performed, composed expressly for the occasion, the royal coronation quadrilles. introducing the national anthems of Fiance, Russia, Belgium, Austria, and England, together with th e Cambridge, Nemours, and Nassau waltzes, and a new noverian gallope. At one o'clock the Queen, accompanied by her royal and illustrious visitors, and preceded by the Lord Stewaid; the Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of Fingall, Lord in Waiting.; the Earl of Belfast, Vice Chamberlain ; the Treasurer of the Household; the Comptroller of the Household; the Hon. Major Keppel, Groom iu Waiting; and Col. Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, led' the way into the dinner room, where supper was served on a range of tables extending round three sides of the room, the plateau being formed of a number of-.large candelabra and epergnes silver gilt. At the end of the room was a beaufet of gold plate, having in the middle an epergne called " - the Prin c e of Wal es ' s epergne," formerly - belonging, to Fredelick Prince of Wales; it is covered with a canopy of trellis work, and crowned with the Prince's pluine The supporters of the base were added by his late,`:Majesty George the Fourth, and consist of the royal arnak, On one side was a very beautiful bulb cup. ornamented in the most elaborate style. It is supported by a figure 'clad' in armour, and the top of the cover is surmounted by, a knight on horseback. The companion cup on the other side has a female figure on the cover. Near these cups were some pine-stands executed from the designs of Flaxman ; at the back were two shields, the one a basso-relievo of the Deluge, and the other having on its border the effigies of the Roman Emperors. The beau fet and also the ends were brilliantly illuminated, with a profusion of wax lights in gold candelabra and sconces, and had a very superb effect. Some of the sconces, which be longed to his Majesty William 111., have in the middle a fine basso-relievo of the "Judgment of Solomon." After supper her Majesty and the royal party returned to the yellow drawing-room. At three o'clock, by commaud of her Majesty, a Scotch reel was danced, in which the Duke of Buccleuch, the) Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Douglas, Mr. Macdonald, Mr. Balfour, and other Scotch noblemen and gentlemen, t oo k part with their ladies. Directly afterthedance Weippert's band played a quadrille, in which her Majesty (lanced, having for her partner the Prince of Leining,en. This was the last dance; on its con clusion her Majesty retired. During the evening the Oriental tent adjoining the green drawing-room was very much resorted to, by the visitors; both here and in the throne-room refreshments were served to the company. The Pages of honour in waiting on the Queen were Mas ters Ellice, Cavendish, and Cowell. - . _ . On this occasion th'e attendance of a military band in the marble hall was dispensed with. Lord Brougham's defetice of, or apology for, Mr. 'ninon, realises in that gentleman's case the well-known maxim of "Save me front my friends." The widow of the great composer Weber has just sold to a musical editor of Berlin the posthumous works of her husband, consisting of six principal pieces and several other compositions for the piano, all of which are expected shortly to be published. PA R LI A MENT.—The bulk of the business of the session still remains to be done, and it is quite obvious is to be crowded into a space—to say nothing of blank days—in which it is utterly impossible . that any thing like. justice can be done to it, or that legislation should he the result of that delibera tive wisdom, which alone can give it permanent effect. Our novel mode of hurried dog-day legislation leads, of neces sity, to perpetual blunders, incongruities, and mistakes, ren dering acts of parliament " to explain and amend" as numer ous as the or►ginal statues. Though this occurs vear after year, no effort is rnade,to alter it; and so that the 'session can be " got over," how that is to be done appears to be a matter of no interest or monaent whatever. COMMERCIAL 'INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. r From the London Standard.) WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—Rio Janeiro papers of the sth May contain the speech at. the opening of the cham bers. The following- is an extract :—" The relations of friendship with the foreign powers have not experienced any alteration, and measures have been taken by the government to prevent a misunderstanding with the Pope, which will not cotnpromise the dignity of the crown, and if Brazil does not offer a view so fa vourable as could be wished for, its aspect nevertheless is far from discouraging►. The law is recovering its authority in every part where it had been lost, and the government, with the aid of Providence and the assistance of .true Brazilians, friends to their country and liberty, are in hopes soon to put an end to domestic-dissension. The public state of the finances and the monetary circulation claims new and•eff!icient measures. The army and navy have rendered eminent service to maintain order and liberty, and will still render more, if they are organised and put in a state of discipline. The" public tranquillity and personal security demand a prompt revision of the criminal code." The speech finishes by stating that Brazil expects front the representatives of the nation measures which will for ever consolidate the throne, the integrityof the empire. and its political institutiens. The Batavier steamer has arrived, bringing Dutch papers to the 4th inst. Dutch Two-and-a-l - lalf per Cents., 54 3-16 ; Five per Cents., 101 A letter from Amsterdam, dated June 30, has the fulloW.: ink; We learn by accounts received from Padang of the 24th of February, that the expedition which had been sent by the Netherlands government from Java against the insurgents at Sumatra, at a place known by the name of the'Thirteen Kottas, had met with complete success, and that the insur gents had entirely submitted to the Netherlands govern went." Consols opened at the leaving off price of yesterday. 91 for the Account, with little doina ; Reduced 94 to 94h • hx. chequer Bills 71 to 73 pm. ; Bank Stock 2051 1. In the, Foreign Market, the prices remain at the quotations they closed at yesterday. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols may he quoted a shade better, from 95 951 fur the Account. Reduced 944. Exchequer Bills 73 71 pm. Bank Stock 205 lower. ludia Bonds 77 75 ditto: Spanish Active 24 with coupons. Portuguese Three per Cents. - 3.51 364. Brazilian 79%80. Mexican 25 26. Colotnbian 261 27k. Dutch Two-and•a-Half- per Cents. 531 54: Belgian . 104. FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening, 95h 54. Portuguese /slew Bondi36. Spanish 22 I. THE NEW BARONETS. • • - t -- - - - WHITEHALL. JUNE 30. The Queeh has been pleased to dire c t lett ers patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Leland, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the following gentlemen,' and the respective heirs-male of their bodies lawfully begot 7 ten, viz.:— The Right Hon. Michael O'Loghlen, Master of the Rolls in Ireland. Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Knight. Edward Geoige Earle Lytton Bulwer, of Knebworth, in the county of Herts, Esq. Lieutenant General Sir'Lionel Smith, K.C.B. Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, of Rossoll Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq. Samuel Crompton, of Wood-end, in the county of York, Esq. John Edwards, of Garth, in the county of Montgomery, Es Jo q. hn Peter Boileau, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Esq. George M`Pherson Grant, of Ballindalloch, in the county of Elgin, and of lnvershie, in the county of Inverness, Esq. Ralph Howard, of Bushy Park, in the county of Wicklow, Esq. Sotherton Brahthwayt Peckam blicklethwait, of Iridge place, in the county of Sussex, Esq. John Dunlop, of Dunlop, in the couuty of Ayr, Esq. Charles Peter Shakerley, of SomerfordPark, in the county of Chester, Esq. John Henry Scale, of Mount Boone, in the county of Devon, Esq. Edward Marwood Elton, of Widworrhy Court, in the county of Devon, Esq. Robert Shafto Adair, of Flixton Hall, in the county of Suffolk, Esti. William koster, of the City of Norwich. Esq. • Sir Augustus William James Clifford, Knight, Captain in . the Royal Navy, and C.B. Charles Denham Orlando Jephson, of Mallow, in the county of Cork, Esq. The Right Hon. James Forrest, of Comiston, in the county of Mid Lothian, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. David Roche, of Caress, in the county of Limerick, and of Barnetick, in the county of Clare, Esq. Benjamin Heywood, of Claremont, in the county palatine of Lancaster. Esq, William Worsley, of Hovingham, in the county of York, Esq. Hugh Morgan Tuite, of Sound, in the county of West meath, Esq. Charles Granville Stuart Menteath, of Closeburn , in the county of Dumfries, Esq. Major-General James Kyrle Money, of Closebuttr, in the county of Hereford, Whet am, in the county of Wilts, and Pitsford, in the county of Northampton, Esq. Josiah John Guest, of Dowlais, in the county of Glamor gan, Esq. Michael Dillon Bellew, of Mount Bellew, in the county of Galway, Esq. Benjamin Hall, of Llauover COurt, in the county of Mon mouth, Esq. East George Clayton East, of Hall Place, in .the county of Berks, Est. • Sir James Crofton, of Longford' Hotise, in the county of Sligo, Knight. . . . UNIVERSITY AND CLERiCAI';:iNTEI4LIG4IIII , cha OXFORD, JUNE 30.—This day the annual election, took. place at adham C,ollege ; there were three vacant:fellow. , ships, which were filled up by the Itey. J. P. Keigwiribir:, Josh. Arnould, and Mr. John Cooper, scholars of Wedlsesn College. Mr. C. D. Saunders, of Wadham College,..and Messrs. Box and Miller, werpelected to fill the vitcAut.seliolafshiMi' for which there were 35 candidates. There was also this day , an election at Exeter, when Mr..S. J„.Riguad, of the same college, was elected a fellow of that society. There will be an election at Queen's-College, on the 21t1i , of August, of a scholar on the Michael foundation of oat college, open to natives of that county. The Bev. B. Kynaston,'of Christ Church, has been electt;(l high master of 'SC Paul's schoOl. George Gosling, Esq. has presented the ReV r oo d fie Merton College, to the vicarage of • Eghatr,..Surrey. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham has presented,,tM,Rev..l, 0. Hili, of Christ Church, to the perpetual cur4t3A l W ofi r,., ton-Underwood, Bucks. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 30.--This day the degree of • ~„ o r law i, by royal'inindate,'Was conferred on Joshua itAfi t E, •q • president of Queen's C•dlege. The degree of doetor of divinity was conferred orr the ReV. W. Hodgson.' master - of Peterhouse; Rev.' T. Tattershill of Queen's; Rev. T. Iliff, of Trinity. • At a congregation held this day, the following graces passed the senate :-1. Mr. Cartmell, of Christ's' College, deputy proctor in the absence of Mr. Baines.-2. Mr. Earn show, of St. John's College, deputy proctor in the absence of Mr. Evans.-3. Mr. Laskin, of Jesus College, deputy taxer in the absence of Mr. Birkett.-4. The seal affixed to the diploma of. Dr. Jeaffreson, of Pembroke College.-5. The degree of D.D., by royal mandate, on Mr. Bowstead, 8.D., of Corpus Christi College. - The members' prizes were, on Monday last, adjudged as follow : BACHELORS-1. D. S. Howson, Trinity College. 2. Au thor or the essay with the motto ''Oriatn dilecta." UNDERGRADC ATES-1. Woodham, Jesus College. 2. Riley, Clare-hall. PREFERMENTS Q.C . The Rev. Joseph Twigger, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, has been licensed, by the Lord Bishop of London, to the chaplaincy of the cemetery Of Kensal-green, on the nomination of the directors of the cemetery. The Rev. W. Al. Hurlock, 8.A., of S. John's College, Cambridge, .to,the perpetual curacy of Stoke by Clare, Suffolk, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Taylor. Patroness, Mrs. B. Rush. The,ReV. G. F. Fessey, to be chaplain to the Bromsgrove Union. The Rev. Thos. Williams, to be curate of Merthyr Tvdvil. The Lord Bishop of Chester has presented the Rev. - Fres. Bryans, M.A., to the living of Backford, in the county of Chester. The Rev. T. Hutchinson, 8.A., curate of St. John's. Manchester, appointed incumbent of the new church at Harpurhey. The Rev: Gordon Mitchell, M.A., to the church of Kilma dock, Scotland. __ Th'e Rev. Mr. Campbell, to the church and parish of Tar bat. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of Dundee, to Holbourn church, Aberdeen. OBITUARY: At Barnstaple, aged 67, the ltev. Onesiphorus Sheers Saunders, 11,A., formerly curate of Ashford. On the 15th ult., at Elksley, near Reford, in the 45th year of his age, the Rev. W. nett, M.A., vicar of that place. At liarfleur, the Bev. Benjamin Churchill, rector of Northleigh, Oxfordshire, perpetual curate of Appledratn, Sussex At Lleuesog, near Denbigh, after a short illness, the Rev. F. Griffith, 8.A., rector of Llangar, in the county of Merio -410.b._ EXTREMELY MYSTERIOUS. We take some shame-to ourselves for not having sooner called the attention of the public to an extremely mysterious . affair which appeared in the Glohe,'government paper, some evenings ago ; but the truth is, the coronation pomps and festivities put it out of our heads until now; and We now hasten to redeem our delay; for it really is a leery inystetioui piece of business. "Thursday night," says the Globe, "it O'r , : riage was turning down Grosvenor-place, opposite' Apsley House."—Here the reader will perceive the importance of minuteness;—for how should people know that Grosvenor place was " opposite Apsley House" if the Globe had not told them so?—They might have thought perhaps that instead of being opposite Apslev House, it was opposite Hyde Park gate; or perhaps nobody might ever have heard of such a place as Grosvenor-place; and therefore it was rery kind in the Globe to give the world to wit' that "Grosvenor-place is opposite Apsley llouse."—But to proceed :—"Thursday night a carriage was turning down Grosvenor-place, opposite Apsley House, in which were riding Lady Scott and her daughter."—That is to say, we presume, that Lady Scott and her daughter were riding in the carriage.—for it is hardly to be supposed that they were riding in Apsley House-,though the text of the Globe does seem to convey that idea. The Globe then goes on to say—and here indeed comes the mys tery—`'The horses became unmanageable, and the pole of the carriage coining off ran into one of them."—What an extra ordinary pole!—finding the coachman unable to manage the horses, the pole " comes off ' and very deliberately runs into one of them l—by , the way of punishment we presume, but we think the pole might have been satisfied with lalluping the refractory horse on the ribs instead of walking right into him i❑ that rough kind of way. Truly if the Poles at War saw had acted thus rigorously. they would have been ton many for the Autocrat !—But, however, the pole running into the horse does not seem to have hurt him much—or at a events it evidently did not put him burs de combat; for the Globe goes on to state that " they"—that's both horses— "were plunging desperately, when Mr. Nugent Vaughan, who was passing, ran over and caught them by the reins, and the horse making a violent plunge pulled that gentlemen off the ground and very slightly fractured his arm."— Did any body ever hear of such a horse ?—After a pole had ran into him, he very naturally plunges; and then because Mr. Nu gent Vaughan endeavours to prevent the plunging, he an grily pulls Mr. Nugent Vaughan off the ground, but, instead of swallowing him up quick, he very slightly fractures his arm •and then quietly sets him. down again !--Really all this is extremely mysterious ; —and the more so as the Globe does not say what became of Mr. Nugent siaughan, nor what became of the driver, nor what became of the impaled and considerate horse, nor what became of the coach, nor what became of the coachman, nor what became of, the pole. Having described how very slightly the horse fractured the gentleman's arm, the Globe cuts short the mysterious narra tive by simply saying it is glad- to see the ladies escaped without injury. And so are we glad, but we think the Globe ought to have been a little more explicit as to the other parties. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Manchester Guardian.) We stated, this day week, that great changes might be ex pected to take place in a few days on the Liverpool Cup, and such will be found to be the case. Cardinal Puff was then a prominent premier at 71- to 1; but his place was taken im mediately upon St. Bennett's success at Newcastle being made known. From the figure of 12 to 1 the latter shot up wards to 4 to 1, with 'plenty of takers at sto 1. Little was then said respecting any of the others ; but a few of the parties appeared fidgety at having followed their horses so closely. The transactions since Saturday, as regards St. Bennett, Ilarkaway, and Cruiskeers, have been very spirited ; 7 to 2 is the outside price for the first named ; and ilarkaway has been made second favourite, there being no layers at 7to 1. We have been told this evening, that he and Cruis keen have reached Aintree. It is more than probable that this is the case; for the desire to get ou Melbourne has been drooping for a fortnight, and he has become in a manner hors de combat, 2to 1 beiug offered that he does not run. As he went lame in preparing for the St. Leger race last year, the same ailment will most likely have again occurred. The Doctor's price is rather difficult to fathom. More odds than we venture to set have been floating ; hut we think no abso lute business would have been pencilled down at the extreme offers. Puff and Birdlime seem to remain pretty steady ; but nothing heavy has been lately done upon them. Caravan has been backed in ponies, since Saturday, at 12 to 1, which figure may be considered as the pitch of the market. A good deal of money was laid out at 100 to 5 against all the three year-olds left in to contend for this important race ; and offers were all launched to nibble on Mr. F a irli e ' s th e Hydra, at the tempting odds of 100 to 2. Slashing Ilarry, Abraham Newland, Rachel, and Modesty, are so void of friends, that we are not enabled to say what might be laid against them. Being now within a fortnight, or so, of this race, fluctuations may daily be expected; and, in the various sporting circles, a difference of opinion will tend to cause a difference of more or less in the prices. We give those of the present hour as nearly as we can, viz.:— THE LIVERPOOL- TR ADES' CUP.—P.P. (July 17th.) 7 to 2 against Lord Eglintou's St. Bennett. 13 to 2 • „ - Mr. Ferguson's - Harkaway. S.te 1 „ Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff. 10 to 1 „ Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime, 12 to 1: „ Mr. S. L. Fiix'S The Doctor. -12 to 1 „• - Lord Seffield's•Caravan: 15 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Mayflower. .20 to 1- '„ Lord Miltriwn'S Crtriskeen. 25 •to 1 „ Dirraid. . • IkLiNcuEsma AUTUMN RACES.—Probably the occurrence of the coronation this year may be one cause why we find the novelty of an August Meeting; over Kersal Moor a topic in the 'Sporting: circles, Be. that as it may, We . can state,' that the proprietors of the ground (the Rev. M. Clowes and Miss 111: f roho have cottiented'l.o' let the' lesseot - lihve two daY't running extra this year. The days appointed ate the two • last days in August—the week following York Races. The programme of the sport speaks in favour of the spirit in adding money to the stakes; and it appears to be the opinion of the sporting gentlemen in this district, that the affair will be a " palpable •hit." The races, six in number, are all to be , run for by thorough-bred, horses. The Victoria Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. &c closes on the lst August; to this is added 100 sows. by the brewers of Manchester and the vici nity; the weights are to be published on the 9th;. five horses to remain in, and three horses at tha post, or the gift not added. The Selling Stakes - of 5 cove. each, with 30 added, a mile and•a quarter; and a Plate, (heats,) value 50 sore. closes Thursday's running. The Coronation Stakes of 15 sovs. 10 ft. with 30 added, opens the ball on the second day. This is a spin over the T. Y. C., and closes on the Ist Aug. The Convivial Stakes, (handicap,) with 40 sovs. added, twice round and a distance; and a Plate (heats,) twice round, will terminate the runnin g , w hi c h will, no doubt, be witnessed by pretty nearly as large a company as the regular meetings at Whitsuntide. Three horses to start for each plate and stake, or " no race•" THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER.—This crack race has not been left unnoticed in the circles here; for some days a few of the candidates have been in good demand. Don John has the call of lon ; offers, plenty to take sto 1. lon has been backed at 51 to 1 for £3O or £4O. Grey Momus's price is 10 to 1; takers at 11. Lanercoet was backed on Friday at 12; and a desire to proceed, but the fieldsmen hung fire. Appleton Lad stands at 16; tour points were freely accepted. Jemmy Jumps's price is 20 to 1, and Wee Willie's five points more. Cobham was backed at 12 to 1 last night; and 500 to 25 was taken on the colt out of Nonplus's dam. D'Egville may be quoted at 15 to 1, with takers. Albemarle is hacked at 20 to 1; and Charley Boy, notwithstanding his defeat last week, freely at 50 to 1. Mr. S. Thompson's Voltaire colt has friends at 25 to 1 ; layers at 20. TATTERSA LL'S.—MoN DAY. 'rwo or three stakes were brought under notice in the course of the day, and some bets made on each, but, taking it alto gether, business was neither heavy nor interesting. We take the events according to their dates:— JULY STAKES (Tuesday next.) 7 to 2 a2,-st The Duk e o f Richmond's Bulwark (taken.) 4to 1 Lord Exetei's Macremma, (taken and afterwards offered.) 6to 1 Mr. Wilson's filly (taken and afierwaids offered.) 9 to 1 Mr. Bircham's Rounceval filly (taken ) 9to 1 Mr. King's Condor (taken.) GooDwooD STAKES (August 1.) 6to 1 Sir G. l-leathcote's Valentissimo (taken freely.) 8 to 1 Captain Gardnor's 'foothill (taken.) 15 to 1 Sir G. Heathcote's Tawney Owl (taken.) • lit)even between 'foothill and Jack-in-the-Green. Lucetta was .backed a day or two ago at 10 to 1 ; those odds are now offered. ST. LEGER (September 18.) 5 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon (taken.) 13 to I Mr. H. Coombes's Cobham (ditto.) 20 to 1 Mr. Thompson's colt (ditto.) 20 to 1 Mr. Parkins's Lanercost. 25 . t0 1 Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps (ditto.) 251t0 L Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad (ditto.) 25 to I Mr. Wilkins's Wee Willie (ditto.) 33 td 1 . Mr. Fairlie's The Hydra (take 40 to 1.) Very little done. ti ' • . tilt! HORRIBLE AFFAIR. ur. A WINE. TO MURDER. HER HUSBAND AND FATHER-IN-LAW, AND ALLEGED MURDER OF ANOTHER HUSBAND BY KIS WIFE. The following , being the particulars of those horrible oc currences, hard been communicated to us by a correspond ent:Who.givesi hiS tame :'—Two men (father and son) of the name 'Of Urdu, residing at, .Ennishmon,in the county of Glare, having coine, home from a bog, where they had been at work, ,to ditrner on Thuriday list, the son asked his wife for some milk-to drink. She replied that she had not got any in the house, but that she had prepared some coffee for them which she woulttproctire. She immediately gave them a bowl of it, which between, them they drank of In some short time atter they both found themselves getting ill, and their sus picions being excited, medical assistance was procured, when it was distovered that arsenic had been administered to them in the.coffee. The woman has been fully committed to pri son; and upon the evidence of the servant girl whom she ,sent to purchase the arsenic at an apothecary's in Ennisti nion,.and whose face she coloured, that she might not be afterwards known, it is supposed the case will be fully esta blished agaiust her. "In consequence of this desperate attempt at murder being brought to light, an inquest was held a day or two subsequent before Mr. Greene, Coroner, on the body of a man named Patrick .Gtithrie who had been. buried four months. This Guthrie was married to a sister of the, woman who gave the poison to Ruin, and he, having died in an extremely s udd e n manner, it was supposed that he had been poisoned. Upon the testimony of Doctors Cullinan of Ennis, and Finucane of Ennistimon, who found three or four grains of arsenic in his stomach, and other strong corroborative evidence, the jury found, " that, the deceased came by his death, from poison administered by his wife." She has been fully committed and lodged in Ennis gaol, to abide her trial at the approach ing assizes fur that county. Our correspondent concludes by saying, "so greatly ter rified are husbands .of their wives in Ennistimon and its neighbourhood now, that they scarcely take any drink from them, unless they are looking on while it is being made."— Limerick Standard. - TO THE SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE ORANGEMEN OF THE COUNTY AND CITY OF LONDONDERRY.- "Durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis." SIR AND BROTHER,-1 write this to request'you will have the kindness to issue circular letters to the respective officers of our twelve districts, imploring them, as they value the safety of our society, to us e th eir i n fl uence at the annual meetings to be held in the ensuing week, to have unanimous resolutions passed against a violation of a law, unjust as it is, still in force and likely to be re-enacted, against proces sions in celebration of an event which it had been long-sup posed secured civil and religious liberty to all denominations of her Majesty's subjects. This penal law against Protes tants, and Protestants and Orangemen are•now synonymous terms, will not expire until the end of the present session, and before it does it will be re-enacted: Processions are popish in their origin and tendency. They were instituted in the darkness of the middle ages by the knights of St. John of Jerusalem, the Janizariesof a Pope, and they were, in very bad taste, adopted by us from the Freemasons in 1795. Where we arc strong they make an.tuinegessary dis play of strength—where we are otherwise a dangerous ex hibition of weakness; and it has been foundlhat Lord Stan ley's act has operated like many other frititless,opetnpts to control popular feeling, in condensing and Strengthening a force which required no premature indication;of it render it effectual when Awl necessity nay require, as it soon m a y, , the application of it. The prevention of . these procest . ions 'by a popish" police, who, under the, pretence of doing: so,. may .again . occupy Derry and other PlaCes, in which we are happily secure, while we maintain the principles of. our society , and regard our solemn obligations by obedience to the law, would give a triumph to a tottering ministry as invaluable to them as it • would be rtlinous to us; and, encouraged - as higntten ruffians now Ri'd by a,partial and persecuting. goverutnent, we,may be tassured that , riots will be 'fastened upon us if we rittempt to [rut oarselves r in the power of our enemies by any violation of the law - 01)11;e 'apprOachifig 'anniversary .3 - 'a battle which must hi fought again before the: blessings it secures to our country can be transmitted to our posterity. In discharge of a duty, therefore, which has been annually conferred upon me since 1825, I trust that, with your usual promptness in making com m uni ca ti ons t o our brethren, Volt will give. as I now, give, warning that those *ho may ills; honour themselves by a violation of the law, on the approach ing anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, will he no longer considered members of the Orange Society.-1 have the honour to remain, sir, your faithful friend and brother, JOHN GRAHAM, Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of the County and City of Londonderry. Mayilligan Glebe, June 28th, 18-38. POPERY. The following is a table of the supposed dates of the in troduction of the leading Papal superstitions:— A D. Holy water introduced Penance 157 Monkery Mass in Latin . 39.1 Extreme unction ..... 550 Purgatory Invocation of Vir g in and Saints Papal usurpation 607 Kissing the Pope's toe , , 709 Image worship - • . 715 . Uanonization - ' 993 Baptism of bells Transubstantiation Celibacy of Priesthood Indulgences Dispensations Inquisition.— , l2Ol Auricular confession Elevation of the host The Hon. Captain Hood, eldest son of Lord and Lady Bridport, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Lady Mary Hill, the accomplished daughter of the Marquis and Marchi oness of Downshire.— Worcester Herald. The Municipal Corporation (Ireland) Bill is not to he pro ceeded with by the House' of Lords until Monday next ; its second reading is then to be moved. It is understood that there will be no decided opposition to that motion ; but that the important changes are to be proposed in committee. THE AYRSHIRE HERMIT. (From the Scotsman.) Thomas Reyburn; the eccentric individual distingushed by this title, is well known in the west of Scotland, and many in this city are, no doubt, aware of his character and history. He is laird of Holmhead (a few acres of land and a cottage so called) delightfully situate on the banks of the Irvine, not far from 'Kilmarnock. This pleasant little possession he in herited from' his grandfather. Shortly after his succession, he was involved „in,a lawsuit, with a neighbouring proprietor, respecting a"by-road, of which the latter claimed the privi lege, through the property- of Holmhead. Believing himself to,have been deeply wronged in the decision of his cause, and excited by the heavy amount of expenses to which he was sub jected, he viswed - lieither to shave his beard nor crop his hair, nor chamie.th-e4ress he then wore, until justice should be ob tained. according to his view, has never been awarded to him; and throughout the lapse of 20 years he has religiously adhered to his resolution. His grotesque appearance in consequence may be imagined. From under a small antique•looking hat, his long matted hair hangs down over his left shoulder, almost reaching to his middle ; while the ample breadth of his breast is nearly co vered by his bushy beard. His habilaments are the most unique imaginable; and it is questionable whet her, amid the patching to which 20 years' service has subjected them, any portion of the original colour or vestment now remains. In addition to this, imagine a tall muscular figure, a well-formed manly countenance, and some idea may be pictured of the recluse. His cottage has of late years becomean object of attraction to strangers visiting that part of the country, especially in the summer months, when his garden is in bloom or ripened into fruit. In his solitude, he amuses himself in rearing birds; and he may frequently be found seated under a tree with his feathered favourites hopping about on the branches, so tame that they readily "come at his call," some of them even alighted on his beard to be fed from his mouth.. ~ We notice this singular character at present, i❑ order to express our astonishment at observing him the other night in Princes-street. lie had just arrived by the Ayr coach,•with the intention, as we understood, of proceeding next day to London to witness the coronation of the QUeen. What could stimulate the hermit, now well advanced years, to think of. a journey so full of peril to a person of his description,*ithout . friend or introduction, is a question more likely to be sug gested than easily solved; but the doubtful prospect of the undertaking seems at last to have seriously occurred to the individual himself, for, on learning the vast numbers ex pected to crowd the steam-vessels, he yielded to judicious ad vice, and prudently abandoning the prosecution, of his journey, has already, we understand, returned to the west country. It is amusing to conjecture what strange adventures might have befallen him in the great metropolis, *here his Crusoe like appearance could not have failed to excite the utmost curiosity. A Parnellian sage in the estimation of some; •otbers might have deemed him the ghost of ,Sir William. Courtenay; and continement*s a lunatic is not among the most unlikely treatment to which one who deviates so far - from the usual dress and modes of society would have been subjected. His chief object, we believe, was to gain an audience of the Queen—by what means he bad projtably never conjec tured—to present to her Majesty a relic of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, which has been in his possession for the last 40 years, ;AS an 'appropriate offering, expressive of his hope that the reign of Victoria mightbe long and prosperous, like "the golden days of Queen !less." He had at the same time a grievance with which to acquaint her Majesty. It ap pears that, some few months since, he was made the victim of an excise prosecution; and, ignorant of the forms of law in such cases, although served with what be afterwards un derstood to be a summons, he allowed judgment to be re corded against him unheard. The result was, he had to pay a penalty of £25. This last instance, and he reckons many, of what he considers the law's injustice, has tended greatly to strengthen his vow, and confirm hint in his misanthrophy. MISCELLANEOUS. Mrs. TroHope continues to lie dangerously ill at the house of her brother, Mr. Milton, in the Fulham-road. At her majesty's slate ball, on Monday night, the majority of the senior female nobility appeared in plumes, and the juniors with wreaths of roses and other flowers. In Russia potatoes are little liked by the peasantry, who prefer gourds and cabbages; and at inns the potatoe is rarely served, unless particularly asked for. It is the Queen's intention to give two more halls at Buck ingham Palace, the one on the nineteenth, and the other on the thirteeeth of July. The foundation stones of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr Railway Bridges, were laid with masonic honours at Longford and Maress's Bridge, on Thursday.— Scortidi Guardian. Accounts from all parts of the country speak of the wheat crop as prodigiously improved within the last fortnight; and that it is every where coming into ear most propitiously. CORONATION SA USA GES.—Ata ham and beef shop window, in Little Russel-street, Covt-nt-garden, a paper is exhibited, on which is written " royal coronation sausages to be had within—the largest ever made.. In addition to the other persons disappointed of peerages on the late occasion is the Hon. C. Cavendish, whom the whigs dared not elevate, knowing full well that his seat for East Sussex would immediately devolve upon a conservative. CORONATION A BIWA n.--Tbe Hotel Meurice, at Paris, was brilliantly illuminated on Thursday night in honour of the coronation of the Queen of England. In the centre was a beautiful transparency bearing the arms of her Majesty. All the English vessels in the port of Havre, and the houses of several English residents in the town, displayed the British flag on Friday, in honour of the coronatio n o f Queen Victoria. PoeuLA rry.—lt does not seem that on the day of the coronation any one of her Majesty's ministers received the slightest token of admiration from man, woman, or child. Sweden, according to a recent traveller, may be styled "the land of strawberries. They are offered on the road whilst you travel ; their smell and sight greet you on every table; in fact, they are the only fruit I have noticed in the country." Kentucky is the strong hold of the marvellous. The latest wonder from that aparter'relates to a native who can imitate the cock-crow with so much skill as to cause the sun to rise two hours before his time. MAIDSTONE ELRCTIOPI.—The petition presented on Satur day to the House of Commons, regarding the last Maidstone election; was against the return of Mr. Fector ; and it was ordered to be considered, by ballot•for an electio n committee, on the 17th of July. RAI LWA 1801 the first act of parliament passed for the construction of a public railway. Since that time nearly 2(X) have followed it; and among these enterprises are three, of which alone the estimated cost—and they are expected to• be finished during the present season—amounts to about nine millions sterling!—Quarterly Review. " Was the Baroness Lehzen at the coronation ?" Thii question has been put to us in every possible shape. The baroness was in the abbey, and sat with Lady John Russell, the Hon. C. Murray being their gallant escort.— The Aye. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl Marshal Of Eng land, who stood at the Queen's right hand during the corona tion, was almost the only nobleman in London who did, not illuminate his mansion. His house was distinguished from all others by being in total darkness. Loyalty and propriety united !— The Age. One of the most. costly and splendid bammercloths dis played on Thursday week, at the coronation of her Majesty,'' was that of the Earl of Derby. It was composed of .super fine scarlet broad cloth, with festoons and bows of blue cloth. The ends, tassels, and trimmings, were of real silver. The centre contained the crest and coronet of the noble earl richly embroidered. We are told that Mr. George Ilayter, previously to the coronation, received her Majesty's command to paint a pit ture of the grand and imposing ceremony upon the most important scale, including portraits of the most illustrious personages engaged in the ceremonial. Mr. Hayter, we understand, was in the Lord Chamberlain's box, and took numerous sketches during the. progress of the ceremony.— Morning Herald. 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 teas expected; but the unsettled state of the weather has been very much against, their con version into good hay. Strange to say, hay-making near London, which used to commence with May day, is this year more backward than in any part of the country. THE INDIAN .JUGGLERS' SECRET DISCOVERED.—LieDI Hutton observes, that the snakes which the Indian jugglers handle with impunity are drugged with opium, which renders them quiet and harmless. "1 he effects of the drug will not wear off for a fortnight or three weeks. This fact Lieut. H. ascertained by personal experience; a drugged snake which he had purchased having, had the lapse of three weeks, flown at him unexpectedly and nearly strangled him.—Osiental Herald. A Sunday paper has the following paragraph published as a leading article:—" Lord Brougham was not at the corona tion. His lordship went to Lord Essex to beg a day's ti.hing at Cashiobury, which favour Lord Essex denied."— Query: was the noble lora fearful lest nis noble and learned friend, having of late tidied so extensively in " troubled waters," might disturb the peaceful pools of Cashiobury ? However this may be, Lord Brougham, it must be admitted, possesses few, if any of the qualities attributed by old Izaak Walton to " the brothers of the angle." BRUSSELS, JUNE 25.—A dreadful accident occurred on the 22d in the coal mines in the vicinity of Deraing, by an ex plosion of fire datnp. About fifty unhappy workman are said to have been killed. Ninety•nine workmen had gone down into the mine when the explosion took place; fifty-six have been taken out dead, seven ate more' Or less severely wounded. The loan has been contracterl for at 73M with the deduction, however; of the ,usual,. commission . Their jesties have sent MOO francs for the relatives 'of the workmen who lost their lives in the late accident. . A Sunday paper, in allusion to {lie finenes s'of the weather on Thursday says, "For the weathee„LOrdMilbourne has to thank the conservatives; for .4'the e'iii - onalitm; had beki celebrated on the day first pro'posed for it, it woad have been wretched in the extreme." And the same, journal, in. reference to the very different reception_expefirnced by. the Duke of Wellington and Lord ribbeY, - adds, " Her Majesty must herself 'haie 'seen the wonderful between the reception by her peciple of the Lion of England and the Lamb of Pimlico." • • . One of the few drawbacks upon the pleasures of the (lay on Thursday, was one of those street nuisances, an enormous placard of a Sunday newspaper carried about on men's • shoulders, to the great annoyance and disgust of every body, announcing that one Mister "Publicola" would, in the next number of that "astonishing paper, prove, a la Lord Fitz william, that coronation ceremonies are "useless and blas phemous." The astonishing paper in question is the property of a magistrate of the city of London; but were the public to set. its face against all that is vulgar and mischievous, the circulation of the paper in question would soon be greatly curtailed, we guess.—Moraing Herald. RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASE.—EXTRAMIDINABY FERENcE BETWEEN TDE CLAIM AND AWAND.—A court of compensation was heldat Colchester on Saturday, to deter mine the sum to be paid to Lord Western by the Eastern Counties Railway Company for land required by the com pany, and for injuries done to his lordship's estate by the passage of the railway through it. The total amount of his lordship's claim was 1:13,369; the award of - the jury 1:2519 ! His lordship demanded 110,C00 for the deterioration which his estate would sustain by the railway ; but the jury awarded nothing for this part of Ole claim. Mr. Skjeant Talfourd and Mr. Knox appeared for the claimant ; Sir William Fol lett (who was specially retained with a fee of 3(X) guineas) and Mr. Austin for the company. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—A considerable degree of excitement has been caused amongst the fashionables at the West-end, in consequence of the discovery of an elope ment from the house of a lady of fortune, in York-place, Upper Baker-street, Portman-square. The fair fugitive is the youngest daughter of Mrs. —, and it appears, from the most diligent inquiries made in the neighbourhood, that the lady in piestion, %%Ito is no more than 18 years of age, and possessed of property to a large amount, was observed to quit home by the street door, at an early hour on Monday morning last, and that the footman, a smart young fellow, made his exit by the back door, leading into - the adjoining mews, having previously packed into a hackney-coach, in waiting at the entrance, sundiy hampers, boxes, &c., which he brought from the house; the vehicle then started off, awl in the course of a kw hours Miss missing. Inquiries were immediately instituted, and it was at length ascertained that the knight of the shoulder-knot had been indissolubly united to his " ladve fair" at Shore ditch Church. It is said that the bride will, in a few years, come into. possession of a very large fortune. ' What solemn trifling is it for a House of Commons, sitting from October to the dog-days, and then determining tolniet pone nearly all that they ought to have done! By letters lately received from India, it appeers, that Lord," Elphinstone had been suffering from fever caught in an - cursion up the Neilgherry Hills, but in consequence of the proinpt attention of Dr. Birch, of the company's service, his „. lordship bad quite recovered when the accounts left. , Parliamentary electors in eitiesand boroughs,entitledunder the Reform Act, will losetheir votes for the next year, nnlese... • they pay, on or before the 20th of July instant, all the pear, rates (and window tax, if any) payable front them in respect, of their premises previously to the 6th of April last. Connty,.... voters must send in their claims by the' oth of July instant,. ; Me. CHAR LES KEA M.—A deputation of gentlemen. from Waterford waited. on Saturday on Mr. Charles Kean, ter present apiece of plate which had been voted to him by his friends and admirers in that city. The silver vase contained the following inscription :—" Presented to Charles . Kettit„, Esq., as a token of esteem for his private character and art-, •.• • mirution of his talents, by a few friends inlet native city of Waterford." • CORONATION BLUNDER.—The following laughebleoccut rence happened at a small town in Worcesterehire.. A - Orin ter having been applied to, to print a notice for closing thO shops, &c., for the day of the coronation, by some mistake; .. ',„ purposely or accidentally made, the letter C Wee lint` in place of 5, which made it read as follow! :—" Notice is hereby given that all the - tradespeople haveagreed not to open tlietr'''" 4 " . chops on the coronation day. 'Phis, of course, was an un-' lucky announcement for many when the roast beef antic/eat . .. pudding came in view.— Warwick Advertiser. ROSES.—Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, Herefordshiree,. one of the most extensive growers of, roses.m.England, that it is necessary to remove roses every, three. years crew the spots they have occupied,. in order to prevent.their degas nerating. Ile finds, indeed, froneeanerience, without advert ing to the principle of the d.eterioratien of, the ,;gig, the rose. „. - • tree roots looie the smaller fibre hy . which they feed ; .andthis, • .„ - we have nui donbiJibecatise theseamalliamta are starved by the exhaustion of nutriment in -the S.A . poisoned by exere mentitious contamina, or EDS O%—A report hasbeens-arrent , fousome timeliest - I , f a declaration of independence havinghean.made by Mehemet Ali; the Pasha of.ft:gtids s , ,At creeeni,the,„ only forindatien , for it appears to befirstovhatelf,the world keinwaalresnlv, that the pasha is deitirena-.4,,establitihing; hie independesten,' Of Turkey; and next, that he.has.:rsce\raly imotinded, the cons sults from the differentj';uroce`aafetwers i reAidt•nt ggYltt, as to the degree Whic4flassl..lwete likely.teetspproteavete . remain quiescent-tinder su eT cka prisetling on.bis prams- This is a very differe,4,etepirgoa i depleretion of ,indecertdenee,; and it is obvious,, that'ao..far, , fsem.. , -leedirsirdn such, a revisit, iasnore likely to Pita* impedimenta, initiltt - WOYsof it otherwise. • ) ,r • LANCASTER ,AN D.P kasToN Ti A /1.3 , 41% 4, -,El l llPrlttildlly,l/Itit, the day of the coronation; - the' first StOile'eNteadadtleeittGalz ' "gate, on the Roe of this railway, was laid by Mr. Alfred Jee, .the resident engineer; the.contractors andmanyuthera-being ptesent. A number of Victoria Medals, kin rk prereted b y . some gentlemen of the beighbnittlim aeierdeittistfed tinder; neath the stone. This viaduct, which crosses the river Cons . dor and the road at Galgate, will be one of,the largest, works on the line, and is to cOnsiet; rif six arches; sashshirty • feet span, and between forty arid fifty feet high. It is to be httilt entirely of stone. The other worksat this end of . therlfrii'lie proceeding with great activity ; -and a comitieneement has also been made near Preston.—Luneaster Guardian. 'rim SULTAN'S LETTER or CONGRATuLATIDIC—A 'ab ject which has excited no inconsiderable talk in the court circles is the " letter of felicitation" forwarded by thesUltan to her Majesty on. the Occasion of 'her coronation. It remarkable document in its' formatidsitlialinee}-Let firewies . seated to us es being about thirty-six inches , itT length. and • between three and four inches broad; the penmanship is very careful and elegant, bearing in the margin the signature of the Sultan, with all the titles of the very highitind puissant Seignior, which from time immemorial have appertained to the principal. representatiie• of the Offoman court: The paper is of a very fine manufacture, approaching to vellum in appearance. This letter was put in en, enseloee, geld, . sealed with the armorial bearings Of the Sultan, and the whole enclosed in a crimson glottis sachet art- trag,aorriewhat resembling a lady's small reticule. It is richly: embroidered, in gold, and a tassel and string of peculiar" beauty et , undo facture complete this uni que bill e t dous,"•• -7•,,st•IVA , PROTECTION or LIFE VltosiFlET.,—.AMOlTg•tWitt,erpis‘ tents newly issued is one for communicating alarm in crewel( tire occurring in a building, of very great Sinspliciir and merit. It is founded upon, the principle-of theexpatta4rm'nf 1 0 7 metals by heats, by which the slightest` increase ofteMpera-,, - 7i 10 ;„ tore causes an elongsdion. Thisinieerint of isitittil, so usefully applied tar the .thertnometer, , bstVothavvrialammisii;4 mere philosophical toy, is here brought into te r: Vogel:l great advantage - upian humanity, .ifie'iiiittectr o I aria preservation of property. • The elongation of , nemetartiesber' -s-"te . disengages a spring, by which a b e ll i s rung with anflintent...;,..„,„ noise to alarm the whole of the inmates of ahouse in the ease , of a very slight Increase of temperature,' which:mai tint hes regulated to 70 degrees; so than an alarnewillitegtveneyen , while the flames are yet dormant, and in Sidedent titne to • take steps for extinguishingthein:AninYeoliousbf . is doubly valuable from the fact of the inertneas,ef ell means •, for saving life or prqpe r ty a ft e r th e fl am e s heV e attainerrnanelt height. Coen FOR THE Iliceue.—Last week, during ~,„ which set up a sea sufficient to turn the 'stomachs of the greater part of the landsmen- passenger* on beikrirotie -or '• • the Forth ferry steamers, one-gentleman was seized with a tit of hiccupping, so violent and distresiing that he excited the sympathy of all the - passengers, and . the-iliterif of Many . of them.. A Mr. P-----, from Ctipar, -steerage pea.. , • • senger, observing 'this, undertook to remove the annoying canse,of distress. Makingup, he•loOked the' `sitffefing.lit— tletoan broadly and signihcantly in the face; atithaskedAitif very emphatically whether be was riot the person:whis' he had seen tried for house - -breaking at Glisgoti• 1822 ? A blow on the face, which sent and reetiniseitste tint ,hei Te..s 'deck, was th e u nex p ec t e d conse q uence , more extended „ hostilities threatened to be theresult of the kind intefifFrineof - the interrogator. The. passengers, however,, interfered' and explained, and matters were speedily cleared' ugi. The hiccup had instantly and entirely disippeared,'ind the late „ patient, before leaving the steamer, suitably.„eapreasedble gratitude for the relief that had been administet*d.' 31y, P. ' • is, we believe, inure thann - ever convinced of thaPhifenteffi-' , racy of his medicine, but sees that caution tom= served during the first symptoms of the convalestOiee • inanis. . „. tested by the patient.—Glasgow Herald. , THE POTATO CROP.---Partial. failures in theli6tato - criri - Fr' -- have begun again to exhibit themselves, but nOt . to the etc- , tent experienced two year s ago . Th e cause still Appears a . . mystery; but it improbable that more eases Mai be',ettribated - • to the two highly,- pulverized and desiccated atate'rif i theaeils than to any defects of vegetative powers in the;Clent i tself; . and farmers 'should he as loath to cover peteloe'lieta with hot sun-dried earth, as they formerly wereVilurnitseiresar's and snow under the furrows. The dry earth patitrallv ; ing the . juices out of the sets, instead et atforiliitg p ert succour ,• and the reason why whole potatoreetrecen -bilitutritersosal.ss, than (il ones is the protection from dratight„efforded skiti, until moisture is supplied by rain nr Farmers, have been in the habit of delaying'-the putting huffs' l'stiia'' their potato's crop, that the ground may be well cleansed 5tf6„,,,,,„„, weeds; but while they have looked forward to the succeding crop,, that of the „present year may have licsessidetietiovaterf. , . NVlien we - hear of a failure in one field while theaame:seedi t „d e s a, •has flourished - an adjoining one; a'differenee'bi diftereet parts of the same field planted indifferent dayti,lar pven different parts of the same day, we,sheuld ingeire i into the ; r .,.. different states of the soil at those tim es , or how Many `ours the opened farrow had been exposed to thotryiileinnitoie4 - of the ntinosphere before it was c l ose d . in .tirson..theiseellse, When"on the '2sth of May last, the soil Of the hedge:few, lit' Uuderskiddaw, was observed in a very dry Merl' lihntti Vibe' ' l ' " , - I. *'l'- planted with potatoes preparatory to plant ipgvff rnsicks,,itt- , ,,55-. .#1 • the sprieg, it nits, agreeable to the foregoing observations, predicted that the potatoes would tint succeed; andlirtise - • ."" appearances seem to countermine the pretlietien,--4'atrief. 4 , s ', . .., FRENCH REPUBLICAN YIEW OF THE CoIIONaTtO,N,--7,,The National declares itself sei ze d w ith s t u p or i t the deta ils Of Queen Victoria's coronation, which, from its ostentation, and. '•" enormous and sterile prodigality, appears to this , journal •ttt,f. • . in have resembled a ceremoni a l t o commeoret e . the aeeession* of the Great Mogul, or the deification ,of -anthuliatediViriity, rather than the official installation of the 'head,of a Jessie- . tentative monarchy. The dense population of <tendon crowding to ,witness -the: pastiage laif•the . - royal iatice,ye,litet pressed between en interminable fi le.of gilded..caerieges„, whose splendours insulted their a bject misery, and, the hri gades of police driving back Atlve'thrortg, , are' terhiltai'tel'hy'Th the National to the idtotie natives e(Hinclostan,„,ettnientliust for the honour 'of beink ciatihed 'to death under the wheels of their idol Juggernaut's car. lir.thire",ekchtifriCt-h# Nte- , tional—"is t his 'I. he Ihitisk eationosr pristollif s ite ititelliglences,ie,,,,. • and its liberty-tro - hatighty - in' its relations with. foretell „ powers ! opulence of-the threerkitigrlods artsfof ',- embassies of Europe,.concent rated ,betweena double the British populace, kneeling with servility before its mas ters! The most impethotis derit'deiatis jOinfreg nalia of monarchical idolatry! ;,,cr„Cetteelt courtolress, - "greeted by the ironical grimaces of his colleagues in the . House of Commons. and offeoarthe'llial it his grit= tesque disguise! Not one wordeef, proteatetion—not one, • . word of blame—from the organs of public npinion; nay, so far from such manifestations, the appenran'ct'olithe of th64' ' organs (the Sun), printed in letters of gold, bequeath, to • posterity a shining testimony of its transports of l o y a lty! What can be thought of the reasoning' faculties of a people for whom such vulgar absurdities' are subjects of national • pride and exaltation." • THE MURDER AT LAMBETH.—It will be recollected that a pair of lavender-coloured men's kid gloves, Marked on th e inside . " S. K. 1t.," in capital letters, were producc.d.at Union . Hall on the examination of HubbartL and whiChgloves were . alleged to have been found in Eliza UrietworWeltitlrootn 6'll' the meriting of the discovery of the murder, , The Klover,in - question were semirigid to have been left behind ,by the stranger who accompanied the deceased lOmi front' the' - Strand Theatre; and-within the last . few (ue Inspector , . .Field, by dint' of inquiry, has ascertained that the - Mentical,.. glovei were sent by a inover livingitflrielrest end 'of the' town to be cleaned at the shop of a person who is in the habit , of cleaning gloves for s the manufacturers, and Oft this sae- - curred a short time preVirmsly to the`26th - tit'llfay, *hen th e murder was committed. .Upon inquirseisf.theintrunfacturer, ,, ; he informed the inspector that he had received the gloves. marked " S. K. R." from a isenaernini to clean, - and 'tipon the inspector calling upon-this latter person, ise; Th isniseausealw. , ..• ' os gloves belonged to him, and in accounting for his havlng,- 1 or mislaid them, young sa i t ngw i o d m tlat a i nl l: . e ho lia w p a i s re a n c e q ult ua ri in lr e : i .e i :a i 'e o cirtn Ei i i i t t: ai Gr e i ( m t i hm v o oot e l, a a nd oil leaving her left his glevesbehind him hy : mistake. He then said that the imly way he could account for their having been found in Griniwnod's .room,en• the • morning of the discovery of the murder was, :thet.liklemale • companion, hieing acquainted with her, must hei7e left them . there. The individual nientioned,.whose name-it would. not ' • be proper as yet to lay before the public, is in an extstieie e.„ , , way of business, and declares that he was never in Grim wood's house in his life, neither was he at all acquainted , with her. It is proper here to mention that in person he does ~ not at all resemble the description of the man spoken of by the witnesses at the inquest, as baring accompanied . Grim- wood home from the Strand Theatre.. It is the intention. of the magistrates to investigate the circumstance minutety. DREADrut. IMUrtor.R.—On Monday evening last •ti4 vii lage of Charlhury, Oxfordshire, was thrown into, a ;slate: : ott • , = excitement and alarm by a report that James Trottner, s . y o ung man living at Charlbury, h a d b een s h o t by R o b er t Chapman, Lord Dillon's gamekeeper, and was then is in g ry s at a place called Harbridge Bottom. A nomber,of Centime „„7 , • repaired to the spot, where the poor fellew Was , foUnd - fo quite dead, the shot having passed through-Iris arm , •anti his side. At a short distance Chapman was, standing with the gun in his hands, and was taken into c'ustod'y and ' ' to Charlbury. On the following- morning an inquest:. was held on the body by Mr. James Westell, coroner, ,and investigation cont iuued I hrouultotit the day, and ended in • the committal of Chapman to Oxford gaol lite wilful murder.' , • It appeared from the examination of the. different .witnesses that the deceased haul called on one of them (Richard Clay don) in the morning, and asked hen to accompany: him in.-, • !tic evening rabbit shooting; accordingly he, with, a young .!. tnan named Widow', accompanied the deceased to the spot ' • where the dreadful occurrence happened. „',l'he deceased.- ~ with his twn companions, were standing in the road about 8 o'clock, waiting fur some rabbits coming out of the wood, when Chapman, the keeper, came up to them ,with a double barrelled gun in his hands, and asked them what they did there, .slaving told hint, he used most abusive language, and said if lie saw hint (meaning the deceased) shoot a raft- • bit, be would blow his brains out—a threat he repeated more . than once. His gun (a percussion one) at . this period had no caps on. The altercation was renewed,-arld whilst stands ing; together in the road, Chapman retired a•few paces, raised • his gun, and fired. Th., sta g g ; ered-a few paces and - . fell, and must have died instantly; the ..o:intents, passing - • through and lacerating his heart. 11,e..btts.a .wife, and, we.. believe, aiarge family—Bucks Gazeite.