The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-30 00:00:00

\ x 1 .7* -Nt '‘. \ll . N*4.4. ", , 13i . '3 %." fC%.\ ... ~ ~ 3~ -~ A Mant'. e. ts' 3 - - WANTED, a MAID SERVANT, to take care of a Child and attend upon the Lady. Slief must be well recommended, for strict sobriety, honesty, Old good moral character. 4 Apply at the Standard-office. All letters to b74-paid. TO IMPORTERS OF OIL AND TAULOW. Mane WANTED, by a Person residing in Mane ster, and in timately acquainted with the principa consumers, a COMMISSION for the Sale of OIL an TALLOW.— Most respectable references can be given, nd communica tions on the subject addressed to Mr. RICHARD HARRIS, Accountant, No. 57, Spring Gardens, Manchester, will re ceive prompt attention. HALEWOOD BAZAAR. PATRONESSES. Her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER. The Right Hon. the Countess of SEF ON. The Right Hon. Lady STANLEY. The Right Hon. Lady FRANCES S DON. The Hon. Mrs. CHARLES STANLE . The Hon. Mrs. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM. ABAZAAR, in aid of Funds for building School s and a Parsonage House, in connection with the New Church in Halewood, and for paying off some outstandinE claims, will be held in the suite of Rooms at WOOLTON HALL, on WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY next, the Ist, 2nd; and 3rd of July, between the hours of Eleven and Five. Admission on the two first days, Half-a-Crown ; on the third, One Shilling.—Entrance only at the Lodge-gate. The Grounds will be open to the visitors, and ample Re freshments may be had in the Drawing-room. Omnibuses and Coaches will leave Clayton-square at Ten, Twelve, and Two o'clock.—Fare, One Shilling each way. FOR BEAUTIFYING & PRESERVING E HAIR. i iii THE genuine BOTANIC OIL has been u ' uniformly proved in every experiment to restore decayi and decayed Hair, and in no one instance has it been kno nto fail. The Proprietor is aware that an active persev ance in riving a regular supply of the Genuine Botanic it to his ° Agents throughout the Kingdom is essentially necessary, in order that it may maintain the high reputation it has acquired. The Proprietor begs also to observe, that the spurious imitations are a compound of noxious ingredients, productive of dandruff, a general dryness of the scalp, depriving the bulbs or roots of the hair of their proper nourishment, by skin is produced, hence arise baldness alio a ktinbtlat Qt.:_the of the hair. The Genuine Botanic Oil is sold in pot boxes, at 25., 3s. 6d., and 55., and in bottles, perfumed with roses for the toilet, 10s. each. Be particular to ask for Middlewood's Botanic Oil. To Dealers in Perfumery, &c. &c., J. M. is now prepared to supply the Genuine Botanic Oil, Wholesale, to any extent, on liberal terms. It has attained a high pre-eminence over every advertised Hair Oil, and Vendors will find it a profit able article—they may also warrant it to their customers. It possesses every property it is so highly recommended for, and which has distinguished it from other Hair Oils. Parker-street, June, 1840. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-MONDAY. Charles Morris, an old offender, was placed at the bar on a charge of having picked the pocket of Mr. Thomas Goodi son, of a silk handkerchief on Saturday night. The prosecutor stated that he was a clerk in the service of Messrs. Golborne, Dobbs and Co., and that he resided at No. 2, Moon-street. About ten o'clock on Saturday night, he was in St. John's-lane, when he was told that his pocket had been picked by one of a gang of four lads. He imme diately missed his handkerchief, and having informed police constable No. 173, of the robbery, they proceeded in search of the thieves. The prisoner was taken soon afterwards, and on being searched the handkerchief was found upon him. The value of it was about four shillings. . . Jobn Kirkham, police-officer 173, confirmed the testimony of the prosecutor. The prisoner on being asked what he had to say, replied that he had never been guilty of a felony before, and • hat he was not guilty of this. Mr. Rushton inquired how many times he had been before the court. Mr. Parkinson, the main Bridewell-keeper, stated that he had been ten times committed, on various charges, and that he had been liberated on two other occasions. Mr. Rushton committed the prisoner for trial at the next sessions. DETECTION OF AN IMPOSTOR. Henry Jones, a somewhat respectably dressed man, was charged with having imposed upon the public by soliciting aid on the ground that he was a ropemaker, from Ormskirk, whose establishment had been burned down some weeks ago, by which calamity himself and family had been reduced to a state of destitution. Mr. Askew, the harbour-master, stated that in the fore noon of Saturday, the prisoner called at his office and soli cited relief. He presented a document of which the follow ing is a copy : " This is to certify that the bearer, Henry Jofies, rope maker, has lived in this place for the last six years; that upon the night of the 17th day of June instant he was alarmed by the cry of fire, which had originated by some evil disposed person or persons setting tire to his outbuild ings, and it had gained so much progress that they could not stop the devouring flames till the whole of the property was entirely consumed. The said Henry Jones states, that by the above melancholy event he has sustained a loss of property to the amount of £6OO sterling, which will prove his utter ruin unless he is aided and assisted by a generous public, he barging a wife and two children entirely dependant upon him for-:support. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that the. aforesaid statement is authentic, and we confidently re commend him to the notice of the charitable and humane, both in this and in his own neighbourhood, and humbly trust ing, that by making his case known, there will be funds raised to commiserate his digressing situation. Given under our hands at a. Helens, in the county of Lancaster, this 22d day of June, 1840. Rev. James Furnival, George Hall, Wm. Smith, Churchwardens. Collected by us, £22 10s. 6d. SUBSCRIPTIONS.—Derby, £5; Mrs. Dyson, £1; Peter Greenall, .13; William Pilkington and Brother, £3 : Mrs. Speakman, .12; Mrs. West, £1; W. P. Cottam, £2 ; Mrs. Taylor, £2; J. Ashton, £1 ; Mrs. Dugdale, £1 ; Henry Holmes, £1; Wm. Barry, lOs ; Thos. Bolton, 10s; B. B. and Co., £1 ; H. M. EL, Ll." Mr. Askew stated that he desired the prisoner to call again in the afternoon, but he did uot. However, this morning, about seven o'clock, as he was at breakfast, the prisoner called at his house and stnt in his name, Henry Jones. Ho was told to walk to the office, where he (Mr. Askew) would meet him in few minutes and give him something. In the mean time, onlooking in the Albion, he found the description of an impostor who had been heard of by the police, and he was convinced this was the man. On arriving at the office, therefore, he gave him into custody. Police Officer No. 50 stated that he received the prisoner, and that on leaving Mr. Askew's office he made a violent but unsuccessful attempt to escape. Mr. Rushton called on the prisoner for his defence. The prisoner said he was in a public-house on Friday night, having a .bottle of ginger -beer, when a man told him he would put him up to a plan of getting plenty of money if he would give him half of what he got. Mr. Rushton.—Who is the man ? The prisoner replied that he did not know. He was igno rant of the consequences. He knew the paper was not true, and he was very sorry it had happened. Mr. Rushton told him some of the signatures were forged, and some were genuine, and that a considerable sum appeared to have been obtained. Lord Derby's signature was a for gery; Mr. Henry Holmes's and Mr. Thomas Bolton's were genuine. There was a regular manufactory of these sort of documents, for the purpose of defrauding the humane, and it was necessary an example should be made. By a certain act of parliament, every person found going about collecting alms, under false pretences, was to be deemed a rogue and a vagabond, and to be liable to three months' imprisonment. That punishment he should now award the prisoner. STEALING IRON. John Ryan was charged with having stolen about 2 cwt. of iron, the property of Messrs. William and John Lockett, of King-street. Mr. J. P. Robinson, the prosecutor's clerk, stated that the iron in question was deposited in a gateway under the office. About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a person asked him if he had given any orders for the iron to be removed out of the gateway ? He replied no ; and then he was told that the prisoner had taken it. He immediately went out, and overtook the prisoner in Benn's Gardens, with the iron upon his shoulder. Witness kept near to him until he met police officer No. 461, who apprehended him. The prisoner then said he had taken the iron because he had nothing to eat. He was committed for trial EXTRAORDINARY Fisti.—Daniel M`Menaman, of Lifford, caught a sturgeon at the Green Brae fishery, at Lifford, on Saturday week, which was fully ten feet long, and five feet in circumference, and weighed 3cwt. and 15lb. Twelve months ago there was a fish of the same kind caught in the same place, but it was scarcely so large.—lse fast Vindicator. The Duke of Northumberland has recently introduced into the conservatory at his grace's seat, Sion House, on the Thames, a large collection of plants, shrubs, and fruit trees, from the Philippine Islands. A considerable number of birds and other objects of natural history have alsh been received by the noble duke. from the same interesting quarter of the world.—Newcasfle Journal. The immaculate member for Gateshead, Mr. Cuthbert Rippon, has scarcely shown his face in p arliament durin g the whole' of the present session. He was, however, hunted out of his retreat yesterday week by th e treasury whipper-in, and brought to the " scratch " as one of the forlorn , hope, on Lord Stanley's Irish registration bill — for what consideration does. not appear.—lbid. COUNTERFEITS.—" No law (says the old adage) was ever made, but there was immediately made a way to evade it ;" and it may be added. that no article of merit or of value was ever yet produced but it was immediately counterfeited, and the base imitation palmed on the public as real. The spirited proprietors of one of the most indispensable articles of the toilet, have suffered so much, and so long, from this species of fraud, that they have called in the aid of some of our most eminent engravers on steel, who, as our readers will perceive by our advertising columns, have produced a Label so perfect, yet so minute, that ROWLAND's MACASSAR OIL is repeated nearly 1500 times, comprising nearly 30,000 let ters, in such a style of perfection as to set all counterfeits at defiance.—See advt. PURSE PRIDE.—It is to be lamented that the national character is pride, and the meanest of all pride, purse pride. Even a poor lord is despised, and to increase his fortune a necessitous peer will condescend tO marry into a rich citizen's family. An overweening affection for money, and idolatrous worship of gain, have absolutely confounded the general in tellect, and warped the judgment of many to that excess, that, in estimating men or things, they refer always to " What is he Worth ?" or " What will it fetch ?" Were we to point out a person as he passed, and say, " There goes a good man, one who has not a vice, he would scarcely be noticed ; but exclaim, "That man is worth £500,000," and he will be stared at till out of sight. ADVANTAGES OF COMMERCE.—As the same country is rendered richer by the trade of one province with another; as its labour becomes thus infinitely more divided, and more • productive than it could otherwise have been ; and as the mutual interchange of all those commodities which one pro vince has and another wants, multiplies the comforts and accommodation of the whole, and the country becomes thus, in a wonderful degree, more opulent and more happy ; so the same beautiful train of consequences is observable in the world at large, that vast empire, of which the different king doms may be regarded as the provinces.. In this magnificent empire, one province is favourable to the production of one species of produce, and another province to another. By their mutual intercourse, mankind are enabled to distribute their labour as best fits the genius of each particular country and Commerce Defewded. SNAKE STIOT.—A huge black snake was recently killed in this state, upwards of thirty feet long. On opening him he was found to contain two squirrels, five birds, and two young negroes.—Miss. paper. [This is nothing to one that was killed in this vicinity, measuring upwards of forty rods. Our sn ake, on being opened, contained a family Bible, the un expired lease of a three-story brick-house in Royal-street, three boxes of Peters' pills, with directions, an unfinished mile of the Nashville railroad, three stray horses. Ciffi's trombone, three packages of tickets in the grand lottery, a Dutch music grinder with his barrel organ, a plan of the city of Uncle Sam, lost since 1837, and apair of old neg-bottomed boots, which the owner is respectfully requested to prove and take away.]—Tit for Tat. "'N Jos _) N N \ \,t) \N finperiai tartiament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Earl of CHARLEVILLE called attention to the cir cumstance of the high sheriff of the county of Galway (Lord Ashton) having succeeded to a peerage since his ap pointment. If the noble lord was not properly the high sheriff of Galway, there u-as yet time before the circuits to obviate the inconvenience which must result from an invalidated appointment. The Marqu►s of NORMANDY observed, that the circum stance was novel, if not unparalleled, and he would not hazard an opinion upon it. ' Viscount DUNCANNON moved the second reading of the colonial passengers bill, and briefly explained its objects. Lord BROUGHAM congratulated the house upon the re jection in another place of clauses in the bill which related to the transfer of Hill Coolies to the Mauritius. Lord ASHBURTON said, that, unless something was done to provide labour in our sugar colonies, they would to all useful purposes be utterly lost to us. People would endure a high price for a commodity like sugar, to a certain extent, when it was forced upon them on grounds of humanity ; but when they were forced too far, they must resist the imposi tion, and the necessary consequence would be, that they would resort to the slave-cultivated colonies for a supply of sugar. He hoped that some means would be resorted to for supplying our sugar-growing colonies with free labour. The labourers in these colonies were better off than any labouring population in the world, eighteen-pence a day providing them amply with every necessary and comfort. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought, if the discriminating duties between East and West India produce were abolished, it would soon be found that we should have no occasion to resort to slave-grown sugar for our supply. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the admiralty court judge's salary bill. Lord BROUGHAM thought the salary of the judge (X 4,000) less than it ought to be ; but he objected to the judge having the patronage of so many offices. The bill was read a second time. CHURCH DISCIPLINE. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the church discipline bill, and stated the nature of its provisions. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY stated that he generally concurred in the provisions of the bill. The Bishop of EXETER supported the bill, because it ap peared to him to be opposed to the principles of the bill of last year. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that, until there existed some sons as would be judged suirreVinfaltiphiktry_for such rea applying for admission, it would be in vain for them to talk of church extension; it would be in vain for them to think of adding to the number of churches ; it would be in vain for them to discuss an increase to the emoluments of the clergy ; they would not have that zealous, that laborious, that qua lified clergy, which alone; in his opinion; could be sufficient to protect the church from all the danger of which they com plained, and by which they bad been embarrassed. The protestant episcopal (Scotland) bill, and the payment of wages bill went through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TnurtsnAY. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD gave notice that on the 7th of July he should move certain resolutions to abolish those taxes which pressed heaviest on the industry of the country. Lord J. Russum. postponed the commitment of the clergy reserves (Canada) bill till Monday next, an alteration. of much importance having been made in the bill, the whole substance and bearing of which he was not prepared to state at present. NEW POOE-LAW. In answer to a question from Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, whether it was intended to proceed beyond the present session with the poor-law amendment act, Lord J. RUSSELL said, he had before stated, that if he found it was not probable that there would be time to dis cuss a bill of so much importance as the poor-law amend ment bill, he would merely propose a bill to continue the poor law commission for a certain period. As there was not time for the discussion of so important a measure, he would propose to bring in a bill for the continuance of the poor law commission till the end of the next year. In answer to a question from Mr. Go utstrnN, • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the esti mates for the war with China would be included in the navy estimates. SUGAR DUTIES. The house having gone into committee on the sugar duties bill, Mr. EIVART moved, as an amendment to the first clause, the reduction of the duties on sugar and coffee. He said the situation of the poor and labouring classes ought to be the first consideration with the members of that house. The foreign artisan paid 44d a pound for his sugar, while the English workman for the same article paid twice that sum. So scarce had sugar become in the households of the poor, that most of them were driven to the use of treacle. The grocers, who were in the habit of selling to the poorer classes, had begun to cease to sell. In 1832 the import of sugar was, in round numbers, 220,000 tons, while, at the close of last year, after an interval of seven years, with all the increase of the population, the import had fallen to 193,000 tons. That decrease was not temporary, but had been gradual and steady. The returns laid upon the table of that house showed that the import of West India sugar had decreased 40,000 tons on an average of ten years from 1830 to 1839. In the present year the diminution appeared to be in a larger proportion. He believed that he was justified in saying, that already the import into London was less than at this time last year by the extraordinary amount of 12,000 tons. It might be supposed that they had a stock in hand to meet the deficiences. So far from that, the amount was extremely low. The weekly delivery of West India sugar in May last amounted to about 1540 tons. Now what had they to meet that? The stock at that time amounted to no more than 3870 tons— a stock only sufficient for a few weeks. Extending their view from the West Indian to the entire weekly delivery of West India, Mauritius, and Bengal sugars, it amounted to 2180 tons ; and to meet that, the stock was only 8300 tons, so that all the sugar available would only last them a single month. The price of British sugar in bond was 22s per cwt. and it therefore appeared that the British paid 123 per cent. more for colonial sugar than might be paid for foreign sugar. He concluded by moving, that the duties on foreign sugar be reduced from G3s to 34s per cwt. _ _ Mr. THORNELY seconded the motion, and observed, that in the case of the trsift laws, they had at least the advantage of the sliding scale; whilst, however inadequate the supply of sugar from the colonies might be, the same advantage was not extended to that produce. Mr. LABOUCHERE was not at all disposed to deny, that there was at present existing a state of things with regard to the sugar trade, which could not be looked to without appre hension. Our colonies, till lately, not only supplied the mar kets of this country, but produced a large surplus for expor tation; but therhad fallen off to such a degree, as to render them incapable of of supplyiug the wants of the British mer chant. The consequence was, that the distress in the sugar trade was great, and the injury inflicted on the consumer very considerable. The right hon. gentleman proceeded to show that the question was not merely of a financial nature, for in that case there would be no difficulty. He instanced the treaties with Brazil, and various sugar-producing states of South America; and with respect to free labour compet ing with slave labour, he said ultimately that might be the case. He (Mr. Labouchere) hoped it might; but consider. ing that they were now legislating only for a single year, he thought no man could say that the effect of his honourable friend's resolution, if carried, would be to let in any great quantity of foreign sugar from those distant countries where the labour was free. No one, he thought, could entertain a doubt, that within the limited period to which this measure would extend, the great mass of the foreign sugar imported into this country would be from the Brazils—a country which was comparatively near to us, and with which we carried on a large and valuable trade. In the Brazils, no sugar was produced except by slave labour. He confessed that it would be a very painful duty to oppose this motion ; but the ques tion he had to ask himself was this,—whether he would this year consent to give such a stimulus to slave labour in the Brazils, and other countries where slaves were employed, as would be produced by throwing open the market of this country to the reception of their sugar. He owned he was not able to make up his mind that that was a course that he ought to recommend to the house. The right honourable gentleman proceeded to analyse the accounts respecting the supplies of sugar. The diminution was confined to the West Indies, for the quantity imported from the East Indies and the Mauritius had considerably increased. Mr. HUME and Mr. HAwEs supported the motion. Dr. LUSHINGTON saw no reason to fear for the future in crease of the sugar crops. He would show, that the reduc tion had arisen from different causes, wherever sugar was grown,—causes beyond the power of man to control. That difference was 961,128 cwt. ; but it had arisen from no defi ciency of labour. To use the words of Governor Light, " Under the most coercive system of labour, that difference must have existed." He proceeded to show, that the fall ing-off in the sugar last year was owing to accidental causes. He concluded with declaring that he was himself in favour of the principle of reduction of duties, but never at the sa crifice of another principle' dearer to the hearts of men than any that could be conceived.—(Cheers.) He remembered, when the slave trade was proposed to be given up, and when it was urged by the opponents of that measure that the trade was a nursery for British seamen, and that it produced mil lions of pounds of capital to this country, and tended to aug ment its national resources, the father of the noble lord op posite used this expression—" I dare not weigh gold against blood." (Cheers.) Such was the expression used by the Earl of Harrowby on that occesion.—(Cheers.) He en treated the Government to persevere in their present line of conduct until a departure from it should become absolutely necessary. And certain he was, from his long experience of their feelings on this point, if a fair appeal were made to the people of this country, that the great majority of them would nease A whichan sure was to deprecate nothing o n e ar th so muc h as th e a d opt i on o f a u certain aggravate t o tendthe m to the e t ye of perpetuation .— f slavery,(CTers,) Mr. A. CHAPMAN did not believe, that any measure which involved the breach of treaties and the perpetuation of slavery could be advantageous to the shipping interest. Mr. O'CONNELL n ever ve vote a vote with a greater convic tion of its propriety th an themhe should give against the motion of the hon. member for Wigan. The people of Eng land had already made thei r choice. itelie meetingwould warrant that there was no man who would call a public peti tion upon this subject. (Cheers.) It was the to e r d gover nment, day and night, to make the expieirn u etivit of the com plete ; and' the planters on their side ought to aid th e govern ment. Mr. C. P. VILLIERS supported the motio n , and Mr. w. G LADSTON E opposed it. Mr. EWART replied ; and, on a division, the motion was lost by 122 to 27. COUNTY CONSTABULARY BILL. The house afterwards went into committee on this bill; several clauses were agreed to, and a number of new clauses were added to the bill, on the motion of Mr. Fox MAULE, on the understanding that they were to be considered on bringing up the report. The house then resumed, and the report was received ; and the bill was ordered to be reprinted, and to be reconsi dered on Thursday next. - RAILWAYS DILL. On the motion of Lord SEYMOUR, the house resolved it self into committee on this bill. Some new clauses were added.—To be reported on Monday. FRIVOLOUS SUITS BILL. This bill was read a third time and ^ passed. In answer to a question from Mr. DARBY, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that this bill was intended to apply to actions for slander. On the report of the Glass Duties Bill, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it would come into operation on the 15th instead of the Ist August. The remaining business being disposed of, the house ad journed. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FILIDAY. The election of Lord Lucan as an Irish representative peer in the room of the late Lord Enniskillen was officially announced. The Marquis of WEsTmEATIf i in reference to a conversa tion which had taken place on the preceding evening, gave notice that he should move for a return of the parties to whom the sum of £5O paid by a parish priest, named O'Reilly, had been given to precure the compromise of a prosecution. He thought that the conduct of government in the transaction had been such as to render them guilty of an indictable offence. The Duke of RICHMOND, in moving the second reading of the settled estates drainage bill, observed that its operation would be extremely beneficial, by enabling persons to borrow money on their estates for the purposes of draining, and which would be payable at distant periods. After a few ~:` *1 words from several of their lordship's, the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 6th of July Several other bills were advanced a stage, and the house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The Clerkenwell imprisonment bill was read a third me and passed. The report of the Weaver churches bill was after a division brought up, but the debate was adjourned till Monday. IRISH REGISTRATION HILL.-ANOTHER DEFEAT OF MINISTERS. . Next came Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Bill, when on the motion that the Speaker should leave the chair in or der to the e ommittal, Mr. SLAM:Y. in a mediatorial tone, urged the propriety of first defining the franchise, and pressed on members on both sides the expediency of reconciling their differences and making mutual concessions for the benefit of Ireland, whose people being miserable at home, were now crowding into the great towns of this cuuntry and lowering the wages of labour there. Mr. O'CONNELL said, that after Mr. Slaney's observa tions, which he hoped would be attended to by the house, he would not persist in an intention which he had entertained of opposing himself to the arrangement made between Lord J. Russell and Lord Stanley. Certainly, it was not reason able to discuss the mode of registration till there had been some definition of the thing to be registered. There was now pending a bill for defining it ; why not proceed with that, and let this bill stand over till next session? The Irish con stituencies were not of the overbearing magnitude which they would have exhibited if there had been the alleged amount of fictitious votes ; so that really the subject did not press. However, he would reserve till some further debate his op portunity of moving an instruction for the definition of the franchise. The house then went into committee. On the third clause, requiring, except in certain cases, twelve months' possession prior to registration, some conservation arose as to the prin cipal of annual as compared with quarterly registration, and Lord STANLEY said he considered annual registration to be so essential a principal of his bill, that if a quarterly or any other period were submitted, he should conduct the measure no further. Mr. 0 CONNEI.L argued against the length of possession which this bill required previous to registration Lord STAN LEY maintained that the effect of this bill was to diminish rather than increase the length of possession required by the existing law, and to give to the Irish voter an advantage in comparison with the English. ',l;6lFmil.L . sonteaded, that a man entering in mencement of tenancy, would by this bill be prevented voting till the October twelvemonth. That the English claimant might be under still greater hardship, was no conso lation to the Irish. _ _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL denied the law in England to be as Lord Stanley supposed it. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN and Mr. 11. RATTAN concurred with Mr. O'Connell. Lord STANLEY admitted that a registration which is only annual, as in England, must needs delay many voters longer than a registration which is quarterly ; upon which admis- sion, Lord JOHN RUSSELL took occasion to complain that Lord Stanley was imposing on Ireland all the hardships of the English system, without proposing to confer upon her any of its benefits. Sir Edward Sudden defended Lord Stanley's proposal, and Mr. C. WOOD said a few words, of which the tendency was ambiguous. Mr. Straw reminded the opponents of this measure, that in all the former bills the proposed registration had been an nual and not quarterly. Sir G. GREY proposed a transposition of certain words for greater clearness, and the substitution of six months for twelve. Lord Stanley explained his reasons for the form of words as it stood ; and Mr. O'Connell complained of its complication. Mr. Lynch supported Mr. .O'Connell, and Lord Stanley again explained his own view, expressing his willingness, however, to adopt Sir G. Grey's inversion; as to which Lord Howick and Lord J. Russell also agreed. Mr. SHELL put one case, which Sir R. Peel disposed of ; and Lord Morpeth suggested a second, to which Sir Robert's answer would not apply, but which was met with a separate answer by Lord Stanley. Mr. Shaw and the Attorney-Ge neral exchanged a few words, and upon Mr. C. Buller ob serving that all parties had agreed, six speeches ago, to sub stitute six months for twelve, that substitution was made from the chair. Ministers appearing to waver about the course they should take for raising the critical question between annual and quarterly registration, Lord STANLEY said he now acquitted them of what he had at first thought an unfairness on their part, in not giving him notice of any of their amendments, as he by this time perceived that they did not know their own intentions, and seemed, indeed, to have no object but to mangle the bill: • Lord MORPETH said this was a happy specimen of the calm temper in which Lord Stanley proposed to argue the bill. For his own part, he would not condescend to retaliate. This declaration of mercy towards Lord Stanley produced a hearty laugh from the house and another mediatorial speech from Mr. Slaney, who exhorted all parties to behave deco rously. On the words fixing the 20th of July im each year as the period to which possession should•he referable, Mr. SLANEY said his own leaning was towards annual re gistration ; but he thought the claimant should not have been placed in a worse situation by the single than by the quad ruple registry ; whereas, under this bill, the judge might strike him off or saddle him with costs. These, and other new difficulties, were thus imposed on the claimant, The bill should have defined the franchise and got rid of the present ambiguity. Mr. INGIIAM could see no connexion between the ques tion of annual registration and the question of alleged ob structions to claimants. If such obstructions existed, re move them ; but let not the choice between annual and quar terly revision depend on this consideration. Mr. WARBURTON said, that in England it would be incon venient to register quarterly, because there was no tribunal sitting quarterly to receive the claims ; but in Ireland there was the assistant-barrister at each quarter session. Lord Howlex thought it extremely desirable that voters should have the earliest opportunity of registration. But the principle having been established by the amendment on the first clause, that votes once registered were not to be lightly struck off, it was clearly fit that confusion and uncer tainty should be avoided in the original registration of them, and these evils he did not think it easy to obviate, if quar terly repetitions of each claim were to be permitted. The original inquiry, as it would be final, ought to be full and sa tisfactory; and this it could not be without the publication of lists and other formalities, which it would be impractica ble to repeat every quarter. Mr. PIGOT said, that the admitted abuses might be reme died by annual revision; but revision, of which the object was to remove bad votes, differed wholly from registration, of which the object was to record good ones. The latter process might safely be a quarterly one. The Irish had been long accustomed to a quarterly registration. It took place at the sessions, which were attended by a staff of professional men, present there for the transaction of the civil business of the country, and not brought expressly and at great ex pense for the registration. If a claimant failed on a point of form, he could thus repeat his application at a distance of only three months : all legitimate objects were fully attained by leaving these facilities untouched, and simply superadding a tribunal of revision. Mr. Serjeant JACKSON exposed the frauds let in by the quarterly system. It enabled a dishonest claimant to elude and weary out those who were on the watch against his ad mission. He must deny that the law of the franchise was now ambiguous. The judges had decided that law, and those assistant-barristers who departed from that decision departed from their duty. Mr. O'Cosreem, denied the-validity of the decision of the judges. No appeal to them was given by law on the subject of the franchise ; and their decision had even been pronounced without the hearing of counsel. After addressing himself to some of the details of Sergeant Jackson's speech, he argued in answer to Lord Howick, that frequent registry was, by the reform act and other earlier laws, a constitutional right of the Irish people. Quarterly registrations, at the sessions, were a great advantage to them. Their business of other kinds was done at the sessions ; and there the claimant could have his confidential attorney, whom he must consult on the landed title constituting his franchise. An annual registra tion would occupy 20, 30,40 days. The choice of four quer.; ters gave the tenant this advantage, that he could register at that session when he might happen to be free from debt to his landlord, and consequently from his landlord's controul. Something had been said about the danger of extending agi tation through the year ; but perhaps there might be greater danger in concentrating agitation into one short period, Mr. Sergeant JACKSON contradicted Mr. O'Connell's statement that the judges had decided the franchise without hearing counsel, and specified the very barristers who had argued the points. Mr. O'Connell replied that some of the cases had been decided without argument. Mr. SHELL said, that as two of the judges differed from the rest, the decisions on the franchise would be one way this circuit, and another way on that. The same man who would be rejected in 1841 would try again and be admitted in 1842. He regarded an annual as more formidable than a quarterly excitement. Lord STANLEY said, that on the words " 20th of July" in this clause he was willing to discuss the question whether the registration should or should not be annual ; and if the com mittee decided that it should not, he would carry the bill no further. His object at the time of the reform bill was to leave the then existing Irish registry undisturbed, until there should have been some experience of the annual system in England. At that time Mr. O'Connell was favourable to the annual system ; and the authors of the various bills of former sessions had all concurred in that opinion. Of the decisions of the judges of Ireland he would say only, that if the minority did not hold themselves bound by the decisions of the majority, there could be no certainty for any law what ever in that country. On the subject of annual registration in England, it was true that sonic objection had been made, but that objection was not that the annual registration came too seldom, but that it came too often: Would Englishmen think it an improvement on the present annual system, that the registration should take place at the quarter sessions, and precede all the other business? As to the presence of lawyers, it had always been represented as a great hindrance instead of benefit to the business of registration. The noble lord concluded by a commentary upon several clauses of Mr. Pigot's bill, for the defects of which, however, he was willing to make every allowance, considering the haste with which it had been drawn to suit the purpose of Government. Lord MORPETH admitted, that whatever epithets he might have applied to some parts of this bill, no harsh or injurious phrase coul.l be properly applicable to the clause now under consideration. The authors of the reform bill had proposed to wait for England's experience of the annual registration. Were gentlemen now, after that experience, so enamoured of the result as to resolve on communicating it to Ireland ? If the mixture of the registration business was injurious at the quarterly sessions, how much more injurious w fi i f eaed l l td l i d itifeov i re t srity b ho e eninird a ce t oghn t i ,eerentilaitsseioosnli registration, , e et assizes choice attendhp t eo l c r i e ci ae v l l o oya t f e tk riroiion one Septemberoly l i eanr w l yearly t i m t oeeesrr.si October, s dcut m tonob i d g eub l ee t , tgreat seasons of rural employment : and it was reasonable t influence too, whether of the landlord or of the priest, might I . ) ::.pi e lrie b n r rc o eipg ! et i ro t y t r o i: b nt et i r 1 3. ir re u agr c i l s i t more perniciously if there were but After this speech the hout!we tal divided, i p d o e s d s , th a l n e withd Lord four. u s r T . ANLEY, S registration was sustained by a majority of four. Colonel SIBTIIORP, afte r th e di v i sion, suggested to the ministers the propriety o f resigning; f c b disposition to adopt hi s advice. The co u m t m t t e t y e e i i t s t d t i o ca p t r e o d c e n e t o t on Neu, gave notice, th at on the !notion for going into quarter 1 committee, lie should m ove an instruction a o the t Arc. o no Thursday.iicom mitteeli° to define municipal ce sses an d taxes. Some routine business followedat, o'clock the house adjourned. having t T HE THAMES TUNNEL.—The works connected withie I this t undertaking have been partially suspend e d during t three months, in consequence of the excavati ons reached so near the Wapping side of the r i ver that deemed unsafe to pursue them further until t he houses was anl buildings on the north shore were removed. T he company have been for some time in treaty for the purchase of the buildings required ; and most of the occupants having removed, the work of demolition will immediately commenc e The large granaries so long occupied b y Ur q uhart a nd C 0. ,• of Wapping High-street, the Ship pu blic-house, th e Com mercial Wharf, dwellings and premises in the occupation of Archbell and Hewland, the Swan public-house, and St. John's Wharf and buildings thereon, will all come down, and a shaft will be sunk on the site they now stand upon, and a circular staircase formed for foot passengers. .z,,\,' THE UNITED STATES. We have received by the Mediator, Captain Champlin, Montreal papers to the Ist, and New York papers to the sth inst. inclusive. The Mediator sailed from New York on the sth, and arrived off the Mother-bank on the 25th, having completed the passage in 19 days. United States Bank Shares were, on the sth, at 73. The following are extracts from the papers : " NEW Yoax, May 28.—From Central America there is itnportalit news. Morazan had been defeated, and driven out of the country. By the last accounts, received a few days since, he had taken Guatemala, where he was driven out by General Carrera, and completely routed with his army. He embarked at Port Libertad on the sth instant, and is now in retirement at Sonsonate. Carrera was in quiet possession of the government, and everything bore an appearance of tranquillity. " Exchange on England is selling briskly at 74 to 8, which may be considered the rate for the British Queen, which sails on Monday. It is stated she has 260 passengers en gaged. Five per cent. TteaSury notes of the new emission have been sold here at par. They will be readily taken at banks, who have more unemployed capital just now than is desirable. "The small-pox is committing great ravages among the emigrants arriving at Quebec. Nearly every ship that arrived last week had the disease on board. On board one ship from Belfast, Ireland, there were 16 deaths and 20 on the sick list." —New York Courier. (Prom our Second Edition of Friday.) EXTRAORDINARY FLOOD IN THE UNITED STATES. The Georgian, of June 3, contains a long account of a great flood which visited the neighbourhood of Augusta and Ham burg. The rain which fell on Sunday swelled the river Savannah several feet, and the earth having been completely saturated by the many rains which had fallen during the last few weeks, both of its banks were torn up. The Augusta side was swept clear of its wharfs, only fragments of one or two of them re maining. The upper bridge was totally destroyed with the exception of two piers. The whole face of the country has been torn up ; bridges and fences all swept away, gardens and crops destroyed, and great numbers of cattle and hogs drowned. The total loss in Hamburg will amount to at least half a million of dollars. The damage done to the Georgian railroad would for a time prevent the carriages coming to the depot. Not one life was lost in this unparalleled calamity. water mark. The cars from Hamburgh brought intelligence that a ter rible freshet bad caused a rise in the Savannah river, to such an extent as completely to submerge the town of Hamburgh. The two bridges were carried away on Wednesday. There had been no communication with Augusta after the same date. The cars frnm Charleston could not reach within two or three miles of Hamburgh. The rail-road had sustained considerable injury. Horses, cattle, cotton, and every kind of goods were floating in all directions. During the night of Wednesday the (vies and supplications of tha inhabitants were heard from the hill, and fears were entertained that many lives would he lost. Disastrous accounts are looked for from the plantations below, particularly from the rice fields above Savannah. _ . The goods from the stores at Hamburg were floating in all directions. The water rose in a few hours, on the 27th of May, nearly 8 feet perpendicular. The scene is described as most awful. The Savannah river has never been so high since the Great Yazoo freshet of 1796. (From the Augusta Chronicle of May 28.) The rains which have fallen in the Savannah in the early part of this week up to Wednesday, have produced thegreat est rise in the Savannah since 1796, and those of our citizens who saw that flood say that the body of water is much greater than at that time. The damage produced on planta tions, both above and below this city will be immense, and the destruction of property incalculable. The grow in crops have, no doubt, been entirely destroyed. The damage done in this city cannot be ascertained for some days. Our city is now an island, and the water on the back commons is from two to six hundred yards wide, cutting off all communication with the adjacent country in every direc tion. A six-oared boat can pass without difficulty through several of our streets. Many families have been obliged to retire to the upper stories of their dwellings, and several houses have fallen down, having been undermined by the water. (From the Augusta Chronicle of May 30.) The river has continued to rise at a fearful rate. To at tempt a description of a calamity so awful would be worse than vain. About 12 o'clock on Wednesday night the city was completely submerged, and the river continuing to rise. The scene was a painful one. Many families were still in their houses, entirely surrounded by a current to them im passable without aid, and the water makes rapid inroads upon them. From this fearful and alarming situation they were relieved by boats and horsemen, not, however, in some instances, until they were up to their necks in water. When the day dawned our city appeared as if standing in the midst of a vast sea of water, which extended as far as the eye could reach from the highest eminence. Boats capable of carrying forty bales of cotton were floating through the streets. Our beautiful Broad-street was two to ten feet deep. This morning the water has fallen so as not to flood the city, ex cept in one or two instances. The destruction of private property is great ; many wooden buildings have been entirely swept away, and several brick buildings have fallen. The cellars are nearly all filled with water. (From the Charleston Patriot of May 30.) The Columbia canal of seven miles in length is supposed to be entirely destroyed. All the large plantations below us are covered with water, and the crops ruined. Col. Hamp ton's large plantation, which is the highest of any on the ri ver, is one sheet of water; the destruction must be immense. Cotton which had been stowed on high ground was floating down the canal. NEWTON RACES. FRIDAY. The St. HELEN'n PU R S EOl .E.;O, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft. for tyro-year-olds, fist. 7lbs. ; and three Bst. 101bs.; fillies allowed 31bs. The winner of the Golborne or St. Ledger on the Thursday, to can 41bs. extra ; the owner of the second horse to have his stake returned. Golborne Course. Lord Stanley's ro. c. De Clifford, 3 yrs Mr. Haworth's br. c. by Contest, 3 yrs Mr. Fowler's b. f. Lallah Roohk, 3 yrs Mr. Eddison na. br. 1. Sister to the Quack, 3 yrs 0 Mr. J. Gill's ch. c. Prince Albert, 3 yrs Mr. Thompson na. Brother to Harpurhey, 2 yrs Mr. Clayton's br. c. Champagne, 3 yrs Six paid. The SIIRIGLEY Cur, value 100 sows. given by W. Turner, Esq. M.P. added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sows. each, 10 ft. and five only if declared, &c. The winner of the Manor Cup, or the Borough Cup. this year, to carry 31bs extra. One mile and a half. The second to receive 25 sovs. from the stakes. et. lbs. 7 12 Mr Meiklarn's b m Modesty, 6 yrs 1 8 5 Mr Legh na ch in Maid of Monton, 6 yrs 6 3 Mr Haworth's b f Fair Louisa, 4 yrs 3 7 9 Mr Price's br g Capt. Pops, 5 yrs 7 7 Hon. J. Sandiland's ch Nubian, 5 yrs 7 7 Mr Bell's bf La Sage Femme, 4 yrs 0 6 5 Lord Miltown's b c Wirrestrew, 4 yrs 6 5 Lord Stanley's ch f Imogene, 4 yrs Feather Mr Thompson's hr t Fenella, 3 yrs 5 9 Mr King's b c The Alderman, 3 yrs 18 paid the larger and 9 the smaller forfeit. The WARRINGTON PURSE of £50," added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sows. each. Mile and a quarter. at. lbs. 8 4 Mr Bell's bf La Sage Femme, 4 yrs .. 7 0 Mr Meiklam's bl c Bushranger, 3 yrs.. 5 10 Mr. Price's br f Rose of Maelor, 3 yrs 8 0 Mr Ogden's b g St. Leonard, 5 yrs .. Two paid. MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY EVENING. Speculation has been so decidedly extended to the Newton events, we have simply to state, that Deception has been made first favourite, at 10 to 1 ; but the same was offered to-day at Newton; 11 to 1, bar one, and takers of 12 to I about the Dey of Algiers; 14 to 1 has been accepted on Retriever ;20to 1 Sleight-of Hand ;20to 1 Confusions ; 20 to 1 Ratsbane ;27t0 1 Trustee ; 40 to 1 Glenlivat. The field v. any eleven for the Liverpool Cup. For St. Leger 3 to 1 is offered either against Crucifix or Launcelot ; takers at 7 to 2. GOODWIN Cup.-44 to 1 against Harkaway (off.) TOM SIIERIDAN.—At one of the election dinners, at Stafford (when his father was returned fur that borough,) Toni Sheridan was in earnest conversation with the gentle man who sat at the table next to him. The Mayor of Stafford, Mr. Horton, an eminent shoe-manufacturer (the staple commodity of the town,) presided, and, as a matter of course, gave as a toast " Prosperity to the manufacture of Stafford." This was not heard or attended to by Tom Sheridan, who continued his conversation ; on which the chairman, in rather a dignified tone, exclaimed, " Mr. Tom Sheridan, I have proposed the toast of Prosperity to the manufacture of Stafford', which you haveutterly disregarded." Toni instantly turned, and, imitating the pompous manner of the mayor, said, " Sir, may the manufacture of Stafford be trampled on by the whole world !"—Bentley's Miscellany. THE WARNING.—On a Sunday not long ago, a rather ludicrous scene occurred at a village chapel not 100 miles from Hawkshead. The clergyman having ascended the pul pit, and given out his text, " Behold, I come quickly," pro ceeded in his usual way with his sermon, and, in delivering it, had occasion frequently to repeat the words. In one of his appeals, by way of impressing the subject forcibly on the minds of his hearers, he, with rather more than common energy, coneluded with' his text: Just at the moment, the old ricketty pulpit, which no doubt had stood for centuries, fell with a tremendous crash, and in its fall almost buried beneath its ruins a pour old decrepit woman. The warden, seeing the disaster, immediately went to her assistance, and, having extricated her from her perilous situation, asked her in a sympathising manner, whether she was much hurt. " Nea, nea," says the old lady, " I'se nut see much warse as folks ma imagine; an' if I waur, it's my ain Taut ; I had warning eneuf to a Bitten oot et way !" INCOME AND NUMBER OF THE CLERGY. — The total net income of the benefices in England and Wales is £3,055,451, calculating the 178 benefices not returned upon the average of those which have been returned. Of these benefices, 297 are under £5O per annum; 1629 betwixt £5O and £100; 1602 from £lOO to £l5O, making 3528 livings under £l5O. Of the other benefices, 1351 are £l5O and under £2OO, 1979 from £2OO to £3OO, 1326 from 300 to £4OO, 830 from £4OO to £5OO, 954 range betwixt £5OO and £750, 323 betwixt the latter sum and £lOOO, 134 are from £lOOO to £l5OO, 32 are betwixt £l5OO and £2OOO, and 18 upwards of £2OOO. In the latter class, one is the Rectory of Stanhope, in the county of Durham, of the net annual value of £4843, and another is the Rector of Doddington, in the county of Cambridge, of the net yearly value of £7306. The annual average income of each benefice, as appears from the table, is £285, but as many as 8972, or considerably more than four•fifths of the whole do actually range betwixt £5O and £5OO a-year—the average being a little more than £2OO. Deducting £424,549 for 5227 curates, after the rate of £ Bl , it will reduce the average income of the whole of the incumbents to £244 per annum for each. And it should not be forgotten that the income of the derv, the aggregate. of which is £3,055,451 is not derived from tithes merely, but includes all their receipts and emoluments, both voluntary and legal. Only about two thirds of the land in England and Wales are titheable ; nor does a tenth or even a fiftieth part of the produce of the en tire country fall into the hands of the clergy : if the annual value of the agricultural produce of the kingdom be rightly estimated, as it has been of late, at £150,000,000. The re ports of the Commissioners upon Ecclesiastical Revenues (from which the above table is compiled) have tended very much to disabuse the public mind of the erroneous views produced by the statements of various writers respecting the enormous revenues of the bishops and inferior clergy. " Black" and Red books, &c., have represented the revenues of the Church. as amounting annually to eight, nine, an d even to ten millions. A s s p ec i me ns of the wilful and wicked exaggerations of these writers, it may suffice to say, that by one of them, the „Bishop of Winchester is said to receive £90,000. per annum ! an d th e Bi s hi m of Lichfield's £3923. is magnified into £12,590 w i t h 48 li v ings! Anoth er writer upon tithes is pleased to tell his readers that if tithes were abolished, the state would be able to remit twenty-one mu ttons of taxation ! The whole amount of tithes paid to the clergy during a year.when wheat was £3. 18a. 3d. per quar ter, was £1,426,527. 18s. Ind. WRECK OF. THE ROYAL GEORGE. The great explosion took place on the 22d. The effect was beautiful, and the intention of firing it having been generally known, it was witnessed by a vast number of spectators, notwithstanding that it blew a stiff breeze, which deterred many from going out to Spithead. The morning was very fine, but doubts were entertained whether the high wind 'might not prevent the operation; until eight o'clock, when the red flags were hoisted from all the Royal George flotilla — namely, the Success frigate hulk and the two lumps usually moored over the wreck, one of which, No. 4, was removed about 60 yards to the westward, while the other remained over the spot intended for the explosion, As soon as these flags were seen, it was known that the operation would be attempted at the afternoon slack. In the meantime, Lieu tenant Symonds, the executive engineer, according to a plan preconcerted between him and Colonel Pasley, sent down Mr. George Hall, the diver, who placed first a charge of 471 b., and afterwards another of 2601 b. of powder, on the spot ori ginally occupied by the main hatchway on the orlop deck, which were fired successively by Professor Daniell's voltaic battery, as soon as he came up, the second charge being placed in the hole made by the first. The object of these charges, which were fired at the morning slack, was to make a deep crater or hole for the great charge proposed to be fired at the afternoon slack. Colonel Pasley came out about one o'clock, and at half-past one the great cylinder, loaded with 25 bar rels, or nearly 23001 b. of gunpowder, with the voltaic con ducting apparatus attached to it, was raised out of a launch alongside by the derrick of No. 5 lump, and lowered into the water so as to rest a little above the surface, where it re mained suspended by the bull-rope of the derrick. Hall was then sent down, and made fast a down haul rope with a single sheave block to a solid piece of timber, which he found at the bottom of the crater produced by the morning's ex plosion. He came up, and handed over the end of this rope, which was attached to the cylinder, to which a couple of pigs of ballast were added, to make it sink more easily ; after which it was lowered from No. 5 lump, and accompanied in its descent by Hall, who had a line attached to it in his hand, and who made signals to the men above, either to lower or occasionally to raise, or to move the cylinder to the eastward or westward, as required, until he guided it into its proper place, where he lashed it to the timber before-mentioned. At about a quarter past two o'clock he came up, and reported that it was properly placed. Whilst being lowered, the voltaic conducting apparatus at tached to the cylinder was veered out, and the other end of it was taken on board N 0.4 lump, and placed near the voltaic battery, where Lieutenant Symonds now stationed himself. No. 5 lump was then removed to the distance of 70 or 80 yards to the southward of the spot where the cylinder had been let dowi t All being now ready, Colonel Pasley, who reruaineu tun „,,,, 1 ,, __ " preparative," and in about a minute afterwards " the fire. At that moment Lieut. Symonds completed the circuit with the voltaic battery, and an immediate explosion took place, the shock being felt and the report heard at the same instant. In a few seconds afterwards the surface rose three or four feet in a circle of moderate size, from the centre of which almost immediately afterwards, a splendid column of water at least 50 feet high, and of a conical form, was thrown up, beautifully sparkling in the sun, which was hailed by the hearty cheers of all the workmen employed, as well as of the numerous spectators, and soon after several large fragments of wreck came floating up to the surface, which p - roved to be the lower part of the mainmast. The form of the column of water was not so regular as on former occasions, owing to the strong wind which acted upon it. When it fell down again, clear circular waves spread outwards from the same centre, making a great commotion at the surface, and causing No. 4 lump, which was nearest to the explosion, to pitch a good deal. Soon after this the mud from the bottom came up, blackening the same circle of water, which spread outwards, discolouring the surface as it extended, and at the same time stilling the swell of the sea for a space of perhaps 200 yards in diameter. A great number of small fish came up, dead, as on former occasions, which were picked up by the boat men. More than fifty yachts or large sailing boats came out, whose decks were covered with spectators, among whom were a great number of ladies. The two Admirals and the General commanding the garrison, with a great number of naval and military officers, and most of the officers of. the dockyard, with their families, were present, many of whom went on board the two lumps to have a better view of the operations. The deck of the Success frigate was also crowded with spec tators. The Bishop of Norwich, the Astronomer Royal, and the Russian Consul General were present. The cylinder used on the 22d was of wood with iron hoops, like a mooring buoy, made by Mr. Harding, the master mita - - stan maker in Chatham Dockyard, and protected by two coats of canvas and several coats of a waterproof composition discovered by Serjeant-Major Jones, which, by numerous experiments tried to compare it with other compositions, by order of Colonel Pasley, was found to be far superior to any in former use, as it combines absolute resistance to the greatest pressure of water with a certain degree of elasticity that does not allow it to crack. This skilful and zealous officer and a party of Royal sappers and miners have been most useful in all the operations, and since one of the three excellent professional divers engaged was obliged to give up on account of ill-health, Corporal Harris has supplied his place, and made himself much more useful in that capacity than could have been expected from so short an apprentice ship, for he has only worked two weeks in this department. Besides the divers, whose services are of the most essential importance, the dockyard riggers under Mr. Clewitt, of Portsmouth, and James Chapman, of Chatham-yard, have given the greatest satisfaction, as well as the naval pension ers, about 40 in number, most of whom were petty officers, and who, though all middle-aged or elderly men, have been extremely zealous and efficient. The Lively sailing lighter, commanded by Mr. Harfield, goes backwards and forwards continually, and the seamen belonging to her are kept in constant employment in taking on board or landing the tim bers and guns recovered from the wreck, of the former of which an immense pile has been deposited in Portsmouth dockyard. The whole is superintended by Lieut. Symonds with great skill and indefatigable activity, who carries on the work at every slack tide, except when it blows a gale ap proaching to a hurricane, that is, always twice, and sometimes three times a-day, according to the moon's age, and never goes on shore but on Sundays. Col. Pasley usually goes out to Spithead once a-day, except when his duty requires him at Chatham, where he passes most of his time. The massy oak timbers upon which the foremast and mizenmast were stepped, the after-part of the keel, the whole sternpost and dead wood over it, and an immense mass of the starboard bow, which rested on the keel, weighing more than 30 tons, and which was knocked down about eight months ago, by the last great explosion of 1839, having been got up this season, together with the heel of the mainmast having been disengaged from its step by the great explosion which we have just described —these circumstances ;how that the demolition and remova. of wreck have extended nearly to the bottom of the vessel, and also prove that the mud has no tendency to accumulate, but is cleared away by the action of the tides, in proportion as the upper parts of the wreck are demolished and removed. The effect of the last explosion could not be ascertained, as the tide ran too strong for Hall, the diver, who went down again after it, to quit his ladder; but it is presumed that it will have blown out the larboard side of the wreck, and that it will have broke up timbers in all directions, probably frac turing the step of the mainmast, but the kelson and keel be low it. The starboard side opposite was shattered and thrown down by the first great explosion of 1839. Upon the whole, though opinions were very much divided at first, and perhaps generally unfavourable, there seems every reason to hope that, before the end of the season, the whole of the wreck of the Royal George will have been sufficiently removed to en able vessels to anchor over the spot, without incurring the risk of losing their anchors and cables. If so, probably the government may be induced to remove the, wreck of the Ed gar also, from which Lieutenant Symonds recovered five iron guns during Colonel I'asley's last official visit to Chatham, the surface of which, after an immersion of 129 years, proved to be converted into very soft carburet of iron or plumbage to a considerable depth, on removing the mass of oysters, &c., with which they were incrusted. These guns are re markable for being much thicker at the breech and thinner at the muzzle than guns of the same calibre of more modern construction, from which the iron guns recovered from the Royal George differ very little. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—A general dulness has pervaded the Woollen market during the week. The prices of goods do not at all improve as no one can foresee when the existing stagnation will come to an end, the temptation to adventure is completely checked, and scarcely anything is done for foreign markets, except to order. In the home-trade the business is rather brisker, but still very far from what is usual at this season of the year. BRADFORD MARKET.— , -The attendance of buyers at our market on Thursday was numerous, and the transactions in Piece Goods were proportionately extensive ; but the prices realised were extremely low,' and the subject of universal complaint from the manufacturers, who arc unable to realise an adequate profit on their dealings. The Yarn market was somewhat brisker than of late, and for particular sorts, of which the supply was not fully equal to the demand, rather better prices were given. The Wool market was nevertheless dull, and prices anything but firm. HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET HALL.—We have no better account to give of the business done at the market this week, than we gave last week, not many buyer, having attended, and there not having heen any improvement in either the demand or prices. SADDLEWORTII.—The woollen cloth trade here is a little better than it was a few weeks ago ; yet it is dull. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JUNE 26.—The demand for all kinds of combing wools continues depressed and lan guid, and notwithstanding the very short supply in the mar ket, prices are this week rather lower. There are few sale's passing in blanket or clothing wools. Prices are nominally the same. YORK WOOL MARKET, JUNE 25th.—The supply of Wool to this day's market has been less than our last, with a fair attendance of buyers. Nevertheless, a lingering, dull trade, and prices may truly he quoted as below, viz. ; All Hog, 13d. to 14d. per lb. ; Half Hog and Ewe, 12d. to 13d. ; All Ewe, 11d: to 12d. ; Locks and Cots, 6d. to Bd. No quotations, as yet, for Moor Wool. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, JUNE 20.--Our Wool Market was not so well supplied as at a corresponding period last year. Between 200 and 300 bags were weighing at this day's market, but prices were lower than was expected, averaging from is. to Is. Id. per lb. with very little inclina tion on the part of the buyers to purchase. GAINSBOROUGH WOOL MARKET, JUNE 22.—This being the first market for the season, the quantity of Wool was large, and some of prime quality was shewn. The attend ance of buyers was also numerous, and, with the exception of one br two small parcels, the whole was bought up at prices which fully compete with those of the neighbouring markets. CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, JUNE 30.—The trade very dull, and few sales made •, we may quote a further re duction in price. Ewe, id to Id per lb. ; Hog, is to is Gd per tod.—Leeds Intelligencer. LANCASHIRE.—At Bolton there has been some little im provement in the market during the last fortnight, yet the demand for yarns and manufactured goods is very limited, and prices remain somewhat stationary. The machinery in the ten mills we noticed, a few week's ago, as being at a com plete stand, has not yet commenced working. The hands in all the mills that are working have entered upon the reduced prices (with the exception of one firm) without any resist ance. The hand-loom weavers of the fine fancy goods are in a very poor condition. The cotton hand-loom weavers of bed quilts and counterpanes have been moderately employed for some time ; but the manufacturers are now obliged to stint them to four or five days' work per week. The work men in the principal brass and iron foundries in the town continue to work short time ' • indeed every thing here re mains in a depressed s tate ; an d last week the subscribers to the relief film: held a meeting, and again formed a society to relieve the distressed poor. The silk dyers at many places in the neighbourhood of Manchester have less work than they had a fortnight ago, and some sorts of silk weavers have this week begun to be short of employment ; yet the weavers of fine satin shawls are extremely busy, and manufacturers can not get a sufficient number of some particular sorts to meet their demands. Although there is a little slackness in the silk trade of some kinds, yet it is better than any other branch in the neighbouring towns of Manchester. The gin gham trade is rather better than it was a few weeks ago ; but the nankeens, quilts, and dimities at Eccles are rather slacker than they were a few weeks since. The flannel weavers at Rochdale are moderately employed, but wages were never known to be so low as at present, and manufacturers, shop keepers, &c., make loud complaints of the scarcity of money. The calico block printers at some few places in the neigh bourhood of Manchester have rather more work this week ; s till it is rather flat, and hands are only partially employed. At Bury trade is dull ; yet the machinery in the cotton and w oollen mills is running full time. Calico block printing is v ery slack ; but workmen generally are as well employed as in most of the towns in the county. ARRIVAL OF THE UNICORN AT BOSTON. This steamer, formerly employed in the trade between Li verpool and Glasgow, and intended to ply between Halifax and Pictou, in connection with Mr. Cunard's line of Royal Mail Steamers, left Liverpool, under the command of Capt. Douglas, on the 16th ult., for Halifax and Boston. Al though not built for ocean navigation, the Unicorn has made a very fine run across the Atlantic, having accomplished the passage between this port and Boston, including a call at Halifax, where she stopped twelve hours, in eighteen days. The account of the steamer's arrival at Boston is derived from the New York correspondent of the Liverpool Chro • nicle, who, in a letter dated on the sth instant, says : " I have this morning received a letter from Boston, dated yesterday, which gives the gratifying intelligence, that the steamer Unicorn arrived in that harbour on Wednesday even ing, the 3d instant. " As the packet-ship Mediator has been detained in port till this date, and will sail to-dai, I embrace the opportunity to send you a few particulars relating to the Unicorn, leaving you to glean what' few items of,news you may find in the papers. " The Unicorn stopped at Halifax twelve hours, and left there on Tuesday morning, the 2d instant. She was only forty-one hours making her passage from Halifax. When it was generally known that she was telegraphed at Boston, hundreds and thousands of well-dressed persons, of both sexes, flocked to the wharfs, anxious to see the first steamer from Old England approach the shores of New England : not two hours had elapsed, from the first moment she was telegraphed, before the spectators had increased to almost tens of thousands. Soon the beautiful steamer hove in sight, and shouts, and cheers, and waving of handkerchiefs and hats rendered the scene thrilling and grand. The Unicorn found her destined landing-place at East Boston, glided along to wards the Charlestown Navy-yard, while many salutes were fired from many positions in the city and East Boston, which were answered from the Unicorn. The United States ship Columbus displayed a British ensign at her foremast, and her band played several martial tunes. The steamer took a turn towards Boston, passing very near the end of the wharfs, and the cheers of the multitude at this time were electrifying. After showing how beautifully she could walk the waters, she turned about, and Made for her wharf at East Boston, where every inch of ground, for several hundred yards near them, was occupied by the delighted spectators. " The Unicorn experienced very heavy gales during nearly her whole passage across the Atlantic ; but the ship worked admirably, and would, undoubtedly, it is said, have made the voyage in twelve days if the weather bad been at all favour able. The passengers were so delighted with Capt. Douglas, that they subscribed a sum of money sufficient to purchase a splendid piece of plate, which they intend to present him as a testimony of their rPcr—a towards him." LANCASTER AND i'RSTON JUNCTION RAILWAY. On Friday last the above line of railway, which joins the North Union line at Preston, and thus forms a continu ous line of railway from London to the county town, is opened to the public for the conveyance to passengers, &c. The day originally fixed upon was Whit-Monday, but Mr. Locke, the engineer, was not satisfied as to its being safe, and a post ponement of a few days was considered desirable, but the subsequent falling of a bridge at Myerscough rendered a fur ther delay necessary. Yesterday was fixed upon for the directors and their friends to make an experimental trip, and in the morning an engine of the North Union Company, and four empty carriages, went from Preston—the first that had passed•the entire distance. About half-past eleven, eleven carriages, drawn by two steam-engines (the " Victoria" and " Prince Albert"), left Lancaster with an extremely " heavy load," and arrived in Preston in about an hour. At one o'clock this train was increased by four carriages containing Preston gentlemen, and the whole force set off to Lancaster. Upon their arrival a splendid dinner was prepared, where the directors of the Lancaster and Preston, the North Union, the Liverpool and Manchester, the London and Birmingham, and the Grand Junction lines, several gentlemen of Lancaster and the neighbourhood, and some gentlemen from Preston, sat down ; G. Burrell, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. Every article was served in profusion, and champagne, claret, madeira, •port, sherry, &c., added their sparkling charms to the festive board. Ample justice having been done to the dinner, the four carriages which had been attached to the train at Preston were dispatched homewards, and arrived in 55 minutes, the distance being upwards of twenty miles. At both ends of the line flags were floating, and every bridge that crossed the line was crowded with persons, whose shouts welcomed the crowded trains. At every gate on the side of the line a cheer was raised, and at Lancaster many of the shops were closed, and the day considered a holiday. We are happy to state that not a single accident occurred to mar the pleasures of the day, and all passed off to the satis faction of directors, proprietors, passengers, and spectators. ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald.) In a congregation holden on last, the following degrees were conferred : BACHELAR IN DIVINITY. The Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, fellow of Merton college, great compounder. BACHELARS IN MEDICINE. Henry Beaumont Leeson, Trinity college, grand corn pounder. Edward Wells, fellow of New college, and one of Dr. Rad cliffe's travellit , fellows. Richard Mallet Coley, Queen's college. William Twining, Baliol college. MASTERS OF ARTS Rev. Edward Marshall, late fellow of Corpus Chris:ti col' grand compounder. Rev. Edward Otto Trevelyan, Corpus Christi college. Rev. Edward Cole Shedden, St. Mary's hall. Henry George Allen, Christ church. Rev. William Henry Weston, All Souls' college. William Browne, Ballot college. Rev. James Stephen Hodson, Merton college. Thomas Henry Haddan, fellow of Exeter college. Rev. George Stott, fellow of Worcester college. Rev. G. W. II untingford, fellow of New college. Rev. Thomas Halliwell, New Inn hail. Rev. F. M. Rowden, Wadham college. Rowland Daniel Mitchell, Whadham college. Charles Edward Gray, Brazenose college. Richard Thompson, .ditto. John Eveleigh Wyndham, Oriel college. BACRELARS OF ARTS. William Thompson, scholar of Queen's college. Henry Robert Merewether, St. Alban hall. Henry Maxwell Lefroy, Exeter college. William Sandys Wright Vaux, Baliol college. James Munro Sandharu, St. John's college. In a convocation holden at the same time, the Rev. Wm. Dalton, M.A. of Trinity college, D u bli n , an d the Rev. Sam. Edmund Walker, M.A. of Trinity college, Cambridge, were admitted ad eundem. On Tuesday last J. W. Davies, 8.A., was elected a Fellow of Worcester College, on the foundation of Sir Y. Cookes ; and Mr. Thomas Horace Cookes was at the.same time elected a Scholar on the same Foundation (as Founder's kin), from Bromsgrove School. At the same time H. Bennett, 8.A., was elected a Fellow, and R. C. Dickerson, Commoner of Lincoln College, a Scholar on the Foundation of Dr. Finney. On Tuesday last the following gentlemen were elected Postmasters of Merton College :—Henry Salusbury Milman, from Eton; George William Watson, of Trinity College; William Henry Lucas, of Brazenose College • and Charles George Curtis, from Charterhouse School. There were thir teen candidates. On Thursday last William Thompson was elected Taber dar ; and Edward Jackson Dixon and Joseph Crosby were elected Probationary Scholars of Queen's College. The Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, D.C.L., late Fellow of Merton College, brother. to the Earl of Carnarvon, has been appointed to the Wardenship of Christ's College, Manches ter, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Calvert. The War denship is in the patronage of the Crown. The Most Noble the Marquis of Bute has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Moses Michell, M.A., of Magdalen Hall, and late Curate of Golden Grove Chapel, in the Diocese of Jamaica, his Lordship's resident family and domestic chap lain. On Wednesday se'nnight the Rev. Thomas Boys Crowe, 8.A., of Trinity College, was instituted to the Rectory of Readcomb, Gloucestershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Cornelius Pitt; patron J. Pitt, Esq. The Rev. Wm. Wilkins Gale, M.A., of Pembroke College, has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Rectory of Pylle, Somerset, void by the death of the Rev. H. H. Rogers ; patron, Lord Portman. PROMOTIONS. The Rev. Bariel Edward L2mpet, M.A. of Corpus Christ College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Great Bardfield Essex. Hon. and . Rev. Edward Moore, to the Rectory of West Ilsley, Berks, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Goodall, late Provost of Eton College. Rev. Willoughby James Peter Burrell, B.A. to the Rec tory of Belleau cure Aby, Lincolnshire. Rev. William Mason, B.A. to the Vicarage of Farlesthorp, Lincolnshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. J. Lister. Rev. Joseph Wix, M:A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Littlebury, Essex. Rev. Whitwell Elwin, late Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, Bath, to be the Chaplain of the Bath Workhouse. The Duke of Grafton has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Thomas Coldwell, Vicar of Apthorpe, Northamptonshire. one of his Grace's Domestic Chaplains. Rev. J. W. Coppard, M. A. Perpetual Curate of St. Mary Plympton, Devon, to the Rural Dean of Plympton. Rev. J. Wood, to be Assistant Minister of the parish of Darlington, Durham, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Davis. Rev. M. 'Bullock, M.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, to the Rectory of Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. 0. Head. Rev. James Sedgwick, M.A. Curate of Downham Market, and formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Vicar age of Scalby, Yorkshire. (From the Durham Advertiser.) - DURHAM. -At a Convocation, holden on Wednesday, June 23, HO, the following persons were presented, and admitted ad eiqlem:—. The Rev. Charles Kingsley, 8.C.L., of Sydney Sussex Col lege, Cambridge. Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., M.A., of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge. The Rev. John Duncombe Shafto, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford. The following persons were admitted ad enundem by vote of the House : _ The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wetherell, Knight, D.C.L., of Magdalene College, Oxford, and Chancellor of the Palatinate. The Rev. James Devereux Hustler, 8.D., late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Honorary Degree of D.C.L. was conferred on Lord Viscount Chelsea, 8.A., of Oriel College, Oxford ; and the Honorary Degree of M.A. on James David Forbes, M.A. F.R.SS., London and Edinburgh, and Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. The following Students in Theology were licensed to pre sent themselves to the Bishop for Ordination :—Ralph Robinson, M.A. ; George Heriot, B.A. ; Moorhoue Thomp son, B.A. ; Thomas Dalton, B.A. ; John Garencieres Pear son ; Samuel DuprZ!; Archibald James Douglas ; George Frederic Hill; William Norval; William Sisson; Edward Neville. Valentine Boydell ; Edmund Hohhouse, 8.A., Balliol College, Oxford ; John'Frederic Bigge, B.A. ; Wm. Robert Hall, 8.A., Balliol College, Oxford. The following Students in Arts were admitted to the de gree of B.A. :—Henry Wade Hodgson ; the Hon. William George Grey ; Arthur Hyde Hulton. The following Students in Civil Engineering and Mining were admitted to the " Academical Rank of Civil Engineer" : Edward Mitchell ; Arthur Beanlands ; George Barras Reed ; John Stewart Browne. The following persons were nominated by the Warden to their respective offices, and approved by Convocation : The Rev. Thomas Williamson Peile, M.A.; the Rev. Charles Thomas Whitley, M.A., to the Proctors for the ensuing year. The Professors of Greek, the Junior Proctor, and John Thomas, 8.C.L., to be examiners at the first and second examinations of Students in Arts. The Professor of Mathematics, the Lecturer in Chemistry, William Lloyd Wharton, M.A., and the Rev. John Gibson, M.A., to be examiners at the first and second examinations of Students in Civil Engineering and Mining. • MISCELLANEOUS. EATON HALL, CHESHIRE.—The Queen and Prince Al bert are expected to honour this magnificent seat with their presence early in the autumn. EXTRAORDLNARY EGG.—A black Polish hen, the pro perty of John Jackson, Esq., of Oldham, has lately prothiced an egg of the remarkable weight of four ounces. The Wesleyan Methodist Conference to be held this year in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, will commence, we understand, on Le 27th of July. AN EXTRAORDINARY HORSE.—On yesterday week, a horse, the property of Mr. Robert Slater, of Biris, Aster lands, conveyed to Oldham, a distance of upwards of two miles, without any assistance, three tons of stone ! -A bazaar at Bollington, a mere village, near Macclesfield, has produced the extraordinary sum of £750. The receipts are for the purpose of building a new school in connection with the church at that place. The magnificent manor-house of Worksop, purchased by he Duke of Newcastle, last year, of the Duke of Norfolk, is about to be razed, and the'materials sold. It was built in 1765, at the cost of several hundredthous and pounds. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, June 24.—Our Sugar Market continues exceedingly animated, and prices have advanced fully 4s. per cent. since our last report for all descriptions ; the quantity on show has now become very limited. An infant child was accidently poisoned last week at Birmingham, through its parent and itself being attended by two medical men at the same time. One had sent a mixture, and the other a lotion and powders for the child ; and the mixture and lotion being nearly of the same colour, the one was administered in mistake for the other, and the child slept the sleep of death. WOODEN PERCUSEION PLUGS.—Captain Norton lately proved, i❑ presence of a select committee of artillery officers at Woolwich, the efficiency of his wooden plugs for producing ignition with percussion powder, by inserting them in his percussion rifle-shells, twelve of which were fired at a target placed at 100 and 150 yards, and all exploded.—United Service Journal. The island of Madeira was visited, on Saturday the 23rd May, by a dreadful storm from the north-east, which raged until the following evening. Strange to say, it was scarcely felt but on the south-east side, where the destruction to the vineyards is computed at from 5,000 to 6,000 pipes of wine. The shipping in the harbour escaped without damage; one United States schooner was driven to sea, but returned soon after it had abated. NEW ZEALAND WOOL.—The following is the opinion of a Liverpool wool-broker, respecting the quality of a small parcel of New Zealand wool which reached this country last su m mer :—" A new feature in our market was the appear ance of a few bales f r om New Zealand, which proved of ex cellent description, aiid well got up ; it realised Is. 9d. to 2s. per lb. If we may be allowed to judge from this small sam ple, it speaks very favourably of the soil and climate, for the improvement of sheep's wool. By the Governor Maclean, Morley, in the London Docks, from Cape Coast Castle and Sierra Leone, a very fine young lioness has arrived, sent from Coomassie as a present to her majesty, from the King of the Ashantees, which the queen has most graciously directed to be added to the splendid col lection of animals in the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens. THE WEATHER.—During the past week the temperature has been unusually cold for the season, alternate winds and rain having prevailed. This unsetted state of the atmosphere has retarded the general commencement of the hay harvest, but in many places where the crops were quite ripe, the scythe has been seta-going and hay making commenced. The crops are very generally spoken of as unusually heavy.—Leeds In lelliyencer. NAPOLEON'S REMAINS.—The Prince de Joinville was to leave Paris for Toulon yesterday (Tuesday,) and will embark for St. Helena early in July: The Toulon correspondent of athe Courrier de Lyons. asserts that the Queen of the French will accompany the Prince de Joinville to Toulon, and will then proceed to visit the Royal Family of Naples. General Bertrand left Paris on Sunday for .Toulon, Mr. E. Las Cazes on Monday, and M. Merchand on Tuesday. QUITE CLASSICAL.—At a coffee-house in the Borough road, which is principally frequented by mechanics who are resident in the neighbourhood, the boxes, instead of being numbered, as is usual in those places, -have each a bust over them, by which name they are known. This sometimes pro duces a very ludicrous effect. The waiters, in repeating the orders they receive, frequently call out " a cup of coffee for Cicero ; " " two muffins for Homer ;" " tea, roll, and but ter, for Demosthenes," &c. HAY HARVEST IN THE FYLDE.—The hay harvest having partially commenced in the Fylde, an abundant crop is the result. We fear the late cold high winds have been injurious to the bean blossoms and potatoes. Having bad a ramble with a friend, a few days ago, through what is called the North-Nook, to Fleetwood, on inspecting the crops, we had reason to fear that the wheat, in strong clay soils, will not be as abundant as was expected. Oats and beans looked well and healthy.—Preston Chronicle. DISCOVERY OF A SILVER MINE.—A rich vein of lead or silver ore (it is not ascertained which at present) has been discovered on the lands of Camphire, the property of Chris topher Usher, Esq. The site of this discovery is but a short distance west of the river Blackwater, almost midway be tween the towns of Youghal and Cappoquin. A body of miners are at present exploring in the neighbourhood, with every prospect of their labours being amply rewarded.— Wa terford Chronicle. LORD MELBOURNE.—WhiISt the indignant people are hooting the premier wherever and whenever he shows his face, the sovereign and her consort are presenting him with a piece of plate of the value of seventeen hundred guineas ! Is there no friend at court to tell our young and confiding Queen what the country thinks of these things ? Is every body to hear the truth but she whom the knowledge of it most concerns ? Prince Albert's uniform, to be worn by him as colonel of the 11th Hussars, is a remarkable specimen of his royal highness's good taste in matters of costume. The jacket anti pelisse are both blue, the hussars having been lately allowed to resume the original blue, instead of the scarlet pelisse. The head-dress for the 11th, or Prince Albert's Own, is to be the colback, formerly worn by the hussars during the penin sular war. The colour of the cloth bag has been changed from scarlet to crimson ; overalls and pantaloons crimson instead of red ; the pouch-box is of silver gilt, with the regi mental badges and mottoes ; the sash is of crimson silk and gold, with five bars ; and the appointments are rich, without being heavy. The regiment is to be entirely fitted out by the first week in September, .with their new clothing; soon after which, it will probably be reviewed in Windsor Park. We learn from Vienna that Baron Solomon de Rothschild has just alienated property to the amount of 4000 florins (about £4OO sterling) a year, for the purpose of giving wed ding portions annually and for ever to four young females, of irreproachable conduct and poverty, and without distinction of religious faith, who are to be natives of Brunn, the capital of Moravia. In the notarial act, which has received the sanction of the Emperor, M. de Rothschild has named as trustee M. John Gastel, a merchant of Brunn, who was the first projector of railways in Austria, and has stipulated that the eldest son of the family shall always be the succeeding trustee. It is also stipulated, that where the conditions can be realised, preference as to the females who are to receive the advantage of the gift is to be given to•the Gastel family. Messenger. GOLIAH RIIIJBARB.—Accounts are to be seen in the papers from time to time of very large specimens of rhubarb having been produced, we may, therefore, perhaps be allowed to put in a claim to distinction for this neighbourhood for the culture of this plant, when we have stated that on Monday last eight stalks, grown in the garden of Hugh Hornby t Esq., of Ribby, were cut, which weighed 261 b. 2ozr Two of the largest of these stalks weighed together 7lbs, and ay peared to be in the primest order for pastry purposes. 'We need scarcely add that our specimens were of the Goliah kind.—Preston Pilot. UNITED STATES.—EXTRAORDINARY SITTING. —The National Intelligencer, printed at Washington, furnishes the articulars of the most extraordinary proceeding of the house representatives ever known, or, as the National says, known since the creation." The house went into com mittee at 12 o'clock at noon on Tuesday, the 24th of March ; the subject was a bill for the issue of treasury notes; the de bate continued without intermission all that day and through out the night following, up to five o'clock on the evening of the 25th, comprising a period of 29 hours ; and the com mittee at length rose without deciding the point in dispute. RURAL POLICE.--A correspondent says it is intended to exchange the box batons at present in use amongst the rural police for short oak bludgeons, with spring daggers. A short time since a tradesman in Ludgate-hill received orders to make two of the latter as patterns. They are to be made of the strongest description of oak, with short daggers con cealed in the centre, which will spring out on the first blow given with the bludgeons. The introduction of this mur derous weapon will be confined to the police on duty in the suburbs. The general opinion is, that such an instrument should not be countenanced, as it will be calculated to en courage the abominable dagger system, which of latter days has been so frequently and fatally adopted.—Post. CONSECRATION AT STAIYBRIDGE.—OR Wednesday last, the new church, St. George's, at Stalybridge, was conse crated by the right rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. After a breakfast at Heyrod Hall, the house of Ralph Ousey, Esq., to which the clergy of the neighbourhood were" invited to meet their diocesan, the party proceeded to the new church, which is a plain Gothic structure, on an elevation to the north side of the town, capable of accommodating I,sooper sons. The usual ceremony of consecration having been per formed by the bishop and clergy, the morning service was read by the Rev. Charles Henry Burton, 8.A., curate of the church ; after which, an eloquent and impressive sermon was delivered by the worthy diocesan. and a handsome collection made for defraying the expenses. DEATH OF EARL DUCIE.—We learn with much regret that Earl Ducie died suddenly on the 22nd inst., at his seat, at Woodchester, near Cirencester. His loss will be much felt in the neighbourhood, as he was esteemed by all, and his political enemies were many of them his personal friends. His lordship was born on the 31st of August, 1775, and mar ried in 1797 Frances, only daughter of Henry, first Earl of Carnarvon, by whom he had a numerous family. He suc ceeded his father, the third baron, on the 20th of August, 1808. The family is of Indian extraction. Sir Robert Ducie, banker, and Lord Mayor of London in 1631, was the first of the family of any distinction in this country. He was banker to Charles 1., by whom he lost, during the civil wars, £ S 0,000; yet, at his death, h a d rea li se d th e enormou s stun, in those days, of £400,000. A L.ANCASIIIRE SCHOOLMASTER EXTRAORDINARY- The subjoined is a literal copy of large posting-bills, whic h, have been extensively circulated in the borough and bourhood of Oldham, to announce the opening of a selwr: It is an extraordinary specime n o f p ro f oun d eru dition cm ;- village pedant :—" Ecce ! consult) tibri Lie sum. Qui se ': sistud,nisi periculum ferceris—Meros arnicus, in quibes_ies stuhium, Jubeo ut a Fontisbus potin s hourin an t q uern rislu" contectentur.—lsaac Ogdan, Master of Reading a n its Attic charms Precepter of wrighting plan, and ornamntal, Doctor of Grammer in all its classic purity,—and Professor of the science, of Mathematics in its deversified Branches, — being wishful to remove their illeteracy—to furnish to w riters correctness, freedom, and despatch ; to Grammaticise bot h their tongues and pens, and to enrich their minds with all the profundity of Mathematic ' lore apprizes with due s ubmi s sion sion the enterprizing residents of Oldham, and its ° lc dwellers, that is Seminary in St. Domingo-street is and where a knowledge of his terms may be acquired, and if Scho quested, his unquestionable scholastic qualitications subm ol it for - ted to the most rigid test."—N.B.—A Night Adults.—Oldham, June 15, 1840." SHAMEFUL HOAX.—On Monday a f ter noon last, a con siderable number of persons assembled in the market place, Huddersfield, having congregated there in consequence of report very extensively circulated, that a man was about to sell his wfle to the best bidder. The police, however, w ere instantly on the alert, and the expected exhibition of depravity did not take place, The mishievous author of the report failing in his purpose to cause a row, spread another report, to wit, that the person who was to have sold his wife publicly , had disposed of her prieately, and that the wife-seller :ws: Mr. Henry Jacob's a cloth cap maker, in Market WI" , member of the Jewish persuasion. It was further tatham, that he had sold his wife for eighteen-pence, to Mr. S_ e was, a respectable hosier, in Kirkgate. The conse q -fi n front of that a numerous and highly excited mob gathered _ Mr. Jacob's house, and greatly terrified the inmates , some stated of whom ascended ' to the upper stories, from wh ence they discharged several buckets of water on t to end heir persecutors, who eventually dispersed. It is needless to state the whole story was a vile fabrication from beginning , both Mr. Jacobs and Statham being at the time a bsent from Hudders field, and consequently totally ignorant of the vile hoax thus practised upon them.—Leeds Intelligencer. T Wit Et