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London, England, 1853-06-04 00:00:00

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CIITH MOE ELECTION terminated on Saturday last in
the return of the Conservative candidate. The closing
numbers were—For Aspinwall, •21:1; Fort, •20S : ma-
jority, 5.
Polcrsmorrit ELEctioN terminated on Thursday in
the return of Mr. It. Palmer. The official declara-
tion of the poll took place at live o'clock :—For B.
Palmer, 941; G. I'. Braille, 876: majority for
Palmer, OS.
THE ELECTORS FOR SOUTH ST Al:FOROSIIIIIII have
been taken by surprise by the announcement of the
appointment of Major-General the Hon. George
Anson, M.l'., to a command in India. The gallant
officer has represented the county for upwards of
sixteen years.
THE MEMBER 1:011 THE COE:4TV or• Ent:cm-mat,
Sir John Hope, Bart., lies dangerously ill at his son's
house in London. His medical attendants give no
hope of his recovery.

`iaiituat.

Pratte HEALTH does not impmve with the im-
provement of the weather so mach as was anticipated.
The Registrar-General returns 1.12 g as the mortality
in the metropolis during the week ending Saturday
last.. Previous weeks iu May showed respectively
1,15 g, 1019, anti 1,098. The ten years' average,
•orreeted for increase of population for the corre-
sponding week, is no more than KO, showing an
excess of mortality for the present year of 149. The
births registered in London last week were 1,501.
Tits: ELECTION OF CHAIIIIEBTAIN for the city of Lon
don closed on Monday, when Sir .1. Key was returned
by a majority of 3,1N5 to 2,914 over Mr. Scott. Sir
.1. Key will retain his aldermanie gown for the present,
some difficulty presenting in the choice of his sue-
,PMSOV in the ward of litidge-without.
THE establishment of a FREE LIBRARY IN MAnvm
BoNE w•as agreed upon at a meeting held on Tuesday
at Blagmve's concert-room in Mortimer-street. Mr.
Hume, M.P., presided, and the proceedings were
supported by Mr. Ingersoll. the American Minister.
nod Sir R. Hall About LOOM has been subseril►ed
towards the library.
THE LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL have agreed to petition
against the Government Education Bill.
THE directors of the ELECTRIC POWER, AND CoLorn
l'omr.txv had an interview with the Elder Brethren
of the Trinity-house on Monday, on the subject of
illuminating the coast lighthouses with the electric
light.

SATURDAY,

A RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS in the
different dockyards has been called for and furnished.
THE CONHANDERSHIP-IN-CHIEF OF THE BENOAL
PRESIDENCY has been conferred upon Major-General
the Hon. George Anson, M.P., brother of the Earl of
Lichfield, who thus succeeds Major. General Sir
Joseph Tbackwell, G.C.11. Mejor-General Anson
will leave England for the seat of his command by an
early mail, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Anson and
family.
SOME CHANGES are, it is said, likely to take place
among the diplomatic body. Lord Westmoreland, it
Is reported, will retire front his present post ; Sir
Henry Bulwer will not return to Florence ; and Mr.
Crampton be removed from Washington and ap-
pointed elsewhere. Lord Howden's health has been
severely tried by the Madrid climate, and whether he
returns to that place is considered doubtful. His lord-
ship has leave of absence from the Ist of June.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, at
Philadelphia, have elected Sir Charles Eastlake, Mr.
Copley Fielding, Mr. Dyce, Mr. Cousins, Mr. George
Godwin, Mr..l. P. Knight, Mr. Macli.se, Sir Edwin
Landseer, Mr. Stanfield, and Mr. John Ruskin, ho-
norary members of the Academy. The Pennsyl-
vania Academy is the oldest artistic body in the
United States.
THE NEW DUTY ON TEA was received at the Cus-
tom-house on Wednesday for the first time. Every
arrangement was made to facilitate the payments and
give despatch. About 17,0,0 entries passed, and
some ::10,000/. was received, equal to about 2,500,000
lbs. of tea. It is suspected that the demand for
money for this purpose has had considerable effect iu
tending to increase the stringency of the money
market.
Tin; Wonkiths's STRIKES appear to have terminated
in the north, and in most instances successfully for the
operatives. The South Shields shipbuilders and the
shipwrights' union have come to terms, the masters
giving the men 30s. per week. The master joiners
and their workuwn, the tailors and their employers.
have also come to terms. The standard of wages of
operatives employed at house and ship work in the
Tyne district is ordinarily about a guinea a week.
At the present period it will approach 275. per week,
with full employment, and more masters than men.
THE BIHIAL-OROUNDS or ST. PANCRAS Pvittsit were
the subject of remonstrance by a deputation which
on Monday waited upon the Home Secretary. The
parish authorities had purchased 57 acres of ground
in an eligible site at Finchley, where they hoped to
open an extramural place of interment by this time
twelvemonth. For this purpose they hail borrowed
15,000/. under the act, but the deputation, of which
Mr. Dale, the vicar, was the chief speaker, complained
that their efforts and outlay would be useless so long
SS the twelve graveyards belonging to other parishes
or private companies were allowed to remain open in
St. Pancras. Lord Pahnerston promised his best
consideration to the subject.
THE COLONIAL. Exreserrree for 1549-50 amounted
to 2,1179,5211/. 15s. 11d. The net military expenditure
VOIS •2,449,1409/. ; civil expenditure, 465,401. ; naval
expenditure, 64,016/. For 1550-51 the total expen-
diture was 2,914,354/. 19s. 3d. The net military ex-
penditure for that year was 2,431,910/. ; civil, 430,4601.;
naval, 57,504/.
UNDER the title of Cnencit OF 'ENGLAND not v-
nos SocIETY, a new association has been organised
under the most favourable auspices. with the avowed
purpose of promoting the education of the lower
classes upon the principles of the Church of England.
The society held their initiatory meeting last week,
at Willis's Rooms, under the presidency of Lord
Lilford. •
THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY FOR THE Reroumstios
J UV EN n.e. OFVENDEns held a quarterly meeting, and
stated the result of their endeavours, on Wednesday.
The farm school has now been in operation four
years. During this period 461 boys and youths have
been admitted, and 191 discharged. Of the 461 ad-
mitted, 223 were received under conditional pardons,
and on payment for their maintenance by the Govern-
ment, and the remaining 135 were received on the
free list, or by contributions from relatives. Of the
291 discharged, 115 have emigrated, 71 have been
apprenticed, or assisted to employment, or
placed under the care of friends in England. The
remaining 61 discharged themselves, or deserted, or
were dismissed as itwonigible. With regard to the
results of the society's efforts, very few of the boys
who left as emigrants or for places of employment
in
England have disappointed the hopes of the com-
mittee, while many even of those who left the school
from restlessness or impatience of its discipline have
since maintained an honest character and done well.
On the whole, in spite of all the obstacles with which
the committee have had to struggle—in the novelty of
the system pursued at the school, the incompleteness
of its arrangements, the variety of age. the condition
of the boys, and the anomalous state of the laws.
relative to juvenile delinquency—full 70 per cent. of
those received have been permanently and substan-
tially proved by its agency.

Jlmiz 4, 1853.

porting.

We regret to learn that a paragraph in the last
letter of our correspondent " Philippus" has been con-
sidered to reflect unfairly upon the character of the
trainer of the Goodwood horses. We trust that our
explanation will be satisfactory, as regards ourselves,
when we state that the letter in question was re-
ceived at the latest possible hour, and was printed
in reliance on the writer, almost without a chance
of our examining its contents.
LONDON YACHT CLUB.
The matclt season commenced on Tuesday, under
cceedingly favourable auspices. The opening race was
c palpated for by six yachts—the Julia, 8 ; Mischief, 10 ;
Bpitannia, 7 ; Romp, ; Alpha, 10; Kitten, 10. Three of
thtse h a been specially built for members of the club by
rival builders of high reputation, with a view of testing the
merits of their different systems of naval architecture. The
course to be sailed was from Erith to Hole Haven, ten
miles below Gravesend, and back. At a quarter before
noon the start was effected, and the four first vessels came
home in the following order and time
The Kitten 4 h. 0 in. 27 a.
.M Us.hief 4 12 20
Alpha
The Romp 4 15 0
The prizes, a purse of :10 soya., with 6 soya. for the
second, were awarded by the commodore (Mr. Goodson).
A more important match, with larger yachts, and for a
higher prize, the 100 guineas plate, was sailed on the
following day. The competitors on this occasion were :
Vestal .... 74 tons B 0. Rowles, Esq.
Romlind 100 ~ Lord A. Paget, M.P.
May Fly 100 „ S M. Peto, Esq., M.P.
Sverige .. 2t5) „ T Bartlett, Esq.
Violet ilo „ l4. M. Freestun, Esq., R.N.
Sappho .. 101 ~ G. P. Naylor, Esq.
In order to afford a full opportunity for the development
of nautical skill, the course selected was from Gravesend
round the Mouse Light and back, a distance of about
seventy-two nautical miles.
The Sverige, from Sweden, which was said to have
eclipsed the America iu running and tacking, was the
favourite. She had been hacked for a large amount at
even against the field, and in some instances at 5 to 4.
Lord Alfred Paget's boat and the May Fly had their sup-
porters.
There was a tine strong breeze from the northward, and
everything looked well on our arrival at Gravesend for a
capital race. At a little before midday, all being in
readiness, the signal was given, and at I they
were, off.
At two hours and twenty-tive minutes after time start,
such was the extraordinary pace, that they rounded the
Mouse Light in the following order :
Rmatifitt
Sverige
On the return, however, the Swede, with the breeze
abeam and abaft, overhauled her opponent, and the pair
palmed the winning-post thus :
scerige 4 hours 50 min. 49 see.
Rosalind
The Vestal was only sixteen minutes astern.
protest was given in by Captain Freestuu against the
Seerige's winning on account of a slight foul going down,
which is reserved for the decision of the sailing com-
mittee.

CRICKET. The Marylebone Club and Ground
played, on Monday and Tuesday last, against the
Surrey Club and Ground. This match illustrated
the extreme uncertainty of the game :—The Surrey
Club headed the Marylebone Club seventy-five runs
on the first innings, and yet the latter were ultimately
the victors by sixty-eightruns. During Monday after-
noon two to one was betted frequently upon the losers,
although in this instance we believe the winners to
have been the strongest side. Take courage, ye faint..
hearted ones; take heed, ye over-sanguine ones!
match at cricket is never over until the last ball has
been bowled.