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Ls 9 , 6, 7
to 4., T; ‘rdi-1,..ux 13 2, 14 i-,er gallon.
for eontoimpcion are BrTti3,l wade
Spirii: is to b.: ~b.albed O pr-vious rates or 9. tr, 93
Id east,. ul li;i u $-,a.vti Ler. reed. Th., value of
Gin is 8, 2dto 8; 3d for 22, and 17 under proof 83 Sd
to 8s 91 9(lcier pieln, en" scgoorl eajo has been t xpe-
riene,d S 'veral pate-I3 of Geneva have been sold at
Is 8d to Is 9d, and fine 'at 2; 162; 4d; supply keeps less
than last season; but sales for arrivals can be made rather
under present terms.
TALLOW.—Operations in Russian On the spot continues
on a small scale, and parcels keep on the decline. The
value is now 37; 6d to 37a 9d per cwt for fine YC. For
delivery new contracts have been concluded, and
there are sellers at 37s 91 up to the close of the
year. Town Tallow is'abundant, and finds a slow sale;
37s per cwt being the value of cash. o,her kinds have
been operated in with reluctance; the quantity on offer
is less than previously.' Prices for Australian Mutton
range at 34s 61 to 373 6d, Bed 33s 6d to 363, and South
Steck of Tallow is 10,000
casks more than last season, yet prices rule above that
range
American 333 to 37s . 6d.
time •
Ons.—The demand remains good for Seal Oil, and
there is 0 firm m"tic't; pale realising 36/10; to 371, and
other sorts 32/ to 351 per tun. Cod is to be obtained at
3:31 109; and few transactions have taken place. Southern
has bet n operated iu with eantion, I,iw to mid can be
obtained a 34/ to 341 lss, and good to fine 35/ to 36/;
there will be a more plentiful supply shortly. Sperm
finds 0 more ready sale, and a less quantity
is an offer ; tne rates obtained are 851 103 to 871 0, and
Headmatter 88/ to 90/. A large business continues to be
concluded in Olive, and, the confidence of holders is um..
shaken ; Gallipoli realizing 461 103, and other sort;
44/
to 46/.
can be obtained at 32,3 64 to 343 6.1, Ceylon 32s to 34i,
Cocoa Nut is still littl© required ; Cochin
and Sydney 29s 6d to 3Js per cwt. There is now a
Plentiful supply of • Palm, with few buyers, and
prices are On the decline, ruling at 273 6d
to 283 6d for mid to fine quality. In Rape Oil
a large business has been transacted, pale 323 6d to 335,
brown 313 6d to 323, and refined foreign 33; 6d to 343.
Lard Oil is held for 59s to 525; but little is doing. Sup-
ply of Linseed Oil is on the decrease, and large pur-
chases have been'made at 23s on the spot; 28s to 28s 6d
for delivery, and there is a firm market. The value of
Spermaceti is is 6d to Is 7d per lb. •

STANIFORD .RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY :ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
(Continued from our Third Edition.)
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High Sheriff
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The Handicap Plate was won by Conmore.

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FOREIGN THEATRICALS.
gvemest; —The process by which an obtuse, self-
sufficient, and ponderous ass of a German schoolmaster,
Herr Pliseman, ascends the ladder of fortune forms the
subject of the last novelty here, Les Echelons du Mari.
Holiest Plissraenn gains his livelihood by instilling
knowledge into the heads of some dozen ur-
chins, in a village near the chief town of
some little German . priacipality, by means of the
consecrated birch. This occupation is, however, anything
but relished by the worthy pedagogue, who inveighs bit-
terly
against Dame Fortune.for not having placed him in
some eminent positian where his talents might have found
a more congenial employment. But M. Plissmann has just
taken unto himself a wile, and by the influence of her bright
eyes, he suddenly finds himself raised, to his great sur-
prise, to the post of secretary to a foreign mis,ion, at the
head of which is a certain gallant Count. A couple of hours
have net elapsed when the Prime Minister accidentally
meets the new Attach 4 and the fair Madame Piissmann,
and he isimmediately traneferred to the more responsible
officeof secretary to his Excellency; but the Premier is not
destined to avail himself of the ex-schoolmasters's services
for -any lengthened period, for the King himself has
caught sight of his pretty wi'e, and the Monarch is im-
mediately struck with therurgent necessity of a confi-
dential attache to the Royal person, and nominates the
husband to that emploe ment. But alas! for poor Plias-
mann's ambitious dreame! his :spcsa is luckily, or
unluckily for him, quite a Penelope, and resolutely
rejecting every naughty overture, ' is the cause of ,
his descending his echelons, even more rapidly than he
had ascended. Iu fine, he finds himeelt degraded to the
place of gate-keeper at the Palace, and retires to his
lodge to reflect over the vieissitedes of public life, and
the want of discernment of Princes; for his extraordinary
promotion, with truly marital blindness, he does not for
one instant attribute to ite teal motive. The piece is well'
acted by,Mdlle. Luther, and Messrs. Geeffroy, Armand,
and Leeeeur.
VAUDEVILLE.—Gilatcei,Acii, Polyphemus, and other
favourites of the Sicelides Mune, have been introduced to
the unelatsical precincts Of She Place de la Bourse, by M.
Clairville, who has not -hesitated to lay sacrilegious
hands on, the divinities of the sea, and transmogrified a
mythological legend of Ovid tied Theocritus into a
" vaudeville it grand spectacle," called Les Cyclopes et
es Kb-lido:. The subject of this affair is simply the well
known fable of Acis and Galateee; and exhibits the
eNcerreetitdeeeposnactloeedeihnogreteo
eMf.sCielailiyry; illleet,
upsereadmd-,
nymphs of the Vaudeville in the agreeable negliye, in
bwuhliacthe dththe
not to bock the reader, that the costume is not quite so
primitive as that
_of the fifty daughters of Ne-
reus and DOHS, which ready consisted of their
long flowing hair and a garland of flowers. Mlle.
Marthe is a charming representative of Gal/lima.
and the winning .Mlle. Cico the Acis. Instead of
crushing the lovers beneath a rock Polyphemus per-
suades Acts to pluck a certain flower, with the existence
of which the lite of his mistless is intimately connected;
the shepherd listens to the perfidious suggestion.
and Galatma expires in his arms, when Cupid, a
favourite divinity with vaudevillists, intervenes, and
restures her to her lover, an event duly celebrated by
a pretty. ballet, upon %Web
the ear Lain falls. The piece
was favourably received, and to the admirers of "beautyam y-
unsdotnea" is cell ' I
attractive,
M. Gueyvaard has appeared in Roger's part in Le
Just Errant, and was quite a satiefactory representa-
tive oe the character.gard eu Theatre. the English 'ibis gentleman, whose perform-
ance at Covent- papers de-
scribed as so triumphant, returned atter singing only
twice in London.. All admit. he sang well—some say
too well—nOt ror the public, but for the artistes.
The favourite buffa Crispin° e la Comare has been
favourably received at Ferrara . with Mule. Giovanelli,
and MM. Zucchini, Saueoni and Monzani.
,
At the Nezionale at Turin, Lucrezia Borgia has been
given 'with MuseeCuzeant, who, as the Borgia, appears
w "ve.made a hit. A leeme.• Schieroni as the Urbino,
Walter, and MM. Miraglia and,
are also spoken of in
terniaot commendation. . At the Sutera, a Mdlle. Cosa
is said to have appeared with
success in Ricci's Esposti.
A new opera, ll Num) Mose, has met with a fiasco at
Oporto; the name of the composer is not given.
At Breeeis, Consolini7s Finla Pazza has been favour-
ably received; Madame Fazio and M. Carisio taking
the principal parts. .
MUSICAL PROSPECTS IN A MERICA.--OU r friends,
the Americans, seem making baste to overtake the aris-
tocratic countries of the Old World in the establishment.
Of institutions for public amusement. Bills have been
brought before the "Legislature; of New York, Massa-
chusetts, and Pennsylvania" for the incorporation of a
grape
.opera company.
or companies —the first three
of whose operations are to be the building of three
magnificent opera-houses in New York, Boston, and
Philadelphia, which are. to outdo La Scala, San Carlos,
own opera-houses in scale and splendour. That
tahnedexcitement is already at fever-heat may be divined
from the leading article of the journal announcing the
coup d'etat that is.to give us our death-blow
The democrats of the United States have fairly
entered the lists in the operatic struggle with the Auto-
crat of all the Russias, and the great English nobtlity,
and we believe that if the contest is well managed on
our side, we will whip. the Cossacks and the Britishers
in this as we have whipped the world in everything
else. This is the only intervention in Russian policy
which the American people are determined to take part
in. The glorious sovereign people of New York, Bee.
and Philadelphia, including visitors from the whole
t
Union , have resolved at last, with their banes in their
the Emperor of Russia and the despots of
the Old World shall not for ever monopolise the great
lon,-
pockets that
aerrteirstsrhoef Ebn:,
pe.--shall not appropriate to
themselves for
eous Sontag, the glorious Grisi, or the
Youthful Wagner. We have had a taste of Jenny Lind,
and Ole Bull; and 'our appetite grove,
Catherine Hayes' Soethree Grand Ope let the
by
Houseswh ato irt fNee:wls
York,"P ° n "
Boston, tied Philadelphia rise up
MilitatiCallY °
s beavers' and-let us beat the despots of
classification 0- 8--trl' '
&dope out of .the great mart of music as
,we did the
Mexico. We can do it. (1)'
~
Mexicans out of
The journal
1 A Opere-house has failed, owing to the
the 'Astor-now': ~,/ and
whence we derive the above tett; us that
'
holders of stalls. This seems droll; et
assumed by the 'note . ati° " Y
nfor an en.
droller is the following of preparation
has r
• b, half of Mdllte Alboni--who reached
the States; in
thallium" in e the consequent airs of finer,
.
giovannie— .sing at present, but to taketo
a hOnseoff' for two or three months, for the
•
purpose of seeing
visit • Niagara Falls, to climb the
and ' .laY theO curious Sights of this great coun-
try. She. intends w.
scenery and magnificent valleys worth
over all the fine r. In the fall she will
sicei4g during the aumine•
upon a brilliant . open
Madame SOUtel"; iscareer in the
the White MoUntains, and` to ramble ' like a wild roe'
tut, campaign, arid enter
by
wild
hroosee.7w_h Ocahliegvn
States." , • '
expected in America early in
,somewhat curious to tee what'
autumn: We si-iali be ill b traced
lineel interest and sYrnPatbY w e out for her
the ponderous Alboni to " a
eaniiik. elled

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stone
Mercury.
is in the
stein,
tofsliisall,inwilitin:e
:1-I,4nnEevrrolOndaubußtcfieilAT. B.
The site chosen
.c. Blackheath, and
DACICEEAILL—The foundation
lane leading
~,,,,,,,
—tiger.
erected. The ceremony- was performed in the most private
- swcses laeixdpeenn, fe'rit,ll:eiy
blausitid,
ibnyg *Li:
to
be
Feat energies are being used to complete it as early as po,.
.pprisceentt
114. On sunthiy night some scoundrels made an ineffectual
attempt to steal the coins which were deposited beneath the
stone; they had removed one or two courses which had been
Til BEST crizi.
.pierrosmouiviciwyretriee
CLEA q
. E . „.....__AF43 FOR TUE N,ING AND
.oiatvATioir OF AuMs FROM RUsr*—Take ,lb.of
'litu above it, Wheil they were disturbed.—Kentish
olive oil, good
and Buz. of mutton tat; melt the mutton fat and
strain it through a thin piece of linen or cal!co, afr
which
mix the eiiiwith ,it ; this will produce a grease afore hich
48!,a..telacytif Poinitiim, which should be kePt carefully covered.con-
' preserve it from dust add grit.--=llliliteto Review;

The CumaateN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said that it contained so.full an exposition of their affairs
that it was scarcely necessary for him to add another word.
Alt that.the directors wished and asked for was an open and
searching inquiry into everything in dispute between them
and Sir James Brooke. They were now of necessity com-
pelled to conduct their defence upon narrow and technical
grounds, whereas if her Majesty's Government granted a
Public inquiry, either by a Select Committee of the House of
Commons, or in any other form, their first act would be to
produce all their accounts 'and correspondence from the for-
mation of thecpmpany up to the present date. They distinctly
denied every charge made by Sir• James Brooke against the
company ; at the same time they offered him every facility
to prove them. If he did so, let the Government plainly
state that the directors were no longer.worthy of the public
confidence, but if the result of the investigation plainly
proved that they
_had acted throughout, not only as honour-
able etraightforward men, but had shown discretion and
itldgmen; in we management of the company's affairs, in
circuinstancss of great difficulty, then they claimed from her
Majesty's Government that protection from tyranny and in-
justice to which they were 'justly entitled, and which they
felt certain would not be withheld. The company had been
Charged by alr, H. Drummond, in the House of Commons,
with fraud, in enforcing the truck system on their servants
in Lahuan. It was a curious fact that the company never
heard a word of such a charge till it was publicly made by
Mr. Drummond on.the authority of Sir James Brooke ; one
' would have thought. that ,some inquiry would have been
made of the directors to ascertain if such a charge were
really well-founded. That, however, was not done. The
ntomeut the, directors heard of this charge they sent Mr.
O'Reilly, a gentleman who had been employed by the East
itiiadia cempady
in surveying the Tenasserim provinces, to
inquire into the taut, rad to dismiss any one who had been
guilty of such conduct. Atter six days of the closest in-
iieetigation , during
which witnesses from every part of
-
the country were examined, and brought face to face, he
reported that there was. .not the shadow of foundation
for the charge. Such was the open, manly, English way
in which the .company proceeded. Let him con-
trast the way in which the company proceeded with that
Pursued by sir James Brooke. Sir James Brooke, finding
that the charge was denied, got the-secret depositions of six
people, taken by Mr. Lowe, one of the magistrates of La-
eau, stating that the truck system was practised by the
Company. This was a Proceeding which most closely re-
eembled the Spanish Inquisition in the sixteenth century
than the practice of a British subject in the nineteenth.—
(Bear, hear.) Having stated what took place with regard
to the track system, what faith could they place in the testi-
Mony of Sir James. Brooke, upon other points? But what-
ever the charges made were, let them only be brought face
to face with their accusers, and then the truth would come
out.—(Bear, hear;) With regard to the position of the
Company, he thought it must be deemed satisfactory, consi-
dering the extraordinary difficulties they had to contend
with, that a Governor, who ought to be their friend, had
become their enemy, because they refused to become the
subordinate instruments of his individual aggrandisement.
No company had a
.brighter prospect, not only of individual
advantage, but of extending benefits and blessings through
the regions ,of Borneo, where they had fully developed
themselves, and were acting with a friendly Governor, in-
stead of a secret and hidden enemy. The accounts showed
that they had 9,0001. in their banker's hands. Everything
Would. depend on. the development of their mines, which
were conducted in an able manner under the superintendence
(4 Mr. Motley.- (Hear.) He now moved that the report be
adopted, and circulated amongst the shareholders.
Captain CRAWFosn seconded the motion.
Mr.. MACGREGox, M.P., said that he was surprised at the
conduct pursued by Sir James Brcoke, when he found that
this company would not make itself a servile instrument in
advancing his own ambitious _designs. Although he had
Ceased to be chairman of the company, he held shares, and
intended to hold them. Sir James Brooke had shown the
greatest animosity, against hinn,. He had circulated calum
nir.• • '
•,-,--8 against his private character amongst his constituency.
Knowing, however, that he had truth on his side, he ex-
,,Plaidad alt the facts in public meetings to the citizens of
Glasgow, and the result was that he was returned by a
raajority of ten to one, and he left the character of Sir James
Brooke,
in Glasgow, such, that he would rather be sent to
whichof all dungeons, than stand in the position in
ich that individual now stood before them. The motion
' WI3 then put and agreed to.
The Earl of Albemarle, Capt. Bethune, and Capt. Alexan-
der Nairne, were then re-elected directors.
The Earl of ALBESIARLE said that this was the firstw,
which
probably it would be the last, public company with
joined it
he ever had been 'Or would be connected. He
under the hope of extending the blessings
bof civilisation to
' te when he the
a savage and semi-barbarous part of the glo e.
joined had now
that
other' duties, which he did not anticipate .
any handle thereby to an
"nPanY ; and if he did not withdraw from it now, it was
because he did not wish to give
_ny.
active enemy, to ill ore • pecting the calu a
searching investigation would b
The Government of the rri-
the
. erniP:de res He
hoped
Lies circulated against them.
bound would such an day,:
whoever they might be, were h . be • 41-
q ui:y, and if they, did not do so,
ntaeyporteceng eri
ny and pecuniarily - minas. As far as.,
13e
wesfairuerreseof the company was ~ con-
cerned, the prosperity
or
wned that his sympath• a matter
of indifference; but lie (a)
.1 Ds were on
right course, and •
the side of an holiest an
PcAlumnies that It was because
of the unfounded and Cruel
._ , had been c'
• • that he allowed his male to ~ ircu-
latcd agaitist toem' , ue associated
with them._ (Bear')
Captain CgAwFOAD, as to Whether•
In reply to .
to declare _i. " it was the
of the Otrectore a dividend,
intention
said that
_.
rAN said that though
The Cualw) be •
declare one, and th believed they were
in a position to .
4 °ugh litany other compa-
do so in their situa ' aon,
.they nies woUld . otly thought under pre-
sent ClrC
tunatAllCeS it Wilt MOreJUdi •
elOtte ttlnl prudent not to
. .
•

JULY 20.

1852,

EA> 1 ERN ARCHIPEi, .GO COMP '
eNY. He believ. d that when they met next year, they
0, Sa urdiV `a,4 a mee. ing of he so ~,iera of this mi with perfect s,iely mike a pro rata dividend.
connia-ly was hall at the offices in Coruhill, Mr, El. H. Lind- Mr. Gled-canes we, re-elected auditor.
sea, in the chair. Mr. RoBINSON moved, and Colonel MDOWALL re•
The report, which extended over forty pages, was chiefly c.,nded, a vote of thanks to the chairman; after winch the
devoted to a- statement of the ma- ters iaspute between meeting separate'
the company and Sir James Brooke. Oa the subject of the
state of the company's affairs at.Labuare the report stated
that there could be no question as to the value of the mi-
neral deposit of coal, or of the ultimate success of the corn-
pany's undertaking if conducted with ordinary prudence and
economy. From the Beach Level, which was the main
working, an amount of 200 tons of coal might be expected
as the month's winning with seven men at work, but as the
side workings become more perfect, the superintendent con-
fidently expected to win from 450 to 500 tons per month
from this level. alone. The discontinuance of No. 2 Level
was recommended for the present. No. 3 Level was about
to be opened in an outeross of the coal at the height of from
45 to 50 feet from the Beach Level. When these two levels
were in full operation, it was expected that the demand for
all purposes would be amply supplied. The railway from
No. 3 -Level was progressing satisfactorily, and would be
opened in a month or six weeks. The coaling operations of
the company at Labuan to the end of February last, were as
follow :—Supplies to ships on the Labuan station, 2,769
tons; to Singapore, 4,127; to Hong-Kong, 330; stock on
hand, 1,440. The directors concluded an arrangement with '
the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the supply, at
Singapore, of 109 tons per mouth, at the average price at
which English coals were delivered to them at chat port.
The direct- rs deemed it probable that a considerable de-
mend would arise for the use of the Indian railways when
they came into successful operation. The American,
Spanish, and. French authorities were in correspondence
with the agent of the company at Singapore respecting
the supply of Labuan coal for the steam vessels of their
respective Governments navigating the eastern seao. The
directors congratulated the shareholders on the ratification
by the Sultan of Borneo of the grant of the coal on the main
land, thus defeating the intrigues of Sir James Brooke to
wrest this important concession fram the company for the
advancement of his own commercial speculations. •The
total number of men employed by the company amounted to
232. The directors had received samples of cotton grown
at Labuan of the same class as those of the Sea
Island and Pernambuco, averaging 7d..per lb. The direc-
tors ordered an acre or two to be planted as an experiment.
The gross receipts for coal sold amounted to 8,4061. lls. The
directors proposed in future to write off annually from the
revenue account at least
.1,5001. in gradual liquidation of the
balances connected with the original formation of the com-
pany's establishments, and of those arrears which now ap--
peared at the debit of the account. The discovery of anti-
mony ore on the main hied of Borneo was an event of con-
siderable importance, and the directors had taken steps to
re-open for the benefit of general commerce the trade in•this
valuable staple which had hitherto been monopolised by Sir
James Brooke. Mr. Motley, the company's superintendent,
had ascertained in the course of inquiries which he had made
with a view .to the purpose of leasing the Bintula district,
that the native chiefs had received a letter from Mr. Cruilt-
shank, Sir James Brooke's deputy at Sarawak, threatening
them with a visit of a British man-of-war in the event of
their allowing any European Ao work the antimony mines
in that country. Mr. Motley scarcely crediting that such
a document existed. offered a reward for its production.
This step, 'which 'Sir James Brooke represented as a conspi-
racy, the directors entirely approved of. The report then
proceeded to notice the legal proceedings instituted by Sir
James Brooke against the company, and adverted .to the
extraordinary spectacle offered to the public view by the
stepping forward of a colonial governor to invalidate, and, if
possible, to, annul a charter granted by her Majesty, on the
pretence that it was obtained fraudulently." In answer to
this latter charge, the report set forth the memorial to the
Queen, in which the grounds on which the charter was ob-
tained were stated. The report then went on to rebut the
next assertion of Sir James Brooke, viz.: " That the
subsequent conditions, on the due performance whereof
the efficiency, stability, and success of the company de-
pended, have never been performed." In this statement
Sir James-Brooke no doubt alluded to the qeestion of the
certificate signed by the directors respecting the company's
capital recently decided in an adverse manner by the Court
of Queen's Bench, on technical grounds. By the terms of
the charter.it was required that 50,0004 capital should be
paid up in money within a certain period. In consequence of
the unparalleled pressure on the money market, it wasfound
impossible to comply with this condition literally, and they
therefore applied to the Board of Trade, that, as in the
case of other chartered companies, the transfer value of the
rights and property of the company might be consilered as
capital. That the Board of Trade recognise this prin.
c ple was shown by a letter, addressed by the late legal
assistant of-the board, Sir Stafford N. Northcote, in which
he says, " Whether we were right or wrong in allowing
the Property to be reckoned as part of the paid-up capital,
we did it.with our eyes open.' The recent decision of the
Court of Queen's Bench did not necessarily lead to the
abrogation of the charter; and, it the Crown were even ad-
vised to revoke it, or to refuse to grant another charter (both
events, in the opinion of the directors, almost impossible),
the extension and valuable property of the company was
not comprised in the issue ' The report next proceeded to
reply to the attempts of Sir James Brooke to depreciate the
mineral property of the company in Labuan and Borneo, and
gave several extracts from letters from Sir James Brooke
himself to Mr. Wise, one of the directors, from which it
appeared that he considered the cession of coal by the Sul-
tan to be of great value, and that a considerable revenue
might be derived from other sources, such as the
diamond mines and the' monopoly of antimony and
opium. In one of his letters to Mr. Wise, dated August
31st, 1847, he says," And, if you make your fortune, as you
expect, you may make me a present of a few thousand
pounds."- 'ln another- letter, dated Singapore, March 14th,
1843, he'says, "On my own part,-the cession will be made
on easy terms, such as a moderate salary as governor, on
the same terms as any other governor, the employment of
the few persons who have followed my fortunes at fair sala-
ries, the purchase of whatever stock in trade may be on my
hands, aad a present of a certain sum in the shares of the
company—which would make my success dependent in a
great measure on theirs. and enable me to reward the gentle-
men with me." In spite of Sir James Brooke's persevering
efforts to 'retard the progress of the company, the directors
were happy to state that only 175/. remained in arrear on
three calls, amounting to• • 30,0001.. whilst no less than
20,5851. had been paid in advance on future calls—an evi-
dence of• confidence on the part of. the contributors which
could not but be satisfactory to the other shareholders. In
conclusion, the directors stated that if any parties desired to
be relieved from their shares there were others ready to ac-
cept an assignment of them and to return the full amount
paid thereon.

LORD PALMERSTON AND MANURE.

Great statesmen should every now and then be 'e-
duced or compelled to retire for a while from the public
service. The busy intellect cannot subside into slothful-
ness and inactivity. It must occupy itself about some-
thing, and that something is generally of a useful nature.
There was poor Sir Robert Pee!, for example; when the
doors of the Treasury were shut in his face, we do not find
him taking to French novels and cheroots, but to the im-
provement or agriculture. Subsoil ploughing and drain-
age became the serious occupations 'of his life. When a
man of such a stamp throws himself with all the energy
of his character into farming, it is certain that his
example and his advice must be of great advantage to
the community. We may now quote Lord Palmer•
stow as another illustration of the same principle
—and by a strange coincidence the' late Secretary for
Foreign Affairs is following close in the wake of the
late Premier.. Sir Robert was all for drainage, Lord
Palmerston is equally devoted to manures. The same
activity of mind which could extort goleen compensation
for Don Pecifico from the ruins of the Parthenon—or
turn Europe topsy-turvy in the pursuit of ideal
k!ngdorns in Northern Italy—or rivet the suffer-
ieg Rowchffe to the rock amidst the jeers of the
Tiverton electors, has now take,'" a more practical turn.
The Noble Viscount is deter rmined to relieve our great
towns from their dirt, and our' small farmers from
their difficulties, by one and the same operation.
Well done, Lord Palmerston: Younger men might
take a lea,' out of your book, with credit to them-
selves and advantage to the public. We have frequently
had occasion to take the ex-Secretary to task for his
perilous pastimes with the map of Europe; but his rest
less activity has at length chosen a field of exertion in
which it can be productive of nothing but good. Let
him go on as he has begun, and we promise him our
warmest and steadiest support—at least in his move-
ment for manure. It was at a public dinner given on
Thursday ,last at Lewes—in the •very heart of the
Protectionists—that the cheerful ViSeount burst upon the
world in his new character. Lord Ducie had mentioned
in the course of a speech whiCh he Addressed to the as-
sembled agriculturists, that the want of manure was
felt so greatly by the, farming, community, and the
price of guano was so heavy,• that the Royal Agricultu-
ral Society of Sussex had proposed a premium of 1.0001.,
and offered, a gold medal, for the discovery of a manure
equal to guano, and capable of being sold at a mo-
derate price. Little did he calculate upon the promp-
titude in conception and action of one of his au-
dience. Fresh from
.his triumphs on the banks of the
Exe, and without any proSpect of foreign excite-
ment until Parliament shall have assembled, the ex-
Foreign Secretary was there ready for medals, 1,0001.
notes, agricultural plaudits, or anything that might
promise sufficient excitement. Lord Ducie brought his
observations to a conclusion, and in half-a-dozen words
Lord. Walsiegham pro Posed prosperity to "agriculture,
manufactures, and commerce." " That's just what I
represent," thought Lord Palmerston, "soils my turn
now." Accordingly, we find it recorded that Lord
Palmerston " rose " and delivered one of those after-
dinner speeches which nobody but himself—out of
a novel--.would have had the face to address or
the tact to make palatable to such an audience.
He told them a good deal about the magistrates of the
borough of Lewes and the'Romans, and how that an•
cient township was closely connected with the conquerors
of the world at the time of their triumphs and their
splendour. It is, perhaps, astonishing that our lively
friend did. not attribute the whole of Rome's prepon-
derance among the nations to its connexion with the an-
cient town of Lewes. At any rate the mention of the
Romans brought him: to the public works executed by
that great people—
"lmperial wonders wrought by nations spoiled."
The quotation was, of course, suggestive of our own
railroads . and the shareholders in such under-
takings, who, as Lord Palmerston hopes, are not
spoiled," but largely benefited in a pecuniary sense
by the assistance they have afforded to these enter-
prises. "The Romans had no railroads; nor, now I
think of .it, did they know much about chemistry;
which, by the bye, brings me to the subject of guano."
Such is the substance of the train of thought by which
Lord Palmerston arrived at the following view 'of our
own case,, which appears to us, however humorously it
may' have. been delivered,
.to be more worthy of our
farmers' meditations than all the Protection balsam
which has been poured into their wounds from 1846
downwards, to the present time.
" Instead of sending to the other end of the world for
manure for our fields, we shall find something, if not
quite as good, within a few hundred yards of our dwel-
lings. Now, gentlemen, I have heard a definition of
dirt. I have heard it said, that dirt is nothing but a thing
in a wrong place. Now the dirt of our towns precisely
corresponds with that definition. The dirt of our towns
ought to be upon our fieldse.and if there could be such a
reciprocal community of interest between the country
and the towns—that the country should purify the
towns, and the towns fertilise the country—l am much
disposed to think the British farmer would care less
than he does, though he might still care something,
about Peruvian guano."
Trio subject has generally been avoided because it
is ,supposed to be of a somewhat unsavoury na-
ture. This all comes of taking things by the wrong
end. The most delicate lady in the land will
trip daintily amidst the fruit and flower stalls of Co-
vent-garden, inhale lovingly the fragrance of the huge
strawberries, or handle the portentous stalks of awpare-
gus. Shall we tell. you, lady, what, it is you hold in
your hand? We have not the face to speak it out; but
go to Carlton•gardens. Call upon-Lord Palmerston, and
he will tell you all about it, and you will leave him not
disgusted, but amused." Well, well, results and not
processes are for • susceptible minds; but pro-
cesses we must have in some shape or
another, or we are likely to have but a beggarly show of
results. Peruvian guano, it would seem, is out of the
question
at its present exorbitant rate. Even Lord Pal-
merston has been unable to find a flaw in the title of the
Peruvians to those interesting rocks which have served
the birds of the Pacific as "cloak rooms" for centu-
ries east;
r They have a right to the fragrant commodity;
and, speaking as men of the world, we cannot blame
them for screwing out the best possible price for the
naerchandize. There is but one way of obtaining it at a
caeaper rate, which would be by entering into com-
petition with the sharte;witted citizens of this South
American community, and proving, to them that, un-
less they choose to dispose of their guano at a rea-
sonable rate, they may
keep it to themselves. Now,
we have it in our power to enter into such competi-
tion with the slightest possible delay. We call the
attention of the British farmer to the fact that if the
scheme answers—end the experiment has always suc-
ceeded whenever it has been tried—not only will he ob-
tain a cheap manure at home, but he wilt have guano at
much the same rate. "For an expenditure per acre,"
said Lord Palmerston the other day, " far less than
that which produces one manuring of Peruvian guano,
you may establish permanent arrangements, by which,
bringing from the towns fertilising liquids, you would
improve your property, and a permanent improvement
would be made iu the land at a far less expense than is
now required to produce a siegle crop." Such is the
plain and unexaggerated truth, and the farmers of
England, as we before said, would do well to abandon
ell thoughts of protection, " shitting of burdens," or
"revision of our _ entire fiscal system," as the new
catchpenny cry is called, and endeavour, with all
the energy of men who see their interest very l c ear y
indicated, to obtain manure for the land at a reasonable
rate. Even the Chancellor of the Exchequer tells them
there is-nothing under heaven for it but to lower the
cost of production. We tell the English farmers, too,
what we have told them for the last seven years, that
they are the mere dupes and victims of these talking
gentry who go about from hustings to hustings, and
from farmers' club to farmers' club,
promising them as-
sistance by a leeislative thunderclap. The thing is one
entire system of humbug—we want plain words—from
beginning to end. There is not one farmer tthelel em
he
pire who will ever be a penny the rich
columns of talk which Lord Derby
and his Chancellor
exceeding volu-
of the Exchequer pour forth with such
liquid manure,
bility• A pound •of guano, a bottle of
it all put together.--
would be more to the purpose than
Times.

MURDEROUS AFFRAY IN A
ASYLUM. LUNATIC

death
had died
On Saturday Mr. William Bilker, the coroner, held a
pro
tracted investigation' at the Red House Lunatic Asylum,
oCfa mvirbi rl
iiidagme
Clioerak,
,h -argoeadd ,4
3 Be, tah np an I;pgerre einu, n
at otiucc, livii I the
p errs der e
e n afternoon,cai
lcalling
in that institution .from severe injuries which he had received
from the violence of two other patients.
etehe garden he dis-
William Davis. a keeper, shad thai on Thu
,a,ffrteirurtdoeurr,,,oa'cnidocokn,
gwoiitnngesadownstairtshientko
covered two of the lunatics (Price and Nye holding the de-
ceased on the ground. One was kicking
was striking him with his fists. Green, ilia', and the other
the deceased, and was lying on the the keeper, was near
bruised' about the bead. ground
fit, and when witness first reachedeeased
said, .. If it had not been for our assistance The de
Ilde,haanvde
was seemingly in a
the spot the two lunatics
been murdered by cork.. nGdreinensewnsoiub
was called, and pronounced Mr. Miller, the resident surgeon,
keeper, Green, was carried intothe . deceased to be dead. The
a quarter of an hour had the house, and recovered after
elapsed and stimulants were admi-
nistered. His left eye
itness had great Was much swollen and blackened.
off the deceased . ,difficulty in pulling the enraged lunatics
James Green said that he had been keeper in the asylum
seventeen years, a
care during the t• and that the deceased had been under his
me he was an inmate. Deceased had often
Asked witness to I
r the
frequently tor keys, as .he wished to get out, and
stealing eup his clothes, also having a propensity for
articles
'afternoon la from the other .patients. On Thursday
other st witness had charge of the deceased and two
lunatics. The deceased suddenly turned round and
w.am
struck. R
by the on .the side of the head and tripped him up
.. e heels, wher -et. on the deceased fell upon witness and
struck him in the face four times. Witness called "Murder,"
and afterwards became Insensible. witness had suffered
considerably from the bruises on the head and loins from the
violence of the deceased, and would have been killed but for
the timely aid of the two patients.
Th 6 witness, in answer to the jury, stated that he was 73
years of age, and usually had charge of about 20 patients,
There were 520 insane persons in the asylum at the present
time.
The CORONER said it was a marvellous thing that events
of such a tragical nature.were not more prevalent in such
asylums. He bad not been, called into that establishment
for two years, which was a great ln
proof of the excellent
ner in which the institution was conducted. an.
After come consultation the jury unanimously
-special verdict, reciting the facts. returned a

A welsh paper saes that during the last few days
t?),
withtb cocoa the beach
has been covered
nuts,which have been Washed ashore in great
numbers.
beach in the neighbourhood of Ten

T AE A R.M Y
CIRCULAR INIE3IOI:ANDUM.
aurse Guards, July 8, 1852.
ri
Rsferring to the circular mem -ranum of the June,
1,48, regutating the dress of officers of infantry, the Com-
mauder-in-Chief has been pleased, with a view to the conve-
nience or the said officers, so far to modify the regulation
referred to as to sanction the wear (at their a ption) of a plain
blue frock coat, when riding or walking in the neighbour-
hood of their quarters; but it is to be understood that the
blue frock shall notbe worn on any parade, on the march, at
exercise with the troops, or on any descriptions of duty.
The frock thus authorised for officers of infantry,
of which has been sealed and deposited at the office of Mi-
litary Boards, for regulation of the supplies of the army, is
to be.made double-breasted and perfectly plain, with plain
covered buttons, and is to be worn with the forage cap, sash,
sword, and waist-belt, with a black stock, and buttoned up
so as not to show any part of the waistcoat, if a waistcoat
should be worn under it. a pattern

By command,
(Signed) G. B &OWN, Adjutant-General.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN

IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.
(From the Banner of Ulster of Saturday.
Several gentlemen connected with the Electric `telegraph
Company of Ireland (originally called the Irish Submarine.
Company) yesterday proceeded from Donaghadee Harbour,
on board one of the Belfast steam tug boats, accompanied by
another vessel, to lay down the electric submarine cable be"
tween Donaghadee and Portpatrick. The names of the geo"
tlemen on board w re: —Captain Hawes, R. N., specially AP'
pointed by the Admiralty to superintend the laying d"-
wit
of the wires; Sandiforth F. Griffin, Esq., engineer to the
company; Laurence Gilpin, Esq., contractor; Dr. Hone:
of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.
(who was last year present at the completion of the submov
rine telegraph now submerged between Calais and Dover);
J. Fletcher, Esq , superintendent of works to the company;
John Baker,, El., London; Samuel Glyde, Esq., London ;
Mr. Forster. London • Lockingtou Bann, Esq., of the Gods/
Percha Company of Lambeth,' London; Captain Stoddarcke
the Donaghadee Coast Guard; and Captain Delacheronl
At an early hour the vessels started outside the harbour, be
shortly afterwards the atmosphere became thick and hileY:i
They, neverless, proceeded on their journey, and steered ir!,
direct line towards the point of termination on the Scotti 7(
coast. The length of the cable was twenty-five miles, 01.:
this seven were safely anchored in the Channel, alai no, ""„d
peated trials it was found that the electric spark passed 01
this with the utmost freedom. At this point, howev,er.,it
strong cross current setting in,' Captain Hawes thougo'„;r •
advisable to stop until the present spring tides are over, S„,"i;
which the reiilaityler of the cable will be laid down. -I,d
course of the portion Takedown is marxed-by buoys.
the undertaking has been successful, and but for the
rents to which we have. referred, the entire length of "'-
wire would have been safely stretched to the opposite coast'

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
The following is the official statement of the quaitities
corn, &c., received in the port of London from the porre,
Essex; from the 12th Jaly, 1852, to the 17th July, Ids
both inclusive :

Colchester
Harwich •
Leigh
Malden .•

4.1 •
cis
a) ~._,
o.
0 •pq

322?
140?
8871

:9-
, CP
C.) :

- I 22,
90 -

21
490
g 0

CHELMSFORD, JULY 16.—Prices to-day were as folloW61;
Wheat, white, 41s to 47s ; red, 36s to 41s ; barley, 270 to 3660
chevalier 28s to 33s ; grinding 22s to 28s ; malt 55- to 311
chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge' 11
to 345; white, 31, to 32e; boiling, 32s to 355; d0n%45;
to 339 ; beans, tick, 30s to 33s ; harrow ticks, 30s W
mazagan, 28s to 325.
COLCHESTER, JULY 17.—Wheat, white 46s to 48s ; re ddis
to 42s ; oats, 21s to 23a; beans, mazagan 31s to 325; '/3:300
and small 33s to 36s ; peas, white 36s to 38s, grey,
34s ; barley, OOs to OOs per qr.
questio°
KIREALDY, JULY 7.—The following are the
for grain :
Wheat. Barley. field
I First 43s Od 27s Od

Oats.
21s Od
2Os Od
18s 6d
imperial,
ie followii

Second ' 41s Od

Beans.
—s Od
—s Od
—s Od
303 Od to
ng are the

Od

*ed

Third 36s Od I—s Od'
Oatmeal, per bag of 2801138
RiDDINGTON, JULY 16.-11

IPri 05 -s of
ce

grain at our market to-day;—
Wheat.

First 43s Od
Second 4ls 2d I
Third .........—...... 38s Od
Total quantity of Wheat in
Do. Barley
Do. Oats
Do. Beans

Barley,
29s Od
268 11d
25s 6d
market

,1014.
Oats. 01
22s cA 0.11
332 61
$
21a s OP
211 Oil 3
84 80
284 qrs., 2 sold
140 qrs., 128 n'ki
"`"- 10 qrs., 10

T. —YirsTKEDAY.
the closeep ier oGfr
at
nh
ge
em r. t :
15,5
oasiod
Lam bton
Hetton Lyons
fd
Pensber
Russell's Hetton,
t 0
Stewart's .. :" -
Shotton l4
Denison 135 04
Kelloe
16'
ioutla Hartlepool .... 14, Sod
South Kelloe ............• 445 ,
Th orn ley .............. :3t,
Whitworth .•..... . ..... 155 nA
Adelaide Tees •••••••••
Clavering Tee 5...... •• as ?,
Woodhouse Close. .•••• UP
Derwentwater Hartley..
Nixon's Merthyr and go Id
Cardiff ......... •••., 21s
Landshipping Milford
208......501u, 51. •