The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-29 00:00:00

ALARMING AM) DESTRUCTIVE FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
IIRE IN BIRAIINGHAM. WHITEHALL, MAY 25, 1841.
This tINGIIAbi, VILIDAY, MAY 28.—A itiost alarming and The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Dalton, of
disastrous conflagration tbok place in this town last night. Dudley, in the county of Worcester, Gent. to be a Master
About five O'tiOdi P. 31. the inhabitants of Broad-street, one Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
of the busiest throughfares and most manufacturing districts
tht town, were suddenly disturbed in their several avocations
by a report that a fire had broken out upon the premises of Mr.
W. Iliffe, an extensive coach-builder, carrying on business in
.that locality. It appears that about the hour above men-
tioned the workmen in Mr. lliffe's employ were engaged in a
yard between the front show-room and the hack workshop in
" ringing," as it is termed, or fixing the tire of a carriage-wheel,
For this purpose it is necessary that the iron at. the time it
placed around the circumference of the wheel should be red
hot, and in that condition attached to the circle of woodwork
Whether blameable or not is not yet ascertained, but the fire
at which the tire was heated is said to have been unusually
high, and communicated with a quantity of timber in a yard
hnmediately adjoining, belonging to Mr. Bolton, an extensive
timber-merchant. The Norwich, Birmingham, District, Bar-
racks, and town engines, and others belonging to various pri-
vate establishments, were speedily on the spot. All efforts to
stay the progress of the devouring element were, however, for
a time, notwithstanding the abundance of water in the neigh-
bourhood, comparatively unavailing. The stock of dry timber
in Mr. Bolton's yard, amounting in value to about 4,5001.,
had by this time become almost one mass of flame, and the
firemen were unable, from local difficulties, to obtain com-
manding situations from which they could with efficiency
discharge their engines. By this time, Mr. Commissioner
Burgess, Major Shaw, Mr. G. Redfern, Superintendent
Stephens, and about 200 of the police force had arrived.
Seeing that the confined situation of Mr. Bolton's yard
prevented the efficient working of the engines, it was
determined to destroy a long outer wall 15 feet high, and
every description of " battering-ram" was used for this pur-
pose. Unfortunately, after a protracted assault, the wall, con-
trary to expectation, fell outwardly, and several of the police
were severely injured. One poor fellow, a labouring man,
who was found covered with brick., was removed to the hos-
pital in a hopeless state, and others are deemed in a preca-
rious condition, but up to this time no death has occurred.
Although the premises of Mr. Bolton received the greatest in-
jury, yet other inhabitants and millowners of the neighbour-
hood were great sufferers. A great portion of Baskerville-hall
(so tarm d because of the site being formerly in the occupa-
tion of the celebrated Baskerville) was destroyed ; and, I re-
gret to say, that the chief tenant, a renter named Power, was
uninsured, and will consequently be a great loser. The manu.
factory of the Messrs. Phipson, pin-manufacturers, adjoined
this building, but owing to the promptness and great presence
of mind of Mr. S. Phipson, although in the most
imminent danger, it sustained comparatively little damage.
The great Union •reill, occupied in the rolling of metals, manu-
facture of glass, &e., and situated at the back of the premises
of Messrs. Iliffe and Bolton, had a most extraordinary escape
from destruction. Notwithstanding that a considerable space
of ground intervened, and that the canal ran between the fire
and this building, it was more than once on fire ; and it is said
by eye-witnesses, that had it not been for the vigilant attention
of a young gentleman named Lloyd, connected with one of
the fire-offices, the mill must have fallen a prey to the flames.
The damage done to dwelling-houses, factories, the timber-
yard, and other property, is estimated at from 12,000/. to
14,0001., the greater part of which is insured, but many par-
ties will be very heavy sufferers. So extensive a fire has not
been witnessed in Birmingham, except at the riots in 1791 and
1839, by the oldest inhabitant living. The alarm which it
created may be judged of from the fact that fire-engines came
from Walsall, Dudley, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, and
even from Coventry, and that all were in full play before the
flames were extinguished. The number of people for a time
thrown out of service by this unexpected calamity will be con-
siderable—and that, too, at a period when the Birmingham
workpeople can ill afford to .lose one moment's employment.
Trade is at the very lowest ebb, with no prospect of an influx
of the tide.

Quarterly Average of the Wei
Bank of England, from th,
May, 1841, both inclusive,
3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98.
LIABILITIES, ASSETS.
Circulation £16,615,000 Securities ..... „I:21,817,900
Deposits ~

skly Liabilities and Assets •f the
ie •2d of March to the 25th of
published pursuant to the Act,

£23,857,000
Downing-street, May 27, 1

£26,738,000

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
JOHN SUGDEN, machine-maker, Leeds.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOHN ALGAR, fishing merchant, Great Yarmouth.
BANKRUPTS.
RICHARD SMITH, butcher, New Suffolk-street, June
11, at one, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee; Dean and Co., Fen-
chnrch-buildings, London.
ELIZABETH FREER, bookseller, Liverpool, June 10,
and July 9, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Kay,
Parlow, and Aston, Manchester ; Surr, Lombard-street,
London.
THOMAS TAYLOR, bookseller, Liverpool, June 10 and
and July 9, at three, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Kay,
Barlow' and Aston, Manchester; Surr, Lombard-street, London.
WILL AM CHARLES HENRY PARRY, bookseller,
Liverpool, June 10 awl July 9, at two, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester;
Surr, Lombard-street, London.
JOHN LEA, jun., tea-dealer, Chester, June 7, and July
9, at eleven. at the Green Dragon Inn, Chester. Vincent and
Sherwood, Temple, London.
WILLIAM NEWSOME, oil-crusher, Dewsbury, York-
shire, June 11, at one, and July 9, at eleven, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Leeds. Jaques, Battye, and Edwards, Ely..
place, London ; Greaves, Derby.
JAMES DICKINSON, drysalter, Bromley, Yorkshire,
June 4, and July 9, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Commercial-
buildings, Leeds. Desborough and Young, Size-lane, London ;
Scholefield, Leeds.
JOHN RAMSHAY, grocer, Bradford, June 4, and July
9, at ter., at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Battye,
Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Wagstaff, Brad-
ford.

DEMAS SUTCLIFFE, manufacturer, Warley, Halifax,
Yorkshire, June 11, at ten, and July 9, at one, at the Shaks-
peare Inn, Halifax. Hall, Aldermanbury, London ; Wavell,
Halifax.
EDWARD WOOLLEY, paper hanging manufacturer,
Birmingham, June 8, at the Union Inn, and July 9, at the
Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. at twelve. Clarke and Met-
ca,f, , Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Colmore and Beale, Bir-
mingham.
GEORGE POCOCK IRVING, ship-builder, Rotherhithe,
June 9, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings, official assignee ; Bur-
kitt, Curriers'-hall, London-wall.
THOMAS RILEY, printer, Gough-square, Fleet-street,
June 8, at eleven, and July 9, at twelve, at the ourt of Bank-
ruptcy. Cannan, official-assignee, Finsbury-square ; Fletcher,
Finsbury-square.
JOHN WHITE, printer, Goldsmith-street, Gough-
square, June 9, at two, and July 9, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street..
buildings; Strutt and Galsworthy, Ely-place.
ROBERT EDMUNDS, carpenter, Bennett-street, Blaek-
friars-road, June 9, at one, and July 9, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basi ngh all- sf rect, official signee ;
Ashurst Cheapside. _ _

HENRY CUPPER CHURCHYARD and JOHN
HOLMES, woolstaplers, Halifax, Yorkshire, June 8 and July
9, at twelve, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax. Jaques, Battye,
and Edwards, Ely-place, London ; Stocks and Macaulay,
Halifax.

AWFUL STORM.

WOKING/TAM, MAY 28.—Last night the Forest Division of
Berkshire was visited by one of the most terrific thunder and
hail storms which this country has ever witnessed. The sky,
which for the last two dais had been unusually bright and sul-
try, began about eight o clock in the evening to present symp •
toms of a change, and to forebode the coming tempest. As
the night closed in, the atmosphere became more close and
oppressive, and masses of dark and threatening clouds began
to collect from the south-east, illuminated almost incessantly
with vivid sheets of lightning, accompanied by the meat ter•
rific crashes of thunder. Up to this time there bad been
no fall of any kind ; but about half-past nine—
without a minute's warning—the most destructive shower
of hail was discharged, that it has ever been our lot to
record. We have been favoured with an account of the storm
by one family who were spectators of the scene. They were
sitting at the tea-table, and the servant, who had fastened the
shutters in two of the rooms, was preparing to close the others,
when a crash was heard, as if the side of the house had fallen
in, and in an instant the shutters were burst open and the room
covered with pieces of ice, many of which were found under
the sofas half an hour afterwards, as large and nearly as hard
as marbles. To close the shutters a second time was found to
be impossible, as the lightning almost blinded those who at-
tempted it, and the shower of hail was irresistible. In the
bed-rooms where the windows had been left open, the chairs
were thrown down, the beds drenched with hailstones, and the
floors covered with ice and glass. After raging in this awful
manner for about twenty minutes the storm abated.
The chief weight of the tempest seems to have fallen on the
country between Bracknell and Reading, a distance of about 11
miles. In Bracknell and Wokingham the windows on one
side of the street in each have been literally smashed in, and
are likely to afford work to the glaziers for three months. At
Easthamstead-park, the seat of the Marquis of Downshire,
great mischief has been done to the mansion and the conser-
vatories. At Bill. hill, the seat of Mr. Leveson Gower, the damage
is immense, nearly all the windows on one side of the house
being broken. At Bear Wood 160 panes are broken on one
side of the house, besides all the glass in the conservatories and
skylights. At Hurst House, the residence of Sir John Con-
roy, the damage is said to amount to nearly 1,0001. At Sin-
dlesham House, the residence of Mr. T. Harman, 136 panes
are broken in the house, and the glass in the conservatories
quite destroyed. In the Berkshire Hospital at Reading 150
panes are bi oken; and at Purley, near Reading, we hear that in
addition to other damage several cows have boon destroyed.
The ravages of the storm out of doors are not less complete,
and are far more distressing than within doors. The devasta-
tion of the crops is immense ; whole fields of beans, peas, and
turnips, besides wheat, are as completely levelled as if they had
been cut off by a seithe, and several small farmers will probably
be ruined. The flower gardens present a most melancholy
spectacle, being completely strewed with the wrecks of their
late luxuriance, and the shoots of the young forest trees are in
many places quite cut off.
The visitation has certainly been most awful, and will be
long and painfully remembered. We are thankful to add, that
we have not heard of the loss of any lives, nor of the occurrence
of any personal injury.
The following fatal accident occurred in Hyde-park during
the thunder storm on Thursday evening. Shortly before nine
o'clock the signal being given for the persons waiting to bathe
to enter the waters of the Serpentine, a party, among whom
was a young man named John Marshall, 22 years of age, re-
siding at No. 3, Lenny-court, Museum-street, Bloomsbury,
went into the water. From the time of their doing so the
lightning continued to increase in vividness, and some of the
party becoming alarmed, made for the shoe, followed by their
companions, except the deceased. His absence was, however,
not observed until they had dressed, when his name was called
several times, and no answer being returned, fears were en-
tertained that he had been struck by the electric fluid and
had sunk. Information of the circumstance was accord-
ingly immediately communicated to the officers of the Royal
Humane Society, who are stationed on the river at bathing
time, who instantly commenced dragging ; but no one being
able to point out the spot where the unfortunate young man
had gone down, full a quarter of an hour elapsed before the
body was got up by Knight, the chief boatman, by whom it
was promptly conveyed to the receiving-house, and the usual
means of resuscitation employed, but without effect, life being
quite extinct. The body was subsequently removed to St.
George's Workhouse, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square,
where it awaits a coroner's inquest. Some idea may be formed
of the powerful effects of the electric fluid, when it is stated
that of the fine row of plane trees on the north side of the
Serpentine, 13 or 14 have had nearly the whole of their
foliage literally burnt up, and on the south side several of the
splendid elms have had limbs nearly the thickness of a man's
body torn off and severed from the trunks.
On Thursday night, during the storm of thunder and light-
ning, a man, named William Taylor, a hairdresser, in Red
Cross-street, Southwark, while sitting smoking his pipe at his
shop-door, was observed to fall suddenly off his chair on the
pavement. He was immediately lifted up by some persons,
who carried him into the house, and it was there discovered by
his friends that, although he received no external injury, yet
that he was suddenly deprived of his speech and hearing, and
has remained in that condition ever since. He has, however,
the use of his faculties, and by signs and what he has written
down on paper he attributes the awful visitation to the shock
his nerves sustained by a vivid flash of lightning, which he de-
scribes as having rendered him insensible for some minutes.
On Thursday night, Brighton was visited by a violent storm
of thunder, lightning, oud rain. It first broke over the sea,
and then came over the town. The storm was truly alarming
for upwards of an hour, and it is said to have been only equalled
by that in which the chain pier was so much damaged. No
serious accident or damage was heard of.

JAMES KIPPAX, omnibus proprietor, Lockwood, York-
shire, June 10 and July 9, at ten, at the White Lion Inn, Ha-
lifax. Wiglesworth, RidPdale, and Craddock, Gray's Inn-
square, London; Stansfeld, Craven, and Rankin, Halifax.
RICHARD SOUTHEE, innkeeper, Hertford, Jun 3, at
two, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee ; Dimmock, Sise-lane.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. Phipp, bookseller, Southampton-row, June 18, at half-
past ten —T. Blay, brush maker, Bermondsey-street, June 18,
at half.past twelve—J. H. Cunnew, victualler, Fenchurch-
street, June 18, at ene—J. W. Callaway, linen draper, Wo-
burn, Bedfordshire, June 18, at half-past eleven—J. Fearnley,
ironmonger, Hampstead, June 18, at half-past one—H.
Wright, jun. and J. Clarke, builders, Liquorpond-street, June
21, at twelve—C. and P. Knight, salesmen, Ivy-lane, New-
gate-market, Juno 19, at twelve—L. Munn, paper manufac-
turer, Solesbridge, Hertfordshire, June 19, at eleven.

In the Country.
J. and J. Moss, dyers, Smedley, Lancashire, June 22, at
eleven, at the ommissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Ri-
chard,on, merchant, North Shields, June 21, at one, at the
Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—G. A.
Cator, wool merchant, Leeds, June 25, at ten, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. Bentham, grocer, Sunderland,
June 21, at one, at Horner's Commercial Hotel, Sunderland—
R. Judd, draper, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, June 21, at
two, at the George Hotel, Melton Mowbray—J. Pope and J.
Breech, brush makers, Manchester, June 22, at eleven, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester —J. Burlinson, uphol-
sterer, Sunderland, June 21, at three, at the Thompson's Arms,
Sunderland—J. J. Bulman, oil merchate, Newcastle-upon.
Tyne, June 21, at two, at the Bankrupt Commission-room,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Jackson, corn merchant, King's
Lynn, Norfolk, June 25, at one, at the Duke's Head Inn,
King's Lynn—G. C. Cawood, tobacconist, Sunderland, June
21, at one, at the Thompson's Arms Inn, Sunderland—J.
Bishton, E. Kempson W. J. Jellicore, and W. Callum, iron
masters, near Wolverhampton, June 21, at twelve, at the Swan
Inn, Wolverhampton.
CERTIFICATES—JUNE 18.
D. Meadows, fish dealer, Gloucester—P.- Crompton, iron-
monger, Liverpool—B. Brough, brewer, Pontypool, Monmouth-
shire—R. Tilburn, auctioneer, Noncaster—T. Fitkin, jun.,
omnibus proprietor, Turnham- green—W. Tombloson, tavern
keeper, Stoke Newington—H. Lamb, grocer, Manchester—
M. Newby, merchant, Northampton—J. Wilson, licen'ed vic-
tualler, Toxteth-park, Lancashire—J. Taylor, picture dealer,

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Lovelace and J. Jones, tailors, Leadenhall-street—C.
and W. Forster, blacksmiths, Brandon, Suffolk—S. Warden
and J. Goslin, brick makers, Fleetwood, Lancashire—W. W.
Platt and G. Yates, millwrights, Salford Iron Works-_T. and
S. Greenfield, grocers, Petworth, Sussex—G. Murfin, S. Per-
kins, G. Plummer, jun., and W. Hoyle, machine makers,
Leeds—J. and R. Kershaw, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-
Lyne—W. Card and R. Scott, musical instrument manufac-
turers, Quadrant, Regent-street—G. I. Soper and W. Ri-
chards, printers, Devonport—C. W. and E. Jones, brass
founders, Pillgwenlly, Monmouthshire—G. Thompson, J. An-
derson, and H. Wilson, chain manufacturers, South Shields (so
far as regards G. Thompson)—M. Johnson and W. Timothy,
carpet warehousemen, High-street, Shoreditch—J. Goodier,
J. Goodier, J. W. Fairclough, T. Blackburne, J. Kirfoot,
jun., J. Tarleton, G. Littlewood, and J. Barritt, steam packet
proprietors, Liverpool—W. Dyson and J. Crosley, wine mer-
chants, Leeds—W. Webb and J. Thompson, auctioneers, Bir-
mingham—R. Atkinson and H. Baxter, wine merchants, St.
Mary-at-Hill—J. T. Gardner and E. Welchman, surgeons,
Southam, Warwickshire—R. Field and D. M. Ford, ware-
housemen, Cheapside—H. Ca.lon M. W. Livermore, and H.
W. Caslou, letter founders, Chiswelkstreet—G. bteadman and
T. Ellen, coal merchants, Greenwich.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
WM. and GEORGE HUTTON and CO., power-loom
cloth manufacturers, Glasgow, June 2 and 23, at two, at the
Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.
WILLIAM RUTHVEN, merchant, Dundee, May 31 and
June 21, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
MATTHEW MAXWELL, manufacturer, Paisley, June
4 and 25, at one, at the Writing Chambers of Andrew and
Semple, Paisley.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the Returns made in the week ending the 25th day
of May, 1841, is 395. 114 d. per hundred weight, exclusive of
the duties•of customs paid or payable thereon on the importa-
tion thereof into Great Britain.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arr ivals.—Plantagenet, Domatt, from Bengal, off Penzance,
sailed 22d January, Cape 21st March, St. Helena sth April ;
True Briton, Consitt, from Madras, off Plymouth, sailed Fe-
bruary, St. Helena 2d April.
Arrivals at St. Helena.—Mary Balmer, Cant, March 27
from Bombay, and 29th to Liverpool ; Dover, Austin, 29th
from Bengal, and sailed 31st to Boston ; Tar, 29th from Ben-
gal, and sailed 29th to Bristol ; Jessie Logan, Major, 30th
from Bengal, and sailed 30th to Cork ; Princess Charlotte,
King, 30th from Bombay, and sailed 30th to Liverpool ; Ad-
miral Tromp, Keikhooen, 31st from Batavia, and sailed 2d
April to Amsterdam ; Auguste and Meline, Mc3er, 31st from
Bengal, and sailed Ist April to Bremen ; Connecticut, Broker,
Ist April from whaling ; Vlaspandel, Uil, Ist from Batavia,
and sailed to Rotterdam ; Anne Metcalfe, Rogers, from Ben-
gal, and sailed to Shields ; Woodman, Good, 2d from Boni.
bay, and sailed 3d to Liverpool ; Jaraan, Van
Dugn, from Java, and sailed 3d to Amsterdam ;
Oud Nederland, Kuiper, from Java, and sailed 3d to Rotter-
dam ; Rattler, Brown, 2d from Zanzibar, and sailed 2d to
Salem ; Mayflower, Colt, 2d from whaling, and sailed 2d to
New Bedford ; Isabella Cooney, Gillies, 3d from Bengal, and
sailed 4th to Liverpool ; Azie, Doodenhuis, 4th from Mau-
ritius to Middleburgh ; Cherokee, M'Kellar, 4th from Bengal,
and sailed sth to Liverpool; Amazon, Smith, 4th from wha-
ling to Fanhaven ; Iron Duke, Jeffries, sth from Bengal, and
sailed sth to Liverpool.
Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—The Sandade,
Lieutenant Woodgate in charge, March 14, from the coast of
Brazil, detained by her Majesty's ship Grecian ; Emma,
Watts, and Alary, Reid, 4th, from Algoa Bay; George the
Fourth, Ward, 20th, from London.
Departures, from Table Bay-_ The Rockliffe, Harrison,
March 13, to Ceylon ; Couch, to Algoa Bay ; Greyhound,
Hutchinson, 14th, to China; Gratitude, 14th, to Algoa Bay.
Arrival in Simon's Bay—George, Donaldson, March 15,
from London and Rio de Janeiro.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, NAY 29. —Wind this day at noon light breeze
from N.W.

DEAL, MAY 25. —Wind S. W. moderate. —A rrived the True
Briton, Consitt, from Calcutta ; John Pixie, Calcutta. Arrived
from the River, Standerings for Sydney, Frankland, Calcutta;
Romulus, Antigua; Lotus, Barbadoes ; Carib, Sierra Leone.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 28. —Wind, light.—Arrived the Ca-
pand►a, from Stettin. Sailed the Magnolia, for Singapore;
Chaos, New Orleans.

SALcomez, NAY 28.—Arrived the Janette from Antwerp
to Guernsey, was fallen in with abandoned and with loss of
mizen mast and bowsprit off the Start by sonic pilot boats.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 28.—Arrived off, the St. James, from
New York, sailed the 3d instant.

FALMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived her Ma-
jesty's ship Reindeer, from Sheerness.
MILFoan MAY 27.—Arrived the Hope, from Glasgow, for
Swansea, leaky, having struck on a rock off Donaghadee.
HOLYHEAD, MAY 27.—Arrived off, the Jane, Pennington,
from Charente, with loss of foretopmast, Scc.
CORK. MAY 26.—Arrived the Ann and Jane, from Bar-
badoes, sailed the 26th ult.

.ATIONAL SOCIETY.—On Thursday the an-
nual meeting of this society took place in the Central School-
room, Sanctuary, Westminster, and was very numerously at-
tended. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided.
Among the company were the Bishops of London, Winchester,
Hereford, Lichfield, St. David's Bangor, Gloucester and
Bristol, Ripon, Norwich ; Lords David's,
Sandon, Kenyon,
Euston, Ashley, Radstock, Bandon, Bayning, Harrow by ;
Deans of Chichester, St. Asaph, Salisbury, Ripon, Hereford ;
Archdeacons Macdonald, Manning, Wilberforce, Austin ;
Hon. and Rev. Sirs H. Dukenfeld, H. Powys, R. Eden, A.
Phipps; Ladies F. Egerton and Sandon, Hon. Miss Stanley,
and Mrs. Drummend ; Rev. Doctors Williams, Stoddart,
Walmeiley, Shepherd, D'Oyley, Griffiths, Benson, Spry ; Dr.
Kay, Harry Chester, Esq. ; Principal of King's College ; Pro-
fessor Browne, King's College ; Reverends J. E. Taylor. 11.
H. Nprris, L. Boone, E. Hawkins, A. M. Campbell, J. Jen-
nings, John Allen, J. F. Cook, H. H. Milman,
_.Buess
Sir ,
G. Sinclair, M.P. ; Sir R. Inglis, M.P.
_• G. Knight,
Esq., M. P.; R. Ingham,.Esq., M.P. ; J. Round, Esq., M.P.
The children of the school having been examined by the Lord
Bishop of London in Scripture history, arithmetic, and the
art of singing, with whose performances his Grace expressed
himself much satisfied, the report was read, by which it ap-
peared that during, the past year 556 grants for schools in con-
nection with the established Church had been made by the
Government and the Society, the amount of which was
34,0061., and the number of scholars accommodated 96,291.
In 18.39 the number of schools was 6,778, and the number of
scholars 597,911. Her Majesty having been pleased to allow
parochial collectisns in behalf of the Society; the amount
raised by such means in the past year was 26,5271. which
was collected at 8,015 different places. The meeting was
addressed by Lord Radstock, Archdeacon Manning, the Bishop
of Ripon, Lord Ashley, and several other gentlemen.
p'pribd w
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airs:
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grown near Pepzanee,,and,the price is about one' Kai off,
new potatoes Bristol
markets are abundantlV
suthat are grown in the *Open
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LEITH, MAY 26.—Arrived the Catharine, Gardner, from
Grenada; William Large, Hobbs, Jamaica.
HULL, MAY 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Latma,
Sutton, from Smyrna.
DUNGENESS, MAY 27.—Arrived off, the Heloise, from
Bremen, for Singapore.
SYORNAWAY, MAY 22.—The Leda, from Glasgow to
Stettin, has put in here leaky, and has been hauled ashore to
be surveyed.
HAYLE, MAY 26.—The schooner Eliza, in leaving the har-
bour this morning, got ashore, but is expected off this even-
ing's tide, after discharging part of her cargo.
..lEGAVISSEY, MAY 25. —The upper part of the stern of a
vessel marked " Preston, Yarmouth," and covered with bar-
nacles, has been picked up off here.
LOCHMADDY, MAY 22.—A part of the stern of a vessel,
marked William and Ann, apparently not long in the water,
has been trashed ashore in this island.

HAYNIARKET THEATRE.--The play of The
Stranger was performed here last night, Mr. C. Kean appear-
ing, for the first time in London, in that character. There
was, it may be serviceable to remark, an occasional indistinct..
ness in his self-communings, amounting, in fact, to inaudibi-
lity, which it would be well for him in future to correct. In
his personation of this character, Mr. Kean mere than ordinarily
reminded us of his father, and we observed that he was always
most applauded where he most resembled his " great original."
Miss Ellen Tree (also for the first time) appeared as Mrs.
Haller, and by the touching tones of her voice—the appropriate
energy and feeling with which she sustained the character
thrmighout, imparted not only a deep interest on the passing
scene, but excited also a warm sympathy for the fate and former
frailties of the fair penitent—as the sobs of the audience but
too surely evinced. The other parts were carefully performed.
STATE of TRADE.—Wp are sorry to learn that
above one-half of the calico printers in the Vale of Leven are
at present idle,._ Glasgow Chronicle.