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London, England, 1847-07-09

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LozsiDoN. FRIDAY. JULY 9, 1847.

Immediately upon the appearance of the Gazette
Extraordinary of the Ist of June, within twenty-four
hours, indeed, after its publication, we protest
against the insufficiency of the proposed distribution
of military and naval decorations. Nor did we content
ourselves, moreover,with a merely general expression
of dissatisfaction at the abbreviation of official muni-
fleence within the interval between 1793 and 1815
inclusively. We proceeded further—we i)artlicu-
larised the immortal glory achieved by British
at the bombardment of Algiers and at the battle. valour
.Navarino. We maintained that some mark of dis-
tinction from the SOVEREIGN had been well and gal-
lantly earned by the brave fellows who had fought in
those renowned engagements.
Last evening the Earl of HARDWICKE brought this
matter directly under the consideration of the
Government, and elicited from the Earl of AucK-
LAND the assurance that " it is the intention of the Ad-
miralty to take the subject again into consideration, with
the anxious desire of doing all the justice which it is in
their power to perform."
Nothing more explicit could be desired in the way
of a half promise, and considering that the First Lord
of the Admi*alty has therein pledged himself to a
revision of the disputed Gazette, we may assuredly
look forward to a speedy extension of the catalogue
of those officers and seamen who are eminently
entitled to some such honourable recompense. The
Earl of HARDWICKE deserves the especial acknow-
ledgment of those whose services have been hitherto
rws retireikailded; and the remonstrance as to the inefli
o-f>the arrangement sketched out by the Ad-
-.lniralty auiborities, came with a very felicitous
fulne force-
ft?* himself, seeing that he was a partici-
sa
oftot the. great naval victories excluded
..ZXxtraordz nary Gazette above-mentioned.
"' allude to the sanguinary engagement fought it;
- 916-scarcely halfa dozen months beyond the limits
114
of the distribution—in the bay of Algiers, an en-
-14,-Enient which retionw.ls F::o much to the honour of
London, England, 1847-07-09

NEW WORE BY THE AUTHOR OF " EMILIA WYNDHAM,"
" THE TWO OLD MEN'S TALES," &c.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in Three Vols., post Bvo.,
ORMAN'S BRIDGE;
OR, THE MODERN MIDAS.
Ity the Author of " Emilia Wyndham," " Father Darcy," " The
Two Old Men's Tales," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION TO HEIt MAJESTY
THE QUEEN DOWAGER.
Second and Cheaper Edition, now ready. complete in 1 vol., with
Plates, 10s. 6d. bound,
MARY ANNE WELLINGTON,
THE SOLDIER'S
DAUGHTER, WIFE, AND WIDOW.
By the Rev. RICHARD COBBOLD,
Author of "The History of Margaret Catchpole," Sze.
"This interesting work we have no doubt will attain a greater
PoPularlty even than ' Margaret Catchpole.'—Sunday Times.
Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAT
SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
and the Public for their continued support and patronagFe,
announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
eke place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock. at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds ilalDES-
llately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW Evening, Saturday, July 10, will be performed
Dorlzetti's Opera
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.
Maria, Mdlle. Jenny Lind; La Marchese di Llerkenfield, 3fadame
Golan ; Sulpizio Sergente, Sig. F.Lablache ; and Tonio, Sig. Gardoni.
To conclude with the highly-successful new Ballet Divertissement
by M. Perrot, the music by Signor Bajetti, of the Imperial theatre
La Scala, Milan, entitled
LES EL EMENS.

The Earth (personified by) Iles. Cassan, James, Honore, Thevenot ;
the Fire, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; the Water, Mdlle. Rosati ; the Air,
Cerito.
The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted.
Pit Ticgets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre,
price 10s. 6d. each.
Applications for boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the
730 x-office, at the theatre.
London, England, 1847-07-09

of grai

The inauguration of the fine statue of the late la-
mented Duke of Orleans at St. Omer is expected to take
place at the end of the present month. It is rumoured
that an invitation is to be sent to the Duke of Mont-
pensier to be present on the occasion, and that a camp
will be established in that town.-13qylogne Spectator.
London, England, 1847-07-09

CATION.

Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from the Roman
Catholic clergy and Roman Catholic laity of Northamp-
ton, complaining that Roman Catholics had been ex-
cluded in the grants for the purposes of educa-
tion ; that Roman Catholics comprised a large pro-
portion of the inhabitants in every town of Great Britain;
that; being poor, they were exposed to all the evils
arising from ignorance, and therefore stood more in
need of education at the hands of the State, and pray-
ing that they might participate in the grant for educa-
tion.
London, England, 1847-07-09

TEE,ATRE ROYAL, HAYMAIIKET.
Under the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.
Mr. Hardeastle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Tilbury ;
Young Marlow, Mr. Holl ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs.
Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett ;
Dolly, Miss Woolds.
To be followed by POPPING THE QUESTION. Mr. Primrose,
Mr. Farren ; Miss Biffin, Mrs. Glover ; Ellen Murray, Miss Telbin ;
Miss Winterblossom, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Bobbin, Mrs. Humpy.
After which the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE.
Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ;
Lady Somertord, Miss Fortescue.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST.
Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, Bland, and
Mrs. Humby.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADEF,PIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Win bs produced a newand original c mte y in three acts, called
THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characte-s by Messrs. Lambert,
Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, 31unyard, C. J. Smith,
Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E.
Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c.
Alter which The MAGYAR MULATSAG ; or, Hungarian Fetes.
By the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru-
mental Vocalists. .

After wnich an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled
FLYLNG COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans-
Boaci, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Ilelen de Montereau,
Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
To be folowed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND.
Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert,
E'=.lbY, Ctillenford, and Miss Woolgar.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
(Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) •
THIS EVENING
(Last Three Nights of The Creole.)
Will be presented a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled MAR-
GUERITE'S COLOURS. Principal characters by Messrs. Emery,
Wigan, Vining, and Johnston; Mesdames Dickenson, Viliars, Arden,
and Griffiths.
To be followed by the new GRAND BALLET, in which the
Spanish Dancers will appear.
After which a burletta, entitled THE WATER WITCHES.
Principal characters by Mesdames Villars, Dickinson, Daly, Arden,
3lessrs. Oiberry, Vining, &c.
To conclude with THE CREOLE; or, Love's Fetters. Characters
by Emery, Leigh Murray, Osberry, Miss Dickson, and Miss Daly.
In the course of the piece the celebrated Spanish Dancers
will appear, In their novel and unrivalled Bouquet Dance.
London, England, 1847-07-09

PACIFIC STATION.

The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief.
The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze.
The Modeste, 18, Captain Watkins.
The Cormoraat, steam-sloop, Commander Seymour.

THE BRAZILS.
The Curacoa, 24, Captain Broughton.
The Racer, 16, Commander Reed.
The Satellite, 16, Commander Rowley.

THE WEST INDIES.
The
_Hermes, steam-sloop, Commander Carr.

COAST OF AFRICA.
The Prometheus, steam sloop, Commander flay.
The Sealark, 6, Acting-Commander Whyte.
London, England, 1847-07-09

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.)

Room B.
COVENTRY, BANBURY, AND OXFORD.

Mr. HILDYARD addressed the Committee on behalf o
the London and North-Western Company, in opposition
to the Bill.

Room C.

Edinburgh and Northern-Railway (Improvement of the
Ferry between Ferry-Port-on-Craig).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from Burnt-
island to Dunfermline Branch, &c., No. 2).
Edinburgh and Northern and Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton Railways Amalgamation.
The Committee declared the preambles of the above
Bills to by proved.

EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY,
SAINT ANDREW'S AND NEWBURGH HARBOUR
BRANCHES AND ROAD CROSSINGS (NEWPORT
RAILWAY EXTENSION).

The Committee then proceeded to hear evidence in
support of the above Bill.

Room D.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE (DONCASTER AND
GOOLE BRANCH).
____

Sergeant WRANGHAM addressed the Committee for
the promoters.
EAST LANCASHIRE (SOUTHPORT BRANCH
The Committee were occupied with passing the clauses
of the above Bill.

Room F.
READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE.
Mr. Stevenson, C.E., and other witnesses, were exa-
mined in support of the Bill.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.)
GROUP VI.

SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER (WIN-
BORNE AND ELANDFORD BRANCH.)
The Committee were occupied with the case of the
opposition to this Bill.
London, England, 1847-07-09

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—The Conway, 26, Captain W.
Kelly, which arrived here yesterday from the Cape sta
tion, was inspected to-day by the Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., and came into the harbour
this evening to be dismantled and paid off.
The Palinurus transport, Lieutenant William Thomas,
agent, arrived last evening with invalids, and returned
stores on board from the Pacific.

___
The Odin steam• frigate, Captain Hon. Frederick
Thomas Pelham, was removed from dock into the basin
last evening.
The Helena, 16, Commander Sir Cornwallis Ricketts,
Bart. (Captain), arrived to-day from the African station.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle having been out in the Myrtle
steamer to inspect the Conway, and seeing the Helena
coming up from the westward, proceeded towards her,
met and boarded her in Stokes Bay, and came to Spit-
head in her. Orders have been received for her to come
into this harbour to be paid off:
The crew of the Royal yacht have been paid wages to-
day at the dockyard, supposed to be preparatory to her
proceeding to Woolwich to attend on her Majesty.
The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, will be ready for
paying off to-morrow if her books are ready.
The following ships have served the usual period of
commission (three years); many have exceeded that
term, and are on their way home to be paid off or are
ordered to return as soon as relieved:—
London, England, 1847-07-09

INSTALLATION AT CAMBRIDGE.
CAMBRIDGE, WEDNESDAY EVENING.-At nine o'clock
last night her Majesty held a levee in Henry VIII:s
Drawing room, at Trinity Lodge, when the masters,
professors, and doctors, with their ladies, were received
by the Queen. The reception lasted till eleven o'clock.
This morning, at nine o'clock, the Prince Chancellor
held a levee in the Queen's Drawing-room, at Trinity
Lodge. His Royal Higness was attired in his magnifi-
cent robes as Chancellor of the University.
At the levee the Mayor and Corporation of Cambridge
presented the following address:—

"TO FIELD-MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE
ALBERT, OP SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA, 'La., &c.,
CHANCELLOR OF THE lINIVERSITYOF CAMBRIDGE.

" May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of
Cambridge, have the highest satisfaction in availing our-
selves of this opportunity to renew the expressions of
respect and attachment to which we gave utterance upon
the occasion of your Royal Highness's former visit to
this a❑cient and loyal borough.
" The gratifying event of the installation of your
Royal Highness as Chancellor of this distinguished
University enhances the satisfaction which we feel, and
we earnestly express our hope that, under the auspices
of your Royal Highness, the University of Cambridge
may long continue to prosper as a seminary of sound
learning and religious education."
The following gentlemen had the honour of being
presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Chan-
cellor:—

The Bishop of Melbourne; the Dean of Westminster;
the Dean of Peterborough; the Dean of Ely; Sir
Roderick Murchison; the Rev. Henry Aslett, President
of Pembroke College; the Senior Proctor of St. John's
College; the Rev. James Allay-, Senior Pro-Proctor of
St. John's College • the Rev. G. F. Reyner, St. John's
College, Regent Member of the Caput; Rev. Dr. 011i-
vant, Regius Professor of Divinity; Dr. Haviland, Re-
gius Professor of Physic; Rev. W. Kingsley, Junior
Proctor and Tutor of Sidney; Rev. Hamnet Holditch,
M.A., President of Caius College; Dr. Robinson, Lord
Almoner, Professor of Arabic; Professor Maine; Pro-
fessor Pryme; Professor Miller; Rev. Professor Jarett;
Professor Corrie; Rev. Professor Blunt; Professor Wil-
lis; Professor Clark; Rev. Professor Scholefield ; Mas.
ter of Downing; Rev. J. Power, University Librarian,
Clare Hall; Master of Emmanuel; Master of Clare
Hall; Master of Christ's College; Master of Jesus
College.
London, England, 1847-07-09

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES.

have received this morning a letter from M.
Mauvais, of the Royal Observatory at Paris, stating that
he discovered a comet near the Pole on the night of the
4th of July. The approximate position was—
July 4, at 13h. 36m. ss. M.T. R.A. 22h. Bm. 13s.

North Decl. 80 deg, 26 min

In 34 minutes, the R.A. diminished 18 seconds, and
the declination increased 1 min. 28 sec.—Yours_ very

..... ..
respectfully,--- ully, J. R. HIND.
Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, July 8.

BONDING PRIVILEGES.—The Lords of the Trea-
sury
having been pleased by their order, just issued, to
consitute Wigtown, in the port of Dumfries, a separate
port, on the supernumerary class, the Commissioners of
the Customs have directed that the privilege granted by
their Lordships should take effect at Wigtown, as au
indep,mdelat port, on the 6th of July instant, of which
the officers of the revenue there, and throughout the
kingdom, have been apprised for their future government
in the matter. The Lords of the Treasury having also
been pleased to approve of the port of (.}week being
reduced to a creek within the port of Falmouth, orders
have been issued by the revenue authorities for that
arrangement, also to take effect from and after the
sth instant.

TOM THUMB AND HIS LADY LOVE.—" The wee-
est little man that ever was," as the children say, is now
in our city, ".trutting his little hour upon the stage,"
and pocketing lots of small coin, to increase the " sum;
fortune" which he began to make in America, and which
he so much extended in foreign parts. If report speaks
true, General Tom Thumb has meditated much upon
the common lot of humanity, and following other illus-
trious examples, has " wooed a little maid," who has
agreed to " wed, wed, wed," and in a short time they
are to be married. She is in her 16th year, weighs
and is 30
ii.ritcsootoshes high.. The
woripiThe ullitecl weight of
-ttlyeob.u,
London, England, 1847-07-09

THE SPANISH EXILES.

The following letter has been addressed by Genera'
Yriarte, one of the most distinguished followers of Es.
partero, to Lord Palmerston :—_

" London, July 1, 184

"My Lord,—l have just received the command of my
august Sovereign, Queen Isabella, to return to my coun-
try, after three years of emigration, and to resume my
rank of General in the Spanish army.
" During my residence in this hospitable country I
have received the most marked kindness from the
English people as well as sfrom the English Govern-
ment, and in fulfilment of the most sacred duty of man,
which is to prove himself grateful, I have the honour
and the high satisfaction of thus offering the tribute of
my earnest thanks, with every assurance of eternal gra-
titude.

" With these feelings I once more beg your Excellency
will be pleased to accept my thanks, together with the
assurance of my-high consideration, and I remain
"Your Excellency's.Tery obedient humble servant,
" MARTIN JOSE YRIARTE."

A NEW COMET.
London, England, 1847-07-09

EAST INDIA STATION.

The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief;
having been relieved by the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzge-
rald, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood.
The Castor, 36, Captain Graham.
The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy.
The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson.
The Wolf, 16, Commander Vansittart.
The Spiteful steam-sloop, Commander Sir W. Hoste,
Bart.

MEDITERRANEAN.
Tho Albion, 90, Captain Freemantle.
The America, 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland.
The Flamer, steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander
Lavie.
The Hecla, steam-sloop, Commander Starmer.
Tho Virago, steam-sloop, Commander Lunn.
London, England, 1847-07-09

RIBBLE NAVIGATION.
Notice is hereby given, that. the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING of the RIBBLE NAVIGATION COMPANY, will be
held at their Office, Chapel-walks, l'reston, in the county of Lan-
caster, on THURSDAY, the 29th day of July imtant, at Eleven o'clock
in the forenoon. E. lIAYDOCK,
Secretary to the said Company.
Preston, Ribble Navigation Office, July 1, 1847.
London, England, 1847-07-09

FIGHTING INTELLIGENCE.

The Clare Journal contains the following:—
" An unpleasant occurrence took place at the Quarter
Sessions Court in Kilrush, on Friday. We have been
informed that while Mr. O'Connell, who was engaged in
defending the persons charged with the late outrage upon
Mr. Hill, the Government Inspector, was addressing the
court, Mr. Hill, who was on the bench, was observed to
laugh more than once at the observations made. Mr.
O'Connell, addressing Mr. Hill, asked if he were laugh-
ing at him. The reply was, that indeed he was laughing
at pis foolish observations. Mr. O'Connell observed in
reply that that was language that he would not suffer to
pass with impunity elsewhere, and that he should notice
it out of court. The barrister, after some observations,
called upon both gentlemen to enter into securities to
keep the peace. Mr. Hill said that he did not intend
that the matter should proceed farther, and pledged him-
self to that effect. Mr. O'Connell did the same, but the
barrister insisted that he (Mr. O'Connell) should enter
into recognizances, himself in 2001., and two sureties ii
501. each, to keep the peace. This Mr. O'Connell peremp-
torily refused, when Mr. Major desired the sheriff to
take Mr. O'Connell into custody ; and the sheriff re-
quiring a committal, it was drawn up, and Mr. O'Con•
nell was sent to Bridewell, where he spent the melt.
The excitement in the town during the night wasre-
markable. A tar barrel was lighted opposite the bride-
well, and the people paraded the streets, headed by sl
amateur band, and it was a late hour before the multi-
tude retired to their homes. The attorneys, in a body,
visited their incarcerated brother, and spent the evening
very pleasantly. In the morning Mr. O'Connell was
brought into court, escorted by two policemen.
London, England, 1847-07-09

(Roars of laughter, during the continuance of which
the Noble Lord shook his head, whilst some Hon.
Members in the vicinity of the lion. Member for
Cockermouth assured him that the Noble Lord had not
made use of any such expression.) He admitted that
he had fallen into an error; he had misuride-rsto, d the
Noble Lord—(Laughter)—but if the Hon. Gentleman
was privileged, it was on account of his good humour,
and on account of his anxiety to assist any Hon. Mem •
ber to whom his experience would be useful, and
he was sure both his former and present services had
created a debt of gratitude on the part of the country,
which never would be paid.—(Cheers.) He believed
him free from blame. He trusted the matter would go

no further.
Mr. HUME said on a former evening when he was
called by a Member of the Cabinet a thief and a receiver
of stolen goods—(Cries of " Oh! oh !")—he took no
notice of those expressions, because he believed they
were used in the warmth of debate, but when the Noble
Lord, the premier of this country, rose and told him
that he had not learned his own language--(Laughter)
—he thought it his duty to rise and defend himself from
such a charge. He did not know on what authority the
Noble Lord had made use of those expressions. A puff
or a joke were all very well, but he did think that such
language from the Noble Lord was unbecoming and
unworthy of htm.
The matter then dropped, and Mr. Hume passed on
to the opposite benches: and took his seat for a few
moments, amid considerable cheering and laughter, by
the side sf Mr. Spooner.
Mr. FOX MAULE then replied to the question of
the Hon. Member for Westminster. He said the matter
should be taken into consideration.
Mr. ELLICE said, when he was Secretary-at-War,
he believed, as well as his memory would serve him,
that the men referred to had their pensions commuted
for two or three years'
.pay; but the men spent
the money they received in public-houses, and were
found wandering about London in a state of destitution,
so that they were unable to fulfil their promise, and to
make their way to America, but some of their comrades
have found their way from America to this country.
He considered their case worthy of the seri-
ous attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and recommended it to his attention. There were, it
appeared, but fourteen persons, and the expense of allow-
ing them a small pension would not be considerable. He
would not say whether it was or was not creditable to
this country, to have persons who had served them
wandering about in a state of destitution,
London, England, 1847-07-09

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London, England, 1847-07-09

EAST INDIA STATION.

The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief;
having been relieved by the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzge-
rald, flag of Rear- Admiral Inglefield.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood.
The Castor, 36, Captain Graham.
The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy. '
The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson.
,The Wolf, 16, Commander Vansittart.
The Spiteful steam-sloop, Commander Sir W. Hoste,
Bart.

MEDITERRANEAN.
The Albion, 90, Captain Freemantle.
The America, 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland.
The Flamer, steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander
Lavie.
The Hecla, steam-sloop, Commander Starmer.
Tha Virago, steam-sloop, Commander Lnnn.
London, England, 1847-07-09

THE SPANISH EXILES.

The following letter has been addressed by Genera]
Yriarte, one of the most distinguished followers of Es.
partero, to Lord Palmerston :

" Louden, July 1, 1847.
"My Lord,—l have just received the command of my
august Sovereign, Queen Isabella, to return to my coun-
try, after three years of emigration, and to resume my
rank of General in the Spanish army.
" During my residence in this hospitable country I
have received the most marked kindness from the
English people as well as from the English Govern-
ment, and in fulfilment of the most sacred duty of man,
which is to prove himself grateful, I have the honour
and the high satisfaction of thus offering the tribute of
my earnest thanks, with every assurance of eternal gra-
titude.

" With these feelings I once more beg your Excellency
will be pleased to accept my thanks, together with the
assurance of my high consideration, and I remain
" Your Excellency's very obedient humble servant,
" MARTIN JOSE YRIARTE."

A NEW COMET.

T 3 THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

SIRS I have received this morning a letter from M.
Mauvais, of the Royal Observatory at Paris, stating that
he discovered a comet near the Pole on the night of the
4th of July. The approximate position was—
July 4, at 13h. 36m. ss. M.T. R.A. 22h. Bm. 13s.
North Decl. 80 deg, 26 min.

In 34 minutes, the R.A. diminished 18 seconds, and
the declination increased 1 min. 28 sec.—Yours very
respectfully, J. R. HIND.
Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, July 8.

BONDING PRIVILEGES.—The Lords of the Trea-
sury having been pleased by their order, just issued, to
consitute Wigtown, in the port of Dumfries, a separate
port, on the supernumerary class, the Commissioners of
the Customs have directed that the privilege granted by
their Lordships should take effect at Wigtown, as an
independent port, on the 6th of July instant, of which
the officers of tha revenue there, and throughout the
kingdom, have been apprised for their future government
in the matter. The Lords of the Treasury having also
been pleased to approve of the port of Gweek being
reduced to a creek within the port of Falmouth, orders
have been issued by the revenue authorities for that
arrangement, also to take effect from and after the
sth instant.

TONI THUMB AND HIS LADY LOVE.-" The wee-
est little man that ever was," as the children say, is now
in our city, " strutting his little hour upon the stage,"
and pocketing lots of small coin, to increase the " snug
fortune" which he began to make in America, mid which
he so much extended in foreign parts. If report speaks
%. bale mad," who htt4
'
agreed true, General Tom Thumb has meditated much upon
the common lot of humanity, and following other illus
t rio. u
esd e
to
wed, and hi a bhort time they
aafn,
w~u,
i
are to be married. She is in her 16th year, weighs
19i1b., and is 30 inches high. The united weight of
the couple le 5020.--Boston Transcript,
London, England, 1847-07-09

Cbtrli Milttion

SUN OFFICE. Seven o' Clock

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE.AND OTHER COM-

PANIES' STOCK.
From tite Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ICVINISQ.
LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 9.
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fitaritlllll,

h.iNDON. FRIDAY. JULY 9. It+47.

-
Even the reports of Imp-rial Parliament are be-
ginning to show the proximity of a general election
of representatives. On Wednesday the House of Com-
mons was occupied with a sort of incidental delibera-
tion upon the Registration of Voters Bill, and not-
withstaniing the paramount importance of the subject
and the attenuation of the time yet allotted to the '
present session, the committal of the Bill was pro • '
crastinated until another score of hours had elapsed. '
There is something wonderfully significant in this
postponement ; it indicates the mingled yearning and
terror with which the hustings are regarded by the
popular representatives. Knowing that to many
those hustings are shadowed by the gloom of a
Nemesis, the Nemesi* of an indignant democracy,
we cannot marvel at thena disrelish evinced h
must for tbe
he
performance of those se
torial dutie
immediately followed by the closing of the lobbies of
• St. Stephen's. The preparations already making
among the constituencies of the provinces has a por-
.tentous aspect to those Members who have battled
against the principles allied with the progress of
-clety, the diffusion of knowledge, the mitigation of
sufferings, and the amelioration of grievances. The
gravamen of the charge already looming before those
affrighted candidates is visibly indicated in the ear-
nestness of their particular electors,
differences amongwh(iism.bthee.
yeast of political and polemical Happy for those who possess
ginning to ferment.
moral audacity enough to brave the brunt of local
electioneering
disaffection before the rancours of an
f
contest have found an opportunity for
de-
velopment ; happy for those who have their
u
rhetorical fluency, sufficient contidpece in the sufficient
inte-
grity of their motives, and suffieient knowledge ot
the arguments best calculated to propitiate their en-
fr inchised antagonists, to seek an interview and volun-
teer an explaeation, as the lion. GEORGE SYDNEY
SMYTHE has just done with his constituents at
Canterbury.
No unusual movement is visible among the Parlia-
mentary electors of either cities, boroughs, or ccun-
ties. A somewhat bewildering quiescence, or rather
s4agnor, preludes the general appeal to the house-
holders, thu freeholders, the leaseholders, and the
c ,pyholders of the United Kingdoms. Those, how
ever, will be eminently deserving of discomfiture who
anticipate, from this apparent tranquillity or indiffer-
ence in the popuar mind, that the trick of
the elections can be played with as much
facility as a hand at ecarti. Under this ostensible
languor there is a terrible accumulation of energy
• When the intelligence is actually bruited aboutLy•
hat Parliament is dissolved, that energy
. , krewith summoned into activity ; and woe
"„
~, -iiitiose,who cannot on the emergency
4- ' ---L ..airan conscience of the Past, orsketch make a
,1,1,:,:.
_..,.....,„ _ . .
;iip.., ;-;,-otisfisction of their voters a propitious and accept-
_ able Future!
(
(:.
Unlike any preceding elections, the present will
London, England, 1847-07-09

FATAL .ACCIDENT ON THE
PETERI3O).RO' AND ELY RAILWAY.

PETERBOROUGH, THURSDAY.—AR accident of a very
serious character, t. srmirating fatally to one person, and
with injury we und,?rstand to cne or two others, hap-
pened early this race 'Bing, on the above line of railway,
near the " Hundred Feet" bridge, twenty-two miles
distant by the 6.10. e. xpress train running off the rails.
The train consisted„ on leaving the station, of two pas-
senger carriages, a first and seoond class, a break van,
tender and engine, driven by a steady and experienced
driver, named Staples. in all these were about twelve
passengers, two ontitte being picked up at intermediate
stations, up to Alt4tett. station, where it arrived at its
fixed time, 57 minutes pot six o'clock.
After a brief delay it eastarted, and proceeded with
every apparent steadinass until it arrived about 100
yards on the Ely side of the above bridge (the Hundred
Feet), where there is a descending gradient of 1 in 250.
It had not gone down the incline many yards before the
engine was thrown off the r ails. and was, with the tender,
hurled completely round, and then fell down an embank-
ment to the edge of a waterway, which runs for some
distance along that portion of the line. Fortunately
the carriages broke away from the tender, and brought
up a few feet from the spot, owing to the wheels being
embedded or fixed in the gravel of the permanent way,
the rails being torn up or displaced by the engine.
How the passengers escaped seems very remarkable;
yet the writer is assured that all were unhurt save a few
trifling bruises on one or two of them. The stoker was
found apparently much hurt, while the engine-driver
was discovered crushed on the rails by the break iron,
quite dead. The poor fellow's death must have been in-
stantaneous, as that portion of his body on which the
iron rested was nearly flattened.
A young man engaged in the telegraph office of the
company is described by an
.eye-witness to have been
badly bruised.
The necessary signals were placed to stop the up and
down trains, and the company's principal officers were
immediately telegraphed for. On their arrival a strict
inquiry was entered upon as to the cause of the accident,
and on examining the rails, one was found fractured in
three places. Whether these arose from the sinking of
the soil or permanent way, which, it should be observed,
passes over the treacherous fens in this part of the
country, or from the metal being defective, is difficult
to ascertain.

The engine is one of the small four-wheelers used by
the company, made by Braithwaite, marked No. 7, and
was considered a very steady and safe traveller.
It is thought that a slight subsidence or unevenness in
the road would naturally give the engine more or less
a bumping movement, and that coming upon a defec-
tive rail, would be likely to fracture it in the way the
one in question is.
London, England, 1847-05-03

Lite insured.

Sum insured.( Sum paid.

John Wharton, Esq.. Skelton astle
Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart.
Sir William Wake, Bart. .. • .
Earl Strathmore •• • • .

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5,000
5,,,00
5,000

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7,706 6 0
7,652 13 3
7,500 5 9
7,128 15
4,509 1 1
3,411 1 3
1,862 4 11

I .
Rev. H. W. Champneys, Canterbdry 3,000
The Marquis of W,llesley • ....• • • • 2,000
Earl Cathcart .. • • ...... •• • ....... 1,090

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Kingdom ; and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street.
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DIRECTORS.
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James C. C. Bell, Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq.
Michael Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq..
Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq.
Andrew Colvile, Esq. Henry Pearse, Esq.
George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq.
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ng example:-- •

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Particfpate in the Bonus declared in 1846.
London, England, 1847-05-03

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

I Due Foscari was repeated here last evening, for the
last time this season we are scrry to say, for we should
have liked again to witm-ss the admirable acting of
Coletti, Fraschini, Madame Montenegro, and Bouche, in
their respective parts. After the opera we had a Diver-
tissement, in which Cerito and St. Leon appeared ; then
a selection from La Favorita, with Gardoni and Bouche;
and then the ballet of Thea, with Rosati and Marie
and Taglioni. The house was crowded in every part.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
London, England, 1847-05-03

HOUII'S MAGAZINE.

One reprinted gem would alone have rendered
Hood's Magazine for May valuable, supposing the
rest of the contributions had been irredeemably bad--
it is a solemn, an exquisite voice from the past--the
" Mynstrelle's Songe," from the tragical interlude of
the immortal " Alla." It is well that a popular pe-
riodical avails itself of its circulation to revive to the
multitude those beauties of our national writers
which are buried in the literary catacombs of our
public libraries. Another poetical jewel is preserved
in Hood—the four simple but well-remembered lines
of Darwin, on the present month :

" Born in yon blaze of orient sky,
Sweet May ! thy radiant form unfold ;
Unclose thy blue voluptuous eye,
And wave thy shadowy locks of gold."
Beyond these, however, the contents of the pe-
riodical are as evanescent as possible; the last two and
twenty pages, indeed, are filled up with broken
bits from other and cheaper publications.
London, England, 1847-05-03

!_ast Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton,
and Co..

54,020

Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Walford, and Co. 57,516
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 37,50$
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co
Varringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes and Medley 8,944
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 14,815
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 6,288
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen
London, England, 1847-05-03

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

I Duc Foscari wa•3 repeated here last evening, for the
last :iire this seasen we are sorry to say, f,,r we should
have liked again to witn,:,s the admirable acting of
Coletti, Fraschini, Madame Montenegro, and B niche, in
their respective parts. After the opera we had a Diver-
tissement, in which Cerito and St. Leon appeared ; then
a selection from La Favorita, with Gardoni and Bouche;
and then the ballet of Thea, with Rosati and Marie
and Taglioni. The house was crowded in every part.
London, England, 1847-05-03

ROBERTO IL DIAc'OLO.

Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lied ; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto,
Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, Signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, signor
Bouche ; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl (his second appearance at
this Theatre).
With various Entertainments In the Ballet Divertissement, corn
prising the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie
Taglioni,Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Gratin, M. Perrot, M. P. Ta-
glioni, and M. St. Leon.
London, England, 1847-05-03

3 U RGER Y.

Junior Class—Bronze medals, G. M. Young and J.
W. Paternoster; certificate, F. W. A. Rawlins. ' Senior
Class—Silver medal, C. R. Durell ; certificate, J. Buck-
stone.

MATERIA.
Silvor medal, C. Terry; certificate, C. Wood.
PRACTICAL ANATOMY.

Junior—Bronze medal, C. Terry; certificate, C. Wood,
Senior—Silver medal, J. Fayrer; certificate, C. R.
Durell.

MIDWIFERY.

Junior—Bronze medal, G. M. Young; certificate, M,
Todd. Senior—Silirer medal, J. Buckstone; certificate,
C. R. Durell.

PHYSIOLOGY.
Junior—Bronze medal, C. Terry. Senior—Silver
medal, J. Fayrer.

MEDICINE.

Junior—Bronze medal, G. M. Young ; certificate, G.
W. Paternoster. Senior—Silver medal, C. R. Durell ;
certificate, J. Buckstone.

CHYMISTRY.

Silver medal, C. Wood.

BOTANY.
Silver medal, S. Ludlow.

FORENSIC MEDICINE.
Silver medal, J. Buckstone ; certificate, A. Butler.

CLINICAL PRIZE.
Silver medal,J. G. Green.

GENERAL PROFICIENCY.

Gold medal, C. B. Durell ; Silver medal, C. R. Durell,
Two gentlemen received honorary testimonials for
diligence and good conduct.

GIBRALTAR, APRIL 18.—On the 15th instant the
crews of two of the Queen of Portugal's cruisers at anchor in
our bay (the cutter Conde de Thomar and mistico Serra do
Pilar), that had, taken refuge here on the appearance of the
Junta of Oporto s steamers off the coast of Algarve, attempted
to declare themselves in favour of the Oporto Junta, but the
commanders, having discovered their intention, applied to
our Governor for protection, in consequence of which the
commander of her Majesty's steamer Virago received orders
to send his boats to their assistance, and they towed her
Alost Faithful Majesty's cruisers to the anchorage at the
Sew Mole, alongside of her Majesty's steamer Virago, which
has them in surveillance under our batteries. These vessels,
which were sent by the Queen's Government to blockade the
coast of Algarve and impede the commercial intercourse be-
tween this and that part of Portugal, from which this garri-
son receives supplies of provisions, are consequently put hors
de combat, and our communication continues tree.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India
colonies.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. - The following
gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations
for the diploma of this college, were admitted members at the
meeting of the Court of Examiners on Friday evening last,
viz. :—Messrs. John Henry Walker, Dublin ; 'Theodore Shel-
don 'l'earne, Worcester; John William Williams, Southwell,
Nottinghamshire; William Hyde Cooke, Stockton, Worces-
tershire; William Johnson, Leeds; James Lardner Green,
Flintshire ; Robert Stead Jones Stevens, Ely',
Cambridgeshire; Alfred Adney, Exeter; Michael M'Don-
nell, Randalstown, county of Antrim, Ireland ; and Henry
John Barrett, Commercial-road.: Professor Owen having
completed his course of lectures on Human and Compara-
tive Anatomy on Saturday last, will be succeeded by Pro-
fessor Paget, who will deliver a
Nu-
trition, commencing to-morrow alternate
edraeys onstothe
completion. andelteornf lectures
London, England, 1847-05-03

PROMOTIONS.

Captains—Henry Prescott, C. 8., and Sir N. J. Wil-
loughby, C. 8., to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
Commanders—Thomas Vere Watkins (1837), and
Thomas Ross Sullivan (1840), to the rank of Captain.
Lieutenants—Thomas E. Symonds (1841), and
James G. Mackenzie (1830). to the rank of Commander.
Mates—Henry Townley Vermin (1845), and Robert
Thomas (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant.
London, England, 1847-05-03

CONTENTS OT THE TREATISE.

CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.--
Unarms 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativi
Organs, their 'Unctions, structures, and secretions, proving that i.zrea
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy aiftion
—CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on th,
Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the thifflori
of the Stomach, Lungs, -and Brain, and general weakness of tit,
Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weatness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cwarreas 5 and 6 Or
the Dibordere arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcen
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ‘he Urethra.
London, England, 1847-05-03

THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND. Parts I.
and 11.

Another elaborate and elegant work is here com-
menced upon those majestic structures, baronial and
ecclesiastical, which adorn Scotland in such profusion,
and tend so much to the visible perpetuation of many
of the proudest historical recollections of Caledonia.
Old mortality would have paused to look lovingly,
upon the book, though the chisel and mallet had been
in his hands, and he had just detected an inscription,
on one of his favourite tombstones, more than usually
obliterated. The Antiquary himself would have
gazed upon the pages with interest, though the
depreciating comments of Edie Ochiltree had
been ringing in his ears the while. Mr.
Robert William Billings is without question an
adept as an architectural draughtsman, and it is to
Mr. Billings, aided by Mr. William Burn, that the
illustrations of the periodical are consigned. Glasgow
Cathedral, the south-west exterior, the choir screen,
and the crypt, and the choir (looking east), are the
embellishments in the first number. St. Anthony's
Chapel and Holyrood House, Holyrood Chapel and
Palace, the west front of the Chapel Royal of Holy-
rood, and the eastward interior of the same match-
less edifice, are the embellishments to the second
number. The work is produced in a style of singular
richness.

THE HEROINES OF SHAKSPERE.

Part XIII.

Kenny Meadows gives us one of the sweetest and
most fanciful physiognomies imaginable as the coun.
tegance of the }airy -queen "Titania ;" crowned with
a jewelled bauble, adorned with the plumage of a
peacock, her features appearing through a maze of corn
and blue-bells. To those who love to be, even in im-
agination, like Ebenezer Elliot :
" -- far from the sensual throng,
Who scorn the windfloner's blush, the blackbird's
lonely song,"
this little engraving will be a dainty object of con-
templation. " Mariana," again, the Mariana of
Measure for Measure, is depicted with singular grace.
Looking at the expression imparted to her counte-
nance one can unriddle that chiming sentence of
her's—

" I cry you mercy, Sir; and well could wish
You had not found me here so musical :
Let me excuse me, and believe me so,—
My mirth it much displeas'd, but pleased my woe."
There is literally that saddened merriment in her
eyes which the poet would infallibly have indicated,
had he been a painter. The portrait of " Queen
Katherine," we are anything but satisfied with : her
face has not that passionless purity about it which is
inseparable from the notion of that discarded matron.
These portraitures continue, however, to display the
fruitfulness of the imaginations of the artists engaged
upon their delineation.
London, England, 1847-05-03

flowiTrs JOURNA-L OF LITERATUO,E
AND, PROGiE'S.

Edited by WILLIAM and MARY HOWITT.
Part IV.—May Ist, 1547, once Sevenpence, contains four splen-
did Envravings by Linton, W. Measom, and W. G. Mason, with vig-
nettes by G. Meaiom and Linton, from paintings by Mis, (Allies,
Eaulbach, Sonderland, Mu:illo, and Sant.
Amongst the literary articles are Memoir of Ebenezer Elliott—
National Education and Government Education, by William Howitt
—Anti-Climax, by R. H. Horne—Tile Three Funerals, by Miss
Pardoe—Physiology for "the People, by Dr. Carpenter, F R.S.—
Steam in the Desert, by Ebenezer Elliott—lreland, byFerdi nand ?reili-
grath—Eariy Closing, by Silverpen—Poe ms, &c., by Mary Howitt
Swineherds on the Danube, by Hans C. Andersen—Earliest Flowers of
the Season, by William Hincks, F.L.S.—Have Patience, a Story, by
Mrs. Hodgson—Sights in South Germany, by Abel Paynter—Poem, by
Mrs. Bartholomew—On the Condition of Ireland, by Wm. Lovett—
Susan Lee's Birthday Adventure, by Edward Youl—Trip to Texas,'
by Franklin Fox -Death of Tiberias, by N. T. Moue, author of
" State Trials," &c. &c. &c.
"No two persons have done so much for the literature of their
country as William and Mary Howitt; they are public benefactors."
—Boston (United States) Athenaeum.
" Nothing can exceed the surprise and pleasure we experienced on
looking over this valuable Journal, and finding the vast amount of
varied information it contains. A rapidly increasing sale will, we
doubt not, repay the editurs for all their anxieties."—Liverpool
Mercury.
London : Published for the Proprietor, at 171, Strand.
London, England, 1847-05-03

ILVIEWS OP KKK WORK.

"The author of this singular andyalenWdwork is a legally 4ual;
tied wadi cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of
the trr itment of the various disorders arising from the follies an
orailtiee of early indiscretion: The engravings are an invaluable ad-
dition, by demonstrating the Consequences of excesses, which mu,
act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to. that admit no ap-
peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era.
Published by the Author, and may be bad at his residence, alk
from Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Ilannay and Co., 63.
Oxford-street • Starts, Ticbborne-street, Quadrant; %Non, IC-
Leadenball-street, London; Newton, 16; Church-street, Liverpool
and by all Booksellers.

At Hone. for Consultation dally, .rom Nine till Two, and
Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, It containin:,
tilt, fee 43! 1!., for advice. Ace.-4 E I )FORD-fi'r ii.F. ET ItE
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