The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

No. 17)425.]ser 2
LONDON TUESDAY °
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SALES BY AUCTION.

Very Desirable Small FRE Ell()14!) ESTATE, on the Hill, near
WROTIII.M, KENT, tI inclung Six Acres of Valuable Pasture, a
well planted Orchard, gOod Garden, and Flys Cottages, with Barn
and Shed.
R. BEADEL is instructed to SELL by
• AUCTION, at the Mart, on THURSDAY, AUG. 3, at Twelve.
The above Valuable PROPERTY, commaeding a view of the
River Thames, distant about seven links from Sevenoaks, nine from
Tunbridge, and ten from Gravesend and Maidstone. It is in :he
Oecupation.of Mr. James Venison and others, and the whole is let
on lease for eight years, from Christmas next, to Mr. Richard Smith,
a most respectable tenant, at the low rent of 301. per annum.
Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. ChAmpion and Barham. so-
licitors, 11, Austin-friars, Old Broad-street at the Mart ; and of Mr.
Betide], at Ws offices, 25, Gresham-street,City.

Peculiarly well situate and IVghly valuable FREEIIOLD ESTATES,
close +o the town of 111{0'111AM, by the side of the road, and
about midway between TU.NIIIII.DGE and GRAVESEND, with
a tine view of the Thames, in Four Lots.
3/111-R. BEADEL is instructed to OFFER by
_X AUCTION, on THURSDAY, August 3, at Twelve,
The WROTIIAM•IIILL FARM, including 414 acres of land, upon
which is a very valuable chalk pit and lime works in full operation ;
a superior farmhouse mid hemestall, and several cottages. This
land is capable of great imptovement, and each lot will abut upon
good hard roads.
Particulars may be obtained of' Messrs. Dawes an Sons, soli-
citors, 9, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street ; of Messr Js. J. C. and H.
Freshfield, solicitors, New Bank-buildings; at the Auction Mart;
and of Mr. Beaded, auctioneer, 25, Gresham-street, City.

Two very Valuable FREEHOLD FARMS, at BRE NCHLEY, KENT,
about three Milos from the TUNBRIDGE STATION.
h. BEADEL is instructed to SELL by
A-T.IL AUCTION, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, August 9, at

five-1;e ,

The MASCALL COURT FARM, consisting of 2ln Acres of Land,
in the occupation of 31r. Charles Ovary; Afascall Pound and Ringden
Parins, with 75 Acres of Land, occupied by Mr. Edward Percher;
and 16 Acres of very superior Woad Land, in hand. TN whole with
• immediate possession..
Particulars Sissy be obtained of Messrs. Dawes and Sons, solidi-
("Ors, 9, Ali el-court Thrognaorton-,treat; of Meisrs., J. C. and H.
Fresliiield,, solicitors, -pew Bank-buildings; at the Auction Mart,
and of Mr. Bendel, Gresham-street,
25, • City'

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Very Valuable FIZEE4OLDiYSTATE; 'abont a -mile from TUN-
BRIDGE, adjoining the turnpike-road leading from TUNBRIDGE
to
MSEVENO.k KS, in a picturesque part of the county of KENT. R. BEADEL will SELL by AUCTION, at
the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, August 9, at lianulve..:-
The Great and Little tlawden Farms, in the parishes of Tunbridge
and Leigh, in the occupation of Air. William Ililder; including a
commodious farm-house and buildings, and 29G acres of fertile land,
with a fair proportion in bops and fruit. This estate forms a most
desirable investment, and is considered the best land in the parish of
Tunbridge. In addition to the home-stall is a beer-shop, and several
labourers' cottages.,.

Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Dawes and Sons, solici-
tors, 9, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street ; of Messrs. J. C. and H.
Freshficld, solicitors, New Bank-buildings ; at the Auction Mart ;
and of Mr. Heade], auctioneer, 2i, Gresham-street, City.

THE BELGAR ESTATE, in ROMNEY MARSH, KENT; 884 acres
of rich FREEHOLD GRAZING LAND.
m.. BEADEL will submit to PUBLIC
COMPETITION, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, August 9,
at Twelve,
That celebrated PROPERTY, known as the ilelgar Estate, Denge
Marsh, in the parish of Lydd, and near to New Romney, in the
county of Kent. The whole is in grass, and is at. present let to
Seaman Beale, Esq., as tenant from year to year, at 9001. per annum.
A considerable portion may Sc converted into tillage with advantage,
and a large additicnal quantity reclaimed, at a trifling expense, from
the sea. The certain consequence of these improvements will be a
considerable addition to the rental value of the property.
Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Dawes and Sons, solicitors,
9, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street ; of Messrs. J. C. and H. Fresh-
field, solicitors, New Bank buildings ; at the Auction Mart; and of
Mr. Bendel, Auctioneer, 2i, Gresham-street, City.

HALL-PLACE, DULWICH-COMMON".
A complete FAMILY RESIDENCE with Fourteen Acres of Rich
MEADOW LAND about three-quarters of a mile from the
COLLEG.,, and one nillo from NORWOOD, in a healthy and
good neighbourhood, with immediate possession.
VI IL. BEADEL is favoured with Instructions to
submit to Pubic Competition, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th of
August, 1848, at the Auction Mart, at Twelve o'Clock,
That desirable LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, known as HALL-
PLACE, DULWICH-COMMON, together with Fourteen Acres of
very valuable meadow ground attached. The Residence, which is
most convenient and in perfect repair, has an Entrance Hall,
Principal and Secondary Staircases, Dining Room, Library, Break-
fast Room, and Music Room on the Ground Floor. An the One
Pair is the Drawing Room and Seven Bedchambers, over which
are three very good Attics. The domestic arrangements are com-
pact and convenient. There is an abundance of spring and soft
water. The detached offices consist of stabling for seven horses,
two open Stables, Harness Room, and Carriage House, over which
arc the Hay and Straw Lofts, and Three Rooms used as the Coach-
man's Apartments. The House is sumunded by Lawn and Plea-
sf uhl
rl 37,:bsbto, dv,
sure Gardens, well planted and timbered. The Kitchen Garden Is
aanntdattibne,!%lneuaddo(wl
rsa,a,reel
Walk. on one side by a thriving
Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Druce and Sons, Solicitors,
10, Billiter-square, Fenchurch-street ; • at the Auction Mart; on the
Premises ; and of Mr. Beadel, 25, Gresham-street, City.

TABLE LINEN WAREHOUSE, 261, Oxford-
s!reet, near North Audley-street.
Damask Table-cloths, Napkins, D'Oyleys, Slips, Worsted and Cot-
ton Covers, Plain and Twilled Sheeting, Diaper and llttekabach
Towelling, Glass Cloths, &c.,
DAVID lIIRULL, Manufacturer,

SPERM CANDLES, is. Gd. per lb., London Corn-
pcsite, 8 d., Male's Paragon, 10d., Price's, 10 d, Genuine
Sperm, ls. 7d, Wax Candles, is., German, Is. 2d., Fine Wax, Is. 5d.,
Transparent Wax, Is. Pd. Genuine Wax, 2s. Id., Store Candles,
Wax'd Wic:c Moulds, 716 d. Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s.
per 112 lbs.; Mottled, GOs. and 645. ; Fine Curd, 745. ; Windsor,
Is. 4d. per packet; Old Brown Windsor, Is. Pd. ; Palm, Is. 4d.;
Fine Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. Gd. Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. Best
Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon, Solar, 3s. 3d., Argand or Vegetable, 4s. 62.,
Pale Seal, 4s ; Palmer's Metallic, 7%c1. and B%d. per lb.
For Cash, at DAVIES' old established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's
lane, opposite late New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

LADIES, during the heat and dust of Summer,
will find ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing pre-
paration for the complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and re-
laxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immediately afford-
ing the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity and healthful
state of the skin. Composed of choice exotics of balsamic nature,
utterly free from all mineral admixture, and pleasing and delightful
in its effects, ROWLAND'S KALYDOR tends to neutralise the
action of the atmosphere upon the skin, and to promote that
healthy action of the microscopic vessels, by which its general well.
being and the beauty of its appearance are so essentially promoted.
Freckles, tan, spots, pimples, flushes, and discoloraticus, fly before
its application, and give place to delicate smoothness, and the glow
of beauty and of bloom. In cases of sun-burn, or stings of insects,
its virtues Imre long been acknowledged.
Beware of spurious " Kalydors" for sale, containing mineral
astringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant
action endangering health. It is imperative on purchasers to see that
the words. " Rowland's Kalydor" are on tile wrapper, and " A.
ROWLAND & SON, 20, llatton-garden;" also engraved (by desire
of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed, on
each bottle. Price 4s. Gd. and Bs. Gd. Sold by the Proprietors, and
by all Chemists and Perfumers.

PUBLICATIONS.

THE STATE OF IRELAND.
To be hail at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
HE GAP of BARNESMORE.
" This work," says the Dublin University Magazine, •' sug-
gests political considerations of the highest present interest and ap-
plicability, and is worthy the attention of all who take an interest m
the past affairs and present social prospects of Ireland. , It is a re-
markable work, and worthy of being read with no common atten-
tion."—The Britannia characterises it as " an historical romance
finely conceived, ably written, and free from party fteling."—An.l
the 'Era says, It is wholesome reading; there is so much truth
and common sense in it."

London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhlll.

This Day, Octavo, 7s. Gd., The
VEIN' NAVY LIST, and General Record of the
1.1 Services of the Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
Including all the Recent Promotions and Appointments.
Conducted by JOSEPH ALLEN, Esq., R.N.
Parker, furnival, and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall.

A It It I A G E.
1. One half the world are desolately single, and the otter
supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ern-
,ilter the latter. Tha solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, anci the indissoluble, regret tin-
zoniprosiug hurry; but the troth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
sod broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
nol social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice amassed that health should form au item
in the compact; it alone dignities the alliance. Blighted hopes or
,eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
.hose surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWB,LL'S little
iiEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vole., Is.
:etch (by coat, in stamps, ls. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
reined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
ray nn,.interpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
t :ern. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
:or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrlcal trash put forth, on
:.he above subjects, by unqualified' authors, Whit* alone or.
ogether, are a disgrace to the age.f • Furthetniore,-tWo other
Attie publications claim your attention (same, price• le.. sack,
by post Is. 6,1.) called • " What to Eat:: Drink, ", and
Avoid," and• " How to be Happy.," They aro not •. merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume; nor are they the
mere ephemeral seribblings of the hour, hut the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxims he would Inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always
an the "sunny stge of the way," The above works may be had of
Sherwood, raterimster-rovr ; Carvalho, 147, rieet.street ; Mann,
34, Cornhill; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or ether-
wse) from the author (who may be conferred with personally,
mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all
gooteoli e re

RAILWAY SHARE AIAItKET6.
BRISTOL, JULY 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market was firmer to-day, and
with a better feeling, and there were buyers at present
prices, but the holders of stock were firm for an advance.
Bristol and Exeters were done at 3114.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 31.
STOCK EXCIUNGE.—A better feeling has prevailed in our
share market to-day. The demand was more active, and
quotations are higher. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction (late C. and 0-.), 27/. 10s.
Shares, 141—Caledonian, Preference, 1/2 p.—East Lance-
shire,o 4 Preference, 6s. 3d p.—Great Northern, 81. ISs. 9d.
c. dis.—London and North-Western, 1251,4 c.- —Ditto, New
Quarters, c. p.—London, Brighton, and South Coast,
Ne-tv 51. Shares, IA p.—Midland Stock, 103% c.—Ditto, New
llalves, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds,
2% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur-
chase), 1 p. . _

MANCHESTER, JULY 31.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire,
17 ,/,—Ditto, Preference Quarters, 14 p.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 101. Preference, 6 per cent., 11-16p.—London and
North-Western, Fifths, 5 15-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Preference, 101/4 c.—North Staffordshire,
2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 23 dis.
BIRMI NGHAM, JULY 31.
STOCK Excumiatc.—The sales are—North Staffordshire,
27‘1 dis._Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3 dis.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5/. Ss. 9d. dis.

MR. SMITH 013RIEN.
The history, genealogical, and otherwise of this gen-
tleman, cannot fail to be interesting to the public at the
present moment. He was born at Dromoland, county
of Clare, on the 17th of October, 1803, being the second
son of Sir Edward O'Brien, fourth baronet (who died
in 1837), by the daughter and coheiress of William
Smith, Esq., of Cahirmoyle, county of Limerick. The
latter lady was a very rich heiress. The issue of this
marriage, in addition to the subject of our notice, con-
sisted of eight other children, including Sir Lucius, the
eldest son; Edward, born in 1806, and married to the
daughter of Massy Dawson, Esq., late M.P., a scion
of the noble house of Cremorne; Robert, born in 1809,
married to the daughter of Sir Aubrey de Vere;
the Rev. H. O'Brien, married to the daughter of
John Godley, Esq. ; Grace, unmarried ; Aune, married
to the Rev. Arthur Martineau ; Harriett, married to the
Rev. Charles Monsell, a relative of Mr. Monsell, M.P.,
the colleague of Mr. Smith O'Brien, in the representation
of Limerick county ; and Katherine Lucia, married to
the Hon. and Rev. Amyard Harris, brother of the Earl
of Malineshury, one of the Prebendaries of Salisbury, and
Rector of Wilton.

The present head of the house of O'Brien, or O'Bryen,
is the Marquis of Thomond, who adopts the latter
form of orthography, and ho deduces his descent
from the royal lino of Thomond, a race of princes
which sprang from the celebrated Hibernian monarch,
Brian l3orroime, or Boru, who commenced his reign
in 1002, and terminated it with his life, near Clon-
turf, i❑ 1014. Should the present Marquis die without
male issue, a circumstance not improbable, Sir Lucius
O'Brien will succeed him as Baron Luchiquin ; but
not to the higher titles, which will become extinct. In
reference to the existence of these titles, we may observe
that in 1543, Murrogh O'Brien, the then head of the
house, repaired to England, and resigned his sovereignty
to Edward VI., and was in recompense created Earl of
Thotnond for life, and Baron Luchiquin.
The second holder of the baronetcy, Sir Edward
O'Brien, was son of the Right Hon. Lucius O'Brien, who
died during the lifetime of his father, by Catherine,
daughter of Thomas Keightley Esq., of Harlington',
county of Herts, granddaughter of the first Earl of
Clarendon, and first cousin of Queens Mary and-Anne.
In the latter points the records of the several families
agree,

Mr. O'Brien married about twelve years since the
daughter of Joseph Gabbett, Esq., of Limerick, by whom
he has had issue either six or seven children.
Mr. O'Brien is a graduate of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge ; when first returned for the family borough of
Ennis, in 1830 Mr. O'Brien was a Tory, and as such
opposed Mr. O'Connell in the case of the memorable
Clare election. He subsequently became a Whig, then a
Radical, and in 1843 he first joined the Repeal ranks.
Since 1835 he has represented the county of Limerick.
On the last occasion he succeeded in defeating Mr. Caleb
Powell, the Old Ireland candidate, by 24 votes. Mr.
O'Brien fought a duel with the late Mr. Thomas Steele,
having exchanged two shots with that gentleman. Sir
Lucius O'Brien, elder brother, is Lord Lieutenant of the
county of Clare. The Dowager Lady O'Brien is still
living, and possesses a property of about 5,000/. per
annum, to which her second son was always considered
to be the heir, but in other respects than as heir in
prospect, Mr. O'Brien never was wealthy, He has,
when in Ireland, taken up his residence at the seat of his
mother.

LIABILITY OF ARTICLED CLERKS TO SERVE AS
JURYMEN.—In the Sheriffs' Court, amongst the excuses
made for not serving on the jury, ono was by a gentle-
man, an articled clerk to an attorney, who contended
that, as such, he was exempt. The Under-Sheriff said
it was a novel objection, but not well founded. If the
gentleman was of full age he must serve.
DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN MAILS FOR AUGUST.
—The following notice, giving the dates on which the
foreign mails will be made up at the General Post-office,
St. Martin's-le:Grand, and when the return packets will
be duo at Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth,
during the present month, was issued yesterday:—The
mails will be made up for the British and foreign colonies
in the West Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda,
and Havannah), Venezuela, and Jacmel, on the mornings
of the 2d and 17th inst., Bermuda, Nassau, New Or-
leans, Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah, on the morn-
ing of the 2d only; Madeira, San Juan de Nicaragua,
New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the morning of the
17th inst. only. The Teviot steamer will convey the
mails of to-morrow morning from Southampton. Next
packets due on the 7th and 22d inst. The mails for
British North America and the United States will
be made up on the evening of the 4th inst., via
Liverpool, Halifax, and New York ; on the evening
of the 11th, to Boston; on the evening of the Hith,
to New York; and on the evening of the 25th, to
Boston. The Cambria for the mails of the 4th inst.
Next packets due on the 3d, 9th, 17th, 23d, and 31st.
The mails for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, on
the evening of the 4th instant, to be conveyed by her
Majesty's brig Express from Falmouth. Mails due the
ov -MK
Marseilles:
rnsg,e
lel
ensd: China,
Gibraltar, on
24th ult. (over-due) and 24th inst. The Mediterranean,
ia
Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands Egypt, Aden Cey-
lon, India,
7th and 24th instant, by the fortnightly overland
closed mails,
NthrealteavenGinrgeescoef,
Egypt,, India, &c., on the evening of the 19th instant, via
.
Southampton; Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira,
Lis-
bon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings via
b Deb-
t e 7th
and 17th and evening of the 27th inst., from
omd Southamp-
ton. Next packets due on the stb 16th,
.25th ni st.•
France, &c., daily (Sundays excepted), va aDD
and Boulogne, due daily; Belgium, ik,c daily ?ye!, Calais
ll(except.b
Sunday) via Dover and Ostend, due da'il •
&c., Tuesday and Friday evenings, due daily;
Saturday •s, Holland, &c., Wednesday and Saturday
mornings, mornings, due Mondays and Thursdays, by the General
Steam Navigation Company's packets, via the Thames.
THE CHOLERA.—We have been favoured with the.
tho following extract
front a letter from Cronatadt,
dated the 13th nst:—" Things are getting worse every
i
day, and a great many ships are leaving in ballast, on
account of the cholera raging there. We hope to get
away with all well on board. All vessels wil! have to
come away with foul bills of health, which will, of
course, cause them to ride quarantine at the discharging
port, and will occasion a great loss of time."—Scoisnan.
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AND HOLLOWAY'S Plus.—An astounding cure by this miraculous
medicine, alter every other means had failed. Sce extract from hi.
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Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pus have
effected a cure of a disorder iR my liver and stomach all the most
eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the coneinent, had not
been able to effect; nay, not ever the waters cf Carlsbad or Ma-
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cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's
Ointmsnt) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and
by ail medicine vendors througbeut the civilised world.

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NEWCASTLE SCHOOL of DESIGN.
(From the Advertiser.)
When the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a
short time ago that, by
making some unimportant de-
ductions in the national expenditure, he had no doubt
that he would contrive to manage without the threatened
increase of the income-tax, we felt, in common, with
many others, some curiosity to learn in what depart-
ment of the public rervico the reductions were to be
made. Our readers may probably remember that we
took occasion to refer to certain hereditary pensions
granted by Charles the Second to his illegitimate pro-
geny ; and to other pensions granted by Queen Anne
and William the Third to their well-paid generals, which
we considered might be compounded for with great ad-
vantage to us taxpayers, and without injury to the na-
tional credit. The pensions of the Duke of Rich-
mond, the Duke of Marlborough, the heirs of
the Duke of Schomberg, with the salaries attached
to hereditary offices—the very existence of which
is bringing royalty into contempt—appeared to us to
supply a ready tund for the making up,of any deficiency
in the Exchequer. With Thrones tumbling around her,
we expected that our Gracious Queen would have been
advised, by a professedly Liberal Ministry, to abolish
sinecure offices about her Court,
the very names of which
could only recal to the minds of her loyal subjects the
tyranny and slavery of the middle ages. We expected
w find in the London Gazette the announcement of the
extinction of such tax-eaters as Grand Falconers, Masters
of the Buckhounds, Gold Sticks, Silver Sticks, and various
other remnants of feudal sovereignty. Wo anticipated,
also, a reduction in the number of Field-Marshals, of
Generals, and,, above all, of Colonels who never see
their regiments. There was, in truth, no lack of
useless offices out of which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer might make up any deficiency in the Taxes.
.But it appears that Ministers deemed it ,not un-
worthy of their position to spite the people fur resisting
the increase of the income-tax, by making reductions in
the trifling sums set apart for their improvement. The
hereditary pensions were respected..-but not so the grants
to popular institutions. An instanbe of this, incredible
for its menu paltrincsa, is annottnced in the last number
of the Gateshead Observer. In 1843, Mr. Hutt, M.P. for.
Gateshead, so successfully supported a memorial to the
,Treasury, that he suceeeded in obtaining from the Board
of Trade 1501. a year for the establishment of a School
of Design at Newcastle, which School was opened in
January, 1844. Hitherto this school has been eminently
first year exceeded seventy-seven,
successful. The average number of students for the
since which they
have considerably increased. As this school was
established for the benefit of the industrious classes
in works of design, nearly all the higher trades
availed themselves of it; and this year the result has
been shown in the opening of such a Polytecheie Exhi-
bition in Newcastle as has rarely been seen out 0r...1.4)n.
don or Edinburgh. The students at present number toe:"
hundred and four, including among them glass painters,
house painters, coach painters, copperplate and wood
engravers, pattern makers, earthenware manufacturers,
engineers, architects, cabinet-makert, and almost every
trade to the perfection of which beauty of design can be
made subservient. The master of this school, Mr. W.
B. Scott, brother of Mr. David Scott, Edinburgh, is
himself a painter and a poet, as well as a good draughts-
man, and passionately devoted to the advancement of
art. Now, with these facts before them, what will our
readers say when we inform them that the first
step in economy taken by the Government has been
manifested in the withholding of this paltry grant
of 1501. a year from the Newcastle School of
Design? Of course, it is well known to the Govern-
went
that such a saving, if persevered in, must close
the school altogether. It is only among a people pas-
sionately devoted to art that a School of Design can be
maintained without support -from some fund set apart
for-the purpose. "Pampered indolence," says the
Gateshead Observer, " retains its bold of the public
purse—the modest pittance of a laborious artist who
devotes his days and nights to the refinement and eleva-
tion of individuals and of society is rudely withheld.
The residence in a commercial community of a gentle.
man like Mr. W. B. Scott, in the character of a Go-
vernment teacher of art, and connected with the
Central School of Design, is an advantage to a
populous district not to be over-rated." We aro
glad to find this opinion not confined to the editor
of a local paper. The mayor, the sheriff, the
magistracy, and the leading inhabitants of New-
castle have memorialised the President of the Board of
Trade to continue the grant to this school; and Mr.
Hutt, with his accustomed zeal in every good cause, is
praiseworthily exerting himself to save this popular in-
stitution from destruction. The memorialists, 140 in
number, including the principal inhabitants of Newcas-
tle, state it as their " firm belief" that the abandon-
ment of the School of Design by the Government will
materially injure the prosperity of the place, " by de-
stroying an institution which is most active in improving
the industrial capabilities of the operative classes, and
also by withdrawing from manufactures and master-
tradesmen the opportunity and means of enhancing the
character of their productions." We cannot believe that
such a representation, corning from such a quarter, and
supported by Mr. Hutt, will prove unavailing. We
should be glad to know that, in making any represeuta-
tion against the proposed conduct of the Government,
Mr. Hutt was supported by the influence of the Members
for this borough.
But it is less the individual case than the principle
hero proposed to be acted upon that fills us with indig-
nation as we contemplate this miserable attempt at
economy. Why should the pruning knife be first ap-
plied to schools? Why is the pension list spared?
The hypocrisy of a saving which looks only to the per-
petuation of national ignorance while it overlooks the
any Ministry. Nor. are
enormity of a hereditary pension list, is disgraceful to
thepeople such dolts as not to
*perceive this; nor so indifferent to the insult offered to
their understanding as not to rseent it, and very deeply
too. They see that they. are mocked instead of being
relieved; and the wrong rankles the deeper because they
have no means of resenting it. We have not too
many schoolmasters; but we would not suffer in
the least by the extinction of a score of Admirals,
twice as many Generals, thrice as many Colonels, six
out of eleven of our Field-Marshals, and the whole of our
hereditary Grand Falconers, Forest-Rangers, Park-
keepers, Kennel-governors, and Royal Wardrobe, Kit-
chen, Pantry, Cellar, and Stable dignitaries. But,
should the Government persist in making the reductions
in such establishments as the School of Design at New-
castle, we know very well what the result will be. The
least reflecting will soon arrive at the conclusion, that in
the eyes of Ministers of State the cultivation of the
minds of their children is of less importance than the
maintenance of such a relic of feudal barbarism as the
sinecure office of Grand Falconer. What will be the
gain to royalty of such a reflection? Will the senti-
ment of loyalty be thereby more deeply engraven on the
national heart? Will the sound of the National An-
them be heard more frequently in the villages at sunset?
Far otherwise. Such mock pretences to national economy
as the above will fill the public mind with indignation,
and prepare it for the reception of the doctrines of a class
of teachers very different from such gentle, and such
soul-inspiring enthusiasts as Mr. W. B. Scott. The fierce
advocates of revolutionary principles will find in such an
exhibition of Ministerial economy the most conclusive
aemonstration of the seeming truthfulness of their evil
teaching. They can point to the estimates as showing
more money spent annually in repairing royal palaces,
in ranging over royal parks, and keeping up sinecure
offices, than in educating thirty millions of people. We
demand economy, and -are answered by the exhibition
of a saving which savours more of shrewish trickery than
of enlightened statesmanship. The people refuse to in-
dulge the Government in a course of ruinous extrava-
gance, and Ministers condescend to the littleness of reta-
liating by a pitiful local annoyance! This is not the way
to govern England in the nineteenth century.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO BALMORAL:4476 un-
derstand that some furnishings have been supplied for
the Queen's Highland home, Balmoral, and that several
ornamental bridges are being constructed over the Dee,
as it runs through some of the walks chalked out on the
royal domain, Major-General Riddell, commander of
the forces in Scotland, has been at Ballater, and neigh-
bourhood of Balmoral, from which it is conjectured,
that besides the Court, we shall have some of her Ma-
jesty's troops stationed in the country, in the Vale of Dee.
But nothing of an authoritative nature has yet appeared
subject.--North of
as to her Majesty's intentions on the
Scotland Gazelle.

GLASGOW COTTON MARKET, JULY 29.—0 n ac-
count of the disturbed state of Ireland, and the fear of an
immcsliate outbreak, our market during the week has
been very languid. A decline of about id. per lb. may
be quoted from former prices, Little business has been
transacted.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A TRADESMAN SCALDED
TO DEATH.—A moat deplorable occurrence took place
loenatThhe
ru-rdsrdeasyse,
rea,t C the- manufactory faGnertaoryge of Messrs. Wilkins,
-road, Bermondsey.
It appeared that Mr. James Wilkins, one of the partners
was leaning against a large copper in the manufactory
vey ed hishands
to
Gay's
while the men were taking hot water from it. Having
got sufficient for their purpose, they were about to fill
it up again, when the deceased; who had his back to it,
put On,
:o placedn
on the ledge for the purpose of sitting on it, when he fell
backwards into the remainder of the boiling water. Ile
was got out as
and supposing
gthuoicklildybaasdpobnl e, andseseib
Hospital, but he died from the effects of the severe inju-
ries. The deceased was but 37 years of age; and at the
inquest subsequently held a verdict of " Accidental
Death" was returned.

BIRSIINGUANI AND OXFORD JUNICTION.--BIR-
111INORANI. MONDAY.—The adjourned half •yearly meet-
ing of the shareholders of this company was held at
I)ee's Hotel, Birmingham, to-day. Mr. P. B. Muntz
occupied the chair. The attendance was small. Mr.
A. Peyton asked the chairman if he could give the
shareholders any information respecting the Bill now
befora Parliament for confirming the sale of the line to
the Great Western Company? The chairman replied
there were at present difficulties in the way of affording
any satisfactory information. Mr. Colmore said the
report of the Lords' Committee bad been brought up and
received. The meeting, as well as the extraordinary
meeting, which immediately succeeded, was then ad-
journed until Monday next, to be held at the company's
offices in, Watarloo-street; Birmingham. -• • -