The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-10 00:00:00

'ROYAL ASYLCM of SAINT ANN'S
SOCIETY,
44;f11`ling a Rome, clothinr, :Nlainterance arid Education to Children
n those once in Prosperity,'S Whether. O'fpaans or not, and of any
41.1tati"•„,_ Ry Voluntary Contributions.
the kiair. , • , .
theTh , Voluntary
Court, ho.d.n at the Lo-nloti Tavern this day,
it_ _ iiit lion. the LORD Ma..l-01-Z, V. l'., in the Chair, tae iv:low-
-6 Children were declared Elected into the Asylum :
Christn• GIRLS.
e,_ s, Ronor 11. - - 2441 I..oftely. Harriet Ann
.currane, Victoria J. - 26541 Azar, Clara -
Buys.
- - 3884, Proctor, John G.
- - 3580 Bates, Edward -
- - 3211 Hailstone, James F.
-- - - 294518eed, Charles -
ing
pen,f,ollowing
Ittld the Tubb, Henry - . - 2480
Girl and Boy were declared also Elected, as hay-
'uoil the highest number of Votes at all Elections since they
ekt
mbecrstini_ e Candidates •. .
4 "
kg Were - 1067 I Fulliner, Henry N. -
7b4n
voted to the'Chairman, and to the Scrutineers.
2, Charlotte-row, 14Iansion-house, Aug August 0, 1850.K5, Secretary.
Life Subscription Annual Ditto - - - - I - - - £lOlO 1
fr
0

Stroud Ch
limb .arles
ga rat se W.
flreirS.as

2c;lG
- 2490

- 2930
- - 2136
- 26i0
- - 2584

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURT,I ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the head
Office, at One o'cl-,ck precisely. The following is extracted from the
rep,rt. which is too lengthy fyr publication :
14ANI----377-------------------________
and but two in Ireland—one for 500/. and tile other tor 200/.--ina:iing
6 it-i the CANTERBURY SETTLE- together 7001., which have been paid. This is tar below the expected
The Committee MEN l', mortality, aril is especially favourable, when it is remembered how
It ' ATION- of ltlana-eruentof the lasi - herein, ,siro '• the CANTERBURY. AS- - severely the lids offices generally antlered from the epidemic of last
toil,* CY on 5. , notice, that TIIIIRSDAY, the 29th instant, 3 e.tr.
tr... Y Lots. with which applications will be received for Town and I ili number of lives assured between the let of June, 1841, and
ti:.!100,000 an. the privileges awarded to the purchasers of the the 31st of o ay, 1850, was inwe than double the number issued in
Forsthe ...t.i.'!., a, d the advantages accruing trout d t inha the tv..elve mouths preceding.
.e,04..,_ P. oin). of choice, iii,,
of. the oer i -
Prop .sa,s were made tOr i 38 Polcies, amounting to 52,9631. 2s. 6t1.:
1., ule said 19ih in t. respect applications received on or -
poZrinatoo res
..s. ant. 1 of these 12', comtrisint; 106 lives, were accepted for 45,125/. 6s.
th (7' relating to tlliec".,""", the ships about to sail, and on :11 other =sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,048,, upon winch 32e1. 3s.
4ter_Oohists' Room e (...olorty, may be obtained at this Office, or at was r.ceived by the Company in the, shape or pre.miums
Ilatedtat,"" Of the s' , Adel phi-terrace, by addresAng either of the Since the c-mmeneeli.eut et the tmipan, to the Ist
,o,f, June last,
' -IN, or tl ' ociety of Canterbury' Colonists Edward Robert assuran,es were effected to the extent ot 110,:), a. 1-s bd., 'o-
te 'lon. James Stewart Wortley. ' ducing in annual prCznittins 3.7321. 1 Is. 6d. sit these 54 lapsed,
20.0 By order of the llonundtee ~ theannual premiums were
amounting to 23,9)1. 16s. 6d., of which
oek 7411. Is., ,eaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to
sPor-street, Ch ' 11. V. ALs•TON, Secretary.
aring•-cross, August 7. IS.aO. 2,9911. 15s. I Id.
s ince last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,700/.,
but 1,1831. Its. 10d. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four in„-nths hey had considerably extended their business on
the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur
de PEtang, a gentleman of- high standing in Paris, distinguished f,r.
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who. under the sanction and patrona..e of th , Archbishop of Paris,
th Cardinal Archhish-p of Lyons, and Nlonseigrieur Parsis, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con-
siderab'e amount of busniess, not only in Lite Assurances, but in An-
nuities both Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the R'port, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, ilish,-,p Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish-
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future pros. ects.

NTAN Y have assumed the use of the word
PA.LETOT, but the ONLY PATENTEES of the design and
.naterial used in this inexpensive and gentlemanly article of dress
are, 11. J. and D. NICOLL, Merchant Clothiers, Paletot Patentees,
and Manufacturers of Cloth, who have agents in every principal
Town in the United Kingdom and its Colorne, Their London Ad-
tress being REGENT. S IREET or CORNIIILL, id e-t :
No. 114, REGENT.STREET, forms a department for PALE-
ro &e.

by the following seines:—Active (Hill and Co.); Union
(Hill and Co); and Wellington (Sawle and Co).
LOOE.—PILCIIARD FISRERY.—The seines here are in
pay. They have taken about 150 blids. The drift boats
are taking from 5 to 15,000 per boat.—Cornwall Royal
Gazette.

- 3256

No. 116 (the next house), is devoted for MILITARY and DIPLO-
MATIC UNIFORMS.

tio. 11e for lithsES and every novel or established article of
costume.

• 120 is exclu3ively for BOYS' and YOUT IS' CLOTHING, of un-
usual excellence; and at 22, CORNIIILL. Specimens of all may be
ften.

In each Department skilful and intelligent Assistants attend, and
u'untted tact, " That an article to be really cheap should be
really good," is practically sustained.
WHOLESALE WOO. EN CLOTH and SHIPPING Entrance at
the rear Ia WARWICK-STREET, and CHANGE-ALLEY, in the
CITY.

J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 110, 118, 120, REGENT-STREET,
and 22, CORNIIILL

, ti ,—it DIS WELLINGTON FAMILY and
' hThis ijoutIeI,AIERCIA.L HOTEL, DALE-STREET, Li VEItrOOL.
--wk, 1, situated in the immediate vicl,lity of the Exch.niv,
ry„ranata other
lacc-s of public and commercial resort, is fitted tams
wlghcilleavni.yistriyitet,raaandg the accoininodations tor Americath.Foreign,
ers. Will be found everything that is de,irahle,
Cook. ,e,a_rra,,lgetueuts of the "Cuisine' are in the hands ot a first-rate
and 0,2" , roprietor urther Iv sues to intimate that his Coffee
foune'uraercial Rooms, as Well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be
nlialt.wd to none in the kingdom.
o °lnv eta is tn. se. 'rants are included in the Bill (except those
1.4 Y a few hours),Waiter, Porter, and Chaaibermald,
4%07: r"Peetafily nitlrnated. that all flintier payment is wine-
, "---..._

THE co uN Tity MA
WAKEFIELD, Auc. 9.—The'iirrival is good of wheat, and
for fresh English there is a fair sale at last week's prices;
foreign is neglected, but held firmly. Oats and shelling sell in
retail at late rates. No change in beans or other articles.
New. Old
WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. S. S. S.
Suffolk, Essex, and Kea:, red ... 42 to 45
Ditto, white ... 45 49
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... ... 42 —44
Ditto, white ... 44 46
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 40 42
Ditto, white ... 44 46
Yorkshire, red 40 42
Ditto, white ... 44 46
Dantzic and Kouigsburg, white .. 40 42
Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 38 —42
Mediterranean, red ... ... 31 —36
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:
Nortolk and Sullblk...
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
Scotch ••• ••• ••• ••• -
Grinding per 60 stone ... 19 —2l
Foreign
••• ... 22 —25 —— •
BEANa, per quarter of 8 bushels 631b:—
Small, fine ... 28 —3O —— -
Ticks
Foreign ... 26 2ti —— -
OATS, per stone:—
Mealing • ... 9d to lOid Od to 03
Feeding ... • Fp to 102 Od to Od
Foreign 82 to 92 02 to 02
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 23 24
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 34 36
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

—. to

per gall.
•
SCOTCH WHISKEY (small still),
1 ~.n tnest to be had -
- 16 6
1.f2 e Old Irish (straw colour) - " 7 : -24 0
oaurtell's
.i
- 24 0
ands Oin
nest Old Brand., (pale or coloured)
- . . -
13 0
ell,n_e Old Jamaica Runt
11 0
4 ;plain or sweet) -
111„',4_LATER, MACKIE, and CO.'S,
~m' Wellington•street, Strand. Wine and Stout Merchants,

... •ftwo ....'.

111:1,E1t THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST
GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN,
AND FIELD. MARSHA L Ills Ito fA L HIGHNESS
PRINCE AL6ERT, K.G., &c.
r HE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
X SAS I: INDIA COMPANY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Established A.D. 1837,
FOR GENERAL ASSURANCE ON LIVES.
13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
DIRECTORS.
Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, Rm., F.R.S., R.E.. Chairman.
JAMES F. N CGENT I)ANIELL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.H.
Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Hart., G.C.H.
General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H.
Major-General Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., R.C.H.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B.
Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., R.A.
Captain Sir George Back, IZ.N., F.R.S.
Major-General Taylor. C. 8.,
Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B.
Major-General Arnold. K.H., K.C.
Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D.
Captain William Lancey, R.E.
William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent
Wilbraham Taylor, Esq.
Major-General Sir John Rolt, K.C.B.
Major F. S. Sotheby, C.D., E.I.C.S.
Major-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.B.
Captain William Crwage, R.N.
Captain Michael Quin, R.N.
Major-Gimeral Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill, K.C.B.
BANKERS—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
PnYslCIAN—Sir Charles Fergusson Forbas, M.D., K.C.H.,
COUNSEL—J. Measure, Esq., 4, Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
omciron—Rowland Neate, Esq., 57, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
ACTVART—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator, and
President of the Institute of Actuaries.
Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every profes-
sion and station in life, and for every part of the world, with the ex-
ception of the Western Coast of Africa within the Tropics.
The Rates ot Premiums are constructed upon sound principles with
reference to every colony, and, by payment of a moderate addition to
the Horne Premium, in case of increase of risk, persons assured in
this Alee, may change from one climate to another without forfeiting
their policies.
Four-fifths of the Profits are divided amongst the Assured.
JOSEPH CAIITWRIGH l' BR ETTELL, Secretary,

„
N•kl -;.."4I:'SEND STA. tt, eAUKETb
.ore cabin and second Class Railway NINEPENCE to
sal or from London and Gravesend.
--n and First Class ditto, ONE SIIILLING.
Fore Cabin
...T. o..or6dfr.om Blackwall.
Chief Cabin.... 9d.
ok
!Marna to Piers •••• • • • • 6d.
The P.,,r,l'acketa call tetdtkilt Greonhithe, and Purtleet Piers.
"ta call at thea PieersGarsayunderlined (weather permitting).
"tOll TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.

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SUNDAYS.
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ville. Grays hith . Meet
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. 23 - 25

VALS.

ARR.]
Qrs.
Wheat ... ... ... 12,704
Barley ... ... ... 1,05(1
Oats ... ... ... ... 877
Beans... ... ... ...
Peas ... ... ... ... 213

Qrs.

Rapeseed ... „. ...
Shelling ... ... ... 553
Linseed ..
Malt ... ... • • ...
Flour •• • •• • ... ...

'RTH~... ...

EXETER, AUG. 9.—Cattle Market.—The supply of beasts
was moderate, of sheep ample. The best beet was worth
Ss 3d to 85 9d per score, and good beef 8s; cows and calves
were not plentiful, and sold at 81 to 11/each. Corn Exchange
—The general topic of conversation to-day has been the preva-
lence of the rust in the wheat. H,w far the gloomy appre-
hensions of the agriculturists are justified by facts a short time
will disclose—but we scarcely ever heard such general com-
plaints, and it is stated that a great part of the mischief has
been done within the last two or three days. Much higher
prices for wheat than have lately ruled have been asked, as
much as 7s per bushel, but we have not heard of more than
6s 6d, and prices for prime samples must be quoted at from 6s
to that figure. Red, foreign, is offering at 42s per quarter ;
barley, 3s to 3s 3d; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 5d per bushel; fine flour,
33s to 31s per sack. Wool—Sixpence-halfpenny per lb is given
freely, and a higher figure has been made we hear. Pannier—
Geese, 4s 6d to 5s 6d each ; ducks, 3s 6d to 53; fowls, 2s 9d
to 4s per couple ; leverets, 2s 6d to 33 6d each ; butter, 8d
to 9d per lb ; eggs, 16 to 18 for Is.
RIPON, AUG. d.—White wheat 5s 6d to Cs Od, red ditto 5s Od
to :';s 9cl; beans, 3s 9d to 4s Od per bushel; barley nominal;
oats 1 s Od to 21s per qr.
KNARESBOROUGH, AUG. 7.—Wheat 5s 6d to 6s Od;
beans 3s tid to 4s Od per bushel ; barley 24s to 265; oats, ISs to
22s per qr.
SCARBOROUGH, AuG. B.—Red wheat 5s 9d to 6s 9d, white
ditto 6$ 3d to 6s tid per 5 stones; black oats Bid to 9d, white
ditto 9d to lid per stone; malting barley =9s to 21s, grinding
ditto 17s to 19s per qr. of 32 stones; superfine flour 37s to 38s,
seconds ditto, 30s to 33s per sack of 20 stones.

bi''..-;"----...:______________________________
tSitZTains from the Boats marked t
p rl ett4: 4'l'W Fenehuren-street Station to all parts of London
401/ attar '4 an hour.
ti,!„.S WICK %STUART, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of
''' trains from the Fenehurch-street Station.
,-..,s..s..:_lirkZX
-.' Par- L
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SUNDAYS.

Green.l
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Time.

Pur-
fleet

I Green-1
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Roster•
vile.

SCOTTISH MUSICAL ENTER.fAINMENT.
Crosby hell. Bishopsgate street,
On MONDAY, August 12.
Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Cooper, and Miss Leslie will give their third CA-
LEDONIAN CONCERT, when a choice selection of Ancient and
Modern Scotch Ballads, Duets, and Glees, will be sung. As the
High anders are now leaving town for the " freedom of their native
mount ins," their attendance at this Concert (to perform the SWORD
DANCE, &c.) is uncertain, but to prevent disappointment, an en-
gagement has b, en male with the talented Mr. W. G. lioss to sing
the celehratel song of " The Stage-struck Hero," as sung by him at
the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Those gentienien who possess the
" Highland Claiden" are earnestly solicited to appear at the Concert
in " the Garb of Old Gaul."
Admission—ls. ; Is. Gd. ; and 25.
Tickets and Programmes to be had at the Hail and Music-shops.
l'oors open at Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight.
J. GLEN, Director.

kitiketsste tu,
$p to
Pl/4ktt;Ntoriti
iso4roli

4rkta. 4
,' at pie.
"KtITS
8, 11. 15'
sr, moo

ttre run di:
s or for Boat

Le racitets not being per

--Twelve Sloe
; to be had
Ik, Terrace Pio

iths, 41.
of the
!r, Gra'

'. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ;
o Collectors on board the
Lvesend.

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tkah, The u 9
N to B 0 U L 0 G N E DIRECT.
asplen
did
Itt„--Itii,,, ~,-'-'IIIMERCIAL COMPANY'S powerful anL _
DoN. uGt 1,,,,,,,1TY of 110 HI OC NE or EMERALD, trom o`i
.I,*,ltP, every Tuesday and Friday, according to'tide—
i,.",°,,sday, Aug. 13, at 3, Morning.
„,"ItaY, Aug. 16, at 6, Morning.
R., -.tleSday, Aug. 20, at 10, Morning.
Lon 1 1 riday
, Aug,3 at 11, Morning.
'l'l
t° P 2::;; 'o're Cabin,- Bs. Pia ces booked throughout from
6,,,-•••8 at the following low charges :
P;rue" and
„,, , First
Po,, Pot ~,,s4"111 and Second Class Rail.... • • • • 20s. °d•
AN' Paraie!,,abin and Third Class Rail .. ..... . 21s.
,0(1.
Nill4treeT4r,' °f freight &c., apply at the Company s Ofil-ces_,.e4_,
3'. last ; Or the Universal Office, Regent-circus, Pi
14 (243e1)11,-,tiC)=C TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY.
vl`r arid N 0 tt T 11-WESTER N
lijkletA .
At 404,
aZilabie RAILWAY.
th for Three as eeks, eine-ding parties to visit Dub-
-1 the
or 1,..-:ie Lakes et Killarney, wit i the yriavailLelteieo,fasretoipsspuiteigd
ias 404..erest on the Chester and
particularsly may be had :-
4, litt.' Stations, where full
lstclass.
24 Class.
Ilitl?t to kin
£6 0 £5 0
1144-NhanCartleY and back •• • : 5 0 4 5
NsotoeSter ditty to ditto • • • 3 10
ditto - ••
4 4
C
ditto ditto • • • • 4 0 3 5
eti
By order,
feral a
MARK HUISII.
ger's Office Euston Station,
August 9, iiir)ol
ASTt,lt,i TWEN',,,,4 N COUNTIES RAILWAY•
sAfee i - '•EIGIITII HALF-YEARLY GENERAL ME ET-
11(}iq the 'litorehy ~,,
1.3, ,b`ven that in pursuance of the Act of Incorporrea--
1:448,01th,&6- - + EARLY GENERAL MEETING of the
.Slia
5-
‘,%.''lc'e t-,,t, L° nm,n,l'anY will be held at the London Tavern, Bisthoorine
,t,i•k vreci---,in, on THURSDAY the 22d August, 1650, a
Di_ TO audlY, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the
ill, IA Triin or the transaction of other business.
2til Aux-t,'rertooks of the Com any will be Closed on Monday,
and Will not be Opened until Friday, the 234 August.
EDWARD LAID BETTS,
Chairman.
JOSEPH GLYNN, Deputy-Chairman.
.By order,
ie,
'Nil lat° Station,
July
31,
1550 C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
PA As,.
~(1,4,„ T„,-,7„.1-1-IEsTYS VI3IT to sCo ['LAND.
inLlth „--`STilt11:1114 GLASGOW and BACK, for 375.. 6dN..,
l'il4l n-`,4 wii?'t hang,e of coarrria,re LAn EXPRESS EXCURSION
'tlig alea,„`, the Ruston Station' r.n Monday morning, Aui,u
tßustioce of four ighteen days ;also on Monday is n Ap t.,,„f10r eleven days
morn-
!oS°tYili2ss-'4,,ort.rlt.i,slON from LONDON to DnUflnLolhN,haynd BACK,
Monday morning,
kiktl•en.4°, four ia (e?gutictloeseln.ddelarisd•a;a'ens?l, 01°1 Monday, August. 9,
~ i.i Stmit,, tar (Planer beforec3 'six each morning, from the Nit. AP x-4,.,'
1,4 la Pr liss'lT,ltgtON from LONDON to BIRMINGHAM and
A s. ay% __ kenclosed carriages), on :V onday, August 12, for
lqeu'ittlorl L'i'd on Monday, August 19, for 11 days, worn the_ Eus-
A I. '&4Btonsquare, each- inori.it,g at a quarter betore ti._ .
N. Ntio't, th, *.JitSION from LONDO • to LIVERPOO,
,L, m
i'llt;kl"'arti •i',TElt, or SHREWSBURY, and BALK, fo-r 2-Is.
~t4Z,blllLia,,,, Atrag,th,„°n onday, August 12, ior 4 or 18 da3 and
iv -•it- •••• a ---i. iu, for 11 days, from the Euston Stations each
Ay AP t quarter before r
Olt, and XCl:rp, ..-- ''
ANGOR and CON-
-11:pn, (4:thION from LONDON to B .
tkl.:l4,4fr'h°tee ~,?!. 28s. (closed carriages), on Monday Augtist 12,
4,,,tri,tusltbor or 18 days ;
before 6
and on Monday, .li;gust 19, for
4 ,itk-vnt. ',on Station, Euston-square, at a quarter
ki, th, ,(- tx,c„,
ter till, 'l. • p„'I.SION from LOS DON to CARLISLE and BAC!1:, ii,Arrih44l,LTtLth back back, 345. Gd.; Windermere and bartels,
fr,,,'Arti,ltolt, 234 and , 305 ; Lancaster and back, 265. P-
kZ th,`,. tor 4 ' • 64. ; Huddersfield and back, 25, ; on Monday,ll
tiiinirttqsioti°,,r 18 days, and on Monday, August 19, for - 6 days,
NS' 11,k„._tation, Euston-square, at a quarter before each
1,,,,x.
~ttlay is'4l, bills, and every Information for the aoove
1.4 " rio,": °tit/tined of Mr Henry it. Marcus, manager arid
A Eby-hall-chambers, Ilishopsgate-street -within.
N.l 1.,
O " T..
. Pttrit4
4,41,S TR A YELLING
- tin.. -`o`lte ProMenaile, the Aquatic Excursiohnn,_or while
e1°44.4' w. to the scorching rays of the inn, will d
~_ttO(l,:t 100, lii, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR
Z‘Ati;lboolilV.‘ PreParation for the Complexion,
~ ••.t ‘litt - itild " ' • 11 heat and irrlta
tio )4 ly relaxation, ahayrng a dispelling the
Dlie PhOd
ea
Affording the pleasing sensation attending restored
beriV°ll 'Oes kkithful state of the skin. Freckles, Sunburn, fan,
4 ALI lisd4(ll;il4Thea and Discolourations, also fly before its rip-.
Its,7,,Alb;iofticn° place to delicate smooth' ,ess, and the glow of
I'ttlif,A aii:titii;lti; To Ladies du'rin.i the period of nursing, and as
`ll4 ii igti-st. sha.,4,.'t cannot be too strongly recommended. Gen,-
. 1! 64' *Oa 1.,,,n, Will find it allay all irritation and tendernes for hr la 'd or It soft, smooth, and ineasant. Price 4s. 64.
iNnlttit to ottle.
41:Skit, lisiZtli, 41°WLANDS' MACASSAR. OIL,
i, ill° 6,11'1 ; .°l* preserving, improving, and beautifying the
illh'' 5.21.-"*.l and Gd ' g••
Family Bottles (equal to four
-dlit-er,,,W-Izsi,-... doubl•eatnhit7ssiz•e, 2ls per rrottl,.
Osti',railPit riniS: OD. PO, Olt OP PE IR,. L DENTIFRICE,
the ~t,_ x,s'orin.'-',Oearitifiiiii, 'the'Teetb strengOening the Gums,
'"' It- 10b4% oi the
itreath
Isweet and oil re. Price 2s. 94
. per Box.
1111 Q ettl)Ditis 0 hltrious I
y i., t 6, f It 1,„.... n tations. The. only genuine of each
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SHEFFIELD, AUG. 6.—Wheat, white, 17s Od to 19s Od ;
ditto, red, 15s to 16s (id ; beans, los 6d to 12s 6d ; peas, lOs 6d
to 12s per load. Barley, 20s to 22s ; mat:, 48s to 52s ; oats
(feed), lis to 19s ; ditto (mealing), 18s to 21s per quarter.
Millers' prices of flour, is 7d, and Is 8d per stone of 141bs.
LLANGEFNI, Ana. B.—Wheat, from 42s to 44s ; barley,
from 24s to 24s bd ; oats, 16s 6d to 18s per quarter. Beef, 4d
40 ; mutton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 3d to 4d per lb ; lamb, 2s 3d
to 2s 6d per quarter; fowls, Is 1041 to Os Od per couple ; ducks,
l4d to 151 each; fresh butter, 8d to 86c1 per lb. Eggs, 12 for 6d.
Store pigs, from 2 s to 25s ; cart ditto, 8s to 9s, fat ditto, 3d
per lb. . _

INVERNESS, Ana. 6.—Wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per
bushel, 3,s rd to 40s Od ; barley, per quarter, weighing
501 b per bushel, Ws to _Os Od; oats, per quarter, weighing
421 b per bushel, 22s Od to OW Od. Oatmeal, per imperial
boll, I6s 6d to Os Od; ditto second, 15s 6d to Os Od; barley-
meal, 12s 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 14s itd to Os Od; bran, per
stone, Os 6d to Os Od; first flour, per 2501 b., 34s Od to 36s d;
second ditto, 26s Od to 28s Od; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b
imperial, Is 8d to Os Od; ditto second, is 6d to Os Od; barley-
meal, Is 2d to Os 0.1 ; peasemeal, Is 4d to Os Od; first flour,
2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 3d cre-
dit. Potatoes, per stone, 9d to 1)d; beef, per pound, 4d
to 6d ; veal, 4d to bd ; mutton, 4d to 6d ; pork, 3d to 4d ;
fowls, each, 10d to 12d; chickens, per pair, 10d to 14d ; ducks,
each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 6d to 7d; butter, fresh,
per lb, 9d to laid; ditto, salt, 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds), '2d to
2i ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto, credit, 50 to 6d;
coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Sd.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIG LITON CLUB RACES.—FRIDAY.
Optional Selling Plate of 50 sous.; three yrs old, 9st 91b;
four, lOst 61b; five, lOst 101 b; six and aged, lOstl2lb.
The winner to be sold by auction for 50 Boys.; if en-
tered to be sold for 100 eovs. to carry 71b; if for 150,
111 b; if fir 200, 141 b extra, and any surplus to go to
the Club. T.Y.C.
Mr. Shelly's f by Touchstone, out of Potentie, 3 yra,
104 91b (290)
Duke of Richmond's Helter Skelter, 5 yrs, lOst 10!1)
(50) _ (Air. Bevil!) 2

Major Bringhurst us Hind of the Forest, 5 yrs, lOst
10Ih (50; (Major Bringhurat) 3
Mr. Elwes na Cayenne, lOst 131 b (100) (Mr. Elwes) 4
Mr. Carew's &mot, lost 131 b (100 ... (Mr. Elwe.) 5
Count Batthyany na Bastillion. 4 yrs, 10. st 610
(50)
Mr. Shelly's na Needful, 104 121b(50) (Mr. Caldwell) 7
Betting-2 to.l agst Potentia filly, 3to 1 agst Hiad
of the Forest. 3 to 1 agst Hefter Skelter, and 7 to 1 agst
Bastillion. Won by two lengths. Hind of the Forest a
bad third.
The Brighton Club Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 100
added, for three yrs old and upwards; the second to
receive 20 soya, out of the stakes. The winner of the
Brighton Stakes to carry 101 b extra. New Course.
(6 Subs., one of whom paid forfeit.)
Mr. Bevill La Dover, 5 yrs, list 121 b ...(Mr. Bevill) 1
Count Batthyany na Sam Hood (Count Batthyany) 2
Mr. Carew's Agis, 5 yrs, 1 Ist (Mr. P. Williams) 3
Mr. Oabaldeston's Minimum, 4 yrs, 10st...(Owner) 0
Betting-6 to 4on Minimum, 3to 1 agst Agis, and 5
to 1 agst Dover. Won by twelve lengths. Minimum
took the wrong course after making the extreme turn,
or he would have won ie a tauter. Run in 3 min. 27 secs.
A Plate of 50 sovs.; for three, yrs old, 9st 101 b; four,
10st 101 b; five, llst 111 b; six and aged, 12st 31b. The
winner to be sold for 200 sovs , and any surplus to go
to the funds of the Club. One mile. . .
Mr. Hobson us farassboppera4 -yrs (Mr. Hobson) 1
Mr. Elwes' Athelstane, 5 yrs' (Owner) 2
Duke of Richmond's Quiver, 4 yrs (Mr. Sevin) 0
Count.Battliyany na Sam Hood (Count Batthyany) 0
Mr. Carew's Buscot, 4 yrs (Mr. Caldwell) 0
Captain Pettat na Thibault, 4 yrs (Mr. C. C. Brook) 0
Betting-2 to lon Quiver, and 7to 2 agst Grass-
hopper. Won by three parts of a length. Run iu 1 min.
54 secs.
The Gold Cup, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5
son. each; the winner of the Brighton Club Stakes to
carry 71b extra. New Course. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Carew's CEclipti, 4 yrs,' Ist (Mr. P.Williams) 0 1
Mr. Hobson's Hope, 5 yrs, llst 41b......(0wner) 0 2
Mr. Driekald na Retail, 1 lst 121 b (Capt. Pettat) 0
Count Batthyany na The Captain, aged, lOst 121 b 0
Mr. Elwes' Seccnd Chance,.lost 41b (Mr. Elwes) 0
Mr. P. Williams naTitßit, eged,lota(Mr.Ro Arley) 0
Betting—First Heat: 6 to 4 agst Hope and Retail,
and 4to 1 agst Second Chance. A dead hest. Tit-bit
a bad third. Run in 3 win. 35 secs.
Deciding Heat.-6 to 4on Hope. Won by four lengths.
Run in 3 win. 29 secs.
EDGWARE RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Innkeeper's Plate of 101., added to a handicap of
2 sous. each, twice round and a dis, (4 subs.), was won
easily in two heats by Mr. Thornton's Little Fanny, aged,
7st 101 b (Bailey), beating Mr. Mason's New Forest Doe,
4 yrs, 7st 51b (Lowe), Mr. Drew's Messman, 5 yrs, Bst
71b (Hucket), and Mr. B. Sands' Sir Tatton Sykes, aged,
7st 121 b.
The Tradesman's Plate of 301., added to a sweepstakes cf
5 sovs. each. 2 ft. Two miles. (13 Subs.)
Mr. Sadd's Solute, 3 yrs, Est (Kendall) 1
Mr. Thornton's Highwayman, aged, Tat 101 b (Bailey) 2
Mr. Bell's Premier, 4 yrs,lst 101 b (F. Bell) 3
Mr. J. Child's Maid of the Mi 11,4 yrs, 6st ...(Neale) 4
A good race, won by a head.
The Farmers' Plate of 15 soya., added to a handicap
hurdle stakes of 2 sov.s. each, twice round and a dis, over
six hurdler, was won in two heats easily, by Mr. A.
Jackson's Nell Cook, aged, lOst 101 b (Higgins), beating
Premier, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b; Frank, 6 yrs, llst 91b; Reality
aged, lOst 71b; and Tommy Tittle, 6 yrs, lOst 910.

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I am rather inclined to the latter belief, and so pro-
bably will be your readers, when I state my grounds
for such a cenviciion. Here it is—
In one of the morning journals of July 6, I find
the toilowing announcement :--
" Captain iluustoun Stewart, C. 8., is absent from the
Admiralty, upon the Continent."
And in another of the same date, I read that—
" Rear-Admiral M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C. 8.,
one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and a large party of
ladies, noblemen, and geatletnen, eighty-four in number,
arrived at Woolwich to-day, shortly after twelve o'clock,
by special train on the North Kent line of railway, and
were received by Commodore Henry Eden, superintend-
ent, and the authorities of the dockyard. The Black
Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander S. B. Cook.
having her steam up, the party werc conveyed
on board in the pinnace of the Fisgard, and
proceeded down the river to Sheerness, where they
went on board the Ocean, 80, flag ship at that port,
and afterwards went alongside the Howe, 120, Captain
Sir James Stirling, at the Nore, where she has arrived
to be paid off at Sheerness. The master of the band
and twelve of the men of the Woolwich division were on
board the Black Eagle. Dancing was kept up for nearly
an hour after the vessel had arrived and was attached
to her moorings at Woolwich, at half-past eight o'clock,
P.M. The day being remarkably fine, the party ex-
pressed themselves highly delighted with the trip.
Commodore Eden having gone to town in the afternoon.
Lieutenant Robertson, Mr. Lang, master-shipwright,
and Mr. Humphrys, chief engineer, received the rear-
admiral and party on landing, and the whole of the
company left the dockyard at,tion of the North Kent
Railway, at ten o'clock, P.M., by special train fur
London. '

So that, out of the Four Junior Lords of the
Admiralty, one is amusing himself abroad, and an-
other feasting and fiddling up and down the Thames
in one of her Majesty's yachts.
But surely neither of these employments can be
classed as onerous or heart-breaking certainly
not the last. Picture to yourself, Sir, " eighty-four
lords, ladies, and gentlemen," first assembling at
the Admiralty, then driving to the terminus, from
whence they are conveyed by special train to
Woolwich, received there by a Commodore, and all
the authorities bowing to the ground, on a
platform covered with half an ,acre of red baize,
conducted to the boat by Colonel Handsaw,
and the gallant young officers of the Dockyard Ir-
regulars, " Division Maritime," stepping out of it on
board the yacht to the music of the master of the
Marine band and his selected assistants, proceeding
leisurely down the river (not forgetting to touch at
Sheerness for a draught of Elliott's), visiting a
splendid three-decker at the Nore, kept there fur
the express purpose of being thus honoured, dancing
all the way back, ultimately to be re-landed at
Woolwich with the same bows and baize that
awaited them on their reception, and, all to be
closed with another special train. No wonder the
party expressed themselves gratified. What more
could they have desired? The whole paragraph is
redolent of luxurious enjoyment. Cleopatra's. barge
in rapid motion, with a more goodly company then
ever honoured Cleopatra with their presence ; the
Thames instead of the Cydnw, engines in lieu of
swans, Champagne substituted for pearl-water; and,
to complete the picture, Anthony himself, unchecked
by any thought of losing a world for the sake of the
fair forms around him, indulging in pleasing dreams
of future retributive vengeance upon the heads of the
unconscious assistant-surgeons.

Sometimes, when their constitutions are enfeebled
and their energies shaken by a too protracted atten-
tion to duties of the foregoing description, their Lord-
ships condescend to exchange a seat at the Admiralty
for some less laborious and more permanent occupa-
tion in the dockyards—the Scotchmen (as might be
expected) invariably securing the first opportunities.
Thus Sir Charles Adam was translated from White-
hall to Greenwich Hospital (King Stork succeeding
to the vacant throne). Rear-Admiral Prescott first
flourished and then faded fora few months in the uncon-
genial atmosphere of the board-room, until the occur-
rence of a vacancy in the dockyard at Portsmouth gave
him an opportunity of exchanging the dust of London
for the parterres and geraniums of the Superin-
tendent's residence; and Lord 'Sohn Hay, finding
it more easy to pull ships to pieces than to satisfy the
public that he WAS right in doing so, wisely leaves all
explanation to his successor, and, having served three
years at the Admiralty, stipulates for, and obtains,
an arrangement by which he is to be retained in
command of Plymouth for a further period of five
years, to the exclusion of 75 expectant, but de-
ceived, Rear-Admirals. Rumour asserts that ano-
ther command will shortly be filed from the
Board of Admiralty ; so that the public may
rest assured that when there are any good things
to be given away, their Lordships will not be guilty
of the folly of forgetting themselves.
In the nai,;st of such selfisllness,
is it any longer a wonder that the voice of thu nation,
I.kintly heard at the commencement through the
. voice
tl
waste, and folly,
of some few Financial Reformers, and ultimedaiuemy
finding strength and expression
.throuigh the
of a Committee appointed to revise al
in the
should peremptorily call. for
.some?
alteration Have the oflizials
officialmsalaries,
mode of conducting public busin.ess
they did not reform
forgotten the warning,
"thatd .ront without
t e uselves, they would be reformed
?" If they
inure roughly than they might wish
have, let them not neglect this new notice, for the

dy/
have not only e. ablished the principle of
t they have opened the door to further
if found necessary ; and we have at
dation of knowing that if we cannot
iables or incorrigibles from squandering
ioney, we can at all events dock their
intil there will be no longer any in-
ducement for them to •cling to office with that
silent pertinacity so characteristic of the tribe of
Whig " Testacem," with whom the faculty of stick-
ing and swallowing seems the object of all official
existence, as well as the beat recommendation for a
participation therein.
I am, Sir, yours most obediently,
JACK EASY.

THE LORDS of the ADMIRALTY.
To THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
Sir,---A sound of wailing has gone forth upon the
waters, and even reached thesecluded ship from whence
I inditethis letter. Grief; mingled with amazement, has
taken possession of our minds upo❑ hearing that a
.band of daring innovators have ventured to lay their
hands tip ,n the hitherto sacred salai les of the Lords
of the Admiralty, and that they have gone so far as to
recommend that tha Four Junior Commis-ioners
should be deprived of their residences or of 2001. an-
nually.

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Her Majesty's ship Geranium,
Portsmouth, August 6.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN the
ATLANTIC AND PA CIFIC OCEANS.
Oce of tee most merketi ch tracteristics :of the pre-
sent taxies is the anxiety 1 r improved intereornmuutee.-
- tion which is so pi rcept ble an both sides of the Atlantic.
Facility of locometien is known to be so powerful tor in-
'strum, nt of civilization toed so importzet an auxiliary to
commerce, thet its till ihrections attentten is teeing turned
to coteptetine end perfecting the links h., tee sta at chain
of ceunnuaicei iou which is tett so essen tad to ine progress
of the world. They most cemprehensive project of modern
tiers, the counecting the Atlantic ocean with the
Pacific, is on the point or being tarried into executien,
the steamer Director having lett New York ftm the pur-
pose ef elyieg from St. Juan in the Gulf of Mexico, up
the Sr. Juan River to Cistillo Viego, where she is. in-
tended to transfer her passengers to Nicaragua, which
will convey them to the city of Grareda, on tie Lake of
Nicaragua, whence a land journey of twelve or
fourteen miles will bring them to the Bay Of Sc. Juan
del Sur, on the Pacific, which they will have thus
reached without encountering the dangers and hard-
ships of the stormy passage round Cape Horn. We
believe, however, that this is not ultimately to be
the line of the ship canal, the preferable direction being
the.route leading northward, from Lake Nicaragua to
the Estiro Real, an inlet from the Gulf of Fonseca, as a
line for the canal can there be found of only forty-five
miles long, and which affords great facilities for its con-
struction, the greatest elevation to be overcome being
only fifty feet, and the character of the soil favourable
to excavation.
The harbour of Rettig°, which would be the port for
the first route, though tolerably secure, is very small,
whereas the Gulf of Fonseca is a spacious inlet of 'the
seas capable or holding with convenience and in perfect
safety any nanaber of vessels that any conceivable com-
merce could by any possibility concentrate on its waters.
Its entrance is between two lofty volcanoes, with very
deep water between them, and it contains the island of
Tigre, itself merely a volcanic rock, but of the greatest
importance in a political point of view, inasmuch as it
commands the ship canal which is destined to afford ac-
cess to the commerce of Europe to the whole seabOard
of the Pacific, to the teeming millions of China, and the
rich and fertile islands, hourly rising in importance, of
the Indian Archipelago, finally to be the short cut be-
tween this country and her Australasian colonies. A
staff of surveyors have already left New York, and this
great work, which will be an enduring monument of the
energy of our times and the enterprise of the Anglo-
Saxon race, may be said to have been fairly commenced.
On the result it would be impossible to speculate. At
present, its magnitude can hardly be estimated, for the
dust of California is in all men's eyes, and the mental
vision is distorted towards those auriferous districts
where the wildest anticipations may at any time be
realised, and the leading idea in most men's minds is that
a passage across the isthmus is merely a short cut to
California and fortune; but to meet the importance of
the undertaking it is necessary to consider the popula-
tions it will conflict, the resources it %ill develop, and
the enormous amount of commercial activity it will call
into play. Already the auri sacra fames has shaken
the superstitious horror of emigrating, which it is well
known has prevented China from sending forth her
swarming multitudes, who can barely find a scanty
subsistence upon her own soil, to people the broad
!Ands that lie so invitingly unoccupied in our Australian
possessions. There are many Chinese in California,
and it once that superstitious horror is fairly shaken,
as it seems likely to be, and a new generation grows up
without the fear of foreign land before their eyes, it is im-
possible to say what amount of labour may be thrown
into a market which is ever ready to receive and greedy
to absorb any quantity that it can command. The great
drawback upon the advance of our Australasian settle-
ments is the high price of labour, or, in other words,
shortness of heads; whilst, on the other hand, the po-
pulation of China is so redundant that, so precious is
land there, millions live entirely on the rivers, so that
there are probably people among them who have never
slept on shore all their lives; and nothing is more likely
to reconcile the superabundant population of that
country to quitting their native land, and seeking
subsistence elsewhere, than that rapidity, fre-
quency, and certainty of communication which deprive s
a temporary expatriation of the character of an
eternal bauitbment, which is certain to follow the
enormous introduction of American and European com-
merce directly into the Ricific. There is oac , point,
however, on which we wish public atteetiou should be
riveted from the very first, a point of the most vital im-
portenee to Europe, and that ia the dimensions of the
canal; it is necessary that the greatest care should be
taken that the canal should have both breadth and
depth to adroit the largest ships and steamers, and we
must Hutch most vigilantly that it is not made or a size
calculaieil to admit the small craft of America and ex-
clude the large atm-goat:g vessels which 11.;urope employs
in her intercourse with her cotooies. Rumours are afloat
that something Of the sort is likely to be attempted, and
though we trust that those rumours are not founded in
fact, sail! it is as well that we should be on our guard to
ensure to the commerce of the world that ativatitaga
which it has a right to obtain from one of the most im-
portant works of modern times.—Post.

News has also arrived that still larger reforms
will be recommended in high places ; but with
such matlers it is not my intention to trouble you.
I am not at present likely to visit Paris or .Vienna,
and am therefore u,terly indifferent to the merits of
either ambassadorial cuisine, as well as to the in-
tensely interesting questions that may agitate Eu-
rope, in else Lord Guloseton reduces the, salary of
his " chef" in proportion to his own, or the Marquis
of Carabbas takes advantage of this opportunity to
abstain altogether from poisoning his guests. In
times of distress I like to help my friends; and at
present all my sympathies are with the tour unhappy
men who have come in for the tail of this economical
hurricane ; end as they never gave dinners of any
description (not even bad ones), it cannot be sup-
posed that the committee who recommended the re-
duction had any latent wrongs to avenge ; and we
may therefore fairly assume that in this case, at
least, their decision was guided by the purest of mo-
tives.

It is not, however, likely to be submitted to with-
out a murmur. I hear the contemplated reduction
is to be opposed on the ground that the arduous la-
bours of the Board of Admiralty are even now barely
remunerated byte, riot Ilisproportionete eatery.-
Let us examine the nature of this defence.of exist-
ing salaries. It is founded solely upon the doctrine of
hard work and high wages, but it altogether forgets
to take into consideration the value of the work when
it is performed. Work alone, without results, is no
excuse for extravagance. Granted that the Lords of
the Admiralty toil from morning to night—that
their life is one of ceaseless labour—that at
the close of each day their minds are- wearied
and their bodies exhausted, and that they have no
longer health nor heart to squabble over any desire
able piece of patronage. What then ! Labour is the
lot of thousands, and few there are amongst those
thousands who have the similar privilege of slavery
at the rate of 1,0001. per annum. The tree is known
by its fruits; where is the result of all this toil P
What great and useful measures have been brought
about by so much exertion—what evils eradicated—
w hat benefits conferred—what tangible and practical
change effected by these mysterious midnight medita •
tions ? We ask nut for the progressive steps that have
first led to convictions, ultimately to terminate in
legislation ; but we are fairly entitled to demand that
if labour be pleaded as a justification for high
salaries, that same labour should be productive of
something more than a mere parade of vie inertia. It
must be acknowledged that hard work is necessary in
order to succeed in any situation, but it by no means fol-
lows that, unaided by ability, success must be the conse-
quence. We admire the industry and perseverance
with which an urchin concocts a dirt-pie in the
streets, and the patience with which a domestic fowl
will sit and chuckle over a nest of eggs that we know
to be already addled; but iu neither case do we find
the labour bestowed upon these objects rewarded in a
manner commensurate with the ideas of the principals
engaged. The boy, most probably, gets a kick in-
stead of a penny for defiling his clothes in the gutter,
and the "gallina incubans" is condemned to the spit
as a reward for her mistaken notions of maternity.
If results there be, at all events they have not at-
tained public notoriety ; and in their absence we may
fairly ask, what are the duties of the Lords of the
Admiralty—whether their Lordships really are, as
they would fain persuade us, "operose nihtl agentes,"
or whether they may not be in the enj,ly tnetit of as
much relaxation and as many holidays as is con-
sistent with the position of all who would serve the
State ?

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EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS.
The experiments carried on at the new range on the
Essex coast on Wednesday last, in the presence of the
Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance,
Lord Clarenc, Puget, Rear-Admiral M. Fitzhardinge
3erkeley, C. 8., Major- G. nerd Lacey, Colonel I)undas,
C.B, and Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, were made for
the purpose of testing two new inventions, one submitted
by Major Cavalli, an artillery efficer in the Sardinian
service, and the other by Mr. Worrondoff. Major Ca-
vallt's piece of ordnance, a 32-pounder gun, is very light,
being only about three tons, including the gun carriage.
Mr. Worrundoff's gun and carriage weighs about eight
tons. Both guns are similar in principle in loading at
the breach, and the chambers for loading held securely
by the insertion of a quoin on the right side of the breech.
which is inserted in Mr. Worrundoff's gun with the
greatest ease by one man, but in Major Cavalli's gun the
quoin had to be knocked out, which occupied longer
time betwixt the firing. The shot fired were cast
in the conical or sugar-loaf form, similar to the rifle
balls of Mr. Lancaster fur long ranges. On firing,
Major Cavalli's and Mr. %V ortondoff's guns, with a
charge of 10Ibs. of powder, and one of the usual service
32-pounder guns, the two former were found to range
considerably more than two miles, and the shot from
both guns to proceed fully 300 yards greater range be-
fore Lacy touched the grouA than toe shot from the
common service 32-pounder. The same result was ob-
tained in several rounds, and the charges of powder in
Major Cavalli's and Mr. VVorroedoff 's guns were re-
duced t Bibs. in each, and then tried in comparison with
the common service gun, retaining the charge of 101bs.
The result was still in favour of Major Oavalli's and
Mr. Worrondoff 's guns, as they, under reduced charges,
carried the shut fully fifty yards further than the 32-
pounder, with a charge of lOlbs. Both Major
Cavalli's and Mr. Woriondaf 's guns were mounted
on carriages having ficitittes fur cue man leading each,
and afterwards being ebie to move the gun to a con-
siderable angle to direct it against a steamer passing
quickly, which is attained by elevating and depressing
screws, and by a motion from side to side, on a prin-
ciple nearly similar to the plan submitted by Captain
the Honourable W. E. Fi,z;naurice, although very dif-
ferent in detail. The experiments were considered very
satisfactory, and the Master General, Rear-Admiral
Berkeley, and the members of the select committee were
much gratified with the result. The practice ground
had been measured off to the extent of two miles and a
quarter previous to the experiments, but the range
being then much further, it has now been measured off,
and posts put up, to the extent of upwards of three miles.
During the preliminary trials, one of the guns met with
a slignt injury at the chamber, owing, it was supposed,
to some deficiency in the casting of the metal, and when
it was sent to the Royal Arsenal to be repaired, two
inches were cut off instead of mending it, which has
proved of great service, as it is now better than it was
originally.

PRINCE ALBERT AND THE SOUTHAMPTON DINNER.

—The Mayor of Southampton having respectfully solicited
the honour of the presence of Prince Albert at the banquet
to be given by his Worship to the Lord Mayor of London,
received the following communication from the Palace :
" Osborne, Aug. 7, 185...—Dear Sir,—l have had the honour
to submit to his R0y,.1 Highness Prince Albert your
letter of the sth inst. His Royal Highness regrets that the
engagements which be has already made prevent the pos-
sibility of his being present at the banquet which you pro-
pose to give to the Lord Mayor of London on the 26th inst.
His Royal Highness has heard with much pleasure of the pro-
gress of the
.feeling in favour of the Great Exhibition at
Southampton.—Believe me, dear Sir, sincerely yours, C. B.
Phipps.—To the Mayor of Southampton."
RoTAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.—Yes•
terday a half-yearly general court of the governors and donors
of this society, which was instituted in the reign of Queen
Anne, for maintaining, cl thing, a.ld educating the children
of those who were once in prosperity, whether orphans or not,
of all nations, was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, to receive the report of the committee, and to elect 15
children, ten boys and five girls, from'a list of 80 candidates
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ful candidates were announced. A vote of thanks was then
passed to the chairman, and the court broke up.
A NEW SORT of POLICE.—Mr. Ma,on, police
superintendent of Lincoln, has just returned home from
Scotland, with a fine thoroughbred bloodhound, which has
been purchased for the purpose of tracking the footsteps of
sheep slaughterers, burglars, and other offenders against the
laws. The animal is a very fine-looking one, though not
particularly large; he is from Ross-shire, and it is ; aid that
the cost is about 301. Wa trust the animal's "scenting"
propensities may be of some service to the police force. At
present depredations are committed with the greatest im-
punity, but it is not very often that apprehensions takes
p lace. —Local Paper.
PORTUGUESE BUTTER.—A veFel arrived from Lis-
bon has brought a parcel of firkins of butter as a portion of
her cargo, consigned to order, the produce of Portugal.
This is an unusual article of importation from tb is southern
state of Europe.

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