The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY ii 1844

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF . DE-
SIGN.-SPITALFIELDS BRANCH.
The third annual distribution of prizes awarded by the
Committee of the above Institution took place yesterday, in
Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street. The Marquis of Normanby
in the chair. The Noble Marquis was supported by Lord
Robert Grosvenor, John Dillon, Esq., and other warm friends
of the school. The ancient and beautiful hall was crowded
to excess.
The Marquis of NORMANBY was enthusiastically cheered
on taking his seat. The Noble Marquis said that he would
not occupy the time of the meeting at much length by any
remarks he had to make, as the objects of the Institution
had been recently described by a very warm and tried
friend. He had only to congratulate the meeting on the pre-
sent success and future prospects of the Institution, espe-
cially as regarded the great increase in the number of pupils
and their advance towards perfection. On matters of taste
he would say nothing, because on such a subject there were
no general rules, 'except those which by their own fitness
pleased the eye; to inculcate the study of such rules was the
great object of the promoters of the School of Design.—
(Hear.) Fashion, it was true, was constantly changing,
hence novelty was considered in part to be a merit; granting'
.this, he sincerely hoped that what was really good, refined,
and elegant in the arts, though old, would never become ob
solete. Without referring to that vexatious question the
hours of labour, it could not be doubted that the best way of
spending the hours of relaxation after labour had terminated
for the day, was by following a course of study in such an '
Institution as the Government School of Design afforded.
For his own part, he felt highly honoured in being called
upon to preside over the meeting.--(Hear, hear.)
The Rev. Mr. STONE, Rector of Spitalfields, then read the
report of the Committee. It was very satisfactory, and set
forth that in April last the number of pupils in the school
amounted to 238, which exceeded by 122 the number at the
corresponding period of last year. The amount granted by
the Council for teaching was 250/. ; last year it was 1501.
Several warm supporters had contributed, by subscriptions
and otherwise, the sum of 4501., the interest of which was to
be expended in prizes annually. The report went on to state
that the Committee entertained no doubt whatever that the
manufacturers of Spitalfields, by care and attention, could
compete successfully with those of France. In conclusion,
the report stated that the amount of fees received for the
past year was 86/. ; and that Mr. Octavius Hudson, formerly
a pupil in the central school, bad been appointed master of
the Spitalfields branch, at a salary of 1001. per annum.—
(Cheers.) The Rev. Rector, in moving the adoption of the
repoit, stated that the working classes would never be really
benefited by the exercises of a morbid philanthropy, but by
the culture of their own mental endowments.
Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion, after which the report
was unanimously adopted.
The Marquis of NORMANBY then, in a very affable and
condescending manner, delivered the prizes. Several of the
successful competitors were exceedingly young—fine, smart
little fellows, nine or ten years of age. Besides twenty pupils
who received prizes, one, unhappily deaf and dumb, received
a prize of a book, for regularity of attendance and general
good conduct.

- Mr. Dinnox' in moving a resolution, to the effect, that the
meeting viewed with satisfaction the success of the Society
and the progress made by the pupils, observed that the Com-
mittee felt grateful to the Government for the assistance it
had given to such societies as the present ; but great and per-
manent usefulness was only to be achieved by the labour,
care, and patient industry of the pupils. He had lately been
in the city of Lyons, and he was sorry to acknowledge that
he certainly witnessed an advance—a temporary advance, it
was to be hoped—in the arts of design over his countrymen,
because the people of Lyons were educated in the arts; it
was not from any natural talent over the English that the
Lyonese excelled ; it arose simply from the accidental cir-
cumstance of education. Let the English pupil study dili-
gently the beautiful models exhibited—let him listen atten-
tively to the instructions given to him in these schools, and,
however poor his parents, that pupil will ultimately rise to
wealth, honour, and distinction.--(Applause.)
Mr. Wlnsox seconded the resolution, and bore testimony
to the progress of the school.
Thanks to the Committee were then voted unanimously,
and several gentlemen addressed the meeting.
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR proposed the thanks of the
meeting to the Noble Chairman, for the good
,taste, good
feeling, and ability with which he had presided. Had it not
been for the Noble Marquis there would have been no such
institution as that which had called them together; or if
there had, it would have been one of very limited usefulness
as compared with the present. The Noble Marquis, when
one of her Majesty's advisers, suggested and warmly sup-
ported the Institution, which had continued to prosper and
increase in usefulness.

The motion was carried by acclamation.
The Marquis of NORMANBY briefly returned thanks, and
having descended from the platform, with much apparent sa-
tisfaction, examined the various specimens for which prizes
had been awarded.

QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED FOR

THE CONSIDERATION OF THE JUDGES.
_.. _ ..

The following are the questions propounded yesterday to
the Judges at the close of the arguments in the case of the
" Queen v. O'Connell :"
" The attention of the Judges is requested to the record
and proceedings hereafter subjoined, with reference to the
following questions :
" 1. Are all, or any, and if any, which, of the counts in
the indictment bad in law, so that, if such count or counts
stood alone in the indictment, no judgment against the de-
fendants could properly be entered upon them?
"2. is there any, and if any, what defect in the finding of
the jury upon the trial of the said indictment, and in enter-
ing of such finding?
"3. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the in-
dictment, by means of any defect in the indictment, or of the
finding, or entering of the findings of the jury upon the said
indictment ?

" 4. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judg-
ment by reason of the matters stated in the pleas in abate-
ment, or any of them, or in the judgment upon such
pleas ?_

" 5. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg-
ment on account of the continuing the trial in the vacation,
or of the oi der of the Court for that purpose?
" 6. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg-
ment on account of the judgment of the Court overruling
and disallowing the challenge to the array, or any or either
of them ; or oftthe matters stated in such challenge ?
" 7. Is there sufficient grounds to reverse the judgment by
reason of any defect in the entry of continuances from the
said trial to the 15th day of April, regard being also had
to the appearances of the defendants on the said last-
named day ?
"8. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse or vary the
judgment on account of the sentences, or any, or either of
them, passed on the respective defendants, regard being had
particularly to the recognisances required, and to the period
of imprisonment dependent on the entering into such re-
cognisances ?
" 9. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judgment
on account of the judgments in the assignments of error
coram nobis, or any or either of them, or of the matters stated
in such assignments of error, or any or either of them ?
" 10. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg-
ment by reason of its not containing any entry as to the ver-
dicts of acquittal ?
" 11. In an indictment consisting of counts A, B, C, where
the verdict is guilty of all generally, and the counts A B are
good, and the count C is bad, the judgment being, that the
defendants, for the offences aforesaid, be fined and impri-
soned, which judgment would be sufficient in point of law, if
confined expressly to counts A and B, can such judgment be
reversed on a writ of error? "Will it make any difference whe-
ther the punishment be discretionary, as above suggested, or
a punishment fixed by law ?"

"AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE."—
The truth of this soul-delighting saw was beautifully illus-
trated, two or three days ago, in a court off Gulston-street,
Whitechapel. A poor man, named Leeson, owed Is. 6d. for
rent; yes, he was one week in arrear, having before been
punctual with his eighteenpence. His landlord, named
Martin—may seraphs harp the syllables I—forced the room
door off the hinges, dragged a girl of 15 by the hair of her
head from the bed, then her brother, a boy of seven, and,
lastly, removed an infant, which he placed on the ground
outside the door The poor girl had prepared some food for
the babe, which the merciful Martin, in the fulness of his
powers of distraint, refused to let her have. One Lyons, a
Jew broker, dwelling at 4, George-court, Stony-lane (an apt
address), Houndsditch, then left the following document,
which was banded in to Mr. Norton, of Lambeth-street :
" Rent, 3s. ; levy, 3s. ; and man in possession 2s. 6d.," making
altogether Bs. 6d., though all that was due was one week's
rent, Is. 6d. What a luxurious thing is English law, even
when it visits the hovels of the poor t For 18. 6d. debt, law
asks 7s. costs ! Mr. Norton, however, sent word to the
landlord and the Jew that they must immediately restore the
goods free of expense. He had better have sent his warrant
for their apprehension for the assault, and punished them
ac-
cordingly. However, Leeson may, as a Briton, have this
satisfaction—his house is his castle, so long as his landlord
and a Jew broker refrain from breaking into it.—Punch.

EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF LETTERS AT THE
GENERAL POST-OFFICE FROM INDlA.—Yesterday (Wednes-
day) morning an unusual number of letters and newspapers
arrived at the General Post-office, by the ordinary mails from Egypt, Greece, India, China, the lonian Islands, &c.,
via
Southampton. There were 52 boxes of letters, containing
together upwards of 12,000 single packets, and 5 bags of
newspapers, most of which were in perfect files.
SUDDEN DEATH ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY.-
Last evening, Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Green
Man Tavern, Tooley-street, on the body of Mr. Thomas
Anthony Fenton, aged eighty, of Finchley-park, Ripley,
Surrey. It appeared in evidence that deceased had come to
London by the Croydon train on Tuesday morning, and
having transacted business at the Bank of England, the East
India House, and Ransom's, he was returning by train at
twenty minutes to five P.M., and had just taken his seat in
first-class carriage with two of his sons. As the train be-
gan to move his sons observed him lean forward, and on a
closer inspection discovered that he had become suddenly in-
disposed. They caused the train to be stopped, and deceased
was conveyed from the carriage to a waiting-room, and Mr.
Clarke, a surgeon, of Tooley-street, was sent for. On his
arrival he pronounced deceased dead, most probably from the
rupture of some blood-vessel, caused by over-exertion at his
advanced time of life. Verdict—" Natural Death."

LIVENSED VICTUALLERS.—In the Court of Excise
on Tuesday, Mr. Jonathan Hawkins, proprietor of the Red
Lion, Lower-road, Rotherhithe, applied fora return of six
months' duty on licenses, under the following circumstances :
—The licenses for selling wine, spirits, beer, and tobacco were
duly paid on the 10th October last up to the 10th October in
the present year. During that time the house was pulled
down, and a much larger one erected, partly on the same
ground. In consequence of the new house being much
higher rated, Mr. Hawkins was compelled to take out a fresh
set of licenses, and which the officers of Excise refused to
grant until the old ones were given up. The old house was
shut up on the sth of April last, and the new Red Lion opened
on the following day. Several witnesses having fully proved
the above statement, Sir J. Mortlock ordered the amount of
duties paid for the Old Red Lion, from the sth of April to the
10th of October next, to be returned to Mr. Hawkins.
EXPLOSION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Great
excitement prevailed at the Brighton terminus on Monday,
by the non-arrival of the last train from London, and after
the lapse of about half an hour a pilot engine was dispatched
up the line to ascertain the cause. It appears that when near
the Hayward's Heath station, one of the tubes of the boiler
burst, and the train.was enveloped in steam. A messenger
was dispatched up the line for an engine, but before he re-
turned the pilot from Brighton arrived, and propelled the
train for the remainder of its journey, after a delay of an hour.
No one was injured by the explosion.
THE POLITICAL PECKSNIFE—We have heard that
Mr. Charles Dickens is about to apply tq the Court of Chan-
cery for an injunction to prevent Sir Robert Peel continuity
any longer to personate, in his capacity of Premier, the cha-
racter of Mr.Pecksniff, as delineated in " Martin Chuzzlewit,"
that 'eharas-rtey jaciag copyright. We hope this rumour is
unfounded, as injunctjen would celligniy he T9f4sPd.
Sir Robert Peel is in a condition to prove, that.the.part in
question has been enacted by him for a long series of years,
and was so long before any of Mr. Dickens's works appeared ;
In &bort, Sir Robert Peel, is the original Pecksniff.—
'Punch, •

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE;
NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.--A miserable day's sport
was preceded by the sale of the late. Mr. Thornhill's
two year olds and yearlings, of which the following were
the prices :

TWO YEAR OLDS. GS.
B C by Albemarle, out of Exotic, by Emilius 34
A 0 by Albemarle, out of Erica, by Emilius
Attorney, brother to Apprentice, by Albemarle' l6O
B f by Albemarle, out of Eloisa. by Emilius 5O
Bf by Ernilius, out of St. Agatha, by St. Patrick 45
B f by Albemarle, out of Elphine, by Emilius 55
Ch cby Emilius, out of Victoire, Perseus's dam 9l

YEARLINGS.
no f (Sister to Euclid, Extempore, &c.) by Emilius 330
Br f (Sister to The Caster), by Emilins, out of
Cast-a side 6l
Ch f by Emilius, out of St. Colomb 3O
B f (sister to Perseus) by Emilius, out of Victoria 20
B fby Emilius, out of Rint, by S. Patrick l5O
B f by Emilius, out of Tarantella, by Tramp
B f by Emilius, out of Variation
Ch f by Emilitis, out of Lantern
Elecampt,ne, br c, (brother to Mango, &c.), by
Emilius
Bc by Emilius, out of Merganser, by Merchant 195
B c brother to E. 0. by Emilius, out of Ophelia l4O
13 c by Emilius, out of Appolonia (Langollen's d) 115
B c by Albemarle, out of Emetic, by Emilius 220
B c by Colwiek, out of Peeress, by Priam
The sale of Mr. Ford's horses was postponed until to-
morrow for want of time.
The racing attracted but a small attendance, and may
be described in half a-dozen lines. •
The Town Plate of 501. ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ;
and fillies, Bst 31b. Last mile and a dis. of B.C.
Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie (Robinson) 1
Lord W. Powlett's Falconer
Lord Exeter's Crosby 3
6 to 4 on Glen Fishie.—Falconer cut out the wcfrk at
his best pace to within half a distance of ending, and
was then passed by the favourite, who won easy by a
length. Crosby a bad third.
50/. ; for three yrs old, 7st 21b ; .four, Bst 71b ; five,
9st lib ; six and aged, 9st 51b. From the starting-
post of T.M.M. to the end of R.C.
Mr. Boyce's Corranna, 5 yrs (Robinson) 1
Lord Lonsdale's Black Drop, 4 yrs
Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs
5 to 4 agst Corranna, and 5 to 4 agst Black Drop.
Corranna made all the running, and won by five lengths.
Lord Chesterfield's Dire-45-611y arrived this morning,
for the Chesterfield Stakes.

Arrivals.—Earls Verulam, Spencer, Albemarle (and
Co.) Chesterfield ; Lords C. Manners, Godolphin, E.
Russell, W. Powlett; Count Bathyany; Sir G. Houston;
lionourables Capt. Rous, Capt. Spencer, G. Fitzroy,
Col. Anson ; General and Mrs. Grosvenor ; Col. Peel ;
Major Udny ; Major Parlby; Messrs. Meyrick, R. Peel,
S. Stanley, Newton, Batson, Payne, &c. &c.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

, •
The only new race made for to-morrow is a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for which the following
are named :—Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Algernon,
3 yrs, Bst 31b—and g by Liverpool, out of Princess Victoria,
3 yrs, Bst.
CHESTERFIELD STAKES.—The following remain in :—Tisi-
phone, c by Cxsar, out of Misnomer, f by Hornsea, out of
Dirce, Sister to Canadian, Richard Cricket, the Seakale filly,
and the Queen of Cyprus.
No race for the Garden Stakes,

THE JULY STAKES.—The betting on this race was incor-
rectly returned as 2 to 1 on Scarinentado, instead of 2 to 1 on
Old England.

CRICKET.

THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND THE COUNTY OF HANTS,
wrrii PILCH AND GOOD.—This match excited considerable
interest, and occupied Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wed-
nesday. Lord's was very well attended on the first and
second days, and comprised, as usual, a great number of the
nobility and gentry of the land. The odds—which, as soon
as the names of the respective sides had been made known,
had been in favour of the Marylebone Club—on Monday
morning were much increased on that eleven so soon as it
was intimated that Box was unable, in consequence of the
severe indisposition of his wife, to come up. Another player,
Good, was therefore substituted, we think with some want of
judgment, because the Hants wicket keeper having been lost,
an efficient representative in that place was required. The
player selected is not distinguished in that department of the
game, and the result of the match clearly proved that a mis-
take had been made in the choice. In the progress of the
contest the want of a good wicket keeper was much felt, for
several wickets were lost in consequence of the absence
of that officer. The first innings was well fought for,
whilst the Marylebone scored 118 their opponents made
90. In the second hands, however, the former completely
ran away with the match. Everything was against
the country eleven. The heavy rain of Monday after-
noon caused the ground to be very heavy during the
greater part of Monday, so much so as to take out what is
termed the " devil "of the bowling. Sir F. Bathurst and
Day bowled beautifully, but for the reason just assigned their
balls did not tell as they are wont. Neither did the finest
hits prove as effective as upon ordinary occasions. The
Marylebone having won the toss went in first, and, there-
fore, reaped all the advantage arising from the heaviness of
the ground. They scored 118, of which Mr. Hartopp made
10, Mr. Haygarth 16, Dorrington 7, Mr. Kynaston 20 single
runs—showing the operation of the ground, and such a hand,
we should say, this gentleman never marked on any previous
occasion, seeing that he is of the " slashing" class—Dean 13,
Captain Freer 14, Hillyer 4, Mr. George 4, whilst there were
20 byes and 7 wides. Hampshire followed, and scored 90;
of these Mr. Ward, whose presence in the match afforded
universal gratification, made 3, Pilch 35, Bodle 12, Good 15,
Mr. Keape 9, and Mr. Greenwood- 6. There were 7 byes,
and not any wide balls, the bowlers being Lillywhite and
Hillyer, who never bowled so well. The Marylebone, in the
second innings, fetched 175, in the following manner—Mr.
Hartopp 12, Captain Freer 11, Mr. Kynaston 12, Dorring-
ton 16, blr. Haygarth 42, Dean 34, Hillyer 3, Mr. George
16, and Mr. Barker 9, added to which there were 15 byes and
3 wides. In the second hands of-Hampshire 57 only were
scored, the-longest score being that of Captain freer, who
marked 13; Sir F. Bathurst made 9, Pilch 9, Good 7, Mr.
Ward 1, Mr. Keate 4, Mr. Gale 3, Mr. Greenwood 4. The
byes were 7. The Marylebone, therefore, won by 140 runs.

SAILING MATCH.
The river yachts mustered in great force yesterday at
Greenwich, for the purpose of contending for the most costly
prize that has been sailed for since the establishment of the
club. The cup was a splendid silver gilt tankard of large
dimensions, and exquisite workmanship, and for costliness,
beauty of design, and execution, was immeasurably superior
to the ill-designed Brummagem-looking cups which are ge-
nerally contested for by the yachts of the club. This elegant
tankard was purchased some time past at Messrs. Mortimer
and Hunt's, by Captain Cocksedge, one of the members of
this liquid fraternity (people are getting tired of the word
aquatic), and was by him presented to the club to be sailed
for by yachts belonging to the squadron.
The vessels slipped their moorings off Greenwich at about
twenty minutes to twelve, the competitors being the Gazelle
of 25 tons, Thomas Rutherfoord, Esq. ; Mystery, 25, Lord
Alfred Paget ; Champion, 26, H. Gunton, Esq ; Gnome,
25, T. Meeson, Esq. • Enigma, 25, Josiah Wilkinson, Esq. ;
Phantom, 20, A. 0. Wilkinson, Esq. The Phantom got a
good start at the beginning, and was followed by the Mys-
tery; whilst the other craft were all becalmed, and clustered
'
together in most admired disorder. The.boats drifted down
Woolwich Reach, where the Phantom was obliged to
let go her kedge, as the tide was setting her on to the
shore, and unfortunately the man in the bow, instead of
taking a turn with the rope round a cleet, endeavoured to
hold on, and let the warp go with the kedge. However, she
went on keeping the land until Halfway Reach, when the
Mystery caught a light air of wind, and carried it up to the
Phantom, which she passed to windward. In Erith Reach
the Phantom lulled in to windward of the' Mystery, -and
passed her, maintaining
her position up to Coalhouse Point,
where she rounded the buoy at forty-four minutes twenty
seconds after four. The Mystery was barely half a minute
astern of her. The Enigma followed at fifty minutes ten
seconds after four, the Gnome twenty-five seconds after, the
Gazelle and Champion bringing up the rear, all within six
or seven minutes. As the boats hauled their wind the mathh
increased in interest, and it was expected that the well-
known capabilities of the Mystery, under the auspices of
Stokes's extraordinary skill, would .have enabled her to
overhaul the Phantom, but this little vessel kept the lead,
and the Mystery did nob appear to fore-reach, or weather
on her in the least. At length, in Halfway Reach, Lord
Alfred Paget carried away the jaws of his gaff, and
he was consequently obliged to douse his topsail whilst
two hands were sent aloft to splice the spar to the mast,
and as soon as the damage was repaired, he got a smaller
topsail set; but meantime the little Phantom was bowl-
ing along, soaking well with the tide, and occasionally jam-
ming up into windward, and it now became evident that
the redoubtable iron Mystery must yield to her smaller
wooden adversary, and accordingly, at twenty-five minutes
past seven, she rounded the iiuoy at Greenwich, amidst the
joyful acclamations of the assembled multitude, for the fre-
quenters of the river still retain a lurking tendresse for the
old-fashioned wooden vessels, and are glad to see a small
boat of this class triumph over the most powerful iron yacht
that has ever yet got under weigh. Lord Alfred Paget
rounded the buoy at twenty.nine minutes after seven, the
Enigma followed several minutes after, then the Champion,
then the Gnome and the Gazelle, but these four latter vessels
were several minutes astern.
Notwithstanding the great disadvantages under which the
Mystery laboured from carrying away the jaws of her gaff,
it must be acknowledged that she was fairly beaten by fair
had let go her anchor during the race, and had lest it,
whereas by the laws of the club it is not allowed to any
vessel, to throw anything overboord during the race. Lord
Alfred, however, with excellent taste and a generosity which
sailing—Lordcu Alfredbeing Paget
to the Phantom, as that vesselt might have raised a protest
against p
cannot fail to be appreciated, at once waived his claims, and
refused to avail himself of what was unquestionably a valid
objection. The cup was accordingly presented to Mr. Wil-
kinson by the munificent donor, Captain Cocksedge, and the
yachts returned to their moorings.
The next match will take place on the 25th.

ABDUCTION UTRAVESEIND.—In the course of
yesterday information
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was forwarded to the several police
stations in the metropolis, respecting the following case of
abduction :—A young female, who has barely attained her
pdasotnwineeqkUirieS being made, it was
sixteenth year, the daughter of Mr. Hodgson, the proprietor
embarked on board the Sapphire
of the Bower Saloon, in Lambeth, was staying with a friend
, when late on Friday she
.haneSharp, a comic singer at Tulley's
isli‘geeldrt, had
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ascertainedrsauvde Gravesend
idtyhdamut
steam-boat, for London, in the early part of the afternoon, in
Bazaar. On arriving at London-bridge, they proceeded on
company with a
board one of the iron steam-boats to the Southampton rail-
way station, where all trace of-them has been lost. The
police are making every endeavour to discover the retreat
of the parties. They are supposed to be secreted in London,
and a reward is offered for their apprehension.
EXTENSIVE RoßßEßlEs.—lnformation has been re-
ceived at the metropolitan police offices that, on Saturday
last, an extensive robbery was committed in Minshulbstreet,
Edge-hill, Liverpool, the property stolen consisting of a large
silver cue, engraved on one side with a ship, and on the
other an inscription, importing that the cup had been given
by the underwriters at Lloyd's, to Captain George Lyon! of
the ship Favorite, for salitng the ship and cargo in the river
Delaware; also six large silver dinner forks, ten or twelve
table spoons, dessert and tea spoons, sugar-tongs, sauce and
cream ladles, two silver half-pint cups, mad various other
articles. SatoPY the shop of 4034§. molt, of Temple
01047 lira Into' and robbed a a large
quantity of silk handkerchiefs, shawls, black silk velvet,
satin waistcoat pieces, apparel, hats, &c., and a quantity of
copper coin. A reward of 201. has been offered for the dis-
covery of the depredators.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two
o'clock yesterday afternoon,. at Buckingham Palace. It
was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord
Wharncliffe; the Lord President ; the Duke of Buc-
-1 c euch, Lord Privy Seal ; the Duke of Wellington,
Commander-in-Chief ; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of
the Treasury ; Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State
for the Colonies ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State
for the Home Department ; Earl of Haddington, First
Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Edward Knatchbull, Pay-
master of the Forces ; Lord Granville Somerset, Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Earl of Liverpool,
Lord Steward ; the Earl of Delawarr, Lord Chamber-
lain ; the Earl of Jersey, Master of til, Horse ; and the
Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert.
Her Majesty in Council was pleased to' declare the
Right Hon. William Lord Heytesbury, Lieutenant Ge-
neral and Governor-General of that part of the United
Kingdom called Ireland.
The .Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey,
Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, the
Treasurer of the Household, and the Comptroller of the
Household.

The Earl of Morton and the Hon. Captain Hood were
the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed
early walk yesterday in the Royal Gardens of Bucking-
ham Palace.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace in an open car-
riage and four, at half-past four o'clock yesterday after-
noon, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Western
Railway, escorted by a party of Light Cavalry. Their
Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess
Alice followed in the next carriage, and the Viscountess
Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, the Maids of Honour, the'
Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting, the Hon. Captain
Hood, Groom in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in
Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Al-
bert, followed in two open carriages and four.
Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their
carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to
Prince Albert, and the Vice-Chamberlain.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and at-
tended by the Vicountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting,
arrived at the Castle at 25 minutes before six o'clock
this afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by
a party of the Royal Horse Guards, commanded by the
Honourable Charles Cust, from the Slough station of
the Great Western Railway.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, accom-
panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, were in the
next carriage.
The Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Earl of Morton,
Lord in Waiting ;- Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Wait
ing ; Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, Equerries in
Waiting to her Majesty and the Prince, followed in two
open carriages and four.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
her residence, Frogmore Lodge, at half-past eight
o'clock this evening, in a carriage and four.
The Royal Duchess landed at Woolwich Dock-yard
from the Continent from the Princess Alice steam.
packet at half-past four o'clock. Her Royal Highness
was attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in
Waiting, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comp-
troller of her Royal Highness's Household.
The Loyal Duchess left Woolwich at twenty minutes
past five o'clock, and immediately proceeded to Frog-
more.

Mr. Moon had the honour of an interview with his
Royal Highness Prince Albert relative to the engraving
from the picture by Winterhath, of his Royal Highness.
Albert, Prince of Wales.

Mr. Craufurd, Inspector of Prisons, had an interview
with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon and New
Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening for the Governor of
Gibraltar.

ATTILA PEEL'S VICTORY OVER

THE TRADE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV.
DEAR Sia,—Procrustes deems it essential that his
New Currency Bill should be passed forthwith, " in
order to put an end to commercial speculation." In
spite of his many miserable failures, I can promise
him success in this enterprise ; and, moreover, that he
shall fare like the Asiatic in the fable, who prayed
that Alla would turn the Euphrates through his
lands. The• prayer was granted—his crops swept
away by the torrent, and himself lodged in the maw
of an aligator.-
" Commercial speculation," which this unhappily
powerful lunatic deprecates and seeks to crush, is but
another name for trade and commerce. " Specula-
tion " consists in making purchases or engagements
under an assumption that the articles bought will
be again sold with a profit.
B, a merchant, orders from France 10,000 gal-
lons of claret, judging that he shall be able to re-sell
it in smaller quantities, at such advance of price as
shall yield him interest on his capital and a fair profit.
C D engages to furnish a customer with 1,000 tons
of West India coffee by a certain day, at a certain
price, assuming from certain facts that he shall be
Able to obtain the coffee and bring it to London, at
an expense below the sum which he is to receive
for it.

E F consigns to his correspondent at Calcutta
2,000 cwt. of glass, assuming that it will sell there
to a profit. All these men speculate.
But there is another case which noodles would not
suppose to come within the category.
H, a retail tradesman, purchases of a whole-
sale house, in the spring, a thousand pounds' worth
of summer -silks. He "speculates "as much as
either of the other three—that is, he invests his
capital on' an assumption that certain events will
hereafter happen.
Again, J IC, a manufacturer, makes, in the spring,
a certain amount of goods, for summer wear—he also
" speculates."
In a word, " commercial speculation'' is the main-
spring—the vital blood—the soul—of our national
transactions ; and this our lunatic proposes to destroy.
Thanks to the apathy of the public, and the nearly
incredible ignorance of our Legislature, he will suc-
ceed. May the Lord have compassion on his un-
happy victims!
When will men cease to suffer the fate of nations
to be decided by gabblers, and leaders of (or rather
panderers to) class interests ? _

COMMON SENSE.

EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOILER.--The adjourned
inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate individuals
killed by the explosion of a boiler at Bolton, was brought
to a close, after three days' inquiry, on Tuesday, when
the jury returned the following verdict :—" We are
unanimously of opinion that the death of James Swift,
Bridget Hart, and James M'Donald, was caused by an
explosion of the steam-boiler at Mr. Brooks's mill. That
the said boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam
being too great ' • and that George Branscome has caused
the explosion. We are also of opinion that due care has
not been used in the general superintendence of the
steam-engines and boilers." George Branscome was
thereupon committed to take his trial for manslaughter.
A subscription was entered into by the jury for the relief
of the families of the deceased, and the sum of 81. 105.
was handed to the Coroner, as the commencement of a
subscription for that purpose.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM IN CHINA.—This is under-
stood in the Celestial Empire, and turned to good
account, being practised by the barbers of Canton. " I
observed," says M. Borget, " that the greater part of
the patients slept while they were being shaved, and I
could not account for this singularity. But one morning
I observed a man seat himself on a stool a little apart
from the rest; I began my task of sketching, when the
barber, instead of commencing his operations, placed
hiniself before his customer, and, first of all, took hold
of his hands, then passed his own several times over the
shoulders, and before the face of the sitter, who shortly
fell into a state of quiet drowsiness, if he did not actually
go to sleep. He then moved his customer's head about
in every direction he pleased, to facilitate the operation
of shaving. When he had finished he shook the sleeper
gently and awoke him. I frequently saw the same thing
practised afterwards."—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio
and Tea Talk, No. 11.

DUNICELD.—FUNERAL OF THE DOWAGER LADY
GLENLYON.—The remains of this distinguished and
lamented lady were interred in the family vault below
the Chapter:house, on the right side of her husband, the
late Lord Glenlyon, on Thursday the 27th ult. All the
most respectable inhabitants of the place attended the
funeral, and the shops in the town wore shut during the
ceremony.

Loss or AN EMIGRANT SHlP.—Recently intelli-
gence has been received from Sydney, Cape Breton, concern..
ing the loss of the Sir George Prevost, emigrant ship, on a
reef of rocks to the westward of Gaberus, and but for
the moderate state of the weather it might have terminated
in a fearful sacrifice of human life, the ship having up-
wards of 160 souls on board. The vessel, which was of
600 tons burden, and commanded by a Captain Savage, left
the port of Newry, in Ireland, in the fore part of the present
year with emigrants and a miscellaneous cargo. The voyage
across the Atlantic was as favourable as could be expected,
when on nearing the coast off Gaberus on the evening of
the 31st of May, it came on a dense fog, so much so, it
is said, that it was almost imposstble to discern anything
beyond the length of the vessel. Instead of her being
brought to anchor in such weather, the ship was allowed
to continue her course, and the result was, that at about,
nine o'clock she ran on the reef of rocks before men-
tioned. Minute guns of distress were kept firing for
several hours, 'and two vessels arriving near the spot,
their boats were lowered, in which, together with those
belonging to the Sir George Prevost, whole of the emi-
grants and seamen were safely landed. Providenti4y the
wind, during the whole of this trying period, Nyco had
it been otherwise, the consequences, iq all probability, would
have been dreadful. At daybreali on the following morning
the ship was lightened and attempts made to get her off;
but she had become firmly fixed, and within 24 hours was a
total wreck. Of the emigrants, .102 were conveyed to
Arichat, where they remain under the charge of proper
authorities.

OXYORPI JULY B.—This afternoon an alarm of
fire wag given, and on inquiry it was found to be at a farm,
in the occupation of Mr. Greaves, at Elsfield, a village four
miles from Oxford ; it was forttriatiilx eAnfine4l to 14 barn
and some 911,-119usA Where it brolte. 'out. Two valuablel4orsea were latlrnett? some beans and oats. The damage
ti ostimatOd at about 400/. The whole of the property is
insured in the County Fire Office. We are glad to say that
the fire was accidental, and not incendiary, -as at first re-
ported. It arose from the careleasness of some boys in light-
ing some straw With lucifer-rnatches, for the purpose ot:burn-
ing a wasp' neat.