THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. kJO. 600. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6, PRICE 5d. EXTRAORDJNARY CURES BY IIOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT A Wonderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous Sores in the Face and Leg, in Prince Edward Island. The Truth of this Statement was duly attested before a Magistrate. IHUGH MACDONAT. D, of Lot 55, in King's County, do • hereby declare that a most wonderfal preservation of my life has been effected by the use of Holloway's Pills and Oint- ment; and I furthermore declare that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores in my Face and Leg; so severe was my complaint, that the greater part of my nose and the roof of my mouth was eaten away, and my leg had three large ulcers on it, and that I applied to several medical gentlemen, who prescribed for me, but I found no relief. My strength was rapidly failing every day, and the malady on the increase; when I was induced to try Holloway's Medicines. After taking two or three boxes, I experienced so much relief, and found the progress of the disease was so much arrested, that I was enabled to resume my ordinary labours in the field. The sores which were so disagreeable and repulsive to behold are now nearly all healed. Having received such truly beneficial aid, I feel myself bound to express my gratitude to the person by whose means I have thus been restored from the pitiable and misesable state I was in; and for the sake of humanity make known my case, that others similary situated might be relieved. ( Signed) HUGH MACDONALD. This declaration made before me, at Bay Fortune, the 3rd day of September, 1845. JOSEPH COFFIN, Justice of the Peace. The above case of Hugh Macdonald, of Lot 55, came person- ally under my observation; and when he first applied to me to get some of the medicines I thought his case utterly hopeless, and told him that his malady had got such hold that it was only throwing his money away to use them. He however persisted in trying them, and to my astonishment, I find what he has aforesaid stated to be perfectly correct, and consider the case to he a most wonderful cure. ( Signed) WILLIAM UNDERHAY, Bay Fortune. A Cure of Ringworm, of Four Years Standing. Copy of a Letter from Mrs. Grace Moro, 6, Hemlock Court, Carey Street, London, 6th November, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— About four years ago my little girl caught the Ring- worm, and although I have ever since had advice from many doctors, and tried every means to get rid of it, yet I was unable to do so. About three weeks ago I was induced to try some of your Pills and Ointment, and I am most happy to say the result has been a perfect cure- ( Signed) GRACE MORO. Skin Diseases, peculiar to any part of the Globe, may be effectually Cured by the use of these celebrated Medicines. Cure of a Desperate Case of Erysipelas. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Joseph Gildon, jun., a Farmer, East Kent, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 8th April, 1846. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— I have the gratification to announce to you a most wonderful cure wrought upon myself, by the use of your Oint- ment and Pills. I had a severe attack of Erysipelas in my right foot, which extended along my ankle, and was attended with swelling and inflammation to an alarming degree, insomuch that I was unable to move without the use of crutches. I con- sulted a very eminent Physician, besides other medical men, but to no purpose. At last I tried your Ointment and Pills, when, strange to say, in less than two weeks the swelling and inflammation gradually subsided to such a degree that I was enabled to pursue my daily avocation, to the utter surprise and amazement of those who were acquainted with my case, seeing that I was cured so quickly. I and my family are well known here, as my father holds his farm under the Rev. J. Spence, Rector of our parish. ( Signed) JOSEPH GILDON. The Testimony of Dr. Bright, of Ely Place, Holborn, as to the Extraordinary Power of Holloway's Ointment in the Cure of Ulcerated Sores. Extract of a Letter from the above celebrated Physician. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— I think it but an act of justice to inform you that I have tried your Ointment in several old cases of Ulcerated Sore Legs, which for a considerable time had resisted every kind of treatment, but which were afterwards effectually cured by its use. In the treatment of Bad Breasts I have also found your Ointment of the greatest service. Indeed, from my practical knowledge, I conceive it to be a most invaluable remedy. ( Signed) RICHARD BRIGHT, M. D. Duty Free.~\ E. the undersigned, INCLOSURE COMMIS- SIONERS for England and Wales, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a MEETING of the PERSONS interested in ARELEY COMMON, situate in the Parish of LOWER ARELEY, otherwise ARELEY and DUNLEY, otherwise KING'S ARELEY, in the County of Worcester, will be held on the 23rd day of JUNE next, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon, at the House of DANIEL ZACHARY, Esquire, in the said Parish, for the purpose of appointing a Valuer in the matter of the Inclosure of the said Areley Common, under the provisions of the Act passed in the 8th and 9th Years of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 118. AND, WE FURTHER GIVE NOTICE, that a majority in number, and in respect of interest of such Persons, may, at such Meeting, resolve upon Instructions to the Valuer, not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the Provisional Order made by us in the matter of the said Inclosure. Witness our hands, this 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1846. Signed, WM. BLAMIRE, G. DARBY. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT will Cure any cases of Bad Legs, Ulcerous Sores, Bad Breasts, Sore Nipples, Cancers, Tumours, Swellings, Contracted or Stiff Joints, Gout, Rheu- matism, Lumbago, Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Bunions, Soft Corns, Piles, the bite of Moschettoes, Sand Flies, Chiego Foot, Yaws, Coco Bay, and all Skin Diseases common to Europe, or to the East and West Indies, or other tropical climes. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS should be taken in most instances when using the Ointment, in order to purify the blood and invigorate the system. Sold at the establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 244, Strand, near Temple Bar, London, and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices in Pots :— Is. l. jd., 2s- 9d., 4s. 6d., lis., 22s., and 33s. each. There is a very considerable saving in taking the large sizes. N. B. Directions for the guidance of Patients in every Disorder are affixed to each Pot. IMPORTANT TO % BY HER MAJESTY'S FAMILIES. ROYAL LETTERS TATENT. Messrs. R. & L. Perry & Co. may be consulted at 19, BER- NERS STREET, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, daily, 106, DUKE STREET, LIVERPOOL, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at No. 10, ST. JOHN STREET, DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. " THE SILENT FRIEND," ON HUMAN FRAILTY. Price 2s. Cd., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom, in a Sealed Envelope, from either of the above Establishments, on receipt of 3s. ( id. in Postage fctamps or Post Office Order. , AMEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes being an Enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy, and the ability of manhood, ere vigour has established her empire; with observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION; Local and Constitutional WEAKNESS, NERVOUS IRRITATION, CONSUMPTION and on the partial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OF RESTORATION • the dlS- tructive effects of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures. and Secondary Symptoms are explained in a familiar manner; the Work is EMBELLISHED WITH TEN FINE COLOURED ENGRAV- INGS, on Steel, representing the deleterious influence of Mercurv on the skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body ; with APPROVED MODE OP CURE for both sexes ; followed by Observations on the Obligations of MARRIAGE, and healthy perpetuity ; with direc- tions for the removal of certain Disqualifications; the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a " SILENT FRIEND," be consulted without exposure, and with assured confidence of success BY R.'& L. PERRY & CO., CONSULTING SURGEONS Published by the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster Row ; Hannay & Co., 63, Oxford- street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street, London ; Newton, 16 and 19, Church- street, Rawl Church street, Liverpool; Ingram, Market- street, Manchester; D. Camp bell, 136, Argyle- street, Glasgow; R. Lindsay, 11, Elms row Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland- street, Dublin ; Deighton Worcester; Pennell, Kidderminster; Bromley. Kidderminster, and by all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life, and is exclusively directed to the cure of such complaints as arise from a disorganization of the Generative System, whether constitutional or acquired, loss of sexual power, and debility arising from syphilis : and is calculated to afford decided relief to those who by early Indulgence in solitary habits have weakened the powers of their system, and falleu into a state of chronic debility, by which the constitution is left in a deplorable state and that nervous mentality kept up which places thv individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder of life. The consequences arising from this dangerous practice are not confined to its pure physical result, but'branch to moral ones; leading the excited deviating mind into a fertile field of seductive error— into a gradual and total degradation of manhood— into a pernicious application of those inherent rights which nature wisely instituted tor the preservation of her species; bringing on premature decrepitude, and all the habitudes of old age. Constitutional weakness, sexual debility, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations, total impotency and barrenness, are effectually removed by this invaluable medicine. Sold in Bottles, price lis. each, or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle for 33s., by which one lis. bottle is saved. THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, AN ANTI- SYPHILITIC RKMEDY for searching out and purifving the diseased humours of the blood ; conveying its active principles throughout the body, even penetrating " the minutest vessels, removing all corruptions and contaminations, and impurities from the vital stream,— eradicating the morbid virus ; and radically expelling it through the skin. Price lis. or four bottles in one for 33s , by which lis, is saved, also in £ 5 cases, which saves £ 1. 12s. VENEREAL CONTAMINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system for years, and, although for a while undiscovered, at length break out upon the unhappy indi- vidual in its most dreadful forms; or else, unseen, internally endanger the very vital organs of existence. To those suffering from the consequences which this disease may have left behind in the form of SECONDARY SYMPTOMS, eruptions of the skin, blotches on the head and face, ulcerations and enlargement of the throat tonsils, and threatened destruction of the nose, palate, & c., nodes on the shin bones, or any of those painful affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indiscriminate use of mercury, or the evils of an imperfect cure, the CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE will be found to be attended with the most astonishing effects in checking the ravages of the disorder, removing ail scorbutic com- plaints, and effectually re establishing the health of the constitu- tion. To persons entering upon the responsibilities of matrimony, and who ever had the misfortune during their more youthful days' to be affected with any form of these diseases, a previous course of this medicine is highly essential and of the greatest importance, as more serious affections are \ istted upon an innocent wife and offspring, from a want of these simple precautions, than perhaps halt the world is aware of ; for, it must be remembered, where the fountain is polluted, the streams that How from it cannot be pure. May be had of all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in Town and Country, and of whom may be had the " SILENT FRIEND." Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted bv letter, the usual Fee of One Pound, to be addressed to the London Establishment wAere all communications and orders are requested to be' forwarded. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. i) d., 4s. Oil., and Us. per Box. The most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and symptom of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes, includ- ing Gonorrhrea, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, and Strictures. Messrs. R. & L. Perry & Co., Surgeons, mav be consulted as usual at No. 19, Berners- street, Oxford- street, LONDON, daily and one of the above firn at luG, Duke street, Liverpool- every Thursday, Fri iav, and Saturday, and at 10, St. John- street, Deans- gate, Manchester, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, punc tually from Eleven in the Morninguntil Eight in the Evening, and on Sundays from Eleven till One. Only one personal visit is required from a country patient, to enable Messrs. PERRY and Co., to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have proved ineffectual. N. B. Country Druggists, Booksellers, and Patent Medicine Venders can be supplied with Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of Svriacum. with the usual allowance to the Trade, by most of the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine bouses in London, Agent for Worcester A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL, Bookseller. Wiiem MAY foe HA< JL the .'.' SILENT FKLFIND Used in the Royal Palaces in London ; Windsor Castle ; Pavi- lion, Brighton ; and Osborne House, Isle of Wight. G. & G. W. FOYLE & CO/ S CELEBRIOUS AND INIMITABLE POLISHING POWDERS, PASTES, AND LIQUIDS. AMONGST the numerous and useful articles for domestic and other purposes manufactured by FO\ LE and Co., who supply the trade only, the following n ving received an extraordinary demand in London during the past six months, encourages the Proprietors and Sole Manufacturers to continue their recommendation to Families and the Public. PATENT PALE ROUGE PLATE POWDER. This Powder, introduced by FOYLE and CO. three years since, is used or caused to be used by many Butle/ s ; it will be found to possess advantages over the Jewellers'Rouge, being half the expense, the labour considerably lessened, and the pro- cess much cleaner. If the directions be strictly adhered to, the Patent Rouge will be found as clean to use as common whiting. Sold in two- ounce and quarter- pound boxes, 6d. and Is. each. " Whitehall Gardens. " Sir H. Harding will thank Messrs. Mortimer and Sons to procure two hundred shilling boxes of Foyle and Co.' s Patent Pale Rouge Plate Powder, which they will have the goodness to enclose with the two services of Plate ordered to India. " Tuesday morning, June 4th, 1344. " To Messrs. Mortimer and Sons, Silversmiths, See., Kinsr William Street." PATENT PERUVIAN WHITE PLATE P O W D E R. This superlative Composition is warranted to be free from every ingredient injurious to plated goods ; it has stood the test of public opinion twenty- two years, and by its own merit alone, been introduced into, and is now used in the Royal Palaces in England and on the Continent. The Powder is of so impalpable a nature as never to scratch or injure the most delicate article to which it may be applied, and is particularly recommended to Families who object to Rouge to clean Plate— Sold in two- ounce and quarter- pound boxes, and Is. each. " Manor House, " Woolford near Glasgow, Aug. 10, 1845. " Gentlemen,— My butler tfclls me that you sent him, when in London, several boxes of Foyle and Co's White Plate Pow- der. It seems the article is a good one to highly polish without wearing away the plate, also much used in families; I shall, therefore be obliged by your forwarding for inclosure to Messrs. Wilkinson and Co., saddlers, & c., Oxford- street, three dozen shilling boxes, the charge for which you will place to my account, " Yours, & c., " W. S. ARBUTHNOT, Lieut.- Geneial. " Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly, London." N. B. Also will be found enclosed with each box, 183 copies of letters and orders for Plate Powder received from Noblemen's Families since June, 14, 1843, by Whiteman and Sams, Grocers to her Majesty, Nortli Street, Brighton ; Folkard and Cobbett, Oilmen to her Majesty, East Street, Brighton ; Hewitt, Gro- cer to her Majesty, Peascod Street, Windsor; Delves and Yull, Grocers to the Ducliess of Kent, Tunbridge Wells; and Kohler, Grocer to her Majesty, Stafford Row, Buckingham Palace. London. PATENT FURNITURE VARNISH & FRENCH- POLISH RENOVATOR. This unparalleled and economical chemical compound was produced after numerous experiments, and the manufacturers consider it impossible to excel if equal the composition in point of usefulness ; it restores to French- polished articles which have become dull their original brilliancy, and few applications on any kind of furniture previously rubbed with oil, will give it the appearance of having been French- polished. Dining tables, & c., after being polished with the composition, will only be slightly marked by the use of hot water plates, even if tilled with boiling water and allowed to remain on a considerable time. A few drops of the compound rubbed lightly over the spots instantly restores the original lustre.— Price Is. per im- perial half- pint bottle. PATENT MAGIC POLISHING PASTE. This inestimable abstergent preparation is free from ? 11 acids and every thing that corrodes or injures; it gives with the greatest facility a splendid polish to all kinds of brass, copper, nickel, and German silver, Britannia metal, pewter, tin, & c., and is strongly recommended to sportsmen for sponging out their guns, the barrels and nipples of which it protects from rust. The Magic Paste is patronised by the British army, to whom the annual average supply is two hundred and thirty- three thousand seven hundred and forty- eight quarter- pound boxes Sold in quarter- pound boxes, ' 6d., half- pound ditto, and one pound ditto, Is. each. PATENT MAGIC POLISHING LIQUID AND KITCHEN REQUISITE. This incomparable composition cannot fail to be appreciated by every family and all who give it a trial, as it supersedes the use of vitriol, oxalic- acid, and other deleterious compounds so generally employed to polish metals, & c. In the kitchen, and to the female domestic in particular, this compound will be invaluable ; it is perfectly uninjurious, and capable of instan- taneously cleaning without labour, brass, copper, and tin ware, bringing up a beautiful and permanent polish impossible to be obtained by the ordinary mixtures of vitriol, oil and rotten stone, vinegar, & c. The trade will find the Magic Liquid one of the best inventions of the day for expeditiously and highly polishing guards to shop fronts, and all brass works exposed to the weather. The compound is easily applied, requiring only to be rubbed on with apiece of flannel, and afterwards finished with chamois leather. Sold in imperial quarter and half- pint bottles, price Gd. and Is. each. CAUTION— Every article manufactured by FOYLE and Co., has their name and full address on the label; their Plate Powder is under cover, and sealed; also their polishing liquids on the corks, which bear the names of G. and G. W. FOYLE and Co., 11, Cowper- street, City- road, London. The attention of families residing in the country is respect- fully solicited to the subjoined, by which it will be seen, that Foyle and Co.' s polishing compositions have obtained some celebrity, and that families of distinction unable to procure the articles in their own locality, have had them forwarded direct from London houses:— " The Hon. Mrs. H. A. Grimston will be obliged by Messrs Payne and Son sending with the articles ordered yesterday, two dozen large boxes Foyle and Co.' s Pale Rouge; also one dozen Furniture Varnish, and the same of Metal Polishing Liquid for kitchen purposes. The hamper if possible to be forwarded to- morrow evening, " The Priory, near Truro, Cornwall, July 30th, 1845. " Messrs. Payne and Son, Regent- street, London." " Apsley House, near Durham, Aug. 14th 1845. " Gentlemen,— If the hamper with goods for us have not left, and you have room, be pleased to enclose six dozen largest boxes of Foyle and Co.' s Pale Rouge Plate Powder ; should you be compelled to make a second package, you may send another dozen of Furniture Varnish, ditto of Metal Paste, and the same of Liquid. " Yours, & c. & c., " W. J. H. WELLESLEY, " Messrs. Ball and Son, New Bond street, London." From August, 1844. to the present time, 2J3 letters have been received by Foyle and from unknown parties, the contents of which are similar ill substance to the following. " South Stoneham House, near Southampton, " Dec. 14th, 1844. " Gentlemen,— I haye used your White Plate Powder many years, and consider it is the best composition invented to clean plate ; 1 am a stranger in this part, therefore shall be obliged by your informing me if the article is to be had at any house in Southampton. " Vours respectfully, " WM. LONG, Butler to John Fleming, Esq, " Messrs. Foyle and Co., 11, Cowper- street, London." Agents for Southampton— Messrs. Randall & Son, Chemists to her Majesty, 146, High Street; Knight and Thompson, Brushmakers, 155, High Street; and Chaplen, Grocer, & c. 4( ij Above Bar. Extract from the Morning Post, May 20, 1843 " We re- commend every family, and more especially those resident in the country, to possess a store of the various popular polishing compounds manufactured by Foyle and Co. They will be found articles of real utility to every domestic, and their object cleanliness, and the saving of time, labour, and expense." Sold wholesale, and to the Trade only, by the Manufacturers ; also by Barclay and Sons, 95 Farringdon- street, Edwards, 67 St. Paul's Church- yard, Taylor and Son, 11, Redcross- street, Borough, Gosnell and Co., 160, Regent- stieet, Newbery and Son, 45, St. Paul's Church- yard, Batty and Co., 15 and 16, Pavement, Finsbury- square Sutton and Co., 10, Bow Church- yard, Hearon and Co., 95, Bishopsgate- stieet- witliin, Crosse and Blackwell, 21, Soho- square, Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford- street, Cabburn, 1, King's- cross, Gray's- inn- road, Snelling, 30, Fenchurch- street, Wingraveand Co., 80, St. Paul's Church- yard, Sanger, 150, Oxford- street, Lazenby and Son., 6, Edward- srreet, Portman- squ- are, Drews, Hey ward, and Co., 2, Bush- lane, Cannon- street, London; J. and R. Raimes and Co., Edinburgh; Duncan, Flockhart, and Co., Edinburgh; West, Cousens and Sons, Watkins, Webb, and Co., Dublin; Mitchell, Palmer, and Co., Guilleaume, Tailbouis and Co., Paris. Sold retail in London and the suburbs by 2436 Agents; and by the principal Chemists, Grocers, Oilmen, and Brush. nittkers, in most towns in iiurope.^ Imperial parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JUNE 5. VISCOUNT HARDINGE AND LORD GOUGH'S ANNUITY BILLS.— The Earl of Ripon, in moving the order of the day for a committee on Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough's Annuity Bills, stated, that in consequence of the grant which had been made to those Noble Lords by the East India Com- pany, the grant proposed to be made by the nation had been suspended during the lifetime of the former, and during ihat of Lord Gough his pension to be restricted to half the amouut proposed. Lord Monteagle objected to the suspension of the gratuity on the ground that the East India Company had rewarded their services. He considered such a course as discreditable to the Government, and adduced the example of Lord Nelson, whose pension had not been reduced although he had received a pen- sion and the Dukedom of Bronte. The Duke of Richmond expressed his entire concurrence in the sentiments of Lord Monteagle. He considered the pro- posed reduction as " a mean and shabby saving," and one wholly unworthy the dignity of the House. The Earl of Ripon said, that the object of the Bill was, that the Noble Lords referred to should receive a " fair compensa- tion," for their services. He admitted that there was no pre- cedent for such a course. After some further discussion, in the course of which the Marquis of Clanricarde and the Earl of Wicklow expressed themselves opposed to the Bill, and the Earl of Galloway sup- ported it, their Lordships went into committee. After a brief discussion, the Duke of Richmond moved the omission of the third clause, and after a few words from Lord Normanby and the Earl of St. Germans, the question that the third clause of the Bill should stand, was rejected by a majority of 12. The numbers were— Contents, 26 ; Non- contents, 38. On the motion of Lord Ripon their Lordships went into committee on Viscount Hardinge's Annuity Bill ( No. 2), the several clauses to which were agreed to without discussion. The clause similar to that which was objected to in Lord Hardinge's Bill was discarded from Lord Gough's Annuity Bill. RAILWAYS.— Earl Fitzwilliam moved the following resolu- tions :— 1. That that House would not pass any railway bill, giving powers to raise capital either by the issue of shares or by borrowing money, which had or might come up from the House of Commons this session, until all such bills should have been read a second time.— 2. That when such bills should have been read a second time, that House should appoint a Select Committee to take them into consideration, classify them according to their public importance, and select such as it might seem expedient to pass.— 3. That it be an instruction to the Committee not to select for passing bills by which it should be proposed to raise capital exceeding 60,000,000/. by issue of shares or boriowing money.— 4. That a message be sent to the House of Commons,- requesting a conference with respect to the course to be taken with those railway bills which had originated in their Lordships' House, and were now before the House of Commons. Earl Dalhousie objected to these resolutions, and suggested that the report of the Railroad Committee should be acted upon. His Lordship was of opinion that limits could not be assigned by their Lordships to private enterprise. Many of the Bills had been several months before Parliament, and the adoption of the Noble Lord's recommendation to pass no more bills this Session would be a breach of faith to the parties. Their Lord- ships had passed certain Sessional Orders for the purpose of enabling railway proprietors to proceed or retrace their steps, as might be most convenient. He did not see how the House could lay a restriction on private enterprise so far as to reject the Bills before them on the ground of the large amount of capital required to carry them out. After some further discussion, in which Lord Ashburton, the Duke of Wellington, and the Duke of Richmond, took part, Earl Fitzwilliam withdrew his resolutions, and the House adjourned. MONDAY, JUNE 8. The Bishop of London presented several petitions respecting the building of baths and washhouses for the poor, praying their Lordships to pass a Bill to enable parishes to borrow money on the security of the rates for the establishment of such institutions. The Bishop of Durham presented a petition from Durham in favour of the Corn Bill, and the Marquis of Londonderry seized the opportunity to defend himself from the imputation of having been a recent convert to the measure. Earl Grey then presented a petition from the churchwardens of the parish of Wokingham, a peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury, by whom the tithes, commuted at 1,698/. per annum, are leased out for lives, renewable on payment of a fine at an annual rent of 26/. The stipend of the perpetual curate is 150/. per annum, of which only 40/. is paid out of the tithes. To make matters worse the church was out of repair, and in consequence of the impossibility of arriving at a satisfactory arrangement with the dean and his lessee, the churchwardens had been obliged to expend between 700/. and 800/. on an inadequate repair of the church. After detailing the spiritual destitution of the parish, the Noble Lord hoped the Ecclesiastical Commissioners would step in when the lives fell vacant, and secure some of the reversionary interest for the assistance of the parish, which was labouring under grievances that called loudly for redress. The Bishop of Salisbury admitted the hardship of the case, but saw no assistance immediately available, except the yearly rent of 26/., which had just fallen i nto the hands of the Eccle- siastical Commissioners, under an Act of Parliament, by a vacancy in the deanery. When the existing leases expired, however, a large sum would be applied to the spiritual relief of the parish, as the Commission had resolved not to renew leases on lives. The Right Rev. Prelate concluded by expressing a wish for the abolition of all peculiar jurisdictions. The Friendly Societies Bill was read a third time and passed ; and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JUNE 5. POOR REMOVAL BILL.— Sir James Graham moved the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill, After some discussion on a point of order, Mr. E. Denison moved as an instruction to the Committee the following resolutions :—" After a day to be fixed for each union, all paupers of the parishes comprising the union shall be settled in the union, and not in any such parish of such union. That such paupers be maintained, and all expenses defrayed from a fund levied from each parish in the proportion of the expenditure for the relief of the poor incurred by such parish for the last seven years— Debts already charged on the rates, and interest due in respect of such debts, shall not be affected by the change." Colonel Wood hoped that a general assessment for the poor rate on the plan of Property Tax would soon be adopted. With respect to the Bill, he hoped that it would be so framed as to secure to persons the benefit of a proper residence in any locality. He could not support the resolutions as they stood. After a few remarks from Mr. Bankes, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Christopher, Mr. Strutt advocated the principle of a union settlement, which he thought would have the effect of equalizing the burden of the poor- rates. He thought the question ought to be discussed with that attention which its importance required. Mr. Pakington felt considerable difficulty as to the course which, in reference to the amendment of the Hon. Member for Malton, he ought to pursue. He could not doubt that, by con- senting to the amendment, there would be involved a recon- struction of the Bill, and that the delay might be such that it might not pass this Session. ( Hear, hear.) He agreed, however, with the Hon. Member for Malton, that union settlement would be an improvement on the present law of settlement, and he would therefore support the proposition. One of the strongest objections to the proposal of her Majesty's Government was, that the Bill offered numberless temptations to local jobbing, and that it exposed the poor to hardship ; and he thought that by adopting the suggestion of union settlement they would remove that objection. It had been urged against the measure recently introduced by the Government with regard to alive years' settlement, that it was unjust to the manufacturing districts ; but he thought that those who derived a benefit from the labour were called on to assist the labourer when in distress. ( Hear, hear.) At the same time, he was of opinion that incon- venience might sometimes arise from such a system, and that it would be an advantage if, instead of being confined to one populous town, there was a distribution over a union. It had been said there would be no longer the inducements which had before existed for farmers to employ the labourers in adverse seasons ; but it was forgotten that, though there would be no longer parish interests, there would be union interests; that there would be the same motives as before among employers, with the difference that the circle would be widened. ( Hear, hear.) He was convinced that the Bill would be improved by the introduction of union settlements, and he trusted that the Government would see that the poor did not lose the advan- tage of such an emendation. Sir J. Graham' entered into a lengthened explanation of the merits of the Bill, and concluded by saying that it was his intention to support the proposition of M r. E. Denison ; but if the House refused to adopt that proposition, he was ready to accept any other which would be an improvement, as he was of opinion it was of great importance this measure should be passed, to prevent the evil of the operatives in manufacturing districts being removed against their will to rural ones. Sir R. Inglis considered the measure as another of those blows levelled against the parochial system of England. Mr. C. Wood advocated the principle of a union settlement. Mr. Hanley censured the Government for the extraordinary invasion they had made on the parochial institutions of the country. Mr. V. Smith wished to see union settlements established, but thought there ought to be a union rate established with them. After a few words from Mr. B. Escott and Mr. Grainger, Lord Morpeth adverted to the evils which labourers endured in the Wolds of Yorkshire from the working of the parochial system. Three fourths of the removals were persons who had lived more than five years away from their respective parishes. He had no doubt the present measure would greatly diminish those removals, and he should therefore give the Bill his liearfy support. Mr. T. Duncombe said that to do any good at all they ought to abolish the law of settlement altogether. He was perfectly sure that the whole of the labouring population were in favour of such a measure, and he thought that if ever any alteration was to be made, now was the time to do it. He, therefore, had a proposition, in the shape of an amendment, to make, to the effect that an instruction be given to the Committee to make a provision for the repeal of the laws of settlement; that relief should be given in the union when the necessity should occur, and also that Government should provide a fund instead of an assessment. General Johnson seconded the amendment. Mr. Bright vindicated the manufacturers from the aspersions thrown out respecting their turning their men adrift during the late period of depression. Lord G. Bentinck opposed the motion of Mr. E. Denison, but in some measure approved of Mr. T. Duncombe's. He, however, hoped that such an important measure would not be disposed of in a House comparatively empty, but that they would adjourn the debate for a full one, when due attention would be given to the various provisions of the Bill. If such a course was pursued, he was sure it would conciliate a great portion of the operative classes in the country. Sir T. D. Acland supported the Bill. Mr. Jiankes contended that the Bill ought to give to the industrious classes in manufacturing towns an absolute settle- ment after a residence of five years in the locality. Mr. Spooner said he should oppose the motion of the Hon. Member for Malton ( Mr. E. Denison). After a few words of explanation from Sir J. Graham, Lord J. Russell said that he considered the question before them a most difficult one, and that the difficulties surrounding it had not been decreased by the course pursued by the Hon. Gentleman opposite ( Sir James Graham), who lectured the Whig Government for bringing in a Poor Law Amendment Bill in an imperfect state. The Right Hon. Baronet had now brought forward a bill which he was willing to alter. He should give his vote for the amendment of the Hon. Member for Malton, provided it was understood that if it should be hereafter considered necessary to adopt a Union settlement he should be at perfect liberty to vote against it. Lord J. Manners thought the conduct of Sir J. Graham most extraordinary in so readily adopting the amendment of an opponent. Mr. P. Borthwick moved that the debate be adjourned. Mr. T. Duncombe defended himself from some remarks made on his conduct, respecting the Corn Laws, by Mr. Bright. Mr. P. Borthwick withdrew his motion, and the House divided on Mr. Duncombe's amendment, when it was lost by by a majority of 105 to 59. Mr. E. Denison's motion was then put, and carried by a majority of 92 to 70. Mr. E. Denison moved that the House go into committee pro forma. After some remarks from Sir H. Inglis, Mr. T. Duncombe, and Mr. Hanley, Sir J. Graham hoped the House would consent to a proposi- tion— namely, that further progress of the Bill be postponed until Monday. Col. Sibt'norp then addressed the House, and the Committee on the Bill was appointed for Monday. The other orders of the day were then read, and the House adjourned. MONDAY, JUNE 8. The report on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed. PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND) BILL.— On the motion that the orders of the day be read, Mr. T. S. Duncombe contended there was an agreement that the Poor- law Removal Bill should take precedence of the Irish Coercion Bill, and, therefore, now moving the second reading of the latter bill, was a breach of faith ( hear, hear). The Irish Coercion Bill never could pass that House, and therefore it would only end, if now persevered with, in a useless discussion. The Government were pledged to go on with the Poor- law Removal Bill, and he, therefore, moved as an amendment that that bill take precedence of the Irish Coercion Bill. Mr. Hume seconded the amendment. Sir J. Graham said he had no objection to go into committee at once on the Poor- law Removal Bill, pro forma, but since Friday last he had given directions for several new clauses to be prepared, and they were not yet ready, therefore he sub- mitted it would be better to postpone the further consideration of the bill for a day or two. A conversation of some interest then took place as to the time when the further debate on the Poor- law Removal Bill should take place. Mr. E. Denison, Mr. Wakley, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Bright, Lord H. Vane, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. O'Connell, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Colonel Wood, and Mr. T. Duncombe took part in it. At last Mr. T. Duncombe was induced to withdraw his amendment, on condition that an opportunity should be afforded him of re- introducing this question on Thursday next, when Sir James Graham is to move that the Poor- law Removal Bill be committed pro forma. The order of the day for the second reading of the Protection of Life ( Ireland) Bill was then read. On the motion that the bill be now read a second time, Sir William Somerville moved that it be read a second time that day six months. This amendment was seconded by Mr. Bernal. The Earl of Lincoln, in a speech of nearly three hours' duration, endeavoured to vindicate the conduct of Government in reference to the measure. He urged the necessity for such a law, and declared that the causes for its delay were inevitable. Lord G. Bentinck observed, that it would be in the recollec- tion of the House that shortly before the Easter recess he had given notice that, whilst he and his friends were prepared to support this measure, provided the Government, by their conduct in pressing it with all due haste through the House, proved their sincerity, they were not prepared, on the other liand, if Ministers allowed matters of less importance to prevent its progress, to give them assistance in carrying so unconstitu- tional a bill through Parliament. Now this bill had come down to the House on the 13th of March— it was not read a first time till the first of May— and no step, till now, had since been taken to forward it a single stage. Consistently with the course which he had announced before Easter, he now declared that the casus foederis had arrived on which his friends could no longer give their support to her Majesty's Government. They had, however, graver reasons than those for opposing the Government. They refused to trust it with any unconstitutional powers. The ignorance or the double- dealing which Ministers had displayed on other questions, prevented his friends from trusting them at all. Were they who falsely told the country that famine would be raging in Ireland at this very moment, to be trusted in any of their other statements ? It was mockery and insult both to England and to Ireland for Ministers to brandish before their eyes a measure which they never intended to carry into effect; and feeling it to be a mockery and insult, he would oppose this measure to the uttermost, and would do his best to kick it and the Ministry out together. He confessed he should have preferred a direct amendment of a want of con- fidence in Ministers to the amendment now proposed. Sir R. Peel used to inform the House that he would not be a Minister on sufferance, but he appealed to the House whether Sir R. Peel was now anything better than such a Minister, supported as he was by none but his 40 paid janissaries, and the 70 other members who, in supporting him, blazoned their own shame ? He then uttered a severe invective against Sir R. Peel for having separated himself in 1827 from the Government of an illustrious relative of his, Mr. Canning, on the ground that he could not support a Minister who supported Catholic emancipation, when he ( Sir R. Peel) afterwards stated in his place in Parliament that in 1825 he had declared to Lord Liverpool that that question could not be safeiy resisted much longer. Was not Sir R. Peel guilty of most dishonest conduct in resisting Catholic emancipa- tion for four years after the period in which he had come to such a conclusion ? The country would not twice forgive in the same man the same offence. It was time, now, that atonement should be made to the betrayed honour of Parliament, and the betrayed constituencies of the empire. It was time that Europe and the world should know that treachery had been committed by the 31 misters in power, but that they did not represent the honour of England. The agricultural interests might be be- trayed and ruined; but let not the world think that England was a participator in the guilt of those who now sat on the treachery benches. The time was now come, when those who loved the treason which had been recently committed, though they hated the traitor, should join with those who sat on the Protection benches, in showing that they did not approve the recent conduct of Ministers. Mr. Sidney Herbert rose with great warmth to vindicate the Government from the charges which Lord G. Bentinck, with his usual license, had considered himself entitled to cast on her Majesty's Government. The Noble Lord had accused the Government of not being in earnest with this Bill, because it was now engaged, at the commencement of June, in discussing the second reading of it. Who had caused that delay except the Noble Lord, who was now among the first to complain of it ? The Noble Lord was once among the foremost to call for the passing of this measure. Where was now all the indignation and horror which he had formerly expressed at the frequency of outrage and assassination in Ireland? Formerly, the. Noble Lord had told the House, that if it delayed, even tor a single day, to pass that Bill, the blood of every man murdered in Ireland would be on the head of Ministers and of every Member who supported them. On whose head was that blood to be now ? When the Noble Lord had answered that question he would tell him that the Government would persevere in this measure in spite of that factious combination which he had just made with the party opposite, whose motives in opposing this Bill he ( Mr. S. Herbert) respected, and did not venture to blame. Was the Noble Lord aware of the rumours which were now about town, that some of the Noble Lords and Gentlemen below the gangway had made an offer to Lord J. Russell to assist him in defeating this Bill and throwing out the Ministry, and that Lord J. Russell, with the manliness which belonged to his character, had treated that offer with that which it would not be Parliamentary to call contempt ? This declaration elicited a loud and long call of " Name, name," from the Protection benches, but Mr. S. Herbert did not respond to the call, and proceeded at some length to vindicate the general principles of the Bill. The Marquis of Granby observed that if Lord G. Bentinck had used language which was not often heard in that House, it was because Ministers had been guilty of conduct which was not often exhibited within it. The wretched remnant of confidence which he had still retained in Ministers, had been completely destroyed by their recent conduct on the Poor Removal Bill. Mr. Ross then moved the adjournment of the debate. In reply to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Air. S. Herbert observed that he had not spoken of the offer made to Lord J. Russell as a fact. He had merely said that there were rumours about town to the effect which he had stated. If there was anything blameable in the matter to which he had referred, it was not in the existence of those rumours, but in acting in such a manner as proved those rumours to be correct. Mr. E. Yorke considered Mr. S. Herbert's explanation to be anything but satisfactory, and in consequence asked Lord J. Russell whether any such negotiation, as that to which reference had been made, had been carried on between him and any Noble Lord or Gentleman on the Protection benches ? Lord J. Russell declared that no proposition to aid in throwing out this bill had been made to him by any Noble Lord or Gentleman on the Protection benches. He then justi- fied his own course in voting against the second reading, after supporting the first reading of tile bill. Lord G. Bentinck had come to this conclusion on grounds satisfactory to himself, and he ( Lord J. Russell) had done the same; but those grounds were public grounds, and there had been no private under- standing between them. Mr. S. Herbert observed that, after the declaration of the Noble Lord, he owed it to justice to state that he was con- vinced of the falseness of the rumours to which he had ad- verted, and therefore begged leave to withdraw them. The debate was then adjourned. The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. The House met at twelve o'clock, when a great quantity of private business was disposed of. The Bromsgrove Improvement and Small Tenements Bill ( No. 2) was read a third time and passed, as was the Bucking- hamshire ( Tring to Banbury) Railway Bill. The motion that the House resolve itself into a committee on the Danish claims was negatived by a majoriiy of 85 to 58 votes. Mr. Fox Maule then moved the second reading of the Places of Worship ( Scotland) Bill, which Sir James Graham moved should be read a second time that day six months. Sir Robert Inglis also opposed the bill, and the debate was adjourned to Wednesday next. The report on the Railway Companies' Dissolution Bill was fgito, and the third reading of the measure fixed for Friday, with the understanding that Mr. Hudson's clauses should be then brought up. The House then went into committee pro forma on the Poor Removal Bill. On its resuming, the bill as amended was ordered to be printed. The House then adjourned. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF LECOMTE. The trial of Lecomte by the Court of Peers for attempting the life of Louis Philippe, commenced yesterday se'nnight, the whole of which day, with part of Friday, was occupied in the reception of evidence for the prosecution. On Friday M. Duvergier, who defended the prisoner, endeavoured to show, not that the prisoner was of unsound mind, but of such excitability of temperament as, preyed upon by a constant brooding over the circumstances attending his dismissal, led him to the brink ef insanity. His bearing throughout the trial was that of an excessively excitable person, and he persisted throughout in the assertion of his fancied wrongs, the greatest of which was the neglect of his letters by the King. The Procureur General, dwelling on the alleged motives of the prisoner, contended that they could not be accepted as an explanation of his atrocious crime, and urged that they were put forward to turn aside attention from his concealed accomplices, a suspicion supported by proof that Lecomte had not told truth with regard to the period of his purchase of the gun, his vists to Fontainebleau on two different occasions when the King was expected there, and his having been seen speaking to a person on the morning of the day when he made his attempt on the King's life. In a word, the Crown counsel argued that the case was one of mystery, the prisoner being of sound mind; while the counsel for the defence argued that the conduct of the prisoner displayed an inexplicable fatuity, such as proved unsoundness, but of a character not easily definable. After the Chambers of Peers had heard the whole of the pleadings, the court was cleared o all but the members of that body, who after sitting in delibera- tion for nearly two hours, returned the verdict of Guilty against Lecomte, and condemned him to the guillotine. The sentence was carried into execution on Monday, at the Berriere St. Jacques. Every avenue to the place was so barred up by military and police that the people were completely ex- cluded from all approach to the scaffold. The prisoner, in conformity with his sentence, walked barefooted, and with a black veil over his face, from the prison across the garden of the Luxembourg, on leaving which he mounted a cart, attended by the Abbe Grivel, for whom he seemed to have formed a sort of affection, and in whose hands he was quite docile. On arriving at the place of execution he was at once placed upon the guillo tine, and in a moment all was over. MEXICO. The Tweed has brought news, but not of a decisive character, from the seat of war. The American squadron was lying off Vera Cruz. It consisted of the Cumberland, of 56 guns ; Potomac, 56; Princeton, 56; Falmouth, 22 ; John Adams, 22; and two brigs. The first- class steamer, Mississippi, was daily expected, together with two more frigates. Not a shot had been fired or. either side, but it was fully expected when the Tweed left that the Mississippi would bring directions as to the future proceedings of the fleet. The Mexicans are working with the utmost energy in fortifying the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa. Guns of the largest calibre are placed in every advantageous position, and additional ones from the interior of the country were continually arriving. It is also thickly lined with sand bags, and every available means have been taken to render it invulnerable. No engagement had taken place, the Mexicans remaining passive, and busily occupied in every preparation of defence. The American Commodore had received orders, in the event of the least overt act on the part of the Mexicans, to attack the Castle, not otherwise. It is, therefore, generally sup- posed that as the Mexicans will act on the defensive only, no blood will be shed, unless the Americans choose to fire the first shot. THE WEST INDIA COLONIES. The accounts from Jamaica brought by the Tweed mail steamer, which arrived at Southampton on Friday, are very unsatisfactory. The drought still continued, and in Saint Ann and Saint Alary, in particular, it was very disastrous. Every blade of fodder was scorched up, and as for water there was none to be had. The consequence was that the cattle were literally dying of thirst and exhaustion. Nearly all the wells were empty, and what little remained in some of them was retailed out for domestic purposes at enormous prices— as much as 4s., for instance, for a single pail full. The process of sugar making had entirely ceased in most parts. If the inhabitants have not ere this been blessed with rain, the results will have been distressing in the extreme. The drought was very severely felt in the other West India Islands. NATIONAL NAVIES. The following is compiled from a return recently made to the American Senate :— Great Britain has ( exclusive of 14 sailing vessels and 22 steamers in the Indian navy, 26 contract mail- steamers, under control of Government, and 72 revenue cutters— total, 134 vessels, carrying 310 guns), in commission 371 vessels, carrying 4,718 guns; building and in ordinary, 300 vessels, mounting 15,054 guns; total, 671 vessels, mounting 17,722 guns ; manned by 40,000 men ; of which vessels, 121 are steamers. France has in commission 187 vessels, carrying 4,157 guns ; building and in ordinary, 129 vessels, and 4,625 guns ; total, 316 vessels, 8,782 guns; manned by 27,554 men; of which vessels 37 are steamers. Russia has ( exclusive of the Caspian fleet), combining those in commission, building, ordinary, & c., 179 vessels, 5,976 guns ; manned by 59,000 men ; of which vessels 6 are steamers. The United States have in commission 47 vessels and 1,155 guns ; building and in ordinary, & c., 30 vessels, and 1,190 guns; total, 77 vessels ( of which 5 are war- steamers), and 2,345 guns; manned by 8,724 men. This is exclusive of the United States' revenue vessels, consisting of 13 sailing vessels, total tonnage, 1,443 ; 8 steam vessels, total tonnage, 3,110— the whole mount- ing 61 guns, and manned by 769 men. Turkey has in commission 31 vessels and 1,520 guns; build- ing and in ordinary 12 vessels, mounting 692 guns ; total, 43 vessels ( of which 3 are steamers) and 2,212 guns; number of men unknown. Egypt has in commission 35 vessels and 1,448 guns ; build- ing and in ordinary 3 vessels ( of which 1 is a steamer) and 312 guns; total, 38 vessels and 1,760 guns; number of men unknown. Holland has in commission 48 vessels and 308 guns; huilding, in ordinary, & c., 86 vessels and 1,344 guns ; total, 134 vessels ( of which 4 are steamers) and 1,652 guns; number of men unknown. Sweden has in commission 330 vessels and 660 guns ; build- ing, in ordinary, & c., 50 vessels and 1,194 guns; total, 380 vessels ( of which 2 are steamers) and 1,854 guns ; number of men unknown. Denmark has in commission 96 vessels, mounting 344 guns ; building, in ordinary, & c., 12 vessels and 732 guns; total, 108 vessels and 1,076 guns; number of men unknown. Austria has in commission 74 vessels and 686 guns ; number of men unknown. Brazil has in commission 31 vessels and 450 guns ; building, in ordinary, & c., 11 vessels and 325 guns; total, 42 vessels and 775 guns ; number of men unknown. Sardinia has in commission 11 vessels and 226 guns ; build- ing and in ordinary, 4 vessels and 220 guns; total, 15 vessels ( of which 2 are steamers) and 446 guns; number of men unknown. The Two Sicilies have in commission 17 vessels, mounting 338 guns ; number of men unknown. Spain has in commission 21 vessels and 348 guns, 4 of which vessels are steamers. Portugal has in commission 59 vessels and 225 guns, manned by 4,500 men. Mexico has in commission 23 vessels and 42 guns. Although the whole naval force of Austria, the Two Sicilies, and Portugal, have been stated as being in commission, the Report says—" It is probable that a portion of it is in ' ordinary,' but it is not known what portion." These nations have a few war- steamers, but the number is not known. THE SCREW PROPELLER AND THE PADDLE - WHEEL STEAMKRS.— The reports from the experimental squadron which have appeared, allude so frequently and in such unequivocal terms to the superiority of the Iiatller screw ship over all the other steamers which were attached to the squad- ron, that we think it right to call particular attention to the important results developed by her peculiar combination of the steamer and sailing vessel. It is admitted that the Rat tier's powers under canvass alone are nearly, if not quite, equal to the fastest sailing ship in the squadron— a qualifica- tion most essential to a man- of- war steamer; but notwith- standing the many trials made under steam by the Rattler with other vessels, opinions are still entertained that the screw will not produce so high a rate of speed as the paddle- wheel under similar circumstances. This may or may not be the case, but it should be borne in mind that the Rattler is of 888 tons burden, and has only 200 horse power, a fair com- parison cannot, therefore, be made in this respect by putting her in competition whth such ships as the Retribution, Terrible, Gladiator, aud the rest of the steam squadron. Surely, then, in a case of so much importance to the strength and efficiency of the British navy, it behoves the Admiralty to adopt the most active measures with the view to determine this disputed question, by ordering an immediate and com- plete trial to be made between the Rattier and a paddle- vessel of her own class. It has been suggested that the Polyphemus, being on the point of joining the squadron of evolution, presents an excellent opportunity for effecting this desirable object, as that vessel corresponds with the Rattler as nearly as possible in model, power, and tonnage. Trials of speed should be made between the two vessels under steam alone in every possible position, under sail and steam, nnder sail only, towing ships of the line, connecting aud disconnecting machinery, & c.; and in the event of even a slightly inferior speed being obtained by the screw vessel, the advantages of remaining an almost unlimited period at sea without con- suming fuel, having a clear broadside for guns, and the steam machinery below the water line are too obvious to require comment. SWEDISH STABLE TREATMENT OF HORSES. — In Sweden, the floors of the stables are planked, and the planks are perforated with holes, so that wet wili not lodge on them, the bare boards being the only bedding allowed. To this strange method the Swedes attribute the soundness of their horses' feet, and it is quite uncommon to meet with a lame or foundered horse in Sweden which has been so stabled,— Veterinarian• NON- RESIDENCE OF CLERGY.— The Judicial Com- mittee of the Privy Council has just given judgment, in the appeal Bluck v. Rackham, which originated in a proceed- ing instituted in the Consistorial Court of Norwich by the respondent, as a person authorised for that purpose by the Bishop of Norwich, in writing under his hand and seal, wherein a decree or citation was issued against the appellant, the Rev. John Bluck, formerly Rector of Bowers Giffbrd, in Essex, citing him to appear and slioW cause why he should not be pronounced to have forfeited one- third of the annual value of his benefice, the Rectory of Walsoken, in Norfolk, by reason of his having been absent therefrom for a per iod exceeding three months and not exceeding six months, of and in the year ending the 31st of December, 1842, without any such license or exemp- tion as is allowed for that purpose in the Act " to abridge the holding of benefices in plurality, and to make better provision for the residence of the clergy," and wiihout having been resi- dent at some other benefice of which he was possessed ; and why the payment of such forfeiture, together with the reasonable expense incurred in recovering the same, should not be enforced by monition and sequestration under and pursuant to the pro- visions of the whole statute. The allegation set forth that the net annual value of the benefice of Walsoken, estimated in manner as directed in and by the aforesaid Act of Parliament, was i30O/. Evidence was taken to prove that the appellant had been absent from his benefice for a period exceeding three months, without any licence or exemption as is allowed for that purpose by the said Act of Parliament. By the sentence of the surrogate of the Norwich Court it was decreed that the appel- lant had, by such non- residence, forfeited one- third part of the annual value of his benefice of Walsoken. An appeal was interposed to the Arches Court of Canterbury, which, by definite sentence pronounced against the appeal, had affirmed the sen- tence appealed from. Against this decision the present appeal was brought. Dr. Lushington delivered their Lordships' judg- ment, overruling all the objections of the appellant, dismissing the appeal with costs, and remitting the cause to the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of Norwich. PAPER CURRENCY.— The resource so well known, and so often had recourse to with the happiest effects, in modern times, to supply the. void produced by a temporary or per- manent drain of the precious metals, was unknown in antiquity. They had no paper currency. Even bills of exchange were unknown. Tliey, as is well known, were a contrivance of the Jews, in the middle ages, to transport their wealth in a commodious form, when threatened with persecution, from one country to another. To what an extent paper of these various kinds has come to supply the place of gold and silver, may be judged of by the fact, that during the war, the paper currency of Great Britain and Ireland rose to £ 60,000,000 sterling; and that, at the present time, the private bills in circulation in it are estimated at £ 132,000,000 sterling. But this admirable resource, by which an accidental or temporary dearth of the precious metals is supplied by a paper currency, circulating at par with it, and fully supplying, as long as credit lasts, its plilCe, was unknown in the ancient world. Gold, silver, and copper were their sole circulating mediums; and consequently, when they were progressively withdrawn, by the causes which have been mentioned, from the currency, there was nothing left to supply their place. Instantly, as if by the stroke of a fell necromancer, disasters of every kind accumulated on the wretched inhabitants. Credit was violently shaken; money disappeared; prices fell to a ruinous degree; industry could obtain no remuneration ; the influence and ascendancy of realised capital became irresistible; and the only efficient power left in the state was that of the emperor, who wrenched his taxes out of the im- poverished hauds of his subjects, or of the creditors and landlords, who, by legal process, exacted their debts from, their debtors, and drove them to desperation. This was exactly the social state of the empire in its declining days. We can appreciate its horrors, from having had a foretaste of them during the commercial crisis with which, during the last twenty- five years, this country has been visited.— The Fall of Rome : Blackwood's Magazine for Jline. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A WATER DOCTOR.— On Tuesday last an adjourned investigation was concluded before Mr. Payne, coroner for the city of London, concerning the death of Mr. Richard Dresser, on accountant, aged 45. residing at No. 9, Eastcheap, who was alleged to have died from the effects of improper treatment received at the hypropathic establishment of Dr. Ellis, Sudbroke- park, near Petersham. The inquiry excited the most intense interest, and the jury room was densely crowded by the pro- fessors of the hydropathic system, and other members of the faculty, amongst whom wore Dr. Schnitsh, the celebrated German professor of hydropathy. Dr. Ellis, who was bound over by the coroner in the sum of £ 100 to appear, was also in attendance. The evidence taken went to show that the deceased had for the last three weeks been subject, as he considered, to rheumatism and sciatica. He was very ill, and expressed himself much iu favour of " the hydropathic system of medical treatment, and in consequence, his wife was induced to " write to Dr. Ellis, who keeps an hydropathic establishment at Sudbroke Park, Petersham, Surrey. The deceased went to Dr. Ellis's establishment on Friday week last, and was there subjected to the water system of treat- ment, under which he died on the following Tuesday. In summing up the coroner observed, that in the case of Mr. St. John Long ( which had been alluded to,) the judges laid down the law in a very clear and perspicuous manner, as did also the present Lord Chief Justice, who was then Attorney- General, and conducted the prosecution. That learned authority argued, as in the case of St. John Long, that although there might be no malice aforethought, if he proved the defendant had applied himself to the treatment of a case of which he knew nothing as to its proper treatment, and that he administered a liquid or medicine of the constitution of which he had no knowledge, ho was clearly guilty of manslaughter. The judges in the same case laid it down that, whether a man was a legally qualified practitioner or not, went for nothing. The question was, whether the treat- ment was a rash and reckless treatment, and which had resulted in the death of the patient, or whether it was such treatment as might, under any other circumstances, have ended in fatal results. Now, in the present instance, they had no evidence that Dr. Ellis was not a duly qualified prac- titioner, and, therefore, the sole question for the jury to con- sider was whether, in the present case, he had acted towards the patient in a bona fide manner, or had acted in his treat- ment with a gross degree of recklessness or rashness and incaution, and thus caused death to ensue. If the jury viewed the case as one of bona fide treatment, then they were bound to acquit Dr. Ellis of all blame; but if, on the con- trary, they considered he had acted with rashness, then their verdict would be one of manslaughter. The jury ultimately found a verdict of " manslaughter" against Dr. Ellis. ATTEMPT TO MLRDER.— At the Tunbridge Wells petty sessions, on Monday, Thomas Cheesman. a waiter at the Camden Hotel in that town, was charged with cutting the throat of Frances Saunders, a servant in the same hotel. It appeared that the prisoner was desirous of paying his addresses to the young woman; but as she refused to receive them, he frequently vowed that if she did not, he would either cut her throat or use some other means to destroy her life. On Sunday afternoon he saw her walking with a young man and followed her, declaring that if she did not leave the arm of her lover and go with him, he would kill her. She refused, and he at length made a rush at her, and cut her throat. The wound severed the jugular vein, but the carotid artery was not touched. The prisoner was remanded for a week, when it was expected the young woman would be able to attend. SLEEPING AT HIS POST.— A good deal of alarm was created in Stockport, on Monday, from the following circum- stance :— Parties were removing to a house which had recently been empty, before doing which they took the pre- caution of having the chimnies swept. For this purpose a junior member of the sooty profession was engaged, who mounted up aloft, and was of course expected down after the completion of his work. Time, however went on, and still he did not appear, until it occurred to the parties that he had been up the chimney an unnsually long time, and, as all was quiet, the worst apprehensions began to be entertained. The inference was, that he was " fast in the chimney," and as a rumour to that effect became circulated, the alarm spread on all hands. We believe the boy was up the chimney about half an- hour to three- quarters, during which time many persons shouted up it to the top of their voices, but without receiving an answer. At last the boy's master was fetched, who ascended the chimney, and there found the boy com- fortably enconsed in a cross flue, " fast asleep." Of course the alarm at once presided, and laughter and astonishment at the boy's temerity took the place of the previous con- sternation. A WOLF NEAR CAMDEN TOWN.— For some days past the neighbourhood of Camden Town and Maiden Lane has been considerably alarmed in consequence of a rumour that a wolf of exceedingly large dimensions had taken up its quarters under an old hay- stack situate in Rhode's Fields, at Belle Isle. The rumour was discredited until a woman, who had been crossing the field in question, had been attacked by the wolf, and had with much difficulty escaped. The stack was examined, and a large hole found in it, under which no doubt the ferocious animal had burrowed. A watch was kept, and at night the beast was seen prowling about the fields. The fact having been ascertained, Mr. Rhodes, of the White Swan, obtained the assistance of the potman at the Swan and some other men, and on Sunday night secreted them within an empty house at no great distance from the field in question. About lialf- past one o'clock on Monday morning, whilst the men were on the watch, prepared with fire- arms, the wolf was observed to give chase to a cat, and wait till it came down a tree which it had previously ascended. On the cat doing so the brute seized it in its fangs, and at the same moment two of the men fired, and wounded it so severely that it fell. They then sallied out and despatched it with the butt end of their fire- arms ; but so intent was the ferocious animal to secure its prey, that it died still- holding the unfortunate cat between its teeth, and which it had bitteu completely through the neck. On examination the wolf was found to be an extremely large female. An extraordinary cure of a disordered Liver and Stomach by Holloway* s Pills!—" To Professor Holloway. Sir,— Seeing that the Earl of Aldborough was cured of a liver and stomach complaint by means of your pills, I was induced to try them ; and I have the satisfaction to inform y- ju that your pills have certainly in a very short time done wonders for me in a similar complaint, when calomel and other medicines at last failed to give me any relief. I send you my name and address, but would rather you would not make them public." N. B— This communication is from a counsellor or barrister of great eminence of the Inner Temple, whose letter would be Shown- to any respectable person, THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6. Imperial $ arUaraent. [ CONTINUED 1' ROM PAGE 1.1 HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JUNE 11. THE CORN BILL The Earl of Ripon moved the order of the day for going into committee on this bill. Earl Stanhope moved that the bill be committed that day six months. He scouted the idea of a famine in Ireland. In 1842 he ( Lord Stanhope) had expressed an opinion that Sir Robert Peel's experiments were merely preparatory to the removal altogether of protection. How could their Lordships reconcile it with their public duty to pass a bill which might inflict a serious iniury upon millions without any real necessity, and of the probable effects of which the Minister and his party pro- fessed to know nothing ? What, therefore, became of the argu- ment of cheapness, on which so much stress had been laid ? The loss which the reduction would involve to the community would exceed £' 5,000,000. The small occupiers of land could not hold their farms after the measure had taken effect. Many of his Noble Friends had preferred to support the bill because they believed it to be inevitable. This was a very futile excuse. It was not to be believed that large masses of the people would quietly submit to be pauperised at the will of the Minister. At the period of the concession of the Reform Bill, the Duke of Wellington had asked how the Government was to be carried on ? How had it been carried on ? By basely and pusillani- inously crouching to the party which appeared to be the stronger, and by trampling on that which was believed to be the weaker. They ( the House) had lately seen a party which it had taken ten years to form scattered to the winds of heaven in the course of as many weeks, whilst, on the other hand, in the course of a few weeks, and without any previous prepara- tion, they found 240 honest, enlightened, and independent Members of Parliament bound together by public principle, who had opposed the measure. His Lordship concluded by moving that the word " now" give place to " this day six months/' The Earl of Radnor defended Sir Robert Peel, and expressed his satisfaction with the measure. If it proved injurious to the agriculturists, it would, at all events, prove beneficial to the manufacturer. The Earl of Wicklow expressed his surprise that no one had attempted to explain the probable effect of the bill in Ireland. Sir Robert Peel had been asked whether he proposed to make any reduction of the rent charge or tithes, and his answer was that he did not, as there could be no diminution of prices. It would be absurd to expect benefit, if there were to be no diminution of prices. He intended to propose in committee that there should be a fixed duty of 5s. Lord Lyttelton said that the Colonies must follow in the wake of the mother country, and if the interest of the latter required that corn should be free, the Colonies must be placed in the same category. His Lordship entered into details for the purpose of showing that the Colonies would not suffer irom the measure. In the Australian colonies the system of pro- tection was comparatively unknown, and yet those colonies had continued to improve. The Duke of Buckingham opposed the biil in its present form. If their Lordships had really determined that Free Trade should be the order of the day, they should remove the many burdens that pressed upon the agriculturist. The revenue would inevitably fail if the proposed bill were carried. The sense of the country was against the measure, and a diesolution of Parliament ought consequently to take place in sufficient time to afford the country the means of expressing its opinions on the subject. Lord Colchester was a friend to moderate protection. We might soon expect to find America competing with us in our own staple manufactures if this bill became a law. The debate was then adjourned, and the House rose. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, JUNE 11. The report on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed. THE GAUGE COMMISSION Sir G. Grey wished to know if it was the intention of the Government to propose any measure to the House, founded on the minute of the Board of Trade, relative to the evidence taken before the Gauge Commissioners. Sir G. Clerk said that it was the intention of the Government on Monday next, to submit to the House five resolutions based on that minute, and in conformity with the opinions therein expressed. TENANTS ( IRELAND) BILL— The Earl of Lincoln moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for compensation to tenants of land in Ireland for improvements made by them. The Noble Earl said the object of this bill was to improve the con- dition of the people of Ireland, and if the House allowed him to introduce it, he should then ask leave to bring in a bill to amend the law in respect to the power of ejectment and distress in Ireland; and another bill to provide for a short form of lease of lands and tenements in Ireland. The Noble Lord said he thought the House would agree with him that the subject was one of great importance, and he was aware that it must be attended with much difficulty, but he hoped all minor differ- ences would be laid aside, and that the question would receive a cool and dispassionate consideration. After some brief observations from Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. J. O'Connell, and several other Hon. Members, leave was given to bring in the bills. The House was shortly afterwards counted out. 2LafcD gntcWggncs. VICE. CHANCELLOR'S COURT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. BEFORE SIR L. SHADWELL. GOODMAN V. DE BEAU VOIR. An injunction was obtained, ex parte on the 28th of May last, to restrain the defendant and seven others, as Directors of the Warwick and Worcester Railway, their officers and agents, from prosecuting an order obtained from his Honour on the previous day for payment out of Court to them of 41,250/., and from receiving the same. The ground was, that the defend- ants had dealt improperly with the deposits of two guineas on 35,000 shares constituting the Company. The bill charged that there had been a reservation of a large number of shares, • which being withheld, and bought with the Company's money, the price in the markets was materially raised, and shares were then sold at a high premium. It also charged a loss of 10,000/. by failure of a contract relating to certain canal shares ; and that some of the defendants had gone to Boulogne, and others intended to do so. A motion was now made to dissolve the injunction, on the ground that other persons not parties to the suit were restrained from receiving the money, as well as the defendants; and, that if the allegations in the bill were true, the defendants must have spent much more money than they could ever have received. An amalgamation of companies had also taken place, which was not mentioned in the bill. Mr. James Russell, Mr. Terrell, Mr. Rolf, and Mr. 11. Hughes appeared in support of the motion; Mr. Bethell and Mr. Jones contra. The Vice- Chancellor observed, that the substance of this case was, that a railway was projected from Worcester to Warwick, and from Warwick and Worcester to Rugby, and from Rugby and Warwick to Worcester; besides the London and Birmingham Extension, and a line from Northampton, Daventry, and Leamington, to Warwick. The Warwick and Worcester amalgamated with the Warwick, Worcester, and Rugby, and those two with the Rugby, Warwick, and Wor- cester. There were two deeds by which this was done set forth in the affidavits, dated the 1st and 28th of January, 1840, and, it appeared, matured the agreement th at the Warwick and Worcester should be adopted with the consent of the London and Birmingham Extension ; their consent was also necessary as to certain canals, which had nothing to do with this case. The result was, that for obtaining an act the Warwick and Worcester contributed 15,000/.; the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester, 27,000/. ; and the Warwick, Worcester, and Rugby, 27,000/.; making 69,000/. Under the 1st and 2nd of Victoria, chap. 117, the gentlemen appointed to do so paid in 41,2502. out of the collective sum so raised. With respect to the acts of misfeasance charged by the bill and supported by the affidavits, no answer whatever was given; and the only attempt made to avoid the effect of those proceedings was contained in the affi- davits respecting the amalgamation. There was a point not noticed in argument which appeared so important to him that he was bound to give a judicial opinion upon it. The 4th section of the 1st and 2nd Victoria, chap. 117, after directing payment into the Accountant- General's name ( it was originally into the Exchequer), enacted that in certain given cases, one of which had happened here, " The Court shall direct payment out, & c." His opinion was, that although there was no quali- fication in this expression, there was nevertheless an inherent authority in this Court to repress fraud and false dealing, and to exercise a control over persons acting as trustees; and he thought the word " shall" was not imperative, that the Court must look at the circumstances, and see whether it ought to be done, for the Court clearly had an option. It did not appear that the amalgamation was so far known to the plaintiffs as to affect their case in respect to the fact of there being no mention of it in their bill. In the exercise of that jealousy with which he always looked at ex parte applications, he thought parties so coming were " bound so to state the case that every part of it should be fairly set out. There had been some talking about this amalgamation ; but it was impossible to say that it was sufficient to fill a person's mind with the contents of a deed, and in that respect, his opinion was that the plaintiff's case was not impugned. Inasmuch as the 41,250/. appeared to have resulted from the joint funds of three projects, and the attack had been made only on the directors of one, he must sustain the injunction as to that proportionable part which was fairly attributable to the Warwick and Worcester; and as to the others, his opinion was, that there was no case against them, and therefore, as against them, the injunction must fail, leaving the parties at liberty to prosecute the case as if there had been no bill filed ; there must therefore remain in court 8,1) 67/- 7s. Gd., hut the injunction must be dissolved as to 32,282/. 12A-. 6i. ROLL'S COURT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. RYVES V. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The bill in this case was filed by Lavinia Jannette Horton Ryves, the wife of Anthony Ryves, claiming, under a will of his Majesty George III., dated the 2nd of June, 1774. a legacy or sum of 15,000/., bequeathed to the Princess Olive, the daughter of Htnrv Frederick Duke of Cumberland. To this bill the Duke of Wellington, as the executor of his late Majesty George IV., who took possession of the assets of his father, put in a demurrer, insisting that, the claim was barred by the Statute of Limitations, passed in the 3rd and 4th William IV., c. 27. They also insisted that a petition of right ought to have been presented to his Majesty George IV., in his lifetime, and that the plaintiff could not enforce her claim in the absence of the personal representative of his Majesty George III. Mr. Kindersley considered that the claim could not have been enforced during the life of his Majesty George IV. The petition of right was nothing more than an act of grace and favour, and the Crown could not be cited to prove the will. He insisted, therefore, that the Statute of Limitations did not apply in a case when there was no person in existence who could be sued adversely. Mr. Turner replied. Lord Langdale postponed his judgment. MEETING OF THE PROTECTIONISTS.— The protection- ist peers held a meeting on Saturday, which was very numerously attended. Several members of the lower house were present, and the utmost unanimity prevailed. It was determined that an attempt should be made in committee to perpetuate the operation of the diminished sliding scale. Confident hopes, too, were expressed ( hat even if they should be defeated in this attempt, they would be able in the forthcoming general election to obtain such a preponderance in the House of Commons as would ensure them a continuance, if not an augmentation, of this amount of protection We understand that there was a strong muster of Peers, Members of Parliament, and others of the Protectionist parly, at their rooms in Bond- street, on Tuesday morning, when it was fully resolved to oppose to the uttermost the Corn Law Abrogation Bill in the Lords' Committee; and hence we presume, the alteration in the notice of the Duke of Buckingham, which, on Monday last, wasfor moving in Committee to omit in the first clause the words " until January 1, 1849," the effect of which would have been, if carried, to perpetuate the reduced sliding scale ; whereas the Noble Duke now proposes to omit all the words in the first clause, after the words, " in the schedule to this Act annexed,", which, we need hardly say, would have the effsct of doing away with the measure altogether. moral maiU » ap Intelligence. The event of tlie past week has been the presentation of the report of the Board of Trade on the Gauge Commissioners' Report, which has absorbed every other consideration in the railway world. Elsewhere we give a digest of this report, and some observations thereon will be found in our leading columns. There is very little doing in the share market. The prico of Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton now stands at 8. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WTOLVERHAMPTON.— Opera- tions commenced on this line yesterday in the immediate vicinity of this city, viz., at the back of the Gas Works, near to the site of the station. We hear that a dinner was given to the workmen on the occasion.— The bill for the branches of this lino was last night ordered to be engrossed, on the j report being brought up in the House of Commons. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM ( GLOUCESTER AND STONE- HOUSE JUNCTION).— The bill for this concern came on before the Committee on Group 31, on Wednesday. The object of this bill is to construct a narrow gauge line in continuation of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, from Gloucester to Storehouse, there to join the Gloucester and Bristol Railway, which, by agreement, it is proposed to convert from a broad into a narrow gauge line; thus completing the narrow gauge communication throughout l'rom Birmingham to Bristol. The contemplated link, however, would run parallel with that portion of the Swindon Junction line of the Great Western Railway Company which extends from Stonehouse to Glou- cester;" and Mr. Austin, on behalf of that company, opposed the bill as interfering with their interests, and as contrary to the spirit of the agreement at present subsisting between the Gloucester and Bristol and the Great Western Companies, in reference to the line between Gloucester and Stonehouse. During the sitting of Wednesday and yesterday the parties were occupied in arranging their various claims according to an intimation which the Committee threw out, that the agree- ment of 1843, between the Bristol and Gloucester and the Great Western Companies, must be made the basis of any- future arrangements that might be entered into between the two companies. Yesterday the Committee expressed an opinion that it would not be for the public advantage to have a narrow gauge line made between the rails of the broad gauge, neither would it be convenient to substitute the narrow line for the broad gauge. They believed, however, that by the formation of a narrow line of railway, in addition to the broad gauge line, the interests of the public would be best subserved. They thought it would be an advantage to have a narrow gauge line, but they did not wish to deprive the Great Western Company of the bioad gauge line from Bristol to Stonehouse. The Committee afterwards proceeded with the evidence, and adjourned to this evening ( Friday). RUGBV, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK.— The bill for this scheme ( one of the London and Birmingham Company's projects) lias been before Committee on Group 33, during the week, and the case having been closed on Wednesday Mr. Whateley, Q. C., spoke against the measure on behalf of certain petitioners of Leamington, and last evening the Com- mittee determined to postpone their decision on the preamble of the bill until they had gone through the cases of the others in connexion with the London and Birmingham Company. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.— The bill for this line is now before the Committee on Group 53. The evidence in favour of the line was proceeding last evening, when the Committee adjourned to to- day. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ( OXFORD & BLETCHLEY BRANCHES). — This bill has passed the preamble in the House of Lords, and yesterday ( Thursday) the bill was ordered to be reported. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANAL.— This bill has been beiore the Committee on Group 53, but the decision is for the present deferred. BIRMINGHAM AND LEICESTER LINES.— The " Direct Birmingham and Leicester," and " Leicester and Birming- ham," rival schemes, have also been before the Committee on Group 54, but at present nothing difinitive has been settled. It is expected that an amalgamation will take place between these two Companies. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.— This bill is now- pending before the Committee on Group 17. Last evening among other witnesses examined on behalf of the promoters was Mr. Lea, who was called as a salt manufacturer, of Droitwicli, to prove that he sent large quantities of salt annually from that place to the south. In 1845, he sent 2,764 tons to the south, and 6,200 to Liverpool, also for the south. The 2,764 were sent to Gloucester, and thence by boats to Southampton, Portsmouth, and other parts. The Committee adjourned last evening to this day ( Friday). RAILWAY PROJECTS.— By a parliamentary return just printed it appears that out of 588 private bills applied for during tlie present session, for which a subscription contract has been deposited in the Private Bill- office, 514 were railway projects. The estimated expense of the 588 undertakings is £ 265,842,386. The capital stock is stated at £ 258,370,860, and the money authorized to be borrowed £ 94,270,561. The expense of the various railways, out of the sum set forth is, £ 259,329,450; the capital stock, 254,050,760; and the money authorised to be borrowed £ 90,472,095. DECISION ON THE GAUGE QUESTION. At length the report of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade on " The Report of the Commissioners for inquiring into the Gauge of Railways," has been made. On Monday night the report was laid upon the table of the House of Commons, and it has since been printed. It suggests the course which it appears to them advisable that Parliament should adopt in determining the gauge on which the various railways now in construction, or hereafter to be constructed, shall respectively be formed. After the necessary introductions the report of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade pro- ceeds with the following declaration :— " My Lords fully and entirely concur in the general con- clusions at which the Commissioners have arrived with respect to the advantages of uniformity of gauge for the conveyance of the internal traffic of the country. They are of opinion that the facts set forth in the report, and the evidence by which they are supported, ir. contestably establish the conclusion, that a ' break of gauge is a very serious evil,' | and they see no reason to doubt the soundness of the opinion the Commissioners have expressed, that none of the mechanical contrivances, or other methods proposed for mitigating the evil, ' are calculated to remedy, in any important degree, the inconveniences attending a break of gauge.' " The practical question which now arises for the considera- tion of Parliament is, whether, under the circumstances in which we find ourselves placed, a considerable portion of the railways now in active operation in the kingdom having been formed on the broad, or 7 feet gauge, and another and much larger portion having been formed on the narrow, or 4 feet 8A inches gauge, any just means can be found of producing entire uniformity of gauge throughout the country." The report then recites the substance of the Gauge Com- missioners' report made in the present session. It afterwards proceeds— " My Lords have proceeded to the consideration of this sub- ject with a deep sense of the importance of the question referred to them, and of the responsibility under which they are placed in advising the course hereafter to be followed. It has been seen that the Commissioners recommended :— " 1st. That equitable means should be found of producing entire uniformity of gauge by reducing the broad gauge lines to the narrow gauge. " 2d. That all public railways now under construction, or hereafter to be constructed, in Great Britain, shall be formed on the narrow gauge. " After long and anxious deliberation, my Lords are unable altogether to concur with the Commissioners in the full extent of these recommendations. " Adverting to tlie vast expense which must be involved in an entire alteration of the broad guage, and having regard to the circumstances under which the companies employing this gauge were established, and to the interests they have acquired, my Lords cannot feel themselves justified in recommending that it shorfld be proposed to Parliament to compel the entire reduction of the 7 feet guage. They feel, with the Commis- sioners, that ' they cannot recommend the Legislature to sanction such an expense from the public monies, nor do they think that the companies to which the broad gauge railways belong can be called upon to incur such an expense themselves ( having made all their works with the authority of Parliament J, nor even the more limited expense of laying down intermediate rails for narrow gauge traffic.' " Still less can they feel themselves justified in proposing that the expense of such alteration should be defrayed by a contribution levied, as has sometimes been suggested, on the rest of the railway companies in Great Britain ; and they are unable to suggest any other equitable or practicable means by which the desired uniformity of gauge could be obtained. " The conclusion to which my Lords have come respecting the reduction of the broad gauge on existing lines necessarily affects their opinion with regard to the future gauge of lines now in course of construction. " If the line now extending from London to Exeter be pre- served on the broad gauge, and yet all the railways in connexion with it from the south, for which acts have been obtained, are to be formed on the narrow gauge, then it is obvious that the inconvenience of the break of gauge will not only be continued, but it will be increased in amount. " Assuming that an absolute uniformity of gauge cannot now be obtained, they feel that the only practicable course to be pursued is to endeavour to effect such a settlement of the gauges to be used on the several railways already sanctioned, and to lay down such general regulations for the future, as will prevent the increase and further extension of an evil they cannot altogether remedy, and will reduce the inconvenience inflicted on the passenger and goods traffic of the country within the narrowest attainable limits. " They would, therefore, recommend, that the lines for which acts have been obtained, but which have not yet been completed, to the south of the line from London to Bristol, should be permitted to be constructed on the broad gauge, as originally intended. They have had some difficulty in coming to a conclusive opinion on the case of the South Wales line. They are aware that strong arguments may be adduced in favour of requiring this line to be constructed on the narrow gauge; but, adverting to the great public importance of a con- tinuous line ot communication with the south of Ireland, and of a second line of railway communication from London to Ireland generally ; and having regard to the value of a con- tinuous line to Milford Haven, & c., for the furtherance of the public service ; they are of opinion that, on the whole, it would be advisable that the South Wales line, together with its branch to Monmouth and Hereford, should, as originally sanc- tioned, be formed on the broad gauge." The report then goes on to allude to the Rugby and Oxford Railway, for which a bill was obtained in the last session for the broad gauge, subject to the approbation of the Board of Trade, and the Privy Council report that— " It is their Lordships' intention, in the exercise of the powers granted to them by this clause, to require that the narrow gauge rails shall be laid down from Rugby to Oxford forthwith." Their Lordships then go on to consider the accommodation of that part of the country between Oxford and Basingstoke, their recommendation in respect of which will be found below. They then come to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton district, and after reciting the clause in the Act respecting the alteration of the gauge and the laying down of rails, they proceed— " It is their Lordships' intention to exercise the power given to them in this instance, as in the case of the Oxford and Rugby line; and on the same ground they would submit that it is not necessary to interfere with the construction of this portion of the line on the broad gauge, in the manner author- ised by the act. " And, since they regard the break of gauge as a most serious evil, more especially in the conveyance of goods, they conceive that a continuous and a second line of communication between London and the district of Staffordshire, & c„ must be regarded as of great value and importance. They accordingly submit that the line from Worcester to Oxford should be made as pro- posed on the broad gauge. They regret that a provision for the formation of a second line of rails was not inserted in the act affecting the portion of the line between Oxford and Wor- cester, in the terms of the clause regulating the portion lying between the Birmingham and Gloucester line and Wolver- hampton ; and they would recommend, that, if it should here- after appear that there is a traffie requiring accommodation on the narrow geuge between the Staffordshire districts and the southern coasts, any suitable measure should be promoted by Parliament to form a norrow gauge link from the Birmingham and Gloucester line to Oxford, on the same grounds and in the same manner as the Commissioners have recommended that it should be formed between Oxford and the South- Western Railway." Their Lordships having adverted to the several railways now proposed to be constructed on the broad gauge, and already sanctioned by Parliament, proceed to their recommendation, and with reference to the comparative merits of broad and narrow guages they say— " My Lords do not feel themselves competent to give an opinion on the question alluded to by the Commissioners of the merits of the 4 feet 8J inches gauge, as compared with any otiier among those tha" t have been proposed." The report then concludes with the following recommenda- tions, which we copy in extenso— " In suggesting, therefore ( with some exceptions, to be specified), the adoption of the recommendation made by the Commissioners, " that the 4 feet 8. J inches gauge should be declared by the Legislature to be the gauge to be used on ail public railways hereafter to be constructed in Great Britain," they do not conceive that any declaration on this point should be understood as positive snd final. The working of the wider gauge established in Ireland, and the future history of railways in other countries, may possibly prove the superiority of some other and intermediate gauge: while the advance of science and the course of experience may point out a practicable method of altering an existing gauge, and of easily effecting a great operation which is now generally conceived to be so costly and so difficult as, in truth, to be impracticable. " With this explanation, my Lords beg to recommend, that no line shall hereafter be formed on any other than the 4 feet 8J inches gauge, excepting lines to the south of the existing line from London to Bristol, and excepting small branch lines of a few miles in extent, joining the Great Western Railway, and conveying to it the traffic of places in its immediate vicinty ; and they further recommend, that no bill for any such line as above excepted shall be passed by Parliament, unless a special report shall have been made by the committee on the bill, setting forth the particular reasons which have led the com- mittee to advise that such line should be formed on any other than the 4 feet 8J inches gauge. They concur also with the Commissioners in recommending that, unless by the consent of the Legislature, it shall not be permitted to the directors of any railway company to alter the gauge of such railway- In con- clusion, my Lords beg leave to recapitulate the suggestions they have felt it their duty to make :— " 1. That no line shall hereafter be formed on any other than the 4 feet 8^ inches gauge, excepting lines to the south of the existing line from London to Bristol, and excepting small branches of a few miles in length, in immediate connection with the Great Western Railway ; but that no such line as above excepted shall be sanctioned by Parliament, unless a special report shall have been made by the committee on the bill, setting forth the reasons which have led the committee to advise that such line should be formed on any other than the 4 feet 83 inches gauge. " 2. That, unless by the consent of the Legislature, it shall not be permitted to the directors of any railway company to alter the gauge of such railway. " 3. That in order to complete the general chain of narrow gauge communication from the north of England to the southern coasts, and to the port of Bristol, any suitable measure should be promoted to form a narrow gauge lirk from Gloucester to Bristol, and also from Oxford to Basingstoke, or by any shorter route connecting the proposed Rugby and Oxford line with the South- Western Railway. " 4. That the South Wales line and its branches to Monmouth and Hereford should be permitted to be formed on the broad gauge, as sanctioned by their act. " 5. That the Rugby and Oxford line, and the Oxford, Wor- cester, and Wolverhampton line, should be permitted to be formed on the broad gauge, as sanctioned by their acts ; that the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade shall exercise the powers conferred upon them by the several acts, ar d shall require that additional narrow gauge rails shall forth- with be laid down from Rugby to Oxford, and from Wolver- hampton to the junction with the Birminghom and Gloucester line ; and that if it should hereafter appear that there is a traffic requiring accommodation on the narrow gauge from the Staffordshire districts to the southern coast, any suitable measure shall be promoted by Parliament to form a narrow gauge link from Oxford to the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway." ARRIVAL OF IBRAHIM PASHA. ABB E R T O N, SIX MILES FROM PERSHORE, AND SEVEN FROM A LC ESTER. Excellent HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, capital mahogany Secretary and Bookcase, Set of mahogany Dining Tables, mahogany Pedestal Sideboard, China, Glass, Set of mahogany Chairs, two Square Sofas, mahogany Four- post and other Bedsteads, with Chintz and Dimity Furnitures, excellent Feather Beds, Blan- kets, Counterpanes, Chests with Drawers, Washing and Dressing Tables, Toilet Glasses, Scotch Floor, Stair, and Bed Room Carpets, capital Eight- day Clock, Casks, Tubs, and an infinity of Effects, at ABBERTON HALL, in the Parish of ABBERTON, in the County of WORCESTER, kite the Residence of SAMUEL SHELDON, ESQ.; TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY W. H1GGS, ON TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, the 23rd and 24th of JUNE, 1846, commencing at ten o'clock. J Catalogues will be immediately prepared, and may be had at I the Inns in the surrounding neighbourhood ; Angel, Pershore; | Angel, Alcester ; and of the Auctioneer, Worcester. T ARD E BIGG, WORCESTERSHIRE. GENTEEL COTTAGE, BUILDING AND ACCOIVIMODATION LAND, SUPERIOR MINE OF CLAY, § c. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY E. & C. ROBINS & CO., I On Wednesday, the 17th day of June inst., at three o'clock in i the afternoon, at the Unicorn Inn, Redditch, either in the under- mentioned ten lots, or such others as may be agreed upon, and subject to conditions to be produced at the time of j sale— AVery compact small ESTATE, including FIR TREE COTTAGE, with suitable Offices, walled j Garden, and Croft; also a BRICK- YARD, with Kilns, Sheds, | Flues, Mill, and an almost inexhaustible MINE of CLAY, j suitable for all wares ; and several Pieces of productive LAND, I the whole lying together ( except by the intersection of Roads, which give extensive and very eligible Building Frontages), situate at WEBB HEATH, UPPER BENTLEY, TARDE- BIGG, entirely surrounded by the Lands, Preserves, and Woods of the Hewell Estate of the Hon. Mr. Clive. LOTS. A. R. P. 1. FIR TREE COTTAGE, being a very neat, well fitted- up, and genteel one, with convenient Offices, walled Garden, and a piece of old Pasture Land, having a great frontage to the road from Redditch to Feckenham, the whole measuring 2 0 15 2. A Piece of Building Land, adjoining Lot 1, measuring 0 1 37 3. Ditto, ditto, adjoining Lot 2, measuring 0 1 35 4. Ditto, ditto, adjoining Lot 3, ditto 0 1 27 5. Ditto, ditto, adjoining Lot 4, ditto 0 1 19 6. THE BRICKKILN, now in full work, with the lucrative and extensive Connection, and the Kilns, Flues, Sheds, Mill, Office, and Land thereto, measuring 2 2 38 7. A most valuable corner piece of Land, having two very extensive frontages to the respective roads from Tardebigg and from Redditch to Fecken- ham, Inkberrow, & c., situate opposite to Lots 1 and 2, and containing 0 3 15 8. The adjoining piece of Building Land to Lot 7, opposite Lots 2 and 3, measuring 0 2 3 9. The adjoining piece to Lot 8, ditto 0 2 3 10. A suitable site for the erection of a House, lying between Lots 6 and 9, measuring 1R. 2!) P. ; also the valuable Field at the back of Lot 6, measur- ing 2A. 1R. 34P., together 2 3 23 N B.— Early possession may be had. Mr. Robert Brough, the proprietor residing on the premises, will point out the Lots; of whom, of Mr. R. Henry Tarleton, Solicitor, New Street, Birmingham, or of the Auctioneers, New Street, Birmingham, any further information, with lithographic Plans and Particulars of the Property, may be had. THE WORCESTER REGATTA Is POSTPONED to the 2" th and 28th of August. rl^ IIE same PRIZES will be rowed for as already X advertised, and all Entries are to be made on or before the 20th of August. J. W. WALSH, Hon. Sec. Ibrahim Pasha, with his son Soliman Pasha, has arrived in England. The French steamer the Gomer reached Spithead at half- past six on Friday morning, and his Highness landed at Portsmouth Dockyard at a quarter before nine. Ibrahim, with all his suite, remained at the George Hotel on Friday, resting from the fatigues of his voyage across the Channel, and receiving officials who called to pay their respects. On Saturday the illustrious party visited the Clarence victualling establishment, the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, the Excellent gunnery ship, the Victory, and the dockyard, There was afterwards a review of troops on Southsea Common, and in the evening the illustrious strangers dined with Admiral Sir Charles Ogle at the Admiralty House. On Sunday they crossed to the Isle of Wight to visit Osborne House, afterwards proceeded to Southampton, and returned to Portsmouth in the evening. The Pasha and suite arrived in London on Monday morning by special train from Portsmouth. The Chairman and several of the Directors attended on his Highness at the terminus at Gosport, previous to his departure, and had the honour of presenting an address to his Highness. The suite comprised Soliman Pasha and the aides- de- camp, secretary, and interpreter to the Pasha. On the train reaching the platform, Ibrahim Pasha was received with every mark of attention by a deputation of the directors and the principal officers of the company. After a brief delay his Highness, accompanied by Soliman Pasha, M. Carbaret, and Major C. Dickson, in attendance on his Highness, entered the carriage, and forthwith proceeded to Mivart's Hotel. A great many visitors called at Mivart's immediately after his Highness had arrived. Ibrahim Pasha, attended by his suite and Major Dickson, paid a visit to his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Tuesday morning, at Buckingham Palace. The Prince, accompanied by his Highness and suite, went on horseback to witness the parade of the household troops in St. James's Park, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. In the afternoon his Highness called upon Queen Adelaide and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; in the evening his Highness and suite went to Lady Peel's Assembly. On Wednesday his Highness and suite visited the Thames Tunnel, the Tower of London, the Mint, and the Bank of England. Yesterday he went to Ascot Races, and was present in the House of Commons during part of the debate in the evening. Yesterday ( Thursday), his Highness attended Ascot Races. ARRIVAL OF THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE AND THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON On Tuesday the Russian squadron, consisting of the Ingermanland, 74, with the flag of Vice Admiral Lulka; the Manal- uy, 26; and the Prince of Warsaw, corvette; anchored at Spithead, saluting the garrison with 21 guns, which the platform battery returned. The Com- mander- in- Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, went on board the Ingermanland to pay his respects to the Grand Duke, and he was received under a salute of 17 guns, which the Victory returned with a similar number. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle remained but a short time on board the Ingermanland, re- turning on shore in his barge, leaving the Lightning, steam- yaclit, on attend to his Royal Highness at Spithead. An hour after their arrival the Russian ships were dressed in colours, following the example of the English ships, which, in consequence of its being the day appropriated for the keeping of her Most Gracious Majesty's birthday, were all gaily- decorated with flags; the Russian ships all doing us the honour of hoisting a British ensign at their maintop gallant- mast heads, with the Russian colours at the fore. At twelve o'clock they all fired a royal salute in accordance with our own ships. DINNER TO PRINCE ALBKRT AT LINCOLN'S INN.— His Roy; d Highness Prince Albert honoured the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn with his company at dinner, on Wednesday evening— the first grand day since the election of his Royal Highness to be one of their body. His Royal Highness arrived shortly before eight o'clock, attended by several noblemen and gentlemen of his household, and was received with the usual ceremonies. The Prince wore the silk gown of a bencher, and a star of the order of the Garter. His Royal Highness was warmly received on his entrance into the hall, and was loudly cheered as he departed. An admirable dinner and a profusion of rich and rare wines were provided by the Benchers for the entertainment of the members of the Inn. DEATH OF THE POPE.— A telegraphic dispatch from the French Ambassador, dated Rome, June ], announces the death of the Pope, suddenly, that morning, between nine and ten o'clock. Gregory the Sixteenth was born in 1705, and elected Pope in 1831. WORCESTER INFIRMARY. fTlHE QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING of JL the GOVERNORS will be held on FRIDAY, the 26th day of JUNE, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon. Persons willing to CONTRACT for the SUPPLYofthe undermentioned ARTICLES are desired to send their Proposals ( sealed up) to the Office of the Secretary, at the INFIRMARY, on or before SATURDAY, the 20th Instant, viz.:— BUTCHER'S MEAT, for Three Months. BEST THIRDS FLOUR, for Three Months. Samples of One Bushel to be sent in, which will be paid for. BEST MALT, ? For Three Months. DITTO OATMEAL,> Samples to be sent with Tenders. GENUINE NEW MILK, at per Gallon, for One Year. At the Meeting the following ALTERATIONS with re- spect to RULES No. 2 and No. 4, proposed at the last, will be considered:— That in Rule No. 2, the words " Committees or," in the fourth line, be expunged, and the words " General or Quarterly" be substituted. That in Rule No. 4, the word " Boards " be expunged, and the words " Special, General, or Quarterly Meetings," be substituted. The following Resolution must be particularly attended to by all persons supplying the Institution :— Ordered,- That the QUARTERLY ACCOUNTS be sent in on or before TUESDAY, the 16th, to be examined by the Weekly Board previous to the Quarterly Meeting. Warm, Cold, Vapour, and Sulphur Baths, for the use of the Public, may be had on very moderate Terms. D. W. NASH, Secretary. MR. QUARTERMAN, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, Member of the Royal Academy of Music, and Pianiste to the QUEEN DOWAGER, BEGS to return his sincere thanks to his Friends for the kind patronage he has received since he has resided in Worcester; and at the same time iakes this op- portunity of informing the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabi- tants of Worcester and its neighbourhood, that he continues to give LESSONS on the PIANO- FORTE and SINGING; also, that he has made arrangements to receive Private Pupils at his residence, ST. JOHN'S. 31 r. Quarterman, having been solicited by several Friends to open a Class for Juvenile Pupils, at School Terms, will be happy to commence with any number immediately. Days— Wednesdays and Saturdays, from Twelve till Two. As the Midsummer Vacation will shortly take place, Mr. Quarterman will be happy to give Lessons to any Young Ladies who may wish to keep up their practice during that time. Mr. Quarterman teaches at Malvern on Mondays ; Worces- ter and Neighbourhood, Tuesdays and Fridays; at his own Residence, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. St. John's, June 7 » 1840. UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. MODEL DRAWING, Founded on the System of M. Dupuis, combining an easy and practical mode of studying Perspective, adapted to the Instruction of Classes and Public Institutions. MR. DUR1EUX respectfully announces that CLASSES for STUDYING DRAWING on the above Principles, sanctioned by the Committee of Council on Education, meet for Instruction at the ATHENIEUM and at his Residence. Persons wishing to join the Classes in formation for the ensuing Autumn are requested to leave their names with the Librarian of the Literary and Scientific Institution, at the Athenamm, Foregate Street. MR. DURIEUX will take an early opportunity, during the ensuing Autumn, of giving a COURSE OF LECTURES, in explanation of this highly approved and popular System, and the Application of Art to Manufactures. 9, Severn Terrace, Worcester, June 12, 1846. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the UNITED ASSOCIATION for the PROTECTION of the FISHERIES of the RIVER SEVERN and its TRIBU- TARIES, ( convened by public advertisement,) held at the GUILDHALL, in the City of Worcester, on SATURDAY, the 6th day of JUNE, 1846, JOHN MATHEW GUTCH, ESQ., IN THE CHAIR, The following RESOLUTIONS were unanimously adopted: — Moved by Mr. M'MILLAN ; seconded by the Rev. G. WILLIAMS : That this Association has seen, with feelings of alarm and regret, the Clause marked A. proposed by Lord Viscount Clive to be inserted in the Bill for the regulation of the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, and hereby respectfully but earnestly protest against the enactment of the said Clause. 1. Because it will to a great extent nullify the principal object of the proposed Bill, inasmuch as it proposes to authorise by law all practices by owners or occupiers of exclusive fisheries that have been in use for the last twenty years, including every description of means for taking fish by dams, weirs, putts, putcheons, and other constructions and devices; whereas it is a most essential object of the Fisheries Bill to regulate, alter, and amend those very practices, as to them the decay of the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales is mainly attributable. 2. Because the Clause appears to this Association to be partial and unjust. It creates an invidious distinction between the classes of fishermen, inasmuch as it proposes to protect the higher class of fishermen, or owners and occupiers of Fisheries in which stationary machinery is used, in every improper prac- tice which has attained the bad eminence of twenty years stand- ing. Whereas it leaves the wholesome provisions of the Act applicable only to the common Fisheries, worked by net fisher- men, who are in general poor men of small means. This distinction stamps the Clause as being manifestly partial in its application, and unjust in regard to the poorer class. Moved by the Rev. J. A. BERKELEY; seconded by GEORGE ALLIES, Esq.: That this Association request Sir Thomas Winnington to continue his able and persevering efforts to procure the enact- ment of the Bill for the regulation of the Salmon Fisheries, until it has become apparent that the Bill cannot be carried without the insertion of the said obnoxious Clause A.; and that lie be authorized, on the part of the Association, to withdraw or abandon the said Bill whenever it has become apparent that it cannot be carried into a Law without the insertion of the said Clause; and that the Central Committee be instructed to con- tinue their efforts to obtain the Bill; and in case it should appear advisable to them to procure an interview with Lord Clive to endeavour to induce him to withdraw the Clause, or so to amend it as to remove its obnoxious parts, the Committee is heieby authorised to send a Deputation of its Members to London for that purpose, at the expense of the Association. Moved by GEORGE ALLIES, Esq.; seconded by Mr. M'MILLAN : That it is incumbent on all the branches of this Association, on all Corporations, Owners of Fisheries, and Fishermen, and all others taking an interest in the great object of preserving the Salmon Fisheries, to aid in the promotion of the Bill now before Parliament by every means in their power, and to that end they are hereby respectfully requested to represent to the Members of Parliament of both Houses, connected with their respective Districts, the exceeding noxiousness of Clause A., and the benefit that will accrue to the public from passing the Bill in its iutegrity. Moved by WALTER JONES, Esq.; seconded by Mr. F. ALLIES : That the thanks of this Association are due, and are hereby paid, to Sir Thomas Winnington, Bart., for his able promotion of the Bill; and also to Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Pakington, and all those Noblemen and Gentlemen in Parliament who have supported the measure ; and they are hereby respectfully requested to continue the aid of their services, in order that the Bill may be passed into a Law in all its integtity. JOHN MATHEW GUTCH, CHAIRMAN. Moved by Mr. M'MILLAN ; seconded by G. ALLIES, Esq.: That the thanks of this Meeting are due to J. M. Gutch, Esq., for his conduct in the chair, and for his general attention to the business of the Association. DESIRABLE INVESTMENTS, WITHIN THREE MILES AND A HALF OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HOBBS & SON, At the Somers Arms Inn, Stoulton, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of June next, at four o'clock in the afternoon, in the following Lots: LOT 1. * LL those FIVE PIECES or PARCELS tl of MEADOW and ARABLE LAND, in the parish of NORTON JUXTA KEMPSEY, lying in a complete Ring Fence, known as THE BOTANY BAY LANDS, and containing by admeasurement 29 ACRES or thereabouts ; is surrounded by Lands of the Right Hon. Earl Somers and Benjamin Hooke, Esq., contiguous to the Preserves of Robert Berkeley, Esq., and suitable for the growth of Osiers. This eligible Property nearly adjoins the Birmingham and Bristol Railway, is little more than half a mile from Spetchley Station, ana being a deep strong soil capable of much profit- able improvement, but a short distance from Market, and easy of access; offers a desirable opportunity to parties who wish to make a small Landed investment. LOT 2.— All that superior PIECE or PARCEL of ARABLE LAND, called STOULTON BONE, with very considerable Frontage to the Turnpike Road leading from W orcester to Pershore, containing by admeasurement 23 ACK ES or thereabouts. It is situate within 500 yards of the intended Junction of the Oxford and Wolverhampton and Bir- mingham and Bristol Railways, and therefore singularly valu- able for Building purposes, or equally adapted" for Market Gardeners, as it is well known to the neighbourhood to be second to none in the Parish, and is bounded by Lands of the Right Hon. Earl Somers and Benjamin Hooke, Esq. The above Properties are Copyhold under the Bishop of Worcester for four Lives, and are now in the occupation of Mr. Edward Day. For further particulars apply to Mr. J. Jones, Solicitor, Mr. James Webb, Land Surveyor, or the Auctioneers, all of Worcester. STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL NAVIGATION. WE, the undersigned, being PROPRIETORS of SHARES in the STAFFORDSHIRE AND WOR- CESTERSHIRE CANAL NAVIGATION, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS in the said CANAL NAVIGATION will be held at the House of Mr. Thomas Smith, the SWAN HOTEL, in WOLVERHAMPTON, in the County of Stafford, on SATURDAY, the Twenty- seventh day of June now instant, at the hour of Eleven in the Forenoon for the purpose of ELECTING a COMMISSIONER, in the stead of Alexander Hordern, Esquire, one of the Commissioners appointed by an Act of Parliament passed in the fifth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, entituled " An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Severn from the entrance Lock of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal and from the entrance Lock of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, in the County of Gloucester, to Gladder or Whitehouse Brook, in the County of Worcester," and who has resigned his appointment of Com- missioner under the said Act. Given under our hands this i first day of June, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty- six. WROTTESLEY. ROBT. EBBELS. WILLIAM TARRATT. J. A. HAYES. JOSH. TARRATT, JUNR. C. H. MOLINEUX. J. E. MOLINEUX. THOMAS EVANS. HENRY HILL. GEO. BRISCOE. THOMAS SAVAGE. WM. WARNER, JUNR. THOMAS PERRY. THO H. WARD. JOHN CORSEll. WM. PARKE. EDWD. COOKE. WILLIAM WARD. R. EVANS. COUNTY OF WORCESTER. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. rT^ HE Deputy Clerk of the Peace having sent by JL the Post, for the Overseers of each Parish or Township, his Precept, with Forms of Notices, Claims, and Objections, & c., under the Act 6 Vic. ch. 18, to enable them to execute their Duty correctly, ( and also some additional Instructions for their use), it is requested that the several POST MASTERS will be kind enough to give their aid in the early delivery of the same. Should any Overseers not receive their Packet either directly or upon personal enquiry at the Post Office, on or before Wed- nesday next, the 10th day of June, they must address the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, as below, and state the number of Churches and Chapels in their Parish, but the postage must be paid or it will be returned to the Dead Letter Office. The Deputy Clerk of the Peace lias again sent the Papers by the Post to the Overseers. Where there is no Post Office, they are sent to the nearest Post Town where inquiries should be made. C. A. HELM, D. C. P. June 6, 1846. Shirehall, Worcester. COUNTY OF WORCESTER. MIDSUMMER QUARTER SESSIONS. 1846. ALL Persons having any demand upon the County, for the payment of which the Order of the Court of Quarter Sessions is required, must leave the particulars thereof at the County Gaol, made up to the 31st day of May last, ( inclosed in a sealed cover, addressed " To the Finance Com- mittee,") at the County Gaol, Worcester, on or before Twelve o'Clock on Friday, the 12th day of June inst., or the same will not be allowed these Sessions. C. A. HELM, D. C. P. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shirehall, Worcester, June 2nd, 1846. COUNTY OF WORCESTER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE for this County will be held at the SHIREHALL, Worcester, on MONDAY, the 29th day of JUNE instant, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, when the County Business will be proceeded with in the order prescribed by the Rules of the Sessions. At Half- past Eleven o'Clock the business relating to the Assessment, Application, and Management of the County Stock and Rate, including the Police Rate, will commence; and all Persons having Accounts to pass, and whose attendance at Court is necessary, are required to be present at that hour. The Court will then receive the Reports of the Visiting Justices— the Finance Committee— the Hall and House Com- mittee— and the Police Committee. To appoint a Committee of Justices, pursuant to the Public Notice given by the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, to carry the Act of 8th and 9th Vic., ch. 126, into operation in this County, and which was postponed at the last Easter Quarter Sessions. To receive the Return of Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions, & c., for the half year ending the 30th day of June instant. When the County Business has been disposed of the Court will hear Appeals and Motions. On TUESDAY Morning, JUNE 30th, at Nine o'Clock, a. m., the Grand and Petit Jurors are required to be in attendance ; and the Court, after disposing of any Appeals and Motions which may remain, will proceed to the Trial of the Prisoners. All Persons bound by Recognizances will be called upon to appear, and all instructions to the Clerk of the Indict- ments must be given at his Office by Eight o'Clock a. m. on that Morning. Appeals to be tried at these Sessions must be entered with me, at my Office, in the COLLEGE YARD, before Nine o'Ciock on the Monday. The Clerks of the Petty Sessions are to forward all Deposi- tions, Informations, Recognizances, and Records of Convictions, with a correct List of such respective Documents, to me, at the Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shirehall, on or before Saturday, the 20th day June instant. C. A. HELM, D. C. P. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shirehall, Worcester, June 9th, 1846. N. B The Oaths of Qualifications, & c., must be taken before Twelve o'Clock. PERUVIAN GUANO. H. & J. WEBB HAVING purchased the " Glentanners' PERU- VIAN GUANO, imported by Messrs. Win. J. Myers and Co., Liverpool, will have much pleasure in forwarding any one the Analysis of the same by Dr. A. Ure, M. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry, London. Dr. A. Ure, states in his Report— " This Guano surpasses in purity and richness of fertilizing ingredients any sample which I have hitherto examined, and it is, I believe, the best which has ever been imported." City Wharf, Bath Road, Worcester, February 13th, 1846. P. S.— Linseed, Crushed ditto, African Guano, Nitrate Soda, Gypsum, Sulphuric Acid, & c. See. THE DAILY NEWS, NEW LONDON MORNING NEWSPAPER, PRICE TWOPENCE HALFPENNY, PUBLISHED IN TIME FOR THE MORNING MAILS. Whitefriars, June 11th. THE Proprietors of THE DAILY NEWS regret to learn that the Paper has not always reached the Subscribers so early or so punctually as might reasonably have been anticipated. Their apology is, that the success of the great experiment so far exceeded all expectation, that it was not possible to produce the required numbers, even with the most powerful machinery, in time for the Morning Expresses and Mails ; and the number of Post Office Orders which poured in made it difficult, and some days impossible to distribute them amongst the Trade— so that delays in executing such orders were unavoidable. They trust, however, that their arrangements are now so com- plete as to insure the Subscribers against all chance of delay : yet, as all the respectable News Agents have given to THE DAILY NEWS an active support, and many have announced by advertisement their willingness to supply the Paper for 16s. 4d. per quarter— payment being made in advance— the Proprietors recommend that new Subscribers should order copies direct from a News Agent, and only when there is an apparent difficulty transmit a Post Office Order, payable to Joseph Smith, Daily News Office, Whitefriars, London. WHEREAS a Petition of WILLIAM JENKINS PROTHEROE, for the last eight years, with his wife and family, lodging in Flood Street, in the Borough of Dudley, in the County of Worcester, Fire- iron Manufacturer, and for the last fourteen months carrying on business in Flood Street aforesaid, as a Retailer of Ale and Beer, in the name of his Sister- in- law, Hannah Robinson, having been filed in the Bir- mingham District Court of Bankruptcy, and the Interim Order for Protection from Process having been given to the said William Jenkins Protheroe under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament holden in the oth and 6th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said William Jenkins Protheroe is hereby required to appear in Court before John Balguy, Esquire, a Commissioner acting in the Prosecution of Fiats in Bankruptcy in the said District Court, on the 23rd day of June instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy at Birmingham, for the purpose of being then and there examined touching his Debts, Estate, and Effects, and to be further dealt with accord- ing to the provisions of the said Act. All Persons indebted to the said William Jenkins Protheroe, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. James Christie, the Official Assignee, nomin- ated in that behalf by a Commissioner so acting. EDWARD BLUCK, Esq., Solicitor, Birmingham, EXTENSIVE FREEHOLD PROPERTY IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, ALL that capital MESSUAGE or DWELLING- HOUSE, called the " AVENUE HOUSE," with the Avenue Approach from the Cross, comprising a spacious and handsome Entrance Hall and noble Staircase, excellent Dining, Drawing, and Breakfast Rooms, five Bed Rooms, Dressing Room, Water Closet, Store Room, Best Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Brewhouse, small Yard, and very good arched Cellaring, together with a large Walled Garden immediately at the back, tastefully laid out; Greenhouse, & c. Also a newly- erected WAREHOUSE, adjoining the above, with arched Vault, comprising a Ground Floor and two Floors over, Yard, two- stalled Stable, and Loft, with a right of road into St. Nicholas Street. Also all that MESSUAGE adjoining the Avenue House, and now occupied as the GUARDIAN PRINTING OFFICE. The above Premises are situated at or near the Cross, in the Parish of St. Nicholas, in the City of Worcester, and are in the several occupations of H. D. Carden, Esq., Surgeon, Messrs. Williams, Edgecombe, and Company, Grocers, and the Proprietors of the Guardian Office, as Undertenants to R. Yapp, Esq., the Tenant of the whole, whose tenancy will expire on the 25th day of March next. The situation and space of the foregoing^ Property is admirably adapted for any person or persons desirous of establishing a manufactory, or carrying on an extensive corn or other business, especially as the Proprietor would, if requested, accommodate the purchaser with extensive additional property adjoining, and which would give, besides the Cross, a frontage to St. Nicholas Street and Trinity Street, leading to the intended Station of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and the Canal Basin. The admirable improvements in the navigation of the River Severn, connected with the various Railways intended to be brought to Worcester, must make the City one of the most important in the provinces for the purpose of commerce. Also, all that NEWLY- ERECTED BUILDING, situate in NICHOLAS STREET, fronting the Pack Horse Inn, formerly used as BILLIARD ROOMS, containing on the ground floor two handsome Rooms, measuring together 50 feet long by 18 feet wide, with large Skylight, and fitted up in excellent style, suitable for Public Rooms, School, or Store Rooms, with handsome Front, protected by Iron Railing, now in the occupation of Mr. Darby. Possession may be obtained by a quarter's notice. The above Premises are Freehold of Inheritance except a small part of the Greenhouse, which is Leasehold for years under the Corporation of Worcester; and may be viewed by leave of the respective Tenants on Tuesdays and Fridays in each week, between the hours of eleven and four. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Swann, Solicitors, Gloucester, or to Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Solicitors, or Air. Bentley, Auctioneer, Worcester. WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON" TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THE 7TH AND 8TH OF JULY, 1846. rpHE SEVERN STAKES of 5 Sovereigns each, I with 25 Sovs. added. Three years old, 7st.; Four* 8st. 41b.; Five, 8st. 131b.; Six and aged, 9st. 31b. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. Mr. B. Collett's b. f. Nannie, by Epirus, out of Madcap, by Dinmont, 3 yrs- old. Mr. J. Clay nas. ch. c. Pal, by Confederate, 3 yrs. old. Mr. G. Dumble's br. g. Rosin the Beau, h. b., 3 yrs. old. Mr. J. Thompson's ch. f. Hope, 4 jrs. old. Gen. H. B. Lygon nas. Fair Charlotte, 5 yrs. old. Mr. E. Peel's br. c. Spithead, 3 yrs. old. * Mr. E. Griffith's b. h. Newcourt, aged. Sir J. Gerard's Mermaid, 3 yrs. old. Morocco, 3 yrs. old. Mr. Wall's b. c. Borrani, 4 yrs. old. THE TWO- YEAR OLD STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added ; colts, 8st. 51b.; fillies, 8st 21b. A straight run of a half a mile of the Five- furlong Course. Mr. Pearce's b. f. Yellow Rose, by Lanercost, out of Zizza. Mr. E. Peel's br. f. Tweed. Mr. E. Griffiths's Lady Lift. Mr. Yarworth's Commerce. Lord Caledon's gr. f. by Simoom, out of Pergama. THE WORCESTERSHIRE STAKES of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft ., and only 5 it declared on or before the 21st of June, with 100 added; the second horse to receive back his stake, two miles. Five to remain in, or no race ; and five to start, or only £ 50 will be added. A winner after the weights are out of the value of £ 300 at any one time, to carry ,51b. extra. The horses to be named, and declarations made in writing, to Messrs. Weat. herby, London, or the Clerk of the Course, Wor- cester. Persons taking nominations and not declaring on or before the 21st of June, will be liable to £ 10 or £ 20, as the case may be. The winner to pay £ 20 towards expenses. st. lb. Mr. Meiklam's br. h. Trueboy, 6 yrs 9 0 Mr. E. Griffiths's b. h. Newcourt, aged 8 12 Mr. Meiklam's br. h. Godfrey, 5 yrs 8 10 Mr. I. R. Cookes nas. br. h. Telemachus, 5 yrs. ... 8 3 Mr. Critchley's br. c. Cceur de Lion, 4 yrs 7 13 Mr. W. R. Puleston nas. ch. g. Dulcet^ 4 yrs 7 12 Mr. J. Mytton nas. b. c. Freeman, 4 yrs 7 8 Mr. R. Clifton's ch. g. Wiiford, 5 yrs 7 8 Sir J. Gerard's The Snob, 4 yrs 7 5 Mr. G. A. E. Wall's br. c. Borrani, 4 yrs. 7 5 Mr. J. T. Raworth's b. c. Idolater, 4 yrs 7 4 Mr. A. W. Hill's ch. c. Ironmaster, 4 yrs 7 4 Mr. R. Peel's br. c. Spithead, 3 yrs 7 2 Mr. B. Collett's b. m. Vitula, 6 yrs 7 Sir W. Don nas. br. c. Brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs... 6 10 Mr. I. C. Johns nas. br. g. Minus, 5 yrs 6 8 Sir J. Gerard's Morocco, 3 yrs 0 8 Mermaid, 3 yrs G 7 Mr. I. Day nas. Zela, 5 yrs 6 ( J Capt. Harcourt's br. c. The Druid, 3 yrs 6 6 THE DROITWICH STAKES of 10 Sovs. each, with 20 adued. Two yrs. old, 6st. 81b. ; three, 8st. 101b. ; fillies allowed 31b. A winner of £ 100 at any one time previous to starting to carry 41b. extra. A straight run of five furlongs. The horses to be named, and names and colours of the riders given, in writing, to the Clerk of the Course, by seven o'clock, p. m. on Monday, the 6th of July, at the Hop Market Inn. General H. B. Lygon. Mr. E. Peel. Mr. T. Carr. Mr. E. Griffiths. Mr. J. T. Raworth. THE TRADESMAN'S CUP of 50 sovs. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., and only 5 if declared on or before the 21st day of June ; three miles. A winner of 300 sovs. value at any one time after the weights are out, to carry 51b. extra. Three to start or no race; the second horse to receive back his stake, and the winner to pay £ 10 towards expenses. The horses to be named, and declarations made, in writing, to Messrs. Weatherby, London, or to the Clerk of the Course, Worcester. Persons taking nominations and not declaring on or before the 21st of June, will be liable to the £ 10 or £' 15 as the case may be. st. lb. Mr. Meiklam's br. h- Trueboy, 6 yrs 9 8 Mr. St. Paul's br. h. Telemachus, 5 yrs 8 12 Mr. T. Parr's ch. g. Dulcet, 4 yrs 8 7 Capt. Harcourt's br. c. The Druid, 3 yrs 7 7 Mr. Wall's b. g. Minus, 5 yrs 7 7 Mr. B. Collett's ch. c. Pal, by Confederate, 3 yrs. ... 7 0 THE SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added ; three- years- old to carry 7st. 101b; four, 9st.; five, 9st. 101b.; six and aged, lOst.; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs. ; the winner to be sold for £ 200, if demanded, & c.; if for £ 150, to be allowed 71b.; if for £ 100,141b.; and if for £ 50, 211b. A mile and a quarter. To close and name to the Clerk of the Course by seven o'clock p. m. on Monday, July the 6th, at the Hop Market Inn. THE CITY MEMBERS' PLATE of £ 50; three- years- old, 6st. 101b.; four, 8st. 121b.; five, 8st. 9lb.; six, 9st. 21b.; and aged, 9st. 41b.; mares and geldings allowed 31b. A winner of £ 50 in the present year to carry 31b.; twice, 51b. extra. Two- mile heats. To enter at the Hop Market Inn on Monday Evening, the 6th day of July next, between the hours of six and seven o'clock. To pay 2 sovs. entrance, and 10s. each for scales and weights. The second horse to receive the entrance money. No post- entrance allowed. PURSE OF FIFTY SOVS. given by the Members for the Western Division of the County, for horses that never won before the 1st of May last; three- years- old to carry 7st- 12lb.; four, 9st. 41b.; five, Dst. 12lb.; six and aged, lOst; Mares and geldings allowed 31b.; half- bred horses allowed 7lb.; and horses bred in the County, and bona fide the property of an Elector of the said County, allowed 7lb. Horses dropped out of Worces- tershire, through their dams being sent therefrom before foaling, expressly for the purpose of a stallion, are considered bred in the county. To enter at the Hop Market Inn, between the hours of six and seven o'clock on Monday Evening, the 6th day of July next. To pay 2 sovs. entrance, and 10s. each for scales and weights. The entrance- money to go to the second horse. Two- mile heats. The following rules will be strictly enforced :— No money will ba added to any Stake, & c., if walked over for, nor will less than three reputed horses be allowed to start for the County and City Members' Plates without the consent of the Steward. All entries, as well as the names and colours of the rideis, must be made in writing, sealed, and delivered to the Clerk of the Course, at the Hop Market Inn, between the hours of six and seven on Monday evening, the 6th of July, and no horse, although a winner, will be paid the Stakes, & c., under any pretence whatever, if he be ridden in a colour different to that given at the entry. Horses to stand at the house of4a subscriber of one sov. to the fund, to be plated by a smith who subscribes one sov., and all former Stakes to have been paid, or not entitled, although a winner. The rules relative to defaulters in bets or stakes will also be strictly attended to. No horse will be allowed to start whose stake is not paid to the Clerk of the Course, at his house, before ten o'clock on the morning of the race. The horses to be saddled in the paddock, and cantered once at least before the Grand Stand. Each horse to pay 10s. for scales and weights, and each winner one sov. In order to meet the expenses of the Course, each horse,- either ridden or drawing, will be charged Is. at the entrance gates. Places for Booths or Stands to be taken only of the Clerk of the Course, at his house, between the hours of one and four o'clock on Tuesday evening, June 30th. No Bowling Alleys will ne allowed on Pitchcroft. J. J. MARTIN, ESQ., 1Steward<! ROBERT PEEL, ESQ., / ^ waras. WILLIAM TOLLEY, Clerk of the Course. MR. WILLIAM WEBB, Secretary. The AUTUMN MEETING will take place on WEDNES- DAY and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER the 4th and 5th, and the GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE CHASES on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER the 6th, open to all the world, formerly held in March. The conditions will be advertised in due time. __ „ WILLIAM TOLLEY, Clerk of the Course* MR. WILLIAM WEBB, Secretary. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6. STOCKS.— At Zo'ct. FRT. I SAT. MUX. TUBS. WFP, THURS Bank Stock 206J 205J 200* 2051 3 per Cent. Red Ann. 9^ 95 i 9oi 9oi 94} 95 3 per Cent Cons 9Gi Cons, for Account.... 97 95* 95J 9o* U4R ' M 3i perCent. 1818 .... 3 per Cent. Red New 3J per Cent 97J 97- s 9,' i 97 9 « j 97 3 per Cent. 1820 Bank Long Ann 10$ lOj 10i 10} 104 India Stock 26' iJ India Bonds ! ! 28 r 27 r Excheq. Bills 17 r 22 l 17 v 10 i> 17 B 12 P FRIDAY EVENTNG, JUNE 12, 1816. LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSEL ON THH SCAHKOLD. ' I did believe, and do still, thai Popery is breaking in upon " this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing " to carry on their designs; and 1 am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give their helping hand to n." Ia a few days— perhaps in a few hours— it is more than probable that we shall have a change of Min- isters ; and we can safely say that the fall of the existing Cabinet will be exulted in by all parties. The Whigs will exult in it as a party triumph; the Leaguers as a victory achieved by that crooked and insidious policy which they have adopted, and by which they have ensnai'ed the Premier " to lure him to his doom;" the Irish repealers will rejoice in the ruin of the Ministry, because they will find in it, taken in connexion with their new entente cordiale with the clique of Chesnam- place— if any cordial feeling can subsist between such parties— some ground of hope for the accomplishment of their treasonous and revolutionary designs; and lastly, the honest party, the patriotic Protectionists, will hail the fall of PEEL and GRAHAM, of the latter more especially, as the just punishment of political tergiversation and profligacy, as the triumph of truth and honesty over fraud, hypocrisy, and chicane. As the honest Standard says, even the kind or respectful feeling that is enter- tained in most quarters to some of the Ministers— the Duke of WELLINGTON, the CHANCELLOR, Mr. GOUL- BUHN, Lord DALHOUSIE, Sir GEORGE CLERK, and one or two others— tends rather to augment than to allay the general satisfaction at the breaking up. It is considered that a separation, however effected, of these noblemen and gentlemen from Sir ROBERT FEEL and Sir JAMBs GRAHAM is a benefit to the parties relieved. As to Sir ROBERT and Sir JAMES, " they fall, like LUCIFER, never to rise again ;" but the other victims of the perfidy in which they have been almost reluctant agents have not lost all claim upon the public esteem; nay, they may regain the favour of the country in full measure and at once, if they will only do what some of them have lately talked of doing— cast off the master traitor, his man— or his master— Sir JAMES, and their detestable bill with them. The effort will call for an exertion of courage, but the Duke and the Chancellor are equal to it, and it is the only means by which even a remnant of the present Ministers can retain office. The defeat of the Corn Bill in the House of Lords is, however, a " sine qua non." We cannot entirely agree with some of our friends, • who accuse Sir R. PEEL of inconsistency. It is true that his recent doings have been inconsistent with his almost as recent professions and declarations; but ihey have not been inconsistent with his general political character— if it is not a pollution of the term to call that " character" which has ever exhibited either a pitiable weakness, vacillation, and irresolu- tion, or, which is the more probable case, a regularly organised system of hypocrisy and deception. His conduct in 1846, as compared with his professions in 1842, is just of a piece with his conduct in 1829 as compared with his professions in 1825. In the last- mentioned year he deprecated in the strongest lan- guage the emancipation, as it was called, of the Roman Catholics ; and four years afterwards, having in the meantime succeeded in driving Mr. CANNING from office on that very question, he carried the emancipation in defiance of the sense of the nation recorded in innumerable petitions, and in the very teeth of his Sovereign, whose assent to the measure was absolutely extorted from him. The present 1 posture of affairs gives us an exact parallel to this j case. In 1842 Sir R. PEEL emphatically declared that j he would hold fast by the principle of Protection to \ native industry ; and four years afterwards we find ! him declaring his conviction that that principle is not only inexpedient but unjust, and proposing to abolish it altogether; and we also find his coadjutor in the Upper House, in the practice of his customary tactics> dragooning the Lords with the unconstitutional declaration that this abolition of Protection is recom- mended by the Sovereign— a declaration to which we cannot give our credence. Having thus shown that, in these two instances at least, Sir R. PEEI/ S political life has been what Mr. D'ISRAELI called his Government, " an organised hypocrisy," we must pause ; but not before we have recorded our deliberate conviction that no change of Ministry can be a change for the worse, and that a clear riddance of Sir R. PEEL will be a great national benefit. ORDINATION. Sunday last ( being Trinity Sunday) ordinations were held by several Right llev. Prelates for their respective dioceses. WORCESTER The Lord Bishop of Worcester held an ordination in the cathedral church of this city. The candidates had been examined oil the previous day, at Hallow, by the Rev. H. J. Stevenson, the Examining Chaplain, and Vicar of that parish; after which they were addressed in suitable terms by his Lordship on the duties, prospects, and dangers, which attach to the office of the ministry. The ordination sermon on Sunday was preached by the Rev. D. Melville, Rector of Shelsley Beauchamp and Shelsley Walsh, and Proctor and Tutor of the University of Durham ; the text was from Luke, 8 c., 11 v. The following candidates were ordained:— DEACONS. Adams, Daniel Charles Octavius, B. A., St. John's College, Oxford. ! Barker, 3Iatthias, B. A., Clare Hall, Cambridg; e. > Brown, Joseph Thomas, B. A., Corpus Christi College, Cam- j bridge. Douglas, the Hon. Henry, B. A., University College, Durham, j Hussey, James Mc Connell, B. A., Exeter College, Oxford. Layng, Edward, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Male, Christopher Parr, B. A., Christ's College, Cambridge. Milner, James, B. A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Molineux, Thomas, S. C. L., New Inn Hall, Oxford. Plow, Anthony Henry, Queen's College, Cambridge. Ruxton, William James Mylne, St. John's College, Cambridge. Thursby, Matthew William Frederic, B. A., Lincoln College, Oxford. Spackman, Charles, B. A., New Inn Hall, Oxford, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Ripon. PRIESTS. Beamish, Samuel Henry, B. A., Clare Hall, Cambridge. Dawson, Henry, B A., Balliol College, Oxfoid. Dayman, Alfred Jekin, B. A., Exeter College, Oxford. Dickson, Geo. David William, B. A., Exeter College, Oxford. Fancourt, William Joseph, Literate. Green, Henry Armel, L. L. B., Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Howard, George Routh, B. A., New Inn Hall, Oxford. Kee, John Mac, B. A., Trinity College, Dublin. Kewby, George Robinson, B. A., University College, Durham. Laing, Francis Henry, M. A , Wadham College, Oxford. Lighton, Sir Christopher Robert, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Mockler, George, B. A., Trinity College, Dublin. Murray, Henry, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Parnell, Thomas Augustus, B. A., St. John's College, Oxford. Rufford, William, B. A., Magdalene Hall, Oxford. Taylor, John, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Thompson, Jos. Hesselgrave, B. A., Magdalene Hall, Oxford. Walsh, William, M. A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Blacker, Beaver Henry, M. A., Trinity College, Dublin, by letters dimissory from the Archbishop of Dublin. Deane, Barry O'Meara, B. A., Trinity College, Dublin, ditto. Moore, Francis Wellington, St. Bee's, Cumberland, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of St. David's. Phipps, William, B. B., Trinity College, Dublin, by letters dimissory from the Archbishop of Dublin. THE SALMON FISHERIES BILL.— On Saturday the | COULTAS v. BOWES CLERK.— Yesterday in the Court meeting advertised in our last of the members of the Severn i of Common Pleas. Mr. Sergt. Talfourd showed cause in this HEREFORD.— The Bishop of Hereford held an ordination at All Saints Church in that city, on which occasion a suitable sermon was preached by the Rev. Jas. Gaibett, of Upton Bishop, and the following were admitted into holy orders:— DEACONS: Clarke, Charles Whitley, B. A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Didham, Richard Cunningham, B. A., Emanuel College, Cambridge. Irving, George Charles, B. A., Christ Church, Oxford. Lea, Josiah Turner, B. A., University College, Oxford. Morgan, Hanmer, B. A., New Inn Hall, Oxford. White, Thomas Pritchard, B. A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Owen, Richard, B. A., St. David's College, Lampeter; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Llandaff. Lamb, Vincent, B. A., Trinity College, Dublin ; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Ripon. Nixon, Charles Farnsworth, B. A., Lincoln College, Oxford; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Ripon. PRIESTS : Anstice, Robert Richard, M. A., Christ Church, Oxford. Curry, Robert Arthur, B. A., St. John's College, Oxford. Dixon, Thomas, B. A., Jesus College, Cambridge. Egerton, George Henry, B. A., Brasenose College, Oxford. Pix, Henry, B. A., Emanuel College, Cambridge. Davies, David, St. David's College, Lampeter; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of St. David's. Edwards, John, St. David's College, Lampeter; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of St. David's. Davies, Evan Lewis, M. A., Jesus College, Oxford; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Thelwall, Edward William, B. A., Jesus College, Oxford; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Heaton, Hugh Edward, B. A., Jesus College, Oxford; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Howell, Kbenezer, B. A., Emanuel College, Cambridge; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Ripon. Lloyd, Edmund John, B. A., Christ College, Cambridge ; by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Jones, Edward, B. A., Jesus College, Oxford; by letters dimis- sory from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Fisheries Association was held at she Guildhall, J. M. Gutch, Esq., in the chair. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the present position of the bill for the protection of the salmon fisheries, recently brought in by Sir T. Wilmington, Bart. It was represented at the meeting that an objection had been started by Lord Clive at the recent meeting held in Lon- don on this subject, that the proviso in favour of ancient putt fisheries contained in the proposed Act did not go far enough, and it was left to his Lordship to propose a clause in lieu of the proviso. This clause ( A.) when introduced was found not only to exempt ancient putt fisheries from the operation of the Act but also every other description of means for taking fish— whether by dams, weirs, putts, putcheons, or any other devices which had attained the bad eminence of 20 years' standing, and to give legal authority to all practices by owners or occupiers of exclusive fisheries that have been used thus long, thereby actually confining the operation of the bill to the poorer class of fishermen. Of course, therefore, the Severn Association and the promoters of Sir T. Wilmington's bill would not consent to the introduction of Lord Clive's clause, though it was feared that the influence of his Lordship's family in the House would succeed in rejecting the bill unless accompanied by such a clause. The meeting, after speeches from Mr. Gutcb, the Rev. J. R. Berkekey, Mr. G. Allies, and others, unanimously passed resolutions urging Sir T. Winnington to reject the clause, even at the peril of his bill, and calling on the public generally to support the views of the Society. Among these resolutions was one embodying a protest against the clause proposed to be introduced by Lord Ciive, on the following grounds:— L— Because it will to a great extent nullify the entire object of the proposed bill, inasmuch as it proposes to authorise by law all practices by owners or occupiers of exclusive fisheries that have been in use for the last 20 years, including every descrip- tion of means for taking fish by dams, weirs, putts, putcheons, and other constructions and devices : whereas it is a most es- sential object of the fisheries bill to regulate, alter, and amend those very practices, as to them the decay of the salmon fisheries of England and Wales is mainly attributable. II.— Because the clause appears to this Association to be partial and unjust. It creates an invidious distinction between the classes of fishermen, inasmuch as it proposes to protect the higher class of fishermen, or owners and occupiers of fisheries in which stationary machinery is used in every improper prac- tice which has attained the bad eminence of 20 years' standing ; whereas it leaves the wholesome provisions of the Act applicable only to the common fisheries worked by net fishermen, who are in general poor men of small means. This distinction stamps the clause as being manifestly partial in its application and unjust in regard to the poorer class. The resolutions adopted at the meeting will be found in our advertising columns, and the Association has done its duty in passing them. We fear, however, from the little interest which the general body of Members of Parliament take in this im- portant subject, that all their labours in this cause will prove of no avail in passing the measure. The interested opponents of the bill use every endeavour to enlist their friends in opposing it, or in getting this very obnoxious clause A. introduced into it, and we fear they will be successful. Should our anticipa- tions unhappily prove correct the fate of this excellent measure will go a great way to prove the existence of selfishness in our legislators to a far greater extent than even the most initiated have imagined. At present the bill stands for Committee for Wednesday, the 24th instant. THE RAILWAY GAUGE QUESTION.— In the preceding page will bo found a carefully digested abstract of the minute of the Privy Council for Trade, oa the recent report of the Gauge Commission, and on which will be founded the regulations of the Government, with reference to the much discussed question of gauge. This minute, if not so satis- factory as the advocates of the broad gauge could have wished, nevertheless has a more impartial bearing than the report of the same body on this subject last year, and than that of the Gauge Commission, made a few months ago. It will be seen that with reference to the Commission, the Lords of the Privy Council for Trade confess themselves " unable to concur to the full extent" in their recommendations, and accordingly they draw an imaginary line across the country, dividing the territory of the broad and narrow gauge within limits which, we must confess, are not very clearly defined, However, there is one thing certain— the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- verhampton line of railway will be constructed upon the broad gauge from Oxford to this city, with thj double line of rails ( broad and narrow) between Worcester and Wolverhampton, as originally intended, the Rugby aud Oxford line having also both gauges of railway laid down throughout. Another feature in these minutes favourable to this city is the recommendation for extending the broad gauge into South Wales, which we think will favour a through line into that part of the kingdom in connection with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. It will be seen also by our digest of this minute that their Lordships advert to " the great public importance of a continuous line of com- munication with the south of Irelaud, and of a second line o/ communication from London to Ireland generally." This declaration may certainly be taken as favourable to the Worcester and Porth Dynllaen undertaking, and we heartily trust that the result may prove the correctness of our opinion. We are glad to notice that the Town Council of this city at a special meeting convened for the purpose on Mondav, unani- mously passed a resolution iu favour of the Porth Dynllaen line and the broad gauge. The promoters of this important undertaking have obtained leave to adjourn the enquiry into their case before Parliament until Monday next. An application was made on Wednesday to the Committee on Group 39 and 41 of railways for this purpose, when it was stated that the report of the Board of Trade ( just then made) had rendered it uecessarv to consider upon the course which should be adopted in reference to the undertaking, and the Committee accordingly deferred entering upon the considera- tion of the bill until Monday. That there must some time or other be constructed a line of railway from this city into South Wales, as already suggested, cannot be gainsaid. We stated in our last that the Directors of the Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway had resolved to take the sense of the shareholders on the propriety of dissolving the Company. There is, however, one point in the report of the Board of Trade which may perhaps revive this undertaking : we allude to the recommendation that " the South Wales line, togetfier with its branch to Monmouth and Hereford" should as originally sanctioned be formed on the broad gauge. The want of railway communication between this citv and the South Wales and Herefordshire district is beyonl denial, and might easily be proved before a Parliamentary Committee; and what undertaking, we would ask, would better afford the desired accommodation than the Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railwav \ CELEBRATION OF THE QUERN'S BIRTHDAY.— Tuesday last having been specially appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the customary rejoicings took place in London, and grand dinners were given by various mem- bers of the diplomatic circle. In the evening the public buildings, & c., were gaiiy illuminated as usual. SERMONS.— On Sunday last, after sermons by the Rev. G. Hodson and the Rev. W. Godfery, at St. Andrew's Church, the sum of £ 1' 2. Is. 2d. was collected towards the salary of the organist, Mr. Newton. CONFIRMATION BY THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER.— The Bishop of Worcester held his biennial confirmation at St. Philip's Church, Birmingham, on Monday last, on which occasion nearly all the clergy in the town were present. The congregation was very numerous and respectable. The Bishop's address to the candidates for confirmation, which was lucid and full of kind feeling, was listened to with the greatest attention. At its close, the right reverend prelate administered the rite to 653 males and 339 females. We understand that during the period since the commencement of the biennial confirmations, in 1840, the number of young people who have received the rite has been 3,285 ; during the six years previous it was 2,350, showing an increase in the period just ended of 965. The youths confirmed on Monday last belonged almost exclusively to the town ; on former occasions there were considerable numbers of candidates from the neighbouring villages and hamlets. PREFERMENTS.— The Rev. George Stable, Clerk, B. A., has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Worcester to the Vicarage of Wappenbury, Warwickshire. Patroness, Miss Pearman.— The Rev. George Carter, Clerk, M. A., has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Worcester to the Perpetual Curacy of Wyken, Warwickshire. Patron, the Earl of Craven.— The Rev. Russell Cope has been licensed to the District or Perpetual Curacy of St. Jude, in Birmingham, ou the nomination of her Majesty.— The Rev. John Draper has been licensed to the Curacy of St. Thomas's, Birming- ham.— The Rev. William Speke has been licensed to the Curacy of Oinbersley, in this county.— The Rev. D. L. Cousins has been licensed to the Curacy of Eckington, in this county.— The Rev. F. H. liomney has been licensed to the Curacy of Grimley, in this county.— The Rev. Other Phillpott has been licensed to the Curacy of Wellacd, in this county. WORCESTERSHIRE TOXOPHOLITE SOCIETY. — We are happy to announce that the fashionable practice of Archery is now introduced into this county, and that the society is fully organized, amounting in number to about 160 members, of the principal county families. The Committee have appointed their meetings for the present year to be held at Strensbam, on Tuesday the 4th of August, and at Hewell, on Thursday the 3rd of September. THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.— We are happy to copy the favourable notices here subjoined of two pictures by our talented fellow- citizen, Mr. S. Cole:— Portrait of Mrs. Savage— S. Cole— This is an admirable cabinet half- length. It shews a lady in a black velvet dress, with a coloured scarf thrown gracefully over the shoulders, standing by a consol- table, on whose marble top she rests her hand. The clearness and purity of the colouring, truth of textures, and delicate pencilling, which distinguish this work, abundantly testify to the superior genius of Mr. Cole. The same remarks apply to the Portrait of Henry Mann, Esq., by this artist, in the octagon room.— Critic. Portrait of Henry Mann, Esq., Attache to the British Embassy in Persia. — S. Cole.— This is a small portrait, three- quarter- length, finished with all the delicacy of miniature ; the head is accurately drawn, and the expression of the features agreeable and full of animation.— Art Union. THE WEATHER AND CROPS.— Since our last we have had a grateful change in the weather. The extreme heat of last week continued up to the afternoon of Sunday last, at which time the thermometer stood at upwards of 90 in the shade, or several degrees above fever heat. In the afternoon a heavy mass of clouds gathered together, and discharged their contents in a most refreshing shower, which, however, was but of short continuance, though to the east and south the fall of rain was much heavier. Since Sunday the temperature has been more mild. Hay- making has become almost general in this neighbourhood, but the " swath" in some places is not so heavy as had been anticipated. THE GARDEN.— Tlie natural result of a mild winter has shown itself in an unusual abundance of insects and slugs, which now infest our gardens to an extraordinary degree. Slugs and snails are eating up out tender crops and flowers, aud the aphis is clustering on the roses to the utter destruction of their beauty. Numerous purifying expedients have already been suggested for the slugs in this paper, but the last which we hear of as the most likely to answer the purpose is an application of lime water— say two or three times— night and morning— when these reptiles show themselves. Lime water will destroy slugs and snails, but does not injure vegetation. Potato water, tobacco ashes, and tobacco water, have been recommended as antidotes to the aphis, but the last and cleanest prepara- tion we have heard of ( and which is strongly recommended by the Editor of the Gardener's Chronicle,) is carbonate of ammonia for common smelling salts.) The proportion would be about half an ounce of the salts to a quart of water, if the salts be pure and fresh, but a larger proportion of salts would be required, if purchased at the retail druggists. It should be applied frequently with a rose syringe in small quantities. This purifier has the merit of being cleanly and effectual, besides which it improves the health of the foliage. All the other washes, though perhaps as powerful as this, are dirty, and therefore objectionable iu flower gardens. THE DROITWICH SALT TRADE.— A deputation has recently waited upon the Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Control, on the subject of the duty now levied by the East India Company on exports of salt from this country to India. It is contended that this duty ought now to be remitted, and the case is now before the Com- pany's Directors. It is said that the matter is to be brought before Parliament by Sir Thomas Wilde. We observe that the Amelia Hill, 500 tons, was dispatched from Gloucester for Calcutta last week, laden with salt from the Imperial Works at Stoke Prior; and it is intended by the enterpris ing parlies who have the management of that company to keep up the direct intercourse between the Severn and India; so that we may hope ere long to witness not only a thriving export trade from our noble river, but the produce of India brought direct to its banks, thence to be dis- tributed among . the contiguous districts, all of which cannot fail to participate in the benefit certain to be derived from direct communication with India. The Bromsgrove Improvement Bill was read a third time aud passed in the House of Comnious on Wednesday night last. WORCESTER DIOCESAN SCHOOL.— On Friday last the pupils of the above School, together with the exhibitioners of the Training School, under the tuition of the Rev. G. Elton, were examined by the Rev. H. J. Hastings, Rector of Arelev Kings, and the Rev. J. F. Mackarness, Vicar of Tardebigg, and Chaplain to the High Sheriff. On Saturday the pupils attended Divine service in the Cathedral, and afterwards assembled in the Chapter Library for the distribution of prizes. The Bishop of the diocese presided, and there were present the Hon. and Rev. Canon Fortescue, Canon Ingram, llev. H. J. Hastings, J. F. Mackarness, A. Wheeler, and 11. Sargeant. The Bishop having called upon the examiners for their report, the Rev. J. F. Mackarness, who had principally con- ducted the examination, expressed himself highly gratified with the result. The first four to whom prizes were awarded had in all their subjects passed a very creditable examination, and had far exceeded what he had been prepared to expect. All those to whom prizes had been awarded had acquitted themselves well, and he felt great pleasure in bearing testimony to the general proficiency of the scholars. He had examined the papers of the training pupils which were very creditable, especially those of the senior exhibitioner, Charles Twist, to whom a prize was awarded. The Bishop, in distributing the prizes, said he was much pleased with the report of the examiners, and hoped at all times to hear a report similarly favourable. He rejoiced in the continued prosperity of the School, and at ali times felt pleasure in presiding on an occasion like the present. His Lordship then distributed prizes to the following:— George Phillips, Francis Moreton, Charles Lloyd, William Osborne, William Rayer, Thomas Lucy, Robert Lloyd, Alfred Millichap, Edward Edgell, Alfred Hooke, Henry Webb, Richard Loxley. James Ender, Since the establishment of the school several training pupils have been appointed to parochial schools, and are proceeding in the discharge of their duties very satisfactorily. MODEL DRAWING.— It will be seen by an announce- ment in our advertising columns, that Mr. Durieux has com- menced a course of instruction in drawing, on the system of M. Dupuis, which is followed at the Normal School at Ver- sailles, and adopted by our Committee of Council on Education. We understand that the pupils draw from geometrical and solid forms only; the advantages derived from commencing with forms thus bounded by well- defined lines is, that the precision of the outline admits of the pupil being convinced to demonstration when he has committed an error, and of his correcting his error himself when it has been indicated to him. This is most important, as mere dogmatical teaching or correction is thereby avoided, and every line the pupil makes is the result of intelligence, and a test of knowledge. Iu effect, the end of this course of linear perspective drawing is to exercise the sense of vision in relation to forms by training the mind and hand to under- stand and delineate what the eye perceives, which is posi- tive science, and forms a basis of the superstructure of art. PERSHORE HORTICULTURAL SOCIF. TY.-^- A spirited attempt to establish a Horticultural Society in connection with this town has recently been made, and on Tuesday last the first or experimental meeting of the " Pershore Horticultural Society" was held: and the occasion being entirely a novel one in Pershore, the affair caused some stir among the fashionables. The day was delightfully fine and fitting the occasion, and the result was a very satisfactory exhibition. This undertaking has been promoted by a number of gentlemen of Pershore and its vicinity, who have formed themselves into a committee, with the object ( as we have already stated) of establishing a local Horticultural Society. The whole of the arrangements of detail are as yet incomplete, but the zeal and esprit which marks the proceedings of the Committee bid fair for the establish- ment of an association which shall bear comparison with those of neighbouring towns of larger population. By about three o'clock the whole of the specimens of the first show had been arranged for exhibition in the elegant ball room of the Three Tuns Inn, which was appropriated for the occasion, and by that hour there was a goodly muster of the gallant aud the fair of Pershore and the surrounding neighbourhood. The stands were ranged on either side of the room, and were well filled with choice flowers, amongst which were innumerable varieties of that universal favourite, the geranium— now in the pride of its bloom. This being the month of roses, too, there were a large number of very fine specimens of that delicious flower, which seemed to have been kept free from the aphis blight. There were pinks good and passable, fuschias abundant and beautiful, and inter alia a dish of elegant water lilies lying in their own pure element. Heaths were not wanting, and the calceolaria tribe had some fair representatives on the stands. Nor was the show barren of the fashionable " nosegay"— so- called. General Marriott took the first prize for a lozenge- shaped mass of flower blossoms, and VVra. Barker, ( a nurseryman, we presume), the second prize for an elevated nosegay relieved with moss. Of the two, had we been bound to have chosen the one, it would have been the latter • but cliacun a soil gout. This being the first or experimental exhibition, the admission was free, and the prizeholders returned the value of their premiums to the Committee for the benefit of the Association. The prizeholders were General Marriott, two prizes; F. Davis, Esq., for pinks, roses, and greenhouse plants, nine prizes; T. Holland, Esq., one prize for a basket of beautiful geraniums; Mr. Clarke seven prizes; and Wm. Barker, seven for pinks and geraniums. FESTIVITIES AT BLOCKLEY.— On Tuesday and Wed- nesday, the village of Blockley was thrown into an unusual state of excitement and bustle, consequent upon the annual feasts of the Victoria and Old Benefit Societies. Tuesday morning was ushered in by many a merry peal of bells, and at eleven o'clock, the general body of members of the Victoria headed by most of the honorary members, and a band of music, walked in proces- sion to church, and after Divine Service, perambulated the principal streets. They then adjourned to the Crown Inn, where dinner was provided by host Oliver, and served up in a style which did alike honour to the occasion, aud credit to the landlord. After the proposing of the customary toasts & c., the members separated. Day had scarcely dawned on Wednesday, ere the slumbers of the inhabitants were again broken by a band of music parading the village. The Old Benefit Society was established in 1763, and numbering 150 ordinary members, and the anniversary is usually looked forward to with a great degree of interest. This year's anniversary was no exception to the general rule, for from nine to eleven o'clock, groups of the pleasure- seating world were seen pouring into the village from every quarter. At eleven o'clock the members proceeded orderly to attend Divine Service, when an appropaiate sermon was preached by the Rev. G. Bailey. In the afternoon, upwards of 150 members, honorary members, and their friends, sat down to dinner at the Bell Inn, the Rev. G. Bailey, kindly condescend- ing to preside. The Secretary's statement was read after dinner, and two items in it deserve noticing. It appears that disburse- ments for the past year to sick members and for funerals amounted to £ 137. 9s., and that the Society has a considerable balance of increase. A few years back this Society was on the verge of bankruptcy, whereas now, the finances are in a pros- perous state, which is accounted for by the fact that the late Secretary was guilty of negligence, the Society dating its gradual return to prosperity from the period of the accession to office of the present Secretary, Mr. C. Pickering. The worthy hostess of the Bell ( Mrs. Humphries) made ample provision for her guests, and the festivities of the day were prolonged to a late hour.— From a Correspondent. WORCESTER COURT OF PLEAS.— In this court on Monday last, the case of " Noulcote v. Birbeck" was heard before Mr. Sidebottom. This was an action for the recovery of £ 3. 15s. due to plaintiff for work done . Mr. Daniel for the plaintiff and Mr. Rea for defendant. The allegation was that defendant had tendered £ 3, and plaintiff subse- quently consented and made a demand for lhat amount, which, however, had not been paid. ^ The fact of the formal notorious case against the rule nisi for a new trial, but the Court, after hearing him, decided upon granting a rule for another trial. BIGAMY AT EVESHAM.— A case of bigamy, which is likely to create some interest, has just transpired at Evesham. About twelve months since a person of pleasing manners took 3 house in Port Street, and commenced practice as a surgeon, under the name of Henry Lee Paget, and was getting into a business of some extent, but was on Monday morning given into the custody of the police on the charge of bigamy, and was fully committed to Worcester for trial at the forthcoming Assizes. It appears by the London papers of about August, 1841, that a person calling himself Dr. Durnell, who had been pratising in Albermarle Street as a physician, suddenly decamped, victimising tradesmen to a considerable extent; but, previous to which, he got introduced to the family of a medical gentleman of respectability, and made proposals of marriage to his daughter, and a day for the nuptials was actually fixed, when he was found to be a married man, and his real character exposed; and it now proves to be this identical Henry Lee Paget. It now appears that on the 7th of July, 1835, he married a daughter of a respectable dentist in London, named Mackarsie, and after living some time with her they separated. In September in the same year he had located himself at Abergavenny, and had again ingratiated himself into the affections of a young female, with whom he was about to be married, a day being fixed for the purpose, when fortunately he was again foiled, by some rumour of his character reaching the father, and upon enquiry the young woman escaped the connection. His next assay was at Bath, where, on the 7< h of March, 1844, he married a Miss Alice Lovel, with whom he was living at the time he was apprehended. For three years and upwards Mr. Mackarsie has been ignorant of his movements, and it was by a mere casualty that he dis- covered him .— Journal. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.— As Mr. W. Cowley, of Abbott's Morton, was returning home from our fair last week, in his gig, when near to Upton Snodsbury he came in contact with another gig in which were Mrs. Herbert, of Grafton, and Mrs. Jones, of Leigh. Mr. Cowley was thrown out wiih much violence, and received such injuries as to cause apprehension for his life. The ladies were also thrown out and much hurt, but we are happy to say they are nearly recovered. Neither parties were driving at a fast rate, and the collision was purely accidenial. We regret to hear that Mr. Cowley, who is attended by Mr. Carden and Mr. T. L. Smith, of Alcester,' is not out of danger A few days ago as Mr. Laugher, of Inkberrow, and Mr. Ball, of the same place, were proceeding in a gig to Offenham, Mr. Ball, when near Bidford, pulled off his white hat to acknowledge a person in a field on the side of the road, at which the horse took fright and ran away. They were both thrown out, and, alighting on their heads, the consequences must have been serious but for their hats, which broke their fall. The horse, which was a valuable one, was very much injured in Bidford Street, where he plunged about and broke the gig, leaving the body of it in the road. The gentlemen were conveyed to the Bnot Inn, and after procuring some new hats aud trousers, proceeded on their journey. VILLAGE WAKES.— These ancient festivals have for the most part degenerated in latter years into most objec- tionable and vice- promoting meetings— hard drinking and fighting forming their chief ingredients. We learn that on the occasion of an annual gathering of this kind at the village of Bretforton last Saturday, according to custom, pugilistic exhibitions formed an important feature among the rustic amusements. In one instance two fellows were engaged in combat when the county constabulary inter- fered to put a stop to it, upon which a bystander named Miller attempted to prevent them. In the scuffle Miller and a policeman were thrown down, and the former bit a piece out of the leg of the constable ! The constable then applied his staff to the cranium of Miller, and the injuries which he received in the affray are such as to endanger his life. DEATH FROM POISON.— An inquest was held by Mr. Hughes, ou Wednesday evening last, at the Sun Inn, Mamblc, to enquire into the circumstances attending the death of a single woman named Theodosia Dixon, aged 32 years, a servant in the employ of Mr. Holder, Collier's Hill, Mamble, who died on Monday morning last after violent vomiting. Considerable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood from the fact of deceased having had an illegitimate child some time since, and it being rumoured that she was again enceinte ; it was thereupon suspected that she had taken some deleterious drug for the purpose of abortion. Deceased was first taken ill on the Saturday, and on the Sunday her mother was sent for, Mr. Holder having several times requested deceased te have medical assistance, which she refused, at the same time denying that she had taken anything to disagree with her that she was aware of. The surgeon who made a post mortem examination said that he detected a quantity of arsenic, which was sometimes taken to procure abortion, but in most cases, when taken for that purpose, it proved fatal. He likewise found that deceased was enceinte. A fellow servant said deceased had told her she had been acquainted with a man named Dovey, who was in Mr. Holder's employ, but had since left and gone to Dudley. It was stated that no arsenic was kept in the house; and under all the circumstances the jury returned a verdict to the effect " that deceased died from the effects of poison, but whether taken or administered with a felonious intent there was no satisfactory evidence. FATAL ACCIDENT.— Mr. Best held an inquest on Monday, at Overbury, on Samuel Brookes, aged 61, who on Thursday last fell from a load of hay, whereby he was so seri- ously injured that he died on Saturday. Deceased, when picked up, had totally lost the use of his lower extremities, but was perfectly sensible. Verdict, " Accidental death." CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT.— Two men named II. Hughes and John Sullivan, havejustbeen committed for trial at our next Assizes, on a revolting charge of this nature, committed on a young woman named Harriet Turner, at Kingsnorton. It appeared that the poor girl, who had within a short period been living in a gentleman's family at Balsall Heath, was pursuaded to take a walk with the prisoners and another young woman, named Susan Smart, and a young man, an officer's servant, named Graham. They got as far as the Curds and Whey House, on the Pershore New Road, and the complainant began to be alarmed, as Graham, whom she considered as her sweet- heart, had left her, and Hughes began to take liberties with her. At this period the soldier also went off aud in a short time after a servant man, who resided near the place, was awoke by loud screams of distress proceeding from a female. The screaming continuing, he got up and hurried, with another gentleman's servant, 300 yards distance, from whence the shrieks proceeded, and they there found Hughes and the girl, who instantly in the greatest distress accused him of the offence with which he stands charged. FATAL ACCIDENT— Mi. Thomas Baylis, late of the parish of Colwall, the person who met with so serious an accident with a thrashing machine, an account of which we gave in last week's paper, has since died from the injuries he received, and at a coroner's inquest since held on the body before Henry Underwood, Esq., a verdict of " Acci- dental death" was returned. BROMSGROVE PETTY SESSIONS.— There was no case of any interest brought before the Magistrates sitting in Petty Sessions, at Bromsgrove, on Tuesday. BROMYARD PETTY SESSIONS.— OA Monday last, before W. Barneby, Esq., ( Chairman), the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Asaph, Revds. W. S. Hopton, W. B. Kempson, and W. Cooke: Timothy Hill, a beer- house- keeper, of Cradley, was brought up on a warrant charged with having, on Sunday, the 17th of May, violently beaten Jonathan Daniels. It appeared that a dispute arose in Hill's house in conse- quence of Daniels playing with a dog; Daniels in making his escape was thrown down and kicked by defendant, which was proved in evidence. J. B. Shelton, Esq., surgeon, of Bromyard, stated that he found defendant's neck and throat much swollen, and his jaw broken, and he considered him to be in a dangerous state. The Magistrates were of opinion that Hill had used brutal violence, aud he was fined £ 2 and £ 1. Is. 6d. costs ; the amount was paid. There were several other charges of assault heard, but they were of no interest at all. WARWICK FAIR.— At this fair on Monday last, there was a good number of sheep penned, but a very flat sale at reduced prices, the very best fetching no more than 6| d. per lb. Of beef there was a small supply, but vrfry good; prices were from 5| d. to 6d., according to quality. Stores and milkers were scarce. WORCESTER GAS. We extract the following from the breviate of the amended Bill of the New Worcester Gas Company now before Parlia- ment, and which is to be submitted to the proprietors of the Old Company at their advertised meeting on Friday next: " Clauses have been inserted requiring the Company, during such time as they shall furnish any private houses with gas, to provide and light with gas, at their own expense, six lamps, with three burners to each, in such parts of the city, contiguous to such private houses, as the Commissioners shall appoint. " The maximum price of gas by meter is not to exceed 6s. per 1000 cubic feet. " All contracts for lighting with ga* entered into by the Company, with the Commissioners or parochial authorities, are to contain a clause, making the same void if the price charged for gas be greater than what such parish or place could be lighted for in the usual manner with oil, for a period of not less than twelve months, by any contractor offering due security for the performance of his contract. " Clauses have been inserted requiring this Company to purchase the property and works of the Worcester Gas Light and Coke Company, if required so to do by the Company within three months from the passing of the Act, for such price as shall be agreed upon, or, in case of no agreement, as shall be settled by arbitration in manner provided by the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, except that if the arbitrators under that Act shall refuse or neglect to appoint an umpire, John Wilson Patten, Esq., M. P., if he be willing, is to be the umpire, or such person as he shall appoint; and if the person so appointed refuses, then such person as shall be appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Worcester. " The amended Bill requires the Company to give seven days previous notice to the persons having control of the Streets, and rive days previous notice to the persons having control of the Sewers,& c., intended to be broken up. " Clauses have been inserted, requiring the Company, at the request of the Commissioners for Paving the City of Worcester or supplying the same with water, to raise or sink their pipes, as may be required for the improvement of the streets, and requiring the Company to make good any damage that may be done to the water- pipes of the Commissioners. " The clauses regulating the laying of the gas- pipes with reference to the position of water- pipes have been struck out. " A clause has been inserted providing that the Company are not to convey their washings into any brook, river, ditch, or stream communicating with the river Severn. " A clause has been inserted for saving the rights of the Commissioners acting under the Act of the 4tii Geo. IV., for improving the Markets of Worcester." CITY POLICE. GUILDHALL, MONDAY. INFAMOUS HOUSES The Rev. C. Eckersall, Rector of All Saints, appeared before the Bench to make a complaint similar to that which had been made on Friday, that the Magis- trates would suppress an intolerable nuisance occasioned by two notorious houses of ill- fame, situated in a passage leading from Dolday to Blackfriars. Notices had been served, but it was found on inquiry that the parish constable was not a legal officer, never having been sworn in, consequently the notices which had been served by bim were invalid, and a formal course of procedure was recommended and adopted. In the course of conversation, the Mayor stated that exertions were being made in the parish of St. Nicholas to remove the nuisances, but they only located themselves in other places in the city, and he instanced one or two cases. Mr. Pullen, solicitor, observed that the most effectual way would be to employ " guardsmen," with lanterns, to stand at the door of each house at night, as had been done elsewhere. He thought that would have a similar effect to the conduct of the man who went into the shop of a sausage maker and, putting a dead cat out of his pocket cn to the counter, which was surrounded with customers, said to the pioprietor, " There, that's the seventh you owe me for, but it doesn't matter now," and forthwith walked out of the shop. The man's custom for sausages fell off from that day, and he thought his proposal a more likely way of remedying the evil than that of the worthy Rector of St. Nicholas— the taking the houses on his own responsibility and letting them to respectable tenants. Such a course was, in his opinion, a sort of premium upon such houses, and any one who had a void house would very soon get a tidy tenant by first of all setting it to bad characters. The law would allow the suppression of any house of ill- fame on due proceedings being taken, and a sum of £ 10 being paid to the tenant; but from his knowledge of the parish of All Saints, it would cost the parish about £ 2000 to get rid of all such houses therein ; and very often the parties, when ejected, never left the locality, and not unfrequently got into the same house again. Mr. Prosser, one of the churchwardens, said that if any expense at all was incurred in the matter, it must be defrayed by Mr. Eckersall, for the parish could not afford it. " The notices were placed in the hands of a proper officer, and the matter dropped. BREACH OF THE PEACE— Mrs. Sarah Edwards, of Newdix Court, applied to the Bench to bind John Fuller to keep the peace towards her. Mr. Pullen appeared for complainant, whose statement went to show that Fuller was in the habit of grossly insulting her in the streets whenever he met her, and he had threatened to do her personal injury in various ways. On Saturday last he met her in the market- place, and used very insulting language to her, and shook his fist in her face, first of all calling a policeman to witness that he did not strike her. Fuller, in defence, said he was constantly annoyed by the woman, with whom he had some time since had wrongful dealings, but which he wished to discontinue, and was therefore annoyed by her. The Magistrates bound him over to keep the peace, in his own recognizances of £ 10, and ordered him to pay 12s. costs. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— A youth named Taylor, who appeared to be labouring under extraordinary mental derange- ment, was brought before the Magistrates by Inspector Phillips, into whose custody he had been delivered on Saturday after- noon, the said youth having twice attempted to drown himself by jumping into the river Severn on Pitchcroft, but was rescued therefrom by Mr. John Tustin, who jumped in after him both times, and on being brought out the second time a policeman was sent for and he was given into custody. Taylor appeared quite stupified, and answered the several questions put to him in a very incoherent manner, and appeared as though he were suffering from the effects of liquor, but having been in custody since Saturday it was thought he must have taken something previously which operated upon his mental faculties. He said he worked for Mr. Burrow, of Tallow Hill, and that his father had used him cruelly, and turned him out of doors some time since. Mr. Burrow and his father were therefore sent for, when it turned out that his father had discarded him because he was too lazy to work, and Mr. Burrow had taken him into his employ and always found him a serviceable lad. On Saturday morning Mr. Burrow gave him 3s. to go on some errand, instead of which he went off, spent the money in liquor, and was heard of no more until found at. the station- house. Taylor had never indicated any intention of drowning himself, but had stated on one occasion that he shoald like to go bathing, and that he could swim furthest in deep water, meaning thereby he could not swim at all. The Magistrates thought he had better be given into the custody of his father, who promised to send him to the parish officers, for he was too poor to maintain him. WEDNESDAY. FELONY Edward Rudge was committed on a charge of stealing u black merino shawl, the property of Mrs. Evans, landlady of the Seven Stars public- house, Quay- street, on Monday night last. The prisoner was apprehended by Serjeant Chipp. FELONY.— Richard Poulteney and John Butler were charged with stealing two bottles of Worcestershire Sauce from a ham- per which they were removing into Crowley's waggon from Messrs. Lea and Perrins' warehouse, Bank- street. Butler was seen to steal one by some men working at Mr. Allies'. Neither prisoner is employed with Messrs. Crowley's waggon, but they had volunteered their services on the day in question. Poulteney is a boatman in their employ; he was discharged, and Butler was remanded until Saturday. ( TO- DAY) FRIDAY. ASSAULT, NO. 1— Jesse Fowkes was again brought up before the Magistrates, charged with assaulting Ann Sexton, servant at the Angel Inn, Silver Street, on Wednesday evening. Fowkes has undergone varied terms of imprisonment from a few days to a month ; it was therefore determined to fine her 20s. with 8s. 6d. costs, or six weeks' imprisonment. She was sent down. ASSAULT, NO. 2— A trifling charge of assault was preferred by William Simmons, clothes dealer, Broad Street, against Mrs. Levi, for administering a little chastisement to a juvenile member of his family, who had insulted defendant. The case was dismissed. NUISANCE— Two young men named Samuel Till and Charles Edwards, were brought up, having been charged by a woman named Mary Till, residing in the Shambles, who lives alone, with having committed a nuisance by covering her " bulks" with night soil, on Wednesday night. The com- plainant stated that the nuisance was' of a most serious character in her business, as it well nigh deprived her of her custom. She likewise informed the Magistrates of a series of annoyances to which she was subject from the defendant Till, who is a relative. The Magistrates were of opinion that although4 strong suspicion rested upon the two defendants as the culprits, the evidence was not sufficient to convict, and they therefore dismissed them with a severe admonition. WORCESTER INFIRMARY, JUNE 12. Physician and Surgeon tor the week, Dr. Nash and Mr, Sheppard. For the ensuing week, Dr. Nash and Mr. Pierpoint. Iu- Patients. I Out- Patients. Admitted, 17.— Discharged, 16. | Admitted, 18.— Discharged 16. In the Hous£, 85. Oliver Pulley, compound fracture of the leg; William Woolly, compound fracture of the leg; Ann Evans, wound of the linger; demand having been made was the point at issue. Verdict ! for plaintiff, e George Hope, fractured arm. g? portmg » AQUATICS. WORCESTER REGATTA— A brief notice in our advertising columns states the arrangement announced in our last, for the holding of the Regatta on the 27th and 28th of August, instead of the 9th and 10th of July, and that the prizes will be the same as already advertised. The entries are to be made on or before the 20th August. HAMPSTALL REGATTA— This aquatic affair comes off on Wednesday next, and should the present very favourable weather continue, we expect there will be a large concourse of spectators from the surrounding neighbourhood. The entries were made on Wednesday evening, and were as follow : THE FOUR OARED RACE. Ariel Club ( Worcester) Bewdley Club ( Bewdley) Intrepid Club ( Worcester.) TIIE PAIR OARED RACE. Ariel Club, ( Worcester) Bewdley Club ( Bewdley.) The distance, as advertised, will be about a mile ( more or less), and the course selected is admirably adapted for the purpose, being almost a straight line, commencing at the mouth of Shravvley brook and finishing a short distance above Hampstall Inn. It is hoped that there,, will be no accession of water into the river to increase the current, which at present is well adapted for racing purposes. The races will commence punctually at one o'clock, according to the conditions; and at the close of the day's sport there will be a dinner at the Hamp- stall Inn. Of course the four oared race will be the chief attraction, and various are the surmises as to the result. We wish the best crew may win. We shall " report progress" in our next. TENBURY RACES, THURSDAY, JUNE 11. The Right Hon. Lord Clifford. Steward.— Mr. W. H. Grove, Clerk of the Course. A Handicap of lOsovs. each, h. ft., with 40 sovs. added, the gift of the lion. H. B. Lygon, M. P., P. VV. Knight, Esq., M. P., and Sir E. Blount, Bart. The second horse to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Parr's b. f. Slipshod, 7st 101b ( Francis) 1 Mr. ll: iworth's br. h. Kilgram, 8st 121b 2 Mudlark, The Sailor, and The Jolly Beggar also started.— Master Downes and Eclat were drawn ; and Chevy Chase paid forfeit. Kilgram made all the running to the distance, where Slipshod took the lead, and won by a length. The Tally- ho Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added by the town. Mile and a Quarter, with three leaps in each heat, over iour- feet hurdles. The second horse so save his stake, Mr. Herbert's ch. h. Shipmate, lOst 71b ( Turner) 0 12 1 Mr. Scott's ch. g. Adrian, list 9ib 2 2 12 Mr. Williamson's b. g. Thurgarton, lOst 71b I 0 0 0 Mr. Powell's Cracksman, list 2 0 0 d Mr. Palmer's b. g. The Bird, lOst llib. 3 d Mr. Walker's ch. h. Graduate, lOst 711a 0 d The Witley Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added, the gift of the Right Hon. Lord Ward, and Jos. Bailey, juri., Esq,, M. P. The second horse to save his stake. Mr. Parr's ch. m. Silpshod, 8st 41b Francis) 1 1 Mr. Kitton'f br. m. Beggar Girl, 9st 41b 2 3 Mr. Davenport's ch. g. Chester, 8st I lib 3 2 The Selling Sfakes, of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added from the funds. Heats about a mile and quarter. The second horse to save his stake. Mr. 1'. Jones'ch. m. Charity, lOst 41b ( Turner) 0 Mr. Walker's ch. m Tipton Maid, lOst Mr. Pearce's br. f. Florine, 9st 3lb Mr. Thrift's ch. m. Glideaway, 9st 21b Mr. Palmer's b. g. The Bird, tOst 4tb Mr. Tranter's br.' f. Koa, 8stSlb Mr. Taylor's b. f. Linnet, 7st lllb Mr. Morgan's Brewood, 9st 61b ASCOT HEATH RACES. TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, were won easily by two lengths by Mr. E. R. Clark's The Conjuror ( Whitehouse), Alamodesecond, Nell Cook third, Lebanon fourth, aud Philip fifth. The First Class Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, were won by a length by Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar ( Chappie). Marquis of Conyng- ham second, and Inheritress third. Javelin, iE.; is, Columbus, Kep- pel. and Astonishment also atarted. Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, won by a head by Sir G. Heathcote's bro. to Valentissimo ( Chappie), St. Demetri second, Lynceus third, and Joy fourth. Ginger, Gynynion, and Sister to Flambeau also started. Sweepstakes ot' 10U sovs. won bj- half a length by Lord Orford's Prussic Acid ( Nat), King Charles second, ana Sir G. Heathcote's c. by Amato third. The Gold Vase given by her Majesty, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 110 subs., wonsoinewhat easily by two lengths, by Mr. T. Dawson's Grimston ( Lye), Coranna second, Khondoor thiri'. and Mr. Merry's c. by Don John fourth, Romancr1, Burgundy, and Wood Pigeon also ran. The Second Class Ascot Stakes were won by a head by Mr. Her- bert's Petitioner ( W. Marson), Footstool second. Ilowena, Vol- au- Veut, I- am- not- aware, Baron liothchiid's 1. by Touchstone, Jenny Wren, aud Lynceus also ran. The Welcome Stakes were won by a length by Colonel Anson's Iago ( Bu'ler), St. Demetri second, Burlesque third, and Humdrum fourth. Lord Chesterfield's f. by Elis, Joy, aud Blackie also started. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, won by a length by Lord Chester- field's Arkwright ( Nat), Binnacle second, Turpin third, and the Crown Prince fourth. * Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, won by a length by Lord Exeter's c. by Hetman Platoff ( Maun), Lord Chesterfield's c. by Don John second, Marmillio third, and Field Mouse fourth. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs,, won with difficulty by a neck, by Lord Exeter's St. Demetri ( Mann), Ohio second, aud Joy third. The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 so? s. each, with 50 added, won easily by a length, by Lord G; Bentiuck's Blackcock ( Abdale), Ruins second, and Burlesque third. Camelia, Lebanon, Lord Lonsdale's c. by Bay Middleton, Mr. Mostyn's 1'. by Lauercost, Laundry Maid, Snake, and The Daughter, started. The Royal Hunt Cup, value 200 sovs., by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, won by a length by Mr. W. S. Stanley's Leaconfield, ( Carter), Ironmaster second, and Cotteen Bawn third. The Cure, Evenus, Lightning, Aristotle, Wood Pigeon, The Devil- to- pay, Beaumont, Queen l'omare, Mr. Godwin's g. by Advocate, Mr. Thompson's m. by Monarch, Sir S, Spring's f. by Sir Hercules, Rowland Hill, Gannet, Young Eclipse, Mr. Mostyn's c. by Phoanix, Nell Cook, Farthing Candle, and Regalia, also ran. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs, each, won easily by two lengths by Mr. Ford's Guaracha ( J. Howlett), Taurina second, Ellipsis third, Dawdle fourth, and Birthday fifth, A Sweepstakes of .15 sovs. each, with 100 added, won by a length by Lord Lonsdale's Jericho ( Bartholomew), beating Mr. St, Paul's Mentor. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, won by a length by Mr. Merton's Evenus ( F. Butler), Cherokee second, Philip third, and Prudence fourth. The Windsor Town Plate of 50 sovs., won easily by two lengths, by Lord G. Bentiuck's His Serene Highness ( Kitchener), Lord Lons- dale's f. by The Saddler second, and Mr. Payne's c. by Jereed third. The Orphan, Caen, Sianelf, Bunel, Concealment, Brainless, Honey- suckle, Link- boy, Headsmen, Conrad, and Honey Dear also ran. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, won by four lengths, by Mr. Coombes' 1'. by Gluucus ( Baithjlomew), beating The Little Vulgar Boy. The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, won by a length by Lord Orfard's Footstool ( Mann), beating The Little Vulgar Boy, THURSDAY. This being " Cup day" the course was crowded, notwithstanding the absence of her Majesty and Prince Albert. However, there was a novelty in the presence" of Ibrahim Pasha, who arrived at one o'clock," with his suite, in three of the Royal carriages. The sports commenced with the race for her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, which was won by Mr. J. Drake's Bold Archer ( Abdale) beating Mr. Onslow's Ruff by a length. The Conjuror was to have started, but did not arrive in time. Sir G. Heathcoate's c. by Hetman Platoff, walked over for the 50 sovs. Sweepstakes for three- year- olds. Lord Chesterfield's the Free Lance ( Nat), won the St. James' Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each, beating Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Joiu- ville and Lord G. Bentinck's Binnacle. The Emperor of Russia's Cup value 500 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each. About two miles and a half. 23 subs. Mr. Greville's Alarm, 4 yrs ( Nat) 1 Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 4 yrs 2 Lord Waterford's Wolfdog, 4 yrs 3 Won easily by a length. The following also started:— Corranna, Forward, c. by Don John — Peri, Inheritress, Mentor, The Baron, Miss Sarah, Kesheng, and Orlando. Betting.— 3 to 1 agst Alarm, 9 to 2 agst Wolfdog, It to 2 agst Jericho, 7 to 1 agst Orlando, 8 to 1 each agst Miss Sarah and The Baron, and 18 to 1 agst Corranna. The Visitor's Plate of 100 sovs., once round and a distance, was Red Leg The New Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for two- yr.- olds, T. Y. C., was won by Lord G. Bentinck's Slander, beating Mr. Mostyn's f. by Picaroon second, and ten others. The Dinner Stakes of 100 sovs. each, li. ft., was won by Mr. Coombs' f. by Glaucus ( Bartholomew), beating Lord Eglintoun's Draco, by a head only. The Stand Plate of 70 sovs., was won by Mr. Meiklam's Philip, beating Mr. Jaques' Headsman by half a length, and twelve others, the Miss Thomasina colt being a good third. WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING.— In our advertising columns will be found full particulars of the entries, & e., for our summer races, which take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th and 8tll July next. It will be seen that there is a very respectable show of entries lor the made up stakes, the Worcestershire numbering 20, and the Severn 10. DUDLEY RACES.— We are informed that Dudley Races, which it has been expected would not again take place, on account of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway passing through the course, will be held in the ensuing month. OTTRR HUNTING.— The Leominster Otter Hounds met at Mor- timer's Cross on Thursday week, and proceeded up the river Lugg and at Leypole got on the drag of an otter, which they pursued for full ten miles, expecting to overtake him iu every field, aud making those fine hanging woods ring with music, till at length the heat of the day took oft" the scent, aud the hunt was reluctantly given up. Friday was a similar day; however Huxley determined to have another try, and on Saturday after a good drag killed a fine vixen otter, weighing about lTlbs. which must have travelled in the three nights not less than thirty miles. The public, aud especially the protectors of fisheries, and fishermen, should reward him lor his exertions. CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British corn for the week ended June 6, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors iu the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr— Price: Wheat, 52s 10U ; Duty, 17s Od; barley 27s 8d, 9s Od ; oats, 23s 4d, 5s 0d; rye, 32s lOd, 9s Gd; beans, 35s lOd 7s 0d; peas, 34s lOd, 8s 6d. WORCESTER HAY MARKET, JUNE 6.— The prices were as last week, viz., Hay of secondary quality, £ 2 10s to £ 2 15s ; best quality, £ 3 to £ 3 3s; straw, machine thrashed, £ 1 10s to £ 1 15s • hand, £ 2. BIRMINGHAM HAY MARKET, JUNE 9.— Best hay, £ 3 15s to £ 4 0s per ton; inferior ditto, £ 2 to £ 2 10s ditto ; straw, from £ 2 0s to £ 25s per ton; packing straw, £ 2 5s to £ 2 10s per ton*. SMITHFIELD, HAY MARKET, JUNE 9.— Meadow Hay .£ 3 to £ 4 ; Clover ditto, £ 4 4s to £ 5 15s; oatstrovv, £ 1 8s to £ 1 10s; wheat straw, £ 1 10s to £ 1 12s per load. Trade very dull, at barely stationary prices. BIRTHS. June 4, at the Deanery, Hereford, the lady of the Very Rev. the Dean, of a daughter, still born. June 6, at the School House, Shrewsbury, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of a son. June 7, at Broadwa3 Rectory, the wife of the Rev. Robert Sanders, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. June 3, at Weobley, by the Rev. S. D. Brown, Francis Lloyd Harris, Esq., solicitor, Kington, and Rose Hill Cottage, Lyon- shall, to Temperance Ann Lomax, second daughter of C. Lomax, Esq., surgeon, of the former place. June 4, at Kinnersley, by the Rev. Leonard Clarke, Mr S. Passey, eldest son of Mr. Passey, Lyonshall, to Jane, second daughter of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Newciiurch, Herefordshire. June 4, at St. Edmund's Church, Dudley, by the Rev. John Davies, Mr. Wm. Stokes, builder, to Mrs. Taylor, both of Dudley. June 5, at St. Thomas's Church, Dudley, by the Rev. Dr. Brown, Vicar, Mr. W. Jordan, of New Street, Dudley, broker, to Mrs. Sarah Hadley, of the Shakspeare, New Mill Street) Dudley. June 5, at Shrewsbury, John Hamer, Esq., of Glanyrafon, Salop, to Maria, third daughter of Charles Blake Allnatt, Esq., of the Crescent, Shrewsbury. June 6, at St. Thomas's Church, Dudley, by the Rev. Dr. Brown, Vicar, Mr. W. Stokes, of Stafford Street, Dudley, to Mrs. Taylor, widow, of the same place. June 6, at Aston, near Birmingham, by the Rev. G. O. Fen- wicke, Vicar, Mr. Thomas Hooper James, eldest son of the late Mr. James, of Cotheridge, in this county, to Harriet, eldest daughter of Mr. John Rastall, of Hallow. June < 5, at the Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton, by the Rev. G. Cottom, Mr. Arthur Robbins, of Birmingham, to Miss Thomas, of the Turk's Head, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton. June 9, at Diddington, Huntingdonshire, Wm. Reece, Esq., solicitor, South Parade, Ledbury, Herefordshire, eldest son of the late Wm. Reece, Esq., solicitor, of that place, to Elizabeth Gee Holah Atterbury, only daughter of the late John Atterbury, Esq., of Eynesbury, in the county of Huntingdon, and grand- niece of the Bishop of Rochester. June 10, at the parish church, Kidderminster, by the Rev. C. J. M. Mottram, Mr. Joseph Boucher, third son of B. Boucher, Esq., Mayor of Bridgnorth, to Martha, fourth daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Hill, of the former place. DEATHS. May 29, at Portfield Farm, Mr. Joseph Lee, aged 60, late glove manufacturer, of this city. June 3, at Bromyard Down, aged 79 years, Mr. T. Goodyear, esteemed by all who knew him. June 3, at her father's house, Lawnswood, in the county of Stafford, after a few hours' illness, Anne, the beloved wife of Edwin Heath, Esq. June, 5, Anne, wife of Mr. Wight, of Kingswinford, in the 70th year of her age. June 6, at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, in the 35th year of his age, the Rev. Thomas Henry Benjamin Bund, M. A., of Trinity College Cambridge, eldest and only surviving son of Colonel Bund, of Upper Wick, in this county. June 6, at Tewkesbury, aged 79, Mr. Hanford. Juno 7, aged 22, Augusta, second daughter of George J. A. Wralker, Esq., of Norton, in this county. She possessed a strong intellectual mind, and was enabled to bear with Christian patience a very severe illness of eighteen months. Her prema- ture decease will long be deplored by her afflicted family and friends. June 7, Mary, wife of Mr. John Moore, of the Shrubbery, Stanford, in her 69th year. June 7, at Clifton, after a procracted illness, aged 22, Elizabeth Guest, fourth surviving daughter of Chas. Pope, Esq. June 8, Mr. Thos. Rumsey, of the Chequers Inn, Fladbury, aged 40. June 8, at Taunton, Ann, wife of Daniel H. Pargitter, Esq., formerly of Tewkesbury. June 8, at Bloomsbury, Birmingham, in the 61st year of his age, Mr. John Dain, formerly of Newcastle, Staffordshire, and brother to Mr. B. Dain, of Hunton Hill, Erdington. June 10, at Bromyard, suddenly, Mrs. James, relict of Mr. Wm. James, auctioneer. June 10, after a few days illness, Mrs. Lovesey, of the Moors, in this city. June 11, of apoplexy, at the residence of her brother, Sansome Place, Miss Ann Lowe, aged 67 years. June 12, at his residence, Foregate Street, Mr. Thomas Locke, aged 58. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, June 13. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, ; 3 per Cent. Red., 93| ; 3 per Cent. Con., ; New 3^ per Cent., 97; Cons, for Opening 95|; Long Annuities, 10J ; India Stock, ; India Bonds, 20; £ 1000 Excheq. Bills, 16. PARLIAMENT, FRIDAY.— The House of Lords met at 5 o'clock, when a number of railway and other bill were laid on the table from the House of Commons. The Duke of Richmond gave notice that in Committee on the Corn Bill he should move a clause to allow all tenants to vacate their leases, and to receive compensation for unex- hausted crops. The Marquis of Exeter resumed the adjourned debate on the Corn Importation Bill, and spoke against the measure. The Earl of Delawari then rose, and was left speaking.— In the House of Commons, the Worcester New Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Protection of Life ( Ireland) Bill was resumed by the Earl of Lincoln. Mr. Rois at considerable length opposed the measure, and was left speaking. ASCOT RACES, FRIDAY,— The Borough Members' Plate was won by Alvanley, Pergami filly second, and Barbara Young third.— The Great Western Railway Plate was won by a length by Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, beating Beaumont ( second) and 19 others.— The Second Class Wokingham Stakes won by Mr. E. R. Clark's The Conqueror, Evenus secoud, and Blackie third.— The 300 sovs. Sweeps, lor four- year- olds, won in a canter by the Duke of Bedford's Leopard, Fuzbos second. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.-^ English wheat steadily sup- ported previous currency, and for the low qualities of bonded for shipment to Belgium a fair demand at late rates. Owing to the small quantity of free oats on sale, factors demanded an advance of 6d. to Is, per qr., and necessitous buyers were generally obliged to comply with this improvement. Other spring corn held for a slight improve- ment, which checked business. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY.— The supply of stock reasonably good, and the sale for sheep and lambs firm. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; Lamb, 5s. 2d. to 6s. 4d,; Veal, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lt'd.; Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. BANKRUPTS. John Compton Hill, Reading, Berkshire, grocer. John Wyatt, Ockham, Surrey, common brewer. Charles Benns, Winchester, Southampton, miller. William Hart, High- street, Wbitechapel, hat manufacturer: John Bedfoid Pim and Charles Payne, Mansfield- street, Borough- road? paper makers. Thomas Simmons, Wooburn, Bucks, corn merchant. James Stavelev, Manchester, dealer in printed calicoes & ftannelg. Charles Fox, Kingston- upon- Hull, victualler. James Holt, Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, glove manufacturer. DhTid Clark. Liverpool, leather dealer. THE W 0 E 0 E 8 T E E S H I E E GL U A & i) IA N> S A T U B DA Y, JUNE 18, 1846. LYRICS OF LIFE.— BY MARY HOWITT. No. IV.— JUDGMENT. Name her not, the guilty one ! Virtue turns aside for shame At the mention of her name : Very evilly hath she clone ! I^ ity is on her mis- spent; ' She was born of guilty kin, Her life's course hath guilty been j Unto school she never went, And whate'er she learned was sin: Let her die ! She was nurtured for her fate : Beautiful she was, and vain ; Like a child of sinful Cain She was born a reprobate 1 Lives like hers the world defile; Plead not for her, let her die, As the child of infamy > Ignorant and poor and vile, Plague- spot to the public eye. Let her die! THE HEART OF THE OUTCAST. I am young, alas 1 so young, And the world has been my foe ; And by hardship, wrong, and woe Hath my bleeding heart been stung ! There was none, O God ! to teach me What was wrong and what was right ! I have sinned before thy sight; Let my cry of anguish reach thee, Piercing through the glooms of night, God of love! Man is cruel, and doth smother Tender mercy in his breast, Lays fresh burdens on the oppressed; Pities not an erring brother, Pities not the stormy throes Of the soul despair hath riven, Nor the brain to madness driven !— No one but the sinner knows What it means— to be forgiven 1 God of love ! Therefore will I put my trust Iu thy mercy, and 1 cleave To that love which can forgive; To that judgment which is just; Which can pity all my weakness ; Which hath seen the life- long strife Of passions fiercer than the knife; Known the desolating bleakness ; Of my desert path through life. God of love! I must perish in my youth ! And had I been better taught, And, did virtue as it ought, And had grey- haired wisdom ruth, I should not have fallen so low ! —' Tis the power of circumstance, ' Tis the wretch's dire mischance, To be born to sin and woe ! Pity thou my ignorance. God of love! From the People's Journal. WORCESTER TOWN COUNCIL. VARIETIES. Whitfield is reported to have said, that a man with the eloquence of an angel ought not to exceed forty minutes in the length of a sermon, and it is well known that Wesley seldom exceeded thirty. " I have always found," says another eminent preacher, " that the last fifteen minutes of a sermon an hour in length was worse than lost, both upon the speaker and the congregation." The celebrated Dr. Parr, being invited to take tea by a lady, with true classic wit and refined gallantry, uttered the follow- ing compliment:—" Nec tecum possum vivere nec sine te." To unlearned readers it is hardly possible to convey the gist of the compliment: its literal translation is " I cannot live with thee, nor without thee." A lad seeing a drunken man prostrate before the door of a groggery, opened the door, and putting in his head, said to the proprietor, " See here, master, your sign has fallen down." " What right have you to be sick ?" said a schoolmaster to the pupil; " A constitutional right" was the reply. The Boston Post tells a story of a seafaring friend of his. Being in a place where pickpockets abounded, he lined his pockets with fish- hooks, ingeniously arranged so as to catch and hold the hand of an intruder; and it worked to a charm, for it caught his own hand, and tore all the flesh from his fingers, in less than an hour after he had set the trap to catch a rogue. LONDON DOGS.— We knew one who was accustomed to go almost every day with a penny in his mouth to the baker's and buy a roll for his own consumption. One day the baker's man, in a joke, gave him a roll, hot. as fire, just out of the oven, which he instantly dropped, seized his money off the counter, and from that day changed his baker. He never would go back again to that shop, but spent his penny like a good steady customer with a better- behaved tradesman.— Literary Gazette. REFORMATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. When we assert that there is greatly wanting some reformation in our language— confessedly one of the most difficult to be taught of all languages— we are merely enunciating an opinion in which all ivho are anywise versed in letters will coincide. The English is one of the most arbitrary alphabetic languages iu the known world; our letters represent many sounds, and yet there is not a sufficient number of letters to represent all the sounds of the language, and moreover the same sound is not always represented by the same letter or combination of letters. It has been remarked that although the English language con- tains about 50,000 words, there are not 50 of them which are spelled with the letters heard in pronouncing them; and altogether the language is most difficult to master; hence the bad spelling which we daily encounter in. manuscript. Such is the confusion of the present orthography of our language, such the difficulty of mastering its eccentricities, that even after spending many years in endeavouring to acquire it, we are far from being perfectly acquainted with the simple arts of reading and spelling, ( arts which are nearly as necessary to us as speaking and hearing,) for, governed as they are by no^ irinciples of rule or order, is is only by a gigantic effort of memory that tliev are to be even tolerably mastered. A new monthly publication called the Phonotypic Journal has the following remarks on this subject:— " There are few persons, however well educated they may be, who are at all times sure of the spelling of every word they may require to use; and most people, when writing letters, or composing for the press, are either compelled to have a dictionary at their side, or resort to the expedient of writing words on a slip of paper to see how they look, to be enabled to judge whether they are correctly spelled or not; else, they write in the mort slovenly manner, and thus con- ceal their ignorance of orthography. If we descend a step in the walks of life, what do we find to be the effects of our present f perverse system of letters '? That in consequence of so great a length of time being required for a person to become even tolerably acquainted with the reading and spelling of the English tongue, millions read and spell most wretchedly; and tens of thousands who speak the English language, neither read nor spell at all! " To effect a reformation in the representation of language Las been the object of Mr. Isaac Pitman, of Bath. This gentleman has devoted many years of unremitting labour to the construction and perfecting of two arts, termed Phonogra- phy and Phonotypv. The former is a philosophic and brief system of writing,— being much more brief than any mere system of short hand in existence, and yet it is capable of being read with the same ease as common writing. The latter is an attempt to print our language in a consistent manner, so that the spelling and prononciation shall exactly agree. To effect this, all the useful letters of the Roman alphabet, such as P, B. T, D, are retained. Such letters as C, G, with all the vowels, have a fixed sound, and new types have been invented and cast to represent those sounds which we are constantly using in speech, but which are unprovided for in the present alphabet; as, for example, the vowel sound heard in the words taught, call, bull, also in the words father, laughter, calm, & c., also that heard in such words as do, move, tool, & c., New letters have likewise been invented for the simple consonants usually represented by such combinations as th, sh. In short, every sound in our language has its own appropriate sign, and all are arranged in the most orderly and natural manner. Therefore, to read our language, when thus represented, an individual has only to learn the letters of the new phonetic alphabet, and he can read and pronounce correctly. Two or three hours a- day, for a few weeks, would enable even the dullest to read with ease, and those who are acquainted with the common system of printing, may in a few minutes become thoroughly acquainted with the phonetic mode." THE SLAVES OF THE LAMP.— A party are sitting over their wine and dessert. One peacli, and one only, remains upon the table. It is very rich, very ripe, very luscious, very tempting. Everybody has eyed it— nobody has taken it. Everybody has offered it to liis neighbour, and everybody's neighbour has politely declined it. There appears to be something greedy in seizing on the lsst morsel upon the table. Everybody, then, envies the peach, yet leaves it unappropriated on the plate. Everybody appears careless of that about which everybody is interested. Everybody is greedy, but no one will own to it. The peach is the cause of all the white lies, the petty envy, the paltry covetousness, which even that respectable party— for they were all respectable, and not one of them cared a pin's head about a peach in the abstract— could not help giving up a little corner of their breasts to as a passing place of shelter. Suddenly the lamp went out; and, as the room was left in darkness, six hands, simultaneously stretched out, encountered each other in the dish: the whole party, with one united mind, had made one united effort to appropriate the peach. When the lamp was re- lighted, they were ashamed to look each other in the face. They felt how paltry they were ; with what petty cowardice— with what shabby cunning— with what sneaking selfishnes they had acted. ' Twas only burning oil which had kept them decent. They were slaves of the lamp. People's Journal. THE ASH AND THE OAK.— A person who last ves. r anticipated a wet summer because the usual prognosticator of such a season had appeared in the ash opening its leaf before the oak, expresses confidence in the prevalence of dry weather generally throughout the present summer, because he has this year ( as on many similar occasions) observed the oak to be considerably in advance of the ash. A CURIOSITY.— A short time since, we noticed in our paper a well- authenticated instance of a snail having been found in an egg. This wonder, is, however, completely cast into the shade by the discovery of a fish of about an inch and a quarter long in a new- laid hen's egg. The fish was found by Miss Pearson, housekeeper to Mr. James Dakeyne, of Toadhole, and has been seen by many persons, who all agree in describing it as a perfectly unmistakeable fish of some kind, the head being somewhat large for the proportion of the body, and the rudiments of eyes, gills, and scales, being dis- tinctly visible. The shell of the egg, previous to its being broken, was much misshapen Derby Mercury, WORCESTER AND PORTH DYNLLAEN RAILWAY.— A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Monday morning last, the Mayor, VV. Lewis, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of adopting memorials to the Legislature in favour of the broad gauge, without which the prospect of having a railway to Dublin via Worcester must be abandoned according to a statement recently made by the Chairman of the Great Western Company. There were present 17 members ofthe body. The Mayor read the resolution calling the meeting, which set forth that the object was to adopt petitions to the Legislature against any interference by the restriction of practical science in the construction of railways. Mr. Alderman E. Evans, in proposing that petitions be sent from the Council in favour of the broad gauge, offered no apology for again addressing the Council on the subject of the gauges, and asking them to memorialize in favour ofthe broad. The Porth Dynllaen line was one of great importance to the city; it was the only one which could possibly come through Worcester in the course to Dublin, even supposing that the supporters ofthe narrow gauge were inclined to form one ; but the interests of that body did not lie in this quarter, and he therefore imagined thev would not advocate a line of that description. He con- tended that Government Commissioners were not infallible, and quoted a passage from the Railway Examiner, which stated that the Government Commissioners had decided with Mr. Stephenson that 4 feet inches was the best width; Mr. Brunei, 7 feet; and the Irish Government Commissioners, 6 feet 2 inches. Mr. Evans again assured the Council that this line was the only project which would take Worcester midway between London and Dublin. This line would also afford a ready accommodation for the conveyance of seed and hops to Ireland. 2798 tons of hops were annually sent into Ireland from Kent and Sussex, and they could not be sent into Ireland excepting from Bristol or Liverpool; this would therefore be a competition line, and hops and other articles could be sent to Ireland from this county and exchanges effected. Mr. Evans then read an extract from a long article which appeared in the Worcestershire Chronicle of December 9th, 1840, which strongly advocated the line to Porth Dynllaen as the only one likely to prove beneficial to the city ; and concluded by observing that the Great Western Company had not narrowed their gauge, therefore he supposed the managers of that paper had narrowed their principles since that time. ( Laughter.) Mr. Elgie rose to second the motion. He regretted the absence of a gentleman who had at a previous meeting denied the correctness of Mr. Alderman Evans' assertions. He thought the statement made by the Chairman of the Great Western Company was one which deserved the attention of the Council. The line of country must be taken by one of the two existing main Companies, as he did not think it would answer for a new Company to provide railway accom- modation for this district, but if one of those Companies could bring the traffic down from London the scheme might succeed. The Chairman of the Great Western Company had stated that if Government adopted the report of the Gauge Commissioners, they, ( the Great Western Company) could not extend the line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway to Porth Dynllaen; and now he would enquire whether the other great body would do so. The London and Birmingham Company were already the principal owners of the Chester and Holyhead line, and they could not therefore support this, which was a competing line. He thought some observations should go forth to the public through the medium of the press, on the subject of break of gauge, situated as Worcester was in reference to the matter. No one could have travelled to Gloucester lately without seeing the large placards which were posted there, inviting parties to sign petitions against the change of carriage, yet what was the conduct of that very Company. He thought they should have remedied defects in their own line before they complained of others; before they attempted to pluck the mote out of their brother's eye they should see they were free from blame themselves. If any one travelled from Tewkesbury to Warwick on the lines of the great King of York, the prince of Euston Square, was there no change of carriages ? On that very line passengers got into one carriage at Tewkesbury, changed at Ashchurch, changed again at Birmingham, and again at Coventry, from whence there was a branch to Warwick; so that change of carriages was not exclusively owing to the broad gauge. ( Hear, hear). But was Gloucester the only place where this inconvenience was felt ? Had any gentleman present travelled by mail train at night and not found the inconvenience of crossing from the Grand Junction line to the express train ? Then, remarks had also been made on the great inconvenience of walking under cover ofashedat Gloucester from one carriage to another, but he ( Mr. Elgie) remembered on one occasion at the Grand Junc- tion when ladies had been obliged, owing to alterations on the line, to walk some distance along it through puddles and ancle deep in mud to another carriage. ( Hear, hear). But when did all this agitation commence first ? At the carrying of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton bill, which involved a principle which had been of great service to the public, and would be of greater. A reduction of 13s. Sd. had been made in the charge for passengers from this city to London since that time. With respect to the pamphlets which had been circulated, Mr. Elgie remembered that one had been put into his hands in which he found it asserted that " the narrow gauge has proved, and is proving itself the most speedy," and this was the description of paper put into the hands of those who were invited to sign petitions at Gloucester, although another pamphlet had been published wherein the Com- missioners said that the Great Western had attained the highest speed. Surely the broad gauge then might take to themselves credit for having speed. The express trains of the narrow gauge were confined to six carriages, and on that you travelled at miles an hour, while on the broad 45 miles was the average speed; and a new engine had just been brought into work which could draw treble the quantity of a narrow gauge engine and at the rate of 70 miles an hour. He had himself travelled on the broad gauge 53 miles in 54 minutes, without the slightest oscillation or unpleasantness in the last carriage. If, therefore, the Great Western had the greatest speed, power, and safety, what was there to prevent the public from profiting therefrom ? Simply the dread of competition of these two great parties. It was granted that great advantages had arisen from the liberality of the Great Western Company, and also the talent of Mr. Brunei, and why should they have a log put upon them to gratify the monopoly of a company who already boasted of owning from fifty to sixty millions of railway property ? Mr. Bedford would have been glad to hear what a citizen of Worcester could have said against the broad gauge; it would have been a novelty. To one point he wished to direct the special attention of the Council. There was at present a broad gauge line from the metropolis; and if the report of the Commissioners were adopted, all the branch lines thereto would have to be constructed on the narrow gauge, which would be of great practical inconvenience. The report of the Commis- sioners had decided three propositions out of four in favour of the broad gauge— speed, power, and safety ; they had not given the actual word safety, but one of the passages was to the effect that the broad gauge had the greatest capabilities for high speed, and had also given them the excess of power, and was not that a great element of safety in railways ? What was the most fruitful source of accidents?— collisions; the advantages would therefore be in having power above the work, and this the Great Western had. Now, with the fact that three out of four con- clusions were drawn in favour of the broad gauge, it seemed to him very strange that all branches to the Great Western should be made on the narrow guage. The thing was absurd; and the Commissioners must have arrived at their conclusion with- out having properly digested the matter. The convenience of carriers too had been adduced, and many carriers had been called to prove that the smaller carriages were better suited for their purposes; but they were all interested parties, and connected for the most part with the London and Birmingham line, while the Great Western Company were carriers them- selves ; the fact had, however, been overlooked that small car- riages could be put on the broad guage lines better than large ones on the narrow. Mr. Bedford remarked on the report ofthe Board of Trade, which, at the time, was thought a very clever production ; but, what was the result on examination into the facts by both Houses of Parliament ? Why, a most trium- phant decision in favour of the Great Western ; and he would ask, after that decision, could Government base any resolution upon evidence taken as the recent evidence had been. If there was to be any legislative interference at all, there ought to be a public '. tribunal at which parties should be admitted on both sides, and it was his opinion that the report of the Commis- sioners was not one from which Government could draw a proper and legitimate conclusion upon the question. Mr. Henry Webb made a few observations on the break of gauge, as affecting the carriage of goods, and said that in one part of the evidence a carrier had stated that the cost of removing goods from one train to another was Is. 6d. per ton. He would appeal to Mr. Southan, and ask that gentleman if he woald not be ashamed to make such a state- ment in that room. It was well known that goods could tie conveyed from the vessels at Gloucester, housed, again placed on board, and conveyed to Worcester, where they would be again removed from the vessel, at 46'. per ton. Such an asser- tion was a gross misstatement, and never had a more palpable falsehood been palmed upon the public. . Mr. Southan said that Mr. Webb's remarks were evidently intended for him, but he denied ever having made such an assertion, it might probably have been his son. Mr. Webb begged not to be misunderstood, he only appealed to Mr. Southan as to the correctness of his observations. Mr. Southan replied that he was sure Mr. Webb must have been mistaken. A charge of Is. Grf. a ton was quite out of the question ; it might be about 4d. Mr. E. Webb ridiculed the idea of the placards being posted at Gloucester, and styled it the prettiest specimen of humbug he had ever seen. He gave a lively description of the horrors of break of gauge, as represented by the pamphlets circulated, but contended they were not confined to the broad gauge, for not only were parcels missent into Wales and Somersetshire, but, from his own experience, parcels were si> weeks getting into Lancashire, with narrow gauge all the way, and on one occasion a parcel had been no less than a week getting from this city to Birmingham. Mr. Alderman E. Evans remarked on the change of carriages which occurred at several places on the narrow guage, and on the increased speed which had been attained upon the broad. Some further conversation then took place, in the course of which it was stated by Mr. E. Webb that the Railway King's lines were the smallest and most expensive of any, being 30 or 40 per cent, higher than any others; and Mr. H. Webb reminded the Council that the broad guage carriages were the most con- venient for the conveyance of hops. The Mayor having put the resolution from the chair, it was carried unanimously, and the Council separated. MORE DEATHS BY DROWNING. We have the melancholy duty of again recording several deaths by drowning in this locality, the particulars of which are detailed below :— On Tuesday Mr. Hyde, coroner, held an inquest at the Dog and Duck Inn, Henwick, on the body of a youth named George Pugh, who had been drowned while bathing at the top of Pitchcroft on Sunday afternoon, between three and four o'clock. The first witness called was Jeremiah Davis, painter, of Angel Street, who said he was walking up Pitchcroft side, and saw four young men on the opposite side of the river. Three of them undressed and swam across, leaving the deceased behind, who, during that time, undressed. Two of them, named Powell and Price, returned, and the deceased then got in and swam between them towards the Pitchcroft side; when about the middle the deceased cried out, but the other two who were then in advance of him, notwithstanding they were called to by witness, declined to swim back to him, and came on to the Pitch- croft side and sat upon the bank. While sitting there the deceased sank and rose two or three times, and an alarm having been given a boat was sent for, but it was some time before the body was recovered. A cousin of deceased, who was near at the time, said that Pugh had been cautioned by his companions not to get in if he could not swim. In the opinion of the witness Davis, if Powell and Price had returned to him when requested, they might have saved him, as they were both good swimmers. Price was examined, and [ said that when they heard deceased crying out, Powell swam to him and laid hold of his arm, gave him a pull up, and then swam away, upon which witness went to him and Called upon Powell to returti, who would not; wit- ness then laid hold of his arm, when deceased made a snatch at him and pulled him under the water, when he let go his hold, and left him to take his chance. On getting to shore witness ran up the bank and gave an alarm, and then sat down on the bank, when he saw the deceased rise and sink three or four times, but made no further effort. Davis then came up and called upon witness to go in for the deceased, but he refused, being exhausted ; and while he was sitting there, the boat arrived, and both the witness and Powell swam across the river again, put on their clothes and went home. The greatest blame seems to rest with his companions, who were good swimmers, and much older than the deceased, who was but 16 years of age. A promise had been made by them to the deceased that they would take care of him; but it did not appear quite clear upon the evidence, or the jury would have returned a verdict of man- slaughter in the case. They, however, found a verdict of " Accidentally drowned while bathing." The lad was engaged as a skinner at Mr. Fawkes's, in Turkey Street. He was buried on Wednesday. An inquest was held by Mr. Hughes, on Saturday, at the Hundred House, Witley, on the body of Jane Smith, single woman, aged 17 years, who, on Friday afternoon, drowned herself in the Hundred Pool. Her brother, Thomas Smith, a little lad aged 12 years, said that he found his deceased sister in the pig's cot, when she told him not to tell her mother she was there, and asked him to go with her to Worcester. She went to a pool in Bunce's field, and washed her face ; and then proceeded to the Hundred Pool where she pulled off her bonnet and shawl and said she would wash her feet, and then ran into the pool, saying to her brother, " Wish my mother good bye; go and get some men to pull me out, and ask Thomas Goodman [ of Abberly Hill, who kept company with her] to attend my funeral." The little fellow called for assistance, but the body was not found for about twenty minutes. The deceased's mother had been married a second time, but both the deceased and the little boy were treated kindly. The former had left home for a situation in Worcester, on the previous Wednesday, and had not been heard of until her brother found her in the pig's cot. The verdict was to the effect that deceased drowned herself, but in what state of mind she was there was no satisfactory evidence to show. On Monday Mr. Hughes held another inquest at Warndon, on the body of a little child, aged eight years, named Thomas Pully, who was drowned in a pool near Mr. Bagnall's farm, while he and another youthful companion were bathing. Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." An inquest has been held at Pershore, before Mr. Best, on the body of George Kings, aged 10, who was drowned in the river Avon on Sunday se'nnight, having got out of his depth while bathing. The body was found in about two hours after the accident. Verdict, " Accidental death." COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. SHIREHALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 9. Magistrates present— the Rev. J. Folev ( Chairman), J. Williams, F. E. Williams, T. G. Curtler, and" J. G. Watkins, Esqrs. EXCISE CASE A charge was preferred against Mr. J. S. Bucknall, maltster, of Shoulton, Hallow, in the parish of Grimley, by Mr. Stephen Roose, Officer of Excise, for having on his premises on the 2nd of May last, a couch- frame for the purpose of making malt, the barley in which was so hard and close as it could not have been unless illegal means had been used for compressing it. The penalty for the alleged offence was £ 100. Mr. Roose conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Pullen the defence. The latter called witnesses to prove that no improper means had been used by his client in filling the couch- frame, and that it had been improperly tested by the officer. Mr. Watkins declined to give any opinion upon the question, and the other Magistrates decided upon con victing the deiendant, and mitigated the penalty to one- fourth, £ 25; Mr. Pullen inti- mating that an application to the Board of Excise, or an appeal to the Court of Quarter Sessions would be made in respect to the decision. OMBERSLEY POOR- RATES— Mr. Curtler directed the atten- tion of the Bench to circumstances which had recently trans, pired in the parish of Ombersley with respect to the poor- rates. In that parish many farmers let cottages to their labourers, and undertook to pay the poor- rates in respect of those cottages, at the same time, however, taking care to set them at a propor- tionate rent. At a recent meeting of the parishioners, the overseer had been instructed to excuse the whole of the agricul- tural labourers in the parish from paying the poor- rates, while a poor shoemaker or sawyer was not exempt. But that was not all, the benefit arising therefrom would be reaped by the land- lords of such cottages, and the sum of £ 100 was thus taken from the book, which would amount to a 2d. rate on the whole parish ; this was unjust, for he knew many agricultural labourers who were equally capable of paying the rates as a poor mechanic. The proper and " legal way was to represent the case to the Bench of Magistrates, and they would excuse any persons from payment who were fitting objects, but he was de'eidedly opposed to this wholesale erasure, as it was a bad and vicious principle. Mr. Watkins, of Ombersley, could assure the Bench that the step had been taken with the most honest intention of benefiting the whole of the poor in the parish, and the meeting had decided that all agricultural labourers might be included, therein, as they were only earning the small sum of 9s. per week, and directions were given that the parochial officers should exercise their discretion with reference to the mechanics, some of whom were earning 15s. and I6s. per week. The course had been adopted owing to the numerous complaints that had been made by the poor of the parish, who came to the church by scores, and begged the parishioners to excuse them from paying the poor- rates, on the ground of their poverty. The meeting were of opinion that the Magistrates would not hesitate to excuse the parties, and had ordered that the list should be brought to the Bench for their approval. He denied that any selfish motive had actuated the parishioners in the matter. Mr. Curtler said, that if the case was as Mr. Watkins stated it, no limit whatever was placed on the discretion of the officers, and perhaps he ( Mr. Curtler) might get excused. This was the very thing that had been complained of at the time of the passing of the New Poor Law. It was a very vicious principle, and was a payment of labour out of the rates. He had directed the attention of the Magistrates to the matter, that they might not be taken by surprise when a list of some two hundred names was brought to them. Mr. Watkins said, that although a parishioner, he saw the correctness of Mr. Curtler's view, and the matter then dropped. At a subsequent period of the sitting the collector of the rates, Mr. Evans, brought a list of no fewer than two hundred and twenty- six persons who had been recommended for exemption by the parish. In answer to questions from Mr. Curtler, the collector stated that his instructions were to exempt all agricul- tural labourers although they might be earning 12s. or 13s. a- week, but such men were very scarce in Ombersley. If a mechanic who was earning 7s. a- week with a family, resided in a similar house to the agricultural labourer earning 12s., although the latter should have no family and the former a large one, the labourer would be exempt, but the mechanic liable. All persons were also exempted who did not pay church- rates. Mr. Curtler contended that this would take all discretionary power entirely from the hands of the Magistrates, and was altogether unjust and vicious. After some conversation, the list was returned to the collector, with directions that the cases should be more minutely investigated, for the Bench could not sanction such a wholesale exemption. WAGES James Nash, of Powick, again appeared, his case having been adjourned, to answer a summons for wages amounting to £ 4. 8s. 9d., due to John Nash, for making bricks for him. It was clearly proved that the money was due, and the Bench ordered that the sum of £ 4. lis., including costs, be forthwith paid, or a warrant of distress issued. The defendant appeared very determined to resist tooth and nail, and enquired whether the subsequent legal proceedings would increase the expense, and who was to pay it. The Magistrates assured him it would all fall upon him, and immediate proceedings should be taken, as they considered it a very bad case that men like the complainant should be engaged, and then have so much trouble to get payment. The money had been due for twelve months, and Nash now said that he doubted whether complainant would get it. DESERTION OF FAMILY— An able- bodied agricultural labourer named Thomas Edwards, of Leigh, was brought up charged with having deserted his wife and six children in May 1845. His tale was one of extraordinary distress, and was to the following effect:— He had been in the employ of a Mr. Harris, of Leigh, and resided with his wife and six children in a cottage belonging to his master. His wages for the support of himself, wife, and six children, was seven shillings a- week, out of which one shilling was stopped by his master for rent! Owing to some dispute between them, a notice of ejectment from his cottage had been served upon him. In a quarrel with Mr. Harris, he had knocked the latter down, and then started off barefooted and travelled for work. He now expressed himself willing to return to his family, but he would not work for Mr. Harris ; he had been promised 8s. a- week, and he was looking out for a house to take his family home. The overseer said he was a very good drainer, and could earn 12s. or 14s. a- week, but the poor fellow said the drainers were too thick on the ground, and many of them worked for little money, and they were consequently no better off than ordinary labourers. The Bench expressed themselves in the strongest terms at the mean pittance which he had received for his labour, and decided that it was a case on which they could not convict, the man having evidently absconded from fear. He was therefore discharged on the promise that he would return to his family. PERSHORE PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY, JUNE 9. Magistrates present— C. E. Hanford and F. Holland, Esqrs. William liudge, of Norton- juxta- Kempsey, was charged with cutting and stealing underwood, of the value of Is., from a wood belonging to Earl Somers and the Hon. and Rev. James Somers Cocks. The defendant admitted the theft, and the Police Superintendent gave him a very bad character, hinting that the accused and his family did not restrict them- selves to petty depredations of this kind, and that they were a notoriously bad lot. Earl Somers' steward being unaware of the bad character of the defendant, recommended him to the leniency of the Court, but fhe Magistrates taking into consider- ation this circumstance, fined him 5s., which together with damages and costs amounted to 15s. Gd. WILKS v. STEW— STEW V. WILKS— This was one of those cases of neighbourly disputes which form an important feature in the business of the Pershore Petty Sessions. The parties reside in close proximity in the parish of Bredon, and it is very clear that they have for some time been on very ill terms. They fell out on the 28tli of May, about the hanging out of some clothes in the garden, and thereupon commenced the heaping of abuse upon each other. After the passing of verbal compliments, they proceeded to blows and the pulling of caps, and immediately afterwards, neither being satisfied with the treatment which she had received; each sallied out, the one to Mr. Holland, and the other to Mr. Eyston, of whom each pro- cured a summons for the other to appear before the Justices to- day. Accordingly both appeared brim- full of ire, and each made out a good tale for herself. Mrs. Wilks represented that Mrs. Stew had knocked her down, pulled her cap, torn her hair, and bitten her fingers. Mrs. Stew deposed to precisely the same kind of treatment being received by her from the other, and produced a lock of hair which had been torn from her head by her excellent neighbour. Mrs. Wilks not to be behind with her neighbour, told the Magistrates that she could produce some half a pound of torn locks. Both brought a witness to support her own case, but they did not clear up the case at all, so the Magistrates dismissed it, and each party had to pay her own costs. TOLL CASE Mr. Goddard, farmer, of Eckington, accom- panied by the Eckington toll- gate keeper, applied to the Bench for their opinion with reference to the former's liability to toll for the conveyance of wood composed of loppings of trees and pleachings of hedges. The parties having formed adverse opinions of the liability to toll in this respect, had agreed to refer the matter to the Bench. Mr. Hanford said he thought the wood was liable, and accordingly Mr. Goddard said he would pay the toll, and thanked the Bench for their advice. The next was a disgraceful case in which Elizabeth Houghton, single woman, of Pershore, charged Caroline Cmett with breaking a well hook, on the 22nd of May last, belonging to the complainant. The parties live as neighbours in Pershore, and are continually wrangling. In consequence of these dis- putes, the alleged act was committed in revenge, and the Magistrates decided on calling upon the accused to pay 7s. 6d. damages and costs. Mr. Quarrell, for whom the defendant worked, assisted her to pay the penalty. Jane Clifton, widow, of Charlton, appeared to affiliate her illegitimate female child upon William Salter, of the same parish. This was a very clear case, the defendant having lived with the applicant for some months, and having in fact paid £ 2 7s. to the woman towards the support of the child. Never- theless the defendant made an attempt to exonerate himself from his responsibilities, but the Magistrates were fully satisfied of the connection which had existed between the parties, and they therefore ordered him to pay Is. 6d. weekly towards the support of the child from the date of the application, together with the costs. FIRE ANNIHILATION.— Some experiments have recently been made at Hounslow, of a method for instantaneously extinguishing a fire in houses, & c. The composition and modus operandi are simple, and may be thus explained. The principle is the total exclusion of the atmospheric air, using, however, instead of water, a gaseous vapour, but which, from its greater expansion ( 4,000 volumes for one of composition), covers and shields the whole burning surface, and thus at once extinguishes the flames. The material ( patented) from which this gaseous vapour is educed is somewhat similar to gunpowder, being composed of carbon, nitre, and gypsum, enclosed in a portable iron cylinder; on contact with water and a mixture of chlorate of potash, sulphuric acid, and saccharine matter, chemical action takes place, and the re- sulting gas, combined with steam, is evolved with great rapidity, which, on being directed, by means of hose, to a burning surface, almost instantaneously removes every symptom of ignition. There is, however, according to the inventor, a triple action in this result of the vapour, for not only is the fire extinguished by the exclusion of the air, but blown away by the velocity of the current of gas ( 500 miles per hour), while from the difference of temperature between flame, which cannot exist at a lower temperature than 1,000 deg, Falir., and steam which is generated at 212 deg., the former loses a great proportion of its heat, and therefore ceases to exist as fiame. The experiments, which were per- formed on a house filled with light wood, and saturated with turpentine, were most successful, the conflagration being checked within five seconds when at its acme, and after a minute or two, presenting nothing but smoke to show that a fire had been there. The efficacy of the invention in the open air was also shown on some tar barrels. For ships, this fire- annihilator is most admirably adapted; it is ex- tremely difficult, in case of fire on board a vessel at sea, to get at the fire, or to deluge it with water, from the double fear of feeding the flames by admitting air, and sinking the ship by filling her with water. With the annihilator," however, no such apprehensions need exist, as no more need be done than to close all the hatches and fill up the interior of the vessel with the vapour through one small aperture; it will, by its own expansive force, spread throughout the hull, and from its lightness no fear of foundering need be enter- tained. It is stated that the attention of government has been directed to the invention. WHY THE MANY LABOUR FOR THE FEW.— The truth of the matter is, that the labour of the many for the few, instead of for themselves, is owing to no order of nature, or ordering of Providence; it is the simple and natural result of CAPITAL and EDCCATION. In whatever hands these powerful agents come to lie, there will be the mastership. These, at all times, have been in the hands of the few ; and, therefore, the few have had very much their own way in the world. The multitude in all ages, but especially in the ages of paganism, were totally uneducated. In Greece, the most learned and intellectual of states, the number of the educated was always very small. In Rome this class was a still smaller one. The vast population of the ancient world was left in the depths of ignorance, and, therefore, of social weak- ness. They could not resist the combined efforts of knowledge and wealth in the hands of the few. If, in some general rising— could such a thing as a general rising be imagined, amongst a people without trained and enlightened minds— they had succeeded in putting down, or even in destroying, the few who were educated and wealthy, they would still have been unable to govern themselves. Anarchy and domestic carnage would have been the immediate consequence of thousands of men admitted to full freedom of action, with minds undisciplined to moderation and self- restraint. So far, indeed, the result of general subjection to unequal labour may be said to be ill the order of nature, because it is the nature of things that ignorance is incapable of self- govern- ment. A mind without knowledge is like a blind giant— the more vigorously it attempts to act, the sooner it knocks itself on the head against surrounding circumstances. This has been in all ages verified. Whenever the labouring people, driven to desperation by oppression, have risen to vindicate their freedom and their rights, they have speedily and in- variably been put down again, and that not before the excesses they had committed had made it desirable that they should be put down. The first impulses of an uneducated mass are revenge and brutal gratification. They know their own injuries, but they do not know the nature and limits of their own rights. They spring over the horse in attempting to mount liim. They have not learned to respect the rights of others, and therefore tliey cannot achieve their own. There is, in a word, no issue from the prison- house of ignorance and its concomitant, ill- requited labour, except through the broad and beautiful portal of education. Through that, and that alone, the people can rise to the exercise of honourable labour, and the enjoyment of its just reward.— People's Journal. AN EXCISEMAN ON FIRE.— The manufacture of phosphorus having been recently introduced into Stafford- shire, an amusing, though rather alarming, occurrence took place at a manufactory where some experiments were being conducted. It being usual to work out the process in rather a private manner, a rumour reached the ears of the excise- man of the district to the effect that some illicit work was going on at Willenhall. He paid a visit to the establish, ment, and was assured that there was no manufacture in progress in any respect liable to the excise. Not content with this auswer, the guager insisted on inspecting the pre- mises; and, in order to satisfy himself that there really was no deception practised, he put in the side- pocket of his coat a few of the phosphorus sticks, clear as amber, and without any smell. As phosphorus becomes voluntarily combustible at the temperature of the body, the exciseman had not pro- ceeded far when he found smoke issuing from his pocket, and almost immediately after a volume of flame. As this hap- pened while he was marching down the street of Willenhall, he was soon surrounded by a lot of people, and literally his coat had to be torn to pieces before the phosphorus could be put out. The guager was then taught a very instructive lesson in chemical science by a practical . experiment, which, in all probability he will not repeat. A REMARKABLE CURE.— A rich farmer, labouring under hypochondriasis, was persuaded by his friends that he was bewitched. He accordingly consulted a physician, and gravely informed him that he had seven devils in his body. " Only seven 1" " No, sir, only seven." The physician per- ceiving the mental condition of his patient, promised to cure him in seven days, and drive out a devil every morning for 20 francs a- piece. The farmer consented, and received a powerful shock from an electric apparatus. " There's one gone," exclaimed the physician. The next da)' the same plan was adopted, and so continued until the seven days were elapsed, when the bewitched patient declared himself cured, and willingly paid the fee, which was bestowed in charity. FATALITIES FROM SUN- STROKES.— On Wednesday, a labourer, named James Wakefield, while at work in a field at Kingsley, was what is commonly termed " sun- struck," and died immediately. On the following day another labourer, named James Burgess, at Netlierton, was killed in the same sudden and dreadful manner. Decomposition was so rapid, that each of the bodies was a mass of putrefaction an hour after death. Inquests were held before Mr. H. Churton, coroner, and verdicts in accordance with the evidence were returned.— Provincial paper. DUTY ON SUGAR.— It appears by a parliamentary paper publisRed on Tuesday, that the net receipt of duty on sugar unrefined received in the United Kingdom in the year enning on the 5th of April last, was £ 3,480,158. On sugar of the British possessions in America, of Mauritus, and of those British possessions within the limits of the East India Company's charter, into which the importation of foreign sugar is prohibited, the sum received, at the rate of 14s. per cwt., was £ 3,460,607; on not equal to white clayed, and on equal to white clayed, at the rate of 16s. 4d. the cwt., the sum was £ 24,132. Of Britisli possessions within the limits of the East India Company's charter into which the importation of foreign sugar is not prohibited, the sum was £ 3,575, at the rate of 18s. 8d. on not equal to white clayed, and £ 4 on equal to white clayed, at the rate of £ 1 Is. 9d. the cwt. On foreign sugar the produce of free labour, or admitted at the rate of duty under treaty, the sum received was £ 89,294, at the rate of £ 1 3s. 4d. the cwt., on not equal to white clayed, and on equal to white clayed, £ 794, at the rate of £ 1 8s. the cwt. On other foreign sugar the sum received in the year was £ 231, at the rate of £ 3 3s. per cwt., making the duty in the whole £ 3,587,637, of which £ 98,479 was deducted as repayments, leaving the net duty in one year on unrefined sugar £ 3,480,158. GERMAN BURIAL CUSTOM.— The German ceremonial of interment is complicated and minute, and all persons of high birth are expected to conform to it in every particular. Among the rites which precede burial is one which, trying as it cannot fail to prove to the principle actor, must nevertheless greatly tend to tranquilise the minds of the survivors. It is necessary that we should describe this. For four- and- twenty hours the corpse remains under the roof where the death has taken place, and while there all the affecting offices necessary to its final burial are performed. This time elapsed, it is carried to the cemetry, and laid, in its winding- sheet, upon a bed in the inner apartment of the low stone building to which, in our description of the death valley of Nienberg, we have already made allusion. This solitary erection consists only of two rooms. That in which the body is deposited is called the Hall of Resurrection, and contains no other furniture than the bed itself and a bell rope, the end of which is placed in the hand of the corpse. This cord is attached to a bell which rings in the next room, and which is thence called the Chamber of the Bell. Thus should it occur that the friends of an individual may have been deceived, and have mistaken lethargy for death, and that the patient should awake during the night ( for the body must remain all night in this gloomy refuge) the slightest movement which he may make necessarily rings the bell, and he obtains instant help. It is customary tor the nearest relative to keep this dreary watch; and, from a beautiful sentiment, which must almost tend to reconcile the watcher to his ghostly task, he is fated to watch there alone, that it may be he who calls back the ebbing life, and that none may share in a joy so holy and so deep— a joy, moreover, so rare and unhoped- for!— Eraser's Magazine. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Droitwich, Mon.; Kidderminster, Sat. Gloucestershire.— Coleford, Sat. Herefordshire.— Kington, Sat. Shropshire.— Bridgnorth, Tues.; Oswestry, Wed,; Market Dray- ton, Wed. Warwickshire.— Allesley, Mon* Stetfordsfiire,— Stone, Tues, lituUum in We regret to state that the gallant and venerable Master General of the Ordnance, Sir Geoige Murray, continues seriously indisposed. Several fires took place In the neighbourhood of Stratford- on- Avon in the course of last week. Some of them are supposed to have been caused by incendiaries. A portion of the experimental squadron has arrived at Cork. It is calculated that on the railways now in course of construction, there are employed 120,000 individuals, and 12,000 horses, earning weekly £ 500,000, or £ 26,000,000 per annum. The number of bathers in the Serpentine, in Hyde Park, London, on Sunday week, was no less than 35,000! A London paper announces that Czerski, one of the heads of the German Reformation, is about to pay a visit to this country. His expenses are to be entirely defrayed by a merchant in Loudon. No less than 2,000 pictures have this year been excluded from the Royal Academy's exhibition through the want of room. The Town Council of Newcastle- upon- Tyne have determined to invite Prim e Albert to visit their town ' on the occasion of the Royal Agricultural Society in July. A warrant has been issued by the Secretary at War authorizing the enlistment of jpen for limited periods of service. Professor Leibig has discovered that soot is a perfect antidote to the potato disease. As a man named Jenkins, an itinerant bookseller and tea dealer, of Aberdare, Glamorgan, was walking on Saturday from Hirwan to Rhigos, he put up his umbrella during a thunder storm. The brass point attracted the electric fluid, which passed through liis head, and killed him on the spot. Mn. Jane Rutherford, of SedgeSeld, holder ofthe registered receipt No. 1. J. 517, for subscription to the notorial Timet, had paid to her £ 1,00) on Monday week; the above receipt being one of the fortu- nate numbers to which a prize was awarded. Last week a couple of birds, a pair of storm cocks, stole a female's cap, and scientifically entwined it round the interior of their nest. The cap was in pieces, and put out to dry, and was missed for several days, when at last something like the stolen property was seen waving from the top of a sycamore tree, and hence the discovery. The sailor, Reid. who was found secreted in the gardens of Buck- ingham Palace about three weeks ago, and was sent back to his ship, seems determined to imitate the boy Jones. He was again found concealed behind a tree in the gardens on Saturday, and this time more serious cognizance is taken of the procedure. Three men and three women have been committed at Tunbridge Wells, for taking money from the clothes on a body found drowned in a pond. Jullien has again become the lessee of Covent- garden Theatre, and re- opens with his promenade concerts to- day ( Friday). As Mr. Chandler, grocer, of Devizes, was on Friday, the 29th ult., in the act of drawing a cork from a bottle of ginger beer, the glass burst, and struck him a violent blow in the eye, which has totally deprived him of sight, Washington Irving has just completed a" Life of Mahomet." The hand- loom weavers of Yorkshire, are said to be in such distress, that they are compelled to live on bran and herbs. Last week at Bangor, North Wales, a Baptist Preacher, possessing in a high degree the odour of piety, was committed for robbing the warehouse of one of his congregation. By an official return we learn that 89,302 pairs of boots and shoes were imported in 1815— a number which would have kept 200 work- men in full employ during the whole year. So much for free trade ! The chemist appointed to examine the sediment of the porter by which a clergyman named Dobbie was recently poisoned, at Annan, reports that the liquor contained a large quantity of arsenic. The typhus fever is raging to an alarming extent in the parish of Camberweli, London, iu consequence of the very defective state of the drainage. On Friday, at the Liverpool police Court, a man claimed exemp- tion from his paying arrears in a case of bastardy, by saying the child did not belong to him, because it had been christened and had not got liis name ! On a threat of imprisonment he paid the money and was discharged. At the recent Stepney fair there was exhibited a large pig fed in the ordinary manner, which weighs rather more than 140 stone, and is much larger than any bullock ever brought to Smithfield. The pig is two years and a half old, and was bred by Mr. Parish, a farmer ofN asing, Hertfordshire. Last week one of the gamekeepers at Eglinton, shot a white croio. The bird has red eyes. About twenty years ago a nest of young crows was taken from the same rookery, of which one of the birds was white, one piebald, one grey, and one with white talons, and a white bill. The following is a receipt for making pomatum:— Take of hog's lard two ounces, beef marrow three ounces, olive oil half a pint, oil of roses quantum sujficit. Melt the lard and marrow over a gentle fire, then add the olive oil and the oil of roses, and stir them with a bone spatula until they cool. This preparation should be light and white. An association is announced in Paris, with a capital of 35 millions of francs ( say £ 1,400,000), for the spinning of linen and hempen yarn in France, principally at Lille. Baron Rothschild is stated to be one of the chief shareholders in the concern. Mr. Finch M. P., has informed his tenantry in Rutlandshire, that he shall not in futare preserve the game on his estates, and that they have his permission to shoot on their respectrve farms. The returns from the recruiting officers for tbe last week are greater in number of recruits than during auy week since the com- mencement of the new regulations. 83 gentlemen have entered the army during the preceding month, 34 of whom have purchased their commissions at prices varying from £ 1,260 to £ 450 each, and amounting in the aggregate to no less a sum than £ 21,940. On Wednesday afternoon last, three young children belonging to a coal- heaver fell into a large server, in the neighbourhood of llowick Terrace, Pimlico. One was got out by a little boy only eight years of age, but it was quite dead. Another was got out alive but has since died; the third is not yet found. There is a little pianist at Paris, at present only ten years and a half old, who plays the music of Handel, Sebastian Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the more modern masters, without any book before him. Ilis name is St. Saens, and he is a pupil of M, Stomaty. An elegant silver breakfast service has been presented to Captain Bowen, by the passengers of the Great Liverpool, who owe their lives, under Providence, to his presence of mind and intrepidity. There are now in the farm yard at Brook, Buekfastleigh, the resi- dence of Mr. J. Coates, two large holly trees, quite decked and loaded with red berries as if it were in the month of December. Major Beniowiski is stated to have discovered a simple process by which the daily newspapers, or any book printed from common type, may be printed so as to be read by the blind. A car proprietor and his man were stabbed on last week, at Waterford, by two Italian sailors, who refused to pay the fare for themselves and two lewd women. The driver was killed on the spot, and the master was wounded very severely. We learn from Rome that the Pontifical Government has just entered into a contract for lighting that city with gas. Beethoven's piano- forte, which was presented to him by Messrs. Broadwood, and on which Addison, Cramer, and Moscheles have played, has been given by Dr. Spina, into whose possession it came after Beethoven's death, to Liszt. A woman has lost her life at Knottingley, in Yorkshire, through the improper treatment of a midwife who delivered her of a child. A coroner's jury has returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Mary Chapman, the ignorant pretender to surgical skill; and she has been committed to York Castle. Mrs. Jane Culliford, who has reached her 108th year, walked a few days since to Taunton from Yeovil Marsh, two miles, A widow lady named Queene, aged 40, residing at Camden- town, in a fit of insanity committed suicide last week, by hanging herself in her own drawing- room. There is such a magazine of Indian meal at present stored in Limerick by the commissariat as would supply the market for twelve months to come. Agricultural Entciugencc. HEREFORD FARMERS' CXXJB.— The usual meeting of the Hereford Farmers' Club took place on Saturday last. There were about thirty members present, J. G. Freemain, Esq., Lugwardine, in the chair. The Chairman introduced the first subject for the evening's discussion—" The best time and method of making Hay and Clover Crops." An unani- mous resolution was arrived at, embodying the opinion of the members present. The discussion elicited many practical remarks; after which the second subject, " The best system of Accounts adapted to Farm Husbandry," was brought forward. Two methods were laid down before the members; it was deemed advisable to place tliem in the hands of the Committee, with instructions to report to the uext meeting as to their eligibility for the purposes required.— The library of this Club now possesses the best periodicals and modern works upon agriculture. EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY AND MALT.— Experiments made by order of government to determine the effect of barley and malt on the milk of cows, and the fattening of bullocks, by Drs. Thomas and R. D. Thomson, of the University of Glasgow, have resulted in the opinion that barley is more nourishing to cows than malt: at least, as far as the produc- tion of milk and butter is concerned. Barley, when malted, loses almost one- fifth of its weight. The proportion of azote ( which is necessary both for the support of the animal and for the production of milk) is considerably less in malt than in barley. The only advantage which malt seems to hold out in cattle feeding, is the relish which it gives to a mash; but as this depends entirely upon the sugar which it contains, and which has been produced from the starch of the barley, it is obvious that the same flavour may be imparted by the addition of an equivalent amount of molasses or sugar, should it be considered expedient. Steeped barley is highly relished by cattle. Malt, however, from the diastase it con- tains, has the power of speedily converting the starch of barley into sugar; a handful of malt would be sufficient to saccaharise several pounds of barley in the steep. The quantity required in this case would be so small as to obviate any necessity for change in the duty. The experiments as to the relative value of barley and malt for fattening cattle were made upon two lean bullocks, pretty similar in their constitution; each was about three years of age ; and they were the progeny of the same sire, though by different mothers. They were distinguished by the letters A and B. The weight of bullock A was 9 cwt. 71bs.; B, 10 cwt. 10G lbs.; so that B was 21 libs, heavier than A. These ex- periments, though interrupted and rendered more difficult by the b^ Jlocks being attacked, about a fortnight after they com- menced, by a malady in the feet, accompanied by fever, at that time very prevalent in Glasgow, where they were being carried on, had a result similar to those above stated; and " leave no doubt that barley is superior to malt in the fatten- ing of cattle." HOPS. WORCESTER, JUNE 12.— We cannot report the slightest improvement in the appearance of the plantations of this district, the bine being loaded with vermin, and causing serious apprehension for the crop. A further advance of from tis. to 8s. per cwt. was realized on Saturday, and the demand brisk. The duty is set at £ 8,000, and the following are the present prices:— Worcester, 1845, 112s. to 160s.; choice 170s.— 1844, 10,0s. to 147s.; choice, 152s.— Old hops, 56s. to 112s.; choice 126s. BOROUGH, JUNE 8.— The accounts received from the plantations stating the fly to be on the increase, the demand here continues steady, and prices well supported. The principal purchases were made for speculative purposes. New Pockets. £ s. £ s. New Bags. £ s. £ s. Farnham 7 15 10 15 Kent 5 5 7 15 Kent 5 12 9 10 Sussex 0 0 0 0 East Kent 0 0 0 0 Yearlings 5 0 6 0 Sussex 5 12 7 0 Old Hops 10 5 5 Yearlings 5 0 7 4 KENT.— The vermin has increased in the Kent grounds since our last report, and even in the famous " College" ground, which has hitherto been the least affected, there are a hundred on a leaf, while in others there are from one to two hundred, and in some instances as many as three to four hundred, with honey dew at the ends of the large leaves. There are three remarkable circumstances connected with the present season never before observed in conjunction,— viz., the forward state of the bine,— the early advent of the blight, — and the unparallelled abundance of fly, and absence of their natural enemy, the fly golding. The bine, which is so remarkably Strong and forward is still growing, sometimes making as much as six or eight inches in a night and is followed up by the fly to the very tips. FAIR. SHREWSBURY.— This fair on Tuesday was well supplied with sheep of all kinds. Large fat wethers and ewes of good quality fetched 6d. per lb.; a few smaller weights from 6d. to 6 § d. per lb.; fat lambs, 7d. per lb. There was a fair demand for store sheep : and upon the whole there was a fair trans- action of business, with a good clearance. In pigs, large stores sold rather sluggishly, but small ones maintained their prices, Horticulture OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, & c.— Conservatory: Continue to clear away exhausted flowers, in order to give place to fine specimens of Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, Calceolarias, Roses, or other gay and popular flowers.— Stove and Orchids : Stanhopeas will now be bloominp ; the baskets should be well examined, or fine buds will be lost through contact with the sides. Let the house have a thorough circulation of sweet air early in the morning, and if the atmosphere is warm give air most abundantly. If the fire is put out betimes, the air may be somewhat reduced by eleven o'clock, pour water about, and the canvas screen may be thrown over the roof if sunny.— Stove plants in general: Continue to shift young and growing stock, and to remove early- grown plants for autumn or winter flowering to the Cool shelves ofthe greenhouse, in order to harden their wood and prepare them for early excitability. This is a principle not sufficiently understood or acted on. Much of the success in obtaining winter flowers lies here. KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD.— The Cape, although a small Broccoli, is one of the most useful in a Kitchen Garden, where con- stant succession is required. This is a good time to make a very full sowing, to supply the table through October and November. Cauliflowers sown now will head in November, and may then be housed in cellars, sheds, or outhouses, and continue in use until past Christmas. It is a good plan to sow some Cape in drills, pre- pared after the manner of a Celery trench. The seed should be dropped in patches above a foot apart, to be afterwards thinned to about three in a patch. Sow a little more of Knight's Protecting, and a sprinkling of some very late spring Broccoli; it may serve to prolong the succession next April and May. A few Ice plants should now be planted out in a warm border to garnish the autumn desserts. Every attention should be paid to Celery plants; they must have abundance of water in every stage. Those pricked out from the seed bed should have well prepared beds, the surface of which, for two inches deep, should consist of well rotted manure, soaked with water, and rolled or pressed level previous to pricking out the plants. If the weather prove sunny they should be shaded with boughs.— Orcharding : A thorough picking of grubs or inseets from the fruit trees in general should now take place. Yines on walls or buildings must be attended to, as to disbudding, stopping, & c.; Apricots well examined for the grub, and the Peaches judiciously thinned on the walls, both of wood and fruit. FLORISTS' FLOWERS.— Ranunculuses, this warm weather, are making rapid advances ; occasionally water between the rows with soft water— a slight awning will be of immense advantage to them.— Dahlias, if not already done, ought immediately to be planted out; at the same time their supports should be put down, so that the roots may not be injured, which would probably be the case if delayed to a later period. Water and mulch the surface oi' the soil round the stems.— Panties may be struck under hand- glasses on a shady border; let the cuttings be as thin as possible.— Auriculas and Polyanthuses should be carefully tended; the latter is extremely apt to sutler from the attacks of red spider; during dry weather shade is absolutely necessary for their successful cultivation. ^ agriculturalquo otfjer ftfcarfcets. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, JUNE 8. A short supply of English wheat. The trade ruled more steady, and the sales made were at the currency of this day week. Rather more enquiry for the low qualities of bonded for exportation, but few transactions were reported to speculators. Millers continue to clear small parcels by certificates, which were scarce, and worth lis. per qr* The arrivals of oats very short, which enabled factors to realise an advance of Gd. per qr. from needy buyers. Rye Is. dearer and scarce. Malt, beans and peas fully supported our previous rer qr. currency. Per qr. s. s. Wheat, Essex, Kent, Is Suffolk Red - 50 to 54 White - 55 62 Lincolnshire & York- shire Red - 50 52 White . 54 58 Scotch - 46 48 White - 49 54 Irish - - 44 47 White - 46 50 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Sufl'olk Malting - 29 30 Distilling - 27 29 Chevalier - 32 34 Grinding - - 24 25 Irish, Distilling- - 25 26 Grinding - 23 24 Rye, Distilling - 34 36 Grinding - 32 34 Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 56 60 Brown - 50 52 Malt Kingston and Ware 60 Brown - - - 52 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed - 22 Pota, and Poland - 26 Scotch - - - 26 Devonshire and Welsh 21 Londonderry, Newry, and Clonuiel ditto - 23 Limerick and Sligo - 24 Cork and Waterford - 22 Black White - Galway Extra Beans, Tick - Harrow and Small Peas, Essex, Boilers Blue ... Grey, Maple, & Hog - 24 - 20 - 20 - 32 - 34 - 40 - 42 - 32 63 54 25 28 28 23 24 26 24 25 21 22 35 36 4 - i 56 34 36 Extra - - - - 35 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. The business not extensive this morning, but the sales at firmey prices for prime English wheat, and for no description of grain have prices been accepted below those of the last market day. Though the weather is extremely favourable, yet the changes of season may be yet hazardous, whilst the known low state of the supplies, and return of some uncertainty respecting the passing of the Corn Bill, have been circumstances to improve the trade in some slight degree. SEED MARKET, JUNE 8. We have very few sales to report in linseed, yet the quotations ruled about stationary. In clover seed next to nothing doing, and prices almost nominal. The supply of English linseed cakes being small, prices were somewhat higher— they ruling from £ 10 to £ 10 10s. per 1,000. Rape cakes steady, at fully previous currencies, All other articles very dull. Red clover, Eng., ( per cwt.) 5Js to 72s ; White clover, 52s to 73s ; Linseed for sowing, 54s to 59s; ditto for crushing, 40s to 46s; Caraway, ( English) 45s to 50s; Foreign ditto, 42s to 47s; Coriander, lis to 14s; Rape seed English ( per last) £ 24 to £ 25; ditto new, £ 22 to £ 25; Foreign ditto, £ 25; Rapecake English, ( per ton), £ 5 15s to £ 6 5s ; ditto Foreign, £ 5 5s to £ 5 15s : Linseed cake, English ( per 1,000) £ 9 10s to £ 10 10s, IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Week endiw May 30. ° Wheat 53s 4d j Oats 23s 9d I Beans .... 35s lOd Barley .... 28s 4d | Rye . ... 32s 4d | Peas 34s 2d Aggregate Average ofthe Six Weeks which regulates Duty. Wheat"...-. 55s 9d" l Oats .... 23s 8d I Beans Barley .... 29s 4d j Rye ... 33s 3d | lJeas Duty on Foreign Corn, Wheat 17s 0.1 1 Oats .... 5s Od I Beans Barley .... 9s Od [ Rye 9s 6d | Peas 35s 34s 7s 6d 4d Cd 6d WOOL MARKETS. LONDON, JUNE 8.— The imports of wool into London, in the past week, have consisted of 869 bales from Hobart Town ; and 500 uitto from other quarters. In the private contract market, so little doing in all descriptions that prices are almost nominal, and, to effect sale* lower rates submitted to. Little business has been done in the provinces since our last, but the result of the public sales being now fairly known, a better trade is expected. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. JUNE 8. During the past week, the imports of live stoc k from abroad, con- sisted of 30 oxen and cows, together with 450 sheep, 76 lambs, and 4 calves from Rotterdam; as, also, 202 sheep from Flushing. From other parts, no arrivals have taken place. At to- day's market about 40 foreign beasts, and 100 ditto of sheep— the demand for which— though the quality was tolerably good— was in a sluggish state, and prices were not supported. The limited imports of stock must be chiefly attributed to most of the Dutch and continental graziers waiting that period when both beasts and sheep will be admitted into our markets free of duty. There was a large number of beasts on sale to- day ; owing to which, and the continued warm weather, the beef trade was in a very depressed state, at a decline in the quotations of 2d. per 81bs., and a clearance was not effected. The general quality of the stock was remarkably good. For the time of year, a full average number of sheep on offer. Prime old Downs were in fair request at full prices ; but all other kinds moved off slowly, at late rates. From the Isle of Wight, 231 lambs came fresh to hand; while the receipts from other quarters were good. The lamb trade was brisk at an advance in prices of 2d. per 81b. Calves— the supply of which was moderately good— moved off steadily, at full prices. In pigs, very little was doing, at late rates. PRICES L'ER STONE OF RLBS. TO SINK THE OFFAL, „ d „ Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 Prime Scots, & c 3 8 4 Inferior Sheep 3 2 3 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 Coarse- woolled ditto 3 10 4 Prime Southdown out of wool 4 2 4 Prime Southdown in s d s d wool 0 0 0 0 Lamb 5 0 6 2 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 4 10 Suckling Calves, eachl8 0 29 0 Large Hogs 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 4 10 Qr. old store pigs, each I6s a 19s WORCESTER, JUNE 12. The supply of wheat on Saturday was fully equal to the demand, and the prices of the previous market were obtained. Oats sold in limited quantities at former prices. Holders of beans were firm, but no advance was obtained. A fair amount of business done ia Wheat, white New ditto Wheat, red Ditto new Malting .. 3 Malt 8 Old Oats, English .. 3 New ditto 3 d s d a d 8 d 0 7 2 Old Oats, Irish 3 3 3 6 0 0 0 New Oats, Irish 3 3 3 6 6 7 0 Beans, old, English. . 6 0 6 4 0 0 0 Ditto, Foreign 5 0 5 2 3 3 6 Ditto new, English . Peas, Feed ft 0 5 4 9 4 0 . 4 6 5 0 0 8 3 6 ft 0 6 4 0 0 8 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. I Total quan. Av. per qr. ~ - " • • ' Rye . . . Oqr. 0 bu.£ 0 0 0 Beans , . 20 4 1 0 0 Peas . . 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat 249qt 3 bu. £ 2 14 10J Barley 57 4 1 6 0 Oats. .0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 10.— During the present week the trans- actions reported in wheat are only of a retail character, at about our previous currency. Grinding barley and beans maintained their value. Oats found buyers at the rates of this day se'nnight.— Averages: Whpat, 2,470 qrs. 4 bush., 5s 5G$ d : barlev, 348 qrs., 31s 3Jd ; oats, 192 qrs., 27s 7d ; beans, 289 qrs. 3 bush., 40s 5d ; peas, 12 qrs., 34s 8d. GLOUCESTER, JUNE 6.— The supply of farmer's wheat very small, yet the value was not maintained, and the sales made were at a reduction of Is. per qr. on last week's prices. A little free foreign was disposed of at about former rates. Very little doing in barley, oats, and beans, and the value of each article nominally unaltered,— Averages: Wheat, 471 qrs., 53s ; barley, 55 qis., 24s; oats, 90 qrs,, 24s lid ; beans, 30 qrs., 35s tid. HEREFORD, JUNE 6.— There was considerable depression in the trade to- day— wheat was almost unsaleable at an average of six shillings per bushel only.— Wheat, 6s to 6s 6d; barley, 3s to 4s; beans 4s Od to 5s; peas, 4s ; oats, 3s to 3s lOd. SHREWSBURY, JUNE 6.— Wheat, per 751bs., 6s Od to 9s 2d , barley, per 38 quarts, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; oats, per bag, 11 score lOlbs.; 16s to 22s ( sack included); malt, pe » imperial bushel, 7s 9d to 8s 9d, LIVERPOOL, JUNE 9.— There was but a thin attendance of the trade at market this morning, and all descriptions of wheat met a slow sale at u decline of 2d for 701bs. from the currency of this day week. The best brands of English and Irish sack flour were taken rather freely at the full prices of last Tuesday, but all secondary sorts were without attention, A moderate retail demand was experienced for oats at fully previous rates. Oatmeal was dull, and easier to purchase. lSeans and barley, upon limited enquiry, were each the turn lower. jtnsoiumt ana bankrupt iiUgumr. FRIDAY, JUNE 5. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Edward lnW> Manchester, cabinet maker. Stephen lvnowles, Exeter, common brewer. BANKRUPTS. Edward Clark, Mortimer- road, Kingsland, builder. Charles Ugrdon Matthew John Hopkins, l'ortman- street, Portman square, tailoiaud draper. William Mitchell, Finsbury- place South, London, Upper Fitzroy- street, Fitzruy- square, Middlesex, and Kent street, Surrey, furni- ture dealer. Willoughby Marshall Smithson, Canterbury, printer. John Bodu'ington, Manchester, corn dealer" Robert Sheel, Wilsted- street, Somers'- town, grocer. John Davis Paine, Hatcham, Surrey, and Duke- street, West- minster. copper place printer. Paul Shawson and Thomas Beeston Youug, Louth, Lincolnshire, chemists. Hodgson Stelling, Well, Yorkshire, wool comber. William Nortcliffe, Tlioinhill Briggs, Halifax, Yorkshire, dyer and stover. John Beeth? m, Richmond, Yorkshire, gunmaker. Robert Bleakley, Liverpool, bricklayer. James Conlen, Cheltenham. Gloucestershire, woollen draper, John Solomon, Exeter, outfitter. TUESDAY, JUNE 9. BANKRUPTS. John W right, Oxford- street, druggist. John Gisborne, Coleman- street, City, merchant. Jesse Smith, Wellington- street, Newington- causeway, cheese- monger. Edward Weeks, King's- road, Chelsea, hothouse builder. John Richard Misklu, Chatham, tea dealer. Francis Freeman Phillips, Bristol, coachmaker. John Child, Wakefield, grocer. John Scott, Sheffield, flour dealer. Frederick Sly, Truro, currier. Charles Gallimore, Birmingham, pearl button maker. Printed and Published for the Proprietor, at the Office No. 5t Avenue, Cross, in the Parish of Saint Nicholas, in th* Borough of Worcester, by FRANCIS PARS N5 ENGLAND, Printer, residing ai No 52, Moor Street, Tythinq of Whistones, in the Borough of Worcester. Saturday, June 13, 1846.