THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. N°- 007. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1846. PRICE 5D. FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH. MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH This infallible Remedy has preserved hun- dreds of Children when thought past recovery from Convul- sions arising from painful dentitition. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved, the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with ease ; and so pleasant, that no Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, the Syrup should be rubbed on the Gums; and Parents should never be without the Syrup in the Nursery where there are young children ; for if a Child wakes in the night with pains in the Gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease; thereby pre- venting Convulsions, Fevers, & c. The great success of this Medicine during the last 25 years has induced unprincipled per- sons to imitate it, under the name of American Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's Bills, & c. Parents will, therefore, he very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names BARCLAY and SONS, 85, Farringdon Street, London, ( to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to each Bottle. ASTONISHING EFFICACY OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. The Testimony of a Clergyman vouching to Eleven Cases of Cures by these wonderful Pills. Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Geo. Prior, Curate of Mevagh, Letter Kenny, Carrigart, Ireland, 10th January, 1846. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— I send you a crude list of some eleven cases, all cured by the use of your Pills. I cannot exactly give you a professional name to the various complaints, but this I know, some of them baffled the skill of Derry and this County. In a previous letter this gentleman states as follows:— Within a short distance of my house resides a small farmer, who for more than twenty years has been in a bad state of health ; Mrs. Prior gave him a box of the Pills, which did him so much good that I heard him say, for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills. ( Signed) GEORGE PRIOR. %* The above reverend and pious gentleman purchased some pounds worth of the Pills for the benefit of his poor parishioners. Bad Digestion, with extreme Weakness and Debility— an Extraordinary Cure. Mr. T. GARDINER, of No, 9, Brown Street, Grosvenor Square, had heen in a very bad state of health for a long time, suffering much from a distended Stomach, very impaired Digestion, with constant pains in his Chest, was extremely nervous, and so greatly debilitated as scarcely able to walk one hundred yards : during the long period of his declining health he had the advice of four of the most eminent physicians, besides five surgeons of the greatest celebrity in London, from whose aid he derived no benefit whatever, at last he had recourse to Holloway's Pills, which he declares effected a perfect cure in a very short time, and that he is now as strong and vigorous as ever he was in his life. This being so extraordinary a case, may lead many persons almost to doubt this statement, it might therefore he necessary to say that Mr. Gardiner is a broker and well known. Cure of a Confirmed Asthma, accompanied with great Debility. Extract of a Letter from John Thompson, Esq., Proprietor of the Armagh. Guardian, Armagh, 17th April, 1846. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— There is at present living in this city a Serjeant, who had been for many years in the Army at Cabul, in the East Indies, from whence he returned in September last. On his way here, from the change of weather of a tropical to a moist climate, he caught a very violent cold, which produced a con- firmed case of Asthma. In December last he commenced taking your Pills, and by the use of two lis. boxes, with two 4s. 6d. pots of your Ointment well rubbed into his breast, he is, I am happy to say, not only quite cured of the Asthma, but is also become so strong and vigorous, that he informed me yesterday he could now run round the Mall, with any person in the city, and that he never got any medicine equal to your Pills and Ointment. ( Signed) J. THOMPSON. The Earl of Aldborough cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint. Extract of a Letter from His Lordship, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, 2lst February, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my thanking you before this time for your politeness in sending me your Pills as you did. X now take this opportu- nity of sending you an order for the amount, and, at the same time, to add that your Pills have effected a cureof a disorder in my Liver and Stomach, which all the most eminent of the Faculty at home, and all over the Continent, had not been able to effect; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad. I wish to have another Box and a Pot of the Ointment, in case any of my family should ever require either Your most obliged and obedient Servant, ( Signed) ALDBOROUGH. The mighty powers of these extraordinary Pills will do wonders in any of the following Complaints :— Ague Female irregularities Retention of urine Asthmas Fevers of all kinds Sore Throats Bilious complaints Fits Scrofula or King's Blotches on the skin Gout Evil Bowel complaints Head- ache Stone and Gravel Colics Indigestion Secondary symptoms Constipation of the Inflammation Tic- Douloureux Bowels Jaundice Tumours Consumption Liver complaints Ulcers Debility Lumbago Venereal Affections Dropsy Piles Worms of all kinds Dysentery Rheumatism Weakness, from Erysipelas whatever cause, & c. Sold at the establishment- of Professor HOLLOWAY, 224 Strand, near Temple- bar, London, and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices :— Is. l^ d., 2s. 9d., 4s; ( id., lis.,. 22s., and 33s. each Box. There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes, N. B. Directions for the guidance of Patients in every Disorder are affixed to each Box. CURTIS ON MENTAL AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, A MEDICAL WORK, in a sealed Envelope,, at 3s., and sent, post paid, for 3s. 6d. MANHOOD; the Causes of its Premature Decline, with plain direc- tions for its perfect restoration, addressed to those suffering from nervous debility or mental irritation, followed by observa- tions on MARRIAGE, NERVOUSNESS, and the treatment of Diseases of the generative system, illustrated with cases, & c. By J. L. CURTIS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, 7, FRITH STREET, SOHO SQUARE, London. TWENTY- SIXTH THOUSAND. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their Residence; also sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster- row ; Burgess, Medical Bookseller, 28, Coventry. street, Haymarket; Hannay, 63, Oxford- street; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London; Guest, 51, Bull- street, Birmingham ; Hobson, 5, Market- street, Leeds ; Allen, Long- row, Nottingham ; T. 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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 OP RESTORATION ; tile 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 Mercury on the skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body ; with APPROVED MODE OF CUBK 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," to 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, Chuich- street, Rani Church- street, Liverpool; Ingram, Market- street, Manchester; D. Camp- bell, 136, Argyle- street, Glasgow; 11. 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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 fallen into a state of chronic debility, by which the constitution is left in a deplorable state, and that nervous mentality kept up which places th<.~ 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. SVPHII. ITIC REMEDY for searching out and purifying 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 l'or 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 wiil be found to be attended with the most astonishing effects in checking the ravages of the disorder, removing all scorbutic com- plaints, and effectually re- establishing the health of the constitu- tion. 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He received the punishment in a very dangerous manner; for the farrier major, Charles Critten, rose upon his toes every time he struck the deceased. The other farrier, Evans, did not inflict the punishment in so severe a manner when he was ordered to do his duty by the adjutant of the regiment. This was before 100 lashes were inflicted. After this Evans appeared to strike harder. After the examination of this witness Mathewson, the man who had been flogged, presented himself, and the Coroner inquired if his situation in the regiment had been affected by the evidence he had given ; to which he replied, Not at present. He had received no punishment nor threat. He was under the order of confinement to barracks at the last examination, and Captain Shirley had given an order that he was still to be so confined. The Coroner then said, if he was subjected to any punishment on account of any evidence given in this court, he should take care to let him ( the Coroner) know of it. Richard Evans, one of the farriers who punished the deceased, was called and sworn. He picked out a light- handled whip, as the one with which he had punished White. He had used the same in flogging Mathewson. He knew it by the notches. He said the only words spoken during the punishment were by the adjutant, who said once, " Go on." I am satisfied no one said " Do your duty." No complaint was made that I struck too severely. It is left to a man to use his discretion. I have flogged about ten or twelve men. There are no instructions other than to use the whip between the shoulders. There are no orders as to how the men shall be struck. Upon the Coroner expressing surprise, The Colonel and Adjutant said there were no orders to the farriers. The Coroner.— If there are no orders it is putting a man in a wrong position. I cannot ask any more questions of him. This must be investigated. Dr. Warren, surgeon to the regiment, was next examined. He said— It is customary in the British army that a surgeon shall be present whenever punishment takes place. I was not present at the trial, but I heard the sentence read on parade previous to the punishment being carried into execution. I examined the man most minutely on the morning of his trial and after to ascertain if he was in a fit state of health to undergo punishment, imprisonment, or otherwise. I have no record of it; it is quite irrelevant. It is not my business to know that he is to be punished ; it is my duty to be present. I always see a man before punishment. It was not necessary for me, at the punishment, to give any orders with respect to the deceased. He made no appeal whatever to me during the punishment. 1 was two or three yards from him. He did not faint nor make any convulsions. The Coroner Did you feel his pulse ? Did you ask any question ? Dr. Warren.— That is not necessary in the British army. I did not. Coroner.— Did you in this case adopt the line of conduct which you have adopted in other cases of a similar nature ? Dr. Warren.— Exactly the same. Some conversation then took place with respect to White's removal from the surgical apartments to the medical, where he died ; Dr. Warren explaining that it was ordered that all medical cases should be treated by themselves. He was removed two days before he died. Dr. Hall arrived while he was dying. 1 have not given any name to the disease from which the deceased died. I wished not to alter my books. The man remained out of bed after he complained of a deal of pain in the region of the heart. I treated symptoms as they occurred. I treated for inflammation of the pleura and the heart. I was present at the examination on Monday the I3th of July. The reports are here to be produced by Dr. Hall. There is a general order from the medical department that all who die are to be examined. 1 did not know at that time that an inquest was to be held. Dr. Warren then gave an account of the post mortem ex- amination. The Coroner asked what, in his opinion, was the cause of death ? Dr. Warren.— Inflammation of the heart and pleura. Coroner What was the cause of that ? Dr. Warren.— That 1 cannot say ; there are so many causes to produce diseases. I was not present when the body was ex- amined by Mr. Day. Coroner.— Is there any particular reason for keeping the stocks off" the men when they are punished ? Dr. WTarren None in particular. 1 have been a long time in cavalry regiments, and it was always " stocks off." Evidence of the post mortem examnination made by the army surgeons was then given.^ Mr. Day and Mr. Wilson the surgeons appointed by the Coroner, detailed the results of their examination, from which it appeared that the deepest layer of muscles, which adhered to the bones of the ribs and spine, was in one part in a state of disorganisation, and converted into a soft pulp. The follow- ing is the most material portion of this part of the evidence :— Two questions naturally arise out of the preceding examina- tion— viz., first, what was the cause of the pulpy softening of the muscles ? second, could the state of disorganisation preced- ing the pulpy softening influence the disease existing in the chest ? The cause of the pulpy softening I believe to have been the excessive contraction of the muscles taking place during the agony of punishment. This excessive contraction would produce laceration and subsequent inflammation of the muscles, and the inflammation being reparative would in con- sequence of the depressed state of the powers of the nervous system of the sufferer be of the disorganised kind, which results in pulpy softening. Had the man lived the disorganisation of the muscles would in time have been repaired. As regards the second question there can be no doubt that, although the cause of inflammation of the contents of the chest is cold, acting in conjunction with physical or moral depression, and might have been the cause in the case of the deceased, yet the presence of a portion of muscle, in a state of disorganisation and inflamma- tion in close contact with the lining membrane of the chest might be adequate to the production of the same effect. Cer- tainly, no surgeon would feel comfortable with regard to the state of his patient if he were aware of such dangerous proximity. The Coroner Are you in a position to give a decided opinion as to the cause of death, allowing for the inflammation of the pleura and the lining membrane of the heart ? Mr. Wilson.— There can be no doubt that there was inflam- mation of the heart. The whole substance of the heart was in a serous state of disease according to Dr. Hall's report. Dis- ease of the heart, of the lungs, of the pleura, and the lining membrane of the heart, were undoubtedly the cause of death. Coroner.— Would he have been alive if he had not been sub- jected to corporal punishment ? Mr. Wilson.— No doubt he would have been alive. Mr. Day recalled.— I quite agree with Mr. Wilson regarding the change of muscle; but I cannot go the length he has, in attributing to it the cause of death. The change did not appear to me to be sufficient to account for the inflammation of the lungs and the membrane of the chest. I do not connect the cause of death with the punishment, It may be from struy- gling during the agony of the lash. The Corouer, in answer to Mr. Clarke, who attended on behalf of the officers, said— Independently of the flogging there was sufficient amount of disease in the chest to account for death. A Juror.— Would he have lived if he had not been flogged ? Mr. Day.— There are so many causes which may have indi- rectly led to this result— depression of spirits and disgrace of the punishment might have predisposed him to disease and made him less able to bear it. The minutes of the court- martial were then handed to the coroner, and Serjeant Wright stated that they were a true copy, The Adjutant, Lieut. Ireland, was next examined, but not on oath.— All cavalry regiments flog by ladder. 1 have been 22 years a soldier, and never saw any other. Coroner.— I do not think there was anything unusual in the punishment except employing farriers instead of trumpeters. The Adjutant.— I never knew any other than farriers flog in cavalry regiments. There is a regular routine to be observed. The colonel reads the sentence of the court- martial, and I order the man to strip. I never saw a man flogged with his stock on. There is no gauge to go by in punishing a man as to how hard he is to be struck ; the farriers do their duty. Lieutenant Colonel John James Whyte gave a statement of his address to the men after the deceased had gone to the hospital on being punished. He said, I called the regiment to attention. I stated how deeply I regretted the necessity I was under to inflict a punishment so disgraceful to the man and to the regiment, and of such rare occurrence, but this man had brought it upon himself by a long course of the same particular crime for which he was then punished. Within the last three years he had been brought before me, as commanding officer, four times previously for assaults, and he had now ended his catalogue of crime by a cowardly assault with the poker upon an unarmed man, and by such brutal conduct he had brought himself into the disgraceful situation they had just witnessed. At 25 lashes there is always a pause; for sometimes a man wants to drink, or to ask to put his glove on, or to shift his arm when the rope hurt him. With respect to the cats, the colonel said Evans was always a mild man, and punished less severely than others; but it was impossible to inflict blows beyond a certain force with such instruments. He ( the colonel) had never tried the cats upon himself, but he had often " been devilishly well flogged when at school" ( laughter). Four or five fainted, but those present were principally recruits. Some other questions were put to the medical men as to their opinion, and a hint given by the coroner that if they did not agree as to the cause of death the jury would exercise their common sense ; and after a short conference with the jury the inquest was again adjourned. A ROMANTIC DWELLING.— In the cliffs on the other side of Hastings ( about a couple of minutes' walk from the town) an Irishman has made himself about as romantic a dwelling place as it is possible to conceive. The cliffs here are more than 100 feet above the sea. Rather more than half- way up there is a small ledge, below which it is perpen- dicular ; but it is accessible by a side path. Above, the cliff's again rise perpendicularly. It is this ledge that the Irishman chose for his habitation. Scooping out the sand in the face of the cliff", he made an arched cell, where he lives with his wife and an adopted child— a cripple, but very intelligent boy. The man gains a livelihood by breeding rabbits, squirrels, & c., and by the contributions of visitors to this strange abode. Among the latter are a good many artists, and Landseer spent three days on the spot, in sketching it and the surrounding scenery.— Brighton Herald. DEATH IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.— On the first day of the Maidstone Assizes, a gentleman engaged in a civil action, was proceeding by the South Eastern Railway to Maidstone, when, in passing through the Merstham Tunnel, a fellow- passenger, sitting opposite to him, was astonished at finding his neighbour suddenly thrown into his lap, and apparently unable to recover his place. What was his horror on emerg- ing from the tunnel to discover that he was dead! An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, when a verdict was returned of {' Died bv the Visitation of God," PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURE AND BRITISH INDUSTRY. The following circular from the Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry to the local Associations has been issued :— " The committee of the Society for the Protection of Agri- culture and British Industry consider it their duty to address to those societies in connection with them some remarks on the present position of affairs, as well as some suggestions as to a future course of conduct. " When, in 1844, protection societies were formed, they were formed not so much from suspicion of a ministry as from a determination to resist a class confederacy at that time in energetic operation. It was rather to strengthen than to cen- sure Sir Robert Peel, that the farmers then came forward— and if they have subsequently found the man they placed in office, and strengthened in office, holding office only to betray them, they have at least the satisfaction of knowing that they have done their duty, of recollecting that the most generous and confiding natures are ever those most easily deceived, and of feeling that no man can be blamed for not foreseeing an event which has had no parallel, and we hope it will have none, in the history of our country. " The voice of warning was first raised in Essex by the forma- tion of a protection society ; and the last indignant protest was recorded in Nottinghamshire by the rejection of Lord Lincoln. The farmers raised that bold voice, the farmers recorded that famous protest; and however remiss or faithless other classes may have been, the farmers are nobly acquitted of all respon- sibility for the destruction of our protective system. " Those societies whose members have attended our meetings need not be reminded of the difficulty we have had to encounter. They were the last either to censure our mode of organisation, or to suspect our fidelity to the cause. But while their chair- men and vice chairmen left in the country nothing but unanimity and determination, they found ( it was a subject of reiterated complaint) nothing but dissension and doubt in Lon- don : not that those who worked the society were either doubtful or divided, but that the society itself did not receive a support sufficiently cordial or general to enable it to carry out its objects. " The greater part of those who ought to have supported us, but who criticised us and kept aloof, were those who for ten years had been labouring to bring Sir Robert Peel into office. Men do not like to admit, and are slow even to believe, that they have toiled so long for nothing. Every motive of political ambition or personal interest inclined them to support him, and even, strange as it may sound now, to trust him. The in- fluence of neighbours or constituents constrained many to join, or at least to contribute to protection societies in the country, who yet entertained no friendly feeling to us in town, and who were so grossly deluded as to belive that change after change, concession after concession, only strengthened the edifice they were destined to undermine. Thus, vituperated by the League, discountenanced by the Government, and denounced by its supporters; with a construction from which much was antici- pated, and yet in a situation where little could be effected ; the committee of the Central Society have often had to acknow- ledge with admiration the patience and kindness of those friends in the country who allowed for difficulties of whose pressure they could have no practical knowledge, and who were, over and over again, contented to receive from us not all the assistance we had the wish to give, but all we had the power to offer them. " Those times have passed, and that event has happened which the protection societies and the Anti- Corn- Law League foresaw, but which the followers of Sir Robert Peel failed to see an act has passed for the immediate diminution and speedy abolition of the protection afforded by the corn laws ; and however much we may lament the renunciatiou of an ancient principle, the destruction of a great party, and the shock to public confidence in public men, we cannot regret that swift justice has been administered to those who violated good faith, and that the same day which witnessed the con- summation of their perfidy witnessed also its righteous chastise- ment. The ground is clear now, and those who are in office cannot fail to remember that they succeed a ministry brought into office, and thrown out of office, by the representatives of the English farmer— of him who may be deceived, as every honest man may be, but not with impunity, and not more than once. " The English Legislature has enacted a law, or rather has entered on an experiment, whose results cannot possibly realise the contradictory prophecies of its advocates, and must there- fore entail disappointment on those wbo have believed them. For ourselves, while we have never been committed to the details of any protective law— while we have, as in the case of wool, sanctioned the removal of some protective duties as detrimental, rather than conducive, to the efficacy of the true principle of protection— we have maintained the truth and value of that principle ; we have stood by it— we' are prepared to stand by it— and we hold that a Government, calling itself a paternal Government, and yet_ refusing to protect its subjects, can hardly expect those subjects to consider themselves its children, or to feel towards it filial affection. No man living can tell the effect which a free importation of corn will have on agricultural prices. But as for the selfish and curel maxim of '" buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market," yet a little while and that maxim must be proved impracticable, or must prove itself deadly. No private individual can carry it out without sacrificing to it all the domestic affections and all the kindly charities of lifecrno nation canj& HXii GUt mth- out such horrible oppression of fhe poor as must inevitably be followed by national convulsions. As for the Minister who has asserted this maxim, we behold him now without his office and without his party. As for Lord John Russell, our present Minister, we expected nothing hostile to us from Sir Robert, we expect nothing favourable to us from Lord John. Our expectations have not been realised in the former case, and, therefore, in the latter, let us wait in cautious neutrality to see whether Lord John believes that the agriculturists of England are without union, without spirit, without power. All is not lost; many, very many, of those who believed that we must embark on this fearful venture are yet most reluctant to see the agricultural interest lowered from the political or social position it has hitherto occupied, and these men will labour earnestly with us in the maintenance of that position. Do not let us reject their aid— we have formidable enemies, we need all our friends ; meanwhile let us support those who have proved themselves true to us, and, where we have heen betrayed, let us look out for men whose hearts, to use a farmer's phrase, " are in the right place." Pledges we have seen shamelessly violated, and a course of action may, we know, be wise or unwise according to time and circumstances ; but a stern hostility to a vicious and dangerous system of political economy an earnest recognition of the rights of British agriculture, and an uncompromising assertion of those rights— these are what our yeomen must now look for; and while it would be at once impertinent and impossible to dictate details of action in your several localities, we have known you too long, and you have trusted us too heartiiy, to let us for one moment doubt that when we urge you to bestir yourselves as men of good hope, you count on our heartiest co- operation, and on the communication, from time to time, of such suggestions as may seem to us advisable. Meanwhile, far from considering the cause of the farmer as lost, we believe there never was a time when a more lively interest was felt in his favour, now that his country beholds him betrayed by the ministry of his choice, and abandoned by so many of those in whom he trusted. ( Signed) " RICHMOND." ASSESSMENT AFFECTING TITHES AND COM- MUTATION RENT- CHARGE. Under the present law the titheowner's grievance is, no doubt, confined to the unequal and unfair mode in which he is assessed, as compared with other repesentatives of real property. But his objection is not confined solely to the appli- cation of the law; he objects to the law itself, and imagines, as we think with justice, that it requires amendment and modification to prevent its being towards him as unfair in its principle as it is in its operation. To the objections to the law itself we may hereafter refer; but at present our object is simply to show the manner in which it works, to the prejudice of the titheowner. It was, perhaps, hardly within the scope of the enquiry entrusted to the select committee of the House of Lords to enter into consideration of inequalities of taxation ; but we are not surprised that titheowners, suffering under a strong sense of injustice, should have availed themselves of the opportunity afforded by the appointment of the committee to record their grievances, and to bring themjunder the considera- tion of the Legislature through the medium of an investigation of great importance, and one which was certain to attract general attention. We do not observe that the committee, in its report, refers especially to the evidence which was brought before it on behalf of the titheowner; but this is not be won- dered at when the precise nature and the exact object of the enquiry is considered. The committee was appointed to en- quire into the special burdens which were imposed upon real as compared with personal property, and it was scarce within the scope of their duty to make any special reference to in- equalities in the imposition of those burdens. With the general object of the committee we have no concern; but perhaps we may be permitted to say that, although its labours may have had no immediate effect upon the great question of the Corn- Laws, to which the committee owed its origin, the result of its labours has been a report containing such a mass of useful and important evidence, both as regards the present amount and condition of real and personal property throughout the kingdom, of statistical knowledge, of political economy, and scientific opinion, as to render it a document of great permanent value, and one which will be resorted to for its sound intrinsic merits and valuable information when the cir- cumstances under which it originated are probably in a great measure forgotten. The committee have published in extenso all the evidence given before it. Mr. Jones's ( tithe com missioner) knowledge of the subjeet, the attention which he has paid to it, the opportunities which his position affords him of knowing the sentiments of clerical titheowners, and his well- known and distinguished ability, render him a most important witness, and one whose evidence is worthy of the most careful consideration. It is true that, appearing as he does, as the organ of a particular interest to complain of a specific injury under which it is suffering, his evidence may, to a certain extent, be deemed that of a partisan, and be liable to be re- ceived with that caution which ought always to be bestowed on the statements of the exponent of a particular class of opinions and interests. The evidence given, however, by Mr. Jones, before the committee, is not ouly borne out by the only other witness examined on the subject, but by the report of the Poor- Law Commissioners themselves, who certainly are not liable to the imputation of being partisans of clerical tithe- owners. The truth is, the wrong under which the titheowner is suffering is so palpable and notorious that no one dreams of denying it— not even those who benefit by it, and with whom it mey be said to originate.— Justice of the Peace. All heavy,' sleepy,' drowsy, and apoplectic symptotns imme- diately removed by llolloway^ s Pills— There is often much danger to be apprehended from attacks of paralysis or apoplexy when any of the foregoing symptoms hang about the system for any length of time, such a state of things indicates much derangement of the stomach and liver, and clearly demonstrates a great want of purity in the blood.; when this is the case not a moment should be lost in taking a few strong doses of these celebrated pills, which so thoroughly cleanse the bowels and stomach, while they act upon the liver and other organs, and thus restore the blood to it » pristine purity by removing the seeds of disease. Imperial parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 24. On the motion of the Earl of Powis, the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the third reading of the St. Asaph and Bangor and Manchester Diocesan Bill was read. The Marquis of Lansdowne said as the bill was of a per- missive character, he did not think the assent of the Crown absolutely neowsary, but in order to remove any difficulty, he had obtained her Majesty's assent. The bill then passed. The Lord Chancellor read two letters from Viscount Har- dinge, acknowledging the vote of thanks voted by their lordships for the victories in India, which were ordered to be entered on the journals* The Marquis of Lansdowne having presented several peti- tions in favour of the bill for the recovery of small debts, The Lord Chancellor gave notice that he would move the second reading of that bill on Tuesday next. The Earl of Clarendon laid on the table a bill for regulating the gauge of railways, which was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on Monday night. Their Lordships then adjourned. MONDAY, JULY 27- The Royal Assent was given by commission to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough's Annuity Bills; the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill; the Ludlow Charity Bill; and eighty other bills. SLAVE TRADE.— Lord Brougham presented a petition from Mr. Thomas Clarkson, praying that slave- grown produce might not be admitted for consumption into this country. The Noble Lord, in a speech of great length, contended that the introduc- tion of slave- grown produce would give a great stimulus to the slave trade, and that no measure should, therefore, be adopted for the admission to this country of slave- grown sugar from the Brazils, Cuba, or elsewhere. The Marquis of Lansdowne said the whole of the arguments of the Noble and Learned Lord were only calculated to give a fictitious colouring to the prayer of the petition. The Noble and Learned Lord took an unfair opportunity of entering into the question of the propriety of importing slave- grown sugar, when the object of the petitioners, as expressed in their petition, was to prohibit slave- grown produce of any kind. He would not, however, be then drawn into the discussion of the question, but would wait until the question came regularly and more tangibly before them. The petition was then laid upon the table, and the House adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 28. The Gauge of Railways Bill was read a second time. The Small Debts Bill was read a second time. Some other bills were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 24. The Lords' amendments on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill were read and agreed to. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.— Dr. Bowring gave notice that on the order of the day being read for going into Com- mittee on the army estimates, he should move a resolution to the effect that flogging in the army be immediately abolished. ( Hear.) SUGAR DUTIES.— The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the order of the day for going into Committee on the Sugar Duties Continuance Bill. Lord G. Bentinck said he should postpone the motion of which he had given notice on this subject until Monday next. The House then went into Committee on the bill, Mr. Greene in the chair. Lord G. Bentinck said he should propose that the hill before the House should be extended for another year, and instead of the words " 5th September next," the words " 5th July, 1847,'" be inserted. Since he last addressed the House, the Overland Mail had arrived, and it appeared that 40,000 tons of sugar had actually been exported from the Mauritius during the present year, and in the next year it was calculated 50,000 tons would be exported, so that in all probability this fact, connected with other returns which had been read, would prove that in July next year the stock of sugar in this country would be greater than at any former period. ( Hear.) After some further remarks the Noble Lord moved that the words " 5th of July, 1847," be inserted in the bill, instead of the words " 5th of September, 1846." The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he believed it was the wish of all that the duty on sugar should be made a permanent duty, and not renewable every year, but he could not then enter into the question. Sir R. Inglis did not see what objection there could be to the proposition of the Noble Lord, as it would not interfere in ano- ther year with the schemes which the Noble Lord at the head of the Administration intended to bring forward, a scheme, how- ever, which he thought would not be carried. He gave his en- tire consent to the proposition of his Noble Friend ( Lord George Bentinck.) Mr. Laboucliere opposed the proposition of the Noble Lord. He did not wish the public to think that her Majesty's govern- ment and the House were not prepared at once to enter into the important subject of the sugar dutie § . A division took place, when there appeared— For Lord George Bentinck's amendment 38 Against it 121 Majority against the amendment 83 The bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. On the order of the day for going into Committee of ways and means, Mr. C. Berkeley moved an address to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to withdraw her consent to the placing of the statue of the Duke of Wellington upon the archway at the top of Constitution Hill. A discussion ensued, in the course of which Sir F. Trench, the Chairman of the Committee, defended the site , but finding the sense of the House against him, asked to have the motion withdrawn, in order to give him time to con- sult with the Committee. Mr. C. Berkeley had no objection to this course, provided the whole of the works were stopped in the meantime. Sir F. Trench assented, and upon this understanding the motion was withdrawn. Mr. P. Miles moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances connected with the granting of the present contract for the conveyance of mails from England to Halifax and Boston, and also into the circumstances connected with the granting of any new, or the extension of the existing contract for the same purpose. This led to some discussion as to the propriety of giving the public the benefit of competition in making such contracts, and Sir R. Peel expressed a hope that no objection would be made to the appointment of the Committee, as the closest investiga- tion would prove that the interests of the public had been care- fully attended to. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the part of the Govern- ment, assented to the appointment of the Committee, being perfectly satisfied that the most searching investigation would prove that the best that could be done had been effected for the public interests. The motion was then agreed to. The House then went into committee of supply, and the vote of 45,000/. for the British Museum was, after some conversation, agreed to. Mr. Ward then brought forward the navy estimates, and after some discussion the several votes were agreed to. The Baths and Wash- houses Bill was read a third time and passed, and the House adjourned. MONDAY, JULY 27- IRELAND.— In answer to a question by Mr. O'Connell, The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was the intention of the Government to stop the fortuitous supplies of food to the poor of Ireland on the 15th of August next, as the Government believed there would be an adequate supply from private sources. This measure would refer solely to the supply of food by the Government. It had at first been proposed to stop the supply on the 3rd of August, but it had since been determined to continue it until the 15th of that month. In answer to a question by Mr. French, The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the Irish gentry had greatly distinguished themselves in the liberality of their subscriptions towards the distress which existed in Ireland, and he should have no objection, if required, to lay returns on the table on the same subject. SUGAR DUTIES.— In answer to a question by Mr. B. Osborne, Lord J. Russell said the same course would be pursued with regard to the time that the Sugar Duties Bill was to come into operation, as was adopted in reference to the Corn Law Bill. A number of petitions in favour of and against the proposed alteration in the Sugar Duties were presented by different Members. WAYS AND MEANS On the order of the day being read for going into a Committee of ways and means, Lord G. Bentinck moved the following resolution—" That, in the present state of the sugar cultivation in the British East and West Indian possessions, the proposed reduction of duty upon foreign slave- grown sugar is alike unjust and im- politic, as tending to check the advance of production by British free labour, and to give a great additional stimulus to the slave trade." . The Noble Lord contended that the fears of a scarcity of sugar were wholly unjustified by the prospects of the coming supply, while the change proposed in the duties would prove ruinous to the West India proprietors, who were already struggling with the increased cost of production, arising from the increased value of labour in the colonies, and other obstacles. He was not actuated by any wish to throw difficulties in the way of the Government, but he wished to see a temporary measure passed respecting this great question, in order that it might be more maturely considered in a future Session of Par- liament. The present period of the Session was sufficient of itself to justify the postponement of a final settlement of this question. This country, which had already paid no less than 20,000,000/. for the abolition of slavery in its colonies, and which still paid 500,000/. sterling for the suppression of the slave trade, ought to be slow to entertain any measure which could tend to nullify all its previous efforts in the cause of humanity. By Divine law and according to every feeling of humanity, man- stealing was an abomination, and yet by the measure of the Government they were called upon to extend the right hand of fellowship to man- stealers. The Noble Lord entered into a detail of many of the atrocities attending the slave trade, which he said, destroyed no less than from 100,000 to 150,000 lives annually. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the estimates of of the probable supply of free- labour sugar formed by the late Government had turned out to be fallacious, and it became necessary, therefore, to enlarge the sphere whence a supply of foreign sugar might be obtained, the more so as our population was continually on the increase. This, he contended, might be done without any apprehension of the tvils which the Noble Lord appeared to anticipate from the proposed measures of the Government. Some people imagined that they might at once have gone much further, and reduced the duty on colonial sugar to 10s., and on all other sugars to 15s.; but, in the present state of the revenue, he hoped the House would agree to no such proposition, but that it might think the course proposed by her Majesty's Government the most prudent under existing circumstances, As to the noil- consumption of slave- grown produce, there was a very large importation of slave- worked copper, which tended more to the misery of the slaves than the produce of the sugar cane. We also imported cotton and tobacco to an extent that rendered it absurd to object to sugar. He should regret most deeply to do that which would be an injury to the West Indian interest, because he was con- vinced that to do so would be inflicting a great injury upon the consumers in this country. The proposition of the Govern- ment would have no such effect; but it would at once confer upon them the advantage of a permanent settlement of a ques- tion which was annually agitated. SirR. H. Inglis thanked Lord G. Bentinck for the temjJerate resolution he had proposed, and the able speech with which it had been sustained. He would be content to rest the fate of the motion on that excellent speech. He resisted the measure because it tended to promote the perpetration of the greatest crime of which any nation could be guilty. Every ton of slave sugar which they introduced into England was made out of the sufferings, the kidnapping, and the enslavement of nine of their fellow- creatures. Viscount Sandon observed that the position of this question was far different from that in which it was placed in 1841. They then confined themselves to the sugar of their colonies. They had since admitted foreign sugar; and in such a situation they should consider what must be the real effect of the Govern- ment proposition ? The Noble Lord then proceeded to support the proposition of the Government. Mr. G. Berkeley said that this measure was brought forward as one of free trade, and it was therefore unjust to restrict the West India planters in the sources from whence they were to procure their labour. Sir J. Hogg said he had supported the former alteration in the sugar duties under the impression that it would lead to an ample supply of sugar to this country. He found that he had been mistaken in this supposition, and he was, therefore, now- prepared to support the proposition of the Government. 31 r. G. Hope believed this measure would give a great stimulus to the slave trade. Sir R. Peel stated that the proposal which he had intended to submit to the House, if he had remained in power, had for its object the greater facility of admitting free- labour sugar. It differed therefore materially from the proposition of the Noble Lord, for he thought the position of our West India colonies so very peculiar as to form an exception to ordinary principles of legislation. Fearing that the proposition of the Government would, in the first instance, give a stimulus to the slave trade, it was with the greatest reluctance that he made up his mind to support it. He believed it was impossible to defeat the measure, although they might be able to impede it, and throw the country into confusion; but he would not be one of a com- bination to overthrow the Government when he knew that no other could be established with any hope whatever of success- fully resisting the projected alteration. Those who would attempt to defeat the Government of the Noble Lord should be prepared themselves to form a Government, and to state the principles upon which it was to be conducted ; but he believed that in the present state of public opinion no such Government could be formed upon the principle of permanently resisting the admission of the produce of slave- labour. Sir T. D. Acland said that he would support the motion of Lord George Bentinck, for Sir R. Peel had grounded his sup- port of the resolutions of the Government entirely upon the state of parties in that House— the very last consideration by which he should have allowed himself to be influenced. The opening of another market for slave- grown sugar must give an encouragement to slavery, and he would therefore vote in favour of the policy which the country had now pursued for thirty years at the expense of everything but character. Mr. P. Miles then moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord J. Russell would not object, if the debate could take precedence next day. Upon this understanding the debate was accordingly ad- journed. THE POOR REMOVAL BILL.— On the motion of Sir Q. Grey, the report on this bill was brought up and agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 28. THE MILITIA.— In answer to a question by Mr. Aglionby, Mr. F. Maule said the present Government did not intend to proceed with the bill brought in by their predecessors to suspend the calling out of the militia until 1847, but they would bring in a short bill similar to the one which had been regularly passed for the last 12 or 13 years. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY— Mr. B. Esgptt gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for a return of the number of soldiers flogged in the British army since the year 1841, the number of lashes inflicted on each individual, and whether the court martials ordering the punishment took place in open courts or with closed doors. ( Cheers.) The Sugar Duties Continuance Bill ( until the 5th of Sep « tember) was read a third time and passed. SUGAR DUTIES— The order of the day being read for resuming the adjourned debate on the Sugar Duties Resolutions, Mr. P. Miles rose and addressed the House, strongly opposing the proposition of the Government, and contending that if the resolutions of the Noble Lord were agreed to, it would have the effect of throwing many sugar plantations in tne West Indies out of cultivation altogether, as it was impossible to compete with slave labour in a commercial point of view. ( Hear.) What they wanted was a system of unrestricted labour, and then there would be no want of production, but, on the con. trary, an unlimited supply of sugar obtained from the British colonies and possessions. The Hon* Member then alluded to a number of documents in favour of the view he took on this question, and said that nothing in the world should induce him to give a vote that would perpetuate the horrors of slavery. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. P. Borthwick supported the measure. The Marquis of Granby opposed the bill as calculated to increase the slave trade, and contended that if proper encourage- ment were given to the introduction of free labour into the West India colonies, they would supply a sufficient quantity of sugar for the consumption of the people of this country. After some observations from Mr. Oswald and Mr. Hume in support of the bill, Sir J. R. Reid said, that in consequence of the general under- standing that this bill was to pass into law, a meeting had taken place that day of parties interested in the West India colonies, and he could assure the House, that from those parties the decision had gone forth that as far as they were concerned the supplies would not be issued for the cultivation of their estates in those colonies. Mr. Bernal said, that when protections generally were being abolished, he would not be the man to vote for the retention of a protection [ in which his own interest was concerned. He pressed, however, for a reduction of the duty on British colonial rum. Mr. E. Denison supported the resolutions of the Government. Mr. James could not understand why a duty of three half- pence per lb. should be imposed on sugar grown in the colonies when imported into this country. This was nothing like free trade. Mr. Barkly would support a free trade in sugar as he had done free trade in corn and timber. Mr. D'Israeli contended that Lord George Bentinck had suc- ceeded in establishing the three propositions which he relied upon in opposition to the plan of the Government. He had proved, in the first place, that a sufficient supply of sugar for the consumption of this country might be derived from legiti- mate sources; He had proved, secondly, that Ministers had given a most unsatisfactory statement as to the prospects of the West India colonies ; and, thirdly, he had proved to demonstra- tion that adopting the resolutions submitted by the Government for the consideration of the House would be giving a stimulus to that traffic in slaves which Parliament had so often repro- bated. The former alteration in the sugar duties had given an impulse to its production in the East Indies, which was highly beneficial to the inhabitants of that boundless continent. The population had progressed in civilization, and while making large strides in improvement themselves, had, at the same time, given a stimulus to the manufactures of Lancashire highly beneficial to the operatives at home. And yet all this they were about to destroy by withdrawing the encouragement under the influence of which such advantages had accrued to India. The Hon. Gentleman then commented on the speeches of Lord Sandon and Sir R. Peel, on the previous evening, in the course of his remarks upon which he was loudly cheered from the Protectionist benches. Lord J. Russell said he had not the slightest reason to com- plain either of the speech or of the resolution of Lord George Bentinck, though he could by no means agree in the principles it enounced. With respect to the argument that this measure would give a stimulus to the slave trade, he would say that he did not shrink from any one principle which he had advocated when supporting the bill for the abolition of slavery ; but he did not think that the result predicted from the Government proposition would really flow from its operation. Such an argument, however, appeared to be sufficiently absurd when emanating from those who were not prepared to exclude cotton and tobacco from being imported into this country as well as slave- grown sugar. In reply to the argument that if the reso- lution were carried there would be no necessity for his resigna- tion, he would say that if he were to acquiesce in the censure conveyed by the resolution, if adopted by the House, he would be exposing the Government to contempt, and He would take no other course, therefore, than that of enabling her Majesty to form a Government from among those who might constitute the majority against the policy he professed and believed to be best adapted to the exigencies of the country. The House then divided, when there appeared for reading the order of the day, Ayes 265 Noes 135 Majority for Ministers 130 The House then resolved itself into Committee pro forma, and then resumed. The other orders were disposed of, and the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. Mr. S. Crawford postponed the second reading of the Ejected Tenants ( Ireland) Bill to Wednesday next. Mr. Hume postponed till next Session the Charitable Trusts Bill, on the understanding that Government would then intro- duce some general measure on the subject. ART UNIONS— On Mr. Wyse moving that the Art Unions Bill be recommitted, Mr. Goulburn objected to the bill, on the ground that it was nothing more than a bill for the re- establishment of lotteries and for the encouragement of gambling. He therefore moved that it be recommitted that day three months. Mr. M. Milnes said that, as he did not concur in the indignation of Mr. Goulburn against lotteries, he could not support such an amendment. He considered that the bill would encourage the arts, and should therefore give his hearty support to it. Sir R. Peel doubted whether this bill would be of anj advantage to the arts, and was certain that it was an exception from right principle. Mr. Wyse was at a loss to conceive why Parliament should reject this bill, as it had no tendency to encourage gambling. He impressed on the House the impoitance of passing it as speedily as possible, as the Protection Act of last Session would expire at the end of the present month. Sir R. Inglis held lotteries to be utterly immoral and there- fore concurred in the amendment. After a few words from Sir W. James in support of, nnd from Mr. Ewart in opposition to the amendment, Sir G. Grey observed, that he should support the bill, as he did not believe that the legalization of Art Unions would open THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1846. perty this branch was proposed to run for three miles and a half, was next examined. His Lordship assented to the line, and considered it would be advantageous. Mr. Humphry, proprietor of a colliery at Halesowen, gave evidence in favour of the line. Mr. Ellins, proprietor of salt works at Droitwich, deposed to the consumption of coals at those works exceeding 2,000 tons a week, which principally came from the Halesowen district; greater quantities would be consumed if this branch were con. structed and delays, that at present frequently occur would be avoided, the price of coals reduced, and the trade increased. Mr. Sturge, an extensive corn merchant at Gloucester, was also examined in favour of the line. Mr. Berkeley, civil engineer, said he had laid the line down under the direction of Mr. Stephenson ; the length of the line was five and a half miles. The estimate 130,000/. The steepest gradient 1 in 64 for one mile five furlongs. There would be one tunnel in the middle of the line, of' 900 yards in length, the cost of which would be 39,000/. This closed the case for the promoters. Sir Thomas Phillips then addressed the Committee on behalf of the petitioners against the Bill, contending that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway intersected a more important part of this great mineral district than that proposed by this Bill, and which would render this unnecessary; and trusted their Lordships would not pass the preamble. The room was then ordered to be cleared. On the re- admis- sion of strangers, The noble Chairman announced that the Committee were unanimously of opinion that the preamble was proved. The clauses were then gone through, and after some slight amendments the Bill was ordered to be reported to the House. The Committee then separated. the Bench to bind over James Adkiss, of the same place, who had been threatening to kill him, and had most grossly assaulted him on the 15th of July. Fined 9s , including costs. R. WM. MILES avails himself of this MRS. HENRY SHELTON BEGS to announce that she will RESUME her LESSONS on MONDAY next, AUGUST 3rd. Foregate Street, Worcester. Families wishing to PURCHASE or EXCHANGE PIANO FORTES, are respectfullv informed that in consequence or a recent arrangement M RS. SHELTON is enabled to offer every advantage that could possibly be derived from a purchase effected in London. Two superior PATENT SQUARES, by Broadwood, nearly equal to new, each Thirty Guineas. TO DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS. VINAIGRE D'ORLEANS. rriHE FINEST FRENCH WHITE WINE J VINEGAR, of the greatest Purity and Strength, and of an agreeable FRUITY FLAVOUR, may be had for domestic and other purposes, in Hogsheads and Quarter Casks, on application to S. P. GREEN and SON, Worcester. THE PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION WILL hold their Fourteenth ANNIVERSARY MEETING at NORWICH, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th, and THURSDAY, the 20th days of AUGUST. PRESIDENT : C. F. FAVELL, M. D., Sheffield. PRESIDENT- ELECT : JOHN GREENE CROSSE, ESQ., F. R. S., Norwich. The First General Meeting of the Association will be held on Wednesday Morning, for receiving the Report of the Council, and transacting other necessary business. THE RETROSPECTIVE ADDRESS ON MEDICINE will be delivered by DR. RANKING, of Bury St. Edmunds, on Thursday morning. The Members and their Friends will Dine together on Thursday, at Six o'clock. CHARLES HASTINGS, President of the Council. ROBERT J. N. STREETEN, Secretary. Worcester, July 27, 1846. Preparing for the Press, A N ESSAY upon the PHYSIOLOGY and STRUC- TURE of the TEETH. To which will be affixed some Observations on various Diseases incidental to the Teeth and Gums; also the means which should be applied for Prevention and Alleviation of such Maladies; being the substance of Lec- tures delivered in Worcester. By G. J. SYLVESTER, SURGEON DENTIST, WORCESTER. There will also be introduced additional Matter devoted to the Instruction of Parents, and those Guardians to whose care are confided Young Persons, in the management of the Teeth of Infants and others, whose after life is frequently embittered by those attacks which have arisen from neglect or want of information. The object of the above popular Treatise is to inform those who are not acquainted with this branch of science the import- ant standing it has assumed in the welfare of the body generally, and the necessity for its being practically followed only by those who have closely studied the full details from observation o numerous cases, as well as from theory. 59, Broad Street. the door to the immoral practices sanctioned under the old j systerr^ of lotteries. A short conversation took place on the subject between Lord j H. Vane, Mr. Henley, and Mr. B. Escott. The House then divided, when there appeared, for the recommittal of the bill, ! Ayes 50 | Noes 16 Majority 32 The bill was then recommitted. On the House resuming, j the report was ordered to be received forthwith. Several bills were then advanced a stage. Mr. Frewin obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better regulation of episcopal revenues. The House then adjourned. THURSDAY, JULY 30. REPEAL MAGISTRATES— Mr. Ross wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary for Ireland, a question relating to the suspension of several Repeal magistrates in Ireland, on account of the principles they advocated of a Repeal of the Union. Such was the report, and he wished to ask if there was any truth in the statement. Mr. Labouchere said, the subject had certainly been brought voder the notice of her Majesty's Government. He had a cor- i. - in ndence with the Lord Chancellor of Ireland on the subject, v huh leread. He in substance stated that the Lord Lieutenant was of opinion that the continued suspension of certain Magis- trates for the Commission of the Peace was injurious to the country, and he trusted the Lord Chancellor would take an opportunity of inquiring into the subject, and restore such as he thought advisable, " in reply, the Lord Chancellor said, he fully concurred in opinion with the Lord Lieutenant, and that he would immediately institute an inquiry into the subject in any particular case. POOR REMOVAL BILL— Sir G. Grey moved the third read- ing of the Poor Removal Bill. Mr. V. Smith supported the third reading of the bill, but he thought it was but a small step towards remedying the imper- fections of the present law. He was perfectly aware that the great changes which were necessary could not be fully considered at the present advanced period of the session ; but he hoped the whole subject would be brought fully under consideration early in the next session. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, out of ten principal measures which had been introduced at the beginning of the session nine had been attended to, and only one abandoned. A discussion of some length followed, but eventually the bill was read a third time. On the motion that the bill should pass, Mr. G. Bankes moved the addition of clauses giving magis- trates the power of adjudicating in respect of orders of removal, notwithstanding a five years' residence, provided it was with the consent of the party who was the subject of the order. Some discussion ensued, terminating in a division, when the clauses were negatived by a majority of 62 to 15. Mr. Hume then said he would take the sense of the House on the question that the bill do pass- A division accordingly took place, but the bill was carried by a majority of 56 to 9. The House then resolved itself into committee on the Joint Stock Banks ( Scotland and Ireland) Bill, the discussion of the clauses of which occupied the greater portion of the remainder of the evening. The Tenants' Compensation Bill was, on the motion of Mr. Labouchere, ordered to be read a second time that day six months. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JULY 30. REPEAL MAGISTRATES Lord Brougham wished to ask the Noble Marquis opposite, whether there was any foundation for the statement made by an Hon. Member of the other House in a letter to the Repeal Association, that the repeal justices, • who were displaced by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, were about to be restored by the present Lord Chancellor. The Marquis of Lansdowne was understood to say that some restoration would probably take place, but the Lord Chancellor of Ireland would exercise his discretion in every case. Lord Brougham Then there was no general plan for restoring all these parties, but it was intended to restore many of them ? The Marquis of Lansdowne repeated, that the merits of each case would be subject to the discretion of the Lord Chancellor. RAILWAY GAUGE The Earl of Clarendon moved the com- mittal of the Gau<; e of Railways Bill. Lord Beaumont opposed the further progress of the measure; it held out hopes to the narrow gauge, which was the most dangerous, that it would be made the general gauge, while means of preventing the evil were perfectly practicable. He moved that the bill be committed that day three months. Earl Grey contended that this was the only measure Parlia- ment could pass at the present period of the session, while it was of pressing importance that it should be passed, to prevent the evil of break of gauge from extending further. The bill would not preclude Parliament from considering the subject again hereafter. The Earl of Warwick thought an uniformity of gauge was most desirable, but they should ascertain which gauge was the best to be adopted. After a few words from Lord Redesdale, the bill went through committee, and was reported to the House. The Religious Opinions Relief Bill was read a third time and passed.— Adjourned. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ASS A SI NATE LOUIS PHILLIPPE. The Paris correspondent of the Standard communi- cates particulars of another attempt upon the life of the great and good King of the French; the attempt, however, we are happy to say, providentially failed. We copy the intelligence supplied to the Standard:— Paris, Wednesday Night. I am sorry again to be compelled to communicate to you the information that another of those diabolical attempts which have but too frequently disgraced the history of France, has just been made upon the life of our good King, Louis Philippe. A large crowd was this evening assembled in the Tuileries, enjoying the concert of military music which was being per- formed in the gardens, in commemoration of the sixteenth anniversary of the glorious 29th day of July, at which time his Majesty was tranquilly walking in the balcony, showing him- self to the assembled multitude. This was the moment eagerly seized upon by the diabolical regicide to attempt the murder of our beloved Monarch. The villain, mixing in the crowd, suddenly drew from his breast a long pistol, and imme- diately fired at the King, but providentially without effect. The man had no time to effect his escape, for no sooner was the report heard than he was immediately seized by the by- standers, and conveyed away in safe custody. From the lateness of the hour at which the occurrence took place, I have no time left to ascertain the name or whereabouts of the regicide, or any other than the brief particulars which I have above communicated. Of course the most intense interest was excited among all the l i i i'> i'ants of Paris, in order to ascertain whether his Majesty's li v J. ud been preserved, or whether he had sustained any per- sonal injury; and when they had been assured that the King was unharmed, the most lively satisfaction was expressed that Providence had once more interposed on behalf of our beloved Monarch, and that the King still lives to promote the true interests and secure the welfare and happiness of his country. The following additional particulars are from to- day's Times••— The assassin is a young lad of from 16 to 20, and was apparently tipsy. It was with a percussion pistol that he made the attempt. He was arrested by one of the musicians. The King has left for Neuilly. A telegraphic dispatch received at Calais states that two shots were fired, and that the assassin upon being arrested confessed his crime. . __ oppor- , . , tuni'y of acknowledging the many favours he has hitherto received from his numerous Friends and the Public generally, and is happy to inform them that he has taken EXTENSIVE PREMISES late the HOP- POLE virwnnD, . ROOM, so eligibly situated at the Back of V1C1ORIA HOUSE, in the very Centre of the City, and adja- cent to the Star and Garter Hotel, Foregate Street, and which he intends establishing as the HOP- POLE EXHIBITION and © ALE ROOMS, to be constantly open as a general receptacle for all Goods intended for immediate and periodical bale ; and he assures a discerning public that it will be his constant endeavour to deserve their confidence and support in carrying on his Sales upon the most economical principle. Liberal advances in Cash on Property consigned for im- mediate Sale, and all Accounts promptly settled. No. 1, Foregate Street, Worcester, 29th July, 1846. SALE OF BOOKS, AT THE HOP- POLE ASSEMBLY, EXHIBITION, AND PUBLIC SALE ROOMS, SHAW STREET, WORCESTER. WMILES, Auctioneer, 1, Foregate Street, has • received instructions to submit for Sale by Public Auction, on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the 6th and 7th days of AUGUST next, a large CONSIGNMENT of VALUABLE BOOKS, consisting of Divinity, History, Law, French and German Works, & c. & c.; among which are Nash's History of Worcestershire, 2 vols.; Green's History of the City of Worcester; Facciolatti's Lexicon, 2 vols.; the Works and Sermons of Mant, Horsley, Pitman, Clapham, and other eminent Divines ; Burn's Justice, Blackstone's Commentaries, Cruise's Digest, 7 vols.; Phillip's Law of Evi- dence, 2 vols. ; & c. & c. The Sale will commence each Morning at 11 o'clock, and Catalogues may be obtained at the Auctioneer's Office, 1, Foregate Street, Corner of Sansome Street, Worcester. DUDLEY PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY, JULY 27. Before Thomas Badger, Cornelius Cartwright, William Bennitt, and John Roberts, Esqrs. TOWN RATE.— Thirty- eight persons were summoned for the non- payment of the town rate, and, with the exception of two or three, were ordered to pay the amount due in fourteen days, with costs. THREATENING VIOLENCE John Bryan was charged by Jane Cooper with threatening to do her some bodily harm. It appeared that, on Friday last, Wm. Atkins was fighting with Edward Nicholls, a brother of the complainant. She went to fetch him away, when Brjan, who was seconding Atkins, came up to her, and said she should not stop the fight, and threatened to cut her b head off. Ordered to find one surety in £ 10, and himself in £ 10, to keep the peace for six months, and in default twenty- one days' imprisonment. EVADING TOLL.— James Morris was charged with defraud- ing the Trustees of the Woodside toll bar on the 9th of July. George Eyton, gate keeper, at Farthing's- lane gate, proved the case, and the defendant was fined 10s., with 8s. 6d. costs. BEER HOUSE CASES.— George Collins and Samuel Duff were fined 2s. 6d., for keeping their houses open beyond the time allowed by law. GARDEN ROBBERY— Wm. Chambers was fined 14s., includ- ing expenses, for stealing a quantity of potatoes and other vegetables belonging to Mr. Newby. FELONY— John Francher and Maria Wiiitehouse were committed to prison on the charge of stealing a silk handker- chief from the shop of Mr. Baggott, on Saturday last. The prisoners went into the shop in question on pretence of pur- chasing some hanlcerchiefs, and while there Whitehouse was seen to steal a handkerchief from the counter. Besides the above there was the usual proportion of charges of assault. Sccal BaiUmsj Intelligence, OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.— It will be seen by advertisement in another column that the next half- yearly general meeting of this company will be held at the Guildhall, in this city, on Friday, the 28th inst. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD.— The price of shares in this company is going up at a rapid pace, and, amongst other causes assigned for this advance, has been a rumour that the line was about to be leased to the Loudon aud Birmingham Company. This, however, is not true. It is true that offers to that effect were made long since, but rejected. The line was sought for upon public grounds, and granted upon the supposed advantages of competition, and anything like the rumoured sale would be fatal to the promoters. The works will commence forthwith, and no leasing. RAILWAY BILLS.— The Royal Assent was given by Com- mission on Monday in the House of Lords to a number of railway bills, amongst which were the following:— Buckinghamshire Railway ( Tring to Banbury) Bill; London and Birmingham Railway and Birmingham Canal Arrange- ment Bill; London and Birmingham Railway ( Leamington Extension) Bill; Oxford, Worcester, aud Wolverhampton Railway Bill; Dudley Canal and Birmingham Canal Com- panies' Amalgamation Bill. TO BE LET, ( WITH IMMEDIAEE POSSESSION,) AN OLD- ESTABLISHED FAMILY HOTEL, COMMERCIAL INN, and POSTING HOUSE, called THE LION, in the Borough of LEOMINSTER, and County of Hereford; unincumbered with Stock in Trade or Furniture. THE HOUSE and PREMISES are replete with every facility that can be required for the conduct of the Business of an Hotel in all its various branches. A respectable Tenant will meet with every encouragement and accommodation. Further particulars may be obtained either by viewing the Premises, or by applying to the Proprietor, Mr. James Thomas Woodhouse, Solicitor, Leominster. PURSUANT to a decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Parkhurst versus Park- hurst," the Creditors of the REVEREND FLEETWOOD PARKHURST, late of Ripple, near Tewkesbury, in the County of Worcester, Clerk, who died on the 29th day of October, 1844, are to come in and prove their Debts before SIR WILLIAM HORNE, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, Lon- don, on or hefore the 10th day of AUGUST, 1846, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. NOTICE is hereby given, that the next HALF- YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company, will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parlia- ment, at the GUILDHALL, in the CITY of WORCESTER, on FRIDAY, the 28th Day of AUGUST NEXT, at one o'clock precisely. F. RUFFORD, Chairman. The TRANSFER BOOKS will be closed on the 19th of August, after which day no Transfer will be Registered until the Books are reopened on the 29th. NOEL THOS. SMITH, Secretary. Worcester, 30th July, 1846. BROMYARD PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY, JULY 27. Magistrates present, Revds. W. P. Hopton and W. Cooke. NEGLECT OF WORK.— Thomas Clayton appeared to answer the complaint of his master, Mr. Parker, for having refused and neglected to obey the orders of his said master ; this being the fourth time that the parties have appeared before the Magistrates since the 1st June last. Ordered to pay 13s. costs out of his wages. DESERTING SERVICE— Ann Bowkett was brought up on a warrant for having deserted the service of her master, Mr. Geo. Green, of Wolferlow. It being her second offence, she was committed to Hereford county gaol for fourreen days.— William Stansbury was brought up on a warrant for deserting the service of his master, Mr. Thomas Hyde, of Underleigh Pencombe. Committed for one month. STEALING PEAS AT WINSLOW Mary Lines, aged six years, and Sarah Moss, aged 12, appeared in answer to a sum- mons for having picked peas in a field through which there was a path, and in which they were walking, being the property of Mr. Robinson. Sarah Robinson, wife of the owner, proved the complaint against the younger child for the act, and the elder for inciting her thereto. Mr. P. Bray appeared for the defence, and subjected the witness to a severe cross- examina- tion. Fined in damage and 13s. costs ; and in default of pay- ment the elder child was committed to gaol for fourteen days. WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOU- CESTER RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders in this project was held on Tuesday last, at the offices, 449, West Strand, in terms of the Act 8 and 9 Vic., for the purpose of determining on a dis- solution of the Company. Sir R. Price, having taken the chair, called on the Secretary to read the advertisement convening the meeting. The following gentlemen were then elected scrutineers:— Mr. Avery, Gloucester; Mr. Stallard and Mr. Peterson, Temple. The Chairman read the Committee's report, which stated that though the Company had failed on the standing orders, the committee were of opinion that the line would have fully realised all that had been held out in the prospectus; that there was a disposable sum of 61,889/. 8s., and that there would be a dividend of 1/. 4s. per share immediately, and a final dividend when the accounts were made up. The Chairman afterwards intimated a wish that all present who were interested in the line should wait after the meeting to see whether they might not retain the ground, with a view of forming a company to make the line. Mr. Oxenham asked whether the scheme had not failed through a mistake of the engineer ? If so, he thought his accounts ought not to be paid. Mr. Baker said that the Company had pressed Mr. Brunei into their service at a time when there was a great push in business, and the mistake was not his, or one for which he was accountable. The mistake was made by a local surveyor, who was willing to submit his accounts to the revision of any respectable engineer. A Proprietor asked how many shares had been issued, and how many paid upon ? The Secretary said 50,000 shares had been allotted, and 46,894 had been paid upon, which shares had returned 96,479/. 8s. Mr. Hall put several questions on the accounts, which were read to the meeting in full. After hearing that Mr. Brunei was the only engineer whose name had ever appeared in con- nexion with the scheme, he said it was his opinion that Mr. Brunei was responsible for the loss which the Company had sustained in consequence of the mistake, and that he was of opinion also that the Company, if the shareholders would be secure, should be dissolved by bankruptcy. ( Hear, hear.) The shareholders would, he was sure, look to Mr. Brunei for a return of the money which had been lost in consequence of the gross mistake, a mistake nothing more or less than making the river Severn run up hill—( Laughter.) Mr. Avery hoped, as the shareholders could not appoint a Committee of their own to examine into the accounts, such in- structions would be given to the gentlemen who had the wind- ing up of the affairs as would impress them with the imperative necessity of looking narrowly into the accounts. Air. Baker felt assured that all those on the Committee were as much inclined as any in the room to cut down, as far as rea- sonable, all the accounts. He confessed he was startled at the amount of the law expenses, which were 15,200/. Mr. Rose wished to know if the Committee would pledge themselves to go before the taxing master ? Mr. Baker said they were quite willing to go before the master. Mr. Elgie, the solicitor, said he was known to many in the meeting, and as an honest man he was prepared, and even desirous, to have the accounts investigated before the taxing master. Mr. Bodenham, ( Hereford,) adopted Mr. Elgie's language in reference to his own accounts. Mr. Baker moved, and Mr. W. Taylor seconded, the resolu- tion that the Company should be dissolved. The motion was put and carried unanimously. The Chairman moved that this dissolution be without an act of bankruptcy. This was put to the meeting and carried also unanimously. Mr. Rose moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. Mr. Campbell seconded the motion, which was passed with acclamation. Sir Robert Price returned his acknowledgement of the honour and the kindness, and then adjourned the meeting. LEDBURY PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY, JULY 28. To- day, Thomas France Esq., solicitor of Worcester, and of Marley Hall, near Ledbury, charged William Baker, horse dealer, of Ledbury, with cruelty to a mare on the 21st inst. Mr. France deposed that he saw the defendant driving the mare in a cart into Ledbury at a furious rate, and beating her apparently with all his power with a whip, and urging her on to a greater pace. When stopped, the mare, which was sweating and trembling violently, had several wales from the whip nearly as thick as a man's little finger. Mr. France did not wish to press for a heavy penalty. Defendant said the wales were on the mare before the time in question. Fined 10s., and Is. Gd. expenses. BURGLARY William Johnstone, and Henry Sharpley, tramps, were charged with breaking and entering the dwelling- house of a labouring man named James Friar, at Tarrington, on Monday the 27t'n inst. Edward Williams, keeper of a turnpike gate at Tarrington, saw the prisoners with another man look through the prosecutor's window, he then went down to the house, and heard a noise inside, whereupon he fetched the prosecutor from his work at some distance. James Friar, the prosecutor, deposed he left the house safe in the morning when he went to his work, but no one was in the house. When he came home with witness Williams, they proceeded up stairs, Johnstone was drinking a jug of cider, and Sharpley was close to him, witness said " Hallo, I'm come just in the right time to catch you here." Johnstone said " Yes, but I was here before you." Witness searched his box, and missed a five shilling piece, four shillings in silver, fifteen penny pieces, some half- pennies, and two shirts, he found the one shirt tied up in a handkerchief, and the other shirt in Johnstone's coat pocket; both these the prosecutor identified. The prisoners told him the money was on the bed, two of the penny pieces were marked, which he identified as his property. Both prisoners were com- mitted to Hereford Gaol for trial at the Assizes. A. & C. FREAME, UPHOLSTERERS & CABINET MANUFACTURERS TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN ADELAIDE, ST. S WITH IN STREET, WORCESTER, BEG respectfully to intimate to the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of this and the neigh- bouring Counties, that their OLD- ESTABLISH ED MANU- FACTORY and WAREROOMS,( Six Doors from the Cross,) will be found replete with an extensive, superior, and most Fashionable Assortment of every description of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ( of their own Manufacture) including a variety of unique and elegant Specimens just introduced, deserving of especial notice and inspection. The STOCK of ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, and other FURNITURE, being unusually large, affords much facility for selection, from a single Article to complete Suites, in plain or elegant and elaborate styles. A quantity of handsome Pier, Chimney, Cheval, and Dress- ing GLASSES, at the reduced prices of the new Plate Glass Tariff. The Stock of Damasks, Moreens, Tournays, Chintzes, Car- pets, and every Article connected with the UPHOLSTERY Department, has just receivedlarge additions, comprising some quite new and very novel designs, the richness and originality of which they flatter themselves cannot fail to please. The USUAL STOCK OF PLAIN GOODS in this Department are much reduced in price. A quantify of beautiful Foreign Productions, suitable for Draperies, Table Covers, & c. & c., have just been imported. Also an Assortment of PAPER HANGINGS from PARIS, in very NOVEL and SPLENDID DESIGNS. The whole Stock of London Paper Hangings, of recent make, and selected with much care, will be disposed of extremely low, ( most of them much under Cost Price,) in consequence of new arrangements being made in this part of the Business. London Panelling and Decorative Papers in the first style of the art. Some very fine Specimens are prepared. The CARPETS ( all descriptions) are in great variety of style, many of which, in the most choice patterns, are made solely for A. & C. Freame, in this County. The prices are as low as any House in the Trade. A variety of original Designs for making up LADIES' NEEDLEWORK, & c. & c. N. B C. FREAME having recently returned from London, Paris, 6cc., has taken great pains to select all that is most novel and superior in design, and is determined, by unremitting energy and personal attention, to render their Establishment equal to any in the Kingdom for STYLE as well as QUALITY of WORK. Every Article will be warranted and sold at the very lowest possible price for Goods of this description. Such a revision of prices has been made throughout their entire Stock as fully to bear out this determination. Families waited upon with Patterns and DESIGNS, and Estimates given if required. APPRAISEMENTS MADE. — FUNERALS FUR- NISHED, & c. & c. THE IRON STEAMER, " SABRINA/' TIHLL start EVERY MORNING, until further VY notice, from WORCESTER QUAY, punctually at Seven o'Clock, to GLOUCESTER, calling at Kempsey ... about 30 minutes past 7. Cleveload 50 „ „ 7. Rhydd 56 „ „ 7. Hanley Quay 20 ,, „ 8. Upton 30 „ „ 8. Tewkesbury 30 „ ,, 9. And will return EVERY EVENING from GLOUCESTER to WORCESTER, punctually at Two o'Clock, calling at Tewkesbury ... about 30 minutes past 3. Upton 40 „ „ 4. Hanley Quay 45 ,, „ 4. Rhydd 15 „ „ 5. Cleveload 30 ,, ,, 5. Kempsey 55 - ,, ,, 5. REDUCED FARES, To and from GLOUCESTER, and the intermediate Places. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON TIIE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.— An inquest has been held on the body of Mr. Hind, a gentleman who died in consequence of injuries sus- tained from the accident 011 the above railway, particulars of which appeared in our columns last week. The Jury on Wednesday returned the following verdict:—" The Jury are of opinion that the death of William Hind was occasioned bv the reckless driving of William Clare, the driver of the Firefly engine on the 18th of July, inst., against whom, there- fore, they return a verdict of manslaughter. The Jury desire also to record their deliberate opinion that a degree of culpability attaches to the managers of the Eastern Counties Railway in not taking due care that their own rules are more scrupulously observed, as regards the time of departure of'one train after another from all Lhej, stations; the exhibition of the signals at all the stations; the keeping of exact time in the arrival and departure of all their trains; and the appointment of only thoroughly competent persons in all departments." From Worcester to Kempsey 0 4 „ „ Cleveload, Rhydd, and Hanley Quay 0 6 „ „ Upton 0 10 ,, ,, Tewkesbury 1 6 „ „ Haw Bridge 2 0 ,, „ Gloucester 2 6 From Kempsey to Cleveload, Rhydd and Hanley Quay 0 4 „ „ Upton 0 8 „ ,, Tewkesbury 1 2 „ „ Haw Bridge 1 8 „ ,, Gloucester 2 2 From Cleveload, Rhydd, and Hanley Quay to Upton ... 0 4 ,, „ 5, ,, „ Tewkesbury 1 0 „ „ „ „ „ Haw Bridge 1 6 ,, ,, ,, „ „ Gloucester 2 0 From Upton to Tewkesbury 0 8 ,, „ Haw Bridge 1 2 ,, ,, Gloucester 1 8 From Tewkesbury to Haw Bridge 0 6 „ ,, Gloucester 1 0 Day Ticket— From Worcester to Gloucester, returning the same or following evening, to and fro, 4s. ———— s. d. From Gloucester to Ashle worth 0 4 >, „ Haw Bridge 0 6 „ „ Tewkesbury l 0 » „ Upton l 8 3, 3, Hanley Quay, Rhydd, & Cleveload 2 0 „ 3, Kempsey 2 2 „ ,, Worcester 2 6 From Tewkesbury to Upton 0 8 ,3 „ Cleveload, Rhydd, & Hanley Quay 1 0 33 >, Kempsey 1 2 „ ,, Worcester 1 6 From Upton to Hanley Quay, Rhydd, and Cleveload ... 0 4 33 33 Kempsey 0 8 „ ,, Worcester 0 10 From Hanley Quay, Rhydd, and Cleveload, to Kempsey 0 4 3, ,, ,3 3> > 3 33 Worcester 0 6 From Kempsey to Worcester 0 4 Day Ticket— From Gloucester to Worcester, returning the following morning, to and fro, 4s. PARCELS, & c., to or from any Statton, as follows:— Parcels not exceeding 56ib. 4c?. each. Ditto ditto 1121b. 9d. each. Light Goods 10s. per ton. Apply to Mr. Wall, St. Clement Street, Worcester , Mr. Day, King's Head, Upton ; Mr. Dee, Anchor Inn, Tewkesbury ; Mr. Chandler, Wine Vaults, WestgateStreet, Gloucester; Mr. Moore, Commission Agent, Lower Basin, Gloucester; Mr. Dawes, Coach Proprietor, Malvern. PLEASURE TRIPS to CAMP every Evening from Wor- cester Quay, about Eight o'Clock. REFRESHMENTS ON BOARD. A Carriage from Malvern will meet the Steamer at Cleve- load every Morning and Evening for the convenience of Pas- sengers to and from Upton, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Chel- tenham, Bath, Bristol, & c. G5- In consequence of a Trow having run foul of one of the Sabrina, s Paddle Boxes, she will be under repair for three days, viz. :— Thursday, July 30th, Friday, July 31st, and Saturday, August 1st. July 29th, 1846. J. WALL. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. ri^ HE manifold advantages to the Heads of Families .1. from the possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness, occurring in families, more or less, every day, are so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every householder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following is respectfully submitted :— " To Mr. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London. No. 5, David- street, Regent- road, Manchester, « March 12,1842. " Sir,— I have much satisfaction in communicating to you the result of my experience after repeated trials of FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from redundant bile, & c. & c., with so little inconvenience; I am, therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means long wanting of being able to recommend to families, schools, and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making Framplon's Pills more generally known and appreciated. " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest recommendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment un- necessary. They are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their well known attendants, Bilious and Sick Head- ache, Pain and Oppression after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ear « . Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, & c. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaun diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, ex- tending to good old age, will be the result of taking taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is. l£ d. and 2s. 9d. per box; also by his appointment by Stratford, Deighton, Anderson, and Lea and Perrins, Worcester; May, Evesham ; Maund, and Haines, Bromsgrove; Pennell, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Williams, Stourport; Hollier, Dudley; Wright and Anthony, Hereford ; Nicholas, and Lake, Bridg- north ; Kendall, Stratford ; and by the Venders of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, on the Government Stamp. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 24. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.— BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION ( BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION.)— The Committee assembled at the usual hour, and Mr. Alexander proceeded to offer evidence in support of the opposition of Mr. Wyse, as a landowner. Mr. James Bateman, surveyor, and agent to Lord Dormer, deposed that considerable residential injury would be done to the property and house of Mr. Bexley, tenant to his lordship, by the proposed line of deviation. Mr. Sechell, builder, gave evidence, the effect of which was to prove the injury to be done to Mr. Wyse's property. Mr. Cockburn said that the promoters of the scheme were willing to leave the case of Mr. Bexley to arbitration. The Chairman said it was quite clear that the property would be injured to a great extent, and therefore it would be for the promoters to say whether they were prepared to purchase the whole of it. Mr. Cockbnrn said the promoters would abide by the result of an arbitration, and pay the expenses of it. Mr. Laing said he would now proceed to give the engineer- ing evidence on behalf of the competing lines in Warwickshire. Mr. Robert Stephenson was then called, and it appeared by his evidence that, the lines called the " Warwickshire lines," and which were competing lines with Birmingham and Oxford Junction, were to run between Hampton, Leamington, War- wick, and Banbury ; and from Leamington and Warwick to Stratford and Tewkesbury, at the latter place to a point called Ashchurch. There was also another project for a line from Weedon to Stratford and Worcester, but as it. was not con- sidered a competing line, no evidence was allowed to be given in favour of it. The line from Worcester to Weedon, with a branch to Alcester, is to be over 59 miles in length, and the estimated cost £ 1,366.000, and it was to have two tunnels and three viaducts. The Hampton and Banbury and'Ashchurch line was to be 63 miles long, was to have four tunnels and six viaducts, and was to cost £' 1,423,000. Mr. E. Greaves, banker, gave some general evidence in favour of the projects. Mr. Lucy, miller, of Stratford, deposed that it would be of great advantage to his trade to have facilities of intercourse by railway from the port of Gloucester to Birmingham such as their schemes proposed. After the examination of another witness on some material facts, the Committee adjourned. SATURDAY, JULY 25. Mr. Greenway, banker, of Warwick, was called to give evi- dence on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Wyse, of the Priory, near Warwick. He said he had been in the habit of managing Mr. Wyse's property and affairs ; had heard of an arrangement that had been entered into by the Birmingham and Oxford Com- pany with Mr. Wyse, but that was now at an end ; there was an arrangement since with him and the Warwickshire Com- pany. Counsel on behalf of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction said the Company would be willing to be bound by any protec- tive clause the Committee might think proper to introduce on behalf of Mr. Wyse. This closed the case on behalf of the London and Birming. ham Company. Mr. Hope then summed up the evidence, and called the attention of the Committee to what he called the injurious effects of competition, such as that proposed by the Great Western Company, which he contended was, in reality, the opponents' line. Mr. Talbot having replied at some length, the room was cleared, and on the re- admission of the parties, The Chairman said, the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Birmingham and Oxford Company had been proved, and, having disposed of a few clauses, the Committee adjourned. SATURDAY, JULY 25. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY ( HALES- OWEN BRANCH)— This Committee sat again to- day at eleven o'clock, Lord Stafford, chairman. Mr. Hildyard opened the case for the promoters, which was for powers to construct a branch from the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, at King's Norton, to Halesowen, both in the county of Worcester, the latter place being in the midst of an extensive mineral district. Mr. Best, on examination, spoke of the great advantage that would result by the construc- tion of this branch, which would afford a speedy means of transit for coals to Droitwich along the line and its vicinity. Mr. M'Connell, superintendent of the locomotive depart- ment of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, residing at liromsgrove, the locomotive station of the line, stated the con- sumption of coal there, and the advantage the construction of this branch would afford to that and other places south of it, and render coals cheaper at those places, as well as opening out new traffic on the main line, and would bring Cheltenham within 40 miles of this rich mineral district. Mr. Matthews, agent to Lord Lyttelton, through whose pro. MOST respectfully offers his best thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public generally, for the very liberal support he has received for twenty years, and begs to inform them that he has DISPOSED OF the whole of his CARPET and GENERAL FURNISHING STOCK to MESSRS. HILL and TURLEY, whom he earnestly recommends to their notice, feeling assured that no exertion on their part will be wanting to secure the same confidence with which he has been favoured for so long a period. W. POWELL purposes continuing the PAPER HANGING and DECORATIVE BUSINESS, in which he trusts to receive their continued support, and to insure which he has made such arrangements as will enable him to offer the richest as well as the commonest PAPERS at the lowest possible prices. WORCESTER COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. MONDAY, JULY 27. ( Before Mr. Sidebottom, Judge.) HAYF. SU. BADDOCK This was an action to recover the sum of 41., the value of a gun alleged to have been bought by defendant, who is a tailor in St. John's, from the plaintiff, a plumber and glazier. Mr. Clutterbuck appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Rea, as the representative of Mr. Geo. Finch, for the defendant. A witness named Dyer was examined, and de- posed as to the delivery of the gun to Baddock, but never heard of any exchange agreed upon by the parties to the effect that Hayes would take the value of the gun in " trade's way." He remembered Hayes coming to defendant's shop, where witness worked, on the 17th of February, ( the gun having been delivered on the 12th) and fixing upon two waistcoat patterns, and also purchasing a scarf for 10s., which the witness said was not worth above 4s. 6c/., but he never heard him say anything at all about the gun. Mr. Ilea admitted the delivery of the gun, but said that plaintiff had agreed to accept the value of the gun in " trade's way ;" and his remedy lay therefore in an action of trover, not to recover a debt in money. His client had always been willing and was now willing to deliver plaintiff the full value of the gun in goods. To corroborate this statement, a youth named George Norman, an apprentice of defendant's, was called, and stated that on the 18th of February plaintiff called at his master's shop and saw some jacket patterns; and on that occa- sion plaintiff had said to Baddock, " The clothes will come to more than the gun ; however, I'll pay the difference." He came again in the evening, and said he wanted to countermand the order ; but Baddock told him " he would not be humbugged like that, he had served him so once or twice before, but he should not again." This was the case for the defendant; and Mr. Clutterbuck having replied, the Learned Judge summed up, saying there was no direct evidence of t'ne contract, and the Jury ought, therefore, to find for the plaintiff. Verdict for the full amount, 41. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL Yesterday ( Thursday) his Royal Highness Prince Albert paid his long promised visit to Liverpool. On his way he passed through Birmingham, arriving at the Birmingham station at half- past eight o'clock in the morning. The Birmingham cor- respondent of the Morning Herald says that on the train arriving at the platform several respectable ladies and gentlemen who were in waiting saluted the Prince, who graciously acknow- ledged the compliment. Henry Smith, Esq., Mayor of the borough, and Colonel Thome, commander of the troops in the district, advanced towards his Royal Highness and severally paid their respects to him. After the lapse of ten minutes the train again started for Liverpool, where it arrived shortly after eleven. HisRoyal Highness and suite were accompanied from London by Mr. Glyn, tile Chairman of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction United Boards of Directors, and by the Secretary of the Grand Junction and some other officers of the railway. At the station, the deputy- chairman, Mr. Lawrence, and the Directors, were waiting to receive the Prince. The Mayor and municipal authorities were also present, and by them his Royal Highness was escorted, in the Mayor's official car- riage, to the Judge's lodgings in St. Anne Street, which have been specially prepared and redecorated for the accommodation of the Royal visitor. The station was kept by a party of the 36th Foot. A troop of the 4th Dragoon Guards formed a guard of honour; there was also a troop of mounted police outside the station ; and at the Judges' lodgings a gaard of honour of the 68th Foot was drawn up to receive the Prince. It is almost needless to say that his Royal Highness, as he passed along, was received with Acclamations by the people who thronged the streets in thousands. After remaining a short time in his apartments, his Royal Highness, accompanied by his suite, proceeded in the Royal carriages towards the Town- hall. The way iay through St. Anne Street, Islington, Commutation Row, Lime Street, Clayton Square, Church Street, Lord Street, and Castle Street; and it will be easily conceived how brilliant and exciting a scene they presented as the Prince passed through amidst the cheering of the multitudes who lined the streets and crowded the windows, balconies, stands, and even the tops of the houses. The space in front of the Town- hall was kept clear by a body of the police, so that there was no crowding or confusion at the time of the Prince's arrival before the building. The members of the Town Council were drawn up in line 011 either side of the entrance- hall to receive the Prince. The Mayor (. Mr. David Hodgson), dressed in his official robes, the Recorder ( Mr. Gilbert Henderson), and the principal members of the corporation, bearing the insignia and regalia of the borough, there received the Prince in person, and preceded him up- stairs to the western drawing- room. Here a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen were assembled to witness the presentation of the address. Among those present were observed Lord . Morpeth, LordSandon, Mr. Cardwell M. P., and the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. As soon as Prince Albert had taken his position near the centre of the room, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord W. Lennox, Mr. Anson, and the other members of his suite occupying places around and immediately behind him, the Recorder, accompanied by the Mayor, stepped forward to read the address. Both those important and respectable functionaries seemed considerably overwhelmned and confounded by their situation. The sight of a real Prince standing face to face with them seemed to be more than they could sustain. The Mayor in particular seemed altogether paralyzed by the awful importance of the unwonted occasion, and kept the Prince for a few moments waiting, not knowing what he was to do. 1 When the Recorder's turn came to read the address he did so with excellent emphasis, and in a dignified and becoming manner. The address was couched in the usual terms of con- gratulation. The Prince's answer was brief and general. This ceremony having been concluded the Prince was con- ducted by the Mayor and Corporation over the state- rooms in the Town- hall, and having expressed in the most courteous terms his sense of the attention that had been paid him by the corporation, he re- entered his carriage and proceeded amidst the cheers of the people, towards Egremont pier, off' which the Fairy yacht was lying, and went on board the yacht. Up to this point there was little in the proceedings to distinguish them from any other occasion of great rejoicing when Royalty has paid such visits as these. But the scene on the Mersey was strikingly animated, and characteristic of the place. The broad bosom of that noble river was covered with praft of all sizes and shapes of nautical beauty, from the mag- nificent New York steam- ship towering like a giant over the PERSHORE PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY, JULY 28. Present, C. E. Hanford and F. Holland, Esqrs. RUNAWAYS— John Fryer, a beardless youth, was charged by his'master, Mr. William Haines, of Kington, farmer, with absenting himself, and absconding to Dudley. The defendant expressed his sorrow, and begged forgiveness. The Magistrates ordered him to return to his work, and to pay all expenses Henry Arnold was charged by his employer, Mr. Richard F'ield, of Charlton, farmer, with absconding from his service. The defendant alleged, as a cause for leaving, that the com- plainant had first struck him, and then ordered him off the premises ; but this statement not being quite true, he was ordered to return back to service, and pay half the expenses incurred. IN succeeding to the CARPET and FURNISHING BUSINESS so long carried on by Mr. W. POWELL, beg respectfully to solicit a continuance of the patronage enjoyed by him, and to assure his and their own Friends that they will continue to keep articles of the very best quality, upon which the very lowest possible scale of profit will be charged. II. and T. have, in addition to the above, just laid in a large and well- selected stock of TAPESTRY, VELVET PILE, BRUSSELS, and KIDDERMINSTER CARPETS; also a great Variety of AXMINSTER, WORSTED, YARN, WILTON, and TURKEY HEARTH RUGS; Printed, Plain, and Mixed DRUGGETS, LINEN DAMASKS, & c., for Rooms and Stairs; ANGOLA, LAPLAND, WOOL, and ROPE MATS; well- seasoned OIL CLOTHS, for Halls and Passages, & c. & c.— II. and T. beg to call the attention of Purchasers to a handsome TURKEY CARPET, 22 feet 4 inches by 12 feet C inches, which formed part of Mr. Powell's Stock. Original Price, £ 22. 10s.; now offered fcr £ 16. Also a quantity of REMNANTS of BRUSSELS and KIDDERMINSTER CARPETING, at VERY REDUCED PRICES. BROMSGROVE PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY, JULY 28. Magistrates present, Rev. W. Vernon, and W. H. Ricketts and G. F. Iddins, Esqrs. BREACH OE THE PEACE— Henry Parsonage prayed the Bench to bind over James Gibson Booth, of the Lickey, to keep the pertce towards him. Bound in £ 20 to keep the peace for six months, and to pay 9s. costs. LEAVING EMPLOY— Thomas Boulding, farmer, Twattling, charged his servant boy, James Tilly, with absconding from his service on the 28th of June. Mr. Boulding was instructed to deduct £ 1. 6s. lOd. for expenses out of his wages. STEALING PEAS.— The adjourned case between Mr. Allen and Samuel Allbutt and Thomas Horton, for stealing peas at Stoke Prior, was resumed to- day. The Bench thought the offence was proved, and fined each 3s. 6d., damage Id., costs £ 1. 3s. The money was paid. BENEFIT CLUB— The case of the Rose and Crown Club, which had been adjourned, again came on for hearing. Mr. Taylor appeared for the stewards, and Mr. W. C. Pumfrey, of Droitwich, appeared for Johnson. After the Bench had con- sulted some time, Mr. Ricketts said he took the same view of the case as he did that day fortnight; he was of opinion that the work was not sufficient to cause the stewards to stop his pay. Mr. Iddins took quite a different view of the case. Mr. Vernon said his opinion was that the work done was not suffi- cient to justify the stewards stopping his money. The stewards were therefore ordered to pay 6s. to Johnson for two weeks' pay, and 12s. 8d. costs. ASSAULTS.— Thomas Layton summoned William Weaver Booth, of Sidemore, for assaulting him on the 15th July. Fined 5s.> and 7s. fid. costs,— Joseph Moore, of Catshill, prayed WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PAPER HANGING & DECORATIVE WAREHOUSE 3 2, CROSS. EGS to rail the attention of FAMILIES, BUILDERS, and the Public generally, to his STOCK OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN which will be found upon inspection to be large and well assorted, comprising everv description made, from the LOWEST QUALITY TO THE RICHEST DECORATIONS; Purchasers can therefore' generally be supplied at once, without having to wait for the making, and consequently upon Lower Terms. Every description of DECORATIVE PANELLING in Wood, Marble, & c. Experienced Workmen only employed, and sent to any distance that may be required. N. B, THE TRADE SUPPLIED. Worcester, July 20tb, 1846. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1846. STOCKS.— At 2 o'ct. FRI. SAT. 1 MON. tuf. s. WED, TIIURS Bank Stock 208 ! 209 209 209 209 3 perCent. Red Ann. 96 96 96} 90s 9^ 9fH 3 per Cent Cons 95 i 95J 955 95* 96 95 Cons, for Account,... 95 i 90 96ft 96J 96* 96* 31 perCent. 1818 .... — 3 per Cent. Red New 3J per Cent 97 a 97J 975 97 s 98 985 3 per Cent. 1826....,, Bank Long Ann India StocK log I0f 10* 10ft 104 10ft 261 260£ 262 India Bonds 25 P 2 ) l' 22 19 P Excheq. Bills 10 p 14 l> 10 p 13 P 12 P 13 p FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1846. LAST WORDS OF LOUD IICSSEL ON THE SCAFFOLD. "/ did believe, and do still, that 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 it." IT is one of the striking paradoxes of the day, that, notwithstanding good men are congratulating each other and themselves that a growing zeal for the interests of humanity and religion is supposed— we say supposed, for we doubt the fact— to be upon the increase amongst us, yet whenever subjects affecting those interests are expected to be brought forward in the House of Commons, it is as certain as that the sun rises in the east that there will be " no House5" in other words, that in this most Christian country, in one of its most dignified assemblies, out of its 658 elected representatives not 40 can be found who sufficiently care for either humanity or religion to give even their attendance when such subjects are brought forward. The fact is indisputable ; but as evidence of its exist- ence we adduce, first, the case of Mr. SPOONER, the Member for Birmingham, whose endeavours to mitigate, if he cannot altogether prevent, the evils arising from juvenile prostitution, are above all praise. That is a crime which is greatly on the increase ; it is one which is destroying the morals of the rising generation of both sexes; but unhappily it is a subject which forms no por- tion of party politics; a division upon it will neither damage an Administration nor aid an Opposition; and therefore it is considered undeserving of the notice of the vast majority of our most Christian Senators. Despite, however, of the scorn with which such subjects are treated, we appeal to all Christian electors, and with some confidence ask if those Members who, careless of the gibes and jeers of some, and the pharisaical in- difference of others, almost chivalrously endeavour to ameliorate the condition of their distressed fellow- mortals, ought not to be supported out of doors if they cannot be supported within; and if so, ought not those to be rejected who have opposed or are indifferent to such praiseworthy attempts, whenever an opportunity, which cannot be far distant, shall present itself. Most certainly do we think this ought to be the case ; but unhappily it is as certain that it will not be so. Men, both in and out of Parliament, are so much influenced by the cupidity of avarice, by that hollow and heartless code which the worlds calls " respectable," that he who would enlighten and ameliorate the condition of his fellow- men is looked upon as the common enemy of the age, vvjiich from its TRADING character is hostile to Christianity, so much does the leaven of selfishness with which the world is surcharged prevent a just regard for the comfort and happiness of the poor and the unfortunate. We are happy to rank our respected neighbour Mr. SPOONER among the exceptions to these general remarks, and pray that some of the ease- loving, strait- laced philanthropists of this, the boasted and the boasting I9th century, would aid his humble and honest endeavours, instead of in- directly promoting a free trade in vice by neglecting them. But without longer dwelling upon the case of Mr. SPOONER, we turn to that of Mr. PLUMPTRE, who, from his long- tried and well- known character and principle, is entitled to the respectful attention of a much more dignified assembly than a profligate and unprincipled House of Commons ; but he too has thrice failed to get a House, and that during the present session. The respectable formalists, the free- traders in religion, des- pising the earnestness of religious feeling of the Hon. Member, may think otherwise, and that his exertions to obtain a revision of the Maynooth question are only the drivellings of an antiquated attachment to principles which the men who govern the world can well afford to reject, if not to despise. We will not dispute the latitudinarianism of the age, nor that its tendency is to turn the world upside down but this we will do— protest against it as a blighting and withering curse. That inequality of wealth which is the offspring of the manufacturing Moloch, and to which England is so dis- gracefully bowing itself, so hardens the heart that the sympathies of humanity cannot enter, or if entering cannot find an abiding place; and although its worship- pers delight in regarding it as the mainspring of our national greatness, we take a lower and calmer view, believing it to be the source of much of our misery, and tbe fruitful parent of no inconsiderable portion of that political dishonesty which has been for years craftily at work, and has at length formed itself into a system so agreeable to men of all ranks and conditions, of all grades and characters, that the difficulty is to discover where it is not to be found. We freely confess that a recent event has gone far to convince us that it has penetrated into the " faithful city ;" although it may be hailed as a good sign that from the unblushing conduct of the prin- cipal actors an indignant voice has been raised against it, the sincerity of which will ere long be tested, but which we will not lessen by presuming to doubt. With sober- minded and well- informed persons it is certainly a growing opinion, if not the prevailing one, that the interest of the present crisis is unparalleled. The claims of humanity contemned— religion disregarded — a thorough dereliction of principle manifested— our almost sessional revolutions, with a brazen political pro- fligacy guiding and directing our vast political machine of Government— all certainly combine to sink our former history into comparative insignificance both as regards our secular and religious affairs. From a scrupulous and timid anticipation of evil arising from innovation, we have evidently rushed into a vortex for change, the con- sequences of which are not yet developed, although an accumulated and accumulating mass of foreboding is painfully felt. Whether our way to better times is through an abyss of anarchy, or the coming under the yoke of a senseless and degrading superstition, is a question to which it would now be presumptuous to give a reply; this, however, we know and feel— that " sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." To guard against an apparent forgetfulness, we do not deny that Britain claims to be the richest in public charity of all the countries in the world. We acknow- ledge her supremacy in the magnificence of her hospitals and her asylums ; we admire the numbers and the com- fortable appearance of her almshouses; but wetlo not forget that these, like our own noble Infirmary, are the creation of preceding centuries. Few are the instances in the present day, ( when the necessity and the duty of the dedication of wealth to GOD and our fellow- creatures has so strikingly arisen from our vastly increased popula- tion,) in which those individuals who most possess the power have so dedicated of their abundance. Instead of vague, and in some instances, impracticable schemes of benevolence, evaporating in guinea subscriptions, or a dangling attendance with some fair lady at a fashionable bazaar, our ancestors evinced an unostentatious grandeur in their works of charity worthy of themselves and of the objects to which their wealth was applied. But we are on tender ground. CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCESS.— The christen- ing of her Royal Highness the infant Princess, third daugh- ter of her Majesty and Prince Albeit, took place on Saturday evening in the chapel, Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke of Wellington, the Ministers, the Foreign Ambassadors, aud a distinguished circle were present. The sponsors were her Royal High- ness the Duchess of Kent, proxy for her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans; his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz; and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. On demanding the^ name of the Princess from the sponsors, the Duchess of Cambridge named her " Helena Augusta Victoria;" and the venerable prelate, the Archbishop of Canterbury, performed the sacred rite in a most impressive manner. The first name is pronounced " Helena," with the accent on the first syllabie. At the evening banquet Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham were among the invited guests. The whole of the costumes of both ladies and gentlemen were very elegant and magnificent; those of the former were uni- formly white, of valuable lace and the richest satins or silks; the gentlemen were either in uniform or full court dress. The Queen's dress was of rich white satin, of Spitalfields manufacture, striped with silver and richly trimmed with Honiton lace. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.— It is expected that her Majesty the Queen Dowager will return to England from her Continental visit in the end of the present month. The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam- yacht, Master CommanderCook, is under orders at Woolwich to proceed to Rotterdam on the 28th of August, there to embark her Majesty, who, it is expected will land at Woolwich from that place. REJOICINGS IN CELEBRATION OF THE MARRIAGE OF Miss PEEL, OF W ARESLEY.— The only daughter of the Rev. J. Peel, D. D., Dean of Worcester, was yesterdav married to her cousin, Lord Henley, of Watford Court, Northamptonshire. The happy event, which was celebrated in London, gave occasion for great rejoicings at Stone, near Kidderminster, of which parish tbe kind- hearted Dean is Vicar; and also at the hospitable mansion at Waresley, in the parish of Hartlebury, where his family occasionally reside. In both of these places the children belonging to the schools were entertained with a liberal supply of roast beef and plum pudding at one o'clock, and a good sub- iniial 10a with nlenitf nf olurn rake in the evenin". The MILLINGTON, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. CLARIDGE.— In our last number appeared a letter from the plaintiff in this action, tried at our recent Assizes, conveying imputations against Mr. Edwin Ball, of Pershore, solicitor for the defendant. We are certain that there cannot be a shadow of foundation for the charges therein alleged against Mr. Ball, and we feel it due to that gentleman as well as to ourselves to express our sincere regret that in the hurry of business we inad- vertently and without proper consideration gave a place in our columns to so groundless a libel. REPRESENTATION OF BRECONSIIIRE.— Colonel Wood, for forty years member for Brecon, has issued an address to the electors, intimating that on a dissolution of parliament he does not intend again to solicit their suffrages. Iu con- sequence, Mr. Bailey, our present member, will, we pre- sume, walk over the course as a Protectionist. THE NEW GAS COM PAN*.-'- The first meeting of the new company took place at the offices, Broad Street, on Tuesday, when arrangements were made to carry out the provisions of the act of parliament, and without delay to enter into the arbitration for the purchase of the old works. It is expected that the new company will be iu full operation by Michaelmas. stantial tea plenty of plum cake evening. ringing of the bells, the bands of music, and the happy voices of the young children, were exceedingly exhilirating ; and the weather, which was most favourable, added considerably to the enjoyment of the festival. But the most gratifying part of the whole atfair was the hearty and affectionate good feeling which was universally expressed towards the family of the Peels, and especially the youthful bride aud bridegroom.—- Tew Towns' Messenger. WORCESTERSHIRE TOXOPIIOLITE SOCIETY.— The first meeting of the Worcestershire Archers takes place on Tuesday next at Stretisham Court, the seat of J. Taylor, Esq. Active preparations for the meeting have been some time in progress, and a most interesting and fashionable meeting is expected. We shall report progress in our uext. Amongst the gentlemen who passed their examination, and were admitted members of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, on the 27th inst., was Mr. Edward Mawthill Tearne, son of T. M. Tearne, Esq., of Stockton, in this county. MALVERN WELLS SCHOOLS.— The annual sermons on behalf of the Malvern Wells National and Sunday Schools were preached on Sunday last in the district church of St. Peter, in the morning by the Rev. T. Vores, Perpetual Curate of St. Mary's, Hastings, and in the evening by the Rev. G. Ireland, Westport, near Malmesbury. The collec- tions amounted to the liberal sum of £ 32- 7s. Id. KIDDERMINSTER SUNDAY SCHOOLS.— The annual ser- mons on behalf of the Charity and Sunday Schools con- nected with the district of St. George's Chapel, Kidder- minster, were preached on Sunday last, that in the morning by the Rev. J. Downall, Curate, and in the evening by the Rev. T. L. Claughton, Vicar of Kidderminster. Collections were made after each service, and amounted together to the sum of £ 49 15s. O.^ d. THE ALSTONE ESTATE, in this County, was sold on Tuesday at the Auction Mart, for ten thousand pounds, to Mr. Trenfield, of Winchcomb, we believe for W. Gist, Esq., of Dixton House, with whose estates this property is inter mixed, and will therefore prove a valuable acquisition thereto. THE HARVEST.— The weather during the past week has been everything that could be desired by the husbandman, and reaping is'now become general throughout this and the adjoining counties. In many places the wheat is more than fully ripe, and it is feared that in consequence of the scarcity of labourers there will be some waste in the grain. We expect that samples of new wheat will be offered in our market to- morrow ( Saturday). Generally the wheat is very fine. The corn harvest has come upon the farmers actually before the hay has all been gathered. We learn from a correspondent writing from the other side of the Malvern Hills, that all the wheat planted on that ( the west) side of the hills— Mathon, Colwall, & c. in October and November is now cut, and that yesterday the produce of one piece of land was hauled to the rick- yard. In former seasons the harvest was, on the west side of the Malverns, generally a fortnight later than on the east, but this year the wheats are both ripe at the same time. NEW WHEAT.— Mr. Goodwin, miller, of Mealcheapen Street, in this city, and Pershore Mills, has this day sent us a loaf of bread, of most excellent colour, flavour, and quality, made from wheat of this year's growth. We believe that even that highly respectable and sagacious personage commonly known as " the oldest inhabitant," cannot recollect " that in the course of his long experience he ever had an opportnnity of tasting bread made from wheat grown, harvested, and ground in the same year, so earlyas the close of the month of July, which is nearly a fortnight before the average time of commencing wheat harvest. " CHEAP BREAD."— The " cheap loaf" blessing is one which thousands are anxiously looking forward to, but as yet none have been permitted to taste. Thousands of quarters of wheat have been taken out of bond since the passing of the Corn Bill, and yet the 41b. loaf is only fd. cheaper. The best wheaten bread in London is 8d. to 8^ d.; in some parts of the metropolis 9d. is charged; household ditto 7d. to 7| d., in some places 6| d. is charged. As far as a judgment can be formed upon the results at present arrived at, it is clear that the only parties who will profit by this " glorious principle of free trade in corn" are foreigners and importers, the English consumer obtaining his loaf made of foreign flour a halfpenny cheaper, and this taken out of the pockets of our own producers for the benefit of the foreigner. WORCESTER CHARITIES.— At a meeting of the trus- tees of the Worcester Charities held yesterday morning at the Guildhall, John Williams, Esq., in the chair, the annual examination under the will of John Worfield took place before the Rev. H. J. Stevenson and the Rev. G. Hodson, when Mr. Harrv Hurst Burrow, son of Mr. Burrow, of Severn Stoke, and Mr. Thomas Chambers, son of Mr. T. Chambers, of this city, were, from the very satisfactory examination which they passed, considered to be fit and proper persons to participate in the endowment provided under the powers of the will of the above testator. MORE FIRES.— Yesterday a good deal of alarm was excited in this city by the arrival of a messenger from Perdiswell Hall, the seat of Sir Offiey Wakeman, Bart., requiring the aid of the engines to quench a fire which it was at first understood was raging at the mansion. It turned out, however, on subse- quent inquiry, that it was nothing more than a rick which had ignited, in consequence of being put up in a damp state. The mischief, we are glad to say, was confined to the loss of the hay. — Another fire, from putting hay together in an improper state, occurred at Elmley, near^ Pershore, on Sunday evening last. The fire broke out about four o'clock in the evening, and the rick in which it originated was consumed, but the engine from Evesham being promptly on the ground the progress of the fire was stayed. SUDDEN DEATH.— SINGULAR CASE.— A case of sudden death of an unusual character happened on Saturday last. An intelligent lad named James Lemm, aged 14 years, who had been in the employ of Messrs. Chamberlain, of the Royal Porcelain Works, was observed on Friday evening to be staring very wildly about him, and behaving very strangely. It was at first thought that he was amusing himself with some boyish tricks, but on speaking to him he did not answer, and shortly afterwards became insensible. Mr. Woodward and Mr. Jones, surgeons, were immediately sent for by Mr. Chamberlain, and it was. then found that the poor little fellow was labouring under all the symptoms of apoplexy. He was removed to the Infir- mary, where every attention was paid to him, but he expired in a few hours. On opening the head, it was found that the brain of the patient had grown beyond a corresponding expan- sion of the skull. This had caused a pressure upon the brain by the skull ( which was unusually thin), and consequent death. " CITY POLICE.— On Monday, Thomas Hodgkiss was fined for an assault, and in default was sent to gaol for one month.— Mrs. Mary Ann Davis was charged with assaulting Charlotte Morgan, between five and six o'clock on Thursday last. The assault was committed in revenge for some foul language which had been used by complainant about Davis, who ran into the house and struck her violently. In the con- flict both combatants received sundry injuries about the head and face, their caps and hair being torn. The case was con- sidered proved, and Davis was fined 5s., and lis. costs. On being informed what she had to pay, she exclaimed—" Then I'll goo to gaol, for I'se innocent, I won't pay the money." She was immediately sent down for fourteen days.— The next case was one in which Joseph Lewis was summoned for deserting his wife, and leaving her chargeable to the parish of St. John. Mr. Clutterbuck, for the defendant, examined several witnesses, who gave presumptive evidence that the wife had been living in a state of adultery, which was the cause of the man leaving her. The evidence was not considered conclusive enough to relieve Lewis from his reponsibility, and he consented to " take to her" again, the Magistrates considering that under the circum- stances that course would be the best, at the same time express- ing their fears that the defence set up was not without foundation. — On Tuesday, Maria Dufty, a married woman, belonging to Pershore, was brought up on a charge of stealing a pair of women's boots from the shop of Mr. Williams, in Friar- street, when she was committed for trial.— This day ( Friday) several of the parishioners of St. Michael were summoned tor non- payment of a rate demanded of them by Mr. Young, on behalf of the City Commissioners. The refusal had been made from the supposition that the parishioners were not liable under the Act, but tne clause having been read empowering the enforce- ment of the rate, the defaulters were satisfied and paid the rate. — A man named John Blount, of Angel Row, preferred a charge against Richard Evans, a porter, for going up into his bedroom on the night of Wednesday last, and pulling him out of bed and belabouring him with a bridle strap until his legs were covered with bruises. Defendant stated that lie was a neighbour to Blount, and on going home was called to by his wife, wiio was crying " murder," and on going into his house was deputed by her to give her husband a " good hiding," as he had been beating and abusing her in a shameful manner. After a patient hearing the case was dismissed, and a summons was issued against the complainant at the instance of his wife for assaulting her.— Thos. Hatton summoned John Bateman, the landlord of the Hope and Anchor, Newport Street, for throwing him to the ground and injuring his arm, on Wednesday week. The assault was committed in the defendant endea- vouring to remove him from the premises, defendant pleading provocation. The assault was considered proved, and the com- plainant was tiaed 8s. and 12s. costs. MEETINGS OF THE THREE CHOIRS. The 123rd meeting of the choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester, is fixed to be holden at Hereford, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th, 10th, and 11th September next, under the especial patronage of the Queen, the vice- patrons being the Earl of Oxford, Viscount Hereford, and Viscount Eastnor, and the president, Earl Somers. The vice- presidents are Earl Fitzhardinge, Lord Lyttelton, and the Bishops of Hereford, Gloucester and Bristol, and Worcester. The stewards for the meeting are only six in number, viz.:— Archdeacon Vickers, Rev. R. L. Freer, Rev. W. Hassall, J. Bailey, jun., Esq., M. P., R. Pulsford, Esq., M. P., and W. L. Childe, Esq. The programme of the festival has just been settled and is of a very interesting character. From this we glean that the prin- cipal vocal performers engaged are Miss Birch, the Misses Williams, Miss Dolby, Mr. Ilobbs, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Machin, Mr. H. Phillips, and Mr. Hatton. The band has been selected principally from the Philharmonic Society; and the chorus from the Ancient and Philharmonic Concerts and the choirs of the cathedrals, & c., of Gloucester, Worcester, Windsor, Bristol, Lichfield, Cambridge, and Armagh. The organ built by Messrs. Gray and Davidson for Yazor Church has been kindly lent for this festival. The morning performances, which will take place in the Cathedral, are thus arranged. On Wednesday morning there will be as usual a full service, Tallis's preces, responses, and Litany being selected for the occasion, with the grand chant for the " Venire," Soaper's chant for the Psalms, and PurcelPs " Jubilate" in D. Handel's Dettingen " Te Deum" will as usual be given. The three anthems for the morning's service will be Dr. Croft's " God is gone up," Dr. Boyce's " O where shall wisdom be found," and Dr. Hayes' " O worship the Lord." — On Thursday morning, after the overture to " St. Paul," Mozart's " Requiem," as adapted to English words by Professor Taylor will be performed, and will be followed by Louis Spohr's " Fall of Babylon." It will be remembered that Mr. Taylor's adaptation of the Requiem was first used at Norwich, in 1836, and three years afterwards it was performed at the Worcester festival. The two great works, the " Requiem" and " Fall of Babylon," in one morning, will doubtless afford a rich treat to the lovers of sublime music.— Friday morning will be devoted exclusively to the never tiring oratorio of the 4i Messiah," with Mozart's accompaniments. It would be impertinent in this place to criticise a composition which has obtained for the highly gifted composer everlasting fame, and with which every admirer of sacred music is so well acquainted. We shall therefore now proceed to a notice of the evening concerts. The concerts, which will also be three in number, will be held in the Shirehall; Mr. Willy, leader. Wednesday evening's concert will commence with the overture to " Der Frieschutz" which will be followed by Mendelssohn's " Walpurgis night" as performed at the meeting at Worcester last year. The second part of the concert this evening will consist of a selection from the works of Rossini, Haydn, J. Barnett, P. B. Czapek, ( Hatton) Verdi, Curschmann, Meyerbeer, Mercadante, Hatton, and Sir H. R. Bishop. In the course of the evening Mr. Lindley will perform a fantasia on his violoncello. The over- ture " William Tell" will also be played on the first evening as introductory to the miscellaneous portion of the concert On Thursday evening the concert will comprise a selection from " Oberon" and a general miscellany from works of Haydn, G. Linley, Kvnvett, Spohr, Richards, Rossini, Lover, Donizetti, Hatton, and Handel, together with Beethoven's symphony in C. minor Part 1 of Friday's concert will consist of the music to " Midsummer Nights' Dream" by Mendelssohn with the Earl of Mornington's glee " O bird of Eve," and Mozart's piano forte concerto in D by Mr. Hatton. The second part opens with Ilerold's overture " Zampa," and is made up of another selection of madrigals, glees, songs, duets, & c. by Wilbye, Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Czapek, T. Linley, T. Cooke, Kalliwoda, and Handel. The festival will be wound up by the national anthem, as originally composed by Dr. J. Bull, formerly organist of Hereford Cathedral. There will be a Ball after the Concert on Thursday and Fri- day, the band for which will be under the personal superintend- ance of Mr. Thomas Adams, director of the Orchestra at St. James', Almacks, and the Nobility's Concerts. The whole selection of music reflects the highest credit upon the pure and classical taste of the talented conductor, Mr. George Townshend Smith. SMALL DEBTS BILL.— This morning there was a meet- ing of the Chamber of Commerce held at the Guildhall, the Vice- President in the chair, when the subject of the Small Debts Bill now before Parliament was brought before the meeting, and a petition to Parliament in favour of the measure was unanimously agreed to. The following is a copy of the petition adopted at this meeting:— " To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled. " The humble petition of the Directors of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, sheweth,— " That the Worcester Chamber of Commerce is a body com- posed or me principal commercial, manufacturing, and whole- sale and retail interests of tbe city of Worcester. " That your petitioners have heard with great satisfaction that a Bill has been introduced into your Right Honourable House, entituled ' An Act for the more easy recovery of small debts in England.' " That your petitioners have long been convinced of the necessity of some legislative enactment for effecting the objects proposed by the said BUI; and the evidence which has been given before a Committee of your Right Honourable House, has clearly proved that the delay and great expense attendant upon the recovery of small debts has had the effect of compel- ling creditors to abandon their claims altogether, rather than incur the expenses of litigation in attempts to enfoice payment under the existing laws. " That the abolishment of arrest upon final process in actions of debt not exceeding £ 20 has, in the opinion of your petitioners, had very injurious effects; and its result has been in the great majority of cases to deprive creditors of their only remedy against unprincipled debtors, whose debts do not exceed that amount. " That the present state of the law, and the delay and ex- penses of litigation more particularly, affect the retail trades- men, whose debts for the most part are under £ 20. " That your petitioners believe that the Bill now before your Right Honourable House, should it be passed into a law, will be received by all the trading classes of her Majesty's subjects as a great boon, and is well calculated to remedy " the evils of delay and expenses now attendant upon the recovery of small debts. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Lordships will be pleased to pass such Bill through your Right Honour- able House at the earliest possible period this Session.- " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, & c." On the motion of H. B. Tymbs, Esq., seconded by J. W. Lea, Esq., it was unanimously resolved to forward the petition to Lord Lyttelton for presentation to the House of Lords, and to Mr. Bailey for presentation to the Commons. The Vice- President was also requested to write to Sir Denis Le Marchant, calling upon him to support the prayer of the petitiou. GREAT MALVERN.— Arrivals:— The Right Hon. C. W. Williams Wynn, M. P. and family, Sir Francis Doyle and family, Major Graham and family, Sir George Smart and family, John Rawson, Esq. and family, Mr. Gosseline and family, Mrs. Drummond and family, Rev. Mr. Bowen and family, Colonel Pidgeon and family, Rev. Mr. Blissett and family, Rev. Mr. Newman and family, Rev. Robert Hume and family, Thomas Hall, Esq., and family, Captain William Hay and family, Charles J. Morgan, Esq. and family, Mr. Needham and family, Rev. J. Greaves and family, Mr. Knipe and family, Sir Ralph Rice and family, John Holdship, Esq., and family, Rev. A. Martineau and family, Rev. Frederick Reeves and family, Rev. R. Tillard and family, Mrs. Hancox and family, N. Phillips, Esq. and family, George Worthington, Esq. and family, Lady Caroline Elliott, the Lady Wynford, Miss Pen- fold, Mrs. Drummond, Miss Judd, Mr. Brinton, Mr. Grafton, Miss Rawlinson, Mr. and Mrs. Birch, Mr. Whitehead, Mr. Mc Murray, Mr. Jellicoe, Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. White, Miss Knyvett, Miss Stott, Mr. Bosworth, Rev. H. Rice, Miss Turner, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. and Mr3. Dunn, Miss Thomas, & c. WORCESTER TOWN COUNCIL.— The following are the names of the Town Councillors whose term of office expires this year: — Saint John's IVard: Jabez Home. — Saint Nicholas: C. Bedford and J. W. Lea.— All Saints: James Knight, John Davis, and W. D. Lingham Saint Peter: Benjamin Crane, Thos. Edgecombe, Henry Webb Claiiies: Hector Beekin, John Goodwin, and Thomas Kinder. WORCESTER UNION.— From the quarterly abstract made out by Mr. W. Thomason, clerk to the Worcester Board of Guardians, we find that the total number of in and out door paupers for the quarter ending June 18th, was 1535, being an increase of 85 as compared with the corresponding quarter last year. The total expenditure for the same period, including relief to the poor, registration and vaccination fees, was 1450/. 17s. l^ rf., or a comparative increase of 2G3/. 12s. 5d. The number of paupers in the house at the commencement of the quarter was 286; at the close, 223. Average weekly cost per head per week of in- door paupers, 2s. lO^ d.; viz:— food, coal, & c., 2s. G| d.; clothing, 4Jc/. FREE TRADE COMMEMORATIONS.— On Monday last a party of the free- traders of Stourbridge aud neighbourhood met to celebrate the passing of the free- trade measures of the late ministry by dining together at the house of Mr. Francis Richards, the Vine Inn. Robert Scott, Esq., M. P., was to have presided, but was prevented by a bereavement in his family. The chair was accordingly filled by Benjamin Williams, Esq., supported by W. B. Collis and J. O. Bate, Esqrs. The vice- chair was occupied by John Farmer, Esq. — The dinner which was to have taken place at the end of this month, in the theatre at Wolverhampton, in honour of Mr. Villiers and the triumph of the free- trade measures, has been deferred. THE LUDLOW CHARITIES.— The long pending suit relative to the Ludlow Charity Trusts is now set at rest; the Act of Parliament governing the same having received the Royal assent on Monday last, and consequently now become " the law of the land." Let us hope that party and unpleasant feeling on this subject will henceforth entirely cease, and that the inhabitants will unite to render the borough happy and prosperous. The bells of old St. Lawrence's tower rang merrily throughout Tuesday in celebration of the event, and the most sincere and hearty congratulations of the inhabitants were heard in every quarter. BOCKLETON.— A Post Office has recently been estab- lished at Bockleton. On the arrival of the Loudon mail at Tenbury, a postman leaves lor Bockleton with the letters, returning in the evening in time for the mail, bringing the Bockleton and other letters on his way for Tenbury. STOURBRIDGE AND KIDDERMINSTER BANK.— In ac- cordance with a regulation adopted a year or two ago, the directors of the Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Company have issued their twelfth annual report, prepara- tory to the general meeting of the proprietors on the 12th of August. The accounts of the company for the past year, which were balanced up to the 30th of June, and have since been audited by the directors, show, after deducting all current charges, a clear surplus profit of £ 12,454. 12s. 6d., from which the Christmas dividend of 7s. 6d. per share, amounting to £ 3,750 has to be deducted, leaving a balance of £ 8,704. 12s. 6d. now to be disposed of. The Directors recommend a similar dividend for the past half- year, the sum of £ 135. 2s. Id. to be carried forward to meet the next payment of Income- tax, and the residue of profit, amounting to £ 4,819. 10s. 5d. to be added to the guarantee fund, which will then be £ 22,002. 16s. Id. The directors remark that the profits of the past year might justify them in proposing a higher rate of dividend, but that, considering the magnitude of the business transacted by the bank, ( which is steadily increasing,) they consider they shall best promote the permanent interest of the proprietors bv thus making a provision for a further addition to the paid- up capital at an early period. Should the report be adopted, the dividend will be payable on the 22nd of August. WOLVERLEY FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW.— The annual exhibition and dinner of the Wolverley Floral and Horticultural Society was held at the Queen's Head, Wolverley, on Monday last. In consequence of the unusually trying weather, the fruits, flowers, and vegetables exhibited, with some exceptions, were below the usual standard, but the potatoes exhibited by Mr. Thomas, and celery and autumn- sown onions by Mr. Batham, were remarkably fine, the latter exceeding fourteen inches in circumference. The members of the society dined together in the afternoon, under the able presidency of Wm. Nickolls, Esq., H. Saunders, Esq., acting as vice- president; and the company kept up the hilarity of the evening to a late hour. The following prizes were awarded :— Carnations: Best pan of carnations, one in each colour, Mr. J. Crane ; best bloom ( of any class). Mr. Jackson; best scarlet bizarre, Mr. Crane; best crimson ditto, Mr. Jackson; best scarlet flake, Mr. Crane; best rose ditto, Mr. Crane; best purple ditto, Mr. Jackson; best red picotee, Mr. Jackson ; best purple ditto, Mr. Crane.— Dahlias: Best bloom, second ditto, third ditto, Mr. Jackson. Best peck of potatoes, Mr. Thomas; best bunch of twenty onions ( spring- sown), Mr. Thomas ; ditto ( autumn- sown), Mr. Batham.— Gooseberries : Heaviest berry, Mr. Jennings; heaviest four ditto, Mr. Jennings; ( red) best berry, Mr. Jackson; second ditto, Mr. Batham ; thiid ditto, Mr. Jennings; ( yellow) first, Mr. Batham; second, Mr. Jennings; third, Mr. Jackson; ( green) first, Mr. Jennings; second, Mr. Jackson; third, Mr. Jackson ; ( white) first, Mr. Jennings; second, Mr. Jackson; third, Mr. Batham ; best pound, Mr. Jennings. Best six sticks of Celery, Mr. Batham. THE BANKRUPT C. COLLINS.— In the London Bank- ruptcy Court, before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, on Tuesday last, this bankrupt, who has been so deeply engaged in railway matters and the proceedings in whose case have been so frequently before the public, came up, and passed his last examination. THE LATE CASE OF LARCENY AND IMPOSITION.— With reference to the case of Henry and Charlotte Bell, mentioned in our last, it appeared on the capture of the parties that they had been living at Nash's beer- house in Dolday, where two small new elegantly- bound books were found, which were identified as having been stolen from the shop of Mrs. Deighton. The prisoners underwent an examination on Saturday, before Mr. Sidebottorn, and were remanded until Wednesday, when the charge for stealing a book, " TheCricket on the Hearth," from Mr. Stratford's, was substantiated by John Batemen, who happened to be standing near the shop and saw the male prisoner enter, and immediately on coming out he had something in his hand covered with a piece of paper; he ran down St. Swithin Street, and witness saw him take a book from out of the paper, tear two leaves from it, and put them into ins hat. The copy found in the possession of the prisoner had two fly- leaves torn from it. Mr. Stratford said he had placed a copy of " The Cricket on the Hearth" on a table near to the door of the shop. The male prisoner was com- mitted on this charge; and the female on Mr. Dolvere's. GIG ACCIDENT.— On Thursday evening last, as Mr. and Mrs. Miles, of Foregate Street, were returning from Holt in a pony gig, Mr. Miles got out of the gig, and the pony went on. Mrs. Miles lost the reins, and the pony turned down Grimley Lane, upon which Mrs. Miles being much alarmed jumped out and fell on her head, the violence of the fall rendering her insensible for more than 24 hours. We are happy to hear that the consequences are less serious than might have been anticipated, and that Mrs. Miles is now considered out of danger. SUDDEN DEATH.— On Saturday evening Mr. Hughes held an inquest at the New Inn, Lindridge, on the body of Ann, wife of George Lewis, labourer, who, on the previous morning while getting up into a cart, fell backward, and died immediately without speaking. She had had no previous ill- ness. Verdict, " Apoplexy." BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT.— On Saturday, in the case of Corbett of Worcester, money- scrivener, there was an adjourned meeting for choice of assignees. Mr. Mot- teram appeared to conduct the business; but an adjourn- ment again took place.— On Tuesday there was an applica- tion for a final order In Re Prothero of Dudley, fire- iron manufacturer and beer- seller. The insolvent was supported by Mr. E. Wright, and opposed, on behalf of a creditor named Pitt, by Mr. J. Smith. The question of the opposi- tion had been raised on the first hearing, and the matter referred to was a question with respect to some property belonging to the wife of Pr- » the « >. This, it was alleged had been mortgaged to Mr. Pitt by the insolvent, and the pro- duction of the deed was to have taken place to- day :— this, however, was not done, owing, as it was said, to the refusal of Mr. Pitt to attend, unless compelled by a summons from the Court. The insolvent swore that " he did not know if he had ever signed this deed: he had signed something, but did not know what." Finally the matter was adjourned, Mr. Smith undertaking, on certain conditions, to pay the expenses of such adjournment. SERIOUS CASE OF FORGERY AT BIRMINGHAM.— At the Public Office, Birmingham, on Wednesday last, Mr. Charles Taylor, brush- maker, of Great Charles- street, in that town, was charged with having forged the name of Jatnes Berry to a bill dated the 14th of April; amount £ 29. 17s., which he had passed on the 16th of the same month to Messrs. Moilliet and Sons, bankers. Mr. Ryland conducted the case on behalf of Messrs. Moilliet, and called Mr. James Berry, brush- maker, who stated that the signa- ture attached to the bill was not his. He had had business transactions with Mr. Taylor, but had invariably paid his account in cash; no bill had ever passed between them. Mr. Thomas Evans, clerk to Messrs. Moilliet and Sons, proved receiving the bill from the prisoner on the 16th of April. It was made payable at Jones, Lloyds and Co., and had been returned dishonoured. Mr. Ryland deposed to having received a note from Mr. Taylor stating that he would call upon him and take the bill up, expressing a wish that it should not be presented to any other party. Inspector Glossop said that he had taken Mr. Taylor into custody that morning. On his saying, " Mr. Taylor, I want you?" he inquired for what. He ( witness) said for forgery; but refused to tell him the specific charge until he arrived at the station- house. When he told him the nature of the charge, Mr. Taylor said, " Now, I know !" Nothing more passed between them. Mr. Harding was employed for the defence, but did not address the Court, and the prisoner was fully committed to the Assizes. ATTEMPTED SUICIDEI— Last Saturday night, in the neighbourhood of Cleobury Mortimer, a labouring man, who had been scolded by his master for indolence in his employ- ment ( loading hay), was seized with a fit of desperate suilen- ness, in the midst of which he went and suspended himself by the neck in such a mariner, that it was with the greatest diffi- culty he could be cut down before life was extinct. MINE ACCIDENT.— A most shocking accident happened on Tuesday morning to a man residing at Moor Lane, near Dudley, while at work in a stone pit belonging to Mr. Samuel Price, of Hart's Hill, by a quantity of stone falling upon him which broke his leg so badly that it is thought amputation will take place. A Severn salmon was exhibited last week in Gloucester weighing 41 lbs. It is the largest salmon ever taken from the river. Worcester fair take place on Tuesday next, the 4th of August. COMMITMENTS TO THE COUNTY GAOL.— By W. Boycot, Esq.: Jane Toovey, charged with stealing a brooch, & c., at Kidderminster, the ( property of Nathaniel Cattanio.— By W. Boycot, Esq.: Sarah Hassall, charged with stealing a shirt, at Kidderminster, the property of William Packwood.— By Z. Hughes, Esq.: Catherine Collins, charged with stealing worsted shoes, at Evesham, the property of Josiah Wheatley By the Rev. F. Severne : Richard Green, charged with stealing a leading rein, the property of Amelia Moilett.— By Z. Hughes, and J. Thomas, Esq. ". Charles Russell, charged with embezzle- ment, at Evesham.— By W. Robins, and W. Trow, Esqrs.: Bowena Blunt, charged with stealing table linen, & c., at Stour- bridge, the property of the Rev. J. J. Elsworth By J. Roberts and C. Cartwright, Esqrs. : John Traucher and Maria White, house, charged with stealing a silk handkerchief at Dudley, the property of W, Bagott.— By J. Roberts, Esq.: John Rose, charged with stealing from the person of Ann Churchill, at Dudley. FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. Taffetas glace is the most fashionable material at this season, and ciiecks of every dimension, as also stripes, either wide or narrow, are both in favour. Barege is also much worn, of dark colours with white designs, with under skirt of gros de Naples to match the colour, and the barege skirt nearly covered with flounces, either three deep ones or five placed their own width apart, or one very deep and two narrow above ; taffetas deJil, foulards, and taffetas Chine are all favourite materials. Evening dresses of white taffetas d' Italie are made with flounces of crape edged by a narrow open gimp. Very pretty redingotes, suitable for the warm weather, are of white muslin over lilac, pink, paille, or green, trimmed with the new tulle called tulle Payan; the corsages full, and ceinture of sarcenet ribbon the colour of the lining. Lace and crape dresses have three very deep flounces of black lace of graduated widths, with berthe and revers of lace. Morning dresses of coutil de soir or de fit, are with high bodies, full at the shoulders and waist, plain skirts, and Amadis sleeves; the scarf is often of the same material. Many dresses are of nankin or coutil Anglais, of the redingote form, the corsage descending very low and hollowed out at the hips, on which are several rows of coloured velvet continued round the back of the skirt. Dresses continue to be richly trimmed with gimps, Marquise buttons, fringes of every description, devants de robes of point d' Espagne, fancy ruMuds, & c. Scarfs of either silk or cachemire are equally fashionable with visiles, mantelets, and shawls; the latter are mostly white, almost covered with embroidery in silk in large flowers ; the the visiles increase rather in width, in opposition to the mantelets, the pelerines of which are very small, though the width of the frill makes out for it. Little surcots, a kind of visite, are made of pink taffetas, having merely openings for the arms, and no sleeves, irimmed with a plisse of ribbon. Bonnets of tulle bouillonne, with crosses, paille de riz, lace, Leghorns, and fancy straws are those most in favour at this moment for travelling and country wear; straws are trimmed with dark green, dark blue, or ruby velvet, and bouquets of field flowers.— From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion,'' DEATH OF GENERAL SIR GEORGE MURRAY, G. C. B. G. C. H., LATE MASTER GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE.— This gallant officer died on Tuesday night. For some years the gallant deceased had been engaged in the compilation of the dispatches of the Duke of Marlborough, and had suffered in health in consequence, aud for 18 months previously to the resignation of his distinguished office, his state of health obliged him to perform its duties at his own residence in Belgrave- squaro, assisted by his private secretary, Sir Frederick Trench, and his aide- de- camp, Captain Bovce, of the 2d Life Guards, an officer who is married to the only child of the general. He continued in a precarious condition up to a late hour on Monday night, when such was the violence of the attack, that a messenger was dispatched to St. George's Hospital, requesting the immediate attendance of any gentleman who might be in the establishment, and on the arrival of Mr. Macan, the house- surgeon, he found the gallant gentleman in a hopeless state, being totally unconscious of what was passing around, and so he continued up to the moment of liis demise. Mrs. Boyce his daughter, and Captain Boyce, were with him to the very last moment. We find by Hart's Army List that Sir George has served 57 years. He entered the army as ensign, March 12, 1789; became lieutenant and captain January 16, 1794 ; captain and lieutenant colonel, August 5, 1799 ; colonel, March 9, 1809; major general, January 1, 1812; lieutenant general, May 27, 1825; and general, November 23, 1841. He held the office of Colonial Secretary from 1828 to 1830. On the fall of the Wellington Administration he was unemployed till 1834; he was then made Master General of the Ordnance, in which post he was succeded, in 1835, by Lord Vivian. The return of the Conservative party to power, in 1841, again placed Sir George Murray as Master General of the Ordnance, and he continued to act as such up to the accession to the premiership of Lord John Russell. It is understood that Sir G. Murray, on more than one occasion, owing to the state of his health, tendered his resignation, but Sir Robert Peel, it is stated, requested the gallant general to formally retain the office owing to the approaching downfall of his cabinet. For eight years, namely, from 1824 to 1832, he represented his native county, Perth, in Parliament; he was again elected in 1834, but in 1837 his connection with the county ceased. On the occasion of the general election in the latter year he con- tested Westminster with the present Members, but was left in a considerable minority. In 1841 he contested Manchester, and was also defeated. Sir George was made colonel of the 424 Foot, on the death of the Earl of Hopetown, in Sept., 1823, and continued at tlie head of that regiment until the death of General Lord Lyndoch, in 1843, when he succeeded that venerable general as colonel of the 1st ( the Royal) Regiment of Foot, which by his demise becomes vacant. The colonelcy is worth £ 1,700 per annum. The deceased general was governor of Fort George, Inverness, which is in the gift of the Com- mander- in- Chief. He was a G. C. B. and G. C. H., and was also a Knight Grand Cross of Leopold, St. Alexander Newski, aud the Red Eagle; a Commander of the Tower and Sword, Maximilian Joseph, and St. Henry, and a Knight of the second class of the Cresent of Turkey. ANTI- MALT- TAX DEPUTATION.— Lord John Iiussell having appointed to receive a deputation from the Association for the Repeal of the Malt Tax on Tuesday, a numerous body of agriculturists assembled at the York Hotel, New Bridge- street, and proceeded from thence to Downing- street for that purpose. The deputation was attended by several members of Parliament. The opening of the business was confided to the Rev. Dr. Lamb, who very ably, and at con- siderable length, showed the injurious effects of the tax upon the labouring population, who ( he stated) by its operation were deprived of the use of a wholesome and necessary beverage. Mr. Robert Baker, of Writtle, next addressed his Lordship on the subject, and directed his observations to show how the tax especially affected the tenant- farmer. It did this, by controlling his enterprise, by diminishing the consumption of an article in which he was deeply concerned as a producer, and imposing a high amount of tax upon the malt he felt necessitated to use in order to enable his labourers tj perform their work with satisfaction. Lord John Russell paid great attention, and manifested the utmost courtesy to the deputation, assuring them that her Majesty's Government would give the fullest attention to the application; and although he could not then see how so large an amount of tax could be remitted, still the subject would receive tlie utmost consideration. His Lordship was accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and the agriculturists were supported by Mr. Curteis, the Member for Rye, Sir J. Tyrell, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Wodeliouse, Colonel Wood, and other Members of Parliament. THE IRON TRADE IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.— Since last quarter- day prices have been fully sustained, and with increased prospects of an abundant trade for some time to come. Orders are still daily arriving faster than they can be executed, owing to the quantity required and the difficulty of keeping the men at work. The heat has again become intense, and it is impossible for the pudlers and others engaged at the furnaces* to work the ordinary hours of labour. In addition to some further railway contracts thrown into the market, the merchants have lately received good foreign orders. Bar iron is in demand for some of the colonies, and shipments to a considerable extent are being made.— The copper trade is in a satisfactory state. MURDER BY POISONING, AT WANDSWORTH— On Wednesday morning, Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, and a very respectable jury, assembled to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Marv Ann Barker the infant daughter of Mr. Charles Barker, an omnibus proprietor who had died from the effects of oil of vitriol administered, as alleged, by a young woman named Mary North, who at the present time stands committed on the warrant of Mr. Paynter, one of the Magistrates of the Wands- worth Police- court, upon the charge of attempted murder After a very long investigation, the jurv conferred about half an hour, and then returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the accused, Mary North; and she was committed under the coroner s warrant for the capital offence WORCESTER REGATTA. As the time approaches for this aquatic meeting we find the several CIUDS practising on the Severn are commencing their trra'? inf', from the accivity already displayed upon the bosom of old babrina, we augur some first rate sport, especially among the fours and pairs. We are glad, for the sake of the spirit of emulation, to hear that tbe competition at this year's Severn regatta is not likely to be confined to the rowing men of Wor- cester or of Worcestershire either, but that others from neigh- bouring counties are about to enter the lists with their bretheren of the oar and scull. Gloucester is, according to present rumour, to send two boats to Worcester, and Shrewsbury one at least. We hope Upton and Tewkesbury will follow this example, and we are sure that the spirited men of Bewdlev will not allow all the laurels to be gathered without their aid. 1 heir btourport neighbours too should come in for a share. We are sure that all strangers will receive a hearty welcome from the people of Worcester, who desire nothing better than the exhibition at their aquatic gatherings of a thorough spirit of rivalry for aquatic fame, and that the best crews— whoever they may be, so that they be properly qualified for entering the lists— might win. & We heartily re- echo this sentiment, andean assure such of the crews as have not seen the prizes that they are ( inde- pendent of the glory attached to them) well worth the winning A short notice of the prizes has already appeared in our columns, and further particulars— entries, & c., & c.— mav be ascertained of the Secretary. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, August 1. STOCKS.— Bank Siock, 208J ; 3 per Cent. Red., 98ft • 3 ner Cent. Con., 96; New 3$ per Cent., 98j ; Cons, for Acc't % i • Long Annuities, —; India Stock, 262 ; India Bonds. 18' nm • £ 1000 Excheq. Bills, 9 pm. - ' P ' PARLIAMENT, FRIDAY.—- In the House of Lords the Sugar Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. The Tithe Amendment Bill was read a second time; and the Art Union Bill a first time, and ordered to be printed. A desultory discus- sion took place on the third reading of the Rugby and Leaming- ton Railway Bill, which was ultimately agreed to be further considered on Monday next. Left sitting In the House of Commons several bills were forwarded, and some petitions presented. Lord John Russell stated, in answer to a question from Dr. Bowring, that he had been in communication with the Commander- in- Chief upon the subject of flogging in the army, and the whole subject was under consideration. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of ways and means for the purpose of considering the resolutions relating to the duties on sugar. Mr. Spooner gave his decided support to the resolutions. Left sitting. THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE LOUIS PHILIPPE — PARIS, THURSDAY— It appears from further information, that two pistol shots were fired at his Majesty by the same indi- vidual. The assassin is named Joseph Henri, about 51 years of age, and is an ironmonger. He states that he was not actuated by any political motive, but that he was driven to the act by mis- fortune— that he owed a sum of 15,000 francs, which, if he did not pay at the end of the month, he should go to prison. He further stated that an account of his life would be found at his residence. GOODWOOD RACES, FRIDAY.— Wee Bit beat Emily in a match for 300 sovs— Pic Wic walked over for the Maidstone Stakes— Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice won the Nassau Stakes, beating Fair Ellen and five others Lord Glasgow's Emelia filly beat Mr. Guliv's Buckskin in the Produce Match for 300 sovs.— The Chesterfield Cup was won by Mongrel, Kadger second, and Connaught Ranger third. Thirteen started. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.— The weather is oppres- sively hot and sultry, and cannot possibly be more favourable for harvest operations. This exercises its usual depressing influence on the wheat trade, in which so little business was transacted, prices completely nominal, but in the absence of demand holders did not press sales. A liberal arrival of foreign oats, but only sparingly supplied from our own coast and Ireland. The sale was limited to retail and necessitous buyers, who got generally the turn in their favour. But little passing in other grain. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY— A small supply of stock, and the trade dull. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 10d.; Mutton, 2s. lOd. to 4s. 2d.; Lamb, 4s. lid. to 5s. 8d.; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 0d.: Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. 3 BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Charles Murray Wiliiam3, Bristol, ironmonger, BANKRUPTS, Isaac Bird, Harrow- on- the- Hill, grocer. Joseph James Such, Bolingbroke- row, Wahvorth- road, auctioneer. Jonathan Wragg, Melina- place, Westminster- bridge- road, Surrey, iron merchant. John Palmer, Worthing, Sussex, painter. William Elliott, Petworth, Sussex, corn merchant. Benjamin Clarke, Kingston- upon- Thames, Surrey, export ale aud porter merchant, Edmund Burke Ivilpin, Isle of Wight, jeweller. Atkinson Wilkinson, Caniberwell, merchant. Joseph Came, jun., Falmouth, grocer. Dauiel White, Bristol, potter. Saul Samuel and Walter Samuel, Birmingham, woollen draper* and tailors. Thomas Wilson, Sheffield, grocer. James Jamieson, Leeds, sharebroker. John Hcatoiij Park, Almondbury, Yorkshire, clothier. Richard Gill, Richmond, Yorkshire, grocer. Thomas Ingham Kay ner, Birstal, Yorkshire, apothecary. ^ portmg* CRICKET. WORCESTERSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE.— We are requested by the Herefordshire gentlemen to correct a paragraph which'appeared in the Journal and Chronicle of this week, which stated that a match was to be played between that county and Stourport. The challenge from Herefordshire is to Worcestershire, and not to any particular club in the county; and the match must therefore be considered as determining the merits of the cricketers of the two counties. The first game will be played upon tlartlebury Common, on Thursday next. BELLBROUGIITON.— A club has just been formed at this place, under the auspices of the gentry of the surrounding neighbourhood. LEDBURY AND HEREFORD.—- A match between these clubs came off a lew days since, in which the former were victorious, Hereford went in first and scored 53. Ledbury followed aud scored 108. Four of the best men of the Ledbury then went in and again scored 53, making a total of 106, when the match was closed. The return match takes place on Wideruarsh Common, near Hereford, in about a week. GOODWOOD RACES, TUESDAY, JULY 28. Lord George Bentinck's Daudle walked over for the Craven Stakes. The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 sovs. each ; the second horse to receive 100 sovs., aud the third to save his stake. 47 subs. Won by a length by Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Joinville ( Templeman), Cuckoo second, and Wit's- end third. The following also started -.— Ennui, Binnacle, Mowerina, Lady Cecilia, Sir G. Heathcote's c. by Amato, Vanish, and Wilderness. The Ham Stakes of 100 sovs. each ; the second to receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes. 40 subs. Won by a length by Mr. Bowes'a Epirote ( Butler), Tantivy second, and" Halo third. The following also started :— The Duke of Beaufort's f. by Assassin, Crosier, Chain- bearer, and Mr. Osbaldeston's b. f. by Lanercost. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, the second horse to save his stake. 15 subs. Won by a length and a half by Mr. Gully's Weatherbit ( Butler), Annandale second, Pic- nic third, and Pugfourth. The Welter Stakes of 20 sovs. each, won easily by Lord Lonsdale's b. c. by Bay Middleton ( Mr. Berkeley), The Conjuror second, and Blackbird third. The Levant Stakes of 50 sovs. each; the second horse to save his stake. 25 subs. Won by a head by Lord Eglintoun's Von Tromp, ( Marson), Mr. Payne's f. by Venison second. The following also started :— Archness, Bethpage, Vice- Consul, Mr. Ellis's f. by Ion, Lord Exeter's f. by Hetmau Platoff, Millwood, Halo, and Wintonia, The Goodwood Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, won by half a length by Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower ( Capt. Pettit), Naworth second, and Alliance third. The following also ran ;— Nesvhaills, Longford, Sohce, Petit Rlorceau, and Alexa. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with a bonus by sub- scription of 10 sovs. each, the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. 138 subs, to the stakes and 30 to the bonus. Won by a. length by Mr. Maher's Humdrum ( F. Butler), Cuckoo second, and Mr. Maher's f. by Birdcatcher third. The following also started :— Green Pea, Binnacle, Joinville, St. Demetri, Polka, and Sir G. Heathcote's c, by Velocipede. The Innkeepers' Plate of £ 50 was won by a length by Mr. Gully' 3 Winchester ( A, Day), African second, Duncan third, Tugnet fourth, and Sensation filth, WEDNESDAY. The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 59 added, won by a length by Mr. Herbert's c. by Hetman PlatofT, ( YV. Marson), Tugnet second. The following also started:— Polka, Headsman, Petit Morceau, Green Pea, Best Bower, and New Brighton. The Stand Plate of £ 50, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. ea « h, won by a length by Lord Lonsdale's c. by Bay Middleton ( Abraham), Blackbird, second, The Conjuror third, Laird o'Cockpen fourth, and Evenus fifth. The Orange Prize, given by his Majesty the King of the Nether- lands, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; the second horse to receive 100 sovs., and the third 50 sovs. out of the stakes. 48 subs. Won after a severe race by a head, by Mr. ( ireville's Alarm ( Nat), Jericho second, and Wolfdog third. The Cure, Sir George, and Red Deer also started. The Cowdray Stakes of 25 sovs. each, won by a length by Mr Paine's Collingwood ( Nat), Jollity second, Vampire third, DuncAa fourth, and Mr. Gregory's c. by Euclid fifth. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sovs. each; the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, 147 subs., 87 of whom declared. Sir Dugory Diddle, Jack Cade, Petitioner, Maid of Lyme, Mr. Bones' f. by Elis, Camera Obscura, and Sister to Pergularia, 9 to 2 agst the winner at starting. It is supposed that the amouut lost on this race exceeds £ 40,000. The Members' Plate of £ 50, with 50 added, won by a length by Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella ( Kutler), Blind Hookey second, Naworth third, Subduer fourth, and Titmouse last. The Stewards' Cup of £ 300, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs. each. 47 subs. Won by a lengih by Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair ( Nat), Dawdle second, and Dexterous third. The following also started:— Evenus, Joas, Example, Alvanley, Miss Milner, c. Refrac- tion, Secundtis, Coal Black Rose, Duc- an- Durras, Bourra Tomacha, Rowland Hill, Lynceus, Ohio, The Nobbier, Bretwalda, Bold Archer. Charcoal, As You Like It, Longstock, Correct Card, Headsman, and Muscatel. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, won cleverly by Mr. W. S. Stanley's Leaconfield ( A lad), beating Mr. Meiklam's Alliance » THURSDAY. Lord G. Bentinck's Blackbird walked over for the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; and Lord U. Beuti nek's Oabbler for theSussex Stakes. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, 10 subs. A dead heat between Lord G. Bentinck's King of Morven ( Abdale), and Mr. Gully' 3 Mathematician ( F. Butler,. The deciding heat not run when the report left. Crosier also started for the race. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, II subs., won by a length by Lord G. Bentinck's Devil- nie- care ( W. Abdale), Wee- bit second, and Little Nell third. The Maid of Saragossa, Themis, Lord Glasgow's f. by the Provost, and Sister to Sorella also ran. The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs, each, the second to receive 100 sovs., 21 subs., won by a length by Colonel Anson's lago ( F. Butler), Ukraine second, Sir G. Heathcote's c. by Hetmaa Platoff third, Daudle fourth, and Arkwright filth. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, 6 subs., won by a length by Mr. Wreford's f. Wilderness ( A. Day), Cuckoo second, Binnacle third, Forget- me- not tourth, and Sir G. ileathcote's f. by Liverpool fifth. The Goodwood Cup, value 300 sovs., the rest in specie, by sub- scriptions of 20 sovs. each, with 10' J added, the second horse to receive 100 sovs., aud the third 50 sovs., 5i subs., won easily by a length by Mr. O'Brien's Grimston ( Lye;, Wolfdog second, and Con- naught Ranger third. The following also started-.— Lothario, Sto- macher, Sutlej, Rose of Cashmere, Hemp, and The Pasha. The Molecombe Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 31 subs., won by half a length by Lord G. Bentinck's Planet ( Abdale), Slender second, and Nerissa third. Devil- me- care, Sir G. Heathcote's f. by Liverpool, Mr. Pryne's f. by Venison, and Pell Mell also started. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, won by a length by the Duke of Richmond's Hale ( Nat), oeating Mr. Osbaldeston's Lanercost fiily. THE " GOODWOOD CUPS."— Three cups have been modelled and manufactured this year at the establishment of Messrs. Hunt aud Roskell. The designs are by Mr. Alfred Howard. One of them, the " Orange Cup," given by his Majesty the King of the Nether- lands, represents a passage iu the history of the Netherlands. The next group or " cup" represents Richard III. at Bos- worth, endeavouring to redeem the day by cutting down his rival for the crown, the Earl of Richmond. The group consists of three figures; Richard and Richmond are on horseback; Sir W. Stanley, who comes to the rescue, is on foot. In this group the armour of the two principal figures is of bright silver, inlaid with gold. The third " cup" is a candelabrum, an oak, at the foot of which, hounds are pulling down a stag. This is after a design made by Mr. Land- seer, for the Emperor of Russia. STOURBRIDGE RACES,— J, H. H. Foley, Es^, has accepted the stewardship of the Stourbridge Race Meeting, which takes place oa the 24th and 25th of August. BROMSGROVE RAGES.— The particulars of these events ( for August IStli and 19th) are advertised. F, T. Ruii'ord, Esq., is the steward, and Mr. E. Price, clerk of the course. Two days of capital sport are anticipated. HEREFORDSHIRE HOUNDS.— This old- establslied county pack will be continued the next season under the skilful management of that energetic and practical sportsman, Lord Gilford. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.— Another little month, and we shall com- mence the season of partridge shooting. We are glad to find from the reports received from various quarters that theie is before the sportsmen a prospect of excellent sport on the Ist. The coveys are reported jto be numerous, and the standing grain will not impede the shooter as it did last year. The pheasants were hatched in good time, and the young birds will be in full plumage by October. We again repeat that no notice can be taken of unau- thenticated births, marriages, or deaths. BIRTH. July 27, at Pillerton, Warwickshire, the wife of the Rev. T. D'Oyly Walters, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. July 23, at St. Mary's, Leamington, Mr. Fenning P. Parke, of Minchinhanipton, in this county, to Ann, second daughter of Mr. John Hall of Moorlands, Warwickshire. July 23, at Wordsley, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, by the Rev. Alfred Thomas Wilmshurst, Mr. James Hobill, of Oak- ham, Rutland, to Miss Bithiah Gill, second daughter of the late Mr. William Gill, of Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. July 28, at Hill Croome, by the Rev. Dr. Grove, Mr. John Brotheridge, Bredon's Hardwick, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. James Goodall, Baughton. July 29, at Leigh, in this county, by the Rev. — Robinson, Mr. Robert Hill, of the Great House, Leigh, to Miss Eliza Hayes, of St. John's, near this city. Lately, at Shaftesbury, Mr. Jones, of the firm of Baily and Jones, booksellers, & c., Cirencester, to Emily, daughter of the late George Cecil, Esq., solicitor, Oxford. DEATHS. July 21, after a long and painful illnesss, in the 55th year of his age, Mr. Charles Emery, late of Witchall Mill, " King's Norton. July 22, at Hagbourne Vicarage, Berks, after a few days' illness, aged 11, Joseph, third son of the Rev. R. Meredith, Vicar. July 22, Mary, widow of the late Rev. Walter, Bagot, formerly rector of Blithfield, in the county of Stafford, in the 78th year of her age. July 23, at Wenlock, Mr. Francis Barnett, brother of the late Mr. Samuel Barnett, of Stourport. July 23, suddenly, Ann, the beloved wife of Mr. George Lewis, of Lindridge, aged 65, deeply deplored by her family and friends. July 26, at Gloucester, in his 87th year, John Veale, Esq., for many years Collector of Excise, at Bath and Gloucester. July 27, at Tenbury, aged 14, Susannah Constantia, eldest child " of S. H. Godson, Esq., Rutland Gate, Hyde Park. July 25, in the 78th year of her age, at the house of her son, Mr. J. C. Cook, of Dudley, Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, relict of Mr. John Cook, of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset. July 27, in his 45th year, after a few days' illness, Mr. W. R. Lines, of Birmingham, designer and modeller, second son of Mr. S. Lines, drawing master, of that town. He has left a wifetand eight children to deplore their loss, the youngest of which was born a few hours after the death of tbe lather. July 29, in his 50th year, Mr. Isaac Roberts, of the Crown and Anchor, Silver Street, in this city. July 30, Jane, infant daughter of Mr. T. Brookes, printer, of High Street, Banbury. July 31, at Thorneloe, Mary Wigley, the wife of Captain Hastings, R. N. CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British corn for the week ended July 25, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr.— Price: Wheat, 49s lid; Duty, 6s Od; barley, 27s 2d, 4s Od ; oats, 23s 3d, Is 6d; rye, 29s 9d, 4s Od; beans, 38s 9d, 4s Od ; peas, 36s lOd, 4s Od. WOLVERHAMPTON, JULY 29.— Wheat, 6s. 10s. to 7s. 3s. Oats, 3s. 10. to 4s. Id. Beans, 5s. 2d. to 5s. Sd. This market to- day was very thinly attended, and the best prices for samples of wheat 7s 3d, with a dull sale. WORCESTER HAY MARKET, JULY 25.— A moderate supply, but a very inferior demand. Good old hay, £ 3. to £ 3. 5s. per ton ; new ditto, £ 2. 12s. 6d. to £ 2. 17s. 6d.; straw, £ 1. 15s, BIRMINGHAM, JULY 28.— Best hay, old, £ 4 per ton; new ditto, £ 3. ; straw, £ 2. 5s. ; clover, £ 3; packing straw, £ 2. per ton. BRISTOL.— Hay, per ton, £ 2. 6s. to £ 3.; new ditto, £ 2. 10s. to £ 2. 17s. 6d.; straw, per dozen, Is. to Is. Id. SMITHFIELD, JULY 25.— Old Meadow Hay, £ 3. to £ 4.; new ditto, £ 2. 5s. to £ 3. 13s.; old clover, £ 4 to £ 5 15s; new ditto, £ 3. 0s. to £ 4. 15s.; oat straw, £ 1 12s to £ 1 14s; wheat straw, £ 1 14s to £ 1 16s per load. Trade dull at the above quo- tations. WORCESTER INFIRMARY, JULY 31. Physician aud Surgeon for the week, Dr. Hastings and Mr; Pierpoint. For the ensuing week, Dr. Hastings aud Mr. Carden. In- Fatients. I Out- Fatients. Admitted, 18.— Discharged, 16. | Admitted, 22.— Discharged 18. In the House, 92. ACCIDENTS.— Samuel Givin, contused fjot; John Gaff, contused wounds of the face; Joseph Burton, contused side, Jane Cocks4 severe scalds; Edwin Hampshire, fractured arm. WORCESTER DISPENSARY, JULY 31. Physician and Surgeon for the week, Dr. Streeten and Mr, Jonsa. For the ensuing week, Dr. Nash and Mr. Dayis, Patients admitted, 20 ; discharged, S, THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1846. ABSCHIED'S GRUSS—( FAREWELL GREETING.) [ FOR THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN.] Sweet one, farewell! thy departure is nigh; Soft blow the gales that will waft, thee away. Pity my sorrow, and list to the sigh Seemingly wishing to lengthen thy stay ! Leave me alone, to weep o'er my fate; Nought but thy presence my peace can restore ! Dreaming or waking, or early or late, Still shall I hope to behold thee once more! Friends will receive thee with cries of delight— Parents with tears of affection and pride ! Thou, with a smile of esteem, will requite All who may dare thy long absence to chide! Ne'er wilt thou think of returning to me, Buried in silence, and bleeding at heart ! How can I bear, then, to part thus from thee, How can I passively see thee depart? A. M. VARIETIES. Why did Quintus Curtius jump into the gulf ? Because he thought it an excellent opening for a young man. The following colloquy lately occurred at an eating- house, in* the States :— Now, waiter, what's to pay ? Waiter: Let me see, sir \ t what have you had, sir ? Diner: Three fish. Waiter: Only brought up two, I think, sir. Diner: No, three; 1 had two mackerel, and one smelt. THE CAGED BIRD.— Bird that singest in the wicker cage against the hot street- wall, I know thy heart and thy thoughts " where they are. Thy song is but thy dream of the sweet June valley whence thou wert stolen. Glittering waters, glittering and running beneath the overhanging boughs, all glorious in their new leaves and blossoms, deep green grass, full of sweetest flowers, trees where thy kinsman thrush sits in the verdant, fragrant shadow, and improvises poems of delight: these are the things, this is the paradise, that swells thy heart almost to bursting. Old man, hammering on thy last in that little cellar, with scarce room to turn thee round— I know what makes thee give such blows to that great old shoe. It is the scene that spreads itself through thy brain— spreads, opens wider, more palpably, glows, burns, and melts into thy imagination like an intoxication. It is the scene which lies before thee from that style on the hill- top where fifty years ago thy native village in its vale met thy eye for the last time. There are upland- fields, straw- thatched cottages, half buried in blossoming orchards; there rises a smoke, there glances out a little window, there flutters a white handkerchief. It is far off in the north— it is fifty years since— yet, old man, thy heart faints in thee. Let the busy throng stream pass thee, and not one regard thy humble person, far less thy humble labours; let them stir with careless foot, as they go by the little row of thy dry and cobbled wares. Old man, there is still in thy soul a feeling that came from heaven, a dream of memory that is divine, a pang that might make a poet. Fifty years ago didst thou set out to seek thy fortune in London :— it is this ! Butover thy native village the sun shines joyously, the fields are all flowers and verdure, the breeze goes whisking there with a living spirit, and that j music announces that it is now, as then, Merry Whitsuntide where thou wert born. Old man, there is a train— let me send thee down once more to the feast; but no ! thou art right !— as with the old Indian chief, there runs no drop of thy blood in any living creature there. London is thy home, thy world; this strait cell is thy stall and thy all : here must thou'hammer for the present, and muse 011 the pasta little longer People's Journal. LIFE'S JOURNEY. Not all shadow, Not all dark; The desert, the mountain, the meadow, The sunshine, the lark : Life's web is mingled, So we are told— So do we find it. Behind it We guess not the purple and gold ! Not all partings, Not all fears; Adieus, How- d'- do's, wild starlings, Glad meetings, sweet tears ! The babe in its cradle, Thegrandsire just dead ; Thus blent together, like weather, When sunshine on snow- drifts is shed ! Not discontented, Not all hope, Pass thro' life. The rose, scented, May fade, e'er it ope: Not too securely, yet Not in great care, Take thou thy journey. Life's tourney Is a contest ' twixt hope and despair ! Glamorganshire. CALDER CAMPBELL. HYDROPATHY AT MALVERN. READING AND THINKING.-—- It is good to read, mark, learn, but it is better to inwardly digest. It is good to read, better to think— better to think one hour than to read ten hours without thinking. Thinking is to reading ( if the book read have anything in it) what rain and sunshine are to the seed cast into the ground, the influence, which maketh it to hear and bring forth, thirty, forty, a hundred fold. To read is to gather into the barn or storehouse of the mind; to think is to cast seed- corn into the ground to make it productive. To read is to collect information; to think is to evolve power. To read is to lay a burden on the back; but to think is to give to the feet swiftness, to the hands strength. Yet we have a thousand or ten thousand readers for one thinker, as the kind of books sought after in circulating libraries bears witness.— Cameron's Discourse on Education. THIRST QUENCHED WITHOUT DRINKING.— It may not be generally known to our readers, that water, even salt water, imbibed through the skin, appeases thirst almost as well as fresh water taken inwardly. In illustration of this subject, a correspondent has sent us the following abridged quotations from a " Narrative of Captain Kennedy's losing his vessel and his distress afterwards," which was noticed in Dodsley's Annual Register for 1769:—" I cannot conclude without making mention of the great advantage I received from soaking my clothes twice a day in salt water, and putting them on without wringing. It was a considerable time before I could make any of the people comply with this measure, although, from seeing the effects produced, many practised it twice a day of their own accord. To this discovery I may with justice attribute the preservation of my own life and six other persons, who must have perished if it had not been put in use. The hint was first communicated to me from the perusal of a treatise written by Dr. Lind. The water absorbed through the pores of the skin, produced in every respect the same effect as would have resulted from the moderate drinking of any liquid. The saline particles, however, which remained in our clothes, became encrusted by the heat of the sun and that of our bodies, lacerated our skins, and became otherwise inconvenient; hut we found by washing out these particles, and frequently wetting our clothes without wringing, twice in the course of a day, the skin became well in a short time. After these operations, we uniformly found that the drought went off, and the parched tongue was cured in a few minutes, after bathing and washing out clothes ; and, at the same time, we found ourselves as much refreshed as if we had received some actual nourishment. Four persons in the boat, who drank salt water, went delirious and died; but those who avoided this, and followed the above practice, experienced no such symptoms."— Adelaide Observer. IMPORTANCE OF BATHING.— Knowing-, as we do, how greatly the purification and friction of the skin, contribute to preserve an equable circulation, and to maintain a healthy condition of the system, we ought to encourage, in every possible degree, as a national custom, the practice of bathing. It is much a pity that our standard of cleanliness is so low, but this furnishes the greater reason and the ampler oppor- tunity, for inducing on our countrymen a better inclination and habit. We are not prepared to say that we suffer more from skin disease than our neighbours, but, at least, we can affirm that many of the cutaneous aliments that are rife amongst us, would be prevented by the practice of frequent ablution. Imagine the condition of the majority of our mechanics— poor fellows !— with no great variety and change of linen, working till they are bathed in perspiration, and resting till their clothes have dried upon them, with no chance of cleansing their bodies from the accumulated filth with which their occupation and exercise induce upon them! All they do is to wash their faces and hands, and having neither opportunity nor inducement to relieve the remainder of their bodies of the hoarded perspiration which is condensed upon and clogs them;— they may be said to be perpetually encased in decomposing dirt. Can it be wondered at, that under such circumstances, with the pores obstructed, and the sources of natural exhalation stopped, and the constant effluvia from a filthy surface, visceral obstructions, congestions, enlarged livers, tubercular deposits, fevers, and infectious diseases, should prevail? Many of the aliments which our mechanics and the poorer classes of our community suffer from, are traceable to an imperfect cleansing of the skin. The fetid perspiration, especially of the feet, which the lower orders are peculiarly subject to, are mainly dependant upon accumulated dirt, and upon the collection of the animal matter of exhal- ation. That every man may find opportunity for washing his feet is freely admitted, but we wish to be understood to signify that, as cleanliness like many other virtues, is a habit, and greatly dependent upon education and discipline, so if we do not inculcate it amongst our poorer brethren, as we inculcate other moral habits, and give them the liberty of its exercise, we cannot expect that they will in any wise compare with ourselves who are better trained and taught.— Medical Times. A VALLEY OF DEATH.— A real valley of death exists in Java; it is termed the Valley of Poison, and is filled to a considerable height with carbonic acid gas, which is exhaled from crevices in the ground. If a man or any animal enter it, he cannot return; and he is not sensible of his danger until he feels himself sinking under the poisonous influence of the atmosphere which surrounds him ; the carbonic acid, of which it chiefly consists, rising to the height of 18 feet from the bottom of the valley. Birds which fly into this atmos- phere drop down dead; and a living fowl thrown into it dies before it reaches the bottom, which is strewed with the car- cases of various animals that have perished in the deleterious gas.— Salverte's Natural Magic. EXPLOSIVE COTTON.— Professor Schcnbrin has just presented to the Society of Natural History, Basle, a specimen of cotton prepared by him which is more in- flammable than gunpowper, and explodes within a capsule. Several trials have been made of it, from which it appears that a small quantity, equal to the sixteenth part of an ounce, placed in a gun, projected the ball with such force that it perforated two planks at a distance of fifty- eight paces, and at another time, with the same charge and at the same dis- stance, drove a ball into a wall to the depth of nearly four inches. WONDERFUL.— Died, on the 13th instant, at his residence in Slippery- green, at the advanced age of 120 years, Daniel Atkin, commonly called " Dan the Black,'' who in the course of his protracted life, contracted marriage with no less than seven prolific wives! whose children's children and great grand children, of various hues, grades, and professions in the social scale, are said to amount to the number of 570 souls— 320 males and 250 females. Within the last month Dan received a letter from his venerable sire, who is still well and jolly in North America,— Wexford independent. Following in the track of Sir Bulwer Lytton, an aspirant for fame as a writer on the subject of hydropathy, has sprung up in the person of a " Richard J. Lane, A. R. A.," who has just published a little book under the title of " Life at the Water Cure, or a Month at Malvern." The writer has evi- dently profitted by reading Sir Bulwer Lytton's papers on this subject, recently published in one of the monthly maga- zines, and noticed by us at the time, for he has taken upon himself the badge of eccentricity, which he chooses to sport upon all occasions. As we are not overcrowded this week with local news, we propose giving one or two short extracts from this work, for the amusement of our readers : we com- mence with a passage wherein the writer represents himself and his fellow- patients as school- children, Dr. Wilson being the strict schoolmaster. " The Doctor came in, and although all was quiet, he confi- dently accused me of exerting my lungs, and the rest of' edging me on,' and was positively severe. He rather reproached me by quoting my morning's promise to shun all excitement, and it was to little purpose that I assured him ' I didn't go to do it, and wasn't at all excited. He said he knew, and I promised that I would be good. But here had evidently been treachery. It was of no use'to deny any thing, he was so positive. Pre- sently walked into the room, in his quiet courteous manner, friend George Bradley. What was he rubbing his hands for ? He had been telling it was clear ! and was he pluming himself upon it ? That was not in his nature. However, we were all crest- fallen, and it was aggravating to see him so placid. Mrs. Delmour at once attacked him. ' You are a sneak! you have been telling of the new boy !' He held up his hands imploringly, ' No, no, I didn't tell; I didn't tell; I only ' Only what?' interposed one of the gentlemen, ' I only spoke of the play, and ' ' Then you did tell.' Now what shall be done to him? Shall he be bumped, or sent to Coventry?' ' No, anything but that.' ' I dare say, indeed !' said another; ' a new boy eomes here, and we like him, and he likes us, and we get up a little quiet fun, and then you walk in and spoil all by going and telling master of him. You are a sneak.' Mr. Bradley still affirmed his innocence of any wicked intention, and tried to conciliate ; and upon his pleading, ' You shouldn't be so hard upon me,' the instant reply, ' You're another !' was deemed conclusive and satisfactory— backed by the usual retort, ' You wouldn't like it yourself.' And so we parted friends all, and took our chambcr candlesticks." The assumption of this character of master and school- boy as being supported in the Malvern hydropathic establishment, seems a favourite one with Mr. Lane. The writer of the book under notice expatiates with marvellous fervour on the comforts of the bath as used at Malvern, and is enraptured with the ( to him) novel delights of his morning exercise on the hills. He describes his health as vastly improved by hydropathic treatment, but fails to ascribe any portion of his renewed health to what might doubtless be considered the real moving cause— we mean the strict observance of tem- perance in diet, cleanliness in skin, the promotion of secretions, and vigorous exercise in an elevated position. He makes the following remarks 011 the morning mists of the country and a London fog:— " There is one trial— fog, the ' cochon d'air' of our island, as I oncc heard it called. Well, fog is not at early morning sug- gestive of smoke; and if otherwise flavoured, there remains this true consolation,— the hope that it will clear off; for I cannot quite agree in this matter of taste with a hackney- coachman, who once said to me, ' Lord love you, sir, I feeds upon the fog !' Again, fog is never, at, this elevation, so thick as in the town ; and getting to the top of the hill, I look over it to some indication of sunrise; then returning, and passing through it with complacency, I am comforted by the thought that there is no fear of losing myself, as a relation of mine did, in Lincoln's- inn Fields, where he fortunately encountered a poor old woman ; and apologising for having almost ' brushed noses,' said, ' Pray, my good woman, can you tell me where I am ?' ' Law, sir, why— why, there you are !' Then there is the anticipated glow on getting back to breakfast, at double quick pace, and giving demonstration of Sterling's assertion, that this is far better than shivering at home, or sitting in inglorious ease by the fire. What an accession do I earn of self- respect ( not conceit, pooh, no !) in braving the elements, and finding myself one of three only in the park at that early hour!" Speaking of the sitz- bath, our author says :— " It is not disagreeable, but very odd, and exhibits the patient in by no means any elegant or dignified attitude. For this bath it is not necessary to undress, the coat only being taken off, and the shirt gathered under the waistcoat, which is but- toned upon it; and when seated in the water, which rises to the waist, a blanket is drawn round and over the shoulders." The sitz appears to have been a perpetual source of fun to the parties assembled under Dr. Wilson's curative roof, and the idea of clapping oneself bare into a pan of shallow cold water, as into an ottoman, is truly comical enough. We wonder the patients could help laughing in each other's faces when they met fresh from the operation. The subjoined are some of the notices of it:— » Heard, ( records the dairy) of a farce which had been pro- posed by the ladies, but ' never acted.' The ' big boys' were ordered by their respective masters to sally forth with monster hoops ( having been lazy for a day or two), and dressed in dwarf jackets, like spencers, in compliment to the sitz- baths. All was ready— and the doctor put a veto, a positive extinguisher upon the plan—' his house would be called a mad- house.' " Dr. Wilson's conclusions were decidedly legitimate, and our author in printing such stuff, does not prove himself the least mad of the school. Here is another extract of a similar character, with which we shall conclude our notice of this— to say the least— singular publication :— " An intimate friend, whose wife remains as yet impractica- ble, told me lately, that having returned from his early walk, and finding his two children still in bed, he proceeded to carry out a sudden impulse, by sponging the elder vigorously, to her great delight. Having dried and rubbed her, he attacked the younger,' and holding her by one leg, commenced opera- tions, when, between kicking and laughing, the process was quickly completed. He was now aware of something like a malediction proceeding from the great bed, where the mother, chin- deep under the clothes, had kept up a demonstration of opposition to all this, and with desperate resolution, he inflicted a thorough sponging to her face. What followed he couldn't tell, for he ran away on the instaat, just catching a glimpse of a countenance so excited and flushed, that it might have given vent to a torrent of abuse or imprecation, if education and good feeling had not exerted a restraining power." CRIMINAL STATISTICS. ment, affords pleasing evidence that the decrease in the number of commitments has been followed by a proportionate decrease of the more severe punishments:— 1843. 1844, 1845. A statement of " Criminal returns for England and Wales' has been presented to Parliament, and contains matter of considerable interest. We therefore embrace the present opportunity of extracting the following points. The tables afford gratifying proof that the number of commitments, which continued to increase annually from the first record in 1805 to 1842, have decreased annually siuce the latter year; as appears by the following figures, representing the number of commitments in each of the last nine years :— 1837 .. 23,612 1840 .. 27,187 1843 .. 29,591 1838.. 23,094 1841 .. 27,760 1844 .. 26,542 1839 .. 24,443 1842 .. 31,309 1845 .. 24,303 71,149 86,256 80,436 Mr. Redgrave observes that " The increase in the first of these periods, compared with the corresponding preceding period, was 10 9 percent.; in the second, 21* 2; and the decrease in the last period, 6- 7 per cent." An examination of the returns shows that in the great mineral district in the north of England, comprising Cumberland, Northumberland, and Durham, there was a decrease of 37 per cent, in the number of commitments. In the extensive and populous counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, the chief seats of the great staple woollen and cotton manufactures, the large decrease of commitments in 1843 and 1844 has continued ; and there is a decrease in 1845, which arises chiefly in York- shire, of 6- 9 per cent.— and, comparing the last two periods of the three years, of 19' 1 per cent. In the counties of Chester, Derby, Nottingham, and Lei- cester, where the silk, lace, and hosiery manufactures are chiefly carried on, a considerable decrease is shown in each county ; which last year reached 22 per cent, on the aggre- gate, and 13- 2 per cent, on a comparison of the two last periods of three years. The decrease has also extended to Staffordshire, Warwick- shire, and Worcestershire— the seats of the principal hard- ware, pottery, and glass manufactures— and to the adjoining county of Gloucester. In this district the aggregate decrease in 1845 was 13 per cent.— in the last two periods of three years, 9' 5 per cent. The aggregate decrease in the foregoing districts during the last year amounts to 14 per cent.— and on the extended comparison of the last two periods of three years, to 14- 1 per cent. In the agricultural districts, where the decrease was only partial in 1844, it has been more genera], and of larger amount in the last year. In each of the large northern and north- eastern counties of Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, there was a considerable decrease, amounting together to no less than 22' 1 per cent. In the midland group, com- prising Cambridge, Northampton, Hartford, Bedford, Bucks, Oxford, and Berks, there was a decrease of 6- 2 per cent.; and in the south and south- western counties of Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, a decrease of 2' 9 per cent. But in the two latter districts there was an increase, though merely nominal in amount, in the counties of North- ampton, Bucks, Oxford, Hants, Dorset, and Devon. The decrease of commitments in England has therefore been general, continued, and extensive, to a degree of which there is no recorded example in this kingdom. The Metro- polis forms the only great exception to this favourable state- ment. Middlesex alone contains one- tenth of the total population of England and Wales, and has more than a double portion of commitments. The actual numbers com- mitted in Middlesex, including London, in 1841, 2, 3, 4, and 5, were, 3,586, 4,094, 4,260, 4,027, and 4,440 respectively,— showing an increase during the past year of 10* 2 per cent. In North Wales there was a small aggregate decrease last year in the number of commitments. In the more populous districts of South Wales the commitments decreased 15- 1 per cent. The criminal tables divide the various crimes into six classes; the following table shows the number of commitments in each class in 1844 and 1845 :— Offences against property committed with) violence ) Offences against property committed with- (> out violence 5 Malicious offences against property Forgery, and offences against the currency.. OLher offences, not included in the above \ classes j 1844. 1845. 2,300 1,966 1,759 1,471 20,425 19,506 347 149 548 438 1,157 773. 57 180 50 543 [ 1,126 1,421 49 79 22 405 1,119 1,273 Death 97 Transportation for life ........ 225 Above 15 years 46 15 years and above 10 years 641 10 years and above 7 years 1,471 7 years 1,800 Imprisonment above 3 years.... — 1 — 3 years and above 2 years .. 2 13 3 2 years and above 1 year .. 464 454 360 I year and above 6 " months 2,332 1,927 1,654 6 months and under 13,477 12,574 12,035 Whipped, lined, and discharged 531 ' 566 398 During the above three years, 97 individuals were com- mitted as insane,— of whom 57 were acquitted on the ground of insanity. The number of executions in 1843, 4, and 5, were 13, 16, and 12 respectively; of the latter, two were females. In the last three years, the proportion acquitted and discharged has continued almost without variation. In 1843 it was 28.76 per cent., in 1844 28.67, and in 1845 also 28.67. The centesimal proportion of the ages of the offenders is exhibited in the following table :— Centesimal proportion. 1843. 1844. 1845. ^^ JJ of Aged under 15 years .... 15 years and under 20 20l 25 30 40 50 60 and above .. Ages not ascertained The foregoing figures show the increasing proportion of offenders under twenty years of age, and the decreasing proportion of those above that age. Mr. Redgrave remarks, that the increasing proportion of female offenders still continues. The statistics of instruction among the offenders are interesting; as they exhibit, in a very marked manner, the proportion of the increase of education and decrease of crime. The following figures show the degrees of instruction, during the last three years: — 1843. 1844. 1845. Unable to read and write Able to read and write imperfectly .. Able to read and write well Instruction superior to reading and 1 writing well J Instruction could not be ascertained.. 29- 77 59- 28 8- 12 30- 61 58- 34 8- S8 0- 37 2- 30 Total 26,542 24,302 The decrease in the number of commitments, particularly towards the close of the year, rendered it unnecessary to con- tinue the extensive special commission of assize. In 1843 special commissions were opened in nineteen counties,— and 893 persons were tried ; in 1844, in twenty counties and eight cities and towns,— and 908 persons tried; in 1845 the special commissions were confined to the county of Lancaster, and the county and city of York,— and 191 persons only were tried,— 88 in Lancashire and 103 ill Yorkshire. The following table, illustrative of the nature of the punish- GUID E FOR THE WRITING DESK ; OR, YOUNG AUTHORS' AND SECRETARIES' FRIEND.—" This work is intended as an assistant to persons who wish to form for themselves an elegant or forcible style of writing, or to become acquainted with the general uasges of the press in ail matters relating to authorship. Adopting the rules it gives, it is clear, concise, and emphatic. The remarks on style, illustrated by apt instances from our best authors are instrustive and amusing, and, if attended to, will certainly prevent the inexperienced writer from falling into the most common faults of composition. There are chapters besides on punctuation, letter- writing, and titles, written by an intelligent and practised hand. As a general guide to the young author, it is the best with which we are acquainted. Let him by all means furnish his desk with this excellent work as soon as he has provided himself with pens, ink, and paper, or even before."— Britannia. RYVES v. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. — WILL OF GEORGE III.— In the R, olls Court, on Tuesday last, the Master of the Rolls gave judgment in this case, which was reported at length in the Guardian of the 13th June last. The question involved in the ease was whether the personal representative and residuary legatee of the so- called Princess Olivia, of Cumberland, was entitled to maintain a suit in this court against the Duke of Wellington, as surviving ex- ecutor of the will of his Majesty George IV., to enforce the payment of a legacy of £ 15,000., alleged to have been be- queathed to her by the will of George III., out of assets of the latter sovereign, possessed by George IV., and which were applicable for the payment of debts and legacies of George III., under the statute enabling the Sovereign of these realms to dispose of his private property. Neither the alleged will of George III., nor that of George IV., had been proved in the Ecclesiastical Court. The Duke of Wel- lington demurred to the bill for want of equity and want of jurisdiction. His lordship was of opinion that the Court of Chancery had no jurisdiction to order the payment of the legacy. It was not the province of that coui't to order the payment of a legacy claimed under a will which was not proved in the Ecclesiastical Court. Nor could it assume a jurisdiction inconsistent with its ordinary principles, because another court might be incompetent to give relief. He inti- mated his opinion that a petition of right was the proper remedy for the Princess to have adopted, if she had had a just claim against George IV. And that it was not com- petent for the Sovereign, or his responsible advisers, on a petition of right being presented, to refuse to put the claim of the party applying into a proper train of investigation. Being of opinion that the Court had no jurisdiction to enter- tain the question, he allowed the demurrer. SUPPOSED MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.— Considerable sensation was caused at this place on Saturday, by the dis- covery of the body of Robert Lowthirr,- ihiij^ gisUlLof births, deaths, and marriages for the Gateshead district, in the river Tyne, near the high crane at Newcastle; and circumstances have since transpired which excite strong suspicion of his having been murdered. The police were dragging for a hoy named Dickinson, who had been observed, on the preceding day, playing near the high crane, but had been since missed, when they found the body of Mr. Lowthin. It appears, from inquiries that have been instituted, that Lowthin had on Friday received his quarterly salary as registrar, and, at eight o'clock the same night he was in the Charles the Twelfth public- house, at the north end of Tyne bridge, when it was observed by the landlord that he had a watch, and a con- siderable sum of money in his purse. He was seen again about two o'clock on the morning of Saturday, by the super- intendent of police in Gateshead, in company with a no- toriously bad character, going towards Newcastle. When his body was found, his watch and purse were missing. An inquest was opened before Mr. Stoker, and evidence of identity having been received, it was adjourned. The man with whom Lowthin was last seen in company has been apprehended ; and the police are actively engaged in pursuing inquiries with a view to trace the watch, the number of which and the maker's name are known. At the adjourned inquest, on Monday, the man who was apprehended had been discharged, as the superintendent of police was unable positively to identify him as being the person he saw with the deceased at two o'clock on Saturday morning, and the man sufficiently accounting for himself elsewhere, No trace of the deceased's watch has yet been discovered, but as he was intoxicated at the time, it is thought he may have been robbed of it by loose women, and afterwards fallen into the water accidentally. At present the case is involved in mystery, but the police are actively pursuing inquiries re- specting it, and an adjournment for one week has been deemed necessary to afford them time. Six HUNDRED SOLDIERS DROWNED.— The Barcelona journals contain details of a horrid catastrophe, which took place a few days ago at Almeria. A detachment of troops, six hundred in number, having to be transported to Barcelona, thev were embarked on board a steam boat, which had scarcely got out to sea, when, owing to the number of men being disproportionate to her size, she gave a lurch and im- mediately sank. Two men alone were saved. DEATH FROM SWALLOWING A SIXPENCE, AFTER AN INTERVAL OF EIGHT YEARS.— An Exeter paper announces the death in that city of a Mr. Cole, and accompanies the notice with the following narrative of the painful circum- stances which led to that event:— About eight years since, being on a journey, with a friend sitting by his side in the vehicle, in the county of Dorset, he arrived at a turnpike gate, and took a sixpence from his pocket in order to pay the toll. While drawing his outer coat close, which had been thrown open to get at the coin, he placed the sixpence between his lips; at this instant his friend said something irresistibly laughable, and giving way to it, without thought as to his situation, the coin slipped into the orifice of the throat. After the first alarm, however, feeling apparently but little inconvenience from what had occurred, he thought but little of it, and in talking of it, being a man of extremely firm mind, he made light of the matter. At length, however, there were produced effects such as caused him to seek surgi- cal aid, and Mr. Cole had not only the advantage of the first surgical advice in Exeter, but these gentlemen declining to perform an operation with a view to the extraction of the coin, he repaired to London and became a patient of Guv's Hospital. His sufferings were now become at times most acute, and it was evident that a serious inroad was making on an otherwise strong frame and firm constitution. His forti- tude, however, was unsubdued, and, after several consultations of the medical gentlemen connected with the institution he was in, finding they declined the performance of an operation with a view to his relief, and that this arose from an appre- hension of the consequences, he offered to give them a document which should be legally drawn up, absolving them from all consequences. Still, however, they declined, and he returned to Exeter. Here he again referred to the faculty, by whom he was directed to be careful, to abstain from all circumstances of excitement; to be cautious as to his dress, never omitting flannel next his skin, and most especially to avoid exposing himself to damp. There was, however, frequent cough, and symptoms that too clearly showed the ravages disease was making within. Still being naturally cheerful, with intervals of ease, life passed quietly along. A few weeks, however, during a very high state of the temper- ature, he neglected the flannel part of his dress, and a circumstance of a popular and exciting nature occurring, in which he had taken considerable interest, he was led to expose himself on a most unfavourable evening, and got wet. Even this, however, was not at first heeded, and it is feared he again exposed himself to damp. The consequences were fatal. He became seriously ill, and his sufferings were most excruciating, without the highest art in the profession being enabled to afford him the slightest aid, and at ten minutes past twelve on the morning of the 17th, death released him from his sufferings. After death a post mortem examination of the body took place, when the coin was found lodged in the right bronchia, the lung being in a complete state of gangrene. The coin was much smoothed, the projecting part of the figures and letters being greatly obliterated, and the piece bore the appearance of a farthing which had long lain in some dirty place. It is understood that after being prepared for this purpose, the remains of the lung and coin will be lodged in the medical museum. The other parts of the body were healthy, and there were all the characteristics of a strong man. THE HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON THE SUGAR DUTIES.— A letter has been addressed by the Hon. Grantley Berkeley to Lord John Russell, relative to the Noble Lord's proposition on the sugar duties. The Hon. gentleman says:—" I object to the measures you have proposed, as unjust to the colonists, and not in accord- ance with those liberal principles, in the maintenance of which it has so frequently been my pride to rank myself as your humble supporter." Mr. Berkeley proceeds to show that it will be impossible for the continental colonies to com- pete with the slave employing countries, because they are destitute of labourers. He says that at the abolition of slavery " the admission of free labour, which ought to have gone hand in hand with emancipation, was neglected.— It was refused, or ultimately saddled with such injurious restric- tions, that, so far as the colony of Berbice is concerned, up to the present time, the shadowy boon has been completely valueless. I particularly' call your Lordship's attention to the locality of my estates ( better known as Benfield's estates), simply that by the true picture of my distress I may leave you to judge of the tenfold miseries of others who have nothing to support their state and station in society, or to find them daily bread, but their colonial possessions. Since the abolition of slavery my estates have returned 110 income. They have been a heavy debt, and an annual loss of from £ 1,000 to £ 1,200 a year. The original prime cost of the property, before a clearance in the bush was made, amounted to £ 100,000."— The Hon. gentleman concludes in the following words:—" Put us first into a position to accept your free trade principles— and you can only do so by the importation of labour, ample, speedy, and decisive— and on these grounds I will still be as I have been." PETTY GAMBLING.— THE MYSTERY OF " CAPPING."— At the Marlborough ( London) Police Office, the other day, William Ives, potboy at the Crown and Sceptre public- house, Foley place, was summoned before Mr. Maltby for an assault on R. Franklin The complainant was a hairdresser, living at No. 40, Henry Street, Hampstead Road. O11 Sunday evening he was at the Crown and Sceptre public- house, kept by one Crusoe, and there he tossed for some wine in the tap- room. Aftewards he tossed for money, and having won he was assaulted by the potboy, who struck him twice on the head.— A solicitor, who attended for the defendant, elicited the following curious particulars in cross- examination :— Defend- ant admitted he had been in the habit, for a length of time, of going about to various public- houses and following his vocation of tossing. He had won and lost £ 20 in a night. On one occasion he had won £ 40. Usually tossed for £ 5 at aj time. A cabman, evidently conversant with these pursuits, having given evidence for the defendant's case, was examined after the following fashion:— Solicitor: What did you see the complainant do as he was tossing:— Witness: Seed him do the half- crown capping doge beautiful.— Solicitor: Show the Magistrate how the capping is done.— Lend us a lot of silver, and I'll show his worship.— Solicitor: Oh, no ! thank you ! ( Laughter). Witness here gave a verbal explanation of the cheat. It appeared to be as fatal to the humble gamester as the famous sauter la coupe was to the gambler in high life.— Mr. Maltby said he had heard quite enough to satisfy him of the real character of the case, and he should therefore dismiss it. f^ lultum in Harl^. Sir Walter Scott's statue at Edinburgh is to be inaugurated on the the 15th instant. The electric telegraph between Birmingham and Derby has just been completed. The distance between Birmingham and Derby is 41 miles, and this completes the telegraph 011 the entire of the Mid- land line from Leeds to Birmingham, and from Derby to Nottingham and Rugby. The cotton factory of Messrs. Orr, at Underwood, Paisley, was destroyed by fire last week. By this calamity nearly 300 persons are thrown out of employ. Sir Archibald Campbell, Bart., expired at Garscube, N. B., on Thursday, at the advanced age of 77 years. The late baronet is succeeded in the baronetcy and family estates in Dumbartonshire by his eldest son, now Sir John Campbell, born in 1798. At Palterton, on the 19th instant, an infant was to all appear- ance dead— laid out, and the passing bell rung. The child lay from seven o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock at night, when a person, on going up stairs, fount! the child alive and cryinChesterfield Courier. On Monday week, William Bywater, weaver, aged 33, of Butter- shaw, in North Brierley, Yorkshire, threw his son, aged 7 years, into an old coal- pit, and then jumped in after him. Both were killed. The murderer and suicide has left a wife and two or three children. In a recent new trial at Bedford, of the case Coutlas v. Bowes, clerk, for crim. con. the jury could not agree to a verdict, and were consequently dismissed by the learned judge. In 1815, according to the Almanack Royale, there were 238,251 electors in France. It appears that the failure in the apple crop is likely to be general throughout Europe. The Duke of Brunswick is said to have promulgated a decree that every fortnight a new play shall be represented at the Court Theatre, and every six weeks a new opera. There are now living in a space of five miles, round Tremadoc, Carnarvonshire, amongst a population of only 2,000, twenty people upwards of 80 years of age, seven upwards of 90 years, three upwards of 95, and one upwards of 100 years ! Within the last few days there has been a great increase at the various metropolitan hospitals and dispensaries, of English cholera in a very acute form. It is attributable more to atmospheric influences than the use of fruit, to which it is generally ascribed. Four boys, of ages from 11 to 14 years, were tried on Thursday at the Maidstone Assizes, and sentenced on account of their youth to three months' imprisonment each, for placing pieces of wood and iron on the line of rails of a railway from Canterbury to Whitstable. In consequence of the scarcity of corn in New South W: ales, it is believed that 250,000 quarters of wheat, in addition to rye and oats, will be forwarded there for the use of the soldiers during the next six months. Mr. Green, accompanied by no fewer than twelve ladies and gentle- men, ascended from Cremorne Gardens, London, in his Nassau balloon on Monday evening. A catterpillar was caught a few days since at Wigs ton, in Leicester- shire, measuring 6 inches in length aud upwards of two in circum- ference. The consumption of sugar in the whole world is estimated at 840,000 tons, of which the United Kingdom may be put down for 250,000; the rest of Europe, 425,000; the United States, 150, OHO; and Canada and other British colonics, lSJIDfl tnw. The bill just introduced Ini © - the House of Commons by Mr, Bourerie and Mr. Hawes, " to Abolish Deodands," consists of one clause only, which proposes to enact that deodands and forfeiture of chattels, moving to or causing the death of man, shall be abolished from and after September, 1846. On Monday the first- rate bakers at the west end of London lowered the 41b. loaf from 9d. to 8| d;' the second- rate bread from 7d. to 6* d. per 41b. In the Blackl'riais Road, Westminster, White- ch'apel, and other populous parts, the cheap bakers offer very fair bread at5| d. and 6d. the loaf. The Hippodrome at Paris was partly destroyed by fire on Monday last, and a considerable amount of property consumed. Mr. J. Doweling, of Bristol, has manufactured a coffee kettle> capable of boiling water, out of a " mite" of the present coinage, with sixteen grains of eopper to spare. A mother having parted with all her moveables to procure whiskey, resorted to the extraordinary expedient of pawning her child, ageu about eight years. She was left in the pawnshop all night.— Edin- burgh Herald. It is stated that one of Lord Pembroke's principal tenants in Wiltshire has advertised all his stock for sale ; and that some other farmers in the neighbourhood are meditating a similar withdrawal from agriculture before it is too late. The engine driver and stoker of the train which suffered so severely by the recent accident on the Eastern Counties Railway have been committed. The Magistrates refuse bail for the present. On Sunday a female infant, not quite twelve months old, fell from the third- floor window at No. 11, Langley Court, Long- acre, The child was being nursed at the time by a juvenile sister, when it sprang from her arms into the court below. It was taken up in a frightfully mutilated state without any hope of recovery, On Thursday last an inquest was held at Rochdale, on a tailor named Fitzpat'rick, who was struck a violent blow on the forehead by a surgeon of the name of Franklin with whom he was quarrelling, when he fell down dead. Franklin immediately applied restoratives, but to 110 avail, and he then gave himself up to the authorities. He has been committed for Manslaughter. A murder was committed in Manchester on Saturday by a husband upon his wife. The husband immediately afterwards absconded. The dreadful act appears to have been committed about seven o'clock on Saturday evening by his giving his wife a dreadful blow with his fist, which produced instantaneous death. A mesmeric infirmary has been established in London, by voluntary contribution, " for the application of mesmerism to the cure of diseases, and the prevention of pain in surgical operations." Earl Ducie is president. At York Assizes John Rodda, a hawker, was conviGted of the wilful murder, by poison, of his infant daughter Mary, with the view of obtaining 50s. from a burial club, and received sentence of death without hope of mercy. A Bath paper states— Forged Bank- of- England notes are in circula- tion in this city. One was presented at Stuckey's bank last week. The Earl of Kilkenny died on the 16th instant, in the 76th year of his age. Dying without issue, the Earldom becomes extinct. The Assize Commission for Carmarthen was opened one evening, and the whole business, civil and criminal, terminated next day. A servant girl, at Douglas, Isle of Man, last week poisoned herself, in the presence of hei lover and two fellow servants. She had privately mjxed up a dose of arsenic and then drinking to her lover's health", swallowed the fatal draught, coolly telling her companions what she had done. Jealousy was the cause. At the special meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge on Tuesday week, £ 2,000 were voted towards rebuilding the church of St. John, Newfoundland. Amendments to increase the sum to £ 4,000 - were lost, A person assuming the name of Sleep is lecturing at different towns upon Mesmerism. During the last year, the leg bones of upwards of 109,000 oxen were sent from Australia to this country, the greater part of the animals having been thrown away. The Rev. R. P. Buddicum, principal of St. Bees, Cumberland, died last week, suddenly, while sitting up in his chair, and conver- sing with his friends, and so tranquilly that they did not perceive the moment of his death. The subscriptions to the Cobden testimonial fund in London, now amounts to nearly £ 10,000. Earl Fitzhardinge has received the appointment of Deputy- Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex. The high- sheriffs of the three ajoining counties of Somerset, Gloucester, and Monmouth, are retired attorneys. Spacious premises, formerly occupied as a penny theatre in Grove- lane, New- cut, Lambeth, were opened on Friday evening as a ragged school for the instruction of the poor children abounding in that locality. Under the head Rome, the Augsburg Gazette announces the death of Prince Henry of Prussia, uncle to the present King. We learn from the proceedings of the Marylebone vestry, on Saturday, that upwards of 1600 Radical electors have disfranchised themselves by not paying their assessed taxes in due time. His Grace the Archbishop of York has intimated his intention of erecting, at his sole expense, a splendid chapel in connexion with the episcopal palace of Ripon, Another vessel has arrived at Blackwall, from Bergen ( Norway), having a cargo of ice on board. A person in North Shields has a rabbit of the Spanish breed, which has in four litters produced forty- seven young ones— first litter, nine; second, fourteen ; third, twelve; and fourth ten. A vessel having the name of Richard Cobden, which has arrived in the West India Docks, from St. Jago de Cuba and Cienfuegos, ( foreign West India Islands,) has brought among various descriptions of articles from the latter place, 28,000 lars of corn. A lovesick collier, at the Black Park works, near Chirk, hung himself on Sunday, in the presence of several spectators, who, not believing in his threat of destroying himself, did not interfere till it was too late. On Friday week some boys were playing in a field near Oldham, when the owner suddenly appeared and drove them away. One of the boys was so terrified that he died the following day. Upwards of £ 1,500 was taken at the principal entrance of the cattle aud implement yard at the exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society, 011 Thursday week, and the receipts of the week were upwards of £ 2,000. It has been determined to establish a " ragged school" in Manches- ter, for the training of the very poorest children. The Rev. Charles Wordsworth, son of the late Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and nephew of the eminent poet, has been appointed warden of the new Episcopal College at Perth. The celebrated writer for the young, Charlotte Elizabeth, died at Ramsgate, on Sunday, the 12th instant, after two years' suffering from disease. She had continued writing till within a few days of her death. The Mayor of Manchester has given his assent to a general holiday to commemorate the passing of the Corn Bill, Isaac Harding Harris, a dissenting preacher at Bangor, has been committed for trial for having stolen a parcel containing a Bible and three sovereigns. A man in the garb of a sweep succeeded in stealing a quantity of plate and jewellery on Thursday last from the town residence of Lord Dinorben. Last week an amorous swain, ( an apprentice,) with his mistress, eloped from Derby by the seven o'clock a. m. train. Their flight was telegraphed to Rugby, and the next train conveyed the discon- solate con pie home again. ARRIVAL OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, attended by Madame la Comtesse Vilain XIV. Dame du Palais, and Major A. A. Hannins de Moerkerke, Officier d'Ordonnance, landed at Woolwich at ten minutes past two o'clock on Monday afternoon, from the Garland steam- packet, from Ostend, and in a few minutes entered one of the Queen's carriages and four and proceeded to town on a visit to her Majesty. Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting to her Majesty, and Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, received their Majesties on landing, and attended them to town. His Exellcncy M. Van de Weyer also attended their Majesties from Woolwich to town. The august visitors arrived at Buckingham Palace at a quarter past three o'clock, and were received in the Grand Hall by the Vice Chamberlain, the Master of the Household, and Lieutenant Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, after their arrival at Buckingham Palace. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S GRAND FETE AT ATSLEY HOUSE The Duke of Wellington gave a magnifi- cent banquet on Monday evening to the Royal family at Apsley House, when a distinguished circle had the honour of meeting the Royal party. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Caroline Murray, arrived at half- past seven o'clock, and Prince George of Cambridge came shortly after- wards. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived at 20 minutes to eight o'clock, when the Royal visitors were received on alighting from their carriage by the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Douro, by whom they were conducted to the gallery, where the dis- tinguished personages invited to the banquet had assembled. The entertainment was announced at eight precisely, when the noble and gallant host and the Royal family repaired to the grand dining- room. At a subsequent period of the evening the noble and gallant duke gave a grand concert of vocal and iustrumental music. The concert took place in the gallery. All the saloons and range of rooms on the grand story were thrown open and brilliantly illuminated. It was computed that nearly 1500 persons of rank and distinction graced the fete by their presence. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.— During the last few days some very interesting experiments have been made in the Portsmoutli dockyard and on board her Majesty's ships Pique and Blake with a portion of the submarine telegraph intended to be laid across the harbour under the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty Commissioners. The quantity of the telegraphic wire already perfected, with which these experi- ments were made, is about half of the entire length that will be required to reach from the victualling- vard at Gosport, where the present line of telegraphic communication terminates, to the Admiral's official residence on this side. The experiments were made under the superintendence of Mr. Hay, the chemical referee and lecturer to the dockyard. The galvanic batteries used on the occasion consisted merely of five single jars, one inch and a half by four, on Smee's principle. The first experi- ment tried, was to test the gravity of the wire, in order to ascertain whether the substances used to secure perfect insulation might not have rendered the wire too buoyant. This, however, was satisfactorily proved not to be the case; for upon its bein^ payed out from the stem of her Majesty's ship Blake its gravity was found quite sufficient for the deepest water. The index used most satisfactorily tested the capabilities of the invention, being one which has been constructed for the conveyance of signals for short distances— a mere model, made by Mr. Hay, for the inspection of the Admiralty, by which communications might be made from the bridge of steam- vessels to the engine- room below. The electric fluid was made to traverse the whole length of the submarine telegraph, which, having been carried out in a bight from the Blake by the boats in attendance, was allowed to sink to the bottom. The signals were as promptly shown by the index as though merely transmitted from the deck to the engine- room, without passing so many fathoms through the salt water, thus proving beyond doubt the practical success of this mode of conveying intelligence even across the sea. Several other experiments were tried with other wires, differently insu- lated, but neither as regards gravitation nor as regards givin » a perfect communication, were these modes of insulation equal to that decided upon by the inventors. In establishing an electric telegraph across a harbour so crowded with shipping as this generally is, the practical difficulty arising from the possible disturbance of the telegraph, is the only one which the projectors had to contend with, for it is now proved beyond doubt, that the electric fluid can be transmitted through the water with the same facility as it is along the lines in operation on land. The mode of conveying these electric communications on land, however perfect, could not be adopted across a broad channel of the sea, and hence the present telegraphic communication between the dockyard and the Admiralty in London has been imperfect, because the impediments in conveying it across the water have hitherto been deemed insurmountable. Not that there was any difficulty in conveying the electric fluid through the water, because the known laws of electricity have always shown this to be feasible, but because of the difficulty in laying down a line of conveyance which should not be interfered with bv the casualties of the harbour. The projectors of the present" plan being nautical as well as scientific men have surmounted this apparent obstacle, which the mere scientific have hitherto not been able to overcome. The importance of these experiments is obvious, for if the communication can be carried across Ports- mouth harbour, it follows, as a matter of course, that it may with at least equal facility be carried from headland to headland, where it cannot be interfered with by the anchorage of numerous vessels. Thus between Great Britain and France, or any other country separated only by the sea, distance is annihilated. In fact, this new mode of telegraphic communication appears to be one of those wonders which, however strange now, will be looked upon hereafter as a thing of course, and it is scarcely too much to expect that in less than half a century a merchant'may communicate with his agents in Calcutta in the morning, and receive his reply before silting down to supper in the evening. STATE OF TRADE— MANCHESTER, Tuesday,— The important modification of the commercial tariff of the United States has been a subject largely remarked upon to- day, as likely, in a material degree, to advantage the trade of this country generally, and, to a considerable extent, that of this county and Yorkshire. There has been more inquiry in the cloth market to- day, and a better business is anticipated. Yarns are steady as to price, with rather more inquiry for particular numbers. Stgricultural EimUigence. A PLEA FOR THE IIEDEHOG, OWL, & C.— A Somersetshire agriculturist writes," The peas have this season been very much injured by slugs, which have of late been very numerous; they are of the kind which form the principal food of the hedgehog. This perfectly innocent and useful animal is still killed and hunted wherever it is met; and, strange to say, the stupid and absurd charge against it, that it sucks cows, is still brought forward as an excuse for the cruelty practised! It will be well for the farmer to consider whether it will be not worth his while to throw due protection over these useful animals, as well as the kestrel, hawk, and owl, killed as they are for the fancied injury they may inflict on a few young hares, and other young game; which placed against their useful services in destroying mice admits of no comparison. All these birds have of late years lessened in number, and the injury we receive from the mice has propor- tionably increased. The wheat and beans sown are not eaten but carried away in heaps ; this is the case with other corn ; and the peas this year planted have suffered from the same cause. I wish those employed in cultivation would investigate the useful purpose fulfilled by the inhabitants of the hedge, & c., as natural guardians of our crops, and then I think the wanton and useless destruction of them would cease." HOPS. WORCESTER.— We continue to receive favourable accounts of the progress of the hop grounds in this district. Business transaction in our market are on a limited scale, without change in prices. The duty is called at £ 15,000 to £ 16,000 • and for the kingdom, £ 145,000, BOROUGH, JULY 27.— A few parcels of hops have been received at this mart, but no transactions on them are reported. The demand continues to rule heavy, at late rates. The duty is freely backed at £ 145,000. New Pockets Farnham Kent East Kent Sussex Yearlings MAIDSTONE.- £ 7 7 5 5 0 0 5 2 4 15 £ 10 10 9 0 0 0 6 4 7 0 New Bags. Kent Sussex Yearlings...... Old Hops £ s. 5 0 0 0 4 15 1 0 £ s. 7 10 0 0 5 10 5 0 The accounts from this district state that the burr, although it is in some grounds very slack, is fast turning into hop, which have every chance this year of growing out to their full size and quality. FARNHAM.— The hops are going on well here, and give every appearance of a good supply. SUSSEX.— From the Sussex plantations we learn that generally the bine is short, that the hops are coming into burr, and it seems the prevalent opinion that there will be a full crop, although the late winds have slightly damaged the tips of those branches which bear the most hops. From Kent the accounts are of a similar character the hops having improved considerably since the, last week, aud promising more than an average good crop. The only complaint is tardiness of coming into bine in some few quarters. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Redditch, Mon.; Worcester, Tues.; Dudley, Wed. Gloucestershire.— Campden, Wed. ; Cheltenham, Wed.; Lechlade, Wed. Herefordshire.— Bromyard, Mon. ; Kington, Mon: ; Tues. ; Wigmore, Wed."; Knighton, Sat. Shropshire.— Battlefield, Mon. ; Bridgnorth, Tues, ; Wed. ; Wattlesbury, Wed.; Westbury, Wed. Warwickshire.— Southam, Mon.; Allesley, Wed. Staffordshire.— Wednesbury, Tues,; Longnor, Wed, Ledbury, Shiffnall, igotttcttlture* OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. ROSE CULTURE.— Budding, cutting- striking, final potting, See., are processes of paramount importance at the present moment. The Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, Bourbons, and the Chinas, are the most eligible classes from which to select kinds from pot culture. CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, & C.— Conservatory: The pot Roses intended to flower in this structure, late in the autumn, should now receive whatever pruning is necessary. All those that require a shift should have it forthwith, in order that they may have a potful of healthy roots by the flowering period ; this and the application of liquid manure, together with a sweet and mild atmosphere, will perform wonders. After these operations, they should be placed in some open and airy spot; and if plunged in ashes, they should be frequently turned, or the interior of the pot will become deserted of fibres. Give them regular waterings, and persist in picking off all blossom buds as they appear from those required to blossom in November and December. Let the Camellia buds have a thinning as soon as possible.— Orchids : The early growing kinds, several of which are winter or early spring bloomers, will now, require the withdrawal of a portion of the atmospheric moisture still necessary to many others; several of them, such as the Cattleyas, & c., might be removed to a Vinery free from the attack of snails and slugs. To those who are compelled to grow the wholp stock in one house, the following plan is recommended:— Keep a free circulation of air by day at this period, and even all night if possible : endeavour to have a good source of atmospheric moisture the latter half of the day, and dispense with shading as much as possible.— Mixed Green- house : Look out and encourage a lot of good things for a late autumn display. Fuchsias and Achimenes in succession, and even choice Verbenas, in somewhat thick masses in wide- mouthed pots, will add to the general effect. The remarks on Roses in the earlier part of to- day's Calendar, will be in full force here. Remember that all those things required to blossom in mid- winter must have their final shift betimes. There is no success in forcing or even retarding, without a pot full of roots. KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD,— A considerable breadth of Endive should be planted without delay; in l'act, one half of the crop. Iligh manuring is absolutely necessary to produce this valuable salad in perfection. In planting succeeding crops, keep raising the beds higher as the season declines. Keep the succession beds of Horn Carrots thinned in due time. Let a good breadth of ground be duly prepared for Winter Spinach forthwith, by thoroughly trenching, and burying a good coat of half- rotten manure in the bottom. It generally succeeds best in highly raised beds, stagnation being its chief enemy. Continue getting out Cape and other Broccoli, and also some late Cauliflowers. Strawberry run- ners should be procured for new plantations without delay. Those who cannot spare ground for a new plantation may prick them out in prepared beds about six inches apart, and remove them with balls in October, or the early party of February. As main crops, Keen's Seedling is the earliest, the British Queen for the second, and the Elton for the last; the latter is invaluable. FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES.— Proceed with Rose bud- ding without delay. Keep down all suckers, and clear the stems of wild shoots. See that all hips are cut away from those which blos- sommed early ; these exhaust the plant much. Strong shoots of Chrysanthemums may now be layered in pots to produce dwarf and compact bushes. Those in pots may now receive their final shift. FLORISTS' FLOWERS.— Carnations and Picotees: Layering must now be proceeded with as rapidly as possible. All seedling plants should be marked and layered, noting their various properties, as to form, colour, texture, pod, & c., & c.— Pinks : Continue to plant out rooted pipings on beds of well prepared soil, but not too rich. A second crop of pipings may also be inserted where an increase of stock is required. Seed may also be gathered, retaining rather long stalks ; tie half- a- dozen together, and allow them to get well dry, after which the heads or pods of seed may be put in small paper bags, which may be fastened round the sterns, and then hung up in a dry airy situation till wanted.— Seedling Auriculas which have been put out in pans or boxes in the spring, will now have attained consider- able size; they may now be potted in pint pots ( singly) in good sound loam and leaf- mould, equal parts, and placed in the shade. COTTAGERS' GARDENS.— Let all spare ground be followed up with winter crops of some kind. If any spare ground remain uncropped after the middle of August it is an excellent plan to sow it with Rye and winter Vetches ; they will leave a sort of turf when cut over in April, which is exceedingly beneficial to succeeding crops. Bgrtcitltural on9j3tWr iflartiete. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, JULY 27- A more moderate supply of English wheat, which met a better demand at fully the prices of this day week. One or two samples of new were exhibited, but the quality was poor, and appeared lo have been harvested too hurriedly. There was more inquiry for foreign, but the offers received were rather lower than holders would submit to, and only a small business resulted at late rates. Flour continues in good request. The arrivals of oats limited, which checked any fur ther decline, and enabled factors to progress more steadily at our previous currency. Other grain unaltered in value, but the sale rather dull. Fer qr. s. s. Malt Kingston and Ware 61 64 Brown - - - 53 55 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed - 20 23 Pota. and Poland - 24 26 Seotch - - - 21 25 Devonshire and Welsh 20 22 Londonderry, Newry, aud Clonmel ditto - 22 24 Limeritk and Sligu - 22 24 Cork and Waterford Black - - 20 21 White- - - - 21 24 Gal way - - - 16 I7 Extra - - - 18 2< i Beans, Tick - - - 34 37 Harrow and Small - 36 3y Peas, Essex, Boilers - 42 44 Blue - - - - 44 5g Grey, Maple, 85 Hog - 34 3S Extra - - - - 37 3g WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. The supplies of every description of grain were so small this morn- ing that the prices of Monday were generally obtained, notwith- standing the extreme finenesss of ttie season, and reports of the rapid progress of the harvest from all quarters. The samples of new Talavera wheat numerous, and the quality remarkably fine ; but of new oats, of which there were a few, the samples show a small but heavy article, which is said to be about the general result of this crop. The accounts of the potato crops are not more favourable from Ireland, but this circumstance is yet not much regarded in Mark Lane. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Weekending July 18. Wheat .... 50s lOd | Oats .... 23s Od I Beans .... 38s 4d Barley .... 27s lOd | Rye 36s 5d | Peas 36s 4< i Aggregate Average of the Six Ifeeks which regulates Duty. Wheat .... 51s lid I Oats .... 23s 7d I Beans .... 37s 4d Barley .... 27s 5d | Rye . . 33s 8d | Peas .... 34s lOd Duty on Foreign Corn. Wheat .... 6s 0< 1 I Oats .... Is 6d Barley4s Od J Rye .... 4s Od Per qr. s. s. Wheat, Essex, Kent, 8s Suffolk Red - 45 to 48 White - 00 54 Lincolnshire & York- shire Red - 44 46 White - 48 50 Scotch - 42 44 White - 44 46 Irish - - 42 44 White - 44 46 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - 28 30 Distilling - 26 28 Chevalier - 30 32 Grinding - 23 24 Irish, Distilling- - 26 28 Grinding - - 22 23 Rye, Distilling - 34 35 Grinding - 32 35 Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 57 61 Brown - 51 53 Beans Peas SEED MARKET, JULY 27. Foreign linseed continues in fair request, at full prices— Odessa having sold at 42s 6d to 43s; and Petersburgh, 40s 6d to 41s 6d per qr. New rape seed— the supply of which is 011 the increase— moves off slowly, at from £ 20 to £ 20 10s per last. The best English linseed cakes are quite as dear ; but other qualities including rape cakes, a dull sale. Canary and caraway the turn higher.— We suojoin the following prices :— Red clover, English, ( per cwt.) 40s to 48s ; White clover, 42s to 50s ; Linseed for sowing, 55s to 60s ; ditto for crushing, 40s to 46s; Caraway, ( English) 44s to 48s; Foreign ditto, 44s to 46s ; Coriander, lis to" 14a ; Rape seed English ( per last) £ 22 to £ 25; ditto new, £ 20 to £ 20 10s; Foreign ditto, £ 25 ; Rapecake, English per ton), £ 5 15s to £ 6 5s ; ditto Foreign, £ 5 5s to £ 0 0s ; Linseed cake, English ( per 1,000) £ 10 10s to £ 10 15s WOOL MARKETS. LONDON, JULY 27.— Siuce Monday last, the imports of wool into London have consisted of 15 bales from Colombo, 1,427 ditto from Port Philip, 29 ditto from Smyrna, aud 347 ditto from Hambro. The public sales— which were brought to a close on Saturday— have been well attended during the past week, and in some instances, rather higher prices obtained for fine qualities; yet the decline, during the progress of the auctions, must be consi'dered 2d per lb. In the private contract market exceedingly little is doing in any kind of wool, at barely late rates. LEEDS.— A steady business doing in foreign wools, and prices fully maintained. WAKEFIELD.— Few sales passing at this mart, as the manufacturer is generally supplying himself iu the country at this period. LIVERPOOL,— The demand continues inactive, but the market is ill supplied at present, which in some measure accounts for the limited sale. SM1THFIELD CATTLE MARKET, JULY 27. Since Monday last, the imports of foreign stock into London have comprised 16 oxen, 11 sheep, and 6 calves, from Hamburgh; 212 oxen and cows, 310 sheep, 180 lambs, and 27 calves, from Rotter- dam, in, for the most part, excellent condition. At Hull, about 130 head of stock have been landed from Holland, while at Plymouth, the imports have been 40 oxen from Spain, and which wer'e sold in that locality at £ 8 each. To- day there were on offer about 250 foreign oxen and cows, 700 sheep, 80 lambs, and 6 calves, which met a very dull inquiry, at barely stationary prices. For the time of year, the supply of beasts here this morning, from our own grazing districts, were good, and of unusually prime quality. The attendance of buyers being small, the beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath the curren- cies obtained on this day se'nnight— the primest Scots with difficulty realising 4s. per 81bs,- The numbers of sheep were again very extensive, and of fine quality. On the whole, the mutton trade was dull, at, in most trans- actions, a decline in last week's prices of 2d. per 81bs.— the highest figure for the best old Downs not exceeding 4s. 2d. perSlbs. I11 lambs, the supply of which was large, comparatively little was doing, at the late decline in value. The veal trade was steady, at late currencies. For pigs, the inquiry was very inactive, at about previous quota- tions. PRICES PER STONE OF 8LBS. TO S. INK THE OFFAL. d Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 2 10 3 2 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots, & c 3 10 4 2 Inferior Sheep 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 8 Coarse- woolled ditto 3 10 4 0 Prime Southdown.. 4 0 4 2 Prime Southdown in s d s d wool 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4 8 5 8 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto 4 0 4 2 Suckling Calves, each! 8 0 29 0 Large Hogs 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 4 10 Qr. old store pigs, each 16s a 19s SUPPLY AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts, 3,608 | Sheep and Lambs, 35,090 j Calves, 191 | Pigs 230 WORCESTER, JULY 31. There was a good supply of Wheat at Saturday's market, and several parcels changed hands at a reduction of from Is. to 2s. per qr. A reduction of 6d. to Is. per quarter took place 011 barley! JMo alteration in oats. Little business done iu beans. Wheat, white Foreign Wheat, red Foreign Barley, grinding..., Ditto new Malting Malt New ditto s d s d s d s d 5 10 6 2 Old Oats, Irish 3 3 3 fi 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 5 6 5 9 Beans, old, English . 5 6 5 8 b 0 h 9 Ditto, Foreign 5 0 4 3 6 3 9 Ditto new, English . Peas, Feed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 4 10 5 0 8 0 8 6 Boilers, white 5 0 5 i 3 6 4 0 0 0 ( » 0 0 0 0 0 C 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. 1 Total quan. Av. per ( jr. Wheat 681qi 0 6u. £ 2 9 10* ( Rye . . , Oqr. 0bu.£ 0 0 0 Barley 0 0 0 0 0 Beans . . 40 0 2 1 9* Oats. . 0 0 0 0 0 Peas . . 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 29.— During the present week, there has been little passing iu the wheat trade, holders being unwilling to accept the reduced prices offered by millers. Grinding barley moves slowly at former rates. Oats were disposed of at a trifling decline. Indian com a fair sale, at 12s. 6d. to 13s per 1961bs.— Averages: Wheat, 1,324 qrs. 5 bush., 50s lOd ; barley, 70 qrs., 26s 6d ; oats, 25 qrs,, 25s Od; beans, 125 qrs. 0 bush., 41s. 8Jd. GLOUCESTER, JULY 25.— The market was extremely dull, and prices for English and foreign were full 2s. to 3s. per qr. lower than last week, and some sales were forced at 4s. per qr. reduction. For beans there was scarcely any inquiry, but grinding barley was a little more in request. A demand fo'r Indian corn springing up. Oats were more iu request at former rates.— Averages : Wheat, 312 qrs., 51s lOd: oats, 182 qrs., 24s Id; beans, 105 qrs., 38s. 9d. HEREFORD, JULY 25.-- A liberal quantity of Wheat in offer from the farmers, but many samples of foreign from Gloucester were being offered to the millers, which had the effect of causing the market to rule dull at a decline of 3s. to 4s. per qr. Barley, beans, and peas sell slowly, at no alteration iu price.— Wheat, 6s Od to 6s 4d; barley, 3s 6d to 4s ; beans 5s Od to 5s 6d; peas, 4s 6d; oats, 33 3d to 4s SHREWSBURY, JULY 25.— This day's attendance of sellers was large, and the trade ruled dull, as follows Wheat, 5s to 6s Od ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s lid per imperial bushel. LIVERPOOL, JULY 28.— At the Corn Exchange this morning there was a good attendance of the trade and a large show of sam- ples of wheat and flour, & c. The sales of wheat were on the most limited scale, at a decline of 2d. per 701bs. 011 prices of this day week ; and American and Canadian flour was pressed at Od. to Is. per barrel decline, without leading to much business. Oats were Id. per 451b. cheaper. Real prime meal, being scarce, was without change. Indian corn was less inquired for. Barley, beans, and peas were flat. £' a00limit ard) Bankrupt iieoistev. FRIDAY, JULY 24. BANKRUPTS. James Gerry, Gilbert- street, Oxford- street, bailder. Edward Cawdell, Kiagston- upon- Hull, dealer in hardware. , Paul Garbanati, Woolwich, carver and gilder. Thomas Knight, Minories, draper. Francis Syder, Fakenham, Norfolk, grocer. Henry Mayhew, Parson's- green, Fulham, newspaper proprietor* William Campion Eaton, Maidstone- wharf, Upper Thames- street, flour dealer. Thomas Tout, Ashburton, Devonshire, grocer. Edwin Lilley, Kingston- upon- Hull, timber merchant. Robert Newton, Fleet, Lincolnshire, cattle dealer. William Williams, St. Mary, Breconshire, victualler. William Wreford, Edwin Cox Nicholls, and William Ellicomb- Wreford, Bristol, and Bank Chambers, Lothbury, City, gtocke brokers. TUESDAY, JULY 28. BANKRUPTS. Francis Barber Kettle, Brighton, horse dealer. Walter M'Dovvall and Ralph Browu, Pemberton- row, Gough- square, printers. Farquhar Macqueen, Leadenhall- street, merchant. Charles Burrows and John Gliddon, Plymouth, brewers. James Evans, Bristol, silk mercer. John Carlisle, West Derby, builder. John Smith Chadwick, Manchester, calico printer. Edward James lnchley, Drayton, Leicestershire, corn dealer. William Inchley, Leicestershire, coal dealer. James Coates, Leominster, Herefordshire, tailor. Alfred William John Mason, Edgbaston, builder. Thomas Small Smith, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, carpenter. Thomas Charles Fleteher, Nottingham, glass dealer. William George Wale Tayler, Tywardreath, Cornwall, surgeon. Printed and Published for the Proprietor, at the Office No. 5 Avenue, Cross, in the Parish of Suint Nicholas, in the Borough of Worcester, by FRANCIS PARSONS ENGLAND, Printer, residing ai No 52, Moor Street, Tythinq of Whistones, ill the Borough of Worcester. Saturday, August 1, 1846.