T VMM THE ALTAH, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. Na 611. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 184C. PRICE 5d. 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 P. ev. Geo. Prior, Curate of Mevagh, Letter Kenny, Carrigart, Ireland, 10th January, 184t>. To Professor HOLLOW A v. 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) GEOIIGE 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 be 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 ne 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 Mai!, 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 Aldborougli cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint. Extract of a Letter from His Lordship, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, 21st 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. I 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 cure of 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 wonder s 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; fid., 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. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM. " THE SILENT FRIEND," NINETEENTH EDITION. Price 2s. 6d., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom, in a Sealed Envelope, from the Establishment, on receipt of 3s. Cd. in Postage Stamps. AMEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; being an Enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy, and the ability of manhood, ere vigour has established her empire; with observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION; Local and Constitutional WEAKNESS, NERVOUS IRRITATION, CONSUMPTION and on the partial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OF RESTORATION ; tile dis- tructive effects of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures. and Secondary Symptoms are explained in a familiar manner • the Work is EMBELLISHED WITH TEN FINE COLOURED ENGRAV- INGS, on Steel, representing the deleterious influence of Mercurv on the skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body ; with APPROVED MODE OF CURE for both sexes ; followed by Observations on the Obligations of MARRIAGE, and healthy perpetuity ; with direc- tions for the removal of ccrtain 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., t> 3, Oxford- street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- street, London ; Newton, 1(> and 19, Church- street, Raw! Church- Worcester; Pennell, Kidderminster; Bromley. Kidderminster; and by all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in town and' country. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, througe fear of certain disqualifications l'or the discharge of the sacred obligations of marriage, and to the thoughtless youth, whose follies, ( to speak mildly,) have entailed upon him debility, and disfiguring disease in their worst forms ; therefore tiie Silent Friend will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restora- tion to Manhood. Part II treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how numbers, who through temporary remissness or fastidious feeling, neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering, and of which ulti- mately those dearest to them, are innocent but equal participators. 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 the individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder ol' life. Constitutional weakness, sexual debility, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations total impotency and barrenness^ are effectually removed by this invaluable medicine. Price lis,, or four at lis. in one Bottle for 33s., by which lis. are saved. The ^£ 5 cases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Essence can only be had at 19, Berners Street, Oxford Street, London ; whereby there is a saving of £ 1. 12s., and the Patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee, which advantage is applicable only to those who remit foi a packet. A minute detail of the case is necessaiy. THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, Av ANTI- SYPHILITIC RKMEDY 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, to be had only at the London Establishment. VENBKEAL CONTAMINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system for years, and, although for a while undiscovered," at length break out upon the unhappy indi- vidual in its most dreadful " forms; or else, unseen, internally endanger the very vital organs of existence. To those suffering from the consequences which this disease may have left behind in the form of SECONDARY SYMPTOMS, eruptions of the skin, blotches on the head and face, ulcerations and enlargement of the throat tonsils, and threatened destruction of the nose, palate, & c., nodes on the shin bones, or any of those painful affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indiscriminate use of mercury, or the evils of an imperfect cure, the CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE will be found to be attended with the most astonishing effects in checking the ravages of the disorder, removing all scorbutic com- plaints. and effectually re- establishi ng the health of the constitu- tion. To persons entering upon the responsibilities of matrimony, and who ever had the misfortune during their more youthful days to be affected with any form of these diseases, a previous course of this medicine is highly essential and of the greatest importance, as more serious affections are visited upon an innocent wife and offspring, from a want of these simple precautions, than perhaps halt the world is aware of; for, it must be remembered, where the fountain is polluted, the streams that flow from it cannot be pure. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted by letter, the usual Fee of One Pound, ad dressed to the London Establishment, with- out which no notice whatever can be taken of the communication. Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases, as to the duration of the complaint, the svmptoms, age, habits of living, and general occupation; Medicines can be forwarded to any part of the world : no difficulty can occur, as they will be securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9d., is. 6d., and lis. per Box. The most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and symptom of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes, includ- ing Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, and Strictures. Messrs. R. & L. Perry & Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at No. 19, Bemers- street. Oxford- street, London, daily, punc- tually from Eleven in the Morning until Eight in the Evening, and on Sundays from Eleven till One. Only one'personal visit is " required from a country patient, to enable Messrs. PERRY and Co., to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have proved ineffectual. Medicine Venders can be supplied by most of the Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in London, Agent for Worcester A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL. Bookseller. Where may fee had the /• SILENT FRIEND." THE CHELTENHAM HYDROPATHIC INSTITUTION, AT SHERBORNE VILLA, and SHERBORNE HOUSE, is now lie- opened, with considerable improve- ments in the BATHS, DOUCHES, & c., under the direction of Mr. HARNETT, whose experience and knowledge of the treatment both in Germany and in England entitles him to the confidence of the Patients. Board, & c., in the Establishments, with the treatment, medical attendance, & c., £ 2. 12s. ( id. per week. Persons of limited means will be received at £ 1. 6s. per week. Out Patients will receive the full treatment at from £ 1. Is. to 12s. per week. ' Single Baths, Douches, & c., may be had. There is also employed at this Institution, in all cases where it is applicable, the celebrated Hemospasique Appareil,— invented by Dr. Junod, and recommended by the principal Physicians in Paris, & c., for local inflammations, and com- plaints arising from the fulness of blood and obstructed circulation. The blood and fluids are drawn from the diseased part to the arms or legs, thus giving instant relief, without pain or inconvenience; and supersedes bleeding, blistering, leeches, & c. The combined treatment is eminently adapted to tiie cure of Apoplexy, Paralysis, Tic Doloreux, Pulmonary Complaints, Nervous " and Mental Diseases, & c. Persons desirous of satisfying themselves of the agreeableness and efficacy of the treatment, will be furnished with Board and Lodging only on the most reasonable terms. H. TAYLOR, ESQ., M. R. C. S., Resident Surgeon. Duly Free.] WHEREAS the RIGHT HONOURABLE T? JOHN REGINALD, EARL BEAUC11AMP, of Madresfield, in the County of Worcester, and JOHN HENRY ALLEN, of the Rhydd, in the same County, Esquire, being respectively interested, under the provisions of the Act passed in the 8th and yth years of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 118, in the Lands set forth on the Schedule hereunder written, and being desirous of effecting an Exchange of the same Lands, have made application, in writing, to the inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, to direct enquiries whether such proposed Exchange would be beneficial to the Owners of such respective Lands, and to proceed with the same under the provisions of the said Act. Now WE, the undersigned Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, being of opinion that such Exchange would be beneficial, and that the terms thereof are just and reasonable, HEREBY GI/ E NOTICE, that we shall cause to be framed and confirmed, under our Hands and Seal, an Order of Exchange, i: i the matter of the said application, unless Notice, in writing, of dissent to the said proposed Exchange shall be given to us by some Person entitled to an Estate in or to a Charge upon the said Land, or any part thereof, on or before the 5th day of December next. THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH TIIE FOREGOING NOTICE REFERS. LANDS in which the above- named JOIIN REGINALD, EARL BEAUCHAMP, is interested, situate in the Parish of Madresfield, in the County of Worcester, and pro- posed to be Exchanged for the Land hereinafter specified :— A. R. F. Cottage and Garden in the occupation of Thomas"} ( 1 • • - Beard Ju 1 10 Cottage, divided into two Dwellings, and Garden,^ in the occupation of Samuel Hall and J- 0 0 2( 1 Thomas Little J Cottage in the occupation of Ann Lea, widow," J and Garden in the occupation of the said V 0 1 16 John Henry Allen and Ann Lea 0 3 11 LANDS in which the above- named JOHN HENRY ALLEN IS interested, situate in the Parish of Great Malvern, in the County of Worcester, and proposed to be Exchanged for the Lands hereinbefore specified:— A. R. F. A Piece of Meadow Land, called Slut Croft, in} the occupation of the said John Henry V 2 0 1 Allen 3 Cottage and Garden in the occupation of John I a n o= Healing J 2 0 26 Witness our Hands this Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty- six. ( Signed) WM. BLAMIRE. G. DARBY. AN Additional and Important Evidence of the Salutary Effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, from Mr. Samuel Dixon, of Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire. " Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, March 14, 4846. " To Mr. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London. " Sir,— I feel it a duty which I owe to yourself and the public to inform you of the great benefit which I have derived by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. During several years I was frequently laid up by attacks of gout, being unable to attend to business for months at a time. I had often been advised to try Blair's Pills, but it was not until a friend pressed them upon me that I was induced to take them, and from which I found speedy relief. This is several years ago, but I continue to take them whenever an attack comes on, and am thereby enabled quickly to resume my business. " I am. Sir, your obedient Servant, " SAMUEL DIXON. The above testimonial exhibits the never- failing effects f this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the important discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effective for Gout and Rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lum- bago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth- ache, & c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and 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, Bridgnorth; Kendall, Strat- ford ; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of the Genuine Medicine. CURTIS ON MENTAL AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, A MEDICAL WORK, in a sealed Envelope, at 3s., and sent, post paid, for 3s. 6d. A N H O O D; 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, SOIIO SQUAUE, 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, 5L Bull- street, Birmingham ; Hobson, 5, Market- street, Leeds ; Allen, Long- row, Nottingham ; T. Sowler, 4, St. Anne's- square, Man- chester; (>. Phillip, South Castle- street, Liverpool; Cooke, Chronicle Office, OXFORD; Smith, Rose Crescent, and at the Gfficeof the Independent Press, CAMBRIDGE; Clancy, 6, Bedford- row, Dublin; Henderson, Castle- place, Belfast; W. and H. Robinson, Booksellers, Greenside- street, Edinburgh; Love, 5, Nelson- street, Glasgow; and sold in A SEALED ENVELOPE, by all Booksellers. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. MANHOOD. By J. L. CURTIS and Co. ( Strange.)— In this age of pretension, when the privileges of the true are constantly usurped by the false and the ignorant, it is difficult to afford the sufferer from nervous debility, the unerring means of judg- ment where to seek relief. The authors of this work have obviated the difficulty. Their long experience and reputation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patent's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense circulation.— Era. VVe feel no hesitation in saying that there is no member of society by whom the bock will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a PARENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN.— Sun, evening paper. To the married, as well as the unmarried, this little work affords consolation and cure in peculiar cases, and we are doing a service to society in recommending it to general notice. Essex and Herts Mercury. CURTIS ON MANHOOD. ( Strange.)— A perusal of this work will easily distinguish its talented authors from the host of medical writers whose pretensions to cure all diseases are daily so indecently thrust before the public. Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent, and its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient— Naval and Military Gazette. CURTIS ON MANHOOD should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and designing.— United Service Gazette. Messrs. CURTIS and Co. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, FRITH STREET, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases. The communication must be accom- panied by the usual consultation fee of £ 1, and in all cases the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. CAUTION. In consequence of the numerous complaints made to the Authors by Patients who have been induced to purchase spu- rious copies of this work, advertised by illiterate pretenders, under titles imitating as closely as possible the word " MAN- HOOD," PATIENTS are informed they can have this work forwarded them, by initial or otherwise, to any address, DIRECT from the Author's Residence, on remitting 3s. 6s. in postage stamps. They are also particularly requested to notice in the Preface, pages 5 and 6, the official declarations made before the Lord Mayor of London, on the 6th of April, 1844, proving the number printed, bound, and sold since May, 1840, which will prevent disappointment, and secure the original, WORCESTER COUNTY GAOL. PERSONS wishing to supply this Gaol with MEAT, COAL, and POTATOES, and the Judges' House with COAL, for the ensuing THREE MONTHS, must leave their Tenders at the Gaol, inclosed in a sealed cover, marked " Tender," and addressed " To the Visiting Magistrates," on or before Twelve o'Clock on Saturday, the 29th August instant. ALL GAOL BILLS must be delivered, addressed tome, at my Office in the Gaol, on the said 29th August, ( made up as nearly as possible to that date,) or they will not be allowed at the next Sessions. By order of the Visiting Magistrates, B. L. STABLE, Governor. In consequence of the great difficulty which has been ex- perienced in getting the Accounts sent in, it has been deter- mined by the Visiting Justices, that persons neglecting to furnish their Bills after this Notice shall not be again employed to supply the Prison for Twelve Months. August 17th, 1846. TAR LING'S METALLIC INK. OTWITHSTANDING the unceasing efforts of other Ink Makers to produce an article having the approved attributes of TARLING'S METALLIC INK, it is still unrivalled. Its beautiful and permanent colour, extreme fluidity, and consequent adaptation to the steel pen, render it superior to all others. London : manufactured by H. J. Tarling, and sold wholesale bv Parsons, Fletcher, and Co., Printing Ink Manufacturers, & c., 22, Bread Street. May be had through any Stationer, in Six- penny Half- pint, Pint, and Quart Bottles. Worcester: Deighton and Co., Stratford, and Eaton and Son. Tewkesbury : Bennett, and Jenner. Ledbury : Bagster. HILST Messrs. BETTS & Co. are studiously desirous to avoid the imputation of unwarrantably increasing the alarm created by the rumoured prevalence in the Metropolis, of that fearful disease the Asiatic Cholera, they deem it consistent with a due regard to the feelings of the public, to direct attention to the subjoined Testimonials as to the merits of their Patent Brandy. This pure and wholesome Spirit has long been in very general use in the most important Hospitals and Infirmaries in the Kingdom, and is deserving of especial notice at the present time, from its peculiar efficacy in arresting the ravages caused by those epidemics that usually prevail at this season of the year ; and the same can be procured throughout the Kingdom, of Wholesale Spirit Merchants, in quantities not less than 2 Gallons, being 1 Dozen, or in single Bottles, 3s. per Bottle, from Retailers, /> Svy.<>' T'Tcr> T each Bottle being secured by the Metallic / ^ 1 Capsule, which Messrs. BETTS & Co. have the exclusive right of making, and which, when bearing the annexed impres- sion, is a self- evident protection to the Spirit against the possibility of adultera tion. EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONIALS :— " Grenadier Guards Hospital, " The two samples of your Patent Brandy I had an opportu- nity of laying before the Board of Officers, which sat at the Regimental Hospital last Saturday. Every Member of the Board approved of the Brandy, and have ordered that it shall be used for the sick. ( Signed) " J. HARRISON, Surgeon- Major, Grenadier Guards." " Messrs. J. T. Betts & Co." " 38, Upper Gower Street. " I do not hesitate to express my conviction, that it is fully as free from anything injurious to health, and contains as pure a Spirit as the very best varieties of Foreign Brandy. ( Signed) " EDWARD TURNER, Professor of Chemistry in " John T. Betts, Esq." " the University of London," " Long Acre. " I am bound to say, and do assert it with confidence, that for purity of Spirit, this cannot be surpassed; and that your Patent Brandy is also quite free from those acids which, though minute in quantity, always contaminate the Foreign Spirit. ( Signed) " JOSEPH HUME, Toxicalogical Chemist " To J. T. Betts, Esq." " to the Board of Excise." " 58, AlSersgate Street. " Your Brandy is free from uncombined acid, and astringent matter, which exists, more or less, in most of the Brandies im- ported from France. ( Signed) " JOHN THOMAS COOPER, " Lecturer on Chemistry, at. Guy's, « To Mr. Betts." " and St. Thomas' Hospitals." NASSAU SELTERS WASSER. Messrs. BETTS & Co. also avail themselves of the present most seasonable opportunity to direct public attention to the peculiar salutary properties of the SELTERS WATER, respecting which many eminent Physicians have expressed the most favourable opinions deserving of serious and attentive consideration- The learned Monsieur Caventou, of Paris, makes some observations replete with interest and truth. " Wc know of no Mineral Water suited to such variety of constitu tions. It exercises an especial action on the biliary system, frequently and promptly checking the worst symptoms, whether connected with vomiting or diarrhoea" He concludes by recom- mending Selters Water as one of the most salubrious drinks for warm climates, and ranges it in the first rank of antiscor- butics and preventions of dysentry. Whilst M. Augustus Wetter, Physician of Berlin, the latest and most celebrated writer on Mineral Springs, states, " Sellers Water is highly beneficial in cases of gastric irritation, bilious vomiting or diarrhoea, and ought to be administered in small but frequently repeated doses. In cases of dyspepsia, either from irritation or weak stomach, the continued use of Selters Water is highly advantageous." Messrs. Betts & Co. cannot too strongly caution the public against the evils of artificial gaseous waters generally, since the learned Monsieur Caventou informs us " that they frequently produce so much inconvenience and danger as to cause its use to be replaced by that of the natural, the latter acting as a very antidote to the former." Numerous attempts having been made to impose upon the Public by some manufacturers of artificial waters and other mixtures, by advertising that they enjoy the privilege of receiv- ing supplies of the natural Selters Water direct from the springs, Messrs. BETTS & Co. beg to state that they have the exclusive right of procuring the same direct from the Springs, and, as evidence thereof, they publish the following Declaration of the Nassau Government, founded upon its solemn contract with Mr. J. T. BETTS. THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE DOMAINS OF HIS HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF NASSAU, DECLARE, by these presents, that being desirous to prevent and put a stop to the numerous falsifications committed in respect to the Waters of Selters, and, to secure for the future to the Kingdom of Great Britain, its Colonies, and Dependencies, the enjoyment of the genuine Water of that Spring, they have resolved, from the 1st of January, 1845, to use the Metallic Capsules of Mr. JOHN THOMAS BETTS, of London. The General direction of the Domains further DECLARE by these presents, that they have granted to the said JOHN THOMAS BETTS, Patentee of the above described Capsules, and TO NO ONE ELSE in the Kingdom of Great Britain, its Colonies, and Dependencies, THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to pur- chase and export, direct from the Springs, the Waters of Selters, Fachingen, Schwal- bach and Weilbach. They declare further, that the Bottles, after being filled with the respective Mineral Waters, are to be immediately and in the presence of their Officers closed with the above named Capsules, which bear the impression of the annexed drawing :— Given at Wiesbaden, this 18th day of December, 1844. BARON DE BOCK HERMSDORFF, President of the Direction General of the Ducal Domains of Nassau. HENRY HENDEL, Secretary. The Selters Water is imported in hampers containing Four Dozen large Bottles, ( each Bottle equal to Five Bottles of Soda Water,) or Five Dozen small; and sold, exclusive of carriage, at 10s, per Dozen for the large, and 7s. per Dozen for the small, bottles and hampers included, and not returnable. A liberal allowance made to the Trade. Applications to be made to Messrs. BETTS & Co., PATENT BRANDY DISTIL- LERS, 7, S3HTHFIELD BARS, who beg further to inform the Public that although they contend for the superiority of their Patent Brandy over every other Spirit, yet, in deference to the incredulous, is submitted THE STANDARD OF COGNAC. THE REST COGNAC BRANDY is the produce of a tract of land in Prance, well known as the CHAMPAGNE DISTRICT. To meet a demand, greatly disproportionate to the supply afforded by so limited an area, the Foreign Traders in the article were notorioasly in the habit of adulterating it with other Brandies, of an inferior quality; and they, thereby, in- duced a great number of the Proprietors of the best Vineyards in that district to establish a Company, in the year 1838, under the name of THE UNITED VINEYARD PROPRIETORS' COM- PANY; for the purpose of counteracting the baneful effects of such fraudulent practices upon the character of the Cognac Brandy, and of enabling the Public to obtain through them the genuine article. The reputation which the Company now enjoys, in the Market, is the strongest proof of the fidelity with which they have hitherto effectuated the purposes for which they were formed. This Company has engaged to supply Messrs. BETTS & Co., as appears by the following letter " Cognac, 14th March, 1846. Messrs. Betts & Co., London. Gentlemen;— We have very great pleasure in confiding to your care the sale of our BEST BRANDY, produced from the Champagne district, in order that you may be enabled, by the use of your METALLIC CAPSULE, to guarantee the GENUINE ARTICLE to the Public, at a fair remunerating price, and that we may derive a benefit from the extension of our trade through the high respectability, and established reputation of your House, " We are, Gentlemen, " Your obedient Servants, " For the United Vineyard Proprietors' Company, " GEO. SALIGNAC, Manager." And Messrs. BETTS & Co., under the title of LA SOCIETE VIGNICOLE CHAMPENOISE, beg to inform those consumers who wish for THE BEST COGNAC BRANDY, which they designate THE STANDARD OF COGNAC, that the same can be purchased throughout the Kingdom, in Bottles, at the price of 4s. 6d. per Bottle for the Coloured, and as. per Bottle for the Pale ; each Bottle being secured by the Patent Metallic Capsule, which Messrs. BETTS & Co. have the sole right. ( ^ • of making, and which, when bearing the V^ UUurJNAt'^. BETTS FRERES H annexed impression, isja self- evident and certain safeguard against the possibility of adulteration; and proof that it was affixed to the Bottle at their Stores, No. 96, ST. JOHN STREET LONDON. THE POTATO DISEASE. The following communications on this important subject have been received. It will also be seen that our Vale of Evesham correspondent has some remarks on the character of this extraordinary disease in his district: — Sir,— As the potatoe disease is occupying the attention of th great bulk of the community, and its serious results upon the poorer class, allow me to mention that the same disease is now showing itself in the turnip in this neighbourhood. I have a crop of Swede turnips, which has excited great notice from its luxuriant and forward appearance, being drilled on the 22d July, upon ridges, with a composition of sulphuric acid and bones, nightsoil, ashes, and gypsum mixed up together. From their first appearance the plants looked healthy; they grew very strong and rapid, escaping that general scourge, the turnip- fly. I had them regularly horse- hoed between the drills, and struck out by hand to about 12 inches apart in the drills. Although no rain fell for at least five weeks, they never once flagged in their growth. As the rains came on, the impulse given to the turnips was very perceptible; the land soon became covered with the plant, and bulbing began, which has now attained a very large size, many of the bulbs weighing upwards of 101b. It always gave me great pleasure when I visited them, particularly when the accounts of others were so discouraging. On Saturday week I was induced to go amongst the Swedes, from what I observed in some white stone top turnips ( about half an acre), which I had had drilled in the same piece, but which I now found to be all rotten, and emitting an effluvium of the most offensive kind. I thought as the white turnips had attained a very large size, they might have overgrown them- selves, and decayed prematurely; but upon examining the sound ones, I found them perfectly sound, not hollow. Now ti » e Swedes are certainly affected as above stated, but not so extensively as the white turnips. I found many putting on this appearance— the leaf a little mildewed, in the centre of the eye a dark appearance; in a word, in every respect like the diseased potatoe. On putting the end of my stick down the eye, 1 could force it into some of them as much as a couple of inches; the smell from them was most offensive, a kind of mat- tery appearance, the same as the potatoe had last winter. I visited the same field last Saturday, and am sorry to say nearly the whole of the white turnips are affected, and the Swedes to a much greater extent. Not feeling satisfied, I have visited several of my neighbours' crops, and can easily see the same disease amongst tliem, in the incipient state ; being later in their growth, the disease has not yet developed itself so fully. One field I examined particularly, which had been transplanted in June, but they were affected. Not wishing to become an alarmist, 1 merely write this in the spirit of inquiry. Having carefully perused the different agricultural reports from your numerous correspondents, I cannot see in thetn any allusion to the disease; all concur that since the late rains, the turnips are looking much more promising. I wish when they write again they would pay especial attention to the crops in their several localities, and report thereon ; for if the disease should prove to be an epidemic, the consequence to the grazier the ensuing winter will be very serious. Its being detected early in the season may be the means of enabling us to provide a substitute before winter sets in. I am, Mr. Editor, Your obliged servant, Gasberton, near Spalding, Lincolnshire. H. MORRIS. SIR,— Having had many inquiries made of me last year and this, as to the cause of the blight of the potato crops, my answer has been, that the cause is atmospheric, and continued observa- tion has confirmed me in this opinion. VVe see every returning season of Spring, trees and plants looking healthy and vigourous, if in the first expansion of the foliage the weather is warm and sunny, with fine ventilating winds to facilitate the evapo- ration of the aqueous portion of the sap propelled upwards by the vital energy of the roots and vascular system to the under side of the leaves, where transpiration of the superfluous aqueous vapour takes place after being exposed under the upper surface of the leaves to the influence of solar light and heat. If the soil becomes dry, the leaves droop under a hot sun, especially if accompanied by dry winds; on the contrary, if the soil is moist and warm, the growth is rapid. In this state of tilings, however, if the air becomes calm, and to our feelings close and oppressive, the leaves of many exotic and native plants, almost saturated with moisture, become diseased for want of the due discharge of the superfluous moisture from the sap by evaporation ; they first become spotted and discoloured in blotches, and each leaf becomes so injured in its structure that both the leaf and the tender ends of the shoots die. 1 have frequently noticed in the Spring, if we have fine sunny dry weather on the first expansion of the leaves of peach and nectarine trees, trained to walls, about the end of March, they appear of a healthy green colour, but should the weather become showery in April and May, with foggy or close misty mornings, the tender vessels of the leaves and young shoots are blasted, and the trees look unsightly, and are so much injured as not to recover their health till near Midsummer. For some years I supposed this miserable failure was caused by the leaves being scorched by hot intervals of sunshine, or blasted by lightning, for such were the common observations of prac- tical gardeners. But a course of experiments and continued observations in a forcing house I constructed for tiie culture of Persian melons, and which my late friend, Mr. Knight, ap- proved of and noticed in his communications to the London Horticultural Society, convinced me to the contrary. Here I had temperature, dryness, or moisture, ventilation or closeness, under perfect command, and the plants being trained to a wire trellis I was able to look under the semi- transparent leaves, and watch the progress of the plants. I observed, with a ground heat of about 85, and suitable warm- day atmosphere, that the plants grew with extraordinary vigour, as shown by the drops of upward sap round theuiarginsof the leaves, where nature had pro- vided, in young foliage, an outlet for the superfluous sap. Here I remarked about five o'clock in May mornings, on looking up- ward at the leaves, they appeared exactly like plant leaves of cabbages do if suddenly dipped in boiling water, or held close in front of a hot fire, namely, of a darker green and semi- transpa rent; and this continued till more ventilation from without had been admitted for an hour or two. This appearance I soon found was caused by an extravasation of sap into the paren- chyma of the leaves, and I afterwards, by experiments, found a cool atmosphere in the night in the interior of the house, and too warm a ground- heat was the cause of an injury the leaves suffered and they became blasted, unless they were shaded by mats from the rays of the sun in the middle of the day. I have for many years past succeeded, in fine warm summers, in bringing a hardy variety of melon to perfection in the open air; when a failure has taken place, in a wet July and August, I have always observed the ends of the most vigorous shoots have been blasted, and die like the potato. I have usually had the mowings of the garden grass, weeds, & c., placed at the back of the melon bed. But towards the end of June this year, in- dications of a change in the weather appearing, by the fall of the barometer, I ordered part of the fermenting grass and weeds to be removed, and no more added. The melon shoots went on growing to the very ends till about the time the potato tops began to fail; but now all the tender ends are blasted. A fact proving the cause of the failure of the potato leaves is owing to the too great vigour of the plant after the roasting of the soil in the month of June was followed by drenching rain, and that it has had similar effects on other plants. A relative of mine planted some horse beans late in the season, on a rich piece of land that happened to be very wet, and in the month of June they grew with such vigour as to exceed all in the neighbourhood in height, and actually sent out stoles or shoots from the base of the stalks; and just at the time the fatal blast seized the potato, the leaves of the beans all suddenly, in the course of 24 hours, were blasted, turned black, and withered, but the bean pods were uninjured, and well filled by the nutriment stored up in the stalks. The great and general blight of the potato leaves happened in this county between the 1st and the 10th of the present month, and I see in my weather journal a note of the very close oppressive state of the atmosphere, and I think the heat of the month of June the only warm weather we had in the summer of 1845 ; and again, the very unusual heat of June this year, succeeded, in both years, by a highly charged electrical atmosphere, and consequently thunderstorms, hap- pening at the period of the year when the surrounding sea of Great Britain and Ireland and the low margin coasts of Belgium, Holland, the Hans Towns, Western Prussia, & c., is at its maximum temperature, adding to our land vapours, these in- fluences, in my opinion will account for this lamentable visi- tation two years in succession. If I am right in my conjecture, and potatoes are cultivated in those parts of the interior of Germany, in any districts that may have escaped the continued unsettled weather, tve have experienced in July and August' I think my theory for accounting for the blight, may be con- sidered as tenable. But, on the contrary, if well authenticated facts of parts of the interior of Germany having had steady summer fine weather, and the potatoes are blighted. I must give up my theory. Before the return of rain within the last few days, I noticed in my garden, and in other places, after about four days of fair weather, with ventilation, that a few of my potato stalks had some small green leaves at the top of each stalk uninjured, and on careful inspection I found such, in the short period of a few day's dry weather, were actually breaking bud, and small leaves beginning to appear, and this more particularly in field culture, on the brows of hills, where the plants had some of the top leaves uninjured, but all at the bottoms of such sloping fields were as much injured as on low level lands. 1 do not intend to remove any of the withered stalks of my potatoes; some of them are still greeu, and firm in texture, and 1 doubt not in such instances some of the previously deposited nutriment will, like the bean stalk, swell the tubers in the ground. It is a curious fact, that my potatoes that are daily got up for the use of the family, have continued to improve in quality, and to become more mealy since the tops have failed. 1 shall bury none, but let them remain in the ground all the winter; for in March last the accidental potatoes left in the ground were much better than those stored in dry rooms. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN WILLIAMS. Pitmaston, August 20th, 1846. GREAT WESTERN.— On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at Reading Hospital by one of the coroners of the county of Bucks, on view of the body of Benjamin Edrell, late a porter in the employment of the Great Western Railway Com- pany. It appears that on Saturday night last, a switchman, named Gregory, was relieved by Wilcox and Vickers, the former of whom has been in the company's service above nine years, and has always borne a most unexceptionable character. It was the custom of the day duty man to set the points right for the up goods train ; this Gregory neglected to do ; but it has not transpired whether it was a point of duty or an arrange- ment between the men. However, on the goods train coming to the points, instead of running on the straight upline, it shot into the sliding, wheie the deceased and another porter were employed shifting a horse- box to the carriage platform, and had not got it quite clear of the curve when the train came up, the buffer- plate of the engine striking the horse- box, which, by the concussion, knocked the deceased down. He was immediately removed to the hospital, where it was ascertained that the ves- sels near the heart were seriously injured, and the unfortunate man died soon after. The jury, after considerable discussion, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." The two night switchmen who were on duty are suspended, by direction of the superintendent, until the decision of the board of diiectors is kuown, Emgertal ffarUamait* HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, AUGUST. 21. Their Lordships sat for a short time and forwarded a number of bills, but no business of general interest was transacted. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22. The House met at two o'clock, when Lord Lyndhurst. replied to the speech delivered by Lord G. Bentinck in the House of Commons on Friday night. His Lordship strenuously declared that the only ground for the insinuation made against him by the Noble Lord in the lower House, arose out of a simple message sent by him to that Noble Lord, with a view to heal the differences of the late Conservative party; and that, so far from any factious opposition to the Sugar Duties Bill having been proposed in that message, no allusion to the sugar question was even made on the occasion. A great many bills were forwarded and the House adjourned. MONDAY, AUGUST 24. Lord Lyndhurst read a letter which he had received from Sir R. Peel, confirmatory of the explanation which he made on Saturday, as to the purport of the message sent to Lord G. Bentinck, and expressed his regret at being forced into personal controversies of the kind. Some bills were then forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25. The Earl of Ripon wished to request their Lordships' indulgence for a few moments to a subject of some importance to himself, and which had been brought under the consideration of the House. He came to town fully prepared to enter into a detail of all the facts connected with the matter; but on refer ence to the statement of his Noble Friend the other night, he did not think it necessary to take that course, and he would have abstained from making any remarks if he could have done so, but he felt bound to say on his honour, as a . gentleman, and if it was the last word he had to utter on this side of the grave, he should deny in the most unqualified manner that there was the slightest foundation for the imputations that had been cast upon him. ( Cheers.) If the charges were true, with what feelings could he enter the parish church near which he resided, except with a sense of shame and degradation ! He rested his vindication upon his own character ( cheers); and if that was not sufficient, no explanation whatever would be satisfactory. ( Hear.) No notice whatever of the charge had been given to him, and he had therefore no opportunity of instructing any one instantaneously to deny the charge in the most indignant manner. When he read the charge he was as much astonished as if he had been accused of committing a murder. ( Hear.) It appeared that the charge proceeded from some unknown character, who was stated to be eminent in his profession. It was not stated whether he belonged to the law, the church, or the aimy. It was said the charge was a written one. He wished to ask where the paper was ? In whose hands was it ? Was it in the hands of the individual who used it ? He believed it was not. It was stated that the person who gave the informa- tion was closely connected with the vicarage of Nocton ; but what could such a person have known on the subject referred to ? He did not believe that any person connected with the two last incumbents would have endeavoured to injure his reputation with his parishioners. Then, he asked, who was it! ( Hear, hear.) He would not enter into detail, and would content himself with stating that, conscious of his own innocence, conscious of the injustice of the accusation, and of the want of any foundation for it from beginning to end, feeling that his character had been most unjustly aspersed, and that a great injury had been inflicted upon him, he would rather be the victim of that wrong— he would rather carry with him to the grave the sense and feeling of that injury, than be the anony- mous author of the calumny which had given rise to the accusation against him. ( Cheers.) The Marquis of Lansdowne then moved that the House should go into Committee on the bill for facilitating the em- ployment of the poor in Ireland; and a discussion ensued, in which Lord Monteagle recapitulated the misery of Ireland, and confessed his inability to see his way out of the present crisis. After some further debate, the bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to- day. Several other bills were also forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26. The Royal assent was given by commission to 51 bills, amongst which were the following The Spirit Licenses, & c. Duties Bill, the Income Tax Deduction Bill, the Ecclesiastical Patronage Bill, the Tithe Amendment Act Bill, the Naval and Military Departments Bill, the Patent Commission Bill, the Poor Removal Bill, the Baths and Washhouses Bill, the Burial Service ( No. 2) Bill, the Death by Accidents Com- pensation Bill, the Commons Inclosure Bill, the Public Works and Fisheries Bill, and the Lunatic Asylum and Pauper Lunatics Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up the amendments to the Small Debts Bill, and several other Bills. The Poor Employment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a third time and passed. The other bills on the table having been forwarded a stage, their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. After the presentation of petitions and the transaction of private business, the Constabulary Bill and several Irish bills were forwarded. RAILWAY COMMISSION BILL— On the motion that this Bill be committed, Colonel Sibthorp stated that unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer consented to postpone this measure, he would move that it be committed this day six months. Mr. Henley should not object to this Bill, provided it only vested in the new board the powers which at present belonged to the railway department of the Board of Trade, and left ' the other powers proposed to be conferred on the new board for further consideration next Session. Lord G. Somerset objected to the Bill as being deficient in providing means to carry into effect the authority given to the new board, and should therefore vote against proceeding with it at present. The Chancellor of the Exchequer considered that it would be more convenient to take the discussion on the provisions of the Bill in Committee than at the present stage of it. Mr. Borthwick considered this Bill as nothing more nor less than a bill to appoint a Secretary of State for the superintendence of public works, and was of opinion that the sooner it was passed the better. Mr. Estcourt gave the Bill his cordial support. After some further discussion the House divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Q Against it !!!."!!!!!!! 64 Majority ( 54 The House then went into Committee ; several verbal amend- ments were made in the clauses. The House then resumed. LORD G. BENTINCK AND LORD LYNDHURST Lord G. Bentinck, on the order of the day for the second reading of the Patent Commissions Bill, said he had no wish to throw any obstacle in the way of a measure to correct the irregular appoint- ment of a Chief Justice of Bombay, but he hoped the House would allow him to vindicate his character from the attacks which had been made upon him elsewhere. He thought it unnecessary to excuse himself for the explanation and retracta- tion he had felt it his duty to make a few days ago. If he had not made that explanation, he would have laid himself open to the charges which had been so lavishly heaped upon him. His retractation was founded on the Clergy List, and he thought he was entitled to place confidence in that publication, which had been prepared by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and had obtained the sanction of their names. It appeared to him, that notwithstanding the explanation which had been given else- where, great suspicion attached to such distribution of patronage, and at the least it must be considered as a friendly exchange of offices between two Cabinet Ministers. It was said that Air. D. Pollock was one of the candidates for the Chief Justiceship of Bombay, but he had good reason to believe that the appoint- ment was forced upon him by Lord Lyndhurst. The Noble Lord, after referring to the circumstances attending the appoint- ments, observed that although Mr. Perry might be as clever as he was reported to be by Lord Lyndhurst, he had a right to impugn the appointment, to a very high and responsible office, of a man who did not possess the confidence of the public. He complained of the manner in which Sir H. Roper had been superseded, on a merely conditional announcement of an in- tended resignation. The Noble Lord then referred to the manner in which the patent of Sir D. Pollock had been prepared, the necessity for cancelling it, and maintained that Mr. Secretary Gladstone had drawn up a new patent, deliberately reciting that which he knew qot to be true. He had before termed the whole affair in which four Ministers were concerned a nefarious job, and he repeated it. Lord Lyndhurst had made allusions to his ( Lord G. Ber. tinck's) former habits, but he was not ashamed of them, and it was still an object of just pride to him that he was a steward of the Jockey Club. He would say that amongst the gentlemen of the turf there were men of as high honour as any in the land. He would not bandy coarse ex- pressions with Lord Lyndhurst— he had too much respect for his great age, his high station, and his superior abilities ; and he felt the more restrained as from these circumstances that the Noble and Learned Lord could not call him to account elsewhere. He must say that the charge of low, of sordid, and selfish motives came with a peculiar bad grace from Lord Lyndhurst, who on the 10th of July had sent to him a respectable gentleman, a merchant of the city of London, inviting him to join a minority of the then Government who differed with the rest of the Cabinet on the subject of the Sugar Duties; and who, while they supported their colleagues, condemned their measures. Lord Lyndhurst even proposed that he ( Lord L.) should personally wait on one so selfish, base, and sordid as himself. He ( Lord G. Bentinck) had in strong language revolted from such an association, and that might have formed a ground for the unv/ arrantable attack that had been made i upon him. In answer to Colonel Wood, Lord G. Bentinck said that Lord Lyndhurst's messenger had stated that other Members of the Cabinet would join ; but that might be just as true as the Noble and Learned Lord's attack upon him. The Bill was then read a second time. Sir G. Grey asked Mr. Wakley to let his Medical Prac- titioners Bill stand over till next Session. His opinion was that the principle of the Bill was a good one ; but there was some difference of opinion as to its details. If the Bill was postponed, he would assist him as far as he could in perfecting it next Session. Mr. Wakley had no other course left him but to postpone the measure. At the same time he must add that the declara- tion of Sir G. Grey was very satisfactory. The rest of the evening was spent in discussing the Small Debts Bill in Committee. The House then adjourned. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22. MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES— Lord G, Bentinck gave notice, that, on the first Government order day, he would call the attention of the House to the present state of British interests in Mexico, consequent on the war between that country and the United States of America. Mr. Wakley presented several petitions from various places in favour of the Medical Registration Bill. THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS— Mr. Wakley presented a petition from the chairman of the Berkshire quarter sessions complaining of the administration of the Poor Law by the Commissioners at Somerset House, and praying their dismissal and impeachment for neglect and misconduct in office. RAILWAY COMMISSION BILL— The report was brought up, and the amendments agreed to. The Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. BUCKINGHAM PALACE— Sir F. Trench gave notice, that next Session he would move a resolution to the effect, that her Majesty having been put in Buckingham Palace to all sorts of " shifts and expedients" in consequence of the inadequate accommodation provided there for her— accommodation which no English gentleman would wish his family to put up with— that it was the duty of the Legislature, cost what it might, to provide a suitable residence for the Monarch of this country. Mr. B. Escott I beg to suggest to the Hon. and Gallant Member that a monosyllable in his notice is capable of rather an equivocal construction. ( Hear, hear, and laughter.) An Hon. Member.—" Shifts." ( Renewed laughter.) The House then adjourned. MONDAY, AUGUST 24. Private business occupied some time. The Railway Commissioners Bill wa3 read a third time and passed. MEXICO. On the motion for reading the other orders of the day, Lord G. Bentinck called the attention of the House to the present state of British interests in Mexico, consequent upon the war between that country and the United States of America. The Noble Lord after adverting to the present war between the United States and Mexico, said that this country had a most important interest at stake in the welfare of the affairs of Mexico, and he was of opinion that the result of the war would be the conquest of Mexico by the United States. In that case he believed that the debt due from Mexico to this country would meet the same fate as the debt due to England from the United States themselves. ( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord proceeded at some length to detail the events which had recently- transpired between Mexico and the United States, and dwelt on the importance of preserving the relations of this country with Mexico. There was nothing whatever in the relations between the two countries to justify the American Government in com- mencing an aggressive war against Mexico. A rage for aggran- dizement of territory was so great that volunteers without number issued from the southern ports of America. The great object of the American Government was to push its power to the Pacific. If such was the case, he would ask how long would it be, if her Majesty's Government did not interfere, before Mexico and other countries would be added to the flag of America? His object in bringing this subject before the House was to call the serious attention of her Majesty's Govern- ment to the circumstances of the case. He wished to ask what was the true state of the offer of the mediation which had been offered by the British Government to the United States in relation to Mexico and Texas ? Lord Palmerston said he was of opinion that his Noble Friend ( Lord G. Bentinck) had overrated the influence which the United States were likely to exercise in Mexico. It was quite correct, as had been stated by Sir R. Peel, that an offer of mediation had been made by her Majesty's Government, but that then the question of the Oregon territory had not been settled. The offer, therefore, only amounted to this, that if the United States were disposed to ask the mediation of this country- it would be immediately offered. The United States, however, in consequence of the then state of affairs, had not thought proper to give any answer. As, however, the Oregon question had' been settled and the treaty ratified, the British Government had thought proper to give instructions toj Mr. Pakenham to renew the offer of mediation on the part of this country between the United States and Mexico. That offer had now- been made, and in such a form as would require an answer from the Government of the United States. Mr. Disraeli was of opinion that the statement of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was not at all satisfac- tory. The American Government had taken up a position which enabled them to surround the provinces of Mexico, and that was a fact which in this, the almost last day of the session, rendered it necessary that the attention of the House and the Government should be called to this important subject. After some further discussion the subject dropped. SMALL DEHTS BILL.— The order of the day having been read for bringing up the report on the Small Debts Bill, Mr. Wakjpy expressed his regret that solicitors were to be excluded from sitting as judges in the courts to be appointed under this bill. He had heard nothing in the shape of argu- ment which showed that this was a proper course of proceeding, and he hoped the Right Hon. Baronet, the Home Secretary, would alter the opinion he had formed on the subject. It was a most unjust and cruel thing for the House to exclude solicitors from the office of judge in the Small Debts Courts. He could feel it his duty to renew the proposition which he made on a former occasion. After several new clauses had been added, Mr. VVakley proposed in clause 41, appointing judges of the Small Debts Courts, to insert after the wordSj " practising as barristers," the words, " or attornies at law." Sir G. G. Grey said, after the decision of the House the other day he could nor accede to the motion of the Hon. Member. Mr. Wakley withdrew his motion. The report was then agreed to. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.— The Speaker informed the House that the recognizances entered into by the sureties to prosecute the petition against the return of Mr. Benj. Bond Cabbell for St. Alban's, were found to be unexceptionable. The House shortly afterwards adjourned. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25. Mr. Hume said he had nine resolutions on the paper, asking the house to express some opinion on the conduct of the poor law commissioners, but as he understood from the Secretary of the Home Department that the government had the whole subject under consideration, he did not think it would answer the object he had in view if he was now to press his resolutions. He could not, however, help thinking that the evidence taken before the Andover Union committee clearly proved that the conduct and acts of the poor law commissioners were on many occasions illegal. Mr. Hume at the conclusion of his remarks, expressed a wish to move the first three resolutions of which he had given notice. Sir. G. Grey said he understood the Hon. Member to have given him an assurance that he would not move any of the resolutions to- day. He could again state that the government had the whole subject of the poor law commissioners under their consideration. Mr. Hume then withdrew all the resolutions of which he had given notice. Mr. Etwall gave notice that early next session he should call the attention of the house to the report of the committee on the Andover Union. DISTRESS IN IRELAND— On the motion that the orders of the day be read, Mr. D. Browne rose pursuant to notice, and called the attention of the house to the alarming distress which at present existed in the county of Mayo. The Hon. Member urged on the House and the Government to take the subject into imme- diate consideration, or many lives would be lost by famine. He then read a number ofstatements and communications which he had received, showing the dreadful failure of the potato crop in the county of Mayo, and expressing the most serious appre- hensions that a famine must shortly take place if prompt measures for providing the means of subsistence were not adopted. Sir D. Norreys contradicted the statement of the Hon.. Member who had just sat down, in respect to the distress which existed in the county of Mayo, and other districts in Ireland, in consequence of the failure of the potato crop. After some further conversation, Mr. Labouchere said, he thought some of the statements which had been made were tinged with exaggeration; but he fully admitted that the general accounts proved a most la- mentable failure in the potato crop in Ireland, and placed that country in a situation which required the most serious and anxious consideration of the Government. He was aware that Mayo was one of the most distressed counties in Ireland, but even there, in the present state of the provision market, he did not think there was any cause for alarm. ( Hear.) He trusted the gentry of Ireland would co- operate with the Government in providing food and employment for the people, if not, all their exertions would be ineffectual. ( Hear.) He had received a communication from Col. Jones, of the Board of Works in Ireland, stating that a full inquiry into the state of Mayo would immediately take place. With regard to the distribution of provisions throughout Ireland, he thought it better to leave it to the retail traders, care being taken that there should be no extravagant charges. Government would best perform its. duties by supplying the markets with food, and leaving it to be distributed in the usual course. The importance of the subject was so great that the House might rest satisfied that her Ma- jesty's Ministers would give it every possible attention in their power. He was happy to perceive the good spirit which acluated all classes in Ireland during the existence of the present calamity. The subject then dropped. SMALL DEBTS BILL— On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill being moved, A desultory conversation ensued, in which Mr. Warburton, Sir G. Grey, and other Members took part; after which the bill was read a third time and passed. BUCKINGHAM PALACE.— Mr. P. Borthwick, on behalf of Mr. Hume, moved for a copy of the report of the commission appointed to inquire into the salubrity of Buckingham Palace, to Lord Melbourne. The Hon. Member said Buckingham Palace, which cost upwards of 1,000,000/. of money, was a disgrace to the architecture of the country. Sir G. Grey said Mr. Hume had a copy of the report asked for. After a few words from Lord Morpeth, the motion was with- drawn. In answer to a question by Mr. P. Borthwick, Captain Pechell said the evidence taken before the Andover Union Committee was being arranged, and would be printed and placed in the hands of Hon. Members with as little delay as possible. The other business having been disposed of, the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26. Dr. Bowring moved for returns in a tabular form, for the last year in which they can be made up, of the gross revenues, under their different heads, of each of her Majesty's colonies, exhibiting the costs of collection, and any deductions made in their progress to the public treasury. Similar returns of the disbursements of each colony under their separate heads, showing the authority on which such disbursements are made. Returns showing which colonies have representative assemblies, and which not, and by whom the executive is nominated, and of what number of members it consists; and also whether, and in what cases, the members of the executive have seats or votes in the Legislature. Returns of the colonies which have adopted the resolutions of the House of Commons for the return of the colonial accounts. After a few words from Mr. B. Hawes, the returns were ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. Wakley rose, and called the attention of the House to the returns from the Haydock Lodge Lunatic Asylum, and to move for the appointment of a commission of inquiry. The Hon. Member said a petition had been presented some time since, setting forth great irregularities in the Haydock Lodge Lunatic Asyium; that the patients were subjected to the greatest hardships and privations; and in cases of death some- times buried ^ yithout any religious ceremony j the petitioner THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1846. therefore prayed for the House to institute an inquiry. The Hon. Member then, at considerable length* remarked on the various allegations of misconduct contained in the petition, and read a variety of correspondence which had taken place between the Justices and the Home Secretary on the subject. The grossest deceptions and frauds had been carried on in the Haydock Lodge Lunatic Asylum. The Lunatic Commissioners themselves had been greatly deceived. He ( Mr. Wakley) did not kno'w how long the Poor- Law Commissioners would remain in office ; they clung to their places with a remarkable tenacity, hanging on the skirts of the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary's coat, but the Right Hon. gentleman might depend upon it, if he did not shake them off they would pull him down ( hear.) The Hon. member concluded a speech which occupied nearly three hours ( during which time only from ten to twelve members were present) by moving that a commission be forthwith appointed to inquire into the truth of the allega- tions complained of the injustice and cruelty which pauper lunatics were subjected to in Haydock Lodge Asylum. At that period of the session a Committee of the House could not institute an inquiry, and therefore he trusted his motion for a Committee of Inquiry would not be opposed, for there never was a case which more imperatively called for investigation. Mr. Fielden seconded the motion for a Commission of Inquiry, He did not see how the government could oppose a full inves- tigation. SirG. Grey said he did not wish to conceal any of the facts of this case, but he regretted that a subject of such vast im- portance should have been brought forward at so great a length in a house scarcely consisting of a dozen members. It was only to be attributed to the forbearance of members, that the Hon. gentlemen was allowed to proceed with his statement. He ( Sir J. Grey) felt, confident that the Lunatic Commissioners would not refuse any evidence which had come before them, and as a full investigation had taken place he saw no reason for instituting any further inquiry, particularly as all the facts alluded to by the Hon. Member for Finsbury had already been considered and investigated. Under all the circumstances of the case, he felt it his duty to oppose the motion. After a few words from Mr. R. Yorke and Mr. P. Borthwick, Mr. Wakley said, he should be under the necessity of troubling the House again with this subject next session. The motion was then withdrawn. Several bills were brought down fron the Lords, with amendments, which were read and agreed to— Adjourned. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. Mr. Forster moved for a message to the Lords for a copy of the report on the Progress of the Building of the Houses of Parliament. The motion was agreed to, and a message was accordingly sent to the Lords. Mr. Warhurton obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of debtor and creditor. CORK LAWS Mr. B. Escott gave notice that he would move to- morroiv for a return of the amount of duties paid on wheat, barley, peas, and beans, since the passing of the Com Law Act, which account was to be made up to the date of the return. SMALL DEBTS BILL.— On the motion of the Attorney- General, the Lords' amendments to this biil was read and agreed to. PAWNBROKERS' BILL The Lords' amendments to this bill were agreed to. The House then adjourned. CITY POLICE. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, AUG. 27- The Earl of Ellenborough presented a petition from certain attorneys praying that attorneys might be appointed judges under the Small Debts Bill. The Lord Chancellor, while he had admitted the qualification of attorneys, thought it would not be right to allow attorneys to be judges in the courts. DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL — On the motion of the Earl of Clarendon, this bill was read a third time, subject to amendments proposed by Lord Monteagle, and agreed to. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL The Earl of Clarendon moved the third reading of this bill. He said this bill had originated out of the recommendation of three Railway Com- mittees, two of the House of Commons and one of their Lord- ships' House. It did not pretend to be a final and complete measure. The period of the session when it had been taken up prevented the Government from giving it the mature delibera- tion it deserved. He was anxious that it should yet be taken up, and a final substantial measure laid down, the principles of which should be explicit, and held sacred against encroachment ever after. There was no real opposition to this measure in the other House, and he hoped that it would meet with a similar reception from their Lordships. The Earl of Ellenborough regretted that this measure should have been brought under their Lordships' consideration in the absence of his Noble Friend, Earl Dalhousie, who, as all must admit, was the best acquainted with these matters, inasmuch as he was lately President of the Board of Trade, and the great portion of his time was exclusively given to railway matters. ( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He himself had great objections to public boards, from a Board of Poor- law Commissioners— (" Hear, hear," and laughter}— to a board for the administration of the a . airs of the empire. He believed that a more perfect measure than this might have been devised. The Commissioners to be appointed should be gentlemen whose time should be exclusively given to the carrying out of this measure; but it appeared by the bill that they must be members of other Government boards. On these grounds therefore, this measure had not his assent. It did not provide that the commissioners should be individually responsible, and was therefore highly objectionable. The Earl of Clarendon— You don't mean to divide against it ? The Earl of Ellenborough— Oh, no ; but I regret that it has been brought forward. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The Earl of iloden addressed the House on the subject of the distresses of the Irish peasantry; and after a few words from Lord Courtown, Lord Monteagle, the Duke of Grafton, and the Earl of Clarendon, their Lordships adjourned. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The Paris Moniteur of Sunday states that on the previous evening the King received the deputation of the Chamber of Peers with the Address in reply to his Majesty's Speech from the Throne, and to which the King returned the following gracious answer:— " I am much affected with the sentiments put forward in this address, and it is to me always a pleasure to repeat how much my own respond to them. Such striking manifestations as these enable me to support painful trials, and 1 find in your loyal concurrence, of which you afford me renewed assurance, a precious pledge of the preservation of what you so justly call the glorious conquests of modern civilisation, the faithful main- tenance of our institutions, and the guarantee of the rights of all. So long as it will please God to prolong my life it shall be consecrated, with your assistance, to this noble object, and to the perfect development of the happiness and prosperity of France." PORTUGAL. A conspiracy for the overthrow of the Ministry has been dis- covered, and happily frustrated. The 1st Regiment of Lancers, the 16th Foot, and part of the Municipal Guard were to have turned out, and proclaimed " the Cabral regime;" but the plot was discovered in time, and its execution prevented, owing to the prompt measures taken by Count Das Antas, the Military Governor of Lisbon. It is said the conspirators purposed to murder the Duke of Palmella, Sa da Bandeira, and other lead- ing men in power. These plots, we have no doubt, will turn out to have been fomented by the Count of Thomar, his brother, and their adherents and allies— among others, the notorious Brabo, ex- editor of the Guirigay, a journal which may be described as a virulent Spanish copy of our Satirist. The Portuguese Minister at Madrid should call for the expul- sion of the Count Thomar from the Spanish territory. If a Portuguese avails himself of the hospitality of the Spanish soil to plot against the constituted authorities of his country, the executive Government in Portugal have a right, by their repre- sentative, to require his removal. Letters from Madrid announce that Spanish troops still con- tinue to move in the direction of the Portuguese frontier, and that arms, artillery, and munitions of war continued to be forwarded in that direction. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 18th. The event of the day is the arrival of the Infant Don Francis, whose recep- tion by the Royal Family, with whom he has promenaded in public, has been of the most gracious kind. The Heraldo ardently sustains the claims of this Prince to the Queen's hand. The Infant Don Henry has been invited to return to Madrid. Narvaez had petitioned to be allowed to return, and Ministers bad taken his request into conideration. Mr. Bulwer still continued much indisposed. THE LATE MURDER IN LONDON.— On Saturday last, John Valentine Smith, cook, employed by Mr. Walter, the proprietor of the Guildhall Coffee Fiouse, was put upon his trial at the Central Criminal Court, for tlie murder of Susan Tolledy, the kitchen maid, by cutting her throat so severely as to cause instant death. We stated in our last that the dreadful offence was committed on Sa urday, the 15th instant, whilst the prisoner and the deceased were engaged in the kitchen, employed in their respective avocatious. For the defence the prisoner's counsel, Mr. Clarkson, after some general remarks on the case, said the deceased was a person of very irritable temper— she had frequently thrown water over the prisoner— bit him until he bled— and been guilty of other acts of violence towards the prisoner; and adverting to the fact that the deceased had a knife in her hand when she was found dead, he called on them to infer that she had attempted to use it against the prisoner, and provoked him to commit the offence with which he stood charged. In that case the prisoner's offence would amount to manslaughter only. The Jury, after retiring for an hour, returned into Court with a verdict of " Guilty of Murder," but they recom- mended the prisoner to mercy, in consideration of his previous good character for 17 years, and the possibility there was of provocation having been given, v. heu none hut the deceased and he were there. The Jud^ e sentenced the prisoner to death, and during the delivery of his address his lordship was almost choked with the effects of his feelings, and the tears were falling down copiously from his ciieeks. Almost all of the spectators appeared to be inllueuced by the same feelings, and in the same way. SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.— A fire of a most awful character, involving the destruction of property to an enormous amount, broke outabout 40 minutes past eight o'clock on Sunday night, on the farm premises occupied by Mr. Hill, a most respectable yeoman, and a very old inhabitant of Wennington, which is situate about a mile and a half from Purfleet. The fire was discovered by police- constable Hamilton. Five or six engines were quickly on the spot, but before the arrival of any of them, the fire had extended itself so fearfully that any attempt to do more than confine its ravages to the stack- yard and outbuildings of the homestead was at once seen to be hopeless. Before midnight the whole contents of t. he stack- yard, consisting of six wheat stacks, averaging of 50 quarters in each, a rye stack, a barley stack, and three hay stacks, two barns with a consider- able quantity of barley and 14 quarters of wheat, a cowhouse, two sheds, one waggon, three carts, a thrashing machine, and a stack of 300 hurdles, were entirely consumed ; the dwelling house, granary and stables, closely adjoining the same, being alone saved from the ravages of the devouring element, and that only by strenuous exertions. There appears to be no doubt that the fire has been the work of an incendiary, although as yet no positive suspicion rests on any party. The reflection of the fire was distinctly seen at a distance of 30 miles. The loss is altogether estimated at about 2,500/. Mr. Hill's stock is insured in the Phoenix Fire- office for 550/., which is, of course, but a fraction of his loss. The farm buildings are insured by the owner of the farm, Mrs. Hall Dare, widow of the late member for Lssex. All the stock was saved with the exception of a few geese. The police are actively engaged in investigating the origin of the fire. It is said suspicion rests on a young man who has not been seen since. GUILDHALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 24. A RAILWAY DEFAULTER— Several navigators applied to the Bench for their advice, under the following circum- stances:— One of the railway sub- contractors named Burgess, had been discharged by Mr. Oldham on Saturday night last, and had absconded taking with him 16/. 4s. 0d. received from Mr. Oldham for 28 men and boys who were working under Burgess. The men represented their case to Mr. Oldham and he liberally gave them 51. for immediate purposes, and offered them a continuance of work ; but at the same time said he could not interfere further, Burgess was the responsible party. The Magistrates could not take any steps to assist the poor men, but advised them to send after Burgess, the money being recoverable by the ordinary proceedings to recover wages. OBSTRUCTING THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY. — A charge was preferred against William Weston, one of the wag- goners in the employ of Haines and Co., which was laid at the instance of F. HoGper, Esq., for having driven a waggon and horses along St. Nicholas Street without having proper com- mand over his team. The charge was dismissed on defendant paying the costs - A complaint was also made by Dr. Hastings that a waggon belonging to Mr. Charles Smith, of Claines, laden with bricks, was being unloaded in St. George's Lane, in such a position as to prevent the Doctor's carriage from passing. Beside the trolley there was a great quantity of bricks stacked in the Lar. e. Dr. Hastings being on his way upon urgent professional business requested the man having the c. ire of the waggon to move on a few yards, which would have afforded ample space for him to pass, but he refused, and the Doctor'then went to the horses himself, when the man imme- diately placed some bricks against the wheels, and chained one of them ; he was likewise very abusive, saying that he would not move for the Queen to go by; and Dr. Hastings was detained in the lane for nearly half an hour. A witness was called to support the case, and said that the stack of bricks had been there for eight or nine days; moreover, the men were con- stantly annoying the neighbourhood. The Magistrates decided the case as proved, and fined Mr. Smith 10s. and 10s. costs. Mr. Smith ( who, throughout the whole case intimated his con- viction that the waggon was not standing in the lane contrary to the statute) said that he would carry the case to the Sessions, and he should allow a distress warrant to issue in the meantime. ASSAULT A charge was preferred against one William Hadley, for assaulting Mary Brooks, his sister- in- law, at her house in Quay Street. It seemed that Brooks's wife had been living apart from him for some time, and that on Saturday, the 15th instant, he followed his wife from the Corn Market to Brooks's house, and continuing his abuse, the present com- plainant interfered and received several blows upon her head. He was ordered to pay 21. 13s. Vtd., including costs. THE WHEELBARROW NUISANCE.— 1TWO young fellows who obtain a livelihood by hawking fruit, vegetables, & c., the along the streets for sale, were charged with obstructing thoroughfare with their " stock in trade." It appearing that the information had the word " fruit" substituted for " vegetable," the cases were dismissed. DISORDERLIES.— Peter Felton, for being drunk and dis- orderly in High- street on Saturday night, was fined 5s., and allowed fourteen days to pay it in— Harriet Mynor, an old offender, was brought up on a similar charge, but expressing her contrition, and her desire to go to work at hop- pulling, she was allowed to depart Ann Baylis, an old woman, also charged with drunkenness, was dischaged on a promise to amend her life. ALLEGED FELONIES.— James Coldrick was charged with stealing a pair of women's boots from a stall in the market - house kept by Mary Price, on Saturday night. The prosecutor unaccountably withdrew the charge, and the prisoner was dis- missed John Thrupp, who has frequently been^ before the magistrates, on charges of obtaining goods in his father's name, was again brought up to- day, charged with obtaining a quantity of gin and wine from Mr. Cripps, wine merchant, Broad- street, in the name of his father. Mr. Cripps, however, did not appear against the prisoner, and he was discharged. TUESDAY. Ann Mills, remanded on Saturday till to- day, was brought up at the suit of' George Beckett, charged with having stolen an umbrella, his property. The prosecutor having got the article restored, did not press the charge, and Mills was dis- missed; but she was subsequently charged with stealing two sheets from her lodgings at Birdport, and was sent down to gaol for six weeks' confinement in default of paying a fine of 5s. and 21. to the crown. THURSDAY. Bridget Mac and Mary Ann West, were remanded until Saturday, on a charge of entering the shop of John Weaver, shopkeeper, of Birdport, and stealing out of the till a quantity of copper, on the evening of Wednesday. FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. The materials for the present season are taffetas glace cuit, and pekin. Plaids in every variety. Bareges taffetas de fil, checked foulard, taffetas Chine in narrow stripes or satin waves ; gros dc Napies of mauve shoi with violet or dark green shot with a lighter shade. Very dark plain bareges are worn by young ladies, and instead of flounces very deep tucks edged with fringe and ptltrine very deep behind and on the shoulders, • crossing in front in the ceinture, and trimmed with folds edged with fringe. Morning dresses of lilac, green, or sky blue are made with flounces, headed by velvet of the same colour. Robes of brochees silk in wide stripes are with flounces en biais, the skirt closing in front so as to leave a space of three fingers between the stripes, on which is placed a gimp trimming ; the sleeves are long and tight, also en biais. Many dresses of pink, lilac, and even white are trimmed with flounces of black lace ; this toilette is completed by a large black lace shawl. Bonnets of crape lisse have been much in favour, of moderate size, rather close at the sides, and spread at the top; short at the ears, and with very full bavolet, and made not to require tying, the brides being of very wide crape or tulle, as hanging a veil. Crape and tulle bonnets of pink and white are ornamented by marron and dark green velvet, forming a striking contrast in material and colour^ Morning capotes of poulte de soie are trimmed with ribbon, vyithout nceuds, but have a very deep la « e forming voilette round'* the edge. Straw bonnets for morning wear are trimmed with velvet, to which may be added a few sprigs of mignonette, ivy, acorns, or chesnut flower. Capotes of pale green crape are ornamented with marabouts of the same colour. The tulle Payan is much used for dresses, its extreme light- ness giving so much effect to the double skirt; it is made in all colours, and in black is particularly suited for mourning. This tulle is also much approved for cannezous, with narrow ribbon of pink, blue, or lilac, introduced to show its transparency. Many little fancy articles are worn of filets de soie; handker- chiefs in pink, blue, or cerise, some shaded, others striped, are used for the throat or head ; little scarfs of the same description are also fashionable From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion. INDIAN CORN RECIPES. The following recipes for the use of Indian corn meal we have received, with others, from Mr. Eluhi Burritt, the American blacksmith, who recently visited this city. The writer calls his collection " An olive leaf from the housewives of America to the housewives of Great Britain and Ireland," or recipes for making various articles of food of Indian corn meal:"— Common Journey, or Johnny Cake.— Into one quart of meal, stir one pint of boiling water, with salt; spread it on a board an inch thick, and bake it before the fire, or otherwise on an iron over the fire. Superior Johnny Cake.*— Take one pint of cream, half a pint of meal, two eggs, two tablespootisful of wheat flour, half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, and salt to suit the taste. Bake in a hot oven. • Ths above receipt was furnished by the Rev. Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, brotherol' the " Martyr," with the remark, " Try it, and tell Lord Morpeth to do the same." An axcellent Johnny Cake.— Take one quart of milk, three eggs, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, one teacup of wheat flour, and Indian meal sufficient to make a batter of the consis- tency of pancakes. Bake quick, in pans previously buttered, and eat it warm with butter or milk. Indian Pound Cake.— Eight eggs; the weight of the eggs in sugar; the weight of six of them in meal; half a pound in meal, half a pound of butter, and one large nutmeg. Indian Cake.— One pint of sour milk, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, one tablespoonful of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, one egg, salt, and stiff enougli to pour. Batter Cakes— No. 1. Prepare a thick batter by wetting sifted meal with cold water, and then stirring it into that which is boiling. Salt, and when it is lukewarm, add yeast; when risen, bake in thin cakes over the fire.— No. 2.— Take some milk, correct its acidity with carbonate of soda, add salt and meal to make a thick batter, and cook as before.— No. 3.— Stir a quart of boiling water into the same quantity of meal, add a little salt and two eggs well beaten ; cook as before. Ginger Cake.— One quart of sour milk with carbonate of soda, one quart of meal, one pint of flour, one gill of molasses; add salt and ginger to your taste. A Corn Meal Cake.— For one pint of meal take one teacup of sweet milk, one cup of sour cream, half a cup of molasses or treacle, one egg well beaten, one teaspoonful carbonate of soda, halt a spoonlul of salt; cinnamon, nutmeg, or other spices may be used to suit the taste. Corn Dodgers.— Tocyie quart of meal pour boiling water till thoroughly wet; add two tablespoonsful ol flour; a teaspooiiful of salt; mix it well; spread it smooth in a spider or pan ; first heat and oil the pan well, then set it on the coals till you can run a knife under and turn it round, then set it up before the fire to roast. Hoe Cake.— Three tablespoonsful of sugar; three of cream ; three eggs; one teacup of butiermiik. Stir in the meal till it is a little thicker than butter, aud salt and spice to your liking. Corn Muffins.— Take one quart of buttermilk, three or four eggs well beaten, a small quantity of flour; mix them together, and then make it quite thick with corn meal; add a tablespoon- ful of meitea butter, and salt to suit the taste ; butter the pau in which it is baked. Corn and Flour Bread.— Prepare a thin batter by wetting sifted meal in cold water, and then stirring it into that which is boiling ; salt, and when it is lukewarm, add yeast, and as much flour as there is common meal; bake in deep dishes in an oven when risen. Yankee Brown £ r° ad.— To two quarts of corn meal, pour one quart of boiling water; stir yeast into two quarts of rye meal, and knead together with two quarts of lukewarm water. Add, if you choose, one gill of molasses or treacle. Corn Bread.— To one quart of sifted meal, add one teacup of cream, three eggs, one teaspooniul of carbonate of soda dissolved in water, buttermilk to make it quite soft; stir it well, and bake it in a bake- kettle or oven. Brown Breach Biscuit.— Two quarts of Indian meal; one pint and a half of rye meal; one teacup of flour, two spoonsful of yeast, aud a tablespoonful of molasses. Add a little carbonate of soda to the yeast, and let it rise over night. Hasty Pudding.— Put in three pints of water and a table- spoonful of salt, aud when it begins to boil, stir in meal until it is thick enough for the table. Add, if you choose, sour apple chopped. Cook twenty or thirty minutes. Eaten with milk, butter, or treacle. aocal mailman SmfUtgencr. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD, AND BIRMINGHAM, WOLVER- HAMPTON, AND DUDLEY.— The first meeting of the Directors of the Birmingham and Oxford, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, aud Dudley Railway Companies was held at their offices, Bennett's- hili, last week, when the officers of each Company were appointed. Lord Hatherton declined the reponsibility of the office of Chairman, but accepted that of Deputy- chairman of each board of Directors. Mr. P. H. Muntz was appointed Chairman of the Birmingham and Oxford, and Mr. William Matthews of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley.— It was resolved at these meetings that the works should be proceeded with with all possible expedition, and the necessary instructions were given to the engineers. It was also resolved to allow interest at four per cent, as soon as £ 5 should have been called for and paid on each of the shares, as permitted by the several Acts of Parliament. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.— The bill for this line of railway ( which passed the House of Commons some weeks since) has been rejected by the Lords. The project is opposed by the Great Western Railway Company, and their case was closed on Saturday. The Counsel for the promoters then replied to the opponents' case, when the committee, after deliberating for a considerable time, with closed doors, decided that the preamble of the bill had not been proved. The Cheltenham Gazette says that this decision of the Lord's Com- mittee has excited very great surprise, as it will be a disap- pointment to the inhabitants of the whole of the district through which the line is to pass, but more especially to Cheltenham. The cause of the defeat of the measure is attributed to the fact of the Great Western Railway Company having, at the eleventh hour, ( through their Chairmau, Mr. Russell,) pledged themselves to lay down the narrow gauge from Rugby to Oxford, and from Oxford, upon the Great Western Railway, to Reading, and thence to Basingstoke, so as to effect that narrow gauge communication between North and South which the Manchester and Southampton Railway was intended to afford. WORCESTER, TENBURY, AND LUDLOW.— A large meeting of the proprietors in this Company was held in London on Wednesday, under the powers of the Railway Dissolution Act. William Richardson, Esq., presided. The Chairman said that the present Company had an agreement with the Great Western Company, whereby that Company had agreed to amalgamate with them, and pay them £ 50,000 towards their expenses in making the line, and to place a considerable number of the shares at their disposal. But the Great Western had withdrawn their bill for making the Porthdyn- llaen line, and consequently the agreement between the two Companies would remain in abeyance. Under these circum- stances he would not recommend the shareholders to dissolve the Company, but to keep it alive, so that if the Great Wes- tern Company should at a future period determiuo to proceed, the Worcester Company could take advantage of the agree- ment which had been entered into between them. In consequence of a discovery which was made yesterday, that a fraud had been committed respecting the funds of the Company, the Directors were not willing to declare a dividend in the shape of return upon the deposit. Had not this occurred, they would have been enabled to have returned 20s. per share. They did not wish to allude further to this subject, as it might injure the steps which the directors felt it their duty to take. The directors would, therefore, recommend an adjournment for a week, that the funds should be retained, and that the Company should be kept alive. The following gentlemen were then appointed as scrutineers:— Mr. George Lawrence, Mr. Henry Holt, and Mr. Thomas Smith. The polling then commenced, in order to ascertain whether there was a sufficient number of shares in attend- ance to constitute a legal meeting. A committee of share- holders to aid the directors was then appointed, and the meeting was adjourned until next Wednesday, the number of shares present not being sufficient. For the. dissolution 498 Against it 1,780 BLOCKLEY. — The house of a poor man, named Eastbury, was broken into on Friday between the hours of ten and one in the day, by some heartless villains, who stole the sum of 31. 10s. from a box. The man and his wife had left the house locked up in the morning and gone to harvest work, and on returning at dinner- time found that the premises had been forcibly entered, and the above amount stolen. The money was what he had contrived to save out of his hard earn- ings ( at the expense of denying himself almost the common necessaries of life), for the purpose of paying his rent and sundry debts. Although the police have been on the alert no clue has yet been obtained which can lead to the re « > very of ( he n; ouey or the apprehension of the offenders, THE SALMON FISHERIES. In the Preston Guardian have appeared within the last few weeks, two very interesting and well written letters on the subject of the protection of the Salmon Fisheries of the country. The writer of these letters, in alluding to the Act passed for the Improvement of the Irish Fisheries, says:— fj " I find in looking to Ireland that a general measure has been passed for improving the salmon fisheries of that country, and carried out by the Commissioners of Fisheries in a manner satisfactory to all parties. These commissioners have visited all the fisheries of importance throughout the country to make inquiries, and to hear any complaints from parties aggrieved, and to explain the nature and policy of the Act. The excellent speech of Mr. Mulvany ( one of the commissioners) at a meeting held in the Court House, Coleraine, on the 23rd of January, is so much to the purpose, that I will here make a few extracts : — Mr. Mulvany said—" It was a feeling too prevalent in human nature, to be opposed to laws which bind, on principles which restrict; but this was created often by the spirit of par- tiality which pervaded those laws, and by the one- sided manner in which the restrictions were imposed. He and his colleague ( Mr. Barry) were, therefore, anxiously desirous of removing all misunderstandings, as far as this Aci is concerned ; and, with a view to the general benefit of the fisheries, they wished not to be confined by the mere limits of duty, in the efforts which they made to induce all parties to obey the law, by making them acquainted with its principles. « * « » The salmon fisheries were of public importance, and were to be regarded not in a private, but in a broad, commercial, point of view. In the preservation and protection of the breeding fish, not only the interests of every class of proprietors in each river are common, but those of the public are essentially concerned. The upper proprietors hold the spawning beds— the nurseries in which the fish are reared— and they have in their power, to a great extent, under any state of the law, the preservation or destruction of the species. If they get no share of the good fish during the open season, it is not to be expected that they will protect the breeding fish in the close season. « » « The natural result, in such cases, will invariably be found to be ( as can be shown in many instances) as follows:— The lowest proprietor catches every fish he can, and uses every exertion to prevent a fish going above him ; the upper proprietor allows the destruction of the breed- ing fish, and in a few years, if the practice be continued, the fish becomes less in size and quality, almost to the annihilation of the fishery." Mr. Mulvany then says :—" It is peculiarly the interest of the lower proprietors and coast fishers to join in the protection of the breeding fish, and to concede to the upper proprietor some interest in the fishery, for the purpose of getting his protection for them. Mr. Worthington, the proprietor of the Liffey fishery, allowed the fish to pass up in July, 1839, and in three years after he had the greatest run of fine healthy fish he had ever before seen ; and he attributed this improvement in the condition of the fish to the fact of the parent fish being in the finest state." SHERIFF'S COURT OF TRIALS, DUDLEY. AUG. 22, 1846. ( Before William Robinson, Esq., the Deputy Undersheriff,) FRIMSTONE V. BETTS. This was an action brought by Messrs. Frimstone, of the Leys, near Stourbridge, coal masters, against Belts, of Bromsgrove, coal dealer, for the the recovery of 1/. 10s., being the balance of an account for goods sold and delivered by plain, tiff's to defendant. Mr. Henry Corser, of Stourbridge, solicitor for plainiiffs, and Mr. Doogood, of Bromsgrove, solicitor, fgr defendant. The action was not proceeded in, it having been arranged between the parties for a verdict for plaintiff for the amount claimed and 40s. costs. BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT.— On Saturday the case of Davis, miller, of Broadway, in this county, came on before Mr. Commissioner Daniel!, on an adjourned examin- ation. The bankrupt was supported by Mr. Motleram, and opposed on behalf of the assignees by Mr. J. liawlings. At the former examination an adjournment was ordered, that the bankrupt might be furnished with an opportunity to furnish a better and more satisfactory account of his affairs. He had not kept the requisite books to enable liim to do so properly; aud the Commissioner said under the circum- stances Davis would be required from memory, or otherwise, to render " the best account in his power." On Saturday he underwent a strict examination by Mr. Rawlings, and as Mr. Motteram contended, had done all it was fairly possible to expect. Ultimately, however, the matter was adjourned until the 10th of September.— On Tuesday the case of Davis, maltster, of Stourport, came on. This also was a last examination. The bankrupt passed without opposition. Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson attended to conduct the business. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, August 29. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, 209 ; 3 per Cent. Red., 9 « j ; 3 per Cent. Con., 9( 1; New 3J per Cent., 98$; Cons, for Acet., 968 ! Lon^ Annuities, lOg ; India Stock, —; India Bonds, 28; £ 10UU Excheq. Bills, 20. PARLIAMENT, FRIDAY— HOUSE OF LORDS— The Royal Assent having been given by Commission to several bills, the Lord Chancellor read her Majesty's most gracious speech on the Prorogation of Parliament, which was declared to be prorogued until Wednesday, the 4th day of November next.— In the House of Commons Sir A. Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table, and summoned the Members to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Speech read on the Prorogation of Parliament; on their return the Speaker read her Majesty's most gracious speech, after which, the House immediately adjourned, and the Session closed. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY— A large arrival of foreign oats, the chief part of which were from Archangel, and this description is 6d. per qr. lower; but there was no disposition shown to yield on other sorts, although buyers took only sparingly at late rates. SMiTHFIELD, FRIDAY The supply of beasts was by- no means extensive. The numbers of Sheep small, Lambs a moderate business doing. Calves sold at a trifling advance. Pork dull. The following are the quotations :— Beef, 2s. 8d. to 3s. 4d.; Mutton, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 8d.; Lamb, 4s. 4d. to 5s. 4d.; Veal, 3s. ( id- to 4s. 8d.; Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Bush, Black man- street, Surrey, victualler. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Mercer, Albury, Surrey, dealer. 1 John Grant, Wellington- street, Woolwich, printer. William Smith, Tanner's- hill, New- town, Deptford, potato- dealer. Samuel Hawley, Ashton- under- Lyne, Lancashire, grocer. Patrick O'llanlou, Li » erpool, draper. John Wilkinson, Liverpool, fruiterer. Walter Longhurst, Old Brompton, carpenter. John Thomas l'enton, Llaneliy, Carmarthenshire, brickmaker. Richard Barber Line, Plymouth, carpenter. Christopher Davis, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, currier. Richard Maddock, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, builder. Maurice Jones, Liverpool, saddler. Hubert Gill, Black- banks, Darlington, Durham, brick- manufac- turer. James Gardiner and Fortunatus Robert Townsend Crisp, Welling- ton- street Nurth, Strand, printers. William Panne!!, Hi^ h- street, Poplar, grocer. Henry Browu, Ferdinand- terrace, llampstead- road, Middlesex, surgeon. George Wetenhall, Bank- chambers, Lothbury, stock- broker. Thomas Brooks, Great Percy- street, Lloyd- square, Pentonville, and Abchurch- lane, City, boaruing- housekeeper. Thomas Purkis Webb, Balsham, Cambridgeshire, coal merchant. John Burbridge aud Robert Burbridge, Upper Whitecross- street, grocers. Samuel Reading, Birmingham, button manufacturer. Enoch Williams anil Thomas Roberts, Birmingham, builders.- George Eustoue Philips, Birmingham, japauaer. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM. The annual meeting of the governors of Queeu's College was held on Wednesday in the theatre of that institution. Mr. G. F. Muntz, M. P., occupied the chair. The report read con- gratulated the governors upon the successful progress of the college, and particularly eulogized the unwearied exertions of Mr. Sands Cox, the Dean of Faculty, its founder. Tile ofBcers and council of last year were re- appointed, and a vote of thanks being passed to Mr. Muntz for his conduct in the chair, the meeting broke up. We extract from the report the following passages, which are locally interesting : — " An agreeable part of your council's report is to announce the name of the successful candidates for the Professors' Prizes:— " First Medal— Anatomy.— Mr. Charles William Izod, Fladbury, Worcestershire. " First Medal.— Materia Medica.— Mr. Samuel Hughes, Dudley. " First Medal Chemistry Mr. Horatio T. Whittell, Birmingham. " Second Medal.— Chemistry.— Mr. Richard Thomason, Birmingham. " First Medal.— Practice of Physic.— Mr. Alexander H. Patterson, Stourbridge. " First Medal Surgery Mr. Peter Hinckes Bird, London. " First Medal.— Midwifery Mr. George Bellairs Masten, Stafford. " First Medal.— Botany.— Mr. Samuel Hughes, Dudley. " First Medal Forensic Medicine.— Mr. Alexander H. Patterson, Stourbridge. " The Demonstrator's Prize— Mr. C. W. Izod and Mr. Edward Nason, Nuneaton. iEquales.— Mr. George Hodges, Ludlow, Honorary Certiticate. " Your council beg to place on record the names of the students who have availed themselves of the collegiate resid ence since the last annual meeting :— Mr. Matthew Strutr, WoWerley, Worcestershire, Warneford Scholar; Mr. E. M. Tearne, Stockton, Worcestershire, Warneford Scholar; Mr. J. V. Hughes, Nannerk Rectory, Flintshire, Warueford Scholar ; Mr. G. B. Masten, Stafford, Warneford Scholar- Mr. Arthur Grey Hesilrige Buckby, Tandragee, County Armagh, Warne- ford Scholar : Mr. Oglethorpe Barratt, Birmingham, Warne- ford Scholar; Mr. William Taylor, Appleby, Leicestershire ; Mr. Horatio Sillifant, London; Mr. C. W. Morris, Marston Sicca, Warwickshire; Mr. George Hodges, Ludlow, Shrop- shire; Mr. Samuel Partridge, Darlaston, Staffordshire; Air. John William Leacroft, Derby ; Mr. Edward B. Machin, Derby; Mr. J. Rogerson, Wigan, Lancashire; Mr. William Hollister, Newent, Gloucestershire. " The following students, entirely educated at your college, have during the past, year, obtained their diplomas at the Royal College of Surgeons-— Mr. Shirley Palmer, Birmingham; Mr. Edward Palmer, Birmingham; Mr. C. E. Joseph, Tipton, Staffordshire; Air. G. C. Sbarman, Birmingham; Mr. E. M. Tearne, Stockton, Worcestershire; Mr. John Hooper, Moreton- in- Marsh ; Mr. Edmund W. Day, Worcester; Mr. H. Sillifast, London; Mr. S. Chavasse, Lichfield; Mr. M. H. Clayton, Stratford ; Mr. G. Hawkesford, Birmiasjham ; Mr. G. Pasqum, Handsworth; Mr. Edward Nason, Nuneaton; Mr. Charles W. Izod, Fiadbury ; Mr. John Snelling, Luton, Northampton- shire. Also the following students the licence of the Apothe- caries' Company:— Mr. Edward Turner, Tamworth; Mr. G. J. Langsford, Biimingham ; Mr. Richard Wright Davies, Coles- hill." BANK ISSUES.— A return pursuant to the 7 and 8. Vic. cap. 32, appears in Tuesday's Gazette, from which we extract the following :— Bewdley Bank, at Bewdley— Nichols, Baker, and Crane £ 15,163 Birmingham Bank, at Birmingham — Attwood, Spooner, and Co 23,378 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, at Birming- ham— Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 16,599 Birmingham Bank, at Birmingham— Taylor and Lloyds 36,416 Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Bromsgrove Bank, at Bromsgrove— Rufford, Briggs, and Co. ... 16,185 Hereford City and County Bank, at Hereford- Matthews and Co 18,733 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archeufieid Bank, at Hereford— Morgan and Hoskins 26,186 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, at Abergavenny— Baileys and Co 30,087 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshife, at Ross— Pritchard and Allaway 4,152 Stourbridge Bank, at Stourbridge— Ruffbrd, Wragge, and Co 16,620 Stourbridge Old Bank, at Stourbridge— Bate aud Robins 17,958 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, at Warwick— Kelynge, Green way, and Co 26,357 Wolverhampton Bank, at Wolverhampton— Goodricke and Holyoake 10,536 Worcester Bank, at Worcester— Farley, Lavender, and Co 11,696 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, at Worcester— Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 86,547 Worcestershire Bank, at Kidderminster— Farley and Turner 11,572 Gloucestershire Banking Company, at Gloucester 146,012 National Provincial Bank of England, at Birmingham ( Head Office 112, Bishopsgate Street, London) ... 405,150 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, at Leamington 31,633 Worcester City and County Banking Company, at Worcester 5,814 STOUPORT PETTY SESSIONS.— On Tuesday last, before Arthur Skey, Esq., and the Rev. Thomas Baker, Francis Jones, of Stourport, fisherman, was charged with stealing onions, growing in a garden belonging to Mr. William Bishop, of Stourport. Constable Bennett produced a pair of shoes he had taken from the prisoner's feet, which he matched with the tracks in the complainant's garden, and they exactly corresponded. Jones acknowledged the offence, and was fined 5s. and costs.— William Jeffries, of Stourport, was summoned by Superintendent Bevan for being drunk on Suuday morning last; he was fined 5s. and costs.— Thomas Price and George Soutiiall, of Hartlebury, were summoned by Mr. John Lett for drunkenness; the evidence failed against Southall, and Price did not appear. THE SUMMER RIDE OR PROMENADE. THE PECULIAR VIRTUES OF C. & A. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA completely remove the difficulty experienced by Ladies in preserving their ringlets after excercise ; its use so invigorates the hair, that tresses, previously the straightest and most destitute of curl, rapidly acquire a vigor, which maintains in permanent ringlets the head- dress of the most persevering votary of the Bali- Room, the Ride, or the Promenade. After the Minerals and Vegetables of the Old World have been compounded in all imaginable ways in fruitless attempts to discover so important a desideratum, we are indebted to the Western Hemisphere for furnishing the basis of OLD- RIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, the efficacy of which in preserving, strengthening, and renewing the hair has become a matter of notoriety among all civilized nations. Its restorative virtues are indeed a proverb, and the most satisfactory attestations to its infallibility in reproducing hair upon persons otherwise hopelessly bald, may be examined at the office of the Proprietors, No. I, Wellington Street, Strand, London, where the Balm is sold; and by all respectable Perfumers and Medicine Venders. Price 3s. 6d., 6s., and 1 Is. per Bottle. No other prices are genuine. Ask for OLDRIDGE'S BALM, 1, Wellington Street Strand, London. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. AT a Half- yearly General Meeting of the Share- holders of this Company, held pursuant to Public Adver- tisement, at the Guildhall, in the City of Worcester, on Friday, the 28th day of August, 1846, FRANCIS RUFFORD, ESQ., IN THE CHAIR ; The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :— 1. That the Report now read be received and adopted, and printed for circulation among the Shareholders. 2. That Interest at the rate of £ 4 per Centem per Annum be paid on and after 10th September next on £ 2. 10s Od. from 4th August to 10th November last; and on £ 12. 10s. Od. from 10: h November to 30th June last, in respect of every Share on which the Deposit and first Call have been now received. 3. That the Directors be and they are hereby empowered to take all necessary steps for applying to Parliament in the next Session, either in their own names or jointly with any other Company or persons, for powers to construct Branch Railways connecting Halesowen and the important works in its Neigh- bourhood with Dudley and Stourbridge, and the Towns of Stourport and Bewdley, with the Main Line, and also to renew any applications to Parliament in the next Session for other Lines already sanctioned by this Company, with such exten- sions, deviatsons, or amendments thereof as may seem to the Directors expedient; also to enter into arrangements with the Landowners or others on the said intended Lines of Railway, and to agree with any person or persons who shall apply to Parliament for such Bills for the construction of, or for taking on Lease or use, such Railway or any part thereof, when made, either by guarantee or otherwise, and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon for such purposes. 4. That the thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Chair- man and Directors, for their continued successful exertions in behalf of the interests of the Company. HOTEL TO BE LET. TO BE LET, ( WITH IMMEDIATE 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 he 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. VALE OF EVESHAM AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. C. E. HANFORD, ESQ., PRESIDENT. THE next MEETING of this SOCIETY for the EXHIBITION of STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, & c., will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd of SEPTEMBER next. All Certificates, Notices, and Claims of every description must be sent to me on or before the 10th September. C. RANDELL, Hon. Sec. Chadbury, August 26, 1846. mHE SECOND EXHIBITION for the present X Year of the P E R S H O R E HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY will be held in the LARGE ROOM of the THREE TUNS HOTEL, on TUESDAY, the 22nd day of SEPTEM- BER, at Two o'Clock. EDWIN BALL, Hon, Sec. Penshore, 27th August, 1846. TO LONDON FROM SPETCHLEY AND BACK, VIA THE GREAT WESTERN, FOR FIFTEEN SHILLINGS! J. MARSDEM, 46, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER, RESPECTFULLY announces to the Public that he has made arrangements with Messsrs. Jones and Co., the Railway Trip Contractors, for A SPECIAL TRAIN TO LONDON, on MONDAY, the 31st INSTANT; and it being the first Special Train on the Broad Guage, every attention will be paid to parties who either on pleasure or business take the oppor- tunity thus afforded of visiting the Metropolis. The Train will leave the Spetchley Station at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock on Monday Morning, August 31st, and leave the Paddington Station, London, at Six o'Clock on Friday Evening, September 4th, travelling at Mail Speed. Tickets, First Class, ' 64s. 6d. ; Second Class, 24s.; Third Class, 15s., from Spetchley to London and back. Omnibuses will be provided to convey parties from the Worcester Office at Is. ( id. each. Descriptive Bills and Tickets may be had at MARSDEN'S PUBLIC LIBRARY and MUSIC WAREHOUSE, 46, HIGH STREET, Worcester. J. STRINGER, CHEMIST A AT D D- BU GG IS T, 13, SAINT SWITHIN STREET, ( Late principal Assistant to Messrs. Moore and Whitfield), IEGS to announce to his Friends and the Public, that he has commenced Business at the above address, and trusts that fourteen years' practical experience in dispen- sing Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Recipes, combined with strict personal attention to all favours entrusted to his care in each department of his trade, will secure their patronage and support. J. S. also begs to draw the attention of the Public to a NEW SAUCE invented by himself, and called STRINGER'S QUEEN'S OWN SAUCE, which he can confidently recommend as superior to any Sauce yet produced for flavour and economy. A trial is all that is desired. J. S. has also an EXTENSIVE STOCK of PICKLES and all other Condiments, of the REST DESCRIPTION, as he deals with none but the FIRST Houses in London in that department. 13, ST. SWITHIN STREET, WORCESTER, August 26th, 1846. NATURAL HISTORY ROOM. MR. HENRY PHILLIPS ILL give one of his celebrated MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS on FRIDAY EVENING, the 4th of SEPTEMBER. To commence at Eight, and terminate about Ten o'Clock. Admission, 2s. 6d.; Family Tickets, to admit Five, 10s. ; Back Seats, Is. Od.; to be had at Mr. Stratford's Library, Cross, and Music Saloon, High Street; and of Mrs. Deighton, High Street. GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE TO SHAREHOLDERS. rriHE ACTING COMMITTEE of the GREAT JL EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY have much satisfaction in taking the earliest opportunity of informing their Proprietors that, notwithstanding their failure in Standing Orders, they have succeeded in securing for them a Share in the NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, and HERE- FORD LINE, which has obtained the sanction of Parliament, and which embraces nearly two- thirds of the district included in the Great Eastern and Western project. The line from Pontypool to Abergavenny, and from Aberga- venny to Hereford, ( with a Branch to " itagland, and such extensions as may be deemed advisable to complete the con- nection between Hereford and Swansea) will now be constructed by the three Companies which disputed last year the possession of the mineral district of South Wales, and the united influence and capitals of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, the Great Eastern and Western, and the Welch Midland Companies will be immediately employed in completing ( in conjunction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford, and the leading Railways which have obtained their Acts of incorporation) a direct and unbroken Railway communication between the port of New- port and the Bristol Channel on the one side, and Birkenhead j and Liverpool on the other. j The interest reserved to the Great Eastern and Western i Company in the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Com- pany, is to the extent of one- third, or rather more than 9,000 shares in its capital. The shares in the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Company are shares of £ 25, with a deposit of £ 2. 10s. paid. The Directors of the Great Eastern and Western Company retain the opinion they have always expressed as to the highly remunerative cnaracter of the undertaking, which they believe to be second to none in importance. They therefore recommend their Proprietors to avail themselves at once of the option of taking the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford shares which have been secured to them. The Directors are negociating to secure some further advan- tages to their Shareholders, but they do not think it right to defer the present announcement until the negotiations shall have been completed. They have made arrangements for securing an interest in the Extension between Hereford and Swansea, to which it is evidently the interest of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, the Shrewsbury and Hereford, the London and Birmingham, and Midland Railway Companies to give their strongest co- operation. In addition to these measures, the Directors have already made great progress in adjusting the pecuniary affairs of the Company, though, as a consequence of the claims in dispute, the Directors have not hitherto been able finally to close their accounts; neither would it be prudent to do so, the claims still unliquidated being such, that the Directors, as they have pre- viously announced, confidently expect successfully to resist them, at any rate materially to reduce them, and, not impro- bably, according to a recent judicial decision, to obtain, in the form of damages, a return of money already paid. Notwithstanding the expenditure incident to a arge under- taking during a period of unexampled demand in several of the most expensive railway departments, added to a heavy Parlia- mentary contest with the most powerful parties, and notwith- standing the disturbed state of the money market, which prevented that due response to the letters of allotment, which, trom their careful investigation of applications, the Directors had a right confidently to anticipate, each proprietor in the Great Eastern and Western Company will be entitled to an immediate return of las. per share, with a further probable return of 5s. per share, and to 10s. per share of iNewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Stock, being at the rate of one Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford share, with 40s. paid, for four Great Eastern and Western shares. They have also a preference to one- third of any extension Stock that may be created by the amalgamated Companies, and as their interests are secured by an equal representation at the joint Board, the Committee conceive that a full equivalent for the 50s. per share now paid may be realised. The Directors take this opportunity of expressing their lppreciatiou of the confidence reposed in the Board during the eate crisis, and which it has been their earnest endeavour to justify by every exertion on their part for promoting the interest of their constituents. The Shareholders are invited to fill up, according to their intentions, and to return addressed to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, on or before the 29th instant, the accompanying letter and form annexed, also the Scrip Certifi- cates enclosed, with the name, designation, and address endorsed thereon. On delivery of the Scrip, a receipt for the same will be given or forwarded, and three days after the receipt of such Letter, Form, and Scrip Certificates, and due verification of the latter, Fifteen Shillings per Share will be paid on each such Scrip Certificate, at the Offices ot the Company, in London, between the hours of twelve o'clock at noon and three o'clock P. M. A Certificate ( Class No. I,) will also be delivered, declaring the holder entitled to a pro rata proportion of the balance of the funds; and to those Share- holders who exercise their option to take Newport, Aber- gavenny, and Hereford, or Extension Shares respectively, Certificates ( Class No. 2 and Class No. 3) will be delivered declaring the holders entitled to their pro rata proportion of Shares respectively. By order, J. HUGHES, 5, Gresham Street, London, SECRETARY J9tn August, 1646. To the Secretary of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, 5, Gresham Street, London. 1st. I being a holder of Shares in the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, the numbers and particulars whereof are set forth in the annexed form, beg to enclose you my Scrip Certificates for the same, and, upon pay- ment of the Sum of 15s. per Share, I authorise the cancellation thereof, and I accept such payment, together with such further sum per Share as the Committee may declare to be payable after final settlement of all claims upon the Company or Com- mittee, in full discharge of my interest in the undertaking. Signature 2nd. Further, that I accept such number of Newport, Aber- gavenny, and Hereford Railway Shares, with 40s. paid up, as the Committee of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company may declare to be my rateable proportion. Signature 3rd. Further, that I wish to reserve to myself any preference I may be entitled to, as a Shareholder in the Great Eastern and Western Company, in any Extension Stock that may be created by the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Company, or in connexion therewith. Signature FORM TO ACCOMPANY SCRIP. Name in full Designation Address in full No. of Shares Twenties, from to Tens, from ... to Fives, from to GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 5, GRESHAM STREET, BANK, AUGUST 22, 1346. f j ^ HE Shareholders are referred to the advertisement, _ L published by the Committee on the 15th inst., announcing that in consequence of the unavoidable absence of Mr. H. G. Ward, M. P., their Chairman, they were compelled to postpone the contemplated Meeting of the Shareholders under Lord Dalhousie's Act. The Directors regret that, notwithstanding this announce- ment, a Meeting is this day advertised by parties to whom the circumstances of the postponement were personally explained, and they take the earliest opportunity of again intimating that the Chairman being unable to attend any meeting before the middle or end of the next month, the Directors must also defer their attendance until that period. By Order, J. HUGHES, Secretary. MALVERN, WORCESTERSHIRE. IMPORTANT SALE of FREEHOLD LAND, well adapted for VILLAS, on sites of peculiar beauty, with CHALYBEATE SPRINGS, < 1< yc., at GREAT MA L VE R N, Worcestershire. MESSRS. HOBBS & SON AVE the honour to announce to the Public that they have received instructions from the Trustees for Sale of the late JAMES MASON, ESQ., deceased, and others, to OFFER for COMPETITION, in the month of OCTOBER, ( of which timely notice will be given,) at the BELLE VUE HOTEL, MALVERN, in suitable Lots which will be set out for the purposes of Building ;— All that VERY VALUABLE ESTATE, called the NETHER GRANGE OR ABBEY FARM, with SPA VILLA, and CHALYBEATE SPRINGS, SPLENDID SHEET OF WATER, containing about 180 ACRES OF FREEHOLD LAND, CHIEFLY TITHE- FREE AND LAND- TAX REDEEMED. This Property is much enhanced in value from the fact that it is THE ONLY FREEHOLD LAND near the much- admired VILLAGE OF MALVERN that can be obtained for Building, and that it abounds in PLEASANT AND PICTURESQUE SITES FOR VILLAS, and other Private Residences; a judicious scheme is being formed, which will be adhered to, whereby purchasers will be protected, and the character of Malvern, SO RICH IN NATURE'S CHARMS, will be preserved. It is the intention of the Vendors to set out and form, at their own expense, CONVENIENT AND SUITABLE ROADS, one of which entering through the MUCH- ADMIRED ABBEY GATEWAY, and running Southerly into the Ledbury and Malvern Turn- pike Road, will afford accommodation to the several purchasers. It may be considered presumptuous in attempting to describe THE LOFTY AND MAGNIFICENT RANGE OF THE MALVERN HILLS, rearing themselves in front of the fertile and richly- cultivated VALLEY OF THE SEVERN, and forming one of the chief attractions of the highly- favoured SHIRE OF WORCESTER. Their beauty is well known to all who have visited THE FAR- FAMED VILLAGE of that name, but as there may be some who have NOT BEEN SO " FORTUNATE, it may be well to observe that they are near 1,500 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA, extending about NINE MILES from North to South, accessible by winding Paths, and present- ing at every turn a SUCCESSION OF VARIED VIEWS, TO THE SUMMIT; from whence it may be truly said one of THE LOVELIEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE PROSPECTS opens to the sight, ENCHANTING THE IMAGINATION with the fertility on the East and South, and THE BOLDNESS OF THE SCENERY on the Western side. THE ABBEY FAR M lies on the slopes of these DELIGHTFUL HILLS, and, being higher than the surrounding Country, enjoys A VIEW OF UNLIMITED EXTENT, only surpassed by that above described. THE ABBEY CHURCH, that CHASTE AND CLASSIC RELIC OF ANTIQUITY, immediately adjoins, and presents a noble feature in contem- plating the eligibility of this Property. Messrs. Hobbs earnestly invite a close inspection of this Estate, as an opportunity like the present, either for Residence or Investment, in this MUCH- ADMIRED LOCALITY, will never occur again. A more detailed advertisement, with Plans and printed Paiti- culars, will shortly appear; and further information may be had of Messrs. Bedford and Pidcock, Solicitors, Worcester; Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Co., Solicitors, 8, Moorgate Street, Lon- don; Messrs. J. W. and G. Whateley, and Messrs. Barker and Griffiths, Solicitors, Birmingham; Mr. James Webb, Land Surveyor, and Messrs. Hobbs, both of Worcester. WARWICK. FOR POSITIVE SALE. Valuable absolute and contingent REVERSION to FREEHOLD and PERSONAL PROPERTY. MR. JOSEPH WARE WILL SELL BY AUCTION, At the Hen and Chickens Hotel, Birmingham, on Thursday, the 3rd September, at four o'clock, in one Lot, rwiHE VALUABLE REVERSION to the LIFE INTEREST of a Young Man, 27, at the death of his Father, 73, in a FREEHOLD ESTATE, distinguished as OLTEN HOUSE, at SOLIHULL, 7 miles from Birmingham; also TWO COTTAGES in the rear; ONE- THIRD SHARE in the like REVERSION to a FREEHOLD FARM at SMALL HEATH, 2 miles from Birmingham; and the absolute REVERSION to ONE- THIRD SHARE of TWO OLD BIRMINGHAM and THREE ELLESMERE CANAL SHARES, and in £ 900 in the THREE AND A QUARTER PER CENTS. Full particulars are ready, and may be had at the Warwick- shire Gazette Office; Leamington Courier Office; of Messrs. Richardson & Dignam, Solicitors, Walbrook; and at Mr. Ware's Offices, Kingsland Road, London. JOHN NEWMAN, DECEASED. HHHE Brothers of JOHN NEWMAN, late of the JL Parish of Saint Andrew, in the City of Worcester, Victualler, who died in or about the year 1790, if living, or in case of their decease the children of any or either of such Brothers are requested to make application to us where they wiH hear of something to their advantage. BEDFORD & PIDCOCK. Worcester, 24th August, 1846. | WHEREAS a Petition of RICHARD FIDDIAN, the younger, for the last 2 years and 11 months residing at Park Side, in the parish of Cradley, in the County of Worcester, Farmer and Hallier, and formerly of Lye Waste, near Stourbridge, in the parish of Oldswinford, in the said County, Fanner, Schoolmaster, and Coal Dealer, an Insolvent Debtor having been filed in the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from process having been given to the said RICHARD FIDDIAN under the provisions of the Statutes in that case made and provided, the said RICHARD FIDDIAN IS hereby required to appear in Court before EDWARD ROBERT DANIELL, ESQ. UIRE, the Com- missioner acting in the matter of the said petition on the 3rd day of September next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, at Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, for his first Examination touching his Debts, Estate and Effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Statutes, and the choice of the Creditors' Assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said RICHARD FIDDIAN or that have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. THOMAS BITTI. ESTON, Waterloo Street, Birmingham, the Official Assignee nominated in that behalf by the Com- missioner acting in the matter of the said Petition. THOMAS PALMER, Solicitor, Waterloo Street, Birmingham. BROMYARD RACES, WEDNESDAY', SEPTEMBER the soth, isio. WILLIAM VEVERS, ESQ., STEWARD. rT, HE BROXASH STAKE, of Three Sovs. each, JL with Twenty Sovs. added from the Fund, for Horses of all denominations. Three- years- old, to carry 8st.; four- years- old, 9st. 2! bs.; five- years- old, 9st. J2lbs.; six- years- old, lOst. 4lbs. ; aged, lOst. 71bs. Mares and Geldings allowed 31bs. Three- years- old that never won the value of £ 50 at one time allowed 31bs.; four- years- old, 61bs.; five, 91bs.; six and aged, 121bs., in addition to the allowance for Mares and Geldings. Heats, once round and the Length. THE HURDLE RACE, of Three Sovs. each, with Twenty Sovs. added. Three- years- old, to carry 9st. 7lbs.; four, lOst. 71bs.; five, list. ; six, list. 41bs.; and aged, list. Olbs. Mares and Geldings, allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for £ 100; if for £ 80, allowed 71bs.; if for £ 60, I4lbs.; for £ 40, 181bs.; for £ 30, 2libs. Heals, once round and the Length. Three leaps in each Heat. THE HACK STAKE, of Two Sovs. each, with Ten Sovs. added, for Horses that never won more than £ 50 at any one time. Three- years- old, 9st.; four. lOst. 21bs. ; five, lOst. lOlbs.; six and aged, list. A winner in the present year to carry 31bs.; twice, olbs.; three or more, 71bs. extra. The winner to be sold for £ 50 ; if entered to be sold for £ 40, to be allowed 41bs.; if for £ 30, 81bs.; and if for £ 20, 12ibs. Heats, once round and the Distance. The Steward and Committee to have the first claim of each Race. Three Horses, the property of different persons, to start for each Race, or the Public Money will not be added. Each Horse to pay 10s. Entrance, and each Winner One Sovereign to the Clerk of the Races. The Horses to be entered on Mon- day, the 28th day of September, for each Stake, at the Falcon Hotel, between Five and Seven o'Clock in the Evening; the Entrance to be in writing, sealed and delivered to the Clerk. The winners of the Broxash and Hurdle Race to pay Three Sovs. each; and the winner of the Hack Stake Two Sovs. to the Fund. No Horse to stand at the House of any Person who does not subscribe (> ne Sovereign to the Race Fund, nor to be plated by any Smith who does not subscribe Haifa Sovereign. Ail Stakes must be paid at the time of Entrance, or will not be entitled though a Winner. No Person to erect a Booth or Standing for the Sale of Exciseable Liquor who is not a Subscriber of One Sovereign, nor for the Sale of Ale, Porter, or Cider, who is not a Subscriber of Ten Shillings to the Race Fund ; and all those Persons must be duly Licensed. Places for Standings and Booths to be taken of the Clerk. All Shows, Standings, & c., to pay what may be deemed reasonable before erecting the same. The Horses to start precisely at Eleven o'clock in the Morning. BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE. For further particulars see Handbills. * E* The STEWARDS' ORDINARY at the FALCON HOTEL, immediately after the Races.— Ordinaries at th « other Inns as usual. • JOHN DEVEREUX, Falcon Hotel, Clerk of the Races. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,6,% 18 46. STOCKS.— At'io'ct. FR?. 1 SAT. ! MON. TUF. S.' WR 0. THURS Bank Stock 209 209 209 209 20 9 3 per Cent. Red Ann. 96J 96 96 !) i 9 6- 4 3 per Cent Cons 954 95} 9' I 95$ 95j 96 Cons, for Account.... 95$ 95J 95J 95 J 9C| 3{ perCent. 1818 .... 3 per Cent. Red —— New 3J per Cent 3 perCent. 1826 98 98J 98 98J 971 984 ' Bank Loni? Ann India Stock 15 16 16 16 104 10f - 260 258 I 260 India Bonds 24 l' 24 p Excheq. Bills 14 p I 13 l 13 P 13 P 13 p 15 l' AJl/' il 1 EfU- il FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1846. LAST WORDS OF Loan RUSSEI. ON THB SCAFFOLD. " I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon " this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing " to carry oti their designs; and I am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give their helping hand to it." The Queen held a Privy Council yesterday at Osborne House. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Hcrse. At the Council the Queen's speech on closing the sessions of Parliament was arranged and agreed upon. Tlius much we learn from this morning's Times. Par- liament, we suppose, was prorogued this afternoon, and we may expect a dissolution in the course of a month or six weeks; the constituencies of the kingdom must there- fore be on the alert, and prepared to carry into practice the principles laid down in our last week's leading article. We had intended to enter upon this subject more fully, but a press of matter of local interest renders it impossible. HER MAJESTV.— The Queen's cruise lasted until Saturday. On Thursday her majesty put into Weymouth for a few hours, and in the afternoon proceeded on to Torbay, where she remained some time viewing the splendid scenery amid which the towns of Torquay and Brixham stand, on the borders of the sea. The inhabitants of these towns and of the surrounding country testified, in the same man- ner as her Majesty had experienced all along the line of her progress, the national loyalty which distinguishes the inhabitants of these isles. Her Majesty after a short stay put out to sea again. On Friday, the lioyal Yacht, with the Black Eagle and Fairy, were off Devonport, and proceeded in the Fairy up the river Tamer to get a peep at port Eliot, the seat of ( he Earl of St. Germans, and returned by Trematon Castle, both of which objects attracted the atten- tion of her Majesty. The Royal parly were then conveyed past Saltasb, up the Tamer, by Pentillie Castle, to the ancient mansion of Cotele, where a large concourse of the tenantry of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and others were assembled to greet her Majesty. BIRTHDAY OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. — Wednesday, the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was celebrated with the usual demonstrations of loyalty. At an early hour in the morning merry peals were rung, and the Royal standard was displayed from the summit of Somerset House, public buildings, and churches. At one o'clock Royal salutes were fired from the Park and Tower guns; and in the evening dinners were given iu honour of the day by his Royal Highness's tradesmen, and their houses were brilliantly illuminated. Active preparations are being made at Powis Castle for the approaching marriage of Lady Charlotte Herbert, second daughter of the Earl of Powis, to Hugh Montgomery, Esq., of Grey Abbey, Ireland. It is understood that the marriage will be solemnized at St. George's Church, Hanover- square, early iu September. Great rejoicings are expected in Welshpool and other places where the Noble Earl's estates are situated. The Bishop of Worcester lias arrived at Hartlebury Castle, from Keswick, Cumberland, where his Lordship has been sojourning with his family. The Hon. Robert H. Clive, M. P., and Lady Harriet Clive will entertain a large party on the occasion of the toxopholite meeting at the Grange, next Thursday, when her Ladyship will give a grand ball to the nobilit gentry of the county. Mr. Bailey, M. P., our respected member, has left town for the season, and gone to join his family at Glanusk. The Bishop of Worcester has arrived at Hartlebury Castle, from Keswick, Cumberland, where his Lordship has been sojourning with his family. The Earl Howe is expected to arrive at Curzon House towards the close of this week, in order to receive her Majesty Queen Adelaide on her return from Germany. The Gazette contains the following commission by the Lord- Lieutenant of Staffordshire:— Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— E. J. Ridgway, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wilkinson, deceased. Aug. 22. We observe that the Bishop of Worcester is to take the chair at the Birmingham Townhall, on Monday, at the meeting of the Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge and for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. SERMONS.— On Sunday last, after two sermons at Stoke Prior Church, by the Rev. Harcourt Aldham, the vicar,' the sum of £ 8. 6s. lO^ d. was collected towards the expenses of the organ, choir, &<;.— On Sunday last two sermons were preached iu the parish church of Ombersley, by the Rev. W. E. Coldwell, M. A., rector of St. Mary's, Stafford. A selection of music was performed by the mem- bers of the choir and of the Worcester S. tcred Harmonic Society: the collections in aid of the schools amounted to about £ 40. A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock on Wed- nesday afternoon at the Foreign- office. The Ministers present were— Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis ef Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of tiie Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. Sir George Grey subsequently joined his colleagues. The council sat two hours and a half. THE CHARITV COMMISSION.— It appears from a return just made public, that the expenses which have been incurred by the Charity Commission in each year from the . commencement in 1818 to the final termination in 1838, amounted to £ 261,826. Is. 0| d. Mr. Hume wished to know the expense incurred in each year, which could not be given, as the accounts were made up to certain periods. " There arc 19 periods embraced in the return. HENRY PHILLIPS.— We hove the pleasure of announc- ing to our readers that this general favourite, and deservedly popular artist will give one of his delightful musical entertain- ments at the Natural History Society's Room, on Friday evening next. Particulars will be found advertised in our second page. HARMONIC SOCIETY.— We are glad to hear that the rfittobers of the Worcester Harmonic Society are again in active irainitjg for their next concert, when wiil be performed Mendels- sohn's watorio of St. Paul. From the excellent manner in which the music was performed at the first full rehearsal on Thursday evening se'nnight, we may safely predict that the concert • will be a successful one. We shall make some further allusion to it whe n the arrangements are completed. GLEE SOCIETY.— The Worcester Glee Society purpose holding their first meeting for the season on Tuesday next. REVISING BARRISTERS.— OXFORD CIRCUIT.— The fol- lowing appointments of Revising Barristers for ihe Oxford Circuit have been made by Lord Chief Justice Wilde and Mr. Justice Maule :— Berkshire— Mr. Whilmore; Oxfordshire— Mr. White; East Worcestershire— Mr. Chichester; West Worcestershire— Mr. Curwood ; North Staffordshire— Mr. Milman; South Staffordshiie— Mr. Bros; North Shropshire — Mr. Churchill; South Shropshire— Mr. Phillimore ; Hereford- shire— Mr. Corbett; Monmouthshire, Cheltenham, and Gloucester — Mr. Kynnersley. East Gloucestershire— Mr. Keating; West Gloucestershire— Mr. Tyrvvhitt. The Worcester Board of Guardians have appointed Mr. George Stephens collector of the poor rates for the parishes of St. Nicholas, St. Martin, and Tything of Whietones, in the room of his late father, Mr. William Stephens. There were six other candidates for the vacant office. RAILWAY TRIP TO LONDON.— In our advertising columns to- day will be seen the announcement ot a trip from this city to London aud back for the exceedingly small S'are of 15s., third- class. The trip extends from Monday wiorning next till Friday night, and no doubt hundreds will avail themselves of it. It is on the broad gauge from Gloucester to London. THE RECORDERSHIP OF BRISTOL.— We understand that Mr. Berkeley has written to Mr. Cockburn ( who is a candidate for the liecordership of Bristol), promising to use his influence on behalf of that gentle man with Government. Mr. Crowder is also spoken of; aud we have heard that Mr. Joseph Grace Smith is likewise an aspirant for the post. It is said that Mr. Romily may have it if he pleases, it is, we may say, in the gift of Sir George Grey, to whom Mr. Romily is related. It is valued at about £ 600 per annum. PROFANE SWEARING.— The gross moral offence of profane cursing and swearing in the streets and other public places, appears to be somewhat on the increase in many country districts. The magistrates would do good service in instructing the police and other constables to make a few examples of the reprobates, by causing them to be fined under the Act of 19 Geo. II. which imposes penal- ties from one to five shillings l'or each oath, according to the rank of the offender. SLAVE TRADE,-— By a Parliamentary document which was printed on Wednesday, ( procured by Mr. Hume), it appears that there were in the year 1845 ( the return being Riade up for the 1st of July, as an average for the force employed for the whole of the year) 56 ships, of 886 guns, and 9,289 I men, employed in the suppression of the slave trade ; of which 27 of the vessels, with 282 guns and 3,334 men. were employed on the west coast of Africa station. Ah hough the ships were furnished with slave- trade instructions, they were only employed in cruizing against slave vessels as the other duties of the station on which they were respectively employed would permit. By the second branch of the document it seems that the charge for the ships of war employed in the suppression of the slave trade in the course of last rear was £ 706,454, and the deaths of officers and men numbered 259, and others invalided to 271; making a total of deaths and invalids in one year, 530. The mortality in vessels On the west coast of Africa was 166, and the invalids 104; and the vessels not exclusively employed on the west coast of Africa, respectively 93 and 167. Thus it will be seen that ihe expense of vessels to suppress the slave trade in one year was £ 706,451, and ihe deaths and invalided officers arid men 530. OXFORD, WORCESTER, & WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. The second half- yearly meeting of the Proprietors in this Company has been held this afternoon in the Assembly- room of the Guildhall, in this city, the Chairman, F. Rufford, Esq., presiding. There were about 50 Proprietors present. The seal of the Proprietors having been affixed to the Register of Proprietors, The Chairman proceeded to address the meeting on the pro- ceedings which had been taken by the Company since their last meeting in February, and first he adverted to the proceedings which had been instituted in their behalf in Parliament during the present session. This explanation, as indeed the whole of the Chairman's speech, was a recapitulation of the Directors' report, which will be found below, and it is therefore quite unnecessary, to report it fully. The Chairman stated in the course of his speech that, out of between forty and fifty plans deposited with the Clerk of the Peace of this county, in Nov. last, only five had received the sanction of Parliament. Of these, only one affected the interests of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company to any extent, the opposition of the Directors to the adverse schcmes having met with the greatest success. This exception was the Halesowen branch, but by an arrangement which had been made between the different parties, a portion of the Stour Valley line ( between Dudley and Wolverhampton) and of the Trent Valley Railway having passed the Legislation. These two latter projects, how- ever, " did not materially affect the interests of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company. The Chairman then proceeded to take a view of the liabilities of the Company at the present moment as compared with their liabilities at the last half- yearly meeting, and then alluded to the present condition of the Company's works which he showed from the engineer's report were in a very satisfactory state. Complaints had been made that the Directors had been tardy in their proceedings, but the Shareholders could have no idea of the difficulty which they had experienced in obtaining possession of the land requiredon the line for which the most enormous and unreasonable prices were demanded. The Chairman read through the principal passages in the Directors' and engineer's report, commenting upon them as he proceeded, and spoke highly of the character of the contractors who had undertaken the works already let out. He congratulated tli Proprietors on the fact of the Gauge Commissioners having reported in their favour as regarded the construction of their line, and explained the reasons which had led to the abandon- ment for the present of the Worcester and Porthdynnlaen line. He spoke of the necessity of constructing branch lines to Halesowen, Stourport, and Bewdley, and said that that portion of the line between Stoke Prior and Abbotts Wood would be c3nstructed within a twelvemonth. In conclusion he announced that considerable arrears in the calls had been paid up. N. T. Smith, Esq., Secretary, then read the report of the Directors and engineer as follow :— DIRECTORS' REPORT. The following Report was then read :— " The Bill introduced | into Parliament for the formation of Branches to Stratford- on- Avon, there to join the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, and to the town of Whitney, also to obtain the requisite powers for the purchase of the Stratford and the Stourbridge Extension Canals, pursuant to agreements, and to the former resolutions of this Company, has received the Royal Assent; as have also the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Bills. " The Birmingham and Oxford Company having obtained their Act, the interest of this Company in the Stratford Canal will be transferred to them. " In consequence of the resolutions of Parliament, with reference to the gauge of railways, it was deemed advisable to withdraw, for the present Session, the Worcester and Porth- dynllaen Railway, as the effect of those resolutions would be to prevent that line being made on the broad gauge. " The Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Bill having been thrown out by the Select Committee of the House of Com- mons, the Great Western Company have arranged to refund to this Company the amount of their subscription, as the line originally projected to unite with this line has been abandoned. " The Directors have deemed it advisable, for the interests of the Company, to oppose various bills for railways projected in the district through which the line passes, and the result has been signally successful. The Severn Navigation Commissioners having applied to Parliament for additional capital to complete their works, the attention of the Directors was given to the guarantee of this Company under the Act of 1845, in order to prevent any increase of liability, and an arrangement was made with the Commissioness by which that object was satisfactorily effected. '• The following Report from Mr. Brunei will explain the progress of the works on the line : "' OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON "' RAILWAY. " ' 111, Duke Street, Westminster, " ' August 15th, lfilO. " ' Gentlemen,— Since the last half- yearly meeting, the severa' works which were then referred to as the most important, and as governing the period of completion of the whole line, have been let in a satisfactory manner, and are in progress. " ' In making the various arrangements necessary for sub- dividing the whole into different portions for contracts, and in proceeding with the Works generally, every endeavour has been made to ensure an early commencement and rapid progress of those portions which were likely to occupy the most time, and also to ensure an early completion of those parts which were most required for the convenience of the public and the ad- vantage of the Company; and I have great pleasure in stating that these objects have been attained, and that the present state of our Works is very satisfactory. " ' As regards the whole line, the three principal works, namely, the tunnel through the town of Dudley, the tunnel and other works near Worcester, and the Mickleton tunnel and adjoining works, have been let; and the works are advancing as rapidly as the possession of land will allow. " ' As regards portions of the line, I have to state that the whole distance from the junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway at Abbott's Wood, to the unction with the same railway at Stoke, is let to very responsible contractors, and the works will, I have every reason to believe, proceed rapidly. This portion of the line will form the main line for the north and south traffic through Worcester ; and while it will be remunerative to the Company, even before the Dudley and the Mickleton tunnels and the rest of the line could be completed, it will also be a very great accommodation to the inhabitants of Worcester, and to the public generally. " ' The whole of the rest of the line will very shortly be ready to let; hut that part between Dudley and Wolverhampton, although including no heavy works, requires a great deal of consideration and arrangement in all its details, in consequence of the complicated nature of the property. I have no doubt, however, that by the end of the year the contracts for the whole of the line will be let. "' The timber and rails for the permanent way, some of which will be required in the course of the spring, are iu course of preparation and delivery. " ' I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, « ' I. K. BliUNEL.' " ' The Directors of the " ' Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway.' " The Directors consider it a subject of congratulation that the Act regulating the future gauge of railways has not super- seded the power of this Company to construct their line on the broad gauge, satisfied as they are that the longer that system is tested t> y experience, the more its superiority will be developed. " The importance of connecting Halesowen and the exten- sive manufactories in that district, as well as the towns of Stourport and Bewdley, with the main line, has occupied the attention of the Directors, and they propose to take powers to apply to Parliament in the next Session for short branch lines to effect those objects, if deemed advisable. " In accordance with the terms of the original Prospectus, the Directors propose to allow interest at the rate of £ 4 per cent, per annum on the amount of the deposit and first call, which has been paid up, for which a resolution was submitted to the meeting." The report also contains a statement of the receipts and expenditure to the 30th June last, from which it appears that the receipts had amounted to £ 330,229.7s. 8d., and the expendi- ture to £ 213,511. 10s. 3d., leaving a balance of £ 116,717- 17s. 6d. in the debit of bankers and others and secured on investments, besides certain subscriptions which would be repaid. The Secretary having read the report, the Chairman proposed the first resolution, which was to the effect that the report now read be received and adopted, and printed for circulation among the Shareholders. This resolution was seconded by Lord Redesdale, who stated that before the passing of the Act of Parliament he was an opposer of the line, but now he was a supporter of it. The Noble Lord stated to the meeting the grounds on which he had formerly opposed the line, and after some further remarks, concluded his speech by stating that he had every confidence in the undertaking, and should give it his cordial support. W. Matthews, Esq., replied to the Noble Lord's remarks at some length. W. F. Barlow, Esq., a Director of the Great Western Railway Company, said he was glad to see the Noole Lord ( Redesdale j among them, and who had come there to give the meeting his support. A more valuable coadjutor than his Lordship they could not have in Parliament. He hoped at the next meeting of the Proprietors, they should have the pleasure of having him as one of the principal Proprietors. The Chairman then requested to be informed if there was any person who wished to ask the meeting any questions. A gentleman here stepped forward, and said he had appeared for an extensive Proprietor, and wished to ask a few questions as to the estimate of the cost; when the line would be opened; when another call would be made; and whether the interest would be continued to be paid until the line was open, & c. & c. ? These questions were severally answered by the Chairman to the satisfaction of the meeting. The next resolution having been put from the chair, was seconded by Mr. Muntz, M P. for Birmingham. The Chairman having vacated the chair, Lord Redesdale proposed that a vote of thanks be given to him for his able services in the chair, which was seconded and carried unani- mously. The meeting then separated. gportcnn> WORCESTER REGATTA. CASE OF DROWNING.— On Saturday evening last, Samuel Tyler, a boy aged about nine years, son of Mr. Tyler, grocer, Sidbury, was missed from his home, and some boys picking up a hat near to the King's Head lock of the canal, which proved to have been his, the alarm was given to his parents, when they commenced a search after him, and offered a liberal reward for his discovery. Meanwhile many reports were circulated, one of which was that a boy had seen young Tyler, near the canal, crying for the loss of his hat; aud another, that he had been seen near Tewkesbury. The uncle of the lost boy started to Tewkesbury, but there found that the tale was a fabrication. The canal was im- mediately dragged, and the search was continued on Sun- day and Monday, Dragging was resumed on Tuesday; the body however was not discovered till Wednesday morning, when it was picked up by John Jenkins, fisherman, in the upper lock at Diglis Basin, close to the lock house. An inquest was held at the Anchor Inn, Diglis, on the same day, when a verdict of " Found Drowned" was returned. GARDEN ROBBERY AT TGNBURY.— On Sunday morning, about half- past one o'clock, as Serjeant Hill, of the W. C. P., was going his rounds, lie saw coming over the wall, which separates the parsonage premises from the street, a young man named Baldwin, who enjoys an unenviable notoriety in this locality, having but recently returned from transpor- tation, besides having been convicted of numerous other petty offences. Suspecting all was not right, he at once took him into custody, and found on him a bag filled with apples,, which subsequently proved to have been taken from a tree in the orchard of Mr. Thomas Pheysey. On the next day, Baldwin was taken before the Rev. J. W. Joyce, and committed for the above offence to four months' hard labour. PERSHORE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— An advertise- ment in another column announces ( hat the exhibition of floral products iu connection with this association, will be held at the Three Tuns, Pershore, on the 22nd September next. Stewards: Capt. Powell, R. N., J. R. Cookes, Esq., William Dent, Esq. Umpire, E. L. Williams, Esq. Treasurer and Secretary, T. W. Walsh, Esq. Judge, Mr. Thomas Turner. The Worcester Regatta of 1846 came off" yesterday ( Thurs- day) and this day ( Friday) under the able superintendence of the above named gentlemen. Of course after having observed this aquatic meeting to have been attended by thousands of spectators, and among them a very large proportion of the communicative sex— we trust the ladies will not charge us with impertinence in the use of this adjective— all the world and his wife are by this time well acquainted with the fact enunciated in the above sentence; but, as we know our readers are very generally admirers of aquatic pastimes, we are called upon to relate to the absentees the par- ticulars of the several events, and to illustrate ( by pen and ink sketches) to those who were present the scenes which they have witnessed to- day and yesterday. Excited and wearied with the two days' sport we commence our allotted task with reluctance, and fear we should find it another Hercules' labour, but that the sport is one which we consider as interesting and commend- able beyond all others, and thus it is that— " The labour we delight in physics pain." It is not our intention to perpetrate in this place an essay on boating; we have on former occasions " had our say" on the merits of this pastime, and we shall therefore now proceed to our notice of the events of the two last days. In our last we gave a list of the entries, and essayed a pro- phecy as to the winners. How far our prognostication proved correct will be seen below. The several crews entered pursued their regular practice daily up to Wednesday. In the evening of that day the Committee met for the purpose of receiving from the captains of the several clubs a list of the members of each crew, and to settle the order of the racing, which could not well be done until the last moment. The starting points for the several races were also finally arranged as follows :— The Start to be near to the Canal, at Diglis, for the Four- oared and Eight- oared Races; for the pair- oars and Silver Sculls, opposite the Cathedral point; and for the Watermens' and Sudeley Purse, at the Grand Stand, to go through the Bridge, turn, and return to the usual Winning Post. For the Fishermen's Punt Race the course was from the Dog and Duck, Henwick, to the Grand Stand. The Committee also resolved " That the Umpire do Start the Boats punctually to the time appointed, and any Boat not present at the time appointed be considered as drawn ; and that if a Boat alone be started, it shall be deemed the Winner." FIRST DAY. Nothing could be more propitious than the weather this morning. Many anxious faces peered at early morning from windows and doors, to " take a sight" of the outward appear- ances, and the investigation appeared to satisfy all that the weather was most " promising." The city was early on the qui vive, and visitors from ihe country swarmed into the streets of old Vigornia, in carriages and on foot, in the course ot' the morning, " in numbers numberless." The scene on Pitchcroft Ham, Henwick Hill, and the banks of the river from the Cathedral Ferry to the Dog and Duck Inu, Henwick, was most enlivening. The spectators, aware, that strict punctuality in starting would be enforced, were early promenading upon the margin of the river, and comprised ali classes, amongst whom we noticed a very large number of ladies from the country, who appeared to take ihe deepest interest in the several events of the day, and who criticised the qualifications of the several crews with no mean acumen. Anxious enquiries were made on all sides as to the claims for and against this or that crew, and a whisper went abroad that the palm would in more than one instance be awarded to some of the " outsiders," as they are called on the turf, " to fortune and to fame unknown.'' While on terra Jirma the scene was cheerful and enlivening, the aspect of old Sabrina was not less so. Boats of every descrip- tion were to be seen gliding over the mimic waves, which appeared dancing with joy, and reflected the radiant sunbeams, making the river at times dazzling to look upon. In the midst of this busy strife was to be seen a solitary and sturdy disciple of Izaak Walton pursuing his darling avocation, apparently undisturbed by the hubbub around him, and pensively watching his floating cork as it glided slowly along the stream's surface. Truly " Nature lias made strange fellows in her time." The Grand Stand was appropriated by the liberality of the proprietors to ladies and members of the Regatta Committee, and the band of the Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry was stationed within the betting ring in front of the Stand, contributing not a little to the delectation of the assem- bled company between the heats. Very little time, however, was allowed to be wasted: the time for starting each race was printed on the cards, and the fixture was strictly adhered to. The hour fixed for the first race was two o'clock, and a quarter of an hour before that time the Oxford Worcestershire and Worcester Ariel crews rowed leisurely down from their boat house at the Dog and Duck Ferry to the starting point at the mouth of the Worcester and Birmingham canal for THE STEWARDS' CHALLENGE CUP, Value 30 Guineas. ( Silver.) Open to all the World. To be rowed for annually on the Severn, at Worcester, by such Amateur Crews, in Four- oared Boats, as may be duly entered, and be held by the Winners on the terms specified in the Rules. — Entrance, £ 1. Is. The Ariel Club. ( BLUE)— 1. Bow— Mr. Faulkner, 3— Mr. Connor, 2— Mr. T. M. Hopkins, Stroke- Mr. Foxton. Mr. E. Hopkins, Coxswain. The Oxford Worcestershire. ( PURPLE.)— 2. Boiv— Mr. J. Davison, 3— Mr. Oldham 2— Mr. Webster, Stroke— Mr. Walsh. Mr. Shipton, Coxswain. Ariel won the toss, and chose the western side of the river which gave them an advantage at first. Each crew went off' at a tremendous pace, as if with the object of" blowing" the other. However they kept well together for the first hundred yards, when Ariel gradually drew a- head, and at the cathedral was two boats' length in advance of the Oxford Worcestershire. Here the Oxford, with the view of preventing the Ariel from crossing into their water, made a desperate spurt, and gained on the Ariel; but this crew in turn lay down to. iiieir work, and passing through " the centre arch of the bridge got into the slack under the north quay, and now were about three boats' length in advance of their antagonists. Here, however, the Oxford Worcestershire boat met with a mishap which entirely destroyed what little chance they had left. Some clumsy boatman thrust his tub into the river athwart the bows of the Oxford, and the consequence was, that No. 3 striking his oar against it, broke his rowlock short off'. The Ariel, therefore, immediately eased, and paddled home, followed by the Oxford. The winners rowed in a mahogany outrigger, and the Oxford Worcestershire in their deal boat which was so successful last season. THE SUDELEY PURSE, For Pair- oared Boats, manned by Workmen or Mechanics resident in Worcestershire— Entrance 5s. W. Turley & C. Hayes, Worcester ( SCARLET & WHITE).— 1 11. Hayes, Coxswain. Glover and Maill, Tewkesbury ( BLUE).— 2. W. Bathurst, Coxswain. Turley and Hayes rowed in an outrigger pair, and the Tewkesbury men in an old- fashioned high gunwhaled wherry. This, of course, gave_ the Worcester an advantage, and made the race a hollow affair, Turley and Hayes winning as they pleased. The " men of Tewkesbury," however, rowed well: they will do better next year if they profit by their experience of yesterday. THE DISTRICT CUP, Value 15 Guineas. ( Silver.) To be rowed for on the Severn, at Worcester, by such Amateur Crews, in Four- oared Boats, as may be duly entered and qualified.— Entrance, 1/. Is. The Intrepid. ( PURPLE AND ORANGE.)—!. Bow— Mr. R. Presdee, 3— Mr. Horton, 2— Mr. Delaney, Stroke— Mr. R. Till, Mr. J. H. Walsh, Coxswain. The Ariel Club. ( BLUE.)— 1. Bow— Mr. E. L. Williams, jun. 3— Mr. Hooman, 2— Mr. Rowlands, Stroke—" Sir. T. M. Hopkins' Mr. E. Hopkins, Coxswain. The Ariel crew again rowed in their mahogany outrigger, the Intrepids pulling in their deal boat, which was victorious at Hampstall in the spring of this year. There was considerable disparity in the training of these two crews, for whereas the In- trepids had been in unremitting practice together ever since the Hampstall race in June, the Ariel crew never rowed together until they pulled this race. It was, however, a most beautiful race ; both crews were confident, and had their troops of friends to cheer them. The Intrepids won the toss for choice of water, and chose the Worcester side. There was a good start, and both boats kept together, the Ariels gradually creeping away from their antagonists, or rather, we should say, the Intrepids dropping behind to avail themselves of the benefit of station by keeping the western side of the river during the first portion of the distance. There were some most skilful steering " passages " on the part of the rival coxswains, each of whom was well up to his work. At the abrupt turn iu the river immediately below the bridge, the Intrepids had a narrow escape of a foul in the Ariel's water, and their coxswain observed the peril which his antagonist had drawn him into, only just in time to " save his mutton." The Ariel then tried to take the Infrepid's water, and made for the central arch of the bridge. The Intrepid's coxswain quickly detected the manoeuvre, and im- mediately put his helm about, making direct for the same point, and causing the Ariel again to alter her course. This lost the Ariel some ground, and the Intrepid men took care, of course, ] to keep their antagonist, as far as possible in the middle of the stream, while they gained upon them. The boats were now oar and oar, but the Ariels had done their best, and their anta- gonists having passed them they gave in, and the Intrepid, of course, came in the winner. A FISHERMAN'S PUNT RACE, For a Coat, Waistcoat, and Trowsers, the gift of Mr. R. Baker, of High- street, with a sum of money for the second and third boats, amused the spectators between the races for the District : md Severn Cup. There xvere eight boats entered, and the jostling and earnestness of the competitors excited the unre- strained merriment of the spectators. The first start was decided to be a false one, and the competitors accordingly had to punt again after the heat for the Severn Cup, but we° believe the result was the same. THE SEVERN CUP, Value 20 Guineas. ( Silver.) To be rowed for on the Severn, at Worcester, by such Amateur Crews, in Four- oared Boats, as may be duly entered and qualified Entrance, ifl Is. The Intrepid ( purple and orange) 1 The Oxford Worcestershire ( purple) 2 The crew of the Oxford Worcestershire boat was composed of the same gentlemen as those who rowed with the Ariel for the Stewards' Cup, and the Intrepid was manned precisely the same as for the District Cup. This was another capital race, but was decided, like all the other four, at the termination of the mile, thus giving the spectators assembled near to the goal not the slightest chance of seeing the racing. We would submit that this fact goes to prove the necessity of diminishing the distance to be rowed. The Intrepid won the toss, and this time chose the west side of the river. Both boats kept close company up to the Cathe- dral Ferry, where the Intrepids drew a- head, and some gallant rowing took place between this spot and the bridge. Oxford, however, seemed not to have trained sufficiently, and the Intre- pids improved their lead, and got two or three boats' length clear a- head. This dispirited the Oxford crew, and they flagged, but being cheered by their friends, who were very numerous, they again lay down to their work, and at the close, though their antagonists came in easy winners, the Oxford succeeded in lessening the distance between them by about a boat's length. The Intrepids ( who are very powerful men and have been most assiduously trained) were now of course in high glee, and spoke confidently of their anticipated success on the morrow. The second punt race closed the first day's proceedings at five o'clock, and the company separated, evidently much delighted with their " entertainment." It was found at the last regatta that very few attended the first day's ordinary, on account, of their next day's engagements, and it was therefore decided to hold only one ordinary, and 1 that at the Bell on the second day. ' SECOND DAY. Another glorious day shone forth and enlivened the events of this day ( Friday,) and the attendance of spectators was vastly larger than that of yesterday. This was to be anticipated, to- day's card affording no less than ten races, the chief of which of course was for the Grand Challenge Cup— by eight oared boats, which excited the most intense interest. The hour of starting to- day was earlier than yesterday, which fact not being generally made known caused some disappointment. The first race of the day was for a PAIR OF SILVER CUPS, For Pair- oared Boats, manned by Gentlemen Amateurs. Open to all the World— Entrance £ 1. Is. Messrs. Walsh and Oldham, Oxford Worcestershire, ( PURPLE.)— 1. Mr. A. Maiden, Coxswain. Messrs. Foxton and Faulkner, Cambridge Worcestershire, ( BLUE.)— 2. Mr. E. Hopkins, Coxswain. Messrs. Hooman and S. Chillingworth, Bewdley, ( BLUE AND WHITE.)— 0. Mr. Anncsley, Coxswain. At the hour stated in the cards ( one o'clock) the Oxford Wor- cestershire and Cambridge Worcestershire pairs moved down to the starting place, and some little law having been allowed, were started without the Bewdley boat, the crew of that boat having presumed that the races would commence at the same hour as yesterday. This was particularly unfortunate for the Bewdley pair, who were a very likely crew. The race between the two boats which started was soon settled. The Oxford boat soon got a- head and won easily, the Cambridge pair being very un- evenly weighted, and not having so good a boat as their com- petitors. PURSE FOR WATERMEN SCULLERS. Value, JT0. Entrance, 2s. 6d. One Sovereign to Second Boat- M. Cooke ( PURPLE AND ORANGE.)— 1. C. Cooke ( BLUE.)— 2. This was a hollow affair, C. Cooke being a pigmy to his brother. THE GRAND CHALLENGE CUP, Value 80 Guineas. ( Silver.) Open to all the World. To be rowed for on the Severn, at Worcester, by such Amateur Crews, in Eight- oared Boats, as may be duly entered, and be held by the Winners on the terms specified in the Rules.— Entrance, £ 3. 3. The Unity. ( PURPLE AND LIGHT BLUE.)— 1. Bow— Mr. J. Davison, 5— Mr. E. Meynell, 2— Mr. C. Allen, 6_ Mr. J. Webster, 3— Mr. H. Faulkner, 7— Mr. J. Oldham, 4— Mr. G. Foxton, Stroke— Mr. F. C. Walsh. Mr. J. x\ llen, Coxswain. The Intrepid. ( PURPLE AND ORANGE.)— 2. Bow— Air. Robert Till, 5— Mr. W. Presdee, 2— Mr. Horton, fj— Mr. Evans, 3— Mr. Harrison, 7— Mr. R. Presdee. 4— Mr. Delaney, Stroke— Mr. Richard Till. Mr. J. H. Walsh, Coxswain. This was " the event" of the regatta, and, as before stated, caused the most intense excitcment. The Intrepid won the toss for sides, and took the Worcester side. The Lrnity ( or Oxford Worcestershire) took the lead at starting, and kept it ( both boats going at a terrific pace) up to the bridge. There the Intrepid's bow was close upon the Unity's rudder, and in attempting to pass them, fouled them in their awn water, close under the bridge, amidst the acclamations of the spectators on the bridge and banks of the river. The Unity crew imme- diately threw up their oars and claimed the race, which, of course, was awarded to them by the umpire. The Intrepid crew did not seem satisfied, but the umpire, on being appealed to, at once decided that it was a clear case of fouling. Another of the punt races followed, after which came the contest for— A PAIR OF SILVER SCULLS. Mr. G. Foxton ( BLUE.)— 1 Mr. Raymond ( CRIMSON.)— 2 Mr. Raymond declared not to go, and Mr. Foxton accord- ingly rowed over the water, and took the sculls. The final heat for the Waterman's Purse was won by M. Cooke, beating W. Bathurst. FINAL HEAT FOR THE SEVERN CUP. The Ariel Club. ( BLUE)— 1 Bow— Mr. Faulkner, 3— Mr. Connor, 2— Mr. T. Hopkins, Stroke— Mr. G. Foxton. Mr. E. Hopkins, Coxswain. The Intrepid. ( PURPLE AND ORANGE.)— 2. Bow— Mr. Presdee, 3— Mr. Horton, 2— Mr. Dekney, Stroke— Mr. R. Till. Mr. J. H. Walsh, Coxswain. This was ( as was expected) decidedly the closest contested heat of the day, and was won very cleverly by the Ariel. We have not space to follow the race throughout, but we may state that at the bridge the Intrepid was at least a clear boat's length a- head of the Ariel. Soon, however, the Ariel began to creep up, and at the Stand the bow of the Ariel was even with the thwarts of the bow oar in the Intrepid. The Ariel continued to increase their advantage all the way to the winning- post, where they came in about a boat and a half in advance. FINAL HEAT FOR THE CUPS TOR THE GENTLEMEN PAIR- OARS. In consequence of the disappointment experienced by the Bawdley in being too late for the first heat, t} ie winners ( Ox- ford Worcestershire) expressed their willingness to row again with them for a final heat— a resolution which does the gentle- men of the Oxford Worcestershire Club the highest credit. The race however had not been decided when we went to press. The scratch match had not been decided at the hour when we commenced publication. It will be seen from the above report that we were correct in every prediction which we made last week, with the exception of the race for the Grand Challenge Cup, but which in fact may be said to be a drawn conclusion. The Farmers' stakes of 50 sovs. ( Handicap) given by the members for Ihe county. Forty sovs. to the winner, 10 sovs. to the second horse, and half the entrance to the third horse. For horses, Sec., bona fide the property of farmers or tradesmen resident in the county, on or before the first of June. Heats, about a mile and a half, starting from the road. Mr. Hankins' br. m. Teresa, 5 yrs, list 81b ( Hankins) 0 10 1 Mr. W. Turner's ch. g. Sands, 6 yrs, 12st d Mr. Turner's ch. tn. Charity 6 yrs, list 101b 0 0 12 Mr. J. Boslcy's ch. m. Miss Susan, 6 yrs, list ... 10 0 0 Mr. J. Hill's b. g. The Returned, aged, list 71b 0 0 0 0 Mr. H. Pulling's Eve, aged, list O 0 2 d Mr. Vevers* br. g. Viscount, 5 yrs, ] Ost 121b 0 d Mr. W. Davis' br. m. Mermaid, 6 yrs, lOsf. 2 2 d Teresa and Charity against the field. Miss Susan won the first heat in a canter. Teresa, pulling hard, won the second as she liked. Charity won the third by half a length, and Teresa came in an easy winner of the fourth. She was disqualified. THURSDAY. The City and County Gold Cap, value 60 sovs. ia specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, half forfeit, and only 5 sovs. if declared, & c. About three miles. Mr. W. Copeland's br. c. Arthur, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ( Denman) 1 Mr. J. Day nas Regalia, 3 yrs, 5st 51b 2 Mr. E. Griffiths's ch. g. Foxwhelp, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ......... 3 Betting 2 to 1 on Arthur, 3 to 1 agst Regalia. A splendid fast run race, won on the post by a head, Foxwhelp beaten for second place by a head. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each ; 1 sov. forfeit, with 30 sovs. added, the forfeits to be paid to the secoud horse. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Wall's b. m. Zela, 5 yrs, 8st ( Bradley, jun.) 3 1 1 Mr. Powell nas. ch. m. Miss Susan, 6 yrs", 7st 4lb ... 1 2 2 Mr. Pearce's b. h. Foxberry, aged, 8st 71b 2 d 0 1st heat Miss Susan won in a canter, 2nd and 3rd heats won easily. The selling Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. cach, with 25 sovs. added. The winner to be sold if demanded. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. T. Oliver's br. m. Teresa, 5 yrs, lOst lib ( Owner) 10 1 Mr. Waller's ch. g. by Coronation, 3 yrs, 7st 131b... 0 2 2 Mr. W. H. Turner's ch. m. Charity, 6 yrs, lOst 61b 0 13 Mr. Holman's br. g. Chevy Chase, 4 yrs, 9st 101b ... 2 3 d Mr. Pearce's b. h. Fozberry, aged, list 31b 0 0 0 First heat, Teresa took the lead, maintained it, and won cleverly. Second heat, won easily, Teresa waiting. Third heat, won easily. A Hurdle Race Match for 1000 Guineas. Two Miles, four hurdles ; 10s. 101b. each. Captain J. P. Williams's Limerick ( Scott) 1 Captain Neville's The Miser's Son ( Oliver) 2 2 to 1 on Miser's Son to a considerable amount. Limerick went away with the lead, Scott rousing him up every few strides, and passed the winning post half a neck in front of his favourite rival. The Hurdle Race. ( Handicap) of5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added from the fund. Heats, about one mile and a half, with four leaps in each heat. Mr. Marshall's r. m. Gipsy Queen, 6 yrs, list ( Oliver) 3 11 Mr. Davenport's b. g. Thurgerton, 5 yrs, list 71b ... 1 2 2 VIr. Vevers's b. m. Very- bad, 6 yrs, list 4lb 2 4 d Mr. Jones nas. b. m. Sparta, 6 yrs, 10st 61b 4 3d First heat won easily. Second heat won easily. Third heat won cleverlv. Mr. W. E. Stone was clerk of the course. BROMSGROVE AND KIDDERMINSTER.— A match between these clubs was played on Friday last. The Bromsgrove were the victors, aa will be seen from the following score:— KIDDERMINSTER. The following is a correct description of tfee^ several prizes won and lost on this occasion :— THE SEVERN CUP— This is, in our opinion, the handsomest prize of the lot. It is a splendid classically shaped claret jug in silver, and was manufactured by Mr. j. M. Skarratt, of Broad Street, in this city : the drawing is most correct, and the design unique. The vase is frosted silver, representing the foam of waters, the body of the cup being richly chased with a view of Worcester Bridge, the Cathedral, river, & c. On the opposite side are Lotus flowers surrounding the inscription, " Severn Cup, 184( 5." A beautifully executed vine stem forms the handle, with a cluster of grapes rising to the top. This cup has evidently been designed for the occasion, and reflects much credit on the manufacturer. THE DISTRICT CUP— This prize consisted of a vase ( with cover) ornament, with grapes and vine handles. One side represents two four- oared boats passing the winning flag, and the other contains the inscription, " Worcester Regatta, District Cup." The cup stands on a finely chased pedestal, and the lid is also chased in a similar manner. This cup was manufac- tured at the establishment of Messrs. Mason, of St. Swithin Street, in this city, and does credit to their execution. THE GENTLEMEN'S PAIR- OAR PRIZE— Last year the prize for gentlemen pair- oars consisted of two gold medals, but on the present occasion the prize was a pair of massive silver cups, richly gilt in the inside, and appropriately chased up, in bas- relief, on bright silver. Two pair- oared boats are engraved on the cups, the sides of which are in frosted silver, as are also the banks and. brushwood, forming a very pleasing and picturesque contrast to the vivid brightness of the foreground. The remainder is enlivened by shells of a variety of forms, chased up in frosted silver, and enclosing a space left for the engraving of the names of the successful competitors. The design and execution were entrusted to Mr. Manning, of the Cross, in this city. THE SILVER SCULLS are of solid silver, and present perfect model, handsomely mounted, iu a morocco case lined with velvet and satin. The prize is of a larger and handsomer description than that of last year, and is also of Mr. Manning's manufacture. THE CHINA CUPS for the Scratch Match ( which was got up by private subscriptions of the Oxford Worcestershire, Cam- bridge, and Ariel Clubs), were made by Messrs. Grainger, of the Cross. They bore a rich blue ground, handsomely gilt, with a view of Worcester in the centre, and each cup will bear the name of the winner in gold letters. THE MEDALS— A number of medals are struck for pre- sentation to each member of the several boats' crews winning. These are of appropriate design, bearing the usual inscription, and were manufactured by Mr. Skarratt. The GRAND CHALLENGE and the STEWARDS'CHALLENGE CUPS were described by us last year. The former is a massive chalice, bearing views of the river and city of Worcester, and was of the manufacture of Mr. Manning, of the Cross. The latter was got up at Mr- Skarratt's establishment, and also has a view of Worcester Bridge, the river, and city, and both have covers, bearing on the summit a waterman with a pair of oars across his shoulders. STOURBRIDGE RACES, MONDAY. J. II. H. Foley, Esq., Steward ; Mr. White, Judge ; Mr. Ford, V. S. Clerk of the Course. These events came off on Monday and Tuesday last. No gambling booths were allowed, but a multitude of out- door amusements were at hand for the pleasure seekers. The running was of a very superior description, and honourable mention should be made of the Clerk of the Course for the spirited manner in which he assisted other gentlemen in providing the sport, and in keeping the ground clear from accidents. We subjoin a return of the running. The Prestwood Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, miles. Mr. Davenport's b. f. Florine, 4 yrs. old, 8st. 91b. ( Denman) 3 11 Mr. Stubbs's ch. f. Hyacinth, 3 yrs., 7st. lib 1 2 2 Mr. Parr's b. c. Felix, 3 yrs., 7st. 41b 2 3 dr, Mr. W'hitehouse's b. f. Charlotte was drawn. First heat won easy; second heat, won by a length; third heat won easy. The Stourbridge Stakes of 35 sovs., given by the Town of Stourbridge, added to a Handicap of 7 Sovereigns each. Mile and a quarter. Mr. John Batson nas. ch. g. Dulcet, 4 yr3., 7st. 91b. ( Whitehouse) Lord Stamford nas. The Rhine, 6 yrs., 7st Mr. W. Fryer nas. Sweetbriar, 3 yrs., 5st. 61b Mr. James Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 5 yrs,, 7st. 41b Mr. J. Knight's Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs old, 7st Mr Benjamin Brooks nas. Buttress, 3 yrs., 6st. 91b Nine acceptors paid 4 sovs. each, and nineteen declared forfeit, paying 2 sovs. each. Betting.— 2 to 1 agst. Dulcet; 2 to 1 agst Lady Sarah ; and 4 to 1 agst. any other. The race was one of the best contested ever run on this course, the positions varying at every few strides— Dulcet, Sweetbriar, and The Rhine being in the front rank. Dulcet won cleverly by half a neck. The Stand Purse of 25 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. One mile heats. Sir C. Cockerell's Amazon, b. f. 3 yrs., h. b.. 6st. 1 lib. ( Sliarpe) 1 1 Mr. Raworth's b. c. Engineer, 3 yrs., 7st. " lb 4 2 Mr. Davis's Kitty Wee, h. b., 4 yrs, 8 st. 4lb 2 3 Mr. Green's ch. f. by Dick, 3 yrs., 6st. 111b 3 dr Betting. Engineer the favourite First heat won by half a neck; second, won by half a neck. The East Worcestershire Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added. Heats. Mile and a half. Mr. Barton's b. f. Reliance, (£ 40), 4 yrs., 7st. 4! b. ( H. Bradley, jun.) 4 11 Mr. Whitehouse's b. f. Charlotte (£ 40) 3 yrs., 6st. 31b. .. 12 2 Mr. Jones's ch. g. Sailor ;£ 10), aged, 8st. 31b 3 3 dr Mr. Baker's b. g. Red Skin, 5 yrs., h. b., 9st. 41b 2 dr Mr. Davenport's b. f. Florine was drawn. First heat won easy ; second beat won by a length : third heat won as easy as the first. TUESDAY. The Ladies, Purse of 30 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Two- mile heats. Mr. Raworth's b. c. Engineer, 3 yrs., 7st. 4lb. ( Bradley, jun.) 12 1 Mr. Jones's ch. g. Sailor, aged, 9st. 61b 2 1 2 Mr. Price's c. m. Giideaway, 5 yrs., 8st 131b 3 d Engineer the favourite, and backed against the field ; first heat, after a first- rate race Engineer won by a length ; second heat, won en the post by a head ; third heat, Engineer came in an easy winner. The Gold Cup Stakes ( handicap) of 10 sovs. each half forfeit. The second horse to save his stake. Two miles. Lord Stamford nas. Princess lloyal, 4 yrs., 7st. 121b. ( VV. Fiintoff) 1 Mr. F. T. Rufford nas. Buttress, 3 yrs., 6st. 121b 2 Mystery and Emmeline were drawn. Six having declared forfeit pay 3 sovs. each. Won with great judgment and skill by half a length. The New Stakes did not fill. The Himley Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added, free for all horses which have been entered for any Plate or Stakes at this meeting. Heats, mile and a quarter. Mr. Fiintoff's Princess lloyal, 4 yrs., 8st. 51b... ( W. Flintoff) Mr. C. Cockrell's b. f. Amazon, 3 yrs., Cst. 101b | Mr. Baker's b. g. Red Skin, 5 yrs. 8st Mr. Bobbins' Sweetbriar, 3 yrs., 6st. 4lb First heat won cleverly by a couple of lengths, and the second heat by a length. 1 1 2 3 3 2 dis HEREFORD RACES, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20. Sir Velters Cornevvall, Bart., and H. Scudamore Stanhope, Esq., Stewards. Mr. White, of Nantwich, Judge. The county of Hereford has kept up its reputation for liberality in sporting matters, 315 sovs. having been added to the various stakes run for. This, as might be expected, brought good fields of horses to the post, except in the stakes and cup, where the horses entered had other engagements. These two races and the hurdle race match were excellent ones, the greatest excitement prevailing throughout the whole running. The auspicious state of the weather brought a large company to the ground, and if they had only managed to conclude by a little earlier than half- past seven, we, as well as the rest of the public possessing inside places, wouid have been much better satisfied. We should recommcnd the stewards in future to enter into the objections before starting, as it leads to nothing but confusion when the first and second horses ( as in the Farmers' Stakes) were disqualified, and gives it a suspicion of not being all fair and above board. With these well- meant hints we proceed to describe the sport. The Herefordshire Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 sovs. forfeit, and only 5 sovs. if declared, with 50 sovs. added. Twice round, starting from the Grand Stand. Sir I. Gerard's b. c. Morocco, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b. ( Hutchinson) 1 Mr. I. Day nas. Regalia, 3 yrs, 5st. 91b. 2 Mr. E. J. Irwin's Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 8st. 51b O Sir V. Cornewall, Bart, nas. br. h. Master Downes. 7st. 41b. 0 Mr. E. G. Wall's b. g. Minus, 5 yrs, 6st,. 101b 0 Twelve paid forfeit 10 sovs. and fourteen 5 sovs. each. Betting.— Even on the Ranger agst the field. 2 to 1 agst Morocco, A capital race. Won by half a length. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, half forfeit, if declared, & c., with 25 sovs. added, for horses that have been regularly hunted with any established pack of hounds. Heats, twice round and a distance. Gentlemen riders. Mr. E. G. Wall's b. m. Zela, lOst 121b ...( Oliver) 0 0 11 Mr. Johnstone's b, g. Blind Hookey, aged, 12st 121b 1 0 2 2 Mr. J. Knight's ch. c. Raymond Lully 4 yrs, lOst 4 10 3 Mr. E. Herbert's ch. g. Shipmate, 6 yrs, 12st 2lb 2 0 0 d Mr. Davenport's b. b. Thurgerton, a yrs, list 61b 0 0 3 d Lord Glamis nas. Sparta, 6 yrs, 11st 0 3 0 d Mr. H. N. Powell's Cracksman, aged, list 21b ... 0 2 d Mr. J. Mytton's b. g. Volney, 6 yrs, 12st 51b 3 d Seven paid forfeit of 10 sovs., and five of 5 sovs. each. 3 to I agst Blind Hookey. Others not named. First heat, won by half a length Second, won by a length Third and fourth, won easily. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each with 20 added. Heats once round, starting from the distance chair. Mr. Davenport's b. m. Florine, 4 vrs, 8st lib 12 1 Mr. F. Charlton's b. f. by Talleyrand, 4 yrs, 7st 121b 0 13 Mr. Wall's ch. c. by Coronation, 3 yrs, 6st 111b... 2 3 2 Mr. Powell nas. ch. m. Miss Su « an, 6 yrs, 9st 61b O d Florine, the favourite, won the first and third heats easily. Talleyrand challenged at the distance in the second heat and won easily. • YORK AUGUST MEETING. ( Concludedfrom our last.) FRIDAY, AUG. 12. The Convivial Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. T. Y. O. Nine subs. Mr. A. W. Mill's b. f. by Plenipo— Twilight, 7st. 111b. ( Marlow) 1 Mr. Heseltine's Tom Tit, 8st. 41b 2 Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 10ft., for 3- yr.- olds. One mile aud a quarter. Ten subs. Mr. Banks's Duke of Richmond ( Holmes) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Alliaifce 2 Lord Westminster's Caprice 3 Mr. L. Fox's Shelforth 4 Mr. Meiklam's b. c. by Touchstone,— Laura 5 The Filly Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each. One mile. Six subs. Mr. W. Hi Brooks's Luminous ( Lye) 1 Mr. Jacques's Diphthong 2 The Consolation Scramble of £ 50, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs. each. Five Furlongs. Mr. T. Walters' Ratcliffe, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ( Wintringham) 1 Mr. F. It. Price's Kismet, 3 yrs 5st 101u 2 Lord Stanley's Abdiel, 2 yrs, 4st 61b 3 The Great Yorkshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for colts, 8st7tb; and fillies. 8st 21b. One mile aud three quarters. 116 subs. Mr. Meiklam's Poynton ( Templeman) 1 Colonel Auson's lago 2 Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, by Retriever — Emilia 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Fitzwilliam, Charcoal, Sheraton, Spanish Jack, Cossack Maid, The Conjuror, Alliance, Malcolm, Quadruped, and Ada, The Gimcrack Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added, for 2- yr.- olds, One mile. 28 subs. Captain Harcourt's f. by Lanercost, dam by Tomboy.... ( Lye) 1 Mr. Ped ley's Foreclosure 2 Mr. J. Scott's Tim Whifller 3 BROMYARD RACES.— The fixture for this annual meeting is Wed- nesday, the 30th of September. Wm. Vevers, Esq., of Dormington Court, has kindly consented to act as steward upon the occasion, which we have 110 doubt will ensure a large attendance, and some excellent sport. THE WORCESTER AUTUMN RACES are fixed for the 4th and 5th, and the grand annual steeple chase for the 6th of November next ( formerly held in March.) On the same day there will be a handicap hurdle race, with 50 sovs. added; additional stakes and money will be added to. the races, aud there are already many subscribers to the steeple chases. WORCESTERSHIRE HOUNDS.— We are glad to learn that the kennels which are being erected near to this city, ure rapidly approaching completion, and that the hounds will be immediately conveyed thither. They have lately been cub- hunting and had excellent sport, proving that the pack will be found as efficient as any pack in the kingdom. PERSHOKB RACES.— We understand these races are fixed to take place on the 29th of next month, and from the arrangements already made, much good- sport is expected. C RI C K E T. WORCESTER t>. STOURBRIDGE.— On Saturday a return match was played at Enville, the scat of Lord Stamford. The play on both sides was excellent, and the batting of Lord Stamford, and Messrs. Kutl'ord and Freers, on the Stourbridge side, and Messrs. John Sidebottom, Noble, and Rowlands, on the Worcester side, and also the bowling of Lord Stamford aud Mr. Sidebottom, deserve especial notice. The Stourbridge were the victors, with two wickets to go down. The following is the score :— WORCESTER. FIRST INNINGS. SECOND INNINGS. J. Sidebottom, b. Lord Stamford .. 5 b. Lord Stamford 19 T. Addenbroke. b. Freer, c. Freer.. 2 c. King 6 Rowlands, b. Machin 8 c. Mullings .... 22 Taylor, run out 2 leg b. wicket 8 Baker, 1. b. wicket, b. Freer 4 b. Evers, 7 Curtler, b. Lord Stamford 1 b. Evers 4 livrue, run out 0 b. Lord Stamford 4 Sheppard, b. Lord Stamford 1 b. Lord Stamford 6 L. Sidebottom, b. Machin 2 not out 3 Noble, b. Machin 5 b. RulFord 31 Barnett, not out 0 b. Lord Stamford 2 No balls 0 Wide balls 7 Byes 0 No balls 1 Wide balls 1 Byes 3 31 STOURBRIDGE. 123 FIRST INNINGS. Freer, c. Curtier, b. Sidebottom .. Mullings, b. Sidebottoin . Machin, run out Lord Stamford, b. Addenbroke .... Rufford, c. Barnelt Hemming, c. Curtler, b. Sidebottom King, b. Sidfbottoin Evers, b. Sidebottom Stokes, b. Sidebottom Homfray, b. Sidebottom Ilobbs No balls Wide balls Byes, SECOND INNINGS, run out 13 c. Curtler, b. Addenbroke 3 c. Taylor, b. ditto 9 b. Sidebottom 2 not out 25 run out 0 not out 5 b, Sidebottom c, Barnett, b. Addenbroke FIRST INNINGS. W. Whittaker, b. Taylor J. W'hittaker, b. Owen Friend, c. and b. Owen Hamlyn, b. Owen Talbot, run out Oakes. notout Colsey, c. Oipple, b. Owen Waite, b. Owen Bird, b. Taylor Moore, b. Owen llill, runout SECOND INNINGS. c. Sate b. Owen b. Taylor b. Taylor b. Owen c. Salt b. Owen ....... c. Sanders b. Owen ... c. Norton b. Owen..... c. Scott b. Owen b. Taylor not o- it b. Owen byes , 10 , 0 . 1 , 9 . 10 . 20 3 . 0 . 6 . 4 . 5 . 1 69 39 108 BROMSGROVE. FIRST INNINGS. SECOND INNINGS. Green, b. Friend 2 b. Friend 5 Johnson, b. Friend 6 b. Friend O Horton, b. Friend 3 b. Waite 1 Taylor, c. Bird, b. Waite 4 b. Friend 8 Owen, b. Friend ( i b. Friend 12 Bartlet, not out , 8 run out 3 Sanders, b. Waite 0 not out 25 Maund, b. Waite 0 b. Friend 0 Scott, c. Talbot, b. Friend 2 c. Hamlyn b. Friend .. 14 Dipple, c. Talbot, b. Friend 1 b. Friend 7 Osborne, c. and b. Waite 2 run out 0 Wide balls 1 wide balls 15 35 99 35 725 HEREFORDSHIRE AND STOURPORT.— The return match announced to take place last Tuesday', is unavoidably postponed to the second week in September. KINV ER AND WOLVERLEY.— On Monday a match between these clubs was played at Kinver, and resulted in the victory of the Kinver eiub, who scored 84, their antagonists marking 58. SEVERN STOKE AND ELMLEY.— OU Tuesday last a match was played between these clubs, which terminated in favour of the former by 33 runs. The match was played out, and Severn Stoke scored 114, while the Elmley eleven only marked 81. The score only reached us to- day ( three days after the match) or it should have been printed. DUDLEY PUBLIC OFFICE.— At the Magistrates' sitting on Monday, present, Thomas Badger, Wm. Bennitt, Charles Molineux, and John Roberts, Esq., John Smart was charged with obstructing the street on the 18th inst., by exposing for sale on the foot- way two barrels of herrings, and was fined in the sum of 5s. and costs.— Isaiah Beddard, for three barrels of fish, Joseph Whitehouse for two, and Edward Kimberlev for two barrels of herrings, were also fined each 5s. and costs, on the information of John Manning, supported by the evidence of John Raybold, the town surveyor under the Commissioners.— John Baker appeared before the Bench to prefer a charge against Wm. Whitmore, for knocking him down with a horse and cart and seriously- injuring him. The evidence showed that on the 15th inst. the complainant was standing opposite the " Bee- hive" public- house, at Tipton, talking to his brother, and was in the horse- road, when the defendant, who drove at a furious rate, came in contact with the complainant and knocked him down; while he was on the ground the wheel went over his leg, and so injured it that he has not been able to work since. In defence Whitmore said he did not drive at a furious rate, but was only going about five or six miles an hour. He was fined 40s. and costs. JOSEPH ADV.— Letters have been recently received in this city from this inveterate practitioner on the'credulity of the public, promising, as usual, to inform persons of something considerably to their advantage, on the receipt of 20s. by post- office order. We notice the circumstance to put the recipients of such communications ou their guard against being seduced into paying beforehand for a mere reference to the list of unclaimed dividends. A black cart horse, the property of Mr. James Godsall, of Much Cowarne, Herefordshire, is supposed to have been stolen from a field in his occupation. A reward of £ 5 is offered for the recovery of the animal. SUDDEN DEATH.— On Tuesdav Mr. W. S. P. Hughes held an inquest at Acton Beauchainp, on the body of John Garlick, aged seventy- two, who was taken unwell on the previous Saturday evening, and expired on the next morning. Pulmonary apoplexy was found to be the cause of death, and a verdict to that effect was relumed. Byes Wide balls CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British com for the week ended Aug. 15, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr— Price: Wheat, 45s lid ; Duty, 10s Od; barley, 5d, 4s ; Oilts, 23s 3d, Is Od; rye, 30s lOd, 4s Od; beans, 38s 8d 4s Od ; peas, 36s 9d 4s Od. KIDDERMINSTER, AUGUST 27.— The rise obtained in the price of grain last week was fully sustained at this day's market; Quotation consequently remain unaltered. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 25.— Best old hay, £ 4 per ton ; secondary, £ 2. 15s. to £ 3. 5s.; straw, £ j. 6s. 6d. to £ J. 10s. Worcester Wharf: Best old hay, £ 3.10s. to £ 3. 12s. 6d. • secondary £ 2. 10s. to £ 3. ; new hay, £ 2. 10s. to £ 2. 17s. 6d.; straw, £ 2. to £ 2. 2s. SMITHFIELD, AUG. 25.— Best Hay, £ 4 per ton: new ditto, £ 3 ; straw, £ 2 5s ; clover, £ 3 5s per ton. WORCESTER INFIRMARY, AUGUST 28. Physician and Surgeon for the week, Dr. Nash and Mr; Carden. For the ensuing week, Dr. Maiden and Mr. Sheppard. Iu- Patients. j Out- Patients. Admitted, 16.— Discharged, 17. | Admitted, 20.— Discharged 18. In the House, 93. ACCIDENTS.— Mary Hunt, fractured clavicle ; G. Hargreaves, frac- tured leg; Thomas Hewlett sprain of the hand; Ann Bedford, dislocated shoulder ; Hugh Glover, contused side. BIRTHS. Jur. e 10, at Umballab. the lady of Lieutenant and Adjutant H. R. Shelton, 38th L. I , of a son. Aug. 20, at Clarence Terrace, Regent's Park, the lady of Wm. Charles Macready, Esq., of a daughter. Aug. 20, at Harcourt Villa, Malvern Wells, the lady of A. C. Piercy, Esq., of a daughter. Aug. 23, at. 45, Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, the wife of George Keece, Esq., of a son. Aug. 25, at Siddington Rectory, near Cirencester, the wife of the Rev. George F. Master, rector of Stratton, of a son. MARRIAGES. Aug. 15, at the parish church, Kidderminster, Mr. Henry Rushton, of London, to Miss Anne Broadfield, second daughter of Mr. Edward Broadfield, Kidderminster. Aug. 19, at Elmley Castle, in this county, by the Rev. E. W. Foley, the Rev. John Foley, B. D., late Fellow of Wadham College,' Oxford, and Vicar of Wadhurst, Sussex, to Caroline Elizabeth, youngest daughterof the late^ Vice- Admiral Windham, of Felbrigg, Norfolk. Aug. 20, at the parish church of Rowley Regis, by the Rev. W. F. Prout, Curate, Mr. John Mason," draper, of Bedford House, Bedford, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. John Nicholls, late of Broad Street, in this city. Aug. 20, at Cookham, Berks, by the Rev. Charles W. Law- rence, the Rev. Joseph Webster, Vicar of Condover, Salop, second son of John Harden, Esq., late of Brathay Hall, to Louisa Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Sir Samuel Young, Bart., of Formosa. Aug. 20, at Exton Church, Rutland, by the Hon. and, Rev. Gerard Noel, Canon of Winchester, Andrew Agnew, Esq., eldest son of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of Lochnaw Castle, N. B., to the Lady Louisa Noel, eldest daughter of the Earl of Gainsborough. Aug. 20, at Westbromwich, Mr. Edwin Chess'nire, surgeon, of Birmingham, to Emily, daughter of William Izon, Esq., of The Lodge, Westbromwich. Aug. 20, at Breinton, by the Rev. Albert Jones, Mr. John Baker, of Hereford, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Vaughan, of Kington. Aug. 23, at Stoke Prior Church, by the Rev. H. Aldham, Mr. Charles Frederick Smith, of Redditch, to Miss Jane Caroline Mole, of the former place. Aug. 23, at Strensham, by the Rev. J. Grove, Mr. M„ Perks, currier, of Upton- on- Severn, to Charlotte, third daughter of Mr. J. Pratt, of the latter place. Aug. 24, at Birdport Chapel, by the Rev. G. R. Hewlings, Mr. John Wattis, to Miss Ann Powell, both of Powick. Aug. 25, at St. John's Chapel, Pump Street, in this city, by the Rev. W. D. Goy, Mr. Josiah Baylis, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. John Groves, of the Hole- in- the- Wall, both of this city. Aug. 25, at Ribbesford, Mr. Wm. Wolloxall, letter distributor to the Post- office, Bewdley, to Mrs. Morris, sister of Mrs. Turford, of the Talbot Inn," in that town. Aug. 25, at All Saints' Church, Hereford, by the Rev. John Hanbury, M. A., Henry Clapton Barnard, Esq., surgeon, eldest son of Lieutenant- Colonel Barnard, H. E. I. C. S., to Mary Anne, only daughter of Aaron Eccleston Goolden, Esq., of Hereford. Aug. 27, at Lindridge, Samuel John Heathcote, Esq., second son of the Rev. T. Heathcote, of Shaw Hill House, Wiltshire, ( by whom the ceremony was performed,) to Mary Sidney Smith, eldest daughter of the late Sir Christopher Sidney Smith, and sister of the present Sir William Smith, Bart., of Eardiston. Lately, at the Baptist Chapel, Blockley, by the Rev. A. M. Stalker, M. A., the Rev. James Smith, Independent Minister, of Evesham, to Lucilla, only daughter of James Smith, Esq., of Blockley. DEATHS. July 16. at the Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, West Indies, Stephen Falside Carmichael, M. D, only son of Captain Carmichael, lats 53rd Regt., aged 46 years. Aug. 13, after a long and severe illness, in the 51st year of his age, Mr. John Hackett, builder, St. John's. Aug. 14, at her father's house, Stourport, in her tenth year, Lydia, youngest child of the Rev. W. Clough, Wesleyan Minister. Aug. 15, at Brighton, Selina, infant daughter of J. R. Ormsby Gore, Esq. Aug. IS, at Newport, Salop, in her 48th year, Ann, wife of Valentine Vickers, Esq., of Ellerton Grange, Staffordshire, formerly of Cranmere, near Bridgnorth. Aug. 19, at Redditch, very suddenly, Mr. James Wright, youngest son of Mr. Abner Wright, of Redditch. Aug. 19, in her 76th year, Mary, relict of Mr. Johh Burbery, of Kenilworth Chase, Warwickshire. Aug. 20, at St. George's Square, Ann, eldest daughter of the late George Capper, Esq., of Nantwich, Cheshire. Aug. 21, at Nevvcastle under- Lyme, in the 37th year of his age, Edwin, fourth and youngest son of the late John Hyde, Esq., of this city. Aug. 22, aged 19, at the house of his brother, Mr. G. H. Watkins, chemist, Walsall, Alfred, Edgar, seventh son of the late Mr. John Watkins, of the Red House, near this city. Aug. 22, at Wolverley, Beresford Colvile Downall, the infant sou of the Rev. John Downall, Incumbent of St. George's, Kidderminster. Aug. 22, at the Palace of Holyrood, the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Strathmore. Aug. 23, at Reading, at an advaneed age, sincere'y respected, Mrs. Elizabeth Lovejoy, mother of Mr. Lovejov. bookseller, of that place. Aug. 24, of consumption, Mr. Edward Pheysey, fourth son of Mr. Pheysey, of Rochford, much regretted by his family and friends. Aag. 24, after a long and painful illness, in the 46th year of her age, Sarah, the beloved wife of Mr. William Hughes, plumber, glazier, and painter, New Street, in this city. Aug. 24, at the residence of his son, Mr. J. T. Wilson, of Redditch, druggist, Mr. Thomas Wilson, late of Feckenham, surgeon, at the advanced age of 72. Aug. 25, at his house in Upper Harley Street, Daniel Stuarts Esq., of Wykham Park, in the county of Oxford, aged 60, T H E W O R C E S T E R S H I R E G U A R D I A N , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,6,% 18 46. TO THE SORROWFUL SUMMER. BY JOHN WHITE. What aileth thee, Summer, tliou daughter of Light So drearily, fitfully sighing ? Oh ! dry up the tears that are dimming thy sight, The corn, and the flowers with faces so bright, Adown on the cold earth are lying. Let no tears be falling, but only the dew, When starlight thy slumber is gracing; — Ah ! that is a guile,— ye well know it is true, The maiden looks sweetest, in whose eye of blue The smile and the tear are embracing. Oh, hush ! bonny Summer, thy sorrowful tone; We children look upward in wonder, And start when we hear thy deep, tremulous moan ; Thy breath is so cold,— and the swaying trees groan, And fearfully breaketh the thunder. I'm told, bonny Summer, that thou art a bride— ' Tis heard in the air's breezy dreaming ; That old, frosty Winter unto thee is tied, And thou in his mantle, thy glory must hide, And mourn it, in tears wildly streaming. I know, bonny Summer, it was not thy mind, To dwell with that bone- visaged stranger ; He wooed thee with guile, in the autumn's low wind, A wreath of gay leaves round his bonnet he twined, And little bethought ye of danger. Ah ! sweet, bonny Summer, more maidens than one, List more to a sound than a meaning, And love the gay bonnet the stranger has on, But finds, when the plume and whisper are gone, Her soul ' gainst old Winter a leaning ! What aileth thee, Summer, thou daughter of Light, So drearily, fitfully sighing ? Oh ! dry up the tears that are dimming thy sight, The corn, and the flowers with faces so bright, Adown on ttie cold earth are lying. Leap forth from the cloud in thy beautiful scorn, Amid coruscations of sunlight; Let every glance, in a rich shower, burn, Of gold and of ruby, wherever we turn, From sunrise to sweet silver moonlight. Hereford, August, 1846. VARIETIES. " Cousin William," said a merry mischievous young girl, " what do you think I heard a pretty young lady say of you ?" " I don't know— something good, 1 hope. Who was it coz ?" Shan't tell you ! but it's the truth : a very pretty girl did say something about you." " Well, tell n » e what it was." " I shan't unless you will give me that Annual that I wanted." " Well, agreed— you shall have it— now tell me? " Well now— don't blush so— she said you were the ugliest looking man she ever laid her eyes on." To PRESERVE CUT FLOWERS The most simple rules are, not to put too many flowers in a glass, to change the water every morning, and to remove every decayed leaf as soon as it appears, cutting off the ends of the stems occasionally, as soon as they show any symptoms ofdccay. A more efficacious way, however, is to put nitrate of soda in the water; as about as much as can easily be taken up between the forefinger and the thumb, put into the glass every time the water is changed, will preserve cut flowers in all their beauty for above a tortnight. Nitrate of potash ( that is, common saltpetre), in powder, has nearly the same effect, but it is not quite so efficacious. — Mrs. Loudon's Lady's Country Companion. How TO OBTAIN REST AT NIGHT To secure sleep, it is important, in the first place, that the mind should not be dis- turbed for several hours before retiring to rest. Retire early, and when neither warm or cold ; sleep on a hair mattress or on a bed not very soft. The bed- room should be large and well ventilated, and the bed should not be placed near the wall or near a window, as such an arrangement often exposes the person to currents of cold air. There should be nothing tight about the neck, and the Chinese rule of brushing the teeth before retiring is a good one. Tea or coffee taken late in the evening is apt to disturb sleep. Strive to banish thought as much as possible, or- take up the most dull subject. Study during the evening is improper. Some few persons, we know, are able to perform much mental labour, and to study late at night, and yet sleep well. Some require but little sleep ; but such individuals are very rare. HINTS FOR THE LADIES.— For fair- haired cr dark- haired ladies those colours which produce the greatest contrast are best. Thus for fair hair, sky- blue is very becoming. Yellow and orange, tinted by red are becoming to ladies with black hair, and violet and bluish green harmonise with the blackness of the hair. Rose- colour should never be put in actual con- tact with a rosy complexion, because the latter loses by the comparison ; it should be separated with white lace, blonde, or if a cap er bonnet, by locks of hair. Pale green is exceedingly becoming to pale complexions, it makes them appear rosy, but is unfavourable to ruddy faces, for it makes them too red. Violet should never be used by fair complexions, except of a deep tint for contrast. A violet dress will make a fair com- plexion look green, and a yellow one, orange, which is bad for all complexions. Dead white, such as calico, is good for fair complexions, bur. bad for the contrary, for which the white of muslin or tulle, in folds or en ruche, is more advantageous. AFFECTING PASSAGE IN AN UNPUBLISHED MELODRAMA.— Young Lovel: Adieu Love ! This watch declares that another moment's delay will render me too late for the train. Evelina : Whither away, my Eustace? Young Lovel: Adored one, to the Eastern Counties Railway. Evelina : Then dearest, fare- well forever! ( Falls senseless.)— Punch. There is an aristocracy among the slaves of the South, who, when they wish to bo very severe on each other, say, " Go along, half- price nigger .' you would'at fetch fifty dollars, and I'm wuth a thousand." OPPOSITE CHARACTERS FOR. POSTERITY— A rich Englishman, who lives near Pau, cannot be satisfied with the pleasures -— « MUju'^ TTTrt^ 4iaautiiul iOgtun ! rt~ tUg__ foot of the Pyrenees ; and he has astonished the Bordeaux peofHtTT^ jrlmuui^ liis thirTCcn- horses and thirty couple of hounds landed at their ({ tray from an English brig The people assembled in multitudes to see the sight; and they will probably send down to posterity some tradition of the gentleman as the most devoted lover of pleasures in their day and neighbourhood.— Somewhat different was the taste in pleasure of a certain humble governess whom I have heard of, whose name was Jane Scott. She had a heart which was pained at seeing the toil and difficulty caused to the people of a certain district by want of access to water: and she had a heart which was pleased at the exertion of working hard and denying herself the expenditure of her own earnings for her own purposes. She laid by enough of her hard earnings to bequeath to the neighbourhood a pump, with a shed over it, for shelter for the women who came to draw. The grateful neighbours have added to the pump the best, and greatest ornament it could have— the inscribed name of Jane Scott. Some papers before me prove that among the worst consequences of seasons of distress among the workpeople is this; that men who are selfish discover on how little their wives and children can live, and thenceforward compel their wives to make that sum do, spending all the rest on their own indulgence. When I think of the childishness of the idle gentleman in his gambling and hunting pleasures abroad, and of the selfish working man over his pipe and can, or laying bets, or lounging away his Mondays, how sweet in comparison is the savour of the works of Jane Scott, or of the Wiltshire good- wife, who now stands immortalised in stone, on the top of a pillar, with her basket of eggs on her arm. This good- wife had to go to market by a dreadfully miry way. She worked and saved, and left money to pave this miry way, for the benefit, of those who carae after her. There was some money left over ; and it accumulated, so that the Marquis of Landsdowne, who was a trustee, was per- plexed what to do with it. He and others who honoured the woman's deed, subscribed a sufficient increase to erect the pillar and statue I have mentioned. There she stands, silently inciting the wayfarer to deeds of that virtue that they can never die.— Miss Martineau, in the People's Journal. DISCOVERY OF GOLD MINES.— A Belgian paper gives the following strange tale, the truth of which it vouches for, and states that more extensive details are in its possession, and could be given, only that they might be prejudicial to the realisation of the enterprise :—" A distinguished French engineer, who was sent some years ago to Panama, to make geological researches, and study the question of piercing the isthmus, has brought back some specimens of gold which Barou Theuard, after chemical assay, has pronounced to be of the greatest richness. The engineer states that he had gathered this gold in the sands of a river of the isthmus. Such are the riches of the graius of gold which this river rolls along, that the natives, who are occupied iu gathering them, gain fifty francs per day, and that the sands they wash con- tain still, after the operation, more than double the quantity of gold which they had obtained from them. The engineer harl examined with care the course of the river to its source, and remarked that it traversed au enormous group of rocks, in the midst of which it must have been depositing for ages a vast mass of grains of gold. According to nis estimates there must be far more than eight milliards of francs of gold mineral buried uuder these rocks. ( One milliard of francs, it may be observed here, is equal to forty millions sterling.) When the engineer made kuown the result of his researches ana con- jectures at home, he met only with incredulous hearers, at: J was treated as a visionary. Notwithstanding, he has given details so precise, he appears so certain of the success of a future exploration, that several capitalists have resolved to confide to him the funds necessary for exploring on a great scale the sands of the river. For this purpose it was resolved not to form a company by shares, but to confine the enterprise to a certain number of capitalists willing to run the risks of the affair. The capital embarked in this undertaking will be either entirely lost, or will produce more than a million per cent, to those who subscribe the funds. The engineer himself engages not to require any share of the profits until the enterprise shall have realised three milliards of francs ( oue hundred and twenty millions sterling ! ! !). Here are, as may be seen, all the riches of Potosi, all the gold of Pactolus, which it is expected will be found united between the two parts of America. The preparations for the undertaking are already iu an advanced state. The dredging machine boat for the operations is in course of construction, and the departure of the engineers and workmen will take place in two or three months. If this affair, which lias been in hand for several years, has remained unknown to the public, the reason is, that the parties engaged in it look upon their capital advanced as being exposed to an extraordinary risk, and therefore are anxious to avoid being held up to ridicule by appearing to have too much confidence iu the result of these researches." Such is the marvellous story. Salmon lias been for some weeks selling in great abundance in Monmouth, at the low charge of Gd. per lb. AFFECTING DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN.— A young female, in the twentieth year of her age, named Sarah Weu- lock, went to a dance in the village of Coiemere, Shropshire, where some of her companions began to joke her about her sweetheart, who was gone to sea. She became greatly affected, and suddenly fell from her chair. She was taken home, and medical aid was called in; hut she told the doctor he " never could cure a broken heart," and died shortly afterwards, ejaculating to the lust the name of " Edward." THE VIOLINS OF MR. CRAMER.— On Monday a por- tion of these valuable violins was sold by auction. Tiiere were ' 29 lots, some of which fetched the lollowing prizes:— Lot 16, a violin by Andrew Guarnerius, £ 25; No. 19, a violin by Nicholas Amati, used by Mr. Cramer when acting as leader at various concerts, £ 16; Lot 10, a violin by Joseph Guaruerius, formerly in the possession of Pinto, 66 guineas; Lot 21, a violin by Bett, u- ed by the father of Mr. Cramer, £ 7. 5s.; Lot 22, a violin By Sraines, used by George III., George IV., and William IV., 30 guineas; Lot 11, a violin £ 2, IQs. j & c. The Whole fetched ab& ye £ 280, PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION. The fourteenth anniversary of this important association was held in Norwich last week. The first general meeting was held on Wednesday morning in St. Andrew's Hall. At one o'clock the hour appointed, about 150 gentlemen had assembled.— In the absence of Dr. Favell, the chair was taken by Dr. Hastings, President of the Council. The Chairman said, lie was sorry to appear in the chair on this occassion, and he was sure they would all participate in his grief, when be explained to them that it was in consequence of the illness of their worthy and respected President( Dr. F^ vell) the gentleman who at Sheffield presided over them. Another gentleman on whom had devolved the duty of President at Northampton, was now absent, he regretted to say from the same cause. He was glad to say, however, there was every appearance promising a successful meeting under the able Presidency of Mr. Crosse, whom they had so much cause to esteem, and who, by establishing this branch association, and by carrying on the cause of the association so successfully in conjunction with the members of the eastern branch, had " been a great instrument to it. It gave him ( the speaker) great pleasure to come into this district, and meet the eastern mem- bers. At the time this association was formed, they at a dis- tance were scarcely able to come here, but fortunately they had now the facility of railway tiansit, and they were glad to be present. He would no longer detain them, but call on Mr. Crosse to occupy the chair. ( Applause.) J. G. Crosse, Esq., then took the chair, and addressed the meeting in an eloquent and learned speech. Dr. Streeten then read the report of the council, which gave an account of the operations of the society during the past year, and adverted to a variety of topics interesting only to the medical profession. „ Dr. Bateman, of Yarmouth, moved that the report of the council, now read, be adopted and printed. Mr. Marriott, of Leicester, seconded the motion ; which, on being put, was carried nem. con. After Dr. Hastings had read the financial statement, Dr. Lyon, of Manchester, moved, that a committee be appointed to advise with the council in any proceedings which might be necessary to advance the progress of medical reform, and especially to consider the subject of establishing a registry of medical men, and the propriety of memorialising the Home Secretary on the general question. Mr. John Soden, of Bath, seconded the resolution ; saying, he thought it was unnecessary for him to say any thing to recommend it.— Carried. Dr. Hastings did not wish to intrude further than was neces- sary on the time of the meeting ; but he was of opinion that some step should be taken for petitioning the House of Com- mons, in reference to the registration bill. He did think, so far as it went, that " bill was a real benefit to the profession, and completely carried into effect one part of the object of this association. He had carefully perused the bill, and could say, that if it passed, it would considerably advance the objects, the attainment of which they had so long had in view. ( Hear, hear.) It was of great importance, at this critical juncture, that a petition should be presented to the House of Commons without delay. He submitted, that the committee appointed, should draw up a petition at once, in order that it might be sent off by the same night's post. Dr. Mackness, of Hastings, proposed that Mr. Martin, of Reigate, and Mr. Crowfoot, be requested to act as auditors— Mr. J. G. Johnson, of Norwich, seconded the motion, which was carried nem. con. Dr. Chambers moved, that the thanks of this meeting be given to Dr. Favell, the retiring President, and that he be appointed Vice- President of the Association. ( Applause.) Dr. Holmes, of Manchester, seconded the motion; which was carried by acclamation. Mr. Noiman, of Bath, in moving the next resolution, said, it was unnecessary for him to occupy their time in enumerating the services of Dr. Hastings, who was the promoter of every thing that could benefit the society. Dr. Hastings was known to them all as president of the council, of which he was the soul. He had therefore great pleasure in proposing, that the thanks of the meeting be given to the president of the council, Dr. Hastings, for his continued and zealous attention to the welfare of the association.— Dr. Forbes, of London, seconded the motion with great pleasure, observing, that he had been so long acquainted with the merits of I> r. Hastings, and they were so well known, that he need not enlarge upon them. ( Applause.) The Chairman having put the resolution, it was carried with renewed plaudits. Dr. Hastings, in acknowledgment, said, he felt greatly indebted to the gentlemen present for the kind manner in which they had supported him. He had only been able to carry the association on successfully by the support of the president, the secretary, and the great body of the members. Feeling as he did, that this society was working a great benefit, not only to the medical profession, but also to medical science generally, he would ever do all in his power to advance its interests. ( Applause.) His study would ever be to give greater efficiency to this noble society, for such he considered it. He hoped this anniversary would be as fruitful as previous ones, in bringing forth projects to advance the interests of the association. It was not for him to go into details as to points that had been considered in committee that morning. He would, however, mention, that it had long been regretted that this society bad no means of making pecuniary grants to those engaged in the cultivation of medical science; v/ ho would often carry on their labours more heartily, if they received the cheering support of the great body of the profession. ( Hear, hear.) He trusted, on that day they would set about raising a fund, to be applied wholly to advancing, in every way, medical science. This would give a new feature to the association, and be an answer to the objections, that they did not employ any of their funds towards promoting that important object. He trusted, from the way in which this matter had been taken up, that there wa every hope it would be carried out to a suc- cessful issue ; that they would be annually able to raise sums for the advancement of medical science; and that the members would consider it a very important feature of the society. He would do his utmost in carrying out this project, and would endeavour to show, that he considered himself greatly honoured by the high position in which they had placed him ; a position that he valued more highly than any other he could occupy in this kingdom-— CAjUjlause-) ^ Mr. Daniel, of Newport Fagnell, movciHn terms of high commendation, and Mr. Chater, of Norwich, second**], that the thanks of the meeting Le given to the Secretary, Dr. Streeten, for his services during the past year. ( Applause.) — This resolution was also carried unanimously. Mr. Soden then read the petition which the committee had prepared, praying for the passing of the act for the registration of legally qualified practitioners ; and Dr. Hastings moved its adoption, and that it be presented to both Houses of Parlia- ment. Dr. Streeteu seconded the motion; which, after some conversation, was carried. Dr. Streeten then read certain resolutions which had been passer! at some of the branch meetings; one of them recom- mending the discontinuance of the society's journal, in order to increase the benevolent fund Mr. Paget, of Leicester, said, he had changed his opinion on thissubject. He felt, that. the journal was the only mode by which each member could communicate with the whole society. He had, however, great pleasure in moving, that a committee be appointed,' to enquire whether any, and what, alteration was required or desirable in the general publications of the society; and that such committee be requested to report at the next anniversary meeting.— Dr. Radford, of Manchester, seconded the resolution, which was carried. The routine business of the society having been brought to a close, several interesting communications were read, and the meeting adjourned. The second general meeting, in the evening was devoted to the reading of papers and communications on professional subjects. On Thursday morning about 150 gentlemen sat down to a public breakfast at the Assembly Rooms, under the presidency of Mr. Crosse. The Lord Bishop, who was present, addressed the company. It gave him great pleasure to welcome them to the capital of East Anglia, and to meet so large a body of the medical pro- fession ; men engaged, like the clergy, in healing those diseases and afflictions which " flesh was heir to;" and endeavouring, on every occasion, to soothe the sorrows and sufferings of their brethren. He welcomed them, also, as men of science, and of that large and comprehensive intelligence, worthy of a reasoning, a reflective, and an intellectual people. He was sure, they would receive as cordial a welcome from the medical practitioners in this city, who were delighted to find themselves surrounded by so many of their brethren, worthy of esteem for their talents their disposition, and acquaintance with general literature. ( Applause.) He was glad that this meeting was not confined to the medical profession of England ; but that they were pre- sent from the far west and from the far east; one gentleman he understood, who had crossed the Atlantic, and another from the east were present; proving that medical knowledge like theology in its best sense— the theology of love and not controversy— was not confined to any people, orto any land. ( Applause.) That it was like the inhabitants of every terrestrial space, it would increase in proportion as it found ground to tread upon. ( Applause.) ' He would very cautiously allude to three medical subjects which had been satirised by their president. Hom- oeopathy, Mesmerism, and Hydropathy. To speak medically, he was obliged to limit his presence among them to the extreme limit of Homceopathic participation. ( Laughter.) He had no doubt that many interesting papers would be read that day, which would interest him in a particular and great degree ; he only lamented that there was not some medical gentleman pre- sent who could throw him into a mesmeric sleep, and enable bim, by clairvoyance, to enter into those discussions to which he alluded. ( Laughter, and applause.) Far be it from him to throw cold water on that meeting, ( laughter,) and, therefore, he need not say that he was a decided enemy of Hydropathy. ( Applause.) But to speak seriously, he regretted that his occupations at present were more than ordinarily severe, and would prevent him attending the meeting and the dinner. At any other time he would gladly have offered the hospitality of the palace, but they might be aware that he was this week engaged with forty candidates for ordination, to whom he was under the necessity of devoting the whole of bis time. They must therefore take the will for the deed. At any future time when they visited the city at Norwich, he hoped to have the honour of seeing them at the palace. ( Great applause.) The third general meeting, on Thursday, was numerously attended, and continued from twelve to five o'clock. Mr. Crosse again presided ; and in opening the proceedings, said, they were now to commence the third meeting of the Society, and he trusted those which had taken place had excited them to increased energy, and proved astimulus, so that as they went on they would advance in their powers ; and that this concluding meeting would give them every reason to be satisfied with their prospects. He would not speak in reference to the business before them, but give them some illustration of what had taken place in this city. The authorities of this city had ordered a gentleman of antiquarian research, to investigate and but into order the public records. Through that gentleman, Air. Goddard Johnson, and Mr. Scott, one of the oldest practitioners in the city, if not the very oldest, this subject had been brought before him ( the President), and he now purposed to illustrate the antiquarian history of this city to some extent. He read a few extracts from old records, shewing the state of the medical practitioner in " the olden time." In the year 1G93, Dr. Wm. Read, had leave from the mayor and corporation, to erect a stage at the end of the Hall in the market, ( so that he did not hinder people coming to the pump), to sell his drugs for one month. ( Laughter.) In the same year Dr. Charles Berlest had leave to erect a stage at St. John's Timberhill, to vend his medical drugs, with music and servants: to continue three weeks— they behaving themselves civil. ( Laughter.) Cornelius Tillbourne, chirurgeon, had liberty to set up a stage, and practice surgery and physic in this city, for one month. Richard Kirby had leave to erect a stage on the back- side of the Blue Bell, to vend and sell drugs arid medicines, with music, and eight servants, for the space of 14 days ; keeping good rule and order. These were undoubted illustrations of the state of a branch of the profession ; for considering the titles, it must be admitted, that the parties were in some degree authorised to traverse the kingdom.— He had observed, at the present day, rather a tendency to extravagant systems. He would give an authentic illustration of such systems a century or two back. He referred to the curing of diseases by the royal touch. In 1689, the sum of 20s. was ordered to be paid towards defraying the expenses of John Edwards, on going to Newmarket, to his Majesty, Charles II.} there to be touched for the evil. In the year 1683, it was agreed, that the wife of John Mills, of All Saints, when the certain day of his Majesty's healing at Newmarket was known, should have 30s. paid her out of the Hanaper, towards the charge of travel to and return from Newmarket; and Mr. Town Clerk was to write to know the day of healing. These were the means by which many, by such giants from the Corporation, sought to secure these extra- ordinary recoveries. At a distant period, the clergyman, the chirurgeon, and the doctor were one and the same. There was a monument near this city, showing that a clergyman was a great chirurgeon ; the monument referred to his great dexterity in cutting for the stone ; and the instruments used were engraved upon it. He quoted cases from corporate records of cures of this disease. In 1692, a committe consisting of four gentlemen, all Esquires, probably iu official appointments, were desired to wait upon the Lord Bishop- of Norwich,^ © desire his license for a collection to be made in the several churches of the city, for several poor people to be cut for the stone, and for the charge of them by Henry Wilkinson and Henry Crane. The next case cited was one, where Robert Hubbard, a poor boy, in the parish of St, James's, was very much afflicted with the stone, and other persons who suffered under great afflictions in other distempers, and were not able of themselves, or by their relations, to get relief; it was therefore agreed, that John Wrench, Esq., and Mr. Alderman Postle, do wait upon the Lord Bishop, for his license to ask the charity of well- disposed persons in the several parish churches and other places of religious worship in this city, to relieve them therein. There was another entry of Mr. Sadd, surgeon, who was to cure Susan Coplin of a cancer in her breast. Any person, ( said the President) who could now do that, would be a glorious acquisi- tion. The antiquarian observed, at the end of his notices, that lie was not able to learn from the books, or any other source, what was the result of the various operations there mentioned, which appeared to have been very frequent. Dr. Ranking, of Bury St. Edmund's, then read his retro- spective address, which occupied two hours, and embraced a general survey of the progress of medicine during the past year. It displayed extraordinary research and industry, in amassing details, and was listened to throughout with the greatest atten- tion, and when concluded elicited great applause. Dr. Conolly proposed a vote of thanks for the address; which was seconded by Dr. Fisher, and carried nem. con. Dr. Durrant moved, and Dr. Mackness seconded, a resolution to the effect, that Dr. Shearman, of Rotherham, be requested to deliver the retrospective address on medicine at the anniver- sary for 1847- Mr. Crowfoot, of Beccles, moved, and Mr. Humphrey, of Cambridge, seconded, that Mr. John Henry Walsh, of Wor- cester, be requested to deliver an address on surgery, at the anniversary meeting for 1847— After a short conversation, the motion was carried. Mr. Norman, of Bath, moved, and Dr. Hastings seconded, that the anniversary meeting for 1847 take place at Derby ; and that Wm. Heygate, M. D., F. R. S., be appointed President- elect This motion was carried, with the understanding that the following meeting should be at Taunton. THE DINNER. In the evening about 120 of the members repaired to the Assembly Rooms, and partook of a more than excellent repast. When the cloth was moved and Non Nobis Domine had been sung, The Chairman gave " the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family," " the Bishop of Norwich and the Clergy of the diocese," " the Army and Navy," which were severally drunk with enthusiasm. The Chairman then rose and said.— Gentlemen, I trust in consequence of the days you have spent here, you are already convinced of the great advantages that are derived and are derivable from the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. ( Cheers.) I think we may say something in favour of it as regards the progress of science, and 1 am sure we may say much in its favour as having promoted a beneficial knowledge of each other. ( Hear, hear.) 1 should detain you much too long if I were to enumerate, or refer to but even a few of those fresh and valuable acquaintances which this meeting has been the means of forming, during this short, this too brief period. ( Cheers.) Gentlemen, you must be aware that it is no easy task to control, to maintain, to keep together a large Association like the Pro- vincial Medical and Surgical. It is only by the excrcise of a powerful mind that the President of the Councilor' the Associa- tion, the founder of the Association,—( loud applause,) it is only, I say, by exercising a mastery oyer his own mind, that he can influence or control the minds of others; therefore, gentlemen, I have to propose you a toast that concerns our President, to which I am sure you will be disposed to pay every attention. Hear and cheers.) VVe have been criticised by the public press for lauding each other at our meetings, but let the public press recollect that when what is said in commendation is true, it ceases to be a compliment; ( hear,) it is justice. Therefore, Gentlemen, I say, that that censure thrown against us is unjust, and I consider we pay the least attention we can do to the sup- porters of the Association, and much less than we should wish to do to its founder and most efficient promoter, by saying the truth, and making laus virtutis rejiectio. The toast then is the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association with the health of its founder Dr. Hastings. ( Loud cheers). In responding to the toast, Dr. Hastings said,— Mr. President and Brother Members, it has been said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, but I assure you Sir, and fellow Members, that I find it very difficult on such occasions as the present to find words adequate to express my feelings of gratitude to you ; therefore, 1 shall best consult your time by simply saying that I thank you, that I am very much obliged to you for this great act of kindness towards me, and that I will endeavour by every means in my power still more to deserve the high commendation which you, Sir, have been pleased to express concerning me, and which you, gentlemen, by your kind plaudits have so irresistibly forced upon my mind : 1 assure you, gentlemen, that from these meetings alone I have derived unspeakable gratification. It is now but a very few years since our flag was first unfurled. This was in Worcester- shire, where with small numbers we commenced this great association. We have successively, and at annual periods visited every part of England; the north, south, west, and now in the capital of East Anglia are we unfurling our banners, and have inscribed on them—'' Advancement of medical science, a maintenance of the honour of the profession, and faith and good will amongst every individual Ki^ mher of ibis association, and of the great body of the profession in general." ( Cheers.) Gentlemen, we are actuated in the association by no selfish motives. We attend not to those taunts that have been thrown in our teeth— that self adulation is the principle by which we are guided. Our conscience tells us that the feeling which actuates us in our proceedings, is a pure desire to increase the knowledge of our profession, and to produce amongst each other that good feeling, that good faith, and social intercourse, which are the great charm of human existence. ( Cheers.) This gives the charm to our association, and will, I trust, stamp upon it a motto, esto perpetua. For ages yet to come, the society will still live and have occasion to say that the pre- sent generation were actuated by high motives, and great desires for the promotion of the health and true happiness of the community at large. ( Cheers.) I trust that we can look back with no small degree of gratification to the times that are past. With regard to what we have done, I think we can in a great degree challenge the public, and ask the critic, whether our association has not answered the great purposes for which it was intended. But we will not rest in what has been done. Let us look back and see what we have done, and then press forward and try to do ten times more than that which we have hitherto been able to accomplish. ( Hear, hear.) These are feelings which ought to actuate every member of the profession, and in proportion as we put our shoulder to the wheel, and show that the desire to promote the happiness of mankind— the advancement of the true interests of the community through the benefits which the medical profession is calculated to bestow on it— are the feelings which animate us, we shall be con- ferring the greatest obligation which it is possible for an association like ours to bestow. There are on the present occa- sion other signs of the great benefits to be derived by us. I think we may challenge any one of the meetings of this insti- tution to show such a happy conjunction of scientific investi- gation and social intercourse, as have marked this anniversary —( cheers); and I do say the manner in which the Bishop of the diocese, and the authorities of this city ( loud applause,) have come forward to say that they are desirous that this association should prosper, that they are anxious to show that the city of Norwich is not indifferent to those good and high feelings which give a zest to, and animate the great principles of our nature, L say that in this respect our anniversary on the present occasion will be stamped with a high excellence, and will richly deserve a comparison with any one of those that have preceded it. Who that listened to the eloquent and touching sentences that fell from the lips of your respected and venerated Bishop, this morning, could have gone from that room and not have said to himself that these are the meetings which are calculated to benefit our profession, by bringing us in contact with men who cast a brilliant light on the human species, and who by their situation in the State are calcu- lated in every way to recommend our profession in high quar- ters, and with those who are able to assist us in prosecuting many of the objects in which we are engaged. These are some of the great benefits which result from our annual meetings. They are apart in some degree from our scientific investigations, but they stamp a peculiar excellence upon the association, and give it a peculiarity which no other Medical Institution in this country has ever possessed. ( Cheers.) Gentlemen, time is short and art is long, and I have but a few moments further to occupy your attention. Let me assure you before I sit down, that 1 go from this assembly to my home, nearly three hundred miles hence, impressed with the kindly and good feeling which has evidently animated the medical profession in Norwich; and in the fervent hope that such assemblies as these may continue to be held, and that the fruits of them may continue to abound. I can only say that I have even been enchanted since I came into this room, seeing that music has lent its aid in adding to the harmony of the meeting. On no occasion have I ever left any meeting of the Association more impressed with a sense of the benefits which it was calculated to confer upon the community, or more de- sirous to show by every possible effort on my part, that I am in some slight degree deserving of the high encomiums which you have this evening been pleased to bestow on me. ( Loud applause.) The health of the President and several other toasts having been proposed and suitably acknowledged, the Association then separated. THE SUPPOSED MURDKRS IN OXFORDSHIRE. — Although it is upwards of a fortnight since human bones were discovered on the side of Banbury- road, near Sturdy Castle, yet, up to the present time, there has been no investigation into this mysterious and suspicious affair, either magisterially or by the coroner. The coroner of the district, ( Mr. W. Brunner,) Oxford, has some doubts as to the legality of holding an inquest, and to remove these doubts he either has written, or intends to write to Lord Denman on the subject. It has been discovered that another person has been missing from that part of Oxford- shire, in addition to the man Hicks. A travelling packman, who for some years visited the villages of Hayford, North and Steeple Aston, and others within a few miles of Sturdy's Castle, has also been missing. He never hinted to any one that he was about discontinuing travelling in that neighbourhood, and what adds more weight to the suspicion of his having b4en murdered is, that many persons had contracted debts with him, which they have never been called upon to pay. The two men, Biddle and Sheriff", who were convicted of the murder of Mr. Mobbs, and who are still in Oxford Castle under a sentence of transportation for life, have made no statement or confession either with respect to the murder they were convicted of, or of any other in which they are supposed to be implicated. How to obtain health when lost The wonderful regenerating effects that Holloway's Pills produce upon the whole system is truly astonishing. This wonderful medicine perfectly identifies and assimilates itself with the blood and other fluids, while it removes from them all impurities. It acts upon the stomach, the liver, the heart, the lungs, and the kidneys; and in its course so surely cleanses and invigorates those organs as to make the return of health the immediate consequence of a few doses of this wonder- working remedy. Persons of weak and debilitated constitutions are sure to regain their health and vigour by their use, when every other means have failed. jEultmu in Some thieves entered the North of England Joint Stock Bank, at Berwick- on- Tweed, on Friday, and stole about £ 2,300 in notes and gold. No less than 84,800 clieese9 were brought in one vessel, which arrived iutlie Thames from Holland on Friday. Six million dollars, collected from the different ports in South America, arrived at Gosport, last weeK, by her Majesty's ship Amer ica. " With the exception of one estate, the county of Sutherland, con- taining24,000 inhabitants, entirely belongs to the Duke of Sutherland, The Legislature of Newfoundland has passed an act for raising £ 250,000 towards rebuilding St. John's. Parliament has voted £ 30,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the recent conflagration at St. John's, Newfoundland. The only living brother of Napoleon is now the Prince de Montfort> ex- King of Westphalia, who is in his sixty- second year. The total cost of a million of postage labels is £ 79 0s. 7d. The annual cost of the army and navy is about £ 8,500,000. It is said that Mr. Austin has realised £ 45,000 this session from his services as an advocate before the railway committees. A legacy of £ 1000 has been left to the Foreign Mission Committee of the Scottish Free Chuich, for the erection of mission premises in India. The total number of men in the militia in Great Britain and Ireland, lor the current year, will be 5,376, and their cost, £ 154,938. The Marquis of Normanby proceeds to the French capital at the close of the present mouth, as ambassador, in the room of Lord Cowley. Lynn gaol is at the present moment entirely empty. The inquiry into the mysterious murder of the policeman Clarke, at Dageniiam, Has again been adjourned for three weeks. A violent earthquake took place at Leghorn, on the 14th instant. The Rev. Dr. Warneford has presented the noble donation of £ 1000 to the Queen's College, Birmingham, to form an endowment fund for a medical tutor to reside in the College. In consequence of the Great Britain requiring repairs, she wil' not leave Liverpool till the 22ud of September next. By an amended return issued on Wednesday, it appears, that in, 1843, 004,318 persons visited the British Museum; ( 360,529 in 1844, and 763,831 in 1845. The visitors to the National Gallery numbered 456,105 in 1813 681,845 iu 1844, and 696,245 in. 1845. The pictures purchased for that institution amounted to £ 114,804. 10s., for twenty- seven of which £ 57,804. 16s. wi. s paid. The Chancellor of France had given notice to the members of the ' Court of Peers, that the trial of Joseph lienry would commence on the 25th instant. The mortality has been very great in Paris during several days : on the 17th instant the number of deaths was 28U. The average iu ordinary times is little more than 60. It is understood that Lord Clarendon is now occupied in preparing a bill having for its object the checking of railway absorption of capital. The aggregate of pledged teetotallers in the United KiDgdom is about 1,000,000; of whom, it is computed, 30,000 belong to the Methodist Church.— JVesleyan. " Assistant," like " shopman," having become common and low, a Lincolnshire establishment have dubbed its young men" coadju- tors 1" De Sevigne calls the science of medicine " pompous nonsense; specious babbling; words instead of reasons; and promises instead of results." A cast- iron bridge fell at Limerick last week, while nearly fifty persons were upon it. They all escaped unhurt. A Paris journal gravely asserts that Scotland feels herself degraded as the vassal of England ; that she is cruelly oppressed by England; that the reading of the novels of Sir Walter Scott has revived the patriotism ol her people ; and that they are determined to throw oft' the English yoke. The potato disease has broken out and is now making frightful ravages in Savoy. The Archbishop of Chambery has ordered public prayers in all the churches to avert the calamity with which the country is menaced. Sedition, blasphemy, and the like crimes are said to be most preva- lent amongst those who lead sedentary lives, especially tailors and shoemakers. It is now understood that the Government have decided on giving Captain Warner a fair trial for his invention of blowing up ships and forts at long distances. The subscription for the relief of the widow and children of the ate B. R. Haydon, now amounts to upwards of £ 2,000, exclusive of the annuity of Lady Peel already fixed on the relict. There are now, at least, 200 daily, 1,400 weekly, and 180 serai and tri- weekly newspapers, together with 260 periodicals, published in the United States. Last week, at Macclesfield, a little girl, two and a half years old, fell head foremost into a can partially filled with water, and was drowned. ' 4 he Glasgow Citizen says that a metal ring has been left at the office of that paper, which was found imbedded in the heart of a potato ! During the first six months of the present year 59,770 persons have passed between England and the continent at the ports of Boulogne, Ostend, Havre, Calais, Dieppe, anu Antwerp. On Monday week a poor woman, at Chester, named Marsh, on being told that her daughter had gone off with a body of soldiers which left the city that morning, tainted and died within a few hours. At Leicester, the other day, a ferocious dog attacked a boy named Wheelan, bit off his lower lip, and swallowed it. Mr. Charlesworth, residing near Dewsbury, took down a corn- stack the other day, in which rats were so numerous that the carcases of those destroyed weighed nearly one hundred pounds. So great has been the demand for glass in London, in consequence of the recent storm there, that large quantities sent to Liverpool for export have been taken out of tiie vessels and sent back to the the metropolis, Loudon being now the best market. A Liverpool paper says—" There is not, as we anticipated, any foundation for the report of the death of Van Am burgh, the famous brute tamer. A large diamond has been found by a negro in the province of Bahia, worth, it is reported, £ 45,000, but which, ignorant of its value, he parted with for £ 35. Its weight is nearly an ounce, and the fortunate purchaser is likely to realize its full value, having taken it to llio for sale, A few days since, at Newport, a poor Irishman, named Leary, in a fit of despondency, produced by his inability to procure work, threw himself into the canal. He was rescued from the water, but in the course of the same day he completed his purpose by hanging himself 1 A clothier, named Patrick Ryan, was found murdered in the moun- tains, near Newport, Ireland, on Saturday. On Wednesday last, there were three vessels, of celebrated names, laying next each other in the Prince's Dock, Liverpool, viz. :— the Sir Henry Pottinger, 334 tons burtheu ; Lord Hardinge, 424; General Sale, 406. The bronze lamp, w hich is said to have first suggested to Galileo the theory of the pendulum, is still suspended to the nave of the cathedral at Pisa. t he totnl number of postage stamr> s issued from 1841 inclusive to the end of the first quarter of 1848, was 83,691,240. Prior to the year 1760, no stage coach came nearer to Liverpool than Warrington. In the same year there was but one private carriage in Liverpool, which belonged to a lady named Clayton. Another survivor of the Royal George, named James Ingram, keeps the Fox public- house, at W oodford, near Berkeley, Gloucester- shire, The workmen engaged in hauling down some old houses in Lad- ane, London, have met with several ancient arch ways, & c., supposed to have been bedded iu the soil for nearly two centuries. A married woman is in custody, at Newport, charged with poison- ng two of lier own children and the child of a neighbour. A large flight of locusts passed over the town of Sunderland one evening last week. At the assizes at 1' resteign, Radnorshire, there was not a single prisoner for trial. In the Prerogative Court, on Thursday week, Sir H. . Tenner Fust was just nine hours in delivering his decision on the will case, Frere v. Peacock. The property involved in the decision of the court was about £ 20,000. POSTAGE AND STAMPS.— Returns on this subject have just been printed. The first part of the return was required to show, commencing from the establishment of the penny postage to the 5th of April last, the amount expended for producing stamped postage envelopes under the several heads of machinery, paper, salaries, wages, folding, bands, & c. The total cost beginning in 1S41 to the first quarter in the present year of envelopes was £ 30,075. Is. 5d.. of which £ 1,84.6. Is. 3d. was realised in the quarter meutioned. The amount repaid by the consumers, in addition to the retailers' profit for the whole period was £ 31,068. The profit to the Government was £ 992. 18s. 7d. The number of stamps issued in the period was 83,694,240. The costs per million upon the average of the period was £ 359. 6s. 1 Id., and £ 371. 4s. 2d. per million was repaid by the consumers. The profit per million upon the whole number issued was £ 11. I7s. 3d., aud the profit per million at the present time £ 21. 16s. Id. The postage labels cost per million £ 79. 0s. 7d., no part of which is repaid by the cousumers. The money actually expended in the pur- chase of machinery from the commencement of the penny postage to the 5th of April last was £ 452, but the sum was not charged, because the machines in use are in good condi- tion, but a sum was charged for machinery now disused. The third branch was to show the names of persons who had sus- tained injuries at the stamping machines. From the 6th of May, 1841, to the 23rd of March last, eleven persons were injured in their fingers. Eight of the accidents iu stamping occurred with machines which have beeu since discarded. The impvoved machines in use are much superior in safety. At the folding machine three persons had been injured in 1845, and by a note it is stated that such machine is no longer dangerous, its construction having beeu altered with a view to safety. THE WHIGS AND THE BRIBERY ACT.— On Thursday morning last, louugers about the streets were surprised by the exhibition of a printed placard which ran thus— " CHESTER REGATTA. SIR JOHN JEKVIS, KNIGHT, Having at the last assizes given a prize to be contended for at tbe present regatta, to promote the amusements of all his friends ; and as many of them may not have the means of fully pnjoying them- selves on the occasion, a TICKET, value Ss. Gd., will be siven to such of them as are oa the Register as shall call at the office of Mr. Faulkner, Newgate- street, between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, THE DAY OF THE REGATTA. Wednesday, 5tli August, 1846." The natural consequences of this unexpected invitation was a rush of hundreds of thirsty applicauts to the office of our friend Faulkner, the legal agent of tbe Attorney- General; and if we may judge from the crowds of jolly fellows who were drinking the health of Sir John Jervis, at the regatta and throughout the city, this fit of liberality must have proved rather an expensive " fad." Now, we have no wish to be hypocritical, and to affect a virtuous indignation which we do not feel about this profuse distribution of the learned gentleman's gifts; but the matter is worth a passing notice, as an illustration of the sincerity with which your Whig reformers invariably denounce all attempts to tamper with the freedom and " purity of election. We remember a terrible outcry being raised by the " Liberals" in the House of Commons against Sir Frederick Thesiger, the Attorney General under Sir R. Peel's miuistry, for scattering, in con- formity with au ancient practice, a few small silver coins among the crowd during the ceremony of " chairing" after his election ; and a most indignant stir was also made against Sir Fitzroy Kelly, another Conservative law- officer, for " corrupt practices." But thank Heaven, the reign of hum- bug is over: a Whig Attorney- General has a thorough con- tempt for all such prudish affectations of Roman virtue: aud henceforth what is sauce for a goose will be sauce for a gander." Radicals and Tories may alike pay their " friends" who are " on the register" with impunity; laws against bribery and corruption are all gammon ; and pretensions to political inde- pendence, fictions of fancy. The late regatta exhibition must at any rate have had the effect of putting down the popular notion, that Tories are the only politicians who seek to win the " sweet voices" of the " masses" with money. We hope Sir John will be consistent, and laugh at the minister who may instruct him to institute proceedings for offences against the Bribery Act.— Chester Courant. NECESSITY OR FREE WILL has in former times agitated the public mind more than in the present day. Boer- have says, u It has been either by chance or necessity that all the great discoveries in Medicine have been made,' but still he has left the question of NECESSITY VEKSUS FREE WILL undecided. And although Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills are manifestly one of the greatest discoveries with which the world has been blessed, it certainly has not brought U3 nearer to the decision of the important question. £ lgricuUurai Intelligence. VALE OFIEVESHAM. AGRICULTURAL REPORT.— AUGUST. This month, the most important of all months to the farmer, has been one of extreme changeableness as regards the weather, the barometer rising and falling, alternately exciting hope and fears. The wheat and potatoes, the two most important crops for the sustenance of the nation, have experienced serious in- jury— the former from the incessant storms, and the latter from causes yet unknown. During the last week of July many thou- sands of loads of wheat were carried in the finest condition, and much more valuable corn would have been secured in that week had not the bagging hook been so generally used, which gave so great a length of straw that it occupied a considerable time to convey the same to the stack- yard—( far better had the stubble remained in the fields). So busied were the labourers in cutting and carrying the wheat, that very many farmers neglected to cover the stacks when put up. The consequence was that many ricks were so seriously damaged that they were obliged to be taken to pieces and the sheaves distributed about the fields to dry again. Very little wheat has been carted in good condition since that week. Occasionally a few loads have been snatched behind the reapers, dry and in fair condition, but the greater part that has been stacked since that time is damp in tbe band, and more or less sprouted. The straw that before was bright and beautiful, lost its colour, and the grain— with the exception of the coan wheats ( which were protected by the beard)— lost its bloom, and looks dingy and washed. The loss is not confined to the farmer, for the poor gleaners have expe- rienced a severe one— the ears lying upon the ground grew so fast that very little was of any service, excepting for poultry or pigs. There will be a difference of some shillings per quarter between the wheat ended the last week in July and that which has been carried since. Even the latter- sown wheat, which was unripe at the time the weather changed, became mildewed, and the sample will be rough and uneven. Some of the more for- ward pieces of barley on the sand lands were cut about the 10th and 12th, and on farms where there was sufficient strength to turn and prepare it, much of the same was carried on the 17th. The clay barleys are not yet fit for cutting. A great many loads of beans were carried about the 14th and 15th, soft and unfit for grinding, and very many lay exposed to the rains of the 18th and 19th. The crops in most instances are miserable, and full of grass and weeds. The skim will be found very useful in cleansing the land of the same. Vetches were carried in excellent order, and the crop is abundant and fine in quality. Grass and clover most plentiful, and theyoung seeds are flourishing and promise well. Swedes and turnips have improved very much the last fortnight. A great breadth of stubble turnip has been put in with every prospect of a crop. Various reports have been made respecting the potato crop ; but, alas ! the sad havoc, now uni- versal, baffles the most experienced, and compels the most ceptical to exclaim—" The finger of God is here." May we hear the rod, and Him who hath appointed it! Having myself a large breadth of this once valuable esculent, extending over many acres, I shall confine my observations to the same. Shortly after the appearance of the disease I commenced raising my earliest variety, and threw them on the surface of the field to dry and harden. In three or four days those that were appa- rently free from tbe disease when turned up, became disco- loured, aud a sixth of them were useless, excepting for pig food. Those that remained in the ground ten days longer were much worse. Having about ten different sorts, I perceived the Wilt- shire reds decayed first; then the various kinds of kidneys; afterwards the Rushford blues; and lastly the Phillips's— the hardiest and best potato growing. The tops were cut from the Rusbford's, and on beginning the Phillips's blues, we perceived fresh shoots at the joints, consequently most of the same are standing as they were. All the early varieties should begot up immediately and placed in narrow buries, or on boarded floors, and examined occasionally. The cattle epidemic has appeared amongst us. Great care must be exercised in the purchase of stock, and the fewer changes that are made at present the better. Farmers and graziers should avail themselves of the opportunities afforded by the " Mutual Cattle Insurance Asso- ciation" to guard themselves against the heavy losses many are sustaining from the neglect of the same. Old wheat is in better demand, and dry new is much enquired after. li. HOP DRYING. At a recent monthly meeting of the Weald of Kent Farmers' Club, a discussion took place among the members present on the best method for picking and drying hops. Mr. Unicume, of Cranbrook, introduced tho subject, and after some preliminary remarks, said the first thing to bo considered in hop drying was the situation of the oast— it should be in the highest convenient spot, and circular, and detached from any other building, so as to avoid any impedi- ment to a good draught. At first there should be but little fire, and the fire should never be suffered to sink. A good supply of brimstone was desirable to give colour, not less than half a cwt. to a ton, which should be continued all the way through the process, and the hops he thought should be packed rather warm. Mr. —- Unicume agreed very much in all his brother, the last speaker, had said. His own was a square oast without any plate over tbe fire, from which to the hair, the distance was 9 feet. His hair comprised 180 square feet to each fire, which would lake 100 bushels at each loading. The more air in the oast the better. He used about 1 cwt. of brimstone to the ton, and thought too much brimstone could not well be used if applied judiciously. He used most at the first fire, and made up two fires before he turned the hops. Brimstone he thought not only gave the hops colour, but helped to dry them. Sifting required great care— they could not well be sifted too warm, but they ought not to be rubbed. A few small bunches helped the drying, but leaves were to be avoided. His oast originally had air holes 18in. by 12in. above the fires. They did not seem to answer and he plastered them up, after which the oast did much better. Mr. John Buckland ( Biddenden) thought the great point in drying was to make as much air as possible go through the fire. So that the air was heated it mattered not whether it went through the fire or not. He liked his hops to be picked as singly as possible. Mr. Judge, a very successful manager of hops, next gave the history of Tus process. In 1845 his father built an oast house under the superintendence of Mr. John Read, which was almost the first on the Cockle principle. It had two drying floors on a level, 18ft. by 20ft.— making in the whole 720, aud it would take that number of bushels to the day's drying. At first it was arched with brick which was lieavv and cumbersome and was therefore removed, aud it answered very well, he having for years obtained as good a price as any in the neighbourhood. Half a bushel per foot was rather a light oasting, but whenever he attempted to increase it he invariably found it did not answer so well. When the cockles became dilapidated they were taken down and horse fires substituted. In'doing this it was necessary to excavate the bottom floor and two cockles instead of one were put into each oast. He found by this means that he could dry an additional quantity, but the sample was not quite so good. He preferred the air to come through the fire, to effect which it w as necessary to have a pipe or conductor, and the longer it was, the sharper the draught. He sifted as soon as they came off the hair. Packing could not be done too warm if the leaf was not broken, which with the packing machine was not likely to occur. As for brimstone, at first he used from half to three quarters of a hundred and when full ripe a cwt. The Farnham planters used no brimstone, and they all knew their hops were in great request. They must be guided by their market. If a bright sample was wanted, they must use a good deal of brimstone, but if only quality they need not resort to it. Other members followed among whom was Mr. Hague, who said he used half a ton of Welsh coal to a ton of hops with a small proportion of charcoal. Mr. Hague described a sifting machine which he had, which broke no leaf, took less time, and sifted better. It was capable of doing 300 bushels in about 20 minutes, which with the common method would take half a day. Everything that run through it was cured, — while it rejected all that were not ready, which were thrown on again. It cost from four to five guineas, and he should strongly recommend every hop planter to get one. f$ o£ ttctiUure* OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, & c.— Where conservatory borders or beds exist, » ee that they are duly watered. Examine the plants individually, as their plants will be various. Arrangements must be made forthwith for housing tender plants.— Stove and Orchids: Little new here; fallow out the principle of ripening growths for the winter day by day. Continue to increase the amount of air in a general way, and to slightly decrease the amount of atmospheric moisture.— Mixed Greenhouse: A few of the more showy anuuals, such as the Collinsias, Clarkias, Leptosiplion, Platystemon, Erysi- mum, Iberis, Lasthenias, Eutocas, Nolanas, Calandrinias, & c., may be sown now in pots, and kept in cold frames through the winter. Look well to succession.— Achimenes-. Give water freely, and ward oli'intense sunshine. FLORISTS' FLOWERS,— Auriculas may now be repotted. All decayed leaves should be removed; but this must be done carefully, or more injury will be sustained by the plant than many people imagine, fir potting, should the plant appear at all unhealthy, care- fully remove the soil without breaking the ball, and examine'the tap root. Should this be decayed or cankered ( which is sometimes the case), it must be cut completely away. Avoid all complicated, stimulating composts; for however tine the plants may grow the health of the stock will be jeopardised. Well- rotten leaves, with turfy loam, will lorm a good compost for wintering the plants in.— Tulips: Pay strict attention to the soil for the ensuing planting season, turning it over occasionally, in order to sweeten it, & c., & c. Continue to put out Pink pipings, aud attend to the directions given last week relative to potting the layers of Carnations aud Picotees. — Pansies will now strike very freely; and when the weather is suitable, plant out seedlings iu beds of richly prepared compost. Examine Ranunculus roots, being careful that they do not contract damp ; and pay strict attention to Dahlias, which now require much care; young shoots may be struck in brisk heat, and the regular routine of tying, disbudding, & c., must be persevered in, not for- getting unvarying aud determined hostility against earwigs, and all destructive insects. FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES.— Those who are fond of early annuals, whether in pots in the mixed greenhouse or in the flower border, should sow soon; some useful sorts are enumerated under the head " Mixed Greenhouse." Stocks and Mignonette should be sown forthwith. The Moss and Provins Roses for forcing should now be all turned round, if piunged, ia order to break the roots through the bottom of the pots. Lose not a moment's time iu getting out abundance of cuttings of flowers for next year's masses > THE CIRENCESTER AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.— E. Hol- land, Esq., of Dumoleton, Chairman of the Royal Agricul- tural College Council thus writes to the editor of the Gardener's Chronicle:—" There appears to be a good opportunity at this moment of benefitting three or four young men who have a practical knowledge to a certain extent of farming, and who have the wish, but have neither means nor opportunity, of gain- ing scientific knowledge in connection with agriculture. Mr. Arkell, the farm superintendent at the Cirencester Agricul- tural College, requires assistance with the daily out- door ciass of pupils, and I think that if eligible young men were to offer to take the superintendence of out- door classes iu considera- tion of their being allowed to attend our lectures, and being provided with bed and board for a certain period ( say the term of the course) in the College, the offers might be accepted of two or three such men. I write to you on the subject under the impression that you are more likely to know of such eligible parties, and more desirous of serving them, than any one else. HOPS. WORCE STER, AUG. 26.— We continue to receive the most promising accounts from all parts of this plantation, and the produce is likely to exceed all calculations hitherto made. On Saturday the duty was done at £ 22,000, aud the kingdom al £ 175,000. WE have no business doing. Picking it is expected will be general next week. MAIDSTONE.— Our hops are ripening fast, and will be ready for ptcking a few days earlier than we expected. The early sorts, such as Jones's, will be begun on Thursday, but the Colegates are only just turning from burr to hop, and will not be touched for two or threeweeks. The Goldings are splendid. The flea is doing a great deal of mischief in some districts, and there is some mould, but the < luty is"" rising. Our Rochester collection is likely to exceed 8 cwt. per acre.— Maidstone Journal. BOROUGH, MONDAY, AUG. 14.— Reports from every part of the hop- growing countries, from day to day, assume a more favourable aspect. Where the bur appeared unusually slight the hops have filled and grown out to an extent quite unex- pected. No one is now against the duty being £ 180,000. Picking will be general in about a week. Some will commence earlier. The market is stagnant. New Pockets. £ s. £. s. New Bags. £ s. £ s. Farnham 7 0 10 0 Kent .....' 5 0 7 5 Kent 5 2 8 li Sussex 0 0 0 0 East Kent 0 0 u 0 Yearlings 4 10 5 10 Sussex 4 10 0 0 OldHops 1 0 4 10 Yearlings 4 10 6 10 FAIR. LUDLOW.— The sheep fair at Ludlow was held on Thursday; the show was very good, both in fat and store kind, which met a very ready sale at great prices; more buyers were never seen at any former fair. Wethers readily produced 7d. per lb., and in some instances more. Store ewes were exceedingly dear, making from 10s. to 12s. per head more than last year; namely, at from 40s. to 45s., which last year might have been purchased at 33s. On Friday the cattle fair was held, and the show of beef was one of the smallest ever exhibited at an August fair; all sold early in the morn- ing; best beef at from 6J. to 6Jd. The show of pigs was also very small, and they were readily sold at advanced prices. Very few horses shown, and those of au inferior description; anything good soon changed hands at high prices. The cause of this general increase of prices for all kinds of stock is the scarcity of stock and the great abundance of keep in the present season. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Kidderminster, Fri, Herefordshire.— Leominster, Fri, ff'arwic/ tsftire,- Bjandoii, Man, ggrtcmmrai augottjgg iiiariicts. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE. MONDAY, AUGUST 24. A fair supply of English wheat. The factors began by asking extravagant rates, which checked the demand, but the market ulti- mately finished about 3s. to 4s. dearer than this day week. A similar improvement was firmly insisted on for bonded and free foreign, but the business transacted was less extensive than on Friday. Large arrivals of foreign oats, in which there were nearly 20,000 qrs. from the port of Archangel. The trade was nearly Is. dearer for most descriptions than this day se'nnight, but not so buoyant as last marketday. Barley, ma. lt, and beans fully la., and peas 2s. to as. higher. Per qr s. s. Malt Kingston and Ware 01 G4 Brown ~ - - 53 55 Oats, Lincolnshire aud Yorkshire, Feed - 23 25 Pota. and Poland - 27 29 Scotch - - - 24 27 Devonshire and Welsh 22 24 Londonderry, Nevvry, and Cloniiiel ditto - 24 20 Limerick and Sligo - 24 20 Cork and Waterford - 21 23 - 23 - 18 2U - ' 9 " i- i - 30 39 - 38 4U - 42 4s - 44 64 - 34 3( J 38 Per qr. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & * * Suffolk Red 52 to 54 White - 54 02 Lincolnshire & York- shire Red 50 52 White - 52 58 Scotch - 48 50 White - 49 54 Irish - 48 50 White - 48 52 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - - - 29 31 Distilling 27 29 Chevalier 31 33 Grinding - 24 25 Irish, Distilling- 25 27 Grinding - 23 24 Rye, Distilling 35 37 Grinding - 32 35 Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 57 01 Brown . 51 53 Black White- Galway Extra Beans, Tick - Harrow and Small Peas, Essex, Boilers Blue - Grey, Maple, & Hog Extra - " - - - 37 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26. The trade again firm and the demand for good and dry samples of new wheat was active at a further advance of about 2s. per qr. The business in oats was at higher prices, and this gram appears to be expected to be considerably above the present prices unless the importations of inuian com should be on a scale sufficient to coun- terbalance in some considerable degree the loss of the potato crop. The deficiency in the yield of barley is reported more extensive than was supposed, but the samples of the new article were few, and takeu at advancing rates. Beans and peas were sold at a large advance. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Com, per Imperial Quarter, for the Week ending August 15. Wheat .... 45s Id I Oats 23s 3d I Beans .... 39s 6d Barley .... s7s 3d| Rje 3- Js 7d j Peas 30s Od Aggregate Average of the Six / Pecks which regulates th£ Wheat 48s ( id j Outs .... 23s 7d Barley .... 27s 3d | Rye .! 3JL^--' hi" f'reas oreign Com. Wheat 9s Od ! Oats Is Od j Beans Barley.... 4s Od { Rye .... 4s Od | Peas SEED MARKET, AUG. 24. Although the imports of linseed were somewhat extensive, the demand was tolerably steady, at late rates. About 700 quarters of Black Sea have been sold for shipment, at 42s. Archangel may be quoted at 38s to 39s ; and Petersburg, 39s to 41s per qr. There was a good business done in new English rapeseed, at £ 41 to £' ii 10s per per last. The best parcels of English linseed cakes were quite as dear; but all other articles are much neglected. — the following are the present quotations :— Red clover, English, ( per cwt.) 40s to 40s ; White clover, 42s to 50s ; Linseed lor sowing, 55s to 00s ; ditto for crushing, 40s to 40s ; Caraway, ( English) 44s to 48s; Foreign ditto, 443 to 40s ; Coriander, lis to ; Rapeseed English ( per last) £ 22 to £ so\ ditto new, £ 20 to £ 20 10s ; Foreign ditto, £> i; Rapecake, English ( per ton], £ 5 15s to £ 0 5s ; ditto Foreign, £ 5 5s to £ 0 0s ; Linseed cake, English ( per 1,000),£ 11 Us to £ 11. 10s. WOOL MARKETS. ' LONDON, AUG. 24.— The imports of wool into London since Mon- day last have consisted of 309 bales from Algoa Bay, 370 ditto liom Sydney, 31 ditto from Russia, and 71 ditto liom Hamburgh. Although the supplies of both British and loreign wools on otler, privately are not very large, the demand heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported, BRADFORD.— There was a full average business done here in most kinds of combing wools. LEEDS.— The demand for low and middle qualities of short wools continues good, and prices were lully maintained. HULL.— Prices were rather lower being from AOS to 27s per tod. SMITIIFIELD CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 24. At Hull, the arrivals have comprised 229 oxen and cows, 439 sheep, 7 calves, ami 15 pigs, mostly from Holland. To- day, there were on oner about 420 loreign beasts, 2,000 sheep and lambs, and 30 calves, a large portion of which was suffering froru the effects of the prevailing epidemic; yet nearly the whole" found buyers, at full prices. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing districts, were tolerably good as to numbers, but very deficient in quality. Not- withstanding the attendance of both town and country buyers was numerous, the beef trade was somewhat inactive, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, last week's prices, and a total cleatauce was not effected. The numbers of sheep were again very extensive. Prime old Downs commanded a brisk sale, at a further impiovement in value ol' 2d. per 8ibs.— the highest figure being 4s. ed. per 81bs. In all other breeds, a good business was transacted, and, in some instances, the cuirencies had ail upward tendency. LamLs— tlie supply ol which was good— moved offsteadily at late rates. The veal trade w as iu a sluggish state, yet we can notice no altera- tion ill value. In pigs, very little was done at late figures, I'RICEs Hilt STONE Ol? SUBS. s d Inferior Beasts 2 8 Second quality ditto 3 0 SINK THE OFFAL. f rime large Oxen . Prime Scots, See Inferior Sheep Second quality ditto Coarse- woolled ditto Prime Southdown.. 3 0 3 10 3 0 4 0 4 2 4 0 s d 2 10 3 4 3 8 4 0 3 10 4 2 4 - i 4 8 Prime Southdown ia s d s woul 0 0 0 Lamb 4 4 5 Large coarse Calves 3 0 4 Prime small ditto .... 4 2 4 Suckling Calves, eachl8 0 29 Large Hogs 3 8 4 Small PorKers 4 8 4 Cir. old store pigs, each 10s a 19s SUPPLY AS PUR CLBRK'S STATEMENT, Beasts, 3,075 | Sheep aud Lambs, 32,830 j Calves, 208 | Pigs 160 WORCESTER, AUG. 28. A large supply of wheat from the farmers, and although the trade ruled dull, au advance of about 2s. per qr. on all desciiptions was obtained. Malting barley much inquired lor ; grinding, Is. to 1s. Od. per qr. dearer. Oats fully Is. per qr, higher. Beans and peas were held for a similar improvement, but no progress could be made in sales. s d s d Wheat, white 0 8 7 0 New 0 0 0 0 Foreign 0 0 0 8 Wheal, red 5 10 6 4 New 0 0 0 0 Foreign 5 0 0 0 Bailey, grinding 3 9 4 0 Ditto new Malting .. 0 0 0 0 Malt 8 0 8 0 Old Oats, English .. 3 9 4 0 New ditto 3 3 3 6 Old Oats, Irish New Oats, Irish..... Beans, old, English . Ditto, Foreign Ditto new, English . Peas, Feed Boilers, white Vetches, Winter ... ditto, Sjiriug Rye, new s d s d 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 0 5 3 5 5 0 5 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. i Total quail. Av. per qr. Rye . . . Oqr. Obu. i'U 0 0 Beans. . 11 2 2 2 0 Peas . . 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat 852q: rou. £ 2 9 11£ Barley 0 0 0 0 0 Oats. .0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 26.— The wheat trade ruled dull, and prices were barely maintained. Malting barley in request at lull prices loi line qualities. Grinding held for Is. perqr. more money. For oats is. per qr. advance demanded, but nut paid. Beans sup- ported their value Indian corn Is. per qr. higher.— Averages: Wheat, 1,718 qrs. 2 bush., 48s l| d; barley, 330 qrs., 28s 7jd; oats, 240 qrs., 25s lid; beans, 25 qrs., 42s 1 | tl; peas, 7 qrs. 4 bush., 37s 4d. GLOUCESTER, AUGUST 22.— The market to- day was brisk for both English and foreign wheat, at an advance of 3s to 4s per quarter over the prices of last week. In bailey an improvement of Is to 2s perqr., and in oats Is 6d advance was realised. Beaus also must be quoted decidedly firmer.— Averages : Wheat, 249 qrs., 4 bush., 48s 2d ; barley, 20 qrs., 29s lOd ; oals, 144qrs. 4 bush, 24s Id. HEREFORD, AUG. 22.— Wheat 0s Od to Os Od ; barley, 3s 9d to 4s Od ; beans, 5s to 5s Od ; peas, 4s Od ; oats, 2s 9d to 4s Od^ SHREWSBURY, AUG. 22.— The favourable change in the weather caused buyers to purchase sparingly as follows:— Wheat, 5s 2s to 7s ; barley, 3s Od to 4s 7d ; oats, 2s 3d to 3s 0d per imp. bush. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25.— A good extent of business was done in wheat and flour, but Friday's advance was not maintained; former fully supported late rates, and the latter is Is per sack aud barrel higher. Oats in request at 2d to 3d per bushel improvement, and meal at a rise of as to 3s per load. Grinding barley 3d per bushel dearer. Malt steady, Beaiis, peas, aud Indian corn, Is per quaiter more money. i- nooiuens ana 33anuritpt Hiegiater. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Joseph Lawrence Butler, Liverpool, coai merchant. Vv illiam Curtis, Uroydon, builder. BANKRUPTS. Jesse Cornelius Moore, Strand, Middlesex, bookseller. George Augustus Cavendish, Church- end, Finchley, clerk. John Miller, Mary- street, Hoxton Old- town, baker. . Louis Meanier, Leicester- place, Leicester- square, hotel keeper. W illiam Gwillim Merrett, Leadenhall- stieet, City, aud Oliver'g- terrace East, Bow- road, Middlesex, surgeon. William Tew, Halifax, Yorkshire, com dealer. James Sutciitl'e, John Sutcliffe, and William Berry, High- town, Birstal, Yorkshire, cotton spinners. John Taylor, Manor House, Meltham, Yorkshire, manufacturer. Richard Henry Hartley, Haiilax, Yorkshire, stockbroker. Charles Thomas Wood, Liverpool, corn factor. Edward Muudy, Liverpool, house agent. Henry Tate and Robert Lucas Nash, Bristol, stock and share- brokers, T U E S D AY, A U G U S T 25. BANKRUPTS. William Pownell, High- street, Poplar, cheesemonger. Henry Wooleot, Museum- street, Bloomsbury, fringe maker. William Sutcliffe, Lawrence- lane, Warehouseman. Joseph Harvey, King William- street, lamp manufacturer. John Humphrey, Packwood and Tauwortli, Warwickshire, coal dealer. John Brindley, Coventry, laceman, John Boland, Manchester, bardwareman. Richard Yates and Thomas Hartley Williams, Manchester, mer- chants. Printed and Published / or the Proprietor, at the Office No. 5, Avenue, Cross, in the Parish oj Saint Nicholas, in the Borough of Worcester, by FRANCIS PARSONS ENGLAND, Printer, residing ai No 52, Moor Street, Tytiling of H7i istones, in the Borough of Worcester. SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1846.