The Express. — London, England, 1853-05-02 00:00:00

or isairectly .—(Wartnl3) Ccrtainly n •lt ; car. r s nty Dot. Via pi expect that any sum of money would be paid ? Brd• pa pea know now ?—I heard it from wh e re was that ?-111 some passage in some rooms, a day two se.—jhe witness, after mach pressing, subee 'w go etly tw mid o be tint beard of it that morning, and not a as W.) I saw Mr. Elmslie yesterday, but it w or s halt my insets: Inises% and did not mention the matter ! t h, o Inquiry to him. The rumour about a money arrange. al. Iltiiolltd tome by Mr. Kennet Temple, a solidi tat tot of Lyme Items, who is in town. b s , you cspect to get any stoney out of the last Har wi:h ;Intern ?—(lnslignantiy): DJ I expect ?—No, sir, I do sue. Isither directly nor indirectly ?—Neither one way nor the other. :s ~epune for you ? —Nor anyone for me. The letters mi .. to the it, ctors asking them to vote for Mr. Peacocks ' and ab% Waddington, were, I think, sent by Mr. Elwell*. .11 cast induced you to send them? What induced me ?I Its unease of my legitimate influence for Mr. Peacocke.l i n ,i were sent to my tcnat.ts end particular friends.—Arel th e se A good many voters at Harwich who oweyou money ? Sir _lu what time do you allude ? From 1841 to now. —Sow many voters are there who had loans as voters? I con,: not tell you so far back as 1841.—How many are 'hire et the present naomeut under money obligations to „ wo e soy ; perhaps eight or ten. I think in one care the money was lent on a barge six or seven years eg o, to one Horlock 5401., and I think I lent a further sum Pi him . 'elf and his sou of 7.5/. I had their promissory notes. I lael interest paid on it. Ido not manage these matters le p.,,f; they are done by Mr. Husk, of Dishopmate suest. I have an office in Great Wiechester.street. Haste has uotbinc to do with the management of my money d o " Ibe interest he sent to me. I don't recollect lend the sparrows money. I submit, however, whether I should be celled on to answer these questions at such a heath of time. I believe I lent Sparrow money, and I hose not received the interest fur a long time past. I have applied t wo hiss for it. Elwin Edgar has diacharged his l een by k. I hare not been security to any bank for any money. I dad not advance John Cottingham 201., or knew Can, the Conker, had done it, and that I was security. By Mr. Smith—Did you, Mr. Attwood, make any ar rangement for money, or expect any money for your M lle, ace at Hai wick at the last election ?—[Emphatically], Certainly nut. Did you authorise any one to do so ? — N o ; anther directly, nor indirectly. Ur. Lloyd was then called in and examined, and corro borated that part of the evidence of Mr. Peacock., in which be spoke of his interviews with Mr. Lloyd. Witness re mired a communication from Mr. Elwin, to the effect that Mr: Attwood would not stand, and he (witness) advised Mr. Attwo.ol, as far as he was entitled to do so, not to stand Will, tor reasons personal to himself. There were two or three interviews before the matter could be arranged for Mr. Peacock. to go down to Harwich. Some time after (continued the witness) Mr. Emilio told me that there were certain expenses to be incurred ; and that in the prosecution of sonic petition about one of the Harwich e l ections —I think in what is called the second Harwich petition—there was a considerable sum unpaid. Mr. Elmalias said he thought, if Mr. Attwood did not occupy the position he contemplated, be thought it but reasonable that any person who had the advantage should take upon himself these expenses. I then asked Mr. Ellerin what he thought would be the limit, or the maiimum, and, if I recollect right, I think he said 1,6001.; bat afterwards 1 thought it better to tell Mr. Peacecke it would be 2,00d1., knowing what these sort of estimates were, for, to tell the honest troth, I did not wish him to entertain the proposal, Or to accept it. Mr. Peacocke said, so far as say legitimate execrates went, he would give it considers, ti" bat he said I will make no promise of any kind, con sidering that an understanding was sufficient among gentle men; that if he were returned the expenses not exceeding W. would be takes into consideration. He would not as mare, but that if be were returned and finally seated, and there was no petition presented. that then he would take into consideration whether or not he would pay them to the latent of 2.000/. I gathered from Mr. Ehnene that he had set b.:cupid these expenses, and %bathe did not exactly know to whom to look. I did not ask Mr. Peacocks to entertain the proposal, thinking that if Mr. Peacocks wished for a seat in pulisment he did not see why be should not go and nand on independent grounds altogether. By Sir. James—Was there either directly or indirectly, ai far as you are concerned, any barter of tne influence of Mr. Attwood for the bargain or sale of Harwich ?—No. I would not be concerned in any practice of the sort, knowing that there is a penal enactment against it. I saw Mr. Attwood on the subject. By the Chairman—Do you know if any sum was paid to He Crushe on account of expenses incurred on the occa sion ?—I think be heard that he had received something on account, but I don't know of my own knowledge. The committee then adjourned to this day, when Mr. Jobs Elunlie is to be examined. BOLTON. This committee coVeistedoi Lord Robert Gros venor, lion. Charles Stewart Hardinge, Mr. M. Milner, Mr. T. P. Williams, and Sir F. Pigot. Counsel for the petitioner were Mr. Sergeant King4ake, Mr. James, sad Mr. Cross; fur the sitting member, Mr. &edema Wilkins, Mr. March, and Mr. Tindal Atkinson. Mr. Serjeant Kierlake opened the cue, and stated that the allegations contained in the] petition were against the return of Mr. T. Barnes, and Mr. Joseph Crook, on the pound of bribery, intimidation, and corruption, and Mr. George Omahaigb, the unsucceveful candi date, shouldibe returned. TM sandidates at the last eleo tioa polled as follows :—Beenio, 74.5; Crook, 727; Blair, 717 ; Ainsworth, 346. After enumerating the names of the agents acting for the sitting member, the 1 d counsel usin gtieed went on to state various ssoussfiatlaidsti sa sport voters. Several voters WOO takes IS a IMAM the Bank of England, sad these detained, voting. Morley, a voter, mamitred 11 to vote for tr u iretr member. Another voted noir a distinct assurance that be should receive AL, sad smsdisr gave hie vote consequent upon a promise that ha ahsaldrimeive a situation in a cotton warehoww. Patrick Modem won kept in demise, and so plied with drink as to be mast& to vote, and did not re corer from the ants of Iles for some days after the election. The small dealers of the town were visited by mum saliti thismasirsa se-operative stars shop keepers, sad Mid If they did sot vote for the sitting mem bers they void be deprived of their custom. A lavish system of MOW scald be proved to have taken place in the blis-lmeasm. El pu ides's rid& was proomdiog when the committee ad journed. TOTNES. The senimittee in this cue were the Hon. E. Las -Wles, Mr. Martin Tacker Smith, Captain Rollout, Sir J. Whittington, and Mr. Henry Whitmore. The tion, preheated by Mr. Barry Baldwin, of Rock View, Torquay, sets forth that at the last election the lion. Edward Adolphus St. Maur, commonly called Lord Seymour, Thomas Mills, Esq., of Russell-square, and the petitioner, were candidates. Ilse returning officer de clared that Mr. Mills had the majority of votes, whereas the petitioner would hove bedaub majority, and was entitled to be returned, had not the managers and agents of Mr. Mills written sail published in Totnee an " infamous end wicked " libel upon the petitioner, influencing the voters, and giving Mr. Mills a colourable majority. Petitioner had recovered damages of 1501. against Mr. Mills in the Court of Esehequer for the refusal to divulge the name of the author. The petitioner also alleged that the legal agents of Mr. Mills were paid 25 guineas each, and for these reasons the election ought to be null and void. It appearing, after some discussion, that the necessary witnesses were not up is town, the committee adjourned to this day. WE ARREST OF TWO ROMAN CATEIOLIO BISHOPS. FRIDAY.—Sint* the arrival of Dr. tilithorne and Dr. Moore, at Warwick Gaol they have been visited by many of the catholic gentry and clergy of the district. The bishop his issued an address to the clergy under his jurisdiction, in which he explains the cir cumstances that led to his and Dr. Moore's arrest. He Lays : —" During the administration of my predecessor, the late Right Rev. Dr. Walsh, the late Charles Brown Mostyn, Esq., was desirous of adding to the endowment of the mutton at Radford, in the immediate vicinity of his resi dence at Kiddingtea, in Osfordehire. For that purpose he gave BO sham in the Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire husking Compaay, end tranferred them late the names of the Itigbt Reverend Dr. Welds, then Vicar Apostolic of the central district, and the Right Rev. Dr. Wieemin. thee Pre sident of St. Mary's College at Oscott, and, by a hosed deed of trust, he appointed that their successors la these allele, for the time being, should always be the WINS Sr Ness snares in trust for the Radford mission. Oa ay @standing Dr. WaUh as vicar apostolic I also succeeded le the trust, together with the Rev. Dr. Moors, the suceeedieg presi dent of Oscott, but, as is obviau, without talkies try bias tidal honest whatever in the shone la crusades ; wed ekes, acme time afterwards, a call of U. per share ens made as the shareholders, we were obliged to decline phyla( it, having no funds for the purpose, and the cler gyman of the Ininllol2 himself procured the money, which amounted to 2101. In the autumn of 1851 the company her Me bankrupt to a very large amount, for which we nett liable jointly with the other shareholders. We had no property of our own, yet after taking counsel of ter friends we catered into an engagement to pay 1,0001., which sum we borrowed for the purpose, and paid is fuG confidenee, under the representations then made, that no further claim would be pressed against us. Tbe affairs have since been brought under the Court of Chancery, sad the agreement has not been carried out, but an adamantl call los been made upon us of 601. a share, amounting to 4,81/01., towards which the 1,0001. already paid has been considered as part. We thus received notice to pay 1,8001., but we replied that it was utterly impossible for at to meet the demand, that the 1,0001. already paid wus net our own, that we had no means of raising more, &al that all we could do would be to surrender our few per s nil . Bette, such as books, vestments, &c. Of these our lo mite obtained and presented a valuation, which did not amount :0 WO/. for both of us together." Dr. Ullathorne a'kl+ " I ouch: not to omit to state that so soon as I found the position in which I was thus placed, I tendered the re sireavine of twy wend office that I might bear my burl o of '..al without inconvenience to the diocese. But wy efPr was declined in a ananner which satierhd me that it was laT duty to continue my episcopal administration." It is expected the two gentlemen will be admitted to bail in lee nye, prior to their appearance before the I:Pol ecat Coin. 4:r. TILE ROYAL ACADEMY DINNER. On Saturday last the president and council of the Royal Academy of Arts entertained a party of noblemen and gentlemen of distinction at the rooms of the association in Trafalgar-squAre on the occasion of the opening col " The Exhibition." _ _ The company assembled some time before the dinner hour, and inspected the pictures in the several reruns which are to be thrown open to the public to-day. The dinner, which was provided by Messrs. Willis of the Thatched house Tavern, and which comprised every delicacy that could he furnivhed, was served in the eastern apartment. Sir C. L. EASTLAKE, the president of the academy, was of cums in the chair. The Bishop of LONDON, chaplain to the academy, said Among the company were the Prussian nil Sardinian Ministers, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord J. Russell, M P., Lord Pal merston, M.P., the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. S. Herbert, M.P., Lord Harding, Sir C. Wood, M.P., Sir J. Graham, M.P., the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Cardwell, WP. Sir W. Molesworth, M.P., Lord Campbell, the Muter of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice 'Lanni, the Marquis of Anglesey, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., the Governor of the Bank, the Sari of Carlisle, &c., ece. The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured, fol lowed by the " Army and Navy." to which the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord 'Jardine, and Sir James Graham severally responded, Tin PUISIDENT proposed " The health of the Foreign Ministers who had honoured the Academy with their pre- ante on this occasion." His Excellency the Chevalier BUNSEN, who was very cordially welcomed, acknowledged the toast. He said—ln rising to return thanks for the hosour you have done to the members of the diplomatic body here present, I express not only my own personal feelings, but also those of my excel lent friend and colleague opposite, the Marquis d'Aseglio, Sardinian envoy, and of his illustrious relative on my right, to whom you, sir, have so nobly alluded—that illustrious and successful statesman of a country dear to all here present, to all friends of huma nity and of the fine arts—he, the noble patriot ant the favourite son of all the muses. (Cheers.) During the many years that I have enjoyed the privilege of spend ing some happy hours within these sacred precincts of the muses, breathing the genial air of humanity and of peace, I have had a grewiog conviction that art, as art, is becom ing more and more appreciated in this country, and that the standard of art has been rising both among artists and the public in a most striking manner. (Hear, hear.) All I have seen to-day has confirmed me in this conviction, and I wish you, and the Royal Academy, and the country joy for it--Cheer, hear)—particularly because I believe that this riling appreciation of art has a very sound foundation— (bear)—that it, it rests upon a greater and more general le• knowledgment of the real basis of all genuine feeling for art. , But art must be true—that is, must not spring from fashion se from certain conventional rules—that every work of art mast be produced and admired for its own sake. (Hear.) one necessary consequence of such a growing general feeling Miad be that a greater liberty is granted by the public to Or artist in expensing his artistic thought. (Hess.) And, Weed, if the artist is led by this orinciple, he will steer his way between the conflicting cries--" Imitate nature and imitate the old masters." There is no absolute truth in either of these maxims. First, as to the imitation of nature ; well, the sun does that in our photography; but what a poor artist he has turned out to be. (Hear, hear.) Wh he is bid to reproduce the noblest object of art, the human face, he fails—the life is wanting ; he only succeeds twben the human face has paued through the creative mind of the artist. (Itear.) He can copy a work of art, but not artistically reproduce a work of maitre. (Hear.) And now as to the old masters; if those of classical antique art are meant, they are undoubtedly the models for all ages ; but have we not proofs without end that they may be copied without life and spirit ? Again, as to the masters of the great historical school of painting, which begins with Giotto and ends with Raphael, is it not still more the same ease with them ? Imitate the one model as well as the other, as far as you feel them your own, with truthfulness, and you will work in their spirit. (Hear, hear.) To enter deeply into their unaffected simplicity, into the purity of expression, the grandeur of composition—that is what Raphael did, and even Michael Angelo, that Titanic, Mei nal genius. (Hear, hear.) It is because I perceive a masked progress in that direction, that I am particularly delighted with the present exhibition. I The Pne-duerie then gave the health of the noblemen nadgentlemen who had honoured the Academy with their preeenee. The LORD CUANCELLOR said he bad not the good fortune 1 of one of the most distinguished of his more immediate predecessor', upon a similar occasion, when he could bout that he rose to address the Academy the son of an artist of no mean celebrity—(cheers)—neither could he attribute to himself that which many on whose behalf he had to my them few words could appropriate—that they were, either hydeis possession of galleries, or by patronage intimately connected Ida the art which the members of this society adorned ; bat effienantances had placed him in the situation in which it fell to him, according to usage, to acknowledge the honour dem to the noblemen and gentlemen present—(hear)--aull Is doing so, he wished to express his opinion, that upon no pa rlous occasion had there been an exhibition more calculated to call forth the admiration and pride of those who were pre sent. (Cheers.) Perhaps, if we wished to appreciate the advantages of art, it might be well that one not connected with art should be the person to return these thanks to the Academy ; for we should very little appreciate those ad vantages if we confined them to thou who possessed collet tieekof pictures is their own mansions. (Hear.) The cul tivation of art was one of the most efficient means of hu manising and elevatiag the mind. (Hear, hear.) We were accused sometimes of beiag a nation o f shopkeepers, and if by that was meant that we were a nation whose pride and whose object it was to cultivate and improve the material welfare of the community, by the interchange of commodities, by industry and commerce , we need not shrink from th e appellation; but we ought not to over look this—that, in the pursuit of wealth, there was a danger that we might lose sight of nobler interests. The poet Lad said— " The world is too much with us ; late and soon Getting and spending we lay waste our pow'n." If, therefore, there was any nation by whom pre-eminently the nobler pursuits of literature and art ought to be culti vated, it was that to which the appellation put alluded to applied—(hear, hear)—and it was with the most unfeigned satisfaction we should learn that the patronage of art was not now confined to monarchs and to nobles, but that the manufacturers of Manchester and Glasgow, the mer chants of Liverpool and Belfast, felt as deep an interest in, and contributed as largely to, the patronage of work. such as adorned those walls as the highest in the land. (Cheers.) He felt sure that, in rendering the thanks of those who had been invited to that assembly, he might ex press the hope of all, that this exhibition, eminent as it was, might yet be bat the precursor of others that might rival, and in time outvie it—(Hear)—and that so, rising se this country had in commerce, it might not be heldedbond in art—(Hear t hear)—a result which would be ESS/111 listed by that institution, the prosperity of whisk he would take the honour of proposing—namely, " The Royal AM. demy of Arts." (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT, in returning the respectful thank* of the members of the Academy, would take Abe opportunity of expreedog their acknowledgments, and those of the pow Simon of the fine arts generally, upon another geemed-a• nolusor= due, next to her Majesty, le New Om WS en nt. In November lost brife I=os the hem the throne, addressing the Beneeed wee glossed to say that the advamenient d Me Are Me and of poetical science would be molly temp uidthe how se worthy of the attention of a pest sod sWies. (Hear, hear.) As this imagism se was understoo d to have referent,* a scheme yet to be considered by parliament, he need Met advert to it further, except to congratulate the friends of art on so distinct a recognition of its national value and for penance. (Hear, hear.) In connection with this salgoot he sew beged to propose the health of the nobleman et the heed et - her Majesty's government. (Cheers.) He gra. mold not to speak of the consistent public career in win* that noble earl had been so long distinipaioded—(bent, hear),—but he would remind the assembly that tits asses of the Heel of Aberdeen had been quite as fusilier Be the levers of art as to the political world—(hear, heserhi—end that even in early life his lordship already occupied a pee esin.nt place among those to whom we were faisteleifint last appreciation of Grecian architecture. (pesos,) The Earl of Anzaneste, who EH received with midi sheering and great respect, said—ln acknowledging tbe honour which yon have conferred upon me, psehlV may venture on this occasion to remark that it has nom my happiness for a great many years, very nearly, indeed, for half a century, to attend these meetings, with scarcely the intermission of a single )ear. (Hear, hear.) Daring a great portion of that period it was my duty and pleasure annually to return thanks for distinctions conferred from that chair upon societies over which I then had the honour to preside ; and after resigning the direction of these societies to younger and samommgelist bonds, I very little expected to he again called epos to poehrat this duty in the position in which I am now passel (Hear, hear.) Sir, I can only trust that the interests of set will not suffer in the hands of my colleagues and swat. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, we may perhaps hops, that by oar earnest endeavours we may be enabled to sestethate somewhat to assist its progress. (Hear, per.) A geed beginning has already been made, to which you have referred ; and we have only to continue in the same souse. (Hear, hear.) I think it is a circumstance full of haps and encourage ment, that for several years I consider it may be said with truth that the public of this country, in their appreciation of art, have advanced the government and the parliament itself. (Hear. hear.) I beg to thank you for the honour which you have conferred upon me. (Cheers.) The l'itzetorna next gave the toast of " Success to the Dublin Exhibition." Lord Dusrutiot acknowledged the tout, The PRESIDENT next proposed " the Interests or Litera ture," and selected for the representatives of the world of letters the Dean of St. Paul's and Mr. C. Dickens. The Dean of St. Par L'a briefly returned thanks and consigned to Mr. Dickens the completion of the task. Mr. DICKENS then addressed the President, who, it should be mentioned, occupied a large and handsome chair, the back covered with crimson velvet, placed just before Stanfiekl's picture of the Victory. Mr. Dickens, after tending his acknowledgments of the tout, and the honour done him in associating his name with it, said that those acknowledgements were not the less heartfelt because he was unable to recogni,e in this toast the Prisidiut's usual dig et' raltedness, since English literature could scarcely be remembered in any place, and certainly not in a school of art, without a very distinct remembrance of his own tasteful writings—(cheers)—to say nothing of that other and better :art of trisaaelf, which =fortunate': was not THE • EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING upon these occasions. (Renewed cheers.) If, like the noble lord the Commander in -Chief, he (Mr. Dickens) might venture to illustrate his brief thanks with one word of reference to the noble picture painted by a very dear friend of his, which was a IPtle eclipsed that evening by that radiant and rubicund chair which the president now so happily toned down—(laughter)—he would beg leave to say that, as literature could nowhere be more appropriately hoiriured than in that place, so he thought she could nowhere feel a higher gratification in the ties that bound her to the sister arts. (Cheers.) Re always felt in that place that literature found, through their instrumentality, always a new expression, and in • universal language. (Cheers.) Several other toasts followed, and the party broke up. MAY 2, 1858. the astonishing and, in its kind, quite novel power dis played in the landscape portion of the former pie tare, entitles it to the higher rank as a work of art. No. 291 is by Sir Edwin Landseer. It is called " Twins," and chiefly consists of a sheep with her two new-born lambs, and two great dogs couched upon a rock above them, and looking on in an affectionate and protecting way. In this picture, as is frequently the case with Sir Edwin's paintings, the attempted asso ciation of human feeling with animal subjects is rather fanciful than really imaginative. It would require a long dissertation to explain our meaning fully, tut that meaning will manifest itself at once to a sensitive mind, that will be at the trouble of comparing this painting or tke well-known "Shep herd's Chief Mourner," of Landseer, with J. Wolf's "Happy Mother" and " Mourner?' in both of which a profound human sentiment is rendered compatible with absolute reality of animal nature, as well in the whole arrangement as in all the details. No. 325, " An Affray in the Pyrenees with Contra bandists," is by Stanfield; it is rot, we think, up to his usual mark, chiefly, perhaps, because the subject is rather out of his usual way. 332, called " The Way round the Park," is a very pleasing landscape by Witherington. 333 is F. Stone's "Now I'll tell you what we ll do,"—a small picture, bat one that is destined to a large share of popularity. One girl, as mischievous and pretty ,as could well be, is haranguing three others, who are lying around her in an open field or heath, and the theme of her speech is manifestly enough some fun in the way of a practical joke on unsuspecting acquaintances. No. 340 is a very beautiful picture, by Redgrave, called " The Lost Path." Two children have missed their way in a wood, and are reposing their wearied and thorn-pierced limbs,' with childish despair ad mirably depicted in their postures and countenances. The landscape is charming. 346 is Mr. C. Collins's beautiful little picture, to which we have already directed especial notice. 349 seems to be a mania cent painting of an eagle, by J. Wolf; but it is hung at so great an altitude that it is impossible to decide properly upon its merits. 375, " The Happy Spring Time," by Creswick, deserves peculiar attention, on account of the peculiar time of spring which the artist has undertaken to depict. It is exactly the time of the year we have now reached, when all the trees are budding but scarcely any in leaf. Mr. Creswick shows his feeling for nature by his choice of this time as the fairest of all. A less poetical mind would have put "the happy" season on, a month at least : but the time Mr. Creswick has chosen is the very " prime " of the year, and he has expressed it with his usual felicity. We must postpone our notice of Nos. 396 and 512 —which are very elaborate paintings by E. M. Ward—until we have had another look at them. No. 415 is a representation, by D. Roberts, of " The Inauguration by Queen Victoria of the Exhibition of all Nations." It is as good as the subject would allow of its being; and it will no doubt do as much for Mr. Robert's popularity as his noble picture of St. Stephen's, Vienna, will do for his fame. No. 437 is a masterly "Portrait of a Gentleman," by Mrs. Emma Gaggiotti Richards, who has recently displayed artistica' powers of an order seldom before attained by a woman. There is a degree of ease, vigour, and ideality in all that this lady does which ought to obtain for her no ordinary rank among por ! trait painters. 478 is a sacred piece by F. Stone, called "The Master is come," and illustrating some well-known words in St. John's Gospel. The two female faces are full of expression, but we doubt if the expres sion is of the kind that the occasion was fitted to call forth. The look of Mary is more that of a person terrified at the report of some ghostly apparition, than of one receiving the news of the arrival of the beloved Jesus. Indeed, the face of Mary bears an expression so different to what we imagine it would be, under the eircamstances, that we cannot help thinking that Mr. Stone, who is not apt to make such mistakes, must have had some intention which has not made itself apparent to us in the superficial examination of a first view. No. 480, "The Monarch Oak," by M. Anthony, strikes us first by its enormous size and elaboration. This picture covers an expanse of wall considerably larger than an average-sized suburban garden. We cannot say that we have discovered in it an interest and artistic value sufficient to repay the enormous amount of labour and high artistic skill that has been expended upon it. If, on a second sight, we alter of it, we will say so in due course. PARIS TO STRASBURO RAILWAY. The general meeting of the shareholden of this company took place on Thursday, in Hers's Great Room, Count de Begat in the chair. There were 249 shareholders present, representing 3,600 shares. The report stated that the promises made in the report of the preceding year had been more than realised. On June 16 trains had commenced running from Paris to Pot bask, and on 12th August following from Paris to the Prus sian frontier, without any break or Interruption. It was only by great exertions that this could be effected, and when once the whole line was opened a difficulty presented Bolt', which, although tending to the ultimate advantage of the undertaking, was for the moment • soiree of annoy ance. This was the sudden and unexpected augmentation of the passengers and goods traffic to such an extent that I the company was forced, notwithstanding the amount el working stock which it had provided in anti ligation of that opening, to refuse a certain amount Of the business which was offered. The consequence was that it was found necessary to make an additional corn meml et 100 locomotives, 100 tenders, 36 passengers' car- risges, and 1,818 goods waggons, the expense of which was, in round numbers, 13 millions. There was no intention of providing for that expense at present, se the company could meet it during the current year ; but next year the general fasting would have to decide whether it might not be ad visable to provide for it either by a loan, or by creating a Ifservii fund from a certain sum kept back from the divi dend of each year. The various rods yard', stations, and sheds on the principal line maybe considered as terminated, with the exception of the terminal station of Nancy. The plans for that building were at present under the conside ration of the Ponts-et-Chaussies. The Strasburg terminus was now in course of construction, and was advancing rapidly. On the 17th of November last the Prus sian and Bavarian lines were united with that of Ifitresburg, and the latter was placed in direct communi cation with ffianheim and the coal districts of Prussia. The branch line to Rheims, which the company was bound to have terminated in March next, would be opened tithe public in November. As to the branch line frees *eh to Thionville, there was every reason to hope that 111 mold be opened to the public at the end of 1863, that le o We years earlier than the conditions of the contract ro =Hitherto the working of the coal basin of Saar.. and the manufacture of coke had been kept in the boils of the Prussian administration of mines, but by esi at lately entered into with the Prussian &tithed ili ti=eempany lied obtained permission to make coke es its eves &sealant at the coal pits. The second line of rads was be be laid down on the whole of the principal line by the end of the present :year. The report then enters into a very minute account of the results of the working, and obeys how general has been the augmentation of WMe in wax kind of receipts. The gross receipts for the year analog March 31, 1853, amount to 17,795,5141. 68e., boa which must be deducted for the passengers' tax of as-tenth, subventions, he., 962,3651. 46c., leaving a re- I faiader of 16,833,1491. 12c. From that sum there being ,sensed, first, the expenses of the working, amounting to 6,04,771 f. 38c., and secondly the balance of the interest paid during the construction, namely 1,086,553 f. 75e., in all 8,210,126 f. 13c., there was a surplus of receipts of 8,623,0231.99 e. From that sum must be deducted, first, for the reterve fund to meet unforeseen expenses, and which cannot be less than 6 per cent. on the nett receipts, or 433,8841.99 c., and next, interest paid to the shareholders fee 1852, or 4,926,0001., making In all 6,358,884 f. 99c., leaving • disposable sum of 3,264,1391., which would give a dividend of 13f. per share. That swat bd&g added to 20f. already paid as interest gave ▪ tseddiv4iend of 33f. per share, or 63.6 per cent. on the espied paid up. Had not the obligation existed to complete the reimbursement of the sum of 15,182,5001. paid in in terest to the shareholders during the construction of the line, there would have been distributed 1,885,5531. addi tional, which would have given within a shade of 40f. per share for the year 18,52. It was to be remarked, in addi tion, that, during the last three months of the year which has just concluded, the receipts had amounted, to an ave rage of 51,981 f. 4c. per day. Such an amount at the very commencement of the working of the main line in condi tions by no means of a favourable character seemed to de monstrate that the returns of the line would be eves greater dosig. the present year. Should the dividend be approved IMO& WAWA at the office of the company on and after Ilia bier Kay. (Load applause.) Henan, in the name of the committee of accounts, read a report stating that he and his colleagues had visited the line In every part, and that they could only express their approbation of all they had seen. A vote of thanks was passed to the committee of accounts, and the members composing it were requested to continue their functions (which are gratuitous) for another year. Some conversation then ensued relative to the manner in which the last bonds issued hy the board had been allotted to the shareholders, but the chairman having shown that the shareholders had received nearly all of them, only a few hundreds not having been claimed, and which were after i.rdm allot , el amongst the employes of the eimpany with a view to giving them an additional interest in the welfare of the company, the matter dropped. The accounts were then approved of, and the dividend of 13f. per share agreed to. The puerlings Una termitattd. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors was held on Saturday, at the Huston station. The chair was taken by General ANSON, M.P., chairman of the board. Alter the reading of the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, when I last had the pleasure of addressing you from this chair I announced to you that it was the intention of the Zirectors to call a spe cial general meeting at an early period, for the purpose of submitting to the proprietors the expediency of prosecuting those bills before parliament which were named to you in the half-yearly report, and of aikiog for your sanction to the further prosecution of them, provided the directors, after due consideration, should think it desirable to do so. Now, gentlemen, the reason for adopting this unusual course was, that a committee of the House of Commons had Mss appointed to inquire into the propriety of allowing them large amalgamations proposed by some of the leading =ins in this kingdom. On that occasion I ventured it as my opinion that it would not be possible to imam the inquiry to the simple questions of amalgama tions and agreements. I felt that it could not be limited to the present proposals—that it must be extended as well to the past as to the future course of legislation, with respect to railways generally. The system in operation, of which we had had ample experience, had proved so injurious to railway companies, and so incompatible with the cones alums and proper accommodation of the public, that I did not think it likely that • committee of the House of Commons, composed of able and clear-headed men, would be contented with pursuing an investigation simply into the amalgamations for which the sanction of parliament was asked, principally for the purpose of rendering agreements more binding upon those who had entered into them, agreements which could be virtually and practically carried out even if the House of Commons should refuse to give them its sanction. It was quite evident to me, that if they wished to pursue the in quiry into the question of legislation generally, if they wished to grapple with the question effectually, much time must be consumed in the investigation. I was in hopes, therefore, that all the bills connected with this subject would be deferred. But in this I have been disappointed. I do not think there was anything unreason able, or that any injustice to any interest in this country would have resulted from the delay. It was my strong wish, and I expressed it as my opinion to the committee, that not only the amalgamation bills, but every bill before parliament, should be deferred for this session. I was extremely anxious that this course should be pursued. But the committee chose to decide otherwise ; they have come to • conclusion in which, with all due respect for their judgment, I cannotconcur ; they have decided that all the amalgarnatioa bills, and the bills involving agreements be tween different existing companies shall bepostponed,and that all bills connected with new oempanies,what I may call new projects and individual interests, shall be allowed to pro ceed. The effect of this decision is to deprive us of the power of obtaining acts which we really thought and believed would be most conducive to our interest, and advantageous to the public. The committee have given us no option as to our tutors course of policy ; they have left us exactly in the position in which we were when parliament first un dertook to revise the system of which we disapproved, and they have left us no option but to proceed with all our bills, respecting which it is useless to disguise—and I do not wish to disraise—from you, that some wore projected with a view to protect our interests from the invasion and the inroads of hostile companies.—A resolution in terms ,of the report having been moved and seoonded— Mr. UPCROPT desired to call attention to a few recta. The proprietors would remember that powers were ob tained in 1846 and 1847 by this company to make thirteen new lines and branches, and involving a very great ex penditure, and that all these thirteen lines had been since abandoned. Among them was the St. Albans and Wat ford line, which now made its appearance again. With regard to creating new shares en additional capital it would be remembered that in the report of August last it was stated that the capital account of the company was closed, and this statement was confirmed by the report of the auditors. It seemed to him that the present proceedings were premature and irregular, inasmuch as the railway committee of the House of Commons had not yet made their report, and this proceeding appeared to be taken for the purpose of defeating that report when made. It would be more respectful to the committee of the House of Com mons to adjourn the meeting until the report of that com mittee wss made, and he begged to move an amendment for that purpose. • Mr. Dtcx.Exsorr seconded the amendment. Mr. Cixscu, M.P., said that if he could Concur with the last speaker, that the House of Commons would pass no railway bills this session, ho should congratulate the chairman on the attainment of the wish he ex pressed on a former occasion—that all railway legislation would be suspended for this session—that they might have some breathing time, and that parliament would in the meantime lay down some general principle on which all future railwaylegislation should proceed. He however differed with the hon. proprietor who last spoke in this respect. He believed parliament would pass many railway bills this ses sion, and that therefore it was *sensory for this company, for the protection of its own interests, to go before parlia ment with these bills. For should they not do so, and the hoc. proprietor should be wrong in his anticipations, it would be very cli2cult afterwards, should any of those other rival schemes pus,to replace the company in the posi tion they would be in if they went to parliament this year. (Hear.) Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the chairman made some explanations in reply to various objec tions. A PROPRIZTOR wished to know whether, in case the proprietors rejected the bills at the Wharncliffe meeting, that would prevent the raising of the capital now proposed to be raised ? The CHAIRMAN—It would be early enough to prevent further calls. A call of 21. 10s. would amount to 600,0001. At the last meeting we sanctioned an outlay of capital to the amount of 350,0001. No further calls will be made till after the next half-yearly meeting. (Hear, hear.) The Cnistawax then put the amendment, which was re jected by • large majority. (Loud and general cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, authoeisin the raising of the capital, which was carried almost unani mously. The Caramean—l am happy to say that this resolution has been carried—l may almost say unanimously. (Hear.) The Hon. Mr. BUTLER proposed • cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman, which, having been seconded, was can ied by acclamation ; and, after • brief acknowledgement from the Chairman, the proceedings terminated. FINE ARTS. ROYAL ACADEMY. [Second Notice.] Sir Charles Eastlake, of whom we have seen little in the Academy exhibitions of late seasons, comes out this year with a large painting, No. 124, of "Ruth sleeping at the feet of Boaz." With the usual merits and demerits of this artist's works, his tender but somewhat superficial grace, his great softness and delicacy, assisted by an unnatural invisibility of out line, his tendency to depict everything literally cocker de rose, this picture has a peculiarity of style about it which we do not remember to have seen in his former works. Boaz dues not please us—few ofi Sir C. Eastlake's men do: they are not manly enough; but the Ruth is extremely delicately and sweetly conceived. The position and arrangement of the sleeping figure is very beautiful, and the face is not the everlasting face which at its first appear ance delighted us in Beatniks's pictures, but of which we must confess that we are now fairly , tired. No. 140, "The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel," by W. Dyce, is almost arepetition of the very beau tiful picture exhibited by him the year before last. Mr. Dyce, is hie best style, which he has adopted in the present picture, affords a model of chaste, tender, and accurate feeling. No. 141 represents a woodcock and newly-hatched young ones, and is called " the Happy Mother." Mr. Wolf is one of the very best animal painters we have, though not, the " greatest ;" for one element of "greatness" is fertility, and in this Landseer has tar surpassed Wolf, whose only fault is that he lets us see so little of him. Wolf has three small pictures in this year's exhibition. They are all of birds, and certainly we never before have seen birds so purely, and at the same time imaginatively', painted, either by ancient or modern artists. We know not whether Mr. Wolf is a young man ; but if he is, he promises to be the greatest of animal painters. Mr. Wolfs other pictures are numbered 323 and 3t9. No. 142, " A Summer Afternoon," by W. F. Witheringtoo, is a landscape of the right kind. English through and through. 155, "A Wild Sea Shore, at sunset," by F. Denby, represents a very' peculiar aspect of nature, one that requires Danby . 's peculiar force to make it generally credible. 159 UP a capital portrait of Walter Savage Lander, by W. Bezel'. 170, " Children of the Mist," by Sir E. Landseer, is not up to the mark of his other pictures in this e xhibition. The subject is merely a group of stags seen through a mist. They have a vague, queer look, as all things seen through a mist have ; but we trust that neither Sir Edwin nor any other English artist, poet, or philosopher, will ever fall into the German mistake of confusing mist with ima gination. 171, by J. C. Horsley, " Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham," who finds her reading Plato, while her parents are gone a hunting, is good, but not up to the mark of the subject, which is a high one. The same remark holds good of No. 174, Mr. Cope's picture of " Othello relating his adventures." 186, " Violante," by Sir Charles Eastlake ' is the well known soft, sweet face over again. We do not know why it is called " Violante." Any other femi nine name would have done as well, and no name at all still better. 191, " Venice," by D. Roberts, ought to be well looked at. No, 217, "The Iron Mask," by C. Landseer, has meritorious details in it, but it is quite a failure as a whole. The twelve lines of antiquarian prose which this picture pro fesses to illustrate contains no incident or foundation whatever for a pictorial representation. These lines merely inform us that, "from the researches of Mr. Delort, it has been proved beyond a doubt that the Iron Mask was an Italian of the name of Matthioli." We are further told of certain officials who were " the only persons permitted to see him, " end further more that the mask was not, as has been erro neously supposed, made of iron, but one of black velvet, strengthened with whalebone and fastened," &a We instance this as a good example of the mat-a-propos stuff with which the painters are al ' lowed to fill the pages of the Academy catalogue. There really ought to be some sort of efficient edito rial supervision exercised over this popular annual; which has of late years become quite famous as a collection of inelegant extracts. At the very least it should be ordained by the Academical council that no painter should make the catalogue a vehicle for the publication of his own vile verses ; but as some of the Academicians themselves are and have been the chief sinners, we suppose that this just desire of ours must be numbered with the " fallacies of hope." No. 224 is a large picture of the Battle of Water.' 100, by G. Jones. It is of the " landscape with figures" kind of battle-piece, in which, however, the figures are, as usual, too minute and numerous for the distinction and unity of a work of art, and not numerous and minute enough for the purposes of a plan. The faults of the picture are due to the impracticability of the subject. 225 is a very large picture by J. Severn, of Mary ITe buying the precious ointment, and fete a depicted vision, the events of the Cred its:ion. The conception and treatment are and novel. We decidedly object to the s a tr n a g n et which are of the regular claque-cents style. We now enter the middle room. No. 243 is a Landscape by Lee, always faithful to nature. No. 256, by A. Cooper, represents " Henry Morton rescuing Lord Evendale from the fury of Burley, at the skirmish of Drumclof." It is as full of action and life as usual with this painter's representations of the like subjects. No. 265 is Mr.Milleis's picture, called the "Osier of Release, " a work of really extraordinary malt. In the techni cal department it is as near perfection, it not nearer, than any modern painting we remember to have seen. The flesh painting is quite startling for its power and beauty. Nor is the picture less re markable for the nobler qualities of character, vividly comprehended incident, intense pathos, and variety of expression in one and the same countenance. Is this painting Mr. Millais has succeeded in producing an amount and intensity of emotional effect which we conceived to have been produceable only by poetry and music. A wife, who holds in one arm her sleepiag infant, presents with the other the order of release, whereby her husband, one of the Scot tish prisoners after the battle of Culloden, is to be restored to her. The old soldier who acts as gaoler, is examining the order with an official tranquillity and indifference which constitute an excellent relied to the feeling of the other parties. The wounded husband rests his head upon the bosom of his wife with an expression of tearful joy in his cheek—for we do not see more than the cheek—which is a marvel leas triumph of painting. The mixture of love and exultation in the lovely face of the woman is equally praiseworthy; and the sleeping infant, who is so much and so unconsciously concerned in the event, completes a group which for sweetness and pathos we have seldom seen excelled. This is a picture which will infallibly delight all beholders ; but let us not bo accused of paradox and " high art" affecta tion, if we recommend Mr. Millais to be content with having done this wonderful feat of art twice, namely, in this picture and in that I I of the Huguenots of last year. That which pleases all beholders the first time it is seen, cannot pluses all, for one and the same high reason. In this painting, for example, the many are pleased with the subject, the few with the treatment; and the ad mirers of the one, in neither case, care much for that which causes the pleasure of the others. Having now sufficiently shown that it is not for want d ability if he fails to please all, we should recommend Mr. Millais not to lose sight of tho higher elm of subjects with which he commenced his career, and with which Mr. Holman Hunt, his worthy " bro ther," continues to exercise himself. He should remember the famous saying, that all truly great artists must "create the taste by which they are to be appreciated." The "Order of Release" appeals to no taste but such as has already been created. "The Prescribed Royalist," Mr. Millais's other pic ture in this year's exhibition,is lees immedistel7attrac tiro than the " Order of Uwe bat /re think that UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 30. —ARCHEOLOGY. —The Disney Professor of Archeology intends giving four lectures upon allusions made by certain Roman writers to works of Greek art, on Tuesday, May 3, end the three following dip, at the Pitt Press. Taunts Cowtor.—We are requested to state that the statement of the presentation of the Rev. C. W. Dixon, of the above society, to the Vicarage of Shepreth, which has appeared in the local and some of the London Journals, is an error. The vicarage is still vacant by the resignation of Mr. Bumpetead. FaIOIANUIL COLLEOL—Mr. S. G. Phear (4th wrangler, 1852) and Mr. R. B. Batty (tad wrangler and 2nd Smith's priseman, 1853) have been elected fellows of this society. CLIAB HALL.—Mr. Thomas Barber has been elected a fellow on Lord Exeter's foundation. LONDON UNIVERSITY. The half-yearly distribution of prizes for the Faculty of Medicine took place on Saturday morning in the theatre of University College, Gower-street. The presi dent on this interesting occasion was Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., and there were also present a large number of ladies and gentlemen. The following is a list of the prises—the names of the students who Red obtained honour during the summer term of last year, but on whom the rewards had been con ferred in a less public manner, being also read : MEDALS AWARDED. Prize of 401. for general proficiency, 1852: M. Wm. muerte. Anatomy and Phyaiology.—Gold : George Buchanan. Silver; F. G. Clarkson ; Wm. Harris—equal. Botany.—Gold: J. G. Godfrey. Silver; F. \V. Sayer. Anatomy.—Gold : F. W. Sayer. First Silver : J. D. &stash. Second Silver : W. B Ramsbotham. Junior Clans.—Silver: James G. Blake. Pathological Anatomy.—Gold : Wm. Roberts. Silver : St. John Edwards. Chemistry.—Gold: Wm. S. Jevens. First Silver: F.W . Sayer. Second Silver: G. Martineau. Birkbeck Labora tory.—Gold: James Spencer. Silver: Wm. Melhuish. Midwifery.—Gold \tins. Roberts. First Silver: R. B. Smart. Second Silver: Thos. Hillier. Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery.—Silver : F. 'W. Sayer. Comparative Anatomy.—Gold : Thos. Hollingsworth. Medical Jurisprudence.—Book Prize : Wm. Roberts and Thos. Hillier, equal. Materia Medics and Therapeutics.—Gold George Bu chanan. First Silver S. Nestield. Second Saver: Henry Mantlesley. Surgery.—Gold F. W. Sayer. Silver : J. Z. Lawrence and James Turk, equal. Medicine.—Gold: G. Buchanan. Silver: Wilson Fox. Fellowes's Clinical Medals.—Gold, 1852: J. 8. Gamgee, Silver: Thos. Hillier. Gold, 1853: Wilson Fox. Silver: Robt. B. Smart. ROYAL COLLEGE OP SUROEONS.—The following gentlemen were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 29th inst. : Messrs. William Harrison, Hargrave, Yorkshire; Edwin Stephens Collins, Sherborne, Dorset ; John Jones, Rutbin, Denbighshire; Frederick Abell Humphry, Balham-bill ; Henry Frederick Marley, Port Isaac, Cornwall ; Marcus George Hill, Chelsea; Humphry John Gillett Atkinson, Dublin ; Herbert Eady Proctor, Brackley, Northampton shire; John Robert Low, London-fields, Hackney; and William Kaye, Koaresborough, Yorkshire. M. KOSSUTlL—Prelimmariee are being taken, we believe, to hold a public meeting at the Greenwich Lite rary Institution, to " express sympathy for Mons. Louis Kossuth, under the virulence with which the Times news paper continues to pursue him in his exile." And also to •'take into consideritti , m th,, propriety 4prtitiNliim parlia ment to put a stop to the infamous practice c. 'mind at in this country of opening the letters of foreigners whilst in transiiii at the Post-office, for the purpose of communica ting their contents to foreign despotic govetaments."— &KM bicroui. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. ROUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 20. MAJORITY AGAINST THE JEWS' BILL. I'RE'ENT. alicustitiOr. lllLlTingtua Canterbury lofty MIN. Liman Northumberland Macclesfield Manchester Manneebury Montrose Mayo HuehiliSham Manua Ridimood Nelson 3LIMICLSLIL Orkney Bath Poneret fly Romney Demob/re Sands! ich IMO, Brag-Id flalksbary Shaftesbury Oradea bhefßeld Drogheda Stradbroke woos. Strathmore Beauchamp Talbot. Bradford Verulam Clanwillban W Mon Cardigan Winehllses Celebes Widthways 1 Warm YLIIOV/111. Dorsky Castlemaine Delver Combermere Derby Falmouth Donoughmote Hawarden Wham Hill Mimborough Middleton Enniskillen St. Vincent Egmont Sidruouth Galloway Strangford Hardwick° MIMI. Harrowby Carlisle Harewocd Chichester PROXIES. Delmer* Menem Mingle Melville Seated Digby Ouelow Marquis Sinclair Ely, Marquis Sinclair Rutland Powls Middleton, Baron Berwick De Bsumeret Crawford Roden Warwick Downes Paulett Bandon Orford Erne Selkirk Pot rester Marlborough Courtowu Crofton . Stanbape " - Ranturley Mansfield Glooselder taught Loudon Lichfidd Oxford theasbury St. Asph Manz B %WHIP. Bblogar Beaton Caltborpe Colville of Culroos Coldwater Crewe Do L'hle Do Noe Cymru:. Dunsaatlia Tomah= Crawley Gray Southampton Templernore • Tenterden WAlsingham Wjnford Stamford and War Trug Ton Rodney loran Cialnaborough Winchester, Marquis Howe Dessrt Hereford Denbigh Churchill Bateman Chesterfield Rosalyn Ewen and Melville Cathcart Waterford Abnia Tenoy Clinton - Canterbury, Viscount Baguio( Clonbrock Carina Northwfck Braglimat AyLenard Beaufort Alba Shannon MINORITY Pa Cowper Craven Dastard Dreg Batton Somers 'Wicklow Yarborough VISC.UIIII6 Canning Enfield liydney minors. Ilertford Manchester Norwich Bt. David's 1111.0148. Arundel' Ashburton Beaumont Brougham Broughton Byron Clamors ilitliiiid Wells Ripon, Bishop Ely Exeter, Bishop Rochester Lord Chancellor Centpbell Colborne Oongteton Crernorno Duiferin Dram droll Cleveland Le'aster Neweiatle Wellington CieZei t Netherton Leigh Loodesborough Lyndhurst Manners Ormcade MAL% Aberdeen ALTIIe 1111Tid Monteagle °ecotone remote Petro PoSimon Roearoore Saye and Selo Stafford Stanley of Alderlay Suffield Wodehonao Bessborough Bruce Cottenhasa Cowley Lure Denman Do Hanley Dormer Dunfermline Godolphin Howard de Walden Holland Lurgan Lovat DIMIL Grafton PROTIEIL St. Germans Scarborough Starr Strafford VLSOOUNTS. Clam Messarene Torrington BISHOP& Chester 5a....... Durham PoTtelooB Limerick Glasgow Emma& Kenmare lvanlLindsay A ucklandA Radnor Bolton Rosetery Clceeurry PAIRS. %Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Maynard, Viscount Zetland, Earl Los:Male, Earl Leicester E ar l Buckingham, Duke Yaw, La rd OW. Lard Stemma, Lord Rodney, Lord Roxburgh, Dike Buceleuch, Duke Bedford, Duke Bt. John , Lord Belhaven. Lord Lauderdale. Earl Carinston, Lord Methuen Lord Kinnsird, Lord Mandell Earl Exmouth, Viscount Berme, lord Spencer, Earl Ilflngham, Earl e . f ord St.Lecoards, Lord Car Wans w iliffe, Lora Cawdor, Earl Erskine, Lord Mountain/bell, Earl Chichester Earl Douglas, Lord FitzwilliaM, Earl Ktntms, Earl Gardner, Lord Rams, Lord Norreanhy Earl , Marquis Dadra*, Hardin's, Viscount lannekar, Rad Ribbleadale. Lord li el iM bhDPEarl Worcester. 'Bebop Wrottesley, Lord Sligo, Mends = eo r lke %Ulan, Lord Lansdowne, Marquis Oisess4 Earl Somerset, Dubs Clenterbnry. Viscount Sutherland, Deka Kinnooll, Earl 'ITAL. Coarighaii Donegal lleadtort LAMA. Ellesmere Errol.. Morley Penman Truro SAMARITAN FREE H On Saturday the first anniversary festival of this institution was celebrated at the London Tavern, Bishop gatc-street, under the presidency of Lord DUDLEY COUTTO STUART, M.P. The subscriptions during the evening amounted to nearly 6001., of which sum upwards of 701. eensisted of annual subscriptions, and • donation of 20 guineas from the chairman. A large number of ladies were present on the occasion, and amongst them were many liberal contributors to the funds. COMMERCIAL ARBITRATIONS. I The following regulations for conducting arbitrer twin are to be brought before a general meeting of the Southampton Chamber of Commerce to-morrow for consi deration and adoption: — The directors of the chamber will undertake the settle ment of commercial questions and disputes regularly sub mitted to its decision, under the following conditions 1. One of the disputants must in all cases be a member of the Chamber. 2. When a commercial question is seferred to the Chamber for settlement, the parties shall make an application to the secretary in writing, specifying the parti cular director or directors to whom they are desirous that the point in dispute should be referred; and if the direc tors chosen consent to act, the secretary shall forthwith inform the parties thereof, naming the day and hour when the arbitration will be entered upon. 3. That three days at lout before the hearing the parties shall deliver to the secretary a statement in venting of the matter in dispute, and shall sign a proper agreement for arbitration, the oats of which, as also of the award and arbitration fees, shall be paid as the arbitrators shall deter mine. 4. The meetings of the arbitrators shall be held in the board-room of the Chamber of Commerce, and open to all members of the chambers, and in all Cella brought before them for decision the secretary of the chamber for the time being, or such other person as the directors shall appoint, shall set as the legal adviser of the arbitrators, and either or both of the disputants shall be at liberty to appear by counsel or attorney. 5. That upon every arbitration the fee of one guinea shall be paid to each arbitrator, and to the secretary for every sitting not exceeding three hours. 6. Where an award is made it shall be signed by the arbi trators or the majority of them, and countersigned by the secretary, and shall be delivered in payment of the fees and costs to either of the disputants, a signed copy being re- Wined by the chamber. THE FRAUDS ON TILE ISLE OF NIGHT SAVINGS' BANK. Yelf, the fraudulent savings' bank actuary, in the Isle of.,Wight, has been fully committed for trial on three distinct charges of forgery, and one of larceny.: He robbed the bank chiefly by forged cheques, many hundreds of which he must have presented to the directors of the bank during the eleven years he was defrauding the bank of above 8,0001. Had the directors in any one instance when Yelf presented a forged cheque looked at the index of the bank ledger to see if the drawer's name appeared there, or that he had any effects, the forgery must have been detected. When the frauds in the Rochdale savings' bank were made known, and the government ordered en examination of the affairs of the savings' banks throughout the country, the directors of the Isle of Wight saving.' bank entrusted Yelf with the examination who pronounced accounts of coarse correct, and the directors were satisfied. Yelf is 14501. in debt to the Stamp - o ffi ce , a nd the stam p authori ties have seized upon his property, which amounts to about 10001., and there will not be a fa rthin g for his Savin g s Bank creditors. A poor old Isle of Wight shepherd, named Cass, now above 700 d years of age, and who has all his lifle m een economi , is a from Yell ' defalcatiou. nearly life Cass struggled suff hard erer and saved, s after many years' exertion, 2001. This he lost through the failure of the party in whose kande it wu placed. By renewed efforts he scraped together about 1001., and placed it in a private bank in the Isle of Wight. The banker broke, and the poor shepherd lost all again. He once more saved and deposited in the Newport Savings Bank, and the poor old man iv again a loser. TUE CHAN BODo T.—ln Commercial eipressing a we the same ever the state o. atone has written I have read such in!ell , scem I am c a.hdcut 1 on my uH n, that nit) , may offer, the policy on I are bascd." ANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE answer to a memorial from the Mancheetor Association in support of the Budget and hope that government would coati enlightened course of fiscal 1 Lte of the revenue may admit i mitten an autograph letter, i ^the id this memorial, proccedin • boilly IT • tense and weight, with much SAO %rut zut I may say on the put of in icitseueS, and • that UNTIL' escourage us to pen. TH ot&irtns — fer, in the promotion of meuureagr• ferrniblito as which the proposals now o*re parliantelle • ' I I I I . I 1 1, 1 ' I ' l' , ~ 1 I I • ' 1 I R` 4 . • ft, il• 111 not illy 4117 11/ rat. 'as IDS ,61 it - ta Pees boot 'ad. out. Mr. ro at LI of rust 5, as tho mom lied. S. so die oald and sea- I did ;h im Att ro as hod Is, of I,M MI and ad at Y at idatra aired Pit part Char. lows /mai ea to ray as 10 or of moo], El the rahle )1. Aim • r for he Mete meat that