The Express. — London, England, 1853-08-19 00:00:00

int Court. OSBOItNE, Aro. 18. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the poiliess of kept, Prince Arthur, and Count Alexander Belo/lrd, awl att. eded by Lady A. Bruce, the floe. Mary o w n ,m, Colonel Dtruverie, and ti.e llon. Dudley de It's, I "sharked on board the Fairy yesterday afternoon, and ho wand the Cowes Regatta with their pri 'enc.:. The royal 1 ,, 1 ty afterwards proceeded to Spithead, and passed round tbe slope( war lying et !Imhof there. Entme Adaltert of Prelate arrived yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. The royal ideate party included the Grand Duchess Ca. Merino and Duke (linear of M. ehltuburg, the l'riece of Tnmis, the Duchess of h. nt, Couut Alexander M.:m.loof, molesniselle de Kaden, MademoiseLe de Straudatan, and gg. de L'lzroaseh-d, in a:tenilanee on the Grand 1/ueliess, L,,ty Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George coupe,. 1 Ile hand of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fasilien attended at amave. The following hail the honour of receiving invitations in the e venteg • —The Kid and Countess of Wi.ton, Lady b.,..ttieth and Lady Katherine Egerton, Lord Grey de ttdt.a, Lied Ad.ildlies Fimelarence, the Earl of Mount -I.ird and Lady Churchill, the llon. Colonel, Lady ,s 4 plaa, and Lady Less' Phipps, Lady and the Misa Gra hasNr. Coate'. yu sdrille baud performed a selection of gun .ll,lss and wal•ses. Vitatari cf Ken!, attended by Lady Augusta Brum and Sr limp Cooper, arrived at her res Pence, Clans& Dome, St. James's, yesterday afternoon from a coat to tar Majesty tt Osborne. IL , CAW. , " de Kesilly visited the Duchess of Kent yes tirday Garrote Moose. lLe Earl of Abeideen gave a cabinet dinner on Wednes day enniag. at bis residence, Argyll Heins,. The compauy preens were. the Lsrit Chancellor, Esrl Granville, the Ua►e of Argyii, It.e Marquis of Lsnadowne, L Ord John Viscount rstou, the Earl of Clarendon, the Newtutle, S.r James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Eight S.duey Ilerixrt, and Sir William Moles worth. Dop..tches were received at the Colonial-office, yester dos. Grum the Govimors of the West India Islands. VIE FLEET AT SPITHEAD-CRLINE OF HER m.ussrr. POITSWOUTH. AUtbUST 18. Her Majesty Las proetedul to sea to-day with a diviviun of the Meet. L .st night the Queen and his Royal limbers , l'riace r; e..,barked on board the Fully, screw tender, and came up to Spithead, passing through the d ot s, which fired a royal salute and manned rigging. At half-past 7 thi, morning the Commander-in-Chief, lice• Admiral Sir J. J. Cochrane, E.C.H , went out to Siiithead in the Fire Queen, steamer, and embarked on board the Duke of Wellington, 131, strew ship, hoisting bis bg, red at t'.e f At 10 o'clock her Majesty sad Prince Albert kit Osborne and embarked in the Victona and Albert, royal yacht, Commodore Lord Adolphus Fiuclarenee, G.C.H., in which she came up to Spithead, the fleet manning yards and firing a royal sabre. At 10 3v. a.m., the royal standard was struck on Doer! the 'litters. and Albert on her Majesty's leaving in her barge for *be bake of Wellington, on board of which ship she wired in another quarter of an hoer. The royal standard was then hoisted at the main of the Duke, the Adair ilty flag being et the misers, and that of the Com mander-in-Chief at the fore. Steam was up on board the following Alpe, in anticipation of going out to sea with her Majesty:—Duke of Wellington, 131; Agamemnon, 91; Imper'esse, 60 ; Arregant, 46, Hightlyer, 21; Encounter, It: sad Desperato,B, all strew Teasels. and they were, on the Queen's getting on board the first named, ordered to neigh and proceed to sea. Tins they did in tie following order Starboard disision—Doke of Wellington, Imperious', and Hizhtlyer. Fort division—Agamemnon and Arrogant. Centre division—Encounter and Desperate. The following vessels were aluo in attendance on the squ:dron .—Victoria and Albert, Fairy, Elfin, Fire Queen, sad Sprightly. A large number of people assembled on the ramparts of the garriron, and other places, to see the departure of the Kudrna with the Queen ; the spectacle being a very striking one. They proceeded round to the east end of the Isle of Wight, standing well out to sea, and were out of sight, hull down, by 1 p.m. At four o'clock the squadron again hove in sight, com ing up under steam in lines, the Duke of Wellington lead ing and still having the royal standard floating from her main. At half-pint five this afternoon they got up to Spi:head, when the Queen, 113, Prince Regent, 90, flag of Admiral Corry, 14ndon, 90, and the other ships remaining there, fired a general royal salute. The Queen had not left the Duke of Wellington on the despatch of this parcel (G p.m.). To-day has been another holiday for Portsmouth, as in, addition to the Queen's cruise at sea, we have had the Portsmouth regatta, which her Majesty has patronised wish a handsome donation. THE CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY. TILE HON. C. C. NORTON AND THE HON. !IRS. NOILTON. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, AVG. IS. This NV (LS an action brought by the plaintiff's, I Mews. Thrum, coach-builders, of Oxfar4,-,:reet, against' the lion. G. C. Norton, defendant. Mr. Dad said the ,wins was fur 491.4.. 641. for work and labour supplied by the plaintiffs to the lion. Mrs. Norton. who was the wife of the defendant. The defendant was the police magistrate for Lambeth, and also a member of the bar. The account of the plaintiffs had extended from the 17th of April, 1813, to the 14th of March, 1850, amounting to Ibo/. 4s. 61, of which 13M. had been paid in different' instalments, leaving a balance of 49!. 4s. 6d., the amount sought to be recuvcred. The lion. Mr.. Caroline Norton, who was accommodated with a seat on the bench, was now examined by Mr. Dud. She stated that she was the wife of the defendant, the lion. George Chapel Norton. She had been subi mimed to that court to produce the accounts of the plaintiffs for work and labour supplied by thew to her from the year 1843 to the month of March, 1850. The work consisted of repairs to my carriage. I paid Mr. Thrupp by instalments, until Mr. Norton stopped my allowance. We are not residing together, and have lived apart for some years, by my wish and choice, because I consider that I have sustained an injury that no women ought to submit to. I believe Mr. Norton's income to be about 3,0001. • year, via., from his magistracy, his patrimonial profits in Scotland, his chambers in the temple, and other sources, altogether amounting to 3,000/. per annum. I was parted from him in the year Itiati, and the following year he offered 5001. a year until we could arrange our matters, but made use • compulsory al lowance of 4001. per annum. He stipulated that I should give up my children, and I said that I would rather starve than lose them, and I did starve for • time. From the month of March, 1839, he made me an allow ante, and he advertised me in the public papers respecting the compulsory allowance. He paid me 4001. a-year until 1845; in reference to this, there was an agreement drawn op ; he and my brother-in-law, the Hon. E. Phipps, wit nessed it. In the year 1831 my mother died, and she left me some money; but there are still 6971. 101. due to my cre ditors, and I have returned from Italy to have it paid ; and if the defendant had paid me the money he promised by the agreement, I should have settled with the plaintiffs, but I understood Mr. Norton's plea to be, that as this paper was made between him and his wife, it cannot be binding on him ; but if I had the money every one of my creditors would have what is due to them. Cross-ermined by Mr. Needham—Have you received your Income from Mr. Norton regularly up to a period beyond that of the last item, March, 1850? The Hon. Mn. Norton—lle owes me 6871. Mr. Needham—Have you not received your allowance under the agreement ? The Run. Mrs. Norton—l receivcil my allowance up to March, 18.12. Mr. Needham—Was your separation from your husband a voluntary one ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—Mr. Norton sent my little chil• dren away, to which I very much objected, and I received nothing in the shape of an allowance for two years, and when I parted from my Mishima I had no income. Mr. Needham—Was not the allowance paid into your benkers, first after the rate of 2001. a year, and subse quently 4001. ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—No; I have not got my banker's pass-book with me. I never had a book at all until 1848, because I never had sufficient money to make it worth my while to keep an account there. Yesterday I sent a list of what moneys I ha I at my banker's. Mr. Needham—Did you refuse to take the money after It was paid into Messrs. Rawson% the bankers ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l refused to do anything, whilst my children were taken from me. Mr. Needham—l believe you had 15,0001. left you by your mother ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l have the interest of the money paid to me through my brother. Mr. Needham—Have you also 571. 10s. paid to you by way of pension ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—My father held an appointment at the Cape of Good Hope. He died there, and I have the pension in consequence. Mr. Needham—What le your literary income ? Is it 5601. a year? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—You may take it for what ion like ; and the only remaining source of income is the assis tance from my friends and family—any sum that they chow to allow me. Mr. N. we have already got an income of 1,3001. a year ; do you mean to tell the learned judge that you have ao other source of income ? The lion. Kn. Norton—l man to tell the learned judge the truth. Mr. Needham—ls one of those friends from whom you derive an allowance Lord Bovill, the late Lord Melbourne? The Ron. Mrs. Norton—That is one of the sources. (The witness here became much excited, and, rising from tier seat, expressed in a loud and tragical voice the following :) I do not receive an income, for his property was strictly entailed. lie lett his solemn declaration, as a dying man, and gave his word of honour, that Mr. Norton's accusation against me, when I was a young thing at home, was a false one. _ Mr. Needham—Mrs. Norton. I ask you whether it we - - . _ not upon the czpress amnion, at the time that agreement was signed, that you received nothing from Lord Mel bourne, that Mr. Norton was to make you the allowance ? The Hon. Mn. Norton-1 did receive nothing from Lord Melbourne. • Mr. Needham—Did you say that you neither did thee, nor could ? The lion. Mrs. Norton—l dii not, for I never expected to receive anything. Mr. Needham—Do you mean to say that on your oath ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton (with great emphasis)—l say it upon my oath—max Mr. Needham—hl it is not very polite. The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l am sorry not to be polite. I am in a very tragical state. Mr. Needham—From what time—up to what time—have you received 6001. a year ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—You have my voucher-book at home. that may be very tragical ; but Mr. Needham—Who paid it? The Zion. Mrs. Norton—Lady l'almenton ; I don't know ow it is paid. Mr. Needham—When did you receive the last ? The Hon. Mn. Norton—lt was in June or July. Lady Palmerston gave me something this year. Nobody is bound to give me anything. Mr. Needham—Have you received 6001. a year up to July in the present year ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l have not had 6001. a year. I don't know bow much my income falls abort of that; but I have not received that. Mr. Needham—ln J►nuary, 1852, did you have 2911. be. on the account of Lord Melbourne placed to your account ? The Hon. Mn. Norton—l dare Bay I did. You hate the book. Mr. Needham—Now, in July of the same year, per Lord Melbourne, the sum of 2911.5 e. Did you have that ? The Hon. Mrs. Norton—Yes. But Lord Melbourne is dead. No one is bound to give me one farthing. We are dimming simply whether my creditors are or are not to be paid. After a vast many questions bearing upon the domestic relationship of the plaintiff and defendant, but which in volved no matters of interest to the public, and some other witnesses having been examined, The lion. Mr. Norton prayed for his right to have his 'eying in court. The Judge said, that at the present stage the case was ex parte, end decreed for a nonsuit, upon which Mr. Norton pressed for a hearing, in explanation of the allegations made against him by his wife. The learned Judge remarked that, as the whole CAN was quite ex parte, the public could only attach such weight as was due to any case under such circumstances. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTlES.—Yesterday the act to amend the law relating to the stamp duties on news paper. was printed. The schedule to the act 6& 7 W. IV. c. 76, is repealed, and it is now enacted that no paper con taining news, &c., is to be deemed to be a newspaper within the said act, or any act relating to stamp duties on news. papers. unless the same shall be published periodically, or in parts or numbers, at intervals not exceeding 26 days between the day of publication of any two such parts or numbers. SALT EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.— Yesterday a return showed the quantities of salt exported from the United Kingdom in four years. In 1841 the law year given, the quantity was 18,233,405 bushels, and the declared v alue was 235,849 L ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.—The race at Cowes ter her Majesti's Cup waa won, after an exciting contest, by the Gloria's*, beating the Shark sad Viking. PEREMPTORY PROROGATION BY THE ARCH• BISHOP. Yesterday the general meeting of the Convocation of the Clergy of the Province of Canterbury was held at the Jerusalem Chamber, adjacent to Westminster Abbey. The rev. genUensen present attended divine service in Westminster Abbey, and afterwards proceeded to the Jerusalem Chamber, where the meeting was appointed to be held. The He,. Dr. CHHIBTOPIiZiI. WOMAIWORTR, Canon of WeillMillittr, stated to the 'mumbled clergy that the Very Rev. Dr. Peacock, the Prolocutor, was staying at has home, and had commissioned him to attend there to make • statement, however, which he - i wbhed to say was of an uno c ec erter, an d en trel y independent of any order with regard to the transactions of convocation. It happened to be the opinion of the prolo cutor that even the Lower House of Convocation could not be properly constituted without the preliminary presence of the archbishop, who was the president. The prolocutor had received no official communication with regard to the tame of their meeting, but that morning at 11 o'clock a communication bad been made to one of the servants of the Abbey that his grace the Archbishop would not arrive at Westminster until 3 o'clock. That communication was mimed to him (Dr. Wordsworth) as ea7l.;2ilesTcleitinry— of Wes:mintier, and he of rune had communicated the fact to the prolocutor, but of the prolocutor knew nothing about the matter. If the clergy present wished to hear arlthing more from the pro locutor, that gentleman would he glad to see them at his (Dr. Wordswonh's) house, but for the rea lms he had already stated, the proctors would easily see that the prolocutor could nut appear amongst them in that room. After somewhat lengthened discussions, a deputation, consisting of the whole of the clergy present, was formed, and waited upon the Very Rev. Prolocutor at Dr. Words worth's house, when they remained for some time In con sultation. At twenty minutes past three o'clock hie Grace the Arch btsitop of Canterbury arrived in full robes, accompanied by Dr. Twisa, the Vicar-General, Francis Hart Dyke, Ewa., her Majesty's Proctor, the Principal Registrar of the Pro- Tint! of Canterbury, and other officials. Liss GRACE, on taking the chair, said he bad attended for the purpose of proroguing the present session of convo cation for the province of Canterbury, and would be glad to Dee the prolocutor of the lower house. The Very Rev. the Dean of ELT (Dr. Peacock) then advanced to the table, and said—Your grape, I have been mewed by a considerable number of the members of the Lower Bosse of Convocation, who have been assembled here since 10 o'clock this morning, to make the following respectful representation to your grace : That no intimation has been given to me, as prolocutor, that the present ses sion of convocation w orld not commence at the usual hour. They beg, therefore, very respectfully to pray your grace to give such orders's Easy prevent a similar occurrence for the future. Loud cheers greeted the reading of this resolution. The Archbishop of CAN lEkiltkr expressed his deep te rn that there should have been any occasion for the pees tag of such a resolution by his rev. brethren in the Lower House of Convocation. Ile had attended there for the pur poee of proroguing the present session of convocation, and be bail never entertained en idea that there was any inten tion of proceeding with the dispatch of business. On the occasions of prorogation it had never been the custom to enter into matters of entroveny, and, having no idea that such would be the case in the present instance, he had followed the course which, to the best of his belief, had been adopted by himself and predecessors. Hr. F. H. DYIII then, by command of the Archbishop, read the schedule of prorogation, fixing the neat assembling of convocation for Saturday, the 10th of November, on w►ich day, however, it was agreed on all hands that no business should be done. The meeting, therefore, on the 14th of November will not call for the attendance of the clergy, nor will business of any kind be transacted. Archdeacon Dantsuot—Thers is neither right nor reason in these proceedisp. The Archbishop then retired. The Rev. Dr. Russm.t., addressing the prolocutor, said at wh,t hour of the day are we to neat meet ? The Pnonoccvos (laughingly)—Well, at no time. Several members of the Lower House said they were very maims to avoid a to , - etition of what had °centred that day ; they would be glad, therefore, if the Prolocutot would inform them of what was demanded of them on a future occasion. The Very Rev. the PaoLoct - r.at said that in all proba bility their meeting would be prorogued by the Queen's Welt ,, , and that, therefor., there would be no occasien for the attendance of the clergy. At a subsequent period be hoped that happier arrangements would prevail. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1853. THE ACCIDENT AT TILE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE. IMPORTANT MEETING AT LLOYD'S. A numerous meeting of merchants, shipowners, captains, and others interested in navigation was held yes terday, at Lloyd's, to receive from Lieut. Maury, of the United States Navy, superintendent of the National Obser vatory at Washington, explanations of the system adopted by the government of his own country for collecting and r disseminating information relative to the direction and force of winds and ocean currents in all parts of the world, and meteorological observations. In the absence of Mr. T. Baring, the chairman of Lloyd's, who was precluded from attending, the chair was taken by Mr. J. POOLE. After a few introductory observations from theCithinst AN, Lieut. Macitx said he was most happy to have that op portunity of addressing such an assemblage, and of explain ing to it the objects of his mission to this part of the world —objects altogether connected with peace. Ile commenced d following the seas nearly forty years ago. In sailing about the ocean he was very much struck with the fact that in voyages to and from many parts of the world the best routes to be pursued were very much matters of tradition, and that books written on tracks of navigation did not con. tams any very clear or succinct account of.the course which ought to be taken. " llorsburg's Directory " was, indeed, a most valuable work as regarded the Lest Indies, but it had nothing to do with the Atlantic Ocean. He could recollect what pleasure and satisfaction it afforded him, when he was charged with the navigation of a ship, to find laid down on the chart the track of a vessel bonndat the same seasonof the year for the same port to which his own ship was bound. By observing the distances of that vessel from day to day be was enabled to judge of the kind of wiads that she had; in earning out and entering this principle, it occurred to him to rummage all the old log books he could obtain, in order to find out something more with regard to the winds and currents — the causes and agents which controlled the length of voyages—and to reduce the whole system to a more practi cal shape. He commenced this in the first year with the log books of the men-of-war of the navy of the United States. But there were only certain stations which their men-of-war were in the habit of frequenting, and he found that the observations of these were very inadequate to his general purpose. However, they enabled navigators of his own country to perceive what he was aiming at. Taking a chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, he collected together all the men-of-war tracks that he could get hold of, and pro jected them on the chart in such a way as to shew the method, direction, and force of the winds daily encoun tered by each vessel. Having done that, he was very mach surprised to find that there was in the middle of the Atlantic what might be termed a blank space—a sort of terra incognita; a space in the ocean lying between the route of outward-bound vessels going to the Southern hemisphere, and that of homeward-bound vessels returning from it. On examining the matter fur ther, he found it to be the impression of many navigators that, in order to get to the Equator from America, they bad first to cross the Atlantic Ocean and get into Cook's track, then to go to the Cape de Verde Islands, then to proceed to Cape St. Roque, and then to crop the ocean a third time before they could reach the Cape of Good Hope, making a zig-zag, and crossing the Atlantic three times. Now, by the investigation of the subject of the winds on the outward and homeward routes, he discovered the space which he had before mentioned; and he concluded that in this space the winds were the same in ping out and in coming home. Accordingly, he recommended vessels to take the middle or new route. The W. 11. C. Wright, of Baltimore, Jackson master, was the first vessel that had the courage to take the new route. The ge passage to the Equator being then 41 days, Captain Jackson made it in 21. He went to Rio and back in little more than the usual time occupied in going. This fact called the attention of American navigators to the subject, and enabled him (Lieut Maury) to proceed with his investigations. It enabled him to enlist the voluntary co-operation of ship masters, who furnished him with an abstract log of the daily position of the ship, of the prevailing di rection of the wind for each of the three parts of the twenty-four hours into which sailors were accustomed to divide the day, the height of the barometer, the state of the thermometer and any remarks, which it might have occurred to them to make touching the winds and the waves, and the general course of navigation. By these means he soon had a volunteer corps of a thousand American ships co-operating with him in all parts of the ocean, and furnishing him with the most valuable statistics. He then began to co-ordinate the results which so many gentlemen were kind enough to give him ; his object being to present them on the chart, so that the experience of all who bad gone before might be accessible and available to each of those coming after, and that, in whatever part of the ocean he might be, every one might be able to see in each month of the year what was the prevailing direction and character of the winds, and thus be enabled to take advantage of regions In which the winds were favourable and to avoid those in which they were unfavourable. The gallant gentleman here referred to a chart presenting the results of his earliest investiga tions, pursued in the manner which he had described. By means of these investigations, he said, the average passage from the United States to the Equator had been reduced from a mean of forty-one to a mean of about twenty—even days. Since the investigations were first commenced, the passage had been done in as short a time as 17 days and • ' few boon. It was soon found that this chart did not give information enough. Accordingly, another system of in vestigation was commenced, in which the ocean was divided into spaces of five degrees square, five de grees of latitude, and five of longitude. Tak ing the log-books, he co-ordinated the results, show ing what vessels had reported to be the prevail ing direction of the wind for each eight hours of the twenty-four. In some cases he had a thousand observations for a whole year ; in others, he had two thousand in a sin gle month. Of wane he then had the means of presenting a pretty fair average of the prevailing direction of the wind in that part of the ocean and in that month of the year to which the returns applied. Among other things that he learnt was the fact that in a particular part of the ocean daring winter or spring the wind was found to blow from the westward or the northward. The gal ' lent gentleman here explained his meaning by reference to a chart in which the ocean was divided into squares of five degree.. Continu ing his observations, he said that these investiga tions, imperfect as they were, had led to such a knowledge of the prevailing direction of the winds during any given month in any given part of the ocean, that the American navigators who had used them had found them of the utmost advantage. The distance from the United States to Rio had been shortened 20 per cent., and the average pas sage from the United States to California had been short ened a month or more. Now, the United States having perceived the advantages which they were deriving them selves from this system, recognising the principle that time was money, the Secretary of the Navy of that country, with a degree of generosity which he must be permitted to say would do honour to an statesman of any nation, had authorised him to place British shipmasters on the same footing as American shipmasters with regard to these charts. (Loud cheers.) Then charts were furnished to American shipmasten on the condition that they should enter into an engagement to keep and fur nish to the governmeat an abstract log according to a cer tain form, containing the points of observation which he had already mentioned. In this matter they preferred having none but volunteers ; proceeding on the principle that one volunteer was worth a dosen pressed men. (Hear, hear.) fhe whole system was one of voluntary co operation ; and instead of beginning with British shipmasters as they were obliged to do in the case of American ship masters, by taking the matter on trust, he was authorised, as soon as proper arrangements had been made, to plate British shipmasters on the same footing with American shipmasters, not only as to what they (the American go vernment) might publish, but also as to what they had pub lished. (Cheers.) He had there some of the charts be longing to the system. These and others would be pre sented to any shipmaster who would pledge himself to the officer who might be charged with the distribution of them, to return an abstract log properly kept and at the proper time. He also held in his hand (exhibiting a volume) a book of sailing directions designed to accompany the charts, telling masters how to avail themselves of the charts and what passages to make at particular seasons of the year. This book contained, in fact, all the informa tion which was requisite for the proper understanding of the charts. Now, it was peculiarly desirable that naviga tors should have more information as to the winds and —Yesterday Mr. H. L. Taylor, the chairman of the Mar- currents in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The American bets Improvement Committee of the Corporation, and other government wished particularly to enlist in this service members of the body, were busily engaged during the th e voluntary co-operation of servants and masters who greater part of the day on the site of the new market in were concerned in the trade round either of the Capes. Copenhagen-fields. Five hundred workmen were employed He was thoroughly satisfied that the avenge passage hence on the ground in constructing sewers and raising the wall to Australia might, by means of this system of investi by which the whole market is to be surrounded. Mr. Wil- Rations, be materially shortened, and reduced to something son, of Southwark, the connecter far that department, su- like certainty, even under canvas. (Hear.) It would, he perintended the labours of the men, who worked energeti- was sure, ultimately be one of the most certain voyages as tally, for several hours. The ground will be perfectly to duration in any part of the world. He was happy to find drained, and it is calculated that at the end of eighteen that since his arrival in England, some of the shipowners months one of the finest markets in the world will be and shipmaster of Great Britain had begun to understand opened to the public on the admirable elevation of Copen- the importance of this new cut ; he called it new, became hagen-fields. none of the books of sailing directions, and none of else OPENING OP THE NEWPORT AND HEREFORD ordinary guides of navigators in this country had been ae- RAILWAT.—The day for the opening of the Newport, customed to recommend it. Liverpool had taken the lead Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway has been definitively on this side of the Atlantic. Without knowing what the fixed for the 4th of October, when a single line of rail will navigators and ship owners of that port had been doing, he be opened for traffic. The question of a site for the Here- predicted last spring that when the system of investigation ford station has at length been settled ; and it has been which he had pursued had been carried on in that decided to place it on the south side of the Above Eign, be- part of the ocean, he would be able to lay down twain that road and the Barton. Into this station the sailing directions which would bring the average passage of Shrewsbury and Hereford line will run, and a large and clipper ships, whether from England or the United States, linnisonte terminus, sufficient to meet the wants of both to Australia, down to 70 or 75 days, and the return voyage ennapanies, will be erected. A through traffic from the to the same duration. He believed the Marco Polo had swath of Wales to the Mersey and the north will soon be just made the passage in 75 days, having previously per secuted. Great exertions are being made to complete the formed it in 70. This at least afforded reason to hope for Shrewsbury and Hereford in time for the opening of the shorter passages between this part of the world and Aus- Newport and Hereford, and at the Barra Court end much tralia. Here was a book of sailing directions (exhibiting a activity is being displayed. The Dinntore tunnel is the volume) pubhsned by the highest authority known to nevi heavy work now to be done. S gatom. It actitally recommended oiling Tenth wanting IMPROVED OCEAN NAVIGATION. THE VERDICT. It will be remembered that upon the occasion of the late sad accident at the New Crystal Palace on Mon day last those of the sufferers who were not killed upon the spot were removed to Guy's Hospital, in which institu tion two poor fellows died within a short period after their admission. Yesterday forenoon Mr. W. Payne, coroner for the borough of Southwark, assembled a jury of highly re spectable inhabitants of St. Saviour's parish (of whom Mr. Burrell, proprietor of the Bridge House Hotel, was fore. man), for the purpose of investigating the circumstances under which these two poor men met their deaths. The jury met at 11 o'clock at the Town Hall. Sir Charles Fox and Mr. John Henderson, the contractors for the erection of the building, and Mr. Francis Fuller, the managing director of the Crystal Palace Company, were present. Mr. aillantine again attended to watch the case. The deceased persons having been identified as William Harris, carpenter, aged 27 years, and Henry Reading, car- penter also, aged 27, the jury proceeded to the hospital for the formal purpose of viewing the remains. On their return several witnesses were examined. The Coroner having addressed the jury at considerable length, After a few momenta' consultation, the jury . expressed a desire to visit the scene of the calamity, and the court ad journed until 8 o'clock, to afford them an opportunity of doing to. The jury then proceeded by railway to Sydenham, and viewed the locality. Upon their return, The Foreman said the jury desired to know whether any person unconnected with the building had examined the materials of which the trusses were formed. Another juror hereupon observed that two of their own body, both of them very competent men, had examined the materials. One of them was a builder, and would, of course, be competent to speak as to the character of the wood, and the other was well acquainted with the qualities of iron. The Coroner said as that was the case it would, perhaps, be advisable to examine them on both points. A third juror remarked that while awaiting the retur train on the platform at the Sydenham station they had met a person who had told them that evidence would be adduced at the adjourned inquiry before Mr. Carter to morrow (this day) of a very different nature to that which had been brought forward to-day, and which had been kept back hitherto. The person who had said all this was Downer—the witness who proved the identity of the deceased man Henry Reading. . Downer was then recalled, and on being questioned by the Coroner, he declared himself unable to give any evil deuce of his own knowledge. He had only heard a floating rumour, and was rot in a position to state anything until ho had put himself into communication with some other persons. The Coroner considered it would be a waste of time to listen to hearsay testimony of this character. He thought it would be better they should hear what two of their own body would say on the subject. Mr. John Doyle, one of the jurors, was then sworn. He said be was a scalemaker, and acquainted generally with the qualities of iron. Ho knew good iron from bad, and what he had seen at the palace that day appeared to him to be of the bast quality. He had examined portions of the cast iron forming the shoes of the struts which bad been broken, and of the wrought iron which was bent and dom. bled up, but not broken. Every part of it appeared to him to be of the best quality, and to have been put together in a workmanlike manner. He should judge what be saw to be good strong iron, not toe hard nor too soft, but between the two. He saw ne fracture or Raw in any part of it. Mr. Ambrose Drewitt, another juror, was next examin e d. He stated that he was a carpenter and builder. He had looked over the works generally at the Crystal Palace, and found everything, as far he saw, well put together and well executed. The struts and braces appeared to be particu larly well put together. The wood was of the best quality, and all tho materials were certainly quite new. The trusses appeared to him calculated to carry ten times the weight that was likely to be upon them. A juror said the man Downer had else stated on the platform at Sydenham, that a similar accident had occurred at the same plate about two months ago. Downer was again recalled, and again it appeared that his communication on this point was equally groundless. He had been " given to understand" that the same scaffolding had fallen, but he knew nothing of his own knowledge, for be bad worked at the Palace. Mr. Henderson felt it right to explain that an accident had occurred a few weeks ago, and special care had been taken by strengthening the struts and all the parts of the scaffold to prevent the occurrence of a similar disaster. The former accident had arisen from a high wind, and plenty of warning was given for all the men to get out of danger. The present accident was a totally different matter. The Coroner asked the jury if they desired to know any thing more. There could be no doubt the contractors were interested in doing the work in the best manner, and it had been shown that when the struts formerly gave way they were afterwards made much stronger, in order to prevent a similar accident. Even if the contractors were wrong, it could only amount to an error of judgment, for after the evidence they bad heard, it would be impossible to affix criminal responsibility to any party. The jury here expressed a wish to retire, and after an ab sence of about 10 minutes, they returned into court, and unanimously pronounced a verdict of " Accidental Death." The funeral of a portion of the sufferers took place yes terday afternoon in the churchyard of New Sydenhem Church, an elegant modern structure, emboaomed in luau. Tient foliage, and situated in a most romantic spot. The friends of eight of the 10 deceased persons lying at Syden ham had selected this locality as the last resting place for their remains, and a grave of 16 feet deep had been dug for their reception. The day was observed as a solemn holiday in the district, and there was a total cessation of all work within the palace. The mournful procession formed in the central nave, and as the clock chimed three it slowly emerged from the building, heeded by the foremen of the various departments of the works, and wended its way along the beautiful road which conducts to the church. Each coffin was followed by its own particular mourners, and at the rear of the last came the whole body of the workmen, numbering some thousand persons, clad in re spectable mourning, and headed by Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Cochrane. In its course the proses. lion was swelled by fresh additions until when it reached the church there must have been between two and three thousand persons following. The funeral service was per. formed is a very impressive manner by the vicar, who be fore the removal of the bodies from the church delivered an affecting address to the mourners, exhorting them to apply practically to themselves the awful warn ing conveyed by the distressing affliction which had fallen upon them. A great number of people were attracted to the spot from the surrounding districts, and every point along the road was occupied by sympathising spectators. The bodies of the other two deceased persons had been, at the instance of their relatives, removed to more distant and more cherished localities. It may not be out of place here to mention that the con tractors, Messrs. Fox and Henderson, invariably make a provision for the widows of workmen who lose their lives in their service by a weekly allowance of from 10s. to 125., continued over periods of not less than twelve months ; and, what is perhaps really more important aid beneficial to them, the firm invariably take charge of the orphan children and introduce them to habits of industry in their own service. to come home from Sydney for one-half of Os f year to come north of Australia—that was to say, to proceed to the Indian Ocean through Torte's Straits, and so round by the Cape of Good Hope, against adverse winds and currents ; whereas there were winds almost as fair as trade wind. to enable them t s per form the voyage by Cape Horn, He understood that this latter route was that which the most active vessels engaged in the Australian trade were begiuning to take ; and it was a route which would, he was sure, render it practicable for one of those fine clipper ships to make the rouud voyage to Australia and back in from 125 to 135 days. (Ilene, hear.) Before be left the United States, he had the honour of addressing • note to the British minister at Washington, stating that be had been I authorised to put f 'reign ship mas t ers on t h e same f oot i ng as American shipmasters with regard to these charts ; and that the charts and the sailing directions, and the blank abstract logs, would be forthcoming as boon as her Ma jesty's government had been pleased to appoint a proper person to receive them. He might perhaps be allowed to mention one other fact connected with this subject. In .dealing with the winds and currents it occurred to Lim to investigate some other matters connected with the indus- I trial pursuits of the sea. He requested the American whaling masters to furnish him with their journals. With I these journals he divided the ocean into squares of five degrees each ; and he had the snap en arranged that he could tell how many days in each month of the year vessels spent in any parti cular spot of the ocean in looking for whales; how many days they ha I seen sperm whales, sad how many days they had seen right whales ; by which means he was enabled to see very clearly what parts of the ocean were most frequented by whales, and what parts of it, at various periods o f th e year, affor ded the best hunting grounds. It turned out that there was a belt of 2,500 miles in breadth, going right round the world, in which the right whale was never seen. The right whale could never cross the tropics, and, in the opinion of a whaler who had been on both sides, the right whale of the North Pacific, and the right whale of Green land was one and the same animal, the inferences being that at some period of the year there must be • water com munication from one to the other through the Arctic seas. At that period the sympathies of all the world were keenly alive to the fate of Sir John Franklin, and his companions. The fact of the whales on either side being considered identical, led to an important discovery. Taking up the slender clue which these dumb creatures had, as it were, placed in his hands, the Secretary of the American Navy directed Lieutenant De Haven, the com mander of the American expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, to go up the Wellington Straits, and when there to look to the north-west for an open sea passage. Lieut. De Haven and Captain Penny, and others went there, found the passage, and came home and reported it ; and the world was indebted in a great measure to the whales for that discovery. (Hear, hear.) Ile merely mentioned this to show the importance of catechising naturo closely, getting her answers, and, instead of locking them up in old sea-chests and log books, presenting them to the world. The gallant lieutenant concluded amid lond cheers. A GENTLEMAN having asked for definite information as to the form of abstract logs to be kept by British ship masters and the conditions of the whole arrangement, Lieut. Maray said that was • question which he could not presume to answer. Ile surmised the government would appoint an ',gent, who would be entrusted with the delivery of the charts, and would also make some regula tions on the subject. Another GENTLEMAN remarked that these were jealous times as between nations, and that jealousy would perhaps interfere with the attainment of the object. Lieut. MAURY admitted that the times were jealous, but must remind the gentleman that England and the United States were now jealous for good works. (Loud cheers.) He believed the British government would be disposed to share with that of the United States the honour of these investigations; and he would be most happy to see the two nations enteriag into a rivalry which was likely to be attended with such good result,. (Cheers.) Mr. D. DUNBAR moved a resolution, expressing gratifica tion at Lieutenant Maury's detail of the measures adopted by . the government of the United States, for improving the science and practice of navigation, and pledging the ship owners and their officers present to assist in the completion of the system eo ably commenced. He hoped that English owners generally would not fail to avail themselves of the advantages now offered, and that England would enter warmly into this new rivalry with her children on the other side of the Atlantic. Mr. W. PHILLIPS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. N. GOVLD moved a vote of thanks to the govern. ment of the United States for their liberal offer to furnish copies of Lieutenant Maury's valuable charts and sailing directions to masters of British merchant ships who should undertake to furnish the results of their observations in the prescribed aorta. This resolution was seconded by Mr. 'Mailmen, and I agreed to. Mr. C. R. HARTORD moved that a letter bp addressed by the chairman to the First Lord of the Treasury, ex pressing the earnest hope of the meeting that her Majesty's government would cordially ce.operate with that of the United Stases in this object. Mr. G. MARSHALL seconded the resolution, which was adopted. On the motion of Mr. R. CARTER, seconded by Neut. laistn, a vote of thanks was given to the committee of Lloyd's for the use of the room, and to the chairman for his conduct in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a vote of thanks was given to Lieutenant Maury, and the meeting gave effect to it by reiterated hums. ThW terminated the proceedints. SPORTING. YORK AUGUST MEETING. CONCLUSION OF WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Elms BT. Leona of 23 son. each, with 100 added for the second horse, for 3-yr-olds ' • colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Certain winners extra. Two miles, over the Old Course. (19 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne, by Chatham, Bat 10lb (incl. 31b extra) (F. Butler) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Dear-Me, Bst 71b....(F. Marson) 2 Mr. Pedley's Mistletoe, B.t 31b (Bumby) 3 Betting: 9 and 10 to 1 on Sitting bourne (4 to 1 agst him for the St. Leger) ; 10 to 1 apt Mistletoe. The favourite went away with a strong lead, and won hard held by 10 lengths. Mistletoe was second to the half-distance, where Dear-Me challenged for second money, which he won by a length. CIIZATZEPINLD HANDICAP of 10 NOW each, with 60 added, for horses of all ages ; extra weight for winners. Ono mile. (37 subs.) Mr. C. Spence's Snowdon Dunhill, by lap, 3 yrs, 6st 41b _ (Ashman) 1 . Lord Londestarough's Broughton, by ligo, 3 yrs - , 6st 91b (Oliver, jun.) 2 Baron Rothschild's Hungerford, 6 yn, Bst 9lb (incl. 71b extra) (Charlton) 3 Lord Caledon's Kitellyer, 4 yrs, 6,t 13th .. (Wells) 4 The following also ran : Eyed's., Alfred the Great, Lady Agnes, Guicowar, and Flutter. Carroll weighed for Hiss Agnes, but sho was soon after- wards drawn. Betting: 2 to 1 aget Snowdon Dunhill, 3 to 1 agst Broughton, 5 to 1 &gat Hungerford, 6 to 1 each aget Onicowar and Lady Agnes. Lady Agnes, with Evadne and Kitefiyer second and third, made play to the turn, and then she and Evadne dropped off. Kitetlyer went on with the lead, the favourite taking second place ; at the stand the latter went a head, followed by Broughton and Hungerford, and the race ended in his favour by a length, same distance between the second and third, Kitayer a bad fourth ; the others wide apart. The rider of Broughton objected to Snowdon Dunhill, on a charge of crossing, but the charge was not proved. Con sequently the judge's decision was undisturbed. SWIEVITALII3 Of 100 son. each, h ft; for 4-yr-olds ; colts fiat 71b, and fillies Sst 31b. Certain penalties and allowances. Two miles over the old course. (4 subs.) Mr. Greville's Adine, by Slane, fist 31b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps, Bst 71b (Cartwright) 2 Betting: 3to lon Adine, who took the lead, kept it, and won in a canter by six lengths. Han MAJWITT'B PLATE of 100 guineas, for 3.yr.olds and upwards ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 9lb ; four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 4lb ; six, 9st 71b; aged flat 91b. Two miles. Mr. Greville's Torment, by Alarm, 3 yrs (Flatman 1 Lord W. Powlett's Sharavogue, 4 yrs .... (Rogers 2 Mr. Morris's Kingston, 4 yrs (Biuham 3 Mr. Muirland's Ammonia, 4 yrs (Butler 4 Betting : Even on Torment, 5 to 4 eget Kingston, 5 to 1 art Sharavogue. Torment held a strong lead to the half distance, where Sharavogue who had been lying third took second place, and a fine race in with Torment ensued, the latter winning by a neck. Bad third. SELLINO STAKES of 5 WIC each with 25 added, for three yr.olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. One mile. (7 subs.) Mr. T. Elsworth, jun.'s Solyman,4 yn (301.) ad llb (Kendall) 1 Captain Reynard's eh f. by Bentley out of Blame less, 3 yes (301.), 6st 131 b (Wells) 2 Mr. John Scott's Csuio, 3 yrs (301.), Get 131 b (Chilman) 3 The following also ran :—Sabra, Lady in Waiting, Mar garet of Anjou, and Nancy Martinson. Betting : 7 to 4 agst Sabra, 7 to 2 apt Margaret of Anjou, 4to 1 apt Wyman, sto 1 aget Blameless filly. IVon by a length ; a head between second and third. The winner was afterwards sold by auction to Mr. Lister for 68 guineas. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Mine S to 1 Pantomime 7 to 1 Catspaw 8 to I Goorkab 10 to 1 Lord Lieutenant ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 agst Sittingbourne DERBY. 20 to 1 apt Harslet (t) 22 to 1 Ortolano (t) 25 to 1 Corin (t to about 300/.) 25 to 1 Hesse Cassel 50 to 1 Cntab (t ) Before the ram for the Convivial Otakes 40 to I wee taken to a good deal of money about Hospodar (Infidelity colt). BETTING AT NIGHT. The room at Ilarker's Hotel was very numerously at tended until after midnight, but business was neither heavy nor extensive. The most important movement in the bet ting on the Zbor lieactioer wes the telliaccioent of Qoor- kah to the position of first favourite. At the close the quotations were as follows : EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to I opt Gootkah 9 to 2 Adios 6to 1 Pantomime 7 to 1 Catspaw 14 to 1 Sally Warfoot colt 100 to 6 Nabob ST. LEGEII. 6 to 5 on West Australian 9 to 2 agit Sittinnbourne CESAREWITCH 1000 to 15 cach agst Nancy, Nutshell, Mtutmore Lass, and Hunca Munca (t) 1000 to 12 apt Truth (t) DERBY. 50 to 1 agat Mr. Cookson's Muscovado (t to 2001.). Corin, who bad been backed nt 25 to 1, receded to 35 and 40 to 1; these odds were, however, taken to above .500/. The weather during the early part of the day was dull and cloudy, but at noon it brightened, and throughout the remainder of the day was all that could be desired. The sport was ample, and, for the most part, marked by inter esting contests. The attendance of the profewionals and general company was good, but somewhat short of en average first day's muster. THVESDAY'S RACES COLT SAPLING STAKES Of 50 soya each, 30 ; fur 2-yr olds, Bst 71b each. T.V.C., 5 furlongs and 44 yards. (4 Subs.) Lord Zetland's Trott, by Cotherstone, Bst 71b (Mallon) walked over ; and Lord Derby's Buiardo saved his stake. PRINCE op WALE STAKES of 10 sovs each, wit!, 50 added, fur two-yr-olds; cult., Bst 71h ; and fillies Sst 21b; a winrer before starting lib extra. TX C (37 Subs ) Lord Derby's Dervish, by Cuwl, Bst gib (including 2lhs extra (Butler) I Capt. D. Lane's Alas, Bst 41h (S. Rotten) 2 Mr. Smnee's Canute, Sal 71h (Marlow) 3 Lord Zetland's Ivan, Sst 01b (including 21b extra) (Manion) 4 The following also ran :—ch e. by Sleight of Hand— Hamptonia, The Sheriff, Si.inaway, Hemline. Betting:-7 to 4on Dervish, 6to 1 each agst Spinaway and Ivan, 10 to 1 each apt Alas and Canute. The start was delayed some time in consequence of Spinaway having a plate loose and Dervish and Rosaline b . .ing very fractious. At length a capital start was effected. Alas, Spinaway, and Ivan lay in front to the road, where Also went ahead. When half-way in the distance Dervish, who had been Ding " bandy," went up and took a slight lead, which he held to the end, winning very cleterly by h'lf a length. A length between the second and third. "lad fourth. Rosa line, Spineway, and Sheriff were the three next. Hump tonia colt several lengths in the rear. GREAT EIIOR HANDICAP STAKES of 200 sore., added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sore. eaeh, 15 tt, and 5 only if declared; penalties for winners : the second to receive 50 Pays. out of the stakes. Two miles on the Old Course. (101 subs., 58 of whom declared.) Mr. Magennis's Pantomime, by Lanercost, 3 yrs, bet 816 (including 6lb extra) (Oliver, jun.) 1. Mr. Drinkald's The Nabob, by the Nob, 4 yrs, ist llb (including Gib extra) (Charlton) 2 Mr. Howard's Crtspaw, by Birdcatcher, 3 yr., sst 61b (Wells) 3 Mr. Barber's Cioorkah, by Annandale, 3 yrs, Est 71b (including 61b extra) (Clement) 4 The following also ran: Newminster, Adine, c by Mel bourne—Sally Warfoet, Lord Fauconberg, Babette, Peggy, Lord Lieutenant, Nerve, and St. Andrew. Thirteen ran. Won by a neck. Owing to the necessity for despatching our parcel the moment the race was run, we are prevented from giving particulars of the running until our next. (llit ELECTRIC TELV.GRAPIi.) HOPEFUL STAKES. Fevershora Grapeshot North Pole WOK by half a seek. COVNTT Puma. King of Trumps Wild Huntsman Snowdon Dunhill Nine ran. Won blhalf a langth. LOTTERY Yuen. Cusio* ... - Luxurious Falilthorn 3 Won by six lengths. EGLINTON STAKES. Exact Barrel Welham Seven ran. Won by a length. SWEEPSTAKES of 100 soya each, 30 ft. North Pole walked over. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. sto 1 aget Sittingbourne Bto 1 Rataplan. DERBY. 33 and 40 to 1 eget Wild Huntsman. LINCOLN RAI LCES.-SEPT. 1. AccErrancza for the LINCOL Age at Hungerford 8 1 7 1 Nancy Musician Bardolph 4 8 12 NSIIIILB HANDICAP STAKES. Age at lb Annie Noisette Lumley l Ann Eiza Tho Pr r octor .... 6 6 7 St. Andrew 3 5 2 Mrs. Birch 6 e St. Michael 4 6 6 Capt. Cornish 3 5 2 Old Soldier 3 5 0 Little Davie .... 4 6 4 ' Hcapy 3 5 0 May-day Lord Fnueonbarg 3 6 0 Filly by Weather- Metes Mary Ann Lord Lieutenant 3 5 8' Criterion 3 4 10 Mayor of Hull.. 3 5 7 Master Norton DONCASTER. ACUPTANCRS for the GREAT YOKIBUIRE CAP. St. Leger Court*. Age at lb Hungerford 8 7 Leopold Newminster Truth . Nancy 6 712 King of Trumps 4 712 Songstress Indian Warrior 4 7 8 Daniel O'Rourke 4 7 5 Harbinger E vadne Sally Warfoot colt 4 610 Milford Scarecrow Bardolph CardinalWiseman 5 6 10 Defiance Lambton 3 6 8 Pantomime Cascara 4 6 8 Gossamer Galvanism 4 6 6 Brocket Allegro The Proctor Merry Bird CLEVELAND HAN Age st lb Hungerford Indian Warrior . 4 7 13 Harbinger Evadne Bracket Kiteflyer 4 7 4 Snowdon Dunhill 3 7 0 Aga Lord Fauconberg 3 Mentmorc Lass 3 Abdallah Mr. Sykes Ireland's Eye Grapeshot The Old Soldier Mayor of Hull St. Andrew Contentment 3 f by Touchstone out of Boarding School Mess Friday Jacqueline 3 Placid 3 Miss Agnes 3 Captain Cornish Nestor 3 Florist 3 Cronus Heapey Georgy Lady Emily Haw 3 3 7 0 Eadi Agnes 4 610 Pkarold ncAr. One mile. _ Age Tested 4 Broughton 3 Catherine Parr Flutter The General 3 Nestor 3 Miss Agnes 3 The Dandy 3 Capt. Cornish 3 [taco DONCASTER RACES. The undermentioned horses, left in by mistake for the events aamed, were struck out on Thursday, the 18th inst., at 1 p.m.: GREAT YORKSIIINE HANDICAD.—LeopoId, Songstress, Daniel O'Rourke, and Brocket. CLEVELAND RANDICAD.—Brocket. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Ave. 18. The nomination of candidates to supply the vacancy left by Mr. Commissioner Murphy's appointment in the representation of Cork city, took place yesterday. After the usual formalities, Colonel Chatterton, the tory candidate, was proposed by Mr. T. G. French, and seconded by Mr. J. P. Hardy; and Mr. F B. Beamish, the liberal candidate, was proposed by Mr. James Murphy, the nomination being seconded by 1)r. Lyons. Mr. J. F. Maguire and Mr. James O'Hea were also formally nominated, for the pur pose of making speeches on the liberal side. Me show of hands was in favour of Mr. Bcamish, and a. poll, which will take place to-norrow, was demanded on behalf of Colonel Chatterton. The proceedings passed off in a peaceable mannet. The sale of season tickets at the Great Exhibition goes on briskly, in anticipation of the royal visit. during which time the holders of these tickets will have the advantage of access to the Exhibition, while the charge on single admisions will be of course considerably raised. The attendance yester day comprised about 9,000 visitors, among whom were her Excellency the Countess of St. Germans, who was accompanied by the Ladies Cornwallis. Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P. with the Misses Hume, are among the latest arrivals from England. Great numbers of men have been busy from an early hour this morning, laying down telegraphic wires through the streets connecting the northern. line of telegraph, via Portpatrick and Donaghadet., with the central office in Dame-street. WESTERN RAILWAI or Fit.tscE.—Return of traffic for the week ending Aug. 14, PM _(99 miles open) 6,011/. Corresponding week last year , 4,4331. 3