The Express. — London, England, 1850-07-02 00:00:00

i b r io ! : robbed of thee victory by cowling it, the liberal cause and principle—paid_ thresh ned with reaction ; • op adhesion of liberals to the e l os roof that all are coercion, ;..11-ihett all oouhl pretest it. But by •srpoit ieg the wbics, they depend on heceeferth !natal and manfully to n that muss. Power has not their horde trod env personal affect , i. r tteir but in an take m: ens. in common with s re,ing out of their principles and of their ogee. oiw looney'? over to leave roe mots..rer. It has been a poor, a . e rr, .nig aeries. On every point orm7 has been compelled to act on the to fore,. with audacity : .re:ewes. has zoomed the off naiv e gem ralship, icsuffirient re sources, , o n .hi part of those, put forward as , he heivel MUM This will not l e d , 11 ith more bolder's, treeted , dose we do rot watt to owe ..a coctiru.d :ruces end tacit ander t!:e f.e. T: etc must be a cow levy, ti rev amont,:st the perdu rusks. iiiiteptcl in their foreign policy, as taco Inv trade measurer, not so ttty rapport, as by the popular It the Whigs will throw iiatry, the country will bear them they pe:s:*• in contineing to put tary and politicalcliqees, we promise when they will appeal in van suppirt which from mere ha . and without an interested ta te:demi them upon the late OCCS• I4C::11. of the conduct ( f the Customs in Companies uf London is begin „ ..! t: w. tad, to elicit from private n'tl of the grievances they have :,submit to :n their unavoldablo tLe board. We have received Liverpool containing etatemects tsv: cc urred at different tim • •,oereaung fearful indications of %!,:eh the commercial community ... ler customs law. It is stated, ▪ that uo Ices than four ate sunnily eriz-d in I.iverpool un r i!fet.CES against the revenue, com z.... cr sadlre, but for which the r or merchant is compelled to pay ! • I !hit when an act uf smuggling ob;cct of the law would be to . • ..(7s. Nothing of the sort. The ct law, u administered by the . r iuU.y. Poor passengers or pari.e to pay heavy smercements; tar ir-s would ocly bar prod:lese ▪ i. Teton-. is to seize the shin and crr Irr....ent Liu• wealthy owners and • ..e conver.tly done under &cum •,est cruel , y. • is. ac o'ilscliourr, of 81 tone, named e.. 0 e, ;patched firm St. John's., New .(er;>•-•1. timber laden. Her owners •. ...al J. SALTER, respectable mer , wren; of New Brunswick. After the Tt.og: Metter. SALTER received in te raster and crew had carried her United States, and there bad, fiv 7. oc turd a quantity of tobacco, r. tte'r permiled allowance. Ter, iein; this information lesser. r.-. steamer to their consignee at ::‘ I le WuLr, apprising him cf the him to take the necessary mea- NV. : 1 received the letter in due geese information at tie Liver ... VI that the smugglers and the r..'ght both be seized on their Li - did everything that the re or that possibly could be done to .• a of the law aid to stable the . ,:r own. • • :a% cams by the north-about :7. . CAE of Ireland a wale 'prong a: her bulwarks, running t online was very old and CT37y, rr . • ''imaged by the gale that her 3 ;• :o run her into the nevrest port, that of Rutland, in the county re mat guard boarded her, and 4 the tobacco. They immediately acd ►rreated her mister cud his crew. ewe reaching Liverpool, through the :o yet. M. DE Wour, the consign e, the Customs for the release of the ►rdiog the particulars of the "informs ad lotii,ed prior to her making land. The nos of the owners—even tteir anxietv to law—was established. One would have that in du^ vanes of rid Mr. DE. WOLF 1 noeived a favourable answer. Oa the c cmourable commissioners replied that they grant a release of the veseel upon pay :ise of three Astwired rwitala, which was the old Charlitte's vain-. ,s rnee th reopen addressed himself to the lie sent up a memorial stating the mpunied with the original Touchers, rerti -.4 depositions. The Treasury politely tied the rsee:pt thereof, and informed Mr. • that proceedings had been commenced • owners of the schooner Charlotte in the r Majesty's Exchequer !" detai:ing the anxieties and annoyances to res;cctable consignees were further put, let - axe the upshot of this cage. The Teasel were obliged to be sold upon the spot. t• in charged her reported that "they eeuM : all with such a cargo in such a remote ~ sected place on the coast cf Ireland." T tt. calve el vessel and cargo were botA . .I , ners,a&taestely loft ! W.A.) . after these occurrences, sought the I .l"user ar. and letters as necessary to him to the Board of Custom,. Whether the re envier' that the owners of the Charlotte s obtain redress, we do not know ; but, etre, ruse, the return of the papers was " bu," myna friend of Mr. Da WOLF, " if •cipi; geoutds for redress, the proofs for the ,n the Lands of the defendants. Thu ed there io LoLhdcntial trust, and the ho bos's:l' retain them under circumstance" wittud is private business, would covers with d.a.howour had subject him to prose- a sample of the clans or caws which aro urring is connexion "kith the /hard of Cue- Who is set under such a system? By im moque:is and ehepropcnionate duties on such 1 as tame*, the eastomn tint corrupt the 1 I our merchant Shirt I,y tempting thorn to against the law; seendly, by imposing pees:tits on incocest shipowners and mer wildest res: offer ders are permitted to escape, limit acts of the most isfsmous injustice and the commission of the very crime which they `fs are constituted to prevent. la booty ari.ing from these seizures is paid Leiner. In this way an enormous premium to dithoient servants. Instances are well 1, which articles have been illicitly put on -so.s by or at the instigation of the very par- Lava ttemselv,e promoted the seizure of the her arrival in the British port. It is shoo vo:e.lele for shipowners and merchants to t;fe•ust the improper acts of a sailor, sips 'der the tempt at i ons held out to Dim by the sod with so little to doter him as is done by ue authorities. For how the fining of aa to deter a c4k or a steward from mar more even than entente' ingenuity could pm ebio. nth in, teat the existence of the customs in 'et form is in ittef the best security that offer d for the . perpetuati on o f smugg li ng The customs board exists upon meta or If. Its avocation would be gone—its office 4: over--if smuggling were only effectively L The "bonour.ble commissioner" derives este in a year—the " et:elicitor " gets hi s f oes —th e gets his 34a. a week, eet;r.ly by per 41X the idea that smuggling is irrepreeeible. is the means whereby these gent r y li ve " ' " ettitt,end have their being. They have as ' taut ,:umire• to put it down effectually sa an ill cat tt.el.paLy hos to prevent tho occasional out- iI !#-• , .- • K .: : • c? : • e , • re • 11 • • .r.' rr • - P. • .‘ ;. • .•N • Tr:A ".• r•''' - . • *- • r:r ' - • • • f‘' ' • • • `. •- • . • • • P: • . r. I ite • •• z • • . 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As long. therefore, as the present s y s t e m is perpetuated, so long men:Amato and ship owners will be robbed mistiest redress; sad not only rubbed, hut, like Mr. DE Wom be laughed at for their fruitless yaw in " reepeettally representing," humbly pupae and sending up, original docu ment. foe the customs' solicitor to She against his. amid areeseity require." el TIIe Asdit Representatives of the Proprietaries (not, be it obwrved, of the Di rectorates ) of all the great Railway Companies have unanimously revolved to Wfer the most determined opposition to the Raiiway Audit Bill sent down from the Upper to the Lower Homo of Parliament. ' They complain of the manner in which they have been treated in the House of Lords; and with great justice. Whilst, in conformity with the insuno tons of their constituents, these representatives were engaged in preparing a scheme of effective independent audit, Lord GRANVILLE, disregarding the promises made by Mr. LABOCCIIEIVE, introduced a measure into the Leeds, concocted by the Railway Conensi-sioners,and proceeded tohurry it through that house. In self-defence, they propounded their scheme to the Lords; and, on rte mouses of Lord STANLEY, both were referred to a seine com mittee, to which ample powers were given. With this canvas the representatives, never doulying that they would have an opportunity of expressing their objections against Ltd GRANVILLE'S bill, were satisfied. On this committee Lord GRANVILLI of Course Ye men:4d and expressed the opinions of the Railway Commissioners, a department in which neither the paolic nor railway companies have any confllrmee and Lord MONTEAGLZ was also there to enforce those extreme views of audit which run into impracticabi lity. Wit such an array of force against the companies, at.el without any rife on the committee who really knew anything of their case beyond what he had been crammed with for an occasional speech, to have heard their representatives seemed to 1)3 not only the most natural and pro- s i per, but almost an inevitable course of pro cedure. Instigated. however, by the Railway Commissioners. the Lords' committee on the two bills refused to hear any evidence; and thus deprived themselves of that information which was isdtepen sable to a thorough uodcrstandirg, much more to soured legislation on the question. But whilst thus exciuding necessary informa tion, the Lords' Committee appears to have de sired to Let impartially. Arcurchngly their pro ceedings aimed at a compromise. they reject. d Lord GRANVILLE'S bill, squatty as they rejec.ed the Audi' Delegates' Bill ; and then directed the prepara tion of a measure which should contain the main provi sions of hot.; enacted &hermit say. This, however, was an operation f some labour and requiring um. little skill: more, unfortunately, than the lords had to bestow on the subject. Who was called on to assist is not positively known ; but the result of the labour performed bears very strong iaternal evidence that it must have been the Railway C..mmissioners them selves. For whilst an object prof. seed by the Com mittee was to give to Railway Companies the option of a really independent audit, the hell, as sent down by the lords, provides for a semi-indepen dent audit only, and requires the results of that audit to pus through the ale mbic of the compulsory board of audit before the shareholders can get any di vidend. The truth would seem to be, that at present the design of the Railway Commiseiontra is to erect an audit law which shall prove unworkable; in order to hereafter make further d mare violent eheroach meats on the independent administration cf the affairs of railway companies. The evidence of this design lies in the complexity, the astructiveners, and the costlitess of the bill now before the Heusi of Commons. To the system of audit propounded in this bill, there are no fewer than four existing Gov.rnment Boards foes- ed. First, there is the Board of Rail way Commiseioners whose fingers are delica , ely and Discreetly introduced into the outworks of t he cum Drone machinery, ready, of course, to be thrust in further as opportunity shall cffcr. Next, there is the B mad of Commissioners of Publio Accounts, who are to have such patronage as the Railway Commissioners dare not at present resume. Tnen comes the Board of Wand Revenue, which is to act as bankers of the large sums to be extorted from railway companies t defray the cast of this monstrous scheme. Lastly, there is the Treasury Board, which has certain indefinite powers asstgned to it. 'this quadrille cf government board has to date. round the Board of Railway I Auditors, their secretary, officers, servants, and staff, to be for the first time established by the bill. Now, in such a system there can be no per manence; its very complsx:ty will defeat its suc cessful operation. In • session or two its failure will be apparent ; and then, the wedge being in, down will come the Railway Commissioners under the pleas of economy and of simplicity, and otter to do all the work of ad the five boards gratuitously for railways. This, we take it, is what the bill really aims at. Tide, at all events, is a natural conse quence. But this is not the only wedge the bill will insert. Section 38 professes to give companies the option of independent and private audit. Bat thin come sec tions 47 and SO, and covertly destroy this option. For to the auditors to be appointed by companies to exa mine their own accounts, the former adds a nominee of the Board of Railway Auditors. Here, again, is the principle of external or of government audit sur reptitiously introduced. The wedge thus 'tautly inserted is quietly driven • little further home. For by section 50 the accounts even thus audited may be subjected to a second audit by the Board of Railway Auditors, to avoid whose interference in their affairs, the companies availed themselves of the option given them by section 38, and appointed their own auditors. The option, then, of independent audit, professed to be given by this bill, which was the principle under stood to be adopted by the Lords' Committee, thus becomes by all this manipulation the grossest delusion ever attempted to be palmed off on credulity. With such a system in practical operation, and carried out in the obstructive temper and spirit in which it has been conceived, the declaration of divi dends may half-yearly be indefinitely pcstpontd ; and at last be defea•ed by inattention to the host of notices and circulars which an required to be given at certain dates to shareholders. For, first, the Cen tral Board of Railway Auditors, no matter how large the balance of profits fairly earned at a company's bankers may be, have the power of suspending and postponing all half-yearly dividends until it be satisfied in all its prurient maricsity. While how that Board is simultaneously to get through the audits of all the companies in Great Britain within the period of fourteen days (and prac tically, it will have no longer time) passes all rea sonable comprehension ; as it also brings the matter to this alternative: that their audit must necessarily be hasty and inadequate, or shareholders must be con stantly exposed to the post r onement of their divi dends. Either is a pleasant prospect! THE METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BlLL.—Yeir terday, a meeting of deputies from the protestant dinenton of the metropolis was held at the Bing's Head, Poultry, for the purpose of petititsing the H raw of Lords on the sub ject of the Interments Bill. The chair was occupied by J. R. Mills, Esq.. who stated that the objections heretofore entertained to the bill be the dissenters still continued, be cause in its pump through the House of Commons it had been In no respect improved either in its main features or prominent principles. lie admitted that the object of the *unsure was good, but then that good object was about to be made inzrumental to inflicting a great injury on the inhabl tent s, beeouse it invested the whole power of taxation on a board consisting of some fear or five persons. He moved the adop tion of the petition to the House of Lords. This petition was similar In substance to one already presented by the Dissen ters to the House of Commons. It preyed that the bill be not paned, without previously submittlog it to a 'elect com mittee, and the insertion of certain clauses to provide for the decent preservation of burial grounds, whizn may he dioxin hosed by order of council. Mr. Conder seconded the adop tion of the petition. Mr. Griffin thought the Dissenters would only be maintaining Muir consistency of principle by praying that the bill be thrown out, tor, in h ls opinion, the measure we. worse now than when P tad been originally introduced, inasmuch Of the creeping from the fern was, according to Sir George Grey, to be ap propriated to the purposes of church extension. He de dined to move an amendment. After some discussion, the prayer of the petition was altered sod agreed to as Wows: That the bill may not pass through your honourabis house, but that it may be referred to a select committee, be fore which your petitioners and other parties aggrieved by the provisions of the measure may have en opportunity, hitherto denied then, of ezplaining and substantiating their objections." The meeting separated with the noel vote of thanks to the shaman. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1850. FRANCE. PARIS, 111011IDAT ETIGIITNO. There is rime feature of the new law on the press that deserves mullet attention. The 3rd article pre aides that when the responsible editor of a news paper has been arraigred at the bar of the Court of Assist, in ermarqsance of a true bill found against him for an Welke of the press, if a new bill is found against him for a fresh offerce before sentrnos has been past in the first cue, a sum equal to the half of the maximum of the fines declared ley the law fur the last offence mast be deposited within three days after the bill is found. Now it is perfectly obvious that in order to kill off the whole opposition Feta the govern ments teed. no other weapon than this article. For the maximum fine for the common offences of the press is 15,000ir., and if a paper were subject in sue cession to ten pre is-cations, as the nix de Potpie was, it would have to deposit no lets than 3,0001. sterling, in addition to the 21,000 fr. demarded as caution money on starting. This enactment therefore entirely cancels the guarantee afforded to the press by that article of the constitution which allows to juries the exclusive cognisance of press offences. It transfers the jurisdiction of the jury to the board which finds the till for arraigning the delinquent at the bar of the tribunals; and the process of bucking inconve nient organs of public opinion is reduced from the difficult task of procuring a conviction to the easy one of finding a bill for the prosecution. The imposition of the stamp will cut both ways ; for the reactionary press is not less active than its democratic rival in propagating its peculiar principles under cheap forms; and the little tracts with which M. de Montal-mbnt and his friends have deluged the rural di.tricts, will have to contend with thrt same depressive tax as the Brenentent avid Feuille do Village. The Assembly will have to proceed to•morrow to the three-monthly appointment of its president, vice president, and secretaries. The imprudent language held by the organs of the Elyse(' has inclined a con siderable number of representatives to look out fur • president likely to oppose the ambitious schemes sup posed to be entertained by Lonis.Napolecn with more firmness than NI. Dupin, mar such an instrument they think to hero discovered in General Bedeau, who has expressed very decided views on this subject, and would not fail to assert the prerogatives of the legis lature with energy in case of an extra-parliamentary surprise. The Lett and tier:Tara will, it is raid, support this candidate. The chances are, however, in favour of the re-election of Duple, who has won great favour latterly with the con 'creative' by the pertinacity with which he has woreel and tallied the orators of the Moun tain. The legitimists seem to live in constant fear of a carp 4" leaf which will confound their cake- Wines. To this aporehension must be attributed the hos de position they have taken latterly towards the government. It Stems highly probable they will show themselves as little accommodating on the press law as on the law of mayors. The acme instinctive surmise that some ambitious intrigue is at work, makes many opposed to the pro rogation of the Assembly; nor can five and twenty men of the majority be easily found who would take upon themselves the responsibility of forming the usual interparliamtntary board. The government seems raisposed to make another attempt to bring for ward the law of mayors. Tali press law will form a strong ground for the oppositon, who are already organising their plans of atteck. The Assembly divided to-day upon the Usury Bill. An tonal number of votes appearing for and against, a verification of the ballot was called for; but the even dWsicn amulets to rejection. M. Bineau brought forward a bill for extending to 50 years the duration of the concession of the railway from Orleans to Bardeaux, and from Tours to Nantes, to relieve these companies from several liabilities weighing upon them. This bill, which caused considerab'e excite ment, was referred to the examination of a committee. A bill for opening • credit to pay the expenses of French contribution to the great London exhibition of Veal, was laid on the bureau. The result of the bahot on the Usury Bill was that a majority of 303 against 293 declared in favour of a third deliberation. The ball is, therefore, tegarded as thrown oat. The sitting broke up without any further occurrence of importance. A meeting of manufacturers aid take place on the 3rd, at the Hotel de Ville, to take into consideration the great London exhibition of 1831. Toe duel, suspended by the pelFee, between the representatives MM. Valentin and Clary, was re sumed ye-terday at Versailles, where the offended party, NI. Valeutio, received the satisfaction of • deep thrust in the thigh from his adversary's sword. M. Barrel, the professor of chemistry, and IM. Bixio, the representative, ascended on Saturday in a balloon, in order to make experiments on the density of the atmcsphere. Their expedition was very near terminating fatally from the expansion of the gas, which bagged out the bottom of the balloon in such a way as to threaten the aeronauts with suf focation. NI. Burs], with great presence cf mind, slit the balloon with his penknife; the largeness of the incision causing too rapid a diminution in the volume of gas and perilous precipitation in the derma, they both set to heaving out ballast, until the machine re covered buoyancy enough to prevent their return to terra firma from being aeenmpsnied with any disas ter. No scientific results were obtained. for four hundred francs. Prince Doris has ordered the excavations to be discontinued at his villa at Al bano. although he had already discovered a splendid marble eentam and the momenta of a theatre. The same epithelia feeling has prevented any farther •eareh being wade is Treetevers o where so masy in- Unsling objects ware found heaped together la the Visolo dells Palma. Affording to • letter from Bologna , ef the 23rd alt ,in the Opinions of Turin, the Austria military authorities tits immer town had entered Into a negotiatiou with an Englishman for the cession of • large totem of lend, Galled the Capita% outside the Aorta Ban Felice, which they in tended to Ma as t ground for Military masconne; hut the pries not Wining yet been agreed 00, the Aastrirn com mandant bad applied, aotwithetaading, to the government for permission to occupy the land, which was granted, and men were mat to eat down the treu and level the pruned. Toe proprietor, wtto was at Turin at the time. has protested against such arbitrary proyeedings, and a courier has arrived at Bologna with orders from Vienna to stop the works imp imedistely, the British kaabasaador having made representa tions on the subject. TUSCANY. The director of the 4:beatific/Jennie hu receivod orders to quit the Tuscan territory within three days. SARDINIA. A letter from Tine states that an English compluy is about to conclude • contract with the Sardinian government, for the construction of a railway between Deno' and Turin, which will be extended to Geneva, and front Get.er• will be connected with the Bi!e railway. BOURSE. For Acenautt. PA11.1.9, JuLT 1. Per I - Massy. 0,44444 1 1110444. Wiriest. Owing. --..--.- per Cents. Iso es so so $6 TO 36 40 54 65 per Oints. ,94 49 i N 0 91 40 91 0 9.1 60 do. New Loam , . .. Ira Costs. 1 n . II M : . , 11. per Coot& , .. Lathasse ea Loodl : at sight l l3 45 r4O dm :s3 32j. ..n II per Cents-- iMI 111 1 1161 99 30 70 56 40 3 per Cents. ,94 MP 1 91 9 91 60 91 0 6 do. New Loan. 1„ II „ ~ to 41 per omit,. 1 . I “ . 4 pee Cents. I I 6. . Exchange en Lood:n : 661 eight, 13 CI ,660 doe, "A 3.6,. Belgian, 3, ISO — Mosey. Naples Unites Mow Do. 3, 1541 Do. 44 Do. Si ..... " Treneury Bonds 4 ~ Piedmont 3 per Omni 141 Bank "Atari. Bourss.—Parie and Orlemaar 760; Paris and Roam 562 50; Mar. ',Wen and Avignon, 170 ; gaashearg and 16.61 e, 106 73; Orleans and Vietnam 2616 53; North, 417 30; Paris and Stragensrp, 327 30; Tours and Nantet. 313 73. SPAIN. MADRID, Joxs 26. It is said that the dissolution of the Cortes will follow close upon the Queen's delivery. The general elections will then then take place, ar.d on the 10th of October the Cortes will be reassembled. MADRID, JCR' 26.—T6res per Cents., 331 ; Four per Cents., 121; Five per Cents., 121. Passives, 3 15.16. Cou pons. 7. Bank of Si. Ferdinand, 84i. Bantling* on London, 50.40. PTA LY. ROMAN STATES. Our Roman correspondent, in his letter of the 24th ' June, states that his holiness had attended.mass that morning at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, and had appointed a fourteen days' jubilee, in honour of Saints Peter and Paul, the patrons of Rome. The Pope had also presented to the congregation of bishops a plan by which the religions corporations were to contri bute 400,000 dollars a year for the exigencies of the state. Our correspondent ;fives details; of the pre sent state of the finances and the army, and mentions the honorary distinctions which have been abundantly distributed by his holiness. Some highly interesting discoveries in the way of the fine arts have lately taken place at Roma Vecchia, an estate in the Campagoa, belonging to Prince Tortoni., a few miles beyond the Porta San Sebastiano. The excavations going on there under the superintendence of Dr. Guidi, brought to light some months ago avowal fine columns, a consular statue, and other fragments; but the latest and moat valuable prize has been a beautiful statue of Diana, in a high style of art. Search is being made for the bead, which unfortunately is miming. Another states of great merit has been recently dug up in the territory of Monteleone, in the province of Sabina, by a peasant occupied in planting a tree. A bey work ing is a vineyard in the environs of home, has just met with a rare piece of good fortune ; whilat digging around the vines he saw something 'perk* which he picked up and showed to his master. It turned out to be a fine antique gem, and the boy got a hundred dollars for his share of its price. Ilia suddenly-acquired riches did not deter him from continuing his daily work, and he was soon after again rewarded for his industry by the disco very of a rare gold coin, bearing on the obverse a fe male portrait, with the superscription, Livia Aq g into, and on the reverse a peacock, and the words, Teti Film. This coin, which was about the size of a Napoleon, and apparently fresh from the mint, was immediately purchased by the antiquarian Bameggi, GERMANY. BERLIN, JUNII 29. Great anxiely is manifested to learn the neolt of the debate in the House of Commons on Mr. Roe buck's molten. Very general sympathy is expressed for Lord Palmerston ; the press supports him very energetically. rovisional College of Princes have referred to a committee a low fur di fining the rights of citizen ship within the Erfurt Union. A law on the press and de right of association is to be laid before the college immediately. Tne assembly resolved on dia. cummg on the next sitting the measures necessary to be adopted on the 1.5111 of July, when the present provieorium of the union expires. It is not trite, as has been reported, that Calmat Brandenburg is about to resign the presidency of the ministry. The ministry in Wirtemburg is to be impeached. VIENNA, Juxa 27. The political organisation for Croatia and Slavonia has at last been published. Croatia and Slavonia are to be entirely separated from Hungary, but the posi tion of Dalmatia is reserved for further deliberation. The ancient dignity of Ban of the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia is to be revive' the Ban remains as Stattbalter, sue jrct to the orders of the ministry of the empire. A minister is to be appointed to watch the interests of the two pro vinces, responsible to the Reichstag only for those sets of the government which bear his signature. The direction of the military on the military frontier, which the Croati in Landtag proposed should be con fided to the Croatian civil authorities, is reserved to the emperor and his generals. By the constitution the emperor is commander-in-chief of all the troops of the empir The command-in-chief in the province will remain, therefore, in the hands of the Ban. The national Slavonic is to remain the official language ; but considenvicit is had for the communi cation with the authorities in other provinces, where a different language is spoken. TLe crown is to retain the role right of appointing to all offices. The ri gis tration of landed property and the regulation of the feudal servitude question are retie. wed for future Con. sidtratior, togettler with the regulation of the price of and trade in salt. The Crottian and Slavonian Landtag, which was assembled in 1818, is declared to be dissolved. The patent itself refers in terms of the highest praise to the servii.es rendered in 1849 by the Croats and Slavonians. The " Grundkesetz," as this and the preceding are called, hes also been published far tho Croatian- Slavonian and Banatian-Servian military frontier. It is less imputtent than the above, as it refers more compleely to the peculiar institutions of this part of the empire. The old military organisation which has existed ekes the invasion by the Turks, ard their repulse by Sobieski, is retait.cd in all its parts, and remains subordinate to the supreme marry authorities of the empire. The inhabitants are sub ject to military laws for military offences, but for ail others to the general laws of the empire ; they are bound to serve at home and abroad when called upon ; the tenure of land carries with it the duty of serving as a soldier. The new postal treaty with Prussia, Bavaria, Sazoty. Bc. coins. into force on the let of July. The Jesuits are to be entrusted with the dirtotioo of the Gymnasuim at Inespruck. gto Court. The Queen gave a concert last evening at Buck ingham Palace, to which the Royal Family, the diplomatic carps, and between three and four hundred of the nobility and gentry, were invited. Sion aver r ins o'cl tle the company began to arrive, and were conducted to the suite of state saloons. Among the earlier &trivial& were his Baerllene, Mons. Drouyn de Lhuye the French Ambassador; the Duke of Wellingten; Baron de Drannow, the Russian Minister; the Marquis of Angle sey; Senor Isturits, the Spanish Minister; and Sir lamer Graham. - 11 r it slee • tty end Priam Albert, acewnpauied by the Prince of Prto.is, were conducted by the Lora Chamberlain from the white drawing room to the grand saloon, which was fitted up f,r the concert. The Hue( n was attended by the Mistren of the Robes, the Lady-in-Weition. the Mattis of Honour, the Lord. Groom. and How rry-in-Waiting ; Prince Albert was attended by the Lord, Groom, and Equerry-in- Waiting; and the Price. of Prowls was attended by the gentlemen of his suite. The disulaguished company Mita- Wed followed the august party into the grand saloon. Her Majesty and the Prince, with their royal and illus trious vi•itore, being seated, the concert commenced pre chtly at ten o'clock. The following was the programme.-- Pilllll PRIMA. Trio, "CM ascoltai!" Madame Grist, Signori Gar. doni e TaMarini (Illgenla) Air, Vital, o tu," litime.Custe:lan (Maria Padilla) Donizetti. Duo, &retard° cite vesio." Mdme. Oriel a Sig. Mario (Rimier& e Zue.ade) Air "Lucia eh' io Mango," Mdme. Vlardot (lUD aide) Air, 11 est on plus dam empire," Mg. Marta (La Prophets) Quieten°, " Menne damn." Madame. Castellon e Viardot, Elgeori Mario, Girded, e Lablache Ailoll. Pit= HICCUXUA. DUO, Vat taluno memoranda," SignortTambutini • Lablache(L'lneanno Felipe) Air Nam di piu embitters," Mdme. Oriel (Kanto e Giulletta) Trio, Ala fareur," Mesdames TWA* e Castellon, • Nig. Mario (Comte Ory) Air, ..Oh can latmasine," Mg. Girded (Moto UM) Due. ° Pine se alberghi la pettoi" Madames Cas- Mozart. tellon • Wards' (And:mice) Mercadante. Coro Pastorals, "Mike eta dell era," Tutu Costa. ldr. Costa presided at the pianoforte. H•fre,hmentr were served daring the evening in the Green Drawing-room, and, after the performance of the concert, a supper was served in the State Dinner-room. The Queen and Prince Albert,with the Prince of Waist', acreenspanisd by his Royal Highness the Mace of Prussia, went yesterday afternoon to the Scottish Fete at Lord Hol land's Park, at Notting-hill. The royal suite consisted of the Viscount's(' Jocelyn, Hon. Matilda Paget, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel Bouverie, Lieut..oeneral de Lindheins, and Count Charles de (Jolt'. Her Msiesty and the royal party remained a considerable time witnessing the Highland eames. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Prince of Prussia, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, afterwards honoured bird Holland with a visit at Holland House. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Priuce of Prussia, returned from Holland House to Buckingham Pa. lace, in an open berouche and four, the equerries in waiting attending on horseback. The rest of the royal party fol lowed in another open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes terday morning at a meeting of the royal commission for the promotion of the exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, to be held in the year 1861. His Itsyal Highness arrived at the New Palace el Westminster at half-put eleven o'clock, attended by Colonel B tuverie. The commissioners present were Earl Granville, Lord Stanley, Lord John Rue sell, Lord Orerstone, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Cnarles Lyell, Mr. Baring, Mr. Barry, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Cahill. Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Posey, M.l'., Mr. John Sheppard. Mr. R Ste phenson, and Mr. Alderman Thompson, MP. Mr. Scott Russell sad Mr. Stafford Northeote, the secretaries to the royal commission, were in attendance. Colonel Reid, chair man of the executive committee, was present. The meeting broke up at a quarter before three o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the y'ounger members of the royal family, took their usual airings yesterday in the garden of the Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duette'', of Olourester visited their Royal flighnemee the Duke and Ducker of Cambridge, yesterday. The nobility and gentry called yea. terday at Cambridge Ileum, to make inquiry after the health of the Duke of Cambridge. Ha royal bigbeem teas better is the afternoon. THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. The question for consideration at the adjourned meeting of this company, to be held to-day, is whe thee they are to endue or discontinue their entire operations after the sth instant. A draft proof of part of the report to be submitted to the meeting is before u. The introductory pages of this document are de voted to a narrative of the circumstances under which the arrangement of 1847 with her Majesty's govern ment (now approaching its terminatior) was entered into, and the bill introduced in parliament the same year to enable the local legislature to give the com pany power to comply is certain respects with the wishes of the settlers withdrawn. Then foilowa a suecirct and interesting narration of the principal pro ceedings of the company and the settlers from 1848 to the present time, extracts from which as supplying the data upon which the meeting of to-day must (b -eide for proceeding or closing their operations we here subjoin : Early in 1841 titles stops were taken, based OR a farther daveloprneut of the principle of reit!' clone unity, for the is. tabliehnsant of the settlement of ranterbury, which it is e 'Meetly anticipated is, by its seals and character, on the eve of aff.rdieg the most ample end satisfaetory proofs of the fficacy of that principle in the work of colonisation. In the establishment cf that rettlement, it eppearieg to as to be important, both for the ultimate interests of the shod:told. re and for the welfare of the company's settle ments previoualy esistirpt, that the adios of the site should ba forthwith made, and the preliminary aurveys proceeded wilt, we chewed it our duty to guarantee an advance of 25,0001. for these purposes, notwithrandiag the pcssiblity or its 'ablaut* an eventual necessity tor a call u,-on the company's unpaid up capital. (See corms nodose* in " Parliamentary Paikrs of August, 1818," pp. 162 to 175 ) . _ A ri prelientatlna was submitted, showing the letups dieney of separating New Plymouth from the °term settle ments of the company, and placing communities baring a camases origin and inure at in different provinces, and, ;wham wetter different forms of government. This wag communicated to the governor by Earl Orgy, in a de•patst dated the 28th of Fenruary, 1818, and alter some corres pondence was finally approved by a further despatch dated the 22nd of Dec. miter, 1849. (See Parliamentary Papers, August, INS, pp. 137, 178; and 18.50, pp. 26, 24.5 ) In February, 1549, were brought to a plint, and finally completed u the June following, the long.protracted neg tee tiations with the Nanto•Dor 'elitist Company of France, by which was extinguished foreign ownership in New Zealand, and that course of proceeding was consummated by which, at its very outset, the company bad become the instrument of rescuing the entire Nand from being made the seat of a foreign settlement, and that (it is believed) a penal one. In the session of that year a hill was introduced in'o parliament, and an act passed, which, by facilitating the execution of conveyances by or on behalf of the compstey in N w Zealand. will very much increase the security of pur chasers of its lands. The terms of purchase were revised, so u to render them more simple and uni.orm in the 000000 I settlements. Terms of pasturage were devised and adopted ; and steps were taken for the introduction, at the earliest moment and to the fullest silent which might be compatible with e elating en gagemen.s, si other end more beneficial arrangements, in the•conditions of purchase and other details. Alter repeated and envious endeavours to determine whet rule it would be proper to adopt, in adjusting the se. counts of the portion of the proceeds of land sales applicable to speei d purposes in the settlement of Nelson, a ataternect w.s in February, 1850, submitted to Earl Grey, of the principles shirk on the whole appeared to meet most gui.ably the circumstances of the ease. An answer has not vet teen received. Details are given in the statements annexed, Noe. 1 to 3, of the lands sold to private individuals, end of sums received for the same, since the sth of April, 1847 ; of the ship. chartered by the company, and of pesengers conveyed therein, since the same date ; end of the manner in which the sums at the company's commend have been expended during three years ot the same period. From the first of these it will be seen that the land sold eo private individuals from the said date up to the present time has amounted to 13,582 acres, and the sum received for the same to '27,9741, cr on an ge to shoat 4,526 acres, and 9,3251. pail'. This is exclusive of the quantity sold by the Canterbury Association. From the second statement it wit appear that the passen gers conveyed to the colony during the tarns period, in 18 ship chartered by the company and 3 dispstched under its sappy sion, of the aggtegate burthen of 12,541 tons, have been 2,4-5. Be the third statement it is shown that, *exclusive of 25,0001. invested in government securities and 8.6211, crate advances to the Cantee.ury Association, the payments dur ing the three years c immencing on the 6:b of •pril, 1847, rtve been 20:3,3911.; and that, out of this sum, debentures and other liabilities incurred prier to that date amounted to 6'1.2151, leaving • balance, of L:5,1731.* Also, that cut of this balance the sum applied to the establishments, office and law expenses and contingencies, in England and New Zaa lend, has been 47331, 1 ' or about 11,5751. yearly : that to emigration Service have been applied 47,3381.; to surveys, 11,4331. ; to roads and other public works, 1,175. ; to colo nial incidents ' 6,8081 ; and to cores shipped, 4,2001. ; making a total, of what may be considered as expenditure purely colonial, of 73,9551.*; and, lastly, that to the pur chase of land, and the expenses incidental thereto (including the settlement of some disputes) have been applied the fol lowing amounts, via., purchases from private individuals, 8,1061.; from the Nanto-Birdelaiee Company of France, 6,7691.; from the native., 9,6371.; and in the case of Messrs Scott Grace and others, 2,1,731.: yielding • to:al of 26,3861. But perhaps the most instructive statement is No. 4, whets as it were, compares the proceedings of the company with themselves, and the contents cf which may be thus scalped. The time during which the company has been in existence— namely, from its es'ablishment in May, 1639, to the present month of June, 1850, or about 12 years, may be divided into three distinct periods; the first extending from May, 1839, to the interruption of the company's proceeding's, in conse quence of the interference of the government in January, 1843 ; the second from January, 1843. to the formaeion of the first party of Otago colonists in November, 1847, under the arrangements agreed upon in the preceding May; and the third from November, 1847, to June, 1850. The accom panying statement shows that the results of the company's measures during these three periods It-ye been respectively as follows, During the first period, which may be termsd that of the company's comparative freedom, and which comprises some thing m-re then four years, the lauds disposed of amounted to 211,619 acres; the ships despatched by the company we re 57, of the average burthen of 460 tons each ; the naueegers conveyed by those shipi 8,600, or about 2,155 yearly. During the second period, or that of external interference, whim- extends over upwards of four year' and a half, the land disposed of was no more than 6,389 acres; the company itself chartered but one ship, of 3,50 tons; the wh.le number of passenger' to whose conveyance in that and other vessels it became instrumental was but 666, or about 145 yearly. During the third period, or that of imperfectly restored ac tivity, which comprises about two years and a half, the lands disposed of have been 19,061 acres, exclusive of sales in Canterbury, and additional grants to original land pur chasers ; the shins chartered and despatched by the com pany, 184 of the average hurthen of 625 tons each ; the passengers conveyed, 2,424. t or about 970 yearly. The aggregate of the three periods is 270,073 acres disposed of, exclusive of sales in Canterbury and additional grants to original land purchasers; ships chartered by the company, 76,t and 19 despatched under its supervision, making toge ther 95y vessels, of the both= of 46,578 tons; passengers conveyed, 11,6804 The effect of the measures thus adopted, upon the minds of the colonists, may be best stated in the language of persons residing on the spot. At a meeting of the "Settlers' Constitutional Association," held at Wellington on the 17th of September, 1849, regain tiers were passed, stating among other things that— " Taking into consideration that all native disturbances are quelled—that all the differences between the company and the land purchasers have been finally arranged— that the most amicable relations have been firmly este blushed between the company and all classes of its settles—and that the company are now in possession of some of the most fertile ann available districts in New Zealand, which are open for sale and depasturing licensee—this eausistion is firmly persuaded that the New Zealand Company has now, for the first time since its formation a fair field for its tolonismion operations, with every reasonable prospect of such operations being produc tive of ben. fits equally to itself as to the colonists." From Nelson, the resident agent, Mr. Bell, wrote thus on the 15th of December, 1849: " Perhaps the mist important events that have occurred this year have been those relating to the land question under the agreement of 1847, including the re-selection of accommodation lands, the arbitration of claims for compen sation, and the s y of the native and European towns at Quern Charlotte's Sound. I believe it may now be said that the landowners resident here—those who came out to found the settlement when its very site was mere coniecture—are now perfectly sati.fied and con tented. I continually hear with pleasure expressions of contentment from persons whose previous condition while the land question remained unsettled was one of continual grumbling and disgust ; and the dreadful words, ' Clams on the Company ' and ' Compensation no longer mix in every conversation, nor keep up irritation and strife in the public mind. Even those who do not think they got quite enough in the recent arbitrations, are willing to say no more about it, now that the whole question is definitely clued. It is tree that there yet remain two or three cues which from un avoidable C1f0,113114111131/ hate not yet been disposed of, but these also will soon be got rid of." The following is an extract of a private letter from Mr. Halos, dated New Plymouth, 9th February, 1850: " The above adjurment and the company's shipping ar retirements have erased all differences formerly subsisting between the company sod its settlers. Land only is now wanted, and the obtaining it must depend upon the govern ment. The settlement is established beyond all chance of accident. The people seem, and are, content( d and pros perous. The new comers Sr. setting themselves to work. The only suggestion that occurs to me, arising out of resent impatches from the court, is that agriculturists should have the preference in anisted passages, and that among the de mentia servants prososed to be sent out, dairy women should not be overlooked." • Several of trine amounts will bo Mamma by payments marls during the quarter ending on sth Jul , HOU. t These umbers wilibo emeelly by the &vet& of the Phrebo Umber, The subsequent part of the report adverts to a letter from the directors to Lord Grey, which is to be laid before the meeting, and enters into an explana tory statement of the delay which has occurred in presenting it to the shareholders. This narrative terminates abruptly with an intimation that the statement is "to be continued at the client st moment that the requisite information may be obtained by the directors." A statement of the company's receipts and payments how the 6th of April, 1847, to bth April, 1830, are subjoined, as also of the ships chartered by the company for emigrants. THE SCOTTISH FETE. Yesterday the second annual "gathering" of the =unbent of the Highland and Scottish Societies took plate in Lord Holland's Park at Noting-hill, on the occasion of • grand natioeal 'dor, similar, in all its leadir g characteristics. to that of tie preceding year. The object of this under taking we, to afford encouragement to thou who desire to uphold the sports and pastimes of the people of Scotland, and at the same time to carry out the printing, that a wholesome entertainment may he derived from the exercise of them pleasure, which, wt Lot they offer an agreeable relaxation to the spectator'', ere calculated to display the goodwill of the performer in an honourable competition of strength sod skill. In order to fulfil the intentions of the promoters Of this object, every pains has been ttken, and some of the l to m t e h n o in ti fd ri m o t o l:n g d o — m e os ho pec ch tt an it ee n t t o o b t e ho te c l o e u br t. a t t ry ed . f m or mi t t hrir w s e k r i f l u ll have been brought to London with a view to exhibit the true characteristics of those games, and to afford the public an oppor.unity of seeing them in their national int gray. The success which attended the lCe last year stimulated its pro moters to renew their efforts, with a determination to make the exhibition an annual one, if they found that the under , taking received sufficient elle , uregement from the Public. The patronage bestowed up,n the le:e cf yesterday was such as to prove that the people of London are willirg to support these entertainments ; and the v:siture ore and all belonged to that class of persons who can enjoy and appreoate ou -door amusements without infringing the ruses of propriety and order. The gates of the park were opened at 12 o'clock, and in the wane of a short time the outer circle of the ring which masked the scene of action wu thronged with people; whilst the members of the societies above-named, with the chiefs of the different clue, all attired in Highland roe these, were collected together in the open apace fronting the stands. The time appointed for the commeoct ment of the sports was one o'clock, and by this time the crater por tion of the seats reserved in the various stands were occu pied. The weather wee not qui'e so fay urable as could have been wished, and the consequence was that, in nume rous instance,, umbrellas, great coats, aed winter shawls were displayed in a most unpromising' and dispiriting man ner. There was very little rare throughout the cloy, hut the clouds wore a most threatening aspect; and the endea rerun which the sun made to "shine out" proved only partially successful. The scene, however, was one of a most anima ting description, and the varied colours of the Highland dresses as displayed on the rich and undulating greensward formed a picture well calculated to excite attention. Amongst thou who took a prominent t art in the pro ecedicge of the day were Sir James /slacker:zip, of &Atwell ; Colonel 13randling, Sir Evan Mackenzie. of Kilroy ; Kei th Stewart,of &Muth ; Des ideun,of Tullocb ; Rosalyn Garden Cumming (whose name has recently appeared before the publics as the "lion hunter in Sault Asia"); Captain Charles Forbes, Cluny Macpherson, Ronald Robett Whin, and many other gentlemen equally well known for their at tadment to the sports and pastimes of • 4 cotler.d. The com mittee alto numbered several Englishmen, whose exertions were scarcely lees enthu iastic than these of the northern devotees. Amore,at the spec talon there were I persons of di. ticcCon, and arrangenrants were made for the reception of her Majesty, who had eignified her intention of being present on the *cession. It was also understood that the N. paulese ambas sador would attend, and several " false alarms " were raised at the expectation that his excellency was approuhing, but 'to the dea,app:intment of the spectators, and to the tempo racy inconvenierce of the Scottish '• body guard," who had formed into a line to receive him, thatdistinguishedforeigner did not make his appearance. The sports commenced with a competition in archery, the pr:za being open to all England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the games which followed in succession were those of running, leaping, throwing the hammer, putting the stone, tossing the caber, broadsword exercise, sword and target opposed to the beyond'', sword dsnce, reels, strathspeys, and performance on the Hi t ehland bagpipe. It will be sufficient ts mention some of the more interesting feats and to make particular allusion to these men who best dia• tinguished themselvis. In the early part ef the day the mut exciting sports were those of throwing the hammer and to,sing the caber, sod in these exhibitions the muscular vigour of the competitors was displayed in lull farce. Amongst those who strove for the prizes in these games were Samuel Kennedy, Thtmas*M nzies, and Drnald Freer, each of whom won very ciansidera'ile oppl . use for the strength and welhtrained skill he exhibited. The hammer to be thrown weighed 14lbs, and the winner of the prize in this competition hurled the instrument to a distance of 92 feet 2 inches; an achievement which to an unpractised beholder was little less than a labour of !females Tossing the caber was also a feat which required a more than ordinary amount of human strength, the caber being a ling pole resembling a poplar shorn nt its branches, Menzes and Kennedy were also the succe"slul comp, titora in this sport, but the former became '• first favourite" and his powers were very soon backed against " the flad." The performances of this man were certainly remark able not only for the physical strength displayed, but for the tact that he appeared to do his work with less eff.irt than any of his alvenaries. The ;sports and pastimes were kept up with great spirit the whole of the afternoon, and at intervals the scene was enlivened by national dances and performances on the bag pipes, under the direction of Angus Mackay, the Queen's piper ;who was attended by the bey' of the It ryal Caledonian Asylum. At five o'4:leek, her Majesty, accompat. ied by Prince Al bert, the Prince of Wales, and the Prince of Prussia, arrived in the park in an open carrisge. The appearance of the Queen was the signal for an universal burst of applause, fol lowed by the performance of the National Anth, in, and by • Scottish air called "The G.dn's my own" (S'e .m theinan gleann). The royal party were received by the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain of the usehold and Pre sident 31 the Scottish Sxiety, • Ito conducted the carriage to the centre of the ground , and; requested her hlsPety to mention the particular sports she most desired to wane's. A wrestling Match between two soldiers of the Scotch Foal leen, named Chalmers and Edgar, then took place, and her Majesty seemed greatly smueed at the dexterity cf the combatants, and at the good humour they evinced in their most perilous falls. The pastimes of throwing the hammer, tossing the caber, and putting the state were then repeated, but the sport which seemed to afford the royal party the greatest amusement was a race performed by four men with shoeless feet, who ran some considerable distance beyond her Majesty's carriage and returned to within a few yards of the spot where the royal visitors were stationed. A combat be tween Bombardier Kelly and Leon Gillemard, French pro fessor of sword exercise, the former using a bayonet anu the latter a sword and target, was amongst the various forms of competition gone through in presence of her Majesty, and this trial of skill excited a more than usual degree of interest and curiosity. It of rimed that it was the first time Mons. Gillemard had opposed his weapon to a bayonet, and there was consequently much speculation as to the result. The combat was carried on with great determi nation upon either side ; bui it was apparent throughout that the bayonet-man would have very little chance against the wielder of the sword in a bout of a more serious description. lie received four hits in succession, whilst his opponent came off completely unscathed. The aivantage, however, which one man seemed to possess over the other, did not so much consist in the superiority of 'skill as in the undoubted power of the short weapon, aided by a target, in opposition to the more cumbrous instrument, which requires two hands to wield it. The Queen seemed much gratified by this exhibition of .kill as well by the other performances we have named. After remaining on the ground about an hour and ;a qu , her Majesty expressed herself pleased with the las ; and, at her own desire, Cluny Macpherson and llavidacn of Telloch were introduced to her Majesty by the Marquis of ffreadslbane. The royal party retired amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the spectators, and were followed by another carriage (which formed part of the cortege), in whi.li were seated Lady Jocelyn, the lion. Miss Dawson, Count Hermann Pu. kler, and Count Charles de Golf s — both of whom were in attendance on the Prince of Presets. after Short y Checiepartura of her Majesty the proceedings of the day terminated. Mr. Grippe had an interview with Earl Grey yes- Mrslay. Captain Hamilton had also an interview yesterday ith the noble earl at the Colonial-office. SUPPLY OF PURE WATER TO THE METROPOLIS.— Yesterday a public meeting of the inhabitants of the perish of St. Leonard, Shonditch, was held at the Baptist Chapel, Horton Old Town, for the purpose of taking measures to obtain a continual supply of puce water to this portion of the metropolis. Mr. M. J. O'Connell, M.l'., h,ving tt ken the chair, said that it was unnecessary for him to enter into details respecting the object of the meeting. One great result had been arrived at by the eminent men who bad investi gated the subject,—that the health and lives of the inhabit ants of this metropolis were seriously endangered hp the insufficiency of the water supply. The district of Shoreditch was supplied at present by two companies, but the water was detective in quantity, and unususily bard. If, however, the plan to be submitted to the meeting should be carried into effect these evils would be witeedied. It wee Pre posed to supply the perish by mesas of Artesian wale, the water from which had been proved to be of excellent quality. One great advantage of this scheme was that it re quired no art of parliament to carry it into .ffect, for by a very old act passed in the reign of Oeorge 11., Rio autho rities of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, were em powered to undertake any improvements without applying to the legislature for its sanction. Mr. F. O. Phinpotes, la moving the first resolution, !Ironed to the letters of Mr. J. L. Tabberner, published in the Daily Neva, to prove the greet superiority of the water from the A well in Tra falgarsquare over that supplied by the different water coM pmies, whether it wee taken from the New River or the Thames above or below London-bridge. He stated that the plan now proposed to supply the district of Sherediteh with water was to sink Artesian wells within the parish. By this means a constant supply of the purest water would be obtained, which might be distributed at high prewar* to every house at about half the present rates. Itssolutioes in accordance with the object of the meeting were adopted. . 3. - uti I' *, • . r . ' 5... `• J. M.w PaUuft. Sob la