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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY: p EVENING-, JULY 3, f-.1.852:: T I LI. MA ee-AZINES. I LITERATI/11E. or, Mercantile Mysteries, being BLACKTVOOD. • • 1 BREW TANG 1?; 1, 7 4., Edited Pisistrefue Caxton reseenes in July what he had ' the Confessions of a Confidential (.. c) . mitted in Juue— the tine ed. et teat exquisite flan's , - ; by A rgus Lynx. Groombridge and Sons, Pater ttye, which in very many respects promises to be , nosier- row. being Sir Bulwer Lytton's masterpiece. The style in I We have received Parts I and 11. of this new serial, Which it is written reveals in its author the ripeness I published monthly, price 61, and if the subsequent of intellectual maturity united with all the bloom and ! numbers be sustained by s i m ilar characters and the fr es h ness of a youth perennial in its character. ' trut hf u l delineation, it stands a good chance of be- The abounding ease i 3 in itself matchless, and with corning popular. The author, whoever he may be, is this ease is combined a "finish" more delightful than evidently acquainted with the subject he has taken that of the must studied elaboration. If we wished to in hand, and in exposing what we conceive hs means make good the justice of our assertion by a single re- by " mercantile mysteries" will• do reel service to the ference, we public at large. Tee information to be gleaned of should point at once unhesitatingly to that what is passing within the walls of the great estib portion of the present (the twenty second) instalment which unravels the mysterious lishments which represent the commercial wealth of entanglement of the incidents of the fietion---reveal- this country must prove useful to all classes, and, ing th rough the pathetic history of Nora A venel, p resented in the readable m a n ner described , c annot Jhle secret ti es binding together the fortunes of Harley fa il to be extensively circulated. Old and young are 1 4 Estrange and Audley Egerton, fortunes in which a likely to be interested in the progress of this publi variety of minor interests are involved, such as those cation, since it not alone furnishes instructive lessons at filet of the villanous Baron Levy, and, ultimately, f or both, but also appears destined to inculcate (after years have elapsed) of the leaz eldeans and the proper principles. One or two extracts at random Riccaboccas. It proves, at length, that Leonard, in. will show the style and mould of the writer. The stead of being the son of Harley L'Estrange, was the hero, Charles Brain, alluding to „the receipt of his offspring of Audley Egerton by Nora, to whom the first week's salary when brought into mercantile life, rulung Statesman had been married under very pain- says— ,as well impassioned, circumstance& A f ew as " I had now discovered the true worth of industrious additional chapters must now, unfortunately, habits. The emolument I derived was not largo, but bring to a conclusion that story which has for it was sufficient to prove the value of a principle. I nearly two years been the chief among the charms of was in a great degree independent of the world — working for my own bread. Never shall I forget the world — Blackwood. Before its termination we trust th a t th e villany of Levy, as well as that of Randal, will be impression produced by the receipt of my first week's 11with seaees. No monarch's heart ever swelled e greater Unmasked while Leonard is discovered by poor • 1 achievement of his bestvictories,than did triumph at the Audle bef r that death which , s y o e sudden. seems to be mine on the occasion of obtaining a few shillinge, the his inevitable destiny, while Helen is restored to the produce of my own individual labour. I farcied as it arias of her boy-love, while Violante is tranforined were that a new current of life had passed through my c hanges the spouse of Harley, Lord L'Estrange. Other frame. There was money staring me in the face, the R anges ,will have to be effected. Poor Frank result of active industry. Unacquainted as I was with the course of worldly affairs or their manifold intrica hitazeldean must, we trust, be extricated betimes from misalliance with Beatrice de Negra Count cies, the glittering silver in my hand was solid proof that I had at length solved one of the great problems ,eschiera must be foiled in his infamous machine in life. My feelings on the cocasion can be more readily ''°ns---:Doctor. R . bocce must be restored to his I • taltau Mar - wee v guisate---Dick Avenel must be ruined— Leonard I remember my great concern was to rush into the pre airfield must be proved to be the author of the sence of my mother to acquaint her with my success, and i n th _ work so very frequently mentioned a ft er running h ome a t t h e top o f my spee d, my fi rs t ex ec course of "My Novel "—Squire Hazledean clamstion, before I bad scarcely passed the threshold, must be relieved from his bewilderm e nt and anguish was, ' Mother, mother, here i s th e mone y— m y wa ge s!' iee tT . a — and a multiplicity of m i no r sorrows b e a l- while before she could recover herself from her este e'vl ted by the master-hand of the most accomed hl'p is nishmeet at my eagerness to give her the amount, I men of letters fictitious history threw it exultingly into her apron." s of the age, before the 13 closed by th e sound of the'wediing bells at Hazel- Who, again, can help recognising in the following dean, . Beside s th e cont i nuat i on o f S i r B ulwer sketch the " unadorned" history of one ofthose levia Lytterfa novel, the present number of Maga contains than firms which, after reaching the pinnacle cf the c ,, first , portion of a true story called " Katie fortune, ultimately topple down, and find a last _° a t n ewart.' It gives promise of a merit which we are resting-place in the dark recesses of the courts of 6 .,. guine of seeing realised on its development. Ano- Basinghall-street ? 'ner contribution • " The house of Crimple, Tadlow, and Crimple was, at _ n _ is descriptive of Nepaul, and another 0 t the Chinese. The latter are designated (as the the date at which I write, a mercantile firm of the title of the paper) " The Celestials g highest repute. There was no gainsaying this fact, for Abroad." There- about „. _ h is likewise a very readable article majority of transactions connected with trade, Crimple, Dr _ _ c _A . 1p onso Karr," romantic as well as bio- Tadlow, and Crimple, from the nature of the pre t;Pkali_ A slight but animated sketch of " Ame- miser where they carried on business, m i g ht be supposed ong Politics" is preceded by an argument referring to he almost antediluvian, the dark and dingy appear- Ourb ee , National Defences ;" while the whole num- ante of their counting-housd and warehouse greatly fa.. tio s_: , s , closed by an article upon "The General Elec- vouring this opinion; and many persons who so judged ~,,,,,a n _ from the tone of which it would appear that were not far wrong in their cotijecture. The his o'ficeieood looks forward with real anxiety, though, tory of the establishment . was the history of many similar firms engaged in the ramified branches • ( nu's; with affected confidence, to the Jnrit probable ma of our commerce, which reckon in their growth y of the newly-elected Parliament. the lapse of nearly a century. The elder Crimple, througn whose exertions, and by whose industrious and penurious habits, the foundation of the house was • • I secure ,y laid, used, it was dimly hinted, to feel a pride in recount ing the vicissitudes and struggles by which he hod been enabled to realize his exaltation; but his name and credit h av i ng been fully established before his demise, those idle stories were now buried deeply in the breast of his f am ily, and were seldom, if ever, adverted to. Having passed to his grave ripe in years, leaving considerable wealth to his successors, Mr. Christopher Crimpl e—the Crimple of whom I shall 'treat--was considered es to be in sufficiently experienced to take th establishment, and hence the introdeucti management n n ufm r of Tadlowth e an old and faithful clerk. Under the revised designation nati n of Crimple, Tadlow, and Crimple, the firm having g pre viouslye been plainly Crimple and . d business cont i nued to move prosperously forward until, Co., Mr. Tadlow having also paid th debt ordinary course, ebt of nature, Mr. Christopher Crimple bebame its vole was not then deemed expedient too emraekperes''nt s ati e ve. . It n in the ' title of ' the house,and Crimple, ft ratt,_, . . Tad low, and Crimple remained, so far as the world was concerned, the 'same fi rm as eye-r,'•• the change in reality beirg confined to the death of Tadlow, the payment out of his relatives, and the promotion of Mr. Crimple's eldest son. The wheel cf fortune'was still in motion, the name of Crimple was 'highly cube giz 3d, and the success of- their operations receved ge neral recognition. Christopher Crimple, though 'he could not legitimately aspire to the dlstinctioa Of being one of the merchant princes of London—his special trade, that of produce-broker, preventing its assump tion—he, nevertheless, ranked in the first eirdei of the magnates with whom he cd=operated, and was treated with proportionate consideration. This was not'in the least surprising, because the position of -his'resomces, independently of his connexions, which throligh• his marriage had been rendered aristocratic, was extremely serviceable in assisting many of these individuals in ad. ventures which their own. capital could not support, and he accordingly secured supreme - deforence•L-it question of no mean importance to a man of 'his natural vanity. Now that he had attained the summit of his ambition, a union with a baronet's daughter, a fetidly. rising into notice, and almost unimaginable riches, he was withie himself a power, he imagined, little less than a demi ged. The intervening years 'had not'e however, folled• oy without leaving traces of- , their - progress. The bleached hair, the • g rey whisker, and deeply in dented cheek told that the path of the tall sedate gee-: tleman, who, with erect and measured gait, trod confi dently the walks on 'Change, - and the otherepriaacipal pieces of mercantile resort, had not been unattended by care and anxiety.: In-the midst-of the wearing process of fortune-making, agreeable if , accomplished, but dis tasteful when accompanied by difficulties, he • had 'ex perienced numerous trials, which, although they never corOpromieed his purse or person, were' of a description to create vexation, and occasionally curb the domin at i on of his proud and. -unyielding spirit: , Netwithstanding these drawbacks, which mainly related-to his family ar • rangementa, he was to the world the-same inflexible haughty man that had -partially ruled the destinies of trade for years, and wherever he went, or whatever he wag engaged in, his sincerity was doubted and his mo tives were constantly impugned. The analysis Of his character by those well acquainted with him showed that his plebeian birth was a rankling wound in his coMpositiou which, despite his marriage and his studious inclination .to cultivate closer ties withit, the circle of his wife's acquaintances, could not be subdued, the knowledge of his father having risen from the humblest rank in life perpetually haunt• ing him, and stepping in to mar the pleasure derived ,from; his numerous projects for self-aggrandisement and popularity. With the exception of his eldest son, who constituted with himself the firm of Ciimple, Tadlow and Crimple, and who evinced an aptitude for his position much in advance of his years, his children, wasteful and purseproud, possessed nothing to recommend them,l and wore alone s oug h t f or t h e i r p resume d wea l t h an d th e mercantil e status enjoyed by their progenitors. To have placed before them , in relief , • grand- bold the outline of their pare in his badge, would leathernismalls, muffin cap, and plated which would havehavebbeen the indication of an ancestry and which they would d ug n ht the colour to their cheeks, to admit; but that soutchhave, in all probability, de siredtect was beyond dispute, and was a well-authenticated if necessary, have been whicheatablis n hed. could readily, With a barauct's daughter had no, toned vep down thi s dis paragement of birth; for although _ the sin was not i n the actual circumstan ce , but rattaer•ln the wish to re pudiate it, the marriage, it was said, had been consum mated chiefly on the ground of the reputed m wealth of the Crimples, d ' and the edvantegee to be ()rived fro the branches of the barOnetag e . in match by the poorer . relatives had been this latter respect, however, the . _ , discovering their unfortu grievously disappointed, and nate mistake m anticipating . that Mr. Christopher Crimple was to be moulded according to their own brine pre conceived notions, they sedulously endeavoured to ~ into contempt the aristocracy of riches, when compare() with the .ristoersoy of birth. Enthralled in this dis agreeable ma nner , the greet firm of Crimple, Tadlow, and Crimple us represented by Mr. Christopher Crim ple, w ent Un a its way rejoicing—his external bearing twat of the • millionai re with unclouded prospects, while in ternally prevailed the canker that was slowly but surely eating away his - is heart." L• I ° this number there is a FRASER very long account of " The l ie,of Chalmers," taken from his memoirs by his the Rev. Mr. Hanna. " Sketches ofßome under the Pope and the Republic, by an Eye-Wit -11e23)" present s us w ith a var i e t y of details concernin g Eye-Wit ,11,e23)" eventful p er i o d. I n conc l us i on , i t i s remar k e d — Thus, .la the City of Seven Hills' d o we b e hold ever ytaing just awoke from deep sleep to a stirring of the -limbs, a raising of the eyelids, a preparation for dvement, rather than the energy of action itself. h awaking was still d ream y an d pl easan t, as i n the reed to day and its labours, which music produces, no viole n t c on cus s i o n bad di s t ur b e d th e s l eeper , b ut "lightest early light dawned on men's hearts, like he alded by sweet sounds. The curtain rose slowly, bas morni ng m i s t s f rom th e va ll e y s seen b y hi m w h o 'al reposed on mountains, and the drama began as We introduce our trage di es, w i t h b ut li tt l e to d enote t he. lat er events which are to stir human passions to their., depths. But an ominous cloud, which had Rathered amongst these seven hills, soon spread over Eu r AllPe• Hypatis," a new foe with an old face, is c ontinued. It i s a very original story, well carried u llt• " Yama and the Disciple" is a good composition. The, DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. first article is on the " Identity of Junius," in which the writer endeavours to prove that Chatham Was the mysterious celebrity. " Sir Jasper Carrew" is an runusing story. " Beyond the Veil "is a pleasing poem; the subject is taken from H ans Ch r i st i an An dersen's ta l es. The first number of " Heroes, Ancient and Modern" Thebes, contains accou n t s o f E pam i non d as, o f s, and Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden. The " Heirs of Ran dolph Abbey'' is conclud e d thi s mon th, in th e Past twenty-s econd chapter. In the " Corkonians, and Present," we find very interesting remi niscences of the many distinguished characters of that place. No. 111. of NEW MONTHLY: " Female Novelists" is devoted to one of the most remarkable of the present day—Currer Bell. The tale of "Hester Somerset" is brought to a conclusion, and, strange to say, after the numerous Misfortunes and tragic occurrences that have befallen its heroes and heroines, ends most satisfactorily. " Young TOM Hall's Heartaches and Horses" reaches its thir tieth chapter, and the "`Survey of Danish Literature" is continued. There arel some pleasing verses, ad dressed to " The Cedar in the Palace Garden." COLBUBN'S UNITED SERVICE. The first article is c er t a i n l y a most appropriate one at the present time. It is entitled, " What we Know about Australia," and gives a description of the country, the European inhabitants, the Aborigines, the first discovery of gold, and the present condition of the goldseeliers and finders. " The Causes of the Kafir Wars" will prove interesting to all who desire information on that important subject. A treatise on small arms and an account of Mr. Ferguson's system of fortification are calculated to attract the scientific, while " Traits of Sir Harry Smith" and " Adventures of a Soldier in Mexico' are suited to the general reader. magazine, which COLONIAL AND AsiAnc:I2.EVIEW This is the first number of this might be contains many interesting articles . on colonial 4 , E . , , thou g h affairs. Australia and gold discoveries occupy, as "Pected, a prominent place in its coutents matters. there is not wanting a - sufficient variety of other " Railways in Bengal," " A Visit , to Ceylo n a a ild Bombay," " Si r H arry S m ith and Earl Grey" promises magazinenong the most a tt rac ti ve o f these. The magazine to equal its predecessor. A 11 -ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. An °facial announcement 'has already shown that the phroeusseesnt;e2iiianagement of the elder of the two Open!' end with the present season, or, in more bust -like language, that - the lease of her Majesty's Tbea- Ire is to be disposed of. Heavy losses, in some instances occasioned b lib, have, it said, Mr • Luml ey to retire from erality an enterprise is which induce he ha s conducted for so many years, and down 'to a recent period with so much" success; He has, also, we under. stand, suffered severely by his other undertaking, the management of ' the Opera des Italiens, at Paris; but this may in a great measure be ascribed to the influence of the political events of last winter. • In accordance with the system of Government aid Which prevails on the continent, the French Govern ment, it is said, intend to indemnify him from his losses at Paris, and in that capital he will probably continue his managerial functions. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. For some time past the French amusements of this house have been supported by M. Lafont and M. Levas - Rot The novelties produced have been few or none, but the admirable comedy of Lafont, and the inimitable Monologues, spoken and sung, which Levassor has in troduced between the pieces, have rendered this last por tion of the French season by no means the least attrac tive. M. Lafont will take his benefit on Wednesday, When the bill will be varied by novelty. EMIGR. A that 103,16 persons the late report ---TI oN - D of t4e URING THE PKESENT YEAR.—From the present year from t Emigration Commissioners, it appears emigrated in the first four months of In the corresponding period of 1851 the number e twelve principal ports of the United wKainGSg.lldO:3l.5N4T. .COND U CTggenti.niaor AN ETCN BOY.—A few g nea , r l 3 out 20 years of age, a visitor days ago so youn n a g bo o a u t trigger, and, in getting out to Windsor, was rowin Thames, in a single sculling oreney-locks, on the river which was rowing down round too suddenly, and of the way of an eight-oared street at a rapid pace, hge turned round middle of the d yer, the boat capsized. Being to remain there, and and rose in a rather shallow pafrotrilinitt_Zes wim, he went own, but the stream was too strong n n, and got into deep sanidmmmuedstieienleyvittaabkle; hoaffvehlijseel , and that wroaswned had it no; w b h e ea e t n ewr f a' 'or , an Eton boy, who fortunately at the time. Seeing the danger of the young gentlePmassing upon Brought him he could not swim, the Etonian, without waitinganl to strip off any of his clothes, jumped into the river a n d out, placed him on the bank, and, looking mat er as a simple occurrence, coolly walked home, chan clothes, and thought nothing mo re of th e matter;ed his no doubt, this gallant act would never h ave been nientio-u-, afterwards had it not been by the young ge ntle man who ted had thus been saved. The narna of the Etonian was G. u . Bowden, about 17 years of age, a pupil under the Reverend Edward Ralston. POSTAGE STAMPS.—A Parliamentary blue-book was printed on Thursday, containing the report and evidence given before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on postage labels. The Committee recommended that the machine of Mr. Archer should be purchased for the benefit of the public. . RESIGNATION 01' natio As has been excited amongst the magistracy Du. CONOLLY.—Some Fur prise Middlesex, of the county 0 Cah 11 on the receipt of the formal resignation of Dr. ° Y of the office of head physician to the Hanwell Lu 'lu i zs3 ,. 3 m, which appointment he has held since June, _ Tun ELECTIONS.—POST•OFFICE NOTIC.—The follow ing order was issued last night from the Gener E al Post office by the Po stmaster-Genera to all the provincial post masters :—" The Parliament being dissolved, I have to re mind you that it is highly important that her Majesty's Government should be furnished with the best and earliest information from this department on the subjeet of the elec tions. The Postmaster -General desires, therefore, that in the e ve nt of a poll for the election of Members for the new Parliament being held any(Place within your delivery, or within•tbe delivery of your sub-offices, yon will in form me without delay for what day the poll may be fixed, distinctly stating the names of the candidates; and you will afterwards send me by first post the state of the poll on each dispatch of your London day up to the moment of your it without expense, bag, sparing no pains to ascertain the saute so far as you tally be able to accomplish the names of pol l i s finally closed you will also, the candidates and the numbers polled being clearly and legibly' given. When the ot course, send me the names of the Members returned by the first post, and the total number of votes polled for each," while on her voyage SINGULAIt ACCIDENT AT SEA. — On tle 17th tilt. sugar-laden, Stru c k the French brig Pauline, of Granville, from Porto Rico, bound to Havre, against a whale which was sleeping on the surface of the Ten of the crew water in the Western Ocean, and sank'. • we -- ' the master, and a Boudinier) re saved, after being three da passenger (H. aader, Nocqueville maste r t qf - Ya in hi: boat b the Jersey brig Cru... with if CO ee. The brig , from Santiago a ~ _ Q ' . 37 d Cuba for Cowes, arrived at Cowes on lt ednesday morning. Co'bELAIREIStE FoIIEST House of - mous, which has been Are t urn to tie . - venue of the b f printed, states that been 1 43/. lOs , s b !t eve orest for the last four years, has • iecdon. 'Clio estate nem tTieth,zieaduction of %l. 35. 6d. for col. ii _ lease to the Earl of Chol nd 'New Pales was granted o a the gross re -1;"211)aelleing ill 1823, at the T e d n e t i o eYc i 4 f 3 0 1 r . a l o t s e . rm of .513 years, THE POPE,—L?tters from Rome state that the Pope is threatened with dropsy, and that the state of his health gives great uneasiness to his physicans. To HARDEN TAll.—Pitch, in the proportion ot° 3lbs. to one gallon of tar, boiled together, will make the tar Set quite hard and ETVERLANDS LAND EN CLOSURE COMPANY. 'lrtehas'lleen our fortune to attend many convivial ex cars; ns, h see do not remember ever to have been present at a reore aerceehle and interesting ceremony than that which took place on Thursday laic at South Beveland, in Zealand, when the first sod of the Netherlands Land Enclosure Company was turned by Captain Pelle - , in the absence of the Mitch Minister of the Interior, who was prevented by certain matters of pUblic importance from fulfilling the promise which he had given to the company of officiating on the occasion. On the northeast side of the island of South Beve land, in Zsaland, where the land runs up in a narrow point towards Brabant, there is a large tract of alluvial soil, ovorflowed by the Scheldt at high water, but at other times left dry, a slimy tract of semi-fluid mud, while-the eastern branch of the river contracts to a nar row channel, little more than a mud ditch, and which is unnavigable even for small boats at low water. Through this channel the difficult and precarious navigation of the Eastern Scheldt is carried on, but is frequently stopped altogether during winter. The einbankment of this land, and its . reclamation from the sea, has fre quently beenenatter of speculation; and it is said that a society for the pnrpose 'was about to be formed, under the anspiceS of Napoleon himself, but was stopped, with other projects of like magnificence, by the fall of the Empire. Since then the project, though often talked of, has been allowed to remain in abeyance till in the course of the last year his Majesty the King of Hol land made a concession to Mr. Dronkers, of Middle burg, of the right of reclaiming this large tract of land, amounting to- 05,00 u acres, for the term of ninety-nine years. The only, or at least the moot important, ceedie don attached to the concession was, that as the reclame don could only be accomplished by throwing a barrier across the channel at its narrowest part, and thus damming up the navigation, which, precarious as it is, is now almost the only mode of communication between the towns on the eastern branch of the Scheldt and Ant werp, a compensation should be given by constructing a canal across the island of South Beveland that should afford the means of navigation at all times of the tide. Armed with these powers, the concessionary imme diately set to work, and a company has been formed, consisting of English, Dutch, and Belgian shareholders and directors, who have undertaken to carry out the works necessary to accomplish the undertaking. Undertakings of this nature are by no means rare either in Holland or in this country. The important draining operations now going on in the neighbour hood of the Wash are the most reoent instances; and as for Holland, the whole island of Beveland, to whose area the present works, when completed, will form so large an addition, seems to have been almost wholly reclaimed, at one time or other, from the ra vages of the sea. The land is gradually rising all round the shores of the island; and of the portion which the company flee undertaken to reclaim, it is stated that 7.000 acres are even new wholly dry, except at spring tides, and that a low sea-wall, or barrier, to protect it from these incursions, is all that is necessary to bring the soil into immediate operation. The cost of the whole works, including the construction of the barrier on one side and the canal on the other, is estimated at 201. per acre, and contractors have engaged to complete the 'Works on that' estimate. Of course a high prbflt is contetnplated upon this expense, and it is sanguinely an ticipated that the land, when reclaimed, will sell for the bum of 501. or 601. per acre. With such encouraging prospects the eompany have determined to commence operations at nee; but owing to the advanced period of the year they have, under the advice of their engineer, Sir John Rennie, determined only "to enclose 4,000 acres for the present season,' the embankment for which they expect to run up and to have the enclosed land under cultivation within a month from the present time. Are cording to theterms of • the concession, however, it wa r necessary that the canal, which is looked upon as a work of great public importance, should ea be commenced si ulteneously with those other works that may be re garded as mere especially for the private gain of the company, and the_first sod of this canal was turned on Thursday. The ceremony, in which after considerable persuasion many of the ladies who were present assisted, was con eluded. The company now adjourned to the 'tent; Where luncheon was prepared for theni, to which about 140 ,at down. Captain Polly occupied the chair, supported by M. Van de Putte, M. Van de Lek do ci e r eq Blusse, &e • and of Eaglishmen—Sir John leonnio:mr. George 'Rennie, Mr. James Hutton, eceonntant, Mr. Nicholls, secretary to the company, &e. Sotanienit 'to the scandal of the English portion of the . company, no place aled been provided for theelergyn es , a, or " dominie, " as he is celled, of the parish, wine wander e d a b out the lower' part' but in a of the 'tent to t nt apparently much out of hi s element; iriei'on the subj e ct it was stated that it was not the fashien to invite clergy then on such occasions, and that alogether a clergym an was far from being, held in such bigh respect in Hol land is a gentleman occupying the same position would ne in England. -The clergyman, it must be added, was accompanied by a great portion of his flock, for the tent being quite open at one end the peasantry had gathered round in large numbers, and stood re spectfully looking'one'while 'the more favoured guests were 'consuming the viands. Their cleanly appear ance, respectful manner* and cetiet Orderly conduct, gained for them` Much favour in the eyes of the English. pests, some of whom' were aft4wards at pains to con trast their behaviour With what might be expected from an English crowd tinder similar circumstances, though it seemed to be forgotten that no English crowd, on a like , cession, 'would have a party - .of military drawretip in rant of them to enforce the order as well as to enhance ;he pomp of the ceremony, as was the case with the good peasantry of Kruningen. The feast being over, and , the wine beginning freely to circulate (of which a liberal suppleewas handed by the Englishmen to their peasant friends standing round)e several toasts were proposed. The first of these was "his Majesty the King of Hol land," proposed by the Chairman, which was . responded CO by the meeting,'the band of the regiment playing th e ,national air, " Wien Neerdlandsche bloed." M. VAN DE PUTTE then proposed "the Queen of England," in a speech eef some length, and dilated on'the long connexion that had existed between England and Holland, the alliance between the two countries having alore-than once changed the state of affairs in Europe. This towst was also received with great :enthusiasm, the band playing the English national anthem. " The King of the Belgians". was similarly p ro p osed by 141, Vale DE LEK DE CLEEC4. • ' The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The Minister of th e Interior, the States General, and the atithurities of th e province of Zealand.": Mons. BLUSSE here read-s defter from the Minister, unforeseen expressing the deepest regret that an call had ; at the last moment, prevented his attendance at the 'ceremony, and stating the great interest he felt in the and his readine ss works undertaken by the company, to afford them every assistance in his power. Mons. BACHENE, a member of the Upper Chamber of Holland, then replied on behalf of the States Gener a l. Etsferring to the undertaking which had brought them together, ho said it was a gigant i c enterprise, and pecu liarly appropriate to Holland. That country might be said to have been altogether conquered from the sea, tad the object of the company was to add 35,000 acres more to these conquests. The scheme had been ex amined and approved of by engineers whose reputation was European; and he might truly say that the autho 7ity of Sir John Rennie and the other engineers Who had been employed in the survey, gave the convic tion of a completely successful result to the labours of the company. The States General, he might mention, regarded the progress of these operations with' the greatest interest, as tending to develop the national re. sources—a task to whittle they were themselves zealously devoted. He concluded by proposing the development of industry generally, and the success of 'this undertak ing in particular. • Mr. VAN DE PUTTE proposed " The Health of Sir John Rennie and the other Engineers of the Company, Sir JOHN RENieesesaid—l beg leave to return toy most grateful thanks for the honou r y ou have done nar in drinking my good health. We are met here today to celebrate the commencement of a work which for its magnitude and the impOrtant benefits which will n eceer sarily result from it, has perhaps never bees surpa ssed, if equalled, even in Holland, where so many works of a similar nature have been executed. Toe completion of the canal wilt render the navigation between the _ east and west branches of the Scheldt secure, and certain at all times for the largest class of mercantile vessels, aswell as for f r i gates, while it is now so precarious and dangerous, and, under the, most favourable circa a stan ces, only practicabl e at .half-tide for sma ll veareri rho barrier, which will connect the fertile island of Beveland with the continent, and thus r en ee - , safe and e asy the communication which is now so un certain, and at times im p r acticable, and the em. benhment and reclamation of 35,000 acres °. c th moat fertile land, will a dd most ma t er i ally to t h e natur a l resources of the province, as well as prove of great benefit to the conapaug. Thus, in every point of view this greet nedertaking will farm an important r epoch i>t the history of this interest in g country. When we sider the small surface of Ho lland, and its great wealth'ull in comparison_ with other countries of the carne extent, we are not a little surprise d ; but when we examine into is due to the the cause we soon find that this , r ,_ extrem e fertility of the soil and the unceasing et u iuuust Of its people. During the last two . c s omething lik e reclaimed from the waters__ 200,000 acres have been partly from the sea, and p much partly by Pu m p in g and drain age. Still, however, to be remains done ; and I ro have no hesitation in saying , that by the p ' 11 ` Dnii Lion of the scientific principles o f modern eper ngtneering more will be effected during the next twenty-five Y eats 'than has been done during the last and the completion of the - enterpris e now onamene century, a stimulus to hich has so lon g b een im provement in this department w that the -- wanting; and I have no doubtbut the s __ energy and Govern ment of Holland, when they el° resolved to -- good faith with which this company are them, willcarry into effect the task committed to to r"dily give them every possible encouragement bringthem more fresh English capital into Holland, and granta me_ concessions for that object; for the more encou rages the employment of capital , w bether native the co foreign, to develop its resources, the moree increas e. untr or y will prosper, and the happiness of the p oo p. I beg leave once more to return thanks trd my c own name, and in th a t o f t h e o th e r engineer's associate with another pleasant_ ran.across the Channel arrived at Blaelcwalt. yesterday - fonracon. In conclusion we beg to thank the directors for - the courtesy and i atteiitiou wbieh was experienced by all on hoard, both frcm the (Abe- , s; of the vessel and the liberal sty la in which tho cOnmissariat department was attended to by the steward.• COURT CIRCULAR. The Countess do Neuilty, the Duke and Duchess tie Nemours, Priu3e and Princess de Joinville, and the Duke and Duchess de Mentpensier, visited her Majesty yesterday at Bitekingleatun Palace. The Countess oe Ncuilly and choir Royal. Highnesses afterwards paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at her residence, Clarence-house, St, James's. His Royal .Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse baek yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Gibbs, took an airing in an open carriage yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took a carriage drive yesterday morning. Colonel :he Hon. Charles Grey has relieved Mejor- General Buckley in his duties as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen. A deputation, including the Marquis of Westminster, Earl de Grey, Lord Dynevor, and Colonel Wood, had an interview witn the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Duke of Cleveland had an interview with Mr. Sccretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home office. Mr. BEMIS MacDennell had also an interview with the Riot Hon. Secretary. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a quarterly meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing -street. There were present the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy Governor. The Secretary and Comptroller- General to the Commissioners, Sir Alexander Spearman, attended. The Cambridge University Commission bad a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. Present, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, Profes sor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson (Secretary). Earl Jermyn had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday. Earl de Grey transacted business at the Home.office yesterday. Sir Charles Barry had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. ,AILWA y RETURNS Other toasts were then proposed, and other speeches made. much eloquence being expended both in Dut c h s oon atter withd rew, an d the English par t of the com pany E! glisi,, ou the health of the ladies. Th e chairman returred on b oar d t h e steamer , w hich weighed an chor, and pro cee d c ,d a b out ten miles' further up the l iver, to the fortification of Batbz, on the extreme east ern angle of the island, A and to the north-west of which ttetY under the reclamation of the com panylAfter som e s h o rt time spent in view this the steam e r , turned down the river, and after (lead is Elitmuacltedd.i Miles opened, 1852: I RESULTS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION OF 1852. The Qaeen opened Parlia — ment in person on Tuesday, Feb. 3, and prorogued it, on Thursday, July 1; giving a period of five months in the duration of the cession. The period, divided between the Russell and the Derby Ministries, give to each— M. D. To the Russell Ministry (resigned office Fe•b. 21)— 0 18 To the Drby Ministry (accepted office Feb. 22) 4 8 Making allowanc - ) for the re•elections, the ae ' tual allotment is BILLS WHICH HAVE BECOME LAW. Note. With the exception of the Corrupt Practices at Elec tions Bill, all the Bills which bear the name of the Russell Ministry w ere a d opte d , w i t h more or less modification, by the Derby Administration. Where the title is merely mentioned, the Bill was introduced by the present Govern ment. Militia DM . NATIONAL DEFENCE. LAW REFORM. Master in Chancery Abolition Bill. Impr o vement of the Jurisdiction of Equity Bill. Property of Lunatics Bill. Law of Wills Amendment Bill. Nisi Pries Officers Bill, • Patent Law Amendment Bill. Suitors C hancery RAM Bill (Russell Ministry). CoMi nimmon Litry). aw Procedure A men d ment B i ll (Russell SecreterY Q t Bankrupts' Office Abolition Bill (Russ e ll Ministry). Personal Estates of Intestates Bill (Russell Ministry). Corrupt Prices at El ect i ons Bill (Russell Ministry). Law Qf 24viueno e (Scotland) Bill (Russell Ministry). C o pyright Amendm ent Bill (Russell Ministry). (Lord hold 81'1371? Assembling Parliament Bill Extension Bill (Lordßrougham). dhurst). County Courts Further _ . Municipal Corporations Crataworth). (Lord Act Amendment Bill (Lord Proclamation for Brougham). Enfranchisement of Copy Disabilities Repeal Bill • SANITA.RY BIZ ill (Mr. Aglionby). Metropolitan Burials Bin . AStrREs. Metropolis Water Supply Bill (Russell M e tropolitan Sewe rs Bill. Ministry). General Board of Health (N o. 2) Bill. 0:mon/COLONIAL New Zealand Government 131 11. Hereditary Casual Revenues in the C FIRARci... olonies•Bill. Property Tax Cont inuance Bilr Stamp Duties ( Irel an d) Continuance Bill. Consolidated Fund ( 8,000,00 a) Bin . . Exchequer Bills (17,742,8000 Bill. Repayment of Adv ance s (Ireland) Acts Amendment • miscmArrE uus. Bill. Protection of Inventions Act, 1851 (Extension of Term), Bill. Indemnity Bill. Mutiny Bill. Marine Mutiny Bill Sheep, &c., Contagi o us Disorders Prevention Bill. Linen, &c.,,Manufact n res Bill. Poor Law Board Continuance Bill. Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill. Loan Societies Bill. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill. Stock in Trade Bill. Highway Rates Bill. Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Bill. Apprehension of Deserters from Foreign Ships Bill. Public Works Bill. Kennington Common, &c., Improvement Bill. Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill. DiZrential Dues Bill. Bishopric of Quebec Bill. Navy Pay Bill. Appointment of Overseers Bill. Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill. Inland Revenue Bill. - I Excise Summary Proceedings Bill. Woods, Forests, and Land Revenue Bill. Militia Ballot S us pension Bill. Militia Pay Bill. Common Enclosure Acts Extension Bill. Thames Embankment Bill. Holloway House of-Correction Bill. Pimlico Improvement Bill. Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill. 'I GENERAL ELECTION. NO OF CANDIDATES. OXFORD UNIVERSITY—(toIIing). Saturday, July 10, Monday, July 12, and toliowing dayS. OXF,iRD ClTY—Tuesday, July 6. OXFORD COUNTY—MOPGaY, July , 12 . LIVERPOOL—Tuesiay, July 6. LANCASHIRE (S,UTH)—At Newton, 011 Wed nes d ay, July 14. . LONDILN, CITY OF—Tuesaay, July 6. NorriNcHAN---Tuf-sday, July G.. NEwinK-7Thurad3y, Juiy . p. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (SOUTH) —At Newark, Thursday, July 15. NOTTINGHAMSHI RE (NOUTH)—At Manafield, Saturday, July 17. EAST RETFORD—Tnesday, July 6: : STOCKPORT— l'hursday, July 8. ' • . COVENTRY—Tuesday, July 6. • . WALSALL—Thursday, July 8. BIRMINGHAM—Wednesday, July 7. GLOUCESTER ClTY—Thursday, July 8. GLOUCESTERSHIRE EAST)--'l,"ue s l a y, July 13. STROUD—Tuesday, July 6. MANCHESTER—Wednesday, July 7. SALFORD—Tuesday, July 6. . BURY—Thursday, July 8. , WlNDSOR—Tuesday, July 6. LAMBETH—Thursday, July 8. HERTFORD—Tuesday, July 6. HERTFORDSHIRE—Thursday, July 15. . ~ EXETER—Wednesday, July 7. TOWER HAMLETS—Tuesday, July 6. DEVONSHIRE ( NORTH ) —.A.t South Molten, Tuesday, i July 13. DEVONSHIRE (Soum)--.At Exeter, Friday, July 16. NORWlCH—Wednesday, July 7. , 1 CIRENCESTER—Wednesday, J u ly 7. 1 Poor-law Board Continuance (Ireland) BBL Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill. Seutch Mills for Flax (Ireland) Bill. Savings Banks (Ireland) Bill. Valuation (Ireland) Bill. Crime and Otitrage (Ireland) Bill. Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill. Distressed Unions (Ireland) Bill. Coalitions Insinsure (Russell Ministry). St. Alban's Disfranchisement Bill (Russell Ministry). Burghs (Scotland) Bill (Russell Ministry). General Board of Health Bill (Russell Ministry). Passengers Act Amendment Bill (Rassell,Ministry). Representative Peers'for Scotland Act Amendment Bill (Lord Redesdale). School Sites Aets Extension Bill (Bishop of Cheater). Colonial Bishops Bill (Archbishop of Canterbury). Protestant Dissenters Bill (Bishop of Salisbury). Bishopric of Christ Church ` (New Zealand) (Lord Lyt telton). Industri4 and Provident Societies Bill (Mr. Slaney). Trustees Act Extension Bill (Sir P. Wood). Pharmacy Bill '(Mr. Jacob Bell). Friendly Societies (No. 2) Bill (Mr. Sotheron). County Rates Bill (Mr. Freshfield). BILLS WITHDRAWN', oR: NOT PROCEEDED WITH Metropas Buildings Ports and Harbours Bill. Surretwer of Criminal (Convention with Fratee) Dill, Gr4nd Juries (Metropolitan District) Bill. • Publie.Health Act (1848) Amendmeut Bill, "" Wnittlebury Forest Bill. Wyehwood Forest Bill. * ts Yfirliattenti gar i r i inistry). Represeutatio l u (Nnig . land) Bill (Russel l (Sir J. Pakington).• li DAngerous Amimals R et Pr sree e r s e t linattnatidtti)ioonßn ir.ll;3(eoNitaloan.ndld)))m(Baiiiiltl(t (ditto). t. i t t o t 3 . ); Einali Societies (No. 1) Bill (Mr. Sotheron). • Fisherips till (Mr. Cottony). Bill (Mr. Frewen). uilding of Churches Bill (Mr. Frewen). ij a m eo h c :H i a n a e r t : ra b r ro:Yu fromi r ß ; e A.mprovement of Towns (Ireland) Bill (Russell Ministry). Proirerty Qualifi c ati on Bill (MT. Tufnell). htirst Luney Proceedings Expensw4 Bill (No. 1) L or d Lynd ). RailiTays (Ireland) Bill (Mr. M'Cullaghp. Charitable Trusts Bill (Resell Ministry). Episcopal and Capitular Revenues Bill (Marquis of Blimdford).. Yarith Constables Bill (Mr. Deedes). Lunatics Bill (Earl of Shaftesbury). Patent Law Amendment Bill (Lord Brougham). Ecclesiastical Muniments (Bishop of Oxford). Colonial Bishops (Mr. Gladstone). Office of Messenger to the Great Seal Abolition Bill (Duke of Richmond). Parliamentary Proceedings Facilitation Bill (Lord Lyndhurst). Drainage and Embankment of Lands Bill (Russell Ministry). District Courts of Bankruptcy Abolition Bill (Lord BrOugham). Court of Chancery (Ireland) Amendment Bill (Earl of Glengal I). Churchwardens Elections Bill (Bishop of Salisbury). Lunacy Proceedings Expenses (No. 2) Bill (Lord Lynd hurst). Metropolitan Building Act Further Amendment Bill (Earl of Devon). Juvenile Pauper Emigratim Bill (Earl of Shaftesbury). Conamon Law Fees Iteguls.tion Bill (Russell Ministry). Public Houses (Scotland) Bill (Mr. Mackenzie). Metropolis Watu Supply and Drainage Bill (Ur. Mowatt). Ballast Heavers (Port of London) Bill (Mr. G. Thomp son). Colonial Church Bill (Mr. Gladstone). BILLS REJECTED. County Rates and Expenditure (Mr. M. Gibson). County Elections (Sir E. Buxton). Universities (Scotland) (Russell Ministry). Tenant Right (Ireland) (Mr. Sharman Crawford). Vestries (Sir De Lacy Evans). Burgh Harbours (Scotland) (Russell Ministry). Corrupt Practices at Elections (No. 2) (Mr. Anstey). County Elections Polls (Lord R. Grosvenor). Ecclesiastical Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Mr. Bo u .. verie. ABSTRACT or BILLS. Bills. Bills. By the Derby Ministry 64 Received the royal assent 57 By the Russell Ministry 23 Received the royal assent 13 By Peers and'Commons 48 Received the royal assent 15 ...... Total introduced 135 Bee "no law . 85 Leaving (withdrawn), 41; (r ejected),........ 50 O d June 1 June 25. SELECT COMMITTRES. 135 Income and Property Tar. Reponed June 22. Public Customs. Preserved Meats (Navy). Report e d m a 3. Mortmain. Reported June 18, y Outrages (Ireland). Reported June 4. R4el Siama. lia LibrßareiPes. rte Reported Ven Postage tilat La ne nd LighPtin Repo rted May 21. 6 and g of the R ouse. Reported Apr il Man ach ster an d Salfo r d Education. Reported June 21. 1471 e D u May e s . 2. Indian Territories.p O rted June 18, Report e d M ay 7. Friendly Societies. Reported June 25. er 24.inal and D est i tute Juveniles. Reported June Coal Mines: Prevention of Accidenta. Reported June 2.•• Th- ill 1g number o f di v i sions was 127; of which 32, or a fourth part, o ccurred on the Militia Bill, and 14 on questions in Supply. The Earl of Derby will, on Monday next, take up his abode at th e d e li ghtful mansion o f t h e late Mr. Harcou r t, at St. Leo nar d' s, w hi ch is situate d i n Windsor Fores t, ab out three miles f rom th e C as tl e . Th e Noble Earl intends to re side here d ur i ng th e summer , w hen, if the air should p rove suitable to the health of himself and family, his Lordship intends to take a lease of the mansion with its beautiful park and extensive grounds for a term of 14 years. Dispatches were sen t from the Colonial-onceyeater day, to the qcycrooro of she North American Ptovincee, - - • ;AFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. tRITISII. Aberdeen •• .. •• .. ..• Be w ast and Ballymena'.. •• •• •• • • •• Belfast and County Down.. • . •• Birkenhead, Lancashire,; and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. Bristol and Exeter • ••••• • • • •••• • • •• • • Chester and Holyhead..." Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Dublin and Belfast Jurction Dublin and Drogaeda • • •• •• • •• •• Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • •• Dundee and Arbroath • • • •• • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen . junction Dundalk and Enniskillen • ... • • • East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • •• • • • • East Lancashire •• • ••••• Eastern Counties v.nd N0rf01k........ Eastern Union Edinburgh and 01a sgow'.• • • .• • • •• • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee •• •• Exeter and Crediton.. • • ' Furness Railway ••.• • • •• • • • Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern and B.* ••• ••• •• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• • •••••• • • • • • •• Irish South Eastern •• • Lancaster and Carlisle •. • . ... Lancashire and Yorkshire.. •• • • •• •• Leeds Northern ............. ...... . Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.. • • London and North Western . London and 81ackwa11.............. London, Brighton, .and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincolnshire Mar chaster and South Junction-- Maryport and Carlisle Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • Monklands Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• •.••• • •• North British , • • .. • • • • • • ••' 4 . North Staffordshire •• •• —••••• • • • • • North-Western • • •• •••••••• •• •• •• Scottish Central •••• • • • • • • • • -• Scottish Midland • • • • • ••-• •• • • • • • • •• • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• —• • Shrewsbury and Chester .• • • • • •• •• • • Shropshire Uriion • • • • • • South Dev0n...... •• •• South Eastern.. •• ..South Wales. .. South York.,liorieaster, and Goole •• Tall Vale .... Waterford and Limerick •• •• •• West Cornwall Whitehaven Junction .••• • • • • • • • • •• York and Newcastle; and Berwick •;• York and North Midland . • ••e•• • • • FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish ...... Afontereau and Troyes 'Namur and Lfege ............ Northern 6f France • • Orleans and Bordeaux.. .• ... Orleans and Central. Paris and Lyons ...• • Paris and Roden . • . • • .. • • •• •• • • • • •• Paris and Strasb urg h .• Rouen and Ilayre.. • ...... .•..... Tours and Nantes 442% 1346 234 240 11,085 11,016 8,057 6,935 3,149 1,781 12,628 13,300 6,865 9,311 2.844 2,755 'THE ELECTRIC CLOCK Among all the wonders of th at won d er-wor ki ng prin ciple, electricity, wh et h er we view its powers in the in stantaneous.conveyance of info rma ti on b etwe en distant places, its "agency in blasting rocks in safety, t h e depo sition of metals from -their sol u ti ons , or others of its numerous appliances, there is not one of them which strikes the mind as ,more extraordinary or interesting than its application as.to prime mover for the measure ment of time. In this s - however- it has now become .most completely successful, and insures a correctness and regularity which cannot be obtained by other clocks, however well constructed. We belie ve the first idea of working clocks by electricity is due 'to' Mr. Alexander Bath, who '"first commenced putting it in practice in 1838, His first attempt was to make a common clock transmit its time to other clocks at a distance, effected by the action of electro-magnets , in which he' was perfectly successful. The next step was the application of the electric power to work single clocks, so that no winding might be required, and the common block dispensed 'with altogether. This, in a commercial point of view; was of great importance, as such a clock, either for private houses or public build ings, could be used either singly or made the governor or parent clock to other dials in different parts of the building. The ordinary galvanic apparatus was found, however, neither uniform or lasting, giving more trouble and expense than the common clocks; and in prosecut ing his experiments, Mr. Bain, iu 1842, discovered that a plate of zinc and one of Copper, buried in the earth, gave a uniform and continuous force of sufficient power to work clocks of any size, from the smallest mantel time-piece to large church °lecke. In the construction of an electric clock, the pendulaal . , rod is of wood and suspend e d to a metal bracket , fixed to the back board. The bob of the pendulum is com posed of a. reel of insulated copper wire, with a brass covering to improve its appearance, forming a n electro magnet in the usual man ner . The ends of the wire are carried up the rod, terminating in two suspension springs, which nerve the double purpose of suspending the pen dulum, and conveying th e current to and from the bob. Two brass tubes contain each a bar of magnetised steel, and act as alternate attr ac t ors to t h e bo b . There is a break ou the pendulum for letting on and cutting off the current, which acting on the bob, operates also on clocks at distant pieces. The plates of zinc and co pper are buried about 4 ft. underground, and 3 ft. apart, and to them per fectly insulated co pp er also are soldered. A regulat ing weight being attached to the pendulum to bring it to time, the apparatus is complete. For the motion on the dial plate, only two wheels and an endless screw are re quired, besides the minute and hour wheels; and the clock instead of moving the pendulum, being on the con trary moved by. it, a much smaller degree of stress and friction is the result. The pendulum once set in motion acts on the break; and the current being, as we have shown, alternately cut off and admitted, regular motion is obtained, which will continue for many years. In situations where it is inconvnient to obtain the electric current from the earth the voltaic battery is resorted to ; but in almost every case the first mode has proved the 'easiest, as well as the most effective. The coat of its plates is a trifle, and it has been ascertained that they will retain their efficacy far years. The advantages of this application of electricity to another of our wants it is scarcely p os _ sible to estimate, as through the medium of auxiliary clocks, e xac t ti me may b e kept throug h a whole neigh bourhood, or, in sho r t, t o w h ere ver wires can be l a id down. Ia fact it is now shown to be possible that all the principal clocks in the kingdom might bo united to keep tim e w i t h one govern i ng one, w hich, again, de r i ves its moving p ower f rom t h e eart h , w ithout winding up or need of attend ance o f any ki n d f ro m one year's end t o another. Mr. Bain's warehouse for these olock9 is at 43, Old Bond.strett; and we think an inspection of them is de serving the attention of the seientitie.-111ining Journal. „, -------- ------, -- 7, - IMMENS E VONSIGNMENTS OF IiOLD FROM Aus- TRA.L lA. — Yesterday, information was received of the arrival of the barque Posthumous, Davison: m aster, off Be achy Head, f rom M e lb ourne (Port Philip), which she left on the 16th of March, and Port Philip Heads on the 18th of March. The Posthumous l an d e d t h e ma il 3 at Eastbourne , and pro ceeded for Loudon. She is laden with wool, oil, and a at Melbourne from the digg in these, quantity of gold, which is supposed to be the largest consign two tons per week. I bring home a freight, and amongst ment yet made from the colony. A letter has been received of th t from Captain Davison, in which he says, ” Gold was arriv ingi,gs at the rate of about ible gold regions." A deserted and gone to the nuggets I have the king of all nuggets—it is the largest of any pure gold specimen (weighs 271 b. 6 oz. 15 dwt.) found e o a ll sh i p appearance i , e inexhaustible e h x a ti v a i : g t great number of ships, the cargoes of which have been em barked, were detained for want of seamen, the greater por tionthe digging;, where many are doing well. The Vanguard and Benjamin Heape are loaded and waiting for seamen in Hobson's Bay. The amount of gold consigned to and re ceived in the port of London during the past week ap ppaches 500,0004 s i x wosse i s —viz., the W e lli ngton, 1 homas Hughes, and Syria, from Port Philip , the Wands worth and Regina from Sydney, and the Britannia from Portland Bay —having brought home 53,623 ounces of the precious metal, and the remittances received from the colony within the last three weeks exceed 1,250,0001, a i val ue. rt .. <,if. ~. Receipts. 185 L. 1852. £1,482 746 1,665 742 5,208 8,291 3,534 634 1,011 1,39 G 471 671 724 4,209 17,780 2,756 3,692 2,246 99 683 3,7:9 12,702 5,285 25,235 252 5,004 17,171 1,193 £1,555 738 275 828 5,211 8,718 3,606 169 1,088 1,076 506 680 639 4,598 16,062 2,170 8,636 2,38 693 3,904 11,613 5,285 21,278 174 4,754 18,042 1,290 409 51,057 1,555 12,157 13,802 318 198 6,663 609 635 23,905 2,545 906 2,141 3,345 5,141 665 2,019 835 1,836 703 2,046 15.135 1,287 2,530 908 466 226 15,788 7,894 1,402 209 913 1,137 21,342 PARLIAMENTARY RETIREMENTS AND CHANGES. The following Members of the late Parliament do no offer themselves for re-election, or have withdrawn:— Abdy, Sir T. N., Lyme Regis. Alexander, A., Antrim. Anderson, Orkney and Shetland. Arundel and Surrey, Earl of, Limerick. Bell, M., Northumberland, S. Benett, John, Wilts, S. Birch, Sir T., Liverpool. Blackstone, W. S., Wallingford. Blakemore, R., Wells. Bowles, Admiral, Launceston. Broadwood, H., Bridgewater. Campbell, W. F., Cambridge. Castlereagh, Viscount, Downshire. Cavendish, W. G., Peterborough. Chichester, Lord J., Belfast. Childere, J. W., Malton. Colebro o k, Sir T. E., Taunton. Collins, W., Warwick. Craig, Sir W. G., Edinburgh. Crawford, W. S., Rochdale. Curteis, H. M., Rye. D r Hon. T. V., M onog h an . adrutam ond, H. Home, Perthshire. Dundas Sir D Do ug j x : . sir o . . , putherlandshire. , Warwick. Estcourt,vCisooloounnelt:l29vizes. Enfield, Fagan, James, w cz u f li o a r !,ham Fordyce, Captain, 1 3, 4 Cou nty. e Fortescue, Hon. J. W. ' ;Bar b n r t d a e r . Hallyburton, Lord J. ax. s f arrisure. Henry, A., Lancashire, S. Hilciyard, T. 8., Notts, S. Houtdsworth, T., Notts, N. Hollond, R., Hastings. Howard, lion,, J. K., Malmesbury. Howard, P. H., Carlisle. Howard, Sir Ralph, Wicklow. Humphery, Alderman, Southwark. Kerrison, Sir E., Eyo. Kildare, Marquis of, Kildare, Knightley, Sir C., Northamptonshire, S. Littloton, Hon. E. R., Walsall. Lushington, C. Westminster. Macnamara, V. N., Clare. Macnaughten, Sir E. W., Antrim. * Maher, N. V., Tipperary. Manners, Lord C., Leicestershire, N. Marshall, J. G. Leeds. Matheson, Colonel, Ashburton. Melgand, Lord, Greenock. Miles, P. W. S., Bristol. Norreys, Lord, Oxfordshire. O'Connor, F., Nottingham. O'lferrall, Right Hon. R. M., Longford. Ogle, S. C. H., Northumberland, S. Ord, W., Newcsstle-on-Tyne. Owen, Sir John, Pembroke. Perfect, R. Lewes. Philips, Sir R. G., Poole. Russell, E. S., Tavisteck. St, George, Christopher, Galway County. Sandars, Joseph, Yarmouth. t Sidney, Alderman, Stafford. Sheridan, R. 8., Shaft es b ur y. Slangy, R. A. Shrewsbury. Smith, J. 8., :Stirling. Somerton, Viscount, Wilton. Spearman, H. J., Durham. Stanford, J. F., Reading. Stanley, E., Cumberland, W. Santon, W. 11., Stroud. I Staunton, Sir G., Portsmouth. Stuart, Lord J. P., Ayr. Talbot, J. Hyacinth, New Ross. Tenison, E. K., Leitrim. ToWneley, J. Beverley. Townley, R. G., Cambridgeshire. Verney, Sir H., Bedford. Vesey, Hon. Thomas, Queen's County. Villiers, Hon. W. C., Weymouth. Vivian, Captain,' Swansea. Wakloy, T., Finsbury. Wawn, J. T., South Shields. Wegg-Prosser, F., Herefordshire. Westenra, Hon. Colonel J., King'a County. Whitmore, T. C., Bridgnorth. Williamson, Sir H., Sunderland. Willyams, H., Truro. The following, who do not offer themselves for re election to their old constituents, stand for other places:— Candidate for Name. 'Stamford Thesiger, Sir 1' Howard, Lord L Moffatt, G...... • A5hburt0n;.......... s 0n',... Bury Bedford Nottingham tlfaldon Huntingdonshire Finsbury •.• • Leicester ...... Southampton Brighton ••• Bury St. Edmunds Bury •••••—• ... Cambridge ..... Canterbury Carlisle .... Penryn Evesharn Ipswich Leeds Ludlo w Ripon ......... •••• Lyme Regis Dun Flarw g icharvon Barnstaple County Down Lyme Regis Yarmouth Weymouth Leicestershire, Nor Weymouth ... Liverpool Duncan, Viscount Anstey; C Strutt, Hon. E Dick, Q. Mandeville, Vise Wyld, James Walmsley, Sir J Cochrane, S. R..... Trelawney, J. S Stuart, J Peel, F. Mov;att,F Somerville, Sir W Graham, Sir J Freshfield, J. W Berkeley, Grenville Hobhouse, T Baines, M. P Beckett, W. ...... Powlett, Lord W Pinney, W Hope, A. B. Waddington, D Ebrington, Viscount Crawford, S. Ilatchell, J. M'Cullagb, Torrens Oswald, Alexander Granby, Marquis Butt, Isaac ..... Mackenzie, F. 30 65 , 25 62j 41X, 123 K, i23N 52% PER OZ 3 17 9 • ) 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 104 ) 5 Oi SA Y•) Ts, and Porto I, ID buco. .minha; s, New I.—Sld. w Zea- :iekker f Good r Ham - lom bo ; ; Lady toward, s; City ks, St. o New 'erpool, EI.M.S. Creole, on the nbuco; • willies, Mon- ; nil 15; rande; )a, and anent, Jones, i ll iam , Mau• avior, Toaeph Cathe- 'lee. Y.) F. The etables tive.' ;rapes, dozen; Der lb; is to among, rlOO. I to4s; Is per D 18 6d French ;•Red " Car r ton; )unch; • lunch; apons, t 9d to 35 6d; • )er lb; - is 6d; ' ;10d; 3s Od 9 8d; Pork, Is Od; each;. Lob- i per awns, Ilion; from. )721b db to : ilb to Cal 16d;. 3 Od; )wng, 8d to lover, toad. lover be f er rs 26% 85% 18N 94% 6% 56 171% 223% 188 277 283 93% 16 12 30434 279 802 1,605 692 2,001 17,001 1 091 1,178 2,110 870 231 264 17,018 8,279 1A 1 29 2 0 1,021 906 20,153 Sat for ,'Abingdon Horsham •...... Dartmouth •••• Bath Y A Be r° w anu g d dha i Aylesbury e el y Bodmin ........ Bolton ........ ••• Bridport. Tavistock Newark Leominster Penryn •—• Drogheda Ripon... • Boston Cheltenham . Lincoln Hull Leeds ............... St. Ives ............ Somerset, East ••• Maid tone ••• Malden Plymouth Rochdale Windsor...... __ 'Dundalk.. Ayrshire . .'' .''' ... Stamford ........ Harwich Peeblessh'tre •••*". * Made an unsuccessful canvas s for Tipperary. fi Was a candidate for Banbur p ro mising canvass. Y. but withdrew after an un s was aired. candidate f or South Hampshire, but after can vassing ret LATE PARLIAMENT. which was dissolved on Thurs( four years, seven months, and 1 on the 18th November, 1847. duration of Parliament for the ] . The late Parliament, lay, attained an existence of ;welve days, having assembled The following table shows the last fifty years:— ASSEMBLED. DISSOLVED. DURATION. Ist 2d Geo. in .. 3a 4th sth l_ Gth Geo. W... c $. 7 th Bth 9th Will. IV.. 1110th th 12th 13th Victoria .. /14th 15th Sept. 27, 1796 Aug. 31, 1802 Nov. 25, 1806 Nov. 27, 1807 Nov. 24, 1812 Aug. 4, 1818 April 23, 1820 Nov. 14, 1826 Oct. 26, 1830 June 14, 1831 Jan. 29, 1833 Feb. 19, 1835 Nov. 15, 1837 Aug. 19, 1841 Nov. 18, 1847 Jane 29, 1802 Oa. 24, 1806 May 27, 1807 Sept. 29, 1812 June 10, 1818 Feb. 29, 1820 June 2, 1826 July 24, 1830 April 22, 1831 Dec. 3, 1832 Dec. 30, 183 4 jjau July1 y ;2 7 1 3, 51(4i yrs. niths. dais 5 9 3 4 1 25 - 6 2 4 10 2 6 16 1 6 25 6 I 2 3 8 10 5 26 1 5 9 11 1 2 5 10 3 7 9 S 11 4 4 7 12 .—forYEeSterday En ssex, at the ' - --- are and Co., THE ACCIDENT AT 1 " c , I C: o A n l e t r inquest was taken bY Mr'Lemwtsseshoef aDbleovcieuafiMr I rP e on the s3rs. Essex Arms, adjoiaing t" the extensive ship to ers, t o _ t _body of John Garlick, e Y i ; 11 1 n u t a e r I Ino from e a l of ladle, a a d Ilea: owe p n i hs o i partni ly w o h f o l s i e q u li i f d e iculars con was destroyed io iron having fa it, melancholy occurrence were given in yes- Fe ''' . Mr. Cunningham, the foreman, Mr. Hardy, a labourer in the _s : con ladle, s e dh r i d e e ea ironed IYb'sw whichat wi t h in sg suspended This (thbay cog-wheel) B"'" were &c., in examined, when it the m a na g e r , appeared that ident arose consequenceofthe . the ace ' boss" of the cog ) was attached to the put in motion,a crane. At the time Mr. Cunningham had hold of the handle, by which the wheel l 8 a nd which, as it revolves, gradually tar ns the ladle' When the liquid is poured from it into a mould. While this was in operation the occurrence took place, upon Which the w liquid met a l rus h e d out o f t h e l adle, from the effects of his iv which Mr. Cunnin g h am was ser i ous l y injured about feet. After a protracted inquiry, no further cause having been assigned for the accident ex cept that it might have arisen from atmospheric changes in th e foundry, the jury returned death. A LIONESS WORRYING TIER OWN OFFSPRING.— Wombwell's menagerie, No. 3, was exhibited at Misterton on the evening of Saturday last, in a grass paddock near the river Trent, to a rather large number of old and young, who seemed vastly pleased to see " real live lions." Shortly before their arrival, while upon the road, owing to a parti tion not being properly fastened, a lar g e lioness broke into the adjoining den, w here tw o young cubs, her own progeny, about nine months old, were kept, and before the keepers could part them she nearly worried to death one of them, causing raluch fright and uproar amongst the beasts and birds. The cub Is alive,' and hopes are entertained that it may recover. — Nottingham Journal. THE STOCKPORT RIOTS. The inquest on the body of Michael Moran, the young man killed early in the riotous proceedings on Tuesday evening, commenced on Thursriay evening at the Court House, before Mr. Charles Hudson, coroner for the Stockport division of Cheshire, and a respectable jury. Two magistrates were present, and great numbers of the - The CORONER opened the proceedings in an address to the jury, concluding in these words Since this un happy occurrence I have felt it to be my duty to give , what assistance rcould to the local authorities in taking measures for the preservation of the peace; and I think that I knst consult the interests of justice by taking the course that I am about to explain to you, which I have resolved upon after very serious consideration, and it is this. To-day I propose to take evidence merely of the ickntity of this person's body and the cause of his death; and then I propose to adjourn this inquiry fora sufficient time to allow excitement to subside, in order that we may more calmly, and perhaps with better means of in formation than we now possess, proceed with the inves tigation of this case. Therefore, gentlemen, I shall only tall before y ou evidence as to these two points, and then I shalt call upon you to enter into recognizances to appear to prosecute the inquiry on a f. , occasion." A witness, James Flaan' of Bamforth-street, card-room grinder, identified — ..dy of the deceased tie r, who m a d e the post mortem examination, as that of Michael Moran, th e br other of witness's wife. sp p o jf e . R th a ls as to the cause of death :—" On the right side of his head, beneath the wound, the skull was de pressed three-sixteenths of an inch, an d a fracture ex tended from it five ladles exter na ll y an d s i x and a half internally, and extending under the right ear, through which blood oozd into the ear. There was also a se c ;nil fracture;from the lower portion of the first, about an inch in length. There were three to fo ur ounces o f clotted blood between the data mater and t h e b ra i n. The effusion of blood on the brain arising from the frac ture of the skull was the cause of death. I think the fracture was a, cut v.ith a hard instrument with a blunt edge; the other was not a cut, but more of the nature of a bruise." The Coroner at this stage of the proceedings adjourned the inquest to the 20th July. The following are some of the particulars of the damage done by the rioters on Tuesday evening : When they had effected a violent entrance into the Catholic chapel, Edgeley, they broke down the whole of the pews, and destroyed the organ, worth 3004, and threw the greater portion of that instrument, as well as the timber arising from the destruction of the lower part of the chapel, into the street. Some portion of the gas fittings were torn down, while other portions were carefully unscrewed, and, with the organ piping, used . as weapons for completing their diabolical work of de molition and destruction, commencing with the altar, the tabernacle of which was used for the depository of " the Host," the body alone, which was of iron, having resisted the force employed. The lock was forced, and some of the valuables used in the celebration of worship according to the rites of the Roman Catholic belief were broken up and carried away. The altar was fully dressed with six gold-washed candlesticks, valued at 30/., and presented fo the Rev. Mr. Frith, as a testimonial, on his quitting the Granby-row mission, eight years ago. This, and a set of six other massive silver-plated candle sticks, which cost 201., met with a similar fate, the bottom of one of them having been thrown through the chamber window 0 the house of John Arthur, oppo site, and from the effects of which a child then asleep narrowly escaped being injured. Two large plaster figures, resting on pedestals, representing " St. Joseph" and "the Blessed Virgin," were broken to atoms. The pulpit was also destroyed, as well as an original painting of " the Holy Family, r ' another representing " the Mira culous Draught of Fishes" and a sma ll ova l ono o f " t he Blessed Virgin," which latter, being an ancient produc.. awl, was looked upon by Mr. Frith as rare and valu aabboleu-t the altar everything of value or for ornament sacrilegious rioters, with a similar into from the hands of thou oendium, val ued at l including a costly ante ano elegant brass lamp which is Le paws t a h n e d altar. All the books pries tiurnt. T y, n ii s a u l el t, l e y ea su t s ts e k e e n a de f d rn i a n i he vestr which communicstes with the 'a house , was en tered, and all the rich damask silk vestments, cas socks, 14 new linen surplices, and several old' ones, were removed; a portion of the former were torn up, and the remainder were burnt with other property in the open street, in front of the chapel. Two other vestries were plundered, and their contents destroyed. Th e choice furniture, both in, the dining room and library, were thrown through the windows, and, with about 400 volumes of valuable works, and a sofa, were coasigned to the flames, which had been blazing in front for a very considerable time. A bottle of port, one of sherry, sad two of whiskey, were stolen, as well as an old baptismal register, portions of which were found strewed about the premises. The scene of destruction and demolition is fearful to contemplate; it may probably exceed 1,0004, the organ being valued at 3001., and a large oil picture of " the Crufixion," formerly in the collection of Mr. Well Blundell, of Ince, and placed in Mr. Frith's library, being estimated at 3001. All the banisters to the upper rooms were destroyed, the lobby windows demolished, the rooms plundered, and scarcely anything is left (in the chapel and vestries especially) to denote the articles of which they once formed an integral part. The mob on leaving Edgeley proceeded to the new Roman Catholic chapel of St. Michael's, in Sing -street East, Park, singing Rule Britannia," " God save the Queen," and other national subjects. Like that in Edgeley, the mischief was general, hardly a vestige of its former character having been left unmntilated. The three tabernacles, and all the furniture incidental to the altar, were broken and strewed about the place. The organ was likewise attacked, and the fragments pitched through the window. The new candlesticks were thrown down and broken into several pieces, while figures of J e ws, St. Peter, St. Patrick, and the Blessed Virgin, were completely destroyed. The chalice, valued at 7001., and presented to the chapel by some nobleman, fortunately escaped the vigilance of the rioters. While the work of demolition was proceeding, a. mere handful of six men and boys propeeded.to the house .of the Rev. ' Robert Foster, the priest, in Mersey-street, and were about to attack it, but, having some doubts about the exact door, and owing to the dissuasive interference of Mr. Heginhotham, further violence was suspended. With the `appearance of the military and the reading of the Riot Act they had the effect of suppressing further pro ceedings for the night. STATE OF MANCHESTER. Since the outbreak at Stockport, those districts of Manchester which are chiefly inhabited by the lower or der of Irish, of u w e ir e ut tle t d here are 80,000 in the town, have deemed it prudent to beent ur b a i n n c e a s. s tate ; and the authorities have f need . o ta kerce p willre Anc a u t havea io d n d s very y a he ee c s iv e i e lthe h t to preventassistance d is e - f the soldiery, r heas theto the Roman Catholic population has been issued Turner, Roman Catholic Bishop (so called) of Salford, vr. in which he advises them to preserve thepeace,and frain from all attempts at reprisal:— " To the Catholics of Manchester and Salford and the neighbourhood,—We, your bishops, have received the painful intelligence that a serious disturbance has oc curred in a neighbouring borough involving the breach of the peace; the loss of lives, the ransacking of two places of religions worship, and the destruction of a considerable amount of property; and it has been repre sented to us that these disgraceful acts of violence and transgression of the laws of this realm have arisen out of, and been caused by, religious animosities. In the discharge of the weighty duties de volving upon us, we earnestly entreat you not to join or take part in any procession or meetin g having a ten dency to disturb the public peace, not only at present, bnt particularly during the ensuing Parliamentary elec tion. We further exhort you to discountenance all angry discussions on religion, to cultivate and practice charitable feelings towards all your fellow-subjects, more especially towards those who differ from you in religion, to evince by your general conduct that our religion is the ono which condemns all resentment and ill will, and which requires from all her members the practice of meekness and the forgiveness of it juries, and the strict o b servance or the laws of the reaps. Let your conduct during these trying and anxious times be such as tO save your religion from the scandal which will necessa rily attach to any act of insubordination or breech of the l aw , Let it be you: anxious endeavour to aid and twist the civil authorities, whom Providence has place d in thepreservation of the pene s , so o ver you, that what ever scandal may exist elsewhere, you will occupy th e proud position of provi ng h to all your fellow-subjects that 8 at while you adhere wit firmness and unabat ci si ncerity e sincerity to the dOetrineS and discipline of our Church, you for •Ve those who perevcalte you, and - gi a rc loyal and faithful subjects to the Crown and cor ." ' isatution of the country. "Dated this Ist da " (Signed) kW. TURNE R . y o f July, 1852, Manchester." S. —Yesterday,En iou occurred to a deputationC CID E N of sic s A i x ele ELECTIONmer appointedD EP UT A T t l o o a N t 1 . afternoonA an accietif a most frightful nature tend on Mr. A. W. Wilkinson, for g the purpose of inducing that gentleman to come forward as a candidate for the bo rough of Lambeth. About four o'clock a cab containing the above left the Horns Tavern, Kennington, to proceed to the residence of Mr. Wilkinson,t Beckenham, and had pro ceeded as far as Loome Pit-hall, near the Lewisham Rail way Station, when on descending the hill, which is ex ceedingly steep, the vehicle had to pass a heavy waggon, and in doing so drew on to an embankment, and turned com pletely over. Two gentlemen on the box with the driver were precipitated to the ground with great violence, the feet of one becoming entangled in the reins, and he was conse quently dragged for several yards until the reins broke. On being picked up he was found to have sustained severe lec•P: 1 rations about the face, and several wounds near across temple, and was dreadfully bruised on various parts of. the body. Mr. Pile, the other gentleman thrown from the vox, s rig th lL : received a frightful gash three inches in f r o e r n e d h e e r a e d d , and insensibleoth e other in fo j r ur s i n e m s, e fro ti m m t e b . e e i ff l e e cts l d r e o n wi f: badly hurt. Lieutenant Edwards, - • . , with the remainder of the deputation, sustained a compound lh y e , W wh h o er le e they other three gentlemen, though stunned fron2_.the concussion, fracture of the collar-bone, and w essna a i s iya o n t ed h o e n r wv w ee i y s r e eed i e n ht j oo u r r tt e ol d yw . na.f T te h r e . were taken n e t d e t w he ith en o t u t t age an n y f a m p a o te o r r ia w l WAs i mousEs.—The return ons in a j e ur ci y: ose b w w ar ere ds at e t e e e n n d b ed y D w r it . h u e r v e e w r n y , k an in d dri Midsummer shows that the number for P th u e l3 of bathers in the metropolis has been 214,369, and the re f washers has been 44,502; quarterr,ic BA e lna d i s ng AND 1 0 3,220; and the receipts, tun and Ma' t c sh e 3 i e2 p l number s . n , n 1.1 2 nn ,9 e 7 tr 6 h0 / esf6 ; hc6toohuusarunsttdrwtyhta washing, numberhevi9irzeg.c:ei tat t. o , ingh , Ldston L e i , v t e h rp e o n o u l, m H be u r ll o , f Bristol, batheri receipts, 1,466/ ; that the number 10 ' ' I - -, ; the number of hours washing, and the receipts, 1321. The sum of the •com of six establishments in the metropolis, which as yet the reports during the past quarter, is 3 ,5091. 3s. 11d. I,ne receipts during the preceding quarter (Lady -day) &c , 40,625; were only 2,0i51.. 16s. ld. This is an encouraging fact, show ing the desire there is for cleanliness amongst the great mass of the people, as well as the capability of these institutions b ohPf i ar n se.w e sb d tha se r enh e n : e eir3lispl Birmingh am , been e n q s '' when in active operation. over [ma. day ford' ten, bite - ,,i;i,,