The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

LITERATURE BLEAK HOUSE. Aro. VI. By Charles Dickens. According to our opinion, the happiest instalment of Bleak House yet published is the current one for August —although- it contains no individual incident comparable in pAthost to the extriiite simplicity of the scene with little Charley. But debarred from further communion with Charley; we tire gill privileged to encounter Mrs. Badger, who tali of her first and second "as if they were parts of a charade "—and Mr. Skimpole obj-cting in the quietest strains i_ts,agi na bl e to the I),i-son in possession sweeping his f urniture off in such a highly " indelicate manner"— and Mr. B o y t h orne inveighing with the lungs of a Stentor against the most- profligate coachman, who was twenty-six minutes behind time, and ought therefore to be incontinently put to death. Lawrence J i . :lthorne's c ountry res id ence, near Ch esne y Wold, is deliciously painted—v.-ry leJf, and marrow, and gooseberry in the garden being visible almost as Clearly as reality to "Me very shadows qf the cherry trees and apple trees heavy with fruit!" The uqstery about Estner Sumtnerson is rendered in a trifling degree less enigmatical than 1.).-fore. From in cidents occurring between the heroine and Mr. .aaradyce in his temporary " growlery," and subse . ( 1 11 'ntly with Lady D-dlock in the little church in the perk, and afterwards in one of the lodges at Chesney Wold.during a thunderstorm, beautifully described, it Would seem more plainly than ever that the proud lady of fashion knows more of Esther's origin than might by the gf nerality be conjectured. Thinking of this, the mind of the more observant reader reverts with a sort of shudder to the body of the poor squalid opium eating law writer " Nemo," buried away among the rats in the " consecrated grcuud " of one of the London graveyards. The last chapter in the number (ch: xix.) entitled " Moving on," is perhaps the most cleverly written of any yet comprised in the narrative—a chapter that Dickens alone could have indited. It opens with the descrip tion of our inns Of law during the broiling weather of the long vacation. Here is a little sketch as true to the life as a calotype " There is only one Judge in town. Even he only. comes twice a we, kto sit in ch4mhers. If the country folks of those as,ize towns on his circuit could only see him now! No !till-bottomed wig, no red petticoats. no fur, no javelin-men, no white wands. Merely a close shaved gentleman in white trousers and a white hat, with sea-bronze on the, judicial countenance, and a strip of bark peeled by the solar rays from the judicial nose, who calls in at the shell-fish shop as he comes along, sad drinks iced ginger-beer!" Then what can be more accurate than the following account of the dog-days in the vicinity of Chancery. lane?—.. " It is the hottest long vacation known for many rears. All the young clerks are madly in love, and, according to their various degrees, pine for bliss with the beloved object, at Margate, Rirnsgate, or Gravesend. 411 the.middle-aged eh rks think their families too large. All the unowned dogs who stray into the inns of court, and pent about staircases and other dry places, seeking Water, give short howls of aggravation. All the blind men's %togs in the streets drew their masters against Pumps, or trip them over buckets. A shop with a sun.: blind, and a watered pavement, and a tool of gold arid - silver fish in the window, is a saucrusry. Temple-bar gets so hot, that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet street, what a beater is in an urn, and keeps them aim /11.ring ell night." Mr. Chadband, the gentleman in the " Ministry" Who from calling himself a " vessel" (fi,zuratively speaking), is erroneously supposed by some to he en gaged in navigation—" a large yellow man with a fat smile, and a general appearance of having a good deal of train •oil in his system"—the Rev. Mr. Chadband, who regards Providence as a creditor who sometimes consents to a composition—is a companion picture to the R-v. Mr. Stiggins, famous in the days of Pick wick. His " retiring into private life until be invests a little capital of supper in the oil trade"—is (in more senses than one) a rich idea. Poor Jo re-appears, being the unfortuna e wight who is ordered to " move on" (according to the intimation conveyed in the Mere heading of the chapter) by one of, the more assi duous policemen. His account of the fate of the so vereign given to him by Lady Dcdlock is sufficiently C haracteristic. A couple of half-crowns have been Outten out of his rags by the policeman, whereupon, Says JO-- They're wot' s l e ft, Mr. Sangaby ,' says Jo, out of a B "'ring as wos give me by a lady in a wale as acrd she WOB a servant and as come to my Cr°B6in one night and asked to be showd this 'ere ouse and the ouse wot him as you giv the writin to died at, and the berrin ground b ot he's berrid in . She sea to me she ses "are you the oy at the Inkwhich?" she sea. I sea " yes" I so. She a" to 13 ' the sea " can you show me all them places?" I 'Pm "yes I can" I ses. And she ses to me "do it," t r d I de n i t and she. giv me a sov'ring and booked it. Z i nt I an't had much of the sov'ring neither, says Jo, Toro tq tears, ' fur I b a d to pay fi ve bob, down in cha n ; ) L'aloLe's, afore th e y'd square i t f ur to giv m e w he e i and then a young mats ho th i eved another fi ve and ( I, as keP and another boy he thieved ninepenee o n i t: ” 0 landlord he s t oo d d ra i ns roun d w i t h a l ot more Poor fell ow ! There is a melancholy truth in all this, insomuch that when Jo exclaims, "0 my eye ! where polieetn an, can I m ove to r' in answer to the mandate of th e we are almost tempted to agree with - the c" of Mr. S oug .b y ' s o bj ec ti on , " W e ll ! really constable, you know,—really that dues s eem a ques tion. Wh ere, you know ?" What falls from the lips of poor Jo about the lady that gave him the tome reign i s li k ely to develope the plot of t h e story, falling *sit does' in t h e h ear i ng no t on ly of Mr. an d Mrs. Saag-hv ' but also of the disconsolate—and inqui s i t i ve Guppy. The drollest passages in the number are Glster's mistakes in the announcem ent , and sub s`leently her intimaii , oi of the cabman 's message— spectrally—as that of "one tbousing seven huuderd and eighty-two." The most unaccountable circum stance in the narrative is that of Hortense's walking shoeless through the wet grass. CI, A IR-VOYANCE AND• P IitiCTIC AL al ES .2tiEIiISM. By James Esdaile, M.D. Ilippolyte Bazlliere. " - 's As a remarkable illustreion of that " feline tena city to life" facetiou=ly attributed to mesmerism and mestnerht., by the author, in the very opening sen tence of his preface, his own volume may be accepted in testimony. It is, without question, one of the most curious and, in some respects, one of the most extra ordinary works ever written upon clairvoyance. Every page is crowded with startling reflections, and every chapter with astounding incidents, facts (so called) being therein as " plentiful as blackberries." Dr. Esdaile, formerly Presidency surgeon at Calcutta, hag already appeared as a writer u p on thi s enthralling sub ject—his " Mesmerism in India" having first directed : ' to his ability the attention of the rest of his profession. His present work is for_ several-reasons much more worthy of consideration than its predecessor. Ttie motto upon the title-page is caphd—the words of Cardbial de Betz—" On , se trompe plus souveut par sea red lances, que par se confiances." And certainly " the writer acts throughout boldly enough upon the dedue. ions from that thought—he is credulous upon all trnv!ers tending to back up his argument, and na turally enough we will allow in several instances, from the' astonishing nature of , some among the number of his revelations. His volume is somewhat gracefully dedicated to the present Governor-General of rod's, the Most Noble the Marquis of Dalhousie. Altogether the book is of such a nature that we can have but little doubt as to its favourable reception, not only in the mother country, but in her depen dency of Hindostan. ME MOIRS OF TIIOJIJAS 110LCROFT. Longmans and Company. A timely reprint of these very singular memoirs of a man of strong natural powers, written by him se lf; contributes a recent addition to the cheap and in tereiting serial of the Traveller's Library. Already that extraordinary series of publications has evi denced its claim upon the gratitude of the reading Public by a succession of brilliant, and many of them masterly compositions. Among these ate comprised "bum of the finest of thoSeSuPerb essays of Macaulay, which first achicved for him fame in literature. Then, tunreover, there are " Laing's Travels in Norway,"' end Wills's 'collation of " Sir Roger de Coverley," and 'plendid " hen," and " Hue's 1.-ravois in Tartary," and " Holcroft's Memoirs." The last-mentioned reprint now lying before us for iTv!!iloration cannot fail now-a-days, any more than nut on its original appear a nce, even the most rio,ity of reader, by recoil! to . Goicinate the cu careless and indifferent by a inan of let:tiog..the vicissitudes pissed through .era rising from obscurity to a re putation. .THE GEN-EITYS ACT-5 and ... .. ; 6 lc iv. : c 50, and the Statutes - and Cases re lacing thereto, brought down to the Present Time, -: 1852, with Introduction Notes. and Index. By . `Alfred A. Fry- Es q ., darrister-ot Low. Charles w _Knight, publisher (by authority) to the P oor •l a :Board. 1852.- • • - This is a very useful manual for all surveyors, G.SeBSorA, and others concerned in the administration department to which the work is of the imnortan .irected. viz., the G,weral Highways o f t h e Kingdo. - t . ne object of the learned author has been to bring up to the. present time (he r-fers to -an Act passed the • 28 tb of May last, and a Rill thr . ,iwn out only a ,, ew tWeitks ago), the statut, , s - and judicial authorities re. it shows in that, -,-ig to the rroverning Act, they and 6 W. IV., u .s o. 4.o . lll ustrating b this .one Act, the indc that in addition to a'considerable number of decid e d "us, Mr. Fry hrs been compelled to refer to snore than twenty five additional statutes, which directly or 10directly -bear On the important leading act. T r is Phwork t 4 one of a most usef u l series, publi-Led by Mr. arlea Knight—acti ng : .0 this respect as publisher r ',l' iiwhority to the Poor-law Board of Health_; he otject ' • star the series being to Board and the General 4 klelte the tiliveral importlit • subjects ~_ , . a practical and populaiTeharitet r i; statutes on these 14 . 924 accessible to the lug: cli t git clu illiftr gtki,Y eg ' "Aii: in their opers. , ion. The whole series is a Ap , c;Ps of codification, arid we cr.o rocorntnend Mr. Fry's work brfore us, just pub:bhed, as an honest and able edition of one of the important statutes of the series. SPORTING NOTES. No ociaxvu THE BRIGH FoN MEETING. TO ,THE E. 017 Olt ut THE SUN. SlB,—The list of eport to-morrow contains seven racee, six of which hay() obtained strong entries. The first ittm on the card is the Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 50 soya., over The T.Y.C., but as this is a handicap, and the weights do not appear. until to; night, it is im. possible for me to nflect the winner. The Marine Plate of 100sovs., for all ages, three quar ters of a mile, has an entry of forty-six; and sixteen will; in all probability, be found at the post; Their names it is out of my power to give, and therefore I shall jump to a conclusion by stating, as my opinion, that KILDIENEY will be the winner, as his 51bs penalty, - cousideri►,g that he is handicapped at fist 101 b, cannotetarnsge his chance in this instance. Humphrey may possibly be his com panion at the The Grand Stand Plato of 100 soya., added to a Han dicap Sweepstakes of 10 says. each, over the mile and a qusrter, out of twerry-two nominations may not unlike!) have eight or nine runners; and if the winner is not to be found in ISCHIA, Stamford, or Cord, I am °at- a loss where to look for it. The first-named of this trio is my particular choice. The Brighton Cup of 200 soya. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, over the Old Course, not quite two miles, will probably be contes•ed- by Shard vogue, Pan, and some three or four others; but as Chief Justice and Clincher are very dubious starters I see nothing to deprive Pan and Sharavogue 0 the first and cond places. The First Brighton Triennial Stakes' of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, will have a small field, bat the compo nent parts of it are not thoroughly known to-me: Fever sh,an, Gossip, St. Benedict, Oasis, and Sylphil.e are. however, at home in their stables. The starting of Sittingbourne seems somewhat doubtful; and I need look no further for a winner than to Cathlrine Hayes, Stella and Bridget occupying the second and. third place. RATAPLAN, I believe, will walk over for the 100 Soya. Sweepstakes. The Sussex Plate of 60 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each, for all ages, half a mile, will hi ing the day's sport to a conclusion. This race not imprt bubly will be won by BIICKHOUND or RAGE.—I am, Sn, 840, Aug. 4. THE SPIRIT OF THE TUE.F. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING, Fix o'Cmcs.- • The , Ollowieg horses have arrived :—Aphrodita, Catalpa, Faux-pas, Thornhill, Fo!low. mv • lads, cby V.- nisoft of Passion, f by Batman Plate If out ot Infidel «, Pin• tomime, Knavery, Miss Hayes, Irene, Sagacity, Puritan, Tremble, Little Savage, Flounce, False Alarm, Janina, Hamb!etonian, f by Kremlin out of Gaiety, Simon the Cellarer, Grasshopper, t by Touchstone out of Kitty ot Coleraine. Watertail. Meatsigue, C..-ekcrow, Mu rc!an, H sh e tt i r s: v H o, . tu 'rn e, b p u g li rs a , lle - Bet-girl, ( 1-I ,l:: rp c s o ic rn ii , ord. iius, P i h r le o g u e d t r h o(o ni t; Surprise, Tonic. Heroine, Young England. Christiana, Timid Fawn, Mountain Flower, Lady in Waiting, [lan& some Doe, Erhelbert, Firrbolr, Amber Witch, rs a l o pi,, n., Prevention, Cock Ph,asant, Bridget, c Theam out nt Louisa, Miss Emma Shropshire Lass, The P.-arl, C otton Lady, Merlin, ' Merlin, Buckhotind, Ischia, Slimtord, Bullfinch, Prestige, Flora Mtlvor, The .11 , riot, Vesta, Sweetmeat filly, Stella, Abdallah, Flytrap, Knight of the Thistle, Margaret of Anjou, Ley bourne, Miss Talbot, Lady Isstiet, Convulsion, flothot pe, Plurnstead, Sleeping Partner, The Moor, Kilmeny, Yellow Boy, t by Touch stone out of Cuckoo, Blood Royal, Billy Bar, Prittce Rupert, Bushranger, Coral, Catherine Hayes, Snarry, Humphrey. A great -.deal of. rain bas fallen in the course of the afternoon, greatly to the improvement of the condition of the course, which previously was very hard. There is every prospect of a brilliant meeting. BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATEST BETTING ON THE BRIGHTON . STAKES. 7 to i agst Phlegra • 6 to I,agst Ischia 7 .to 1' agst Montague 6 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's lot RIPON- RACES. —MONDAY. s 3fiB o ts t hiti. l es. o Bl:t:.B. s . : .t. y .. . i.b(( eic e: h rjt ,.. wsb h Troi.ary f nh t,. etc)) wi . with T it h r2. e ci , R. Twoad C i h e yearsd ilto e t ° l" a t 10 1 l dB u i d St u ts b a l o kb n e; Mr. Gill's Shamrock, Tat Mr. Osborne's Miss Agnes, Bst ......... (Metcalfe) 3 Betting—Even on Sha mroc k , and sto 4 agst Audubon. Won in a cant er b y a length. The City Members' Plate of 5 0 / , for three years old, B st 101 b; six and age d , 7st 21b; four, 8 9st 21b; mares st and 3lb; fire, geldings allowed albs. H eats, two miles. Mr. John Osborne's Proctor, 4 yrs (J. Osborne) 1 1 Mr. Hesseltine's The Setter, 4 yrs .. (Longstriff) 7 2 Mr. Goodwin's La Gezza Ladra, 6 yrs (Holmes) 4 3 Mr. Muirland's AO:monis, 3 yrs - (Chiluitin) 3 4 Mr. Reynard's Black-eyed Susan, 3 yrs ...(Lye) 6 Mr..Hutchinson's'f by - Trueboy, 4 yrs (G. Oates) 5 6 .Mr. Fryer's Jack Leeming, 4 yrs ...(Cartwright) 2 dr Two well-contested heats; _the first woo by a neck, and the second by htilf a neck. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY, GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.—Offers to take 5 to 2 about Songstress. ST. LEGER.-3 to I agst Songstress (t), 7 to 2 agst Stock welt (t), 4to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke (t). 15 to 1 agst King of Trumps (,), 33 to 1 apt Trousseau (0, 10 to 1 agst Lam Z.. , 6141(06 two (t.) IN rEGLIGENCE EXTRA. •vilsl MEETING, 1852, MANCHESTER AU 1 . 11 THURSDAY. Handicap for the Otismpagne St a k es . Lam B b 3 t t ot 7 3, lb B — st b 7i c b-- by K F it r t e y em .ll e: ; , lit c;g,iin , 8.34 the Saddler, 7th—St. An drew, Bst 4ib—Audu'ion; - Bst Si cby woorn out of Verbena, B,a 3:b—Baloon, 11 b—Ex. ict, Bs' 11b— Game Tommy. 78t 131b—E,helbert, 7st 11ib—lirs. John, ist 81b—Shamrock, 7 -t slb—PressaNkcr, 7st. The Wilton Handicip of 5 soya. each.. Russh , rough, 5 yrs, Bit 7!tiCtliel Justiee,• years, 84 31b—Black DoCtor, 4 yrs, 1 rat 1 - L b — Doubt, 6 yre, 7st Bib—Sir Chatles, 5 yrs, 7st 81b-1. ick,t res., 4 yrs, 7st 41 b—Neashsm, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Haricot, 5 yrs, 7st 4ib—John o'Berwiek, 5 yrs, 7st 21b— lab Singh, 4 y rs , 7 st 21 b—Al p, 6 yrs 7,5 21b —Unity, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—The Proctor, 4 yrs, 6si 111 b Lit t tle George; 5 yr s , 6 st 10Ib—L oug h Bawls, 4 yrs, 6s 10lb—The Drag, 3 yrs, Est lolb--Holy well, 3 yrs, 6st Mb—Butterfly, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Marry Bird, a 6st 51b-;-Red Lion, 5 yrs, 6.t 31b--4ack Learning, 4 yr s , 6st 31b—Fancy G ir l, 3 y rs , 6,t 11b-7Cormaore 3 y ro, 6st lib—Banshee, 3 yrs, sst I lb I ancy Free, 3 yrs, sst 111b—I.e.rry Whent, 3 yrs, sst 111 b--b cby Mel bourne, out of La Femme Sage. 3 yrs, sst 10Ib-- Cles.ve land, 3 yrs, sst 101O—Itschettoe, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Hap py Joe, 3 yre, Sat 71b—ELhelwolt, 3 yrs, s:t 611 a—b fby Lanercost. out of Jemima, 3 yrs, s,t‘ 6;h—Little Davy, 3 yYs, sst 61b—Bilbury, 3 yrs, 44 . 12113-13/truata, 3 yrs, 4st 81b. . • • The Autumn. Wolter Handicap of 10 Says, each, h ft. Oshaldeston, 5 yrs, list 81b—Shropshire Witch, aged, 1 let 81b—=Alp, 6 yrs, list 41b—John of Bernick, 5 yrs, I Ist 4 1 b—Longious, 5 yrs, I Ist 41b—Caurire, 6 yea, 104 131 b—Warwick: 5 yrs; 104 9ab—Bravo,4 yrs,lost — Henrietta, 3 yrs, 9st 41b., The Primo FRIDAY. j3eihre,st4er3ti,ersld, 8$ an assbo rough, 5 yrs, 83t 51b-o.balthston, 5 yrs, 84—Gri e f, 6 yrs Tat 131—Sir Cberles, 5 yrs, let 10 b —Tbe Italhu, 5 yrs, 7st 7 1 b—Trickstress, 4 yrs, Tat 61b—Gbolub Siugb, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Young England, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Proctfir, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Unity, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Cauriro, 6 yrs, 6st 121—Lough Bawn, 4 yrs, b it I2lb—Warwick 5 yrs, 6st 121b—The Little Fawn, 4 yrs, 6st 911,—Tioard Fawn, 4 yrs, 6st 91b—Butterfly, 3 'yrs, Est 91—L4dy Agnes, 3 yrs, 6st 910—Evatine, 3 yrs, 64 71b—Pristrge,.4 yrs, Est 51b—Deceitful, 4 yre, Est 5 b—Red Lion, fr yrs, 6st 51b—Conmore, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—The Puritan, 3 yrs, 6st— The Surveyor, 3 yrs, 6st—Maid of Lincoln, 3 yrs, Sat 13ib—Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, sst 131b—IiiiefIrr, 3 re, Set 101—Enierystone, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Bichrt‘ , 3 yrs, sst 10 1b—Kohitiour, 3 yrs, sst 91b--Ibis, 3 yrs, 5,t 91b— Little Davie, 3 yrF, sst 8 1 b—b fby Law-roost, out of Jemirna, 3 yrs, sst 81 H —Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, s st 81b 3PPv Joe, 3 yrs, 54 81)—R )yal George, 3 yrb, sit 51b—Eupho 3 5 t 51b Bilberry 3 yrs, sst 21b— ny, yrs, s • • Barbata, 3 yrs, 44 1310--Adviee, 3 yrs, 44 131. T E SUN, {) N D'O N, ANIERICAN NEWS LIVERPOOL, TZESDAY. 7 Pat. By the Uoited • Szates Mail steam-ship Atlantic, West, commander, we have advic , s from New York to the 24th ult. She has 284,000 dollars in specie on freight. The steam•ship Baltic, hence to New York, was pas, , edat 7 r.m on the 24,h. _ The steam-ship United States had arrived at New York from Sin Francisco, with advices to the 28th June, and 244,288 dollars in golddue. The city of London had been totally destroyed by fire, nut a vestige remaining, oxoept a few wooden buts. New gold diggings had been discovered at San Ga briel. There was a good demand for money and a fair supply. Sperling exchange, 60 days, 46i to 47. The steam-ship Golden Gate sailed from S:.n Francisco on the 28th of June, with 1,400,000 dol lars in golddust, 'Baking the total shipments for the month of June 5,343,754 dollars. Her Moj-sty's sloop of war Arrogant was at San Juan on the 15th ult., with sickness among the. crew. Advices, from Havannah, to the 17th ult, are de void of interest. A long and violent discussion took place in the Senate on the 23d, relative to the fishery question. Mr. Mason, the member for Virginia, in moving a resolution of inquiry, stated that the President's re ply ooght to be " That he had ordered the whole naval force of the United States into those seas to protect the rights of Am.rican fishermen against the British cannon." Mr. Casty, Mr. Seaward, and se veral others also followed in the same strain. From St. John's, New Brunswick, accounts of the 231 state that it was supposed the armed schooner Alliance had been lo .t near St. Paul's Island with all on board. Fifteen schooners had been lost near the Magdalen Islands, and 22 pilots drowned. From Tahiti we have intelligence that Queen Pomare bad returned to power under the protection of the French vessels of war. We have advices from Mexico to the 9th ult. The Mexican Government here are opposed to call ing an extra session of Congress to consider the Tehuairepec affair and the treaty of GuAdaloupe Had ilg o. Accounts from S. Domingo to the sth ult. repre- sent the fever as still raging there, bath on shore and ainong the shipping. The accounts from Panama state that. the cholera was raging there, and was carrying off large number:. The New York stock market was active, and prices were firmly maintained. There was an increased demand for money, but the supply being large there was no alteration in the rates of interest. Foreign -xchange in nauderat.e demand ; bilis on London, 110 to 110; Paris, 5 134 to 5 164. Prices of cotton were well maintained in conse quence of the small stock on the market. Flour had a downward tendency. There was S s=te.idy demand for wheat at rather lower prices. Indian corn was in good demand. Provisions were firmer, especially beef and pork. Six hundred tons Scotch pig iron had been sold at 2,050 dolls. cash, and 21 dolls. six months. I .Freights'to London withoutalter.tion. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. , Arrived at Nt.witork—The Orions, from Bordeaux Sheridan Albert Gallitan, Washington, Richard Morse, and Torrent, f r 6 m Li ver pool ; Mai a , wer, from Glasgow At Philadtlphia—The Joshua Mattran, from Liver pool At Baltimore—The Flora M4Danald, from Liverpool; Harvest, from ikemen. At Charleetown—The Caroline from Newport. COLONBATION OF COS PA RICA, AND THE OPENING. OF A NEW RourE BETWEEN. THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC. the Rev. Mr. • (From the Mining Journal.) Since the year (1699) of that memorable attempt. to found a British colony in the Isthmus of Darien, as pro twhahtosaemelaxbplaendSecdot mchinedlecrogirptaetnded, even at the communi cation important advantages tbat must result to Peterson,be c a t t e d e r b a y and enterprising sons humanity and to commerce, by rendering cation between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans more the Christian religion, rapid, safe, and easy, than the tempestuous and lengthy passage round Cape Horn, a wonderful and rapid change has taken place in the world. and vast colonies have been athend E n establish ed, ii daught e r s h l anguage , y. of which G r a t t h B e r i h , sin,ar d y and our social habits and customs, are spread over the most distant parts of the globe. It is not surprising, therefore, that the subject of the pas sage over or through the narrow neck of l an d dividicg the two great oceans is at this time exciting much ' attention, or that our enterprising go-a-head n e i g hb ours the Americans, intimately allied to us by language and descent, should be faremostin the enterpri se , i nto wh i ch the discovery of, the Californian gold has, a s it were , foie'f'el :In m to enter without loss of time. Bat our national character and national in terests render the imm,diate consideration of this most important subject imperative with us. This century will not pass away before the highroad ')f traffic and commerce between the eastern and the western world will be by this route, almost ex cluding all others; and an opportunity is now presented to the English cation which, perhaps, is unequalled - in the advantages which it offers, by which we can secure a safe, easy, and healthy passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Th. subject has been lately placed More the public in an interesting little pamphlet, pub lished by Effingham Wilson, of the Royal Exchange. It is drawn up !rom authentic documents and original ma terials, placed in the hands of J. S. Buckingham, Esq. ; anti an excellent map,, by Mr. Weld, adds greatly to the lucid and popular form iu which the matter is the, placed before those who will devote a few minutes to its perusel. Tb., patriotism.of - our countly, the religious and the commercial bodies, are all deeply interested in the imme diate accompliblitnerit of the plan, which does not embrace .iny wild or visionary scheme, or the outlay of miltions to he wasted unsucct ssfally. In the pemehlet, the seve ral plans which have been proposed to effect this impor tant on aqic communication, and their relative advan tages and disadvantages, are shOrtly contrasted, mid the eminent superiority. of the Costa Rica route over 'ail others cannot fail to be perceived. A magnificent harbour at each end of the route (an •essenttal feature, entirely wanting in all the other plans proposed), and the discovery of coal its the immediate proximity ,of the coast, are advantages which cannot be tothi the ghlyegsetnimeraatrhe while the settled natur e o f t h e country, althiness of the 'climate, with the magnitude and value-of the COFICeSSiOD, altaarly settled, are equally striking; and the ulterior commercial re sults, not only arising from the transit of go u d a and pls. seogers, but also from - the rich and valuable nat ural pro ducts of the country itself, and the further i Rica aevident Company," or p a t n h y a ; t: and development of which colonisation and British industry an d capital are sure to produce, are as promteing as th ey c ,,, b e i n any part of the world._ A com p so y has therefore been m ed a and it s p ros p ectus , supported by highly respectable par ties, formed, b , n e under ity of the the title s etw of ni t e. he . ties, will a ff o rd the bust guarantee as to the eoundness o vv u i r th n a l i t m i o o n e m er a a y te in sh a ar f e ew of yeas witness r ßrit is h And capitaless tn"Costiat R s that td enterprise, feat acoom plished, which has been so long desired, even prior to events and changes in the world which have rendered such an achievement now, unless our commercial pros perity is to dwindle Away, a great national necessity, . 11 Viyearno3tly commend to our readers a consideration of the Costa R:ca plae, as detailed in the pamphlet ai. laied to, which will be found to be full of the most inte resting sciatails respecting,the territory of Costa Rica, and its vast . xesouref s of mound wealth. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg to tt , quaint you, that the Treasury mi. nute of 1840, allowing the admixture of Chicory with Coffee, is rescinded, and that the new regulation s f ur the future sale of each article will be announced to the Trade by the Excite in the course of a few days. I h;ive the honour to be your obedient servant, CHARLES H. BURTON, 14, Furnival'a lan, Aug, 3, 1852. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Wilt you allow me to correct a report rela tive to myself personally, and which, as a stranger I feel called upon to notice. To tho s e i n t ereste d I beg t o Fay—l am not, nor have I been connected with the i ll _ agDedrutroy-pleanrfeorTmbeceetrrtPain ease pt tailld afu6Tawlahrthci place in your journal you will confer In t e c r wt e oa s r t: e to nogf receive a stipulated sum. Mlt z N BUCHANAN . 33, Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-road, a j ß a Y ytt g u i r vin o g ui t- I S ki i s r, a ) oar nbedien . t E btrvan_t, , • Aug. . 3, 1852. Ilia MAJE , TY'S THEATRe. — The Queen's ha_ her 'Ail ;sty's Theatre was yesterday evening occupied, at General he Hon. IL Cavendish , the Countess Grey, IL ° ,,y C iroline Barringt,in, Mr' Barrington ,- j un., La dy Georgit? Grimy. La ly Elizabeth Bulteel an d p art y . Amon g st the now: and di,Aliguigied individual§ also honouring the theatre with their presence - on this occ asion were the followi". .. The Baroness Brunnow, Mademo iselle de Brunnow, the 147 countess Dungannon, Midi Irvine , Lord Gorge P aget, t 1:; Marquis or Douro and party, the Dowage r C oun tess 4 ti ur : rington and Lady_ Jane St. Maur StanhoPe, Lord Cecil Fo rester. Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord Sandys, Mr s. and Miss Richards, bit.. C. Barry Baldwin, miss Caro line Bellel and party, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Heneage, Mr. Hothouse; Mr. Cionabie, Mr. W. H. Palmer and party-, Captain TrelawLey, &c. . DOT A L ITALIAN OPERA.—T-Tis Royal _Hi g h ness the ~ D Oke of Cambridge _honoured t he p ertormanc es at the Royal Italian OPera with his presence . last evening. _ Th e Que ,, n's box was occupied by C o !onel the Hon. Ch arles Grey an d : M rs .'G rey ,L a dy, Harriet Clive and Miss Clive and party. Amon'Amon'the fashiainable company attendin g the theat re we remark ed his Excellency the Turkish AnThassa. Canter'? Y 1 1 9 r and 111adame "Musuru4, accompacie t by Essad Bey and Lady Bateman ~.1 ; Paul Musuruit the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort an d Lady Henrietta Somerset; the Duke of Bedford and Ali,„ to lute the Marchioness olßlandford, the Countess of' Ch es _ and ra "(1 Lady Evelyn Stanhope, the Countess of Glengall Pdare - aret Butler, the Earl of Parham, Viscount , Lad ~urY, Viscount Cranbourne, . Viscount Torrington, Lad yWh • and arncliff e a d th e 11 Miss Stuart Wortley, Lord Arthur no., Lad' " on. . Lord Archibaldßr .Y 1 , 1-ndhurst and the Ho n . and the Hon. Misses Ilinbury, Lord i• h Lady: it 1 °PleY ' the Hon. *ederick - Maur , Lord Burglie.B-, is op and M e BracS, Lud,„ v ltiot, Ltird and Lady .Erne:.: B r uce an d Henry Gortai t ' ' 1 , Len - Ilcont and Vie Hort. 111i3$' Bl a ke,ord Mary - Benti ek,44e.:92..1_,-Lady Frederick Bol4oclt_ana,t4tdy .. The king ,-,- t e c t; n - t - ilt4lans has &cue A t hat an agricultural map shall be m • - • gtdeof the country. IS [ ) A l m ; Isbt i „; Aml9d Packet, 14 ,1 shore at It ba 3Birli ' seen d a, wreck. Good if: I , T P) , ppberi nd ia, Akf,„' oburgb; Nino 14 , fr i Ind us °lv JOl2O , • c i. w- W al 310 , 7oronto, V aka; ' O O orE, At i AdO • own, 5 r A and OW DAY) SD 20 tO•C 1 e b v re hat 11 d a g n od o o o , 's qu ° d re fc o • for , ur 0 0 ; o full " • Nllloh f u gil , A lel , t and ,lof 16 ref lot psr e e' oc ii, c ola h ig• ' 113 ° 5 0 slo far r the fac .et , bitter 0 0. , Pe re prit'' s o ,tpth 4d; gd lo card: e. r ' full borf' in fro° s ,l Co 4rk so'. il 3 a• ou t, e 101 0 5 ' l. tO O re bre . 11 1 0 I 01 1 # ~'H') i ~~ ~ 3j23001 o. 0 B 0 jet 3 4 , the. be pt ott er fvb _ ileacs, COURT CitiCULA.a. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. Her M a j e i ty and his Royal Highness Prices Aitert , accompanied by their Royal Highuesses the Ducheas of Kent, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the H Prince 'l ss Royal, their Serene Highnesses the Princess " h e l " o 9 'Prince Charles ants Princess Adelaide of Hobenlohe, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked at balf•past five o'clock Yes 4ll.- day. tat hn Fairy, end cruised round the steam squadron lying Spithead. The royal yacht returned to its moorieFslock. eff Osborn e - p i er at twenty minu t es before eght o c Messrs. Saintnn, Cooper, Hill, and Piatti, the Quartets Association, bad the honour Of I:nistortning a selection of music yestercTiy venicz, tV ter dinner, before her 1414- jesty and the Ito 3 yesterday fur Hugheno,n Manor, Bueks. The Chancy lior of the Exelvquer- and Mrs. DisrAi 'lett town Mpateues were DitTatehes were sent rff to the G3vetner et Gibraltar sYrssotesredputYtoirtihl: Gtoh;erCo'r'.l;re'talfi.;ftiGcl:id Coast. " were out j morn log, DEATHS IN THE SERPI , ISTINE.—On Monda log, when the boats of the Royal Humane Society. on the S er pentine,two T b h o g dig st w w er a e s discovered, in winch lite that or a • was quite extinct. 3 ()nog ro ti named James Webb, who was (bond by -Griffitlis, bat s soc u i ti e r t3 d ' a 's y m e e v n e , n n in e g a: the bridge.on - the south side, nit is he Mr. Bailey, of Knightsbridge, o n was seen by his employer, it is not known whether his a lestrhisdeathdoubtful a accidental while bdthing or not. • Th e other c tb as e e a , c to te r ;; a et s hh t i h :d e w man had : all his clothes' ou, there is no doubt e i ‘ t nleq w giauje a nit s ehit : lrt i do a r c: of suicide.e H h i a s ci d n r o ess i l l v lo a l s le s y im in ila i r li t .s o p th e a s.s t eo n s f i a o n li mason. when srarched, but a paper was di:,covpired in his pocicet.on which wa s t , •tt ~ 4 Auckland -terrace; Lavender-road."' ir en, , .. become of p a e s r i p n eti b a i t s e o d w , s n o w e l l i a t t in h g i , s a fr n ie d n a d t s t m in i , g r t atiou of, 1111141:trier with it, is.a matter of surmise. but flit coroner ling had information sett. to him of both cases.vin Itin.y a n r an w bile the bodies are lying in the Ruse and'Cro , Trip-yard, ,to be Seen PRoTkeT 0 trtk b e 1.0 -ali ves ' - ..--- • t Colchester in the oYALTY.—At . a dinner given a , te. Majesty W as e week of the borough election, the health ( f gtSeme,r, bear - 11, 1 2P,''sed as usual, when a farmer residing tonearitoffotir t- - e q;h:imyerted his glass, rt fusing-the ene l . o roy a r t - . a Free•trader '...-4) ma•ch , ne t ress.ghe round:that the Quell " 8 Z xp WEDNESDAY SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. INTII ANNUAL ltEl'Oß' OF THE COUNCIL. lhe chier subjecta: that have occupiril the att ent i on of the society d uring the pact year have been the re c , urts of-law and t quity in this emirate) ; the reconetruc trenster of land; the tion of the Master s ' o th„ , i nvolv i ng 'its gradual aboli meval of the distinction between the procedure of the tion t the ei,franehisement. of cOrybolds; the bleep'? ti n c ,. a y . : lion ot the the at tor nu e and the client; and , the establishme n t r : a law school, with a PrUVISiOU for an eff,ctive exami n ation: . . . before granting a law degree on admissien to the . ar gutty—our. On the first subject —!he fusion of law:and e i special conereLte(e on law and equity procedure bave r p ur re a7 served a third report, not only ree"mendingst measures for the immediate adoption of the Legislature,. h this but giving the outlines of a code by means of wine relations between th; f , great, chauge might be effected. The sub sequent appearance of ' the first report of the of the Chancery Cemmissioners and the 'introduction Bills tounded upon it, have afforded us the gratificationc..r Of seeing not only the views, but in some csEes thev y words ot our reports and resolutions, proposed for the sanction of Parliament under the highest auspices. We therefore trust th at i n proce d u re at least, esui .. y ' e ventually we' h o p e i n all ether res p ects, law and eq . will soon be wholly united. second Oa this sulject we refer w ith pl e asure to the .vieite which o ur society received last autumn . from its distinguished member, Mr. David 'Dudley Field, has°f New Y or k, and to the additional evidence which supplied ( an d which has since been increased by a co municatioo f r o m the Sate of Missouri) of the satist n s sc toty worsting of the c ! ons eined courts of law,and equity in America. Your council have .no. wish to hasten prematurely a change so extensive and important as this. Th e y ha ve only to express their conviction tha t it is as pra c ti ca b le and advisable in this country as it has been proved by experience to be practicable and ad visable in the United States of America. They wil lingly -accept as an instalment of justice the following opinion of th e C hancery Commissioners in their first report, siened as it is b y three equity judges, one common law judge, and several eminent counsel, and statesmen not of the legal profeesion : n we have arrived at the conclusion that, without abolishing the distinction between law and equity, or blending the ceurts into one court of universal turtsdic lion, a practical and eff, ctual remedy for many of the evils in questio n may be found in such a transfer or bleeding of jurisdiction, coupled with such other practi cal amendments, as will render each court competent to administer justice i n t h e eases which fall under its eogniz ince. " ceurts We of e thiek that -he `jurisdiction now exerc i s ed by and that the quil may. be conf erre d upon courts of law, jurisdiction now exercised by courts of law may be conf rred upon courts of ,gaily, to such an ex °tent as to reeder both courts competent to admini.tsr entire justice without perties in 'the one court being obliged to resort to the aid of the other." These are valuable admisions, and are surely suf ficient jusification to this society for introducing the great creeetiou of a fusion of law and equity in this country to the notice of the Legislature and the public. A B II ma t been since brought in to effect the altera tions proposed by the Commissioners, and beth in its provi,ions and in the debates respecting them in Par' liamsnt the principle of a fusion of jurisdictions had re ceived great support. It was indeed, generally admitted that its accomplishment in effect, it not in name, is not far distant. By this measure also several improve ments suggested and recemmeeded by this society as to the printing of legal proceedings, and the introducion of vied voce evidence into courts of equity, will be come lew. With respect also to the office of Master in Chancery, we have to congratulate the society on the introduction by the Lord Chancellor of a Bill cOntaining pro visions almost identical with those which our equity committee have recommended, and in execuion of the plan reported by the - 'Chancery Com missioners, and fully adopted by the late Govern ment, which issued the commission. This measure will prevent the delay now arising from proceedings commented befere a Judge being 'referred e i t h er - in whole or in part to th e Master. On the 12th day of January last a resolution was carried at a meeting of this society recommending this change, and the gradual abolition of the office of 'Master in Chancery, and we can only express • a hope that its doom is sealed, and that a procedure so mischievous both in theory and practice is practically swept away. Although a specific resolution for the abolition of the Masters' office was only come to by the society on the 12tVorJanuary, - yet the proposi tion for the abolition of the Masters' office,- and the conis pletion of the whole business in a suit by the Judge, has been for many years before the society, where it was gradually advanced in favour, and has at length proved triumphant. It is right also to say that it was much considered and much evidence adduced upon.it in a Committee , ofebe House of Lords, which sat last sum mer, and reported the opinions as well as the other'evi &rice of witnesses in its favour. A Bill for the improvement of the procedure of the common law courts has alto passed through most of its stages., 'lt rests on the authority of the Common Law i;ommissioners, and has received high professional sanc tion. This 13101 doubtless contains many important end useful provisions, but your council are desirous of stet beg their opinion that the remedies proposed leave many of the evils in the procedUre of the superior courts of common law still existing, and that until these are re medied the county courts will be preferred by the suitor, who will demand, and with justice, the extension of their jurisdiction. Considering the lung period allowed for the, preparation of this Bill,• The high authorities under whose sanction it was introduced, sad the many revisions it has undergone, it was not unreasonable to expect something complete in con ce p t i on and careful in execution. beue_ . partial improvements have been made, but. tte leading principle—the ab o li t i on of forms of actiou--hasbeenaa , critic. d, The Bill arse be a ll owed to b e a s light improve ment, hu not a p ermanent settlement of common law ed in procedure. Ther e is, moreove r , a very s erious the execution, which will be th e cer tain cause of endless a f e w oisipu , es and enormous expense. In order to save . mr wei ks' labour to the draughtsman it is left quite uu pro. tide which of the innumerable statutes aPPl)sleg to p ceders are repealed, and which are still in _Otte., Th ell old rules of court are also left in the same position. In' ' order to underetand' the . ne w system t h e practineon, mu-t master the old, and then, after careful n0mP" . . 1 _..,. qunlify the enactment by introducing into its cony von all those principles which it does nut abrogatecer necessary implicati on . T he amount of expenses n tainty, and vexation th us i ntroduced is incalculable. The der present system, faulty as i t i s, is at any rate well uo onoi, . stood. It is distressing 0 contemplate how Wen money must be spent , in cle Bring up .mere mere points,of fortn,a_...i4y, the new one Can be placed in an equally satitit. c "" or position.- These considerations become yet more i i no s p ie. tent. when it is remembered that this new code tended to enter into competition with the. county cou r ts, in an , in which the litigant-ianot. milled upon to expe ll o farthing for any purpose except the very merits of the suit. • Our fears may be unfounded, but . there) i s some ground to a pp re h end that the new element of exp nse . and uncertainty th us i ntroduced without any correspon d ing amelioration, together with the references wbich may be made to the court, three and forty in a s i ngle sui. will finally d e cide in l favour of the co un ty courts the question and local judicatur e . The present state of The ecclesiastical Worts loudly your council for large alteration an.A a me ndment, end council have made a r e f erence on this 'sub j ec t to a com mittee. aineunting to a i many es h o a f v ti e B vr t i l t i n t e h s the .-6u Your introduction eoune I.i. this session for with much ee,poisory entrenchisecnent of copyholds ; to the lord as to the • tenant • power to' efelvingda:ach enirattobisc inent. This 11:14 steer paS in; inaLl h. ihe.1101.18,1 of throug Commons without Oppositi ' r d 'to - a 'Select Committee. of the "Jolts °n ' V." ret6r e . aq C.ll'o. fully considered, and aof Lords, by whom it w. , your - ite great banes c im ouncil antic p fits from the adoption of a as :Which' there is No general a concurrenceof measure - t which is I 021 . °Pinion and 'w • culated to remove agreat 'cultivation of the land n borate and. to the erection of buildings. A nsel f report on this subject was lately pre,ented by. one °- your committees , which discussion. ' ' ' 9._......... gave rise to inu c It was received by the society, and elicited E . ! resolution affirming the advantage of a compulsory en has f ranchisement of copyholds. Here.alio this scoietY Legislature, to discuss to act as a pioneer to the with a view to isouss the legal difficulties of the subjec t the Legislature ascertain the true principle' on which mayw properly and safely proceed; and again the efforts t the _ . society have been succestfah With the subject of copyholds is convected that of the transfer of land, th dents frequently e copyhol imposing, as is well known, a heavy tax on such transfer. On this' subject, so important to all itst beari ngs, one of your comaiiitee—the committe- on e law of property—has submitted to the society paper in which a former . recommendation of the same committee for assimilating the transfer of land to that of stock has been again brought before • the society. If this can be effected, it • difficult to say' who would be most benefited, th is of land by the increase of the e owners , al p osse sla b t at" • of their property, or the peopy the avvtro7:g motive which, the prospec t of pg land would stfird for I. ..treaer frugaloY• - Your counc i l eonsiler .that t he plan proposed in the' Paper just mentioned is not only deserving,of the utmost :;hei,6ltisfaction attenion, but, as coming f ro m au eminent.and expo- rienced solicitor,' affords great h o pe that this difficult be solved, and may and most iniportantqwetion mei be conducted to a'pritetioal and scisractory result. Little real progress has Yet een made towards th es tablishment o f a goo d jaw sc b hool, with effictive e e z t . reinsiions; th e late recommendations of the inns of court I Your council cannot but consider as insufficient; but we trust that both the pi., tession,, and the public at large are h'o'ming more and more alive to. the necessity for such a provision and that t h e heads of the inn s o f court , Sre b ecoming more aware of, the serious r esponsibility which rests upon them i n this respect. We are glad io find the subject of legal e ducation mentioned in .he re -lert of tha Commiisioners appOlDted to inquire into the , :i t ate of the revenues of the . University of Oxfo d t , and nits g 0 inion of this • de ratified at seeing the P . Society ad _ oed iu support of a proposal by the 0 ; : - o mtnissioners to i, P P I Y a portion of the foods of the university to impiart ;.'g 4 !zoowledge of the laws of the country, we.ho e University the same recommendation in the report o P of. Caoshrid-e and that in the course ll th° g. t of few :years there will be at each of these Beata of 1 • a " efficie nt earning law school. Still , 01 1 more do your council hope and believe that fr o m i and Pf.sent lama of court- w ,ll at length arise a complete . satisfactory law university , endowed.ivith-ttle.i ori g i na i, y ii vested In'those societies - for legul education, of which cannot-be- bet ter devotUd'then.to thep urp i r a ' teaching the law. Nor can your Couneli - eirterfi t i --- : doub t. l ,,. that if the benches . do not so apply these fu e n d: their groper opplicstion will be enforced by the L • "' eg%la. AUGUST 4, lure. Thus the law student would have an opportunity of commencing and af'erwards continuing his studies under able processors, broil in the Universities and in London, with all the advantages that the wealth of those bJdies and inns of court could command. While on this subject we would throw out, the suggestion that in teresting and instructive popultr lectures on the laws of the country might be given at Mechanics' Institutions and other similar places. The publicity of our courts of justice, the presence of a jury of tellow-coanSrymen, and the practice of oral examination render our trials matters of universal interest, and several branches of the law, by means of such lectures, might be brought to the knowledge of the commuuiiy which is buund to obey them. The subject of the relations between the bar, the attorney, and the client was brought before the society in a report which was much eonsidered, and as to which the following resolutions were eventually adept e d : — That any p rac 'i ce which has a tendency to prevent the public from obtaining the assistance of counsel ex cept through the compulsory intervention of an attorney should be discontinued. "That so much of the 91st section of the Act 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 95, as prevents a barrister from advo cating the causes of suitors in the county courts unless instructed by an attorney should be repealed." The letter resolution has now been adopted by both Houses of Parliament, which by a Bill of this session for extending the jurisdiction of the county courts has re pealed this clause of the former Act. It will be for the bar to consider whether it will act on the first of the above resolutions, which it has power to do, if it should see fit, end should the occasion require it. The other princ'pal measures of law amendment which, either iu the form of Bills or in thatof reports, have been before Parliament and the country since the last annual meeting of our society, have been the report of the Commissioners of the House of Commons on the laws of partnership, and the bills for extending the j u risdiction of the county courts, for amending the parent laws , and for diminishing the expenses of proceedings under commissions de l unat i co i nguirendo. In the consi deration of these several measures this society has taken an active part, and w e may reasonably expect from past e xperience that its labours wilt have a beneficial effect in d et ermining the course of ls gislation. Local administration of justice is now established, and has been found of rufinite practical benefit, and your wicec il hope to see, it gradually extended as well to suits of an equitable 'moire us to those of a legal character, and that in local courts, at l east, b oth jurisdictions will be amalgamated.. dud we should also your attention to au effort that is in progress for exting the jurisdiction of the county cou rts in S e otland, the p recursors of our own county courts, improving th e proce d ure of sheriff's sups rior courts introducing viva voce ev id ence, end making nd for by other reforms.` propriety of those change s , We entirely concur in the lon the law reformers of E ng l an d to aid and we Cal- labourers in Scotland in e . cting them. I t t h e ir fellow sey, that amen ff g the whole beds - ot judges i s only just 10 of different degrees in the United Kingd om , we k eow o f zealously or usecully employed, or more de tslief7inuigo:;fe . ;eeons,. respect,. than the resident sheriff s o f Scotland , lt must be gratifying to the society to reelect presid.nt was mainly instrumental in he now popular county courts in England, i Vat elide th eir introducing t another ot their b members (Lord Murray ), now one of Lhe 1 Lords h ' d e Bill for blish- Session, roug t omat ot a rts under the l name ot th esta Cou rts n i g these 'gee in Scotland. The pro pos ed reforms of these courts would also bo the law of the two countries— assimilating steps towardsees e ur council have much at heart, and on which an ob.i--- your ea dy bestowed much attention. bey bare air t Since r h last general me et i ng t h e i mportant A ct f or our evence of in in the sue admitting which id originated in Denies a report suits of this society, riot carts t , operation. At first, as might have been has come into alteration was followed by some cases o f ex pected, the perjury; but we doubt whether in a singl e instance the fraud was successful, and we are happy to say that tes timonyben borne in favour of this Act by man y o f has been superior courts, some of t h em i n the i r the judges of places in 801 l •er" e t ' in addition to th e evidence - re cently given at the request of this society by the judges of the county courts, which our society has taken part, The chief subjects which no movement has been mad e d ur i ng the Part, in the laws of debtor and creditor, of divorce, last year, are to deceased persons' estates. But el and those relating be some matters in which little pro- Kressu there ineY the general cause of the amendment of is making. n is p r omising a stat e b e f ore. Hap pilyr in so the law was never in the region of p arty po li t i cs, and we therefor law reform e c ,n count within our ran k s distin guishedlonging to all the present di v i s i ons o f men be ,nions on many other su bj ects are at the State, whose °P i variance. At the beginning of the sessien the Speech expressing, of course, th e v i ews o f t h e from the power,Throne. recommended the amen d ment o f party then in e ly was another p ar t y i nstal l e d i n the law; and sca r cely office than it announced law reform as one o f the prin cipal features of its policy. Under such favo u rable circumstances every measureof law amendment on which there is a general agreement of opinion should be premed forward for immediate enactment. To turn to full account the present opportunity the powers o f law reformers must be gathered and couc me trated. The organiz Aim of the Lew Amendment e So ciety affords the means of exmining and bringingfor ward any measure of legal improvement, and the names of its members, not to speak of its past acts, present, we trust, a sufficient guarantee for the work being done efficiently. Such being the ewe, it seems quite un necessary and a loss of strength to have separate so cieties for isolated objects, Since )ho list general meeting 44 new members have been admited, making the present number 340, and the balance of income at d expenditure, instead of being against the society, as it was last year, is now in its favour. Still, the exertions of the society ate crippled for want of larger funds, and its potency diminished by the want of a greater body of usseciales. With a lar ger i ncome two i mportant o bj ec ts at least might be attained—the formation of a good library of reference and news-roem, with some of the social advan tages of a modern club, and the engagement of a paid assistant secretary, to be in daily attendance at the rooms, and qualified to give aid to Members of Parlia ment and others who might want information on ques tions of contemplated legal changes. A freer use of the power of printing would also be of much service, and would much facilitate the proceed ings of our committees. To supply these and other deficiencies we call on our fellow -members each to exert himself in his own sphere to make known the objects of the society, and to obtain for it recruits who sympathise in those objects, and who by their personal efforts and pecuniary contri butions, or, yet better, by both combined, will aid in their attainment. Especially we would call on the lay members of our society to endeavour to increase the number of those who do not belong to the profession. The combination in due proportion of the two ele ments of professional and non-professional members is most desirable, and would, we tire convinced, produce a result far better than can be attained by either class at tetnpting to act alone. To the honour of the legal profession its members have come forward in the cause of law reform in a body, powerful alike by number and by position; but while we count many honoured names among our lay members the whole number of such members is but small. As a mtans of extending a knowledge of our society's proceedings, we recommend that the annual reports of the council should be widely circulated, and we advise that the council should be empowered to adopt such artangements as they may deem expedient for establish ing a connexion between the society and such town councils, chambers of commerce, jaelices at quarter sessions, and other bodies unconnected with petty po litics as may be desirous of entering into relationship with it. The interest in the objects of our society which our treasurer fouud to exist in different parts of Scotland, which he visited last autumn, is evidence of a wide spread feeling of sympsthy and concurrence of opinion, which under good arrangement may serve to create for us powerful auxiliaries. Such a counexion as we have referred to would, we believe, be mutuelty advantageous; and among other benefits to our society—benefits which would ultimately be partaken in by those who conferred them—would be increased means of collecting informa tion on the actual working of our laws, and practical suggestions for their improvement. Your council have shown that this society has assisted in the settlement of several questions of the most diffi cult and complicated nsture—the Court of Chancery, the Masters' office, the procedure of the superior and county courts, the enfranchisement of copyholds, and the trans fer of land. It will be the duty of this society to watch over all these alierationss and the new state of things in troduced by them, and thus to obtain the speedy, cheap, and satisfactory administration of justice for all classes of the community. But the society has also a still higher duty, which is, if possible, to obviate the necessity of lew.euits, or, at all events, to diminish their number. Under any cir cumstances a lawsuit must often be productive of much expense, anxiety, and distress. Prevention is better than cure, and it the law were preseuted to the publi c , i n a more intelligible and accessible form many law-sui ts which are now rendered necessary from the present declared state of the law would be prevented. It is net dless to remind the secietee that the rules re la'ing to the law in this country are scattered through 1,000 volumes, and that it is thus di ffi cult for the prac titiouer, and often impossible for the unprotessional man, to ascertain the exact slate of the law. The council, therefore, urge on the society that it cannot better employ its influence and exertions than in attempting some remedy fur this state of things. This is to be found in a comprehensive digest, cense lidatioe, and codification of the whole of the statute and common law. A part of this, the criminal law, has al ready been effected, and only wants the final stroke to complete it. But the whole of the other branches of t t h h e _ statute law, and the whole of the other brioches. oaftion: common law, in accordance with the recommen_ c l id of the learned Criminal Lew Commissioners , ob ar u; of i t be subjected to this process; and it there baanY e l:. naps the which more calls for it than another it il a P ve a lready commercial law, as to which some etiT e s ereat has been been taken, and as to which a grea! I „ n d as in England expressed as well in Scotland and IT' i si p od m eetings. by many important commercial bodies and which all our Here then is a worthy eb.le c t ld t° b e devoted. enti r e do bn ctr i a g the other jcts exertions are required and he council believe that.--° ° ; n tb st by the society dui hie th e already successfully dealt ":L nistr „ t ipp, it the stime_zeal, eeurse, of, its nine years' m a i i ployed as on former occae buldtiess. Ind judgment be .n "' sions, its exertions will be I S e , scotch C o unt cora. 'gain and gitcbti(!, 1852 out any flit part, as in snull riff-d arms. The, rifled mortar weighs upwards t 114 cat. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE NEW RE Ile-ADMIRAL. The Commander-in-Chief of the coati of Africa st n- ...-...... lion, now Rear•Admital Bruce, who has atcaintd his ti tg Stai r IT o 4 * - c-te li' IJ ii . La; So URNALS. by the death of Ste T. W. Lsring, at present es Comm,)- TIMES.-It is ' said to have been a Met ce with Eas dore of the first class, enjoys all the privileg es of his . t. new rack, and we presume that like ponntates, when they wished to effect the ruin of Itteir-Admiral : h ot ' particularf man, to make tom a present of an elr- Finshaise, C. 8., his predecessor, who alio succeeded to , his flag whilst commandicg in chief on the coast, he will 1 the animal were white ao much the better. kl'her .- a 7 no getting rid of the honourablnencumbrance. continue in the command, with the blue at the wizen ; The recipient ew inst ea d o f a re d p en d a nt. Rear-Admiral Bruce his seen ducedtotheir olafstthgernignifotfareiedethoirs, some dashing service since he entered the neve, te w nt - seen by th e fallo w ing epitome of his cat ear, to which ' bur the iu d tereat ng animal must have h family rhea hisDukeigt. four ut ofr bemealsN o r r e .- vve m a y a dd that he c anteati d e d the Queen, 116, for a a d ' ay, to an h his various attendants to take him on his air. h in i g o :, in a ampo t o him, to small shoet time, and that since he has been on the cos=t of hAfrica, the sanguinary affair at Lagos, for which the ,fact, al those counties i t i o tt o le th s -e er om vic b es hi w t hi t c o h do se ot niggardly on promotion was given, took place und er much promote elephantine comfort. Conceive the feelings of the wretched I n di an as he gazed upon the vast crea- Elenry s direeti. William Bruce, born F e b . 2, 1792, is third tc:grorpireisto Who.slinterior alibis e art hl y possess i ons were by and only surv i v i ng son of the late Rev. S i r Henry degrees Hervey Ast on B ruce, Bart., by Letitia, daughter of offered toPasstn4 in the Sha ne o f t i t - b i ts such as might be the S attaute gift. The re was, h owever, no escape the late Re v . D r. Henry Barnard, graudlaughter of -ruin was a mere question of ti me - at a i l events, the William Barn ar d, Bishop of Derry, and neico of animal must be ti d Now, what th a t e l ep h ant was i n t h e Thomas Barnard, Bi s h op of Limerick. He i s unc l e o f h ands of the Eastern Hervey Bruce, Bart. This this moment t o a n Prince the o ffi ce o f " sheriff " i s at citizenshof London. Th ey can't the present Sir H enry ostra officer entered the navy t owards the close of 1803, as a cise him, as the Athenians would have done-th e y can ' t boy, ou board the E ur y a l us, 36, Captain Hon. H enry h ave hi m shot from behind asten.dyke, as the practice 131at•ltwood, and on O c t. 21, 1805, was present as mid- is with deliberative assentbie Attie of Trefalger. In 1806 he him to be stilettoed or poisonescl of e Irishmen-n or cause thipmen, at the b: „ sveas the way of th e joined the Ajax, 74, commanded b y th e same o fficer, Storzis and Boreias-b ut they os make" him Sheriff. and, on her destruction by fire off t h e D ardanelles, Fe b . Th e y can f orce hi m to accept an office which will inter -14, 1807, became attached to the E n d ym i on, 40, C apta i n f ere w i t h the n ecess iti es o f his business, HorelThomas Capri, part of Sir Joh n Th os. Duckworth 's nary avocations, with his comfort, and his with his ordie p After further as- They can compel him , under heavy pecuonimaeroaysetepdeoinfsatinitiiPeds, force at the passage of those straits. sisting at the embaikstion of S , r John Moore'e army at to take upon himself duties which may h Corunna, in January, 1809, Mr. Bruce r e j o i ned Captain fu l to hi s f ee li ng s as w e ll as d amaging to his fortu a n te. Blackwood in the Plarseite, 74, stationed i n the North If once nom i nate d, howev er reluctant' a candidat e 13 " . Sea, and on Jan. 5, 1810, he was promot e d f rom the may be k nown t o be, thes e i s no escape from the shrift:- Bellona, 74, Captain John Erskine Douglas, into the city or the payment of 4001. In point of tact, it is idl e Prospero, s loop, Captain John Hardy Gody, from wbich to enlarge upon the disagreeable nature of the office; be was, how e ver, removed on the 17th of the same for there are plenty of men forthcoming who are month to the Belvidere, 36, Captain Richard Byron. willing to accept that as an honour which others Whil e i n th at s hi p h e i n p ar t commanded her boats, in are am anxious to avoid as a painful responsibility and a COLiOnCiiOn with those of the Nemesis, 28, at the very strious loss. It is this consideration which renders the gallant capture, off the coast of Norway, of 2 Daniell conduct of the citizens more preposterous. Granted, gun-vessels, the Bolder and Thor, of 8 gues and 45 men 'hat some person must needs serve the office of sheriff, eat!), and destruction of a third, July 23, 1810; obtained Granted, that the office should only be intrusted to per the official notice of his captain for his skilful manage- sons of station and respectebility; bat, when it is matter went of the Belvidera's mein-deck stern-chasers, when of ooterity th a t t h ere i s an a b u ndance of persona, b o th she ably escaped, after a long runnieg fight, and a lots of good station and high respectability, who are willin g ot 2 in.?"ri killed and 22 woundtd, from a powerful Ameri- to discharge the dutie, of the shrievalty, why should the can squadron under Commodore R edgers, June 23, 1812, citizens go out of their way to select those very persona on welch occasion he was himself slightly wounded; who a:e most reluctant to undertake it? Even under again served in the boats with those of a stpiadron our new Militial Bill we are to try the bounty first, and under Lieut. Kell N - One volunteer is y Naz ar at the boafditig and cature, fall back up the ballot afterwards. American hittereof on Feb. 8, 1813, after a most obstinate ret.istenee, of t h e wo rth twenty pressed menn--why. then, press the twenty carronades and 28 me n--e marque Lottery, of tax 12-pounder and kick the volunteer out of doors? ' Why, without led rd by • n exploit which was ackno . w. assnziecholgratalbdlehopraetdeingth,iotyr s t. h h a r.o d u o g w h of th n s ec im es u s d it", drag that ae the especial th .nkof the privateer s subsequentlyßueker, Hill,aied in taking and destroying Whenever chief; and .4 a the ceminander-in candidates-whenever we find any paucity of willing of 7 guns and 72 men, and. duties which obviously must be discharged by somebody 70 d men. Captain Bruce, who was are neglected by everybody, it will be time enough to Mars, of 15 guns and 8 1814, next, in Augustte;" still the practice is advanced to the 'corn Admiral Cockburn up o the thaotf Patuxent as farPauts"P.Nduitt7recalcitrants with tine and indignity. As yet 31.ehaer,Maacen!ymbrig, May 27, visit the illing go free. The ham, and, on the retu a of' ington, there hoisted the the il Ittnish army from Wain- fact is that the annual elec ion of sherif f to s to no electsti such t a h s e ce u s ti s w i t i l l ' t has i%l, oscucdutror let e d ; t h b o u bat, serve for of that gallant officer, London arid Middle:ex bas degeneated into a pretext whose acknowledgments foraghi honour, with othe Itiorvices he had the for the most paltry extortion. There is no expectation re, to receive ing the Manly was employed . thea __September follow- that the unwilling nominees will serve, but there is a ing the advance , of Major-Gehuopraf Rosy on river dur- certainty that they will be compelled to pay 4001. into We soon afterwards tied Ceptain Br * on Baltimore, the hands of the City Treasurer. The nature of the England with dispatches in the Rover use!! returnirg to eromteding arpears to be somewhat as follows. Under paid off in Sspymber, 1815, successive; °Pe' eri f 3, lona the Common Ceuncil Act ot 1748 the Lord Mayor has escorting the outward-bound East IndiaYtrmacreoy o ed in the privilege of putting inn omination a number of names, southward of the equator, in convoying borne a Et t ,t the not exceeding nine, of persons for election by the livery merchantmen from Jiarbadoes, and cruising eff of on Mid.ummer-da If the Chiet Magittrate for the Dieppe City took ordinary-' for the purpose of intercepting Napoleon Benspaete, li e d b y pains-as much pains as may be im should occasion offer. On March 16, 1821 he was ap- peon y the exchange of two lines in writing by the pointed to the Sappho sloop, and, being the senior ene l .. i ii syuctjsta-n tnere would be nothing very unreasonable wander on the Cork station at the time of George IV. 's even this slight arradngement. The proof, however, that visit to Ireland, was promoted to post rank, by commis- be gathered rom theree of trouble is not taken, may sion dated Nov. 16 in the same year. He subseqeently, iion. On that were in n, of the recent elec trum Oct. 4, 1823, until April 3, 1824, officiated as flag- sell and Moore, were ;At two gentlemen, Messrs. Gris captain in the Britannia, 120, to the Hon. Sir Alexaneer H ;open who was actin i n nomination by Alderman gas deputy for the Inglis Cochrane, commander-in-chief at Plymouth ; under a mistaken impression that they Lord Mayor, commanded the Tangent., 26, on the South American serve. It is not our wish to make out were willing to station, from June 7, 1836, until paid off at the close of Alderman Hooper, for he has since doneaanlY case against 1839; and, on Feb. 1, 1812, was selected by his brother- his power to repair the consequences of his that lay in in-law, Sir Thomas John Cochrane,_ to be his flag- doubt he acted just in the same way that otehrror. No captain in the Agincourt, 72, on the East India station. done before him, and the consequence was, that ers have Captain Bruce married, first, Feb. 9, 1822, Jane, second unlucky nominees were elected, Whabetakes loa the two daughter of Admiral Hon. Sir Alexander Inglis Crch- such an occasion may, perhaps, best gathered' upon from rave, sister of B ear Ad m i ra l Si r Th omas J o h n C oc h rane, the d escr i pt i on g i ven a f ew d a y s b ac k b y two Com and sister-in-law of Rear Admiral Sir Edward Thomas Councilmen. . I was at the Common Hall the orls e e n r Trowbridge, Bart., by whom, who died June 22, 1830, day," said Mr. Dakin, " when two gentlemen were ree be has issue two sons and two daughters. He espoused, turned by the Livery, and I never witnessed so mo n . secondly, March 13, 1832, Mary alinchin, youngest strous and complete a farce. I saw a party heading daughter of the late Colonel George Dalrymple, and by and directing a number of persons who acted under his that lady he also has issue, control, no doubt upon an understanding w i th THE SAFETY OF THE HARPY.-We are glad to find other parties, and carieg nothing whatever about the that the Harpy has been heard of at Fayal, which place dignity of the office and I saw the persons wh o h ad she bad reached in great di stress , from Rio, with i nva - th us b een mars h a ll e d make the return in conformity lids, betted to Englaud. The Harpy is one of the " no- with the arrangements by which other persons were fa torious half-dezen" iron squadron, and one of a class vonred with exemption." Mr. Deputy Lott, who f o i e that has been reported officially to b e unfit and uuswe lowed this speaker, backed up his statements in every for a sea voyage. We are not at all surprised to hear of particular, and declared that he had never witne sse d disasters befalling any of the half-dozen, and after the more "disgraceful jobbery where all was jobbery." H e repeated warnings the Admiralty have had, officially had seen " hundreds of dirty hands held up for the re and otherwise, they incur a fearful responsibility in turn of a junior alderman, in order to free the senior trusting them at sea. The Harpy has been on the south- alderman, who had particular reasons for knowing the east coast of South America for some years, and customers, from the obligation to serve." Despite of all was one of the squadron engaged in the Parana. She is these declarations, and despite of a motion made before badly designed, and is incapable of carrying her intended the Court of Aldermen, the two unfortunate nominees weights. She is very much overpowere.l with mtchi- have been compelled to p' y the fine', which they have nery. She is under 350 tons, and yet she has enemas dune under protest, and the fines have been maintained. of 200-horse power. She is one of the disgraceful Navy- A report will be found in another portion of our office blunders.-Herald. columns this day which affords ample proof that per. MALTA, JULY 27 -For the lest few days we have suns of respectability and station in the City are forth, been anxiously looking for the Indian mail, and as the coming who are eager to solicit that very office which M .diva did not appear, apprehensions of accident were others so streuuoutet repudiate. Why then this silly generally entertained, The French steam er L oug h u r, degrad a tion of what should be an honourabl e p ost ? The however, has just arrived, and by h er we l earn that the remedy in a case of this kind is so very simpl e and ob mails had not yet reached Suez, although the East India vious that one is ashamed even to offer a suggestion. We Cempaee's steamer Victoria, from Ad en , h a d arr i ve d presume there can be only two objects in view; th e fi rst on the 20th. that fit and proper eertons should be chose n as sheriffs; Prince Ferdinand Maximilian, the second, that their choice should received the assent Oa Sunday last the P . ° and approbation of the citizens. It is only necessary brother of the Emperor of Austria, arrived here in the . Mabee and Algiers, and left that willing candidates should certify their Willi n Volta steam-trig from . . . is a ness to the Lord Mayor, or to any Citylin es it is said, lie other Officer, us again last night for Naples, very unassuming young wan, end earne s tly e ntr e ated who should propose the names for the app ro b ation . his arrival of the citizens. Nothing more i 3 wanting if willin g that all t h e o ffi c ial ceremonies attendant on forthcoming.O n his short stay he visited all candidates are the other hand, if might be waived, Daring of . him- the time should ever arrive wbe the gold b notice, and smusad hins- n chain and the places be thought wort by appendages ofthis high •• • - favourite pursuit of a numismati- other gaudy self in his apparently ciao, adding several coi ns o face t o his store, and m o re espe- have lost their attraction, and if the ffit is universally dally the c o ins of' the olden day. He would not be ac - fel t to be a thing which must be avoided at all hazards, , from th en it would in his ramble s , not evenbe a most scandalous oppression to force it Campania by any one . as of enjoying absolute upon this or thatobnoxious ' individual merely arbitrio the Consulate, being desirous popuiaris aura.:-. If the duty is so detestable, let, it be freedom. Governor, who is slowly recover- compulsory ou all in turn, or, still His Excellency the attention to the Prince, son be paid t odischarge the el • better, let some per ing, was too newell to pity any ties of an odious effice We d issgreeable responsibili ccept Its• o not, however, think that had ho been disposed to a ication of the 22d last., this ceutin eu yha With reference to Y in- aLlmwrtioem Tripoli of the arrival this chy get .us yet occurred. As the report of news has reached this place d 1 that unless the French- is, proves,theretore,amalany persons covet the distinction; it there of the French liter, and rant e were given up, the Ad- the shriovalt more scandal te make the election for men still ret,ined by the 1?-c a acts of hostility. The yan exttuse for eater' The miral money miral had threatened to proceed to mail left .. practice . is most dishienest, a . nd discreditable in the the mail left pertinaciously highest degree Pacha is resolute, and when refused to give up the men. PoRTSHOUTH, TITESDA y • -Tbe Edinburgh. 56, C ,pt. hi ), returned into tt • Chide, C.B. (screw gunnery 8 . p .. t . h is harbour from her Channel cruise this atternoon. She d a y. Since she left Queens returned to Spitheed yesterday town, last Wednesday, she has been at ate, matte tvring, drilling, and exercising her crew in gunnery, she has proved, under steam, sail, and steam and sail, a most efficient vessel, realizing, under certain circumstances, upwards of 10 knots per hour. On coming up to Spit head she dressed ship, manned yards, and saluted the royal standard as she passed Osborne. The Fairy. Royal yacht, Commander Crispin, e rn . barked the Queen and Court last avenue, about half past five, trout Osborne, and steamed with them rouad the squadron at Spithead, which dressed ship, and manned rigging and bulwarks as the Sovereign pa sse d . No gunpowder compliments were paid, Ler . , es . nitt e y having countermand- d the salute. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert returned t Cowes yesterday, after coaling in thi s harbour fur the o Antwerp trip. The Fire Queen s'eara yacht has been regula r ly put in commission by Mr. Peril, mast er, but when on particular service a lieu enatit will Comm et present she is commanded b y mm and her, a n d Lieutenant Matson, of the Victory (the Senior WiLieutenan upon her Imperial Highnes,i the G a t 111"11)' to attend rine of Russia, now in the I,le ' r ond Duchess Cathe ot ght. The new steam-frigate Furious 1,6, 400-horse power, 1,2 t' 86 tons, desig ne d and built b master-shipwri g h t of this dock y Mr. Finnhaw ' the late rd was taken out 0 harbour today to ma k e her first trial at the measu red mile in S'okeehbay. Capt a i n Henderson, a 8., cow !minding this steam squadron in ordinary at this port; Captain Warden, of t t abet; and lie steam deparrmeo- - Mr. Hughes, meet of the Surveyor of the Navy's depart at Somerset -house, a , d Mr. Murray, tbe chief eer trileurve of this d oc k yard, and staff, we nt out in her to o ng om, d 16 revoluti , and report upon her e . - She made bie cir el alines.anonym All her averaged 10,12.6 knots, under the time of trial. cuusslaticee of violent winds the who_l e hoar d ., her tea stores and provisions were .?"_'_',. ti s ,tlais morn- The Tiger, 16, Captain Giererd a , r 7: e ing, and will go to Spithead toencumw madder Weolrige, The Idissible, 6, stesw. a to n t on Thursday, and her will be paid wages to the D3o7abberice. crew will be granted leave this morning from the The Cornelius Grine! . Thames. ART ILLERY. -- The sentence of the ROYAL MARl" ..rt i a l u pon first-Lieutenant H enry general cour t-03 t 7bis:corps, on a charg e o f having tv'en Watson BA, ° oy dressed when on duty as office t o wn - tits drunk and ~ Fort Comberland on the Ist tilt has hi r of the day a " j ted He is sentenced " ' t6 ' I erecau : B to be cashiered. day been ' APPcINTHENTS. AUG. 3 -Sur eo eetoor-Wiege • t , tt It John Davidson, M.D. ~,, to tee tireeon-ouperintendent of the Lord Auck (lB4oe it-ip. mad to 7, , g, Th 0173116 .enn('ll and W. M. Chambers, have been e ntered as third class assistant engineers, and placed on the books of the M ag i c i enne steam-frigate, Captain W ham Ramsay, in cha rge o f t h o advance it. squadron of war steamers. The Junius steam-sloop, Commander Powell, recently arrived at W,.olwieh, from Giuraltar, , is to be paid off at this port on Friday next. RIFLED MORTAR.-A large piece of ordnance, f entirely ne w construct i on , h as j ust been finished' a o an Itlal Arsenal, an d will shortly b e conve to•edht 6h the oeburyneas t o try ex p er i men t s w i t h i t at that long range. - Some ide a ma y be formed of th e strength of the when it i s s t a ted that it is thirty-two inches in di mortar the bore, and has thirteen inches of solid metal round which is only eight inches in di am eter,and from its ' gr „ L d ept h, compared with •ottrer mortars it i:i prelia- .bly intended for firing solid s h ot or shella, of the elon gated or eugarloaf shape, and similar to the Minis balls. The grooves in the mortar are only two, placed hori aontallY opposite eaith othcr, and Qf an oval shape, with= VICTORIA LONDON DOCK. Yesterday the ordinary hail-yearly meeting of the above company was h e ld a t the o ff ices o f Messrs. Bluebell and P arson, 47, Parliament-street, West miuster. SAMUEL M. PLTiI, to read chair, called upon Mr. Smith, the secretary, ite h report the notice convening the ineetin4, and also o e formation of the directors, which states that ii inc e e t j the establish of the company, which has for itS il n of the Thames, in went of a commodious dock nort of North Woolwich, Esq., having been elected to the the immediate neighbourhoo d ,iy e ngaged in negotia the directors had been flows with various parties i t upon such a basis as scj i v t h e ' a view to strengthen• ing the company, and placing i the undertaking, which to insure the carrying . would not be couinrent,w orks would be continued, and assurance that : i f; noel! there was a reasounble d sa tisfactorily completed. Mr. Bidder, speedily and f s t a be c ompany - , having matured his plans the eugineer o docks and works intended in the first of the prop be ac conitnodation of 90 acres, with a mile area of wateiram sheds; they were BrassoYl pile • oars on the a re prep o i o f s w t a::: a w orks for of the quay room, and 160,000 feet of proof to ased constructed, and which comprise an the directors congratulate the pro gewere submitted to Messrs. Peto, Bette, And result. Tnose eminent contractors prepared to undPrtake the completion of the the sum of 400,000/ , which is the arhount share capital of the company ; and so con vinced are te contractors of the r e t urn which may be anticipate h d for th is outlay, that they have offered to lease the docks for 21. years, at a rent of 5/. per cent. per annum on t h e amount of the contract. The a company, body of s o c a thatpit a 1 ist thes chomaypelevtiorO o l f t r e e e p r o e r d t t a o d j d o s i i t i li t a h t e the share fist is guaranteed. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, congratulated the proprietors on the present aspect of the great national undertaking in which they bad embarked. It was satisfactory to the directors thus early to be able to introduce the important un dert4king to the public with every prospect of success. —(Rear.) The best test that could be given of the probability of the ultimate success of the venture was, that the contractors offered to complete the works for the amount of capital raised upon the shares:: a to guarantee a dividend of 5 per cent. per i : N i lo the (Hear, hear) It was only ntcessary to w ore par great increase in the number of our ships, more was at ticularly of large steamers, for which we s pp present no suit a bl e accommo d a ti o n, gion of r eciate the good th a t wou ld result from thec°ni com p letion a dock t h e company.— of the di mens i ons contemp l a ted by (Hear.) L oo ki ng a t the workin g of the existing ha d reason to look f o r duck comp an i es , th e directoi as would place the Vic re such a co-operation from pll a position as t o b e se - I, Dock CompanY i such speculation,—(Hear.) , coed 8 gto no other as pay in g , ~a i niously adopted, and a vote o f The report was a° gin to the ch a i rman and di rectors for thanks Laving been. past services, the b us i ness o f t h e their w as at an end. ordinary .ineetienezirg - t of the company was then held, A s p eelni f o nl iioWing gentlemen were unanimously.. when the ctors :—Charles Morrison, Etl., D A llv j la elecrud dire n , Esq., George Peabody, ESq'' and • ' I W adc l in .„, gt :llevwood, E It unanimously '-q• was also , 1 r e mber. , -- . 7 future forma qnorum of 1 resolved that i n three should, ~.. s The.meeting then -separated' director .. ~..._ puoGRESS OF V A-iNtIGRATioN.—it is said that of 1,50 0 weavers at pt e , eit unemployed in Paisley, 1.2 00 are desirous of emigrating....reprioenang, at the least, 6 : 000 la dividUalit...ATortit B ritish Ara& E VENING, 1 ..• 1 ~~ ~. 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