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t brecil ny AO, t, at Cabo hag since and Rope. r NeDll i's, 14.81 h ; Elise oe New raos icP, , a ll. SG o 14°°. ; . Atlinu o prince Lar ne ; sprang 'Ci alW° 51° 12, 6600 es ll° g o ttoth 2 3 84 t° sie; 0 11 b 1 11.4 SW' ) • 0 , rite' dot , be • fari— ;,4osl; sting Bald ' l3 ° ) fur tabe ad ,giul p g CO C°l9( keep to in d wei Coql irri tEl d re bet, ~a Ow 51 to geti :t tbre° I l e o rs the f t o 111 6 t O bS tilb d e i r e Of Ale!' LITER Ai UTIE BLEAK ROL/6'E. .No VI. By Charles Dicier Accorrlieg to our epitee, .ee h , peiest ins'atrient of Bleak House ~ er. eul)!Is!ael ii tne current . , on, for A ugust —A hough it celestes no irelesi(lual incident comparable in pathos to the ex(rit.it H simpli,,,i t y o f the scene with iittie Che.rle. B.e. debarred from 'further "nitnueion with Cha!ley, we are sit!l privilrged to encounter Mrs. B3dger, who acelts of her first and second "as if they were parts of a charade "—and !•k i tr. Skirnpole ohj,ctine in the quietest strains a_ leaginahl e t o the pi-rson in poss e . s ie n sweeping his furniture off in such a highly " indelicate manner"— I3uythorne inveighin g w i•l i the lungs of a nto a n d against the met arc.ll,gete coachman, who was t wenty-six minutes behind time, anl ought theref B o °re to be incontinently put ro death. lewrence defY t ,horne's cou n t r y residere.e, near Chesney \Void, is le ""IY ainted le , ,f and m3rrow, and goo eb P. • --"Y erry in the garden being visible almost cher as clearly es real i ty to " the very s h a d ows of the ry The trees and apile trees heavy with fruit!" Loy Bte rY about Ester Situnnersen is rendered in a '" a ing degree less enigmatical than before. From in cidents occurring between the heroine and Mr. abirralyce in his ten:porn - yr " growlery," and rvllt 'A subse lY with Lady Dedlock in ttee little church in the I '' , and afterwards in one of the lodges at Chesney Weld during a thunderstorm, beautifully described, it wo uld seem m o r e plainly than ever that the . proud lady of fashion knows more of Esther's originthan might by the gene r a lity be conjectured. Thinking of this, the mind Of the more ebservant read-r reverts With a sort of shudder to the le , dy of the poor squalid OPium eating law writer " N2mo," buried away a ,, t c°ng the rats in the " consecrated grcund " of one of the London graveyards. The last chapter in the number (ch. xis.) entitled " Moving on," is perhaps the most cleverly written of any yet comprised ill 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. .k to sit in eh-elite-I.s. If the country folks of those assize towns on his circuit could only ace biro nowt No lull-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 caqs in a the sh(lt-fish shop as ho comes along, and drinks iced ginger-beer!" Then what can be more accurate than the following account of the dog-days in the vicinity of Chancery. lan e ?._— " It is the hottest long vacation known for many years. All the young clerks are madly in love, and, according to their various &peps, pine for bliss with the belov-d object, at Margate, Rsmsgite, or Gravesend. 411 the middle-aged clerks think their families too large. All the unowned dogs why stray into the hies of u ort, and pant about staircases and other dry places, seeking st ater, give short howls of aggravation. All the blind a3ea's ,lugs in the streets draw their masters against, e t unPs) or trip them over buckets. A shop with a sun blind, and a wateted pavement, and a hoed of gold and silver fish in the window, is a sanctuary. Temple-bar Bets so hot, that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet street, what a heater is in au urn, and keeps them sim nuling ell night." kr. Claadband, the gentleman in the " Ministry" Who from calling himself a " vessel" (figuratively B Peaking), is erroneously supposed by some to be 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 t he Rev. 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, Bing the unfortuna,e Wight who is ordered to " move (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 Dedlock is sufficiently characteristic. A couple of half-crowns havo been shaken out of his rags by the policeman, whereupon, • says B.oi ihnegrar s W e w o o e t's left, Mr. Ssngsby,' says Jo, `out of is bs a servant endgaisvecommeebtyo m ♦al y ady in a wale as sad she crosain one night and _ ked to be showd this 'ere ouse and the ouse wot h i m _asvoe giv the ritin to (li e d at, and the berrin ground oi he's berrid in. She sea to me she ses " are you the "" at the Inkwhich?" she sas. I sea" yes" I ses. She t e te ime she sea " can you show me all them places? " titidaictai it Ii can" I sea. A n d s h e ses to me '• do it, And , a° and she giv m e a sov ' r i ng an d hooked it. with dirty t hens tench of the sov'ring neither,' says Jo, chao g , 3 Toninall ae and o „eTt;l 8. afore fur they'd square I had to paye i fivet fur to giv me bob, down in *ha'? I , s was Lisl e " and 'he laa Young man he thieved another five eP arid another boy he thi e ved ninepence on nd lord he stood drains round with a lot more can th at :di n : Poor fellow! There I MUG to ?" in n re melancholy j is o a exlaim,,, truth in all this " 0 my eye ! where ' police answer to the mandate of the Justice we are almost tempted to agree with the j:tablQt Mr. Salg , by's objection, " Well! really e) you know,—really that does seem a ques " Where know What falls from the lips eel J" o f Poor , you . reabout, the lady that gave him the Kn is Ikt ly to develope the plot of the story, falling as it does in the hearing not only of Mr. and Mrs. Sua g•b.v, but also of the disconsolate—and inquisitive a --"PPv. The drollest passages in the number are G'aiter's mistakes in the announcement, and sub elletently her intimation of the cabman's message_ spectrally —as that of "one thouling seven hunderd and eighty-two." The most unaccountable circulate "'lnce in the narrative is that of Hortense walking sh oeless through the wet gras. C LAIRVOYANCE AND PRACTICAL ALES 111ERISM. By James Esdaile, M.D. Ilippolyte Bailliere. Asa renlatkable illustration of that " feline tens elty to life" facetiously attributed to mesmerism and t nettnerist?, by the author, Iri the very opening sen tence of his preface, his own volume way be accepted 111 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. sdaile, formerly Presidency surgeon at Cdlcutte,bas already appeared as a writer upon this enthralling sub- JP'ct—his " Mesmerism in India" having first directed to his ability the attention of the rest of his profession. Ilia present work is for several reasons much more Worthy of consideration than its . predecessor. The Motto upon the title-page is capital—the words of Cardinal de Itetz—" On se trompe plus souvent par yes ti: 6 tiances, quo par se confidnces." And certainly the writer acts throughout boldly enough upon the deducions from that thought—he is credulous upon all ra m ll a y , ters te n di ng t o b ac k up his argument, and na enough we will allow in several instances, from the astonishing nature of some among the othriber of his revelations. His volume is somewhat gracefully dedicatrd to the present Governor-General of India, 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. .MEMOIRS _OF THOMAS .HOLCROFT Longmans and Company. A timely reprint of these very singular memoirs of a man of strong natural powers, written by himself, enntributes a recent addition to the cheap arid in teresting serial of the Traveller's Library. Already t hat extraordinary series of publications has evi denced its claim upon the gratitude of the reading I) „ . ti blie by a succession of brilliant, and many of them " 45 alerly compositions. Atn•lng these are comprised 8 2P , of the finest of those superb essays of Macaulay, which first achieved for him tame in literature. Then, 4 111°r eover, there are " Laing's Travels in Norway , alinfici l'• ilis'a collation of " Sir Roger de Coverley," Inglake's splendid " Ei3 hen," and " Hue's Ti i "els in Tartary," and ." flolcrof , .'s Memoirs." tull e s l ast-mentioned reprint now lying before us for i t „"ieration cannot fail now-a days, any more than B" tc i en its original app-arlnce, to fast:in-0e the C 11... ader of even the most careless KA indifferent 1 )1 , ._, by recounting the vicissitudes pissed through p tit " at r o 'i n tr of levers rising from obscurity to a re- _,.. 21 ~E 0 ENE h ii.., :J. (.., ;; 4,' es ACT-5 and " 7 W. IV. c. 50 , and the Statute., and eases re j rz „ling thereto, brought down to the Present Time, , 52 with Introduction, Notes. and Index. By •"fred A. Fry. E,q., arrister ~t. Liw Cloths tight, publisher (by authority) to the Poor.law 411 'd 1852. Thi s • • this, is a very useful manual for all surveyors, o 8 "r f - . 3 , and other- concerned in the admin strition th • di, elinotont departalf.nt, to which the work is Th:,, viz., the G 4,eral Highways 'AO)" Kingdom. t ° )h .i'et of the i arne i su'hor has been to bring up 2 i, --e Pre , ent tim e (he r fete to an Ant pist , ..?d the Ve t i" May lair, ar.d a Mit thrown out only at f ew fc.: ago), the etatut,- - ‘ and i wijoial orhoritte s rc,.. x, t : ',"X to the governin, Act, the 5 aiir , 6 Vi. IV., c•5O. th tilastr.itog this one Act, the. inc.!, x ,bows in that, eti at in addition to a considerdnie number of thcided th % ") Mr. Fry bra been oompellfd to refer to more 1:4 twenty five additional statutes, which directiv or threctly bear on the iinoortant Act. Tris ~i t ;1 1 ) 1; is one of a rooKt woo „Tilf; Z' atles Inc in this n- , spect as pu bl i,,h(- d by Mr. :ding puhli.her 70 utrhority to the Poor-t aw ' 4 4 rit of liealth--:h i ' - belt to v tn‘i, 0 o ket of th e sforlEs ef-ite the several itnpurtAth t t subjects guard . and thc General 811 store s ou these su • - .Pritetical.and_ ni, 1 r-Puiar cb,aracter thoroughlY in.; ' u giblii and accesoible tot he hug e 1 41 ; see , in'tereste,. . of in their opera ion. ThP whole se , rip‘ is a Fpccies cAitioatiou, ao4 C.,r) rodontnend Mr. Fry'a work b,fofe ja,f pub i:hed, au honest and ab!t, edition of one. of the izr.por7Ant ;Eatutes of the 6eri,!.s. SPORT/NG NuTES. Igo ( C) - XVII. THE BRIM ()N MEETING. 2'O THE 1;1111 OR up THE SUN. SIR,-Iffie list of sport to-morrow contains seven races, six o which have obtain , :d strong entries. The first item on the csrd is the Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 50 sous., over the T.Y.C., but as this is a handicip, and the weights do not op until to night, it is im poisibla for me to felec the winner. The Marine Plate of 100 soya., fur all ages, three quar ters of a mile, has an entry of forty-six, and sixteen will, in all probabiliiy, he found et the post. Their names it is out of my power to give, and therefore I shall ,jiimp to a conclusion by stating, as my opinion, that KILMENEY will be the winner, as his Skis penalty, cotisi,lo,ing that he is handielpotd tit 6,t 10Ih, cannot damage his csanc,e in this instance. flumilirey may possibly 131 hi. com panion at the fiAsh. The Grand S!!lni Plato of 100 sous., added to a Han dicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, over the mile and a qusrter, out c) twenty-two nominations may not unlikely have eight or nine runners; and if the winner is not to to found in ISCflI.t, Stamford, or Coral, I am at a loss where to look fir it. The first-named of this trio is my particular choice. The Brighton Cup of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, over the Old Course, not (pito two miles, will probably be• contested by Share vogue, Pen, end some three or four others; bu:, as Chief Justice and Clincher are very dubious starters I see nothing to deprive Pan and Sharavogue of the first and as coed places. The First Brighton Triennind Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, will a small field, but tho compo nent parts of it are not thoroughly known to me: Fever thrum. Gossip, St. Benedict, Oasis, and Sylphiue are, however, at home in their stables. Tho starting of Sittinghourne seems somewhat doubtful; aid I need look no further for a winner than to Catharine Hayes, Stella and Bridget occupying the second and third plac , -s. RATAPLiN, I believe, will walk over for the 100 Soya. Sweepstakes. The Sussex Plate of 60 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for ail ages, half a mile, will bring the day's sport to a conclusion. This race not imp( bsbl) will be won by BIICIELIOUND or RAGE.--I am. Sir. &o. Aug. 4. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING,SIE O'CIA GK.— The following horses have srrivcd :—Apiiroditu, Catalpa, Faux-pas, Thornhill, Follow ma ludo, c by Venison out. of Passion, f by fletmati Platoff out of Infidel , tv, Pars tornime, Knav'-ry, Miss Hayes, Irene, &leachYs Puritan, Tr. -noble, Little Savage, Flounce, False Alarm, Janina. Hambletonian, f by Kr em lin out of Gaiety, Simon the Cellarer, Grasshorper, f by Touchstone out of Kitty of Coleraine, Waterfall. M o ntague, Cockcrow, Musician, He.se 11 , ,mhutg. Ballet girl, Harpsichord, Phtegeihon, Sharavogue, Pnlegra, E - helwolf, Cornelius, Priiudtoot, Surprise, Tonic. Heroine, Young England, Christiana, Timid Fawn, Mountain Flower, Lady in Waiting, fland some Doe, Ethelbert, Fir, bolt, Amber Witch, :salopian, Prevention, Cock Ph , eatint, Bridget, c by Theon out of Louisa, Miss Emma, Shropshire Lass, The I', arl, Cotton Lady, Merlin, Buckhound, Ischia, Szamterd, R)ller, Bullfinch, Prestige, Flora M•lvor, The 11 , -Tiot. Vesta, Sweetmeat filly, Stella, Abdallab, Flytrap, Knight the Thistle, Margaret of Anjou, Ley bourne, Mi.s Talbot, Lads Isabel, Convulsion, Hothor pe, Plumstead, Slei. ping Partner, The-Moor, Kilmeny. Yellow Boy, f by Touch stone out a Cuckoo, Blood Royal, Billy Bar, Prince Rupert, Bushranger, Coral, Cutheriae Hayes, Snarry, Humphrey. A great .deal of rain has fallen in the course of the afternoon, greatly . to the improvement of the condition of the c•iurse, which previously was very hard. There is every prospect of a brilhant meeti ng . BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATEST BE ['TING ON THE BRIGHTON STAKES. 7 to z ugst I'hlegra 6 to 1 agst Ischia 7 to 1 apt Montague o oN ea Y et 6 to 1 ag.t L or d W aterford ' s lot ft, with t, The Two yeahrisPoCldNStaßkAesCfioliflSile6 Bat tivl D lb . h . O —: M A 20 allied, colts, Bst 51b ; . 5 . .. ................ rtw Osborne) rig h ) T.Y.C . 21 3 83 1b t M M r r .. t h o a ti m 's r A oc u k d , u 7 b s o t n I Mr. Osborne's Miss Agnes, Bat 211) ......... (Metcalfe) 3 Betting—Even on Shamrock, and 5 to 4 agst Audubon. Won in a canter by a length. The City Members' Plate of 501, for three years old, Tai 21b; four, Bst 31b; five, Bst 10lb ; s i x and aged, gat lib ; mares and geldings allowed albs. Heats, two miles. Mr. John a,borne's Proctor, 4 yrs (J. Osborne) 1 1 Mr. Hesseltine's The Setter, 4 yrs ...(Longstaff) 7 2 Mr. Goodwin's La Gazza Lades, 6 yea (Holmes) 4 3 Mr, Muirlano's Ammonia, 3 yrs... ...... (Chilman) 3 4 Mr. H.ynard's Black eyed Susan, 3 yrs ...(Lye) 6 5 Mr. Hutchinson's fby Tru , boy, 4 yrs (G. Oates) 5 6 Mr. Fryer's Jack leeming, 4 yrs ...(Cartwright) 2 dr Two well-contestcd heats; the first won by a neck, and the second by half a neck. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE STARES.—Offers to take 5 to 2 about S.,ngbtrt ss. ST. LEGER.-3 to 1 agst Songstress (t), 7 to 2 agst Stocks's (t) 4so I agar Daniel O'Rourke (r). 15 to 1 agat Kips, : of l'sorn t si (.), 33 to age, TrOOStleaU (0, 10 to 1 agshord Zsiiesl's two (0 INTELLIGENCE FXTRA. M.ANCHESTER AUTU,sIN MELTING, 1852. THURSDAY. H ar di s ap for the Ciismpagne Stakrs, Lambton. Bst 71b—Kitty Darling, Bst 71b—St. An drew, Bst 71b—b eby Frsemen, dam by the Saddler, 41b—Audu s son, Bat 410—b1 c by Sinloom, out of Verbena, B,t 31)—Baloon, g at lib— Game Tommy. Tar 131b—Whelbest, 7st 111b—Ars. John, 7st Sib—Shamrock, 7 c 51b—Dressmaker, 7st. The Wiiton 11audie.p of 5 sous. each. Russborough, 5 yrs, Bat 71b—Chief Justice, 5 y ears, Bst 31b—Black Doctor, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Doubt, 6 yrs, 7st 81b—Sir Charles, 5 yrs, 7st 81 b — Trickstress, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Neasham, 4 yrs 7st 41 b—Ilariess, 5 yrs, 7st CO—John o'Berwiek , 5 yrs, 7 st 21b— Gholab &nab, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Alp, 6 yrs 7,t 21b —Unity, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—The Proctor, 4 yrs, bat llib— Little George, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Lough Bawl), 4 yr s , 6st 101)—Tbe Dreg, 3 yrs. 6st 101b—flolywell, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Butter fly, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Merry Bird, 3 yrs, 6sl 51b—Red Liou, 5 yrs, Est 31b—.lack Learning, 4 yrs, 6st 31b—Fancy Girl, 3 yrs, 6,t 11b—Cousnore, 3 yrs, Est 11b—Banshee, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Fancy Free, 3 3 rs, sst 1 11b—Lsrry Whew, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb—b o by Mel bourne, out of 143 Femme Sage. 3 yrs, sst 101 b— Clsitve land, 3 yrs, sst 10ib—Rachettes, 3 yrs, sst B , b—Happy Joe, 3 yrs, ssr 71b—E , belsvolt, 3 yrs, 5A 61b—b fby Lauercost, out of J. mime, 3 yrs, 5-t 61b—Little Davy, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Bilbury, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Barbata, 3 yrs, 4st 81b. '1 he Autumn Welter Handicap of 10 Soya. each, 13 ft. ()Auklesion, 5 yrs, 11st Blb—Shropshire Witch, aged, Ist 8111—Alp, 6 yrs, list 41b—John o f Berwick, 5 yrs, .Ist 41 h—L.ngn ius , 5 yrs. llst 41b—Caurire, 6 yrs, .Ost 131 b— Warwick, 5 yrs, lOst 9113—Bravo, 4 yrs ; lost —Henriett%, 3 yrs, 9.t 41h. Cl esterfield Handicap. yrs, Bst lib yrs, T hB7it.l3srlibrn-8 01‘71shibleilscit:':y;ornsl.4,8157:::irs, . B, t- - t i rie s t b. . ° 6 " y u r g s, b 7 ' 8 5 t 7. 0 , , b 673 The Lalimi, 5 .„., 78 Ghe!ab Singh, 4 Tat 21b—Proctor, 131b—Sir Charles, 5 4 43 yrs, Est 131 b ist 71b—Trielvd,ress, yrs, 7st 310—Young England, 5 yrs, yrs, 6 . t. 1210— —Warwick 6 5 31.8 ' 4651;112' fist l l 3 ,t l ) b u --- gh U ß Li a i r tY i.4, 4 6st 121b—The Little Fawn, 4 yrs, 6st 9113—Timid Fawn,Yrs' 4 yrs, 6st . 9113—Butterfly, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, Est 91b—Evadne, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Prestige, 4 yrs 6st 51b—Deceitful, 4 yre, Est s,b—Red Lion, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Conwore, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—The Puritan, 3 yrs, 6st— The Surveyor, 3 yrs, 6 it—Maid of Lincoln, 3 yrs, sst 1313—Paddy Bird, 3 )rs, sst 131b—Kiteflyvr, 3 yrs, sst 10113—Enierystone, 3 yrs. 5 it 101b—Wicheti ~ 3 yrs, sst loib—KAitioor, 3 yrs, 54t 9in—lbis, 3 yrs, sst 91b— J-A'Ale Davie,' 3 yr-, ss' 8 b—b fby Latiercost, Out of jvraima • 3 yrs, 5,4 8 b—Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, sst 81b— Happy Joe, 3 )r., 51b—Eupho, sst 8-b—R ,yal George, 3 yrs, Sat B b "Y ,3 yrs, sst 51b—Bi1bt - rry, 3 yrs , sst, 21b— ar a.. a, 3 yrs, 4st 1310—Advice, 3 yrs, 4st 13ib. TUE! SUN; COURT CI“CUL-Ait. OS BORNE, TUESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at . ..companikAl by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Ri.iynt.l, h-ir S-rene Highnesses the Princess Hohenlohe, Prince Churles anu Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked at half-past five o'clock day, in the Fsiry, and crui se d round the steam squadrnn lying at Spittioad. Th e royal yacht returned to its moorings off Osborne-pier at twenty minutes More eight o'clock. M yester day, and Piatti, the Qusrtett Association, y roifliperforming a selection of music . had est(-rday voning, after di nner, before her Ma essrs . Saint n the , o h o o p n e o r. H u jeAy and the ho} al Firnily. the Exch per and Mrs, Disraeli le t r n Manor,, T;:i o e w i t `, l h y a e n 4 o te ll d er a ;i f Dispatches Were soil cif to ths, , G„vein of Gibraltar rs terday lniln the C"lu ni a l— LE or6Pat be cs weie s.lso sent to the Govorm,r or ow G (,part. ---- , — On Al(lr daY morn young m ar , ing, when the boats THE 4 , 8 f t E h a e P Cy T ar . Hums.e Society were DEATHS IN two bodies wire discovered, in which out on the Serpentine , „„, Was quite extinct. was found by Griffiths, one of the named James Webb, who Thy first was that .0 a bridge on the south side, but as he society's men, near the mr Baiorv, of Knightsbridge. on Was seen by his eh ; ll)l'Y'r' t i. 1:t own whether his death was Saturday evening, .t. is not ' t The other is a lost doub , ful accidental while bathing or trot. case, for a s th e man h a d all his clothes oft,there is no doubt i; dross wag similar tm that of an it was CO act or soicide. his' • his possession money in engineer or mason. He had no pocket, on when st-arched, but a paper was discoverel in iris which was , ritten, "LI, Auckland-terrace, Lavender-r0ad.".10.. Whether this was in his own writing, and an hrimattoi r the act he h ad - perpetrated, so that his friends might become . Ltlicleriulinted with it, is a matter of surmise. but the coroner of district has had In the i , infermation sent to him of both cases. Inn yard, the Lodes are lying in the Rose and Crcwn piurr .0 lie ssen by t lie relai ive3* eCTIONIST L,, A , dinnpy gluon at Colchester in toe W , k YALTy --..-.. a-• .- - g health of he M.4-rsty, was i.,•: of the borough election, the at Seiner, near Hadirshed , as UE.u:4l, when a farmer residing toinay honour to ry i Wi t ' hiv erted his glass, musing the cus a Fatc-trade;:—/pswic43.2' the'grouud that - the Queen was . P 'es& LONDON, AMERICAN NEWS. LiVEUPOOL, TuusnAv, 7 PM. 4:i the United S:ates Merit ste.du-snip Atlee'elic, West, corroin:lncit),r, have id , ric - s from New York to the 24th ult. Shy has 284,000 dollars in specie CO freight. steam-ship Riltic, hence to New York, was passed at 7 1 , ist: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 golddust. The city of London had ben totally destroyed by fire, not a vwige remaining, except a few wooden huts. New gold diggings had been discovered at San Ga briel. There was a good demand for money and a fair supply. S7erling exchange, 60 days, 44 to 47. The steam-ship (iold,n Gate) sailed from Sal Fra , !cisco on the 28th of June, with 1,400,000 dol lars in golddust, making the total shipments for the month of June 5,343,754 dollars. Her Maj-sty's sio(p ot war Arropnt was at Sin Juan on the 15th ult., with sickness among the crew. Advice 'from Havana Ali, to the 17th ult, are de void of interest. A long and violent discussion took place in the Senate on the 231, 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 force of the United Statr , s into those seas to protect the rights of American fishermen against the British caneon."- Mr. Cass, 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 10-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 Qieen Pomare had returned to power under the protection of the French vesels of war. llrd - have adVices frotp Mexico to the 9th ult. The Mexican Government here are opposed to call ing an extra session of Congress to consider the Tehuantepec affair and the treaty of Guadaloupe Had Ago. Accounts from Si.. Domingo to the sth ult. repre. sent the fever as still raging there, both on shore and among the shipping. The accounts frotn Panama state that the cholera was raging there, and was carrying off large numbers. The New York stock market was active, and prices were firmly nr:,intained. 'There was an increased demand for money, but the supply being large there was no alteration in the rates of interest. Foreign exchange in mu Berate demand ; bills on London, 110 to 110 k, Paris, 5 131 ro 5 164. Pii,es of cotton were well maintained in conse• quence of the small stock on the market. Flour bad a downward tendency. There was a .4tetgly demand for wheat at rather lower prints. Indian corn was in good demand. Provisions were firmer, especi,lly beef and pork. Slx hundred tons Scotch pig iron had been sold at 2,050 dolls. cash, and 21 dolls. six months. Freights to Londo❑ without alteration. SHIPPING IN IELLIGENCE. Arrived at Nt w York— the Ortoua, from Bordeaux; Sheridan Albert Gallium, Washington, Richard Morse, and Torrent, from Liverpool; Mal fhwer, from Glissgt,w, At Priilad(lphia—Tne Joshua Mauran, from Liver pool. At Baltimore—The Flora A'Donald, from Liverpool; Harvest, from Bremen. At Charlestown—The Caroline from Newport. COLONISATION OF COSTA RICA, AND THE OPENING OF A NEW BourE BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC. (From the Mining Journal.) Since the year (1699) of that memorable attempt to found a British colony in the Isthmus of Darien, a s p ao _ jetted by that amiable Scotch clergyman, the R ev . ba r. Patel-sore whose expanded mind comprehended, even at that era, the important advantages that must result to humanity and to commerce, by rendering the communi cation betvieen the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans more rapid, safe, and easy, than the tempestuous and lengthy Passage round C a p e Horn, a wonderful and ra p i d change has taken place in the wor ld . and vast col onies have been established, by which the hardy and enterprising so us and daughters of Great Britain, the Christian religion, the English language, sod 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 land dividing the two great oceans is at this time exciting much attention, or that our enterprising go-a-head neighbours the Americans, intimately allied to us by language and descent, should be foremost in the enterprise, into which the discovery of the Californian gold has, as it were, forced de. In to enter without loss of tine?. But our national character and national in terests render the immediate consideration of • this most important subject Imperative with us. This century will not pass away before the highroad of mac and commerce between the eastern and the western world will be by this route, almost ex cludine• all ()there; and an opportunity is now . resented to the English nation which, perhaps, is unequalled in the advantages which it eff,rs, by which we can secure a sa'e, easy, and healthy passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oeeatts. The subject has been lately placed before the public in an interesting little pamphlet, pub lished by Effingham Wilson, of the Royal Exchange. It is drawn up 'row authentic documents and original ma terials, placed in the hands of J. S. Buckingham, Esq. ; and an excellent map, by Mr. Wyld, adds greatly to the lucid and popular form in which the matter is thus placed Were those who will devote a few minutes to its perusal. The patriotism of our country, the religious and the cemtnercial bodies are all deeply interested in the imm e . (date eccomplishment of the plan, which does not embrace any wild or visa nary scheme, or the outlay of millions transit' of go 43 411:71,03ape: to he w asted unsucc..ssfully. In the romehlet, the srve ral pious which have been proposed to effect this inapor tent oceanic communication, and their relative ad v4n . the tapes and disadvantages, ore shortly contrasted, and eminent superiority of the C,tsta Rica route over all other. cannot fail to be perceived. A tnagelficent harbour at each end of the route (an essential feature, entirely wanting in all the other plan s prop used ), and the discov, ry of coal to the immediate t p o rr h im ig i h ty ly of the coast, are advantages which cannot be yhh they f d o r o been capital estimate d; while the settled nature of the country, the general healthiness of the climate, with the magnitude and value of the concession, air( sly „ wed, are equally striking; and the ulterior cemmercial re itthem eti t c h h " and valuable natural pr o . ducts ho o t: , l u y is a o r t t s r i o n m g of which col ( t aws of the country it-elf, - and the lurther dew Can be i n are sure to (t produce, thew o d a . re Juisation and Aa se ß op r air i ( t ) i pm s a h ir;yi i o n an d ao u ss s t t r t formed, under the tile of the " Cesta Rica Comp a ny." and ifs prospectus, s upported by highly' respectable par ties, will afford the test guarantee as to the soundness and honesty of the scheme. And it is evident te at, with a moderate share of British cap i ta l and enterpris e . , our nation may in a few years witness that feat accom plished, which has been So lung desired, even prior to events and changes is the world which have rendered such an echievement now, unless our commercial pr os . perity is to dwindle away, a great national necessity, We earnestly, commend to our readers a consideration of the Costa Rica plan, as detailed in the pamphlet al luded to, which will be found to be full of the most inte resting details respecting the territory of Costa Rica, an d its vast resources of natural wealth. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sllt,—l beg to a , quaint you, that the Treasury nine of 1840, a ll ow i ng t h e a d m ixture of Chicory with Coff,e, is rescinded, and that the new regulations for the future sale of each article will be announced to the Trade by the Excise in the course of a few days. I have the honour to be your obedient servant, C 14, Furnival's In n , Aug, 31:1 I 1 '1 85 1 2 L H. BURTON. ,ES TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Will Sou allow me to correct a re p or t rela tivo to myself personally, and which, aa a strang er , I feel called upon to notice. To those interested I beg t o say—l am not, nor have I been connected with the in. t. rests of Drury-Line Thestre, extn.pt as a salaried actor, engaged to perform certain duties, and for which I was to receive a atioilated sum. By giving this a place in your journal you will confer a favGur on, Sir, your obedi , tit servant, MKE AN BUCHANAN.. 33, Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-road, Aug. 3, 1852. ,„ --- -- ---J-------- H1:11 INTAJEtTY'S THEATRE. — The Q ueen's box at her Majesty's Theatre was yes terda y evening occu p ie d by General he Hon. H. Cavendi sh, the Countess Gre y , L ad Caroline Barrington, Mr Barri n g ton, j un., Lady Geor g ia n Y Grey, Lady Elizabeth Bultee l and p arty. Amongst the no w: and distinguished individuals also honouring the thea tre with their presence on this occa sion were the followin g . The BaronesS Br u nnow. Mademoisell e de Brunnow, the Via. countess Dungannon, Miss Irvi ne, Lord G.orge Paget, the Marquis of Douro a '4l party; the Dow a g er Countess of uar. rington and Lady Jane St. Maur Stanhope, Ld Cecil Fo- rester, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord sandya, ja m and Miss Illichards, Mr. C. B arr y Baldwin, Miss Caro line Bellew and part Mr. Allred M ont g omery, Mr. flenege. Mr. Ilirdiouse, Mr. i)rotnbite, Mr- W. H. Palmer and Party, C iptain Trelaw; ey, &c. ROYAL )TALIAN OPERA•__HiF. Boyia High ness 1,12 , e , Duke of Cambridge honoured the performances at the 1 , - . ,1,, •aat Italian' Opera with his presence les! evening. The 3 ; ill's box was - occupied by Co onel the Hon. Charles terfleld ail Grey and Mrs. Grey, Lady Harriet. Clive and Miss Clive and Lady M thearr'Y' Among the fashionable company attending the ( h ir __!.(! we remarked his Extellency the Turkish Ambassa. M. ZiAladame Musuru., ac •ompanie by Essad Bey an d Lady Wharncliff and I' d II l‘lu ' urus ' ': 3' ern ' 6S/1 t FA 1 I Nte the Henrietta Somerset, the Duke of Bedford and Blis, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and A i larchioness of Blandf,rd, the Countess of Ches. Arthur Hay, Lari N " Canter}, ' aclY Evelyn Stanhope, the Countess of Glengall ar•faret Butler, the Earl of Durham, Viscount . ury, Visa Lady Bateman cinunt Cranbourne, Viscount Torrington, Lord Archibald lion. Misses Banbury, Lord and d the lion. Miss Stuart Wortley, Lord the Hon. Frederic S r . s .; I.kyndhmst and the Hon. Miss Copley, k..j a i ,', lr, I.ol.4l3urgher6, Lady Hislop and Has Bruce, Lady y ie r t, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce and nry Gordan Lenno x Mary Brotinek, &e, sod t•oa Hon. Misses Blake, Lord - '- L ady Frederick bentinck and Lady : The King of III.; 1 3 . 1 -. b gllns h - s decreed that an be ea 't 1 agricultural map Bhall mad - " he country. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1852 SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. t t e er e e hs . etias T i h bujese t t h e l as ', student would have an opportunity bodies and i this subje a e , t ,d w London, t o h f ec eernna , enei rg an d a f b er h werds cor u itinuing . !es st u d ies under fl.We prOtessors 0 , in the ntrereities and is justice, and porotauhenetthr:wees:ii presence fi liesgalerihnialeklexaminationp advantages To phelprru t : h til a cdi t e:i t rt h z:o e s v, c i e ; a : I:h e ol laws w thus® n ei n n s str o l f et c w o , u , rt c oul d command. Whiie on h o th y f e u m ni e v a e i s b t a e ,ev r o y s , f knowledge of • - given at ase e t,aeies' Institutions . throw out the euggestion that in t e client nr universal s a a n l o d i f br ; ht oe s h v: u o r e e. c f oPs h u c te t : al oh 'oci me a"flea.and lectures, m u j n u t:, iretyyire. which e branches l r o a e fellow- es c ha t e, be u r f so n t o u i jo l r n :i fdi csm:thmelolenra, obey r w el a a s tio b n ro s attorney,them. hglahettwbeeeranrathtehabsaorc,iettive in a report which which the f 1 i was much eu ns id ere d, an d a s to ()now adopted:— ng r eso l u ti ons were eventua ll y That any prac•iee ehi the public from obtaining ch has a tend enc y t o p reven t rept through the Compulsorycounselex should intervention of an attorney e That so much of the 10th Victoria, c. 95, as 91st section of t h e A ct 9th and the caus es of suitors a b arr i ster f rom advo catingrs in the county courts unless instructed by an a tt orne The letter resolution lLshould be repe a l e d." Houses of Parliament, whischnow been ad opte d b y both ex tending the juri s di ct i on of by a Bill of this session for the re pealed this clause of the forme county courts ha s b ar tocousider wheth er it aillr Act. It w ill b e f or the act on the fi rs t o f the above resolutions, which it h as se e fit, and should the occasion power to do, if i t s h ould require it. The other principal measures which, either in the form of Bills or of law ame n d ment have been befo re P arliament and in that,,of r e p orts, the country last annual m eetin g o f our society , since th e of the Commi ssioner s o f the House have been the rep ort l a ws of partnersh i p , and the bills for extendingefCommons on t h e risdiction o f the count y courts, for the ju ,amending the patent laws, end fo r diminishin g t he exp under commi ssions de lunatico ieguiremses of proc ee di ngs deration of th ese several measure s this seciede. In the conei ty has taken an active part, arid we may reasonably e xperience that its labours will have expect from p as t a beneficial e ff ect i n d e t e rmining the course of le g i slation. Local administration of justice is now established, and has been found of infinite practical benefit, coun cil hope to se e it gradually extendw extended as and your ell to suits of an equitab le nature as to those of a l e gal and that in locel co urts, at least, both character, jurisdictions will be amalgamated. We should ale , call your attention to an effort that is din the •tir* • • in progress cot exten g j tsdiction of the co t c ourts in Scotland, the precursors of our own county r oving the procedure of sheriff's sups courts, and for imp rior courts by introducing vial voce evidence, and making other reforms." We entirely concur in the propriety of these changes, and we call on the law reformers of England to aid t h e ir fellow-labou rers in Scotland in effecting them. It is only just to say, that among the "hole body of judges of different degrees in the United Kingdom, we know of noue_siore zealously or usefully employed, or more de. gener a aeesp ratifying than th resident sheriffs of se rving of Scotland. It ?mustb gratifying to e the society to In Beet that %bile their presi dent was mainl y instrumental in VI popuar county courts • t he no l in England, in troducing another of their members (Lord Murray), now one of :he Lords of Session, brought forward the Bill for establish ing t h es e courts un der the name of Small Debt Courts in Scotland. The proposed reforms of these courts would also bo steps towards assimilating the law of the iwo countries— an object your council have mh at heart, and on which they base already bestowed m uc uch attention. Since our last general meeting the important Act for admitting t he evidence of parties in suits in the supe rior courts, which originated in a report of this society, has come into operation. At first, as might have been t , rat iee wag followed by expected, the al some cases of perjury; but we doubt whether in a single instance the fraud was successful; and we are happy to say that tes timony has been borne in favour of this Act by many of the judges of the superior courts, some of them in their places in Parliament, M addition to the evidence re cently given at t h e r equest of this society by the judges of the cuuuty Courts. The chief subjects in which our society has taken part, in which no movement has been made during the last year, are the laws of debtor and creditor, of divorce, and those relating to deceased persons estates. But al though there may be some matters in which little pro gress is making, the general cause of the amendment of the law was never in so promising a state before. Hap pily law reform is beyond the region of party politics, and we therefore can count within our ranks distin guished men belonging to all the present divisions of the State, whose opinions on many other subjects are at variance. At the beginning of the session the Speech from the Throne, expressing. of coarse, the views of the party then in power, recommended the emertdment of the law; an d scarcely was a nother p art y installed in office tan it announced law reform a s one of the prin cipal features of its policy. Under such favourable circumstances every measure of law amendment on which there is a general agreement of opinion should be pressed forward for immediate enactment. To turn to full account the present opportunity the powers of law reformers must be gathered and conct,n trated. The organiz Aion of the Law Amendment So ciety affords the means of examining and bringing for 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 don efficiently., Such being the ca,e, it seems quite un necessary and a loss of strength to have separate so cieties fur isolated objects. 'I he chits übj , eta tha t hive occupied the atiseoion NINTiI ANNUAL ItEletsit OF THE COUNCIL.of the se e i ety d urttee the past year have been the re e tee - vel of t h e chitieetion between the procedure of th tioe of the M.isteri, tact-, involving its c , urls of' law end f , quiry in this couetr) ; the seem:4;l;lc: tion ; the 6; of eopytiolds; the situp!' c R - lion of the Its/1 , 74r sf land; the relations between the h_r t; the attorney, and the client ; and the estabilshmente. l liw school, with a prevision for an effective examination before granting a law degree on admission to the bar. Oa the first subject—the fusion of law:and equity—our sewed a third report. not only special committee on law and equity procedare have pre- , gradual aboli tion; measures for the ire media.° adoption of the L , Sisi wer f'' but giv"ng the outlines of a cod, by means o f w hich this great change might be effected. Th© sub7equeut appear:ince of the first report of the Chancery Commissioners, and the introduction of the Bills founded upsn it, have afforded us the gretificetion of seeing not only vii , ws, but in some cased the very' We therefore trust that in procedure words of our reports and resolutions proposed for the sanction of Parliament under the high, at auspices. We severe, at least, as eventually we hop e i n all other respects, law and equity will soon be w h o ll y united. On this subj ect we refer with pleasure to the second visit which ou r society receiv.,d last autumn from its distinguished mem b er, Mr. David Dudley Field, of New York, and to the addi t i onal evidence which he h as supplied (and whi c h h as since been increased by a oor e ' municatioa from the State of Mi ssour i ) o f t h e satisfac tory werking of the conjoined courts of law and equity in America. Your council have no wish to hasten prematurely a change so extensive and important as this. They have only to 'xPress their conviction that it is as practicable and advisable in this country as it has by ci yteexpSetraiteens of ad visablecetoAbweeprriacc3t.icabTlehaeynd wil lingly c i pt. as au instalment of just ice the following opinion of the Ch ancery Commissioners in their first been n provedptthe u n report, defied as it i 3 by three equity judges, one common law judge, and several eminent counsel, and stet* smen not of the legal profession: o We bave arrived at the conclusion that, without aboliehieg the distinction between law and equity, or practical and e ft', ctual remedy for many of the blending the courts in.() one court o f universal jurisdic question may b e f ound in such a transfer or e t i v o i n l i a n blending of juti.cliction, coupled with such other practi cal amendments, as will render each court competent to administer complete justice in the cases which fall under its cognizance. may be con f erred upon courts of law, e ov e allele that th e j ur i sdiction now exercised by th eci e jurisdicti on now exercised by courts of law m conferred up on courts of equity, to such an ex tent as bhstrttas' that f t t o render both courts competent to administer entire justice without parties in the one court being onligeti to resort to the aid of the other." These are valuable admissions, and are surely suf ficient jus'itleation to this society hit. introducing the great question of a fusion of law and equity in this cuuntre to the notice of the Legislature and the public. A Bill has been since brought in to effect the altera tions proposed by the Commissioners, and both in its provisions and in the debates respecting them in Par liarnr nt the principle of a fusion of jurisdictions had re ceived great support. It wes 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 recommended by this society as to the printing of legal proceedings, and the introduction of viva voce evidence into courts of equity, will be come, 1 iw. 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 execution 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 commenced before a Judge being referred either in whele or in part to the 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 en the 12th of January. yet the proposi tion for the abolition of the Masters' office, and•the com pletion of the whole business in a suit by the Judge, has been for many years before the society, wh ere i t 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 of the House of Lords, which sat last sum mer, and reported the opinions as well as the other evi dence of witnesses in its favour. A Bill for the improvement of the procedure of the common law courts has also passed through most of its stages. It rests on the authority of the Common Law commissioners, and hes received high professional sane fiat). This Bid doubtless contains many important and useful provisions, but your council are desirous of stat ing 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 wilt be preferred by the suitor, who will demand, and with justice, the extension of their jurisdiction. Considering the loeg period allowed for the preparation of this Bill, the high authorities under whose sanction it was introduced, tiled t h e man y revisions it has undergone, it w as riot unreasonable to expect something complete in concep t i on an d careful in execution. Some partial improvements h ave b een made, but ttte leading principle—the abolition o f f orms of action — hat; bee n an critic d. The Bill may be a ll owed to be a slight iniproye r : went, but not a perman en t settlement of common . la procedure. There is, mo reover, a very serious defect in the execution, which will b e the certain cause of e ndless disputes and enormous expense. In order to save a few weeks' labour to the draughtsman it is left qu ite uneer tido which of the innum era bl e statutes appi) lug to IN?' cedure are repealed, and w hi ch are still in force. The old rules of court are also left in the same position. In order to understand the new system the practitioner must muster the old, and then, after careful comparison, qualify the enactment by i ntroducing into its congtril tton all those principles w hi ch it does not abrogate by necessary implication. Th e amount of expense, uncer tainty, and vexation thu s i ntroduced is incalculable. Tb present system, faulty as i t i s, is at any ra te well under stood. It is distressing to contemplate how much mone y must be spent in clearing up mere points of forte b e fore the new one can be pla ce d i n an equally satisf actory position. These consider a ti ons become y et more imPOI taut when it is reme m b ere d that this new code is in tended to enter into co m p e ti t i on with the county co ur t s, in which the litigant i s not called upon to expend °lO farthing for any purp ose except the very merits of the suit. Since the last general meeting 44 new members have been admitted, making the present number 340, and the balance of income and expenditure, instead of being against the society, as it was last year, is now in its favour. Still, the exertions of the society are crippled for want of larger funds, and its potency diminished by the want of a greater body of associates. With a larger income two important objects at least might be attained—the formation of a good library of reference and news-room, with some of the social advan tages of a modern club, and the engagement of a paid asoastant 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 jugs 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 are convinced, produce a result far better than can be attained by either class at tempting to act alone. _ _ Our fears may be unfounded, but there is some ground to apprehend that the new element of "Peptise . and uncertain'y thus int ro d uced without any cent -spoil h ing noneltorwion, tog e th er with the references whiche may be made to the court , amounting to es T al l i Y a- ' three and forty in a s i ng l e sui,, wilt fi na lly decide I❑ and local judicature. favour of the county Th:) present state of th e ecclesiastical courts loudly calls for largo alterati on an d amendment, an d your council have made a ref erence on this subject to a com mittee. Courts the qutstion between central To the honour of the legal profession its memly , rs 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 smell. _ _ As a means of extending a knowledge of oar society's . proceedings, we recommend that the annual reports of the council should be w id e y ciiculated, and we advise that the council should be empowered to adopt such arrangements as they may deem expedient for establish ing a connexion between the sociery and such town councils, chimbers of commerce, justices at quarter s-ssions, and other bodied unconnected with party po litics as may be desirons of entering into relationship with it. Your council have witnessed the - • introduction of a Bid this session compulsory entranchisercent of copy holds to the lord as to the tenant power to' tfeimvinugda6suwch enfranchise' y considered, and your councwili't enfranchise ment. This all, after pas•ing through a the 110tiae of u Daimons wiqiout opposita a Soleot Cow •• ", was referred to matte° of the House of Lords by whom it was " re-- full fits from tho adoption of a raea %tab there is sure as to w . , is ca l. so general a concurrence of cultmed to remove opinion, and vrhlcl3 Of the l a great obstacle to the cultivation and and to the erection of-buildings. A elaborate raliort on this • by ne of subject was lately present" '''" • Yuur c um • . mit!eei, which gave rise to much interes!ing discussion. IL Wds received , an d elicited a resolution ffi' . oy the society , alsory en frsoch• a ming chi , advantage of a ecniP- h„ isement of copy holds. Here also this society tu to endeavoureddiscuss to act ns a pioneer to the 1 -4 9 g i ' llt • Te i; to fl loss the legal difficulties of the subject with 6 ' T s i l e ature rutt ascertain the true principle on which the Legl efforts of y properly and safely proceed; and aga in the the society have been succestful.of With the subjectof •Connected that the transfer . copyholds is its inci of land, dent the copyhold tenure a , g D vy tax on i frequently imposing, as is we ll Itea w- ' - ea g ' 11 itssuch transfer. On this subject, so im p o rt:an t ua a .e bearings, one of your commistee—'the commit . e , . on the law of property_h. submitted. to the society a Paper in which a former recommendation . ~.... o f t h e same ormer recommend etw " committee for assimilating the transfer of and to that of t . stock has been egainhrought before the society. If who would be his can be effi-cted, it is difficult to eV most benefited, the ' owners of land by the increase of the at large by the value l. of their property, or the peop le afro •g motive winch g of possessing land the prospect would tiff or d • - nainationi, for ;greater frugality. proposed in the Your council consider that the Pl an are lo,c ti l i ng deserving of the utmost paper just mentioned is not only atteuli'm, but, as coming from au e minent and . expe tbat this difficult rienced solicitor, affords great hope and most i i _ s p„,.,„, qu st i n ma y be solved, and may be conducted to a prat; i".•1 arid satiotaetory result.. coun ; ci t l he c l a t n eotbatconsidermode towards the Ludo real progress - bas yet been establishment of a good law school, with effdetiv , e exa ink.ntiont,d in the re port e al a i e v s e o t o f the necessity nns of oo fur trust, that bo t h the profession and the public at large such a Provision, and that the h : h e hee "` ni ag more aware of the scrious,,responsibility wore end more ‘.n which rests upon them in this respect. 'r e are glad to n d the sch; e . e r port of the Commissioners oppouited to inquire into the state 01 the revenues of the University of Oxford, and are ; "'"ed at seeing the opinion of this si,ciety ad aced in support of it proposal by the Commissioners to apply. a portion of the / an d, of die university to itnuart... of le al education '"g a knowledge of the laws of the country. v v v_ ' hope. to see ~ ' ‘ue suno recommendation in the report on th e University of Cambrid,e, and that in the course of a lean Years there will be at each of these seats of learning nu cffieiPnt law school. Still or a i believe the store your council hope an .. that from Pr. -sent inns of court w 11 at length arise a complete and s a t. isfactory law university, endowed with the funds originallyun Vested in those societies for legal education, of t which, Cannot be he'ter devoted than to the purpos e 'athing th,, 1, ‘ „,,. N o r can your council entertain a doubt that it the benehers do not so apply these funds, their Proper application will be enforced by the Legibla recommendationsaahnsti, anticipate tupuhffica,ht. c i inns eg satisfactionri great a;(t)' 111 ii)ueBn(t ,tiwx. we The interest in the objects of our society which our I treasurer found 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 connexion as we have referred to would, we believe, be mutually 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 suegesiions 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 nature—the Court of Chancery, the Musters' 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 alterationas and the new state of things in troduced by them, and thus to obtain the speedy, cheap, and sati4actory administration of justice for all classes of the cummunity. But the society has also a still higher duty, which is, if possible, to obviate the necessity of law-snits, or, at all events, to diminish their number. Under any much yc u i c r h a - cumances a law. suit must often be productive o expense, anxiety, and distress. Prevention is better than cure, and if the law were presented to the publi c i n a more intelligible and accessible form many law -suits which are now rendered necessary from the present ill declared state of the law would be prevented. It is needless to remind the society that the rules re ladrig to the law in this country are scattered through 1,000 volumes, and that it is thus difficult for the prac titioner, and often impossible for the unproiesaiunal man, to ascertain the exact state of the law. The council, therefore, urge on the society that it cannot better employ its influence and exertions than in attempting song remeoly fur this state of things. This is to be found in a comprelvmsive digest. conso lidation, and codification of the while of the statute and common law. A p er t ( if 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 the e atainte taw, and the whol e o f t h e other b ranc h e s of .o t common law, in accordan ce w i t h the recommonch! t j ng be , of the learned Criminal Law C omm i ss ioners, f it subjected to this proces s; an d i t t h ere be talFrghar:the which more calls for it t h an anot h er it i 8 e h a already commercial law, as to which some wp3 has been i nd tere s 6 been taken, and as to whi::l4 a great in England expressed as well in Scotland and Iro 3 :_ d a mee tings• by many important commercial bodiebs.: fain which all our Hero then is a worthy chj,et, i d ic : o devoted. Nor do exertions are required and ab?e' t he other subjects the council believe that, considor the society diving the already successfully dealt w ith Y course of its nine years' mist loved as on former ()cu. firbion, if the same zeal. • boldness, and judgment be .. • _ •, 3 sions,jia exertions will Se 9 Scotch County Court'' watia and Ritchie, Edinburgh, out any flat part, as in small rifled arms. The rifled mortar weighs upwards (.f 114 cwt. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. THE NEW RNAR-A.DaIIRAL. The Commatelessin-Caiet of the coest of Africa Oa -- tion, now R ear -Admiral Bruce, who has attained hi.; flag SPIRIT of tie I' Ulale IC JOURNALS. by the death of Sir T. W. Ineaug, at present as c sae- 'a a= TIMES. -It is said t o h ave b een a prac ti ce w ith Ens dore of th e fi rs t ch.se enjoys all the pritile sse , of his terii po•eutates, wlsen they wished to e ff e ct the ruin of new era & se s ee presume t h at lase lesar-Admiral any . particular f man, to make h m a present of an elr- Psnshaese, (t.B , his predreessor, who aho succee h tsd wi t i r l i ' t.,paet-i the animal were white so much the better. hi; flig wnlist esnernanding in chief on the coast, ne There was no getting rid of the honourable encumbrance. pient of the gift and his family might continue in the commsnd, with the hue et the min .n ; be re instead of a red pend. ." R, ar .A t i es t ra l Bruce has seen . folly would their last grain of rice; or, as the Duke of Nor seine dashin g service since he entered the navy, as will be seen by the following epitome of his career, to which but thewo!" :ay, to their last pinch of curry-powder; 'to interesting animal must have his four meals and his various attendants to take him on his air w add that he came - needed the Qaeen, 116, for a a day, maye and that since he has been on the coast of him, in fact, shampoo him, to small-tooth-comb him, to do promnte al e l le t p h h o n s n e t ine countless comfort. Africa, the sanguinary affair at Lagos, for which the e little Conceiveservices th which nfe eli n g so s most niggardly promotion was given, took place under much of the wretched Indian as he gazed upon the vast crea- Henryhis direetion, passi , n iinter h ior all his earthly possessions were by William Bruce, born Feb. 2, 1792, is third tare into whoa( ' • ?Eliseo of tit-bits such as might be and, oily surviving Con of the hue Rev. Sir Henry degrees S g u! l t n aa t 's gar. There was, however, no escape Hervey Aston Bruce, Bart., by Letitia, daughter of offered to the the late Rev. Dr. flenry Bernard, granddaughter of -ruin was a mere Prince e ha h t that elephant was in the question sn of time-at all events, the Wiliiena Barnard. Bishop or Dsrry, and mice of animal must lee fed. Thomas Barnard, Bishop of Litueriek. Ile is uncle of hands of the Eastern Pl' t e office of " sheriff" is at Th i s thi s moment to a citizenof the present Sir Henry llervee B ruce , would have done-they can't London. They can't ostra officer entered the navy towards the close of 1803. a 3 a vise him, as the Athenians Bart. boy, on board the Euryelus s 36, C aptain Hon. Henry have hi m s h o t f rom b e hi nd a stone d 131ackwood, and on Oct. 21, 1805, vests present cs mid- is with deliberative assembles o f - I r yi skhe, 133 a s the p rac ti ce shipman, at the beta) ef Trafalgee. I n 1806 h e hi m to be stilettoed or poi sone d , as was l o h n-nor cause joined the Ajax, 74, commanded by th e same of fi cer, St erne and Borcias-but they can " make" way of the end, on her dcstructise whichn by fire off th e D ardanelles, Feb. They can f orce hi m t o accept an offic him Sheriff ' will inter -14. 1807, became attached to the Endymion, 40, Captain fern wit h t h e necess iti es o f hi s b usiness, with h• is ordi- HotelTnoccas Capel, part of Sir John Thos. Duckworth's nary avocations, with his comfort, and his peace of mind. force at th e passage of those shag s. After f urther as- They can compe l him, under h eav y pecuniary penalties, * Meting at the embarkation of Sir John Moore's army at to ta k e upon hi m self duties which may b e most distaste- Corunn a , in January, 18u9, Mr. Bruce rejoined Captain ful to his feelings as well as damaging to his fortunes . Bla c k woo d i n t h e Warepite, 74, stationed in the North If once nominated, however reluctant a candidate he Sea, and on Jan. 5, 1810, he was promoted front the may be known to be, there is no escape from the &brie,- &Alone, 74, Captain John Erskine Douglas, into the alty or the payment of 4001. In point of tact, it is idle Prospero, sloop, Captain John Hardy Gody, from which to enlarge upon the disagreeable nature of the office; he was, however, 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 oth ers While in that sbip he in part commanded her boats, in are as anxious to avoid as a painful responsibility and a conjunction with those of the Nemesis, 28, at the very serious lose. It is this consideration which renders the gallant capture, off the coast of Norway, of 2 Denise conduct of the citizens more preposterous. Granted, gun-vessels, th e Bolder rind Thor, of 8 guns and 45 men that some person must needs serve the office of sheriff, each, and d estruction of a third, July 23, 1510; obta i ned G ranted, that the office should only be intrusted to per the r Sael notice of his captain fur his skilful manage- sons of station and respectability; but, when it is matter naent of the B e l v id era ' s main deck stern-chasers, when o f uotor i ty that there is an abundance of persons, both she ably escaped, after a long rcnnit.• fight, and a loss of good station and high respectability, who are willing of 2 men killede and 22 wounded, from powerful Anaeri- to discharge the duties of thesnrievalt why should the can squadron under Commod ore Rodgers, - June 23, 1812, citizens go out of their way to select those i very persons a on winch occasion he was himself slightly wounded; who ate most reluctant to undertake it? Even under again served in the boats with those of squadron cur new Militia! Bill we are and ose a • to try the bounty first, under Lieut. Kelly Nazar, at the boarding and cap ure, fall back upon the hellcat afterwards. One volunteer is on Feb. 8, 1813, after a most ob- • resistance , of the worth twenty pressed men,-wry, y then, press the twenty American letter-of -marque Lotter er of six 12-pounder and kick the volunteer out of doors? Why, without carronades and 28 men-an exploit , • ledged by the especial which was acknow- any colourable pretext , or shadow of necessity, drag that chief ; and !I -inks of the commander-in- which should be a dignity through the mud? Whenever the privateer s subsequentlyßunkers atded in taking and destroying we find any paucity of willing candidates -whenever Mars, of 15 guns and 70 Hill, of 7 guns and 72 men, and duties which obviously must be discharged by somebody advanced to the command me o n ithe Manly Bruce, who was are neglected by everybody, it will be time enough to 1814, next, in August of that Manly brig, May 27, visit the recalcitrants with fine and indignity- As yet Admiral Cockburn up thea;year, accompanied Rear- no such necessity Ins occurred; but, still the practice is ham, and, on the return of the u nl;i 9t as far as N°lting- to elect the unwilling, and to let the willing go free. The ington, there hoisted the fla of that army from Wash- fact is that the annual election of sheriffs to serve for ribose acknowledgments for flog tat gallant officer, London and Middlesex has degenerated into a pretext honour, with others, to receive. services las he had the for the most paltry extortion. There is no expectation ing the Manly was employed up the Paetptember follow- that the unwilling nominees will serve, but there is a ing the advance of Major-General Ross ap o s n to i r 3 i n ver dur- certainty that they will be compelled to pay 4001. into W soon afterwards find Captain Bruce return ing lt!more. the hands of the City Treasurer. The nature of the England with dispatches in the Rover sloop, slon to l proceeding appears to be somewhat as follows. Under paid off in S>ptember, 1815, successively employed in the h Common Council Act of 1748 the Lord Mayor has escorting the outward-bound East India trade to the notte privilege of putting in nomination a number of names, southward of the equator, in convoying home a fleet of ons eaeeding nine, of persons for election by the livery merchantmen from Berbadoes, and cruising off Dieppe City took Midsummer-day. If the Chief Mai trace for the for the purpose of intercepting Napoleon Bonaparte, plied by the elan ordinary Pains-us much pains as may be im should occasion offer. On March 16, 1821, he was ape penny post-there would of two lines in writing by the pointed to the Sappho sloop, and, being the senior corn- in such an arrangement, be nothing very unreasonable mender on the Cork station at the time of George IV. 's even this slight gement. The proof, however, that degree of troubl e is not taken, may visit to Ireland, was promoted to post rank, by commis- be gathered from the proceedings dated Nov. 16 in the same year. He subsequently, lion. On that occasion, two gentlemeninga of the recent elec. Gris from Oct. 4, 1823, until April 3, 1824, officiated as flag- sell and Moore, were put in unmina Messrs. captain in the Britannia, 120, to the Hon. Sir Alexander Hooper, who was acting as deputy for nomination by Alderman Inglis Cochrane, commander-in-chid: at Plymouth ; under a mistaken impression that they wereeLord Mayor, commanded the Imogene, 26, on the South American serve. It is not our wish to make out any willing to st'ttion, from June 7, 1836, until paid off at the close of Alderman Hooper, for he has since done all case th a aga y inst 1839; and, on Feb. 1, 1842, was selected by his brother- his power to repair the consequences of his err l o le- in in-law, Sir Thomas John Cochrane, to be his flag- doubt he acted just in the same way that others. have captain in the Agincourt, 7e, on the East India station. done before him, and the consequence was, that the two Captain Bruce married, first, Feb. 9, 1822, Jane, second unlucky nominees were elected. What takes pl ace upon daughter of Admiral Hon. Sir Alexander Inglis Cech- sucn an occasion may, perhaps, best be gathered from rane, sister of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, the description given a few days back by two Common and sister-in-law of Rear Admiral Sir Edward Thomas Councilmen. " I was at the Common Hall the other Trowbridge, Bart., by whom, who died June 22 , 1 830, day," said Mr. Dakin, " when twe gentlemen were re he has issue two sons and two daughters. He espoused, turned by the Livery, and I never witnessed so mon secondly, March 13, 1832, Mary Aliochia, 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 be also has issue. control, no doubt upon an understanding with THE SAFETY or THE HARPY,-We are glad to find other parties, and caring nothing whatever about the ' that the Harpy has been heard of at Fayal, which place dignity of the office, and I saw the persons who had she had reached in great distress, from Rio, with inva- thus been marshalled make the return in conformity lids, bound to Englaud. The Harpy is one of the " nee with the arrangements by which other persons were fa torious half-dozen" iron squadron, and one of a class voured with exemption." Mr. Deputy Lott, who fol that has been reported Officially to bo unfit and unsafe lowed this speaker, backed up his statements in every for a sea vo yage. We are not at all surprised to hear of particular, and declared that be had never witne sse d disasters befalling any of the half-dozen, and alter the more " disgraceful jobbery where all was jobbery." H e repeated warnings the Admiralty have bad, officially had seen " hundreds of dirty . hands held up for the re end 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 raasona 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 iu 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 overpowered with mschi- have been compelled to pay the fines, which they have nerv. She is under 350 tons, and Net she lass engines done 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, June 27.-For the last few days we have sons 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 Medina did not appear, apprehensions of accident were others so strenuously repudiate. Why then this silly generally entertained. The French s t eamer Loughor, degradation of what should be an honourable poet? The however, h a s just arrived, and by her we learn that the remedy in a case of this hind is so very simple an d ob mails had not yet reached Suez, although th e E a st India eious that one is ashamed even to offer a suggestion. W e Company's steamer Victoria, fr om Ad en , had arrived presu me there can be only two objects in view ; th e fi rst OD the 20th. that f it and propr eersons should be chosen as s h er iff s; On Sunday laet the Prince Ferdinand° M ax i m ili an , the second, that their choice should received the assent d a pprobation of the citizens. It is only n ecessary arrived • • brother of tint Emperor of Austria, hero in the an shouldcertify • "' . w iling candidates Volta steam-frigate, from Malaga and Algiers, and lett that L d Mayer, est l3 - - as it is said. lie is a n ese to the ur ape-, or to any other City owner us again last night for Naples, and earnestly dwho should propose the names for the approbation' . entreate _ very unassuming young lhan,aslant on his arrival of the citizens. Nothing more is wanting if willing that all the official ceremonies attendant he visited all candidates are forthcoming. On the other hand, if his short stay . might be waived. During 'when the chain notice, and amused him- the time shouldever errive tee places he thought worthy of . . gaudy appendages of this high of a numismati- other self in his apparently favourite pursui t ciao, addin several coins to • h i s store, and more espe- have lost their attraction, and if the offi ce i s un i versa ll y g He would not be felt to be a thing which must be avoided at all hazards, chilly the coins of the olden day' I not even fr e o e m . then it would tee a most scandalous . oppression to force it compo.nied by any one in his rambles, enjoyingabsolute upon this or that obnoxious individual merely arbitrio the Consulate, being desirous of popularis auroe.a;! If the duty is freedom, so detestable, let,. it be who i s s lowly recover- compulsory on all in taHis Excellency the Governor, to the Prince, son to ro, or, still better, let some per ing, was too unwell to pay any attention discharge the disagreeable responsibli ties of an odious offic e . We do 1 - had he b een di spose d to acc ept it. not, however, think that • tion of the 22d inst., this contingency has as With reference to my communication yet occurred. As the report of Tripoli of the arrival ibis thy proves, many news has reached this place from persons covet the distinction; it the French- is, ' tneretore, a mere scan dal to make the election for given up, the Ad- the ehrievelt an • • men still ret dned by the Pacha were hostility. y exause fur extorting money. The miral had threatened to proceed to acts of The practice is most dishonest, and discreditable in the Yachts is resolute, and when t h e mail left pertinaciou-Iy highest degree to the citizens or Ln • erten. refused to give up the men. PORTSaionTH, TUESDAY.-The Edinburgh, 56, Cept. Chad:, C. 13. (screw gunnery s hip), returned into tido harbour from her Channel cruise this afternoon. She returned to Spitheed yesterday. Since she loft Queens town, last Wednesday, she has been a t sea, meeceavring, drilling, and exercoing her crew in gunro ry. she has proved, under steam, sail, and steams 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 rho passed Osborne. The Fairy, Re s al yacht, Cummander Crispin, em barked the Queen and Court last evening, about halt past five, from Osborne, and steatned with them round the squadron at Spithead, which dressed ship, tend manned rigging and balwarks as the Sovereign p asse d . No gunpowder compliments were paid, her M e i ony having countermanded the salute. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert returned to Cowes yesterday, after coaling in this harbour fur the Antwerp trip. The Fire Queen seam yacht has been regularly put in commission by Mr. Paul. master, but when on particular set vice a lieu errant ail' em P l "Yed command her, read at present she is command , d by Li eutenant the Victory (the S , nior Lieutenant ;,l 'a Mason ' of 0, to attend upon her Imperial Highn ess the Grand. Duchess Cathe rine of Russia, now in the Isle fW • ° Wight. The new steam-frigate Furious, 16 1,266 tons, designed and built by mr , 400-horse power, master-shipwright of this dockyard,. Fincham, the We t , harbour to. day to make her firt . was taken oat et' mile in Stokes'-bay. Henderson at the' e . m ß ea d Captain corn mending the steam squadron in ord e in s a e r n iat this P ort; a nd Captain Warden, of the steam department afloag; • ment Mr. Hughes, of the Surveyor of the Navy's d e part . per at Sc.imerset-house and Mr. Murray, the ch ief 1 7, 1 1 . ;:rva of this dockyard, and staff, went out i n her tcP olations , and report upon her qualities. She made " r" cir" and averaged 10.12.6 knots, under the unfavourable.. ot trial. All cunestances of violent winds the whole time.. her sea stores and provisions were on loa_ s r i l sos morn- The Tiger, 16, Captain Giffard, bea t ing , and will go to Spitbead to-tat:6%7 eander Weolrige, The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloe on Thursday, and her will be paid wages to EiX mo nths . _ no. crew will be granted leave of Et . tbis morning from the The Cornelius Grinnell arrived eer ea The sentence of the Thames. AitTIL L.- ' ROYAL "ifARINE l upon First-Lieutenant Henry general court-mart s on a charge of having b en Watson Hall, of t „ h o l y dressed when on duty as efficer drunk and ianf r ° , l b a mberland on the let ult., has this of the day nu day` He is sentenced to b e cashiered. I day been plena eepoesreteNTs. hs . , Ana . 3-Surgeon John Davidson, M D. wool:I o 1 , 7 ourgeon-Superintendcht of the Lord Auck (lB4s), tvet.shi_. land " e I as F l ennell and W M Ch am am era, have been je. Thom ...at a s third clas s.as:istant eeninesrs, end pieced on the books of the I.4.egieleitne steena-frigste, Capon Ora es haul Ramsay, in charge of the advance scriedron et war stea mers. The Julius stesm-sloop, Commander Powell, recently areivt d et W.eilwich, from GiOreltar, is to be paid off at this tort on Fader nr xt. RIFLED MORTAR -A large piece of ordnance, of --n petit-, le n ew con toucan!), has just bsen fi n i sh he et the R ,ytil Arsenal, and will shortly be cenveytd to Shoe buryneee to try experiments with it of that long range-. Some idea may be formed of the strength of the mortar when two inched it is s t a ted that it is thirty- in diameter, and has thirteen inches of solid mend round the bore, which is only eight inches in diameter, and from its great depth, compared with other inertars, it is probe oly int e nded for firing solid sho t or shells of the o lon gated or eugarloef shape, had smaller to the Minis nails. The grooves in the mortar are only two, pieced hori vntaily opposite each oth t-. Ontl Of an oral shape, with- - - _ , VI C T ORIA LONDON DOCK. Yesterday the ordinary half -yearly meeting of the above company Was held at the offices of Messrs. Butchell and Parson, 47, Parliament-street, West tniuqer. SAMUEL M. PET,,, Esq., having been elected to the chair, edited upot, Mr. Smith, the secretary, toer report the notice convening the meeting, and also t he formationrp of the diree'ors, which states that ince t i h , : of the cemputiy, which ham for i ment of a commodious cock north ?to Woolwich, the immediate neighbourboxl of Nort h Aged in negotia tions directors bad been aciivplY a 'vli'egw to strengthen tions with various parties with its obje.ctt the Tn e s s tn ta e b e i 7 ish i ; i n , it u pon such a basis as ing the company, and placing to insure the carrying o f until there was a reasonable would not be commenceol the u ndertaking, which would be continued, and assurance that the f completed. Mr. Bidder, the engineer of the com pa ny,docks, having matured his plans end works intended in the first speedily and satisfactorily of the proposed dno6ctru cted, and which comprise an instance to be "crnmodation of 90 ncres, with a mile area of w ater ti d e quay room, and 160,000 feet of proof tictworily o f wharl e a e g e e ' lre submitted to Meshre. Pew, Betts, and sheds; t — e.,: r d the directors congratulate the tors praetor the — reqult. Those eminent contractors • fors on -undertake the completion of the prle red to are Pr e P a f,, r be sum ot 400,0001., which is the amount works --- t capital of the company; and so cone share of the- ; ~d are the contractors of the return which may viac-anticipated for this outlay, that they have offered be 'to lease the docks for 21 years, at a rent of 5/, per cent. per annum on the amount of the contract. The report adds that a body of capitalists have volun teered to join the company, so that the completion of the share list 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 had embarked. It was satisfactory to the directors thus early to be able to introduce the important un dertHlting to the public with every prospect of success. —(Hear.) The best test that could be given of the probability of th e u l t i mate success of the venture was, 1 that the contractors offered to complete the works for the amount of capital raised upon the shares, and to guarantee a dividend ot 5 per cent. per anntimj-e -(Hear, hear.) It was only necessary to look to part great increase in the number of our ships, rnowresif at ticularly of large steamers, for which thereelate the present no suitable accommodation, to completion of a dock good that would result from the compl b e e company. of the dimensions contemplated by the the existing (liar.) Looking at the working dte ason to look for ck:ek companies, the directors %%foul place the Vice such a co-operation from cllbas position as to be se toria Dock Company in such v eculaticn.—(Llear.) crud to no other as a 1 15 3 - s usly a dopted, and a vote of The report was u nts : nini o u to the chairman and di thanks having been given to i the businen of the rectors for their P s 4 at a n cud. ordinary meeting. , 0 _ e the company was then held, A special meetingl1 g gentlemen were unanimously when the f01 1 2. 7 . _ Charles Morrison Esq., David ., elected directors , George Peabody, ' Esq., and J. Waddington , x d Esq. It was also unanimously IleYw" t f Pemberton th i n future three should form a quorum o resolved --a T t b e meetin g then separated. directors. - PROGRESS OF EMI GRATION. It said lOU of 1,500 wea vers at Pre'e it unemployed Paisley, 1.200 are des i ro us of emigratin g--represeuti , g, At the "least, 6,000 in diyicluitisfmNATorth 'British Plait. ► Y.) 1 1°° i• IC Ed. virerri