The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-04 00:00:00

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Account s f rom New York to LIVERPOOL the 16th ult. ha ve been e v eeeived by an arr i val in the Mersey, being one day later than tho se b y the steamer. . The Oregon Treaty had not been presented to the Senat e on the 15th ult. lir. Allen had resigned on that day the Chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. liannegan's resolution to determine the adjourn-. In d. ent of C ongress towards the close of July, after some 'eission, had been again postponed. The Senate had rejected the contract for establishing a line of mail-steamers between the city of New York :: 1111 this port. That for a line between New York and 41 11 Was sanctioned by a vote of 27 to 24. we have no further accounts from Canada, from Mexico, or from the " Army of Invasion, " by this arrival. A nimpression n Il ex i c appeared to be gaining ground that of hos°ti l w it E r eu r . ml the point of soliciting the termination Rumours of a w id e revo lt aga i ns t t h e Power of Paredes were also current. PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. (From the Nero York Sun.) a u r ad vices from Washington by the latest dispatch, I .2"en we annex, announce the retirement of Senator Allen iat n o the His of Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Re a ns• His unsuccessful efforts to embroil this country in War Ai, with England rendered this course both fit and proper. ji,,,olayolicy has been condemned by the united voice of the having people. He retires with a full consciousness of ving done all in his power to light thetorch of war among the nations of the earth : but we are sure our fellow-citizens 1M join with us in wishing peace to the memory of his official - l r e,r, Peace to the memory of his gross perversions of Ame ri:44 Policv, and peace to his future career in public and Vate life Like his fellow-citizens, ex-Governor Shannon I‘4oqm..3lexican memory) and the immortal editor of the Wash t Times, he retires from public life " with great una among the people. ~., eace be to his manes! or, as the Latins used to say, if we acm e i i , 'Aber right, Reguiescat in pace. . 'nue of the raembers of the Cabinet will follow the ap- P ls °l 3 n.s . te example of Senator Allen. WASHINGTON, JUNE 15. ' SENATE. jdr. All en rose, an d h av i ng been recognised by the chair, r„this abdication of the post of Ch a i rman o f t h e C omm i ttee ,„"reign Relations. ~tt. Cas a passed h i gh compliments on Mr. Allen. The Senate accepted Mr. Allen's resignation. .., on the mot i on of Mr. Webster, it was agreed that the senate Should fill the vacancy to-morrow at one o'clock. ~Ar. W e b ster presented resolutions of the Legislature of Voassachusett s , in reference to dispossessing process issuing „aO .. lu the Suprem e C ourt of the United States, in the same " 11 30. as those from St ate Courts. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. tak Onen the motion of M r. Di x, the Supplementary Bill was Il T ie Senate insisted upon its amendment, and Messrs. Dix, tee to r, Westcott, and Mangum, were appointed a commit finally,,i t ,r , a e ‘, i o rjv l 6 u iu t eer i o xnA n ti rt. by Theconfer with the House. for Mr. Hannegan fixing the 20:h of July ent of Congress was fully discussed, and to bl ond. b a vote of 31 to 21, the subject was again postponed The rapidit TION OF THE OREGON TREATY. tied Van u g h , 4 1 with which the Oregon treaty has been . hur vienin ) e Senate (for we believe it was ratified last .g enable s u rgurrnation or ou r ' t ° announce at this early day the con enpast:teiewc.ispreilictions, so often reiterated during and, q ,,_ m onth in relating to our controversy with Eng -1 en and for settled. The treaty has now been nient4— lf not T all y ratified by at least one of the Govern :lister i n L ondo Y both! Yes, probably by both. Our Mi- I v ith Lord Ab n (Mr. APLane) had friendly interviews ! lu ring the erdeen, the English Secretary of State, ,rankness months of April and May, and with that eas which would mark a new and brighter era in the t es iP t lo i n tnecy of the world, if all nations could only see their th e f terests in adopting it the devoted their attention to Linst. ermation of a . treaty in accordance with the views and ar„.uctions of their respective Governments. The action of ec ° f, ate having been directed to the same iraiseworthy ,;___ s 0 and Executive having. given its assent to the u'l7.refthe Senate, as expressed in the notice resolutions, f 0,.?" _ t 3- was signed in London and dispatched to Wash ts_swa by the steamer of the 19th of May, arriving about w 0 w e e k s a g o I v . : (1, 0 vircsi rt o s z oind d fien a r3 ; e s dt i lo, t en was doubtful whether the discretionar.y Mr. Pakenham would hot warrant him treaty . from our Go l'ernment until the arrival of ge Great Western, so as to !acertain whether the Mexican war had produced a change tto the views of his own Government. But this uncertainty en vanished, and on Friday last the Senate approved . of a '. e terms of a treaty which we believe was ratified yester ,, as stated. It is unnecessary for us to dwell upon the ' t eices of the blic men to whom both countries are In debtm h,. ; for this victory over those who wished to win,popu tilttil2' "n on a lon and blood war between kindred u A g glory more g lasting than y the blood stained re -11"41 Of Napoleon awaits them. 11'.°Y.A.L TRIBUTE TO SIR MOSES ' MONTEFIORE. (From the Voice of Jacob.) In °nee more congratulating our readers on th fi e o h re ap a p h y d teturn to London of Sir Moses and Lady Monte have the 1 111 ,ite (as notified in our last publication), we nigh g r ati fi cation to announce, that Sir Robert Peel,. as thief organ of her Majesty's Government, in recognition of , the true approved loyalty of Sir Moses, and of that . bb oility of character which his last philanthropic mission i ii tzte so much enhanced in the world's esteem, has signi the,(l her Majesty's gracious pleasure to confer upon him f. l ! highest titular rank which a Jew has yet enjoyed in ot i ut t c r o l nr readerset r , Y ri ; are a n n e d t. he is henceforward—Sir Moses iitinh , e four orty wi e ll scarcely need to be ren inded, that h years since we had the priviltg , e to pu gr. a n a ti e n o g p t y o ° J. t r h ....c woarrant deposited in Heralds College, lilivtelsnrhsrtioahrgn ac i ni t tc r o r r° nof royal favour, English 8 3 7 t the right to add the royal sup of"hils special mark fi vindication of the as thei against the Damascus calumny. Now, thew uIP' wlll, ho not feel himself noured, indirect t h h 3 e r name, who will _ upon declare, m that there is not an the distinction c:.inferred rious hole e°4lMunity in the person of its most mento- Member, and , . zedaseded bg our I ?yalty to thneotthr erea thou h - v‘llo Will cheerfully e t that, i Y such incidents, they, nevertheless, serve as ot ad to mi b t Parti c i I nk; as constantly recurring mementos, of cimr ja • patios in the honour and interest of our native Main. tlhere is an o th er point of view from which this grace -44 compliment st of the retiri ng Ministry, to the worth of ‘ bo n - conformi in religi ons Concerns, ought to be re gearded. It i s the m oral effect t o b e produced in other ow n uuntries by this s pectacle of a great statesman, whose acts have fixed the anxious gaze of the whole world, _aeleetin. g the period when his every movement is of uni !fersal interes thus to proclaim, wherever the name and influence of that great empire extend, that it is a loyal ~,e iv whom its " monarch delighteth to honour." Nay,. ; 11 Will v“nture to anticipate that, however the spirit of(: Party Might in other times havecanvm,ed such an _ act go t, !• teo, there will not now be found a single orga n . of publi c is -Pillion to exprets other than approval of it. This, then, 14 Proclaim to those potentates and rulers lesseon th v a e t rsa t n he t a W i , /i th • t Constituttonal freedo m, a U -11 v h as b "e t r t a o tio b n e s trUs:ed and tried , in order to deserve 'iletinction ; but still more, it is to herald ' forth to Europe a nd to million of Jewish , - Posterity, that the imperial . promise o f the Czar 1"? Protect and to cherish his two a pro ki, —ts 11-'j' • accepted and recorded in e having so august a guarantee, history h d as ealt with tlti• tlleugh already acted upon ; witnes a s s this royal recog cio,;„4 ef the merits of the agent who obtained so gra lii,aal so important a pledge. , Ito, eoaclude with the expression of a wi sh, in which th at " leave to assume the concurrence of our readers. Paret,lll"4"/ Barooet and his estimable lady may be and be rna.lY years to enjoy their accumulating h"nours, Israel Ilr'viled • their example, to incite many in th r -tc Ma a c cess ). ' Qlac t , re ees4 in the same pious aud philan er, On Iv ki DE BT e.xcic eth les4R the r , lll . g char aetr," l4 g a scene of a most unusual and `-'ItY Literary t i ,:"l'reti in the Lecture Theatre of _lrish gentleman, de titeti ; oa, in Aldersgate-street. An 4ti .a. r o a l e Y ,' Ei l, A. 8., Ttrjjl"ill the prospectus as " J, J. 0. Ltures on the stu d ' had had been engaged to deliver triecomm. a — i i l lued to the 8- ( . 1 - 2 of history, having been well ae ° , 0 4 11 3 1 h -...,r, Grady I . e e a - To t l . !'.te e hy other kindred institu, = oi audito r • 48 ti g t, and it iv. 8 "ts first lecture on Wednesday __on o rk 3 ern P h atio expression thatthe ickas to which he gave such - "n evident to a considerable por %ea t oees.sionlii, had been culled, with an abridg ' Lectures on the iii the lar,uage from Mr. Macculloh's thought, how. ver,tl" etur e , r and"Abu,e of History." It was premature, and the ltth• at any interference then would be second appearance on NV d the same characters he was allowed to proceed. His --n,sday night was in precisely above writer being g ill the coolest p.)ssible mann i vt , n t h''oghts and language of the veerrbutim, and appropriated dap-tran allusions to the exc,,lie IL e,ncluded by some ut the institution, in s Which he anticipated thu honourleefY 1):as, about to leave the theatre, whe r i t "- i t h n e ril s i e g er a e g ta a r i y n ?, a M n r, ;-* Stacey, .who had taken up hi, positionbehind the lecturer, politely escorted him back 'to theplatfOrm, and With a gravity that must h tlailey judge, addressed hi niaaves follow s :—" Mr. G rady,— It i my painful duty to tell yo u p h u e b 1 i c l lectures with which you have f a b v;ou y r: , e: s i , y, that the nt.sht,itution are 11 °' , your own, as represented i but k acculloh—(A sensation)—and. although the m e o m f re: . have 14t much pleasure in hearing them, they think it s light to show you that they do not sanctio n an tion such as that which you have sou, t ht to practise upon th em- lam further desired to add, that the directors do not feel bound, under these circumstances, to p ay YO U the usual remuneration." The whole of the members present (about 400 in number) rose at this an.. 1:1"oe,-ment, but, perceiving that Mr. Grady wished to address them, instantly gave liim a hearing. He said the imputation was entirely false, and he would defy any i 040 present to p o i nt out a s i ng l e passage in his /V S. Ob tained from such a source. The secretary, and at least half -a-dozen members of the institution, immediately accepted his challenge. The work in question was pro -7,lleed, and the chairman having restored order, Mr. ' r atlY was requested to give up his manuscript. This he re-fused, stating that it was not fah; at that late hour, 1.4 detain hint from his hour , . The chairman then gave nun an opportunity th _ . of naming any other day or time for ,9,--: Investigation ; but the unfortunate lecturer, who bad Wrell gradually- backing towards the door, said " he ould comider the proposal," and, catching up his hat, off ont ,, i as quickly as possible, amidst the greatest li r ' ar- He was followed by about 100 of the younger `Z.,_Prinbers of the institution, and fairly hooted into Al , *,..,,a_,te-street, %here, failing to escape his pursuers, 15 l inVe he eventually took refuge in an Islington o mnib us , Iv orwi e h Rtlatta is appoiuted to take place on the 'w 4 Maur, ENTERTAINMENT TO IBRAHIM PACHA. Yesterday evening the members of the Reform Club en tertained Ibrahim Pacha and his suite at a magnificent ban qu?t at the Club House, Pall-mall. _ _ _ _ _ His Highness, attended by Sami Pacha, Colonel Bonfort, M. Nubar, and Major C. Dickson, arrived at the Club house, in Pall-mall, precisely at ten minutes after seven o'clock, and wasreceived by Viscount Palmerston, Sir Charles Napier, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Bond, the secretary, &c. The saloon was crowded by the members of the club when the Pacha reached the club-house, and the gallery surrounding that splendid apartment was thronged by elegantly-dressed ladies. The band of the Scots' Fusilier Guards welcomed the• presence of his Highness by playing the Sultan's march. ' Sir Charles Napier conducted the illustrious Pacha to the grand dining-room, followed by Viscount Palmerston and the leading members of the club, and the suite of his Highness. Edib Effendi, the Turskish Chargé d'Affaires, came afterwards, and was ushered to the drawing-room, where the Pacha had already arrived. In the meantime every necessary arrangement bad been completed for the banquet, and it is scarcely necessary to say, the entertainment was served up in a style of consum mate splendour. The banquet took place in the spacious dining-room, covers being laid for 154 guests. The table pre sented a splendid ensemble, and was principally illuminated from silver candelabra arranged along the centre, alternating with vases of the chokest flowers. The repast was most sumptuous, and did infinite credit to that celebrated chef de cuisine, M. Soyer. The subjoined is the bill of fare : SEIZZ POTAGES. Quatre a la Victoria. Quatre a la Louis Philippe. Quatre a la Colbert. Quatre a la Comte de Paris aux Legumes printaniers. SEIZE POISSONS. Quatre de Turbots Sauce a Is 11Lizarine. Quatre de Saumons de Severn a la Creme. Quatre de Buissons de Filets de Merlans a l'Ezyptienne. Quatre de Truites Saunionnee en Matelotte Marinere. SEIZE AELEVES. Quatre de Chapons a la Nelson. Quatre de Saddleback of Southdown Mutton hill a la Soyer _ . Quatre de Poulardes en Diademe. tt Quatre de Saddleback d'Agneau roti a la Sevigne. c. 3 CINQUANTE- QUATEE ENTREES. a> *ca 62 Six de Pouissins printaniers a l'Ambassadrice. ft aSix de Cotelettes de Mouton a la Reform. tu cra ~1 Quatre de Ris de Veau piques en Macedoine de a, .--. Legumes. o. .4 - 4 d 4 Quatre de Petits Vol-au-Vents aux Laitances de' .5 . Maquereaux. g A Quatre de Timballes de Riz aux Queux d'Agneau. 2,- "45 Quatre de Jambonnean braisees au Vin de Madere. g : { Quatre de Volailles farcies ala Russe aux. Legumes 5" ty, vertes. &,. A Quatre de Pâtés chauds de Cailles ala Banquiere. $7 Quatre de Rissolettes a la Pompadour. t- , = Quatre de Grenadins de Bceuf a la Beyrout. Six de Cotelettes d'Agneau a la VicomtesEe. 0 :-, Quatro de Turbans Epigramme de Levereau au fumee. SEIZE RATS. Quatre de Turkey Poult piques et bard& Quatre de Cannetons au Jas de Bigarades. Quatre de Levereaux au Jus de Groseilles. Quatre de Gros Chapons au Creston. CINQUANTE-QUATRE ENTAMETS. Six de Gelees Macedoine de Fruits au Dantzic. Quatre de Tarbans de Meringues demi glade. Quatre de Charlottes Prussienne. Six de Croquantes el'Amandesaux Cerises. {Quatre de Galatines a la VoHere. Quartre de Mirotons de Homard i I'lndienne. Quatre de Salades de Volaille a 1a Sven Quatre de Haricots verts au Beurre IN omette. Six de Tartelettes pralinees aux Abricots. Quatre de Pain de Peehes Noyeau. Quatre de petits Pois a l'Anglo-Prancaie. Quatre de Gelees cristalisees l'Ananas. RELEVEs DE RATS. La Creme d'Egypte, a l'lbrabim Pacha. Le Geteau Britannique A I'Admiral. Quatre de Jambons glacees en Surprise. Quatre de Manivaux de Champignons au Curs9ao en Sur- prise. Quatre de Cotelettes en Surprise a la Reform. . __ Deux de Meringues Chinoise Pagoda aux Praises. The members of the Club having taken their seats at the table, the Pacha, punctually at half-past seven. passed from the - drawing-room to the dining-room of the club; Sir Charles Napier accompanied his Highness. The military band, as the distinguished guests entered the room, struck up " The Roaßt Beef of Old England." The chair was occupied by Sir Charles Napier, upon whose right sat the Pacha (with his interpreter), and next to him Lord Palmerston. Amongst those present, in addition to the Pacha and his suite, we observed Edib Effendi, the Turkish Chargé d'Affaires; Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, Sir John Easthope, Mr. Mark Phillips, M.P., Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. W. Collins, M.P., Mr. Williams, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. A. Hastie, M.P., Mr. T. Gisborne, M.P., Mr. J. Flume, M.P., Dr. Shaw, Sir Howard Elphinstone, Bart., M.P. Sir William Molesworth, Bart, M.P., Mr. M. Mitcalfe, Mr. J. Collett, M.P., Dr. Power, Mr. Mo r g an J. O'Connell, M.P. Mr. D. R. Ross, M.P., Dr. Prend ergas t, M r . Chapman, M.P.I, Mr. Bellew, M.P. Mr. M'Gregor, H on . C apta i n Vi v i an, H on. C . L aw l ess, Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. H. G. Ward, M.P., Mr. Drummond, Sir Percy Shelley, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. J. T. Leader, M.P., Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Sir James Carmichael, Mr. J. Parkes, &c., &c. Mr. D. O'Connell Lad intended to dine with the club on this occasion, but the honourable and learned gen tleman had been called out of town, which accounted for his absence. The band performed a variety of music during the ban quet; and on the cloth being removed a corps of profes sional vocalists enlivened the party by the singing of glees, &c. Upon the cloth being removed, the "Non Nobis" was sung, when Sir Charles Napier rose to propose the first toast, " The Queen," which was received with loud cheer ing, and drunk with the usual honours. " God save the Queen." The next toast was," Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the 11oyal Family."—( Three times three.) The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the toast of the evening, the health of " Ibrahim Pacha, and prosperity to Egypt."—(Loud cheers.) Their illustrious guest was the son of one of the most remarkable men of this age, one who might be characterised as "the great Oriental Reformer."—(Cheers.) It had been his (Sir Charles Napier's) fortune to have been engaged in active hostilities, having their illustrious guest for an opponent. This was not the time nor the place to advert to the policy in which those hostilities had originated.—(Hear, hear.) The cause which Ibrahim Pacha had to sustain may have been an unjust or an impolitic one—he was only the instrument for carrying it into effect.—(Hear, hear.) The Pacha of Egypt had determined that Syria should be held in opposition to the Sultan, and Ibrahim Pacha was deputed by his father to contest the occupation. He was right to obey the instruc tions of his superior—(Hear, hear)—and the skill, perse vererance, and indomitable courage he displayed, while re flecting the highest honour upon him, showed how wisely the selection had been made of a military chief to conduct these operations. Looking to the past, then, it was only as a sol dier, and to the future, as the ruler of Egypt, that they had to speak of Ibrahim Pacha.—(Hear, hear.) As a soldier, he was one of the most gallant of men. He had himself led a successful attack upon Acre with a gallantry unsurpassed in the annals of personal bravery in ancient or modern times, and had crowned a long and brilliant military career by the victory of Koniab, an achievement which might take high rank in modern military history.—(Hear.) But it was not alone as a soldier that Ibrahim Pacha was distirguished. aalhil:seepouewasstna:smat agriculturist, less c t ed tuoflut utttir:ioseastd:hdaaiopcnftpdeiNdnv thisae rst. of tfF h ,wh e gea ; pv , u tt, rhaussauntidat under rus o sosp f lud hpee inspired c th e hee t b.o h eas n st ruler.— (Cheers.) He (Sir C. Napier) felt much gratified that the first public entertainment off ere d to Ibrahim Pacha in England— he believed he might say in Europe —was offered to him by the Reformers of this country.—(H ear.) Such testimony of the good feeling of this country was due to Mehemet Ali and his illustrious son; fur Englishmen should never forget that during the course of those hostilities which had at tracted so much attention in 1840.41, our communications with India were never for a single month interrupted.-- (Loud cheers.) Our Indian letters were permitted to pass without the seal of a single one being so much as broken. — (Hear, hear.) Such forbearance was honourable to the good feeling of the Pacha of Egypt, and lie was sure all classes of Englishmen hailed with delight the opportunity of showing how highly it was appreciated. After some further remarks, the Honourable and Gallant Officer concluded by proposing " The health of Ibrahim Pacha." The toast was received with enthusiastic applause, which continued for some minutes. _ _ _ vv IBttAIIIM v PACUA then rose, and with considerable anima tion addressed his interpreter in Turkish, by whom his re marks were translated into French. He thanked Commo dore Napier for the way in which he had proposed his health, and expressed himself very sensible of the kind reception it had met with from the company. He had been highly gra tified with everything which he had seen in England, and with the disposition manifested towards him by all classes. A reciprocal feeling of kindness towards this country existed is Egypt, between which country and England he trusted that the closest amity would always prevail.—(Cheers.) After a few minutes Lord PALMERSTON rose, and was re ceived with a loud burst of cheering, which continued for some time. As soon as silence was obtained his Lordship said he had a toast to propose, which he was sure would be received with great satisfaction by the company. It was the " Health of Mehemet Ali"—(Laud cheers)—whom his Hon. and Gallant Friend in the chair had designated as " the great Oriental Reformer and agriculturist." He was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable men of the age in which be lived, having by the force and energy of his character raised him self to the high position in which be is now placed; and having introduced civilisation and established order in a country which, when first he came to it, was immersed in darkness and overspread with confusion.— (Cheers.) He said that he felt the greater pleasure in proposing this toast, because some years ago, as the organ of the tovernment of which he was then a member, it had been his duty to pur sue a policy which had created differences between Mehemet Ali and England. The British Government bad pursued that course of policy solely from a strong sense of duty, aid be cau,e they deemed it essential for the preservation of the ba lance of lower, and the maintenance thereby of the peace of Europe.—(Hear, hear.) He should, however, advert to tliose times only fur the purpose of confirming what his Gallant Friend had said of the conduct of Mehemet Ali towards Eng land during that period, namely, that he was a generous foe, trusted,n and that whatever might have been the irritation of the mo ment, he had never ceased to afford every possible protec tion t o t h ose B r i t i s h su bj ec t s an d B r iti s h i n t eres t s that circumsta nces placed within his power.—(Hear, hear.) He however, that all such matters of difference were n by, and the universalwould b e feeling forgotten nf this on allcountry sides ; was and em bodied in h e was that about to the•,, concluding wish of the toast which he was Lo u d namely, " ..lehemet Ali, and prosperity to i Egypt , s...T 1 interests in regard England, indeed, bad no views or ground to jealousy") Egypt wraith could afford the slightest respect to Egypt w.astoany.---(Hear, hear.) Our wish in , and prosperous, and the that the country should be wealthy land desires with Egypt people happy and thriving. Eng . ing commercial relations,nrteimate, and extensive, and last rtdvantageoua to both parties concerned ; which must be equally ' to this wish he saw with gr eas e l eerne d ; and with reference of their illusl nous guest, who, regardless the visit to England venience and fatigue, had come ess of personal incon -1 4 to visit the countries of Europe, in order to enlarge his wisdom by • ledge, and to strengthen his natural sagacity know the results of advancing civilization in h ?' 1?y observing (Cheers.) He was especially glad that their lands.— visited England, because after witnessing everywhere is wn s e t re had the abundant proofs which have met his eyes of the energy and activity of the British character, of the product ions an of British industry, and of the immense resources of the British empire, he must be more than ever convinced of the mutual advantage which England and Egypt must derive from those 1 commercial relations which it is our desire to p er petuate and increaser Tlao Noble Lcid concludcd 11 Polvabs the health of " Mehemet Ali and Prosperity to Egypt," which was received with loud cheering.) IBRAHIM PACHA again, through the medium of his inter • preter, returned thanks. It had, always, he said, been the anxious wish of the present Pacha of Egypt to cultivate the most friendly relations with England, audit would be a source of the greatest gratification that his motives were appreciated by so important a section of the British people as were then represented in that room.—(Applause.) Mr. Ross, M.P., then in a brief, but very effective speech proposed, " The Sultan Abdul Mesbid," which was drank with cheers. The Turkish CHARGE D'AITAIRES returned thanks. The next-toast was " The Army and Navy." Captain VIVIAN returned thanks for the army, and an officer, whose name did not reach us, for the navy. The CHAIRMAN said, the next toast was one of some diffi culty to propose. It was, "Her Majesty's Ministers."-- (Cheers.) The toast was difficult, because he was really uncertain who were to be called her Majesty's Ministers; however, he would leave it to the company to decide. and merely propose, "Her Majesty's Ministers."—(Loud cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON then rose, and was received with loud cheers. He said, that if his Gallant Friend had felt a diffi culty in knowing which Ministry was in existence that even ing, he must feel some difficulty in returning thanks, for the :Ministry to which he belonged was scarcely a day old, and could scarcely as yet be supposed, at so early au age, to have began to speak. But by the end of the week he hoped they would have the faculty of speech conferred upon them, and they would then also begin to walk.—(Cheers.) It would be for the Liberal party to see how they walked, and he hoped they would be found to walk straight.—(Laughter and cheers.) It would be out of place OR this occasion to dis cuss late events, but he could not refrain from saying that it must be highly gratifying to the Government and to the whole of the Liberal party to see that those doctrines of commercial improvement, for the maintenance of which, five years ago, they had beeen deprived of power, have since, upon reflection and experience, and by sincere conviction, been adopted by those who then opposed them— (Loud cries of "Hear, hear,")—and that thus even their former oppo nents have acknowledged that they all along have been right. —(hear, hear.) He was not expected, he was sure, to give what in the phraseology of the day would be called a programme of the measures of the new Government—(A laugh )—but they might be assured that the new Ministers would continue to be actuated by that spirit of progressive improvement which had hitherto obtained for them the confidence of the Liberal party, and he hoped that that party would give the Government a cordial and effective support as long as they should continue to deserve it. Mr. WARD then, in a speech which produced consider able effect, proposed, " The Lord-Lieutenant, and Prospe rity to Ireland."—(The toast was received with loud ap planse.) Mr. SnEin—lt is a source to me of the greatest gratifi cation that the sentiment proposed by my Honourable Friend, Mr. Ward, should have been received with such genuine enthusiasm in the presence of your illustrious guest—the son of that great man who has been justly called this even ing "the great Oriental Reformer," and of whom it may perhaps, without exaggeration, be said, that his mind has been the auxiliary of the Nile, and that he has helped the great river in fertilizing the desert. It is right that this eminent stranger—that the world, indeed, should know that Englishmen have begun to feel a deep sympathy for Ireland. The Lord-Lieutenant, the head of the house of Ponsonby, which was always true to the cause of civil and religious liberty—has been justly associated with the prosperity of Ireland. That prosperity. which was re cently so little the object of hope, has become one of glorious and almost assured expectancy, and we confide in what we had hardly ventured to conjecture. Forty six years have elapsed since the union, and during those forty-six years, however ponderous the fetters that were fabricated for Ire land by the Minister, the Parliament, with a disastrous alacrity, hastened to put them on. But a new order of things has, thank God, commenced ; the monotony of op pression has been interrupted, and for the first, and, I may add, for the last time, a measure of coercion has been thrown out.—(Loud cheers.) A general persuasion is spreading through the country that it is not by force that the govern ment of Ireland can be carried on. Conciliation is indis pensable ; and it must be of a large, a liberal, comprehensive character. It must consist of concessions flowing out of the deep and abundant f untain of justice, instead of being drop by drop from the inglorious sense of English necessity. sordidly and ignominiously squeezed out.—(Cheers.) The Minister for whom the pacification of Ireland was reserved, must grasp the whole mass of Irish grievance at once, instead of touching the details with a timorous and tentative hand. The true and perfect pacification of Ireland, founded upon complete justice, is the last great thing which it is left to a British Minister to accompli-h. To the attainment of this great purpose, every man of name and mark should lift his aim—to this object the statesman to whom reference has been made in the course of this evening should direct his undivided aspirations. My Gallant 'Friend, the Chairman, has spoken of Sir Robert Peel in the language of commendation—any excess of eulogium in an epitaph can scarce be blamed ; and I must acknoe ledge that the testamentary declaration of Sir R. Peel, that Ireland must be governed upon the principles of unqualified equality, deserves the highest commendation. Although out of office, he cannot be stripped of the power of doing great good, or great mischief, which great abilities confer ; and he has the opportunity of doing most signal benefits to Ireland. He has been recently made the sub ject of grave, and I willingly believe of unfounded, imputa tion. It has been said that he has been consumed by such an avarice of praise, that he will not accept a mere divi dend of renown, nor take any part in the performance of a great action, unless all its glory shall be in entirety his own. Let him confute the men who speak thus of him. Let him prove that he possesses the magnanimity by which the Minister of a high-minded people ought to be distinguished, by becoming the auxiliary of the statesman who is now at the head of her Majesty's Government—who never for a moment swerved from the interests of Ireland—who was faithful to her when fidelity to her was almost fatal to him self—and who, in recompense for his undeviating adherence to her cause in every political vicissitude, will, I trust, derive from his services to Ireland a renown which shall add nobility to a house already sacred to liberty, and, how ever great it be already in the annals of England, still with new lustre illuminate his name. The Right Hon. Gentleman immediately rose, and in a complimentary speech proposed the health of Sir Charles Napier. As soon as the applause had ceased, the Gallant Officer returned thanks, and after some further toasts were proposed. his Highness Ibrahim Pacha, who seemed highly gratified with the proceedings of the evening, retired to the drawing-room and partook of coffee. Several of the ladies, who had remained during the evening, were presented to his Highness, who, shortly after eleven o'clock, with his suite, closed his visit, and left for Nivart's. _ His Highne;s expressed his obligations to the members of the Reform Club for the magnificent entertainment they had given him. M. Nubar communicated the Pacha's grateful sentiments as interpreter. His Highness will dine this evening with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—A meeting of the friends and sup porters of Mr. Brown was held at Eastwood'e Hotel, at twelve o'clock this day. There was a considerable attend ance of the leading merchants and gentlemen resident in the Liverpool polling district, in favour of the claims of the honourable candidate. At about half-past twelve R. Ellison Harvey, Esq., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that on other occasions when they met in that room their first business was to select a candi date, happily on the present they were provided with one, and the object of their meeting was to secure his return. They had cause to rejoice at the promotion of Lord Francis Egerton, but would have more by the return of Mr. Brown. He would advise strenuous exertions on the part of all in terested in the cause of free trade, and to make such arrange ments as would render it impossible for them to be taken by surprise, should there be, what he did not expect, a contest. He would be happy to hear any observation or re a 'lution which gentlemen were prepared to propose to the meeting. • p w ledges di V vesgea l he t ni sde t d i ti A ahts n tsa l het RATHBONE, Esq., moved the first resolution. s one heray wcooun o le f sdfft t i ept h cur o to tsireo—"That means gentlemen tfia m urt e ssi n ti irstweomshoseol meeting n a orgn d e l a t f o tas t m o t the s tei e n following ; e the return of William Brown, Esq , as representative in Parliament for the southern division of the county of Lan caster." • The resolution, having been seconded by Mr. HoutEri, passed unanimously. Mr. BLACKBURNE proposed the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Brown, fur his promptitude in accepting the invitation of the electors who had signed the requisition presented to him a few dad s ago. South Lancashire was not like almost any other county in England ; it was a kind (of extensive borough, whose people were mostly engaged in manufac turing and commercial pursuits. The representative of such a population, therefore, required to be a representative of extensive knowledge on these great subjects. Here Mr. Blackburne spoke in very commendatory terms of Mr. Brown's talents and commercial knowledge. Mr. HOLLAND, in a few words, seconded the resolution, which passed unanimously. Mr. RAviLnis then rose for the purpose of proposing a chairman of the committee for conducting the election in the Liverpool polling district. In doing so he remarked that as it was desirable to have a free-trade candidate, it, was as important to have the committee free-traders also ; and that the committee have for its president a gentleman, who was not only a free trader in principle but in prac tice. He would therefore propose one whose whole heart and soul was bound up in that question, one whose name was indissolubly connected with the cause, W. Rathbone, Esq.—( Loud cheers.) 111 r. RATFIBONE stated that he had made up his mind not to act as chairman, and concluded a short but spirited speech by proposing as an amendment " That R. E. Harvey, Esq., be the chairman of the Liverpool committee for con ducting the election of Mr. Brown. " The CHAIRMAN suggested Mr. William !Earle, but there were cries for Mr. Harvey, upon which Mr. RATHSONE called for a show of hands on his amend ment, which appeared in its favour. Subsequently it was agreed to request Mr. Bracken to act as chairman, or, in case of his refusal, to try and secure the services of Mr. Joseph East. A committee was then ap pointed, consisting of the following gentlemen :—John Pen nington, L. Hevworth, T. Blackburn, James Mulleneux, J. Widthew, J. T. Crook, C. E. Rawlins, jun., James Sharp, Samuel Bullev, James Crossfield, W. M'Kee, W. H. L. Syers, Simmons, Samuel Thornely, T. Blackburn, jun., W. F. Sim, C. Robertson, W. H. Darby, Charles Tayleur, John Tayleur, R. E. arvey, W. Earle, S. T. Hobson, Thomas Booth, Dr. Bradley, J. Tomkinson, James Stitt, Samuel Stitt, J. D. Thornely, W. Robinson, James Aikin, John Aikin, Hugh Hornby, W. M'Gregor, F. Pennington, D. M'Viccar, James Macrea, Morrisb, James Mellor, James C. Ewart, Charles Holland, Vincent Higgins, Isaac B. Cooke, Eyre Evans, G. L. Cox, R. V. Yates, George Maxwell, Christopher Bawdon, John Finch, jun., C. E. Rawlins, Thomas Urquhart, Thomas Jevons, James Ryley, Timothy Jevons, James Harvey, William Jevone, Samuel Blackburn, Edward Finch, James Brancker, R. W. Ronald, James Lewin, William Rathbone, George Holt, Thomas Haigh, Thos Wylie, A. C. Jeffrey, J. R. Jeffery, W. Thorn. hill Joseph Appleby, Owen Williams, Win. Balderston, Rd. Bright, George Woods, James Rawdon, Charles G. owie, Edward Bretherton, Joshua Heap, David Maclellan, Thomas Rodick, W. Rathbone, jun., Andrew Melly, Henry Romilly, Thomas Hibbert, Wylie, Thomas Bolton, William Thornely, John Holt, William Wood, S. S. Gait, James Damson, William Brancker, James Rushton (with power to add to their number). SCIENCE.—The discovery of a stream of electricity in a jet of steam has attracted many in the endeavour to detect its presence and influence elsewhere. In several experiments recently gone into upon a variety of woollens, the fabric made from the Alpaca exhibited the presence of electricity in a remarkable degree. The healthful nature of the Llama cloth, beiug partly hair and partly wool, may . thus be ao• counted for, and the strong recommendations issued by its introducers and manufacturers, the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent street, may be the more relied upon. Mr. Beane Cochrane had an interview with Mr. Se cretary cilsdatone yesterday, st the Qo PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, JULY 3. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee : 1. That, in the case of the South-Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead) Bill, amendments on third reading, the amendments are of such a nature as ought not to be adopted at that stage. 2. That, in the case of the Kennington-lane, &c., Light ing, &c., Bill, amendments on I hird reading, the amend ments are of such a nature as may be adopted if the House shall think fit. 3. That, in the case of the Australian Agricultural Com pany petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting the notice in the Gazette for three succes• sive weeks, and that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such order has been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. Third resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. Week ending June 27 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY,_EVENING, JULY' 4, 1846. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTION S. Mr. W. H. Broad, seniority August 1, 1832 ; promoted to Lieutenant July 3, 1846. Has had four years and one mouth's service afloat, and long and good service in the Coast Guard. Mr. John C. Hughes, seniority June 5, 1833 ; promoted to Lieutenant July 3, 1846. Has had two years and six months' service afloat as mate, and strongly recommended for his long service in the Coast Guard. Mr. Walter W. Morris, seniority June 13, 1834 ; promoted to Lieutenant July 3, 1846. Has had three years and eight months' service afloat as mate, and highly recommennded for his long service in the Coast Guard. Lieutenant Lord Frederick Kerr, seniority October 21, 1840 ; promoted to be Commander July 3, 1846. Was Mid shipman of Princess Charlotte during the operations on the coast of Syria, and was promoted into the Gordon steam vessel, in whice vessel he served at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He subseqaently served in the Thunderbolt, on the Cape station, when that vessel captured three slave vessels in one night, with 1,300 slaves on board. Afterwards joined the Winchester in April, 1844, and was lately paid off in that ship ; the latter part of the time he was Senior Lieu tenant. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Charles Starmer, seniority Dec. 23, 1842 ; ap pointed to Heela, July 3, 1846. Served upwards of thirteen years as midshipman and mate, and five years as lieutenant. Was in the Pelican and Blonde in China, and commanded the small arm men of the latter ship on two occasions during the operations there, and was mentioned by Sir W. Parker for his gallantry on those occasions ; and for which he was promoted. He has made steam machinery his study, and passed his examination at Woolwich. Previous to going to China he served upwards of three years in a steam-ship in the Mediterranean. Clerk—G. H. %Vise of the Cyclops, June 29, 1846, to be Paymaster and Purser of the Linnet, commissioned at De vonport... . Tile Albatross arrived at Chatham on Thursday from the coast of Africa, to be paid off and recommissioned. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—A court-martial, comprising Rear- Admiral Hyde Parker C. 8., president ; Captain John Pasco, of the Victory ; Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, of the Pique; Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., of the Constance; Captain G. Giffard, of the Vixen ; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morn ing at eleven o'clock, on board the Victory, to try Joseph Barnes, late able seaman of the Eurydice, 26, Captain George Elliot, on the following charge : " For that the said Joseph Barnes, being then a seaman of, and belonging to, her Majesty's ship Eurydice, and in actual service of her Majesty's fleet, did, on the 28th day of June, 1845, unlawfully desert from the said ship, and did . then and there take away one of the boats belonging to the said ship, which boat has not been recoverid, and has become lost to her 'Majesty." Lieut. Heathcote, First Lieutenant of the Eurydice, proved that on the evening of the 28th of June, 1845, there was a party of American officers on board the Eurydice, then at anchor off Pensacola, in the Gulf of Mexico. Between the hours of eight and nine o'clock r.m., a report was made to him that the dingy had left the ship with two men; he im mediately ran to the gangway, but could not see the boat ; he asked the sergeant of Marines, whom he suspected had left in the boat. The sergeant said two men, of the names of Barnes and Watts. Chace was made for three or four hours, but without success in finding . the men or boat. _ _ A sergeant and two privates of Marines, formerly belonging to the Eurydice, proved the prisoner to be the same person who had deserted on the above occasion and taken away the ship's boat, which has never since been recovered. In defence, the prisoner denied having run away with the ship's boat, but confessed deserting from the ship in a boat brought off by an old shipmate, who had previously induced him to agree to desert. He had since volunteered at Liver pool for the Superb, 80, and being brought to this port to await her passage, had been discovered and identified as a deserter from the Eurydice. He produced certificates of good character, and said he had been ten years a petty officer in her Majesty's service. The COURT declared that the charge had been fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to receive 50 lashes on his bare back on board the Eurydice at such time as the commander in-chief at Portsmouth should direct, and to be imprisoned in Winchester gaol for the space of 12 calendar moeths, and during that time to be kept to hard labour. The Nelson, 120, advanced ship, was masted to-day in the basin. The Vixen steam-sloop, Captain Giffard, has not yet dis embarked her specie, and remains in harbour. The Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliot, is reported to be out of the dockyard hands on the Bth, but she will most probably be newly coppered before going to Spithead. The first Lieutenant (Heathcote) has already got the ship in most admirable order, and her rigging is set up as it ought to be. The trial between the Eurydice and the Spartan is looked forward to with considerable interest. In Harbour—The Excellent, the Victory, the Pique, the Eurydice and Contest, the Victoria and Albert, the Vixen, the Dasher, the Comet, the Fairy, and the Echo steamers. At Spithead—The Constance. In the Basin—The Edinburgh, the Nelson, the Trinco malee, and the Amphitrite. In Dock—The Prince Regent, the Penelope, the Leander, the Cambrian, the Rifleman, and the Rattlesnake. CHATHAM. JULY 3.—The Albatross, 16 gun brig, Com mander R.'Yorke, arrived at this port yesterday evening from the coast of Africa, to be paid off and re-commissioned, without any of her bulkheads or internal fittings being re• moved. The Trident, iron steam•vessel, was towed round from Woolwich on Wednesday, the Ist inst., by the Monkey steam-vessel, which returned the same day. The Trident is ordered to be fitted as a packet and to be commissioned, and to have a complement of sixty-five men. The Columbine, 16 guns, Commander J. R. Booth, has her tops over the mast heads, and topmasts on end, and the riggers are busily effiployed rigging the vessel. A detach ment of Royal Marines from this division, consisting- of 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 18 privates, are under orders to join the ship. Mr. George Henry L. Wise, clerk of the Cyclops, is to be paymaster and purser of the Linnet, commissioned at De von port. Mr. Cotsell, foreman of smiths in Devonport-yard, is ap pointed master smith of this yard, vice Stonehouse, super- annuated. Mr. Weekes, conductor of the lead mills in this yard, is superannuated on a pension of 901. per annum, and Mr. Bacon, master of the saw mills in this yard, is superannuated on a pension of 1664 per annum. The last two situations are to be abolished, and an engineer appointed at a salary of 400/. per annum. . _ Mr. Sturder, acting foreman of this yard, is appointed foreman of shipwrights in the dockyard at Bermuda, vice Moody. Mr. John Rich, acting inspector of shipwrights, is ap pointed inspector, vice Driver, promoted ; and Mr. George King, leading man of shipwrights, is appointed acting in spector, vice Rich. NAME OF RAILWAY. Last week. Arbroath and Forfar ••••• • • • • 2.8 , 0 Eit:3 P. be -- Q. 9 Bristol and Birmingham ••••• • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • . • • . Dublin and Drogheda. • ..... • • • Dublin and Kingstown . • • • . • .• . • • . Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • Durham and Sunderland . .. Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• . ........ Eastern Counties and North Eastern• • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock.• . ...... Gravesend and Rochester.... Great North of England •.......... Great Western. •• •••• 659 970 1,296 324 487 3,011 8,923 2,115 1,076 Hartlepool London and IMrntingharn,Ste. ~.... London and Blackmail— •• •• •• •• •• •• London and Brighton. •• •• •• •• •• •• London and Croydon London and Greenwich ... •• .• • ... •• London and South Western. •• •• •—• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham ........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties . • . •• •........... 20,591 - 758 39,188 1,334 6,149 1,877 Newcastle and Darlington •• ........ Newcastle and Carlisle...... Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ Norfolk.. •• ..... .................. North British •• • ..... ........ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans .......... Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • .......... Preston and Sheffield and Manchester. .......... South Eastern • • • Taff Vale .• • ..• .• . niter . • ........... Yarmouth and Norwich .• ........ York and North Midland ......... 700 1,129 2,016 542 2,633 5,138 1,969 1,156 276 8,021 1,055 4,593 6,749 17,710 3,971 2,010 756 1,423 768 18,516 37,162 1,398 5,416 1,677 7,096 6,144 8,738 955 4,080 6,968 13,446 2,914 1,839 670 395 5,848 6,183 666 765 6,261 1,100 054 1,685 8,560 1,233 b,894 THE EAST AND WEST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.— SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 3.—The East India and China mails were dispatched this day in the Oriental CoMpany's steam packet Montrose as far as Malta, from whence they will be transmitted by the Iberia steamer to Alexandria, and the Montrose proceed on her voyage to Constantinople. She has a full cargo of bale goods and a number of passengers. The Royal West India mail packet Tweed left the docks yester day with the Mexican and West India mails, 580 bottles of quicksilver, and a full cargo of stores and packages on the company's account. _ ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.—About eleven o'clock on Wednesday night Huddart, a post-boy employed by Mr. Foster, of the Crown Hotel, Penrith, and a young woman of the name of Raine, a native of Penritb, together with a pair of horses, most miraculously escaped being drowned in the river Eamont, about a mile from Penrith. It appears that Huddart had been out with a carriage and four, and on returning to Penrith attempted to cross the river above the bridge, for the purpose of washing the carriage and the horses. The stream, however, being much swollen from the late heavy rains, carried the horses off their feet, and the carriage was taken down under the front arch, and alighted against the abutment of the bridge. The horses were cut loose from the carriage by the posthoy, who succeeded in getting them and himself out of the water, leaving the young woman, who screamed for help, in the carriage, which was nearly filled with water. The night was very dark, and the only person who was up in the village was Mr. Richard Ralph, the landlord of the Welcome-Here-in-Cumberllnd Inn, who lost no time in procuring ropes, and on reaching the spot he found Miss Raine had got out of the carriage, and was sitting on the top, which was just out of the water. A man then came up, who fastened one of the ropes round him, and taking another, plunged into the swollen stream, and swain to the carriage, when he fastened the rope round Miss Raine, and she was dragged out through the water. On landing she was in a most exhausted condition, but is likely to recover in the course of a few days. LORD WARD'S HEAD GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—On Tuesday last Mr. Norris, head gamekeeper to Lord Ward, was shot in the preserves at Hiniley, near Dudley, by an under gamekeeper of the name of Hall, whom Mr. N'orris had just rebuked for having dogs with him in the preserves, where the game was very young. A portion of Norris's left arm was blown to pieces, and a quantity of shot lodged in his side, next to his heart. Hall left Norris in this state, but having told two men in an adjoining field that he had shot Norris, they repaired to the spot, and had the wounded man conveyed home. Yesterday Norris's depositions were taken, and he now lies without hope of recovery. SOUTH SEA HOUSE. — Yesterday a quarterly general court of proprietors of South Sea stock was held at the com pany's house, in Threadneedle -street, Charles Franks, Esq., the sub-governor, in the chair. The minutes of the last court were read and confirmed. The secretary read the accounts which are always submitted to the proprietors preparatory to the declaration of a dividend. The Chairman then moved that the usual dividend of one and three-quar ters per Dent. be agreed to. The motion having been car ried, and there being no other bwinese before it, the Court Adjourned, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Buckingham Palace. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed walk and rides yesterday in the royal gardens. The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his. Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Earl of Liverpool, Lady August a Bruce, and the Ba roness de Speth. The Marchioness of Douro has succeeded the Countess of Desart as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Vis count Hawarden has succeeded Lord Glenlyon as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty;Mr. R. 0. Gore has succeeded Captain Meynell, as the Groom in Waiting to the Queen, and Colonel Arbuthnot, has relieved Major-Ge neral Wemyss in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty. Lieut.. Colonel Seymour has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal High• ness Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence Clarence House, St. J ames ' s' at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, att en d e d b y Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, Bart., from Frogmore House, Windsor. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined with the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club at Willis's rooms, yesterday evening. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge 3 esterday at Cambridge House. His Highness Ibrahim Pacha, attended by the Gen • tlemen of his suite, dined last evening with the members of the Reform Club,: at their club-house, in Pall-mall. Ilis Highness on alighting from his carriage• was met by Sir Charles Napier, and was received in the Grand Hall by Viscount Palmerston and the members of the Committee. The banquet was served in the dining-room, under the direction of Mr. Stevenson, the steward. One hundred and fifty members of the club sat down to dinner. A military band was in attendance. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey attended yesterday at; the Home-office, and had an interview with Sir James Graham. A deputation connected with the Island of Newfound land had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone on Thursday, at the 'S)olonial-office. The deputation con sisted of Mr. G. R. Robinvn, Mr. Walter Baine, Mr. T. N. Hurd, Mr. T. H. Brooking, Mr. James Crowdy, and Mr. Ewen Stubb. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. There were present the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy Governor, Mr. P. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller General, attended. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Chichester, Lichfield,' Oxford, Sa lisbury, and Worcester, the Earl of Chichester, the Right Hon. H Hobhouse, and the Ri ght Hon. J. Nichol The Judicial Committee of the Pr ivy Council sat yes terday, and resumed aneconcluded the Vasareelely case from Madras. Mr. Kindersley (Queen Counsel), finished his reply, and the Court rose. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Master of the Rolls, the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. PARLIAMENTARY DIV IS] ONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, FRIDAY, JULY 3. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. Report considered ; Motion made, and Question put, " That the Bill be re-committed." The House divided . MINORITY—AYES, 26. . _ Alexander, N. • Dowdeswell, W. . Plumridge, Captain Archbold, Robert Ferguson, Sir R. Stewart, John Armstrong, Sir A. Gore, W. R. 0. Trench, Sir F. W. Bellew, it. M. Gregory, W. H. Villiers, Charles Beresford, Major Hughes, W. B. Williams, W. Berkeley, Craven Manes, R. Monckton Blake, Sir V. Neeld, Joseph TILLERS. Clayton, R. R. O'Conor, Don ' French, F. Collett, W. R. Osborne, Ralph Redingtoll, T. N. Darner, Colonel Pechell, Captain MAJORITY —NOES, 138. Aciand, Sir T. Duckworth, Sir J. Moffatt, George A'Ceurt, Captain Duncan, Lord Mostyn, E. M. L. Antrobus, Edmund Duncan, George Norreys, Lord Arkwright, George Duncombe, A. O'Brien, T. Arundel, Earl of Dundas, Admiral Oswald, A. Bailey, Joseph Egerton, W. T. Owen, Sir John Baillie, Col. Escott, Bickham Parker, John Baillie, W. Estcourt, T. G. Peel, Jonathan Baldwin, Barry Evans, William Philips, G. R. Beckett, W. Evans, Sir De Lacy Pigot, David Benett, John Farnham, E. Plumptre, J. P. Bennet, P. Fellden, Sir W. Polhill, Frederick Bentinck, Lord G. Frewen, C. H. Pulsford, Robert Bintinck, Lord H. Fuller, A. E. Rich, Henry Bernal, Ralph Gardner, J. D. Ross, David R. Blake, M. J. Gaskell, J. M. ' Rumbold, C. E. Bodkin, W. H. Gill, Thomas Sandon, Viscount Bowring, Dr. Gisborne, Thomas Scott, R. Bridgeman, H. Godson, R. Scott, F. Broadley, Henry Gordon, Hon. Capt. ueymer, H. K. Broadwood, H. Greene, Thomas Shaw, Rt. Hon. F. Brocklehurst, John Grimsditch, Thomas Smollett, Alexande Brooke, Lord Hall, Colonel Somerset, L.,rd G. Brooke, Sir A. B. Hamilton, .I. 11. , Spooner, Richard Browne, W. Hamilton, W. J. Stuart, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. Hatton, Captain Stuart, V. Buckley, Edmund Hawes, B. Stuart, Henry Buller, Edward Hayes, Sir E. Stuart, J. Buller, Sir J. V. Hayter, W. G. Tancred, H. W. Busfeild, W. Henley, J. W. Taylor; E. Carew, W. H. Pole Hindley, Charles Thompson, Ald. Cavendish, C. C. Holland, Robert Thomely, T. Cavendish, G. H. otham, Lord Thornhill, G. Chandos, Marq. of Houldsworth , T. Trollope, Sir J. Chapman, B. Howard, P. H. Tuite, H. M. Chute, W. L. W. Hume, Joseph Turner, Edmund Clements, Viscount Hussey, Thomas Tyrrell, Sir J. Clerk Sir G. ' Hutt, William Vane, Lord H. Cole, Hon. H. A. Jolliffe, Sir NV G. H. Vivian, J. E. Colebrooke, Sir T. Lascellea, E. Wakley, T. Collett, John Layard, Captain Walsh, Sir J. Cowper, W. F. Lefroy, A. Warburton, Henry Cripps, William Lemon, Sir C. Winnington, Sir T. Dalrymple, Captain Lowther, Hon. Col. Wyse, Thomas Denison, E. B. Mackenzie, T. TELLERS. Dickinson, F. H. Martin, John Duncombe, Thomas Dodd, George Miles, W. Mackenzie, W. F. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JUNE 30.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, June 27, was 23f. 68c., and that of rye 17f. 52c. per hectolitre. The Chamber of Representatives, after having heard the analysis of several petitions, resolved itself into a general committee to hear the communications of the Minister for Foreign Affairs relative to the convention with France. In the secret committee the Minister for Foreign Affairs gave a detailed history of the negotiations carried on at several times with the French Cabinet to improve the commercial relations between the two countries. After stating the various incidents of the negotiations, in particular relative to the Customs Union, the Minister communicated a volu minous correspondence between himself and the Belgian ne gotiators at Paris, relating exclusively to the preliminaries of the convention of the 13th of December. As for the question cf the Customs, it appears from the explanation given by the Minister that the last attempt was as far back as 1842, when one of the French Ministers (M. Dumann) drew up the outline of a treaty which the Belgian negotiators at that time did not think acceptable, because it contained conditions which seemed incompatible with our nationality and our constitution. Thus in everthing relative to the legislation on the customs and on treaties to be concluded Belgium was to give up its right in favour of the French Chamber and Go. vernment. _ It is observable that the Moniteur has been silent with respect to the late troubles at Nieupont. Meantime the most conflicting versions and accusations are in circulation. Ac cording to some the mayor and the municipal authorities were to blame for their want of energy, an imputation which seems to be fully , refuted by a letter published by the Bur gomaster, who adduces facts, which disprove the accusation of remissness. At all events ajudicial investigation is highly desirable. The garrison of Nieupont has however been very judici ously changed, and the town is now entirely restored to order and tranquillity. It was feared that fresh outbreaks, would take place, but it has now passed over quietly. DUTCH FUNDS.—AIIeiaItDAN, JUNE 29. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent...• • • ..• . 60% 60 1 A Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • ••• • • • 72% 73N Ditto, 4 per Cent... • - • • - -. • • 941- 4 9 5 Amort Syndic, :3% per Cent • • 89 8934 Ditto, 33¢ per Cent.• • • • • • • • • •• • • • • Commercial Company, 43G per Cent • • 174 175 1 4 East India Loan, 4 per Cent. • • . 92% 93 Exchange on London, at sight 12 25 Two m0nth5............... 12 12 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 62 Two months... ••• • • • 35 2.1 On Paris •••• • • • ..... •• • • 56 75 Twomonths... ••••• • • • •• 5 " 75 -Dutch Papers, June 30. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-13zaux, JUNE 27. Bills. Money. Bt•Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • .. •• •••• • • • • 0 4 'A 95 % Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges •• •• • • • • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months, 6 2438 6 24% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months.l49% 1491 , Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months .• •• • • •• • -- 79% Universal Prussian Gazette, June 28. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JUNE 27. Bills. Money, kustrian 5 per Cents ................ 112 1586 Anglo-Russian Loan ...... Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101 ••-• Ditto Ist series 1n5cripti0n............ Ditto, ifope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. Ditto, in Certificate.................. New 4 per Cent., Hops and Co. ...• .• 8314 98 Si Ditto Stieglitz ........ 87% 8714 Spanish New 5 per Cent • • •• ••• • • • 17 % 17 % Ditto 3 per Cent ......... Angl9-PortugueseLoan, 2% per Cent• • ••••• Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. •• • • •• •• • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844. •• • 89 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .. National Bank Shares . BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszi.s, July 1 . Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••.•••• • •• • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .••• • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent ••• • • • ..... •••• • ' • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto, ditto, 180.. ..... Nog Ditto, ditto, 1842 . 102 Ditto, 1844... • •••• . • • • •• • 99 N Ditto, 1838 73 3 8 Ditto of the City, 1832 ...... • • 100% Ditto, 1843 Bank ofßelgium• • —Brussels Papers. July 2. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Yiniss, Jun , . 25. 5 per Cent. Metalliques— •• • 4 per Cent. ditto.... „ 3 per Cent. ditto.. .. ......... • • 74 1, 4 Loan, 1834 154% Ditto, 1839 ................ ..... ••••• 122 Bank Shares ... • . . - 1575 Exterhazy's Loan .. • . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • •••• • • • • • 1851 4 Gloggnitz ........... . . . . . • • . • 136 Vienna—Milan .. Leghorn • • •• • ...... . Pesth •••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • •• • • •• •• 95 31 . 86 Grosetto ••• • • ••• • • ..... •• • • 90 1 ,E Oldenburg •• • • .... •• • ... Pestoja • • .. Peath Bridge ................... ....... Zeitung, June 28. WEST FLANDERS RAILWAY. The second half-yearly general meeting of this Company took place yesterday at the London Tavern, in order to have the directors' report submitted to them ; G. W. Hayter, MP. in the chair. . _ The CHAIRMAN said that he was obliged to officiate in consequence of a severe domestic affliction having occurred to their president, Mr. Richards. The SECRETARY then read the report, which set forth in most advantageous terms the prospects of the Company. The balance-sheet shows a receipt of 222,740/. 16s. 7d., an hand expenditure of 109,54 61 . 148 . 11 d. , leaving a balance i n of 113,1941. Is. Bd. ; of which 47,382/, is invested at interest. The balance at the bankers of the Company in London, Brussels, and Bruges, is 65,8121. ls. Bd. A report was also read from Mr. Robert Stephenson, which states that he has no doubt that the first section of the line, which extends from Bruges to Courtrai, about 31 miles in length, w ill be com pleted in a few months. Mr. Stephenson also stated that the works will be of the lightest and most profitable nature for the investment of capital. The CHAIRMAN, after adverting to the report, stated, that from the observations which they had been able to make, by a comparison with their own expenditure and that of the Belgian State lines, which returned 4IA p er cent. upon the capital, they cou ld safely promise a return of 9 per cent. A resolution adopting the report having been moved and seconded, was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then moved to the directors, which was also carried, and the meeting separated. BATH. --CAUTION TO BATHERS. man, named John Abbott, who lodges in Kingsmead-square, was bathing, a few days ago, in the river Avon, when he received two wounds, one in the sole of the foot, the o th er over the knee joint, from some fragments of glass, which happened to be at the bottom 9f the water. So much inflammation ensued that he is now an in-patient of the United Hospital, where, however, he is doing well.—Bath Her a ld . A PROBLEM FOR THE AMERICAN CHURCHES. — During 50 years of missionary labour, 400 , 0 00 pagans have been gathered into the fold of Christianity under the preach ing of American missionaries. The average i ncrease o f s l aves in this country is about 70.000 a year, whom to teach to read the Bible is a penal offence. Now. if 40,000 pagans are annually evangelised abroad, and 70,000 native Americans heathenised at home, required the time when " the know ledge of God shall cover the earth as the waters the sea."— Christian Citizen. AN EARLY ITARVEST.—Yesterday several men were employed in a field of rye, the property of Mr. Talbot, farmer, of Tottenham, in gathering in the same, it having been during the last few days ready for the sickle. It is in excellent con dition, and the crop is expected to be a b un d ant. Th ere i s a large growth of wheat in that neighbourhood, which is in a very forward state, and should there be a continuance of warm weather, in the course of a fortnight it will be rescl.y for outtiss. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIG.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— lI3RAHIM PACHA. His Highness Ibrahim Pacha ' on embarking on boa r d th e Dryad steamer, after returning from Woolwich-common on Thursday evening, expressed a desire to take a trip down the river towards Gravesend. The course of the vessel, which had been laid in the direction of town, was immedi ately changed, and the illustrious stranger proceeded down the river as far as Gravesend. Nothing like so lengthened a voyage had been contemplated by the parties who chartered the vessel in the morning, and before arriving at Graves end, the voyageurs having expressed a wish to partake of some dinner it was found that there were no supplies on board. In this dilemma parties were dispatched into the town, where, by a little industrious research, they succeeded in levying a joint of roast beef from one place, a ham from another, and a goodly supply of champagne from a third. Thus laden, they returned to the steamer, and a table having been spread on the deck, the Pacha and the members of his suite partook of their hasty meal as the vessel proceeded on its homeward trip. His Highness disembarked at Hungerford-pier shortly after 10 o'clock, and being very much fatigued did not leave his hotel again that evening. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the Pacha, accompanied by his suite, left Mivart's for the London terminus of the Blackwall Railway, in Fenchurch-street, where his High ness was received by the directors and secretary of the com pany, and by them conducted over the engineering works of that establishment. His Highness minutely inspected the machinery by which the rope used in propelling the trains is worked, and expressed himself greatly pleased at the simpli city of its action. On leaving the terminus, his Highness and suite entered a first-class carriage and proceeded to the Blackwall station, from thence visiting the East India Docks, into which the Pacha was conducted by Captain Routh, the managing director of the Blackwall Railway. While in the docks, his Highness proceeded on board, and inspected from the deck to the hold two of Mr. Green's magnificent India men, which were lying alongside the jetty, outward bound. At the dock entrance his Highness entered his carriage, and drove to the West India Docks, where he visited and in spected the sugar warehouses and rum vaults. From the West India Docks the Pacha and suite returned to the Brunswick Tavern, Blackwell, where they partook of a white-bait dinner. After dinner, his Highness proceeded to the Lon Jon Docks; while walking through the warehouses his Highness tasted some of the East India sugar, and inquired what was the price of transit from Calcutta, and what it would be from Alexandria. The Pacha was invited by the dock authori• ties to go on board one of the American liners; but having already inspected Mr. Green's superb ships, his Highness excused himself. His Highness returned to Alivart's Hotel shortly before six o'clock. Sarni Pacha took equestrian exercise yesterday afternoon in the parks and suburbs of the metropolis. THE REVIEW IN 'HYDE PARK. We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following document, which so highly compliments the troops that took part in this military spectacle, on their general appear ance and steadiness in the field : "BRIGADE ORDERS, JUNE 27, 1846. " Colonel Berkeley Drummond has great satisfaction in notifying to the brigade of Guards, inspected under his com mand this morning in Hyde-park,ithat his:Grace the Com mander-in-Chief expressed himself entirely satisfied at their appearance and steadiness in the field. " General Viscount Combermere also requested Colonel Drummond to thank the commanding officers and the bri gade generally for the attention and celerity with which they performed] the various manoeuvres, which his Lordship was pleased to say had always been the case whenever he had the opportunity of seeing them under his command, either on foreign service or at home." The Ist Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards Blue, who composed the cavalry, were similarly complimented. BRADFORD (YORKSHIRE) AD-. DRESS TO SIR R. PEEL, BART. The following address, with 1,100 signatures attached to it, was on Thursday forwarded to Sir B. Peel:— " Sir,—We, the undersigned merchants, bankers, and professional gentlemen, worsted-spinners, manufacturers, wool-staplers, and other tradesmen of the town of Brad ford, in the west riding of the county of York, beg to express to you our deep regret that in passing through Parliament your great measures of commercial reform, you should have been assailed in the most virulent man ner, even to the disregard of the decencies of life, and beg especially to mark our strong disapprobation of the wanton, malicious, and slanderous attack made upon your character with respect to the late Mr. Canning, but which you so ably repelled, to the satisfaction of every thinking man in the - country. " We beg to assure you that the measures you have brought forward for the relief of trade and the comfort of the industrial classes, are considered by men of all parties here as among the greatest and most beneficial ever proposed by any Minister of the Crown, and tend• ing to increase the stability of the empire and the hap piness of the people. " We present you with our heartfelt thanks for the manifold sacrifices, both private and public, which you have made in carrying through Parliament, with un wearied zeal, and in spite of the most formidable opposi tion, the great schemes of commercial policy which you, conscientiously believed would be for the general benefit of our country and the welfare of the many. "It is our fervent hope that your valuable life will long, in health and happiness, be spared, to carry out other great objects for the amelioration of the condition of your grateful countrymen, and advancing the pros. perity and well-being of the great empire over whose destinies you have so ably presided as first Minister of the Crown. Sir Robert Peel has deferred his departure from Drayton Manor for town, in consequence of an intimation from Lord John Russell that all the Ministerial arrangements would not be completed until this day. On Monday the Right Hon. Baronet, and his colleagues of the late Cabinet, attend at Buckingham Palace to resign their seals of offiee to their successors in the Government. FIRE AT GREENWlCH.—Yesterday m orning at out at half past twelve o'clock, a fire broke of Mr. George shop low !he . George Moon, oil and colourman, i n Trafalgar-road, be Royal Hospital. It was discovered by police-sergeant Smith, of the R division, who was passing at the moment. Informa tion was immediately forwarded to the station, and Hurlock, a mounted patrol, was dispatched for the London Fire Brigade and West of England Company's engines. The Royal Hos pital and parish-engines arrived at a quarter past one o'clock, followed by the West of England and two of the Brigade engines, 16 and 25, at half-past one. Great difficulty being experienced in getting water, the devouring element gained complete ascendancy, so that it was found impossible to check the conflagration until it had nearly done its worst. The engines were merely engaged in preventing the flames from extending to the adjoining premises. The house, stock in trade, and most of the furniture were consumed. The origin ot' the fire has not been ascertained. SUSPECTED DEATH By VIOLENCE.—Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Grange, Poi tugal• street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, ou the body of Louisa Beczly, aged 24, who resided. at No. 30, Clement's-lane, Drury-lane. The inquiry excited much interest, as it involved a suspicion that the deceased had met her death by unfair means. It appeared that about nine o'clock on the evening of Monday week, she was proceeding along Clement's-lane, when she was knocked down by a blow on the head, from a large brick, alleged to have been thrown from the White Hart public-house, situate No. 49, in that lane. The deceased ex• pired on Friday morning, in King's College Hospital, from the effects of the injuries. A very minute investigation was gone into amidst a good deal of conflicting statements, the case at first assuming a very serious aspect. The more cri • minating facts having been disproved, the jury at length re turned the subjoined verdict t--" That the deceased died from injuries received from being struck by a brick; but whether the said brick fell or was thrown there was not sufficien t vidence to satisfy the jury." THE SURREY ATHENZUM.—A new literary and scien tific mechanics' institution, under the above designation, is about to be established, for the formation of which Lord John Russell, M.P., has consented to preside at a public meeting, to be held on Wednesday next at the Rotunda, in the Blacidrian. rod. DEATH OF AN AUTHOR. On Monday last died M a tth ew H enry B ar k er , th e at ithor of between twenty and thirty volumes, chiefly naval ne vela and sketches of life at sea. He was better known, perils tee; as the "Old Sailor I" and those who had the pleasure of . his acquaintance esteemed him as a highly warm-hearted, oita. spoken, honest-minded man. He was the son of a dissentint,': minister, who for nearly half a century preached in the sato& chapel at Deptford, and brother of a schoolietoster in the same place, who contributed some papers on astronomy to ."Time's - Telescope," and reported on the same subject in the early days of the Literary Gazette. When quite a b he took a fancy for a sea life, and the war being then very brisk, there was no difficulty in getting afloat. For many 31(10 . S the fu- . Lure author endured the vicissitudes of a naval career in times of peril and difficulty. He was in several actrOms, and sailed in various parts of the globe; and the scenes of ‘'llood shad, shipwreck, and captivity he witnessed and endtl."etl, became in after-life the subjects for his pen. He tir.'t entered on board an East Jndiaman, and was afterwards ire. the Royal Navy, where, having no influence, he never rose beyond the rank of master's mate. Towards the end of the war he commanded a hired armed schooner, chiefly em ployed in carrying dispatches to our squadrons on the southern coasts of France and Spain. He was for some time a prisoner of war, and used to describe very graphically the sufferings of himself and his companions. At the conclu sion of hostilities he took up the pen as a profession, and obtained an engagement as editor of a West Indian news - paper, and subsequently accepted and retained for many years a similar engagement upon one of the Nottingham journals. Whilst in that town he made many friends, and though a firm supporter of liberal principles, employed his influence to check the wild delusions and criminal efforts of the physical force Chartists. At Nottingham he wrote some of his best books, and for a series of years afterwards plied, his pen with great zeal and success. wrote a "Memoir of Nelson," which Sir Ilarris Nicolas, in the "Nelson Dix patches," conimended very highly. Ills chief novels were—. " Nights at Sea." which appeared in Bentley's Miscellany "The Victory," " Hamilton King," "The Jolly Boat," and' "Greenwich Hospital." Some of these were illustrated by George Cruiksbank, who became his friend, and continued so till the last. When.on his death-bed he sent for that artist, to receive his latest wishes—a summons promptly and kindly obeyed. Like most writers below the chief rank, he was forced to labour in his vocation after failing health had .warned him that rest of mind and body were requisite, and up to the Wednesday b e f ore hi s d eat h he struggled at his duty as the naval editor of the United Serrice Gazette , and as a writer in the paper which now p a y s th e deserved tribute of this notice to his memory. Peace to his manes!-.- Pictorial Times. THE CATCH CLEB.—On Friday evening the noble men and gentlemen members of this celebrated convivial club gave their aunua' entertainment to the ladies, at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. The Duke of Beaufort took the chair, and Lord Saltoun discharged the duties of vice-president. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the meeting by his presence. and among those pre sent we observed the Duchess of Beaufort, the Countess of Westmoreland, Lord Wrottesley, Lord William Lennox, Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley Phillips, Sir H. Mildmay, Sir Edward Hartopp, Mr. Fitzherbert, Mr. Tudor, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Hall, Colonel Hawkins, Mr. Palmer, Major and Mrs. Gage, Lion. Mrs. Portman, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Campbell, Miss Dormer, Mr. R 2 Errington, Mrs. Langford Brooke, Mr. J. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Salomons, &c. The professionals in attendance 'comprised Miss. M. B. Hawes and Miss Marshall, Messrs. Elliott, Hawkins, Hobbs, Machin, Taylor, Kench, Francis, Turle, Goss, Walmisley, Spencer, Horsley, Bennet, Mosley, and King, assisted by th e boys selected from the choir of Westminster Abbey. The dinner was of the most recherché character. On the removal of the cloth, "Non nobis" was sung by the whole strength of the professional corps. A choice selection of glees and catches ensued, and it was after eleven o'clock when the har mony of the meeting terminated. The dinner took place in the superb room familiar to the beau monde as the ball room of Aimee's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge remained to the:close of the festivity. NEW METHOD OF FINISHING BRONZE STATUES. The bronze statue of Huskisson, just completed in the royal brass foundry of the Bavarian capital, deserves an especial notice, on account of a new method of chasing which has been resorted to in this case. It is known that newly-cut brass possesses a strong lustre, which destroys the mellow aspect of the work; on which account artists have resorted to the expedient of producing a sort of artificial patina by the use of mineral acids. For the sake of imparting to the above work an uniform mellow appearance without using acids, :In spector Muller has resorted to the method of dead chasing. This has been perfectly successful ; and the uniform tone which has been obtained in the whole work bids fair that the patina, as it will appear in due course of time, will be also uniform. By the use of different sorts of files, a really dif ferent grain of the metal has been cut out, which the artist was able to produce in accordance with the nature of the part thus treated. This method is said to be a real advance in the mechanism of the bronze founding process. BIRMINGHAM' FESTIVAL.—Our readers will be grati fied to learn that the Musical Festival Conmittee have, after much difficulty, succeeded in inducing the great German basso, Herr Staudigl, to accept an engagement at the forth coming meeting. We understand that he come.,' expressly to tbis country for the purpose.—Dlidland Counties Zierald. FAIRLOP FAIR. Yesterday, this once celeiJated pleasure fair was held, at which there seemed a great lack of that rural animation and mirth which used to prevail at by gone fairs. It has been the custom to keep open the fair on the Sunday succeeding the first Friday in July, the day on which the fair is proclaimed. This year the fair has been restricted to the one day only, and the thousands of persons annually frequenting the fair were yesterday reduced to hundreds. PAINTING ON Lava.—A painting on lava, by Jollivet, the subject taken from Holy Writ, and destined for the porch of the church of St. Vincent de Paul, at Paris, has lately attracted the attention of connoisseurs and Artists in the French capital. One of the eminent advantages of paint ing on lava is its brilliant effect, and its resistance to the temperance of the seasons, as it offers all the consistency of mosaic, without requiring the labour in its execution de manded by the latter. The principal difficulty to be over come in enamel painting is the glassy appearance, which de teriorates the effect of opaque objects. This difficulty has been completely set aside, and the painting on lava presents all the effect of the most highly-finished enamel. M. Jollivet's painting is on a surface of ten metres (about thirty-three feet), consisting of lour plates of lava. MOST REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.—Last June, says the Kingston (Canada) Chronicle, a man named Edmund Dou gan, residing on lot 17, in 4th concession of the township of Xottawasaga, in the county of Simcoe, discovered on the lot he occupies a sunken hole in the earth, having the resem blance of a small pond of water, or low len. It was situated on a rising ground in the forest which he was engaged in clearing, preparatory to cultivation. The roots of the trees had spread over the marsh, and many of considerable thick ness were cut away by We occupant o f the tut and his assis tants. Dougan's son on stooping down to drink out of thns hole discovered some bones in it, which caused a further ex amination, which ultimately led to the discovery of a very large quantity of human bones, including between fiver hundred and six hundred human sculls I They also found about 401bs. of brass; several brass kettles, in a decayed state, and several hatchets. In about a month after the occurrence above narrated a similar hole was discovered by Mr. William Thompson on the third lot in the same con. cession and township, which, being examined by Mr. Thomp son and his neighbours, was found to contain eleven copper kettles, each of whiCh would hold about nine pails of water., Eight of the kettles were found as perfect as when made, and the other three were much ccrroded. In this hole was also discovered ten or a dozen sea shells, and a large quantity of pipeclay buttons. The holes are situate about one mile and a halt' from each other, with the north branch of the :s.7otawasaga River dividing them. IMPROPER FIXING of BALCONIES.—Our attention has been directed to an accident which happened at No. 52, Man chester-street, a short time ago, when a lady and gentleman were precipitated into the street by the failure of a balcony in the front of the house. It was wholly of iron, of light con struction, and was put up, as too many of them are, in the most careless and reprehensible manner. It is to be hope& that the district surveyors will enforce proper precautions its this respect. We could point to a range of houses at thin moment, provided with iron balconets to the first floor win- , dows, every one of which are insecure. The ends of the top bar and of the bottom bar are simply driven into the brick work two or three inches, with plugs of wood, and if no ac cident happen, it will be through God's mercy, and not the builder's care.-77te Builder. AMERICAN &Mil:M.—Among the numerous importa tions of articles of food which have taken place from Ame rica during the week, two importations of butter may be especially mentioned; one in the Great Britain steam-ship, of 205 packages, the produce of the States, and the other by the Rory O'More from Montreal, of 127 packages, the pro duce of Canada. The supply of butter from so great a dis tance is very remarkable, and is a proof; if any were want ing, of the greatly increased advantages afforded by the rapidity in which a communication or passage is now made, beyond what was formerly the case, by steam ships, and not unfrequently at an equally quick rate by sailing vessels, be tween the two countries. Considering the immense advan tages now afforded by the liberal measures which have re cently obtained the sanction of the Legislature, and are now in active oporation, it is difficult to say to how great an extent these advantages may or may not be made available and subsidiary for the purpose of giving them full and com plete effect. OYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY.—The works on this railwax i llave been commenced with great spirit on. the west side (.7r Stamford. Workmen are engaged on the meadows - in filling up that part of the river over which the railway is intended to pass, and also in opening a new channel for the water, in the room of the one which will be filled up. The line e ill cross the river on an embankment, of about seven feet. A number of hands are also engaged in excavating •and embanking between the meadows and the George close. On the line east of Stamford they have been. engaged during the past week in laying down the second line of rails. Ile great delay in promoting this line is understood to have been wholly oeurioned by the unflinch ing opposition of Loid Ilarborough, but this cause of delay is now in a great measure removed, and the works may be expected in consequence to be carried on with increased avidity.---Lifteobte.ire Otronick.' iNDSOII, JULY 3.—The hay harvest is completely finished in this vicinity, and a most abundant crop has been laid in. The wheat, oats, and barley are very forward, and promise well for an abundant harvest, though the straw is likete to be short. Turnips, especially Swedes, are languish— ing for want of rain. FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHIGWELL RACES.—Dilting a heat at these races, on Tuesday, one of the horses bolted, broke away from the end of the course, and, running amongst some fallen timber, killed a man named Spooner, of Abridge, broke the leg of another individual, and injured several other parties, SIMPLE FILTERING VESSEL.— On a small scale, an efacient filtering vessel may be formed of a common garden pot, well burnt, and with holes in the bottom ; the lower part to be tilled with round pebbles, then some Lonelier ptbblee, then some coarse sand, and finally a stratum of pounded charcoal three er four inches thick. The use in large filters of broken shells interposed between the gravel and sand is a great improvement, inasmuch as the Crag. ments, being flat, overlap each other, and counteract the tendency of the sand to settle amongst the gravel, thus pre serving a free percolation through the lower strata.— The Builder. DEGREES OF HARDNESS IN WATER.—Dr. Clark, of Aberdeen, says a correspondent of the Builder, has stated the hardness et water for various towns as follows:--Aber deen, 1 deg.; Glasgow (about), 43; Edinburgh, 5; New castle-upon-Tyne. 5; Pipe-water (.f London, 11 to 16; ditto Manchester, 12; Paris, harder than any of the above. Wells in London, 40 to 80. He considers that a water ceases to be agreeable fett washing when it is above 4 or 5 deg., or that 16 deg. is the utmost point that can be conveniently used, to get a proper lather. • SALMON FismNo..=The fishing on the Ness was re sumed on Monday night, when several grilse and some fine trout, weighing from 121 b. to nib., were captured. No fewer than 21'2 grilse were killed in the Beanly in one day day latelv,_ and it is expected that the Ness, which is con sidered the latest river in Scotland, will .be also very pro duettve when the'season is some further advanced.—.inver. ~~.~ ► ' 7 ~ ...... ...I. 1...4 7 ~ 0 dr I