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I hose the lir noticed. d parcels sad() wa s LA i ts of tu' FirlOr: 4,4 sCibt be ed t° jp 0 1 r tn. ;tle ; 11 , 2 3°1 6J I to DAY' ) t Sutto n C r l3 135'44 00 log"' t he 115 ;ecl ii l di t e avi • 0 t he king Wl s i co bo , in b from t a de Y 0 0 i Ol ber e°, to -cloY !o he rtu re, ,i(le • • ivio tho wo o' P ° ici bad 65 rv , h ich to a Pr t / con rias T i. r Do e 3 ,t0. of i s pv. So '11.) ,ed 0"r aiesui RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSU , RANCE COAPANY.—(ritIS DAY) 11 ) 4 sixth general bolt-yearly meeting of the share hol:lers iu this company riqg held to. day, in the c.ffiefs, 3 Old Broad -street; Sir John Dean Paul, Ihrt, in the chair. The report stated that the company's business con tinued to sh ow a sat i s f ac t or y i ncrease , notwit h stan di ng the diminution of railway traffic in the last six mouths, 1 , 3 n egimparel with th a t of last year, w h en th e G rea t Ex hibition induced en unmival amount of travelling throughout the country. The total receipts during the h ilt - Year amounted to 3,066/. Bs. Id., and this with the balance brought forward, showed a total of 4,3841. Bt * 9 d. to the c r e di t o f revenue accoun t, ou t o f which th e selounts estimated as payable at the close of last Y !_ a * o r, the claims adjusted, and the working expenses, a anting in all to 3,354/, 5s 7d. had been paid, it av -4g a surplus of 1.030/. 3s. 2d, This sum, together with the amount due from clearing house and agents, formed a balance of 1,7271. 18s. 11d. on revenue account, ou the 30th of June, to which date the accounts were made oP. This balance was subject, however, to the 484 ' 1 chargt s for cammissaaa and duty on the last necessaryte gai'ter's receipts not paid when the accounts were closed ; but after allowing for all the deductions, the balance justified the dirfetors in recommending the pay rnent of interest on t t b a e Paid-np capital of the company for the half-year at no rate of tour per cent. per annum. The amount paid es e nuipensaion during the last months was • ''l s7 /. Is. 4 , 1., principally arising from claims unsettled c'ee robe: last. The claims on insurances eff.cted d~rtrig the period under review had been comparatively for e, ethualti a e :ei ; :cnts having been happily much less frequent n usual, but the periodical recurrence of these ca as remarkably shown by the number that have hap Peced since the close of the half-year, and which has „_"o generally of a very severe description. One of the LUO st 8 • j emus of these occurred at Stockton on the 21st Yt in which no less than three of the sufferers held -" aur ance tickets, one of them being Mr. Grainger, the duovrn and much repected civil engineer, who was : 13 severely injured that he died shortly after. The s Q ") P 4 nY's surgeon, Mr. Holt, proceeded to the spot im "lately on receipt of intelligence of the accident, and at the it request of the friends ot the unfortunate gentle as, he remained to the last to give the benefit o! his srer, f " t experience and professional skill in removing the finab le ured limb, which unfortunately was found imprac fie"lo from physical prostration, so that mortification al ly supervened. The amount insured, 1,000/. was Sable t rj ß se} , 4l on the fund of the company, and the first of tea — magnitude, it might be expected that this rkable i ns tance of the utility of the system would Ti in , have a 'beneficial effect on the future business. Company's Bill in Parliament, having received the 'Jat asseut on the 17th July, the directors lost no time tb- re P ar ing to avail thems elves of the additional p owers li f aul acquired of granting insurances for the whole of f std in other modes likely to suit the views of dif er"t parties, and render the practice of insuring more general,t or . According to the wish expressed by the three- A i ; ou the resignation of the office of secretary by xatider Beattie, Esq., to continue to have the ad f4kagt of his extensive experience in the management fill comp an y; t hat gentleman had been elected to the vacancy at the board, occasioned by the retire iiiCtump Brown, Esq., M.P. The directors ." °Paned negotiations through an influential agent Wi Paris with the railway companies in France. th t , h a View to the insurance of their servants, and 1,11 in troduction of the system into that country. h ai l had great satisfaction in stating that they dsecured th e serv i c es of M. de Jacquemain, e nt General du Soleil Life and Fire Insurance p 1r ,, a , t) 3 7 , as agent and representative of this corn •,Tl Paris, a gentleman eminently qualified by Nine'ts and position to fill this important post, and ofthe interests of the company on the continent. was still a subject of regret, that while the operations p rn til e 6 company were daily being extended, and fresh of its advance in public favour continually af atilied, the directors of the southern railways seemed th e i r in disPosed to allow insurance tickets to be issued at e s tations, although renewed applications had lately t ) ° ,, n , s rll l'te on the subject. On one of these lines — the f ro — it - M Easter n — acci d en t s have lately occurred, and in . the remark s of the public pre d ss, an the numerous „ tit the office, there was reason to believe that the at as a hardship by the public to be denied Th e u r PPurtunity of making a Provision a g ainst them. Wit , eiterated refusal of the directors of that company, fo : ,, ucut any iit ra the adequate reason being assigned, was th_ere -1,,,; more to be regretted, as there was ground _for "' li g from the operation of the company on . other we e p ') that it was of service to the railway companies as a 8 to the public. With these exceptions, the corn i-nY,,),8 insurance tickets can now be obtained at the ki - "Pal stations of all the railways in the United ngdo tr. di e . Clltianaar said be was happy to state that the lhe '°l 's were in a position to recommend a dividend at 4 4t a te of 4 per cent, on the paid-up capital. A . t pre- Oa t a " "Otild not be prudent to propose a larger dividend ke n - t ; t he profits, for reasons which were too obvious to be rien; ne d• He might mention, however, tha t the expo ti of the l ast s i x mont h s wa s but a very imperfect crite rat,c'' what might be fairly anticipated for the future, for to th e c ' t the money taken during the period was applied keepsttlement of claims arising in tbe previous half know t would be gratifyiug to the shareholders to he t that th ere h a d b een a s t ea dy increase in tho hum eoril of ticket s issued, for this was sn indication that the Itnd n Y was gaining a firmer hold on the confidence to th - "PPort of the public. The chairman then alluded ea vi ,, t ' melancholy d ea th of Mr. Grainger, the eminent 11 1 ,7 'let, who, it will be recollected sank under quries which hich he sustained by the colli hold„at Stockton, and m e ntioned that he was a 1,00 of one of th e com p an y' s p er iodical tickets for of , 11 :. , The claim made by his relatives was the first exp eri 4 great magnitude which the company had yet weal a 't'eed ; but the fact of the directors meeting it th e r ; silence all those who entertained any doubts as to atip e q ) onsibility of the company under such eircum libl,". wished it to be as widely known us pos -li/in-' that the claim had been adjusted to the satisfac th of the unfortunate ge ntleman ' s relatives, and th e ' the directors were ready to hand over money whenever it should ba called for. H e D 4. reason to believe that if Mr. bolt, the able ani e x . kt rd lel:lced s urgeon of the company, had been enabled to nee remove the fractured limb, the life of Mr. Gr ainger would have been preserved, as was happily the i !,?`e with regard to anoth er gent l eman w ho was severely 'Jared at the Frodsham Tunnel. The effect produced the weekly ntreceipts by the sad occurrence had been aa very strikirg chara cter, t h e rece i pts d ur ing the last k, for instan c e, b e i ng as much as 203 1 . 1 3 3 . Id. The ~,tattatableges of this nove and simple application of th principle of life l assurance could not be too fre e Of 6'thy pressed on th e p u bli c; f or t h ey h a d th e testimony ki i „sPtain Symons, th e S ecretary to t h e R a il wa y Com ktf,',loners, th at railway traffic was conducted with less n 4 ; :t 'Y!n 1851 t h an i n 1850. While traffic had only in d 17 p er cent . , t h e num b er of persons in j ured b y tit n e 'tances beyond their own control had augmented klit.:crate of 104 per cent. And this calculation was t ook •l s ed on the returns contained in Parliamentary blue Of a minor did not include the numerous other casualties Do we 'llnor description that took place on railways. The th, rs of the company had been greatly extended by to roof Act of Parliament which enabled the directors 4( -)pt ir e rates of premium fora term of years or fora whole I .hti u e Y i n ° o `-' Payment, instead oh for one year, as formerly. t • ie for the last six months were not so numerous ;air e d ,;" e icsmer half-year, but since the accounts were p eel ic,.. ‘:i s re had been a considerable number of railway t tdep t; '` • The chairman ccncluded by moving the of the re a rt o . "st a tla `J a p. WILSON said he and others were induced to F aPe s har , holders on the und e rst an ding that if the stt, t r.tse failed, of assuring lives against accidents on rail ed, the company could easily be abandoned. te Puy a ,hdta t ars of the directors were now, however, ex eo for 4 the assurance of lives for a period of years toh Th ule lives and he wished to know whether the i Lto t Could still be broken up provided it was found teeed? d e • f o t Arrin, a director, said provision had been la t iN t i : W inding up the company in case such an event ". "PPen by returning the amount of premiums Tt lt pakr.-ZPort was thee received. ch it % ti t Zttlo was then elected a director of the cotn- Irta as after a vote of thanks to the directors and the proceedings terminated. - FR b Th, l 'i.' l. o 11 RAIL WAY TRAFFIC. F g F ro l ss C r . c. tti ' .011 0 ,• the last returns of . Pt % ~f , la lug aro . 4,N0/ t ., t he principal French Railways l — : - -4at -(,•,4Ettli.—Froun Aug. 12 to Aug._ .. _ _. 1 11.0t,5,-..l goods, 274,5021.; total, 6 82 , 5 2 5 1 21 Passengers, '70,30-IZ4•*--Prona Aug. 15 to ,r. 4 1 ,a 4 ,, 5,.' 4 :. t ; ......... g o v o r d o s na , 86 A ,3 u 0 g 7 . f.; t0ta1, A 2 1.1 .5 g 7,26 2 5 1 f. : 15 to Aug. 48f. Ap7ll4.,‘,RoOds, 40.316 f. ; total 102,8 — rom 15 to Passengers, Aug. ' l ' ' ''s AND BRANCH LINES.—From 09f • total, 5 .1 Fps Passengers, 334,1531.; goods, 266, 5 S T , ``• 18 • "41.66*tfitc —From Aug. 12 to Aug • A 11 I,'; _good- 141,1861.; total, 482.851 f. Passengers, -/s4----Fn;' Aug. 9 to Aug. 1..5 : Passengers, 1 , 1 45 4 1 ,,, t ,;; goods 23 1661 ; total, 60,8701. C' Sa f tilL4l : 7 : irom Aug. 12 to Au bk. 5 3 1,.; goods 12 3021 • total, 32.8351. g. 18: Passengers! .I,:,l°j'i* From ' Ana . : 15 to Aug 21 : Passengers, 5w9.;; qoodsall27 '97f ; total, 406,194 f. 1-11 ' f ti,. . --- -P ' 'ro , l i ku,..,ff . 16 to Aug. 22: Passengers, '; goods', 1 3' 3,047E . ; total, 147,2381. GI. th ....a. g ,„ o Traffic for qr week wilaAlvil SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-- 1- , „ Q „ 'mg .Autr. 28, 1832 : ,7 e Ugers k 37,934), goods and Co r r ". re ela, horses and carriages.. .£4,503 10 9 ~.. .'"Pondin , week in last year 4,487 f -s _ t.:, tiri ti &It k 0 h ., ~„-----------,, vary painful sense- T 4 ,-,. Nig crew SIN CRY UICIDE.— i t jii-cti) Qatitp/ im in le consequence of the -- yesterday, in the • A n ve diate neighbourhool ;lo b * ing f ri 4 , 11 eY And Ludgate-hell, t ar E ,, gutful occurrence :—lrora the inquiries made, it N r ,tt i,,, , pe son Bailey, where it is L trt All y 134,.,ireen Arbour-cour , t Old 141 e ' that r ed Meek had resided for s . om . e and collec , ing en .2.' b y w e,leyed he had accumulated considerable pro hi , s. ~, otkiog at his business as a tailor „s bo,:uetween eight and nine that morning .. rfelt, i se, , nd on with some tl i , _er a , entered into cheerful conversa n ' • he came out of ed forth into 11, kilizt LP:.',rters. hortly afterwards he sa 10.4r:et, w e ileY, ands deliberately cut his throa ' tin the open IsC l 'id, ti 'thgßered once o Fi ith it 1 , "! biood at the time gushing from • I wound, r twice, and then a knife. L 4 ver tit was sub at foundhe had inflicted with „ali t fell ,e to the orii_ttnectl'!'-rsors who witnessed the unfortunate . man I at f,, t c.,:,,,,e°.his assistance, and, having pitiked him un, lik v 4 rlcii,, B 3 °.( l hirn to B'. Bartholom e w's Hospital, wherecould tt, iud ' it is believi-d in a dying state. What , -nt thi, at -4„ to te d o - poor fellow to make such a de,perate _ a N;tir' d estroy hi, iv _ ~_, a r , life is for the present, enveloped i Sac t° ' 1,12° THE SUN, MAGAZINE DAY. BLACK WOOD. Our beloved and venerable Maga still retains its accustomed predominance in the world of periodical literature—and no wonder, with its corps of brilliant and illustrious contributors. Occasionally embellished with one of the masterly essays of Sir Archilaald and sometimes also with a vigorous paper from the pen of Mr. Warren, the Qaeen's Counsel, Blackwood is repeatedly adorned with the searching and eloquent craticistas of Professor Wilson, and—best of all, during the two years last past—with instalments of that exquisite fiction, through which Sir Bulwer Lytton is still industriously revealing the scope and vivacity of his genius as a novelist, at the very period when his ambition as a politician must be revived, by his recent return as one of the representatives of Hertfordshire. No wonder then, say we, that with writers of such allowed capacity, the chief among the magazines continues to sustain its reputation ! A delightful review of Cockburo's " Life of Jeffrey," opens the number of Blackwood for September. The first sentence affords a sufficiently agreeable inkling of the drift of the proposed argument. "It is well," saith the writer, " for this biography of Francis Jeffrey, that the late cele brated critic cannot possibly review it himself"—a remark us complimentary to the departed as it is severe upon his biographer. And assuredly the justice of the observation is well substantiated by the extracts given from this eccentric effort in author ship by one of the judges of the Court of Sessions of Scotland. The review (being headed " Part I.") promises to swell into a supplementary celebration of the great critic of the Edinburgh. A third instal ment of " Katie Stewart" proves that the writer is admirably qualified to produce a story of Scottish life, yielding, as it does, many graceful delineations of scenery and ingenious portraitures of character. Colonel Mundy's work about the resources and aspect of "Our Antipodes" is commented upon in the sub sequent contribution—in the course of which the reviewer contrives to give an amusing account of the result of "Residence and Rambles in Australia." A Country Minister, in the course of a brief but highly intelligent communication to the editor, points out a variety of errors, which he at the same time conceives to be evidently inadvertent, in the course of the " Fourth Volume of Chalmers' Bio graphy." Thereupon we have another portion of the latest and in many respects the noblest " Novel" that has yet proceeded from the hand of Sir Bulwer Lyt ton—the instalment before us (which is the twenty fourth) comprising the eight first chapters in the Twelfth Book—the " Varieties in English Life" having extended the domestic narrative by Pisistra tus Caxton to epic dimensions. Notwithstanding his decision announced some months back to the con trary, the author has here reverted lovingly to his original intention, introducing the Family of the Cax tons once again to the reader —seen, as it were, through the lattice of an " initial chapter." The story at this moment evidently hastening to its conclusion, we must refrain from entering minutely into the consideration of its numerous, and many of them re splendent, merits. When the tale is told in full, we shall be enabled to estimate more judiciously the po sition it must eventually assume among the diversifi e d productions of that creative and comprehensive intel lect to which the world is already indebted for the effervescent wit of " Pelham," for the home born tenderness of the " Caxtons," and for the humanizing philosophy of" Maltravers." Of one thing we are convinced, in regard to this remarkable novel descriptive of life and manners i n E ng l an d, th at —upon its completion—it must be rechristened. As it is, the title is unworthy of the work, bei ng loose and indefinite. Afterwards comes the political article of the . month, referring to " The Premier's Present Position . " 1:1 article which we have consi dered in :) withal s a e di i leading columns of this evening in what we cannot but deliberately view as terms of deser- R vedly severe condemnation. After a noble and re soundingd- o e ntohffeortrhomef Crusaders sa b a y sd egr William ccloons E ti contri butors), 0,0, n,MTAa "The March 11: (rai written Strong,at superb stthreonhgi i_l s r r e aa f i refrain, innt among; ;e as s o t n h g U l S each l b a i n h o dr stanzas' Raise it till the Moslem hear— Sound, sound, trump and drum! Let them know we come— Cross and banner, s wor d an d spear !"— our hearts are rejoiced with another magnificent series of criticisms on the poetry of Milton—the finest tribute that has perhaps ever yet been offered to the genius of Milton—by the master-hand of rare old Christopher North, writing as usual under the now familiar and already popular title of Dies Boreales. And auchis Blackwood for September ! NEW MONTHLY. Under the title of " Woodthorpe," Kelly Kenyon gives a really interesting description of one of the „ re miniscences of Et physician. " Mrs. Trollope, who is here criticised as the fifth in the series of " Female Novelists," is grotesquely entitled by the reviewer " a blue-stocking who travels in seven-leagued hoots," and who by that propensity fairly runs out of breath the whole race of critics and criticasters. Satire is pointed out as the characteristic of our authoress — who is satirical, however, according to the writer's notion, in a " hard, pointed, persevering" manner—her sarcasms showing little akin to the " graceful raillery" of Mrs. Gore, or to the " good natured irony" of Mr. Thackeray. Keats long since gave to the world his delicious poem of " The Eve of St. Agnes." Mrs. Acton Tindal h as now, throug h the pages of the New Monthly, sun g i n r h ymes , The Eve of All Saints." These rhymes, however, are nothing better than pretty and melodious. A grand problem in modern history is considered under the inquiry, " Was Wallenstein guilty ?" Although the argument is somewhat ingeniously condensed, we cannot but regard the question as one, from its magnitude, more appropriate for a substan tial volume than tor a hasty magazine contribution. Upon the shoulders of J. E. Carpenter the mantle of T. H. Bayly fell long ago —another proof of which is given in the graceful little lyric "I'm thinking of the Past," adorning the fifty-seventh page of the ninety-sixth volume of the New Monthly. Mrs. Bushby translates from the Swedish, in the current number of the same magazine, "The Ancestress "of the late Baroness Knorring. jolly Green we suspect is the gentleman who tells us " How Jeremiah Tubbs became engaged in the Irish Elections of 1852 "—a narrative reading marvellously like one from the hand of Poole, but still more like one from the hard of Costello. Besides some chap ters about" The Rovings of the Ripple " we have one paper on " Digging for Gold " another on " Queen Victoria's Channel," and a further continuation of " Young Tom Hall's Heart-aches and Horses." Best of all the contributions in the September num ber of the New Monthly, however, is the last—a heart born and touching tribute to the lamented "glass of fashion and mould of form," the gifted Comte D'Oriay. It is evidently the generous effusion at once of friendship and admiration. FliAS'Eli. The first article in the current number of Fraser —being a comprehensive criticism headed " Recent Travels".—is a very readable and entertaining sort of Omnium Gatherum. It introduces the reader to countries of the most diversified character ; through the work of Mr. Brace to Huugary—tbrough that of Mr. Laing to Schleswig—through that of Mr. Hamilton to Denmark—through those of Mr. Fortune and Sir John Davis to China — to the Court of Nepaul under the guidance of the Hon. Captai n E ger t on —to the Arctic regions by the aid of Lieut enan t O s b o rn and Sir John Richard son—through the work of Mr. Bowen into Thessaly —through that of C a pt a i n .Mackinnon to America and the Americans—through that of Mr. Shortland to New Zealand—and through that of Colonel Mundy to A us t ra li a . S urely t h ose a re wan derings enough for " Once i n a wa y," without the necessity of vacating our easy-chair for a steam-boat, or of ki c ki ng o ff our s lippers and donning the seven-leagued boots of giantlaud ! The article, although of c o u rse very cursor y i n its allusions, will be found b ot h i nterest i ng and instruc tive. An absolutely delicious chapter follows about " Mullets and Mullomaniacs." It savours in every sentence of the bon vivant. It is enough to make an epicure out of an anchorite. The rea d er ' s mout h waters involuntarily for a taste of the " woodcock of the sea" as he gloats over this pleasant chapter in regard to his favourite refection sprinkled with the daintiest scraps from Pope and Juv ena l. Th e Rev. Charles Kingsley continues his " Hypatia," which, although entitled " New Foes with an old Face," will p ro ve an old friend with a new face to his admirers. The last " Musical Season," or rather the pres en t one, now on the eve of its conclusion, is reviewed very judiciously—the writer rather depreciating th e value of M. Jullien's stormy lyric drama of Pietro it Grande. M. Chamfort is reviewed (we might almost say " somewhat humanely ") as among t h e list of " Neglected French . Authors." Capt a i n Rigby Grand attains the dignity of a twentieth chapter in his lively and entertaining " .Auto biography." After an elaborate paper expressive of certain "Ethical Doubts concerning Reineke Fuchs" —come more of the " Sketches of Rome under the Pope and the Republic," from the hand of an eye witness; and after a couple of articles, one relating to the New Orhan House at Bristol, and th e oth e r to the "Presidential Election" for America, Fraser closes with a very able political contribution, entitled '° The Personnel of the new Parliament." BEIV7'L An excellent memoir of Lord Lnngdale—accom panied by an engraved hkenes3 from the cnkracter drawing, by Gorge itiehmond—opens the Sep tember number of Bentley's Miscellany. A most horrid little inTieh htteu3.!A at Wit diegmee the 280th page, LONDON, EVENING, SEPTEIVIBER 1, 1852. MA., archdeacon of the Irdham Lindsay Palmes,• East Riling MA., and George Wray,* Edw. Churton,* M.A., arch- M.A., proctors for the arch deacon of Cleveland deaconry of the East Riding Charles Hawkips, D.C.L., and Samuel Gamlen,* M.A., and William H. Dixon, M.A., Charles Calor,* 8.D., proc proctors for the chapter tors for the archdeaconry of Eon. and Rev. William Cleveland WEDNESDAY and is entitled pretentiously " A Cornish Capitalist's Hint for an Exchange"—a rather large heading far just four lines of doggrd, the head of a Mon ster on the legs of a Mannikin " The Life of an Architect" is continued with further gabblings by way of literary, theatrical, and artistic reminis cences. " A Family Trip to the Seaside" is ap propriate to the season, when the Smiths and the Jeneses are dabbling systematically in the vicinage of bathing machines. A long contribution, and one which will be universally accepted, by those who read it, as a novelty, is the one headed " The Saddlebags." Another describes the " Memoirs of a Man of the - World." Another reviews the writing of Madame Dunoyer as among the " Popu lar French Authoresses of the last century. Besides the foregoing, the Miscellany comprises a variety of good-natured notices of books recently published. Traveller's Library, comprises the whole of Frederick I Hardman's translation of Edward Jermann's " Pic turei from St. Petersburgh." As another cluster of Grimm's Household Stories we have " The Soaring Lark," and o th er qua i nt product i ons o f a similar character. The new number of The Charm, besides . a profusi on o f woo d cuts, contains a merry description of " Home for the Holidays." The Picture Pleasure Book is still more profusely illustrated. The 1 ariner's Magazine consists, as usual, of a mass of pap ers o f great prac ti ca l interest, and such as may be consulted with profit by the agriculturists. In the Sporting Review we are rej o i ce d t o o b serve that an ol d f avouri t e i n the sporting world—Harry Hieover—has commenced the account of his " Lif e an d Ad ven tures." The serial, which we trust may be sufficiently protracted, cannot but prove fr aug ht with entertainment. Be sides this the " Review" embraces, among other things for September, contributions from Craven, Ilornywink, Foxglove, Castor, and Hawthorne , , to gether w ith engrav i ngs by Beckwith an d Engle heart. The Ladies' Companion would be interesting for the present month if us only attraction were the portrait of M ary H ow i tt, but, in add i t i on to this illustration, the monthly magazine of the fair sex is rendered remarkable by a story from Frances Brown, by some verses from Mrs. Abdy, and by another chapter on " German Legendary ',Ore," from the pen of Mrs. T. K. Hervey. As ever, the Church of England Alagazine is cr ow d e d w i t h e ff us i ons appro priate to this class of periodicals. Perhaps the most re markable, as it is certainly the most interesting, paper in the Eclectic Review, just issued, is the criticism headed "The Arctic Robinson." Charles Knight's mag nificent imperial Cyclopcedia has this month reached, under the subdivision of " The British Empire," the description of " Parsonstown." The engraving pre fixed to the instalment before us represents, within the limits of a single pl ate, most of the noblest public buildings in London —an illustration singu larly appropriate to the work under notice, which in every essential respect r ises to the dignity of a na tional enterprise. Under its new editorship, that of the acc omplished Mrs. S. C. Hall, Sharp e's London Magazine is already extending and strengthening its reputation. A. better number of the periodi and this is the "eighty-third" a cc ordi ng to the old series,hasnotbefore appeared than the one September. A s t o th e edited by Mr. S. C. H all, i t cont i nues to maintain what it has long achieved, the fame of being the most distinguished o f all the artistic periodicals A here Art t issued Journal, published in Christendom. The present number, be sides an engraving by Allen, from Jones's "Lady Godiva" in the Vernon Collection, and another by Vernon from Shee's "Infant Bacchus," also in the same eminent gallery—has a third by Mote, statuerepre senting of " M a d ame M ere ," i ption of " Napoleonis with th the Cgran d anov aa'ns and mater" underneath. nobleslm e inscription AIN S N ORTH. Another chapter of the reprint of " The Lanca shire IVitches," from the pen of the editor, opens the number of Ainsworth for September. Among the poetical contributors to the magazine two have ren dered themselves conspicuous, "E. E. M. K." and " Nicholas Michell"—the latter by some touching verses on " Thu Death of Wolfe," and the former by some yet more pathetic verses on " The Early Dead." One expression in Mr. Michell's contribution we like not—that of " warmed pity drops a tear"—rather too matter-of.fact a method of telling us that the heart of Pity was " melted." The companion poem by " E. E. M. K." runs as follows : " 0 life in youth, fair offspring of the sky! Almost we gaze and dream ouch should not die. Stoop hoary age! aye, stoop, tlzy doom is known; The grave awaits thee, earth but seeks her own ; No gentle love, no tender pity may Thy fated footstep on the journey stay ; Swiftly for thee the harvest reaper nears, Death claims the ripeness of thy mortal years, But youth, glad youth! not thus we part with thee ! Hope's holy rainbow spans thy destiny. Albeit the roses from thy soft cheek fade, Albeit the shadow on thy brow be laid, 'Tis but the mist that shrouds the mountain's crown, 'Tis but the shower that weighs the blossom down. When o'er the roses of our May.day spring Swept the chill winter with despoiling wing ? When, 'mid the blushes of the early morn, Of sultry day, was sudden midnight born ? When the green wheat with harvest sickles fell'd ? The flower-drankt rill in icy bondage held ? Yet ah ! too oft, while summer blooms around, Death's wintry frost-work at our hearth is found ; The same false breeze that rocks a ruffled flower, Oft blights our beautiful in youth's strong hour; The same false ray that tints the bud with bloom, May crowd our hearth with shadows of the tomb. Nut so with us as with the bearded grain, One measured sum of beat, of light, of rain; Not so with us as with the vintage fruits, The ruddy ripeness mounting from the roots, One fated aspect for the final breath, One certain season for the certain death. Heaven's laws are wonders to our mortal ken— ' Be ready always, for ye know not when.' 'Tis not the surface that our fate bespeaks, Ripeness may lie in infant eyes and cheeks; Celestial bands, that gather for the skies, Wait not the coming of autumnal dyes, But oft will garner from the budding spring Sweet fruit and riper than late seasons bring; For, ah, alas! with man, the boon of time May breed a poison o'er his manhood's prime; Time,' that perfection to earth's produce brings, May steal the glory from an angers wings." Besides these effusions, the magazine contains a variety of prose articles, most of them amusing, and one, " The Haunted Well," very attractive in character. TAIT. The foreign relations of England almost entirely monopolize the attention of Tait for September. First of all, in the additional instalment of the series of papers relating to " The Governments of Continental Europe," Russia is shown to have advanced during the last hundred and fifty years to a degree of power and magnitude by no means justifying the contemptuous phrases of Mr. Cobden. Since the accession of Peter I. in 1689, the number of inhabi tants has increased from 15,000,000 at that early period to 58,000,000 on the death (in 1825) of Alex ander. Then, under the suggestive title of " Lord Palmerston, Austria and Italy," another writer gives his views in reference to the political prospects of the Roman peninsula. Mr. Macgregor's remarkable letter to the Prime Minister in regard to the "United States and the British American Fisheries" is reprinted elsewhere in the ma gazine. Added to these somewhat important papers, Tait comprises a number of lighter articles— one a description of " A Day with a Lion," and ano ther furnishing additional particulars in reference to " The Loves of an Apothecary." Several of the criticisms on recent works—according to the wont of the magazine under consideration—are searching and impartial, besides being copiously illustrated by well-chosen quotations. DUBLIN UIVIV_EIiSITY. The much-vexed question of the nationality of poor Tyrone Power is set at rest in a biographical notice of that lamented ornament of the stage, com menced in the present number, by one who knew him long and well—the late manager of the Dublin Theatre, a writer well known to the readers of this excellent periodical by his interesting contributions " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager." Ac cording to this authentic authority, "William Grattan Tyrone Power was born near Kilmacthomas, in the county of Waterford, on the 2d of November, 1797 a soil favourable to the growth of theatrical genius ; the same county having given birth, at an earlier and a later period, to Dorothea J o rdan and Ch ar l es K ean. " Power passed his childhood, after twelvemonths old, with his widowed mother at Cardiff, in Wales, wh ere there was " a gentle . men of the name of Bird, dis tantly connected with the family through his wife— a person of high respectability, who conjoined the triple avocations .of bookseller,. .publisher, and post printer—t.wo facts highly ho master. The intimacy with Bird gave rise to an erroneous report, propagated afterwards with all the . passessed, would never have shrunk activity of 3a ss t that san Power d S w v h a i s ch b or: a independentl\ r elshm a n from acknowledging spirit, bta,rbosl such cghh int as ut themselves, he if they had been true." Details are then given of hisearly uphill th eatrical career, and his African expedition, till we leave him, at the age of twenty-four, compelled . to fall back on the stage, are con graphics " still without the slightest inclination for the line of acting in which he was soon . to distance all compe titors, and with no perception whatever of his own Sir Jasper peculiar strength:' Carew" and of Jerdan and Miss Mitford, and to " Hanna's Life ` t ` in C u l e o d u , g a h nd Fi a o r n t n i c i e s or, r tehe devoted Stone to o t h D e e n s u ti t n o y b ': o of Chalmers," continue d from the July nu m b er. The first round is given of " A Flying Shot at the U n i ted States," and the political paper rejoicesoicrejoicesin the ti t l e of " Ireland : Its Garden and Its &rave. The writer' s panacea for Ireland is — to Protestantise her. More easily said than done ! ---------=---• ENGLIS HMAN' S. No. 11. There is an article in this n ewly-launched periodi cal well worth reading, which treats of " Newspap er Literature." It controverts some of the positions advanced by Mr. Jerdan in his recent autobigraphy. A series of " Unphilosophial Criticisms" is corn. rnenced, the first number being given to Shakspere's Dramas, on Ancient history ; and the remaining papers are well written. BANKER'S. No. CIL Contains the usual arnouut of valuable notices o n commercial questions, and of statistical information. The subject of " Dangerous Life Assurance" is treated of in the opening article. COLONIAL AND ASIATIC REVIEW. Among several papers replete with information, we recommend the perusal of on e on the subject, at pre sent so important, of " The American Fisheries," an d the article entitled " Justice to the West Indies— Free or Slave Sugar." Those on " The Rival Roads of Panama" and " The Madras Railway" will be likewise found suggestive. NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL. No. CC.XLIX. This eminently practical compendium of matters relating to the arts, sciences, and manufactures of the day, contains descriptions of several new patent in ventions, and a few other ar ticles of scientific interest. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICUL. TURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The twenty-ninth number of this valuable periodi cal appears this month, and contains a variety o f papers deeply interesting to agriculturists, on such sub jects as the fattening of cattle, manures, the manufac ture of sugar from beet-root, top _dressing, &c. ]MISCELLANEOUS . Excellent Sylvanus Urban continues with his ac. customed perspicacity the reco rd of late antiquarian discoveries in the pages of the good old Gentleman' s Magazin e . Ab ou t the most interesting contribution in the current num b er for September is the„ In th e continua tinn o f United S erv i ce M agaz i n e there are some attractive the " Wanderings of an An ti q uar y . extracts from th e j ourna ls of the late Major Edward Macready—the brother of the "eminent Tragedian." The usual assortment of readable and entertaining paper s may h e f oun d a t p l e asure in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. Among the poetical scraps in traduced we observe one from the pen of Mrs. Alario Watts. Chambers's Pocket Miscellany gives, among co her enthralling narratives, an account of the cele ,, brated Darien Exp e di t i on "— t h e m i se ries caused b 3 in whic?Scotland were commemorated so feelingly in his last work by Eliot Warburton. The new instalment of Lougulan's eminent nzi4 l ) The ATHENEUM LIFE Ai-SI:RANCE SOCIETY. This society held its first annual meeting yester day at the office, 30, Sackville-street; the Rev. J. Bartlett, of Atcham-park, in the chair. a S r h e effi in eld, The report set forth that, although the society was a new one, branch boards, consisting of directors in fluential in their various localities, bad been formed at 0 3, f l Manchester, s and ter,Birmingham, at Hull, and the Isle course of formation. An arrangement had further been made with an in stitution of a kindred nature, entitled the Athenaeum Institute, and by this junction of interests with that large and powerful class, the members of the literary and newspaper press, beneficial results to the society others were anticipated. The balance sheet of the society showed its capital to be 18,5151., and the amount re ceived for premiums to be 4,4191. The disbursements were 2,5851. in preliminary expenses, and the com pany's capital now consisted of 5 , 02 01. invested in se curities, 8,05 G/. at the banker's, and atout 1,4001. in the hands of the manager and the society's agents. During the first nine months policies had been issued that yielded 4,4191. in premiums. lie total number of policies was 322. Not a single claim had yet come against the office—a strong proof of the vigilance of the directors, and of the care of the medical officers. The expenses of founding the society bad been paid for, and the directors had every confidetce in the so ciety's success. _ _ The CHAIRMAN expressed his entire satisfaction with the progress of the society, in which expression Mr. ALEXANDER RICHMOND, as a director and large shareholder, said he fully concurred. Mr. JAMES ANDREW DURHAM said he looked to the fact of the society not being encuintered with an excess of capital, but having a respectabb propriety to look to in case of necessity, as one of tie means that must contribute greatly to its success. He believed the company had been established on the right basis, and that it would succeed. On the motion of Mr. HARRIS, a dividend of 5 per cent. upon the subscribed capital, clear of income tax, was carried unanimously, after an expression of opinion that the rate of per-tentage had been agreed upon with a view to permanency, and that if one year only had been taken into consideration, the dividend might have been at the rate of 25 per cent. per annum. Mr. CRIBB, in proposing a vote of thanks to the auditors, took occasion to animadvert upon the conduct of the press in commenting upon the position of life assurance companies. His remarks were deprecated by Mr. EDWARD BROOKS, as a member of the society, and one who was not desirous that the Athenaeum Society should take up the cudgels for the younger life offices. Mr. MITCHELL said that, seeing Mr. Towline's name connected with the society, h e had every confidence in its management. It was his firm per suasion that the society would confer a great benefit upon literary men, and that the Athenaeum Institute would prove to it a valuable appendage. Mr. TOMLINE adverted to three recent instances o f men of genius who had died suddenly and left their families almost wholly unprovided for. He (Mr. Tomline) was secretary to the Shaksperian Society, and as such, meeting in conversation with the Lord- Justice Knight Bruce, that learned authority had remarked to him—" How is it that we find men of literature and genius, who can write essays that ar e the admiration of their country, th us making no pro vision for their families ? If 'you can point out to me a way in which it could be done it should have my best support." He (Mr. Tomline) had said that it could only be done by m eans o f a se lf- s upporting in stitution like the present. A ny mere e leemosynary institution would wholly f a il. It w as his duty .to state that Mr. Disraeli, alth oug h so mu ch occupied in affairs of State, had taken s o warm an interest in the prosperity of their institute th a t he had called twice personally to express his intere s t in its progress , and his desire to render it any good offices in his power. Sir G. Staunton and the Marquis of Bristol bad simi larly tendered their good offices. Mr. SUTTON and other gentlemen having expressed their favourable opinions of the progress of the society, and all the customary resolutions having been unani mously adopted, the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Reverend Chairman. THE LAST PASSAGE OF THE RHINE. A few weeks ago the Prince President of the Ft each Republic superintended a military passage of th e Rhino that cr eate d some sensation i n G erman y; but a passage of the same river wa s recently attem pt e d by an English man, which, though of a less brilliant, was , perhaps, of a far more d ar i ng c haracter. Th e occurrence very na turally c ause d cons iderable ex c i teme nt in the neighbour hood o f Bonn, the scene of the incident; and for several days it form e d the principal topic of conversa tion in most of th e h o t e l s and cafes of th e town. It woul d seem that the the Middl e Temp l e, stopped on h i s wa y up the Rhine to Englishman in question, who is a m ember of explore the wonders of the Seven Mountains, and, having pitched his tent in Bonn, he took advantage °` a fine afternoon and a Cologne steamer to visit Konigswinter, and ascend the castled crag of Drachen fels. Charmed by the beauties of the surrounding country, he loitered upon the spot until evening sot in, when, as ill-luck would have it, a terrific thunder storm overtook him, and he lost his way in the moun tains. After rambling among the vines far some hours he was attracted by a light to the deerkeeper'e hut on the summit of Aulberg, where he obtained from the in mates sufficient directions to enable him to descend the mountain and reach the village opposite Bonn in safety. tlere he made au effort to wake up the ferrymen, but, f ailing in that, he determined to be his own pilot across the river, us he had been in the mountains. It will be re membered by Rhenish travellers that the river here. as well us at many m other points, is fur nished with a " fly. ing-bridge," co posed of seven or eight boats, the first of which is anchored in the centre of the stream, whil e the others are connected with it at intervals by a chain cable th a t t erm i nates i n a sort of landing - stage, similar to those used on the Thames. T he st age is floated from side to side by the cu rrent o f the river; that was thaEugl o is f nul th a e stage,n, erroneously all he had to do to get across es to loo sen andthe moorings undid the fastenings. Too late , how ever, he disco vered that h e cou ld not work the rudders, and instead, of the st age flaating o ver as he had anticipated, directly jumped on b oar d an d supposing it got into the stream it went round like a shuttlecock, until at length the chain cable snapped, and he w as car ried rapidly down the river in the direction of Cologne. The ferrymen being now alarmed by the noise, took t o their boats and gave chase; but before they overtook it the stage had floated many miles away, and in the rage of the moment they administered a sound drubbing to the cause of all their trouble, and then locked him u The next m orn i ng he was taken before the police 11 . - thorities of Bonn, wee told him that he had nut only endang ere d hi s lif e b y hi s proceedings, but had rendered' himself liable to a severe ipeaishment. Ho has, how ever, acted in ignorance of the law, and the off ence would, therefore, be overlooked on hi s making good t u e damage to the bridge. Of course the Englishman, having nu other alternative, at once consented to this compromise of the offence he had committed against the Yruesian law ; and, having; handed over between 301. and 401. to the proprietors of the bridge, ho was allowed to resume his tour up the Rhine, DURHAM. ' Edward, lord bishop D.D. and John D av i e George Waddington, D.D., Eade, M.A., proctors for dean the archdeaconry of Dur- Charles Thorp,* D.D., arch- ham deacon of Durham R. C. Ooze, MA., and William Forbes Raymond, Henry Gipps, M.A., proc- MA., archdeacon of North- tors t'or the archdeaconry of umberland Northumberland George Bland, M.A., arch- Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey,* deacon of Lindisfarne M.A., and IT illiam Dodd,* Charles Thorp,* Lindisfarne. deaconry of D.D., proc- M.A., proctors for the arch tor for the ch a pt er Thomas Linwood Strong, Hugh, lord bishop CARLISLE. Archibald Cam pbell Tait Hen , D.O L , dean forthe 'P c 11 19 a s t e ßi r William Jackson. D.D. and .A., proctor William Goodenough, M.A., Hon. Thomas Edwar;les,. archdeacon M.A. proctors for the clergy of the diocese CHESTER. John, lord bishop tor the archdeaconry of Frederick Anson, DD., dean Chester Isaac Wood, M.A , archdea- Augustus Campbell, M.A, con of Chester proctor for the archdea- Jonathan Brooks, M.A., conry of Liverpool archdeacon of Liverpool Robert Wilson Evans,* 8.D., James Slade, M.A., proctor proctor tor part of the arch for the chapter deaconry of Richmond Richard Green all, 111. A., proc. • MANCHESTER. James Prince, lord bishop Cecil Daniel Wray,* MA., George Hull Bowers, RD., proctor for the chapter dean Richard Durnford," M.A., John Rushton, D.D., arch- and E. J. Hornby, M.A., deacon of Manchester proctors for the clergy of Vacant, archdeacon of Lan- the diocese caster RIPON. Charles Thomas, lord bishop Charles Dodgson, PIA, * Son. Hon. and Very Reverend Thomas Collins,' 8.D., and Henry David Erskine, Laurence Ottley, M.A. (the M.A., d ean votes for the two last gentle- John Headlam, M.A., arch- men were equal), proctors deacon of Richmond for the archdeaconry of Charles Musgrave, D.D , Richmond archdeacon of Craven • TV. F. Hook,* D.D.,and John Robert Sutton, M.A., proctor Bell,' 31. A., proctors for the for the chapter archdeaconry of Craven BaronsODOß A MAN. land, lord bi s h op Robert John, Auck- William H. Dixon, M.A., Joseph Christian Moore, arch- t P h r e oe d t ice o o rf s o a r the clergy of deacon. f It will be recollected that Ur. Gillett was elected by a large majority, at a single election, to fill up a vacancy which had occurred during the course of last Convocation. His views on the necessity of the restitution of synodical action won him his seat. THE ROYAL PROGRESS TO SCOTLAND. DERBY, TIIESDAY.—The arrangements of the Mid land Railway Company for the safe conduct of her Majesty and the Royal Family have been admirable. The time-table of the royal train made her Majesty due at Derby last evening at 6.10, but the train ar rived at the station punctually at 6, amid the cheers and waving of handkerchiefs of a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen.i The Mayor of the borough, Mr. J. Dannieliff, who wore his gold chain of office, the Recorder of the borough, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Lord High Steward of the corporation ; the Earl of Burlington, Lord Cavendish, General Arbuthnot, Captain Jones, Captain Kirkland, the members of the Town Council, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Holdsworth, and Mr. Longsdon (directors), and Mr. Fox Bell (secretary), were in attendance to receive her Majesty. Lord Malmesbury introduced the Mayor to the Queen, who bowed repeatedly, and then received from the handsof the Mayor a loyal address voted by the corporation. On alighting her Majesty and the Prince recognised the Duke of Devonshire, and gave his Grace a most gracious reception. The band of the 77th from Weedon barracks (two companies of which regiment attended as a Guard of Honour) struck up the na tional anthem, and the scene was altogether an ani mated one. At the entrance to the station open car riages were in waiting to convey the Royal Family to the Midland Hotel, which is situated in the large open space near to the station. The ground was kept clear by a troop of the Bth Hussars from Nottingham barracks, under the command of Captain Lockwood, the Derby and Chaddesden troops of Yeoiranry, un der the command of Captain Wilmot, and the Rad bourne troop under the command of Captain Pole. The enrolled pensioners, under the command of Cap tain Jones, were placed within the station; and the militia staff, under the command of Captain Dixon, were in front of the Midland Hotel. On her Majesty making her appearance in front of the station she was received with tremendous cheers by the populace be hind the barriers, and on alighting at the Midland Hotel the cheers were renewed. A suite of rooms at this hotel were most superbly fitted up by Messrs. Woollatt and Co. ' upholster ers, for the accommodati on o f h er Majesty and her royal Consort. At eight o'clock a sumptuous dinner was served, the plate for which was of the most elegant description, ' rom the establishment of Messrs. Collis and Co., of Birmingham. The dinner party consisted of the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Malmesbury, Ge neral Arbuthnot, the Countess of Desert, the Hon. Miss Seymour, Colonel Phipps, the Hon. Colonel Gordon, and Sir James Clark. Before dinner the Prince visited the coach manufactory of the Messrs. Holmes, and, had time permitted, would have visited the Arboretum. At nine o'clock this morning, punctual to the mi. nute, the Queen arrived on the platform at the rail way station, and was received with the same demon strations of enthusiasm as greeted her arrival last evening. H er Maest an d the Prince took leave of the Duke of De v ons h ire , and then the train started amid loud cheers. A cheer was then given for the Duke of Devonshire. by Mr. Kirtley, The engine was driven superintendent of the locomotive department. manager), and Mr. Mills Mr. Sanders (general (superintendent of the locomotive department) accompanied the royal party, as also did Mr. Lewis and other directors. It passed Chesterfield at 9 32, Eckington at 9 40, Marlborough at 9 58, and arrived at Normanton at 10 35. The Queen was greeted as she passed the several stations with loud cheers, and on the Midland directors taking their departure at Normanton, her Majesty was pleased to acknowledge the excellence of the arrange ments, and to express her s atisfaction with the re gulations at Derby, and the accommodation she had received. DARLINGTON. The royal train reached Darlington at a quarter pasttwelve. Arrangements had been made by the magistracy of the district (and their clerk, Mr. J. S. Peacock), in whose hands the charge of the station was placed, for the admission of the public to the platform, which was well filled. A portion of the platform was railed off, which was reserv e d for the magistrates, clergy, and the el ite of the inh abitants. There was a very large nu mber of p ers ons con gregated outside the station, along the sides o f the railway, who en thusiastically cheered the Queen as the train entered th e station. A body Durham county poli ce were p laced at the lthe Durham station, te but the loyal and respectful demeanour engine took in of the ;min the gar people called for no restraint. The Queen ; as aboutwater fiveand m the io n t tra in es. A basket departed, of fruit after stoppag e o f dens of the Duke of Northumberlan d at Stanwick rerui s ci o u n e , t t f h r e o from latter t he Grange being i i e n r r e Park, was presented to the rnont. was also a nursery gardens presented brought o b f ea M ult r i . fu l l la b e a a t se the of tr P a mMern. felt t H w e a n s ry P Some disappoint that the royal carriage s t opp i ng in such a position served portion of thewas placed opposite the unre served privilege of entre e plat f orm, so that those who bad ee to the reserved part could not see the Queen except for a moment, as the trai n passed. vke great bulk of the people, however, were gratified by being placed in doe proximity to her Majesty. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM) Her Majesty arrived at Newcastle at half• past one, and partook of luncheon. At two o'clock T he ro y al party took their departure northward. The royal party arrived at St. Margaret's station, Edinburgh, at five o'clock, and proceeded, through the Queen's park, to the Palace of Holyrood, amidst the cheers of the population, who thronged the roads and surround ing heights. The Royal party proceed on their route northward at eight o'clock to-morrow morning (this day). THE NEW CONVOCATION. ' In printing the following list of the newly elected Convocation, we have given the proctors as they were originally chosen by the clergy, and as, in our opinion, they ought to claim and to take their seats ; and the names that have been erased by episcopal or other election are enclosed in brackets. Those (among the clergy) printed in italics signify mem bers not heretofore elected; and those with an asterisk denote members who are understood to have pledged themselves to the support of synodical action. But we must observe-1. That many of those not marked with an asterisk are favourable to the revival of Convocation. 2. That in the instances where the number of proctors has been unusually reduced by re election, it is impossible to specify who are, strictly speaking, new members of Convocation, as the names of those erased by the Bishop do not appear on the roll of the last Synod. We have not attempted a classification of the bishops.—Chronicle. A LIST OF THE BISHOPS AND CLERGY OF TIIE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY CITED TO APPEAR IN CONVOCATION, 1852. THE UPPER HOUSE. John Bird, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, President. Charles James, London. John, Lincoln. Charles Richard, Winchester. Alfred, Llandaff. Christopher, Bangor. Samuel, Norwich. Richard, Bath and Wells. Samuel, Oxford. Ashurst Turner, Chichester. George, Pet erborough. Thomas, Ely. George, Rochester. Henry, Exeter. Edward Salisbury. James Henry, Gloucester and Thomas Yowler, St. A saph , Bristol. Connop, St. David's. Renn Dickson, Hereford. Henry, Worcester. John, Lichfield and Coventry. THE LOWER HOUSE. CANTERBURY. William Rowe Lyall, D.D. John Russell, D.D., proctor dean for the chapter James Croft, M.A * archdea- William John Che ss h yre, * con of Canterbury M.A., and William H o d ge Benjamin Harrison,* M.A.. Mill,* D.D., proctors for archdeacon of Maidstone the clergy of the diocese LONDON. Henry Hart Milman, D.D., Christopher Wordsw or th , * dean of S. Paul's. D. D . , proctor for the chap- William Buckland , D.D., ter of Westminster dean of Westminster [J. H. Spry,* D.D.,] and William Hale Hale, M.A., Robert George Baker, M.A. , archdeacon of London pr o c to rs for the archaea- John Sinclair, 1,1. A., arch- conry of Middlesex deacon of Middlesex J. T. Toogood,* M.A., and A . W. H. E. Bentinck, M.A., 111•Caul, D.D., procto rs f or archdeacon of the chapter the archdeaconry of Lon of Westminster don -, proctor for the chapter of S. Paul's WINCHESTER. Thomas Gamier, D.C.L., J. H. .Randoph,* proc dean for fur the archdeaconry of C. J. Hoare, M.A., archdea- Surrey con of Surrey John Haygarth, M.A., proc. J. C. Wigram, M.A., arch• for for the archdeaconry of deacon of Winchester Winchester -, proctor for the chapter ZANGOI. James Henry Cotton, 8.C.L., John William Trevor, M.A., dean proctor for the chapter Richard Newcome, M.A., Charles Williams,• 8.D., and archdeacon of Merioneth James V. Vincent,* proctors John Jones, 8.D., archdeacon for the clergy of the diocese of Bangor and Anglesea BATH AND WELLS. Richard Jenkyn, D.D., dean H. W. Barnard, M.A., proc- H enry L a w, M.A., archdea- tor for the chapter (here con of Wells tofore proctor for the George Anthony Denison* clergy) M.A., archdeacon of Tann- John Stuart Hippesley Hor ton nen* M.A., and J. B. BO- Vacant, archdeaconry of Bath »ger Clarke,* M A., proctors for the clergy of the diocese CHICHESTER. Geo. Chandler,' D.C.L., dean F re d er i c k Vi ncent, proctor for James Garbett, M.A., arch. the archdeaconry of Chi deacon of Chichester chester Julius Charles Hare, M.A., H. T. Grace, M.A., proctor archdeacon of Lewes for the archdeaconry of Charles E. Hutchinson, M.A., Lewes. proctor for the chapter. ELY. George Peacock, P.D., dean Henry Tatter, D. D., arch- John Henry Browne, M.A., deacon of Bedford archdeacon of Ely Henry Fardell, M.A., proctor George Glover, M.A., arch- for the chapter deacon of Sudbury James Fendful,` M.A., and J. B. Hollingsworth, D D., Samuel Rickards,* M.A., archdeacon of Huntingdon proctors for the clergy of the diocese EXZTEL• T. H. Lowe, M.A., dean John Bartholomew,* M.A., John Moore Stevens,* M.A., archdeacon of Barnstaple archdeacon of Exeter , proctor for Richard H. Fronde,* M.A., the chapter archdeacon of Totnes J. D. Coleridge,* D.C.L , and W. J. Philpotts,* M.A., arch- Edward Harold Browne,* deacon of Cornwall M.A., proctors for the clergy of the diocese GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL. Hon. and Very Rev- Edward Sir J.H. C. Seymour,*Bart., Rice, D.D., dean of Glon- M.A., proctor for the chap caster ter of Gloucester Gilbert Elliott, D.D., dean of John Jackson, M.A., proctor Bristol for the chapter of Bristol John Timbrell, D.D., arch- Samuel Wilson Warneford, deacon of Gloucester LL.D., and Richard Web- Thomas Thorp,* 8.D., arch- Ester Huntly,*lll.A.,proctors deacon of Bristol for the clergy of the diocese HEREFORD. Richard Dawes, M.A., dean John Jebb,• M.A., proctor for Henry Wetherell, B. D.,arch- the archdeaconry of Here deacon of Hereford ford William Waring, MA., arch- James Wayland Joyce,• M.A. deacon of Salop proctor for the archdea• Lord Saye and Sele, D,C.L., conry of Salop proctor for the chapter LICHFIELD. Hon. and Very Rev. H. E. J. and Frederic Anson,* MA., Howard, D. D., dean proctors for the archdea- George Hodson, M.A., arch- conry of Derby deacon of Stafford E. J. Edwards,* M.A., and Thomas Hill, 8.D., archdea- G. W. Murray,* M.A., con of Derby pr, ctors for the archdea- John Allen, M.A., archdea• conry of Stafford con of Salop [John Yardley,' M.A.,] and John Hutchinson, M.A. , proc- George Lavington Yate, tor for the chapter M.A., proctors for the [H R. Chandos Pole,* M.A.,] archdeaconry of Salop LINCOLN. John Gifford Ward, M.A., J. A. Jereme, D.D., proctor dean for the chapter George Wilkins,*D.D., arch- Francis Chas. llfassingberd,* deacon of Nottingham M.A., and H. Knapp,* W. B. Stoneheuse, LL.D., M.A., proctors for the archdeacon of Stow Henry Kaye Bonny, D.D., clergy of the diocese. archdeacon of Lincoln LLANDAFF. W. Daniel Conybeare, M.A., William Powell, 8.D., proc dean tor for the chapter Thomas Williams, M.A., Charles Addams Williams, archdeacon of Llandaff M.A., and John Harding, William Crawley, M.A., M.A., proctors for the archdeacon of Monmouth clew of the diocese NORWICH. Hon. and Very Rev. George Henry Philpott, D.D., proc- Pellew, D.D., dean tor for the chapter John Bedingfield Collyer, George Hills,* M.A., proctor M.A., archdeacon of Nor- for the archdeaconries of wich Norwich and Norfolk T. J. Ormerod, M.A., arch- Thomas Mills, M.A.,' proc deacon of Suffolk tor for the archdeaconry of William Arundel Bouverie, Suffolk 8.D., archdeacon of Nor folk OXFORD. Thomas Gaisford, D.D., dean Richard Wiliam Jell,* D.D., Charles Carr Clarke, D.D., proctor for the chapter archdeacon of Oxford Robert Ilussey," 8.D., and Edward Berens, M.A., arch- Henry William Majendie,* deacon of Berks MA., proctors for the Justly Hill, M.A., archdeacon clergy of the diocese. of Barks PETERBOROUGH. George Butler, D.D., dean Hon, and Rev. Paul Anthony Thomas Kaye Bonney, M.A., Irby,* M.A., and Gabriel archdeacon of Leicester Edward Gillett,* M. 1 %-,t Owen Davys, MA., archdea- proctors for the clergy of con of Northampton the diocese -, proctor for the chapter ROCIIESITER. Robert Stevens, D.D., dean proctors for the archdea- Walker King, M.A., archdea- conry of Rochester con of Rochester [C. A. St. John Mildmate Hugh Chambers Jones, M.A., M.A.d and Edward Bin* archdeacon'of Essex. - M.A.proctors for the Charles Parr Burney,* D.D., archdeaconry of Essex archdeacon of Colchester Th omas H en d erso n,* M A. , Anthony Grant,* D.C.L , and William Robert Bro archdeacon of St. Albans well,* M.A., proctors for the John Griffith, D.D., and Ed. archdeaconry of Colcfnr ward _Hawkins, D.D., proc- J. B. Nicholson, tors for the chapter and fG. Bt . flirt R. W. Shaw, M.A., and Wi/- proc tors fli rt the Liam Henry Drage, M.A., archdeaconry of St. Albans SALISBURY. Henry Parr Hamilton, M.A., [Henry Caul{* dean E. Horsy, 8.D., proctors for the archdea- Williamnry of Sarum archdeacon of Sarum Bk c° hard Crawky, M.A., and jr. T Wyld, 8.D., proc-. William Macdonald, archdea tors for the archdeaconry con of Wilts o f Wilts: Robert Bentley Buckle, MA., archdeacon of Dorset Wi lliam Palmer,* M.A., an d W, Kerr Hamilton, M.A., E. A. for the archdea proctor for the chapter [G. P. Lowther,* M.A.,] and conry of Dorset ST. MIAMI --- C. Scott Luxmoore, M.A., Robert Wynne Eyton, M.A., dean proctor for th e archdea- Charles Butler Clough, M.A., conry of St. Asaph archdeacon of St. Asaph Richard John ,Davies, M.A., William Clive, M.A., arch- proctor for the archdea. deacon of Montgomery conry of Montgomery Row l an d Williams, M.A., proctor for the chapter ST. DATITA3. Llewelyn Lewellin, D.C. L , RichardVenables, D.D.,arch dean deacon of Caermarthen Thomas Bevan, M.A., arch- Edmund Melville, M.A., Pr"' deacon of St. David's tor for the chapter Richard Davies, M.A., arch- W. B. Cox M.A., and deacon of Brecon Burnard 'Squire, M.A., John Williams, M.A., arch- proctors for the cler g y deacon of Cardigan the diocese WORCESTER. John Peel, D.D., dean Richard Brindley Hone, M.A., tChoeckschap3ltlirA" Proctor for • M.A. archdeacon of Worcester Richard Serw ur ' D John Sandford,* 8.D., arch- antic 11. A.Woodgate, B. ~ deacon of Coventry Hon. and Rev. James Somers tphredtoiorscesftors the clergy of Apparitor, Francis H ar t Dyke, E C OURT CIRCULAR. DERBY, Au°. 30. Her and his Royal Hi g h ness P r i nce Albert, tie the Prince of W a l es , the Princess Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Prince Alfred,R: l acco mpani e d MajestynPried c) a lef i t n sborne this morning at 10 o'clock, and e mbarked on board the Fairy for Gosport, and thence proceeded by railway to Derby, via Basingstoke, Gloucester, and Birmingham, arriving at Derby at 6 o'clock. At Gloucester addresses were presented to her Majesty by the Bishop and .clergy of the diocese, and by the mayor and council of the town. At Birmingham an address was presented to her Majesty by the mayor and corporation. At Derby her Majesty was received by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Lord-Lieutenant of the AND CLERGY county, and the Mayor of Derby. I A LIST OF THE BISHOPS APPEAR OF THE The Countess of Desart and the Hon. Mary Sey- PROVINCE OF YORK CITED TO N T i mour are in attendance upon her Majesty. CONVOCATION, 1852. of York, president. The Earl of Malmesbury joined the Royal train Thomas, Lord Archbishop YOBS.. I at Basingstoke, and remains in attendance upon her D.D ., Howard * M.A., and Geo. m a i esty . William Cockburn, Trevor * (hereafter proctor dean A arch- for the chapter), M.A., , Hon. C. B. • Colonel the on. Phipps, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Creyke *M. ~ proctors for the arelidea. i the Hon. A. Gordon, Sir J. Clark, and Mr. Gibbs are deacon of York Robert leasto 'Wilberforce,* cony of York lon duty. ~. SPORTING NOTES. No. . A NALYSIS OF THE CCXCVII GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. TO in .a 1842, 7st a B t lh h . three. In THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,— The Great Y or k s hi re H an di cap WAS es t a bli s h ed when it was won by G-alanthns 3 yrs sst 121 b. 1843 and 1844 P ompey was the Victor; ' in the former ylaetaterr a s y rslB can 0 41 1 5 d ,, Id h by e carried 6 3 s y t r 7 B, lb s , e an t, d wa ll s a : e ft winner. I n 1846, l erook, 3 yrs, Est 71b ; 1847, Yardley, age d, 7st 51e; 84 1849, Snowstor m , 3 yrs, bl iss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bet 81b; 12th;Sat lB5O, Mark Tapley, 3 yrs. s s t 91b ; and in 1851 , The Confessor, 3 yrs, Est 41b, were respectively the conquerors. It will be seen by this that th e three yrs old division have carried off this stake in seven instances out of ten, at respectable weights, varying f rom s st to fist 71b; this year, how ever, they seem lik e l y to b e on the losi ng side, without the r e m a ind er , Alfred the Great c an p u ll them through, in their present comp any, being quite u This Handicap is composed of a ot of the race. subscription of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only sif declared, over Leger Course, a distanc e o f one mile furlongs and 132 yards. Out of a n entry num bering n less than seventy-nine, th e owners of fi o only have declared t h emselves satisfied with the weights placed upon their horses. Russbo rough heads the list, as he has done for many handicaps, though for what reason I cannot discover. His chance here, if he runs, is an inferior one, and so is his neigh hour Chief Justice, who is weighted at 21bs. less. Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst 31b, were she in form, would be a set tler; but as she is not, she must be content to finish in the ruck. Prime Minister, at Bst 31b, has, I fancy, a few pounds too much to carry; and Truth, at a pound less, is by no means well in, the Premier having her as safe as possible. Miss Ann's day seems' to have passed away, without she is being quietly bottled up for some thing. At 7st 121 b, although a six years old, I cannot fancy her. Alonzo, 5 yes, 7st 111 b, were the course a little shorter, would be very dangerous ; as the case stands I cannct place any faith in him. Frantic, although an out-and-outer, at 7st 61b, has considerably too much to carry for a three yrs old. Trickstress, 4 yrs, 7st 61b, is not likely to play off the winning trick on this occa sion. Hungerford is leniently treated by the handi capper, only bat 81b having been awarded to him; but I very much doubt his capability of finishing in front. The Proctor, at the same weight as the Alp (6st 51b), will have to make place for the latter, who if he never possessed a chance of winning before, has one now ; for I should say his six years old back cannot be broken by the feathery weight that he has to carry. Koh-i-noor, 3 yrs, Est 51b, is on the forlorn list. Story-teller, 4 yrs, Est 41b, is moderately well off, but I think he has his superiors in Obis bout among the light-weighted class. Scarecrow, if they mean him for the Cesarewitch, which I presume de pends upon the weight, will not appear before the eye of the public at Doncaster. The Knight of the Garter, 4 yrs, Est 31bs, is treated by the handicapper in a man ner that will enable his noble owner to have a pod chance of cuffing off this handicap, and thereby make some amends for his St. Leger catastrophe. Jack Leeming, a most mysterious animal, who can run if he likes, but generally has a strong objection to exerting himself, at sst 131 b, is let loose. Alfred the Great, the only three yrs old with any pretension.to winning this stake, is a doubtful starter; should he run, however, his chance is not the most forlorn imaginable. Larry Whent, 3 yrs , sst 31b, has shown some running at times, but will not do for this spin. Lady Harriett and Cap tain Flash, as knowing little or nothing about, I shall pass over. Strong must be the mind of that person that could for an instant conceive that a horse delighting in the cognomination of on—a t oug.weig te Imag inati 1 h h h d only at sst f or a f our yrs old—has t heremotest chance of catching the jud ge ' s eye in a lead ing position at the finish of the r ace . The T • WII3 4 y rs, 4st 101 a nicely bred filly by Ithu r i e l, out of b Colu mbine , ' made a couple of exhibitions at Forthallerton last being bowled over in one instance by that wretc h ed son Diddler, the Ebor, and in the other by J o on of Jeremy g h ratulation. This year she made her first appearan ce in the Sheffield and Rotherham Handicap at t h e eorace for where, with Est 131 b up, she ran, to the best o f my re collection, seventh and last to the Surveyor. At Dunir-ha in May, she mended her running considerably, for, car rying Bst 21b, she ran a fair second to Miss .Fly away , same age and weight, for the Maiden Plate, beating, among others, Burndale, 7 st; Agnes Wickfield, Est 111 b; The Red Lion, 7st; Mickleton Maid fitly, Est 11lb; an d Lindrick, 7st. I have entered into these particulars about this filly, knowing full well that she will be a n immense favourite. She has improved considerably since her last performance, and, if she cannot run close up on this occasion, ought to be turned out as a common hack at once. Bilberry, 3 yrs, 4st 91b, seems to have a disinclination to win a great handicap, no matter how favourably she may be treated as to weight; she is rather dangerous, however, to stand against. The Infi delity filly, at 4st 71b, is likewise in well; b ut the animals she will have to meet here are of a grade superior to her. On looking over my scraps of informa tion, I find that the batch most likely to dispute the point of honour at the finish will consist of Alp, the Twin, and the Knight of the Garter ; and if I place the last-named two first and second, those positions ap proach the nearest, in my imagination, to what will be the result. In summing up yesterday on the Leamington Stakes, I gave the pride of place to Lady Evelyn and Hugo ; I must now put Cleveland in Hug position, and at the same time declare it to be my firm conviction that Cleveland will take an immense deal of beating. I am, Sir, &0., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Sept. 1. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STOURBRIDGE RACES.— MoNDAY. The Prestwoud Stakes of 2 sous. each, and 20 added, one mile and a halt (3 subs.), were won by Mr. Leach's Derby (Don Jobn gelding). 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Wells), beat ing Mr. Pearce's Stranger's Daughter, 5 yrs, Bst 91b; and Calot, 6st 131 b. The Stourbridge Handicap of 7 Boys. each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared, with 50 added; the second to receive 15 soya. out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. (45 Subs., 33 of whom declared.) Lord Chesterfield's Gladiole, 5 yrs, 6st 121b(Ashmal) 1 Mr. Fowler's Forester, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b Mr. Yardley na. Bess of Hardwick, 3 yrs, sst 41b 3 Mr. Salford's Prime Minister, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 0 Mr, J. Walker's Gholab Singh, 4 yrs, 7st 31b Mr. Brooks na. New Forest Deer, aged, 6st 41b Mr. J. Oliver's Ethelvvolf, 3 yrs, sst 91b The Railway Plate of 201, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, one mile (5 subs.), was won, in two heats, by Mr. James Davies's G a y L a d, 6 yrs, B s t 131 b (Sly), beating Mr. Rose's Greengage, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b, Mr. Jones's Gauntlett, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, and Mr. Taft's ch f by Don John, darn by Mundig, 3 yrs, 6st 81b. The East Worcestershire Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, one mile and a half (3 subs.), were won in two beats, by Mr. Leach's Derby, 3 yrs (401), Est (Wells), beating Stranger's Daughter, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (401), and Mr. Jones's Fairing, aged, 8 , 4 I Ilb (801.) ECCLES RACES.—Turesusx. The Trafford Park Stakes of 2 sous. each, and 25 added. One mile and three-quarters. (5 Subs.) Mr. Williams's Mary Nobbler, aged, Bst2lb (Livessy) ‘ l ,• Mr. Henderson's Crabby, aged, 9st ................ ,•••• Mr. Logan's na C r i pple Kite, 4 yrs, • Bst ......... Captain Scott's Day and Martin, 3 yrs, 7st 9 1b •••••• Mr. Longshaw's Alice, 6 yrs, Est 101 b ................ by two 5 Betting-5 t o 2 agat C r i pp l e K a t e . Won lengths. The Garrison Stakes of 3 sous. lengths by by two added, one mile (7 Subs.), were won n aven D port). beating Lieutenant Ainstey's April Fool ( En and Lieutenant Lieutenant Croft's Sarum Soaru eac h, and a whip Campbell's Marmion. sees., weights, &c. eas ily by a length by Mr. , as a ged (Thompson), beatin Bradburn's na Brown i n t The he Trial n d S t S a k t a e n s d , Girl and Made Safe, Labyrinth, F a ctory , Strait Jacket, Nero. d wPaslaFteWoofn 15 The Lincoln — IO T s tr o E v s s p . A e Ir a c . h , mi t e and Clnn o Li a all d to save his stake. One Mr. J. Ar una-a n's Barbats, 7st 111 b (J. o.borne) 2 a half. r LINC OLN of Lincoln. Bst 31b G. Simpson) 1 iur w E. 'lobs° 6 to 4 c'" 50 added, hire Handicap of 10 sove. each, 5 ft, and The Lin c°l . ns r' ' ~ Barbata. Won cleverly by a length. declared. Two miles. (27 Subs., 15 of only 3 if ' Little Queen, 6 yrs, Est 71b ...walked over. M r . Inman a The. • Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added ; for Ding thr s e e e yrs old, Bst ; tour, 9st ; fi ve, 9st 71b ; six anti aged, 9st 12lb; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 100 L; if entered for 801, allowed w hom declared.) 51b; for 601., 101 b; for 501., 151 b; for 301., 211 b. Heats, one mile. (6 Subs.) 7st 101 b 4 2 Mr. Morris's Florence ( 301.), Est 41b ...(Barker) 1 1 ( 0 5 11 0 1 . 2 , a 7 c 6 a t n i t ( er lb . • Mr. Hesseltine's Lady of the Grove ( 501.), Mr. Barrow's Black-eyed Susan (304 6st 41b 2 3 3 1 Mr. Brown's Tower, Both h heats t y s r W s The Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added, for three yrs old and upwards. Gentlemen riders; pro fessionals slb extra. Heats. Two miles. (5 Subs.) the sebc9ol at R ACES. — TUESDAY. sE o S f. Mr. Cunningham's The Little Queen (Mr. Peart) 1 1 Mr. Walker's Dandy Jew, aged, (Mr. G. Walker) 2 2 Mr. Boyn on's Bravo, 4 yrs (Owner) 3 3 Mr. Houghton's g f D on J ohn, list ...(Simpson) dis• Won in a canter. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsDAt e . LEAMINGTON STAKES —5 to 1 agat Lady Evelyn (t). 6 to 1 agst Terpsichore (t), 8 to 1 agst Cleveland (a), 10 to 1 agst Ringleader (t). Tw G in ß , Er to YORKSHIRE agst Imagination, 8 to 1 agst Alonzo, 8 t 1 agst Knight of the Garter. ST. LEGER.-9 to 4 9to 1 agat O'Rourke, 4to 1 agst Songstress (t), to 1 _ sp o t , Th. to Har binger, 20 to 1 agst Le:ggsbtowS.tockwell, 3 to 1 agst Daniel CAPTAIN SHEPHEARD.—At the Marlborough street police Court, yesterday, a gentlemen applied to Mr. Bingham for an order to deliver into his keeping Capt a i n Shepheard, at present in prison for want of sureties. The applicant said he was pr e p ared to s e nd Captain Shepheard to Hasler as soon as r eleased. Mr. Bingham was v er y g l a d t o hear that the c aptain's friends had done th a t w hi c h it wou ld have been more desirable had it been done some months ago. He would readily do all in his power to get Captain Shepheard placed in proper hands. GENERAL STEAM . N AVIGATION COMPANT.--The fifty-fifth half•yearly meeting of the shareholdersin this com pany was held yesterday at their offices, 71, Lombard-street, Mr. John Wilkin in the chair. The report of the directors, and a statement of the accounts for the half-year ending the 30th June last, were read to the meeting and unanimously adopted by the proprietors. The customary dividend was then declared, and the cordial thanks of the proprietors voted to the chairman and directors for their zealous services in the management of the company's affairs; after which the meett hag separated. 1 ..• 2