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P~ ircsen t was not the first occssion on which those walls had witnecs,d the miscarriages of justice. There remained, unhappily for our fAme, in- scribed iu the page of history, the record of transactions which had taken place iu that great hall, which was as sociated with the dark and also the more glorious epoahs of this country. Here had occurred things over Which the historian would have gladly drawn an impenetrable veil, were it not that they were beacons of the errors of the past. and warnings for our futur e guidance. The day, thark Gad, bad passed when huma❑ life was sacrificed at the shrine of bigotry and passion, but now innocence might rest safe under the protection of the judges of the land. Still he could not b. 1p remembering that juries and judges had sometimes committed judicial murders on the score of religious feeling. This was a trifling case compared with those to which he referred; but still that feeling which had formerly deadened men's consciences to the higher mo tives and influences which should have guided them, might creep insidiously into the minds of the jury in this minor matter, and induce them to close their ears against the voice of truth, and reason, and justice. In conclusion, he besought them to bring to the discharge of this sacred duty a calm and diepassionatejudgment, firmly believing that if they did so neither the parties nor the Public who wore interested in the result would have rea son to complain.—(Applause.) Lard CAMPBELL observed that the Learned Counsel engaged in the defence had conducted it with great abi lity and propriety, but he wished to offer a suggestion to them in order to promote the ends of justice, viz., that Us the charges alleged in the pleas amounted to twenty three in number, they should be left severally to the Jury, who should state whether they believed they had or had not been proved. Sir A. E. COCKBURN said he thought that would he ti, better course to adopt. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL intimated his assent to the Proposal of the Learned Judge. The Court then adjourned for a quarter of an hour. On the return of the Learned Julge and the jury, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to address the jury on behalf of Dr. Achilli, in reply to evidence given in sup- Port of the pleas. He was proceeding with his address when our re- Port left. SHERIFFS' CO URT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before J. BURCHELL, Esq., Under-Sheriff.) AVERY v. CHARD AND OTHERS, EXECUTORS, &C. The plaintiff in this action is an army clothier at Charing-cross, and the defendants are executors of the late Sir William Winniett, lint. The action was brought to recover the sum of 761. 17s. 6d. for goods s upplied, The defendants suffered judgment to go by default, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed. PHILLIPS V. MEAN. This was an action to recover 731. for necessaries sup plied to plaintiff's wife, and for money lent. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff was called to prove that he had known defendant for about two years, and had lent him altoge ther about 1501, and there was a balance due of 231. on that account. Defendant left his wife and family desti tute, and plaintiff from time to time advanced money to kid paid for the lodgings of defendant's wife. There baing no defence, a verdict was entered for the 4 roount claimed. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) lIOUSE OF COMMONS. Tic e SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Tha Lards amendments to the following Bills were Nlsidered and agreed to:— Eastern Union Railway. Great Western Railway (No. 2). North-Western Railway. Wedmore Road. Wycombe Railway. dr. WILSON PATTEN moved for returns of the "timber of private Bills introduced and brought from th House of Lords, and of Acts passed in 1852, classed saeording to the following subjects:—Railways; roads d bridges; waterworks; ports; piers ; harbours and Colts; canals and navigations; chur c h es , chapels, and rYing grounds; paving, lighting, and improving; Dtols an d ot her county buildings ; i nc l osures; Small ebts Courts; and all other Bills and Acts. Of all e private Bills which, in the present session, have ), 41 1 treated as opposed Bills; specifying those which 4,l'e been classified in groups by the Committee of blection; together with the names of the selected ;i"tabers who served on each Committee; the first and t BO the last day of the sitting of each Committee ; t i l 4 number of days on which each Committee sat; h, e number of days on which each selected Member " Served • the Bills the preambles of which were reported to „ have been proved; the Bills the preambles of which were hi 4ekrted to have been not proved; the Bills referred to the Committee of Selection, as having become * l °,PPosed; and the Bills withdrawn, or not proceeded i 41 ty the parties. And, of all Private Bills which, t 4 zi . the p re s en t S e ssion, have been referred by the Com pi!ttee of Selection to the Chairman of the Committee of l k t tYs and Means; together with the names of the ,„ Me6m tB who served on each Committee; the number of days " Which each Committee sat; and the number of days us each Member attended." ) 4 ' l r• GROGAN Irelandsreented several petitions from 4 1. tous parts of preying for the inspection of' t t l oeries. 1 )4 , 41 , r T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the k: i Lsh of S. James's, C , erkenwell, praying for the re of Sturges B)urne's Act. TENISON presented a petition from Leitrim Oitig fur the repeal of the power which enables r „Poor-law Commissioners to appoint vice•guardians. i),,olonel DUNNE presented a similar petition from yt tarling t on. METROPOLITAN BURIALS BILL. "( 1 the motion of Lord JOHN MANNERS, the Bill recommitted, for the purpose of introducing som e clauses and amendments. VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. I T his Bill was read a third time, and passed. UODS, FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES BILL. T his Bill was read a third time, and passed. .XCISE SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS BILL. 44, Is Bill was read a third time and passed. RETARY OF BANKRUPTS OFFICE ABOLI TIONTh. BILL. T his Bill was read a third time and passed. BISHOPRIC OF QUEBEC BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. COLONIAL BISHOPS' BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. "QOPRIC OF CHRISTCHURCH (NEW ZEA . _ LAND) BILL. Th qb is Bill was read a third time and passed. ''NERAL BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 2) BILL. l ; l4is Bill was considered and agreed to, and ordered 4 read a third time tomorrow. (A METROPOLITAN BURIALS BILL. I .,;:ti the motion for going into Committee on the corn il.iation clauses of this Bill , l) td EBRINGTON demanded that the Bill should titi ,- tended to the provinces,,so far as.the compensation 1, 8 were concerned. '4ii e t v td J. MANNERS was not prepared to accede to 4 / Proposal. MACKINNON objected to giving compensation q 4 ,1 proprietors of graveyards whose grou nd was Ilii, (4 ded with dead bodies; tmt if they gave compen t 4;4 to the metropolis why should they not also give it provinces? tf,Ord JOHN MANNERS said compensation would 44, b e given in cases where the graveyards were so t i e rowded that they could not be used any more. b g t • RUME could not recognise the principle of call '4l'hPon Scotland and the provinces to pay for the corn 4tid convenience of the metropolis. He should, efore, negative the proposal for going into Committee. lO t i • T. DUNCOMBE also obje c ted to the compensa -44t 4 'auses, and gave it as his opinion that it was the ) t4 of Parliament to fix a day upon which all grave i3 inthe metropolis should be closed. The House throwing too much responsibility upon the Seem - L of State. The Right Hon. Gen tle man would not have to decide what burial grounds should be closed, LIM() should receive compensation, and the come rite would be that the Home - offi ce would be besieged S .L ? proprietors of grave-yard s like the Hon. Baronet `k t sq,ember for Essex, who was th e g round landland of ; l ethnal-greeti burial-ground. MOLESWORTH, who was the originator of 4;tause, observed that every precaution was taken to bo t :nt parties obtaining compensation who were not 4 1 41 to it. 1M; HAMILTON confessed that be saw a consider 4iraculty in charging the Consolidated Fund with keorepensation. d t • CARDWELL said this was not the proper time q leiding such a question as the present, and insisted ought to be postponed until the Chancellor of chequer was in his place. TYRELL was not there to uphold any abuse, ' lt" House should remember that he bad no control h t ; the Bethnal green burial ground, and could not ) 4, 1 ' 4 4 the land being used for the purpose of a grave th When, however, the lease of the land fell in he % l ltl object to his property being confiscated without Pensation. The Nattonal Gallery and a portion of 1 4;eraet house were built upon grave-yards, and should not he have the same right of 4tlng on his land. He admitted that the Bethnal 4t4A:le • burial ground had been considered a public nui k A 4 , ,, 0 t• T. DUNCOMBE—And yet we are not to put it tl without granting compensation. Secretary WALPOLE felt bound to oppose the 4, 4 k e on the part of the Government. He understood , 4 1t,gis Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Ex ,N,tlr was of opinion that the clause would be detri n4l to the public interest, and therefore the difficulty 44;i the Hon. Baronet the Memb e r for Southw ark „ 4: e ed to must be got rid of in some other wa y . it t 'ter some conversation a _division was called, b ut being no teller for the " Ayes," the motion for 0 into Committee was negatived without a di vision. WM MOLES WORTH said the con sent of the Ni c ,. t t bad been given to his clause, and it ou g ht to be 'ecl to. m 4 t i „SPEAKER said the Queen's consent only ens- L '44,'" House to proceed to the consideration of the tic -E ' , but it did not take away the power of the House tiVtiva the clause if the House so thought fit. It i : RANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS BILL. Lords' amendments to this Bill were considered Iteed to. AMEERS OF SINDE. ti 4 the m • 1 41 e motion for resuming the adjourned debate on fir ' b 4, ALLIE said the Government of - India bad all THE SUN, I reedy taken into consideration this su!itjeef, and had taken I step:, for rendering the position of the Ameers of Sirrie . as agreeable as possible. As far back as 1841 the Go ye:rumen:: of India, took into their serious consideration all the matters which the Neble Lord who had intro duced this question had brought under the notice of the House, arid a resolution was come to that every as sistance should be afforded to these unfortunate Princes', untie the whole of the matter in diepute could be cleared up. The Noble Lord represerted the Ameers Es model,. of virtue and hcnesty, but he had heard a very different account of them. However he should be sorry to pro nounce any opinion upon that point. He did not object to the terms of the motion, but what he did find fault with was, that the Noble Lord should have raked up a matter of state policy which was supposed to have been settled as far back as 1844. There would be no objection to produce the papers, but as their production would re open a settled question, he could not help expressing his conviction that it would be injudicious to do so. After a few words from Colonel ESTCOURT, Mr. lIERRIES repeated that there would be no ob jection to produce the papers, hut in the absence of the Noble Lord who made this motion, it was not necessary for him to trouble the House with any lengthened ob servations to show that it would be injudicious to call for them. The two principal papers which the Noble Lord asked for would be readily forthcoming. Mr. HUME said, in relerenco to the Ameers of Sinde, the impression which prevailed in 1843 that the British Government had been made the victim of an artful freud, had been confirmed by subsequent inquiries; and it was, therefore, the duty of the Legislature to do tardy justice to these in jured Princes. The papers now culled for would give but an inadequate history of the whole oc currences in Sinde, and he hoped, on a future occasion, the House and the country would be put in possession of all the facts of the case. Years had rolled by since the injustice was perpetrated, but it was never too late to make amends for the wrong which had been done, and he was rejoiced to hear that there was now a prospect of the Ameers of Sinde obtaining some substantial redress for their sufferings. Much deception had been practised upon Parliament in reference to this case, and he trusted that, for the sake of justice and humanity, the Govern ment would now produce all the papers in full, and thus give the country an opportunity of considering the whole matter. The motion was then agreed to. FOREIGN POSTAGE. Mr. JACOB BELL wished to inquire of her Ma jesty's Government as to the further progress of the negotiations for the reduction of the postage of letters between France and England; also whether it is in contemplation to effect a general reduction of foreign postage? Mr. HAMILTON said negotiations were still pending upon this important subject both with France and the United States, and it was hoped that they would be brought to a satisfactory termination. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. LITERATURE. ATLANTIC AND TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES AFLOAT AND ASHORE. By Captain Mackinnon. Colburn. In his narrative of a fourteen months' sojourn in America, or on its coast, Captain Mackinnon has dis played considerable skill in blending practical infor mation with amusing anecdotes ; his description of the Falkland Islands, and his adventures with the wild cattle, are well written and worthy of perusal. The following extract from an account of a West Indian hurricane, will give some idea of the terrible force of these tornadoes : "All doubt about the approaching tempest was now dispelled. The black inhabitants of the small cottages in the vicinity, belonging to the estate, floeked up to Dry-hill House, to seek consolation from companionship with the white people. " A light breeze soon sprang up from the north, and, as it rose, the mercury fell. At three o'clock a furious gale was raging. Being anxious to observe th e proceed ings of the shipping, I slipped out of the back part of the house, and went down towards a cliff overlooking the anchorage. To my great disgust as a sailor, I per ceived amongst the twelve merchant-vessels, lying in the roads, that only four were making any preparations to withstand the typhoon. Three were at single anchor, with a short scope of chain, and top-gallant yards across, and one brig with royal-yards and head -sails loosed. Such bare-faced and lubberly carelessness is almost in credible. Old Columbus ' knew better. Be soon made himself master of the signs preceding a hurricane in the West Indies. . _ " When he was off the principal Spanish West Indian settlement at St. Domingo, he foresaw that a hurricane would shortly arise, and sent to Ovando, the governor of the place, to request that he might be allowed to take refuge in the harbour; but this being refused, ho was obliged to stand out to tea, and face the storm. ' What man, without excepting even Job, would not have died of despair,' says Columbus, ' to find that, at the crisis when the lives of myself, my son, my brother, and my friends were in danger, I was prohibited from approaching that country, and those ports, which, under the blessing of God, I had purchased for Spain at the expense of my blood f' At this time a fleet of twenty 'four ships was about to sail for Spain, carrying Lirge quantities of gold and pearls, partly the revenues of the king, and partly the properly of those private individuals who were pas sengers on board. Columbus, notwithstanding Ovando's inhumanity, advised him to detain the fleet a few days, because a tornado was likely soon to occur; but bis warnings were treated with contempt, and the vessels were suffered to proceed on their voyage. Before the close of the following day, twenty of their number, with fifieen hundred persons, had foundered in the hurricane. The loss of treasure on this occasion was so great as to affect the financial resources of Spain for several years after.'" "As the wind still steadily increased, I considered it best to get back to the shelter of the house. To enable me to do this conveniently, it was necessary I should creep along under the garden .bank, which offered some protection against the gale. Not having the slightest idea that the force of the wind would be so enormous in this early stage of the hurricane, I attempted to walk past a gateway. and being instantly struck by the full power of the blast, was rolled over, and driven, as by a giant's strength, violently along the ground. For a moment I gave myself up for lost, as the harbour of St. John was directly in my compelled course. Fortunately, before coming to the open water, the land declined into a bushy marsh. Here, assisted by the underwood, I clung firmly to Mother Earth." " The natural anxiety of a sailor again led me down to view the shipping. Never did I behold such a scene of wreck! Two of the largest craft had foundered with all hands; the lower mast-heads still sticking above the water. The small vessels, as already stated, I found a long way above high-water mark. Three had ridden out the storm, and amongst them, to my surprise, the brig. There she lay, still at single anchor, the main-royal yard still crossed, but the fore-Lop-mast-head twisted off, and all the upper gear gone. Who can account for this? " The poor steamer to which I -vas attached in English Harbour had fared very badly. In the first part of the gale she had dragged the huge moorings, and gone broadside on to the wharf'. On the gale shifting, not being able to snap the numerous fastenings by which she was secured to the buried guns, she had torn down the whole length of the wharf whereto she was at tached, and dragged huge masses of eihris into the har bour. Several ponderous stone buildings in the dock yard were blow❑ down, and a Dutch corvette, strongly secured in English Harbour, was driven up into six feet water; her usual draft being seventeen feet." The descriptions of the various towns and seaports which the author visited, and his rambles inland, contain interesting accounts of their situations and resources, together with the customs of the inhabi tants, whether human or animal. We may, perhaps, complain that the author has been rather prolix on some points, and has introduced immaterial passages, still this but shows that he has endeavoured to give a true account of his rambles rather than to publish a work containing only the marvellous. This certainly is a proof of its genuineness. *Trlowison's "Colonies." ADMIRAL AUSTEN AND HIS FLAG-SIIIP. Sir,—Under the head of " Naval Intelligence," dated " Plymouth," in your impression of Saturday, occur some observations reflecting on the conduct of Rear-Admiral Austen, in not taking his flag ship with him to Rangoon. I should hardly have thought it worth while to notice such observa tions if they had been confined to a provincial paper, but when the Times gives them circulation it is different. It seems to be implied in the observations in question that the presence of the Admiral's family was in some way the cause of the arrange ment commented on. On the 24th of March the Ad miral's family was living in his house on Penang hill; on the 28th of that month he proceeded in the Rattler to Rangoon. It is not very easy to see how the one circumstance can have had any connexion with the other. Independently of this, however, I am able to state that the reason why the Hastings did not accom pany the Admiral, as had been intended, was, that there was not water for a ship of her size in the Irrawaddy, and the Commodore had stated that he had force enough without her. As there is no safe anchorage off the Irrawaddy, it would have been imprudent to take the Hastings there, with the change of monsoon coming on. It might, perhaps, not 'be too much to assume that the Admiral would not wantonly have left his own immediate followers behind when active and honourable service was to be expected; and the prompti tude with which, for the good of the service, he gave up the advantages of their attendance and the comforts of his own ship, and transferred himself to a small steamer by commanded a stranger, if it has not obtained him m ight at least have saved him from ‘ ltt c a ( c )rnplimeals," attack. I hay° the honour to be, Y &e., - HENR E. AUSTEN. [As we c innot, o f course, answer for to assert m Admiral 7, New squ are, Lir:ooln'scalnunot p n, June 21. Austen's m o ti ves , that b‘ family considerations; " induced him to leave the Hastings b e hi n d w h en he proceeded to Ran goon, altho ug h an Adm i ra l ty o r der lately issued seems to point to that conclusion. not being Water enough for the H ast i ngs in ... Irrawaddy, w e s h a ll not be surprised to learnAs to there next mail the that good anchorage has been found for her. There is certainly no ground for Mr. Austea's second reason for her absence—that the Commodore had force enough, since the Arrogant and the Winchester have been dis patched from England to reinforce the squadron. — :Ernes. It appears that the highest price ever reached by Consols was nearly a century back. In the year 1757 they were quoted art 107. LONDON, THURSDAY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 3> We have received the Pates papers of yesterday. Although an animated diecuesion is described to have teken piece yesterday in the Corps LegislaV on the beget; there is not even an allueion to the sub ject in any of the morning papers. Tice Moniteur disposes of the thing in a few hoes, ( or until the minutes be adopted by the House there can be no publication of the debate, and then only in the shape authorised by the President of the Assembly. Galignani con trives, however, to give the following lively sketch of the proceedings : " The discussion on the Budget of Expenees was com menced yesterday (Tuesday) at one o'clock before the Legislative Body, M. Billault being in the chair. The President of the Republic was present on the occasion, having come to the Chamber in a state-carriage, followed by two others containing his suite. He entered by the large iron-gate in front of the bridge, which had been before passed through only by the Emperor Napoleon. The Prince, who eves in plain clothes, and accompanied: by M. Dueos, the Minister of Ma rine, took his place in a private tribune to wards the right side of the House. The pro ceedings commenced, by a speech from M. do Kerdrel. He expressed his surprise at seeing on the bench appropriated to the Government Commissioners, whose duty it was to defend the various credits proposed, men who had formerly been most forward in proposing reductions. He quoted the opinions of M. Billault, the President of the Legislative Body, and of M. Stourm, one of the Government Commissioners, to that effect, and read passages from a work written by Prince Louis Napoleon, which insisted on the necessity of reductions in the army. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to argue that the vote of the House could not, as matters were now arranged, be either an enlightened or a free one. He complained that the amend ments of the Deputies, when once rejected by the Council of State, could not be voted, or even explained by their authors before the House, a pro ceeding which was at varia nc e with b o th t h e dignity and independence of that body. He quoted a passage from the Coneitutionnel, which declared that the inter vention of the Council of State in the labours of the Committee on the budget rendered all discussion illu sory, and that the Councillors of State were in fact the dispensers of the public fortune. At least, the Hon. GentlemafaxeMarked, they ought in such a case to be appointed for lite. The Honourable Gentleman con cluded by declaring that a change ought to be effected in the present mode of examining and discussing the budget.—M. Billault remarked that the Honourable Gentleman had, in reality, spoken more of what the Constitution had •fixed, than on the budget itself. did not, -'however, think it necessary to stop him,' added the Honourable Gentle man, 'although I could and ought to have done so.' This declaration did not appear to be favourably received by the House.—M. Devinck then spoke at some length, entering into minute financial developments con nected with the budget. He declared that he approved fully of the conversion of the Five per Cents., and:bl ame d the Republic of 1848, and even the Government of Louis Philippe, for having added so much to the floating debt. the Hon. Gentleman terminated by accusing the Com mittee on the budget of endeavouring to foment a secret opposition to the Government.—Count de Chasseloup- Laubat, the reporter, replied with much warmth to that accusation, affirming that the Committee was not in any respect hostile to the Government, and that it had merely endeavoured to explain with fairness and sin cerity the 'financial position of the country. These words were received with applause.—M. Jollivet do Castelot next read a speech in favour of the system at present existing in France; after which Count de Mon talembert rose and declared that he took the same view of the budget, its examination, and its discussion, as M. de Kerdrel had done. (It was remarked that the Prince President, who had hitherto sat far back in his tribune, now came more forward, as if to hear the Hon. Gentle man better.) M. de Montalembert said that he must protest against all idea of tending towards the reestab lishment of the Parliamentary regime, although he did not hesitate to say that be admired and regretted that regime, which had given so many years of peace and prosperity to France. He was contented with the existing system, at the same time that he must declare that in his opinion the great difference which existed between that system and one of absolute power was, for the Le gislative body to vote the tax es i n a ll i ts i n d ependence. Yet who could say that such independence existed when the present manner of examining the budget was consi dered! The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded at some length to enumerate the various impediments which, he said, the intervention of the Council of State had thrown in the way of that - examination. He also enumerated the fate of the' various amendments pro posed by the Committee, and declared that the manner in which they were treated amounted to ' an absolute massacre of the innocents: —M. de Parieu, one of the Councillors of State, next spoke, and said, that the discussion which had just taken place ap peared to him to have no other object than to attack the enactments of the Constitution, which did not allow any amendments when once rejected by the Council of State to be again brought before the Legislative body. Yet the Constitution was the conse quence of the decree of the 2d of December, which had not only saved the country from anarchy, but proved the salvation of the public fortune, which had been ever since in a regular course of improvement.—M. Monier de la, Sizeranne adduced arguments in favour of main taining the army at its present strength.—M. Stourm, Councillor of State, argued that honourable gentlemen were too precipitate in forming an opinion on the Constitution. The country looked at it very differently, for all that France asked for was simply to be al lowed to remain tranquil; and no one could deny that since the Constitution. had been promulgated, the country had enjoyed complete tranquillity. The Hon. Gentleman then, in replying to the observations made relative to the presentation of amendments, said that the speeches which had been that day delivered would have been better suited to an adjoining chamber (this allusion to the lath and plaster building of the Le gislative Assembly was received with murmurs). After some observations from the reporter, the general discus sion was declared to be closed. The President then rose, and said that before the House passed to the dis cussion of the articles, he wished to communicate to the Members the contents of a communication from the Minister of State, which had been handed to him in the course of the sitting: The letter in question stated that the Government considered it right to inform the Legis lative Body that the amendments presented by the Committee on t h e B u d g et, having been rejected by the Council of State, ought, according to the terms of the Constitution, to be looked on as not ihaiine. been: .brought forward, and that consequently, r ale terms of the report, ' which said that there only remained one course for the Legis lative body to adopt—namely, to reject to be a the whole lecap ter,' appeared to it ( t h e G over nment) uncon stitutional act. This declaration produced great com motion, and Count de Chasseloup•Laubat, at once rising, energetically declared that no man was more constitu tionally inclined than he was, and that the language of his report did not go farther than what he conceived the nature of the case demanded. After a few observations from M. Billault, the discussion of the articles was ad journed to this day. The sitting was then brought to a close at half-past five." At the opening of the sitting, the President read a Bill transmitted to the Legislative body by the Mi nister of State, approving of a convention entered into on the 19th inst. between the Minister of Public Works and the Lyons to Avignon Railway Company. The Bill was referred to the bureaux. We read in the Presse ' - " The Moniteur will soon be installed at the Palais Royal. The chief editor, 241..Grun, will be under the direction of a comite, d e surveillance, composed of three public functionaries -viz,, M. Perron, who will repre sent the Ministry of State; M. Chevreau, who will re present the Ministry of the Interior; and M. Latour- Dumoulin, who at the Ministry of Police has the special surveillance of all matters respecting the press. These three persons will select the writers who are to assist the chief editor." The Government received yesterday a dispatch, dated Cayenne, May 13; announcing the arrival there of the Allier corvette, with the first convicts, under the charge of M. DE SARDA-CANIGA. This gentle man gives a very satisfactory account of the concinct of the convicts, who are, he says, disposed to labour and to lead a reformed life. The Moniteur contains a notification to certain journals that they must not continue to evade the signature law or they will be fined. The Moniteur also contains the Bill for making a fusion of the southern railway companies. The continued_fall of rain is beginning to create uneasiness, lest there should follow inundations of a destructive character such as occurred in 1846. Last night a telegraphic dispatch was received from Lyons, stating that the Saone had swelled to such an extent as to be no longer navigable for the Lyons steamers. The Journal de Lot et Garonne states that the Lot and the Garonne had risen considerably, and overflowed their banks in many places. All the hay crops have been destroyed. On the day before the inundation all the hay on different islands was sold by tender, and the loss to the purchasers will be very great. Inundations have also taken place in the Ain, the Saone-et-Loire, and the Jura. The Loire had overflowed some places, so had the Allier, but ac cording to the last accounts these rivers were becoming lower. A good deal of damage has been done. M. CADON TAIDEFEJR., .manufacturer at Laigle (Orne), writes to the Sieele that he is ready, in con ic,earrti s w a i n t d h C O t h h e e r r i . 3 o capitalists, urg lin e o on to o c m o n a d k i e t o the f w r h e o c l e e v o i f n the g a subvention of 30,000,000 f. "It is stated,"-says the - Patric, " that the Roman Government has just conceded to a French com pany the railway from Rome to Bologna, and to Ancona. The works will, it is said, be very soon commenced." Paris, it is calculated, annually consumes straw berries to the amount of .5,000,000 f. Epinay, near Sr. Denis, sends every day, during the season. 500 f. of asparagus to England. Meudon, last year, sent a similar amount of plums every day; and Honfleur and its neighbourhood 1,000,0001. worth of melons in the course of the season. The Bourse was dull, with not so much business doing as for some days past. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 101 f. 40c. ' and closed at 101 f. 50e. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 80c.• Orleans Railway Shares, 1,237 f. 50c.; Rouen, 860 f.; dam, 330 f.; Great Northern, 620 f.; Avignon, EVENING, 410 f.; Basle, 2651.; Paris and Strasburg, 5811. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 6521. 50c. ; the New Austrian Loan, 94. BUSiN'ESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JUNE 23. Dutch Rhenish, 5 ,/, East Indian, 23q—Luxembourg, 4T/B—Maria Antonia (New), 3 Yi—Natnur and Liege , 6 ',Ai— (formerly outogne and Ami ens shares), 135 3 —Paris and Lyons, l29—Paris and Rouen, 33 3 /,—Paris and Strasbourg, 231 i ex d.—Rouen and Havr e , 127A—Sambre and Meuse, Northern of France, 24% Dit to , 201 . 3 pen: Cent. Bonds sX—West Flanders, 31 /ti—Western of France, 7%. HOLLAND. A letter from the Hague says :—" Accounts have been received from M. VANDE R KuN, the Govern ment engineer, who has been for some time in Bel gium, stating that the convention between that country and Holland, relative to the junction of the lines of railway, is on the point of being con cluded. The line will follow the direction of Ant werp to the Moerdik and Rotterdam, with a branch line on Breda. BELGIUM. A Brussels journal says,—,, All the country dis tricts in our environs hav e at present the most mag nificent appearance. The crops in general, notwith standing the rainy weath er, promise to be mos t productive. The potat oes and wheat are very fine, and do not present the slightest trace of ma lady." A singular wager came off at Antwerp on Satur day. The master of a merchantman betted another 400 f. that one of his sailors e would to a t t the steeple of Notre Dam e , weathercock for six hours.this dangerous sailor executed dangerous feat. He cli m b e d on to the cock at three till nine.and remain climb se h d e n top o p t h of e o'clock, and remained seated A large crowd assembled, and remained until the man came down, cheering him h ear t i l y on his reaching terra firma. SWITZERLAND. The Swiss Federal Assembly i s co nvo ked for the .sth July. of Berne, 16, The Bale Gazette, under d a t e states that the Executive Council h as dissolved the WO" elation of the Grutli, a n d or d ered all the members who do not belong to the c anton to quit it. The motives given for this measure are that the associa tion distributed communist and the people, and kept up communi cat i ons with social i st sociali s t books among associations abroad. ialist ITALY. 7Sziaav,(;ll of a cleri ca l paper, has the 21st stat es, u Or in c , ia th l a G t a th z e et A te r of mo from Th e T been seized for an intemperate article against the new Marriage Bill, in which it attempted to prove that it was contrary to the Catholic religion and that, consequently, in virtue of Art. 1 of the Pied montese Constitution, which enacts that the Catholic religion is the religion of the State, e very on e has a right to refuse submission to th e Bill when become the law of the land. M. TIMERS left Turin on the 19th for Vevey,where he expects his family to join him. A correspondent, writing from R ome, June 14, says : COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen bold Court a t t h ree o ' clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Pa/pco. His Highness Said Machu, uncle of the Viceroy of Egypt, had an audience of her Majesty, to which he W:!3 introduced by the Earl of Maleaebbury, the Queen's Prircipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by the Hon. Sir Edward (just, h er Majesty ' s Master of the Ceremoni e s. Hi s Hi g h ness was attended at the reception by M. Musuru s , Envoy E xtraordinary mid Minister Plenipotentiary fro m th e S u l tan of Turkey. Her Majesty was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting. _ _ _ The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and attended by Major-General Buckley and Colonel B.::uverie, th e Equerries in Waiting, visited the Exhibition building in Hyde-park yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Majesty yesterday. Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Fanny Roward,Lady Suffield, the Baroness de Speth, EA.' Granville, the Earl of Des-art, Lord and Lady Alfred Peget, Lord and Lady Frederick Fitzalarencc , , Sir George Couper, Col. Wylde, and Baron Knesebeck. dor, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, his Ex cellency the Danish Minister and the Baroness de Beille, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Minister and the Princess Carmi, his Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the Turkish Minister, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Madame Macedo, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister and the Countess Lavradio, her Excellency the Baroness Brunnow, Baron Kubeck, M. De Berg, Count Perponcher, M. Sorells, Count Urbiztondo. The general Circle included, among others, the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Montrose, the Duchess of Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of Northumber land, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and the Hon. Miss Hope Vere, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, the Countess of Tankerville, the Earl and Countess of Verulam, the Earl and Countess of Rosso, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine. Villiers, the Earl of Malmes bury, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, the Earl of Powis, the Earl and Countess of Talbot and Lady Victoria Talbot, the Earl and Countess of Desert, the Earl and Countess of Waldegrave, the Earl of Euston, the Earl and Countess of Hardveicke, Viscount Strangford, Vis count Duncan, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, and the Hon. Miss Barrington, Viscount Canning, Vis count and Viscountess Torrington, Viscount and Vis countess Galway, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer ston, Viscount Mandeville, Viscountess Combermere and the Hon. Miss Cotton, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lady Frederick Thesiger and Miss Hall, Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. Miss Ellis, Lady Lyndhurst and tho Hou. Miss Copley, Lady St. Leo nard's and the Hon. Miss Sugden, Lord John Hay, Lady Stuart de Rothes ay, Lady Caroline Maxse and Miss Maxse, Lady James Weir Hogg and Miss Hogg, Lady F. Bentinck, Lady Roll, Lady Ashworth and Miss Ashworth, Lord and Lady Sonds and the Hon. Miss Mulles, Lord and Lady Beaumont and the lion. Miss Stapleton, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady Burleigh, Lady Jane Stuart and Miss Stuart, Lord Francis Gordon, Lord Dufferin, Lady Brougham, Lady Georgina Fane, Lady Sarah Cholmondley and Miss Cholmondeley, Lady Charlotte Guest and Miss Guest, Lady Jane Chomeley, Lord Broughton and the Hon. Miso Hobhouse, Lord and Lady Stanley (of Alderley), Lord Ranelagh, Lady Henry Balwer, Lord Elliot, Lord and Lady Carrington and the Hun. Miss Carrington, Lord Craubourne, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Henry Bentinck, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitfurd, Lord and Lady Ponsonby, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Walsinghans, Lady Willoughby, Lady Williams, Lord John Man ners, Sir Walter Stirling and Lady Caroline Stirling, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir William and Lady Middleton and Miss Cast, Sir James and Lady Mathieson, Sir John Yarde Buller. M,P., and Lady Yards Buller; Sir Henry and Mi s s M eux , Ad m i ra l Si r Thomas Cocrane, Sir George Wombwell, Sir Michael Shawe Stewart, Sir Charles Ogle, Sir Walter Tyrrell, Sir John and Lady Jane Walsh, Sir John and Lady John Trollope, Sir William Molesworth, M.P., and Lady Molesworth, Sir Archibald Campbell, Baron Rothschild, the Right Hon. the Speaker ; and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre and the Misses Shaw Lefevre, the Solicitor-General, Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Mrs. Henley, Right Honourable J. C. Herries, and Mrs. Herries, Right Honourable Spencer Walpole, M.P., the Master of Lovat, Honourable Mrs. Villiers, Hon. Henry Pon sonby, Hon. Captain Hardinge, M.P., Hon. Mrs. Spal ding and Miss Spalding, Hon. Colonel L. Dawson Darner and Miss Darner, Hon. Mr. Waldegrave, Hon, Mr. Nod, Hon. George Curzon, Hon. George Fortescue. Hon. C.P.: Villiers, lion. Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Ralph Diraeli, Mrs. Lane Fux, Mrs. Millie Cochrane, Mrs. Newdegate, Mr. Wilson, Patten, M.P., and Miss Patten, Captain Wilson, Major George Begot, Mr. and Mrs. Praed, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Smythe, Mr. and Lady Jane Repton, Captain Seymour, Mr. Dennison, M.P., Mr. and Lady Anne Gore Langton, Captain Hogg, Mr. Peso, Mr. Halsey, M.P., Mr. Scott Murray, Al derman Thompson, M.P., and Mrs. Thompson, Mr. Miles, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Miles, Mr. Ellice, M.P., Mr. Sandford, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. Heathcote, Captain Archdall, M.P., Mr.' Sinclair, Mr. Pakington and Lady Diana Pakington, Mrs. Lawrence (of Ealing), Captain and Lady Louisa Pakenham, Mr. Edward Berkeley, Mr. William Rose, Mr. Jones, M.P. (of Pant glas), and Mrs. Jones, Captain and Mrs. Duncombe, Col. and Mrs. Begot, MrsMilner Gibson, Dr. Quin, Col. and Mrs. Gilpin, Mr. Marley, Mr. and Mrs. Buck, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Vernon Smith and Miss Fitzpatrick, Mr. Alexander Spearman, Right Hon. Mr. Christopher, M.P., and Lady Mary Christopher, Mr. John Walter, MP., and Mrs. Walter, Mr. Heald, M.P., Mrs. Norton, Mr. Dor mer, Mr. John Townley, M.P., and Mrs. Townley, Mr. Dupre, Mr. and Mrs. Long and Miss Long, Mr. Milnes, M.P., Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, General and Miss Ligon, Mr. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. Milnes Gasket!, M.P., and Mrs. Gasket], Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Stuart Hob house, Colonel Romilly, M.P., and Mrs. Romilly, Mr. Bailie, M.P., and Mrs. Bailie , Mr. Leslie, M.P., Mrs. and Miss Bankes, Mrs. George Hudson, Mrs. Hope, Mr. Grahame Vivian, Mr. Edmund Burnaby, Mr. John Stuart, Mr. George Russell, Mr. Clifford, M.P., Mr. Drummond Woolte, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Peirs M.P., Mr. George Hudson, M.P., and Miss Hudson, M r , William Elliot, Mr. Monckton Milnes, m, p,, -` With regard to the case . of Mr Murray,-.1,-.1 lam happy in being able to state, from a most trustworthy unfortunatesource, young Pop e manhas a a t last pardon. ......0111Sig nor Anaici leaves this evening for Ancona, and is the bearer cf the reprieve. The original sentence of death is commuted into hard labour for life at the galleys. I , nave, bow" t , O grant this ever, reason to believe that it will.not.be fully carried into execution, but that before long it will be materially Alurray being e a v lt e e u r t e u d a ; ily ho s p e e t s a a t r i e ib , e i r u t d y. eejl, entertained of THE PORTLAND BRE AICWAr ER. A very interesting and novel engineering o v — oration is in progress at the breakwater now in course of construc tion at this place, which is nothing less than t h e building et' a bridge across, or rather into, the sea. r -al order 'to ren der the necessity for this intelligible, i t will be better to describ t o o e the c n sit of w general s designt oseparate of the bre akwater. This isintended portions_ the one extending from the shore into the sea about 1,900 feet, in an east-north-east direction; and the other about 0,000 feet in length, and isolated, the nearest point of which will ultimately be 400 feet from the inner portion. During the progress of the works, and until the pier heads forming the ends of these arms are built, the necessary space for co nstructin g them, and other contingent causes, will prevent the rough unfinished portion of the two arms approaching nearer to each other than from SOO to 1,000 feet. The stone with which the breakwater is formed is quarried by convicts; but th e genera l execu tio n o f the same, re quiring too much mec h an i ca l k now led ge f or such a class of men, is under contract . Th e s tone ( an admixture of rough large bl oc k s , f rom s i x tons an d un d er, mixed with a sufficient qu ant ity o f sma ll r ibbl e to fill the i nterst i ces ) is tipped into the sea f rom ra il wa y waggons (without any attempt at re gu l ar i ty , w i t h th e e xcept i on of a due regard to a proper proportion of sizes), trains of which are hauled along the breakwater by locomotive engines. This mode of depositing the material renders its execu tion very cheap; and it is principally with a view of adopting this manner of construction on the outer break water that the bridge above alluded to becomes neces sary. This is of course a timber structure, and although only for what may be called a tem porary purpose, is necessarily, both from its position and from the length of time it will have to remain, erected in a manner which would ordinarily be called permanent. The gener a l d epth o f wa t e r at low water is about 57 feet, and th e roadway b e i ng 25 feet above this level, it follows th a t the piles suppor ti n g it timbers would be manifestly not obtainable, they are must be about 80 feet in length made like the masts of vessels, e ac h we ighing (when prepared with the necessary iron work connected with it) about seven tons. Thethese in the mode of fixing . ground is ingenious. They are shod with east-iron or height, and, as single shoes of Mitchell's patent, h av i e _ K a thread or worm 2 which are screwed into the clay or shale by means of a capstan head, and bars fixed on the head of the pil es . very strong guys Each pile is supported upon them of a large pitch in an upright position by rods, and upon these piles, whi c h are in rows, 30 f e et apart, the necessary superstru c t ure for carrying t h ree lines of railway and a hors e - truck is fixed, ma ki ng a bridge of about 80 feet w i de. A visit to t h ese works would well repay any one who is i nte rested in these matters, both from the or stay m agnitude of the work and the speed with which it is executed 1,000 feet only taking about four months to do. The harbour of refuge at Portland is the largest now being constructed, under the recommendation of the Harbour Commissioners, appointed some fe w Years back , and the works have been carried forward with great spirit. The breakwater staging is now approaching half-a-mile in length from the shore, and the part filled up with stone 2 the total length of already affords very considerable shelter in the anchor age, the advantages of which are beginning— to be felt by works are being constructed for th e the masters of vessels, foreign as Admiralty, under the superintendence of Mr. James z . well as British. The Rendel, F.R,S, en gineer. Mr. J. T. Leathero is the contractor for the engineer in chief, and Mr. John 5 5.22,._ eoode, resident RAILWAY TRAFFIc URNS THEii GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. dieturn of Traffic for the Week endrn ( Miles in work, 223 i) Passengers, parcels, carriag4 J4 ne 13, 1852: horses, dogs, and mails 1 , Merchandise and minerals ..* 46 ,343 16 4 ,• • ' Cattle ... ... ... .." 6,2 30 3 4 ** _ 259 13 10 , • ::_ Total .. Corresppoansdsiennggewrse,ekpa, r l c B e s ls l , (`43 . 6 miles 10,83 3 13 6 ... M erc handise, Cattle, &c. 3,:tT 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 Total ...X11 .622 15 11 LANCASLIIRE AND YORKSHIR ERA ILwAy . (260 MUM open.)—Traffic for week ending June 20, x, Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. ...s t , 21 13 2 ,5 ) CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWA Y week ending June 20 ' 7 ,657 18 3 'Traffic for the MAIN LUTE. Passengers ... Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. Mails Total .. ••• £1,68 3 2 7 4 15 3 5 ,9, 2 19 4 5 0 0 X 2,853 17 2 ••• MOLD. ••• £3B 4 8 1 12 it ,«... 86 17 10 ••••••.„..........._ ••• ••• ••• X 126 1 5 STEAM-BOATS. 5 ... £428 4 I •• 22 19 8 Total ... ••• ••• 4451 - 3 -- 8 * SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY. — Traffic for the ending June 20, 1852 : Week Passengers (10,504), parcels, horses, and carriages ... ••• ••• £1,099 17 5 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ••• ••• 919 6 4 )---iceturn Total .. ••• •• 2 ,019 3 Corresponding week in last year... 1 ,800 1,5 4 Perth, June 23. 1852. CORK AND BANDON BAILIVAY.--(20 miles op en\ , of Traffic for the week ending June 19, 1852: Passengers, parcels, &c. .„ £142 17 0 Dierchandise, cattle ,5t0.... ••• 40 15 4 Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ... Goods, cattle, &c. Total Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Total ... £lB3 12 - 7 Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) 3 1 10 8 Pr s i parcels, eattle 8' & C C. • • 0 6 5 The Band of the. Ist Life Guards attended during dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. A deputation on the subject of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester yester day, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Hawarden, Mr. C. Heneage, M.P., Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., Colonel Sal wey, M.P., Mr. J. Bagshaw, M.P., Mr. J. Butt, M.P., Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P , Mr. J. C. Cobbold, M.P., Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., Mr. C. Geach, M.P., the Mayor of Harwich, Mr. R. T. Bagshaw, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. C. M. Palmer, Mr. Regnar Wertenholz (agent of 01.3 Danish Government), Mr. G. Stahlocbmidt, Mr. 0. J. Williams (vice-consul of the Netherlands at Harwich), Captain Andrews. Captain Raymond, Mr. Charles Freshfield, and Mr. J. E. Coleman. Mr. Buck, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home office. MRS. DISRAELI'S ASSEMBLY. Yesterday evening Mrs. Disraeli had an assembly at her residence, Grosvenor-gate, Park-lane. A very numerous and distinguished list of the aristo cracy and fashionable world availed themselves of this opportunity of paying their compliments to the Right Hon. Gentleman and Mrs. Disraeli. His Royal Highness Said Fuchs., accompanied by his Excellency the Turkish Minister, was among the fo reigners of distinction present. His Grace the Duke of Wellington also honoured Mrs. Disraeli with his company during the latter part of the evening. Among the members of the corps diplomatique we re marked his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excel lency the Prussian Minister and Mdme. Bunsen and Mdlle. Bunsen; his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, bis Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countets Colloredo, his Excellency the Greek Minister, bis Excel lency the Persian Envoy and Meyer Mirz a Malcolm, First Secretary of Legation; his Excellency the Bavarian Mi nister, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Abbot Lawrence, his Excellency the French A93.basa- Total •• ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. The celebrated equestrian spectacle of St. George and the Dragon , with its splendid appointments, still con tinues to attract large audiences to this world-renowned amphitheatre. The exertions of Mr. Batty to add to t h e glories gathered here by that favourite of genius, the late Andrew Ducrow, richly deserve all the reward they conti nue to meet with. We are the more rejoiced at t hi s , for no manager ever exceeded Mr. Batty in his desire to secure nove . lty, at any price, for the enter tainment of the play-going public. The scenes in the arena are as beautiful as of old. To particularise where all wa s good would be invidious; suffice it to say, all deserved the applause they received. The drolleries of B ar ry the clown and the politeness of Widdicomb added much to the entertainments of a very pleasant evening. GUIDE TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—A pocket guide book to the great national repository of the wonders of art and natur e has recently been published by Mes s r s . Crad oc k and Company —a gaide-book surpassing all others in corn and yet equal for all ordinary purposes in complete vactness, ; les It is divided into five sections, conducting the reader thros•ugh all the departments of the British Museum in sue c'e,sien, and thereby enabling him to examine the whole collection at a single visit. The first section is purely intro ductory, historical, and generally descriptive, including re fer nee to the reading-room attached to the library. The s even describes the gallery of antiquities, together with the adjacent chambers, comprising the Nimroud marbles, and re cent additions. The third depicts the Elgin s imilarly collection. The fourth the Etruscan and Egyptian. The fifth embraces the whole of the marvels in natural history To the s i g ht -seers of the metropolis the publication will be. peculiarly acceptable. 111 r. Gordon Cumming was honoured on Tuesday wit h a t from their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wa l es and Prince Alfred, accompanied by their tutors, at h i s South 'African Museum. The Princes seemed much pleve d witia ihe collection during the hour they remained, and particularly with the Bushman, who imitated the wild w denimins of the forest, and answered the questio addressed the Loyal party with his usual naivet ns e. ... 31 11 1 CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.. --Th e above Bill (as amenkled on report) has been printed. By its provisions, as now modified, her Majesty in Council, upon address from both Houses of P arliament, ma y a ppoint Com missioners to make inquiry into corrupt practices at elections. The reports will be laid before Parliament, and the Commis sioners v ill have the necessary powers to call for witnesses and papers, Witnesses and persons implicated will be in demnified upon obtaining a certificate to that effect from the Commissioners. The Commissioners appointed under this Act will be paid at the conclusion of the in q uir y such sum above their travelling and other espouses as the Commissio ners of the Treasury may think fit. PROROGATION OF PARLIAAIENT.—The Ministerial white bait dilater pill upt take place until neat Week. 0.... 2 7-' -T. ' 1 y . , 4 L-- 57 .. ..(z.. 31 - . ..(2 - - - ....V, - -I-2.1 .---i-,e-,:: . ' vz t. OXFORD COMMEMORATION. r SPORTING I 1.,....„__ filliee, Bse 4`Vr3lts and 51b allowed. i WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—IC is almost unnecessary • NEWCASTLE liel N tik,*7.el s 7 ' (Swart) 1 • 'l , _„_," • s a . a a to state that although the word " Commemoration" is The Produce S:ekes of 25 soNrefeel, ; — "l's are v . liberally extended to the first three or four days of the I old cease Bst 711; p re sent week, this present Wednesday is the only 1 Three quarters of a mile. (7 Subs.) " Commemoration-day" properly so called. To-day the Sir C. Monck's Garland colt, ast 716 ......... Encernia—as nobody terms it—is held in the theatre, Mr. Watters'e Lord Fauconberg (31b) ast 41 b(Ryder) 2 the usual oration is delivered by th e pu bli c orator (Mr. Mr. E. Plu mmer ' s A xwell (51e) Bst 21b (Simpson) 3 Claughton acted as substitute for Mr. Mi tc h e ll) , an d t h e 5t04 on Lard Fauconberg, and 6to 4 eget Garland successful competitors in the arts of L a ti n an d E ng li s h co l t. The non-favourite made nearly all the running, composition recite their productions f rom t h e i r respec- Theand wNonorbthyntrawhoelrelanngdthisllaAtexwofell 2008 bsandvsth„ added to aird' five pulpits. The intrinsic good-nature of the students, and Handicap Sweepstakes cf 15 sows, each, 10 ft., and their readin e ss to commend wherever they felt corn- only sit declared; the winner to pay 25 sovs, towards tnendation was d ue , was strikingly illustrated in the the expenses, the second to receive 50 Boys, and the case of the Newdigate Poem, composed and recited third to save his stake. Two miles. (69 Subs., 22 of by Mr. Edwin Arnold, of University College. The whom declared.) Engli s h P oem, we may rem i n d our rea d ers, i s the grand Mr. Meiklam's b c Stilton, 3 yrs, Est (Aldcroft) 1 gratio ns fe ature of the day; a pause takes place in the enei- Mr. R. Heron's b c Col s t er d a l e, f i st 41b (Wells) 2 ) of the theatre, which after the first half-hour Mr. P e dl e y' s c h hC ossaek, aged, fiet 21b (Templeman) 3 are almost as f requent as t h e immigrations preceding, Mr. J. Osborne's br f Snowdrop, 4st 121 b ...(Carroll) 4 and everybody is n o t on l y ex p ec t e d to listen but list ens L or d Gleegow ' s bl c Caracara, 4st 101 b ...(Goater) 5 unpretending in reality. Mr. A rno ld , a gentleman o f singularly mild Mr. T. Wilki nsca ' s b c Neasham, 7st 4lb (Ch ar l ton ) 0 ,• - aspect, sta r t e d i n a s tyle somewhat granoi- Mr. H. J. Thompson's Countess br g, fist 61b(Chilman) 0 lequent, which he was unable to maintain, and a Lord Eglinton's eh g Stafford, sst 101 b ...(Dalton) 0 was no common ehout, but a shout of laughter signalizad the abortive attempt. It Batting -6 to sou Stilton, 4to 1 agst Colsterdale; 7 the gallery and seemedpeal which rolled through to 1 aget ' Caracara, and 10 to 1 each apt Neasham and inextinguishable and which Cossack. even the leading " dons' sanctioned , , . After the first fifty yards Snowdrop took the lead, fol by a sympatnetic smile. But as the poet progressed and the real beauties lowed bY Stilton, with Colsterdale and Cossack in of his composition became apparent, the derision of the attendance, the others lying off. At th e T.Y.C. post commencement changed int o a tribute Colsterdale took the second pla ce , an d i n the straight miration. The first gr an d b urst of of unfeigned ad- e by the folloines, referring top was elicited running passed Snowdrop. Stilton f o ll owe d Cole terdale which damped the wing l spirits of the the p resent i ment to the stand, where he h ea d e d hi m, and won very cle feast (the subject of the poenej:—guests at Belsh azzi r's verly by half a length. Cossa c k, w h o was beaten two It seemed no summe r - c l ou d of passin lengths from the winner, caught Snowdrop i ns id e t h e g ev Could fling its shado w on so f a i r a show - o - e " distance, and obtained third place by a l ength, Snow- It seemed the gallant forms that feasted there drop having the same advantage over Caracara. Neasham Were all too grand for woe, too great for care— broke down and the others pulled up. Whence came the anxious eye, the altered tone, Free Handicap of 1 0 sus. each, h ft, and 50 a dd ed; the The dull presentiment no h ear t wou ld own, second to receive 20 soya. out of the Stakes. Three- MaMa t• That ever changed the smiling to a sigh quarters of a mile. (16 Subs.) Sudden as sea-bird flashing from the sky? ~_l lll' . Nleiklam's b f Evadne, 3 yrs, 6st Illb (Alderoft) 1 It is not that they know the spoiler waits -14d tGlesgow'ilint.of theGarter,4 yrs,7st7lb(Charlton 2 Harnessed for battle at the brazen gates, Mr. J. Osbor ' Mr. I tothwell's Einerystone, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (F. Bates) 3 It is net that they hear the watchman's call Mr. aia rtinson'sViewHalloo,6 yrs,7st 101b(G.Simpson) 0 Mark the slow minutes on the leaguered wall; The clash of quivers and the ring of spears Mr. Gray r inson'sElizaMi Make pleasant music in a soldier's ears." e na Child of the Mist 4 yrs, ist (Basham) 0 • .ddleton, 5 yrs, 7st 81b(Cooper) 0 The last two lines seemed especially to kindle the mill- Betting-2ne 8 Puritan, tary spirit of the undergraduates, and they beat the Emerystone 7 a bad uthPirt the Garter, aa r } agst Evadne, 2 to 1 agst Knight of 3 yrs, ' Est 81b Wells) 0_ gallery panels with approving delight. The following th e two frorti la f to 1 agar Puritan. A fine race with passage had another cause for popularity:— "Oh I ever, when the happy laugh is dumb, The Ladies' Plate of 20 to Sweepstakes sovs., added a ~ All the joy gone, and all the anguish come— of 5 SOW.. each, for th third, distance, was won by a head, When strong adversity and subtle pain (4 Subs.) ree yra.old and upwards. T.I.C. Wring the sad soul and rack the throbbing brain— Mr. T. Lister's Brawn, 3 The Third Triennial P ro Y d rs ue ( e l° B ") ...... When friends once faithful, hearts once all our own, and aged, Leave us to weep, to bleed, and die alone— The of 10 sous. each, When fears and cares the lonely thought employ, five ft, for three yrs old colt s , 8s And clouds of sorrow hide the sun of joy-- Two miles. (11 Subs.) t 71b; fillies, Sit 41b. When weary life, breathing reluctant breath, Mr. Meiklam's br f Evadne ............ walked over. Hath no hope sweeter than the hope of death— Lord Eglinton withdrew his stakes. ... Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gns.; for thee walked over. Then the best counsel and the last relief To cheer the spirit or to cheat the grief, four yea Bst 101 b; 5 yrs, 9st 41b; Sig e -' 1.1 *" old, 7st; 9st The only calm, the only comfort heard 71b. Three miles. Comes in the music of a woman's word— Mr. Williams's ch h Chief Justice, 5 yre...(T . L Barone othschild's Ma Della ch colt, 3 yrs(Charltyonej 2 Like beacon bell on some wild island shore, Silvery ringing in the tempest's roar, Mr. Srks' Presto, 4 yrs (J. Sh Whose sound borne shipward thro' the midnight gloom arp) 3 Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, 5 yrs (J. Holm ) Tells of the path, and turns her from her doom." es 4 lf there is any characteristic more prominent than Mr. Henderson's Malay, 5 yrs (Fulton) 5 another in these genial assemblies, it is the spirit of gal- Mr. Wentworth's Hated, 3 yrs (Bashana) te lantry which everywh ere seeks an opportunity to display Mr. Gill's bc by Melbourne—La Femme Sage, 3 yrs 0 itself. When the undergraduates, before the commence- Betting—Even on Chief Justice, and 6to 4 agst Ar a _ meat of the proceedings, shouted out the names of various rinella colt. The Melbourne colt and Hafed laid in public men, and then followed them with hisses or a and then bolted. Chi e f p. front to the Newcastl e T urn , plause, the cry of " The ladies!" ever and anon was in- Justice took the lead, kept it, and won easy by a length. troduced into the series, and always elicited a burst of Presto a bad third. enthusiasm. What could be more appropriate to such an assembly than the lines just quoted? The male part of the audience gallantly adopted the sentiment, and the ladies, by tacit smiles, showed that the compliment was appreciated. The concluding lines of the poem brought it to an effective termination— " That night they slew him on his father's throne, The deed unnoticed and the hand unknown : Crosvnless and eceptreless Belshazzar lay, A robe of purpl e roun d a f orm of clay. " One is always afraid that in these formal displays of poetic art one will be " bored" with an enormous moral after the story is told. Hence, the bold manner in which the fate of Belshazzar is brought within the com pass of four lines, and the moral is conveyed by the fact itself, produced a most agreeable disappointment. It is not, we believe, usual to quote these compositions, but we understand Mr. Arnold's poem ranks far above the ave rage of University compositions, and as it is the theme of general admiration we do not hesitate to depart from precedent. Tho other orations were " Aviuna Migrationes," in Latin verse, by Mr. R. G. Wyndham Herbert, Scholar of Balliol; " Centralization," a prose English essay, by Mr. H. W. Sotheby, Fellow of Exeter; and a Latin essay, " Queenam ingenii virt u t es ad histories scri bendas potissimum conducunt," by Mr. H. Parker, Fel low of Oriel. It is needless to state that all these were received with loud applause. Under the head of " Uni versity Intelligence" we have given the list of honorary Doctors' degrees conferred on this occasion. We need only add that the name of Sir J. T. Coleridge was fol lowed by special applause, and that Sir Gardner Wil kinson was saluted by the undergraduates with the title of " Old Hieroglyphics." The crowd during the whole progress of the " Com memoration" was terrific. Visitors were admitted by batches at a time, and as each new batch increased the contents of the area many a man who fancied he had good standing room, found himself jostled and knocked about, and cursing his hat as a most inconvenient in• cumbrance. One gentleman who kept his hat on re ceived a storm of admonitions from the undergraduates' gallery, but, certainly, if the sin was great, the tempta tion was great also. The Bishops of Oxford, London, and Exeter were among the illustrissimi of the assembly, as well as three or four young noblemen in fall University costume. A balloon was to have gone up from an inclosure in the vicinity of the Taylor Institution, and although the locality was devoid of every species of convenience, a rather high charge was made to witness the sight. The tempting handbills drew together a vast number of gownsmen and citizens, who when they entered the in closure were first regaled with the aspect of a huge half inflated silk bag, which, without attempting to raise itself from the ground, rocked about in all directions, and as it perpetually threatened to bury the visitors, was much more of a nuisance than a diversion. At last a rumour was spread that there was not sufficient gas to raise the balloon, and that therefore it must go up some other time. Not a hiss, not a groan, not a murmur was heard, but the assembly walked off, rather more satisfied at the joke of going to see a balloon which did not rise than they would have been:at an actual ascent. At four o'clock the concert came off in the midst of the other amusements of the day. GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 offered agst Stilton. BIBURY RACES.—W EDNESDAT. Match, 150 sovs., 50 ft, one mile and a half—Sir J. B. Mill's c by Epirus,!out of Giantess, Bst 7th, received; Mr. J. H. Campbell Wyndham's Sir John, Sat 21b, paid. The Andover Handicap Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. _ Old Mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. W. Etwall's Bushranger, list lib (Mr. Scobell) 1 Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe, llst 121 b (Mr. P. Williams) 2 Lord Clifden's Sagacity, aged, lOst 4lb (Capt. Little) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Hothorpe, and sto 2 agat each of the others. Won by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 5; secs. The Champaign Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old. Last three-quarters of the New Mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. G. Stanley's Belgravia . ................... (Maton) 1 Mr. Osbaldiston's Sister to Mountain Deer ..,(Hiatt) 2 Duke of Bedford's Gossip ,Rogers) 3 Captain Delme's Anglesey(Fiatman) 0 Sir J. B. Mills's The Lion (A. Day) 0 Mr. Vickers's Lascelles (Cowley) 0 Mr. Hayter's Postulant (H. Goater) 0 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Belgravia, Gossip, and Sister to Mountain aer. Won by half a neck; a length between second and third. Run in 1 min. 32 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Bst 31bs, and 51bs allowed. Ne w Mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Parkinson's c Lithograph Mr. W. Etwall's St. Andrew (Rogers) 2 Mr. Payne's Hirsuta (Flatman) 3 Duke of Richmond's Red Hind (A. Day) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Red Hind, and sto 2 each agst Hirsuta and Lithograph. Won by three parts of a length. Red Hind was very restive at the post, and lost several lengths at starting. Run in 1 min. 56 secs. The Bibury Stakes of 25 sovs. each, lo ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake. Two miles. (13 Subs., Bof whom declared.) Mr. E. Parr's John of Berwick, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b. ... 1 Mr. Hill's Hothorpe, 5 yrs, Ilst Blb (Mr. P.Williatna) 2 Sir R. Pigot's Runnymede, list 81b ...(Capt. Pettat) 3 Betting-7 to 4on John of Berwick. Won by half a length. Run i❑ 3 min. 56 secs. Plate of 504 for three yrs old and upwards. One mile and a halt. Mr, H. T. Smith's May Day, lOst llb (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. Wreford's Wedlock f, 3 yrs,Bst 121 b (Mr. Henry) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Wedlock filly. Won by a head. Run in 3 min. 19 secs. Plate of 50 sovs., for two yrs old and three yrs old. T.Y.C. Mr. Osbaldiston's Queen of Beauty f, Est 61b (Hiett) 1 Mr. Magenis's Janina, 3 yra, Bst 31b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Wreford's Wedding Day f, Bst 61b ... (W. Day) 3 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (A. Day) 4 Mr. Sargent's Charon, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (A. Cowley) 5 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Queen of Beauty. Charon, and Sabra. Won by a head. Time 1 minute 27 seconds. Free Handicap Plate of 40/., with 10 SOY& added for the second. T.Y.C. Mr. E. Parr's John of Berwick, 12st 41b Lord Clifden's Sagacity, lOst 131 b (Captain Little) 2 Mr. Magenis's Janina, 3 yrs, lOst 91b (Mr. Elwes) 3 Even on Sagacity, and sto 4 agst Janina. Won by three parts of a length. GOODWOOD, 1852. BARON LIONEL ROTHSCHILD. The following correspondence will be read with peculiar interest at this moment by the electors of the City of London--revealing as it does the sentiments in regard to religious liberty entertained by one of the present representatives of the metropolis : 3, Sherbor ( n Co e-ne ) , City, June 18, 1852. Sir,—Your circular letter being an address to your constituents, has been forwarded to me, and was, no doubt, so sent from the fact of my having on each oecs sion of your election given you my vote, and your cause my hearty support, which:l am anxious to do again, pro vided your reply to my interrogatories should be satis factory. As the bishops and clergy of the church of which I profess myself a member have been degraded, and every loyal Roman Catholic insulted by the passing of a penal Act of Parliament during the session of last year, I am naturally anxious, in common with my co religionists and brother electors, to know whether you would not only support the passing of a measure to re peal that contemptible Act of Parliament, but to repeal every other penal measure which restricts the complete religious freedom of the Roman Catholic? I shall re serve to myself the right to make public any reply you may think proper to make to my application, and I may add, that on it will depend not only my vote, but those of many of my friends, if not of every Catholic elector in the city of London.—l have the honour to be, Baron, your obedient humble servant, _ _ J. PACE. Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P., New -court, City. (Copy of Reply.) New-court, 21st June, 1852. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th inst., and to assure you that I con tinue as warmly attached to the principle of religious equality, asserted in my return to Parliament, as when I first appealed iu '47 to the suffrages of my fellow citizens. Acceptances for the Goodwood Stakes. The highest weight accepting being Bst 41b, it has been ra i sed to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Yrs at lb, Chief Justice Black Doctor 4 8 7 Cariboo Hernandez Pitsford Backbiter Lady Evelyn Barcelona Officious 5 8 2 Ariosto Hippolytus 4 7 5 Cockcrow Trickstress 4 7 5 Montague Musician 5 7 3' Sir H. Trenchard 4 7 3 Selina P00d1e......, HaG Duke Foh r t i a a r r n i o c d v v o p mo e . .............................. 44 5 3 ti 7 7 7 666 111 1 0 1 20 Storyteller ....... 4 612 C n 0 Grey Tommy, .. 3 Lucie . 6 10 ......... 3 6 9 I beg you to believe me as strongly opposed as you can desire to penal restrictions of the religious freedom of all sects, and that, if successful, I should support such measures only as are in accordance with that prin., ciple.—l am, Sir, your most obedient faithful ser vant, L. DE ROTHSCHILD. J. Pace, Esq., 3 Sherborne-lane, City. NEW ACT TO ASSEMBLE PARLIAMENT AFTEB Dissommox.—Yesterday the new .Act was printed to r a shorten the time required for assembling Parliament afte dissolution. It was declared that the time required by law to intervene between the date of the proclamation for sembling Parliament and the day appointed for tl-, 's, therefore, as thereof, may be reasonably shortened. Tr : enacted " that so often as her Majesty shall by h er Royal t he meeting Proclamation appoint a time for the first rneeting of the Par liament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land after a dissolution thereof, the tim e . so CO be appointed may be at any time not less than thirty. date of such proclamation, the Act of the sth year of Queen Anne, cap. 8, or the Act of the ith and Bth - years of 1% 91- contrary five days after the Liam 111., cap. 25, or any other law or usage to the notwithstanding." PROTESTANT DISSENTERS' ScuooLs.—A very bodynuof merous and influential meeting of the Nonconformist all grades was held yesterday a t t h e mill-hill S of Ilendon, for the purpose of witnessing the distribution The prizes to the scholars at the close of the scholastic year. were dis tributed, a number of recitations were given by the Latin (from choOls, various languages-- in Greek (f rom AschY ' ias i (from Tacitus), German (from Schiller), and Fr e n chls° given with Vol taire. Several English compositions great taste, and some humorous • IL f 1 ; , selected by the effect. The prizes consisted chiefly of bee sively bound. At committee, all the hooks being most "P x en cellent dinner was the conclusion of these proceedings an . , to which upwards served in the large hall of the institution, e,nawoenrserions with good „,,loyal toasts were given, of 300 persons sat down. The u s--1 , prosperity to the In stitution," and " Health to dus k ' company did not separate until d ' and managers." The arty, Count Robilande Sir George O s b o rne 110 Katherine P 's Wharf yesterday afternoon, and family, arrived at the S Navigation Company's , Steam afternoon, by th e Genera l teuct ateanaibip Rhizep iron °4 its ofti da c y e; s r 3 s s G t lb s B n c ti b g y on m e eib .. our .......... A 9 RA D BS tuiooagsnuffhhtPorsoarefdnhdsger. 454 6 66 165 arfloi 3 -6 7 RSsshatecaedrakrnaabfvouoon:dduo..e.e,.l.i .• ....... . 1 . .. ,,, 3 3 ,31 55 6 6 14 33 Alfred the G - ''''' 3 6 3 reat 3 6 3 Ce; l•l n t eliet . s 34 5 11 ...,„ anta▪ i (waterfall Missive weathergege Scarecrow Benita Row akin , Proadfoot .......••• 3 5 3 (The Brahmin .••••• 3 5 3 3 5 3 Termagant 3 sHuurgporia.e tiRKEm JULY MEETING, 1852. A ccent .... Acceptances for the summer Handicap. NEw hi . T he rest pais so - vs. each. Yrs at lb Clincher . Yrs st lb i 4 6 7 Tophana . 3 6 0 Artisan .......... a 7 OP" , 3 5 13 13ushr ............ 4 6 11( Waveriey A - "ger 5 6 10I 1 ex 3 5 7 ntigo ne 4 6 10Peacock Ode ssus 5 8 , ;Storyteller The highest weight accepting being Bst 61b, it has been rai sed 1 4 e .7 -',,, v ' dam Butterfl y , (h 1 b b — )' Ir 4 to Bst 71b, and the others left in in proportion. Thil_ „ 1.^.. E:NIGHTON, 1852. 1):::::: e i a l c lb h — . Scapulary, 4 Yrs , 78t 81b -sib—The Clown, up. Clothworker, 6 yrs, 9st 51b—Selina, 6 yrs, 9st Acceptances for the Radnorshire C Bst llb— Camus, 4 yrs, Arios . t , 3 yrs, 7st 51b—Cobnut, 5 yrs, lib—Avis, 5 yrs, 7st 131b— oyiross,i: s 3 t b y l ,rs 5 2 1 b ? .._ r e ß a o t m h e u a a r i t d , gs : s oot by o f Cowl,Hen Il b—Titterstone, 3yrs, 6st I 9 3 , st 121 b. Acceptances for the Knighton Stakes. Clotbworker, 6 yrs, 9st 61b—Selina, 6 yrs, 9st 411)--. crmas , 4 yrs, Bst 61b—The Clown, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Miss Fanny, by Red Deer, 4 yrs, Bst—Gaylad, 6 yrs, ist 121 b —Buttcrtly, 3 yrs, ist 91b—Lady Bibina, 6 yrs, 7st 61b —Cobnut, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—.01d Times (late Illumination), aged, 7st 21b—Ibis, 3 yrs, 7st—Secundus, 4 yrs, Est 121 b —Volmia, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Henrietta, by Harkaway, 3 yrs, Est 21b—The Director, 3 yrs, sft 131 b. WORCESTER, 1852. Acceptances for the Worcester Stakes. Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Alonzo, 5 yrs, Bst 11b—Prime Minister, 4 yrs, ist 131b—Warwick, 5 yrs, '7ar,—. Ephesus, 4 yrs, nit—The Italian, 5 yrs, 7st--Young England, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Tonic, 4 yrs, Est 101 b - 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Bacton, 5 yrs, Est 81b—Titter stone, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Melford, aged, 6st 41b—iinook Knoll, 4 yrs, 6at—Elcot, 3 yrs, 6 st — Waterfall, 4 yrs, Sat 121b—Butterfly, 3 yrs, bat 91 b—Kittflyer, 3 yrs, 55$ 61b—Infidelity filly, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Ronmaldus, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Sally, 3 yrs, sst Gib—Calcrt, 3 y rs, s a t 41b-- Ibis, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Lindrick, 3 yrs, 4st iolb—Made line (h b), 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Tbe Ferret, 3 yrs, 4st both. THE DIGGINGB.—The gold fever in the neighbour hood of Stratford has Bot abated, a n d among those who contemplate going to th e gold regions may b e mentioned several shopkeepers, so mew h at extensively engage d in busi ness. At no previous p er i od has such a spir i t o f e migration been so generally evinced in thi s locality. Neither the hoary-headed sire of th ree score years an d ten, nor the blithsome and blooming maiden of sweet eighteen being able to resist the auriferous charms of Aust rana--44 " g Sera" JUNE 24, 1852.