The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-24 00:00:00

`-,-_____ Press., I `was not the first occasion on which r s ° walls had witnesse=d the miscarringes cf A "co. There remained, ur for our lune, in klbed • t I, ~e page of fi j " • "' tiit-o•y, the record of trap: actions 'e 4 had. taken place la that great hail, which was as liZ';ated with the dark ttrd also the more glorious wti !as of this country. Here had occurred things over I , eh the hi l torian would have gladly drawn an i.l 3, zcitrable vA, were it not that thry were Zorn; of the errorg of the past. and warnings for our guidance.. Tri , .= day, thank God, had poised w h en hit lb !la life was sacrificed at tl2o snrine of bigotry a nd '°n, hut row innocence might rest zee under the Ection of tire judges of te land. Still ho could not Ip. th , 4 ulembering that juries a.nd h&j sometimes judichal murders on the score of religious h g. This was a trifling case compared with those he referred; hut still that feeling vthich bad 4 terly deadened men's consciences to the higher mo 16eak turd influences which s'omild have guided them, i rt creep insidiously into the minds of the jury in i i .ttlinor matter, and induce them to closo their ears minor the voice of truth, and retvon, and justice. In Llasion, he besought them to bring to the ciischar ge of ;leered duty a calm and dispassionatejudgment, firmly Fi te that if th, y did so neither the parties nor the who were interested in the result would have rea r to complain.—(Applause.) CAMPBELL observed that the Learned Counsel egEd in tho defence had conducted it with great propriety, but he wished to offer a suggestion l 'i L era in order to promote the ends of justice, viz., that 1, 4 ) charges allegsd in the pleas amounted to twenty- I t° in number, they should be left reverally to the • .41 , Who should state whether they believed they had ad not been prov ed. COCK BURN said he thought that would be h°etter course to adopt. ATTORNEY. GENERAL intimated his assent to the 1 4. 4 a1 of the Learned Judge. .4 1 1 e Court then adjourned for a quarter of an hour. the return of the Learned Jtrige and the jury, ee ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to address the jury on oirf of D r . A c hilli, i n r e ply to evidence given in sup -Ithe pleas. i l l was proceeding with his address when our re left. - L ERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ( 1 3.1fere J. BURCHELL, Esq., Under-Sheriff.) Eta V. CHARD AND OTHERS, EXECUTORS, &C. plaintiff in this action is an army clothier at '`„°g•cross, and the defendants are executors of the I ,.?ir William Winniett, Kat. The action was 'Cnt to recover the sum of 761. 17s. 61. for goods • ° defendants suffered judgment to go by default, Verdict was given for the amount chimed. PHILLIPS V. SHEAN. 4 I Was an action to recover 731. for necessaries sup litrt° Plaintiff's wife, and for money lent. 4 "adant suffered judgment to go by default. Its Plaintiff was cailed to prove that he had know n ‘ l 4lat for about two years, and had lent him altoge tb out 150/, and there was a balance due of 23 /. on 0 0 eount. Defendant left his wife and family desti- LIM plaintiff from time to time advanced money to k n id for the lodgings of defendant's wife. e je b3ing no defence, a verdict was entered for the mt claimed. %MAL PARIAAME_N T. (THIS DAY.) tti HOUSE OF COMMONS. SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. e PRIVATE BUSINESS. ii kaprde amendments to the following Bills were c3ed and egreed to:— tern Union Railway. rent Western Railway (No. 2). i o rth-Western Railway. Wedmore Road. WILSON Railway. rvILSON PA .CTEN moved for returns of the 11 0 '.. 0 1 private Bills introduced and brought from kese of Lords, and of Acts passed in 1852, classed 10g to the following subjects:—Railways; roads i c gdges; waterworks; ports; piers; harbours and h, ) , equals and navigations; churches, chapels, and l i g grounds; paving, lighting, and improving; 0,,,c1 other county buildings; inclosures; Small k i ‘ , Quris; and all other Bills and Acts. Of all I t :lte Bills which, in the present session, have 14:ated as opposed Bills; specifying those which V 4 n ia classified in groups by the Committee of 11 1 t together with the names of the selected lea who served on each Committee; the first and last day of the sitting of each Committee; her of days on which each Committee sat; ember of days on which each selected Member is i dt the Bills the preambles of which were r e p orted een proved; the Bills the preambles of which were i t 4 : l to have been not proved; the Bills referred th e Committee of Selection, as having become f e ed; and the Bills withdrawn, or not pro ceeded ‘, l the parties. And, of all Private Bills which, Present Session, have been referred by the Com },), Selection to the Chairman of the Committee of laud Means; together with the names of the Memq Itg . served on each Committee; the number of days eh each Committee sat; and the number of days e I t 'cu each Member attended." BROGAN presented several petitions from 1 4 , l Parts of Ireland preying for the inspection of OUNCIOMBE presented a petition from the D James's, Cierkenwell, praying for the re tf,stqvges Beurne's Act. k a ,tiNlsoN presented a petition from Leitrim , 1 / 4 1 for the repeal of the power which enables ge k t. law Commissioners to appoint vice - guardians. ‘i.et DUNNE presented a similar petition from tkton. .i4 42, LETROPOLITAN BURIALS BILL. 'lO motion of Lord JOHN MANNERS , the Bill 'c ote:Atte:l, for the purpose of introducing some Byes and amendments. its VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. 1 51 1 ill was read a third time, and passed. 8 , FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES BILL. 81 1Q u !, was read a third time, and passed. s QE.SUNIMARY PROCEEDINGS BILL. Irll. was read a third time and passed. TARP OF BANKRUPTS OFFICE ABOLI TION BILL. was read a third time and passed. 14/15ISHOPRIC OF QUEBEC BILL. was read a third dine and passed. list., COLONIAL BISHOPS' BILL. lOt h i ll wee read a third time and passed. , RIC OF CHRISTCHURCH (NEW ZEA LAND) BILL. was read a third time and passed. 10kt BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 2) BILL. 't h ill was considered and agreed to, and ordered 41 a third time tomorrow. T ) LTROPOLITAN BURIALS BILL. Motion for going into Committee on the come Nqbelauses of this Bill, MIIRINGTON demanded that the Bill should yed to the provinces,_so far as . the compensation N a e re concerned. ANNERS was not prepared to ac cede to °Bal M ACKINNON objected to giving compe nsation ( Proprietors of graveyards whose ground wa s q with dead bodies; but if they gave compen tol, t he metropolis why should they not also g ive it tfinces? is M ANNERS said compensation would k lt ti w k , !ven in cases where the graveyards were so , ed that they could not be used any more. )5 44 4 "„ME could not recognise the principle of call - Scotland and the provinces to pay for the come N Convenience of the metropolis. He should , eVLegative the proposal for going into Committee. ' I I it ti :•uUNCOMBE also objected to the compensa ,Pjlai and gave it us his opinion that it was .the P arliament to fix a day upon which all grave stt.!!l metropolis should be closed. The House tl " 1 0g too much responsibility u p on the Secre ttState. The Right Hoe. Gentlemen would not to decide what burial grounds should be closed, should receive compensation, and the conse. `it,„1 0 111d be that the Home-effice would be besieged der of grave-yards like the lion. Baronet ver for Essex, who was the ground landland of tk ssex, kNqal. green burial-ground. t‘'‘P,'MOLES'WORTH, who was the originator of observed that every precaution was taken to Parti es obtaining compensa tion who were not t‘. t° it. OfekMILTON confessed that he saw a consider tok4llty in charging the Con solidated Fund with aP:hsation. RDWELL said this was not the p roper time 00'4 such a qustion as the present, and insisted of N ti 'ltht to be postponed unt il the Chancellor 14 ,equer was in his place. tt' ts - t )(HELL was not there to Uphold any abuse, Vouse should remember that he had no control ethnal green burial ground, and could not 5 5 11 45 l an d being used for the purpose of a grave -4 bJ hen, however, the lease of the lend fe ll in he eot to his property being confiscated without ‘ l l l4tiore The National Gallery and a portion o f house were built upon grave-yards, and 24 0 q1d not ho have the same right of VIZ °, 1 :1 his land. He con that the Bethnal mtlal ground had been sidered a hi pu nut- Vt. 1) UNCOMBE—And yet we are not to put it '\:;4, i 'iout granting compensati on. , o 'retary W A LPOLE telt nound to oppose the yi 4 u the p ar t o f the Government. He understood ,\:l4:t.Zight Hon. Friend the Cha ncellor of the Ex 41"m of opinion that the clause would he detri i; the public interest, and ther efore the difficulty e t i ' 1 Hon. Baronet the Membe r for Southwark N t te Must be got rid of in some o ther wa y . c ome conversation a division was called, but 141"'"g no t eller for the " Aycs," 4 t5 the motion for WCommittee was negatived without a division. MOLESWORTH said the consent of the Il t '" 4 been given to his c l a use, and it ought to be o. heP,,AKER said the Queen's consent only ma \ h t :a?use to proceed to the conside ration of the ,4R , k Li ,t It did not take array the power of the House ‘ - ki the clause if the House so thought fit. 1 2 ,'1,,''''OHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS BILL. "tr e - Ql' ameedments to this Bill were considered h tO Vin • , 4 1 t) i4 A MEERS SINDE. motion for resuming the aujourned debate on 1/A LLIE said the Government of India had all T TLE ready taken into consideration this sui'. - ject, and bad taken steps for rendering the position of rho Ameers of Sinde as agreeable as possible. As far back as 1841 the Go vornmenE, of India Lock into their serious consideration all the mutters which the Noble Lord who had intro. duced this question had brought under the notice of the House, and a resolution was Como to tilt every es, sists.nce should be afforded to tnesti unfortunate Pr:inces', until the whole of the matter in dispute coon be cleared up. The Noble Lord represented tone Arceero ss medeli of virtue and henesty, but be had heard a very cliffrrat account of them. However he should be sorry to pro nounce any opinion upon that point. He did not object to :he terms of rho motion, but what he did find fault with was, that the Noble Lord should have io ked up a matter of state policy t.vbich was sup posed to have been settled as far back tie 1844. There would be no objection to produce the papers, but as their pr o d uct i on would re open a settled question, he could not help expressing his conviction that it would be injudicious to do so. After a le, words from Colonel ESICOURT, Mr. HERRIES repeated that there would be no oh jattion to produce the papers, but in the absence of the Noble Lord who made this motion, it was not necessary for him to trouble the Hou se with any lengthened ob servations to show that it would be iniudicious to call for them. The two principal p.Jp , rs whiun the Noble Lord asked for would he readily forthcoming. Mr. HUME said, in reference to the Ameers of Sinde, the impr[..s , ,,ion which prevailed in 1843 that the British Govalarnant had been made the victim of an artful fraud, had been confirmed by subsequent inquiries, and it was, therefore, the duty of the Legislature to do tardy justice to these in jured Princs. The papers n3w called for would give but an inadequate history of the whole oc currences in Sinde, and ho 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 new a prospect of the Ameers of Sinde obtaining some substantial redress fur their sufferings. Much deception had been practised unon 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. Tho motion was than agreed to. FOREIGN POSTAGE. Mr. JACOB BELL wished to inquire of her Ma jesty's Government us to the further progress of the negotiations for the reduction of the postage of letters blwcen France end England; also whether it is in contemplation to effect a general reduction of foreign postage? Mr. HAMILTON said negotiations wore still pending upon this important subject both with France and the United States, and it wee hoped that they would be brought to a satisfactory termination. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. SUN, 'LONDON, THURSDAY I THE FRENC REPUBLIC. We have receiv - ed the Paris papers of yesterday. Although an. Animated discussion is described to have Liken place yesterday in the Corps Legislatif on the budget, there is not even en allusion to the sub ject in eny of the morning papers. The Moniteur clitposes of the thing in a few lines; for until the minutes b adopted, the House there can be,no publication of the and the, only in the shape authorised e debate, pted, b y n by the President of the Assembly. Galignani con trives, however, to give the following lively sketch of the proceedings:— " The diseussicn on the Budget of Expanses was com menced yesterday .(Tuesday) at one o'clock before the Legislative Body, L. Billault being in the chair. Tee President of the Republic W 8,4 present on the . occasion, having come to the Chamber in 'a state-carriage, followed by two others containing his suite. He teetered by the large iron-gate in front of the bridge, which had been before pansod through only by the Emperor Napoleon.. The Prince, woo vets, in plain clothes, and accompanied by M. Pecos, the 2,linister of Yte rimn took his place' lit at private tribune to wards the right eidee of the eHoule.- The pro ceedings commenced by a speeeh 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 liresident of the Legislative Thdy, and of M. Stcurm, one of the Government Commissioners, to that eff,:et, 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 net, 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 aavariance with both the dignity and independence of that body. He quoted a passage from the Constitutionnel, 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. Gentleman remarked, they ought in such a case to be appointed for lire. The Honourable Gentleman con cluded by declaring that a change ought to be effected ia the present mode of examining and discussing the budget.—M. 13illault remarked that the Honourable Gentleman had, in reality, spoken 'more of what the Constitution had . fixed, than on _ the budget itself. d I did not, however, think it necessary to stop him,' added the Honourable Gentle- MAD, although I could and ought to have done so.' This declaration did not appear to be favourably received by the House.- 7 -M..Devinek then spoke at some lergth, entering into minute financial developments con nected with the budget. Ho declared that he approved fully of the conversion of the Five per Cents., and;biamed 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 de Castelot next read a speech in favour of the system at present existing in France; after which Count de Lon 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 hack in his tribune, now came more forward, as if to hear the Hon. Gentle man better.) M. do Montalembert said that he must protest against all idea of tending towards the reestab lishment of the Parliamentary regime, altho ug h h e did no which hesitate to shady that he ad m i re d an d regrette d that regime, given so many years of peace teed 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 taxes in all its independence. Yet who 'could say that such independence existed when the present =es t er of exemining the budget was consi dered? The 'Honourable Gentleman then proceeded at some length to enumerate the various impediments which, ho 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 iunucentsd—M. de Paiieu, 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 cf the Constitution, which did not allow any amendments when once rejected by the Council of State to bo ogain 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.-51. 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 traequil; 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 pa:sed - to the dis cussion of the articles, he wished to communicate to the Members the contents of a c ommunication_ frem. the the Minister of State, which had'been handed to him in 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 the Budget, having been rejected by the Council of State, ought, according to the terms of the Constitution, to be looked on as not;having been brought: .forward,. and that consequently, the terms of the report, said that there only re ma i ne d one course for the Legis lative body to adopt— name i_ , , y to reject the whole appeared tochap ter,' it ('he G over nment) bean uncon stitutional act.. This declaration produced great cum motion, and Count de Laubat, at once ris in g , Chasselou energetically declared th at no man WB5 more constitu tionally inclined than he was, and that the la n g ua g e of his report did not go farther - than what he conceive d the p- 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 convent - ion 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, M. Grun, will bd under the direction of a comite de surveillance, composed of three public functionaries—viz., M. Tenon, who will repre sent the Ministry of State; M. Chevreau, who will re present the Ministry of the Interior; and M. Latour llumoulin, who at the Ministry olPolice has the special surveillance of all matters respecting the press. These three persons will select the writers who are to assist ;he 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 condnct 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 thould 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 bay 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. CAnoa TAILEFER, manufacturer at Laigle (Orne), writes to the Siècle that be is ready, in con certn stated," of 3:) , sayseoo , 0 theOo Df ~ I en t t i i s o with other capit a li sts, to ma k e the whole of the v Paris and Cherb ourg li ne on cond i t i on of receiving a sub Patrie, " that the Roman Government has just con ce d e d t o 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 St. Denis, sends every day, during the season. 500 f. of asparagus to England. Menden, 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. opcnod at lOU. 40c., and closed at 101 f. 50c. for tti9 end of the month; . the Three per Cents. closed at 701. 80c.• Orleans Ratiwa , y Shares, 1,2371.50 e.; Ronan, / . 8601 • litt vre , 3301,; Great Northern, 6201,; Avignon, LITERFTURE. 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 iohaoitants of the small cottages in the vicinity, belonging to the estate, flocked up to Dr) -hill House, to seek consolation from companionship whit the white people. " A light breeze soon sprang up from the north, an d, as it rose, the mercury f 11. At three o'clock a furious gale was raging. Being anxious to observe the proceed ings of the shipping, I slipped out of the back part o f the house, and went down towards a cliff overlooking the inchorage. To my great disgust as a . sailor, I per _ ceived amongst the twelve merch ant-vesseis, lying in the roads, that only four were making any prjeirations to withstand the typhoon. Three were at single anch or , with a short scope of chain, and top•gallant yards across, and one brig with royal-yards and head-sails loosed. Such bare-feced and lubberly carelessness is almost in. credible. 6 01 d Columbus ' knew better. He 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 ho might be allowed to take refuge in the harbour; but this being refused, h e was obliged to stand out to sea, 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!' At this time a fleet of twenty-four ships was about to sail for Spain, carrying large quantities of gold and pearls, partly the revenues of the king, and partly the property 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 his 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 fifteen 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 ofnred 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 iestantly struck by the full power of the blast, was rolled over, and driven, es 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 nhirk. 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-top-mast-head twisted off, and all the upper gear gone. Who can account for this? " The poor steamer to which I was attached in English Harbour bad 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 e Lois into the har bour. Several ponderous stone buildings in the dock yard wore blown 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 resource?, 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 hut shows that he has endeavoured to give a true account of his rambles rather than to publish a woik containing only the marvellous. This certainly is a proof of its genuineness. _ _ *Howison's "Colonies." ADMIRAL A USTEN AND IIIS FLAG-SHIP. Sir,—Under the head of " Naval Intelligence," dated " Plymouth," in your impression of Saturday, occur some observations reflecting on the conduct of Rear-Admiral Austf n, 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 vvas not water for a ship of her size in the Irrawaddy, and the Commodore had stated that ho 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 cn. 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 attenthczxe and the converts of his own ship, and transferredhir has not obtained him self to a small steamer commanded by a stranger, it t " com pli m ents," might at least have saved him from attack. I have HENRY E. AUSTEN. June 21. 7, New, square, Lincoln's Inn, wer for Admiral the honour to be. 84c., [L e we c , :nnot, of course, ans presume to assert Auiten's motives, we cannot d, O , him to lava that " filthily- cmiidQrations " induced d to Ban the Ila4tingi behind . when he I- tely issued goon, although all Admiralty order -o there b 0011)% to Tr•int to that conclusion As to ;„ th f , not being wv..er enough for tho xesangs 1 Irrawaddy, we shall not ba surprised to learn next tml e has been round for bra.. There is prove& that good anchorag certainly no ground for Mr. Austen's second reason for her absence—that the Commodore Lad force enongn, since the Arrotzw,rit and the Winchester have been nts pa,ced from England to reinforce the squadron.— Times. It appears that the highest price ever reached by Consols was nearly a century back. In the year 1757 they were quoted at 107. EVENING, JUNE 24 3 1852 410 f.; Basle, 265 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 581 f. 25c.; Paris and I...yew, 652 f. 50c. ; Lhe New Austrian Lean, 94. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE- Juaa 23. Dutch Rhenish, s , 4—East Indian, 23%.....Luxembourg, 4'%—nlaria Antonia (New), :PA—Namur and Liege, 6 7 /S — Northern of France, 24% - Dieto, 20/. 3 pe , : Cent. Bonds (formerly Boutone and Amiens shares), 131% 7 4'a:is and, 23% ex d.—Roueu and Lyons, 12%—Paris and Rouen, VA—West Flanders, 3% — Western cf F rance , Havre, 33 l 4—__P s a a ri m s b a r n e d aSntdratoezge: HOLLAND., A letter from the Hague says A ccoun ts have been received from M. VANDEZ liuN, the Gov6,rn-_ ment engineer, who I.ts been f or some time i n Bel 'gium, stating that the conventi on b etween t h a t country and Holland, rektive to th e j unct i on o f th e lines of railway, is on the point of bin con cluded. The line will follow the -direction of Ant werp to the Moerdik and Rotterdam, with a branch line on 13eeda'. It3L rGI UM. • A &ussels journal says,—" All the country dis tricts in our environs have at present the most mag nificent appearance. The crops in general, notwith standing the • rainy weather, promise to be most productive. The potatoes and wheat are very l ti a n d e y , : lnd do not present the sliglat est trace o f ma _ _ A singular wager came off at Antwerp on Saturfl day. The master of a merch an t man 400 f. that one of his sailors w ou ld climb to the top of the steeple of Notre Dame, and re main seated on the weathercock for six hours. A sa il or , executed this dangerous feat. He climbed on t o t h e cock at three betted another o'clock, and remained seated till nine. A large crowd assembled, and remained until the men came down, cheering him heartily on his re ac hi ng terra firma. SWITZERLAND. The Swiss Federal Assembly sth July. is Convok e d f or the The Bale Gazette, under date of Bern e, 16, that the Executive Council has dissolved the asso ciation of the Grutli, an d or der e d a ll the members who do not belong to the canton t o quit it. The motives given for this measure are th a t the associa tion distributed communist and socialist b ooks among the people, and kept up c o mmunicatio ns With socialist associations abroad. states ITALY. The Official Gazette of Savoy of the 21st states, from Turin, that the Armenia, a clerical Pap er , has been seized for an intemp e rate article against the new Marriage Bill, in which it att empted 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, every one has a right to refuse submission to the Bill when become the law of the land. the bearer Big ofA . the M. THIERs left Turin on the 19th for V e y • ey,where he expects his family to join him. A correspondent, writing from Rome, J une 14, says:-- " With regard to the case of Mr. Mu rray, lam happy in being able to state, from a most trustwo rth ysource, that the Pope has at last consented to grant this this l u e n a t v b e r s tu t n h a is te y e - nev o i u n n g g for m A an nc a on p a a , reprieve. The original sentence of death is commutedn into hard labour for life a t th e galleys. I h ave, how _ rd a o n n d . is Mons i gno r reason to believe that it will not be f ully car r i e d into execution, but that before long it will be materially altered; hopes are, indeed, entertained of Murray b e i ng eventually set at liberty." THE. PORTLAND BREAKWATER . A very interesting and novel engineering operati on i s . Oe rather into, the sea. I n order to in grog: hgtretss piece, s paittheet which h is nothingakwaternow less thanincours e of construe ien at the bubuildingdin of a bridge across , render the necessity for this intelligible, it will be better to describe the general design of the breakwater. This is intended to consist of two separate portions—the one ex t e nding from the shore into the sea about 1,90 0 feet, in an east-north-east direction; and the other a b out 6,000 feet in length, and isolated, the nearest point of which will ultimately he 400 feet from the i nner portion. During the progress of the works, and us:A il the pier heads forming the ends of these arms are built, the necessary space for constructing t h em, and other contingent causes, will prevent the rough unfinished portion of the two arms approaching nearer to each other than from 800 to 1,000 feet. Th e stone with which the breakwater is formed is quarried by convicts; but the general execution of the same, re quiring too much mech an i ca l k now l e d g e for su c h a class of men, is under cont rac t. Th e stone (an ad m i xture of rough large blocks, fro m s i x t ons an d un der, mixed with a sufficient quantity of small ribblo to fill the interstices) is tipped into the sea from railway waggons (without any attempt at regularity, with the exception 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 teat 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, b ot h f rom i ts pos i t i on and from the length of time it will h ave to re main, erected in a manner which wo u ld or di nar ily be called permanent. The general depth of water at low water is about 57 feet, and the roadway being 25 feet above this level, it follows that the piles supporting it timbersns u s s b e wouldebeut 80 t o feet manifestlyin len gt h or no th obtainable,eigb t and, as single made like the masts of vessels, each we i g hi ng (when prepared it) about seven tons. The mode of • fixin g these in the is ing en ious. They are shod with cast-iron ground shoes of Mitchell's patent, having e thread or worm upon them of a large pitch, which are screwed into the clay or shale by means of a capstan head, and bars fixed on the head of the piles. they are strop pile is supported in an upright position by very g guys or stay rods, and upon these piles, which are in rows, 30 feet apart, the necessary superstructure for carrying three lines of railway and a horse -track is fixed, making a bridge of about 80 feet wide. A visit to thes e works would well repay any one who is interested in the speed with whieh it is executed, th e these matters, both from the magnitude of total length of 1,000 feet only t a ki eg about four months to do. The harbour of refuge at Portland is the larest now being Years back, and the the work and constructed, under the recommendation works have been carried forward with great spirit. The breakwater staging is now approaching h aii.rt mile in Commissioners, appointed some foss of the Harbour length from the shore, and the part filled tip with stone already aff,irds very considerable shelter in the anchor age, the advantages of which are beginning to be felt by the masters 'of vessels, foreign as well as British. The o e n o s f tru i c r t . ec , l am fo e r e th iv e . 10. the works su el•enclel, - F. 8.5., englueer in chief', and Mr. John en ode, - -"e ) resident en gineer. l*. J. T. Leathern is the contractor for the same. p a e r r e i n ten being a n cc Ai -- :62 RAILWAY TRAFFIC R.. R . : I i 2 , ~.., THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—.(m„ 14 , 11 S —Return of Traffic for the Week ending s -- j u 7 n e : ; 11 . , work, 2 0 4) Passengers, parcels, carriages, 4 if 1852 : horses, dogs, and mails ••• £5,34 3 if , Merchandise and minerals ••• 5,230 "-; I Cattle ••• ••• ••• ••• 259 I ` 3 ' i ' ( l Total •• ••• ••• X7O - ,83 ------- • 3 1 3 6 ptl Correspondinga:rscehi:agnewdrTsi s e : e et k prs,aa , lcr l eva B e.t s ::: l l,e ( ,6 2 . 6 ...R. miles) E ..: ..i l • 38:05 1„); 101 ....—........, 5 11 LANCASHAIICAN,, YORKSHIRE 20 T.... (260 m il es open.)—Traffic for week ending June , .£ 1 7,657 18 3 Correspondivs week in last year (260 miles open) .. ••• ••• ••• 416 ,521 13 2 CHESTER .AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY...4r. ~ ..,,.. week ending:June 20:— . 'or the MAIN LINE. Passen g ers ... £ 1 ,683 2 7 Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ••• 98 15 3 Goods, cattle, &c. ••• ••• 502 19 Mails... ... ... ••• 575 0 0 -----............ Total .. ... ... •£2,859 17 2 MOLD. Passengers ... ••• 438 4 8 Parcels, H. C. and D. *. • 1 12 11 Goods, cattle, &c. . ••• Total ... £ 12 6 154 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ... £428 22 4 Parceli, 11; C. and D. ... 19 8 Total ... £451 3 - 9 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAIr...-Traffie for the Week ending June 20, 1852 Passengers (10,504), parcels,horses, and carriages ... ' £ 1 , 0 99 17 5 Goods, cattle, be. 91 9 6 4 Total 2,019 3 9 Corresponding week in last year... 1,800 15 4 Perth, June 23, 1852. CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)__R eturn of Traffic for the week ending June 19, 1852: Passengers, parcels, &c. Xl' 2 17 0 Merchandise, cattle ,&c.... ••• 40 15 4 Total X/83 12 Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) : Passengers, parcels, 8:c. 31 10 8 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 0 6 5 Total ... 31 17 1 CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.--The above Bill (as amended on report) has been printed. B y its provisions, as no w mo dified, her Majesty in Council, upon address from both Houses of Par liament, may appoint Com_ missioners to make inquiry into corrupt practices at elections. 'the reports will be laid before Parliament, and the Commis sioners will 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 p a id at t he conclusion of th e in q uir y such sum above th e i r travelling and other expen ses as the Commissio ners of the T reasury ma y think fit. PROROGA TION or PARLIAMENT.--The Minist er i a l white bait dinn er will npt take place until neat week. r COUR,T_A)I(RC MLA R. The Queen held a Court at three o'clock yesterday afternoon et Buckinghtn P,Tace. His Highnet;s .Sai:l 1 acha, 0001) of the Viceroy of Egl.pt - , had an tinclteecs of her Mejt sty, to which he 11 ,, ,5 introduced by the Earl of Malnie,bury; t h e Q ueen ' s ty s Prirejptil Secretary of Sv!t9 'for Foreign Affairtr, and coaduct - ,Ld by the Hon. Sir Edward' Cust, hor Majes ' - MaEt:r of the Ceremonies. His was attended at the reception by M. TL:usurtis, Envoy Extyaorclieury at.d ainister PienipotentLiy from the Sultan of Turkey. Her 113jesty was att‘2.aded by Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting. The queen - and Prince Albert, qccorspanicd by th a Princess Royal and the Princes Alice, and attended by Major-General Buckley and Colonel • Bouraie, the Equerries in Waiting, visited the allibitiOn building in Hyde-park yesterday morning. I'i:icor Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her blijcsty - yes:erday. Her Majety had dinner potty last evening et Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Ryal High ness the Duchess of Kent, tneir Royal 11 , ginesses the Duchess of•'Cambrido: ' e and the Princess Mary, the Duchco of Northutoberiand, Lady Fanny Howard, L:tdy Sufkdd, the.Baroneas de Speth, Earl Granville; the Earl of Desart, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady Frederick FiCzclarcnce, Sir George Couper, Cel. SYy lde, and Baron Knesebeck. 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 Ncrth of Europe Steam Nevigatiou 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 Haw:irden, Mr. C. lieneage, M.P., Mr. G. F. Muuiz, M.P., Colonel Sal wey, M.l'., Mr. J. Bagshaw, M.P., Mr. J. Butt, M.P., Mr. S. M. Peto, ALP, Mr. J. C. Cobbold, M.P., Mr. D. Waddington, LIP., Mr. C. Geach, M.P., the Mayor of Harwich, Mr. B. T. Bagshaw, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. C. M. Palmer, Mr. Regnar Wertenholz (agent of the Danish Government), Mr. G. Stahlochmidt, Mr. 0. J. Williams (vice-consul of the Netherlands at Harwich). Captain Andrews, Captain Raymond, Mr. Charles Freshfield, and Mr. J. E. Coleman. Mr. Back, 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 'lon. Gentleman and Mrs. Disraeli. His Royal Highness Said ruche, 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 diplonzatique 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, his Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countets Colleted°, his,Excellency the Greek Minister, his Excel lency the Persian Envoy and Meyer Mirza Malcolm, First Secretary of Legation; his Excellency the Bavarian .Mi nister, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Abbot Lawrence, his Excellency the French Ambassa dor, his ExCellency the Netherlands Minister, his Ex cellency the Danish Minister and the Baroness de Beille, hi s 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 Turkidi Minister, his Excellency the Brezilian 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. Sorella, Count Urbiz tondo. 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 Marchionese 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 Glengail, the Countess of Tankervillee the Earl and Countess of Verulam, the Earl and Countess of Rosse, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemontina 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 Hardwicke, 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 Mendeville, Viscountess Combermere and the Hon. Miss Cotton, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lady Frederick Thesiger and Miss Hall, Lady Howard de Walden and the lion. Miss Ellis, Lady Lyndhurst and the Hou. Miss Copley, Lady St. Leo nard's and the Hon. Miss Sagden, Lord John Hay, Lady Stuart de Rothes ay, Lady Caroline Mexse and Miss Mexse, Lady James Woir Hogg and Miss Hogg, Lady F. Bentinck, Lady Roll, Lady Ashworth and Ashworth, Lord and Lady Sonds and the Hon. Miss Mules, Lord and Lady Beaumont and the Lion. Miss Stapleton, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee, Lord and Lady Burleigh, Lady Jane Stuart and Miss Stuart, Lord Francis Gordon, Lord Dutrerin, Lady Brougham, Lady Georgina Fane, Lady Sarah Ciaolmondley and Miss Cholmondeley, Lady Charlotte Guest and Miss Guest, Lady Jane Cnomeley, Lord Broughton and the Hon. Miss Hobhouse, Lord and Lady Stanley (of Alderley), Lord Ranelagh, Lady Henry Bulwer, Lord Elliot, Lord and Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carrington, Lord Craubourne, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Henry Bentinck, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford, Lord and Lady Ponsonby, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Walsingham, 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 Miss Menx, Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Sir George Wombwell, Sir Mi c h ae l 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. Show 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 Mastcr 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, lion, Mr. Noel, Hon. George Curzon, Hon. George Fortescue. lion. C. P. Villiers, Hon. Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Ralph Diraeli, Mrs. Lane Fox, Mrs. Beide) Cochrane, M rs . Newdegate, Mr. Wilson, Patten, M.P., and Miss Patten, Csptain Wilson, Maier George Bagot, Mr. and Mrs. Paled, 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. Peac, 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. Heatbcote, Captain Archdall, M.P., Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Pakington and Lady Diana Pakington, Mrs. Lawrence (of Ealing), Captain and Lady Louisa Pekenham, Mr. Edward Berkeley, Mr. William Rose, Mr. Jones, M.P. (of Pant glas), and Mrs. Jones, Captain and Mrs. Duccombe, 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; Kr. 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, Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, General and Miss Ligon, Mr. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. Milnes Gaskell, M.P., and Mrs. Gaskell, 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. D rummo nd Woolte, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Pairs Wil ' Hems, M.P., Mr. George Hudson, M.P., and Miss Hudson, Mr. William Elliot, Mr. Monekton M,P., &c. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. The celebrated equestrian spectacle of St. George and w ith its splendid appointments, sail con the Dragon, tinues to attract large audiences to this world-renowned amphitheatre. The exertions of Mr. Batty to add to the glories gathered here by that favourite of genius, the late Andrew Ducrow, richly deserve all the reward they continuo to meet with. We are the more rejoiced f o r no manager ever exceeded Mr. Batty in at this, his desire to secure novelty, at an price, for tho enter tainment of the play-going public y . The teems in the arena are as beautiful as of old. To particularise where a ll wa s good would be invidious; suffice it to say, all deserved the applause they received. The drolleries of marry the clown and the politeness of Widdicomb added much to the e ntertainments 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 nature has recently been published by Messrs. Cradock guide-book surpassing all others in com pactness, and yet equal for all ordinary purposes in complete ness. It is divided into five sections, conducting the reader all the departments of the British Museum in sue through and a nd thereby. enabling him to examine the whole . single The first section is purely intro. collection at a historical, and generally descriptive, including re d uctorn ference to the reading-room attached to the library. The second describes the gallery of antiquities, together with the adjacent chambers, comprising the N . imroud marbles, and similar ly recent additions. Tha trd depicts the Elgin The fourth the Etruscan and Egyptian. The collection . fifth embraces the whole of the marvels in natural history To the sight-seers of the metropolis the publication will be. Peculiarly acceptable. M r . Gordon Cumming was honoured on Tuesday Ir . om their Royal Highnesses the Prince o - f with a and Prince Alfred, accompanied by their tutors, at Wales his South African Museum. The Princes seemed njuch he collection during the hour they remained, pleased With and particularly with the Bushman, who imitated the wild den i zen s of the forest, and answered the questions addressed the by Loy alart party to him with his usual naivete. OXFORD COMMEMORATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.— is almost unnecessary to stae that, although the word " Commemoration" is liberally extended to the first three or feur days of the present week, this pTc.sf , ist Wedne,thty is the only " Coturionnoratien-day ' properly to To-day the Enccenia—as nobody terms it—is held in the theatre, the usual oration is delivered by the public orator (Kr. Claugh ton acted as suhatitute foe Mr. Mitchell), and the successful competitors in the arts of Latin and English composition recite their productions from their respec tive pulpits. • The intrinsic good-nature of the students, and their r , ?ediness to commend wl , erever they felt, com mendation was due, was strikingly illustrated its the "le of the Newdigate Poem, composed and recited b y Air- Edwin Arnold, of University College. The English Pc 'n , , we may remind our readers, is the grand feature of th e day; a pause takes place i n t h e pad . ;rations of tLe are almost ma frequent as the immigrations preceding, in reality. Mr. Arnold, a theatre, which after the first halt-hour and eve3ry body is not only ected liAen but listens iiU unpretending aspect, started style ~ o mewhat gr andi " s l l u i e t b o t i Ta b u rater ho s g :!si;:dneeatt la 'ba:m a r ta b on b o . r om' t:i attempt.ill 1 )11.n: sanctioned by an was no common shout - , but a pe a l through It the gallery and seemedh d which even the leading " dons' smile. But us the poet progressed and y th a a e real sympathetic u ti h e s of his composition became apparent, the Be shazzar's e p r wr ii s o ne elicited i t t e d e commencement changed into a tribute of ct miration. The first grand burst of applaus_sle Unfeignedra t p r esentiment a e - t by the following lines, referring to the which damped the tpirits of the guests at feast (the subject of the poem):— " It seemed no summer-cloud of passing woe Could fling its shadow on so fair a show. It seemed the gallant forms that feasted there Were all too grand for woe, too great for care;_ Whence came the anxious eye, the altered tone, The dull presentiment no heart would own, That ever changed the smiling to a sigh Sudden as sea-bird flashing from the sky? It is not that they know the spoiler waits Harnessed for battle at the brazen gates, It is not that they hear the watchman's call Mark the slow minutes on the leaguered wall; '['he clash of quivers and the ring of spears Make pleasant music in a soldier's ear." The last two lines seemed especially ti? kindle the mili tary spirit of the undergraduates, and they beat the gallery panels with approving delight. The following passage had another cause for popularity:— " Oh ! ever, when the happy laugh is dumb, All the joy gone, and all the anguish come— When strong adversity and subtle pain Wring the sad soul and rack the throbbing brain — When friends once faithful, hearts once all our own, Leave us to weep, to bleed, and die alone— When fears and cares the lonely thought employ, And clouds of sorrow hide the sun of joy— When weary life, breathing reluctant breath, Hath no hope sweeter than the hope of death— Then the best counsel and the last relief To cheer the spirit or to cheat the grief, The only calm, the only comfort heard Comes in the music of a woman's word— Like beacon bell on some wild island shore, Silvery ringing in the tempest's roar, Whose sound borne shipward thro' th e midnight gloom Tells of the path, and turns her from her doom." If there is any characteristic more prominent than another in these genial assemblies, it is the spirit of gal lantry which everywhere seeks an opportunity to display itself. When the undergraduates, before the commence ment of the proceedings, shouted out the names of various public men, and then followed them with hisses or ap plause, the cry of " The ladies!" ever and anon was in troduced into the series, and always elicited a burst of 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 t) an effective termination— - " That night they slew him on his father's throne, The deed unnoticed and the hand unknown: Crownless and sceptreless Belshazzar lay, A robe of purple round a form of clay." One is always atraid 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. The other orations were " Avium Migrationes," in Latin verse, by Mr. R. G. Wyndham Herbert, Scholar of Balliol; " Centralization," a prose English essay, by Mr. U. W. Sotheby, Fellow of Exeter ; and a Latin essay, Queenam ingenii virtutes ad his'orias seri bandas potissimum conducunt," by Mr. H. Parker, Fel low of Oriel. It is needless to etate that all thee 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 ley 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 alio. The Bishops of Oxford, London, and Exeter were among the illustrissitni of the assembly, as well as three or four young noblemen in full 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 tha n 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. 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 : (Copy.) 3, Sherborne-lane, 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 occa sion of your election given you my vote, and your cause my hearty support, which.i 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 in '47 to the suffrages of my fellow citizens. 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. eiple.—l am, Sir, your most obedient faithful servant, L. DE ROTHBCHILD. J. Pace, Esq., 3 Sherborne-lane, City. NEW ACT TO ASSEMBLE PARLIAMENT AFTER. A, DISsoLITTION. —Yesterday the new Act was printed to Meeting shorten the time required for assembling Parliament after a dissolution. It was declared that the time required by law to intervene between the date of the proclamation for as sembling Parliament and the day appointed for the her Royal thereof, may be reasonably shortened. It is, therefore, enacted " that so often as her Majesty shall b y of the Par landProclamation appoint a ti!ne for the first meeting i am and Ire mayliament of the United Kingdom of Great Bet ' after a dissolution thereof, the time so to be appointed Y •=e days after the date of such proclamation, the Act of the sth be at any time not less than Ulla -13 year of Queen AnneB, or the Act o the 7th liam 111., cap. 25, or any other and Bth her law o us age to notwithstanding." years of W.." r th e contrary PROTESTANT DISSENTERS' Scri ooLs. A very nu- . morons and influential meeting of the Nonconformist body of all grades was held yesterday at the Mill-hill Schooll Hendon, for the purrose of witnessing the distributfor4L prizes to the scholars at the close of the scholastic year. Lord Mayor occupied the chair. 13 2 fore the prizes were in dis tributed, a number of recitations were given • (from various languages— in Greek (from dEschylus), Latinvol. by the pupils Tacitus), German (from Schiller), and French (fro m re n with taire). Several English corn good great taste, and some humorous compositionif etc by a the effect. The prizes consisted chiefly e t books , 7 p bound. At committee, all the books being most dinner was expensively Positions were alsoggi with , the conclusion of these proceedings an excell ent o thich upwards served in the large hall of the institution , t toasts were given, of 300 persons Sat down. The usual loyalroep perity to the and afterwards the toasts of the day , "- d managers." The In stitution," and " Health to its officers an company did not separate until dusk. Sir Geor ge Osborne and s Wharf yesterd a y Katherineparty, ' Connt Robilande and family, arrived at the St- Navigation Company's aftern oon, by th e G ener al Steam stearnihip ithine, from pateuds ------ i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE RACES.—WEDNEsp.a.r. The Produce Sakes of 25 scvs. each, h ft, 7c . or two yrs old colts, Bst 7ib; fillietn B.;t, 4.b; 31b and 51b allowed. Three quarters of a mile. (7 Suo.) Sir C. Mouck's Garland colt, Set 71b (Evart) a Mr. Watters'a Lord Fauconberg (31b) Bst 41b(Byder) 2 Mr. B. Plummer'a Axwell (51h) Bst 21b ... (Sampson) 3 5 to 4 on Lord Fauconherg, and 6 to 4 agst Garland colt. The non-favourite made nearly all the running, and won by two lengths; Axwell a bad third. F The Northumberland Plate of 200 sovs., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sows. each, 10 ft., and only 5 it declared; tho winner to pay 25 sown towards the expenses, the second to receive 50 sovs., and the third to rave his stake. Two miles. (69 Subs., 22 of whom declared.) 'lr. Ikleiklam's b c Stilton, 3 yrs, Est (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. R. Heron's b c Colsterdale, Gst 41b (Wells) 2 Alr. Podley's ch hCossack, aged, Bst 2 1 b(Temoleinan) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's br f Snowdrop, 4st 121 b ...(Carroll) 4 Lord Gllsgaw's hl c Caracara, 4st 101 b ...(Goater) 5 Mr. T. Wilkinson's b c Neasham, 7st 41b (Charlton) 0 Mr. H. J. Thompson's Countess brg,6et 61b(Chilmail) 0 LJrd Eg:inton's ch g Stafford, sst 10lb ...(llalton) 0 Betting-6 to 5 on Stilton, 4 to 1 agst C daterdale; 7 to 1 ag, t Caracara, and 10 to 1 each agst Neasham and Cossack. After the first fifty yards Snowdrop took the lead, fol lowed by Stilton, with Colsterdale and Cossack in attendance, the others lying off. At the T.Y.C. post Cols!erdale took the second place, and in the straight running passed Snowdrop. Stilton followed Colsterdale to the stand, where he headed him, and won very cle verlyhalf a length. Cossack, who was beaten t w o lengths by gthsfrom the winner, caught Snowdrop inside the ,- listance, andobtained third place by a length. Snow dropn, having the same advantage over Caracara. Neasham broke down and the others pulled up. Ld.Glasge Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 50 added; the second to receive 20 sus. out of the Stakes. Three quarters of a mile. (16 Subs) .Martinsouc'a Mr- lideiklam's b f Evadne, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (Alderoft) 1 Mr. Rothvvell's v . , 3 yrs, Get 61b (F. Bates) 3 a:nerys.one, ... Minigartinson' vv'sNot of theGarter, 4 yrs,7Bt7lb(CharltonN 2 sViewHalloo 6 yrs,' stlolb(G.Simpson) 0 Mr. • Mr. Gray na Mist, 4 yrs. 7st (Basham) 0 Mr. J. Osboriao,s puritan the the Garter, and 5 to Betting -2 to I lb 'W 11 ) 0 e s E hi li c laMiddlelon, 5 yrs, 7st 81b(Cooper) 0 titan 3 yrs, bet 8 aga Evadne 2 to 1 agst Knight of the two from half up - ' the distance , was won by ahead, Etnerystone'a bad third. The Ladies,' Plate of 20 1 agat Purilan A fine race with of 5 soya. each, for three yrsold T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) - and upwards. Mr. T. Lister's Brawn, 3 yrs, ( 1 001.) ... 3 °' 78 ., added to a Sweepstakes The Third Triennial Produce st ake five ft, for three yrs old colts, B s t 71b;3 of 10 says. each, Two miles. (11 Subs.) fillies, Bst 41b. Mr. Meiklam's br f Evadne ............. ... walked over. Lord Eglinton withdrew his stakes. .. Walked over. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gas.; for three yrs old 7.t. four yrs, Bst 101 h; 5 yrs, 9st 41b; six midi aged , ,- gat -- 71b. Three miles. Mr. Williams's eh h Chief Justice, 5 yr2...(T. Lye) I Baron Rothschild's Marinello, eh colt, 3 yrs(Charlton) 2 Mr. Sparks' Presto, 4 yrs (J. Sharp) 3 Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, 5 yrs (J. Holmes) 4 Mr. Henderson's Malay, 5 yrs (Fulton) 5 Mr. Wentworth's Hafed, 3 yrs (Basbam) 0 Mr. Gill's bc by Melbourne—La Femme Sage, 3 yrs 0 Betting—Even on Chief Justice, and 6 to 4 agst Ma iinella colt. The Melbourne colt and Haled laid in front to the Newcastle Turn, and then bolted. Chief Justice took the lead, kept it, and won easy by a length. ' Presto a bad third. GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 cif-q-Pd agst Stilton. BIBURY RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Mqtch, 150 sovs., 50 ft, one mile and a half—Sir J. B. Mill's c by Epirus,. out of Giantess, Bst 71b, received; Mr. J. H. Campbell Wyndham's Sir John, Bst 21b, paid. The Andover Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. Old Mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. W. Et wa n , 's Bushranger, llst llb (Mr. Soobell) 1 Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe, list 121 b (Mr. P. Williams) 2 Lord Clifden's Ssgacity, aged, lOst 41b (Capt. Little) 3 Batting-6 to 4on Hothorpe, and sto 2 ags t eac h o f the others. Won by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 57 secs. The Champaign Stakes of 10 sous. each, a n d 50 a dd e d , for t w o yrs old. Last three-quar ters o f t h e 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 Sir J. B. Mills's The Lion Captain De!ma's Anglesey (A. Day) 0 .... ..... , ........ (Fi atman ) o Mr. Vickers's Lascelles (Cowley) 0 Mr. Hay ter's Postulant ..... ............... (H. Goater) 0 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Belgravia, Gossip, and Sister to Mountain Deer. Won by half a neck; a length between second and Lhird. Run in 1 min. 32 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 3lbs, and slbs allowed. New Mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Parkinson's c Lithograph (Sly) 1 Mr. W. Etwall's St. Andrew (Rogers) 2 Mr. Payne's Hirsute, (Harman) 3 Duke of Richmond's Led Hind (A. Day) 4 Bating-6 to 4 apt Rd Hind, a❑d sto 2 each asst Hirsute 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 BiLury Stakes of 25 soya. each, loft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 edged, the second to save his stake. Two miles. (13 Subs., Bof whom declared.) Mr. E. Parr's Joh❑ of Berwick, 5 yrs, 100 t 12lb. ... 1 Mr. Hill's Ilethorpe, 5 yrs, llst 81b (Mr. P.Williaina) 2 Sir R. Pig,ot's Runnymede, list slb Pettac) 3 Betting-7 to 4on John of Berwick. Won by half a length. Run in 3 min. 56 sees. Plate of 501. for three yrs old phd upwards. One mile and a half. IL T. Smith's May Day, lost llb (C :pt. Little) 1 Mr. Wreforcl's Wedloutc f, 3 yrs,Bst 121 b (Mr. Henry) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Wedlock filly. Won by a head. Run in 3 min. 19 fees. 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. Megenis's Janina, 3 yrs, 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 bead. Time 1 minute 27 seconds. Free Handicap Plate of 401, with 10 soy& added for the second. T.Y.C. Ur. E. Parr's John of Berwick, 12st 4lb 1 Lord Clifden's Sagacity, lOst 13Ib (Captain Little) 2 Mr. Magenis's Janina, 3 yrs, lOst 9lb (Mr. Elwes) 3 Even on Sagacity, and sto 4 agst Janina. Won by three-parts of a length. GOODWOOD, 1852. pBai Acceptances teskrobritde r. .. . for .. .. . t h 444655 e G8777 oodw o o d Stakes. ue el a b s . .0 .u.r. 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Bst 61b, it has been T, 0 , . ... .......... ... t • n g : a , big. ost weight accepting lent in in proportion. raisen to Bst 71b and the others The rest ' each. p ay 5 sew . ea.. • • __cHoubtinetir.tfl,Ylsi N get 51b—Selina, 6 yrs, 9st 11b— Clothworker, 6 yrs, lb 1 3 Clown 5 lli gr il th is e ° R iC a ' dn lB or s s 2 hi . re Cup. yrs, 855 6-- — Ziat — e Scapulars, Y 7st yrsl3lb— , 7st 81b— Ariostos, 4 yrs, !. 77s:t5th—Cobnut, 5 yrs, 7stilb—Avia, ezmus, 4 Acceptances Butterfly, 3 "ittersione, by Greatheart, out of Hen -4 yrs, Est 121 b—Romualdas, by Cowl, 4 1e Y y r 'Pd 7 a s tn t C i l o hbY : rb ic e hisia, 3 yrs. sst 121 b. 3 yrs, 65L A j ; ce ptances for the Knighton Stakes. 6 yrs, 9st 6 d3—Selina, 6 yrs, 9st 411,— , Clothworker, 4 " v r r ke , r f3st bib—The Clown, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Miss Fanny, by b - y - R B 3 ed Deer, 4 yrs, Bst—Gaylad, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b 7st 91b—Lady Bibina, 6 yrs, 7st 61b y — Ts Yr ;s ' t 41b—Old Times (late Illumination), aged, 7st 2 Ibis, 3 yrs, 7st—Secundus, 4 yrs, Est 121 b 6st 41b—Henrietta, by Harkaway, 3 yrs, WORCESTER, 1852. I Est —Vili'l 2 a l ' l3- 3 T 'r h s' e Director, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. :4°r6llBjtPtUlhal7beyri-SS:s.eut:_erm:PMY:urtsiEes:iiieenT:c.i.G.' Acceptances for the Worcester Stakes. Nancy, 4 yrs, fict 71b—Alonzo, 5 yrs, Bst ilb—P r i me Minister, 4 yrs, 7st 131b—Warwick, 5 yrs, 7st—.. Ephesus, 4 yre, 7st—The Italian, 5 yrs, 7st—Young England, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Tonic, 4 yrs, Est 101 b - 5 yrs, Est 101b—Bacton, 5 yrs, 6st 81b—Titter stone, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Meliord, aged, 6st 41b—Knook K noll, 4 yrs, 6st—Elcot, 3 yrs, 6st—W a t er f all, 4 yrs, st 121b—Butterfly, 3 yrs, sst 91 b—Kiteflyer, 3 yrs, ssi 61b—Infidelity filly, 3 yrs, sst Glb—Romualdus 3 y Ibis, 3 Yrs, sst 61b—Sally, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Cal o t, 3 , y 4st 10 11a—Made 4at 121b—Lindrick, 3 rs b r ) s , ' 3 3 rs, 4st 101b—Tbe Ferret, 3Yyner9s,s4Bsit ____. THE DIGGINGs.—The go ld fever in the neighbour hood of Stratford has Hot abated, and among t h ose who contemplate going to the go ld regions may be mentioned several shopkeepers, somewhat extensively engaged in bug ness. At no previous period h as such a spirit of been so generally evin ce d i n this locality. Neither the hoary-headed sire of thr ee score years and ten , nor the blithsome and blooming maiden of sweet eighte en bein g able to resist the auriferous chart= of Australia. —.E suc lierd4