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ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. The half yearly general meeting of this society was held yesterday at the roams, 3. Trafalgar square; Ben jamin Ilaweg, see., Esq., in th. , chair. The minutes of the last cluncil were rea.fl =;n.l c n;fr mod, as were also the minutes of the several raeeings of the Committee, hell since the las! general court. The wrekly report of the superintendent at the re seeivlng-house, Hyde-patk, showed that there had been t,a the coarse of the present season 192,450 bathers in t..t • Serp ent i ne-50,091 in the mornings, Ind 142,359 in e evenings; and that there were brought under medi cal s uperintendence in the receiving house, 6; rescued and landed, 8; drowned, 1; found drowned, 2. ..:'ll t :tjoined i s a li st o f t h e cases re f erre d to the neral Court, in all of which a silver medal was awarded Henry Langhnin, a seaman; saved Captain E. Stan ley' R.N., and assist-d in saving others upset in a boat. Master Harcourt Carter; saved Thos. Regan and Wm. Warren. Mr. C• E. H. Farrant, mate, R.N.; saved a marine. Lieut. S. Osborne, R.N.; saved a sailor. John Dickerson; rescued two men from shipwreck. Thomas Carne, a miner; saved nine persons who had been upset in a boat. (In this last case it was deter rained, after some little discussion, that, in consideration of the recipient's great heroism and comparative poverty, he should b e presented with Si. in addition to the silver medal.) Lieut. 0. L. Jones, R N.; saved a seaman. . Martin F. G . Powell, a gentleman common er of Win chester; saved his schoolfellow. Tho mas d the master and Sangster, engin e -guard; save Crew of the British vessel Thistle. The next t wo cases were re f erre d to the Brighton Branch Society. William Cheesman; saved the Rev. G. Powell and Mr. M'Douell. Wril. Wr ight; tried to save Mary Hill, and brought up her b o d y from the bottom of a well 130 feet d eep . r • Wright has also received (about ten years ago) the onse medal of the society. The report having been then read, and the medals awarded, the thank s o f th e mee ti ng were given to the Chairman, and the proceedings ended. II ;EES. MPATU AND LI. L,tel rtn" nke!s: itoT;" O recently :111111.13. £5 0 1 0 1 0 O 2 6 O 5 1 O 3 O 2 6 1 0 O 2 6 0 4 12 2 0 O 10 O 5 O 10 ° 1 1 O 5 O 2 6 • 1 O 0 6 0 ° 1 5 6 O 10 0 n 0 4 6 1 10 °. . 0 2 .0 2 v .0 3 9 5 0 . 0 5 ▪ 1 0 ▪ 5 0 •1 0 ° ▪ 3 12 4 . 0 16 0 a 6 .4 0 " . 0 12 .0 2 ; •1 0 , 5 0 " 1 1 . 0 2 0 1 1 ~ 1 0 ~ 1 0 10 10 5 0 v 0 O 1 0 06 6 O 5 6 O 2 6 O 0 1 10 n 0 5 v 0 5 0 O 7 3 o o 15 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 O 1 0 0 o 10 6 O b O 8 0 O 5 0 O 5 • lun 0 O 2 0 / • 7 0 O 2 O 5 0 O 6 6 O 2 6 0 0 2 6 O 2 6 O / 6 O 2 6 O 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 5 ° 1 1 A A 0 0 o 10 '4 o a . $ 0 o 1 41 1 2 X 016 ) Cll 16. ONMASTERS' QUAN,TERLY MEETINGS. quarterly lV l rtaiMPToN, WEDNESDAY.—The Midsummer meetings of the ironmasters of South Stafford shire c ommenced at Walsall yesterday, and to-day _there Was an ext reme l y numerous atten d ance o f th e trade at the Swan Hotel, in this town. The p re li m i nary meeting held at H an d av vorth a fort night ago prepared the public for a reduction of price. It is scarcely necessary to say that . the nominal rate agreed upon a t th ese me etings is not invariably to be re lied upon. It i s f req u e ntly violated in tho first fortnight. Added to this, many heavy contractsareorr iron fromegulated by specialal ag reemen ts. The tall in the price the Ap r il meet i ng m ay, however, be fairly taken at be. tween 2/. and 31. per ton, and theprobability is, that ere long, if not during the presentquarterly_meetings. there Will he a still further reduction. The fierce competition and the continuation of the Danish blockade in Wales, destructive effects upon the iron trade of produce most South Staffordshire. Prices, as far as can be obtained, now range as follows:—Sheets, 71. to 71. lOs ; hoops, 61. to 61. 10'.; merchant braids, 51. lOs. to 6/. Some parsors make the quotations a little higher, and others a ttifl-• lower, but the above may be taken upon good authority as a fair averace. The very heavy reduction which has taken place does not, accordi ng t o accounts , materially iner.a-e orders. Purchasers, with the hope of a turther tall, holl back. Th. hom e mar k et i s consequent l y extreme ly d u ll ; e n.' a v t is needl ess to observe, Oat the state of Northern Eur ope has f or t h e present almost entirely suspende ' our best co mmercial intercourse with one of the largest and t markets for our iron manufacture. Ttvi workp,,ople in S:)tith StAf mishire bear the re duction of their wages with extreme good temper. They are I no ineger the tools of interested demagogue:, but tietieo;tp4evref,iently aware of the situation in whice the ir o n d • zattitehrs are plecel The proprietors of ironstone arid os c . onbidertvion of the present condition of t tneon:ntavrit? . reduced their rates of charge for tilos , ' "'"°` the agents of la,rd Watei (the most ex . "ttra:re, e in this neig ce a fag A lot iaronstone in this district) having an The nail ' -z per cent. tur mo t • ortant branch of manucae is cOMpa hb ourho s od l , m although somewhat depressed, o or thre rater 'Leads'. It is infinitely better than . tw States a e r Yeard ago. Orders from Canada and the United eseiratrained of increasing prosperity. are ent e said to be in free circulation, and great hopes willso rttthheb Staff of the , usual quarterly meetings of the sibhlaethatilit ffordshire and East Worcestershire ironmasters eld in Birmingham to-morrow, when it is pos sible further information with regard to the Traion and prospects of the trade may be discloied. e probability, however, is no alteration of prices, 0 her than that already announced, will be declared. ,e, j:alt RORTICULTURAL SOCIETY's FETlL—Yester irrtitahueittalrasi s t fete for the the gardens at Chiswick. The season was given by the nexutoi us oral efineness of the weather helped to bring a most assemblage of visitors, although there was the coat:der-attraction of the Thames Regatta to draw them etlhseewarhrearye.of fashion The dresses were remarkably beautiful, and quite as striking as on the most brilli ant of these fete days. As usual, the exhibition of flowers and fruits, although the ostensible object of the gathering, was a secondary consideration with the gay m ultitude to th e p l easure of seeing and being seen, and of li.tening to the inspiring strains of the military bands; b ut they, neverthele s s, secu r e d a v e ry large share of attenti on . The grounds of the Duke of Devon shire were, as usual on the third day of the file, thrown open to the visitors. . PARLIAMEN TARY AND FINANCIAL 11EFORM.—Yes t erday evening a preliminary meeting of the Reformers of Greenwich Wa s held at the Lecture Hall in that borough, for th e purpose of forming a branch society of the M etropolitan Association. G. W. Masters, Esq., took the chair. A deputation from the council in Lon don addressed the meeting, and explained the objects which the Metropolitan Association had in view. They were received with considerable enthusiasm by the au dience, and were followed by several gentlemen con nected with the locality, who all expressed their convic tion that it was only by mutual concessions between all classes of reformers that the objects which they desired could be obtained. A committee was then formed as the nucleus of the future branch association, and it was announced that on Thursday (this day) week, at seven o'clock, a public borough meeting should be held, to which the deputation should be again invited. The meeting, which was entirely of a business character, broke up about ten o'clock. AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION IN SE ARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—A , IvertitIg to a paragrap h w hich F appeared in one of our contemp statin g that it was reported at Boston, when the Earops left , that the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin had been abandoned or postponed, we have great pleasure in stating that, in a letter rewired from Washington, of a date only a few days prior to the rumour, it ia men tioned that active preparations for the expedition were thee making, and that much generous emula,-ion w,s evinced by officers of the United States navy to take part in this arda , us service.—Herald. Ledru Rollin, - Martin Bernard, Etienne Arago and Sergeant &AChoc arrived at the St. K. .thari , :a• wharf y es t er d ay a f ternr on. b y t h e G enera l S tea Nvt m • Ration Company' s s t eam s hip Si r Elw a rd B a nks, th a left Ostend in the morning. CORONER'S INQUEST.—ROM A NTIC STORY.—Las'. night Mr. Payne went into an inquiry at St. John's, liorselydown, on the body of Mary M-tler, aged twenty eight, who came to her death under the tollow , ng car cu mstance , +:--The deceased and her sister, Rebecca Metier, were natives of t3retz, in Prussia, and neither could sp'ak a word of English. The former was about to be married to a young man of her own village, but he broke off the acquaintance and made proposals to another. This had such an effect on the deceased, that she induced her sister to enter into a plan to leave the place for ever, and go to their brother, who is said to be living at Birmingham. Accordingly they collected what money they could, and took their passage by W aggon to Ilamburgh, distance of seventy-six miles. They then embarked on board the Wilberforce steamer on Saturday morning at three o'clock. On the same night Mary M et i er was taken very ill. On Monday she as not better, and having walked the deck was obliged to b e taken below again, where she remained down s w s h e u e n b y until the arrival of the vessel in London, when the assistant of Mr. Mishin, of Horsley gave her brandy and other stimulants, but she never rallied, and died the same night. The two sisters. it was said, partook of a piece of' salt herring at Hamburgh and had a sup of broth, beyond this they bad no food for the voyage except a few oranges ; but Mrs. Meeson, the stewardess, seeing the helpless state of the two poor foreigners, gave them some wine and arrowroot, and the passengers made a subscription of 25 5., which the boatmen on the river had cheated the surviving sister of, and she was left helpless and friend less in London. Mr. Hill, the assistant of Mr. Mishin, did not attribute the death to cholera, but exhaustion, arising from retching on an empty stomach occasioned by seasickness. The Coroner and jury observed it was a very deplorable case, and they highly commended the conduct of the stewardess. A verdict of " Died from Exhaustion," was then returned. PRESERVED MEATS. —The vessel Louis Charles, arrived in the river from Galatz, has brought an entire cargo l of preserved meats, comprising 34,170 tins of the of ran el.au f This preserv e d meat undergoes no preparation acture, but is simply boiled in tin einnisters, and then hermetically sealed until required for use. It is imported in considerablem,reh quantities for the use of the royal as well as the nearly a million pounds weight t r ao n v the y d , andurti article e contract is a for sent under sunply to the gre at first considered that the meatsy r e s partm d e . n u t. h It was r u v t e ' bu t t the man been mentioned were chargeable wiithe been determined that having undergone y ri 9 o sof manufacture, further than the preservation Boreb r men tioned, they are admissible tree. THE SALE AND ADULTERATION OF BREAD. A Bill, introduced into the Howe of Commons, by Mr. Bankes, Mr. R. Spooner, and Mr. Stuart, proposes to " prevent frauds in the sale of bread, and to make fur ther provision for securing the wholes.;me quality of ar ticles used in the manufacture of bread." With this object in view; it enacts that after the Ist of October next all bakers and dealers in bread shall impress on the out side of all bread made and exposed by them fur sale (ex, efptinz rolls of fancy bread), in large and distinct figures the imperial weight of such bread, under a penalty of 403. for every violation of this law. Bakers offering bread for sale under the weight so impressed will be punishable by a fine of 51, for every offence. The inspect irs of weights, constables, and other persons, may be empowered by magistrates to examine shops and other places where bread is sold. Clause 3 provides for the further prevention of the adulteration of weal sad ILA% The blot is not to extend to Ireland. 0 2 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY LITERATURE. DANIEL THE PROPTIET R.?fiections on his Lfe and Character. By the Rev. Thomas Knox. This excellent little book is written in a Spirit (I unaffected piety, altogeth-r free fro,n anything ap pronc:iing to cart, intoleranco, or dogmatism. lts object is not to dwell on the sublime revelations of the Chaldo Judmin Seer, or to search into the mean ing of those wondrous prophecies which have occu pied the minds of so many good and learned men from NewtOn to Allwood. The author restricts himself to an elucidation of the Prophet's character and life, dwelling upon his strong faith, and exhorting with a gentle earnestness to emulate his devotion, and unfailing reliance upon the Supreme. Among the many sound and practical observations with which these pages abound, none are more worthy of attentive consideration than those on the necessity of the regular observance of prayer, its duty and privilege, its object, its hinderance, and the distinc tion between private and public devotion. The fol lowing paragraph on the revenues of the Established Church proving a clog on its more important duties evinces the writer to ba a divine untainted with bigotry, and sensible of the genuine interests of his order : " Unhappily, there always has been, and still is, in the Church a struggle for wealth and power; the une qual mode in which her revenues are divided has fostered and raised up this very defect. The original founders of the system seem to have forgotten that the vessel used for the work of the ministry was but a weak and frail one, or they would not have placed temptation within their view to the extent that has been done. There must be always, in every profession, grades and ranks of different degrees, in which greater duties and higher responsibilities call for larger means. It would be im possible, if prudent even, that all should have alike in this more than in other situations of life; but still it is much to be feared that the temporalities of our venerable Establishment have often been a clog on the spiritual and more important duties, from the mode in which they have been constituted; and odium has often been cast upon it, as if the aggrandizement of its members was their sole care. It is to be hoped, however, that better times have now commenced, and that if an undue love of wealth and power were a subject of complaint at one time among the clergy, the same cause no longer exists, or in a very diminished ratio." That these considerations are not set at nought by the hierarchy we sincerely trust, for the sake of the overwrought and underpaid curates. Want of space precludes our saying further than that a better or more interesting volume for the leisure moments of either sex, of whatever age or station, has seldom fallen under our consideration, and we cordially unite with the author in his deserving wish, " that this ittle book may be kindly received into every one's brary." A SUMMARY OF THE LAW OF ATTOR NEYS AND SOLICITORS. By Alexander Pulling, Esq ,Barrister at Law. We have lately called the attention of our readers to Mr. Samuel Warren's able and eloquent "Lectures on the Moral, Social, and Professional Duties of At torneys and Solicitors," a work of which we spoke in recommendatory terms, as containing much wisdom and valuable information, and addressing itself with a voice of eloquent admonition to the candidates for admission into the junior branch of the legal profes sion. To encourage them to the pure acid high minded discharge of important social duties—to in spire them at the very threshold of their professional life with a proper sense of their offiee and its oblige , ions—was the o'iject Mr. Warren proposed to him self, and the executien was worthy of the design. The work now bstore us is of a different character Practical, lucid, and laborious, Mr. Pulling treats of attorneys and solicitors, as the subjects of a chapter in jurisprudence. lie has written a compendium of the Statute an I Common Law, as it affects them mediately or immediately, in relation to the Courts of Ls w or Ectiity, as their officers, or in relation their chews, as their intimate agents, and repositories of their must inipo. tan: ieterests. He treats of their quali6eations, their modes ef admission, their pe euliar functions, their privileges and exceptions, their liabilities end disabilities, the various duties incident to their business, of proceedings by or against them. Assuming that Mr. Warren has sufficiently taught what religion and morality expect, Mr. Pulling details what the law requires. " The aim of the present work," says its clever author, "is to afford to attorneys and solicitors concise practical instructions as to the regulations, rights, duties, and liabilities which are peculiar to their profession, and to serve as a digested index and work of reference for members of my own branch of the profession, on the multifarious points which arise in court on the law of attorneys." Further on he observes, " The attorney may here, perhaps, find a safe guide in the practice of his profession according to law ; but with respect to what is strictly just, proper, and honourable, he must seek another mentor." His was no scanty subject for a legal treatise, and the eight closely printed chapters into which this body of law is condensed fully testify to the author's industry, care, ability, and method. Not a single position is advanced without the authority on which it rests being quoted ; and when we add, that the number of cases cited amount to more than 1,500 some idea may be formed of the patient and indefati gable zeal which animated the author in the prosecu tion of his well• directed labours. But the work does not consist of legal matter only, though to arrange and express the law, and the law merely on a given subject, logically and concisely, as Mr. Pulling has done, is a great merit. It is interspersed throughout with original observations well worthy of attention, and becoming a sound and liberal judgment. In his chapter on the office of attorneys and solicitors in conveyancing he thus proceeds : " Tile great improvements which have of late years taken place in the education of attorneys and solicitors must necessarily have the effect of rendering them more qualified to perform the onerous arid multifarious duties which have now, by long custom, devolved on them. Practical knowledge, habits of business, and of personal investigation, familiarity with the leading rules of evi dence, and of the ingredients which generally constitute this class hs c o oh f wt practitioners r re a l c tht systemi ut o ha n e er iun a rt as r re entrusted tshstspe rights and titles (no hiss than legal knowlt dge), point out u gut; a bw fori ,ir t in e c aei d ryee xbbeepi t ntr h egi duties ha w s eotcobfteatsthbht qu e alified r protected hy . on all occasions of legal difficulty , employed i n th e fi rst instance, stance, than either by negttiations being conducted through unqualified, uneducated, and less - responsi ble parties, or, on the other hand, the services or b ar ri ste rs, however highly qualified, being personally retained c b r e 3' more all the facts and circumstances to which their legal knowledge is to he applied have been correctly and com pletely arranged." There is much candid truthfulness in this judicious tri bute by Mr. Pulling to the other branches of his pro fes-ion, and we see no departure from this correct and impartial spirit in his remarks in another page upon the difference between the vocations of a barrister and attorney, and upon the peculiar province, functions, anu general duties of the latter. We have not space for other extracts; the subject itself is no• one with which we profe , s to be very familiar, but its grave and increasing importance, the widely-ex tended influence, social and political, of the body for whom it is properly intended, and a pleasure arising from the inspection of a well-written law book—a literary result not of daily occurrence—has tempted us to make these observations, and to offer a brief criticism on a work which eminently deserves atten tion. Mr. Pulling had already, in publishing his compendium of the " Law of Mercantile Accounts," undertaken less extensive though scarcely less useful labours. On that occasion, as on this, he has given to his profession, and the public, a book of more than ordinary merit; and if industry, method, learning, and talent can promote him, Mr. Pulling will not be ast among the legal authors of the present day. ROME : the Rock on which Louis Napoleon will be Wrecked. Nothing could be better-timed than this pamphlet, the subject being one of the utmost interest both to Englishmen and to the whole of Europe; it is ad dressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The policy of our Government is made to undergo a searching examination, and the exposure of it is so complete that the generality of newspaper readers, who have regarded the expedition against Rome as having no other object than to restore it to a settled state of gover nment, and as b e i ng a matter i n which our Foreign-office took no concern, will find it shown, to their great surprise, that our Government has been from the very fi rst, an d i s st il l, i n secret a lliance with France and the foreign Powers, and that all that has been done by th e F renc h A ssem bly to crush the Republic of Rom e , has been done with the conniving good will of th e B r i t i s h C a bi net. T h i s ua strongestgge in w hi c h Lord possible light; aft e r factexp exposing i i ug s set t the en shufflingth e language Lansdowne meets the charge, the writer thus pro ceeds : " The language of Lord John Russell and of Lord Palmerston was as quibbling and ambiguous in the one House, as that of Lord Lansdowne had been in the other. On the 11th of June Hr. Hume said— ". That not observing the Foreign Secretary, to whom he had given notice of his intention to ask a question, he would put that question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. It related to our connexion with the French proceedings against Rome. It was aUeged publicly that we had concurred in all the proceedings of the French against Rome, anti he thought that those pro. ceedings were most obj, ctionable (Loud cries of Hear")—being ourselves a Government depending on the will of the people as the French Government was— he had observed with regret that we were involved in the Sp-ech of the President, as having agreed to. and concurred in, these proceedings . . He, therefore, wished to know if our concurrence had been given, to what extent 1 and in what manner it hsd been given, and in what we I were now connected with them.' _ . _ ..... " The above quP-tions are clearly and distinctly put, and were open to a plain and specific aniwcr. "Now mirk the answer given:— " Lord John RuAsell s iid, that as far as he was con cerned, he had tint received any notice whatever of the 1 : 1011 . Gentleman's intentic,n to put this question. Hu certainly had not read the Message of the President in the same way the lion. Gentleman understood it. As rand it. h•th unr;lerstcod it to say, g , n, , rally, that En7r lan,l and Franco hal been on the best terms during the' transactions that bad taken place within the last year, in referenc , .13.9 me; but with refereiee to the expedi tion to Rome, ha eou'd say we were in no way involved in it.' _ _ " No way involved in it.' No doubt his Lordship could safely say this. " Mr. Hume never meant to inquire whether we had supplied the French troops with ammunition, or given them actual aid in men or money. It would never have occurred to him to put such a question. What he says is simply this:—' It is publicly alleged that we had con curred in the proceedings of the French against Rome, and I regret to observe that it is confirmed in the Speech of the President, which affirms that we agreed to, and concurred in these proceedings. Now the question I would ask is, did we, or did we not?' His Lordship knew that to give a true and direct answer as to our concurrence would be to admit the fact; aware that he was speaking within hearing of the newspaper re porters, and that its answer would make its way over the kingdom the next morning on the wings of the broad sheet, he rides off on an ambiguous term—' with respect to the expedition to Rome, he could say we were in no way involved in it.' " Nothing is so useful in Parliamentary logic, when a Member is hard run, as the use of words which slide easily from one sense into another. " It cannot fail to be remarked as somewhat singular that Lord John Russell should say that, He had not read the Message of the President in the way the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) understood it.' What difference is to be found in these versions? As Mr. Hume read it, it averred that our Government were advised of the hostile preparations that were making by France against Rome, and offered no objection to them. As I read it,' says Lord John Russell, I understood it to say, that England and France had been on the best terms during the transactions that had taken place within the last year in reference to Rome.' Can the most critical perception separate the two meanings? The confession comes out stronger as Lord John proceeds, for he proceeds thus:— " The French Government bad asked our opinion as to the propriety of their joining in the conferences at Gaeta; and we said in reply that we had no objection to the French Government sending a Minister to join in that conference.' ---- " We have here the disclosure of a most important fact. The French Government did not take a single step until they bad obtained the sanction of the British Ca binet. They would not even suffer their Minister to proceed to Gaeta without taking counsel from Downing street as to the propriety of so doing. The matter for consultation was—• Would it be good policy for France to concern herself with the special interests of the Pope as determined upon at Gaeta, or to carry out her own views, and leave those interests to abide the result?' The answer given was such as our privileged vanity entitled us to return--' We have no objection to your sending a Minister to join that conference.' The flittering defe rence paid to the judgment of our Ministers by the Re publican functionaries of France is remarkable. They give them not only the haut du pave, but all the pave. Is this to be received as the first fruits of Fraternity? or Is it the well earned reward of their concurrence? As Englishmen have a deep stake in these questions, let us ploceed to profit by every additional light that is thrown upon them." This reasoning is so clear and close that there is no evading it. This pamphlet, as our readers will perceive, comes from a powerful pen. There are one or two naiaes whispered as the writer, but we'attach hut little credit to the rumour as to either. That he is of no party, and is as thoroughly well informed as to the past is the present state of political affairs, is evident, and his disclosures have already produced a sensation. That the striking prophecy contained in the title-page is in a train of fulfilment we fully believe. In our opinion the events of every passii g dey are bringing it nearer to its accomplishment. PENDENNIS. By TV M. Thackeray. Part IX I he pre6ent number ctonmences a new era in tho existence of Mr. Pen. He his left the country and located hitnselt io chambers in the Tempi-, as a law , Atudent arvi litterateur, and is indulging in .day• dreams of vast annual sums of treasure which he is to realise by the eyercise of his pen. THE AIIuTIC EXPEDVIION. The following ieteresting letter has b'eea received at the Admiralty:— '• Fort Confidence, Great Bear Lelte, Sept. 16, 1848. " Sir,—l hive the honour to acquaint you, for the in formation ot my L Commissioners of the Admiralty, that with the boats and party under my charge I reeche , l the sea coast at the outlet ot the eastern branch of the Mackenzie on the 3d of Aumniee and. havingex amined the coast line thence to the Coppermine including almost every intervening bay, toned no truces of any party of Europeans haying passea, nor any indi cations whatever of shipwrecked' vessels. We had in terviews with numerous parties of Esquimsux, who uni formly declered that they had seen no ships nor soy whitemen, and, from the friendly way in which these people met us. I have no doubt of ihelr kindness to any party of Europeans they might see in distress. "From the Meckenze to Cape Bathurst, which we rounded in 70 deg. 37 min. N. latitude on the 10th ot August, the vegetation indicated a ...comparatively mild climate, and we saw no ice; the Esquimaux, also, who were at this time assembling on the various headlands and islands to chase the black and white wales, informed us, that during their two summer moons they never saw any ice. But, after crossing Franklin Bay, and round ing Cape Parry, we had to pass through many streams of drift ice, which greatly depressed the temperature, and when we attained Cape Bexley we found the Dol phin and Union Straits filled with densely-packed ice, heaped against the precipitous headlands, and covering the sea, as far as we could discern from the heights, en tirely across to Wollaston Land. " Winter may be said to have set in with sudden ri gour on the 23d of August, and we had frost , a nd snow either falling or lying on the ground for many days afterwards. From that date up to the 31 of September we had to work our way round every hay by cutting passages among the floes of ice, or making overland portages, according to circumstances, being occasion ally aided in our advance by a Mae open water where the shore was shelvng. These laborious -Operations were conducted by Mr. Rae, to whose sound judgment, expe rience, and personal exertions we were indebted, under Providence, for the progress we were enabled to make. " From the experience of four several visits to Coro nation Gulf, by Franklin, Deese and Simpson, and my self, I had expected, on rounding Cape Krusenstern we should find an open sea to the Coppermine; but such is the uncertainty of the navigation in these narrow seas that we had the disappointment of beholding the whole gulf completely packed, and had to continue our poling, cutting, and carrying operations with slower progress and augmented labour, as the frost became more severe up to the 3d of September, when we were finally arrested in Icy Cove to the north of Cape Kendall, by the new ice having so glued the floes together that it was no longer in our power to move them, while the hummocky form of the masses heaped by pressure on the rocky points precluded our launching the boats over them. Seeing that there was no prospect of a speedy change of weather, and that the ground was already covered with snow, I determined reluctantly on quitting the boats and commencing our overland march to Bear Lake from that place. "Had we reached the Coppermine, as I anticipated we should do under ordinary circumstances, and as cended the Kendall, we should have been, with tents, stores, &c., in comparative comfort within four easy days' march of Fort Confidence, but it now became ne• cessary to augment the loads in proportion to the in crease of distance. " Each man being supplied with thirteen days' provi sions, and carrying in addition his clothing, spare shoes, and bedding, with cooking kettles, the astronomical in struments, ammunition, haichets, and Lieutenant Hal kett's portable boat, with lines and nets, we abandoned the boats and tents, having previously concealed the re maining pemmican, and on the morning of the 31 of Sep• tember began our march for Backs Inlet, which we reached the same evening. Here we opportunely found a party of Esquitneux who rendered ,us very essential assistance on the f,, ow tng morning by ten., ing us across a deep river between 300 and 400 yards wide, which they informed us re t oned its width far op the ceutitry, aryl wi gout their help we sheuld have lost much time in passiog so large s piny acr , with LhAitenant 11.1 k. tt's boat aknie. 1 -,ave named this river, which was previously unknown , o us, in honour of Mr. Rse. On the fel:owieg day we , •roted the Richardson River, which is of le: width, by means o! Haikett's t'oat, and encamped in the evening on the banks of the Gl:pent - tine. " I had appointed James Hope, a half-caste native, who had formed one of Deese and Simpson's party, to meet us in the beginning of September with two Indian hunters on the Coppermine, but, owing to stormy wea ther at the time he ought to have set out, he delay ed his march a week, and we missed each other altogether, having, we suppose, passed one another in a day of con tinued fog and snow on the banks of the Kendall. "Yesterday being the 13th day of our march, we ar rived at this place, having for the three last days had the advantage of an Indian guide, who led us by easier paths than the direct route across the country. " The way in which the drift ice was packed into Co ronation Gulf and Dolphin and Union Straits, so late in the season as the 3d of September, and glued together by new ice, rendered it very improbable that it would open again this season to afford a passage for ships, and I have therefore no expectation that the discovery ships can have made their way in that direction this sum mer, and hope that they have either found a channel in a higher latitude more directly westward to the open sea off Cape Bathurst, or that they have effected a pas sage homewards by Lancaster Sound. The circum stances I have mentioned show that my boats could not approach Wollaston Land in this unusually untoward season, but this may be done next summer, and I shall endeavour to make arrangements for sending Mr. Rae with one boat and a select crew of active moo down the Coppermine next July to examine the opening between Victoria and Wollaston Lands. The flood tide, which at full and change runs in Dolphin amid Union Straits at the rate of three knots an hour, comes from the east ward out of Coronation Gulf, and must flow primarily , down the opening I have mentioned, or by the one be tween Victoria ',and and Boothia, being the only two communications between Coronation Gulf and Lancaster Sound and its continuation. On this account, and also tor the purpose of aiding a party which Sir James Ross proposed to send towards the Coppermine over the ice, Mr. Rae's intended expedition may be useful. "As the resources of this post are inadequate to the support of our entire party, and the ice remains fixed in this lake till near the middle of August, too late for men wintering here to reach York Factory in time for a passage to England the same season, I have determined en sending thirteen of the men from England up the Mackenzie without delay, together with six of Mr. Belt's party, to be supported for the winter at the fishery on the Big Island Slave Lake. I purpose joining them myself in the spring, crossing this lake on the ice, and ascending the Mackenzie when it opens in May, taking with ma the remainder of the English party not required by Mr. Rae for his summer operations. Mr. Rae will have instructions to return hither by the end of August, so as to close the establishment at that time, and remove the people time enough to ascend the Mac. kenzie and Slave rivers before the navigation shuts up. " During our sea voyage we deposited pemmican at Point Separation, Cape Bathurst, Cape Parry, and in Pagley Cove, on the north side of Cape Kru-amstern, and erected .i,znal posts, as agreed upon with Sir J. Ross. '• I b--g that you will be pleased to express to their lordships the high sense I entertain of Mr. Rae's valu able services during the .whole progress of the party,. h)ta on the coa.t and in lie .ding the men overland, and also my grat,tication with the orderly conduct of the mere—l have the honour to be, Sir, your must obedieet set vant, " J. RICHARDSON, " Nlf•dical Insp?etor Couiwalidtug the Party. " To the Sere.tary ot . the AkieuirAity, &e.' NAVAL IN I'ELLItibNCE. MALTA, JULY 2,—Her Majesty's steam-frigate Arro gaet arrived on the 27t.ti utt. from Plymouth. She did not employ her steam, and under sail has proved a superior vessel, having realised as much as 11 knots. On arriving, she saluted the forts and flag-ship. Yesterddy morning she left us again for Tunis, Algiers, Gibraltar, and Lisbon, and conveyed Colonel Irvine, the Admiralty engineer, who has been employed during his stay here in making such observations as may one day tend to the advantage of the island. The Racer had arrived at Trieste from Malamocco on the 14th ult The Ripon, with outward India mails, arrived on the 30th ult. The Medina arrived from Marseilles yesterday after noon. The Oberon carries on the mails to-morrow to Corfu. A Russian steamer the Sulim, from London, Fal mouth, Oporto, Gibraltar, and Algiers, arrived on the 29:h ult. Her Majesty's ship Vengeance, the Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke, returned last Light from her long cruise, having been employed during the difficult revo lutionary period at Genoa. The Vengeance was re lieved by the Thetis, and on leaving Genoa for Naples, was subject to a period of five days' (we believe) quaran tine at Naples, consequent on the appearance of cholera in Paris—a stupid imposition, inasmuch as there is daily communication with the French at Rome from France, and a free intercourse between the army before that city and the Neapolitan dominions. The Noble Earl, who bas distinguished himself as much for firmness of character as for humanity during the late events, saluted as he was entering port, and having brought up in mid channel, was taken in tow by the boats of the squadron, and conveyed to his moorings. The Peninsular and Oriental C om p any ' s st ,,, mur Ripon continued her route to Egypt last night, with the Indian mails and passengers, as well as those received by the Medina from Marseilles. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Citledoaia, 120, Captain T. W. Carter, bearing the fl tg of Vice-Ad m i ra l Si r W. Parker, G.C.B, the Commander-in-Chief; Ceylon, re ceivinx-ship, bearing the fig of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey; Howe, 120, Captain Sir J. Stirling; Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas• Vengeance, 84, Captain the Right lion. the Earl of liardwicke; Ter rible, Captain W. Ramsey; Rosamond. Commander Fo ite; Volcano (in ordinary); and Locust (tender to Triton), Lieutenant Glinn. On a Cruise—The Prince Regent, 92, Captain Mar tin; Thetis, 36. Captain H. Coorington; Racer, Captain C. W. B. ddoea; Frolic, Captain J. Vansittart; Bull dog, Command. r Key; Odin, Captain the Hon. F. F. Pelham; Sp! tire, Li. trenant-Commander \Vides; Por cupine, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts; Tartarus, Commander Sir G. Webster. On Surveying Duty—The V lage, 6, surveying ship, Cdprall T. Graves; Auxiliary cutter, Deutenaet G. W. Geary; and Itesearcn cuter, Lieutenant Lord J. Browne, b ,th tenders to the Velage. At Giortil,ar—The .lanu. step mer, Lieutenant Powell. At Trieste— fhe Raesr, Lieutenant Bedd4es. At Cvnstautinople—lti vne. COURT CIRCULAR. OS BORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen end Prince walked as usual this morning in Osborne- park at an early hour. Ilis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the younger members of toe Royal Family walked and rode in the grounds. There was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner party. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians and the Countess de Neuilly arrived in town yesterday morning fr,.m St. Leonard's, paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and partook of a dejeuner with her Royal Highness, at her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's. His Royal Highness Prince George visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Mr. Capriole, from Canada, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Sir Hedworth Williamson bad also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. A deputation on the subject of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. consisting of Lord Alfred Harvey, M.P., Cap- Pechell, M.P., Mr. Slight, clerk to the Commis sioners of the town of Brighton; Messrs. Faithful', Freeman, and Cobb, had an interview with the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests on Tuesday, at their office, in Whitehall place. Mr. Laing transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Commissioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. Lady John Russell was safely delivered of a son on Tuesday night. The Countess of Minto arrived in town on Tuesday night, and yesterday morning went to Lord John Russell's residence, Pembroke Lodge, Rich mond Park. HER MAJESTY'S TLIBATRE.—EIer Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday evening with her pre senee—the suite in attendance upon her Royal Highness included Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Fanny Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, and Lord James Murray. Her Ro.al Highness oceupi. d her Majesty's box. Her Royal Highutss the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Dl. cklenburg Strelitz and his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, also honoured the theatre with their presence. The Prince and Princess Metternich and the Count and Countess Mahon had the honour or a , c o c o o o n o p p a o nyi nt t g h i or th ß e party. Th e ,ghnesses suite in included the Baron Kn , ,s.l3,ck and Mr. St party ngi i.c a c n u d p occupied her MarchionessAtd j y the Qu e en A Q I u ll e l e e 'n n al e . A;d e e o l li p a c i e h d u e e k ' e s il b: n :ot a d. l D bi u n c d he a s o s d of L M ad o y nt A o ug e u , t,.thae Peulet, .l)uke h ess of Cleve- Amongst the visitors were his Grac e amd Misses Lane Fox, the Duke and Duchess cess o o f f Leeds Beau fort and the Ladies Somerset, the Duke of L ed9 Be t a h u e - , Marquis of Huntley, the \iarquis of Abercorn, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Damao ade. his Exc, ileucy the Austrian Minister and toe Countess C lersd t. his Excellency the Belg;an Minister and Ma dame Van der Weyer, his Exttellet.cy the Danish Mt eis,er, tee Countess Reventiow and the C. untesses Htlda and Malvina Reventlow, his Excs Hertel , the Brsz.ltan Minister and Metlan.e Marvis de Lisboa. tits Excellepcy the Portuguese Minister, his Excellency he Minister from the Argentine puhlie, his Excel lency the Minister of Costa Rica. M. de Berg, M. de Stratenus, M. Padia his Excellency the Neapo. the tio Do ur o,Dit;lhue D o f w Ministt r, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Car digan, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Ear l of Falmouth, the Earl and Countess of Pembroke, the Countess of Essex, the Countess of Westmoreland, the Countess of Harrington and Lady Jane Stanhope, the Earl and Countess of Granville, the Earl of Munster, the Earl and Countess Bruce, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, L ady Emma Vrsey, the Earl and Countess of Kilmorey, the Viscount Somerton, the Viscount Enfield, the Viscount I)upplin, the Viscount Anson, the Viscount C.interbury, the Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone, the Viscouht Ernlym, the Vircouut and Viscountess Lascelles, the Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Ward, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Rachel Russell, Lord Francis Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lord Elphinstone, Lord G. Paget, Lord Sandys, Lord Harry Vane, Lord W. Lennox, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lady Gordon Lennox, Lord Arthur Lennox, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her Majesty's box was occupied on Tuesday evening by the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. Frederick and Captain William Peel. Among the visitors were the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness Dowager of Westmeath and the Hon. Mrs. Henry Murray, the Countess of Malmes bury, the Earl of Wilton, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, the Earl of Belfast, Lady Charlotte Davison, the Countess of Egremont and Lady Howard de Walden, the Countess of Gleng all, Earl Compton, Viscount and Lady Marian Alford, Lady Catherine Cast, Lady Amelia Cust, and Lady Caro line Cust, Viscount Maldon, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Can tilupe, Lord Leveson Gower, Lord Leigh and the Hon. Augustus Leigh, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Templeton, Lord Ward, Sir John Hall and Lady Hall, Sir Henry Webb, Lady Quentin, Lady Brougham, Lady Morgan, Sir Francis Lawley and Lady Lawley, Hon. B. Lawley and Lady Elizabeth Lawley. DEATH OF JOHN HAY MACKENZIE, EsQ.—This gentleman, the father of the Marchioness of Staff ,rd, died on the 9th, at Cliefden, near Msidenhead, alter a leng and painful illness. He was a gentleman of con siderable firiune. and the representative of the old Earls of Cromarty. The deceased gentlemen was, to al l ap pearance, enjoying good health when his dau g hter was married last month to the Duke of Sutherla nd's son ; but, to th e extreme grief of all his family connex ions, he expired on Monday afternoon as above, the Marquis of Stafford by his decease succeeding to a princely fortune and landed inheritance. ABOLITION OF " KING EDWARD'S ST AIRC-0 n Saturday a special Ewssion was held in trio Court-house, Osborne- s t reet , Whit-chapel, pursuant to a notice issued by Mr. Tho mas R eyno l4 s , t h e high .ConSt,tille of the " for the purpose o f considering the Tower Hamlets, propriety of di sc o nt i nu i ng or stop pi n g up a certain court, alley, or plale called King Edward's Stairs, on the south side WAPPIII.! High -str.-et, loading out of a certain highway called Wapping High-street a certain high • way called the river Thames. and being wholly situate within the said pariah of St. Wapp ne.." After sum , , consultaiion, the mt g istrates being ratified that the stairs we re a nu i rauce , ordered them to be stopped. EVENING, JULY 12, 1949. At Coeu— , N , ,np. At Athens—The Sharpshooter steam r, Lieutenant- Commanier in route to Lisbon from Malta—The Arrogant Cap►. R. iittzeoy. MAIL STEAM- PACKETS. At Malta—The Triton, Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn; Oberon, Lieuten int Gardner; Antelop, Lieutenant F. Sul) th; Medusa, Lieutenant Elmhurst; Medina, Lieut. A. Darby. En route to Marseilles from Malt4—The Lieutenant J IL Turner. En route from Malta to Corfu-1 he Ardent, Lieu t,naut N , ,vell (special service). PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—The Hindustan, Pasha, Elaine, Erin, Queen, and Indus. . _ En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta •The Sultan. At Constantinople —The Tagus. En route to Alexandria from Malta—The Ripon. UNITED STATES SQUADRON. En route to Gibraltar—The steam-trizate Alleghany, Captain Hunter ; the steam-frigate Princeton, Com mander Eagle. Spezzia—The Constitution frigate, Captain Gwynne, Acting-Commodore. Palermo The Jamestown corvette, Commander Mercer. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT. The French steamer Leonidas, R. Y. C. Sapphire and Nautilus, English steamer Water-Lily, Tunisian gun-boat Duranigel. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Egyptian frigate Sharkie, of 36 guns, arrived at Spithead last evening, at half- past six o'clock, under the command of Commodore Hafux Bey, having left Gravesend at three, A.M. in the morning, thus running the distance of 170 miles at the rate of about eleven miles an hour. She saluted the Lieutenant. Governor of the garrison with 21 guns, and the Commander-in Chief of the port with 17, and was duly answered by them respectively. This ship was built at Alexandria under the immediate direction of Mohammed Bey, the chief naval architect in the Egyptian service, who received his professional educa tion in this country, and the best judges of ships say that she does great credit to that distinguished individual. She has been fitted with steam-engines of 550-horse power by Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill,and with a screw propeller. Her passage from the Thames to this port shows her to be an eminently successful result of the application of the screw propeller to a ship of war; and both this performance and her trials in the Thames have called forth strong expressions of surprise from nautical men and engineers, who seem previously to have under rated the extraordinary capabilities of the screw. An accident occurred, we regret to say, whilst salu ting. One man was ramming home the charge, and another, whose duty it was to stop the vent, neglected to do so in a proper manner. The result was, that the rammer was blown out of the port, and his remains have not been since found. Mr. Beattie, the Ottoman Vice-Consul at this port, dispatched a boat and men to drag for the remains of the unfortunate man, but with out success. Mr. Z.trab, the Ottoman Consul General, and the Turkish Admiral, are expected to arrive this evening. The frigate will embark her splendid state barge (built by Camper, of Gosport) to-morrow, and sail on Saturday. Portsmouth Harbour (the watermea's) Regatta com meeced to day, under Royal auspices. The Ajax steam guard-ship will probably be cora• ruissioned at this port shortly, and report says by Cap tain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., late of the Sidon. The Pliamix screw steam-sloop, 260 horse power, 6 guns, is ordered to be commissioned here by Commander George Wodehouse, 1844. Toe Fire-Qat-en steam yatcht, Master Commander Allen, was ,ocked this morning for re-embellish ment, &c. WooLwrcli, JULY 11. The Niger steatn-sloop, fitted with a scree. propeller, and recently experimenter with along with the 13a5ilisk steitin•sloou, fitted with .dl , -wheels, is ordered to return to Woulwieh to be kid op tor the present. The 13 tsilisk Iw-tun-sloop is to remain at Devonport as att ad viscad'war steamer. _ _ Tae Fl,m-r sresm-v,esel, reported rfaly for commis sion. has been examined, and as doubts are entertained of her theiency to bo mounted with guns as a war steamer, sire is to be sent round to Portsmouth and kept in reudinuss as a pcket-boat. UNION BANK OF LONDON. ' The tenth annual gt-neral meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday at the bank, Princes-street, Matsion- House, Sir Peter Laurie in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Walter LAURIE, having read the minutes of the last and the advertisement convening the present meeting, proceeded to read the annual report of the affairs of the bank. It stated that during the last twelve months the pressure upon the commercial interests of the country, which was the subject of remark in the last report, had been continued, and in many instances aggravated by the political convulsions which have dis tracted nearly the whole of Europe; that a low value of money had been the natural consequence of the influx of foreign capital and the contraction of mercantile enter prise; but that, notwithstanding these disadvantages, the directors were able to refer the proprietors to the balance-sheet as an evidence of the continued progress and success of the bank, from which it appeared that the net profits of the year amounted to 28,617/. 18s. 10d., out of which the directors proposed to appropriate a sum of 25,3741. for the payment of a dividend at the rate of six per cent. clear of income -tax, and 500/. as usual, in reduction of the preliminary expenses, leaving an unappropriated balance of 2,734/. 18,. t Od. to be car ried to profit and loss new account. The interest paid to customers on their current and deposit accounts, during the last year, amounted to nearly 34,000/. The acces sion of numerous and valuable connexions, valuable not only as adding to the profits of the bank, but as evincing the estimation in which it was held by the public, proved to the directors the soundness of the cautious and pru dent system of management they had endeavoured to maintain, and enabled them to assure the proprietors of the steady and gatifying progress of the company. The proposition of the directors to declare a dividend of six per cent. was unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report should be re ceived and circulated among the proprietors. He con gratulated them on their continued prosperity and pro gressive increase of business. As a proof the opinion entertained of them by the public, he might state that theirs was the first joint-stock bank that had obtained the confidence of Government, and they had received the support of the metropolitan commissioners of sewers. The motion, having been seconded by Mr. PETER LAURIE, was carried unanimously. The following gentlemen, who retired by rotation from the direction, were re-elected:—Mr. George Webster, Mr. John Barnes, and Mr. John \V. Sutherland. •• . • , M. Tha general meeting then resolved itself into a special meeting, for the purpose of considering a proposal made by the directors to alter the clause in the deed of sel tle meta which required each director to be a holder of twenty shares iu the company; so that, for the future, the possession of one hundred shares should be required as a qualification for that office. Mr. J. BRoWN thought that the question was not one of the qualification of oirectors only, but also whether the election of them should rest with the board of diree tors, or with the proprietors. When he signed the deed of settlement he was not aware of the clause which gave vwer to the directors in this matter, else he should not have signed it. Mr. W. Ba ,WNE said that when this subject was dis cussed at the general meeting last y ear, a promise was given that the election of new directors would be left to the proprietors. At present the directors had virtually all the power in their own hands. because when any • g. ntleinsu was nominated by them to a vacancy the shareholders felt that they could not, without a bad grace, oppose the nomination of their directors, when asked to confirm it. Mr. P. LAURIE said that they could not then alter the clause in question, as that was a special meeting, and they could not entertain any other measure, except that one which they had been called together to consider. It was true that a promise had been given at the meeting in last July, that if an election should take place the nominee of the directors should not take his place at the board until his appointment was sanctioned by the proprietors. That, he thought, was the same thing as leaving the nomination to the proprietors.—(No, no.) Mr. J. BROWN then gave notice that at the next gene ral meeting he would move a resolution to the effect that when any vacancy occurred in the direction, by death, bankruptcy, or otherwise, the secretary should give thirty days' notice to the proprietors, at the end of which period they should meet for the purpose of filling up the vacancy, and that the names of candidates should be posted on the bank doors twenty days previous to the election. Mr. RICHARDSON said that the price of their shares in the market was not so high as might be expected from the dividend paid by their company. He drew at tention to the fact that theirs was the only joint• stock bank that paid two per cent. interest on current and de posit accounts to customers, and he suggested that it would be advisable to diminish or abolish the payment of this interest, which amounted last year to nearly 34,0001, --(Hear, hear.) When the Westminster Bank reduced their interest to one per cent. they were said to have lost only one customer in consequence of that measure. The CHAIRMAN promised that the directors would take the suggestion into consideration. The proposal of dire directors respecting the number of qualification shares was then put and carried without further discussion. A voto of thanks to the chairman and officers of the company was passed, and the meeting separated. ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. —Last evening the annual general meeting of the above institution was held at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackftiars, Brother Wright in the chair. The secre tary read the negotiations relative to the proposed amal gamation with the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund under ono common title. A site for the new asylum had been selected on Croydon common, and the budding was rapidly proceeding. The financial report sb , iwed that the receipts were 8931. Is. Bd., and the pay ments, includingl6s. 3d. tor tho purcbase of land at Croydon, were 529/. Os. Id. I 'eying tendered the re signation of Dr. Crucifix, a reaolution highly compli mentary was unanimously carried, requesting the gen tl,rnan to continue in the office, and appointing Br ot h er r John tlodgkinson as joint treasurer with him. the election of President , V ice-President, and ot her officers, thanks were accorded to le-rd Dudley Stuart for presiding at the rec,nt f es t i val, when nearly 600/. was collected; and the meeting we' adiourtied. The suitors of the Court of Chancery will be glad to learn th,d , the Lord Chancellor is now rapidly reco v-ring tr.,in the effects of Ilia late alarming illness. an His L or d s hip takes carriage exercis e e ve ry day', d t he I,,t,twunc,-meet of a resumpti ,, n of the public sittings is , g ippfidently expected Wore the end of the week. RIOTOUS - PROCEEDINGS AT-KIL- LIN Gr WOR I'II COLLIERY, NEWCA TI.E-01!•;-TYNE, TUE,,DAY.—It will he remem ba-ed that, some time ago, there was a general strike among the pitmen employed in the collieries of the Tyne and the , We,r. That s7rike lasted several month 3, and the men ultimately returned to their employment with out hqvieg gsinad the ob;ects they sought to obtain. Tney were lizerally " starve d " into submission, fur their union fluid; were exhausted and their credit was sus peeded. Recently, however, they have adopted the plan of striking in detachments, and while the men at one or two collieries remained idle, they were supported by those who continued in employment. Under this plan there have been strikes at Hartley and Hallowell, and the men are now on strike at Killingworth and West Moor collieries, belonging to Lord Ravensworth and partners. The strike at the latter collieries was con tinued for some weeks, and there being no prospect of an amicable arrangement, the men have lately resorted !o very unlawful means to enforce their demands. No actual broach of the peace, however, took place till last night, when a number of men disguised, some being dressed in women's clothes, and others in masks with their coats turned inside out, assembled at West Moor colliery, and proceeded to destroy the works. They drove the men that were there away, threw the corves and materials on the surface down the shaft, gutted the houses of one of the men who had not joined in the strike, assailed the police, and broke the windows of the colliery offices. Intelligence of these riotous proceedings having been conveyed to Newcastle, a large body of police, under Mr. Stephens, proceeded to the colliery, armed with cutlasses. On their approach the rioters fled, but were pursued, and six of the leaders captured, who were brought in custody to Newcastle, and after undergoing a preliminary examination before the magistrates to-day, were remanded till Saturday. The names of the prisoners are William Arnott, Mat thew Teasdale, David White, Johu Baxter, and Henry Walker. Mr. Stephens stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Johnson, the viewer at the colliery, stating that he was apprehensive of another outbreak to-night ; that great damage had been done to property; and rf questing the aid of the military. Mr. Stephens added that he had been in communication with Colonel Pole, who had said he would render every assistance to the civil power. It was accordingly arranged that the military should be called upon if necessary. A considerable number of the Newcastle police have been sworn in as special con stables for the county of Northumberland, to meet the emergency. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR. A special meeting of this company . was held yester day at the offices, New Broad-street, for the . purpose of considering and approving of a Bill now before Parlia went to incorporate the company, Lord Wharncliffe in the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the object of the meet ing, and alluded to the difficulties which the directors had to encounter during the early stages of t he Bill in the House of Commons, and to the consequent delay which would have prevented the passing of the Bill this session were it not fur the kind assistance rendered to the company by the Government and the Board of Con trol. It was absolutely necessary they should have the sanction of Parliament to carry out the undertaking with a view to remove all doubts on the subject, and to limit the liabilities of the shareholders. Mr. BORRETT, the solicitor, read the preamble and siOeheads of the 11111, which stated that the company would come under the regulations of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, that the directors may enter into arrangements with the East India Company; sp,ci lying the capital to be 500,0001., in shares of 5/. each. with power to increase the shares to 251. or 501. each; that the number of the directors may- be increased from sight to nineteen; and that th e ca p ita l ma y b e increa,seo tor extensions ut the line with the consent of the Eas' India company and of the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the resolution for the ap proval of the Bill, said that the dame g ivin g power to increase the capital further extensions of the line was inserted at the request of the East Board. slr. COLQUHOUN secs uded the resolution, which etas put and carried una iimously. In answer to questions it was stated that the prelimi naly expenses, up to the 2Sth of March last, amounted to 25,0001., which would be included in the capital upon which they would rec( ive 5 per cant. interest. The shares upon which 103. only had been paid would be placed upon the same lowing as those shares upon which 51. had been paid in full. The present guarantee was upon 500,0001., which they calculated would be ample to complete the first section the line, about 35 miles in length. The contract with the East India Company would be signed as soon as possible atter the Bill receives the royal assent. Every difficulty with regard to the ar rangements has been removed, and nothing remained but to carry them into effect. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to :he chairman and directors. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. Yesterday the adjourned meeting of ihis company took place at York, but as notice had been given that a further adjournment would take place, the attendance of proprietors was viry limited. Mr. R. Davies took the chair. The LORD MAYOR of YORK said the Committee of In vestigation very deeply regretted that circumstances had arisen to prevent them presenting their second report on this occasion. They might, perhaps, have bad it ready on the Monday; but as it was of considerable extent, they were anxious that the shareholders should have more time, so that they might go coolly and deliberately through the whole before the day of meeting. The com mittee hoped to place the report in the hands of the shareholders not later than Friday evening, and this would give them an ample opportunity of perusing it. He, therefore, begged to move that this meeting be ad journed to Thursday, the 19th instant. Mr. LOVE seconded the motion. Mr. CRAYTOR said he wished to inquire whether the report would be a final one? The LORD MAYOR—NO. _ _ _ Mr. CHATTOR then asked what further period would be required to finish the lab ,urs of the committee? The LORD MAYOR could not answer that question. He could assure the Hon. Proprietor that tho labours of the committee were very great; they worked long hours, and did all they could to git through their duties as soon as possible. lie hoped they would be able to state at the next meeting tl - H period when they would make their final report. Mr. CHAYTOR was quite sure the shareholders must be greatly gratified with the exertions of the committee but he felt that whilst matters were going on as at pre sent, the board of directors must be paralysed from not being complete, and a pecially as important transactions were before them, such as the settlement of the Great North of England purchase, the period for which is fast approaching, lie therefore gave notice that at the next meeting he should move the following resolution:— " That the number of directors be increased to twelve, and that the present directors be requested to call a special meeting for their election; that the names of the persons proposed as new directors shall be sent to the to cretary by any shareholder, and the secretary shall in form the shareholders of the same in the circular calling the meeting, at which meeting they shalt ballot for the requisite number out of the said names; that it is highly xpedient to complete the new board of directions, in or der that the afnirs of the c..mpsny may not suffer from a continuance of the present uncet taint)." Tire motion for the adjournment was then carried. The meeting then separated. .17 AUDIT OF RAILWAY__ACCOUNTS BILL. The following are the sections in the Bill which has been read a third time in the House of Lords and which is now b t ,f ore t h e H ouse o t Commons, for atditingsail• way accounts:— til.yay accoun t s to b e k ept un d er t h ree sepEraeit tk heads or oivisioro , ; viz., Periamentary Account, Capital Account, and Rev. nue Account.—Sect. 1. Every such account to be made out to 30th of June and 31st of December, and to be according to the forms in the schedule.-2. Accounts to be mace out in tripleoate, and two copies transmitted to Co ntaissionera of Railways. 3. Accounts to be transmitted monthly to Commissioners of Railways.-4. Commissioners may require accounts 40 be made out in a different form, and order for that purpose to be published in Gazette.-5, and G. Commissioners of Railways to appoint an auditor to audit the accounts in conjunction with the auditors ap pointed by company.-7. Directors to deliver duplicates of the accounts to the company's auditors.-8. Scheme to be laid before auditors where dividend in tended to be declared.-9. • Auditors to examine accounts, and to inspect books, and call for vouchers, 80.-10. Auditors either to make a special report on accounts or confirm the same ; in case of difference of opinion separate reports to be made.-11. Reports to be prepared in duplicate, one copy to be transmitted to directors for next ordinary meeting, and the other copy to the Commissioners.-12. The accounts audited, together with the auditor's re port, to be laid before the meeting.-13. In default of company's auditors, the other auditor may act alone.--14. Auditors may employ accountants, &c.-15. Cots of auditors to be defrayed by company, and if required may be taxed by taxing officer of the House of Commons.-18. Penalty on the company for default in transmitting accounts or producing documents, as required . by the Act.-17. Taxation of bills of costs for legal and Parliamentary expenses.-IS. Auditors elected by company not required to be share holders.-19. bhareholders may inspect company's books of account for fourteen days previous to each ordinary half-yearly meeting, and for one month thereafter.-20. Register of shareholders and register of transfers to lie open tor inspection of shareholders.-21. Act to be construed with Companies Clauses Act. —22. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JOLT 10.—There 13 an unusually small show of beasts on offer here to-day, includ ing about 100 from the North of Scotland by sea, which are of a very indifferent quality; of sheep and lambs the supply is also short, the quality of the former is tolerably good, but the latter is in middling condition. The supply of beef would comprise 36.1 head of beasts—the falling off in the numbers, and there being good attendance of buyers, htts caused prices to advance from 3d to 61 per stone, otherwise the h -eet trade is dull, yet all will be sold. kThe number of sheep and lambs is 5,500. The mutton trade is more active, yet prices have undergone little altoration, very little remains on hand. Lambs are in brisk demand, And prices have advanced from Is to Is 61 on former rates, and all sold. Prices—Beasts, prime Scots, 6s 9:1; middling, 6s 31 to 64 6d ; good steers, 6s to 6. 3 1; middling, 5s 9d ; inferior, 5s per stone of 141bs. Sheep, 5:1 to sid ; lambs, 6d to Is a-head more per lb, sinking the offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JULY 10.—There Ware in the market to-day 71 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801b3 imperial, which sold thus: —3B at 1! 105 Od, 13 at 11 9s 6d. 6 at I/ 9s Od, 8 at 1: 8,6 d, 1 at 1/ Ss Od, 0 at 117 s Od. Average price of the whole, 11 9s 7d 2- 12ths. 7 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 325, 2at 30s, 3at 295, and oat 28s. 1 sack !•arley meal, which was not sold. 13 sacks pot-barley, whereof 7 sold thus: —1 at it 9s Od, 1 at 1/ is t.d, 1 at 11 4s 6d, 3 at 114 s Os, 1 at 113 s Od. 2 sacks brosemeal, none Fold. EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, JULY 10.— Supplirs of ad kinds moderate. Oat straw, from 5s Od to 7s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, 5s 01 to 6s Od ; barley ditto, 5s od to 6s 6d. Hay from 7d to 9d per stone. BELFAST, JULY 9.—The supplies of grain since Friday are small, and prices remain unchanged. Wneat, from 99 3d to lOs 9d:: barley, 6s 6d to 7s tid; oats, 65 9a to 79 6d; oatmeal, from lls 9d to I2s 9d per cwt. Indian corn is in fair demand at 8/ 7s 6d to 8/ 10s for )ellow, and 81 Iss for white. Potatoes, per stone, 9d to11d; ditto, per cwt, 5s 4rl to 6s Od ; new, 10d to is 3d per stone. Fruit—Apples, per dozen, 6d to 9d ; pears, per ditto, Od to Od; grapes, per lb., 8d to led ; lemons, per dozen, Os 9d to Os 10d; nuts, per quart, 6ri to Pd; wall-nuts, per hundred, Is to Is 3d; chest nuts, per ditto, is Od to Os ; cocoa nuts, 6d to 8d each; American apples, led to Is ed per dozen ; mixed pickles, 10d to Is. Butchers' Meat—beef, per lb, 4d to 7d; mutton, 5d to 7d ; veal, 5d to 61c1; lamb, 5d to 6.0 per lb. Fish—Trout, Os 6d per lb ' • brett, 3s Od to 41 Od; soles, is to 2s Od per pair ; salmon, 6il per lb; lobsters, from 6d to is 6d each ; crabs. 6d to 3s per &sten, at Keane's, Wil son's-court. Poultry—Fowls, 2s to 2s 6d a•pair ; chicken's, Is 6d to 2s per pair ; ducks, Or to 2s 6d ; turkeys, Os to Os each ; geese, Os Od to Os Od ; eggs, per doz, 6d to 7d. Hay, old, Is 2d to 2s Od; new ditto, Is to Is 6d; straw, oat, 8d to Is 44 ; ditto, wheat, 9d to Is 2d per ewt. COAL MARKET :.-YESTERDIT. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 13s 6diSouth Hartlepool Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main..... 12s 6d Whitworth l3s 9d Hasting's Hartley l3s 6(1 i;owndon Tees ... ..... 151 6d New Tanfield l2s 6d ,Pease Ravensworth'sW.Hart 12s 6d;St. Helen's Tees Tanfield Moor .... l2s 6d Tees Walker's Primrose ... 12s 6d West Cornforth .. 152 6d Wall's End, &c. West Het ton lss 6d Eden Main • 168 Od Cowpen Hartley Bell Stewart'. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, ,IDLY Ir. STOCK E XCITANGS.—The market has been flat, the business done being confined to Great Western, Quarters, which were do. .e at 5% dia., and New 171. Shares, at 3% dis. LIVERPoOL, JULY 11. STocrt Exert...Nos.—The share market was quiet and 'steady to-day. Prices, however, are about the same, and a fair amount of business was transacted. The market closed firmly for London and North-Western, and all the Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock. The sales are Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, $5% dLs. 13olton. Clltheroe, and West Yorkshire (North-Western, B, guar anteed 6 per c00t.,) IN—Great Northern, 5 per cent. Preference. IC, dia.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., Fifths, 3% dis.—Ditto, Halves (Huddersfield and Shrewsbury), 10 dis.— Ditto, Halves (L. and B.), 9!4 dia.— London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3% p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 11%—Midiand. 66—Ditto, Halves, 12% dis.—North Union (A), 226—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 4 1 4 dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Ori ginal Newcastle, and Berwick), 201—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase, G per cent. till 1850), dis.—York and North Midlanl, 29 X , MANCHESTER, JotY 11. • STOCK EXCIIANGIL—The transactions to-day were as follow : Leeds, Halves, 9 dis.—Ditto, Thirds (32/. Shares), 6 13-16 dis.— Dico dls.— Seeffleld, Preference. 114 Clltheroe, Prefer ence, 17% —Bolton and Bury, 19 dla. —1 01 , 4 r (So. 4), GS ex in. YORK, Jun id. Stocs EICHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as fol low: Great Northern, 10% —North British, Preference, 2/. 10s. 6d. —North Staffordshire, 13—Sheffield, Rotheriam, and Goole, N. Div.. guaranteed 5 per cent , 114—York, Newcastle, and Berwick 29 1 4 14—York and North Midland, Pre' —Ditto (Newcastle Extension), terence, b . GLASGOW, Jurs 10. ~ . STOCK EXCHANGE—Me trallSaletiolli to-day were as follow: — Glasgow. Kihnarnock, and Ayr, 55—Ditto (5 per cent. guaranteed). 103—North British, Preference, 49e Gil.—Stirling and Dunfermline. 4y4—Wilsontown, Morning'slde. and Coltneee, New, 411. FIRE IN LAMBETH.—Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruc tion of properly, and nearly land results to the inmates, broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. C. Ouch rune, a corn and seed merchant, carrying on business in the New -cut, Lambeth, next door to the Windmill Ta vern. The discovery was !Lade by Police-constable 196 of the L division, through seeing a body of smoke pour ing forth from the basemi-nt floor. The cfficer initne distely aroused the residents, when they found the fumes ascending the staircase so fiercely as to prevent their descending. They immediately went to the second floor, bu'. there tisey were followed by the fire, and they were at length obliged to jump upon a leaden roof over one of the setires filled with i t i h h e hay' a zi n s d ho s t tr t a h w ro . u • g l h Vhitst wait i ng therefir a and trap-dooe, so that n othing but destruction stared t h e m in the face. Two pollee officers having got a short ladder, they held it out at arms length in the form of a bridge, over which the parties passed into the house adjoining. Nearly three hours elapsed ere the fire was extinguished, and not until the whole of Mr. Cochrane's furniture, wearing apparel, and at ek in trade were de stroN ed, and the pre mises ready gutted. ' DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. THIRTEEN PERSONS STARVED TO DEATII.—By the Emma Sherratt, which arrived yesterday, from Sydney, p! , rticulars have beau received relative to the loss of the British ship Sarah Crisp, Captain Taylor master, and the appalling suffer ings of the crew, thirteen of whom perished from starva tion. The Emma Sherratt, on her outward voyage to Houg-Kong, in lat. 170. 28. N., long. 116.5. E , per ceiving a vessel in distress, bore down to her assist ance, and she proved to bo the unfortunate vessel in question. She was teak laden, and waterlogged—almost a perfect wreck—her masts were gone, as well as every thing on deck. With much care, nineteen persons, in a most shocking state of exhaustion, were taken p o e ff d wreck by the Emma Sherratt's boats. T hey theto Long, - the rov chief be Capt:in Taylor, the master; beenwreck, truly awful—they bad been 27 nights Jr mate; and 17 seamen. Their dayssufferringr.s and had onb. , was about a couple of fish. All the water they had with nothing to subsist on excepting ing a monkey tw o buckets, which t he y csught by some old canvass.te and 12 se amen had died from want Of sub and The sec ond ma The ship' s loss was attributed to a' pla n k SlStel9co. turned over ay b l e i r gh b t, ea w m 6 u n star ting, a. she filled in very t i me,short a u o nl n P u td rail ol d l r ow ow en t h e o r ve s r i , dc a . nd T t h h e er c e re h w eld j they succeeded in righting the wreck by cutting away the mast. Her poop. and forecastle were Washed away. Not a vestige of provbions that were below co u ld be procured. The wreck is supposed to have parted and disappeared FOOD after the Emma Sherratt left. The vessel and cargo were insured to the ' amount of 20,0001. Tuc MARBLE Ancu.—We have no faith 'in the stat,tnent of some of our contemporariekt, that the marble arch is going to Windsor. Our correspondent puts boor, us tho suggestion made in the A thenceunt, that it should be erected in front of the British Museum. W e incline much more strongly to the suggestion in bur own pages (among twenty others), that it should be made to form a fitting entrance to St. Jaines's-park. at Spring-gardens, where such is much needed. -7 T 4 e Builder. na [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Dangerous LWerEorset C ' O of a plaint effectually cured by Holloway's Pals. s worth, Hunter Mr-letter from Mr. W. Reaere, blacksmith. Rir ie . , ascetic for River, New South Vales, to r. J. H. oey eY.- 11,1loway's Pills and Ointment , tit gad cyd t. sinc 'e, ciatt , d' Jan, 17, I was attacked 1849 : -"Sir,—About eigh teen mon I int for which I consulted the. two with a severe liver comp 4 , medical men of this .. d irict • but I derived 410 b ene fit from , their treatment, and te last they gave me up without the least hope of recovery. I then commenced using, HalloasaY:b in; valuable Pills, and continued them for abiintreveg wee4p" o I am now co ,p letely cured. I have great plfasure34 a ir; luR this ü blicity to the case. —Sold by all Drugi;4l, •'tai a preftsler fionoway's Establishment, 244; Stritild,4Adore i ke:, ,; ~, ~.. 1 NOR Uti BEI FISH. A special general meeting ci the shareholders of this company was held in Edieburgh on Tuesday, for the purpose of receiving a report from the committee of in yestig ltion, appointed at the heft half-yearly meeting. Mr. J. Learmouth, tie chairman of the company, pre sided. The CHAIRMAN stated that, in consequonce of the committee net being able to complete their report, the meeting would be merely a proforma one. of Mr. SHARTRIDGE, of South Shields, the chairman e jr the COIVLEEttee, said, it would have been extremely Y d ag h el able had they been able at this m eeting to h t report before the shareh driers. Owing, however, to the preliminary arrangements which required to be made With the accountant, and the difficulty of fixing on days to suit the convenience of the members of the committee, who came from various parts of the kingdom, it had been found impossible, notwithstanding their beat exertions, to complete the investigation. He begged, therefore, to move "that the meeting should stand adjourned till Thursday, the 9th of August," by which time the com mittee expected to have their report in readiness for the consideration of the shareholders. Dr. MTARLAND seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to ; after which the meeting broke up. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.—It appears that one of the directors, who, until the recent breach with the Great Western, expressed full confi dence in that company, has lately addressed a circular to the sharehold,rs, pointing out the desirableness of forming an alliance with the Shrewsbury and Birming ham and another company, completing the line from Wolverhampton to Worcester, forming a junction with the Midland (Bristol and Birmingham) at the latter place, and leaving the Great Western, if they choose, to complete the communication with their line at Oxford out of their own funds. EASTERN AND NORTHERN•COUNTIES JUNCTION RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the Master in Chancery, Dow deswell, appointed an official manager to wind up this company's atfai.'s, and to assess the contributions from parties to whom shares on its being projected ,xwteenret allotted to pay off outstanding li abiliities to the r of between 2,0001. and 3,0001. NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, AND HULL RAILWAY. — The parties interested in tho wi:dinbgefourpe ive a ostirstatem enthli‘s,iclioia t mm pany's aiftirs assembled ysterd y Horne, in Southampton-buildings, to rece of the origin and formation and subsequent proceedings o f this company This having beenG 1 dune, as far as was give at present practic able. NI ell decliningtpn itheta,, o o up the books on the g round of his having a lien u The MASTER ordered that this claim should be torth• with sent in, end the books given up, and said he Conti• nued to receive, in answer to applications to original allottees, both at 1):.s office and private residence, shoals of "dead letters" through th e P os t o ffi ce. I n settling the list of contributors he should require the strictest proof under the Act as to the grounds upon which indi viduel atluttees were considered liable. NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY —Another section o' tFe main hue is to br , cpmed in a few days, extending from Skipton to Ingleton. Dispatches were received ye..terday at the Colnniftl offi-e, from the Governors of the Norta American Colonies. ABERDEEN, JULY 10.--Wind vsxiak,le.—Acrd. nth, )Sern, Liouhuon, larettAni. -;` 5 0 5 0