The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-25 00:00:00

!BARKATION of HER MAJESTY, and r p„)...ND- REVIEW of FRq:NCI - 1' TROOPS at "BOULOGXE. on NIMIDAY fiext, the 27th of August. One of the South-Earern — Raltway Company's .steam-ships will yaws j;kaa.e.,r _Mr Roulngne at 9.30 a.m., and etnrn front Boulogne at 11 pat:, after the 'embarkation of her' Majesty, reaching Dover in time for the 2 - a Mt. - train to L.ndon. - Anther steamer will leave Folkestone for Boulogne at 9.30 a.m.. on the arrival of the 6.35 am. t ain from London, and will ri turn from - al m 8 . 30 P•ra ,In connecti with the I idal train for ++.°.llP4 same evening... F ArirskTiCrßTiVoißtc and - back ' , from Dover or *Folkestone. Bs. • B. BAHL° V?, Ohnaal Manager. s••• , ..„ TON frOta RAMSGATE and DQVER . to DOULOONg and BACK, on MOND ',Y . , the 27th alarm-A -m vitae the and embarkailon of her Mai esty, on her return IRAVt'AIa the Ga kICD REVIEW of 80,000 FRENCH lirithe - safids at Boulogne. Thbitojal " Vivid" will leave, with a limited party " 0 -ogYs4tisp. Rainsgate at to a.m., and-Dover at 12 noan. • Fares, there and back, 10s. Tiekettio biOinaltied on boar 1. The ivid wil wait the arrival Of thttfativ.ldaving London-bridge on Monday morning at 6 45 am , let, #ct, 340 c lass, and 8 . 10 a.m., Ist and 2d class express. . fiOYAL. OPERA, DRUM Y.( ANS. Lessee, E. T. Smith. Fi.Prkl~~3'.J ".' 11111.8 W:111 be Perfarmed TUE MOUNTAIN' SILP,II.- Characters hy Ifesift: Tart - aubarfori, Milford, blliot Gater • Misses Forrest, Dyer, alid•Luey gsedit. , ' • • . • - Te Coricttile With DER FRESCIIIITZ Chirecter: by Messrs IP 9 meg A •-r —,..kesiey , lirehana and ; hiltsef+ I ?Ye r an d LanZa, c. Prfces of adznissfon the two galleries. 6d.; second ctrcle of bole* end pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta 11, 4s. • prLyate boles to Unlit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons , one glues.. Boz-office Open troth tato 6 daily. 7 - nATB.E • Kt) w AL kiAlt2if AUK ET. " Under the manattetnent of Kr. Buckstene. THIS EVENING. ' Will lit'e'perfornied THE BUST BODY. To be lbilowed by OLYMPUS IN A MUDDLE ; OI, Wrong People in Wrong Plac,es. , Followed by COVET FAVOUR. To conclude with THE SPANISH DANCERS. OYAL. "'Kr:WES:TS THEATRE, OXFOUD-STKEET. Under the management of Mr. CRAILIs KEAN. Tlll3 EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. After which, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Katha tine, Mr.. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Keen. Tilt ATRX ROYAL ADELPIU • , proprietor, Mr. B. Webster - ,-Threctima, Ids „dame Cslests. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PAUL PRY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby. Parselle, and Wright; Misses Mary Keeley and Woolgar, and Mrs L. Murray. After which, FRATERNISATION; To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. ROYAL ATUAND THEATRE. Under the directiot of Mr. Payne. • /TN EYENI&O, Will be performed MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNC BUS/SAN DS. After which, EL TOREADOR. Followed by a new Farce, THE LATCH KEY. THE GALICIMST FETE. To conclude with GANEM. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. - Lenses and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Unabated and triumphlut attraction of Mazeppa. —Fourth and las' - week of Mr: George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams. THIS EVENING, Lottl Hymn's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. After which, the Premier's EXERCISES of the ARENA, by th elite of Eque.trians. To conclude with THE ARTFUL DODGE, in which Mr. Georg. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. Mr. William Cooke flatters himself that the above announcemet , Freres the astmnding success of this the most terrifically thrilling all spectacles. The Wild Horse, taught and trained by yr. Cooke, pursuing his mad career, defies all description, and must 1, -yitnessed to be credited. Bolbettice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. V est. Acting Manager, Mr, Nelson Lee. Equestrian Direct° Mr. W. Cooke, jun. • . - - HIGH" WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TAM DAY .Iforn. . 0 min. aft... 0 1 Evening 52 miu aft. 1 TprAtoliaoW—Morn.23 min. aft. 12 t Ev , Mug 54min. aft. CHB thmos, Aug, 23 IleltMONETra, to TED 2 SHAWL 73-- highest since noon yesterday. a —lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day. at noon. BAROMICTEB, f' . o•lo—rising. WIND, S.S. W.—Light breeze, and cloudy. r _ „ 4 ' 4 l te,.. ;.., LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1855. Lord STANLEY possesses the spirit of a tru. Reformer. He has afforded unequivocal evidenc of, his readiness to grapple with evils whereve theferist, although they may have been tolerate , through a long succession of ages and becorn, venerable iniquities. That he has been win)! to shake off even party trammels on a fitting or casion has been incontrovertibly proved by hi, conduct on the Church-rate question ; and, con siaeriug the position he has occupied, and hi Close ;relationship to the recognised Leader Gf of of tilt great di visions of the Legislature and t h he must be 'admitted to have displaye no ordinary degree of moral courage, as well a zealous and energetic devotion in the advocacy that which be believes to be just and expedient. Helm now directed attention to a grievant %Ci'flaigrant,.a practice so truly ridiculous, that i is only astonishing that the common sense of th, station could so long have tolerated the absurdit practice, too, that carries with it the greaten inconvenience to the persons more immediateh ooneexned, and chiefly leads to the slovenly legis -lotion against which so many just complaints hay, „been preferred—under which the most glarin jobs have been perpetrated, while just and sal' iary 'measures have been postponed from want o `tioaa for their consideration. - :.This grievance. is : occasioned by the- time sc.- Teeted for the sittings" of both Houses of Parhi' nient, which carries . the London Spring into th. ..middle of Augnst, and defers the consideration (• the most' important measures to the dog-day- Every intellectual labourer' well knows * the inap titude for =business—the - weariness - felt dur ing the sultrinesS of summer. • W e p i ne pure air and green fields—fur sea, or mountain. or-lake; We cannot fix our wandering - attentior On the - dull details of every-day transactions, a n d detest the close rooms and offices in which we art nearly smothered during working hours. Wit what delight do we enter on our brief vacation, and how thoroughly renovated do we return t. our daily toil, after the period of relaxation. T.), • Many are unfortunately chained to their desks . • ...• for, the greater .part of the year. They canno' aft i ord- to devote more than a few weeks to amuse ' Inerif. But do they not invariably choose tht bright.sumay days of summer for recreation, an( • envy those who can spare months for the same Pippose, taking for themselves what is truly *tug vacation ? Had they the power to choose, .4A , tlieir own time they R oul d certainly not work 'crowded 'rooins, with an oppressive atmosphere, in July or August ! Nor, if they did so, would the business be as efficiently performed, or bear the'teit of a critical examination, as well as that "WhiciV.wail executed in the winter season. t. -1 - 1 04 'LET. sets out by declaring that he does.not-ausire to =increase or to diminish the Parliam~n'ta, .y se3sion: He feels that " an increase to , the numbe , r of days .would add little to the amount of Irtiticv,.?pd would have no tendency to jnipxc l ye therEua.nner,q4loing it. " All work, and 126 pity,' tertaiiily•- make the legislati v.. • a.ver y boy. 7 4nd though five month • holidays s eercis a large proportion of leisure, we 41.PMIliot say tll,at it is too much, considering the lure ot' the occupation and the ab un d ant means • " ° L eniovra e nt 'in the possession o f the great ma' If we. put on th e screw , Ljority the 'Members. t' More "tioh t )4. ,y --- we might diskust many useful pe r - :)! sots-, mud pre . vent them from entering on a course E , • • r Many urgent demands on their Uw e • and attenti lon. „ • Pn, ,41.t.Lord IVe' ' e° c 11 • h STANLEY iu accept • jPg , a:sessiQ n ' t the present average duration-- ;gay saved raor ttlis---tte that in which the greatest amount, of-wo / efficiently performed. Tio great quest ion then bettotnes--H o v r is the time to be divided? ,vliat portion is to be applied to ti discharge of 1 iuginess, and what to the amusement alid. recreation of the Legislators? It is a pro blem which does not seem very difficult of solu- ion, which, «e venture to say, any man of busi ness in the City would readily answer, and that nine persons out of ten would acquiesce in the de- cision. E ng land is," as the Noble Lord truly Asserts,• " the' only 'nation in the world whose ihoai civilised inhabitants pass their summer in towns, and retire to winter in the provinces." Winter in town should be the rule, and not the exception. But, by making the London winter z.ommence at Easter, the natural order is inverted, he epring is pushed on far into the dog lays, and the beauties of the country are practi allp not merely to the members of ' , oth Houses, and to their families and dependents, )ut to the little " world " that suits its arrange -netts to their convenience and moulds the .ashions, to their wishes. Lord STANLEY is per- tectly correct in saying that it is not the London Season that regulates the Parliamentary Session, )ut the Session that regulates the Season. The ..eform in the latter would, most assuredly, pro luce the no less important reform in the former, ,nd exercise a highly sanitary influence, not .nerely on our Legislators, but on their wives and :hildren, and all the " satellites" that follow the novements of the leaders of fashion. The suggestion of Lord STANLEY is to the effect hat Parliament should meet, as nearly as possible, in the Ist of November ; that it should sit for six .veeks, adjourning about the 15th of December or three weeks or a month, and should resume its sittings not later than the 15th of January, ly which two clear months would be gained at he time when the present session usually com mences. These two months may be taken from the end, so that the prorogation might take place during the first or second week of June, instead )f the first or second week of August, as at pre sent. Indeed an additional week might be spared, is there would be no necessity for the Whit3un ide holidays. This is a simple and intelligible proposition— one that can be thoroughly comprehended, and its comparative advantages and disadvantages imme• liately understood, not only by- every member of Parliament, but by every man of ordinary coin- prehension. It requires no argument to show that it would be a vast amelioration of the pre sent system ; and when a large proportion of men of all parties are in its favour, as asserted by Lord STANLEY, there can scarcely be any difficulty of carrying it into practical operation, and at all events trying an experiment, of the beneficial re lulls whereof no reasonable doubt can be enter tained. Foreigners must regard us as either a con -;nmmately conceited or an utterly infatuated )eople if they judge us exclusively by the great public undertakings over which Government has control. The superiority of other nations in matters of taste connected with manufacture generally acknowledged until of late, when the establishment of schools of art ani the encouragement held out to pupils have resulted in the elevation of our ndustiial artists to an equality with their bre thren abroad, or at all events are likely to do so-was always met by the complacent assertion that, if beaten in the above respect, we far sur passed all rivals in mechanical art, and in everything else in which plain practical skill and business energy were required ; that if our designs were not so tasteful as those of our neigh bours, we could point, in all the pride of conscious , inperiurity, to works of unprecedented magnitude, .liffieulty, and utility, executed with 'a rapidity, tn economy, and a precision that could only be meelled by the completeness of the results. And his, it must be admitted, was not far from the ruth ; but, unfortunately, it only applied to the people, and not to their governors, whose practical ;,dents (as exhibited in public works) have always een on a par with their taste. Turn, for instance, to the records of the Ad airalty, and what a history of costly bungling ,resents itself. Three-decker; built at an enor lions cost,, that when launched reproached their rchitects for overburdening them with a super liuous deck, and had to be returned to dock in , rder to re-issue with only two. Two-deckers that floated like tubs rather than sailed like yes (31.8 of war, and minor craft that, if they did any thing well, turned bottom upward best of all. Pitiful, doubtless, but recorded, and impossible to :scape the eye. Turn again to our public build flgs ; what perplexity, want of plan, lavish ex penditure, and absence of all-embracing and corn nanding skill do they not reveal ! Look at our National Gallery ; what Englishman but is Ashamed of it—at our Houses of Parliament, bur, - sighs over them ! And well are the latter calculated to evoke -tch an expression of feeling. Whatever may be their beauty in detail, he must be a bold man who iffilms he can discern the awe-inspiring or lommauding whole the frightful sums la vished on them warrant the provincialist in viticipating. Whatever be the cause, it is notorious that the desiderated effect is not yet nrodUced ; and after the original estimate has )een doubled by the expenditure, we are called apon tb contribute a heavy additional amount for , alterations and additions. On the face of it there must have been grievous blundering somewhere— blundering that must not be repeated. Whatever 's really necessary to complete the original design and for the due discharge of Governmental duties there should be no hesitation in granting ; but any scheme involving morethan this, we will not say should be rejected, but should not be sanctioned without ample consideration by Parliament, which it is to be hoped will approach the subjeet in an i nlightened spirit, without spleen, and without favour, and only influenced by the necessities of the case and the credit and honour of the nation. O-N-, -S-All-11- COURT CIRCULAR. The Haytlan Minister had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. M. Tricoupi, the Greek Mini ster, 'had also an interview with the noble Viscount. A deputation from the Mistley local board of health had an interview with the Right Hon. W. Cooper, M.P., President of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. ,The deputation consisted of Mr. Charles Samuel Bawtree, Mr. Henry Bigsley, and Mr. David Mu.tard. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Xoloncal. office to the governors of the North American provinces. •We understand that the Queen will arrive at Boulozne early on Monday, but will not embark till 11 p.m. The Royal Mail steam-packet Vivid is announced to take a limited party of excnrsionists from Ramsgate and Dover to witness the review and the embarkation. Lady John Russell is - still indisposed at Pembroke Lodge, in Richmond-park. Lord John received visits yesterday from Viscountess Palmerston, Lady George Grey, Mrs. L. Fox. the Right Hon. Charles Villiers, Mr. Bulkeley, &c. The Hon. Mrs. G. Villiers (mother to the Earl of Cla rendon) leaves town this week for Hertfordshire. The Marquis of Winchester arrived in Town on Tues day from his seat in Hampshire. The Turkish Ambassadar, his lady and family, are staying at St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea. The Duchess (Dowager) of Beaufort and the Ladies Somersethave left town for Badminton. • The Earl of D:gby has arrived at Sherburne Castle, from town, until the spring of the •ensuing year. The noble and venerable earl, now in his 83d year, was wel comed on his arrival by the church bells of Sherborue ringing a merry peal. . Colonel Sibthorp, M . .P. now at the Royal Albion jte is, we (Elerald) regret to learn, in a very ind ß iff ri e g r h e o nt n ;tate of health. THIS DAY'S NEWS GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The balf-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this c.Tpany was held this morning at the London Tavern, Btshopsgate-street ; E. Denison, Esq., M.P.; in the chair. The notice convening the meeting was read by the Secretary, Mr: J. Mowatt. The report and accounts were taken as read. The .CHAIRMAN said the number of the proprietors was less this year by 30) than last year, which showed the stock was getting into fewer hands, and that the old proprietors had still confidence in the undertaking. There were at present 5,843 shareholders. In drawing up the report in the hands of the shareholders, the Directors had endeavoured to give all the information they possessed on every subject connected with the railway, which rendered it unnecessary for him to de tain them with a lengthened speech. :N othing had been kept back, nor had they indulged in any high-flown ex pectations as to the future state of the traffic. The Directors were of opinion the property was in a safe state, and in a sound position. The future prospects of the company must to a certain extent depend on the trade of the country, and on the negotiations now going on with other companies, but of which he could not then say more than he sincerely hoped and believed they would be of a beneficial character to the shareholders of this railway. As soon as these negotiations were brought to a fixed point it would be the duty of the directors to call the shareholders together, and inform them of the na ture of them. Their dividend, like that of other railways, was unfortunately smaller than Twiny anticipated, which arose from the increased price of coke and the in crease of interest accumulating against them. He thought, however, the lowness of dividend was a cir_ cumstance that need not affect their calculations or ex pectations as to the value of their property. At the summer half-year the dividend had always been consi dered as an instalment only, and he hoped at the end of the next half year they would receive as good a dividend as the last, but he would not pledge himself to it, because the increase of expenses complained of would be still accruing against them. He moved the reception and adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. BACKE, deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. FIGGINS called attention to what he considered a breach of trust on the part of the officials, from the amount of dividend to be paid by the company being known in the market long before it reached the share holders. It had the effect very often of depreciating the price of the stock and inflicting injury on the share holders. Mr. Huauxs said the report had been prepared with a great deal of care, and, without wishing to say anything offensive, he thought, also, with a great deal of contrivance to give the directors power to raise large sums of money. He thought it.would be more satisfactory if the directors would state for what they wanted the 330,0001. they proposed to borrow. So far from its being wanted in consequence of "a combi nation of circumstances," as stated in the report, it arose from the injudicious management of the Board of Direc tors. He was of opinion the directors should have no more powers to raise money unless they stated specifi cally and in detail what the money was required for. He complainel of the lavish expenditure of the com pany, probably from their believing that the more magnifi cence they could display the more advantageous it would be for them. The right men had not been put in the right place, but square ~ Inen had been put into round holes. (Hear, hear.) He did not like to move for a committee of investigation, but he suggested that the directors should propose something of the kind for the satisfaction of the shareholders, (Hear, hear.) Mr. GIESLER remarked on the enormous percentage for expenses on this line, compared with that of other companies. He also complained of no information being supplied in the accounts of the cost and sale of coal, but only the amount for carriage. Captain HALL thoughE their smallness of dividend was not to be wondered at, when they found 85,285/. en tered in the ace ,unts as expended in 1854, by Mr. Cubit, their engineer. The CEIAIRMAN said be deprecated the breach of con - fidence complained of by Mr. Fizgins. Everything had been done to prevent it, but unfortunately without success. A. SHAREHOLDER suggested that the evil complained of might be got over by the directors publishing weekly their expenses as well as'receipts, The CHAIRMAN said . that question was discussed at the last meeting. It would be an expensive process. and in a great measure deceptive. The money com plained of by Mr. Hughes as having been applied to other purpses than dividends was required to meet a number of bonds then coining due. The object in borrow ing now was to be provided with the means of paying off any other bonds between this and Christmas. From a balance-sheet prepared yesterday he found there was a balance of 673,0001. in favour of the company over and above what they owed, had ordered to be done, and had contracted fit hp to 30 h June last. The compari son of working expenses alluded to could not be relied on, because there was nothing so fallacious and decep tive from the different railways making up their accounts on different plans. Were. the working expei,se: made up on the same plan, those of this line would be found to be higher than others,-because this company worked over a hundred miles of the lines f other companies, fur which they paid on an average t so-thirds of their earnings. He had no ohj,ction to an investigation of the accounts by a coinmithe of shareholders, if they had not sufficient confidence in, the auditors. Every share holder had a right to examine the books, which were kept open for six weeks . for that purpose. The ap pointment of such committees on other lines had pro duced much harm, and originatai feelings of distrust. Mr. BILLINGS, after some remarks on the gen-ral 'Management, remarked that if the directors required money for paying off the bonds they might obtain it by giving the shareholders 3 j per cent, on advancing their unpaid calls. The CHAIRMAN, in consequence of some remarks being made on the amount of compensation paid to Mr. Hall, the Reci-irder of Doncaster; said the Legislature treated railway companies shamefully. The public had benefited more by the construction of railways than by any simi lar amoi.nt of money laid out by the public at a given tine, yet Parliament, who was the representative of the people, had on all occasions run a tilt against railway companies. Unless the railway companies of the king dom made c numon cause with each other against the public as the public had against them, the whole railway property of the kingdom would be ruined. (Hear, hear.) After some further general remarks, he put the motion for the reception and adoption of the report, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then moved the fragment of a divi dend of 2,1 per cent. per annum, bk-ii.g 11. 2s. 6d. per cent, for the half year upon the original stock ; and 21., 51. per cent. upon the B stock ; leaving 6531. 34. 4d. to be carried to the next account, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN next moved for powers to enalrle the directors to borrow 330,0001. far the purpo-e of paying off bonds during the ensuing half-year, which was ulti mately agreed to. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the directors, and the meeting terminated. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-- (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder ) John Pallet, 35, cabman, John Smithers, 22, plasterer, and Thomas Summers, 24, bricklayer, were indicted for burglary iu the dwading-house of Alfred Neilford, and stealing a quantity of leather and cashmere, valued at 801. Mr. Sleigh prosecuted, and Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisr ners. The prosecutor is a leather seller in the Harrow•roadl, and upon the night of the 29th of July his shop was broken into, and the property stolen. Upon the same morning a tradesmen in the neighbourhood was awoke by the barking of his dog, and upon looking out saw Smithers in a passage adjoining his house in the act of arranging some parcels. He instantly went down, and tried to apprehend him, but he stru;gled and got away. In the meantime some one removed the property, and at a later hour is the morning a bakerresiding next door to Pallet, the cabman, saw a cab drive up to his door, and he saw Pallet and Summers move several parcels into the house. Information being given to the police Pallet's house was searched, and the greater portion of the property found. The jury acquitted Pallet, who had evidently been the dupe of the other prisoners. Smithers and Summers were sentenced to 14 years' transportation. NEW COURT. (Before Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C.) John Lynn, 24, a seaman from Finland, was convicted of cutting and wounding' a prostitute, Ellen Graham. Mr. Platt defended. The affar had taken place in a brothel in Neptune ourt, to which house the priso ner had accom panied irosecutor. He was setenced to twelve months' imprisonment. This ended the business of the session. 00 ES, ISLE -OF WIGHT.-Aug. 24. --- -~ - (PROM MIR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWPORT. —DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM.—This town was lat evening visited by a most vi'dent storm. The lightning was continuous, the whole sky being lit up ; and between 10 and 11 o'clock it commenced raining in torrents, which was followed by hailstones, or pieces of ice, measuring from 5 to 7 inches in circumference, which destroyed the public lamps, and all the glass in the hot ! houses. and greenhouses, together with their trees, fruits, and plants. Skylights were broken, and thousands of panes of glass in the houses facing to the weStward de stroyed. Mr. Nunn's premises alone are stated to have suffered to the extent of 2,0001. ROYAL YACHT SIVIADIION INTELLmErtnE.—Arrivals= Aug. 16—Hornet, schooner, John Naylor, Esq., from Western Ports. 21. Enchantress, schooner, Sir Thus, Whichcote, Bart., Mediterranean and Black Sea. Sail._ ings—Aug. 18. Laverock, cutter, Captain : C. H. Wil liams, R N., for Cowes Harbour, to lay up ; Spider, cutter, Thos. Thornhill, Esq , do. do. ; Miranda, yawl,- John Gray, Esq., Havre, 19. Hornet, schooner, John Naylor, Esq., Dartmouth. 23. Bacchante, cutter, B. H. Jones, Esq . , Liverpool ; Zara, schooner, CAnniodore the Earl of Wilton, plymoivh and other ports ; Gipsy Queen, schooner, Sir H. B. Houghton, Bart., Torquay and other ports. Yachts at and about the Station— Capricorn, Alarm, Irene, Brilliant, lone, Cecile, Clay more, Gloriana, Titania, Beatrix, Enchantress, Wildfile, Stella, Dryad, Caprice, Gondola. The Commodore of the R.Y.S. has left for the season. This has been one of the shortest yachting seasons ever known here. Lady Ailesbury, Lord Jersey, Lord Wil loughby de Broke, Lady Chesterfield, and numbers of other fashionables, have left this week. There is a num ber of arrivals for the bathing season, and nearly as many houses are occupied as during the regatta, but at a great reduction of rent. PROPOSED ROYArg VISIT TO THE UN [TED STATES AND BRITISH AMERICA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—A. better understanding between Great Britain and the United States should, if po , sihle, be established, and I believe could by the mere act of our good and gracious Queen visiting the giant Republic, as I know, from my several visits to the United States (British America also), and intercourse with Americans, that such a visit would do wonders. Tile Yankees desire it ; and, if carried out, a cordial and sincere reception awaits her Majesty there, as she has received in France, and the people of British America would feel gratified and grateful for such an act of courtesy. It is unnecessary for rue to p mint out the vast impor tance of " a co► dial and complete alliance between Great Britain and the United S ates," which I believe would result out of the visit proposed ; and I cannot see any objection to France being a party to such an a►liance— indeed I think she should be, as a large proportion of the population of British America and the United States are of French origin, and nineteen-twentieths of the ex ports and imports of these countries are with England and France. A few days since, under its notice of recent publica tions, the Times observed :—" It really is time to re commend the United States and British America to the tender care of Mr. Murray, and to ask him to include them in that series of red-covered volumes which have made his name so famous all over Europe." For tie welfiro of England, indeed the whole world, I hope Mi. Murray will act up,in the suggestion. By her Majesty's new yacht. the Victoria and Albert, New York could he reached from Cowes in seven days, arid Galway from Quebec in five days ; and the month of September is the most agreeable and most healthy month to visit the United States. I hope, therefore, Sir, that you will insert this letter, or bring the matter forward in some other way, as such a visit as that which I have suggested would lead to great and good results. I am, Sir, yours, &c., AN ENGLISHMAN. London, Aug. 24, 1855. BRITISH ARCILEOLOGICAL ASSO CIAT I ON. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT, AUG. 23. The members of this association made an excur sion to Puckaster Cove, visiting Niton and other churches in their route. Yesterday evening various relics were exhibited at the Town-hall, Among other things a picture of the distribution of the Tichborne Dole attracted much atten tion, and was explained in a paper contributed by Mr. B ,igent on the subject. The following was given as the origin of this ancient and curious custom. When the Lady Mabella, one of the house of Tichborne, worn out with infirmity and age, waa lying on her death-bed, she besought her hu , hand that he would grant the means of leaving a charitable bequet, in a dole of bread, to he distributed to all who should apply ; whereupon he offered to give her the produce of as much land as she cou'd crawl round, she being bed-ridden, while a faggot of wood was burning. She accepted the offer, and, being placed in the park, crawled round 32 acres in the specified time. The field in question was situated near the entrance of the park, and still retained the rame of Cr %wig. The produce' of this land was sufficient for 1,400 loaves, weighing 22 ounces each, which were for centuries distributed to all corners ; and the paietim, exhibited a representation of the distribution in 1670, and was very valuable as portraying the costume of the period. The distribution is now confined to the parish only. The Rev. Mr. Kell then read a valuable and interest ing paper with reference to the ancient tin trade of the Isle of Wight. proving by an immense mass of authori ties that the tin which formed the subject of. traffic in the early ages was brought from Cornwall across to the Isle of Wight. This paper was follnwe'l by a lively discussion, after which the company separated for the day. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The Nlowing is the list of the M. 13. First Examina- tion, 1855 : PASS EXAMINATION. FIRST DIVISION.— H. earnley, J. A. Cribb, J. L. De 1a Garde, W. T. Fox, G. W. Lawrence, A. Marshall, A. Memlows, 3. J. Nmon, W. M. Ord, M. T. S :filer, 8.A., H M. D. Smith. W. A. Smith, E. W. Thomas, T. J. Walk.r. R. U. Wallace, J. Way, A. Whitford. SECOND DIVESTON —F. E. An:tie, T. B. Botf , , A. Chester. J. R. Davies, T. Divk E. F. Day. J. Ea r l e , B A , J. H. Hooper, F. T. Holke, C. W. Kitching, 1, Simm. , , F. P. Weaver, F. W Wil9nn. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.—T. J. Walker (exhibi tion and gold medal, E. W. Thomas (g. dd medal), A, Marshall, W. T. Fox, W. M. Ord, G. W. Llwre,nep, W. A. Smith, and A. Whitford, equal, J. J. Nason, J. L. Mt la, Garde, M. T. Seller, 8.A., R. U. Wallace. CEIEMISTRY.—W. M. Ord (..;old medal), M. T. Sadler B.A. (gol I medal), J. Way, J. J. N aso n, R. U. Wal lace. MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY. —J. J. Nason (exhibition and gold medal). R. U. Wal lv.e (g.old mtda l ), M. T. Sadler, BA., and W. A. Smith, equal, E. W. Thomas and T. J. Walker, equal. BOTANY.—G. W. Lawrence (gold medal), W. M. Ord, M. T. Sailer, B.A. The Minister.: of Enzland and Franc , , at Turin have received orders to congratulate King Victor Emmanuel upon the great bravery displayed by the Sardinian troops in tl-,e battle of the 16th. Prince Czartor;sltv is staying at the Hotel de Saxe, Brussels. Colonel Prnporsky, of St. Petersburg, is at the same hotel. Mr. Alfred Montgomery has arrived in town to at tend hig office at the Custom-house. Mr. Beaumont, M.P., hag left London for the Cri mea. His beautiful yacht waitß frr him at Man , eilleg. Sterhen De Vere, Esq., M P., has arrived at Cur ragh Chaee. Lieut.-General Sir George Brown is still residing with Lady Brown and family at Leamington Spa. We are happy to learn that the gallant general has already greatly improved in health. Main!. Addison, deputy-assistant adjutaq-ge , eral, is appointed to succeed the late Colonel John Enoch, as assistant quartermaster- g eneral. C +ptain William Peel, third son of the late Sir Rohert Peel, late in the command of the Diamond and of the Leander in the B'ack Sea, has arrived in London from Malta, having heen compelled to return to his native cuunt.ry from ill-health. ARRIVALS AT THE GRANBY HOTEL, HARROGA - 1.-- Amongst the fa-ihionable arrivals at the Granby Hotel, Harrogate, are the Right Hon. the Lord and Lady Douglas, the Dowager Lady Ruthven, the Viscountess Boyne, the Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Lieut.-Col. Gordon, Col. and Mrs. Richardson, the Very Rev. the Dean of Elphin, Lieut.-Col. Ford, Major Warren , the Rev. G. 0. Gordon, Captain Middleton, C. Villiers: E-q., C. Dnytie, Esq., and Mrs. Doyne, Lieut.•Coloncl Kyle, the Rev. G. Harter and Mrs. Harter, Mr. Wil liams, Mrs. Ashlin, W. Rhodes, Esq., C. Fox, Esq., Miss Grooms, Mrs. Dickenson, K. Saul, Esq., Mrs. Saul, and family. &c. KENSINGTON GARDENS —The number of persons as sembh d to hear the band in these gardens on Sunday last was very great, and the conduct of the vast multi tude wa; most admirable. In consequence, however, of the many complaints which have been made to the Office of Works from the arm yance experienced by ladies and. others from persons smokied in the innnedrate neigh• hourhood of the hand, and actually in the verandah of the refreshment room, a notice has been issued to the effect that Hyde-park is open to the smokers, and the whole of Kensington•gardens is equally at their ser vice, with the exception of the part indicated in the notice, and it is to be hoped that the cause of the com plaint may not arise in future in the immediate vicinity of the band. The following is the notice :—" Gentle men are requested not to smoke in the vicinity of the music platform and refreshment room, as much com plaint has been made by visitors to the gardens in con sequence of this practice.—Office of Works, Aug. 20, 1855.,, DETENTION OF THE ITAIL FOR MADEIRA AND THE WEST, COAST OF AFRlCA..—Yesterday the following no• tice wa" posted at the General Post Office :—" West Coast of Africa, &c.—Tie mail packet Gambia, which ould in due course be ('espatched from Plymouth this day, with the mails for the West Coast of Africa. &c., will not be despatched until the Ist proximo. Letters, &c., received or posted it London, up to the evening of the 31st instant, will be forwarded by the Gambia." 1 .I[4--G l __: EVENA TT 25. They diththe French no injury whatever. leaving. Great numbers of troops are embarkipg. arms. reception. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING. The Moniteur publishes a despatch from Gene ral Pelissier, dated Crimea, Aug. 23, one in the afternoon, in which he announces the enemy, hard pressed, has decided to fire his mines, and on the preceding night fired five mints against battery No. 53. . • MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, AUG. 25. The Alexandre, *Lich left Constantinople on the 16th inst., has arrived. The advices from the Crimea are to the 14th instant. The despatches leave at 9 a.m. The steamers - Robert Lowe and Hammonia are DANTZIC, FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 1 P.M. The Geyser has arrived. All the mortar-vessels want home on the 191 k. Admiral Seymour has relieved Admiral Baynes off Cronstadt. PARIS, FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 11 P.M. The Queen paid a second visit to the Palace of Industry, at 2.50. The Emperor, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal accompanied her. The Queen arrived at tote review in the Champ de Mars at 5 o'clock. She was in an open carriage with the Empress. The Emperor, Prince,Albert, Prince Napoleon, and the Prince of Bavaria followed on horseback. The Emperor wore the Riband of the Garter, Prince Albert that of the Legion of Honour. An immense multitude was assembled at the Champ de Mars. There were from 40,000 to 45,000 men under While the troops defiled the Queen and the Empress left the carriage and occupied seats on the balcony of the Ecole Militaire. The Zouaves attracted the especial attention of their Majesties. As the soldiers passed in companies before the Queen they cheered her enthusiastically. The Queen returned to the Tuileries, about 7 o'clock. At 9.50 the Queen visited the Opera Comique. A dense crowd had awaited her arrival since 8 o'clock. The Boulevards and the theatre were illumi nated. Her Majesty met with the most enthusiastic PARIS, SATURDAY, AUG. 25. The Queen, accompanied by the Emperor and the Princes, visited, after the review yesterday, the Hotel des Invalides and the tomb of Napo- leon I. The Queen will leave St. Cloud on Monday at 10 a.m., and the Tuileries at 11. On her departure she will pass along the Boule vards on her way to the Strasburg station. The departure from the Strasburg station will take place at noon. L 8 5 ,5 FRANCE . PARIS, FRIDAY. The Moniteur says :—" The Queen of England has just. presented the Prince Napoleon with the Grand Cross of the military Order of the Bath. Her Majesty has also conferred the same honour• on General Canrobert It is well known that this decoration, which is the first order of England, can only , . be :conferred on foreigners for eminent military services. Her Majesty has desired, by this favour given to the Prince and General o:la mbert, to testify her appreciation of their services in the common cause." His Imperial Highness Prince Jerome Napoleon whose health haS prevented him from being present, at the entertainments given by the Emperor to the Queen of England, will come to Paris on Sunday to pay his respects to the Queen before her de p irture. _ _ - A letter from Boulogne says :—" It appears to be decided that the Queen of England will not embark at -this port on her return. The pretty tent which had been erected for her reception on landing, and in which she stopped before she got into the magnificent carriage which the Emperor had sent -for her, has been removed. It is, how ever, said that Queen Victoria will revisit Bou logne to be present at some military manoeuvres which are to take place between Marquise and Calais. Her Majesty will embark at the latter plave.'r . _ We read in the Constitutionne/ :—"An order of the day of General Pelissier, in announcing to the troops that, by Imperial decree campaigns will be reckoned as double for the army of the Crimea, adds : - " Soldiers,—ln the midst of the ardent prayers offered up for you by the country, in presence of the immense interest which the civilised world takes in the great mission of the allied armies, these fresh proofs of the incessant solicitude of the Emperor far his army of the Ea , t will strengthen your persevering courage in those glorioti.. works which lead you every day towards speedy success.' ". _ _ _ The Ist Regiment of the line, fully complete, has just left Lyons for Marseilles, to embark for the Crimea. An immense concourse of people assembled at the railway station, and hailed the departure of this fine regiment with the most en tnusiastic cheers. The Byzantin and Marocain left Marseilles en the 21st for. Kamiesh with troops and military stores for the army of tho East. BOURiE, AUG. U.—CLOSING. PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Montb. 44 per Cents 9 t 50 94f. 451. i per Cents 66 70 06 30 Credit IVlobilier ll6O Roman . . ••• 83 Crtldit Foncier 537 Austrian Belgian Fives — - Spanish Threes — Piedrcontese B5 Home Debt 3oa RAILWAYB,—..POR CASH. fr. c.. fr. 0 (Means l2lO Rouec Western... Bl7 N',3 Strasburg tlatte - Oherburtz - Northern - Lyons ~.. 1205 Austrian Com.. ..... RUSSIA. - - The Post Ampt Go tzette of Frankfort quotes a letter from Vienna, of the 20th, which says : " The Turks in Bal garia have been completing their armaments on, a larger scale than usual. Troops are constantly de4cending the Danube ; the Generals now at Rolatshoult have received orders to proceed to MAtsohin and Silistria, and 5,000 Redifs have been marched to Varna. The Turkish flotilla at. Routsho uk, composed of 9 gun-boats and a steamer, is being armed. The powder manufac tory of this place , exploded on the 9th ; 20 persons lost their lives, 41) warehouses were burnt down, and many houses lira to be pulled down in order to prevent the fire from snreading. The cholera ha,s clisaPpeared • from Routshouk; but still con tinues_ its ravages a t Gtalatz..7 A letter frora St. Petersburg of the 14th, in the Constitutionn el, says : "The Empeeror ha; just issued an order of the day. thanking the troops for their defence of Trangsund against the afztaek of the enemy's squadron, and for the arning of Fc rtNicholims under the fire of the enemy. A mostimport,a.nt rneaswe has just been adopted. In Sept.,. 1854, the Emperor Yicholas declared the Government; of Kijeff in; a state •of war, and placed it under the juris diction of Gen era l G nitscbakoff. the C om mander-in-Chiee of the S.oth and o!i the troops in the Crimea. This ukase was founded on the fact of Russia being at war. After the orinferences of Vienna, Austria having dismisse:i po.rt of her array, it was thought that the state of war la the province", adjc.ining the Austrian frontiers would have ceased ; but such has not been the case as the Em peror AlevAtiler has just published another ukase, which says : ' At the present time, the conditions of affairs not having changed, we think it right to place the Govern-- runt of Kijeff, with all its war establishments, under the martial jurisdiction of the Commander-in-Chief of the active. army, Marshal Count Paskiewitch.' Another ukase has just ordered that the sons of persons in the service of the. State of officers .a n d employs on the retired li s t, and of widows shall.he exempt from military ser vice. This measure is, however, only applicable to one son in a family, and only to families whose fathers have by their tikrWes acquired the rights of bourgeoisie, or of personal nobility. Prince Wrase'neki, the author of so many libels against the Western Powers, has just been rewarded for his exertions by being appointed Secretary of Public Instruction. Some material change- , have lately taken place in the upper regions of the Govern ment of Poland. Senator Moraw,ki, who has resigned his post as Director of Finance on account of ill health, has been replaced by a Russian . . employ 6, 31. Lenski ; Senator Funduksej is appointed Controller General of the kingdom of Poland. M. Niepokjezycki, vice-pre sident of the'tlank of Poland, has been named President, in the room of M. Tymowski, who has been removed to other functions." .. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 14th, in the National Gazette of Berlin, states that, owing to the increased number of frontier forts, the Emperor of Russia has ordered the formation of . a special administration for the provisioning of the detached corps of Osenburg and of the fortresses of the steppes. The Frankfort Gazette des Postes contains a letter from Warsaw, 15th, which says :—" The approach ing arrival of the Grand Duke Nicholas has been indefinitely postponed, and the post of commander of the engineers of the army of she west, which was to have been filled by this prince, has been conferred upon Major-General Aureggio, younger brother of the general of the same name." THE BALTIC FLEET. OFF CRONSTADT, August 8 to 14.—For a period of five weeks the squadron, under the orders of Rear-Admiral Baynes, has remained at anchor off Tolboukin Lighthouse, in a state of comparative inactivity, unable to effect anything else than a strict blockade of Cronstadt, the shores in its vi cinity, and the demolition of some of the tele graph stations which form the link of communi cation with St. Petersburg. With the active operations at Sweaborg, the proceedings of the naval expedition of the two great Allied Powers will terminate, the season being too far advanced to attempt, with the probability of a successful result, an attack in any other important. quarter. Although the last few days have been tolerably fine, the state of the weather is so un settled that it cannot be depended on fcr two days successively. Nearly two manths have elapsed since the fleet assembled off this stronghold, and then it was soon ascertained to be unassailable for want of such a class of vessels as could approach its defences sufficiently close as to cause their destruc tion. They have been augmented two-fold sine( the autumn of 1854, and it may readily be inferred that during the ensuing winter Russian activity and ingenuity will be displayed in further adding to their strength to such a degree that, when we return next year fully prepared and determined to raze them to the ground, we ehall find it much more dif ficult to accomplish than at the present moment. Aug. 9.—A1l the ships crossed topgallant yards. Three Russian steamers came out of harbour on a guise along the,south shore, evidently as a squad - ron of observation, but keeping close under the land. The Swinger gun-boat fired several shot and shells at a telegraph station, but did not effectually, destroy it. The launch of the Hogue was sent away with a party of marines and blue jackets, Who landed, knocked down the telegraph staff, and set fire to the building on which it was erected, in the space of a few minutes, without any opposition on the part of the enemy. The gun-boat, with the launch in tow. then hauled off to her station. Aug. 10.—S;gnal made to go to general quarters, w ith permission to fire shot and shell at targets moored at conveni-nt distances. The Jackdaw con veyed a pier of officers to To b )uquin Lighthouse, wheretheylanded, returning to thefleetin the even ing. A merchant vessel, the Brunswick, of Mary port, last from Newcastle, freighted with provisions and wines, &c., for the officers' messes, and which sailed on the homeward voyage yesterday, unex pectedly returned in the afternoon. For doing so, the admiral severely reprimanded the master, or dered him to leave immediately, with an intima tion that he would be reported to the underwriters, and be made to forfeit his insurance. It was very imprudent of the master of the Brunswick to bring his vessel hack to the fleet, with which he had been allowed to remain for a week or ten days, to dispose of his freight, and which realised an ample profit. Aug. 11 and 12.—Beyond the ordinary dail3 Tontine there is nothing to record. Aug. 13.—The Hogue's boats and steam-tender Swinger destroyed two more telegraph stations. Tin boats in the fleet were hoisted out, manned and armed, and sent away for exercise. Having been thoroughly inspected they formed line abreast, and fired three rounds from their howitzers and smal! arms. The enemy perceiving the movement quickly sent out six gun-boats, one a very large one. The 3 were followed by five others, the whole forming into line of battle. The Imperieuse, Centaur, and Bulldog got up steam, shortened in cable, prepara tory to giving the Russians a warm reception, who, however, deemed it prudent, as usual, to put up their helms and return to port as fast as possible. At 5 p.m., there being an appearance of bad we ather setting in, topgallant masts and 3ards were sent down from aloft. Aug. 14.—Two of the gun-boats left for the island of Seskar at 10 a.m.' At noon a thunder storm burst over Cronstadt, followed by heavy squalls, the rain descending in torrents, with a .strong south-west breeze. The present anchorage beim , insecure, now that the winter season may la expected to set in, the squadron, with the ex ception of two or three ships, who will stand ofl and on the port, to watch the enemy's movements, will depart and take up a position near to Seskar, where -more shelf er is ifforded from the strong westerly gales which prevail at this period of the year. The b a rometer has fallen to 29. 944 , ant i there is every appearance of a prevalence of stormy weather, wind,. and rain. 'I he temperature is cool and bracing, Fahrenheit's thermometer in the open air being only 64°, - wind south-west, blow ing very fresh. The crews in the fleet are in a healthy state, as the following number of cases un der medical treatment will show, according to the returns made to-daY:—Colossus, 34 ; Royal George, 30 ; Caesar, 29 ; Orion, 25 ; Cressy, 24 ; Majestic, 25; Hogue, 20; Blenheim, 15; Nile, 17; James Watt, 14; Centaur, 19; Bulldog, 9; Lnperieuse, 32, The Royal Adelaide steam transport, No. 111, arrived at 5 p.m. from Nargen. She brought tin gratifying intelligence of the important victory gained by the allied squadron at Sweaborg. The English and French Admirals returned to Nar gen yesterday, with the whole of the ships. As soon as the weather moderates we proceed to Seskar to await orders. No' further operations on a lara 6 e Icale will he undertaken th is year. lam informed that the Orion and James Watt will leave for Eng land the latter end of next month, in charge of the and mortar vessels, and afterwards be sgetinnt-btomstthe Black Sea. AUSTRIA. The Gazette de la Bourse publishes the following from a letter, dated Vienna, 20th :—"Last Friday M. de Bourqueney had an interview with Count Buol. It is reported that this interview had re ference to fresh negotiations, which Austria had opened with the German Governments, in conse quence of the resolution of the Diet f 26th J uly. They say that before the sending off of the last cir cular despatch the assurance that the four point , would not be rejected as the basis of future nepo tiation had been received from Paris. Austria was desirous of satisfying herself further upon the four points before despatching the circular. M. de Bourqueney will leave Vienna for some weeks at the end of August. After the end of this month no more grain will be admitted without duty from Russian Poland by Snazovra. The Minister of Finance has stated that this permission had only existed up to the present time in virtue of a provi, sionary power." -ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS OF L.U.D. —An archery fête will be held by the members of this ancient order, at the Crystal Palace grounds, on Tuesday, the 28th inst., when several prtzPs will be given t ► the suc cessful competitors, and a medal,, struck at the Crystal Palace medal press, to comm-morate their visit. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMGTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. —Post Office—Mr. Matthew Austin has been appointed postmaster of Dunshalt, in the room o f Mr. Stewart. resigned. Ordnance Department- I Mr, John J. Lardner, of the London district, Tower, has been promoted from a junior clerkship to be third in spector of stores, vice Mr. J. Davies, resigned. Key ham Dockyard--Mr. George Turner, assistant master ship wright at Devonport Yard, has been appointed to Key ham Yard.. Mr. Churchward, clerk of the works for the Reybam Tunnel, has been appointed superintendent of w orts at Malta. Mr. James Macdonneil has been ap pointed superintendent engineer for the tunnel at Key ham, vice Churchward, Customs—Mr. James Morison, first-class tidewaiter, has been promoted to be tide sur veyor. Inland Revenue Department (Excise J3ranch)— Mr. John Harris, examiner, has been appointed super visor of Balleyrnoney. Mr. William John Townsend, officer of Chippin g Norton-ride, was, by minute of the 31st tilt., promoted to be officer of Yarmouth first divi sion.—Civil Service Gazette. LEEDS, Aug. 24.—We have no change to report in the woollen cloth trade. There has been a steady bth-l ness.tranaseted in the warehouses during the current week in seasonaLle goods for the borne market. Beavers, pilots, double milled cloths, tweeds, mantle cloths and cloakingis are most in demand at present. . LORD STANLEY TFIT M.:RAT-WY OF SESSIO S OF PARLIAMENT. Hi, The clefse-ef-a-Perliatia•enearteeeeree - _ - fittest opportunity for offering a few suggestions as - time of year when such sessions ought to begin and enn I have. nosyuapathy with that very . constitutionalscher• : of politicians which thinks that the finuseiirConiT_cuk ought to sit all the year round, or neatly so, as a . 0 4, upon the executive. On the-eontraryel beleve +bat P`Le lie interests are, on the whole, very sufficiently represotri;:i .by the press during the !lanai au necessary sttellenr legislative busine-s. An increase in the number re dat e . during which Parliament should sit would add littn! no the amount of work done, and certainly tendency to improve the manner of doing it. The fr i ,f ide ineident to a nine or ten mouths' session would e c' eo , many reenibers, too conecientionato leave their . dui giber would have 00 performed or helfperformed r and who, either from occupation or phy s i ca l wea k ness , could not devote the amount of time and att en ti o n in that case required. too err - already in' this country in the way of d e manding d 10 much from the b o dily str e ngth of public men , wi t doing so losSesome otherwise available talent: I Id be ou it think that to advance farther in that direction w recommended by any reasonable person ; besides wbr t he Ministers are to have seats in Parliament, and direct proceedings of the Legisletare, in addition to the rl gio ir mice of their own more immediate functions of " ti , re' tration, a recess of several months is indispensable bile vent one of two evils—either that of the work of P;e e d offices falling hopelessly in arrear, or of its being handed over—in reality, though not in nanie-by the reePn u ministeirto the irresponsible clerk. °r w ell. I assume, therefore, that there exists no general e, ei grounded desire to lengthen the session. To shorten the other hand, seems difficult; if not impossible. I , uste ueither course ; but accept its present duration- ow months on an average—as that which custom and c- •do !deuce sanction. The question which I would ra ise i°, we choose our time of sitting so as to suit either the P lie conveniene or own ? • s• England is, c to the best of my knowledge, the 0 ... °11 00 011 tion in the world whose most civilised inhabit au ,'"' ` p er their summer in towns, and retire to winter in t ue v ge• vinces. Every other country adopts a different ar,r e e 'vent. Nature and common sense tell us to eult%ood • ;i tbet set . pleasures of out-door life, of rural residence, or of et the time of year when days are long, when the we is warm, when trees and flowers are in full beanti'es-, when the heated atmosphere of a populous city bee ctsef at once unwholesome and disagreeable. On t he 1 0 4 hand, frost, snow, interrupted comnennicationsc, or/ nights, and short- gloomy days, naturally suggest se teivine and social habits; the assemblage of friends and ang, o sle, antes in a place where they may..meet.wi t h o ut tr" tbo se and the substitution . of artificial enjoyments fo,r doe which 'nature has ceased to afford us. A day of 'Twee (I write as an M.P ) divided between clubs and eoln, n3 e ," o st ss debates and drawing-rooms, may be enjoyed aw' ber se much, and employed to as good purpose, in Novein.do,ll/ in July. But no one, unless his tastes be very de ci „ tbe and exclusively those of a sportsman, will cornn tbe• pleasures of the country in January with thee!e w; country in J une. The question is one chiefly of,t`' se tflea does not bear much argument ; but if it were to ee e ,e s tle, now for the first time, apart from the influence of Pv.,040' custom, I believe that by three-fourths of the 91 0 affected it would be decided in favour of the chang e I Bri venture to suggest. s bOU I Briefly, whet I propose is this :—That Parlienie n e T o loor meet regularly, as near as possible, on the Ist of '00 1 ? ber. That it should sit for six weeks, adjourning Tbst the 15th of December, for three weeks or a niont b ",eiS it should resume its sittings not l a ter than the been January, by which two clear months would h as ' oc er" gained at the time wh en our sess i on usua lly comln e namely, the Ist of February. Deduct- those two Muoigst From the other end of the session, and Parliame nt , ' ste el be prorogued by the first or second week in June , 1° of the first or second week in August. ei'" e• I have treated this mainly as a matter of s ocioi eqt ee niece, but it may be looked at iu another light. Eo es l jobs and blunders which escape the vigilance of .Per.n e t e or the great bulk are perpetrated- during the last 0 1 0 0 six weeks of the session, when heat, weariness e e" ea rsl ractions of our brief summer have driven or drawn ,o,oe dl except some seventy or eighty members, Cle :, i sto ' jorit yof whom are oft e n official per,one. That t h r te i 0 0 of things is an abuse no one can doubt; it is adrin t d ied) , all hands. Ido not say that it can be entirely 1 1 1 10 for human energies will fail, and human zeal w,,,,tefet ' after a certain amount of continuous labour, at 01 7 0 th season perfor,,ied ; but the attendance would be for, bet' . the excuse for absence feebler, and bu s iness therek"ofre ter done, if every M.P. had before him the certainli, ter,'( lease before the middle of Jun e . As ma tters ste n ' to rr few constituencies will find serious fault with On e on , Tentative, evecially if he be an o ld or m iddle-ar', jiilP becoese on the plea of he a lth h e h as " pa i re d off ? Moreover, the intervention of a month's holidaYe, 'Log, gestetl, between the first and second acts of t he 8 :01° J. ,. will give a longer int erva l o f res t t h an i s n ow e ' t .'o o e o " -1 ,. The Easter holidays, in the plan proposed, w° ° '",,eile.; undisturbed • at Whitsuntid e none wou ld be nen e ',4 to "• I may be "The subject is one which OP left in the hands of ministers, party-leaders , 411 t s rf e who are entrusted with the management of P a rliani e d business" To such a criticism I reply, that l e4 eu e fe ls `' parties are precisely the last persons who can o ° o ll' originateetan alteration of this kind. They cannot e i ,,g .1.0 - yoke opposition or to los e support by thn 9w. fib' ideas that may chance to be 'unpopular among all 0 50 , e political friends. A question not, in any large el, poi'; tionally important, and not advantageous in a Pat:' l oo Je° of view; must be taken up by p r i va t e a nd intler - members, if meant to be carried through at all. iserr, e I may be met with an objection to disturb the 0 0 0 . and most laudable practice of family gatherings a ° ' mas• b't for these ample leisure is allowed bet ty 15th of December and the 15th of January. OP 1 It may be said that, ccnsiderinr , the class fro r l eos st' i Parliament is mainly recruited, the habits of fasces 0,14 life will interfere with such an alteration of seasons as I suggest. But what is called the " 01 , - soT, re,ulated by the session, not the session by the "L a s i en`,.l It is to the augmented assiduity of modern Par•L e el* e not to any change in the habits of the plea.sure-101"e01.0P ef the public that we owe the lengthening out of " 0 0 i estivities into ' the middle of summer. Fifty Yee ° session began nearly when it d oes - now ; b u t it rjitg June. The social nuisance of w hi c h we conlP' 9 "e;c ifl r ; being cooped up between walls of brick and mot tac oi e nearly all'the fine part of the year, isone ()Ignit e t origin. We who seek to aboli s h it are res t o rers, 13° „f vat The ors. be conduct of Parliamentary business will ; e :ti° , ' 1 ;1 ender the old as the new system. Ev en the pro 00u; the. budget at an earlier period than is now lis tyl e .te, l " eaus6 no inconvenience or derangement, excePt , h t ici'7; during the first year. It i s no t among wor king r a ril r ' whether in office or opposition that the present 005 0 teents will find supporters. I have conversel on O elP O ject with many members of all parties. and I h i ' v e e e sei elj e, heard any doubt ex.,ressed eithe r as t o the ion" e ' e lio4 lo e 1' the existing practice, or the p oss ibility of swo E r ° fr o Some argue, that though in times of eni ergener' s - ` iee ~"0 1 any question of interest presses, an a utumn se e sen",,l frequently been held, yet t hat th e ear li e r coin we ro to e be of Pat lianientary proceedin g s h as no t cau sed th e ,bicb earlier. They instance th e sess i on just clos&I -- : rel o o gan in December last, acrd also that of 18 2- t ter ,° ,„o6 hat the practice of meeting in autumn is, 38 i "0 tO 'Ol stand, excepti-nal and ir regu l ar . Th e object 1 0 ,,,ti' et , some partici) ar measere, or to la'ce the sense of t h e oleos representatives on the continued existence or : ; el or jo t No effort is made to push on th e or query hu . ' n e - e elPiod year; the budget, the esti ma t es , th e vo tes of s ae P e ' or taken at- the usual tim e , an d genera lly the w" . „ e eri e ee gained in advance is occupied by debates on eb r asf two topics. When we separated last year f o ' the mas holidays nothing had been done except tec,P.ll and conduct of the war, and to p ass th e Militia P l ' o ff Foreign Enlistment Bill. • srb'cb tither Lastly, and this is the only objection to tint n ee , „ e re assign any validity whatever, it may be entiy °fresh there is in the house a nrm=rous and va luable : n l . r e /. or whose love of spurt lads them to prefer, a w' Lt u e roto" , erd who must either sacrifice th e i r f a vourite P ore neglect their public duties. .„b s, If this were so it would be an argument of :ge! apes' I, therefore, go into the question a little in de„ $ 4, t rfrel by incideptally, and not as laying stress :1 10° ' vious fact that by keeping country gentlemen e olef i e t eelt their homes in summer, and thereby a i nr bi e t.nre t them to-reside there in- e inter, the Legr' e j, is a' Il e" encourages that particular kind of siert jurions both to agrioniture and to rural morallv`J o b ' r oof the preserving of hares and pheasants in log:, o f eP: e tel' t battues. But it true that the snaisemerneble . te rel" M.P.'s will be interfered with to any con,e'eese e F slk ... ; by n November meeting? Let us see how tue d de er beff, Scotch moors, with their peculiar pursuits. o lea v e yf ing and grouse shooting, are out of the queen, wil l Ist ° November. The lovers of those amusenr:on litho P:h"-e interfered with. Partridge shooting log di h"efor e b i o e September, and the best time for it is o ver ant' ter posed day of Parliament meeting, not 197:„Oc'e i month's recess at Christmas, Even fore 1 "i,;00,,,e 4 t , hares and rheasants two full months ail ' e ly, ber, half December, and half Jelin:ay. ;if of the year is . enough for theastime of a leg roen„ e , 'Les in practice, it is well .known that ve r y dec o now reside in the country until b?; less coming up at intervals for an ", l e ere or division. In this slack performannLble , or , , n s dividuals, though not abstractedly justitrijoe 4 0)0% harm to the public than many might ;l o se ~i. t hon Most of the business transacted by the r ee nen' i j o reen te t el is business of detail. Business of dee!' r ei tot risft. e me o degree of reticence•and patience, which o° o 3, b ° so tae t , l o ,l, assembly can one reasonably expect t° bee n dtO P t' t bef by 610 persons. If, as• in old times h as niv elle utv be.,,ji done, every member of the house were o '4 den' elitt7l and to remain present in his place, /gr e e e e w ge t , iv ' b e l ie! , much of the work which Parliamen t of 4- tfre would not remain altogether unperforillecoseonee,o 0 t :0 , am rather p Elating than vindicating ;e iSI: e 111 tbat A ter' it is enough for my purpose to say be in , 4 , 0 6, present time, and that it is not likely t" Fen' Ile creased by the change proposed. cludiniiing 1814 The question at issue is, in one c° , 1 0 0 ' le e 6 15t this-shall the apathy which makes ra e , sk of !%ieeln part from established custom, and the, re' f e w il i ee tere' t se interference with the amusement or_i' do fee stand in the way of a reform recommet ree en" o f Pots . of °tee if an ba 0 common sense, by the practice t itse h o se tp f tb wish of a large majority in Perliarne,l' n t an t, W AO O3 t fie larger number of persona not ii) Ptil - e l ; e d by o • joe i w t eet are indirectly, but powerfully , int!u' ma tter , 0 0 1 ' 0 0 1 members of the Leslenre ? The buttoi thOublie not ond of national importance, o f solo, o f p T orwes concerns the convenience and corn ES C b pez i o n n ess e, r t e h m at ai t n en v d , Aug. 24. surtoobi rnel.Prire7testehrveeacee;/,.x. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Knowsley, orl ° et be tea!' A N AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATR.--YeStel ~ trulY ', o'clock, one of those occurrence.; that sbow '''' f E' uncertainty of life took place in tamedcinity 0 _ 0 0 street, Folio. A labouring man Sullivv, :10 had just returned from hie work to dinner, fe ll 41 co ca he was in the act of wiping his hands, and instantn bee/ expired. He was about 45 years of age, and D 9 l ,,A e clicA a aid qu w iet, temperate, and well-conducted raso... otioct; as . at once procured, but life was (1("' e , f r o 0„ The pcor man had been for some titne suffer'llin of P disease Of the heart, and leaves a, fawily, congl.,%,ag• . 112 and four children. two of whom are WY -7,00,0ce: THE LATE MR. PATRIC PARE. --The circiwbis deSV P under which this dielinguished iirtis: cam e " cfe ri 6ti :, were wii s t omewb . at peculiar, and we tuns - saY t, ll B " s r -7 - rriog t e `l- ; s standing at the railway Tistatl,i 3 h mi er 3f ' c oe d h I saw a norter t-truggliog to get up "''' i: s ter i r LI his utaial impulsive, elier etic mto"er' "Lture",t," lot ward to assist ho', and in the grill be r" P o n ty a blood-vessel. The accident terminated fatAlig fourth day.—Scotsman. • A --.' • `, \~ 13