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_ IlkiPaIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. , The SPEASE R the Chair shortly after Twelve eicek. The f THIRD READINGS. ollowing Bills were read a third time and passed : Commercial-real (comprising the Cannon-street-roads, the C ommercial -road, the Horseferry Branch of Road, the East India Dock-road, and the Barkilig-road). Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company. Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from the Master bakers of the city of London, against the Sale of Bread Bill. Mr. HEN LEY presented a petition from Oxford, Praying for an alteration of the Beer Act. SUPPLY. ! M r. BERNAL b roug h t up the report on the Com mittee of Supply, which was agreed to. ES TATES LEASING (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the que,tion that this Bill be read a third time. Mr. REYNOLDS again expressed his regret that the Gover nment had not d eeme d it necessary to ass i m il a t e the mui i.ipal privileges of I'eland to those of England. p e gave not i ce that early next session he would move or le ave to introduce a Bill on the subject. Mr. SADL EIR wished to know whether it was the inten.ion of Government to introduce a Bill next session to extend municipal privi eg es in Ireland. Si r W. SOMERVILLE said the matter was under consideration, but he could not pledge the Government to introduce a Bill on the subject. After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr. W. ZATTEN, Mr. J. O'CONNELL also expressed a desire that the Municipal privile ges o f I re l an d should be placed on the same footing as those of England. Mr. HAMILTON hoped the passing of the Bill would prove satisfactery to the parties who had so long been agitating the - question of municipal reform in Ireland. The Rill was read a third time and passed. S MALL DEBTS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This that it d ill was read a thi r d t i me . O n the question Mr. 0 pass, -1-11ORNELY asked if the power of granting coin pebeation tinder this Bill rested with the Treasury, that be Was, ihad the T reasury the power of fixing the sum to In the affirmative. The Bill was then passed. STOCK-IN-TRADE BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time. Sir H. W. BARRON said it was unjust to make one single species of property support all local taxation, and therefore thought it his duty to enter his protest against it. As, however, at that late period of the session, every one was desirous that no division should take place unless it was likely to be profitable and useful, .he would not divide the House upon the Bill. After a short discussion, with reference to such a privilege being extended to Ireland, in which Mr. Law, Mr. F. French, Col. Dunne, and Mr. Anstey took part the motion was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time. REGIMENTAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES BILL. Oa the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. HENLEY said the Bill had passed through its various stages with great rapidity without one word of explanation being given w i t h respect to the object which it was contemplated to effect. He was desirous, there fore, th a t t h e G overnment should postpone it for a day or two, in order that Members might make some inquiry with respect to it; otherwise, he should consider it his duty to take the sense of the House upon it, be cause it proposed to deal with private property in a way 'which was entirely unusual. late Mr. F. MAULE said, he could hardly consen t, a t thi s period ot t session, to postpone the measure. I had received the he entire approval of the Commander-in t Net, and it was considered necessary on three grounds; first, b ecause these regimental benefit societies were thought, t o a certain extent, subversive of military dis cto ip a line in ertaitnhe army ; secon dl y, b ecause they interfered banks ; exten t with the establishment of savings' them were d .irda extant with all parties connected with such . . estrous that they should be brought under those which were contained in this Bill,bee HENLEY said th a t thi s Bill wou l d b e an invasion rights the sort of persons interested in other societie s of the sort already established. It was not the ,Ftl!toni of that House to deal with the property of private Individuals without their previous consent. .Mr. FOX MAIJLE explained that the Bill only dealt With. benefit societies, and not with charitable societies. plea DE LACY EVANS said that he was much ppneetinsteiedrhwenit,h the attention paid to this Bill by the Hon. but he thought it better to leave the matter 1 the hands of the Secretary of W ar . e ad a thi r d r After a few words from C o l. DUNNE t h e B i ll was time and passed. re p he Enlistment a (Artillery and Ordna nce ) Bill was IN third time and p asse d. CUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL ti O n, n. the consideration of the Lords' amendment to this ieThe.SOLICITOR-GENERAL proposed some verbal alterations . . titer-General R. W. BARRON called the attention of the Soli• to a grievance und er t hi s Bill , which he Learned sure had escaped th e attention of' the Hon. and h ad fled Gentlem an . The commissioners under this Act Power t o sell an estate which, perhaps, might bring in -11Lacosne of 2,0001. a year if it hada debt of 2001. upon it. SADLEIR had to express his regret that the twenty-second„ Clause had been added to the Bill. He imn u i d eaten the s l o o r n r g y it these projected commissioners were It ' ve n the Power to proceed to a peremptory sale of an as the owner managed to keep up the PaYment of the interest on the incumbrances on the co e state, li e thought cases would occur in which the mmissioners would proceed to such peremptory 84 , 1 c of an i ncum b ered estate under circumstances iwcich would b e pecul i arly hard to the owner of the 4 Ni- pas Besid es , t h e most disturbed district in Ireland Practically excluded from the operation of the in• tended Commission. It was too late now to remedy the Nl°Mission but in the next session of Parliament he would the attention of the House to the desirability of cringin g t h at d i strict within the operation of the Bill. The Solicitor. General had more than once confessed that his want of local knowledge of the coun try and the circumstances of Ireland had to a certain extent incapacitated him from legislating for that country. That confession did the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's candour great credit; and he (Mr. Sadleir) hoped that, in filling up the proposed Commission, he would select gentlemen resident in Ireland, irrespective of their politics, whose best qualification for carrying out the objects of the Bill would be their intimate and extensive knowledge of the unwritten law of the country. Colonel DUNNE complained that a Bill of thi s im portance, which proposed to deal with the whole of the landed property, was brought forward during a morning sitting, when 53 many of the Irish Members were absent. Surely t hi s was a mean use of the subservient majority ?by f the Government. The amendment proposed the Lords was at least calculated to pre Eerve some of the property of Ireland; but the amendment proposed at the table to-day was of a different spirit. He should oppose the Bill, and support the amendment of the Lords. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN spoke in opposition to the amendment, The SOLI CITOR- GENERAL said the object of the till was to enable estates to pay off incumbrances, which could not be done under the present law. hetMr. REY NOLDS was opposed to the L o rd s ' amen d• , on th e ground that it would not only embarrass ad ministrati on o f this excellent Bill, but render it nugatory altogether Sir the O'BRIEN held °Pe held that th e amendment would n door to fraud. he house then divided on the amendment, when there appeared_ For the Solicitor -General's amendment 84 Against it .. 0 -. ••• ••• ••• • Majority for the amendment ..• —B4 The SOLICITOR -GENERAL then moved the in atertion of the wo rd nett, instead of the word gross, in he same clause amended by the Lords. After some observationsfrom Mr. HENLEY, Mr. SADLEIRsaid he was at a loss to know in what manner the n ett incom e was to be ascertained. He was claus hi hopes the Go vernment would have rejected the e. Major stood. BLACKHA LL supported th e c l ause as i t teaBRIGHT thought it would have been better for overnment to reject the clause introduced by the Lo into the Bill, but certainly the clause would be improved by the suggestion of the Solicitor-General. Mr. GROGAN supported the clause as it stood. Mr. F. FRENCH also supported the clause. Mr. REYNOLDS thought the introduction of this clause had rendered the Bill less valuable than when it Was sent up to the Lords, but the word " nett," ,c)Pinion, was a far better word than g• gross." Although Le entertained great respect for the other branch of the Legislature, he bhould have esteemed them more had in his tlaey abstained from introducing this clause. Colonel DUNNE, Clause, and should on the ot h er hand, approved of the The am end vote for it s continuance. went was then agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) .-- MET,"" -MEETING AT BRADFORD. --THE AFFAIRS OF HUN GARY AND ROmE.-A meeting of the inhabitants of Temperance Bradford, convened by the Mayor (Titus Salt, Esq.), was held in the Hall, on Tuesday evening; Alderman Forbes took the chair. Resolutions were adopted calling upon tho Government to exercise it- in fluence for the esteblisbment of free institutions in Rome, and deprecatin g the recent armed i ntervention by the French —expressing sympathy with the Hungarians in their present struggle, and adopting a memorial to her Majesty's Government, cabin°. their attention to a con • dicier of affairs threatening the public liberties. Several speeches wire made in support of these resolutions; and after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman, the Meeting separated. TILE NIAST MARKET AT BILLINGSGATR.--Yester day operation s were commenced in mAking the proposed itnproe I new market at Billingsgate. 'The dock which was ginerally occupied by the small fishie yste boats is to be filled in eu a lc vel with thepresent mar ko. A more ex:eesive and improved rooting will be adoptcl, and the whole area will be properly and con of the prin verliently arranged with stalks, &c., worthy eipul fish rntrlcct of !he grew metropolis. It is sdni that the surn required in ei.mpletin 4 the iii:prevernents sill % Mount to bet , cee n 20 MO/. alio 30,0001. I'oRTsMoUTII, JULY 18.—T to Sa n F rancisco be Louisa, from L ou d on ch ar , which put in h ere 11th inst., is dis ging part of her cargo, being too deep. NCJ. WAY. d 50 au Nlarson) I of Law- 0 •• ch, h fi, A Liles. (E ntn.s). rter. st), best DO' and a put° !bottom) ; ft, and 5v walked ove r Two n3des., (Few]) ; )AY. and 5 01 1 ; m ite eta'. :Rvers) ... -5 ''' 4 :ountess, 6 " di' ch, and 25 T.Y.C. 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The very circumstance that this excellent little treatise has already gone through seven editions is sufficient to demonstrate that it has spoken to the purpose, and that, too, in reference to no mere fanciful or impracticable project. Our only astonishment is that it remained for Mr. John Harvey to point out the advisability of such a great national undertaking as that of constructing an asylum harbour for Port land Roads ; or, that the proposition having been once made, the scheme has not long since been carried into effect through the instrumentality of the Government. While France has accom plished such a glorious work as that com menced by Louis XV. at Cherbourg, England, the greatest maritime nation in the world, has remained idle as far as any emulative movement is concerned. This fact must be of no longer duration. The administrators of Great Britain must recognize the necessity of undertaking some such magnificent labour, especially when it is certain that thousands would thereby obtain profitable employment during five years at least, the smallest period of the most sanguine computation. We cannot but think that the spot selected by the author of this intelligent pamphlet is, for a variety of reasons, about the best that could have been chosen along the whole length of our coasts. Portland Roads afford ing, as every mariner knows, either by repute or experience, an admirable anchorage, and consisting principally of strong blue clay, with scarcely any tide whatever, would manifestly be a most suitable re gion for the establishment of such an asylum har bour. As to the capacity of the coast there abouts to afford shelter to vessels it is only necessary to observe that there would be ample room for a fleet of sixty sail of the line to ride at anchor "during every vicissitude of winds and weather." The projector suggests that the length of the breakwater should be somewhere about two miles and a quarter, for this reason, that it would thus completely screen Weymouth pier, harbour, and bathing-place whenever it might blow hard from the south-east. We cannot detect, indeed, throughout the whole of the brochure one single proposition not based upon an adequate necessity. Everything unites to force this scheme just now upon the attention or the public, and upon the acceptance of the Govern ment. FINE ARTS. - PORTRAIT OF LORD BROUGHAM. M. Claudet has just published a portrait of Lord Brougham, lithographed by W. Bosley, from the Daguerreotype taken by M. Claudet himself. Never have we see❑ so striking a likeness as this. The mind is mirrored in the features, and the expression of intellectual activity has been admi rably caught. As a life-like likeness this portrair is superior even to that of the Duke of Wellington. Every admirer of Lord Brougham should possess this portrait. It is the man himself CITY ELECTION Yesterday a deputation from the committee of Liberal electors, headed by Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., waited upon the Lord Mayor, to learn his Intentions respecting the approaching election for the City. Mr. SNITH said, that as his Lordship had not pub lished any address to the electors, some uncertainty prevailed as to whether it was his intention to become a candidate; and, although the committee were well uc qusinted with his Lordship's opinions upon the great public questions of the day, as exhibited in his Perlis mentary career, yet, as the representatives of a nume rous body of electors who had taken a prominent part in the contests for the City, and particularly the last two struggles, they had telt it right to ascertain what course his Lordship would pursue if elected, particularly in reference to what appeared to them to be the paramount question of the day—he meant the crowning act ot re ligious freedom—the removal of Jewish disabilities. The deputation were not authorised, wilout returning to the committee, to pledge the body to any course of action in his Lordship's favour; but it was right to say, that it his Lordship's opinions were coincident with their own, particularly upon the matter to which they espscially referred, it would be most acceptable if his Lordship would give his sentiments on that subject a prominent place in his address to the electors. The LORD MAyon said, in answer to the first question, he bad no hesitation in saying that, great as he felt the honour would be of representing this great city in Par liament, it had not been originally sought by him. As soon as the vacancy had become known he had been solicited by a number of influential gentlemen to become a candidate. He had accepted the invitation, and it was of course now no matter of doubt or question whether he should act in conformity with the engagement into which he had entered. He was of course most anxious to obtain the support of so large and powerful a body of electors as the deputation represented, but it was im possible for him to pledge himself as to the form of his address. He could not have the slightest objection to answer any questions the deputation might think proper to put to him as to his opinions upon any subject. In regard to the question cf the removal of the political disabilities which still pressed upon his Jewish fellow subjects, he thought his best answer would be found in the recorded votes he had given in Parliament. He had for twelve years represented a constituency pre-emi• nently distinguished for their attachment to the great principles of civil and religious liberty. He had ob tained the approbation of his constituents by the uniform support he had given to those principles in the House of Commons. H. had voted upon all occasions for the full and tree emancipation of the Jews, and his future conduct would be governed by the same principles which had marked his past career. Events had recently occurred calculated to give increasing importance to that great question, and it was impossible for him not to take still greater interest in a cause which had been sustained with so much ardour and consistency by the electors of the City, or to omit to promote by aey exertion in his power the success of the electors in the struggle in which they were at present engaged. Mr. SMITH assured the Lord Mayor that, in fulfilling the duty which had been devolved upon him by the com mittee, to ask his Lordship's opinions upon two or three other subjects, it must not be taken as an indication of any doubt on his or their part of the sincerity of his Lordship's professions; much less mu-t it be interpreted n t e t r i r m e o f r o e freedom s o t p a s c t t h i o b o u g t h t m t e o r y k e t o i n e into any d es i re to i nterfere in the slightest degree with ey t n h a e b I p e r e them t h to is d e e emergency. They desired to learn from his Lordshi p re what co urse it was hi s intention to pursue in r free trade to the extension of the crettehisee.eaendceeletoe whether his Lordship would be favourable to the amend ment of the municipal institutions of the City in con formity with the improving spirit of the age? The LORD MAYOR said that in regard to free trade he must again refer to his past conduct as the rule of his future actions. He had always supported the leading principles of free trade, and should continue to support them. He had been subjected in 1841 to one ot the most severe contests in Boston, in consequence of the course he had thought proper to adopt on the question of the corn-laws. He had voted with Lord John Russell for a fixed duty, and he had afterwards voted for the repeal of the corn laws altogether. He had always voted in Parliamens for the extension of the franchise, and the day preceding he had attended in his place in the House of Commons to support the third reading of a Bill which would considerably enlarge the number of the municipal voters for the City. The electors might assure them selves that if he was elected he should take care that his position as an alderman should not in any respect inter fere with the discharge of his duties as their repre sentative. The gentlemen of the deputation expressed themselves much gratified by the Crank and explicit manna. in which the Lord Mayor had stated his opinions upon the various topics of discussion, and they retired to commu nicate the result to the committee they represented. MEETING OF THE LIBERALS. At a meeting of the Liberal electors of the city of London, at their rooms in Charlotte-row, a deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Abel Smith, Mr. Dillon, and other influential members of the association, was appointed to wait upon the Lord Mayor, to ascertain whether he in tended to become a candidate. The deputation returned with the assurance that his Lordship had written a fare well address to his friends at Boston, having accepted a requisition from the electors of London. They likewise reported that the Lord Mayor had explained his opinions upon the leadi ng su bj ects of the day, and expressed his entire concurrence in the course pursued by the electors for the return of Baron Rothschild, for whom he had voted at the recent election as soon as the poll commenced. The meeting then passed a reso l ut i on declaratory of their intention to give his Lordship their support. REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON, THURSDAY, P.3l.—The retirement of Sir James Duke from the representation of this borough has taken us by surprise. At present no address has been issued, though there appears little doubt but that Mr. D. W. Wire will be again brought forward by the Ultra-Radical and Dissenting party. The moderate Whigs, the supporters of Sir James Duke, will not unite with Mr. Wire, and in all probability the Hon. Dudley Pelham (brother of the Earl of Yarborough) will b e in duced to contest the vacant seat upon "Lthero-Conser vative" principles; there will be little doubt of his re turn. The Conservatives talk of bringing forward either Sir Henry Eilis or Mr. James Banks Stanhope, late Sheriff of the county, on Protkctionist principles. Captain Pelham will receive the support of the Tory party should not a Conservative come forward. 8 30 P.M.—Captain Pelham has just issued an address, stating his readiness to stand the poll. CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—This company is making active preparations to open that portion of the line completed to the public by the Ist August. On Wednesday a beautiful engine, called the Whirlwind, and three omnibuses arrived from England; a second engine is expected immediately. It is intended to convey the passengers by omnibus to the station at 1341 1inhassig, wh. nce they will be conveyed by rail to Baudou, and from that town to this city in the same manner. The company are about making contracts for the hcrsing of omnibuses, the journey between the aficea of the company on the South Mad teucl the station at liallintiahsie to be pet iorhied .ithin ou,- hour. The ttlith Will run from thence to Bauduu to fitteen minutes. — Cork COIIB titution, sepie more a man has to do, the more he finds him capable of doing, eren be)ond the direct (5 k.-- Eliza Coon's Journal. TgrlN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1849 THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. Nonwecer. JULY 18.-This morning as early as eight o'clock the implement-yard was thrown open to the public fur inspection, and immediately became the con're of attraction to the vast body of farmers and agricultu rists now assembled in Norwich. The weather, after several three.; ening showers during last night, proved exceedingly propitious, and the concentration of the ex hibition in m two days instead of three had the effect of stimulating curiosity to a high degree. On entering the yard the spectacle presented there differed in no materiel way from that of former meetings. A vast array of implements was seen stretched upon the ground under the long parallel sheds, all arranged in the stands of their respective owners, and labelled with the utmost precision. There they lay in every variety of paint that the agricultural taste delights in, more formidable by far in appearance than a park of artillery, and equipped, as the uninformed spectator would imagine, to wage a re lentless war with mother earth. In their manufacture iron and wood appear to be combined for the most cruel and persecuting purposes, nor does the creation of good out of evil scorn more wonderful than that these imple !runts, dreadful in name and still more terrible in aspect, should, after all, be but the kindly ministers for de veloping the bounties of nature to man, and the :gentle violence which we put upon her for her own good and ours. On looking at the show with a closer and more ob. servant eye, several remarkable features detelope them selves, which prove that the great improvement in this department which has gradually been taking place since the formation of the society has not yet reached its cli max. In the first place, the number of contributieus has increased, and the show has indisputably the advantage, if such it be, of quantity. A surprising amount of im plements have been brought forward for exhibition, and the whole conveys a feeling of surprised to the mind at the immense demand which must now exist for mecha nical facilities in the operations of husbandry, and the extraordinary success which has crown , d the efforts of so many ingenious manufacturers in ministering to that demand. It is undoubtedly most important that the qnes ;ion between the society and the implement makers should soon be determined, as to whether this depart ment of the show shall be in reality an " exposition," or a bazaar; but one thing is quite clear, that the latter are now a very independent b ,dy, full of all the energy and ingenuity which constitute the life of trade, and that it would be very difficult indeed for the society to adopt any course which could do them a serious or permanent injury. The second point that must strike a visitor to the present show is the increased practical and economic character of everything exhi nite,cl therein. There is an almost total abandonment of mechanical combinations which serve admirably to illus trate the ingenuity of their inventors, but are little suited to the use and purse of the farmer. The strain of competition is thrown in the right direction. The application of steam-power to the purposes of agricul ture, the improvement of the thrashing-machine, the draining tile-machine, the drill, and the plough, the in troduction of the best carts, waggons, chaffcutters, and grinding-mills-these are among the principal objects to which not only the prizes of the society have been Afeted, but to which the great mass of contributors appear to have given their attention. In the portable steam-engine department especially this was remark able, no less than eighteen engines being exhibited for competition, and all of them displaying merits highly creditable to their exhibitors. Another point which is very observable in this show is the manner in which by degrees each implement-maker has thrown all his ener gies into one department of his business, and has filled his stand with articles which have more or less a re ference to a particular section in the range of agri cultural processes. This is the gradual approach in a new manufacture to that division of labour on which excellence in a great measure depends. It is interesting in this respect to observe in the .ociety's show yard signs that the agricultural implement makers are moving in the right direction, and that their employment is gradually asiarilating itself to the practice of the other branches of our national industry. The last observation of a general character which struck us in our harried survey of the yard this morning was that most of the principal prizes awarded were not for new implements, but for skilful improvements and adapta tions of old ones, and in many instances for articles that had already repeatedly won prizes from the society. I'his is certainly by no means a discouraging sign of progress; for, however startling novelty may be, it is by • long, and perhaps tedious process, of judicious etneuda tiou that nearly all our most valuable mechanical results nave been acquired, and the improvement of instruments to which habit has reconciled them is tar more likely to go down with the farming community than any new fangled inventions. It is also to be remembered that the longer the manufacture of an article is continued, the more likely is the cost of its production to be reduced, and that the proper extension of those aids which ma chinery affords to the agricultural classes must neces sarily depend upon the price at which such aids can be purchased. Altogether the society may be safely con gratulated upon the character of this department of their great annual show; the merits of the admirable arrange ments observable therein rest principally with Mr. Brandreth Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs has his exhibition of seeds as usual, within the yard ; and this part of the show attracted considerable attention. Turning from the character of the exhibition to the labours of the judges and the results at which they ar rived, it appears acknowledged on all hands that those gentlemen subjected the vast collection of implements un which they were called to arbitrate to the fairest, lullest, and strictest tests, and that their awards were made with remarkable impartiality. Their names are- Mr. Parsons, Mr. Curr, Mr: Lister, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Nalder, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Love. They were assisted by Messrs. Easton and Amos, the consulting engineers, and have been busily engaged since Thursday last in discharging their onerous and not very agreeable duties. The following is the list of prizes awarded by them:- For the plough best adapted to heavy land, 51.-Messrs Williams and Taylor. For the plough best adapted to light land, 51.-Mr. Howard. For the plough best adapted for general purposes, 51. -Mr. Ball. For the best paring plough, 51.-Mr. Kilby. For the best subsoil pulverizer, 51.-Mr. IJomins. For the best drill for general purposes, 151.-Mr. Hornsby. For the best corn-drill, 101.-Messrs. Garrett. For the best turnip-drill on the flat, 10L-Mr. Hornsby. For the best turnip-drill on the ridge, 101.-Messrs. S h FE u oo t t rr i e tt eeo rbt besthe.s Garrett. For the best drop drill, for depositing seed and ma th For r h r itnthgheeos second ma nure, lin-Messrs. Garrett. For the best manure distributer, 51.-Mr. Crosskill. e best on d other p b o e r s t ta ditto , b agriculturall portable stea m -en gine2sl.purpose s , Ai e ssr scoily applicable to Garrett. s. portablegrinding thrashing;mil mill osrsr 81.) horse or steam power, 251. Me machine applicable to t e ssrra G e,a a t ri inu e 3g t . t t . o produce Eor th into t b o es f itnleinsme a g ricultural stMoh Clayton s t as t i nr e sd . . meal, and corn-crusher, SL-Messrs. Shuttle worth, and Co. Ilurwood and Turner. For the best chaff-cutter, 101.-Mr. John Cornea. For the best turnip-cutter, 51.-Executors of the late James Gardner. For the best oilcake-breaker. 5/.-Mr. Nicholson. For the best one- horse cart, 101.-Mr. Crosskill. For the best harvest cart, 101.-Mr. Crosskill. For the best waggon, 101-Mr. Crosskill. For the best machine for making draining-tiles or pipes, 201.-Mr. Whitehead. For the best set of tools for general draining, 31.- Messrs. Al:TOO:leek and Lowe. For the best heavy harrow, 51.-Messrs. Williams and Taylor. Fur the best light harrow, 51.-Messrs. Williams and Taylor. For the best Norwegian barrow, W.-Messrs. Stratton, Hughes, and Co. Fur the best scarifier, 101.-Messrs. Ransome and May. Fur the best cultivator or grubber, 101-Messrs. Smith and Co. (of Stamford). For the best horse hoe on the flat, 101.-Messrs. Garrett. For the best horse hose on the ridge, 51.-Mr. Busby. For the best horse rake, 51.-Messrs. Williams and Taylor. For the best hand-dibbler, 31.-Dr. Newington. For the best barrow hand-drill, to work with cups, 3/. -Mr. Holmes. For the best liquid manure distributor, 5/.-Messrs. R. and J. Reeves. For the best haymaking machine, SL-Messrs. Smith and Co. (of Stamford). For the best gorse bruiser, SL-Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Andrews. Fur the best and most economical steaming apparatus for general purposes, 5/.-Mr. Stanley. The following is the description of the different imple ments for which prizes were awarded, in the order in which they are given in the foregoing list:- Stand 122, No. 11.-A patent wrought-iron plough, with two wheels. A strong iron plough, is fitted as a swing or wheel plough, for two, three, or four horses. The inventor has made several improvements in this plough-the mould-board, or furrow-turner, is new, the bearings of which have au equal pressure from point of share to heel of breast, which gives lightness of draught, and also causes the furrow-slice to turn over without breaking. Stand 37, No. 5.-A patent iron plough, with two wheels, with a new method of fixing them. It is suffi ciently strong for the general work of farms, where two horses are only used to a plough. Stand 98, No. 2.-An iron plough, for light land, and constructed as light as possible, combined with strength. It has two furrow -turners, one of sheer steel, and the other a cast one. Stand 86, any depth required, No. 2.-A turf and stubble raring - ploughs adapt e d f ur from 1 to 3 inches, and 14 inche s w id e. I t l ays t h e tur f i n a cur l, th e best pos sible fo rm f or drying, as a current o f a i r passes do w n the curl as through a tube, and the turf is thus very soon in a fit state to burn. This implement may be worked with a pair or three horses, according to the nature of the land and the depth required. Stand 18, No. 6.--A subsoil pulverizer, made of iron, very light in draught, combined with great strength. It will pulverize from 3 to 13 inches in depth below the common furrow ; w ill work well in all sorts of l an d which cif seaplaarl capable e o o r the depot of being pu p that ulverized e d a; b a e nd re may required. b d e , worked by two, three, or tout horses, a c co r din g to the roughness of t las Steed 65, No. 1-A °rill inaehine for corn and general purpo ses; fitted as a ten-coulter corn, seed , an d m anure manure drill, a nt i 11 -coulter corn and seed drill, capable of depositing a l arge . or small quantity of compost, bons, u guano, or any other pulverized manure in a moist or dry state, the manure part being so arranged as to use two depositing barrels, one much smeller than those in com mon use for small quantities of guano, &c., the other the regular size for compost, &c., with stirrers in the ma nure part, with rotary motion, and lever to put them in or out of action, as the drill travels. By the use of the stir rers, and the front of the manure box moving inward by a lever, the whole of the manure can be delivered with out the assistance of a person pottering. Stand 81, No. 10.—An 11-row lever corn drill, adapted for drilling corn and seeds of all kinds, and is fitted with an improved parallel swing steerage, to ena ble the man to guide the coulters independent of the horses. With this steerage the coulters will remain wherever swerved to, and are always kept a uniform depth in the soil. Stand 65, No. 3.—A six. row drill for turnip seed mattgoldwurzl, and manure, the manure part being so arranged as to use two depositing barrels, one much smaller than those in common use for small quantities of guano, &c., the other regular size for a larger quantity of compost, &C., with stirrers in the manure part, with rotary motion, and lever to put them in or out of ac tion as the drill travels. By the use of the stirrers, and the front of the manure box moving inwards by a lever, thea of a person whole of the m e an o u n re p c o a t n tur b ig be delivered without the assistance actioned iron levers ; th e manure an d ais s o eed v . i c t o h ult d :r m s t' a l c " t independently of each oth er , so that a large quantity of coarse badly prepared compost can be deposited deep, and cove red up, and the seed fleet immediately after, or the manure and seed together, it required. Stand turnips,N o. B m —a nAg )lau patent . r z. i two td row• no t depositing compost, guano, or well r o tt e d f a rm yard manure, en ridge ploughed lands. I t i s ma d e w ith improved levers, the same as the precedin g , f or tter covering the ma nure and seed with soil. The concave rollers are placed behind the manure coulters instead of before, as heretofore, for the better formation of the ridge, and may be raised out of work at the end of the field, or when travelling on the road. The depositing coulters and rolls are independent of each other, and adjust them selves as required to the irregularities of the surface. Stand 81, No. 9.—A patent drop drilling machine for flat and ridge work, dropping the manure at any re quired intervals and depth, and covering it with mould; and dropping the seed in any minute quantities directly over the manure, leaving a portion of mould between them. Both manure and seed may be regulated to the greatest nicety. It may also be converted into a good broadcast manure-distributor by removing the levers. Stand 26, No. 51.—A broadcast portable manure-drill, or distributor, for sowing goo', lime, salt, ashes, guano, &e. This drill distributes manure broadcast by means of a fluted roller; the drill box will contain eight bushels of portable manure, and is six feet in width; the quan tity is regulated by placing the drill-box in a vertical or horizontal position, and by changing the cog wheels. Stand 81, No. 22.—A six horse power portable steam engine, for driving thrashing, dressing, and grinding machines, vegetable and chaff cutters, crushers of all descriptions, circular saws, and all kinds of stationary work on a farm. It is constructed with a tubular boiler. The horizontal plates of the boiler are f in. thick, and tube heads !?-, in.; quality, best Staffordshire iron; diameter of cylinder, 8f in.; length of stroke, 16 in.; the crank shaft makes 100 revolutions per minute, and is 3/ in. in diameter; made of best fagotted wrought iron. The diameter of fly-wheel, which an swers for driving pulley, is six feet, and weight 6 cwt. 2 qr. 1 lb. 100 lb. of coal are requisite to get up the steam to 40 lb per inch in an hour. and 38 lb. per hour to keep it in full work. Stand 5, No. 2—A seven-horse power portable steam engine, with improved tubular boiler; the cylinder is 8i inches in diameter and 12 inches stroke; the crank shaft is made of best wrought iron, 24 inches in diameter, and makes 115 revolutions per minute; diameter of flywheel, which serves as the driving pulley, 5 feet; weight of ditto 5 cwt. The boiler is made of Page's best plates, 5-16ths of an inch thick, except the tube plates, which are half an inch thick; the cylindrical part is felted and lagged; it will occupy 40 minutes and consume 501 b. of coal to raise steam to a pressure of 451 b. upon the square I inch; consumption of fuel when working as a 7-horse power is 701 b. per hour; the whole is mounted upon tour iron wheels, and weighs 62 cwt. Stand 81, No. 23—A bolting thrashing machine for steam or horse power, for the purpose of thrashing grain of all kinds perfectly clean without injury to the straw or corn. It is constructed with an improved drum, whereby the quantity thrashed in a given time is more than with the usual bolting machine, and the work equally as good. The diameter of the drum is 21 iuches, and length 52 inches, making 1,120 revolutions per minute by steam power with an 8 inch pulley on the drum shaft, and driven by a gutta percha band. The same barn or thrashing part may also be applied to horse power, the diameter of the walk being 21 feet, and the drum in this case making 900 revolutions per minute with fbur horses. Stand 5, No. 7.—A pair of portable millstones, driven by steam-power, 2 feet eight inches in diameter, fixed in a metal cylindrical frame 3 feet 6 inches in diameter, 4 feet 7 inches high from floor to the top of bed stone, and suitable for agricultural purposes generally. Stand 107, No. 3.—A roller mill forcrushing corn and linseed, driven at the rate of from 60 to 70 revolutions per minute, and worked by either manual or steam power, and it is driven by a strap; the diameter of the pulley on the spindle is 20 inches. The momentum of the large roller acts as a flywheel. Stand 78, No. 7.—A chaff-cutting machine, with 3 knives. worked by steam or horse-power, and making five different lengths of chaff, viz, four for horses, cat tle, or sheep, and one length of four inches for litter; where a large stock of cattle are kept, it is considered a great advantage, the straw being sooner converted into manure. It is fitted up with safety registered rollers, and will cut gorse, furze, or whine, as well as hay and straw. Stand 8, No. 2. —A patent turnip-cutting machine, with 26 knives for sheep and 8 knives for beasts. This machine is made on the same principle as No. 1; adapted for cutting pieces of two different stzks by reversing the motion of the flywheel. By turning the handle in one direction 26 knives are brought into operation, cutting slices three quarters of an inch wide by half an inch thick, for sheep; whilst in the opposite direction pieces are cut 21 inches wide by five-eights of an inch thick, with eight knives, for beasts. Stand 113. No. I.—A machine for breaking oilcake for beasts and sheep, easy to work, and having a sinipe and effectual arrangement for varying the distance be tween the rollers, by which they are always kept pc rallel, the alterations being made with the greatest faci lity, without any possibility of getting out of order. Stand 26, No. 38.—A combined harvest-cart, and Scotch cart; light built, with a long, broad, and low body; the harvest body may be removed, and, when ne cessary, the common Scotch cart body mounted on the same wheels and axle, and thus adapted for general farm work throughout the year. Stand 26, No. 28.—An improved waggon, made light and strong, having a circular bed-plate, and fitted with a pair of shafts instead of a pole. Mounted upon patent wheels and axles, with 2i inches convex tire; fore wheels, 3 feet 6 inches high, and hind-wheels, 4 feet 10 inches high. Stand 75, No. I.—A tile-making machine, exceed ingly strong, being made entirely of iron, with strong wheels and pinions ard double racks, and with only mo derate care would work for years without requiring re pair. The box will contain 3,744 cubic inches of clay, and will throw out 48 2-inch tiles, each 13i inches long, w w h tt o h le on day once filling on ingt e mahebno, who x.l also fills th It maybe eaesilbyotxu, while turned the boy cuts off the tiles and carries them away. The front of the box is large enough to receive a die-plate, with seven le-inch, or five 2-inch tiles in width, and if the machine Is supplied with a registered double table, then the die-plate has openings for 14 1k or 10 2-inch tiles. Any description of tiles may be made by this machine, pipe-tiles from 1 to 12 inches diameter, also horseshoe, ridging, and every other form of tiles. A wrought-iron semen-plate may be attached fur the purpose of screen ing the clay and extracting stones, &c., from it ; with single table and instantaneous cutters attached to it, by which five rows of tiles are cut off at once. Stand 67, No. 54—A set of draining tools for clay land, consisting of one bright cast-steel spade, 11 by 7 (4s. 6d.); one bright convex tool, 16 by 4 by 2f (45.); one bright cast-steel concave tool, 18 by 4 by 2f (55. 6d.); one bright cast steel concave tool, 18 by 5 by 3 (ss. 9d.); one pipe layer (25.); one bright scoop (3a.). Stand 122, No. 3—A set of patent tour beam diagonal iron harrows, the teeth of which each cuts a separate track. The 'fraught is from the centre, and if the horse moves mure forward than the others, the working lines of the harrow are not disturbed. tis suitable for fel lows, and should be drawn by thnie horses. Stand 122, No. 2.—A light harrow, constructed on the same principle. Stand 3, No. 45—A Norwegian harrow, with bodkin and shafts. cul tivator, with seven wrought iron tines, for the purpose of Stand 116, No. 50—A patent scarifier, grubber, or cultivating land under a variety ot circumstances, and bringing it into a proper state of tilth, m uc h more ( ff e mtueaallL, g a e n n d era a l t ly less employed forexpense than can b e d one by th e that purpose. It may be successtulty used to clean wheat, bean, and pea stubbles directly atter harvest; to break up such parts of clover layers as may have failed in the plant, and to break up land after green crops in May accomplishingo t. Juno, coleworts, &c.; thus ge, without bringing fresh earth to the surface laud, in preparation for barley nprep a a n r e ati n o n n d fo d r ee tu p rn t i ma and oats. The improvements upon this scarifier consist in manufacturing it almost entirely of wrought iron, and suspending the frame so that by means of a lever at each end and corresponding catches either side may be raised higher than the other to suit sloping ground or to allow oue wheel to mu in a furrow whilst the teeth penetrate the cultivated ground to an uniform depth. The teeth are also of wrought iron, and are secured to the frame in such a manner as to allow ot varying both their dis tat,ces from each other, and the depth to which they are to penetrate, allowing also of setting them to suit round ing lands. This implement clears a space of 4 feet 8 inches in work. Stand 95, No. 10.—An improved cultivator or grub ber made entirely of wrought iron, and used with five, seven, or nine tines at equal distances, and which are so arranged that they are notlikely to clog up. I n an in stant, and with ease, it is raised from its work, or lowered into the earth to any required depth; it may also be worked with equal effect on sloping ground, or with one wheel in a furrow; the teeth penetrating the ground to au uniform depth, as on a level surface, and clearing five feet of ground. Stand 81, No. 18—A patent horse-hoe, for flat work be tween the rows of wheat, barley, peas, beans, turnips, car rots, awl mangoldwurtzel, or any oilier crop not drilled at 14-s. than 7 or 8 inches apart. It is suited t o a lmost i all descripti ons o f soil, and from t , simplicity may easily be managed by all agricultural workmen. 0.. e or two horses (depending on the size of the implement) will hoe from $ to 10 acres per day. It is Mead with a box for t he purpose of sowing clover and other seeds broadcast, at the same time it is used for hoeing spring corn. Stand 9, No. 12.—A horse-hoc adapted for working on the ridge. stand 122, No. 6.—A patent horse rake, improved ; Ist, in the construction of the teeth fitting into iron sockets, and working on the front red, so that one or more teeth can be removed at pleasure ; 2dly, the teeth acting on a bar running parallel underneath the frame, gives it greater facility i❑ relieving it of its load ; idly, the handle is connected to the bar running under neath with a spring catch, which holds the teeth to their work, and cannot lose the yealm until pressed down by_ the handle. It is simple in construction, and cannot get out of order. Stand 16, No. I.—A patent economic hand seed dib ble, with six depositors, and .tritable for every descrip tion of seed, wheat, barley, eats, beans, peas, manguld, turnips, carrots, parsnips, &c., it being fitted with cups for all these seeds. It d.-posits the aced at an uniform and at any required depth, in straight hoes, to admit of horse and hand hoeing, at even distances in the rows, and in any required qua :city. Stand 36, No. 21.—A hand barrow drill for turnips and maugoldwurtzel, on the ridge or flat; made very light, nod the levers are so fixid-on the bat as to admit of their being placed at any distaecefritn 16 to 30 inches. The box.s, trundles, and tins, are made to adjust to any width, just as the levers are required to be set. The ceps are made with double sides, suitable for either tur nips or mane oldwurzel seed, and will deposit from two to six pints of turnip seed, or from 2 to 6lbs. of mangold• wurtzsl seed per acre. Stand 90, No. I.—A liquid manure distributor; made to distribute liquid manure in any state of consistency, either broadcast or in rows. It also forms a drill, for depositing in the earth together, turnip, carrot, or man• gold seeds, with liquid manure, on the flat, in three, four, or five rows, at any stated intervals. It is so con structed that straws or leaves, which . are often found in liquid manure, will not at all interfere with its working. It will deliver the liquid as well as the seed in any given quantities. Stand 95, No. I.—A patent improved hay-maker, having reverse motion and double action; is light, easily used, and fitted up with particular regard to strength and durability, the wheels being of wrought iron. Stand 58, No. 9.—A furze or gorse-cutting and bruising machine, with 3-horse power patent gear; it cuts the gorse as chaff, by means of three knives fixed on two rings or heads; it then passes it through two sets of rollers, running at different speeds, which, by com pressing it andto a rubbingcon condition o t hne suitablegor seas for rp the asse food through,re ducest Three horses will cut and crush 250 to 300 bushels of gorse per day, if it be young. It requires three horses to work it at 98 revolution s p er m i nute . It i s d r i ven by cattle. It can be applied to either horse, steam, or water power. a connecting rod, attached to a fly-wheel, 4 feet in dia meter, weighing *wt. Stand 41, No.3.—A farmer's improved steam-cooking apparatus, consisting of a boiler or generator, with im proved pump and transparent gauge, a 60-gallon strong oak compound or boiling tub, with a copper inside. It has been improved, by increasing the heating surfaces, covering the generator with felt and wood, and forming the stand of non-conducting materials, to obtain greater economy, and simplified in use by substituting a vacuum valve fur a stop-cock on the jet-pipe for stirring the com pound, making it thereby self acting. The compound tub is also fitted with a revolving stirring-machine to form an apparatus for drying damp or injured corn. Silver medals were also awarded by the judges to the following competitors:— Corn-dropping machine, silver medal—Messrs. Ran some and May. Ribbing drill, silver medal—Mr. Busby. For his invention of depositing the manure on the ridge before the roller, and combining the two principles of the ridge and flat in the same implement, silver medal—Mr. Iloresby. A plough, for general purposes, silver medal—Mr. Downs. For their universal plough, marked Y. U. L., silver medal—Messrs. Ransoms and May. Cart saddle, silver medal—Mr. James Hunter. Patent irrigator, silver medal—Messrs. Wedlake and Thompson. Digging fork, silver medal—Messrs. Ransome and May. Churn, silver medal—Mr. Whitehead. Fortoble farm railway, silver medal—Mr. Crosskill. Circular saw bench, fur making hurdles, &c., silver medal—Mr. Burrell, For improvements in cutting wires and dye-plates, hilver medal—Mr. Scragg. Highly commended—Machine for making drain-pipes and tiles—Mr. Scragg. Commended —Portable thrashing machine—Messrs. Hurwood and Turner . The only other proceedings of the day up to post-hour connected with the show was an interesting lecture on the parasitic fungi of the British farm, which was deli vered by the Rev. Edward Sidney, at twelve o'clock, in the County Court, and which was listened to with great attention by a numerous audience. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town last night, on a visit to Mr. Bignold, the Mayor. His Royal Highness was received by the Corporation and a troop of Lancers on alighting from the train. At six o'clock the council dinner takes place in St. Andrew's Hall, when the award of prizes for stock will be publicly announced. PARLIAMENTARY and FINANCIAL REFORM.. Another district meetit ot the members of the Me tropolitan and Financial Reform Association was held last aright in the Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, under the usual Presidency of Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P. So great was the pressure for admittance, and so large the number of persons disappointed, that it was deemed ex pedient to hold a branch meeting simultaneously at the • British School-room, Cowper-street, City-road, under the Presidency of Mr. Wilkinson, the treasurer of the asso ciation. Among the persons on the platform of the original meeting were Mess's. G. Thompson, M.P.; L. Heywortb, M,P.; John Williams, M.P.; F. O'Connor, M.P.; W. Williams (formerly M.P. for Coventry), &c. Th 4.• CHAIRMAN, after reading a letter of apul , gy from Sir NV. Clay, proceeded to address the meeting. He entreated the working classes to show by their orderly and poaceful conduct, and by thz, moderation and prac tical character of their opinions, that they were fitted for the exercise of the tranchise. He repudiated on the part of the association any desire to break faith with the public creditor, as had calumniously Leen imputed to them. Their desire was not to destroy the just rights of any clas , , but to do equal justie.• to all. They desire to enforce the strictest possible t conotny in every department of the State, to ob ain a were equal distribution of taxation, to see pro perty bearing its just share of the burdens which it en tailed, to pr, vent the sinews of war from being Equan dared in a time of peace, and to extend the suffrage so as r" make the House of Commons the fair exponent of the opinions of the whole country. For these purposes he wished to see the mithib- and working classes cordially united, and not, as formerly, broken up into numerous small sections, some insisting for ore thing and some for anoili,r, some cuntending for household suffrage, others for manhood suffrage, and others standing out for the Charter, the whole Charter, and nothing but the Charter —(Cheers)—each section toll , wing its own will, irre spective of the means by which its object could bo ob tained, and thus all falling an easy prey to the enemies of social improvement. L A CHARTIST -" Join us, then!"] (Cheers.) He begged those from whom that cry pro• seeded to mark what he said—there never was a time, in his opinion, in which there was a fairer prospect than now of progressive reform. The middle classes were dis posed to aid them in obtaining an extension of the elec toral list from 1,100,000 to 4,000,000 of voters, a more equal apportionment of Members, the abolition of a pro perty qualification, the establishment of the ballot, and a limitation of the duration of Parliaments. He asked the Chartists, therefore, to join that movement,remembering that concession was not compromise. He begged to re mind them that in high quarters a disposition had lately been manifested to repudiate finality. There was a shaking among the advocates of irresponsible power. Was it not worth while to make some personal sacri- fines in order to take advantage of these symptoms 2 (Cheers.) He implored, them, therefore, to let all past animosities be buried, and to let the fiat go forth that henceforth there was to be a union between the middle and productive classes, and nothing could withstand their effor ts.—(Applause.) Mr. J. HALL then moved, and Mr. G. OFFOR seconded the following resolution : " That the absence of a really representative House of Commons, the preponderance of class legislation, the unequal pressure of taxation, the general extravagance of the public expenditure, and the consequences of these evils, engendering discontent, and threatening disorders fatal to the political and social prosperity of this em pire, render the combination of the middle and working classes for the attainment of the reforms advocated by the Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association, a matter of momentous importance to the Stat,,." Mr. G. TrroairsoN, M.P., in supporti ng th e mo ti on , expressed himself as being exceeningly sanguine res pecting. the present movement, and said he saw no reason why, i! they were only united, they should not accomplish the object in view within a very brief period. It was hopeless to expect any good f rom t h e H ouse of Commons as at present constituted, unless they were willing to wait 10 years for one reform, 15 for another, 20 for a third, and 25 for a fourth" besides spending thousands of pounds in carrying on the agitation for each.—(Hear.) There was not more than 84 Members in the present House of Commons who on any one occasion could be brought to vote for an extension of the rights of the people. In opposition to that small body there were 6 marquises, 8 earls, 25 viscounts, 36 lords, 61 baronets, 12 honourables, 52 generals, admirals, colonels, captains, and lieutenants—all the placemen, of course, and all the expectants, and all the supporters of the Church Estab lishment.—(Hear, hear.) No wonder, then, that the popular Members were beaten ; and beaten they would continue to be until it was unmistakably seen that they were backed by a united people out of doors; for there were plenty of men in that House watching the thing at the top of the house which went round with the wind— he would not except even some of the 84 to whom he had referred—but whenever they found a strong popular breeze fairly set in, a swelling sea, and a rolling tide, with the haven of success in view, a change of votes would soon be visible.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the success of universal suffrage in the United States, and contended that the unentranebised classes in this country, in their characters of fathers and citizens, were in the habit of discharging far more onerous and difficult duties than that of voting for representatives, and that the manner in which those duties were discharged Ra s one of the best proofs that they were not unfitted for political power. The man who guarded Coutts's bank in the Strand, without be traying it to the midnight burglar might surely be trusted to give his vote in Covent-garden for the member for Westminster.—(Cheers.) But the fact was that the ignorance of the people was a mere pretence. It was not because the Legislature dreaded the ignorance of the people that they withheld the franchise from them, but because they knew they were intelligent.—(Cheers.) If they really deserved the name of the swinish multi tude, and would allow themselves to be led by the nose like asses, he made bold to say they would not long be left without the franchise.—(Hear, hear.) lie Mt con vinced that there was no country in the world where the suffrage might be so safely extended as in this. Mr. %V. IVILLIAIIIS also spoke in support of the mo tion, dwelling principally upon the inequality of electoral districts, the bribery which prevailed in the smaller boroughs, and the extravagant expenditure of recent years. He averred that if the Government were to re duce the expenditure to what it was only four years ago, under their predecessors, they would be able to abolish the window -tax, and also the duties on soap, butter, these, paper, and advertisements. Mr. F. O ' CONNOR said that he had come to the:meet ing, not to throw the apple of discord into it, but to hold out the olive branch to its promoters, and to say that, recognising in the movement a means to an end, and not an end in itself, he had arrived at the determination of giving it his cordial support, and of assisting the coalition out of doors in order to meet the coalition of Whig and Tory within.—(Applause.) He expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing such a large and enthusiastic meeting assembled on that occa sion, because it was probably the last time he should appear on a public platform. Ile had been a public agi tator now for twenty-seven years, and it was his joy and comfort in retiring into privacy that he bad never made a speech which had not been for the benefit of the poor; that he had never travelled a mile nor eaten a mite at their expense; and that he had devoted his time, his means, his energies, and life-blood to their service until he had become prematurely old. He was grateful for the confidence which the working classes had reposed in him, and was proud to think that he left the stage with the character which he brought upon it.—(Cheers.) Mr. L. Ilmcwortam, M. 1., strongly impressed upon the meeting the advantages of a system of direct over in -1 direct taxation. The resolution was then agreed to, and the meeting broke up at about half-past ten o'clock. THE FIRE ANNIHILATOR. Such is the title given to a wonderft7l — machine in vented by a gentleman named Phillips. A demonstra tion of the capabilities of the invention took place a kw days ago, at he Gas Works, Vauxhall, and was attended for a the utmost success. It is im p ossible, when ye a moment think of the numberless lives lost by fire, to over r a te t he value of this imp ortant invention, y et it is in form s i m ple, and, what is better (for the million), cheap an d portable: for instance, it may be placed in a closet, or in the hull, as a piece of furniture, and may be con veniently carried by a female, being about the weight of a loaded coal-scuttle. Annihilators of larger power, we are int orm,d, will be easily portable by a man, and the machine for the protection of large establishments may be conveniently constructed by fining up a convenient part of the premises (say five feet square), the vapour being conveyed, by means of flexible tubing, to such part of the building as may be on fire. A number of expe— riments took place, among which we may mention that a model of an ordinary house was filled with pieces of wood immersed in turpentine, shavings, oil, pieces of tat barrel, and other materials of the most inflammable nature; fire was applied, and the flames rose with a per fectly roaring noise; the annihilator was applied, the vapour rushing from which with a hissing sound abso lutely tore doss n the flames in less time than we have taken to describe the model building and the materials use d. Again, a very pretty model of en East Indiaman was rx hibited, likewise charged. Flame was applied to the ship, and the fire raged tore arid aft with great violence. Thu vapour aas again employed, and with similar success. It is solacing to the feelings to contemplate any means of ',rote cttou against the horrors of a ship on fire during its voyage, having regard only to the ordinary crew, but to imagine such a calamity happening to an em igrant ship, such, for instance, as the ill fated Ocean Monarch, crowded with passengers, how truly may t his invention be termed invaluable. It is well kn own, that on such occasions it is found impracticable to apply water to the part of the hold where t h e Piro h t oemission of a humid wavbe, but as the principle of this invention is vapour with prodigious force, it would necessarily pene trate all the interstices between the articles of the ca rgo , and not only effe c t ua lly save the ship, but preserve m an y hundred human beings from a late too horrid to colt template and from which escape might otherwi se p rove hopeless. In cases o f fire happening in houses, or single rooms, t h e machine must be placed as near as circumst ance permit, and the tube or m out h o f the hose inserteds willinto the doorway, or into the window, and the lever or pin, by which the charge is ignited, being then struck, the vapour is discharged, and in a few seconds, the fire, how ever fierce the flame, is entirely extinguished. One thing, and a most important thing it is, is, that the vapour may be safely inhaled without anY or mischief, the least ill effects, which the inventor proved to de monstration by placing the hose in his mouth, and im bibing what appeared to us a most unsavory draught. The invention may also be applied successfully to fires occurring to a railway train, by merely carrying a moderately-sized machine in the luggage• van. We must conclude, as we began, by stating it is a most woliderful Wrangell. S • ' or, s : • • • - • 4A- , a r. ,VirA THE CHO 11.E•ft*,.. • TO THE EDITOR okirilig-'Blm.. RESPECTED EPIENIi,—I obserreAhtilke.Ybries paper . .17 long amtcle on the subj ec t o f cluirikthe chdlerag means of olive oil. Not being of the,_m \ eldical prank° of co urse I am not aware whether therk - 4 any sunilaritrq between olive oil and castor oil as to=il4ir effects on the constitution, but the circumstance reminds me of the ad vice given mo by a Dr. Thompson, in considerable prac tice, when at Edinburgh some ten years ago, where the cholera then raged with considerable violence, which was to this effect:—" Let me advise you, if you feel at any time seriously indisposed in your bowels, go' to the first chemist's shop and take a full dose of castor oil, and should it not operate in a short time, repeat the dose. Be not alarmed, it will at nil events not hurt you, and I will guarantee you sg.inst the fetal effects of the cholera; adding, that I have not lost one patient when the parties have applied to me in time; but if you avoid adopting it till a collapse nzkes place, it is doubtful whether oil or any other medicine can or will be of any use in arrest ing the tatal progress of the disease." Yours respectfully, THOMAS MOTLEY. London, 7 mo.—July 16, 1849. P.S. I should add, the Dc ctor strongly advised ab staining from taking food of an acid or stimulating kind, or liquid of an inflammatory or spirituous nature. NAVAL ANI) MILITARY IN TELLIGENCE. P0RT,11101.711, WEDNE , DAY.—Tbe Fire Queen steam yacht, Master-Commander Allen, was undocked this morning and afterwards embarked the Cabinet Ministers for Osborne. The M) rile steam-tender returned from Plymouth this morning, bringing a few seamen. The Egyptian frigate Sharkie, Commodore Hafuz Bey, arrived in Falmouth harbour at 9 o'clock on Sun day morning, after a run, unprecedented in the annals of steam, of only 13 hours from the Isle of Wight. She ran the distance from this anchorage to the Needles is an hour and a half. Mr. Richards was the pilot. The Grampus, 50, in dock here, is receiving a refit to cost almost as much as her alteration from a line-of. battle ship to a frigate, at least to all appearance. She is certainly not worth so much money for alteration and refitments. The cost of rezeeing and fitting her for sea is stated in the Admiralty returns to have been 14,0341. The Devastation steam sloop also presents the appear• ante of being rebuilt, after only eight years' existence upon the navy list. The Queen Charlotte, 104, is still in the hands, of the refitter s in dock; she, too, seems to be having more work done to her than she will ever " set off" if commissioned, which is doubtful, as three deckers of her class are " oat the shelt" e., kept in repair to rot afloat). The Acta:run, 26. is in dock for a refit. The Princess Royal, 90, in frame, seems likely to maintain that position for many years to come. It is said the concoctors of the scheme of taking her to pieces and widening her two feet are nct quite sure that the 8,0001. alteration will be an improvement, and so are " resting on their oars" to reconsider the matter now the mischief is done. The Royal Frederick, 110, the same class of ship as the Quern is on the stocks ready for launching, but it is nut considered necessary to perform this ceremony, as there are plenty of three-deckers, whose terms of service in the mud have not expired. The freak in fashion now appears to be to tit up the whole of the interior of the ship as for sea before leaving the slip. The Prince of Wales, 110, laid down in the latter part of last year, is being run up as if three-deckers were in the greatest demand. She is actually ready for planking. and yet the Princess Royal, commenced years before, is left unfinished. 'lhe Argus, new steamer, laid down a few months since, is b 0 far advanced towards the launching state that her planking is complete to the weather deck. She, too, seems wanted, from the apparent haste of her con• struction, and as she is upon the paddle principle perhaps it is so, so few of that class being in the service ! The Furious, another steamer, building alongside of the Argus, seems less fortunate, her frame timbers only being up. The Rodney, 92, is completing her refit in the basin. The new barracks at Portsea are named the " Angle sea Barracks," and will be occupied early in the ensuing month by the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot. litijor Harvey, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Frederick Fitularence, the Lieutenant-Gov,rnor of this Garrison, has joined his regiment (the 62d) prior to going upon the unattached halt-pay to retain the above appointment. With a view to the preservation of the health of the troops, the Lieutenant-Governor bas interdicted them from entering the following localities, which are infected with the prevailing epidemic, viz.:—The streets, lanes. &c., in "Point" (except Broad-street); Warblington. street, Nobb's lane, Prospect row, and that part of the town between the latt e r pl ace and Colewort Barracks; and his Lordship has organized a military police to prevent the ingress of soldiers to those plaees. PRIVY COUNCIL, The Quren held a Privy Council and Court at one o'clock yesterday, at her Majesty's marina residence, Osborne. Isle of Wight. The Pe ivy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President; Sir G. Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Departmi re; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Sir Francis Baring, First Lord of the Admiralty; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; the Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster- General; and Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward. _ At the Council her Majesty appointed the Sheriff for the County of Wesimoreland. The lion. W. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Court M. Drouyn de Lhuys, the French Am bassador, had his first audience of the Queen, and presented his credentials to her Majesty. His Excel lency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesq's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Lans downe. The French Ambassador and the Cabinet Ministers left the Waterloo-bridge terminus of the London and South-Western Railway at five minutes before 9 o'clock yesterday morning, were conveyed to Gosport by a special train, crossed to East Cowes in the Fire Queen, and arrived at one o'clock at Osborne, where a dijoiner was served to the distinguished party. The Marquis of Lansdowne and Sir George Grey re mained at Osborne on a visit. The French Ambassador, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir Francis thrin4, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Fortescue, and the Hon. William Bathurst, left Osborne at half-past three o'clock, em barked at Osborne-pier in the Fire Queen steam-vessel, recrossed to Gosport, and took their departure by a special train on their return to town. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked at an early hour in the gru'unds of Osborne this morning. The younger branches of the Royal Family walked and rode a s usua l. There was no additi on t o th e R oya l di nner par ty yes terday. The Countess of Ch ar l emont h as rel i eved the C oun t ess of Desart as the Lady i n W a i t i ng to h er Majesty. His Royal Highness tne Hereditary Grand Duke of Meeklenhurgh Strelitz arrived at Cambridge-house, Pic cadilly, at halt-past eleven o ' c l oc k yest e rday morning from the Continent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Kuesebeck, returned to town yesterday after noon (ruin Norwich. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of o C t e m in e b c r k id i g en e, b a u n rg d thest lrefier ia tz, ed a i tte r n Y d Gra edb n y d down], honoured Miss Coutts with their company at L D ad u y ireand dinner yesterday at her residence in Stratton-street. Augustp h c e a s a. Sir Robert Ferguson and Mr. Hemming transacted business on Tuesday at the office of the Commissioners of Itiilways. Mr. Beale (deputy chairman), and Sir Isaac Morley,. directors of the Midland Railway; Mr. Barlow, engineer; and Mr. Carter, solicitor, had an interview with the Com missioners of Railways yesterday at their office in the Board of Trade, respecting the working of the South Yorkshire Railway. Mr. Beckett Denison, M.P., and Mr. Baxter, from the South Yorkshire Railway, were present at the interview. A deputation, including the Earl of Yarborough, Mr. Charles Turner, and Mr. Juhn Stevenson, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. COLOSSEUM.—The Marchioness of Ailesbury and party, Earl Camoys and party, the Bishop of Dublin and family, Lady Sefton, Lady Craven. Lady King and party, Lord George Quin, the Earl of Wilton, Ludy Mount Edgoumbe and party, Lord and Lady Henley, Lady Rolle and party, Sir E. and Lady Lyons, Hon. Sir E. Cust and party, Hon. Mrs. Labouchere and party, Lady E. Steele, Lady Millar and family, R. B. Sheridan, Esq., and family, Sir J. 11' illiams and family, Sir William Myddleton, &c., were among the numerous visitors to the Cyclorama this week. THE SUBTERRANEAN SURVEY OF THE SEWERS OF THE METROPOLIS.—A report on the subterranean sur vey of the metropolitan sewers has just been presented to the commissioners by Messrs. .Austin and Smith, con sulting engineer and assistant surveyor. The report states generally that the sewerage of the city of West minster is in a rotten state, and contains a large amount of foul deposit; that in Belgrave and Eaton squares the sewers abound with noxious matter, stopping up the house drains, and smelling most horribly; as also in Grosvenor, Hanover, and Berkeley-squares, and that even throughout the New Paddington district, the neigh bourhood of Hyde-park-gardens, and the c ostly e square st s g th e e ffi C v o w l u a i r m a b is f e and streets adjacent, the sewers abound with th a deposit, euseud Etße arise.f r r o m r 0 B which w E Osborne House. Isle of Wight, on the 18th instant, her t l h i e aj ee county Wilson, tl i ys n oe C t,, o e n t e i l v k w rs a b s pleased .e 3 Westmoreland. H eu House, a E p s p q o . n to t be Sheriff George Ed wardo f UNIVERSITY OF DIJRHAM.—Four Fellowships in S T th M e Oß m E o L s : disgust ing this University have been declared vacant; they filled up in November.; ROYAL MARINES. Captains Evans and Midfield, with Lieutenants APArthur, Pickard, and Farmer, and a detachment con sisting of 8 sergeants, 10 corporals, 4 drummers, and 175 privates of the divisional, and 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 12 gunners of the artillery, companies of the corps, are ordered to embark (on her arrival at this port) in her Majesty's steam-sloop Vesuvius, for passage to Pem broke Dockyard, to relieve the detachment at present stationed there. IVOOLITICH, JULY 18.—The Monkey steam-vessel went up the river to Deptford to•clay, to tow the Styx s , eam•vtssel, on her being taken out of the basin, to Woolwich to have her engines put in at thin port, and brought forward as a❑ advanced war-steamer. The Vulcan troop ship, and the Vulture steam-frigate, had their steam up on Saturday last, and will be soon ready for trial. A sale took place at the Admiralty yesterday of the following vesEels:--The Adder, of 241 tons and 100• horse power, sold for 3,050/. The Dotersl, 237 tons, 100-horsy power, sold for 1,0501 The Zephyr, 237 tons, 100-hors• power, bought in for a party who had made a private offer, and none higher being made at the sale. The above three vessels are at Deptford. The Mastiff; 184 tons, sold for 5401. The Charon, 125 tons, 60-horse power, sold for 1,0101. The Ariel, 149 tons, 70 -horses power, on which Mr. Haig's smoke consuming apparatus was fitted, bought in for 1,0004 There were no bidders for thu Sprightly, 234 tons and 100-horse power, at Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, JULY 17.—Her Majesty's steam-♦esseL Basilisk (paddle) arrived on Saturday, and Niger (screw) on Sunday, from a trial cruise in the Channel. The cutter yacht Allegro, Captain Linguen, belonging to Messrs. Babin, Sue, and Hantgens, of Nantes, cams in on the 131 from Brest, on an excursion. Wind—N.W., fresh breixe and fine weather. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION. Yesterday a grand dinner was given by the dissentient directors and shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford line on the occa s ion of presenting a piece of plate to Mr. Charles Joseph Mozley, in testimony of the ability, zeal, and . energy with which he had successfully promoted their interests in the recent protracted contest with the Great Western Railway. The entertainment took place at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, and among the company, which was strictly of a representative charac ter, embracing many of the leading directors and officials of the narrow gauge lines, were Lord Greenock, Mr. Glyn, Mr. T. Smith, Mr. L. Mozley, Colonel Matheson, M.P., the Hon. Captain Gough, the Hon. Captain Car negie, Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Pepton, Mr. S. Thornton, Mr. Beale, Mr. A. Dobie, Mr. C. E. Stewart, Mr. Joseph Sanders, Mr. Swift, Mr. S. Carter, iflrc. Captain Bigge, who occupied the chair, after the usual introductory toasts, having adverted in terms of glowing eulogy 50 the meritorious aid successful exertions of their (liana guiihed guest, presented to Mr. Mosley the superb . piece of plate which had been subscribed fo r him, cons i sting of a gigantic candelabrum in frosted silver, with two magnificent wine-coolers, valued at between 7001. and 8004 which bore the following inscription:—" Presented to Charles Joseph Mozley, Esq., by those friends and fellow-shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, who witnessed with admiration and remember with gratitude the energy, judgment, and ability displayed by him throughout an arduous and protracted struggle in defence of their common interests. June, 1849." Mr. Mozley returned thanks in a speech of great feeling and eloquence, which was much ap plauded. The healths of Mr. Glyn, of the North. Western Railway, Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Beale, of the Midland Railway, and various other toasts, were then drunk, the conviviality being prolonged till near wide night. ABERDEEN. It appears from a n.port of time chairman of the London committee of shareholders in this company that he has lately 'visiting the works, and from the rapid progress made by the contractors during the last month it wan expected that the portion yet remaining unfinished might, if a larger number of hands were employed, and a vigorous effort made, bo entirely completed to the south bank of the Doe, at Aberdeen, by the middle of September next, instead of only to within 12 miles from Ab erdeen, as originally ooa. templated. With a view to effect this object, the direc tors have given the engineer instruc tions to press on th e is works in every dep artm e nt. It stated that the late estimated cost of t he . !tee not likely to be excee d e d , and that t he sub ject of wo rking the line b y contract is at present under the conz.id.ration of the directors. MANCHESTER, SOU lit J U.NUTION, AND AL TIUNCEIANI. The directors have decided upon opening this line to morrow for public traffic. It is not intended to adopt any ceremonial prior to the public opening of the lin*. w METROPOLI TAN RAILWAYS JUNCTION. The inning up o f this company's affairs brought be fore the Master in Chancery Kinder.ley yesterday is on the petition of Mr. W. 11. Ashpitel, one of the provisional Committee. The proposed capital was 2,000,0001. lii 80,000 shares of 25/. each, 21.125. 6d.deposit. The poti , tiouer states that there were plans and surveys, but as 111* deposits were not paid nothing further was done, and thi there are several sum s r ema i n i ng a t diff eren t b a nkers' that ought to be got in and be appli e d i n th e discharge . oc claims, or divided am ong th e p ersons en ti t l e d. Ao n In cial manager is to be appointed for this purpose. SUDDEN DEATM—Major Fenvvick, of the 13th Regiment, while bathing with some brother of f icers at Belfast, was observed, on coming out of the sea, to On being taken up life was extinct. This gall an t o ffi cer entered the service at the age of fifteen, and served eigh• teen years with the above regiment in India, and ra. ceived three medals and a brevet rank for distinguished services, and was on several occasions mentioned by Sir Robert Sale in his dispatches. He was beloved by his brother officers and by the men for his soldier...like bearing and urbanity of manner. The deceased was a claimant to the extinct earldom of Milford, and to this suaient baronetcy of the unfortunate Sir John Fanwiek. ,iely L ,rolf 11 b e con'