The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-25 00:00:00

r a.g. ) lation of s sho wn o f about previous 915- the . 5-54, !d for )aring tba 21, g7B co bc, 1 ; otber" , avoura bl , e vaded 111 week . ty Lis Period. is m aking ribor'' fr°ta 17, ' 2s ' oasen rd - e r 8 yea 4 r ( 11°e° °CC U ' ea Van , a eraie d r ied off 3: Ithwar ic ' from 6 " rare-Plateai ;iris, in .11 In th e ten be aver—, o a ' mean rin• O ' e A A The ca 2 .4 Jog' is on Ye ars ' rage. s pa 15tb) , , 0.3 it ws',., 52' 0 of d the tuna o s rhame s e st. I the VP , 6.10 E ll Thur°,i n d thee_- Iy. art, lotirSP, 03 Ol nerY, 4 finer, 6 g e • th take ° WI If . ship _. ct i i r i pe drew el ,grocer,-`. gentleu laiV r eet a altoo' st " u 3 v tcberyj 3 n bY 3 d°g re# was APP — 1 d ea .town' ft 4 f ter seen 3 ree l 4 Yarn., 16 9 e t b ti ° Dorsi f .r. toti o an ct his v° lcB eti P 1 ad wag r ead. Su o i o wo n of na a rtg ling r a s . fing er 0:a a itelliglus t i r di n g a P teo e , and btovii 78 are . side. )P0L 19. . 1 0 RE GISTP TULY 91. 5 ... .. ............. )rga 0 10 l er Orga i " b i ........... 1. . . ... • 9 ~.. 9 .... es•• ....... - .. 19 ........... a n . c e ...... is .............. ...... ..... ? con's" o p • week 'Or 5 154. I 3 6 ...... I. t ; )2 ..... 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[ places io nj. ; and tbea ,W.."(ibly 'After this O°VOlll and Fleft (roil, Ury-, at the ilicll4ls It yeraies o f .4,i ` . ord Gaol, 0 Y spoork , , .~ -,-------- 310 NE Y 1t fII K E 1 AND Co3llll.Ert CIA L T.ELLIGE CITY, Two o'CLoccc. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed zamely and steadily, and prices were un changed since Friday. The sales were estimated at 5,00 0 bales (1,000 of which were taken for ex- Port and on speculation), including, in addition to .American, 4 00 Egyptian, at 61-d. to Bd. per lb. The Railway Share Market opened at a slight im provement, which was maintained throughout the day, closing firm. A bill has been brought into Parliament for the regulation of Cliiuese passenger-ships, it having e" fo und expedient t o t a k e some measures f or tthe prevention of the abuses so frequently perpe rated upon them. The term Chinese passenger- P includes every passenger-ship from Hong ;,, ° . Tig, and every B r i t i sh ship from any part of 'lama or within 100 miles of the coast. No pas- Iles ger-ship, u n d er t hi s act, must clear on a voyage °_f more than seven d ays w i thout an Em i gration 1-;°lntaissioner's certificate. The commanders of ! li r ships of war may search and demand the pro tunction of p apers, and vessels refusing to submit e t hese reg u l a ti ons shall be forfeited. A fine, f'swever, may be substituted for forfeiture. The cwritten. decla ra ti ons o f commanders w il l b e re ceived as prim a f ac i e ev id ence. P roper pro '181(1 is made for dietary regulation, and re gardl, is paid to ventil a ti on , s p ace , an d t o th e drugsof th e vesse l s. A list given of the e rn gs which are t o b e carr i e d . Th e bi ll appears f aref ullY prepared, and since the tide of emigration rei n the Celestial Empire appears rather to gain an increased impetus than the reverse, much uesefit Would accrue from its becoming law. T he Scin c l e R a i lway is so h i ghly appreciated in moia th a t every mail brings some new local testi nY in its favour. The Commissioner of the r , an ianb writes over that the country is getting on ' rat ty well but wants an outlet for its s u r pl us to duce, which a railway from Kurrachee to Mool- WoUand powerful steamers on the Punjaub riv ers d afford. Ajoint-stock company, with a capital of 120,0001., bath shar es, i s b efore the public for subscription, b e , ll th e view o f l ay i ng d own a su b mar i ne t e l egrap h 4 " w een th e D ar d anelles an d A l exandr i a, forming ofconnection between the latter place and all parts Nb i a . r ope. The promoters have obtained from the. I sle Porte a formal concession of exclusive telegraphicjol communication for 50 years, with other t o Pert ant privileges. The capital can be increased t 0 0 , 0 001., on an extension to Alexandria kia li . cl i ts a• The project is almcst certain of success, i mPortance, from our relations with the ibtiS manifest. The capital, no doubt, will be I 4. a , Lli ed with ease, as the direction includes some ; b e e first merchants and bankers in the city. 4,1,1 A amount of bills drawn here by the Honour :[l,urt India Company upon its treasuries in the v a , "cies during the fortnight to last evening ,rexceedingly limited. : trot e . ate rclay afternoon the exchange on Paris did liett: llll3r °ve, but Trieste and Hamburgh were Th e sghsh Fu n d s h ave been flatter, and the re Oi e t r :,, li ttle business doing. Consols have been 3 1 f 4 3 i for transfer, but not higher than 9t4 to 103, or t ° account. 223• premium Exche q uer Bills have been q uoted premium for those bearing interest at 2 11 to er a 2i and 211 and e ent. per diem. Bank Stock is firm at 1-5 t India Stock has been at 242 , °.]-6thB 4 -6 ' The annuity of 1885 is at 161 to ~ , Ore. tbat gT, Stocks have been quiet, with exceptions - ° a re about to name. Peruvian have risen 81k, having been yesterday 77' to 78. c'iv ot i - 1 1 , n consequence of powers having been re tlie y the Minister here, Don Rivero, to make f g fund 5 per cent. on the Four-andt-ha - 4so hr e Per Cent. Bonds, and 3 per cent.. on . e -ea ' So far this is another step in the right three lea • ittl E ,: t but the question of the home debt is still in an liabi; a factory position, and every . e effort illpro . 4 toei t b e made to convert it intoAngle-Peruvian 114, be d s et it quoted here. The Deferred Bonds e ttit• " b een to 59k, an advance of 2 to 3 per R t jh Turkish Bonds are heavier, although there 901 a good deal doing. They have been 894 to at 4 . 4 exican are steadyat 22 and Buenos Ayres Brazilian old bonds have realised 102. qini a 41 °4,4 1 I l i 5 per cents. have been 86-i to 87. i F has been done in Spanish. lito t i - f ollowin g are the nominal prices of foreign ;:--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7; Mexi par'62 to 221 ; Peruvian, 81 to 82 ; ditto Three " 18, , 57 to 59 ;. 0 Portuguese Four per Cents., ditto 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; 44tijaii- o ur - and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; eht , I\ Tevr Deferred, 1811 to 19 ; ditto 3 per dirt 4 to 371 ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 4 ; T 4, Railway 4 to 4/. bo* t l a ilway Share Market is without tone just Great there is scarcely any movement in prices. Verdi N orthern are still declining, and the heavy Iv . 0 , eet er : ur damages has a marked effect. Great 40 43 , are I lower. North-Western are a trifle t e r a nd South-Western keep up well. North- Cana (Berwick) have receded. Grand Trunk of )0 7m ili Share s are down ~be eh e4 Mexican Mine are steady, and also Cocaes. eatima-artered Bank of Australia are flatter. el3ropanies' shares are up 10s. to 11, 114 4 PUNDs THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC:K. (Prom the OfCcial List. ) Bu nos: done 214 15 ,-"` Nek 914 rg• "••=..... a qtr nellt. Reduced Annuities.-- 91i 90 i Nfew-rnt. consols pinruities 9.‘U 1 " 1 ,e , 4 , 2 1 -41 ' ("lent. Annuities ' 6 4 .ca ß A 2 per Cent, li! Ca lii • . ~ Annuities 77 It tc 30 _ lti e ., . Expire sth .Tan., IS(a 4 1-16 I,, t l ptt o . b ., Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 3i 1 4 41 st"" Years Expire sth April, 161 15-16 1141 k Tt:: k ... ' ....................... o b itt o 114 ' , .cinoo . 3l Nill'?11114er £ 1000 .. 31 teho ci t ' ll r Ate.onnt, Bth August 9O/ 1 P.l6‘'r Bill s, 21d I 2d. E,—, ........... .-. 1 .41° ... I ktltaan.. 20 23 „,ute-r........... ... . ................... . 101 Pbi t , tends 11;:58, 3i per Cent.... 101 tlqt ' 1A59, ~ lal l t.k ,,l l likn fi I o I :JOREIGN FUNDS AT ONTI O'CLOrIS . 102 Ite;i: 4 Ay re ” 5 Der Cent. Nl.,.,.:l'litt.,vit''allat33rtiol le4 h: l e d e tt o s eun c a c t s o : u 6n per C e n t 22 bit t ' for th ,44 per Cent . BO 79i 81i 80i 1f ~.. t o 3 Account . h _ultt r Der cent T7 4 -,i 4 l::,, t he account s7i 9i ,rklkti. L ola 5 per Cent. /Jit, .k)11t1 ' Li) e... i. 8 , 6 per cent — 4,,? . the Account 9o} 891 99 1 i mill( lezda on the above payable in London ,°l 4 HALF-PAST. TWO. 1) 14 0 .... ! ccount . ' . 90i 1 .for the. .............................. 90i 1 -________•.-----_—..___ lit - r 41.611 NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 1441Nt of „ CORN EXCHANGE. 1 ) , - i lthe , € ‘ 4o English wheat for sale in to-day's market I,:g i reeluse of Monday . and the show of samples . of 0' qad all d white was very limited. For most klnds i l let at • a slew inquiry, but no change took place in the ti F ore l i oLs. I, 4 kiv,'n Ivheat—the show of which was tolerably ex %1.,, 111 " ed off slowly, at last week's currency. Float -4,,T,e °ill" realised extreme rates. Ittele was I)° rts of foreign barley being extensive, that rk milzt,vd.ull, and rather lower to purchase. .104, 3 _ 1 ' .ry little was doinm, at late rates. ghatterPiqualities of oats moved off heavily, at 6d. per Ila dear a e3 s Inoney. Sound parcels were firm, and quite te0, 48 8 °4 Mond ay. Pea '', a nd flour were dull, but not cheaper. St ith . Wheat, ARRIVALS THIS W II I: t IK . . Oats. Flan,. ~tith .~ ~... Barley. 1,3 1 L0 1 7,651 200 I 10,191 i 2 4 4 ,7 , 7 1 71 1 00 0 2070 921 s k s Aare, ... .......d J (11 84 hO O ( IROITG - F1 HOP. th e 03.1 e, 20:017 dhll sale for all kinds of hops, and to olders. Der cvvt less money must be accepted by titY)26o,ooo/. WHITECHAPEL. Z- gd 1111'No6f.:13esto(!nd filledr steady, at the following prices : Aer to 5 '' ,l l t 0 MM. mton, 3s 8d t4s 10d ; 811 3 3 ; veal Is 8d 4 8d •pork, 3s Gd to Is 61 to s the carcase. ter“.4l-31°P CHURCH LIVING.— The rectory of Cooling,_ teTtt Rochester. is to be sold by auction, on the 17th of emtnirtionth The income, exclusive of fees, is 6001. per iy e rev. , and thb age of )„,,,,T,‘,10-0 an increase of income is expected from . t . iso ~f h ow. i n 0-, p Tfe 130P1140:"1 Ist.,s_Re2lotlenlan ia also the rector of the parishes of S o t. f the •resent rect,}r is 66. The L 074046. niersat And St. Mary Abunthaw, the Ci t y ;_~_ . --r.--y RE MARKETS (TIIIS DAY.) EATLWLYS. ELILWATI. Closing Prices yesterday. Biisine , s done this day. 22 - 24 Aberdeen A.mbg. Nottng and. Eastn. Boirszt & Ballymena.. liirming. `v oh )rb Stour .5 %11(7... ..... c; Cheshire Juliet Do. ("heel. & £5O and -225 Cons. Do., £20... Blyth &Tynorigina £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and xetcr, Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan 4$ - 8 - 134 - 13 15i - 16 84 - 7i 91 - 93 62i - 631 'Chester & Holyhead. Clork and Bandon ' Cork, Black, & Pas! , Cornwall Ci Junction flu,,AiulzßelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Ab. , . deem Junction Do. N ..... Fast Ai glian flastern Counties gastern iJuion, A 13 - 14 8 - 10 3 2 d 14i -15 k 11 - 11/3 Stock .. B, Stoe:t Do., New A. Fost Lancashire 147dinburghezfilusgo Edinb. and Peebles._ Edin.Pril, tL Durdee 'i'orth & Clyde ju- Furness . Do. Extension.. 32 - 36 23 - 25 75 - 77 57 - 59 8. 4 - 19 - 20 Glasgow & S. Wester , (]Seat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. SLh. &Wcst.(lro ) Great Western D. Stour Val Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastexr • Lancaster & Carlisle E 0., Thirds Do. New Thirds _ Lancai.h.audYork.ol D 3., Wst. Riding ITn. Liv.Crsby.&Slonthpt Lorelon & Blackwal Lond. Bright Fz. S.Ck. Load. and N. Wostn., Do. Fifths 70 - 72 83i - 8‘) 65 - 67 - 1' 7 lOL 103 65} - 73 - 73 - 7i 8;1 81 - 81:A. 74 74- 100 101 981 984, A id 86 87 7 6 ct . Do.lo/. 5h.,111&13...C 1 Do. Eighths London aud S. Westy Do., £5O Do., £4O. rAndnarrya Coleraine, Lndndrry. & Enn:sk.' .Itc,ucli.Slief.& Uncle Do. i Shares, No. 3 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. D o Birmn g & Derb, !lama. G. West.(lre4) Do. Half Sliare;4 Newcastle & Carlielt% Nwpt.Aberg. Newry & Enniskilleu Nowry Warreapoini and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Countios Un. North British .. North Devon, No I. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred • Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—llerwicli Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. Now £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hainp stea,d, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, Wolverhampton Portsmouth Se.,.,4ish Contra] Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. di Riv. Dur Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton . 3 k, Stockton do Hrztlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. i Do. Pref., No. 1 iThames Haven Dock 241 -25 i ,-- 70 - 41 - 43 9 - 7 1 - ll 50 - 52 30 ... 31 73 74 7 3i 3f 131 —13 i 49 50 48 50 d par Ad 6 6i I. d u2a* 25 - 27 104 106 69 71 44 46 13 1431 60. 61&, 31 32 4 - 2 2d par 39 - 41 , 4i -5! and Railway Ulverstone & Lancs Vale of Ncath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London iWimbledn & Croydon 19 20,, 3 - 4 20 - 22 5 - 7 Antwerp&Bott , rd•km Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scril Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. Now East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Exl,ensi on Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Tk of Ca.nada.A. is. Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. '0 Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 .11 Do. Comp. 6p, c., do. .0 Gt. Central of France al Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent.... 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 2 Do. Extensions • ill Do. d 0... 100 &11 25 17 25 fall 10(1 I 71 WO al 20 11 5 5 5 20 1. 3 Great Luxombour Constituted Shares 4 all Do. Obligations....... 2() all Gt.WestornofCanad., Shares ......... „ 11 Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Al Do. do., '62, p. '56 AI Do. do., '76, p. '6O ill Do. do., '73, without option Al Hamilton & Toronto 611 Do. 6 per cent. [4 Lake Const. & Basle 611 Lucca do Pistoj a 5 p.c. 100 al 100 al 100 al 20 100 a; 20 1, 20 20 11 20 1 Ind .0 Lyons and Geneva [4 Lyons & Mediterran 33 1 4 1 11 11"t1 131. al Madras .0 Do. New Maria Antonia 1 Do. do. New ►ll Namur & Liege (will: Interest) al Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France al D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueliues guar. n p. c. & red. at 224/. dur. 88 yrs. from Jnn. 1854 ai Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. , 11 Norwegiann.unkPre: L 6 Paris and Lyons al Ditto Bonds dl Paris and Orleans dl Paris and Rouen... L 5 ParisCaen & Cherbrg al Rouen and Havre ill Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish,.,,, dl Sambre and Mann_ 11 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. s. Scindo II Southern of Franco .6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) 11 West Flanders dl Do 54 per c. Prof .8 Western of France_ .6 Wee.. of Switzerland Wiesbaden 20 I a, b I al LII 1 Zealand FOREIGN. JOINT-STO Anstralasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China ;0 City 15 Colon al O Commercial of Loud ill English Scottish and Australian Chart al Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New .h) London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 t 3 , National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation rrovincial of Ireland di Do. Now Ro7ral Anstraln.Bkg a L G >id Inip til outh Austrada ►l/ Union of Australia, 2i Do. New IP Vino of London 2591 - 2i - 28 - 1 - ( 11 35k -35 i 24t -25 k 3} - 3A 6 sid 171 j ;... 18 64 - 66 95 - 96 4i - 4a - - in 5i 3i - 3 1 3 - 21 21i 100 - 102 106 - 108 112 * 114 106 108 21i - 22 : m - 113 di, I 6i 7ip 20 3 / 4 -- 21 )) 2 3 / 4 3 p 5 7 2 -- 3 6 - 6i 36A 3.6 12. f 'I; - 9 48 -48 i p 47 49 47 49 Pn' 25 27 204 21 9 10 2i 2ip ... pin 3i - 4 ... - a 10k - ••• • iii -7 19 BANKS,. 84 -- 85 61 -66 A d 6 p 17A -18 A 19i -- 201(1 36 38 •N "''' w. • 35 = 36 40 - 42 51 - 52 73 - 74 8 - 9 MO E Nil 25 St. 20 et. 8Z 2e 50 25 100 25 50 10 5 20 18 20 20 20 100 10C. ,106 ail all 100 100 100 all S2s, 100 100 3 iOO Ali all 3 , - Is 10(! 100 a 1 " all i ;lc 9 I_oo all 4 10 10s. all 10 all 10 10 a. 20 It 40 al 20 al 20 1 IL 20 a lt) a 20 2: 20 a 20 1 11 20 I 11 20 1J 20 I a] 100 31 100 Z 100 21 20 al THE SEIN LO N DON, WEDNES U.A EVEN (1. JULY 25 1855 T r • .. Sl3l . 1) k r 'TX E D I,,NTALFI. T Er!! D 'S NEWS by curiositY. Ho Faw one man atternie to address the People. Ile commenced by observing, he wondered if Lord Robert Grosvenor had that afternoon got his "bock and seltza water." He was, however, ordered by a police wail to desist, and did so. He called the assemblage a mob, although there were numbers of respectable people like himself there. Bil:s were di,tributed about the park, one called on the people to he firm but ia their determination to get the Sunday bill withdrawn. He saw one roan bleeding from a blow on the temples, and he appeared excessively exasperated. By Mr. Chief Cammissianer Wortley—lt would not have been safe for the carriages ordinarily seen in the park to have Leen there this day for few horses would have stood the noise. Although there was a large number of persons dispoSed to be quiet, there were suf ficient to have created a serious riot. There was a ne cessity for some means being used to protect the people usually in the park, but as to the quantity of power was another quei-tion. Mr. W. Tidd Pratt, son of the celebrated Mr. Till Pratt, reviser of friendly society's rules, was at his father's residence, 12, Upper Grosvenor-street, which was opposite Lord Robert Grosvenor's house, on the afternoon in question. He saw a large crowd of persons approaching from various directions assemble in front of Lord Robert Grosvencr's house. They shouted very much, and' the roadway was impeded by the number of persons congregated. At first there was only a few policemen there. Afterwards a larger body suddenly appeared, and asked the people to move on. About three minutes after they took out their truncheons, and the street was speedily cleared. Ho was on the balcony, and distinctly heard . the police ask the crowd to move on. He saw them strike about a dozen men, those who would not move, and continued arguing with them, or remained in the door ways, or clung to the lamp-posts. He saw a policeman struck with a piece of tile thrown at him by a man in the Crowd. That was after their truncheons had been drawn. He considered the conduct of the police ex tremely good on this occasion. Crass-examined by. Mr. Mitchell —He considered from the placard he had seen the Week previous there would be a gathering in front of Lord R. Grosvenor's house on the Ist. There were ladies in the balconies of some of the houses near, but they did not Appear alarmed at the crowd. R Litw eYf 11,tusin.7 10411 r Prices yes'.erlay. :Bn/dress this day. INIPEIN AL PA_EMI. ME NT. jo t (1 :pad 13;:A Clydesda tenor Sad. and Hal. Lin. asl , C Gla.F„.. Barr. & Dircet .Do. New Gistr.di Du Ft Dk. Railway HOUSE QE COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AMENDING DILL. On the motion of Mr. MASSEY", the order of the day for the second reading of the above bill was read and discharged. MATRRIA.GE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the order of the day for resuming the discussion of the above bill in committee, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as there was no chance of the bill passing in the present session—the object of the bill being to legalise marriage with a de ceased wife's sister—he trusted there would be no ob jection in the house to its being withdrawn. The house having gone into committee, Mr. HEYWOOD admitted the force of the reasons for not proceeding with so important a bill at this late period of the session. The hon. member then moved that the chairman report progress, adding that it was his intention next session to renew the bill. After a few observations from Mr. V. SCULLY and Mr. NAPIER, who stated their intention to resist the application of such a bill to Ireland whenever it might be brought forward again, Mr. HEYWOOD said the bill which he intended to bring in next session would certainly not exclude Ire land ; but Scotland was differently situated, and a separate bill would be brought in for that part of the kingdom. The house then resumed, and the order was dis charged. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. _ Hun & Selby Do. Simrov. Do. y Char: s. Lon.&Groenw Do. Preference Lowo3teft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matinek litddle.kro' & Redear . Midid..Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exton.. N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 1 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystu.&Slit. Shot. Roth a'v Gooleg.fip.e. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Val i eygr 6 per rent_ Do Wiitskl;ororst On the motion of Sir D. NORRE.YS, the order of the day for the second reading of the above bill was read a-d discharged. BLEACHING, &c., WORKS BILL. . . On the order of the day for the second reading of this bin, Sir G. GREY expressed a hope that the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Butt) would not persevere with so important a measure at this advanced period of the By Mr. Commissioner Henderson—lt would have been unsafe for Lord Robt. Grosvenor to have walhed through the crowd. Rev. Leonard Sedgwick, 14, Westhourne-place, was in the park between half-past three and four o'oclock, and remained till half-past six o'clock. He went there from curiosity to see the class of persons who were opposed to the Sunday bill. The crowd appeared to be of two classes—one from curiosity, and the other with a deter mination to do something, and appeared to be acting under orders. They were between the receiving-house and the end of the Serpentine. He saw six or seven sticks or pieces of hurdles and some stones thrown at two or three gentlemen who were riding along the road; they were thrown from behind the persons immediately leaning on the rails. He saw one of the stones strike a policeman, but not, he thought, to hurt him. The crowd near the receiving house was composed of " half-grown boys,"and men." (Laughter.) He saw the police surround the crowd, as if desirous of apprehending some one. Their truncheons were drawn, but he could not say if he struck any person. He heard the police ask the people to go back from the rails, and he saw them pushing the second row to allow the front row to go back. session. Mr. I. BUTT said he felt bound to persevere with the bill, as it was no fault of his that its progress had been delayed to this period of the se ,, sion. The object of the bill was to restrict the excessive hours of labour in bleaching works, where young girls were from 16 to 18 hours a day constantly at work, and that, too, in close rooms where the temperature was sometimes 120 to 130. The hon. member read several extracts from evidence taken by a Royal Commission as to the hours of labour in those factories, which fully bore out his statements. He said with these facts before them the house would hardly blame him for trying to pass a bill in the present session that would apply some remedy to so fearful a state of things. He said the masters were not opposed to some improve ment in the present system, as was stated by Mr. Tre menhere. He contended, therefore, that there was not the slightest reason for the house not extending to bleach works the same system of legislation as they had already extended to factories with so much benefit. He did not attempt by this bill to interfere with adult labour; all he intended to do by the bill was to restrict the hours of labour for women and children in bleach works from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening, allowing an hour and a half for meals. (Hear.) He concludd by moving that the bill be now read a second time. _ _ _ [LEFT SITTING.] ADULTERATION OF FOOD. Mr. KIRK said he had placed a notice on the pa?er that this bill be read a second time this day three months. [LEFT SPEAKING.] PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE (THIS DAY). The Parliamentary committee on this subject reassem bled this morning, at the usual hour ; Mr. Scholefield in the chair. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) The first witness examined was Mr. Simons, Inspector of Health in the City of London. He suggested that the different local Boards in the country who were en• trusted with the administration of the Nuisances Re moval Act should be empowered to take proceedings against adulterators of food. He observed that, even if no penalty were inflicted, the effect of such a provision would be morally beneficial. [LEFT SITTING.] ROLLS COURT. COLE V. THE EARL OF CHARLEY ILLS-JUDGMENT. The Master of the Rolls gave judgment in this case, directing costs to be paid to the defendant, the Earl of Charliville, on the ground that the conduct of the noble earl had been right and proper throughout the whole of the proceedings. (Before Vice• Chancellor Wood.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. STEPHENS LYNE STEPHENS. PUTNEY CHARITY-JUDGMENT. " HONOUI?S AT HOME AND AROMOTION ABROAD." His Honour gave judgment this morning in this case, which was argued before him during the last week, when we gave at some length the whole of the facts. The in formation was filed by the Attorney-General to obtain the declaration of the Court as to whether six acres of land, forming part of the Roehampton estate, were sub ject to a charitable trust for the benefit of the poor of the parish of Putney. _ _ His Honour, after going at eonsider!►ble length into the case, directed inquiry as to the - possession of the land held by the defendants, and ordered the costs to be paid to them up to the hearing. 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From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was sitting close to a lady, and was observed by some other passengers to put his hand into the lady's pocket and take therefrom a purse. On his attempting to leave the omnibus the conductor, having been apprised of the fact, asked if any person in the omnibus had been robbed be fore ho allowed tha prisoner to quit the carriage. The lady in question, on searching her pockets, discovered the loss of her purse , which contained tqn shillings ; but it was, after the alarm had been given, found lying on the seat behind her. The Magistrate, on Thursday last, ordered the prisoner to be brought up to-day, in order to have the attendance of the lady, and also to allow time to make inquiries ,about the prisoner. The police had been unable to find the lady, and the onfy thing that had been discovered relative to the prisoner was that he had been in the habit of associating with thieves. Mr. Henry said there was not sufficient evidence, and, after cautioning the prisoner, ordered him to be dis charged. THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN HYDE PARK. INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF THE POLICE.-(THIS DAY.) The Commissioners took their ONO this morning sho T r h tl e y a c f h te ie r f ll Ce o m 'cl m oc ie k s inquired of Si r Richard Mayne whethe r , i n co nsequence of the war or loner Wortley in other circumstances, a considerable change had not taken place in the constitution of the police by the in troduction of a number of fresh and young men into the force ? Sir Richard Mayne said there was no foundation for such a supposition. H e said the force at present 1829, 13 ; 1830, 33 ; 1831, 19 ; 1832, 25 ; 1833, amounted to 5,707 m en , and the date s of their joining the force was as follows :-in 35 ; 1834, 48 ; 1835, 65 ; 1836, 55 ; 1837, 94 ; 1838, 107 ; 1839, 118 ; 184 0, 281 ; 1841, 155 ; 1842, 171 ; 1843, 204 ; 18 44 , 163 ; 1845 , 193 ; 1846, 281; 1847, 270 ; 1848, 397; 1 849 , 261 ; 1850 , 274; 1851, 374; 1852, 408; 1853, 675; and 1854, 967. Mr. Chief Commissioner Wortley-I see, then, more than one-sixth of the force joined in 1854. Sir Richard Mayne said a great many changes took place the first 12 or 18 months of the men joining the force, from their not liking the severity of the duty and other causes. The resign at i ons had been in 1840, 754 ; 1841, 629 ; 1842, 517 ; 1843, 470 ; 1844, 525 ' • 1845, 605 ; 1846, 832 . 1847, 707 ; 1 848 , 548 ; 1849 , 553 ; 1850, 608 ; 1851, 1,360 ; including the extra number temporarily engaged the exhibition year ; 1852, 636 ; 1853, 896 ; 1854, 822 ; which included those who had left the force to join the Land Transport Corps, &c. The dismissals since 1849, since which time a registry had been kept, were, 1849, 235 • 1850, 195 ; 1851, 309 ; being the exhibition year ; 1852, 231 ; 1853, 251; 1854, 189. 300 men were specially employed in the park on the Ist of July, taken from the reserve of the divisions. These were bodies of 50 men attached to the 6 divisions, and their ordinary employment was the filling up of va cancies arising from sickness or leave of absence, or for strengthening the force on any particular emergency. The reserve were selected nice, and had belonged to the force 12 months. Of the whole force 4,416 were English, 370 Irish, and 145 Scotch. Mr. Commissioner Armstrong said he was very glad to hear of it, because an anonymous letter had been sent to the commission stating the force to a large extent was composed of Irish. Mr. Chief Commissioner Wortley said the letter was signed "an English gentleman," but it was not couched in terms one would expect from an English gentleman. He begged to say once for all that the commission could take no notice of such communications . This was an open court, and any pers on havin g a g r ievance to com plain of if he came there would be heard . Mr. Samuel Fry, s olicitor, Strand, was in the Park on the Ist of July. Ue notice d that the crowd appeared bent on giving expression to teir feelings on the Sun day bill ; but that, being frustr h ated in it, their exaspera tion was turned against the police. He saw a young man, respectably dressed, pocket a number of small pebbles, which he threw into the air for the purpose of annoyance. The police on two occasions went under the rails to clear the people, and they did it in -their usual manner. Some persons appeared determined to come into collision with the police, and did so. He divided the crowd into two classes-one shouting, the other conversing peaceably. Many were no doubt at tracted by curiosity to the park. There was great ex asperation on the part of the populace. There might have been some unlucky blows struck that day by the police near the Serpentine, when the police endeavoured to stop the people from rushing across the road, and a female who ought to have gone the right way go the wrong way, she would scream and then the mob cried "Shame," and it became necessary from the conduct of the people that the police should use their truncheons. There might have been individual cases of mistake by the police, and ihad they not acted with vigilance and firmness serious disasters might have resulted. Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell-The crowd was not a good humoured one. He thought it would have been dangerous for Lord Robert Grosvenor to have been there. He saw a stone thrown at a four-wheel conveyance. People in vehicles did n o t appear likely to be alarmed at the people-as they d rove along they appeared to Ira . terniee with the people. Re wan attracted to the park f The following letter has been addressed to the Times : —Sir,—l read with no little surprise in an evening paper of Saturday last that a pension of 1001. a-year had been granted to Lord George Paget for distinguished ser vices. I had previously seen his name early in the week in the list of those who had obtained the Com panionship of the Bath, and I observe in the Times of yesterday, under the head of " Military Intelligence," that he is now placed in command of the Light Bri gade of Cavalry in the Crimea. Will you allow me, Sir, a very small space in your columns, that we may look into some of the antecedents of the noble lord, and see how farthey justify such an accumulation of " honour, promotion, and reward ?" Lord George Paget entered the army in 1834. His promotion, as might have been expected, was rapid ; he becomes a major in the army in January, 1846 ; lieutenant-colonel (commanding the 4th Light Dragoons) in December of the same year ; and colonel in June, 1854. On the breaking out of the war he is employed for the first time on active service, goes to the Crimea in command of his regiment, is present (and only present, not under fire) at the Battle of Alma, and led his regiment into action in the gallant affair of Balaklava. He then applies for leave of absence to England and obtains it, not upon the ground of ill health, but with the express and avowed intention of selling out and leaving the army. On arriving in England, however, he finds that this will not do. Unless rumour very much belies the truth, the Queen herself gave him a hint on the subject, and, pressed on all hands, he is compelled reluctantly to return to the seat of war in the Course of the spring, having deserted his troops and his duty during the hor rors of last winter, and hazarded his reputation and his fair name in the opinion of all who were aware of the circumstances of the case. Now, such being the nature of Lord George's services, is it or is it not a prostitution of the honour to enlist him among the Companions of the Bath ? Is it not an insult to the service to place him among the recipients of pensions for distinguished services ? Does the simple fact of having led a regiment in the charge of Balaklava, brilliant though it was, justify either one or the other, still less both"? One method of ascertaining this is to compare Lord George's services with those of other officers, and with this view I turn to Hart's Army Lis; for 1855, and upon the very same page in which Lord George's name ap pears, and in which his services are summed up in this simple statement, " Commanded the 4th Light Dra goons at the Battle of Balaklava," occurs that of an offi cer to whose name is attached the following : " Lieutenant-Colonel served with the Light Dragoons throughout the campaign of 1842 in Affghanistan (medal), and was present at the forcing of the Khyber Pass, storming the Heights of Jugdulluck, action of Tezeeu and Huftkotul, occupation of Cabal, storm and capture of Istaliff. Ho served, also, in the Punjaub campaign of 1848-9, and was present at the affair of Rumnuggur, the passage of Wuzorabad, on the Ist of December, 1848, action of Sadoolapore, and Battles of Chillianwallah (se verely wounded) and Guzorat (medal, &c)." This officer is not a Companion of the Bath, or in pos session, as far as I am aware, of a pension for distin guished services. A few pages further on I find the fol lowing : "Captain served with the Light Dragoons throughout the campaign of 1842 in Affghanistan (modal), and was present at the forcing of the Khyber Pass, cap ture of Mamoon Khail, storming the heights of Jugdnlluck, actions of Tezeen and Hnitkotnl, and occupation of Cabul. He was present in the action of Alaharajpore (medal). He also served in the Sutlej campaign of 1815-6, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah (charger killed), and So braon (medal and two clasps)." No. C.8.-ship. No pension. Again : " Lieutenant-Colonel served during the campaign of Affghanistan under Lord Keane, including the siege and capture of Ghuznee (medal); also at the battle of Maim rajpore (medal) • in the campaign on the Sutlej (medal), including the battles of Buddiwal and Aliwal, at which last he was severely wounded by a musket shot while charging, with the squadron he commanded, a large body of infantry with three guns in their front, and which he broke through and dispersed, being the last of the enemy's infantry which stood their ground." No honoura,!no pension. Again : "Lieutenant-Colonel ---:served at the siege of Blinn. pore, and was a volunteer for the dismounted cavalry storming party. He served also in the action at Maharaj pore (medal), and in the campaign on the Sutlej, including the battles of Buddiwal, Aliwal, and Sobraon. At Aliwal he commanded the right wing of the Lancers, and sub sequently the regiment, as also at Sobraon." No pension, no honours. If it were necessary I could recite instance after instance of this description ; and, still further, were I to go into the services of officers of the Indian army I should find no difficulty in bringing forward several well known names of men whose services have been of the highest possible character, influencing, some of them, the issue of battles and turning the fortune of campaigns, but who have not obtained the distinction to which Lord George Paget's one charge appears to have entitled him, - But the more serious question, sir, still remains be hind. Is Lord George Paget a fit and proper person to be intrusted with the brigade of light cavalry or is he not ? Do his reputation and performances justify such a command ? Does any military man be lieve that, if an occasion should arise where judgment, or skill, or coolness, or knowledge of the art of war is required, he would be found equal to the crisis ? lam a civilian, but I live much among military men. I have never heard but one opinion of my Lord George Paget—viz., "that he is utterly inefficient, and totally ignorant of his duties even as commandant of a cavalry regiment ;" and not only so, but he is also reported to hold doctrines and opinions utterly at variance with the proper performance of his duties as a soldier. If to such men as these brigades of the British army are to be intrusted, all I can say is, "God help old England !" Whether we obtain success or not, one thing is certain, " we do not deserve it." ASSESSED TAXES.—A correspondent says that the ten per cent. which was added to the assessed taxes 20 years ago was taken off last year (when the present Assessed Act was passed), except on game certificates and horse ,dealers. Why the percentage wax kept on them is probably a state secret. The Piemonte of Turin states that a duel was fought on the 17th at Placentia between Count Z o nardi of Parma, and an Austrian officer. The latter received a wound in his head, and the former a slight one in the hand. This is the third duel of the kind fought at Pla centia within the last twelvemonth, ic,t .t. 1 lli i 89i 125 i 66i 5 6 65i 6 5B 6 981 i 86i 7 70 II li ii 491 i ni i 17s 17 18i 17i 20A 19i all all all all Do.. RAILWAY INTELCIGENCE. GRAND TRUNK or CANADA. A general meeting or shareholders in this company was held. yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. T. Baring, M.P., in tho chair. The CaAmax explained that the periodical meeting:B of the - company were appointed to be held in . Canada e but, in deference to the wishes of the shareholders in England, the present meeting , was held:' The piesident of the company, the Ron, Mr. Ross, and one of the directors, Mr. Hineks, were present, and would give any information in their power. An earlier meeting. of the shareholders would have been im practicable, and at the same time the directors were bound to acknowledge the forbearance of the shareholders in waiting for a meeting up to the present time. The SECRETARY (Mr. Chapman) then read a report from the London board of directors in respect to the progress of the undertaking. it stated that 171. 10s. per share and 70 per cent. on the province and company's bonds, of the A series, have been called up. The total amount which has been received on this capital is 2,898,4271., of which 464,3941. is in advance of future calls. The arrears are 71,2171., of which 22,2371. are on the last call. The amount yet to be received on the A issue of capital is 683,972/. The next call of 21. 10s. per share, and 10 per cent. on each class of bonds, will be dhe and payable on the 12th October next. The certificates for works in favour of the contractors for which the A capital has been raised amounted to 2,888,2181., including the pay ment of interest to this date, which interest forms a deduc tion from the payments to th e contractors as the works pro gress. The sum of 298,5001. not originally reckoned upon, but which was found to be indispensably required for putting the line from Montreal to Portland into effective working condition, has likewise been expended. The progress and exe cution of all the works have been in the highest degree satis factory, and the directors are assured that the sections of the line from Quebec to St. Thomas (40 miles), and from Montreal to . Brockville (125 miles), will be delivered over to the company for traffic in the ensuing autumn. The com munication between Brockville and Toronto (a distance of 210 miles) will be completed in the course of next year. The section from Toronto to Stratford (82 miles) will be delivered over to the company by the contractors before the expiration of the present year. A connection will thus be effected be tween Stratford and Montreal, and between Montreal, Port land, and Quebec, a distance of 841 miles, with the excep tion only of the link of the Victoria-bridge. The Governor- General of Canada was empowered by an act passed in the late session of the Canadian Parliament to grant to the company a further advance of province bonds to an amount not exceeding 900,000/. Under the powers of this act bonds will be granted to that amount at the same rate of interest as borne by those already issued, and for a term of 20 , years. By means of the aid thus afforded the directors have been able to effect arrangements for the common benefit of all concerned in the undertaking. In the new arrangement entered into with. Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts, and Jackson, provision is first made for. payment of the balance due to the contractors in respect of works certified up to the Ist of May, 1855; and, as no part of the new province bonds is available for works executed before that time, this payment is to be made in B shares and B company's bonds—two-thirds in bonds and one-third in shares. For the works to be actively proSecuted between St. Thomas and Toronto, estimated at 1,600,0001., the contrac tors are to receive payment, one-half in cash, ad the remain der in equal proportions of B company's bonds and B shares,' on which latterl2/. 10s. is to be taken as paid, and out of the cash payments is to be deducted the interest payable by the contractors to the holders of bolds and shares, according to the provisions of the originalcontract. No call is to be made on the B shares beyond the 121. lOs., to be credited thereon, until after the Ist of May, 1857. Should any extra works be required, the contractors have agreed to accept payment in bonds and shares of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Com, pany, calculated at par in sterling, which bonds and shares the company hold to the extent of 200,0001., which are re served as a provision for this purpose. The cmtractors leave to the disposal of the directors the province bonds of the B series to which they are entitled under their original contract. They consent to the suspens'on of the works from St. Thomas to Trois Pistoles, andirom Belleville to Peterborough, until the first of September, 1856. The contractors also agree to a modification of the contract for the Victoria-bridge. This arrangement will enable the directors to consider whether it is possible to adopt any more . economical plan for its con struction. The present expenditure on that work is to be limited to 60,0001., that being the amount estimated as re quired for fulfilling existing arrangements with sub-contrac tors. They undertake to proceed actively with the works from Montreal to Toronto, and from Quebec to St. Thomas. The directors submit the foregoing arrangement as fair and equitable. The works actively prosecuted are those from which the largest and earliest return is to be expected. Those which arc suspended are the portiOns likely to be least remunerative. The total receipts from the traffic upon the line already opened from Portland and Montreal amounted for the half-year ending the 31st of Dec., 1853, to 54,615/. ; ending the 30th of June, 1854, to 72,8311.; ending the 31st of December, 1854, to 97,907/. ; and for the 25 weeks of the half-year ending the 30th ult. to 82,9121., being an' increase over the corresponding period of last year of 13,3791., or 19 per cent. Various causes have combined to retard the de velopment of the traffic over the eastern lines, such as the sudden paralysis of the timber trade, the commercial panic which ensued, and the withdrawal during the last half-year for the exigencies of the war of the steamers destined to ply between. Liverpool and Portland. The directors express their unabated confidence in the undertaking, and that it will prove amply remunerative when completed. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. The Hon. J. Ross, the president of the company, seconded themotion, and in doing so said there was not much to state on the present occasion in addition to what they had heard, but when the undertaking was completed throughout there could be no doubt it would be remunerative. In reply to questions it was stated that the Victoria-bridge had already cost 200,0001., and that 60,0001. more would be required before they coul stop the works with a view to give time 'to consider whether a cheaper mode of construction could be adopted. Half-yearly reports would in future be given to the shareholders, stating the progress of the works, and so forth. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was unanimously adopted ; and the proceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the Canadian and London directors, and also to the Chaihnan. The meeting then separated. PRUSSIAN DESPATCH. The Prussian, Monitetv publishes the following de spatch, dated the sth, addressed by M. de Manteuffel to Count Arnim, the Prussian ambassador at Vienna : " Through the kindness of Count Esterhazy, we have re ceived a confidential communication of the project of a de claration on the subject of the Eastern Question, which Baron Prokesch is to present to the Diet in the name of his Govern ment. The Cabinet of Vienna has also been so kind as to communicate to us the circular dated Juno 28, by which Count Buol announces to the German Governments the steps which the Imperial Court of Austria intends to take. I need scarcely assure your Excellency that these documents have appeared most interesting to the Government of the King, and in the opinion which we have formed of them, we are guided by the greatest federal amity to wards the Imperial Court of Austria, as well as by a sincere desire to impress as much as possible the decla rations which the Diet may be called upon to make, with a character of unanimity. In this respect, I above all notice with satisfaction the declaration contained in the cir cular of the 28th, viz., that the Confederation cannot be called upon to enter into new engagements, or to give exten sion to the existing ones. This is perfectly in accordance with our view of the matter, as is unmistakeably proved by the numerous documents which have latterly emanated from the government of the King ; and consequently the only question which might be raised, is that of knowing whether, in gene ral, a new declaration on the part of the Diet is necessary, seeing that it is only to maintain its preceding resolutions. If, on this question, we were only to consider our own situation, we should be disposed to reply to it negatively, since Prussia in her quality of European power will remain under any cir cumstances in that state of preparation for war which responds to the resolution of the Diet of the Bth February. In the meantime, although the hope of the re-establishment of peace between the belligerent powers has not been yet realised, we, nevertheless, think ourselves authorised to believe according to declarations which have been made to us as to the turn which events have lately taken, that the chance of Austria taking an active participation in the war is removed, and that the uneasiness which had arisen from that idea for Ger many is considerably diminished, and consequently the desire expressed by our German co-federates to see the charges im posed on them appears justified. The best means of coming to an understanding on this question will be to submit it to the deliberation of the Committees to whom the Austrian declaration will be referred, and the more so, as the text of that declaration was not in the first place made known to the other German Governments, and a complete exami nation appears absolutely necessary, and certainly so in the eyes of the Austrian Government. As far as what concerns the P russ i an Government, its position as regards the treaty of De cember, and the negotiations connected with it arc well known. Prussia has not acceded to that treaty, notwith standing the invitations made to her, and a formal approba tion of the conclusion of that treaty, and of the conferences connected with it, would place us in flagrant contradiction with our past policy. We are convinced beforehand that such cannot be the intention of the Cabinet of Vienna. Such an approbation would suppose a solidarity, which Prussia considers as incompatible with her political convictions, as well as with the solicitude she owes to her own interests and to those of Germany, and she must consequently decline it now as openly as she did at the moment of the conclusion of the treaty of December. Such an approbation, moreover, could not take place, unless Austria should, as formally, ap prove of the policy pursued by Prussia and by Germany. Such a reciprocal approbation given after the facts had occurred would perhaps bring prominently to light and in a disastrous man ner the differences of the past, and we prefer leaving it to the Imperial Cabinet to decide whether it would not be better to renounce it on both sides in the interest of the wished-for understanding. We are confirmed in this idea by the decla ration contained in the Austrian project of wishing to main tain irrevocably the bases of peace as admitted by Austria. As far as it is meant by this to point out the maintenance, under all circumstances, of the four points considered as a whole, the resolution of the Diet of the 9th December, would be exceeded. Such an obligation does not exist as far as Germany is concerned. She has resolved only to ap iazguasisnianalumswtehrdoicinhga propriate and to maintain the first two points. Since Russia has declared that she will also consider them as obligatory for her so long as Germany and Austria shall not take part in the war,. there is no reason to believe them. menaced by her. These two points, however, will only possess real value by being executed, and in that respect Prussia thinks right once again to reserve to herself, in of name and in that of Germany, the participation which is ow to her. As regards the third point, it is relative on ton rho hand to the maintenance of the integrality of Turkey; in In the other to the diminution of Russian preponderan Black Sea. In the first respect there scarcely: ferenco of opinion. Austria declares that d fend that to continue continue to occupy the principalities to a e and Constanti rity. It belongs to the Cabinets of Vienna s necessary, or nople to decide if this occupation 1% 00 0,. these prinei how long it will bo so, for the occ,uPoa.f a treaty between palities has taken place in consegmantc she isedxeisatesrrn.aiutfd a ffitirs in a German Austria and the Porte. Looking be apprehended at Pre tbe resolution of the a p p o i i , n o t oro o d f v n i o e t w, imanpossaitace.kwlehfsersno from 0 Diet of Dec. 9 was taken. Theless, evtehnets sent than ever. e for r ii the g o fG theer m a country territory,ilntr y is so the rm. t more lotion in Governments, that in an exceedingly amongst all th Gout:the menacing most energetre measures short space of crimesinugrectlihaleraf'sc:enfo:rle with the federal obv • would be igations • • taken, in conformilin g relative to The -. our Sovereign is l that safety. for that holy • a so determined to em ploy all his forces .0 in mission. The diminution of Russian preponderance the Blac • k Sea is the point against which the understanding between Austria and. the other contracting parties of the treaty of December has failed, a nd which has led to the close o f the conferences. AVe a b s t a in from every examination of the question of ascertain ing who led to that result, and we unhesitatingly approve of the efforts made by Austria in favour of p eac e. But from the time that these effo r t s h ave re • that no doubt exists, that the remained fruitless, from the time Cabinets of Paris and London no longer conceive themselves bound by the declarations made to the Diet, all the propositions which have been diSOUNtII Carlisle, up to a very recent period, was more celebrated for its historical recollections including the imprison. meat within its castle of Mary Queen of Scots after the battle of Langside, and its slop during the rebellion of 1745, than for the importance of its trade. More peaceful times, the advance of civilisation, and, above all, the railway systeta,have, however,done much to develops the resources of Carlisle, and the population, which in 1801 was under 10,000, now closely approximates to 30,000. The old gazeteers inform us the staple trade of the town consisted of whips and fish-hooks, but those elements of industry are now thrown far into the shade by its cotton and woollen manufactures—the tall chimneys , to which England owes so much of its commer c i a l glory, now rapidly adding to the variety, if not the beauty, of the scenery. The most extensive of these establishments is that of Messrs. Dixon and Son, who are engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods in all their details, being said to employ 7,000 or 8,000 hands, or more than one fourth of the whole population. _ As we have stated, Much of the present prosperity of Carlisle is due to its railways, though the Carlisle Canal to the Solway Frith, which was opened in 1823, and has been since converted into a railway, gave the first real impetus to the trade. The city is, indeed, now one of the great centres of the railway system of the north of England, as uniting it with that of Scotland. The first of these railways, the Newcastle and Carlisle, 60 miles in length, was opened throughout in 1838 ; the Maryport and Carlisle, 27 miles in length, and from which there are junctions with Cockermouth and Whitehaven, was cpeued in 1845 ; the Lancaster and Carlisle, 70 miles in length, which connects Carlisle and Scotland with the whole of the London and North-Western system, was opened in 1846 ; and the Caledonian Railway, to Edin burgh and Glasgow, and from which there is a junction at. Gretna with Dumfries, was opened in 1847. On entering Carlisle by any of the railway stations, the visitor's atten tion is at present attracted by triumphal arches of ever greens and flowers thrown across the roads in honour o the meeting of the Agricultural Society, and a few of the houses are decorated with flags, wreaths, evergreens, &c., hut these tokens of welcome are far less imposing and less general than in any other city we have visited with the society. If, however, the outward show of welcome is not so great as at some places, the inward feelings of gratifica tion at the visit can scarcely be conceived to be leas enthu siastic, inasmuch as the old tariff of 10s. and 15s. a night for beds is demanded with the greatest nonchalance though we believe that the expectations of a rich har vest will, in a great degree, be disappointed, the visitors in many instances preferring to make the neighbouring towns, which are easily reached by railway, their rest ing-places, and thus escape the extortion of the resident ' innkeepers and other inhabitants. At the same time the number of visitors up to this period is much smaller than anticipated, or what we have been accustomed to observe at similar meetings. This we think, however, may be in some measure accounted for by a sli g ht alte ration in the arrangements, which will d eter the g eneral company from arriving until a later period of the week than hitherto. The trial days of the machinery ertyhe im plement-yarda is not thrown op en to the public been extended so as to include the Tuesday until aad Wednesday. of the castle, on The exhibition ground is to t he north un til the , ements of the tora d i st i ng uish them front nothing The d i nner pavilion, with all its some beautiful meadows called the S ar o r r a c n e g showyard, there being r ies. It would be useless to describe the gene those of former year s . accommodations the meetings of the society, and we every attendant at say that the arrangements are as per_ need therefore only possible to make them. The space allotted to is °B;ebtdasi in such at Lincoln lastyear—Carliale and ornaments, is likewise familiar to feet as it is p such close propinquity to the prin net of the exhibition at i- atutaot ries in the kingdom as that city ; but ma a nd estood that there will be a very respectable still, it is u e entries for cattle exceed those whilst the exhibited which attracted the of any show,cipa Ibie g implements e - with the exception former rai; ~ Windsor in .1-opi may be mentioned Boy- Amongst the.impleme.nts this engine consists in the wheels most attention in the trial yard Boy dell's locomotive or steam traction engine for ploughs, be i n g supplied with g e of noveltya series er i o e " a portable railway," as it is called, of this of shoes or short lies of railway, which are laid with the revolutions of the wheel, and thus facilitate the general progress. The appearance is any thing but prepossessing, but the ease with which the en clOcnsistlinh gine worked appears to have given general satisfaction. It is stated that the" portable railway" has been lately applied to gu n carriages, and is likely to have a wily material influence on military operations by the ease and facility with which heavy ordnance will be enabled to be removed from one point to another. There have been also trials, by the judges, of a number of drills, hoes, ploughs, reaping machines, &c., but we abstain from of. fering any opinion as to their respective merits, as it would be not only manifestly unjust to do so prior to the publication of the awards, but it is very difficult for the observer, from his necessarily disadvantageous position and want of sufficient opportunity to examine the vari ous implements, to arrive at a correct conclusion with regard to them. Carlisle was, last evening, visited by a very heavy thunderstorm ; and this morning being wet and sloppy, fears are beginning to be entertained relative to the sus cess of the popular day of the exhibition. ME. Mum IN CARLISLE.—Taking advantage of the m eeting of the Royal Agricultural Society in Carliele, Mr. Mechi, on Saturday, delivered a lecture, in the Athenaeum, on the agricultural state and prospect' of the kiugdoul. in view of the solution of this question, whether in or out of the conferences, no longer form a determined base for the execution of which it - would be advisable 0 enter into en gagements, but rather furnish materials worthy of being taken into consideration, and which perhaps may serve, according to the events of the war—unfortunately alone capable of being decisive—towards an assured state of right and of peace, for which the resolution of the Diet of Dec. 9 designates the four points in their essential contents, as an appropriate basis. To tie one's hands in any manner whatever with respect to these materials appears to us objectionable, and we would not even counsel that to the Austrian Cabinet, and still less to our German confederates. Such are the principal observations suggested to us by the Austrian project just communicated to us ; and I have to request your Excellency to inform Count Buol of them, leaving him a copy of the present despatch. It will be of great interest to us to learn to what an extent these considerations, which we have deemed it our duty to express to you openly and frankly, may influence the course which the Austrian Cabinet will follow in this affhir. Receive, ' 1 MANTEUFFXL." THE FLYING SQUADRON. The following extract from a letter from one of the flying squadron of the Baltic fleet explains the circum stances of the death of Mr. Story, and other particulars, not given in the official despatches we published yester- day : _ . " July 16. "In the early pirt of last week wo crossed the gulf and visited the south shore, calling at two places, Hounds. Bay and Koskola, at both of which we found Cossacks and Go vernment stores. We burnt the buildings, including a Cossack barrack, at Koskola, - from which the owners but just cleared out, leaving much of their gear—lances, pistols, saddles, bridles, coats, shakos, &c. On Friday the squadron returned to the north shore, and anchored off the Strait of Frangsund, one of the entrances of the passages leading to Wiborg. On the afternoon of that day a reconnaissance was made in force of the defences of the strait by the Ruby gun boat and the boats of the frigates, with the view to ascer tain the nature of the obstructions placed to prevent our ingress. We started. about 6 p.m. with eight boats and the gunboat, and proceeded unmolested up the narrow pas sage leading into Frangsuud, until within 400 yards of the entrance, which we knew from pretty good authority to be staked. A Russian steamer, towing some large row gun boats, appearing inside, the Ruby opened fire on her at very long range, as well as the rocket-boats, and almost at the same time a heavy fire of musketry was opened from the left bank by men concealed behind a long low breastwork recently thrown up, and from among the trees. This was returned with great spirit by the boats, and shells fell with beautiful precision. The boats, continuing to advance, soon reached the obstruction, which was found to consist of large caissons of timber filled with stones, a small pas sage being left open for boats to pass through; some of the boats pulled over it, and passed inside, thus fairly offering battle to the two steamers and the row gun-boats, who were pitching shot and shell at the Ruby from behind. the Point; they, however, were not game to come out, and, as the object of the reconnaissance had now been and all the soundings taken, the recall was hoisted, and the flotilla commenced its retreat. The firing Lasted upwards of 411 hour,and was kept up with great spirit on both sides. The Ruby, not being provided with rifle-plate bulwarks, was much exposed, but most providentially no one on board was hit. In the boats five men were wounded—one only severely. A sad accident occurred in one of the Arrogant's boats by the , ignition of a rocket that had been prepared and placed in the boat ready for firing; the rocket exploded in the boat, and ignited the small magazine of ammunition, containing some 100 rounds of ball cartridge as well as the bursting charges for the rockets ; twoimen were severely burnt ; one has since died, and. the midshipman (Mr. Story) was blown into the water and. never again seen ; being unable to swim, it is supposed he sank at once. The remainder of the crew jumped overboard, and were picked up by the other boats. The Russians are con structing some very strong works on some islands in Frang sund Bay, covering the approaches to Wiborg, the works of which are not considered well adapted for sea defence. It is supposed they have a large number of row gunboats laid up there for security. The Arrogant joined the fleet at Nargen to-day, leaving the Magicienne at Hog land. In the late distribution of C.B.'s to Captains who served in the Baltic last year I find Captain Scott excluded How is this ? Captain Scott took an active part in the first bombardment of Bomarsund, and after wards at Abo. Rear-Admiral Martin, who saw not a shot fired, is made a K.C.B. The Ajax, 60, is anchored at Foyle Fiord, Aland Islands (July 11) ; the Desperate, Conflict, and Basilisk are blockading in the Gulf of ; the Pylades and Tartar are off Dagerort and Nang° Head. The following ships are anchored off Revel :—The Duke of Wellington, Exmouth, Russell, Pem broke, Hawke, Cornwallis, Amphion, Volcano, Vulture, Merlin, Lightning, and Cossack, with 20 French and English mortar-boats. We were glad to see, • on the 15th inst., the Sparrowhawk cutter, the property of Messrs. Galt, of Portsea, wine merchants, run up to our anchorage, 18 days from Eng land, laden with a very acceptable cargo. The new mortar boats have been practising for the first time against some islands here, and have developed the extraordinary range of upwards of 4,000 yards." ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. CARLISLE, July 24.—The seventeenth annual meeting of this society is now being held in this city ; but although it nominally commenced on Thursday last, the real proceedings of interest, at least so far as the great majority of visitors to these anniversaries are concerned, do not begin until to-morrow. Hitherto the proceedings have been confined to the trials of the machinery, to en able the judges to decide on their awards, but though the trial yard has been tolerably well attended, compa ratively few visitors from distant parts have as yet been attracted to "bonnie Carlisle." St. 10 St. 25 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 22 i 20i i