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The Mountains behind the house may be ascended through the Plantations belonging to the Proprietor, in shout twenty minutes from whence may also be seen Nine different Lakes and erns, ss also most of the notable Mountalts in the locality, with Morecambe Bay in the distance, which most of the guide books have omitted to *Won. MEXICAN and SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY. MCP: IS ITERPBY ,VEs, hat the Directors have ma In a Call of One Pound per share on the shares in this Company, and that the same is to be paid to Messrs. Barclay, Revan, and Co., for account of the Directors, on thP twenty.eighth day or August nest, or at latest within three months from that dote, subject in that ease to a P a yment 2 o B f t i h nt o 7 A st u Lt s te rate of 5 per cent. per annum, from and _ _ . (Signed) -- 11Y1)E CLARKE, Secretary. The banger,' receipt, with certificate of shares, is to be brought to the Company's . olllce one clear day, to have the payment endorsed thereon. 17, Gracechureh-street, 28th July, 1856. mce al in .1 Be of lame Oa ) bills 6th, 4 but and but D was 1 the to the entire xten im to ace of • NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE . THE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL ASSURANCE and INVESTMENT ASSoCIA t lON invite attention to the New Systeria of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association, viz., that of allowing Interest on all Pretniums paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usually adopted. By this plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly Increasing annual income during lire, as well as the payment of the sum assured to his repre.entatives at his d.-ath. Tables of Rates specially adapted to flits system of As , urance may be ohtsined at the (MCA of the Company, 3, Pa 1-mall East, or for- Warded free on application. PETER MORRIPON, Managing Director. o-day, [at, no ,ering. .al 1001 Pig' to 7d ; -d per i to es to 61 prices Gs 114 ,vrn on verago. he ave' g; and of 10e nuers• reather re still k Od to Oats. ---3 Od. rico of had a a done. maltin: s, 225 t, am, 485 ost-offtf • due ;nglsa d eeklY • SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Policies effected with this LONDO Societynow will PARTICIPATE TN FO UR - FIFT , IS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained In the S •cletv's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other 614-estab'ished offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the acctu..niated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stampspaid by the'nfilce. _ Prospectuses may be obtained at thP Office in Tlareadneedle - street , London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY- LIDDERDALE, Actuary. 'eekly Rice 1:a0 ncertaft l h of mo. I& 19th & 'll 010 IlCOrtat° th of VP Xr 5 9th & !gist ind 16 and :49 and 19 and 24 vice day 7, 14,2. and 16 t ot MO ally th and 210 tic 29 0 cutd 16 GUARDIAN PIKE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CIikePANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. FRANCIS, HART DYKE. Esq.. Chairman. HENRY TIULSE BEREVQ, Esq., Detinty-Chairman. • BeessureAfeloribaertiv Esq.-- • IrW. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Mankey, Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey. Esq. Henry Norman, Esq . John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Johnstone, Edq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. John Loch, Esq. Remy Vigne, Esq. Al7DlTose. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq . Lewis Lloydijun., Esq. 1 John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys; Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT. —Under the provisions of an Act of Par 11ament, this Company now otters to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rats of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will he declared in June, 1860. when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to - sh Ore in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company. the total reversionary Bonnses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 . At Christmas, 1854, the Assuran , es in force amounted to upwards of 4 ,24 0 ,0001.; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. ; and the Life Asswance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.---Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values. pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES:=-Written Notices of, received and registered. • MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for l'olicy Stamps. FIRE DEPART MENT.— Insurances effected upon every descrip tion of property, at moderate t a t es. Losses caused by Ex melon of Gas are admitted by this Company. 15,21,0 h a nd 21 t and 16 weekly MIDLAND RAILWAY.-NOTICE, IS HEREBY OMEN. That the next HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY GENERAL NIEETING of the Proprietors of the 11I1)• LAND RAILW AY COMPANY will be held at the station of the said Company, at Derby, on wEGNESO •Y. the twentieth day of Anaust instant, at half-past One o'clock in the afternoon, fur the transaction of the general husine.s of the CompanY. Dated this 6th day of Aurrust, 1856. JOHN ELLT4. Chairman. SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy-Chairman. By order. JOSEPH SANDERS, Secretary. Derby, August 6th, 1856. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY TOURISTS' TICKETS, COMMENCING IST JUNE, AND TERMINATING t & 16th eekl9 30TII ' 4 EPTnIKISER, NORT %VAL K. TiOcets. available for TFIREE WEEK S, enabling the holder to stoD at Rhyl, Conway, Bangor, Caernarvon, and Holyhead, either Roing or returning, re issued at the folloi7ii.g fares by the through trains. The First-class Tickets are ava table by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached, I 2d Class. • L ondox to Holyh e ad,and back...... £3 st 10 Class 0 . .... ...t 2 10. 0 Oxford Peteit; oron , h Ito ditto and hack .. .. 210 0 .... 115 0 Birmingham to ditto and back...... 2 0 0 .... 110 0 Wolverhampton to ditto ani back.. • . 115 0 .... 1 7 0 Toren TAKES OF WEiT%faith:L.A.Nl) A.ND CITNTBEELAVD Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes, are Issued at the followln% F.res by the throur,h Trains. The First Class Tickets are available by any trAin, an 1 the Second by sach fr airal aS have second-class carriages attached : - ist Clls3. 2d Clam. London to Windermere and back £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 oxford ~} to ditto and b tck 215 0 .... 20 0 Peterboroweo Birmingham to ditto and back 2 5 0 .... 115 0 Wolverhampton ........ •• • • 0 , 20,011. VI Ic. ALBERT BMITII.'S MONT 131_,A , TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at 8 'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and aturday Mornings at 3. italls, as. ; area. 2s. ; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. OPAL SURREY GARDENS.-COLOSSAL ai MUSIC HALL.—THIS EVENING, JULLIEN'S CON -O.ERTS. —Madame RuderselortT—Zottave Clarions of the Iniperial Guards—Z , uave Quadrille—Danson's 'Yodelled Pictures of consi an tlnople and the Alps—Fairy Caverns—Turkish Kiosk and Illuminated Terrace—Dioramic Views by Phillips—Novelly Illuminated Walks -- Magniflcent Pyrotechnic Display and Emblematic Tableau. • Con cert at Q even. Fire. orks at a Qtr:rter past Ten. On WEDNESDAY neat, August 13, MEN DELSQOIIN NIGHT ; and on SATURDAY. August 23, a GRAND MORNING CONCERT. Concert at 2. Admission Is. THE ZOITAVES.-ROYAL SURREY GARDEN -4 .-I%e public is informed that the ZOITA VZS, from the 2d Regiment of the Imperial fluarel, will appear EVERY' NIGHT fora month only, the permlssi.n from the French authorities expiring po,itively on the sth September next. 6th August. 1856. WILLIAI4 ELLIS. Secretary. ROYAL SURREY GARDEN S.—The imndon General Omnibus Company wi I run Omnibuses from Kingsland Gate and Highbury Station to the Royal Surrey Gardens, half-past 5 o'clock daily, returning from the Gardens as Boon as the amusemen's are over. Fare to or from the Gardens, 6d. each. TAR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 7 4, Coventry-street, Leicesi er-square.—Open (for Gentlemen DIY) from 1 i till 10, containing upw rds of one thousand models nd preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in ealth and disease. the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, , and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SExxost, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and Ighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in emirs. of delivery ty Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One (NANTERRE:PRY HALL, Westminster-road. J —IPENT t VERY F.veNiso —The celehrited ITIINGA 7IADT BAN , ), under t'e direction of Herr KALOZDY, w!ll perform v- ry Ermine' a' 9 and 11 o'cl= ck, in addition to the usual Vocal ntertainment. The fo lowing company of talented V. ealists are , ermanently ngaged for =he performance of Selections froth all the 'opular ope a., Ma Irigals, Choruses. Duets, &c.; viz. :—M=s 'aulfleld, Miss Prunel, Miss Sommers, and e . iss Pearse ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. donghmans S. Jones, T. Tarrant, Melling. Barker. Russell Grover, AO P. Cortle; Masters E. Con n% Austin, and Bennett, and Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte Mr. J. Harrnway, LA.. harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun ; kl=rector. Mr. i. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c until twelve o'clock. PUBLICATIONS. [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED bD. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Just ready, in 3 vols., LAW INTE,,LTIIRNCYI.-Avg 7. FASHIONABLE LIFE; or, Part. and London. PREROGATIVE counr. (84 - ire Sir J. Dodson.) This was the fir-t eareat day after Trinity Term. IN THE GOODS or JOHN SAMEIR, ESQ. (A PEW DE SE.) The Queen's A ivocate said that John Sadlejr, late of Gloncester-square, Hy 'e-park, died on the 17th of Feb., 1856, intestate. By an inquisition, taken at Hanipstead on ttle 11th of March following, it we,= found that the deeen.ed dill feloniously take his owe life, and a ver.fict of felo de se was returned: By reason of such felony the estate and effects of which the desuiased was possessed, .ir t which he was then entitled, or to which he might become entitled, became forfeited to her Majesty in right of her Royal prerogative. Her Majesty, by warrant under the Royal sLu manual bearing date the 2d ult,, and countersigned by two of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, hail granted all the right, title, and interest whatsoever of her Msjssty in and to the goods, chattels, and credits of the eii ceased to Mr. Anthony Norris, of Bedford-row, to the extent that he might ob tain letters of admiii-tr,iti-n of the goods, chattels, and credits for the benefit of the creditors and next of kin to the deceasei. He the (Queen's Advocate) moved the Curt to decree administrathn to Mr. Norris accord ingly. The Court granted the application. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. By Mrs. Taora.oPE. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOVEL CLAIM FOR SERVANTS WAGES.-BEOICLEY V. LORD SOIITII4MPION. TlllB day published,price, 3s. MEMOIRS OF BARRY. LYNDON. By W. hf. THACKF.RAY. _ _ Bradbury and Evans, 11. B uverie•street. This day published. price Is. 6d., ALEGEND OF THE RHINE ;—REBECCA AND ROWENA. By W. M. TRACK ERA.Y. Bradbury and Evans, 11. Bouverie-street. This day putalished, price Is., ALITTLE DINNER AT TIMMINS'S ;- THE BEDFORD ROW CONSPIRACY. By W. M THACKERAY. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. This was an acion . brought by the plaintiff. Richard Beckley, described as a lodgiog,-howe keeper, No. 37, Green street, Grosveklor square, against the Right Mai. Lird S.,utharaptop, to recover 311., under the following circumstances. Also just published, Mic.llaynes e in opening the case, after remarking that it was one of the greatest importance to masters and - domestics, said -- the reetion was brought fir the amount named fer damages consequent on the breach of defen dant's contract ; for that the defendant, en the 16th of November, 1855, engaged and hired the' plaintiff as groom of the chambers at his country establishment, Whillehury Lodge, front the 19th of that month to the spring of the present year ; but, raAitritry to such agree ment, be, without cause, broke the seine. The plaintiff being called, from his statement it ap peared that in June, 1855, residing where he now did, he visited Mr. Cater, his lordship's steward, in GrdsVenor street, as an old acquaintance, when in the course of con versation the latter said that a gio:an of ' the chamber would be wanted at Whit lehury Lodge about the middle of November, when visitors and company coin 'fleeced stayingthere ; that the engagement would last, with the exception of a week or two at Ohristriias, for which period the vi,iters left, till the Trine., which itti•- tress ure.'erstood from the alminack to commence the Lvt-r part of March. • Witness having filled a similar situation with the Ilcriourable Spencer Cooper and Lord / 3 ..1•n,,r5t0n, from each of whom he received 10s. a day, inquired the terms. Mr. Cator replied 21. a week, and no doubt many perquisites, which,.. thinking the engagement, if entere3 adengthened one, he said he would accept. On the 16-h November, in conseqeence of a note previously teem Mr. Cator, be went to Grosvenerstreet and saw hi- lordship. by whom the previous arrangement by Mr Cator was ratified in almost the same words as to the time he should he was ted. Af er the lapse of fire weeks h e wag to'd his services were no long-r required, and was paid 101. by Mr. Ca•or, then due- to him, as also 1/ f, , r his jlereey from and to Lon•ion, f.r which he "rote a recopt on his leaving Mr. Cater, telling him that he should he wanted again, the next • month. Fire hoverer, he was not sent f-r, awl after sortie cerres pondence with Mr. Cater, u ,d-rstan.ling that he had been finally disrni-sed, and fai ing in rec iving any recompenca for the same, be instituted these pro needing'. Crosn-examined by. Mr. Roberts—When with the gen-1 demon he had named he was not endaized for any period, and was urry paid for the days he teas so. Mi. Roberts, in reply, said be shoulil he agile to prov that the plaintiff was only an " ocCa , •ioual" servant, t be paid, nut as a regular servant in the establishment of hie lordship, but merely as a weekly servant. His Lordship m ,st positively denied ever stating any time he should require plaintiff for when he saw him on the 16th Novemb?r, which arrangement he always en trusted to his house and laud steward,. Mr. Catty ; all that passed being his saying to him, "Your name is Beckley, is ? When can you come and he believed he answered in three days' time. Mr. Cator said that the conversation as related by the plaintiff' in June was correct, but in the most direct terns disavowed mentioning asto how long he was re quired. When he paid him the 11/, he considered his hiring at an end, he being a weekly servant, ated some days Wore he did leave he told him that after an en suing day rnentionel he would bet no4anger wanted. Hit Honour having summed up, gild observed that plaintiff, from his own showing, was only a weekly ser-• rant, an 1 , therefore, could not sub-te.....ntlaes..tes his claim, The Jury returned a verdict for defendant. BALLADS. By W. M. THACKERAY. Price Is. 6d. ripHE SNOB PAPERS. By W. M. THICK & ERAY. Price 2s. TI/LAJOR GAHAGAN. By W. M. THACK ERAY, Price Is. THE FATAL BOOTS ; - COX'S DIARY. By W. M. THACKERAY. Price Is. HE YELLOWPLUSEt MEMOIRS ;- • JE A.MES'S LIARY. By W. M. THACKERAY. Price 2s. QKETCHES AND TRAVELS IN LONDON. RyW M AocrwßAY. Price 24 OVELS BY EMINENT. HANDS ;-CHA RACTER SKETCHES. By W. M. THACKERAY. Price Is. 6d. _ _ ( ~.;.0,,v4 !„ 446 , .„,,,,„.„ .„, t,„ : „.. -.- , ~, _. :,_ .. ,t a s Tie Commissioners of ite s, vr,,, p„-;,-, with the reorganisation of the, Pi - Mei, ,now assembling at Bucharesi, - much in ti ter of ingenious political aribitects, who. a, to raise a superstructure before they baye:laT, basis. The Austrian and Russian Governments appear to have hit' upon a most happy scheme, di rectly calculated to nullity the labours of the Com missioners, and totally to checkmate the Treaty o f Pitti'• Tinder a guise of the most vital distrust, they seem to have entered into an arrangement marked I,y the most &lei:Illy confidence. The in- Ntitution cf a Liberal Government in Moldavia and Wallachia would be directly onistic, not only to their most cherished territorial arrogations on the Danube, but to their fanatical crusades against freedom on the confines of their sway. The Com missioners—or the five more liberal Governments whom the five more liberal Commissioners repre sent—now challenge the Courts of Vienna b, n d St. Petershu g to ° ( - rive effect t o th e i r promise of eva cuation. The Austrian Goyernmefilt appeals to reply that so long as, in direct violation of the Treaty o fParis, the Russians postpone the cession. of Southern Bessarabia they must prolong the oc cupation ,of the Principalities. The Western Powers then turn to St. Petersburg ; and they there appear to be told that so long as, in direct violation of the Treaty of Paris, the Austrians post pone the evacuation of the Principalities they must defer the cession of Bessarabia. There is something ludicrous in this reciprocity of causation which reminds us of our resultless siege of Antwerp in 1809, in which the martial ardour of the general was said to have been held in check by the delay of the admiral, and the impatient vehemence of the admiral to have been neutralised by the unaccount able procrastination of the general. The practical result, at any rate, is that the Austrian and Russian commanders, entertaining no doubt the most diabolical suspicious of each other, rule in placid tranquillity on either side of the Pruth ; and the international commission, like a species of poli tical Mahoinet's coffin, is suspended in the air, midway between Bucharest and the clouds of heavett• • The-blunder thus committed by the negotiators at Paris, iu failifig to fix peremptorily a period be yond which the military ooetipation should not be maintained, ii but the analogue of the original blunder which introduced into the . Principalities the forces of Austria. It is' obvious, from many concurrent considerations, that an attempt to frame au organisation for Moldavia and Wallachia during the presence of the Austrian army, aria for the ceded territory of Bessarabia during the pre sence of the Russian, would be altogether abortive. The Cominissioners—accorditor, at least, to the theory ofalie Treaty of Peace--do not proceed to the Wallachiau capital with their own preconceived views of government. The Sultan undertakes, by the terms of the 24th Article, to convoke a avan in either PrinjOathy, with the most liberal and comprehensive constitution ; and the Commission ers are charged with the formation of a scheme of polity in consonance with the opinions expressed by these Divans. Nothing, therefore, can be more certain than that their popular organisation, which is expressly set forth as the ground work of the whole 1 policy of the Cotnraiss:o:i, would be totally defeted by the continuance of an Austrian military occupa tion. While the Commissioners sit at Bucharest under military suffei ance•of the most despotic mon archy in Europe, no will of theirs can stand for law. Those who are acquainted wi Ai the policy pursued by Austria wherever her standard is planted, know full well the wanner in which she will tamper with therepre seutation which itis sought : ()obtain through the instrumentality of the Dtvans. The same on , servations apply to the occupation of the ceded district o f B essara bi a by, the Russians, audit is cer. tain th a t a n y representat i on obtained during the dominance of either army will only secure the as cendancylof that o'ions and rapacious oligarchy which the Treaty of Paris had nude r alien to depress and destroy. M ire than four months have ab ea ly elapsed since the couclusion of peace ; Ohl the period appears to have been marked by a corresponding inertness on the part both of the Austrian and the Western Go vernments. No attempt, - or at least no successful endeavour, appears to have been made, either by Lord Clarendon or by Mode Walewski, to dissipate ' the frivolous sophistry, on which Austria and Russia attempt to justify their infraction of their own terms. It is true that the Commissioners of the Western Powers set out for the theatre of their labours a considerable period ag I. But a diplo niatist charged with extraordinary duties such as these, appears to be a political valetudinarian. who is unequal to the Herculean labours of his position until he has consumed a period sufficient tor ordi nary mortals to negodate the fa e of the world is physical preparation at the West-German baths. Si.complete is the mental and bodih' exhaustion occasioned, either by ,the mere acceptance of his otlieo or by the traditions of big previous trust, that he sets off with laudable precipitation—not indeed to the scene of his duties—but to Wiesba den, to Wildbad, or to Vichi. There he invariably stops short, and after an incredible interval, when the whole freshness of his story is gene, 1 e tinerges like a giant refreshed,. somewhat in the fashion of our imposing naval array which cougregated at Petropaulovski after the Russians t had sailed ! And if it be said, on the one hand, that the intentional procrastination of Austria and Russia has rendered unimportant this corresponding delay, it may with undoubted certainty be averred on the other that it has offered a plausible pretext for that procras tination by those Governments. Toe two cardinal aims, which, as w© apprehend, the Coinmission isrequired to hold in view, are the institution of a Government on principles of libe ralism antagonistic to the political encroachments of Austria and Russia, and on a commercial basis calculated to promote the material 'development of • the Principalities. We are ourselves altogether in different whether the union of the two States be resolved on, or whether their disjunction be perma nently maintained. There is enough of social con fortuity in the manners and interests of either to ensure their moral cohesion under any phasis of their civil polity. The main object to which we trust the attention of the Commission will be even tually directed is the social and political exaltation of the inferior classes, for the triple reason of ab stract justice, of national development, and of an exclusion of Austro-Russian intrigue. It is through the instrumentality of the territorial proprietors, both ecclesiastic tl and lay, that this battle of in trigue has been so long maintained by Russia ; and it will be waged successfully until the two Princi palities possess a strung popular organisation. It is in like manner owing to the eclipse of the popular party, that we have 'been so long subdued by the illusion that the Russian dominion stood upper most, in the Moldo-Wallachiau mind. Under the constitutions by which those States have been long governed, a spirit of rapacious domination in the higher classes has prevailed ; and this interest, de riving its mainspring from the support of Russia, has been affected to the Russian rule in proportion as the instincts of the mass of the population involuntarily recoiled from its tyrannous oppres sion. In a commercial point of view, the Principalities posters this enormous advantage over every other State which trades upon the Danube, that their territory lies immediately at its mouth ; while the accession of the ceded territory to the Moldavian soil will add to that advantage an interest in the sea-board of the Equine. If it will repay the Aus trian empire to transmit her exports to the Black Sea through the thousand gyrations of that inter minable river, how much more remunerative will be the commerce of the Euxine to the two Princi palities, with other facilities at least equal in pro portion ? Above all, be it remembered that the results of the war have yet to be determined ; and that their magnitude largely rests in the political future of these States, which must conform to the character of their organisation. And if the splendid oppOrtunity which now presents itself be seized, we shall have done much in lands that have bowed beneath a traditionary oppression to promote the cause n..... fp .t ro a g i r i e y s .A s, rett a . u s. d to illustrato the name of --- --- The above also form the first 3 volumes, price 6s. each, of Mr Thackeray's " Miscellanies." Bradbury a d Evans, 11, Boaverle-street. LAST THREE WEEKS IN LONDON. 11R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. 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J. Murchison, Col. Sir H. C. Ittwlinson, the Master of the Mint, General Sir George Pollock, Professor Sedgwick, Sir W. Snow Harris, Professor Phillips, &c. The Duchess of Argyll, and a great number of ladies were also present. The Duke of ARGYLL, on taking the chair, observed that a very light and simple duty devolved upon him—that of resigning his seat to one far bettter entitled to fill it. He could say with sincerity that he would cherish with feel ings of grateful pride the recollection of the honour which the Briti.h Association had done him by electing him their President at the Glasgow meeting. It would be pre sumptuous in him to say one word about the distinguished gentleman who was to follow him in the presidential chair. He would say, however, that when the association was not so high in the public favour as at present, and when its members were ridiculed as peripatetic philosophers, Dr. Daubeny was one of the men of name and mark in the scientific world, who,came forward to give it a helping hand. The noble duke then resigned his seat to the new president, who delivered his inaugural address. - This morning the business of the sections commenced at 11 o'clock, as follows : SECTION A.—MATHEMATIC AL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Rev. R. Walker, KR.S., presided in this section, and the following pvers wera read . , Professor Powell—on Meteors. Professor'Stokes—Report on formation of catalogue of philosophical memoirs. ProfessorHennessey—On Ixothermal lines. Wildman Whitehouse—On an instrument for determin ing the value of intermittent or alternating electric cur rents for telegraphic purposes. J. Nasmyth—Ou the form of lightning. Professor Piazzi Smyth—•On the constancy of Solar radi- ation. • Piofessor Stevelly—A new method of treating the doc trine of parallel lines. SECTION B.—CHEMICAL SCIENCE. Mr. B. C. Brodie, F.R.S., presided, and the papers read were as follows : R. W. Pearson, Manchester—On the Compounds of Chromium and Bismuth. John Horsley, Cheltenham—On the Conversion of Tan nin into Gallic Acid. Dr. Augustus Voelcker—On the Corrosive Action of Smoke on Building Stones. Dr. Gladstone, F.R.S.—Notes on Nitroglycerine. SECTION .C.—GEOLOGY. President—Professor A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S. The papers read were by— Professor Owen, F.R.S.—On a Fossil Mammil (Stereog nathus ooliticus) from the Stonesfiold Slate. Professor Owen, F.E.S.-04 the Dichodon cuspidatus from the Upper Eocene of the Isle of Wight and Hordwell, Hants. Professor Owen, F R.S.—Additional Evidence of the Fossil Musk-ox (Bubalus Moschatus) from the Wiltshire Drift. T. Wright, M.D., F.R.S.E. —Oa the Stratigraphical Distribution of the Oolitic Echinodermata. Professor Harkness, F. ELS —On the Lignites of the Giant's Causeway and the Isle of Mull. H. C. Sorby, F.G.S.— On the Magnesian Limestone having been produced by the metamorphism of an ordi nary calcareous deposit. SECTION D.—ZOOLOOY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGY. Mr. Thomas Bell, F.R.S., presided, and papers were read by James Samuelson—Experiments and observations on the development of infusorial animalcules. Dr. Williams—Continuation of Report on the British Annelides. Robert McAndrew—Report on the Physical Conditions affecting the distribution of the Molusca in the North-East Atlantic and neighbouring Seas. . Professor James Backman—Notes on experiments in the otanical Garden of the Royal Agricultural College.,; Professor Henfrey—On the Development of the Embryo of Flowering Plants. SECTION B.—GEOGEtAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. Colonel Sir H. C. Rewlieson, F.R.S., presided, and papers were read by E. Vivian, F.G.S.—The first traces of human art in Keat's Cavern, Torquay, especially flint knives and arrow heads beneath the stalagmitic floor. James Nasmyth, C.E.—On the plastic origin of the cuneform character and its relation to our own alphabet. SECTION F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. Lord STANLEY presided in this section, and, upon taking the chair at 11 o'clock, addressed the members as follows I believe it will be my duty to open the proceedings of this section by a few words relative to the purpose of our meeting, and I must begin by observing that the remarks which follow were prepared before the passing of that re solution yesterday, which has enlarged, the scope of our duties, so as to include, in addition to statistics, properly so called, economic science in general. It is needless in this presence to define at any length the nature or the object of statistical science. The axiom on which that science is based may be stated thus—that the laws by which nature is governed, And more especially those laws which operate on the moral and physical condition of the human race, are constant, and aro in all cases best discover able; in some cases only discernable by the investiga tion and comparison of phenomena extending over a very large number of individual influences. In dealing with the individual human being everything is uncertainty ; in deal ing with man in the aggregate results may be calculated with the precision and accuracy of a mathematical pro blem. To take a familiar instance—the length of a sin gle life can never be known beforehand, but by the accu rate keeping of returns the aggregate length of 10,000 o 100,000 lives is easily ascertained ; this aggregate length, the conditions of life being generally the same, approxi mates to a constant quantity, however often the experiment be repeated, and from that quantity thus obtained we de duce an average, which, as the experience of every insur ance office shows, is near enough to the truth for ordinary purposes of calculation. Accidental diversities, whether of internal constitution or of external circumstances, tend to neutralise one another ; their influence diminishes as the area of investigation increases, until, if that area be suffi ciently extended, we are justified in disregarding them al together, and admitting as approximately, if not as abso lutely true, the general inference to which our successive trials point. I will not lead yon into those strange and startling conclusions to which Quetelch has come when comparing some of the averages obtained with one another, and representing them in methemtical form, he finds in the laws thus discovered a close resemblance to, perhaps, an actual identity, with those which operate in physics—as, for instance, when ho lays it down that the obstacles which oppose the increase of population act in a manner . ctxactly the same as does the resistance of a medium in which a body moves to the motion of that body. Wide as is the field of thought which such a suggestion opens, it must probably be for many years premature to enter it ; the laws as yet made known to us by statistical research are too few to allow of generalisation relative to their mu tual interconnezion. Enough to cite the dictum of Quete let confirmatory of what has been said above. " All ob servation tends to confirm the truth of this proposition, that that which concerns the human raoe collectively is of the order of physical facts; the greater the .number of individuals, the more completely does the will of individuals disappear ; and, allow the series of general facts which depend upon the causes by' which society exists and is preserved to predominate, we must admit that, on submitting to careful experiment organised bodies and the social system, we ale unable to say on which side causes' act in their effects with the greatest regularity.' This, then, is the first characteristic of statistics as a science—that it proceeds wholly by the accumulation and comparison of regiAered facts ; that from these facts alone, properly classified, it seeks to deduce general principles, and that it rejects all a priori reasoning, employing hy pothesis if at all only in a tentative manner, and subject to future verifieation. It starts from the assure fled by many trials, that human action, fluetteraft..; as re gards the human unit, is approximately invariable as re gards the masses which make up society. But there is another aspect in which it may be considered. As a rule, the degree of certainty which attends any science is ex actly proportioned to the extent to which such science ad , wits of the application of numbers. We know what has been done in chemistry by the discovery of a single nume rical law —the theory of definite proportions—turning by one stroke into a science what was before little more than, collection of important but detailed observations. And what we aim at in statistics is to substitute for vague phrases, intended to express certain qualities, arithmetical formulae, by which the same idea may be conveyed with a precision to which language alone can attain. For instance, Aie uneducated man, speaking of a climate or a . season of the year, will say only that it is warm, hot, or very hot. fhe statistician registers the temperature of each day, ' , likes au average, and gives his result in numericrd tures, extending it may be over a period of several years, ted calculated accordingly with the most absolute awn -.tcy of which 'unman investigation is capable. Again, tip. -reveller, in describing a nation which he has visited At , ites that offences of violence are exceedingly commot., probably more so than in any other country. The statisti cian obtains returns of convictions, distinguishing the dif- AUGUST r, 1856. ferent classes of crime, a.s , Nartains the percentage of mur ders or assaults per head on the total population, allows of the probable amount of undetected criminality, and finally compares these results 'with others similarly obtained in other parts of the world. When, therefore, in discussing social questions we apply the statistical test, we are really doing nothing more than appealing from imagination to fact, from a conjecture to certAinty, from an imperfect to a perfect method of observation. In the principle, strictly speaking, there is no novelty. Every sensible and observ 7 ing man who Las lived in a civilisal state of society has been to some extent a statistician. The novelty consists, first, in 'the greater accuracy with which and the enlarged scale on which facts can be collected in modern Europe ; and, secondly, in the practical application of that' theory which to philosophers must; from the analogy of inanimate nature, have always appeared probable; the theory, viz., that organised beings, taken in the aggregate, are governed in their acts by determinate and discoverable laws. It is obvious that in a science of this kind, unlike many which have occupied the attention of mankind, little room is left fer imagination, and as little fur error. On the first ground this study is unattractive, ever to many who approciai• its value on the eminently and necessarily progressive. " Hyptoheses non fingo," those memorable words of New- ton's, should be written over the door of every statistical society in Europe; nor is there any branch of mental exer tion so calculate•.! to promote a: ccistnopolitan habit of thought and feeling. Man is the object - studied, and man so studied is seen to many in different countries only in consequence of discoverable influencing .cruses —such as race, climate, food, laws, modes of life, &c. However groat, therefore, the external differences between branches of the human family, the tendency of sociology is to elimi nate these differences one by one, to refer:each of them to its specific origin, and thua.finally to bring to light theesseutial unity of type which underlies them all. I would also observe lit, as an experimental science, the progress of statistics is not liable to those delays which impede the advance of many other branches of knowledge, whereas in mathe matics the work to be done is transacted necessarily and exclusively in the min .1 of the discoverer. Where the quantity and not the quality of the intellect brought to boar is all-important great advances are rare, for the plain reason that they can only be made by men of extraordi nary capacities. No number of ordinary proficients in mathematics working jointly can make up for the absence or supply the place of one Newton. But, though not one man in 10,000 can be distinguished as an analyst or a geo meter, the number is far larger of those who possess the mental requisites for statistical investigation, at least in its simple forms; and, without disparaging the remark- able talent for arrangetneut ant generalisation evinced by each men as Quotelet and by some of our own countrymen whom I will not here mention, it may be safely affirmed that the extension of statistical inquiry depends less on the appearance among us of any one mind more than core mon power than on the sustained and co-operative indus try encouraged by the state of many minds turned to this pursuit, and each taking a separate and distinct apartment in which to labour. It is almost supalluous to point out the sources of those errors which most beset statisticians; they may, I think, be reduced under two heads—first, cal culation of near results from an insufficient number of data —a fault from the effects of which, in finances, many pro vilent societies are sufficing grievon:ly ; eat sec.m,lly, calculation of near results without sufficient care being, taken to eliminate disturbing causes, whether this oinis- sion arises out of the classing together of phenomena essen tially distinct and referable to separate laws, or from omitting to make allowance for imperfections in the data supplied,--c. g., as though one engaged ou criminal statis- tics were to assume that all offeuceseoretnitteu were ;Acta- ally brought to light, overlooking those in which no detec tion follows, and consreptently iu which no trial takes place. Neither of the sources of error which I have men tioned are difficult to avoid. The one danger against all physical science, but in no science more than this of which we treat, is suspension of judgment necessary. I mean by the phrase that temper of mind which says "I never b , llieve or disbelieve evidence is wanting to do either. I only wait, and hold myself free froth bias until further facts are adduced." How easy this is in theory, how lrird and painful in practice, need not be told to any one who has given time and thought and toil to the proof or dis proof of a scientific hypothe4s. Time would not allow me even to attempt the most rapid and hasty survey of what has been done, and what yet needs doing in the way of sta tistical research. Generally I think we may say this of the progress of science in England, that what defects remain arise principally from causes beyond the controul of indi viduals. Statistics are the function of a State iu a sense in which no other science is so. The details of population, of employment, of instruction, of religious worship, of commerce, and of health, are - already recorclad in seninisl publications. Those of agricultural production we may hope will shortly follow. (-Hear, hear.) The branch which I principally note as deficient is that which relates to civil and criminal judicature. (Hear, hear.) Lord Broug ham has brought this subjsct'before the House of Lords, and even embodied in a bill the data on which informa tion is needed. We require a regular and uniform record to be kept of every fact connected with the administration of the law, (Hear.) We require to know, in civil pro ceedings especially, the number and nature of suits thatgo to each court, the length of time occupied in their decision, the nature of that decision, and the cost to the parties. Our criminal returns might be fiiller than they are. They gave us at presentabsolutely no information respecting that vast class of offences (of late much increased) which are dealt with under summary jurisdittion. It is not wise in any country to copy serv ilely the practices of another; local differences may create and necessitate diversity of proce dure ; but I way refer to the annual reports (two yearly vo lumes) of the Minister of Justice in France, es a sample of an almost perfect arrangement of complicated statistical de tails. One result of that publication is to show a vast local difference between department ant department in the na ture and amount of crime. It is that when such a differ ence is shown by the lapse of is sufficient period to be ,chro nic, and not, merely casual, the . Government whose atten tion is thus invited must feel itself bound to investigate the source of the evil, and, if possible, provide a cure. (Hear) In fact, an Executive regularly supplied with such knowledge way be said to have its finger on the pulse of every province, ready at the first symptom of disease to intervene with a requisite remedy. (Hear.) There is another suggestion which I may make, and which indeed connects itself with this last. I allude to the advantage—l might almost say the necessity—of establishing a statistical de partment of Government charged with the annual publi cation of such facts relative to the management of national affairs as are reducible to numerical expression. We have statistics enough presented to Parliament every session, but they are, in the great majority of cases, called for by individuals. They are drawn out to suit the particular purpose of those who move for them ; they are accordingly deficient in unity, and often of no use beyond the moment. Now I speak from some personal observation when I say, that at a cost hardly greater than that of these desultory fragmentary isolated returns (which have in addition the ineouveuience, coining as they do at unexpected times, add without any regularity, of throwing a sudden increase of work on particular officers) it would be possible to pre sent to the nation such a yearly resume of administrative statistics as should to a very great d gree supersede the present system (if system it can be calied) of moving for returns as anti when they are wanted. I have said that I think a statistical department desirable instead of a statis tical branch iu everytlepartment,because the former method gives better security for unity of plan, and because the work will be hestidone by those whose sole and undivided business it is. I have not referred to the m cringe of the Interna tional Congress f Brussels and Paris, because, on such a subject, I could offer no remark that would not naturally occur to those whom I address. Such meetings have a two fold value ; first, they extend the field of statistical re search, and we have seen that accuracy of result varies di rectly as the magnitude of the area of investigation ; 2dly, they form a new link between nation and nation, because, though speech differs, arishmetical notation -is the same everywhere, In proportion, therefore, as numerical is substituted tor descriptive statement we approach nearer to that otherwise impractical le drew. of philesopherre—an universal language. There is, I believe I may state, a probability of the congress of 1857 beteg held in London, an expectation which seems both natural and reasonable, inasmuch, as has been averred in public and not denied, : that the first desiin of holding such international meet• iogs was suggested by the analogy of the Hyde Park Exhi bition of 1851. - Should the event I allude to take place will become the d ut y of all concerned in statistical science c y llection and 'p u bli ca ti en o f nat i ona l f ac t s , assimilated, find us with a th oroug h organ i se d sys t em for i ur n ha. etFo B nr s n 8 it o to see that such a n o pp ort unity' does not pa's unimproved ; fual f possible, to the s y s t em o f F rance an d Bel gmind that the objects to be arrived at are two—one, the a d o pti on o f a me th o d as p er f ec t the ia mu st be borne in in itself as possib le ; the other, an assimilation of that method to those which prevail elsewhere, so that nations ma y mutually profit by each other's experience. As a proof how much such comparing ' of notes is required, I may remind you that t he census of Irolafid and Scotland was taken in a manner different from that of England, while no attempt has ever been made to bring the entire British empire, including India and the colonies, under a single statistical organisation. (Hear.) -The consitution of such a statistical department ae we require is matter of fair discussion at the approaching congrees. Probably the most effective combination of working talent would be that obtained by the' appointment of a commission or board to preside over the issuing of official publications, pertly composed of scientific men, partly of members of the permanent or Parliamentary ekimitiistration (the former preferable as having more leisure), who would bring iu the neceisai y elements of a knowledge of official customs. This is, Ie believe, the system actually existing in Belgium. In Privisia there is a Minister at the head of statistical de partment, but those who wish to find the question more fully discussed will find inforination in a valuable report by Dr. Farr to the Register-Geperal, dated Oct., 1855. I wish also to point out to the association the advantage of inch a communication between the Home'Goveinmeut and Ale leading British colonies in reference to the approaching emigreas as may enable such of them as desire it to repre sent themselves by means of delegates. Before I conclude :tt me read a letter from the secretary to the London St»; jetted Society, giving an acc o u n t of an important work a which its members are engaged, the only work of the 'rind which the society has just now in hand. The letter Is as follows: " Statistical Society, 12, St. James'-square, Aug. 6. " Sir e -I have received from Mr. Lumley this morning • he re:urns relatiug to the expenses of the Poor Law Board in the metropolis. ; Hence I have deducted the following statement, which I believe to be as correct as it is possible to make it from the information in my hands Annual .inco - iiii - onFECipitals ;.c.:3"3,370 58 dispensaries • 25,192 . 11 Samaritan and other funds dep endent - 1 on hospitals and dispensaries 1,656 Annual cost of medical relief under Poor Law 2 ,776 Vaccination - ,393 .-6-... 41 ,387 Poor Law relief not mediell.. . £l,l " The returns of the 49 bo3pitals inclurle a sum of 72,402 t. rpti,l from parish rates to lunatic Lo4pitals. " In Pails in 1853 Francs. • Expenses of Hospitaux, including Maisons do Sante and Maisons de Convalescence , 5,091,6' 4 Hospices 3,943,32:3 General management 631,1;8 General Establishment for the use of both Hospitaux and Hospices 9,999,266 "The receipts of the Central Board (l'Adminiit ration Generale de l'Assistance Publique) are of various sorts, and are not all applicable to medical charities In 1853 their amount was Annual municipal grant I 4 021,329 " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "Dr. Farr, F.R.S. " F. T. SCARGILL. " P.S. As;uming that the population of Paris is half that of Loudon, the suin expended at Paris rate for a population equal to that of London would be 1,121,,'061., the total ex • penditure for London being, as just stated, 1 15?,194." The noble lord, in conclusion, said, 1-have , now only to anaounce to you the papeis about to be read, and to request attention to the following rule laid, down for the sake of brevity and clearness in our proceedings i—" To avoid reading long consecutive lilts of figures, and as fa: as pos sible to give only results. Where money is iu question ro omit shillings and pence, stating only the number of pounds. Where large sums are concerned, to give round numbers, avoiding units." Of course there is a medium in observing these directions, and if the &micelles between the two, better be obscure than inaccurate. All I mean to convey is, that over minuteness in these matters is apt to defeat its own end. • The noble lord resumed his seat mail much applause. Papers were then read by Mr. James W. Gilbert, on the Family Principle in London Banking ; by Hr. John T. Denson, on the Connexion between Slavery in the United States of America and the Cotton Manufacture in the United Kingdom ; by Dr. Strang, on the Progress, Extent, and value of the Earthenware, Porcelain, an:l Glass Mann f actories of Glasgow; and by fr. W. Newmarch, on the Former and Present Planof Disposing of the Waste Lands in the Australian Colonies." SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. Mr. G. Rennie, F.R.S., presided, and a piper was read by Mr. C. Atherton on " Mercantile Steam Transport Economy.' • The business of sections conclnde4 about 4 o'clock. T .is evening there is to be a soiree an I promenade at Pittville Spa, towards the expenses of which the local com mittee have contlibuted 100/. 16mon onthly and 16 -...... be de' n the 7ourier ?ratio's nay be This ig laurel Woe is also )oiling 1p...... -_..... .11, the wife of , Lady r, Mro cinare , Regt., Req., ogton 016. town► 1 74• , vicar 0, the aptie! zine, ict of 82• °riot- iortb, tegt.. WILLIAM DOVE. The execution of this murderer is appointed . to take place on the drop at the Castle, York, to-morrow, at 12 o'clock at noon the Home Secretary (Sir George Grey) having deciiad to recommend the convict to the mercy of her 11-jesty. Great. efforts have been made by the friends of the convict, and several memorials have been preomted in favour of the Royal clemency being granted, on the alleged ground that the prisoner was of insane mind, and that the jury who found kim guilty of murder also recommended him to mercy on account of his de fective intelkct. Sir George Grey, however, on Wed nesday last, expressed to Mr. J. M: Barret, of Leeds, whom was entrusted the getting up of . the defence of the prisoner, his final determination not to interfere with the sentence of the judge (Mr. Baron Bramwell). During the last kw dart the convict has . diep ayed a very penitent feeling ; and, whatever may be said about his sanity, he appears to be fully aware of his impending doom. Mr. Wright, of Manchester, the well known prison philanthropist, says he has ha,: 12 inter views, with the prisioier, and that he " never n.et with a mere sincere penitent under similar painful circutn -lances;" nut he adis that he believes 13,3 , e to be of very defective intellect. The following is a copy of the memorial from Mra. Dove, the mother of the convict:— " To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,—The humble petition of Mery Dove, the mother of William Dove, now in York Castle, under sentence of death, having been pro nounced guilt - of the charge for which he was imprisoned is March last, by a most respectable and respected jury, which jury, from the mass of evidence adduced, proving him to be of unsound intellect, recommended him to mercy on that ground. Your petitioner begs to state that, al 7 though the development of his defective intellect iu many of his eccentricities was not personally known to herself, Is3.muse of her 8004 frequent absence from home, yet many of them were practised under her own eye, and others of an equally conclusive character which have no record in public print, Permit, then, the afflicted mother of William Dove to entreat your Majesty to cause the recommenda tion of the jury to be carried ont, and the lit: of her son to be spared. Your Majesty will easily understand th.it a mother, so circumstanced, can say but a few words. Your petitiouer humbly requests that it may please your Ma jesty to spare the prisoner's life. And your Majesty's humble petitioner, as in affection and duty bonito, will ever pray. MARY DOVE." Besides the above memorial, one was presented from the jury who tried Dove, and two or three others from per sons who have long known him, or have examined into the state of his mind. Dr. Forbes Winslow has written a letter to Mr. Barret, the convict's soliciVr, in which ,be gives various reasons for believing that Dave was not responsible for his actions. Dr. F. Winslow says that the words, "defective intellect," embodied by the jury in their verdict, are to his apprehension not accurately expressive of Dove's mental condition. The case is one of imbecility ; and he has, therefore, no hesitation in giving his opinion, "that it would be a great and fatal mistake, and a grave act of inhumanity, to hang the wretched man." NEW LINE TO THE CAPE.—DART3IOIITH, August 5. —The new auxiliary screw steam-ship England, Captain Dundas, with mails for the Cape of Good Hope, Mauri tius, Point de Galle, Madras, and Calcutta, took her departure from this port at 11 o'clock this day, weather fine and clear. This ship is the first of a new line of steam-ships to the Cape and Calcutta, touching at the Mauritius and Point de Galle, to sail on the let from L melon, and oii the morning of the 6th of each month from Dartmouth. This line has been selected for the conveyance of her Mijesty's Mails to the Cape, monthly, sit i n ofsteam-shipAugust outwardsha Bl e f left the an port o I and onthe Ist of November homewa r d s ,' w i t h D artmouth as the ccommencing on which on a the m Ist ai i port of arrival and dep arture. T h i s b eing the first oc aDarttnouth, a public di nner was g i ven on Tuesday last in commerunration of the event, to whi c h M r . W. S. Lindsay, M.P., the owner of this fine line of ships, was invited, together with Captain Dundas a'id the officers of the troops on board, of which she conveys 300 to the Cape. The England received stores and was coaled with the greatest despatch, sailing at the time appointed. SALE OF LAND.—An allotment of ninetein plots on the Relied-hill-park estate, Brighton, to-k p'ace on Thursday, the 7th inst., at the offices of the Convr yative Land Society. The plots are leased at the yearly rent of 7/. each Lot four of the hits, and 101 10s. each for the remaining fifteen lots, for the term of 99 years ; and the prices fixed were 84/. each for the former, and 1261. for the latter. The coinp4ition was animated. and the whole of the lea-ed plots were taken by mew erg holding right s o f c h o i ce w i t hi n th e fi rs t bundled numb, r_ on the register, 201. premium for each right being paid in many instances. Other plots were sold onttyeo Margaret's, Richmond, Malden, South Essex, and West Kent—the hale alto gether dethury-park, Tuni-ridge idge Wells, .wnearly 3 1 The p l o t s reaching 5Ol l. Rev. Dr. Worthington, the Rev. Mr. Rige, the Rev. Mr. Stanley, the Rev. Mr. Goodchild, Messrs, Anson i angstsr, u J dkii s Sh a dwell, Brown, end other chart- holders, were present. It was mentioned by the secre tary, who presided at the allotment, that great improve ment bad been recently manifested in the buil ling trade. En reply to questions from a member, Mr. Gruneisen stated that there was every reasonable expectation that the Kentish-town estate would be allotted in the autumn, PROSPECTS OF THE 12th OF AUOU3T. (013eYstlelodultIttbt d se a e y a l yo sa ti w ng toe breods, one . We regret to say the prospects of the sportsman . do the other with two young birds. 0 , 1 the not improve as the famous twelfth apprnachim. A. gen tleman who has been over on: of the finest grouse moors two brood?, one with two,young, and the in the north thus reports, wider da'e of Thursday last : —,• I was over our moors for six days with four dogs. bird, and very alter 5' bird. On the sixth day I went to our' high ground, and worked the dogs six hours, without seeing a single young bird all the time, and only met with seven old ones. That you may seethe difference, I I may mention that upon Sept. 1, a last ye'ar, I killed, ,i;l:;:t.fithwitheehrtdii,flaodrws;jortit:hiteaisrsan(eidwne Iyo n e 0u n a p.m., 14 brace of grouse up in the ground where I have just been unable to see a young bird this season." We regret to say that the above melancholy account is not altogether a solitary one. On some shootings, which iii the early part of the season was covered with nests, with old and young birds, there is now hardly a young bird to be Ken. It is to the unseasonable weather in the early part of the season that the dearth of young birds is to be at , ributed, many hens being fOund dead on the nest. Ad moors are of curse nut aike. Generally, however, it will be found that broods are this sear both small and rare ; and the sportsman will indeed be a good shot who wakes anything like an ordinary bag b e f or e nightfall to-morrow weeks-Ban,e44irc Journal. 1 - -~'-~ BAZAAR AT THE ISLE .OF TVIGHT. The bazaar and horticultural show at Carisbrook Cas tle, in the Isle of of Wight, under the immediate patron age of the Queen, Prince Albert, and- the Duchess of Kent, to raise funds for the rebuilding of St. Thomas's Church at Newport, the chief town, in the island, coin menced on Wedue.day, end will lag three days. Both tie, hazier and show were held on a beautiful spot of ground close by the towers of the castle, cainrn aiding► a magnificent view of a large portion of the Wand. The bazaar was held in an immense tent, surineurited with 'legs and banners, and s,einingly upheld with floral pil lars. The interior was crowded wi,b - wares of elegat.t and ingenious workruansh•p, tilt: vet dors of which were beautiful and elegantly dressed ladie- of title. Two fine military bands were in attendance. , A large refectory on the ground furnished refreshments. The nobility, gentry, and fashionable visitors of .the ill ind were pre sent ma the first and grand day in great numbers. A beautiful tent, splendhlly furnished was erected for the Queen, in case her Mejestyshould honor the bazaar with a visit (luring its continuance. Carisbrook Caste is in the centre of the Isle of Wight,and ins situated on a lofty emi nenc... It is a celebrated ruin, and two of it; permanent attractions are the window from which Charles the First attempted to escape when confined thi-re, and 'a well 300 feet deep, - the water of which is drawn up by the-revo lutions of an enormous wheel turnel round by an agt-d donkey. The town of Newport is in the parish of brook, and St. Thomas's C u eh i< the diStricit. °buret' for the to wu. It has just been reimilt at a great expense, and is capable of holding 1 500 pereOne. Her NI sjesty has taken considerable interest in the work, and intends adorning the church with a monument by 111:irchet.1 to Princess Eiz4betli, the young an I sorrowful daughter of - Charles the First, who wa - buried in the old ellu'rch. new church contains some of the finest specimens of me disaval masonry to be Seen in the kingdom the setilotural ornaments of the building are by Bas er. a vOung Hamp shire sculpt ,r of groat prinise. Li consequence of . her Majesty's patronage the bazaar was unusually attractive, and presents were received from all parts of the king- dom. The stalls of the bazaar were crowded with heaps of marvellous spicimens of ne,dlowerk, crochet work, lacework, beadwork, Berlinwork, wor , ted work, woolwork, glasswork, and basketwork, and_with a pro fu-ion of table, fireplace, stair, bed, window, and toilet ornaments. Many of these were intrinsically of great value. The ingenuity displayed in making there things was i truly remarkable. All the usual a: ts to obtain money for the building fund were of sours resorted and cheerfully submitted to. You paid to go inside the gate of the castle, and then you paid again to see what was inside. Even the donkey exacted tribute, for ls. was charged for every bucket of water he drew up from the well. A lady who kept a flower stall, and whose name was formed of rises on her sign board outside, exhibited a white bird in a eine at a shilling a heart, and it was gravely stated that the rat a avis turned white suddenly one night through fright hem a cat ? One of the stalls was very handsomely fitted up as a post-office, where you could get a letter from any part of the world. The elegant. post mistress waited on the public with the most charming civility, but the postage was so enormous that it would have thrown Mr. Rowland Hill into a state of cou-iderable excitement. RAILWAY .k CIDENTS. The Beard (4 Trade return of the number and nature of.the accidents and injuries to life and limb which have °centred on all the railways open for traffic in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, lr. , in the Ist January to the 30th June,lBs6, hhciais the following result, viz.:—Passengers killed or injured in England and Wales from causes beyond their own control, 1 ; injured, 47 ; SeoCand; laled, 0 ; ijured, 11 ; Ireland, killed, 0 ; injured, 0. Servants of company or contrac tors kill-ed or injured owing to their own misconduct or Want of caution—England and Wales, killed, 48 ; in jured, 19 ; Scotland, killed, 6 ; injur-11, 0 ; Ireland, killed, 2 ; irjure.i, 0. Servants of compa , iy or of con tractors killed or injured from causes beyond their con trol—England and Walls, killed, 10 ; injured, 9; Scot land, killed, 1 ; injured, 1 ; Ireland, none either killed or wounded. Other persons crossing at level crossings— England and Wales, 13 killed ; injured, 1 ; Scotland, none killed or wounded; Ireland, 2 killed. Trespassers, killed in England and Wales, 22; injured, 3; Scotland, killed, 5 ; injured, 1 ; Ireland, killed, 1. , Suicide in England and Wales, 2. Miscellaneous in England and Wales, killed, 6 • injured, 3 ; Scotland, injured , 2 . Total killed in England and Wales, 108 ; injured, 87 ; Scot land, killed, 13 ; injured, 16 ; Irelan.l, killed '5 ; in jured, 2. Total on all railways during the half-year end ing 30th June, 1856, killed, 126 ; ; c)rresp.an , ling period fmr 1855 ; killed, 113. Injured during the firmer period, 105; for the corresponding period of 1855, injured, 158. FAT ' A ' L RAILWAY ACCIDENTS —We have to announce two more deaths resulting from the fearful railway acci• dent which occurred near the E Bond-bridge. station, on the East Lancashire Rail say, the particulars of which we gave on Wednesday last. The stoker, Joseph Ma son, after lingering in much agony, expired yesterday (Thursday) morning, leaving a widow in a state of preg nancy, and five small children. Mr. A-hwortb, printer and stationer, Bacup, who was a passenger by the train and had several ribs broken when the dreadful catas trophe toqk place, expired ab ,, ut 9 o'clock (Al ‘Vednes• day evening. The others who were najored are sup• posed to be progres-ing favourably. 011 Wednesday evening last an inquest was held on the body of John a verdict of " Accidental Death" wa s returned, and the F th i e el a d re g icie t n h t e o e c n c g u i :r ie s e d r :a w nd ko , a w ft n e s r kaiplied nit the tineatient investigation, who a t N . to be THE, b ( e i number t hoped sL dAsTy o z. ft_hs serious i COLLISION ueB inquiry, r t: i .,i setnippj attendingr e O ot n rg i. ti , e r Tsw n i l o i a yi ordered , Excelsiorgi Before extendue ni t e t ah Edr ate iut t s jury expressed an opinion that no evidence had been' given calculated to show the cause of the accident.. The only persons who could by any possibility have, given any tokir i atplui , a ,, ,:v f ee: w miles of the spot where information on the subject were the engine driver and the stoker, and, ars neither of them was capable of speak ing after,the accident occurred, the matter will proba bly remain ens eloped in mystery.—Oa Weduesday s tb am el V or r m ai e lw r it a y cc , t a d n e d nt w to i afternoon last another fatal archcAiirfinem.natHnoencaecxmurp,rideredKdosnhnoowrtihtele was coupling some wag 4; oils n o e t a h r e to M t a h n e c h ß e a stl liff Infirmary. station, when the engine starred, and the man was knocked down and the waggon after, while being con LIVERPOOL, this was the third a ccident within a distance of nine etc: o 3y7 u . iparcel was miles which has occurred on the East Lancashire Rail way in 11 days ; the result is the loss of f t o h t e ir l ß ivis r , d ani despatched la 4 srsde - orc i v. . te t ehre:r w z se a c:o s (lvlr l iage n , iriel f Ba. o ,islo r .d i n:. that yesterday another fatal accident .had occurred on. the same railway, but as Mr. Sniithetrs, the general araeter to that iver: manager, had not been informed of the occurrence, it is • u a en si t m ly il i a t r is el ;lnnecessary to report g aetii Trade, nthtv.teioathlteTtineh hecer c ieous n ceaig r i n nyrduc: r n deuubsu e mitec t ; t et: c ewtd e : d i: i Inesienti consequently _ . swell, Jeff, 0.0. r/iG, No. atilt/. SEIN