The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-19 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. colony, No doubt, under the protection of that character, British interests have grown up that merit and must re ceive consi.leratien ; but their comper s ,tion would b a much better solution of this difficulty than the indetin to prolongation of a mistake which involves us io a contro versy with the United States, and deprives us of all influ ence in the State of Honduras. There is moreover a very practical and sufficient reason why we should, on a general arrangement of all other Central Arneric .n questions, re tire from the Bay Islands ; en lit is their position in refer ence to the contemplated inter ocelinic canal. Should that great work ever be executed, the island of Ruatan would command the Atlantic entrance to it ; and as we are pledged to its strict neutrality, it would be wholly incon sistent with such an obligation to occupy a military posi tion, whence our power over the Atlantic entrance would be complete. In resigning, however, the Bay Islands, we ought to take ample guarantees against any cession of them by Honduras to the United States, and to place there under the safeguard of the Maritime States guaranteeing the neutrality of the Canal. The case of Greytown—the present Atlantic entrance to the transit across Nicaragua to the Pacific—is mach more difficult than that of the Bay Islands. Assuredly not on account of any rights existing in the s.ecalled King of Mosquitia—the half-savage chief of the paltry tribe of Moscos ; but on account of the position of those European and other settlers who have been euc , uraged by the Eng lish Governu ent to establish themselves in Greytowu. We are bound to take care that their independence and security are not impaired under any settlement of the question that may be resolved upon. But having provided for their interests, and obtained guarantees for the rights of the Indian population, the sooner that we allow the Mos quitian coast to revert to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, or New Grenada—whichever of these States can establish its title to the whole or part of the district—the better. There was a titers when it was open to England to claim Mosqui tia, but that time Eugl-rill has allowed to slip by. _Nor does it appear to us that the omission is to be regretted. OUR AMERICAN RELATIONS. (Front the Times of this day.) It is impossible to foresee the ultimate effects of the Crampton quarrel. No one who is not profoundly igno rant of human nature can suppose that such an act can bays no ulterior results beyond the dismissal of one Ambassador and the toleration of another. Although diplomacy may smooth the asperities of the rupture, and policy may dic tate acquiescence in Jan affront, there ara consequences which, as neither of the two Governments has considered, so neither of them will be able to modify or divert. When ever Englishmen and Americans meet—whether abroad or in British possessions—there will be for some time to come ill-disguised consciousness of a triumph on one side and ill-smothered sentiments of resentful humiliation on the other. How long feelings of this nature can predominate without, leading to some awkward practical development it is not for us to say; but it is clear that their long re prr,ssion during peace must add intensity to the exaspera tion of any future more open conflict. That such a catastrophe would be embittered by the re collections of the recent dispute, and that these would tend to magnify calamities in themselves sufficiently great, seems to be the idea of a leading party in the 'United States, who have taken an early opportunity to make a demonstration a ;ainst the anti-English adherents of Mr. Pierce. The Democratic Convention has nominated as its candidate for the Presidency Mr. Buchanan, in preference to the present occupant of the White-house. Although this selection is not, indeed, so indicative of a pacific and inoffensive policy as could be desired, it, at all events, proves that the whole people of the United States are not Inspired by that hatred of Great Britain which animated the counsels of Mr. Pierce and his Cabinet. Of the two men proposed for their selection. they are better pleased with the cleverness of Buchanan than the open hostility of Pierce. Buchanan has " done" the Britisher ; Pierce would eat him, bones and all. The former accords better with the present humour of the American people. They can chuckle over the clever address which killed two birds wis h one stone, and reconciled the amenities of diplomacy her e with the pretensions of patriotism there. But they ate not at present disposed to sympathise generally with the more truculent predilections which savour of the bowie knife and the rifle. Fur this we may be thankful, not only on our own ac count, but on theirs too. The unanimity which would would have re-elected Mr. Pierce to the Presidental chair must have involved as a certain consequence the assump tion of a policy pregnant - with violence, aggression, and insult. It would have proclaimed to the world that hence forth the Government of the United States was pledged, and the people of the United States were devoted, to a system which, while it defied or violated the usual laws of international intercourse, at the same time coined fresh laws for its own convenience or pride; and it would not be difficult to foresee that such a system, once permitted through weakness or encouraged by connivance, must meter or later lead to a rupture with European states, and, among them, with this country. And what a war that would be ! We forbear to detail the peculiar means of mutual annoyance which each of the contending parties could bring into the field. We forbear to compute the items of injury which they might respec tively inflict and suffer :—on the one hand, Boston, New York, and New Orleans dismantled, shattered, depopu lated, and in flames ; on the other, Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham subjected not to the same indignitiet, but to equal misery, by the loss of their trade. We leave to the commercial imagination —an imagination which in our days is more active than any other—to reckon the losses, the bankruptcies, the ruin of private families and of associations, which must follow such a struggle. That both counties could survive the strife and in a very short time repair their losses is probable enough ; but what time would suffice to heal reciprocated injuries and cool the hot torrent of angry passions ? More important far than this —for it concerns not two nations only, but ail civilised Europe—after England and her Transatlantic chill had inflicted these deep and searching wounds on each other— when each had drunk madly of the other's blood—what would be the prospects of European liberty? At the pre sent moment a dark thick cloud hangs over Italy, Ger many, Servia, and Turkey. It is or, the cast of the die that they rise free from their time-hardened bondage, or that their fetters be rivetted more tightly for ever. At such a crisis is it of no alight moment that the two kindred nations who enjoy the greatest freedom of speech, thought, and institutions should be embroiled in a warfare which would bequeath the bitter legacy of enduring and rancour- OM hatred ? It is no secret that the great sovereign Powers of Europe, who look with dread and detestation upon those institutions which give to the governed a voice in the government of their country—and this definition includes nearly all the great powers —are meditating a project for smothering the nascent liberties of those States where thought is not yet stifled by the censor nor speech falsified by the spy, A dexterously concerted plan of operations may strangle the young liberties of Eur .pe, and throw its people back into the darkness and degradation of the mid dle ages. Once done, this cannot be undone. But, to do this, one thi ng is especially needful as a precedent condi tion. It is, above all things, necessary that Engl an d should be e ith er di stracted or debilitated by some engros sing and dangerous contest. Whatever diverts her atten tion, drains her resources, or endangers her influence gives an accession of strength to the monarch who hates liberty and every tyrant who abuses his power. But how great does this accession become if her energies are consume t in a parricidal quarrel with that kindred race, which with her language and blood, has inherited her traditions of law, liberty, and self-government ! What would not the de spotic sovereigns give to see England and the United States committed to a long and desol a ti ng war ? S uc h a str i fe would seal the f a t e o free institutions for centuries ; per haps for ever. It would crush the germ of constitutional ism in Sardinie. It would consign the Lair provinces of Rome and Tuscany to the eternal sway of a priestly caste and Austrian solders. It would give f ull rein to the barb arous caprices of the Neapolitan tyrant. It would strangle Pro testantism in Austria. It would destroy free speech and action everywhere ' • and would leave n o h o p e , no resource, no redre ss , save in the wild outburst of desultory incur rection or the capricious vengeance of the cowardly sti letto ! We know not if these things have beet, considered by the American people. If they have not been so, they are at least worthy of their meditation. Meanwhile, we venture to regard as an indication of less pronounced hos tility the demonstrative preference which they have given to the civil diplomatist over the martial and bellicose President. (From the Morning Herald of this day.) Ministers have decided to submit to the affront offered them by the American President, and accept the position of hiainiJietion in which it places them ; and really we cannot see that any other course lay open to them, as the fact of their having provoked the insult admits ef no man ner of doubt ; while the affront, though sanglante, we cannot think, considering the circumstances, such as to warrant a recourse te a war of so fearful a nature as that must be which must of necessity take place whenever Eng land and America commence a serious struggle. We cannot, however allow that the necessity under which the conduct of the English Government has placed them of submitting to the fleets of the President, is any reason why they should escape the censure which they de serve for having adopted a course which has lowered Bug land in the sight of Europe. Moreover, they must not be allowed again to play the game, which give .:00 members of the Commons, " who found it inconvenient to go to their constituents," an ex cuse for a false verdict, by waking a scapegoat of Mr. Crampton and the consuls, as they did of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe in the disgraceful betrayal of Kers. Tie people of Eag.and may excuse theme dyes from in volving the empire in a new war by assuming the line of argument adopted by a gentleman who got kicked by en ass, and declined taking any notice oc the assault by re f ering it to the igno:aoce of the aggressor ; but no such course is open to their Government, who have brought on this disagreeable transaction, in origine, by forcing the Foreign Enlistment Bill through P trlistneat, in spite of the , ieterinined opposition and strongly-expressed opinion of the nation. We quite agree with the first leading article of the Times of Tuesday, when it states that the acts of Mr. Crampton ca rn t be separated from the instructions of the Ministry. We are ceutioue in referring to the first leader of our very consistent contemporary, because in the very next column it asserts that it quite coincides with Mr. Marcy, in exonerating the Government while it exculpates the ambassador. Our contemporary can afford to have two opinions ; but we are unfortunately confined to a single one, and, there fore, must reiterate our assertion, that there is no possi bility of separating the ambassador from the Ministry, unless we adurit that Mr. Crampton was left for three moe hs without those instructions which a fortnight afforded ample time to convey. Mr. Marcy states that the great cause of dissatisfaction felt by his Government towards Mr. Crampton was, that although the decision of the law courts of the United States against the legality of the enlistment was pro nounced early in May, the ambassador continu- d to act in defiance ef th tt decision up to late in August ; but still Mr. Marcy exonerates from all blame the English Minis ter who could have checked these proceedings, but neglected to do so for three long months. Really the American Secretary must have taken a leaf out of Lor Clarendon's book, in his proceedings in Dub lin, where the natives c impleined " that he insulted their iutellect by the transparency of his postponements of tru t h." The real explanation, however, of this strong example of the sauvitcr in modo et fortiter in re is, that President Pierce anti his secretary are anxious to obtain political capital by insulting the Britrehere, and, at the same time, to v iid the consequences as far as a war is concerned ; and in this matter they have received every assistance from our own Cabinet. We believe, however, that a very imperfect judgment can be f .rmed of all these apparently amine %lons proceedings, unless we refer to the internal coedit on of America herself. The problem to be solved at present in the great Western Republic is, "How to preserve the Milers from fall' tig to p ces ;" and we believe that the mass of Arne 'lei as whom tee Times sneers at as the " wise and good " are very ranch puzz'ed to decide in their own minds whether this desira ole object is most likely to be forwarded by war or peace with England. The sacking of the town of Lawrence, in Kansas, and the brutal assault upon Mr. Stunner, in the midst of the assembled representatives of the states of the Union, are simply signs more or less important of the spirit of ex.s peration which at this moment prevails among the anta grmist parties —pro-slavery and fr ee-soi!ers. Or the two, perhaps, the most likely to produce lasting ill-will is the attack upon Ur. Simile., a favourite o,ator and influential delegate of the powerful community r f nassachussets, which ha.s taken up the matter as a per sonal affront, and liar been joined in that view of the ease by the New Yorkers and other northern states. It will be easily understood that any alternative—even a war with England —may be considered by a large num ber of American citizens as preferable to a break-up of the Union, and that a course of action combining the triple advantage of forwarding Mr. Pierce's re-election views, of diverting attention from internal dissensions of a nature so grave as to threaten the existence of the re public, as well as uniting the various states in carrying out the Munroe doctrine, in , y obtain greater favour in the eyes of a majority of Americans th in we at this side of the Atlantic may be inclined to think possiele. That tne American Govern:neat is waiting up in circumstances - perhaps a collision in the Gulf of Mexico—and is willing, in its doubt of coesequencee, to allow their course to be guided by events, we can hardly doubt, wren we observe the disimeeuuous way in which it acts. We allude to the fast the even Mr. Crampton, as we are assured, was kept in ignorance of the despatch sent off to Eaglet:el at fuer o'clock on Tuesday, falsely stating what the President had done, and that his letter of dismissal was only sent to Mr. Crampton en Wednesday at four o'clock, when, as was shrewdly observed, the Asia, which left New York at twelve on Wednesday, was safe beyond the telegraph ht Sandy ft olc. Mr. Crampton, we believe we may stree, hail no notion of this decision before, and eve, thou kuew nothing of the consuls being inclu tel in the ban. The addition of the ctereuls arts evirieute, an after thought, and stultified the whole aim of the deep itch— viz., to accept. herd Clarearlon's too concili eing letters, as far as the English Government was concerned, and dis miss Mr. Cramp on upon separate grounds. For ours e lv es , we b e li eve that the retention of Mr. Dallas iu this country will, from the peculiar tone of the American mind, merely tend to make us more contempt ible in their eyes. They can understand the under hand attempts of our Government to evade the neutrality laws, but will despise us fur not having the courage to stand by our revn wrong. On the whole, we can only arrive at the conclusion that the duty of the people of England et the prevent moment is to prevent the Ministers escaping by the sacrifice of their sehordinatee, who certainly did net .exeeeil their inetreic tioere and ono of whom, at least—if we believe the Phila. delphia Erening Journal—entirely sueceede i in expoeMg the conspiracy against biro, suborned and got up by Mr. Cushing, the States Attorney-General. (Prom the Daily News of this day.) While thießritiah Government is content, as a measure of peace and. an example of forbearauee, to continue, through Mr. Dallas in London, diplomatic relations with the Government of the United States, it will, we believe, for the present at least, abstain from appointing any suc cessor to Mre Crampton at Washington. How long this abstinence may be practised will probably depend on do mestic occurrences in the Uuited States ; anti, however strong our desire may be to cultivate friendship and the most intimate relations with the people of the United States, there are, we should suppose, very few English men who wi s h t o see anot h er representative of their Sove reign and her Government sent to the Court of Mr. Pre sident Pierce, who has already shown how much he pre fers the advancement of his politics d ambition to concili ating by a moderate and temperate line of conduct the good-will of England. When the forthcoming Presidential election is fairly decided it will bo time enough for the English Cabinet to think about having a Minister at Washington ; for success in that contest may be expected to sweeten the disposition of even the present Presiklent ; while the choice-of any other man in the States .could hardly fail to be a great improvement on the present state of things at Washington. Meanwhile„ the British Government will, it is to be expected, at epee put to the proof the sincerity Secretary Marcy's avowed anxiety to co me to a definite arrangement abd final settlement of tho Central American disputes. For, although anxiety as to the possibility of a collision of the travel forces of the two countries before Greytown is for the present removed by the prudent con- duct of the captain of the small British frigate Eurydice in fulfilment of his instructions from the Admiralty, anti by the wise determination of the American Government, in consequence of that prudence, n 4 to despatch any naval force thither until the controversy is diplomatically and conclusively settled, no one knows what a day tray ler ieg forth. The very assistance( which the Eurydice is ordered by the Admiralty to giie to freedom of transit through Greytowu, may be misconstrued by perverse persons more anxious-to increase than to allay local irritation : and any attack by the forces of Nicaragua —its rulers are now re- _..... leased from hostilities with Costa Rica—on Greytown, (From the it orning Post of th;s day may add to theecomplicati on cf what is called, so far as In the discussiens that have taken place b tweet, the England and the United Stat es are concerned. the Central. British anti Arnerican Governmeuts relative to the inter- American question, by bringing us into collision with gestation of the so-call el Clayton-Bel.ver treaty. frequeet General Walker, whom we must now be prepared to see reference is made to the protector eta of the Mosquito receiving direct assistance 'from the democratic party in coast The existence or non-existence of this protectorate the United States, and moral support from their Go- • is, in fact, ore of the chief points now in dispute with re- Yernment. serenc e to the treaty in question. On the one heist, Great . Hitherto, the English Cabinet has most properly kept Britain - mainteins that her interest in the Mosquito terri the question of Nicaragua quite distiect and separate from tury remains unaffected by the Convention of 1853; while its dispute s in Central Arn er te a w ith th e Washington Ca• the oppoeite view is no less strenuously supported by the bind. It has indeed taken no past whatever in the dig- United States. W e shall not recapitulate the arguments orders or the quarrels of Nicaragua. The correspoudencte that have been used on ,either aide. Oar present object is as to the sale cf fire-arms to Costa Rica laid before Path% simply to call attentio u to the political position and the merit has, we (suspect, been much misunderstood. The natural c -pabilities of ‘he territory in question, as to which truth is that the. War Dep•otre en t has in store at present considerable misapprehension appears to exist upon this an amount of old, and for British purposes wrthlese sid e of the Atlantic. Oar American neighbours, we have F lEes. These it is desirous of getting rid of go o the best every reason to believe, are infinitely better informed upon tarsus it can ; but so universal is improvement in fire-arms the subject. that the market for "Brown:Bes s " h as becomevery limited. Filet, then, as to the political Irondition of Mos nito :it So when the late Mr. Walleretein, Consul-General of Cost ,is still occupied by its aboriginal Joh .Intent , the S ci paniatels Rice , applied for permission , to purchase part of this never having cerelnered, or at least, permanently anuexed old stock, it lose. The was soo good un opportunity to be it to their dominions in that quarter of the globe. This _permi ss i on was accordingly granted, the circumstance, no doeht, attracted the attention of the nu.; arms were selected, and the terms which they were morons Er tsh Av. aiturers who sought f 'me anti fur ter be furbished lee agreed ong n o t n as.a commercial, tune in the West belies and in the Spanish Main in the Not a politioal, transaction ; for immediately an inten- course of the seventeenth century. The Mosquito shore tion on the part of the British Government to the epport was the only portion of the coast of Central Atneric?, over st Nicaragua was inferred from Costa Rica again fell to the groued. andett. which Spainnot exteneed her doinion, and it was tract for sale, the whole thing naturally the, efore reset ted to by arc ountrymen, when muskets hare, we hear, since been sold to me r chants en- itt search of shelter or provisions, in preference to the ter gaged in the African trade. ritories °fa rival, and, generally speaking, a hostile State. The policy of our Government as to the ieterual ol• An intimacy was thas eeteblished between the ritish bee tles of Central America is, we may fairly p resume, I? ha li caneers -for such they un ionbtally were—and the Mos foreshadowed in. the temperate, judicious, and us eful ' quite Indians, which led to snip recant results. The latter speech of Lord John Russell on Monday evening — nee. " . ua ve!r a te n. gl , a f il to avail themsel_ yes of . their European allies as . _ a terference in the most rigid sense of the word, and a frank inemine tn ir territories against the encroach acceptance of any government that may be 'formed, eith er And in this thent s of s e n t penish viseroy, an i eventually in the year in Nicaragua or in any of the-other States. 1.,i8' the then King cf Mosquito with the consent of alt view we must say .that . the general interests of the n world . cita ; : " Li ef . made a fornaal ces , ion of his dominions to the so far as the local.question is concerned, may be al). n 'Ki n g of England. Thus commenced our. political connec tally advanced by the c omp l e t e success of GeneralWalker, tion with that e , inntry. The ilreal of Spanish tyranny and if he has only the wisdom not to precipitate himself into a rapacity ineucsd the people of Mosquito to place them dispute about Greytowu. • Already his success at least has selves under the protectio n of a Power which had h i reps had one good effect—hostilities with Costa Rica have ta ti on for humanity 44 well tie strength. Nor has ths o'e r:leased, and it is more than probable that the superior tidence been at ae d . Nothing would have been easier for force of Walker will compel Costa Rica to arrangeits long. E l i an d, at t an time sinc e the dae of the cession in clues standi ng bound ar f e li s p u t e with Nicaragua. irt is to be tion, than oha la ve seizet and din I the Mt s mito e tun hoped he may, for the longer these deeper .te and remorse- try. Th..t she " d oce .0..110 that she has curs pulously t faith with tne semi-b e•bartan tribes who c tnfided in less internal and internecine quarrels rage in Central Aline- kap rice, the more danger is there of other Walkers seeking in her power and generosity e e e sky two centuries ago, is them a fortune inconsistent with their complete indepen I- c i rcums t an ce which e ven Mr. art y must admit is high', ease and with their material improvement. It was to do creditable to this na , ron. as we have emetic strife that Nicaragua owed the Walker interven- But we may be told, worth havi ng eb " n mistake. ish told, that the tion ; and similar causes will inevitably produce similar Mosquito country is not -- and that effects in Costa Rica. To come as speedily to terms with true cause of our forbearance. This is a gra n i President Rivas and General Walker as to boundaries is The territory over which our p ()rectorate extends abounds nerefore as obviously sound olicy on the part of Costa in natur d resour ces, and from its geographical position, i s Rica, as it is for England and the United States to lose admirably adapted ter cone rierciel enterprise.. It possesses no time in settling directly those parts of their controversy a sea coast of upwards of five hundred mi n es in length, ex _ which can be so arranged, an d in agreeing on the terms of te d rig from Greytown, on the river S i Juan , to Cap e an arbitration and the person of an arbiter to which the Honduras. Between these extreme points there are several points not susceptible of Inch a solution can be left. Dols are w e ll harbours, of which Truxillo end Graclas-a- We have never hesitated to express an Opinionthat known for th • excellence t the as their 0 •. e he adj /foe uito to the Bay Islands the United States Government hoe the ing seas. As regards its interred resour ces, the theface ci best of the argument. Geographically the islands ought to territory is probably kit surpassed by •any country 0n ..al 'l' T ntors of t belong to the state 4 Honduras, which they adjoin, and of the globe. Toe ;1 sins are 'capable of raising ic. not to the Belize Settlement, froni wh i ch they they are upwards produce of every description in the greatest abundance. i of 200 miles distant,. Historically they formed part of the Sugar, coffee cotton, and tobacco, all grow as luxuriant 11 Vice-Royalty of Guatemala Netwithatan-ling, therefore, es the most fertile of the West Thais islands, and the they had occasionally b een treated as British territory by mountsins ire the interior are covered with valuable time oar West Indian governors and admirals, it was it can her of nearly every variety. Several rivers of considerable hardly be denied a very great mistake in Sir J. Pakington, magnitude take their rise in these elevated regions, and when Colonial Secretary, to erect them into a British afford the means of water carriage through the moo 10114 3,12:3 THE ►tj 4 J.soNDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, lB5 de and fertile districts. Every element of material pros perity, in shot, abounds in Mosquito ; and this fact has repeatedly, in times p , st, been pressed up-,n the attention of C-e British Government, with tp43. vi,v , of inducin.; it to occupy and colonise the coun:rr. 'But these sugges tions, as we all khow, have never beeu adopted, and the nature of the Mosquito protectorate has remained un changed since it was first established. British influence has for nearly two centures protected the natives of that country against foreign violence. Mr. Marcy and Mr. Buchanan contend that, under the Treaty of 1850, this in fluence and right of protection was renounced in all time coining. But it needs no argument-to prove that the aban donment of the people of Mosquito to the tender mercies of the filibusters who have invaded the adjoining State of Nicaragua would be an act utterly unworthy of Great Britain, and it is one to which we are glad to learn, from the despatches of Lord Clarendon, that he will never con sent. Justice and humanity alike forbid us to adopt so pusillanimous a course. - Are we, then, to go to war for the King of Mosquito ? We sincerely hope not. But we cannot, in justice both to him and to ourselves, turn our back upon him in the hour of need. We know how certain Indian tribes have been treated, and are now being t , eated, in the Western States of America. We never could allow such scenes to be enacted with impunity among a people who have an un doubted right to look to us for protection. We trust, therefore, that there is no truth in the report of the medi t.,ted attack upon the Mosquito country by Walker or his followers. Such an outrage could not fail to complicate the already tangled web of Central American politics, and lessen the chances of a pacific settlement. It is quite clear that we cannot shake off this Mosquito protectorate so easily as some of our contemporaries seem to imagine. STEAM POSTAL C 4 UNICATION WITH AITSrRALIA. (From the Morning Chronicle City Artiee.) Although there may be persons who will be inclined to complain of the dilatory movements of the Government on a subject of such paramount importance, it is but a mere act of justice to state that there have been many difficulties to contend with—and that a lengthened correspondence with the local Government has been going on for months, with the view to remove them, and reconcile conflicting interests. As the subject is of considerable interest and importance, we shall now give a concise but comprehensive resume of the proceedings and arrangements that have been decided to regulate the postal service between Eng land and her Australian colonies. It appears that several of the colonial legisletnres expressed a desire for the esta blishment of a regular mail line, and proffered certain grants to defray the expenses; but naturally enough they each made it a sine qua non that the grant would be sub- - ject to certain conditions. In the Treasury minute of November last it is observed that "the Executive Council of New South Wales has passed a resolution to invite the Legislative Council to appropriate a sum of 15,000/. to wards the service; but no advice has yet been received that this hue been adopted. Sir William Denison has stipulated for no conditions which could embarrass the arrangement; but looking to the great preference hitherto shown and embodied in the acts of the Legislature for the route by Torres Straits, by which the first arrival and the last departure would bo from Sydney, it is possible the Legislature may attach such a condition to any grant it may make. In Victoria, the Legislature has authorised a very liberal expenditure for the purpose, but Sir Charles Hotham has attached conditions which are inconsistent with the conditions contended for by South Australia, and, in part, such as it may he impossible to obtain. In South Australia, the only act that has really been passed oilers a payment of 5001. to every steamer which shall deliver a direct mail via Suez, and without first having called at any port eastward of Adelaide; that is, without having first touched at Melbourne. Awl the Governor now holds out, hopes that the Legislative Council would vote 12 0001. a year in aid of a plan by which the mail packets on their outward and homeward voyages shall call at Port Adelaide. The acquiescence, therefore, of the colonies of Victoria and South Australia in the proposal of Sir William Denison is thus based on contradictory condi tions." The coutributions on the part of Victoria is sub ject to the following conditions :-1. That no contract should be made that does not provide for the delivery of the mail at Melbourne in a period not exceeding fifty-five days front the date of leaving London, the choice of route to rest with her Majesty's Government. 2. That if the oveeland route is adopted, th© packet must proceed from Point de Gelle, via Cape Lesei win and King George's Seunil, to Melbourne; she must touch at Kangaroo Island ; but, to avoi 1 a loss of two or three days, she must wit enter Port Adelaide, and that she shall proceed from Melbourne to Sydney. 3. That in case the overland route is adopted the packet would proceed to Sydney immedi ately after the delivery of the Melbourne mails ; but that on her homeward voyage she must remain at least f rty eight hours in the port of Melbourne, exclusive of Sundays. 4. That preference must be given to the passengers from the colonies on the homeward route over any passengers for a shorter distauce. With regard to the colony of South Australia, Mr. Fined,' who administered the government of the colony prior to Sir R. G. Macdonnell's arrival, had sufficiently ascertained the state of public feeling in the colony to be able to say, with some degree of confidence, that the Legislature (which was not then in session) would give its support to any plan arranged by the Home Go vernment with any steam company by which an ocean steamer shell monthly call off Purt Adelaide outward and homeward, delivering the mails within the same time as under the late contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, re•neining in the port only a sufficient time to deliver the mails on the outward voyage, but rem dning twenty-four hours on the homeward voyage ; that to secure this advantage the Government would propose to the La. gislative Council a bill, to pay en behalf of the colony a con tribution not exceeding 12,00 , 1. a year. In respect to the cost of the whole service, the Acting Governor of South Australia suggests that the colonies should p 'es one-half and the Imperial Government the other. Sir R. G. Mac dolmen states that Mr. Finnis represents the views of members of the Legislature, and of the general commu nky, being in favour of steamers from Point de Gallo, calling off Port Adelaide. From the remaining three co lonies, viz , Van Diemen's Lend, Western Australia, and New Zealand, no intimation of any reply to Sir William Denison's despatch had reached the board - when the mi nute wes issued. However, notwithstanding all the diffi culties and conflicting views, as exhibited in the various correspondence uuder consideration, it is observed that " my lords are of opinion that the interests involved, both imperial and colonial, in a speedy restoration of a monthly posed cetninueic aeon between the United Kingdom and the Australia, celonies are so great, that the time has now arrived when the Horne Governmeut should take the ini tiative, and propose for the adoption or the colonies some great and comprehen•ive scheme, which shall upon mature consideration appear to be the best adapted for the inte rests of the whole, and pending a communication with the c &rules, in order to save time, to take such preliminary steps as shall secure its coming into operation as soon as p rssi tile. And my lords are the more induced to arrive at this decision fir the following reasons :-1. My lords can not, after ell the discussions which hive tekeu place upon this subject, be Corp, ised that the different colonies should view with favour, and even insist upon, plans which, from j he geographical pesiti in of the colonies, promise to con fer peculiar a vantages upon them, amid that in this re spect, the requirements of some may be at yea iance with the interests of others, or of the whole And my lords Sear that a great delay wound take place if they were to wait until these .differences should be reljuited among the colonies themselves 2. My lords are convinced, frost the whole tenour of the correspondence now befwe them, that all the colonies are now so inn h iu earnest, le their issire to toe a perinaiient postal stea a communicatiou steiblished, that they will b • reedy to sink any minor dif. fere ices of epiiii and to subent to slight des elvantages, in order to secure ;he far greater benefits which will result fare a well-considered general echeine. 3. My lords are further induced confi leutly to believe that each colony will accept a geueral plan, prepared by the Home Government after full consideration, in the fall conviction that, as it is proposed without any hies or leaning in favour of any one colony, it may be assumed as that which is best calculated t, meet the public wants. Upou a very careful examina tion of the whiter subject, and consideration of the corres pondence which has taken , ruy lords are of opinion that these objects can be best attained by restricting the points at which the steamers of the main hue amidst call to three, viz., Kin,' George's Sound, M e lb ourne , aw l Syd ney, and that all the other colonies should be provided with b ra nch services fitting into the arrangements of the wain service. My lords have carefully and especially considered the difference of views upon this subject entertained by the c.ilonies of Victoria and South Australia. The authorities ef the letter colerry vary naturally desire that the steamer shell call at Port Adelaide; bet when it is considered that vessels of the size which must be employed in the service are unable to cross the bar of the port, and are obliged to bring up at a distance trom the port of fifteen miles, and from this lend of five unties, and often in very had weather, ,nii that uuder any circumstances a small branch steamer must be employed ; and when it is further cousidered that ealliug at Port Adelaide would cause considerable deten tion to the wore important wails of Melbourne and Syd ney, if the eastern route should be adopted, as well as a loss of time also on the return voyage, and that usireeire the entire voyage out and home would be lengthened —a disadvantage which would affect South Australia as well as the other colonies, my lords feel convinced that the inhabitants of that colony will be setistied, upon due consideration, that so far an the ar rangement above proposed may be a concession on their pert, it is one which the general interests of all concerned cells upon them to make, and that they will see that the saving of time in the outward and homeward service to ;ether so obtained will be an advantage to them as well ear to others. My lords are, however, of opinion that, in the comprehensive scheme which they are now proposing, irrangernents should be made at the common cost fur the <ranch services required to convey the mails to and from Port Adelaide, Van Diemen's Land, and New Z-Aland making Melbourne the common point of arrival and depar ure of those branch services. They therefore propose that arrangements shall be made on the spot for those services, and that the cost of the same shall be added to the cost of the mein services, and divided in the same proportions as dready inlicated. The plan, therefore, finally now re solved upon may be thus shortly summed up :-1. That hey shall instruct the Admiralty to obtain tenders, by open competition, for monthly postal service between this country and Australia, the vessels outward and homeward, touching at King George's Sound, Mel bourne, and Sydney, carrying the mails for the six colonies pf New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western lustralia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand. 3 ['bat all letters and newspapers shall be prepaid, and that each post-office shall retain its own receipts. 4. Teat the eetirecost of the ser vice described shall be divided equally est ween the Horne 0-oveinrneet and the colonies collec tively. 5 That each of the colordes shall contribute to he moiety to be paid by them collectively, in proportion , the unineer of letters despatched by each, to be ascer shed every two years. The entire cost of this servics will b lt et those swadivide, ! l co contributene i q e u s a c l y ol l be toea i e v • t e e hl e ye n , t na h n e odi e H tty o h m a tt e o e G abc O ei e p r oa n fi n th d e on th e and m collectively in proportion to the number or letters despatched by each, to be ascertained ever y t wo year,. T his is now the present position of the subject. II she recent :olei c s received from the colonies some practi cal remarks have been obtained from a gentleman who has had very exteLs ivozo r nzeciion s with stea:n navigation all the Indian owes on ,ielly invite the attention some years thers past, w t e , wtht)oushtlesaPme companies who tender, and the I ., riblic m t e o n the following memoranda of the co mputed length of a steam voyage frour Melbourne to Point do Gallo and back, and from Melbourne to Singapore and back, calling for coal at King George's Sound, and to his remarks whic4 accoinp Lny the same : Gooir,phical 'r s. Hobson's Bay to offing at Cape Otway and vice versa... Offing at Cape Otway to offing at Cape Loon win, and vice versa, N. 7 , 4 deg. 5; Offing at Cape Leeuwin to Point de Galle and vice versa, N. 38 deg. 53 m. VP 1,405 4 625 Time occupied in performing the distance to Days. Hours. King George's Sound, at 10 knots per hour (1,346) .................................. . 5 15 Time occupied in performing the distance from King George's Sound to Point de Galle (3,280) l3 14 Time occupied in coaling and detour to King George's Sound Time occupied in coaling and laying in pro visions and water at Point de Galle Return voyage, inclusive of detention for coals, &c., at King George's Sound 2l 19 Total number of days occupied on voyage.. Between Melbourne and Singapore.,,., 47 12 Geographical miles. Distance to Ring George's Sound from Mel bourne . ..................... 1,31 G Ditto from King George's Sound to Singa pore, through Straits of Sunda, including detour for avoidance of danger in Straits and Jays , Sea ....................... 2,00 Total distance in geographical mi1e5.........,., _ 3,793 Time occupied in King Georg e ' s S ound, in Days. Hours. - cluding detour and detention as before ... 8 3 Time occupied from King George's Sound to Singapore... l.O 0 Detention thereat for fael, &c. ............... 4 0 Return voyage, including the detention for fuel -- Number of clays on voyage ........................ 40 16 The route from Melbourne to King George's Sound would be shorter than that ro Point de Gallo, and would conse quently tend to maintain a somewhat higher rate of speed, as it would not be necessary to load the steamer with so large a quantity of coals as required b y t h e G allo line. The general advantages of the different routes appear to be as follows—Via Point de Gallo direct, a quicker communica tion would be established with India Proper, and with Europe and transatlantic countries, and passengers for Australia by -the Peninsulas and Oriental Company's steamers would be insured passages on all occasions, the drawback to these advantages being, besides a want of clock accommodation, an increase in the expenses atten dant on the longer distance performed, and a less direct and more extensive communication between these cido nies anti Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Rangoon, the Ten nasserin provinces, Batavia, Siam, Hong K.mg, Shanghai, Chusan, and Manilla; while, on the other han (,Australian passengers would, on arriving at Ceylon, frequently find the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers so crowded with that company's more especial passengers frem Eu rope, America, Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta (bound to Singapore, Bstavia, and China), that they would decline on other occasions to take advantage of the overland route however much many circumstances night make that route desirable. Singapore possesses (at present) a patent slip of great power and other appliances for repairing and re placing damages of steamers, which Point de Galle is de ficient in. The physical difficulties to be encountered on either route are but trifling, as the weather is generally nearly as fine as that on the Pacific. The steamers bound to the westward would occasionally meet with some strong opposing winds till they rounded Cape Leeuwin when they would be fair till they carried her into the S.E. trades, which would compensate for the previous delay. From 6 degrees or 8 degrees south latitude the weather is con stantly fine, care being taken, if bound to Ceylon between October and April, to keep to the eastward of eO degrees longitude till to the northward of the line, to avoid the Luce icanes prevalent during the intervening months near the M turitius. Should Point de G dle obtain the prefer ence over Singapore as a terminal port, the steamer on re turning would gain more assistance from the S.E. trades by keeping to the eastward of the Cocos, by which means she could use all foro and aft sail to help her through the trades. In respect of the comparative dis tance of the two ports, much can be said in favour of Sin gapore, it being but 2,450 geographical miles from King George's Sound, e bile Point do Galle is dis tant 3,230 miles, being s3O geographical miles in favour of the former, and thus rendering the voyage from laud to laud four days shorter, and lessening the risk of any acci dent to ships or engines, and a consequent irregularity or detention of the mails The mail would be as much longer in reaching Australia via Singapore, as the difference be tween the time saved on the two routes, and that oecupie.i iu the voyage between Gabe and Singapore, which would be about seven days, thus making a difference of three days. Vessels occupied on such a voyage should be screw steamers of not less than 600 tons burden, rigged as barques or three-mested schooners, and fitted with engines of 150 horse nominal power, with the newest tested im provement in that description of engine ; and the steamers should be fitted with Lamb and Suinner's patent tubular boilers, with perp3ndicular composition tubas, which, though originally more expensive, are far more durable and admit of easy cleaning, a point of vast importance in vessels plying on sea holding larger quantities of saline matter i, solution than the waters of more temperate climes. This has been a formidable obs , ruction hitherto iu the practical working of the long -voyaged steamers, and demands wore attention than is at first apparent to unprac tised eeresns. As vessels required for the mail service would not be called on to carry heavy cargo, which by deepening would lessen their speed, and 'occasion indirect loss, their lines should, of course, be as fine as possible, consistent with stability, so as to insure a high rate of speed, and, as engineering skill now exists, it is conceived no difficulty whatever would occur in attaining an average rate of ten knots. Vessels of the class alluded to would, with boilers of the most ap proved principle, consume about Blbs. of good Sunderland coal per horse-power per hour, and about 10lbs. or 111bs. of coloui d coal. The consumption of Eirglish coal would then be about 811 es. ; , 4 1 . .0 horse-power 1,2001b5. k 24 hour 28,8001b5., or 12 16.20 tons par diem, and at an average rate of 31. 10s. per ton for the coil consumed dur ing the voyage, would cost per diem, 441. 165., and for the whole voyage out and home about 1,7451., a quantity equal to about 490 tons being consumed each voyage. Steamers of the description herein alluded to can be sub stantially and faithfully constructe i by any of the most eminent engineers at the rate of 401. per register ton, fully equipped for sea, with the exception of plate, d rapery, gleesware, stores, an d provisions, being for a vessel of 6UO tons, 21,000/ ; and for less than the other 6,05 C/. they could be delivered for service in A ustral i a, thus only making an o r i g i na l ou tl a y of 90,0001 , to be borne by three or four flourishing and rapidly improving colonies. Of course, if South Australia shares in the undertaking, she would be entitled to have eecall made by the mail steamer, for and with her mails. (Front the Times of this day.) The Circumlocution-office may be well proud of the power it exercises. It has, as we all know, strong capa cities for obstruction, and uses them to the astonishment of England and England's antipodes. It is not given to all men to defeat the improvements of modern science, and to check co m mun i ca ti on b etween the extremities )mthtethbeginning of the late wars intercourse betw e e n o u f uti t l h a e t t e l t i n e p p ir re e s . ent F m rt oalen the Austra ian colonies and the mother country has been all but paralysed. We need not expatiate upon the fright ful inconvenience which has resulted from this state of things. Commercial transactions of the greatest magni tude have been brought to a standstill; or, if operations have been continual, certain loss and bankruptcy have been the rewards of ill-timed enterprise. At first there was no disri,sitiou on any side to murmur at that which seemed to be an irrevitable consequerce of an un avoidable war. We knew well enough when we entered upon hostilities that many Englishmen would be killed and many rained, and that, at any rate for a time, there must be a dislocation tf our usual marine postal arrangements. All this was bad enough, but men who had cast L. their lot with England were content to take the rough with the smooth. For a long time past, however, any such neces city has ceased to exist. The passage from London or Southampton to Aden, at the southern extremity of the Refit Sea, has beau as clear as the passage from Folkestone to Boulogne. There has not, an far as we are aware, ex isted any greater difficulty in finding steam ships for the tranmission of letter-bags between the points named than exists at this Moment between the Channel ports. All that was required was a temporary arraneement between Aden and Kiug George's Sound, by way of the Mauritius —if Diego G.rcia were not at once available —or, indeed, by any other route which might present the fewest practi_ cal difficulties fur immediate solution. Any oruinary commercial house.enaaged in forei gn •tra d e would within 48 hours have made ' some contrivance for tiding over the obstacle. Things are managed in a more discreet man mr in the Cicutnrocution-office. The last advices from Australia are neatly IUO days old. It is in vain that all merchants engaged in the Australi in trade have held meeting after meeting. It is in vain that they have me morialised the Government. that they have complained of the unnecessary inconvenience to which they have been subjected, and have pointed out the faci'ity with which a -euiedy might have been found. Nor have the complaints been confined to this country alone. From the Australian colonies remonstrances of the most vigorous kind have been despatched home. Nor have these remonstrances been mere expressions of puling discontent. The peti tioners have said, " Give us the accommodation we re quire, and we are willing to contribute large sums—so much, and so much—as our proportion of the cost." The vary liability and straightforwardness of their own offers have been turned against them. The Circumlocution gen tlemen have been of opinion that the least degree of re spect that could be shown to the colonists, in order to mark our sense of their liberality, was to consult them upon the specific manner in which their money should be expended. Hence a delightful series of references between England an l the antipodes ; hence queries and counter querries, notes and additional notes, representations, mis representations and counter-representations, memorials and marginal comments upon memorials, which seemed to I " My Lords" to reqaire furth er exp l ana ti on an d elucida- I tion It must have been a great day for "My Lords" when this business of the Australian postal ar rangements fell into their hand s . The thing was so simple, and they have contrived to render it so wonder fully obscure. To them, 'indeed, personally the whole merit of this great achievement cannot be attributed. Without a thoroughly well-founded system of procrastina tion, carefully considered an .l efficiently canied out by the most ingenious agents for a century or so, this result could not have been attained. No given set of men living at the awe time could arrive at such a high point of eicellence. This is a question of tradition and successive generations. The science of procrastination must have been pushed to a very high point indeed ere the world could enter into the full fruition of Downing-street and its dependencies. Any ordinary man would feol uneasy if it xe e his du' y to ex pedite business, and he devoted his days and nights to arresting its progress. He must be initiated into the mys teries of " the office ;" the blue foolscap and red tape must have entered into his very soul before he could go home complacently to his dinner after having caused unbounded inconvenience to his fellow-creatures in return for so many thousands or hundreds a year which they are .foblish enough to bestow upon him in return for the vexation and loss he inflicts upon them. It is to this wonderful influ enee,' which pervades every department of State and every ,ffi ce in which clerks are confined and cribbed for the non " despatch" of public business, that this unfortun delay , Aout the Australian pt.stal arrangements must be attri buted. Mr. Wilson, forinstance, used to be a man of nimble intellect and quick action enough before he was instalked in this official Bmotia. He is now cunning in the NA we of "how not to d o it," a nd mos t deaterona at axplanationa of why nothing should be Bono. Ais ingenuity is turned into a wrong channel—and Si much the wol,e for Australia, and for ad mi , rt wlo.ario,coneected with it .brties of business. Nothing as yet has been done except that, in reply to in quiries which have been addressed to him xecer tly on two occasions in the Imager Mr. Wilson has stated that tenders might yet be sent in. fiere, then, we are disputing about which is the best of all possible routes between England and the antipodes, and meanwhile it requires something like half a-year to get an answer to a letter despatched from either side. We are like the blear-eye•i old chemists who spent their lives in the midst of faLaine and rags, while they were in search of the secret which should convert every substance into the most precious of metals. Tue first point clearly is to sh , irten the period actually employed in the transmis sion of letters between London and Sytiney by one-half ; and this can be done by one stroke of an official pen, which, after the achievement, should be hung up in the Circumlocution•ofce in sempitcrnam. When this feat has been accomplished we way enter with greater propriety upon such niceties as the saving of an hour or two more or less. Sporting Intelligence. HAMPTON RACES. —WEDNESDAY. The Stand Plate of 60 goys (Handicap) fair all ages ; wieners extra. Once round and a distance. Mr. H. Ivey's Swalcliffe, by the Hydra, 3 yrs, 64t 1016 (ray) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Westminster, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Hughes) 2 Col. James's P a nth eon , 4 yrs, sst 12:h (Snowden) 3 Engletnere and Maid of the Morn also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Swalcliffe, sto 2 agst Westmins ter, 4 to 1 agst any other. Woo by half a length ; three quarters of a length between the second and third ; En glemere was a bAd fourth ; Maid of the Morn was beaten off, and walked in. The Hurst Plate of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &c. ; winners extra. One mile. 8 subs. Mr. E. R. Clark's Lady Florence, 3 yrs, GA 91h (301.) or 1 Mr. Samwell' s U surer, 4 yrs, Bst (300 2 Mr. Evans' s Swithrnoor, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (30/ ) (Crouch) 3 The Spania r d, Raphael, Icarus, and Alleborelio also ran. Betting -6 to 4 agst Lady Florence, 2to 1 agst Usurer, 100 to 15 agst Icarus. Won very easily by a length and a half ; two lengths between the second and third ; The Spaniard was fourth, Icarus filth, and Allebrelio sixth. Raphael was beaten a long way. The winner was bought in for 110 guineas. The Surrey arid Middlesex• Stakes (Handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, awl 5 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake; the winner of any handicap after the weights were published, 7 b extra. Two miles. 36 subs, 25 of whom declared. Mr. S. Walker's Winkaeld, 5 yrs, B,t 10lb (Bartholomew) 1 Air. Gulliver's Redemption, 4 yrs, let 5.b (includi ng 71b extra) (Prior) 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Surgeon-General, 5 yrs, 6$ 101 b (Forham 3 Colt by Ratan, Wantage, Saqdboy, and Brinkl d ow also ran. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Winkfield and Redemption, 4 to 1 ag-t Wantage, 6 to 1 agst Surgeon-General, 10 to 1 agst a , iy other. Wtokfield lay off until after rounding the last turn, when he gradually drew f ,, rward, deprived Redemption of the lead opposite the Betting Stand, and at last won easily by a length ; bad third ; the others tra.f.gled in at wide intervals. The Claremont Stakes of 10 ROVS each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts, 84 7lb ; fillies, 84 3!h ; certain penalties for winners. Half a mile. 20 subs. Mr. J S. Douglas's Tournament, by Tnuchßtone, 8-t 101 b (including 3 b ext.'s) • (Fordham) Mr. Barber's Commotion, Bst 101 b (including 3lb ex ) (D. Hughes) 2 Mr. G. Drewe's Dexterity, Bst 31h (Ashmall) 3 The following also ran :—Adamas, Lord Nelson, Media Noce, and Kinburn. Mr. Barber declared to win with Lord Nelson. Betting-6 to 4 agst Commotion, 2to 1 agst Tourna ment, 4 to 1 agst Lord Nelson, 6 to 1 ags Adamas. Won by three lengths ; two lengths between the second and third ; a head between third and fourth. Kinburn was beaten a long way. The Innkeepers' Plate of 30 Boys, added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards, ()pineal selling weights, &c., beats, three-quarters of a mile; eight subs. ; was won, in four heats, by Mr. Samwell's Usurer, 4 yrs, 7.t (501.), (Fordharn) beating Mr. E. R. Clark's \Veathercork, 5 yrs. 7.4 9.b (80/) (Rotheray), second, and etr. T. Hughes's Westminster, 4 yrs, 6st 11lb (501) (D. Hughes), third. Sextus, Freckle, Little Tom, and Sabrina also ran. The winner was sold by auction, after the race, to Mr. E. R. Clark, for 60 guineas. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWGOD CUP. sto 1 agst Fishermna❑ (taken) NEWTON RACES. -WEDNESDAY. Trial Handicap. Van Durck Prince Plausible Seven ran. Golborn Park Stakes. Madame Clicquot Saunterer Five ran. Won by a length. Newton Gold Cup. Falstaff. Two ran. - Selling Plate. Miss Birch Bright Four ran. Makerfield Handicap. Biron St. Dunstan.. Lymiugton Fourteen ran. Won by a neck. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.—YOUATT WM. GRAY sends the winner of the above race today. The horse named i+ at 20 to lat the present time. lam as confident on this event as I wa.4 with Ellington for the D ,rby ; there f rN I beg my patrons will not let this opportunity slip Adhere to my a 'vice, and a fortune will be the result. I am confident of winning this race and the Liverpool Cap. Terms—Newcastle Meeting, ss. ;to Goodwood, 11. ls. ; to the end of themeason, 21 25., and percentage. address, 15, Charing•croe3. Directed envelopes re quired. METROPOLITAN B ►A RD OF WOLK& The ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The following financial statement was laid before the meeting : Balance in bands of Treasurer, June 18, £15,931 11 8 Cheques drawn, but not presented 4,231 3 1 --- Available balance Amount of deposit account T , tal general balance £139,222 10 9 THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD BETWEEN BROMPTON SQUARE AND PRINCE'S GATE, HYDE-PARK. The following report wag presented from the Com mittee of Works and Improvements with respect to the proposed thoroughfare between B rompton . square and Prince's-gat e : "Your committee have to report that in pursuance of the reference by the board of the 16th of May last they have considered the communication signed by Lord Orkney and other inhabitants of Prince's -terrace and Enuismore place, submitting statements in opposition to the proposed thoroughfare between Brompton•square and Prince'e-gate, and think it proper to point out that the 144th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act does not enable the board to carry out the improvements referred to without an applicati ,, n to Parliament for that purpose, and that such an appli cat i on can only be dispensed with' when the lAnd required for the object suggested could be obtained otherwise than under compulsory powers to be conferred by Parliament. Your committee have also to report, in reference to a statement made to the board by a member of the deputation some weeks since, that the parties who were advocating the proposed thoroughfare would, if per mitted by the board, carry out the work at their own cost, that, in their opinion, this board has no power to delegate such an authority." Mr. HALL moved that the report of the committee be received and adopted, which was seconded by Mr. Snow, and carried unanimously. Reports were also presented in respect to several plans sent in for metropolitan improvements, but it wag determined that in the present position of the board such matters were not ripe for consideration. Several applications were made by different parties to be allowed to bring out their shops into the forecourts in front of their houses, but in nearly every case the ap plication was refused. The other business was of an unimportant character, and the board adjourned soon after four o'clock. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTEtta RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending June 11, 18 36......£21,668 3 7 Correspondi ng wee k last year .................... 18, 53 8 10 Increase in 1856 ............ £2,714 14 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST R.A.ILWAII. Traffic return for the week ending June 14, 1856 ................................................... £15,421 10 7 Correspondi ng week last year Total of th e h alf-year to this date 13,201 11 11, 1856 296.792 7 3 Total of th e h alf-year to this date,lßss GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY'. —Traffic return for th , week ending June 8, 1856 8 Correspondi ng wee k last year l9 £20, 639 ,251 12 2 8 LA NCASHIRE AND YO RKSHIRE RAILWAY. -Traffic re turn for the week ending June 15, 1856 023,172 10 10 Corresponding week last year. 20901 10 7 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD AAlLWAY.—Traffic , return tor tha week ending June 15, 1856 Oorrespondin g wee k last year 25,571 15 8 4,919 12 11 In wease in 1856. , ; „,,, , £652 2 9 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending June 14, 1856 £ r ,447 7 1 Corresponding week last year 6,332 8 6 Increase in 1856. GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending June 15, 1855 LONDON £674 15 1 GENERAL OMNIBUS COMP.—Traffic - turns fur the w ee k ending June 14, 1856 ANY £9,784 9 re s ROYAT, BI TIVIO GAPDY Yesterday the sec ind..exbibition the en-sent season of plants, fl raters, and Inuit to-k place at thy' 8.1- t nie Gardens, Regent'„-park, and, it is plea art to add, under more favourable "skyey influencesi! than hvae accompanied those out-of-doer fetes for some time past. No other exhibitions are so well calculatei to display the lune cittadinesco of a great metropolis as those of which Flora and Paluona are the presiding deities, and it only requires the garnishing of a fine day to make them a luxuri ,, us erijoy.nent. Such was the feeling, no doubt, which the thousands who visited yesterday's dis play of fruit and flowers experienced ; and there was no drawback in regard to the extent, the variety, or the brilliancy of the objects exhibited. The exhibition of fruit was not so large as on former occasions, but the snecimens were rich and ripe, and provt.kingly They consisted of pine apples, grapes, melons, straw berries, peaches, nectarines, &c. , The prizes in this de partment were given to Mr. Forbes, gardener to the Duke of Bedford, for one dish of grapes ; to Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl de they, for one dish of peaches ; to Mr. Davis, of Barnet, for a dish of nectarines • to Mr. Turnbull, gardener to the Duke of Marlborou,b, for a dish of grapes ; to Mr. Fleming, Trentham, for one Pro vidence pine apple ; to Mr. Burn, gardener to Mr. Pen-. nant, for one Queen pine apple, &c. The show of plants and flowers was very extensive and no less attractive than large. The display of aza leas, fuchsias, pelargoniums, geraniums, roses, cactese, exotic orchids, Cape heaths, calceolarias. stave and hot house plants, was most brilliant, and gave universal sa tisfaction. The flowers were in their softest and heal thiest bloom, and so arranged by the floral fiamen as to present a coup d'ceil of surpassing attraction. The rhododerdrons ere pavilioned by themselves, "ma jestio and alone," yet in every variety of colour and diversity of form. The fullness of flower and foliage which they displayed was magnificent, and elicited approbation from all. The visitors were numerous, but not so much as on some former occa sions, in consequence probably of the contereporaneou attraction at the Crysta Palace The company included the following :—Conatesse de Neuilly, Duke and Duchess de Nemours, Princess Marguerite, Prince and Princess de Joinville, Dulte of Sutherland, Duchesses of Suther land, Marlborough, and Roxburgh, Marchioness Clan ricarde, Earls Waldegrave, Ellesmere, Craven, Forfes• cue, Southampton, Bradford, Abergavennv, and Effing ham, Countesses Waldegrave, Verulam, Clare, Craven, Fortescue, Essex, Southampton, Lichfield, Effingham, Bradford, Terro Deaz, Rosebery, &c. The following is a list of the principal prizes in the exhibition of fl ewers and plants . Extra Gold Medal—Mr. May, gardener to H. Colyer, Esq., Dartford, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Gedner, gardener to Mrs. Ellis, Hoddesden, for 20 exotic orchids. Large Gold Medal—Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Coster, Esq., Streatham, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. Woolley, gardener to H. B. Kerr, Esq., Cheshunt, for 23 exotic orchids. Medium Gold Medal—Mr. Peed, gardener to T. Tread - well, Esq., Norwood, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet, f or 12 s t ove an d green house plants._ Gold Medal—Mr. Barter, gardener to A. Basset. Esq . Stamford-hill. for 16 stove and greenhouse plants; Messrs. Frnsier, nurserymen, Leyton, for Li. stove and greenhouse plants. Large Silver Gilt Medal—Mr. Dodds, gardener to Sir J. Cathcart, Cooper's-hill, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants; Roser, gardener to J. Bradbury, Esq., Streatham, for 6 stove and greenhousa plants. Large Silver Medal—Mr. Williams, gardener to Miss Trail!, Bromley, for i stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Jackson, nurseryman, Kingston, for 10 Cape heaths; Mr. Williams, for 8 Cape heaths. Silver Gilt Medal—Mr. Rhodes, gardener to J. Philpot, Esq., Stamford-hill, for i i stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Morris, gardener to Coles Chilies, Bromley, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Mortimer, gardener to J. R. Scott, Esq., for 6 tall cacti; Mes.u-s. Fra,ier, nurserymen, Layton, for 10 Cape heaths ; Mr. Rhodes, for 8 Cape heaths. The three bands of the Royal Horse Guards were in attendance. STRIKE OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS AT. LIVER POOL. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—Yesterday afternoon much surprise was created here by the announcement that upwards of 900 persons, enraged in the goods depart ment of the London and North-Western Railway, in Liverpool, had struck work in consequence of a dispute with the company on the question of a reduction of wares. The p trties on strike comprise clerks-130 in number—porters, pnintmen, sheeters, bre. , ksmen, &c., emploYed at the Wapping, Crown-street, Waterloo, and Edge-hill Stations. A few weeks ago a memorial stating their grievances was sent to the board of directors, in pursuance of which the Marquis of Chandos, the chairman of the board, Captain Huish, and several of the directors attended yes terday at the Waterloo station, where they were waited upon by a deputation of 32 persons representing the dif ferent departments. When the deputation met the chairman and directors they asked would they allow each able-bodied man at the different stations to receive on their old scale 4s. per day 1 And the directors replied that that was quite in the discretion of Mr Carter. To various propositions for reins ating persons who had been dismissed, an in crease in the wages of 2d. per day for deliveries of down goods, and more adequate remuneration for the junior staff,.tbe directors declined to interfere. The deputation then informed the Marquis of Ciiandog that the men bad lost all confidence in Mr. Carter ; that whilst he remained, the business could not he conducted satisfactorily ; his conduct had been so arbitrary, they would not be doing justice to themselves if they conti nued to work under him any longer. Lord Chandos, on the part of the directors, finally in- timated that the terms of the deputation could not be complied with. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) LONDON. June 19. Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; slight breeze and cloudy. CHATHAM, June 18.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Sam. Enderby, from Cuba. PLYNIOUTH, June 18.—Wind S. W. —Arrived—Med way, from Melbourne ; Paquita, Havana. FinHOUTH, June 18.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived— Bit tern, from Akyab ; Sir Charles Napier, Pernambuco. COWES, June 18.—Wind W — Arrived—Osprey, from Rangoon. APPLEDORE, June 17 —The Albert Edware Jersey, has been brought in here with damage and very leaky, with four extra hands assisting at the pumps, having struck on the rocks at the west end of Lundy. OFF FOLKESTONE, June 18.—South Sea, from Singa pore. OFF HASTINGS. --Shepherdess, from Port. Elizabeth. ELSINORE, June 16.--The Palmen, from Newcastle to Stockholm, which put in here on the 12th inst., after being on shore, will discharge. (PER RLEOTRT(' TRLRGRAPR.' PLYMOUTH, Thursday Morning. The screw steam-ship Sarah S Lnds, Captain Healey, from 13alaklava Mry 2:3, and Gibraltar June 9, arrived in Plymouth this morning. She brings 175 Royal Artillery, and 101 horses, under the command of Cidonel Aylmer. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Trent, steam-transport, Put tsm :uth. Sailed—Charlotte, for Guernsey; Wm. Skinner, Sunder. land ; Susan, Cardiff. LrritsPooL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Arrived ---A large Turkish frigate. Sailed—Eliza Morrison, for Quebec; Cultivator, New York ; 0. ion, Calcutta Albatross, Callao; Mary E. Bach, New York. QUEENSTOWN, JUDO 17. Wind N.W. Arrived—Henrietta Brewis, from the Mauritius; Au relia Pritnera, from Laffi. Sailed—Spring, for Dalhousie. (BY 14DBMARINE AN!, ttRITRIFI TWILRGRApq. GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10 a.m Wind S.W.; tide, third hour's flood; moderate, with rain. Arrived, June 18—Catharine, from Konigsberg ; Sama- ritan, Antwerp; Ebenezer, Brussels ; Rose, Dunkirk ; Shepherdess, Memel ; Arethusa, Dantzie. Sailed, June 19.—Jaffer Corrits, for Elsinore; Queen, Port Natal. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.32 a.m. Wind S.W. ; fresh. Passed—Jannett Croll, screw•steamer, from Westward, for London ; Clara L Preale, from Baltimore, for Bremen. Anchored—Miranda, from London, for Trieste ; from London, for Philadelphia ; Defiance, from London, for Bombay ; Eclipse, from London, for Madeira. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended June 19,1856, made up from the Returns(); the In•Pectors in the differeaCities and Towns in England and waits DOT Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RTE. I BEANS. pgA. 6851 d 384 61 243 31 47, , 6d • 434 5.1 I 404 lid THE SIX WEEKS' A v ERAGF.. WHEAT, BARLEY. OATS. I RIZ BEANS. I PEA I , 68s 34 39s 44 23e lid I 44.4 3 , 1 425 14 39 7d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat, 104,901 ; Barley, 4,064; oats, 9 288 ; Ry e, 3 , 4,628: Peas. 2,47 quarters, MEAT MARKETS. INWHATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally ruled inftetive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4 , 1 ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8 I ; Lamb, 4s 6,1 to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d Pork, 3s 441 to 4,8 d per 81hs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 18.—The supply of stock in to-day's market was tolerably extensive, and the trade generally ruled inactive, on easier terms. Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 8d ; Aintton, 3s 8d to 5s 01 • limb, 4s 10,1 to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10,1 to 4s 10d , Pork, is .d to '8 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. 140MFORD, June 18.—The trade ruled dull, as follows : —E eef. from 3s 6d to h 8,1 ; Mutt" 3s 8d to 5s 21 ; Lamb, is 1 Od to 5s 10 , 1 ; Veal, is Od to 4s 101; Prrk, 3s 6d to 4s 8d l ser 81bs. Quartet-old Store Pigs, Os to 08 each. On the 16th inst., at. Newington, James Rose, Esq. On the 15th inet., at 17, Dartmouth -street, Westmin• e ter, Mr. Stephen Wright, aged 74. On the 15th inst. Mr Wm. P a rt r id ge , f or mor e than 20 1 years in the con fidential employment of H. W. Elder, CL•ty-road, aged 32. HAY MARKETS. 1 0n e th t e , a l g 2 e t d h ii in B a . t., at Cheltenham, R ear -Ad m i r al Thos. SIMHFIELD.—OId mea d ow h ay, 31 5s to 61 Os; sew prl - ~ . kt d 0.,. 10 to 41 10; c l over h ay, 41 l is to 61 15s ; and s traw, ' On the 2d ult., at Ferozepore, North-west Pravinesk, 11 7F. to 1110 s per load. A moderate demand. Li,a .tt.-Colonel ohu Free, commanding 10th Bengal Light CDumBERLA.ND.---Old meadow hay, 31 15s to 61 ; ne w Cav airy, ag ed 48. 3/ 10s to 41 .ens; cl over h ay , 41 15 s to 6 s; and 0 n th e 7th inst ,at Thrspston, Northamptonshiree stzaw, 11 78 to 11 lls per load. Trade rather dull. Wi diam Hunt, Esq., aged 67. RITECIIAPEL. —Old me a d ow h :4/ lOs to 61 Os 1 new (n the 15th in -t., William Griffiths, of 6, Matioer do., 31 10e 'to 4110 s; clover hay, 4/ 15. to 61 15s; and te.rrtace, Kingsland, aged 25. straw, 11 6 s t o 1 1 101 per load. Trade dull. ; Lc MO : Printed and Published by MiTADO YOUNG. CI %VITAL PALACE —HALF GUINEA DAY —We4r es . of No. 11! , Strand, Printer, at 77.43m5e Oboe, No. 112, (lay, 'hue 18mis ions on PoYalew) 5 , 0 24; date i strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the onustY of by at son ticket., 15,867 ;total visitors, 20,891. kliddiesex, Thurs.lay, June 19,18564 COU ' l l l . EDINBITII.GEI MEAL MARKET—JUe•9 17. -- There were in the market to-day 16 sacks oatmeal, eadi weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 4 is. Ott. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARICia-- JUNE 17. Supplies of all kinds these last sit days small. Oat straw, from lOs 03 to Ils 0(1 per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat do., 9s Od to lls Od; barley do., 9i d to Vs Od• Hay from is to 15d. DALKEITH AIRLI, MARKET--Jrna 16 There were in the market to-day 33 bags of oatmeal sni 3 bags barleymeal. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801b s Fir s t. I Second. I Thit imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto - 5 Od -3 '1 Flour, per ditto — s 3d —s Od ' - ''S Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN, ATNB 17. There was a small supply of wheat and oats to-aItYPIII,I.4 an advance w a n obtained from needy buyers of is to pm on the former, and 6d on the latter. No barley offeri n g' There wa. a n i m p rove d d eman d f or I n dian corn, an d thifi article must be quoted 1s to is 6d dearer. White wheat, 40. Od to 46s Od red ditto, 338 to 44s 04 barley, —6od to —s Od ; oats, 14s Od to 16s 6d ; —s Od to —s 04 p er b r l ; oa t mea l, 14 3 Od to 16s 6d ; ba kers dour, 21s Od to 27s Od p er cw t ; I n di an c orn, 29s 01 to 324 Oa per 480 lbs. rapeseed COAL MARBET.—JuNii 13. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market. e. d. WaUsend, &c. Carr's Hartley l6 6 1 $,,, d• Hartlepool W. Hartley 16 0 Howard's West Hartley Elastiug's Hartley 16 r ramWeng;to ... ' ......... 15 9 'Haswell .... 17 9 Netherton Taufield Moor l6 6 Hetton . ................... 18 ! 14 0 l'aufield Moor Butes 14 0 Russell's Hetton .......... 17 v Kepler &Ringo ... ..... .17 0,,, West Hartley l6 a 16 9 Casso . p ..................... . Wallsend, lit. 16 Caradoc .............. ..... .„ Gosforth l5 6 Heugh Ha11.................16 ; Heaton Hilda ...15 3i South Hart1ep001........ 16 0 Riddell l5 ti Wharneli fie l5 6 Eden Main l6 6 Ships at market... 7, Whitworth ....... 1e ......... Derw e nt wa t e r Hartley .1 6 6 I Sold - 49 SEABORNE MAIZE. .entinee Mat the rime), are vent trom the Geateria poet. ty the night—and M by the morning--despatch.) .44 when ariazi•.• .., From wha I . 00UNTRIZii. .. General For For- .11 " - "- Mice, London .* Dispatch, . En..- 4 _.:.• ..--.. every Wilda': Liverpool •• - Weal in eri ca ( tty Brit .puct, • raerice. (by United 14 • aacket) ........ , : Every ' aesday . Liverpoo , ..• ..erica (by TY, 4ta,: ,racket) .. .. . . •'. • • t•• • • iloothompten Weed/ • "stralia (via Liver pool) .. „.. ~ , - 4th and 19th Liverpool .• TWOS In. A t() (via .afarseilles) , .. , Dover ...... . • itto (via Cape of Ono( 1 / O Pa) -.••• •• ....N .• ..... .. - . ... T ed ertAll of 'no. [fitter i West Coast', . • •'•-• • ' 3. , •••,..' . Plymou , .. 6tk I. ••aandria ~ ........ 10th .. 26th o o Dover ...... ;41 tl9 tk t:exandria........ NI i , . ••., .e may. noutharn,. • 4it•• I Ma 13ahatnas ......... . N 17th of tbe men Southana,••• r lab 3elglum ......... . 1•• DailY ........... Dover ... .• •3' drazil ..............V. 9th of the month Southanap July ie. auenosAyres........ll ' 4O, - •h•• ,ont .. 4outhaf,, , July 16 Cape of Good Hope ...., Uncertain Cape of Good Hope .. S CaNt de Verde .... . • '• --• '-, .- , Ceylon (see In-ila) 10th and 96th ls t S p Ceylon ............., .: 4th a d 20th M... 4 & 26 ., Ilhannel Isles . „ . . : s . .. , , ~,,,, a iouttiamr.si : 0..pb.,. Ch.. ............, '‘. •'-, It, 17 ,',.• ,r , n f r . Southamp o June 29 China ... .. 4 ,11 and 20th Constantinople ...... - • oth and 26th 0°"" -- 2 an d 9 , jinSlalltittOple ..... it!: tt VOIi : of • 1i ,. : Southanapit , and 2 ' :tort. of Europe Mst N 1 Twice daily .. . Dover ••• •• - rwl. , Egypt (see India) Prance .... .... IT ,a, , 'Twice •111113. .... Dover .... II - 11 . 4ibraltar .. .... .... IV 4,7, 17, 20, 22 0 4 o Eboilimp••• 6. 7. 24 . Ireece (see India) 1 Ireytown ...........3412i0 , at 17th of mob 4outhamp• • • July 1 lamburgb ..........b iDitilv Invannah .......... iv land of the moor •louthana• r 16thofis• -Tolland ............ &I Daily.. .... „ ...p.. I& 20 fli 'londuras ........ -Al 17t . of the tnontli iouthampecr ndia (viaSouthampt.)M 4th -.- 10th of mo•• Plymouth •• JU110 29 ndia (via Marseilles)M . th&26lh of month Dover ...... 4r lonian Ts'es (see India) 10 .4th r) froland ........M & N Twice oady i5ben..............M t2d J 1 o 4adeira .............',) , 11 -,to of to,. w,.,,, . 3outhamploo 6, 16 ar e. .fadelra .......... .. '1234 of month +(alto (nee India) IS, 2 ' , faits ............. • 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover - ....- 4. 21 ~/ Aauritius (see India , kf auritius ........ '• .20 •• vi the inon• 4. 'al Maxim) •••••• ••• ••• •••• ../illa••••! of the mont - . .30ahanapt•II STaples . - .........• Dally Dover ...... Atli 1 Yew Granada ......Ik , 2 , 111; 17th of mom' 3ontharupto• fiew Zea1and.......... T. ice a month Papal States ~. .• ••• ..Is Daily.... •• • • Peninsula ..........14 iouthasoptor Peru ..............Af 2d & 27th of moo louthamptol Pert Natal ..........14 ily private ship Various port, Sicily ~ ............N Eve'' , Saturday Dever ...... Uncero Tuscany ............N Ditto.... .. ~ .. • • Dover .....• Venezuela ........31 Sid st. 17th Wilmot iouthampten Ikl if allo Van Diemen's Lnuti (cc , kustralia) ...... ,4th of mon. .. Wes , fndie• 'Pi.. - • if- • •••••• Sonthamoter !Ditto _ Iltslilmo !Ditto ISontbamreen Whonany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will ad" spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India (Y 1 lonthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be desPatetca preceding day. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 18. STACK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very buoyant again to-day, and prices must be noted at a considerable advance, closing with a firm aspect. South Eastern, 2 2 —North Eastern, Berwick, 21} I—Eastern Counties, 101 —Great Western of Canada, 264 —Ditto, new abates. 31 p.—Shettields, 30j I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 94 i —Dutch Rhenish, 11 p —ifidlands, 80 4 —East Leecs.:- shire, 0,1 - London and North Westerns, 104 4}—No rth British, 9L—Luxembourg Pref, sper cent. bonds, 8; d. MANCHESTER, JUNE 18. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market, as regards PriogP opened at an improvement, which was steadily maintained throughout the day, and a large business was transacted. ShuffleMs, 31—Ditto. 101. Pref., 12— Caledonian, 314- - Ditto, Pref., 104—East Lancashire, 20i--Leeds, Midlands, 80 —Dov e r s . 22 Blackburn., 6 7.l6—Greet Western of Canada, 26k—London anti North Wester n ' 10 E —Ditto, Eighths, 1, dis.—London and South• Western. 102 t. BIRMINGHAM, Jura 18. - - STOOK EXCHANGE,--Thi• market was extreme Ve l e to-day, and prices advanced, with a brisk demSna• London and North-Western, 1 04—Midland stock. 801 South Staffords, 2.16.3. d.—Birmingbans Canals, The Bank of Poland has ordered 1,000 owt. of Ps" from the house of Messrs. Gibbs, in London, for distri;• . bution to the landed proprietors and farmers at 00 price. The guano is to be shipped to Danzig, whence it will be brought up the 'Vistula to this city in riier barges. SEPARATE CONFINEMENT IN PRISONS. A return moved for by L ,, ri R. Cecil, M.P., shows how far the system of separate confinement is adopted in the prisons of Region(' and Wales. In a small minority of case. it has not yet been introduced. In most other cases it is only partially adopted. In about 37 or 3 8 cases the system is fully carried out. In Ireland the system is fully carried out in four orisons, and partially, in six. In 18 it has not yet been introduced. IA DVI ATISEMENT.J—HoIIoway's Pills most extraordi nary in th.-ir effects for curing Stomach Complaints.--• hlr. John Sloan, of Aughnacloy, informs Professor Sol* loway by letter that Mrs. Walker, rei-iding in the same town, bad been afflicted with a complaint in the stomach for nearly forty years, which defied the efforts of all tba faculty round the neighbourhood to cure. Nothing whatever seemed to have the effect of rendering her ail relief. In a state of despair abe bad recourse to Rollo. , way's Pills, which, in an incredible short period, cow* pletely and effectually cured ber.—Sold by all n*edicia vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maidens lane, New Y or k ; b y A . Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and X. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OP A. SON. On the 17th inst., at Holwell Parsonage, the wife of the Rev. Cunningham Boothbey. On the 13th inst., at FulAhaw Hall,Wilmslow Choshiryt the wife of John J en ki ns , E sq . , OP A DAUGHTInt. On the 18th inst., at 23, Chesha m - s t ree t , B e l grav i a , the lady of Si r H enry t. J.lan Mitdrnay, Bart. On the Bth inst., at Boulogne-sur-bier, Mrs. Hanka!' Williams. MARRIED. On Tuesday. the 17th inst., at the parish church, Itieh• mond, Yorkshire, by the Rev. S. Utley, rector., Jewel Ingleby, to Mary Ann Hayward, second surviving (laugh • ter of Wm. Fortain Hayward, both of the above place. On the 17th inst., at the Church Of the Holy Trinity. Tulse-hill, John Hayward, Esq., of the Close, Exeter, to Charlotte Augusta, third surviving daughter of the late Samuel Hayward, Esq., of Clapton, Middlesex. On the 18th inst., at the British Embassy's Chapel. Paris, Edward Rolls. Esq., of Keynsham, near Bath, tor• rnerly of the Old Kent-road, London, to Mary Ann. the eldest daughter of the late John Howell, Esq., of Park. row, Bristol. DIRD i ; On the 18th inst., at the house of her brother, Alexani dor Richardson, Esq., Clarendon Villas, Richmond-road, hackney, Miss S.,rah Anne Richardson, after a long ill ness, borne with fortitude anti resignation. On the 16th inst., at Cliftcn, the Rev. Cuthbert °tore "Young, of St. John's-wood, aged 3?. On the 16th inst.. Lieut.-Colonel Wemyss Thos. Cook• lvarn, late 60th Rifles. at 8 a% Stalls, & AR aPision Lanr D 1 only) fri and pre] Lealth 2 . and .111181dy..ii 1 y Dr. Tormane above including TRAIN, Poreal. vnth th, oh "— P It y :itiernlng /fighnes YIEPP,/, ientatt, c tonally l'efore t Itupene6 rohtntl r Mr. }l a (Ir)Vcl , anidr cr ~. :La Tial GtifEl its nsioi ZIT elve Ind 7 •-ug Close the L ° The .4GIK,LA.II Pottle Ingisiee on Wed inay be Tende than Tel Secret, PRt the advt Rains I With an Anne I affected The al advantat 15, Mc ......._____ ~, The 11 Aid a ai above Si Director: WY ern and that Yemeni - . lliteasure NE The Si that a n 4 Life •ss fully cor those Cc dealrabl< Deriod a fpeelallj 0 111ces a GD LIFE 'lament, \ the p ro p Without The n, epartio at Christ At the teversiol At Ch et 4,240, than 20( Guarani FORI and we United. INVA Would e may ha• LOA gilded St littaine ASSI , andregi MED Blade fa icotte tier ma RAMS, Compaz Lassa It' Rettry tenon *Win G Altran itclwa r , Alexan Itivers( st uett Irina James bancel Rotl ' /attne FIR' Porattc In ti in pros The alst D Years. Amu] 4( 42 6( 5! 6( •1............_ --- IF ° ••' P unrir " Te a , kind, ( Yale, Uriek, Pine( guar anti sand 130 Y. CO is a te n , tad are errs eta ; . eru ha? Of ertfi evit fah Rat inn the ter • I Col t recr 31) 126, 8 449, II Eqr. b 7 the