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-Mr. NAPIER also did so, but only upon the under standing that provision should be made in the bill to enable gentlemen obtaining medical degrees from the University of Dublin to practice in England. Mr. ELLIOT contended that provision ought to be made in the bill to remove all exceptional cases, and so leave it that a degree granted by a properly qualified authority should entitle the holder to practice medicine in'any part of the United Kingdom. Lord PALMERSTON thought a fair case had been made out for the University of Durham, but he could not copsent to make the alterations suggested by the two Wit speakers. At the same time he was free to admit that any general measure of medical reform should place the three sections of the kingdom upon the same foot ing ; and he thought some general test might be devised witicii . should entitle the holder of a degree granted in England, Ireland, or Scotland, to practise anywhere. Mr. NAPIER—Of what use, then, is this bill ? l o ord PALMERSTON replied that the utility of the bill bad already been explained, and it was important that its provisions should be confined to England alone, salts simple object was to free the graduates of the London University from the penalties they were liable to under the Lunacy Act. Mr. WALPOLE thought the admissions of the noble lord only showed the impolicy of dealing with the ques tion of medical reform by piecemeal legislation. It would be much better to withdraw the bill and leave it for the noble lord next session to bring in his promised measure that should place the graduates of all univer sities, no matter whether in England, Ireland, or Scot land, upon the same footing. The difficulty which the noble lord lied started as arising out of the lunatic law, could be easily got rid of by a short indemnity bill. Mr. COWAN moved that the chairman should report pregress, in order that he might move the house to give an. instruction to the committee to include the universi ties of Scotland in the bill. Mr..HEADLAM observed that the adoption of such a course would be tantamount to rejecting the bill. Ur. GROG AN thought the bill was more likely to be lost if the alteration was, not made. Lord PALMERSTON said it was useless to think of extending the provisions of the bill to all the universi ties without having previously determined upon some general test or qualification to practice, to be enforced al►ke in England, Ireland, and Scotland. The course they were now asked to take was nothing more nor less than to jump at a conclusion without having first settled the premises. After some further discussion, the committee divided, when there appeared— For reporting progress Against it The Unive rs it y o f D urham was then ordered to be included in the clause. Mr. W. MICHELL moved the insertion of words in the clause, the effect of which would be to break up the monopoly enjoyed by the College of Physicians. The committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment.. Against it . Majority —l-47142 Clause one as amended was then agreed to, as were also the remaining clauses of the bill. - - The house resumed. PROPERTY DISPOSAL BILL. On the order for resuming the adjourned debate on the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. MAGUIRE said the bill was at direct variance with the feelings of the people of Ireland; The Roman Catholics would view the passing of such a bill like this as an insult and wrong. Mr. WHITESIDE who had charge of the bill an nounced his intention to withdraw it as it was impos sible to dispose of it at this late period of the session. The progress of the bill had been successfully obstructed by the minority of the house, but as the bill was based upon sound principles he should renew it the very first Opportunity next session. The law affecting the dis posal of property by the inmates of convents was so fUn certain and ill-defined that it imperatively call eu alteration. Mr. HADFIELD entreated the house to put an end to these religious bickerings which were disgraceful to a deliberated ass em bly. Mr. NEVIDEGATE said there was a combination in the house, to prevent the law being extended to Roman Catholic institution s ; but it was gratifying to know that the more obstructive that combination became, the more determined would the people of this country be to have convents and nunneries brought within the jurisdiction of the law. He censured the Protestant dissenting members who were opposed to a State Church for allow ing themselves to he made the tool of this c om bi nat i on of the Rom an C atholio section of the h Mr. SCULLY denied that there ho. esich combina tion amongst Irish members. The bill wa s th en withdrawn. JURORS AND JURIE S (IRELAND) BILL. On the moti on f o r going into committee on this bill, Sir. J. YOUNG said he had no objection to the principle of th e b i ll , b ut it was too late to proceed with it now. If therefore the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Enniskillen would consent to withdraw it, he would undertake, on the p ar t o f t h e Government, to bring in a bill on the subject next session. Mr. WHITESIDE complained that this announce ment was not made before. It appeared to him that the Government were not inclined to reform the jury laws of Ireland, and they were determined that no indepen dent member should make an attempt to do it for them. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND main tained that the Government were sincere in their desire to reform the jury laws of Ireland. Mr. MAGUIRE denied that this bill was a measure of practical reform ; it was rather a measure of confis cation. --- Mr. V. Scully, Mr. Thos. Fitzgerald, Mr. R. M'Mahon, and Mr. Napier, urged upon the Govern ment the expediency of bringing in a measure of jury reform that should embrace England as well as Ireland. It was essential that the jury laws of tire two countries should be assimilated. The bill was then withdrawn. ABSCONDING DEBTORS' (IRELAND) BILL. Tait) bill was ordered to be recommitted this day week. COMMONS INCLOSI7RE (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (No 2) BILL. This bill was passed th roug h comm itt ee . LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS' This bill was BILL. Passed through committee. adj The other orders were then disposed of, and the house ourned at six o'clock. ACCIDENT AT THE *ULSTER RAILWAY.—On Saturday last a porter in the employment of the Ulster Railway Company was severely injured by being squee zed be tween the buffer o f a l orry and a heap of spare wheeLe, while the loaded lorry was being shunted to a spare Hue. The poor fellow had several of his ribs broken. The Emperor Napoleon has been reviewing the troops at Boulogne to-day, and to-morrow will arrive at Calais. The good people of this ancient port are anticipating a great treat. There will certainly be three days' great excitement. It is a pleasure to witness the excellent understanding that exists between the two greatest na tions upon earth. Long may it continue for the world's benefit ! The greatest courtesy is shown by the French authorities ; and the same kind feeling is apparent be tween the naval officers of both services, who vie with each other to promote that harmony that so happily ex ists at this moment. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Earl of Fife Estate Bill was read a second time. _ _ Petitions were presented by Mr. Isaac Butt and other hon. members in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill, and complaining that the existing law was systematically violated by the manufacturer. MEDICAL GRADUATES (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee , on this bill, Mr. BOUVERIE moved as an amendment, that the bill be committed this day three months. The bill would still exclude gentlemen having diplomas from Edinburgh and Dublin, the medical colleges of which rivalled any in Europe, from practising - in England. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the amendment. Mr. COWAN contended that the Scottish medical practitioners were entitled to the same rights as their English brethren. It was unwise to keep up the invi dious distinctions which at present exist. Lord PALMERSTON said, originally he thought it would be better to postpone all legislation on this sub ject until next session, when a general bill might be brought in embracing all the medical colleges of the kingdom. He had, however, since received communica tions from the authorities of. the London University which had altered his views in that respect, and he was now of opinion that it would be advantageous to proceed at once with the bill. The legislation of last session with regard to lunatics had exposed the graduates of the university to penalties which were never contemplated, and it was desirable that this state of things should be altered. The objections of Mr. Bouverie could be removed in committee. Mr. ATHERTON observed that the opposition to the bill was based upon the dog-in-the-manger princi ple, because those who opposed it did so because they were not included in it. Mr. WALPOLE insisted that there ought to be a general measure placing degrees for all the universities upon the same footing, and that there should be a uni formity of qualification for medical practitioners. He recommended the withdrawal of this bill, with a view of introducing such a general measure next session. Mr. NAPIER urged the claims of the University of Dublin to grant diplomas, which should extend to all parts of the kingdom. Gentlemen holding English de grees were not excluded from practising in Ireland, and he thought there ought to be some reciprocity in the matter. He, however, agreed with Mr. Walpole that the best remedy for all these anomalies was to place all medical degrees in the United Kingdom upon the same footing. Arr. STURT supported the bill. He admitted that it was desirable that there should be a common test of qualifications applicable to all medical professions. After a few words from Mr. Grogan, Mr. Mowbray, and Mr. Mitchell, Mr. BRADY said he was glad to hear that the noble lord at the head of the Home Department intended during the recess to devote the energies of his great mind to the settlement of this question of Medical Reform. The anomalous state of the law was productive of incalculable injury to the public, but he hoped next session the noble lord would be prepared with a large and comprehensive measure of reform that should prove alike satisfactory to the house and the profession. The house divided when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority —64 The house then went into committee on the bill. On clause one, Mr. MOWBRAY moved an amendment, with the view of including the University of Durham in the bill. Mr. HEADLAM and Mr. ATHERTON supported the amendment. THE BALTIC ARMY. EMBARKATION OF THE FRENCH TROOPS AT CALAIS FOR THE BALTIC. The following men-of-war left the Downs yesterday at 1 p.m. for Calais Roads, to embark the French troops for the Baltic; the whole under the command o f Com modore Hon. P. W. Grey, C.B. Hannibal, screw, 91, Commodore Grey. Algiers, screw, 91, Captain Talbot. Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcome. St. Vincent, 101, Captain Mansel. Sphinx, paddle, 6, Captain Clifford. Janus, paddle, 5, Lieut. Commander Kane. Lizard, paddle-tender. With two steamers from the river. Wind N.W. Commodore Grey and Captain Talbot, with the five masters of the ships in the Downs, accompanied by Captain Smithett, of the Dover Royal Mail service, proceeded from the Downs on Tuesday morning to Calais in the Vivid, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master Commander Allen, when Captain Smithett pointed out the anchorage for the men of war and transports in Calais Roads. After conferring with the French autho rities, the above officers returned to the Downs. Yesterday, as will be seen by the above telegraphic communication, the men of war left the Downs for Calais Roads. Another telegraph gives their arrival off Calais. To-day (Thursday) part of the baggage, &c. will be put on board. The embarkation of the troops will commence on Fri day (to-morrow), as early as the tide will admit—the small steamers to leave the harbour about 10.30 a.m. perhaps. The ships which the different regiments and companies are to ga on board of will be distinguished by a particular flag. This will be given to the commanders of the steamers also, which will prevent any confusion or mistake, as each division will know before leaving the harbour the ship to steer for. The following are the ships of war that will be em ployed : Hannibal, with broad pendant, screw two-decker. Algiers, screw two-decker. St. Vincent, three-decker. Royal William, three-decker. Gladiator, 6, addle-frigate. Sphinx, 6, paddle-frigate. Termagant, screw-frigate. The following are transports : _ Prince, screw, 2,700 tons. Belgravia. Herefordshire. Fox. Columbia. Clifton. Julia. Nimrod. The Columbia alone will go into the harbour to ship the staff horses (21). The French Government steam-packets Reine Hor tense and Corse will assist in the embarkation ; and the following English steamers will be employed to convey the troops to the ships : Dasher, 3, paddle, Captain Lefebre. Wildfire, paddle, tender. Echo, paddle, tug. Fire Queen, paddle, tender. Fearless. paddle, tender. Sprightly, paddle, tender. Adder, paddle, tender. Comet, paddle. Avon, paddle, tender. (All of the Royal navy.) Four Royal Mail steam-packets, three of the South- Eastern Company's steamers, and one Dover-harbour tug, with as many fishing-boats as may be found neces sary. The Dover Royal Mail steam-packets carry parties to Calais this afternoon and evening, who will witness the interesting embarkation from the ramparts, whence a good view is attainable. A South-Eastern steamer is announced to take an excursion party on Friday morning. CALAIS, WEDNESDAY. This place is all bustle and excitement, consequent on the continued arrivals of the steamers appointed to carry the gallant French soldiers to the Baltic. The first of the embarkation vessels was the Dasher, Cap tain Lefebre, which came from Portsmouth, and got here sufficiently in time to save her tide into dock ; this was Tuesday afternoon. The next in succession was the Sprightly, Master Commander Allen. She ap peared at the pier at seven last evening, but was obliged to wait three hours until the tide served. This morning (Wednesday) the Fire Queen, Master Commander Paul, and the Echo, steam-tug, arrived, and were laid along• side the quay, under the direction of the harbour-master. To-morrow (Thursday) the materiel will be embarked on board the line-of-battle ships under Commodore Grey, which squadron will be in Calais Roads this afternoon, and be ready to receive the materiel to-mor row. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty and the Court are expected to embark at Gosport to-morrow for Osborne. There is a rumour that the Royal yacht will convey them to witness the embar kation of the French troops in the English squadron, but we cannot trace it to an authoritative source. A mail for the British army in Turkey and the fleet in the Black sea will be made up and forwarded via Marseilles from the General Post-office this evening. A mail for the White Sea squadron, via Hull and Chris tiansand, will be despatched to-morrow. The followiug notice has been put up at the gates of Woolwich dockyard. "Letters for the Baltic fleet will be despatched by the Kangaroo steamer from Deptford on the morning of the 14th inst. " Letters for seamen, marines, and boys serving in the Baltic fleet will be forwarded by this opportunity, if posted in time, and marked 'By the Kangaroo steamer.' " The postage of ld. must be paid on the letter at the time of posting it." By letters received on the- arrival of the Vulture, paddle-wheel steam-frigate from the Baltic, it has been ascertained that the Boscawen, 70, is on her way home from the Baltic to England, for the purpose of proceed ing to the West Indies, to become flagship of Rear- Admiral Fanshawe, C. 13., of that station. Her Majesty's screw steamship Exmouth, 91, was successfully launched from the Devonport dockyard at 5.50 p.m. on Wednesday (yesterday). The Resistance troopship, Master-Commander Brad shaw, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Baltic. The Resistance, when in 58.8 north and 20.5 east, fell in with the French line of battle screw steam-ship Bres lau, Captain Quilhermy. The Breslau's boat was lowered and making for the Resistance, when the resistance hove ship to ; her rigging was fully manned. and on passing under the Breslau's stern, she gave her crew three hearty English cheers, which were immediately responded to by the Breslau hoisting the English ensign at her main. Her rigging was thronged with seamen aloft and below, and they returned the cheers of the Resistance with three times three real jolly cheers, and well timed. Captain Bradshaw offered to wait a short time for letters lor despatches from her ; Captain Quilhermy stated he had nothing to send ; compliments were exchanged, and they parted company. The Waterloo, 120 guns, flag-ship, Captain Lord Frederick Kerr.—Lieutenant John K. E. Baird, late of the Phaeton, promoted on the 16th of February, 1854, whilst serving in the Sybille, 40 guns, on the East In dian station, which promotion was confirmed on the 28th of the same month by the Admiralty, is shortly expected here to take up his commission (waiting his arrival) as flag-lieutenant to Vice-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. The let and 2d class boys and ordinary seamen have been at daily target practice with the ship-gun stationed on the beach. The boys Welch and Arnold, two 2d class boys of the Waterloo, did duty to the gun as captains, and every shot fired (the gun being elevated and laid by them) would most certainly have sunk a jolly-boat had she being moored abreast the target at a distance of 800 yards. It has been proposed by an experienced of fficer here (who has particularly watched the progress made by boys who have entered the navy for some five to six years past) that a ship of the line should be fitted as a school ship, and any number of active smart boys should b e entered an d tra i ne d f or the navy, by which a continual supply of fine lads perfect in gunnery exercise could at all times be drafted away as they were required f s o e r nti al actual and i the order 1T as good sa il ors. service, as goo d gu nners are now quite as es dock, The Ganges 84 gu ns is to be put out of No. 1 dry ro tnla gettin g ck offutlot u a r e s c i e s r t t a o i n b e t hde nt o cekxetde of damage she i m mediately for Survey, has receivGaed by In a recent attackll °' or rather striking stem on, a forts there. Carleby, in getting in to bombard the precise. shot, and ' enemy fired twenty on one of the Russian forts the slow, but very p or rigging of our stea officers serving in the Baltic fl every shot told on the hull "vletlseitslie opinion of experienced Their firing was very : rience of our gallant admiral, eet that, with the expe- Sir Charles Napier, as sisted by the senior French and French admirals will renderatairal, the junior English e most essential service ions take place. The to the cause when full o French rear-admiral is an ol;ficTrin the full vigour of his middle age, equal to our junior admirals and commodores. The French rear-admiral appears quite the life and soul of the French Baltic fleet. A proposition has been sent to the Admiralty by an officer of the Navy o f high standing, f or the perfect sealing up the entranc e t o C ronstadt, by doing which the Russian fleet could be kept there for years, and if necessary for ever. The plan is now under the conside -1 ration of the Admiralty, and we are credibly informed the gallant Anglo-French admirals are being consulted on the practicability of the same. To give further ex planations at present would be most injudicious. If car ried out, it will release nine-tenths of our fleet from that part of the Baltic ; after which Sveaborg and Helsing fors may have similar cards played at a cost of a few shot or shell, and most certainly without loss of lives, com pared with Gamla Carleby. The Wildfire, steam-tender to the Waterloo flag-ship, Master Commander George Brockman, left Sheerness y es t er day with stores brought down from Deptford for The mail steamship Simla will embark at Southamp ton to-morrow one officer, 12 men, and 40 re-mount horses of the 6th Dragoon Guards, 13th Light Dragoons, and 17th Lancers, to join their regiments at the seat of war. She then proceeds to Liverpool, to embark the 2d regiment (Scots Greys) for the same destination. The Orinoco steamship embarked at Portsmouth har bour yesterday afternoon the baggage, horses of the officers, and camp equipage of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade. The regiment, upwards of 1,000 strong, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Beckwith, with a detwhment of the 68th Foot (who are on their way from Belfast), will go board this morning and they will put to sea to-morrow. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com mander Belam, left Portsmouth yesterday on her return to Woolwich, after unloading the machinery she took round for the new screw sloops Harrier and Swallow. The bark Peltoma, Captain Knaggs, arrived on Tues day to embark Government stores from the Royal William Victualling-yard for the Black Sea. The mail steam-ship Colombo will embark the 34th Foot at Portsmouth on ➢Monday next for Varna. The whole of the men of the 12th Lancers, recently returned from Italia (with the exception of one serjeant and one farrier, who have completed their time), have joined the depot of the corps at Maidstone. Two companies (the first division) of the 35th Regi ment of Foot will leave Chatham for India on Saturday next, and the second division on the 19th inst. The men of the 10th Hussars fit for duty, who arrived in the Balcarres freight-ship from India, left Chatham on Monday for Maidstone. On the departure of the 35th Regiment from Chatham, for India, the 94th Regiment will occupy Brompton barracks. Yesterday a company of the 68th Regiment, under the command of Captain Somerville, arrived at Liver pool, from Belfast, en route for Portsmouth. They were billeted in the town for the night, and wore this morning to proceed by rail to Portsmouth, where they will be embarked on board the Orinoco for the East. THE SUN, LONDON, the accommodation of the troops now embarking, in the Downs for the Baltic ; 12,000 beds with bedding - are being shipped for them. The Adder steam-vessel, se cond master in command Mr. Munchin, has also taken in stores, and left yesterday for the Downs. The Gladiator, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Captain George N. Broke, is to proceed to the Downs immediately. She has coaled and drawn stores. She will attend the troop line-of-battle ship squadron to the Baltic. The Vulture, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain Frederick H. H. Glasse, is ordered to take on board 340 tons of coals, and her defects are to be ex pedited to enable ber to join the squadron in the Downs, and proceed to the Baltic. The Termagant, 24, screw frigate, Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart, lies hors de combat at Spithead. All the attention bestowed upon her by the engineer power of Portsmouth dockyard has failed to make her "move on," mid it is feared that she cannot be got away to the Downs to ship the Frenrh troops before to-morrow or Saturday. The Wellesley, 72, in dock at Chatham, will leave by the end of the present week for the Downs, to assist in conveying the French troops under orders for the Baltic. The frigate Andromache, 26, having been masted, has been warped to the new basin in the dockyard to be jury-rigged, previous to her going to Pembroke. The Avon steimer, Master-Commander Veith, was towed alongside the dockyard on Monday to have de fects made good, and she sailed on Tuesday for the Downs to assist in the embarkation of troops. The Meander, 44, is ordered to be ready to go out of harbour an the 20th inst. The officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Impreg nable. 104, Captain Wise, in Hamoaze, were paid wages on Monday. The Comet steam-vessel, in charge of Mr. M'Dougal, and manned by riggers, has been hurriedly got away from Portsmouth for Calais, to assist in transhipping the French troops to the ships in the Downs. The Stromboli, 6, paddle-wheel steam sloop, has com pleted her coaling, and will, most probably, leave Ports mouth to-day for Calais, to assist in embarking French troops. The Portuguese war steamer Mindello sailed from Southampton yesterday for Lisbon. By letters from the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of Vice- Adoural finiadas in the Black Sea, dated Baltschik,June 20, w,"l learn that the ship's company had presented a highly compli,-nentary address to Captain Dickson, on his quitting them on promotion. The address begged the gallant o ffi ce .e's acceptance of a fine piece of plate , ordered at home, , ftnd bearing upon it a suitable inscrip tion. vls of the Admiralty gave notice at Yesterday ' of the North Sea merchant captains the different resortst h that a number of Baltic' plasters were required to pilot e the,English and French vessels about to convey the French troops to the Baltic', They are to receive 15s. a day for their services. Yesterday the Lords of the Ad:oiralty issued contracts for the supply of 50,0001 b. of tea, .50 tons of sugar, and 15,000 gallons of vinegar for the use of the Royal navy. Twenty volunteers for the Royal naivy were last even ing despatched by rail from Liverpool to London. The Sealark, 8, Lieutenant Fenwick, sailed to-day for the Downs. The Fairy, steam-yacht. Master-OommancL.r Welch, hauled on the graving slip to-day, to reship her pro peller. APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments have been made : Captain—Patrick Campbell (1854), to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard. Surgeon—Matthew Burton, M.D. (1851), to Yar mouth Hospital. Master's•Assistant—Richard Mumford, to the Cal cutta, 84. From Southampton we are informed that the Govern ment has purchased from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company the steam-ship Himalaya, to be used for troop service. The price g iven for this noble ship is understood to be about 140,0001. sterling. For the present Her Majesty's ship Himalaya will be officered and manned by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, until other arrangements can be made by the Government. The royal mail steamer Medway arrived at Southampton yesterday ; and, after going into the graving dock, will be got ready for further troop service in the Baltic or Black Sea. The Himalaya steamship will embark at Southampton to-morrow Lieutenant-Colonels Seymour and Tracey, with their servants and officers, and she then proceeds to Plymouth, to take on board the 4th Light Dragoons, for Varna. .. . months back thife has not btY.)n ,P), uy military stationed in the west riding . of the co tic ty of Cork. A number of Irish const 4 , Julary 'officers have been se lected for employment in til e east, w hither some of them have already proceeded. r 'i: hey have received 12 months' leave of absence, and will ? nave remuneration at the rate of 1/. per d iy. Draughts from the fol'i.‘ 'wing depots are under orders to proceed at a short noti c e to the east :-3d Buffs, from Newry, 1 officer and 6;0 men ; 62d, from Belfast, 100 men ; and 68th, from B alrast, 6 officers and 120 men. No women to accompany these draughts. The last two will reduce the garrison. of Belfast to its last " man-at- arms." The draught of the 68th depot is to embark at Belfast for Liverpool, en route to Portsmouth, to be embarked on board the Orinoco, for Turkey. The 54th depot has been ordered from Enniskillen to Dublin. The companies of the 15th depot, at Ballyshannon and Sligo, are to replace the 54th at Enniskillen. A few men of the 15th are to be left at Ballyshannon to take care of the pensioners' arms and barracks. A Belfast paper says—" We understand th a t th e de pot of the 62d Regiment, now quartered here, is under orders for foreign service, and will be replaced by the East Middlesex Militia, a regiment which was many years ago in this garrison." SONGS OF SCOTLAND-MR. SIIERER'S LECTURE. M. Kossuth's remarks at Glasgow the other day in dicating an affinity between the Scotch and Hungarian people, are much in accordance with an opinion which Scotchmen, intimately acquainted with the latter, enter tain of both nations. The Hungarians read in their own language the poems of Chaim] and some of the works of Sir Walter Scott ; while those who have seen Dr. Bow ring's work on the Poetry of the Magyars are much struck with the remarkable similarity in the sentiments and in the general domestic habits and circumstances of both nations. M. Kossuth's allusion to these facts was not to identify them as one race, but to direct attention to corresponding points in their history as incorporated kingdoms, and particularly to their common strugg l es against centralisation. There is no doubt, however, that people who interest themselves in such questions as the Caucasian mystery" and others beyond the pale of au thentic history, mustrely in agreatmeasure on poetry and music in tracing the earlier migration of races, and iden tifying geographically remote groups of population. Like their ancestors, who "kicked up their heels" in the halls of Tara and Cashel, and the Courts of those kings of Scotland of whose existence modern pundits doubt, the Celts of the present day are poetical and musical in their idiosyncracies, and the same sentiments and music excite the same feelings and emotions in their bosoms, in every quarter of the world. A remarkable instance of the fact, is the enthusiasm which the music of the Scotch brigade awakened among the inhabitants of the Basque provinces during the Peninsular war. No man did more to popularise the songs of Scotland than the late Mr. Wilson, who was the first to familiar ise the general public of England with their beauties, and with that success that many of them are quite as well known here as on the other side of the Tweed. Tne gap which the unrivalled Scotch vocalist left in the mu sical world has not yet been filled, although there have been many talented aspirants. One of the most pro mising is Mr. John Sherer, who last night delivered a lecture on Scottish minstrelsy at the Burlington-hall, Saville-row. The vocal illustrations comprised several of the most popular of the amorous, bacchanalian, and p as toral songs. . Mr. Sherer is possessed of a voice of admirable quality, although hardly to be compared in mellowness and power to that of the late Mr. Wilson, who ent a . l s o m sh r. o s w h e e d r g e r r ea ex t e h r i c b a it r s e a in cultivation ; i ,i t i s nrona hanq u aainndtamnannesangiep inwith, and appreciation of, the Scottish muse, but a stiff and retiring manner operates to his advantage. M. r. Wilson's enlivened respe w nt i , with amusing amusing;c g e would commend his imitation to those who ould succeed with anecdotes prefatory remarks and bons were mots, w al an English audience. a an ti, in this THE SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM THIS DAY. Preparations have been made at Chatham for the re ception of H.R.H. Prince Albert and a part of the Royal Family, who will occupy a stand on the top of the flank cf the casemate barracks next the Medway, from which they will have a commanding view of the whole of the siege operations, which are to commence at half past 1 o'clock to-day, Thursday, July 13. The Royal Artillery will fire a royal salute on the arrival of the Prince. The royal carriage of the South Eastern Rail way Company was tried down and up the North Kent line of that company yesterday, and is now at the Lon don-bridge station in readiness to convey the royal party to Chatham. A. large and select party will be entertained at the Royal Engineer mess-rooms, at the conclusion of the siege operations to-day. Admiral Lapierre is to superintend the embarkation of the French troops for the Baltic on Friday. 9,000 men will be embarked at Calais on board of English ships ; and 3,000 men, with siege artillery and 100 horses, will embark on board French sailing ships, which will arrive at that port two days later. The English ships will anchor at the distance of a mile and a half from the shore, fitted up as transports. The troops will also arrive the same day, a part on foot from Bou logne, and a part by railway from St. Omer. Fifteen French steamers will be ranged along the Calais quays in order to convey the troops from the shore to the English ships. The embarkation will begin on the morning of the 14th. The 9,000 men will be embarked in one operation, and the rest will be taken a day or two after on board French sailing vessels. The total force that will proceed to the Baltic in subsequent de tachments will be about 30,000 men. The 2nd company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under orders to proceed to the Baltic, under Captain King, Royal Engineers , paraded on Tuesday morning in the square of Brompton Barracks, Chatham, and were in spected by Colonel Harry D. Jones, Director of the Engineer Establishment. The company has received subsequent orders that they are not to embark until after the grand field-day on Thursday, July 13. Twenty privates of the 2nd company were detached from it some time since, and sent to the Baltic for service in the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw-steam flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and as they will join the company on its arrival in the Baltic, the number of privates to be sent out under Captain King will be 80, making a total strength of 100 in the company. _ _ The 94th Regiment of Foot paraded on Tuesday at Chatham, and were instructed in the duties of field working parties, which they will have to perform at the siege operations to-day. Fifteen horses left the field batteries at Woolwich on Tuesday afternoon by the North Kent Railway for Chatham for service with Captain Mountain's company. The Camperdown transport, with the head-quarters division of the Ist battalion of the 12th Regiment, which embarked at Queenstown on Thursday week for Melbourne, sailed on Saturday. She had made the necessary preparations to sail on Mon day evening, and had got as far as the harbour's mouth, when a telegraphic message arrived re quiring her to delay her departure to await the arrival of a Government agent intended to sail in her. This gentleman arrived hi Cork on Friday, and so urgently were his services required that he stated he had been only 27 hours in England, after returning from foreign service, when he received the order to proceed with all haste to Queenstown and go out in the Camperdown. Iwo companies of this regiment are still in barracks, awaiting a transport for conveyance to the same destina- Von. Like other military stations in Ireland where entire regiments had b een s t a ti on ed, but are now occupied only by a depot, C or k , too, i s lik e l y shortly to be without a regiment. I n anticipation of the depar t ure o f th e 91 s t from th at garrison, the depots of the 39th an d 59 t h Re giments at Kinsale, and the depot of the 9th at Tralee, received letters of readiness on Friday to march for Cork. The Kerry Post says that on the departure of the depot of the 9th from Tralee that barrack will be occu pied by the local pensiOners, under command of Captain Stokes. When the depot leaves Tralee there will not be a soldier in the county of Kerry, with the exception of the local force, or a solitary recruiting party. For many There are probably not a dozen persons in this country who feel any confidence in the Board of Health. Mr. Chadwick believes in himself, and Lord Shaftesbury be lieves in Mr. Chadwick and in Dr. Southwood Smith ; but it would be exceedingly difficult to name any one who participates in his lordship's opinion of those gentle men. For Lord Shaftesbury individually a large part of the community feels admiration, sympathy, and re spect ; but his semi-official 'character as a member of the Gwydyr House department is not even generally known, and it is a flagrant anomaly to entrust administrative functions to an unpaid member of the Legislature, who is in no way responsible to a Cabinet to which he may, perhaps, be politically opposed. It is perfectly natural, however, that an active philanthropist should welcome the opportunity of carrying out, in an official capa city, the schemes to which his personal energies have long been . devoted. Lord Shaftesbury wishes to improve the dwellings of the poor, and to provide them, by com pulsion if necessary, with the means of obtaining air, light, and cleanliness ; and these or similar objects were contemplated by the Legislature when the Board of Health was constituted—water supply, flushing of sewers, removal of nuisances, as well as many other salu tary provisions, being included in the clauses of the Pub lic Health Act. The members of the Board were all enthusiasts in their way, and they were eager to exercise their powers to the utmost, until it should be the will of Parliament, at some future time, to enlarge their attri butes. The utter failure in which their indefatigable activity has resulted may, in some degree, be ascribed to the individual characters of the functionaries employed ; but it was impossible that a Board so viciously con stituted could work satisfactorily. Experience has abundantly shown that no secondary public department can be prudently trusted with large admidistrative powers. No amount of personal ability will supply the want of that authority which the great officers of State derive from the confidence reposed in them by Parliament and by the country. A head clerk may possibly be superior, both in general capa city and in special knowledge, to a Secretary of State ; but he is not recognised by the community at large as the legitimate depositary of the executive power. So long as the spirit of our constitution remains i s unaltered, theleadmerosopfolPy of the higherarliamentary administra tion. parties n must necessarily r us - t ia ye enjoy ano e stablished method of deciding contests f or t n i e o c n e . ssa T ri h l the possession of the functions of Government is proba bly as little objectionable as any other which could be devised ; but, be this as it may, it is enough for the present to know that it exists. The Board of Health, having been authorised to exercise certain powers, soon found that it was necessary to obtain the control of sof ficent funds for carrying out its various projects ; but, whenever the demand was preferred, the Minister of the day refused an application which was undoubtedly in consistent r. Chadwick andrts h, but e his also colleaguesordinary by course ext r a o o ffi f consoledcextra-official administration. act activity ity themselvesin publishing Mr. for their failure , not only by straining to the utmost their legitimate p pamphlets, which were generally marked by charlatanism, and by encouraging popular agitation on sanitary questions. The paid members of the Board have always been remarkable for their disposition to substitute official interference for every kind of spontaneous movement, whilst their titular chief has spent his entire life in the atmosphere of platform excitement ; and successive Ministers have uniformly found it necessary to refuse their co-operation to the Board, so soon as they became acquainted with its practical working. Lord Seymour took the lead in de nouncing their mischievous quackery—Sir George Grey overruled their obstinate opposition to all rational plans fur i m provin g the water sup p l y o f the metropo li s — an d Sir William Molesworth had determined to go to the root of the evil by remodelling the entire department, and had actually prepared a bill for the purpose. Lord Shaftesbury's influence has, however, once more clsesie to the rescue of his own authority and of the Board. Lord Palmerston has unfortunately been induced, from deference to the ornamental head of the department, to take the question out of the hands of his colleague, and to claim for the Home-office a class of functions which a Secretary of State has neither the leisure nor the means to discharge. Under the provisions of the Bill now before Parliament the Board will be retained without . any material change, and Mr. Chad wick and Dr. Southwood Smith will continue to render sanitary reform odious by circulating, at the public ex pense, absurd and exaggerated statements. Whenever an indignant member asks a question in the House of Commons with reference to the proceedings of the de partment, the Home Secretary will blandly give utter ance to some answer with which he will have been pre viously supplied ; whilst, in the House of Lords, Lord Shaftesbury will still enjoy the privilege of defending his colleagues in the official tone which might become a responsible minister. The new bill is evidently founded on the assu m ption that, although the system ha s b ec ome too unpopul ar t o b e d e f e nded, it is desirable to change it as little as poss ibl e ; an d, in fact, had Lord Shaftes bury brought forward a measure drawn by Mr. Chad wick, it would probably not have differed widely from Lord Palmerston's attempt at legislation. Any efficient reform of this branch of the public ser vice must start from the principle that there is no occa sion for the existence of a Board. The Chief Commis sioner of Works is not adequately employed, and there is no reason why he should not combine with his present duties those of Minister of Public Health ; nor can the personal respect entertained for Lord Shaftesbury justify Parliament in entrusting important administra tive powers to an unpaid, irresponsible, and practi cally irremovable functionary. According to the bill as it stands, either the third member of the Board or the Se cretary of State is a superfluity—according to the bill as it ought to be, the Minister of Public Health would not require an amateur colleague, however high in rank or benevolent in intentions. The remaining and supple. mental condition of a sound measure on the subject is, that it should place the whole department in due subordination to the chief. A Parliamentary func tionary, responsible for all that takes place in the office, will be able to avail himself of the advice of his assistants, while he retains in his own hands the final decision of all questions, large and small. This clear and intelligible principle of administration is so well established in this country by practice and experience, that it is scarcely necessary to argue on the expediency of assimilating a moderate department to those of older date ; and no personal considerations ought to be al lowed to stand in the way of so necessary and obvious a reform.—Morning Chronicle. CRYSTAL PALACE. —WEDNESDAY (SHILLING DAY). — Number of season tickets sold to this date, 20,370. Ad mission at the doors, 9,867 ; admission by season tickets, 609-14,757. BRISTOL AND EXETER. A judgment affecting railway companies Was delivered on Tuesday in the County Court at Exeter. A package sent from London to Exeter was injured on its transit upon the Great Western line ; but a clerk of the Bristol and Exeter Company went to the person to whom the article was consigned and arranged the amount due to him. Application was accordingly made to the Bristol and Exeter Company for the sum named by their clerk ; but they referred the applicant to the Great Western Com pany. The judge held that, as the property was injured on the Great Western line, and as that company entered into the contract for the carriage of the article the whole dis tance from London to Exeter, they were liable, and not the Bristol and Exeter Company. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON. This railway, the bill for which received theßoyal assent nine years ago, may now be said to be completed, the con cluding line between Tipton and Wolverhampton being now just opened for pas eager traffic. Only a certain num ber of the trains will run to and form the new station, the remainder running over the Stour Valley Railway to Tip tun, as heretofore. SEVERN VALLEY. The works of this line are expected to be commenced in a few months ; Mr. Peto has the contract. LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION. This line is progressing rapidly towards completion, and will be inspected in a few days. Should the inspection prove satisfactory, it is proposed to open the line on the Ist of August. On Tuesday last an engine ard first-class carriage, conveying several officials, passed over the line, and the result was satisfactory. The length of the new line, from Leeds to Bradford, is a little over eight miles, or more than five miles shorter than the present line. .It will also materially shorten the distance between Leeds and Halifax, besides facilitating the traffic between the principal towns in the district. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS. reported METROPOLITAN.from the sub committee that the additional capital authorised to be raised by the bill is 700,0001., and the amount of loan 233,0J06. The ex tensions of the railway will, for the greater part of their course, be constructed by means of a covered way, in the same manner as the present authorised line is in tended to be formed, the height being 14 feet and the width 28 feet. The steepest gradient on the proposed extension to the General Post-office is 1 in 100, and on the extension of the Great Western Railway 1 in 163. The length of the extension to the General Post-office is one mile three furlongs, and of the extension to the Great Western Railway 1 mile 4 . 70 chains. The estimated cost of the proposed extension lines is 650,0001. Mr. J. Fowler, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. Hawkshaw, were the en gineers examined in support of the bill, and Mr. Locke was the engineer examined in opposition to it. Eighteen petitions were presented against this bill. The committee are satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view, of the proposed extension lines of railway. LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE. Colonel billth that the 12,0001., and the amount of loan 4,0001 . The len g th o f th e Magilligan branch is 4 miles, 2 furlongs, li chains ; an d th e s t ee pest gradient on it is lin 198. It i s i n t ended to cross additional B o LD capital ER o proposed reported b t e h e raised sub-committee bthe two roads on the level. The estimated cost of the branch line is 11,6601., and the quantity of land required 46i acres. The committee are satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view of the proposed branch. BALLYMENA, BALLYMONEY, COLERAINE, AND PORTRUSH (No. 1.) Colonel BoLDERO reported from the sub-committee that the additional capital authorised to be raised by the bill is 27,0001., and the amount of loan 9,0001. The length of line is 6 furlongs, 2 chains; and the steepest gradient on it is 1 in 227. The estimated cost of the new works is 27,0001., and the quantity of land required 6 acres. The committee aro satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view of the proposed railway. The committee received a report from the Lords of the Admiralty to the effect that they did not approve of the crossing of the river Bann at the points and in the manner proposed by the bill. After hearing evidence from several eminent engineers, the committee resolved that the mode and place of junction proposed by the bill ought to be sanc tioned. GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY AND BIR MINGHAM, AND SHREWSBURY AND CHES TER RAILWAY COMPANIES AMALGAMATION. HOUSE OF LORDS COMMITTEE. —Wednesday. The committee re-assembled this morning soon after 11 o'clock. Present—The Duke of Wellington (in the chair), the Earl of Morton, Lord Walsingham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Stafford. Mr. Serjeant Wrangham having, at considerable length, addressed the committee on the part of the Great Western Railway Committee, in which he combatted the arguments that had been urged by the counsel representing the Lon don and North-Western, Oxford and Worcester, and New port, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Companies, in opposition to the bill, The room was ordered to be cleared, and after the lapse of half an hour, on the parties being re-admitted, The Duke of Wellington said the committee were of opinion that the preamble of the bill had been proved. Some of the c l auses were then passed, after wh i c h t h e i r lordships adjourned. Companies, whi c h h as been attended w i t h enormousivos Gr T o s h t u s h .‘ ve s a t s e r t n e r a m n i d n at e Lo / n 1 d t o h n e a g r n d e a N eat o struggle s t b e r e n t w R e e a n i w t o h y e ex penses to both p ar ti es. The result o f t hi s decision g the Great Western Company a through from Lo n d on t o th e M ersey and a ll p l aces i n t England. comm ho u n n o ic r a th tio of n Z e. d. £ s. d. Australasia........... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 82% British North American 64. per cent. , 50 0 0 PP 64 Commercial of London. 61. per cent. ;100 0 0 20 0 0 - Co!onial .............. 31. per cent. ,100 0 0 25 0 0 - onian ............... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 - London and County .. 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londti and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 40 London Joint• Stock ... , 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. , 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - I Ditto, N ew. • ... •. . . , 8 i.per cent. le 0 0 all - National of Ireland.... , 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New ...... • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 475{ South Australia .. .• .. 8 , p. ct.& Ds. 25 0 0 „ -- Union of Australia.... 40!. per cen', 25 0 0 25 0 0 74% Ditto .. .... ...... 401. per cent. - 210 0 -- Union of London ..... 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 all - I gsURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. ----- s. d. I X s. d. Albion .......... •• .. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 1 is. 6d. bs. 100 0 0 11 0 o 195 Ditto Marine ....... 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40 Anchor ........ •..... 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas A rgus Life - British Commercial Clericl.Med.& Gen• Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 125 Crown Eagle Equity and Law...... 45% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 6 European Life lss. 20 0 0 all ' 19% General - 5 0 0 PP 5% Globe ... • • .... 61. per cent. Stock. 127 .. Guardian ............ 5 1. per cent. 100 0 0 45 0 0 57 Imperial Fire.-- .... 12/. per eent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life - Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 20 0 0 56 Law Fire .......• •• • • 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4% Law Life......... •• .. - 100 0 0 10 0 0 551 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire ... London ~ h ip... Marine......... ••• • .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 - Med. Invild & Gen. Life 45,E /. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva ...... •• •• .. sp. et. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch .• - - ..... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 1% National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 23 Palladium Life , . Pelican - - - 45 Phoenix - - - - Professional Life ...... 51. per cent. 5 0 010 0 34 Provident Life........ 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42 Rock Life .......• ••.. I ss. 53 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange ....• • 6/. p ct. & be. Stock, all 229 Sun Fire ...... 6/. 10s. - f t 260 Ditto Life ..... 1/ 10s. - 65 United Kingdom .... 41. p, ct &bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 5% Universal Life .. - Victoria Life • 5l. per cent. - 412 6 - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. d. Hungerford .... - .. - - - - 12 Southwark .......... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo .... .. •• • • - 100 0 0 -4% Ditto Old Ann. of Si. 11. 12s. 60 0 0 60 0 0 28 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Bs. Od. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Vauxhall ............ 11. ss. 70 10 3 - 21 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. r per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- -_-- 1 East London £ s 61. per cnt. Stock. d. £ 8 k. 105 d. - Grand Junction .....• 4". per cnt. 50 0 0 all 72 Kent-. .. ...• •••• • . 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ..... - 97 , New River Company 2l. 10s. - - - Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 89% Nest Middlesex - -1005 y DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. - -- X s. d. £ s. cl. Commercial • • ~.... • • 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 6t. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country.. - - - London .... ... - - Ditto Bonds I 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine - - • outhampton - Victoria ...... • • I 5/. per cent. •20 0 0 10 0 0 - THE BOARD OF ItEALTII. Y EVENING, JULY 15, 1f454, BLOCKADE OF THE GULF OF FINLAND. [FRO3I A SUPPLEMENT TO TUESDAY EVENING'S GAZETTE, PUBLISHED LAST EVENING.] FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 12. It is hereby notified, that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been informed by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., commanding her Majesty's naval forces in the Baltic, that, on and from the 26th of June last, a strict and effective blockade was actually established by the combined fleets of her Majesty and of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, of the various ports in the Gulf of Finland as hereafter specified ; that is to say :—The whole of the ports in the Gulf of Finland to the eastward of Helsingfors and S wea berg. on the Finland shore, including Borgot Lovisa, Pythis, Frederikshamn, Werolax Bay, Viborg, Biorko Sound, and all intermediate ports, roads, havens, and creeks, to Cape Lubovki, in lat. GO deg. 5 min. north, and long. 29 deg. 56 Mill. east. From Cape Lubovki the line of blockade crosses to Tolboukin Light; immediately off Cronstadt, then across southward to off the town of Borki, in the province of Saint Petersburg, in lat. 59 deg. 57 min._ north, long. 29 deg. 28 min. east. That a complete Blockade of Cronstadt and Saint Petersburg has been effected by the combined fleets, which anchored off Cronstadt on the 26th instant. Proceeding westward, the line of blockade extends from Borki to Karavalda Island. thence to Dolgoi Ness, and from Dolgoi Ness to Ko!genpia Point, which in cludes the Bight of Koporia, from thence to Kourgoulo Point, which includes Louga Bay, then the river Narva, and the whole coast of Esthonia and adjacent Islands to Ekholin Light, situated in lat. 59 deg. 43 min, north, long. 25 deg. 48 min. east. And it is hereby further notified, that all the measures authorised by the law of nations, and the respective treaties between her Majesty and the different neutral powers, will be adopted and executed with respect to all vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND GREENWICH. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, held on Tuesday, at the offices, Coleman-street, Mr. J. Wilson in the chair, a dividend of ss. 3d. per share, free of income tax, was declared for the half-year on the ordinary shares of the company. WEST FLANDERS. --- The half•yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the offices, Moorgate-street, Mr. W. P. Richards in the chair. Mr. CHUBB, the secretary, having read the report, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, adverted to the kind and considerate way in which the company had been treated by the Belgian Government. An extension of time for two years had been granted for the completion of the lleynze branch, 15 miles in length, which would be ample time to enable them to complete it with economy. The estimated cost was 77,5001., which would not be exceeded, and they had made an arrange ment with Messrs. Brugman and Sons, of Brussels, for r tising 100,000/. to complete the whole undertaking of this company, and to supply additional working stock. The shareholders bad on a former occasion authorised the di rectors to raise 280,0001. to complete the undertaking, by the issue of 28,0001. shares of 10/, each, bearing interest at the rate of 5i per cent., which would amoun t t o a b ou t 16,0001. per annum. This amount was guaranteed to the company by the Belgian Government. Only 140,0001. of the prefernce capital had been raised at 53 per cent., in hopes that the remainder of the money would be obtained at a lower rate of interest, but the change in the money market rendered that impossible, so they had to borrow the money on the best terms they could. They found it impossible to raise the money in England, but they had succeeded, in Belgium, in raising it at the rate of about 61 per cent. per annum, including the sinking fund of 4001. or 5001. a year. The loan was for 88 years, but it would be paid off by degrees every year, so that at the end of 85 years it would be cleared off entirely. The nominal amount of the bonds for the 100,0001. would be 200,0001., and the rate of interest 3 per cent. In reply to a question from Mr.HERAPATH, it was stated that the loan of 100,0001. would enable them to complete the whole of the railways undertaken by the company, to find the requisite working stock, and to close the capital account completely, the company, under the contract for the loan, being bound not to enter into any new under taking until after the expiration of the 85 years. Resolutions adopting the report, declaring a dividend of 2s. 3d. per ordinary share, and increasing Mr. Chantrell's allowance to 6001. per annum, were carried unanimously. The meeting was then made special, and resolutions were passed, sanctioning the arrangement with Messrs. Brugman and Sons for raising the loan ; agreeing to a modification of tne statutes and authorising the directors to take the necessary steps to carry the whole into effect. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST BAILWAY.— Traffic return fur the week euLug July 8, 1854 ................................................... £15,526 13 7 Corresponding week last year 13,958 6 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 15,526 13 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 13,953 6 10 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 9,1851 £18,251 12 5 Corresponding week last year 15,708 8 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending July 9, 1854 E19,852 6 2 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 9, 1851 £5,707 1 8 Corresponding week last year 5,610 18 7 • in 1854 £96 3 1 CANALS. ... 0; Names of Dividend Price. Names of Dividend . er Companies. A per Companies. .' Annum. Price ' co Annum. Fi: ' £ £ Ashtn &Oldh 98 71. p. ct. 154 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51 Bantsley •• • • 160 Neath ...• • • 100 161, 150 lirknk&Abrg 150 4/. 60 Oxford .. •• • • 100 13'. 115 Birmingham 40 41. Peak Forest. 78 5/. Os. 86 Coventry.... 100 251. 215 Regent's —• • 30 18 , 16)4 Derby •-• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale ... • 85 11. 10s. 66 Elistnre&Chs 69 234 p. et. Somrset Coal ,40 GrandJunetn 100 4. pr. ct. 58 Do .Lk Fd.,t . 12 , Do.. 6 pr• Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 11 Stfird &Wore . 4 0 281. 407 rand Surrey 100 21. 10s. 50 3b rews l o ury..l.2s' Grand Union 100 11.0 s. 12U 3toarbridge..i 4 5 12/. 285 Kennt & Avn 39 6 s . Cd. 6 Aevern and 111 21. 24 Lancaster . 100 Wye Ra 11.3 2t3 Leeds &Liv - p , 100 251. Warwick &-/ I Leicester.... 1100 61. I 68 Binning. 3 100! 27 . 271 / 4 Leicstr &Nth l 83 41. 2954 Warwick & Loughborogif / 31 I 142 701. 5",7 Napton.. f 100 * 13 Aloninouthsh 1100 Worcstr &i .. 8 31. 32 / 3 intginerysli ;100 Bi nn i ng. NfeltnAlwbry, 100 Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. , Price. Annum. Share. 1 --- X s. d. X s. d. British .• •• •• - •• •• •• - - - - Ditto Provincial ••.. 17. as. 20 0 0 20 00 I - Brighton • • •... •• •• • • 5/. 20 0 0 24 0 0 I 15 City of London .. •• •• 41. 10s. 100 0 0 150 8 0 - Continental (3d Cap.)... 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 - Equitable ••••.• .• •• 1/. Ss. 50 0 0 all 26M Great Central:....... 7/ per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Imperial ............ 61.& bonus. 5 0 0 0 all 8634 Independent .......•• 51. 40 0 0 Pt - London • • ........ -• • • - 50 0 0 ~ - Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 _ ~ 25 P at. ix .............. 3/1. per cont.! 50 0 0 49 0 0 263 Q .••• • .• ••• • Batcli 5/. 1 100 0 0 90 0 0 73 ff • United General •• •• •• 21. las. 50 0 0 all i 9 Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 60 0 0 t, 36 Ditto, N 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 o 0 6% LIST -"".•• STOPBC OTTISEI COMPANIES' PRICES. _ --- --____ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- ------- ------- X s. d. X s. d. Caledonian a tt r ii i e l k ids oh o n f Li a S i nn c e o ßi t i l a a cn tid m .. ;.n .. y .. 88 7 1 1 7: p p pee e rr r cc e ee e nn n tt t ... , 100 1000 00 0 g o 2 2 11 10 o( 1 0 g 3 2108 ' 3°ll lB o° Clyde , d o , l ßi e aal ß nkß an .a. t .k. .......... 7 5 6 r. . pp / . ee prr cent ee e nn n tt t 52 2 50 0 00 0 00 0 101 1 00 0 00 0 00 0 i 09 2 6111 12 4 e i City of ' -lasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 u 0 I 0 . 1 17s Eastern ;e l % Edinb & Glasgow .. •• 331. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 16. Exchange Bnk of Scot.. - 100 0031 5 0 - National Bank •• -•• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15112 , North of 4 cotland Bank st.per cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 7s Royal Bank °N eon. .. 5/. per cent . 100 0 0 100 0 0 12211 Union Bank of Scot. • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90/ 5, Western Bank •• .. .• •• 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 761 bs , lliance Fire and Life.. 8% /.pr cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24/ 10, British Guarantee .... 4t. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. 0, Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. 0. City of Glasgow Life.. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. Its Colonial Life ..... - - 52. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 51. 2s Edinburgh Life Incur v. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 25110 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 '4l. 7. Life Issoc. of Betitosnd 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 4!. 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 13.- North British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ,34/ 5s cottish Union Insrnc. 7361 pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. I4s 'tandard Life ...... • . M. per cent '0 0 0 7 0 0 171 Cs United Dep. Assurance 57. per cent. 10 0 0 , 1 0 0 , - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ 5. d. X s. d. Assam Tea .• .. •• .... s'. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - &nctien Mart-- -• • 1/. & bonus. MI 0 0 - - iustralian Agriculturl It. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 45% Australian Trust .... b/, per cent. - 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail Si. 10 A 0 8 0 0 - knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - British American Land 15e. - 38 10 0 - Canada ......„..... al. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent. - 61. per cent. - - 1073¢ City Navigation Bonds 3/ per cent. - - - Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 1936 Ditto .......... (B) 25 0 0 15 0 0 - - 50 0 0 12 10 Ditto New . - - • Equitable Reversionry 5 1 pr_. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 _- GneenS Gen, Revers.pct. a Bc , l j g n a v t e i s o t n . 5p.c.& b s , 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Iludson's Bay ...• •• • • - Stock. - Rungerford .... •• •• •• 21. 53. 100 0 0 100 0 0 London Institution .•• - - - - - - 12 10 0 - R Lo u n ss d e o l n l I R ns e t v i e t r u s tl io o n n ary .... 51. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 - Price's Patent Cand. Co 104 per cent. 20 0 0117 10 0 241 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4 36 1 . pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Royal Mail steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian .• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Trust and Loan Comp. - Upper Canada ..•• - - - The Iris, of and for London, from the Canaries, same day. The Cyclone, standing north, April 15, lat. 22 S, long. 63 E. The Chatham (barque) with troops, May 13, lat, 20, long. 3. The Catherine, of Shields, for Rio Janeiro, lat. 44 N, long. 12 W. The W. S. Lindsay (ship), July 2, lat. 44 N, long. 10 W. The John Davis, from Liverpool to Quebec, July 3, lat. 43 N, long. 17 W. The Prince George, from Sydney to London, June 20, lat. 35 N, long. 36 W. The Mary Carson, of L'pool, July 4, lat. 43 N, long. 16 W The Mary (brig), same day. The Fifeshiro, outward bound, June 27, lat. 43 N, long -10 W. The Queen of the East, steering S.W., July 1, lat. 47 N, long. 15 W. The Cupid (schooner), steering S.W., July S. The Taranto (barque), for Quebec, June 20, lat. 35 N, long. 36 W. The Diana (Hamburg barque), from Callao to Cowes July 3, lat. 45 N, long. 20 W. The Scud, of London (schooner), for Ba.rbadoes, June 9, lat. 24 N, long. 37 W. The Constellation (barque), June 13, lat. 'a N, long. 35 The Fanny (schooner), July 14, lat. 23 N, long. 36 W. The Dorothea (brig), July 6, lat. 46 N. long. 16 W. The ApoHine, from London to Bermuda, June 19, lat. 32 N, long. 39 W. The John Muller (ship), from St. John's, N. 8., July 4, lat. 47 N, long. 15 W. The Magellan (barque), from Cuba to London, June 28, lat. 42 N, long. 27 W. The Bontme , Y (bri i .) ' of Montrose, f r om M on t e Vid eo to Queenstown, June 30, lat. 42 N, long. 25 W. The Owen Potter, from Liverpool to Calcutta, June, 1, lat. 2 N, 22 W. The L'ady Rodney, from Shields to Calcutta, June 2, lat. 2N, I. 10n.% 22 W. The Adventurer, of Goole, bound W, July 1, lat. 45 N, long. 23 W. The Amiens (English barque), July 3, lat. 4 S, long. 12. The Esmeralda, from Liverpool to Australia, July 3, lat. 45, long. 1/. The Itubens, from London to Melbourne, May 14, lat. 4 S, long. 25 W. PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISTIED EVERY TUE , DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 1 JOINT-8 rocK BANKS. , 1854. same of Company. Dividend 1 Amount per of Annum, Share. Paid. Price 50 0 0 10 0 0 SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE. - CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 12. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Leon, from Grave lines ; Coq, Cherbourg ; Vesta, Oporto ; David, Memel ; Neptunus, Wismar; Ranen, Sundswall ; Isabella, Dantzic; Christine Maria, Buenos Ayres ; Indu s try, Ant wer p ; N ew Prosperous, ditto; Friends of Eliza, Gothenburg; Wester botten, Umea ; Celerity, Boulogne ; Ida, Libau ; Alex andra Memel ; Johann es , Alt ona ; Sh dab, D intzic ; Dol phin, karrebeksminde ; Hoffnung, Horumersiel ; Lionne, Gravelines ; Helene, Dantzic ; Maria, Nykiobing ; Prinz Frederick Carl, Colberg; Severus, Dantzic ; Swallow, New York ; Blossom, Stettin ; Constant, Messina ; Anna Mar garetha, Konigsburg; Oscar, Calmar; Grietje Elizabeth, Dantzic; Provideutia, Svenborg ; Fire Sostre, Bandholm; Fire Sodskende, Griefswalde ; Z wee Gebrudcrs, Neuha:. lingerseil ; Johanna, Groningen ; Immanuel, Leer ; Fre derico, Havana ; Robert, Stralsund ; Patrioten, Christi ana ; Metta Catherine, Randers; Tvende Sodskende, Aalborg; Comet, Madeira Spring, Dantzic. ENTERED OUTWARDS.--The Johanna Maria, for Ham burg; Tallintore, Valparai so; Catherine, Stockholm ; Azores Packet, Santander ; Ag•ttha, Rotterdam ; Maria and Bertha, Stettin; Francisco, Dantzic; Maria Cabrielle, Sydney; Monk, Ghent; Superior, Genoa; Maria, Amster dam; Amelia and Anne, Gh ent ; Harmonie, Altona. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Catherina, for Ham burg; Victoria, Christiani a; Graaf von Snmberg Stiren , Amstrdam ; Fra Margareth a' Hamburg ; Rival, L'Orienf; Berhampore, Sydney; Mar co Polo, Antwerp ; Ida Helle china, Konigsburg. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Ellen, of and from Liverpool, July 4, lat. N, long. 14 W. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very flat to-day, and closed dull at a decline of about i} per cent. on yesterday's quotation :—Caledonian, 30i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 65$ ; London and North-Western, 103 ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 21i ; Midland, 65 ; South- Eastern, 18 1346. DIIBLIN—JULY 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—DubIin and Belfast Junction Rail way, 451. paid, 43i ; Dublin and Wicklow, 81. 103. paid. tvti ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 301. paid, 13 ; Great Southern and West ern Ei g hth s, 6 per cent. Pref., 61. 5 1 . paid, 8. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails arc sent from the General Poet-ofiic• by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made ui From %vita, When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due 10 Office, London.* Dispatched. England. ---- America(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N .......... Liverpool ... ',July 10 America (by U. States packet) • • • • ...... Southampton Australia (via South ampton) .......... M 'July 4 ...... Southampton August 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) Ni ... Dover .... Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............NJuly ... Uncertain Africa (West Coast) .• NV-13d of the month. Plym ou th July 6 Alexandria..........N ;8, 9, 24, &30 of m . Dover .... A l exandria..........Ml4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ..... ......M 17th of the moat! Southampton Belgium ..N . . Dover ...... ilrazil .. of the month.. Southampton 'July 16 Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. South a mp ton 'J u l y 16 Cape of Good Hop e ..Nll4th of the most' Plymouth .. I Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds 14th of the mouth Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon 14th of the monti July 30 Channel Isles.. ..N Mon ~Wed.,&Frld Southampton:To .Sit. „al 2d & 17th of wont! Seuthamptoi, 'July 16 China (see India) ~,l o o n n s s t ant ant t li nn o o p p l i e e 4 7,8 th ,1,2 31204,&2 20th ho 7 f ofm D mon. Southampton ;out. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... Egypt (see India) France M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... ,Twicedsl l s' clibraltar ......., al 4,7, 17,20, 27 of m Southemptonluly 20 2reece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton ( July 16 iiamburgh Tuesday & Friday London Elavannah .......... NI 2nd of the moot!, 'Southampton Aug. I riolland ...• ..... M,Da11Y.......• ... Dover Bonduras . . „M 17th of the month. Southampto,. July 16 India (viaSouthampt.)Ml4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. July 20 India (via Marseilles)M Ifith& 24th of month Dover ...... fonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Holyhead .. Twicedaili Lisbon • 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. Southampton July 16 Madeira 9th of the month Southampton 'July 16 Madeira 23d of month .... Plymouth Malta (see India) Malta ...... • • • 7.17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover .......July 20 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 1 4th of the month Mexico •........ of the month.. c Southampt on l'sf Aug. 1 Naples....., • ..N r 'bthl ls th2sthofroon. , Dover New Granada .. ~1112 d& 17th of mon th ;Southatnptor. New Zealand By private ship ..IVarious port Uncertain Papal States ........N s thlsth24hothion.;Dover Peninsula Ith 1 7th2Bthofmon. ISouthampton Peru & 27th of mon. Southampton 'July 16 Port Natal of the month Plymouth .. Sicily „ ,„ „...N;sthllsth2sthoirnon,Dover tuscany ........ /.115thi6th25thoimon. Dover Venezuela ....KU& 17th of month Southampton July 16 Van Diemen'sLand (seel 1 Australia) . ... West Indies at 2d& 17th ol month S ou thamptenlJuly 16 * When any of these dates fall oa a Sunday, the rails will h despatched on the following day, with the exception of the Ind! . via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the preceding day. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills an effective media eine for Epilepsy and Apoplectic Symptoms.-31r. Smith son, a retired publican, residing at Arbour-terrace, Nor wood, who was of a very full habit of body, suffered to a fearful extent from an overflow of blood to the head, giddiness, and eve r y symp t om of apoplexy, so bad at times that it was considered unsafe to trust him alone. His medical attendants failed to do him any good, therefore, se a last resource, be began to take Holloway's Pills, which he continued regularly for several weeks, and they have been the means of restoring him to sound health, feeling now as light and buoyant as a youth. Sold by all dealers in medicine, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at Rainthorpe-Hall, Norfolk, the Hon. Mrs. Frederic Walpole. On the 11th inst., in Belgrave-square, Lady Octavio Shaw Stewart. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—JULY 11. There were in the market to-day, 18 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801ba imperial, which sold thus :-18 at 2/. 10s, 0 at 0/. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET JULY 11. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in the market, except barley. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 7s Od to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to Os Od ; barley do., 6s Od to 830 d. Hay from lld to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JULY 10. There were in the market to-day 59 bags of oatmeal, 13 of barleymeal, and 2of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of oatmeal was is down ; the second was is down, and the third was is 3d down. Pot-barley on the top price is down. Oatmeal, per sack of 280Ibs I First. I Second. Third. imperial _...riey oaeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto Bari a. LEEDS, JULY 11. The arrivals of wheat limited. Trade was slow. Fine fresh qualities brought about Friday's Wakefield rates. Barley nominal. Oats and beans steady. Other articles unchanged. COAL MARK . Prices of Coal per ton at t ' s. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 6 Chester Main 18 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 19 0 North Percy Hartley l7 t; Redheugh Main 16 0 Tanfield Moor l7 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 3 West Pelton l6 3 West Hartley 16 t Willington Hartley lB () Wylam . 19 6 ilT.—JuLy 12. ie close of the market. Wallsend, &a. Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close l9 ( Gosforth lB C Killingsworth E. l7 C Riddell lB Wharncliffe lB Lambton Primrose 2'l 0 Eden Main 20 0 Belmont 19 6 F. ff • Braddyll 2O 6 Framwellgate l9 0 Hetton 2l 0 Haswell 21 0 Lambton 20 6 Plummer 2O 0 Russell's Hetton 20 0 South Hetton 20 9 Stewart's . l9 0 Hetton Lyons Main 19 6 Cassop l9 6 Heugh Hall 19 9 Kelloe 20 3 South Hartlepool 2O 3 South Kelloe 19 9 roes 2l 0 West Kellos 19 9 Whitworth IS 0 Adelaide Tees 2O 6 Derwentwater Hartley 19 0 Low Bitchburn 19 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 12. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at 12, India-street, Edinburgh, the wife of Arthur Campbell, jun., W.S. On tho 11th inst., at Tavistook-square, the wife of Dr. J. 11. Gladstone. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Willesden Church, George Whiff Bradbee, jun., of the Grange, Willesden-green, and 115, Newgate•street, to Louisa, widow of the late Edward Prosser, Esq., of Glynfield-house, Willesden, and Laurence' lane, Cheapside. DIED. On the 9th inst., at Venice, on his way from India, Adam Bell, Esq., M.D. On the Ist inst., at Malta, Georgina, the beloved wife of Lieut.-Gen. Balneavis, C.M.G., K.H. On the 10th init., aged 44. Elizabeth, wife of Charles Alexander Harries, 11, Walcot-parade, Bath, surgeon. LONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO YOUNC4 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 i Strand, in the Precinct o f th e S avo y, i n th e count"' `" Middlesex, Thursday, July 13, 1864.