The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

7Erbi - t•it --- SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. TATT_ERSALL'S. (riiis.EvENING.) T PU4C+EgeEY STAKE ,(ST4MFORD). , . Even on Cock Pheasant. GOODWOOD CUP. .• , 6to 4 on Virago.. T .A3C:c GOODWOOD STAKES. sto 1 agst Heapy (6 to ,1 taken). 11 to 2 agst Tros (6 to 1 taken to some money). 2to 1 agst Diana (taken). 15 to 1 Jonathan Martin (taken). 20 to 1 agst Jouvence (taken). ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Sing Tom (taken). DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Grculus Esuriens (taken). 20 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken). 25 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken). 40 to 1 agst Moonbeam colt (taken). STAIVIFORD RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) •• ARRIVALS. Xth i riposa Baalbec, Haricot, El Dorado, Florist, Char man, goer, ' Cock Pheasant, Lady Vernon, Strntaway. 'll4 Newmarket horses are expected late this evening. I NWERIAL PARLIAMENT. • - 110X7SE OF LORDS.--(THIS EVENING.) • , Ilife house met at five o'clock. OCtIUPATION OF THE DANUBIAN PRINCIL • PALITIES AUSTRIA. Tile Earl of MALMESBURY- postponed his motion foreOpies of the correspondence between the English Government and the Court Of Vienna on the 'occupation of t4e,Nnubian provinces- by the Austrian army, from Tuesday until a future day. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. The house Went into committee -Upon this bill. Severat'ilauses having been agreed to, and others poitperied;:: - • ; - Lord WALSINGHAM proposed the omission of clause 178„ ; which enabled the commissioners for the re. ductien of the national debt to establish. savings banks in the p . e*cipAl pegte of the kingdom for. the savings of sailors.: - to:tale clause on the.-ground that savings :banks a l rea dy existed in. those places,. and cause Wi - restabiiiiied • a principle• which. -had: -been re peatedly- introduced - inter -- the Savingi Bank 13111, and - as .frequently• rejected ; viz., giving- the commissioners - power to appoint their own treasurer: • - Lord - STANLEY of ALDERLEYsaid the object of • the'clantd Was to 01.vide banks' where sailors could im mediatii-depOsit 'Weir money on landing, and to guard them against thriseletnptatioas whichlco frequently led to their dissipation of th e i r . whole Wages. • • Orr clause 181, • • - Lord 'C..A.IIII 3 I3ELL . intimated that it was his inten- tention . .to take , the opinion 'of the house. upon this" Clause. It bad been Abe law not only of thiS 6'61241'y - hilt - of every :othei-. nation, in the world', - that if a ship - and her cargo were lost by the perils of the ELI, the crew should not be entitled Co their wages. The present clanse.would introduce a principle entirely soli . versive ofthatuniversal law; and make our law different to that of all other countries. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY did not think thi) clause would effect so- sweeping - 11 change of the existing ILw i shad been mentioned. He defended' the clause; on the-ground of justice to the sailor. It would be a great haidship,. in the event ; of a sailor being wrecked on. returning home after a voyage of two- or three year 4 • to depliip him, of his wages for the whole of that period. So strongly had this been felt that most liberal and fair minded'. shipowers never refused to pay wages when a vessel was lost. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to. (LEFT SITTING:) . HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. • PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following, bills were ordered to be considered and rea;d'a third time :=—Great North of Scotland Railway, Methwold Drainage, and South Devon and Tavistock Railway Bill. The: Earl of Eglinton'a Estate Bill and Stainforth's Estate Bill were read a second. time. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MARRIED WOMEN. Mr PHINN asked the Solicitor-General whether the attention of Government had been directed to seri ous difficulties which had arisen from supposed errors in taking the acknowledgment of married women under the Fines and Recoveries Act. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said a bill for this purpose had been laid upon the table of the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor three or four days ago it:stood for a second reading this evening, and would no dotsbt come down in a short time to this house. THE WAR SUPPLIES. Lord J. RUSSELL on moving that the speaker leave the chair for the purpose of going into committee of sup:- pty, gave notice that some day next week he should "niove a committee of the whole house for the purpose of asking for a vote of credit to enable the Government to carry on the war. He could not state now what the amount of the credit would be, but an estimate of it should be laid on the table before Thursday. Mr. WA.LPOLE wished to know whether a commit tee of ways and means would-be also-moved with a view of furnishing the means for raising this credit. Lord J. RUSSELL replied in the negative. , _ CORK HARBOUR. Mr. MA.GUIRE called the attention of the Govern anent to the necessity of providing a floating hospital for Cork' harbour. The hon. gentleman entered into a variety of details of emigrant ships being driven into Cork harbour, the passengers of which were suffering from cholera and lever, and a vast number of deaths occurred, owing to the want of a floating hospital to re ceive the sick and infected passengers. Sir J. - YOUNG said the people who ought to pay for this floatinc , hospital were the people of Cork, who de rved such important advantages from the visits of foreign vessels trading to that port. In similar cases which occurred at, Belfast, the people of that town had transferred the infected to hospitals on shore; and thereby prevented the spread of the disease; and he thought.the people of Cork ought to do the same Colonel DUNNE said tlie . ans*er of the Secretary for Ireland was the. most extraordinary he ever heard, and ' he maintained that in such cases the cost ought to fall on the general funds of the country, as a large majority of the sick persons driven into Cork harbour belonged to England and Scotland, and not to Cork. Mr. J. BALL said the conduct of the chief magis _trate of Belfast was not justified legally in taking the step held up for praise by the Secretary for Ireland, in removing cholera patients from ships into the town. • Mr. LIDDELL said the hon, member for Dungar von was perfectly justified in bringing . this subject before the house, and he could not but join with the honk and gallant member (Col. Dunne) in expressing his ex treme surprise and disappointment at the answer which the hon. Secretary for Ireland thought fit to give to this application. At a time like this, when an outbreak of cholera was imminent, if it had not already occurred, were they to be told that at such a port as Cork, where emigrant ships infected with that fatal disease, were con tinually being driven in ; provision to prevent its spread ing must be made by the peopl e of Cork themselves , when it was so eminently the duty of the Government. Mr. L'UCA.S expressed surprise that no other mem ber of the Government, except the Secretary for Ir e l an d, had risen to s t a t e in whose depbaer,timdeent this subj ect l ay. Tne answer given was totally C:ty of Cork benefitted nothing bye thofose the erTiTan Belfa'sst, n rhei°en ; the rt o I and it appeared th a t , as i n the cas could be provided by local means for those calamities, except by breaking the law. (Rear, hear.) Sir G. GREY admitted it was a subject of great im portance to provide for suc h di stressing cases, but itw as believed that a floating hospital yeas not the best for per sons attacked with cholera or fever. Some accornrao dation ought to be established onshore, and he believed ' a hulk would not answer the purpose. He trusted something might be done on this important subject. Mr. MAGUIRE said if the Government gave any promise that they would take the' matter up he should not bring on any motion on the subjec:. Lord J. RUSSELL said the matter should be in quired into, but he could give no specific promise on the question. Mr. MAGUIRE said, in that case he should on a future day bring on his motion: . The subject then dropped. THE ENCLOSURE COMMISSIONERS ' OFFICE. Mr. AGLIONBY drew attention to the inexpediency of removing this office and its valuable contents from its present site in Whitehall-gardens, to make room for the new Minister for War. as f o und Mr. WILSON said it was not' till it w im possible to procure a fitting site for the new department of the Minister for War, that the- Government had de , termined on removing the Enclosure Commissioners °Mee to St. Jaines'L-square, as it was desirable to have the of fi ce of the War Minister near D own i n g - stree t. COUNT PAHLEN- Ur. I. BUTT said he had a notice on the paper, but as he understood that the house was anxious to go into committee of supply, and as he 'had been given to un derstand that if he did not press his motion now he should have an opportunity of bringing it on afterwards, Under those circumstances he felt it would not be right of him to occupy at present the time of the house. (Hear, hear.) The house then went into committee of supply. MINISTER OF WAR. Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to move the vote for the expense of the Minister of War until the 31st of March next, and in doing so the noble lord recalled to the recollection of the committee the fact that the ap. • ?ointment -of - such-officer- had -almost-been enforced- by Parliament. Until this year the duties of such a Minister had been - disThayged by•the Secretary of State for - the Colonies ; but since the last war the business of the colonies had 'so much increased that it was now found im• possible to keep the ta-o offices of Minister of War and the Colonies 'united. Under these circumstanced, Go vernmentliall had no alternative but to divide theie two departments, and considering that important questions might arise both with regard to the colonies and the great war hi which the country was engaged, which would require lengthy explanations in Parliarnent, l there could hardlY be a doubt that this new arrangement would prove to be for the public advantage. (Hear.) With regard to a second question which hack arisen in connection with this subject, namely, the consolidation of all the military departments, and placing them under the control of one supreme head, he had to state that it had engaged the serious attention of the GOvernment. (Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt that the com missariat department, which was vested with the Trea sury, should be placed under the control of the Minister of War; and, therefore, besides having the general management of the operations of the war, this new office would henceforth have to undertake the super vision of the commissariat department. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of Wellington was of opinion that the proper military adviser of the Government should be the Master-General of the Ordnance, but -it was quite clear that such an officer could not be expected to undertake the management of the civil affairs con nected with the army' generally. For instance, he could not be expected to undertake to decide where the barracks of the country should be established, which involved both civil and military c o nsiderations, and so with regard to the military arrangements of the colony, which would more properly fall within the province of the Minister of War who was closely connected with the Government of the. day, than the Master-General of the Ordnance, or the C o mmander-in-Chief of the Forces, who was generally appointed without any reference to their political predilections. (Hear,) Again, the same mode of reasoning applied to the questioir of fortifica tions abroad as well as at home, and in ordei; that 'the best information should be collected on these subjects for the guidance alike of Government and Parliament, it would be nlecessary that' they should he all brought within the jujisdiction Of the Minister of War. At pre sent, however, he was not prepared to give an outline of all the changes that would have to be made, because they dad not all been determined on yet, but this much he ;could say,- that whatever change could con duce to the pithlic advantage would be made without any oppositiOn from any member of the Govern ment. It' wad not proposed to make any change in the management of the militia, which, while dis embodied, remained under the control of the Home office, but when,it was embodied the management would be transferred to the Commander-in-Chief. In a word, then, the chahge it was purposed to make for the future would be honied - upon this idea, that whiletle military diieipline and patronage of every part of,the army should be left in the, handrof -our military chiefs, the civil af fairs of ail. branches of the service would be transferred to the Minister •of War, who would be responsible to Parliament fOr every shilling that might have to be ex pended for the use of the country. (Hear, hear.) There were two offices , now vacant connected with the Ordnance Department, which hitherto had been held by persons with; seats in the house, namely, the! Surveyor of the Ordnance, and the Secretary to the Master General ; but it was not - intended to fill, these up for the present at least. In con4lusion the noble lord asked the committee to leave this question in the hands of the Government, and to vote this estimate provisionally. (Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON had listened with astonishment to the statement of the noble lord, which had failed to disclose the views of the Governm en t on this,timpertant subject. - • ; • [LEFT SP' AKING.I RAILWAY INTELLIGEItCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. - - 7- • • - - The following Report is to be submitted to `the special. general meeting, to be held on Saturday net, the 22d July. At the half-yearly general meeting of the c mpany in February last;-the attention of the_proprietorswas called "to various schemes affecting the company's interests, for the promotion of which bills were about to be introduced into Parliament,and a resolution was passed at that meet ing, requesting lha-.Directbrs " to watch the progress of these several schemes, and authorising them to take all such steps respecting thekn as in their judgment they should deem most advisable." Among the schemes referred to was one, for the making of a railway, by a totally independent company, from the terminus of the South-Western Company's Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, at Salisbury, to Yeovil—being. the same line which the South-Western Company was au thorised to construct, by their Salisbury and Yeovil Act of 1848. The bill, as introduced into Parliament by the new com pany, proposed to enable them to run, with their own engines and carriages, over the entire system of the South- Western Railway, with a provision that, in case of dif ference as to the amount, or consideration to be paid to the South-Western Company, for such use of their lines, all questions affecting the exercise of such powers, should be referred to an arbitrator appointed by the Board of Trade. In addition to these extensive, onerous, and dan gerous powers, hitherto so unusual in bills promoted under similar circumstances, authority was also sought, directing the arbitrator to .take into consideration the amount of benefit likely to accrue. to the South-Western Company by the construction and opening of the new line of rail way. _ _ To the granting of such powers the directors entertained, and, of course, took measures to express in Parliament, their strongest objection. In consequence of their oppo sition, the clauses introduced with these objects were ex punged from the bill by the committee, who substituted in lien, provisions of a strictly and merely permissive cha racter, with the consent of the directors, for the purpose of enabling the two companies to enter into such working and other arrangements, as they may deem mutually beneficial. The authority given to the directors by the resolution of the meeting in February, might have been deemed suffi cient to have justified their sole action in the matter, but, as the standing orders of the House of Lords necessitate a meeting to approve of the proposed clauses, it has been deemed advisable so to constitute the meeting that the proprietors may consider and determine the whole question. The first object of the ensuing meeting will be to approve formally of these clauses, and on this questiun there can be no difference ; of opinion. the simple enactment of enabl ing provisions cannot be otherwise than ucefel. The next object for consideration will be, whether the particular terms of arrangement which the directors re commend, are such as the proprietors will approve. The directors have strictly declined any alliance with the pro moters of the new undertaking which would involve the company in any extension, • either of expenditure or liabil ity. The new line is to ba constructed by and at the risk of the new company. The directors think it right to add, that with the affairs of the now company or its expenses, in or -out of -Parliament, they have had nothing to do, dh ectly or indirectly. The arrangement, which it is proposed that this com pany shall make with the new company, on their obtain ing their act without the objectionable running powers against which the company petitioned, is to make theni an allowance in respect of all traffic brought by their line on to the South-Western line at Salisbury, provided such traffic be brought from a point on the Salisbury and Yeovil line, distant ten miles at least beyond, or west of Salisbury, and, also, that such traffic be conveyed the whole distance over the company's line to London, or to within ten .miles of London. It is proposed that such allowance shall be 25 per cent., on the gross re ceipts by this company from such traffic, not in any year to exceed 5,0001. And that it shall cease altogether on the new company's gross traffic, on their own line, reaching 40,0001. durin g the time it is a single li ne , or 45,0001. if the new line be made a double line; and the term of such arrangement is limited to ten years, in con formity with the provisions in the act. The above constitute the main features of the proposed arrangement, and the directors recommend them to the shad eholders for adoption. Having thus briefly noticed the principal features of the proposal, the directors have only in conclusion to express their hope, that the proprietors will recognise in them terms which may be adopted not only with perfect con sistency as regards the past, but which aro also intrinsically beneficial, and proper to be concluded with a view to the future prosperity of the company. By order of the Court of Directors, L. CROMBlEl,Secrotary. York-road Offices, July 13, 1834. CALEDONIAN. The adjourned special meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern, to consider a bill now before Parliament for authorising working arrange ments between the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glas -1 gow Railway, and an amalgamation of the two com panies. Mr. Copling, a director, was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN' explained that the object of holding of whom ofthe the adj ourned meeting in London was to obtain the opinion majority of the shareholders, three-fourths resided in. England south of York. A very large amount of the stock was held in London, and it was therefor e considered the most central place to hold a meeting of th e company. He believed that it was of the utm os t i mportance to the Caledonian shareholders that they should reject i" . the bill. Th e i r form e r highly-. respect e d chairman, .A Duncan was opposed to the bill, as the o p erat i on oft it, it stnctioned, would be highly injurious to th e proprietors oforigin a l s h ares. in the A discussion ensued,of board o f w h h e i l c d h ait largowas amount of Edinburgh and Glaw-ow Railway stated that parties at the head and were therefore highly and Forth and Clyde Canal shares, iSe e d ral large - share inte rested in carrying the measure holders had sold their stock in ti,e, Cal v t. in order to save their property from effects'theni'ilCompany amalgamation \bill. Ooe gentleman who held of the protested against the measure, but, fearing that i B t ° w' f ° o ° i C il i d . o rox the be carried through the efforts of the majority board, sold out the whole of his stock. The proxies held by Messrs. Copling and Campbell against the mea sure represented 523,000/. of ordinary, and 125,0001. of preference stock, while the directors at present held proxies representing 601,0001. ordinary and 43,0001. preference stock in favour of the bill. The standing orders of the House of Lords required a majority of three-fourths of the stock represented at the meeting to carry the measure ; and in order to do so the directors would require proxies representing an additional sum of 2,000,0001. of capital. The bill being under examination, and not having passed the committee of the House of Commons, the meeting was adjourned to Thursday next at the London Tavern. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. • . THE_ SUN, THE WAR. .LONDON, MONDIVTTrEVENING, JULY 17, 1854. APPOINT3IENTS. Paymastex JohiiiNi. Jefferson (1854), to the Fisgard flag ship, at Woolwich. Chief Engineer John Barber, to the fleet. _ . AisistaniEngineer "of the first class George Watson, to the fleet. Acting Gunners Thomas Ingram, to . the Spiteful, pad dle-wheel steam-sloop, at Woolwich ; John Wellaize, to the Supply, steam store-vessel; William Sweet, to the Jackal, steam-vesst?l:. Cross, to the Spiteful ; George Harper, to the Supply. Carpenters.—Thomas Deane, to the Spiteful ; George Hughes, to the Supply. Assistant-Surgeon John Jack (1842), serving in the Prince Regent, 91, screw steam-ship, in the Baltic, is pro moted to the rank of surgeon. CALAIS, SATURDAY. The events of to-day will afford matter of the deepest interest for future history. The great fact will be recorded, and posterity will rejoice, that the two greatest, the most civilised, And the most enlightened nations upon earth, have this day embarked in holy alliance to protect the liberties of mankind, and to fetter the tyrant who would threaten them. The flotilla of steamers appointed to convey the first division of the army to the squadron in the roads were all marked and numbered, and received the respective com panies as follows : Part of the 48th and two battalions of the 51st Regiment. For the St. Vincent, 102, Captain Manse]. Violet • ••• ... 2 companies, Princess Clementine ... ... 3 companies, Corse ••• .•• ... 2 companies, Passe Partout 2 companies, Faon ••• ••• ••• ... 2 companies, with officers, numbering about 1,350. 48th Regiment and Staff. Forthe Algiers, 91, screw, Captain Talbot. Lucifer ... ...• ••• ... 4 companies, Cocyte •.. ... 3 companies, with the staff and officers, numbering 810. The 6th Infantry and 2d Legeres. For the Hannibal, 91, screw y Commodore the Hon. F. E. Comet ... •.. ... 1 company, Fearless ... ▪ 2 companies, Ech° • • •• • •• • .. 2 companies, • Lizard • 2 companies, Douro ... 1 company, numbering, with officers, 1,000. For the Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcome. Adder ... ... 2 companies, Wildfire . 2 companies, Avon ... 3 companies, Sprightly ... 2 companies, Ariel ... 1 company, Garland . 2 companies, numbering, with officers, nearly 1,500. The first vessel that w en t ou t o f harbour was the Violet, at 12.45 followed in succession by Passe Partout, Princess Clementine, Donro, Le Corse, Comet, Adder, Wildfire, Lucifer, Cocyte, Fearless, Echo, Avon, Gailand, Lizard, and Sprightly.: - The effect was beyond measure imposing, particularly when the little flotilla got into the roadstead, each divi sion making for their respective ships of war. The cheering WAS kept up aboard and ashore until they passed the outer pier, when the noble war vessels reminded one that this was not a pageant, but the stern reality. In a couple of hours the whole were embarked, and but for a most melancholy accident that occurred on board the Lizard, the whole day would have passed off pleasantly to every one present. The Lizard unfortunately did not calculate the height of the Algiers' yards. In going alongside, the yard arm took the masthead of the Liz a rd, w hi c h fell on the deck, killing the brother of the commander of the Algiers, one man, and a boy. As soon as this terrible accid en t became known,l it cast a great gloom over the whole town. It was, however, not generally spread until towards the evening. . The Fire Queen, Master COmmander F. W. Paul, was engaged in conveying on board the squadron 4,0001b5. weight of fresh beef, and 2,0001b5. weight of vegetables. Three French -nutters and several fishing-boats Were em ployed in taking off the powder, of which there was 100 tons. The Dasher, Captain Le Febre, was the reserve vessel to take off officers and stragglers at the'last moment. The General Baraguay d'Hilliers, with his staff, and Ad miral Lapierre, and naval aide-decamp, were early amongst the troops, attending to th e i r com f or t s ; an d ' when the whole h a d embarked the general went on board the Dasher, and was conveyed to the commodore's ship Haanibal, where ho was received with due honours. He stayed onboard about half an hour, viewing the excellent arrangements made for the French soldiers, and with which the general oxpre;:sed his unbounded satisfaction, and on his return to the Dasher his countenance betokened how pleased he felt. The habitual sternness of the fine old warrior gave way to an animated conversation, and ou leaving the Dasher all bands were piped to the s id e , an d officers and men gave the gallant general three such cheers that must have convinced him what respectful and friendly feelings were manifested through him for his country's sake. The arrange ments throughout were carried on with the greatest energy and skill by Captains Le Febre and Smithett. Their Constant communication with the French admirals and generals will have made the best of impressions upon the minds of Frenchmen ; they will now perceive that their Emperor judged rightly of the " English character," and ancient prejudices will be happily exchanged for a lasting friendship. Admiral Berkeley arrived during the day, and returned to Dover in the evening. He was much gratified to see how excellently everything had gone off. The artillery are expected to march in to-morrow, toge ther with•very heavy field pieces and howitzers, besides mortars of the largest calibre. The French line-of-battle ship St. Louis, 90, arrived during the day, and the French war steamer Asmodee. Several transports are also expected, when a second divi sion will follow to the Baltic • indeed, it is reported here generally that upw ar d s of 50,000 French troops are to be sent to the Baltic as fast as vessels can be got ready to receive them. The squadron will sail at daylight to-morrow morning. CALAIS, SUNDAY. This morning, at six o'clock, the squadron got under weigh for the Baltic, with a beautiful topgallant breeze from the westward, the commodore, in the Hannibal, taking the lead: At eight a large transport brought up in the roads, towed from the eastward by a French steam corvette. The materiel for the army is constantly ar riving. Six beautiful pieces of ordnance (long brass 18- pounders, upwards of 12 feet in length), two brass 10-inch mortars, and two brass 8-inch howitzers. The embarkation steamers Fearless, Comet, Echo, and Lucifer will take the ordnance a n d camp equipage to the St. Louis, 90, and Tilsit, 90, French line-of-battle ships, this afternoon. A messenger has just come in with a re port of the Termagant's arrival. Captain Smithett is honoured with an invitation to dine with the General Barag,aay d'Hilliers this evening. Coals are wanted here for the several steamers. The price at this place is 609. a ton—in England, 16s. There is an old brig of war, named the Columbine, at Sheerness, with 300 tons of coals all ready on board. W e t a k e l eave to suggest that a steamer be employed to tow her over to this place, and so save time and money. Poor Christopher's loss is much felt. He went off in the Lizard to see his brother, the commander of the Al giers, when the sad accident deprived hi m an d t wo ot h ers of theirlives. He had been sketching the whole of the morning, and was taking great interest in the proceedings. How true it is, "In the midst of life we are in death." The Lizard is sent off to Sheerness with the bodies, not the Dover. _ _ _ _ The 68th Light Infantry, are under orders for service in the East, but it does not appear quite settled whether they will proceed at once to Varna or be stationed in Greece. On Saturday the route arrived at Windsor for the de parture of the Ist division of the 46th Foot, Colonel Gar ,rett, for the East. The men will march on Wednesday, 19th inst., proceeding by .the South -Western Railway to Ports Mouth, and there embark for Varna, on board the Avon, whioh also takes out the 63d from Queenstown. The 46th, with the Rifle Brigade, 68th, 63d, and 21st re giments of Foot will form a corps de reserve at Gallipoli. Lieutenant Robertson, superintending transports pro ceeding from the river Thames, left Woolwich at a late hour on Friday night for Greenhithe, to inspect the Bel gravia, of 1,364 tons, and the Edwin Fox, of 891 tons, under orders to proceed to Calais Roads at daylight on Saturday morning to embark French troops for conveyance to the Baltic. •The 34th Regiment of Foot will proceed to the lonian Isles to relieve the 57th, now in garrison at Corfu, the latter regiment proceeding to join the army in Turkey. The. Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Simla left Southampton on Saturday for Plymouth, to embark cavalry for the East. The Colombo, for the same destina tion, and intended to take out infantry, left 'at the same time. The Rajah, engaged to take out 600 tons of biscuit, started on Saturday morning, and the Manilla, which sailed on Saturday afternoon for Constantinople, had on board a large quantity of ball c ar t r id ges and ammun iti on f or th e Black Sea. The departure of her Majesty's ship Himalaya has been postponed till Tuesday, as it is found there is not water enough in the Liverpool Docks for this great ship till Friday next. The Himalaya will first go to Dublin, and thence cross to the Mersey. The Royal mail steamer Avon will leave Southampton this morning for Cork, to embark troops for the seat of war. At 7.30 p.m. the Lizard steam-vessel arrived at Sheer ness from the Downs, with the body of the brother of First- Lieutenant Christopher, who was unfortunately killed alongside the Algiers by the Lizard's topmast being carried away by the lower yard of the Algiers. Orders were received at Chatham at two o'clock on Friday afternoon for No. 2 company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Captain King, to march at once from Chatham to Strood, which they did, headed by the band of the 35th Regiment, and proceeded by the North Kent Railway from Strood to Gravesend, where they embarked i n a steamer to convey them to the Hannibal for transport to th e B altic. The w h o l e o f t h e Royal and Hon. East India, Company's Sappers and Miners t urne d ou t an d cheered them as they left Chatham. Colonel H arry D. Jones, director of the engineer esta blishment at Chatham, now Brigadier-General, for service in the Baltic, left Chatham at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning, accompanied by his Brigade-Major, Ord, for em barkation in the Hannibal, 91, screw steam flag-ship of Commodore the Hon. F. W. Grey, for service with the Baltic fleet. On Thursday a company of the 51st Regiment of Foot, under the command of Captain Farringdon, marched from Harwich Barracks, en route to Chatham, there to join the remainder of the regiment. A company of the 71st High landers, under Captain Parker, now occupy the barracks at Harwich, Colonel Leslie, of the Hon. East India Company's service; stationed at the depot, Great Warley barracks, near Brent wood, Essex, has received orders to draught 300 more men for service in India. The men will embark on Friday, the 4th of August next, for Madras. The fir s t division, consistingof two companies of 1k 335th Regiment of Foot, left Chatham on Saturday morning, played by the band of the 94th Regiment to Strood, and proceeddd thence by the North Kent Railway to Gravesend, where thy arrived at 11 o'clock a.m., and embarked in the Hotspur and Agincourt freight-ships for a passage to the East Indies, their destination being in the first instance Madras. The head-quarters of the regiment will leave Chatham early in the present week for the same desti nation. Upwards of 800 men have been entered in the London district alone for her Majesty's service in .different regi ments of the line within the last 28 days. Mr. John Keyse attended before the members of the select cotnnaitt,!o at Woolwich on Friday and Saturday to submit his invention of an improvement in loading small arms by abolishing the application of the cartridge to the mouth to bite'off the end. All that is required is to the mouth of the barrel and the outside of the bayonet to a small extent in a vandyke form, which gives the thumb of the left or whichever hand is used a complete purchase over the waste paper portion of the cartridge, and the part containing the powder is torn off without losing any por- NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The report of the capture of two Russian ships of war, the Aurora and Diana, in the Pacific, by Rear-Admiral Price, our Commander in-Chief in those seas, with her Majesty's ships President (flag) and Trincomalee, is not confirmed by actual despatches from the Admiral, which had not time to arrive in dnecourse; but the gratifying news is rendered more probable by the fact that her Ma jesty's Minister at the Court of Brazil has deemed the statement of the Swedish captain who brought the news to Rio Janeiro sufficiently I•eliable to communicate it to the Government at home. The latest movements in the Black Sea fleets we have in letters from Baltahik of the 4th inst., and Constantinople of the same date. On the Ist Captain Mends, of the Are thusa, 50-gun frigate, had rejoined the Agamemnon, 91, as flag to Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., Cap tain Symonds going back to the Arethusa. All the French and English troops bad been disem barked at Varna, and were gradually advancing towards Silistria. The army was sadly ix want of the means of " heavy draught," which had been the great cause of their detention. The fleet on the 3d inst. was joined by Admiral Bruat and five sail of the line, including the crack steam ship Napoleon. The French thus outnumbered the British in the Black Sea by five sail of the line. Our steam rs were constantly employed cruising off Sebastopol, bring ing in prizes, &c. A Cossack officer had been t a k en by Captain Parker, of the Firebrand, 6, paddle-frigate, who sent him to Lord Raglan. The Turkish squadron left Balt shik on the 3d for the Bosphorus, to ship ammunition, &c. A Lieutenant and second master of the Leander were under close arrest, and were to be tried by court-martial. Four howitzers, taken from the Russians at Silistria, had been landed at Constantinople, and attracted large crowds of Turks to see them. Lieutenant Thompson, ad ditional of the Britannia, had been appointed to the Fury, vice Blake, at Malta Hospital. Mr. Wright, clerk of the Teirible, had been appointed in charge of the Banshee, vice Warburton, to be Acting-Paymaster of the Vesuvius. The Arethusa passed Constantinople on the 3d, en route to Athent!, to relieve the Leander. An impending court-mar tial was the - cause of the latter slip being recalled to the fleet. The Megmra was under orders to go to the Archi pelago to replace the Triton, broken down. The Retribu tion, 28, paddle-frigate, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, arrived a tenstantinople on the 2d with his Royal High ness Lieutenant-General the Duke of Cambridge, who had an interview with the Austrian Ambassador, and returned to Varna on the following day. The Vesuvius, 6, paddle frigate,. Commander Powell, arrived at Constantinople on the 30th ult., with three prizes in tow, captured off the Danube. A Malta correspondent, writing on the 11th inst., says—" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon, with the homeward India mail oa board, has just been telegraphed. "The Vectis, with a portion of the India mail sent through France via Marseilles, will Jake her departure without loss of time. " The quarantine is again in force in this island, and several rooms in the lazaretto are occupied. On the 4th inst. the French mail steamer Egyptus, from Marseilles, arrived in port, when it became known that two of the soldiers on board had died on the previous day, and 12 of the others bad been attacked by violent colic and dysen tery. The vessellwas immediately placed in quarantine, and the Board of Health assembled at 9 a.m. on the fol lowing day. It seems that the Egyptus, a small steamer, was crowded with troops and horses, besides suppliei of forage, in addition to the usual number of passengers. These were all ended in the lazaretto on the stli, and at night such as were enabled to proceed continued their pas sage to Gallipoli. Among, the passengers on board were M. Mavrocordato, President of the Council in Greece, his son, and an aide-de-camp, but these gentlemen preferred remaining behind and staying their nine days' quarantine to continuing their voyage in a vessel too crowded for health or comfort. The number of sick left behind was 22, of whom two died on the evening of Thursday, one on Friday morning, and one on Saturday ; and one of the men engaged in coaling the vessel has been attacked and died. .41though there can be little doubt that cholera is the disease - that now exists in our lazaretto, yet at present it is not of a very malignant character. The men attacked were troops who, having been marched from Avignon to Marseilles, were kept on the quay at the latter place four hours previous to embarking under a broiling sun ; they indulged in the enjoyment of fruit and wine without mo deration, and afterwards embarked in a vessel greatly overcrowded. - . _ " After the lapse of several days, during which no British troops liave reached the island, there arrived cn , Saturday the British transport Palmyra, No. 94, from Dublin, in 32 days, having on board Lieutenant and Adjutant Webb, Cornet Fisher, Paymasterßiggs, Quartermaster Drake, with 43 troopers of the 4th Dragoon Guards and 37 horses. Assistant'Surgeon Harris, of the 88th Regiment, was also on board. " The Tonninc , steam paddle-wheel transport, from PortsmoUth aneGibraltar, arrived on Sunday, the 9th, having on board. Captain the Hon. H. L. Rowley (6th Light Dragoons), Lieutenant Churchill (Riflo Brigade), Assistant• Surgeon Lewis, 38th Regiment ; 152 men, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade ; 22 'men, 6th Light Dragoons ; 3 men, 13th Light Dragoons; 7 men, 17th Lancers, and 50 horses. " The Shooting Star transport . , from Varna, out of 22 days, also arrived on the 9th inst. " The Tynemouth screw steam-transport, No. 102, from Sheerness and Gibraltar, with Captains Grant (command ing Ambulance Corps) and Pigott, Adjutant William Henry, Assistant-Surgeon Jackson, Mr. R. B. Nicklin, photographer, 310 men of the Ambulance Corps, 2 men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, and 3 horses, reached the island on Monday, the 10th. " The Vulcan arrived early this morning, after a good passage. . . . . . " The 4th Regiment is the only one remaining at Galli- pol " The Fury was to leave Constantinople on the 7th for Odessa, with a sufficient number of Russian prisoneri on board to exchange for those of the Tiger, it being deter mined to exchange man for man. " The number of French and English troops who passed brough Malta from the 24th of May to the Bth of July is, of English, 31,473, with 4,928 horses, and of French, 16,272, with 7,426 horses." The Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, Captain the Hon. Keith Steivart, got away from Spithead on Saturday evening about 8 o'clock for the Downs. On Thursday another of the 8-gun steam-vessels building to.operate against the Russians was launched from her Majestfs Dockyard at Pembroke. She is named the Ariel —a sister vessel to the Swallow—and is to be brought for ,ard for immediate service in the Baltic. The Rhadamanthus, steam store-vessel, Master Com /nape] erJ. Belam, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday night from Portsmouth, and on Friday and Saturday delivered ald stores from the western ports. She is now under orders to take on board a quantity of machinery for the Exmouth, 91, screw steam-ship, just launched at Devonport ; and on her way round to the westward she will have to call at Chatham and take on board a quantity of converted ma hogany timber for the construction of the new royal steam yacht, the Windsor Castle.: So far as has been ascertained it is understood the result of the voyage to Malta in the Himalaya of the members of the committee appointed to report on the eligibility of the screw propeller as a means of propulsion for the Windsor Castle, royal steam-yacht, is in favour of a screw stearn-yacht for her Majesty's use, and the Windsor Castle will now be proceeded withopo her original design for a screw steam-yacht. The success of the scraw when applied to the largest ship of war is evidence of its great superiority over the paddle-wheels, and the day cannot be far distant when her Majesty will possess a screw steam-royal yacht worthy of the Queen of a country possessing the finest screw steam-fleet in the world. The Hornet, 17, screw steam-sloop, Commander Frede rick A. Campbell, left Woolwich for Greenhithe on Satur day morning, to have her compasses adjusted, preparatory to leaving the river to join the fleet in the White Sea. The Industry, screw_ steam store-vessel,- Master Com mander George L. Bradley, was taken out of the basin at Woolwich on Saturday, preparatory to proceeding to Dept ford, to take on board stores for conveyance to the Black Sea. The Formidable, 84, Captain-Superintendent John Jer vis Tucker, was put out .of the fitting basin at Sheerness on Saturday last, and moored at the swinging buoy for the convenience of expediting her further fitment, under the directions of her commander, Josiah Thompson. In clearing the dock of the water it was found that the Vulture, 6, paddle-wheel steam-fri g ate, had car r i e d away the lower part of her fore gripe and the foremast shift of her false keel, which was done while threading her wa y up towards the bar off Gamla Karleby. Th e damage was repaired on Saturday afternoon. During the time she was in dry dock her officers and crew were engaged lightening her, by discharging coals, shot, chain cables, seamen ' s b e d s, bags, &c., and the master shipwright succeeded in getting her out of dock at 4.45 p.m. that may, just on the top of high water. In consequence of the tides taking off, there wore great doubts whether she could be got out. Dining the entire day Vice-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon and the Captain-Superintendent John Jervis Tucker were present. Her Majesty's steam block-ship Exmouth, 91, launched on Wednesday at Plymouth, was masted on Thursday, and placed in the floating dock at Keyham on Friday, to receive engines, boilers, etc., after which she will be cop leered, preparatory to her being placed in commission with all despatch. Forty labourers have been sent from the Devonport yard to expedite her fittings. The Calcutta, having received her guns and stores, was placed at her sailing moorings on Saturday. Admiralty orders have been received to make good the deficiencies of all advanced ships in the port of Plymouth. The hired steam-transports Colombo and Simla arrived at Plymouth early on Sunday morning. The Colombo will be placed in the Sound to receive the 20th Regiment quar tered in the Citadel. The Skala will go to Keyham yard, to embark the 4th Dragoons, from Exeter. The Vulture is now ..berthed alongside the basin at Sheerness, getting in her stores again, and will be ready to leave to-morrow or Wednesday. Mr. Charles F. Turner, the paymaster, has been sent to Melville Hospital, for medical treatment for 14 days. He will not therefore leave in her on her present run out to the Baltic. Mr. Turner's illness proceeds from violent colds taken while in the Baltic, which have produced an inflammatory affection of the-lungs. This frigate is thoroughly well-manned and well-officered. Yesterday the crew were mustered after breakfast, and, with their officers, attended morning ser vice at the Dockyard Chapel ; a number of their rela tives and friends were also present. The men were after wards granted leave, returning to their duty this morning. The Ganges, 84 guns, recently unlocked • the Siren, 16- gnu sloop, and the Waterwitch , 8-gun sloop, .are to be. taken to their harbour moorings from the fitting basin to morrow. Contracts for 2,000 quarters of wheat were taken by Captain-Superintendent Courtonay, at the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport, on Thursday last, at an average of 745. 6d. par quarter, and 2,000 more are advertised for. The mills and bakery now work all night and day, not ex cepting Sundays. 8,000 bags (400 tons) of bread have been shipped off from this establishment during the past week. There are at p r esent one steam-ship (tue Rajah) which arrived off the Gosport National Storehouse on Saturday from Southampton, and four sailing vessels loading with provisions, forage, &c., for the seat of war. 1.3 3' the death of Rear-Admiral of the White William on board the been relievedSheiv Severn mailco m Willmott Henderson 0.8 late Commander-in- Chief the following_ prom of the British squadron on the South-East Coast of America station, which occurred while on his passage home M.P., to be Rear-Admiral Johnston, Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Herbert K.C.8., otions take place : C a pt a i n and Commodore Henry Byam Martin, C. 8., commanding her Mfrjbst 'ship • be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. y s Nile, 91, in the Baltic, to rat paoanfcdk the e t packet, n il t i e e . lath inst., Rear-Admiral s t . having p e tion of the powder, which is at the mouth of the barrel ready to be poured into it. DEVONPORT, SUNDAY. Calcutta, 84, Captain James J. Stopford, was taken to her sailing moorings yesterday. Meander, 44, Captain Thomas Baillie, is expected to be ready for sea by the end of the month. - She proceeds from this place to Falmouth, thence to Greenock, and from thence to Lisbon. Devon, lighter, sailed yesterday for Haulbowline ; and the Quail, lighter, arrived. COURT MARTIAL—A court-martial assembles to-morrow on board the Impregnable guard ship, for the trial of Lieut. Fred. G. Leigh, of the Meander, on a charge of drunken ness. Mr. John Beer, solicitor, appears as the professional adviser of the prisoner, and it is said that the appearances which led to the charge were from the effects of laudanum administered medicinally by a chemist on shore, to whom Lieut. Leigh was compelled to apply previous to his return to the ship from leave. Rumour also says that the charge has its origin in some predetermination that Lieut. Leigh should leave the ship, and that evidence to this effect will be produced. This plan of watching to " trip up the heels" of an officer, whose appointment may not please a superior, is far too prevalent in the service, and for the credit of the service should receive some strong mark of Admiralty dis pleasure. MILITIA. The East Suffolk artillery, under the command of Colo nel Adair, has been practising with shot and shell at Land guard Fort, Harwich, and on Thursday so riddled the object of their aim, an old vessel called the Cumberland, that she sank. The Bedfordshire militia are to be called out on the Ist of August for service at Portsmouth. It has been decided that the barracks for the 2d as well as for the Ist Regiment of the Cheshire Militia shall be built at Chester. It was thought that the barracks for the 2d Regiment would be at Stockport ; but the Lord-Lient tenant (the Marquis of Westminster) has not considered that course desirable. EXETER AND SOUTH DEVON VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. —Sir Edmund Saunderson Prideaux, Bart., the military commandant, inspected the Exeter Company of this regi ment, on the open space near the cavalry barrack, on Saturday afternoon, and spoke in hi g h t erms o f pra i se of the progress and present condition of the oorps. Sir Edmund is about proceeding on a tour of inspection throughout the country. This (Monday) morning he will visit Exmouth, and Totnes in the afternoon. To morrow morning he will be at Torquay, and at Teign month on Wednesday. It has been stated to the regi 'ment that this proceeding, on the part of the major commandant is a preparation for a general muster of the battalion. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Thursday a conversazione took place at this insti tution to celebrate the , commencement of a new career of management, with Mr. J. H. Pepper at the head, as resident director. During the last few days the interior of the building has been entirely renovated, and various alterations have been effected which give increased novelty and interest to the exhibition. Many of those objects which _have stood prominently forward for some years past have given 'place-to modern inventions and scientific improvements, and the result is that visitors are at once impressed with the idea that the institu tion has been reopened under circumstances of a most auspicious character. The decorations, no less than the objects exhibited, present various features of novelty, and, the general appearance of the gal lery indicates a determination on the part of -Mr. Pepper to adapt his resources to the taste and requirements of the age. The ceremonial of last even ing included a selection of entertainments which are peculiar to this establishment, and amongst them were an exhibition by M. Duboscq of some new experiments in optics with the electric light ; a representation by the same gentleman of a novel illuminated fountain display ing a variety of colours ; and a new optical exhibition of dissolving views illustrasing -the late J. M. W. Turner's "Scenes on the River Loire,".with descrip tion by Mr. George Hodder. In reference to the expe riments presented by Monsieur Duboscq it would be superfluous to enter into a detail of particulars, as the scientific world could not but take exception to a news paper description of an exhibition which appeals espe cially to the taste and judgment of the learned, whilst those who are unacquainted with such matters, or pos sess only a superficial knowledge -of them, would not appreciate that which • only gives amusement where it pleases the eye. Suffice it that M. Duboscq testified in the most satisfactory and agreeable manner that he has made certain discoveries in optics which, whilst they gratify the inspector, prove to demonstration that he is worthy of the position he holds as a man eminent in the scientific world of Paris. The series of dis solving views, exhibited for the first time on this occasion, form a portion (as the description announces) of the col lection of drawings published under the title of the " Rivers of. France," and executed by the late J. M.W. Turner, R.A., some years ago, when, in company with Mr. Leitch Ritchie, he travelled through the country in search of the picturesque and the beautiful. The various scenes, as exhibited on the disk, form admirable illustra tions of Turner's style ef art in those days when he avoid ed that tendency to the fantastic which distinguished his later wotks, and may fairly be classed amongst the most successful productions the public have yet seen of this kind of dioramic exhibition. The gallery was orna mented with magnific a ent specimens of gold and silver plate from the respective establishments of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell and Messrs. Elkington ; a collec tion of designs in porcelain and terracotta, from the manufactory of Messrs. Copeland & Co.; a new electrical apparatus, and a large electro-magnetic apparatus illus trating the application of electricity as a motive power, by Mr. Allan, and Messrs. Watkins & Hill ; Bachoffner and Defries's gas fire electric telegraphs from the Electric Telegraph Company; and various other effective illustra tions of the progress of art and science in this country. There were, moreover, numerous specimens of photo graphy dy the best artists in the school, including Mr. Mayan and Mr. Williams ; the former displaying por traits of men distinguished in literature or science, and the latter a selection of various departments in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. These portraits and scenes, viewed through the medium of the stereoscope, were amongst the most interesting features of the even ing's amusements, which were agreeably enlivened by the performance of a select orchestra, under the direc tion of Mr. Wand, whilst the gallery was tastefully de corated with flowers and evergreens, which gave to the institution an aspect of light and cheerfulness which it has not heretofore assumed. The proceedings of the evening were opened with an inaugural address by Mr. John Walter, M.P.,, who stated that as the object of this institution was the cultivation of experimental phi losophy, he could assure his hearers that he would not stand very long between them and their natural desire to witness the interesting experiments they were now called upon to witness: It was his duty, however, to offer a few remarks upon the history and pro gress of the institution ; but before doing so he was bound in vindication of himself to explain to them why he occupied the position he was placed in, and what reason he had for intruding himself upon them for one moment. There were some who might naturally sup pose that he was a new candidate for scientific honours, and that he was about to offer them a discourse on his tory or science, such as a Brougham or a Herschel might give them ; but be was sorry that those who en tertained such an idea would find themselves deceived. He need only inform the company that a friend of his and of Mr. Pepper called upon him, and stated they had an urgent request to make of him, and upon his asking the nature of the request, he was informed that the directors of the institution were anxious to make it a school for all classes of the community, and particularly the working classes, and with this view they had placed the establishment under new management. The result was the present inaugural meeting, and although he was extremely reluctant to pre sume to address so large an assembly under such circum stances, he was extremely happy to have this opportu nity of testifying to the merit of the institution. He believed it was hardly necessary for him to trouble them with any statement—although he had been requested to do so—as to the origin of this institution ; but he might inform them that he well recollected that some 20 years ago lie was delighted and edified with the experi ments he saw, especially with the steam gun, which he then witnessed at the Adelaide Gallery. This gallery led to the formation of this larger and more extended establishment, which was not only a museum of natural science, but a school for useful and entertaining know ledge to a great mass of the people, who were unable to obtain it through any other channel. It appeared that a gentleman named Payne, having a desire to establish the present institution, obtained the assistance of seve ral patriotic gentlemen, who found the necessary capital, and the Polytechnic was thus set on foot. He need not say that it was extremely popular at the very outset, and be was glad to confess that he drew some of his earliest ideas of science from the information he hat gained at this place. As time went on, new opportunities of making use of the institution arose. The managers deter mined to extend their operations and make magnificent theatres, and to carry on experiments on a scale which should contribute to the amusement and edification of the public. The effect had been as desired, and the ob jects of the institution might now be classified under five heads—the formation of a museum or repository of new inventions and improvements—the elucidation of vari ous discoveries which were made from time to time in the higher departments of science, both practical and experimental—to exhibit not only models of any improvements, but to render 'science more attractive to the popular mind than it had hitherto been —to make experiments and to deliver lectures upon subjects with which the public were or desired to be familiar—and to afford an opportunity for detecting and exposing po pular fallacies, such as table-turning, which he had sug gested to Mr. Pepper the propriety of calling attention to as one of the most gross and monstrous deceptions which was ever introduced to the public. As he re garded the results to be hoped for under the new manage ment, he need only say that he thought it was highly commendable on the part of the managing director to open the institution, if only once a week, for the pur pose of affording the labouring classes an opportunity of obtaining education upon scientific subjects. There could be no doubt that the institution possessed immense means of conveying information on the elementary branches of science, and he had great pleasure in wish ing Mr. Pepper all the success the establishment de served for the great benefits it was calculated to confer on the community. (Cheers,) Sir George Cayley proposed, and Dr. Spurgin se conded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Walter for his kind ness in presiding on the occasion, and for the graceful manner in which he had discharged the duty he had undertaken. The company then procelded to witness the various objects of amusement and attraction which have been named. INK SPOTS ON WOOD.—I use spirits of salt (muriatie acid). T o r ev i ve th e co l our , if d rawn ou t, app l y raw linseed oil, with alkanet root steeped it it.—The Builder. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thusrday a court was held for the despatch of public business. A greater number of aldermen than usually at tend were present in consequence of the expected revival of the question connected with the interests of Christ's Hospital, of which the aldermen are ex officio governors. ABOLITION OF THE CITY STREET TOLLS. Mr. GILPIN gave notice of a motion that, in accordance with a former resolution of the court embodied in the sug gestions made by the court to the commissioners, the street tolls be abolished at the end of the year. (Hear.) Deputy PEACOCK : Why, everybody knows that the street tolls are all mortgaged. (Hear, hear, and laughter). A MEMBER : Never mind, it is only notice of motion. REFUGE FOR CRIMINALS AND OUTCASTS. Mr. BUTLER brought up the report of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, recommendieg the grant of 1051. to the Metropolitan Industrial Refuge for Criminals and Outcasts. Mr. ELLIOTT objected in the strongest manner to the re commendation, as he considered the question of criminal reform, according to the present sentimental acceptation, ono of the grand humbugs of the day. He reprobated the idea of watching over and indulging, to an extent never thought of as regarded industrious and blameless people, the very worst and basest of mankind. (Hear, and no, no.) By encouraging such a system, the corporation would be of fering a temptation to persons to become dishonest. He had lately talked with a professional man connected with the prison in a country town, who had considerable experience as to the effect of the sentimental treatment of the class of persons to whom he alluded, and stated to that authority his opinion that nothing would be likely to lead to their refor mation but stripes, and pains, and punishment. The answer was, that there was no doubt of the correctness of the opi nion, but that the public honest avowal of it would be de structive of the very means of livelihood possessed by the official, who would in fact be persecuted to death by the powerful supporters of the system. He thought that to encourage such a proposition at a time when soldiers and sailors were required for service (criminals being for the most part able-bodied fellows, able to fight for as well as to break, the laws of their country), would be wholly un worthy of the corporation, and with all his heart he op posed the grant recommended by the committee. Mr. GILPIN regretted that the race of persons who bad offered such memorable opposition to the humane efforts of Howard was not yet extinct, and that at the present day an individual, who must be considered as a type of the ad versaries of lenity, was to be found within the walls of the Common Council. (Laughter.) Yes, he knew the bene volent reformer to whom he alluded • was told by the Elliotts of that day, that the dirtier was the prison, the heavier the lash, and the longer the incarceration, the better for society and for the offender against its la ws . B u t his worthy friend was quite mistaken in the view he had taken of the objects of the refuge for which the sympathies of the court were implored. Many of the poor children whose reformation was contemplated were actually ignorant that they bad acted criminally until they were locked up in prison for the violation of the law. (Hear, hear.) The question was then put, and the grant was agreed to by a large majority. - Upon the Motion of Alderman CUBITT, a petition from the inhabitants of St. Paul, Deptford, for pecuniary assist •ance towards completing the church of St. James, Hatcham, was referred to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Com mittee. Several petitions were presented by Sir James Duke for the alteration of the metropolitan cattle-market day from Monday to Tuesday, and referred to the Market Improve ment Committee. PURCHASE OF THE SITE OF GILTSPUR-STREET PRISON. Mr. THORP presented the following memorial from the treasurer and committee of almoners of Christ's. Hospital. . - " That on the 26th of October last a memorial was ad dressed to your honourable Court by the president, trea surer, and committee of almoners of Christ's Hospital, re questing to be allowed to enter into a negotiation for the acquisition and purchase, by the governors of Christ's Hos pital,,of the Compter, in Giltspur-street, which memorial was referred by your honourable Court to the City lands Com mittee. , " That it having been 'intimated 'to your memorialiSts that the City Lands Committee were willing to consider any pro posal which the governors of Christ's Hospital might think proper to make, a proposition was submitted to them on the part of the said governors to purchase the site. of the Comp ter (with or without the buildings thereon) at such a price as the surveyor to the city of London and the surveyor to Christ's Hospital, or, in case they could not agree as any third person, to be previously named by them should determine to be the fair value of the property; and thereupon a 'deputation of the governors of Christ's Hospital was invited to attend the City Lands Committee at their next meeting. A deputa tion of the governors attended accordingly, 'when they were given to understand that their proposition to refer the ques tion of value could not be entertained ; but that if they do. sired it, another opportunity would be afforded them of making a. definitive offer for the property. " That, in consequence of this intimation, the surveyor of Christ's Hospital was directed to report to the governors his opinion of the extreme value of the property; and in pur suance of his recommendation they offered the sum of 15,000/. for the ground (exclusive of the buildings) ; which sum your memorialists are advised is not only the full value of the property, but above any estimated value that could be made of the ground for any ordinary purpose to which it could be applied.' And they further offered to pay the amount either in money or by an exchange of freehold property in London of equal value. "That your memorialists have been informed that a report has been presented to your honourable Court by the City Lands Committee, certifying their opinion that it is not expe dient to accept the proposition of your memorialists, or to comply with the memorial of the said president, treasurer, and committee, and that such report was agreed to by your honourable Court on the 18th day of May last. .. " That the extent of the accommodation afforded by the present building of Christ's Hospital is inadequate to the large number of children maintained and educated therein ; and that the - 'governors contemplate making' various altera tions and improvements iu the system of education and ge neral management of the charity, which will require enlarged space for the erection of additional school-rooms and other buildings. "That on the discontinuance of the Compter as a prison the governors had hoped to have obtained the consent of your honourable Court to the sale of it to them, and to have been enabled thereby to carry out their contemplated im provements; but if your honourable Court shall determine to adhere to your resolution of the 18th of May last, they will be obliged either to abandon their intentions from want of room, or to reduce the number of children in the hospital. " That yotir memorialists have heard that an impression is entertained by some members of the City Lands Com mittee (which may have materially influenced their report), that the governors of Christ's Hospital are desirous of obtain ing the property in question with the intention of letting it for building, and deriving an income therefrom; but such an impression (if it has been entertained) is erroneous, inasmuch as it is the object and intention of the governors to appro priate the ground solely to the purposes above-mentioned. " Upon these grounds, your memorialists request that your honourable Court will reconsider the subject, and con sent to the sale of the Compter in Giltspur-street, to the governors of Christ's Hospital, for the purposes of the said hosp your honourable Court should s till b e o f opi nionther the proposition of your memor i o li sts to re fer the question of value to the surveyors of the tw o corpo rations, ,nor their offer of 15,000/. fo r th e property can be that ta l ; and nei if acce pt e d, that your honourable Court will be pleased to state to your memorialists the terms upon which you may be willing to consent to such sale, as they cannot but entertain a confident expectation that the corporation of London will not withhold from the governors of Christ's Hospital the only means which are ever likely to present themselves of extend ing the benefit of an institution in which the city of London is so largely interested. " By order and on behalf of the treasurer and committee of almoners of Christ's Hospital. (Signed) " GEORGE TROLLOPE, " July 4, 1854." - Clerk of Christ's Hospital. Mr. 'THORP then moved that the memorial be'referred to the Committee of City Lands, that a further opportu nity of negotiating might be afforded in so important a question. Deputy BEDFORD seconded the motion. Mr. Cox moved the previous question, upon the ground that the offer was by no means proportioned to the value of the site. He would be happy to givelo,ooo/. more than the proposed sum, and was sure the property could be dis posed of to vastly greater advantage. Mr. DE JERSEY seconded the amendment. Deputy CORNEY supported the memorial, and urged the claims which the great institution had upon the corpora tion of London. A discussion of considerable length took place, in which several members joined. A division at length took place, when there appeared—For referring the petition to the committee, 34; against that proposition, 29; majority in favour of tho petition, 5. Mr. Cox then propOsed another amendment, to the effect of referring tho question to the City Solicitor to give his opinion as to the legality of the reference. Upon that proposition a long discussion likewise took place, which was ended by the counting out of the court. The matter therefore remains in state quo. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—The Gazette .17elidomadaire de Medecine et de Chirurgerie gives an account of some experiments equally important in a practical as a theore tical point of view, and from which it results that air passed through cotton no longer produces either fermen tation or putrefaction. The journal describes as follows the plan of proceeding of two German savants who have made these experiments. The apparatus made use of is simply composed of a glass globe, hermetically closed by cork covered with wax, and provided with two t u b es, o i ne Of which is in communication with one of the extremities of the filterer, which is itself terminated by a small tube at right angles. The second tube serves as an aspirator ; it goes down almost to the bottom of the globe, and communicates he rme ti ca ll y with a gasometer. The globe contains the fermentable substance. When it has been ascertained that the joints are perfectly closed, the globe is placed in a vessel containing boiling water, where it is kept until the different tubes of communica tion have become hot, after which a second examination takes place to see that every part remains hermetically closed, and then the cock of the aspirator is placed in such a manner that the water runs drop by drop. A first experiment was made on muscular meat, with water added, and in order tl make a proper comparison there was placed near the apparatus'a second globe containing the same kind of meat, and communicating freely with the atmospheric air. At the end of a fortnight, the matter contained in the second globe was in a complete state of putrefaction, whilst that in the globe which only received the filtered air was not at all changed, and when at the end of 23 days the apparatus was opened, the meat was just as it was on the first day. From those experiments it results that meat recently boiled, and fresh broth, may be kept thus good for several weeks. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT A LIVERPOOL DOCKYARD.— On Thursday night, shortly before eleven o'clock, a very destructive fire broke out in the dockyard belonging to the Dock Committee, situate on the west side of the Brunswick Dock and south side of the Coburg Dock, Liverpool. The fire raged fiercely from eleven o'clock p.m. to two o'clock a.rn., but at the latter hour it had expended its fury on the devoted building in which it originated, and the exertions of the fire brigade pre vented its extending to the moulding room or saw pits. At present it is impossible to estinnte the damage, but it must be 4,0001. to 5,0001., and it was also stated that the premises were uninsured. The tool boxes of the men working in the yard were plaeed on one side of the building, and the whole were destroyed.—Liverpool Chronicfr. SHIPPING IN7'ELLiGENGA CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 15. ENTERED INWARDS. —The Marie, from Ufflea ; Nereide, Jamaica ; Fenix, Russian prize of war ; Terseita, Matan zas ; Lucy Sharp, Penang ; Twee Systra, Hilkea ; Jo hanna, Marstrand ; Dolphin, Sletehann ; Natalie, Leg horn ; Alexander, Pernambuco ; Esperanza, Punta Arenas ; Niette Margrettie, Hudikswall ; Traude Sods kende, Kramfors ; Neptumus, Umea ; Mary Lyon, Cadiz; Ann L. Rosetta, Caen ; Maria, Stralsund; Nouvelle Union, Bordeaux; Urania, Callao; Frithjof, Sundawall ; Active, Gefle ; Oscar, Stockholm ; Spark of the Ocean, St. Stephen's, N.B. ; Arthur Leery, St. John's, N.B. ; Minnos, Gefle ; John Henry, Cienfueous ; Anna Maria, Grossensiel; Catherine F er dinancie, Daazic ; Wilhelmine, Konigsburg ; Elwine Fredderike, Stettin; Maria, Memel; Ann Mackay, Caen ; Maria, Gothenburg ; Ellida, Dram ; Freya, ditto ; Stetta, Oporto ; Samuel Barnard, Caen ; Enchanter, Geelong ; Roman Empress, Havanna. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.— The Pring Fre derick, for Stettin; Queen, Bremen • Venus, Altona ; Margareta Alida, Stetti n ; Aberfoyle, Geelong ; J. J. Hat horn, Philadelphia ; Wm. Conyuges, Malta ; Ceres, Sierre Leone ; Bonne Mere, Rouen ; Mathilda, Trinidad; Neeride, Jamaica; Clara, Leghorn. VESSELS SPOKEN ITH. The Charles (schooner), lat. 41 N., lon W g. S W. The Burn, from Li verpoo l f or Lima, May 14, lat. 7 S., long. 24 W. The Three Friends, from Iquique fur Falmouth, Juno 15. lat. 31 N., long. 38 W. The Ocean Child, from Rio Janeiro for Gibraltar, Juno 16, lat. 32 N., long. 39 W. The Janet and Mary, from Mauritius for London;June 16. The Sir Charles .otapier, from Coquimbo for Swansea, June 19. The William and Elizabeth, from Shields for Newfound land, June 30, lat. 42 N, long. 29 W. The Ivy Green, of Liverpool, from Marseilles for Boston/ June 23, off Gibraltar. The Princeza, from Liverpool for Port Natal, June 30, lat. 30 N, long. 16 W. Dutch barque, showing R. No. 368, outward bound, July 8, lat. 46 N, long. 9 W. The Harlington, off Cape St. Mary, June 27. COUNTRY MARK TS. HADDINOTON CORN MARKET —JULY 14. WIIIAT. I BARLAT OATS. mcANB First 7 63 Od 39s Od 1 38s 6d 52s al Second 67s 7d 1 36a ld 1 325 8,1 50s 2d T hird s6s Od I 28s Od 1 28s Od 48s 0a Total quantity of wheat in market, 365 qrs., 322 soil barley „ 103 qrs., 7 7 sous - oats „ 248 qrs., 214 sold beans ~, 37 qrs., 21 Nola AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, I/. 7 7 0-12ths 1 Barley, _V. 16 1 4-12thS Oats, ... 11. 12 8 11-I2ths 1 Beans, .....21. 10 2 44211 l PP PP PP PP DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JULY 13. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 309 Wheat 73s 6d 00s 0(1 205 Oats 36 s 0 1 oos Od .... ..... 00s 0 4 514 Barley 37s 9d oos Od 20 Peas & beans 53, Od oos Od Average of wheat, 3/. 4s. sd. DUBLIN, JULY 11. White wheat, Ocl. 40s to 443 Od ; red ditto, 39s to 42s barley, 16s 6d t o 22s ; oats, 15s 6d t o 17s 9d ; rapeseed 00s Od to 00s Od p er b r l ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 18s ocl ; baker! flour, 22s Od to 27a Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 39s Od to 4381 a per 1301bs. RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues to improve in tone. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 221. shares , G dis. ; Caledonian, alg A ; East Lancashire, 164 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, fiq ; London and North-Western , 1031; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 213 ; Midland, 653 ; South-E as t ern, 19; York and North Midland, 271. MANCHESTER, JULY 15. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market to-day has been tolev ably b r i s k, pr i ces not being well supported. The sille4B, were :—Leed s , 66 ; Mi dland, 65A ; Sheffield, 211 A Dover, 18 15-16, 19 ; Caledonian, - 314 ; Blackburn, SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-oflta by the night—and Mby the morning —despatch.) Day when m axle ty From what When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Fort due w Office, London.* Dispatched. Engl, nd° .••••••.!' -. Imerica(byftrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • . Liverpool ... America (by United Sts. 4 .......... Liverpool ... July 1 9 .. .• ..... • Southampton i Im pa e c r k ic e a t) (b . ; •i. U. atampton) .......... Australia a ) iy . i . i . wn . ith .N . , States l . M July 4 .... • • Southampton Augus t Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. Dover .... . ' Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) .. .. ..N.Tuly I .. ...... . ... Uncert/1111 Africa (West Coast) ..N 13d of th e month. Plymout h.. July 6 ...... Alexandria ----..N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Al 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ...........M 17th of the month, Southampton Belgium ............N D aily.. Brazil - .... - .... ..11 1 9th of the month.. Southampton July ft; Buenos Ayres - - - .. M '9th of the month.. SouthamptonlJuly 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month Southampton . . Ceylon (sco India) Ceylon ....... • • .....N 14th of the month Jly ZIL. Channel Isles ........N M on . ,W ed.,&lrrid. Southa m pt on To u , Tn... . .'"- Chill—. .... .......M 2d & 17th o f month Southampton July E 6 • China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&27 of m. Dover ...... / Constantinople ........ th & 20th of mon. • iuthampton Cont. of Europe M& N T w i ce d aily .. . . Dover ....., Twic ou'"" Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twi ce d a i ly.. .• .. Dover ....... Twic, OW Gibraltar -- - - ~M 4, 7,17 , 20, 27 o f m . Southampton i july Au Greece (see India) Greytown - - - ....DI 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton (July 1 6 .11amburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Havannah .......... iti 2nd of the month Southampton Aug. 1 Holland ............M Daily.... - . .... Dover ....... Daily l 6 Honduras .........M 17th of the month. Southampton July IL India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. July `" India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover ...... I ' lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... mitt Ireland ........M & N Twice daily .. •... Holyhead iTwlf Wt., - Lisbon.. .. .. •• •• .... M 7,9, 17, &270 f m. SCuthampto7). ! July 72 ° Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southampton IJuly ly Madeira i ........... N 23d of month .... Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Malta .....• • • ......N 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. 90 Mauritius (see India) Dover ..... . Jul r Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month .. Mexico ............ 31 1 2nd of the month.. Southampton Au r• ' Naples- .... • ..... ..N 'bt. llls th 2 sthofinon. Dover ...... New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month' Southampton ,_.fig New Zea1and.......... By private skip .. Various port ur t itectil. Papal States ........N sth ibth2hthoflnon. Dover ...... Peninsula ..........M Ithl7th2B th oftnon. Southampton , 6 Peru ..........,, „.im /d & 97th of mon. Southampton '.TaZY . ' Port Natal ..........14 14th of the month, Plymouth .. Sicily •.... ..........N s thl s th2sthofmon, Dover ...... 1 Tuscany .• •• • ... ....N sth 15 th25thofinott. Dover .... 16 Venezuela ........m 2d & 17th of month Southampton JOY Van Diemen's Land (see 1 Australia) . .. West Indies ........V 2d& 17th o. month Southampton .Tnh 16 Southappten 16 'July • When any of these dates fall ot a Sunday, the nuns despatched on the following day. with the exception of the Z 7 11 , A t ne Southampton), and the Malta, b o th o f wh i ch will be despatcl •au precedlpg day. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION. — SOUTHAMPTON 'The ra' day, 'July 13.—Th e sp l endid East India ship Ellen' borough, Captain Thornhill, left the docks this a fter' noon, and will sail on Friday for Port New castl e ' New South W a l es, taking out about 370 snajb equal to 330 statute adult emigrants, which 'mire besl l shipped from the Government emigration depot ill Southampton Docks. The Ellenhorough has ails° afu general cargo for the Australian markets, and a portio ° of her emigrant passengers comprises 50 labouxers, 131 are to be e ngage d upon the construction ' of the gunge ' River Railway. The Ellenborough is a nob/Act-look/ o ,g frigate-built ship of 1,200 tons and has attracted cops" derable attention while lying alongside the wharf in a° inner dock. The Anglo-Saxon, Captain J. Cbiapraant fine clipper ship of 763 tons register, belonging to x i. ' Peter Tindall, jun., sailed on Tuesday, f or sydneYy 336, equal to 286 statute adults, Government ern 41 grants, on board, under charge of Surgeon Grover' This ship has been fitted up on a new plan suggeste d by Mr. Smith, R.N., the emigration officer at al port, which for ingenuity and simplicity surpasn p any kind of fittings f or b ert hi ng em i grants that has- ;V been seen, and also affords much better ventilati on and accommodation to the passengers. With the e%'' ception of a few from the Channel Islands, all the eind i ' grants by the Anglo-Saxon are English. The Emig ra' 3 Captain Watso n , a very f i ne Aberdeen ship, saile d 404*°, Wednesday, for Adelaide, South Australia, conveyi.°B' 312 souls, equal to 2551 statute adults, received from' the depot here. They are principally English farnili as' and are placed under the superintendence of serge 0 , 1 ?! Spencer. Mr. C. A. Wood, one of Her Majesty's EP' gration Com m i ss i oners, paid a visit to th e Ellenhoroulli , Anglo-Saxon, and Emigrant, before their departvu'o' All these three ships have been despatched by Mes' Olt Dawson and Arroid. The Emigration Commissio" have chartered the ship Agra, to leave SoutharnpV . about the 18th of August, for Geelong. • BI.RTIIS. • OF A SON. On the 13th inst., at Basingstoke, the wife of the 1 V v. ' William Ring Workman, rector of Bastrop. On the 14th inst., at 27, Guildford-street, Russell-squ. ir e ' the wife of Mr. Robert White Thrupp. - - OF A DAUGHTER. On the 12th inst., at Cheshnnt, the wife of the I? 4 011 ' John Jessopp. On the 13th inst., at 8, Chester-street, the wife of Pli'aiP Pleydell-Bouverie, Esq. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-Equal" George Warrendor, Esq., only son of Si r J o h n W arren de° of Lochend, Bart., to Hlen, only c hild o f Si r Hugh iltil33l° Campbell, of illarhtnont, Bart. DIED. On the 14th inst., Melon Lo Kona, wife of John SentY Le lieu' of 10, Bolgrave-street, New-road, in her 42 year. On the 12th i ns t ., at Crosby-house, in the parish of Crosby-upon-Eden, Cumberland, the Rev. Thomas*Liw plugh Hervey, M.A., aged 49. On the 11th inst., at 2, Drummond-street, Edinburghr, Mr. W illiam Dunnett, KA., classi ca l mas t er, G eo r g Heriot's H os pit a l . 'ot On the 13th inst., at Little Strawberry-hill, Harrl Lydia, daught er of the late Hon. an d Rev. Edward John Tumour. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 i. Strand, in the Pr ec i nc t o f th e S avoy, in the county. ° Middleeex, Illondiy, July 17,1854.