The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-26 00:00:00

rai sed duri7 "....."'". "" Cornwall sup , g the l as t few ye, and their valu. had more th an half of the ores ars raisA in the United Kingdom. It n g been d es i rable to have a railway like the one proposed. in us attempt s h ad been made to effect this object —one been ' 6 , one i n '4l, and another in '43, and surveys had made, all of which had been unsuccessful, and much disap- Pointment wasthe result. The first landowners in that part of the ppo un t 9 rtion _et' w ere in f avour of the line. So also were the commercial of the inhabitants, o h had evinced th e i r i n t eres t i n th e in the by takin g shares. The principal ores annually raised ne county of C ornwall, exclusive of iron, amounted to 191,473 tons, the value of which was 1 ,291,7951.—(The Hon. Baronet tile:e exhibited a geological snap to the Committee, showing that 1:n valleys in the county undulate from north to south.) A rail )%, therefore, ru nning from east to west would cross these valleys ad,avalleY, however, undulated in that direction, and would offer Males for the construction of this line. (LETT ilrrlNO.) Group B. TAII RIP ON AND HARROGAT E LINE. tkrninepoannttee (Mr. C. M. Stewart, chairman), resumed this ReNlsiataetdil" of K naresborough was the first witness examined. ~, . that they were supplied at Knaresborough with coals f th e C " l'Pax , Manston, Middleworth, and other places, which, Vey. a ee , dB and Thirsk lines were formed, they could not be coirild uar-; 'I, but nearly the as whole district traversed the Ripon a at LL ea t a e Junction win coal he ky coals were sold t,,tailesnbortoupresent at ab out 6s. 10d. a ton, but were now sold at Ugh f rom 13s. to li s per ton. ter bij.eroas -exa mined by Mr. O YEREND, h e sa id t h e coal? used 4,,, ni Nt nine at Knaresborough came from Manston. Silkston b ete beVer than Manston. b_.' C latizi n .ialli sa . _ ed--The coals whicb came by the Leeds and Think r.,,,,001a1d not compete with the north country coals. lipo ti 4 1 1 *gt was re-examined regarding the population returt o is n , Friday'lt head th i s witness was examined at great length leat, I.lp o , bl ' had n,s er . Qu'elarnination by Mr. Ovum), witness admitted that ~f ivt kii":ocralculated the population in several townships within 'ann thor ' the Leeds and Thirsk line—Flaxby , Goldsborough, T,,, Pei and other places. tiroeth loaf s aid that h e cou ld not a ll ow counse l to go k r. 0 :2 , Faroe facts over and over again. ' , IN, .1'"Itioio said his obect was show that the poo d n l'hirs-101‘i'e rni les of th e linej for which to he appeared (the Leeds pulati an ki Pul atiQ ad not been accurately computed—in fact, 19,000 of the niih e ,„ 4 Within this district had been omitted in the returns fur mr',.o,3' the witness. ake4 er"oatNsoN said such was not the case—what the witness 11.11 In e, c.. _n , one line he gave to another, and examined the witness kr.""patlon of this statement. The Il i °h it Leather examined Owned a colliery near Leeds. I , ' ,!‘eolli e l'° ,,, n and Harrogate ne lin: would pass near the mouth of 'is ceili,;""within forty yards of it. Coals were now sold at S old h, kn Y lor four shillings and sixpence a ton, and would be d ,Ili es tat e ,re'borotigh for six shillings, in case the Ripon . and ear,. 't4e were completed. The Leeds and Thirsk line would k any of the Yorkshire coal as now projected. And ros be-"arnined—Had an interest ' in the Ripon and Harrogate ilothwelloig.!arried out. His coals were as good as Middleton or I, ke ezzin i , l 4l B' Coal, ''ked 0 tned--Had been concerned in railway contracts. I-I , ld d ti ver th e °, llit P l ana of arches on the Leeds and Thirsk line, r it , • less thaT,J ,ld not be performed at the price proposed, no '''''' 7 '• 3 d. per cubic yard. (Lett SITTING ) i p ., , 1,%. r -4,, A , _ Group Er.. _ H) RAILWAY. vbei 7 C o triteittee on ' t u ,. , P.Eit'l H Si r. r ., . nl line met ( a N t the ! usual hour this morning, th, , -Ot,, lot , t a C lause gist: i ' 9 .c., on .he part of the Scottish Midland, urged e 41411 '.iould b • ' • . and Perth Bill, ki,. 1 gthat cnh, e inserted in the Dun dee '' ,l n"n nich "P a nY to keep in abeyance the subject of ter. the ~b er- een ai , d „ a s a any to that effect had been imposed on i - o a r dt le influe AOrth. as well as the Scottish Central, over which an the'N'lte up on nee would be taken , by an y other line being allowed to s C; ia: IZinlege whi ch their had been denied. seen: be hop,, s !„. t he Part of the inhabitants of Perth,. demand ed s,,iaced, tio "°n. It was immaterial to them which line affor de d th uth Inch should , C hit was of the greatest consequence that the 4t low' -""n1,1 be encroached upon, and, as the question of felled t o 't9 as a t er . hedingo4 disinterested4"ttr% had been byCommitt ee re. another erins should 0 lii..i.:„. the Dundee and Perth Ittiallwsaanly . 'Co4t4dictoat.,,Q•(.., for the promoters, objected to this course as t io ,„"'kitt c ,_ ' n ' the preamble of the Bill already passed by the ~, rat,,,,' 4 nti urged t • s•ui td _,. at at hat if the question of termini were to be .... 0 1. lt snould be at once fairly discussed and tits the . 4 fort4:traktnittee decided that the evidence on the subject should " Prtieeeded with. (LIFT IIITT1201.) ---______ Th e c Group P. ll'orai Nelliitnrtlittee re-assembled this day at twelve o ' clock, in V • St . r ese nt.. he Right Hon. F. Shaw, Chairman; te,n., Alan If TO. b._ . r. Lockhart, Mr. Bramston, and Mr. D rum Loi.lCormnittee proceeded with the adjourned case o p (3'."1, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFOR - kr , 4, f, "l ' n liou ii SHIRE RAILWAY. 11e4. 1 -4 ser at r, I? t.on, examined by Mr. Citirrs kiien in °nt,otrighill. Berkshire. Is also agent to several Is an exten isayi England and Ireland. 'kfort. The Great W Has travelled a gr r e e at th d e ea m l () c a n t tti th e Ale and _ !stern first-class carriages w H 'e ad travelled stit,,,, Lend, ~...°MIII. ed . loUs he had experienced. it ltr"'- , tri it, ;,,:',' %nom used for gharn line. The Great Western WAS far liNtitUrai pu''°tonoodation. Salt was an article m uchmuch or 4rtitt 'ele,r,l:ln'el• When the proposed Oxford . Extensi on, 4 , e‘,,e, one Was carried into the agricultural districts, that 'trove 441 doni • , rl l tai l . ein c onsumption. Had heard of the , broad and lhe traffic h slt v o e. e s ; gave the preference to the broad gauge' r,,,,,, .tli c i b e Pe 'qua ler) large when the railway would enable it t to ns b i e Pe e r tti "hc e ii ht ' li t 11 ,. an d thi I; soil country. At present salt_was ea a us; of . It 62th th a , s Was almot a prohibitory . pri i1i‘t,7, ,... 0 e an ; e g e f Wa s wing s to the distance it had to be e f otight. e , t ' - ` l , km roill Droitwich to Berkshire and the surrounding 5,4 4 04 4 Yby railway and partly by canal. When the Great 114 41,4'14)1a into use, the result would btotlitahtescaolnt consumption. Ii rai ni r : With, 00 , and this would materially ad d Is a dealer in 11 1 t e slid`k Ilicks examined by Mr. Cit . nr_osea, Re. IF s '' 't . r., °th ee art' conn ected with farming P P t ,: - ope n . - Ifo r 'cies conn , iat p . ing or i hear Reading. At tended nailway, andevery couldrn ar market that since c i th sii,,,,a, wtise Great Western *4 : dealers 14 . the means of incre asing the business of Chipping Norton line t er, • '0 agricultural produce. v ery throikPortant place for a railway to come through. Itr 4l c0,,,i4d4h that place would extend its t trade to the 5'1'414 alt"t4bil: extent. The Great line kubiutrrounding count brought from Droitwich to he t h a e rticle would sta, ~,_th_ei.ectioa„in„.;_Y: The speedy transit of that NS es farmer ' of *cre".::„ .t 4 Ll V,lert e s Z n i,•,, l 2 h e T t' h eit Mr. Lagnell ° the n " ; n r . e, °Vi''lo e traders line for the mineral traders tzsiter at of South Sta ff ordshire West B ez ro 4 m Mi --- .Y Mr. C RlPps—ls an extensive iron. k . , _ erni4Y, 2,000 w'eh' near Birmingham. Has six iron-works, \t: 5 C , O O ton, Of manuf Workm en ~,,,, tern rod , ; works 600 tons of a , scheme . actii—s. tron per week. Prefers the Great La Present sun to that of ~ line. Lid theY were a arn • 64e London and Birmingham pig-iron " ti nt of the ir onmasters of Wolverhampton, Int g e ld it 414 : ° ,t slY in I tiPport of the Great Western line. ' 4 ' t S were t op b .. ''e London and Birmingham line ; the Great i':ttiail/4elinetinutiod "atrgi,h: and the tonnage excessive. to the merchants by a cmtn if the i ron ii t , ul,l ll l l . t here districts. Would not be '14441 b e of h ew al not of op inion that a competing t, 0. 1114, e g h a t advs.. - age t • and coal-masters. it line , tcht• 4 eo mpan , 0 the iron i ihe c "411 in the transit ies More civil, and ensure cheapness and r,, th 114,,,,, of goods. i.k. e Y ui ' ..."-A) Yon think that when the parties ~ :iln tl be a , - t v , S 1 1 as ' tl, ---/ think ,retvi they are now ? got their the Great Western Company would be as l ie T b ....................._(LEPT BITTING.) --..................._ e C nto (~. th e ~ ~nntte , „, . Group A. 7441441 : 4 (4,4 1 . 13",, to-day. in the Westminster Sessions House, 0„„ - tin. 0 ..i...Were referred to them 41 e' C hitb aiti 1 . 4 4 44 4 Croycigilnd North Kent. . pe ct _ d cr0.,..,_ (Chatham to Chilliam). *• , 11 ( 1 0 . , 4 4 err" (Chatbata to Graveesend). ,`..'40,7 at iel c Me n Enlar tith: and r°l'd oti (or gewlent. 4 .11 p... r to m _ ,_ pington Branch). 4 t .C . 4, te e t i ( 4th f",,rlataidstone, Ashford, and Tunbridge). firkV4ant2,l (ftrat2l t 0 Hastings). 11 . 4 , 1 q, k atas ". to Deal and Extension of the South. Eastern, 'll.p_,lerri (thin g a te, and Margate Railway). 4.4,14tt}144.7rtteer0 (I:,wi.gherford Bridge to Chilharn, with branches). a th: t.k ap ., te ' ( ( . 1 4 aidstt n to hes Tunbridge and Paddock Wood). C r -"ltstn N ' ' ''abrid ne to 4... t,,,,, rri (v vi l • ge to Tunbridge Wells). C i th.k . _ 'eh hai, denlng and Extension of the London and r tite7 t ern (I, wa Y). tt e . -. ,eadco, h„ ' l ot)). Le wes , an 4 and Rye). k Ni. l4'4 l' 1241ings (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Ex % ` 11 1" Nerd F kw to en. 1,., ti e est, \ ! z d,, r , 44 and Ito kt ' 44 14 4 ree el l' t er• t4;*er:S Pet'''ti„ieh' tr 4 , Nt ' --''' '‘'ere presented, and the required !Rear" 'lll Act i.. / " a tain e t , eleh e sti each of the above, except the Brighton, appear l; P. p,_ i Wh i ngS (K e . 'Pr,,„t ri , eh w„, stner Branch), and the London and , t th ' , lt, th ,, e Unopposed. e eecoe;tengineer, and other witnesses, were examined, Ing capabilities of the Keymer Branch line. 11 1 ......_tlAtrr airriNu.) t rlt t t C to -----.......________ illii4 r nitt ee on Group KK. tie v e tt,nin g „, the Railway Bills comprised in Group KK, L i , ‘iti t i ds r -` t he o'clock, S" ' the Chair. t4 i a r t lie t i and per:el to the C orn ir m C itt L e e e mo w n er l e n the Liverpool, t, Is h l ' t tg4 4 Jl ji n ; t 3, l; the Liverpool and Bury (Bolton, Wigan, i '' , 4 t 1, 4 '41 1 , k t and _ tension) ; the Liverpool and Manchester, I ti:rsionitiarxeter Junction. arranged Onte 4 , l , e nsi t „ lke ol e n : B „ ha, ing been gone through, was ot orqttießin) 81„...,nry (Bolton, Wigan, and it L iverpool and t i . ,` ket tie ot .,`'elay ton ' l nd be taken first. .1 t . e n , _ th e __ Place in consequence of the non-atten. '' -, tl t eso rti ` ror , ottd e mbers of the Committee. The Hon. Mein , 1 / 2 1 ,41 Y '', ' determiner a waiting a few minutes, Sir C. Lemon, "art . 4, e d , 1 - ` o Proceed in his absence, and ac- tif t h geo„, x. ' t ' l, or ‘44 %ir the - Poo am proceeded to open the case on 1 ' 101 , t0 o, and Bury project. ....._.._ktitirr serrtriu.) Ittethe !:0--------------..._.-- , e ilt 'ntri,„44,, Group K. 'lit e , ` li ttr• -•t ttes 't RAILW 1 / 4 1 4t 44 - 'et - on th . AY AND HARBOUR. Pet it, . a,,,,,,, , e linos for accommodating this and the ad. 4 . 4 Of th e at the usual hour this morning, when the 't t , P . e 1,,,a,... c 't tl ek ? l eti kt,, , westoffe Railway and Harbour was corn. 1, l , sr t . hit i. ' oo ite,,N h ' ;' a fr ( l, 4s ranc e r beh alf of the promoters of this Bill, ,o""t'ei `t tb t -- ' Wb ° ` the nature of the opposition, or even ,_ 441.2- Peti ti that opposition emanated, he therefore 01 ' t," t ated °" and 6„. alln i , • names of the petitioners should be i tt ielciti Qn , te e b tt,' j ~: had :tng assented, the clerk mentioned h i rrl, a ro % of the presented to Parliament by the I, P tt, 4 and 4 11 ) , "e Great Yarmouth Haven, for whom .. e, o f are(' tr P th lit ) wn , al Counsel ; the Mayor, Alder. t ron, eared 'oUncil of No rwich, - f or whom Mr. too 4 4 1. t he • ' 4 third f h ' (~ • Clot) ( ' h it o rani the merchants and traders; a ieh , nts generally of Norwich ; and another t Dtt, htt ' .andbolier near that town. INklitt t Nitin eit Y 'tat 1 . , at N , - he eon e d the main features of the Bill, for tt, , ,, i tl t y tile lo g to thetetided, urging particularly the great ad , b4 l ' th e I°, roat,, n,hing trade and manufacturing districts , Is isr, a k , Pvotink.„:,, lme, connecting so important a fishing - ow ": ~ tties at present , unconnected as s ha rbour of refuge, proceeded to c4ll well hi a s 1, .................HI•r:PT sirriNG.) nr„. 4-01,2, °I ° II P X. tl L ttee ° N AN/) . 1 4 r p4l ayst.,nbi,d ._ 1 OR K LINE. k 4td , . % L. ,__`'"day shortly after twelve o'clock. ti, tt e l ; 4 ii o. .v v r,81,y t:raidAPFIC LYIDENCE. 41 44 t sel'ottred : t ed the c es at Manchester, and is a mineral l tit,hbi,!olo,,,, ° aheertai.,° "'fields to the eastward, in Norfolk, tt, 9 t ` 9 to tt th "'er. (p " at district the prices to the mer le 4.' %ll: l4l PSeh - " e PlaCe s lii-°‘47ed Mali.) The blue colours on the 144,t.t4retle o:Niel heir had visited ; his route from north to aiel l '4l d. 4 e nd ° !' d and Barnet and all the in- IL an d and aii th erm east to ' m Norwich Se'for y o , . west fro , 0 , d „ rk b a oterrnediate towns. One of the e o. ,k t f . r be d : - :51 h tki. r nches passed throu b the Sheffield -, 44. et , t, 5 4 a , 0 : and joins the existing gtratn Vt Cs pea. a t . - 'y large district road. The p . 4 _ . the ,or _ a c r t n ;n Yorkshire. There was 'Kt e 1.),n I:l44.tiosney c„rohael L bu on t d b o y n the Dorn branch propo►ed to join the latter at Doncaster. The Silkstone bed was, in fact, part of the Barnsley bed, but was called the Silkstone, and was a very large one. The Wakefield beds were to some ex tent immediately upon the London and York line. Has made a tabular statment of the present cost of transit for coals from the different towns he had visited, and compared it with the cost by the proposed London and York 'lnc. To the Committee—The North Midland line did go through a coal district. To Mr. PAGET—The line of the North Midland runs nearly due north and south. The table now in his hand contained the com parative list of prices; did not include Cambridge, because it was not on the London and York line. The prices were based upon the average cost of Silkstone coal, for that fairly represented the ave. rage price of the whole article in Yorkshire. The columns of the table represented the present cost to the merchant at the pit's mouth, the cost to the consumer, the cost by the London and York line, and the saving to be effected by the latter. The speci men of coal now on the table was from the Silkestone bed, the price of that at the pit's mouth would be ss. 3d. per ton, price at Doncaster, Gs. 9d., at Bawtry, 75. 3d., or say 7s. 6d. Assuming the latter to be the price, the cost at the Landon dep6t, by the London and York line, would be 169., including a cost of id. per ton per mile from Bawtry; inferior coal for gas, coke, and smiths' use would be delivered in London by the London and York line at 13s. 6d., and the Barnsley slack at 13s 3d.; this price did not include city dues. The quantity of coal now raised from the pits in the neighbourhood of Barnsley in a year was 805,500 tons, but 1,872,000 tons could be raised without sinking new shafts ; this included Silkstone. In the Sheffield and Rotherham district the present quantity raised in a year was 727,208 tons; they had facilities for raising 1,380,000 tons, with the present establishment. In Wakefield the present annual supply seas 1,592,000 tons, could raise 3,429,000 tone; this quantity could be much increased, if necessary. The expense of raising the ad. ditional quantity would be less than that of the present quantity, because the greatly increased demand would lower the price. A long digression here took place, which was occupied by counsel in explaining the object of his giving this class of evidence so minutely. The witness continued by saying that if Cambridge had been in. eluded in his calculation, the average price of coals would have been raised instead of lowered. There were also some other towns not included. Has no doubt that the London and York line, passing through the blue district, would compete with the sea. borne coal. Cross-examined by Mr. Covet—lf the seaborne coal could be brought as cheaply as by rail, the difference then would be as to quality. The city dues amounted to Is. I ad. per ton. Believes there are extensive coal fields in Leicestershire, in the neighbourhood of Leicester. If they were to be brought by the Swanington line, their price would depend on the cost of transit. Is not aware of the distance between the South Stafford. shire fields and London. The distance between Durham and Lon don was '.240 miles, and between Silkstone and London, by Doncas. ter,'l6o miles. Could not say whether that was less than the distance between South Staffordshire and London. Group L. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. The Committee resumed their investigation of the merits of this ins this morning, at twelve o'clock; Mr. Denieon in the chair. Mr. GCHNET t for the promoters, called Mr. G. W. Home, now secretary to theGuildford and Chichester Railway, who stated that the gross number of passengers on the line between Nine Elms and Gosport i■ 1844 was 60,270; and from Wandsworth and all th• stations east of Woking 4,743. The projected line branches oft from Woking. From Nine Elms, through the same stations, to Fareham the number was 6,058. The next station which he took was the licensed conveyances on the turnpike road—the data of this he had obtained from the Stamp-Office, and he found by these that the number of passengers by these conveyances was 82,680. To an inquiry from the Crtaistwax, the witness stated that he took the passengers to all places on the line. This was the number which had travelled. On this there was an increase allowed for railway conveyance. By posting, before the opening of the Brighton and Great 'Western lime, they averaged in the year 1,706 journeys between the south and the west of England, generally carrying four passengers, making a total of 0,824 pas sengers. To this Mr. Nit sisTras.v objected, because he thought the infor mation was intended to be unintelligible. The witness further added, that he calculated that the journeys to London by Mcdhurst and Petworth, were '2OO ; by Peters field and London, 75, and by Petersfield, Petworth, and London, 100; by Chichester, Medhurst, and Petworth, 200 journeys; by Chichester and Petworth, 125 journeys; and by Bognor and Arundel, '2OO journeys; making the communication by posting in v,thich this Tins would be interested 9,624 journeys, averaging four passengers eath. The commercial passengers were '2,000 on the line, and the passengers from stations were 21,147. He had taken his data from the persons passing through the turnpikes. The passengers by van were 13,104, and the gross extent of distance was 251,784 miles. The passengers to Goodwood he estimated were 6,300 ; the total number of miles travelled from all these sources was 6,131,282. That was the esti. mate of the existing traffic by road and rail; and he further estimated on the three first items an increase of 25 per cent. This gave for the number of miles travelled by the passengers be. tween Nine Elms and Gosport 3,898,748, between Wrndsworth and the stations east of Woking and Gosport 306,844, and to the sta tions east of Woking and Farnham 378,625. By the road conveyances he calculated an increase of 100 per cent, and by the rail an in. crease of 25 per cent., giving a total of increase of passengers of 326,704, making for the increase to Gosport 449,000,400 miles, and for commercial passengers 207,000, and for passengers by van 503,566. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. This Committee, which is always a private one, assembled at one. We ascertained that the Committee had allowed the North British Railway Bill, for additonal provisions, to pass. SIR JOHN RENNIE'S FIRST CONVERSAZIONE. The first conversazione given by Sir John Rennie, the Pre. sident of the Institution of Civil Engineers, took place on Saturday evening, and although we were well assured that there would not be any diminution i►► the hospitable recep tion, and the interesting collection of works of art, to which we have been accustomed in farmer years, we were not prepared for the tasteful preparations and brilliant display which awaited the visitors on this occasion, and more especially, for the presence •f Lady Its-nnie, and a numerous assemblage of her lady friends. In addition to the ordinary suite of rooms, a large apart ment had been constructed at the rear of the house, adjoin. ins the second saloon. The walls and ceiling were tastefully decorated in encaustic painting, by Sang, In the same deli. sate and tasteful style which he has so well displayed at the Royal Exchange, the Conservative Club, and in ether places. The effect of the light upon the well-combined and vivid colours of the encaustic decorations, and the brilliant furni ture, was particularly striking. In the centre of this room was suspended a magnificent chandelier, made by Mr. Apaley Pellatt, from the prize -drawing at the School of Design. It was entirely composed of glass, combining judiciously the effect of the prismatic colours, of cut white drops, with the Bohe. mist' stained glass. This chandelier, whether viewed as a speci. men of workmanship or of taste, was extremely creditable to Mr. Pellatt, whose productions we have before frequently praised. In the rooms were several fine specimens of Bohemian glass, also from his collection. We can scarcely attempt to particularise all the numerous works of art, and interesting models, which were profusely spread throughout the rooms ; but we must notice the bronzes from Mr. Deville's collection, an exquisite carving in Caen stone of St. George and the Dragon, by Mr. Thomas ; Mr. Goadby's interesting anatomical preparations; the paintings by Boxall, Oliver, Scanlan, Kendrick, Buss, and Tomkins ; the portfolios of sketches by Gastineau, Buss, Duncan, Oliver, Kendrick, and others; a fine drawing of Mr. Walker's new graving dock at Woolwich ; beautiful speci. mens of Claudet's new process of :Talbotype, by which the accuracy of Daguerreotype, and the artistic effect of oil painting ap. pear combined. There were some excellent wood carvings by Ro. gers, almost equalling a case of ivory carvings by Flamingo, from the collection of Mr. Vulliamy ; these appeared to excite much attention. The models were, perhaps, somewhat less nistrieroue than usual, but they were select and well displayed. We must mention from among them, Mitchell's screw-pile battery ; the Air Point Lighthouse, by Messrs. Walker and 'Burge,; Captain Boswell's plan for harbours built with arched piers; the original design, by Mr. Stephenson, for an iron bridge of two arches, each of 360 feet span, to carry the Chester and Holyhead Railway across the Menai Straits, but which is now to be superseded by the suspended tunnel-bridge, formed of wrought iron; the Folkstone Viaduct, by Mr. W. Cubitt; an ingenious cast iron trussed.girder bridge, by Mr. Borthwick ; and a good model of a stone bridge, with Sat elliptical arches, designed some years since by Mr. Rennie, to replace Westminster-bridge. There was a fine model of the "Great Britain," and several of vessels to be propelled by the screw, designed by Mr. Guppy ; a steam-frigate, with direct-acting engines and screw-propeller, by Mr. Rennie ; a beautiful pair of marine engines, by the late Mr. Henry Maud. slay ; Mr. Bodmer's proposed horizontal engines and screw-pro peiler ; Mr. Hick's improved locomotive engine ; Messrs. Grissell and James's combinations of a weighing-machine and crane, to u. certain the weight of an object while raising it. Our limits will not permit a more extended notice, but at the next corny rsazione, which will take place on Saturday, the 31st instant, we shall hole to have another opportunity of examining more minutely those objects which may have escaped our notice on this ocaasion. We must, In concluding, congratulate the institution upon having, in the recent changes in its constitution, secured another president, who so liberally and indefatigably devotes himself to its service; and who, If we may judge from the support of the council, and the numerous attendance of the members and his friends, appears to enjoy no inconsiderable share of popularity. The general company included—The Marquis of Nor thampton, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, the Bishop of London, Reverend Sir H. Duken field, Lady and Miss Kirkland, Sir J. Rae Reid, M.P., Captain Sir George Back, R N., Sir Charles Lemon, M.P., Sir James South, Sir Edward and Lady Head, Sir Thomas and Miss Neave, Sir W. Middleton, Sir Charles Malcolm, Sir C. Fellows, Sir George Duckett, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir George Cayley, Sir William Burnett, the O'Conor Don, M.P., Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Sir R. Sitemburgh, Mr. and Miss Estcourt, Colonel and Mrs. Yorke, Mr. G. Stephenson, Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Mackinnon, M.P.; Colonel Lacy, Mr. Ilutt, M.P., Mr. E. Buller, M P., Colonel Show, Colonel Colquhoun, Mr. and the Misses Garf, Mons. Delepierre, M. Abrosof, Mr. De Wint, Major Clarke, Dr. 'denten, Mr. Mauds lay, Mr. W. Cubitt, Dr. and Mrs. Paris, Dr. Granville, Mr. Copley Fielding, Mr. and Mrs. George Rennie, Captain Vidal, R.N., Captain Schwabe, Mr. James Walker, 111. Baugniet, Mr. Field, Lieutenant Pankratieff; Mr. Rendell, Dr. Ure, Mr. Robert Stephenson, Captain and Mrs. Townsend, Cap tain Dundas, R.N., Mr. B. Cubitt, Mr. Westmacott, Mr. John Scott Russell, Mr. M. Rennie, Dr. Mayo, Mr. Barrow, Mr. and Mrs, Cockerel!, Mr. T. Grissell, Captain Lacy, Mr. Behnes, Mr. W. Milne, Mr. A ymot, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Hallam, Mr. and Mrs. Cocks, Professor Anstead, Mr. D'Oyle, Mr. Christie, Mr. J. Colquhoun, Mr. B. Williams, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Dilke, Mr. Biddulph, Professor Donaldson, Mr. T. Irwin, Captain Boswell, R.N., Mr. Boxall; Captain Lushington, R.N., Mr. Klengemann, Mr. Poynter, Mr. Britton, Mr. R. It. Scanlan, Mr. Enys, Mr. Young, Mr. Grainger, Mr. Choverton, Mr. J. P. Knight, Mr. Martin, Sic. - - BRUSSELS, MAY 23.—Thanks to the exertions of M. Van de Weyer, it is certain that the representations of our lyrical performers at London will be very brilliant —so many boxes are already taken that a receipt of 14,000 francs is certain; the expenses of each evening are 7,500 francs; the King and Queen of the Belgians, who will go to London, have taken three box(' for themselves and their suite. ANCIENT Ce)NCERTA.—There was a private re hearsal on Saturday of the selection made by his Royal Highness Prince Albert for Wednesday evening. The singers will be Ma. dame Castellan. Misses Schloss and Barrett ; Messrs. Mario, Hobbs, Hawkins, Machin, OUerhoffer, Pischek, and Staudigl. Among the novelties will be a trio by the latter three eminent singers. To-morrow (Tuesday), the day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birth, will be . observed as a holiday at all the Government offices and other public establishments. This, with the exception of Christmas-day and Good Friday, is the only day throughout the year which is observed as a general holiday by the Customs department, owing to the very great inconvenience which is thereby caused to every branch of the import and shipping trade of the port. Even on this occasion, the London and the St. Katharine Dock Companies have made application and obtained permission to keep a portion of the bonded warehouses open during the day for business purposes, in order to meet the emer gency of an ensuing public sale on the following day. THE CONVICT CONNOR.—'the Sheriffs have fix(d Monday next, the 2d June, for the execution of this unhappy criminal. TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENiNa, MAY 2a 1645. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ( FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The entries for the various stakes at Epsom are not so nu merous as might have been anticipated. The Craven, on Tuesday, will be a most interesting race, the representatives of all the great stables, with the exception of John Day's, being engaged in it ; and upon its result the Derby betting may be materially affected. Should the favourites' trial horse, Evenus, be defeated he will certainly recede in the market. The only two that appear to have any chance with him are Pagan and the Knight of the Whistle., who will be certainly started to get his length for Jinglepot and Pam. I conceive, however, Evenus has speed enough about him to win this race without much difficulty. To the Woodcote there are 14 subscribers, and the following colts are on the spot :—Lord G. Bentiuck's Cherokee, Mr. Herbert's f by Ells, Mr. W. Scott's Malt, Lord Chesterfield's Subscription, Mr. Walker's Guzman, Mr. John Day's the Hero, Mr. Dunkald's St. George, and Mr. Boyce's Tom Sare. Of this lot I expect to see Cherokee first and Lord Harry second. I now come to the Derby, for which there will be more starters than I previously fancied, many horses haying been sent whose chance I consider utterly hopeless. Idas this afternoon was not so firm in his position as he previously had been, and there was a great disposition among the cog noscenti of the ring to bet against him. Although he is a magnificent horse, I consider him more adapted fur the fiat at Newmarket than a course like Epsom, and I fancy that the hill which has so often destroyed the chance of the pride of Newmarket, will prevent Lord Stradbroke from en joying the enviable honour of possessing the, winner of the Derby for 1845. In spite of Weatherbit's position in the market, Old England is fast coming, and if he does not pass him in the betting, I have no doubt he will do so in the race. The most dangerous horse to be against, in my opinion, is The Libel. From the manner this horse won at Chester, the per formances of Sweetmeat at Bath and Shrewsbury, and the running of Salopian with Intrepid at Shiffnall, I do not con sider there is any horse in the race with more pretensions to be considered the winner. Mr. Mostyn's I'antasa I expect to see in a forward position. His Cheshire friends still stick to him. Alarm owes his place in the market entirely to his single race last year at Stockbridge, and to his having beaten Queen flab in a trial at Newmarket. Although Nat will be on his back, I do not consider his opponents need be under ally ap prehensions about him. Mr. Uratwicke, the owner of Doleful, won the Derby in 1829, with Frederick, and from the manner in which his lot are backed, one would be really inclined to think that his fortune, hitherto so dohfid (seeing that for a period of fifteen years he never won a race), was about to take a turn, I am afraid, however, the Darby is beyond his reach. Jinglepot, as I predicted last week, is rising gra d ua ll y. _ _ am convinced this horse will be found ♦ery handy at the finish. The Goodwood Stakes has been too powerful this season to be passed over without notice. I am afraid its only representative will be the Laird o' Cock pen, who comes from a mare not calculated to produce a Derby winner, as she never could run beyond three quarters of a mile. Pam, Keiger, and Newsmonger's chance I fancy quite out. Of Columbus I know nothing. Clear-the-war mist indeed have the way cleared for him to win. Fuzbos has done nothing in public to warrant his being looked upon favourably. The same remark will apply to Mentor, An nandale, and Cabin Boy, although it is asserted that the latter could have beaten St. Lawrence at Bath, which I do not belitve. Salopian will only be started to make running for the Libel. Ides has made apparent the capabilities of Wood Pigeon ; and Young Eclipse's visit to Goodwood has done him more harm than good. In conclusion, after a careful consideration of the merits of the different nags, I fancy we shall see the Libel first at the winning post, with Old Eng land second, and the Crack or Jinglepot third. The other races on that day call for na observation. On Thursday the great feature of attraction will be the Surrey Cup, for which I prefer most Moustache and Pug. The Christina filly, if she can be kept straight, must run forward. On Friday, for the Oaks, I expect to see Lady Wildair, Lancashire Witch, Hope, Refraction, Miss Elis, Rose of Cashmere, Heather Bell, Maid of Orleans, Plaudit, Agis, Stamp, The Wreck, Glee, Lelia, Event, Miss Sarah, Fickle Wild Rose, Sir Charles Monck's filly, Marian Ramsey, and Giantess. Lady Wildair made her debut at Stockbridge, where she ran third to Alarm. At the Newmarket July Meeting she won the Chesterfield Stakes, beating six others. At Brigh ton she won a sweepstakes, beating the Laird o' Cockpen and two others. At Doncaster she beat Sister to Pathfinder easily, and at the Newmarket Craven Meeting, over the D. M., she won a 50 sous. sweepstakes, beating three others. She is trained by John Scott, will be ridden by Nat, and if she can beat Lancashire Witch will, I think, be first in the race. The Lancashire Witch has never been defeated yet, and ,he way in which she won at Chester the Prince of Wales's Stakes at York, and the Champagne at Doncaster, must na• turally impart great confidence to her admirers: of which class lam one. She is a fine slashing mare, with a tre mendous stride, and will be ridden by Templeman. Mr. Bennett's Hope was beaten by Lancashire Witch at Doncaster, and will, I think, be beaten again by her in this race. Her winning the Wirral Stakes at Chester showed certainly an improvement in her favour, but I cannot think she will be good enough to be enrolled as an Oaks winner. The Maid of Orleans is strongly supported on the strength of her two-year-old running, and I am told her owner is sanguine of winning with her. She has started four times, and won on each occasion without difficulty. With this Mare and the two I have first mentioned I con ceive the Oaks rest. Refraction's chance, previous to her running at Newmarket for the Coffee-room Stakes, was by no means a bad one ; now, I should i►r.agine it to be gone Heather Bell's pretensions were settled by Picnic at the same meeting. Miss Elis must be vastly improved since she ran last to beat the Maid of Orleans, and will, I fancy, turn out inferior to the Rose of Cashmere, at present the most for- mitlable of Kent's lot. Of the merits of the others lam un. acquainted, and consider, as I have before stated, the race to be left to Lady Wildair, Lancashire Witch, and the Maid of Orleans, with a slight preference for the Witch. London, May 25. TELEGRAPH. A PROPHECY FOR 1845. 'Tis the morn not dim or dark, Tho' absent is the blythe skylark; The rising of the unclouded sun Proclaims "The Day's" indeed begun ; Which day, se full of fun and folly, May end in grief most melancholy. . But at Epsom there's no sadness, Every eye is full of gladness. Pandora's box, with all its curses, Still has Hope to fill the purses Of some who have been bad book-making, Standing shivering now, and shaking, Listen to the din and pother Of each brother doing brother; 'Till at once the move is made From the coffee-house old shade, To the Downs—where the Great go, Makes and mars, brings joy and woe. Whose prophetic mirror now Can the Derby winner show ? Idas, classic rears his crest, Said to be the very best Of his year, and Stradbroke's stud, Full of muscle, bone and blood. What's to beat him? is the cry— Weatherbit—is the reply; Ilookey Walker, all-my-eye. 'rho' Junior John (a) is on the crack, Old England still some fools will back, Others say Worthless is the pot Of all the fearful Danebury lot. Each bath his fancy; what's the harm, But see what's coining, 'tis Alarm, The worthy son of a stout sire,(b) Nor likely at the hill to tire, He'll make sonic Big'un much perspire, And many will from him retire; And Libel now begins to show, As Ironmaster is "no go." The latter might a " tale unfold," And change his metal into gold ; But fate ordains he must not shine In character at Cnesus' shrine, " Tis pity; pity 'tis, 'tie true, That Libel now the work must do, Though Wadlow's (c) friends will rail and rue, And Pantasa is look'd upon, By some as if the race he'd won ; The bill he'll climb, the distance stay, But he's no Queen of Trumps, 1 say. What next ? The now neglected lot Are seen approaching of John Scot; What chance have they to fill the till, Without our friend, the "Boisterous Bill?" (d) Who, notwithstanding all his fun, So often has the needful done. It seem that hedger shuns the field, And Cobweb's son doth likewise yield; But Pam and Newsmonger will show, And one of them run forward too, But which of them I've yet to know. Who challenges the mighty north? The Sage of Mitchell-grove, " The Forth." (e) But old in years like Nestor, he Is full of strength and subtlety; Though led away by Hero's mate, (f ) He showed with Foigh 'twas no mistake. Though Doleful be a dismal name, Pie still may climb the steps of fame, And then to cheer his heart, od rot, A Merry Monarch lie has got. Beware of Lucifer (g), the shrewd, Who did "our James" (g) at great Goodwood; The De'il, he is a dangerous foe, And, looking out, must ward the blow. Winchester too, it's said, will start, To make the running very smart. Maynooth, unlike Sir Robert's Bill, Defeated is by the long hill. Eclipse, Columbus, and the rest, Are in the ruck, where bad the best. The Cabin Boy is but so-so ; Ali, disappointed is the Roe, (h) And there's but few more nags will go. Now see they're saddled for the start, With many a palpitating heart Silently making its remark. Off ! Winchester away is steering, Making running, nothing fearing; Idas with him, stout and handy, In as good a place as can be, With the Whip colt and the Libel, Pam and Newsmonger not idle; Next Alarm, but with this fit Behold the waiting Weatherbit. Doleful and Titmouse now appear, The first emerging from the rear, Reaches the pet of Danebury's girth, And soon is heard loud cries of Forth— Pantasa, Jinglepot, The Laird Are witnessed labouring very hard. And now " The Corner's" turn'd, and hear The shout of joy —of doubt—of fear As the first lot the distance near. Idas beats all his former foes, And like a valiant victor goes; his backers now have nought to fear, Except the winner once last year, And the dark nag Young John doth steer; For see Alarm is coming fast, And Weatherbit in foaming haste, They close—they struggle. What has won? The game Alarm, stout Venison's son. Idas, his backers' hopes to wreck, Is beaten by John Day a neck. Pantasa--nezt with Scott and Libel — Prove some predictions were but futile. Bicester, May 24, 1845. ESAU. (a) Young John Day. (b) Venison. (c) The trainer of Ironmaster and The Libel. (d) The celebrated jockey, brother to John Scott. (e) Old Mr. Forth, who trained Leander and Foigh.a.Ballagh foe 1)e Derby last year. (f) Leander, who was a four years old. (g) Lucifer stole a march of Jens Robinson on Rockingham a t Goodwood. (k) The trainer of Cabin Boy. SHREWSBUI ` Y RACES.—TticusoAr (CoNeLt - DED). The Herbert Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. Heats, about about half a mile. (4 Subs.) Mr Skerratt's Tottenham, 3 yrs • Mr. Dawson's lledale, 3 yrs . Mr. Flintors The Elbe, 3 yrs The Acton lturnel Park Stakes of 5 SON'S. each, with 25 added. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (6:Subs.) Mr. Collett's Coranna, 6 yrs G. Whitehouse 1 1 Mr. E. Peers General Nott, 3 yr, 2 dr Mr. Hill's Aurungzebe, 5 yri „ 3 dr FRIDAY. The Innkeepers' _Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added, the second to receivelol. About a mile and three quarters. (12 Subs.) Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 3 yr 4 ...(Arthur) Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress,s yrs Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, :3 yrs The following also ran :—Mr. Plintotrs The Rhine, 5 yrs, arid Mr. J. B. Minort's Rodney, 3 yrs. The Ilawkstone Cup of 100 sovs. by subs. of 10 sovs. each, h ft. About a mile and a halt: (16 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 5 yrs ...... ...• ...(Templeman) 1 Mr. Collett's Corraima, 6 yrs Mr. A. W. Ilill's Salopian, :3 yrs ,The Borough Members' Plate of 501• Ileats. twice round.' Mr. Careless 'a Aurungzebe, 5 yrs .(Darling) 0 1 I Lord Warwick's Roebuck, 3 yrs •• Mr. Vickers' Princess Olga, 5 yrs ••• ............ 1 0 4 Mr. Palmer's Betsy Bird, 5 yrs ....................... 2 0 3 Bales's The Sailor, 4 yrs .................. 0 odr Mr. Morgan's Shrimp, aged •................ 0 0 dr PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. SATURDAY, NAY 24. Kendal and Windermere Railway , — Consideration of re port, Tuesday, May 27. Bristol and Exeter Railway Bran ches, —Consideration of report, Tuesday, May 27. Bridgewater Navigation and Rail way, —Consideration of report, Tuesday, May 27. nster Extension Railway,—Consideration of report, Tues day, May 27. Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln),—Considera tion of report, Tuesdav, May 27. Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway,—Consideration of report, Tuesday, May 27. Belfast and Ballymena Railway lii ll, —Consideration of re port, Tuesday, May 27. Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch),—Third reading, Tuesday, May 27. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,— Third reading, Tuesday, May 27. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Third reading, Tues day, May 27. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , —Amendments to be proposed on third reading, Tuesday, May 27. Waterford and Limerick Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, June 2, at half after twelve. Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway,---Committee on pro ject, Monday, June 2, at twelve. Newport and Ponty Pool Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, June 2, at twelve. Glasgow, Garukirk, and Coatbridge Railway,—Committee on Bill, TueFday, June 3, at twelvQ... London and South Western Railway (Metropolitan Ex. tension) (No. I),—Conitnittee on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at half after twelve. Staines and Richmond Railway,—Committee on project, Tuesday, June 3, at halt' after twelve. London and South Western Railway (No. l),—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at half after twelve. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch), — Committee on project, Tuesday, June 3, at half after twelve. Epping Railway,—Committee on petition, Wednesday, June 4. [ADVERTISEMENT.] INTERESTING TO LADIES. To Messrs. Rowland and Son, 20, Ilatton-garden, London. Percy-place, Landport, Portsmouth. April 4, . 844. Gentlemen,—l think it but an act of jnstice to inform you of the benefit I have derived from the use of your admirable Macassar Oil. 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The office of Collector of the Customs at Ports mouth having become vacant by the decease of Mr. Hull, the following promotions have taken place in consequence :—Mr. Charles Hoffnieister, Comptroller of the port of Hull, to be Collector at Portsmouth; Mr. Frederick Cassell, Collector at Deuglas. Isle :fNlan,t be Comptroller at Hull; Mr. M•G uffog, Collector at C F° om vie lit ' r ' o t l o ler b a e t C N t e 'l w le r c y to , r to a b t e D C o t u d g le l e a t s o a ; r r‘' t Er F Thorneley,iowey; Mr. Kinsey, Collector at Tralee, to be Comptroller at Newry; Mr. Cronin, Clerk at Galway, to be Collector at Tralee. y'c ompetitors were Stat. came off in the pre. —Observer. RACE or MAN 'v. HORSE .—Thi s morning a race r s . novelty, v t h e 1 e t s which o c f r e a a g t :d ud s o n m u e m i b n e t r e r o e; t s p from ecta t i o t ford (a pedestrian), and a horse belonging to Mr. Willet. The contesting distance was from the Regent's Park.gates, in the New road, to Euston.square, about a mile. The stipulated conditions of the match were, that the pedestrian should have an advantage at starting of 100 yards, the horse to trot under saddle, and to be confined to trotting only. The stakes were yi. cside. The start was made, Stafford availing himself of the advantage at starting, and maintained the lead for half a mile; the bipid and quadruped then continued contending alongside each other till they y arrived near Tottenham.court-road, when the pedestrian evidently made up his mind for the goal, and went away at extra speed ; and was imitated by his opponent, but who alrm at immediately broke into a gallop, and was pulled in. This gave the pedestrian an op portunity of making ground—the horse was quickly in pursuit-- but all efforts to overtake him were ineffectual, and Stafford ran in the winner easily, going over the mile in 5i minutes, DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR BROOK. FAULICNER.—It is our painful duty to record the death of Sir A. B. Faulkner, who died at his mansion, Eviagton, oft Friday last, M a y 23. We shall leave it to his biographers to enumerate his literary productions, and to the critics to consider their merits, while we briefly inscribe his virtues as a man, and the regret which all must feel who knew and respected him, He was formerly a physician of this town, but has long retired from professional duties to pursue his literary tastes, and the pure delights of cotntry life. He had laboured under no severe Indisposition, and on the very day of his death had sought relief and amusement in h's own garden ; but during the last fortnight his feelings had suffe•ed deeply from the loss of a beloved brother, and now in that short space of time the grave has claimed them both as peaceful tenants of the tomb. If karning ac. knowledged him as a votary, morality claimed him for purity, deli cacy, benevolence, and sensibility; and the deep sorrow of hi s afflicted widow are sacred to his memory as a meat devoted husband. —Cheltenham Journal of this day. , DEATH FROM CHOKING.-1 es erday lift( moon, a child named Ann Smith, aged eig'iteen months, was adm:tted to Guy's Hospital, who it was stated had teen choked whilst eating some pudding for its dinrer. Mr. Btns,,n, the house-surgeon, after examination, proceeded 1 9 open the 'r3chea in order to ail , rd relief, but before the operaium could ‘,. ~L lion:tied the unfortunate child breathed Its last. IRELAND. ACADEMICAL EDUCATION—THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS. DUBLIN, MAY 24.—The proceedings of the Catholic Synod were brought to a close yesterday evening. The following is a copy of the resolutions "At a meeting of the Prelates of Ireland, convened in the Presbytery House, Marlborough-street, Dublin, 23d May, 1845, his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Murray in the chair, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : " Moved by the Most Rev. Dr. &Armin' ; seconded by the Most Rev. Dr. WHALE, " Resolved—That having maturely considered the Bill now pend ing before Parliament for the extension of Academical Education in Ireland, and giving credit to her Majesty's Government for their kind and generous intentions, manifested in the endowment of the College of Maynooth, we find ourselves compelled by a sense of duty to declare, that, anxious as we are to extend the advantages of education, we cannot give our approbation to the proposed system, air we deem it dangerous to the faith and morals of the Catholic pupils." " Moved by the Most Rev. Dr. CROLLY, seconded by the Right Rev. Dr. RYAN, " Resolved,—That, therefore, a respectable memorial, suggest ing and soliciting such amendments in the said Bill as may be cal culated to secure the faith and morals of the students, be prevented to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, praying his Excellency to forward the same to her Majesty's Government, and support its prayer with the weight of his influence." The Freeman's Journal says the memorial to the Lord. Lieu tenant will demand that a fair proportion of the officers and pro fessors of the academical institutions shall be members of the Catholic Church, and that the appointment to chairs connected with religion or morals shall be vested, not in the present, but in a board of which the bishops of the province in which the college is situate shall form a constituent part. They will also require that a Catholic chaplain or dean shall be appointed to superintend the religiouslconduct of the pupils, and that his appointment or removal depend on the recommendation of the bishop of the diocese. REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN MEATH. Shortly after twelve o'clock on Thursday Mr. O'Connell, ac companied by several friends, ascended the Hill of Tara, from Tara Hall, the seat of Mr. Lynch, and was received with the greatest enthusiasm. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman im -• mediately proceeded to the crown of the hill to the Teaghmore, where a temporary chapel stood, in which the Very Rev. N. M'Evoy celebrated mass, in presence of 50,000 persons. At the completion of the solemn ceremonies, the Rev. Gentleman ad. dressed the assembled multitude. Early in the morning Mr. Steele left Tara Hall, and proceeded to Navan, where, after assembling the people around him, and ascending the platform prepared for the meeting, and bearing his olive branch in his hand, he gave a solemn warning, which was listened to with the most profound attention, and responded to with enthusiastic cheering and promises of obedience. Mr. Steele then returned, and was immediately dispatched by Mr. O'Connell to Tara-hill, to repeat there his es.hortations to the people. In the town of Navan every residence was decorated with taste— many of them with splendour; and never did triumph more magnificent honour the approach of living man than when from the valleys of the Boyne and the walls of Navan 200,000 men poured out their welcomes to the Liberator of the Irish people. Having passed through the town, Mr. O'Connell ascended the platform, and the proceedings of the day commenced. On the motion of JOSEPH bi'CANN, Esq., Beumont, seconded by Mr. O'CONNELL, Nicholas Boylan, Esq., ex J.P., Hiltown-house, was called to the chair. Mr. R. MULLEN, secretary to the meeting, read " The petition of the clergy, gentry, electors, and other inhabitants of the county of Meath, in public meeting assembled, pursuant to requisition, at Navan, on Thursday, the 22d of May," praying for a repeal of the union. Mr. M'Cavx moved the adoption of the petition, and that it be presented to the Commons by Mr. H. Grattan, SI.P. The motion, which was seconded by Mr. JOSEPH BARNWALL, Bloomsbury.house, was carried unanimously. Mr. O'CONNELL came forward to address the meeting, and was received with loud cheers. After some preliminary remarks he said—Now, men of Meath, let me tell you what brought me here. came here to help you to carry out the repeal of the union.— (Cheers.) Is there any man here against it?- . —(Cries of " No, no.") Let every man who is for repeal hold up his hand.—[Thousands of hands were lifted up.] I came here to assist you in carrying the repeal, and I came here to tell you why you should carry the re. peal, and why it is disgraceful on your part if you shrink from carrying it.—(Hear, hear.) In the first place, Ireland has as good a right to a Parliament as England. The English are in nothing our superiors—they are in many things our inferiors. My first motive for looking for the repeal is, that, in point of justice, we are entitled to it. My second is, that the Irish Parliament was of eminent utility to Ireland before, and that, therefore, it is reason. able to suppose it would be so again; and my third reason is, that it is essential to the best interests of both countries, and vitally essential to the continuance of the connexion between them, that this great measure of justice should be conceded to us. England's adversity is Ireland's opportunity. It was so before—it will be so again. After some observations on the sad condition of the Irish, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman continued—What reliance can be placed upon the people of England t we shall look for kindness to this country in vain. You lately had an instance of what they really are.—(Hear.) There is the grant to Maynooth.--•(Hear.) I am glad they have come to Maynooth at last—it was time for them to do something for the clergy of the people.—(Cheers.) But what passed in England in consequence 1 A yell —a hellish yell —was raised from one end of the land to the other. Every species of re ligionist was arrayed in opposition to it—everything that bigotry, prejudice, and fanaticism could suggest was turned against this simple measure ofjustice. The English people emphatically were against us; it is, therefore, that I appeal to you.—(Hear.) I ap. peal to the people of Ireland. I ask you if you will join with me 7-- (Cries of "We will.") I w►ll lead you into no scrape—no difficulty —no danger. Commit no crime—extinguish ribbonisna—join with me. We will most scrupulously (-bey all the existing laws. If they pass an Act of Parliament rendering it compulsory to supply fifteen or twenty men from each barony in each county in Ireland, we will pay most implicit obedience to that Act of Parliament.— (Hear, hear.) If they call ont the militia, why, the militia will turn out in obedience to commands, but, between you and me, it is not very likely they will take such steps.—(Hear, hear.) Let the Government compete with me, and I am satisfied. There will be some benefit derived from the Bank Bill, and also from the measure with reference to the reduction of duty on glass.—(Hear.) But I want something to be done for the poor man. I say, let the man who is in the possession of land not be put out of possession until he is paid to the last farthing the value of the labour and capital expended by him its improvement. Lord Stanley has actually promised that we shall have such a law.— (Cheers) Do you think he would do that if we were not looking for repeal—(Cheers.) In the House of Commons they had the audacity to declare that repeal was on the decrease.— (Laughter.) A moon. calf of a fellow, who represents Cornwall (I forget his name—it is no matter) told his constituents the other day that the Peel Ministry was a glorious Ministry, a magnificent Ministry —and why, think you ? Because they had put down O'Connell and repeal.—(Laughter.) Did you ever hear anything like that in the whole course of your lives ?—(Laughter.) Put me down I Do I look as if I had been put down ?—(Laughter.) If they put me down it was by packing a jury against me, and resort ing to every infamous device in order to secure an illegal conviction against me. They succeeded ; I was sent to gaol for three months, and at the termination of that period they made the notable dig. covery that I ought not to have been sent there at all.—(Laughter.) But it Is no matter; I will forgive them everything if they give me the repeaL—(Hear.) Mr lionAN was then moved from the chair, and the usual vete of thanks having been passed him for his conduct therein, the im mense multitude separated, giving cheers for O'Connell, the Queen, Repeal, &c. Tits BANQUXT HALL.—A pavilion was erected for the banquet, within thegrounds of the seminary. The Committee, we under. stand, issued 820 tickets, besides invitations to guests. At seven o'clock, p.n., Mr. O'Connell, the late state prisoners, and the other invited guests in town, having previously entered the banquet.. hall, Nicholas Boylan, Esq., ex-J.P., Hilltown-house, was called on to preside. The usual loyal toasts were drank with the customary honours. The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of Daniel O'Connell, and the legislative independence of Ireland."—(Vehement applause.) Mr. O'Cosixer.i. rose to respond to the toast, and was received with the most enthusiastic applause. The fate of Ireland is in our hands.—(Hear, hear.) The opposition to the Ministry is as no thing—it is weak, powerless, inefficacious; the Minister in Parlia ment stands supreme—his congregated minions overpower, in point of numbers, those whom they cannot convince by reason, and so str ng an Administration as that of Sir Robert Peel has been un known to modern times in the history of Parliamentary intelli gence,—(Hear, hear.) He is, as a partisan in the House, powerful, resistless ; and yet, when the affairs of Ireland come on, he who can command everything else is found to shrink from the Irish questions, and, with the attitude of supplication, almost ask us, but certainly convey the idea, " What will satisfy you, wild Irishmen ?" —(Loud cheers and laughter.) There may be something strange in the phrase, but there is nothing deviating from the truth in the idea.—(Hear, hear) The question is not between Whig and Tory—the question is between no parties—but the question is, what will satisfy Ireland ?—(Cheers.) England stands in this predicament—her Minister is in what the Americans, not very gracefully, but very truly, call "a Ax." He wants to know what is to be done for Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) Would he be so kind as to ask me—(Laughter)-1 think I can tell him at once.— (Laughter.) I heard a little bird whisper repeal.—(Cheers.) Yes, I tell him nothing short of repeal will do.•_(Cheers.) He may try his experiments—he may give us a good bankers' bill—he may take off the glass duties—he may give us a bountiful grant, and an uncontaminated grant, to Maynoot►—he may hold out the prospect of sustaining, education—but education does not consist merely in literature--ne, education should form the mind, elevate the heart, direct the judgment, give to genius its wing, and to ta lent its display—education should confirm morality, give a zest to the finest feelings of humanity, and to religion an impulse.—(Loud cheers.) But if there be an education that tends to corrupt and to poison the source of literature by making the youth subservient—if there be that kind of education that, instead of ennobling the mind, enriches the pocket at the expense of the integrity—if there be that kind of education that vibrates and calumniates—that makes the sycophant and the slave—that gives temptation to the rene gade, and a bribe to the deserter from his conscience and his faith— if there be education of that kind, and the Minister offers it to us, I would not speak of his bounty, but of the curse he would inflict on the country by such an education, and am proud there are shields —(Loud cheers)—to protect them from its influence. Yes, my Lord (addressing the Bishop of Meath), there are such shields—(Loud cheers)—from off which the poisoned arrows will glide offencelessly —(Cheers)—shields that will uphold and protect the youth of the nation as it an angel's wing were spread over the land, in whose shadows every virtue will be cultivated, piety made permanent, religion announce its commands, and knowledge and information be made subservient to salvation.—(Cheers.) We are arrived, gentlemen, at a time of which Irishmen ought to be proud. How have we gained—and I will say myself, how have I gained— this victory over Peel ?—(Cheers.) For, remember, I boast of it. —(Cheers.) Let any per►on who chooses put me down as a vain, empty coxcomb ; and, perhaps, I am dressed something in that stye—(Laughter) —but I think that we have defeated Peel.— (Cheers) Take the political history of the last eight or ten years. Every measure that the Whigs proposed for the advantage of Ire land was sure to be controlled, contaminated, and disfigured by the power of the Oppositia►.—(Hear.) England got disgusted with them; and why t Because she suspected them of lean. ing towards Ireland, and of being too kind to the Papists. —(Hear, hear.) She, therefore, revolted against them. There was a dissolution of Parliament, and the Carlton Club expended upwards of one million five hundred thousand pounds in all probability in corrupting the con. ►tituencies of the smaller boroughs. The Parliament was returned in such a position that the hatred of Ireland and of Catholicity gave the present Minister a majority of over one hun dred Members in the House of Commons—bound together by No- Popery zeal and hatred of Ireland. What became of him since ? Is he now the hater of Ireland or the advocate of No-Popery, or exclaiming against the horrible breach by the Catholics of the second commandment ; for he was the man who took a short Ca tholic catechism out of his pocket and accused the Catholics of striking out one of the commandments ? He was the very same man who came into office with all this power, and what is he doing now? No Whig Administration that ever existed could do one half of what he Is doing for Ireland.—(Cheers.) We have arrived at that pitch, and I call on you quietly and coolly to consider our position. What shall we do for our country ? " That is the question." There is nothing very poetic or romantic in the advice I am about to give you, but I trust that it will not be the less acceptable on that account.—(Hear, hear.) I tell you what you shall do—..return two repeaters for the county Meath at the next election.—( Loud cries of "We will.") Ireland Is the antagonist against which the Ministry is pitted. The Whigs are gone, the Radicals are beneath contempt, the Protes tant Dissenters of England have disgraced themselves for ever. But enough of them; it is delightful that Ireland should have progressed as she has in this great movement without vio'ating any law, or infringing the limits of the constitution. I willingly acknowledge that the recent conduct of the Ministry betokens a de sire on their part to conciliate Ireland. Ministers of England ' we LITE RAT URE. THE CONQUEST OF SINDE, 6-c. By Major- General W. F. P. Napier. [SECOND NOTICE.] After the battle of Meanee, Sir Charles Napier took possession of Hyderabad. The treasure in that place was said to be enormous. Sir Alexander Burnes had reckoned it at twenty millions sterling ; and Bernier, the French physician, magnified it stilt more, but said it was difficult to discover, as the Ameers had secret vaults both there and at Omer cote, in which they contrived to hide their treasures in times of disaster. Gold, silver, and jewels, how ever, when every search was made, did not ex ceed in value 400,0001. Sir Charles Napier and his little army were supposed to have gained immense fortunes by the victory, but un fortunately for them they have not yet received any portion of the booty, nor even a promise of any. In fact, all they got was hard fighting, plenty of glory, but still more abuse from the Indian and Eng lish press, and little thanks from the Directors at the India House. The little gallant army, notwith standing the disappointment, were not disheartened, and prepared manfully to meet another army still more formidable than that which they had defeated, and Lord Ellenborough nobly supported them in the struggle. On hearing, by report, of the victory at Meeanee, he dispatched several regiments with bat teries and field trains, which raised the army under Napier to nearly 5,000 men, and enabled him to conquer Sinde, and put an end to the war. Shere Mohamed, or the Lion, as he was called, had collected an army with the hopes of avenging his cousins the Ameers, and recover ing Hyderabad. With a formidable body of troops, exceeding 2.5,000 men, he advanced within ten miles of that town, and openly boasted that he would " Cabul the British." He had a different man, however, than Elphinstone to deal with. Napier was not slack to meet his challenge. He secured the Ameers, still plotting against him, even in captivity, by placing them aboard the steamers, though not, as had been reported, in irons, and prepared for the contest. It is needless to describe the battle. The British were completely victorious, and all the move ments, with one exception, were successful, though there was scarcely a man on the staff above twenty three years of age. The Lion, however, escaped, but his troops were dispersed, and the entire country was subdued. General Wm. Napier thus describes the results : " This memorable battle, fought thirty-five days after Meeanee, and within a few miles of that field, bears three names, Dubba, Naraja, and Hyderabad. The first from the village, the second from the pain, the third from the city near which it was fought. The last is the one by which it must be known, being that which is in- scribed on the colours and mddals of the gallant soldieis by whom it was won. "Prompt as the English General had been to fight this action, after receiving his reinforcements, he was now still more prompt to render it a decisive one. His first care was to gather the wounded men, and make arrangements for transporting them to Hyderabad ; this and the re-organization of his army for forced movements in advance, together with the writing of his dispatches, took about eight hours. Then, having ascertained that the retreat of the Belooch army was principally toward. Meerpoor, he put his troops in march again, resolute to win all that fortune would offer to his energy and bravery. "The' dreadful heat was augmenting etch day - the desert was before bim ; th e I n d us was on the rise behind him ; the Lion had still a force of nearly four to one, if he could collect his dispersed troops ; and he had two fortified towns, Meerpoor and Oznercote, to receive and cover his b?aten army, and enable him to prolong the campaign. The mercury stood at 110 degrees on the day of the battle; the troops had marched twelve miles to find the enemy ; they had fought for three or four hour, afterwards ; they had only rested eight hours, f that could be called rest, when they had to cook, and gather their wounded, and receive fresh ammunition in the time. But all these things were disregarded by the General, when he saw the enthusiasm of his officers and soldiers, who met him with cheers wherever he moved. They were disregarded also because he well knew the importance of the occasion, and called to mind Caesar's golden rule of war, 'That nothing is done while any thing remains tol"be done.' Nor was his confidence in his men betrayed by weakness of body or mind ; not withstanding their previous fatigues and the withering heat, they made more than twenty_ miles in advance before they halted. During this march they passed through two strongly entrenched positions which the Lion had prepared to fall back upon ; but he could not . . - gather men enough in time to occupy them. This was the first reward of the British energy the next day the Poonah horse were at the gates of Meerpoor, forty miles from the field of battle. " Thus pressed, the Lion abandoned his capital, and carrying with him his treasure and hi family, family, fled through the desert to Omercote. The gAres of Meer poor were immediately opened by the people who being all Hindoos and Scindians, welcomed the vanquishers of the Beloochees as deliverers. It was strongly fortified and full of stores." Thus ended the reign of the Ameers, whose fate has excited no little sympathy, real or pretended ; but no wicked rulers ever so well merited condign punishment, as the following facts will prove : " The Ameers governed by the sword and by no other law. The Beloochees were their troops ; the Scindian; and Hindoos their subjects, their victims ; up to the battle of Meeanee, any Belooch might kill a Scindian or Hindoo with impunity, for pleasure or profit ; this licence was widely exercised, especially where women were concerned. " The Ameers dealed largely in the slave-trade, and so did all their feudal chiefs, both as importers and ex porters. "They had, to rorm shikargahs, or hunting grounds, laid waste, in less than sixty years, more than a fourth of the most fertile land of Scinde, a country nearly five hundred miles in length, and from one to three hundred miles in breadth. And to form one of these hunting wildernesses for a child of eight years old, they would depopulate whole villages with less hesitation and feeling, than an English farmer smokes a hive of bees. They extracted money from Hindoo and other mer chants by torture and mutilations. They forced labour ing men and mechanics to work for them by the same means, at about two pence daily w•iges, when their ser vices were worth ten times as much, and more often than not they cheated them even of that pittance ; this oppression they carried to such an extent, that when Sir Charles Napier took possession of Scinde, scarcely could a mason or carpent•-r or other handicraft man be found—all had fled with their skill to distant countries. The Ameers also restricted commerce, and oppressed merchants and traders, because they disliked the pre sence of strangers, who might draw -comparisons be tween their rule and that of other princes. They dreaded lest their subjects should be . told the inflic tions they endured were unknown save in Scinde, the most fertile and the most miserable country of all Asia. Finally, they stopped one of the great water-courses derived from the Indus, purposely to destroy the fertility of the neighbouring kingdom of Cutch, which had been irrigated from it. " The oppressive nature of their government is pos sibly unequalled in the world,' said Sir Henry Pot- Linger. _ 4-4 It is an iron despotism," wrote Sir Alexander Burnes. " ' They have all the vices of barbarians without their redeeming virtues,' was the observation of Mount Stuart Elphinstone, whose dictum carries with it the authority of great sagacity, combined with extensive and accurate knowledge. " Major Outran called it a ' Patriarchal Govern ment.' "But God did not form the teeming land of Scinde with all the germs of fecundity, nor spread the waters of the Indus to bring them forth with plenteousness, merely to support the brutal Ameers in luxury: they thought - sn, but his arresting and avenging hand was laid upon them at Meeanee. " Their actions as men were even more hideously wicked than their actions as sovereigns. " They filled their Zenanas with young girls torn from their relations, who were never allowed to see th em more ; and they permitted all their Sirdars and other chiefs to do the same. How were those girls treated ? It would suffice as an answer, to say, that when the Ameers fell, not one woman, old or young, mother, wife, or concubine, would follow them to Bombay, so much were they detested. And reason good there was for that hatred. They and all their Sirdars and followers, alike, perpetrated such horrid iniquities that the women would have been demons had they not shrunk from the con tamination of the Ameers' company. "If a suspicion of infidelity crossed the mind of a Be looch, he sought for no proof, but made the father or mother hold the daughter by the hair while he cut her throat, or hacked her to pieces with a sward. The slightest quarrel, or disobedience, or reluctance shown, was enongh provocation for cutting off the miserable girl's nose or ears with a knife. " The Ameers and Sirdars killed all their illegitimate children; that was the rule ; and not unfrrquently they extended this rule to the female legitimate children. " And how did these monsters destroy their own off spring ? First they gave potions called odalisques,' to pr c ure a b ort i on ; if those failed, they sometimes chopped the children to pieces with their own hands im mediately after birth ; but more frequently placed them under cushions and sat down, smoking and drinking and . are now in a lofty position ; but Ido not want you to crouch before me. On the contrary, I would throw myself on my knees before you, and beseech of you not- to leave Ireland as she is, but if you are not willing, or not able to do something to remedy the evils which you admit to have existence, in heaven's name I implore you, do not mock us, but fling aside the office whose duties you feel yourself incompetent to discharge.--(Hear, hear.) However, let the Minister pursue what ipolicy he may, this at least is certain, that the triumph of the Irish people is beyond all question, provided that they continue in the same peaceful and constitu. tional course which, under my guidance, they have heretofore pur. sued. I was delighted to learn to-day that not a single additional policeman was brought into this part of the country in consequence of this demonstration.—(Hear, hear.) At the time of the monster meetings they used to inundate us with police ; but one is now deemed enough to preserve the peace. Even one Is more than enough, for we had 100,000 men around us to-day, every man of whom was himself a constable.—(Much cheering.) The Rev. Dr. CANTWELL gave the healths of Messrs. John O'Connell, Thomas Steele, John Gray, Thomas Ray, and the other late State prisoners. —(Loud and long.continued applause.) Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., Dr. Gray, Mr. Steele, and Mr. Ray, and Mr. M. G. Conway (for Mr. Barrett) spoke to the toast. The next toast was—" The healths of Lords Denmisa, Cotten. ham, and Campbell, and the impartial administration of justice." Several other toasts were drunk and responded to. Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by several guests, retired a few minutes before twelve o'clock, and the company separated shortly afterwards.—Abridged from the Freeman's Journal. I ., 'Gri;, tln children were being surill.:c4ted beneath them ! Nor was this even the limit of their abominations. With in human cruelty they eliastisi-d what they deemed the poor women's offences, such, perhaps, as weeping orcr heir slaught e r e d chiloi.cri, Nosseer lit an of Hyderabad, the most and generous minded of the the rnost huinane the pernicious, brood, hod /..• 4 !),171Z a whip expr; - -ssly to correct tre - . .asia is compos-'4 of two lengths of tqu is wires ! It is no fable ! The usage is certain ; the whip itself is in the General's possession, and not the 'cast priz.d of his trophies ; it tells him how excellent a fieed it wes to put his foot upon the ruffian's bended meek." '~ iJ r( CO WO s;i The Queen's natal day ( Saturday) was celebrated at Clare mont. At seven o'clock precisely the band of the Grenadier Guards, led by Mr. Schott, master of the band. commenced a serenade with the performance of the " Reveille," from their station near the portico at the east front of the mansion. The band afterwards performed the following pieces:— Choral, from the " Zsuberflote." Roma? za, Duetto e Finale, from "Lucretia Borgia." Waltz, I)ie Heiteren. Polka, Madrlinsn. Gallop, Millanolo. The performance concluded with the National Anthem. A select circle, who had been honoured with invitations, in cluding th e M arquis of Exeter, the Earl of Liverpool, `the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, Hon. Miss Murray,iinti Miss Kerr, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Cap tain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe Captain Franeis,Seymittt,' and the H on . an d R ev. C. Leslie Duncombe, arrived etatteo mont in the course of the day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompabied by the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Colonel Wylde, Erwin in Waiting, rode out on horseback in the forenoon. Her Ma jesty and Prince Albert rode out in a poney phaeton in the afternoon, the Prince driving. The Equerries in waiting, Lord C. Wellesley and Colonel Wylde, attended on horseback. The Royal Family were taken airings in the morning, and Prince Alfred was taken a carriage drive in the afternoon, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Royal Dinner party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the; Prince of Leinins gen, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, the Dowager Lady Lytteltnn, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Honourable M iss Murray. Hon. Miss Kerr. Honourable Matilda Paget, Mr. George Edward and the Honourable Mrs. Anson, Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, Misses Gardiner, Caie- ri the Honourable Arthur Duncombe. R.N., Honourable and Rev. Charles Leslie Courte. nay, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture—" Jubel " Selection from " Belisario" ...... Donizetti. Waltz—" Nachtfalter" Thema, with variations Polka, and Dobru-noc Charlotten" The National Anthem. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended and per formed the remainder of the night. — 7: Yesterday the unfavourable state of the weather throughout the forsnoon prevented the Queen and Prince Albert taking their usual early walk, and the Royal Family from being taken their accustomed walks and rides. Iler Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Suite, and the Domestic Household, attended Divine service yesterday at Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House, attended by the Barci.ess de Strumfeder. Their Royal High. nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited and took leave of her Royal Highness at the Duke of Hamilton's resi dence in Portman-squale. The Grand Duchess dined with the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, at their residence in Connaught-place, and afterwards (attended by Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein) honoured the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen with her company at his Ex cellency's residence on Carlton House -terrace. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the Grand Duchess Ste phanie of Baden left town to embark for the Continent, pro ceeding to the Tower Stairs. Her Royal Highness was ass companied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saze Weimar, the Duke of Hamilton, and the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, and was attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, received her Royal Highness at the place of embarkation. The Royal Duchess, attended by her suite, went on board the Princess Victoria steam-packet for Antwerp, en route to Brussels, on a visit to their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Prussian Minister, the Duke of Hamilton, and the Marquis and M arc hi oness o f Douglas, returned to town after the departure of the Grand Duchess. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen-Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty on Saturday. The Duchess of Cambridge attended Divine service vester day morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Lady Augusta Cidogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay were in waiting on her Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning, in St. Sepulchre's church. Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on his Royal Highness. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence en Saturday evening. The Dukes of Wellington, Rutland, and St. Albans at tended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was p reac h e d b y the Sub-Dean of Lincoln ; the prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Normanby, the Marquises of Huntly. Salisbury, and Northampton, the Countess of Wilton, Lords Cawdor, Shef field, Sandwich, J. O'Brien, and Wrottesley, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, attended the daily service. The sermon was preached by the Sub-Dean of Lincoln. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah. The lessons by the Rev. C. Packman, and the communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. A deputation from the London and Dublin Bank had an in. terview with Sir R. Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Pakington, M.P., had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the National Bank of Ireland, including Mr. R. S. Ring, secretary, and Mr. William Tatham, solicitor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Mr. 'tatton Egerton had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie on Saturday, at the office of ti-e Board of Trade. Viscount Arbuthnot had an intesv...:w with Sir George Clerk on Saturday at the Board of Trade. The Earl of Falmouth and a depot ai,.n bad an interview wi th Sir R. Peel on Saturday. Mr. Wickham, chairman, and Mr. Timm, so:icitor. o f t h e Stamps and Taxes, had an intervie w w i t h the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Earl of Limerick transacted business at the Colunial office on Saturday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting on Saturday. There were present the Bishops of E.y, Lich field, Lincoln, and Worcester, the Right Hon. H. Hobhou.se, and the Right Hon. J. Nicoll. The Earl of Powis and Viscount Clive had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Clerk. The Marquis of Clanricarde and a deputation from Galway had an interview on Saturday with Sir R. Peel. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office, from the Governors of the West India colonies. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening for the Go. vernor of Hong-Keng. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—(From a Correspondent.) --On Saturday afternoon as a lady and a little girl were crossing the street near the statue of King William, in King William. street, they became so entangled with the various carriages crowd ing the sheet, that there seemed but little chance for the child avoiding being run over, as in this dangerous situation the poor little creature had become separated from its mother. A gentle. man who was passing by, observing the perilous situation of the child sprang from the causeway, seized the child, and rescued it from its danger ; and whilst endeavouring to spring back to save himself, his feet slipped from under him, and he fell on his back, when the wheel of a vehicle which was going rapidly along passed right over his body, without any serious injury being sustained by him; and the moment he found himself liberated from the car riage he sprang upon his feet with amazing activity, amidst the warm plaudits of those who witnessed his. spirited and fortunate assistance. CHURCH-RATES. - ST. G EORGE , IN •TIIR-EAS T .--- On Saturday the polling for a church-rate was resumed in the vestry-room of the parish church of St . George, Middlesex, and at four o'clock Mr. Liquorish, the senior churchwarden, declared the numbers to be—For the rate, 30; against it, 1443 majority, 114. The rate is lost, and, what is most extraordinary, by the votes of the Church party, who, to show their detestation of Puseyisrn, in troduced by the Rev. Bryan King, the rector, voted against the rate. After the final close of the poll several gentlemen addressed the vestry. There were not more than twenty ratepayers in attend. ance ; and Mr. Cullin said, as the Church party had voted against the rate for conscience' sake, he hoped they would in future give credit to the conscientious opinions of the Dissenters, who uni. formly voted against church rates, because they considered that no man had any right to support any religion from which he dissented. The Dissenters voted against church-rates on the same principle as Churchmen had done on this occasion, because compulsory pay. ments for the support of a religion to which they objected was op posed to the rights of conscience. After some observations from Mr. Rippingham, the Chairman, Mr. Dean, and others, the vestry was dissolved. A BLUNDER.—Forrester, the London rolice officer, arrived here on Tuesday last, to arrest a man who had absconded arrest rt sail for c dotmereed that h i a n t from Amsterdam with 40,000 florins. In company w i t h the Dutch Consul he found wheii th a the he had Cambria, no authority. The delinquent sailed for Bostori.—Liver— butLu fut i o t v e make a ° b theut to is America pool Journal. THE AIARYLETIONE VESTRY AND MR. TIVYFORD,--. At a meeting of the vestry on Saturday, the rector stated that he had received no communication front Sir James Graham respecting Mr. Meyer, which was, he supposed, attributable to the difficulty in which he was placed as to his mode of action.—(Hear.) The charges by the vestry were fully borne out, as appeared from Mr_ Maclean not having dared to press the prosecution against Mr; Meyer. He (the rector) consulted with men of high judicial stand— ing upon the subject, who declared that they knew not what advice to give, as, although it might be desirable that Mr. Twyford should be dismissed, yet that it might not be so easy for Sir James Graham to do so. Although the vestry no doubt were anxious that that magistrate should be removed, yet perhaps it would be better for them to wait for another week to ascertain whether Sir James Graham would keep his promise, or they might remind him of it, or recommend the removal of Mr. Twyford to a less respon— sible situation. After some discussion it was agreed to grant the Home Secretary another week to act ; and in case he should not move by that time in the case, that they should again have an interview with him, and press him to grant some redress to Mr. Meyer for the gross outrage and wrong inflicted upon that unfor. tunate gentleman. TIIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TUE CHURCH 01. SCOTLAND. —On Thursday last the Assembly met at Edinburgh, in Victoria Hall, Castle-hill. Before the meeting of the Court the Lord High Commissioner, the Marquis of Bete, held a levee at Holyrood Palace, which was attended by the civic dignitaries and the nobility and gentry of the county. Upon the meeting of the assembly Dr. Hill, Professor of Divinity, at Glasgow, was elected moderator. Her Majesty's letter was then read, but contained nothing beyond the usual complements and congratulations. The only business transacted was the appointment of committees, and other routine matters. THE INFANT ROYAL FAMILY.-It is extremely gratifying to be enabled to state that those members of the royal family who were attacked with the hooping-cough a short time since, are now entirely recovered from the effects of that distreedef complaint. The attack; fortunately, was of a very subdued vbs. racter. Sir James Clark visited the royal infants at Claremont on Saturday, returning to town in the evening. The Court wilt tear. Claremont this day for Buckingham Sir William Eden, Bart., of IVmdle,stone, and Frederick Milbank, Esq,. of Hart, have been appointed deputy Lieutenants of the county of Durham by the Marquis of Looden.• derry, Lord Lieutenant.