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licie nce. The% would not be dung their duty to the- ciezena 1,:)! Londo n if they submitted to the decision which tne n °llse cause to on this subject. If , the gees ion were thr ough tttlte with spirit next session, it would be c irried e _Parliament. I: they did not carry through this great cause they would be doing a great injustice to the f , att i ,use Of civil and religious liberty. It was harsh to the 44 11 Y of London and to the b trough of Greenwich to th e question to stand in its present position. r• J. EVANS said that those persons who had re ""clod the Bill in another place had merely exercised a Llotaititutional privilege, and he did not agree eith those who thought the Noble Lerd at the head of the Govern -I:letit had acte d un f a i r ly in this matter. He believed that th ey were i n d e b te d to t he Noble Lo r d for the man ner in which he advocated the principle involved in the b r o ll for a d m i tt i ng J ews i n t o P ar lia me nt. The Hon. and a rced Gentleman they referred to the origin of the Oath of abjuration, which was enacted in the 13th year 4William and Mary. In this oath were the words tie the true faith of a Christian." This oath was car tied t—r , out by the 9 and 10 Gee. 1., which male it obdga rY on all persons in the country to take it. But then i t Tints clear, from the nature of the oath, that it was only to be taken in the sense most binding on the conscience of the person a t a kin g it, so that a Christian could uccept the r word s i n question, and the Jew could take the oath t t, the form most binding on his conscience, as bad been " 41 by the Hon. Member for Greenwich. The House then divided, when there eppeared— For the amendment ... .•• ••• 50 Against it ... ••• ••• ••• 88 , e Majority ••• b kr•BETHELL argued that greater injustice could not s eft3red than the proceedings of the present Govern ,:ent toward s B a r o n Rothschild and Mr. Salomons. He Lad not know why they, because of their religious feel rTgs and p r i nc ipl es , should be excluded from the partici 4.ation of Englishmen; and for that reaso n ho should ne leet to the original motion. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that there was a general feeling abroad in favour of the emancipation of the a e, ,, 5; but at the same time he was assured , as was the uole House, that such a measure could not be carried into effect without an Act of Parliament. What occur eted? The Muster of the Rolls proposed two resolutions. 'cle of those very resolutions was now before the House. After a great deal of discu.sion, and au amendment by t he Honourable Member fur Montrose (Mr. Flume), who ho regretted to say was absent through indisposition, e t he House decided by by a m a jo r ity of 166 to 92, in .2 Y our of the 'resolution which was now before the 'louse. So that the House was now again called upon to !farm that which they had already affirmed. It was not n ecessary again to argue this resolution. Alderman Salo 'hens having taken a course which, though not the same, 148 Similar t o th a t w hich Bemis Rothschild took, he : 3 41 ed again to take the same course now as then , and act in accordance with that resolution which appeared eon the journals of that House. The lion. and Learned entlernan said, wily not take the opinion of a court of 4 " He had no objection to taking the opinion of a court of law, and they were informed to-day, upon the rthority of Alderman Salomons, that he intended to e p il h k ; e _, the opinion of a court ot law upon the penalties he may have incurred under the Act of Parliament. et he could not see how the opinion of a court of law voald in any manner influence them as to the fact as to Whethe r a Member had or had not taken the oaths re ti,r,esd• The Hon. and Leatned Gentleman (Mr. Be ") quoted some cases as if he meant them to form teedeuts for the course he now called upon them to totally Be must say he thought the case of Mr. Wilkss em ' e "Y inapplicable. The House of Commons in that Proceeded upon its view of its own powers and pri• eu e g e s• They choose to say that the author of a heel la p to be expelled from the House, and that after ex pulsion no Member could properly take his seat. They not proceed according to the dictation of any court 01 la w• He did not agree with the House of Com ke-neus in their view upon that occasion, but certainly that tFae formed no sort o f p rece dent for the present one. o t he Municipal Corporation Act the oath "on the kil° to of a Christian" was made necessary before ad trlllesion to certain offices. In 1845 Lord Lyndhurst in „icluneed a Bill, in the preamble of which this oath was es _ ti detl to, for it said, " whereas persons of the Jewish rsuasion could not conscientiously make the declare er,uih.,,eontained in the Act," &c.; but according to the e r , ie ul ee n now laid down, this proceeding . was altogether th _ue ssary, for the Jew was not required to use all " words of the oath. It was useless to argue the etlotll,l ion further. He thought the House of Commons 0 ;' not do otherwise than assent to the course he pro. t ed. The question, they were told, was about to be R rc) ught before a court of law. If any new light could thrown upon the subject there, he knew no reason hY the House of Commons should not avail itself of it; h t with a ll t h e i n f orma ti on th e y now had before them, A t hought they would overstep the law if they allowed ' A lderman Salomons to take his seat.—(Hear, hear.) e ke ANSTRY contended that the speech made by the je c thle Lord the Prime Minister only proved that the -` On. Member for G ree n w ich ought to have been heard , 4 the bar. They had a strong case in favour of the '' o n. Member for London and the Hon. Member for Greenwich. He w as conv i nce d the feeling of the Noble 4 '°,,.,t'd was in favour of civil and religious liberty.— ";I▪ leers.) He hoped the resolution would be withdrawn present, and introduced next session under the 4tddance of a decision of the courts of law.—(Hear.) te JOHN ABEL Swill rose principally to protest e s t llnat the conclusion to which the Noble Lord had h. ° . ll e. that because the House had come to a resolution las t in the case of Baron Rothschild, that same pre (l,2• , 13 should govern every succeeding case. He thought „..a4 resolution was unskilfully drawn. He protested 4, 30 111 5 t being called upon to vote in favour of this resolu aroe' UPon the same grounds as he voted in favour of that e e ,rsed last year in the case of Baron Rothschtld. He r s lclsred that the Honourable and Learned Mem e„t for Aylesbury (Mr. Bethel)) had made fe re a decided case for suspending all inter trieldle,.! of that House until the question shou ld be te ll , a court of law, as it certainly would be in the th el ge , of the recess, and that being his opin i o n, he to • gut all further procedure in that House in reference NoI 4ho t uld stop for the present. No doubt , sho uld the eb t sTl Lord press his resolution to a division , he would ale 5 • . eared Majority in favour of it; but he might ITst as that the question would be brought again and ti,s o " l befo re the House; and although he and those who th o ught with hi m m i g ht t h a t night be defeated upon it , tbe, w ould take the defeat as auguring that the hour o f eiwtrlumph of the principle they advocated was not far I , l llt e(Cheers.) h e House then divided, when there appeared— For Lord J. R usse ll' s reso lution ... 123 A gain st it ... ... 68 Majority in f avour of the resolution ... —55 cr,.. resolution was then agreed to. ' 4 VEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAYS The House BILL. then went into Committee on this Bill. tle.• BECKET DENISON objected to the first t a i l which provided for the carrying of mail bags by die te a Ys, and the putting them down at the interme /a,, stations at th e expense of the railway cornpa tretiotahe expenses of the same to be determined by arbi r fo re • C. LEWIS said the measure had been produced le, r ‘he very purpose of obviating the evil the Hon. Mem. b complained of. t et `r• COWAN said be had been asked to oppose this ‘ll _isere on the part of the railway companies, not from 1 .„ 0 ‘ ) ,', Wish they had to imped e the transmission of the 1 • Is, bat because they considered that the present mea kin', exacted from them the maximum of service at the it e , l l l l lnlam rate of remuneration. He was of opinion that ,„ m easu r e should not be hu rr i e d through t h e t er 'se at th e c l o se of a session, and that t h e w h ole mat hll°111(1 be referred to a Select Committee. * to EIANIILTON agreed that it was exceedingly s esa ll o g to attempt to pass such a Bill at the close of the h n. ta, ' 3 CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said l et ! would be enabled, hy the pudicroosd, to give eee!ased accommodation to the übl in the convey.. e. ° l of mails to small towns, and instead of such a l.`"lre being otherwise injurious to railways, he believed it would tto 4 l , SLer fee; words from Mr. BECKETT D ENISON and d air. MANGL E Mr. LOCKE said the present measure was an ° tithe p art o f attempt, t4 W hich aw ar d e d G c , o lta vernm ent to get rid of the Bill o 4, pensation to the railways te ndered to th e Post-office He should, t h ere fore, sup Port th e amendment. • for service! kr d i • LA.BOUCHERE said the question was, whether o r ; e r _ i , g?t was so secured to the servants of the Post e„,.% that that they should be enabled to perform their i 5": to the public on the railways. The courts of law tbe ° ,: ° ?... t i_a ia n . d had expressed it t 3 be their opinion that 44_ ES of the Post-office had a right to travel on ei, ei tY 2 -, while the Irish courts had come to a different the t tus lon, at the same time that they expressed a wish Of the question should be brought under the revision settl e the of appeal, or that an Act should be passed to _ law on the subject. In point of fact, in the Wh tit „ f urs the Committee they were asked nothing but el‘w.le courts of law in Scotland had declared thePost e7,‘o be entitled to. /l et THOMPS . ON hoped that the House would withla on the principle of reasonable interference, h ors te a u !iew to the preservation of the rights of the kEtir. 4"Y' hu m . GLADSTONE did not thi n k th e Bill could be 11 ter _y as adeclaratory Lle d aiMpl d Ar e. few words fromSandrs, Mr. Forster, and n oncan, Ord Way, lI IILMERSTON reminded the House that rail ti,„, were established for public utility, d st't that they and it was only Un e , . c should be called upon to perform those they should the Legislature had it in contemplation they which th perform when they granted them the Acts " i d not ex eir railway xistence was founded. The Bill ee psnse expose the companies to any additional retrain dut7sin'PlY provided that they should perform a re muneration. for what ho considered a fair amount of Gn "Merl thou ght the present attempt of the Go- Te em of oost wa ve the maximum of service at the mini . The 'ranq unfair to railway corneanies. am , excoptiInsCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER briefly Mr. AL o•C ( A o N e otne of Mr. Gladstone's statements. not been consulted ELL hoped the Irish law courts bad par,k LOCKE said, on the t th t e s law * y n e_ a a o v . er n y se sous effecti tag clause were adopted, it would Wa s on railway property. There t DENISONof s t a h i e d m , , r b a u il t w t a b y e a y d r i e d cp ire ot dobjectote to p aid d o °l' the service. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the clause . 3 Agai u ne a t . it ••••• °56 jority • against Government . —3 The e_laoutisge was consequently struck out. The se resumed. tt 410.t0 Metropolitan Interment Bill was read a word be 0001 1sitted this day (Tuesday). Mr. HAWES moved the wound reading of the New Zealand Settlonenta 811. Mr. BROTLiERTON protested against proceeding with an opposed Bill at half-pest °Tie o'clock in the morning. He should move the adjournment of the House. Mr. GLADSTONE expressed his objection to the Bill Ling further proceeded with at so late a period of the session, especially as the settlers had not been con sulted on the important changes it hail proposed to effect. Mr. V. SMITH joined in the objection. He thought it indecorous to press so important a Bill, and recom mended its withdrawal. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asked the House to advance the Bill another stage. The two first clauses which some Hon. Gentlemen considered ob jectionable could be amended or omitted in Committee. Mr. ADDERLEY would oppose the second reading, unless it was distinctly understood those clauses were to be struck nut. _ _ Vv After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr. BRO. THERTON, the House divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment ... 3 Against it ... ..• ... 51 Majority against ... —4B Mr. ADDERLEY then moved the adjournment of :he debate. Mr. ILIWSE expresFed a hope that the Bill would be allowed to pass its second reading, as thero was really no substl.ntial objection to it. The CEIANCELLOI of the EXCHEQUER under took that, if the Bill were read a second time now, the Government would tomorrow state its views as to the several clauses. The House again divided, and the numbers were— For the adjournment ... ... 17 Against it 34 Majority against ••• —l7 The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved for certain returns re specing th.. Exhibition. Mr. BROTHER FON, interrupting the Hon. Member, moved that the House be counted, and fourteen Members only being preient, The SPEAKER declared the House adjourned at Half. past Two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From ~ .he Trot% csncl Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JULY 28. DAVID SALOIIONS, ESQ. Order for Consideration of Petitions from Greenwich read ; Motion made, and Question put, " That the electors of the borough of Greenwich be heard by counsel at the bar of this House, in pursuance of the prayer of their said petitions." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 75. Adair, Hugh E. Forster, Matthew Salwey, Colonel Aglionby, 11. A. Fox, W. J. Scobell, Captain Alcock, Thomas Geach, Charles Scully, Francis Anderson, Arthur Heathcoat, John Seymour, Lord Anstey, T. C. Heywood, James Sidney, Alderman Armstrong, R. B. Hindley, C. Smith, IL V. Barron, Sir H. Hobhouse, T. B. Smith, J. Benjamin Bass, M. T. Keating, Robert Spearman, H. J Bell, Jacob Lacy, H. C. Stuart, Lord J. liethell, Richard Locke, Joseph Sutton, J. II Bright, John Lushington, Charles Tennent, R. J. Brocklehuret, John M'Gregor, John Thompson, Colonel Brotherton, J. Mahon, O'Gorman Thompson, George Brown, W. Mangles, R. D. Thornely, Thomas Clay, James Martin, J. Tollemache, F. J. Cobden, Richard Mitclaell, T. A. Villiers, Charles Colebrooke, Sir T. Moffatt, George Wakley, T. Dawes, Edward Morns, David Walmsley, Sir J. Dawson, T. V. Murphy, F. S. Wawn, J. T. D'Eyncourt, T. Norreys, Sir D. Westhead, J. P. Duncan, George O'Connell, M. J. Willcox, Brodie Ellis, John Ogle, Savile C. H. Willyams, H. Evans, Sir De Lacy Pechell, Sir G. Wilson, Matthew Evans, J. Pinney, William TELLtjto. E wart, William Power, Dr. I a • Sir B. Ferguson, Col. Robartes, T. J. A. SuA,,li, John Abel TtiE SUN, MAJOHITY-NOES, 135. Archdall, Captain Edwards, H. Maunsell, T. P. Baines, M. T. Egerton, W. T. Maxwell, J. P. Baldock, E. H. Estcourt, J. B. Mußings, J. R. Bankes, G. Fergus, John Naas, Lord Baring, Sir F. Ferguson, Sir R. Newdegate, C. N. Barrow, W. H. Forester, G. C. Packe, C. W. Bellew, R. M. Fox, S. L. Palmer, Robert Berkeley, Admiral Freestun, Colonel Palmer, Roundel' Berkeley, H. F. Freshtleld, J. W. Palmerston, Vis. Birch, Sir Thomas Fuller, A. E. Parker, John Blackstone, W. S. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Colonel Blandford, Marquis Goulburn, Henry Plowden, W. H. Boldero, George H. Graham, Sir J. Portal, Melville Booth, Sir R. G. Greene, Thomas Pusey, P. Bowles, Admiral Grentell, C. Pascoe Reid, Colonel Bramston, T. W. Grenfell, Charles W. Ricardo, Osman Brisco, M. Grosvenor, Earl Richards, Richard Broadley, Henry Gwyn, Dowel Russell, Lord John Brooke, Lord Hale, It. B. Sandars, George Buller, Sir J. Y. Hall, Colonel Seymour, Sir H. B. Burrell, Sir C. Hallewell, E. G. Seymour, Lord Cabbell, B. B. Hanmer, Sir J. Shelburne, Earl of Carew, W. H. P. Hawes, Benj. Sibthorp, Colonel Carter, J. B. Headlam, T. E. Somerville, Sir W. Chichester, Lord J. Heald, James Spooner, Richard Child, ,snith Henley, J. W. Stafford, Augustus Clements, Charles Hervey, Lord A. Taylor, Colonel Clerk, Sir G. Hodges, T. L. Thesiger, Sir F. Cockburn, Sir A. Hodgson, W. N. Thornhill, G. Cocks, T. S. Hogg, Sir J. Tow nelev, John Coles, H. B. Hotham, Lord Tyrell, Sir J. Collins, T. Inglis, Sir It. Verner, Sir W. Conolly, Thomas Jermyn, Earl Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Cowper, W. F. Johnstone, James Vyse, R. 11. Craig, Sir W. G. Knightley, Sir C. Waddington, IL S. Cubitt, William Knox, Colonel Walpole, S. 11. Currie, Henry Knox, W. S. Watkins, Colonel Denison, Edmund Labouchere, Henry Wigram, Loftus Denison, J. E. Langston, J. H. Williams, T. P. Disraeli, B. Legh, G. C. Wilson, James Divett, E. Lemon, Sir C. Weod, Sir Charles Dodd, George Lindsay, Hon. Col. Wynn, H. W. Duckworth, Sir J. Lockhart, A. E. Young, G. F. ..........._ Dundas, Admiral Lowther, Colonel rELLEIttiI. Dundas, Sir 1). Lygon, General Hayter, W. G. East, Sir J. B. Mackinnon, W. A. Hill, Lord M. BARON LIONEL NATHAN DE ROTHSCHILD. Order for Consideration of Petition from London read; Motion made, and Question put, " That this House will hear counsel for the electors of the city of London, in pursuance of ,he prayer of their said petition." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 41. Aglionby, Henry Forster, Matthew Scobell, Captain Bell, Jacob Fox, W. J. Sidney, Alderman Bethel , Richard Hall, Sir B. Smith, J. A. Bright, John Henry, Alexander Stuart, Lord J. Brown, W. Hobhouse, T. B. Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Hutt, William Thompson, George Cobden, Richard Keating, Robert Villiers, Charles Collins, W. Kershaw, James Wakley, T. Danes, Ed ward M'Gregor, John Walmsley, Sir J. Devereux, J. T. Mahon, O'uorman Williams, W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Mitchell, T. A. Willyams, H. Duke, Sir J. Moffatt, George Duncan, George Pilkington, James TELLERS. Ellis, John Power, Dr. Anstey, Thomas C. Evans, Sir Ds Lacy Salwey, Colonel Osborne, Ralph MAJORITY-NOES, 77. Baines, M. T. Ferguson, Sir R. Parker, John Baldock, E. IL Freshfleld, J. W. Plowden, W. H. Bankes, G. Fuller, A. E. Portal, Melville Baring, Sir Francis Goulburn, Henry Pusey, Philip Barrow, W. 11. Gwyn, Bowel Renton, John C. Berestord, William Hallewell, E. G. Richards, Richard Blackstone, W. S. Halsey, T. P. Russell, Lord John Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Sanders, George Bramston, T. W. Hastie, Archibald Sibthorp, Colonel Brisco, M. Hatenell, John Spooner, Richard Brooke, Sir Arthur Hawes, B. Stafford, Augustus Buller, Sir J. Y. Headlam, Thomas Stuart, J. Sunbury, E. H. Heald, James; Taylor, Col. Cabbell, B. B. Henley, J. W. Thesiger, Sir F. Campbell, Sir A. Hodges, T. L. Thornhto, George Cardwell, E. Ilodgson, W. N. Vyse, R. H. B. H. Child, Smith Hothani, Lord Walpole, Spencer Cockburn, Sir A. Inglis, Sir R. H. Watkins, Colonel Coles, 11. B. Johnstone, James Wigram, L. T. Collins. T. Knox, W. S. Williamson, Sir H. Conolly, Thomas Lockhart, A. E. Wilson, James Cotton, W. H. Manners, Lord C. Wood, Sir Charles Cowan, Charles Maunsell, T. P. Wynn, 11. W. Denison, Edmund Maxwell, lion. J. P. Dick. Quintin Mullings, J. It TELLERS. Edwards, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Hill, Lord Marcus Fergus, John Packe, C. W. Craig, Sir W. G. DAVID SALOMONS, ESQ. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amend ment proposed to Question, " That David Salomons Esq., is not entitled to vote in this House, or to sit in this house during any debate, until he shall take the Oath of Abjuration in the form appointed by law:" And which Amendment was, at the end of the Question to add the words " and that this House, having regard to the religious scruples of the Hon. Member for Greenwich, will exercise its undoubted privilege in that behalf, and proceed forthwith to cause such altera tions to be made in the form and mode of administering the Thesaid 11 0 aLh ee a d s i s v h id al e l d e : nde the Hen. Member to take and sub scribewords the same :"—Question again proposed, " That these __ be there added:"—Debate resumed; Question put. M I liru N Fjece o .4rana ß tc,rtiyhi\e l ev:i. T :C.a Y jmiti,a. AYE S , 50. Aglionby, H. L3s Hutt, neg, 81 ti h Wi lliam .: Alcock, Thomas Scobell, Captain Barron, Sir H. .. r r Charles Alexandern Bethel , , R. Smith, J. A. Boyle, Colonel Spearma n. Stuart, Lord . B r o c k 1 e h u r s t, :J 0 h u jFo.sep 4 K e rs haw, Martin, JosjliiarnlmVpl.l"..T. Tancred, H. W. Thompson, a e e Colonel te, o. rjg.e Tol Thompson, 1 eni B C o r o , , t , p h e e r r t , o ‘ t v i , W. Crawford, W. S. Locke, Joseph Currie, Raikes Thornely, Thomas Dawes, Edward Devereux, John T. Mitchell, T. A. Villiers, Charles D'Eyncourt, C. T. Murphy, F . S. Wakley, Thomas Duke, Sir James WalmsleY. Sir J . Willcox, Brodie Ellis, John O'Brien, J. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, M. J. Osborne, Ralph MUM. Evans, John l'ilkington, damns Anstey, Thomas Fitzroy, lion. H. Hobhouse, T. B. MAJORITY7NOES, 83. Baines, M. M. T Dunne, Colonel Lockhart, A. E. Bankes, George East, Sir J. Lowther, Colonel Baring, Sir F ra nds Ferguson, Sir R. Manners, Lord Barrow, W. H. Fores ter, G. C. Morris, David C. Bellew, R. M. Freshfield, J. W. Naas, Lord Beresford, William Fuller, A. E. Newdegate, C. if „ Birch, Sir T. Geoid, Wyndham Oswald, A. Booth, Sir R. G. Gore, W. O. Packe, C. W. Bouverie, E. P. Goulburn, Henry Palmerston, Visc ount Bowles, Admiral Graham, Sir James Parker, John flreniridge, Richard Gwyn, Howe] Portal, Melville Buller, Sir Y. Hallewell, E. G. Reid. Colonel Bunbury, E. H. Hamilton, Geo. A. Ricardo, Osman Cabbell, B. N. 'Latimer, Sir John Richards, Richard Campbell, W. F. Basile, Archibald Rumbold, C. E. Campbell, Sir A. Hatchell, John Russell, Lord J. Cardwell, Edward Hawes, Benjamin Sandars, G. Child, Smith Headlam, T. E. Seymour, Lord Clements, Charles Heald, James Somerville, Sir W. Cocaburn, Sir A. Henley, J. W. Spooner, R. Cocks, Thomas S. Hervey, Lord A. Stanford, J. F. Coles, H. B. Hildyard, T. B. Thesiger, Sir F. Collins, T. Bodges, T. L. Wigram, Loftus Cowan, Charles Hogg, Sir J. W. Williamson, Sir 11. Craig, Sir W. G. Hotham, Lord Wood, Sir Charles, Cubitt, William Inglis, Si R. Wrightson, W. B. Currie, Henry Jones, Captain Denison, E. Labouchere, Henry TELLERS. Dodd, G. Lacy, 11. C. Hayter, W. G. Dundas,'Admiral Lewis, G. C. 11111, Lord Marne Dundas, Sir David Lindsay, Colonel [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Ointnpnt and Pills, a cure of Bad Legs after forty-three years' suffering.— Extract of a letter from Mr. Galpin, of Weymouth, dated 15th May, 1851. , 4 To Professor Holloway. Sir,—ln gratitude to you, and for the benefit of the community, I wish to publish the wonderful cure my wife has obtained by your Ointment and Pills. 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The rainy months are generally barren of news ; trade is always dull during the monsoon, and the stagnating effect of the season is felt even in the police courts, where the average number of cases is always very greatly di minished during the continuance of the rains. "The western frontier of the Punjaub remains tranquil; the adjacent hill tribes are said to be fully employed in fighting among themselves. It is re. ported at Peshawur that another battle had taken place at Balkh, in which the troops of Dhost Ma homed were victorious. Dhost Mahotned's sons were said to have divided the country into four parts, each taking possession of one. Reports cf Dhost Mahomed being very sick at Caubul have for some time been current, and rumours of his death have subsequently reached the frontier ; these have not yet been confirmed, but if they he true, the Dhost's eldest surviving son, Hyder Khan, is considered scarcely capable of long maintaining the position his father occupied. "The tranquillity of the ,Punjaub has induced the Governor-General to direct the release of 72 political prisoners who had been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment as rebels. " An event, however, occurred at Umritsir, on the 10th of June, which might have been attended with serious consequences. A drunken European soldier who had been placed in confinement for desertion managed to get possession of a sword, and with it cut down Jewan Singh, the commander of a Seikh regi ment forming part of the garrison. The death of their commander naturally occasioned much excite ment at the time in Jewan Singh's regiment, but the murderer having been imprisoned to stand his trial, all was quiet again by the following morning. Jewan Singh was a very distinguished Seikh officer, who had done good service to the British Govern ment both before and since the annexation, for which the Government had rewarded him by trebling his pay and presenting him with a sword and dress of honour. "The Bengal military authorities have called on all the regiments of that army for returns of the expenses, debts, and assets of their several messes. IV hen these returns have been received, a committee is to be formed for the purpose of drawing up a code of mess regulations for the Bengal army. The object of the proposed reform ia, of course, to discourage the extravagance complained of in Sir C. Napier's final order, but it is feared that the general difficulty of enforcing sumptuary laws will prove a bar to any substantial reform in these matters. It is not in Bengal alone that claret and champagne are now drunk where port and sherry would have been deemed sufficient twenty years ago, and it is hardly to be expected that young men in India should be exempt from the increase of luxury and ostentation which is the prevailing vice of the day among the middle classes of society in England. " Our India railway operations continue to advance rapidly; twenty-eight miles of the Calcutta line, and about the same extent of that at Bombay, are now in the hands of the contractors, and there is little doubt that next year will see the first sections of both lines completed. " The suspension of the state allowance to the temple of Juggernauth, and some cases which have been decided in accordance with the recently passed Toleration Act (No. 21 of 1850), have given rise to an anti-missionary movement among the orthodox Hindoos at Calcutta. At all three Presidencies an English education is considered by all classes of na tives as the shortest road to wealth, and the only cheap English education obtainable is that afforded by the mission schools. Many thousands of native children are accordingly educated at these institutions, and now and then (though such an occurrence is wonderfully rare) a Hindoo youth is converted, much to the scandal of the native community. Many of these outcasts, on arriving at years of discretion, are desirous of returning to the religion of their fathers, but they have hitherto been prevented from so doing by the impassible severity of the mode of expiating loss of caste (wandering forty-eight years as an as cetic) hitherto insisted on. A great meeting of or thodox Hindoos has accordingly been held at Cal cutta, for the purpose of substituting a milder form of expiation. It was stated at the meeting that there were fifty Christian converts at Calcutta, who would return to the Hindoo creed as soon as the milder form of penance was assented to. There is little doubt that it will be so eventually. " All things considered, the number of converts to Christianity made in Bengal and Western India is astonishingly small. In the Bombay Presidency there are (according to the almanack) about fifty missionaries of various denominations, yet a conver sion is very seldom heard of. The island of Bombay itself contrins an insulated native population of about 500,000, who are remarkably free from caste preju dices, and have lived under an English Government for nearly two centuries, yet there are not half a dozen native communicants to be found in Bombay. This result is very discouraging when contrasted with the rapid, extended, and permanent success ob tained by the Jesuit missionaries of the European Power that preceded us in Western India. "The latest Mauritius papers received exult in the flourishing condition and progress of that colony. The revenue for the first quarter of 1851 had amounted to 90,0001., which was upwards of 42,0001. in excess (or nearly double) of the expenditure. The whole cost of police, justice, troops, end pen sions for the quarter had not exceeded 6,8001,, while more than double that amount had been appropriated to the construction of new roads, immigration, and the promotion of agriculture and commerce gene rally. The flourishing condition of this colony is mainly due to the abundant supply and superior character of the free labour obtained from the ad jacent island of Madagascar. " The Australian papers are filled with the details of elections, which seem to be as ardently contested as they are in England. The grant of public money for the support of a State Church seems to be gene rally objected to, and it is expected that the new Le gislature will greatly restrain or abolish altogether this application of the revenue. " The Bangalore .Herald states that Sir G. Berke ley will most probably leave India in October or November next, and that Major-General Aitchison will in all likelihood succeed him as Commander-in- Chief. " There is little moral doubt remaining that the murderer of Lieutenant Johnstone, of the 3d Madras Light Cavalry (who, it will be remembered, was shot through the back in broad day, while seated with his wife at table in his own house), was a ci-devant Havildar in that regiment, who had been reduced to the ranks by Lieutenant Johnstone. The worst feature in the case is the manifest ill-feeling of the regiment generally. The murderer and an accom plice were seen running out of Lieutenant John stone's compound, and are well known in the regi ment, yet none of the troops will come forward to identify them. Lieutenant Johnstone was the adju tant of the regiment, and was generally unpopular, owing to his want of consideration for the high caste feelings of the native troopers, who consider them selves all gentlemen, and will not submit to anything that they imagine one gentleman should not take from another. " The N izam's territories are much as usual. The Nizam himself continues besieged, as it were, in his palace by thousands of unpaid soldiers clamouring for their arrears, who debar access to and egress from many of his palace gates ; his own officials are thus obstructed. On a complaint made to him lately by one who had thus with difficulty reached his pre sence, be remained silent, and could suggest no re medy for this insult; many of the soldiery, however, think it better to pay themselves than to waste their time in dunning their insolvent master. Two hundred of these, on the Ist of June, attacked and plundered the house of Syed Ali, a Fakeer of great sanctity and enormous wealth, being the spiritual adviser of the Nizam and half the opulent men and nobles of the city. The town police having attempted to interfere were tied up and severely beaten, and the plunderers got off with their booty, which is stated to have been immense. "The fort of' Dharoor has at last been razed to the ground, notwithstanding the urgent remonstrances of the Nizmi. Tie Governor-General has given orders that all forts that have fired on the contingent should be similarly treated. 'The destruction of all the forts in the .N izam's territories, and also those in the kingdom of Oude, would very imuch conduce to the tranquillity of both these States. It is strange that a measure of such obvious advantage should be so long delayed. " The report of General Fraser's intended resig nation is contradicted ; he is strongly in favour of a countnie%ion after the Mysore model for the,arrange ment of the Nizem's affairs. The expulsion of the Arab mercenaries would be a great boon to the country—they are at present all-powerful. " The principal news from Bombay is of ship wreck. On the 11th of June the Atiet Rohoman, a ship having on board 350 pilgrims returning from Mecca, was wrecked on the island of Kendery, while attempting to make the harbour in rough weather. Nearly 200 of her crew perished. On the same day the barque Charlotte struck on a reef at Jingoora, to the south of Bombay Harbour, and became a total TUES DAY EVENING, wreck, her crew, with two exceptions, saving them selves on rafts. The Charles Forbes, of Bombay, was also lost on the 28th of April in the Straits of Malacca. Owing to the recent cases of shipburning, underwriters at Calcutta and Bombay now decline taking risks on ships manned by Lascar seamen. This has occasioned much inconvenience, as there are not sufficient European seamen for manning the ships that were about to sail. Five of the crew of the late Ariel have been committed for trial for in cendiarism. " Colonel Ogilvie, the Judge-Advocate-General of the Bombay army, died at Poonah on the 18th inst. Colonel Ogilvie had served in India for half a century, and no officer had ever a higher character, or was more universally liked and respected. Major Towns bend, of her .Majesty's 831 Foot, died at Kurrachee on the 2nd of June, and Lieutenant Doane, of the Engineers, at Poonah, on the 16th. " Dr. Csrr, the Biihop of Bombay, has intimated his intention of resigning his diocess. "By the latest accounts from Hongkong, the pro gress of the rebellion in the southern province of China appears to be still unchecked, but there is great difficulty in obtaining authentic intelligence from the disturbed districts." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Cukutta Overland Price Current, June 12.) W . With the mail per lladdington, which arrived on the 2d inst., we are put in possession of London dates to the 24th of April, the mercantile intelligence of which is thus far of a less unsatisfactory nature than its predeces sors were for some time past, by some indications of the re-establishment of confidence, and the consequent tendency to more firmness on the part of holders ar resting the downward progress of prices. This news has hitherto remained without having any material effect upon our produce market, prices for most leading staples ruling much the same at the time of our last issue, with rather more business doing, though wanting that general spirited activity calculated to impart to values a rising tendency. Our import market continues, we are sorry to say, in the same unsatisfactory state in which the last mail left it. In fact our market for cotton goods has become somewhat worse, and indeed, until the uninterrupted and heavy flow of imports becomes checked, we can see no prospect of improvement. Large sales of heavy goods are daily made at constant downward tending prices. This tendency of the market is increased by the large quantity of damaged goods thrown upon it through the medium of unreserved public auctions. So large a number of ships arriving with par tially damaged cargo has not been known for several years. A sale of no lees than 600 damaged packages belonging to one firm takes place to-day. The only point in favour of importers is the rate of exchange, which has in the course of the month given them an unexpected advantage in remitting of 2 to 4 per cent. Grey shirt ings continue to sell on a large scale, but at a further small decline in value. White shirtings have been placed to a greater extent than of late, but at most unsatisfac tory prices, and in some instances at the same rates at which the unbleached article sells for. White figured shirtings are in better inquiry. Nothing is being done in cambrics. White twills remain in limited inquiry, and as depressed as ever, but their season is now near at hand. Grey madapollams move off pretty freely, but stocks in first hands are accumulating; 3,000 pieces of white have been placed at 2r. 55. 6p. The sales of grey jsconets have been less than they were last mail; white medium qualities sell, but at poor prices; finer fabrics meet with little attention. All descriptions of lappets are extremely difficult of sale, and the inquiry is chiefly directed to the power loom sort. Large sales of book muslins have been made for export to Ran goon and Moulmein per steamer. Mull-mulls remain dull. Turkey red goods are but in moderate demand. The season for prints and chintzes has not yet commenced A fair amount of business has been done in mule twist, but at lower rates. Turkey red yarn has also given way a trifle. The copper market is not brisk, but the value of the metal has been pretty fairly maintained. Trans actions in iron have been very limited. 4,300 maunds spelter are reported as sold at Ct. Rs. 6-10 to 6-12. Lead and tin plates are without report of sale. Our money market has continued to develope more ease at unchanged rates of discou nt, while the extreme pressure in the bazaar seems by slow degrees to subside. The transactions in home exchange have not been ex tensive, and rates have ruled at 2-1 i to 2-11 for six months' sightmany ere s d ele i l tb r i s h lls, aavned for so lft m o e 2- ri ll em fo h r e t t c a n te m d e t n o t draughts; negotiate, in expectation of getting better terms. Yes terday, however, American credit paper was more freely offered, and we heard of sales at 2-18, which rather easier figure has had a corresponding effect upon docu ment bills, as evinced by the favourite class of them being less easily placed at 2-li, at which they were pre viously more current. Freights have declined about 7- 6 per ton. Freights—Several ships have come in, and exports going forward on a very moderate scale, the rates of treight have given way to the extent of about 7-6 shil lings per ton:— To LONDON. TO LIVERPOOL. X s. d. £s. d. £s. d. £s. d. Saltpetre 310 oto 0 0 0 3 0 oto nom. Sugar ... 310 0— 315 0 3 0 0— 0 0 0 Oilseeds ... 4 5 0— 0 0 0 4 0 0— 0 0 0 Hides ... 4 0 0— 4 5 0 4 0 0— nom. Jute ... 315 0— 0 0 0 312 6 0 0 0 Raw Silk 4 W 0— 0 0 0 4 0 0— 0 0 0 Indigo and Silk Piece 410 0— 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Goods._ Shell Lae 4 0 0— 4 0 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Lac Dye... 4 5 0— 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 Rum ... 415 0— 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 To MAURITIUS. Rice ... Co.'s rs. 1 10 otol 12 0 per bag payable there at 50 cents. To CHINA. Dolls. DOT. ... 3 oto 34 per bale to Wbampoa. ... 7 0— 12 per chest. MONEY MARKET. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANK Cotton Opium STOCK, &C. Transfer Five per Cents. Rs. 6 8 0 to 7 0 0 Pm. New Fives ... ... 3 0 0 to 3 8 0 pm. Sicca ditto ... par. Co.'s Its. Four per Cent. 10 0 0 to 10 8 0 dis. Sicca Rupees ditto ... 12 8 0 to 0 0 0 dis. Bank of Bengal Shares Co.'s RS. ... 0 0 premium. Agra Bank ditto ... 25 per share dis. Simlah Bank ... ... nearly par. Bonded Warehouse Shrs. Co.'s Rs. 200 each. Steam Tug Cumpany 400 ,1 saleable. India General Steam Company New Oriental Life Insur ance Company ~ 200 „ noinquiry ~ 550 „in demand (From the Bombay Times.) REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY IDOUUM, PROM THE 7TH TO THE 24TH JUNE INCLUSIVE J na l B ar Aj et , bTeguiEnssutosvassEuVmEeN thelN G , usualJrfx e E as 2 in 4 e . ss The money - BO of the dull, or monsoon, season, and money is very abundant in the Bazaar. Government Securities and Bank Shares look upward in value, and may be quoted at—Transfer Loan, 115; New Fives, 105 to 105 i; Sicca Fives,lo7 , 4 to 108; Company's Fours, 92i; Sim* Fours, 96k. Bank of Bombay Shares, 20 to 21 per cent. pre mium; Oriental Bank, 15 per cent. discount; Coin. mercial Bank, 10 per cent. discount, and Agra Bank par. Since our last report little change has taken place in our import market. In exports more has been doing —chiefly in cotton. Cotton piece goods, in consequence of the setting in of the monsoon, have been neglected, as is generally the case about this season of the year. The only article in any inquiry seems to be 45-inch grey shirtings, the stock of which is small—except the low middling qualities of lappets, which are in good request. Fancy goods are dull. Exports—Cotton Wool—For a few days following the date of our last report the market was very quiet, and on the decline, when a firmer tone was given to it by some purchases being made by Dhollera and Compta to the extent of 4,000 bales, at 90r. and 88r. respectively for Great Britain, and better accounts from China being soon after received, a rise took place in prices. Native shippers have made purchases to some extent for China, while all transactions for Great Britain seem almost entirely to have ceased, as under the circumstances might be expected. Opium—Until the receipt of advises from China on the 18th instant, the market continued quiet. Higher prices were asked, but transactions have been limited, in consequence of the inferiority of the article. Only 896 chests were taken to China by the last steamer, and 1,056 chests by the brig Bride to Woosuag. Freights—Our stock of tonnage has been materially increased by recent arrivals, and rates of freight have in consequence fallen. For Great Britain very little is offering, the rise in the price of cotton having put a stop to shipment. To London, 2/. Ss. per ton; to Liverpool, 2/. ss. to 2L 15s. per ton, according to requirement of cargo. To China freights have been as low as 12r. per candy; but since better accounts for cotton have been received, they have gone up to 14r. to 15r. per candy, at which a large amount of tonnage has been engaged. Exchange— Ile rate on London for first-class bills may be quoted at 2s. lid., and first-class local bills, 2s. lid. to 2s. lid. for documents. EXCHANGES. On London—at 6 months' sight, per rupee, 2s. lifl. for document bills. 6 months' sight per rupee, 2a. lid. for credit bills. On Calcutta—at 60 days' sight, per 100 Rs. ... 1001 30 days' sight ditto 100 i At sight ... ditto ••• 101 k On Madras—at 30 duys' sight ditto 99 At sight ... ditto ... 991- On China—at 60 days' sight, per 100 drs., 214 r. to 215 r. BANK AND OTHER SHARES, Bank of Bombay ......R.1,000 each, 1,000 paid up, 20i per cent. pm—sales. Oriental Bank 1,000 d o ., 500 do., lbi per cent. dis. Commercial Bank 1,000 do., 500 do.,lopercnt.ds. —sales. Agra Bank ... ••• 500 do., 500 do., 1 per cnt. pm. Bank of Madras ... 1,000 do., 1,000 do., 22, per cent. premium. Ara° Press Com. ... 12,500 do., 12,500 do., 15,700. Colaba Press Com. ... 7,000 do., 7,000 do., 15,000. Colaba Land Com. ... 10,000 do., 10,000 do., 7.000 nom.' Bombay S. N. Com ... 500 do., 500 do., 50 per cent:. dis.—sales. Gr. Ind. P. R. Cora.... 50 do., 27 4 5 paid. t' C T t. JULY 29, 1851. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Five per Cent. Transfer Loan Rs. 114 to 115. Five per Cent. Loan, 1825 26 107 - to 108 per 100 Sloe% Five per Cent. Loan, 1829.30 107 to 107} per 100 Sicca. Five per Cent. Loan, 1841-42 105 to 105 f. Four per Cent. Loan, 1832-33 95f per 100 Sicca. Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36 92± per 100 Co.'s. Four per Cent. Loan, 1842.43 92 per 100 Co's. PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns each ... 10 1-16th r. per £ Bank of England notes 10ir. per Spanish dollars ... 220 r. to 222 r. ... per 100 German crowns ... 211 r. to 211ir.... per 100 Sycee silver ... 103-ir ... per 100 tolas Gold leaf (range of quality) ... 16 3-16ths r . . per toll. Gold Ingots, according to touch ~. 15ir.for 97 tch.... per tole. FREIGHTS. To London ... 2/. 17s. 6d. to 31. per ton. To Liverpool ... 21. 10s. to 21. 15s. per ton To Clyde ... 3/. ... ... per ton. To Calcutta ... Rs. 215 ... per rass. To China Rs. per candy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY. ARRIVALS. June 7—The India, from Liverpool 10th of February; Helena, from Zanzibar 17th of May; John Moore, from Liverpool 13th of January, and Belfast Ist of February; Victoria, from Singapore 28th of April. June 12—The Emperor, from Liverpool 10th of February. Juno 13—The Teazcr, from Calcutta 25th of April, Signalled the Coromandel, from Moulmein to London, out 28 days, in latitude 0.22 south, longitude 93.25 east. June 14—The Mohassur, from the Mauritius hit of June. June 15 —The St. Abbe, from London 28th of Fe bruary, and Madeira 16th of March; Sefinatullab, from Jeddah 19th of April. June 16—The Futtel Rahimon, from Juddah 30th of April; Sovereign, from Liverpool 15th of February, Kingstown Dublin Bay 21st of February. June 17—The Julia, from Juddah 6th of April; Anne Mitchell, from London 22d of February; Marion, from Greenock 27th of February; Inconstant, from Li ver p )ol 21st of February; Hon. Company's steamer Bere nice, from Bushire Ist of June, touched at Bassadore and Muscat, which latter place she left on the 12th inst. at 8.30 P.M.; Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Malta, from Hongkong 24th of May, Singapore Ist of June, Penang 3d of June, and Point de Galle 13th of June at 7 P.M. June 21—The Gond Success, from China 18th of April, and Singapore Bth of May; Victory, from New Zealand 26th of April. June 22—The Margaret Skelly, from London 14th of February, and Cape Town 15th of May. Juno 23—The Thomas Campbell, from Greenock 12th of March. June 24.—The David Malcolm, from London Bth of March. DEPARTURES. June 7—The Sesostris, for Aden. June 13—The Memnon, from Whampoa; James White, for Hull; Bilton, for Liverpool. June 14—The Richard Cobden, for Liverpool. June 16—The Bride, for Woosung, iu China. June 17—The Kalmia, for Liverpool; Faiza Allum, for Singapore and Siam; Elizabeth, for Liverpool. June 19—The Singapore, for Point de Galle, Penang, Singapore, and Hongkong; Anne Armstrong, for China; Feroze, for the Laccadives. June 20—The Rajahswarree, for Calcutta; Anne Armstrong, for China. June 22—The Emperor, for Liverpool; Beloochee, for Liverpool. June 23—The Tinto, for London; Sir Howard Dou glas, for Liverpool. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. A sad disappointment yesterday awaited the learned and scientific, as well as the lovers of the marvellous, who had anticipated the gratification of witnessing the rare and interesting spectacle of an almost total eclipse of the sun. It is a subject of no ordinary regret, that the unpropitious and clouded state of the heavens should have denied to the vast multitude of metropo litan observers who were 'preparing to profit by an event so seldom occurring, and yet so replete with matter for contemplation and instruction, the opportu nity for turning it to intellectual account. There is no question that the celestial phenomenon which oc curred yesterday belongs to a class which, more than any other, tends to realise to ordinary apprehensions the great truths of astronomical science. An eclipse, beyond all other marvels, serves the purpose, as it were, of a popular demonstration of the accuracy of those wonderful calculations by which the movements of the heavenly bodies are ascertained for hundreds of years beforehand, and laid down with unerring cer tainty and precision. Most persons must have experi enced the vague and misty effect occasionally produced on the mind by reading or listening to astronomical lectures, in which not only millions of miles, but distances altogether immeasurable and indefinite, are talked of with a familiarity that often amazes still more than it enlightens, leaving the mind ultimately in a mere state of confusion and bewilderment. We are not sure, indeed, that a doubt is not sometimes suggested, whether the grave looking gentleman who propounds such astounding reve lations touching the motions of the vast bodies in space — "Cycle on epicycle, orb on orb"— . . is not under a dreamy and mysterious delusion, and pre tending to tell us infinitely more than he really knows, or, if put to the test, would be able to prove. Certainly, to the popular mind, there is all the difference in the world between giving perchance a listless ear to the re lation of such marvels, and the palpable evidence pre sented to their sight by the actual occurrence. Tho maxim of Horace— " Segnius irritant animum demissa per aurem, Quetta quse sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus"— will apply to the facts of astronomy at least as felici tously as to any others coming within the range of the senses. The truthfulness of these profound deductions is by such evidence removed from the dim and distant re gion of theory to the sphere of undeniable fact, and the mind is gradually prepared to grapple with and admit the other truths of this sublime science. Instead of being viewed, as formerly, by our ancestors as the forerunner of plague, pestilence, and famine, may not an eclipse rather be regarded as one of the grandest of astrono mical lectures, delivered by Nature herself, with the human race for an auditory, the heavens for a theatre, and the sun and moon as the philosophical apparatus by which her operations are illustrated? On the effect of such a phenomenon in ancient, and even in more recent times, on the minds of men, nay of whole nations—arising from the groundless, though per haps not altogether unnatural, superstition that con nected those purely physical effects with impending evil and the wrath of heaven—we need not now dilate. With the advance of science and the abundance of information daily diffused at our public institutions, in a popular though philosophical form, such unfounded alarms have vanished like owls at the approach of daylight; and the announcement of an eclipse, instead of driving our worthy citizens to their cellars for refuge against the an ticipated horrors attending it, serves rather to attract them to every spot where it may be seen to the best ad vantage. The dubious appearance in the early part of the day, and the cloudy and more threatening aspect it after wards assumed, doubtless prevented many otherwise eager sight-seers from availing t h emse l ves o f t h ose l o • calities which are sufficiently c onven i en t f or th e l ess curious or less favoured mortals, who have neither the desire nor the means of transporting themselves from Marylebone or Cheapside to Christiana, Konigsberg, or elsewhere, in the zone within whose range the luxury of a total eclipse was doubtless enjoyed. On Nunhead-hill, however, and other elevated spots in th e vicinity of the metropolis, a few stray observers were stationed, de sirous, like ourselves, of witnessing the effect of the pre dicted obscuration on the surrounding country; but as far as the purpose of observation was concerned, we might as well have confined our astronomic survey to the precincts of our own dwelling. We confess to having expected to see a liberal sprinkling of peripatetic Galileos proffering their tubes for a moderate charge, or troops of amateur astronomers-royal learnedly sweeping the sky through the medium of pieces of smoked and co loured glass. At Greenwich the gathering was at first considerable but scarcely so great as might have been expected. The Astronomer Royal at Fredericksvaem, Mr. Hind at Gothenburg, most of our men of scientific eminence abroad—the Observatory itself was deserted; whilst many of the mere sight-seers who early in the day oc cupied the hill, being disheartened by the clouds, or damped by the rain, left prematurely in despair of be holding the phenomenon which they had hoped to view. And the result, it must be confessed, did not belie the wisdom of the philosophers nor falsify the instincts of their disciples ; for whatever may have been wit nessed by the professors who have gone to Sweden and Norway, no important observations were made by their deputies whom they left here. The un learned felt, therefore, some disappointment. In the first place, the weather was most unfortunately hostile to the wishes of the amateur watchers, clouds impeding their view, and following each other in such rapid succession as to forbid more than a glance, and to refuse time for anything like a sufficient observation; in the second, the coincident appearances were by no means so extraordinary as had been predicted—in short, they were not, to the unassisted vision, extraordinary at all. The actual mathematical certainties of course came true. The eclipse was duly noticed, and, as far as visible, veri fied to the letter the calculations on which it had been announced. Between 2.20 F.M. and 2.25 it was first re marked; at 3,5 it might, for a moment or two, be well seen; but at 3.10, the greatest phase, it was lost to sight altogether. But the wonders of 1842 were not reported; the " fairy tales of science," as Tennyson, borrowing from Lord Brougham, has phrased it, proved themselves mere fictions. Yet the English still love the marvellous, though they have ceased to fear it. Fur upwards of two hours the scrutiny continued, apparently with but little result. To the naked eye, however , the clouds, which were obstacles to those provided with the necessary op tical instruments, were occasionally an assistance, as the lighter of them answered particularly well the purpose to which smoked glasses are g enerall y applied, and helped to heighten the effect which, to some extent, they had produced. Atmospheric changes worthy of note there were none; the wind blew slightly till the rain fell, and then moderated, as in the ordinary course of things it naturally would. Such wore all the observa tions which, outside, it was possible to make; unfortu tunately, in the absence of Professor Air e y, th e re was n o information from within our national observatory to be had—a circumstance which the professor might have prevented, and which the public will regret. Vesicles the naturally elevated positions of which we have spoken, those which art has raised were generally occupied for the °wagon. On the Monument end from -- • St. Paul's many contemplated the spectacle, whilst others of the citizens, averse to extravagance, availed them selves of Tower-hill, as an accessible situation, combin ing general economy with its local advantages. At Highgate, as elsewhere, there was scarcely a per ceptible change in the appearance of the day throughout the whole period of the duration of the eclipse. A slight darkness did, it is true, come on about ten minutes before three, and lasted some thirty or forty minutes, but so trivial was the amount of additional obscurity, that but for the knowledge that the sun's disc was at that time actually being eclipsed, we venture to say that the change would have passed almost, if not en tirely, unnoticed by unscientific eyes. The weather for some time previously had threatened rain, while sombre masses of clouds of various forms and hues slowly drifted up, until the whole face of the sky was more or less covered, and a dense mist, as the rain continued at intervals to fall, graduall'oecupied the lower districts. About the time of the commencement of the phenomenon a slight degree of sultriness was apparent, which, how ever, wag succeeded in about thirty minutes by a de cided fall in the temperature. The only peculiarity in the appearance of the sky was a vast cloud running for many mires perfectly parallel to the horizon, and at no great elevation, the sharply defined and lurid outline of which strongly contrasted with the narrow strip of light grey ♦apour of corresponding extent. In Manchester and other parts of the country, from which we have accounts, the phenomenon proved to be comparatively a failure, through the inauspiciousness of the weather. &t the time of the junction of the shadow with the sun's disc, rain fell in a deluge, and the heavens were overcast for a considerable time. The sun was subsequently seen when the shadow had passed a Con siderable space over the face of the orb, but fieeti❑g clouds of darkness soon intercepted the vision, and it was but seldom it appeared for more than a minute without some untoward interruption. At the period cf the close of the phenomenon the sky was quite overcast, and not a vestige of the tun was to be seen. There was no dark ness beyond that which was caused by the threatening clouds. Beyond those atmospheric appearances there was no thing to indicate to the unaided vision that one of the most singular results of the laws that govern the bodies composing our solar system was at that moment being produced. In fact, the whole spectacle, if such it might be termed when so little was to be seen, was provok ingly deficient in all that was marvellous or even striking. No sign of anything unusual in the economy of the heavenly bodies was visible from the locality we have mentioned, save at about twenty minutes before four o'clock, when a faint glimmering in the sky exhibited for a moment the sun's pale and watery disc, shorn of half his size and all his splendour; but in another instant the clouds again closed over it, and remorselessly denied a second glimpse. How it happened that, in spite of the haziness and clouds, which would of themselves tend to obstruct the sun's rays, and thus increase the darkness arising from any other source, the obscuration of 82-100ths, or nearly 9-10ths of its surface, assuming the correctness of the calculation, should have produced so inconsiderable a diminution of light, is a problem which we will not attempt to solve. Last evening, at the Polytechnic Institution, Dr. Bach hoffner repeated the interesting and instructive lecture on the solar eclipse which he has lately delivered at this institution, combining therewith the result of his actual observations during its progress. He stated that he had been unable to observe it with any degree of accuracy for more than a few moments at brief intervals, before the highest degree of obscuration had been attained—in this respect being no more fortunate than less scientific, though, doubtless, equally curious spectators. The num ber of his auditors, and the attention with which the lecture was listened to, betokened the interest felt in the subject, despite the untoward circumstances which had attended its development. A lecture, accompanied by illuminated diagrams illus trative of the expected appearance of the eclipse, was delivered by Major Parlby, at the Gallery of Arts, Sloane-street, where arrangements were made for view ing its progress, after the lecture, in the garden at the rear of the house, through a telescope stationed there for the accommodation of the auditory. After what we have stated, however, it is needless to mention that the effect of the arrangement was almost neutralized by the adverse skyey influences above referred to. Nevertheless, at times, for a few moments, the shadow of the intervening body was clearly defined through the fast-moving clouds that passed over the sun's face, sufficient to give a correct though fleeting idea of the effect actually produced. These fitful appearances, it should be stated, occurred prior to the greatest degree of obscuration being reached, for, after that period, the darkening clouds presented an impenetrable barrier to further observation until nearly the close of the phe nomenon. Notwithstanding the obstacles which have marred the success of home-observation, there can be no doubt, from the careful arrangements that have been adopted by numerous savans, British and foreign, who either reside in, or have purposely visited the regions whero the eclipse will be fully visible, that we shall speedily receive the fullest and most accurate descrip tion of its attendant phenomena that science can furnish. —Chronicle. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service ,yesterday morning at Whippingham Church. The usual suite was in attendance on the Queen and Prince, and Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady in Waiting in attendance on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The service was performed by the Hon. and Rev. F. P. Bouverie. Sir James Clark arrived in the afternoon from London. Earl Granville remained on a visit, and had the honour. with Sir James Clark, or being included in the Royal party at dinner. Mr. Lemaitre had an interview with Lord John Rua sell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street, Earl Granville arrived in town yesterday from Osborne, The Marquis of Lansdowne returned to town yester day. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the governors of the North American colonies. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. yesterday 3,1941. 13s. was taken at the doors, and 67,170 persons entered the building. Of these a very large party came from the town and neighbourhood of Reading. The eclipse of the sun which took place yesterday seems to have inspired the Executive Committee with formidable apprehensions of the diminution of light which was likely to take place in consequence. From an impression that the 67,000 visitors who flocked there would have to grope their way through a darkness hardly visible, they had all the gas lumps in the interior put in requisition. Some amusement was caused by this excessive, amount of precaution fur a great transparency like Mr. Paxton's palace of glass. The South-Eastern Railway brought up a special train from Reading, enaged by Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Andrews, engineers, of the Katesgrove Iron-works, con taining about 1,200 persons. Upwards of 230 of these were the clerks, workmen, and boys employed by that firm, each of whom had been presented with a free ticket to convey them to the Great Exhibition. They were brought by steam-boats from the terminus to West minster-bridge, where they formed into procession, and, headed by a band of music and banners, marched to the Exhibition, singing in chorus some spirite , d , and appro priate verses, entitled " The Working Man, the words of which were written, and the music arranged, by one of themselves. The party will again visit the exhibition to-morrow, as will also a body of 2,000 persons from Woolwich. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I so cordially agree with the remarks of a "Legitimate Railway Invester, contained in a letter published in The Sun of July 24, that I beg to add my testimony to the advantages derived by railway proprie. tors from your well-timed advice, not to sacrifice their property to the Bears, justly so called. Like your cor respondent, I have invested a portion of my property in railways, amongst others in Midlands, and I feel the greatest confidence that the present depression in these shares arises from temporary causes only—the usual traffic on that important lino being diverted; the fact being, that excepting to London there is very little traffic, nearly the whole setting in one current, to the neglect of the lateral traffic. This will, however, soon cease, and we shall see Midlands 201. to '25/. per share higher than they are at the present time. If the Bears fail to alarm the timid holders, their trade is gone. Your obedient servant, HABIUS CUNCTATOR. July 26, 1851. RIVAL STEAM-BOATS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—A statement having appeared in your journal of July 19, respecting a new steam-vessel, called the Tourist, in which it is said that she has " beaten the Jupiter (belonging to this company), hitherto consi dered the fastest boat on the Thames," I am requested, through the medium of your columns, to deny that the Jupiter has ever been beaten in speed by any vessel, and that, to set at rest any doubt on this head, the pro prietors of the Jupiter are ready, on any day that may be agreed upon between themselves and the propriotors of the Tourist, to try their comparative speed by run ning either from Brunswick-wharf or from Gravesend round the Nore-light and back. Your early insertion of the above will oblige, Yours, obediently, W. DOBSON, Secretary. Star-office, Gravesend, July 24. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH -COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending July '26, 1851 ... £13,866 19 12,503 16 Traffic —Week ending July 27, 1850 •-• 53,564 13 Total of the half-year, to this date , 1851 ... Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 Week en 47,855 ... 47,855 0 Total number of Pass en g ers 89,431 89,431 Passengers .•• .. l . X 26,.1 . f 11,331 1 11 .351 ... ... ... 2,535 17 6 dift l o 3 , '8 1 6 8 6 50 1 , 9 17 5 1 1 4 . Goods •July -8, 1851 . London Terminus, Total miles open, SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. T0a118.5.0.1, 17 . a . 14 ; Gross tragic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending July 26, 1831 ... ....420,014 6 6 Ditto, July 27, 1850 ... ... 15,010 4 7 Increase in 1851 £5,004 1 11 London Terminus, July 26, 1851. LITERATURE. A LITTLE EARNEST BOOK. By William Wilson. Barton and Company. Several circumstances have caused us to look with no ordinary complacency upon this charming little effusion. It is on a favourite subject, namely, on Poets and Poetry. It is written throughout in a mood of graceful and modest appreciation of all that is - really beautiful. It is in itself, moreover, an agree-_, able blending of prose and versification. Added to all which considerations, it is illustrated with some choice tailpieces by Kenny Meadows, and some exquisite wood engravings by Alfred Crowquill ; while the entire volume is rendered yet more attractive by the circumstance that it is dedicated by permission to Sir 'Edward Bulwer Lytton, one of the most illustrious authors in the whole range of our national lite rature. Speaking of the last-mentioned cir cumstance in his preface, Mr. Wilson re marks very emphatically, that "he ventures,, with especial pride, to call the attention of his readers to the dedication, for he considers himself honoured by the permission kindly and delicately granted to in scribe this little book to the greatest of our living authors," adding gracefully enough—" Great names with hallow song." It will be difficult for even the most cursory reader of the work bef,)re us to deny the intelligence of its author, sprinkled as every page is with so many evidences of his eclectic taste, and with so many proofs of the originality of the fruits of his meditation. In one part of the very opening chapter it is observed by him very finely, that " God always utters his eternal truths in poetry throughout His Book." As a definition of poetry itself we find it called a little further on epigrammatically, but no less truly, The Beautiful. "Poetry,' says the writer, may be termed The Beautiful, as that is the source, or fountain, of all true and living poetry—the , t palpably and id ea ll y b eaut if u l—th e b eau tif u l in 7. thought and in action." Further on he exclaims, in beholding the smile of a tone of enthusi asm, Nature - to., " G T O h D e iPnoneattiusree.v”er Of f spired by , he speaks also in terms of befitting admiration. " All nature," he says, " is a beautiful and wonderful poem, and the imagination to w hi ch it gives wings is above and beyond reason. ' Yet beautiful and wonderful though the poem of nature is to his comprehension, he is forced, immediately after that declaration, to Be knowledge thet "the mightiest poem in creation is man." His reflections upon this subject flood his whole soul with an exquisite and all-embracing hu manity, insomuch that he avows with some solemnity that even in regard to those who are apparently th e most vitiated and debased, "Not to recognise the Divine in the human is not to know God." It is nobly and accurately proclaimed in another chapter that "the true poet is ever the advocate of freedom," a fact exem plified in a thousand instances from the idylls of Theocritus to the songs of Longfellow. Everywhere, in the loftiest and the lowliest places alike, our author finds so me o bj ec t w ith w hi c h t o sym p a thize, some theme cap a bl e o f exc i t i ng hi s en th us i asm . On the mountain top, under the shadow of a tree, by the margin of a stream, leaning against a country stile, wandering along the sea shore, he discovers new sources of delight, and new causes for the outpouring of his admiration. Occasionally his otherwise lucid and scholarly diction may be blurred with some awkward coinage, as where (p. 57) he speaks of Shakspere's " aloneness?' Sometimes, again, as in the very title of his volume—" A Little Earnest Book upon a Great Old Subject"—he is guilty of somewhat reprehensible affectation. But altogether the work under notice is so evidently the utterance of sincerity, that it is impossible not to be charmed by its simplicity both of manner and expression. As ex amples of Mr. Wilson's rhythmical ability, we may give the sonnets addressed by him respectively to Shakspere and to Bulwer Lytton : SONNET TO SHAKSPERE. Mighty upraiser of the heart of man! A stream of thought and fancy clear he winds, Through feeling, gaining mastery o'er all minds; Guiding and ruling as no other can. Well may we deem that thou art God-inspired— Great Nature is the plaything of' thy choice, . . The Beautiful speaki in thine every voice, The light of thy great mind the Globe has fired. Our own dear Shakspere! Poet of the World! We should do all to use thee for our good,— Spread through all lands thy wondrous mental food— Whose power shall cease not 'till Time's wing be furled. Most comprehensive soul of any clime; Subjector of the Universe, and Time! SONNET TO SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BART. Grand and impassioned is thy lofty mind! By Nature much inspired thou hest been,_ For God, the Beautiful, thou there haat seen; And felt His very breath upon the wind. Both Poet and Philosopher art thou Knowing what dear twin Sisters meek are they; With thoughtful eyes, effulgent as the day!— And glory-lit with Truth each spirit-brow. Full of high beacon-thoughts thy works arise, Shedding far down the Future rays benign; Thy soul has ever starward turned its eyes, Gathering from thence bright gleams of the Divine. Rare Prophet-minds—of aye-enduring might— Raise up the World with their immortal light! In the latter effusion it would have been somewhat less distressing, because somewhat more grammatical, to have remembered the real gender of Poet and Philosopher. Unless they were epicene they could not possibly be called twin sisters. Poetry and Philosophy might have been thus symbolized cor rectly, but neither of them are mentioned. Better than his poetical, we like Mr. Wilson's prose allusions to Sir Bulwer Lytton, were he observes— Of all living authors, Bulwer—the English literary Universalist—has the most perfect power of garbing his beautiful thoughts grandly. It is distinctly one power to think grandly, and another to possess the artistic ability to utter grandly. The one power perfects and refines the other. Bulwer casts, as it were, a halo round his every thought by his singular and intuitive know ledge of the genius and purpose of language. Yet he is always within the reach of a Mind! He avowedly ad dresses himself to all minds. It would, therefore, be ab surd to term his writings mystical because they are original, powerful, and refined. He may safely rest his fame as a poet upon his great poem King Arthur.' " Sir Bulwer Lytton's illustrious contemporary, Charles Dickens, is thus spoken of by our author, further on in his volume— " Speaking of the heart of the child, and the head of the man, irresistibly reminds us of one great living Poet, who has never published verses; lbuitigt, to dwellbeenhas the fate of few, if that of any men , while in and to influence so many hearts, as Dickens." Two brief sentences, also worthy of quotation, are those where it is said that "Poetry is the Poet's Religion," and where, in elucidation of the thought, it is remarked that the Poet " knows that Philosophy is the sister of Faith, and that Faith is Poetry." As a lovely little supplement or appendix to the volume, there are two chapters entitled " The Story of the Poet Lover—an Outline." These, with the preceding portions of the volume, cannot fail to obtain for the author an estimable, though it may be a restricted popularity. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 28. STOCK EXCHAIIOI.—The share market was depressed to day, with a decline in prices from our last quotations. The transactions were as follow : —Great Western Original shares, 83—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 144 1 —Midland, 6 per cent. (Birmingham and Gloucester), 128% ex div.—Taff Vale, Quarters, 37. LIVERPOOL, JULY 28. STOCK EXCHANGB.—The market was less firm to-day, and prices were a shade lower than on Saturday. The trans actions were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire, (late Cheshire and Birkenhead), 15 3 / 4 —East Lanca shire, 14 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 4914—London and North-Western, 1233 x —Ditto, New Quarters,. 3SP.-. 11i " ( i land, 4] Ditto, Halves, 20 3 / 4 dis. South-Easter n . a n d Dover, 22 1 4 —York and North Midland, 18% —Pam and Rouen, 25% MANCHESTER, JULY 28. li mited, and STOOK EXCHARGE.—The business to-day as prices had a downward tendency. The transaw., was ions were as ,ico;thern, follow :—East Lancashire, 14 l 7— London 3-16— and North-Western, 1221,4—Ditto,chester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Quarters (9, 21 . i. IL— Manchester and preference, 9-16 N— and Lincolnshire, 2714—Ditto, N ~ e w 61. 1 _ , 5 SOUth•E ts 118 ru Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, I /s -and Dover, 22%. A rd . J U LY 28. BIRICINGkut ' transacted on 'Ph STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business local , - Change onfined to stouts. Rail av to-day was almost entirely c andclosed w- ' prices, b- London Great at about quotations were guided . 7 the same rates as in the we tropolis. There was little or no thing doing. "----=------ a -- nd J now— conTpleted oedui s . a 0r ... C0m . molis.-- h,as been ready This cha mber e:l2 At itw pa • et The ceiling hs been brought d hatsTiebHneeEnTNrbeEenidoliewill tic effect of the cha nges forbu but o p c c 5 a u or - r. centre, and instead of being fiat over the whole tially tried 6 feet in the before, e . sloped is down on all aides. The upper hexalPfaXtelleBswindows,.which formerly had a central transom, is thereby put out of sight, and as this lessened the light con siderably, the tills have been cut down about a foot. The side galleries have been made wider, and are coved beneath, to throw out the sound (we should not advise speakers to stand under them, nevertheless). A very considerable in crease of accommodation has been gained in the division lobbies by the addition of one large and two small oriels. The gallery for the public has been enlarged, and accommo dation is now afforded for about 460 Members. Retiring rooms, too, have been provided above the division rooms. The reporters' gallery, at the Speaker's end, is so arranged, temporarily, that each reporter has a separate stall, with a door at his back ; so that he is able to come and go rapidly, and without disturbing any other. They have a private staircase and two retiring rooms, with desks, where they may arrange their notes or refer to books and papers. The ven tilation and warming of the House is, as our readers know, under the direction of Dr. Reid. The Speaker has a private* hot-water plate in the House for his feet, and so have en the Ministers and the leaders of the Opposition. Minton'st. e b are ui 1 di busily ng ._ a liu t work laying Lacy (formerly Miss HAYMARKET._mrs. Walter the tile pavements throughout h Taylor) has announced a "first be nefit" at this theatre for next Thursday, when she will perform Helen ' in the Hunch back, and Maria Darlington, in .A Roland for en Oliver supported m p bumper rbin u e e h t charactersfr om by her husband and by the varied talent of the comP o a .nY Mrs. Lacy ought to be sure of a b h e r associative claim upo n t h e how man y years ago) one of the most ver satile, oatparr m mediieval playgoers, who should not f orget c l ev er, and charming of t heir the atrical favourite. wee gthraatteful (never regamrdinodf Mu Taylor, of Covent-garden Matto, 4 11 - 1_