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b cone. They would not be doing their duty to the c itizens Tt of London if they submitted to the decision wh ich the Souse came to on this subject. If the quesion were " t h'en up with spirit next session, it would be carried through Parliament. IF they did nut carry through this great cause they would be doing a great injustice to the e xude of civil and religious liberty. It was harsh to the city of London and to the borough of Greenwich to a llow the question to stand in its present position. Mr. J. EVANS said that those persons who bad ie- Jeeted the Bill in another place had merely exercised a eo estitutional privileee. am:: he did not agree with those * ha thought th e Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment had acted unfairly in this mutter. He believed t hat they wore indebted to the Noble Lord for the man -8 ill which he advocated the principle involved in the I _ ll ia for admitting Jews into Parliament. The Hon. and retried Geutleman then referred to the orie,in of the oath of abjuration, which was enacted in the 13th year ri T illiam and Mary. In this oath were the words on the true faith of a Christian." This oath was car ried t out by the 9 and 10 Geo. 1., which made it oblige - Z t ° rY on all p e r s ons in the country to take it. But then I MS clear, from the nature of the oath, that it wa s onl y to be taken in the cense most binding on the conscience t - : the persons taking it, so that a Christian could accept ;_-"° words in question. and the Jew could take the oa th _,"4 the f orm most bi n di ng on his conscience, as had been do ne by the H on . Member for Greenwich. T he House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 50 Against it ... • 88 Majority ... —3B kr. , BETHELL argued that greater injustice could not be offered than the proceedings of the present Govern r,aeut towards Baron Rothschild and Mr. Salom ons. He 2 u_id not k now w hy they, because of their religious feel -901 and principles, should be excluded from the partici pation of Englishmen; and for that reason he should Object to the original motion. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that there was a general feeling abroad in favour of the emancipation of the J ews; but at the same time he was assured, as was the "hole House, that such a measure could not be carried Into effect without an Act of Parliament. What occur red? The Master of the Rolls proposed two resolutions. , une of those very resolutions was now before the House. After a great deal of discussion, and an amendment by the Honourable Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume), who l a regretted to say was absent through indisposition, lt he House decided by by a majority of 166 to 92, in f ayour of the resolution which was now before the k iouse. So that the House was now again called upon to aitrm that which they had already affirmed. It was not a ccessary again to argue this resolution. Alderman Salo ons having taken a course which, though not the same, Ices similar to that which Baron Rothschild took, he at kedagain to take the same course now as then , and to actin accordance with that resolution which appeared tt Poa the journals of that House. The Hon. and Learned t i l entleman said, why not take the opinion of a court of "v? He had no objection to taking the opinion of a (I °art of law, and they were informed to - day, upon the authority of Alderman Salomons, that he intended to Zlta the opinion of a court of law upon the penalties t t aloll he may have incurred under the Act of Parliament. he could not see how the opinion of a court of law vowel in any manner influence them as to the fact as to W hether a Member had or had not taken the oaths re paired, Th e H on . an d Learned Gentleman (Mr. Be han) quoted some cases as if he meant them to form t „ i ecadents for the ecurse he now called upon them to t otally Ile must say he thought the case of Mr. Wilkes :tally inapplicable. The House of Commons in that v i t l lle proceeded upon its view of its own powers and pri o:Fsea. They choose to say that the author of a libel h „gu 2 t to be expelled from the House, and that after ex ;ton no Member could properly take his seat. They of hot proceed according to the dictation of any court l aw• He did not agree with the House of Corn tor,ula in their view upon that occasion, but certainly that 'ease l 4 formed no sort of precedent for the present one. t ue Municipal Corporation Act the oath "on the Ell !le faith o f a Ch r i s ti an " was m ade necessary before ad tr„,lB,2Blon to certain offices. In 1845 Lord Lyndhurst in drtleed a Bill, in the preamble of which this oath was p e u ded to, for it said, "whereas persons of the Jewish ti o r tlacion could _not conscientiously make the declare 04...contained in the Act," &c.; but according to the declare °P now laid down, this proceeding was altogether eecessary, for the Jew was not required to use all r ,„ ° _ words of the oath. It was useless to argue the question further. He thought the House of Commons of , not do otherwise than assent to the course he pro- Oct. The question, they were told, was about to be b r e etight before a court of law. If any new light could thrown upon the subject there, he knew no reason 6°Y the H ouse o f C ommons s h ou ld no t ava il it se lf o f i t; I,:t with all th e i n f orma ti on th e y now h a d b e f ore th em , Al t,liought they would overstep the law if they allowed er aan Salomons to take his seat.—(Hear, hear.) N oble ANSTEY contended that the speech made by the I f ° hle Lord the Prime Minister only proved that the on. Member for Greenwich ought to have been heard ) 4 the bar. They h a d a s t rong case i n f avour o f th e ira. Member for L on d on an d t h e H on . M em b er f or V'eenwich. He w as conv i nce d th e f ee li ng o f the Noble o7tl was in favour o f c i v il an d re li g i ous lib ert y.— lbeers.) He hoped th e reso l u ti on wou ld b e w ithd rawn ~, present, and introduced next session under the °Wane° of a decision of the courts of law.—(Hear.) 4 11.. .JOHN ABEL SMITH rose principally to protest 4ainst the conclusion to which the Noble Lord had i it t °,e, that because the House had come to a resolution 0 Z Year in the case of Baron Rothschild, that same pre ti;'_'!at should govern every succeeding case. Ho thought afrin resolution was unskilfully drawn. He protested tr a ast being called upon to vote in favour of this resolu -14011113011 the same grounds as he voted in favour of that o ,Posed last year in the case of Baron Rothschild. He 14sitlered that the Honourable and Learned Merci an for Aylesbury (Mr. Bethell) had made fo re a decided case for suspending all inter ttiere of that House until the question should be so ur by a court of law, as it certainly would be in the th o ' l° of the recess, and that being hiseopitkien„he t o tight all furth e r procedure in that Housiki rete - retioe, ° tt should stop for the present. No doubt; should the' le ob ta .Lord press his resolution to a division, he would bur to a majority in favour of it; but he might rest as u,n, that the question would be brought again and It Z 3 ° . ° 3 . before the House; and although he and those who th e tight with him might that night be defeated upon it, th e l t voilld take the defeat as auguring that the hour of tit ata r lareph of the principle they advocated was not far . ouse then divided, when there appeared— tor Lord J. Russell's resolution ... 123 4 gainst it ... 68 ee. Majority in favour of the resolution —55 resolution was then agreed to. '"NVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAYS The BILL. lleuse then went into Committee on this Bill. st a 't BECKETT DENISON objected to the first t Et Pe, which provided for the carrying of mail bags by oi"ways, and the putting them down at the interme klkte stations at the expense of the railway con 11) - 0 t l , the expe nses of the same to be determined by arta to, f o ll lt- C. LEWIS said t h e measure had been produced }lt the very purpose of o b v i ating the evil the Hon. Mem isr complained of. ki kr, COWAN sa id b e had been asked to oppose this i t :asure on the part of the railway companies, not from t4 l Wish they had to impede the transmission of the 5 4 15 , but because they considered that the present mea -17144'4. exacted from them the maxim um of service at the 54, h i ratlern rate of remuneration. He was of opinion that 4": a measure should not be hurried through the fe l ?"s t e at the close of a eession, and that the whole mat -e..4could be referred to a Select Committee. mo r +ate HAMILTON agreed that it was exceedingly tel :l g to attempt to pass such a Bill at the close of the 41,. %he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU ER, said 14cY Would be enabled, by the means propo sed , to give kiteteased accommodation to the publi c c s o u n c v; i 3y t: t ee „ e of mails to small towns, an d instead of Lare being injurious to railways, he believed it would -e otherwise. khetifiLer a fe w words from M r. BECKET T DENISON and aar. MANGLES, ttla3ir. LOCKE said the present measure ~!.ne part of Government, to ger, rid was an attempt, ;latch awarded compensation to the railways of the Po rt to the Post -office. B fo i .r ll sa o r t vsiu '4 7 4 .3 , rt the amendment. • He should, therefore, th.kr. LABOUCHERE said the question was, wh ether _,)‘. ef , tight was so secured to the servants of the r 07 1 ,c.e> that that they should be enabled to perform th.fieiwr th 'lv% to the public on the railways. The courts of 1 th e cotland had expressed it to be their opinion that 2‘l3lBervants of the Post-office had a right to travel on te t , W i aYs, while the Irish courts had come to a different the e t T i. B ion, at the same time that they expressed a wish of eee „ question should be brought und er th e rev i s ion te t ectirt of appeal, or that an Act should be passed to 1141 15 1 , 01 e law on th e su bj ect . I n po i nt o f f act, i n t h e uef ore the Com m it tee t h ey were as k e d not hi ng b ut t o the courts of law in S co tl an d h a d d ec l are d thePost to be entitled to. 4 0t c 2,?nel THOMPSON h ope d t h at t h e H ouse wou ld With"andon the principle of reasonable interference, co a view to the pr eservat i on o f the r i g h ts of t h e %%unit Y * teat GLADSTONE did not thi n k th e Bill c o u ld be e?...lced simply as a declaratory Act. e kit er a fe w wor d s f rom Mr. Sandars, Mr. Forster, and b ancan, Ive Ord PALMERSTON remind e d th e H ouse t h at rail tight w ere establi s h e d f o r p u bli c ut ili ty, and it was on l y e t Z,.t t hat they s h ou ld b e ca ll e d upon to perform those th e ' l cs which the Whi Legislature had it i n contemp l a ti on on ahould perform when they granted th em t h e A c t s doch their very existence was founded. The Bill not expose the railway companies to any additional certain duty but simply provided that they should perform a ain duty for what he considered a fair amount of re 'generation. GOOCH thought the present attempt of the Go nment to have the maximum of service at the mini 'gam of cost was most unfair to railway companies. ; the CHANCELL OR of the EXCHEQUER briefly to ok exceptions to som e of me. Gladstone's statements. M. O'CONNELL hoped the Irish law courts had so t been consulted on the la. 6?,1r. LOCKE said, if the clause were adopted, it w , ould a very serious e ff ect on railway property. There ' B 's no knowing where Post office exactions would stop. eskr. DENISON said, railways did not object to do 'plat was asked of them, but they required to be paid or the service. The Committee then divided, when there appeared — For the clause 53 Against it ~. ▪ „, 56 Th e Majority against Gove▪ rnment . —3 -4:4.!rte clause was consequently struck out. ,!le Basso resumed. ti„t_ti.e Metropolitan Interment Bill was read a seeoed ` 146 , to be committed this day (Tuesday). __. _` Mr. HAWES moved the second reading of the New Zealand Settlements Bill. Mr. BROTUERTON protested againat proceeding with an opposed Bill at half-past ono o'clock in the morning. He should move the adjournment of the House. Mr. GLADSTONE expressed his objection to the Bill being 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 had proposed to effect. Mr. V. SMITH joined in the objection. lie 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 lion. Gentlemen considered ob jectionable could be amended or omitted in Committee. Mr. ADDERLEY would oppose the second raiding, unless it was distinctly understood those clauses were to be struck our. 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 the debate. _ _ . Mr. HAWSE expressed a hope that the Bill would be allowed to pass its second reading, as there was really no substantial objection to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER under took that, if the Bill were read a second time now, the Government would to•morrow 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 specting the Exhibition. Mr. BROTHERTON, interrupting the Hon. Member, moved that the House be counted, and fourteen Members only being present, The SPEAKER declared the House adjourned at Half•past Two o'clock. THE SUN, PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. From the Vett - sand Proceedings of the House of Commons•) MONDAY, JULY 28. DAVID SALOMONS, 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, H. 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, It. V. Barron, Sir IL Hobhonse, T. B. Smith, J. Benjamin Bass, M. T. Keating, Robert Spearman, H. J. Bell, Jacob Lacy, H. C. Stuart, Lord J. Bethel], Richard Locke, Joseph Sutton, J. H. Bright, John Lushington, Charles Tennent, R. J. Brocklehurst, 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 Mitchell, T. A. Villiers, Charles Colebrooke, Sir T. Moffatt, George Wakley, T. Dawes, Edward Morris, 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. 3. Willcox, Brodie Ellis, John Ogle, Savile C. H. Willyams, H. Evans, Sir De Lacy Pechell, Sir G. Wilson, Matthew Evans, J. Pinney, William TELLEB.B. E wart, William Power, Dr. Hall, Sir B. Ferguson, Col. Robartes, T. J. A. Smith, John Abel MAJORITY-NOES, 135. Archdall, Captain Edwards, H. Maunsell, T. P. Baines, M. T. Egerton, W. T. Maxwell, J. P. Baldock, E. 11. Estcourt, J. B. Mailings, J. R. Bankes, G. Fergus, Jahn 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 Freesturi, Colonel Palmer, Roundell Berkeley, H. F. Freslineld, J. W. Palmerston, Vie. Birch, Sir Thomas Fuller, A. E. Parker, John Blackstone, W. S. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Colonel Blandford, Marquis Goulburn, Henry Plowden, W. 11. Boldero, George 11. Graham, Sir J. Portal, Melville Booth, Sir It. G. Greene, Thomas Pusey, I'. Bowles, Admiral Grenfell, C. Pascoe Reid, Colonel Bramston, T. W. Grenfell, Charles W. Ricardo, Osman Brisco, M. Grosvenor, Earl Richards, Richard Broadley, Henry Gwyn, Bowel Russell, Lord John Brooks, Lord Hale, R. B. Sanders, George Buller, Sir J. Y. Hall, Colonel Seymour, Sir H. B. Burrell, Sir C. liallewell, E. G. Seymour, Lord Cabbell, B. B. llanmer, Sir J. Shelburne, Earl of Carew, W. 11. P. Hawes, Benj. Sibthorp, Colonel Carter, J. B. Headlam, T. E. Somerville, Sir W. Chichester, Lord J. Heald, James Spooner, Richard Child, smith 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. Towneley, John Coles, 11. B. Hotham, Lord Tyrell, Sir J. Collins, T. Inglis, Sir It. Verner, Sir W. Conolly, Thomas Jermyn, Earl yyvyan, Sir R. R. Cowper, W. F. Johnstone, James Vyse, R. H. Craig, Sir W. G. Knightley, Sir C. Waddington, H. 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. Wood, Sir Charles Dodd, George Lindsay. Hon. Col. Wynn, H. W. Duckworth, Sir J. Lockhart, A. E. Young, G. F. Dundas, Admiral Lowther, Colonel TELLERS. Dundas, Sir D. 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 the prayer of their said petition." The House divided : . 1 4 MINORITY—AYES, 41. -. • --:', • , .. 'italibb,ltr,OnrY Forster, Matthew Scobell, Captain itelf, JII.COV , 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. Dawes, Edward M'Gregor, John Walmsley, Sir J. Devereux, J. T. Mahon, O'Gorman 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 De Lacy • Salwey, Colonel Osborne, Ralph MAJORITY-NOES, 77. Baines, M. T. Ferguson, Sir R. Parker, John Baldock, E. H. Freshfleld, J. W. Plowden, W. H. Bankes, G. Fuller, A. E. Portal, Melville Baring, Sir Francis Goulburn, Henry Pusey, Philip Barrow, W. H. Gwyn, Howel Renton, John C. Beresford, William Hallewell, E. G. Richards, Richard Blackstone, W. S. IlaLsey, T. P. Russell, Lord John Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Sandars, George Bramston, T. W. Hastie, Archibald Sibthorp, Colonel Brisco, M. Hatchell, John Spooner, Richard Brooke, Sir Arthur Hawes, B. Stafford, Augustin; Buller, Sir J. Y. Headlam, Thomas Stuart, J. Millbury, E. H. Heald, James: Taylor, Col. Cabbell, B. B. Henley, J. W. Thesiger, Sir F. Campbell, Sir A. Hodges, T. L. Thornhill, George Cardwell, E. Hodgson, W. N. Vyse, R. H. B. H. Child, Smith llotham, Lord Walpole, Spencer Cockburn, Sir A. Inglis, Sir R. H. Watkins, Colonel Coles, H. B. Johnstone, James Wigrstm, L. T. Collins, T. Knox, W. S. Williamson, Sir 11. Conolly, Thomas Lockhart, A. E. Wilson, James Cotton, W. H. Manners, Lord C. Wood, Sir Charles Cowan, Charles Maunsell, T. P. Wynn, H. W. Denison, Edmund Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Dick, Quintin Muflings, J. R. Edwards, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Fergus, John Packe, C. W. TELLERS. Hill, Lord Marcus 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 said Oath as shall enable the Hen. Member to take and sub words scribe the divided e : d "Question again proposed, " That th ose be there ad d ed:"—Debate resumed; Question put. MINORITY—AYES, 50. Aglionby, H. Forster, M. Scobell, Captain Alcock, Thomas Fox, W. J. Scully, Francis Barron, Sir IL (l Smith, J. A. each, Charles Bethel!, R. Spearman, H. J. Heathcoat, John Boyle, Colonel Henry, Alexander Stuart, Lord J. Brocklehurst,:John Hutt, William Tancred, H. W. Brotherton, Joseph Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. H. Thompson, George Crawford, W. S. Locke, Joseph Thornely, Thomas Currie, Raikes M.Cullagh, W. T. Tollemaehe, F. J. Dawes, Edward Martin, J o h n Villiers, Charles D ev ereux, John T. Mitchell, T. A. Wairley, Thomas D'ESnc' ourt C. T. Murphy, F. S. Walinsley, Sir J. Duke, Sir Ja mes Norreys, Sir D. Wilcox, Brodie O'Brien, J. Ellis, John Lacy S. O'Connell, M. J. TELLER Evans, Sir De Osborne, Ralph Anstey, Thomas Evans, John pilkington, James Hobhou Fitzroy, lion. H. se, T. B. MAJORITY—NOES, 88 . Baines, M. T Dunne, Colonel Lockhart, A. E. Bankes, George East, Sir J. Lowther, Colonel Baring, Sir Francis Ferguson, Sir R. Manners, Lord Barrow, W. H. Forester, G. C. Morris, David C. Bellew, R. M. Freshaeld, J. W. Naas, Lord Beresford, William Fuller, A. E. Newdegate, c Birch, Sir T. Goold, Wyndham Oswald, A., C. N. Booth, Sir R. G. Gore, W. 0. Os al C. w. Bouverie, E. P. Goulburn, Henry Palmerston, Viscount Parker, John Bowles, Admiral Gwyn, Grah ovN , e Graham, Sir Jamey Portal, Melville l'lremridge, Richard Buller, Sir Y. Haliewell. E. G. i Reid, Colonel Bunbury, E. H. Hamilton, Geo. A. Ricardo, Osman Cabbell, B. B. Hanmer, Sir John Richards, Richard Campbell, Wb F. llastie, 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 Cockburn, Sir A. Ilenley, J. W. Cocks, Thomas S. llervey, Lord A. l i e i. Sir W. Coles, H. B. Ilildyard, T. B. Thesiger, Sir F. Collins, T. Hodges , T. L. Wigram, Loftus Cowan, Charles Hogg, Sir J. W. So m e rs S PStanford,nerii' J. F. Williamson, Sir H. Craig, Sir W. G. llotham, Lord Wood, Sir Charles Cnbitt, William Inglis, Si R. Wrightson, W. B. Currie, Henry Jones, Captain Denison, E. Labouchere, Henry TELLERS. Dodd, G. Lacy, H. C. Hayter, W. G. Dundas,:Admiral Lewis, G. C. Hill, Lord Alvan Dundas, Sir David Lindsay, Colonel [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Ointment 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. "Te 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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" 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 ofilur had ever a higher character, or was more universally liked and respected. Mojor Towns hend, of her Majesty's 831 Foot, died at Kurrachee on the 2nd of June, and Lieutenant Doune, of the Engineers, at Poonah, on the 16th. " Dr. Carr, the bishop of Bombay, hai intimated his intention of resigning his diocese. "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.' OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. (From the Times.) We have received by our ordinary semi-monthly ex press from Marseilles our letters and papers in anti cipation of the overland mail which left Bombay on the 25th ult. The following is the letter of our cor respondent : "The season of rain and inaction has now fairly set in, and Indian official absenteeism is at its height. Three of the four Presidencies are at present deserted by their governors, and by all who are able to follow their example, for the more agreeable climates of the Hill and above Ghaut stations. 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. "Tee 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 Mahomed's sons were said to have divided the country into four parts, each taking possession of one. Reports of 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 be 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. When 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 is, 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 (plo. 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 cheat) 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 contains 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, and 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 Austialian 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 trey 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, he 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. t similarly . iz a "The fort o f Dh aroor h as a t l as t been razed to the ground, notwithstanding the urgent remonstrances of he N t i e h z e t T rure h ,s a e te G tedr o . vernor-General has given orders that all forts that h ave fi re d on th e con ti nge nt should be ritio'rhieesdtesatnd also ructionofthaollsethienfotrhtes in kingdom of Oude, would very [much conduce to the tranquillity of both these States; It is strange that a measure of such obvious advantage should be so long delayed. 46 The report of General Fraser's intended resig nation is contradicted ; he is strongly in favour of a commission after the Mysore model for theearrange ment of the I' izam'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 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Overland Price Current, June 12.) With the mail per Haddington, 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 cf 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 cur 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 less 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 iu 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 tho 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. sa. 6p. The sales of grey jaconets 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. Tlae reason 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 discount, 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/ to 2-14 for six months' sight credit bills, and 2.14 to 2-14 for document draughts; many sellers have for some time hesitated to negotiate, in expectation of getting better terms. Yes terday, however, American credit paper was more freely offered, and we heard of sales at 2-14, 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 mere 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 freight have given way to the extent of about 7-6 shil lings per ton:— To LONDON. To LIVERPOOL. £a. d. £s. d. £s. d. £s. d. Saltpetre 310 oto 0 0 0 3 0 oto nom. Sugar ... 310 o—3 15 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 410 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 Lac 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. 1100 to 1 12 0 per bag payable there at 50 cents. To CHINA. Dolls. Dolls. Cotton ... ... 3 oto 3/ per bale to WhamPos• Opium ... ... 7 0-12 per chest. MONEY MARKET. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANE STOCK, &C. Transfer Five per Cents. Rs. 6 8 0 to 7 0 opm New Fives ... ... 3 0 0 to 3 8 0 pm. Sicca ditto ... ... par. Co.'s Rs. 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. ... —.2,250 0 0 premium. Agra Bank ditto ... 25 per share dis. Simlah Bank ... ... nearly par. Bonded Warehouse Shrs. Co.'s Re. 200 each. sa leable. Steam Tug Company ... V t 400 ,t India General Steam Company ... ... t 1 200 „ ;no inqu iry New Oriental Life Insur ance Company ... ~ 550 „in demand (From the Bombay Times.) REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM THE 7TH TO THE 24TH JUNE INCLUSIVE. BOMBAY, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24. The money market begins to assume the usual easiness 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 1051; Sicca Fives, 107 i to 108; Company's Fours, 92k; Sicca Fours, 96*. Bank of Bombay Shares, 20 to 21 per cent. pre mium; Oriental Bank, 15 per cent. discount; Com 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 aro 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 bring made by Dhollera and Compta to the extent of 4,000 bales, at 90r. and 88r. respectively for Great Britain, and batter 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 advices 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, 21. ss. per ton; to Liverpool, 21. ss. to 21. 15a. per ton, according t o 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. Exchauge—The rate on London for first-class bills may be quoted at 2s. lid., and first-class local bills, 2s. *d. to 2s. 10. for documents. EXCHANGES. On London—at 6 months' sight, per rupee, 2s. 111 for document bills. 6 months' sight per rupee, 2s. lkd. for credit bills. On Calcutta—at 60 days' sight, per 100 I. 1001 30 days' sight ditto 100-4- At sight ... ditto ... 101 i On Madras—at 30 days' sight ditto ... 9 9 At sight ... ditto ... 99f On China—at 60 days' sight, per 100 drs., 214 r. to 215 r. BANK AND OTHER SHARES. Bank of Bombay 8.1,000 each, 1,000 paid up, 20i per cent. pm—sales. Oriental Bank l,OOO do., 500 do., 15i per cent. dis. Commercial Bank l,OOO do., 500 d0.,10 per cnt. ds. —sales. Agra Bank 5OO do., 500 d0.,1 per cnt. pm. Bank of Madras l,OOO do., 1,000 do., 22 per cent. premium. Apollo Press Com. 12,500 do., 12,500 do., 15,700. Colaba Press Cam. 7,000 do., 7,000 do., 15,000. Colaba Land Corn. lO,OOO do., 10,000 do., 7,000 nom. Bombay S. N. Com. ... 500 do., 500 do., 50 per cent. dis.—sales. Or, Ind. P. R. Com. 50 do., 27 4 5 paid. JULY GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Five per Cent. Transfer Loan Rs. 114 to 115. Five per Cent. Lan, 1825 26 107,J; to 108 per 100 Sicca. Five pc Cent. Loan, 1829.30 107 to 107: 1 2 - per 100 Siccc. Five per Cent. Lour, 1841-42 105 to 105:1. Four per Cent. Lo;:n, 1832-33 95i- per 100 Siena. Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36 924. per 100 Co.'s. Four per Cent. Loan, 1842-43 92 per 100 Cc's, PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns each ... 10 1-16th r. irr Bank of England notes liir. per Spanish dollars ... 220 r. to 222 r. ... per 100 German crowns ... 211 r. to 211ir.... per 100 Sycee silver 103ir pqr 100 tolas Gold leaf (range of ( 1 1 EilitY) ... 16 3-16ths r . . pr toma. Gold Ingots, according to touch 15ir. for 97 teh.... per to'.a. FREIGHTS. To London 2L 17s. 6d. to 31. per ton. To Liverpool ... 2/. 10s. to 2/. 153. per ton To Clyde ... 3/. ... per ton. To Calcutta ... Rs. 215 ... per rase. To China ... Rs. 14 ... ... 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 Singaporo 28th of April. Juno 12—The Emperor, from Liverpool 10th of February. Juno 13—The Teazer, 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 Ist of June. June 15 —The St. Abbs, from London 28th of Fe bruary, and Madeira 16th of March; Sefinatuliah, 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 pool 21st of February; lion. Company's steamer Bere nice, from Bushire Ist of June, touched at Bassadore and Muscat, which latter place she loft 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 Gale 13th of June at 7 P.M. June 21—The Good Success, from China 18th of April, and Singapore Bth of May; Victory, trom New Zealand 26th of April. Juno 22—The Margaret Skelly, from London 14th of February, and Cape Town 15th of May. June 23—The Thomas Campbell, from Greenock 12th of March. June 24.—The David Malcolm, from London Bth of March. DEPARTURES. June 7—The Sesostris, fur Aden. Juno 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. Juno 17—The Kalmia, for Liverpool; Faiz© Allum, for Singapore and Siam; Elizabeth, for Liverpool. Juno 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. Juno 22 —Tho Emperor, for Liverpool; Beloochee, for Liverpool. Juno 2 . 3 —Tho Tinto, for London; Sir Howard D)u 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 au 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 bodice aro 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 enligh tens, leaving the mind ultimately in a mere state of confusion and bewilderment. We aro 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 ua 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. The maxim of Horace— " Segnius irritant animum demissa per aurens, Quam gum aunt 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 ♦iewed, 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 aro 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 popalar 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 bo seen to the best ad vantage. Th e dubious appearance in the early part of the day, and the cloudy and mote threatening aspect it after wards assumed, doubtless prevented many otherwise eager sight-seers from availing themselves of those lo calities which are sufficiently convenient for the less curious or less favoured mortals, who have neither the desire nor the moons 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 the 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 exprcted 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 us mighthave bean expected. The Astronomer Royal at Fredericksvaem, Mr. Hind at Gothenburg, most of our men of scientific eminence abroad—the b 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 P.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 repeated; the " fairy tales of science," as Tennyson, borrowing from Lord Brougham, has phrased it, proved themselves mere fictions. Yet the Euglish still love the marvellous, though they have ceased to fear it. For upwards of two hours the scrutiny continued, apparently with but little result. To the naked eye, however, the clouds, which wero obstacles to those provided with the necessary op tical instruments, were occasionally an assistance, as the lighter of them answered particularly well the purposo to which smoked glasses are generally applied, and helped to heighten the effect which, to some extent, they bad produced. Atmospheric changes worthy of note there wore none; the wind blew slightly till the rain fell, and then moderated, as in the ordinary course of things it naturally would. Such were all the observa tions which, outside,, it was possible to make; unfortu , tuuately, in the absence of Professor Airey, there was no information from within our national observatory to be had—a circumstance which the professor might have prevented, end which the public will regret. Besides the naturally elevated positions of which we have spoken, those wlsich art has raised were generally occupied for the occasion. On the Monument and from 29, 1851. St. Paul's many contemplated the qiectacle, whilst others of the citz:ms, averse to extravagance, availed thetn solves of Tower-hi:l, as an accessible situation, combin ieg 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 ou about tea minutes before three, and lasted some thirty cr 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 actueliy bring eclipsed, we venture to say that the change would have passed almost, if nut 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, an d a dense mist, as the rain cont i nued at intervals to fall, gra d ually occupied the lower districts. About the time of the commencement of the phenomenon a slight degree of su l tr i ness was apparent, ' which, how ever, was succeeded in ab ou t t hi rty m i nu t es by n de cided fallin the temperature. The only peculiarity in th e appearance of the sky was a vast cloud runn i ng f or many miles perfectly pa ra ll e l to the horizon, and at no great elevation, the sharply defined and lurid outline of whieh strongly contrasted with the narrow str i p o f li g h t grey vapour of corresponding extent. In Manchester and other parts of the country, from which we have accounts, the phenomenonproved to be comparatively a failure, through the inauspiciousne ss of 1 the weather. At the time of the junction of the shadow with the sun's disc, rain fell in a deluge , and th e h eavens 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 fleeting clouds of darkness soon intercepted the vision, and was but seldom it appeared for more than a minute without some untoward interruption. At the period of the close of the phenomenon the sky was quite overcast, and hot a vestige of the sun was to be seen. There was no dark ness beyond that which was caused by the threatening clouds. Beyond these atmospheric appearances there was no thing to indicate to toe unaided vision that ono 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 spito 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 82-10Oths, 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 i❑ 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, fur 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. Those fitful appearances, it should be stated, occurred prior to the greatest degree of obscuration being reached, for, after that period, the darkening clouds p.esented 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 where the eclipse will ha 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, of being iacluded in the Royal party at dinner. Mr. Lemaitre had an interview with Lord John Rus sell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Earl Granville arrived in town yesterday from Osborne. - The Marquis of Lansdowne re - turned io town yester day. Dispatches wore 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 lamps in the interior put in requisition. Some amusement was caused by this excessive amount of precaution for a great transparency like Mr. Paxton's palace of glass. The South-Eastern Railw — sy brought up a special train from Reading, enaged by Messrs. Barrett, Exull, 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 spirited and appro priate verses, entitled " The Working Man," the words of which were written, and the music arranged, by ono of themselves. The party will again visit the exhibition to-morrow, as will also a body of 2,000 parsons from Woolwich. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I so cordially agree with the remarks of a "I,..3gitinia,to Railway Investor," contained in a letter published in The Sun of July 24, that I lolg to add my testimony to tho 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 havo invested a portion of my p roperty i n railways, umon " st 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 line being diverted; the fact Hog, 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 cea , :e, end we shall see Midlands 201. to 251. 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 now 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 bs agreed upon between themselves and the proprietors 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 obli"e, Yours, obediently, w. DoBSON, Secretary. Star-office, Gravesend, July 24. --- LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST Traffic—Week ending July 1 2 L 6, W 1 A 85 Y 1 . £13,866 19 5 Traffic—Week ending J u ly 27, 1850 .. 12,503 16 1 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 53,564 13 2 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 47,855 0 3 8 Total number of Passengers—Week 9,43l ending July 26, 1851 £11,331 1 11 Passengers ... ••• "' 2 ,535 17 6 Goods Total •-- A:13,856 19 5 Total miles open, 1851, 173 1 4 ; ditto, 1850, 171 1 4. London Terminus, July 28, 1851. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending July 26, 1851 ... £20,014 6 6 Ditto, July 27, 1850 ... 15,010 4 7 Increase in 1851 £S,Q 4 1 11 London Terminus, July 28, 1851. LITERATURE. A LITTLE EARNEST BOOK. By William Wilson. Barton and Company. Several circumstances h ave caused us to l oo k w i t h no ordinary ccmplacency upon thi s charm i ng li tt l e 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 Kenny Meadows, and, som e exqu i s i te tailpieces by wood engravings by Alfred Crowquill ; while th e entire volume is rendered yet more attractive by th e circumstance that it is dedicated by permission to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, ono of the moot 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 enou gh—" G rea t na mes with hallow song." It will be difficult for even the most cursory reader of the work before 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 Hie 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 palpably and ideally beautiful—the beautiful in thought and in action." Further on he exclaims, in a tone of enth us i asm, " The Poet is ever inspired by beholding the smile of GOD in nature." Of Nature he speaks also in terms of befitting admiration. " All imagination t o w hi ch it gives wings is a b ove a nature," ndthe he says, " is a b eaut i ful and wonder f u l poem , and beyond reason." Yet beautiful and wonderful immediately aft er th at declaration, to ac though the poem of nature is to 'hi s compre h ens i on, h e i k s no f w or l e e e d d g ' e that " 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 the 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 "th e 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 some object with which to sympathize, some theme capable of exciting his enthusiasm. 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"—h e is guilty of somewhat reprehensible affectation. But altogether the work under notice is so evidently the utterance of sincerity, that it is iknpossible 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 Shakapere and to Bulwer Lytton SONNET TO SIIAKSPERE. Mighty upraiser of the heart of man! A stie:an of thought and fancy clear he winds, Through feeling, gaining mastery o'er all minds; Guiding and ruling as no °tint'. can. Well may %Ne deem that thou art God-inspired— Great Nature is the plaything of thy choice, The Beautiful speaks in thine every voice. The light of thy great mind the Globe has fired. Oar ow"n dear ghaspere! Poet of the World! We should do all to use thee for our good,— Spread through ail 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 host 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 hes 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 thty 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 later 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 dressea 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, furth e r on in his volume— " Speaking of the heart of the child, and th e h ea d of the M4ll, irresistibly reminds us of ono great living Poet, who has never published verses; but it has been the fate of few, if that of any men, while living, to dwell in and to irtluence 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:' Aa 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. Scocx Excluxcia.—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,—Midland, 6 per cent. (Birmingham and Gloucester), 128% ex div.—Taff Vale, Quarters, 37. LIVERPOOL, JULY 28. r.iTocK ExenArccrt.—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, 49 1 4—London and North-Western, 123 1 71 —Ditto, New Quarters, 3'jip.—Mid; land, 41 Ditto, Halves, 20:% dis. South-Eastern: and Dover, 221 A—York and North Midland, 18% —Paris and Rouen, 25 1 ii MANCHESTER, JULY 28. STOCX ET:CHANGE.—The business to-day was limited, and c prices had a downward tendency. The franca 0 17— Northern,tius were as follow:—East Lancashire, 14 3-16 Great London and North-Weste rn , 1221,4 —Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarte r s (C), 2 1 / 4 p.— r_' ezcbeater, Sheffield, .. er uth-Easterllence, 9-16 p.— and Lincolnshire, 27 ' 2 —Ditto, N p.—Manchester, 6/. Jl5 , Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, and Dover, 227,g. BIRMINGH , AM J U LY 28. ' 'ness transacted on 'Chan e STOCK EXCHANGE.—The hucni ed to local stocks. g to-day was almost entirely.lnndnon prices, and closed atßailway quotations were guided by L tropol is. There was _ _ about little the same rates as in the rnee or no thing doing. ---- CommoNs.— This chamber led and is now completed, ready for occu pation. 2, tiC effect of the Chan, The acoustic The ceiling has b es has been but par tially tried Y has T h n e E en as , - n e t re , and instead boon brought down sor 6 feet in the --- i* eis sloped of being flat over the whole the tills have been cut down about a foot. The down l i " a l P f l o n f ! t e a s w l i ned ; s°, l wshnico h r formerlv on ha put out o sight, and as this lessened the light con siderably, l a s central jcks ' ries have been made wider, and are coved beneath, t :t o iliddie t eer l r r eg3 r b o abYl i i v i)-e- out the sound (we should not advise speakers tc. . N- re E na w odel d n a e t i ‘ o -e n r t hhealsess been). Avery d cionnstibdeeradbi‘l_eisiionn cstinenasde under them, ilotbigesalbleyryth for additionr thep lrbol public has a e largebeen ii enlarged,and t a b s d mall oriels. 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 the i Ministers and the leaders of the Opposition. Minton's men are busily at work laying the tile pavements throughout the building.—Builder. Taylor) hasannounced Helen, in the Hunch next Thursday, when she will perform R oland for an Oliver; HAYMARKET.—Mrs. Walter Lacy (fortnerlyatr7SeEfosa a " first benefit" at this theatre back, and Maria Darlington, in A D varied talent of the company. her a ssociative claim upon th e a bumper house apartiya 1 playgoers, who should not forget from supported in both characters by her husband and by the irs. Lacy ought to be sure of grateful regard of me. ue that (never mind how .many Theatre, , clever, and charming years ago) one of the most of their theatrical fa vour i tes wad Miss Taylor, of Covent -garden