The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-09 00:00:00

..'''''''',.....g.,,,,, ...--,...-,,.... ev , "••••-•.----. - - - -- ."' IMPEPI A 1 PtP I I l''il LA 1 ' (THIS DAY.) e , O. ' ° U SE M OF COMONS. -- PER took the Chair shortly after Twelve. -, 4 LORDS" A AIEN DMEN t ... . rrh, Lords' amendment; to the foilowim: i were Bi,ls titveitder, d and agrced to:--- Crosby, and Southport lical, aio to ?e Lnneasbire and Yo:kshire Railway Com (Sale or w i P 4 aY. Stc. 4,1 1. 4. 4 :bne and Finchlfy Turnpik e R oa d ;. itTrehee.l-4e e Trust. dt,O_ll.owing Bills t ishc lu, as amended, were considered and ii pl •— Pico a London's itate E ). (Saint Gabriel'd Church, uil Irl'ileatrY VI. Varasour's Estate. 4eouu liliddleton's Esttit. 00 th . THIRD READINGS. Rip ena awn t Mr. BROTIIEIt . roN the f 11 7 — ing .I,The were coNidtired, read a third time, and passeu nuke <if Bue'tinohain's Estate. ~ ,h ' Eirl (10 t ,', ,• '-,- • e'.) Es' ate. Auf t ,,, , .JraNn 6 Oir ouhn Johastu ice _ sit state. ~,%..ar cf Gl,4lgall's Estate. t Ev%,,tl,et ...-Pffingharn's Fsratr. 41; 4 14 1 ,!Y Or ST. BURIAN DIVISION BILL. Sp it ...tii was read a third titre, , and pass( d._i N EV i ALFIELD'S AND SHOREDITuII N i 'lh, E ST REET BILL. ..er tow. tc*La , ll ' as amended, was ordered to be considered lilt s ,-, PETITIONS. etitions from dif feret i t ~,t;,,11, R AC FURL P'esenied six f P rbi„ation in we p a , r - .‘i of Lancaster in favour o a II -,evoi national disputes. lend:* 1 AIiLEY presented petitions from the news" The i r i s o f le.odon against the present postal . r f emlations. Fins.. Itty "' Alfnaber also presented petitions It:thing church -rates. Lan raisa;p4J4ONlPSN presented petitions from ditpotes'" favour ot arbitration in Lase of Uz i t 0 national tlp it s tuition of Mr. BROTIIERTON it was ordered Nil •Ir • ri enrY M. Vavasour's Estate Bill be read the time upon Monday next. tt,, n 110LYElEAD HARBOUR BILL _ al . ~ur hill t ' ‘4. LEWIS twovAd to refer the Holyhead H ., Li the Chap"' Bteet Co narnit'e•—Mr. Cornewall L 'wia:hard litiiiieellor of the Exch ' clu . er, Mr. Heyter, Sir . Ric hard , ‘ l'l e }'` M. Egerton e Mr. Richards, Sir Willia ‘ ni klill , rx tg, r. -Hughes, Mr. Pennant, Lord Members ,to bp Oa r r. -Hughes, and Mr. Parker, and five M Os th e tofd by the Committee of kid re cinoruca. Leave to Committee to sit, and proceed Selection; three to purt forth Lease to. %1.8..,„,. ESTABLISHED CHUR CH. tt oold L'ALL gave notice that, th e sti th e it . t session, he liteh in alaes:ntion of the licu e s a e rl t y o the Established i Th e t OCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. ecretsry ,'°l.thp nst. EanoritT also asked the Nies; Some bep‘rttnent whether the reports would the he isiticas,tical Com i' n for April, 1847, .to m sm.() , tt kivmertn,te table of the House? hiker Bement which appeared i n : Times, offering the also referred trhe re ',Pre s nation to a living, valued at 2501. a year, there was tioehtli.‘entli incumbent was aged 72, and . where no poor- 1 k ,te5A., (154 .' no duty, no poor population, and Gentleman poor the i'ent)and asked the Right 1 1. 13 . Ns t- nietistires of that nature had been brought s u t n h d e e ir r I kierltniOsideration of tbe Commission, and t 1 , 4 kl3bnolitco submit any proposition to pi, . leo Parliament ifi wa for Ptlrt °II.OE GREY was understood to sayth_a ( t )u t s h e e . Al ;06t referred WoWd be laid before the H tiga Ol'ef e other question, he replied that he was not ac lelie .-; alth drabs particulars of tha case, d that he slie°"e °fan entirely private character, an which appeared 41 14 e t e R t. iv e the ...."OD-. Baronet any distinct answer on Th e . i . ~ IRISFI SPIRITS. e t • t li l t ior 0 44 ts t) t il b e u M t AY 0 R of . t 0 the p r Cu propose, Is t th rtehequer it he intended to e • th • e the tn • Pi k ella ntng session of Parliament 7 any mca m s a nce I t N J 0 eriutacturers of and dealers in home- a tottlN4l:l4tithcie same footing. as regarded allowances for tig "4d evaPOration, as the importers and dealers in k Thee p colonial spirits q ln t td -I,44NCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said r ''tit nti-QadY stated that he declined to give an answer 41. itiNi°ll u ti - n til ' Ilty.. 4 i next se•sio . isi lif.s OLDS then gave notice of a . motion for lett . -4 s to resolve itself into a Committee on the IYA.T.L, Xt 411.°11D, WEXFORD, AND -I.'RAILWAY. WICKLOW teived Se tLty h e) 4 001 za.. rialluded _to a letter which he had re- Nrsdipti of the r• Charles .Nash, contiradicLtsinhguutehheeraeccuun ty, Rodtement made by A r._on. Gentleman of o ther he h ad asked that Right " vi.''s n opr ad any objPction to lay an d the table a copy with the Rail lirh iiith9sPonclence which had passe toadsisteners relative to the charge which had the ii 4gainst Mr. Nash? l'=.o"liPtitiiPehili:tt4CorellEßE said he had no objeetio r n m to d l e ay a tr iter op% e9se 'louse if the Hon. Membe e the 131141 ts the; zn bJeot, but observ., d he had n l o u t s h t i , k te , oii i , d o t f u to his statement on Thursday n a g nd to th re a; ) ,I;sr e in dl. de had no power to investigate or to octi,Bol.42lpe! of this nature. 14 / 4 i le ik Which tneu moved far a return of the corm -1.)4. ," was agreed to. There SD was BILL (SALARIES AND i EXPENSES). i. r,, 1:" l it n this Bill was br.u2ht up and agreed to. ."ir Til n 4 g& lt i , --',„"I)IY SOCIETIES i` th/i 4 - "en went into Commi E tt l e L e L On this Bill, li kl e CHAT 14 the Chair. ki , ANe 14'11t0y,,,-Oacpte, 4 LOR cf the EXCllEQU i E u ß t e h e e id u h il e l 1 14 iiits ' to the insertion of wo r ds. 4 e f eeie e g l ute i's to nominate their widowsor children h4tl*%Q PrncitiLt of a policy after death. had l l ort„ i tti kie and some other verbal the 4.1\,11) 0 0 1, cox., OUTRAGES aip l i t -.uti on ,_ '° 14" ' TIN CANCE (No.A2C)TBILL. (IRELAND) k r tre _ .tout the House do resolve itself into t his .114.trl Itit, Bill , j i l t o ti ,t/ thrl3l4l)S moved that the Bill be .committeddid not 'Ot t ' t se-eaebrubs, and in doing so, sad he d b it e i ,ure. 4 1 :te rel _p Y Wish thing which he has stated Majesty's lot tthrospf. Wislitd to - appeal to her or s 4140 alter they had had another night to pot4eep t'l4., whether'. they really meant inflict etil4pliti,4s. Rtittn'tuitihtuus ih e inw nheasur a c h , d and to ,litt%e:it hie e sc ar insult hoped to succeed,injury l on hu h h e 'rolit"ts k4l;ht to succeed—(A laugh lislittlpt.gloh had been received by the last ) b a e c t a Li ° s . e g fr t e h ru e t ' t t; ) 1 4 ntl 01.'1/Witted what he had already declared, Pos o d: e t ktlitieSpiotder prevailed throu hout the country. t. 6 tory 141 4 1 41 0 t. e t te ti e °f' the Bill st g ated that the satis ac its to p k , .6:l` Il e abd was entirely owing such thing, f'4 p,,,, did not believe any -4 1.se °II "44 li d if t h e Bill was Pep e ; we pe ttli tt gro 0 d to know, if powers which it con ittnliio:tiliehtl)oOease.u—a('llwehaeri,:ihtear.) It the order and Os to ge prevail was assigned as a reason for con ppie_l3,iii k hits o h ot tnight be assumed with good reason that r ) When "It • - Perpetual i .tence.—(tie", 111 4 lilt e x ' II spd roduced in 1847 they had a long i list of f the k ej ol l "o. 4 opts aced and they were told be t'tivstilltristeetoll„°t, passed, that there would i 1 Itle . i i IP I end : 1114 : 6- i t A o i f r e t i h a 4 ci H. T s b e e fo ß r il a l period accordingly o f otew;ClP.e_ils-0(lt b ad now been three years in exist redd D o a to as th Food order had been secured, an t the e --tigllit and Scotch Mt mbers, who Z ta llti t to ~ till in 1847, if they were P its tilllaittllitillltte?‘ T il t e d .. ,, t , h , e.ir vote! in 41/41tittliitl eapiititiwous,italudin hishe o was therefore was s v u o n u n r therefore, bound to ece o s f sary, ,itlkisil 44.04 tt.tt.Betsn_P_Po.rtoinity to divide the House on th 't e lls had'l'4o4l,4RP r do leave the chair. :ch he Ls, 1111 ON opposed the w' e ti 4ri C t liojeted o when it was first introduced. tit 4) ‘"tt h ll' Gentleman (Sir G. Grey) could not 4 t tt l tb iO li t hat ~ y the . of intro.ncinf r , te od o k t ett , on the occasion .... of R e d t o ieospi.,R,es till, he used the significant . words ,__ d was one merely in tit Its w tl ; th at ~ e relations 14teelln;t4ilet'111:114:4414:41:1:141: :II:1E11'11°a riptro!)proesve b l et t , } :.::n b l a ti d n g dl r o o r w d ° a O n u d r eoh, opiq 1.:44,46 would be the wish of the Govern. .a . rd - that .C e e such measures thenceforward . t o _ e-e t o , -41 tiop i.!Lerl to remove the evils arising snip, (LEFT SPEARING.) kihNly p, ---- v Act to eajk. ItAclth, 'lZoat AcT.—Yesterday th.eesn.sevass• printed.lb %IP3lovl' Prox;',l3 14 tinc , to labour in female shat six ieitled b it,ed that'll, Young person °ring, or ait,e?'k. ke e l -. ill 4,:r,.8iR, e'eloac in the mory,eter two o.aciy-lic factories 140441,1;1ee ar tittenoon, or on Saturday seven as i t ar e ,t 84,1: t . 4. be the between,. hall -past or t a m., 15, in 47: to L e e lk to the ng. 1 pang. Bth I°Vie" cap. Suring th e ti 'i'erioß ittlePloYed under the Zth and evening, but on orcti4aillts tlie rh't titne, after seven in the or flood, the ' i e a t 'les frog 18 t 1). Ot -.4ltlliner s topped by drought ber and pril easiDza ,Y 15 30th September employed tiA44a , yeun • u ttween the may he. chi'. (IN even itt g peraons and females- the evening. ons." 440141:e ei,,e tnorning to seven in young pner,s meal t. P l r ie 41 elltZri ftntn?l es b e a te•enl it'ol°3bee employed t d h u er ii p., Factory e c o '' 411, 1 t 41-ete is incorporated with the . e received th 311 (k)k effect frorn Dlunday, t. when it h rd through „ Inkra • Ks of Irishmen who have passed to more Na h' In 4eareli • amount tr is at oribt4if the tunlbenrf ilitrest•worlei.sdo Tnioite falling 15 to the tlllletrht43 I t ti h Y t° elllignra(tironlnetro3Atame'rica, and . partly,_ a.nd. It in obtain - ° or them experiencelid_lcaus_ty asull Ltt,nc.iet,t ~ea r,; °r oot,' tdhzeicerflicury. dogs bark. t Ilot tr bl t ' a that i asses kick and vo„ iltitrillt be iotttfrrOllntede,YV theman is not be.lo7oarnal tit 'lithlikt; bele"( S o u to be angry.- Eliza Cbo,kprsathe f"r a, ll ~9, ;I(fetioD.AHOLIDEAD RAILWdAYIE-Aain Line,.,. 4.(11.• boa. , lid,; 410%. / 4 .-1 11 1 8 1 5 P 3 5 : - 1 0 C d• ; Steam-boats, 2 - I ~5".4/. 1.48. 5( . 1 a . Y. ti"*.t.o:4\ll:,,Zl4A,Nn P,INIS G. AND JUNcTioN RAMAtors 144%4,111)e:4Y the qlestionaof the liability of the ace s t r on 1 the lb, tilitiaetttittit.Z,()Sril,:sJ: liarrington and Co.. a be ca - me on btr e e rteos,Pl tAIY Iv ilitet aster irl Chain e'lrtlvr:i/ii}tte t t of ' 3 l' o ll o e evidenceshares, of . t d h t s , v S e e r C e at 101telbilit4 ()wallow thal i as tline ;hares at the Pell:that they viiii4,!;lttnlte 4,10°'• shwa 41gge:!ted to these gentlemreep_ _eel, “ we t'itl,„ but the' 18h4res, to Which one of thetul h ate' d to them, {1411,."! 441 ll'4Ns Were rlot subsequently al t _peat, ills 44 eh ti:Y ',,i80, the subscribers' ngreeit;„cient, VaiXN•sed ii,. 4 t i s evidence of contract was contributories, th e -- ;+ is parties frooa tbe list of the, diAcharge 111.1144ilitieW sett.led, and a call i- to be made to estate,' Mr. C N r i t}' Li t al)" t'tirliatedial, the solicitor to the Mated in tali 'Y Ilihkillt s'll°W. This i t e% ected to be liqu sit in p Rh diti e': th,,4 sha, • -P , up the de rkt, llot re„o, ~ e 101.ders Pay tetlei.4l,7o.ltlti...Z. ite,3 Pay it. d pretty ce t it ., t e 14 th is la 4 . Ile harvest .13ns ommernr, to repot t ' Petit% eertbb9Urhool. We care 8° _Brighton k' ls Very nauelt blighted,—Brighton Tr-1E guN, LONDON) FRIT) A V EVENING-) AUGUST 9 3 /gsi) praliel in tragedy. A 'ad cmtrricted the glasses fron -;is gr . .onlfather's aretaeles. The cid m.,n 1, , 1:e , 1 - .rotir., , ,h the ungl: - .z. d frames and exoleinif d with horror, • Mercy on me, I have lost my sight!' With tervou , • lgitntiun he took them off to wipe them clean; his hami icerehif-f came on tron•sisting air, and now he cried wirl , redcutd&l terror,' lleaven:.! I have lost my f eling too.' F.; was well for him that they were his glatises which wire gone and not his eyes." This article on " Spectacles" should be perused by -very one who experiences the smallest diminution in -the powers of vision. After it, the biography of Dr. Johnson," lately produced by the author of "Dr. Hook well," is subjected to a severe and excoriating attack. " Laplace and Biot "is the heading of a brief anecdotal chapter, interesting to all lovers of the science cf astronomy. Besides the above-mentioned contributions, there are others in the present numlfr of the great Tory periodical relating to "National Work shops," to " Ancient Agricultural Literature," to the " Austrian Revolution," to the " Memoirs of Robert Plumer Ward," and to " Lamartine's Refutation of 'he Quarterly." The laq-mentioned paper is nothing more than a hasty and supercilious comment on a recent article in Le Conseilltr do People, the political organ of the opinions i.f M. de Lamartine. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF DR. JELF. We have just seen a portrait of Dr. Jeit, the Reve rend Principal of king's College, London, published by Messrs. Wickham and Yelland, of 163, Strand, and can speak with perfect confidence of the merits of this production of Mr. Maguire's pencil, in respect as well to the felicity of the likeness as to the masterly style of its execution. It is rare indeed that so fine a speci men of lithography is offered to the public from an English press. To all to whom the features of the worthy original are familiar, this portrait will be doubly welcome, combining as it does the two great desiderata in portraiture—accuracy in detail and truthfulness in expression. There is a thoughtful and benevolent repose about the countenance, exciting Ott once reverence for the excellent Doctor and grati. tude to the artist who could giv it permanence. The drawing is unexceptionable; the hands are themselves a study ; and the form of the figure is simple, natural, and artistic. The drapery, which is admirable, by its quiet tone and lucid breadth, contributes to the general effect. A few more such portraits cannot fail to add much to the reputation of the accomplished artist, and raise him to a high rank among the most successful members of his profession. We must make one remark upon the very elegant frame which the publishers of the print have appropriately got up for its reception. In its manufacture not only has a pure taste been employed, but durability of ma terial has been insured, gutta percha haing been sub stituted for wood and composition. The result is a charmingly neat and chaste article, calculated, like the picture itself, to do credit in every way to the judgment of all whose walls it is destined to adorn., SUMMER TIME IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Sunday is the great city-holiday. On summer Sundays the streets are almost deserted. From an early hour in the morning, the population has been pressing out country-wards in all directions, on foot, in busses, or along the river, up or down, in steamers. To many of the hard-worked, toiling classes, Sunday is the very eye of the week. Through it they see Nature 'and her God. It enables them to cast the slough of their six day's toil, and rescues them from the polluted miasms in which too many of them daily live. In our hearts we cannot believe that the bene ficent use of the Sabbath, in cleansing and purifying the physical and moral nature of man, is inconsistent with the example of Him who taught that it was right to pull a sheep out of a pit on the Sabbath-day. And how much better is a man than a sheep ? All the fields and heaths for ten miles round Lon don are gay with health and pleasure-seekers on this day. On Shooter's-hill, on Primrose- hill, on Black heath, on Clapham Common, on Hampstead Heath, you find working men, with their wives and families, and younger men with their sweethearts, seated on the grass, drawing from the depths of mysterious bags and baskets the materials for their noon repast. Greenwich and Richmond Parks are full, and Hamp ton-court Palace is swarming with visitors. Pleasure vans come pouring in till a late hour in the afternoon, and disgorge loads of people, who, in turns, pass through the gardens, picture-galleries, and chapels of the Court. Towards evening all the tea-gardens about town are filled, long tables are set out in the open air, and many a tea is joyfully dispatched at ninepence per head. Dusk comes on, and the streams of human beings again pour back into the city. And now for summer-time in the country ! The weather is warm, the sky is beautiful, and a sense of heat and quiet is over all nature— " The birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees." They are mute : some have already taken their leave for the year, and migrated. The insect tribes are all full of life ; the grasshopper's crisp notes ring amidst the grass; the gnats dance under the pendent boughs of trees. Flowers are fading, and the field-lanes and hedge-rows are less gaudy than in past months ; but the wastes, marshes, and woods are still dressed in their luxuriant attire of ferns and heaths, with all their varieties of green, and purple, and gold. The skirts of the forest begin to be fringed with yellow, for the cool evenings are coining on, and the pencil of autumn is beginning to tint the woods with her variegated hues. The fields are golden-coloured, for the corn is fast ripening towards harvest. If we have lost the fl,iwers of the year, we have abundant pro mise of its fruits. The air is balmy and serene ; the sun rises and sets in beauty ; and the splendid har vest moon makes the night more glorious than at any other season. The fairies of old used to dance by night under her beams, and the bright green circles, called " Fairy Rings," are yet to be seen in every grass-field during August ; but " Philosophy will clip an angel's wings," and so our fairies have disappeared, though their rings are still left us. When the beauties of nature afford so abundant a variety as at this season, we scarcely know where to choose. Shall it be hedge-rows and field-paths, the sun-tanned reapers harvesting on either side, little children sitting prattling under the hawthorn bush, until their parents can rest for the mid day meal, or, playing by the old stile, half hidden under the overhanging boughs of an old oak, waiting there for the evening hour of rest, when they all plod wearily homewards together ? Or, shall it be the green lanes about cities, many of which are still preserved in the neighbourhood of old London—the country pressing closely upon the crowded city on every side? Beautiful exceedingly are they about Highgate, where the Poet's Lane, Coleridge's and Keats's favourite walk on the skirts of Mansfield-park, still invites many lovers of nature to while away the summer evening hour, until the sun's departing rays " Fling back a lingering, lovely after-day;" when the air sleeps all over the heavens, and the red round disc of the departing god crimsons over the little inland mere with mellowed loveliness, while the nightingale sends up her mellifluous song from the bowery gardens in the lane. Or, shall it be Love lane, near Camberwell, or Hag Bush-lane, or the beautiful green walks about Kensington or Dulwich? But no ! it is the country—the far-off country of which we would speak. Shall it be then by the sea shore? Ah ! how cool " the sea" sounds in hot weather ; when we go to bed hot, lie half asleep hot, rise hot, take a hot breakfast, gaze out upon hot brick alls, see the hot postman hurrying on his errands in hot scarlet, and walk along hot streets with heated thousands. No wonder so many should, at such a time, rush to Margate, Ramsgate, Brighton, and every point of the sea-coast, for a breath of fresh air and a plunge into the delicious cool brine. Or, shall we bury ourselves in cool forests, beneath the shade of thick trees, " A covert of old trees, with trunks all boar," whose foliage nature already tinges as with the hues of the dying dolphin; or lay ourselves d own by coo l gross on the banks of running brooks, listening to the water gurgling through stones, or welling up from the cool recesses of the earth? PeRILOUS DESCENT OF MRS. GRAHAM, AND TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE BALLOON.—On Wednesday evening Mrs. Graham made a night ascent from Cremorne- gardens, under circumstances of great disadvantage, owing to the state of the atmosphere and the heavy rain that had fallen descendedd uri n g the ina field near after the asoni South-Easterne somewhat R a hazardousßailway, 3 t , a p t , Edmonton. When Mrs. Graham was making preparations for her descent, she heard the sound of a railway train, and saw several lights, but owing to the darkness of the night, she was unable to conjecture as to what part of the country she was in. The grapnel, however, touched the ground, but the wind increasing, the balloon was carried over several fields, when the grapnel fortunately became strongly im bedded, and took firm hold in the bank of a ditch. There being no signs of any person to afford any assistance, Mrs. Graham continued for upwards of half an hour shouting as loud as she could for help, but to no purpose. She kept the valve open, however, to its fullest extent, the t, balloon rolling abou and the car at times completely turn ing over, and Mrs. Graham with great difficulty being ena bled to retain her hold; after a lapse of some time, police constable, 305 N, came to her assistance, and held the car for at least twenty minutes, when further assistance arrived with lights, and whilst Mrs. Graham was in the act of walking round to see that the valve was properly open, some onesincioter: mh t e l a i ds e escaping abnofufita tmh person approached too near with one of the lights, which ig h ee g , as, and in an instant the balloon was in having r a t h o a m run p r o f: r e e l d h f : a e d l i e r r e s t l . oi Graham i bd eaorunnt bonnet noto( nnd3eb. yesterday s e f et v aern e re r dd y sashy o i ena was e w present l bmu rtnie: Mrs vered the remnants of the balloon, itbut for any use and i t r i e n c a o y be said to be totally destroyed - gentlemen have offered to contribute to is a th oilloon, in admiration of th e courage displayed s e t ted restorationt b h y a that t s h e ue l; several trepid aeronaut on the occasion. The market to- MANCHESTER MARK ET , A UG. 8. day has been somewhat quieter th an on Tuesday, de partments, and although there i s no quotable yarns suitable for India have show n a tendency to giveall e a3;er.t All other articles are quite firm at the prices of Tuesday. RAILVVAY INTELLIGENCE. -- --- GUILDFORD, READING, AND REIGATE. 'file halt-yearly meetiog of the proprietors of the a')ove railway company was held yesterday at the offi ces , Royal Exchange-building; ; Mr. Jam es Gaiirard in the chair. The advertisement by which the meeting bad been convened having been read, the following report was submitted for consideration:— " Your directors have to report to the shareholders that since the last half-yearly meeting the lease of this line to the South-Eastern Company has been duly sealed and exchanced by the two companies respectively. The 200,000/. authorised by von to be raised by loan was raised, and 120,0001., part of the same, has been paid off by means of the late call of 31. per share; 80,0001, the emaintler of the loan, will be paid off by the call of 2/ per share still to be made, and of which call notice has been given. It is, doubtless, known to most of the giareholders that a bill in Chancery has teen filed against the South-Esstern Company and this company. or the purpose of preventing the rent from being paid when due, and of invalidating the lease. Your directors ook on this attempt, by an ex-director of the South- , I , ;astern Company t o set as id e a lease framed an d com pleted under the concurrent advice of the most able :counsel in the kingdom, as a futile proceeding. Your !ireetors could not for one moment doubt that the rent would be duly paid by the South-Eastern Company; but for the better sati.rfactien of the shareholders they wrote a letter to the South-Eastern Company, of which the following is a copy:— " ReLdiug, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company, 2, Royal Exchange- buildings, August 7. " ' Dear Sir,—As it is probable that questions will be asked at our h a lf- year l y meeting to-morrow relat i ve to the bill filed agai ns t our respective compan i es, by Mr. W. Gordon Th omson , on the subject of the lease of our line to the South-E as t ern Company, it has been con sidered desir a bl e b y my b oard to asc, , rtain the v i ews entertained by your b oar d on the subject. M y own directors can only look upon the proceeding as ema nating from a vindictive spirit, and as utterly futile, and they have no doubt that your board look upon the matter in precisely the same way. It is, however, advisable that we should be in possession of a resolu tion of your board intimating their determination to pay the rent due to our proprietors under the lease, on the 15th of September next. I shall, therefore, fee. obliged by your submitting this letter to your directors and favouring me with a reply by twelve o'clock to• morrow.—l am, &c., "J. H. BAYLEY, Secretary. " ' G. S. Herbert, Esq.. Sec.. South-Eastern Railway Company.' " South-Eastern Railway, London Terminus, August 8, 1850. " Dear Sir,—l have laid before the directors your letter of yesterday, and I ern desired to say in reply that the directors are advised to, and will pay the half-year's rent of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway line when it falls due, unless, of course, en injunction be obtained in the meantime to restrain the payment, but which neither the counsel of the company nor the direc tors contemplate as at all probable. " I am, dear Sir, yours truly, " G. S. HERBERT. "' J. H. Bayley. Esq.. Secretary, Reading., Guildford, and Reigate llailway " Your directors, then, have every reason to state with confidence that the rent will be duly paid, and that on calling you together the dividend due on the 15th of September will be declared at the rate of 5/. 2s. 6d. per cent. per annual, on the amount paid up in the terms of the lease. The directors, therefore, have now merely to propose that this meeting be adjourned to Monday, the 16:h of September next, at one o'clock, for the purpose of considering the report and the accounts, declaring a dividend, and cf fixing the periods for holding the future half-yearly meetings of the company," The CHAIRMAN said with respect to the party who had filed the bill against the companies, so far as he could see there appeared to he no motives but those flowing from vindictiveness and stock-jobbing. He could not see it in any other way, but he hoptd it was not so. Air. MACGREGOR, the chairman of the South &stern Railway Company, in answer to a question from one of the shareholders, said he considered the question of the lease of the Guildford, Reading, and Reigate line by the above company as irre• vocably settled. He thought there was not any loop hole by which one party or the other could get rid of the lease. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the meeting be adjourned to the 16th of September next, for the purpose of considering the report and accounts, for de claring a dividend, and for fixing the periods for hold ing the future meetings of the company. it was explained that the proposition for adjourn• ing the meeting arose out of the fact that the com pany could not declare a dividend until the rent from the South-Eastern Company should be paid, and that it would not be due till the 15th of September. The motion having been seconded was carried, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the busi ness of the meeting. FURNESS RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of Hon. the Earl of Burlington in the chair. After th e at proprietors tNo.2,N o New-street, w f this c . street, onpy took Spring-gardens; ianpla jst 'erday, theeßight usualtenohserve d, the secret a ry read the directors regretted that the expenses during the last half-year had been thepreliminaries report. had stated be hat very heavy, and that they could not, therefore, re commend an increased divide n d, which the satisfac tory amount of the traffic would have enabled them to de. The extension of the railway from Crooklands to the Lindal-road had been in progress during the past half-year. Some pecuniary difficulties had ex isted on the part of the contractor, but the directors had made such arrangements as had enabled him to proceed with the works, and there was now no rea sonable doubt that they would be completed by the period originally fixed —namely, the Ist March, 1851. A further sum of money had been expended by the commissioners daring the past half-year in the improve ment of Barrow Harbour. The works of tbe White haven and Furness Railway were already approach ing completion, and it is expected that the line will be opened before the end of the present year. The capital account showed that the receipts had amounted to 255,985/., and the expenditure to 250,1961. 7s. 2d., leaving a balance of 5,788/. 12s. 10d. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was un necessary for him to make any remarks, as the report fully explained all the circumstances of the company. He might however, allude to the fact that the iron ore, which was their principle source of revenue, had maintained itself well. As to the passenger traffic, that was at present very considerable, and they could not anticipate any improvement until the extension to the Sindal Wood. The report was adopted, and a dividend declared of five per cent. on the preferential shares, and two per cent. on the original capital. Mr. James Rameden was appointed secretary to the com pany, at a minimum salary of 300/., and gradually to increase when the profits of the half-year should be sufficient to authorise such increase. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY COMPANY.— The eighth ordivary general meeting of proprietors was announced to be held yesterday at the offices of the company, in Delahay-street, Westminster. At three o'clock, the time specified, a few of the pro prietors appeared, but not enough to form a quorum. At four, there havieg been no sufficient augmentation of their number:, Mr. J. B. Elfin, chairman of the board of directors, declared the meeting adjourned sine die. The statement of accounts which was to have been presented showed that the receipts to the 30th of June, 1850, amounted to 75,569/. 153., and the expenditure up to the same period to 68,4151. 12 10d., leaving a balance in favour of the company of 7,1541. 2s. 2d. LONDONDERR Y AND COLERAINE RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, Coleman• street-buildings; Capt. Warren, E.I C., in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the secretary read the report, which stated that the deliberation at the last half yearly meeting, as to the best means of resuming and completing the works, resulted in the opinion, that two sources presented themselves by which that object wes to be obtained; one, the procuring of the neces sary funds by way of loan from the public Exche quer ; the other, the finding a contractor to undertake the work wholly or chiefly from his own resources. Considering that the completion of this undertaking would have been more promptly and more advan tageously secured by means of a public loan, the directors endeavoured to procure for this company an advance of public money, but without any successful result. The balance-sheet showed that the total re ceipts had been 261,2481., and the expenditure 260,6441., leaving a balance of 6041. After some dis cussion, the report was adopted, the retiring direc tors and auditor re-elected, and a vote of thanks given to the chairman. COFFINS OF BAKED CLAY OF THE CHALDEANS.--- Mr. Kennet Loftus, the first European who has visited the ancient ruins of Warka in Mesopotamia , and who is attached to the surveying staff of Colonel Williams, appointed to settle the question of the boundary line between Turkey and Persia, writes thus :—" Warka is, no doubt, the Erech of Scripture, the second city of Nimrod, and it is the Orchoe of the Chal dees. The mounds within the walls afford subjects of high interest to the historian and antiquarian; they are filled, nay, I may say, they are literally composed of coffins, piled upon each other to the height of forty-five feet. It has, evidently, been the great burial p l a ce of generations of Chaldeans, as Meshad Ali and Kerbella, at the present day are of the Per sians. The coffins are very strange affairs; they are in general form like a slipper bath, but more depressed and symmetrical, with a large oval aperture to admit the body, which is closed with a lid of earthenware. The coffins them -84c.. Within.— selves are also of baked clay, c9vered with green glaze and embossed with figures of warriors with . strange and enor mous coiffures, dressed in a short tunic and . long under gar ments, a sword by the side, the arms resting on the hips, the legs apart. Great quantities of pottery and also clay figures, some most delicately modelled, are found around them; and ornaments of gold, silver, iron, copper, glass, Art Journal. The Marquis of Breadolbane and Sir George Lee were among the passengers by the General Steam Naviga tion Company's steam. ship Soho, that left St. Itatharine's wharf, for Antwerp, yesterday morning. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUG. 8. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CLAUSE. NON-CONTENTS. ARCHEISIIOp. Nelson Norwich Canterbury Pow;s Oxtord :EARLS. Romney Rochester Desart St. Vincent Salisbury Enniskillen Warwick LORDS. Glengall viscouNrs. De Tabley Jersey Canning Forester Lucan BISHOPS. Redesdale Longford Chichester Stanley PAIRS. NON• CONTENTS. Ely 31 alm esbury Talbot Southampton Clarendon Wynford Skelmersdala Cardigan Vend= Lonsdale Colchester Exmouth CONTENT& Durham. Col Lourne Byron Milford De Lisle Bedford Clxlc.rd A nglesqy Crafton Fit zhardinge Pot trnan 'ooper (From the Votes and Froceedings of the House of Commons. THURSDAY, AUG. 8. SPITALFIELDS AND SHORE DITCH NEW STREET BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made and Question put, " That the Chairman do now leave the Chair." The Committee divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 32. Anstey, Thomas Greene, John Sandars, George Arkwright, G. Gwyn, Howel Scrope, G. P. Crawford, W. S. Headiam, T. E. Scully,Francis Denison, Edmund Henley, J. W. Stafford, Augustus Dickson, S. Hornby, John Thompson, Colonel Disraeli, B. Hudson, G. 'i ownley, B. G. Duncan, George Kershaw, James Walmsley, Sir T. Ellis, John Lacy, Henry C. Willoughby, Sir H. Ferguson, Sir B. Moore, G. H. Forster, M. Norreys, Sir D. MMUS. Fox, W. J. O'Brien, Sir Timothy Hume, Joseph Fuller, A. E. Salwey, Colonel Mowatt, Francis MAJORITY-NOES, 46. Baines, M. T. French, F. Mettle, Fox Bellew, R. M. Grey, Rt Hon. Sir G. Power, Dr. Blackall, S. W. Harris, Richard Prime, Richard Booth, Sir R. G. Hatchell, John Reynolds, John Bouverie, B. P. Hawes, B. Shell, R. L. Bowles, Admiral Higgins, George Somerville, Sir W. Brotherton, J. Hindley, Charles Sothei on, T. H. S. Carter, John B. Hobhouse, Sir J. Thompson, George Chatterton, Colonel Hobhouse, T. B. Thornely, T. Cockburn, Alex. Howard, Lord E. Vesey, Thomas Copeland, Alderman Humphery, Ald. Wilson, James Craig, Sir W. G. Jones, Captain Wood, Sir Charles Cubitt, William Labouchere, Henry Duckworth, Sir J. Lascelles, W. S. Dundas, Sir David Lockhart, A. E. TELLES.. Ebrington, Lord Mackinnon, W. A. Hill, Lord M. Fortescue, J. W. Masterman, John Hayter, W. G. Clause (Commissioners of Woods may borrow moneys on the credit of the Fund authorised to be charged) :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 58. Baines, M. T. Hatchell, John Power, Dr. Bellew, R. M. Hawes, Benjamin Prime, Richard Blackall, S. W. Higgins, George Reynolds, John Booth, Sir R. G. Hindiey, C. Rich, Henry Bouverie, E. P. Hobhouse, Sir John Scrope, G. P. Bowles, Admiral Hobhouse, T. B. Seymour, Lord Boyle, Colon& Howard, Lord E. Shell, It. L. Brotherton, Joseph Humphery, Ald. Somerville, Sir W. Carter, J. B. Jones, Captain Tenison, Edward K. Chatterton, Colonel Labouchere, Henry Tennent, R. J. Cockburn, Alex. Lascelles, W. S. Thompson ;George Craig, Sir W. G. Lewis, G. C. Townley, R. G. Cubitr, William Lockhart, A. E. Vesey, Hon. T. Duckworth, Sir J. Mackinnon, 14 , . Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Sir D. liasterman, John Wilson, James Ebrington, Viscount Mende, Fox Weod, Sir Charles Fortescue, J. W. Mcstyn, E. M. L. Fox, R. M. Nicholl, John French, F. Nugent, Sir Percy TELLERS. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John Haytcr, W. G. Harris, Richard Perfect, Robert Hill, Lord Matta!' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Commander George Merritt (1845), inspecting commander cf . the coast guard district at Sdcombe, died on the 3d instant, aged 45 He en►ered the navy in 1816, passed his examination in 1823, was arde in 1831, and was promoted to the rank of commander from first lieutenant of the Vestal, 26, for his gal lantry in the attack on the Bort e) pirates in Maluda Bay, on August Ist, 1845, when he commanded the barge of the Vestal. Paymaster and Purser George H. Aluubray (1841), late of Terrible steam-frigate, and formerly of the Erebus, in Sir James Ross s expedition to the Antar • tic circle, is reported to join the Retribution steam frigate, and Mr. James H. Biggs (1849), who was in charge of the Enterprise, in Sir James Ross's late ex pedition in search of Franklin, and who had previ ously served in several ships as acting paymaster and purser, on very responsible and arduous services in the East Indies, has been appointed paymaster and purser of the Dauntless, screw-frigate, both ships having been commissioned at Portsmouth. Mr. Biggs, it will be remembered, served as Captain Austin's secretary during the fitting out of the four ships now in the Arctic seas, and received from the Board of Admiralty a letter of thanks for his zealous and ex perienced services, and from the officers of Captain Austin's squadron a handsome piece of plate for his attention to their wants and wishes in suggesting and providing for them those necessaries and comforts which are calculated to mitigate their sufferings from the rigours of the icy climate. PORTOMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Retribution steam frigate, 24, 400-horse power, is ordered to be com missioned at this port by Captain Frederick Warden for service in the Mediterranean. The Dauntless screw steam-frigate, 24, 560-horse power, is ordered to be commissioned at this port by Captain Halsted. The Rodney convict-ship arrived at Spithead last evening from the river to embark convicts from this station. About 50 will be transferred from the Stir ling Castle, and a like number frum the York hulk to-morrow morning. The Bombay transport was towed out of this har. bour to-day. The Niger steam-sloop, Commander Heath, bent sails to-day. The Britannia, 120, advanced ship, has been brought down under the sheers to-day, ready for masting. In coming down she got athwart hawse of the Fox frigate and Blake hulk, and damaged her quarter gallery, and stove is the hulk's head. The Fox will have her bowsprit taken out, to see if it is damaged by the collision. The service companies of the 95th Foot, consisting of 17 officers and 363 men, from Hong-Kong, landed yesterday from the Apollo troop-ship, and proceeded by railway to join the depot at Winchester. The Hyde Royal Victoria Yacht Club regatta com menced to-day, but not under the usual hitherto fa vourable auspices of fine weather, rain having con tinued more or less the whole day. WOOLWICH, AuG. B.—Rear-Admiral M. Fitzbar , dinge Berkeley, C.B. ; the Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance; Lord Clarence Paget, Major-General Lacy, Colonel Dundas, C.B. ; and Lieutenant. Colonel Chalmer, returned from Shoeburyness yesterday evening shortly before ten o'clock. THE QUARTERLIES. ---...pa,,,.-.,-- THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CLXXXV. - - Almost every article in the current number of the Edinburgh partakes of=a mare then dite character. The opening contribution, for ex ample, is dedicated to a c,reful analysis of Quetelet's theory cf " ProbibilHei.- - ," a work recently translated IrJrn the original French by Dr. Olinthus Gregor Downes, and noticed by ourselves shortly alter its publication. The merest tyro in the science of meta physics ctnnot fail to derive entertainment from the very lucid and ingenious argument of the reviewer. and, what is yet of greater importance, will obtain from its perusal a somewhat more definite idea as to the nature and peculiarities of causation. Under colour of a criticism on the Rev. Charles Ale.rivale't recently commenced " History of the Romans under the Empire," an admirable and scholarlike epitome is given of the principal events transpiring between the death of Cmsar and the establishment of the first tri- umvirate. Sertorius, who seized a large portion of Spain from the Republic ; Spartacus, who provoked an internecine conflict by arousing the passions engen dered by slavery ; Cneius Poinpeius, the formidable antagonist of Mithridates ; Cicero at once the philo sopher of oratory and the orator of philosophy; Caesar the imperial demagogue and p , triotic dictator ; toge ther with others of the illustrious men who either wielded or influenced during this interval the desti nies of the Ronnln empire—are here sketched with a rapid but masculine distinctness. Incomplete and even incidental as the paper is necessarily, it is never theless one which reflects honour upon the chief of all the quarterly periodicals. Another effort is made by the Edinburgh in the next article to revive the almost exhausted interest of the public in r-gatd to the often discussed question of " Church and State Education." But for our restriction in re gard to space, we should be tempted to make lengthened excerpts from a contribution which is entitled to a wide and serious examination. A rather discursive review of Merin ale's " History of Pedro the Cruel" affords the writer the opportunity of tracing the career and estimating the character of that famous monarch of Castile. Terrible is the voice of horror raised by posterity over the memory of that threefold fratricide, whose atrocities were not restricted to such ghastly pastimes as those of burn ing women to death by slow fires, and boiling men alive in cauldrons of oil. Hoole for his " Tasso," Potter for his " .lEschylus," Gifford for his " Juvenal," Moore for his " Anacreon," Frere for his " Aria tophanes," Francis for his " Horace," Cary for his Dante," Lytton for his " Schiller," have each and all acquired, according to their re spective merits, a large share of celebrity. According to the Edinburgh, Professor B!ackie has some right to look at least for a share in the re nown already enjoyed by his predecessor Potter. 'That he has surpassed Symmons, and Sewell, and Chapman, is mentioned as a fact too obvious to re quire demonstration ; and the reviewer insists with considerable emphasis that Mr. Blackie has given the best English ver,ion yet published of the Suppliants, if he has not done so also of the Prometheus and the Agamemnon. Taking a hint from the effort made on the 28th of August, 1849, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary cf the birth of the greatest writer of Germany, the Edinburgh, in the next article, endea vours to arrive at a more correct idea than has been hitherto attained in regard to the scope and value of his genius, under the' e heading of " Goethe's Festival?' See ing that this estimate is in many respects depreciative, we doubt not that it will be read by the enthusiastic worshippers of GUethe with a sort of indignant cu riosity ; though we are satisfied that every impartial and unimpassioned peruser will coincide with the re viewer in laughing to scorn the absurdly incongruous and contradictory panegyric passed by many upon the great German Poet and Philosopher, that he was " at once the universal genius whom all the world was hound to worship and the peculiar genius whom few could understand." A consideration of the worth of the " African Squadron" as a means of suppressing the atrocious traffic in negroes, and a critical chapter on the "Gorham Controversy" as one calculated to affect extraordinary changes in the position of the Establishment, are preceded by a searching review of M. Guizot's Discourse on the "English Revolution." Such are the nine sterling articles constituting the current number of the Edinburgh. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. .No.CLXXIII. the Quarterly is less erudite in its nature this month than its Whig contemporary, it is altogether more generally attractive in the nature of its subjects and more popular in the manner of their treatment. As about the most brilliant illustration of this, we may point to the inimitable contribution entitled "Mechanism of the Post-office," a paper of "facts and figures," which it is impossible to attribute to any other man in her Alijestj's dominions than the author of "Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau." Already by his admirable papers on " Railroads and on Tubular Bridges," Sir Francis B. Head has ac quired for himself a high reputation as a writer pus•- sessing extraordinary powers of description. H►s companion paper to " Stokers and Pokers," and to "High Ways and Dry Ways," referring this time to the mechanism of the Post-office department, cannot but tend materially towards the enhancement of that reputation. One or two sug ges'ions are altogether so felicitous, that we would more especially direct attention to them either by reference or quotation. Read for example, the following para graph on the DIRECTION OF LETTERS. We must here pause fur a moment to observe, that it would relieve the servants of the Post-office from in finite vexation and trouble, end, to the advantage of all classes, would cons( quently materially expedite the de livery of letters, if the public, of their own accord, would, or by the imposition of a heavy extra postage could be required to, reverse the existing foolish fashion by writing legibly, as the first word of the address of every letter—the only one out of the present confused irrelevant mass which the sorter wishes to discover, and has now to search for—namely, the post town ; atter which the name of the pretty little village, of the county, of ' the hall," the lodge," the grove'—or anything else might at any length be most harmlessly inserted—with, lastly, that which is of no earthly importance except to the postman who actually:delivers the letter, the name of Hubs, Dubs, or Snobs; in short, of the person or per sonage to whom it is addressed." It is suggested, moreover, by the Qaarterly Reviewer that all letters should be charged threepence postage which are not adorned with a " queen's head,' seeing the enormous expense and trouble accruing from the practice of pre-payment with pennies. He recom mends, moreover, with a view to deprive the Post office officials of all temptation to commit robberies, that no cash should be allowed to be transmitted, ex cepting through the medium of the money-order de partment. After describing one of the riding boys, a fine little fellow, named Richard Martin, Sir Francis facetiously makes the following observations : " On the Queen's birthday these riding-boys receive a hat with a fine gold hand and cockade,-a bright scarlet jacket, a beautiful bine waistcoat, and—just as if Joseph Hume had then suddenly clasped them round the waist —nothing more! We should be sorry to implant in heir light hearts a seed of discontent, yet, when we re flected on the everlasting bumping work they have to perform, we must own that, from a very slight experience in such matters, it occurred to us that her Majesty's Postmaster-Gereral, who not improbably knows some of the uses to which buckskin can be applied, might surely take en opportunity of explaining in respectful, appro priate, but in most pathetic terms, that these fine little boys, who convey the correspondence of the commercial metropolis of the world, are unscientifically covered at the wrong end; that it would be more creditable to is great nation to clothe them all over; and that at all events it v. ould be infinitely more agree able to them to go with their heads bare Because they've got no hats to wear,' than, as at present, the contrary." Having mentioned a case of extraordinary absence of mind, in which bank notes, amounting to 1,500/. had been sent through the post in a blank envelope, the reviewer casually records this superb Americanism An overtired Yankee, travelling in Kentucky, called at a log-hut for refreshment. The young woman of the hovel, that she might quickly spread the table, gave him her infant to hold, and in a few minutes laying before him a homely meal, she then modestly retth ued to her w .rk. The long-backed man, naturally enough, was enraptured at the sight of the repast, and overwhelmed by conflicting feelings of gratitude to the young woman, of adcairatieu of the lovely infant that sat smiling on his knee, and c f extreme hunger—in a fit of absence of mind, exactly such as caused the person in England to post a letter containing 1,5004 without any address, he, to the horror of the hostes4 all of a sudden, with great energy, kissed the loaf,—buttered the child's face,—and cut its head off !—at least, so runs the story in Kentucky." Another suggestion, relating to the seals of letters, we have not yet referred to ; it is as follows : " If the public', especially 'Ler. of business, would in scribe upon their seals their addresses, instead of their crests or coats-t f arms, they would, in any of the cases we have mentioned, including that of sending money in undirected envelopes, enable the inspector of the dead letter offica to return them their packsts, &c., unopened." Prior to this masterly contribution, in the current number of the Quarterly there are three articles of various ability. One is a biographical paper, sug gesed by " Arago's Life of Cundorcet," a paper in which the career ef the revolutionary philosopher is detailed with admirable lucidity. From a pleasant go sipping article on " Spectacles" we transcribe two amusing anecdotes : '• There lived in the west of England a few years since an enthu,istic geologist,—is Poctar f ity and Chairman of the Quarter Ses,ions. A farmer, who had seen him presiding on the bench, overtook him shortly afterwards while sewed by the roadside on a heap of stostes, which he ens busily breaking in search of fossils. The farmer reined up his horse, Fez: l at him far a minute, shoals his head in cotumifera . in i f he mutability of humen things, and then exclaimed in mingled tones a pity and surprise, What, Doctor! be you come to this a'ready?' " "A comic story, told by Dr. Kitchiner, has had its MINORITY-NOES, 29. Arkwright, George Henley, J. W. Scholelleld, William Crawford, W. S. Hornby John Scully, Francis Denison, E. , Hudson, G. Stafford, A. Dickson, Samuel Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Duncan, George Lacy, 11. C. Walmsley, Sir J. Forster, Matthew M'Cullagh, W. T. Willoughby, Sir H. Fox, W. J. Moore, George H. Wyld, James Fuller, A. E. Mowatt, Francis Greene, John O'Brien, Sir T. TELLERS. Gwyn, Rowel Salwey, Colonel Hume, Joseph Headlam, T. E. Sandars, George ' Ellis, John CUSTOMS BILL. Read a third time; Clause (And whereas divers Rules, Orders, and Regulations have from time to time been made by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, in pursu• ance of the powers conferred upon them by certain Acts passed in various sessions of Parliament, some of which Acts have since been repealed; and doubts have arisen whether such Rules, Orders, and Regulations are still of legal force and efficacy ; be it therefore enacted, That all Rules, Orders, and Regulations already made or issued by or under the authority of the said Commissioners, under or in pursuance of any Act or Acts relating to the Customs, or to Trade or Navigation, although such Act or Acts may have been re pealed, shall be ankt continue in full force and effect, so far as such Rules, Orders, and Regulations are consistent with the provisions of the laws in force relating to the Customs, or to Trade or Navigation, unless and until the same shall be re• yoked or rescinded, and that all acts whatsoever to be done in pursuance of any such Orders, Rules, and Regulations shall be valid and effectual) read a first time; Motion made, and Question put, " That the said clause be now read a second time." The House divided MAJORITY-AYES, 50. Anson, Colonel Dodd, G. Morris, David Ansley, T. C. Duckworth, Sir J. Mullings, J. R. Baring, Sir F. Dundas, Sir David Paget, Lord C. Bellew, it. M. Ferguson, Sir R. Palmerston Via. Bernal, Ralph Fortescue, J. W. P ar k er , J o hn Blacken, S. W. Fuller, A. E. Sotheron, T. 11.:S. Booth, Sir R. G. Grey, Sir George Stanley, W. 0. Boyle, Colonel Ilamilton, G. A. Temienr, R. J. Carter, J. B. Hawes, Benj. Thornely, Thomas Chatterton, Colonel Henley, J. W. Vesey. T. Cockburn, A. J. Howard, Sir R. Wall, C. B. Copeland, Alderman Lacy, H. C. Watkins, Colonel Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Wood, Sir Charles Craig, Sir W. G. Lennox, Lord G. H. Cubits, William Mackinnon, W. Dawson', T. V. M'Cullagh, W. T. TELLERS. Denison, Edmund Matheson, Colonel Hayter, W. G. Divett, E. Maule, Fox Hill, Lord M. MINORITY-NOES, 14. Arkwrlght, George Newdegate, C. N. Crawford, W. S. Pechell, Sir G. Duncan, George Reynolds, John Forster, Mathew Scholefield, W. TELLERS. Fox, W. J. Thompson, Colonel Hume, J. Mowatt, French! Thompson, George Williams, W. Walmsley, Sir J. Willoughby, Sir H. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause Eight (For payment of sums not exceeding fifty pounds, when members die intestate) :—Amendment pro posed, in page 20, line 14, to leave out the words " to pay the same at any time after the decease of such member, ac cording to the rules of the said Society or Branch ; and in case there shall be no rules made in that behalf, then :" Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 23. Aglionby, 11. rlalsey, T. P. Sotheron, T. Brocklehurst, John Harris, Richard Thompson, George Brotherton, J osepn Keating, "Robert Tboriiely, T. Cardwell, Edward Kershaw, James Williams, W. Carter, J. B. Lushington, C. Willoughby, Sir H. Chatterton, Colonel O'Connell, M. J. Cubitt, William Balwey, Colonel Duncan, George Scliolefield, W. Ellis, John Scrope, G. B. Graham, Sir J. Smith, J. A. TELLIIII. Stuart, Lord Dudley Spooner, Richard MAJORITY-NOES, 32. - - -- Bagshaw, John Hatchell, John - Romilly, Sir John Baines, M. T. Henley, J. W. Seymour, Lord Baring, Sir F. Hornby, John Somerville, Sir W. Bouverie, E. P. Hume, Joseph Thompson, Colonel Cowper, W. F. Humphery, Ald. Walmsley, Sir J. Craig, Sir W. G. Labouchere, Remy Wilson, James Elliot, John Lewis, G. C. Wood, Sir C. Ferguson, Sir R. Mahon, O'Gorman . Wyld, James Forster, Matthew Maul; Fox French, F. 3lullings, J. R. TELLERS. Grey. Sir G. Parker, John Hayter, W. G. Gwyn, Bowel Perfect, Robert Bellew. R. M. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY.—The proceedings of the Association were brought to a close this afternoon. In the forenoon several papers were read in the ma thematical and in the geological sections, but they were not of general interest. The reading of the papers in the other sections were concluded yesterday. A meeting of the general committee was held this afternoon, Professor Alison in the chair, at which it was resolved to make grants of money to the extent of 4481. for the prosecution of researches in various de. partments of science. Amongst them was a grant of 3001. to the Observatory at Kew. A committee was also appointed, consisting of the President, the Duke of Argyll, Sir R. I. Murchison, Professor Forbes, and the Marquis of Breadalbane, for the purpose of urging on the Government the completion of the geographical survey of Scotland, as recommended by the British Association at their former meeting in Edinburgh in 1834. Another com mittee was appointed to wait upon the Govern ment, and to request that some means be taken to come to the science of natural history, and more complete representation in the trusteeship of the British Museum ' • and the council of the asso ciation were requested to communicate with the coun cil of the Royal Society, and also with the Govern ment, if necessary, respecting the posibility of re lieving the Association from the expense of maintain ing the establishment at Kew. It was also resolved to request Government to institute a statistical sur vey relative to the extent and prevalence of infantile idiocy, as a measure greatly conducive to the public welfare ; and to apply to the Admiralty for the pub lication of the reports of their committees on metals. A general meeting of the Association was held in the Music Hall, shortly after the meeting of the committee, at which Sir David Brewster, the Presi dent, presided. Votes of thanks were awarded to the various bodies and parties who had done any thing to forward the arrangements of the Association, and Sir Roderick Murchison took the opportunity of charac terising the meeting in Edinburgh as a most trium phant and successful one, second to none that had been ever held. Professor Philips also stated that the number of Association tickets issued was 1,225, and that they had been enabled to transfer to the treasury 1,104/. Considerable interest was excited towards the close of the proceedings by the arrival of the Ne paulese Princes, who were introduced by the Lord Provost to the Association. After waiting a short time, they retired amid the applause of the meeting. The President, in adjourning the Association, declared that the next meeting would be held at Ipswich, an 1851. At Goodwood races last week the amount cf the Marquis of Exeter's winnings in stakes was 3,7301, after all deductions. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY. CUFFE -STREET SAVINGS BANK.—Yesterday Mr. John Emanuel Hughes was brought up in custody before the magistrates of the head police office, charged with having embezzled, in July 1847, the sum of 7301. Is. Bd., from the savings bank, in Cuffe-street, c f which he was cashier. The informations on which a warrant had been granted under which the prisoner was arrested were read. From these depositions, two of which were sworn by David Martin, Esq., and Samuel C. Warren, Eq., who had been appointed by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to investigate the accounts of the savings bank, and the third by Thomas Dodd Smith, Esq., one of the trustees of the bank ; it ap peared that the sums received by the prisoner on the date at which the act of embezzlement was laid as having taken place amounted to 1,1511. 35., but as a sum of 4211. 15..41, for which credit was given by the Bank of Ireland, where deposits were lodged in the name of the trustees of the savings bank, might have formed part of the whole amount, the sum un accounted for by the prisoner was charged as 7301. Is. Bd. Mr. T. A. CURRAN, counsel for the prisoner, ap plied to the magistrate to admit his client to bail, which was refused; subsequently a communication was made to the Attorney-General, but he refused to consent to bail being taken, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial at the Comtkission which com mences on Saturday. THE LATE MURDER IN THE KING'S COUNTY...—. The King's County Chronicle states that the police have arrested two men charged with the murder of Mr. Pike. TRH ROYAL CUP AT CORK REGATTA..—The fol lowing strange paragraph appears in the Cork Ex aminer:—"Rumour speaks of a rather lengthened correspondence having taken place between the ma nagers of the late regatta and the Right Hon. the Home Secretary, the former positively maintaining that the cup given by Royalty was not a cup at all, and otherwise expressing their dissatisfaction at the manner in which the wishes of her Majesty had been carried out. Sir George Grey asserted, on the con trary, that the article in question, notwithstanding certain peculiarities of form, which made it difficult to refer it to any class of objects in creation, was really and veritably a cup. However, he said, they were at liberty to make ducks or drakes of it, if they liked, but they might rest perfectly assured that they would never get another. In this position the im portant controversy remains at present." DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.—SaIes yesterday :—Three per Cent. Consols, 961 3-; Three per Cent. Consols for Accaunt, Aug. 12, 961 ; Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, O7i 98 ; Bank Stock, 204 203 8. CAPE of GOOD HOPE. FATAL AFFRAY WITH KAFIR CONVICTS. On the night of the 28th ult., the head constable and head overseer proceeded to open the door of that portion of the barrack in which the Kafir prisoners are confined, for the purpose of putting out the lights. Immediately the door was opened tho head constable was struck a heavy blow on tne head with a stone by one of the pri soners; this was a signal fir a rush, and notwithstanding the efforts of the constables, 12 Kafirs contrived to force themselves outside the door. The constables on duty immediately fired, and the sound of the shots seemed to damp the courage of those inside, and the constables at the door succeeded in closing it. One Kafir was wounded in both shoulders white in the yard, and fell, and a pursuit was then commenced after the remaining eleven. Three were shot dead, three more wounded— one of whom is since dead, and another was made pri soner on a subsequent night by Mr. Oostbuisen, of Courney, while in the act of stealing a sheep from his kraal, the remaining four are still at large, one of whom is known to be severely wounded in the thigh. The be haviour of the constables and overseers is spoken of by Mr. Superintendent White in terms of high praise. One overseer, armed only with a bayonet, was engaged in close conflict with a powerful Kafir, much above his own size, tor some minutes, durin g w hi c h the Kafir contrived to wrest away the bayonet; the overseer succeeded, how ever, in recovering it; but the Kafir would not yield until he had received two or three thrusts through the body. Sixteen of the most tut bulent among these men have been brought under a strong guard to this place, for the purpose of being forwarded to Cape Town.—Cape of Good Hope, May 21. POST-OFFICE. From returns presented to the House of Commons, giving the number of letters deliveredin the United Kingdom for each week in which they were co unte d u p , to a late a period as practicable,.. it appears th a t in th e week ending 21st February, 1 8 50, the total delivered were—England and Wa'es, 5,784 213; Ireland, 728,010; Scotland, 727.739 ; gross total, Unit e d Ki ngdom, 7,239,962. For the year ending . s th January, 1850 , t h e gross revenue for the e United Kingdom was 2,165 3494 17s. 9,t-i.; the cost of management, 1,324,5621. 16s, 1(d.; the net revenue, 840,787/. Os. 1111. P ostage c h arged on the Government departments, 106.923/. 18s.; and net revenue, exclusive of charges of the Government depart ments, 733,8631. 2s. 1 lid. The payment made by the Post-offic . e ter the conveyance of mail s b y ra i lway in the United kingdom during the year ending sth January, 1850, was, for work done within the year, 128,7131. 11s. 2d ; for work done in previous years, 99 583 L 115.; total 230,079/. ss. 10d. I n a ddi t i on to this ' amount a sum of 25,000/. was paid to the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company on accou n t, b ut the portion for the work done in previous years cannot be distinguished, the rate of pay ment nut being fixed. Of money orders there were is sued from 6th January to 31st December, 1849, in Eng land and Wales, 3 ,515.839—their amount, 6,880,8651. 118. 2d.; in Ireland, 358,578—their amount, 592,504/. 14s. 3d.; in Scotland, 374,474—their amount, 679,273/, 12s. ld.—total, United Kingdom, 4,248,891; amount, 8 ,152,6431. 17s. 6d. The total of moneyorders:paid in the same period in the United Kingdom was 4,245,352-- their amount 8,158 356/. 14s. - The cost of management, stated above at 1,324,5621. 16s. 10d., includes all pay ments out of the revenue in its progress to the Exche quer, except advances to the Money Order-office of the sum of 10,307/.105., disbursed in pensions, as follows:- 4.000/. to the Duke of Marlborough, 3,407/. 10s. to the Duke of Grafton. and 2,9001. to the heirs of the Duke of Schomberg. Inclusive of these pensions there ap pears a sum of 17,0841. 14s. 2d., " charges other than management," entered above under the" cost of manage ment." The expenses of the Money Order-office .through out the United Ki ng d om , d ur i ng t h e year ending 31st December, 1849, were 70 248/. ; th e amoun t of commis sion 70,570/. Of thi s 58,7701. was for. England and Wales, 5,6951. f o r I re l an d, an d 6.105/. for Scotland. Oa Saturday last, Mr. Sam. Fisher, veterinary surgeon, of Stamford, met with a severe accident in Burgh ley-park. He was witnessing a game at cricket among Lord Exeter's servants, whe❑ a ball from a bat struck him with great force on the upper jaw, knocking out three of his teeth, and injuring the bone. Had he received the blow on the temples, it is thought it would have proved fatal... Stain ford 2Uerculy. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. -TIitTRDAY. The Pavil . vn Stakes ( , f 30 sovs. ca:,':, 20 't, for two yi old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Sat 31b ; winners extrs. Mr. Hobson's Thorough-go, - d Sam, B,', 71'o, waked over 'lle Stewards' Plate of 50 sovs,, added to a Sweepsteik+s of 10 invs. each, for two yrs old, Est 101); three, Bst 101 b; four, 9at 61b; five, six, and aged, 9st 101 b; the winner to be sold. for 300 sovs. if &manned, &c. T.Y.C. (12 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, 4 yrs...(Kitchener) I Mr. Shelley's Potentia filly, 3 yrs (S.. Mann) 2 Mr. Etwal►'s Iracundus, (crd. 41b over) (G. Brown) 3 Mr. Garner's cby Bay Middleton, 2 yrs (Charlton) 0 Mr. Jenkins's Miss Larkaway, 3 yrs (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Stevens's Britannia, 2 yrs.. (E. Sharp) 0 Lord H. Lennox's fby Don John, 2 yrs ...(Cullins) 0 Mr. Drewitt's t by Pantaloon, 2 yrs...(R. Sherwood) 0 Betting -2 to 1 agst Iracundus-5 to 2 agst Plough boy-7 to 2 agst Don John filly, and sto 1 rgst Potentia filly. Won by half a length; two lengths between second and third. A regular sea fog prevented our timing this and the subsequent races. The Railway Plate of 100 sovs,, added to a bardicap swcepstakes of 10 sovs. each; h ft, for three yrs old and upwards. The second to receive 20 soya. our a the stakes, and the winner to pay 15 soya. to the fun:t. This! ol Mile. Major Marty n's The Moor, 5 yrs, B.t 61b.. (At&le) 1 Duke of Richmond's Compass, 7st 12:0..46. Mann) 2 Count Batthyan) 'a Valentine, 6,,t 41b ...... (Charlton) 3 Sir C. Ru:hout's Glen Stvidel, 5 yrs, Bst 41!, (Brooks) 0 Mr. Cowl.y's Second sight, 7.q 13ib (Dockeray) 0 Mr. Gra'wick's Cheerful, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Kitchener) 0 Mr. alrrien's Self-defence, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (U. Brown) 0 Mr. Daley's Cayenne, 4 yra, 6st 13lb (E. Sharp) 0 Bet:ing-5 to 2 agst The Moor, 4 to 1 each agst Com pass and Cayenne, and 10 to 1 ag:t any other. Won by two lengths; Valentine a had third. .• The Brighton Cup of 100 sous., added to a sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, Bst 10lb; five, 9st 31b; six and aged, 9st 71b; winners extra; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 500 sous., if dembnd, and the second to receive 20 soya, out of the stak. s. Old course. Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia, Bst 71b ...(R. Pettit) 1 Lord H. Lennox's Borneo, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib (S. Mann) 2 Sir G. Heathcote's Dark Susan colt, 3 yrs, 7st 21b... 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst St. Rosalia, 7to 4 agst Dark Susan cult. Won by a length; a bad third. Match, 100. Half•a•mile. Mr. Etwall's cby Thistlewhipper, 7st 61b (G. Brown) 1 Mr. Dorrien's Chaplet, 7st (Charlton) 2 Betting-5 to 2on the winner. Won by a length. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 50 sous., added to a handicap sweepstakes of 2 soya. each. Old course. Sir. W. Booth's Retail, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Pettit) 1 Mr. Messer's Grasshopper, 4 yrs, 7st 91b.:.(Croneb) 2 Mr. Durrien's The Verderer, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Barker) 3 Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful, 4 yrs, Bst (S. Mann) 0 Mr. Dewsall's Needful, aged, ist 41b ....(Collins) 0 Mr. Howard's Tit-bit, aged, Est 131 b (Rodney) 0 Mr. Gray's Purity, Est 41b (cd. 6st 10Ib) (E. Sharp) 0 Mr. Gain's Seignor of Holderness, Est 31b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Burgess's The Crowner, 4 yrs, Est (Gilbert) 0 Betting-6 to 5 agst Retail, 7to 2 agst Grasshopper, and 5 to 1 agst Seignor of Holderness. Won by two lengths, The Verderer a bad third. The Sussex Plate, of 50 soya., added to a sweepstakes of 3 sow. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 81b ; five, six, an&aged, Bst 13Ib ; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 120 soya., if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. Heats. Bristol Mile. Mr. Chatfield's Sister to First Chanee,l6st 111 b 0 1 1 Mr. Roberts's Heroine, 8:4 31b ...(G Brown) 1 0 3 Mr. Lewis's Michael Brunton, 7st 21b (Moon) 0 0 2 Mr. Brown's Genuine, 5 yrs, Bst Mr. Messer's Malmesbury, 5 yrs, Bst (Crouch) 2 0 dr Duke of Richmond's Harum Scarum, Gst 131 b 3 2 fir Sir C. Rushout's Chevreuil, Bst 31b...(8r00k5) odr Mr. Oshaldestone's Mountaineer, 5 yrs, 7st 71b 0 dr Mr. Brick's Martingale, 6 yrs, Bst (Dockeray) 0 dr Mr. Delon's Ranger, 3 yrs, 6:t 111 b (Charlton) 0 dr Each heat won easily. There was again a very large attendance and an abundance of racing, but the weather Ras unfavour able, and the mist on the downs so heavy that the horses were not in view until within a hundred yards of the chair. It is expected that the stakes for the club racing will fill well. ST. LEGER BETTING. 8 to 1 sigst Windischgratz 8 to 1 agst Clincher Bto 1 Pitsford _ _ 30 to 1 King o f O u d e . _ EDGWARE RACES.—TEURSDAY. Trial Stakes of 3 soy& each and 15 added. Heats. One mile and a half. (7 Subs.) Mr. B. Laud's Frank, 6 yrs, 9st 31b...(Paget) 3 1 1 Mr. Morton's Little Fanny, aged, 9st 31b Mr. Mason's New Forest Doe, 4 yrs, Bst 51b 2 3 2 Won easy. Four ran. Free Handicap of 2 soya. each and 10 added. Twice round and a distance. (7 Subs.) Was won easily in two heats by Mr. Thornton's Highwayman, aged, Tat 111 b (Bailey), beating Mr. A. Jackson's Nell Cook, aged, 7st 91b. Ladies' Purse was won by Premier, beating Tommy Tickle by hall a length. NEWPORT RACES.—TBURSDAY. The North Shropshire Staksa of 3 sous. etteb, and 20 added. Heats, oae Mr. Davies's Pansey, 3 yrs, 6st fslb ...(Wells) 1 1 Mr. Wadlow's Gratis, 5 yrs, Bst 61b ... 0 2 Mr. Jones's b g Harum Scarum, 3 yrs .. 2 3 The Newport Cup of 401., added to a Free Handicap of 5 soya. each. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 4 yrs ... ...(G. Hall) 1 Mr. Giles's Gaffer Green, aged ... ... 2 Mr. Hargreuves's Irish Ambassador, 4 yrs ... 3 Mr. Goodwin's Pity the Blind, 4 yrs 4 Mr. IVadlow's Stanton, 4 yrs . . .. 5 The Innkeepers' Purse of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sour. each; winner to be sold fur 150/. Heats. One mile. Mr. Folk's Tippler, 3 yrs ... Mr. Jones's Aria, 3 yrs ... Mr. Bayley's Colcynthis, 5 yrs Mr. Oskey's Streamer, 5 yrs ... Mr. Jones's Flirt, 4 yrs (Arthur) 1 0 1 ... ... 0 1 3 ... ... 2 0 2 ... ... 0 3 0 ... ... 0 2 dr CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF DERBYSHIRE. This match, which was commenced on Monday at Derby, was concluded yesterday, and at the close of the game the score stood as follows: Derbyshire, first innings ... ... 112 1, second innings ... 150 England, first innings ... 145 „ second innings (with four wickets down) ... ... 36 COURT CIRCULAR. OSB OE NE, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince and Royal Family were prevented by the inclemency of the weather from taking their usual early walk this morning. Her Royal Highness the Princess de Leiznitz, at tended by Madlle. de Block and by the Comte de Groeben, arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The Princess and suite returned to Ryde this morning. Her - Grace the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Con stance L. Gower, and Lord John Russell, arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon. His Lordship returned to London this day. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe• Coburg Gotha arrived at Clarence House, St. James's, on Wednesday evening, on a visit to her Royal High- ness the Duchess of Kent. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Sir Thomas Birch, M P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office in White hall-place. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SUEGEONS.—Tho following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the College at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 6th inst.:— Messrs. Edward Hunt, Hamps:eads, Bacup, Lancashire; John Chambers, Trafalgar-place, Hackney-road; Isaac Ne gus Jakins, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park; Hastwell Thornton, Cottingley-house, Bradford, Yorkshire; William Walter Tinsley, Sedgeley, near Dudley, Staffordshire; John Henry Thomas, Llensamlet, near Swan , ea ; Thomas George Fitzgerald, London; John Rigby, Preston, Lancashire; Thomas Lancaster, Radcliffe-bridge, near Manchester; Thomas Howell, Finsbury-place; James Stephenson, Devon shire. street, Globe-road, Mile-end; and Henry Nelson, Wind ham-place, Bryanston-square. WESLEYAN NEW: , PAPFR ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday at a meeting before the Master in Chancery Kindersley, a dividend of 10s. in the pound was declared payable to all those creditors whose claims, to the extent of between 2,000/. and 3,000/., had been allowed by Mr. Goodchap, the official manager. The dividend accrues out of the amount of two calls of 4/. per share paid by the contributories, and out of the debts of the estate that have been collected. There are other claims of creditors to be settled, which, with the ex pense consequent on the process of winding up, will, it is ex pected, render another call of 4/. per share necessary, making a total of 121. per share payable by the shareholders who embarked in the undertaking. PARCEL POST COMPANY.—The Master in Chan cery Senior has atoposinted an o ffi cial manager to investigate and wind up this un dertaking, which was started for the transmission and delivery'or/parcels in and out of London, at the offices formerly held by`tifillearti-Corn-Law League, in Fleet-street. The proposed capital asbtated by the peti tioner, Mr. H. Hawker, of North Audley-street, WAS 80,0001., in 6,000 shares of 5/. each. A sum of is. per share was paid on shares allotted into Rogers's, but sufficient was not found to carry on the undertaking, which discontinued business without assets, and debts of 4,0001. in respect of con tracts for carts, horses, and harness, and the other para phernalia of parcel carrying. of n tTw a he t il t ss w re o pd o ei i t l o oc inns k : f r u r i T i s v h e li e d d E i n E iN d E i foreigner, n P b A u u r g, s o accompanied iv e A d A r t ie ß s b d A y s Wednesday a ft ernoon A a s i l ft :t I r e n . by the Caledonian Railway mail train from London, which, from some cause or other, was an hour and a half behind its usual time. They were received at the railway-station by the Lord Provost, sheriff of the county, and Dlajor-General Riddell, commander of the forces in Scotland. They imme diately drove to Moray-place, one of the finest and most fashionable squares in the northern metropolis, where a private house has been taken for their residence during their stay in the city. A guard of honour has been stationed at their abode to wait upon them. After resting a short time, the Ambassador, attended by three of his suite and the in• terpreter, paid a visit to the Br itish Association, which was then holding its concluding sitting in the Music-hall. On being introduced by the Lord Provost they were received with great acclamation, and remained a short time to witness the proceedings. They were dressed in the rich and flowing cotame of the East.