The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

urti , t-ttkoirt SUN OF.FIOE, Seven o ' Clock. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The usudl half yearly meeting of the proprietors in this company was held this afternoon, at h the Statio n st Nine-elms, William J. Chaplin, Esq., ... Chairman, presiding. The advertisement convening the meeting a nd the minutes of proceedings at the last half-yearly meeting having been read, The SECRETARY read the report of the direct ors, of which the following is nearly a copy : " From the accounts which had been for some days past in the hands of the proprietors, it would be seen that the not revenue for the half-year ending 30th June, 1851, amounted, after deducting interest on Loans, and all other preferential charges, to .................. £115,923 19 3 The surplus from 31st Dec., 1850 ...... 3,268 5 1 The balance applicable to dividend, therefore, is 119,192 4 4 .. From which the directors recommend that a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum, hr, ueclaxed, amounting, on 6,6"4,4601 3 116,803 1 O e. 4d., to Leaving to be carried over to• the next half-year The result of the last halt-year's revenue similar to that of the half-year ending 31st December, 1850, in re spect et its exhibiting increased receipts without in. crease in the aggregate of the working charges. The net revenue of the last half-year better than that of the corresponding period of last year by 25,9251.145. 9d.; and the revenue receipts for the whole year had increased over those of the previous year by 54,4071. 9s. 3d.; there being but a very slight addition to the mileage of rail way open during the latter as compared with the former period. The proposed dividend for the half -year ending 30th June last at the rate of 3. 2 - per cent. per annum. Tee average dividend of the half-year would be found to be 34 per cent., that of the year ending June 30, 1850, naving been 3i per cent. The effects of the Great Exhibition on the traffic of the line scsrcely apparent in the receipts of the half-year ensuing 30th June, 1851; the cheap rate of admission to the Exhibition, from which period the influx of stra. short a ort in large numbers dated , having co mmenced only a sh time before the termination of the half-year. The effects of the Exhibition since that period have been appre ciably felt, the weekly traffic having experienced an ave rege increase of 5,4841. per week, which increase is to be largely attributed to the direct and indirect influence of this great object of attraction. The directors took timely measures to secure for the Southampton and Havre route a share of the Continental traffic to and from the Exhibition, and such measures have been sec- There is reason to ex pect that the beneficia in l effect 'of these measures will continue continue ion. force during the remaining, period of the Exhilatt its given is also reasonabl e to anticipate that the opportgc given to great Lumbers on this occasion to experience or the econamy of the French route, via Havre and Southampton, of the character of the steamboats em ployed in that service by this company, of the beauty of the scenery and of the interesting objects it presented (it being in this respect far superior to all others), would be the means of permanently increasing the continental traffic ot . the company. The saving effected by the late re -letting of the contract for the maintenance of per manent way served to counteract the necessarily higher ex p e nditure under certain other items of working charge, which the peculiar demands of the traffic of the present summer had celled forth. The proportion of the bad debt account, elageab!e against this half-year, viz., 542/. ISs , eppeered in the present accounts. This amount (5 5361.), arising from various debts accruing during touresu years past, was to be liquidated in in etelreents spread over the revenue of the next five years; the present charge is the first of such instalments. nine engines and fifty-five carriages of various sorts, virtually new and with all the recent improvements, had been during the last year substituted for old ones. Teis is besides extensive repairs on many other engines and carriages. The Inland Revenue Commissioners pursued their claim against this company for the tax on receipts arising from fares at and under ld. per mile. The di rectors remain of opinion that the intention of the Act under which exemption is claimed was, as the preamble purports, To secure to the poorer class of travellers the means of travelling at moderate fame, and in carriages protected from the weather;" and that the excursion trains run by this company, at fares at and under ld. per mile, come precisely within the d , finition of the Act, and are therefore entitled to exemption. They ere accordingly, in concert with other companies, preparing to resist the claim of the Inland Revenue Commissioners. The shareholders will find it difficult to understand that exemption from tax on the receipts from fares at and un der ld. per mile, arising from the Excursion Trains to the Exhibition, which have been generally adopted by this and other railway companies, and by means of w'nich alone the mass of the population is enaaled to visit the Exhibition, is allowed by the Railway Com missioners and the Inland Revenue Commissioners on the very lowest class of accommodation comprised in such trains, and on this only ; it being refused if Ist and 2d class carriages are supplied at a fare under Id. per mile, on the ground that this is better accommoda tion than the Act contemplated for the poorer class of travellers. The refusal of exemption thus virtually acts as an attempt to tax railway companies to a large pecu niary amount, unless they consent, at the suggestion of the public departments, to give nothing but the worst carriage accommodation to their excursion passengers to the Exhibition, some of whom, women and children, have to be several hours on the line, and to whom it is consequently of the utmost importance that the carriage accommodation for so long and fatiguing a jeurney should be as good as possible.—(Gear.) In the capital account 99,4251. 16s. 11d. has been expended during the last half year, which includes 14,9361. for plant. The whole of this expenditure is in liquidation of the liabilities of the company which were reported upon in February, 1850, and no new liability has, within the half year, been incur red. This item for plant (14,9361.) includes the expense of completing 5 engines, 36 carriages, and 100 waggons, which payment, within a small amount, exhausts the amount provided out of capital in the estimate of Feb ruary, 1850, for completing the carrying stock of the company. All new engines, carriages, and wagons, whether in substitution of those which may become su• peraunuated, or such additional stock as may be re quired io order to meet extended traffic, will therefore he henceforth charged against revenue, the capital ac count being closed.--(Hear.) In accordance with this principle, a certain number 0f eng i n es and carriages, in course of delivery, but not yet examined, will, when paid for, be carried to the debit of revenue, and defrayed by instalments spread over a given number of years, in the manner set forth in the directors report of February, 1851. The amount realised for the sale of surplus property and rails during the past half-year was 13,987/. 17s. 10d. At the special general meeting in October, 1850, the shareholders instructed the directors to effect an adjust ment of the relations between the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Company, the Exeter and Exmouth Company, and this company. At the meeting in February, 1851, the directors reported that this had been accomplished in regard to the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company ; they have now to report that a similar ar rangement has been come to with the Exeter and Ex mouth Company, by which all liabilities, both of this company and of the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Com pany, are put an end to.—(Hear, hear.) The Taw Vale Railway Company, entitled the North Devon Company, has, during the present session of Parliament, obtained an Act to carry out the completion of the line, on the terms, as regards this company, which received the ap proval of the shareholders of this company at the special general meeting in October, 1850. There is every pros pect of this line being forthwith completed, and the guaranteed rent thereon accordingly becoming payable. The Exeter and Crediton Railway Company, whose line is now leased to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com pany. at a fair rent, being subject to certain financial liabilities not covered by its Parliamentary capital, ob tained in the Session of 1850 (with the consent of this company), power to extend its capital, so as to cover such liabilities. To do this effectually Preference Shares to the nominal extent of 20,000/. must be created, and, in order to prevent strangers from ob taining suc h preferable securities, the directors propose to take up, if called upon, this company's proportion of such Preference Shares. It is, at the present time, in consequence of the Taw Vale Company having secured their Act, especially desirable to do this, in order to carry out the views sanctioned by the shareholders on previous occasions, in regard to the connected interests of the Taw Vale and Crediton Linea. It will probably be pos sible to effect this transaction, and discharge the liabi lities in question, without fu rther payments from this company to the Exeter and Cr editon Railway Com p an y , and to accomplish this the atten tion of the directors will be especially devoved.--(Hear.) The Act for the North VA South Junction Railway, by which this company's ',lnc) will be connected with the East and West India line, and the whole railway s y s t e m of the North, h as received the royal assent, and t h e co nstruction of this short though important line, by the company to which it belongs, Will P. forward with all dispatch. The direc tors have now'- concluded such arrangement s with the landowner s complete, in contractor as have determined t hem to h i nrsuance of the instructions of the pro prielors, the as a single line, from Farnham to Alton (nine mil es ) the line comical manner. The and in the most eco nomical progress, and works are ; accordingly the ee expediencyattention will be opened next spring. ofofthaeiddiinregeettohrs has lately been drawn to provisione persons in their employ ment to establish some which has for superannuation and al other railway accident —a question been under the consideration of sever Companies. They d to improve the believe that such a provision is calculated y h t e e identify the character of the service, and beneficial:lel the persons they interests of the company with thostteo; ca a red the t r ie marks ret u ary, employ. With this impression, c matter to be closely investigated by the and they beg to submit the following the arrangements now existing, and those in con templation, templation, if approved by the proprietors. The friendly society established among the men employed by this company affords a provision for support, an d s ieknesE, and a small pay medical attendance dur in g ment to representatives in the case of death. To this socieey the prop r i e tors are contribu tors to the extent of 1501. per sauna,. It is in a sound condition, answers its purpose well, and numbers about 1,000 members. It is desirable that, in accordance with the general wish, and the original intention, there should be added to this Society a provision for superannuation. It is also desi sable that not only the workmen, but that the officers and clerks employed by this company, should be brought within a superannuation arrangement, due regard being S UN, paid to the position of those now in the service, who, in the absence of a railway fund, may already have made some provision for the casualties of life. The funds for these purposes must be, in principle, self-supporting — (gear) --but the directors are of opinion that it will be both expedient and fair, that the proprietors should aid the efforts of the staff.—(Elear, hear.) The provision against accidents, fatal or permanently injurious, would apply especially to that class of persons employed about the trains. The directors find that this can be effected (at a moderate expense), which, with re gard to the servants in the truffle department hereafter joining the company, they are of opinion, may be pro perly shared between the company, and such persons, a plan which has been adopted by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. The whole of these de sirable objects, including those of a similar tendency, to which the proprietors now contribute, will, in the opinion of the directors, be covered by an annual contribution on the part of the company, not exceeding 1,0001. in the whole, and a resolution to the effect that the proprietors approve of the directors' proceedings in the suggested course, will accordingly be submitted to the present meeting." The CHAIRMAN then addressed the proprietors, and expressed a hope that the report would be found ac ceptable to them. The ample and detailed accounts it contained would inform them generally of the state of the company's affairs. At the same time, how ever, if there were any questions which the proprie tors wished to put, either to himself or his brother directors, they would be very happy to answer them. He had been recently but kindly admonished that their recent meetings had been somewhat long, while their dividends were somewhat short.--(A laugh.) He hoped now their prog ress would f be in the opposite direction, and it w ould not be his au they were detained to-day. The directors if suld watch every opportunity of increasing the dividends. a n d sent ichh e him some paragraphs h would—(H e —(Hear.) briefly allude wase: onecircsuhmarsethaonlcdeertso NhV out o severalwhich had been taken the newspapers , with the emevreetiwoo, sprfoorbatbhlye,poufrpsotsiemuf of - lating the dire ctors totraffic avoiding any such detention of the on the line ashad recently taken place. He hoped a very brief statement of the nature of the suburban traffic, would be sufficient to pardon the directors for the few irre gularities that had occurred. He was happy to say, that with the blessing of Providence no lives had been lost, nor any serious accident happened, with the ex ception of a slight collision which took place this morning at Vauxhall. This, however, was not at tended by any serious consequences. A PROPRIETOR—Were any lives lost ? The CHAIRMAN was happy to say none.—(Hear.) They had heard, doubtless, of a collision, a few hours ago, at the Vauxhall station, in consequence of one train running into another, while it stood at the sta tion taking up short traffic. He was on the spot very shortly afterwards, and was glad to find there was nothing serious. A lady's shoulder was displaced, and there was some little contusion on the eye of another, but he did not apprehend any serious danger. —(Hear.) He was about to mention that the di rectors had always contemplated a successful result with respect to the suburban traffic, but they knew also that time would be required to develop it. The nature of the development during this parti cular season would in some degree account for the irregularities he had referred to. He found, on loakicg over the books this morning, that from Ist of July to the 31 of August, 1851, a period of five weeks, the number of passengers on the 'Windsor, Richmond, and the loop lines, was 228,912, and the receipts 18,2261. In the corresponding period of 1850 the passengers numbered 137,569, and the re ceipts amounted to 8 7651., showing an increase on twenty-nine miles of railway of 91,343 passengers and 9,4701., or nearly a hundred per cent.—(Hear.) On the main line the increase in the same period was 69,706 passengers, and 15,153/. thus showing that the pressure of traffic arises on the shorter lines. If :any circumstance should happen to bring large crowds of visitors to the great metropolis, the proprietors might rest assured that their section of the railway would receive a considerable share of the traffic. With respect, also, to the Hampton Court line, on which it was a long time before they could create a train, he found that the number of passengers in the same five weeks of 1851 was 39,497, as against 20,239 in 1850, or within a trifle of 100 per cent. of increase.—(Hear.) The maxim adopted by the di rectors was that which railways generally ought to observe, if they wished to succeed—appealing to numbers, and, they could not appeal successfully without having moderate fares. This principle, it adhered to, he believed, would work out the success of their district of railway, and he trusted it would receive the approbation of the meeting.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. A short discussion than ensued with respect to va rious items and topics contained in the report. The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to Mr. Uperoft, that the directors did not consider they were under any liability in respect of the gold-dust robbery on the line. No one had ever asserted that they were. They had taken every possible means to bring the parties to justice, for the sake of the character of the company, but the property was not insured, and there was an express understanding that it was not. The directors had also given free passes to four subor dinate persons to watch the property.—(Hear.) He had also to state, in reply to the Hon. Proprietor, that no satisfactory arrangement had been come to with the South-Eastern and Dover Company with respect to the traffic for Guildford. The report was then received and adopted. A dividend at the rate of 32 per cent., subject to income-tax, to be payable on the 21st of August, was agreed to, after a short discussion. The CHAIRMAN called the attention of the meeting to the recommendation in the report with reference to a superannuation and accident fund, which, he hoped, would be acceded to by the proprietors. If the men in their service knew that a superan nuation would be secured to them, they would adhere more strongly to the company, and discharge their duties with pleasure and more satisfaction to the directors. The insurance against accident was also a most useful suggestion, for drivers, guards, and all who attended to the movements of trains, were liable to accident, even with the best management. Much pain and affliction might be avoided if some provision were made for the wives and families of those who stood a risk of being killed on the railway. Only the other day a guard was killed—he admitted purely through his own neglect—having incautiously stood on a step while the train was in motion, and lost his life by coming in contact against a building. His family were so destitute that they could not bury him, and on his own responsibility he voted a small sum of money for the purpose of burying him. Such melancholy cases as this might be avoided if the meeting voted 1,0001. a year, which he thought was not too much for so large a stuff. Mr. REED, director, supported the suggestion on the ground of economy, as well as of feeling. The employees of the company could not save any money, their remuneration was so small, though they devoted their nights and days on the railway. Their conduct, morals, and habits would be very much improved if they knew that in old age something like the means of positive existence were in store for them. There were between 1,300 and 1,400 servants in the employ of the company, and the con tribution of 1,0001. would act as an inducement to them to lay aside some trifling sums for old age, or for their families in cases of accident; Mr. Reed proposed that the recommendation in the report should be adopted, and that the directors should be authorised to incur an annual expenditure in further ance of the object, not exceeding on the whole 1,000/. Mr. BORROWDALE moved as an amendment that the consideration of the subject be deferred for six months. Mr. KAY thought the resolution a very just and proper one, and recommended that books should be kept in order that the proprietors might see how the money was applied.—(Hear.) Mr. Sergeant GA.SELEE observed that this was a very good arrangement for those who were charitably disposed, but the directors were the trustees of a fund, and they had no right to appropriate money to any such purpose.—(Hear, hear.) Charity began at home, and he spoke not so much for himself as for many poor people, who, though they had shares in the company, had hardly received any dividend upon them.—(Hear.) Why could the directors not adopt the voluntary system, and open a list for sub scriptions. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the original motion carried. A resolution having been passed authorising the directors to take up preference shares in the Exeter and Crediton Company, and a vote of thanks given to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. The proceedings did not terminate until 4 o'clock. SALE OF INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS.—Yesterday the sale of an interesting collection of autograph letters took place at the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, Wel lington-street, Strand. They consisted of the correspondence of David Garrick and other distinguished actors, actresses, and dramatic authors ; the secret correspondence of Charles I. with Captain Titus, &C., planning his escape from Canis- I brook Castle, &c. Six lots of the correspondence of David Garrick produced 71. 55.; a draught for 601., drawn by Oliver Goldsmith in favour of D. Garrick, with a promissory note of R. B. Sheridan for 1001. to Garrick, Si. 16s. ; five letters from Addison to Ambrose Phillips, 51. 19s. ; four letters from Sir R. Steel to Phillips, 21. 12s. ; letters, documents, and papers relating to the Byron family, 2 11 . The unpublished correspondence of King - Charles I. and Captain Titus, &c., during as the imprisonment of the monarch in Carisbrook 1.1. a. to Captain and also some autograph letters from King Charles Captain Titus, &c., several letters from Henrietta Catherine Queen of Charles 1., several from Charles 11. and enne his Queen, together with a bead purse which be longed to Charle s 1., and an elegantly formed chalice carved out of boxwaolioad,i solid wood, with rrn numerous cups therein, cut out of the Ann o" one lot, produced 1321. 4s. LEGAL GENERALmeeting LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY.—At a p ublic proprietors in this company, I which took place on Tuesda y a a c t f the offices in Fleet-street, Mr. .1 Crowder, nkinz Qv Q. , w.,asdeceeleascteei. director in lieu of Sir Francis IMPERIAI A PARLIAMEN.T. (T HIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordship PROT s s ssembled at Five o'clock. ES TANTISM IN ROME. The Earl of HA B ROWBY presented a petition nu merously signed by English persons inhabiting the city of Rome, who weve, desirous of erecting a Protestant place of worship in Rome, praying that her Majesty's Government would take measures to secure from the Sovereign of the F.c man States permission to erect a Protestant church its the city of Rome. The Marquis of _LANSDOWNE said that it would ho impossible for le e.r Majesty's Government to interfere so as to secure the erection of a place of Protestant wor ship in Rome. The Earl of HAIIII,OWBY said that the question was whether the Court of Rome would or would not give in her states that seine liberty to Protestants which she claimed for her own Roman Catholics in Protestant states. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was afraid that it was hopeless to atte rapt to secure from the Court of Rome the same degree of toleration for Protestants residing under the Govern went of Rome that was secured to 110015 G Catholics in Protestant countries. The Bishop of LONDON agreed with the Noble Marquis, that it was hopeless to obtain from Rome the same degree of toleration for Protestants which was ac corded by a Protestant Government to Roman Catholics; but members of the Church of England, were used to worship in buildings, which had the outward appearance of splendour, and while the Pope refused permission to erect a Protestant Church in Rome, the Pope was announcing his intention to erect a magnificent cathe dral in London. If the Pope would give us permission we would erect a magnificent Protestant cathedral in Rome, and we would do it without raising money by the sale of indulgences. The Earl of HARROWBY complained of the inter ruption given to Protestant worship in Naples and Florence as proof of the intolerance of the Romish clergy towards the Protestant Church. The Romish clergy were omnipotent in their posts. lie wished to knew whether there would be any objection to lay before that House copies of the cor respondence which had taken place between her Ma jesty's Government and the Neapolitan and Tuscan au thorities on the subject of the closing of certain places of Protestant worship in their states ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he would in quire into the subject. The Earl of lIARIIOWBY then moved fur the pa pers and also for an address to her Majesty to exercise her influence to secure the erection of a Protestant place of worship in Rome. The motion was agreed to. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was then given by Commission to the undermentioned Bills:-- Medical Charities (Ireland). Grand Jury Cess (Ireland). Representative Peers for Scotland. Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool). Churches and Chapels (Ireland). Ecclesiastical Residences (Ireland). Ecclesiastical Property Valuation (Ireland). Inverness Bridge (No. 2.) sheep and Contagious Disorders Prevention. Customs. Commissioners of Railways Act Repeal. Steam Navigation. Canada and New Brunswick Railway. Metropolitan Sewers. Church Buildings Act Amendment. General Board of Health (No. 2). New Forest Deer Removal. Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee. Duchy of Lancaster (High-peak) Mining, Customs, and Minerals Costs Act Amendment. At orney and Solicitors' Regulation Act Amendment. Constabulary Force (Irciana). Metropolitan Interment. Emigration Advances (Distressed Districts Scotland). New Zealand Settlements. Canterbury Association. Coalwhippers (Port of London.) Mercantile Marine Act Amendment. Battersea-park. Crown Estates Paring. United Church of Eugland and Ireland. Lunatics (India). Appointment to Offices. Collection of Fines (Ireland). Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland). Petty Sessions. Land Clauses Consolidation (Ireland). Law of Evidence Amendment. Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement, and upwards of thirty private Bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, ,he Earl of Carlisle, and Lord Broughton. (LEFT BITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES. Mr. FRESHFIELD wished to ask the Right Hon. the Attorney-General if his attention bad been called to an infraction of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion Act which was said to have taken place in Ireland on the part of certain priests and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the matter did not come within his department ; the question should have been asked of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General for Ireland. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that early next session he should move a resolution, to the effect that strangers be allowed to remain in the House during divisions. Mr. HEYWOOD gave notice that early next session he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal certain tests connected with the universities. CRYSTAL PALACE. Colonel SIBTHORP wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether certain individuals have not been admitted into the Crystal Palace on the Sab bath day, and whether some of them have not availed themselves of that opportunity to copy certain articles therein deposited? Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Executive Committee were anxious to preserve a record of all the useful articles exhibited in the Crystal Palace, and in order to procure illustrations for that record a gentleman had been allowed admission on Sundays to make some photographic experiments, which could not be effected at any other time. Colonel SIBTHORP asked if it was true, that in con sequence of that permission some of the articles had been injured? Mr. LABOUCHERE said one work of art certainly had been injured in some way, but ample compensation would be made to the exhibitor for the damage. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT. Sir B. HALL wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests, if he intended to renew the Metropolitan Buildings Act ? Lord SEYMOUR replied in the affirmative. RETURNS. Sir B. HALL moved an address for a return exhibit ing the number of electors in every county and division of a countyin Great Britain, according to the register of electors in 1850, and as they shall appear in the re gister of electors for 1851, with the population of each county and division of a county according to the census of 1851, the number of electors polled at the last general election, and the number of Members re turned for each such county or division of a county; and, return exhibiting the names of all cities and boroughs in Great Britain, showing the number of electors on the Register of 1850, and the number which may be upon the Register of 1851, distinguishing those registered as householders and those registered under other qualifications, the numbers polled at the last general election, the number of Members returned, the number of all houses rated to the relief of the poor, and the population of each city or borough at the last census; such return to be given alphabetically in groups of all such cities or boroughs as shall contain two hundred and not exceeding two hundred and fifty electors, and so on, in groups, increasing fifty electors in each group. —Agreed to. The HON. BARONET also moved for a return of the names of all persons who had been appointed or nominated to any office, or who hold any office, in the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Wales; stating the nature of the office; the date of appointment or nomination; the age of the person or persons at the time of such appointment or nomination; whether such person or persons perform the duties of the office in person or not, or was then in or has since taken Holy Orders; and the name or title of the person making such appointment; together with the emoluments and in come of the office, and the several sources from which such emoluments are derived.—Agreed to. Colonel DUNNE moved for a return (up to the Ist day of August, 1851) of all cases where estates were sold by the Incumbered Estates Commissioners (Ire land), and, where the proceeds of sale were insufficient to meet the amount of incumbrances on those estates, as set forth in the petition for sale, stating the amount of deficiencies.—Agreed to. Mr. GREY moved for a return of the number of ves sels, British and foreign, which under the present Cus toms regulations have entered inwards or cleared out wards at the Custom-house at Newcastle, as loading or discharging their cargoes within the port of Newcastle upon-Tyne, and which have transacted the business of their cargoes at that Custom-house, but which actually never entered within the limits of the port of Newcastle upon-Tyne, but remained at anchor or at their moorings within the port of Shields, and loaded and discharged their cargoes within the limits of that port, for the years ending the sth day of January, 1849, the sth day of January, 1850, and the sth day of January, 1851 re spectively: also, the total amount of duties paid at the Custom -house at Newcastle, upon goods so discharged within the port of Shields, during the same years (in order to correct certain portions of a return, No. 325, made to this House in the present session.—Agreed to. SINGULAR ERROR, Captain SCOBELL wished to know from some of the Admiralty authorities how it was that in the official Navy List he was returned as dead? Admiral DUNDAS was glad to find that his Gallant Friend was alive and in his place, but he believed the mistake had arisen from the fact that the Gallant Gen tleman's death had been reported in a local newspaper. ENCUMBERED ESTATES. Mr. F. FRENCH wished to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland, if he was aware that the Commissioners for the sale of Encumbered Estates in Ireland, after taking a competent legal opinion upon the subject, had discovered that they had no power to give a Parliamentary title for the estates sold by them? Sir W. SOMERVILLE was unable to give any au ewer to the question. THE Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that next session he would move the appointment of a Select Committee on the subject. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for considering this Bill, as amended, . Mr. C. LEWIS said Government were not prepared to accede to the proposal made yesterday to establish a separate fee-fund, but they were prepared to make such an alteration in the 49th clause of the Bill:as to prevent any compensation being paid under the provi sions of the Bill without the sanction of Parliament. The probable amount of compensation that would have to be awarded was very trifling, considering the magnitude and nature of the offices abolished by the Bill. The clause was amended as proposed by the Hon. Member, and some other additions and alterations having been made to the clause, the Bill, as amended, was con sidered and agreed to. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, the Standing Orders were suspended, so as to admit of the Bill being at once advanced through the remaining stages. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1851. OPENING OF VICTORIA-STREET. I RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The long-projected and greatly desired line of direct I THE LONDON AND NORTII-I , NESTERN RAILWAY. communication between the neighbourhood of the Howes We have reason to believe that were the London and of Parliament and that of Buckingham Palace and Bela North- Western Railway Company to divi de amon g the grave-square, has at length been completed, and was yeaa ahereholders in the bsginniog of 1852, all that they will terday opened to the public under the name of Victoria- have fairly earned in the current half-year, they would street. The improvement thus effected will be readily be in a position to pay 8 per cent., but as it is not likely appreciated, whether regarded as a mere public conve- that they will deem it advisable to pay more than 6 per thence, or as having changed to an aspect of comfort and cent s the sum, after paying that amount of dividend,. respectability the face of a neighbourhood hitherto no- which they will carry over to the following half-year, Various for the squalid wretchedness of its appearance, will exceed 200,000/. and for its unhealthy character. Victoria-streetnow forms THE RAILWAY TRAFFICS.—The traffics for the past a short and pleasant line of communication, some 80 feet week, so far as they are known, are greater than ever. in width, between two of the principal western thorough- The London and North-Western receipts exceed fares of the metropolis. It commences directly in front 66,5001., being 15 ; 0001. more than the corresponding of Westminster Abbey, and runs in a straight line to the week of last year. The Great Western traffic is Vauxhall-bridge-road—the towers of the old Abbey, and 29,2704, which, with the exception of the week of the the new Hous es of Parliament, bounding the vista at Windsor Cattle Show, is much higher than before. It one end, and the large buildings forming Shaftesbury- is 11,000/ above the corresponding week of 1850. The terrace the other. At the present moment the new road receipts tor the London and South-Western amounted shows only a rough surface of sharp granite stones, to 19,1301., which we believe is higher than the ro il snked by a broad pathway on either side; the pros- ceipts of the corresponding week last year by more than pects it commands are glimpses of dirty back kitchens 5,0001., though the receipts for the latter week have not and sculleries, broken brick walls, with here and there a reached us. languishing effort at gardening. But this appearance is GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. NEW ROUTE TO temporary, almost the only efforts yet made having been CAMBRIDGE.-13y the opening of this company's line to to complete the means of communication. In as short Shepreth a new route is furnished between Cambridge a time as possible it is intended to erect a line of large and London. and comfortable dwelling-houses, to be built upon the RAILWAY CONGRESS.—The Architect says, the High principle generally adopted in Scotland and upon the Dutch Railway Congress will be held this year at Nu- Continent, of dividing the houses into e flats"—a prin. remberg. Forty-six delegates of railway companies have ciple by which two or more families may be accelerate- been named. It would be well if a like congress were dated on each floor in separate sets of apartments, each yearly held in England. set affording the same privacy and convenience now RAILWAYS AND THE MAILs.—Ail have been made attainable in London only by distinct self-contained to feel the inconvenience of the non-arrival of the mail houses. It is also intended by the Westminster Im- trains from the south. The Great Exhibition is be provement Commissioners to provide for the families coming a mighty tyrant, causing all things to succumb who, by the creation of the new road, have been dis- to its potent influence. We poor country people have lodged from their former retreats in this neighbourhood, been made to wait the pleasure of the metropolis long by the erection in Victoria-street of model lodging- enough, and we are glad to hear that our term of servi houses, capable of containing upwards of ninety tame- tude has at length expired. Mr. Addison, the super lies at a weekly rent of 4s. for each ; and from these intendent of the Caledonian Railway, has been up . to houses a revenue of ten per cent. on the capital invested London, and the result of a conference he has had with is confidently expected. the directors of the London and North-Western Rail- The proceedings attending the ceremony of declaring way will to-night be practically proved a great adran- Victoria-street open for public traffic commenced yes- tage to the north. It has been agreed, in order to terday by the performance of Divine service in West- avoid the late arrivals of the mails in future, to dispatch nainster Abbey. The Improvement Commissioners, the the mail train from the Euston-square station at a quer clergy of Westminster, the children of the four chartered ter before nine o'clock in the morning precisely, to take schools—the Grey, the Green, the Blue, and the Black none but through passengers, and the express condition Coat Schools of Westminster—and many noblemen and is that it shalt punctually keep its time at every station. gentlemen of distinction, attended Divine service, and at In this case we may expect the arrival of the evening its conclusion assembled together in the western nave of mail in Carlisle about 8 A M., nearly two hours earlier the Abbey, where they formed into procession, end than its usual time for some months back. A train will thence issued into the street which was about to be de- follow soon after, transporting to its destination the sur clared open to the public. The procession passed on the plus traffic, which now bangs like a nightmare on the north side of the street to the terminus of the Vauxhall- regular—we should say—irregular mails.—Carlisle bridge-road, where the children of the several schools Patriot. formed into a square. Sir Edwin Pearson, the chit f CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY. The shareholders commissioner, then declared that Victoria-street was aro invited to an experimental trip, by train, from Cork henceforth opened as a public thoroughfare and dedi- to Bandon, on Thursday. The train will leave the Cork cated to the public—accompanying the declaration with terminus at one o'clock. a suitable expression of hope that it might prove of per manent benefit to the district through which it passed, and to the public generally. The barriers were imme diately removed, and the public allowed to pass amidst the cheers of a vast concourse of people who had as sembled to witness the ceremony. The " National An them" was sung by the children, and the ceremony con cluded by the firing of a royal salute. A grand clef caner had been announced in the cards of invitation to take place in a tent erected for the purpose in the neighbourhood of the road, but about an hour and a half remained till the hour of its commencement (one o'clock) arrived. To while away the time the whole party proceeded to visit the chartered schools of West minster, the pupils of which had taken part in the day's proceedings. The halls and playgrounds ; school-rooms, and dormitories of these ancient and admirable institu tions were minutely inspected, and apparently with great satisfaction. A visit was also paid to the new church and adjoining schools of St. Stephens, the splendid offer ing of Miss Burdett Coutts to the relief of the spiritual necessities of Westminster. The party then returned to the tent, where the dejeu ner was prepared. Sir Edwin Pearson took the chair, and was supported on the right by the Earl of Carlisle, the Rev. E. Jennings, Sir R. Inglis, Sir De Lacy Evans, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Hon. J. C. Talbot, &c., and on his left by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord R. Grosve nor, Rev. Edward Repton, Mr. J. Border, Rev. George Repton, Dr. Southwood Smith, Rev. H. M'Kenzie, Rev. W. Tennant, &c. Among those in the vicinity of the chairman were Messrs. W. Mackenzie, contractor for the works; John Bates, town-clerk of Belfast; F. W. Mount, &c. After the usual loyal toasts, the CHAIRMAN proposed the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, which was ac knowledged by the Rev. E. JENNINGS. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the Earl of Carlisle," in honour of whom he henceforth called the street which should be erected on the site where they then sat—Carlisle-place. The Earl of CARLISLE said that it had been a real pleasure to him to attend the completing and crowning ceremony of opening Victoria-street. Nobody could tell so well as the chairman on this occasion, or the Noble Lord himself—perhaps he might also include the official gentlemen of the Woods and Forests—the diffi culties and perplexities which had gathered round the early fortur es of the undertaking. They had, however, been successfully encountered, and he now trusted that the work might prove as profitable as it was honourable to its spirited projectors. The area down which the procession had that morning moved was formerly in fested with the worst holes of filthiness and impu rity; henceforth he hoped its noble frontage was des tined to be the abode of industry, comfort, refine ment, education, charity, and piety.—(Hear, hear.) He sincerely hoped that the contrast which would be thus exhibited, which was now witnessed, and which would be still more apparent henceforth, would not only be an indication of the purposes of the projec tors of the road, but might also be held as an emblem of that still higher transformation which he hoped, during the lives of most of those present, would transform the ice. face of the whole metropolis—which would free it of all the defilements by which it was at present disgraced. and substitute the necessary appurtenances to public • health, comfort, and decency.—(Hear, hear.) The feel .% ing of hearty good-will which he (the Noble Lord) felt to this undertaking, he hoped the meeting would allow him to embody in the toast " Success to Victoria street," and with the toast ho would couple the name of their indefatigable and conscientious chairman (Sir E. Pearson)—(Great applause.) The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Clergy of West ' minster," and in giving the toast he alluded to the be nefit which would accrue to the poor of the district , t 4 from the construction of the road. They had, it was '34 true, destroyed dwellings and displaced occupiers, who were obliged to withdraw to other districts, and to live in houses for which they paid far too much, merely because there was not sufficient accommodation for their Lee . population. But to provide a remedy had occupied much of the attention of the Commissioners. Many plans had been proposed, but the want of public encou ragement had prevented their accomplishment. The subject, however, cou'd not be neglected, and he now hoped that with the aid of the public they would soon % be able to erect lodging-houses for the accommodation of poor families which should meet the requirements of is. the case, and which would yet prove remuuerating as a ai commercial enterprise. There would be no feeling on the part of the occupants of these houses that they were 8 ,, receiving eleemosynary aid.—(Hear, hear.) The new ) street would give light, health, air, and a wholesome soil—inestimable benefits to a large and laborious popu lation. Od The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Earl of se Shaftesbury," and as an indication of the hig h esteem in is. which the Improvement Commissioners h eld his perso nal virtues and piety, he would henceforth name the street—in which a church, w hich was shortly to be 15 s erected, should be placed " Ashley-street." r Od The Earl of SHAFTESBURY congratulated the Com -6d missioners on the success which had attended their 2 „, efforts. The Noble Lord alluded to the inroads which were made by such improvements upon the dwellings of the lowest portion of the inhabitants, which he com - pared to channels cut for admitting currents of air; but Price it was necessary that they should make provision for those who were displaced. The hardships suffered by many of these unfortunates in removing were su c h that he most earnestly prayed he might never see such misery again. His Lordship hoped that they might go on in the career of ' improvement and extend the arrangements which were now made. How beneficial were some of the arrange : ments now made for the London poor he would show by instancing the success of the boys employed in blacking 'X shoes in the streets. These boys brought home upwards of 261. a week, one-third of which was devoted to liqui date expenses, one-third was placed in the savings bank, If and the remaining third was given to the boys them , selves. One of these little shoeblacks had saved so much '" money in this manner since the month of May that he was enabled to determine upon removing to Australia. The boys were improved financially and socially by be coming industrious members of society.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN gave " Sir R. Inglis and the Metro politan Improvement Commissioners," " The Re'v" Mr. Repton and the Clergy of Westminster," " Mr. Carter Wood and the Governors of the Chartered Schools of Westminster," and " Mr. Trollope and the Chairman and Committee of Vestries of the parishes of St. Mar garet's and St. John's, Westminster." The dejeuner, including the wines, wasp rovided by the managers of the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen. street. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 236.) •Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 27, 1851: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ...£10,198 18 5 Merchandise and minerals ... 3,497 12 7 Cattle ... 183 2 9 Total .. £13,879 13 9 Corresponding week, July 28, 1850 (143 miles): — Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,932 11 7 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 1,456 14 4 ....£3,359 5 11 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Aug. 3 ....£17,653 12 10 Corresponding week in last year, (2451 miles open) .. 18 11 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Aug. 3 : Total ... MAIN LINK. Passengers ••• • • • Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ••• Mails ..• ... ... ... £2,454 13 8 91 14 2 158 15 11 575 0 0 Total ... £3,680 3 9 Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... £5O 18 0 1 19 10 120 15 2 Total ... .£173 13 0 ••• ••• . STEAM-BOATS. ••• ••• £449 311 _ ,_ Passengers ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ... 27 7 2 Total ... ... £476 11 1 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS. Aun. s.—The weather for the last few days has been fine, and harvest in the southern counties will be pretty general at the close of the week. The trade to-day was ex tremely dull for wheat ; anything choice and fresh found only limited sale at a reduction of Is per qr. on Friday's rates ' • the chambered and second sorts were ine ff ectively offered at a further decline in prices. Barley, oats, shellings, and other articles rather tended towards a decline, though we had no pressure of quantity. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARSET, AUG. s.—Supply of beasts less than last week, and of middling quality ; prices had improved about 3d per stone, with a trifle unsold. Sheep steady, at former rates. Lambs ruled in favour of the buyer, and part of both kinds remained unsold. Beef, 4s to 6s Od per stone ; mutton, 4d to 5d ; lamb, 5d to 6d per lb. Beasts, 507 ; sheep and lambs, 7,684. Entwauson MEAL 114.tarET, AUG. s.—There were in the moat market to-day 9 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 28011ss. imperial, which sold thus :-3 at 11 18s ed, and 6 at 1/ 17s Od; average price of the whole 11 17s 4d 0-12th.. 1 sack flour, which sold at 30s. 2 sacks pot-barley, which sold at 245. EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, Aua. 5.-- Oat straw, from 8s Od to 108 Od per kemple of 16 stones trots; wheat ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od ; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 78 Od. Old hay, from 10d to lld per stone; sew ditto, 7d to Id. DALYEITH MEAL MARKET, AUG. 4.—There were 44 bags oatmeal, and 4 of barleymeal at this day's market, which met a heavy demand. Oatmeal down on the top and second prices 6d per bag; barleymeal also declined 6d per big- Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Thiro. imperial .. 36s 6d 36s Od Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 21s 6d —s 04 Od Peasemeal —s Od Od —s Od Flour --s Od —s Od Od Pot barley ... —s Od —s Od Od X.—YESTERDAY. Belmont ... 145 Oct, Braddyll rl etton Haswell lss 3d, Keepier Grange Lam bton Russell's Hatton Stewart's Whi twe ll Sunderland .. 12s Od Eleugh Hall Kelloe.. ......... .... l4a 6d South Hartlepool .... 14a 6d Thornley . 14s Oa West Ilartlepool ... .. 143 6d &delaide Tees Maclean's Tees l3s 34 Seymour Tees ...... Teea Richardson's Tees 135 03 Birchg. Graigola Bartley ......... Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff Sidney's Hartley ....... l ls 94 4" s u" 205 Sold, 103. COAL MASH Davison'sWest Hartley 14s Od East Adairs Main lls 6b Holywell Howard's W. H. Neth l4s Od Hartlcpcol W. Hartley 1 4 s 6d North Percy Hartley l2s 6d Harvey Tanfield Ord's Main Ravensyrorth'sW. Hart 13s 9d Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes l2s 6d Townley W est Hartley West Wylam Wylam Windsor's Pontop lls 6d Wall's End, 'Sm. Brown Harton Hedley Hilda l3s Od Northumberland Original Gibson Eden Main ....• l4s Od Lambton Primrose Ships at market, FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS.--The SnnU festival of the three ch o i rs o f W orcester, Hereford, a nth Gloucester is to be held a t W orcester t hi s month (about three weeks earlier than has hitherto been customary), and the near approach of the time of meeting has stirred up v,. 8 people of the three dioceses to activity. The arrangeme n t are in course of completion, and although the programme. ° not yot issued, we are enabled to state that the oratorios selected for the morning performances in Worcester Cathe dral are the Messiah, Samson, Ehjah. and the Last jag; meut. The days of meeting are the 26th 27th, 28th, an d 29th of August, and the following principals have been engaged :—Madlle. Sofie Cruvelli, Madame Castellan, Moe Dolby, Miss Birch, and Miss M. Williams; Her Formes, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Sims Reeves , and bar. Machin. These festivals are always better supported at Worcester than at the two other cities, and, to lighten the burdens of the stewards, on whom all th e p ecuniar y responsibility rests, e guarantee fund of between 7001. and 8001. has been already raised. Mr. W. Done, organist of Worcester Cathedral, le the conductor, and the full complement of stewards has long ago been secured TRooPs FOR INDlA.—Agreeably to orders received toghatham Barracks, on the 29th ult., the following officrS' ther with detachments from the provisional battaboti, have since embarked on board the troop-ship Earl of 1 311 ; ca rras, off Gravesend, for Bombay. :—Lieutenant Woods and Lieutenant Crafter, of the Bth Foot; Captain AVAndrevr! 78th Foot; Ensign Martin, Captain Austin, and Lientenaa Crawford, of the 83d Foot. An assistant-surgeon acee in PX. vied the troops to Gra vesen d, an d th e s ur g eon of the pre".,. sional hattalion inspect e d th e men a ft e r embarkation, in co. cert with the medical officer of the ship. [AnvERTIsamENT.] --Holloway, s Ointment and Pills have cured an Ulcerated Leg and prevented Amputation. —The wife of Mr. T. Baylis, of S court, 7 house, Cheapside, Birmingham, suffered for more than eight years from a dread fully ulcerated limb ; during a great portion of that ti me s h e was under medical treatment at Birmingham, where she was frequently told that amputation must ultimately take place, and it was impossible to heal the wound. However, under the ad vice of her friends she tried Holloway s Ointment an d P i lls, which have effecte d a perfect cure, and she strongly recom mends others similarly afflicted to use them after this proof of their efficacy in one of the worst cases.—Sold by all Drug gists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. PROPOSED PARK FOR FINSBURY.—The project of a new park for this extensive met ro p o lit an district, with its half-million of inhabitants, is at p rese nt in abeyance, not f r om any hostility in the Government, who, it is fully un derstood, have determined on m a ki ng the park, but because the authorities at the office of the Woods and Forests de cline the responsibility of preparing the notices and making other necessary arrangements without receiving specific in structions from the Premier or the Chancellor of the Exche quer on the subject. These official delays aro in this case the more to be regretted— as, unless the notices are delivered forthwith, there is a great probability that a large portion of the ground intended to form the proposed park will be taken for building sites—a proceeding hitherto delayed in expecta tion of the plan receiving the sanction of Parliament before the close of the session. The subject has been strongly urged on the attention of Lord Seymour by the borough Members, and there is yet time for effecting a satisfactory arrangement before Ministers love town,—liorntng ddvertuer, OF PEERS. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, the report of the Committee on this subject, which was presented yes terday was read by the clerk at the table. Oa the motion that the report be agreed to, Mr. V. SMITH objected to the time specified in the report, and within which Members were to announce their intention to attend the Speaker on the occasion of the prorogation to-morrow. The report required that Members should give in their names to night, but it would answer all the ends that the report sought to attain if Members delivered in their names to morrow. He should decidedly object to that part of the report which proposed to give Cabinet Ministers precedence over all other Members on the occasion of the opening or closing Parliament, and he should divide the House on that part of it, because the proposal was wholly in oppo sition to the principles of the constitution, which gave Members the right of attending the Speaker on an equal footing, as the representatives of the people. Sir D. NORREYS concurred with the Right Hon. Gentleman in the objection he had taken to the second resolution contained in the report. He should, therefore, move that the first clause of the report be omitted. Sir R. H. INGLIS thought it any precedence were to be given it should be to the membora of the Privy Council, which would include not only the present Cabinet, but all former Ministers and the most distin guished persons in that House. Mr. C. ANSTEY thought the fault rested with the other House, in not providing sufficient accommodation for this House when it was called to the presence of her Majesty. He also objected to recognise by a resolu tion of the House the existence of the Cabinet Council, a distinction which was unknown to the forms of the House, and constitution of the country. Mr. GREENE defended the report. Sir B. HALL thought that the best mode of proceed ing would be to place the names of all Hon. Members indiscriminately in a glass, and for each Hon. Member to follow Mr. Speaker in the order in which his name be drawn. Mr. HOBHOUSE thought that if they wore to have any precedence at all, they ought to go by the tables of precedence which were used in all other meetings of gen tlemen. He thought, too, that the House of Lords was deficient in courtesy towards this House in not providing sufficient accommodation for it. Mr. MACGREGOR objected to giving precedence to any persons. He thought all Members were equal among themselves. ROYAL ASSENT. At this momcnt, Mr. Pulman, the Yeoman Usker of ,he Black Rod, appeared at the table of the House, to summon the Commons to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills (for which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER then left the House followed by Mr. Hebhouse only, a circumstance which taken in connec tion with the previous discussion occasioned some degree of meriment. On his return the Speaker announced the titles of the Bills which had been assented to. (LEFT SITTING.) TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, Six O'CLOCK. Nothing doing. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. MATRICULATION. EXAMINATIONS FOR HoNouns. [ln each subject the candidates are arranged in the order of their proficiency.] MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Horace William Smith (Exhibition), King's College. •Barnett Abrahams, University College. *William Grain, King's College *Philip Edward Miall, private tuition Equal. *lhomas Bolton, King's College. William Eiddiam Moulton, Wesley College, Sheffield. Joseph Upton Davis, Amersham Grammar School. Henry Turner, Manchester New College. James Napper Smith, private tuition. Alfred William Bennett, University College. * Specially commended by the Examiners. CHEMISTRY. Wm. Price Jones (prize of books), University College. Francis Thomas Bond, Queen's College, Birmingham. Thomas Edwin Burton Brown, Guy's Hospital. Samuel Haywood Blackmore, University College. William Cattell, King's College Eual. John Charles Tnorowgood, University College q } Edward Clapton, St. Thomas's Hospital. Philip John Woosloy, University College. Christopher Wolston, Queen's College, Birmingham. BOTANY. T. E. Barton Rrown (prize of books), Guy's Hospital. *Alfred William Bennett, University College. Edward Clapton, St. Thomas's Hospital. * Specially commended by the Examiner. ZOoLCGY. Francis Thomas Bond, Queen's College, Birmingham. Christopher Wolston, Queen's College, Birmidgham. James Howard Thornton, Cing's College. CLASSICS. Joseph Abbott Temple (Exhibition, King's College. Thomas Johnston, private tuition. George Waugh, private tuition James T.Whitehead, Manchester New College EqUaL John Frederic Cheetham, private tuition. John Lexie, Stepney College. John Charles Thorowgood, University College. William Savery Cotton, King's College I E Edward Tucker Howell , King's College f c l u Henry Charles Hull, University College. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. N UMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDDIG SATURDAY, AUG. 2, 1851. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*333 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 38 Tubercular Diseases ... 182 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 107 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 36 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 84 Diseases of the Stomach , Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... se . Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. •• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ... Premature Birth ... Atrophy ••• ••• ••• Old Age Sudden ••• ••• ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... 8 ••• 2 ••• DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... Population Deaths in cone- Enumerated, spending week 1851. of 1850. West Districts... 376,332 North Districts.. 490,441 Central Districts 392,386 East Districts ... 485,336 south Districts .. 616,545 119 190 166 194 248 Totals... 2,361,640 ... Males ... ••• ••• Females ... ... 1,0 ... 512 ... 498 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... ... 773 ... 678 Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,451 *ln this number are included 14 by Scarlatina, 53 by Typhus Fever, 143 by Diarrhoea, and 12 by Cholera. SEABORNE MAILS. EN signifies that the mails are sent from the Genera! Post-Moe by the night—and M by the morning—alspatch.] When made up in From what wh., PLACER. General Post-office port die- due. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)24 l .Aug. .. Liverpool .. Aug. 11 America (by U.S. pkt.) N,llng. 19 .. • • Liverpool .. Aug . 12 America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 , Aug. 13 .. Southampt. Aug. 7 Africa (West coast)• • N 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 3 Alexandria* •• • • .... N 19111 & 30th of mo. Dover Aug. 11 Belgium N Daily .. .. . Dover Daily Brazil Ml9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 12 Bttenos Ayres • • .. M!9th of the month Southampt. Aug. Ca lifornia(viaChagros) M' 2d & 17th of month Southern pt. Aug. 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth— Aug. 3 Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17 th 27th ef mo Dover .. Aug. 10 Central America .. 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Aug. 5 Channel Isles • • N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th•S a ChM • • .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Aug. 5 France .. 31 Is 17,TWiCe daily Dover • • Twicedall; Greece* 14,7 th 17th27thefmo Dover .. Aug. 10 Hamburgh • N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. • • M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mea•ThEr Honduras 14 17th of the month Southampt. Aug. b Ireland .. M . & N Twice daily .. Holyhead •• Twicedally India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 23 India (viallarseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. Au&. 15 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 93 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. 147th&24th ofmonth Dover • . Aug. 15 Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. Aug. 5 Madeira • • .. 3119th of tke month Southampt. Aug. 12 Malta . 7tb,17th,19th,27th } Dover Aug. 10 "" & 30th of month Naples* 24 sth 15th25thofmo Dover Aug. 12 Papal States* .. .Nl5 tit 15th 25th of um Dover .. Aug. 12 Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Aug. 15 Peru M 17th of the month Southampt. Aug. 5 Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Aug. West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southanmt. Aug 20 . West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M Id of the month .. Southanapt. Aug. * The mails to those o French packet vi.o. Marsei CALIFORNIA.—M3IIB to are now despatched and d !Id of the month .. ()nutria thus marl and from Callll Me by every An Sonthampt• Ilug. a Led (*) are conveyed 1:5 la, via the United States [can packet. We are happy _ __--- to be able to announce that two distinguished Hon. Members, Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck, who have been absent from their Parliamentary duties through severe indisposition, are so far recovered as to be able to resume their duties this session. Both gentlemen were present n 1 their seats in the How yesterday mornizg. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. the 16 e On the 3d in s t., a t Baker-street, Portman-square, --- of Charles Salaman, Esq. On the Ist inst., at Eaton-place, Mrs. Sartoris. OF A DAUGHTER. On the let inst., at Bridlington Quay, the Hon. Airli" Cho Onondeley. the 3d inst., at Grove Rectory, near East Retford, 015 wife of the Rev. Evelyn H. Vernon. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at St. James's Church, the lion. •D u Coke to the Hon. Diana Agar Ellis. On the sth inst., at Trinity Church, St. Andrew's,le..pdoorr. Edmund Woodward, Esq., Gilnough-honse, Bolton to Mary Rebecca Wallwork, second daughter o f A lt. Wallwork, of the sa at me town. 'ate' On the 4th inst., St. Pancras Church, Ammo n Virl„ bottom, to Rosa Emma Charlotte, daughter of J. King, Esq late 2d Life Guards. DIED. On the sth inst., at Coltham-house, Cheltenham , 0313°11 Maria, daughter of the late Charles Western. On the 4th inst., at Gloucester -place, the Lad 3.• Loaig Stuart, youngest daughter of John Earl of Bute, K.G. would have completed her 94th ye 70 ear on the 15th inst. les _. On the 3d i ns t., at Huggen's College, N‘rthfleet, Cha L. Curtoys, formerly of Tottenham, Middlesex , a g ed On the 3d inst., at Dalvey-villa, Great Malvern, Lud°' James Grant, Esq., aged 66. e llesleT On the 4th inst., at Cadogan -place, Freder ick and youngest child of Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. Augustus Mrs. Liddell. of On the 3d inst., Harriette, wife of W. Sandy's, J.'s , " Devonshire.street, Portland-place, aged 58, W London: Printed and Published by AILIRDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, n t ) ? of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill the cou Middlesex, Thursday, August 7,1851. PRICES OF SHARES N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. fIJBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. iCEENT-EITOCK. BANKS. Dividend ] Amount re Name of Company. per of Paid. Price' to Annum. Share. --..--- -- -- at £ s. d. Z s. d. a Australasia •••••• • • •• 4/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - i n BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% ca Ceylon ••••.••• • • • • • • - 25 0 0 25 0 0 1 Commercial of London 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 01 Colonial.. •••••• •• • •• 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - - v Gloucestershire •••• • • 15/per cent. - - - Li lonian ••••••• • •• • • •• 15/. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 O Loudn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - tc London Joint-Stook. •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - a l Provincialof Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - f i Ditto, New.•• •• .... , 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - p Nat. Provnelal of Eng. , 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - a Ditto, New. •••• • • • I 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - i i South Australia •••• • • 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 23% I , Union of Australia- - 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 5 0 0 - Ditto •• •• .......... 1 61. per cent. - 210 0 - t Union of London. •• .. 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% a Union of Madrid .• •.. , - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - a INSURANCE COMPANIES. I ( Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price c C Annum. Share. ------- X 0. d. X 5. d. a Albion .. •••••••• •• •• al. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s.!6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 21% ' Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 37% Atlas . Argus Life •••• • • •• 41. per cent. 100 8 0 I 0 0 - i British Commercial - is. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 County .. • ..... .• •• • • 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 84 1 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 1 Eagle ••- • . ...... -•• ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Egity and Law European Life •••• ; 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 12 General •••• • • • • .... - - 5 0 0 5 1 4 Globe • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 1 331 % ' Guardian ...... •• •• • • 51. per cent 100 0 45 0 0 54% Imperial Life -•• •• - 121. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 245 Imperial Fire •••• •• •• 12s. 500 0 10 0 0 1814 Indemnity Marine • • 11. sh. & ha. 100 0 20 0 0 50% Law Fire . ••• - 100 0 10 0 1 46 Law Life- -.• • • .... 11. 16e. 100 0 2 10 0 3 Legal and General Life - 50 0 2 0 0 4% ' London Fire .. ••• • • • 10s. & be. 25 0 12 10 0 19 London Ship - ••• •• - 105 & bs. 25 0 12 10 0 12 Marine •.•.• • • ...... 15s.per share 100 0 15 0 0 16 Med. Invlld&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 2 0 0 2 34 Monarch •••• •• • • .... - 5 0 1 0 0 1 S l ational Lean Fund• • 51. par cent. 20 0 2 10 0 2% Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 2 0 0 - ['lmmix 3/. p. sh. & be. - - 156 Professional Life .. •• - 51. per cent. 6 5 010 0 17s. 6d Provident Life •••• • • • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 10 0 0 30 Rock Life •. • ... .. [Opal Exchange .. 61. p.ct. & be, Stock. - 221 Sun Fire..., .. .. .... 61. 10s. - - 209 Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. - - 48 I United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 i 4 0 0 4 r Uuiversal Life........ 10% ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 3 Victoria Life • 51. per cnt. - 1412 6 5% a WATER-IVORIES. _ f Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- K £ 5. d. 4 s. d. East London. ..... •• •• 81. per cont. 100 0 0 - 151 Grand Junction ••• • •• 41. per ent. 50 0 0 - 69 ~ s' d.. l ent.. ••••••• • •• •• •• 41. per cut. 1100 0 0 - 82 g Lambeth - 97 New Rlvr Lndn Erdge 1 41. Os. - - 57% Vauxhall .. ••••• • • • •• ] 51. per cut . 100 0 0 - 97 I West Middlesex •. . 161.05. pr cut. - - 168 0 1100ZEIN. n Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. r. Annum. Share. :: ------ ---- - :e X s. d. X s. d. Commercial •••••• • • .. 4/. pr cent. Stock. - 84 10 East and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 141% East Country - - London 51. pr cent. Stock. - 112 Ditto Bonds.• •• •• • • 41. per cent. - - - .., it. Katharine .... •• •• 3 % per cent. Stock. - 78 X. Ditto Bonds.• • • .. •• 1%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• -- -2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 17% BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. -------- - - - X. s. d. Z. s. d. OfLltingerford.. • • • • • • • • - - - 15 Southwrk .• •••• • • • . - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 70s. par cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - 'lOO 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 25 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 - Vauxhall .... .• • Av. 21. 70 10 8 - 18 1311NALL8. Z i i Dividend Names of 2 Dividend Names of i per Companies. A 1 per Price ' Companies. .. Annul. Price. se \ Annual. En ----- - - -- - --- X I £ \ Aghtn& Oldh 97 71. 140 Macclesfield . 100 21. 108. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 1 - - Neatb ••• • • • 100\ 161. - Rrknk&Abrg 150. 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 15% 135 Birmingham 401 41. 93 Peak Forest. 78 , 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.. •• 1001 251. 200 Regent's •• •• 33 11. 3s. 19 Derby ••• •• 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 05 41. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 133' 355. 26yi Somrset Coal 15 0 71.105. - GrandJunctn 100 31 pr.ct. 59 Do.LkFdSt 12 61 . p. c. - \ Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 11 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 405 G ra nd Surrey 100' 21. Os. 32% Shrewsbury.. 125 - - brand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stonrbridge.. 145 20/. 290 liennt & Avn i 39 4s. Od. 4% Severn and? 21. Os. 24 Lancaster .1100 41. - Wye Rail. 1 26 Leeds& Livrp ' 100 201. 405 Warwick& 1 41. 40 Leicester .... 1 ,100 51. 66 )firming. j 100 Leicstr&Nth I , 83 41. 44% Warwick& 100 31. 28 L o ughborogh, 142 701. 510 NaPten• .1 Monmouthsh, 100 - - Worcstr &i 78 31. 40% Sintgomrysh 100 - - Birming. itteltiaMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Erlis - Ils. 6d. 7'g CAAS.-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount /dame of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -------- -- Z. s. d. Z. s. d. British •••••••• •• •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 - Ditto Frovincial•• •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton ••••.•• • •• •• 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. •• •• 61. leo 0 0 150 0 0 120 Continental Consolidat 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable- •.•••• • • • •• 505. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Imperial •• •• „••• • • • 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Independent ....• •• •• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 L0nd0n..............- 50 0 0 50 0 0 --. - 50 0 0 50 0 0 j - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0I- Mc:vita .••_••• • •• • • 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0 27% Ratcliff .• •••••.• •• • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General .• •• • • 1/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15% 'if eatminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 -453 k Ditto, New ••• • - • 125. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ --- -- - - £ 5. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank •• • • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 31 . 7, . City of Glasgow Bank 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank- •••• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 172 Eastern Bank.. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 9/.105. Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 414 Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 9 'National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Northof Scotlandßank 5/.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 21.185. Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 89 Western Bank.. •• •• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Alliance Fire and Life .4%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21l British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23% City of Glasgow Lite- 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 125 Colonial Life ...• Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21 Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 1 3 Life Assoc. of Scotland 6 Lper cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 31. 155 National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 248.0 d North British Incur... 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27 Scottish Union Insrnce. 6M. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 243.6 d Standard Life •••• - • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 12 United Dep.Assurance hl.per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pries. Annum. Share. .............1........1.1.... X. 11. d. Z. e. 1. Assam Tea ••-•• • • .• - 20 0 0 20 0 0 8 Auction Mart •••• • • .• 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 26% Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Australian Trost •• •• 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Canada ... ••-- •• - 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 49 Do. 5 per cent Bond B - - - 95% Uppr Canada Bonds 6 1 . percent. - - 105 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 96 G e n. Revers.& Invest. 5 p.c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 93 Eqnitable Beversionry 5 p.c. & bs. b / 100 0 0 100 0 0 109% Ditto Xew .... •• • • - 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Cien.SteamNavigation 10 p. ct. & bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% Hudson's 8ay...... •• _ Stock. - 205 Hungerford - ..... .•• 21. 55. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution .•• - - 78 15 0 7 New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New ........ - 2 h 0 0 12 10 0 - Hassell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 - Peninalr&Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i g% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 g % Royal Mail Steam - 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 p 7_ % South Australian .•• • • 11. per share. 25 0 0 2 5 0 0 23 Van Diemen 's Land.. - 100 0029 0 0 1 1,010 Deaths in the Week. 145 200 18S 241 236 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AuG• 6 ' we have no alteration in prices to quote, as but a small STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues firm, although amount of business was transacted at previous rates. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 6. STOCK ExcliAlroE.—The share market been rather N 9w Quarters, 3% kii du l to ; _day, Lancashire and prices and lower. yorksh r e T , 4 h B e 14 transactio nsLondonn dwere North follow a s 4713e4st—erDnittlo2,2113tivel)s,it2t°114,' dis.—South-Eastern and Dover,:22 —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 221. Shares, 7 dis. MANCHESTER, Aun. 6. STOCK EXCHANGO.—The business of the day has been S i b % e ffi d e i l s d . larger than that of yesterday, but with a downward ten dency' in pri_ceteeTdshesttoreaknls,ac4tBm7n-slw6—erepasittof,oToiwfth:--s, 7PL4reference, 13—South-Eastern and Dover, 22 4 3 — and North-Western,. New Quarters, , l o o Dn c di k to , tno 2 , 33, 4 11—Cale donian, 10% —East Lancashire, 14!.4 —North Staffordshire, 9% dis. BIRMINGHAM, Auc. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The fluctuations which have charac terized the railway share markets of L on d on h ave produced sympatheticinfluence in Birmingham. In the morning prices have had a ter dency upwards, in the evening they have been followed by a decline. Such was the case yester lay. In the early part of the day the share market was pro promising, but at night, after the arrival of the telegraphic dispatch, affairs presented a rather gloomy aspect. There were no transactions reported on 'Change, and quotaticns were regulated by last advices from the metropolis. A PROLIFIC MOTHER ..-- Agatha , the wife of Richard Laden, schoolmaster of llockham, was safely deli vered of three fine female children on Tuesday, the 22d inst., who, with the mother, are likely to do well, making aim within the last three years—Norfolk Chrontcle. ••• MOLD. "~'~`. ~~ _ WV Pir cot tot the this stre k tag Sha I Incl Stirll Part] Dun Ja: ~L !hint in 11 Re 30th Th bril g lAg X 8 01 The * t7) itti I il)3 Di/ %Vat) Pk); tal ~8 Jto 4n T& kek e Bui Alen sul tart On; Z 4: Or 144