The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 29th jnly, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a SPECIAL GENERA L COUR C of the said COMPANY will be held, by adjournment, at their House in Leadenhall-street , OR WEDNESDAY next, the 3d August, at Eleven o'Oock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considerinie a Motion this day sub mitted, viz. :—" That this Court concur in the views and ophdons expresqed by the Court of Directors in their innte of this date, re garding the Bill for the future Government of India." Copy of the said Minute of the Court of Directors is open for the perusal of the Proprietors, at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Sean. THIA EVENING, JULY 29, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup. ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which. Lord Byron s Tragedy of SAIIDANAPALI7S. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THIcSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRB ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webatet —Directrems, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JULY 29, Will be performed GENE VI EVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parsel e, Paul Bedford, Culler ford, Woilgar, 0. Smith, and C. J. amith . Madame Celeste and qrs. Keeley. Atter which, will be presented S )ANAPALE'S. To be foUowed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHANI. Io conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Great SUCCESS of the New Drama. TIIIS EVENING, Jur,Y 29, Will be performed the New Drama entitled T FIE TIMES. Charac ters by Messrs. Farren, T. Mead, 11. Marston, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Tur ner, and Bartlett. After which, an entinly New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRESERVED." Shyiock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Now under the Direction and Management of Mr. W. Cooke. The tide of success has fairly set in to this favourite Establishment. No greater test can be given than the crowded state of the Theatre nightly to witness the ever-memorable Battle of Waterloo, with is marches, encounters, and brilliant tableaux. New and splendid Scenes in the CIRCLE, by Artistes of known t alent—introducing a new engagement, M .1107AET BEN SAID, t Me Arabian Grotesque, from the Cirque Royal, St. Pctersburgh, by permission of the Emperor. 64Tn NIGHT OF LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. N.B.—Miss Emily Cooke is re-engaged, ant will appear at this Theatre at the conclusion of her Contimntal proms _lanai trip. THIS EVENING, JULY 29, And during the week, the Performances will commence Wilt THE BATTLE t. , F WATERLOO, with all Its or g,inal Mjitary effects. To be followed by lir. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, intro ducing talent unprecedented, among whom will be found the great Arabian Wonder, 3lalamnet Ben Said. To conclude with the successful Flippo Drama of THE CHASE ' • or, LIFE ON THE TURF, in which a real Fox Ch as e w ill ta k e place. Doors open at Half-past Six. Cox-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Slanager, Sir. IV. i% eat. ItOYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING; JCLY 29, PANORAMIC VIEW of CflIJ N, Splendid and Interesting mENAGEME. GODFREY'S univalled VTLITARY BAND. 1T ,, C , 1 d Instrumental Concert. Various amus'ng novelties, concludiw with the ext. air. Unary spectacle of THE FEAT OF LAN fER and a grand display of FIR WORKS, and EXPLOSION of cHINLsr, FIRE RAFTS. Admission Is. V;ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ''Ff' DAY —NTorni!lg 0 rain. after 8 r.voning 29 8 To-A kk ow—Moruing, 3 min. after 9 Evelli7l... 36 ;niti.3fL 9 THE WEATEIER.—SmI 01 , 71C13, JuLY 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 58---lowest this morning and during the night. 70---this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30. WIND, S.W. to W.—Light, pleasant breeze, and fine weather. A 4, ~~~~~~~ ~ a- '~` ~o LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1853. Anything so disgraceful as the Cab Strike must not be tolerated by the Legislature. It cannot be allowed to pass by with impunity. Under any circumstances, the public may rest confident of this that Ministers will guard against any possible repetition of these proceedings. It has already been announced, indeed, by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Home Department, that either some additional clause will forthwith be interpolated in the old bill, or some entirely new measure will be brought at once before Parliament. Whichever course be pursued by him at the present emergency, we may feel perfectly satisfied as to the consequence. Mr. FITZROY is altogether too sagacious a reformer to overlook the advantages derivable from the passing opportunity. He will act nei ther harshly nor timorously. He will neither yield to this most flagrant attempt at intimidation, nor permit his judgment to be warped by the influence of acts so peculiarly pro vocative of indignation. Whatever may have been inadvertently calculated to injure the cab fraternity in the reformatory enactment recently brought into operation will, as a matter of course, be modified in obedience to the dictates of fair play—so soon as the necessity for any such modi fication be clearly demonstrated. Beyond which, however, care will be taken that the inhabitants of London shall not speedily be subjected to the repetition of this intolerable display of self-in juring spitefulness on the part of those old offend ers the Cab Proprietors. Directly, it might be difficult to subject these men to anything at all ap proximating to what would alone be regarded as adequate punishment. Nevertheless, while they are unquestionably, to a considerable extent, beyond the reach of the law, in reference to the Past—they are, happily, in reference to the Future, within easy grasp of the violated, or, at any rate evaded, authority of the Legislature. Judging from their recent proceedings, it would actually appear as though the Cab-proprietors had entirely overlooked this circumstance. They be tray an absolutely pitiable ignorance of the weak ness of their position, in their extravagant attempt to struggle against the power possessed by an Act of Parliament. They forget, apparently, that the system of licensing may be altered at any moment, at the pleasure of the national representatives. That system, in fact, will indubitably, on the pressure of the existing grievance, be so adapted to the emergency as effectually to preclude the Cabmen and their employers from the chance of conspiring again with impunity to wreak their little vulgar spleen upon the community by sud denly withdrawing themselves and their vehicles from the public thoroughfares. It will be thus perceived, speedily enough, how important in every respect has been this endeavour of the Cab-drivers and the Cab -proprietors to gratify the petty rancour excited amongst them by that enactment which tardily, but effectually, put an end the other day to their most intolerable nui sance—a nuisance emanating from a twofold sys tem of habitual insolence and ormised extortion. A hope was yesterday expressed by one of our contemporaries that the present withdrawal of the cabs from the streets of London, might lead to the fattening up of the unfortunate hacks during their holidays, and to the highly desirable renovation and purification of the ricketty old vehicles themselves. For our part, we must ac knowledge that our - hopes in the matter p o i nt in quite an opposite direction. We trust that, ac cordingly as the old licenses expire, the authori ties entrusted with the responsibility of granting new ones will avail themselves of the opportunity of weeding out the less respectable members of the offending fraternity. Meanwhile, the House of Commons might readily provide secu rity for the good conduct of those by whom these more flagrant culprits would be speedily replaced. Licenses could be granted only on the condition that their acceptance entailed upon the recipient certain easily definable duties. Foremost among all requisites in the applicant should be that of a good, sober, and respectable character. It should be rendered necessary, moreover, both on the part of the Cab-driver and the Cab-proprie tor, that no vehicle during the period for which it had been licensed as a public conveyance, should be altogether withdrawn from the t t s ree s under a certain reasonable notice, without Causin g the offender to become liable to the pleasant alterna tive of fine or imprisonment. Protected by such vel and rational regulations aa theac, the public would have somewhat less of the into. 1 lence of Cab-drivers, and of the petulance o f cab-proprietors, being guarded g a ainst their com- bined efforts to flourish upon bullying and extor tion. The inhabitants of London have suffered rather too long under both these galling grievances. It now remains that the offenders should be di rectly or indirectly punished. A rod, for their especial advantage, has been some time in pickle, thanks to the Under Secretary for the Home De partment. All required at this moment is that with it la swinging blow may be administered by the Imperial Parliament. A Ministerial surprise, but one of by no means an agreeable character, signalised the bringing up of the Report on the Government of India Bill last night. Deceived by the apathy and indif ference exhibited by one section of the House, and by the unlimited subservience displayed by another, the members of the Joint-stock Adminis tration thought that there was no prospect of any proposition being carried without their assent and concurrence ; that, in fact, they could do just as they pleased with respect to the administration of affairs in the Anglo-Indian Empire. After the large concessions made to Indian reformers, in in creasing the salary of the Right Hon. Baronet, the President of the Board of Control, to at least 5,0001. per annum, and in making a very pleasing permanent provision for one of his proteges, nay more, after deciding upon bestowing an additional 9,0001. per annum on the Leaden hall-street Magnates, thQ salary of each Director being augmented by 5001. a year, and restoring the patronage of the scientific branches of the Indian army, which was about to be thrown open to public competition, to these excellent, but much calumniated, individuals, it was too much to sup pose that such an ungrateful return would be made for such bounteous liberality. What were the ingrates thinking of ? What could the Whip per-in have been about? Who could have sup posed that a House pledged to the principle of " unrestricted competition" could have dared to interfere with the salt monopoly in Hindostan, by allowing the unhallowed men of Cheshire—the quondam, Protectionist voters of Droitwich— to transmit their manufacture to the Indian market. Well might our own clear Sir CHARLES, with a ponderous attempt at facetiousness, sneer at the inconsistency (!) of the ex-Colonial Secre tary for protesting against " the enormity of im posing a duty upon the food of the people." Never was there a piece of such unparalleled ab surdity, such ridiculous folly, as the notion that a Whig in office should be bound by his votes and opinions in opposition—that his " doings" when in should in any degree be regulated by his " sayings" when ord. The sweet innocent clearly never thought that the charge of inconsistency could be retorted on himself—that the boomerang which he hurled against the unlucky assailant could possibly fly back upon himself, the pet of the Coalition—the pride of Cannon-row— recipient of Five Thousand Sterling Pounds in each and evary year, as a trifling recompence, for his inestimable services. How could he suppose that the resolution adopted by all but the 53 im- practicables could be applicable to the subject under consideration, or that any man could for a moment imagine that in supporting, not merely that resolution, but one couched in much stronger • terms in which the Saxon appellatiye, " Free Trade," was used, he intended anything be yond damaging his opponent for the time being. How cruel—how inconsiderate—how unreason able of any person to taunt him with his conduct, or to suppose that it was not just and proper to maintain an exclusive right of supply. The word " monopoly" was clearly inapplicable to one of the primary necessaries of life for one hundred and fifty millions of human beings. The arguments with respect to corn could surely never be made applicable to " salt," nor could what was good for Englishmen be at all suitable for Hindoos. The Right Hon. Baronet, too, astonished the House by his lexicographical ability. He even surpasses his Noble Leader in the extent of his varied acquirements. It has been asserted that Lord JOHN was prepared to take the command of the Channel Fleet in a storm, or to perform the operation of lithotomy in a difficult case ; but we never heard that he set up as a critic of Dr. JOHNSON, or was prepared to bring out a new edition of the English Dictionary for the benefit of Legislative Free-traders. The Noble Lord could never have ventured on such a brilliant definition of the term " mono poly," or inflicted such merited castigation on the unhappy and misguided Baronet who used it, as his talented coadjutor was enabled to throw off at a moment's notice—" Ho (Sir CHARLES Wool)) always understood that a monopoly meant an en deavour, by artificial means, to raise the price to the consumer." "He thought that what the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir JOHN PAKINGTON)wanted, was to establish a monopoly for the exporters of salt in this country !" Take that Sir JOHN. Learn your own language before you again have the audacity to interfere, or come into collision, with your too potent and too critical brother of " the bloody hand." Don't again attempt to establish "a monopoly" for the manufacturers and traders of the entire world against the " unre stricted competition" of the Free-trade supply from the stores of the East India Company to its sub jects. If you do, look for an avenging Nemesis, arising in the shape of the Right Hon. Member for Halifax, and inflicting summary vengeance for the reckless attempt. But, notwithstanding the brilliancy of his elo quence—the soundness of his reasoning —the House, wilfully, and with malice prepense, decided in favour of the motion " that the manufacture and sale of salt in India shall be absolutely free, subject only to such Excise or other duties as may now, or from time to time, be levied on such salt so manufactured." Verily, the voice of mourning will be heard in Cannon-row, and there will be deep tribulation in Leadenhall-street. We know not whether there will be any attempt to set aside this decision—to induce the majority to eat their own words, and stultify themselves, in order to perpetuate that which, despite of Sir CHARLES WOOD, we cannot help stigmatising as a disgrace ful and grinding monopoly, equally opposed to justice and sound policy, and calculated to occa sion the utmost discontent among those who, by means thereof, are prevented from obtaining, on anything like reasonable terms, an adequate sup ply of the only condiment for their tasteless food —an article essential not merely to the comfort, but to the health of themselves and of their cattle. SAMBRE AND MEIIBE RAILWAY.—There was a meet ing of the Sambre and Meuse Railway Company yester day, at which a report was read, which stated that the balance of profit was 7,2681. Bs. 9d., which might be applied to dividend, but it was recommended to be re served for contingencies, as the entire undertaking would be completed by the Ist of May next. The report was adopted. THE CITY POLlCE.—Yesterday afternoon a general meeting of the city police was held at the Temperance hall, Friar-street, Blackfriars, for the purpose of adopt ing a petition to obtain an increase of pay. The attend ance of constables was numerous, there being nearly four fifths of th e f orce , num b er i n g about 400, p resen t, theremainder being unavoidably absent on duty. Seve ral sergeants were also present, who, however, did not unnecessarily interfere with the proceedings, as was the similar a . rt object j rn e ee , ti . ng of the metropolitan police, h av i ng a in Forster, 42 5 5 42n5 ,Thursday, wasunanimously the2l stins e t al an ied t to the ch a i r . The . Police -constable te being was unanimously adopted. On the question l o nFsut, whether it sh ou ld b e ad dressed to the Court Aldermen or the Commissioners of Police, it was decided that the latter c ourse , as b eing more respectful to thei r chief offi mr and more i n accord ancesoii be pursued. A n with the customary form,co deputation of 12 constables, consisting of six first-class and six second class men, two Selected sion, to present the petition. The deput ation eachdeputation having been nominated, and thanks v oted to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE STRIKE AMONG THE METROPOLITAN POLlft._. Yesterday a memorial was presented to Sir R. Mane Chief Chief Commissioner of Polic e, at Scotland-yard, from the police constables of the D division, by Mr. Gibbs, the superintendent, and which was signed by each policeman of the force. The memorial, which was left for the sig nature of the men at the various sectional stations, re quested an increase of pay in consequence of the increased price of provisions. A memorial was also forwarded it i tee etatienel et A c ton, Ealing, EreeiZorti, e,el eeighbourliocel. The riff ort of it was to a similar effect as that of the D division, but, in order that no man might be marked on account of having his name first attached, the signatures were in a " round robin." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, JULY 29, 1853. GOODWOOD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGR-4PH.) SWEEPSTAKES-50 SOVS. Whittington walked over. SWEEPSTAKES-100 SOVS. Adine Ambrose Two ran. ROUS BIENNIAL STAKES. Boiardo Quince Astolfo Seven ran. Adelaide arrived. THE CAB PROPRIETORS' QUESTION. MEETING THIS DAY. At 11 o'clock this morning, a meeting of the cab pro prietors and drivers was held at the Cranbourne Hotel, St. Martin's-lane, for the purpose of hearing the result of a deputation of their body, which had an interview, last evening, with the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. Coulter having been called to the chair, Mr. GAMBLE proceeded to detail the conversation be tween the deputation and Mr. Fitzroy. With regard to the propositions they had laid before the hon. gentle man, they had not all been entertained, but the spirit of them had been entertained. (Cheers.) They were al lowed to have a limit of four miles instead of the six miles. They were also to have 6d. for every person over the second person, so that, if they carried five persons, they would be getting 2s. per mile. The deputation were told by Mr. Fitzroy that be would not bring for ward his bill while the cabs were withdrawn from the streets. Now, he thought that it would be very foolish to work their cabs under the present act, and they would, therefore, be acting wisely to keep their horses in the stables rather than work them at a loss. (Hear, hear.) After speeches in favour of continuing the strike until what was termed reasonable modifications in the present act were made, the meeting separated. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. There is nothing in the original columns of the Paris journals on the Eastern question, or on any other sub ject, of sufficient interest for extract. Sidi Ben Ganah, Cheik el Arab, and his son, the Caid Ben Cassen Bourga, arrived at Marseilles on the 25th, from the South of Algeria, with a numerous suite, and some magnificent horses, which are intended as a pre sent to the Emperor. They left Marseilles on the 26th for Paris. The Emperor and the Empress were present on Wed nesday at the Gymnase theatre. Queen Christina was also present, as was the Duchess d'Alba. The Emperor has received from the Grand Duke Charles-Alexander of Saxe-Weimar, a notification of the death of the Grand Duke Charles-Frederick of Saxe- Weimar, his father. In consequence, the Emperor will go into mourning for six days, from the 31st of July. The Moniteur contains an Imperial decree, promul gating the postal convention concluded on April 1, 1853, between France and the Roman States. We read in the Monitcur:—"lncidents, much to be regretted, have of late taken place on the frontiers of the Pyrenees, and particularly in the forest of Iraty, to which the Spanish valley of Salazar lays claim. The Government of his Imperial Majesty and that of her Catholic Majesty, desirous of putting an end to the quarrels which threatened to burst out between the fron tier populations of the two countries, have decided that the contested ground shall be declared temporarily neu tral. That arrangement, which has for object only the re-establishment of order, cannot in any way prejudge the question of right, which remains entirely to be dis cussed in conferences by special plenipotentiaries, who are shortly to proceed to the spot. The French Com missioners are Baron Gros, Minister Plenipotentiary, and General of Brigade Callier. The populations inte rested in the matter should await with calm and confi dence the result of the inquiry which is thus about to be instituted." We read in the SPcle :—" Yesterday morning, at half past nine, a courier arrived from London at the English embassy. The dispatches were immediately forwarded to Lord Cowley at Chantilly, and we are informed that at 2 o'clock in the afternoon his lordship arrived in Paris to have a conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. However well sealed official dispatches may be something always escapes through the envelopes and the triple seals. We relate, therefore, with a certain degree of confidence what is stated to us in our letters from London. The English Government, it is said, has in formed that of France that the moment is come for dis cussing all the plans of proceedings in the event of a war, which is happily still not certain. As regards the condition of the evacuation of the provinces of the Danube, the British Cabinet is of opinion that it is im plicitly laid down in the propositions of arrangement which have been sent to St. Petersburgh ; but it thinks it would not be amiss to lay it down explicitly, as nego tiations can be carried on with honour only on this con dition. Our letters inform us of something still more serious. The English Government has discovered that the fleets cannot, without risking the respect due to the two great naval powers, remain in Besika Bay ; and an order is to be sent to them to pass the Dardanelles, but without undertaking any warlike operation without fresh instructions." After giving this news, the responsibility of which we leave, of course, to the Sicle, that journal proceeds to give the considerations on which the reported decision of the English Cabinet has been founded. These con siderations so much resemble the arguments that have been used by the •Siecle, that they have rather the effect of throwing doubt on the news itself than of preparing the public mind to receive it as authentic. The steadiness of the last two days in the funds gave way yesterday to a good deal of fluctuation, ending in a fall of 10c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for ca,lh, and 35c. in the Three per Cents. for the account. The following are the closing prices :—For cash : Three per Cents., 781. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 30c. For the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 35c. ; Four a-Half per Cents., 1031. 45c. ; Bank Stock, 2,825 f. Shares of the Banks of Credit Foncier and Credit Mo bilier have given way, the former 10f., and the latter lf. The last prices are :—Credit Foncier, 740 f. ; Credit Mobilier, 8331. The Railway Share Market has not exhibited much animation, however, except a trifling fall of 2f. in Northerns ; the other leading lines have either advanced a few francs each in value, or remained unchanged. The following were the quotations at the close of business :—Northern, 878 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,146 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 9371. ; Paris and Lyons, 935 f. 25c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,112 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 765 f. tified places of the island. The Greek population op posed their departure, and the governor, being informed of what was in contemplation, published a decree for bidding the Turks to quit their property in the country parts. A letter from Maina states that the priest who had last year sought out the monk Popolaki, and de livered him up to the authorities, has been assassinated by a young man in Macedonia. 042 Christians have perished in quarrel - s_Avith the Turks, or have been assas sinated." The statement of the Austrian Consul at Smyrna having arrived at Athens, in consequence of his having been dismissed from his post, must be erroneous. The accounts from Smyrna of the 17th say nothing of his dismissal or departure. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 28. Her Majesty took an airing yesterday morning, and drove out in the afternoon with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended by the Marchioness of Ely and Colonel Bouverie. Sir R. Murchison and a deputation of the Geogra phical Society had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Cathedral Conitnission had a meeting yesterday. Present—The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Ox ford, Sir William Page Wood, the Rev. Dr. Words worth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the Rev. Richard Jones (Secretary). - - - - THE CAMP AT CIIOBHAM COMMON. Yesterday was a day of inglorious ease at the camp, and the men appeared to enjoy it amazingly after their fatiguing expedition to Runnymede. None of the troops returned to their cantonments on Wednesday evening until near seven o'clock, having been absent upwards of ten hours. During the greater part of Wed nesday night the thunder-storm which visited the metro polis raged with great fury over the camp. In addi tion to the rain, it was there accompanied with a gale of wind which blew with such violence as at one time to threaten the unhousing of the whole camp. However, the care with which most of the tents were secured averted the catastrophe, though unfortunately five or six of the officers' tents in the more exposed parts of the cavalry quarters were blown down. The tents appear to require a good deal of management during wet wea ther, when the canvas contracts to such a degree as to split the whole fabric from top to bottom if the outside ropes are not slackened in time. The duty of looking after this falls to the youngest soldier in each of the men's tents, and the care with which they have hitherto dis charge l it is sufficiently evident from the fact that none of the men's tents have yet sustained any damage. Such torrents of rain fell during' Wednesday night that yesterday the greater part of the hollow ground in Cattin's Valley was completely under water, and the r:in continuing during the whole of yesterday afternoon and evening, so saturated the common that it will re quire at least two or three days fine weather before field operations can be renewed. The funeral of the first man who has died at the camp since it has been formed took place yesterday. The de ceased was a private in the Bth Hussars, and had been 22 years in the service when he expired on Tuesday last at the general hospital, Chobham, after several days' ill ness, from bronchitis. The funeral was, of course, a military one ; and six of the privates from each troop of the Bth Hussars accompanied the body to its final resting-place in the little churchyard at Chertsey. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, July 21.—The first home ward mails from Australia to be conveyed under the new contract of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company, vici Singapore and Egypt, are due in Southampton by the steam-ship Bengal on the 4th of August, and would serve as replies to the mails dispatched hence on the 4th March last, the dates of departure from the Australian ports being, according to the existing ar rangements—Sydney, May 20 ; Port Philip, May 24 ; Adelaide, May 27; and King George's Sound, June 2. The telegraphic dispatches, however, just received from Trieste and Marseilles in anticipation of the overland India mails (the Marseilles portion of which will probably reach London on Saturday), convey no intelligence of the arrival at Singapore of the steamer appointed to bring up the Australian mails, and it is therefore most probable that by this opportunity no intelligence will be received from our Australian colonies. The disappointment to all those connected with the important business opera tions carried on with Australia will doubtless be very great. The reason of the delay and irregularity cannot be with any certainty accounted for, inasmuch as bad weather and other causes may have produced the mishap ; but it is inferred that the screw steamer Shanghai (appointed for this service), and which, on the previous voyage, got up to Singapore later than was expected, would not therefore be able to reach Sydney with the outward mail of the 4th of March (owing partly to the unavoidable detentions at the intermediate ports, and to her delayed departure from Singapore) sufficiently early to get away again at the appointed time ; and this, when allowance is made for similar detentions on the homeward route, in con sequence ofimmatured arrangements, difficulty of coaling, Ste., will possibly be found to be the reason why no mail is brought to England by the Bengal. These delays and dis appointments will, it is confidently anticipated, be fully obviated when the orders now on their way out have been received and acted upon. The homeward steamers from the Australian ports, instead of proceeding to Singa pore, will then cross direct from King George's Sound to Point de Galle, Ceylon, and there connect with the homeward bound steamer to Suez, and it is calculated the junction will then be effected with greater certainty, regularity, and rapidity than can, from the adverse na ture of the weather and navigation generally encountered in running from King George's Sound to Singapore, be looked for under the present plan. The mail steamers from Sydney, after discharging mails and passengers at Ceylon, will at once leave for Singapore, to be in readi ness for the conveyance of the outward mails, which are in all cases to be sent by that route. The working of a line of steamers at the Antipodes (particularly at the first onset) is not so simple a matter as one terminating at Southampton, where, if anything goes wrong with a packet engaged in the service, the company has the opportunity of substituting another ship, as was done in the case of the return of the Tagus the other day, when the City of London had the mails and cargo of that vessel transferred to her, and was despatched in a little over four hours. The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company are leaving no exertions untried to carry out their Australian mail contract with efficiency, and it is to be hoped that the disorganised state of affairs at the various ports will not ultimately or materially interfere with their endeavours. A sub marine telegraphic despatch received to-day from Marseilles announces the arrival there at 4 p.m. on Wednesday of ,the new steam-ship Valetta, with the India and China mail, in 47 hours from Malta. The distance being 660 nautical miles, this, her first per formance on the route, shows an average of 14 miles per hour. The best performance of the celebrated Banshee while on the station was 512 hours, but the ordinary duration of her passages was from 52 to 56 hours. The letters and papers brought by the Valetta will probably be delivered in London on Friday or Saturday morning, and the Bengal, with the heavy portion of the mails, may be expected to reach Southampton about Tuesday or Wednesday next. The succeeding steamer, the Indus, due here on the 20th of August, will in all probability be the bearer of the Australian mails. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Business continues excellent at this well-conducted establishment. The Battle of Waterloo, with the admirable scenes in the circle and the fox-chase, fill the theatre nightly. During next week Mr. Alfred Cooke, the great equestrian, rides four horses, which will add to the attractions. On Mon day next Mr. William Cooke, lessee and manager, gives the entire receipt, without any deduction, for the benefit of the sufferers at the Rosemary branch, at which the entire stud of horses and equestrian appointments were totally destroyed. On Wednesday, Mr. W. Batty in vited Mr. Nelson Lee and Mr. W. Cooke to dine with him at his country residence, on which occasion he pre sented Mr. Nelson Lee with a splendid diamond ring in remembrance of the many successful pantomimes written by that gentleman during his management. SMOKE NUISANCE.—Lord Palmerston's hint at the Lord Mayor's dinner on Saturday last, appears not to have been lost upon the city of London authorities, as the markets committee have now ordered the applica tion, by Mr. Lee Stevens, of his patent smokeless fur nace to the engine used for pumping water at Billings gate and when the existing abomination has been happily subdued there, we may reasonably hope for re newed activity on the part of the Commissioners of Sewers in the suppression of the smoke nuisance throughout the City bstricts, riverward a s w ell es landward. T HE N uGCET.—The large, Australian nugget lately exhibited has been melted and sold for 5,532/. Its weight before melting was 1 , 615 ounces, and it yielded 1,319 ounces of fine gold, equal to 1,423 ounces standard. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. Private letters from Constantinople, of the 15th, speak of the excitement which has not ceased to prevail there ever since the population became aware of the presence of the Russian army in the Danubian Principalities. A proclamation from the Ottoman Government to all Mus sulmans was soon expected to appear. The armaments continued at the date cf the letters referred to with the same activity. The contingents of Tunis and Tripoli, calculated at 20,000 men, were expected. Abbas Pasha had placed at the disposal of the Sultan 14 ships of war (font of which are steamers), 15,000 men, and a sum amounting to 25,000,000 of piastres. Three Egyptian transports had arrived at Constantinople with a part of the troops. The Porte has decidedly refused the offers of service of the refugees, and had only accepted a small number of foreigners. The fleets of Great Britain and France remain in the positions they occupied on the 11th. Admiral Hamelin has arrived on board the Pluton, and on the 14th inst Admiral La Susse resigned his command to that officer. The French three-decker Friedland, which arrived on th 15th, takes the place of the Montebello, which re turns to Toulon. A letter from Athens of the 17th, in a Marseilles journal says :—" The news of the entrance of the Rus sians into the Principalities has not been received here so favourably as might have been expected. Most of the journals declare against the invasion : it is of opinion that in case of war Greece should remain neu ter ; but in case the war should become general, most Greeks are of opinion that the Greeks ought to march with the West. One of the journals, the Siecle, is however of a different opinion. It is paid by Russia. It is very violent in language. It demands that the Greeks shall arm, and that, whilst the Russians enter Wallachia, they shall invade the Turkish territory. The Government does nothing to check the violence of this journal, though it may cause grave embarrassments to Greece." A letter from Smyrna of the 17th, in a Marseilles journal, announces the departure of Ali-Pacha, the late governor, after receiving an address (as already men tioned in the Messenger) from the European colony. On the day on which he left, the Consuls displayed their flags, and the vessels of war fired a salute—with the ex ception however of the Austrian Consul, and the Com mander of the Austrian vessel.—The letter then proceeds to say :—" The investigation into the assassination of Baron d'Adelberg is terminated. All the accused have contrived to evade arrest. The Austrian Consul, M. Wekbecker, insisted that the chiefs of the emigration should be bastinadoed ; but his Excellency Cherib- Effendi refused, saying, If they he guilty they will be prosecuted. If innocent, what is the use of this cruelty?' The arrest of a Hungarian refugee at Beyrouth, which took place recently, nearly gave rise to scenes as de plorable as those of Smyrna The refugee, accompa nied by his wife and his children, embarked on board the Austrian steamer the Lloyds. The captain immediately signified to him in the name of the Consul that he arrested him and would convey him to Trieste. The Hungarian protested ; and then appear ing to submit to his destiny, he withdrew to a corner, and waiting until he saw that he was not watched, threw himself into the sea. A boatman picked him up, and conveyed him to the Consulate of the United States. There proving by his passport that he was entitled to American protection, he was received. Thanks to the energy of the American Consul, the wife and children of the Hungarian, whom the captain wished to keep on board, were restored to liberty, and arrived at Smyrna yesterday by the French steamer." A Vienna letter of the 22d, in the Post Ampt Gazette, of Frankfort, says :—" The mission of General Giulay to St. Petersburgh has been crowned with perfect success. The Emperor of Russia has, it is said, resolved to open negotiations with England, Austria, France, and Prussia on the Eastern question. A circular dispatch will be immediately sent to the diplomatic agents of Russia at foreign courts, to apprize them of this resolution." A letter from Constantinople says :—" On the 11th, the Council of Ministers unanimously decided that, under present circumstances, it was necessary to make an appeal to the co-operation and councils of the four great powers, and to act in accord with them respecting the occupation of the Danubian provinces by Russia, land before having recourse to arms, to employ all diplomatic measures. In consequence, the Ottoman Porte trans mitted its protest to the four powers against the entry of the Russian troops into the Danubian provinces. The preparations for war continue, and the most ardent en thusiasm prevails amongst the troops, who hasten with zeal to join the flag ; but notwithstanding, however, all the measures taken by the Seraskier, the number of men calculated on has not been assembled. Thus, ac cording to letters worthy of credit, the 80,000 men said to be assembled at Schumla must be reduced to half the number. The same is said to be the case with respect to stores, which, though very abundant at Schumla are very rare everywhere else. A proclamation of the Ottoman Government to all the Mussulmans is on the point of appearing. It is said that this document is specially remarkable for moderation and dignity. The publication is waited for with impatience." The last accounts from Constantinople state that con tingents from Tunis and Tripoli, amounting to 20,000 men, were expected ; also that Abbas Pacha, Viceroy of Egypt, has placed at the disposal of the Sultan 14 ves sels of war, 4 of them steamers, 15,000 troops, and 25 millions piastres. The letters from Smyrna announce that the advance guard of this force had been signalled off Rhodes. A letter from Athens of the 15th, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :-- "The Austrian Ambassador has arrived here with his family, as well as the Austrian Consul at Smyrna, who has been dismissed from his place since the late events. A letter frm Cephalonia states that the English Government has caused to be taken from that island to Corfu a certain quantity of artillery and amninnition, its olject being to concentrate at this last named is f Sri lab the forces scattered about. Thu island of Crete is in au unsatisfactory state. Scarcely had the news of the Russian ultimatum arrived there, when the Turkish landowners of the country parts determined to withdraw with their families and property into the for ITALY. A letter from Lombardy, of the 14th, in the Qpinione of Turin, mentions the arrest and subsequent liberation of an English gentleman, named Sayle. It appears that during his tour in Italy this gentleman had made a col lection of ancient coins and medals, which, being espied by the custom-house officers at the frontier, were looked upon as suspicious articles, and both they and their owner were sent under escort to the commandant of Pavia, Major Voller, who not being, it would seem, well versed in numismatics, took the innocent coins for revolution ary tokens, and M. Sayle for a dangerous agent of secre t societies. As such, he was immediately sent off to the central police-office at Milan, when the mistake was cleared up, and Mr. Sayle set at liberty, with an inti mation, however, to quit the Imperial States immedi ately. Major Voller has since been transferred from the command of Pavia to that of Brescia. Marquis Lugi Dragonetti, who, i❑ 1848, was Minister of Foreign Affairs to the King of the Two Sicilies, and a deputy to the Neapolitan Parliament, and has now been exiled the kingdom, after a long imprisonment, ar rived at Turin on the 24th from Genoa. It is stated that Mgr. Sacconi, Apostolic Nuncio in Bavaria, is destined by the Pope to replace the late Mgr. Garibaldi as Papal Nuncio in France. GERMANY. It is affirmed that the Austrian Government shows it self inclined to introduce into Austria the Customs regu lations of the Zollverein. The sums subscribed in Austria for the church com memorative of the late attempt on the life of the Em peror Francis Joseph now amounts to 1,400,000 florins. The Russian Councillor of State, D'Andrault, spent a day at Vienna, on his way from St. Petersburgh to Con stantinople, vid Trieste. On the same day a Russian courier arrived from London with dispatches. Count Mensdorff Pouilly, Austrian Envoy at St. Petersburgh, actually at Kessengen, will return to his post in August. The Berlin police adopted rigorous measures against a coalition of corn-merchants, combined for the purpose of buying up all the corn disposable, to oblige the sellers on account to pay high differences. The Germanic ✓ Diet will enter shortly on a recess of two months. A letter from Berlin of July 25, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The King arrived at Sans-5036 the day before yesterday. Tho President of the United States has ratified the treaty of navigation and com merce concluded with Prussia on December 30, 1852. The police has interfered in a coalition of buyers-up of corn. They had united together towards the end of June, and had bought up all the rye that they could find, in order to force speculators in time-bargains to pay heavy differences. They were about to renew this operation when the police warned them to desist. They replied that their object was to prevent exportation." SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d contain no political intel ligence, but a letter of that date says :- —"General Ler sundi yesterday received from La Granja a telegraphic dispatch from Vittoria, announcing that Madame Ler sundi had had a miscarriage, and he immediately left for that place. Before leaving he convoked the Council of Ministers, and it sat in deliberation for two hours. All the ministers, after an animated discussion, were of opi nion that a circular should appear in two or three days in the Gazette, on the railway question. The tenour of this document is not known ; but it is known that, in the Council of Ministers, a resolution was adopted de claring that all the concessions of railways, accorded up to this day with the sanction of the Queen, should be reported legal and valid. This ministerial resolution was approved of by the Queen. In consequence, M. de Salamanca is about to commence actively the works of the northern line. An incident, however, arising from the intervention of M. Moyano, and on which we have no details, did not permit the Queen to sign the minis terial resolution relative to railways, but nevertheless it has been irrevocably adopted." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY. The General Screw Shipping Company's packet Queen of the South arrived this morning. Left Sandheads May 16 ; Ceylon, May 26 ; Mauritius, June 6 ; Cape, June 21 ; St. Helena, June 30 ; Ascension, July 4 ; St. Vin cent, July 13. The Lady Jocelyn was at anchor at Point de Galle, having lost one of the fans of her screw ; her passengers and mails were sent on to Calcutta by the Hindostan. The Pottinger and Pekin were at Galle. The Queen of the South conveyed the overland mails of the 25th March to 25th April to the Mauritius ; the delay in the arrival of this mail at Point de Galle was owing to some injury to the machinery of the Bentinck. Her Majesty's steam-ship Hydra arrived at the Mau ritius on the 6th June. The Alexander, from Melbourne, April 5, had called at Port Louis, and left a mail, which was brought on by the Queen of the South. The French ship, Paquebot Mexicaine, from Bourbon had put in, with loss of two men, and was compelled to throw overboard 1,400 bags of sugar. The General Screw Steam-ship Company's packet In diana, which left the Cape on 26th May, had not arrived at Mauritius June 6.h. Rice was becoming scarce. Moonghy, the only description in the market, made $3 35c. Four thousand bags grain made $4 per bag. The Commercial Gazette of 21st May says that when the American whaler Lancer left St. Marie it was re ported that the Queen of the Hovas was positively dead. The Constitution, with one or two exceptions, had been received at the Cape with every expression of gra titude, and General Cathcart and Lieutenant-Governor Darling are restoring order on the borders, and promot ing content within the colony. Wool was being brought into Port Elizabeth in larger quantities then ever before observed. Seven vessels were there loading with wool for London. Her Majesty's ship Hercules, Captain Baynton, arrived June 14th from Cork, and sailed for Australia on the 20th with 54 mar ried couples, and 79 single men, 87 women, 58 boys, and 49 girls. The steam vessel Dee, Lieutenant G. T. C. Smith, arrived in Simon's-bay, from Gordon's-bay, June 14, and left for Algoa-bay, June 20. In Simon's-bay.—. Her Majesty's ships Meander, Commodore Talbot ; Grecian, Commander the Hon. G. Keane ; and the Dart, Lieutenant Beane. The Calcutta, due at the Cape on the 18th June, was not there on the 21st. There was no intelligence at the Cape of the Argo, from Southampton ; the Antelope, from Liverpool ; or the Adelaide, from the Australian colonies, with gold dust valued at 300,0001. THE UNI FED STATES. [A summary of the following appeared in The Sun of yesterday :—] _ LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The screw steamer Lady Eglinton, Paton commander, arrived is the river this morning, after a passage of 114 days from Quebec, bringing telegraphic accounts from New York to the 16th inst. The New York Crystal Palace was opened on the 14th inst., in presence of an immense assembly. The President and General Scott were present. The New York Herald says Mr. Buchanan has accepted the appointment of Minister to London. The steamer Empire, on her trip from Albany to New York, on the 16th, was run into by a sloop, off Pough keepsie, and one of her boilers thrown overboard. Eight or ten persons were badly scalded and two killed. Breadstuffs advanced considerably at New York on receipt of the Arabia's advices, but the market after wards became languid, the English orders being below holders' views. The coroner's inquest on the persons killed on the occasion of the Gavazzi riots at Montreal had been brought to a conclusion, but the jury were unable to agree upon a verdict. Instead of a verdict, special re turns were handed in by the divided jurors. The result had caused great excitement at Montreal. The .don. Sir James Stuart, Bart., Chief Justice of Canada, died at Quebec on the morning of the 16th. Her Majesty's steamer Devastation sailed from Que bec for the fishing grounds on the 16th. Her Majesty's frigate Leander was also to leave Quebec for the Gulf on the 16th. A court-martial had been commenced at Montreal on the 15th on the officers and men engaged in the Ga vazzi affair. The Hon. John Ross, Solicitor-General for Upper Canada, had been returned for the town of Niagara without opposition. The woods in the neighbourhood of Bytown had been on fire for several days, and it was feared m uc h pro perty would be destroyed. A severe hailstorm occurred about seven miles west of Toronto on the 15th. Hailstones two i nc h es l ong and one inch wide were picked up. The weather had been delightful in Western Canada. The wheat was nearly ready for harvesting, and the crop would be a large one. Breadstuffs had considerably advanced in Montreal. Flour was quoted 225. on the spot, and 225. 6d. per barrel for August delivery. Wh eat had also advanced r still more in proportion ; and, if tonnage were abun dant, the market would be quite active. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY LINE.—The North London train, on passing through the Minories portion of the Blackwall Railway yester day afternoon, about two o'clock, got partly o ff the rails, and three 7 , --, ate-layer. , ,, who had lieu working on the spot, and who were standing apainit the parapet wall to let the train pass, were unfortunately thrown under the engine and two of them killed ; the third escaped with some bruises. None of the in the train recei ve d any i n j ury . passengers PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-JULY 28. ( From the Votes anti Proceedings of the House of Commons.) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. And whereas by the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, hereinbefore re cited, it was enacted " that the said company shall with all convenient speed, after the 22d day of April, 1834, close their commercial business, and make sale of all their merchandise, stores, and effect s , a t h ome an d abroad, distinguished in their account books as com mercial assets, and all their warehouses, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and property whatsoever, which may not be retained for the purposes of government of the said territories, and get in all debts due to them on account of the commercial branch of their affairs, and reduce their commercial establishment as the same shall become unnecessary, and discontinue and abstain from all commercial business which shall not be incident to the closing of their actual concerns, and to the con version into money of the property hereinbefore directed to be sold, or which shall not be car ried on for the purposes of the said Government :" and whereas the said East India Company have con tinued to carry on the manufacture and sale of salt, from the date of the said act to the present time, not withstanding the aforesaid provision : and whereas it is expedient that the said salt monopoly should absolutely cease and determine : be it enacted, that from and after the let day of May, 1856, it shall be unlawful for the said East India Company to continue the manufacture of salt as at present carried on by them in the province of Bengal, and that such manufacture shall absolutely cease, whether carried on by the East India Company, or on the account and under the control of the said Company, and that the manufacture and sale of salt in India shall be absolutely free, subject only to such Excise or other duties as may now, or from time to time, to be levied upon such salt so manufactured. Motion made and question put, " That the said c l ause b e now read a second time . ' The house divided : Ayes, 117 Noes, 107. MAJORITY-AYES 111. Alexander, J. Greville, Colonel F. Mintz, G. Frederick Ball, John Grogan, Edward Murrough, J. P. Barnes, T. Hadfield, George Newark. Viscount Bar. ow, William H. Hamilton, Lord 0. ltioel, Hon. G. Bell, James Hamilton, Geo. A. Norreys, Sir D. Biggs, William Eastie, Alexander Oakes, J. Blackett, J. F. B. Heywood, James Ratter, K. T. Blair, Colonel Heyworth, L. Pilkington, James Booth, Sir R. Hill, Lord Arthur E. Price, W.P. Brocklehutst, J. Horsfall, Thomas B. Ricardo, 0. Bruce, 11. A. Hotham, Lord Russell, F. C. Banbury, W. Hume, J. S.indars, George Cairns. 1 1. Pii`Calmoat Hume, W. Fitzwilliam Seobell, Capt. Comm; Sir J. Rivett Hutchins, E. Scott, Francis . Cayley; E. S. Johnstone, Jame. , Seymer, H. K. Chaplin, W. J. Jolllffe, Sir W. G. H. Seymer, H. D. Cheetham, .;ohn Jones, Capt. Smith, John Abel Cubbett, John M. Kelly, Sir F. Smith, John B. Cob old, J. C. Kendall, N. Stanhope, James B. Coffin, W. , Kennedy, Tristram Stanley, Lord Corry, H. L. Kinnaird, A F. stua• t, Lord D. Crook, Joseph Lollar), R. M. Sufi van, M. Disra. 11, Benjamin Lamton, 11. G. Swift, H. Dunc , n, G. Langton, W. G. Thompson, George Dunlop, A. Lewisham, Id Tyler, Sir G. Dunne, Colonel Liddell, H. G. Vance, J. Egerton. W. , Liddell, T. Vansittart. George H Egert ai, E. Locke, Joseph Vyse, Capt. Elmicty/Visc. Lockhart, W. \ valcut, ALM]. Fell den, M. Lucas, F. IV.lnisiley, Sir J. Ferguson. Joseph 31acat they. G. Walpole, Spencer H. Fitzgerald, Sir J. M'Cann, James Whalley, George H. Floyer, John • Macgregor. James Williams, William Foley, John H. Maguire, John F. Wise, A. Frewen, C. H. Mandeville , Viscount York, E. T. Galway. Viscount Manners, Lord J. Goderich, Viscount Meta, Sir Henry Goold, W. Miall, E. i.ratnun, Lord M. W. Milos, W. Greene, J. Mowbray, J. Gregson, Samuel Mailings, J. R. TELLSII6. racklugton, Sir J. Phillimore, J. MINORITY-NOES, 107. Acland, Sir T. Graham, Sir James Osborne, Ralph Al ourt, C. Grenfell, C. Palmer, R. Adderley, C. Hustle, Archibald Palmerston, Visconti liairshaw, J. Heist/am. T. E. Peel Frederick Bailey, Sir J. Heathcoate, G. PeHatt Apsley Baines. NI. T. Herbert, Sid , ,ey Pinney, William Bass, Michael Thos. Hervey, lord Alfred Pr:Ward-Urquhart, W. Bethel!, sir Richard Hindley, Charles Rmnbold, C. E. Itonhatn-Carter, J. Hogg, sir James W. Russell, Lord John Bouverie, E. Howard, C. W. G. Res ell, F..,W. Bowyer, Ge .rge Hutt, William Sadleir, J. Boyle, t 01. Ingham, sobert Sadleir, John Bramston. T. W, Inglis, sir R. 11. Sawle, C. B. G. Biorlivrton, Joseph Jocelyn, Vis...otint Scully, F, Browne, % alentine Keating, Robert Seymour, Lord Bruce, Lord Ernest Keogh, William ninth, M. Tucker Sutler, Charles S. Laing, S. Smith, R V Cardwell, Hon. E. Lowe, Robert Spooner, R. Child, Smith Macgregor, Joha Sarling, W. Clay, Sir W. Maddock, Sir H. Strutt, E. Cockburn, Sir Al Bangles, R. Thornely, T. Cowper, W. Narjoribanks, D. Townshend, Capt. Craufurd, E. H. J Masterman, J. Vane, Lord Barry Dasliwood, Sir G. H. Mettle, Colonel Villiers. Rt. lin. C. Denison, E. Milllgan, Robert Vyvyan, Sir R. Denison, J. E. Mills, T. Warner, Edward Dering, Sir Edward Mines, R. M. Wickham, Henry W. Dundas, F. Michell, William Wlgram. L. T. Elcho, L-Tcl Molesworth, Sir W. Williams, M. Fagan, William Monck, Lord Wilson, J. Fergus, J. Monsen, William Wood, Sir C. Ferguson, Sir Robert Morris, D. Wortley. Jas. Stuart Fitzroy, Henry Mostyn, E. M. Young, Sir John Forster, J. Mulgrave, Earl Freestun, Colonel Mure, Col. Ileum Gladstone, William O'Brien, C. Hayter, W. CE Goodman, Sir George 0 Connell, D. Bailey, Sir J. HACKNEY CARRIAGE DUTIES BILL. That whenever more than two persons shall be con veyed by any hackney carriage drawn by one horse only, a sum of sixpence for each person above the number of two shall be paid for the whole hiring, in addition to the fare now directed to be paid for two persons under the Act 16 and 17 Vic., c. 33 ; and two children under ten years old shall be considered as one adult person, for the purposes of this clause. Motion made, and question put, ' That the said clause be now read a second time." The committee divided—ayes, 88; noes, 9. MAJORITY—AYES, 88. Ball, John. Herbert, Sidney Pollard-Urquhart, W. Bell, James Hervey. Lord A. Potter, R. Bonham-Carter, John Hiudley, Charles Ricardo, 0. Booth, Sir R. Howard, W. G. Russell, F. C. Bowe-, G. Hutchins, E. Sadleir, James Bo3ls, Hon. Colonel Kennedy, Tristram Sadleir, J. Brocklehurst, John Keogh, William Sandars, G.. Brotl:n rton, Joseph Kinnaird, A. F. Sawle, C. B. Graves Cardwell, Edward Lewisham, Vise. Scobell, Captain Cowper, W. F. Locke, J. Scott, F. Craufurd, E. Lowe, Robert s cully, F. Duncan, G. Lucas, F. S culiy, V. Dunlop, A. M'Cann, J. Shelley, Sir J. V. Elcho. Lord Macgregor, James Spooner, Richard Esmonde, John Mag,an, W. IC Stanhope, J. B. Feilden, M. J. M a mire, J. F. Strutt, Edward Ferguson, Sir R. Masterman, John Stuart, Lord Dudley N'orster, C. Milt% Edward Thornely, Thomas Freestun, Colonel Milli 2 an, R. Tyler, Sir Geor ge Frewen, C. H. Michell, W. Walcott. Adm. Galway, Viscount Moffatt, G. Walmsley, Sir 3. Gardner, Rich ird monck. Viscount Walpole, S H. Gladstone, William Monsell, W. Whalley, G. H. Gooder ch, Vis. Mowbray, J. Wickham, H. W Goodman, Sir G. Muntz, G. F. Wilson, James Graham, Sir J. Norreys. Sir D. J. Young, Sir John Greene, John - O'Connell, D. Grenfell,l.l. Palmer& on, Viscount Hamilton, J. Hans Pecnell, Sir G. B. Elastic, Alexander Pellatt, A PsleY Berkeley Grenville flastie, Archibald Pllkington, James Malgrave, Earl MINORITY—NOES 9. Grogan, E. Swift, R Macartney, G. i'LLLEBS. Murrough, J. F. Sullivan, M. O'Brien, P. Vance, J. TELLERS. Alexander, J. Crook, J. Dunne, Col Greville, Col. CRICKET. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MATCHES• The match between Harrow and Winchester was resumed yesterday morning. The final score stood thus : HARROW. First Innings. Second Innings. Lord Garlies, b Braml— l7 c Beckley, b Burney 23 Hon. R. Stewart, c Awdry, b Bramly 0 b Bramly ............... 17 K. Digby, Esq., bA. Robinson 2 b 1:3!•alcly ............... W. Davey, Esq., b Bramly P. Knight, Esq., sT. Robinson, uey ................... 4 bA. Robinson V. Walker, Esq., bA. Robinson 10 c T. Robinson, b Bramly.. ........ c T. Robinson, .. .1; 8ram1y...... ...... 3 R. Currie, Esq., c Stephens, b Bramly ........................... 9 A. de Bourbol, Esq., b A. Ro binson ............................. 2 b Burney 3 A. Park, Esq., run out ' 1 b Burney l2 W. Church, Esq., not out 3 not out 9 R. Forster, Esq., b A. Robin son l4 c and b Burn e y ..... . 3 b 2, 1-b 6, w l4 22 b 2, 1- b 10 , w 22, n-b 2..... ............ 36 Total 92 WINCHESTER. Total ...,,S 134 First Innings. Second Innings. T. Robinson, Esq., b Stewart 11 not out .............. ... 20 H. Beckley, Esq., b Stewart 0 b Walker ............... 5 W. H. Awdry, Esq., b Stewart 22 13 c c Da C ro l t i ß u .,o r .u c . h .r.b ,. ....... .. . ... .................. 2 3 R. S T te . w ß a u r i t mey, Esq., c Davey, b H. Gillett, Esq. , b Walker 8 b Church .. ............ 0 A. Robinson, Esq., b Church l2 run out ... IA .... J. A. Brawl Es Esq., c Park, b Stewart 0 c Walker, b C. ter, bH. Pi I S k t i e n w gt a ° rt. n' .. E .. B ..l' e . ...... F. Stephens, Esq., c F oster, b Stewart 2 Park ........................ W. Eliot, Esq., not out.. J. Aldridge, Esq., b Park. 1-b 1, w 8- 0 b Walker 0 . 0 b Park 0 • 6 c and b Walker 2l . 1 b Walker 0 ............. 9 b 2 w 5 7 T0ta1......... ........... 82 Harrow thus - cunning by 71 runs. Total. This mat c h v. ROW. commence ETON d this HAR morning at eleven o'clock. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number o Clay's racing. AUGUST. Ripon (2) _ __ 1 Newton Abbot (2) 1 Brighton (2) 3 Airdrie (2) 4 Edgware (2) Brighton Club (1) ...... Wolverhampton (3) 8 Yarmouth (2) Reading (2) lO North Staffordshire (2) 10 York (3) 17 SEPTE L 1 Canterbury lB Tonbridge (1) lB Radcliffe (3) 22 Egharn (2) .......' . 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2)-24 Derby (2) . 25 Hereford (2) ........... .. 29 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 'MEER. Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 AV l cl_ t , n ll (21.. . . . 28 N'or',llallericu (2) ,29 ...Ancoln (2) Warwick (2) 6 Doncaster (4) .13 Weston Zoyland and Bridg Rater (1) .........12 Dover • ~15 Pontefract (.) ...........19 NOVE. Worcester (2) 1 Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 I\ll3E Et. Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 Shrewsbury (2) 15 Aberyatwith (3) Last week .. _~. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. 16z3n 0 GOOD WOOD RACES—THURSDAY. The heavy rain whi c h f e ll d ur i ng th e n ight am I e a r rl Y, this morning, althou g h it ma d e th e roa d please at 1 0 . travelling, had the eff ec t o f ren d er i ng th e c ourse e %ceecf ingly heavy, fiorely trying the stamina of the young ' " ea ' The " Cup Day" is always the most attractive of 0; week, but this year the sporting interest was heigb ital by Dervish and Autocrat, the first favourites f. r the Derby of 1854, coming together to measure their str ragt, ll in the Bentinck Memorial T r i enn ial St a kes, in Autocrat achieved an easy victory. The unsettled atm' of the weather diminished the general attendance , but the meeting was still a brilliant one. The "pl , O ' fa r sionals" mustered in great st reng th, an d th e aristoc ati ° visitors were more numerous than usual. The Cal b h handsome piece of plate, designed a nd modelled l Baron Marochetti, represents an incident said to h ave taken place at the battle of Cressy, where the Siry ;1 Bohemia and two French knights devoted themselves 3V ' death by, tying their bridles together, and dashing i nto the thick of the English army. This splendid memo r'"', of French gallantry was appropriately borne away PY Jouveace, a French horse, the prop e rty o f M. Lupii 311 gentleman well known in this country as a pntro ° A horse-racing. By a singular coincidence the sec ell" horse, Hervine, was also bred in France, and belong :e ta M. Aumont, a French gentleman. .sha t Having yesterday given a list of the distingni 5 - - guests at Goodwood House, we need b u t observe, that the same parties were to-day, with their noble b cots' spectators of the exciting sport, which came off * a i v lows : PRODUCE MATCH of 50 sous. each, for 2-yr-olds ; , col: Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; untried stallions or mar es lowed 31bs ; both, 61bs. T.Y.C. Mr. Dorrien's Empress Catherine, by The Emperc 1 Bst 111 b (Kitchener •) 9 Lord H. G. Lennox's Whittington, Bst llb (Flatmai 1 ) They ran together to the distance, where the Enr Pr e :: took the lead, an d, a ft er a smart fi n i s hi ng set -t o , wi a short head. SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds, the duce of mares which have never bred a winner ; Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. One mile. (7 subs.) Mr. J. Powney's Cineas, by Touchstone or Epirus Bst 71b Lord Exeter's Cobn u t, B s t 71b (M ar i o ► RACING STAKES of 50 soya. each, for three-year- old s ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; certain winners (MO' Second to save his stake. One mile. (14 subs.) Mr. H. G. Sturt's Lascelles, by Touchstone, Bst 7lb 1 (Rogers) Lord Derby's Umbriel, Bst 71b (Bud, tr) a Lord Clifden's Cheddar, Bst 71b (A. Day) Duke of Richmond's William Rufus, Bst 7% 4 (Fla man) Lord Exeter's Filbert, Bst 131 b (including 61b extra) g . (Ma rlow) / AD FIRST YEAR OF THE THIRD BENTINCK IVI MOB-- STAKES, a triennial stakes of 10 soya. each, for tw°• year-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. (61 subs.) Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat, by Bay Middleton, 1 Bst 71b (Tempt email) ;.; Lord Derby's Dervish, Bst 71b Lord Exeter's Dandelion, Bst 71b (N owman) ' GOODWOOD CUP, value 200 sovs., the rest in s pecie 1 1 subscription of 20 sovs. each, with 100 a G lcied ; t h , i second horse to receive 1001. out of the a t ; t ikes, all" the third 60/. Two miles-and-a-half. (30 slibs.) M. Lupin's Jouvence, by Sting out of Currency (bred in France), 3 yrs, sst 91b (T. Sheri wood) M. Aumont's Hervine (bred in France), aged, 7 st llb (SpreotY) Mr. Morris's Kingstone, 4 yrs, 9st 31b (Basharst) •••• 4 Mr. Greville's Muscovite, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Matra an).— The following also ran :—Weathergage, Knig ht Of t 7 Shire, Ambrose, Mussa M ungo , N ow or N ever , Enac" Dagobert, Lambton, Rattle, Zephyr, and Pegg27. 1 Betting at Starting-7 to 4 agst Muscovite, 4r, agst Peggy, 10 to 1 agst Jouvenc e , 12 to 1 ags t Sing' ston, 12 to 1 agst Ambrose, 20 t o 1 agst Weatb ergagei Only the first two were backed for money. start. Dagobert immediately rushed to the van a ' took a decided lead—Lambton, Knight of the Shir e ' Now or Never, Muscovite, Hervine, and Ambrol ° ni t ; posing the front lot, Jouvence lyi ng some di s t a ace " u hind them. In pretty near ly th e same or d er th ey P ro, ceeded until they were round the Clump, when Dag.„ ° ; bert declining, l os t th e l ea d to H erv i ne, an d at ti 631 : 4 time Jouvence, who increased her advantage 5,t stride, and eventually won easily by two lengths. lengths between the second and third, and hetvire t " third and fourth. Peggy was sth, Weathergaele Dagobert 7th, Massa Mungo Bth, Lambton 9th, 1la'"'" 10th. The others pulled up on passing the Starka. SECOND YEAR OF THE SECOND BENTINCK Muloo sl STAKES of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr-old colds ; col t* Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Gratwicke Stakes Cour° (36 subs.) Duke ofßedford's Sittingbourne by Chatham, walked 0/ l er. THIRD YEAR OF THE. FIRST BENTINCK MEMORIAL ST6r es ; of 10 sovs. each, for 4 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71ba ; fdl l Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course. (76 subs.) I 5 1 Lord Clifden's Poodle, by lon, Bst 71b (A. Day,' Duke of Richmond's Harbinger, Bst 71b (Flatrnall( Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke, Bst 71b (Butler) 0 Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble, Bst 71b (W. Day) SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3 yr-olds . coT6 Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. One mile a n d a liag subs.) \ Lord Exeter's Cobnut, by N u t w i t h , Bst 71b (Norrea ll ', Mr. Wauchope's Catheri ne H ayes, Bst 2113 (Temple raw'', 3 Sir C. Monck's Vind ex, B st 71b (Swart) Lord Exeter's Filbert, Bst 91b (Marlow) I MOLECOMB STAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 2 yr-olds colts, Bst 71b • fillies, Bst 41b. Certain winners eictr• The owner of the second horse to receive back h is stake. T.Y.C. (19 subs.) Mr. Padwick's Andover, by Bay Middleton Bst 71b Day), Mr. W . C oo k son ' s Mincemeat, Bst 121 b (Roger s ,/ s Mr. Knowl es ' s The Caliph, Bst 71b (Basilan ) ? 4 Lord Exeter s ' s Amos, Bst 71b (Norman) 5 Mr. Payne's Strutaway, Bst 41b (Flatuon) , DUKE OP RICHMOND'S PLATE (Handicap) of 100 00114 for all horses. New mile. Mr. Robinson's the Black Swan, 3 yrs, 7st 21b Prevention,Mr. G. Munro's C ory b antes, 3 yrs, 7st (lliett) The following a l so ran :—Eulogist, Abdallah, Tictofi, Octavia, Grapeshot Mr. Skes, Convulsion, St. Fai t 4 . , Jullien, Phrygia,(S. Steg-gles) Inder, Lady Marga re " Gavotte, Sandhurst, Clio. Betting to 1 agst Inder, 4to 1 agst Octavia, 6tO 1 agst Lady M argaret, 10 to 1 each agst Corbyantei Phrygia, Abdallah, and Clio, 12 to 1 agst the 131 ' 41‘ Swan, 100 to 6 agst Prevention. SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sovs. each ; for 2-yr-olds ; Bst 71b each ; those by stallions or out of mares thi,. never bred a winner, allowed 3lbs—both 51b. (4 subs.) Lord Derby's Sortie by Melbourne, Bst 41b 1 (Templeman) 9 Mr. Gr ev ill e ' s Durindana, Bst 71b (Flatinan) 3 Sir R. Pigot's Sister to Filius, Bst 71b (A. Day) Mr. Brook's br fby Orlando—ldolotry, Bst 71b 4 (Osborne) ANGLESEY PLATE of 50/. (handicap.) Gentlemen rid er°. Cr ien course. 1 Captain Lane's Agis, aged, 12st 10st (Owner) Captain Little nd Lady Isabel, 4 yrs, 10st 4113 (Capt. Little) Mr. Isaac Day's Waterfall, 5 yrs, list 71b (Ifl 3 Roberts) The following also ran : — Bordeaux, Little Naugh t y' and Lambay. SUSSEX STAKES of 25 sovs. each, for two-yrs-old; O lt° ; Bst 71b ; fillies, B i t 41b ; those by untried stallions out of untried mares allowed 31b. Only one a y . ll° a: ance. A winner before starting 51b extra. T• (3 subs.) 1 Mr. Knowl es ' s Ludwig, Bst 21b (Bashara) g Mr. Dorrien's Telegraph, Bst 41b (Kitchener) oa , P elion was scratched for all his engagements at 00 wood on Thursday, at 11.53 A.M. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY.-6 to 1 was the highest offer against A to. )fig °rat. Off ers were ma d e to ta k e 2 5 to 1 each abou t Tom and Wild Huntsman. The races will commence this day at half-past 1 2 . . ELECTRIC tthe TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF IRELAND.- -t-- h first annual general meeting of the El ec t r i c T e legrag i , Company of Ireland held yesterday, Vi ce -Ad m iral P . ' its lon, K.C,H., in the chair, the report was read, w hic h . stated that a special act of incorporation had been 4) 13 , tamed, giving them the power to open all streets, ways, and public roads throughout Scotland and IrelaN which only required her Majesty's sign manual. Scotland the progress of the land works was satisfactort; and the line from the Royal Exhibition in Dubin' to Glasnevin was being proceed e d w ith . Th e boistero he state of the weather had prevented the recovery of t former submarine cable b e t ween P ortpatr i c k a nd p°, nagbadee, so that the Directors intended to lay down new one as quickly a s poss ib le. The whole o f the e a ' s penditure of this company to the present moment w ed 30,0001. The Chairman in reply to Mr. Taunton, 1531,, the Directors had no doubt whatever of her Majesty signature b e i ng. g i ven to their act] of incorpora,ll ,-be There were about 8,000 shares unissued, which con l '„D. offered pr e f erent i ally to the present shareholders. '' in Alfred Mayhew said the meeting was called that d 4 3Y, ve s conformity with th e A ct o f P arl i ament. Th e r eport _L'h a adopted, an d a vote of thanks was passed to the r 0 man and di rec t ors, a n d to t h e H onour able Ge e ° o f Massey an d M r. N . T wee d y, for the i r zea l i n beh the company. P , - - n LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANKS. —The four 1) , -- nsoe l joint-stock banks of London have now held their a rt P s to meetings, and have published their several reP,°_o, in i the end of June, 1853. The following figures sul' 4 . the a strong light the steady and growing importaucnereare institutions, and attest the mercantile ability a e `_t ooe t with which they are conducted. The aggregate nt r , of their paid-up capital is 2,323,0001., c ustome 5 e rOl i t ! posits 16,833,0001., and th e i r res t or undivided t 368,5871. The accomp an yi ng statement will _ teresting to those who diffe r i n o pi n ion as to the I The at which the rest or guarantee fund ought to stop' 18 34, London and West m i ns t er B an k, established i don has a guarantee fund on capital of 11 per cent..a.,_na customers' accounts of 1/ per cent., and pay 8 3 . c _ liv STo ' cic , of 6 per cent. and bonus. The London Joint,,,, pet established in 1836, has a guarantee fund of 24$ cent. on capital and 31 on customers' accounts, 8 rer cent, and The Union Bank of -D dux f t,AalaiL,hed in 1839, has a guarantee find 3 01-I v C i aL n ` d i 5 114 per c en t. an d on a ccounts of 1 1.16: td' o ce p f a has 9 e a r e g e u n a t ra n te The e fun .o o do n f e r 2 c o i a 1 p e ß r a e n e k n , t e . s o t a b is I i n e di t d abi i 01: 1 1 34 00 ° I ; customers' accounts, and pays 6 per cent. 16s, per share. Xlcotir Vi xen . Lady I Ton ne , Ilea -, kol Nabob Catspa f or