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NEW EDITION OF THEOPHILUS TRINAL. Just published in icp. Bvo. price 6s. cloth, 1%/1" EMORIALS of THEOPHILUS TRINAL, 1. Student. By T Noma@ T. Lvica. The Second Edition, re 'wised, with some additions. By the same Author, in fcp. Bvo. price 3s. 6d. ESSAYS on some of the FORMS of LIT ERATURE ; namely Poetry, Biography, Fiction, and Criticism. London : Longman, Brown, Grew, and Lenginans. THEATRS ROYAL, IILYDIARRET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, JuNz 23, Will be performed (the 15th time) THE CRUEL KINDNESS. Characters by Messrs. Barry Sullivan, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers. Corrl, and lluckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, &c. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To be followed by RAPPINGS AND TABLE MOVINGS. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, JUNE 23, Will he performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of BAR DANAPALU*. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Characters by Messrs. Harley, J. Vining, Chester, and Everett; Mrs. W. Lac y, Misses Daly and C. Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, JuNs 23, Will be performed TRYING IT OX. Principal character by Mr, C. Mathews. After which, USED UP. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. JUNE 23, Will be performed GENE VI EVE. Characters by Messrs. Par- Cullenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Bert. Webster, A. Wigan, Keeley, 0. Smith, C. J. Smith, and Paul. Bedford; Madame Celeste, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, NORMA. To be followed by BETSY BAKER. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHSIAN. •STLSY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Immense Attraction. Celebration of the Anniversary of the glorious 18th of June, by the production of the Grand Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, in commemoration of the great national victory. THIS EVENING, Jurne 23. And during the week, will be performed for the Fourth Time these Thee Years, the popular Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATER LOO, reproduced with all its original dramatic, scenic, equestrian, and military effects. To be followed by an incomparable display of Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the Circle, supported by the most talented Artistes of the day,—introducing the Equestrian Wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, in her unparalleled Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons, both forward and backward, which is nightly received with deafening applause. To conclude with the successful Hippo Drama of THE CHASE, •r LIFE ON THE TURF—illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. By express desire of several Families of distinction, and in accord ance with the flattering request, Mr. W. Cooke has made arrange ments to give a Series of Two more Grand Juvenile Morning Per formances during the Midsummer Holidays, namely, on WEDNES DAY, JuNE 29, And WEDNESDAY, JULY 6. An entire change of Performance, commencing at Two o'clock. Rox-ortice opea daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Grand Extra Night, Friday, June 24.--In consequence of the un precedented attraction, and to meet the wishes of many of the No bility and Gentry to see the matchless EXHIBITION of the FEAST of LANTERNS and EXPLOSION of the CHINESE FIRE RAFTS carried out to the fullest extent, the Proprietor has arranged with Mr. SOUTHBT to give an increased display on FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, on which occasion several new and startling effects will be introduced, concluding with a discharge of 500 Asteroid and other Vockets. Admission at the doors, 2a. 6d. ; Family Tickets, to admit Five, with entree to the Galleries, lOs. To be procured at Sams' Library, Pall-mall ; and Mitchell's Library, Bond-street. Concert half -past Six ; Fireworks quarter to Ten. THIS EVENING, JUNE 23, CHUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. Splendid MENAGERIE, containing a vast number of Specimens of Natural History, including an Orang-Outan, the only one exhibiting in this country. CionFLET's unrivalled MILITARY BAND. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. At Dusk a most brilliant display of Fireworks. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze—overcast. STROOD—N.E., calm—overcast. SWINDON—N., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—N., gentle breeze--cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK —N., gentle breeze--partially cloudy. MULLINGAR—N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON. - S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—E., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—N.B., calm—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tare DAY —Morning 2 min. after 3 I Evening 28 min.aft. 3 To-Mstutow—Morning 52 min. after 3 Evening 16 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—Suit/ OFFICE, JUNE 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 69 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 80. WIND, N.N.W.—Smart breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather. , - Ant - • .7,F: - • LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1853. During May, 1853, several of the reigning Sovereigns of Continental Europe assembled, it will be perfectly well remembered, in the capital of Austria. Vienna was for several weeks the scene of Royal festivities, and more than one crowned guest enjoyed, for a time, the Imperial hospitalities of Schcenbrunn. Among the august visitors to the metropolis of Austria Proper, it was long expected would be numbered no less important a personage than the EMPEROR of all the Russias—the Potentate to whom FRANCIS JOSEPH is indebted for the retention of his diadem, or, at any rate, for the preservation of the sceptre of Hungary. But the CZAR, it seemed, as days passed by, was otherwise engaged. He refrained from making his appearance in the capital of his im perial neighbour—and vassal. The regal gather ing dispersed, and no more was heard of the pro spective arrival of the AUTOCRAT, when—sud denly—there came intelligence of the extraordinary mission of Prince MENSCHIKOFF to Constantinople. The truth then became sufficiently apparent. NICHOLAS had all this while been preparing his enormous act of duplicity, resolved in his heart to surprise the rest of the world into a recogni tion of his proceedings by a grand diplomatic coup, frightening the Divan into submission, and extort ing from the SULTAN the long-coveted political independence of Turkey. His anticipations have turned out to be rather premature. He is proved to have counted with a delightfully unwarrantable over-confidence, Instead of revealing his policy by a success, he has only disclosed it by one of the most ignominious failures to which an ambitious potentate ever found his ideas subjected. His insolent demands upon the Sublime Porte have been scornfully rejected, not once only, but three times consecutively. The Convention has been le fused—the Sened has been refused—the Note has been refused: the ultimatum has been virtually kicked over the Russian frontiers and the Plenipotentiary of the CZAR after it. The Government of St. Petersburgh, at the very moment when it was preparing doubtless to welcome the triumph of the project undertaken by Prince MENSCHIKOFF, awakens to the knowledge that the whole scheme has failed—failed utterly and irretrievably—and that the SULTAN, in his unparalleled temerity, is backed simultaneously by France and England. Thereupon the AUTOCRAT, having failed in his project of bullying the Porte into a monstrous conc ession, begins to swell, and swagger, and twirl his moustache, a n d ra ttl e hi s sa b re — a3 n R though Western Europe w ere a bi g c hild, rea d y to be al armed into fits at the mere s i g ht an d sound of an empty blusterer. All thi s we h ave already in print long whole ago anticipat e d. It i s s i mp l y in keeping with t h e of St. Petersburgh. r_ p olic y of the councils Finding his haughty ultima tum rejected, the Russian EMPE ROR must needs storm, and rage, and appear more than ever ex acting and inflexible, if on l y to keep up appear ances.lyto Otherwise, let him submit his recent discomfitu re— and for ever and ever to the prestige of his colossal despotism ! It is for this reason that w e fi nd him still pertinaciously insisting upon the ju s ti ce o f his demands upon the Sublime Porte, through the circular note (to which we referred yesterday) signed NESSELRODE. Possibly in thus acting up to the part he has assumed, the C ZAR may once more go a little too fax in his . reliance upon the skill of his machinations. He counted upon the success of his diplomatic onslaught upon Turkey— he may count in like manner with implicit confi dence upon the consent of Western Europe to his military occupation of the Danubian Principalities. A brief interval, and the truth will, in this mat ter also, be revealed. In all likelihood we shall learn by the next intelligence from Constantinople whether the passage of the Pruth has been effected. It must then be speedily known how the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries have resolved upon acting in this extraordinary emergency. It must be seen whether their chivalry and hardihood are compatible with those already displayed by the SULTAN and his Governmeht. This can only be if the passage of the Pruth by the Cossacks shall have been looked upon as a declaration of hosti lities on the part of Russia. It will not be enough that France and England should simply protest by sending their fleets to the Dardanelles. The hour for simple protest will then have passed by altogether—the moment will have arrived for prompt and energetic;measures of warlike retalia tion. It will be incumbent upon our maritime armaments, for example, to traverse the length of the sea of Marmora, and take up their position in the Bosphorus and in the waters of Constantinople. If deemed requisite by our Ambassador at the Sublime Porte, those armaments will have to ad vance still further—into the Black Sea—it may be even to Odessa and Sebastopol. Under any circumstances there can be no further room for mere negotiation when once the Cossacks shall have crossed the frontiers of the Russian Empire in their march towards the line of the Balkan Mountains. Should Russia thus flagrantly draw the sword upon Turkey—it will behove France and England to draw theirs and to fling away the scabbard. This evening, on the second reading of the India Bill, Lord STANLEY will move " that further in formation is necessary to enable Parliament to legislate with advantage for the permanent go vernment of India, and that at this late period of the session, it is inexpedient to proceed with a measure which, while it disturbs existing arrange ments, cannot be considered as a final settlement." The Noble Lord has assumed a proper posi tion on this important subject. He has taken the right issue, which, if decided in his favour, will afford the best possible chance of a just and satisfactory solution of the great problem as to the form of Government best cal- culated to promote the welfare and happiness of 150,000,000 of human beings either acknowledg ing allegiance to Queen 'VICTORIA, or dependent on British protection for the scanty privileges they enjoy, and also most likely to develope the ex traordinary natural resources of the Anglo-Indian Empire, and to render it a useful and profitable dependency to the United Kingdom. Sir CHARLES WOOD asserts that there is not the slightest occa sion for any postponement. He declares that we already possess the requisite information-- that there are, in fact, ample materials for permanent legislation, and steadfastly rejects the demand for further inquiry, refusing to the peo ple most deeply interested the opportunity of sub stantiating or even putting forward their com plaints. It is, indeed, difficult to understand by what process of reasoning the Right Hon. Baronet can attempt to justify or to explain the numerous inconsistencies of which he has been guilty in dealing with this important subject. By far the greater portion of his verbose and prolix ora tion was consumed in expatiating on the admirable administration of affairs in our Eastern dominions, and the peculiarly felicitous results that attended the inestimable services of the magnates of Leadenhall-street and the statesmen of Cannon-row. During four heavy hours he lavished praises on the Government, which, "if not the best that could be devised, could not by any means be condemned either as inefficacious or inefficient," and yet the Right Hon. Baronet, after dwelling at such length on the admirable - working of the system, refuses on any pretext, or under any circumstances, to consent to their continuance of this super-excellent administratio: for even a single year; any delay he regards as pregnant with the most dangerous consequences, and with extraordinary energy implores the House to come to an immediate decision one way or the other. Better even to overthrow the entire system than to permit a moment's delay. This constitutes the very essence of his Bill. Any postponemeat is fatal to its principle. It must be carried at once, or not at all. The suspicions naturally excited by this extra ordinary promptitude—this (considering the cha racter of the man) almost miraculous exhibition of alacrity—are by no means removed by the con duct of the Board of Directors on the occasion. Although the members of the Court loudly complain of the contemplated interference with their body— although they strongly object to the reduction of their number, the diminution of their patronage, and the intrusion of six Government nominees into their councils—objections that would be totally unanswerable if the statements of Sir CHARLES WOOD as to the beneficial results of their past government had any foundation—they still, albeit unwillingly and grudgingly, consent to the mea sure, by which their powers and their patron age will be so grievously curtailed, and endeavour to force on the measure through both Houses at this advanced period of the session, when it is utterly impossible that it can obtain the calm and attentive consideration it so eminently merits. They shrink from inquiry ; they dread investiga tion as the very worst evil that can happen, feeling that a knowledge of the truth—a thorough acquaintance with the real state of affairs—would be destructive to their hopes—preventing the pos sibility of the retention of any vestige of their former power. Surely this strange and unaccount able precipitation—this extraordinary and unpre cedented departure from former habits—for the Honourable Company was almost as notorious for procrastination as Sir CHARLES WOOD himself— would alone furnish an irresistible argument in favour of the postponement they are so anxious to avoid—the inquiry which they so steadfastly resist. But there is another argument utterly inconsis tent with the other, on which almost equal stress is placed by the advocates of the existing system —the double form of irresponsible Government. They declare that the present Bill is simply one of continuance—that the question can be re-opened at any time when the requisite information has been obtained—the views and feelings of the natives ascertained and thoroughly digested. This most assuredly appears to be a strange argument on the part of those who demand immediate legislation at any cost, or under any circum stances ! How can Sir CHARLES WOOD re concile it with that portion of his address in which he declared that it was the duty of Ministers "to give India the best form of Government that the wisdom of Parliament can devise," and emphatically exclaiming, with respect to this Amend it if you will—alter it if you please—suggest improvements if you can ; but let us not refuse to India the best Govern ment we can devise for the permanent welfare of our Indian Empire." Surely this is utterly op posed to his statement to the Directors, that Mi nisters " had not proposed any fixed term for the duration of this form of government, as we think it advisable that it should be open at any time to the consideration and revision of Parliament." On this ground, then, legislation for an indefinite period is also asked for ; but this, it should be remembered is totally opposed to the opinions of those who speak of the danger of exciting and keeping up an agitation in India on the subject of the future government of the country. If, however, Lord STANLEY'S just and reason able proposition be negatived—if the dura tion of the new Government be continued for an indefinite period —every scheme and device will be resorted to to prevent further in terference. Then, indeed, a dangerous agitation may really be commenced, and the serious conse quences that have been so vividly depicted may, indeed, ariss.s and that, by carr yi ng th e ' We trust th a t P ar li amen t may avert those evils, amendment of the N o bl e L ord, they may afford A , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ENENING, JUNE 23, 18 53 the satisfactory assurance to the people of India that their interests are indeed looked after in the Imperial Parliament, and that their affairs will receive that public inquiry and discussion to which their vast importance so eminently entitles them. HARROWGATE RACES. (THIS DAY.' (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES. Slang, Victress, Happy Joe, Vine Leaf, Nancy Mar tinson, Heapy, Criterion, Catherine Parr, Pearl, Praxey, Italian, Mary Aislabie--ail accepted. Run at three. Two-year-old Stakes—Lady Ponsonby, Uncleared, Bridesmaid, Run at two. Amateur Stakes—Recommendation, Smuggler Bill, Slang, Nancy Martinson, Mary Machree, Chorister, Criterion, Acomb, Bravo. Arrivals for To-morrow—f. by the Cure, 2 yrs, Miss Chance, The Twin, Rosa Lee, Killarney, Nicholas. SHERIFF'S COURT-(THIS DAY.) (Before R. Gurney, Esq..) There was a long list of cases disposed of at an early hour, but none possessed any feature of interest, except one brought against the General Steam Navigation Com pany, for damage done to some iron rails during the voyage. It appeared that the goods had been conveyed a portion of the way by railway, and on delivery to the vessel the packages were broken open for convenience, and put on board loose. The question arose whether the damage had been caused by the Railway Company or by the rolling of the vessel. The Navigation Com pany contended that they delivered the goods in the same condition as they received them, and that any damage must have occurred on the railway. On the other hand it was contended that the Steam Company had ample opportunity to ascertain the nature' of the cargo, and ought not to have reeeived it if damaged, without at once notifying the fact ; but in stead of doing so, they had given an unconditional receipt. His Honour said that had the goods been made up in packages the defendants could not have ascertained whether the contents were perfect or not, but in the mode of delivery as now described, the servants of the company had every opportunity for investigation. Verdict for the amount claimed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DA Y.) ROBBERY OF PICTURES OF THE VALUE OF £l,OOO. Peter• Benqe, an ill-looking fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with burglariously breaking into the house, No. 65, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, and stealing therefrom six oil paintings, of the value of 1,0001., the property of Mr. John Wood, artist. TEE CAMP AT CHOBHAM COMMON. Yesterday was what is technically termed a "slow" day at the camp. Compared with the influx of Tuesday, the number of the visitors to the camp yesterday may be styled, like the " complimentary calls of cherubims," few and far between. The clouds, moreover, were lowering and heavy, with an appearance which threatened much rain, and which threat was more than realised during the course of the day ; for, from twelve until eight in the evening, the rain fell incessantly. As we announced some days since, it was intended that the whole of General Sir De Lacy Evans's brigade, consisting of the 93d and 38th Regiments, with the Rifle battalion, should strike their tents and set out upon a march into the country. For this purpose three days' rations were to be served out to the men, as that was the time that they were expected to be absent from the main body. Yesterday, however, in consequence of the threatening aspect of the sky, the order to strike tents was delayed to the latter part of the day, and the rain having then set in heavily, the purpose was abandoned until, as we believe, this day. Should the weather, therefore, prove favourable, the tents will be struck at twelve, and the march commenced at one today. The neighbourhood of the Virginia - Water is, we are informed, the place selected for their camping during their absence from head-quarters. The troops will return again to their old ground at Chobham on Saturday evening. Of course all these arrangements are entirely dependent upon atmospheric contingencies • for though, as all are aware, if employed upon actual service the division would have to march in any weather and at any time, in the present instance, as there is no emergency of the kind, all unnecessary fatigue or careless exposure of the troops is most carefully avoided. If, therefore, this day should be wet at Chobham, the whole movement will, most probably, be postponed to the ensuing week. For some days past a number of the Sappers and Miners have been busily employed at the Virginia Water ix pitching tents, trenching the ground, &c., for the reception of three or four of their companies, who will be encamped there for some weeks. This altera tion of the quarters of the Sappers and Miners is made with a view to facilitating, by their presence on the spot, the pontoon operations, which will take place at Vir ginia Water, on a grand scale, as soon as all the arrange ments are completed. The whole of the pontoon train, together with the waggons for its proper transportation, were expected to arrive at Chobham Camp last night, or early this morning. Immediately upon its arrival the companies of Sappers and Miners now encamped will proceed with it to the Water, and then get into work ing order the whole of the complicated apparatus. On Tuesday next, we believe, the greater portion of the forces in camp will march across the country to the Virginia Water, and there the passage of the troops across the pontoons will be gone through. It is expected that a large concourse of spectators will attend to wit ness this evolution, which is pronounced by all military authorities to be one of the most beautiful sights afforded by the field-operations of the British army. No precise date has yet been fixed for these manoeuvres, as they are at present solely dependent on the preparations now going on under the superintendence of the Sappers and Miners, and which it is generally thought in the camp will be complete by Tuesday next. Should it not be so, the pontoon review will be postponed until the following field-day, on Friday week. The health of the troops at Chobham continues excel lent, and the camp around is as clean as it was during the inspection by her Majesty on Tuesday. This is as it should be, arid we were delighted to witness it. A very little attention on the part of the men easily keeps the ground in the vicinity of the tents they occupy clear from rubbish, and imparts to the whole camp a look of neatness and good order, which, if only for ap pearance sake, it would be as well to maintain. A hint from their commanding officer would speedily keep up the present tidy look, which, while it added to the com fort, would also materially contribute to the healthy condition of the men. We refrained from noticing its dirty, littered condition up to the present time, believ ing that, as the troops settled down, neatness would become a general order of the day. The camp, however, is now clean, and it can easily be kept so. On Friday there will be another grand field day- and we may as well at once state, for the information of those present at the review on Tuesday—that that day must by no means be taken as a criterion of the general field-days at the camp. The extreme brevity of the sham fight on Tuesday surprised even the military spec tators on the ground. The manoeuvres were undoubt edly very brilliant, but the sight-seers who had come such a distance for the purpose would have appreciated their brilliancy all the more for their being a little longer. We believe, however, that the operations were terminated more abruptly than they otherwise would have been in consequence of the indications of heavy rain becoming then very threatening. Indeed, the troops had scarcely filed off the field when, as the public are aware, it became very wet, and continued so for the remainder of the night. However, from whatever cause it arose, Tuesday's operations would not bear a mo ment's comparison with the field-day of the previous Friday. OFFICERS IN THE CUSTOMS.—Yesterday a return showed that the aggregate charge in the year ended the sth of April last for officers in the customs, is 646,7381. 12s. 3d. OVERLOADING OF RIVER STEAM-BOATEL—Yesterday, at the Westminster Police Court, the captain of the Citizen steam-boat was convicted of carrying, on a par ticular day, fifty-four passengers in excess of the number allowed by law, and for which his boat was licensed. He was fined 101., and 2s. 6d. for each of , the fifty-four persons above his proper number. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. FEYNCOURT.—Last night the presentation of a testimonial to the Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, late M.P. for Lambeth, was made the ap propriate occasion for a reunion of his friends and sup porters in the borough, at the Horns Tavern • Lord D. Stuart, M.P. presiding on the occasion. The testimo nial consisted of a very splendid silver vase, chaste in form and elaborate in execution. It bore the following inscription :—" Presented on the 22d of June, 1853, by the electors of the metropolitan borough of Lambeth, to the Right Hon. Charles T. D'Eyncourt, their repre sentative for 20 years in the first five parliaments after their enfranchisement in 1832." On the opposite side was engraved—" Tribute of affection, attachment, and esteem for his private worth, respect for his patriotism and independent character, and gratitude for his able, consistent, and faithful services in the cause of civil, re ligous, and commercial freedom throughout a parlia mentary career of 34 years." The other sides bore the crest and armorial bearings of the right hon. gentleman and the name of the manufacturers. There was at least 150 gentlemen connected with the borough present on the occasion. Sarah Baynes stated that she was in the service of the prosecutor, and that about half-past six on the morn ing of the 3d instant she came down stairs and found the doors of the parlour and dining rooms open, and the rooms in a state of confusion. She went down stairs into the kitchen, and found that the window which she had fastened the over-night had been opened and closed again. She then returned to the dining room, and missed from the frames the six pictures produced, and from the sideboard she missed 13 silver tea spoons, and the silver tops belonging to the cruets. The property she had seen safe about eleven o'clock on the previous night when she retired to rest. She knew nothing at all of the prisoner. Mr. John Wood said the pictures had been cut from the stretchers. They were his property, and worth 1,0001. Coffee, a very intelligent officer belonging to the E division, No. 31, deposed that last night, from in formation he had received, he, accompanied by another officer, and Mr. Wood, junior, proceeded to No. 50, Regent-street, Westminster, which is a marine store dealer's shop. He went up to the first floor and knocked at the door, but received no answer, and while he was knocking the prisoner came up stairs. Witness asked him if his name was Gillings, and he said it was not. 'Witness then told him he had come from Mr. Minton, metal dealer, of the other side of the water, to purchase some pictures. The prisoner then opened the door and they all went in, and witness found the six paintings produced rolled up on the top of a box in the room. He asked the prisoner to whom the paintings belonged, and he replied, to his nephew and himself. Witness enquired what he wanted for them. Prisoner said he did not know, his nephew was not at home, and requested him to call again. He then asked the prisoner if he lived in the house. Prisoner said, "Yes, I live in the kitchen, and have lived there some time." Witness then put the bolt on the door, and told the prisoner they were officers, and those pictures were the produce of a bur glary, and he should apprehend him on - suspicion of having been concerned in that burglary. The prisoner looked up and said, " Indeed; I am only a lodger in the house, and know nothing at all about them." On searching a box in the room, witness found a gold chain and six duplicates, three of them relating to watches pledged lately. Smee, 110 E, went with last witness, and assisted in taking prisoner into custody. On searching him he found the, three watches produced. The prisoner was remanded for a week. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—A lecture was deli vered at this institution last evening, Lord Radstock in the ehair, to a rather numerous audience, by Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, on the subject of the "Boomerang Propel ler." The lecture was, in the greater part, devoted to the explanation of several models and specimens of this novel motive agents, as also to a detail of the results of several experiments made, which were alike satis• factory and encour a ging. With the assistance of these specimens, as also by repeated references to some dia grams and mathematical illustrations, the learned lec turer proceeded to demonstrate the importance of the Boomerang invention, for which science is mainly in debted to the examination of the rude weapons , of warfare heretofore wielded by the aboriginal Australians, and which, for a considerable period after its intro duction into this country, was merely regarded as a toy, at best suited to the decoration of a museum. But whether regarded in future as an inven tion, or a mere improvement on the old screw' principle —whether destined to propel the " woden walls" to vic tory, or the commerce and inhabitants of these realms to the remotest regions of the earth—the credit of the invention was justly due (observed the lecturer) to cer tain observations and suggestions made to him by his friend Mr. Bailey. The capability of the agency could not be said to be at present altogether known. It, doubtless, admitted of much greater developement than it had now attained to : and when after the lapse of some time it should expand into maturity, there was no reason why ships should not be made to traverse the seas with the same velocity that trains attained on railways. The lecturer, after dilating some three-quarters of an hour on the details and,: gene ral nature of the " Projector," applied himself to the refutation of certain strictures contained in the pamphlet of Captain Fitzroy on the subject. He contended the gallant captain was altogether incorrect in his opinions and calculations. The invention was based upon proofs as incontrovertible as any axioms that ever had been [accepted ; and until such time as a square could be proved to be a triangle, these proofs and evidences would' obtain in the world of science. REPRESENTATION CT LIVERPOOL.--The Conservatives of Liverpool have the walls of the town covered with bills announcing that the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell (who is the eldest son of the Lord Ravenswortb) and.. Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., were the candidates who had been brought forward to supply the vacancy, in the representation of the borough, consequent on Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie having been declared unduly elected. There has been no public move by the Liberal party as yet in opposition to these candidates. THE TURN-OUTS.—In addition to a turn-out at Stock port of nearly 20,000 operatives, one of nearly equal magnitude appears to be imminent at Blackburn and Darwen. It was stated last week that a small portion of the operatives at Blackburn, called "loomers," who attach the warps't• the looms for weavers, had struck for higher wages ; and we now learn that Messrs. Fielden and Jackson, having obtained loomers to supply the place of the turn-outs, the whole of their weavers have turned out in aid. Under these circumstances, a com bination has taken place among the employers, and they have given notice that they will close their mills in a fortnight, unless the claim is abandoned. At Darwen the loomers have turned out at one mill, and, new hands having been substituted for them, they were attacked and stoned in the streets. DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—ADVER TISEMENT DUTY.—A memorial, numerously signed by influential citizens of London, was presented on Tues day to Lord John Russell, at the Pay Office, Whitehall, urging the total repeal, rather than the reduction, of the advertisement duty, and pointing out that all the gross inequalities of the old tax would remain under the' sixpenny rate, which would continue to cripple and ex tinguish cheap literature. His lordship stated that revenue was the sole consideration for which the tax was retained, and denied any intention to control the press. THE CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM.—A fancy baz ar in aid of the funds of this institution was opened yesterday at the Riding-house of the Cavalry Barracks, Hyde-park, and was resumed again to-day. The stalls are personally superintended by ladies of the highest rank, who have hitherto been very successful in effecting sales. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge hold one, the Countess of Jersey another, and the Duchess of Norfolk a third, and their presence, com bined with a visit from her Majesty and Prince Albert, the King of Hanover, and other royal personages, at tracted to the bazaar a large number of the aristocracy. The Queen purchased extensively, and it is confidently expected that a clean sweep will be made of the contents of all the stalls. DREADFUL MURDER, AND SUICIDE OF TIIE MUR DERER. —Yesterday and during the whole of Tuesday the inhabitants of Poplar were thrown into a state of painful excitement in consequence of the brutal murder opt a married female by her husband, who afterwards committed suicide by cutting his own throat with a razor, at 39, Evans-street, East India-road, Poplar, and within a short distance of the Sailors' Home. The man was a boiler-maker, and was named Picking. have become interested in his privileges, have conse quently fitted out a yacht of 217 tons, called the Dolphin, for the purposes of full exploration. She takes out several scientific men engaged for the undertaking, and the mines to be investigated consist of copper, tin, silver, and lead. An opportunity is at the same time afforded for the dispatch of letters for the ships now in the Arctic regions or on their way home. These may be sent to Queenstown, Cork, not later than Saturday, the 25th, and will be carried to Disco or Upernavic, in Baffin's bay. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. —Yesterday a special meeting of the York and North Midland Com pany was held at the railway station, York, for th e pur pose of considering the provisions a bill incorporating a company for snaking a railway from Hull to Withern sea, in Holderness, with a branch therefrom &c. Mr. H. S. Thompson, the chairman of the York and North Midland Company, presided. The chairman, after some explanations, moved to the effect that the meeting ap proved of the scheme, and authorised the directors to make such modifications or alterations as they thought expedient, or Parliament might sanction or require. The resolution was carried unanimously. The chairman then detailed the general principle of the agreement pro posed to be entered into between the two companies, and proposed a further resolution, which authorised the di rectors to carry such agreement into effect. This reso lution was also agreed to • and after some further dis cussion of the company's affairs, the meeting broke up. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, went yesterday morning to the Bazaar at the Riding-school of the Cavalry Barracks in Hyde Park, in aid of the funds of the Cam bridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray, also visited the Bazaar yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, attended by the Baroness de Wangenheim and Major-General Berkeley Drummond, went yesterday morning to inspect the Tower of London. The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck ingham Palace. The company included their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, her Serene High ness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duchess of Sutherland, the French Ambassador and Countess Walewski, the Hanoverian Minister, Earl Granville, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon, Baroness Decken, Madame de Gabelenz, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Wangenheim, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Lord Elphin stone, Major-General Buckley, Baron Malortie, Count Decken, Baron Issendorf, aide-de-camp ; Baron Seebach, and Baron Treskow. The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe has succeeded the Countess of Desart as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh and M. Drouett, the Belgian Charg4 d'Affaires, were present at the concert given by the Queen at Buckingham Palace, on Monday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clareucc Houso, St. James's. A deputation, including the Earl of Chichester, Sir E. Buxton, Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., and Bishop Carr, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation of pilots, headed by Viscount Chelsea, M.P., Mr. Rice, M.P., and Macgregor, had an inter view with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Count Streletzki and Mr. Donaldson had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial office. Viscount Kirkwall, A.D.C., had also an inter view with his grace yesterday. A deputation of the Commissioners of St. Mary and St. John, consisting of Messrs. Taverner, J. Miller, Wm. Freeman, and David Malloch, and their surveyor, Mr. Array, had an interview with Sir Wm. Molesworth, on Tuesday, at the Office of Works and Public Buildings, Whitehall-place. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, in the Council Chamber. The lords present were—the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan. The appeal from Hong Kong, " Tronson v. Dent and others" (part heard) was concluded and judg ment given. BESIKA BAY. Besika Bay is in the Agean, about a mile and a-half (about seven English) below the Kum-Kalessy (Sand Castle), or first castle of the Dardanelles. If the British fleet left Malta on the Bth, it could with a favourable wind reach Besika Bay on the 12th. The bay, which has good anchorage in 10 or 12 fathoms water, is sheltered against east, south-east, and north-east winds. South-west and north-west winds, which, however, rarely blow hard in summer, are dangerous for ships at anchor. The Bunarbaschi Su, the ancient Scamander, makes the bay a good station for a large fleet. In deed, one composed of 200 sail of the line and frigates, and many smaller vessels, has already once been col lected here. Although the Scamander is but 10 English miles in length, it has always plenty of water, and when a fleet is in the bay the ships' boats daily fetch a supply of fresh water from its mouth. The warriors of the pre sent day drink from the very source at which the heroes of Troy and the armies of Xerxes once quenched their thirst. If the combined fleets should have to proceed to Constantinople, they will first have to pass the two new castles at the mouth of the Hellespont—the one above mentioned, at the sandy embouchure of the Mendre (the ancient Simois), and the " Sedd-Bahr," or " bound ary of the sea," which is opposite. The former mounts 64 and the latter 63 guns. A fresh south-west wind is necessary to take vessels up the Hellespont. About 20 English miles up the Straits are the two old castles. That on the Asiatic side is Chanak Kelesi (Potsherd Castle), with 102 guns ; opposite are Kalid Bahr (key to the sea), with 38, and somewhat further south Nama zieh, with 46 guns. The renowned capes Abydos and Sestos are a little higher up the Straits. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL. Yesterday morning the new chapel lately built in con nection with this school was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of London. A numerous company was present on the occasion, and amongst them we observed Vice- Admiral Bowles, Sir C. Ogle, the Revs. Messrs. Legge, Finch, Granville, North, Hughes, Brown, Downes, and Ingledon, &c. At the ceremony of consecration the usual petition was presented by Vice-Admiral Bowles, the president of the school. The sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop, who took his text from Hebrews x. 19. The chapel is capable of accommodating 400 pupils, and the requisite number of officers and servants of the establish ment. The design is in keeping with the character of the main building, and is of the plainest and most sub stantial kind, being of red brick with stone dressings. The chapel (which partakes of the simple character given by Sir Christopher Wren to some of the small churches which he built in connection with similar insti tutions) is erected on land belonging to the corporation on the south-west side of the infirmary, and is approached by a covered way from the main building, forming an ornamental and appropriate feature as seen from the plaiyng field. The cost of the building is about 3,0001., 1,0001. of which has been liberally presented by the pre sident of the institution, Vice-Admiral Bowles, C.B. The cost of warming, lighting, and furnishing, with the architects' commission, salary of the clerk of the works, &c., has yet to be defrayed, the various expenses of which may probably amount to about 7501., and the council earnestly hope that the subscriptions eventually received will enable them to defray the whole cost of the chapel, without entrenching on the general funds of the institution. At the conclusion of the service his lordship and the company proceeded to the school room, where the prizes were awarded. FIRE IN FlNSBURY.—Yesterday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of pro perty, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. F. M'Neill and Co., known as the patent felt works, situate in Lamb's-passage, Bunhill-row, Finsbury. The pro perty in question had a frontage of 90 feet, and ex tended backwards nearly 50 feet. The store-rooms and pitch houses were on the western side of the building, and the extensive machine-rooms and roll ing-houses were on the eastern side; while the various houses in Sawyer's-place, and Twister's-alley were in close proximity with the one in which the fire com menced. Just as the several hands employed on the works were leaving for dinner an alarm was given that the place was on fire. At that time the flames were confined to what is termed the drying-room, on the second floor, in which was stored a great quan tity of tow and other equally inflammable articles. Ad joining this portion of the factory stood the warehouses, filled with asphalted felt for roofings, and the rooms filled with bituminous felt forlining damp walls, and several others containing thick hair felt for deadening sound and for clothing steam-boilers, &c. The factory con tained two powerful steam-boilers and a valuable stock of machinery, besides a number of coppers filled with pitch, four of which contained each 4 tons, and three others held each 25 cwt. The mere fact of a building containing so much inflammable matter, and surrounded by so many houses occupied by poor persons, at once caused a most painful sensation to prevail through out the neighbourhood, and forthwith the poor people commenced removing their furniture and other effects to a more distant place for protection. An aged man, named M`Derniott, who resided at No. 12, Lamb's-passage, and who had been bedridden for nearly 10 years, was obliged to be carried down stairs, and his furniture was thrown into the street. Fortunately, the eastern portion of the factory was protected by a party wall, which ran as high as the upper floor, but, not ris ing through the roof, did not prevent the flames from travelling along the last-named part of the building. Information of the outbreak having been dispatched to the engine-stations with as little delay as possible, the firemen► and engines from Whitecross-street, Farringdon street, Watling-street, and Holborn depots arrived, as well as that of the West of England office, and several others. The firemen went to work in a most admirable manner, and, by dint of great perseverance, kept pour ing- water from their engines upon the file, and by seven o'clock last evening they succeeded in getting the flames subdued, but not until one-half of the factory was destroyed. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE MANCHESTER BONDED WARE HOUSES.—On Tuesday a man named Wm. Grisdale, was trimming some spirit casks from an open vat containing 1,700 gallons of brandy, in the Manchester bonding warehouses, when the light in his lamp by some accident set on fire the spirits in one of the casks he was filling, at the bunghole. The flames spread over the outside of the cask, wherever the brandy had run, burning with great fierceness, and there was danger of that in the open vat taking fire. Grisdale, with great presence of mind and intrepidity, rolled the barrel out of doors, and this probably saved the buildings and property from destruc tion. As it was, a track of flame was left along the floor from the brandy which escaped through the bung hole as he rolled out the cask, and the door through which the cask was rolled also took fire ; but, with the assistance of other warehousemen, the danger was speedily overcome by extinguishing the flames on the floor and door. Grisdale was much burned about the face, hands, and other parts of the body, and had to be removed for surgical aid, but is likely to recover. irttrb Zlttion STOCKBRIDGE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Lady Ponsonby Uncleared Three ran. THIRD TRIENNIAL STAKES. Kingston Harbinger Two ran. MATCH.—Poetry beat St. Stephen. FIFTH TRIENNIAL STAKES. Autocrat Ivan HARROGATE HANDICAP. Catheriue Parr Happy Joe Ten ran. ORDER OF RUNNING. I.3o—Four-yr-old Triennial. 2. o—Match-- Poetry agst St. Stephen. 2.30—Tw0-yr-old Triennial. 3. o—Handicap Plate. 3 30—Steward's Plate. 4. 0 —Mottisfont Stakes. 4.3o—Three-yr-old Triennial 5. o—Selling Stakes. • s . 3o —Match—Himalaya, agst Little Gerry. ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES. Third Triennial Stakes—Aitehbone, Chase, Harbinger Kingston. Fourth Triennial Stakes—Amazon, Basilique, Cava lier, Cineas, Cobnut, Glenavon, Millstone, Psaltery, Cuckoo, Warwhoop. Fifth Triennial Stakes , --Andover, Autocrat, Bay Celia,, Bessus, Bracken, Bribery, Brother to Mountain Deer, Changarnier, Glengowrie, Ivan, Kafir, Marsyas, Mira beau, Reel colt, Camp Follower colt, Victorine, Belvoir, Empress Catherine, Nourrice, f. by Robert de Gorham. Steward's Plate—Narcissus, Lam artine, Kingston, Harbinger, Azael, Buckthorn, Cineas, Adjutant, M a id of Lorette colt, Ireland's EyeNinnyhammer, Ra,taplan, Amazon, Millstone, Miss Tennyson, Psaltery, Telltale, Grapeshot, Begum colt, Grand Duke Michael, Joe Miller. Mottisfont Stakes—Bay Celia, Lady Strutt, Bessus, Brother to Mountain Deer, Changarnier, Circe, Hanni bal, John o' Bruges, Lady Grithston, Marsyas, Miss Worthington, Monie Moses, Pyrrha, St. Stephen, Triumph. Scarecrow, Little Savage, and Knight of the Shire are not here. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JUNE 22. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) RECOVERY OF PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made and ques tion proposed " That tho bill be now read a second time :" —amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "it be referred to a select committee to consider whether and what regulations are necessary for the bet ter protection of the inmates of establishments of a con ventual nature, and for the prevention of the exercise of undue influence in procuring the alienation of their property."—Mr. Phinn)— instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." The house divided : Ayes, 178, Noes 207. MINORITY—AYES, 178. A glionby, H. Gardner, Richard Mare, Col. Anson, Gen. Gladstone, William Murphy, F. Stack Atherton, Wm. Goderich, Viscount Murrough, J. P. Bailey,_Crawahay Goodman, Sir G. Norreys, Lord Baines, M T. Goold, W. Norreys, Sir 1). J. Ball, Edward Gower, F. L. O'Brien, P. Ball, John. Orace, 0. D. J. O'Brien, Sir P. Baring, Sir F. Graham, Sir James O'Flaherty, A. Bass, M. T. Greene, J. Osborne, Ralph Bell, James Gregson, Samuel Otway, A. J. Bellew, Capt. Grenfell,C, Paget, Lord Alfred Berkeley, C. L . Greville, Col. Pechell, Sir G. Bethell, Richard Grey, Sir G. Peel, F. Blake, Al. Hadfield, George Phillimore, J. G. Bland, L. Hanmer, Sir J. l'hilihnore, R. Bowyer, George Harcourt, G. G. Plott, 1 rancis Brady, J. Hastie, Archibald Pilkington, James Brand, H.' Hayter, Hon. W. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Bright, John Beard, J I. Potter, R. Brotherton, I. Hendry, D. O'Connor Price, Sir R. Brown, W. Mileage, G. F. Rice, E Browne, V. Herbert, H. A. Robartes, T. J. A. Bruce, Lord,E. Hervey, Lord Alfred) Russell, LordJ. Bruce, 11. A. Heywood, James Russell, F. C. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. W. Higgins, G. G. 0. Russell, F. W. Burke, Sir T. Howard, Lord E. Sadleir, James Byng, G. Hn. Charles Hutchins, E.. Scholefleld, W. Cardwell, E. llutt, William Scully, Francis Cavendish, C. C. Ingham, Robert Scully, V. Cayley, E. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Seymour, Lord Charter's. F. Jones, D. Seymour, W. D. Cobbett, J. Morgan Keating, R. Slice, W. Cockburn, Sir A. Kennedy, T. Smith, J. Coffin, W. Keogh, William Strickland, Sir G. Cogan, W. H. Kirk, William Strutt, E. Collier, Robert P. Labouchere, H. Sullivan, M. Conolly, Thomas Langston, J. 11. Swift, R. Coote, Sir C. II Lawless, C. Tancred, Henry Wm. Corbally, M. Lawley, F. C. Thielmtsse, R. A. Cowper, W. F. Layard, A. H. Thompson, George Dalrymple, Vise. Lewis, Sir T. F. Townshend, Capt. Denison, J. E. Locke, Joseph Trail', G. • Dent, J. Lowe, Robert Vane, Lord H. Devereux, J. T. Lucas, F. Vansittart, 0. H. Duffy, C. Mackinnon, W. A. Villiers, Rt. Hn. C. Duke, Sir J. M'Cari, James 'Vivian, J. Ennis Dunne, Michael 111`31ahon, I'. Vivian, H. H. East, Sir J. B. Magan, W. U. Wall, C. B. Eliice, Rt. lion. E. Maguire, J. F. Walmsley, Si rJ. Elliot, John Massey, W. N. Wilkinson, W. A. Esmonde, John Matheson, A. Wilcox, B. Fagan, W. Matheson, Sir J. Williams, William Fitzgerald, J. D. Meagher, Thomas Wilson, J. Forster, Charles Milton Viscount Wood, Sir C. Forster, J. Molesworth, Sir W. Wrightson, W. Fortescue. Chichester Monek, Lord Young, Sir John Fox, R. Monsen, William Fox, W. J. Moore, G. H. TELLERS Freestun, Colonel Morrts,,D. French, F. Mostyn,:E. M. Chambers, T. Frewen, C. H. Mulgrave, Earl Inglis, Sir R. H. MAJORITY—NOES, 207. Acland, Sir T. Evelyn, W. Mitchell, T. A'Court, C. Ewart, William Moffatt, G. Adderley, C. Farnham, E. B. Montgomery, Sir G. Anderson, Sir James Farrer, James Moore, Ross S. Annesley, Earl of Ferguson, Joseph Morgan, Octavius Arbuthnott, General Filmer, Sir Edmund Mundy William Archdall, Captain Fitzroy, Hon. 11. Afuntz, G. F. Arkwright, G. Floyer, J. Naas, Lord Aspinall, J. T. Forbes, William Napier, Joseph Bailey, Sir J. Forster, Sir G. Neeld, Joseph Baird, James Freshfleld, J. Newdegate, C. Baldock, E. H. Fuller, Augustus E. North, Colonel Barnes, Thomas Gallwey, Sir W. P. Oakes, J. H. P. Barrington, Viscount Gaskell, James Mllnes Paekenham, E. Barrow, Wm. H. George, John Pakington, Sir John Bateson, T. Gladstone, Captain Palmer, Robert Bentinck, Lord H. Gooch, - Sir E. Palmer, R. Bentinck, G. P. Gordon, Admiral Patten, J. Berkeley, Craven F. Gore, W. Pellatt, A Biddulph, R. M. Graham, Lord M. W. Ponsonby,lin.A.G. J Biggs, William Greaves, Edward Portal. M. Blackett, J. F. Greene, T. Powlett, Lord W. Blair, Colonel Grogan, E. Prime, R. Boldero, Colonel Grosvenor, Earl Pritchard, J. Bonham-Carter, J. Gwyn, Howel Robertson, P. F. Booth, Sir R. Hall, Sir Benjamin Rolt, P. Bouverie, E. P. Halsey, Thomas P. Sandars, G. Brisco, Musgrave Hamilton, Lord C. Sawlo, C. B. G. Brocklehurst, John Hamilton, 3. Hans Scobell, Capt. Brooke, Sir A. B. Hanbury, Hon. C. Seaham, Lord Bruce, C. L. C. Harcourt, Col. Shelley, Sir J. V. Buck, W. Hastle, Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel Buller, Sir J. Hayes, Sir E. Smijth, Sir W. Burrell, Sir C. M. Headlam, Thomas E. Smyth, It. J. Burroughes, Henry N. Henley, J. W. Smith, John G. Butt, Geo. Medd Hildyard, Robert C. Smollett, A. Cairns, H. M`Calmont Hill, Lord A. E. Somerset, Captain Campbell, Sir A. Hotham, Lord Spooner, Richard Comae, Sir J. Rivett Howard, C. W. G. Stafford, A. Chandos, Marquis of Irton, Samuel Stanhope, J. B. Chaplin, W. J. Jackson, William Stanley, Lord Child, Smith Johnstone, James Stirling, W. Cholrnondeley, Ld. H. Jones, Captain Taylor, Col. ' Christopher, R. Adam Kendall, Nicholas Thesiger, Sir F. Clinton, Ld. C. Ker, D. Tollemache, John Clive, R. King, J. K. Trollope, Sir J. Cobbold, J. C. Kingscote, R. N. F. Tudway, R. C. Cocks, T. Somers Kinnaird, A. F. Tyler, Sir G. , Codrington, Sir W. Knox, Colonel Tyrell, Sir J. T. Coles, Henry B. Knox, W. S. Vance, J. Compton, Henry Laing, S. Verner, Sir W. Corry, H. L. Langton, H. G. Walcott, Adm. Cowan, Charles Langton, W. G. Walpole, S. H. Craufurd, E. Legh, G. C. Walsh, Sir J. B. Crook, J. Lennox, Lord A. Walter, John Crossley, F. Leslie, C. P. Warner, E. Davie, Sir H. Lindsay, Col. West, Frederick R. Davies, D. Lockhart, W. Whitmore, Henry Davison, B. Long, W. Winniugton,Sir T. Disraeli, Benjamin Lopes, Sir Ralph • Wise, A. Dod. J. W. Loveden, P. • Woodd, B. Duckworth, Sir J. Lowther, Captain Wortley. Jas. Stuart Duncan, George Mackie, J. Wyndham, General Duncombe. W. E. Macgregor, James Wyndham, W. Dunlop, A. Macgregor, John Wynn, Herbert W. Du Pre, C. Malins, R. Wynne, W. Egerton, Sir Philip Meux, Sir Henry Egerton, W. Miles, W. TELLIES. Egerton, Edward Milnes, R. M. Phinn, T. Elmley, Viscount Michell, W. Butt, I. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS BILL. Mr. E. Denisou has reported from the committee on Group X. of private bills, that in the case of the West. minster Improvements Bill they had examined the alle gations contained in the preamble of the bill and amended the same by making some verbal amendments in order to make it consistent with the provisions of the bill, and had found the same as amended to be true, and had gone through the bill and made amendments there unto. Mr. E. Denison further reported from the said com mittee, that the powers sought by the bill now reported to the house would certainly enable the commissioners to effect several desirable improvements in Westminster; but they are unanimously of opinion that the general scheme of improvements, as laid before your committee, is far from being so comprehensive or complete as it ought to be. In 1814 evidence was given before a committee of your honourable house, by several most respectable persons, to the effect " That the effluvium which arose from the churchyard of St. Margaret's was highly prejudicial to the health and comfort of the inhabitants near that loca lity, and that further burials ought to be prohibited." In 1842 evidence was given before a committee of the Health of Towns, confirming the evidence previously given and reported to your honourable house. Dr. Mil man (the then rector) stated the impropriety of allowing further burials to take place in St. Margaret's Church yard. In 1844 a committee of your honourable house heard the opinions of the inhabitants of Westminster ; also of the right honourable gentleman the present Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. Vardon, Dr. Reid, and others, all of whom agreed as to the impropriety of more burials being permitted in the same churchyard, and these opinions were strongly supported by the report of that committee. The report of the said committee (1844) also contains the following important paragraph : " The incongruity of this church in its style of architec ture and close proximity to Westminster Abbey, have been frequently noticed and lamented ; and this incon gruity, great as it is at present, will undoubtedly appear much greater when the New Houses of Parliament shall be completed. An opinion is indeed entertained by several persons that it might be possible to remove this great ar chitectural anomaly, by improvements in St. Margaret's as it stands at present, that it might be enriched in design and rendered pure in detail. But while on the one hand the expenses attending so extensive a change might per haps be scarcely inferior to those required from complete reconstruction, it seems to be far more generally considered that the effect could not be compared to that of an open space clear of any buildings in front of the Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. " Your committee have no hesitation in expressing their unanimous recommendation that the church of St. Mar garet's should be removed from its present site, and they have reason to think that a new churchyard or cemetery in some less populous situation, might be purchased at a very moderate expense, and that it might be possible to obtain a portion of land, not far distant from the present site, where the church could be rebuilt, in a great measure, from the present materials. Before, however, any conclu sive opinion could be formed upon this part of the ques tion, it would be proper to consider the most suitable posi tion of the church, in reference to the congregation, since it now stands at the extremity of an extensive parish. Your committee felt that it would be premature to enter upon this and other points until the preliminary question respecting the present situation of St. Margarets had been determined upon by the house. " In conclusion, your committee venture to express their hope that the entire ,unanimity with which they have arrived at this recommendation may dispose both• the house and the Government favourably towards the object they have in view." Your present, committee beg to report, that they una nimously agree in the opinion expressed by former com mittees :-Ist. That no more burials ought to be permit ted in St. Margaret's Churchyard. 2d. That the church itself ought to be removed. And your committee take leave to add, that in their judgment, until St. Margaret's Church is removed (and for which a suit able site might easily be procured) the full and best effect of the new Houses of Parliament will be ma terially curtailed, and the general improvements very incomplete. They therefore venture to express a hope, that Parliament will aid and assist the Westminster Commissioners in carrying into effect these most desir able alterations and improvements. CHATHAM ELECTION. - The polling commenced at Chatham yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, and for a short time Admiral Stirling had a small majority. Through the intervention of the gallant admiral the whole of the labourers and artificers in the dockyard were granted a holiday. The polling was very brisk during the first two or three hours, and by 11 o'clock nearly the whole of the voters had polled. At the close of the poll the numbers were : Vern0n...................................... 610 Stirling . ..................................... 597 -13 Majority for Vernon ............... This has been the closest contest that has ever taken place in the borough of Chatham. ~ ...0... ---------- TO. THE AMERICAN .E. 2111131 f rOgr eSSti l NEW YORK, JUNE 9.—lt is the boast l e ) very Loaf ; from a small beginning, it advances with A s with reference " World's Fair"—and speaking say co 5 brh its American successor—this boast be La dw i n dled a more perfect development But w the ente r P - eo n of the " tallest rO. a snow-ball; and the country proud , The glittering avalanche of Hyde 11 probahlY racts," and the "loudest thunder,' wl being held .park has „ st ifl duce an Exhibition inferior to that ;sow soc c. the Irish metropolis. • the An undertaking so vast seemed tion and support of something- more thaaelico p olitl prise. Nevertheless the form of the io esed th ° system, and the constitutional restriction" t e that tne Federal Executive, rendered it impetbs rough by ' matter should be taken up and carried _ eem pini; a d the -Atl Government. aud i ts but just lt t o t therefore devolved thatd rican " Association for an Exhibition of the ri l_ t a wit h ar! . ' to re e t v h o e lv d e i d re u c p t oovlin ° all Nations" have laboured energetically*, if „ 0 ,10 1 to very brilliant success, to carry out the imraeus'le beneficial design. quire ee .,„ the Difficultiess outset, localal l jealousiesnds beset them s refused dt topeeveri t t n n os :1; 1 city to usurp the importance of a nationatTcohlp Boston demanded that it should be the f avo ur e m, ' h i sr , and so with Philadelphia, Baltimore, itce:_4ol,o ever, a display of European products was i, ? cei p re- 0 :; the commercial, financial, and ge e grar w e l d ,a ; and nence of New York was reluctantly cone oted ° t o; the 11th of March, 1852, the Legislature gr aioe. Provisional directors a charter of lucerne'. fsq, the 17th of the s ame month, Theodore Sedg.Teet ' o ftil l a lawyer of som e ce l e b r ity, was elected reel trees association, and Mr. William Whetter , treas secretary. The company was chartered for five Y r earg s o i f s' l ` liberty to raise a capital of $300,000, in s ha dy slis r i ; each, no one subscriber to hold more than tithe The City Corporation granted a site for the the Reservoir-square, and it was announce d b y JO" ' tors, without reserve, that the Exhibit ion shell mence upon the Ist of May, 1853." eget ' Mr. Charles Buschek, of London (w ile ° k as Austrian Commissioner at the Hyd e P ile recommended him), was now appointed to ar e f oir o Foreign Department of the enterprise ; an d stiPp Ministers at Washington promised the cordia of their respective Governments. Mr. C. rtieg and Mr. Horatio Allen were appointed coon chitects and engineers ; and it now only rain' find a proper plan for the building. gu S la ir r to deck rican" Exhibition of it induced the directors 4oita,' J be o a s u ep ty h , Pbauxtttobnegrpaaltturyitoduesslyirefutornmisakhecel onne,o,fA his offer. Finally, however, they were n rc hje do to adopt the design of two German / . o stell' o but recently settled in the country, Messrs. re t,,4 and Gildezneister. The masonry contracts vreooo.44i by Messrs. Smith and Stewart and Mr. Leref „ ti t lo s while the iron works required were portioned ;Ter" less than eleven contractors. According to ,f r part the foundations were to be laid, and the gren"" the iron delivered, by the 21st of last October' e 1 11 :4 0 It is now the Bth day of June, and the r e L es te d the Palace—that was to be finished and freig.• ou, Ist of May—is not yet completed ! About or the Jo -07 it requires to be glazed, and the rounding e` in ee o 4 is more a matter of ingenious experiment thariaibT4 cal skill. True, the directors state that the will commence on the 16th of next month O ti 'on e ; having failed so egregiously in their first ogled which failure, by the way, they left unaun L e t o rer t unexplained up to the last moment--the Pli" 4 13110 far from satisfied that they will prove mere ofsu4 0 ; their present promise. t The original idea of this edifice was tba . , t sec i d cross 365 feet in each diameter, each arm o f #o 149 feet broad and 75 feet high, the afl d mounted by a central dome 100 feet in diameter 00; 4 feet up to the crown, a ball 31 feet higher thateris,, of the dome surmounting the whole. The fa 0,5,5 24 feet from the floor, and octagonal iron to ve s tse'l whole in diameter, and containing winding s taircase s ' c i e si . j each corner. In view, however, of the del ese tir ov space, the angles of the cross were finally en,, e „„ 01,0 roofed in to where the galleries strike the OI u A L g ro:: 4 building ; so that we have an octagon our - rt icilv o 4 floor, while the galleries retain their origins', ce°) design. Each arm of the cross is divided ne f - oe te'o nave, 41 feet wide, with two side aisles ° I 'OO ti covered by galleries of a similar width; ra s( l ,°,6 Crystal Palace contains a total area, on ' leries, of some inconsiderable fraction less "" acres. • This building of glass and iron is placed Witi ls t ,o v :' yards of the great reservoir, from which Crot o n served out to the city, and there is a harsh . eye, contrast between the brilliant lightness of t he the massive granite buttresses of the °tie neighbourhood of the palace has been oceur - de f ? culators of all sorts ; there at least fifty gregg drinking saloons within a stone's throw of th e o r , of Industry ; and half-a-dozen menageries, Pl o cliP and petty theatres have likewise sprung up ar e- 04 0 All the space in the American department tied allotted to exhibitors ; but it is to be regve._l"llo. many of the first manufacturing and commerenv4o have held aloof from, or, at best, given but a e" . port to the concern. / The newspapers--except those directly pai d t° Use the palace—have a b use d th e assoc i a tion `" [..<001 pany of " jobbers," who se e k t o ma k e mono,' ofi calculated to injure d omes ti c t ra d e ; and ne' le hs te ti public men of the country (the l a t e D an i e l W e ' e iii t , cepted) ever gave any effici e nt coun t enance er c ; r 1: " the directors in their attempts to plac e the un'jts,r on a national basis. bes In spite of all obstacles, the palace a , p prose,,.„, pletion, and, unless something unforeseen co o ? certainly open on the 16th o f J u ly ne xt. The II and English departments are expected to be W e l or t . but of these I must postpone a d e s cr iption to. 're , letter. I thought it best, in my first letter, to g l f , ( (even at the risk of being a little wearisome) t `Alp e ' count of the embarrassments through which ti le . a Pi can " World's Fair" has struggled ; you will theeir.ee ciate more keenly the triumphs, or condemn l esg , - the reverses I may hereafter have to chronicle' pondent of the Morning Chronicle. . 0 10 ° AQUATICS.—The Teignmouth Regatta takee Tuesday, the 26th, and the Torbay Royal t ' Thursday, the 28th, July. 61; EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF AN AUSTNO— DIGGER.—Yesterday afternoon information vis s o fs':,; . by the police on the Surrey side of the water , i ; gr i t Y i bery of some magnitude from a person receu n .' by the Queenstown, from Port Philip. The nr., o r t v party robbed is Frank Evylyn F ran k, who I ago left England for the gold diggings in Allst7, 4 e t v succeeded, after a great deal of labour, in reali s " - t 1)1,4 , 2,0001., and left Port Philip in January 135 1 - sth':( 4 Queenstown, which arrived in London on the,'Tye On Wednesday night he went to the Victor' s i eg with a fellow-passenger, having at the tim e vereigns, besides some silver, in his possessie ll iostl.t he left the theatre he ent ere d a p u bli c -house 51 bo,tf Blackman-street, Southwark, and all of a suddeplio his senses, and on his recovery he found lailnt li 4 ;;,t/ street minus his money. He informed the poll" - , I :'ei the recollection he had was of a tall man of ;d hat, who sat next him in the public-house and lW about the diggings, and he was missed sudd ee lo is the house. The police have received some c lu e d thief, and most likely he will soon be apprehen d ye s ` ( robbery was, no doubt, effected by a class of thie look out for fresh arrivals from Australia. 00 1 eat LAUNCH OF AN IRON SCHOONER YACHT.- o f tP" . , day last we had the pleasure of witnessing 00001)013, gratifying spectacles, the launch of an iron !steP:iJ yacht, built by Mr. J. Scott Russell for Robe rt r 0 son, Esq., M.P. This yacht is named thel-nr,bict t y is intended to replace the other of that name, Loa 'O, our readers are aware, was destroyed by fir e „"a t s dr competing with the famed America. We ' I L; ' 1 " . „4 that the Sverige, belonging to Vice Corn lett, R.L.Y.C., will meet the Titania at theft - , sisi regatta at Lowestoft, when a spirited contes t ' F yit anticipated. The . I THE FRUIT SEASON ON THE C O NTINENT. - VP tAbli season on the Continent appears to be reinar' - ` 4 , h oor i teu ward. A fortnight before this time last Yea r - of baskets of cherries, besides other fruits, we re ee t y into Southampton from France. Up to this tirnieeds hardly but hothouse fruit from the Channel D0'31001;0' been imported into the above-named port. into P o t , tity of potatoes which have been imported olls Pot, ampton from Lisbon has been unusually large eye" Latterly the potatoes from Lisbon have betra er f toms of the now perpetual disease which e v affects that root. el t v INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.—The abonsinati e ro ecl ie tramural interments, which has so long disgoeler's,l metropolis, is about to be abated. Seve ral ;, in , Of Council were issued on Tuesday week, requi r „ l o ,Nic t , e suance of powers given by the 15th and 1 6 ',ihen: 1 ,i that at and after certain dates therein sPfi e less than 93 burial grounds in and abo ut " London are to be closed. The fearful andde, byes 4 disclosures relative to these receptacles Ina roler George Alfred Walker, whose indefatigable elts worthy of all praise, and the continued assa u t i F liel l t o° posures of the press, have at length aeee rn ri v ari f er' desirable result. We trust this is only pr eiiin wbe re 4 more widely extended measure ; and that io ref e g, whether in town or country, graveyards , e oind e c to' situated are to be found, speedy efforts will Li offs 0i their abolition. This we hoped to haves e t e he pr e i before this time in our own town, where deri ve general burying ground has been long on,tbe d by e utterly insufficient for the decent interment e r ' er ess i i , and as a probable source of disease. Some P , r ,roP been made towards the provision of a more Tit ly place, but the works proceed languidly, and w „, expected would be done in a few months at rate of progress, will require years to Banbury Guardian. row SCOTLAND.—On Saturday next , at t he cou A , A , THE NEW ACT ON COUNTY Etnerriorl elec f o r Edinburgh , th e new act, which receivead ,yeeff rofol ", 0 assent a few days back, will, if contested, tat5,;,1,5,1 The object of the act is to restrict the co g oot , lot , of the polling at any contested election in or 11 t o one day, and to provide for the increase pAPTO ra tion of polling places. By this statute, s'urstl the act 2 and 3 Wm. IV., C. 65, relating to the " v ier ofc l , of polls, &c., at elections, is repealed, an d ee' no w given to the sheriff, with the consent of t he y gr op Advocate, to increase or alter the number an tha t) I ,le ment of polling places, so that net more . 0 to t electors shall poll at one place. No alteration t er , ta ter ; place until notice shall be advertised. f e te claim to vote in other districts, and non-Tear tej with island qualification may vote at the eeti n _lasT The poll is to be kept open one day, and for to, Orkney and Shetland, ......„ MONE: Zisi we ~ , , .° reat orth ~%1 01 1th midla n d 414Rilarl Ea,: aled oni l j Great N o ork and and t here is 3 very 11 t he rise 1 Paid, The G c hange is thl scarcely (10 1 l and 'r afted The I th e Cry u_The y e, 5 °f Pram 13ItkTis th e .Ive Lax( t ( -1 11.11 foi ,o rreap Cfir '" We C COT 'ry e * e eorr e , l Colt] W ee k e ec)rrusj