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t ,fp fti - SUN OFFICE Seven, o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. - _ HOUSE OF LORDS—('2MS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented several petitions against the Merchant Shipping Bill. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, praying that both British and foreign vessels be required, under the Pi lotage Act, to pay the same amount of fees for pilots. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from cer tain Parsee merchants, complaining of certain acts of the Government of India ; also, a petition from the Cor poration of Dublin, against ministers money in Ireland. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Rochdale Improvement (No. 2) Bill. The following bills were a third time and passed : Cork and Bandon Railway (No. 2) ; Galway Improve ment ; Banbridge, Dublin, Newry, and Belfast Junction Railway ; South Wales Railway (Pembroke, &c.), South Wales Railway (Power to Purchase, &c.), South Wales (Deviation), Galway Harbour, and Severn Rail way Bills. SEIZURE OF A CHINESE JUNK AND MURDER OF HER CREW. _ The Earl of ALBEMARLE moved for copies of all correspondence and documents in 1851 and 1852, be tween the local authorities of Singapore and the home authorities, relating to an outrage in which a junk, or Chinese ship, belonging to Singapore, was plundered and her crew, to the number of 11, put to death under a pretext of piracy, by the Rajah of Trin ganee, a Malay prince, on the coast of Malacca. He expressed a hope that the Government would give every facility for the purpose of having these cruel outrages redressed. The Earl of GRANVILLE said the Government had no objection to the motion. The motion was then agreed to. THE TURKISH QUESTION. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved for a. transla tion of the two circulars addressed by Count Nesseirode to the diplomatic agents of the Russian Government, and published in the Russian Gazette; and also for the answer which her Majesty's Government may have sent to the statements therein contained. • [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Life Association of Scot land ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway; Lon don and North-Western Rahway (Crewe to Shrewsbury) ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Ex tension of time) ; St. George's Harbour ; Wellington and Severe Junction Railway ; Westminster Improvements (Dwellings of the Working Classes). Pemberton's Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Mr. E. BALL presented a petition from Cambridge shire, complaining of the difficulty of travelling securely, in consequence of the use:of dogs on the high roads, and praying the house to pass a law to stop the practice. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from Liver pool, praying_the house to legalise marriage with a de ceased wife's sister. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from De. vonport, in favour of closing public-houses on Sundays. Mr. B. WALL presented a petition from West Brom. with, in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. CHURCH BUILDING. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the report of the Church Building Commission, which was ordered to lie on:the table. PETITION. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Manchester, in favour of Ocean Penny Postage. AUSTRALIAN LAND. Sir G. GOODMAN wished to inquire of the Under- Secretary to the Colonies, if it would not be desirable that increased facilities should be given for the sale of land in the Australian colonies ? Mr. F. PEEL had no hesitation in saying that every facility should be given for the transfer of land in the Australian colonies ; but he understood the hon. Bart. wished a change to be made in the upset price of the land sold by the Government. The price was at present fixed by act of Parliament, and he was not prepared to say that it was not improbable that next session Govern ment would bring in a bill to allow the colonists them selves to fix the price of land. STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. Mr. GR.EGSON wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he had any plan in operation or in preparation, for the purpose of obtaining and circulating periodical returns on the statistics of agriculture! Mr. CARDWELL said such an experiment had been begun under the most favourable auspices in Scotland, and he was now able to lay before Parliament some of the returns which bad been collected there. Negotia- tions were going on for extending the system to other parts of the United Kingdom ; and he hoped early next session he should be able to state the results which had attended these operations. THE SLAVE TRADE Mr. KINNAIRD wished to ask the noble lord the member for the City of London-1. Whether the Go vernment had received any authentic information: about the circumstances connected with the emigration of Chinese from Amoy, and whether such emigration had been attended with great cruelty and violence ? 2. Whether the emigration agent or the Government autho rities had taken any measures to stop the emigration till these evils may be prevented?.. 3. Whether there be any objection to lay the papers on the table of the house ? Mr. F. PEEL replied to the question, and stated that the Government had received information on the sub ject, but he understood chat emigration had been sus pended from Amoy. The correspondence, however, had taken place through the Foreign-office, and he could not, therefore, state whether there would be any objec tion to produce it. PROVINCIAL POLICE. Mr. WRIGHTSON wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Govern ment would introduce, in the next session, a measure for : the establishment of an uniform system of police in England and Wales ? Lord PALMERSTON was quite aware of the im portance of this question, but as yet he had not been able to find sufficient time to look into it. During the recess, however, it should have his best attention. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Mr. LAYARD wished to know when the noble lord the member for the City of London intended to make his statement with respect to the Eastern question. Lord PALMERSTON, in the absence of his noble friend, was unable to answer the question ; but no doubt his noble friend would communicate privately with the hon. gentleman on the subject before Monday. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. A. PELLATT gave notice that early next session he should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of settlement. DANISH CROWN. Mr. BLACKETT wished to know whether the Go vernment had any objection to lay upon the table the negotiations which had taken place on the subject of the succession to the crown of Denmark. Lorde_..._ PA LMERSTON said the correspondence was it ' s ""unglY , voluminous ex t en di ng over 6 , 000 f o li o s, and production would 'lead to cons id era bl e expense. Much of it viasloto.f the sma ll es t i nterest a t th e presen t moment ; b ut he lglt explain in a few words how matters stood w h ich to the negotiations. There was a prospect o f the Da nthree parts, i n the event i sh Kingdom being split up into , and these of a failu re o f i ssue o f th e existing Sove re i cm to prevent such results. w ie negotiations were opened There would be no objection to produce portions of the c orrespondence, b u t it wou ld be useless to produ ce the whoieof it. ' Mr. BLACKETT said he would state privat e ly t o th e Foreign-office such portions a s h e required. CONSOLIDATION FBILD. UN (AppROPRIA.TION) L. This bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed.' COPIES OF SPECIFICATION REPEAL BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CHANCERY SUITORS DIMMER RELIEF reformatory inflaence on the criminal himself, would, at the same time, act as an example in deterring others from falling into criminal courses. The principle was by no means new, while as for the objection of the hon. and learned gentleman that the bill would increase the power of the Secretary of State, he could assure him that one of the principal duties of the Secretary of State at the present time was that of revising the sentences passed upon criminals. He trusted, therefore, that the bill would be allowed to pass as it stood; and if it failed, there would be no difficulty next session in bringing in another bill to alter and amend this one. (Hear.) Mr. WALPOLE entirely concurred in the existing Fystem of pun'shment, and thought they ought to be ex ceedingly cautious how they altered. At all events, he hoped there would be no change made in the time that was devoted to solitary confinement, which, hitherto com bined by the system of employments, h ad worked mostbe n e ficially in reformiiig the criminal. It was a case of necessity that transportation should be abolished, and he cer tainly preferred the plan of this bill to resorting to a system of penal settlements such as these, as they had recen tly seen in Norfolk Island and Van Diem en's Land. He was decidedly opposed to distant penal settlements, but he thought they could judiciously establish some penal settlements in the Channel Islands on the coast, or nearer home. Mr. SPOONER agreed with the objections which had been urged by the hon. and learned gentleman who had raised this discussion. Ile thought no sufficient answer hal been given to them by the noble lord at the head of the Home Deprtment. He olijected to that part of the b 11 enal Lug criminals to return to soci& ty upon tickets of leave, and suggested that some general settlement should be established near home. Mr. PHILLIMORE found fault with the system of qualified servitude which the bill would establish, and which he contended would be based on a principle un known to this constitution. Mr. BARROW rose, at d was (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 3. This day had audience of her M;,jesty :—His Royal Highness 'the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg and her Im perial Highness the Crown Princess. Their Royal and Imperial Highnesses were, attended by the Baron de Brun now, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia. To whichaudience their Royal and Imperial Highnesses were introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 8. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John Forbes, Esq., M.D. D.C.L., and F.R.S., Physician to Her Majesty's Household, and Phy sician Extraordinary to His Royal Highness Prince Albert. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 8. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon James Lomax Bardsley, Esq., M.D., of Manchester. WHITEHALL, AUG. 10. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Earl of Wemyss and March to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Peebles, in the room of Francis Earl of Wemyss and March, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 12. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Alfred Wall Gan dell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dyne promoted, Aug. 12. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Topham Clements to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable R. Walter Chetwynd, who retires, Aug. 12. 16th Light Dragoons—James Stewart, Gent., to be Cornet, by puchase, vice the Honourable Hugh Rowley, who retires, Aug. 12. 12th Regiment of Foot- John Warren, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clutterbuck, appointed to the 63rd Foot, Aug. 12. 18th Foot—Ensign William James Hales to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Lillie, deceased, June 7. 24th Foot—Robert Champion Streatfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Turner, whose appointment was cancelled in the Gazette of sth August, Aug. 12. 33rd Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Ogilvy, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macbeth, pro moted on the Staff, Aug. 12. 50th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Campbell Knox Lock to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Percival Elgee, who retires; Ensign Robert Blackall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lock ; John Woods Dimond, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackall, Aug. 12. 54th Foot— Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, James McGrigor Grant, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Macpherson, who resigns, Aug. 12. 63rd Foot—Lieutenant Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cubitt, who retires ; Ensign Vere Hunt Bowles to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sheldon ; Ensign James Hulton Clutterbuck, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bowles, Aug. 12. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Sir Charles Watson, Bart., has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission ; Edward Pennefather Wade Browne, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, Aug 12. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon James Macbeth, M.D., from the 33rd Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice grant, appointed to the 54th Foot ; Francis Lewis Fitzgerald, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Ogilvy, appointed to the 33rd Foot, Aug. 12. CHAPLAINS.—The Reverend George Winne Langmead, Officiating Chaplain to the Camp-at Chobham, to be a Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces, June 12. COMMISSARIAT. Commissariat Clerk Henry John Brownrigg to be a Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General, July 2. MEMORANDUM. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Cunliffe Pole, of the 63d Foot, has been permitted to assume the name of " Van Notten," and should therefore be styled "Arthur Cunliffe Van Notten Pole." , COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—Patrick Brown, Esq., to be Surgeon, July 26. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia—Artiwiek Burgess, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Smartt, resigned, July 28. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Lieutenant William Ayrton to be Captain, Aug. 2. 4th, or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry), Royal Lancashire Militia—Jacob Camac Murphy, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 2. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Edward Lockhart Miller, Esq., late of the 33d, or Duke of Wellington's, Regiment, to be Captain ; Charles Foulger, Gent.: William Edward Pratt, Gent. ; Dominic Ffrench Dull, Gent., ; John Crewe Chetwood Townsend, Gent., to be Lieutenants, July 29. - 4th or Royal South Middlesex Reginient of Militia— Skeffington Bristow, Esq., late Captain 54th Regiment ; George Burslem, Esq., late Captain 48th Regiment; James Peter Bathurst, Esq., late Captain Coldstream Guards ; Alexander Abercromby Nelson, Esq., Captain half-pay Unattached ; Frederick Alexander Blachford, Esq., late Captain 93rd Highlanders ; Henry Bliss, Esq., late sth Regiment ; Arthur Charles Fitz-James, Esq., late 93rd Highlanders ; Henry Wilkes Masterson, Esq., from the Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery, and late 20th Regi ment; Richard Bennet Jennings, Esq., late 23rd Regiment Royal Welah Fusiliers, to be Captains ; James Arthur Morrah, Gent. ; Robert Seymour Arthur Burgess, Gent. ; Edward Robert Simmons, Gent., to be Lieutenants ; George Barrington Godbold, Gent., to be Ensign, July 29; John Lewis Mortimer, Esq., late Royal Canadian Rifles, to be Captain, August 3. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia — Frederick Brodie, Gent., to be Ensign, August 3. BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. TRANSPORTATION BILL. On th e motion for the third rea din g of this bill, Mr. S. WORTLEY said it appeared to him that this bill provided a very go od substitute greatfor uncertainty transportation. as t 0 - Under the old system there was the extent of punishment that was really inflicte d on transported criminals. Judges often sentenced crimin als to various periods of transportation without being able to tell what the ultimate punishment would be would suggest that under the new system all thi and he s uncer tainty would be removed. ( Sear, hear.) Mr. KEATING thought the clauses wh ich g ave Power t o th e S ecre t ary of State to grant tickets of leav e requ i re d further consideration. He admitted tee importance of reforming the criminal, but refor mation was not the only object of punishment. There eras as the o th er equally important object of d e t err i ng other s from the commision of crime, and he felt that this bill was open to objection, because it gave the Secre tary of State power to revise every sentence which was passed by the judges of the land. It was altogether a j new featu re i n our criminal • •and ment ought to give the jurisprudence, ar a- P li subject that consideration which its importance demanded. He would, therefore,. sug gest that thes e c l auses should. be l e ft for, future delibera tion, Lord PALMERSTON was not surprised that hon. gentlemen should be struck with the novelty of the arrangement proposed by the bill, b ut he could assure the honourable and learned gentleman that it had received the fullest consideration on the part of ber Majesty's G . i49M24ment. He beli eve d that the bill provided a pun nt Which, while it w ou l d have a n .YT X " . THE FiIJN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST l 2 ; 1853. 458 to 53s 6d, an 1 triage at 38s to 425. Costa Rica sold at 52s 6d for fine on i colory. 1 RICE.—The fin e weather has caused a dull market, and in some cases a decline of 3d has occurred. Bengal has been taken in at 12s for good mid, but good sold at 12s ,id per cwt. SPICES.—In the abse nce of public sales business has been confined ti i a few retail lots at former terms. Pi mento sold at 5z d to 6d, and black pepper at 3id to 44d. TEA.—The in Lelligence received to-day from China by the Overland Ni:ail has had no effect upon the article, business remaining dull at lid to Hid for common Congou. COTTON. —This article is quiet but steady. SALTPETRE. —The market is less active, and prices are sa cheaper in some cases, good and fine 4i to 16 per cent refraction Baffling at 28s 6d to 295, and low to mid 18 to 9 per cent at 25s 6d to 275. COCHINEAL is held firmly. Honduras silvers realised 3s 8d to 4s 3d, blacks 5s 6d, Teneriffe do. 4s 4d to 48 sd, Mexican silvers 3s 8d to 4s 3d, and blacks 4s 2d to 4s sd. RlM—This article is held firmly, but not much is doing. TALLOW. — The market is dull, and P.Y.C. is 52s to 51s 9d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The market is dull, which is invariably the case at this period of the year. A parcel of lemons, per steamer at Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt at pub lic sale, barely sustained the advance obtained last week. Less inquiry has existed for Barcelona nuts, the advance lin price having checked operations. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This DAY. Am5terdam............ 1 16% iGibriltqr Ditto, three months .. 11 18 1 .• Leghorn .............. 29 95 Rotterdam 11 18% Genoa ................ 25 45 Ani.werp .............. 25 25 ‘lilan ................ Brussels 25 25 Venice ................ liamburgh ............ 13 7 h Naples 41% Altona ................ Palermo .. 25 2% ..desslita .............. Ditto, three months •• 25 25 . ' Lisbon ..... ........ .. 25 25 ',Oporto ............ • ... Bourdeaux ........ Rio Janeiro . ..... Frankfort-on-Maine .... 119 4 Buenos Ayres..... Berlin INew York, 60 days' eight Vie►ina ........... ..... 10 57 IPhilaklelphia .. — Trieste • • 11 2 I PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Petersburgh............ 38 'Foreign Gold 'n Bars 43 17 9 Madrid 50 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Cadiz .. 505 Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11% 8aree10na.............. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville ................ Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Mr. S. WORTLEY said that the law allowed a wife or a husband to be examined in civil cases, where either of them was a party to the suit, but this bill would pre• elude them from giving evidence in criminal cases. He wished to know the reason for this exception. Lord PALMERSTON said that, in the absence of his hon. and learned friend the Solicitor-General, per haps it would be better that the bill should be post poned till to-morrow. The third reading was postponed accordingly. • MITITIA PAY BILL. This bill went through committee. The Copies of Specification Repeal Bill, the Chancery Suitors Further Relief Bill, and the Ecclesiastical Leas ing Act Amendment Bill, were further considered, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. OMNIBUS NUISANCE. On the question that the house do now adjourn, Colonel SIBTHORP again called attention to the in convenience and danger arising to the public from the practice of passengers being taken up into and set down from omnibuses in the middle of public streets, and ex pressed a hope that the noble lord the Home Secretary (in whose hands he could leave the matter with perfect confidence}, would direct the I olice to check the evil. Lord PALMERSTON said the police had general powers to prevent obstruction or molestation arising out of the traffic of the metropolis, and he had called the attention of the commissioners to the subject, but he did not think the act specified that the omnibuses should take up or set down their passengers in a particular part of the street. The house then adjourned at ten minutes to 12 o'clock, GENERAL SIR J. THACKWELL.—This gallant officer, whose name is deservedly regarded with feelings of the warmest admiration by every inhabitant of this city, paid a brief visit to Gloucester on Monday last. The gallant veteran was on his way from Clifton to visit his relations near Dymock, and no sooner was his arrival in Gloucester known, than the utmost anxiety wa s mani fested by great numbers of persons once more to see a gentleman, who, some years ago, was a distinguised resi dent of this locality. The want of the means for giving the gallant general a professional reception was no so oner felt, than it was reso lved to invite him to a public din ner, given to him by the mayor and citizens gene rally, and the movem ent, having once been set afloat, was taken up with such spirit as to war rant the chief magistrate in waiting upon the distin guished soldier, upon his return through Gloucester to Clifton on Wednesday, and inviting him to the enter tainment. We are rejoiced to hear that the gallant general immediately accepted the invitation, and up to the present moment some 200 persons have already an nounced their intention to form a portion of the party, The banquet will take place at the end of the present month, and will most probably come off in the concert room at the Shire-hall. Our readers will, we are sure, he rejoiced to know that the gallant general looks in ex cellent health.—Gloucester Chronicle. THE LONG VACATlON.—Wednesday the long vacation commenced ' • but not the long vacation of former years. The Com mon Law Procedure Act has made an altera tion in law proceedings. Pleadings are still stayed from the 10th o f A ugust to the 24th October ; but writs are issued with specia l i ndorsements, and in the event of non-appearance, judgment can be signed and execution issued i n t h e vacation. There is no judgment by default in the County Courts, and no long vacation. BRIBERY AT ELECTlONS.—Yesterday a bill, brought forward by M r. Walpole, was printed, to amend ' the laws relating to bribery, &c., at elections. It is pro posed that a candidate shall, on the day of nomination, declare that he has not, and w ill not, b e gu i lty of bribery or treating ; and,if required, every elector shall make a declaration that he has not, and is not, to receive any money, gift, or office, for his vote. BANXRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Fabian Street, coal merchant, Parkstone, Poole. Bogos Mira syedi, merchant, Manchester. BANKRUPTS. Reuben Brooks, picture dealer, Brixton-oval, Surrey, to surrender, Aug. 27, at eleven, and Oct. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers ; Linklater, Sise-lane. Thomas Cullingworth, corn miller, Wakefield, Aug. 30, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Hanle, Leeds. Thomas Cartwright Davenport, coal merchant, Chester, August 24 and September 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 6th day of August, 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued • .... 31,052,235 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,033, 81 Silver bu11i0n........ 19,154 £31,052,235 M. MARSHALL,. Chief Cashier. Dated the 11th day of August, 1853. £31,052,235 RANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,342,083 Public deposit 3 Lin eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National liebt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,218,227 Other deposi a . 12,475,518 Seven Day and other Bills 1,576,361 Government securities (includg•Dead Weight Annuity) .... • . 13. 1 27,333 Other securit' es .. 13,226,701 tsT,tes • • .. 7,529,440 Gold and silver coin .. 382,325 £34,165,799 I £34,165,799 M. IVIARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. 1e53. Dated the 11th day of August, The average PRICE OF SUGAR. price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 9th day cf Augu.st, 1853, is 255. 10. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COLONIAL MARKETS-(TiIIS DAY.) A irtlawtatis 'l3l &MAR.—A good in and prices are a trine for o a , l 4:l l o7,46 dE si s ec e yec r tds.r i te p ofi t' oog i n o noi n nt :s igd_ , ton Barbadoes h t bronciine : lfryagys htu:::::yeeoaxiftiilirfilstoyeduar. for tow By auc grocery, and 37s for ght 333 t° 389 The refined /0: 00 1 : v b a e : gs Trinidad 33s to 345, u p u u e r p s o v s e e r s y s o fi l r d m at a t 34 4 5 6s to f 0 3 r 5s h Ir brown public sale l , n at for low to fine grocery, the forrn i e uhl. very scarce Mauritius sells freely 33s 6d to 38s for low to good to 33s for mid to fine brown.m inBo 9._:d at 30s auientis grocery, has rteoalis4ei: higher prices for white Benares, and Bengal previous prices, white Benares selling at r 3 s r ? rts fully for mid to firm, 343 to 33e for to 32s 6d for brown, 38s to 403 for mid to r c s .' oo B 6(1 eery yellow, and 42s to 415 6d for white. Pert gr°- a t public sale was ta ken in at 31s to 32. Brown is an and yellow Bahia at 30s 6(1 to 365. Cuba went at 30s 6d to 37s Gil for ordinary dark soft brown to good yellow and white s and at 303 to 31s for good to fine Havannal. Privately, the demand for floating holders indisposed to sell, except at a still further advan and ce. porters COFFEE. —The market has been inactive, im not being disposed to give way , the chief part of the quan tity offered at the public sales was withdrawn. Plantation Ceylon partly sold at 53s to 593 6d for fine ord to mid ; bold colory at 455 to 51s 6d for triage, and at 66s to 67s for peaberry. Native Ceylon is held for 45s 6d to to 46s 6d. Mocha is dull, being taken in at 65 s to 68 s fo r mid and good mid, and 85s for longberry ; but good and fine ord sold at IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY. ) In consequence of the naval review at Spithead there was no morning sitting to-day, and the hour fixed for the meeting of• the house was the unusual one of ten o'clock in the evening. At that hour from twenty to thirty members had assembled. By half-past ten the numbers had increased to upwards of forty ; but the Speaker did not arrive till ten minutes before eleven, when the benches, especially those on the Ministerial side, were pretty well filled. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that it be an instruction to the committee on this bill that they have power to receive a clause of appro priation. The motion was agreed to ; and the house having re solved itself into committee, the clause was received and the house resumed. CROWN SUITS BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the order of the day for the third reading of this bill be discharged. The question involved in the bill was one of considerable delicacy. As regarded the sub stantial object of the measure, namely, that in revenue suits the Crown should take and give costs, there was no doubt or hesitation ; but the subject was one that ought to be dealt with as a whole, and he thought that it would not be possible to proceed with it safely at the present moment. Mr. WALPOLE expressed his opinion that an altera tion in the existing law was necessary, so that the Crown might pay costs in the same manner as the private suitor. — Tile order of the day was then discharged. METROPOLITAN SEWERS ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Captain LAFFAN observed that he could not help regretting that the hon. member for Westminster( Sir J. Shelley) had thought proper, at an earlier stage of the bill, to make remarks injurious to Mr. Chadwick. It was not fair to attack that gentleman in his absence, when he had no opportunity of vindicating his conduct. Lord PALMERSTON concurrred with the hon. mem ber in regretting that an attack should have been made on Mr. Chadwick, who had rendered great services to his country, who was a man of great ability and zeal, and was very undeserving of an attack being made on him, either in his presence or in his absence. Lord D. STUART was sorry that his hon. friend (Sir J. Shelley) was not present to vindicate the course which he had taken on a former evening. Hon. members had only to turn to the minutes of evidence taken before the committee appointed to examine into the proceedings of the Andover Union, and to the opinion of the President of the Poor-law Board of that day, and they would there find the grounds on which the censure passed by his hon. friend had been founded. He (Lord D. Stuart) protested against the principle that no reflections should ever be made upon the conduct of a public man because he did not happen to have a seat in that house, and could not therefore defend himself. Captain LAFFAN did not mean to say that the acts of a public man could be taken away from the cognizance of the H ouse of Commons, but he did say that due notice should have been given by the hon. member for West minster of his intention to attack Mr. Chadwick, in order that that gentleman's friends might have been pre pared with his defence. (Hear.) The bill was then read a third time and passed. LUNATICS CARE AND TREATMENT BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. MICHELL moved the following clause " Pro vided also, that it shall not be lawful for a proprietor or superintendent of any licenced house, to keep or confine beyond the period of six months any person admitted into such house as a lunatic under the provisions of this act, unless a jury, as in the case of a writ de lunatico inquirendo, shall have been summoned to ascertain the lunacy of such person ; on the unanimous finding of this jury, the person shall be discharged or detained, as the case may be; if the jurors cannot agree, then the per son shall be transferred to the nearest county lunatic asylum, as provided for by clause 20." The clause was negatived with a division. Mr. WALPOLE moved the following clause, viz. : " And whereas by the said recited act it is provided that every person to be appointed in the room of any com missioner, being a barrister of five years' standing at the bar and upwards, shall be a practising barrister of not less than five years' standing at the bar ; and whereas it is expedient to amend the said provisions as hereinaf ter mentioned, the present or any future secretary to the commissioners, if at the time of his appointment to be such secretary he was or shall have been a practising barrister of not less than five years' standing at the bar, shad be eligible to be appointed a commissioner in the room of any such a commissioner as aforesaid." The clause was added to the bill, and the bill was then read a third time and passed. SPORTI '(FENCE. READING RA.CES.—Tnußspey. CAVERSHAM STAKES of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 25 added. Straight run in, nearly three quarters of a mile. 16 subs., 5 of whom pay 2 sovs. each. Mr. H. Hill's Ireland's Eye, by Harkaway, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (A. Day.) 1 Mr. Lister's Maidstone, 4 yrs, 9st 101b...(Kendall) 2 Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6 yrs, 9st...(Bartholomew) 3 Mr. Williams's Leybourne, 5 yrs, Bst 1 11b.. .(Yates) 4 The following also ran :—m by Counsellor—Miss Lucy, Tame, Shipwreck, b f by lon—Palma, Prevarication. Betting-3 to 1 agst Narcissus, 4to 1 agst Maidstone, Even on the two. Maidstone, Narcissus, Leybourne, and Ireland's Eye, ran in close company throughout. At the half-distance Ireland's Eye took a slight lead, which he maintained to the end, winning very cleverly by a neck. A head only between the second and third. Tame and Prevarication, beaten off, were the last two. READING STASES of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b ; certain winners extra. Half-a-mile. Mr. Wauchope's Calliope, by Oakley, Bst 3lb (Kendall) 1 Mr. Brown's Balmoral, Bst 31b (Crouch) 2 Mr. Howard's Glenstrae, Bst 71b (H. Goater) 3 Mr. Clark's colt by Sir Tatton Sykes—Starlight Bess, Bst 71b) (Bartholomew) 4 The following also ran :—Mark Anthony, Rosaline, Epinicia.n, Jack Frost. Balmoral, with Calliope and the favourite well laid up, made the running to the half•distance, where the favourite was beaten. Calliope immediately challenged Balmoral, and a good race with the two ended in favour of Calliope by a length. The second beat the third two lengths. Rosaline and Starlight Bess colt, close to gether, were fourth and fifth. The rear lot got badly off. PLATE of 20 sovs (Handicap). Half a mile. Mr. Dilworth's The Queen's Own, by Robert de Gorham, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Cox's Flounce, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (H. Goater) 2 Mr. Drinkald's fby lon out of Palma, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b 3 The following also ran : Nonsuch, Lady Isabel, Cloak, H a m, Woodyeates, b fby the Emperor out of Mogu listen. Betting—Just at the close Queen's Own was made an immense favourite ; 6 to 4 was taken freely, and 4 to 1 offered against any other. The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter by six lengths ; half a length between second and third. Woodyeates, well up with the latter, was fourth. . INNKEEPERS' STAKES (IIANDIcAP) of 10 sovs each, h ft. and only 2if declared, &c., with 30 added. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. Certain winners extra. One mile and a half. Mr. Isaac Day's Waterfall, by Cataract, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Hewitt's Wilmont, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, 4 yrs, 7st llb ...(Castleman) 3 Mr. S. Scott's La Malheureuse, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Holloway) 4 The highest weight accepting being Bst 41b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. FORBURY STAKES were won in three heats by Mr. T. Smith's b c by Touchstone out of Epilogue, 2 yrs (301.) sst 21b (Elder), beatinc , Sir W. Booth's Alabama, 2 yrs (30/.), 4st 131 b (H. Sopp), Mr. Drewe's Shipwreck, 3 yrs (3014, Est 131 b (Crouch), and three others. The winner was afterwards sold by auction to Mr. Liley for 125 guineas, the fund thereby realised upwards of 1001. The meeting from first to last was the best ever known at Reading. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. . 6 to 1 agst Pantomime (t) 6 to 1 Catspaw (t) 8 to 1 —, Adine (t) DERBY. 1000 to 50 agst Blight (t) First Lord is expected to join John Day's string al Danebury. STAFFORDSHIRE RACES.--YESTERDAY. FOAL STAKES. Field Marshal Sister to Maid of Delamere COPELAND HANDICAP Gladiole Lady Amyott Five ran. HURDLE RACE. Spring Theodine Four ran. BOROUGH HANDICAP Knight Errant Massaroni Seven ran. DONCASTER. 2 WEIGHTS FOR THE GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. —Forfeits to be declared on or before Tuesday next, the 16th of August. St. Leger Course. Age st Ibl Kingston Chief Justice 6 8 12 Hungerford 5 8 7 Leopold 4 8 6 Adine. Newminster Red Lion Ariosto Hobble Noble Truth 5 7 12 Torment 3 7 12 Knt. of the Shire 4 7 12 Nancy King of Taumps 4 712 Frantic Kohinoor Pelion 3 7 11 Alonzo Songstress 4 7 9 Butterfly High Sheriff 4 7 8 Indian Warrior Elcot Daniel O'Rourke 4 7 5 Harbinger 4 7 2 lanthe Father Thames 4 7 1 Poodle Evadne Lerrywheut Lough Bawn 5 6 12 Goorkah 3 6 11 Fancy Girl 4 6 11 Lucio 4 6 11 Kiteflyer Hurworth Sally Warfoot colt 4 6 10 Milford Talfourd 3 610 Trickstress 5 6 10 Scarecrow 4 6 10 Bardoiph Cardinal Wiseman 5 6 10 Defiance 3 6 8 Lambton Pantomime Caracara Gossamer St. Michael The Friar Galvanism 4 6 5 Nutpecker 3 6 5 Little Fawn Age st lb Rattle 3 6 5 Brocket 3 6 5 Alexia 3 6 5 Allegro Jouvence 3 6 3 Sextus 3 6 3 Peggy 3 6 3 Rachetee 4 6 2 Honeydew 3 6 2 The Proctor Merry bi rd 4 6 0 Cory ban tes 3 5 13 Lord Fauconberg 3 5 12 Mentmore Lass 3 5 12 Abdallah 6 5 12 King Pepin Mr. Sykes 3 5 12 Lord Lieutenant 3 5 12 Wasp 5 5 12 4 5 12 Balrownie 3 5 12 Ireland's Eye . Hobby Horse 3 5 9 Grapeshot 3 5 8 Huncamunca 8 5 8 Valour 3 5 8 Day and Martin 4 5 6 The Old Soldier Mayor of Hull llnder 3 5 2 St. Andrew Contentment 3 5 0 f by Touchstone out of Boarding School Miss The Surveyor 4 4 12 Friday Jacqueline 3 4 12 Placid 3 4 11 Miss Agness Erycthon Captain Cornish . 3 4 10 The Hatchet Nestor 3 4 Florist Malice 3 4 0 Crassus Heapy Georgy Lady Emily Mayfly Haco Gossip EY and MIDDLESEX STAKES d a distance. EG. ACCEPTANCES for the SUER, Two miles ant Yrs st lb Yrs st lb Frantic Jouvence Convulsion 4 7 0 Tobolski ..... 3 6 4 Tremble 4 7 0 DIEPPE GRAND STEEPLECHASE. This event, which excited great interest in the French and English steeplechase circles, came off on Sunday last in the presence of thousands of spectators drawn together from all parts of France. The weather was delightful and the arrangements excellent. The line of country was extremely severe, and numerous accidents occurred. Subjoined is a brief return : Ploughboy Sam Hood Bedford . ..(S. Darling) 1 (Sait) 2 ...(Lamplugh) 3 Eight others started. Ploughboy made all the run ning, and won cleverly at the finish by a length and a half. Friendless, Lady Arthur, Johnnie Barrie, and Cervus fell. Donaldson, who was riding Lady Arthur, fell at the wall, and we regret to state that he now lies a very dangerous condition. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number of day's racing. AUGUST. Wolverhampton (3) 8 Yarmouth (2) Reading (2) . . . .... lO North Staffordshire ( . M 10 York (3) l7 Canterbury lB Tonbridge (1) 18 Radcliffe (3) 22 I SEPTE Lincoln (2) 1 I Warwick (2) 6 Doncaster (4) 13 Weston Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) l2 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) NOVE Worcester (2) ......... 1 Epsom Autumn . (2)...... 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) ...... 9 Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 26 Hereford (2) 25 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 ;MBER. I Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Walsall (2) 28 Northallerton (2) 29 MBER. Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 Shrewsbury (2) 15 Aberyatwith (3) Last week --- [ADVERTISESIE]IIoIIoway's Ointment and Pills are superior remedies for the cure of erysipelas.—Mr. William Parsons, of St. George's, Pill, near Bristol, was afflicted for upwards of two years with erysipelas in his legs, so bad at times as to lay him up for a month toge ther ; the medical aid he received, besides a weekly at tendance at the Bristol Infirmary, bad no good effect whatever in the disease, consequently he determined on giving Holloway's Ointment and Pills a trial, and they have been the means of effecting a radical cure of his legs in an almost unprecedented short time.- Sold by all druggists, and at ProfesSor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London, • TEETH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY. ( From the Inverness A dvertiser. ) MEETING AT GRANTOWN. The meeting of the gentlemen of Strathspey, to adopt measures for the promotion of this undertaking, took place at Grantown on Tuesday as advertised ; but in consequence of the death of the proprietor of this exten sive district of country—the Earl of &afield —it was thought that it would be more respectful and becoming for the tenantry on the estate, and other resident in habitants, to adjourn than to proceed to business. Under the influence of this feeling many gentlemen who intended to be present kept away ; but on the doors of the Court-house being thrown open at one o'clock p.m., a large assemblage pressed in, evincing an eagerness that a strong expression of interest in the object of the meeting should be made on the very earliest opportunity. Among those present we noticed—Mr. Cumming, Benanach, late Provost of Inverness ; the Rev. James Stewart, minister of Abernethy ; Dr. Edward, Gran town ; Mr. Ogilvie, banker, Grantown ; Mr. Fleming, banker there ; Mr. Stewart, Dalvey ; Mr. Fraser, Auchernach ; Mr. J. Gordon, Grantown ; Mr. Grant, Ballifurth ; Mr. Shaw, Achgowrish ; Mr. J. Grant, Grantown ; Mr. Cumming, Mullochard ; Major Cruick shank ; Mr. F. Mackintosh, Grantown ; Mr. A. Gill, ditto ; Rev. Mr. Clark, ditto ; Mr. Donald Grant, writer, do. ; Mr. Smith, ditto ; Mr. Grant, Rothiemoon ; Mr. Macgregor, Balineanach ; Mr. A. Macpherson, Grantown ; Mr. J. Grant, jun., ditto ; Mr. Grant, Mr. Macgreggor, Burnside ; Mr. Calder, Grantown ; Mr. John Robertson, Lethandry ; Mr. Grant, Tulloch gorrn ; Mr.Macqueen, Grantown ; Mr. John Robertson, Craggan ; Mr. Allan, Easter Duthell ; Mr. John Cruick shanks, Dreggie ; Mr. Cumming, jun., Delnahartnich ; Mr. A. Macqueen, Gallovie ; Mr. R. Dunbar, Gran town ; Mr. Grant, Delahapple • Mr. Fraser, Achna gonalan ; Mr. Charles Grant, Advie ; Mr. Grant, Dal chroy ; Mr. Gordon, Ballintomb ; Mr. A. Cameron, Aitenlea ; Mr. Grant, Chra,ggan ; Mr. D. M'Donald, Gorton ; Mr. A. Clark, Laggan ; Mr. A. Macdonald, Dreggie ; Mr. Bain, Grantown • Mr. D. Anderson, Achernach ; Mr. D. Harvey, merchant, Grantown ; Mr. Sim, merchant, ditto, &c. Provost Cumming was called to the chair, and explained generally the object of the meeting, which was to express their interest in the pro posed direct line of railway betwixt Perth and Inverness, and to take active measures for its promotion ; but as within the last few days an event had occurred which deprived most of the gentlemen present of a kind and in dulgent landlord, whose death would be universally regret ted, but more especially felt as a severe loss in the district of Strathspey, he (the Chairman) thought it would bestac cord with their own feelings, and be more respectful to the memory of the deceased and to the noble family of Grant, that the meeting should not enter upon business, but adjourn to a future day. Dr. Edward thereupon moved that in consequence of the lamented death of the Earl of Sea.field, and from respect to his memory, the meeting adjourn to a day after his lordship's funeral, to be fixed and announced in the newspapers by the committee for merly appointed to arrange the details of the business for which this meeting was convened. The Rev. Mr. Stewart, in seconding the motion, again spoke more at large on the character of the deceased Earl, who was endeared to his friends and tenantry by a long series of acts of benevolence, and of tender solicitude for their welfare. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and thanks being voted to the chairman for his conduct in the chair, the meeting dispersed. MEETING AT PITLOCHRY. An important meeting in behalf of this undertaking was held at Sdeuard's Hotel, Pitlochry, on Saturday last—James P. Macinroy, Esq., of Lude, in the chair. Many of the local proprietors being at the time absent from the district, could not attend, and from the back ward state of the hay harvest, a number of the tenants were unable to be present ; but at the meeting were the following gentlemen, who expressed a deep interest in behalf of the proposed railway, and took a part in the proceedings, which were throughout characterised by great zeal and spirit :—the chairman, Mr. Macinroy of Lude, who also represented his brother, Major William Macinroy of Shierglass ; Robert Robertson, Esq., of younger of Auchleeks ; Archibald Ferguson, Esq., of Dumfallandy ; Rev. Alex. R. Irvine, minister of Blair ; Dr. Irvine, Pitlochry ; Archibald Mitchelson, Esq., Strathgairy • Sir Robert Menzies of Castle M e n z i es , Bart. ; Mr:Robert Murray, farmer, Strathgroy • Mr. A. Conachar, Mains of Pitlochry; Mr. M'Beath , drchil; Mr. Mitchell, banker, Pitlochry ; Mr. M'Naughten, banker there ; Mr. M'Gilliewie, banker there ; Mr. West, Blair-Athole ; Mr. Palm, Fonab Cottage ; Mr. Ballantine, accountant, Pitlochry ; Mr. Hope, flesher ; Mr. P. Fraser, corn merchant ; and a large number of the feuars, merchants, distillers, and other inhabitants of Pitlochry and its neighbourhood. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Mr. Butter of Fas cally, the Lord of the Manor, who is now in England, expressive of his regret at not being able to be present, but shewing that he took a warm interest in the object of the meeting, and a letter in similar and equally strong language from H. B. Stewart, Esq., of Balnakellie, apo logising for his necessary absence. Sir Robert Menzies produced a paper, subscribed by a number of the tenants of Strathtummel, who volun tarily came forward to express, in the strongest terms, their opinion of the great importance of the proposed railway to the country, and regretting their inability from the state of their farming operations, that they could not be present at the meeting. After some pertinent remarks by the Chairman on the objects of the meeting, who stated that from its com plexion, it was obviously to him a business-like meeting, and indicated very clearly the deep interest felt by both landlords and tenants in the district fur having the benefits of railway communication secured to themselves at the earliest possible date, and extended also to the country north of them, with whom they were desi'rous to come into nearer personal intercourse, and from who?* a very large traffic would unquestionably pass south wards, the first resolution, declaratory of the advantages to the district of the proposed railway betwixt Perth and Inverness, was moved by Robert Robertson, Esq., yr. of Auchleeks. After briefly adverting to the uses in general of railways, he showed, that if the line in com petition with the Perth and Inverness were to be made to its exclusion, it would entail an increased round of many miles travelling to every passenger and parcel from the North of Scotland, and would deprive the dis trict of Athole of all participation in the lucrative sheep and cattle, and fish traffic, which he had no doubt would proceed from the northern counties ; and would force the gentlemen of Athole to have a short and unsupported line of their own, which would be much more expensive to construct and keep up than one of a longer and more public character. ARCHIBALD MITCHELSON, Esq., Strathgarry, said as a tenant farmer, he had much pleasure in seconding the motion, and in assuring the promoters of this measure, that they might rest satisfied that the tenantry would enter with enthusiasm into the scheme, and give it every encouragement by affording their lands and every con venience at their command on the most liberal terms. The resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. IRVINE, Minister of Blair, in moving the second resolution, to the effect that this direct line, which is that of the old military road to the north, is of national importance, and deserving especially of the sup port of the landlords and tenants along it—entered more at large into statistical and historical details. He showed very clearly its superiority to a line round by Aberdeen, which was a most unnecessary deflec tion from a straight routeof the important traffic already existing, and yet to be developed in the north, and not having even the pretext of fewer engineering dif ficulties in its favour. He dwelt also on the necessity of expedition being used to secure the formation of the direct route, in which both the public and the local inhabitants were most interested, as if the other was once made a long time would ensue ere its deficiencies could be supplied. The coast route was also exposed to the competition of steamers and of sea-borne traffic gene rally, which might so increase as to reduce to nothing the fair return, which the carrying trade of the country ought to yield. Then with regard to the seeming mag nitude and cost of the undertaking, he hoped that al though removed as we were from the great central marts of commerce and mercantile speculation, we would not be much influenced by such bugbears as this. He (the Rev. Mr. Irvine) remembered that when it was first proposed to put tolls and turnpikes on the great High land road, the measure was talked of as fraught with the utmost danger, and that it would bring ruin on such a poor country as the Highlands ! Now, on this very same road, we have two four-horsed coaches, besides carriers running every day, and innumerable private con veyances ! In fact, there could be no greater loss to a country than the want of a good turnpike road ; and in like manner we shall have the gratitude and praise of posterity if we push on now and secure by one great effort the advantages of having our communication with other parts of the empire opened up by means of a great central and direct line of railway. And who knows how soon it may be needed even in a national point of view ? The rumours of war now afloat demonstrate the un settled state of the Continent, and we ought to be so far " fore-armed" that we could send troops to any of our Northern garrisons or districts on a moment's no tice, and by the shortest possible route. The more facilities we establish also for intercourse, the less will become the cost of the interchange of commodities; and this was of especial consequence with regard to the main articles of daily and universal consumpt, such as food and fuel. It is quite obvious how important it would be to the community, could the transit of all such articles be diminished to a half or a third its present cost. And, in fact, if it be true that this summer, there has been less travelling on the Highland road, notwithstanding our fine Athole scenery, what is this but a proof that people are getting so accustomed to cheap railway travelling, that they go round by our coast steamers in preference to being cooped up in close coaches, exact ing much higher fares ? Then this is eminently a joint landlord's and tenant's question. In good times, when prices are high, they may not grudge high rates for the ti ansit of their live stock and farm produc e . B ut when the rainy day comes, and when prices fall, it may make all the difference to them between a fair remunera tive profit and ruin, that they can or cannot get their stock to market expeditiously and at a low cost. In the estimates for our railway I hear much stress is laid on the land being got cheap, and on agreements being concluded before the Act is passed. There is no fear of a want of traffic, but the disproportion between the original cost of construction and the returns may be so great that the latter, though never so good, may fail of yielding a high per tentage to the shareholders. In the case of the Scottish Central Rail way I have been assured that the actual cost attending the acquisition of the ground exceeded what was at first expected, and estimated by six or seven times its a mount, and, therefore,, we must be ()Ireful in our proceedings. Whatever c!as benefits, the landed interest undoubtedly will, by the formation of this railway, and, therefore, though naturally jealous of any encroachments, I hope they will not over-estimate their amenity and current leases, but come forward at once in a way to encourage the general public to contribute their money for the con struction of the line. Mr. ROBT. MURRAY, farmer, Strathgroy, seconded the motion, and confirmed all that the rev, mover had stated. He also said that he was a potato merchant, and he re membered the time when the potato disease broke out that he could have made a handsome sum could he have thrown a large quantity of that valuable root into the market at once, by means of a railway, before the di sease had made extensive ravages in the district. So in like manner we have here plenty of lime at all our doors, but of what use is it when we cannot pay for coals to burn it, and when the manufacture of peats makes them fully as dear as coals ? In fact, the peat mosses in this district are exhausted or nearly so, and what we are now todo for fuel is often to me a very grave question. When the carriage of an article is more than its intrinsic worth, or first cost, it is purely time to think of railways ; and depend upon it, the whole of the upper parts of Perth shire ought and will go hand in hand in procuring the one now proposed. The motion was then carried by acclamation. Dr. IRVINE, Pitlochry, seconded by Mr. ALEXANDER CONACHAR, one of the largest farmers on the Fascally estate, then moved the approval of-the recent measures adopted for reviving the project and correcting the sur vey, and other preliminary matters ; and Mr. M`Gill ewie, banker, and Mr. A. M`Beath, farmer, moved and seconded the resolution for opening a subscription list, by way of loan for preliminary expenses—a motion Which was handsomely responded to by all present, and promises made for absent friends. Mr. G. ANDERSON, of Inverness, was then called on to detail the progress that had been made in other dis tricts towards the revival of the scheme, and in revising and checking the survey, and shortening the route, and improving the curves and gradients. The meeting ex pressed themselves as gratified with the statements made, and passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Anderson for attending and giving them such information. Sir ROBERT MENZIES, in moving thanks to the chair man for his conduct in the chair, (which were given by acclamation) congratulated the meeting in the deep interest which Mr. Macinroy, and the other gentlemen of Athole, evinced in this undertaking, and for the trouble they had taken in getting up the meeting. He was also delighted to hear the tenantry speak with such warmth and confidence of the kindly feelings of their noble landlord on the subject ; and he had himself no doubt of his Grace's giving the railway every encourage ment. He, however, begged to press upon the attention of all interested, that they had but three alternatives, either of no railway, of a short district one, or of a tho rough direct one uniting us at either extremity with the south and north. The last was by far the best and most economical and productive to all connected with it ; and therefore he trusted the gentlemen of the country, whe ther landowners or tenants, would use their best exer tions to have a general and not a mere local or partial line carried through. With regard to what had been said as to fuel, he was satisfied the consideration and importance of that matter could not be too much dwelt upon. He (Sir R. Menzies) had been long of opinion that if the time and labour which had within the last generation alone been expended on the peat mosses and in securing the yearly supply of that kind of fuel, had been saved and devoted to the reclaiming and improve ment of the land, every acre capable of cultivation between Pitlochry and Dalnacardoch might have been drained, fenced, and made into arable land ; and he was persuaded the same remark would apply to the whole line northwards. There was no estimating the effect of a railway in reclaiming the most sterile and unproduc tive districts, and instead of talking of the central por tions of the country as mere barren wilds, he would say they only required advantages to start into as fair and productive soils as the now most beautiful portions of Aberdeen and Banff, and of the North Highlands gene rally. Let coals be but once introduced at a cheap rate into the uplands, and a great saving of time and labour would immediately ensue, with improved stocks of animals, and especially a lighter and more active stamp of horses, and other advantages of a most wonderful description, of which he believed the most sanguine among them at present had no conception. The meeting, which was altogether of the most intel ligent and business-like character, and displayed the most cordial feelings as existing between the proprietors and their tenants, then dispersed. ...J ~.. ..__. CRICKET. THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF YORK. This match arrived at its conclusion on Wednesday, and the final score presented this appearance : YORK. First Innings. Second Innings. . 0 b Lillywhite . 23 c Lockyer, b Wisden 0 . 0 b Lillywhite 2 Cox, run out W. Riley, c Adams, b Dean Barker, b Wisden G. Berry, s Lockyer, b Grundy 6 b Lillywhite W. R. Scott, Esq., b Grundy... 0 c Wisden, b Dean John Berry, b Wisden lO c Lockyer, b Lilly- white 0 W. Robinson, c Wright, b Dean 0 b Lillywhite lO J. C. Richardson, Esq., s Lock- yer, b Wisden 4 not out. Joy, c Adams, b Wisden... 3 b Wisden 0 Baldwinson, c Hunt, b Grundy 59 c Adams, b Lillywhite 2 H. M. Clifford , Esq run out... 7 run out 9 W. Prest, Esq., c Grundy, b Hunt 9 c Adams, b Lillywhite 2 Ingle, c Chatterton, b Hunt .... 0 c and b Wisden 5 R. Swan, Esq., b Adams 3 c Wright, b Wisden.. 2 R. Clark, b Wright 27 c and b Wisden 8 J. Wise, Esq., 1b w, b Wright 11 c Wright, b Lillywhite 0 G. Cayley, Esq., c Lockyer, b Adams l4 b Wisden 0 H. Wood, Esq., 1 b w,b Adams 0 c Adams, by Dean,., 0 Williamson, c Hunt, b Wright.. 2 c Lockyer, b Wisden 1 J. Robinson, b Adams 0 c and b Lillywhite... 6 Benson, b Adams 0 b Lillywhite 0 ___ ........... R. Lethby, not out byes 2, legs 2 .... 0 b Lillywhitte -4 b 1,13..,,, Second Innings. 4 c and bG. Berry .... 7 185 THE ELEVEN. First Innings. Total Total 72 Adams, b Joy . Sampson, c Baldwinson, b Ro binson 3l c and b Robinson.... 3 Wisden, b Joy 0 cJ. Berry, b Joy 21 Jn. Lillywhite, c J. Berry, b Cox l6 bG. Berry Dean, b Joy 3 not 0ut..... Chatterton, c Clifford, b Cox lO not out.. G. Brown, b Joy Lockyer, not out Hunt, c Williamson, b Joy Wright, c Barker, b Joy.. Grundy, b Clarke.... b 8, 1 b 4, w 8 .... . 23 c Riley, bG. Berry.. 30 17 cG. Berry, b Robin . 2 son . 6 ....... 20 b 6, 1-b 4, w 3.. Total ......129 Total B3 THE CARLTON CLUB v. CAMDEN CLUB. These clubs played a match on Tuesday last at Lord's, which after some very good play on both sides was decided in favour of the Carlton Club. At the conclu sion of the game the score stood thus : 'CARLTON. First Innings. Second Innings. Stephens, Esq., b Stevens... 6 b Copus 0 Messing, Esq., b Stevens.... 0 b Ticehurst 0 Francis, Esq., c Hodgson, b 2 b Ticehurst 23 20 c Priestley, b Copus 0 Copus Dyson, Esq , b Copus E. Williamson, Esq., c and b Copus ll b Ticehurst 2O J. Williamson, Esq. b Copus ... 5 c Ticehurst, b Stevens 9 -- HumphiT, Esq., b Copus... 5 b Copus 22 Huxham, Esq., c Priestley, b Ticehurst lO b Ticehurst 8 G. Williamson, Esq., b Stevens 5 not out 1 Raven, Esq., b Stevens 3 b Ticehurst 0 C. Williamson, Esq., not out... 0 run out 0 b, 1-b, n-b, w, &c 24 byes, &c 3l Total 9l CAMDEN CLUB. First Innings. Stevens, Esq., b Dyson 1 Bowstead, Esq., b Dyson 3 Ticehurst, Esq., b. E. Wil- Total 114 Second Innings, . _ . Damson Copus, Esq., c Dyson, b E Williamson - S Hodgson, Esq., b Dyson S Lanham, Esq., b Dyson 5 Priestley, Esq., b E. • Wil liamson Sceppings, Esq., run 0ut.... 5 b Stephens 0 Wood, Esq., bE. Williamson 9 Struguell, Esq., not out l3 b Dyson 4 Mardon, Esq. ,1 b w 2 not out 5 1-b, b, w, and n b 2O 1-b, b, w, and n-b 17 Total BB Total 2B THE CONWAY MURDER.—Soon after eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, John Roberts, the murderer of Jesse Roberts, at the village of Roe, near Conway, in May last, underwent the extreme penalty of the law. The execution took place within the gaol yard, an aper ture being made in the wall, by means of which alone the unhappy culprit and his executioner were exposed to public gaze. Thousands of people were assembled, and lined the quay walls, occupied the shipping on the river, and every available spot. On the scaffold were the deputy-sheriff, Mr. H. B. Roberts, the governor of the gaol, the chaplain, and the celebrated philanthropist, Mr. right, of Manchester. This gentleman and the chap lain, the Rev. T. Thomas, were unceasing in their minis trations towards th e culprit, who manifested sincere repentance, confessing the justice of his sentence, and acknowledging the treachery he had shown towards the murdered man, who had frequently written letters for him, and shown him much kindness. When on the drop the unfortunate man, addressing the crowd, said, " Good people, take warning by me ; this comes of Sabbath-breaking and poaching. All that I said about William Evans (the man whom he had accused of hav ing bribed him to the deed) is false. He had no hand in the murder." He then said, " Jesus, remember me I" and continued in murmured pray* for a few moments, when, at a signal from the Sheriff, the drop fell. The executioner was from York, and it is thought is inex perienced, as the knot was tied on the wrong side, and above the ear. Death did not ensue until several mi nutes' severe convulsive struggle. The body, after hanging an hour, was cut down and buried within the prison. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL. —The number of emi grants who sailed from all the ports of the United King dom, during the spring quarter, was not less than 115,959. Of these, 74,646 sailed from Liverpool, 10,619 from London, 3,722 from Southampton, 2,095 from Plymouth, 7,884 from Glasgow and Greenock, and 16,993 from the ports of Ireland. Liverpool has thus !I considerably more than half the emigration of the United I lit r °? c e Kingdom. The countries to which the emigrants sailed, during the last quarter, were—United States, 78,205 ; N . 112, Strand, Printer at f ya he ale British North America, "20,107 ; the Australian colonies, Strand, in the Precinct of Savoy,. Lo o rr i po o N : P • ted and Published by 17,162 ; and other places, 495. Middlesex, Friday, August 12, 1 BIRTHS. til if '‘ ' OF A SON. -the 0. '' 'i l . I.P' On the Bth inst. in Hanover-square, - - tile will , On the 10th i ns t ., at Tottenham - gr een, Marsden, Esq. at tiO OF A DAUGHTE R. Str ° On the 10th inst., at 41, Norfolk-suet JO wi On th ß e 11th in M s t., fe of obert . Bates at , 3, EHsq. ri c ''' - Mrs. Thomas Peregrine. alf Moon-Wee./ Pi if MARRIED• f V 741101 On the 6th inst., at Yarmouth, in the fel e : PcP o ief Thos. Noyes, eldest son of Thos. Noyes . ; escl. io L e r rat i. Wedhampton-cottage, near Devizes of 0 0 '' youngest daughter a John Clark, ' Escl" place. ~ of DIED. 0 0 '1 olio 0 0 ' On the 9th inst , Noble Edward, one of the ~. ,10 a ll ge . J. St. Leger, Esq., of Jermyn-street, S" o i l , ...si s ce , On the 7th inst., at the Cottage, Raeburn r _ id oe ~4 , , burgh, Archibald Wishart, Esq. writer to Ze s ;:t, P' On the sth inst., at Genoa, 'Augustus Commissary-General to the Forces. 0 0 0: 6 VJ go )0 141 t : • - tcl•. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—AUG. 11. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Clarinda , fr om Cronstadt; Bellerophon, Mem e l ; P ar agon, St. Petersb ur g h ; 31,m1, Ann, Havre ; Duke, Dantzic • Atalanta, do. ; Salem , Ca , tharina, do. ; Christian August, Gifle ; Janet, do. ; Mercier, do. ; cloystad, Christianstadt ; Matto Margarethe, Swarlweeto • Veranda, froln3san,a! Syren, Memel ; Fame, Sines ; Iforo Castle, Purr.: F_ reyr, Chrisianit! Geztena, Caravansera ; Hermina Guzina, Oporto ° to ' , stance, Pernambuce ; Lisetta, Riga ; J"g e Stettin ; Embla, Christiania ; Bombard, Stralsun Swalem, Thisted ; Bolina, Hoparenda ; Amitia, M3rial; ople ; Catharina, Assails ; Caroline Frances, do. '• n , Anna Cornelia, Rostock ; Queen, Frederickshald ;Dtvrich. Christiania ; Anacreon, Riga ; Mary and Sarah , angel. g o bet !id f °r , ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADlNG. — The Tonsberg ; Templar, Antwerp ; Scotia, do' Elsinore 313thioed Konigsburg ; Ann, Rotterdam ; Penelope, Elsinore per St. Petersburgh ; Moro Castle, Halifax ; General Iran Bosch, Melbourne and Geelong; Dorothea, Berbice granis, Melbourne ; Tropic, St. Thomas and Jo sb3/,.,e Granville, Cape of Good - Rope ; Emanuel , Xoni ll `: • Triton, do. ; Aloma, Memel; Samson, Po rt an Prillie;j Thomasine, Sandwich Islands ; Rajasthan , Bonlw Kurrachea. for CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Am alia Doustantinople ; General Santa Cruz, Antwerp ; do. ; Excel, do. ; Gutteridge, try, do. ; Vicar of Bray, V do. ; Valparaiso ; Elizabeth, ..:-cebcL Economy, d°. ; burgh ; Pearl, Montreal ; Gloria Deo, Hamburg;; and Clara, Horsens; Arden Craig, Calcutta. VESSELS SPOKEN WITS. lat. 25 The Sarah, Birkett, Honduras to Cork, JOY 4 ' N. The Bl W. 45 Penelope of North Shields, for Quebec , 20, lat N. long. 27 W. The Walmer Castle (ship), all well, June 19. 5 15 t, bl , The Douglas (barque), outward bound, Aug . N. long. 7 W. JulY 21' fit' The Elizabeth Archer, Arica to Liverpool, 41 N. l g Ir t, on. 33 W. 40 14 The Demerara to Whitehaven, 25th, lat. long. 33 W. J tille The Koning Wilhelm II , Liverpool to llielbo ' u rn s, 2, lat. BN. long. 20 W. * lat. 6 S ' i The China, London to Bombay, June 16, „. ~ ' long. 21 W. The Ormelie, Calcutta to London, July 14, lat. ' 1 " ' 46 long. 42 W. , 27, lat. The George William (American ship), Jul ' N., long. 23 W. et AV 0 The Oriental (s), A ug . 2, l a t. 50 N., long. .piel o The Sydney Griffith s , f rom Launceston, " Van 1 3 , Land, Aug. 6, lat. 49 N., long. 5 W. July The Catherine Jenkins, Caldera to LiverP" l ' lat. 36 N., long. 40 W. 3 i 5,, The Watt, Bombay to Liverpool, July 14, 15t. long. 40 W. The John Lawson, London to Hobart TOO, /1111 SO. s 1.14 htt. 46 N., long. 8 W. The Oliver, Plymouth to Adelaide, Aug. -, lat- 4 long. 7 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD AUG 9. , bat the The supply of fat beasts today was extens'tilols, rr i , demand for beef. was not quite so good. Sever e, IT; mained unsold. The number of sheep again '""" c i telif out alteration in price. Lambs 35s per head, 9 , 13 cii isl l ./ plentiful. The show of fat pigs large, and tue o tlfOg e , generally good. The number of fat calves sval, i ' d to G a d ' but in good request. Prices as follows :—Beef , 6 0 r mutton, 6d to 7d • lamb, Stl to 9d ; veal, 6d t ' c ' r lb. ; pigs, Os to 9s 3d per score - rough fat, 5s Od P l e b. hides, 2id to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 3id to 4d Per EDINBURGH GRAIN— Atm. 10 , I plo,...„ 10 Wheat on the top 2s down, an d th e a verage 211 1 0 " . Barley on the top 2s up, and the average 4d d°13 1. 011 5 °II on the top 2s 4d, and the average 11d, down. the top same as last week, and the average 4c11 1 1 3. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Od Top of Wheat 65 lb 5S $ od Barley... 55 lb 39 ed Oats Beans 6si lb 45 5 Wheat Total Supply and Sales. sold 9 0 (1 0 0 1089 qrs ' sold SO g o Barley Bl qrs sold 46°4 0 Oats 489 qrs ' sold 6" Beans 62 qrs - 42 30 Average of wheat £2 13 9 ., lO O5 Ditto of Barley 2 ' Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans BOSTON—AuG. 10. 9 101 The wheat trade at our mark e t to-day Nos s e r e th e languid state, and to effect sales the growers " o f -palled to submit to a reduction of 2s to 3s Per,,T;l l u, e • prices current this day week. No change in , oats and beans. In barley and peas there 0 ' 3 ; 4 of 0 doing. Wheat, red, 40s to 525, white, 52s to 000 00s ; oats, 18s to 22s ; beans, 40s to 42s ; barley' 00s ; peas, 00s to 00s per qr. P °r NEWARK—Aua. 10. „ f" 2 0 , 5 0 The wheat trade was dull to-day at a dec o .,, ° cl, A na qr. Prices were :—Wheat, white, 60s to ; i';940, 0 0, 565. Barley, grinding, 30s to 325. Oats, 225 is ~ 601 i 26s to 28s—the former being 225 t., an d the 5 6i to Beans, 445 to 465. Peas, 42s t o 44 5. Malt' per qr. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, AUG. 11. e STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has improv 01 0 Vii; under the fa voura bl e state o f th e E as t ern sti e Caledonian, 34,f, 11, 4 ; Lancashire and Yorksbliceif°o, Lancaster and Carlisle, Third Shares, 1713 pin• ; Crosby, and Southport, 178 ; London and .Nrortlrod, sllosl;.Edaos.t,enigahritah Dover, 21,, 2 3 1e 1 , 6 i, p7. ; • M idla n d P I 'yak e Midland, 304 ; Demerara, 14 dis. ne° MANCHESTER, AUG. . n cl o- g.i! STOCK EXCHANGE.— There was a good bil s i i ; e po,p, advancing prices. The sales were :—Caleq 6s . London Stock, 116 ; do., One-Eighths, 3 1 . n .,11.1 64 ' Midlands, 71k, 2, ; Leds, 784; Dovers, fl t STOCK EXCHANGE BI .—There wRMINGHAM,as a very of business t ransac t e d i n our share market to-Oiptiol3oo, are few speculators, and holders of best dc' e , e nt t stocks are app aren tl y not anxious to sell at Pre' e treol'a j or tions. The only sale which during the day wa g ° 'Change was S ou th St a ff ordshire at 18s. Oct. transactions took place in private. STOCK EXCHANGE. —m ss BRISTOL AUG. 11. about 038 t the.r.>loe market was abo 3 yesterday. Great Weste rns were d one at 5 9,3 Stock, 72. 03 5 EXECUTION OF THE GLASGOW MUSD.— ~1 7 fete" 1 0 14, Smith Macfarlane and Helen Blackwood " o ink? of extreme penalty of the law on WednesdaY 131° „ it iral front of the South Prison, Glasgow, for th: J - , c lo io s Alexander Boyd, ship carpenter. : ° From o , r c e the morning groups of men and women of the le ivc r os began to assemble, and continued gradually ten bid till about 7 o'clock, w h en th e groun d was to al ert I A whole body o f p o li ce , num b er i ng upwar ds of 6 v" te sli pe c• • as t there could not be les s th an 40,000 h um an been f r e a amongst whom were a considerable nurnb e l:cri'llP tablehe Rwereei Reid, personsb chaplainr ough t oi into ot both o t thhe the sexes. gaol, Court-house o l and A t fi c o'clock aa cp ot oa n the l lit P nie lel i t P I ' • gn ld governor. After the lapse of a few seconnhs s trivr e dr was given, and the fatal bolt was drawn. I ,`' e ro tr° hfe of the wretched creatures were painful an d P,,hon' Afo r especially in the case of the woman, with 'iv ' I :A appeared to remain for four minutes aft i er hv Ca le The last offices of the law were performeu s Neither of the prisoners made any confession' s hi r es' [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Fifty Thousand c ur i e ic e,, ° ") Barry's Food, without medicine, inconvenielvediecilg.er pense (as it saves fiftimes its cost in otber 7 0 , in 4 0 4 "Twenty-five yearsnervousness, constipatived refel tion, and debility, from which had en o r °jot° misery, and which no medicine could rem ov e ses l " 4 o have been effectually cured by Du Barry'slL Arabica Food in a ver y s h o rt time. S, apsP:Je.. 4 9 Pool Anthony, Tiverto n ."—" Eight Ye ar A n d" , nervousness, debility, with cramps, sPanliTice for which my servant had consulted the rv 's cle,o 11 , ° have been effectually removed b? Du 1333. health-restoring food in a very short ew, happy to answer an uiries. Bev. 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