The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STUET• Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Auaturr 2, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy o f SARDANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 2, Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parselle, Cullenford, Wooigar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, pew Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss w oolg , and Mrs. Keeley. Aft er which, will be presented SIRDANAPALITS. To be fonowed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with JOHN JONES. itoiriAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Great success of the New Drama. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 2, Will be performed the New Drama entitled THE TIMES. Charac t era by Messrs. Farren, T. Mead, H. Marston, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders; Mesdames Andercon and Bartlett. Alter which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SLIYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRESERVED." Shylock, Mr.F. ltobson. To conclude with THE WAN') uatING MINSTREL. Jem sags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. MOST PARTICI7LAR NOTlCE.—Notwithstanding the eontinued success attending the Grand Military Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which can only DO witnessed at this National Estab lishment, Mr. W. Cooke is determined to present his patrons with an uninterrupted chain of novelty, and begs to announce in Prepare- Lion a Splendid Spectacle on a Classical Subject never attempted, and will be produced on a scale of splendour hitherto unprecedented. N.B.—Those who have not yet seen this glorious Dramatic Spec tacle are requested to make an early application for places. MAGNIFICENT SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. THIS EVENING, AtGU3T 2, And during the week, the Performances will commence with THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. - To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's matchless Scenes in the CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Premier Horseman) on Four Fiery Coursers. Concluding every evening with (70th tine) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. Doors open at Half-past Six. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. Cr. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS . Engagement of Mr. J. W. SHARP, the celebrated Comic Wasll2l THIS EVENING. AUOUB 2, PANORAMIC VIEW of CHUSAN, Promenading Elephants, Splendid MENAGERIE. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by Mr. W. Sharp, via ., Comic Scene, " Uncle Tom's C abin," and" Jokes for 1853: Various amusing novelties, concluding with the wonderful exhibition of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant display of FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats D " —Morning 53 min. after 11 Evening 21 min.aft. 12 To-Nfoaaow—Morning 46 min. after 12, Evening 8 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.--Smc OFFICE, AUGUST 2. THEEMOKETER, IN THE SHADE. 76—highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the' night. 68—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'03. WIND, N.N.E.-Dull. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLI A "WENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the ho l ier of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. _ , 4 ,- ; 4...... . b g 6,5 f, , ,,, , .. q ,.. i 0......1 177 9 p. & „,,-.,,," ' . ~,o,u-.., .. ... ;/, O'N LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1853. Something of advantage to the rest of the world may be derived from the Chinese Revolu tion. Of this we feel assured. Reflection satis fies us that benefits of an extraordinary character might be extracted from these oriental ,calamities by the adroit application to the bane of the anti dote of occidental statesmanship. Such a con viction of good capable of being thus effected we have already intimated. A calmer consideration of events cannot fail to impress the majority of dispassionate observers with the reasonableness of these somewhat consolatory and encouraging cal- , culations. America has now during a considerable time past determined to break asunder at the earliest opportunity the odious taboo of the Japanese. England has long aspired to destroy the system of insulation hitherto maintained by the vast balk of the Chinese population. As recently as 1842, it was conjectured that we had succeeded in open ing up to the rest of mankind a readier inter course with the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire. Instead of having only one =harbour along the coast of that gigantic and 'populous country accessible to our commerce, we con trived to secure five different ports on the seaboard of China, through which it was hoped that much might be gradually obtained in the way of conceded facilities for intercommuni cation. After the establishment of the peace brought about by the formal notification of the treaty of Nankin, it was imagined by the more sanguine amongst us that everything in this re spect at all desirable was actually accomplished. An experience of more than ten years' duration has _compelled us to admit, however, that in the indulgence of those beautiful day dreams we have allowed ourselves to be deceived by the most shadowy if the most attractive of political hallu cinations. China has continued up to this moment—in spite of all her concessions, in spite of the treaty of Nankin, in spite of the peace of 1842, in spite of our mercantile establishment at Hong Kong, in spite of Dr. BOWRING'S Consulate, in spite of gunpowder and negotiations—impervious to all the influences of European civilisation. Notwithstanding everything that has been done with a view to beat down the barriers of prejudice, and to dis sipate the darknesi of ignorance, absolutely nothing has been done in the way of effecting any substantial improvement. What, indeed, is the result of all our ingenious diplomacy as applied to the poli c y of the Chinese Government according to the recent declaration of an intelligent re viewer in the Whig Quarterly ? Why, it is briefly remarked by him that " our commerce with this vast country (Chin a ) in 1846," proves to have been " very considerably less valuable than that which in 1788 France carried on with its colony of St. Domi ngo r , and one of most A melancholy comparison— miserable significance. What ! The commerce carried on by France in 1788 with its colony of St. Domingo, considerably grea t er than that develop e d i n 1846, after such warlike struggles and diplomatic exertion between China and England, betw een th e wealthiest the strop est, and the most enterpg risingof marvellous s ous on r t a li ce e gre one hand, and on the other, that comprising in itself one-third o f the great ag gate of the human family ! un questionably, after this, it must be obvious that there i s ample reason for some renewed, and more ene rg e .d eavo urs on our part to establish - a more s ecure and facile intercourse between the Chi nese and ourselves. It might have been hoped, on the 25th of February, 1850, when the Celestial Emperor TAOU-KWANG expired, after enjoying nearly thirty years' supremacy, that changes of a beneficial kind might at length proclaim the downfall of the ancient order of things. Especially might such anticipations have been cherished, when it was remembered that his successor, the present Empe ror TIEN-TIH, was, at the period of his succession, under twenty years of age, and, what was yet more, a stripling prince who had enjoyed the pri vileges of a liberal and, all things considered, a tolerably enlightened education. The new Sove reign was regarded, consequently, with some de gree of favour beyond the frontiers of his domi nion, as a Monarch called to Power at a time when the mind is generally in its most remarkable state of plasticity ; and it was deemed possible he might, in consequence, prove in more happily qualified than hispreedveeZsZasrttioculpuatr an end to the stand-still scheme of the cad Chinese politicians. It required but a little while, however, to demonstrate that here again the more credulous were counting without their host, as the saying goes, in these visions of a golden age of intercourse between the Chinese, and the remaining two thirds of the earth's motley population. True, the mysterious empire still continued open to us at five separate points, in lieu of our finding, as of yore, but one solitary and insignificant inlet on the seaboard for the commerce of the different nations of Christendom. But then, in defiance of all those fancied facilities, we were, neverthe less, still denied access to the enormous mass of 350,000,000 of ourfellow-creatures--350,000,000 consumers--or, as they have been significantly designated, 350,000,000 calico-wearing human beings ! There was, there, in fact, is—up to the present moment—the rub ! How to get at those new customers ! How to obtain more easily the produce of their industry, and to discover amongst them new markets for our manufactures ! Such is the problem requiring solution at the hands of our Government. A few particulars will be sufficient to demon strate how miserably small have been the results of all our vaunted diplomacy and boasted negotia tions in reference to the amount of our commer cial intercourse of late years with the vast Chinese population. It must be borne in recollection, then, that 1846 has proved, all things considered, about the most successful of the commercial years since peace was in 1842 established. Yet, on an examination of the con sular returns for 1846, it will be seen that the whole value of the trade in that year with Great Britain, amounted at C an t on t o 2 ,213,116/. 6s. 4d. imports, and to 3,332,021/ . exports— while at Amoythe imports amounted to 106,0001., and the exports to 8,6001.—at Shanghae the imports being 810, 2001., and the exports 1,352,5301. Perhaps the unsatisfactory nature of this disproportion between the imports and ex ports will become on the instant more apparent, if it be observed, that while in 1836 the exports of British produce to China amounted in value to 1,326,388/., it attained in 1846 only an increase of value to the amount of 465,051/., being, there fore, in effect, simply 1,791,4391. Nay, in 1847, the exports hadfallen again to 1,503,969/. ; and yet further, in 1848, to 1,465,959/. ; rising once more, in 1849, to nearly 1,573,1091. in the aggregate !. This, after the throwing open of five different ports on the seaboard of China to our commercial enterprise—yielding us, as we have seen, an increase of exports from Great Britain and her possessions, in the most successful com mercial year since the pacification effected in 1842, namely, during 1846, to the enormous amount of 465,0511. additional ! 465,0511. worth of British products being consumed in 1846, over and above the quantity exported ten years before —products, remember, exported by the wealthiest of the Maritime Powers of the nineteenth cen tury, and consumed by a country comprising 350,000,000 as the sum total of its population. Is not this, we ask, " proof positive " that hitherto, in regard to China, Squire BULL has acted more upon the Quieta non movers principle than Squire HAZTITMEAN did towards the parishioners of that ilk ? He has left not well alone but ill alone—and here we have the delectable consequences. Instead of any pro portionable increase in the ektent of commercial intercourse between China and England, an ad vance in the value of exports from the latter country to the former, between the aggregate in 1836 and the aggregate in 1846, of just 465,051/. ! Instead of a hugely accumulated bulk, a mere frac tional atom ! Instead of activity, stagnation ! Precisely at the juncture when experience is forcing these - truths more and more convincingly upon our recognition, our rulers find themselves suddenly brought, as it were, face to face with the inestimable opportunity for good yielded by the Chinese Revolution. It remains next to be dis covered how from this " nettle Danger" may be plucked the " flower Safety"—safety for the future, and not only safety but prosperity also, and wisdom, and happiness. How—we ourselves cannot but regard as clearly enough apparent. It remains, at this critical moment, as a few in stances may sufficiently well indicate, within reach of the grasp of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Govern ment. Owing partly to senatorial ignorance of India, partly to the heat of the weather, the fatigue of so long a Session, and the consequent wish to get through a troublesome and ill-relished task as soon as possible, and partly, no doubt, to the in fluence of Government and of the sympathising monied interests, the India Bill, with Sir CHAS. WOOD at the wheel, has been steered through the House of Commons, and the soundings, when ever taken, have showed a good depth of votes ; sail was shortened a little, and the course slightly changed once or twice, to let us see how free and easy the pilot could be if he liked, or just to show, for the nonce, that he could work the ship as he pleased ; but the absolutely WOOD-en con trol of the Bill was never surrendered for a single clause. Enough was conceded to reason to prove that there was power to hearken to reason throughout ; but so much un-reason, as CARLYLE would phrase it, was doggedly main tained throughout, as to satisfy honest Reformers that the name of the President of the Board of Control was a warning from Fate, not a mere ac cident ; and that whoever would propose any thing for India worthy of a statesman, ran his head in reality against a—post. In no instances was this more clearly exhibited than, in last week's debate, on the clauses proposed by Mr. HUME and Mr. NEWDEGATE. It is not often that we agree with the latter gentleman, but the proposal which he made was based upon a thgroughly sound view ; that is, supposing we have first admitted, as the. House had done, that the Govern ment was to continue double, and that part of the Directors were to be chosen by elec tion. Mr. HUarE proposed to increase the present electoral constituency, by adding—lst, all persons holding 5001. of the Company's stock ; 2dly, all holders of the Company's paper to the value of 10,000 rupees ; 3dly, all retired and military and civil servants of the Company who had been in the service 20 years ; and 4thly, we may add, all who could vote only by proxy. The third class alone, according to Mr. WISE, would have added 1,800 electors. Mr. NEWDEGATE, who absurdly contributed to the WOOD majority of 126,. against Mr. Hun, lest by introducing so many others he should fail to introduce his own voters, proposed to add to the present elec tors " certain proprietors of stock or shares in undertakings for the internal improvement of India." Paid up stock of 2,0001. was to give one vote ; 4,0001. two votes ; 7,000/. three votes; 10,000/. four votes. This would add, he calcu lated, about one-seventh to the present constitu ency of 2,322 votes; and it would, of course, be an increasing constituency. Mr. NEWDEGATE'S inconsistent vote against Mr. Flum.E's proposition was repaid, as he deserved, by his own not coming to a vote at all. He was coolly told by the inflexible WOOD, we reject your proposal for the same rea son as we rejected Mr. Man's—please to with draw it. The modest Mr. NEWDEGATE knew his fate (a thing he does not always seem to do), for he bowed and withdrew. And. what, now, were the main arguments a ga e ins e t both ? Two. lit, Parliament had already _ dto commit the government of India to the East tuency India c o Y as S ev u e c n h would increase the difficulty of canvassing. To take ::alasnYt first,2d manr.imLinowEensedicod,nnstoit very logically—thelndia Bill, i however, i was enough to make any one forget all op , a, order--every reader would naturally exclaim ) And if it did in crease the difficulty of canvassing And of that " We should prefer to see a constitu • ency which even rendered the justly odious canvassing impossible ; which compelled the candidates, as in a West Riding of Yorkshire Election, to canvass at pub lic meetings only, or in public prints. Mr. LOW E alleged that the clauses prohibiting canvassin g had been repealed. This, however, was because the immaculate 24 would canvass law or no law ; while the repealed law itself witnessed that it , was most undesirable in every way that they should do so. It would have been wise then, we conceive, .......,.....,..,.......,,,,_.,_- ' . - to have increased the constituency beyond the power of Sir JAMES HOGG himself to wallow in the dirt of such a canvass as that for a Director ship is confessed on all hands to be. We should prefer, as we have already pointed out, to add to the constituency all persons trading to India, such as merchants and manufacturers who carried on trade ,to a sufficiently large amount to render them interested in the welfare and prosperity of India. parcel of land forming parts of the estate, with reference numbers, and a map illustrating the situation and quantities of such parcels, form all the means of identification which can really be re quired. With regard to all the minor inte rests, of various kinds, arising out of land, thus, trusts for the benefit of a wife or younger children, legacies and annuities charged on land, &c., &c., equitable interests of all kinds, and adverse claims, they should be en tirely confined in their operation to the purchase money paid for the land whenever a sale was made. A purchaser, for a valuable consideration and without fraud, should be quite safe in paying his money and being entered on the register. The claimants of various kinds should have the power, on adequate proof of their interests, of applying to have the purchase money impounded, to be afterwards divided in satisfaction of their respec tive demands. If no such application was made, the money would be paid, as a matter of course, to the persons appearing in the register as the legal owners. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, VII; DAY. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and speculation. The mar ket was steady, but quiet, at previous prices. The sales comprised 7,500 American, 150 Pernam and Maranham at 6id. to 70. ; 300 Egyptian at 6d. to 10-id. ; and 2,000 Surat at 3fd. to 40. ; and 60 Sea Island at 2s. to 2s. 9d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull at about per cent. lower for all the leading stocks. A meeting of the proprietors of the General Iron Screw Collier Company was held this morning, and from the statement made, this new feature in the coal trade appears to have answered well. The following report of the Directors was adopted : "In meeting the shareholders for the first time, the directors have much pleasure in congratulating them on the very satisfactory po s iti on o f th e com p an y' s affairs, and in being able to state that the anticipations of suc cess contained in the prospectus issued prior to its for mation have been fully realised. The advance which subsequently took place in the price of iron, and in wages, has, with other contingencies, necessarily in creased the cost of some of the company's vessels and added to the expense of their navigation, but these dis advantages have been more than balanced by the rate of freight realised, as compared with that calculated on in the prospectus. "So soon as sufficient capital was subscribed to justify the commencement of operations, the directors entered into a contract with Messrs. Palmer, Brothers & Com pany for building four vessels, the terms of which have proved highly advantageous to the company ; and im mediately the state of the share register warranted such a step, they entered into a second contract with the same firm for building six other vessels. Of these the following are afloat :—The 'William Hutt, the Sir John Easthope, the Northumberland, the Durham, the Jar row. And then, as to the first argument, that Par liament has entrusted the Government of India to to the East India Company —it is fallacious in every point of view. It is, indeed, literally false ; for the WOOD Directorate is actually composed of one-third nominees of the Crown, added to two-thirds who have purified themselves for their high vocation in a canvass carried on with pro mises of patronage for the nascent brood of Indian harpies ; the Government, therefore, is not given to the East India Company exclusively. Again, the East India Company is itself a figment. No such reality exists, as has been acknowledged again and again. The present electors of East India Directors have no more actual interest in India than any of us have—by no means so much as Manchester manufacturers, who send so large an amount of their produce there, and who are certainly in earnest, to enable India to send their raw material in re turn, to increase its consuming powers, and to better its internal conveyance for their goods. The holders of East India Stock have no more concern in the prosperity of India than the holders of Consols. A real East India Company—one answering at all to its original idea—would be just the persons at this time actually trading with India. They have, at least, a real stake in the well-being of the country. Their exports and imports vary with it ; but as to committing India to the pro prietors of East India Stock, on the ground of their being beneficially interested in Indian improve ment, why, it would have been quite as rational to have tossed up for electors out of a list of all the men in this country worth property to the amount of 5, 0 0 0/. Suppose such legal owners were only trustees, and embezzled the money—let us ask which party should, on principles of natural justice, bear the loss? The purchaser, who has already paid the value of his purchase ; or the person having an equitable interest, who, or whose ancestor, ap pointed such trustees ? One would imagine that there could be no difference of opinion in deciding that the latter should bear the loss ; yet the legal doctrine is that the purchaser is bound to see that the persons possessed of equitable and other minor interests are properly paid. This is, in practice, found to be so inconvenient that in all well-drawn deeds it is provided that purchasers from the par ties authorised to sell the subject matter of such deeds, shall not be bound to see to the applica tion of the purchase money. The purchaser must, however, still incur the trouble and expense of finding out whether there are any other collateral interests in existence to which such provision may Rot apply, and whether the vendor and his pre decessors in title had good titles conveyed to them, and whether the vendor himself can now transfer a safe title. The landowners themselves have the strongest possible interest in requiring that the mode of transferring land should be freed from its present complexities, delay, and expense. Whatever is saved in this way, becomes added to the value of the land. From two to five years' purchase would be immediately added to the value of all the real property in the kingdom, on the establishment of a cheap and speedy mode of transferring land. Any system of registration which required that the deeds themselves, or copies of them (especially such deeds as are now prepared and executed), should be lodged in an office, would be a very mistaken measure. This would only perpetuate and render intolerable all the abuses of the present system. What order could be established in a registry so conducted ? What building would be sufficient for the purpose ? It is not by any such bungling contrivance as this, that the evidence of ownership of the public stocks and shares of va rious kinds is so clearly and satisfactorily evi denced. The result only is registered, being the names of the owners and the identity of the pro perty held in such case. It is true that short forms of transfer are executed, which are lodged in the custody of the Bank or other Corporation. Similarly short transfers of land might be regis tered ; but not the verbose and unintelligible conveyances which are now prepared. " The directors deeply regret they are unable to in clude in this list the Countess of Strathmore, a vessel which, not less than the others, had been found to answer every expectation they had formed of her, but which was unfortunately lost, with the captain' and two of her crew, in the tremendous gale of the 14th ult. ' She was fully insured. After mature consideration, the directors have deemed it prudent to charter the vessels of the com pany with public and other well-established companies, competent to keep them regularly employed in the coal trade, and they have thus been enabled to secure, for a considerable fixed period, a highly remunerative rate of freight. " It will be in the recollection of the shareholders, that interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum has already been received by them up to the 31st of March last, and a reference to the accounts will shew that the net profits have been sufficient to justify the directors in recommending that a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum from that time to the 30th June be now declared in respect of calls paid upon shares. In respect of money paid in advance of calls, it will be observed that provision has been made in the accounts for the payment of interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the same period. After paying this dividend there will remain a surplus of 1,2771. ls. 9d. " For the future the accounts for dividend will be made up in June and December. " It will thus be evident, that although much of the capital has hitherto been unavoidably unproductive, a larger dividend might have been declared than is now proposed, but the directors considered that the perma nent prosperity of the company would be promoted by the appropriation of a considerable portion of the re venue to the formation of a reserved fund. Such a fund is, in their judgment, essential to placing the company's affairs on a sound and enduring basis ; it will lay the foundation of a depreciation fund, and if steadily main tained, enable the company to become the insurers of their own vessels, and gradually to extend their opera tions. " Since the first vessel went to sea, the cost of insu rance, and all expenses connected with the company's transactions have been charged to the account of Looking, then, at the classes proposed by Mr. HUME and Mr. NEWDEGATE as electors, common sense would pronounce all of them but Mr. HUME'S first-mentioned class, to be far more interested in the good of India, and most of them far better acquainted with India than the gentlemen and ladies who placed Sir J. HOGG and his coadjutors in office can possibly be. The retired Company's ser vants must know more of the country, while those who hold the Company's paper, and much more those who have shares in In dian railways, roads, canals,irrigation, and draining schemes have a clear stake in the con dition of the country. It can hardly be denied that Government appears to have had an eye to but one qualification in a voter for a Director ; and that is, that he should have no conceivable interest whatever in choosing one, but the amount of patronage he could get promised for his vote. Hence the unmeasured virtuous indignation of Sir JAMES HOGG, backed by the more cool and prudish virtuous censure of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, when Mr. BRIGHT held up a strking, but anonymous, pic ture of one unquestionable fact. Its offence was its verisimilitude. It showed itself to be taken from life. It needed not the superscription affixed, as we are told, by the old painters to their performances—" This is a horse," " This is a tree "—it was a veritable picture of dispensing Indian appointments, and no mistake. The wrath of young Mr. MAJORIBANKS' father-in-law was in exact proportion to the jobbery practised by Directors with their patronage after election, and their bribery with it during their degrading canvass. Had the constituency been enlarged as we have indicated, it would have done much to cure the evil. revenue. "The preliminary expenses incurred in the establish ment of the company have been very moderate, and it is proposed to make provision for their gradual liquidation out of the ordinary income. "By the provisions of the deed of settlement, the Board of Directors is to consist of not less than six nor more than twelve members. Hitherto the number has not exceeded ten, and although in a board so composed a vacancy has occurred, the directors have not thought it expedient to supply the place of the retiring member, considering nine a sufficient number to conduct the pre sent operations of the company, and they recommend that this number be not increased until the business shall have been further extended. " The directors who now retire by rotation are—Mr. Hutt, the chairman of the company, Sir J. Easthope, and Mr. Prinsep, who being eligible, offer themselves or re-election ; as do the auditors, Messrs. Nicholson and Adam, whose term of office also expires." The Nelson, from Melbourne, has arrived with 25,000 ounces of gold. The Queen of England brings 40,395 ounces, and the Beulah 11,000 ounces. This, with the large imports from Ame rica and Mexico, makes an aggregate of consider able importance. The total amount of stock converted at the South Sea House is 1,297,2871. 19s. The regular labourers employed at the London and St. Katherine Docks have struck this morning for an advance of wages, 6d. per day extra, and are parading the neighbourhood of the docks in large numbers. It is supposed that those who are employed at the West India Docks will follow their example. This is a different strike from that of the men paid by the hour, and will entail con siderable inconvenience upon trade generally if persisted in. The English Funds have been extremely dull, and the lowest quotations of yesterday afternoon are current. The feeling as to a pacific termina tion of the Eastern imbroglio is much weakened by the rumours which the tele g raph almost daily brings, but it is still felt that the firm attitude assumed by the Allied Powers is much more likely than any other course to bring about an arrangement. Further truckling is condemned even by those most anxious for peace, and it is hoped our ultimatum really is to be acted upon. All business in the money market is suspended, and the uncertainty operates most injuriously upon all the wholesale departments of business. Consols have been 971 -4 for both Transfer and Account. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 1011 to • and the Three per Cents. 98i- I T. Exchequer Bills are 2s. discount to is. premium. Bank Stock after being depressed to 2272, has rallied to 229. The annexed memorandum is from the Com mittee of Mexican Bondholers : " The Mexican packet has brought to the joint order of Col. Facio and the chairman of the Committee of Mexican Bondholders $15,655 86c. from Vera Cruz, and $5,575 44c. from Tampico, together $21,231 30c. Ex clusive of these, there are are now at the Bank of Eng land to the credit of the dividends 71,3121. ls. Bd. Mr. Falconnet's letter to the committee is dated the 2d ult. In reply to his protest against the seizure by Govern ment of four months' produce of the revenues assigned to the bondholders, the Minister wrote as follows : " With reference to the protest with which your letter concludes against the application of the funds of the foreign debt to other objects, his Excellency the President desires me to say, that it is noto rious that on taking charge of the supreme Govern meet he found the Exchequer empty and all the revenues hypothecated, so that there was no money even for the most pressing wants of the public service ; for which reason all persons in favour of whom the hypothecation of the Customs' duties had been made If, in addition to the strict evidence of legal ownership appearing in such registry books and transfers, the owner of the land wishes to charge it with legacies, annuities, and other minor and subsidiary interests, for the benefit of his family, the deeds prepared for that purpose should remain in the custody of the parties them selves, and the charges thus created should be good against all parties, except a purchaser for a valuable consideration, without notice of them. Whether, and to what extent it would be ex pedient to permit any notice of trusts and claims of this nature to appear on the register at all, is a question which the Legislature would have to determine on the introduction of the new system of registration. On the whole, we are inclined to think the principle adopted by the Bank, and by all corporate and Joint-stock Institutions, of not permitting any notice whatever of trusts to appear in the registry, is the soundest system to be adopted, and that which, in the end, would be productive of the greatest amount of benefit to the community. It is well known that the owner of It was lately observed, with much truth, by Mr. COLLIER, in his speech on Ecclesiastical Law Reform, that those who were desirous of agitating for reform of the Law did not understand the subject, and those who did understand the sub ject were opposed to reform. It is easy to comprehend that great changes in the law of a character most advantageous to the public can seldom be obtained, or even expected, from lawyers. They have obviously a direct personal interest in preserving intact the system which they have learned at much cost of time and money, and from which they derive their subsis twice. The more eminent members of the pro fession, even when actuated by a desire to reform and when placed by circumstances above the in fluence of those merely personal and selfish in stincts against reform to which we have just ad verted, seldom have the leisure required for the purpose. Then the exclusive and tech nical nature of a lawyer's education and practice are unfavourable to the formation of large, liberal, and enlightened views on the subject of Law Reform ; and last, although far from least, the opinion of his professional brethren and the esprit de corps of the profession form most formidable obstacles in the path of the legal reformer. From these combined causes it has happened that great changes of the law have always been very slowly produced. You may effect great com mercial reforms, because they are easily under stood and extensively agitated for ; but law lags behind in the race of improvement. Even when equitable interests in the funds, may prevent a transfer of Stock by a restringas. A caveat against the transfer of land might be allowed ; but, as before observed, we should prefer that the form of the remedy used in such cases should be di. rected not against the sale, but to the preserva tion of the purchase-money, until all claims on it were satisfied, after proper investigation ; just in the same way as the Irish Encumbered Estates Act is managed. We should be glad to see this important sub ject of the Registration of titles to land submitted to a committee of eminent Members of Parlia• ment, assisted (but certainly not controlled) by the opinions of some of the most enlightened members of the legal profession. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—We think that we can now safely state that the Royal visit to the Dublin Exhibition will take place about the 22nd of the present month. It may be presumed that her Majesty will proceed per sea to Scotland, visiting the Giant's Causeway en route, and that the landing-point in Scot land will be Ardrossan. Balmoral, the Queen's High land residence, is situate in the eastern, not the western Highlands.—Morning Advertiser. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We un derstand that the dividend for the half-year ending 30th of June last will be at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. ROYAL NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS.—A supplemen tary estimate has been laid before the House of Com mons of the sum of 50,0001., required to defray the charges which shall come in course of payment in the year ending March 31, 1854, for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers. THE CAPE.—Our advices by the last mail from the Cape of Good Hope have confirmed the rumours that had been prevalent of General Cathcart's early return to England. Several officers are named for the Cape command, but we think that in all probability that high appointment will be bestowed upon Major General Jackson. This distinguiShed officer, it will be remem bered, commanded the cavalry brigade upon the occasion of the public funeral of the late Duke of Wellington. THE CITY POLICE.—Last evening a meeting of the constables of the City police was held at the Flying Horse Tavern, Milton-street, Cripplegate, for the pur pose of approving certain alterations which had been made in a petition to the commissioner of the City police for an increase of pay. Police constable John Foster was called to the chair. The petition, as amended, prayed for an increase of pay on account of the dearness of lodgings within the City and the increased price of provisions. It was approved and then signed by 300 of the men. BRITISH BENEFICENT INSTITUTION.—From the fourth annual report of this excellent charity, which has just been published, we are glad to perceive that its finances are in a highly prosperous condition, and that its pros pects are most encouraging. Though only founded a few years ago, for the purpose of affording permanent incomes to the widows and unmarried orphan daughters of persons once in affluent circumstances, or occupying a high position in society, its operations have already exceeded the most sanguine expectations. At the pre sent moment twenty-four annuitants are upon the funds, receiving each 301. per annum, and the increasi ng sup port which the institution is enjoying justifies the hope of a speedy extension of it sphere of usefulness. lawyers undertake reform, the changes which they suggest are marked by great timidity and hesita tion. The alteration made preserves the old, and perhaps, in reality, worn-out system, and some times does positive mischief by prolonging the vi tality of a process which ought to be abolished alto gether. We have lately adverted to the present barbar ous system of transferring titles to land—of " con veyancing," as it is termed—as an example of a monstrous abuse which calls aloud for remedy. While mercantile men have their speedy and con venient modes of transferring the various repre sentatives of personal property, such as bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of lading, dock warrants, the public stocks, and all kinds of shares in railway, assurance, banking, water, mining, and other companies, land presents the deplor able contrast of being clogged in its transfer by the most useless, absurd, mischievous, and expen sive restraints—restraints which men of business would never tolerate for a moment, if an attempt were now made, for the first time, to introduce them. If stock to the amount of 10,0001. is to be transferred, it is only necessary to ascertain who the present owners are; but if a piece of land, forming the site of a mere hovel, is to be "conveyed," it be comes necessary to find out not merely the present owners, but who owned the property before him, and what right such predecessors had to convey it, and thus through a line of predecessors for 60 years past. What real necessity can there be for this lengthened inquiry ? Why should it be more necessary in dealing with land than with any other species of property ? As before o b serve d , i t is more difficult—at least it may b e ma d e more dif ficult—even with the simplest mod e o f preserving the evidence of ownership of land, to feign a right to it than to stocks and shares which have an ideal existence only., spontaneously agreed to place the produce of them, up to the end of April, at the disposal of the Go vernment, resuming their former rights again on the Ist of May. His Excellency thinks that he ought to expect equal consideration from the bondholders, convinced as they ought to be of the conservative inten tions of the Government, without which there can be no security for the fulfilment of even the most sacred en gagements ; and that the present Administration, while yielding to an imperative necessity in disposing of the funds assigned to the creditors, is already occupying itself in devising some arrangements by which without imposing new sacrifices on the bondholders, the punctual payment of the dividends may be secured to them in a solid and stable manner, as it is but just, and certainly the desire of the Government for the sake of its own credit and good name, that it should be.' " Mr. Falconnet, in his rejoind h e e r, a strongly Govern ment, pressed all the proper points on t the the property of and also made a formal application to _Mr. Doyle for his interference to protect had n ain of interview with his the date of his letter to have an inte bond holders. Mr. Falconnet expected in . a few . days . from Ex cellency the President, to deliver a memorial from the committee on the subject of t he p resent s tate of the foreign debt of Mexico and v erball y to ex p a tiate upon it. The project of a bank in Mexico, which was t o f arm the Customs' revenues and provide for the interest on the foreign and domestic debts, continued in abey ance, but without having been wh o ll y a b andoned. The new tariff was considered much too high to be productive. It was said that the new duty on a bale of printed cotton goods would amount to 110 per cent. on its real value. The agents in Vera Cruz estimated the probable amount of the bondholders' share of the import duties there for the month of May at $63,000, and for June at $62,000. The true mode of preserving the evidence of title to land appears to be by entering the names of the owners in books with a proper index, so as to be capable of easy reference. This book, or a sepa rate book, should contain entries of the land, houses, &c., to be dealt with, and the quantities of such land, &c., much in the same way as estates are UNITED KINGDOM BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND.— A general meeting of the friends of this institution, founded to give permanent relief by allowing annuities from 101. to 301. to indigent persons of all classes, was held on Saturday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of electing three persons to an nuities from a list of 30 candidates ; the chair was taken by George Henry Barnett, Esq. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said he felt happy to see the in stitution progressing. From what he knew of the So ciety, he felt sure that it would eventually prosper, and in conclusion he trusted that it would receive that sup port which its merits deserved. (Cheers.) Mr. C. W. Coleman then read the report, which stated that while the committee rejoiced in the progress of the institution, they were deeply affected by those vicissitudes which characterise the lot of many in this world, and felt anxi ous to extend more widely the benefits of the institution, which are to relieve the sons and daughters of misery at a period when advancing years, protracted sickness, or other calamitous circumstances rendered them incapable of supporting themselves by their own labour. The report then stated that the first election took place in February last, when one male and two females were elected on the funds, and concluded by making an earnest appeal for increased subscriptions, to enable the committee to rescue these objects of charity from destitution. Some routine business having been transacted, the election of three annuitants was proceeded with. entered in tithe-rent charge apportionments. The separate quantities should be distinguished by numbers, and these numbers should refer to a map or plan, showing the position of each quan tity. The ownership of the land, &c., and its situation, quantity, and identity would thus be clearly shown. Thus would be shown in a manner " The Government was rapidly increasing the army, but had as yet failed in devising any measure to place the finances on a better footing." infinitely superior to the tautologous and bungling verbal descriptions now inserted in deeds, which are seldom assisted by maps. Wherever maps are used, ,under the present system, they are merely slight sketches of the land and its boundaries within any uniform scale, and in a form too frag mentary to be of any real use for the purpose of identifying the property in the event of dispute. A distinct statement of the present legal owner ship' a fiat of the names and quantities of each The foreign stock market .has been very quiet, but also well supported. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 264, being flatter ; Peruvian have risen to 84 ; Brazilian New Stock has been marked 99/ to I. The Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been at 231, and the Certificate at 6il ; Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 98 to. The Railway Share Market is feeble, sympathis ing with the English Stocks. The lines that rule h S heaviest a re G reat N orthern, Midlan d , out THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1853 r Eastern, and York and Berwick. French Shares are also rather lower. Lyons are down about and Strasbourg The Gold Mine Shares have been dealt in rather more, but at very low rates. The Land Companies' Shares continue heavy. The Australian Banks are firmer. BRII - 1,5H FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK /From the Official List.) Business done, Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced An nu iti es .... ..... ?; 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 97i if New 3e per Cent. Annuities lOl4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 , 5l India Bonds, £lOOO ...... •••••• • ..... Ditto, under £lOOO ... 27 South Sea Stock Consols for Account 11th August • 97Z Exchequer Bills, id. £lOOO 1p 2 d 1;500 Small 1 p 2 d 1 p 2d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4,-; per Cent 991 x d Mexican 3 per Cent. 261 Peruvian Bonds, 41. per Ceut. B4 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4,i per Cent. Ditto Small 102 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 231 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6B P a Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, q per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates - 8 HALF•PAST TWO. 97i 07i Consols • Ditto August A ccount .... LITERATURE. The Quarterly Review. No. CLXXXV, Scarcely as attractive as usual, from the recon dite nature of several of the subjects selected for criticism in the present instalment, the Quarterly nevertheless secures some notice from the more observant, if only for the various merit of three out of the eight current contributions. Compara tively few will feel tempted to examine the paper having reference to the curious " Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters," re cently edited, with copious notes, by John O'Dono van. Several of the inquisitive observers of the progress made of late in the yet further entangle ment and complication of what is called the Eastern Question, may be disposed, at the first glance, to scrutinise the chapter relating to the ingenious " Etudes sur la Situation Interieure, la Vie Nationale, et les Institutions Rurales de la Russie," written by the Baron Auguste de Haxthausen : but a few pages will clearly enough indicate that but small information can be expected from that quarter to throw light upon the mysterious events now taking place in the council chambers at St. Petersburgh and Con stantinople. Every one interested in the develop ment of the extraordinary changes set on foot by the Oxford Tractarians will be eager, no doubt, to peruse the reviewers comments upon what are here boldly pronounced (in italics at the head of every page) " Ecclesiastical Forgeries," as collated, revised, and weighed in the balance, by E. J. Shepherd, Rector of Luddesdown. Beyond that circle, however, we fancy that few will be induced to read those same documents carefully through out. As to the notice subsequent taken of Signor Ruffini's Autobiography, it may be conjectured with some reason that by this time we have had enough, and to spare, of references to, and quota tions from, and advertisements about, the vera cious "Lorenzo Benoni." Respecting the old Tory Quarterly's strictures on the Palmerston Policy, it may be well imagined that enough virulence and vituperation are compacted together for one while, under cover of a dispassionate criticism on the two volumes relating to " Lord Palmerston, l'Angle terre et le Continent," penned by the Flemish born Austrian, Count Ficquelmont, who was despatched in 1847 to overawe the discontents in Lombardy with the grandiose title of Imperial Commissioner. If any doubt could, by possibility, be entertained as to the probable tone of this par ticular contribution, it would, we conceive, be speedily enough dissipated by the candid avowal of the reviewer in question at the outset of his lu cubration the avowal we mean in reference to the present Home Secretary's summary and un ceremonious ejectment from Lord John Russell's Government. "We trusted," says he, " that a better era had opened on our policy, and that amicable, really amicable, [the italics are the Quarterly's, not ours] relations would be resumed with our ancient allies"—meaning thereby, of course, ancient allies like the Austrian Kaiser and the Russian Autocrat The " better era" signify ing an era of cringing and abasement on the part of Western Europe before the pride and arrogance of Northern Absolutism. The " amicable, really ami cable relations," meaning relatio ns i n w hi c h every thing would be subordinated to the development of the policy of the Czar. After this enough has been remarked to induce the majority, we conjecture, to look elsewhere than to this new instalment of the Quarterly for a calm and discriminating balance between the acts of Lord Palmerston and the as sertions of Count Ficquelmont. Having mentioned these five diversified contributions, we find n ow remaining the three meritorious papers already re ferred to, but not yet particularised. Conspicuous among these, is an elaborate article on g , Th e Ox ford Commission." According to the opinion of the reviewer, the commissioners are—" an d , ,, says he, " we might use a harsher word "—e n th us i asts. He adds, that, among other things, " they h ave treated the university like the most insatiable carpet bag : stuffed it with legislators till it can not stir, crammed it with teachers till its head turns round." Nay, he concludes his strictures by declaring that " from such a temper [as that of the commissioners] has proceeded a scheme of univer sity reform, of which the university constitution is a blunder, the university instruction a theory, and the university extension a joke." So much for the Quarterly's notion of the Oxford Commission. Another of the more alluring papers in the current number of our contemporary is a discursive and depreciatory review of the " Memoirs of Thomas Moore," edited by Lord John Russell. In the course of this review but stinted praise of any kind is awarded to the Posthumous Papers of the Bard of Erin—the vanity displayed in which is treated with churlish scorn, as altogether unpardonable. Car ried to such an extent of severity, we cannot but think this churlishness somewhat blundering and illogical—for inasmuch as some amount of vanity must be supposed to originate every - literary pro duction partaking of the character of an auto biography. Either a man or woman, as the case may be, must imagine himself or herself to be of some interest or importance in the estimation of the world, or he or she would never dream of not ing down particulars illustrative of domestic life and personal temperament. It appears to us, con sequently, rather unfair, to say the least of it, to visit upon the head of poor Tom Moore the weak nesses attributable more or less to every writer of autobiography. 'lt may be observed, by the way, that the reviewer, in the indulgence of his some _ what amu s i ng spleen, quotes with humoro us apti tude four li n es from Moore himself (vide hi s " Works," p. 520) as being applicable to these " Memoirs" edited by Lord John Russell : " With crumbs of gossip caught from dining wits, And half-heard jokes bequeathed like half-chewed bits, With each ingredient served up oft before, But with fresh f ud g e and fiction garnished. o'er." Rather apt, we take it, as an illustrative quotation—remembering that q correspondence the other day ; v(n reference to these indentical " Memoirs") between Lord John Rus sell and the Marquis of Londonderry ! M en ti on has still to be m a d e of the only other contrib u ti on of the Quarterly no t yet individualised— we mean the enthralling treatise, as we may call it, on th e , 6 Generalisation of Comparative Anatomy. " Richard O wen h as obtained in this an o th er o f th ose splendid and, let us add, those nobly-deserved p ane gyrics,which vast labours and his surpris ing genius have commanded, even from his imme diate contemporaries. It is remarked at the close of this really admirable paper that Cuvier once, with an instinctive prescience of coming revela tions, asked, " Why should not natural history one day also have its Newton ?"—the reviewer adding thereupon, " The best proof of the reason ableness of that question we hold to be the success which has attended the last researches of Cuvier's English successor"--meaning, of course, thereby, Richard Owen, the man who has been justly styl e d by Humboldt the most illustrious anatomist of his generation. Testimony of the perfect accuracy of this most eulogistic assertion need not be sought elsewhere than in Owen's immortal lucubrations " On the Nature of Limbs," or " On the Architype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton"— works in every way authorising the application to him of that glorious title, the Newton of Natural History. TZIE METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yes• terday a further Parliamentary paper, obtained by Sir B. Hall, on the metropolitan sewers was printed. In 1851, from October, the payment for management (since the passing of the Amendment Sewers Act, in 1851) were 3,2901. 13s. 10d., and the payments for local su pervision of works 2,3411. 16s. ld. In 1852 the pay ments for management were 14,5511. 9s. 9d., and for local supervision of works 6,4781. 2s. 7d. In the present year, to the 30th of June, the payments for manage ment were 8,761/. ls. lid., and the payments for local supervision of works 3,1661. 15s. 6d. SPORTING NOTES. BABBLING ABOUT BRIGHTON. .0 Since the publication of my notes yesterday,, portant a n d unexpected moveinent has b eell e the turf-market. It caused the sudden se";,, r Adine, to the position of leading Brighton Stakes. Indeed, with the exception °f tomime, she is the only animal which has been with decided spirit, and yesterday she ea r; grossed speculation. Her weight, incluLa. penalty is Bst. 101 b., an impost which m. °° a damaging effect on her chance. This 07 - 0 however, evidently not in accordance with thi, supporters, who deem their partiality justifieu;oo favourite A: whose confidence is materially strengthened bY te d deration of the easy manner in which she Oslo opponents for the Goodwood Stakes. Ad ine r i s fill tionably a mare of superior racing merit, se" Or doubtedly figure prominently in the encounter., t' she compete successfully under her present rise weight, she will be entitled to a very hig h 1 1 among the turf celebrities of thJ be opinion which I ex p resse d yes t er d a y, o n tbe ar result of the race i s scarce l y a ff ec ted by o this rrei monstration in favour of Adine. It is also ,illy as to the comp ara ti ve i ns i gn ifi cance of e cts I chance. My conclusi ons were s t a t e d as fe 11°. 01;( 1 7 , anticipate that th e f oremost p l aces will b e s b n ANTIGONE, FATHER THAMES, and PooD• pe o‘i however, the " scratchin g " p rocee dings be r e ~ shall substitute Pantomime for Father Thale es 'sof The Trial Stakes closed last night with seen of k tions, Vaultress and Snowdon Dunhill being, in mation, entitled to the precedence of the lot. t otl To indicate the winner of the Nursery extreme difficulty. There are thirty-one " handicapped, but it i s i m p oss ibl e t o asc ertain,,,. 0 0 1 approach to accu rac y, th e numer i ca l s trengT $1 0!f field. On c are f u lly compar i ng t h e weightk i s ,oir duced to select th e following as being favourably —Winkfield, Village Lass, b Epaminondas, J ean ass, 2 o and Cyrus. Th e l as t men ti one d and Eparai ll° " o . t I believe, in the same stable, and not being, i .biriv owner's confidence I cannot, of course, say them will be intended. bid, The Marine Plate numbers thirty-five en so uncertain is all information respecting the u e l i to a can merely p o i n t ou t the " favourably-vreig' ge sion,"—viz. Faux-pas, Sanita, Thornhill, Tbeafoofi Snarry, Da go b er t, H an d some Doe, App l e t on , se b i s 01, Norval. From this lot the reader must rnakeht.lo,l, selection. Not w ith s t an di rm the heavy Weig;;Or ever, I shall expe c t t o see E p h esus we ll up, u• .° utely first at the finish. to!,1 hof. Tlie Town Plate whi c h c l ose d yest erdayi. ag ' two nominations ; as it i s a " se lli ng race) shall not attempt to pick the winner. I shall defer the discussion of Thursday's morrow. Brighton, August 2. .•••'• A FRESH FLYING STAKES (WORCESTER' 4 DECISION OF THE JOCKEY cLUB. are o 4 Having heard thelevidence of the starter, O m 09,, the declaration of the person who held the fise t io,,s' that he never dropped it, we are of opinion that.a,Or start for the Flying Handicap, at Worcester, Ow start, and that Le Juif is entitled to the stakes' (Signed) EXETER, f 6 J. M. ST 1 ;01$ FRANCIS IT BRIGHTON RAGES. ARRIVALS. Trial Stakes—All here. oat.al Brighton Stakes—Musician, Garforth, Dv' vence, Corybantes, Coleraine, Mrs. Nuttiok L y Pantomime. Nursery Stakes—Sine qua non, Winkfield, „ of Village Lass, Mouser, Bracken, Basquine, J 0 3.; Margaretta, Cyrui, J ov i a l, S t. Spiro, 8011111- Health, Blanchie filly. ge Stlel9 Marine Plate—Sanit a , T amer l ane , Heriot, deb' Pavilion Applet on , M a d ame L an d ea u. po r Pavilion Plate—Tamerlane, Sanita, Madan° Homebrewed, Hirsuta ' Hambletonian. Railway Plate—All here. Town Plate—All here. Andover has arrived. RIPON RACES.-YESTERDAY' TRIAL STAKES. Paquetta .., General Five ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD SWEEPSTAKES. Randy Holiday .. SELLING STAKES. Macassar Springflower £4O PLATE. Amaaio Seven ran. COURT CIRCULAR• °P O e OSBORNE, 119° r 4 • Albe Her Majesty, his Roy a l Hi ghness Prince -jeer Prince of Wales, th e P r i ncess Royal, and Prin oie 011. attended divin e serv i ce yesterday morning at . 41k fi re• The service w as performed by the Rev. H. v r The ladies and gentlemen in waiting were sent. A deputatio n f rom t h e Metropolitan Countic", A at of the M e di cal and Surgical Association hada li°'Ae. view w ith Viscount Palmerston yesterday at tlisoe.., office, on the subject of the Vaccination Bill. putation consisted of Dr. John Rose Corsv,: Patrick Fr aser , an d D r. R o b ert Hunter Seilinbe „0, A deputati on aga i ns t t h e proposed B ill for j tih pression of Bettin g -h ouses h a d an i nterv i e w 111 0 0: count Palmerston yest er d a y. Th e d eputa tion of Messrs. Mather, Maclure, R ea d, B a i ne s, 3n o ri , and were introd uce d by Mr. Lewis Hoffman, at-law. Mr. Anstey had an interview with Viscoun t _,,i, ston yesterday at th e Home-office. Co l°Pvci Dispatches were received yesterday a t the A Al l office from the Governors of the West India is lAl3 0 4 from the Governor-General of Canada ori ri. vern Dispatches were sent yesterday to. uo the z ) the West India Islands. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN' 0' TrOfo ! LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.": 6B I -, , turn for the week ending July 30, 1853 g 2 ''' 13 l'' 19) ° /S Corresponding week last year. .....----; ii gl, 6 ' s e Increase in 1853 LONDON, BRIG HTON , AND SOUTH COAST ILO' Traffic return for the week ending July 30, An/ 4 1 1 1853 220,vg5 li 11, 7 A 3 Corresponding week last year ~. 03v 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 , , °'/134 4, Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 71 , " 1 , 01 06 rf GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.- - 92 / 1 5 0 ,urn for the wee k en di ng July 30, 1853 £4, 1 48 1 / corresponding week last year 4 ,2 ..----- i Increase in 1853.. TERRIFIC FIRE IN HOLLAND-STREET: BLA CgI tI II O I i Ibil 4 (THIS DAY .—Thi s morn i ng, about eight o'clock , ' nu t v", the work men h ad left for breakfast, a fire brok e • "1 4 e r the premi ses o f M essrs. William Wildey and Oc"i 5% Holland-street, Blackfriars'-road. The buildia,g c or„; tensive, and is used as a manufactory o f pater' ja g. „ nut-fibre matting, brushes, and curled hair. ?f i e ot°,11; was given by one of the boys who work in th e f o r , and messeno-ers were immediately dispatched o ipeo li engines, but'in the interval the flames had at,o 4 , ten ific ascendancy, enveloping the adjacent 1 31 ‘ r iptl i , a cloud of dense smoke of a very offensive d es- c isic2 The Brigade engine from the Waterloo.road vt"'',„ o "stP' 4o e . on the spot, followed by those from Farringn i ;pne and Watling -street in succession, under thu d th tendence of Mr. Superintendent Henderson, 11 7 it Ii (); ( being a plentiful supply of water from the Soal' o por don works, they were soon got into play. A 21 1 1 0110 , small tenements surround the factory, and it - 0 ,00,'d by the most strenuous endeavours of the fireroe n re osv habitants that the destructive element was ,P;hio from spreading. As it was, the greatest cont - he 1 3 4 " g vailed, owing to its sudden outbreak) and tseeE-10 inhabitants were to be seen running to and fro f w ho for places to deposit their goods. The police, n „.. 0 14 0 : $ there was a strong body present, rendered the bfool A assistance. By the most incessant labour tb e ,,io o- ',, were confined to the building in which the fire orris cop although they were not entirely subdued od 6 .1 5 " 8 siderable amount of property was destroyea , :d fr: fittings and interior of the premises consul :a l • bay, origin of the fire has not yet been ascertain ed ' c t' searching inquiry The stock in trade and b "ld . • ui Inge are insured to has been instituted as to the 00 ,01 their fall amount. of July V st ODESSA.—Lett ers f rom O dessa o f t h e 22d # A" mention. the re newa l of large purchases of wh en " P A rin 50,000 q uar t ers having been taken at hig her rs, ° iv The Tri es t e h ouses were the most act i ve hill r oog o o great confidence was felt in an animated tra de t 400i ° ,j, out the s eason. Th e stock at present was abon Os. quarters. Ships w ere as scarce as ever, anclws fro ° per quarter was the rate for wheat. The n` re' Constantinopl e was regar d e d as pac ific. wee izlf,„ c e ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS.—The our, views from the Amsterdam and Rottercial n y, markets state that business was generally steadthe 1, coffee there had been no essential alterationntirg 00.5 proach of the Dutch East India sales prove_ d, o ra_ e , vity. Refined sugar was better supported, a: a dvao4 having increased, holders were anticipating a" ve rne' Indigo had been ma i n t a i ne d a t the late iraP.% r . and dried fruits c on ti nue d t o com mand atten t ! 0 0 1 1 chases of rice had b een f ree l y ma de, and in spice et lot limited business had been transacted. ~ t h e roa r ,r , RouEN.- -The letters from Rouen descrinee,,ve ap pe ,o for manufactures as exhibiting a more I :. boo ante, but the alteration in prices had not er portant. th e steA 111 b SPECIE.--The amount of specie brought uziosoaos America on Monday—namely, 106,000/.,s!!_. an 4 , large, considering that she sailed from B a o ll t e " rate of i %, it indicates an advancing tendencyei, the P' d to chae, a further sum ma be expected ,u h i s per io tote En t g t ian d coos vi the on holders Wednesday. of American dividendsstock duestocks in one of the causes of the increased demand for bill°. a~~' r Nun ~` Cr to: roe CO! a p age out str tha