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

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 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 bulk 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 E uropean c i v i l i sat i on. Notwithstanding everythi ng that has been done with a view to beat down the barriers of prejudice, and to dis sipate the darkness of ignorance, absolutely nothing has been done in the way of effecting any substantial improvement. What, indeed, is the result of all our ingenious_l diplomacy as applied to the poli c y o f the Chinese to the recent nese Government according declaration, of an i n t e lli gen t re viewer in th e Whig Quarterly ? Why, it i s briefly remarked by hi m that , °l7B4eommeree with this vast country (Chi na ) been `c very consid era b ly less 6," proves to have valuable than that which in 1788 F rance carried on with its colony of St. Domingo !" A melz,ncholyoraparison— and one of most miserabl e s i gn ificance. What ! The commerce carried on by F rance in. 1788 W with its colony of St. Domingo, considerably greater warlike than that developed in 1846, after u struggles and diplomatic exertions, like between china Viten ch ina an d England, between the wealthiest, the strong est, and the most enterprising of nations on th."o one band, and on the other, that marvellous rac e cona priing in itself one-third of the great aggr o g ate of the human family ! Unquestionably, after this, it must be obvious that there is ample reason for some renewed and more energetic en deavours on our part to establish a more secure and facile intercourse between the Chinese and ourselves. It might have been hoped, on the 25th of February, 1850, when the Celestial Emperor l'Aor-KwAisTo 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 Tln under twenty years of aged was, at the period' of his succession, and, what was yet more, a stripli ng princelvluili d n pri vileges of a lib eral and, all things ejy coonesdi considered, r ea ':The new tolerably enli g ht ene d educatio' Sove reign was regard e d, consequentlygree of favour b e y on d the frontiers of with hsoisnideomde-i -nion, as a Monarch call e d t o power at time when the mind is generally in it s most remarkable state •.of plasticity ; and it w as deemed possibl e h e in consequence, Prove in every Particular More happily oualified than his predecessors to p u t an ezi to the ;3taad-3t4.1 Ficher23B of the est) • S •,_ "t VIMI6 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1853. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under ne Management of Mr. Charles Sean. TUB EVENING, AUGUST 2. Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which. Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKLN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Igr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENDIG, AUGusT 2, Will b e performed GENE V IEVE. Characters b y Messrs. Parselle, CUll e nford, Woolgar , Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALU2. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL 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 ters by Messrs. Farren, T. Mead, H. Marston, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Auderton and Bartlett. After which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, TILE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRESERVED." Shylock. Mr.F. Robson. To conclude with TUE WirANI. , -dtING MINSTREL. Jem Rags. Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. MOST PARTICULAR NOTlCE.—Notwithstandin; the continued suttees attending the Grand Military Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which CAli only De 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 Prepara tion 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, AuousT 2, And during the week, the Performances wM 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 time) THE LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Cbase. CHASE ; or, Doors open at Half-past Six. Box - office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of Mr. J. W. SHARP, the celebrated Comic VocaliEt. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 2, PANORAMIC VIEW of CHUSAN, Promenading Elephants, Splendid M ENAGER lE. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by Mr. W. viz., Comic Scena, " Uncle Tom's Cabin," and" Jokes for 18532' Various amusing novelties, concluding with the wonderful exhibition of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant display of FIREWORKS, and EXPL OSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission Is. ' LEGS WATER 'AT LONDON BRIDGE. 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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 zemaining 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- Canton to 2,213,116/. 6s. 4d; in:Torts, and to' . 3,332,0211. exports— while at Amoy the imports amounted to 106,0001., and the exports to 8,600/.—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 1,326,3881., 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 had fallen again to 1,503,969/. ; awl yet further, in 1848, to 1,465,959/. ; rising once more, in 1849, to nearly 1,573,109/. 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 ! 465,051/. 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 Quiets no movers principle than Squire HAZELDEAN 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 extent 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 ho liked, or just to show, for the nonce, that he could work the ship as he pleased ; but the absolutely Woon-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. NEWDECATE. It is not often that we agree with the latter gentleman, but the proposal which he made was based upon a thoroughly 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. IlumE proposed to increase the present electoral constituency, by adding--Ist, all persons holding 500/. 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. FlumE, 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 2,000/. was to give one vote ; 4,000/. two votes ; 7,000/. three votes; 10,0001. 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 to a vote at all. an increasing constituency. Mr. NEWDEGATE'S WOOD, ineel laiatellt vote against Mr. Humes proposition Was • re paid, as he deserved, by his own not coming doest Mr. He was coolly y told by the inflexible we Teject your proposal for the same rea fdartaew( a it We rejected Mr Humes—please to with son as now, :ere th lie bowehdinaTgnhdehNe7i:lhdrese. NEWDEGATE knew his no t always seem to do), for Parliament And what, main arguments ment of India to the East against both ? Two. Ist, agreed to commit the govern Such an immense consti tuency bad already of canvassing. cMiIirt.YLOWE did not India Company ; 2dly, T ti o ien ta c k y e vi t 'o h u e ld las in t c fi re r a s sz a t s he ev d e iff in very logically—the India Bill, however, was en ' ouol to make any one forget all logical order every reader would naturally exclaim, " And if it did in crease the difficulty of eanvassing--what of that ?" We should prefer to see a constituency which even rendered the justly odious canvassing impossible ; which compelled the candi dates, as in a We st Riding of Yorkshire Election , to canvass at pub lic meetings only, or in public p rints. Mr. LOWE alle g ed that the clauses prohibiting canvassin g had been repealed. This, however, was because the immaculate 24 would canvass law o r no law ; while the repealed law itself witnessed that it was I should most undesirable in every way that they i so:- It would have been 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 qo a sufficiently large amount to render them interested in the welfare and prosperity of India. 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 FAA 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 actuallytrading with fudia. 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 5,0004 Looking, then, at the classes proposed by Mr. HUME and Mr. NEWDEGATE as electors, common sense would pronounce all of them but Mr. Humes 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 loffice 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. It was lately observed, with much truth, by Mr. Comazn, 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 tents. 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 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 10,000/. 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 observed, it is more difficult—at least it may be made more dif ficult—even with the simplest mode of preserving the evidence of ownership of land, to feign a right to it than to stocks and shares which have an ideal existence only. The true mode of preserving the evidence of title to land appears to be by entering the names of the ownerscapable in of b e a o s o y k s with a e ee p . r o pe Th r i index, s so book, or a s a t s o be e pa_ rate book, should contain entries of the land, houses, &c., to be dealt with, and the quantities of such land, 47C., much in the same way as estates are 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 s va i re t e u rb a sa t e i ll o ddri noe,mseqastpisaitnsitotenid b quantity, and identity would thus be clea r l y s h own. Thus would be shown in a manner infinitely sup er i or to t h e tautologous and b ungl i ng nowinserted ape.mrre uelisegdh,t usknedtecrhetshe present system,hintehevydeearerdmes'amPwes are of the land and it s b oun d ar i es within a n y uniform scale, a n d i n a f orm too frag mentary to be o f any real use for the purpose of identifying Property in the event o f di spu t e . A statement of the present l ega l owner distinct st t h owner ship, a list of the names and quantities of each parcel of land forming parts of the estate, with reference numbers, and a map illustrating tue situation and quantities of such parcels, forni 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. 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 a o re so, e prop er ly p a id. Thi s i s , i n prac ti ce , found inconvenient that in all well-drawn deeds it is pro v id e d that purchasers from the par ties authorised t o se ll th e su bj ec t ma tt er o f suc h 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 not 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 laud might be regis tered ; but not the verbose and unintelligible conveyances which are now prepared. 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 aro 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 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 A dverti,ter. 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 increasing sup port which the institution is enjoying justifies the hope of a speedy extension of it sphere of usefulness. UNITED KINGDOM BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND.— A general' meeting of the friends of this institution, founded to give permanent relief by allowing annuities from 10/. 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 atlnuitants was proceeded with. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, THIS Ad r: 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 71d. ; 300 Egyptian at el. to 10/d. ; and 2,000 Surat at 31d. 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 position of the company'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. " 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. is. 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 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 telegraph 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 97i for both Transfer and Account. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 1018 to / ; and the Three per Cents. 981 -. Exchequer Bills are 2s. discount to ls. premium. Bank Stock after being depressed to 2271, 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 *rote 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 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. alconnet, in his rejoinder, had again strongly pressed all the proper points on the attention of Govern ment, and also made a formal application to Mr. Doyle for his interference to protect the property of the bond: holders. Mr. Falconnet expected in a few days from the date of his letter to have an interview with his Ex cellency the President, to deliver a memorial from the committee on the subject of the present state of the foreign debt of Mexico and verbally to expatiate upon it. The project of a bank in Mexico, which was to farm the Customs' revenues and provide for the interest on the foreign and domestic debts, continued in abey ance, but without having been wholly abandoned. 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 mouth of M a y a t $63 ,000, and for June at $62,000. " The Government was rapidly increasing the army, but had as yet failed in devising any measure to place the finances on a better footing." The foreign stock market has been very quiet, but also well supported. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 26k, being flatter • Peruvian have risen to 84 ; B raz ili an N ew Stock has been marked 991 to I. The Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been at 231 and the Certificat e a t 6i ; Dutch Four per Cents. ;lave realised 98 to The Railway Share Market is feeble, sympathis ing with the English Stocks. The lines that rule heaviest are Great Northern, Midland, South Eastern, and York and Berwick. French Shares are also rather lower. Lyons are down about I, and Strasbourg k. 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. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock ......... .. ..... .... ..... 227L 9 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ...... 98?; 6 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 974 h i New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOl/ , 3 / 4 i Loug Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds, £lOOO . .. . 21 Ditto, under £lOOO 27 South Sea Stock Consols for Account 11th August 974 4 i Exchequer 2. 5 .115, ld. £l.000 £5OO lp 2d Small 1 p 2 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 43 per Cent 994 i x d Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent. B4 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4 3 per Cent. Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 474 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23/ a i i - Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 62 4 p c Swedish Loan ....... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 23 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .....,_ 9BA 8 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 978 Ditto August Account 9711 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. Seyond 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 cringinc , and abasement on the part of Western Europe before the pride and arrogance of Northern Absolutism. The " amicable, really ami cable relations," meaning relations in which 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 now remaining the three meritorious papers already re ferred to, but not yet particularised. Conspicuous among these, is an elaborate article on " The Ox ford Commission." According to the opinion of the reviewer, the commissioners are—" and," says he, " we might use a harsher word "—enthusiasts. He adds, that, among other things, " they have 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. It may be observed, by the way, that the reviewer, in the indulgence of his some what amusing spleen, quotes with humorous apti tude four lines from Moore himself (vide his " 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 fudge and fiction garnished o'er." Rather apt, we take it, as an illustrative quotation—remembering that correspondence the other day (in reference to 'these indentical " Memoirs") between Lord John Rus sell and the Marquis of Londonderry ! Mention has still to be made of the only other contribution of the Quarterly not yet individualised—we mean the enthralling treatise, as we may call it, on the " Generalisation of Comparative Anatomy. Richard Owen has obtained in this another of those splendid and, let us add, those nobly-deserved panegyrics, which his 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 styled 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 Oweu's immortal lucub ra ti ons " On the Nature of Limbs," or " On the Architype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton" works works in every way authorising the application to him of that glorious title, the Newton of Natural History. TIM 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 (sine• 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. meets for management were 14,5511. 9s. 9d., and fi)r local supervision of works 6,478/. 2s. 7d. In the preseLt year, to the 30th of June, the payments for manage meat were 8,7611. is. 11d., and the payments for local supervision of works 3,1661. 15s. 6d. .• SPORTING NOTES. BABBLING ABOUT BRIGHTON. hr . Since the p u bli ca ti on o f my notes yesterday,s portant and unexpected movement has been made d the turf-market. It caused the sudden advance,. Adine, to th e p os i t i on of lead i ng f avour ite for tu: Brighton Stakes. I n d ee d, w i t h th e exce ption of Fa; ni tomie, she is th e on l y ao h na l w hi c h h as been back -. with decided spirit, and yesterday she entirely ; grossed speculation. Her weight, including penalty is Bst. 101 b., an impost which must bare a damaging effect on her chance. This opinion .1! however, evidently no t i n accor d ance w ith that ofonil supporters, who deem their partiality justifieti, ii whose confidence is materially strengthened by a jher w' deration of the ea s y manner i n w hi c h s h e defeated opponents for the G oo d woo d St a k es. A dine is 1111 tionably a mare of su p er i or rac i ng meri t, and ;i cti,ii. aid doubtedly figure prominently in the encounter. tel she compete successfully un d er h er present te'7 o ; weight, she will be entitled to a very high P° sit ;e among the turf celebrities of the season• is . b o opinion which I expressed yesterday, on the Prr t ir result of the race i s scarce l y a ff ec t e d by this monstration monstration in favour of Adine. It is also unclisli, as to the comparative insignificance of Jouve ll ol chance. My conclusion s were s t a t e d as follo fil led:-.),/ anticipate that th e f oremos t p l aces w ill be cho o, ANTIGONE, FATHER THAME S , an d P OO DLE. '7„,4, I however, the "scr a tchi ng " p rocee di ngs b e repea t' shall substitute Pantomime for Father Thames. The Trial Stakes closed last night with seven li°w - ti, tions, Vaultress and Snowd on D un hill b e i n g, in 111 o mation, entitled to the precedence of the lot. d To indicate the winner of the Nursery is a '7 sk ' 1 extreme difficulty. There are thirty-one " yoting, s- 0 1 handicapped, but it is impossibl e t o ascer t a in, the approach to accuracy, the numerical strength field. On carefully comparing the weights, I ' 7 "" duced to select the following as being favourably , 1- 0 , —Winkfield, Village Lass, Epamin on d as , Joan fg ; rB , and Cyrus. The last mentioned and Epamirionb g th e I believe, in the same s t a bl e , an d not being in„.l,-of owner's confidence I can n ot, of course , sa y ww them will be intended. The Marine Plate numbers thirty-five entries, t 1 so uncertain is all information respecting them ? can merely point out the " fa,vourably-weightt sion,' —viz. Faux-pas, Sanita, Thornhill, The -a.y et :4 Snarry, Dagobert, Handsome Doe, Appleton, a nd ° 0 Norval. From this lot the reader must make hils. selection. Notwithstanding the heavy weight/ Pio ever, I shall expect to see Ephesus well up, if not lutely first at the finish. The Town Plate which closed y es t er d a y, has an two nominations ; as it is a " selling race," ho'e' - ' shall not attempt to pick the winner. gr I shall defer the discussion of Thursday's list uilw morrow. A FRESH It! Brighton, August 2. FLYING STAKES (WORCESTER). DECISION OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. Having heard thelevidence of the starter, and re m b . c si the declaration of the person who held the flag 0 that he never dropped it, we are of opinion that theo start for the Flying Handicap, at Worcester, was a start, and that Le Juif is entitled to the stakes. (Signed) EXETER, J. M. STAITI_ Ed ,' FRANCIS VIII BRIGHTON RACES. ARRIVALS. Trial Stakes—All here. P l. Brighton Stakes—Musician, Garforth, Poocie, tol s vence, Corybantes, Coleraine, Mrs. N u tting, I . "" . Pantomime. Nursery Stakes—Sine qua non, Winkfi e ld, Twit; Village Lass, Mouser, Bracken, Basquine, Joan ° D o Margaretta, Cyrus, Jovial, St. Spiro, Bonnie Health, Blanchie filly. eis Marine Plate—Sanita, Tamerlane, Heriot, Senn Homebrewed, Appleton, Madame Landeau. Pavilion Plate—Tamerlane, Sanita, Madarae V l° Homebrewed, Hirsuta, Hambletonian. Railway Plate—All here. Town Plate—All here. Andover has arrived. RIPON RACES.—YESTERDAY. TRIAL STAKES. 1 Paquetta................................................... General ................... ........................... ... Five ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD SWEEPSTAKES. 1 Randy Holiday SELLING STAKES Macassar Springfiower £4O PLATE. Amanio Seven ran. COUNT CIRCULAR OSBORNE, A UG- IP A Her Majesty, hi s R oyal Highness Prince Albev'Or Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Prince. g, attended divin e service yesterday m orning at 05104,1 8 11 , The service w as performed by the Rev. H. G. 1. 1) ,, The ladies and gent l emen in wa i t i ng w ere ale' sent. BoA deputatio n f rom th e M e t ro p o lit an C o unties oter of the Medical and Surgical Association had illi ffolf view with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the be l B 'c office, on the subject of the Vaccination Bill. Pr' putation consisted of Dr. John Rose Corsio'" Patrick Fraser, and Dr. Robert Hunter SemPle' e A deputation against the proposed Bill fort. vis; pression of Betti ng -h ouses h a d an i n t erv iew W i ns iste count Palmerston yest er d a y. Th e deputation CO prise' of Messrs. Math er , Maclure, Read, Baines, an d ~r i ster and were introd uce d by Mr. Lewis Hoffman, P. " at-law. s lo 6r Mr. Anstey had a n i n t erv i ew w i t h Vi scou nt .- ston yesterday at the Home -office. c i a loo Dispatches were receiv e d yester d ay a t the ds,AP" office from the Governors of the West India Nan— fg from the Governor-General of Canada. Dispatches were sent yesterday to the Goo ll° ' the West India Islands. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS' • T O4l l l° LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAILWAY. — "a O , turn for the week ending July 30, 1853 £20, 0 ' 3 Corresponding week last year 19, 01 Increase in 1853 £1 ,661 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAI L Traffic return for the week ending July 30, e 1 1 1853 220,02,1 11 Corresponding week last year I7 ZO g 5 Total of the half-year to this dat e , 1853 75,. 9 Total of the half-ye ar t o thi s d a t e , 1852 7l,tw' w,s oc GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WISTERN RAILWAY.- - " J ' . 0 urn for the week endin g J u ly 30, 1853 £4, 90 I , 1 Corresponding week last year 4 , 2 7 .,! 9 Increase in 1853 . £6 79 4 Ac TERRIFIC FIRE IN HOLLAND-STREET JA- - ,,ms THIS DAY).—This morning, about eight , o'cloail l og - it the workmen had left for breakfast, a fire bro , 6 the premises of Messrs. William Wildey and Holland-street, Blackfriars'-road. The building eel, tensive, and is used as a manufactory of paten t s nut-fibre matting, brushes, and curled hair. nseff e ;io was given by one of the boys who work in w i e for * and messengers were immediately dispatcheu tts itiviii engines, but in the interval the flames had 01P refe ' terrific ascendancy, enveloping the adjacent P or ip . tla a cloud of dense smoke of a very offensive d e a q 411 1 cLe5 The Brigade engine from the Waterloo-road ig l o .ot_„r: s . on the spot, followed by those from Farringnor . T - go and Watling-street in succession, under the d .rp, tendence of Mr. Superintendent Henderson, t i fj, P e a { being a plentiful supply of water from the Sl o pe b , don works, they were soon got into play. A n os small tenements surround the factory, a nd 1 01 0 1 4 1 by the most strenuous endeavours of the fireno ro poll; e . habitants that the destructive element vats 400 r from spreading. As it was, the greatest 00° ' the vailed, owing to its sudden outbreak, a l3d ee e bol°, inhabitants were to be seen running to ant! o o f 11 _, - t eP for places to deposit their goods. The pnb e s OL I O there was a strong body present, rendered ' m n e ti, assistance. By the most incessant labour r i g iais,s , were confined to the building in which the fire ° ti i "ibo although they were not entirely subdued uli _ A and 0 6 searchingfittings origin o and f ihne fireui ry interior hh aass notbo a f e n t y h ee instituted premises been aascertain siderable amount of property was destror:' 6 4l, o The stock in trade and buildings as to to neA • we are innil their full amount. of old boo ODESSA.—Letters from Odessa of the % es t, mention the renewal of large purchases Of 1 . 7 " 1 , r P r ", 50,000 quarters having been taken at lq u e f ersf o glr The Trieste houses were the most a ctive a Ore 00 0 great confidence was felt in an animated tit 40 0, 4 j, cce°rtijasiun'e-cloPe osbuorofii out the season. The stock at present was a an d 1 5% 0 0 quarters. Ships were as scarce as ever: e n os per quarter was the rate for wheat. 1113 Constantinople was regarded as pacific.n„ w eSkilaire; ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS .---- 1 -" e d _ r a P ro 1 0 views from the Amsterdam and Rotter 0 , markets state that business was generalifeori, th e or coffee there had been no essential alteratenting,oo proach of the Dutch East India sales inT: sa d, 0 :,; c o , vity. Refined sugar was better su having increased, holders were anticipati qo37,rovenir Indigo had been maintained at the ppo rt n ea a dv7 eo t„ late tten [i°ll. la ° and dried fruits continued to command a. i c es in sP I:et chases of rice had been freely made, and business had been transacted. r ,,„, t he o „ c er ROUEN.- The letters from Rouen don 1 0 7 to ive g o r jol for manufactures as exhibiting a r" re d n ot b ee ance, but the alteration in prices ha be °l ' es ill portant. namely, 10 6 , 0 u Boston' 0 of foe America SPECIE. 0 n —T : d m n o y u_n t of specie bro_lsb tbf i: 0: 0 ° 1 a: large, considering that she sailed frotnin the rat ac/6 it indicates an advancing tendency by , the , o d change, a further sum may be expectedat Oils I: o l ; s tit ilta on Wednesday. The dividends due )an d the fielders of American stocks i -b n a OP one of the causes of the increased cl_en:‘,l",:: LATI The Yesterd brough cc As 4 aY tha onstar, been ad Vienna, thp..t tha , Meh 1 4-chie qoven woliih. g a 4 - er a ; l; 01 th tow E Mani the .. Ti 111 01 la pr