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Vibirb 1.?:1Ittion WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PROD-CrCE STAKES. Whalebone Filly by Faugh-a-Ballagh Two ran. TRIAL STAKES. Calot ....•• Mayday .•• Odiham .• • • Eight ran. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES. Doubt . Montague Black Doctor Musician. Nine ran. Won by half a length. COMMITTEE STAKES. Antonia. Yafa ..... Two ran. MATCH.—Priam the third—beat Theorem. fourttlantion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Adine. 7to 1 agst Catspaw. Bto 1 agst King of Trumps. Bto 1 agst Lord Lieutenant. Bto 1 agst Pantomime. ST. LEGER. sto 4on 'West Australian. 4to 1 agst Sittingbourne (9 to 2 taken). 7to 1 agat Cineas (taken). DERBY. 1000 to 30 agst Dervish. 1000 to 10 agst Sir James Graham. 25 to 1 agst Ruby taken). NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE STAKES. 2to 1 agst Haricot (taken). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from 50 of the most eminent clergymen and lawyers in Dub lin, complaining of the alterations lately made in the national system of education in Ireland, the effect of which was to place it in the power of a single child to exclude religious works from a school, and praying their lordships not to sanction such alteration. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from clergy men, justices of the peace, and other persons in a re spectable position, iu favour of the liberation of Edward Murray, now under imprisonment for life in the Papal territory. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition from Glasgow in favour of the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill. Lord COLVILLE presented nineteen petitions from places in Scotland against the Universities (Scotland) Bill. COURT OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND (BILL) On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, in the absence of Eord Brougham, who was away from indisposition, this bill went through committee. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 3) BILL. This bill passed through committee. NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS BILL. This bill was read a second time. PUBLIC LIBRARIES (IRELAND AND SCOT- LAND) BILL. The report of the amendments to this bill was con sidered and agreed to. PRIVATE WATER BILLS. Lord WH.ARNCLIFFE moved an additional stand ing order to the effect, that when an application was made to Parliament for a bill which proposed to abstract water from any stream, notice of such bill should be given on or before the 15th December preceding the ap plication, to all persons using the waters of such stream for a distance of 20 miles below the point at which such water was intended to be abstracted. Lord REDESDALE supported the resolution, which was carried. IRISH LANDLORD AND TENANT BILLS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE inquired whether the bills before the house relating to the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, which purported to consolidate a large number of statutes, had been submitted to the law advisers of the Irish Government, and whether their opinion had been obtained as to the safety and accu racy of those bills in that respect. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the bills were sub mitted to the present Lord Chancellor and the Attorney and Solicitor General in Ireland, and he had great plea sure in saying that their report upon them was that they were drawn up with great care, skill, and accuracy. Their report was accompanied by a recommendation that they should be passed as speedily as possible into law. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE believed that it was physically impossible for these functionaries to have seen and approved of the bills in their present state, for on their last stage in the other house it appeared that five acts of Parliament had been omitted from the sche dules, and five other acts inserted. The Duke of NEWCASTLE promised to make in quiry into the subject. The subject then dropped. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Marquis of CLAN RICARDE rose to put a question respecting the proceedings of Russia in Turkey. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Bayswater, Padding ton, and Holborn Bridge Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. The reports upon the following bills were considered and agreed to, and the bills were ordered to be read a third time:—Chaytor's Estate ; DuLe of Cleveland's (Harte) Estate ; Sunderland Town Moor and Freemen's Orphan Asylum ; Treffry's Estate ; Pidgley's Estate. PETITIONS. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the medics; Profession at Dundee, in favour of medical reform. METROPOLITAN SEWERS ACTS CONTINU- Sir tion for going On the m o ANCE BILL. ' committee of supply, g into J. S HELLEY complained that this bill was the last instead i t:l i e li fir 4 st order of the day for 12 o'clock to-day. measure, of the metropolis were up in arms about the to the present commission as it proposed to give powers years ; and he hoped if to raise rates for the next .30 the Government intended to persevere with so monstrous place the bill in a more a proposition, they would favo urable poetise on the orders of the day. i mpossible to fix a n y time for M t r h : e W bi l ll L u S n o ti N l t s h a e id G i o t v w er a ns i • nlP° Government through thecorn mittee of supply. He believed:t g fa t t th e no bl e lord the Secre for t awardry for at 1 2 the o H clock toome Demporrow iz itended to bring , nt t u that would de it '- pend on the other orders being disposed today_ .ould levy Sir B. HALL considered that, as thetbmilla.Yß about half a million of money on the ample opportunity should be afforded for it e s tr g °liB ', a n After a few words from Col. SIBTHORp discussion, ject dropped. , the sub.POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS (IRELAND.) Mr. BUTT asked the Secretary of the Treasury w h e ther any arrangements had been made or were in tended to be made by the Post-office to alter the pre sent arrangements under which letters from the town of Youghal to the neighbouring borough town of Dun garvan, distant sixteen miles upon a good road, were conveyed by a circuit of several hundred miles, and occupied two days in the transit, as pointed out in the memorial forwarded to the Postmaster-General in March last, from the Town Commissioners of Youghal ; and a similar question as to the communication between Youghal and Tallow, complained of in a second me morial presented at the same time, and complained of the injurious effects of these arrangements on the postal intercourse of the south of Ireland ? Mr. WILSON said he had communicated with the Post -office on the subject, but he had not yet received any reply. SUPPLY. Mr. HUME objected to the house being forced through committee of supply in the hurried way pro posed. Th e votes which they were asked to sanction to-day amounted to no less a sum than 4,582,0001. When he first directed attention to these votes they were only between 15,000/. and 18,0001., but they had been going on i ncreas i ng ever since, an they had now reached the sum he had now mentioned. He did not mean to say there were not reasons for the increase, but he thought they should adopt another course in afuture session, and submit the votes to a select committee be fore they were proposed to the house. The house then went into committee of supply.. On the vote of 20,0001. for civil contingencies Mr. HUME went through the items of the vote, and urged various reductions ; and, after some discussion, the vote was agreed to. On the question that 550,887/. be voted to her Majesty o defray the expenses of the Commissariat Department, Mr. HUMS complained that nothing had been done to reduce the expenses of the department, although re auctions and abolitions had been suggested by the com mittee up stairs. He thought that great reductions might be made in this vote, so far as it applied to the colonies. _ _ Mr. WILSON defended the vote, and stated that Government were doing all in their power to gradually reduce the vote. Sir J. GRAHAM announced that the Colonial De partments, connected with both the Army and Navy, were in progress of reduction. The vote was then agreed to. The sum of 45,2291. was voted to her Majesty to de fray the expenses of the half-pay pensions of officers attached to the Commissariat Department. On the question that 3,500/. be voted to her Majesty to defray the expenses of the salary of the Governor of Jamaica, Mr. HUME expressed a hope that the next session some plan would be brought forward by which the country would be relieved from these charges. The vote was agreed to. Sir J. GRAHAM in moving that 50,000/. be voted to her Majesty to defray the expense of the new coast vo lunteers, said it was not intended to call out the full com plement of 10,000 men this year, but only to enlist 5,000 e men. The vote was, consequently, for only half th estimate. Capt. SCOBELL complained that while bounties were paid to militiamen and coast volunteers, no such boun ties were paid to able seamen on their entering the navy. The result was that the navy contained many inferior seamen. told Sir J. GRAHAGRAHAMd the hon. and gallant member that if he would go to Spithead on Thursday he would find he was in error so far as his latter observation went. (Hear.) The vote was then agreed to. On the question that 835,2121. be voted to her Ma jesty, to defray the expense of the Post-office Packet Service, M r . HUME took the opportunity of expressing a h o pe that the whole system of our packet service would be speedily reformed. Mr. COWPER was happy to be able to hold out a prospect that such hope would be shortly realised. The hon. gentleman said the American and the Peninsular and Oriental contracts had been most efficiently per formed, but the service to the West Indies and Australia had been exceedingly defective. The Government, how ever, had not acted with any harsh hostility, and the contracts would be annulled unless the services were more punctually performed. Mr. HUME urged upon the Government the necessity of encouraging the principle of ocean penny postage. It was impolitic to continue the existing high rate of colonial postage while emigration continued so extensive as it had been of late years. Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR also dwelt upon the importance of establishing ocean penny postage, and added his testimony to the efficiency and punctuality with which the United States service was performed. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR observed that a reduc tion had taken place in the cost of carrying mails by her Majesty's ships. The reduction he saw was from 77,0001. to 35,0001., and he should be glad to know whether it was intended still further to reduce the num ber of mails carried by her Majesty's ships. Mr. COWPER explained that the reduction had arisen from the Mediteranean mails having been transferred from her Majesty's ships to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessels. If the mail service between Dover and the continent could be performed more economically by contract than by her Majesty's vessels, a change would be made accordingly. He would take that oppor tunity of stating that Government had it in contempla tion to reduce the rate of postage, and to extend the service to Australia. The vote was then agreed to. On the question that 200,0001. be voted to defray the expenses of the Kafir war, Mr. ADDERLEY thought the house ought not to allow this vote to pass without obtaining some informa tion as to the settlement of the war. A very liberal constitution had been extended to the Cape, and this was a most opportune period for ascertaining upon what terms the war had been settled. He had the fullest confidence in the wisdom of the Colonial Ministers, while he fully concurred in the consti tution which had been conceded to the Cape ; but the Minister had committed an error with regard to the limits of territory which he had attempted to establish. There was no more fruitful source of war than the capricious settlement of frontier questions, and yet would the country believe that several successive Minis ters had pursued a different frontier policy towards the Cape. (Hear,) hear.) The consequence of this bad been perpetual war, and so long as this country undertook ` the maintenance of the exist ing frontiers by European troops, so long would it be involved in a war with the native Kaffir tribes. He therefore recommended the Government to adopt the same policy in the Cape that was formerly applied to our American colonies, and leave the frontiers to be de fended by militias raised from amongst the settlers them selves. He complained of the abandonment of territory which had recently taken place in the Cape, particularly of the Oraoge River territory , which had endangered the situation of :Natal, and recommended that the present frontier policy of the Colonial-office should be reversed. Mr. F. PEEL said the new constitution had been received throughout the colony as a boon, and he had no doubt that it would prove advantageous, as well to the mother country as to the colony. With regard to the question of territory which the hon. gentleman had raised, he contended that the frontier policy of the Co lonial-office was both wise and safe. Much of the terri tory which it was proposed to be abandoned had always been a burden to this country, while it was almost out of its power, or the power of the settlers, to defend it ; and the Colonial-office had therefore sent out Sir George Clerk as a commissioner to deal with the whole question in the best manner in which his judgment, in connection with that of the Governor, could suggest. He entirely differed with the hon. g e ntleman in supposing that the abandonme nt of the Orange River territory would endanger the safety of Natal, because the latter was entirely independent of the former, and there was a constant steam communication be tween Natal and Cape Town, without it being necessary to touch in the remotest degree upon the Orange River territory. The frequency and expense of these wars, however, rendered it indispensably necessary that some thing should be done to prevent their recurrence. (Hear, hear.) During the last six years no less than 4,000,0001. had been spent upon these wars, but still he doubted with General Cathcart, whether it was expedient at once to withdraw the protection of the European troops, and leave the settlers to defend the territory themselves. That was the mistake which they committed in 1846, and it was, therefore, intended now to pursue the different course of leaving the troops to be withdrawn, as the Government and settlers of the colony found they could dispense with their assistance. Sir DE LACY EVANS advocated the abandonment of the Orange territory. Mr. SMITH did not believe that this was the last vote they would be asked for in connection with the Kaffir war. He approved of the abandonment of the Orange River territory, and thought some other terri tories would have to be abandoned yet before the colony would be safe. The vote was then agreed to. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the chairman was directed to report progress, and the house having resumed, he obtained leave to sit again at six o'clock. The other twelve o'clock orders were then disposed of, and the house rose at four o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1853. cesspools s tagnating, and filth of the most offensive cha racter accumulated in the yards and folds of the poor, who have been the victims of the fever." The excess of births in West Bromwich and Westbury-on-Severn is ascribed to the increase of population caused by employ ment on railways. The prosperous state of trade and the improved circumstances of the people are also men tioned in connexion with a low rate of mortality. The deaths in Lincolnshire have been below, in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire above the average. The registrar of Leake in Leicestershire says : " Several deaths have occurred during the quarter from scarlatina and from small-pox. The latter disease has been very prevalent in a village belonging to my district. The ignorance and wilful stupidity which exist amongst a certain class of people are astonishing ; neither threats nor entreaties can induce them to have their children vaccinated. A young woman, near her confinement, and the mother of two other children, who refused to be vaccinated herself or have her children vaccinated, was seized with small pox. On June 12th I attended her ; the disease was confluent : she became a most loath some object, and in this state gave birth to a girl on the 15th, and died on the 19th. The infant took the dis ease, and has since died. I have vaccinated a large number of children and a few adults, but the same pre judice still exists with others, and this frightful disease is yet progressing. lam firmly convinced that if every child was properly vaccinated under the age of 12 months there would be no cases of small-pox, or it would be so modified as to require little notice. lam of opinion that the disease would in the end be extirpated." Cheshire and Lancashire have not been more than usually unhealthy. 2,759 deaths were registered out of a population of 411,515 in Liverpool and West Derby ; 2,365 in Manchester and Salford out of 315,956. The mortality in these districts was below the average to which they are subject. This district, says the Registrar of Hulme, Chorlton, "never was in a more healthy state." No kind of epidemic prevails. "The operative classes are all well employed, and although the prices of various kinds of provisions are on the advance, there appears a general disposition to increase wages in pro portion." In Yorkshire 11,442 deaths were registered. The mortality exceeded the average, and most notably in Skipton, Keighley, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Thorne, and Driffield. In Leeds and Hull the mortality declined. One death from cholera was registered in the workhouse, Horton, Bradford. Influenza prevailed in Leyburn, scarlatina in Reeth. In the northern counties 5,621 deaths were registered. Ague, typhus, and hooping-cough have prevailed in many of the Durham colliery districts ; 23 persons died of measles in Yarm, Stockton. The deaths in the Welsh division (7,288) exceed the average; hooping cough prevailed in Newport, Swansea, and Haverfordwest ; small-pox and bronchitis in Cardiff and Carmarthen. The excess of births and deaths in Rheidol, Aberystwith, is referred to the great increase of the mining population. Small-pox, scarlatina, and typhus still prevail in the Wrexham district. " The board of guardians are causing proceedings to be taken against the owners and occupiers of houses, as directed by the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, and in all cases where they have summoned have suc ceeded in getting convictions." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH LONDON. The half-yearlyi;eeting of this company took place on Friday, at the Euston Station ; Mr. John Scott in the chair. ----- • The following report was read by the Secretary : " The statement of the revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th June last, affords conclusive evidence of the steadily increasing prosperity of the railway. Com pared with the corresponding period of the year, 1852, the receipts from passenger traffic show an increaso of 2,6801. Gs. ; the particulars of the two periods being as follows, viz.— Passengers. Amount. Half-year ending June, 1852...1,776,186...E25,236 2 2 June, 1853...1,934,810... 28,616 8 2 JP Increase in 1853... 158,624... £2,680 6 0 The ee The increase e f i r n or 4 g ,5 0 3 0 1 d 1 5 . i tr s a . ffi Bd c . a o r n e l a ike c w om is p e a s r a i t s i o s n fac o t f ory re: with the corresponding period of 1852 ; and as con trasted with the receipts of the half - year ending December last, the increase is 2,3861. 19s. 9d. The shareholders will bear in mind that the receipts from passenger traffic for the first six months in the year always fall short of the receipts in the last six months ; and the traffic since the 30th June last fully confirms this experience. The result of the half-year's transactions, as shown in the accounts, is as follows :—The gross receipts amounted to 37,1751. lls. ld., and the expenditure, including toll to the Blackwall Rail way Company, to 21,4081. 3s. 2d. ; leaving, with 6531. 13s 10d., the amount carried forward from last half-year, a gross balance of 16,4211. ls. 9d.; and, after providing for the payment of the interest on the debenture debt, there remains a net balance of 11,4441. 45. 4d. available for divi dend. This virplus enables the directors to recommend an increase of dividend for the past half-year from 15s. to 17s. 6d. per share, leaving the sum of 691. 4s. 4d. to be car ried forward to the credit of the currenthalf-year's account. Arrangements have been made to run a limited number of this company's passenger trains on to Kew, over the Lon don and North-Western Railway, from Camden to Willes den, and over the North and South-Western Junction Railway, from Willesden to Kew. There can be little doubt that much new traffic will result from this commu nication, as it will afford easy access from the City, and all the northern suburbs of London, to Kew Gardens, and other points of attraction in that district. It will be ob served that the met changes the name of the company to ' The North London Railway.' By its provisions, it is re quired that the new capital shall consist of 25,000 shares of 101. each, to be offered to the existing shareholders rate ably, according to their present holdinc , ; under this ar rangement, the holder of every ten of ° the original 501. shares becomes entitled to nineteen of the new 101. shares now to be created ; and a special resolution for the creation of the new capital will be accordingly submitted to the shareholders at the present meeting. These new shares will, thereupon, be tendered to the shareholders according to their respective holdings. Since the last half-yearly meeting, the directors have selected for sale, from the com pany's surplus property, portions which could not, under any circumstances, be required for works in connection with the railway. Public sales were effected to the extent of about 25,0001. in the months of May and June last, and the result beinc , satisfactory, the directors are encouraged to proceed with further sales, carefully guarding, as before, against the sacrifice of any portion which might by possi bility be required for the future purposes of the company. The amount realised at the sales in May and June, not having been received at the time of closing the last half year's accounts, will appear in the accounts for the cur rent half-year. The directors are happy to be able to state that the 56,200 1 . Five per Cent. Debenture Bonds, which fell due en the Ist of April last, have all been renewed at the reduced rate of 3 per cent." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated, in reference to the fourth paragraph, that the in crease shown in the traffic returns was somewhat inte resting. The first five weeks after the 30th June, 1851, during the Great Exhibition, produced in passenger traffic about 7,030/. ; and in the corresponding weeks of 1852 the amount was 7,370/. ; whilst in the correspond ing period of the present year it was 7,870/., being about 5 per cent. in 1852 over 1851, and upwards of 6 per cent. in 1853 over the gross earnings for passengers in 1852, or 12 per cent. advance in 1853 over the same period in 1851, when the attraction of the Great Exhibition was in full force. It was gratifying to him to be enabled to state that the line connecting the Great Northern Rail way with the North London Railway had recently been completed, and the junction branch from the Eastern Counties was in rapid progress to join their line at Hackney Wick. A satisfactory arrangement was also expected to be completed immediately with the Eastern Counties for the accommodation of passengers to and from the western suburbs as well as for goods traffic, of which a considerable amount was expected in grain, farm produce, and live stock, when the new cat tle market should be established in Copenhagen-fields. The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend declared as recommended therein. The meeting was then made special for the purpose of empowering the directors to take such measures as may be deemed advisable for raising the new capital autho rised by the North London Railway Act, 1853. A resolution in accordance with this object was agreed to, and the business terminated. LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION. The third half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the company's offices, Park rcw, Leeds, on Friday. Mr. Edward Akroyd, the chairman of the board of directors, presided. Mr. M. CAWOOD, the secretary, read the half-yearly report of the directors, of which the following are the chief points : " The directors have the satisfaction to report that the construction of the main line and the incidental works is rapidly progressing, and that the completion thereof for the purposes of traffic may be anticipated about the spring of next year. The general abstract of the cash account up to June 30 showed that the receipts, as per balance sheet of Dec. 31, 1852, were 32,1361.145. 2d.; the interest on ac count of delayed payment'of calls, 851. 3s. ld.; transfer fees, 1034 interest allowed by Beckett and Co., 1131. 2s. 10d.; prepaid calls 18,6801.; debts owing to the company, 1,6511. 13s. 4d.; making a total of 52,667/. 3s. sd. The pay ments as per balance sheet of Dec. 31, 1852, were 14,3101. 6d.; land purchased amounted to 10,1661. 16s. 2d.; deposits for land to be purchased, 7,1521.55. 6d.; contractor, on ac count of making the line, 18,7771.175. 2d. ; engineering ex penses, 9001.; secretary's salary, rent of offices, furniture, sta tionery, and miscellaneous, 4571. lls. 9d. ; bankers' commis sion, 93/. 17s. 7d. ; cash in hand, 121. ls. 6d. ; unpaid calls, 1301. 12s. 6d. ; balance, 666/. Os. 9d. ; making an aggre gate of 52,667/. 3s. 5d." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the report before them showed the business which had been done since their last half-yearly meeting. The main line was progressing satisfactorily, though the contractor had had some difficulty to contend with, in consequence of the advance of wages in almost all parts of the country. Yet he had overcome these difficulties ; and the shareholders were fortunate in having a man of the contractor's capital and enterprise to carry out their works. As regarded the Parliamentary proceedings, they were more peaceful in the last than in the previous year ; and, though there was at one period opposition threatened on the part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, yet their differences had been adjusted hon ourably and satisfactorily to both companies. Dr. HEATON seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the busi ness, at a quarter before one o'clock. EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. A half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company was held on Saturday at the London Tavern, when a highly inte resting and full report from the directors of this impor tant undertaking was read, and unanimously adopted. Arrangements have been made for the construction of the engines and hull of the first ship of the company, the former being on the aggregate of 2,600-horse power, and the dimensions of the latter—length, 680 feet ; breadth, 83 feet ; depth, 58 feet ; with screw and paddle engines. Such will be the gigantic proportions of these noble vessels, which are destined to cause a revolution in our present system of , ship build ing. The size above-mentioned is considered to be the smallest that will insure the requisites of com fort, speed, and economy. These vessels will not be obliged to call anywhere for coal, but will carry all that is necessary for the entire voyage, besides 5,000 tons measurement of merchandise, and 500 cabins for passen gers of the first class, with ample space for troops and lower-class passengers. The speed estimated to be ob tained is fifteen knots per hour, and will reduce the voyage between England and China, by the Cape, to thirty or thirty-three days, and between England and Australia to thirty-three or thirty-six days. The hulls of the vessels will be of iron, of unusual strength, and of double construction, and divided into ten completely water-tight compartments. In concluding our notice of di a report, we close with the following remarks of t he recto rs :____ any n directors would have refrained from publishing tyhri; like of their calculations rying capacity f or tions of failure estimates, but having to meet the predic think it right to state that the result class o f vessel : made by those interested in the present , passer,,,ers, 651 rate of V. 103. s (made on the assumption that the car ssiensoluan pe food s outward should be occupied at the f r r a e t i e g s h t f s o , r an fi t o t n . ly en tc' e n 4lal b f ei o n t g th c e onsid b erably below present occupied, 3elc a . t . vessel's and third-cl 2 assp elay they homewardfgv- c . n l a s s s t , 0 h of the respective classes b su e m oco in u g p t i h e a d t o o n nl one-third and as capacity would the most ample allowance for working is that after making depre ciation, wear and tear, and insurance,"king expenses, equal to forty per cent. p er annu a surplus remains invested. With these prospects, ba m secl upon the l commer cial principles, this company requires' sound commerassistance ; all that is necessaryis that n o o Government , rival company shall be subsidised to yournpr rival route or " Such are the views and considerations wi e t j h a v i d y e. directors have been led to make their final arrangements. your They believe, as they have before stated, that e y g e ,.,T e _ nt S• tphrocvaironsreaFmnd. pany, and every individual engaged in steam nav iii a zz has gradually become convinced by experience of the a d van . tage of size. . In conclusion, your directors desire to state that they believe the vessels of this company will supply the great desideratum of the day, and will afford the speediest, the safest, most punctual, and most economical means of com munication ever devised between this country and her most distant Eastern colonial possessions." ____--.......... A LEGAL JOSE.-" Well, George," asked a friend of a young lawyer, who had been " admitted" about The a year, " how do you like you r new profession ?" reply was accompanied by a brief sigh to suit the occa" '"i l— `` My profession is much better than my practice. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. ( From the R e gistrar-General's Return.) Last week the Registrar-General issued the quarterly return of the marriages, births, and deaths registered in the divisions, counties, and districts of England. This return comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,190 registrars in all the districts of England during the spring quarter ending June 30, 1853 ; and the mar riages in 12,025 churches or chapels, about 3,396 regis tered places of worship unconnected with the established church, and 625 superintendent registrar's offices, in the quarter that ended March 31, 1853. The return of marriages is not complete ; but the de fects are inconsiderable, and approximative numbers have been supplied from the records of previous years. The increase of marriages proceeded at an accelerated rate through the first three months of the year ; in April, May, and June the births of children exceeded the aver age numbers of preceding spring quarters, but fell a few hundreds short of the births in the spring quarters of the two previous years. The spring in town and country was unhealthy ; and the mortality, chiefly owing to the cold weather and the scarcity of potatoes, was considerably above tle average. MARRIAGES. 35,014 marriages were celebrated in the first quarter of the year, or 2,081 more than were celebrated in the corresponding quarter of 1852. The unexampled increase of marriages is shown in a table, where it is shown that in the winter quarters 48,894 persons married in 1841, 54,960 in 1847, 70,028 in 1853. The increase in the marriages is most conspicuous in London, in the seaports, and in the manufacturing towns ; in Northamptonshire, Devonshire, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcester shire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Lan cashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, Westmorland, and Monmouthshire ; in Portsmouth, Plymouth, South ampton, Bristol ; in Northampton, Bath, Stroud, Wol verhampton, Dudley, Birmingham, Nottingham, Ches ter, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Merthyr Tydvil. In all the most prosperous districts of the country the mar riages increased. In Dover, in Brighton, in St. George Hanover-square, in several other districts, and in the eastern counties the marriages declined. BIRTHS. The births fluctuate less than either the marriages or the deaths, and in the three quarters ending June 1851- 52-53, the numbers were 159,138, 159,136, and 158,718, or nearly the same in amount, but considerably above the average of preceding years. The births, on an ave rage of 10 spring quarters, were at the rate of 3.428 per cent. ; in the last quarter ending June 30 the rate was 3.507 on the population. INCREASE OF POPULATION. As the births of 158,718 children and the deaths of 107,861 persons of all ages were registered in the quar ter, a balance of 50,857 remains in favour of the popu lation. The excess of births over deaths is less by eight or twelve thousands than the excess in the cor responding quarters of the three previous years ; chiefly owing to the high rate of mortality in 1853. 115,959 emigrants sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom at which there are Government emi gration agonts ; 78,205 to the United States, 20,107 to British North America, 17, 152 to the Australian Colonies, and 495 to other places. 7,884 of the emi grants sailed from Glasgow and Greenock, 16,993 from Irish ports, 74,646 (including many Irish) from Liver pool, 2,095 from Plymouth, 3,722 from Southampton, and 10,619 from London. The emigration from the United Kingdom has been at the rate of 8,920 a-week, equal to the number of inhabitants in a majority of the 368 municipal boroughs of Great Britain. In Scotland and Ireland the births and deaths of the population are left unregistered, so that it is impossible to determine the rate of natural increase in the United Kingdom ; but at the rate prevailing in England, which it cannot ex ceed, the excess of births over deaths would be 79,820, or less by 36,139 than the 115,959 emigrants. The price of provisions during the quarter was consi derably higher than the ruling prices in the correspond ing months of the year 1852 ; wheat was sold on an average at 445. 6d. a quarter ; beef, by the carcase, in London, at 4d. per pound ; mutton, sid. per pound; potatoes (York regents) at 1275. 6d. per ton. The price of wheat was 10 per cent., beef 22 per cent., mutton 31 per cent., potatoes 31 per cent. higher in April, May, June, 1853, than in the corresponding months of 1852. It is evident that the price of wheat bears no longer any constant relation to the price of the other chief articles of food consumed by the rich or the poor ; and it must be considered a fortunate circumstance that the price of bread is not now likely to fluctuate so largely as the prices of the more perishable articles with which the markets of England are supplied from a comparatively limited area. Deaths to every 10,000 er sons living in towns. Deaths to every 10,000 per sons living in the country. STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 107,861 deaths were registered in the three months of April, May, and June. This number is the highest that has ever been registered before in the correspond ing season, and exceeds by 7,048 the deaths in the spring quarter of 1852. The rate of mortality in England is the highest in the winter (2.467 per cent.), lowest in the summer quarter (2.129 per cent.), while the mortality of the spring quarter (2.223) holds an inter mediate rank, near the average of the year. This average is exceeded by the present return, which shows a morality at the rate of 2.383 per cent. per annum, higher than the rate in the corresponding quarter of every year, 1843-52, except the spring quarter of 1847, when the population was infested by scurvy and its at tendant diseases after the great failure of the potato crop in 1846. The rate of mortality was then 2.506 ; in the autumn influenza broke out, and cholera followed on its footsteps in 1848 and 1840. The mortality of the quarter was above the average both in the town and in the country districts ; the annual rate of mortality was 2.606 in 117 districts, comprising the chief towns, and 2.196 per cent in 508 districts, extending over the rest of the kingdom. The population of England is, there is reason to be lieve, collectively healthier than any equal amount of population in any other kingdom ; but the rapid increase in the proportion of the town population—in which the mortality is 27 per cent. higher than it is in the country, and the sickness, the suffering, the debility, the physical degeneracy of race are in equal excess—makes this ques tion of the health of towns and the fertilisation of the surrounding fields one of the great questions of the day demanding immediate solution. It is difficult for the imagination to conceive all the beneficent effects that would flow from the possible diminution of the mortality which the subjoined figures express in town and in country throughout the changing seasons of the year : Average annual number of In the Months of January, February, March .. April, May, June • • • • .. • • • • .. July, August, September .. • • October, November, December The Year • • • • • • ••.. • • . Lives de stroyed by the matters which are poisons in houses, streets, and streams, but are fertilising manures in fields. In London the mortality has considerably exceeded the average, and it is chiefly due to diseases of the re spiratory organs, typhus, hooping-cough, diarrhoea, and violence of various kinds. Twelve deaths were referred to privation, 26 to poison, 88 to burns and scalds, 86 to hanging and suffocation, 81 to drowning, 171 to me chanical injuries of various kinds, 33 to wounds ; and in nearly all these cases, the numbers exceed those re turned in previous years. The violent deaths, including a few from intemperance, want of breast-milk, and pri vation, in London, increased from 1,296 in 1840 to 2,140 in 1852 ; and in the last quarter the excess in deaths from violence alone over the deaths of 1852 was 131. The increase of steam-vessels, railways, omni buses, and new mechanical forces of every kind, as well as the obstructions of the streets, may partly account for this loss of life, as well as for the numerous injuries and mutilations not fatal, in the battle of every day. The mortality in the South-Eastern Counties has been above the average, and the greatest excess has occurred in Godstone, Croydon, Bromley, Dover, Eastbourne, Lewes, the Isle of Wight, Alverstoke. Woking has been unusually healthy. Scarlatina has been rife in Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and other districts. In the South Midland Counties Wisbeach continues to experience a high rate of mortality • the deaths in three months, out of a population of 36,215, were 274. In Cambridge, on the other hand, the deaths out of a population of 27,815 were only 110. Hooping-cough and bronchitis prevailed at Wisbeach ; while in Cam bridge the Registrar reports, that "great improvements have been made by the local authorities in the sanitary arrangements ; they have been assisted very materially by the reports and suggestions of the medical pro fession." Romford, Tendring, Colchester, Witham, and Saffron Walden in Essex ; Sudbury, Thingoe, and Stow in Suffolk, experienced a high rate of mortality. Typhus has been fatal to many persons in High Easter, Dun mow ; in Downham, Norfolk, ague and fever have pre vailed ; in Norwich the mortality has not exceeded, and in the whole county has been below the average. In the south-western counties the general mortality has slightly exceeded the average. The typhus in Long bridge Deverill broke out a second time, and the deaths in the sub-district equal the births. In one house the man, wife, and six children were all attacked, and one child, nine years of age, died. At Exmouth fever has prevailed. In Whipton, Heavitree, small-pox is raging; several children are suffering, and two have died ; " still the people refuse cow-pox." In Barnstaple typhus and small-pox have prevailed ; the deaths have exceeded the births. The emigration from Redruth has been extensive, and the births consequentlyhtsaahivtlereeodmudionrhtaalvietyn neglected sg lseocmt d ee e d- - creased ; in another district of Cornwall, Lerrin, the t registrarh e d decrease." c r says e ; a s ß e The births and deaths are much below the average. Numbers are yearly leaving this district for other parts of this country, or for America and Australia, which is the only explanation I can give of deaths M , ; a stflhrenesrah samea s pnb been nnn avreyr diseases yd have fatal sevaes e psin areTruro. much above Bath. In o the me theave rage In the West Midland Counties re r.'i's:-ol‘‘ aver age louc e ; s e t m e r a , what above t hesmall- n pox prevails in Glouces tershire vaccination ; earl ) have been very uneles' boils, and purulent eruptions as in London. This prevalent in Stow-on-the-Wold as well extensive epidemic h as no t y e t obtained all the attention ba w d hich it deserve s f rom the railed io Staffordshire, ie thefornm us of scarlatina which,"ltina h as pre vailed of Bileton conceives, ~ c ause onsuffic. th e Re gistrar drainage, PORTSMOUTH. On Saturday the ceremony of cutting the first sod, pre paratory to commencing the works on thisline, took place at Burton, on the estate of Mr. B. Carter, M.P. Burton is situated on the intended line a short distance from Pe tersfield, being about 20 miles from Godalming, and 12 miles from Havant. The place chosen for cutting the sod is partly encircled by a steep hilt, clothed with verdure, and well wooded, and is aLs9 near the mouth of an in. tended tunnel to pass through the hill. The directors and their friends from London were conveyed from the Waterloo station to Farnham by the South-Western Railway, and thence by coaches over the road through a beautiful country a distance of 13 miles. Parties from Havant and other places also arrived on the ground about half-past 2 o'clock. A procession, headed by a band of music, was formed at an old mansion close by, formerly the residence of Mr. Gibbon, the historian. Numbers of well-dressed persons were assembled in groups at various distances on the sloping hill partly surrounding the spot selected for the ceremony. The procession having arrived, Mr. F. Mowatt, the chairman of the company, opened the p-oceedings by congratulating the spectators on the fine day they had for their work, and on the certainty of having railway communication in the district. He said it would form part of a direct line between London and Portsmouth and intermediate places, and it would confer great advantages on the country both in a local and national point of view, as there was no doubt it would be carried out to completion. The value of property would be greatly enhanced in the district, and facilities for trade which did not now exist would be afforded. The saving in distance by this line over the present routes between London and Portsmouth would be 22 miles, and in time from three-quarters of an hour to one hour. The bill had been opposed by the South-Western and Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, but Parliament had decided on granting the bill. In accordance with Mr. Cardwell's clause in the act, the directors had entered into a bond to pay the whole deposit to the Crown in case the line should not be completed within the time specified. (Hear, hear.) The line would commence by a junction with the South-Western Railway at Godalming, and terminate for the present at Havant on the South Coast line, but it was intended to apply for powers to extend it to Portsmouth. They would have a short junction line to the South-Eastern Railway, so that they would have one terminus at Waterloo-road and the other at London-bridge. The South-Western Railway had met them in a most amicable and friendly spirit. He then read a letter from the Hon. F. Scott, the chairman of that company, apologizing for not being present, and ex pressing a desire on the part of the board to afford the Portsmouth Company every facility in their power for carrying on and developing the traffic of the district. (Cheers.) Mr. ERRINGTON, the engineer, stated that there were one million and a half of cubic yards of earthwork to be removed, 100 bridges to be constructed, from 7,000 to 8,000 tons of iron rails and chairs to be laid, and from 2,000 to 3,000 men would be employed for a period of nearly two years, at the end of which time the line would be completed. He thought so much labour could not be performed in the district without doing some good, and he believed that if the men behaved well, as they had promised to do, they would be treated well by the inhabitants of the district. (Hear.) He could assure them that the works would be commenced immediately, and would never cease until they were completed. He then handed the spade to Mr. Bonham Carter, as the worthiest man to commence the work. (Cheers.) Mr. BONHAM CARTER then proceeded to cut the first sod, amid the cheers of a large concourse of respectable persons from London, Havant, Petersfield, and other places, the ringing of the church bells, waving of hand kerchiefs and so forth. Having placed a few sods in the wheelbarrow, he wheeled it to the end of a temporary platform and tilted the contents on the ground beneath amid renewed cheers. He said he trusted that the work would be finished with the same spirit that it had com menced. He was convinced that great benefits would arise to the district from the undertaking. He thought the visitors from London would see, from the beauty of the country they had passed through that it was a dis trict worth coming to ; and he had no doubt they would have many new residents among them when the railway was completed. He had exerted himself very much to obtain the act, and he most heartily wished the under taking every success. (Cheers.) This concluded the Ceremony, and the company re tired to marpuees on the ground, where a collation was prepared, and to which about 480 persons sat down. Mr. Mowatt presided. The usual loyal and other toasts were drunk and responded to, including " Success to the Portsmouth Railway." Mr. Harker was toastmaster, and the proceedings concluded in a most satisfactory manner. CRICKET. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. This DAY. The M.C.C.—The members of the Marylebone Club are now dispersed through the country, and will next week commence their return and other matches. At Arnold—The Eleven of England v. Twenty-two of Arnold (Notts). At York—The United Eleven of England v. Twenty two of York. At Godalming—Godalming v. Clapton Club. At Hampstead—Hampstead v. Lyttleton Club. At Chiselhurst—West Kent v. Clapham. At Moor-hall, Essex—Moor-hall, v Vine Club. At Appleshaw West Hants v. Hungerford•park Club. At Trentham-park—Trentham v. Burton. At Primrose-hill— Regent's-park Club v. Reigate Amateurs. At Wandsworth-Common—Wandsworth v. Hersham Burwood. At Hammersmith—Hammersmith Rechereh4 v. Wal grave. At Pitstone-green—lvinghoe and Pitstone v. Luton. At Woodford—Woodford v. Victoria-park. At Northampton Arms--Two Elevens (Tradesmen's Club. At Bolton—Horwich Club v. Beswick Victoria. At Otley—Otley v. Halifax. At Victoria-park Victoria-park v. Westminster Stars. To-Monnow. At Arnold—The above match resumed. At York—The above match resumed. At Godalming—The above match concluded. At Moor-hall—The above match concluded. At Appleshaw—The above match resumed. At Trentham-park—The above match concluded. At Leamington—Gentlemen of Warwickshire v. I. Zingari. At Northampton Arms—City Club v. Bexley-heath. At Tynemouth—Tynemouth Club v. Northumberland Club. At Chertsey—Chertsey v. Dorking. At Thornton —Thornton v. Halifax Clarence. At Eton—The Junior Etonian Club v. Amersham. At Kew—Kew Cambridge Club v. Weybridge Albion At Gravesend--Gravesend v. Dartford. • WEDNESDAY. At Arnold—The above match concluded. At York—The above match concluded. At Leamington—The above match concluded. At Bath—The Lansdown Club v. Teignbridge Club. At Shields Northumberland Club v. Tynemouth Club. At Southwell—Nottinghamshire v. Sheffield. At Chatsworth—Chatsworth Club v. Glossop. At the Artillery Ground Hon. Artillery Cricket Club v. Albion (Islington). - THURSDAY. At Leeds—The Eleven of England v. Twenty two o Leeds. At Horsham—The Marylebone Club and Ground v. the County of Sussex (return match). At Seven Oaks—Vine Club, with two players, v, Surrey Club, with two of their Ground. At Clapton—Clapton v. Paragon (Blackheath). At Southwell—The above match concluded. At Chatsworth—The above match concluded. FRIDAY. At Leeds—The above match resumed. At Horsham—The above match resumed. At Sevenoaks—The above match resumed. At Rickmansworth—Rickmansworth v. Hampstead. SATURDAY. At Leeds-LThe above match concluded. At Horsham—The above match concluded. THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO This match was commenced at Spalding on Thursday. At the close of the clay this was the score : SPALDING. First Innings. Bellairs, run out 3 F. Brown, Esq., c Box, b Hillyer . 0 .J. H. Foster, Esq., run out 0 F. L. Hopkins, Esq., b Hillyer 0 Harrard, c Box, b Hillyer 5 Rev. W. Newcombe, b Hillyer 3 Nicholls, c Caffyn, b Hillyer 0 A. Percival, Esq., b Clarke 6 Reynolds, b Clarke ' 1 J. T. Bonner, Esq., not out 0 W. E. Chapman, Esq., b Hillyer 7 Dalton, c Hillyer, b Clarke 3 C. Foster, b Clarke 0 Stanger, b Hillyer 0 Armitage, b Hillyer 4 F. Tinley, c Cesar, b Hillyer 3 Jackson, c Parr, b Hillyer. Rev. J. Tannard, b Hillyer 0 G. H. Nicholls, Esq., c and b Hillyer 4 J. G. Calthorp, Esq., c Caesar, b Hillyer 1 Godwin, c Parr, b Clarke 3 Nichols, b Hillyer byes, &c Total 57 THE ELEVEN. First Innings Arnold, b F. Tinley 0 A. Clarke, c Godwin, b Jackson 0 Parr, c Tannard, b Jackson 7 T. Parr, b Jackson 0 Guy, b Tinley 2 Total The match was resumed on Friday DEATH OP THE SIPERINTENDENT REGISTRAR OF MARYLEBONE.—On Saturday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, Mr. Henry Charles Wilson, the super intendent registrar of the parish of Marylebone, expired at his residence in Chapel-street, Edgware-road, after a long and painful illness, in the 56th year of his age. Mr. Wilson, who was highly respected, has taken a pro minent part in the affairs of the parish of Marylebone, and was one of the most active and eloquent members of representative vestry for the last quarter of a century. He was the founder of the old parochial committee, and one of the prime movers in the struggle for the adoption of Hobhouse's Act. He contended with tho old paro chial party up to their two successive defeats the year 1849 and 1850, and those results appeared to prey heavily upon his m i n d, an d a l so a ff ecte d hi m bodily, as he has never enjoyed good health since. He held the appointment of the superintendent registrar from period of the i n t ro d uc ti on o f th e Registration Actth.n 1837. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII, AUG. 7. THE SPITHI],ID FLEET. The Blenheim, 60, Captain Henderson, C. 8., returned from Ireland yesterday morning, and rejoined the fleet. The Queen, 116, Captain Michell, arrived to-day. The programme of the review, on Thursday, is offi cially what we gave on Saturday. It is feared the St. Jean d'Acre, 110, cannot be got up in time from Ply mouth. The Lords of the Admiralty have engaged apartments at the George Hotel for seven members of the Board (the full number all but one), and will arrive at Portsmouth on Wednesday, on which day a part of the fleet will get under weigh (the sailing line-of-battle ships), or be taken in tow, and drop outside the Knab. On the following morning, the remainder of the fleet (at Spithead) will " dress ship" early, and prepare to man yards, salute, &c., on the arrival of the Queen in the Royal yacht. After the ceremony of receiving the Queen by a general Royal salute, &c., the steamers will weigh and follow the Royal yacht in two divisions outside the Knab, where they will join the other six sail, where various evolutions will be performed, terminating in a sham action, under the directions of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the Admiral of the Fleet for the day, whose temporary flag-ship (the Duke of Wel lington) it is expected that her Majesty will board, also that of Rear-Admiral Corry (Agamemnon), and probably others. After the review the whole will return to Spit head. Portsmouth and the surrounding neighbourhood are filling very fast with visitors, anxious to see this im portant marine spectacle ; already the hotels are nearly all occupied, and private lodgings are at a premium. Boat accommodation, especially steamers, is daily be spoken, and any Thames steamers of good tonnage might make a good speculation of the trip round to embark the thousands of holiday strangers, who otherwise, we fear, will have but little chance of getting a glimpse of the doings outside Spithead. At present the fleet is moored thus : Westward and Port division. Starboard division Blenheim ... Duke of Wellington ... Banshee Sidon ... London ... Prince Regent ... . _ _ Odin .. Agamemnon ... Hoe . om Leopard ... Ajax ... ... ... Edinburgh Vesuvius ... Amphion ... ... Imperieuse Magicienne Encounter ... ... Arrogant Valorous ... Desperate ... ... Tribune Vulture ... - ... ... Highflyer Prussian frigate Gefion, 46, and Amazone, 12, to the eastward. It is reported that the Neptune, 120, is to make up her complement by a draught from the Excellent, and join the fleet at Spithead to-morrow or Tuesday. By a private letter from the West India squadron, dated the 21st ult., we learn the courts-martial on the first lieutenant and engineer of the Medea had not been held, but were daily expected. Both officers remained under arrest, and Lieut. Robson, of the flag-ship Cum berland, was lent to her to do first lieutenant's duty ad interim. The Vestal, 26, Captain Thompson, was at Halifax, preparing to be hove down to repair damage sustained by taking the ground off Newfoundland. The Buzzard, 6, Commander Dobbie, had detained a slave vessel under Spanish colours ; after holding her two months, she was given up by the judicial authorities, not being considered a legal capture ; but this decision was, it is said, arrived at in a manner the most unique. There was not an equal number of commissioners to settle the case, and so those present tossed up for choice of decision, and the slave party won the toss. The Prussian Commodore Schroeder and officers of the Prussian frigate and corvette went on board the Excel lent on Friday to witness practice from that ship. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 6. The Avon, steam-vessel, arrived from Portsmouth, yesterday. The Scorpion, brig, will be placed in dock on Monday, preparatory to being put in commission. The James Watt, 99, screw steam-ship, is ordered to be put in commission. The frigate Madagascar was masted yesterday. Six apprentices to shipwrights were entered in the Devonport Dockyard to-day. AUG. 7, This morning, at 5 o'clock, a paddle-wheel steam frigate, under steam and canvas, was observed five or six miles inside the Eddystone, going up Channel. She had chequered sides, bore the white ensign on her peak, and was under three royals, her forecourse hauled up. Wind light, from the northward. SHEERNESS, AUG. 6. The Driver, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, commanded (pro tern.) by Lieutenant William E. Fisher, from the Horatio, bent her sails this morning, ready to proceed to Spithead to join the squadron there. She is ordered to leave here at daylight on Monday morning next, manned from the Horatio. The Lizard, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, com manded (pro tem.) by Lieutenant Thomas B. Christopher, from the Waterloo, is ordered to leave here on Monday morning next, in company with the Driver, for Spit head ; she is manned from the Waterloo. The Waterloo, 120, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stop ford—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joscelin Percy, Comman der-in-Chief, has struck his flag on board, and proceeded on Admiralty leave of absence. The Hon. Montagu Stopford, in command of the Waterloo, has hoisted his broad pendant as Commodore during the absence of the Vice-Admiral. The Monarch, 84.—Captain Charles Hope, Captain- Superintendent, has proceeded on Admiralty leave of absence. The Thames (sailing tender to the Monarch) was taken in tow by the Tribune, and towed to Spit head. Mr. Jonathan Aylen, master-attendant, during the absence of Captain Hope, superintends the duties on shore, and also the harbour duty afloat. The Tribune, 30, screw steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie.—By an extract from a letter from Spithead we find that, after rounding the Garrison Point, and proceeding towards the Nore, they took the Thames, sailing tender to the Monarch, in tow for Spit head, and proceeded against a strong head wind at con siderably less than full speed, in consequence of the priming of the boilers, which covered the decks, and played havoc with the uniforms. This was owing to the muddy water of the Medway. However, in time this nuisance abated, and she steadily increased her rate down the Swin, and at length, when in smooth water, and losing the wind under the land, did 8.8 knots per hour, notwithstanding a considerable accumulation of small coal in the bunkers, ill-adapted for a trial or first trip. This prevented the steam from being so strong as it should have been. The following morning, the wind, altogether light, being favourable, all plain sail to top gallantsails was set, and looked very well aloft for new canvass ; she then did 10 •to 101 knots, a short time after which the wind fell, and as they were approaching Spithead the sails were taken in, there being no oppor tunity of doing anything more than showing the sails to the breeze for a time. All the exercise is yet to come, and she promises to be able to play her part. The steam was never taken off of her from her first start, for it could not be said that she ever had any start before, as the engines had never been adjusted. Her run was considered very satisfactory. The Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship, Chief Engi neer John R. Closh.—Ordora have arrived here to hasten the fitment of this ship. She is to be masted and rigged with all possible dispatch, all persons working extra hours to expedite her completion. The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, was put out of No. 4 dock yesterday and taken into the fitting basin. She is to be masted and rigged immediately, ready for being commissioned. Lieutenant 0. Toll, of the Royal Swedish navy, has this day, by an Admiralty order, visited her Majesty's dockyard here. Lieutenant Toll leaves here for France to visit the naval dockyards there. WOOLWICH, AUG. G. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Matthew Connolly (1853), recently pro moted from First Lieutenant of the Phaeton, 50, to the President, 50, commissioned this day at Chatham. Lieutenants.—EdmundWebber (1847) to the Dolphin, 3, brigantine, commissioned this day at Sheerness ; William G. H. Morgan (1848), from the Excellent, gun nery ship, at Portsmouth, to the President ; George Palmer (1853) to the President. Paymaster Charles Walker (1841) to the President. Clerks—Henry Campion (1848) to the President ; Thomas Seccombe (1851) to the President. Clerks' Assistants—Conrad Douner Collins and Von Dadelezen to the President. The Vivid, Dover mail packet, Captain Smithett, has had her departure from Woolwich postponed until an early hour to-morrow, and is no placed under orders to proceed to Portsmouth, to remain there as one of the royal squadron which will be in attendance on her Ma jesty during the grand review of the fleet at Spithead on Thursday next. The crew of the Lightning, steam-vessel, a portion of the crew of the Fisgard, flag-ship at this port, and a number of the seamen riggers of the dockyard, are under orders to leave for Sheerness, to navigate and have charge of the Driver, steam-sloop, of 280 horse power, ordered to proceed from Sheerness to Portsmouth to be in attend ance at the naval review. The Bloodhound, Lieutenant Commander Henry Christian, was paid off at this port to-day. 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SE—AuG. 6. gOder ENTERED INWARDS.—The Prince Emden , from - ham ; Kelbflea Irve ; Marcen, Kramfors ; Brodrell," Moss ; David, ' Antwerp ; Mathilde, Dantzic • Thar Hamburgh ; Hendrika, Rotterdam ; Kenan RoCcerdam ; Preciosa, Dram ; Seine, Boulogne ; Fl err ". Konigsberg ; Mario Elise, Struer ; Johannes, Olt! Catherina, Skive ; Charlotte Reed, River ; Sagne ur Lt; Lawrence ; Familien, Sundsw^.ll • Christiana, Ne W "Mr Panther, Star, Rotterdam ; Wilberforce, - 'Tormong tend ; Colonist, Hobart Town. nen, ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. — The v e— a gel; Arehtin ; for Sounesund ; Hanover, Rotterdam ; Ural, John Gardner, Boston, U.S. ; Wheatsheaf, Brlgrnisf, Una, Cronstadt ; True Love Aarhuus ; Dan, 6th 0 • A f Dantzic ; Ospen, Antwerp ; ' Ellen, Alton ; ConnteBL; Lonsdale, Hamburg,h ; Thames, do. ; Victoria, p o rtg el berg ; Antonio, do. ; Ariadne, Memel ; Beulah. . Philip ; City of Boulogne, Boulogne ; Alfrected, f1„,,e55,11°.,! Panther, Ostend ; Gratitude, Antwerp ; Liberty, P s ,a; Rosselaer, Propinvus, Cherbourgh ; Tuscan, Melbourne, Port P 1 p' and Sydney ; David, Demerara. Stettin; CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—Thetis, for Flora, do. ; Prince of Wales, Antwerp ; Two Brelei• do. ; Calypso, Jamaica • Friends, Antwerp ; Q ueen ' pis bourne ; Florencia, Bilboa ; Claudine, Melbou rne; i ds' linda, Oporto ; Aretbusa, San Francisco; „ -- dant laide ; Jean Louis, and Fanny, Rouen ; Vroun 05.,&,g; Ferozepore, Port Philip; Hendrich Hudson, Ne: v . , 4-- John, Brussels ; Wolga, Archangel ; Sydney, 2 ' Port Philip, and Sydney. LIVERPOOL—AuG 6. ken/ ' lt ' The Menzies, from Liverpool to China, was BP° 15, long. 25. spoken, 40 The Royalist, from Bahia to London, was days out, lat. 31, long. 4. 111 or The Gazelles, from Callao to Cork, was spoken , out, lat. 38, long. 45. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. jo eS, The Miles Barton, from Liverpool to Melbourne) lat. 11 S., long. 31 W. 29, /14. The Victoria (British brig), bound S. May 21 S., long. 29 W. The Frederick Lawrence, July 19, lat. 39 N., 1,0_1; 8,1 The Orient, f rom Li verpoo l t o N ew Y or k, .."" 4 44 N., long. 53 W. The Nimrod, from New York to Australia, P ule lat. 6 The S Alfredlon. 34 W. ,rOll and Emiel, from Valparaison to Cor k, 4, lat. 12 N., long. 33 W. t. 36 The Levant, fr o m Ri o G ran d e t o F a l mou th, 15th,l s N., long. 39 W. ~; Jul/ The Tuscorrora, from Li ver p oo l t o Philadelp..-* 15, lat. 41 N., long. 68 W. t 1 114 The Heart of Oak, for Melb ourne , J une 19, 1 5 - . long. 23 W. The Indian Queen, from New Y or k t o Sydney, voter The Elizabeth Mearns, from Liverpool to Riv er June 30, lat. 30 S., long. 8 W. The Rosmond, Juue 28, lat. 9 N., long. 26 W. The Messenger, 2Jth, lat. 10 N., long. 28 W. The Bryny Mor, July 17, lat. 38 N., long. 44 A . !: The Henry Tanner, 18th, lat. 39 N., l ong . 42 W • COUNTRY MARKET& HADDINGTON—AuG. 5. The following are the prices of grain at our lai ` r° to-day : WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. 1 OATS. First ll 59s Od 35s 6d. 263 'Od Ti :4 4 ', Second s6s 10d 33 s lld I 24s 4cl ra, o 'l Third 46s Od 30 s Od I 23s od biw ~ p fd Total quantity of wheat in market, 599 qrs., 4 PP IP barley „ 100 qrs., i 5696 00,1 PI PP oats PP 241 qrs. , '69 ooP PP PP beans )1 74 (11 .0 ., Average of wheat £2 16 1 0-120 n Ditto of Barley ' A . Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans ...... DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—AuG. 4 ' or , Qrs. Best. Current. 334 Wheat 59s 6d. 419 Oats 9 5s 8d Barley oos Od 15 Peas Sr. beans 45s Od 1. 1. 1. 1: : 5 t7A /a/j 25s Od ..... Average of wheat, 2/. 15s 3id. ABERDEEN—AuG. 5. m$ The prices of grain are—Old oats, 00s Od to 1 401bs per busbel ; new oats, 20s Gd to 21s Od, bushel ; bere, 30s Od to 31s Od, 531bs per bushel 0,1 30s Od. to 30.3 6d, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, uti' 66 , ocit OOs Od, 621bs per bushel ; wh e at, w hit e , 54s Od boll' 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, •15s 9d tc 16s 6dPe. 0 114 flour, 42s 6d to 43s Od per sac k. Provi s ions—Bee: , t o 9' l _,! 5d to 8d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 8d ; veal, ditto, at o s 0 0 pork, per lb, Os Od to 5s 8d ; salm on , p er lb, is cl w 4O , rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od ti , potatoes, per peck, 8d to is 2d; butter, per lb, 19 0 ,,`"6a,,,t ° eggs, per doz, Os 7d to Os 8d ; hens, per pair,, -48 or" 3s Od. ; chickens, ditto, is 3d to 2s Od; ducks, dit to ' pit to 2s Od ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os od 2 ,' each, 3s Od to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Ua ,; 60 for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 84s pric e ' ditto (summer cured), OOs to 00s Od ; eggs, wholesale po rl4 per dozen, Rd to Od ; 41b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, 30 ; 0 , 3 (0' fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Odif i stove ' lamb, per lb., Os 6d. to 8d ; cheese, per imPari'' 5s Gd to 7s. [AnvErtmEmENT.]—The Earl of Aldboro4 l 2,, a u 93ld g lob lowax's Pills.—An astounding cure by this 8 of medicine after every other means had failed; ire tract from his lo r d s hi p ' s letter, dated ‘,Villa NT, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor - 11 - °' 10; 1 1 Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have . e 4 a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, vioctlle the most eminent of the faculty at home and all Oft 00 Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not 0101 waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed),...tler ROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure any a t pie, of the liver or stomach —Sold (also Hollovia j li tri e ment) at Professor Holloway's Establhment, 24 % „at the London, and by all medicine venders throng'" kingdom. ,/ ..ErIP".I4 LADVERTISEMENT.]—THE CAMP AT CllO.--. 0 to , 39, Albemarle-st ree t, Piccadilly.—Observe, oPPIltOble; York H o t e l. -- The Royal Exhibition. A p OCY, newly-invent e d, very sma ll powerful waist/0 0 ' 0 0T ; glass, the si ze o f a wa l nu t , b y which s'" can be seen and known one mile and a half at they answer every purpose on the race-course , li r; 11 opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are cled g „ at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting; stalking, stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, garae-oribtl and tourists. Telescopes —A• new and most it°l4 invention in telescopes, possessing such extrit o , Ate powers that some, inches, with an extra eYefc ia d show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring' -0111-fid double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing tr ounces, can be se en a person ' s countenance thre n e olet and a half distant, and an o bj ect f rom 16 t o 2" oeVA" They supersede every oth er ki n d f or t h e waistcoatioin and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing O ,IOL accordingly. Opera and r ace - course g l asses, w ith yr& power ; an object can be clearly seen , f rom 14 to 1: 0 , 6 ' distant. Messrs. S. and B. S o l omons , o pticians, li di t ei vented invaluable preserving sp ec t ac l e lenses. Inn : De 01411 they are placed before imperfect v i s i on , eve ei,B4 appears clear and distinct; the m os t age d, dela 1 0 03 1 , becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its Y og erf,,A natural, and original state. Deafness—New pito The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powel!i i tfore: o newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entire/9' 0 0 1 : v from all oth ers , t o surpass any thi ng of the kin d , °foo! been, or prob a bly ever can b e, produced. BeteoP"," same colour as th e s ki n, it i s no t percep tibl e ; it deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at gin P:oist4.o. semblies ; the unpl easan t sensa ti on o f sing 00.4, the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all ,tl, 0 0 P", ante that possibly could be d es i re d.—S. and 8.„30,-)01 Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street. -" Observe, opposite the York Hot.l. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 6. .L 0110 _A STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues very apt e p :A , depressed, and pri ces are s li g hty re d uce d froill,7;acer i , Tho following were the current prices to day °r tee , 33g ; East Lancashire, 188 ; L ancas hi re and .. ,:!,10 0 o c , 764 ; London and North-Western, 1141 ; nTorf ° Sheffield, and Li nco l n , 28i, c . # ; Midland, 701 ; 8 ; South Eastern Stock, 218. o' 4 MANCHESTER, AUG. 6. dull/33" STOCK EXCHANGE.— There has again been a ; i , t be fi r with falling prices. Lancashire and Yorkshire' don and North-Western, 1141 ; ditto , New 490 ,, -.. ), I„, f id p. ; Manchester and Birmingham (C Quarts e '"3l/ 0 16 , p. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 28; ; 21. 1 Railway Consols, 703, ; South-Eastern and Dover' BIRMINGHAM, AuG. 6. vcreot eill . North' lot STOCK EXCHANGE. — The London and _Nor,. tor report was not received very favourably in til ls 4 P r(r • s ha It appears from the statement that owing o _ l - 4 , .00, to portion of the increased receipts of the past b'''''''' ‘ ,oo"Atr ing been absorbed by increased expense, it is ne c i o nv; i o reduce the reserve fund below 30,000/ , in ord er mr bah tain a 5 per cent. dividend. There were, hos ve : - i;e,,f ° lo o of the stock at 114, under the idea of securiltitl r;00 4 1 coming dividend, but nothinc , was done. CTI 3 O O AI changed hands at 61i ; Shrewsbury 6 and Birming' s o s' 9 " 61A to ; Shropshire Unions, 3? to 3i dis. ; Stiiffords, Ito dis. at t BIRTI BIRTH Hampstead, On the 4th inst., OF A SON. of . 1 "' Ghze , brook, Esq of 0 the Wif e - ir a ; On the 4th ' " porto. the I " inst., at Chalfont-lodme Bucks, Leicester Hibbert, Esq. ' ' OF A DAUGHTER. ri I°Ck 0' . at Oxford, the wife On the 4th i ns t o f Frecl e- f tri , er, E sq . 1.-° On the sth inst., at Elvidgo's Hotel, Dublin) - the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. MARRIED. t Pii,ll ree-1 t,' On the 2d inst., at No. 19, East Claremont -at of $Ol O , burgh, David, eldest son of John Croall, Esci:' 00 0° field, to Christina, third daughter of D. '• fte'(' Esq., Edinburgh. the 1 1 ~..th. „ On the 4th inst., at St. Saviour's Church, D' v ' SOO ~ F. C. Woodhouse, 31. A , of New Shoreham, Cht°orley, Eoci Agnes Fenton, daughter . of the late Edward - of Williton, Somerset. DIED. Dublin, Coo. On the 3d inst., at No. S, Belvidere - pl ace, • if _Ado misFary-General HaineB, * Cß. den t, the r io ter , On the 4th inst., at Bromley College, 14eco— the late Rev. John Williams, curate of d tisr e ' Herefordshire in her 7tith year. ton -L ' On the sth inst., at George attest, Brynlisder, .- Ada Jane, infant daughter of Mr. George °" r TROO 1 ;Y IA ° LONDON : Pririted an Publishe at ce, of No. 112, Strand, d Printer, The Su oifi ,0 00 watt Strand, in the Precinct of the avoy, in Middlesex, Monday, August 8, 1 S 03. iIL nir, n 7ll , at the —“is o n Be . fArther not] Bonabay 21 ONI - 1 'STSIO) WA Lakes, are London 1 Limnsng General OR Data up Ca hallw ay ' ( Share up a nd hav e n eat, to ei Messi Mess Alessi Ret fired e to Dated Interest from the th e call t said Call -Paid ea . The T i 44,1 in w - Ltt, in g 'ondo .......___ Cr El 131,„ to for o bet.q , r, test" h hilt s of fiver return f %ter a: .„, C ~..itik e ti 79, Str —,e p al ?a dd --....,.... 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