The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-25 00:00:00

WEST LONDON.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at the London Tavern ; Mr. S. Bird in the chair.
The report stated that the arbitration between this
company and the London and North-Western Railway
Company had made some progress. Arrangements bad
been made with all parties for the resumption of the case
in the ensuing October, and the directors rely on pro.
curing a decision before the next half yearly meeting.
There bad been an increase of 14,832 tons in the traffic
on the canal, and an amount earned of 1511. The increase
in traffic from the railway was 5420 tons. The accounts
showed a balance at the bankers of 3,4511.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was
adopted. It was stated that the arbitration would be re-
mimed on the 26th of October next, and would proceed
from day to day ur.til concluded. Two-thirds of the
West Loudon sass had bees gone through, and, with a

METROPOLITAN IMPRuVe,MENTS.

The following memorial, addresQed to the Lord Mayor,
relative to the removal of the onuses of the poLuted
state of the Thames, was signed extensively yesterday
by the principal merchants and City firms

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" TO THE EIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR.
"My Lord,—We, the undersigned, observing that your
lordship has resolved on calling a public, meeting to con-
eider the condition of the Thames, with the view to having
immediate measures taken to remedy the evils to which
that condition is calculated to give rise :
" Aware that, your lordship was publicly informed by
the City Solicitor last month—' That when the Sewers
Acts of 1848 were passed, Parliament bid it in contempla-
tion tio enforce the construction of intercepting sewers, to
convey the house drainage sufficiently low down to prevent
the tide from bringing back any portion of the polluted
water e
"Understanding also that in 1854 the metropolitan com-
missioners of sewers raised 300,0004. towards the construc-
tion of such sewers—that although certain plans (out of a
number submitted to the commissioners) were selected by
them, in April last, for reference to a committee of engi-
neers, no such reference has yet been made, still less has
any step towards the commencement of the works for
which the 300,000/. were raised been taken.
"Aware, furthermore, that a bill has just received the
much ground
sanction of Parliament, which embraces, amongst other
objects, the dispollution of the Thames :
" But taking into consideration the fact that the board
of works (to be constituted by this bill) is not to be elected
till next January, and that the numerous objects to which
u
its attention is to be addressed must occupy a large portion
of its time, and, consequently, that there is m
for apprehension that years will elapse before this great
object—the dispollution of the Thames will be effected :
" We beg leave to record our cordial concurrence in your
lordship's design of holding such public meeting; and seeing
that the metropolitan commissioners of sewers are in pos.
session of plans and money which may beforthwith c
ren-
dered available, we submit that amongst other resolutions
to which it will be advisable for such meeting to come, will
be one appointing a committee to take all necessary steps
for watching the proceedings that may be taken, with the
view of securing the prompt execution of inch works as
may be finally decided upon.
" We beg to subscribe ourselves,
" Your lordship's obedient servants.
"London, August 24, 1855."

APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names
of gentlemen who passed their examinationin the science
and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, Aug. 23 :—T. G. Wales, Down-
ham ; W. A. Garrington, Portsea ; A. G. 11.• Buckby,
§wstora • ix. J. Wilsofr Whitchiuga.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 24.
The Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart., has re-
ceived the following despatch from the Earl of Clarendon,
K.G., dated St. Cloud, the 22d of August, 1855.
St. Cloud, August 22, PM.
Sir,—The Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
and the Princess Royal, arrived on. the 19th instant, in the
" Victoria and Albert" yacht, at Boulogne, where her
Majesty was received by the Emperor of the French,
amidst the salutes of the army of Boulogne, posted on the
heights, and the acclamations of a vast concourse of people
assembled for the occasion.

At Amiens, where the Queen stopped for a short t
and along the whole line of railway, her Majesty was re-
ceived with every demonstration of respect and kind
feeling.
At Paris, from the station to St. Cloud, these feelings
were manifested in the strongest manner; and I can con
vey no better idea of the reception of her Majesty by the
people of Paris than by stating, that the enthusiasm was
quite as great as that which greeted the Emperor and Em-
p-ess on their arrival in London.
The same cordial welcome has been given to the Clinton
at the various places where her. Majesty has since appeared
in public; and her Majesty is profoundly sensible of the
spontaneous and universal kindoess which has been die.
played towards her by the people of France. •
It is impossible to doubt that the Queen's visit will still
,more closely cement the alliance which now so happily
subsists batween the Sovereigns and the people of England
and France.
I am happy to inform you that the Queen, Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal ere in
perfect health.—l have, &c., CLARENDON.
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, G.C.8., &c.
BOARD OF TRADE, WRIVEHALL, AuG. 23.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires,' at Lima.
enclosing copy of decree of the Provisional President of
Peru, deolanng the port of Iquique a port of entry with
reference to the export of saltpetre.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS.

By orders in Council dated August 13, her Majesty has
been pleased to approve three several schemes of the Eccle-
siastical Commissioners—viz., the first, for the assignment
and transfer of the patronage of the rectory of Itmeholm
from the master and scholars of Balliol College, Oxford, to
the Bishop of Lincoln and his successor:, in exchange for
the patronage of the rectory of St. Mary, Bedford, fot
every third term of presentation vested in the said Bishop
and his successors ; secondly, for enabling the said Eccle-
siastical Commissioners to sell and convey the lands,•&c.,
vested in them in the parish of Llandaff, in Glamorgan-
shire, as set out in the scheme thereunto relating ; and,
thirdly, to enable the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners to
sell and convey certain lands in the parishes set out fully
in the schedules attached to the said last-mentioned
scheme, in the county of Northampton.

AWARDS UNDER THE CONVENTION BETWEEN
GRE,XT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES
OF FEBRUARY 8, 1853.
Paymaster-General's Office, Whitehall, Aug. 24.

Her Afajesty's Paymaster• General hereby gives-notice,
that he will be prepared to pay, on or after the sth of
September next, the amounts awarded by the Mixed Com-
mission as due from the Government of the United States,
in accordance with the terms of the convention of the Bth
of February, 1853, between Great Britain and the United
States, and of the act 18th and 19th of Victoria, c. 77,
upon the production at his office in Whitehall, between
the hours of 10 and 3, of the original awards, and such
other evidence as shall satisfy him that the parties claim-
ing are legally entitled to the amount awarded in each
case.

QUARANTINE IN THE BAY OF MOBILE.
The Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and
Plantations have received a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Consul at Mobile, transmitting an ordinance of
the city of Mobile, by which a strict quarantine is estab-
lished from the Ist of July, 1855, until the Ist of Novem-
ber next ensuing, as in the said despatch is more fully
stated.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 23.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at
Madrid, enclosing a Notice to Mariners, issu..d from the
Hydrographical Office in that city, respecting an altera-
Von about to be introduced in the lieht of the Tarifa
Lighthouse, a translation of which is subjoined.
(Copy.)
(Translation.)

• Hydrographical Office.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGI!THOUSES ON THE COAST OF SPAIN.

The Ministry of Marine has communicated to this office,
through the Ministry of Public Works, certain informa-
tion relative to the alteration which is to be introduced in
the light of the Tarifa Lighthouse, under the superintend-
ence of the corps of engineers, roads, canals, and ports,
according to which the following notice has been drawn up.
LIGHTHOUSE ON THE ISLAND OF TARIFA.—STRAITS OF