The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

CALEDONIAN.

A special meeting of this company was held in Glas-
gow on Wednesday to authorise the directors to carry
into immediate effect the agreement with the Edinburgh
and Glasgow Company, which had been formerly
approved of, so far as this can be done without an act of
Parliament, which could not be obtained in the present
session. Mr. Johnston stated the leading provisions of
this agreement. These were, that the two railways
should be worked together ; that the receipts of both
should be lodged in the bank ; and of the gross receipts,
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company should draw 3;
parts, and the Caledonian 80 parts, till the joint weeklyl
receipts, on an average of six months, should exceed
14,0001. ; and that of the excess the Edinburgh and
Glasgow should draw only 26 parts, and the Caledonian
91 parts, for each six months during which the average
shall be above 14,0001. a week—each party out of the sum
so received to pay its own working expenses. On the
motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Johnston, the
terms of agreement were approved of, and the meeting
separated.

The Queen had a dinner'party last evening at Bucking.
ham Palace. The company included the King of Hano-
ver, the Duchess of Kent, the Hereditary Grand Duchess
of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe
Cobourg Gotha, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess
Mary, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duke
of Wellington, Count Kielmansegge, the Earl of Alul-
grave, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caroline Cust,
Lady Suffield, the Baroness de Wangenheini, Lord El-
phiustone, Major-General Buckley, Baron Malortie,
Baron Hedemann, Baron de Wense, General Count
Decken, Captain Baron Reitzens!tein, &DX., Captain
Baron Issendorf, A.D.C., Major Baron Boddien, A.D.C.,
Dr. Lex, Dr. Kaufmann, Hon. R. Somerset, Baron.
Seebaeli, and Captain Baron Treskow. The Queen of
Hanover was prevented by slight indispositkui from dint
iii at Buckingham Palace. rt
The Baud of the 2nd Life Guards attei in the
Palacs during dinner, and performed the -lowing
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Adelaide of Hohenlohe, visited the King and Queen of
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A deputation from the University College, and a de-
putation from the Graduates Committee, had interviews
yesterday with Viscount Palmerston, at the Home-
office, on the subject of the College of Physicians Bill.
The deputation from the college consisted of F. J. Wood,
LL. D. (Council), W. Sharpey, M.D. (Professor and
Dean of Medical Faculty), Mr. C. C. Atkinson (Secre-
tary), Francis Brott, M.D. (Council), and Mr. John
Wood (Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, mem-
ber of College Council). The deputation of the Gra-
duates Committee consisted of F. C. Wood, LL.D.
(Chairman), J. R. Qiain, LL.B., C. J. Foster, LL.D.,
honorary secretary • John Stonan, M.D., T. Snow
Beck, M.D., F.R.S., Win. Shaen, M.A., secretary ;
W. F. Mackenzie, M.D., and Robert Barnes, M.D.,
hon. Med. Sec. The deputations were accompanied by
Mr. Cheetham, M.P. Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Had-
field, M.P, Mr. Milligan, M.P., and Mr. F. Crossley,
M.P.
A deputation on behalf of the Warrington and Al-
tringham Railway Bill, consisting of Messrs. Holland,
Whitley, Lister, and Greenall, had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of
Trade.
Mr. Hadfield, M.P., for Sheffield, and Mr. Joseph
Bradbury, of Sheffield, had an interview with the right
hon. gentleman yesterday.
A deputation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Jacob, pre-
sident of the College of Preceptors ; Mr. J. C. New-
man, late president and an examiner ; Mr. J. Coharton,
M.A., moderator and examiner in mathematics for the
College ; and Mr. John Parker, secretary to the College,
had an interview with Earl Granville (Lord President)
at the Privy Council office yesterday.
A deputation from the Congregational Union of Eng-
land and Wales, from the Baptist Union, and from
the Protestant Dissenting Deputies of the Three
Denominations, had an interview with Viscount
Palmerston at the Home-office yesterday, on the
subject of the Dissenters' Marriage Acts Amend-
ment Bill. The deputation consisted of the Rev.
George Smith, the Rev. Robert Ashton, and Mr. Rice
Hopkins, from the Congregational Union of England
and Wales ; Mr. Underhill and Mr. George Lowe,
F.R.S., from the Baptist Union ; and Mr. Apsley
Pel-
latt, M.P., Mr. Josiah Conder, Mr. James Cook Evans,
Mr. Joseph East, Mr. William Beddome, Mr. R. H.
Terrell, Mr. Charles Reed, and the Secretary from the
Protestant Dissenting Deputies of the Three Denomi-
nations. The deputation was accompanied by the fol-
lowing members of Parliament :—Mr. Cheetham, Mr.
Crossley, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Milligan, and Mr. Law-
rence Heyworth.
Mr. William A. Wilkinson and Mr. Acton Ayrton
had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yes-
terday at the Board of Trade.
A deputation, headed by the Lord Advocate, had an
interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-Atet.
A depu4stren, enclistlng,oMr. Booker, Mr. Macart-
ney, Mr. James Maqueen, Mr. Dickson, Mr. W. Nis-
bet, and Mr. R. Tuffnell, had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday.
Dispatches were sent yesterday from. the Colonial-
office to the Governor-General of Canada and the Go-
vernors of Australia.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday in the council chamber. The lords present were,
the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge Of
the Admiralty Court, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan.
An appeal from Bengal, "M'Kellar v. Wallace," was
part heard,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.

The squadron at Spithead is augmenting daily ; since
we last noticed it, three more sail have been added, mak-
ing the following powerful force, all steamers :

Horse-

Name. Commander. Guns. power.
Duke of Wellington.. Captain Martin, C.B 131 780
Ajax Captain Quin GO 450
Blenheim Captain Henderson, C.B. GO 450
Edinburgh Captain Hewlett 5B 450
Hogue Captain Ramsay rib 450
Arrogant Captain Fremantle. 46 360
Sidon. Captain Goldsmith. 22 560
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Odin Captain F. Scott l6 560

Encounter Captain O'Callaghan l4 360
The squadron is victualled and stored, and the coal-
hulk Orestes was towed to each yesterday, and filled up
their stock. This morning Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas
Cochrane, K.C.8., the Commander•in-chief, went out
and inspected the several ships, and exercised their crews
in gunnery, firing at targets afloat. Such a counonade
has not been heard here for some time, and as the
artillery department began similar exercise at the new
heavy battery of 63-pounders at Blockhouse Forte at the
entrance to the.harbour, the destruction of window-glass
twas considerable. The Arrogant will be detached from
'the above squadron for a short time, to enable her to
ship new boilers.
it The Simoora, 18, iron steam-troopship, Captain Smith,
left harbour this evening, at 5 o'clock, for the Thames,
to ship more ammunition for the Mediterranean fleet,
for which she also takes out supplies of provisions.

SHEERNESS, JUNE 16.

The Horatio, 24 gulls, screw steam guardship.—The
present number of volunteers to be entered for instruc-
tions in this frigate are as follows, viz., 100 landsmen
between the age of 18 and 22 years, and 50 boys, all of
whom are to exceed 14 years of age ; and, as soon as
they shall hare attained sufficient experience to enable
them to be draughted to other ships, the entry for others
will remain open for volunteers of a similar class for the
royal navy.
The Tribune, 30 guns, new screw steam-frigate, Cap-
tain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie.—The following officers
have taken up their commissions to this ship and
joined :—Lieutenant Edward Hardinge, 25th of Octo-
ber, 1852 ; Mr. Joseph E. Autey, Paymaster, 9th of
November, 1846 ; and Mr. Francis Hale, Master, 26th
of November, 1842. Mr. Childers, midshipman, has
also taken up his appointment and joined.
The Nerbudda, 12-gun brig, Commander Boyd, has
received her sailing orders to-day. She will leave hero
to-morrow morning for Portsmouth, where she is to re-
ceive supernumeraries for different ships on the station
serving in the Pacific.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 17.
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant Charles Bromly (1845), to the Tribune, 30,
screw steam-frigate, at Sheerness.
Second-Master Adolphe E. Parks, to the Brisk, 14,
screw steam-sloop, at Devonport.
Clerk's Assistant H. M. Bernara, to the Winchester,
50Kellett, and
Edward Poulden, to the Brisk ; 11. Wise, to
station.
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the Comus, 14, sloop, at Sheerness ; M. H. C. Seguiaen,
to the Tribune ; W. H. Buckle, to the Terrible, steam-
frigate, at Woolwich ; and J. S. Murray, to the Archer,
steam-sloop, at Woolwich.
Naval Cadet A. Williams, to the Victory flagship, at
Portsmouth.
Lieutenants— Charles S. Forbes (1848), to the Horatio,
24, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness ; Alexander
Anderson (1842), to the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw
steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
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We understand that the Admiralty have given SOL
towards erecting the monument at Barbadoes to the
memory of the ill-fated deceased officers and crew of the
Dauntless.

THE BOROUGH EDUCATION BILL.—It will be seen with
satisfaction by our readers, that the emphatic condom
nation of the Borough Education Bill pronounced by the
ToWD Councils of Leeds and Bradford has been ratified
by resolutions carried by large majorities at crowded
town meetings held in those important boroughs. This
decision cannot but tend to strengthen the represents,-
tier s made to the Lord President of the Council, by the
deputation from the Friends to Voluntary Education.
Any attempt to press forward the Education Bill at
this advanced period of the session would be fatuitous.
The Government have quite enough on their hands with
Ithe India Bill, which must be passed in some form or
other.—Patriot.