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THE

Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that next session he
would move the appointment of a Select Committee on
the subject.
PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
On the motion for considering this Bill, as amended, .

Mr. C. LEWIS said Government were not prepared
to accede to the proposal made yesterday to establish a
separate fee-fund, but they were prepared to make
such an alteration in the 49th clause of the Bill:as to
prevent any compensation being paid under the provi-
sions of the Bill without the sanction of Parliament.
The probable amount of compensation that would
have to be awarded was very trifling, considering the
magnitude and nature of the offices abolished by the Bill.
The clause was amended as proposed by the Hon.
Member, and some other additions and alterations having
been made to the clause, the Bill, as amended, was con-
sidered and agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, the Standing
Orders were suspended, so as to admit of the Bill being
at once advanced through the remaining stages.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1851.

OPENING OF VICTORIA-STREET. I RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
The long-projected and greatly desired line of direct I THE LONDON AND NORTII-I,NESTERN RAILWAY.
communication between the neighbourhood of the Howes We have reason to believe that were the London and
of Parliament and that of Buckingham Palace and Bela North- Western Railway Company to divide among the
grave-square, has at length been completed, and was yeaa ahereholders in the bsginniog of 1852, all that they will
terday opened to the public under the name of Victoria- have fairly earned in the current half-year, they would
street. The improvement thus effected will be readily be in a position to pay 8 per cent., but as it is not likely
appreciated, whether regarded as a mere public conve- that they will deem it advisable to pay more than 6 per
thence, or as having changed to an aspect of comfort and cents the sum, after paying that amount of dividend,.
respectability the face of a neighbourhood hitherto no- which they will carry over to the following half-year,
Various for the squalid wretchedness of its appearance, will exceed 200,000/.
and for its unhealthy character. Victoria-streetnow forms THE RAILWAY TRAFFICS.—The traffics for the past
a short and pleasant line of communication, some 80 feet week, so far as they are known, are greater than ever.
in width, between two of the principal western thorough- The London and North-Western receipts exceed
fares of the metropolis. It commences directly in front 66,5001., being 15;0001. more than the corresponding
of Westminster Abbey, and runs in a straight line to the week of last year. The Great Western traffic is
Vauxhall-bridge-road—the towers of the old Abbey, and 29,2704, which, with the exception of the week of the
the new Houses of Parliament, bounding the vista at Windsor Cattle Show, is much higher than before. It
one end, and the large buildings forming Shaftesbury- is 11,000/ above the corresponding week of 1850. The
terrace the other. At the present moment the new road receipts tor the London and South-Western amounted
shows only a rough surface of sharp granite stones, to 19,1301., which we believe is higher than the ro-
il snked by a broad pathway on either side; the pros- ceipts of the corresponding week last year by more than
pects it commands are glimpses of dirty back kitchens 5,0001., though the receipts for the latter week have not
and sculleries, broken brick walls, with here and there a reached us.
languishing effort at gardening. But this appearance is GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. NEW ROUTE TO
temporary, almost the only efforts yet made having been CAMBRIDGE.-13y the opening of this company's line to
to complete the means of communication. In as short Shepreth a new route is furnished between Cambridge
a time as possible it is intended to erect a line of large and London.
and comfortable dwelling-houses, to be built upon the RAILWAY CONGRESS.—The Architect says, the High
principle generally adopted in Scotland and upon the Dutch Railway Congress will be held this year at Nu-
Continent, of dividing the houses into e flats"—a prin. remberg. Forty-six delegates of railway companies have
ciple by which two or more families may be accelerate- been named. It would be well if a like congress were
dated on each floor in separate sets of apartments, each yearly held in England.
set affording the same privacy and convenience now RAILWAYS AND THE MAILs.—Ail have been made
attainable in London only by distinct self-contained to feel the inconvenience of the non-arrival of the mail
houses. It is also intended by the Westminster Im- trains from the south. The Great Exhibition is be-
provement Commissioners to provide for the families coming a mighty tyrant, causing all things to succumb
who, by the creation of the new road, have been dis- to its potent influence. We poor country people have
lodged from their former retreats in this neighbourhood, been made to wait the pleasure of the metropolis long
by the erection in Victoria-street of model lodging- enough, and we are glad to hear that our term of servi-
houses, capable of containing upwards of ninety tame- tude has at length expired. Mr. Addison, the super-
lies at a weekly rent of 4s. for each ; and from these intendent of the Caledonian Railway, has been up
.to
houses a revenue of ten per cent. on the capital invested London, and the result of a conference he has had with
is confidently expected. the directors of the London and North-Western Rail-
The proceedings attending the ceremony of declaring way will to-night be practically proved a great adran-
Victoria-street open for public traffic commenced yes- tage to the north. It has been agreed, in order to
terday by the performance of Divine service in West- avoid the late arrivals of the mails in future, to dispatch
nainster Abbey. The Improvement Commissioners, the the mail train from the Euston-square station at a quer-
clergy of Westminster, the children of the four chartered ter before nine o'clock in the morning precisely, to take
schools—the Grey, the Green, the Blue, and the Black none but through passengers, and the express condition
Coat Schools of Westminster—and many noblemen and is that it shalt punctually keep its time at every station.
gentlemen of distinction, attended Divine service, and at In this case we may expect the arrival of the evening
its conclusion assembled together in the western nave of mail in Carlisle about 8 A M., nearly two hours earlier
the Abbey, where they formed into procession, end than its usual time for some months back. A train will
thence issued into the street which was about to be de- follow soon after, transporting to its destination the sur-
clared open to the public. The procession passed on the plus traffic, which now bangs like a nightmare on the
north side of the street to the terminus of the Vauxhall- regular—we should say—irregular mails.—Carlisle
bridge-road, where the children of the several schools Patriot.
formed into a square. Sir Edwin Pearson, the chit f CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY. The shareholders
commissioner, then declared that Victoria-street was aro invited to an experimental trip, by train, from Cork
henceforth opened as a public thoroughfare and dedi- to Bandon, on Thursday. The train will leave the Cork
cated to the public—accompanying the declaration with terminus at one o'clock.
a suitable expression of hope that it might prove of per-
manent benefit to the district through which it passed,
and to the public generally. The barriers were imme-
diately removed, and the public allowed to pass amidst
the cheers of a vast concourse of people who had as-
sembled to witness the ceremony. The " National An-
them" was sung by the children, and the ceremony con-
cluded by the firing of a royal salute.
A grand clef caner had been announced in the cards of
invitation to take place in a tent erected for the purpose
in the neighbourhood of the road, but about an hour and
a half remained till the hour of its commencement (one
o'clock) arrived. To while away the time the whole
party proceeded to visit the chartered schools of West-
minster, the pupils of which had taken part in the day's
proceedings. The halls and playgrounds; school-rooms,
and dormitories of these ancient and admirable institu-
tions were minutely inspected, and apparently with great
satisfaction. A visit was also paid to the new church
and adjoining schools of St. Stephens, the splendid offer-
ing of Miss Burdett Coutts to the relief of the spiritual
necessities of Westminster.
The party then returned to the tent, where the dejeu-
ner was prepared. Sir Edwin Pearson took the chair,
and was supported on the right by the Earl of Carlisle,
the Rev. E. Jennings, Sir R. Inglis, Sir De Lacy Evans,
the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Hon. J. C. Talbot, &c., and
on his left by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord R. Grosve-
nor, Rev. Edward Repton, Mr. J. Border, Rev. George
Repton, Dr. Southwood Smith, Rev. H. M'Kenzie, Rev.
W. Tennant, &c. Among those in the vicinity of the
chairman were Messrs. W. Mackenzie, contractor for
the works; John Bates, town-clerk of Belfast; F. W.
Mount, &c.
After the usual loyal toasts, the CHAIRMAN proposed
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, which was ac-
knowledged by the Rev. E. JENNINGS.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the Earl of
Carlisle," in honour of whom he henceforth called the
street which should be erected on the site where they
then sat—Carlisle-place.
The Earl of CARLISLE said that it had been a real
pleasure to him to attend the completing and crowning
ceremony of opening Victoria-street. Nobody could
tell so well as the chairman on this occasion, or the
Noble Lord himself—perhaps he might also include the
official gentlemen of the Woods and Forests—the diffi-
culties and perplexities which had gathered round the
early fortur es of the undertaking. They had, however,
been successfully encountered, and he now trusted that
the work might prove as profitable as it was honourable
to its spirited projectors. The area down which the
procession had that morning moved was formerly in-
fested with the worst holes of filthiness and impu-
rity; henceforth he hoped its noble frontage was des-
tined to be the abode of industry, comfort, refine-
ment, education, charity, and piety.—(Hear, hear.)
He sincerely hoped that the contrast which would be
thus exhibited, which was now witnessed, and which
would be still more apparent henceforth, would not
only be an indication of the purposes of the projec-
tors of the road, but might also be held as an emblem of
that still higher transformation which he hoped, during
the lives of most of those present, would transform the
ice. face of the whole metropolis—which would free it of all
the defilements by which it was at present disgraced.
and substitute the necessary appurtenances to public
• health, comfort, and decency.—(Hear, hear.) The feel-
.% ing of hearty good-will which he (the Noble Lord) felt
to this undertaking, he hoped the meeting would allow
him to embody in the toast " Success to Victoria-
street," and with the toast ho would couple the name of
their indefatigable and conscientious chairman (Sir E.
Pearson)—(Great applause.)
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Clergy of West-
' minster," and in giving the toast he alluded to the be-
nefit which would accrue to the poor of the district
,t 4 from the construction of the road. They had, it was
'34 true, destroyed dwellings and displaced occupiers, who
were obliged to withdraw to other districts, and to live
in houses for which they paid far too much, merely
because there was not sufficient accommodation for their
Lee. population. But to provide a remedy had occupied
much of the attention of the Commissioners. Many
plans had been proposed, but the want of public encou-
ragement had prevented their accomplishment. The
subject, however, cou'd not be neglected, and he now
hoped that with the aid of the public they would soon
% be able to erect lodging-houses for the accommodation
of poor families which should meet the requirements of
is. the case, and which would yet prove remuuerating as a
ai commercial enterprise. There would be no feeling on
the part of the occupants of these houses that they were
8,, receiving eleemosynary aid.—(Hear, hear.) The new
) street would give light, health, air, and a wholesome
soil—inestimable benefits to a large and laborious popu-
lation.
Od The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Earl of
se Shaftesbury," and as an indication of the high esteem in
is. which the Improvement Commissioners held his perso-
nal virtues and piety, he would henceforth name the
street—in which a church, which was shortly to be
15s erected, should be placed " Ashley-street."
rOd
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY congratulated the Com-
-6d missioners on the success which had attended their
2„, efforts. The Noble Lord alluded to the inroads which
were made by such improvements upon the dwellings of
the lowest portion of the inhabitants, which he com-
- pared to channels cut for admitting currents of air; but
Price it was necessary that they should make provision for
those who were displaced. The hardships suffered by
many of these unfortunates in removing were such
that he most earnestly prayed he might never
see such misery again. His Lordship hoped
that they might go on in the career of
' improvement and extend the arrangements which were
now made. How beneficial were some of the arrange-
: ments now made for the London poor he would show by
instancing the success of the boys employed in blacking
'X shoes in the streets. These boys brought home upwards
of 261. a week, one-third of which was devoted to
liqui-
date expenses, one-third was placed in the savings bank,
If and the remaining third was given to the boys them-
, selves. One of these little shoeblacks had saved so much
'" money in this manner since the month of May that he
was enabled to determine upon removing to Australia.
The boys were improved financially and socially by be-
coming industrious members of society.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN gave " Sir R. Inglis and the Metro-
politan Improvement Commissioners," " The Re'v" Mr.
Repton and the Clergy of Westminster," " Mr. Carter
Wood and the Governors of the Chartered Schools of
Westminster," and " Mr. Trollope and the Chairman
and Committee of Vestries of the parishes of St. Mar-
garet's and St. John's, Westminster."
The dejeuner, including the wines, wasp rovided by
the managers of the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen.
street.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 236.)
•Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 27, 1851:
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ...£10,198 18 5
Merchandise and minerals ... 3,497 12 7
Cattle ... 183 2 9

Total .. £13,879 13 9
Corresponding week, July 28, 1850 (143 miles):—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,932 11 7
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 1,456 14 4

....£3,359 5 11
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles
open.)—Traffic for week ending Aug. 3 ....£17,653 12 10
Corresponding week in last year, (2451
miles open) .. 18 11
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ending Aug. 3 :

Total ...

MAIN LINK.

Passengers ••• • • •
Parcels, H. C. and D. ...
Goods, cattle, &c. •••
Mails ..• ... ...

... £2,454 13 8

91 14 2
158 15 11
575 0 0

Total

... £3,680 3 9

Passengers ... ...
Parcels, H. C. and D. ...
Goods, cattle, &c. ...

£5O 18 0
1 19 10
120 15 2

Total

... .£173 13 0

••• ••• .
STEAM-BOATS.

••• ••• £449 311
_ ,_

Passengers •••
Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ...

27 7 2

Total ...

... £476 11 1

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
LEEDS. Aun. s.—The weather for the last few days has
been fine, and harvest in the southern counties will be pretty
general at the close of the week. The trade to-day was ex-
tremely dull for wheat ; anything choice and fresh found only
limited sale at a reduction of Is per qr. on Friday's rates ' • the
chambered and second sorts were ineffectively offered at a
further decline in prices. Barley, oats, shellings, and other
articles rather tended towards a decline, though we had no
pressure of quantity.
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARSET, AUG. s.—Supply of
beasts less than last week, and of middling quality ; prices had
improved about 3d per stone, with a trifle unsold. Sheep
steady, at former rates. Lambs ruled in favour of the buyer,
and part of both kinds remained unsold. Beef, 4s to 6s Od per
stone ; mutton, 4d to 5d ; lamb, 5d to 6d per lb. Beasts,
507 ; sheep and lambs, 7,684.
Entwauson MEAL 114.tarET, AUG. s.—There were in
the moat market to-day 9 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 28011ss.
imperial, which sold thus :-3 at 11 18s ed, and 6 at
1/ 17s Od; average price of the whole 11 17s 4d 0-12th..
1 sack flour, which sold at 30s. 2 sacks pot-barley, which
sold at 245.

EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, Aua. 5.--
Oat straw, from 8s Od to 108 Od per kemple of 16 stones trots;
wheat ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od ; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 78 Od.
Old hay, from 10d to lld per stone; sew ditto, 7d to Id.
DALYEITH MEAL MARKET, AUG. 4.—There were 44
bags oatmeal, and 4 of barleymeal at this day's market,
which met a heavy demand. Oatmeal down on the top and
second prices 6d per bag; barleymeal also declined 6d per big-
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Thiro.
imperial .. 36s 6d 36s Od Od
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 21s 6d —s 04 Od
Peasemeal —s Od Od —s Od
Flour --s Od —s Od Od
Pot barley ... —s Od —s Od Od

X.—YESTERDAY.
Belmont ... 145 Oct,
Braddyll
rl etton
Haswell lss 3d,
Keepier Grange
Lam bton
Russell's Hatton
Stewart's
Whitwell
Sunderland .. 12s Od
Eleugh Hall
Kelloe.. ......... .... l4a 6d
South Hartlepool .... 14a 6d
Thornley . 14s Oa
West Ilartlepool ... .. 143 6d
&delaide Tees
Maclean's Tees l3s 34
Seymour Tees ......
Teea
Richardson's Tees 135 03
Birchg. Graigola
Bartley .........
Nixon's Merthyr and
Cardiff
Sidney's Hartley ....... lls 94 4"
s u"
205 Sold, 103.

COAL MASH
Davison'sWest Hartley 14s Od
East Adairs Main lls 6b
Holywell
Howard's W. H. Neth l4s Od
Hartlcpcol W. Hartley 14s 6d
North Percy Hartley l2s 6d
Harvey Tanfield
Ord's Main
Ravensyrorth'sW. Hart 13s 9d
Tanfield Moor
Tanfield Moor Butes l2s 6d
Townley
W est Hartley
West Wylam
Wylam
Windsor's Pontop lls 6d
Wall's End, 'Sm.

Brown
Harton
Hedley
Hilda l3s Od
Northumberland
Original Gibson
Eden Main ....• l4s Od
Lambton Primrose
Ships at market,

FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS.--The SnnU
festival of the three choirs of Worcester, Hereford, anth
Gloucester is to be held at Worcester this month (about three
weeks earlier than has hitherto been customary), and the
near approach of the time of meeting has stirred up v,.8
people of the three dioceses to activity. The arrangement
are in course of completion, and although the programme.°
not yot issued, we are enabled to state that the oratorios
selected for the morning performances in Worcester Cathe-
dral are the Messiah, Samson, Ehjah. and the Last jag;
meut. The days of meeting are the 26th 27th, 28th, and
29th of August, and the following principals have been
engaged :—Madlle. Sofie Cruvelli, Madame Castellan, Moe
Dolby, Miss Birch, and Miss M. Williams; Her Formes,
Mr. Lockey, Mr. Sims Reeves, and bar. Machin. These
festivals are always better supported at Worcester than at
the two other cities, and, to lighten the burdens of the
stewards, on whom all the pecuniary responsibility rests, e
guarantee fund of between 7001. and 8001. has been already
raised. Mr. W. Done, organist of Worcester Cathedral, le
the conductor, and the full complement of stewards has long
ago been secured
TRooPs FOR INDlA.—Agreeably to orders received
toghatham Barracks, on the 29th ult., the following officrS'
ther with detachments from the provisional battaboti,
have since embarked on board the troop-ship Earl of 1311;
carras, off Gravesend, for Bombay. :—Lieutenant Woods and
Lieutenant Crafter, of the Bth Foot; Captain AVAndrevr!
78th Foot; Ensign Martin, Captain Austin, and Lientenaa
Crawford, of the 83d Foot. An assistant-surgeon aceeinPX.
vied the troops to Gravesend, and the surgeon of the pre".,.
sional hattalion inspected the men after embarkation, in co.
cert with the medical officer of the ship.

[AnvERTIsamENT.] --Holloway, s Ointment and
Pills have cured an Ulcerated Leg and prevented Amputation.
—The wife of Mr. T. Baylis, of S court, 7 house, Cheapside,
Birmingham, suffered for more than eight years from a dread-
fully ulcerated limb ; during a great portion of that time she
was under medical treatment at Birmingham, where she was
frequently told that amputation must ultimately take place, and
it was impossible to heal the wound. However, under the ad-
vice of her friends she tried Holloway s Ointment and Pills,
which have effected a perfect cure, and she strongly recom-
mends others similarly afflicted to use them after this proof of
their efficacy in one of the worst cases.—Sold by all Drug-
gists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand,
London.
PROPOSED PARK FOR FINSBURY.—The project of
a new park for this extensive metropolitan district, with its
half-million of inhabitants, is at present in abeyance, not
from any hostility in the Government, who, it is fully un-
derstood, have determined on making the park, but because
the authorities at the office of the Woods and Forests de-
cline the responsibility of preparing the notices and making
other necessary arrangements without receiving specific in-
structions from the Premier or the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer on the subject. These official delays aro in this case
the more to be regretted— as, unless the notices are delivered
forthwith, there is a great probability that a large portion of
the ground intended to form the proposed park will be taken
for building sites—a proceeding hitherto delayed in expecta-
tion of the plan receiving the sanction of Parliament before
the close of the session. The subject has been strongly urged
on the attention of Lord Seymour by the borough Members,
and there is yet time for effecting a satisfactory arrangement
before Ministers love town,—liorntng ddvertuer,