The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-31 00:00:00

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their companies from the completion ofiti 'lrrtg'‘ !le f IC-:•44e.
should prove advantageous to those copepilikiWt.sip.4 tan-;-' 'ilt(4-1
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questionably be se to this. The next ile,m) ilflitip&tatce We, t91,..„l
them was the termination of the loire,fgret. from. Len- -. "4,1
dolt to Reading. An arrangement tero ,;the I entered- 74,7
into; and though, perhaps, the te..eee-: extern .e"'es,
nbtalued _a_ larger share of the passe '- an /
they thought they were eittiticd-rw---titerittg4 .ranwra,,e_
her they could net have everything their own way.'"'
The goods traffic was to be equally divided, and this com-
pany would have the advantage of being worked as a por- •
tion of the South-Western system. There were two agree-
ments, one to which the Great Western, the South-Western,
and the South-Eastern Companies were parties, and a second
between the South-Western and South-Eastern Companies,
by which they divided ell the traffic front the Thames to
Reading, which included a large tieabe.r trade from
Woltingllam to the dockyatel at Chatham, which had
hitherto been wholly in the hands of the South-Eastern. The
arrangement was fur three years; but it satisfactory it
would go on for a longer period, as it could not be put an
end to without at least six months notice. They were aware
that the trAfic had generally fallen t.,ff threuehout the king-
dem, and it was therefore most satisfactory to find that their
local traffic had inerea4ed :20 per ceat.; and now that !hey
were free (1 the difficulty oi carrying p,issti,g.,?rs to Reading
at an amount which produced them nothing, and thejonetiou
was opened, they might fairly expect a considerable addition
to their traffic. lie begged to move the adoption of the
I epor t.
The resolution having been seconded and unanimously
passed, the extraordinary meeting was declared to
.he con-
stituted.
The CtrAenerAN explained the terms of the arrangement
with the South Western Cempany, which was to work their
line and maintain it in order for 50 per cent. of the receipts
—terms which he thought were highly favorable, and which
must, in the natural course of events, give them a fair
dividend for their outlay. He concluded by moving a reso-
lution approving of the agreement.
Mr. GIBBONS opposed the motion, on the ground that it
was tying up their hands for 40 years, and preventing their
entering into terms with any other company should the op-
portunity offer.
Ultimately the agreement was approved with one dissen-
tient, the chairman explaining that the Woking branch was
not lost sight of, though they did not yet see any prospect of
making it.
- Resolutions were then carried relative to the issue of pre-
ference shares and debentures as explained in the report;
and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceediugs.

NORTH BRITISH.
The half-yearly report of the directors says.;—
"In presenting the accounts for the half-year ending the
31st July, the directors rejoice to state that, notwithstand-
ing the serious derangement of trade throughout the king-
dom, the revenue derived from all sources of traffic has
continued to increase. The total gross income of the com-
pany in the six mouths has been £134,9'20 6s. and
compared -with the income of the corresponding halt-year In
1857 (£t2 ,`2:B Os. Old.), shows an improvenient of £6,692
Os. 11d. The working expenses and train mileage have
been slightly augmented, the former showing an excess of
'D.1,2:27 Ws. 4d.; but the directors have felt that it would
not have been feasible to diminish these, without curtailing
at the same time the convenience afforded to the public by
the liberal allowance of trains, which they have reason to
believe has been duly appreciated, and has likewise been remu-
nerative to the company ;at the same time, the Leith track-
age and station charges have been swollen by the Edinburgh
and Glasgow Company's traffic, which has In corresponding
proportion increased the receipts.

The total working expenses have been g 49,69-2 3 7
Other expenses 4,009 10 101
Interest, &c.‘)381 4 6

77,529, 18 111
Total expenses

Free balanee 57,397 7 111
Add surplus for previous half-year

Total free balance applicable to dividend ..D8,4l 9 4
The dividend on guaranteed stock (f 910,605), absorbs
£23,515 Qs. Gd., leaving £34,904 ls. 71d., out of which the
directors recommend the declaration of a dividend on ordi-
nary consolidated stock (g 2,502,060 Bs. 4d.), at the rate of
21 per cent., per annum, amounting tl £34,403 Gs. 7d., the
surplus (E5OO 13s. Old.), being carried to the credit of the
half-year commencing. on the Ist August, 1858. The fort-
nightly published accounts of working expenses have shown
an excess over the actual outlay during the half-year in con-
sequence of materials having been taken out of stoic but not
used up; that portion which has not been employed re-
mains on hand, and will be charged as expended in the
current half-year. There are likewise abatements from the
locomotive charges in respect of old materials disposed of,
and on account of sums received from foreign companies for
work done by North British engines which could not be
accurately estimated till the close of the half-year. A satis-
factory reduction has been established in the average rate of
interest on debenture leans, amounting to ls. 10d. per cent.
The directors propose, with the authority of the share-
holders, to issue the permanent 4 per cent. debenture stock
(of which only a small portion, £2,900, has yet been taken
up) with the option to the holder to pay a small deposit
thereon, prior to registration, and the -balance by instal-
ments at stated intervals, thus
sums
who
may desire to invest moderate sums from time to time, and
taking advantage of the easy financial circumstances of the
company, which enables them to deal deliberately with the
renewal of their loans on debenture. The telegraph has
now been established over the whole North British system.
The directors ask the sanction of the shareholders to an
outlay of capital for the following new works :
Machinery for sawing and planing by steam power .V. 1,000
Tank and apparatus for creosoting. timber
New station house at Joppa '2oo
Do. : do. at Miller Hill . 200

The company has "been engaged in two Parlia-
mentary contests. In one it has been entirely
successful. An act for the consolidation of the various
North British Railway Acts, .and for- the substitution
of iccomotive for horse power on the Laith.Railway, passed
the Legislature, though opposed (for the fourth time) in - -
both Houses of Parliament. Thus an important object,
which has during 12 years been sought in vain, has been at
last secured, and the present clumsy mode of conducting a
valuable and increasing traffic will be superseded by the
most economical and efficient means. The contract for the
execution of the works has been let, with the condition that
the whole shall be completed by the 15th of March next.
The circumstances attending the temporary defeat of the
other measure presented to Parliament by the company
are too notorious to require any explanation ; the judgment
against it by a bare majority of Mr. Clive's committee, in
the face of what has been generally admitted to be over-
whelming evidence of its superiority to the rival scheme,
has been rebuked by the decision of the House of Lords.
The directors have not the slightest doubt that the force of
public opinion, and the intrinsic merits of the route, will
carry the Liddesdale and Tynedale lines through Parlia-
ment in the next session. It fins been the anxious desire of
the board to effect the connection of their railway system
with Gretna, Carlisle, and Hexham, without trenching on
the equitable rights of any other company, but at the same
time to preserve the independence of the North British
Company, and the just claims of the public to a free and
uninterrupted passage of traffic between England and Scot-
land by Hawick, equally as by Carstairs or Berwick.
On these principles they have offered to divide the line
between Hawick and the Caledonian Railway with the
Caledonian Company, and to allow the latter to dictate the
rates for through traffic on either route between the west
of England and Scotland, and between Scotland and Ire-
land, stipulating only for through trains and through
rates. More than this you cannot concede, less than this
you ought not to accept. In order that no misconception
may exist in the minds of the shareholders in either com-
pany as to the objects intended to be effected by the pro-
posed compromise, the directors think it right to state them
in the terms already submitted to the Caledonian Board.
These terms are applicable to either the Langholm or the
Liddesdale lines, except that the farmer necessarily ex-
cludes the Border Counties Railway from their operation;
and under no circumstances would your directors recom-
mend that the pre-eminent advantages of the Liddesdale
scheme should be foregone. That which will afford most
revenue must be preferable for both, and if the principles on
which traffic shall be conducted be settled, the selection of
the route by which it shall be carried, chiefly affecting the
interests of the public, may be safely left to the decision of
an unbiased committee of either House of Parliament, and
this the new regulations for private bills will probably secure.
" The objects of the proposed agreement are these .
" Ist. To secure, by means of a railway fromlllawick, to
be constructed by be North British and Caledonian Com-
panies in sections (through the medium of the Caledonian
Main Line), free and uninterrupted interchange of traffic
of all descriptions between Carlisle, Gretna, and all places
to the t. math and west thereof (including ie Port Carlisle
and Sinoth Railways), and the North British Railway and
Border Counties Railway systems, and all places north and
east thereof.
" 2d. To secure time equitable distribution of local traffic
arising on, er flowing to, either of the two sections of new
railway, to and from all parts, by means of equal mileage
rates between point and point.
" 3d. To secure both companies from competition by rates
of a ruinous character.'
" Should these objects be held to be reasonable and right
by the shareholders of both companies, it only remains for
the respective boards to devise arrangements for the
construction of the railway, and the conduct of the
traffic over it, in accordance with the principles thus
accepted. The North British Directo, s are pre-
pared, and have already offered, immediately and uncondi-
tionally to submit such arrangements en the part of this
company to impartial arbitration. They ask the Caledonian
board to submit to the same tribunal, on behalf of their
company, any arrangements wistreby in their opinion these
principles can be best carried into practice; and they cor-
dially invite the shareholders of both companies to accept
the award thus obtained a, a final settlement of the dispute
which separates those who should work in harmony and
amity with each other. If, however, an unwise endeavour
to monopolise (for the benefit of a single railway company)
the exclusive privilege of carrying the whole traffic between
Scotland and the west of England, and a large portion of
Ireland, should induce the rejection by the Caledonian
Company of the principles proposed as a basis of compro-
mise, or if these
_principles be adopted, and (failing an
agreement) the offered reference to competent arbiters to
decide what shall be the practical means whereby these
principles shall be fully and fairly carried into execution,"
be rejected, your directors unhesitatingly recommend that
this company shall once more bring the whole question be-
fore the country and before Parliament, and on the faith of
past experience they respectfully solicit the confidence and
authority of the shareholders in regard to such measures as
they may deem best calculated to determine the struggle
for independence involved in the complete development of
railway communication south of Hawick. The parliamentary
expenses of the two last sessions (except those which are
applicable to the consolidation act, and which have been
charged to capital) have been, so far as ascertained, de-
frayed out of the contingent fund. The outstanding accounts
will be settled without delay, and will form a charge upon
the capital which may be created under the Act of Parlia-
ment, to be applied for is the session of 1859, for the con-
struction of the Hawick and Carlisle Railway."

EXTRAORDINARY SEASON.—The year 1858 will be
noted as a season of great drought in many places, but
especially so on the north-east coast. At Berwick-upon.
Tweed there has not been an.. available shower of rain from
August, 1857, to August, 1858, and numerous springs are
dry which the " oldest inhabitant" cannot remember before
to have failed. The local waterworks have, as a con•
sequence, run short of water : the waterworks at many
other places have also partially failed, as at Bolton, at Liver
pool (the Pike), and at Manchester. At Washington, near •
Durham, the actual recorded fall of rain for nine months.
(November, 18 57, to July, 1858) has been 8.86, or a little
more than 81 inches in the nine months. It has been noticed
for the last 15 months that the seasons are modified, and that
the fall of rain is diminishing. Will cultivation and landd.
`drainage account for the change :—Tlic Builder.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIMMY.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
Last Night but Three of the Present Season, which will conclude on
Friday neat, Sept. 3.
THIS EVENING will be presented S)iakspere's Play of THE
MERCHANT OF VENICE ; Shylock, by Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, by
We. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of LIVING TOO FAST.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
Tills EVENING and during the week, the highly successful
Comedy of EXTREMES ; or Men of the Day, supported by Messrs.
Excry, Falconer, Rogers, Barrett, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston,
and Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the DANCING BARBER.
Donn; open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-oidoe open daily
from 11 to 5.

•
CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company oft Vo-
calists are engaged for the performance of Secetions from a e
popular OPEUIS, mx-DRIILs, CIIOBATSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c.,
viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. 133ddey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame
Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ;
Herr P. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling,
enor Antoui.), E. L. 'Urn°, Mr. Baclzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens,
Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, Piano Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Fordo,
and. E. W. mackney. forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium,
Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jongbmans. Commence at seven
'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 31.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
66—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
65—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29.97.
WIND S.W.; light and lowering.

A Special General Meeting of the Court of Pro
prietors of the East India Company was yesterday for
the lest time, held in Leadenhall-street. They might
well exclaim " Ichabod," for the glory had indeed
departed from their house. To-morrow their
governing powers will finally cease and determine,
and thenceforward be exercised by the CROWN alone.
But although no longer a ruling power, exercising
authority over 150,000,000 of human beings, the
company may still subsist as a company, although
politically paralysed. The functions of the directors
will probably be limited to receiving the sum gua-
ranteed to be paid by way of dividend, and distribut-
ing it between the parties justly entitled thereto
Other matters may also be brought under their
notice interesting to the proprietors, although not
--try important to the community at urge.
It was very naturally deemed advisable to obtain
Ite highest opinions as to the future rights and pro-
ieedings of the Company. Accordingly certain
queries were submitted for the consideration of the
Attorney and Solicitor-General, of Sir R. BETHELL
and Mr. WIORAM. On many points these learned gen-
tlemen have fullyconcurred,and therefore these matters
may be considered as settled; but there are others in
which they differ materially, and on which a goodly
crop of future litigation may arise, unless means be
taken to avert the danger, by a declaratory act at the
commencement of next session. This would be a
judicious and prudent course, although it might de-
prive the gentlemen of the long robe of handsome
fees in respect of these vexed questions.
On the first interrogatory, all the learned gentle-
men were of opinion " that the 13th sec. of the 3d
and 4th WM. IV., cap. 85, constitutes a Parliamen-
tary contract with the East India Company, and that,
should the East India Company demand the redemp-
tion of its dividend under that section, Parliament
would be bound to make provision for its redemp-
tion without reference to the sufficiency of the In-
dian revenues." We have always taken that view
of the case, and have, therefore, on many occasions,
urged the propriety of saving a considerable propor-
tion of the per-centage on the loans recently effected
by the East India Company, which would be accom-
plished by the addition of an imperial guarantee.
That interest must, under any circumstances, be
satisfied by the State, and surely it would be for the
benefit of the State to arrange the matter on the
cheapest possible terms. That view, however, did
not suit the political quidnuncs, who take upon
themselves to pronounce ex cathedrii on every ques-
tion of the day.
It now appears that—if called n—Parlia-
ment is bound to make provision for the re-
demption of the dividend without reference to the
sufficiency of the Indian revenues; but there is
wonderful virtue in an " if." The redemption
must be demanded within one year from the time of
its being deprived of the possession and government
of the British territories in India, otherwise it will for
ever forfeit the right, and the dividend will become irre-
deemable until 1874, and then will only be redeem-
able at the option of Parliament. Whatever course
may be taken by the Company must be adopted
before the Ist September, 1859. At present they
• receive 101. 10s. per cent. in the shape of dividend,
which is distributed without deduction or drawback
of anykind (save income-tax)amongst the proprietors.
All other charges have hitherto been liquidated out
of the revenues of India. The proprietors have re-
ceived their full amount ; and they have the cer-
• tainty of receiving £2OO for every £lOO of stock when
the period of redemption shall actually arrive. So
good is their position, that the £lOO stock at present
is quoted in the market at from £215 to £217; and
as there is also a guarantee fund amounting to some
£4,000,000 sterling, which, upon the requisition of
the Court of Directors, may be applied to make good
any deficiency in the remittances on account of divi-
dend, it is scarcely probable that there will be any
inclination to call for the capital, unless some other
monetary panic should follow rapidly on that of
1857, and completely upset all confidence between
man and man. This is, however, by no means pro-
bable, and it may safely be eliminated from the
calculation.

It was also unanimously decided by these high
authorities that the provision that all payments under
the Act of last session should be made out of the
revenues of India alone, did not in any way affect
the question of redemption ; and also that the East
India Company will, under the 17th sec. of 3d and 4th
Wm.IV., cap. 85, continue to be entitled to its dividends
out of all revenues of the East Indian territories
remitted to Great Britain, in preference to all other
charges payable thereout in Great Britain, including
'he particular charges specified in question 7, assum-
ing that all of those charges are charges payable in
Great Britain. With this certainty of obtaining
£2OO for every £lOO stock, and of receipting
£lO 103. per cent. in the interim, in preference
to " all other charges payable in Great Britain,'
the proprietors may be well satisfied with
their position. Few will share the apprehensions of
General BRIGGS, or join in them to the extent of
demanding the guaranteed £2OO for the £lOO East
India Stock. There are some points on which there
was a difference of opinion between the Right llon.
and Learned Gentleman, to which we shall take an
early opportunity of referring.

There is no point on which M. na PEMIGN y in his
late speech has spoken more cleverly, yet with legs
conclusiveness, than on the liberty of the press. Ile
has evidently seen enough of England to recognise
the advantage to the Government itself of free dis-
cussion ; he confesses that the greatest of all fran-
chises is seriously modified by the new system of
warnings, and that not only in consequence does the
press fail to enlighten the public as it might, and
ought to do, but that the Government itself is a
loser. Tie saw in England that the Government was
aided by the knowledge which a perfectly free press
gave it of public opinion ; and he must have felt the
-vast superiority of such information to that furnished
to their masters by Government officers all over
country. Louis NAPOLEON and his Ministers must
continually have found, that between the desire of
t heir nominees all over the country to suppress un-
-welcome facts, and their wish to show themselves
vigilant in detecting disaffection, they often knew
nothing of what was most important to know ;
1,, gine, on the other hand, they were as often led
a% Ay in search of what we designate by our somewhat
bun able but expressive slang, a "mare's nest." In Eng-
land, 9n the contrary, the Count saw plainly enough

that whether whether a Wan wall road aphid the Govorti-
ment, or cherished some monstrous but absurd social
project, all and everything was sure to find work for
the printers, and that Government could know liter-
ally everything that is going on, without reliance on
secret service money, and secret and commonly men-
dacious agents.

DE PERSIGNY confesses, therefore, by his apology
for the present French system, the superiority of
ours ; and not only that, he plainly, we think, blushes
for his silenced country before all Europe ; and well
he may. Time was when the newspaper press of
Paris was unrivalled in point of talent all over
Europe; when not even England was its superior in
that respect. Her first statesmen preferred debating
in the daily papers to making speeches from the
tribune. Each selected his journal and avowedly
contributed to it. The interest of the papers was, to
Parisians, equal to what that of London papers would
be were Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL, Lord
DERBY and Mr. DISRA.ELI, to write openly the poli-
tical leaders of several of them just now, and were
several of the other ministers and ex-ministers to
choose each of them their organ. The'press of Paris
was, whatever its defects, at least a splendid French
political press, and the discussions were worthy
of the contributors. But what is it now ? It
is political darkness—at least its only light is that
furnished by one inspiration. Formerly the press,
as here, was a prism by which all tints of political
opinion were separated and distinctly exhibited, and
might be converged again by the common sense of
the readers, if they pleased, into white light. Each
shade of colour could, at least, be examined by itself,
and better appreciated. Now, the press of Paris is
but a piece of coloured glass, communicating the
same monotonous hue to the most diverse objects.
All is the Empire and Imperialism—the blessings of
the coup d &at, of Cayenne, and order, of parliamentary
silence, and military noise. At the present moment,
a Sardinian or a Belgian journal is, politically, of
more interest than a journal published in the capital
of the first of continental nations ! Count DE PER-
SIaNY feels the degradation of all this.
And what is the argument by which he defends the
extinction of the intellectual light of Paris ? France,
he says, is divided, not into parties, but into factions,
each struggling for supreme power. Legitimists,
Orleanists, Republicans, Napoleonists, are all de-
sirous, not of the Government and Administration
only, but of the throne. We in England hare ceased,
since the extinction of the STUARTS, to dis-
cuss who shall fill the highest place. When
the same happy period comes for France
the press may be free. He thinks this poli-
tical millennium may be near at hand, that France
will, ere long, be a Napoleonist France, and that
then, when the Crown is no longer a subject of de-
bate, free discussion, so desirable in itself, may be
again permitted. Till then he believes that France
deems these fetters on its mind a simple act of pru-
dence. The country knows that it is half mad, and is
thankful to wear the NAPOLEON strait-jacket.
With what France deems mere prudence we have,
of course, nothing to do. We have, however, only
M. DE PERSIGNY'S word for it. It may be so. It
may be that the majority of the superstitious pea-
santry and of the army think it best to put out the
light, lest some should attempt to light the scene
with firebrands. Still the question will occur—what
harm the firebrands can do if there be no inflam-
mable matter ? M. DE PBRSIGNY had been
at pains to show in the former part of his speech
that the name of Louts NAPOLEON was the
" loved name and symbol" in which the
masses, both from " the fields and the manufac-
tories," confided. The army, we know, is faithful,
and has probably good reason to be so. What other
classes can be, or ever have been, dangerous in
France? If Louis NAPOISON'S claim to the Empire
be what M. PERSIGNY has asserted, that of his being
a necessity for revolutionised France, a necessity
really and lovingly recognised by the army and by
the men of the field and the manufactories, how can
it be necessary also to fear the light, or the blaze
even of a factious press ? There is nothing of con-
sequence for it to kindle. It had better be allowed to
burn itself out amid the derision of bystanders. The
side of the nation and of the army could not, of
course, want numerous and able defenders, and the
result ought to be that, amidst perfectly free dis-
cussion, the superlative excellence of Imperialism,
and Napoleonic Imperialism, would be exclusively
established.

In any case can M. PERSIGNY hope to persuade
France or Europe that the Empire does rest on
intelligence, so long as it is refused fair play ?
If Lours NAPOLEON'S Empire and system
of Government really has the suffrage of the
vast majority, and really has the relative excellence
which he affirms it to have, what possible injury
could it sustain from discussion? If all the intellect
of France be not against it, how could it lack de-
fenders who, with an applauding audience constitut-
ing the vast majority, would not more than turn the
tables on all opponents ? We will not venture to
discuss, with our English prepossessions, what Go-
vernment is best for France, but we cannot even un-
derstand how a Government can be the best which
appeals, indeed, to the ballot-box, but at the same
time keeps the taxes in its own hands, and prevents
the least appeal to argument through the press.
Europe will in such a case think that the ballot-box
is a farce, and that the nation is by no means a con-
vert to the arguments of Napoleonists. To us it
seems, of course, impossible that any nation can be
free, or that it can occupy a high political position as
a nation, while its press is fettered. There may be a
few clever and cunning statesmen in it who scheme
well for the retention of absolute power by their
masters, but a politically enlightened, and therefore
energetic nation, without a free press, seems like a
contradiction in terms. This may be our English
blindness, but it can be only blindness on the other
hand which refuses to see that either LOUIS NAPO-
LEON has not the claims to the Imperial Throne on
which M. PEESIGNY insists, or that, if he has, he has
no pretext for interdicting to France all opinions but
his own. He may be the wisest man in France, but
he cannot embody all its wisdom ; and we should
like to see the thoughts of some who can hardly be
his inferiors.

Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left Ilinching-
brooke, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, on a
vh.it to the Earl and Couu(ess of Chesterfield, at Bretby
Park.
The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in town yester-
day from Hatfield.
The Earl of Jersey arrived in town yesterday
from Cowes, Isle of Wight.
The Earl of Penbigh and Ladies Feilding have
returned to Nuneham Paddocks, near Lutterworth, from
siting Viscount and Viscountess Feilding, at their seat in
Wales.

The Earl and Countess of Portarlington have
arrived at Emo Paik, their seat in Ireland, from visiting
the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, at Blenheim
Palace, Oxon.

The Earl of Donoughmore returned to town
yesterday from Buxton.
Lady Pakington has left Farrance's Hotel, Bel-
gravia, for Droitwich, Worcestershire.
The Count and Countess Goyeneche have left the
Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, for Madrid; the Count and
Countess Lambespin have arrived at the same establishment,
from Paris.

yesZrtlett.ycifrraomnttihieasariv,4 Continent.
The Right Hon. J. W. Henley returned to town
Bel-
gravia, from
,Hombergr.
n— at Farrance's Hotel, Bel-
CIIIN 8 HOTEL, ST. JAMES'S-STREET.— Arrivals :
George Middleton, from the
Lady. Grey, and Mr.
for the Isle of Wight •"a. Capt. the Hon. W. J. Ward R.N.,
Continent.
It is rumoured 'thn.at
Depart.uar" Mrs.
Majoru Tennant, for Aldershot.3
i be raisedi3e to the exalted rank of Field-
and Lord Clyde are t,
most gracious Majesty take
rLiei!t.-Gen. Sir Joseph
ens. Sir Howard Doui,las
Field-
Marshal. Why should not
the same opportunity of gazelrt,lTilng
misplaced when
?. Surely no
it was
. cont -
Thacktvell, G.C.8., a genera
meritorious services in all parte of requital
of
his long and
o!;e would think this honour mis
—that
dered that Sir Joseph served two campaigns In
cf. Gwalior in 1843, and that of the Sutlej in 18415ndla
ral of division, without receiving any recompense—as gene-
for his
services, though he obtained such attering mention in
Lord Gough's despatches, especially after Sobraon, where
he himself forced an opening in the Sikli intrenchments
and led the 3+l Dragoons in single file through it, who made
several gallant charges, cutting down the gunners at their
posts, within the fortification, a feat unprecedented in the
annals of warfare'.—Natal and Military Gazette.
The marriage of the Hon. Gustavus Russell
Hamilton and the Lady Katharine Scott will take place on
Thursday next, at St. Michael's Church, Pimlico.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1858.