The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-08 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST B, 1850.

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.
THE LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—THE DIVIDEND.
We stated some two months since that the net profits
of this hoe for the half-year ending June 30 would be of
sufficient amount to pay a dividend at the rate of five
per cent. per annum, and, with the surplus from the De-
cember six months, enable the company to carry over
to the present or best half-year about 139,000/. or
140,000/. The accounts have just been made up, and
we are in a position to be able to say that our statement
will be found correct within 1,0001. or 1,500/. A strong
party are determined to move, at the half-yearly meeting
on Friday week next, for the payment of a dividend at
the rate of 51 per cent. per annum; but we have reason
to believe that a much stronger party are in favour of
the policy enunciated by Mr. Glyn at the last half-
yearly meeting, and so well supported on that occasion,
viz., of paying a dividend at the rate of five pcfcent.
per annum, and carrying over a large balance, and that
this policy will be again recognised, and its soundness
confirmed by a considerable majority.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. SEYMOUR CLARKE, TIIE
GENERAL MANAGER OF TILL GREAT NOR►TII-
ERN RAILWAY.

On Saturday last the board-room at the Paddington
station of the Great Western Railway Company, used
only for the weighty deliberations of the directors and
the occasional meetings of the proprietors, exhibited a
scene as novel as it was gratifying. The room was filled
with the servants of the company of all ranks and from
all stations to meet Mr. Seymour Clarke, their late su-
perintendent, and to present to him a testimonial upon
his leaving the servieo for that of the Great Northern
Railway.

The chair was taken by Mr. Christopher Hill, of the
Swindon station, who, on behalf of his brother officers,
himself, and others in the service of the Great Western
Railway Company, delivered the address to Mr. Clarke,
expressive of their deep sense of the uniform kindness,
courtesy, and consideration he had always shown in the
execution of his laborious duties, and in the performance
of which he had displayed such unremitting zeal and in-
tegrity. The whole service felt that his removal to a
more extended sphere of action as general manager
of the Great Northern was nearly as great a
compliment to the Great Western as to himself, as it
fully expressed the former company's appreciation of
the school in which his directive powers bad been ma-
tured. In presenting to Mr. Clarke the service of plate,
together with a picture of his wife and children, the sub-
scribers felt much regret at the severance of that link
which had so long united him to them in one great un-
dertaking, at the same time they rejoiced at the pros-
pects now before him. The police and potters of the
company being anxious to testify their deep sense of
gratitude to Mrs. Clarke for the unwearied kindness,
sympathy, and unostentatious charity she had ever dis-
played amongst them, begged her acceptance of a time-
piece, with an earnest prayer that she might long be
spared to the enjoyment of every happiness.
Mr. CLARKE, in returning thanks, said be felt the
great honour done to himself and wife. He assured them
that he could lay no claim to the merit bestowed upon
him. He could only attribute his success to his possess-
ing a large share of perseverance, and to the support
that had been given to him by all with whom ho had
worked in carrying out his duty; more especially was he
indebted to Mr. Brunel for having stood by and supported
him from the commencement of his career on the Great
Western until now; to Mr. Saunders, who had behaved
to him more with the kindness of a parent than as a
master; and to the directors, who had overlooked his
failings and encouraged him in his undertakings. For
his wife he could say that it was her happiness to con-
tribute all the aid and comfort in her power to those
under trouble and affliction, and it was often a source of
deep regret that she could not extend her attentions. In
entering the room he assured them how great was his
surprise to find that his friends had prepared the por-
traits of bis wife and children for his acceptance, not
having the remotest idea that such was their intention ;
he felt at a loss to express how highly he appreciated
such a present, and he begged them to give him credit
for what ho felt. He rejoiced that in leaving them his
duties on the Great Northern would never require him
to oppose the Great Western; and he assured them that
the circumstances of the day would never be forgotten.
Mr. HILL, on behalf of the assembly, returned thanks
to Mr. Saunders for having so kindly given them the use
of the boardroom for the occasion.
Mr. SAUNDERS begged to assure them that he was
simply carrying out the wishes of the directors, who
were anxious to show their sense of Mr. Seymour
Clarke's services; and for himself he could only say that
he believed no one would feel his loss more.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Video; Astrolabe bark and Prony steam-sloops, at
Buenos Ayres, at the same date.
Brazilian—Donna Francisca and Unao corvettes,
Capiberibe brig, Eolo brigantine, and a steam-vessel, at
Monte Video, on the 26th of May.
Sardinian—Eridano brig, Captain Pereldo, and Fama
lugger at Monte Video, at the same date.
RIO, JUNE 19.—Her Majesty's ship Southampton, 50,
Rear-Admiral Reynolds; the Tweed, 14, Commander
Lord Francis Russell; and the Cormorant steam-sloop,
are cruising. The Sharpshooter iron steam-vessel,
Lieutenant Bailey, arrived last evening with a prize in
tow, and sailed immediately in search of the Admiral.
The CreQcent receiving-ship, Master-Commander Brad-
ley, the Rifleman steam-schooner, Lieutenant Branch,
and the Petrel packet are hero; the latter arrived on the
16th, as also the Spider packet with the River Plate
mails.
The French frigate Sirene, Commander Lavande, from
Tahiti 61 days, arrived on the 15th of June, and sailed
on the 18th for France.
A very few cases of fever have occurred at Rio, and
none at Pernambuco lately; at Bahia, however, report
says it rages as deadly as ever.
The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, was
towed into harbour by the Echo, at 11 A.M., and hauled
alongside the dockyard to land her troops.
The Flamer steam-vessel has been removed from the
basin this morning, and taken alongside the Veteran
hulk ready for the pendant.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, was taken out of
the basin to-day and hauled alongside the Blake hulk, to
complete her outfit.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood,
was hauled into the basin to-day preparatory to being
docked as soon as the Termagant comes out.
PLYMOUTH, Atro. 6.—Her Majesty's brigantine
Kestrel, Lieutenant-Cemmander Henry Baker, arrived
in the Sound late last night. She left Rio de Janeiro on
the 19th of June, and Pernambuco on the 4th of July.
The steam-vessel F( arless arrived on Sunday from
Portsmouth with seamen for the Thetis, and returned
the same day.
The Stromboli, Captain Lord A. Beauclerk, came in
this morning from Portsmouth, and having remained a
short time in the Sound, proceeded with Marines for
Pembroke.
The St. George is ordered to be rigged by the riggers
of the yard and the seamen of the Ordinary.
The shot-tanks and ballast are ordered to be taken out
of the Calcutta, 60, and she is to be placed in dock.
The brig Ringdove is to be broken up.
The Plymouth yacht having been lengthened and re-
paired on the mast-house slip, is to be launched on the
21st inst.
Shipwrights and caulkers are busily employed getting
ready Le Sanspareil by the end of September.
Richard Rowe, a shipwright, about 23 years of age,
who fell a short time since while working on Le Sanspa-
reil, died on Saturday last.
Two hulks and a steamer are engaged removing a
small merchant sloop which sank at the western entrance
to the Sound about ten days since.
AUGUST 7.—The merchant-barque Southampton, of
Plymouth, Captain Hooper, came in last evening from
the Cape of Good Hope, with wine, wool, elephants'
tusks, &c., for London; left May 25. At Cape Town
there was not much doing by the public departments,
but trade was good; wool, Is. per lb. in the country, and
say, Is. Id. in town; the article scarce. Mr. Alexander
Watson, waggon builder, who has lived 16 years in the
colony, came home a passenger by the barque. He states
that at the place of his residence, George Town, 300
miles in the interior, and having a population of about
2,000 persons, business is progressing most advanta-
geously. The inhabitants are chiefly employed raising
timber from the adjoining Government forest, which is
200 miles long. Waggons convoy the timber to the dif-
ferent parts of the interior, and by the river Nason it is
sent to Cape Town. In this healthy occupation these co-
lonists are industriously and profitably employed, with-
out fear of the Kafirs or other natives, who now leave
them unmolested.
The Hermes, 6, steam-sloop, was at Simon's-bay; the
Castor frigate was out; the Northumberland barque was
waiting to convey invalid troops to England; the Apollo
troop-ship left on the 22d of May; the merchant-brig
Osborne, with oil, was to sail for London on the 27th of
May; and the colonial-barque Frederick was about to
load guano for Liverpool. Several other merchant-
vessels were in the Bay.
Wooevrietr, AUGUST 7.—Rear-Admiral Maurice
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C. 8., one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, arrived at Woolwich at half-past nine
o'clock this morning, and was received by Commodore
Henry Eden, Lieutenant Robertson, and the authorities
of the Dockyard, and, after a short visit to the vessels in
the basin, embarked in the Black Eagle steam-vessel.
Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, Master-
General of the Ordnance, Lord Clarence Paget, Major-
General Lacy, Director-General of Artillery,
Colonel Dundas, C. 8., and Colonel Chalmer, As-
sistant Director-General of Artillery, arrived at
ten o'clock, and immediately embarked on board the
Black Eagle for a passage down the river to Southend,
and then to proceed to Shoeburyness to witness experi-
ments at that long range.
The Hydra steam-vessel was towed from Sheerness to
Woolwich to-day, to be refitted.
APPOINTMENTS.
Chief Engineer John H. Langley, to the Dragon
steam-frigate at Portsmouth.
Assistant-Engineers.—John Brown, J. C. Robinson,
Peter Wood, Patrick Dall, John Parker, and James
Coope, to the Dragon.
Naval Cadet IL Mandeville, to the Trafalgar, 120, at
Sheerness.

SECURITIES (IRELAND) ACT
AMENDMENT.

A Bill intituled an Act to amend an Act for facilitating
the Loans of Money upon Landed Securities in
Ireland.

Whereas by an Act passed in the fourth and fifth
years of King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act
for facilitating the Loans of Money upon Security in
Ireland," whereby, after reciting, amongst other things,
that in last wills and other testamentary dispositions,
and in marriage and other settlements of real and per-
sonal property, and in other deeds, agreements, or writ-
ings, a direction, trust, or power was often given,
created, or reserved to lay out or invest money at into-
rest on real securities in England, Wales, or Great
Britain, or to sell and convert into money real or lease-
hold estate, or Government or Parliamentary securities,
or securities of foreign states, or other property, and to
lay out or invest the money arising from such sale and
conversion on real securities, and that, from the abun-
dance of capital in Great Britain, the interest of money
was very much reduced, and that the interest to be
procured on money in Ireland was much higher than
the interest to be procured in Great Britain, it was,
amongst other things, enacted, that it should be lawful
to advance and lend money at interest on real securities
in Ireland, upon the terms and conditions by said Act
provided, without the lenders of such monies being
guilty of any breach of trust : and whereas it would be
highly beneficial to both Great Britain and Ireland if
the said Act was extended so as to enable trustees and
others to lay out and expend the monies vested in them,
with power to purchase therewith real or freehold secu-
rities in England, Wales, or Great Britain, in the pur-
chase of real or freehold securities in Ireland as well as
in England, \Vales, or Great Britain: be it therefore
enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Msjesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as•
sembled, and by the authority of the same, that from
and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for
any person or persons who, under or by virtue of any
direction, trust, or power already given, created, or re-
served, or hereafter to be given, created, or reserved, is
or are or shall be authorized or directed to purchase real
or freehold estates in England, Wales, or Great Britain,
to purchase real or freehold estates in Ireland, in the
same manner and in all respects as if such investment
or purchase had been expressly authorized in and by any
such direction, trust, or power; and such person or per-
eons shall not, on account of his or their purchasing as
aforesaid in Ireland, be considered in a court of equity
guilty of any breach of trust, or held accountable further
or otherwise than if the money had been laid out by him
or them in the purchase of real or freehold estates in
England, Wales, or Great Britain.
11. Provided always, and be it enacted, that all invest-
ments of money in the purchase of real or freehold se-
curities in Ireland under this Act, in which any minor
or unborn child, or person of unsound mind, is or may
be interested, shall be made by the direction and under
the authority of the Court of Chancery in England,
such direction or authority being obtained in any cause
upon petition in a summary way.
111. Provided always, and be it enacted, that every
such investment or purchase shall be made with the con-
sent of the person or persons (if any) whose consent
may be required for the purchase of real or freehold
estates in England, Wales, or Great Britain, testified in
the manner required by such direction, trust, or power.
IV. Provided also, and be it enacted, that the provi-
sions of this Act shall not apply to any case in which
such direction, trust, or power as aforesaid doth or shall
or may contain any express restriction against the in-
vestment or purchase of real or freehold estates in
Ireland.
V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that
nothing contained in this Act shall relieve or be con-
strued to relieve any person or persons intrusted or
clothed with such direction, trust, or power, as afore-
said, from any responsibility as to title or otherwise,
either at law or in equity, save that having invested
such money as aforesaid in the purchase of real or free-
hold estates in Ireland instead of having invested such
money in the purchase -of real or freehold estates in
England, Wales, or Great Britain.

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ADELAIDE LIICDSAY ; a Novel. Edited by the
Author of " Emilia Wyndham."—As a portraiture of the
noblest and most exquisite features of the female character,
Adelaide Lindsay stands unsurpassed. The sacrifice of the
first affection of the heart, unsuspectingly bestowed in the
guileless innocence of youth, first to the demands of.just and
indignant pride, and subsequently to the superior claims of a
second, but deeper and nobler affection, exhibits the heroine
in an aspect of almost superhuman fortitude of character, the
effect of which is heightened by the contrast which it forms
with its feminine softness and grace. The episode of Lady
Kynaston's history, presenting a parallel to that of Adelaide,
is well imagined, and commands the sympathies of the reader,
though not for a moment withdrawn from the principal figure,
upon which the whole interest of this fascinating story is con-
centrated.— John Bull.

THE HERRING FISHING.—WICK, AUG. 3. The
half of the fishing season is now past, and we have not yet got
more than half of the quantity taken ashore at this period
last year. All hands are sick of the unprofitable labour, and
are despairing of making anything like a fishing. The re-
sult of this week's work has been 9,375 crans ; formerly re-
ported, 10,068; total, 19,443. At this period last year we
had taken 37,941 crans; so that there is now a deficiency of
18,498 crans. The sales during the week have been 2,000
barrels, at 155.; and the shipments have been —for Stettin,
4,706 barrels; for Hamburgh, 1,004 ditto; Dantzic, 553
ditto; and our whole shipments for the 'seam amount to
919 *nib

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIGHTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added, for three
yrs old, ist; four, Bst 41b; five, 8.,t 11lb; six and aged,
9st; winners extra; winner to be sold for 300 soya. if
demanded, &c. Bristol Mile. (5 Subs.)
Major Marts n's The Moor, Bst 111 b ...(W. Abclale) 1
Mr. Carew's Buscot (h b), 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(Charlton) 2
Mr. Gain's Seignor of Holderness, Tat 31b...(Crouch) 3
Mr. Jenkins's Miss Larkaway, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (J. Burn) 4
Mr. Drewitt's Vice, 3 yrs, 7st (ft Sherwood) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Miss Larkaway, and 9to 4 agst
The Moor. Won easily by a length; a neck between
second and third; a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 45 sec.
The Marine Stakes of 20 sots. each, with 100 added, for
two yrs old colts, Set 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; winners
extra; the winner to pay 15 sovs. to the race fund.
T.Y.C. (17 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's Catalpa, Bst 61b (Charlton) 1
Mr. Gratwicke's Exeter, late Cadeau, Bst 71b (S. Mann) 2
Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, Bst I Olb (F. Butler) 3
Mr. W. Etwall's eby Thistle whipper, Bst 71b( W. Abdale) 0
Mr. Jacques's Entre-nous, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 0
Mr. Grevillo's Genevra, Sst 3:b (Dockeray) 0
Mr. Dorrien's Chaplet, Bst alb ... (Ducker) 0
Betting-7 to 4 vg,t Buckhound, 4to 1 agst Catalpa,
5 to 1 agst Entre-nous, and 7 to 1 agst Exeter. Won
by a length, a neck between second and third, Genevra
a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 20 sec.
The Brighton Stakes i f 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only
if declared, &c., with 100 added; the second to save
his stake, and the winner to pay 15 soya. to the judge.
Old Course.
Mr. I)aley's Fernhill, 5 yrs, Bst 71b...(Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's Minimum, 4 yrs, 6st 51b (Charlton)- 2
Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, 4 yrs, 7st 101b(Pettit) 3
Mr. Jones's Calmar, 3 yrs, Sat 31b (Preece) 4
Mr. Martyn's The Swede, 3 yrs, 7st 21b- (Crouch) 0
Sir J. Hawley's Bacchanalian, 6st 131 b (G Brown) 0
Mr. Ramsbottom's Beebee Bunnoo, (R. Sherwood) 0
Mr. E. R. Clarke's Rodney, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (E. Sharp) 0
Lord H. Lennox's The Wren, 3 yrs, 6st ... (Collins) 0
Betting-11 to 8 agat St. Rosalia-7 to 2 agst Calmar
—5 to 1 agst Fernhill-6 to 1 agst Bacchanalian-8 to
1 agat Minimum. Won by two lengths; a length be-
tween second and third ; Calmar a bad fourth. Run in
3 min. 36 sec.
The Hotelkeepers' Plate of 50 soya., added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 5 soya, each, 3 ft. Bristol mile
(15 Subs.)
Duke of Richmond's Quiver, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (S. Mann) 1
Duke of Bedford's Newport, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Pettit) 2
Sir W. Booth's Retail, 4 yrs, Hst 51b (Bartholomew) 2
Mr. Hobson's Hope, 5 yrs, Set (Crouch) 0
Mr. Carew's CEdipus, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (R. Sherwood) 0
Mr. Douglas's Cora, 3 yrs, ist 101 b (Abrahams) 0
Mr. Dorrien's Self-defence, 5 yrs, 7st Sibs (G. Brown) 0
Count Batthyany's Valentine, 3 yrs, 7st.. ...( Ware) 0
Mr. King's West Indian, 3 yrs, Est 1 llb ... (T. Barn) 0
Mr. Chalfield's Sister to First Chance, 6st (Barker) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Quiver-5 to 1 each agst West
Indian, Retail, and Cora, and 6 to 1 each agst CEdipus
and Newport. Won by half a length; Newport a bad
third. Run in 1 min. 46 sec.
The Town Plate of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of
3 soya. each ; for three yrs old, 7st 1016 ; four, Bst
131 b; five, 9st 51b; six and aged, 9st 71b; winners ex-
tra; mares and geldings allowed 31b.
Mr. Lewis's Michael Brunton, ist (E. Sharp) 0 1 1
Mr. Howard's Titbit, Bst 81b...(Bartholomew) 1 2 3
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Pillage, Est 41b... 0 0 2
Mr. Williams's Northern Eagle, Bst 21b
Mr. Matthew's Shameful, 3 yrs ..(Abrahams) 0 0 dr
Mr. Dorrien's Verderer, 3 yrs, 6st 71b(Collins) 2 dr
Sir C. Rushout!s Chevreuil, ist 91b (Brooks) 0 dr
Mr. Brown's Genuine, 5 yrs,Bst 21b (R. Pettit) 0 dr
The first heat won by three parts of a length, the
second and third in a canter.
RIPON RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Great St. Wilfred Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 ft,
and only three if declared with 50 added, the second
to save his stake, &e. Two miles.
Mr. J. Pilling's fby Auckland, 3 yrs, 7st (Osborne) 1
Mr. A. Johnstone's Jenny Lind, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 2
Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 5 yrs, 7st 11Ib 3
Mr. Walters's Mary Nobbler, aged, Bst 41b
Mr. Davidson's Fleur-de-Seine, 5 yrs, Sst 71b
Mr. Duncan's Laura, 3 yrs, Est 51b
The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 soya. each, 3 ft and 20
added, for 2 and 3 yrs old. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Harrison's Trickstress, 2 yrs (G. Oates) 1
Mr. Barker's Valentine, 2 yrs
Mr. J. Pilling's Lady Eden, 3 yrs 3
Mr. Shepherd's Lady Mowbray, 2 yrs
Mr. Winteringham's Tom Holthy, 2 yrs
Mr. Hesseltine's Unity, 2 yrs 0
Mr. Stebbings's Peter the Great, 2 yrs
The Amateur Stakes of 5 soya, each, p.p., and 15 added.
Heats, one mile. (4 Sub.)
Mr. Davidson's Lord Saltoun, aged (Mr.Peart) 1 3 1
Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 5 yrs 2 1 dr
Mr. Hineson's Leghorn, 3 yrs 3 2 dr
WORCESTER RACES.—T UESDAT.
The Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Mile
and a quarter.
Mr. Herbert's Spot, 4 yrs
Mr. Fowler's Monk, 3 yrs
Mr. Cowley's Second Sight, 4 yrs 0
The Worcestershire Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs. each,
h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 50 added. Two
miles.
Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 5 yrs (Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Scott's Sampler, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Day's Mignon, 6 yrs ... 3
Mr. Smith's Truandaise, 4 yrs
The City Members' Plate of 501. Heats. Two miles.
Mr. Cowley's Second Sight, 4 yrs (H. Crichmere) 1 1
Mr. Hamphrey's Carbuncle, 4 yrs
Mr. Hughes's Collingwood, aged
WEDNESDAY.
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 20 added. Heats.
One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Turner's Selina, .4 yrs .. .( Weaver) 0 1 1
Mr. G. Stevens's Old English Gentleman,4 yrs 1 3 3
Mr. Hervey's Sampler, 3 yrs
Mr. Vevers s Volatile, 6 yrs
The Cup Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 3 only if de-
clared. Two miles.
Mr. J. Day's Mignon, 6 yrs
The Innkeepers' Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added.
Heats. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Herbert's Spot, 4 yrs (Sly, jun.) 1 1
Mr. Humphrey's Carbuncle, 4 yrs
The Hack Stakes were won by Paul beating Gipsey
Bess.

HUNTINGDON RACES.-WEDNESDAY.
The Gold Cup of 100 son. Once round and the mile.
Lord W. Powlett's Brandyface, 6 yrs (Rogers) 1
Colonel Peel's The Admiral, 6 yra
Colonel Peel's Quinine, 4 yrs 3
The Huntingdon Stakes of 5 sore. each, and 20 added.
Heats, last mile.
Mr. Baring na bc by Dromedary, 3 yrs (Sly) 1 1
Mr. Fellowes na Pulcherrima, 4 yra
Mr. Jones's Garrick, 4 yrs
The Members' Plate of 501. Heats, once round.
Mr. Rogers's Ballet Girl, 3 yrs ...(Hammond) 4 1 1
Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 5 yrs 1 3 3
Mr. Marson's Nutbrown, 3 yrs

Mr. Edwards's Whitstone, 5 yrs

CRICKET.

ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF

DERBYSHIRE.

This match, which was commenced on Monday at
Derby, was continued on Tuesday, and at the close of the
day the score stood as follows:—
Derbyshire, first innings ... ... 112
„ second innings (with eight
wickets down) ... ... 26
England, first innings ... ... 145

THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Select Committee appointed to inquire into and
report upon the accommodation afforded in the New
House of Commons, and in the lobbies and passages im-
diately adjacent thereto, and whether any improvement
can be made therein, and the probable expense of mak-
ing such alterations, have proceeded in the examination
of the matters to them referred, and have agreed to re-
port to the House:—
" That the plan submitted by Mr. Barry, providing
accommodatien for 318 Members on the floor of the
House, for 338 Members (if seats for Peers be pro-
vided in the south gallery), and for 150 Members in the
side galleries, allowing twenty inches for each Member,
will, in the opinion of the Committee, be an improve-
ment on the present House, and afford adequate accom-
modation for the transaction of public business; and that
the probable expense of making the alterations proposed '
will be 8,6004"
It may not be out of place here to mention that,
although Mr. Barry has, by adopting the plan proposed
by Sir B. Hall (with modifications of his own), se-
cured accommodation for 468 Members, the general
accommodation for the public and the members of the
press is of a very scant and unsatisfactory description.
The total number of persons, who can secure seats
in the building is only 604, viz., 468 Members and-
-136 strangers. Of the 136 seats allotted to strangers
36 are for Peers and official persons, 36 for persons ad-
mitted by orders had of the Speaker, and 64 for the pub-
lic admissible on presenting the wriaen orders of Mem-
bers. The accommodation provided for the gentlemen
forming the Parliamentary corps of the morning papers
is of the meanest possible description. When it is
borne in mind that several of those gentlemen are com-
pelled to remain in attendance during the entire sitting of
the House, it is not unreasonable to expect that some
adequate accommodation should be prepared for them.
As at present arranged, their gallery is approachable by
a narrow flight of stone'steps, which leads to a couple of
miserable apartments, with slated floors, and without
fireplaces or sufficient light. These rooms, which re-
semble cells iu a penitentiary, are about ten or twelve
feet high. One of them is so dark that it is impossible
either to read or write in it, and even the luxury of an
oaken table is dispensed with, a sort of shelf or ledge of
planks being substituted. There is no place where re-
freshments can be had, and, as before remarked, there is
no fireplace in either of the cells. The accommodation
provided for third-class pasrenp,ers at a railway station,
which is only occupied for a feVV minutes, is far pre-
ferable to that which the " Select Committee " and Mr.
Barry have provided for the repre3entatives of the pub-
lic.—Post.

STEAM-BOAT DISASTERS ON THE LAKES.—The
committee appointed by the citizens of Cleveland to consider
the causes of steam-boat disasters on the lakes have mace
their report, from which we gather the following facts :
From 183 d to 18:)0 there were 7 explosions on the lakes, by
which 1l 1 lives were lost ; during the period between 1836
and 1850 11 steam-boats were destroyed by fire, causing a
loss of BJ4 lives ; and from 1840 to 1850, a period of 10
years, there were 31 collisions by steamers, by which 62 per-
sons were killed. The loss of life on the lakes during the
last ten years, from explosion, fire, and collisions, amounted
to 877. The committee were unanimous in their adoption of
a memorial to Congress setting forth the defects in the pre-
sent system of lake steam navigation, and in recommending
the P444iDg of a law ousbracipg imitable romedim