... THE C z1- I BIL -, -Tak- CSMS BILL. The following remarks on the above-named bill. are contained in a ciroular from the City Committeei for Reform of the Customs At a meeting of the committee, held at 19, Swithin's-lane, Monday, August 1, 1853, it was unanimously resolved :- 1. That the Customs Bill, printed' with the:, amendbeentg, proposes a more comprehensive title for the act, 2. That it ...

... THE RUSSIAN BMBASSY. The Baroness Brunnow, wife of his Excellency the Rus- sian Minister, had a reception lest evening at Chesbam- house, the company being invited to meet her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia and her consort the Crown Prince of Wurtemburg. The Grand Duchess with the Crown Prince arrived at the Embassy from their hotel shortly after ten o'clock. After having ...

... LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of proprietors in this company was held at the Euston-square Station yester- day, Major-General Anson, M.P., chairman of the company, in the chair. There was a large attendance of proprietors. The notice convening the meeting having been read, and the minutes of the last half-yearly meeting confirmed, The CiOHIumbN rose to ...

... I MORXINGV CHROINUCLE OFFICE, WVednewday, 12, Noon. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. We are without any news from St. Petersburg to-day, and none is expected before Thursday evening next, when we shall have the despatches which left St. Petersburg on the Oth inst. A rumour has been current for some days past that we are not unlikely to have a ...

... LFROM OUR OWN CORPE;PONDENT.] MADRID, AUG. 5. It is stated in a Barcelona letter of the 31st ult., that on the previous day a telegraphic despatch was received there from the general in command of the province of Gerona, stating that he bad received information that Cabrera and three other Carlist chiefs were together at the frontier, undex the pre- text of taking baths; and rumours of Carliot ...

... The imminent danger in which the brave, hardy, and la- borious men daily live who are engaged in winning, raising, and converting to practical uses the mineral treasures of our country, has for many years worthily occupied the attention of the philanthropist and stimulated the researches of the philosopher. The discoveries of Davy and Wollaston, of Olnuny, Brunton, Struvd, and Fourdrinier have ...

... PRE5ERIIITNTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. J. W. L. Bampfield, B.A., late curate of Hord- ley, Salop, bas been appointed chaplain of her Majesty's ship Insaum, Jamaica. The Bishop of Durham has licensed the Rev. C. B. Hazle- wood, of Bishop Hatfield Hall, to the euracy of North Sun- derland, on the nomination of the Rev. F. R. Simpson. The Rev. J. Atherton Wanton, B.A., has been licensed by the ...

... [FROM OUR OWN CORBEsPONDENT.] . BERLIN, AUG. 9. It is believed that the arrival of the Cronstadt steamer, due this afternoon, with despatches dated the th, from St. Petersburg, willthrowadefinitelight upon the Emperor's intentions respecting the pro- positions addressed to him from Vienna. It will at all events be satisfactory to hear, as doubtless will be the case, that his Imperial Majesty ...

... LFROM OUR OWN COBRESPONDENT.] LISBON, AUGUST 2. There is still so much of absolute necessity to be transacted, and so many incidental questions spring up quite unexpectedly, that the session must be again protracted. Instead of shelving the affair of Senhor Calheires, who complained that his domicile had been violated in the attempt to seize Major Christiano, a question of privilege has been ...

... EASTTERIV STEAM IVA VGA T1ON COM- PANY. On Saturday the half-yearly general meeting of this com- pany took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street Mr. H. T. Hope in the chair. In opening the proceedings the CE[AiRbuA congratulated the proprietors upon the opportunity which wes afforded him of laying before them what he considered to be a full report of the condition and prospects of the ...

... THE REVIEW OFTHE FLEBTBY THE I Q U-EIV. This grand event will take place at Portsmouth on Thurs- day next, and will commence at the early hour of half-past eight in the morning, when all the force that can be gathered from the house ports will be assembled within the waters of Spithead for the purpose. The following are the ships at present at Spithead - Name of Sbip and CDumndr ' q S > ...

... PREFERMENTS AND APPOItTMENT l The Rev. J. S. Hill B.A., of Gonville ?? 1 Cs Cambridge, has been licensed by the Bishop of Liel-ifed tO the curacy of Sutton Maddock, near Bridgeori, onthe ° '0 mination of the Rev. George Whitmore, h!.A. The Bishop of Norwich has instituted the R1ev. Jobb RaS lands, B.D., fellow of Queen's College and rector 0 Botolph, Cambridge, to the rectory of GrinistOn s. ...