... THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY AT |POB RT810 UTH.I On Tuesday the Lords Commissioners of the Admnirhltv paid their first official visit to Portsmouth Dockyard, for the purpose of making the customary annal inspection of the arsenal. The members of the board comprised the Defer of Somerset, First Lord; Vieo-Admiral the Hon. Sir It. S. Dundas, Rear-Admiral the iHon. F. T. Pelham, C. B., Cap. tain ...

... RAIL WA YS. I,£AmGA.5Hf1R7 AND YORESHT1E [RF E1 S2 LAZWCASHIRER The first half-yearly meeting of the united comn- paics was held yeserday at Munikester; Mr. WicKscme, P., in the chair. An abstract of the half-yearly report ani stat:meut of accounts ha' ?? in the Dinly News, The CH AIRMAN, in mlo0ving their adoption, explained that this meeting wvs hell rat eo late a date in order that the ...

... THaE NEW WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT. I ?? d TO THIE DITOP. OF THO DAILY NEWS. d SIR,-As this act came into operation on the 13th a inst., and contains several clauses of considerable importatnce . to the public, I take the liberty of addressing a few lines to o you on the subject. it; I shall not trespass on your columas by enlarging upon p clause 1, although I am decicedly of opinion that toe ...

... I DIMIZVUIIONoF1 ATNi (From the llfoerakd London NWews.) In the quarterly return of the registrar-general ending with June it is stated the deficien3y in the fail of rain from the beginning of the year is 1t inch. The defi- ciency in the years 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858 amounted to the aveesge fail of one vear-vis., 25inches. Frout acareful examination of the iall of rain (year by year) ...

... 1 I The NDord of yesterday publishes the text of the Memorandum addressed by the Tuscan government on the 24th ult. to the Cabinets of the European | Powers. We can only find space for a tolerably fall abstract of this most important state paper, which it is impossible to peruse without a feeling of in- creased respect for the distinguished men whose' signatures it bears. It is paying a poor ...

... TI TB MORNING C1RONICLE. LON DON: and, SDA Y. 8EPTEAIBER i, 1859. FaRet TR TRD heart' Ever3 In the al icient drama there was an important fident personae on the stage in addition to the actors who in all were engaged in the direct business of the play. not a( The business c f the Chorus, whether a single or kind i compound persc busage, was that of a living commen- them tary, which exp tessed ...

... FRAN CE PBOM OURt OWN COilRREPONDEN-T.) [A portion of the following appeared in our Evening Edi- tion of yesterday]: PARIS, TUESDAY EVUNING. Although the Zurich Conferences progress ' like a fly through a glue-pot, the prospects of the Italian cause seem brightening. I am assured in well- informed quarters that the restoration of the original dukes is looked upon here as utterly hopeless. As ...

... The following are au hentic copies of two auto- graph letters addressed by the ?? of Modena to his Prime Minister during the second autumn of the Russian war. They were found among the ducal archives, aud have beer duly published in the Modena G'azette, as a hint, we suppose, to the Em. peror of the French of the opinions entertained towards his person and government by the last and least of ...

... T HPRDSB5IXUCTION BY SIRS 02 TEE SHIP I FPLAN1sGRNAT. I The subjoined additional details, dated Demerara, August 8, have been received respecting the loss by fire of the above vessel:-' She was cleared at the cuatom-house on the 27fh ult., and was to have sailed the next morning; but shortly before midnight the fore part of the ship was dis- covered to be on fire. Captain M'Beath ...

... NAVAL AND MIL17ARY. I ADIAn~LsTY, AUGUST 31.-APPOINTaIENTS.- Lieutenants W. H. Annoeley (additional) to the Albert; G. Al. J. Higginson to the Algiers. of The fbllowing circular has recently been issued from the WVar-office: Mr. Secretary Herbert having decided, on the recoin. inendation. of his Royal Highness the General Cormmending. in-Chitf, that the non-comminsiont d officers of the ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, ITALY. i1 [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. J t MARSEILLES, Aur, 29. So, after all, the telegraphic news coming from Berne two or three days ago announcing the final c settlement of the affairs of Lombardy is a sheer in- c Tention, a canard, a hoax on the public. What has t1 the Zurich Conference been about for she last three ea weeks ? It is exactly three weeks this clay that ...

... TRB BER WICK COOPROMISE, rt The Northern Reform Union, some time since, appointed y their secretary to report upon the corrupt proceedings at dr the election for the borough of Berwick upon Tweed. He Y sent in his report, which published the fact of a conipro. miss. He now writes a supplementary report, calling atten- I tion to subsequent disclosures, The statement I made, n that an ' ...