The following are the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the
affairs of the:British Museum—the Earl of Ellesmere, Lords Langdale and Wrottesley, the Bishop of Norwich, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Sir Roderick Impey Mur- chi*, ,n Sir Charles Lemon, Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Hume, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Monekton Milnes.
Twenty railway bills have received the Royal Assent this session, authorizing 5,404,915/. to be raised by capital and loan for the construction of 2554 miles of railway.--Times.
The day now named by rumour for the prorogation of Parliament is the 23d of July: but it is still uncertain, we believe, even to the Ministers.
It is stated to be the Queen's intention to proceed to Scotland before the end of the season, and during her progress to visit the Marquis of Abercorn.
The veteran Governorof Greenwich Hospital, Sir Robert Stopford, died yester- day, morning, at Richmond. The Admiral was in his eightieth year. He entered the Navy at a very early age, and had seen much active service. His last achieve- ments afloat were the series of operations on the coast of Syria in 1840, when Beyrout and Acre were bombarded and captured.
The Earl of Lanesborough, an Irish Peer, having died last week, without issue, his cousin, George Butler Danvers, Esq., of Swithland, Leicestershire, succeeds to the title and estates. The late Earl had for many years been in a state of seclu- sion on account of his health.
The Queen has granted a pension of 2001. per annum to Mr. Leigh Hunt. That gentleman received a letter on Wednesday from Lord John Russell, in which his Lordship speaks of the pension as being some compensation for pecuniary and personal sacrifices endured in the advocacy of principles the truth of which is now fully acknowledged and acted on.
Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, is a candidate for the representation of Lambeth.
Another candidate has come forward for North Essex in the person of Mr. Fysher Harrison. His politics are said to be Ultra-Liberal.
The Conservatives of Liverpool have decided on proposing Sir Digby Maekworth in conjunction with Mr. Cardwell.
We regret to have to announce the stoppage of the old and much respected firm of Messrs. Sewell and Co., in the sugar trade, yesterday. The amount of the liabilities was mentioned on 'Change; but as we believe it was greatly exagge- rated, we forbear to name it.—Morning Chronicle.
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