Miliscellaneous.

Viscount Palmerston left town on Thursday, for Loch Laggan, to suc- ceed Earl Grey in attendance on her Majesty.

The Earl of Minto is about to go to Italy for his health.

Prince Waldemar of Prussia, having completed his tour in the North, returned to Mivart's Hotel on Thursday. He departs for Berlin in a few days. The Madrid Espectador affirms that General Espartero will quit England in January next, and take up his residence in Belgium.

It is announced that Mr. William Brown, M.P., has been chosen by the Free-traders of Lancashire to represent them at " the Congress of All Na- tions," which is to meet at Brussels on the 16th instant, to discuss the prin- ciples of political economy and the doctrine of free exchanges.

Tuesday's Gazette announces some additions to the Peerage—

The Right Honourable John Baron Strafford, of Harmondsworth, is created Viscount Enfield of Enfield and Earl of Strafford.

Archibald Acheson, Esquire, commonly called Viscount Acheson, is created Baron Acheson of Clancairney, in the county of Armagh. Richard Baron Cremome is created Baron Dartrey of Dartrey, in the county of Monaghan. Sir Richard Bulkeley Phillipps Philippe,i Baronet, is created Baron Milford of Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire.

The order in Council for founding the Bishopric of Manchester sets forth the scheme prepared by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in pursuance of the act of last session, of which we subjoin the substance. From and after the 1st of September instant, the Collegiate Church of Man- chester is to become a Cathedral Church, within the province and subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the see of York. For this purpose, "the Deaneries of Amounderness, Blackburn, Manchester, and Leyland, and the whole parish of Leigh, including the townships of Astley, Atherton, Bedford, Pennington, Tyl- desly, with Shakerley and Westleigh, otherwise Leigh, in the Deanery of War- rington, all in the county of Lancaster and diocese of Chester, together with such parts of the respective Deaneries of Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale in the same diocese as are in the same county, shall be detached and dissevered from the dio- cese of Chester, and shall be made and constituted, and shall become, and for ever thereafter be, and be called and known by, the name of the Diocese of Man- chester." The new Bishopric is to be endowed with an anneal average income of 4,2001. When constituted, the Diocese of Manchester is to be divided into two Archdeaconries, viz. of Manchester and Lancaster. A third Archdeaconry of Liverpool is also to be created in the Diocese of Chester. The Venerable John Rushton, DD., is to continue to hold the Archdeaconry of Manchester.

The Bishop of Bath and Wells is authorized by an order in Council, published in Tuesday's Gazette, to borrow the sum of 1,0001. from the Go- vernors of Queen Anne's Bounty, to be expended in the repair and restore- tion_of the chapel attached to the episcopal house of residence at Wells. A sum of 3,0001. had been already borrowed for the purpose of improving the episcopal residence of his Lordship.

Another order in Council arranges the boundaries of a new district for spiritual purposes, constituted out of the parish of Leeds, in the diocese of Ripon. It is to be earned " The district of All Saints, Leeds." The stipend of the incumbent is to be 1501. a year, to be paid by the Eccle- siastical Commissioners, so soon as a church shall be finished and con- /Comte:I for the district; in the mean time, the minister is to receive only 1001. a year.

A Court analogous to the new County Courts is about to be established in the City—

"An act for the more easy recovery of small debts and demands within the city of London and the liberties thereof," passed on the 2d July, comes into operation on the 29th instant. It contains 128 sections, with a schedule of fees: a number of provisions have been copied from the New County Courts Act, as also the table of fees. The Court of Requests in the City is to be abolished; and by the 40th clause it is declared that a summons (the action being by plaint and not by writ) may issue, provided the defendant, or one of the defendants, shall have dwelt or carried on his business in the city of London at some time within six calendar months next before the time of the action brought, or if the cause of action arose therein. The Recorder and the Judge of the Sheriffs' Court are to frame all new rules and orders; subject to the approval of the three chiefs of the Common Law Courts. The parties as well as their wives may be examined on the trial. Any gaol in the city of London may he used as a prison for the pur- poses of the act. A Bailiff and other officers are to be appointed; and by a spe- cial provision (the 19th section) it is declared that the officers performing duties in the Court of Requests may be appointed under this act.

A college, to be named by Royal permission " Queen's College, London," in conjunction with the Governesses Benevolent Institution, has been formed, with a view to place female education on the sane basis as that of endowed schools and universities for the male sex. Its chief purposes con- sist in the examination of and granting diplomas and certificates of qualifi- cations to governesses, to enable them to produce satisfactory evidence of their merits, and in affording the less competent an adequate and orderly preparation for their work.

The Morning Post states that some gentlemen of high character and considerable influence with the middle classes of society have determined to make a serious effort to establish " a corporate or collegiate institution of females," with somewhat similar objects in view to those of the Sisters of Charity on the Continent. The proposal is, to establish an institution for the maintenance and education of nurses and visitors of the sick and poor. The Bishop of London, it is said, not only sanctions the plan, but has con- sented to become President of the proposed institution.

The Secretary of State for the Home Department has presented the sum of 201. to each division of the Metropolitan Police, to be disposed of in the purchase of useful books to be placed in the various libraries attached to the stations, for the use of the men. The station libraries are already pos- sessed of several hundred volumes, and the men pay one halfpenny per week subscription for their use. It is intended to form reading-rooms at all the station-houses in the Metropolis.—Globe.

The Hampshire Telegraph announces that Lord John Russell has granted the sum of 2501. to the Dowager Lady Brenton, in consideration of the distinguished services of Sir Jahleel Brenton. The Dublin Evening Mail mentions, that in consequence of the improved sanatory condition of Liverpool, the Select Vestry have resolved to discon- tinue the quarantine regulations so far as the Irish are concerned.

The Times inserts with typographical distinction a letter from a corre- spondent calling on the Government to appoint a day for general thanks- giving for the abundant harvest. Some letters addressed by M. Eynard to the English Government re- specting the interest for the Greek loan have been published in the Journal des Debate. M. Eynard had offered the Greek Government to advance 500,000 francs to pay the portion of interest due to England in June. The Greek Minister refused to accept the generous offer; and compliments to the generosity of the one and the delicacy of the other were reciprocated. The Greek Minister, however, though professing to reject the oiler, kept the letter of credit in reserve; and, having been pressed very inconve- niently by Lord Palmerston for payment, he banded over to him M. Ey- nerd's letter of credit for 500,000 francs. M. Eynard is confounded at this responsibility unexpectedly thrown upon him; and he refuses to pay, un- less the British Government will promise not to exact the half-year's inte- rest that falls due on the 1st of September instant. His only object, be says, in making the offer of 500,000 franca, was to gain time for an arrange- ment to be made with the three Protecting Powers: if the delay of only a few days were to be gained, it would not be worth the sacrifice. M. Ey- nard wrote letters to the British Government, stating the cafe and asking for delay; but he had not received any reply, because, as he afterwards under- stood, the British Government considered it beneath its dignity to enter into diplomatic correspondence with a private individual. He has now published his letters, in the hope of obtaining an answer through some in- direct channel.

Tuesday's Gazette publishes an order in Council announcing that copy- right is secured to authors and composers in the Thuringian Union, for such works as may be printed and sold in Great Britain and Ireland, and vice versa. The Thuringian Union consists of the following States—S Eisenach, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gothas Saxe-Meiningen, Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg - Sondershausen, Reuss - Greitz, Reuss-Lobenstein-Eberdorf, and Reuss-Schleitz.

The King of the Netherlands and the Grand Duke of Baden have con- cluded a convention for the reciprocal giving up of criminals who take refuge in either state.

The Emperor of Russia has presented to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, the com- mander-in-chief at Portsmouth, a superb silver vase, as a mark of his Majesty's esteem for the attention and kindness shown the Grand Duke Constantine, last year, when he was a visiter at the Admiralty House for a week. The vase is of Russian manufacture, stands about three feet in height, and is elaborately carved.

By a Royal ordinance, dated at Aschaffenberg on the 14th August last, the King of Bavaria has created Maria von Parris and Moutez—better known as Mademoiselle Lola Montez--Countess of Landsfeld.

Sir Richard Dobson, R.N., Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, died on Thursday, at Greenwich, aged seventy-four. Sir Richard was surgeon of the Lively at the capture of the Spanish treasure-ships in 1804, and in action with the Spanish 74-guu ship Glorioso off Cadiz; and was subsequently at the taking of Vigo and cooperation with the Patriots on the North coast of Spain.

The once celebrated oboe-player William Parke died a few days since, at the age of eighty-five. For the last twenty years he bad subsisted on an annuity of sixty guineas a year, granted to him by the Royal Society of Musicians, of which he had lung been a member. Mr. Parke was appointed first oboe at Covent Gar- den Theatre in 1784.

A petition for the pardon of Lieutenant Memo, having some 200 names at- tached to it, has been forwarded to the Home Secretary from Ross-shire, of which county the lieutenant is a native.

Sir Robert Peel has purchased from its possessor in Edinburgh the full-length portrait of Dr. Chalmers, painted by John Watson Gordon.

Some statistics on the manufacture of plate-glass in Great Britain from 1819 to 1847, which have been prepared by Mr. Henry Howard, of Plaatow, furnish another satisfactory indication of the ability of our artisans to compete with fo- reigners, and to drive them from the field, in those instances where trade is free from artificial aids or vexatious restrictions. Until its make remission by Sir Robert Peel, the excise-duty on British plate-glass was nearly 40 per cent of the entire cost. In 1845, the price per foot of a plate 24 inches by 18 was 9L—it is new 5s. ld.; the number of feet sold per week was 23,000—it is now 70,000; the hands employed were 6,000—they now amount to 12,000; the quality of the production having meanwhile rapidly improved, and the supply, notwithstanding the vast accession of hands, being less adequate to the demand than at any for- mer period. Mr. Howard refers to a statement recently made by Lord George Bentinck (with a view to show that the removal of the glass-duties is a failure,) to the effect that the value of glass exported in the first five months of 1845 was 215,6391., while for the corresponding period of the present year it was only 131,7391, and points to the fact we have just quoted as a conclusive demonstra- tion of the fallacy of the attempt, and of the way in which the half use of statis- tics may serve to propagate error. The diminished exportation is clearly ac- counted for by the enormous increase of the home demand, which clears the mar- ket as fast as it can be supplied, and which will leave us unable to satisfy the wants of foreigners until the large profits which the manufacturers are now making shall have stimulated a sufficient further number of capitalists to enter into this branch of business.—Times.

A return of the number of passengers and the receipts on railways in the United Kingdom, for the year ending the 30th June 1846, has been issued. The total of passengers was 43,790,9831; of receipts from passengers, 4,725,2151. lls. 84C goods, cattle, &c., 2,741,2001. 168. bid; total receipts, 7,466,4161. 8s. Old. The amount paid by second-class passengers was nearly two millions; first-class passengers, less by nearly 300,0001.; while the third-class receipts were over a million.

The quantity of iron produced by Sweden in 1846 was 115,105 tons, of which 110,000 was exported. The Legal Observer makes out a list of thirty-six barristers and seven solici- tors in the new House of Commons.

Another man has died from the effects of the explosion on board the Comte d'Eu: this makes the thirteenth victim. One sufferer is still in a dangerous con- dition.

A Portuguese captain bears the extraordinary name of Menino de Deus Bo- telho—" Infant of God Bottle!"

Sir Clondesley Shovell's ship's guns, about thirty in number, and several round and cross-bar shots, were seen on the 17th August, near a rock called the Glistone, to the Westward of the Scilly Islands, by a diver belonging to the cutter Argyle, Moses, of Jersey. He states two of the guns could be raised will ease; but the remainder are covered over by a rock apparently of about 30 tons weight, which must have fallen upon them. He recovered two round shot of about 24 pounds, and a cross-bar shut of some weight —Hampshire Telegraph. While workmen were engaged, last week, in the vaults of St. Mathew's Church at Bristol, making alterations in the gas-fittings, an explosion was caused by one of the people examining the work with a candle: three men were much hurt, one of them dangerously. A eat was supposed to have been burnt in the recent great fire at Manchester; but, after an interval of thirteen days and a half, it was found in a flue, alive, though emaciated, and covered with Foot: it must have subsisted all that Ume- without food.

The body of John Tawell, the Quaker who murdered Sarah Hart, has been disinterred from the ground within the walls of the old gaol at Aylesbury, and buried within the walls of the new gaol. The body of another culprit was re- moved at the same time. The coffin containing Tawell's body was in good pre- servation.

The following anecdote of Pope Pins the Ninth is given by a contemporary.

Towards the end of the last century, a family of the Roman States went to pass the summer in a country-house within six miles of Rome. One of the children, named Giovanni, took a great fancy to a shepherd boy, named Guidi, with whom he often went into the woods. Once that they were passing by a pond, the child was struck with delight at seeing a shoal of little fishes sporting about; and in endeavouring to catch some with his band, lost his balance and fill in. The shepherd boy, who could swim, at once plunged after him, and saved the child's life. The person thus saved was the present Pope. A short time since, the person who had saved bim, and who had continued to live a peasant's life, finding himself with his only daughter in distress, determined to .proceed to Rome and solicit aid from his former companion. When he arrived in the Eternal City, he was taken up for begging; but he contrived to get his story to the Pope's knowledge. The consequence was, that his Holiness sent for him to the palace, and, after conversing with him most kindly, assured him that for the future he and his daughter should want for nothing. He after- wards wrote to one of his relations at Sinigaglia to see to the man's comfort, and to place the daughter in a respectable situation until she should think fit to marry, when a portion would be given her."—Galignani.

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last—

Number of deaths.

Zymotic (or Epidemic, Endemic, end Contagious) Diseases 366 • Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 135 ....

Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 134 • Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Itespiration 185 • Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 30 • Diseases of the Stomach, liver, and other Organs of Digestion 105 •

Diseases of the Kidneys, Se- 8 ....

Childbirth,diseases 16 -•

Rheumatism, diseases of the Bonn, Joints, 8tc.

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sue.

Old Age 0125207 .:• Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance

Total (Including unspecified causes) 1084

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Summer average. 226 103 157 226 25 91 8 10

27 50 28 940

The comparison of the deaths registered last week in London with the deaths which would have been registered if the rate of mortality had been the same as in Dorsetshire, shows these totals—London, 1084; Dorsetshire, 614; excess, 470.

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 98.5° in the sun to 36.5° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being colder than the average mean temperature by 0.6°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable.