body of the Society to direct the committee. He
deprecated these discussions. It was finally resolved, by
about twenty to one, to adjourn the meeting; and so the
proceedings ended.

The Board of Trade Returns of imports, exports, and
shipping, for the month and four months ending on the
5th of May, present highly important and satisfactory
results. The comparison of the month with the
corresponding month of 1852, which in the last table showed
an increase of exports touching upon £1,500,000, now
shows an increase of more than £2,300,000, equal to
nearly 45 per cent. The total exports of the month are
£7,578,910. For the four months the aggregate totals are
£21,844,663. in 1852, and £27,970,633. in 1853, and an
increase of £6,125,970. There has been an increase in each
month of the present year, the lowest being that in the
month ending on the 5th of March, which was a little
over £919,000. The list of the thirty-one principal
articles of export shows an increase under every head,
with the exception of sheeps' wool and woollen yarn, the
former decrease being evidently due to the increased
demand in our own country. The table of imports
exhibits the same affluence. The import of wheat for
the month has advanced from 220,791 quarters to
343,277 quarters; other descriptions of grain, from
174,666 to 226,261 quarters; Indian corn, from 122,321
to 174,128 quarters; flour and meal, from 416,002 to
535,939 cwt.; the quantities imported being the same as
those taken for home consumption. Some items of
increase are still more striking; of butter and cheese, for
example, the import has increased from 50,000 cwt. to
65,000 cwt.; bacon, pork, lard, &c., from 37,000 to
101,000 cwt.; animals, from 8,130 head to 22,072. The
increase in coffee, sugar, rice, spirits, and tobacco taken
for home consumption has also been considerable. The
only decrease worth notice is that under the head of tea,
of which the home consumption in the month under
consideration was checked by the anticipation of the
reduction of the duty. In regard to the importation of
raw materials, that of cotton has increased from 971,130
cwt. to 1,073,068 cwt. Wool from 4,250,280lb., to
7,575,8091b.; our trade still demanding supplies which
check the export. The shipping shows an increase
under every head of the coasting and foreign trade,
outwards and inwards, except that the vessels
entered inwards for the month were slightly on the
decrease.

The movement among the operatives for Increase of
Wages is spreading throughout the country. Twenty
thousand operatives in the cotton-factories of Stockport
have struck for an increase of 6 per cent. on their pay.
Eight or ten of the employers soon yielded their assent;
but the greatest establishments, while they were willing
to advance the pay of spinners, declared that the
weavers were already remunerated above the ordinary
rates of the district, and therefore they would make no
advance in their case. The Manchester Police have
demanded higher pay. Two hundred and fifty of the
men have given notices of resignation unless their wages
are increased. The workmen engaged in the glass bottle
manufactories on the Tyne and Wear have demanded
an advance of 4s. a week to all hands; the masters
offer 2s. a week. The operatives in the Llynvi
Ironworks, Maesteg, have now been on strike for some time,
and there seems little prospect of an accommodation
between them and the Company. The men meet on
the mountain daily; but not the slightest disorder is
permitted—no one is allowed to attend the meeting
with even a walking-stick. The workmen at
neighbouring places contribute largely to the support of the
turn-outs. Throughout South Wales nearly all kinds
of workmen have succeeded in obtaining an advance of
wages; but in a few instances the masters have resisted
their demands, and the men are idle.

The Archbishop of Dublin has given his Testimony
in Favour of Mesmerism. Dr. Whateley lately presided
at a meeting of the Dublin Mesmeric Association, when
he observed "that he was aware he had placed himself
in a position which would draw upon him much of
obloquy and ridicule, but he believed that he had
shoulders broad enough to bear it." He also observed,
"that he was a living monument of the truth of
mesmerism, having suffered severely for many years
from rheumatism. When the doctors had done their
best or worst, as the case might be, he was advised to
have recourse to mesmerism as a last resource. In the
course of one week he was perfectly cured, and has
never since experienced any severe return of the
complaint."

                  PERSONAL NARRATIVE.

THE Queen and Royal family left Osborne, and
returned to Buckingham-palace on the 27th May.

The Duke of Genoa, brother to the King of Sardinia,
arrived in London on the 31st ult., on a visit to the
Queen. He had previously visited Paris.

The King and Queen of Hanover arrived on the 16th
inst., on a visit to Her Majesty.

Her Majesty has signified her intention to cause a
donation of £200 to be made to the fund for the erection
of the colossal statue of Richard CÅ“ur de Lion, by Baron
Marochetti, in a conspicuous part of the metropolis, and
Prince Albert has announced his intention to contribute
£100 to the same object.

The Oxford ''Commemoration," as it is called, on the
breaking up of the university for the vacation, was held
on the 6th, 7th, and 8th inst. The Earl of Derby was
installed as Chancellor of the university, with the usual
ceremonies, and a number of persons, including the
chief members of the late government, received the
degree of Doctor of Civil Law. There were the
accustomed dinners, balls, and other gaieties.

An American gentleman, Mr. Vanderbilt of New
York, has arrived in England in a Monster Steam-Yacht
belonging to himself, which is at present an object of
general curiosity. The present is her first voyage, which
she performed, from New York to Southampton, in ten
days, eight hours, and forty minutes. She is of 2000
tons burden, and her dimensions are—length of keel,
260 feet; length of spar-deck, 270 feet; beam, 38 feet.
The cylinders are sixty inches diameter, with ten feet
stroke, and the paddle-wheels 34 feet in diameter. The
steam is generated in four boilers, each twenty-four feet
long and ten feet diameter, with single return flues.
Her cabins and interior arrangements are of the most
commodious and elegant description. The North Star
is of larger tonnage and greater power than the Victoria
and Albert Royal yacht. She cost 500,000 dols., and
her weekly expenses are about £350, exclusive of fuel.
The crew consists of nearly 100 men, including officers,
seamen, engineers, firemen, &c. During one twenty-
four hours the log shows that she ran 344 miles. Her
consumption of coals has been 500 tons.

Sir John Key has been elected Chamberlain for the
City of London. His competitor was Mr. Benjamin
Scott.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Nelson Ward, the
son of Horatia the daughter of Nelson, to a vacancy in
the Registrar's Office.

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the oldest
in the United States, has elected a number of British
artists honorary members; among them, Sir Charles
Eastlake, Mr. Copley Fielding, Mr. J. P. Knight, Mr.
Maclise, Sir Edwin Landseer, and Mr. Stanfield;
Mr. Ruskin has also been elected.

The Princess, Carola Wasa, whose hand was sought
by the Emperor of the French, was married at Dresden,
on the 18th inst., to Prince Albert, of Saxony.

Obituary of Notable Persons

VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE RED SIR FRANCIS MASON, K.C.B.,
died at Eastbourne on the 27th ult., aged seventy-four.

LIEUT.-COLONEL FRANCIS FULLER, C.B., an old and
distinguished officer, died on the 28th ult., at Greenwich, aged
sixty-two.

The EARL OF DUCIE died on the 2nd inst., at Tortworth Park,
Gloucestershire, in the fifty-second year of his age.

SIR CHARLES ABRAHAM ELTON, BART., died on the 2nd inst.,
at Bath, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He was the
author of several poems, tales, and translations.

SIR JOHN HOPE, BART., M.P., died in London on the 5th inst.

GENERAL LORD DACRE died on the 2nd inst., at the age of
seventy-six.

MR. JOSEPH COTTLE died on the 7th inst, at his residence,
Firfleld House, Knowle, near Bristol, in his eighty-fourth