The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-28 00:00:00

• .~. ~=~---f-- 4 — rvit a rprt% No. 1,484.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1851. [THREEPENCE TO BEMSII EXHIBITOR& OFFICIAL CATALOGUES. The BRITISH acmes of the OVFICIAL CATALOGUE, with • general need Lit of Mikis extdbited, prior In The charge to EshaAtore foe Insertion of the plead their pro daemon In this LW ert:l Iry at the rate of one shining per line In column, and olden sacti:d ba loetrankd to the Retractors as soon as possible. ctrl Ealtibit:r wittier to have separate copies of the Bigot his ono rah" its, an be .upp.ied at a resvoisable eat, ty on early notice to tort egret kw' fors vded to the rkntrielon. !OPICVII 111411THEIOt. Wtolrvele *tattooers. CLOWE4 Is SON 4, Priaten. frartot libeeestse Mee, Li, New Bridge-atreet, Dick Mars, and at nye. Park. ED STE ADS, BATHS. and LAMPS. WILLIAM B. IiCRTON bee OPENED THREE LAEGE DITIONAL aIIOW.KOONItt, emansuniestlng with Ids original saes (Odell are the bread to the kingdom). devoted eteliwirely to the PLPAILATE lilltPLaY et Lamps, Noah% and leviable Bed. Mer. iLe PM* of each sill be at once the largest, newest, and most waled thst Lad Fier brats submitted to the public, and will be masked at peeve proporcionete +Ph dam that base tended to mho W establishment the meet dietiaguished in this sionntry. bedetenb, from Mower roth% Limp ;Palmer'.!. Moto I.. Id. to Yd each. (All other Ida.ls at the same rote.) rolviver's Candl:a W11.1.1)131 BURT/TS @W elk et GENERAL FURNISHING IRONlltiNtitla Oath:And Cottee7 i u kel, Surer, and PloWd News) le It:wally it e :wawa in the world. detailtd Clitelopmee of wtets, wi h tyrants... net (pee poet) tree. The Barney re turned he carry an e:.• sot sprored et.-19. 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W. and ha td.—Sold by flow, and by Charlet. ann riert.rreir. A F.tMILY MEDICINE not to be equalltd in the w'wkl, and wltkh has prot,l a real VA- Mae to Familire.— taactrrtisement will ea we wake the wain of Otillenne WOWS. vrh.s eau Mull in iho truth of this Wt, sandy. that lATrs wonsneu...t hug, the medicine prepred 4JOUS ft 11,11.1111 11aLL, near IltoWeistieW, and St. 1a perk, have inrsonw. Insurers prated huh rd a libillekl& tira pubileauest et .b at Per a Misdeed cress be Wird tk=soli kn. rap se tr e folloothr, sail be knad in thno. : ttnet at tt.ssibeidee, redfulk, says: ..1 eesidently rei= Zara*, wandrles Ill" especially to females art inettores= tame Wen tot 13 be several years with awe ss, sod ba t es One salutary and Inettornumg Often uputi malty alias I have had Or ken se at nursing "—lle. and tn. Head, of thawing Ines, p ll4 Wlo waddf e ve treat pawn, la erenutiOrodist Kw% bevino used taco oturelves donne the lan efullima enontka. }wort their • Sirsey m enetoing pain, notarial as gsgeme to its Pamper Wee and minty, sod Improving our onnol Mat be wk. s to oboe. the tenons• pl•la, aka* ES, be known by Melt, 1..111Y. bi.11"1.14 coat-of.ar ow and a trona, It kis signature pentad as lbdineike. Is we wrapped mail sash ben, and lon rase err MI: Oa tbeintennetat I .11:p. CURES by DU BARRY'S I)ELICIOUS REVA uss TA AILACICA MOIL —" Pllty Taws' Indigestioo, Comely Nerrusonnes, Addeo; Coos*, Flatoe.ency, Slconaas, Sickness at ..mach, and Voseldag. Uhl ladonerthable agony of which bad re ined not to smell adeorres OM I vas un.do:e to Boone without crulebys, lostebeen ontlryly reinorod by VAKILV'S eseelrot 10U—Maria Jolly Woortheta, Unit, sow Por.. bialLor trouts/anal. of cum Oros the Right lid te. the Loll &aye do Docks, the Venerable Archdeacon Anosander Mooney col Ones; Ilriaa&enerol Thomas King, Mama; WiLlsen W es, barrlooter•oot.law, King's exolleye, oPm*Mr, • wire of f.Q y. •• pars'yvis; and no,eoo other come of liver, Iklues, nernons, an eloossebio complaints. tout, Ibouro 4 tialoo 41 . 111,11 ." p - pistil to, hi. buid 11l OffiriAtr , •Ith 1.11 Instructions, neighing Lb. at Cs. ; at P. ; SP , ., at Ile.; 12th., at ns.; super tailed quality, 101 4 , at ; Sib., at 22.. the 10Ib. and 121:.. Gaols. ley, are forwards d tree of our raga on receipt of a pennotilue order, by Pli IMICRY as 41 To.. 111, Now Itunolywrint, London, auto at Pro and Yoile Ob. Grace: turclnatatot; 49, Asia.. 1r be Court. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princeton Royal, a, conipinied by the l'rince and Princess of Prussia, Pnoco Fmk:rick William and the Princess Louisa of l'russin, the Duke and Duchess of Naze Cohourg Gotha, and Duke Ernest of Wurtcmlserg, re,urned their inspection of the Works of Industry of all Nations at the Exhihitian yesterday morning, arming at the building at half-past nine, mid remaining till nearly eleven o'clock. In attend. ante on the august party were the lion. Beatrice Byng, the Countess A. de llacke, the Country, Oriolla, the Baroness de Wangenheim, Count Pakler, Colonel lion. Charles Grey, Licat.-Colonel Francis Ilugh Seymour, Ilajor Von Boyce, Count Gulls, Fischer, Lieutenant Von Heins, and M. B. de Tre.kow. The Prince e and l'nncess of l'russia, and Prince Frederick William, accompanied by the Prince.. Louisa, paid visits 3tstt nlay to the Duch,' of lit nt, at Clarence 11011110, St. ames's, and to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester Douse, to take leat e. The two Princes afterwards went to Apsley House, and honoured the Duke of Wellington with a Tint.. . . . The Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leiuingen visited and took leave of the Prince and Princess of Prussia in the afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick William, and the Princess Louisa, attended by the Countess A. de Ilisekv, the Countess Oriulla, Count Piikler, Major von Doyen, Count Oaks, Colonel Fischer, and Lieutenant von Heins, took leave of the Queen yesterday afternoon on their departure from England. Iler Majesty, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Al fred, attended by the Ladies iu Waiting, the Master of the horse, the Master of the Household, and the other Ge ntle men in Waiting, accompanied her royal visitors to the Hall of the Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cod:meg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wiertemberg, also accompanied the Prince and Princess of Prussia to their camagc. Print: Albert accompanied the Prussian royal family. The illustrious party quitted Burlingham Palace at 10 minutes before 3 o'clock, and proceeded to the London bridge terminus, where his royal highness took leave of his illustrious guests, who departed by the South-Eastern Rail way for Dover, ea rook to Ostend. Lieut.-Colonel F. 11. Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, attended the Prusaiau royal family to Dover. Prince Edward ul Saxe Weimar, accompanied the Prince and Princess of Prussia from Buckingham Palace to the rail way terminus, and there took leave of their royal highnesses The l'rince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park yesterday. The Princesses Alice, Helena, _and Lotus& took a drive iu an open carriage and four yesterday. Prince Arthur was taken an airing yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duch. of Mare Cotimin-Gotha, took a drive yesterday in all open earringe and four. Lieut.-Col. Host. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Ron. C. Grey attended as honeback. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Sale CohourrOutka, and Duke Ernest of Wsmemberg, honoured the Royal Italian Op. ra with their prisons@ yesterday evening. The royal suite wen the Viscosities' Jowly°, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Barosesiellf nit, Lord Dufferin, Lord 0. Lennox, Lieut.-Col. P. , Col. the Hon. C. Grey and M. B. de Trains. Dyeing the evening his Royal Highness PAM, Abaft lisomvared the Institute of civil engineers with a visit, awl afterwasds returned to the theatre to her Ma 4caty. Laid ikamain km relieved the Marquis of Ormond* lir his duties aslant in waiting to the Queen. Sir Frederick Stevie Ira Mined Beat.-Colonel Hon. Robert Boyle in Ills oindis as grams in waiting to her Majesty. The Ilibioe of Liiingen. accompanied by Prince Edward Of Maas Weiner, attended by Lord :lames Murray, Ihsainnod bar Majesty** Theatre with their presence last sessig. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Joseph Smith, Mr. G. Dodd. M.P., Mawr Boileau, Mr. Serjeant Wallinger, Mr. Tierney Clark, and Mr. Bailey, had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey at the Home-office Maine Ilarui4 had an interview with Earl Grey yester daiusLnthe Colonial-odiee. Brannon had an Intel view yesterday with Sir Gawp. Grey at the Home-office. Mr. Cron, Seerttary to the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, had also an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Kr. Jackman had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. (From last LOP& Oa El.) LORD CHARELELAIN'ti-OFTICE, MAY 27.—Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments at Windsor Castle will be closed from Friday neat, the 30th instant, until Monday the 9th of June. ST. JAllad-PALACE, MAT 21.—Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Captain Thomas Parker Rickford, late of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ezon of her Majesty'. Royal Body Huard of the Yeomen of the Huard, vice Sir Seymour Sadler, resigned. WHITEHALL, MAY 28.—The Queen has been to appoint imam Duff, Esq. to be Lieutenant and th+VPrinopal of the shire of Elgin, in the room of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Dia, deceased. COHMIssION SIGNED ET THE LORD LIEUTENANT or OLorcasraasntam—Cecil Charles Pole, Gent, to he lieutenant in the Olonosetershire Regimens of Mutsu Yeomanry. ILLNESS OT THE EARL 01 DERDT.-A letter DIY received from Knowsley Ball at Liverpoolyeeterday. stating that his lordship was each better, and had been able bklit up for some tie diviag dm day. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday the number of visitors to the Crystal Palace was greater than on the previous day. From 10 to 11 o'clock 8,t39-1 visitors entered ; by noon the number had reached 15,699: and at one o'clock as many as 30,000 per sons had arrived. The etange lathe company was betrayed in many war. Instead of the leisurely strollers who were seen last week contemplating this and that object, perhaps for the twentieth time, were now seen crowds of curious faces, eager to inspect the thousand novelties in a day. The visitors passed in an uninterrupted stream through the building, and the nave and transept resumed somewhat of their former crowded appearance. It would be idle to pre tend to classify the crowd of visitors, and estimate what proportion belonged to the working and what to the middle orders. Industry here wears no livery, and the provident artisan can make holiday in as good a coat as the merchant. It was so yesterday. The mistrusted shilling public exhibited as much self-res pect and intelligent appreciation of the attractions of the place as their more select predeceseors. Abe* half-past nine, when but a small number of persons had arrived at the Glass Palace, the Queen drove up accompanied by Prince Albert, the Princess Hoye!, the Prince and Prince's of Prussia, and a number of her Majesty's German friends. Theltoyal party remained about an hour and a half perm. bulating the several departments, and left at eleven. About twelve o'clock the Duke of Wellington arrived, but soon discovered that he was too late to inspect the worka of industry in his accustomed quiet manner. After passing a short way up the centre avenue ha returned, and left the building in which he had remained but ten minutes. In the course of the day two women were apprehended in the act of picking a lady's pocket, and on being searched a purse was found on one of them, the contents of which she was unacquainted with, neither could she give an account where she hail obtained it. The probability is that it was a spoil which they had taken from some person in the Exhi bition in the course of the day. The purse still remains in the hands of the police to he identified. Officers well ac quainted with the persons of almost all the professional thieves were stationed at the doors, and on any suspicious characters passing through they are followed, soul their proceedings narrowly watched. Oetectives, in plain cloths*, also are stationed in various departments of the building, and every possible precaution has boon taken to provide for the protection of the public. AMATEUR THEATRICALS AT DEVONSHIRE HOUSE. The second amateur performance for the benefit of the Guild of Literature and Art took place yesterday, at Devonshire house. On this occasion Sir Dulwer Lytton's play of "Not so Bad as we Seem" was re-produced, and re ceived with the applause which it deserved, by a numerous and fashionable audience. As on the pre SiOUY occasion, the scene in which Mr. Dickens, as Lord IVibwd, personates the feature, of the publisher Curd was most admired, and cer tainly the author of " Pickwick " showed wonderful versa tility of talent in changing the intonation awl manner of Lord Iriboot to that of the vulgar and greedy publisher. This versatility, however, was still more wonderfully shown afterwards by Mr. Dickens, in the farce of " Mr. Nightingale's Diary," a trifle which had been produced fur the occasion by the joint ef forts of himself and Mark Lemon. Mr. Costello acted the part of Mr. iy/efingak. That gentleman has been manned to a lady twenty years ago, and separated a year after marriage, and though his wile has been dead for several ye.in, he continues to pay her allowance to the lady's brother, who has not thought fit to reveal the death of his sister. Mr. It 1 , 1110,1,9f - de proceeds to Malvern fur his health, and keeps a diary or the symptoms which affect him —symptoms which he hopes to get rid of by the water cure. At the watering-place, however, he is preceded by Ganettewig, the suitor of Mica Nightingale, who deplores the obduracy of fathers in general, and Nightingale in particular, who has had the audacity to refuse him the band of his daughter. Nifj/disiyak's reason for refusing dabbleteig (has Nightingale's hand is that Mr. Gabblesrig talks too much and too well, and dues too little. Gab/stalely, however, redeems his character at Malvern by spiritedly countermining the attempts of the late Mrs. Nightingale s brother, who, under various disguises, endeavours to impose on the fears and gullibility of the old gentleman. Gabbfeiny, by a series of disguises, defeats all the successive swindles that are in vented against Nightingale, who consents at last to the union of his daughter with her lover. Mr. Dickens, in the divers disguises he assumes during the farce, shows how well lie can sinume different characters, rivalling LCY3/1607 in varying his teaturos Mathews in the glibness of his speech, and Boa & in the mode of imitating age. Mark Lemon as the " do" was admirable, and Mr. Costello capital as the. quack. A ball followed the pert; ,rataucc, which delighted all present. ISLE OF WIGHT ELEMON. FINAL CLOSE OF TILE POLL—TVIADAY. Lawns (Free-trader) Hammond (Protectionist) 519 _ _ Majority —46 HARWICH ELECTION-THE NOMINATION. Yesterday the nomination took place at Harwich, and after the usual preliminaries, Mr. FILANCIS II ties proposed and 31r.W. C. TtasnrißLD seconded, Henry Thoby Primal), Esq., as a fit and proper person to repnw•nt the borough in parliament, and Hobert M'igram Crawford, Esq., was nominated by Mr. Taus Li LOXGE, seconded by Mr. MATTHEW JOHNSON. The candidates having addressed the meeting, The MAYOR. then took the show of hands, which he declared to be in favour a Mr. l'rinsep; and Mr. Craw ford's proposer claimed a poll ou behalf of that gentleman, which was fined to take place the next morning. The result, with a constirnency so nearly balanced, must be doubtful up to the last hour, but Mr. Crawford's Mends are tolerably sanguine that this time the victory will be on their aide. LIBERATION OF Rossum.—Last evening a very large meeting of the inhabitant* of Kensington was held at the Prince Albert, Notting-hill, to express sympathy with Louis Kossuth and his fellow refugees in Turkey, and to memorialise the British government and parliament to take measures for terminating their forcible detention in the Sultan's dominions. Madame Pubiky and General Vetter, with many Hungarians, were present. A deputation wax appointed to wait on Lord Palmerston on the subject, and make their report to another meeting. DISTURBANCE 3 AT HOLTIIEAII.—PE3IBROKE, MAT 2.5.—1 n consequence of orders received here by last night's mail, the I'rospero steamer, Mr. Rundle, master command ing, was despatched at II o'clock this morning, to convey troops to Holyhead, where some serious outbreak taken place amongst the workmen employed in that neigh bourhood. NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—Last evening, • public meeting, in support of the principles of this sow- elation, took place at the New Vestry-room, Albert-terrace, Bow, with a view to enforce at the present trials a wide and immediate extension of the suffrage, as the only means to ensure economical government, and remove the evils of the existing system, Mr. Ebenezer Clarke presided, and ad dressed the meeting in explanation of the objects of the society. lie observed, that if the people desired to be well governed, they must themselves take a part in the govern ment, for there could be no doubt whatever, that where good was expected, it must come from the masses of the community, and not from a limited few, whose chief qualification to legislate depended upon the extent of their pecuniary means. A resolution war passed to the effeet that the present as pect of the political horizon rendered necessary a vigorous and comprehensive agitation and a friendly co-operation on the part of all classes of reformers, to enforce an ex tension of ,the suffrage, as the only means of securing • good and economical government. Other resolutions were agreed to, having in view the promotion of the objects of this association, and the meeting was addressed by several practical reformers, who expressed a confident hope that the people would ere long occupy that position in the state to which they were fairly entitled. EVERY LADY TIER OWN HOUSEMAID.—We have it on the authority of Mr. Paxton—who obtained the fact direct from an observant policeman—that the Crystal Palace gets thoroughly swept every day by the long dresses of the ladies. Mr. Paxton had invented " a machine of a hundred housemaid power" to remove the dust from the Exhi bition; but the instrument is not required, for the ladies are the great dust contractors, who may be said to remove all the dust and dirt from the building by special train. We dare say thin is considerable elegance in a dress that sweeps the floor, but we always thought the fashion in volved much folly and extravagance, and we now discover that it embraces a vast amount of dirt. The ladies may well hide their heels, when we recollect the state of their stock ings. Perhaps there may be some economy, as far as the keep of servants is concerned; for it seems that every lady of the long robe is, to a certain extent, her own housemaid, and takes away upon her dress and her legs, all the dust and rubbish, wherever she goes.—Piatch. THE CATALOGUE OP TIIE FIVE HUNDRED AND Twisrv-riturr Lamour Boo= Pala, held in the Easter of this year, presents a variety of some importance on the five hundred and twenty catalogues which have preceded it. The books are classed not only alphabetically according to the authors' names, but also systematically in the order of the subjects. Acc ording to the catalogue, the number of hooka printed in Germany in the six months since the last fair amounts to 3,684, and 1,136 more arc in the press.— silhosomma. IRELAND. Demur, Met 27. Few days now pass without bringing some account of broils or aggressions arising out of religious ani mosity in some part of this country. Last week a great portion of the county of Armagh was disturbed by a series of rows between the protestant and Ro man catholic parties, in which the former appear to have given offence to their opponents by simply in dulging their love for music; which, however, it is to be presumed, was of a partisan character; the Roman catholic party being, m the several cases, the first to have recourse to physical force. The leaders of the belligerents on both side appeared before the magistrates on a charge and cross charge, and there is just one redeeming feature in the affair, namely, that they arranged their differences amicably on being recommended to do so by the magistrates. In the old protestant town of Londonderry, the house of a parson named James Porter has been repeatedly threatened and ultimately attacked by a mob simply, according to the accounts that have bean received, because prayer meetings were held in it,in connexion with the presbyterian church. The new corporation of Dublin are most laudably employed in reforming abuses which the laissez-jizire system of their predecessors allowed to accumulate. Ihev are at present engaged in framing a most use ful 'code of bye-laws to regulate the low lodging houses, which have been allowed to remain m a frightfully over-cmwded and neglected state ; and they arc also engaged at present in an effort to regu late the funerals of the poor, which, as evervone who has visited Dublin knows, are conducted here in a manner most injurious to the social and sanitary condition of the citizens. The object of the corpora tion, in which they arc see9nded by the wishesof all the respectable citizens, is to prevent the long lines of funeral processions from parading the city, as they now do at all hours of the day, and to discourage the system of Initial societies, by which these processions are chiefly promoted. AsSACI.TING A MAGISTRATE IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS DETY.—BALLINASLOE I'ETTT SESSIONS, SATIIIt- DAY.—The doors of the court were scarcely thrown open, when every available spot was secured to attend the hearing of a very painful proceeding which took place yesterday evening between Mr. Fortescue, C.E. and Mr. Fitzgerald, B.M. Mr. Fortescue , who was arrest ed yesterday evenicg on a warrant signed by the Earl of Clancarty, and gave hail tor his appearance to-day, C:11110 in attended by some of his friends. Mr. Fitzgerald took his scat in the box to the right of the bench. Mr. Fitzgerald gave -his testimony to the following effect :—I was returning from the lire that took place at Mr. Boyd's on Friday, and when about half-way between that and the town, I heard a horse coming after me ; I went quietly a long and was shortly after overtaken by Mr. Forteseue, who ad dressing me in a calm, gentleman-like manner, said —" Mr. Fitzgerald, can I speak with you ?" to which I replied, " Certainly, by all means." Mr. Forteseue then alluded to something that took place ou Tuesday, observing that he felt insulted at some remarks! made, and calling on me to withdraw them. I then asked Mr. Fortescue if he had anything further to add, as I was anxious to hear all ho had to say in extenuation et himself. He then went into a long statement, which, not deeming satisfactory, 1 refused to retract HUY remarlZl felt bound to make. Mr. Furtescue then called on me to give him satisfaction. I told him, iu reply, I was nut unprepared for what he de manded; that 1 had given the matter a good deal of consideration, and consulted many of my personal friends on the subject, all of whom were of opinion, that, even abstracting from the consideration of the office I held, I was not called on, in the capacity of a pri vate gentleman, to accede to such terms. Ile then called me a rascal and a coward, and quite unexpected—in fact, it came on me as instantanzsiusly us thunder storm—in a most assassin-like manner, be struck me a violent blow of his whip across the face; he then nate ("flat full speed, but not before I gave him a violent blow of my whip in return. I then gave him thaw, and on coining up we exchanged setae blows. My horse then became testier, and passed him, w hen this valiant hero, who but a few moments before ac cused me of cowardice, turned round and rode back. On my n turn lease I communicated with Lord Chutrarty, and, on his suggestion, adopted the present proceedings. Mr. Blake contended that instead of bintliug Mr. Furtescue to appear elsewhere, the bench was called on to send Mr. For tes.eue for trial to the next gaol delivery of the county, if, on inquiry into all the partieulars,they saw grounds for so doing. In consequence of a preliminary observation by Mr. Blake, with regard to Mr. Hyde refusing him a copy of Mr. Fitz ' gerald's informations until after the hearing, Mr. Ily_de said the law made it imperative on him to refuse Mr. Blake's application. This remark he felt bound to make, lest there should be any erroneous impression on Mr. For tesene's mind, with regard to hid conduct as a public officer. After a lengthened discussion the bench ruled that Mr. Furtesene should be put under a rule of bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties in 2501. each, to keep the peace to wards Mr. Fitzgerald and her Majesty's subjects for seven years, and also to appear on a further inquiry into the charge on this day fortnight—Mr. Fortescue was detained in custody until he and his sureties entered the required recognizance+, which was perfected before the rising of the court. —Western Star. PaNeft.ta BOARD OF DlUCToas.—At the usual weekly ratting of the board of directors, held yes terday at the vestry rooms, Camden-town, C. Pease, Esq., churchwarden, in the chair, some letters from Bermuda applying for a fresh supply of children from the workhouse, were laid before the board, and, upon the motion of Mr. Dyke, seconded by Mr. Prendergast, a committee wag ap pointed to select a certain number of boys and girls from the inmates of the workhouse, to be sent out to the island. In answer to a remark from the chairman, Mr. Dyke said that in order to legalise the proceeding, it would be merely necessary to take the children before a magistrate. Accord ing to the recent census the population of St. Pancras amounts to 167,136, the total cost of taking the census of this eaten sive parish being 3121. 16s. 10d. ; for the payment of which sum the board gave an order: the amount to be hereafter repaid to the parish by the Treasury. After the trans action of other business, of purely local interest, the board separated. ItooflaG THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE.—A sinßuLir and novel process is at present being curried on with respect to the Britannia tubular bridge. In conse quence of the upper surface of the tubes receiving and being acted on by the wet and atmospheric action, it has been deemed advisable to roof the top of the tubes; and for this purpose a complete ridge has been placed over both the tubes, having a walk down the centre, and the framework has b een completely covered over with cloth impervious to the ruin. Upwards of 7,000 yards of this prepared cloth arc required to accomplish the undertaking, which has been take nby contract. The large hotel which it has been de. termined to erect closely adjacent to the bridge will contain no fewer than 500 beds, and will lie connected with the tubes by a covered walk, and surrounded with appropriate gardens and pleasure grounds. The works for the erection of this monster hots I are in full operation : large bodies of labourers arc employed levelling the ground and forming the foundation, and no time will be lost in the completion of this adjunct to the Chester and Holyhead and Carriacou lines. _ AMERICAN REFORMS IN LADIES' DRESS. Our columns have already noted the revolution of female dm* which has lately sprung up in the United States. Our last tiles of New York papers give one or two further illustrations athe new rage. An Oswego journal says, " Quite on ex citement was produced at the steam-boat landing the day lector( yesterday, at the appearance of a couple of ladies with the short Turkish dress. They were travelling in tympany with gentlemen, and were evidently people of cultivation. A revolution in female costume is undoubtedly in preparation. There can be nothing more ungraceful than the long drab- Wing dresses which sweep the streets and steps wherever ladies move. As a matter of personal comfort the Turkish dress must be most agreeable, in addition to its beauty." Daring an anti-slavery convocation at Syracuse, again, " Mrs. Burleigh and the two Misses Burleigfi, the wife and daughters of the poet Burleigh, entered the meeting. The were dressed in the new costume that is now being adopted by the ladies. The upper garment was close fitting, and reached to the knees. Underneath was n loose trousers, reaching to the ankle. The feet were enclousl in buskins, and gipsey straw hats crowned all. The eyes of the meeting wcr; immediately turned towards the ladies. They walked leisurely through the aisle, took their seats upon the piatform, and entered into conversation with Abhy Kelly, George Thompson (M.P. for the Tower Hamlets), and W. L. Garrison.—Liverpool paper. THE DELIVERIES OF 1 EA last week were 616,7681 b., being 46,0001 b. increase over the previous week. The stock at tea in London on the 16th instant was 38,168,0001 b., andl in Liverpool 12,431,0001 b. against 36,610,0001 b., and 8,968,0001 h. at the corresponding date of 18.50. The move ment in the London trade this year to the 16th instant has been as follows: Total 4434ere1l . Ezputed .. 1,40,000 Vent east. etYe ...... 9,500,000 3,040,000 1831. lb. I Total delivered 16,203 ,000 F.-sported-. 970,000 Sent coast wise 3,050,000 -- 4,910,1-00 Homo cooonsaption float Load= 10,484,000 Import et uw moatb, lAodos 4.948,P00 Ditto Ltoorpool Deliteryol the month, Ion& a 11,638100 Ditto Liverpool lloase coseateption tram Lemke 114113.090 Import the mouth, 11,06.00 Ditto LI legiver=nestly Lapdes 4844.000 Ditte Liverp00l RAILWAYS. THIS DAY. Two o'CLocx. The share market has been much depressed to-day. Arrangements for the settlement of the account ex piring on Friday have been in full operation, this being " continuation day," and, as the rates demanded for carrying over to the next account are heavy, more selling has been ren dered requisite, and prices have made a decided backward move. Nothwithstanding the large sales which were made about a week ago, the account will probably prove a " bull" one, and the aggregate transactions of the fortnight having been of an ex tensive character, a good deal of interest is felt in the progress of the settlement. A failure has been already declared, as alluded to under tho head of "Money market." The market, however, has experi enced a favourable change within the last hour and a half, and more steadiness is now manifested, whilst in most instances prices have rallied from the extreme point of the day's depression. SHARES AND MOCKS UNOVASANTEED. a. Pd. ; RULWATII. MI SO Undue ... Antas sad Lot lanselso 1311 131 Dirss.l l lol.. AStossldliey a.'loo Adds! sad Easter ▪ SO !Caledosiaa ▪ 30 Closter and Helyboad 30 j 43 IDablln sad !RAW Juno 38 lEsst Aoillan (SUL. k E sad L. A D) . IS lIS Do. (ElO E. k 11.) R. ; TO Eastern Counties 21 13 Eaters I.lsios Class A Oats R. U. 4.) ditt o U Do. dam B sod 33 I 23 tut Laseashirs elf 11., Do. Nov f shuts St. So TAinborgb and Obegow ▪ 23 i o gdlaburst, Peetb.Duadw. 10 131 s. Exeter and Exmo uth 33 . ; 2S rest 14orthers . _ Cicala; pea Yesterday. Wes to-day op to 1 o'elook. 124 Do. i shated„A.Dekrredl 12.: Do. i sham., 11, 6 putt 13 50 Leant. dad West. (he.) 100 Omit Wooten ... .. 17 De. AIL .. so Lasassat and &Alas .. li De. Thirds . .- - Lassiteke sod Ykáiro Do. ... ... ... Ds. Weit aiding Doke tdoddaddradrek .. .. Loaddaidell Illat&Wall ... 1 DaSUboey Klemm. @alp =ltrteht.n. & S. Cos.t & North-Western awn Do. do„ New I sham. Do. Firths . . Do. Z 1 c sh.,ll.Wee il.(a) - Ace & South-1r I ilwach.,buz., and Mattock Menr.b.,altetokLineolnah.i Do. Man.& Lind. Union Yt Do. EM alarm • Do. Minn. and Derby . lefellindUrcatWestern (V, Newmarket 14=ert, Abergavenny, Norio& . De.Nerr E 20... Northern Counties Union ?Cowry and Enniskillen ... Nara North Masan Sank lillsoith Wast.Jme. Were, Walser u. i6lrm, CVrA Dw, C9re &... ... ... ite. W. Mm.) Do. Oeweetry Do. New _ _ =abbe Mal Mewl* MeW Jew* TorlislarilleerDiVii sibalf....llwlkUorieh. neirtiag sod Dunfermline / Sonia= end Hartlepool.. 4 M TW Extension _ 14 1$ 4 4 10f Ifli 77 79 IS 124 20 21 20 1941. 31 41 2 3 Bo 6 :I lIIS : 39 S 4 16 i ISt 6 6 121 121 441 62 83 111 141 79 11l 9 11 pal 331 36 10 4 91 dim. 73 1 73 1 : 141 151 7 /I 93 16 122 122 3 1 3 4 Pa 35 4 2 1 5 1 I= 031 831 9 R 2114 8 7 di. 31 %die 2$ 39 3 21 die 541 34i 1 $64 16 au 131 33 8 81 3i 3 di. II 23 I 9 17 die 3 k 4 dig 7/ 1i Me dY 13 I 3 In 164 8 0 di. 3/ sis 1 l dis 21 4is IT 1. 3 1 9 1 14 1 14 . IIS. it 1 11, s . •Ai 01 19 dY 1 0 IS IS ells — dl. 20 2l 31 dia 4i Lis 2 32i 93 I 1 Pm 28 294 27 21 so ai Rs I Bpa 170 111 324 U 101 10 1 2! pm SO 314 92 24 911 100 11. 244 41 41 Is 16 Di U 4 4 ii ui 13 Si I 4 1 4 4j I 4 IS 141 161 IR 5f 1111! U 4 1 1 HI 7 144 Ili 141 I 1 i flit 0321 34 21 Ili 1 Vale of Neath West Cornwall.— . . _ . no. o. £o e;;;;1; .. I Do.O.M.E.Porchase York sod lio.tb Midlaal LINER LEASED AT Tl &Au; k Dane. Est. 6 per j CL (kAfel to GLyiterai callsd;4 piL,orwithettar ante, (iea to tit. Went. Ditto without a guarantee (lowed to GreatWestarn Hirst., Wolt" and Dudley ealisdulytid.,otwitlignsr. (lewd to GrcatWesteni Ditto without ii guarantee (leased to tin...tweeter° Suckiagbambhire (leased to Loadank N.Wertcriii Clydesdale Junction (leased to Caledonian IfsistLinsolnah.guar.6p.Ct (kneed to Gt. Northern) Olousester S Dean Surest (leased to Great Western 111s111101elby(Lltork&NMIld Le D st o.i shares ditto) Do. thins ditto) lirsdford Midland lowa= sad Creenwieh (Wad to South Eastern Ditto Preference (ditto) Lowestoft Guar.tperCent (leaned to Norfolk) 11.7..72 Ditto ditto New Plaice& tt'yre (Imo Lao aN.WestaLute./ETati Ditto l o ab o c i so (A) (ditto) -d ate (iand de %Ewan Swan mg WWII's (Ism to OM Nostlient Ow Ywl► noten.(ditto Ofttli_Utpordthho Owed 54 56 1 6pm 49 44 6 9 pm 91 214 79 64 II ) 9 p 34 1 die 94 244 55 49a TeierlllisTa Ulm 8 p. Ct. frus pseud IS Esektona Dar. 11161. isesmost. !Mara. (WM i• Get. Wawa MITEBENCII j dim Id .oaledoslan gni 51 6 it 1 115 ;Cbsdar sad llolybead ...! 16 16 611 i Macke, Perth, mad Abu,' j d dna handbag la 34.1164.62.11a15(0•16 . p.CL Si* Habeas. i 6 FRC*. -Na. 1 I Ipm 610“16 do. PM. 2 Ms I pm M 1 De. Mom •pm O.M. Mewl' 11 11 I JO I darl.l/216•.56r p 1tp.Q 16 164 6 damberglA. sad Donis% 6; par t .. 1 # dla 14 lir as 100 '• 100 Ms 6 Oat Rua -- Psi 11161, 60 Dl tem aseireur.ll=l,l6ii• 100 pigs parns. .6 Ft ct'l I laskellahWislies Wm! :6 MalloILMAN0161101; l3De. lbw SlO De. '111.5 112 2I 13 si PS 1 111 12 15 1 11 121 1: 1 141 4 4 I Nedra Examlioa . 77 ".. : De. 14 per Cent. Gear. North Britian Oxford, Worcester, and Wolrer., CIS. 6 wean Par i Pit Oooroatood . &rum& Ilkoolor(Not.W. par Cost... . . Jost Dorm York. Noiroostlejk Beam., atoGLltortk ot 3 Itag.pursk. Dic6_ IS IS4 . 11 13 IN fi 1 Ms TODZION RA sower* irt maim_ .. Casual hum (Vignola) Sart ladles lIDo. laailas Pails Do. Dads Do. NOW ,ILWAI7B. 9 16 1 7 .3 die I 2i pa PI 7 2 2 7 9 2 3 I:1 1 1 41 4 as 112 7 34 $4 247 di 97 017 3 ---- —... ... Odeon wall aides= ... Pals orl =1 .. ... Pals awl ... ... r m... Ifteliouri ... Awake all Maw ... ... Teen erl AM= ... .. i , Wait Rafts -.— -. 30 I 1111 I too 33 47 SO MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'llioet. This is decidedly a dull day in every department of the Stock Exchange. Much depression has pre vailed in the railway share market, though prices have since partially recovered; Consols fell to 971 in consequence of the pressure of money sales, which we stated yesterday might reasonably be expected, and a strung disposition to realise was manifested in the case of most of the home stocks. Within the last hour, however, there has been a decided increase of firmness generally, and a rally has taken place which extends to every department. Consols have rallied to their opening price of 971 to 3 for money and the 10th of June. whilst I lfor delivery in July they are quoted 98 to 4. The ,official statement reports business as follows: Three per Cent. Consuls Annuities, 971, 4, ; ditto for account, 971. Three per Cent. Reduced Annui ties, 974, 964 •, New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, 98, 984; New Five per Cent. Annuities, 124 ; ; Long Annuities, 7 3-16, 4; Annuities, 7 1-16. The unfunded debt is under the same evil influ ences, and there was another fall of Is. in Exchequer Bills. The transactions of the day arc as follows: Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 425. to 435. prem. ; ditto .1001., 435. prem. ; ditto Small, 425. prem. ; ditto advertised, 375. prem. India Bonds, 1,000/., 48s. prem. ; ditto Small, Sls. prem. In the foreign stock market the new account of the 13th of June is now open, but the arrangements for the settlement of the old one do not attract much attention, the transations in this depart nic nt during the last fortnight having been in few instances otherwise than unimportant. Prices generally are pretty well supported, considering the unfavourable influence exercised by the depres sion in the other markets, and Buenos Ayrcan, Brazilian, and Peruvian Bonds maintain their pri. Mexican, however, are 1 per cent. lower, having Gillen to 311. The official list of business includes: Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 89, I. Buenos Aires Six per Cents., 38, 1. Chills° Six per Cents., 11131,. Danish Three per Cents„ 1823, 761. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 594, ; ditto Four per Cents. Certificates, 904. Mexican Bonds, 34f, f. Peruvian Five per Cents, 1849, 821. Spanish Active Five per Cents., 201. In connexion with the settlement now progressing in the railway share market a failure has been de dared. The party in question has occupied a highly-respectable position as a broker, and the casualty is not expected to result in eventual loss to his erehitors. The Sanish bondholders are urging the commit tee to call a public meeting. This is a step which , will do good, for the more the committees are brought before their constituents the better. It must, how ever, by this time, be evident that the presence of a competent English agent in Madrid is the one step needful. Messrs. Baring, Brothers, have issued notice that remittances having been received sufficient to pay one hull of the semi-annual dividend on the Buenos Ayres loan of 11424, n payment will be made of 7/. los. on each coupon, on and after the 2nd of June. In the bullion market very little business has been transacted. Prices arc nominal with the propect of a change in the market when the large lots of bul lion come in. The foreign exchanges presented no went varia tions yesterday, but fully maintained their previous rates. Short Paris was 23. to 115 ; ditto three months, 21.20 to 25; Amsterdam, 11.171 to ISt. hamburg was at first rather offered, but subsequently found more takers, and left off 13. M money. Franktort was decidedly higher, viz., 119 to Bills on Italy were likewise looking up, and the quotations on Leghorn and Genoa are a shade higher. Naples was I much offered, and found no takers even at 41. Bills lon Sicily were also in favour of purchasers, and the same is to be noticed with regard to drafts on Spain, which were not in such great re quest as of late, probably because orders for Spanish bonds have now ceased. On Vienna and Trieste the quotations were merely nominal, and hardly any transactions took place. There was however, no disposition to buy, and the rates were full] as high as last post. the Vienna correspondent of a morning contempo rary, having predicted a fall in the rate of exchange at Vienna, for bills on London (instead of which, the rate has risen from 12.20 to 12.34) attempts to ex plain his erroneous prophecy by informing us that one banker had bought 100,0001. on London at 13H., and would have lost 641,0001. by selling at 12.20; he therefore bought more to maintain the price, and hence the rise instead of a fall. We are enabled to give quite a different cause for the re-action; and one which will satisfy all who are conversant with the exchange operatiocs between London and Vienna. Several banking houses at Vienna having recently drawn large amounts at three months' date on London, at 13 H. and above, seeing the ex change fall to 12.20, rushed into the market to lower their running drafts, and to secure the handsome profit accruing. This is the simple reason of the re action, which is now increased by the resignation of M. Bruck, the minister of trade. The Paris exchange on London is improving, and has been latterly marked 25.021 fr. At Hamburg, also, as we leant by yesterday's arrival, the exchange has experienced a further rise of schilling, being now quoted 13.5 fur short, and 13.34 for 3 months ; whilst gold remains unaltered at 423. ENOLIdII PUNDB.—Tnis Dar. Dank Stock. 510 11 Loot Annusluck 7 518 3 per Ct. Iteduced. 9 7 balls Ste ek. 59' ol 3 per Ct. Como's. 971 1 Ditto (eel% 3t per CL Convola. till 6 Esebuquu Dabs 1.0401.,405. to 43% Connote fur tbo Aeet . 57( 1 FOItEION FUNDS. 41 per Ct. De:lw 91 3 6 per CL )(civics''. 311 5 6 per Ct. Evasiltan, SS 35 41 per Ct. Peruvian. al( 31 Do. New. 84 a Ditto Defe rat. 38 I/ li per Ct. Huesca Ante. 37 9 5 per Ct. (*.queue e, 1111 90 Girt CL Ll'ilLtn, 103 5 5 per Ct. Ittovviavt. 111 13 ter Cl. Chillan. 41 per Ct. (twain% 104 14 3 PM Ct. Umiak 78 8 6 per Ct. amain', Active. X 4 1 Si per Ct. Dutch, 54 4 3 per Ct. P1..1111+41. :01 401 t per Ct. Dutch, $91'30 Do. Pewee. 5$ O Equavlor. 34 4 I( pet Ct. Venezuela, n 4 1 per Ct. UreoaJa, 161 171 Do. Deferred. 18 13 N EXCHANGES. LATEST FOREII I rof Aoooant. ' PAWS * MAY -2, • For Mow*. lOpeolas ' MOM 1 ' bawled I Clndag. - -- - per Ceara. . SS 05 I se s se s . ts 95 33 05 Per Ceuta. i 'A 20 I 90 13 90 :3 90 10 90 10 per Conti. do. Now Loa* I ... ... ... ... per a 11.... 3 per Ceuta. . SS 05 per Ceuta. I 90 20 4 per Cents. do. New Lout 3 per Qtrs. Exebitage on London : at2l ; 90 da ys, 20 U. Begisn, 3, 1010 De. 3, Ibil .. Boman Loon, 1330 741 ... Do. 44 Do. 21 Piedmont S p.Ct 111 . 9 1.0 15 Rank Shares PARIS, MAY 27.—St. Germain, 40; Versailles (right bank), 265 75; ditto (:ett bink), 205; Paris and Orleans, 022 50; Paris and Kellen, 613; ROOM and Havre 211 7.5; Marseilles an d Arlgnon, 215; Strasbourg and Bale, 1427 7 5; Ce: tee, 525; Orleans and Bordeaux, 19025; Northern, 57230; Earls and Strasbourg, 20 23; Tours and Nantes, 271 23 ; Monttreau and Troyee, 102 30; Dieppe and FCuanio,l93 MADRID, MAY 22.—Three per Cent , 361; after Boise, 361 cash, 361 paper. Four per Cents., 14i cash. Five per Centr., 16j ; after 8010, 16 cash. Coupons, AA ; after Boles, 81 cash, si paper. Passives, 61; after 800, 61 cash, 6 11-16 paper. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 103 cash (ex div 98 parr). Exchange on London, 50.70 paper. LISBON, MAY 2.3.—Exchange, 541; discount of Lisbon Bank notes, 3 per cent. VIENNA, M•r 26.—Five per Cent. IMetalliques, 961; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 841; Bank Shares, 1,234; Exchange on London, 12.31. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAT 27.—The share market has been again depressed to-6 ay, and the quotations ars ell lower. The fol=i ir se: the tawneactioce .—Aberdeee,l3(-37eledonlAn. Lit — Ea.* IS/ —Lanesslslse sad Terksldre, 361 6—Ditto (61thsherse), 7 3.16 d: —D.tto (103. Y. shares), 19 16 el.—Lancaster and Preetcm, 43 p. —Landon sod North Weston, 1124 2—Ditto (new I "Wee), 34, 4,3, —Ditto ((nth elres . 44:—ellarsabestar, Sheffield, and Uncoil', Dit—Dltio (IL new lA.—M.I4ImM, (i share), 16 7.16, I, Stl. th Eastern sad Dover, 323. , 1, 1— York, Newcastle, end Berwtelm. —Toot sod North m 231—Orest Snubs= end Weiner?, mi. MANCHESTER, MAY 27.—Prices have declined consider ably, bet with • fair extent of business. BazeroL, MAT 27.—There has been scarcely any busi ,w. d n n e to-day, pg./ripely became holders seem disinclined to meet buyers' prime. afar Me' 1 93 19f 301 IN 21 I 3 COMMBRCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCLITO LANE.—TILIS DAY. SVOAR.—This article continues very dull. The pubpo sate, of 8,500 Lags of clayest Manilla was bought in at 37a. to 375. Gd., there not appearing buens at previous rates. 300 hlids. Porto Rico were also offered ; a few lota only sold. Refined dull; grocery lumps, 475. Gd. to 608. Coerce.—The public sales are going off heavily; the importers are buying in freely to sustain their market. Good ordinary native Ceylon quoted dull, 39.. to 395. 6d. Tn.t remains steady ; purchases to some extent have been mule in Congou for exportation. fixtscrrug.--600 hags sold in public sale; refraction, 9! to lot, 21s. 6d. to 255. l'rerzu.-100 bags, white, sold 9 to GL which wero rather lower prices. Rum rtniains dull, but last week's quotations are con tinued. Alutowitoot.—St. Vincent's sold at 31d. to 7d. per lb. Col toN continues dull. lt .o been in improved demand. Duty ims Sonar Ls last week in Lancet, f l avor. sow. pool,Bristol, Hull, sad tee Clyde 1.09.1,712 To tint same erial lust year 3,4&1,917 Dermot - 40,175 PI LYS PAID OD TLS DI 1031 TO LAST WIIIM. Ibl. London - 11,70411311 Liverpool ... 3,313,263 Brietul full Cly 44 -- .L...... "'W .171 Teed 18,7 i 0,733 !me thee Is lUD —....- 13,013,157 Mamma 671,601 TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. There is very little doing in Cho Ta;117; market to-day, and pries are quoted, with scar c ely an y c h ange , as fol lows ['own Tallow, Ms. Gd.; I'etersbnrg Y. C. on the spot, 375. 9d. to 385.; last three months, 38.. Gd. to 30s. MARK-LANK-THIS DAY. The Wheat trade in Mark-lane this morning was firm, and Monduy's quotation.. Bare well supported. Choice marks of French Flour were quite u dear as befori.,but the secondary and inferior were very unsaleable. Barley in fair supply ; purchases, however, could not be made on (ruder terms. The receipts of ad, arc barely equal to the demand, and the value of the article has still an upward tendency. Beans and Peas firm at Monday's rate, A Hal VALS INTO LONDON FROM 2Sth to 24th MAY. Qrs. Entilidi. Scotch. Irish. loretce. Wilt at Barley lOO MO Oats 8:0 1 1150 ' 6100 Flour, 4,00 arks ; barrels. Malt. 620. BOROUGH MARKET.-THIS DAV. Mews. l'.,ttenden and Smith report thattlicrc is a healthy trade doing in ull Hops having a fair hare of colour, and late prim; well supported. COAL MARKET.-THIS DAY. Eden Main, 14.. ; West Hartley, 145.; Wall. End Has well, Mg. lid.; Walls End Helton, 15s. ; Walls End Lamb ton, 14s. Gd. ; Walla End St'art's, 15; Wall. End Ade laide Teca, 14s. ; Walls End Tees, 15s.—Shiim at 'market, 222. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this corn /limy wn. held yesterday at Itaaley's Hotel, Ltlackfriars, J. C. COllllOl.lll, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN aaid, as thu report of the half-yearly meeting in March had been w) long in the hands of the shareholders. and, besides thatipubliehed in the newspapers, he did not think it necessary to have it again rend to the meeting. The main reason of the adjournment was to wait the result of thu bill then before the House of Commons, which would place them in a far latter position than they were before. He fully expected that no opposition would be offered them by the Eastern Counties company, with whom unfortunately they had been opposed too often. Ho wo happy to find a better feeling at the Eastern Counties bikrd under the guidance of Mr. Waddington. In relation to the bill which they had now before parliament, it gave them an increase in their tariff of full 2.i per cent. They hail thought it fit to suspend any further negotiation with the Eastern Counties C puny till this bill had passed which would giec them the power of making the beet of their respective positions a ithout injury to the public. Ho would, in conclusion, submit that the half-yearly report, read WI the 27th of Marelf last, be now adopted by this meeting. asked what was the con cquence of not registering the shares ? The CIIAIUMAN said a loss of privileges. A PROPRIETOR—Do you think you have a legal right to call upon us to come forward and register? Thu CHAIRMAN—We hate a right to issue an adver tisement calling upon all the shareholders to register. If they did not, they could not have their privileges--for in stance, of voting at meetings like this, neither would they be entitled to a dividend. E. S. CAYLEY, Esq., M.l'. (director), said it was quite evident that the directors had no interest one way or the other. It was clear enough that they could not communi cate with the shareholders without the shares wen regis tered. (Hear, hear.) Their legal adviser has ing been in their employ but recently, he did not think he would be prepared to give an opinion off-hand, but he had no doubt that the solicitor would communicate with one gen tleman on the subject, who could inform the others inte rested whether there was this power or not. Mr. MOORE urged on the directors the necessity of in creasing the traffic by every means possible. E. S. CAYLEY, Esq., M.P., would suppose all the di rectors were London men, and they could bring the traffic up to Shoreditch—what control could they have over it there ? Had they used all the strength of Atlas they could nut have prevented the Eastern Counties from deviating tho traffic ; and it was for this purpose that the directors had put them to the expense of an act, which was now through the House of Commons, nod would, no doubt, pass the House of Lords, the effect of which would he to give them the power of developing their own traffic. (Hear, heat.) The Mart was then adopted unanimously, and the re tiring directors, Messrs. Cayley, Cobbeld, Grayson, and Hart, were re-elected. . . . The meeting was then made special, for the purpose of assenting to a bill in parliament, entitled " A Bill to facilitate Intereounie between the Eastern Union and other Railway Companies, to alter certain Charges upon the Eastern Union Itailway and the Stowmarket Navigation, and for other purposes." After some discussion, the bill was agreed to unani mously. The CHAIRMAN stated it was understood that the main elau-e would enable the arbitrators to regulate the speed and the fares on the railway, and another clause would give them u power of raising the tolls Vi per cent. on goods and passengers. Atter some observations from Mr. SACIEMON, Mr. Wenn, and others, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman; and the meeting adjourned. MANCHESTER, BrXTON, AND MATU)(K RAIL. WA v.—Yesterday a meeting of the shareholders in this com pany was held at the London Tavern. The meeting was called by Mr. Thompson, of Moat Hall, who presided, and proposed a resolution, declaring the expediency of negotiat ing with the neighbouring railway companies before tho compulsory powers of their own acts expire, with a •iew to effect a permanent arrangement. It was thought that it would be desirable either to obtain a guarantee from the London and North-Western and Midland Companies on the capital already paid up in the Buxton and Matlock Com pany, by which the making of the line would be dispensed with, or an arrangement might be made with the Great Northern Company for the completion of the line, in con nection with the Ambergate line, under a guarantee which would render the shares of value. A committee was ap pointed to give effect to these views, which were adopted by the shareholders present. THE CROPS IN IRELAND. The Irish provincial journal., without excepti 4444 give the most encouraging ac counts of the progress of the crops, which present indica tions of abundance in all quarters. There are few counties in Ireland which have been more afflicted with pauperism and destitution than Limerick, one of the richest in point of natural fertility. But the Limeri. k Chronicle, an ultra prob:ctionist, admits that "its tillage at this season is very extensive ; the oats, barley, flax, and potato crops are all sown ; the grass corn is looking fresh and vigorous, and the green crops flourishing. The breadth of ground under tillage is larger in the county of Limerick than it had been, we are au, soy season for the last four years." On the subject of the potato crop the Limerick f.ran,iner has the following very cheering statement " We are informed, upon the very best authority that the potato blight, which generally made its appearance in forced potatoes so early as the present period of the season during the past four or five years, has not at all appeared this year, which is considered a sure indication that the dis ease has wholly left us. The early . potato crop throughout the country has assumed a most vigorous and healthy ap pearance within the past fortnight." _ . rusrmam IN THE WORKHOUSE.—On Monday at the vestry meeting of the parishioners of St. James's, Westminster, Mr. Miller stated that the chaplain of the workhouse had practised a mode of worship which was re pugnant to the feelings of the attendants at the chapel, the result of which was that two out of three of the inmates refused to be present when he was the minister of the day. He was spoken to on the subject, when, as he declined to alter the practice, the vestry was compelled to order his dismissal. fiVirftESS 4. • II I I ► Li si i i 281 4 lee Hi