The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1846. mates, and proving itself not wholly unworthy of that distinguished lady from whom it will have received its title. Nearly eleven thousand pounds are still wanting to complete the funds which are deemed requisite for the construction of the " Refuge," fifteen thousand pounds being estimated as the cost of the building, and four thousand being the amount of sovereigns already contributed. ...That eleven thousand pounds will be collected, or we have mis taken the sympathies of humanity. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWF . CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales, 6,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were dull, and not quite so good. Much regret has been expressed in mercantile circles this morning at the result of the notice of motion which stood for discussion yesterday at the East India House in favour of a testimonial being made to Lieutenant Waghorn for his unwearied zeal and perseverance in originating and com pleting the overland route to India. It must not, however, be assumed that this circumstance arose from any lukewarm ness on the part of the proprietors in awarding to this gen tleman the full meed of praise —and something more sub stantial to boot—by the notice having been dropped. The fact, we believe to be this, the Honourable Proprietor who gave notice of the motion, as well as many others, anticipated a rather lengthen e d di scuss i on upon Mr. Poynder's resolution for the immediate abolition of all anti-Christian rites in the East Indies. The Hon. Proprietor, however, did not persevere in addressing the Court at any length, and as Mr. G. Thompson, who bad two motions on the paper, could not attend from illness, the Quarterly General Court, which is usually a "field day" for proprietors, who like to see their names in print, was suddenly brought to a termination by the motion of adjournment being proposed and carried. We have reason to believe that the subject will again be revived, and that Lieut. Waghorn's claims will be elaborately and deservedly brought forward in the hall of the East India House. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GLASGOW - , EALMANNOCK, AND AEL- DROSSAN. The Committee on this Bill met for the first time at eleven this morning, In Room B (New Houses of.' Parliament). The members are Earl-Roden (chairman), the Marquis of Ornaonle, and Earls King ston, Verulain, and Effingham. Mr. Austi❑ and Mr. Sergeant B3llasis appeared for the promoters, and Sir Thomas Phillips and Mr. Pickering for the Glasgow, Paisley , Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, and for the Duke of Port land, who opposed the Bill on the ground of residental damages. Mr. AUSTIN opened the case for the promoters at great length. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to describe the course of the intended railway, stating the population of the various towns through which it pass6l, and the probable expense of its construction, and ,concluded by submitting that the Ayr Company had no locus standi, and that therefore their opposition could pot be maintained. Mr. PICKERING submitted that the Ayr Company were landowners affected by the_line, that they were described in the book of reference as such, and that as such they had a right to appear on their petition, even though they did not say in that petition that they were land owners affected by the line. The report that the courier of the French Em bassy at Rome had been robbed of his dispatches, on his way to France, h confirmed by the German papers. These papers also announce that in Sep tember next the Emperors of AUSTRIA and RUSSIA and the King of PRUSSIA will meet at Vienna. We have no intelligence from Lisbon of a later date than that published yesterday. It appears that the Ministers are directing their attention to the sub ject of financial reform, and they have issued a pro gramme, promising extensive retrenchments, and the fulfilment, as far as possible, of the national engage ments. The foreign dividends are to be held invio lable under any circumstances. Mr. AUSTIN said that the practice of Parliament was to admit no petition which had not the ground of opposition stated on the face of it. . A. long and desultory conversation, or rather squabble, took place here between Mr. Austin, on one side, and Sir T. P:iillips and Mr. Pickering on the other, aad the Committee, as soon as they could restore order, decided on obtaining the opinion of Lord Shaftes bury, and they adjourned fot;half-an-hour for that purpose. At half past 1, the bail-hour having expired, the chairman returned, and further adjourned the Committee till 2 o'clock. At about half-past two the Committee re-assembled, and gave their decision, that the opposition on the part of the Ayr • Company could not be entertained. But a few pi ivate letters have come to hand this morning from the Brazils, brought by her Majesty's steamer Swift. In trade at Rio Janeiro, as well as at Bahia, there does not appear to be any marked features. A demand for bullion for the interior and tbr the River Plate had sprung up. This may account for the comparatively small amount of specie that has been brought borne on freight by the Swift packet. The Consul Market is still -flat. For the Account the current value now is 95 1 ,4 rather buyers; for the Re duced Three-per-Cents the quotation has receded from 9534 to 95 1 / 2 ; and the New Three. and-a- Quarter per Cents. from 97 1 / 2 to 9634. There has been a rally in the premium of Exchequer-bills to 16s: Bank. Stock has fallen from 206 1 / 2 to 205 V,. The only bargains worth notice in the Foreign Bands to day are those in the Portuguese Four per Cents., at rates fluctuating from 49 to 51, the present price being 50A. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half • per Cents have been sold at an improvement to 60 and 4. Russian are at 109 1 / 2 , and the Mexican Deferred at 16q. • A pretty fair amount of business has been transacted in Railway Shares and Scrips this morning; but in prices the changes since yesterday have been slight indeed. BRITISII ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. • . • • • • • • 205% 2051: . Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95%% 95% New Three - and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. .97% 96X 96 A Long Annuities, Expire... Jun, 5, 1860 10.3-15 .10 /4 Consols for Opening .. • • • • • • 96 'A nsge Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 6 d. 1,0001... .• 11 16 pm. 5001. . 11 16 pin. Ditto, Small .... 16 11 pm. ONE O'CLOCK. Advices have been received from Madrid of the 11th of June. All places of public amusement were to be closed for nine days in consequence of the death of POPE GREGORY XVI. ; prayers are ordered to be offered up for the election of a good Pontiff. It is reported that Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA has commu nicated to the editor of the Clamor Publico the fol lowing letter addressed, in 1836, by QUEEN MARIA CHRISTINA to her sister CARLOTTA LOUISA, the late consort of the Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA. DIRLICT LONDON' AND PORTSMOUTE. au7LpronD, CHICEESTMt, PORTSIVEOYJTH, AN 11 rAnzma.m. Their Lordships met this morning at the usual hour, in Room A, (New }louses of Parliament), Lord Beaumont in the chair. Al the members were present. The evidence on the part of the Guildford, Chichester. Portt mouth, and Fareham line was proteeded with. Mr. Tite, the eminent architect and surveyor, and some other witnesses, were examined as to the valuation of land, &c.; they gave evidence highly favourable to the promoters of this Bill. Mr. Pope, the coal-merchant, and other witnesses, gave evidence as to tha probable coal traffic on this and on the Direct London and Portsmouth line. His evidence was in favour of the Guildford and Chichester Railway. "My dear Louisa—l have received your d ear l e tt er , i n which you remind me of the conversations that have often taken place between Ferdinand and us as to our some day marrying your sons and my little girls. This project has always pleased my heart, and 1 wish that time had wings, in order that I might behold the accom plishment of that which has ever been the desire and will of dear Ferdinand, which desire and will I shall always endeaveur to realise, so far as I can, and the more so as I have always ack now l e d ge d th e real affection you feel for me and my little girls—an affection which has made you reject all other matches. I also believe that the national representation, instead of opposing those marriages, will approve of thew., as being not only advan tageous to our family, but also to the nation, seeing that Spanish Princes are alone concerned in question. I shall not fail to make the said proposal when the proper time comps for it. Adieu, dear Louisa; accept, I beg you, your sister's sin cerest thanks, and for ever confide in my affection. " Your sister and friend, " MARIA CHRISTINA. he Committee were occupied with this class of evidence up to the time we went to press.- EurbraußGH AND NORTHERN (STRATH ERN nEviaerroN, AND DUNFERMLINE BRANCH). The Committee on this Bill also met for the first time, at eleven o'clock, in Room No, 6 (Committee-rooms in Abingdon-street), Lord Portman in the chair. The other members present. were: Dab Dude awl Pomfret, and Lord Carteret. '• The Committee were occupied for nearly an hour with a discussion as to what coursil should be taken, and at about a quarter to twelve o'clock they adjouriled till Monday, in order to give time for au arrangement between the agents. CLOSING riilC ES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Chillan Bonds, 6 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1837, b per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred • • • • 1 61 4 16!4 Ditto, Debentures .. • • • . 17 15 14 Portuguese Four per Cent ... .. 51 5034 Ditto, for the Account •. • .. 49 51 50% 5034 Russian Bonds .. • 10934 109% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Pour-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97% 97% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 Ty 60% 60 60 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 HOUSE OF COMMONS. WWl' XIII: • The Committee met to-day, _at tvrelve o'clock, sir Wm. Clay in the chair: "Paris, Jan. 23, 1836." On the festival of Corpus Christi the QUEEN went in grand procession, accompanied by the authorities, to the different churches in - Madrid. It was ru moured that the Cortes would be dissolved in July, and that the new Cortes would be summoned to meet in October. PRICES OF BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225. .... dis. .. Buckinghamshire 425. .... di5..... • • % dis. Caledonian .. DJ .... 1038 •• 10% Ditto, Extension • . • . 214 • •• 1 Chester and Holyhead 2214 .... 2014 . • • 2014 Derby and Crewe .. .... 6%14 . Direct Northern 2%,,,, % EastenrCaunties 141. 165..... 24% 1,4 Ditto New lO/. 165.... • 814 p • 774 p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. —• • ... . . % p Ditto, York Exten s i on .. 105..... 1 ' • ta Eastern Union .. 23 - Do. Ipswich & Bury SLEdmunds 3 Goole, Doncast., and ahetHeid, &c. 425. . Great North of England . ..100 ...- Ditto, New .. . 114 • • 143{ ........ • • Great Western .. .. • • B5 •• . • • . Ditto, Quarter Shares .. b 1614 ••• • •• • • • • • Hull and Selby .. .. • . .. 50 .... • • • • • •• Ditto, Half Shares • .. • • 3514 ••••• • • • • • 3 5 16 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2.. • • 114 ••••• • • • • • 1 1 A Leicester and Bedford 225..... di5..... • . % dis. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. •• • • % di& ••• • • • 14 di'. London al Birmingham . -.100 •...225 •• .. 226 London and Black .. 161. 13s. 40. 79,E London and Croydon 131. 153. 9d... 22% -• • 22% LoLdon and Seuth•Western .• 41/. 6s. 10d,.• • 784 7714 • • 77% Ditto, New .. 14 .... 2514 251 4 London and York .. .• .. 2 6 • 214 2. •• • .... 2 Ditto, Half Shares 2% .. • • 1% 7 ',, .. •• • • 1M London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 214 .. •• —. ••••• • • • 1 , ?4 Lynn and Ely .. 13 .... 12% . Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 • .• • Ditto Ex tension 425. .. • • 214 p.• ••• • • M anchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. • ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... 1314 •• • • ...• • • 1314 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • I •• • • 9 14 %•••• • • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • p• •• • • • p Manchester and Southampt on .. 2 .... 1% 11; 511dIa•id .. • ...100 ....150 ........ - • 150 Ditto, New Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 2 1 5 8 : 4 3 5 1 % 4 •••• •• ••• • • 3 45 1 31 Ditto, New . 1 ... • 914 34 .. • • to Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 •• • '24% .• • 23 Norfolk .. • • 20 25% .. ••• • . 25% Northßritish .. . • . 2214 •. • • 30 ...... •• • 3O Ditto, Half Shares • .. 8% ••• • ••••• • • • • 11 :4 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 11.4 .... .. ••• • • • Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 74 75 North Kent and Direct Do ver 'a. 214, ... •1% 1 , 4 •• - • • • 1 1 , s North Staffordshire .. • • • . 42e .• • • 3% p.•• • • • 31's P Oxid.,Worcester, & Wolverlui3ptn. 1238.... BYi •• ••• •• Portsmouth Direct • • • • • 3% ••• • 3 ••• • • Scottish Central .. • .. - 10 .. • • 1532. ••• ••• • • • 1514 Shrewabary and Bir m i ng h am .. 2% .... • • 2% Shropshire Union .. .. • . 42a. .... I.?ti CBS • • 1% dui. South Eastern and Dm - or .. • . 3334 • Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 214 .„. 2% ..... .•• • South Wales . • • • . • it ... • 1% 1% Welsh Midland .. • . .... I West Riding Union • . • • .. 425. 2 sis p r York aild North Midland .. 80 Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 4834 ..... . Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... 33 IA ...... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... I .. •- 11% ........ • • The Madrid Bolsa was closed on the 11th, owing to the Corpus Christi fetes. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The budget of the expenses relating to the French consulships was voted on Monday, in the Chamber of Deputies, after an endeavour, on the part of MM. DE LA➢IARTINE, LEON DE MALLEVILLE, and BER RYER, to get up a discussion on the subject of Syria. The only reply which M. GUIZOT made to their taunts was, " that he could add nothing to what he had already stated. The discussion should certainly take place, though not now; for the present time was not a fitting one. At this moment a reorganisation was being effected in the Libanus, which tended to re place under the same power all the populations of the mountain. It would be most unwise to run the risk, by any premature discussion, of comprotniaing the arrangement in prospect, which would, he hoped, restore peace and happiness to Syria. The efforts of the French Government in this question might be denied, but they were not questioned in Syria, or at the propaganda of Rome. It would be an easy matter for him to communicate letters to that effect, but he should not do so ; next session all would be arranged, and M. DE MALLEVILLE would then him self perceive the error into which he had fallen." AR these papers contain long accounts of the grand doings on Sunday, at the opening of the Northern Railway. ••• SN ••• .74 dis••• .. • • 7 die. The price of bread in Paris for the second fortnight in June has been again augmented, and the price of first quality bread is 37 centimes the kilogramme, and that of second quality, 30 centimes. Algiers journals of the 10th mention no new het of importance, but confirm the previous statements of the submissions of tribes. Nothing certain was known of the movements of A BD - EL-KADER. The Courrier Francais says—. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Barbadoes I Boulogne and Amiens . • .. 12 11 . Dutch Rhenish •.. .. • • • • G. • East In tia.i . ss. Italian and Austrian .. . • • . 3 .... ......... Louvain and Jemeppe • • ••4 • • • 1 1 ,1, d . I% xd Luxembourg Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .......... „ Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 ~ 4 ,lf A z Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .. • . 4 ..... . . 4 Sombre and Meuse •• • • • •••—..• . • • • • . 4 N Tours and Nantes Constituted • • 5 • .... :....... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - • •• 10 14% •• 20 • 26 %•• •• r'• 26; MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered n„. • .. 11!', We are assured that Government has received from Otaheite news of a most serious character. Several warm en gagements had taken place between our soldiers and the natives of the different islands, which M. Bruat had given orders to occupy. But the most serious fact is the connivance of the English missionaries, who covertly sent powder and ammunition to the insurgents. Several boxes of cartridges concealed under Bibles and religious books were seized; and the marks of English manufactories were equally found on the muskets left on the field of battle by the natives. We shall see what steps will be taken by Government in presence of the constant renewal of such incidents." London Joint-Stock • - -• • London and Westminster .. Little or no business was done on the Bourse on Tuesday, the speculators lying by for the decision of the Houses of Parliament on the Corn-law and the Coercion Bills. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) 'LONDON, ,ftNE 18.—Wind this day at neon, easterly, light airs, and fine clear hot sultry weather. DEAL, JUNE 17.—Wind E.N E.—Arrd. Mary. Ellen, Inglis, Rio Janeiro. Arrd. from the River and sld. 17th, Ann Bates, Slaugter, Sydney, New South Wales ; Wigrains, Hall, Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta ; Martin Luther, Hutton, Madras. PORTSMOUTH, .TUNE 17.—Wind E S.E.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Nautilus, westward. Sid. Zarah, Comforts, Madras. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 17.—Sld. Medway steamer, West Indies.; Paella steamer, Gibraltar. TORBAY, JUNE 15.—Sld. Timoleon, Dreyer, Galveston. PLYMOUTH, Justz S.W. — Arrd, her Majesty's ship Tra falgar, Cork ; 17th, her Majesty's steamer Terrible. westward, and sailed eastward. _ _ The Three per Cents., closed en the Paris Bourse on that day at 83f. 15e. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. toe. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,255 f. ; Rouen, 1,012 f. 50c. ; Havre, 740 f. •, Great• Northern, 735 E • Avignon, 880 f. ; Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 600 E ; Boulogne, 482 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 503 f. 75c. ; T ours and ntes, 515 E ; Paris and Lyons, 537 f. 50c ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are quotations for other railway shares : Lyons and Avignon Definitive!, 513 f. 75c.; Bordeaux andCette Definitives, 509 f. 75c. OFF PLYSLOCTII, JUNE 15. —Mina, Brightman, Patagonia; Victor, Mr rgan, China. 13axsTor„ JUNE 16.—S1d. Jes, Muir, Nevi s , sy, LINAPOOL, JUNE 1' T. —Wind N.N.E. to N . N . W ., light.—Arrd. Earl of Durham, Ross, Demerara, and n o t f rom Honduras, as re ported ; Juliana, Ice , and. Sid. Dos Amigon, Anteneche, lanilla ; R Joseph Christall, Cloid, Bah:a; Friendship, Johnson, Halifax. CLYDE, JUNE 16.—Arrd. Christina Pitcairn, Bickers, Trinidad. • 11U11., JUNE 16.—Arrd. St. George, Mellor, Ichaboe; Ulva, Peinau. TORBAY, JUNE 17. —The Unity, Power, of Padstow, Dartmouth for London, was towed into Brigham to-day, havi ng caught fire and burnt to the water's edge; part of cargo and m a t er i a l s saved in a damaged state. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 11 —Dutch Rhenish, 7% —East Indian, I ,4—Louvain and Jemappe, 1% ex d.—Namur and Liege, 3%—Or leans and Bordeaux, 10—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%. ettrb Nratton HAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY-By EXPRESS.) MARKET NE W 8 . - (THIS DAY.} NAY DIAILILItsTit. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 41 Is to St 155 ; Oat Straw, 1110 s to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to I/ 14s per load. Trade dull, at but little alteration in prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 4155 to Si 14s; Oat Straw, 11 105 to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. yVNITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 4/ Ss to Si 17$ ; Oat Straw, 11 105 to 1/ 125 ; Wheat Straw, U 12s to 11 14s per load. A lull average supply, and a heavy demand. New Meadow Hay was selling at from 2153 to 31 7s per load. MEAT MARZETS. Sorretaix, Jurge 17.—We had a very steady demand for prime Sheep, Lambs, and Calves, at very thll prices. In all other kinds of stock exceedingly little business was doing. Beef, froin 2e 84 to 45 ; Mutton, as 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, bs to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 104 to 43 8d per Sibs to sink the offal. Romeosn, Jcsa h.—Prime stock moved off steadily at extreme currencies, otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Much Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to lA/ lOs each. Lewes, JUNE 16.—Beef, from 2s 84 to 4s ; Mutton, 35 8d to 4s:4d; Lainb, be to Gs ; Veal, 4s to 4e 84 ; and Pork, 45 to 4s Bd*per Sibs. Supply good, and trade dull. NEWGATE AND ZEA.DENHALL. We had only a moderate supply of each kind of Meat, yet the general demand was in a very sluggish state on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, Ss 4d to Gs 4d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 45 10d ; and Pork, 38 4d to 45 10d per Albs. by the carcase. The Hurst Cup of 30 sovs : in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Titbit 2 1 I Samarcand Deodora Five started. DEATH OF LADY JANE MUIRHEAD.—This venerable lady expired on Sunday last, at the advanced age of 81 years. !ler Ladyship was only surviving daughter of John third duke of Atholl, and, consequently, great aunt of the present Duke, and Viscountess Strathallan. The deceased was born Dec. 2, 1764, and married Aug 1785, Mr. John Grosset Muirhead, who died exactly ten bears since. FATAL ACCIDENT OFF CREMORNE GARDENS.— A most melarehols accident happened off the Cremorne Gardens at Chelsea, by which a boy has lost his life, and others very narrowly escaped. The deceased, whose name was Greaves, lived with his parents in the Commercial road, Chelsea, and was sent to school at his usual time. Instead of going there; he went with some others to Cremorne Gardens, and on the edge of the river they commenced " larking," during which the deceased was pushed into the river. Assistance was rendered, but too late to restore life. BEER TRADE.—Yesterday the Beer Trade Protection Society took their eleventh annual steam excursion. The company, consisting of a number of families, with prov.sions upon the pie-uic plan, went on board the Star, which cleared out from Adelaide-wharf at ten minutes to nine. The vessel carried upwards of 400 persons. At Blackwall she took on board about 50 more passengers, and dashed on for Gravesend, where she landed those who did not wish to go further, and then steamed on to Southend. The company, at South end pier, went on shore, and were allowed three or four hours to re fresh themselves at the Royal Hotel and other houses on the hill above the beach. After such recreation and their walk upon the pier, they returned to the vessel, and on the war back called at Gravesend for those they left in the morning. It was past ten at night when the Star reached London-bridge. Music and dancing in creased the pleasure experienced by the party. Wa } :a in T t A h L ea A ct c o :l in D b E y NT AT THE NEW HOUSES OP PARLlA emmasinT;iiTlttztenevveryngo,t. b A e r t e ve ss e r e s n . G the s e h n o uarasdof Pete,, five wasand six, engaged a ne a l elderly e t r h l y e lConeesvorlitohueat%swoferPa. rnament, hoisting a block of stone to the top of equilibrium, foil to the mp p eaedns o o ff f . accident the of his fellow-labourersg a travelling crane. The poor fellow Same slipp e d the handle of the traveller, when by some and the unfortunate man losing his round a distance of upwards of 50 feet. Some quite in,,,,,ibielmnriately went to his assistance, but he eatT•easa theremre, removed to Westmin to by the house-surgeon, but 'hiladerreecheeivwed"werenor such a dreadful character that appeared s ti t , e e r b l i l j o u s r p ie i Hospital. een the hours of ten and he A die L d A s ß ho m rt l i s y cl aft l e,r ih hl E s s a . d_mi r3e l otnw . eleven lest night intelligence of the outbreak of three tsoepstlorsateafliries Battle-bridge. The engines of the Lmdothnenestaasbeliersthamineednt were received at the engine stations. One was stated England company, together with an escape of the Royalit h a l ti r thirst at h a se t o ß i se ,i a eer t etat Society eoitsfoers , m Eaton-place, Pimlico ; another in the Edgware. road; and the le Protect on of Life from Fire, were remarkably numbered , Albany -place East, King's-crass, to air. Joseph Humphreys, a hat tehaarlty tihneaprriving at the last- named It was nt b it e lt i c ffi tu lg r i e h r g . antes were discovered by a known as the Caledonian House, t had_ takes fi re. The house was ' a In passing the premises, perceived smoke and Donee constable, who, i the • f r om the fanlight over street door. Raving alarmed flames issuing od V descend the the inmates, double ake r flouted one, they attempt— .. staircase; but owing were forced to make for the the fire was soon extin roof. With the als of plenty of wa ter, considerable damage had been to the dense bodies of smoke thtaetpweerrethaescbemnakriaggthaeadstetreacreeby, they guished ; not, hot e er, until very of the fire ; a great number of valuable watches are also severely damag ed , and the costly pl a t e glass doors and windows of the shop, as well as the extensive pier done. The greats, portion of the stoc k of hats being eithe r burned or rendered worthless by the action leoking-glasses, are demolished. The havecaoriginateduse irons a hat-box of the are is not pre cisely known, but it is supposed W Humphreys having fallen off a shelf into the stove in the s h op. _ a e tee fires awteakysiofnsured a haracter. in the Pun Fire-ofitoe. The oti . I weurempfohrireunys CORN AVERAGES. • GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended June 13,1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. 1 WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. i RTE. 1 BEANS. I TEAS. PRICE .. 52 4 0,1 27s Id 23s 8d 32s 4d 358 8d 344 9d DUTY... iBs Od 9s Od bs Cd 9s 6d 75 64 es 6d NEW ZEALAND. Extract of a letter, dated Wellington, Feb. 7, 1846 : "It seems extraordinary that Captain Grey has been nearly three months in the colony without deigning io an nounce his advent to us southerns. Either he is playing the general officer at the Bay of Islands, or else he has been indoctrinated by the Auckland people that this is only a fishing village,' &c. We are now without official intelli gence and mail from Auckland since the Ist of November. " The New Zealand debates have excited our neighbours in Australia and Van Diemen's Land. A vessel arrived from the latter, brings news of the resignation, in a body, of all the non -official members of council, and the ccmtnencetnent of an agitation for representative legislation ; and in New South Wales and Port Philip they have determined tl send agents to London, like those of Canada and the West Indies. an Diemen's Land seems going aux aboix in consequence of Lord Stanley's system there, and I believe if we had things better established here we should have an extensive immigration from it and its neighbours." Nothing was known at the Cook's Straits settlement of what Captain Grey's intentions were as to carrying on the war with the natives at the Bay of Islands; indeed, the dis tance of the seat of Government from these settlements is so great a drawback that the settlers know nothing of what is doing by the Government, excepting through the Sydney newspapers. SCAFFOLD ACClD ENT.—Yesterday morning, as several bricklayers were at work on a scaffold, repairing the too f fo a party wall of a public-house l i Iligh-strent, Poplar, the ledger the scaf fold suddenly gave u• (six in number) were standing, to fall, and the whole of them were He was removed to th eaY wLhonicdhon"husloedspit precipitated below. Ox examination it was found that one of the:;,. named James Salmon , aged thirty-six y was seriously iniur ears' loured that state• The his ribs were fractured. lie lies in a very dangerous a is. utile* Ave men were much bruised, but fortunately not OP ve7 t al he , w pa h r e t re up i o t n w w:lch the men Wu Monti - I - r DINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXIX.— ' suit t o w hi c h h e h as d e di cate d hi mse lf f rom ADVERTISEMENTS for Insertion in No. 169 of the his earliest ENACTOR RF,VIEW, are requested to be sent to the Publishers boyhood, and in which he has tit.l Jle , tur, the ?.P.th ; anal BILLS 041 or before WEDNUDAt, " 1 Y achieved f o r hi mse lf a re p u t a ti on wor thy o f hi s st. ' SP, Paternoster-row. time-honoured name, in which it may almost be said TILE NEW WOF:K. ON RUSSIA of him, as it was of his gallant ancestor by the Scotch King, when conferring on him the name won on the red field of battle, " that he had nae peer, and therefore he should thenceforth be called Napier." V hen seconded by a nobleman, of opposite politics indeed, but who had also distinguished himself in the service of his country, and who had been selected for his gallantry and ability in the conflict to bear home to a grateful nation the pleasing intelligence of the new laurels obtained by her children at Navarino, formerly supported by a Gallant Officer, who has since been most properly selected to fill the high station of one of the naval Lords of the Admiralty, and by other Gallant Officers in the House, such support; we say, demands the most serious attention, and stamps with authenticity the statements and professional opinions put forth under such auspices. We are now happily at peace with all the world, but it must be recollected that the best gua rantee for the preservation of that peace, so justly and AO highly prized, is in ever being prepared for any alternative, in being "r ea d y , aye ready for the field." The nation that is prepared for war will seldom be called upon to. test the amount of that preparation, and it is surely in the time of universal tranquillity that full attention should be given to every means by which improvements may be effected in one cf the most, if not the most important branches of our service. Sir CHARLES urged the necessity of having the Admiralty under the control and superintendence of practical naval men, and not of civilians. It would, indeed, appear strange if the office of Commander-in • Chief of the army should be conferred on a person who had never served in that army, and who must necessarily be unacquainted with the details of that service, of the force which it would be necessary to. employ for any particular object. It seems still more anomalous that our navy should be. placed under the direction of gentlemen who had no experience therein, who were selected for their Par liamentary .abilities, and not for their skill and knowledge in that department, over which they were called to preside. He traced much of the evils which he mentioned to the ignorance which neces sarily prevailed in the board, and gave,some curious details as to the division of labour at that board. Thus, the First Lord took all the pa tronage, . thut was his department, and a most wearying and harrassing duty it must be admitted to be, Another had the building of the ships under his control, another the store, and another the victualling department. The proposition of the gallant mover was, that the number of the I Lords of the Admiralty should be reduced from six, the present number, to three. He argued " that thereby matters would be more speedily decided on, and that they would be always sure of a majority, but that with .six to consult it was difficult to come to any decision, and that the consequence was never ending procrastination and delay, for which no one was to blame, for they could not say who was responsible." There certainly appears much justice in this objection, and anything that would inspire additional activity, and take away the procrastination that notoriously exists in the Admiralty, would be a good service to the country. He proposed that, in place of the three reduced Lords, there should be appointed three controllers, who should each have the head of a particular department in which he had experience and knowledge, and for the due and efficient working of which he should be respon sible : thus there should be a controller of the dock yards, another of the medical department, and a third of the accounts. The defects and dangers stated to exist in some of the newly built-vessels will be read With surprise. Whatever may be the cause, we trust that steps will be forthwith taken to remedy such grievous errors. On the division the second reading was negatived by a large majority. We deeply regret it, as whatever might be the defects of its details, they could easily be amended in Committee ; and we think the discussion would be attended with much benefit, eliciting the opinions and obtaining the suggestion% of practical, well-informed naval officers. We trust Sir CHARLES will persevere, as he is not a man easily discouraged by opposition ; on the contrary, the greater. the difficulty in his way, by so much the more will he exert himself to overcome it. We ven ture to say, that " defeat " is a word which has no place in his vocabulary. NOVir ready, in laTois., with a Full-length Portrait of the emperor, 21s. bound, RUSSIA UNDER OLAS THE AUTOCRAT, NICHI. BY IVAN -GOLOVINE, A RUSSIAN SUBJECT. _• A nork of an extremely Interesting nature, emanat i ng from the pen of a Ruisian..noble by birth, who has escaped beyond the reach e' the Czar's power. It throws a new light on the state of the em rire; its aspect, political ant domestic ; its manners ; the employes about the palace. court, and capital ; its police, its spies, ltsdepraved °oeleti;*e• The details on all these subjects will be found peculiarly valuable."---Sumtay Times. Henry Colbmin, Publisher, 13, Great Zirlborongh street RAILWAY SHARKS BY PUBLIC SALE. IrESSRS. 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Thanks to an innate predisposition towards benevo lence in the multitude, the memories of those indivi duals who have in any manner distinguished them selves as philanthropists are usually perpetuated by the erection of some memento kindred in character with their exertions. It is impossible not to recognise in the public an anxiety to render some testimony of their gratitude to those illustrious personages who have contributed to the happiness of their fellow-creatures. Statesmen, who have mellow - T(1 the legislation of their country under the cunnings of wisdom and liberality —poets, who have decorated their native literature, or taught lessons of divine morality in divine and un dying verse—philosophers, who have lightened the labours of the artisan by the construction of elaborate machinery—orators, who have advocated the nation ality of justice—and warriors, who havepreserved their mother•land from invasion, have all equally been honoured by posterity by some appropriate monu• ment. From the ancient days, celebrated by the " Lays" of Mr. MACAULAY, when " There stood in the Commititun plain, for all folk to see, The tigure of Horatitts, halting upon one knee ;" down to the commemorative statue to WATT, or the proposed testimonial to ROWLAND HILL and Father MATHEW. It w as for the avowed purpose of contri buting one other instance to the long and glorious catalogue of national gratitude to national benefactors, that a meeting was convened yesterday, by the Lord Mayor, in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house The object of this assembly was simple it is true, but it was to our thinking both beautiful and sublime —namely, the raising of a memorial to the late Mrs. ELIZABETH FRY, as a lasting token of admiration for her character and of affection for her memory ! And it was resolved, moreover, that this memento, to quote the earnest language of the Bishop of NORWICH, should not be " a tablet in a church, with an un meaning inscription—not a sarcophagus, or a mausoleum—but one which should abide in its effects long after marble had dwindled into dust ;" namely, a temporary reception for repentant females on their release from the metropolitan gaols ; and assuredly no more suitable manner of perpetuating the name of that most excellent woman could possibly have been devised! The promoters of this enter prise, among whom we are gratified to per- . ceive many influential personages, deserve every commendation for so appreciating the worth of this celebrated Samaritan, whose name must ever stand immeasurably above that of the while in this ma nn e r ' . . heartless eharity-monger, JOHN HOWARD. And c e r a e t a b t le females ;he cha racter:a: en t ro il iswboau:rltlseebct bestowedate:yo:tai who, s o in the community or u rs . p uLi er rendering 1:o/ft:I:asunder un d e r goi ng upon the most helplaess those unfortunate ith and gdesti from an irre deplor- imprisonment, are thrust ferth h , tuts, into the 1 dyeways of this nothing wh il a ig te a l c - e y r . T to he p i r r e t s e e m n p - e tat t i he m parable pro are customary in society ; t h e able than those which sin to them is not 1 nasked by smiles or r oses , but is brazened before them amidst starvatio n , and nakedness, and contumely. They emerge upon the causeway before the prison g ates ruined in repu tation ; they are driven by poverty to the lowest dens anti the foulest rookeries• in the -metropolis; and what with the contamination by which they are encompassed, and the consciousness of their own im potency, their ruin is inevitable, and they become abased from sinless women into harpies. It is for the protection of these wretched beings ; it is to swell the number of honest citizens and to diminish the victims of debauchery ; it is to promote virtue, and by that means to assure happiness among hundreds of our fellow-creatures, that the proposed asylum, to be called " The Elizabeth Fry Refuge," is about to be undertaken. And heartily do we conjure the promoters of this noble scheme to persevere in their endeavours, to allow their labours no flagging in terval, but so to combine and so to persist in the ad vocacy of the undertaking, that the asylum shall, before many months have elapsed, flourish in some suitable quarter of London, fructifying the germs of morality which still remain in the bosoms of its in- AYRSHIXLE AND GLASGOW. Mr. BorLE said, as, according to the Committee in deciding on this Bill, it appeared the Committee thoi4ht the case for this 13111 had to some extent been made out, seeing that they had laid it down that the Glasgow/and Belfast Union would give every facility to entering on their line at Ayr, providing the Legislature should consent to the Ayrshire and Galloway Bill passing the next year, ho now prayed that the decisiOn might be reconsidered, so that the preamble of the portion of the scheme from Ayr to Dalmellington, which scarcely any objection had been taken to, might be granted. The CHAIRMAN said he was not prepared to state all the reasons that had led the Committee to the decision ; still the Learned Gen tleman was correct in saying that the main objection to the line u as to the portion south of Dahnellingten. Thay did not, however, feel disposed to reconsider their decision, but they would do this—they would take care that a clause should be inserted in the Glasgow and Belfast Union Bill providing that every facility should be given to the Ayrshire and Galloway line at ally future time entering Ayr by the former line. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION. Counsel for this line said the promoters had an Intention of restrict ing their project to the portion east of Muirkirk, thereby giving up that from Ayr to Muirkirk, under the impression that in so doing the petitioners against the line, who were landowners on the portion pro posed to be given up, could then have no locus standi against the remainder of the scheme. A long argument ensued pro and con., the petitioners' Counsel con tending that the petitions were against the whole scheme as uncalled for, and, therefore, against any portion that might be retained, while the other side maintained that the petitioners could only direct their opposition to the portion that had relation to their respective pro perties and interests, Which was that between Ayr and Muirkirk, which the promoters with a proper understanding were disposed to abandon. Precedents of Committee proceedings have been given by counsel on both sides, the room was cleared. On our re-admission, The CIZAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion, as this was an integral scheme throughout, that though a portion of it might be abandoned, still the petitioners had a locus stanch, and might be al:owed to proceed against that part of the scheme which remained. To put an end, however, to any doubt, he was willing to consult the speaker on the point. Mr. Cocicsußsi hoped the Chairman would consult the Speaker, and adjourn till to-morrow, when the promoters would be prepared to state the course they intended to take. The Committee consented, and accordingly adjourned till to-morrow at twelve O'clock. GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, AND ROMSET AND REDBRIDGE BRANCH (SOUTII.M7ESTERN). The Committee met this morning at one o'clock ; the Hon. E. Yorke in the chair. L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. fur the Potteries, examined by Mr. GURNEY —The Potteries suffered much from the want of direct communica tion from north to south. No district of so.much importance wai So badly supplied with railway communication. Had had his attention directed to the Manchester and Southampton, and considered that it would be of the greatest importance to the large district which he re presented, as it would facilitate and increase the imports and exports, and, consequently, increase the trade of the district. By Mr..K.EATING—Was aware that a communication would be opened up from Manchester to Southampton by railways, made and empowered to be constructed by Parliament; but the route would be extremely circuitous, and, therefore, did not present anything like the facilities offered by the Manchester and Southampton. Was net aware of the exact distance, but tilt was eighteen miles it would be an Important drawback. By Sir W. JAWS—The break of gauge presented so many Incon. veniences, that parties nould, if possible, go round iii order to avoid it. Mr. Wortley, land valuer and land agent, had valued the whole of the land which would be required for the purposes of the railway at 128,8411.; 847 acres would be required, which he had taken at 235/. per acre, which he considered was at the fair market value. It did not, however, ineude the land which would be requiredfor stations. GROUP XVI 11. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee met at the usual hour; Mr.ll. Denison, chairman. After hearing evidence this morning, the Committee declared that the preambles of the EXETER, YEOVIL, DORCHESTER, AND THE LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL Bills were proved, and that the preamble of the Exeter '(Greal Western) Bill, 7 prOmoted by the Great Western Company, was nul proved. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXI. BRISTOL AND Examsivanam (ASH CHURCH, TEWKESBURY, AND MALVERN). The Committee assembled this morning at the usual hour, and were engaged in hearing evidence on the part of the opponents of the line. The case having been concluded the room was ordered to be clear: d. On our re-admission, the CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion that the pi eamble of the Bill had not been proved by the evidence. The counsel for the promoters ,1 fished to know in what respect the evidence was deficient. The CHAIRMAN said that. it was not the duty of the Committee to make out the case of the promoters or to show in what way it was deficient. The case had certainly not failed through say deficiency lu the engineering evidence. GROUP XXXIII. The Cemmittee en this group met to-day at twelve o'clock in room No. 24 (Grand Corridor) ; present Bir Robert Ferguson (chair man), the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Newry, Mr. Smonett, and Mr. Fellowes. They proceeded with the further consideration of the three branches of the Warwickshire and London Railways, tamely— WORCESTER AND 'W Eznorr, HAMPTON AND A.SHCHURCH, HAMPTON AND BANBURY. Sir Willoughby Gordon, Quartermaster-General, was examined by Mr. KENNET Macattezy. Ile attended in obedience to a postscrip from the House of Commons. He could not be supposed to know anything of railways, much less of their rel ative merits, except as to the conveyance of her Majesty's troops. The accommodation proposed to be afforded to Weedon would be of importance to the service. That place was an ordnance dep6t. There was not a large number of troops kept there—only a competent number for the protection of the depot. It would be of great importance to hive a railway from Weedon to Northampton, the distance being, I owever, only seven miles. The Weedon and Worcester line would be advantageous, as it would make the communication by railway between Weedon and the port of Plymouth complete and direct. In fact, every railway was of im portance to her Majesty's military service, and that line was the most so which had the fewest breaks. Every break was inconvenient to a private family in travelling. It was more so, in the ratio of the numbers, to, a body of troops.F Zln cross-examination by Mr. WARLEY,Q.C., the Gallant Officer said that he could give no opinion as between the competing lines. In this case the competing lines, by connecting Wolverhampton with Weedon, Birmingham, Worcester, and Plymouth, would be of im portant advantage. The break of gauge and increased distance were disadvantageous. But shortness of distance was not always an ad vantage of itself. The consideration of shortness was frequently qua lified by circumstances of convenience. 13 e could give no opinion as to the comparative merits of the broad and narrow gauges. He was in the habit of transmitting by railway an average of sixty thousand troops per annum, and he had found the accommodation afforded to her Majesty's service by the directors of both systems such, that he could not have effected the transit of the troops more conveniently if he had directed it himself. Colonel Thornton, commandant of Birmingham, gave evidence of a similar character. Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., M.P. for North Northamptonshire, was examined 1) Mr. K. MACALTAY, and gave evidence strongly in favour of these lines, as regards the advantage to the agricultural interests in the cohveyance of produce, &c., and to the general inte rests of the public in the conveyance of coals and other articles of consumption. However, it was chiefly with a view to the agricul tural benefit he wa,s favourahle to the Wanvicksbire and Loudon system of railways. GROUP XLII. LEVER.POOL, ORMSZAR/iL, AND PRESTON. The Committee assembled In Room, No. 23, in the New Houses> this morning, and proceeded with examinations with respect to the value of the land and the sufficiency of the estimates; for the I.ne. GROUP XLVIII. The Committee appointed to dispose of the cases in this group met at one o'clock, in Room 31, Mr. Oldham, chairman. The following are the Bills to be heard :—Monmouth and Hereford, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford, Carnarvon, Coalbrook Steam Coal, and Swansea and Loughor, the Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales, L 3 nvl Valley and South Wales Junction, Taff Vale, and the Monmouthshire. The first case taken was THE LYNVI VALLEY AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION. Mr. mills appeared for the promoters. The Bill WIIS opposed by certain landowners. The Learned Counsel, in a brief address, laid the merits of the case before the Committee, after which the evidence was proceeded with. GROUP LIU. This Committee resumed its labours at twelve o'clock to-day, hi Room 26 (Grand Corridor). Present, the Hon. G. Lascelles (chair man), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. E. Clayton, Mr. inidarar d, and Captain Dalrymple. SHREWSBURY, BIRMINGHAM and STOUR VALLEY. The business of the morning commenced by a c ross-exam; ati on of Mr. Stephenson, jun., the engineer of the line, byßobinson, counsel for the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line. He was also subjected to a cross-exarninatton on Use part of Mr. Corbett, but nothing of much importance wasalicitec . Mr. HOPE then re-examined Mr. Stephenson at great length as to the advantages' which would result from the junction of this with the London an d Birmingham line. Canal inter n i t o e f r v ie h i i i s ed lin i , t 3 The entrance to Birmingham, he said, was fifty-five feet above th e l evels of the rival lines; and as the BirminghainCe would be impossible to am eliorate the lines. The at Birmingham was an exact model of the station of the and Leeds Railway at Manch e ster , which had the r Manchester largest t afil e in the world. Mr. Wm. Hayes, a solicitor of extensive stated that his offices were in :few-street, practice at Birmi ng h am, clerk to the town commission for the last ' and that he has been was also agent to Colonel Gouch, atd tiventy•five years. He other properties this and its rival lines w on gentlemen over whose us at birtaingium would' be decideculd pass. The stati on o f t hi s y preferable to its rivals ; the , •.,.., inhabitants of Birmingham were of the same opinion. The other lines would enter the town by tunnels, whilst this would enter by a viaduct which was a preferable mode. It would stop up narrow streets, and instead give a wide one. The junction of the London and Birmingham with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham would be of great advantage to the public. The rival companies did not con template such ajunctiOn. Cross-examlned by Mr. RoancsoN —He understood that It would be necessary to descend a flight of about 24 steps to get upon the level of this line at New-street. Mr. Alderman Weston, of Birmingham, stated that he had served the office of Mayor of Birmingham, and that about a week ago the stations of these rival lines in Birmingham formed the subject of a discussion by the • Town • Connell of Birmingham, and the result was a decision in favour of this company's station ; the majority being 16 to 6. Ile considered New-street the most favourable • position for a Station, as it was the central . part of the town, and the approaches to it were easy. The station of this line would give the best accommodation to the people of Birmingham, and all with whom he had conversed on this subject were in favour of it. The approaches to the Suowhill sta tion would be very narrow, and it would be on a steep acclivity. CrOas-examined by Mr. RontstsoN—His place of business was 'close by New-street, and so were those of the majority of the people with whom he had conversed on the sutject. EXETER and EXMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors and shareholders of this Company took place this day at the London Tavei - e, in compliance with the sessional orders, to consider the pro priety of proceeding with their Bill at present before Parlia ment for the purpose of making a railway from Exeter to Exmouth. Th 6 meeting was advertised for ten o'clock, but it did not commence until eleven, in consequence of the non• attendance of the proprietors, at length three or four shareholders having assembled, E. Woolmer, Esq., was called to the chair. The SWILVTARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CitattvitAx said that the non-attendance of the pro prietors arose, he considered, from the great confidence they vested iu the directors. Their Bill bad passed the House of Commons Committee, and had received the sanction of that House. It had also passed the Committee on Merits, and stood now awaiting the decision of that meeting, before it could receive its third reading and become the law of the land. The directors had received a sufficient quantity of scrip to constitute a meeting, and he would, therefore, pro pose a resolution to the effect—" That it was the opinion of the meeting that the Bill should be proceeded With." Ihe resolution Was put, and declared to be unanimously carried. • The Ciratam . observed that, although the expenses would be exceedingly moderate in carrying out the line, the directors considered that the proprietors would be much better satisfied with the arrangement which bad been effected with the South-Western Company i who had guaranteed them 5 1 h per cent.-- (Hear. ) The Bill was then read to the me e ti ng , w hi c h d ec l are d that the capital of the company should be 160,0001., in 16,000 shares at 10/ per share, and that the calls should not exceed 2/. per share, and that interest of four per cont, should be paid upon the calls. There was a clause of sale also in serted, whereby the company were authorised to sell the line to the Exeter, Yeovil, asd Dorchester Company, and a pro vision which enacts that the Bill is not to come into opera tion until the Exeter and Yeovil, or some such other com pany, obtain an Act for the construction of an Exeter and Yeovil line within the session 8 of Parliament of 1846 and 1847. The meeting then ,separated. QUEEN'S • BENCH.-(THIS DAY (Sittings at Nisi Prins.) LEWI3 V. ROE. . This was an action in trover, brought by Mr. Lewis, the Sheriff's officer, against Mr. Roe, an officer of the Guildhall Police-court, for the unlawful conversion of certain goods in his possession, the pro perty of the plaintiff, or detaining the said goods for the purpose of depriving the plaintiff of the use of them. The present action arose out of certain proceedingS that took place last year, arising out of a seizure of goods belonging to a Mr. Cole, on the part of Messrs. Bond and Co. At the instance r f the latter Mr. Lewis made a seizure of a diamond ring, a gold watch, and chain, and other other articles of jewellery, which were subse quently advertised for sale on behalf of the seizing party by Mr. Isaacs, th anctioirer. A brother of Mr. Cole attended the sale, and made the purchase of what be conceived to be the seized articles, but upon examination it came out that the goods Were not the articles that were seized, but jewellery of an inferior character which had been substituted. Some proceedings arose in consequence of this disco very, when Mr. Lewis, Mr. Isaacs, and other parties were brought up before Mr. Ald e r man farebrother on the charge of conspiracy, with intention to defraud. The goods sold to Cole's brother, with those that were ascertained to be the goods actually seized were produced in Court, and at tin order of the Alderman, Mr. Roe, the officer of the Court, was instructed to take. possession of them, and Mr. Lewis was held in bail for a charge that might be preferred against him at the ensuing Central Criminal Court. The second examination at Guildhall took place on the 19th of April The ensuing sessions were held on the 12th of May, but tin case did not come on then. In the meantime an ar rangement was come to between the parties, Mr. Lewis giving an undertaking, that if no further proceedings were taken he would deliver up the goods, and meet certain expenses arising out of the proceedings. On the 9th of June tt demand was made on the defendant, Mr. Roe, to give up the goods, in order to be able to fulfil the undertaking entered into by Mr. Cole's attorney. Mr. Roe re fused ; and at the sessions held on the 20th June, a verdict of " not guilty" was, with consent, entered, and the matter was disposed of, subject to the undertaking bemg completed. The present action, therefore, wag brought againSt Roe for detaining the goods when demanded to deliver them up on the 9th of June, and after the parties had compromised the matter. Counsel to-day was heard on both sides, and a host of witnesses examined, the Learned Gentleman for the plaintiffdwelling strongly on the difficulty his client was placed in,-after having made an ar rangement, not being enabltd to carry it into effect from the deten tion of the goods, thus being subject to an action for not fulfilling the contract he had been a party to. Mr. Justice ?MESON, in charging thejury, said that it was per fectly clear that the magistrate had a right to order the goods to be detained, to satisfy the ends of justice, and that the officer had a right to hold them and not to deliver them up to any one till the matter was finally disposed of in Court. Now, the demand was made on the 9th of Juno, and the case was not before the sessions till after the 20th ; the point, therefore, they had to consider was, did the de fendant, under the circumstances, detain the goods with the object of unlawfully converting them to his own use, or of depriving the plain. tiff of the permanent use of them. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the defendant EXCHEQUEtt.-(THIS DAY.) ;Sittings at Nisi Prins, befOre the LORD Clans BARON and Middlesex - Special Juries.) The eases of " the Attorney-General v. W. Bailey," and of " the At. torney-General v. J. Bailey," were called ou this morning for trial, but the same objection in law being taken in them on behalf of the respective defendants as was urged yesterday in the case of " the Attorney-General v. C. Bailey," by Mt. Martin, the Court directed them to be placed in the list of remanents for Michaelmas Term. In the case of the Attorney-General v Gr:fitths, for the Illegal dis tillation of spirits, a verdict was entered for the Crown. The Court afterwards sat in banco, for the first timo out of term, according to previous notice. CRUTINAL COURT.-(THiS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Baron ROLLE and Alderman MrsoaovE.) John Graham was placed at the bar, indicted for felouiously killing and slaying Thos. Blewitt, in the month of May last, in Drury-lane. Mr. RYLAND, who conducted the case for the prosecuiion, ad dressed the jury, and proceeded to call witnesses. Louisa Cook, having been sworn, stated that on Saturday, the 23th of April, she was passing through Drury-lane, about five Minutes past tight o cloCk, wlien she met the prisoner, and pushed acciden tally against him. lie made use of a bad eXprCiiSioll, and said, " Hew did you do that ? Go along." She called him a puppy, and Went up Prince's-street, but was followed by the prisoner, who caught her by the shetilder, awl alter a few words went to Drury lane. He'returried a second time, with a pistol under his right arm, and the witness Said to him, " If you don't go away I'll give you in charge," and. called out " Police." The prisoner ran away, and she saw no more of him till near an hour after, when he was in the.cus tody of the police. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—SiIo never saw the prisoner before that night. She was certain the prisoner is the same person. Willissi Hathaway, compositor, said about twenty-five minutes to nine o'clock on that night he saw the prisoner in Drury.laue with a pistol presented in his right hand. He walked up to the witness, having the muzzle of the pistol presented at him. Witness moved aside and stood Still, the prisoner also made a stop. There was another man near, at the time. Immediately after witness beard a report of a pistol, and Blewitt say " I'm shot." The prisoner after wax Os ran away witk the pistol in his hat d. By the JUDGE—Witness s..w the prisoner all the time, and when he fired be was but a yard from him. Slewitt stood near the wit ness; neither of them, however, had touched the prisoner. There were many others passing at the time. Charles Gilmour corroborated the testimony of the other witnesses. He saw both the prisoner and the deceased within live or six yards of each other, the prisoner having something in his right hand, and the instant after he heard the report and saw the flash. The deceased staggered, and the prisoner stood for a minute and a half and then ran away. Hc heard the prisoner, alter being caught, repeatedly say it was an accident. Cross-examined—The witness saw the prisoner's hands in a posi tion such as they would assume in reducing the pistol to half-cock. Police-constable F 82 saw the occurrence, and heard this deceased cry out, "0 Lord, 0 (bar !" Witness walked seven or eight paces, and met the prisoner, to whom he said, " Why, what's the matter ?" The prisoner said his pistol had gone off by accident. Witness did not see anything in his hand, and us sever al persons cried out a man had shot hims.elf, he let the prisoner go. John Fisher a chimney-sweep, said be laid bdd of the prisonerand gave hint into the custody of a policeman. The priponer had a pistol at the time in his pocket, which he said he had let out in Drury lane. Pollee-constable F 83 rearohed the prisoner at the station-house, and found five leaden bullets and a powder flask on him. James Duncan, one of the house-surgeons at King's College Hos pital, examined— Was there when Thomas Blewitt was brought in, having received a gun-shot wound on the right side of the chest. The bullet had struck the fifth rib on its entrance, and passed out near the seventh. That wound was the cause of Blewitt's death. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the Jury in defence of the prisoner. (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) IVIARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY. A stalwart powerful man, about 40 years of age, dressed in fashion able style, who on being charged at the station-house, described him self as " John Macdonald, captain in the British army, and at present residing at St. J ohn's Wood," was placed at the bar to answer for committing the following outrageous and unprovoked assault upon ISr. John Lovelace, a tradesman, living at No. 16, Casle-street, Leicester-square. The complainant stated that between eleven and twelve o'clock last night, as lie was entering the door of his own residence, the defendant suddenly came upon him and striking him a heavy b low on the head felled him t o th e ground. Whilst he was lying prostrate on the footway pavement, and nearly insensible from the effects oc the defendant's violence, he made a furious kick at a part of coin plainaut's person likely to produce the most serious, if not fatal con sequences. Fortunately at the Instant police -sergeant No. 115 of the C division came up and secured the defendant. The sergeant said he was on the opposite side of the way and wit nessed the attack made by the defendant upon the complainant; it was of a most violent and brutal description ; the complainant most luckily escaped the injury the defendant evidently intended by the kick he attempted to inflict. Mr. Mavrey asked if the complainant gave the defendant any pro— vocation whatever? The complainant—None in the least. Mr. MALTBY—Do you know him? Complainant—l certainly do by sight, he having greatly annoyed and forced his company on a lady living in our house. Sne is a married wcman, and wishes to dispense with the defendant's importunities; he will, however, take no denial, and has repeatedly scaled the wall to get to the lady's chamber at night. The lady Is iu the i ecelpt of a handsome annuity, a share of which seems particularly attractive to the defendant. Mr. MALTBy asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to the charge against him? The defendant said that the comPlainat! t had grossly insulted him by c a lli ng hi m o p pro b r i us names. Ile would not have lifted his hand against such a person withal tdee - fondant, provocation. He denied having actually kicked th fondant, although he said he deserved it. Mr. MALTBY said the charge was proved to imprison tohiasati nsiaerctt n th e defendant, and e he should impose a fine of al., or two r months' defendant, who not having the rcquircd_amount was locked 111). TON, THE MAILS —SOUTHAMP Capt. Russell, arrived in the steam-ship Queen% . liar, and landed mails to JUNE 17.—The Pe ninsular Company's . Cadiz. 6th ; EiSholl, 10th , forwarded to London ' by the two A.M. the following dates, :—Gibraltar, June 5; . "'at" this Vigo;l2th ; and Comma 13th. The Queen ha s docks at elevenr.m w . Oporto, 11th ; ,ithree passengers, and a cargo of fruit. The brought h 3 t es ch te w rd er a e y ibrattar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Co& ' The Ro d . ' &C.' at three P.M. Paella, Captain s i3 x urney, left the decks at three p.x. this day, with C., her average the mails for G number of passengers, and Care "o• a West India Mail this day, with the West t mails, fort port passengers, and a packet the ;Medway, Captain Andrews, full cargo of goods. BCedfordo roRNER'S INQUEST.— Yesterday afternoon, Mr. esumed the adjourned inquiry at the Essex Head, Essex street. Strand, on view of the body of a young woman unknown, that was discovered floating under the prove arches of Waterloo, on Monday morning. I n th e absence of all identity or eviden •brid ce to prove how she came into the water, the jury returned a verdict of " Found dead floatiog in the River Thames." The deceased was apparently 25 years of age, rather stout, and was dressed in a half-mourning gown, without any bonnet or shawl. .`SIGHTS FOR IBRAHIM PACLIA." Thank Heaven," said a Frenchman to Punch," you can't, like Paris, with all your sights, show Ibrahim Pacha a Louvre." And, thank Heaven," said Punch to the Frenchman, " we can't, like Paris, show him 30,000 soldiers." —Punch. 6 ELF-DEVOTION'.—A very melancholy catastrophe occurred on Sun lay last at a place called Ballyglass, in the neigh bourhood Of Woodford. A man ;lama Flanagan, tenant to the Hon. A. Nugent, who bad been married only two months, accompanied his wife to their farm for the purpose of milking the cows. While she was thus employed, the husband went to bathe in an adjoining river; his cries soon attracted his wife's attention; she ran to his assist ance, plunged tn, and in the Struggle both perished.--(7alwaY, rfOlia01", HER NI 1.1 ESTY'SI THEATRx rbe .i;nh:er;hery.., and the are respeettully in ;brined that thue will be an FIXTII.I NIGHT THIS EVENING, When. Will he r , erfe.nned 11411ini's.celetwated opera, entitled I PUIIITANT. Madame Grisi ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Artnro. Signor Mario ; Riccardo, SiVOr l'ornasari. Atte, which. the last Scene of ftellini's Opera, LA SONNAM. BL LA. Amina, Madame Castellan. To conclude with the highly succeestul new Grand Oriental Ballet. bv M. Perrot ; the Ntttsic composed and partly selected from FdiMen David's Symplionique of " The Desert," by Sig. Pugni, entitled, ROOKII ; or. TM: BOSE OF' LA/lORE. The principal parts sustained by Nldile. Cerito, lun e . L. Tagikird, M. :tad M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pay "Tmbolique, t)y Cerito, l'uPPorted by Mum Demenise, CflSeart,Ames, an d linnure• and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le kThihoU c l;; Pas Seal," by Mdlle. Tahleau.—Feot of d e corbells, by tiidlles. L'Amorenx and Julien, and the L.Tagioni d N cerpode ballet ; Pas de Neuf, Mdlles. Cerito, L'Amoreux, St. Leon, supported by Mdlies.Demelisse,c , an A. Julien; and Wiwi.. iliviic44tions for boxes, stalls, and tlekets to he made at the box rola, O'pera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com masstee *their-past Sev...n o'clock. TIMATRK ROYAL, DRURT-LANE. The Last Week bnt One of the Engagement of Mdlle. Carlotta Grill TEI FA"E'N'ING • Win he perii)rrhed tlie cefehrated Opera of StttADELLA. Ales sandro StradelLl, Mr. Ilarrisfm ; Signor 11a,i, Mr. Weiss ; Barba- Bardini ; MON olio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Mfg. Rainforth. After w.hiett,..Mafimne Nlotitene4orwill appear in the Eiriunt Scene of .50 . 1013 ; and a;so 4ftg IWO 110111411 Celt. To •co nehole with the popular Ballet of I'AQUITA. I.tic:en , rlT6rrillk, M. sitvai, ) ; .tdrien ; Parynlla, Mdlle. t'arioltta Nri4i. which als., will appear Madame Mafilies. San. kdele, Loui, , e, Leg Scertrs St. Lenin: M. Mathis, W. H. Payne, and the nio , t. nameroug and effective corps fie ballet ever introduced rtp ,, n the English .stsge. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING will he • pe.ift)tmed Ih:tk,pere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND . 1 1,'Lfiri'. • Romeo, Miss Cushman ; r‘...ter, Mr. Bnekstone ; Juliet, !Curie. Mrs illovar. 1:4.1 *Alit ;perform /he Mei - tures, , Cenerentola," and ." 15w COlOnne," the " St, James's Polka," rhitomel Welzer," and the Chat:worth Qtadrnie.q." T 6 '->e follAKed hf , " the mimired Drama of OIZANDFATHER wrirrimEAD. (Irandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farrell; Dray '.nn; Mr.- Titintry; I.4ruley, • Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. k-inenr. Au - an M • 't I, • s is. san . • to ccone)nrie with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES- T - lox. In which Messrs. Brithial, Backstone, and Miss Bennett will appear. • -1111CATIU: ROYAL. LYCEUM. CNIJER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS: EVENING Tho . .perform•+nceg will commence with the Drama, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED. Xter whrth; a New and Original Comic Drama, In Two Acts: rotiaded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BEL.L.E. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Dldelear, maadowv, F.. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss and Mrs. Keeley. To.he followed by HONOURS AND TRICKS. In which Mr. and M. Feeler will appear. To conchnle with a new Farce, called SISTER ANT) I. Characters fir Merl. F. Matthews, Meadow's, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, K . foloch, and Rallirelam; Xs; E. Daly,, Mrs. Wigan,, Mies Arden, and Mih-Forster. THEATRE ROYAL, .DELPHI. THIS EVENING Will DA performed a new Drama, entitled THE IEEMOIRS OF kN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Ohsorver. In which Messrs. Lambert. Howe, Boyce, O. Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Re.lkt; Miss Vi'oolgar, Mrs. Yarn.,lQ, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Matheire. - &c., will perform. Afteisrhicb a NCvir Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN or .TIIF. ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin . ; . Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford. Ryan, 'R o ye e , &c. To conclude with the interesting ; Drama of •THE CABIN' BOY. M , mi7ettr Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; Largarcette, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Madame Celeste; MadVe: Laroche, Mle W3olgar. , . 6Y.ki, SURREY THEATRE. Last SU' Night* of Mr. CHARLE,4 MATTHEWS and . Madame • VEsTRIS. - • MORE NOVELTY AND ATTRACTION. • WELCH GlRL—Madame Vistris. MATTHEWS AND CO.—Jfr. Charles Matthews. LOAN OF A LOVER. WHY DON'T SHE MARRY RAVENS OF ORLI:ANS. By Messrs. lituhes, Johnson, Cowel, Roger, ; Mrs. 11. Vining, Mrs . Hughes., Miss Martin, awl Mrs. Daly. DE would.). BE AN ACTOR. NTIAV STRAND TUEATRY: • Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties or the Day. feels happy to auneunce, that the extraordinary r(rrhrroxlices of the 'MONKEYS an DOGS have been received with the gteatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every - Eieninx at the above Theatre. Non opp :It A Quarter before .Eight ; tocoininence at a Quarter filer Eight iiclo6:". ; Roxea, ; l'it, la. ; Gallery,- 64. ; Pri'est erwie.•l/. - 14. and 10i. r),T. 3f. rftruirrry, will give his rerthrinancem EVERY EVEICING at the STANOARI) THEATRE, Shoreditch. YOTP;E:'—M. Pllll,l - ,IPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the „management of hIA btilnesa, as a PARTNER,- throughout the large Towne of the (MUM l'.;14.14.»11. A :3ectrity of WV. will be r"nulreti. For Partienlare apply at the :Wand Theatre, between the henn of ftle - retr and One o'chjek. •• l'ltl/WESEVS THEATRE:, OXFORD-STREET. .For the Benoit of Mr. C. E. HORN. "CH IS EVEN INV.; Will he pertbrmed Shatispere's comedy of KATHERINE AND PEI RUCHIO - "PetrnOilo, Mr. tratlacic; arrant°, 'Mr. Compton Tahoe; 'MT. Ox berry -Katherine, Mrs. Stirling. Te, he allow - id' be a Crawl Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, in Two _Parts; itiwhich will appear the fol!owiti: eminent Artistes :- 3fr. and Mrs. Horn, Miss Birch. Misses Wells, Mr. W. V. Wallace, Mina Branell, Mr. R f pisterl, Miss G. Smithson, Mr. C. Rom, jun., Mr. .1. Herten, and Herr Pl,,ltek. .krter. Which; the' Fink Act nt the Opera of DER EREISCIRT IZ CasPar, Mr. C.• . E. Horn t.-Adolphe, Mr. C. Hnru, Jun. To tiastteeeeded hy the Second Part of the ('ONCERT. • To conclude with NO SONO NO SI: PrEft. ln which Mrs. C. E Rani; Miaa,l:;wlma Stanley, &c., will perform. ROYAL AM PH T EAT R - K, • • " Proprietor, Mr. In. Batty. Cmiertheestreei4l pteronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Yo3rat Highne*sem Prince Albert, the. Prince of Wales, and the Eyisigess Royal. Glorious susses of the new Military Spec tacle, of our Asiatic II onrittest ,. ., sec o nd and L ast W ee k of the rgyltable Getieral Tom Thittill), in hts popular Drailla. • " " THN EVENING . c , rtortneti 'the New Asiatic Spectacle, csifled THE ~ •;1R,H;•"....1:4;VA510N ; or, Our Victories of 14th. fn which the "hole resortrees of the F.:Aid - distil - tient wit! he hronght forward. ^plendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the french Mid I•lnglish A rtlife.. The whole concinding with the langtmble EXtravanga of HOP 0' MT VW - MB', or, The flare and hla Seyen League Boots. in ohlelc Geierat Tom' Thumb will appear,. and introduce his Nigger oselod:es; .lances, scc. Mr. BAT retweetfully begs to announce, that the THIRD MOR.;:tVG RV,PBESENTATION, Mr the accommodation of the :Tar - tolls , Branches et the Nobility, Gentry, Ece, will take place , re-mourow, lone ID., commencing at two o'clock. open 'worn eleven tilt tlvro o'etock.—Doors open at six Riot eirommenee at seven o'clock. , Under the Patrirrutge•of her Mot Gracious Ntajesty. - ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EYZRY MONDAY, .TUESDA W EDNESDAY, AND TH URSDA Y vrilV of NA E iirpTION of VESIPTIUS, DESTRUC -110X:of ECM and POMPEII, in the' year 79. This sna,;„-nificent specta , le is reriroi in an nnpreCedented scale of Jandenr, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, And represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Erupiion•of Vesaylus in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her maneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction ct Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC AFtIDGE of iiTATITES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADiiCONC.ERTS are again confided to Mr. God trey, The Band is most complete in all its departments, and ',eludes many eminent native and kireign musicians. In 'CALYPSO'S to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi ited CALYPSO'S FAIRY' GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated . o,eihie Rtidge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southhy, are on the tnostctimplete and effective scale. rreteding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro- LePrestntinz the Descent of Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun. bt on t . 4bi . s , t t e o ri t u h e s tl . i'n, ,... dese oc end f i rn . m . a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in re , et ,, 1404 and the aese, where a Naiad's Car will rise to The bo ar him to his chn - Atal home t_enservistory is I * n, Carnivora by gal -1i p; ;7 0 ornamented With festoon (Ir . lamps, enablinz clslt. crs v ie w the matchleas collection of ght, Feeding in the Carnivata at hate- rest ;' Concert" xt hatt-pii.k six ; a ; the relitans, &c.,' at Adraiaalcm t 0 n .t. 1 1 , - , :nr..Ption at dusk. Luria. 141-1""1tHi1.".".".."..ghe5t:47118. THE WEATHER.- 5 :: THERXOMuErt, Lowest, J3.4.ROMEtt R, 30.2 7. —NV D E . t i ne. 6°13, 79. 111 WAIF.X AT LONIiON-lIKIPGF. Tills 1).. - M'" 13.71 4‘ •• minutes after 8 . Ere rJn g .. 31 minutes aft er 9. . . . ~ -... ~,!, `*, ~ . , -..u. • ---._ •,'i .-- ,'-' \ V * 6: ' ' if- - t_,__..4-214 , ;.;.. : : ,... - j . ,:_! ; :?;:, - ..- .7. re v_ ~ .r...-- , . • - I + 4,c• 6 - ' ' , • VICO' ;a', ' 21..,0vi• T• 7 • . ---___ _ ~,;i, , ... 4 , . , __.......-• z.., .:.......:: r 4 `'-` , e_. KVi a% aint LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1846. NArtse yesterday, in moving the second reading of the Navy Civil Departments Bill, made same very important observations on the state of the telitinistration of the Navy. In a country like our own,-whOlce unexampled prosperity hitherto has been a great degree, to her naval power and superiority- 7 whose proudest boast has ever been that she needs no other bulwark or protection than that itorded by her wooden wall's, and who has :never foe a ingle moment had occasion to regret the unbounded confidence she has reposed in her gallant defenders, who - have ever Faithfully:and honestly discharged the duty they owed to ;their country, anything relating to that service; to the better and more efficient management of its various .details, must necessarily be of the ill."l "44eitipkrest ; more parti c ularly so , w h en b roug h t the Hero of Acre, the man who has "gislOia 2 =. 'sand proofs of his unflinching devotion, tiTity, and intelligence that pup I s 236 p DUTCH PAPERS: THE HAGUE, JUNE 13.—His Majesty the Nien rived yesterday morning, in perfect health, No hill visit to Weimar. THE HAGIIi, jUNE 15.—The bulletin of the laird contains, in its last number, a royal decree, fixing at , the millions of fl or i ns th e ca pit a l destined for the re` payment of twenty. one series of bonds, bearing Wt.' rest at 41 per cent. of the late signdicate. We have received Java papers from the 3d to the 2Sth of January last, from which we take the following particulars, though the overland mail has brought t" news till the beginning of April. BATAVIA, JAN. 15.—0 n the evening of the 14th of this month, the river Pegra, which flows close by 0° - house of the President of Soerokasto, suddenly over' flowed its banks with great rapidity, and did consider- able damage. On the high road from Soerokasto the . water was in some places five feet deep. There is au account of the murder of the family of Mr liamphins at Bantam. In the night of the 12th Of December the dwelling of the bailiff was surprised. • The bailiff, Mr. Kamphins, with his wife, with five of their eight children, and Messrs. Pea, Kering, Woubert de Prussea lost their lives ; the wife of Kering. who had fled with•two children, was killed in the neighbour hood of Tykandie Jelier. The resident of Bantam, immediately on learning what had passed, proceeded to the spot -with twenty men. He found the house in the possession of between 300 and 400 armed natives, and . was forced to retreat, being unable to contend with such a superior force. The garrison then proceeded Tykandie Oeduck, and atter an engagement expelled the insurgents, and occupied the houses Between twenty and thirty of the natives lost their lives. On our side three men were wounded. 274 per 501 39 were arrested by the police on suspicion of having taked part in the murder and of resisting the public force. Public tranquillity has not been interrupted in any par t of-Bantam. The papers bring accounts of inundations in severe other places, and of considerable fires. AMSTERDAM, JUNE 12.—We are able positively to cDetradiet the report that M Van de Heim will defi nitely- take the office of Minister of the Interior sit the close of the A ssem bly o f t h e prov i nce o f S out h Hollan , —Dutch papers, June 16. WURTEMBIIRG, JUNE 7.—We are happy to say lit t the appearance o f th e cro p s o f every d escript i on is such as promises an abundant harvest. PnLISR FRONTIERS, JUNE s.—The accounts from Galicia continue to be favourable ; some per sons are, indeed, apprehensive of disorders at the season of the harvest, when the peasants will have to return the seed-corn lent them by the land owners.' It is however, believed that if there should be • some cases occur of resistance, they will be isolated ; and that, on the whole, tranquillity will not be do turbed. The complaints of the drought in most VW,' vinces of the. Austrian monarchy are increasing, have rather lowered the expectation of a remarkably abundant harvest. TRIESTE, JUNE 7.—Her Majesty the Arehduches s . • Maria of Parma arrived here to-day, from Venice, on her way to Vienna.--Algemeine Zeitung, June 12. OFFICIAL POOR-LAW CIRCULAR.. In answer to a question as to the best course of pro ceeding to get boys out apprentices to the merchant service, the Commissioners say, that the guardians; might advertise in the public papers, and also cotninuhi' cate with the Secretary.of the Admiralty on the subject. and the agents " for the protection of seamen entering on_heard merchant ships, ' licensed under the Act of. and ..9 Vic., c. 116, for providing merchant ships witfl seamen.—A widow in the receipt of out-door relief, appliedefor assistance towards the burial of .a child in a cemetery belonging to Dissenters, which the relieving officer refused, under the impression that he was not justified in giving assistance for the burial of paupers in any other place than the church-yard. The Com missioners say that the 31st section of the 7th and Bth Vie. c. 101, leaves it discretionary with the guardians 1 - whether they will or will not bury the body of a do ceased - person at the expense of the poor -rates. Where necessity, however, exists for assistance, they ought not to withhold it solely on account of the religious persuasion to which the deceased may have belonged. £he 31st section enacts that, except where the guardiang• direct the body of a pauper to be buried in t he parish to which he is chargeable, " every dead budA which the guardians or any of their officers, duly au thorised, shall direct to be buried at the expense of the poor-rates (unless the deceased person, or the bus'' band or wife or next of kin of such deceased person have otherwise desired) be buried in the church-yard. er 'other consecrated burial-ground or belonging t o the parish, &c., in which the death may have occurred. The exception, the Commissioners say, was intended to remove undue distin c ti o ns b e tween persons of dif ferent religious persuasions, and in the present instance the relieving officer acted very improperly - in refusing to give the widow assistance towards the • burial of her child in the cem etery belonging to dis senters, according to her wishes.---By the 43d Eliz. c. 2, the chi. rchwardens of every parish are expressly con stituted overseers, and are equally responsible for the contributions required by the guardians of a union.—ln the absence of a justice, the clergyman, in. . conjunction with a relieving officer, examined several pauper lunatics required to be removed from a county asylum, and for which the clergyman demanded a fee of one guinea, which the Commissioners say he was not' untitled to.—A district auditor requires to be informed whether he should be justified in allowing the charges made in the course of the perambulation of a parish under the 60th sec. of the Act 7 . and 8 Victoria, o. 101, which amounted to 731., including 15f for refreshments. The Commis sioners admit that the section of the Act authorises the payment of " all expenses properly incurred in the perambulation" by the officer of the parish in setting up and keeping in proper repair the boundary stones 01 . :be parish (once in three years); the • amount, . 1 ! thought" reasonable by the auditor, may therefpr'd ye f ,_ allowed, but the pra c ti ce which formerly preva iled providing an entertainment to the officers an- a c her& The cennot be considered as "p ro p er ly i ncu rred." clerk of Witham union applied to the C o mmissione_r a to be informed whether the b o a r d o f guar dians bad the power to compel the overseers or an assistant overseer to take proceedings for the recovery of relief granted. by way of loan. The Co mm i ss i oners re ply that the guardians are empowered to make the application by their officer, but they do not conceive that the law has invested the guardians with any powers of compelling tal ov,-rseer or his assistant to act.—ln a case where a wife, Who was an habitual drunkard, and had an income of 80/ a-year independent of her husband, refused to assist id maintaining her children, but was willing to take three of them under her care, but haviog once so abused her eldest child that she was bound over to keep the peace, the Imshand refused the offer—the guardians in quire whether they can compel the wife to contribute to the support of the children, or whether her husband can be compel!, d ti . ) deliver up the children to his wife. The Commissioners say the wife cannot be proceeded-against, as the legal obligation to maintain attaches to the' husband. COLLISION ON THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.-On Sunday morning last a collision took place on the Grand Junction Railway, about four milt* beyond Crewe, which caused great con:, sternation to a very long.train of passengers, and resulted in a great many severe contusions and bruises ; but no life was lost, and we have not heard of any fractures. It seems that the cheap excursion train, which left Manchester for London on Saturday, May 30, wa s returning- to- Manchester on Sunday morning last, consisting of 39 ' first, second, and third-class carriages, drawn by one engine. U was about six o'clock in the morning, the atmosphere veil' thick and misty, when the train came suddenly upol four or five. stationary goods-trucks, some empty and some loaded, and by the collision with these trucks the passengers were thrown violent', against each other, or against the inside of the carriages, many re ceiving severe bruises on the headAface, shoulders, &c., and a number suffered frem black eyes. As to the cause of the collision, it seems a goods' train from Birmingham, which had preceded the excursion train some time, had, by some accident, lost or left a par t of its trucks on the line. Fortunately, owing to the misty state of the atmosphere; the train was going slowly at the time, or the conse quences of the collision would have been mush more serious.—Man' chester Guardian. 'PUBLIC BATHS. —At the meetin g o f th e Ch ester T o wn Council on Friday last, a memorial was laid before that body, wit h reference to the construction of baths ler the use of the operative classes of this city. The council, having no surplus estates, were of coarse unable to aid the memorialists by a grant of public money for the purpose; but they appeared unanimously to approve of the ob ject the memorialists had in view, and made the offer of a piece of land, supposed to be convenient for the erection of the required build ings. The Mayor, and several other members of the council liberally promised to come forward, if the baths were erected by public sub scription.—Chester Courant. THE NIGHTINGALE.—SeveraI provincial papers no tice that the nightingale has been this year heard in places where his note had not previously awakened the echoes of night. sh'reosistere,eue merous other parts of England this delightful son driven by the railroads, therefore he must sear o ch been heard for places. Among other places where his note not,hasle way l tunnel, where — Acc , n . cling to severaryears is that part of Hampstead near the u r rb the silence of mid the steam-whistle and the signal-bell alone d rr iet r.e.rer visited by night ingales,night. Nightingale Valley, at Clifton. is now inst., to witness their own most beauti ful fur new resting as they have been driven away English brig. The the a l l lth ß VAGARIES woods, by the o p cons t ENGLISHa f.i from A blasting London w oß o n f sdE t o n Nn e Tii r ° ls e aE k ns e .• multitude of spectators crowded the Custom-house quoanymefHrdE.a"Paleokinaortrshhe the Courtier de la ogirond., landing of thirteen horse and . composed of thirty oeeple, which had arrived wealthy Englishman who wnole belonged to a , Possesses an estate in hounds , g•eaud has hit el - Rader. He has taken the environs of Pau. A 4. Forti, s that hy fo h n i o s en o p i ! y g chance the ohu fipsondyff , i expedient . 7 otet e,dnn_tm f a o da r er siciaplt hiding-placeue r v i i n d g e A tl b d thinks- track of his dog. It would make a fine picture for Versailles—. The FreAnlcohßa:n:RyA.m:ZlchiABnglNto ALGERIA, .—The Moniteur Algerien 1 7, and a poodle at the head of it. — Punch. of the lOth inst. contains the f Mascara, June 3:— "Col ()flowing extract from a letter dated gouhats Garabas, in D' onel Renault has just made amongst the La , Jebel litssel, three lea,;ues from Fatal, a con siderable razzia. 12,0e0 sheep, 400 bullocks, 70 camels, 18 mares in harness, an immense booty, and y, a great quantity of arms, remained in our possession.known • The loss of the enemy i n men kill ed i s as yet un , but it . must have been considerable, for the affair was a very warm one. The inhabitan:s of bitten submitted immediately. The Color •,G1 • continued his movement on Arba-Kessar behind the Kreda Mountains, to the west of itassoul, where the Arabs say the Emir lies repaired with a small cavalry force." FOOT-RACE FOR 101.—Yesterday the two hundred yards' race between Collins and Loveday, for 5/. a side,:came off at Holloway, and after a good race the former won. THE KEA.NI3.—Tbe 'St. Louis Reveille of the 13th ult. says :—" These truly attractive and clever performers have just concluded their fiftieth night with Ludlow and Smith. These Lift, nights have been occupied between Neer Orleans, Mobile, and St. Louis, and from them Mr. and Mrs. Kean have realised fifteen thousand dollars, being an average of three hundred dollars per night. This is truly great, and we know the statement to be core rect. We also know that, during this long business connexion, the most agreeable relationship has been preserved between managers, stars, and company, and that the connexion is at length severed with regret. This fact speaks well for all parties, and it is refreshing to record it, in opposition to the many accounts of professional discontents, jealousies, &c. Mr. Kean, at the conclusion of the performance on Monday night, in obedience to the call of one of the most brilliant audiences we have ever seen, appeared, and spoke as follows : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—l should be doing injustice to ray own feelings, and those of Mrs. Kean, were we to leave St. Louis without some expression of gratitude for our kind reception, and for the great success that has attended our efforts in this city. The cor diality with which we have been received, by crowded and brilliant audiences, the courteous attention of the management, and the eftl. - dent manner in which we have been supported by the company. have rendered our professional tour of nearly three months in the south and west, one of uninterrupted pleasure. Sincerely hoping that we may again have the pleasure of appearing before you pre. vices to our return to Europe, we now, with every feeling of gratt• taiLand respect, tali our 1011 Te." Them clever atifitof iTypF4 1 Ai 0 4 MOW 61811*