The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-04 00:00:00

ebtrll Wri-ttton SUN OFFICE, Seren o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP I. LO 'DON AND YORE (THE EASTERN COUNTIES). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. AUSTIN was all day engaged in addressing their Lord ships. The Learned Gentleman went into the traffic on both lines of railway, and contended that the coal traffic of the London and York was made out on a false estimate, inas much as coal was to be had cheaper in London than that which would be brought by the London and York Railway. This he sought to prove by comparing the returns of coal brought by the Eastern Counties line with the assumed returns of the proposed London and York line. The Learned Counsel con cluded by calling upon the Committee to declare the preamble of the Eastern Counties' Bill proved. The Committee wished to learn whether the parties on both sides were ready to make any arrangement with the landowners. Mr. AUSTIN said that there had been no proposition made to his clients by the landowners. Mr. Sergeant AVRANGIIA3I said that his clients were wil ling to do everything towards an agreement with the landed proprietors. Th e y wou ld b e w illing to place the case in the hands of Mr. Edwin Lasceltes, who would settle the amount of compensation without going to iur3 Sergeant W It was then announced that Mr. rangham would address the Committee, in reply to the whole case, at eleven o'clock to-morrow. The Committee then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XVII. MANCIMSTER. AND SOUTHAMPTON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Samuel Price Edwards, collector of the port of South ampton for the last three or four years, and connected with other ports in a similar capacity for the last 22 years, was then called and examined. He was acquainted with the route of the proposed line, which ran from Southampton by Romsey, Andover, Marlborcugh, Cirencester, to Chelten ham, where it would form a junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. Such a line would be of great advantage to Southampton, as it would afford direct commu nication from north to south, and thus connect the important manufacturing districts with a commodious exporting port in the south of England. The trade of the port of Southampton had been trebled within the last five years, and was increasing. During the year ending the sth of January last, 150,956 tons were entered inwards, and 91,133 outwards. The imports consisted of foreign silks, Mohair, worsted ✓ arn, wool, gums, saffron, goats' hair, &c. The value of raw silk imported was 700,0001. Out of 313 tons 800 would go to Manchester, which was the great depot of raw silks, as also was Macclesfield. Wool went to York shire, and the other commodities principally to the north of England. If the line was made the whole of these articles would go by it as being the cheapest and quickest mode of communication. Large quantities of coffee' were also imported, and 16 tons of cigars were imported per month. Southampton was the principal packet station of the Penninsula and Oriental Steam Packet Company, and for vessels to all parts of the world. The importation of coffee was limited, owing to the want of efficient and cheap communication with the north, where the consumption was greater than in the south. The present expenseof transit was greater than the article could bear ; it was consequently sent to the dearest market, London. The Peninsular and Orien tal Packet Company intended shortly opening up communi cation with several ports of the Mediterranean. Southamp ton was the fittest port in the country, and possessed great pecuniary advantages over other towns in respect to dues and other charges incidental to the navigation. The circuitous route to the north was a great drawback to the prosperity of Southampton. At present a ton of goods to Manchester cost 3/. Is. ; by the proposed line the same quantity would not cost more than 11. He anticipated that large quantities of corn would be landed at Southampton for consumption as far north as Birmingham. The value of ex ports last year, ending, the sth day of April, 1846, was 2,192,0551. The opening of the -Rouen and Havre Railway I would increase the general traffic. 60,000 persons, including those who attended them, em barked annually. The witness then went into detail with respect to other towns, and observed the advantages which the proposed line would confer upon the town. With this railway to the north the trade of Southampton would be greatly increased. In 1844, the goods conveyed by railway amounted to 4,225 tons ; in 1845, the quantity had increased to 12,668. The witness was subjected to a lengthy cross -examination by Mr. HILL, but his testimony was not shaken. He considered that a railway, running along the pier, and com municating with the docks, would possess a double advan tage, as it would embrace them both. To get to the docks at present persons had to cross the South-Western Railway. They would also have to cross the proposed line. This witness was also cross-examined by Sir T. PHILLIPS on behalf of the Great Western Company. He said he was a shareholder in the Manchester and Southampton line, and that the prospectus issued by the promoters correctly set forth the advantages which it would confer on the districts it ws proposed to traverse. Mr. ALEXAXDItR interrupted the Learned Counsel by ob jecting to his examining the witness with respect to the whole line, when the land belonging to that company was Only affected for a few yards at Swindon. Sir Tao - Nuts PHILLIPS contended that the Great Western Company had a right to appear and examine witnesses, with respect to the whole project, although they were only affected for a few yards, and quoted the case of the South Wales, which was proposed to cross the Severn by a tunnel, but which was thrown out, because it interfered with property in another and distant part of its route. After considerable discussion the Committee decided that the course of examination should be pursued. The witness was further cross-examined, after which the Committee adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow. MEETING OF MEXICAN BOND HOL DE EtS.—( THIS DAY.) A meeting of the Mexican bondholders was held to day at the London Tavern at one o'clock, G. C. Robin son, Esq., in the chair, when there was a large assem blage of the proprietors of this stock. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by alluding to the last meeting, whichhe stated had been so interrupted that he did not conceive that a right conclusion, and he trusted, therefore, that no such interruption would now take place. Mr. Robinson then read the corres pondence with , Mr. Slider and with the other agents of the Mexican Government, the substance of which was that, the Mexican Government, feeling itself unable to meet its engagements, had determined to propose a consolida tion of the debt into one general stock, after the follow ing portions:—the whole debt, amounting to 10,241,6504 to the purposes of the active debt ; 5,961,651/. to the debentures on debt created sth March last, 4,650,000/. The means to be provided would then be applied to the active stock, 5,032,485 L, and 3,074,400/, to the deferred bonds. The amount of the redemption fund, for the purpose of satisfying the hypothecations on the tobacco revenue, would be 2,134,7651., but on this latter revenue there would also be the charge of the political expenses of the State. The report then went on to state that, considering the present position of Mexico, the Committee did not hesi tate to recommend that this proposition for the Mexican Government should be accepted. but with the under standing that this was to be a final arrangement, and that no circumstances whatever should hereafter inter fere with the application of the state revenues to the satisfaction of this debt ; with respect to the application of the several portions of the revenue to the active and deferred bonds ; considering that an equitable sacrifice was to be made, the appro priation was as fair as possible. With these observa tions, the Chairman would conclude with stating that be was quite ready to answer any questions that might be put to him.—(Cheers.) Mr. CARD then addressed the chair, contending that it was unfair that the claims of the active bondholders should come on the 20 per cent. revenue. The speaker continued amid much interruption, till at length the Chairman obtained a hearing, and he concluded by moving that the proposition be accepted. The motion having been put, A SHAREHOLDER stated that he would have no objec tion whatever to accede to the proposition, provided Baron Rothschild, M r . B ar i ng , M r. Th ornton, or any other parties, would become security for the half- Yearly dividends. —(Laughter.) But when he recollected that Precisely the same o p rem ises had been made twelve or thirteen years a go, the n Le saw that one-fifth of the revenues of pa yra Ve e r g a nt , Cr f uz and Tampico were to be - applied for the inanguaent o v t he in . terest, mud this he be lieved a very „ w rortio h n of the whole ?ere country. nues of the recollected espe cially that . the population n ofe t he country was eight millions , and th e revenues upwards of 5,000,0001., he thought that it was no reply that there had been a war between Mexico and 'rajas for that was a bloodle ss and inexpensive war. It w i lts a paltry sum to apply only 460,000/. a year out of th e t o b a cco revenues for such a countr y as th i s ; and he thought that some better agreement than this ought to be made. lie should, therefore , oppose any such settle ment as that which had been moved. An amendment was then moved that the recommenda tion of the committee should be agreed to, provided a full payment of the three last dividends could be made in stock, whi c h wou ld h ave th e e ff e ct of substituting for every 100/. 3 per Cent. coupon an amount of 974 10s. stock. It was then stated by a bondholder that he appeared for a very large proprietor, and he wished to know whether the recommendation of the committee was unanimous ? Mr. CAREL stated, before the news of the war between Mexico and the United States arrived the committee had been unanimous. A BONDHOLDER wished to know whether there was any guarantee for the safety of this proposition ; whe ther, in fact, there was any surety that the amount of tobacco hypothecated would be paid. For his part he would rather that there should be a reduction of interest rather than of capital. To the question proposed the CHAIRMAN replied that whatever might have been the violations of their enjoy ments by individuals those of the Government had always been respected. By the Bth article it was stipu latcd that 96,875 doallars should be applied to the de fraying the 1,162,500 dollars annual interest, and 20,833 dollars to the 200,000. As reg.rded the probability of their being any power of a British Minister to interfere hi the event ui the Americans seizing upon the revenues of the country, he could not say, but he might remind the meeting that according to the agreement these sums would be paid monthly into the hands of Manning and Marshall, who are British subjects resident in the coun try, and who are agents of the country, so that inter national law would appear to be :in favour of such a right. To this remark of the Chairman Arr. CABELL replied by stating bis belief that tile security was not sufficient; and as circumstances might arise which would alter the ate of the case materially, he should, therefore, suggest that the meeting should adjourn till after the arrival of 1403 next American packet. VIDA decided that this suggestion could not at pre. THE SUN, LONDON, TIITTRSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1846. and that that Noble Lord was the Earl of Dalhousie. And the effect of that imputation was that at the time that ;he had mentioned the ad dress he had now alluded to he was aware of another address having arrived from Canada of a nature contrary to that of the one he had been speaking of. Now he should confess, and he was not ashamed to confess it, that he did feel pained at any question having been put respecting him in such language, for he was able to say that he had never done anything in his life, either public or private, which could merit such an imputation.—(Hear, hear.) But he could not but feel annoyed that such a statement should have gone forth to the country unexplained by him, for it must have had the effect of making an un favourable impression against him, Now, he woulk ask their Lordships, would it be worth his while to suppress such a fact when he knew that it would be perfectly well known to the public the very next morning, But he begged to assure their Lordships that it was physically impossible that he could have been aware of the dispatch in question at the time he made this state ment to the House. He had applied to a private quarter —he felt humbled in having been compelled to do so— (Cheers)—and he had ascertained frem that source the steamer which brought the dispatch arrived at Liverpool after their lordships had met on Thursday evening; the dispatch was forwarded to the Post-office, where it ar rived at 6 o'clock - on Friday morning, shortly after their their Lordships had concluded their sittings, and at 10 o'clock that morning it reached the Colonial Office by the ordinary delivery of the Post-office; and he himself was not aware of its arrival until informed of the fact by his Honourable Friend the Secretary of the Colonies. No one, he was sure, could possibly he aware that the address was in existence in the course of the debate of Thursday. Therefore, in that place, as a Peer, and on his honour, he assured their Lordships that he was not aware of the arrival of the mail at the time in question, or of any intention of the Legislative Assembly of Canada to form any opinion on the policy of her Majesty's Ministers contrary to that which was upon record, and he believed con tained the sentiments of that assembly on the question. He should not, however, further comment upon that. If it had been necessary to put this question, he wished it had been put by some Noble Lord who held the seat in that House to his (Lord Dalhousie's) face. He re gretted, also, that it was put at a time when a week must elapse before it was possible for him to reply to it. and when he might have had an opportunity of vindicat ing himself from the charge. He felt it due to himself and to their Lordships to offer this explanation, which he trusted was satisfactory.—(Cheers.) Lord STANLEY said he was sure every one who knew his Noble Friend considered that any statements made in another place, or elsewhere, which threw any aspersion upon his character, were without foundation— (Cheers)—he was quite sure, that it was out of the power of any human being, to cast any aspersion on the personal honour of his Noble Friend. He (Lord Stanley) was not aware there was any intention to put the question to which the Noble Lord referred. He received a copy of the despatch the fol lowing morning, and it was not until the course of the next afternoon that he learned that the question had been put. He was sure the character of the Noble Lord, both in that and the other House of Parliament, rendered it unnecessary for him to occupy a single moment in exculpating him from such a charge, which, if it had been true, would have involved a charge of neglect of public honour and of public duty. However, it was not until that moment that a reply could be given by the Noble Lord that it was the intention of the Under Secretary of the Colonial Department to the dispatch on the table of the House, and ho trusted that their Lordships would bear with him for a few moments whilst he made some observations upon it. He would take that opportunity of saying a few words on the serious objections which had been entertained against the policy of her Majesty's Government on this point in Canada. He had availed himself of that oppor tunity to assert that serious objections were entertained there, not only as that policy was likely to affect the particular interests of the Canadians themselves but also on account of .the commercial and political ef fects that were likely to arise from the measure then under the consideration of their Lordships. They not only complained that it will, if adopted, prevent their taking British manufactures in return for their colonial produce, but it would have the result of throwing away the whole of the capital expended in improving the course of the St. Lawrence, which is the natural outlet for the produce of the provinces. He had warned the House that this policy would be likely to have the thjurious effect of dissolving the tie which held the Canadas to this country, and induce them to seek an association with the United States. He would not say that his remarks had been treated with inattention, but he could not help recollecting that an assertion had that night been made that the Conadas were altogether in favour of free trade. He felt that it would not be right to treat this merely as a free trade question, but that its commercial and political bearings ought also to be taken into account. And whatever might have been thought of his anticipations, their Lordships would recollect that within twelve hours after they had been uttered, and before the recorded opinions of their Lordships could be made known to the country, an unanimous ad dress from the House of Assembly in Canada had been brought to this country, containing precisely the same views and apprehensions which he had himself entertained—echoing precisely the same objections in almost the very words which he had used. Their Lordships should know that the House of Assembly was one of the most divided commu nities in the world—divided in interest, divided in character, divided in country—consisting of Canadians, Anglo-Canadians, Gallic-Canadians, and men from the United States ; and yet this divided Assembly had come to an unanimous conclusicn against the policy of the Government. He would read only a very few words from that address. His Lordship then read a paragraph from the address, complaining of the inter ference of the Ministerial policy with their interests, and injuring the trade in their produce of grain and timber. The address then went on to say that the proposed mea sure was calculated to retain the progress of agricultural improvement which the rising prosperity of the colony, and would seriously impair the ability of the inhabitants of Canada to purchase the manufactured goals of Great Britain. They further went on to thank the Parlia ment of the mother country for the loan of 1,500,0001. for the purpose of promoting the public works in that colony, but they considered that the proposed alterations in the law of protection would so reduce the prosperity of the canals and other public works, as to render them comparatively profitless. The address went on to state that a check would be placed on the encou ragement of agricultural production, and also that it would prevent the influx of emigrants from the mother country. and consequently that the inhabitants would lose the benefit of their capital and skill. And lastly it stated that it was next to be feared that should the inhabi tants of Canada find, in consequence of the withdrawal of all protection, that they could not compete with the United States in the only market open fur them, they would materially begin to doubt if their remaining a portion of the British empire will be of that permanent ad vantage which they have hitherto found it to be. The Noble Lord went on to say that these were considerations of very grave importance as well to her Majesty and to the people of the province. The dutiful inhabitants of the province stated in their address that they should be sorry if any measure was passed calculated to weaken the ties which had for so many years bound them to the parent state. They considered it the greatest evil that could possibly hefal them their Lordships would remember the time when this address was sent, to whom it was addressed, and the strong, yet loyal and affectienate terms in which it was couched. It would, he thought, give a satisfactory vindication of the apprehensions he entertained. He deeply regretted that it did not arrive before their Lordships decided upon the second reading of the Bill. He trusted, however, that it was not yet too late to remove these apprehensions. Their Lordships would bear in mind the loyal and dutiful ad dress unanimously agreed to by the people of Canada. Lord LYTTLETON laid on the table several papers from the colonies, and among others the address f rom Canada, which the Noble Lord who had just sat down alluded to. The papers included several addresses on the subject of the Ministerial measure, viz., the corn-laws, which had already been laid on the table of the House of Commons. In regard to the general observations of the Noble Lord, he would not then enter upon a discussion As, however, he had not had an opportunity of ex pressing his sentiments in the previous debate which had taken place, he would defer what he had to say until the motion for going into Committee, when he would refer to what had fallen from the Noble Lord—(Hear.) Earl GREY, like the Noble Lord who had just sat down, did not wish to raise a debate that night, but, after the speech of the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley), he could not allow the subject to pass by without one re mark. That was, that though he had seen the address to which the Noble Lord alluded to, and he believed the spirit of it was fairly represented, still the fact could not be doubted, that, on the original debate on the policy of her Majesty's Government on the opening of the Assem bly of Upper Canada, there was no tone of despondency or alarm respecting the measure, but, on the contrary, there was a lively and encouraging tone manifested on the oc casion. On that occasion also, a motion was carried by a el c ae o er n tac ur si t d e er oa a vf ble majority, agre e i ng t o co - operate with her Majesty' s G overnment in carrying the measure into inthgeheanhse dno gn o e p o p t or d tu ise ni n ty ssi o o f n e o n n ter t t h a e in n i r g c u the - stance s that may have led to a change of opinions— perhaps it was an echo of the alarm exhibited here—he er would not v enture to pronounce an opinion. Still t h e floactitornemteaineeed.opa that, t e o witli r , !' le h a er l the first d e b ate:of the Canadian Assembly, i t approved age majority of the the measure measure in relation to the ajesty's Government on Whether this apprehension sti ll rd of the corn-laws. know, but of thi s h e was satis&e• lem th a a ined he did not within a v er y short time all such apprehension would ise proved to be unfounded, and he was convinced this measure would be productive of the be s t e ff ects both as regarded the colonisubject then drop or the comercipedal interest of th e country. The. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several peti tions against the proposed Bill for th e abolition corn-laws. josty's Government to take into consideration the pro priety of diminishing as far as possible the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Lord's Day. He believed their Lordships would recollect that in the year 1834 there was a Committee of the House of Commons, and from the evidence laid before them on the subject it appeared that the greater part of crime in Engtand was owing to intoxication. In the year 1839 he believed the Noble Lord who sat near him (Earl Stanhope) brought in a Bill to limit the sale of intoxicating liquors from Saturday evening till one o'clock on Sunday afternoon. By that act much good had been produced in the metropolis, Manchester, and Liverpool, but the opera tions of that Act were limited to certain great towns, and the object of the present petitions was that the operations of that Act might be extended to the other great towns of England. He might observe that these petitions were of a very singular character. He had looked over all of them, and it was an ex traordinary fact that that there were no marks instead of names subscribed to them. This sheaved that all the petitioners were persons of education. They were not connected with any particular party whatever, for Churchmen, Dissenters, magistrates, clergymen, corpo rations of cities, all came forward to join in the prayer of the petitioners ; and he need not say how desirable it would that their prayers should be granted, when it was known that, in London alone, upwards of :50 per cent of the crimes were owing to drunkenness, and that there had been 50 per cent. diminutien in the crimes was in consequence of the operations of the Bill of his Noble Friend. Lord DENMAN presented several petitions to the same effect. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from almost i:11 the inhabitants of a town in the north of England (the name of which did not reach us), in favour of the Ministerial measures. Earl GREY presented a petition to the same effect. Lord DENMAN presented a petition from a lady, praying for relief from their Lordships under the fol lowing circumstances:--She had been confined in prison for contempt of Court, inasmuch as she refused to give evidence in a certain case, upon the ground that she had a religious scruple against taking an oath, and the consequence of her contempt was that it had cost her one year's income. While upon the subject he begged to say that a short Bill was about to be introduced affording a remedy in such cases. Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions against a breach of the guage in the formation of rail ways. CUSTOIIS DUTIES (TARIFF) BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE presented several peti tions praying that the Customs' Duties Bill, now before their Lordships, be passed. In doing so, he begged to' say that, as this was a Bill composed almost en tirely of matters of detail, he would not enter at any length upon the reasons which bad in duced the Government to introduce this measure. In 1842 the Government proposed to your Lordships that there should be an entire revision of the tariff, with a view, principally, to the removal of prohibitory duties, and the removal of those which were simply protective. The proposition then adopted was not, for the first time, as it was merely fol lowing the example f the commercial policy of this country for twenty years before, and it was but an advance in the same direction to which that Legisla tion tended. He wonld not call their attention further back than 1819, when many of their Lordships would re collect that reductions were made in the Custom duties. Between 1819 and 1826 still more numerous and larger changes were made : it must be in the recollection of all their Lordships, that very great charges were made even in the navigation laws; in our colonial commercial policy—that large reductions were made upon nearly all the principal articles imported into this country, and with respect to some of them, the duties were repealed altogether. But when Her Majesty's Ministers approached the consideration of the tariff in 1842, that a mass of duties was imposed upon different articles regu lated apparently by no principle whatever—that no one principle pervaded the whole. Under the superinten dence of the then President of the Board of Trade and the Secretary for the Colonies, an entire revision of the tariff took place—the articles were classified and the charges regulated upon a fixed scale. The principles which were applied to that tariff were these:—That as far as possible there should be a duty on raw materials of 20 per cent., and on manufactured materials 10 per cent. That principle was applied to the law, and upon that principle it was adopted. 'There had been laid upon the table of the House, a list of the principle articles on which changes had been made—they amount` to nearly 600 on which redu, tons were made amounting to nearly 1,300,000/. In the fol lowing year still' further reductions were made in the Customs' duties. In 1843 reductions were made in seven different articles. In 1844 reductions were made i❑ four articles producing a great amount of revenue, and in 1845, alterations were made in 112 articles, 54 of which were totally repealed ; anc in that year a very large number of articles producing a large amount of revenue were expunged from the tariff, as far as the duties were concerned, although their names were retained for the purposes of registration and statistics. Now these reductions were effected in the firm belief that the removal of the duties upon various arti cles and especially those protected, were beneficial to the consumer and to the manufacturer also. The object was to effect a reduction on the raw material and those articles of consumption which contributed largely to the revenue, in the expectation that the in crease of the consumption would so operate as to prevent the revenue from suffering at all from the change. He would take a few articles by way of showing what had been the effects of this measure. In 1842 and 1844 there had been large reductions in the duty on cotton in the first instance from ls. 3d. to Bd., and then to 4d. In 1843, the amount imported was upwards of 30,000,0001b5. ; in 1844, it was 31,300,0001b5. ; in 1845, it was 33,200,0001b5., and since the returis there had also been a large increase. The next article he would take would be sugar. There had been a large reduction of the duty on sugar in 1844. In that year the importa tion was 4,000,000 cwts. ; subsequently, and before the end of the year, it had increased to 4,100,000 cwts. In 1845 it was 4,800,000 cwts. It should be recollected that sugar was an article which induced the con sumption of other articles, and accordingly there was a great increase in the importation of tea between 1841 and 1844, and again between 1844 and 1845. In the article of currants, which however in significant it might appear, yet contributed largely to the revenue and to the comforts of the people, there had also been a great reduction of duty— Between 1844 and 1846 the increase was from 2,300,000 to 2,845,000 and to 3,209,000 pounds. There bad also been a large reduction on the raw ma terial for linen with a correspondent effect. It was not merely in the imports of one particular article that their Lordships were to look for the effect of the reduction in the duties, because by a reduction in one ar tiele, a stimulus was given to various other branches of manufacture. Their Lordships would find, upon look ing to the imports of the last four years, there had been a large increase in the amount of imports. From a document which he held in his hand, it appeared that the imports, in round numbers, Was in 1841 1842 59,000,000 1843 1844 1845 82,000,000 having risen from the year 1841 to 1845 from the sum of 59,000 000/. to 82,000,0001. The same effect shows itself as regards the exports. The real and declared value of the English and Irish exports was in -1840 £51,000,000 ' 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 ' having risen since the year 1840 from 51,000,0001. to 60,000,0001., showing an increase of 9,000,0001. within this period. He would now direct their Lordships' atten tion to the effects which these reductions had had on the revenue. RAILWAY LEGISLATION . Earl FITZWILLIAM gave noti ce t h at r to-mo r w he should move a resolution to the effect that the third reading of Railway Bills should be postp one d t i ll all the Railway Bills before this and the other House of Parlia ment came before their Lordships in that stage. The Foble Lord had (as we understood) said it was also his intention to move, that when the Bills reached thi s stage they should be referred to a Committee, to deter mine which Bills should pass and which should not. SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUNDAY. The Bishop of NORWICH presented sixty petitions, signed by 30,000 persons, esuuestly prtying he; sent be entertained, and a conversation ensued as to the value of the stock; but nothing ensued that the effect of the change would be on the value of the bonds. Mr. WIRING protested against any supposition that they were come there to fight a battle, but to entertain the recommendation of the Committe, and to do justice to all parties, whether they be Active or Deferred Bond holders. Had not the news of the war arrived, he should have voted for the resolution, but as no evil could arise from delaying the advices to Mexico , unti l after the 19th, when they would obtain direct informa tion from Mexico, and be in possession also from the United Stotes, he thought it would be better to wait until then. A BOND HOLDER stated that calculating the over a d t u o e ck coupons be t o f t h t e h e r a a t c e t i o v f e l d l e s b l. t : a h o e d fo o u n n t d h e the fvearltueedo debthet 921. 10s., the proportionate value then would be for the former 901., and for the latter 72/. If the meeting as sented to this proposition, they would be making a sa crifice of the large sum of 2,139,765/., which the Mexican Government would immediately sell again That sum in the market, and thus the bondholders would be shorn of this portion of their capital without obtaining any additional security for the remainder. He would, therefore, sug gest that the amendment should be withdrawn, and that for adjournment The amendment wasme substantively ut bietfowreasthoepenpoeseet(iinhgy. Mr. T. D. Poles, who expressed his opinion that the de lay would be of no service. In the event of the Ameri can war being continued, and the difficulties of the Mexi cali Government being increased, and their applying the duties hypothecated to their own exigencies, and this was the wo rs t v i ew of the case ; they would have the British Ministry to insist upon the performance of their agreement. On the other hand, by assenting to this agreement the meeting would immediately bind the meeting in Mexico, so that the delay would be injurious rather than beneficial, and for that reason it should have his opposition, I AG:CHAIR3IAN said, that the conclusion to which the committee had come, had only been arrived at after the most sedulous consideration. The values of the several stocks had been separately calculated by eight different gentlemen, who had all agreed within a fraction. The most contradictory opinions had been expressed on this occasion; but it was his impression, that if they waited until both kinds of bondholders agreed as to what would be severally just to them, he thought Mr. Capel might amend his terms, and move an adjournment sine die. He really thought that the allowance of 290/. for the Active Stock, and 601. for the Deferred Stock, was perfectly fair. And then with respect to the supposition, that there was no additional security, he must contend that by the positive hypo thecation of the tobacco duties, and of the silver duties, there was a clearer claim established, and one which would justify the right of the British Minister to require the fair and full satisfaction of the debt, either in principal or interest. Taking the unsettled state of Mexico, the constant change of its Government, and the great uncertainty of the future, he did believe that by the arrangement now proposed there would be a great increase of the probability of the payment being made safer. He agreed with Mr. Bowles, in the belief that the waiting for the American packet would be totally useless, and on the same grounds as those which that gentleman had laid before the meeting. He firmly believed that the meeting would give him credit for ho nesty.—(Cheers.) He firmly believad that no good could arise from an adjournment, and for disagreeing with the proposition of Mr. Murphy, and which that gentleman might not hereafter hare it in his power to repeat. It mattered not to him whether he ever received one shilling either of principal or interest, but it did matter greatly to others for whom he acted, and he acted on public principle alone.—(Loud cheers.) Taking credit, then, for honest intentions, he would assert his deliberate belief that, short of absolute cer tainty, the arrangement now proposed was the safest that could possibly be made. To the question of whether the debentures given for the over•due coupons were to be considered as of the value specified upon them, or only worth the amount for which they were actually given, The CHAIRMAN replied, that three of the dividends had been paid in cash, so that the debentures were only worth the difference of the sum remaining unpaid. The amendment for an adjournment fur fourteen days was then put and lost, and the motion for approving the recommendation of the committee, and accepting the pro position of the Mexican Government, was carried by an overwhelming majority. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and com mittee for their services, and the meeting separated. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING SLY O'CLOCK. THE EMPEROR'S VASE. 3 to 1 agst Alarm 7 to 1 agst Wulf-dog 9 to 1 agst Orlando 9 to 1 agst Jericho 10 to 1 agst Miss Sarah 13 to 1 agst Peri colt 20 to 1 agst KhOndooz. TAW VALE RAILWAY EXTEN SIONS.—PECIAL MEETING (THIS DAY). A special meeting of the scripholders, proprietors, and shareholders of this railway took place this day, at the London Tavern, at one o'clok, in pursuance of the Sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament, EMANUEL COOPER, Esq., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CIIAIR3IAN announced that as soon as the intention of Government was announced as requiring a meeting of the scripholders to take place a meeting was convened in Exeter, at which 10,370 shares were in favour of proceeding, and 1,660 against such a course, leaving an assenting majority of 8,710. But as an irregularity had taken place in the insertion of the advertisements they were obliged to convene the present meeting. The Bristol and Exeter Company had agreed, as soon as they obtained their Bill, to take the line from them at 4 per cent. upon their paid• up capital and calls, and to be subject to an increase at the following rates per cent. when the Bristol and Exeter received 9 per cent., 5 when they receive 10, 6 when they receive 11, &c. The money already paid for expenses amounted to 6,9491. 12s. 11d., and he believed that the total amount of expenditure, in cluding the present liabilities, would not exceed 10,0001., or about 108. per share. Their money in hand was about 49,8601. The Bideford branch had been lost in the House of Lords, and they therefore considered that they would not require as large an amount paid up as the estimated capital, which was 533,000/. The whole number of shares were 26,630, and those allotted amounted to 23,000 ; and out of these 23,000 shares, 20,725 had been paid up upon. The CHAIRMAN then put a resolution, to the effect that it was the opinion of the meeting that the Bill should be pro ceeded with. Mr. FITZPATRICK seconded the resolution. The votes were then taken, when there appeared— For going on Against Majority The meeting then separated. QUEEN'S BENCH —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE HULL DOCK COMPANY. This was a question which came before the Court, upon a certiorari, to determine whether the finding of a jury, in a case of compensationbetween the Hull Dock Company, on the one part, and Mr. Jubb, proprietor of the Cannon Brewery, on the other, could be maintained. It appeared that the Hull Dock Company having obtained an Act for the formation of their docks, required the laud on which Mr. Jubb's brewery was situated, and the jury was empanelled to assess its value. The jury awarded a sum of 4001. compensation for the value of the land premises; and a further sum of 3001. for Mr. Jubb's loss of interest in the premises, supposed to be occa sioned by loss ofconnexion, removal, and finding other premises. To the finding of 400/. for the laud the dock company took no objection ; but to the finding of 300/. for loss of interest in business they objected, and the case came now before the Court on appeal for its opinion. For the finding of the jury and judgment of the Sheriff; Mr. WATSON, Q.C., and Mr. HENDERSON were heard; the Hull Dock Company was supported by the Solicitor- General (why was heard) and by Mr. Martin, Q.C., whose arguments the Court postponed the hearing of to a future day. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that the finding of the 300/. was excessive, and that the jury was not warranted by the Act to make such an award. 111PERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their'Lordship s met at Five o'clock. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several peti tions from the county of Aberdeen in favour of this undertaking. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Free Church inhabitants of Paisley, praying their Lord ships to pass a measure to enable them to purchase sites for the erection of churches. Lord CAMPBELL presented eight petitions to the same effect from different parts of Scotland. Earl STANHOPE presented Correa Petition , praying their Lordships not to pass the Bill until a full inquiry was made into the present monetarY system of the country. Lord CAMPBELL presented petition s f rom Greenock and other tow ns in Scotland in favour of the Ministerial measures. CORN-LAWS. Lord STANLEY presented petitions from different tavnoduldConrnowwableig, agt places in the countie s of Wilts and n t h o e tic r e e peal o h f e t u c o l d r , n 0 - l n a w t o s m orrow, askt d o re h s a s v e e s p w la h ca on the table of the House copi es of any addresses Assemblies_ of na Canadaay have upon been the received subject from o Legislativethheecorncorn-laws. w s. The Earl of DALIIOUSIE said, that in meeting the arguments that had been used cn the last night their Lordships had sat, against the present Government mea sure affecting the corn-laws, he endeavoured to contro vert them to the best of his ability, and in doing so, quoted an address which had been re ceived from the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, and he founded the arguments he had used upon the statements contained in those addresses ; for the Government had no reason to believe, from the na ture of the contents of these addresses, that the Canadian Government were adverse to this measure. In what he was now about to state, he would make no allusion to any thing that had been said out of this House, by which he would b e i n fringing any ord er o f th e i r Lordships' House. But he would endeavour so to allude to a state ment which had been made elsewhere, as that their Lordships would understand by the implication what he meant, without committing any breacn of any order of their Lordships' House. What he meant was this, that upon the day after the debate in this House Caqtnuig question was put to the first Minister of the Crown in reference to th a t d e b ate , which would have the effect of Casting an imputation upon the truth-telling and fairness Of 4/ 1%19/21t) Lord, Member of their Lorthhipe f LORDS' SUMArARY. The House of Lords met to-day for the first time after the Whitsuntide recess. Numerous petitions were presented in favour of, and against the repeal of the corn-laws. Lord STANLEY, in presenting several petitions from Wilts and Cornwall against the repeal of the corn-laws, gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move for copies of the addresses that had been received from the Legislative Assemblies of Canada on the subject of the corn-laws. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then defended himself against the attack that had been made upon him in the House of Commons by Lord George Bentinck with respect to the addresses from Canada, which led to a short but animated debate. Earl FiTzwiLLIAN gave notice of his intention to. morrow to move certain resolutions with respect to Rail , way Bills. The Earl of DALRousIE then moved the second read ing of the Customs Duties (Tariff) Bill. The Noble Earl entered at considerable length into the duties that at present existed, and those which it was proposed to reduce by the present measure. The Duke of IticHmoND opposed the Bill. (r.xyr sirrixo.) A " CONJUROR" IN TROUBLE.—WINDSOR, JUNE 3. Yesterday mor n i ng, a person name d G eorge R o b ert Y oung, the assistant conj uror to hi s b rot h er, M r. E . W . Y oung, " t h e Great North ern Wi zard, " who has b een exhi b iting at the theatre in this town, was brought before the sitting magis trates (Mr. Adams, the mayor, and Mr. Legh), charged with having committed a violent assault unpon Mr. Wood, the superintendent of the Windsor Gas Works. It appeared, from the evidence of Mr. Wood, that on the evening of Saturday last the complainant saw the defendant's brother, the real conjuror, in the yard of the Star and Garter Tap, when, the brother, who was exceedingly drunk, abused Mr. Wood, because the company had refused to trust him for the gas supplied at the theatre during his performances. While the altercation was going on, the defendant, whom Mr. Wood had never before seen, rushed out of the tap, in a state of "furious intoxication," knocked down the com plainant with his fists, striking him on the head and body without saying a word. The defendant, who appeared to be " no conjuror" before the bench, said, in his defence, he did strike Mr. W oo d ; b ut the fact was, he was so drunk (having been drinking a good d ea l i n gett i ng hi s b ro th er 's traps P ac ked up), that he rea ll y did not know what h e was about, and bad n o t t h e least recollection of what had taken place. Mr. Wo o d recommended him to the mercy of the magistrates, observing that all he desired was protection from the as sistant conjuror's violence. The Mayor told the defendant, that in consequence of the kind recommendation of Mr. Wood. they were disposed to treat the case far more leniently than they oth erw i se should have done. They should there fore inflict a small fine w hi c h, w ith the costs, amounted to lay. 6d. The money Wad a w r a y a ft er wax4 paid, wad he was AV 1114ratel MEXICAN CRUISERS. It - will be recollected that before Almonte broke up his mission in this country, he stated positively, that in the event of a war between the United States and Mexico, the latter would cover the sea with privateers under the Mexican flag. There is a great deal of anxiety beginning to be manifested for the result of this threat. Almonte, at the last accounts, was at Havannab. It seems that he was sent there under the pretext of being accredited as a Minister to France; but instead of pro ceeding to Europe, he remained at Havannah, and sent his secretary back to Mexico. Who knows that this was not a mere feint, and that Almonte knew what was to take place on the Rio Grande, and went to Havannah for the purpose of issuing letters of marque, as he threat ened when at Washington? This is certainly a menacing and important view of the case ; and what makes it more disastrous is the probability that it is true. The amount of American property in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and in the South Seas, is worth probably one h un d re d m illi ons of dollars, belonging to all the sea-ports in the United State' . The tonnage enrolled, and belonging to the United States, approaches 3,000,000, about one-half of which is actively engaged in the foreign trade. This tonnage, estimated at the moderate sum of 60 dols. per ton, for vessel and cargo, would make the amount of property now at sea 90,000,000 dols. But this is a low estimate, both as to the vessels at sea, and their estimated value. To the shipping interest of the count' y generally, the past season has been, perhaps, the most active and prosperous experienced for many years. The comparatively destitute and meagre- show of ship ping whieh the various ports throughout the United States now present, is sufficient evidence that this esti mate of property at present afloat is not exaggerated. There are 657 whalemen at sea, which may be valued at twenty millions of dollars. This immense amount of property is at the risk of being taken by these cruisers ; and the first information we may get, may be disastrous to the shipping interest to an extent beyond any antici pation of the public. The effect of' such designs as those attributed to Almonte and the Mexican Government, will be felt in all the principal seaports. The first result will be the complete explosion of the in surance companies, and the effect of these explo sions will materially injure the banks in all the large cities. The aggregate result will be the bringi ng a b ou t a revulsion more disastrous in its effects than that of the year 1837. There will probably be another revul sion in commercial interests, and particularly in the shipping business in all the great cities. The amount of American property that may be lost in this way is incalculable. This is the view of the disasters that may be pro duced by the present war. Another is, the effect which the distribution of the funds of the Government may cause in the rise of breadstuffs and the munitions of war in the Western States and in the Gulf of Mexico, to supply the army on the Rio Grande. Thus it will be seen, that while the Atlantic cities and coast will suffer terribly, the west and south-west will be benefited by the vast expenditures that will be re quired to bring the war to a successful and honourable termination. These expectations are gloomy on one side and glorious on the other. We must take them as they come, and do the best we can. An imbecile Govern ment has brought us into this condition ; and having elected them, we must make the best we can of a bad bargain, and fight it out with the best energy and courage we have.—New York Paper. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL MIDDLEBUEG, MAY 22.—What we learn from this and the other provinces, as well as from Belgium, respecting the state of the standing crops, is in general very satisfactory, and gives every reason to expect a very abundant harvest. A portion of the herring fleet of Vlaardingen is to be sent from that place on Tuesday next (June 2), and the steam boat Cerberus is to join it about the 10th, to bring away the herrings, so that it may be here by the leth, whereas the busses themselves cannot be there before the 20th. Bnussur.s, JUNE I.—The departure of the Kin g of th eNether lands from the Hague, has been considered by some persons as a journey putting off indefinitely the commercial arrange ments to be concluded between Belgium and the Netherlands. These persons are mistaken, for in the first place the King of the Netherlands will return to his kingdom byJune 15th, and besides the negotiations are not interrupted by his departure, nothing therefore hinders the plenipotentiaries from agreeing on all the points, even from signing an arrangement which would only have to be submitted to the King of the Nether lands for his ratification, and then to be carried into effect. We are informed that the Central Section appointed to examine the project of law on education has not yet been convoked. The amendments which the Ministerof the In terior is to propose are ready, and it is thought, that there is nothing to prevent them being communicated to the central section. Our Government has appointed a commission to organise the fetes on opening the railway from Paris. The commis sion was installed on Tuesday, and has since met every day. M. Marses is gone to arrange with the Commissioner the last measures to be taken. Unless unforeseen obstacles should arise, the train is expected to leave Paris on Sunday, the 14th of June. After being present at the bril liant fetes given by the Tour Lille, the authorities will ar rive at Brussels on Monday about 2 o'clock. A banquet will be offered to the distinguished persons of Germany, and in the evening there will be a ball, to which 8,000 invitations will be issued. Several popular fetes will be given at the expense of the city, for which the Municipal Council has voted the sum of 10,000 francs. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, MAT 29. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents •••••••••• ••• • • • 113 Bank Shares .. .. Anglo-Russian Loan .• ••••••• • • • • • • • 1071! 107 Russian 5 per Cent., llamb. Certificate. 10132 Ditto Ist series Inscription • • . • • • 10234 Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• • • • • 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • • 89X Ditto Stieglitz •. • . ....... ......... 8814 .... Spanish New 5 per Cent— . Ditto 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 29 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844.... Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ... •• . 86% 86% National Bank Shares • ............... DUTCH FUNDS.—ADOTERDAM, MAY 30. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2 36 per Cent....... •• • • 6034 CO% blip, 3 per Cent •••• •. • • 72% 7314 Ditto, 4 per Cent.... •••• • • • • 93% 94% Amort Syndic, 3 34 per Cent • • •• • • 88% 89 1 4 Ditto, 334 per Cent.. ............ Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 170% 171 East India Loan, 4 per• Cent.......... Exchange on London, at sight .••• • • • • 12 27 Two months... ••• • • • 12 20 On Hamburgh, at sight .• • • 35 75 Two months. •• .. ••• • • • 35 31 On Paris Two months. • • ...Dutch Papers, June 2. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszas, June 2. Actual Debt, 236 per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••• • • ... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent .• • . Ditto Three per Cent •. .. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. Ditto,dltto, 1840 . Ditto, 1842..................102.. Ditto, 1844.• ••••• • • • • • ••"•• • • • • •• • 99 % Ditto, 1838 ...... •••• .• • • • •••• • • • • Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • ..• • Ditto, 1843 •••••• • • • • • ..... •••• • • • 10036 Bank of Belgium• •.. • • •• • •••• • • • • ••• • • • 889 —Brussels Papers, June 3. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAT 27. 5 per Cent. Meta11ique5.......... ... 4 per Cent. ditto.. • • .•••• • . • • • 100% 3 per Cent. ditto ••• • • • •••••• • • • • • • 74 Loan, 1834 .. •• . • •........ ...... 154 Ditto, 1839...............•.• ••• • .• Bank Shares •• • • ••• • • • • •••• • • • • 1570 Esterhazy's Loan RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • • • • • 187 Vienna—Milan ............ • • • • 118 1 4 Leghorn 110% Sienna •• • ....... ..... ••• •• 90 Grosetto Oldenburg • • • • ..... . ..... ........ Apenninen ........ ... • Pesth Bridge - Allgerneine Zeitung, May 30. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAY 29. St. Sehuld Sch., 336 per Cent •••.• • • 96 5-6 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • . • Foreign Exchanges • • • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months .. Universal Prussian Gazette. MAY 30. Money. 96 1-3 THE SECRETARY OF WAR..--.As Mr. Sidney Herbert and the Dowager Lady Pembroke were proceeding through Fisherton Anger, to Wilton Abbey, in a carriage drawn by four post-horses, on Saturday last, on their way from town, a poor old man, named John Newton, who is deaf and infirm, was knocked down by the horses, whereupon the postilion immediately pulled up, and a crowd of persons soon gathered upon the spot, where the old man lay bleeding profusely from a wound near the:right temple. The Right Hon. Gentle man instantly alighted, and, without waiting to learn the extent of the accident, proceeded back as fast as he could to the Salisbury Infirmary, where he procured the assistance of Mr. Tatum, surgeon. Mr. Herbert then returned to the poor man's cottage, and there waited till the wound was dressed, and then, having administered to his comforts, proceeded to Wilton. During the whole of this time (very nearly an hour) the Countess remained in her carriage in the street, anxiously waiting to know the extent of the injury received. Mr. Tatum has since constantly attended the poor man, and we hear there is a hope of hie recovery, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A savage-looking fellow, named Florence Leary, was brought up, charged with having scalded William Tut hill in a dreadful manner. The complainant has been since his calamity, which took place about seven or eight weeks ago, under me dical treatment, and was not able to move from the hos pital until Friday last. lie and the prisoner have been long considered to be quarrelsome fellows. The complainant said that he was a tailor, and had known the prisoner for about sixteen or eighteen years. A little after eleven o'clock on the night of Wednesday, the Bth of April, he went into the tap-room of the 1. ant3ox Tree public-house, G rave l-l ane , H oun d s dit e h, an down near the prison er . He was hardly seated by you when the prisoner said to him, " what did offend ing my wife last night, and what did mean you call me an informer for ?" Witness replied s , rethe l cause of having two men apprehended a ‘ 3u a deserters, ro con sider you, therefore, an informer." The moment witness used these words the prisoner struck him in a most desperate manner, tu a nd tumbled him upon the g round. Witness got up and tried to defend himself, but was again knocked o down by the prisoner, who knelt n to the fire-place, a n d turn , upon his breast, dragged him g the tap of the boiler, which was on the fir e , l et t h e boiling water over him for about half a minute, and scalded him in the most awful manner on the belly and thighs. In dreadful agony witness endeavoured to rise, but the prisoner, nut satisfied with having inflicted such punishment, gave him a most unmerciful kick on the face, which floored him in a state of insensibility. Some people in the room then lifted the prisoner up, and took him (witness) to his home, and from thence he was taken to the hospital, where his sufferings were almost in tolerable. William Tuggett, who happened to be in the public house on the It of the pun], derobeci to the Ga . - rectness of the above statement, and said the prisoner showed the most determined resolution to scald the life out of him. Other witnesses confirmed the account of the prisener's brutality. _ _ _ He Was committed for tiral, and the City solicitor was directed to prosecute him. IRELAND. D BUN, JUNE I.—The season of spring has entirely passsd away, and summer has suddenly come upon us with more than ordinary maturity and intenseness. Excessive heat at this early period is, however, not by any means an unprecedented circumstance, and it is well remembered and often mentioned by aged persons, that the few first days of June, '9B (a memorable period on other accounts), were perhaps the very hottest ever known in Ireland. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. At one o'clock, at the instance of Mr. O'Connell, Mr. H. Grattan. M.P., took the chair. Mr. GRATTAN, as Chairman, deprecated disunion among repealers, and cautioned them against "danger ous enemies," both at home and abroad, especially when they had to contend against a Ministry, whom he de nounced as " desperate gamblers." The only reason, he said, why they had not pounced upon the repealers, was because the repealers had not violated the law. The Hon. Gentleman then launched out into a great variety of subjects, none of them, however, either very new, or set forth by any new lights. Mr. Creagh acted as secretary, in the absence of Mr. Ray. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose, and was loudly cheered. He would begin with the money.—(C'ne, rs.) He had to read a letter from the Archbishop of Tuam—(Cheers)— and as there were many compliments to himself in it, he must request of the audience to blush for him.— (Laughter.) He then read the letter, which, including the Archbishop's own subscription of 31., enclosed a con tribution to the funds of the As'sociation of 130/. (Cheers.) This was the amount of a collection made from among the clergy of the Arch-dioceses. There were many passages in the epistle of very decided flattery to wards the Liberator. Mr. O'CONNELL—I have another Bishop for you.— (Hear.) Here is a letter from Dr. Cantwell, Bishop of Meath, with a sum of 5/. The Hon. Gentleman then read the letter. There were several other letters ;—the next from Dr. Maginnon, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry, for warding a contribution of 151. (Cheers.) There was a letter from Wexford, which menaced certain deprivation to all the representatives of that county, who would not take the Repeal pledge. There was alse a letter from a gentleman, who desired his name not to be mentioned, with a donation of 601. Mr. O'Connell, however, proclaimed the gentleman's name and address to be a Mr. Francis Farrell, of North Anne-street. The money, he said, was handed in by a very beautiful and accomplished young lady, and he pro posed three cheers for her.—(Cheers.) After some time, Mr. O'CoNNELL rose and said he was about to propose a tribute of national gratitude to William Smith O'Brien.—(Great cheering.) He had been reading letters very complimentary to himself, and he was not ashamed to read them, because he had long laboured for his religion, and those who had suffered disfranchisement on that account, as well as himself. As a repealer, he belonged to no sect, but was the advocate of Irishmen of every persuasion. Now Mr. W. S, O'Brien was an advocate and a patriot of the same class.—(Hear, Ile had come to their help at the most critical moment —in the hour of peril. Others would join them in their prosperity, but he was the friend in need.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'Connell then enlarged upon the merits of Mr. O'Brien, particularly as a working, practical men. He felt the greatest pleasure in proclaiming the great debt of gratitude they owed him. He had spent five-and twenty days in prison for their sakes. Would they not all j Gin in paying a tribute to him ?—(" We will, we will.") It was false to say that there was any division among them. He had no jealousy of Mr. O'Brien. Nay, he would be delighted to see him their leader.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then read a resolution of confidence in Mr. O'Brien, and also one to request his attendance at a public banquet, to be given in his ho nour, and also to give him a grand procession and re ception on his entrance into Dublin on the day of the banquet.—(Repeated cheers.) The names of the Corn mittee to take charge of the affairs were then read. They included all the leading personages of both sections of the repeal cause. Mr. O'CoNNELL next proposed that Mr. O'Brien's fees, on being discharged from custody, should, with Mr. O'Brien's permission, be paid out of the funds of the Association, which was agreed to. The Learned Gen tleman next read a lecture to some Liverpool Repealer, who had made use of some dangerous language at a public meeting. He utterly condemned all violence, or violations of law of any sort. Mr. STEEL, as a London repeal warden, requested that his London brethren would take warning by this proceeding. Mr. O'CONNELL—I believe I am making too many speeches to-day.—(No, no.) He had to speak of the pros pects of the repeal cause. He would begin with the Coercion Bill. He denounced the discussion which it had drawn forth in the House of Lords. They did not forget Lord Melbourne's insulting letter, nor that " coxcomb Lord," Lord St. Germans. In the Commons they had for nine nights fought against the Bill—and never was there better speaking on the side of Ireland. They had ob tained the greatest moral victory over the Government. lie now called for the attendance of every Irish Mem ber in the House of Commons on Monday next. They would never allow the Government to carry the Bill— not before Christmas, at all events.—(A laugh.) In other respects the Government promised some useful measures. If the tenant-right were legally established, it would be a great boon to Ireland. The Bill restrict ing the landlord's power of ejectment, would also be a most useful measure, as would that reducing the stamp duty on leases. But to what did they owe even the promise of these things ? Why, to the Conciliation Hall and the repealers.—(Cheers.) The repeal rent for the week was then announced to be 3551. 16s. 5d., and at a quarter to three o'clock the meeting adjourned to Monday next. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JUNE 2.—Owing to the Whitsun ho lidays, there is very little business doing this week ; but prices, both of goods and yarn, are very firm ; and there is a decidedly improved feeling in the market, with a confident anticipation of a decided increase of business as soon as the holidays are over. ROCHDALE, JUNE l.—We have had rather more busi ness doing to-day, and prices a shade better than on the preceding Monday. The wool market has been steady, and prices firm. HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 2.—There is only one opinion as regards our market to-day, namely, that there is a complete dearth of business. The last American packet brought orders for vesting, which our merchants are giving out, without which manufacturers would be almost at a stand still. LEEDS, JUNE 2.—Owing to this day being half holiday, the attendance at our market has been thin, and the business transacted of very little moment. Manchester Guardian. Sum:lE.—The following melancholy case of suicide occurred at Gloucester on Saturday last :—Mr. George Beard, the landlord of the Star Inn, and a large boat-owner and coal-merchant, had been indulging too freely with liquor on Friday morning last, notwithstanding which he went to the Lower George Inn, to the anniversary dinner of the Druids, of which society he was a member. There he also drank freely, but went home about nine o'clock. He there became very quarrelsome, and went so far as to strike his wife, after which he left the house, swearing he would never enter it again. After having called at two or three places, at each of which he took " another glass," he got back to the Lower George, when the landlord seeing the state he was in, very kindly, and with a great deal of difficulty, induced him to go to bed, and afterwards went into his room to see that all was right, when he appeared to be very fast asleep. About ten o'clock on Saturday morning the land lord took up some coffee for him, when, to his great horror and astonishment, he found him fastened up to the bed-post, and quite dead. He had tied a large scarf to the bed-post and round his neck, with what in bargemen's phrase is termed a bowling knot, and had then apparently fallen for ward from the bed, as his legs were quite doubled under him, and his elbow resting on the bed ; but being a very heavy man, his great weight had drawn the knot up tight, and occasioned strangulation. No cause but drunkenness can be assigned for this melancholy circumstance, as he was in very good circumstances, and had a good business. We are sorry to add that a widow and six young children are left to deplore his untimely end. A coroner's inquest was held on the body on Saturday, when the jury returned a ver dict of Temporary Insanity. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—NEWCASTLE-ON TYNE, MON DAY NIGHT.—An accident occurred this evening on the New castle and North Shields Railway, at the Newcastle termi nus, bet fortunately without any serious consequences to life or property. The seven o'clock train from Shields, heavily laden with passengers, overshot the station, and ran with tremendous force into a stone building, used as a ware house at the end of the line. The engine struck the gable corner, and brought down nearly a third of the building, which it penetrated about a yard, when it stopped, bei o n a l of little more than a coupl e o f y ar d s f rom th e e dge the c the debris, depot, a fearful precipic e 15 or 16 f ee t below the level of the covered with line. The engi ne was par ti a ll y which arrested it s p rogress , or the catastrophe been appalling, for if the engine and l train gone over the had precipice a se r io us loss of life woud have been inevitable. e would have As it fortunately happened,however, the steam had been turned off, and the warehouse checked the momentum of the train. The shock was, of coarse, extremely alarming, and the screaming of the , principally women an d young persons, was passengers, distance in the t own, which soon caused a large crowd of persons to a ssem bl e. The railway attendants, however, got the passen gers out as lelradseeet s oon as possible and closed the station gates. N one of the carriages were broken or displaced, and they were very soon detached from the engine and removed on to the other line. Another engine was brought and attached to that which had caused the accident, but the power was insufficient to draw it from its bed. Winches were then applied, and on the en gine being lifted bars were placed under the wheels, and on the steam being applied it brought itself out, app apparently having sustained v ery t r ifli ng dama Th • ge. e accident would seem to have arisen from the t grea momentum of the train, which was unusually heavy. It being holiday time, a re markably fine day, an d S hields races, many persons ' were induced t o t rave l on the line from Newcastle, and the car riages were crowded with persons returning. The engineer states that he turned off the steam at the Ouse Burn•bridge (the usual place), and on observing the train approach the station too rapidly he applied all the power of the break, but was unable to prevent the accident. Several of the pas sengers received severe blows, and two or three had slight abrasions; one lady fainted. All, however, were able to leave the station soon after the accident, and we have not heard of any serious case. EARLY POTATOES.—A dish of early potatoes was dug on the 27th ult., in the girders at Castle Toward, Argyle. shire, which had not been forced in any way. The largest measured between six and seven inches in circumference, and two and a half dozen weighed 21bs.—Glasgow Herald. We are informed that Mr. Macready, the celebrated tragedian, will pay a visit to this island in the month of August, and will pyrfornz a Paw of hie beet cbAnctem— Gtivrnieg store THE LATE STEAM-BOAT COL- LIeION ON THE MERSEY. The inquest on the bodies of John 'Roche and Patrick Geoghan was resumed before the Borough Coroner yes terday morning. Mr. Harden and Mr. Myers attended , as before, on behalf of the captain, mate, and owners of the Sea Nymph ; and Mr. Duncan and Mr. Hassell for the captain and owners of the Rambler. Fourteen of the jury answered to their nam es ; th e fift een th bad met with an accident, and was unable to attend. Wm. Daniels, the pilot; W. Jones, sailor; fireman; J. M‘Gregor, eng i neer; R. C am pbell, ear penter; and T. Hardigan, pig e j o bb e r— who were all the Rambler at the time of the c ollisi o n— we r e examine on the part of the captain a n d owners o f that vessel , and gave e vid ence s i m il ar t o t h at d eta il e d on the previous d a y, j. Walker, Samuel Easter was then called.—l am chief mate 0 .! the .Sea Ny m ph. Sh e i s o f 350 -h orse power. Sh e sailed from the Clarence Dock at twenty minutes past ten o'clock on Monday night. I looked at my watch passing through the gates. We were bound for Warren' point, Newry. We had a general cargo on board, and from eighty to one hundred deck passengers. Captain Joseph Tho m p son i s cur comman d er . The night was fine and clear. The wind was moderate. and from the N.W. It was about a three-quarters flood tide when we started from the dock. We advertised to sail at half-past nine, but we were fifty minutes past our time. The tide carried us up the river, and the was put hard a-port to b r i ng h er h ea d on. W e Lo a °"^ e„ course down the river, outside the vessels at anchor on the Cheshire shore, and we steel ed North and a little East. We passed a ship's length and a-half outside ill coal hulk, which is stationed off the Magazines, a? from which the New Brighton vessels are supplied wit' coals. We then made for the Rock Light, which was about a-half or three quarters of a point on our star board bow. I was on the forecastle head ; and, shortly after passing the coal hulk, I saw a li g ht p ass ing round the Rock Lighthouse. It proved to be the Rambler; masthead light. I repo r t e d th e li g ht t o th e captain, and asked him if he saw it. He said, "1 do—all right. The light shot across from the Lighthouse at a tremen dous rate. I did not hear the captain speak, for he vra° 100 feet from me. The next thing I heard was th e blowing off of the steam. The captain was on the bridge between the paddle-boxes. In about a minuet, and a halt after I had spoken t o th e capta i n, I obaervee., the Ramble's starboard b ow w hit e li g h t , an d then I knew that it was a steamer. I then called out to the captain again, and told him that it was best to keep the helm hard a port. I did not hear him make any answer' nor do I know whether he heard me or not. I rathef think he did not, the steam was making such a noise. then saw the Rambler's red light on her larboard bow' I could then see the full length of the Rambler's hull' and that she was flying up to the westward, with her helm hard a-port. I cou ld a l so not i ce our vesse l's head by the Rock light, going o ff t o th e eas t war d, b u t we had lost a great deal of our way by this time, We wer e only going at the rate of three or four knots an bol l f; I sung out to the captain again that it was hi:Tool". z . for the vessels to cle ar i n t h e way t h ey were go ing., l° with both hel ms a -p ort , t h ey were runn i ng f a i r ly i.„ 11 ` . .. ° each other. The capt a i n never answere d an d i n hail minute afterwards the collision took place. We struck her nearly stem on on her larboard bow. We were en' tangled together about half a minute. I then wen t e / ? e ; low, after we got cl ear o f h er, to see if we were enal''-„a water anywhere. I f oun d t h e stem, the cutwate r, both bows done. I came up again and told the eaP tai l l he had better run her ashore or into dock, but he w° ll not do that, b u t run hi s b owsprit into the rigging 431 t - to ho Rambler aft. Th e capta i n of our vessel then called - know whether he could render assistance to the R° 111 ; bler, but wh e th er any or what answer was made I Itn°- not. We then put back to the Clarence Dock. b° By Mr. Harden--I have never se en ou r captain t worse for liquor the se fi ve years, and I say emp hatic° - that he was sober on Monday night. L. Hogan, seam an , an d J. Hagan, second mate of the Sea Nymph, corroborated Easter's evidence, after white the inquiry was a dj ourne d to t hi s d ay ( T ue sday) Liverpool Times of Tuesday. CHEAP RAILWAY AND ST EW TRIPS FOR WHITSUNTIDE. fiv n' The development o f t h e ra il way system i s rg and couraging the exte ns i on o f cheap railway trips art marine excursions ; which, although for the most P re really afforded to the public at a low munerative to the railway companies by the in 30 2 0, numbers of persons they attract. So numerous Pa n t been these arrangements, with reference to the Pre' c „. would annual holiday week of Manchester, that it _ rct copy more space than we can afford, to specify ! i ll: or price, er e _ se all. Suffice it to say, that cheap se trips have been planned, affording to t" ..na availing themselves of these opportunities to ese'ji, from Manchester, periods varying from one to days, for visits to London ; to Liverpool ; to Lythaw e , Blackpool, and Fleetwood; to Alderley, and other plae on the Birmingham line, &c. The marine cheap trjP, have been to Gl asgow ( v i a Fl eetwood and Ardross ae ) ; to the Isle of Man, from Fleetwood ; to Ulverstone, fo n ' Fleetwood; besides various excursion trips from Liver' pool. Besides the cheap trips, •of which eel any person may avail himself, much ha s been done by special contract on the part of the conductors of Sunday schools with the railway comps' vies, for special trains at low fares, to convey large bodies of chldren to various rural spots on the different lines diverging from Manchester into the North and West a this county, and into Yorkshire and Cheshire. The swift boats to Altrincham, Bowdon, and Dunham, ha ve also been much in request for holiday parties t ° Dunham Park and the neighbourhood, and the variO omnibuses to places distant a few miles from 1 1 1„, chester, have been filled in s id e an d ou t b o th on $ l6l day and yesterday. These various means of transi t rake Manchester d u ri ng Whit sun tid e th e sc ene 0.4,, extraordinary ebb and flow of population. . as our citizens pour out by ever y i ron ou tl et , an d by, the waterways and roadways, in search of ru ra l enjoyel7 ic i —as rapidly as they rush out of this immense Babylon, " to seek fresh fields and pastures coon' rapidly does the influx of visitors from t h e so try for thirty miles r oun d, ro ll a st ill l arge r 1 3 1 0 tide into this great town. Th en t h e stream' pours forth every noon towards Kersal Moor, aed flows back at night, its life-springs almost cn er with the dust of that dustiest spot in Majesty's dominions, is a scene not without a "`" l4 interest of its own , f or th e i nte lli gent stranger, I"—,t_ philosopher, the st a ti s t, an d p hil ant h rop i st. The brigu" clear weather, though attended with so much heat , has contributed much to the enjoyment of this versal holiday. And well is it, for so industriou s and laborious a community as our's, that there is On e week in the year w h en , b y mutual consent, siol°si every one ceases from labour, and seeks enjoylne e with that zest which only labour can W I/ for such a holiday is indeed a luxury rarely, perhell: too rarely, enjoyed. So far as we can judge, the rig % ways are promoting greatly both the increased of country visitors to Manchester, and the raP l 4, spreading of ux of those who pr e f er some rural lisTi o , or a tour to some di s t an t part o f t h e kingdom, °site noisy sports of th e race - course. Th us, i n every °Wog ways, the railways are m i g ht y agents i n prOln° the holiday enjoy men t s o f t h e peop Guardian. le.—Mariche66' RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• JUE 3. STOCK ExctrANGE.-TheLEED sales S , are- N Huddersfield and Men clier ter, 10s. dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 114 p.-Leeds and ThirT'Nortli dis.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 6s. p.-York alb• 15S. Midland, East and West Riding, 10% p.-Chelmsford and B u T e eds, dis.-East Lancashire and Airedale Junetion, 20s. 6d.,1 1. Wakefield, and Midland, 6s. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, --* -Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 183. 6d. dis.-London and York, t e ," ter dis.-London and Portsmouth, Is. dis. -London and 3 fa n „,F id iend , (Rastrick), 1% dis.-31anchester, Buxton, Matlock, and 21s. p.-Midland and Thirsk, Junction, 21s. dis.-NertatUn b P t ,.... p.-West Riding Union, 41. 16s. 6d. and Lancashire Junction, 20s. dis.-North Staffordshire , North Western, Os. HULL, JUNE 3. Sbar e ' STOcrr Excusaeoa.-The sales are -N orth British, nal r - airs' 111.4 -Ditto, Carlisle, 31s. 6d.-Axh o l me, 30s. 6d.-Derby an d borough, 145.-East Coast, 16s. 3 d.-Grimsby, Louth, Sn.,rd castle, 235. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 27 5 . 3d.- -Leiceste r An d Bedford, 265. 9d.-Leicester and Birmingham, Ss.-Leices ter u Tamworth, 265.-London and Yo r k, 2-M alton and Drigleldirdonn, Ben, 445. 9d.-North Staffordshire, 61. 25.-West Riding 41. 15s. 6d. E. S t r e o n c si x on, E 3 x 3 z_ANlE ti HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 3. —The ~, ii'dhin d ~it —Nom are—York- i n a es. British, New, I lily—Great Eastern and Western, 20$. 6 d• -- ' --- hire, ter, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 225. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 4 p.— London and York, 2/. 68.—Direct Northern, 368. YORK, JUNE 3. ce STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales a re —lp s wich and Bury, 6—Leic . ° ter mad Bedford, 1/. 6 s. —Li verpool, M anc hester, and Newcas ti _ Junction, 24—London and York, 2 q—Maiton and Driffield Junc tion, 2/. 3s. W.—M anc h es t er , BUXtOII, Matloa. • and Midland, 3-- Newcastle and Berwick, 254—Newcastle and Darlington Extery sion, 94—North British, Carlisle Extension, l % —North Stafford shire, Cl. ls.—Welsh Midland, IL 3s.—West Riding Union, 4/. 16 8 . -- York and North Midland. N ew (East and West Riding), 1138. Yesterday Ibrahimfarewellreceived visit sbiyt juto M. Guizot, and in the evening, at ni ne o ' clock, went to t?! . Pach g a hne p s a s i , d his was who gh the p ower f u l t e lescor e of the establishment— Gafignani. A R r o a y g a 0 1 , Oloboskeervdaattcry. the h H ea is ve Highness, through BIRTHS On the Ist inst., the wif e of Mr. Benjamin Williamson, of the Abb" bourne-road, Derby, of a son. On the Ist inst., a t Rochester, the wife of Henry Cl es g ' Hawkey, Esq., of a son. On the Ist in i t., at Kennington, the wife of Nowell Stow-- 800 of a son. On the Ist in s t ., the wife of Ur. Henry Hills, of West Do Kingstnn, Surrey, of a son. On the Ist in s t ., at Ware Vicarage, Herts, Mrs. Bl.""_ak,,dyes.„e o f 55% 15 ' tr . On the 2d in s t , at Norwood, the lady.of Mr. J. M'da°tigfl2.—. On the 2d in s t ., at Gracechurch-street, Mrs. C. Ray, of a On the 2d inst., Mrs. C. Farlow, of the strand, of a son. joh usoll On the 2d i ns t ., at Millfleld-lane, Mrs' J . Miles, of a so n . On the 2d in s t., at Gloucester-place, Portman-square, the w ire of Joseph I.:onsor, Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at the Parish Church, St. Ma MARRIED. pert ryiebone, by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bunbury Gough, Dean of Derry, the 11011.,?nen• S. Gough, of the Grenadier Guards, only son of the Rig" E t at General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief in Of ...ii., Indies, to - Jane, second daughter of the late George Arbuthnot' -`"" of Elderslie, Surrey, and Upper Wimpole-street, Lo_ndcl:______.-----' DED o n fh Ito• p . Tilt., at Kimberley I , the . t v o de- Right Hon. John Lord , hales alred 18. -o ld ma u c i L ti o .. d: , o t t u m o a f e D L ezma t, a b;. e r d las. 2 l,. at Wellington, Nevr Zealand, ~.---- - On the 20th ult., Rebecca, the wife of Peter Yzarn, Esq., of 11e/13e hi y 11, Surre, d 63. DI I' On the 24th u age lt., Ann Hannah Richardson, daughter of I % l ' l ' of Long-lane, Bermondsey. Bartle On the 28th ult., Mr. Benjamin Edmonds, of Albion-grove, - bury -park, Islington. ad , of On the 30th ult., at Epsom, Hugh Montgomery Ca m P bell ' ". the Hellos, Staffordshire. ar ti n Forger. On the 30th ult., at Dorset-place, Clapham-road, M Es the 30th ~ of Lawrence Pounßamtn ey-sgpate, John Lewis, the child olace. f Johll Wagg, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Portman-square •relict of the late On the Ist inst., at Tuniliam-green, Mary Anne , Stephen Leach, Esq. Upper - s treet, On the Ist inst., Mr. John Anthony Wiley, a trppe Islington, aged 45. On 12 London : Printed and Pablished by 1417RD0 YOUNG, of I r tt . 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