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MR. MAXWELL'S NEW WORK, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., AD -VENTURES of CAPT. O'SULLIVAN; CIVIL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &e. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY BLESbINGTON 5 NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries in 3 vols., MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE, By the COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTO.T. "We will not undertake the invidious task of pointing out the originals of the clever portraits hung up for public exhibition in these volumes ; but we cannot refrain from remarking that the author has shown artistic judgment in her admixture of the gay and grave, and that her light colours of satire and comedy are rendered more effective by a contras.t with the sombre hues of sentiment and pathos." —Morning Post. There are much good-heartedness, much good sense, and much good sarcasm in these Memoirs. The style is easy, the adventures are suflicieetly various, and the book is not one to be readily parted with."—Athenfflum. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HULL AND BARNSLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. RETURN OF 20s. PER SHARE. The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT of the above undertaking beg to inform the Shareholders that preliminary to the winding-up of the affairs of the existing Company, they have determined on re turning TWENTY SHILLINGS PER SHARE immediately, and the remaining Balance as soon as the Liabilities of the Company shall have been ascertained and discharged. The Scripho ders who have not yet sent in their Scrip, are re quested to forward it to the Secretary (who will give a Receipt for the same), at the Offices of the Company, on or before MONDAY the 15th instant (the last day for receiving the same), between the Hours of Ten and Four o'Clock. The Certificates must be endorsed with the Name, Business, and Residence of the Holder, and accompanied with the subjoine properly filled up and signed, printed copies of which may b obtained at the Office on and after Saturday next. So soon as the Scrip has been examined and regiesrterfeedrw, aCrlideeqdubeys will be delivered at the Offices of the CcnipaPY, Post, if required, to parties residing at a distance. Due notice will be given of the time of payment. Seripholders sending their Certificates by post are recommended, for security, to send them in registered letters. By order, JOHN MOOR, Secretary. 513% , Whitefriargate, Hull, June Stb, 1846. FORM TO BE DELIVERED OR SENT WITH THE SCAM To the Secretary of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway Company. Sir,—l enclose Scrip Certificates representing Shares, Nos• in the above undertaking, and I hereby assent to the Dissolution of the said Company, and authorise the Committee of Management to take such steps as they may deem necessary for that purpose, and to cancel the Scrip Certificates sent herewith, and I also agree to receive TWENTY SHILLINGS per Share on each of such Shares, and such further sum as the Committee of Ma nagement shall declare payable, alter the final settlement of all claims upon the Company and Directors, in full of all my share and interest whatsoever in the said undertaking, and thereupon to exe cute such Deed of Release as they may deem requisite in respect of the said Shares. tiame in full .... • • • • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • Business ...... Address in full •••••••• • • • • • • .. Date• • • •• • ......... • • •• • • • • • • ..... Witness to Signature • • .• .... • • • • • • • • • • Address of Witness •• • N.B. Tl , ,e Scrip Certificates must be endorsed with the name, bu• iciness, and residence of the holder. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SHALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their riends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Ra ilwa y Shares, &c., take place every TIIEsDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. AP Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least One day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post latter the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, 'Threadneedle -street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. CERITO his the honour to inform her Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be performed Chmtrosa's Chef d'Euvre, is Two Acts, . _ entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Madame Sanchioli ; Elisetta, Madame Castellan ; Paolino, Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. 'Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's " Ode Symplionique of the Desert," by Sig. Pugni, entitled, LAL LA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by nines. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chebonek, Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles.Demellsse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-pact Seven o'clock. - P - REATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. There wiR be no Performance this Evening, or To-morrow. On FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Romani, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stratton, D. W. King, bliss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. - After which will be produced the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Lucien d'Hervllly, M. Silvain ; Gitane, M. Adrien ; Paquita, 31111 e. Carlotta Grist. In which also will appear Madame Giabilei, Madlies. Salt, Adele, Louise, Les Sceurs St. Lenin ; M. Mathis, W. H. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. In Use course of the Evening a Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, by the most eminent native and foreign Artistes. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING - . Will be performed Auber's Celebrated Opera. entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; er, A Nl , ;•nt's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. After which, the Conlecly of HT WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. IV. Farr n ; Mr. Bitdd, Mr. Moll ; Mrs. Quickfldget, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs, Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. In which Messrs. Brindal, Tilbury, Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. IMTDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. "Robin Hood and Richard Cceur de Lion" every Evening. The " Dustman's Belle" a great hit. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, 1021och, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, aurd Miss Forster. . _ . After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, in Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St -*riling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories% of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss lrillars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF TIIE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, .Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conejiude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE CORPOAL'S WEDDING ; or, A Kiss of the Bride. Major Griskin, Mr, Felby ; Nancy Cobb, Mi,s Woolgar. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. M. PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce that he has, at great expense, succeeded in bringing to London the most extraordinary and celebrated MONKEYS and DOGS ever seen. Those unpara!- lelod antnals have obtained the most unbounded success in Paris *ad the principal cities on the Continent. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 3a. ; Boxes, 2s, ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls. and 10s. Gd. PIIILLIPPE will give his Performances THIS EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoredltch. rlt'SrF.SS's THEATRE. OXFORD-sTrtKrT La. Night but One of Mr. MACRENDY'S Engagement. THIS EVENING, WE , )NESDAY (by especial desire), Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of VIRGINIUS. Virginias, Mr. 31acready; Dentaies, Mr. Cooper; Apples Claudius, Mr. Ryder; Virginia, Miss May. To conclude with (only time at second price), the Comedy of THE 1.7 r ONDER ; or, A Woman Keeps a Secret. Don Felix, Mr. Wallacly Col. Ent on, Mr. Vining; Lissardo. Mr. Compton ; Donna Violante, Mrs. Stirling ; Flora, Miss Emma Stanley. ASTLEY'.I ROYAL AMPIIITHE'ATIM Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. tinder the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal H'ghnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and 'the Princess Royal. First Week of the celebrated General Tom Thumb, in his popular Drama, by Albert Smith. Second Week of the highly successful Military Spectaele. THIS EVENING Will be performed the New A siatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which is in troduced the splQndid brass band, double stud, &c. New and popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the numerous tronve of British and Foreign Artistes. , To conclude with the Burlesque of HOP 0' MY THUMB. Hop ib my Thumb, by the General Tom Thumb ; in which he will in- A. Tgger melodies, dances, &c. day representations neat, June 12, the second of the grand series of the per 'forma will take place ; on which occasion the per t), comman w 4 ll Lt e erecisely the same as those so recently performed *commence at two o'Ci."ll gracious Majesty. The performances w ill Box-office open t r : e ' eleven tin live o'clock.—Doors open at six slid commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA. THEATRE. Colltip . aCa variety of Eotertainmm ma. ts. vinst, Night of an Original Dra THIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled 13 AI' IT A VICTIM PATRIOT ; or , The Double Fratricide 6; . W), Tim Messrs, Saville, Frederic ks, Searle, Fratricide. Ram, ar,,emond, tera by Burt ; Mrs. G. Le e, Miss Treble, Miss Jefferson, &el ' After which a New Domestic Drama, called THE FLIT 'TING DAY ; or, The Trials of an English Farmer. Principal chiwaters by Messrs. Saville, Higgie, Tindell, Raymond, Searle, Burton , Howard ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &c. To conclude with the interest in g Drama, en titled THE WIFE ; or, The Oue Witness. The Wife, Miss Vincent. Under the Patronage of her Most Grac,iouitsD3gj_ess.ty. U ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL .4. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND A THURSDY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS , DESTIWC TION of HERCULANEUM an d POMPEII, in the year 79 . This magnificent spectacle is reviv e d i n an un precedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, And represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been Constructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to air. God frey. The liana is most complete in all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phmbus in the Chariot of tha Sun. Mons. Farinelll will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive lAm, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendiuly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. N'ecding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Cmcert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One Shilling. S CRILEY ZOOLOGICAL G A.E.DENS. —These gardens were last evening brlliantly illuminated in honour of her Majesty's natal day, a resplendent star, festoons of lamps, &c., being placed over the principal entran e ; there was, moreover, an extra display of fire works. and an additional band, which, in conjunction with the ordi nary band, played the national anthem, accompanied by salutes of IVEIV N -2p gi ty. DONATION —The Secretary to the "c •- •• ___ ' - al" gfn E s N u T mption and Diseases of the Chest last evening re. , C:" : - eew, Ite h &owe donation of 5001. The only signature appended v i r eA 2 , 1 ' crAl,„ VAL SCIIo L.—The. dir-ctors of the Croy den-a4ktini ompuny have, through their secretary, Mr. it. S. Ulf*, . - ely granteq the use of three acres of land, contiguous 0 Ith ' n, at Nov Crow, for the recreation of the pupils. RAILWAY SUN IS NOW PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JUNE 10. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest, 75; Noon, 70. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND S.E.; variable. HIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Storming .. 1 minute after 2. 1 Evening .. 24 minutes after 2. - "Nr - - bRo,, , - •mo• F. 1; • SECOND EDITION. 04k utnAng LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1846. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, have made a minute, under date of the 6th of June (which was yesterday inserted in The Sun), on the report of the Gauge Commissioners. Their Lord ships appear to have given the closest attention to the difficult subject in question, and we confess that we are better satisfied with the result at which they have arrived, the suggestions they have offered, than those adopted by the Commissioners. They have considered the report and observations there made by the Great Western Railway Company, which is the company most deeply interested in the question. And, concurring fully in the opinion " that a break of gauge is a very serious evil," and that none of the mechanical contrivances, ,or other methods proposed for miti gating the evil, " are calculated to remedy in any important degree, the inconveniences attending a break of gauge," they come to the real practical question,l viz., whether any just means can be found of producing entire uniformity of gauge. throughout the country? This truly is the great question, for whatever may be the convenience or ad- vantages to the public, were they even as great as the warmest supporters of uniformity have asserted them to be, they would be purchased at too high a price if attained by any but just means, and this is the fitting view to be taken by persons exercising so high an influence over the trade of the country, the basis of which must ever be justice and integrity, The Commissioners recommend, amongst other things, —lst. That equitable means should be found of pro ducing entire uniformity of gauge, by reducing the broad gauge lines to the narrow gauge. 2d. That all public railways now under construction, or hereafter :o be constructed, in Great Britain, shall be formed on the narrow gauge. Their Lordships do not con cur in the entire extent of these recommendations they cannot feel themselves justified in recommending an entire reduction of the broad gauge. Several methods had been proposed for meeting the expense which would be occasioned by the reduction ; the principal plans suggested were :-1. That the expense should be defrayed from the public moneys. 2. That it should be defrayed by the companies themselves, who should be compelled to reduce their gauge at their own expense, or to lay down intermediate rails for narrow gauge traffic. 3. That the expense should be borne by a contribution, to be levied on all the rail way companies in the kingdom. The only one of these methods compatible with equity or justice, is that first named, viz., that the expense should be borne by the public. It would be indeed a monstrous injury to the companies who had adopted that standard which they thought best suited to their traffic, who had made all their works with the sanction and authority of Parliament, at increased expense, and who are satis fied that that expense has been properly incurred, and was fully counterbalanced by the additional speed and other real or fancied ad vantages attendant on the broad gauge if they should now not only be called on to forego all the benefits derivable from that increased outlay, and to expend a further considerable sum in reducing their lines to the narrow gauge. Such a proposition is so utterly repugnant to every feeling of fair play and justice, that it requires no argument to be offered against it—it carries with it its own condemnation. And so it is with the other, of levying a general con tribution on all the railways in the kingdom ; it would indeed be hard if railways, which derived little or no benefit from the proposed change, which are far remote from those about to be altered, should be compelled, nolens volens, willing or unwilling, to pay a large sum of money from their own resources. Private rights have ever been respected by our Legislature, and thoughit has often been necessary to take the property of individuals for the public benefit, yet the principle has ever been that the public, or parties to be benefited, should pay a full and fair compensa tion for the injury inflicted. If, then, the private rights of the broad gauge companies are to be interfered with, not for their own but the public benefit, it would he mani- fest that the public should not only bear the entire expense of the alteration, but make a fair compensa tion for the deteriorated value of the railways after the change had been effected. The question then re solve& itself into this—ls the public benefit which would be derived from an uniformity of gauge equi valent to the great expense which would be thereby occasioned? Their Lordships seem to think not, for they decidedly say that they cannot recommend the Legislature to sanction such an expense from the pub lic money. They also declare themselves unable to suggest any other equitable or practicable means by which the desired uniformity of gauge could be ob tained. From this decision of their Lordships it becomes manifest that an absolute uniformity of gauge cannot now be attempted, and they turn their attention to the next point of importance, viz., to endeavour to effect such a settlement of the gauges to be used in the several railways already sanctioned, and to lay down such general regulations for the future, as will prevent the increase and further extension of an evil they cannot altogether remedy, and will reduce the inconvenience inflicted on the passenger and goods traffic of the country within the narrowest attainable limits. We think the suggestions they have offered sound and practical, and such as will afford the most bene ficial result. They adopt generally the narrow gauge ,as that on which future railways should be constructed, although they do not wish that it should be considered positive and final, wisely considering that the superiority of some other and intermediate gauge may hereafter be proved, and that the advance of science and course of experience may point out a practicable mode of altering an existing gauge, aans to be easily effecting a great operation, which is now genera lly conceived to be so costly an d difficult be r impracticable. Lines to the south of the existing line frfoemw withthe Londonm.aesin length, in im mediate to Bristol, and short branches g connexionsanctioned Great n th N e Ve b s r t o e a rn d Railway, may still be be g made e. by that the g auge, but a special report m us t C o mmittee on the Bill , setting forth the reasons have induced t hem to advise such a au 2n di y . Unless by the consent of the Legislature, it s h a ll not be per mitted to the directors of an y co mea_ in oafr e t e itrh that t a i l a w n ayy suitable. form a narrow gauge link from Gloucester to Br istol, and from Oxford to Basing stoke,paua r n T e y a h et should t a h l e t e r r b s e t u h g e p g r e g o s n a t l u i conn ecting the proposed Rugby and Oxford line with the or by any shorter r oute o °g t ne e s d to Railway. The object of this toi p , So c u on th i -I le l t r e este th rn e general chain of narrow gauge communication from the north of England to the southern coasts and to the port of Bristol. The South Wales line and its branches, to be formed on the broad gauge, as sanctioned by the Act ; by this means a second continous line of rail way to Ireland, a matter of much public importance, will be secured. It may, possibly, hereafter much facilitate our intercourse with America. Lastly, the Rugby and Oxford lines, and Oxford and Wolverhampton, are to be still on the broad gauge ; but additional narrow gauge rails are to be forthwith laid down from Rugby to Oxford, and from Wolver hampton to the junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester line. And, if it should appear that there is a traffic requiring accommodation on the narrow gauge from the Staffordshire dis rids to the southern coast, every suitable measure shall be promoted by Parliament to form a narrow gauge link from Oxford to the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. We trust that this report will be acquiesced in and adopted, and that thus the battle of the gauges, so fiercely con tended, may be brought to a peaceful termination. On the 3d inst. the Council of Berne adopted the three first clauses of the new Constitution without any amendment. Madrid papers of the 3d inst. have arrived. They contain no intelligence of importance. The Three per Cents. sold at 331 for cash, the Five per Cents. at 20, the Coupons at 19k, the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 385, and those of Isabel at 196. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. At six o'clock in the morning of that day the regicide LEcomTE was guillotined at the Barrier St. Jacques. The Chamber of Peers on Monday passed the Wes tern Railway Bill and the St. Dizier and Gray Rail way Bill without discussion. In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion on the budget of Algeria had commenced. The Minister of War, who pronounced a high eulogium on Marshal BUGEAUD, was speaking when the post left. These papers contain some additional particulars on the subject of the illness and death of the POPE. " Cardinal de la Tour d'Auvergne received on the 4th of June, from Rome, the following communication : " Eminence Reverendissime,—Aware of the lively interest your Eminence takes in the valuable health of the Sovereign Pontiff, I eagerly seize the opportunity . of certifying in the most positive manner, that the slight indisposition, accom panied with a little fever, which prevented his Holiness from being present at the solemn high mass at Chiesa-Verova, for the fete of Saint Philip Nevi, has produced no ill conse quences, and that his Holiness may be considered as entirely recovered. I receive this information from the Pope's phy sician, my particular friend, whose declaration will allay the anxiety of your Eminence as to the alarming reports circu lated on the subject. " P.S. I am enabled, my Lord, to confirm, at the moment of closing my letter, the happy news of the restoration to health of the Sovereign Pontiff. It is quite positive, and I have it from the Austrian Ambassador himself. (Signed ) " The Commander CAMILLE LOUIS DE ROSSI, " French Ambassador. " Rome, May 28." The Presse mentions having received a letter from Rome of the 30th ult., stating that " a surgical ope ration performed on one of the POPE'S legs produced a violent inflammation in that limb on the evening of the 26th; it made such progress during the follow ing da3 s, that on the 30th the physicians lost all hopes of saving the august patient. GREGORY XVI. had long laboured under a chronic affection in the legs, in consequence of his habit of remaining during the greatest part of the day, seated at his desk." "We cannot undertake to-day," says the Univers, " the history of the long career and the difficult and glorious pon tificate of Gregory XVI. The last events which illustrated it are still present in the memory of Europe and the world. We find an immense consolation in recollecting the noble words which Gregory XVI. so courageously addressed some months ago to the Emperor Nicholas in favour of the perse cuted Catholics of his empire. He said, considering his great age, that the time approached when he should render an ac count to God, and it was under the inspiration of his piety as well as of his heart that he defended, on that solemn occa sion, justice and religion oppressed. His soul, full of faith, was not surprised by death. According to the ordinary rules the Cardinals are to meet in a conclave ten days after the death of the Pope, to proceed to elect his successor. The mass of the Holy Ghost, which precedes the conclave, will be celebrated accordingly on the 11th inst., in the church of the Priests of the Mission, on Mount Quirinal." Cardinal Da LA TOUR. D'AUVERGNE proceeds imme diately to Rome to attend the Sacred College, which must be immediately assembled to elect a new Pope. He will, on the part of France, exercise a right which that power possesses, in common with Austria and Spain, of annulling the first election, should it prove disagree able to them. Spain, it is said, acts in concert with France on this occasion. The King and Queen of the BELGIVIS arrived in Paris on Saturday. The railway from Paris to Sceaux was opened on Sunday. _ ___ Mr. THOMAS, a notary, has been arrested at Dijon, charged with being the author of the letters threaten ing incendiarism, which were addressed to the Mayor of St. Usage and Echenon on the 30th of April. The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce had published the returns of the corn trade of France during the month of April last, from which it ap pears that the imports were—wheat, 85,946 metrical quintals; other grain, 4,065; flour, 414: exports, wheat, 776 metrical quintals ; other grain, 22,512 ; flour, 2,241: and the quantities lying in the Go vernment bonding stores, wheat, 144,183 metrical quintals; other grain, 23,334; and flour, 7,662. The Imports during the first four months of 1846 were, wheat, 1,492,628 metrical quintals; other grain, 41,114 ; and flour, 9,278 ; and the exports, wheat, 7,468 metrical quintals ; other grain, 130,095 ; and flour, 13,783. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon day at 83f. 15c. ex. div. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,256 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 1,030 f. ; Havre, 750 f.; Great Northern, 743 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 895 f.; Vierzoa, 640 f. ; Bordeaux, 610 f. ; Boulogne, 487 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 380 f. ; Basle, 220 f. ; Dieppe, 42'Jf. Paris and Strasburg, 505 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 520 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 545 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 57f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are quotations for other railway shares:— Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 520 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, ditto, 506 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 11—Central of Spain, 1% —East Indian, % —Madrid and Valentia, 114—Namur and Liege, 3 % —.Northern of France Constituted, 13%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 934 —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%—Paris and Orleans, 47 1 % —Paris and Rouen, 39 1 ,E —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4% —Rouen and Havre, 2834—Sambre and Meuse, 5. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. SHARP. This case which has arisen out of a church-rate contest was argued at great length this morning. It is an applica tion for a rule to grant a church-rate, made in the parish of Wakefield, under the following circumstances :—A meeting of the ratepayers was called in the usual way, and after some discussion a division was taken, and subsequently a poll of the ratepayers, which resulted in a majority of four in favour of the rate. The opposing party contended that the vicar, who presided, had admitted many improper votes, and that instead of a majority being for the rate, there would be found, on a scrutiny, a majority of one hundred and fifty against it. Some altercation took place about the vicar not granting a scrutiny, and a committee was ap pointed, the result of whose labours did not give satisfaction, as the magistrates were appealed to against the rate. The magistrates dismissed the application, and the result was the present appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench to quash the rate, on the ground of the vicar refusing to allow a proper scrutiny into the votes, and that, therefore, the rate attempted to be raised was illegal. Mr. Baines, with whom was Mr. Hall, was heard in sup port of the rule; and Mr. W. D. Hill and Mr. Atherton were heard against it. (The case had not concluded when our report left.) BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This Court was occupied the whole of the forenoon in hear , ing a bill case, the particulars of which were of no interest except to the parties concerned. SECON VARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) THE QUEEN V. MALIN. This was a writ of extent, and the jury were called upon to inquire of what goods, chattels, Sec., the defendant was possessed within the bailiwick of the Sheriffs of London, The case had been previously submitted to a jury, but the inquiry was abandoned for want of evidence, and the Secondary said that it could be renewed at any time before the return of the writ. The following are the facts of the case :—The defendant is the widow of an officer of the East India Com pany, entitled to a pension of 2051. 6s. 3d., from a fund, called the Royal Bengal Military Fund, founded by Lord Clive, and of which the board at Calcutta are trustees. It was customary for the amount of the an nuities due to persons residing in England to be transmitted to the East India Company, who paid it to them or to per sons holding their powers of attorney. In this case the de fendant resided in Calais, and had been waived (or outlawed), and had given a power of attorney to Messrs. Richards, Little, and Co., East India agents, Bishopsgate-street, who had received it up to January last. The question now was, whether the Company held the money under the board and were bound to pay it within the City of London, or whether the parties entitled could claim it elsewhere. The SECONDARY said it appeared to him that the pension w at er a e ll n e o v m en o t r s e c t o h u a l n d n a o g t en b t e s f t e o r uc th h e ed p , ay a m nd ent th e a f t th th e e d C iv o i m d p en a d n s. y East India Comp nature of the fund Company t therefore, to get Mr. WARREN now contended that all nynd rights attend i and parties. It would be better, the e secretary to the the pension and required their officersexplain the precise Company, who sanctioned clerk in the secretary's to se subscribe. t that the body in India were mere servants of the East India C Mr. Thos. Keith, a called—He said the money was merereaaga'en office, was Company as a matter of convenience. merely advanced never,ce lii.iyi fact,the had the money, but there was an account current kpt, tin sent over to the Government in India, who settled with the directors or managers of the fund. An application was made three or four years ago to the Directors to advance the money for the pension on receipt of a certifi cate from the agent of the fund, and it was consented to, but they would not take any responsibility on themselves. mi ght pay or refuse; there was no obligation to They fund itself was exhausted twenty pay, Lord Clive 's . years ago. ensued in consequence of Mr. Warren A tedious discussion tender what the Secondary deemed secondary claiming to dants title to the pension and the evidence of the defendants East India Company to pay. liability of the ested that a special verdict should Mr. WAilitior then sugg be liven. 'd the inquiry was as to what property the SECONDARY said the defendent was possessed o f within the bailiwick of the d , Sheriffs of the City of Lon on. In his charge to the jury I I:a,' v n nc to him that the , he said it appeared ension was due i and that the Company were not bound to pay. A new writ, however might be issued hereafter if other evidence could be brought forward. oods chattels, &c. The jury found there were nog , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ENG, JUNE 10, 1846 BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvAsrs.) IN RE W. 11. GREEN. CAUTION TO INSOLVENTS.—The insolvent, who had car ried on business in the country as a dyer, came up to obtain his interim order and protection. Mr. STURGEON appeared to oppose on the ground that the insolvent had paid several of his creditors in preference. The insolvent, in his examination, admitted that during the last year he sold a small estate, on which he received a balance of about 3504, the greater part of which he had paid away to a few creditors after he knew that he was in a hopeless state of insolvency, as he had offered 10s. in the pound, but had not made any statement of his affairs to his creditors. He had since sold off all his property. The Learned COUNSEL submitted that, on this showing, the insolvent had excluded himself from the benefit under the Act. The insolvent's attorney said that the insolvent had not kept back but a small sum, and considered he was bound to pay as far as he could. His HoNotmt said that some of the Commissioners had laid down a rule which he thought very just and proper, that when a person chose when in insurmountable difficulties to administer his own estate, that they would not afterwards in terfere. The insolvent ought to have come forwarel when he had the money ; the petition must therefore be dismissed. The petition was dismissed accordingly. MONEY and COMMERCIA L NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, including 500 on speculation. Prices were steady, but the market was not animated.-Shares were flat again. The general depression was felt at our sale to-day, and prices are rather worse. Many of the companies do not dis solve so well as was anticipated, and parties will not purchase in such a state of uncertainty. East Indian, lls.- Surrey Grand Junction, 3s. 6d. -North Kent, 11. 55.-Over Yssels, 17s. 6d.-Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia, 7s. 6d.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 125.-Cork, Mallow, and Killarney, 75.-Buckinghamshire, 11. 125.-Churnet and Blythe, 19s. 6d.-Caledonian Extension, 11. 6s. 6d.-Goole and Don caster, 11. ss. 6d.-Jamaica South Midland, 17s. 6d.-Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, 1/. 155.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 10s.-London and Manchester, Reming ton's, 13s. 6d.-Reading, Guilford, and Reigate, 18s. 6d.- Great Eastern and Western, 16s. 6d.-Essex and Suffolk, 135.-Reading and Reigate, 125.-Cambridge and Oxford, 135.-Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge, 1/. ss. Most of the ship arrivals to-day are with old dates. It is stated in accounts per West India mail from Belize, that the season's cutting of wood in Honduras will be short, owing to the want of labour and capital, and that an ad vance of 20 per cent. had occurred there in the price of ma hogany. The balance of trade between England and America has been in favour of the former recently, as the following par ticulars will show :- " Quotations for sterling exchange rule much higher now than at the same date last year, which can be attributed al most entirely to the position of our foreign trade; the tight- ness in the Money-market, doubtless, has some influence. " It appears, by the most recent official returns, that up to the Ist of May, 1846, the importations were larger by several millions of dollars than they were for the corresponding pe riod in 1845 ; and it also appears, that in the same period, the exports this year have been more limited than last. This change in the foreign trade of New York is very good evidence that it has been the same throughout the country," The first importation of Pines has excited some interest, and a numerous party of gentlemen atttended this morning at Messrs. Keeling and Hunt's, in Monument- yard, for the purpose of inspecting the fruit, which was in luxuriant con dition, and did credit both to the parties who have grown them, and the enterprising brokers who have so carefully at tended to the landing and conveyance of them from South ampton to London. The facilities offered by the dock and railway companies of that port are also of great importance to the fruit trade, and indeed every branch of importation connected with perishable articles. The Funds have been very heavy again, and Consols at the commencement of business were called 94%, though not officially quoted under 95 to 1 / s . The premium on Exche quer-bills has been 16s. to 21s. Bank Stock has been firm at 205 1 A. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have just been sold as low as 96%. The Foreign Investments have been very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. realise 37 1 / s , and Portuguese flour per Cents. 46 to 1 / 2 . Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59 3 / to 60. The share Market is heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .• .• 2 0 554 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 9 5 5 94 % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 9754 96% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 lO5 Consols for Opening . • .. • • .. • • 95 LA Exchequer Bills. 114 d. 154 d. 1,0001. .• • 16 21 pm. Ditto, Small • • 21 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • " 7 Ditto, Deferred •• • • • • • • a ., Portuguese Four per Cent • • 4 854 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 109 54 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, Three per Cent • • ' • • • 3 % French Rentes, 5 per Cent. 119% %f. —l. Exchange .. • • • • • • • • 25f. 75c. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 96 54 Dutch 254 per Cent., 12 Guil 6O 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 9154 % BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. rEs. SHAKE. Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 1 %•. .. to Buckinghamshire • • .. • . 425. •• • . 34 dis. to Caledonian .. .. 10 .- •• .• to Ditto Extension • • . .. 254 •• • . 1 54 %•. to Chester and Holyhead.l•. .• .. 22% 2054 . • to Derby and Crewe • • .• 2% 5% .... to Derby, tittoxeter, and Stafford .. 2 % .• • . 1 % •• • • to Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • 2% •• • • %%.. to Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 551 • • • . .. .. to Direct Northern •. • • • . 2% .• • • 1% %• • to Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 •••• 254 %•• to Eastern Counties • • • . .. 14/. 16s. Od.• • 23%% .. to Ditto, New • • 10/. Ns. Od••• • • 7 p•• • • to Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d. • • — .. to Ditto, ditto • • .. No. 2,6/. 13s. 4 d %IL• 1 0 Ditto, York Extension 10s. •• • • 1 to Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. .. 50 . • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 Great North of England • • .. .. 100 221 .... to Great Western • • • • .. 85 .• •• .... to Ditto, Fifths • • . • .. • • •• 20 .• • • 33%.... to Guildford, Fareham. and Portsmouth 5 .. 4 1 % to Harwich & East. Counties Junction .. 2 .. 1% •- .. to Hull and Selby • • • • • • • • • 50 •• • •.•• to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 15 Leicester and Bedford .. • • • • 225, .. 54 34% dis. to London and Birmingham • • • • • .100 227 .• • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • • • 2 Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • • • 2 ••• • 25 •••• to Loudon and Brighton • • • • • • •• 50 • • London, Hounslow, and Western .. 2 3.... to London and South-Western 411. 6a. 10d. Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 1754 ••• • 29 ••.. to _ London and York • • • • • • • 2% • • London, Salisbury, and Yeovil • • • • 2% 1 .. to Manchester and Leeds • • • •• 82 .• •• ••.. to Ditto, Sixteenths • • • • • • • • 6% •. • • 9 54 •••• to Ditto, Extension • • • • • • • • 425. 2% p.. to Manchester and Birmingham • • • • 40 _ to Ditto, Quar,„er Shares (B) • • • • 4 .• •• 13 .. ••to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 9%.... t o Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. p• • to Midland .. • • • • • • 100 l5O .... to 148 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 18 Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • Ditto, New, Brandling • • • • •• 25 Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 15 North British • • • • • • • • • • 2 2% •. • • 29 .... to Ditto, Carlisle Exten sion • • • , 1 %•••• 1%%% to -- North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2 % •• . • 1% to North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 425. • Scottish Central .• • • • • • • • • 10 .. • • 15% to Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 % • Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • • • 2 54 2%54.. to Shropshire Union • • • •.• • • • • 425.• • S o uth Midland • • • • • • • • • 425. .... % dis to South Eastern and Dover • • • - • • 33% 3954.... to 38% Ditto, New, No. 1 • • • • • • •16 Ditto, New, No. 2 • • • • • • • • 10 •• • 13% •• .. to Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • • • • • 2% •• • . to West Riding Union • • • • • • • • 425.• • York and North Midland • • • • • • 59 .... 98 .• .. to Ditto, Scarborough Branch • • • • 25 48 .... to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 9% to 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • • • • •• 12 11 .... to Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • • • 6 • • 7 ... to Namur and Liege • • • • •• •. 6 .• .... to Northern of France Constituted • • 5 .... 14 .. ••to Orleans and Vierzon • • • • • • • 10 143,E %..to Paris and Lyons Constituted • • 5 6 , >4 -to Sambre and Meuse • • • • • • • • 8 •• .. t o West Flanders • • • • • • • • • • 4 .• • . 2 .... to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .. • • .. •• 3N —•• to - COURSE OF EXCHANGE. - (YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam .. .. .. C.F. 12 10 Gibraltar ............ _ Ditto, at sight ••• • • • 12 7 Leghorn 3O 70 Rotterdam .. •. . . 2U. 12 10% Genoa Antwerp ...... •• .. .... 26 15 Milan Ilamburgh ......M.B. 13 15% Venice ................ &Rona • • ..... ••• • • • ... Naples ...... , ....... 32.4 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 85 Palermo, per oz.. ••• •.. 119 Ditto, 3 months .... .. 26 10 Lisbon .. .. .... .. .... .. 52 , Marseilles ............26 15 Oporto ................ 52 7 4 Bourdeaux .... .• • ... 26 15 Itio Janeiro • • ... •.. • • 23% Frankfort on illaine.... 123 Bahia — Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Buenos Ayres ...... _ Berlin ••.. .. Vienna, effec. flo ••• • • • 10 11 Philadelphia .... • ..... Trieste, ditto • • .... 10 12 palm op BULLION, PER oz. Madrid ••.. • ..... .... 36 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Cadiz •••—: • • • • .... 36% Portugal Gold Coin ••3 17 5 Bilbao.. ••••••• • • • • . . . New Doubloons . ..... 00 0 Barcelona • • Seville.. ••••••• • • • • • .. Silver in bars ...... •• 0 411 &SCOT RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1842. Old Mile. St. Demetri ••• •• 0••••••• Ohio Joy The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; two years old 7st, and three 9st ; fillies and geldings al lowed 31b. To start at the Cup Course post and run in, about half a mile. Blackcock Rufus 11 started. The Royal Hunt Cup, a Piece of Plate, value 200 sm., by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added. New Mile. Leacon field Ironmaster Twenty one started. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft. The New Mile. Guaracha Taurina ANOTHER MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.- HULL, MONDAY.—A wretched mother is now under the surveillance of the police (being too ill to be brought before the magistrates), against whom the double charge of wilfully taking the lite of her off spring, and attempting to terminate her own, will, upon her own confession, supported by other evidence, in case of her recovery, shortly be made. The facts were brought to light early this morn ing, when a man liaised Green and a constable, who were near the watehliouse at the harbour side, saw something like a bundle of clothes floatin; down the river. They took it out, and found it to be the body of a woman, insensible, but not quite dead, which Was sup. ported on the surface of the water by the air which inflated her dress. On being taken to a neighbouring public-house, and medical men called in, she recovered her speech, and said her name was Jefferies, and that she had thrown herself and her child, aged three weeks, into the river. That fact was connrmed by the finding of the body of the infant—an extremely well-proportioned one—about four hours afterwards, of course quite d ea d. The mother is unmarried — the father stated to be " highly res p ec t a ble," and residing in this town. The inquest will be held as soon as the female is able to attend. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The arrival of English Wheat for our market has been on a very limited scale this week, consequently the samples of that article was small. Still, however, the demand for all descriptions was in a very inactive state, at about Monday's quotations. Foreign Wheat was a dull inquiry, yet previous rates were steadily supported. A few parcels of bonded found buyers, on certificates, at from 10s. to I Is. per quarter. Barley and Malt moved off slowly at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, late rates. The supply of Oats being un usually short, the oat trade was steady, at very full prices. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last advised. Wheat. ARRIVALS. Barley. 150 qrs. English - • •• • • " I ; qrs. leih Foreign Malt, -- qrs. WHITECHAPEL. Oats I Flour. -- qrs. -- sks. We had a fair average supply of Meat on sale, while the demand ruled tolerably steady at our quotations. Beef from 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to Gs 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 10,—Wind S.S.W., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JUNE 9.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Vernon, Voss, Cal cutta; Northumberland, Pollock, Madras ; Carnatic, Heyne, Bombay. Arrd. from the liver, John King, westward. Sid. Maitland, Gray, Van Dieumn's and ; Ganges, Walker, Bombay; Lord Collingwood, Renardson, Quebec. OFF PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 9.—Derwent, M'Pherson, Van Die man's Laud; Wellington, Kenrick, Madras; Gladiator, Bunting, New York. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9.—Arrd. 8. Nunez, Flight, Rio Munez. BRISTOL, JUNE 9.—Wind Feliza, rike, Trinidad; Pomona, Smith, Trinidad ; Eleanor, Rees, Barbadoes ; Jessie, Muir, Nevis ; Bowyer, Smith, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF TUSKAR, JUNE 6.—lnglewood, PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9.—The Mastery, of Jersey, from Liverpool to Rio Munez, was wrecked ou Sand Island, on April 13; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 9.—The Holywood is aground in the River Parr a RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. NOETH BRITISH AN D HAWICK BR P.NCIEL The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the above Bills met this morning at eleven o'clock, in room B (New Houses of Parliament). The members are—Lord Abinger (chairman), the Dukes of Buckingham and Grafton, Earl Burlington, and Lerd Downes. Mr. TALBOT appeared for the promoters of the Bill. Their Lordships were occupied for more than an hour with a dis cussion as to the right of the trustees of the Kelso Union Roads to oppose the Bill, on the grounds that by the diversion of traffic their revenues would be greatly diminished. It was ultimately decided that the opposition could not be entertained. Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to address the Committee on the part of the promoters of the Bill. He addressed the Committee very shortly, stating that the proposed were two branches of the existing North British Railway, to Selkirk and to Ha wick, and were proposed by the North British Railway Company. The total length was 24 miles, and the esti mate was 350,0001. The line would give great accommodation to a highly important district, namely, the neighbourhood of Kelso, Selkirk, Berwick, Hawick, &c. &c. The only opposition was on the part of the road trustees. Mr. J. Miller, the engineer to the line. was then called, and gave the usual engineering evidence at considerable length. The length of the line and the estimate were as stated by Mr. Talbot. The steepest , ; radient was 1 in 75, which occurred on the Hawick branch, and the steepest gradient on the Selkirk line was lin 200. The sharpest curve had a radius of three furlongs. The question of the admissibility of the opposition on the part of the Kelso Union Trust was then revived. The matter was dis cussed at great length. Mr.PIaERING (on the part of the trustees) proposed the inser• Lion of a clause to the effect that the promoters should compensate the trustees for any injury they should sustain, and that the amount of compensation should be settled by private agreement, or in case no such arrangement could be made, the matter should be referred to the Sheriff of Berwick. Mr. TALBOT would not agree to the introduction of this clause. In the course of the desultory discussions to which this question gave rise, Mr. PICKERING urged that, although road trustees in England could not oppose railway Bills on acceunt of the diminution of their revenues, yet trustees in Scotland ought to be admitted to oppose on that ground, as they were individually and personally bound, by bonds, to produce the requisite funds for the construction of the roads, and were liable even to personal arrest if they failed to prance them—the English trustees not being bound by any such bond, and not being personally liable. Mr. TALBOT made an offer that the Railway Company should be come liable for one half of the bond due on the west branch of the Kelso Union Roads, which he said was alone Influenced by this line. ➢lr. PICKERING refused to accede to this offer. Mr. TALBOT having refer cd to the case of the Berwick and Sel kirk Bill, which passed the House of Commons last session, and in which a clause similar to the present was proposed by the Kelso Union Road Trustees, and was rejected, Mr PICKERING called a witness, Mr. Corry, to prove that in the case of the Berwick and Selkirk line the roads were actually benefited, and the traffic increased ; and that that was the reason why the opposition was not admitted ; but in this case a diminution of revenue would be sustained by the road trustees. The Committee ordered the room to be cleared, and on our re• ad mission, in about a quarter of an hour, The CHAIRMAN said, the sole question which the Committee have considered—and the sole question which they thought themselves bound to consider—was whether the Kelso Union Road Trustees were entitled to compensation from the North British Railway Company, and they have come to the determination that they are not so entitled. The Bills being now unopposed, The Committee passed both preambles, and having disposed of the clauses, rose and dissolved at about a quarter past two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XIII. The Committee met to••day at twelve o'clock; Sir William Clay in the chair. AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY. The case on behalf of this line was resumed. Mr. William Sommerville, cattle dealer, and lessee of a coal work at Dalmellington, gave evidence as to supplying con_lderable quan tities of coal to the south of that town by carts, and that the railway would be of great benefit in taking the minerals along it. Ile also deposed that the line would be largely used for the conveyance of cattle. Mr. Hall, a landowner, was examined to the effect that the line would confer great benefit to the agriculture of Kirkcudbrightshire. It would bring coal and lime In abundance into the county ; whereas at present there was a very deficient supply. Mr. Maxwell, of Monchles, corroborated the evidence of the pre vious witness. Mr. Holdworth, of Glasgow, was called and briefly examined in support of Mr. Hunter's evidence of yesterday, and said that he was preparing to erect furnaces for the manufacturing of iron in the neighbourhood of Dahnellington. The efficient working of it would much depend on the construction of the railway. Mr. Spalding, of Bahnaclellan deposed that the hcemitile of iron pervaded his estate to a great extent. From an investi gation of the field, the ore was supposed to extend through LOW acres of land. In portions of the ore, the proportion of iron was as much as 60 per cent., and was nearly as good as the produce of Cumberland. He had expectations if the ore turned out well, of disposing of any quantity of it in Staffordshire. Copper ore had also been found on his estate. The line would afford great facility for shipping the produce at Balcary Bay. Mr. M`iinight spoke as to the advantages the line would confer by bringing coal and lime from Ayrshire into Galloway. He valued the land to be taken for the railway, and he furnished the estimate to the engineer. Cross-examined—This was the first line he had ever estimated for. GROUP XX. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock in room No. 31 (Grand Corrider) ; present Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Ross, Lord W. Bentinek, and Sir A. Pigot. " • They proceeded with the consideration of the LONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN Evidence at considerable length was taken in support of the Duke of Northumberland's epposition. GROUP XXXIII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 24, (Grand Corridor), present, Sir Robert Ferguson, chairman, the Mar quis of Worcester, Mr. Smollett, Mr. Fellowes,and Viscount Norreys. They resumed the inquhy respecting the RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK. The whole of the morning was occupied in the examination of witnesses as to the traffic. GROUP XXXIX. OLDHAM DISTRICT. The Committee re-assembled this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr. Divett in the chair. The proceedings commenced by the evidence of Mr. Joshua Milne, a cotton spinner and coal-owner, at Schawe, the object of which was to show the difference of distance by the two lines of railway, and to prove that the line of the promoters was better than those of their opponents, whether by the Manchester or Huddersfield, or the Man chester and Leeds Railways. ,In reply to a question, the witness said he was not aware that a Bill had passed the Commons for a line to Barnsley which would give a direct conaumnication with Manchester to Oldham. GROUP XLVI. This Committee assembled to-day at one o'clock; present, Mr. Brainstone (Chairman), and the other Members. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNC TION, AND TYNE DOCK. Mr. ANDREWS addressed the Committee at great length, on the part of the petitioners, against the Bill. GROUPS XLIX AND LI. This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour; Mr, Charles Wood In the chair., NORTH WALES MINERAL (DEVIATION AND BRANCH). Evidence was resumed against the Bill. Mr. Henry Jones, a clerk in the office of Messrs. Burke and Co., Parliamentary agents, was examined with the view of showing that the residence of Miss Thomas, a landowner on the line, would be materially injured by the construction of the line. Mr. Edward Roberts, a tenant of Miss Thomas's, gave evidence to the same effect. He had been a tenant of hers for 30 years, and he believed the line would be injurious to Miss Thomas' residence, as well as to the cultivation of the land which he occupied. The severance would be very destructive to :the property. He could not say how many centuries the residence was in the family, but it was a very old family mansion. The crossing of the turnpike road would also be very dangerous at the Sun public-house. The line would have the effect of entirely destroying the beauty of the valley, and there would be no traffic to warrant it. All the landowners were against it. Mr. John Jones, a farmer, was examined as to the traffic along the road. He did not:think that the railway, if constructed, would take more slates than the canal at present; it would not in his opinion be generally used. The feeling of the farmers and others was entirely against it. This closed the case of the opposition. Mr. War.snr, on the part of the promoters, replied, and after ad verting to the principal points of the evidence adduced by the opponents of the line, contended that no grounds of opposition had been shown, and hoped the Committee would give their sanction to the project, as every objection which had been made might be applied with equal justice to every railway that was ever constructed in the British isles, and were merely matters for compensation. The room was then cleared for the decision of the Committee, and on our re-admissims, m . — lhe Clumsier , :made the following announcement:—" We are of opinion that so much of the preamble as relates to the Llangollen branch is not proved." The clauses of the Bill were then gone through, and it was ordered to be reported. WORCESTER AND PORTEDYNX•XiAEN. At the request of Mr. TALBOT, counsel far the promoters of this line, the consideration of the Bill was postponed until Monday next, to enable the promoters to consider their future course of proceeding in regard to it, in consequence of the intentions of the Government just announced relative to the gauge question. The other Bill in this group being unopposed was referred to Mr. Greene, and the Committee adjourned WI Monday. GROUP LIII. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; the Hon. E Lascelles in the chair. SHROPSHIRE UNION AND CANAL (CHES. TER TO WOLVERHAMPTON). Evidence against the Bill was received on behalf of the Stafford shire and Worcestershire Canal Company. Two witnesses were examined to show the injury which would re sult to the local traffic from the conversion of the canal. Mr. MALisis, on behalf of Lord Matherton, then addressed the Committee hi opposition to the line. GROUP LXIV. Ts Comittee e-asembled to-day at twelve o'clock, In Roc m 11 ; hi present, m Mr. Tr s.s Dunco mbe (chairman) and the other Mem- bera mirEsTERN (PO ILTAR. GnE.EVr x& LI NGTON TO GALWAY). The CrtetaMAN said that the other evening when they se parated question which arose, namely, whether Mr. Cock burn,othe of the South Western Railway, had a locus stauji, was not decided. The Committee had since determined that Mr. Cockburn had not a locus standi against the preamble of the Bill, but should be heard against any clause relating to purchase that might be proposed. Mr. Sergeant WRANORAM said that he appeared on the part of the Mußinger Conpany, who opposed the Bill. Mr. TAYLOR, en the part of the promoters of the Bill, contended that as the clients of his Learned Friend had not petitioned against the preamble of the Bill they could not be heard, and it was the uni versal practice of Committees not to entertain objections under these circumstances. Mr. Sergeant WitANGHant contended that the circumstances a these two Bills having been heard before the House of Lords refuted the assertion of his Learned Friend, and there was no neces sity for petitioning against the preamble of the Bill when they were competing lines, and grouped together. The Cliationtor said it was unnecessary to argue the point. The Committee, after hearing counsel pro and con., decided that the Grand Canal Company , under their seal, might be heard against the preamble of the Bill, and that the other petitioners might be heard against particular clauses. The case far the Bill was then resumed. Mr. Richard Lynch, of Galway, was examined. by Mr. TAYLOR, and stated that they got goods in Galway from London, Liverpool, and Dublin, and from the latter place that the mode of transit for part of the way was by canal, and the remainder of the road by carts. lie further stated that the railway proposed would be of the greatest advantage not only in bringing goods to Galway, but also in conveying thence corn, 50,000 tons of which came annually into the town, and a greater portion of which was sent to Dublin. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were then brought up, and agreed to :—Banffshire Roads ; Belfast and County Doi Railway; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (Darfield Branch) ; London and Blackwall Railway (Widening) ;. Marquis of Donegal's Estate; North British Railway (Carlisle Exten sion) ; Sir George Dunbar's Estate ; Sheffield, Ashton-under- Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Barnsley Branch) ; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Worsborough Branch); Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud dersfield, and Goole Railway; Stockton Gas; Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway; Argyll Canal; Birming ham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction Railway; Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches); Edinburgh and Batbgate Railway; Fleetwood, Pres ton, and West Riding Junction Railway ; Glas gow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour ; Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction Railway ; Glasgow Southern Termini Railway ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Gree nock Railway (Polloc and Govan Branch) ; Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway ; Grand Junction Railway (Huyton to Warrington) ; Grand Junction Railway (Huyton and Aston, and other Branches) ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Ducks Consolidation ; Har rogate Waterworks, Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Diversion and Cooper Bridge Branch); Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction Railway ; London and Croydon Railway (Thames Junction Branch) ; Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway (Chapel Hall Branch); Midland Railway (Burton-on -Treat to Nuneaton Branch and Ashby Canal Purchase) ; Midland and Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Weedon) ; Morecombe Harbour and Railway ; Norfolk Railway Ex tensions (Yarmouth Extension); 'Portbury Pier and Rail way; Schoolmasters' Widows' Fund ; Sheffield, Ashton under Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branches) ; South Wales Railway (No. 2) ;Yeovil Market and Fairs. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time :—Midland Great Western of Ireland Railway (Mullingar to Galway) ; Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction Railway (by order). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction Railway ; Ballochney Railway (Shotts Branch) ; Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Railway, and harbour; Bristol and Exeter Railway (Crewkerne Branch); Broms grove Improvement and Small Tenements (No. 2); Buckingham Railway (Tring to Banbury) ; Edinburgh Paving ; Great . Grimsby Gas ; Leeds and Thirsk Railway (St. llelen's Branch and Deviation); Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough Branch Extension); Leeds and Thirsk Railway (North Eastern Extension— Wath to Hartlepool) ; Leith Paving; London and South Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch) ; London and Birmingham Railway (Camden and Euston Stations Enlargement) ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junc tion Railway; Midland Railway (Leicester and Swanning ton Alteration and Branches) ; Midland Railway (Notting ham and Mansfield) ; Newcastle-upou.Tyne Improvement; Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway ; Scottish Central Railway (Alloa Branch ); Scottish Central Railway (Perth Termini and Stations); Sittingbourne Improvement. RAILWAYS. Mr. GREENE moved to repeal the following standing orders :—The order as agreed to by a resolution of the House, April 3, 1846,in lieu of standing order 135 repealed, and to sub stitute the following :—" That seven clear days' notice be given by the Clerk of the Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office of the day and the hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on every private Bill that shall have been referred to the said Committee, that in case of Bills not referred to the Committee of Selec tion seven days' clear notice, and in the case of a re-committed Bill three clear days' notice, shall be given by the agents for the Bill to the clerks of the Private Bill-office of the day and the hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on every private Bill, and that all the proceedings of any Com mittee of which such notice has not been given, shall be void." —Agreed to. The standing order 137, and to substitute the following in lieu thereof :—" That notices in writing be given by the Clerk of the Committee of Selec tion to the clerks in the Private Bill-office of the postponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private Bill, which shall have been referred to such Committee on the day on which such postponement is made; and that in case of )3ills not referred to the Committee of Selection, one clear day's notice shall be given by the agents of the Bill to the clerks of the Private'Bill-office of the post ponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private Bill."—Agreed to. The order made on the 20th day of February last, for referring the Mold Junction Railway Bill to the Committee of Selection be read ; that the same order be discharged; that the said motion be withdrawn.—Agreed to. The HON. MEMBER then moved that the Committee on Curtis's Divorce Bill have leave to sit and proceed on Friday, at three o'clock.—Agreed to. The HON. MEMBER also moved—That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Worcester and Porthdynllaen Railway Bill to entertain all petitions which shall be presented against the Bill on or before the 11th day of this instant June. — Agreed to. That the report from the Select Com mittee on standing orders, in the case of the Great Munster Railway Bill, be read, and that the said order be discharged and the Bill withdrawn.—Agreed to. That the report from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in the case of the Ban don and Bantry Railway Bill, be read, and that the said order be discharged and the Bill withdrawn.—Agreed to. That, the report from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in the case of the Cork, Macroom, and Killarney Railway Bill, be read, and that the said order be discharged and the Bill withdrawn.—Agreed to. Mr. SPOON ER moved that the Midland Railway (Burton and Nuneaton Railway and Ashby Canal .Purchase) Bill be re-committed to the former Committee, with leave to sit and proceed to-morrow, and to report forthwith.—Agreed to. The Lords' Amendments on the following Bills were then considered and adopted : Brighton and Chichester Railway (Steyning Branch); I Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Little Hamp ton Branches) ; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway De viations, and Eastbourne, Hailsham, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches ; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 1); Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 2); Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 3) ; Midland Railway (Sys ion to Peterborough); Sligo Harbour Improvement. FREE CHURCH (SCOTLAND). Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from mem bers of the Free Church in Scotland, complaining of the re fusal of sites for churches, which they experienced from the landowners in Scotland. He had to present one hundred and forty-seven petitions on the subject, signed by twenty-seven thousand persons.—(Hear.) THE MILITIA. Mr. MUNTZ presented several petitions from Birming ham, praying against the calling out of the militia, or any thing which would have a tendency to induce war. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Mr. DUNCAN patented several petitions against the pu nishment of death. The Hon. Gentleman also presented se ral petitions in favour of the members of the Free Church in Scotland, which alleged that sites for the building of churches had been refused to them by the landed proprietors in Scotland. The petitioners prayed that the House would take some measures to remedy their grievances. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. _ Mr. EVELYN DENISON gave notice, that he should to morrow put a question to the First Lord of the Treasury, whether he was prepared to make any statement on the subject of railway legislation farther than that already made ; and whether he would have any difficulty in laying on the table of the House memorials which had been pre sented to Lord Dalhousie on the subject of railways ? THE DANISH CLAIMS. On the order of the day being read that the House resolve itself into Committee, for the purpose of taking into conside ration the Danish claims, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said—Sir, although the House on a former occasion con sented to the motion of my Hon. Friend (Mr. Hawes), that on the present day we should go into Committee on this subject, I think there are strong reasons why the House should not fulfil the object of the vote which they came to on that day, and I therefore rise at this early stage of the discussion for the purpose of moving an amendment to the motion of my Hon. Friend. I am sensible, sir, that in doing so I labour under very consi derable difficulties, because I have always found, upon every successive occasion when these claims have been brought before the House, there has been stated in the course of the debate some new circumstance apparently calculated to in fluence the decision of the House adduced at a period when it is difficult to afford a reply to them—statements are made for the purpose of inducing the House to support the pro positions which are made to them with respect to these claims, yet on another day those very state ments turn out to be altogether void of a just foundation, and to be such as should not influence the de cision of the House. Now, for instance, on the former occa sion the Hon. Gentleman opposite, in the course of his reply, adduced an additional argument which we had not heard of before in support of these claims. He did not folf dispute that there had been a war between Great Britainaedmemo in ment Denmark, but he stated that a declaration w same resyteothat, lit of the cap arre,d peace which to cured Denmark t hep;r eavniodusth.daetclatahrsarefnoreo, Britain made no attempt to declare the f Great ar November. He impressed, t h h c er House should restore to their tures, because the declaration of fe l r v e a p r h ir p l e a n s nthote House e u t n h t a i t l it was just and proper that t of the war. But, sir, former position those tv c personao theret Copenhagen h a tangheeancl foundationswaa sfferseudr surrendered e n f on c rd o et n rh s ee e dt q uenc theree judg ment? Of course when was a capitulating which p p r e ovide i d iroegn fo uo r ularta t i h bo e restoration of such goods as had been taken during the war. The w T oe h er e net D letmo an a i nb sh : Government itself issued an order in which it was stated that during the war certain observed as to English subjects, expressly nullify ogeufse t t o h b e elieve that these capitulations w the war ; expressly fitonore nullifying eiserviateinsndh dt sub jects ya ts hen re en in t h eo e t _assertionm wished ade thedduring ea theettret afterwards, nerd e, declaration hostilethat m e o t ah f seu r t we h sa e r wwiatsh Government trheesnpecin were to be taken in consequence of the war. A new case was adduced by the Hon. Gentleman on the former occasion, for the purpose of inducing the House to agree to his propositions. Sir, I have thought it my duty on various occasions to oppose an address to the Crown for the purpose of remunerating the claimants on account of the Danish losses, and I have done so, Sir; first, upon what I consider to be a most im portant constitutional principle; and next, because I do not admit that there is any justice whatever in the claims which are submitted to the House. Sir, this House has very wisely determined that they will not admit any grant of money, or any remission of duties due to the Crown, unless it come down to the House, recom mended by the respectful suggestion of the Crown ; and they have done it for the best of all reasons, in order that the House may not be imposed upon by specious or plausible statements made in the course _of a debate on an uninvestigated claim. The object of that determination has been that individual Members may not be influenced — that they may not rashly vote away the money of the people to parties who by means of great exertion, activ e canvassing, and constant representation of facts more or less accurate, have acquired an influence over the minds of Mem bers, and who persuade them to vote away the public money. And, Sir, this House has laid down a wise rule, and I am not quite prepared to get rid of it by a sidewind proceeding. When the case waasubmitted to the predecessors in the office that I hold, and when it had been submitted to me also, we each of us, acting under a sense of our public duty—which is not to recommend to Parliament to make a grant of money unless we are satisfied that the grounds on which the claim is made are just—have refused to assent to the petition to this House, praying for the granting of these claims. And upon the same principle, I will not wil lingly consent that the Crown should be placed in the situation of having an address presented to it, when the Crown has not. been advised to recommend to Par liament the payment of these claims. Sir, this is a very dan gerous experiment. It is, in fact, virtually getting rid of the control which the House has established for the purpcse of preventing an undue expenditure of the public money. It is truly a dangerous experiment, because it would not put ss limit to the extent to which these claims may go.—(near.) If during the war with Denmark you are prepared to give the sufferers by that war the sum of 250,000/., or a quarter of a million of money, because the country with whom you were at '3' ar did not make certain regulations as to the capture during the war, there is no telling to what extent these claims may now, and at future times be made, for if the principle of this grant of money is good with regard to Denmark, the principle is good with respect to every country with which you may be at war, whatever their potion may be, and however ample their means as to trade ; st and I say, therefore, that it is the duty of those who have any care for the mode in which the public money is to be expended, to oppose this first step, which shall introduce this new principle that you are to indemnify your own subjects for losses at sea during a war between this and any other nation. Sir, observe I am not here standing up to defend the rights of the Crown, I am defending the rights of the people of this country generally. You tell me there is justice in Ike claims of these individuals whose property has been rear ficed at sea, and that these merchants who have lost their ships and cargoes during the war have sustained a loss for which you are bound to show them commisseriition and to make them some compensation. Sir, whether it be right or wrong, captures at sea during war are the inva riable practice of nations, and that, as a totally different question from captures on land, is not the question now before ho House. COMMONS' SUMMARY. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock, and after the transaction of a great deal of private busiaess, Mr. LTAwEs rose to move that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of an Address to her MAJESTY on the subject of the Danish claims. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt bound, not withstanding the decision to which the House had come in April, to oppose the motion. He did this under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, for on every occa sion some new argument had been broached ; and on the last occasion the Hon. Gentleman, in his replf, had argued that the convention in September had cured the declaration of war of August, but that argument fell to the ground when it was recollected that only three days after the execution of that convention the Danish Government had issued rules for the con duct of the war with Great Britain. The House had wisely laid down a rule not to vote any grant of money except at the recommendation of the Ministers of the Crown, and he could not consent to the getting rid of this rule by a side wind. It was setting a most dangerous precedent, and if the principle now sought to be established were once acknowledged, it would lead to the indemnification by the nation of every merchant who, during any future war, might suffer loss from captures at sea, which would impose upon every class of the community a heavy burden for the mere benefit of one class. The principle equally applied whether the war was just or unjust. These merchants had suffered from captures made in strict accordance with the law of nations, and it was most unjust to come upon the tax-payers of this country now and ask theta to bear the burden which would be imposed upon the m if these claims were admitted. The declaration of w ar on the part of Denmark took place previous to these capture s viz., on the 15th of August, 1807. Now, Great Britain never made any declaration of war except by issuing letters of marque—Great Britain never issues a declara tion of war until all the means of pacification exhausted. In 1812 America declared w ar in June, and England did not declare war until Sept'''ebe and yet the captures made durin g capturesthat interval were considered as l e g al The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to describe the circumstances under which the captures were made, and which have been already frequently described, and concluded by declaring his determination to oppose the motion. Mr. HAWES denied that there had been any declaration of war previous to :the captures, but even had there been such a declaration, that was rendered entirely nugatory by the subsequent convey-• tion by which amicable relations had been restored. Besides, the Government bad acknowledged the ex istence of these claims by appointing a Commission to inquire into their nature and extent, and that Commis sion having reported that claims to the amount o 225,0001. had been made out, it was not right that the Government should repudiate the decision of their own Commissioners. The claims were founded in equity, end he appealed to the justice of that House to make them good. Mr. CARDWELL contended that the existence of war between the two nations at the time the captures were made was proved by the existence of hostilities, and that no declaration of war was necessary. Under these cireult" stances, the captures were legal captures, and there was no foundation for these claims. Culonel SIDTHORP supported the motion, and reflected on the absence of the Attorney-General and of the Solicitor-General, who had, when out of office, voted 14 favour of the claims, but who now absented themselves from the division. The House then divided, when there appeared— For going into Committee Against it B5 Majority —27 (LEFT SITTING.) Monday last, being Trinity Monday, the Mantel of the Trinity House , i n accordance to ancient caw L.. assembled at ten o'clock , at their official residence, Tower-hill, __ the purpose of visiting Deptford. From their residence they P_ l. 4 ceeded to the Tower, where they were joined by his Grace the I:im t of Wellington, who, in his capacity as one of the brothers and T 4 1,7,, of Lord Warden of the Cii2oue Ports, accompanied the 3dasters v-,,. o'clock, h a , nn en u d al w v ae isi r t e . oety H ed is h G y rtit a egitazgv ofed haotnothure forme r %l weededelthii Coldstream Guards. The procession the: formed, and pta.": due order to the water over the moat -bridge', when the WO . ' m e barked. After visiting the place., required i.;:r masters and brothers attended Divine Service At ire Old Chi'r, Deptford. The The Corporation, with the exception of the masteeow turned to London in their state shallops. The banquet in PI A vi e& ing, at the Trinity House, was prepared with great magPi r acer Covers were laid for 82. The master presided. Besides bla __,. o , the charter, there were present the Marquis Camden, Marquis of JAZ., Earl of lisiddington, Earl of Dalhousie, earl of Shati'- ant Visae bury, Earl of Ellenborough, Lord G. Somerset, • Wi g ht Melbourne, Viscount Melville, Viscount Canning, the,„,;—,the Hon. Sidney Herbert, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie , CAP"' oh Hon. J. H. Rous, R.N. ; Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Sir J. Ornio, t ß athftl i ree g emir l t ras t dlye H Aco o Nn n sd . Sir George Clerk, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, nigh' H. T. Corry, Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, Right Hon. Dr. LII ton, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sir T. Fremantle' Sit T. L. Melville. Hon. Henry Fitzroy, Sir Thomas Neave, _Danl.. 1 , Jos. Barrow, hart., Admiral Sir Byam Martin, Admiral Sir Bartel A, Gordon, Admiral Bowles, Sir Charles Adam, Lieutenant -Oen :v. Sir H. Douglas, Lieutenant- Colonel Astell, Lieut.-Colonel gl'i7ei., thwait, Major Elrington, Captain Beaufort, R.N., Rev. Ilenti c i t 3r ville, Mr. Anson, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., M.?' Fa roe man, Mr. Cripps, M.P., Mr. W. W. Cotton, Mr. Dean, 2 " . r. yr. day, Mr. Hogg, M.P., Mr. King, Mr. Lefevre, Mr. Waregor,_eu, Neville, M.P., Mr. Pelly, Mr. E. Pelly, Mr. C. Pelly, Dlr. Stites, Mr. W. R. Robinson, Mr. G. R. Robinson, Mr. Sampson, Mr- 1 , ": - ,T, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Turner, Mr. Walker, Mr. Wigram, and, '`were Young, M.P. The following noblemen and gentlemen, n'ae_ en ie also invited to the banquet, were prevented by other engag e sir from attending :—Marquis of Bute, Earl of 3linto, Major-General asrEowafTgl:esTtnnlisseate admirable H. Wheatley, Colonel Allan, C. 8., and Mr. Heath. AdeMo,rv.ifiWTraigeshteo.rillyleeoftndLerstatnadodonthuOtnstrMitoohondrtaypeele,vtehneilet ri!f°l:4l. Ellenborough and St. Germans, and M. Gladstone, ha r ve ea h is_r„, s w e a ry rd ie e e d s. their subscription in aid of the tehstoimnoo : al e: M the W C 3 o g 1 11 o e n n e; The Prince Louis Napoleon p M a ar ny qui at s . d rstand, has given the suite or ller Majesty, we u dainandetrheon3lseareturhidoenyessnlesdete Bourret Montauban with his coin. Ja mes's Palace, recently vacated by the Mar' apartments in st. match is as resumed yesterday ay at Lord's, wh en ti: t m o t A ll it e y 3f L arZoness c Wellesley, who h a a taloa On the first inninlo, m g- NE Inn --- V. CAMISEIDG. ° c h i c o liße possessionsiwsc UNlvE3ssit:e-d-,Tthhee University m had the advantage OF RESUSCITATION AFTER advantage by 70 ra n ' . «la - g innings to-day the whole score was 68, therefore ut,--- 8, therefore P ut e in the M. C. C. for 138 to tie. The an inquest held yesterda match, for the score of the Club was 94 in trshistyl.owever, 7Y_ , !.... y before William Ca ß rter, Esq., on the ...." ers innings, by 44 Pr - a $ LusizasloN. -- b0 . 71 . of a man who died from drowning, several important directions:'so, 60, Stamford-street, Blackfri Franklin Rose, surgeon, residing T o to be adopted in certain cases ars-road, in reference to the mean ban appointed of drowning. He stated that he h . 1 gas surgeon for that district several years by the Roy tie 0 inane Society, which duty he had that day resigned in conseciat o -e ald the absurd and improper directions issued by the society. I le " r i'l mention one rule wherein is stated that on no account w hatefe i _ the body of a person taken out of the water to be placed In was verted position. He assured the Coroner and jury that be ter tip" able to prove that where a person is taken out of the We down parently lifeless, it is absolutely necessary to place the head charg e wards, as the only means of allowing the wate r to e d ye> itself and ease the inflation of the lungs. Although he had Da iw a JO extensive practice in various cases of drowning since he bad l'idiaost office, and found the above means prove successibl, he wa i l s iss ued fearful of using certain remedies in consequence of the plaea l l,„01 1 10 by the Royal Humane Society, as the friends of persons 1 , , :',.•; wit might be called to see ,would think that he had aceeler- , n 4 s a nd death, by adopting such remedies against the society's tir m ade directions. He was only anxious that the public should !••• 0 ,, 0 d acquainted with his suggestion, as he felt satisfied that 0 1 . 11 _"*od. would result, and the lives of many individuals would ,ee . an d it This is a question respecting which there should be no dollota — giyo is to be hoped that medical men of unquestioned authority INim their opinions on the subject. ...... I: SO S ' PRIMROSE-HILL PARK. -- A correspondent „ t for , velllra e '' al In consequence of the scrap of land purchased by ‘.. 0 ,__, c e ntr the Primrose-hill Park, the Committee of the West Lono..A_; „, er a of Anti-Inclosure Association have memorialised the Comraiss,Swiog Woods and Forests for an additional purchase, to which 111,,e,. , answer has been received by the secretary :—" Office of n'•u-of ho loners June 8, 1816. Sir,—l have, on behalf of the Commiss_ l e tter , Majesty's Woods, &c., to acknowledge the receipt ot our3 ,; ,' __central dated Ist instant, submitting on behalf of the West Lo e ti l a bo ard Anti-Inclosure Associat on, a memorial soliciting that the the CroWn, will, with reference to the recent purchase, on behalf o autboritY to of property at Primrose hill, apply to Parliament fort conslollPg purchase some additional ground in its immediate vicini Y ! ,_ _ to o of the land now used for a reservoir, and the long tithe tonne the from the Avenue-road to the commencement of the to iteq uAini London and Birmingham Railway. And I have, in reply'_,,,deration. you that the subject of this memorial shall receive ale Om. I am, &c., Citeuu.s Goal. H. D. Griffiths." THE