The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-06 00:00:00

it f ore i gn -------------------- 14. oreign spirits into this country-at a less duty than I, ethe ar paid. What he ranted, in fact, to know was, 1 4 ,, ~ 1. , he the proposed chan;.,e, the Irish landowner .ttistiller would be placed in a worse position in the ,fish market than they now were? c A I • PEEL said that Irish spirits were now per ktiia t '? Enter the English market upon the same 1 4 0 al Eirglieh - spirits, aryl that surely could li i , h deetned a grievance.—(Hear, hear.) At present ) 1 , 6,, spirits paid but 2s. 10d. and 7s. 10d., while fo liVPirits paid a great deal more ; so that it was not ' ,V that Irish spiri.s would be brought into any dis 11:1t,ageous competition with foreign spirits.—(hear.) le,Z2n. Baronet spoke of the subject as if it were a a „Zee; but be (Sir R. Peel) really could not see . how ‘ l ,oi i ii ' he deemed such.—(Hear.) There certainly Wt th be a° Proposition to alter the Irish spirit duties e p r eent. lt . ItE PEAL OF PENAL ENACTMENTS. Ili!' AL TtiON then moved for leave to bring in a rid p a t : l t :le further repeal of enactments imposing pains J e Nr ea 5 l ies on her Majesty's Roman Catholic sub gq into account of their religion. He did not intend to sitiv taw _trie detail s o f this measure, because a very con k Portio n of the Bill had already received the inal b e :a . _ef the C'riminal l aw C omm i ss i oners , to w h om i t kt „fyL.',relerreri. It was sufficient to say that the ob thieitia"ai Bill was to remove the pains and penalties !ha°llas re ' been at one period imposed upon her Majesty's e i rm ‘-lthelic subjects —one of those penalties being a ton, re ren of death if any Catholic exerc,sed his re i'ese war t Wa3 surely time that such enactments as „ngl 4l , d, e removed from the statute books of 'l4 1 . 10 , and therefore it was that he (Mr. Watson) :l k i thi a :liiPe„et that h e s h ould meet with any opposition Vedi h e W e i". Ther e was one part o f t h e Bill to o' 4l B en ',Fed particularly to call the attention of . the i4l, a 'a'-elronet, the Member for the University of re cn a n ; th at was the necessity for the repeal of the mid not `mests [against the Roman Catholic clergy. at e desir athat any discussion should take p . lace ~,, reni r ,,,. t k soy „,, 'ts future opportunity would be given ii th e Ziltnent which could be brought to bea to t.. Of *L. Honourable Baronet's attention to NI . ~,e , -, ts which imposed VPort ati '' Penal enactmen , , elan e an for life pen the regular clergyman of the 17 111 try ,i4ft,_helie Church n who should come into this t,trliaalentLer the pa ss i ng of of that particular Act : 11 [if l ; Ile believed that there existed no one il:. if they : 1 w ho did more goo d i n t h e i r avocat i on , an d 14 1 " deties"me into that country in the discharge of tly t r eP , a t „j t hey we re li a bl e t o transportation. r t ,, th eu , , that he thought it high time ote booiest.s•ctments should be removed from the tit W egee rc r W L3 a perfect absurdity to speak of them rest eu eh t the Church of England, and to argue Is' v atio es hey should be still kept up. To these few s. tl,, a, 4 should add nothing further on the sub - , )',, it 4 4katE ut s si ,a 3 Ply move for leave to bring in the Bill. 'Ai lf , e n si leri t - 0 - , 1 ,?ItiklIAll said that his attention had -4 - 1 18 motion of the Learned Gentleman in ti, nee f . , 44 4 t his J Graham) being appointed {r te s of th (Sir tunes . session or ,: eGmmission to which the Bill was re n --'3ecluenee of what passed at the close of l h es se, t an the subject of pains and penalties not hk i .7 Mai " I tOraan Catholics themselves, but others Lciy tt;'estrs Roman also, measures were taken to II tried evils complained of by the Hon. and Lc th e i thtle raan. A Bill of such a nature il k , ea theneurable Member proposed had been t , ll -4t by the table of the other House of Par lltt l r°4 (le h Lora Chancellor, and every effort had ke t ,'9l. & Government to secure the passing of 11 0 11 111," i"-",_ hoped, that in a very short time, le oi r l ?tse r - e ll ' w ` l o 7 l, ?n , the table of the House . of Commons. 84, i ced to th ~...tt be fully as comprelienauve as the one , iiii t.g .01 . e nouse last scission. e ltte a ,? l ' th t ,„ ° ,/4 1 s taid that h. had determined not to t• li 4 ".)ect, until after the anseer of the Hon. te eaht. 0 rejoiced that he had done so, but only on S l ' e thr se lie 'wished that Hon. Gentlemen would ft etee t. m a 'wished in the hands of her Majesty's Go itr''ai•killrol:lete be.lieved that the advice just given by the t ki wer s , h _ taight, with reason, be given to other ta l t i° N I . ;:r f are he could withdraw his formal opposi k, ill nftv,'lll, he wished the House to remember that Vlie je t Put forward was substantially the same as kn ts 4 et efluced last year. It was a Bill to repeal il t lil l's th c , u P re rnacy—to enable Roman Catholics loth° allow - s ees of the Established Church—it was a k . , 4 er uet.Prucessions of this sect when processions k ti' sr li it „,%'7re Prohibited to avoid public disturb ofi th e , a Bill to repeal the Act for the expul-, h L t 'Pber trauits. Did any Honourable Member '',„Nare t , a Bill of this nature was I qis It u ' ll that House on the sth of July Ik t gin is n• Friend 'had said, with regard to that 114,,hetteeeei"denotd not oppose its going into committee, lIN r f or ji agree to all its provisions. It would 541. 4 Of % ye On. Members to leave these things in the ‘ 44 111,, retnent, instead of going down to that •th b t after• i 4 No tl k i ~7, though he did not seek that his suggea that" tandopted, yet he believed that it would be Itl keno e most useful mode of carrying them first, tthen lea the would be to suggest the G ru ,ltt„ 48 ve them in the hands of ore . 1 7. h 1 ; , .- - that a 'al Osei e r:4l3' related; nevertheless a Bill substantially 18 11 i " 08 to be brought in by the head of the legal '. t toT :l ., ifl this country, which he would again declare 1 1 'it,1 4 7,1).f„:"1 , the Act of Supremacy. 4,t r ecoil GRAHAM observed that it would be 1, i,..9ollectiOn of the House his having stated that It.kTl.l contained the same measures which the Hon. V, introduced last year, he would as a member of iltiOtesty's Government, oppose certain clauses in it. NB', l 4 ), c ; ‘ , B l)oct to the Bill introduced in the other House, , 4 ! when the proper time arrived, be prep ared to I, h ' et all its parts, and to prove that itdidnot re (1" :Ikonof Supremacy. IL Iluits •N• MANNERS said he would not trouble o, ll lli 2 W 'th many observations at present, but when ' 1 ,,: . 1 7:4 fully brought under the consideration of the I 4 :4t w oUld en - Srl,i., ro i . ter in detail into the subject of the sr...(iLge'ro.us disabi li ties under which Roman Catholics A,l( t h at He might, however, for the present :li h e could not possibly conceive how the tNtitive,:fravßhnagtland could be benefited by the main ill Its N ,,, L , e Were called its " safeguards," viz., those t e Date Lit ,. h attached to such individuals as were not li t i'd whi t e ' the Eng lish Church.—(Hear, hear.) He (% his 1.1 i . 4 rR . tt , onourable Friend the Member for Ox -11%40i h a 'a' a glis) that there were safeguards which `Mtl.l. 'll kilt -- theta right to demand for its protection. f r 4 the Church had a right to demand a Pi lle() Ple (* °l:e in its eff t to extend the education of oh t , •-•.. (ti _ or s . ilt,;Le 4 e ; 'at) He did think that the Church had 1 5 t kw and that her ancient landmarks should not 'di s tl t, wi a t t a nd that her bishoprics should not be i i th. Bink ".*--(lrear bear .) Such demands as those 1,N.44, 1111 t th t 7 t e C, hutch had right to make, but he did : 11 ' . t,' Ik tlee of t .ne Church could be benefited by the ,tti t ,,got en , ',hose penalties which were alien to the L tit i' 4 , km x l l . of the Church, but that of Christian la,, ellf ere : l hit was impossible for any Govern tw,ll Qurerc-(Cheers.) After the accession of the Qt( ) ,,! s Ny El th aleet to power, a portion of the Irish , r. 4 Il t i tkin e Legislature to put those penalties in AtLtlt v ie At their Roman Catholic fellow country %: r2cLthey'de;,,vernment was, of course, deaf to their k ih k e ,„\AN Nto , ... not venture to do any such thing. t ."t h i 's of th''-' l, said the times were now altered, toTiti , 4 to the Present day did not believe that it was ' VI th e to thl il lnish men on account of their self-de -1‘4211 ' eel 'Tre a d o f th a t re li gi on which they held 1/4\4lltoto at e tis l le had not language sufficiently strong 4 ; toeeeeterm.7e conduct of the monster who had 4 tai --.., th ding nuns at '44 4 4 ...„.y ,_. e barbarous outrages ff that had 414' 1 , euctkr"petrated on the uno en laws against I st, tvh e r, eve e ueers.) Th e y had no . t il l i r th neli p r , t ~ the worst form of infidelity, but ~ , - , _. ,,a - 7 viol in na the serve God and Saviour as them- Nl"tt.' eveeatly persecuted.—(ilear, hear.) lie fop ;:l t ,Ptibi v • er ' in the present altered feeling of the th;4l;tsl/41 --e h ::,----( (Dear, He hoped those disa: L ti 'et t . T ha lo o no remnant of the iron days of oppre o s f lh 414 Y. ger allowed to stain the recor ds tl kt i„ tit t R U tliki D , ,tt'il,its-evese,sieSSELT., said that it appeared to him ki i "kte hers - lit last year made it part of their act k l ii:4 t t V , , or ti kay % e n it taath° l ies from religious . disabilities, I,t,'' ‘ ll . ', l 'a di st -e ' o f old penal acts remained un • el l • w: s at- v , liable by them. In certain cases t 4 ' the Isl tt.ik e al! to the punishment of transportation, 4 hi ck, .%t p °We 1 4 : d a \ i'd and ridiculous.—(Hear, hear.) kil Y - thrtalee„4 O the t hought it was essential to have keg e ti : l es: r , - ,P?ellin „, s ahject which would have for its I ti ,"ir c l,er s -` her 4", 1 any penal restrictions against ~' Otts e t h e cleiri e ,,, Peaty's subjects, at the same tim o o . t e e , la e‘ ,4 lull security to the institut i on s t f ; l'ij'ete. ees tryea Y Part of the world. He thouh i r , e a kA)n the attention of her Majesty's bo- Ati vi Ni l ,) Ati , d l ' Res to p t . t ,•" ° CATE moved for leave to bring tt f , s i ti h ot , arr ° .14e for the abolition of the exclusive . kli t k a rgh s )I ' l g on merchandise and of exercising kt ci' a 'PH t ln Scoti a d ~at,; th e ItPo ito o • i ;she rte ka ' burgh considered it would be a great 'r i e LUG i t , 8 3 th emselves, and he would bare tp i ip 4 lib ivi,upPorting it. —Agreed to. tiri ti v I lill i ''VOCATE also moved for leave to i. 40 ire V at eend the Act Ist and 2d Vic., C. 114, 1 1 14 I: q t r i l liAl si r kaii ' : 1 , 411 S ae th_ ,t have arisen as to the interpre- LN , te _ ,8 ta __ s m the said Act. —Agreed . to.. va t i i N s T werd ahi 'yen for a return of all applications , 44, 1) 481 ct it %,eeiv e d I; or s tewardships of the Chiltern l',a);tvith the th e o rca n any Member or Members of i l li,,i'i)h ae tee dat_ 9vernment during the present ses tovc. vvitket, wh ere such application, and date of the ti 'i 1 '4 4 • Al so such applications have been coin ,,,t t i h la t ,, ,, :a tz t b y venzturn of ail alications made . to :1. ~. li„ cog of , L ? . ra of P arliament for appoint -0 t er !';te rn I , 'ne like nature with the stewardship a1,,, 1 7. ahlhe ~,i,"2lendreds, being appointments applied neeti74,tbe dwtateet- Tacating the seats of the appll- N,, e hir er hav e e s of such appointments, where the vte•td e k.`'eul ar ,ueen complied with. Also, a return 4:111), tOrIllS•of grand of the stewardship or ki k ,i tti the itk_the Chiltern Hundreds, and of other tqjtli ill ~7 nature, and of the time necessarily Ili,;te ka are it'.sa!lePleting the same, when such 1.4 ia're:nth ado Re thought drat the pro t.;,, A ir ii tniy,, o taken place would materially affect N:li,,`;N 3 , i _, th at t i l _ s Ystem. It was a question deserving ,„, 4 , 1g the . ~.re should be a power of expediting th fit a 44 , arias. He I . i i , a Ppii 3 abu se did not, however, say that N , ir _ , u w, eeti,ih,, but power in connexion with the i tio e t i n 5h,,..,-: he considered, never theless, that t he' lt Y x. e h ".t the t ": l w t e tke place. But he had been in et. N ell leh he i ee two seats now vacant for the thanke t°t h e h a , '"sd the 'honour to represent ; the hi Nt• sat. m reason to know, was true, ani yet, h, 41 tr, 0 r th'' " writs f I, t, •oh ese two or new elections had yet been Ve a tt eh rve, th vac ancies. It was unnecessary for , 5 t , l t th n t , at at this particular time it was ver 4 10 th- ;111i.ith.,)e theellternwo,_v_a.caneits should be filled up in -v; ~,,'•ieri whi ch ._"r. to vote upon the divisions - -A4 therefore It soon to be discussed in this It waa a great hardship that those - two seats should be vacant at that time. However, it was now scarcely possible that those two Members could be returned in time to vote in the division. He did not know which way those two Members were likely to vote; but no matter at which side of the House they sat, those two seats should not have been allowed to remain so long vacant. This statement he now made without imputing blame to any one, but at the same time, he had deemed it his duty to make it.—(Hear, hear.) He again claimed for the public the right of having two courses in that House, and he had, fur that reason, moved for the returns stated in the notice. He wished to know, as a matter of valuable information, what was the real period necessary to elapse between the application for an office of this description and its grant by the country. He also wished to say that it would be no bad rule for the adoption of the House, that any member of the Government who gave such an office, on applica tion, should be responsible for the moving of the writ. At present it would appear that no person was respon sible, and thus the evil, without any real blame to any one, might be delayed, and the constituency deprived of their representation. He, therefore, submitted this mo tion to the House, and hoped that they would have some further information on this subject. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. He said that any application of a Member for the Chiltern Hundreds, so soon as it was ascertained that it came from himself, was at once granted. He certainly did not consider it the duty of Government to move the new writs in cases where the Member accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, because if a power of that description was allowed, it would produce much delay and mischief. Sir W. MOLESWORTH observed that it would be bettter that Members should have the privilege of re signing at pleasure. Mr. WILLIAMS considered that a Committee of that house should be instituted to inquire into the causes of the resignations which had so frequently oc curred of late. •'They would then see those individuals who opposed them in consequence of their liberal measures. THE TIMBER DUTIES. (Continued from The Sun of Werlnesday.) RESOLUTION TO BE PROPOSED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE CUSTOMS ACT. In lieu of the Duties imposed upon Wood by the load according to the cubic content, the importer may have the option, at the time of passing the first entry, of entering Battens, Batten Ends, Boards, Deals, Deal Ends, and Plank, by Tale, if of or from Foreign Countries, according to the following Dimensions, viz.:— From and after sth April, 1847. Not above 1 inch in thickness. Alive 154 inch and not above 2% in thickness. BONE-CRUSHING IN UNION WORKHOUSES. Mr. CHRISTIE then rose to move for copies of any papers or reports by Mr. Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor-law Commissioners, by Mr. Parker, late Assistant- Commissioner, or by any other Assistant-Commissioner, on the subject of bone-crushing in union workhouses. There could be no doubt that such papers had been pre sented to Mr. Chadwick on the subject of bane-crushing in these workhouses, and he understood that Mr. Parker had also reported on the same matter. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Baronet would not object to lay them on the table of the House. He (Mr. Chris tie) understood that those papers were condemnatory of bone-crushing in union workhouses. Sir J. GRAHAM said that papers had been received from Mr. Chadwick on the subject referred to by the lion. Member, but he (Sir J. Graham) was not prepared to lay such papers on the table. He hoped that the lion. Gentleman would not therefore persist in his mo tion, as it was impossible, for public reasons, to accede to it. The documents were considered confidential, and as such could not be laid upon the table. Mr. CHRISTIE said the Right Hon. Baronet had not referred to the papers by Mr. Parker—he wished to know if the same objection applied to them ? Sir J. GRAHAM said the same objection applied to these papers. In any case they would not have assisted the Hon. Member, as they related merely to statistical matters. The report by Mr. Chadwick was of a later date, and his opinion was that bone-crushing was not fitting employment for paupers. Mr. CHRISTIE said that after what had been stated by the Right Hon. Baronet, he would withdraw his mo tion. At the same time - that ir was sufficiently clear that Mr. Chadwick had remonstrated against the practice. Sir J. GRAHAM said no, he had not remonstrated, he had given his opinion against it. THE SU N, LOW66 " , r FRIDAY EVEN] NO. iiliTTA_Rir 6, 1846.::'- RAILWAYS. Mr. AGLIONBY and Mt. BROTHERTON brought up the reports of several Railway Bills from the Sub- Commitees. SCOTCH BILLS. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in two Bills, one to amend an Act, Ist and 2d Victoria ; the other to provide for the abolition of exclusive privilege; in boroughs. . _ Mr. WATSON brought in his Bill to remove pains and penalties from her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. These Bills were read a - first, and ordered to be read a second time. NEW WRITS FOR DORSETSHIRE. Mr. S. O'BRIEN moved for the issuing of two writs for the county of Dorset, in the room of Lord Ashley, and Mr. Sturt, who had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. THE PREMIER'S COMMERCIAL POLICY. - - Mr. YOUNG presented a petition in favour of the en lightened scheme of commercial policy proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. .MACCLESFIELD AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for a railway from Macclesfield to Lichfield. The Houv adjourned at Seven o'clock. HAYM ARKET THEATRE. A new two act drama, entitled The Old School, of which Farren was the hero, was produced at this theatre last evening, with complete success. The scene is laid in London somewhere about the year 1798, and Farren acts the part of Louis, the servant of the young,Duke de Choiseul (11. Holl), a refugee French nobleman, who, after living at Vienna and Berlin, has come to London. Wherever he goes he hears of the fame of a certain Baron de Fleury. At Vienna the Baron is the first of fencing-masters; at Berlin he is the first of cooks; ;in London he is the first of dancing-masters. This Barao de Fleury is no other than Louis, who is really the uncle of the Duke, , and who had sworn to the Duke's father to watch over the welfare of his son- The Duke's property is all lost, but still Louis will not inform him of it, and, as the Bailin de Fleury, earns money, with which he enables the Duke to k,.ep up his rank. He is exceedingly desirous that the Duke should marry the niece of the Countess of Bloomsbury (Mrs. W. Clifford), a woman of immense fortune, but the Duke, who has met with a fair country woman of his own, Estelle (Mrs. Edwin Yarnold), re fuses. Louis, at length, meets with Estelle, and in her recognises his own daughter, from whom he had been separated by the revolution, and whom he imagined dead. Urged by her father, she consents to quit London, and to resign her lover. It ap pears that the Duke has lost a sum of money at cards to a Capt. Saville (Mr. Brindal) to whom he has given a cheque for the amount, which cheque is dishonoured, and Saville thinks to post him as a swindler. This brings about an explanation from Louis, and the Duke consents to marry the rich heiress. The scene of the second act is laid at the Countess of Bloomsbury's. Saville, who is the Countess's nephew, and who wishes to marry the heiress, her daughter, for whom the Duke has proposd, denounces the Duke as a swindler, and produces the dis honoured cheque. At that instant a note is put into his hand from Louis, enclosing the amount of the cheque, and explaining that the mistake had arisen from the circumstance of the account at the banker's having been kept in his (Louis's) name, and not in that of the Duke. Saville, however, takes care not to explain this fact to the Countess, who in her turn re lates all she has heard to Louis, who, as the Baron de Fleury, has come to teach her the waltz. The Baron refuses to give her a lesson unless she will see the Duke and hear his explanation. This she promises to do, and then follows a most humorous scene—the first lesson in waltzing, the pupil being the Countess, and the tutor the Baron. This scene, which was admirably given by Farren and Mrs. Clifford, elicited roars of laughter and applause. They are interrupted by Saville, and, on the Countess retiring, the Baron at once designates him as a scount'rel for his conduct to the Duke de Choiseul, and challenges him to tight. At first he laughs at the idea of a duel with a dancing-master ; but when the dancing-master, locking the doors, and taking down two swords, the larger of which he presents to Saville, announces him self as Louis de Bayard, Knight of the Order of St. Louis, Saville accepts the challenge. They fight, and Saville is disarmed. The fencing of Farren in this scene was very beautiful. A knocking is heard at the door, and Estelle enters, seeking the Countess, who had brought her from France, and with whom she had re sided ever since. The party is immediately joined by the Countess, who brings good news to Estelle—a cer tain Pierre Bayard, her uncle, had died im mensely rich, and has left his fortune to his nearest relative. That nearest relative is Louis, who transfers the whole of it to the Duke de Choiseul, and the Duke, of course, marries Estelle. The piece is well put upon the stage, and was beautifully acted by Farren, Mrs. W. Clifford, and Mrs. Edwin Yarnold. It was preceded by The Cricket on the Hearth, and followed by The Bee and the Orange Flower. Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their suites, honoured the theatre with their presence last evening. The royal party occupied her Majesty's private box. - _ GENERAL MONTHOLON'S HISTORY OF THE CAP TIVITY OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA, just published, is ex citing, as was to be expected, the greatest attention. " General Count Montholon (observes the Court Journal), Napoleon's assoc iate in exile, and his testamentary executor, has deter mined, by detailed and honest statements, to bring every thing connected with this important event before the eyes of civilised Europe. Wo have read with eager curiosity and intense interest the volumes now before us, and we are eager to acknowledge the general good sense, right feeling, and strong desire for impartiality that have signalised them. The volumes contain innumerable passages of interest, amuse ment, and information. It hardly requires our recommenda tion to read the book, since every one interested in the wonderful man, a part of whose eventful career it minutely and familiarly chronicles, will naturally and eagerly resort to its pages." HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AMD OINTMENT. AN EXTRA... ORD INARY CURE. - Edward White , res i d in g at No. 15, Cle ment's-lane, Strand, was an in-door patient of King's College Hospital for an abscess in the thigh, and a wound nine inches long on the same limb. He could neither bend his knee nor put his foot to the ground. He remained at the Hospital five months, in bed, when he was informed that nothing more could be done for him. He was then carried to his home, and commenced using the above invaluable medicines. He is now, to the astonishment of every one soundly cured, and can walk as well as ever he could in his life.—Sold by all retailers of me dicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. A YOUNG ,MAN KILLED BY HIS UN CLE.—On Thurs day last, a lad named Robson was killed by his uncle, named Routledge, at,Swallwell, near this town, where both parties resided. The deceased, it appears, was abusing his mother, when the uncle, the mother's brother, came into the house, and interfered, and, after some quarrelling, the uncle struck his nephew suddenly on the jugular vein, when the latter fell down and expired almost immediately. An alarm was given, and information having been given to the police, R,outlege was immediately apprehended. An inquest was held on the deceased, on Monday, and a verdict of "Man slaughter" returned, against Routledge, who has been com mitted to take his trial.—Tyns Mercury. £ s. d. 1 4 8 1 16 11 2 9 3 3 1 7 3 13 10 4 6 2 Not above 1% inch in thickness. 1 19 6 2 19 3 3 19 0 4 Is 10 5 IS 7 6 18 4 2 7 10 3 11 8 4 15 7 5 19 7 7 3 6 8 7 6 X s. d. 2 9 3 3 13 10 4 18 6 6 3 2 7 7 8 8 12 4 Above inch and not above VA In thickness, 3 19 0 5 18 G 7 18 0 9 17 8 11 17 2 1:3 16 8 4 15 8 7 3 4 9 11 2 11 19 2 14 7 0 16 15 0 BATTENS AND BATTEN ENDS:— Not above 6 feet in length—the 120 Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length— the 120 Above 9 and not above 12 feet in length— the 120 •• Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length— the 120 Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length— the 120 Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length— the 120 BOARDS, DEALS, DEAL ENDS, AND PLANK : Not above 6 feet in length—the 120 Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length the 120 Above 9 and not above 12 feet in length — the 120 Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length— the 120 Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length— the 120 ... Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length— the 120 Not above 6 feet in length—the 120 Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length— the 120 Above 9 and not above 12 feet in length— the 120 Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length — the 120 Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length— the 120 Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length— the 120 RESIGNATION OF LORD ASHLEY. We yesterday announced the Noble Lord's intention to resign his seat as one of tha Members for Dorsetshire, and we now subjoin his Lordship's address to his constituents on retiring from Parliament : " London, Jan. 31. " The First Minister of the Crown has propounded to the Parliament a measure for the total abolition of all protec tive duties on the importation of foreign corn. " The Bill seems so well adapted to meet thepresent and future exigencies of the country, that I shall think.it a point of duty to do all in my power towards rendering it the law cf the land. _ " I ventured, in the month of October last, to direct your attention to the pressing necessity of an immediate settle ment of this long-agitated question. That necessity is now increased tenfold by the act of the Government ; and a re sistance to it, which could not postpone the measure beyond the interval of a few months, would mitigate none of the ap prehended evils, and would raise up others of a more formi dable kind. " I state these arguments for your serious reflection, but they are not the sole grounds on which I rest my determi nation to support the measure. " I shall accept it, not only without alarm, but in the full and confident hope that it will prove conducive to the wel fare of all classes of the community. "But there is a preliminary consideration; the appeal to the country in 1841 was in fact, whatever the ostensible purpose, an appeal to the question of the corn-laws. I main tained at that time that protection was indispensable, though I reserved a discretion on all details, and obtained your sup port accordingly. "I am now of opinion that it is no longer expedient to maintain such protection. " Although no pledges were asked or given, I should be acting in contravention of an honourable understanding between myself and the electors on this special matter were I to retain my seat, and vote for the Ministeral measure. " I have, therefore, requested the grant of the Chiltern Hundreds, that you may have the opportunity of proceeding to another election. " You will readily believe that I conteinplate such an event with exceeding pain. It would sever a connexion which I have enjoyed with honour and pleasure for fourteen years; one that I greatly prefer to any that could be of fered. It would shut me out, perhaps for ever, from public occupations, and stop the progress of various measures to which I have devoted the best years of my political life, and surrendered many hopes of personal advantage. I mention these things to prove to you how deep and how sincere are my convictions. -- ' 7, . - f;T:iaZted to your kindness and confidence for the opportunities I have enjoyed of public service, and which, I trust, I have not misused. I shall ever retain towards you a lively sense of gratitude and esteem, with an ardent and un ceasing prayer for your general and individual welfare. " I shall appear on the hustings on the day of nomination, and call for a show of hands, to ascertain, beyond a doubt, the sentiments of the constituency. " I am, gentlemen, with much respect and esteem, our faithful fiend and servant, " ASHLE Y." LORD ASHLEY AND THE TEN HOURS BILL. MAxcuirxrint, THURSDAY. — Last night a meeting of the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee was held at their Rooms, No. 3, Oldham-street, in this town. Mr. Paul Har graves was in the chair. The meeting was summoned in consequence of the resignation of Lord Ashley—a circum stance which has created great alarm in this district, and in some degree affected the hopes of success which were enter tained of the passing of Bthe ill this session. There were several members present from Bolton, Oldham, and other places. The Cumnsuri opened the proceedings, and explained at great length the position of the question, in the course of which he detailed some of the circumstances connected with Lord Ashley's resignation, and concluded by reading to the committee the following letter from the Noble Lord to the committees of the manufacturing districts:— TO TEE CENTRAL SHORT TIME COMMITTEE FOR LANCA- SHIRE, YORKSHIRE, AND SCOTLAND. "Gentlemen,—lt has been my painful duty to resign the re presentation of the county of Dorset My address, a copy of which I have transmitted to you, will explain the reasons th at have led me to this result. " I deeply regret my retirement from the occupations and pursuits of public life; but on no account do I so mach regret it. as that I am thereby compelled to relinquish the care of that measure, to which you are so ardently and so justly at t ached, for the limitation of the hours of labour. " But you must not despair : there will be found other r aen to undertake this righteous cause ; and, meanwhile, your true and excellent friend, Mr. Fielden, has resolved to wove the Bill to a second reading. " I exhort you to persevere in the demand you have made ; and, whatever interval you may accept by way of prelimi nary experiment, to abate nothing at last of the limitation to ten hours ; it is both just and necessary ; and you aik no more then that which every one openly or secretly assents to. "In promising you my continued and undiminished efforts, I may now, I fear, be promising but little of value ; it is, however, all that I have power to offer, and, by God's bless ing, you shall have the best that I can give. I rejoice, sin cerely and thankfully rejoice, that my resignation, the last act of my public life, the last at least so far as I can see, has been to advance a measure which, if there be justice or hu manity remaining, must render the concession of the Ten hours Bill not only certain but immediate. " Believe me, gentlemen, your sincere friend and servant, " London, Feb. 2,1846." Y said, that since he had '‘ received jkSH h L is E L Y oc ' d. ; 1 N fl y h h ip ie ll h e e ti w r o h u el hadwould submit p repared t then e n for retand a e n itrh a ce d o d nf r os es lildo s ewr in aint a igo n n s . wer to it, and . The SECRETAR Y Mr. Mou.nmux ad dress, which was subsequently moved and seconded, and carried unani- I mously s; TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD ASHLEY. My Lord,—We regret exceedingly that an circum stances should have occurred to cause your Lords hip to re. linquish your seat in Parliament, by which we have been de prived of your valuable service in promoting the cause of our children in the House of Commons; but much as we deplore your less, we should still more deeply lament that, even a de sire to serve our cause should induce your Lordship to hold a seat in the House of Commons, the duties of which you could not to the fullest extent fulfil in accordance with your own conscience. We are not insensible to the fact that your Lordship was not elected to do our work in Parliament, but to represent the opinions of an agricultural district, who can know but little of the hardships to which factory workers are still subject, and therefore hold it right to have their own views and wants represented ; but with those matters we have nothing to do. Our course is one in which parties of all shades of political opinions unite in supporting, and we are resolved to prosecute it with out reference to the passing political questions of the day. The e loss of so uncompromising an advocate we feel most deeply, but that event only stimulates us to redoubled exertions, and with the help of God we shall continue our efforts, with a spirit of determination and increased vigour never before exhibited, in pressing upon the attention of Parliament the claims of our children, and the necessity of an immediate adoption of the Ten Hours Bill. "We rejoice that, under the circumstances, the conduct ing of our cause in Parliament has fallen into the hands of our well-tried friend Mr. Fielden. His known worth, and the universal estimation in which the Hon. Gentleman is held in the country and in the House of Commons, give us great hopes of success. " We cannot conclude this address without expressing our thanks and the deep obligations we are under to your Lord ship for the very successful efforts you have made on our behalf, and the great amount of amelioration which hes been extended to us through the instrumentality of your laudable exertions to improve our condition ; we also venture to express a hope that the electors of Dorset will once more return you to the British Senate, where your labours on be half of the poor of your country may be brought to a suc cessful issue. " In the meantime permit us, most respectfully, to solicit your Lordship to come down amongst us that we may have the opportunity of personally offering you our thanks, and thereby show to the world how devoted the working-daises are to your Lordship, and the sacred cause in which you have for so many years been engaged.—We are, my Lord, your devoted servants and well• wishers, "(Signed on behalf of the Committee) "JOSEPH MOLLINEUX, Secretary." In the course of the proceedings, the best thanks of the Committee were voted to Mr. Fielden, for his uniform sup port of the Ten Hours Bill, and the promptitude with which he had taken charge of that Bill on the resignation of Lord Ashley. It was also resolved to send an address to the elec tors of Dorset, requesting them tore-elect Lord Ashley. After the transaction of some other business, the Committee ad journed at eleven o'clock. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. sth April, 1848. Above 13( inch and not above 2% in thicknes. .6 8. d. 1 17 0 2 15 6 3 13 10 4 12 6 5 10 8 6 9 0 Above 134 inch and not above 3 1 4 in thickness. 2 19 8 4. 8 10 5 18 4 7 8 4 8 17 10 10 7 4 3 11 8 5 7 4 7 3 2 8 19 2 10 15 0 12 11 4 THE OVERLAND ROUTES TO INDIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l have the pleasure to enclose your particulars of the route by which the second express, via Trieste, an nounced in your columns this morning, arrived. Should there still be any doubters as to the positive su periority of the Trieste route under the most adverse circum stances, I beg to tell them that if proper arrangements had been made, and good steamers placed between Alexandria and Trieste, Ostend and Dover, this news would have been in London in eight days and a half from Alexandria. Pray allow me to thank you on behalf of the Austrian Lloyd's Company for the liberal present you made Mr. Frigehniiller, the courier who brought the express in ques tion.—l remain, Sir, your most faithful servant, THOMAS WAGHORN. _ _ _ Overland-office, 34, Cornhill, Feb. 5. - - The Austrian Lloyd's steamer Imperatrice left Alexandria on the 22d of January at noon, encountered heavy storms, and having disabled some of her machinery, and run short of coals, was obliged to put into Corfu, and only arrived at Trieste at 6 P.M. of the 29th - of January. The Imperatrice did not arrive at Dwino, but at Trieste, as there were no previous arrangements made for a courier. The dispatches were cleared by the Board of Health at 8, and Mr. Frigelmiiller left Trieste soon after. Here it must be remarked that no preparations were made on any part of the route, as there was no intention of sending a courier until it was found that the dispatches were of such importance, and for the chance of arriving ear lier in London than the Marseilles express. There were no where horses ready, and in many instances the courier was obliged to wait for them. Rain or snow prevailed the whole journey, and in some parts the snow was from three to four feet deep, and the roads in the worst condition that could be imagined during any winter. The journey, therefore, was from— Trieste to Inspruck, Inspruck to Ulm, Uhrl to Stutgard, Stutgard to Carlsruhe. _._ The courier having arrived at Carlsruhe at night, and no preparation having been made fur a special train on the railway to Manheim, and there being no steam-boats on the Rhine, on account of the floods, the whole journey from Carlsruhe to Cologne was performed in a carriage, over roads that were much flooded. From Colbgne to Ostend the journey was by railway. Arrived at Ostend, Mr. Frigelmiiller was obliged to wait five hours, no special steam-boat being available; and then he caine, not to Dover, but to the Thames. He left Ostend at 3 o'clock, A.M., and arrived in the river at half-past 5, P.M., on the 4th of February. - THOMAS WAGHORN. Overland-office, 34, Cornhill, Feb. 5. EXTENSIVE FORGERY OF RAIL- WAY TRANSFERS AT LEEDS. (ntom OUR REPORTER.) LEEDS, THURSDAY.—A case of considerable importance, and which has caused a great deal of excitement in this town, particularly amongst sharebrokers and dealers, was heard beforo the Mayor, John Darnton Luccock, Esq., and a full bench of magistrotes, at the Court-house here to-day. The person charged was Hermann Julius Marcus, late of the firm of Marcus, Naylor, and Co., sharebrokers, and a person moving in the best circles of society. He is joint secretary to the Mechanics' Institution, a member of the committee of the Philosophical Society, and a deacon connected with a Dissenting congregation in this town. The charge against him was, that he had forged the name of Mr. Darnton Lupton, ex-mayor of Leeds, to transfers for one hundred shares in the London and Cro ydon Railway, for the purpose of cheating his partners out of the profits arising from the transaction It appeared from the evidence of Mr. John Naylor, one of the partners in the late firm, that about the latter end of June last, the prisoner purchased one hundred shares in the' London and Croydon Railway, on account, as it appeared from the books, of Mr. Darnton Lupton, the value of which was 2,3001. About the middle of July, the shares were sold by the prisoner, on account of Mr. Lupton, for 2,474/. 10s., leaving a profit of 174/. 10s., which the prisoner had put into hisown pocket. When the shares, however, were sold, it was necessary they should be transferred in the usual manner, and the prisoner accordingly forged the name of Mr. Lupton to the transfer, as will appear by the following evi dence. _ Darnton Lupton, Esq., being sworn, stated that he had known the prisoner for many years, and for some time had employed him and his partners to buy and sell railway scrip. It was usual when scrip was either bought or sold, for the brokers to send a written notice stating the particulars; and when the scrip of shares he had bought was delivered he paid the amount directly, either in a cheque on Messrs. Beckett and Co., or in cash. In August last he went to the office of Marcus, Naylor, and Co., to see how his ac count stood, but none of the partners were in. He saw the clerk, and desired him to turn to his (Mr. Lupton's) ac count, and he there saw a large amount to his debit, 2,3001. he believed, for London and Croydon shares, upon which he remarked " those shares are not mine," and put a cross op posite to the amount. Two months afterwards he received a dividend warrant from the London and Croydon office, and as he never held any stock in that Company, it excited his suspicions that all was not right. He shortly afterwards wrote to the secretary of the company, and from the answer he received he felt it his duty to apply to the magistrates for a warrant to appre hend the prisoner, who was accordingly taken into custody. In answer to a question, the witness said that the prisoner had upon two occasions, he believed, orders to buy scrip for him, without specifying any particular line of railway, no amount being named. All his communications in buying and selling scrip through the prisoner or his partners were given verbally, but: he felt certain he never had any communica tion with them on the subject of London and Croydon shares. He was certain the prisoner never had told him he had bought 87 and 13 London and Croydon shares on his (witness's) account, nor any other number. The in variable practice was to send a contract when any thing was bought, and he had never received one, nor had the prisoner , ever told him that he had sold any London and Croydon shares on his account, nor did he (the prisoner) ever account to him for the purchase or sale of any such shares. The transfers were here handed to Mr. Lupton, who care fully examined them, and declared the signature Darnton Lupton, which was affixed to each, not to be his hand writing, and that he had never given his consent or autho rity for any party whatever to sign his name to any such n l documents. p a r t iso he ne b r. elieved the signature to b e i n was otnheonnad Croyd on n remanded t ill Railway h Saturday,a as l o ud e u d b r present. t s h ta Me n h d ra. nN it dawy is rliot t ri i n e s ces gtaot s fe a td ry hthe , to complete the evidence, that the e Se T cr h e e ta p ry riw o n f et the . London ' before be could swallow its contents. He t 0 On o s h o i ph, a him p r s e elf e n w s i i t o h n la o u n dau Tuesday, mb utth fortunately prisoner theattempted officer broke the phial was a cc ommodated with a seat at the clerk to the magis trates'table, and during the examination, which lasted up wards of two hours, he scarcely lifted his eyes from the ground. ru e red to the property, Lips ASSURA.NCE.—This most important subject, ap preciated as it may be at present , is still more ben eficially developed by the prospectus of a new assbeiation, th e Alpha United Life Assurance and Investm ent Com p an y , uniting with its posthumous utility immedia te and conti nuous ad_ a v n an d ta g g h e e d t i i n ti s n ta g n i t iff p e os ti sa m ss e. ion lt to pr t o h p e ose it e cs t i o tred p u , rc s l e i rn o to th t e he ca s p h i s ta re li h s zld f e u r h en joy.. Company by lease or otherwise, extending and improving the equitable principles of Building Societies; thus affording return an un limitedp c L security field for a n e d in l p a i r . g y e n meat of privileges at once to the purchaser, absolute con veyance on an agreed term of years, and certain Unencum bered possession on death to his representatives' with an identity of interest between t he borrower and t he Compa n y —thus completing, by these varied radii,. a centre of mutual support and safety.—Globe. STATE OF DUNGARVAN.—The accounts we continue to receive from Dungarvan are, indeed,' melancholy in the extreme. Sickness, scarcity, and want of employment, shed their bitterness upon the devoted heads of the poor. There are upwards of five thousand human beings, we are given to understand, in a state of want and wretchedness, requ w i ng , as _ sistance from government, or from those whom God has blessed with means for such purpose. The poorhouse is cramm e d with women and children, in which . there arc also upwards of forty men capable of work, but none to be had. The spread of fever is really alarming, induced, of course, from want, cold, and hunger. Nor do the evils stop here. The poor law guardians met on last Thursday, when they reported that the supply of potatoes, destined for use during the season, and carefully put up. turned out, on examination, to be more than half rotten, and that the remainder are going fast.— Cork Examine. Not above 7 inches ill width. £ s. d. Not above 9% inches in width. Above 9% inches] and not above 11% in width. From and after Not above 13( inch in thickness. X 5. d. 0 18 6 1 7 9 1 16 1.1 2 6 3 2 15 4 3 4 6 Not above 1% inch' in thickness. 1 9 10 2 4 5 2 19 2 3 14 2 4 8 11 5 3 8 1 15 10 2 13 8 3 11 7 4 9 7 5 7 6 6 5 8 THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. The following are the material portions of Major- General Pasley's report to the Lords of the Committee of Pri♦S' Council for Trade en the fatal accident of the 20th of January, on the South-Eastern Railway, occa sioned by the falling of a bridge under a goods train. (This report was yesterday issued by order of the House of Lords.) " Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, Jan. 23. " My Lord—The fall of an occupation bridge of the South-Eastern Railway, undermined by the floods, about one o'clock A.M. on the morning of the 20th instant, whilst an up goods train from Tonbridge was passing over it, whereby an engine and tender and two goods waggons were precipitated into the road beneath, by which the engine-man was killed and th e s t o k er i n j ure d , having been reported by Mr. Herbert, Secr e t ar y o f t h e Company, in his letter received at this office on th e 21 s t instant, I proceeded yesterday to inquire into th e cir cumstances the westward of the Tonbridge station, and 120 yards beyond the third bridge over the Medway, was twelve bridbgye the eat 1 1 gave 3 0 a way, situ ated about a m il e to .r "The feet wide, built with substantial brick abutment walls supporting iron girders, bearing strong transverse planks and longitudinal sleepers on which the rails rested. Mr. Barlow informed me that the foundations of these walls were sunk to a sufficient depth in compact gravel, be neath a stratum of a still more compact sort of natural conglomerate about four feet thick, on which a paved roadway under the bridge was formed. The ground ad joining to this bridge, on the east side of that road and south of the railway, afforded ballast of good quality, which was dug on the spot, and used by Mr. Hoof, the contractor, for keeping the railway in repair, and in removing this material the ground had been cut away so as to form a very large excavation, said to be at least from eight to ten feet in average depth, and in some places more. Being so much lower than the original surface, which was itself liable to be overflowed after heavy rains, the contractor had erected a small steam-engine for pumping out the water ; and in order to diminish the trouble and expense of this operation, he made a tile drain from the ballast hole to the summer level of the river, which he carried under the occupation road, and in so doing he must of course have broken through the strong crust of conglomerate before mentioned, by a trench at least two feet wide, to a depth which Mr. Barlow estimates to have been about six feet below the surface, and at this time the paving of the roadway was taken up, and not replaced afterwards. I saw a labourer in charge of the ballast-hole, who told me that it was empty at nine P.M. on the night of the 19th inst., and that the river had not then overflowed its bank. In the course of the night a south-westerly gale of tremendous violence was blowing, which agreeing with the general direction of the course of the Medway, caused the innudation of the river to rise to the extreme height, due to the continued heavy rains, in much less than the usual time, so that it over flowed the low.ground on both sides near the bridge, under which a rapid torrent from the northward, sup posed to be about four feet deep, ran down the occupa tion road, which met another current from the westward on the south side of the bridge, near , the ballast-hole above described, and by their combined action breaking down a low wall that had been erected by the contractor to protect it, they poured into the ballast hole like little cataracts, sweeping away the sides of it near the bridge, and probably scouring out the earth over the tile drain, so as by degrees to undermine the abutment walls on the south side of the bridge. Consequently, when the goods train from Tonbridge came to the spot, about one- half or rather more of the abutment walls gave way under the weight of the locomotive engine and tender, both of which were thrown down, the engine lying on its side, almost at right angles to its original course, on a mass of rubbish, whilst the tender in rear of it was buried so deep in a chasm made by the violence of the flood that I could only see a small part of it, though the inundation had at that time subsided, and there was no run of water under the remains of the bridge. At this time two of the original iron girders on the north side of the bridge only were standing, one of which bore the outside rail of the down line, the other rail s having been under-pinned by strong trans verse timbers under the original longitudinal sleeper ; so that the whole of the up line, over the broken bridge, was in a secure state for the passage of the Company's trains, a temporary but strong wooden viaduct having been formed upon piles to secure the gap, the greatest width of which on the south side of the railway was fifty feet. After the accident occurred the passengers in the first trains were obliged to stop and walk over the bridge ; but about eleven o'clock on the same morning the down line was rendered safe for carriages, and in twenty-four hours afterwards for locomotive en gines also, by great exertion, under the personal super intendence of the engineer, who came to the spot soon after the bridge broke down. The' cause of this accident is solely to be ascribed to an error of judgment on the part of the contractor in having advanced his excavation too near to the bridge, and to the circumstance of its being empty at the period when the river overflowed its banks. Had this ballast hole either been at a greater distance from the bridge, or had it been full of water before a rapid stream from the river ran over the occupation road, the same unfortunate result would not have occurred. I found that nearly one • half of each of the abutment walls still remained stand ing in a perfect state, which may be considered a proof of the goodness of the brickwork, as well as of the ori ginal foundations. 'fad either been bad, the whole must have fallen in. " I saw no symptoms of cracks or settlements in any of the brickwork, and no subsidence in any of the wood work of the bridges or viaducts, and therefore I big leave to confirm my first favourable opinion of their safety, the only one that failed having been perfect in its original construction.—l have, &c., (Signed) "0. W. PASLEY, Major. General, and Inspector-General of Railways. '" The Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie," &c. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE4S4LVS-YESTERDAY. The Chester Cup betting was flat, and unmarked by any particular movement ; it is only necessary for us to call attention to an improvement in Intrepid, in favour of whom several commissions were executed at 40 to 1, 35 to 1, and 1,000 to 30. Best Bower, Whinstone, Sweatmeat, and Cataract were firm, at the prices quoted against them. The Derby transactions were few in num ber, and of small importance ; from the state of the market,, however, we should not be surprised to see an early change in the position of Scott's two favourites ; Brocardo is losing ground, and lago " looking up." Latest prices : NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Lord Exeter's Timbria is struck out. CHESTER cur. 8 to 1 agst Wadlow's lot—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—t. 20 to 11 22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweatmeat—taken freely 25,t0 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—no backers 30 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—taken to 80/. 33 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid—taken 35 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Cataract—taken 2 or 3 times 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Discord 2000 to 50 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 1000 'to 50 agst Intrepid and Salopian—taken Wadlow's lot consists of Sweetmeat, Salopian, The Libel, Intrepid, The Roper's Daughter, and Redstreak. DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting-500 to 100 taken 15 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo 20 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tago—taken 22 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm 35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Traverser—taken to 1501. 40 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—taken 1000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken 3 times 1500 to 1000 on logo agst the Traverser—taken OAKS. 500 to 1 agst Mr. LittMale's Fantastic—taken 850 to 13 agst Mr. Wyatt's Laundress filly—taken. HOSPITAL PM CONSUMPTION.—It will be in the me mory of our readers, that, nearly two years ago, a bazaar was held in the Royal Gardens at Chelsea, for the purpose of augmenting the funds of this most excellent and valuable " charity." The result has been, that a struc ture, in all respects suitable, and one which by its excel lence in architecture contributes essentially to the beauty of the metropolis, has arisen in Old Brompton—the Montpelier of London, famous for the salubrity of its air; its peculiar mildness, indeed, has long been celebrated. It was in this vicinity that James I. made the attempt to introduce the mulberry, with a view to the home growth of silk; and in more modern times it is selected by physicians as the best calculated for persons afflicted with delicate lungs. A better site, therefore, could not have been selected; and the architect has so ably discharged his duty, that no structure in the kingdom is provided with a greater number of im portant conveniences, while its elegance as a public building is universally acknowledged. Little more than the half of it is, however, completed; that which is finished is capable of receiving 100 patients ; but, alas I may we not ask " What are they among so many ? The object which the committee have now earnestly at heart—and in which they will be cordially , responded to by the public voice--is to complete this edifice, so that the means of admitting patients may be in a degree commensurate with the terrible increase of demands upon the charity. As a large auxiliary to the fund, another bazaar will be again held in June next—and again in the beautiful gardens connected with the old hos pital at Chelsea. We rejoice to say, the Queen has signified her will to become its patroness. Our preliminary notice— for we shall have other occasions of introducing the subject —is designed to stimulate the aid of our readers ; to induce their contributions towards the fully carrying out a plan of incalculable benefit to the human race; for the charity is not only established to relieve suffering patients, but to study, with a view to cure, the most frightful and extensive malady by which our country is afflicted.—Art Union. THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—The extreme fineness of the morning. and the favourable change which had taken place in the state of the weather, caused the meet on Wednes day, at Gerrard's Cross, to be far more numerously attended than on any bye-day during the present season. Among those present were his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Paget, Mr. George Wombwell, who accompanied Prince George, &c. The Vicar of Bray, which has afforded during the past two seasons some excellent sport, was the deer selected for the bye-day. The Vicar, upon being uncarted on the common, took away to the Pack Horse, heading back over the heath, and breaking away to Mr. Hibbert's Park, then made along the high-road to Chalfont St. Peter's, leaving the village on the left, on to Gravel Hill. The deer then crossed the brook, occasioning acme half-dozen duckings, to Chalfont St. Giles's, making for Pollard's Wood, and thence to Nightingale Farm and Che nies. The Vicar, after makiag for Charleywood Common by the old kennel of Mr. Harvey Coombe, was run into and safely secured in the immediate vicinity of the town of Rick mansworth, in Hertfordshire, upwards of 24 miles from the Kennel at Ascot. This was one of the fastest runs this sea son. Many first-rate cattle were tailed off long before the finish Upwards of 20 miles of country were gone over in an hour and 35 minutes. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL—The Secretary of the London Fever Hospital, Charles Hyde, Esq., has just re ceived the sum of 2001., as a " further donation in aid of the funds of the hospital, from William South, Esq." DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. LOSS OF THE CATARAQUI EMIGRANT SHIP. 414 LIVES LOST. The following particulars of the loss of the above ves sel are condensed from the Port Philip and Hobart Town papers, received at Lloyd's this morning : " It is our melancholy duty to lay before the public the particulars of the most awful shipwreck which has ever occurred in these colonies—the total wreck of the emigrant ship Cataraqui, upon the iron bound coast of King's Island. How terribly does this catastrophe give weight to the observations we made in our last number upon the imperative necessity of constructing light houses on the shores of Bass's Straits, whilst daily and hourly hundreds of valuable lives are incurring the same dangers as those who have thus been sacrificed. The following particulars are from Mr. Guthrie, the chief mate, who, with his eight fellow-survivors, reached the shore almost a state of nudity, having of course lost everything they possessed. The Cataraqui, Captain C. W. Finlay, sailed from Liverpool on the 20th of April, with 369 emigrants, and a crew, including two doctors, M. C. Carpenter and Edward Carpenter (brothers), of forty-six souls. The ens:grants were principally from Bedfordshire, Stafford shire, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. About 120 of the passengers were married, with families, and, in all, seventy-three children. On the 3d of August, at seven in the evening, the ship was hove too, and con tinued laying to until three, A.M., of the 4th. At half past four, it being quite dark and raining hard—blowing a perfect gale and the sea running mountains high—the ship struck on a reef, situate on the west coast of King's Island; entrance of Bass's Straits. No opportunity had offered for taking an observation to enable the captain to ascertain the ship's course, for four days prior to the ship striking ; and from the dead reckoning kept, it was presumed that the vessel was in 141 deg. 22 min. east longitude,:and 32 min. 17 sec. south, which would make her between sixty or seventy suites from King Island. Immediately the ship struck she was sounded, and four feet water was in the hold. The scene of confusion and misery that ensued at this awful period it is impossible to describe. All the passengers attempted to rush upon deck, and many succeeded in doing so, until the ladders were knocked down by the workings of the vessel, when the shrieks from men, women and children, from below, were terrific, calling on the watch on deck to assist them. The crew to a man were on deck the moment the ship struck, and were instantly employed in handing up the passengers. Up to the time the vessel began break ing up, it is supposed that between 300 and 400 were got on deck by the extraordinary exertions of the crew. At this time the sea was breaking over the ship on the larboard side, sweeping the decks, every sea taking away more or less of the passengers. About 5 A.M. the ship careened right over on her larboard side, washing away boats, bulwarks, spars, and a part of the cuddy, and literally swept the decks. At this critical period the captain gave orders to cut away the masts, hoping the vessel would right, to enable the crew to get on deck the passengers left below. Everything was done that could be under the circumstances to put the vessel upright, but all to no purpose. The passengers below were now all drowned, the ship being full of water, and the captain gave those on deck directions to cling to that part of the wreck then above water, until daylight, hoping that the spars would be of some service in making a breakwater under lee, and thus enable the survivors to get on shore in the morning. When day broke we found the stern of the vessel washed in, and numerous dead bodies floating around the ship, some hanging upon the racks. Several of the passengers and crew (about 200 altogether), were still holding on to the vessel. The sea breaking over, and every wave washing some of them away. About four in the afternoon the vessel started amidships, at the fore part of the main rigging, when immediately some 70 or 100 were launched into the tumultuous and remorseless waves I The survivors ran ridge lines along the side of the wreck, to enable them to hold on. The retnainder of the upper deck now began to break up and wash away. A buoy was now made, and floated towards the shore, but it could not he got nearer than twenty yards from the shore, owing to its getting entangled with the sea weed on the rocks, and there was not one on shore to catch it and secure it on the sand. The fury of the waves continued unabated, and about five o'clock the wreck parted by the forerigging, and so many souls were submerged in the waters, that only seventy survivors were left, crowded on the forecastle, who werethen lashed to the wreck. The sea continued breaking over them, the winds raging, and the rain heavy all night, and thus the poorcreatures conti nued. Numbers died and fell overboard, or sunk and were drowned at the places where they were lashed. When day broke the following morning, it was discovered that only about thirty were left alive. The sea was now making a clean breach into the forecastle, the deck of which was rapidly breaking up. About this time, whilst numbers were helplessly clinging to the bows, and con tinued dropping off without the possibility of succour, the captain attempted to reach the shore, but was un able, and with some assistance regained the wreck. The lashings of the survivors were now undone, in order to give them the last chance of tile. Mr. Thomas Guthrie, the chief mate, now on the spritsail yard, was washed out to the bowsprit ; he saw the capt a i n , th e secon d mate, and steward clinging to the bows, with about eighteen or twenty dead bodies on the fragment of the wr,ck. Mr. Guthrie was now driven to a detached part of the wreck, but soon found it impossible to live with such a sea breaking over him; lie seized a piece of plank r his arm, leaped into the water, and was carried over the reef and got ashore. lie found a passenger; who had got ashore during the eight, and one of the crew. John Robinson plunged into the water when he saw the mate ashore, and partly swimming, and partly driven, reached laud. Five other seamen fellowed, and landed dreadfully exhausted. Almost immediately after the vessel totally disappeared. Thus, out of 423 sonls on hoard, only nine were saved. The names of those saved are—Mr. Thomas Guthrie, chief mate; Solomon Brown, emigrant; John R o berts, William Jones, Francis Millen, John Simpson, John Robertson, and Peter Johnson, able seamen; and Wn;. Blackstock, apprentice. They had neither food nor drink from the time the vessel struck (Sunday) to Tuesday afternoon, when they found one small tin of preserved fowl ; after eating which they went and laid down on the bush, having got a wet blanket out of the water for their only covering, and being almost quite destitute of clothes. The beach was strewed with pieces of the wreck and portions of dead bodies in horrible profusion. After a vain search for water, and without finding any other survivors, they slept that night in the bush. The following morning they found a cask of water on shore, but were unable to make a fire. However, about nine or ten o'clock in the fore noon they observed a smoke, which, presuming they were on the main land, they imagined was a fire of the natives. Shortly after they saw a white man ap proaching, who turned out to be Mr. David Howie, residing upon the island. It seems Mr. Howie, observing a portion of the wreck, arranged to reconnoitre the whole island. As Mr. Howie's boat was wrecked, there was no possibility of leaving the island. The party, therefore, constructed a hut,, and remained five weeks, during which time they were most hospitably provided for by Mr. Howie and his party, according to their means, the supplies having to be carried forty miles, over a most difficult road. On the 7th of September they saw the Midge beating for the island, which took them off with much difficulty; and by the aid of Mr. Howie, on Tuesday, September 9, they landed at Hobson Bay, at half-past ten this day (September 13). Throughout the whole of these trying events the sur vivors give all praise to the captain and crew for their exertions, and it was not until all hope was utterly ex tinguished that they left the vessel. Mr. Guthrie, the mate, is also warmly commended. They employed them selves in burying the dead bodies they picked up, the mangled condition of many of which it is too painfully horrible to describe; and they speak in the most grati fied manner of the exertions and aid of Mr. Howie and his party of sealers, who reside upon King's Island. The following is a list of the passengers, furnished by Mr. Patterson, the emigration agent, with the exception of eight or nine, whose names it was impossible to make out correctly, the paper from which they were taken being in a mutilated statet—namely, Thomas and Ann Allen, and four children William and Ann Allen, and two children ; R. Applelby, single woman ; And and Harriet Arnold, ditto ; James Burke, and Mary Bennett and four children ; James Baxter, S. Baxter, Samuel and Eliza Bennett Page, and Charlotte Bennett ; William and Hannah Bishop, and two chil dren ; Joshua Black, single • Patrick and Catherine Black, and five children ; Mary Ann Booth, single ; John and Mary Brady, Solomon and Hannah Brown, and four children • Patrick Bothers, single ; Edward and Elizabeth Burke, and three children ; Becher and Elizabeth Bushby, and six children ; Samuel Bushby, single Margaret Campbell, single ; Benjamin and Sarah Couter, and four children ; Susan Chuck, single ; Jonathan and Anne Julia Clarke, and one child ; Thomas Collins, single ; William Condell, single ; James Cook, Ann Cook, and three children ; William and Anne Cook, and six children ; Joseph and Martha Cotterell, and two children ; John and Rebecca Cope land, and four children ; John Cremford, single , George and Ruth D a i stey, Gilbert and Anne . Daistey, and two children ; Thomas and James Dawson ; Mary Duffy, single , Bridget Duffy, single; Mary Fitzpatrick, single; George and Anne Findling, and one child; Step hen and Hannah Floyd, and two c hild ren; George auciMary Fobs, and six children; Emanuel and Mary Anne Franklin, and two children; Edward and Anne Gardener, and seven children; John Gilmore, single roan; Elizabeth Gilmore, single woman; Thomas Grey, single; W. Green, single; Isabella Anne Houghton, single; Helen Houghton; William and Anne Hay; Joseph and Anne Herbert, and three children; Robert and Emma Howe, and two chil dren; Joseph and Mary lodgings, and five children; Jane Hopkins, single, and Thomas Hopkins, single ; George and Elizabeth IVatts; Mary Williams, single; Thomas Wheliau, single; Thomas and Ann White, end child ' • John and Eliza J. Whit e ; J o h n an d J ane Woods, and seven children; Mary Wood, single; William Woods, single; W. and M. A . W oo d s; James and Elizabeth Hignell and two children ; Robert and Agnes Woods and seven children; Elizabeth Woods, single ; Ann Irwin single; William and Sarah Izard and four children ; Patrick Jones, single ; Isabella Kingston, single ; Mary K:ng, single ; M. A. Love ridge, single ; John Loveridge, single ; Patrick and Catherine Maginn and seven childrt n ; Bridget and Michael Maginn, both single ; Anthony and Edith Mery and nine children ; John Miller, single ; Benja min and Mary M'Caffry and seven children; Mary and Susan Caffry, both single ; Mary and John M'Ql!!, l , in both single ; William, Ann, and Bernard APpon e sni ; single ; Jacob and Eliza Newell and one James Oliver, single ; John and Ann Paterson and five children ; Amos an d Fanny Pearc e, and seven children ; Thomas and El Elizabeth t r i P c k e t t R i n e g i l a l 1 ) 1,, R ) and one child ; Miles Qui T s t i o n n3 g , e a i nd two children ; Wm. and Fanny ditto ; Wm. and Mary w ee Reiser-,a(n d two children ; John and Hannah Rollins, and six children ; Ephriam and Sarah Safford, and four ditto ; John and Sarah Savings, and three ditto ; Charles and Rebecca Knott, and seven ditto ; James and Martha Sherly, and two ditto ; Elisa beth Sheridan, single ; IV. and Deborah Simmons, and seven ditto; Catherine May, and Rose Smith, both single; Thomas and Susan Smith, and one child ; Catherine and Dennis Sullivan, both single ; Josiah Smith, ditto ; H. and Mary Tegart, and seven children; Margaret Tegart, single; Wm. and Sarah Todhill, and four children • Wm. and Mary Waldock, and four ditto ; Emily Walton P sinoie; Charles and Mary Ward. , • . . Most of the ship papers, and the mail (except thirty four letters) lost. ADDRESS TO LORD METCALFE. At a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen personally connected with India, held at the Oriental Club on the 19th ult., the Earl of Auckland, in the chair, it was una nimously resolved to present an address to Lord Met calfe, upon the occasion of his lordship's return from Canada, and his retirement from public life. The terms of the address were agreed upon at the meeting in ques tion, and it was further determined that the same should lie for signature at the Oriental Club during the four teen days subsequent to the meeting, at the expiration of that period to be presented to Lord Metcalfe by the Noble Chairman. A copy of the address appeared in The Sun on the day succeeding the meeting. As a proof of the respect and affection entertained for Lord Metcalfe's character, we may mention that al though the subscribers were exclusively confined to the civil and military servants of the East India Company, and gentlemen personally connected with India, up wards of six hundred signatures were attached to the document prior to its transmission to the Noble Earl. Among them appear the names of Peers, Privy Coun cillors, ex-Governors, Directors of the East India Com pany; ex-Members of Council, Baronets, general officers, colonels and field officers, civil and medical servants, &c. The Earl of Auckland, Earl Amherst, Viscount Joce lyn, and Dwa,rkanauth Tajore head the list. Of Privy Councillors who have attached their names, we are enabled to announce the following :—The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, the Right Hon. Sir Ralph Price, the Bight Hon. Sir Herbert Compton (since de ceased), the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right Hon. M. Elphinstone, the Right Hon. H. Mackenzie, the Right Hon. H. Ellis. Of ex-Governo rs — Lieutenant-General F. Adams, T. C. Robertson, Esq., W. W. Bi r d, Esq., Jam es F ar i s h, Esq., Alexander Ross, Esq., S. G. Bonham, Esq W, E, Phillip, Esq. Of Directors of the East India Company —Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S. (Chairman of the Board), J. W. Hogg, Esq., M.O. (Vice-Chairman), Sir R. Jenkins, G.C.8., Sir J. L. Lushington, Major-General Galloway, awl, Major-General Robertson, Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes, Major Oliphant, W. B. Bayley. Esq., H. St. George Tucker, Esq., John Cotton, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, Esq., Francis Warden, Esq., George Lyall, Esq., W. H. C. Plowden, Esq., H. Alexander, Esq., E. Macnaghton, Esq., J Shepherd, Esq., and H. Shank, Esq. Of ex-Members of Council—Sir Jasper Nicolls, Major- General Morison, C. 8., M.P., G. W. Anderson, Esq, H. T. Princep, Esq., G. Swinton, Esq., H. S. Granne, Esq., G. E. Russell, Esq., R. Alexander, Esq., G. R. Clerk, Esq., J. Taylor, Esq., N. Newt:ham, Esq. Of Baronets—Sir T. E. Colebrooks, M.P., Sir Henry Strachy, Sir Charles Hepkiason, Sir T. P. Hayes, Sir John Forbes, Sir George Larpent, and Sir Frederick Hamilton. Of General Officers—General J. S. Wood, General Carpenter, Lieutenant-General James Watson, Lieu tenant-General L. Huskisson, Lieutenant-General S. W. Sleigh, Major-General Sir James Sutherland, K.L.S., Major-General Sir Ephriam Satmus, C. 8., Major-Gene ral Briggs, Major-General R. Hauston, Major-General J. Mclnnes, Major-General J. Durant, Major-General J. Carfrae, Major-General J. Caulfield, C. 8., Major-General N. Sandwith, C. 8., Major-General J. Salter, C. 8., Major- General A. Fair, C. 8., Major-General IL G. A. Taylor, C. 8., Major-General Harry Thomson, Major-General S. Smith, Major-General M. White, Major-General D. McLeod, Major-General R. L. Evans, C. 8., Major- General H. D. Clieland, Major-General R. Tickell, Major-General T. King. Major-General J. Cock, Major- General T. Pollock, C. 8., Major-General F. Farquhar son, Major-General R. Latter, Major R. H. Cunliffe, Major General M. Monteith, K.L.S., Major-General Charles McLeod, Major-General T. Stewart, Major- General A. Aitchieson, Major-General W. Battine, C. 8., Major-General G. Swiney, Major-General T. H. Paul ; Major-General D. McPherson, Major-General P. Byres, Major-General E. Barton, Major-General E. Wyatt, and Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm, besides several Colonels and Field officers. In addition to the above, the address was signed by 200 civil s,:rvants of the East India Company, about 100 medical gentlemen, several clergymen, and a num ber of gentlemen not connected with either the Queen's or Company's service. The presentation of the document took place on Mon day last, the Earl of Auckland conveying the same to his Lordship. unaccompanied by any eeputation. Lord Metcalfe was absent from home when the Noble Earl called, hut the following acknowledgment was re ceived on Wednesday by the Right Hon. Holt Mac kenzie, chairman of the committee, under whose super intendence the address was prepared:— " T ) THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ADDRESS OF THE CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVANTS OF THE EAST INDIA COM PANY, AND OTHERS PERSONALLY CONNECTED WITH INDIA. " My Lords and Sirs—Often as similar declarations have been made, none can ever have been made with greater truth than that with which I now assure you that the language is inadequate to express the feelings inspired by the honour which you have conferred on me. "It is peculiarly dear to me as coming from a nume rous body, who have either witnessed or taken an in terest in my endeavours to serve my country in various capacities. Among them are some under whom I have had the honour of serving ; some whose public services I have had the honour of superintending ; some with whom I have co-operated as colleagues; some who as schoolfellows have known me from my boyhood; some who as contemporaries have been engaged in the same field ; some who hold the highest positions connected with India ; and many who, without any personal acquaintance, have nevertheless concurred to do me honour ; the whole proceeding exhibiting an accumula tion of condescension, affection, kindness, and generosity, for which no words can convey a due sense of the feel ings of respect and gratitude, and heartfelt emotions by which I am overwhelmed. " Such an honour far surpasses any estimate that I can entertain of my humble pretensions, but, although I am conscious that it is chiefly owing to kindness and affection, nevertheless to be the object of such feelings, I must ever regard as one of the highest honours that the world can afford. " Had I retired from the colonial service of my coun try with health to enable me to discharge other public functions, it would have been the highest satisfaction to me to devote the rest of my life to those duties in the Legislature devolving on the rank to which I have been elevated by our most gracious Sovereign ; but as it ap pears to be the will of the Almighty, that sickness and infirmity should be the lot of my remaining days, I shall in that state cherish the recollection of your kindness as one of the greatest blessings I can enjoy. " Proud of my relation with the services in India, in which so many eminent men have been formed and are continually rising, it is a source of indescribable plea sure to me that the approbation accorded to my efforts in other quarters should meet with sympathy from those personally connected with that splendid portion of the British empire, and that one of the last acts of my pub lic life should be to convey to you my grateful sense of the generous sentiments which you en „ tevu E fl ,cALFE. (Signed) " 2, Mansfield-street, Feb. 3, 1846." AMATEUR PERFORMANCE AT THE STRAND THEATRE. —The authors and the artists have recently been exhibiting as amateur dramatic artistes with no small ec/cit, and it would seem that the present season is to be distinguished ac the We understand th at to-morrow seaso n of amateur actors. there will be an amateur performance at the Strand Theatre, for the benefitof the Printer's Pension Society, when Colman's sterling comedy of John Bull will be represented.- The characters in this comed y are all strongly defined, the plot is interesting, and perhaps a better play for amateur acting could not have been selected, and the friends of the charity will, no doubt, muster in stong force on the occasion. REPRESENTATIO N 01 MAYO.—We are authorised to state that Mr. Ousely Higgins, of Westport, will address the electors of Mayo, as a candidate for the vacancy in the repre sentation caused by the intended retirement of Mr. Mark Blake, M.P. Mr. Higgins will come forward as a repealer. —Freeman's Journal. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION IN A YRSTIIRE.—We under stand that a project is in contemplation for the immediate establishment of a Collegiate Institution, in connexion with the Scottish Episcopal Church, in the neighbourhood of Kil marnock, or some other central point in Ayrshire. The object of this establishment is, in the first instance, the training of young men, of the middle and humbler classes of life, for the office of clergymen in Scotland, and in the British colonies ; and, in the sect nd place, the providing sound religions instruction, together with a first-rate classical and mathe matical education for laymen, on the model of Eton, the Charterhouse, and other Grammar-schools in England. The system is to be one of self-denial, and the greatest economy is to prevail, so that those for whose benefit it is to be established, and whose clerical ministrations can never be adequately rewarded in this world, may be accustomed from the outset to a life of hardship and self-discipline. It is intended to place this school under the charge of two clergymen of high attainments, from the Universi ties of Oxford and Cambridge; and it is expected' that the annual charge for board and education will not exceed 151. or 20/. The institution will be chiefly supported by the produce of a farm, which may be obtained on very favour able terms ; and, as this will be cultivated in part by the students, care shall be taken that they acquire a thorough knowledge of agriculture and agricultural chemistry.--AFr Obsetver. CURIOUS RAILWAY COURTSHIP.—A short ttettguss young lady, out of her teens, was travelling railway carriage from London to BirminghiiiaaTiterevwerasy but one other passenger, a gentleman, w h o ss ubjact . Before agreeable by conversing politely on various gntleman the arrival arrival of the train at 13irming e h,I s i w l ofurs, that he out played such interest in the fair tlamans and stele a kiss from her stepped the bounds of tlecorun) gave g such offence that, at Bir mingham, our gentleman n the police court followed—a line police officer. A acre but our hero had been smitten—by was imposed and P , procedurea h e learned the name and connexions of this p olice maiden; adopted means to be introduced cotrwierl was accepted, and "the couple" were the lair . Hut, afterwardspliediißjuoiitned together in the holy bands of matri mony n 3, We vouch fur these facts.— Hereford Tinits. m° 6I.:ASGOW PIG-IRON TRA.DX.--TUESDAY.--We have no improvement to notice in this article since our last; on the contrary the general feeling is that if the money market con tinue as it has for some time past, prices must further recede. Yesterday a parcel of 1 ,000 tons Nlll3 sold at 79a. cash in 14 days, and to-day no better feeling manifested itself. We should say were 1,000 or any other quantity pressed on tho market, for cash, no more than 765. would be obtained.; Offers were to-day wanted by brokers at 785., but parties seemed indisposed t o act at present. We quote the price as 71" Ai. . prompt cash, and for usual settlement 80s.— Glasgow .Na tif ,nat tMfti.ieoml4l