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long paesengerS it was net worth while, r.s the ell-tanee from the suburban to the City terminus was so small. He had ad vised the arrangement with the Blackvrall Company, whereby there was to be a mutual use of the proposed connexion between St etttb , d am! Steptity, because he v the iiisekwall desired it, ant the arrangement would hinder strite, and the latter j Co.npany would never attempt to make the line at All. They had not yet, in fact, put a single. spade into the ground. In his opiniou, by his opposition to this scheme he conceived that he was doing the best possible service to the proprietors of that company by preventing the outlay of a great expense, for which tot a single shilling would be returned. He belic7ed that unless the fares were reduced far below those of the omnibuses they would get no passengers at all, The are at present from Tottenham was Bd., 6.1., and 4d. for the classes respectively, aid if the estimate of the passenge-1,70,000—a fare of 4d. would be necessary to giv e a gross return of 12, 0 0001. a year. In fact, it was a matter of rate of fare, and he did not conceive that It would ever be in the power of the Blackwell Cempany to make It a remunerating line ; and certainly the station in Fenchurch street was quite Inadequate for the traffic anticipated. Mr. Knight, superintendent of the warehouses of the East and West India Dock Company, stated that the warehouses of the East India Company had been purchased oa the expiration of their char ter. Those warehonses in London were bonded warehouses. A small portion of those warehouses had been taken on the extension of the Blackwell line from the Minories to Fenchurch-street. Some promise had been made on that occasion of conveying the goods of the Company, but it had not been kept, and only samples were sent, arid the goods from the docks at Poplar were now carted for the sake oonvenience. This evidence was going on, when Mr. ADasts, on the part of the promoters, proffered an arrange ment to confine themselves to the taking a certain amount of pro perty, and to pay for any difference of loss ; but it was rejected en the ground that no money would pay for the loss. Mr. Knight's examination was resumed. He stated that the light wout.d be much hindered. ...,.... At this point, the room was cleared, and on the re-admission of the counsel and parties, Lord lixritzuTos stated, that the Committee had talked the matter over, and, without expressing any decision on the general questioa, they would suggest that the opponents should retire, and come to some agreement with respect to the station. They were euiliciently acquainted with this point. Mr. Foltsrin objected, and said no arrangement would suit his clients. Mr. ADAM!, on behalf of the promoters, said that they were ready to do anything in reason, and would either leave it to the decision of any competent professional man, or to one of their Lordships. After some conversation between Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Freshfleld, his client, the former stated that their only object was to obtain equal accommodation and equal space, and obtaining these they were quite ready to come to an accommodation. They proposed to the Blackwall Company nut to take their warehouses without conveying certain property not in their possession, but which they might possibly get either by private negotiation or a Bill next year. To this Mr. Adams objected, and the parties retired to negotiate. it having been agreed with their Lordships that they should appear again in a quarter of an hour, but three quarters elapsed be form-entering the room, and then another quarter elapsed before any statement was made, after which Mr. Waxman stated that an arrangement had been entered into, by which only a portion of the property of the Do-k Company would be taken. and the only question was about the introduction of a clause. On Lord HATLIEB.TON'S intimation that he conceived that an agreement was quite sufficien—:he was a party to several himself — that was definitely decided upon. Mr. The, who is a director of the Globe Insurance Office, having spoken on that point, The preamble was then allowed to be proved, the clauses were gone through, and the report was ordered to be brought up. Room D. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE. On the assembling of the Committee to-day at 11 o'clock, Mr. COCKBURN said, that after the unexpected decision which the Committee had come to yesterday —a decision which had taken his clients somewhat by . s . tuxise- i -As had an application to naake,;s2-was. that the Committee adjourn for the day, in order to allow him time to prepare the evidence he would have to offer on the points in the case of the promoters that were now open to him to dispute. Mr. ANDREWS protested against granting the application, as most unusual, and inconvenient to the promoters of the Bill. All the wit nesses against the Bill were in town, and there could be no difficulty in his Learned Friend going into his case at once, as he must have been ready beforehand to go into that portion of the case if necessary. Mr. Cocaacax said, that the question of competition being shut cut by the decision yesterday—a point on which the opponents of the Bill would have been prepared to show a strong case—the other points reserved for investigation hart come rather suddenly Upon them. If the_ Committee would adjourn till to-morrow, he pledged himself that his case would be closed within the two days, that was by Friday evening. After some further conversation, the room was cleared. on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN said that they were willing to grant the adjourn ment sought for, on the distinct understanding that the Learned Gentleman (31r. Cockburn) would condense his case into the two COckhurn and Mr. Sergeant Murphy, on behalf of the other petitioner against the Bill, pledged them elves to this course. • Mr. Blythe, civil engineer, having supplied the opponents of the Bill with some &tails respecting the estimates which they r.quircd, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. Room E. ZZ.ETETL, YEOVIL, AND DORCUZSTER. LONDON, SAXASBUItY, AND YEOVIL. The Committee appointed to inquire into the merits cf these lines met this morning for the first time. The members of the Committee were Lord Beaumont (chairman), Lords Dartmouth, Itaufurley, Car rington, and I)elawarr. The preliminary proceedings having been arran•ed, Mr. COCKBURN proceeded to open the case on behalf of the pro moters. . _ An objection was taken, at an early stage of the proceedings, by Mr. Talbot, against the course proposed to be adopted by the pro moters of taking the three Bills together. the Committee, however, overruled the objection, intimating, at the same time, that the interests of the parties opposing the Bill would not be prejudiced iu the Minds of the Committee by the adoption of such a course. The Learned COUNSEL then proceeded at considerable length to paint out to the Committee the course of the proposed lines, and commencing at Exeter. He said that the station at that town was the most convenient for the interests of the town which could possibly be made. Leaving Exeter, the line proceeded to Honiton, and thence proceeded through Axminster to Yeovil. The total length of the line between Exeter and Yeovil was 47 miles 49 chains, and the estimate for that portion would be about one million. Ti e attention of the Committee was next directed to the de cision of the Committee of the House of Commons, upon the merits of the line, upon the ease of the property of Lord Digby, Sir W. Oglander, and others. The total saving of distance between London and Exeter would be betweer 24 and 25 miles. The scheme originally comprised three different junctions, but they were now Ins. el into one, and the South-Western Company had guaranteed a dividend of tour-and-a-half per cent. upon the whole capital sub scribed. which was raised principally by local subscrip tions. The great objects of the scheme were not so much for the purpose of affording accommodation to the northern traffic as for giving the means of a direct and speedy connexion between the metropolis and Exeter, and also to the counties of Devon and Cornwall ; this object would have been frus trated, if the line proposed by the Exeter Great Western Company had been sanctioned. The effect of sanctioning that measure would be to deetroy the through communication, because the district between Exeter and Yeovil would be laid down upon the broad gauge system. The Committee of the House of Commons, taking this matter into their consideration, had considered It necessary to introduce into the Bill a clause making it imperative on the company, should the Board of Trade think flt, to lay down upon their narrow gauge line additional rails to snit the broad gauge ; by such means the interests of the Great Western Company would be protected, and the line between Exeter and London would be pre served in its integrity. It was necessary for the interests of the country through which the line passed, and with a vies of effecting a more speedy communication between the metropolis and Easler,. that the line should be !Sri they hands of an independent company, end not in the hands of those whose interests it would be to carry the traffic along their more circuitous line. If the present line were sanctioned by their Lordships, and left in the hands of an independent company, the salutary effect of hn posing a check upoa monopoly would be felt by all the parties in terested in railway accommodation In the districts through which the line passed. The present line being on the narrow gauge, it would afford the means of continuous communication between the ports of Dover, Sheerness, Southampton, and all the country on the east part of England, with Exeter and the western counties of En gland. With reference to London, they would have three distinct sta tions, they would have a station, which was at present in existence at Nine Elms, for the convenience of that portion of the metropolis ; there would be another station at the York-road, Lambeth, which'had re ceived the sanction of the Legislature, and would shortly be com pleted ; and there would also be another station at London-bridge, should the Legislature sanction that extension. The Royal Com mission had reported favourably of that extension, and a Committee of the House of Commons was now sitting on the merits of the Bill, and he had no doubt whatever but the scheme would receive the unction of the Legislature. With reference to the opposition on the part of landowners, there was none of any nature sufficient to justify the rejection of the measure ; and he did not think that his Learned Friend who represented the Interests of the Great Western Company could have any locus standi bef ,re the Committee. In conclusiun, he called upon the Committee to sanction the present line. He would proceed to call evidence which their Lordships would see would fully corroborate the statements he had made. Mr. Salter, brewer, of Exeter, was then called, and examined by Mr. MEREWETIIER, who stated that he consumed large quantities of malt ; he purchased his barley principally at Salisbury, and if the present line was constructed it would afford him great facilities for obtaining it from thjse places. After some further evidence, the Committee adjourned tlll eleven o'clock to-morrow. Kowa F. This room first became a Lords' Committee-room this morning. It 15 in fact Room 34 (Grand Corridor). The two next rooms (33 artd 32) have also been adopted as Lords' Committee•roome, under the names of Rooms G and li. NtrIibtrNGUAM:AN D OXFORD JUNCTION- AND 8111LEL7RICIIES. A Select Committee on these Bills met to-day, at eleven, in the above room. The Members ate, Lord Ripon (chairman), and Lords Sondes, Eldon, Wynford, and Montfort. . . _ _ Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Whetsly, and Mr. Crimes appeared for the promoters of the Bill. Mr. Austin, Mr. Merrewetner, and Mr. Mellon, appeared as counsel for some, and Messrs. J. Parker and Co. and Mr. Carter, Parliamentary agents, appeared for others, of the following petitioners :—The Warwickshire and London lines (the Competing scheme, which was rejected In the Commons' Committee, Group 33, during this session); the London and Birmingham line; the Birmingham and Gloucester line ; the Warwick and Birmingham Canal ; the Marquis of Hertford (on two petitions), the Earl of War wick, the Earl of Abergavenny, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Greswolde, certain oernere and occupiers, &c. &c. Mr. num r opened the case for the promoters of the 13111. The Learned Counsel, with Great minuteness, went over the history of the scheme, and of the proceedings with reference to this and =competing L. hems in the Hones of Commons. The ed CoanseN also dwelt at some length upon the nature and objects of the several petitions against the Bill. The London and Birmingham Company petitioned on the ground that by a junction with them at Birmingham, they would Injure their property. an d endanger the lives of passengers. Now the junction was to be made in Purenance of an agreement be tween the promoters of this Bill (the Great W estera and the' Grand Junction Company, before the amalgam a ti on or thiT4ttee with the London and Birmingham Company, and whieti they (the Grand Junction) had called on the promoters to nenl, slues that amalgamation. lie thought their Lordships would agree with him when he said that it was highly unfair, that while the junior parties in a firm were insisting on compliance with a contract, the senior parties should make it a ground of opposition. The remaining part of the Learned Counsel's speech referred prin cipally to the question of the propriety, or rather necessity, of a System of.railways through this district, independent oe and to some extent competing with, the Loudon and Birmingham line; the aegje lnents on this point have teen given at such length in the columns of The Sun during the proceedings in the Committee of the Com mons on Group 33, that it is unnecessary to reiterate them here. Mr. W. Matthews, a magistrate in Warwickshire, and member of the Corporation of Birmingham, gave evidence as to the necessity of a line through this district, independent of the London and Birtninghasn. This witness's evidence was confined to the necessity for its being distinct from the London and Birmingham Company, as their Lordships had expressed their opinion that the necessity for better communication, being admitted on both sides, was not a matter requiring proof. Mr. Shaw, a magistrate at Birmingham, and manufacturer and merchant. then gave similar evidence. Mr. Muntz, M.P., and Mr. Philip Muntz. his brother, gave evi dence similar to that given by them before the Committee of the House of Commons, which w;11 be fresh in the minds of most of our readers. It was in corroboration of that of the previous witn, saes. Evidence was given by each witness to the effect that the tolls on the London and Birmingham were excessively high, and must be mush reduced by competition. Mr. Spooner, M.P. for Birmingham, gave similar evidence. Mr. TALBOT said. on the conclusion of this witness's evidence, that he wished to call a Noble Lord who was now in the cha'r in another Committee—he meant Lord Hatherton. The CHAIRMAN—Then you must dispense with his evidence. Mr. TALBOT—No, Sir. I had the honour last year to examine a .Volde Chairman, who adjourned his CoMmittee for five minutes while Ile wen t to give evidence, and I hare now sent a messenger to re quest his Lordship to do the same. The CHAIRMAN suggested that they should hear some other evi dence be the meantime. This was assented to, and Mr. Aston, a button-mtker, of Birtuingbain, gave similar evidence to that of the former witnesses. Lord Hathertoe, on his arrival, gave evidence very strongly in favour of the line. his Lordship, it will be remembered. gave evi dence before the Committee of the House of Comm )111. His state ment now was precisely similar to that published in The Sun at the thne• His Lordship was cross-examined by Mr. Mellor on the part of the opponents ot the Bill. Lord Villiers also gave evidence in favour of the line, and was Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER, on the part of Mr. Wyse and cf Dr. Jephson, who petitioned on the ground of residential damage. Mr. Thomas Barker, of Lymington, gave similar evidence. The Committee then rose at about half past tour, and adjourned till to-morrow. Room G. XiAST3IIO 7 couvirrima (cnizzNarscs AND CEZZINABZ BRANCH). _ _._- no - pygitiiWici lazei cn Lauer* ult• ore eieran,doinskE , / Pot, :'swing mboeaf,\ tWj xlmalneas, ILI to-FerritiM ithe first time to-day, the Earl of Devon :mhers present—the Duke of Leedi, the lib Craven. Lord Einnaird, the reineining mmibtee adjcarued, without doing any 4 yen o'clock. V• t " :-'-:.-,-_ -,S , ,--- .5" -- 'l, J - c Us co_mmustos ,, et,r. - .•!M -:, ,, , - --x - r_ .. tRt ,-..--:f toom U. for the stet time, Lord Stratford in t.l ft II - - the chair ; other members of the Committee present -Lord De Lisle. Lord ,trangtord, Lord Gamey% and Earl Porris. TiTE SUN, _LONDON, I' Lord Grey demonstrated the falle& , ‘us charm-ter nt . - cruising system, and the great objections and abuses to which it is unavoidably exposed. The new treaty with 1 France having only been in full operate n h e coast of Africa since the 6th of March of the present ' year, we have no means of judeine of its re-„1 though we entertain no do t.r sliat from the increase of force, the introduction of. :earners, and the improved system of co-operation now existing between the British. French, and American squadrons, the blockade is far more effectual than it has ever been before; and Lord Palmerston had no right to assert, as he did the other night, that if his instructions had been adhered to for two years more, the slave trade would have ceased on thecoast of Africa. His own colleagues have distinctly admitted that the system he had constructed with so much indus try, and which he managed with so little regard for the independence of foreign nations, was a total failure. Another system is now upon trial, less vexatious to corn - mercial interelts and more formidable to the slave dea ler. The cruisers have been doubled, and treaties for the abolition of the slave trade have been ratified by the mark of the unlettered potentates who have heretofore trafficed in the bodies of their subjects along the Bight of Benin. From April, 1844, to July 1845, no less than seventy-five vessels with slaves on board, or equipped for the slave trade, were detained or destroyed by the British cruisers—a larger number, we believe, than were ever before captured within the same time. But we must confess our scepticism as to the ultimate success of the system, and our conviction that it is not in the African seas but on the soil of America that the slave trade can alone be abolished. At the present time the system of mutual insurance in Brazil is so perfect, and the prices of slaves so high, that e e are informed by the last report of the Commissioners at Rio that the capture of Jo u r vessels would not subject the slave traders to loss, pro vided the fifth succeeded in landing slaves in Brazil. If, therefore, the apprehensions which have been powerfully expressed by the authors of a protest against the ethnic - sion of slave-grown sugar were justified by the result of that measure, and if it veerecertain that this new premium on the slave trade would increase the actual amount of that abominable traffic, we should regard any additional preventive measures of a maritime nature as a mere at tempt to impose upon the public by an expensive, dange rous and inoperative illusion. But it becomes us to inquire whether these apprehensions are not imaginary and exaggerated, and whether any portion of the guilt of encouraging the slave trade can attach to those who propose the admission of slave-grown sugar to our markets. Our anti-slave-trade measures have of late years been of two kinds—first, a preventive serv:ce on the coast of Africa ; and, secondly, the prohibition of stave-grown produce, whereby the slave- trading states were placed under disadvantages in the English market. It is now proved that the last of these measures is as ineffectual as the first, for we have not been able to in •duee the Braziliens tsi adopt more rigorous restrictions on the trade ; they have found compensation else where for the injury done to their commercial rely tions with ourselves, and the slave trade has gone on with just as much activity as before. The experiment of the prohibition of slave-grown sugar has therefore failed upon trial even more completely than the expe riment of the cruisers, and for very obvious reasons : the markets of the rest of the civilised world re main open to the sugar which we reject, and we our selves do not reject any of the other commodities, such as cotton, coffee, tobacco, copper, bullion, &c., produced in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States by slave-labour. Not only has this experiment failed, but we doubt whe ther it has produced any perceptible effect whatever, or even checked the evil it was intended to counteract. The actual amount of the profits of the slave trade is so great, the price of negroes in the slave-trading countries so high, and the export of negroes from Africa so large, that we question whether it could be materially in creased even if the trade were not restricted. The Eng lish sugar-market has not been needed to induce the planter of Cuba to extend the cultivation of the sugar cane by every possible means, and to enable the slave trader of Rio Janeiro to clear 200 per cent. on his iefamous cargoes. Where the direct causes which induce men to brave the infamy of the slave trade and the increasing perils of a slave population are so strong, and where the direct opposition of our cruiser; is so in operative, we confess that the mere indirect check of ex eluding one slavetrown commodity from one market appears to us unworthy of consideration, and wholly powerless. There is no medium between absolute com mercial non-intercourse with slave countries as a matter of principle, and desisting from the attempt tojorcefureign states into the adoption of our views. The true value of these attempts is now ascertained ; to insist on them is only to aggravate our failure. Do we then despair of the cause to which the mind of this country is so deeply and conscientiously devoted ? By no means. Th 4 re are two irresistible powers at work in its behalf. The first is the terror and the danger which an increasing African population brings into the heart of every Ame rican community ; the second is the security which already exists in the British West Indies, and the suc cess which will, as we confidently anticipate, one day at tend the experiment of free labour and the opening of the colonial trade. • THE AFFAIRS OF CIRCA.SSIA. SMOPE, JUNE 10.—Among the passengers on board a Turkish trading vessel arrived from Battn. is Ali Osman Oku, one of the most powerful chiefs of irbikhs in Southern Circassia. He is son and heir of Ha li Dukan Oku, the most renowed warrior of the Ca cast's, a hom Mr. Bell styled " the Washington of Ci....assia," and who died two years ago. Ali Osman Oku is proceeding to Constantinople, intending to go return to his country. on to Adrinople, with a view , in the name of many Beg, one of the The other two princes , Selim Beg and Pschimet Beg, Circassianthree great chiefs, ehi coff inducingCircassia, to Sefir have lost all their influence in the mountains, being supposed to have been bought over by Russia. They behaved with pusillanimity, taking no part in the meet ings, except to exhort the mountaineers to lay down their arms and cease all attacks against the Russian forts on the Black Sea. But the name of Sefir Beg is still extremely popular in the mountains, and the general opinion is, that be alone is capable of putting an end to the differences which now exist in Circassia, uniting under his order a number of tribes, and sustaining in the Western Caucasus as glorious a part as Schatnal has played with so much glory in Dagestan, and in the whole of the eastern portion of the Caucasus. Sefir Beg has Rot visited his ceuntry for ten years. He then went to Constantinople to solicit the assistance of the Porte in favour of Circassia. He was lured with vain promises, and finally the Porte was weak enough to yield to the influence of M. Boutenieff, who had imperatively de manded the removal of the Circassian Prince, and to order him to repair to Adrinople. Here Sefir Beg leads a retired life, having lost all hope of the future destiny of his country, and passes his time in prayer in the mosques. He, h ow ever, from time to time w r it es to hi s countrymen, exhorting them to persist in their hostility to Russia, and to prefer death to a base submission. But all steps taken by his countrymen, and their solicita tions to induce him to return to his country, have been in vain, his answer being that he would not return but when the Porte gave him assistance. Sefir Beg is a descendant of the oldest and most powerful princely family in Circassia. We have not had any direct news from Tiflis and the Eastern Caucasus for two months, but by the passengers arrived from Batum, we learn that the late appearance of Schamyl in the plaias of Cabardia, had produced an immense impression among all the mountain tribes of the west. Notwithstanding the jealousy and natural antipathy of the various populations who do not speak the same language, the voice of the prophet Schamyl had not tailed to produce its effect in Ca bardia, and numerous tribes of the plain had taken up arms for him. The numerical superiority of t he Russian army, which amounts to 60,000 men, on the borders of the Terek, has compelled Schamyl to retire into the mountains, not having the means to contend in the plain with advantage against the combined Russian compact infantry and cannon, but many of the Cabardian tribes have followed him into the interior of the great - Tschetschuya, leaving behind them their villages to be destroyed by the Cossacks, and only carrying away with them their arms. These tribes have considerably increased Schamyl's army, which already consisted of 20,000 men, when he crossed the Terek. Al though the bold plan of this renowned chief did not wholly succeed, his intrepidity is, however, to be admired. He had spread alarm even to the walls of Tekaderinadad, the capital of the Tachernomerian Cos sacks. At no time had a Tschetschentsian chief ven tured to undertake so long and bold a march through a triple line of Russian fortresses. So great was the con sternation among the Russians, that General Luders did not think himself safe at Stauropol, the head quarters of the Russian army of operations, which he hastily left, marching in the direction of the fortresses on the bor ders of the Kuban WHO KILLED THE CORN-LAWS.? (From the Bristol Mercury.) Now that the corn-law is fairly knocked on the head, an inquest is being held for the purpose of ascertaining who had the merit of putting an end to its existence. The evidence is very contradictory. A large portion of the public attribute its decease to Sir Robert Peel, anti the protectionists swear " alone he did it !" but Sir Hebert denies " the soft impeachment," and says Richard Cobden was the man. Richard Cobden acknowledges that he had something to do with the matter, but that the catastrophe was greatly owing to the exertions of Sir R. Peel, Lord John Russell, Col. Thompson, Mr. Villiers, and various other labourers in the closet and on the platform. The Eraminer thinks that those who worked for the Reform Bill—who swept away the rotten boroughs, and so brought the Cobdens, &c.. into Parlia ment, and gave additional force to the voice of the con stituencies, contributed their fair quota to the result; and Tait puts in a claim on behalf of Ebenezer Elliott, the "Anti-Corn-law Rhymer." Adam Smith, too, and various other mighty pioneers, cannot be set aside as having done nothing, simply because others have for gotten, or are ignorant of, what they have done. Honour to all workers /—but we cannot help think ing that our modern great authorities, in complimenting each other, rather lose sight of a power that had, after all, sorneeting to do in killing the corn-law, to wit—THE PRESS. The newspaper press, for the most part, was strongly opposed to the corn monopoly, and laboured early and late before leagues were started or ministers converted. The press it was that worked in independent co-operation with the League organisation, and that gave it name, fame, and efficiency. Nothing could be more admirable than the conduct of that organi,ation, but without the press, instead of " a great" the League would have been a little " fact," and the corn-laws yet unrepealed. In short, a past amount of power was brought to bear against the corn-laws from different quarters ; and the nearness of the result shows how little of it could have been spared. Subtract any one of the principal agents —Sir Rohert Peel, Lord Jan Russell (who brought over his party), Wchard Cobden, Col. ThompsOn, the _League, or the Press. and who will venture to affirm that the cc rn-laws would not have been yet on the statute beck-, To some fariour is pre-eminently due ; but there have been many humble but earnest workers, whose individual labours have in no slight degree con trilsuted to the great result. Nor should we forget divers very efficient workers of another class. Is it to be supposed that Mr. Wm. Miles, with his grease and tarred-butter orations, and unaffected horror of abundance; that Sir Edward Knatchhull, with his claim for " protection" on the score of Kentish pip pins and marriage jointures; that Lord Stanley, with his preposterous Tambott blunders; that the Duke of Richmond, with his ingenious admissions about salmon; that Colonel Sibthorp, by his brilliant sallies;—is it to ne supposed, we say, that these men did nothing towards the downfall of monopoly ? Certainly they did. A speech from a Miles or a Tyrrell in favour of " protec tion" was only less destructive than a speech from Cobden or Villiers against it. Most ungrateful would it be, when we take into account the causes which led to the downfall of the corn-laws, to forget the speeches of the Protecionists. We are Wraid, however, that these latter gentlemen will modestly decline b"ing identified with the death of murvipoly. Well, every man to his taste. The work done, and well done ; and those who did it are not likely to quarrel amongst themselves for the sake of appropriating the " lion's share" of the credit. Posterity will settle that !natter. without fear, favour, or partiality. steam-fr i g nt, e,gr A at mae u T a fh t r a g1, 3 1. 1 ei me N t:t T se fie frrotl fitting oi n slrgtde S ear T ma, tEitv Woolwich—fore ca st l e, - so v ebol VESSEL S , s ip f rhee L pl s a, fittingr feo & (ir c e: s,ar T ttil ie h et, h e Aeo )1 various o isi w (6m- - ne pounder gun, 87 cwt., 10 feet, on a pivot-slide and carriage; quarter-deck, one 56-pounder, 87 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slide and carriage; and eight 32-pounders of 25 cwt., 6 feet, on compressor carriages and slides; main-deck, six 8-inch guns, 65 cwt., 9 feet, and 14 32-pounders of 50 cwt. 9 feet 6 inches, on common carriages. The Bull Dog, fitting at Chatham—one 56 pounder, 87 cwt., 10 feet, and one 10-inch gun, 85 cwt., 9 feet 4 inches, on pivot-slides and carriages; four 32-pounders. 42 cwt. , feet, on compressor carriage's and slides. The Rattlesnake, at Woolwich—main deck, six 32 pounder guns, 25 cwt., on compressor slides and carriages, two 12 pounders, on common carriages, and one 12-pounder brass howitzer on field carriage, with limber for boats; two 12-pounder brass howitzers, two 3-pounder brass guns, three rocket tubes, and 31b. shell-rockets. DRINKING PRINCE ALBERT'S HEALTH.—At a meet ing of the Bold-street (Liverpool) Total Abstinence Society, held at the Music Hall, on Monday evening last. a resolution was unaninimously adopted, deeply deploring " the increased amount of drunkenness which will probably be caused by drinking Prince Albert's health in intoxicating beverages, and with a view of averting this result," adopting an ad dress to his Royal Highness.—Lirerpool Mercury. NECESSITY FOR FIRE-PROOF ENTRANCES TO BUILD INGS.—The value of that clause in the New Building Act, which provides that the stairs and landings of public build ings, and the floors of their halls, vestibules, and passages shall be fire-pro , f, is brought forcibly to the mind by the ac• count of the recent dreadful loss of lif e throu gh the burning of the Theatre Royal in Quebec. It is not q uite cl ear (in the accounts) whet her or not the stairca se, to which all rushed in the awful confusion of the momen t, gave Way, th oug h this seems to be the impression of one who wasan eye-witness of the occurrence; but one feels, when reflecting on such an event, the immense importance of safe means of egress from buildings where large numbers of persons congregate, and the even greater importance of having it uederstood publicly that there are such means, as this knowledge, giving confi dence, would lessen the ill-considered rush to escape, through 8 which, under such circumstances, life is u suall y sacrificed.-- The Builder. Some, months since the German journals stated that a young Hungarian gentle man , named Stanidas de B—, wh o was in great poverty, had discovered amon g the archiv es of h es a t d importance sent tothe concerning o f his family a great number of secret d ocuments of the hi gh_ With the Princes, his sons, i n order to recompense M. de for this important service, had taken him under thei r thteheFrh!nou French, and o a f n dOtth Orleans, Majesty, nhis, which he protection—had granted him an annuity for his life —and had presented him with large sums of money, and several articles of great value. As this account was not contradicted, and as the gentleman in quastion wore the inaignia of the Legion of Honaur, and aopearel to live in great luxury, every one believed in his rapid fortune, and he was 'every where received as a prote,ze of the Royal Faintly of Fran ce . This illu s i on has, h o weve r by a singular chance, been just dispelled. Beiog in a coffee-house at Vienna, dressed as an Hungarian Low e , h e was showing- to several young men of his acquaintance a magnitic,,,nt Turkish sabre , which he boasted of ha v i ng rece i ve d as a present fro m the P rince de Joinville. Whil e hi ; f r i en d s were pas sing it from one to th e other, and weapon, an e a lle l rl r s i . n i n a n g th s tepped forward, seized the weapon. and declared that the s abre had been ma„,. factured in his w or h s h o p s at PreF b ou rg, (Hungary). where he was establishe r , as an ar matirer ; that he had sold it to a young Hungari an name d Mullentz, w ho had left the to wn y islte workmanship of the without Paying him, and that he re co g nised his creditor in M. de B—. The preteodel Royal pre o e g e was immediately arrested, and the researches made by t he p olice have alread y proved him to be nothing more than a chevalier d'industrie, living on the dupes he was enabled to make. Disease IN THE BARLEY CROP. --A correspondunt nt the Murk Lane E.2l37ess writes to that journal, that all the barley on the Co , swold Hills and in tile G. oacest er Vale has baen mare less a' t..telo.d by et s -cies of ru , ), w• off' ELle oil - at the len tom, belt). eit (vans out. T., is g , u , , i s white, about a quarter of an inch long, and as round as a knitting needle; when grown it becomes much like a wire worm. BLA.CESUEN AND PTESTON AND ZAST LANCASHIRE AMALGAMATION. Mr. Sergeant Wrang im and 17. r Brandt appeared be' alf o this Bit', the ohjoct et which was to effect an amalgamation - between the Blacithurti and Preston and East Lacashire bees. There were tw•o petitions .iguinst the Bill. but they were not appeared on by counsel, and consequently the Bill was unopposed. Some slight evidence was taken as to the nature of the amalgama tion, when the Committee declared the preamble of the Bill to be proved. SRI:ST.OZ AND ZIRICINGNAZIL AND MIDLAND. This Bill, the object of which is to amalgamate the 'Bristol and Bir mingham line of railway with the Midland Counties, was next pro ceeded with. . . The Great Western Company appeared against the 11111. Mr. LONG briefly opened the case on behalf of the 13111, when the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. When the examination of the first witness was proceeding with, a question was raised about the right of Mr Austin to appear on behalf of the Great Western Company, which led to a discussion on the point. At the close of it, Mr. AUSTIN said he appeared against the Bill, solely to pro'ect the interests of the Great Western Company, by securing that the Gloucester and Bristol Company should maintain the present broad gauge communication with the Great Western Company at and between the points of Stonehouse and Bristol. Ile was quite willing to withdraw his opposition to th's Bill, if the promoters would insert a clause lie had drawn up, which he begged leave to state was in accordance with the recent report of the Board of Trade and Lord Dalhousie's resolutions adopted by their Lordships' nous,. The Learned Gentleman then read the clause, which was in effect that in the event of the amalgamation being agreed to, the united company should be bound to maintain intact the present broad gauge communication at and between Stonehouse and Bristol. After a consultation, Mr. LONG on behalf of the promoters of the Bill, intimated that he could not consent to - the clause in ifuestion. Mr. ArSTIN said, in that case he would go back to his original position, and oppose the preamble of the Bill. The Committee considered that he had a right to do so, and the examination of witnesses was proceeded with, Mr. Saunders, the Secretary of the Bristol and Birmingham Rail way, was first examined. Ills evidence went to show that a unity of management would tend greatly to facilitate the efficient working of the line. Cross-examined—The Midland Company had already 200 miles of railway under its controy and the present Bill would Ole them 50 miles more. The Bristol and Gloucester. Company had applied to the Great Western Company for increased accommodation fur their traffic to Stonehouse and Bristol, which had been acceded to. Considerable works were in progress for that purpose. On the termination of this witness's cross-examination, Mr. LANG said, that upon re-consideration he was willing to stme the time of the Committee by accepting Mr. Austin's clause. The preamble of the Bill was afterwards declared to be proved. BLACKBURN AND PRESTON AND EAST LILW casuraz AMALGAMATION. Mr. Ilerapath wished to call the attention of the Com mittee to the fact that a few days ago this Bill was referred to 'Vie Committee to meet on the 3d of August. It appeared that this arrangement was altered last night, and the only intimation the opponents had was by the votes this morning, but at too late a period to be present at the opening of the proceedings. It was nearly twelve o'clock before the parties could be present, by which time the preamble was declared proved. lie hoped, therefore, the Committee would recal their 'decision till his case was heard. The CHAIRMAN considered it would be as well to postpone the further consideration of the matter till to-morrow, and in the mean time the Committee of Selection could be consulted on the point. RUGBY AND LEAMINGTON. This Bill was next proceeded with. The scheme was opposed by two petitioning landed proprietors. Witnesses were called from Rugby and Leamington, showing the great benefits the line would confer on the inhabitants of these towns and districts. Mr. Robert Stephenson was examined on the engineering peculi arities of the line. Ile stated that the steepest gradient was lin 120, and the severest curve a radius of half a mile ; the estimated capital was 360,0001. The witnesses were examined with the object of showing that the line might have been as efficiently laid out as it was, and have avoided the residential damage complained of, b.t no point of material importance was elicited. Thu Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. Room 5. SHEFFIELD, nOTHEItA.Pii, BARNSLEY, VITAXEPIELD, HUDDERSPIED, AND GOOLE. This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour, in So. 5, ♦bingdon-street ; the Earl of Radnor in the chair. The general evidence on the part of the promoters, to show the advantages of the line, was resumed, and Sir John Kay, of Grange ; Mr. Wentworth, of Woolley Hall ; near Barnsley ; Captain Lewes, superintendent of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, and other witnesses were examined. The effect of their evidence was to corroborate that given yesterday, as to the imp• rtance of laying down the proposed line, and the great accom modation it would afford to the traffic of the district. The engineering evidence was then gone into, and _ _ Mr. IlaWkshaw, civil engineer for the promoters of the line, was examined at great length. He deposed to the facility with which the line could be constructed. There were no peculiar engineering difficulties ; there were three tunnels on the line, —one of these was 2,231 yards long, one 680 yards, and the other 685. The other works were of the ordinary character. The estimated cost would, in his opinion, complete the works. 3lr. Vignoles, civil eniineer, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LXVII. The Committee on this group of 1 11l met again this day (Lord Lincoln in the chair), and were occupied the whole of the day in hearing evideace on behalf of the LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (LONDON.. BRIDGE EXTENSION), and adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow. GROUP LX IX, This Committee met again to-day in Room 23, Grand Corridor Mr. W. Baring in the chair. WISBEACII, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION. The evidence in support of the promoters of this Bill was renewed, and had not concluded when the Committee rose at four o'clock, and adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP LXX. This Committee re-assembled to-day in room 24 (Grand Corridor); present, Sir George Clerk (in the chair), Colonel Peel, Mr. Tower, and Mr. Smythe. DIIIIIMEir AND lINNISXIMMEN. The evidence on' the part of this Bits was resumed, Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer.in-chief of the line being the tirst witness. The gradients, he said, were remarkably favourable. The estimated cost of the line from Navan to Kells was 83,8391.. from Navan to Newtown Butler, 106,4071., and of the Belturbet 25,253/., making a total (exclusive of the cost of the land and stations) of 275,304/. The land required for the line would cost 30,0001. Mr. Joseph Fisher, next gave traffic evidence, which closed the case for the promoters. Mr. MCRPUT, Q.C., said he appeared on behalf of the Dublin, Bel fast, and Coleraine Junction, and certain landowners on the line be tween Navan and Kells, amd was abeut to call evidence against this line, when Mr. Sergeant Mr.rarnY contended that his Learned Friend had no locus stanch on behalf of the Public], Belfast, and Coleraine Junetio.l, merely on the ground that it was a rival of this line. The Committee 7'hattl no right to Inquire Into any pointe of comparison with any other line. Mr. Mt.TapnY contended that he had a perfect right to appear on behalf of the Dublin and Belfast Company. It appearing that that Company had dissolved, . The. Committee said that they - would postpone hearing counsel on behalf of it. but Mr. Murphy might proceed to tender evidenee on behalf 01 the landowners fur whom he appeared. Mr. It. It. Mooaa said, he appeared on behalf of the North Mid land, which Company ho admitted was taking steps to wind up their affairs. The Committee said, that the same remarks as had been made with respect to the Dublin and Belfast Company would also apply to the North Midland. _ Mr. MURPILT then called Sir Wm. Somerville, M.P. for Drogheda, after whom ; Mr. Ralph Smith, merchant, Drogheda, was called and examined by Mr. MOORE, who appeared in conjunction with Mr. Murphy for some of the landowners along the line. The Committee adjourned at Four o'clock until Twelve to-morrow THE SUGAR QUESTION. (From the Times.) The time is come when the discussion of the last great question of commercial reform must bring the whole question of the slave trade once more before the country. It is at least as essential that the policy of the Govern ment on this momentous subject should be established on enlightened and practical principles, as that the exact amount of duty to be paid on some thousand hogsheads of foreign sugar should be equitably determined. Those evil days are happily long since past when the slave trade itself was debated as a British question, and its horrors palliated by supp. sed British interests. As far as the mercantile pursuits and the colonial system of this empire ars concerned, the slave trade and slavery itself are eradicated ; and England has embarked too deeply in the great experiment of emancipating the negro race, and of inculcating the lesson of free labour in her colonies, to abate her efforts in this cause. But in the long course of measures with reference to this object which have been demanded by the people and adopted by the Government of this country, a mass of exp.rience has been acquired, to which we must allow its full weight if we intend to avoid a complete and dis astr,,us failure. The generous suggestions of humanity, the sacrifices and exertions of half. a century, will have taught us little indeed, if they have not taught us to avoid some acknowledged errors, and to reject some in controvertible delusions. At the present time, there fore, if it be our duty to rnain:ain with unabated force our hostility to the slave trade, it is no less our duty to select means of repressing it which experience has not proved to be ineffectual and dangerous. Nothing is to be gained by a passionate contention for expedients which have already failed ; and it is far more conducive to the real suppression of the slave trade, and to the general interests of humanity, to acknowledge errors of this kind than to persist in them. This feeling has of late years extorted from several of the most power ful avid- virtntms opponents of the slave trade an ac knowledgement whlelt. , eould not have been made with out pain by men who halt deviated the best years of their lives to this cause. Nothing but a misjudging fana ticism can attempt to withheld or to invalidate these declarations or the facts on which they rest. No piens fraud will put down the alavalrade ; and it is of .much less importance to form a correct estimate of the seal which has inspired our efforts than. to ascertain what positive results have followed them. In spite , then , of all that has been done by this country and by France and the United States, each of which has effectually put an end to slave trade in its own terr of fritebs inquiry siorunder by own flag, we are met at the outset the appalling fact that the number of slaves exported from Africa has doubled within the last thirty years, and that it never was carried on with greater activity than at the present moment, or with equal barbarity. The papers annually laid before Parliament furnish most abundant evidence of this deplorable truth; and of late years the men who have been most strenuous in the cause have not hesitated to avow their conviction on this point. The book published in 1840 by the late Sir Fowell Buxton will be fresh in the memory of our readers; that zealous abolitionist had learned from ex perience that the moral impossibility of compelling foreign Powers to observe the stipulations of their own treaties with us, and the physical impossibility of pre venting a contraband trade in negroes on the African coast, defied oar diplomacy and our navy, and pointed out the necessity of using other means of repression. Several members of the present Government have, on various occasions, both iu and ont of office, avowed ,ina:lar convictions. In Lord John Russell's letter to the Treasury of the 26th Decetnher, 1839, after stating his belief that more than 100,000 slaves are annually imported from Africa into foreign states or colonies in America and the West Indies, and that this illegal traffic is sti mu l ate d b y tenfold profits and protected by insurances, his Lordship (who was then Colonial Secre tary) adds, "under these circumstances, to repress the foreign slave trade by a marine guard would scarcely be possible if the whole British navy could be employed for that purpose: It is an ev il w hi c h can never be adequately encountered by any system of mere prohibi tion and penalties." Upon the production of the last 1 instructions to cruisers on the coa s t o f Af r i ca, Lord Clarendon statcd, in the II )ase of Lords, that he hal. arrived at a similar opinion as to the inefficacy of the preventive force; and when Lord Palmerston insisted, in the House of Commons, upon the necessity of main- Wain the Right of Search Conventions with France, I NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—A court-martial, comprising R;_mr-Adtriral Hyde Parker, president; Captains— Paseo, of the Victory; Sir B. W. Walker, of the Con stince; George Eliot, of the Eurydice; Commander Willcox, of the Victory; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, De puty Judge Advocate of the fleet; assembled this morn ing on board the Victory, to try, at the instance of Com mander Sherringham, 411 r. Alexander Sanderson, As sistant Master of the Dasher surveying steam-vessel, on the following charge:— " For that he, the said Mr. Alexander Sanderson. then being Master's Assistant of her Majesty's steam vessel the' Dasher, and in actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, did, on the 16th day of June, 1846, ab sent himself from the said steam vessel, and from his duty, without leave, and did not come on the board the said steam vessel until the 6th of July." It appeared that the prisoner was sent ashore from the Dasher at Totland Bay in the Needles' passage, Isle of Wight, to assist in surveying, but that when the recal was made he did not return to the ship, and was iwt seen again until the 22d of June, as the Dasher was going out of Portsmouth harbour, when the prisoner was seen in a waterman's boat, but he did not attempt to go on board then; he, however, went on board the ship on the 6th instant, only two days before his name would have appeared on the books of the Dasher as " run." Mr. Field, of Gosport, the prisoner's solicitor, made an elaborate defence on behalf of his youthful client, alleg ing that unkindness and neglect on the part of COM mander Sherringham was, in chief, the cause of his client's absenting himself from the ship ; that on the day he so absented himself, he had been occupied in the chart-room of the Dasher from half-past seven in the mcrning until two in the afternoon, without any refresh ment, and when he was going to partake of dinner, Com mander Sherringham sent for him, and asked him if he ba'l plotted all his work ? He (the prisoner) re plied, he had done all he could do, until he could get a new set of angles; that thereupon Commander Sherring ham ordered him ashore on duty; on getting ashore he at once went to an hotel, and partook of refreshment, at the same time ordering a boy to go to the beach and report when the "recal" was made; this, it was alleged, the boy neglected to do. The defence also set forth that the prisoner was at the above time in a weak state of health, and had been recently five weeks in Haslar Hospital How the prisoner occupied his time from the 16th of June until the 6th of July, without attempting to get on board his ship until the latter date, was nut exhibited to the satisfaelion of the Court. The Court, af''r due deliberation, agreed that the charge had been fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to b.i dismissed from her Majesty's service, and to be mulcted, or to forfeit all the pay or wages due toihirn for his services done in the Royal Navy. Mr. Sanderson is only 19. The royal yachts did not start to-d:ty for Liverpool, as was expmed, the weather being foul, and the health of Laird Adolphus Fitaclarence not being sufficiently good to admit of his putting to sea. The Comet steam vessel, Commander Pretyman, lest this afternoon for Plymouth with supernumeraries for the Spartan, the Channel squadron, and for general service. The Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliott, was undocked, after new coppering, this morning, and hauled off to moorings on the Gosport side to complete her painting. The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag Rear-Ad miral Dacres, the Sappho, 16, Commander Gambier, the Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, and a prize of hers, in charge of Lieutenant Purneaux, were in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good [lope, on the 14th of May. THE CHINA SQUADRON. In Victoria Harbour, May 25.—The Vestal, 26, Cap tain ir,dhot ; the Dmltlus, 20, Captain M - Quhas; the Vulture, first-class steam frig ite, Captain M‘Dolig,,ll ; the Alligator troop ship, Master King; tho Sapphire Amoy r e o m,nr o ,oi p iyi ei s o h rEs: i ; p ip; Fai Command e r elo lN goe l le a ceh s ,a t ol e ws2 r t,feocroeoo:rit Fittock; and the Min nedsetrh T ef ho A m p p r s il o . n, sailed from The Wolf, 46, Commander Gordon, sailed from Shan ghai for Chusan on the 30th of April. The Wolverine, 16, Commander Clifford, arrived at Shanghai frum Amoy on the 20th of April. The German journals relate numerous instances of the Christian humility of the new Pope. "His cook (s a y s one of these journals) one day served for his dinner seven different dishes. Pins IX. sent for him, and told him that when cardinul he never had more than . three, and that h e awlrnouolsdt all the notnowchange expenses of hishishab household.it.Hiso Fourliness ii thousandasreduced Roman scudi, which were annually spent in rare plants, has been cut off from the budget, and half of the horses of the pontifical stables have been sold." irIILITARY INTELLIGENCE.--CHATHAM, JULY 21. The undermentioned detachments of regiments serving in India were selected yesterday from the provisional battalion by the officer commanding (Colonel Thames Weare, for embarkation on the 31st instant, when the troops will • march to Gravesend, and embark on board the ship Bengal Merchant, 503 tons. Captain Pearce Lowse to proceed to Bengal:—The 9th Foot furnishfs 6 men, 32d Regiment 29 omen, 50th Regiment 21 men, 53d Regiment 51 men, G2d • Regiment 58 men, and 98th Regiment 18 men, making a total of 182 men. The followin g o ffi cers are under or d ers to proceed with the above :—Ensign R. H. Travers, 10th Foot; Ensign A. R. Mowbray, 29th Foot; Ensign H. F. 11. Parker and Ensign F. Cleave, 53d R eg i ment; Ens i gn IL A. Wood, 62d Regiment ; and Ensign 11. N. Kippen, 98th Re gimerit. There are two officers attached to the 51st King's Own Light Infantry ordered to embark with these corps • their n ames are not yet placed in the general orders. A detach ment of the Royal Suppers and Miners left the Artillery barracks at Brompton this mornintr., anti proceeded by the Rochester and Gravesend arid embarked on hoard one of the steam-bouts for ‘Voi.lwieli. This thy a deraehment of Sappers and Ainers, to tin' rnuwier I , IC, arrived trom %)roolwich, and joined the division at this g a rri s on, f ur t h e purpose of being instructed in the field works, under theC9lll- mand of Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Smith, K.H. tillSpAY MOltNlNer, Ly gs, EDUCATION OF APPRENTICES, COPY OF A CIRCULAR LETTER TO TIIE b LIVER INTEN OEN TS OF • THE SEVERAL DOCKYARDS. _ _ _ Admiralty, June 27, .1846. My Lords being of opinion, wittia view to the pro motion of greater emulation troong the apprentices educated in the dockyard schools, and to the better regu lation of those schools, that a general system of reward and punishment should be established in them, are pleased to direct:- 1. That the Inspector of the Greenwich Schools be requested to undertake the duty of making an annual tour of inspection of the dockyard schools, for the pur pose of examining into, and reporting on their condi tion, and that, at such annual examina, ion, a certain number of prizes, to be hereafter determine-1 by their Lordships, on the recommendation of the insp. et,r, be distributed among such apprentices as may appear to him and to the School Committee to be the most de serving of such rewards. 2. That in cases of grave misconduct, or of repeated neglect and disobedience, the Admirals and Captains superintendent of the several yards, on the recommenda tion of the school committee, be authorised (in addition to such minor punishment as they may deem it neces sary to resort to, to mulct any apprentice, who may be guilty of such misconduct, of time and pay for any time not ex ceding one month, or to order such apprentice to work extra hours without extra pay ; but in all cases of such extraordinary punishment, a ape, ial rep ,rt is to be made to their Lordships, specifying the nature cf the offence, and the d. gree of punishment inflicted ; and if, notwithstanding such punishment, any apprentice should prove incorrigible, and by his bad exaalple endanger the order and discipline of the school, the sueerintendent is to make a report accordingly to their Lordships, who will decide whether it may not be for the general good that such apprentice should be discharged from the service. _ _ 3. My Lords are also of opinion that it is essential to the good of the service, that a certain limited number of such apprentices as may display extraordinary ability should receive a more scientific education thin that which they can obtain in the ordinary dockyard schools, and they therefore direct that the in-pector of the dock yard schools shall, at his annual examination, select a certain number of such of the apprentices as shall have comnleted the fourth year of their servitude, for such superior education during the three remaining years of their servitude, in the following proportions for each yard, viz.:— Portsmouth Davenport Chatham Sheerness Pembroke Woolwich and Deptford I ft 2 every year. Total Y•••••-•••• 00000 8 4. That the selection is to be made with reference to comparative talent- and proficiency, coupled with good conduct, of which a ci rtilcate from the superior ship wright., officers, and schoolmaster, must be produced ; and that in order to obtain greater security that the most deserving of the Candidates shall be selected, the inspector shall, after the general examination, set apart for re-examination such of the apprentices qualified for selection (that is, who shall' have completed his fourth year of servitude) as may appear to him to have dis played superior ability and proficiency ; and that on the result of this re-examination, which is to be held in the presence of the school committee, the final decision is to depend ; but that no apprentice is to be so selected unless he shall pass, to the satisfaction of the inspector, an examination in arithmetic, in the three first books of Euclid, and in algebra to quadratic equations, and a discretion is nevertheless to be exercised by the in spector as to the qualification of the candidate for selec tion, notwithstanding that he be the best of the school. 5. That in the case of Woolwich and Deptford yards, from which combined one apprentice only is to be an nually selected, the general annual examinations of the two schools are to be held separately, bnt that the ap prentices chosen for re-examination, for the purpose of selection, are to be examined together in the presence of the school committees of the two yards. 6. That if in any school none of the apprentices should, in the opinion of the Inspector, be qualified for selection, the next best qualified unselected apprentice is to be selected from some other yard ; and that, will a view to this contingency, the Inspector is to note the names of the canditates best qualified after those on whom the selection may have fallen. 7. That the apprentices so selected from the several yards (unless their parents or guardians should object, in which case the next best qualified apprentice is to be chosen) are to be removed to a separate school in Portsmouth yard, to be called the Mathematical School, in which they are to be instructed during the three remaining years of their apprenticeship, by the profes sor of mathematics, and the mathematical assistant of the Royal Naval College, in the higher principles of pure and mixed mathematics, as applied to practical purposes, and by the superior shipwright officers of the yard in the theory of the science of Naval Archi tecture ; but that they are, notwithstanding, to be em ployed like the other apprentices of the yard in learning the practical part of their profession, in the actual - huild ing and laying off of ships ; and the professor of mathe matics and the master shipwright, in concurrence with the inspector, are to draw up an transmit through the Rear• Admiral S.iperinzendent a detailed scheme of in struction and employment, for the consideration of their Lordships. 8. That the professor of mathematics, being a clergy man, or if it should be incompatible with his other duties, the chaplain of the ) ard, be required to attend to the moral and religious education of the apprentice , in the mathematical school, aid that the Inspector is to report specially on the state of the school in these re spects at his annual examination, as well as with re spect to the proficiency of the scholars in scientific attainments. 9. That the apprentices bel - mging to the mathemati cal school be required to attend the lectures en chemical and experimental phitosophy now given to the officers of the yard. 10. That as the pay of apprentices when removed from their parents or guardians is insufficient to pro vide fe- their maintenance, those selected for instruc tion in the mathematical school are to be victualled at the public expense, under such arrangements as may hereafter be determined, and they are to be lodged within the dockyard, in the building of which a portion is at present appropriated to the D.lckvard School. 17. That the Rear-Admiral Superintendent be di rected to call on the master shipwright to select from among the unmarried shipwright officers, some compe tent person to have charge of the discipline of the mathematical school, within the limits of which, apart meets are to be provided for him, in which he is to reside. 12. That, subject to the above general regulations, the Rear-Admiral Superintend en t i s t o c onsult with the professor of mathematics of the Royal 'Naval College, and the master shipwright of the yard, and to submit to their Lordships, for their consideration, the details of such further regulations as may appear to be required for the proper management and discipline of the sclr)ol. 13. That it is to be distinctly understood that the apprentices to be selected for instruction in the mathe matical school are to have no further claim to pro motion to the higher grades of their profession than that which, it must be presumed, superior scientific attain ments and professional skill will necessarily give them ; arid it is, therefore, essential that their instructioti in the practical operations of ship-building should be as much attended to as its theory and science. And in order that the prospect of promotion to the higher grades may still be open to those apprentices who may not have had the good fortune to be selected for instruc tion in the mathematical school at Portsmouth, but may subsequently recommend themselves to the favour able opinion of their officers by their good conduct, skill, and professional attainments, my Lords have pur posely limited the pupils to be taught in the mathe matical school to such a number as, it is estimated, will be sufficient to fill one-half only of the vacancies which occur in such superior grades on the average of years, leaving the remaining haf to be filled by selections from among ti e shipwrights educated in the ordinary sch oo l s of the dockyards. By command of their Lordships, H. CORRY. CASE OF POISONING IN FRANCE.—A trial was com• mencod at Strasburgh on the 2tith ult., which has excited the greatest interest, not only in that town, but throughout France. The charge is one of murder by poison, in which the declarations of the Strasburgh professors do not coincide with those of the Parisian chymists. Last November an ad vertisement was publiished in the newspapers, inviting those who could give information respecting a certain flour-dealer who, during an attack of fever, had risen from his sick bed and taken to flight, to do so at a given address. The dis appearance of the man remained a complete mystery, until a few days after his body was found concealed in a water closet. The body was cut up in pieces, and the heart and entrails, which were also afterwards disco vered, removed. An inquiry immediately led to the suspicion that the wife of the unfortunate man had committed a murder upon her husband, and taken out the heart and bowels, in order to avoid an accusa tion of poison, incase of an evental discovery and examina tion of the remains. She was immediately arrested, and the entrails and heart of the murdered man given tip to the pro • lessors of the university, for the purpose of ascertaining. whether they contained poison. A well-grounded supposi tion that this must be the case was the more general, inas much as arsenic was found in the house of the accused, and it was also proved by an apothecary that the prisoner bad bought such poison in the preceding August, from which period the deceased had commenced to sicken. The chymical professors of Sixasburgh declared that they had found no traces of arsenic in the remains delivered to them. The au ie, engaged in the investigation were, however, not s.itilied with this statement, but sent the corpse to Paris for analysis, wi;ere Professors Duvergie, Chevalier, and Flandi.l discovered in it a stro: , g dose of arsenic. These professors are now at Strasburgh, and at the trial repeated their state ment. By desire of the Court and jury, the trial was ad journed for the purpose of making a renewed analysis, of which the result has not yet been made public. The ac ' ens :(1, who wishes to make it believed that her husband poi soned hieiself, has a very bad reputation ; and. in the course of the trial, aaother crime has come to light. It appears that live years ago a step-child of the accused fell from a garret window, and was picked up lifeless. Ail the facts conspire to prove that in this case also a wiltul murder was committed oy the accused in order to insure a larger inheritance to her own children. CnicKET.—The first match this season between the Windsor and Star and the St. James's Metropolitan Clubs came oft . in the Bursas, at Eton, on Monday. The re however, showed that the Metropolitans were either veer-matched, or that they were not in ; " cue." In both the innings they could only number 91 runs, being itefear t .d, in one innings, by 78 tuns —Th., It:etch between the Gentlemen v. the Plapors wascontintied yes e t day. Th. ers g iined in the seen . Tat, gtmileAi.ll i;le on, 0 t kit d w.irim w 4 . „1 17. I. I) • $ -- 1 1 tiLt •111 Inc sa,;, twit of Sir E. Bathurst, are to ot.) ill ttlii 11101'llity, to obtain 109 runs to win. There is snore betting on this match than on any which has been played thi s season. LAW INTELLItiEZ,c COURT 0: CILINCERY. July 22, The Lord Chancellor sat in Li 7 / shortly after ten o'clock. THE LONG VACATION. The Low) CITA:WELL-it. hi 4 seat, stated that he found it had brew usu.:l or late f t , .e Court to r ise for t , le loog vacation at an earlier day than when he last sat in that Court, and when the state of business justified it, his Lord ship did not see why the course he nad formerly adopted should be departed from, but as for this year it might be in convenient to alter an arrangement previously made, his Lordship would adhere to the day that had been previously fixed—namely, the last day of the prrsent month, after which day his Lordship did nut intend to sit. The Court then proceeded to hear lunatic petitions and appeals. • :Nothing of any interest oceurrea in any of the other Equity Courts, all of wild), ti is unti,rst 'od, will rise on the 31st, and not sit again till the lu st day of Michaeltuas Tettu. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, NOM'.' ClRCUlT.—Naidstone, July 22. The business for the county of Kent commoneed on Tuesday na.srning. Mr. Baron a , lte sat on the Civil side. and Mr. Justice C locum presidud in the Crown C , art. There were thirty-seven caries .ntered, five of app• ared to be special jury cases, but it is unthr stotKl that thrre of th,a), which involve tlo- qu-siion of gavelkind tenure, will riot be tried. In the Crown Court there were fiCy-thte - e persons for trial, but most of the cases were of tue ordinary description. IA4& HENDSOR V. HALLS AND AsOTHF.R This action a.; tri- d uu Tue.day, and occupied the Court upw.irds of tw, he hours, and was ni , t c onduit d until nearly eleven ,clock at n;ght. The plaintiff, who is a professional gentleman, sought to recover tnni the defendants, who are directors of the Gravesend I)i,mond Steam- boat Company, coin ens..tion ir an injury he received on board one of these vessels, call d the Eme rald, through a collision witn the General Steam Na vigation Company's vessels, the John Bull, and which was alleged to froze been occasioned by the negligence of the persons hniing the management of the former vessel. As is usual in these running down cases, the evidence was very conflicting but the jury in the end returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 25/. Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Leech were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill for the defendants. MERCER V. CURLING. This was an action to recover c , .mpensation for certain services perthrmed by plaintiff. on account of the de fendant, in reference to the projected railway called the Kentish Coast Railway. Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Peacock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Locke for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff is a solicitor at Rams gate, and the defendant in the year 1845 was engaged as solicitor for a railway speculation, called the Kentish CoaA Railway, and his name appeared on the prospectus of the Company, as he acted in that capacity. The plaintiff was employed to mike up the books of reference for the npighbourhood of Raraslzate, and was engaged in other matters in connexion with the railway, and he now sought to recover the amount of his demand for those services. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages ; 231. 78. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 20 BIGAMY.— REGISTRY OFFICE MARRIAGE Richard Major, aged 24, was indicted fJr marrying Eliza Birley, his first wife Martha Jane bei: , g alive: It appeared by the witeesses that the prisoner and Martha Jane Rumel, both being under age, were mar ried on the Bth June, IS4I at the Register-office, Man chester. After living with his wife eight months, he left her, and went to work at Sheffield for Mr. Birley, at wood carving. He paid court immediately to Birley's daughter, and after eight months married her at Roth cram Church, and returnir,g to Sheffield lived with his nee' spouse eight months, and left her also. Birley got intelligence of the previous marriage, and took up the prisoner. The defence set up by the prisoner was, that the mar riage at the Registrar's-office was a nullity ; that his father-in-law had told him so, adding that the young man and woman were both free from all matrimonial contract, being under age at the time of the registra tion. He was therefore at liberty to marry Eliza Sir ley, but her father caused the prosecution tin ough sheer spite, because the prisoner would not work any longer with him, and pay the rent of a house be (Birley) had taken for the young couple. The jury disregarr!ed this ingenious defence, and found him Guilty, and sentenced him to eighteen calen dar months' imprisonment with hard tabour. Had the prisoner not been so young when his mar riage was registered, the Learned Judge, Mr. Baines, told him the sentence would have been transportation. Richard Hague, aged 26. was indicted for breaking and entered in the night the house of John Keen, at Sheffield, and stealing bed-hanging, a sheet, and other property, on the 22d of June last. Mr. Heaton and . Mr. Pnillips prosecutel.—The jury found him guilty of bur glary, and a previous sentence , for felony against him having been ',roved, the Learned Judge sentenced him to be transported for ten years. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincoln, July 20. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) CRIMINAL COURT.—CASE OF ADMINISTERING 'POI SON —Joseph Hewett, aged 23, was charged ith hav ing, on the 4th o. June, at Spalding, administered to Henry Goodilfe a certain corrosive sublimate of which he died. Mr. Wing conducted the case for the prosecti tion. The prisoner was undefended. The facts of th, case were very few. The prisoner and the deceased were labourers; the deceased being of the age of la. He had complained to the prisoner of being diseased, which he was afrai , i would come to his master's ears, and he should be discharged; and he wishod to know of the prisoner whether he knew of anything that would do him good. The prisoner stated he had before cured himself with something, and be would give it to de ceased, whereupon he obtained someeorrosive sublimate, aed the deceased, taking too large a dose, died very shortly after. The only question in the ea3o was whe ther the prisoner hail acted with that degree of careless ness which would make him amenable to the law, there being no doubt his intention had been to do the deceased good rather than harm. The jury a c q uitted the pri soner. BIGAMY.—James Handley, an Irishman, was c h arge d with having intermarried with one Sarah L a h an, hi s former wife being still alive. Mr. W. H. Adams con ducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Griffin de fended. The prisoner married his first wife at Bedford, as far back as the year 1836. Li v i ng a very cat and dog life, they agreed .. in one thing, a n d th a t was t o separate. The wife continued to reside at Bedford. The husband, after roaming about in different directions, settled down at Stickney, in Lincolnshire, where he set up housekeeping. In the October of 1844, the second wife, a widow, came to lodge with him, and in the March of 1845 they married. The case was clear enough, but the fact of the length of separation, and other matters, were extenuating circumstances. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence six months' imprisonment. Nothing of interest occured in the Nisi Prins Court. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Dorchester, July 20. CROWN COURT. • (Before Mr. Baron PLATT). CHARGE of MIIRDER.—James French, aged 35, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Steers, at Lyn,. Regis, on the 9th inst. The facts of the case were ex tremely simple. It appeared that on the night of the Bth July the prisoner and the decea.-ied (who was 93 years of age) slept in the same room at a lodging-house in Lyme Regis. Two of the children of the Lndlord were also sleeping in the same chamber. About half-past twelve o'clock the people of the house were alarmed by cries of " tire," " murder," &c Jackson, the landlord, entered the room occupied by the prisoner, who tame dtately jumped out of bed and com , ceneed attacking the deceased violently with his fists. lie was ill a state of nudity at the time, and whilst he w4s ‘• beating and thumping the old man in every pos,ible manner," (he prisoner)cried out "murder," " tire," us loud as he could call. Jackson endeavoured to remove the prisoner, who instantly gave him a violent blow which knocked him down stairs. At length a man named Hodderinterfered and the prisoner was taken away from the bedside of the deceased. The prisoner then said, " It's a mistake, it's a mistake; it is not the man I thought it was. I hope I have not hurt him." The prisnner was then taken into custody, and as he was going down stairs he asked for a glass of water, which, however, was denied him, and he said, "You can't refuse um a glass or . water!" About eight o'clock in the morning a surge( i w as sent for, and the deceased lingered until four o'iiee l l: in the 'afternoon, when he died. In th e course of the same evening the constable who apprel.ended him asked him " How he could think of b.etting a poor old man in that way?" and he replied that there were a number of pe: sons round him, and he thieight they were going: to murder him. " Some of them," continued the p, bolner, " were dressed like warriors, with moust.ehies, and carrying swords in their Ends. I wasn't going to be murdered, and so I took my own part." It appeared, moreover, that the constable asked him if he had any quarrel with the old man, and he said, "No; I never: had an angry word with him." The constable stated ie evidence that he believed t h e prisoner had been dera n g ed, .6 inure or less," f ur t h e last ten years. So me years thefor ill-treating. prisoner was c harged before the m a g istrates and it then became a qireytion whether ho ouaht to be imprisoned or sent to a. lunatic as)lurn. Mr. nirden, a surgeon at LyiLe, prey e d that he made a post-rnurrem examination of tie b 0.• ) r . . 0 the deceased. and that h:, found the brain was eh,- rged with extrava B :ited blood. lii his opinion, th e a deceased died of eon ghe. td of the brain, arising f which were very sever e , the h roin externa l i n j ur i es , d and face of the de. ceased being covered with bruises. He had known the prisener for some titne, and, according to his judgment, L ie aim riot in pessess . Mr. KAIIIILAKE a d:l res °r 1 of his senses.sed the jury for the prisoner, and stated th, t he was prepared to call several witnesses, .vho woi,ll prove that the u:. ,ertunate man was labouring uad all in. her,dit - - . , anity. Y tr. n —awn PLATT said it appeared to him to be quite unn, cessary to call any witnesses to prove that the man was insane, as the evidence already gi,en led to the con viction that he could not at the time have been in such a state as to render him responsible for his arts. Mr. Duke, governor of the county gaol, informed the Court that last eight t'•e prisoner was :wain in a very ur:ous -tan', and th , a he attempt , d ti, "tea , ue" the iron •iteistetil in his c• 11. saying tt at he was beset b, pc. -pie .:he want., d io •-• ui il r tern. The jury eeteedi i I return. d a v:e.dic . of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity. The Learned JUDGE ordered the - prisoner to be con • fined in the gaol during her Majesty's pleasure. P IA( Et.:l-16 Al Ai VS lON HO US John 'fumy. toe ter ~ t a v--set ca led the Fier, ef Live, pool, was breught befole Alderman Gibbs, epon an iiiieemerein ctiatgieg Jen, h having neglected to r, r case to be deitveted, to the Cehector of ( 111 -tetes, at. ate - cement eeten d nee with the crew, specie fyieg the wages of the seamen, the quantity of provisions to be received by them, the capacity in which the vessel was to be employed, &c., according to the "Act-for the Consolidation of the Laws relating to Merchant Seamen' and for keeping a Register for Seamen." The permit/ to which decedent, upon being convicted, was subjected , was 101. The solicitor to the Admiralty attended to prosecute. Mr. Brown (solicitor) of Walbrook. appeared for the defendant, who appeared to b., vei y much e xcited by grog. Mr. W. H loss. clerk in the effice of the Registrar o f Shteping in the Cust o m -house, erotiuced the book cell fairing the shipping r eg i s t er , f rom w hi c h b o ok it ar petered that the Iliipe, cf Live r p o ol was reg i s tered es e British ship, belongieg to :he su bj ec ts o f h e r MejestY , and that the defend a n t was mas t er f rom t h e 9 i h of Dee cember, 1844, to the 15th of July, 1846, when another master was appointed. Mr. E. Shepherd, of the It•port-office, Loneerootot Custom house, stared that when a ship arrived the Pe r ' ticulars should be reported at tee office within tvientV fuer hours after having passed Gravesend. On the 27th of June the Hope was reported as arrived, and the r e. port purported to be signed by John Harvey as the - master in the usual way, but the master had not de" livered any aereement ur h,t of the ship's crew, pd London was the place of the ship's final destination. Mr. Brown made several ingenious objections to the • informatien, but The defendant, primed with his favourite bever4 e '- tivew contempt upon the profe ss ion a l efforts to real him, and told his solicitor th a t he did not ca re for leg* obj, ctions. but would stand upon his own merits. Mr. Brown persevered, notwithstanding t he rough prohibition of his mient, in his appeal to th e bench, and repres. noel that the fault of omission lay with the broker, who rec.-ivied instructions to do all 04 6 was necessary in the case, and hail tailed in his tatty. The defendant sti I asserted his obse'eperetis lode. pendence, and interfered in such a manner as to fil ls , rrate corn s letely the o bj- et of Mr. Brevve, who, it w as believed, would have q.iashed the information if his client had not been rendered quite iwpraeticablv by b' e intemperatice. Alderman Gums convicted the defendant, and SI: teticed him to pay a penalty of 101 He, however, sub' • sentiently, tiptt the representation of the defendant ° solicitor, reduced the fine to 51., which the defendati t ' having recovered from hit grog. fit, paid gratefully. f Tau defendant, it was ;stated, had been a disciple ° Father Mathew, hut after several months m acquiescerl in the total forbearance principle, relaed into h i si former indulge. nces, arid betrayed sy m p to ms of fat obstinacy in matters connected with his own interest. Two lade natae•i John and 'Ramis Slater, vv e l charged with having received money and goods wh ic h had b,en stolen by their brother William Slater, fr his employers, Messrs Tebbutt and Griffin. of So- l' b Wood -street, warehousemen. The case showed Me,, ° depravity upon the part of the two prisoners, ws,„ it was manifest, had prevailed upon their younger 1 31 *Y o f ther, a boy only fifteen years old, in the employmen t • Messrs. Tebbutt and Co., to plunder the prosecutor t?i,e very considerable extent, a n d h an d over t o thou' stolen property. A few days ago William Slater, the boy in the W i le house of Messr s . T e bb utt, was b rought up b e f o re t, Lord Mayor, upon the charge of having entbe ol ni e money which he had received on account of his ho ployers. Upon that occasion he said to the officer " ji apprehemled him that his brother had the money. or was subsequently asc er t a i ne d t h at t h e p l un d e r e° witted upon the firm was c ons id era bl e; an d Wardel„ • " o • vigilant City officer of the City detective police, ! b• employed to look for the brothers. The officer took ; 1 0 two priioners into custody in the Minories, and the/ t he not for a moment deny the part they had taken in jo g robbery. They had, it appeared, succeeded in indeee their brother William not only to give to them a lire, er stun in cash which he had collected for his employ but te steal fer them a vast numb e r of silk handtof chiefs which had be. n deposited on the premises. l u lf e rigged themselves out in fashionable styl e , gave twe to guineas for two silver watches, and dashed doWn et e Rochester with between 50/. and 601. i n their P" °t, e oil Arrived at Rochester, they set up at an inn, miter the servants in the house drunk, drito-sed out the cob barmaid and another female servant like Wive' n o, silk gloves and silk stockings, veils upon their bo l l oe t and parasols in their hands, and actually turf- 104 00 only the house, but the town, upside down- t beit two girls, having taken • a distaste to e ye• situations, which suddenly became in their too laborious and degrading, at cepted the , 10 ,0 vitation of the prisoners to be their bed - f el of and abandoned their duties without the ceremel, to taking leave, to go on a spree with their parame n dir Maidstone. In a few days the a hole of the mono fee walked back to Rechester; ee pi_areds the watches, which cost 12/., were pai e r ;'O 4 , 51; thus new clothes were exehat ged for old; the 'oleo • to London, peneyless and repentant, and were u sv ol. a devil-m.ly-, that the lad was who l w l i l t ic: ~are sort of condition sick and sorro et One of them, and ;he pri,oners upon being informed that his Y° l-leP - 4 uiltless. deols" brother in confinerne was very much cut up, Alderman Moos, the prisoners were brought up, asked them rthewl" v were desirous to maK: any observations? They word to say, and they were ordered to be rewand' i Slturday. flat It was said that Rochester has not had such ' l %O f r several years, and that there was actually n ce e eers' amongst the innholders for the custom of the Ps'ii iv ats replie'd th at they ba d "V It is unnecessary to state that the two giddy, tute" r ore, creatures who accompanied them to Maidstone refused admission into the house from which they departed on so imprudent a speculation. STATE OF TRADE. tor MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JULY 21.—The aspe f e bon day's market has . been exceedingly gloomy. 111 .,dile' goods and yarn the business doing is exceedingly 11 -~,,ph and price: are barely supported; in some descriV pe. where sale have been pressed, a reduction has beelloo, cessary. The dullness in the yarn market is par tif org h ing to th e non - arr i va l i n d ue course o f t h e hom e d mail. Considerable uneasiness has been occasfr n re' the news of a large failure in that city. Alarou l ) T o oso ports were in circulation a s t o t h e li a bili t i es o f th e os sli, in this town; but we have reason to believe thew gc exaggerated. If any serious mischief result here, 9 its be from the eff_ct of this failure on the other h° lJ ,, se t bitlg Germany. But in the absence of the u s ual letters n ot definite was known on the subject. ROCHDALE, JULY 20.—There is very little ehillrfor the flannel market to report to-day. The deaco n 1 13. , pieces has been much the sam e as l es t MondaP o ivia wool market continues dull, and p r i ces are rather 006 way. HUDDERSFIELD, JULY 21.—There has been L l or attendance of both buyers and sellers in our tio rP- 0 164 day ; nevertheless there have not been ntsol r ic 9l / effected, and there is not much improvement in r t ler Greater confidence, however, prevails, which In tis to beneficial results. t p f er i : LEEDS, JULY 21.—There is no alteration wha7. o ol' the tine of our market to-day, and prices keeps —Manchester Guardian , , , ___ _ ro , I , 1 ' "EXCHANGE. N. - -( Y ESTER $0 . 01 3 tle to-day being somewhat aW ir r o - 0 14 ? dealers, and the weather veil' re e *g e l7 Tuah A let ß osutpt 7 pelyw E oari T i tlsvcokie.oat N reoi l zr: ' s k for the crops, the trade with all kinds of NVlleat of home Pro d o 0 0 1/4 heavy, at barely Mond a y' s re d uce d currencies. In For"; Ivao so title was d o i ng t h at the quotatbals were almost nomina l 'o Fiff a further reduction In value or is per quarter must l' 4 a it Iti submitted to. Grinding Barley, and th e b est pale 3' pi Air quite as dear, but other kind s were much neglecte d • a filvi, only a limited business was doing, at ill some ii,stancvs , si decline in valu e of Gd per quarter. Beans, P eas, and Fo il r ' advised. English ...... Irish Wheat. 1,30 U qrs. f lc° ,o . Oats 1 ,06 u „, 150 qrs. 5,270 1,650 Foreign ...... ARRIVALS. liarloy. 20 gni. Malt, 830 qrs. WIIITECITAPZL. 1 1. 1 ' 0 11 0 1 We had a fair average supply of Meat on sale here, to -d i t e eltolo the demand was steady, at but little variation in prices. ; 26 4d to 3s tkl ; Mutton, 2s 64 to 4s ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s ° s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 34 6.1 to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the rl INSTINCT OF THE ....011,E. needote illtig - e _. give, the following remarkable, if true, tt, _ .it tow days pa; of the natural instinct of the horse: — ' A lt e roug It a niirrow tot tP horse dashed with fearful rs, 14 rile Courrier da ie , i ii , d o it :posite the Cbateau P i de fb at. Nimes, when on its arr i ving d the animal suddenly ft: elc . cries of alarm werea , sight of three childre. 4 pr t e c t p a vement' lB' L ltdhfero m whom the cri: - :s b - ant ~ letudra r n e l co b g y nis v e l st li' t t h i r ,, approaching tile youngest of tif i tel , : tr . ceeded. The s at e h t n u id : se d dh e ale and l a i ; e d t n, by i ' he a t n i T g ently pawed it %vitt] his foot, arpid% of riveo. ...acs a C. quietly, nitnatlh • dof his tu , ster." a friend cho l e s d , [AnvEttnswiENT.]—The opinion of Dr- t soll o. o , Keane, of Bermuda, as to the extraordinary efficacY 0 " Th e ; 1 11 ,.0 ointment and Pills in the cure of old ulcers and sores:wws?"oo, ' D turn , d expresses himself tint :—" I thought but 1 Me of 11 01 , ,,, sco o .olc d at one time, but 1 was induced to soil to lislitat, 7,1° 4 , ot Of one or I ~.f re, .. 0 _. e it ch h i a m d 0 ,0 i b s e g o._ his agents, for tw,, dozen pots and boxes, the . a sot at orv,,, , on Some o; my patients are ... , stoilislimg. Oil stand.!": i ne f;00' f o ' Ulcers vanisho4 ;.3 , their use as if by magic, so that td . ', col . i ant determined to cont:uue to use them. (.Igtted) ~d to Kr.rils, liamlion, itel muda." Sold by all drugg , sts , L ......o „,te ssor Ho ' 214 Strait : London. L e,may's Estalkshment„ , BIRTHS. On the 19th inst., Mn'. George H. Fletcher, at 13111;„ ham-terrace, Southwark, of a son. Dina' 0,1 the 19th inst., at Mwwell-hill, HornseY, 0 0 3lorgan,ot a dati, - 411ter, f neVi a 0.1 tae 19th inst . ., at Stamford-hill, the lady e Oidlan, Esq , of a (laughter. , e f. .t.tit RRIED. hv the v , 1 11 14 On the 20th inst., at Christ Church, Surrey, "deochi c ,„ei John Henry Mapleton, the Rector, Mr. George tr . JP" of ',micas. Cr, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of 0 " - Cc)clirane. publisher, fOrmerly of W a te r loo -place- ° LIED. Sir 111°( c Th e I On the 17th inst., at Sr. Lovrence, Thanet. .-,oootl Grey Knight, M.D., F.R.S., magi-Irate of t ' ' . 4 9/' e. i Kent and the Cinque Ports. Vgq., l i ter ° On the 15111 inst., at %Vantage, W. B. Turner , ---, 001 4 ~.41 0,1 'rip. 12th in:., Clara Florence. the You n g eit 'a the ji Samuel Orans, of Castle street, Holborn ; an d ' ° hu rt, inst., Amelia Mary, the wife of S. Orans. Pe ndell " On the 17th inst., John Perkins, Esq., of Bletchingley, S inurrey. Iv 16 01, y a g e- e pang/ Or. the 17th st., at Acton, Mr. Edward i , e d , (), the 19th inst., at Cambridge-terr ace, ro $ Daniel Wakefield, .El., Q.C. ~„ a srn ball On thz... 19th in4t.. at Cole's-terrace, -D fli f li tts A lie, wife of Mr. Jame 4 Linm.ood. Alice Marl, 0 , t ,e 190 inst , in En,tsleigh-street , daughter ..f .John Aelhi , , 1 . 2 . q. - --- -- 1 1 * --------- of I' ° ' cl „,,-0 ..-....014 1 London: stra. Jl:rrii Printer, a :, t ih r i hveusbulinsnoem.l Office e y ,NAT.lll.ll)2,ostrYoant „i ibnar ' t eit he s f i : .1 of the Savoy, la the Couuty of AlithileO s ' 2s, 1846, '~- T . ~. E 28 ~..2_ 1. ~►a 8 t i o g ie , I Y, at den _