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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS• (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAT, 7.IAY 1. PROTECTION OF LIFE (IRELAND) BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment pro posed to be made to the Question, " That the Bill be Bow read the first time," and which Amendment was to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " while this House deplores the existence of outrage in Ireland, and is sin cerely anxious for its repression, it is of opinion that such outrage will be aggravated, not removed, by the arbitrary, unjust, and un constitutional enactments of this Bill; and that it is the duty of Par liament to adopt such measures as will tend to eradicate the causes which produce these crimes, instead of resorting to laws which will harrass and oppress the innocent without restraining the guilty ; and which being restrictive of public liberty, cannot fail to augment national discontent," instead thereof:—Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." Debate resumed :—Question put. The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 274. Acland, Sir T. Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord C. Acland T. D. Egerton, Sir P. Martin, C. W. A'Court, Captain Emlyn, Viscount Masterman, John .Acton, Colonel Entwisle, W. Maxwell, J. Ainsworth, Peter Estcourt, T. G. Meynell, Captain Alexander, N. Fielden, William Mildmay, 11. St. John .Alford, Viscount Ferguson, Sir R. Miles, Philip W. S. Antrobus, Edmund Filmer, Sir E. Miles, W. Arbnthnott, H. Fitzmaurice, W. Mines, R. M. Archdall, Captain Fitzroy, Henry Morgan, 0. Arkwright, 9. Flower, Sir James Morpeth, Viscount Austen, Colonel Floyer, John Mundy, Edw. Miller Bagot, William Forbes, William Neeld, Joseph Bailey, J., jun. Forester, G. C. Neville, Ralph Baillie, Colonel Forman, T. S. Newry, Viscount Bane, H. J. Fox, R. Norreys, Lord Northland, Viscount Baillie, W. Fox, S. L. Ossulton, Lord Baldwin, Barry Frewen, C. "n. Pakington, J. S. Balfour, J. M. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, 'Robert Bankes, George Gardner, J. D. Palmerston, Viscount Ceske% J. M. Barkly, Henry Baring, F. T. Gladstone, C a ptain Patten, J. W. Pell Sir R B. Baring, Thomas Glynne, Sir S. , Baring, W. 1 1 . G o dson, Richard Peel , Jonathan Barrington, Lord G or don, Captain Pennant, Colonel B as kerville, T. B. Gore, Montague Plumptre, J. P. Bateson, T. Gore, W. 0. Polhils, F. B e ckett, William Gore, W. R. 0. Powell, Col. Gonlburn, Henry Rashleigh, W. Benbcov , Joh n Graham, Sir J. Reid, Sir John Bennet, P. Bentinck, Lord G. Granby, Marquis of Reid, Colonel Bentinck, Lord H. Greene, Thomas Repton, G. W. J. Beresford, Major Gregory, W. H. Rice, E. R. Blackburn, J. I. Grimsditch, Thoma 9 Richards, Richard Bodkin, William IL Grogan, E. Rolleston, Colonel Boldero, H. G. Guest, Sir John Round, C. G. Itorthwick, Peter Hall, Col. Round, John Botfleld, Beriah Hallyburton, Lord Itumbold, C. E. Bowles, Admiral Halsey, T. P. Russell, Lord J. Boyd, John Hamilton, J. H. Russell, C. Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, G. A. Russell, J. D. Brtsco, M. Hamilton, W. J. Rutherfurd, A. Broadley, Henry Hamilton, Lord C. Sanderson, R. Broadwood, H. Hanmer, Sir John Sandon, Viscount Brooke, Lord Harcourt, G. Scott, Francis Brooke, Sir A. B. Harris, Captain Seymer, Henry Ker Browne, W. Hayes, Sir E. Seymour, Lord Brownrlgge, J. S. Heathcote, Sir W. Seymour, Sir H. Bruce, Lord E. Henley, J. W. Shelburne, Earl of Buckley, Edmund Herbert, Sydney Shirley, E. J. Buller, Sir Y. Hervey, Lord A. Smith, Abel Campbell, Sir H. Hodgson, F. Smith, Vernon Cardwell, Edward Hodgson, Richard Smythe, George Carew, W. H. Pole Hogg, j• W. Somerset, Lord G. Carnegie, Captain Holmes, W. A'C. Somerton, Viscount Cavendish, G. H. Hope, Sir J. Sotheron, T. H. S. Chelsea, Vise. Hope, A. Spooner, Richard Chichester, Lord J. Hope, G. W. Stanley, W. 0. Cholmondeley, H. HornbY, John Stanfield, W. R. C. Christopher, R. A. Hotham, Lord Stuart, Henry Chute, W. L. W. Honldsworth, T. Sutton, Henry Clayton, R. R. Howard, C. W. Taylor, E. Clerk Sir G. Howard, E. Cl. Thesiger, Sir F. Clifton, J. T. Howard, Sir R. Thompson, Ald. Clive, Vise. Hudson, George Tollemache, F. I. Clive, R. H. Hughes, W. B. Tollemache, John Coctburs, Sir G. Hussey, Thomas Tomline, George Collett, W. R. Ingestre, Viscount Tower, C. Compton, H. C. Inglis, Sir R. Trench, Sir F. W. Connolly, Colonel James, Sir W. Trollope, Sir J. Coote, Sir C. M. Jermyn, Earl Trotter, John Copeland, Alderman Johnstone, Sir J. Tyrrell, Sir J. Corry, Henry Johnstone, Hops Verner, Col. Courtenay,H.ord Jones, Captain Vernon, G. H. Cowper, W. F. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Villiers, Viscount Cripps, W. Kemble, H. Vyse, R. Darner, Colonel Knightley, Sir C. Waddington, H. S. Davies, D. A. Labouchere, Henry Walpole, S. H. Deedes, W. Lambton, H. Walsh, Sir J. H. Denison, J. E. Lascelles, E. Wellesley, Lord C. Denison, E. B. Lascelles, W. S. Winnington, Sir T. Dickinson, F. F. Lawson, Andrew Wodehonse, E. Dodd, George Lefroy, A. Wood, Charles Douglas, Sir H. Legh, G. C. Wood, Colonel Douglas, Sir C. Lemon, Sir C. Wood, Colonel T. Douglas, J. S. Lindsay, Captain Worcester, Marquis Duckworth, Sir J. Lockhart, W. Wortley, J. S. Dugdale, W. S. Lowther, Sir J. H. Wrightson, W. B. Duncannon, Lord Lyall, George Duncombe, A. Mackenzie, T. Duncombe, 0. Mackinnon, W. A. East, J. B. M'Neill, Duncan Eastnor, Viscount Mahon, Lord TELLEHS. Young, John Baring, Henry MLNORITY---NOES, 125. Aglionby, 11. A. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Conor, Don Aidam, William Evans, Sir De Lacy Ogle, S. C. Archbold, Robert Ewart, William Paget, Colonel Armstrong, Sir A. Fielden, John Pattison, James Baine, Walter Fitzgerald, R. A. Pechell, Captain Bannerman, A. Fitzroy, Lord C. Philips, Mark Barnard, Edward G. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Pigot, David Barron, Sir H. Fleetwood, Sir P. Plumridge, Captain Bell, John Forster, Matthew Ponsonby, C. F. Bellew, R. M. Gore, Robert Powell, Caleb Berkeley, H. F. Granger, T. C. Power, James Blake, M. J. Grattan, Henry Protheroe, Edward Blewitt, Reginald Hall, Sir Benjamin Rawdon, Colonel Bouverie, E. P. Hatton, Captain V. Ricardo, J. L. Bowes, John Hawes, B. Rich, Henry Bowring, Dr. Hay, Sir A. Roebuck, J. A. Bridgeman, H. Heneage, E. Romilly, John Bright, John Hindley, Charles Rm., D. R. Bretherton, J. Holland, Robert Russell, Lord E. Browne, R. D. Horsman, E. Serope, G. P. Busfeild, William Humphery, Ald. Somers, J..P. Butler, Colonel Kelly, James Somerville, Sir W. Butler, P. S. Langston, J. H. Strickland, Sir G. Carew, R. S. Layer d, Captain Strutt, Edward Cavendish, C. C. Macnamara, Major Tancred, H. W. Chapman, B. 31`Carthy, Alexander Thomely, T. Christie, W. D. 3f`Taggart, Sir J. Trelawny, J. S. Cobden, R. Marjoribanks, S. Turner, Edmund Colebrooke, Sir T. Marshall, W. Villiers, Charles Collett, John Marsland, Henry Wakley, Thomas Collins, William Milton, Viscount Wall, C. B. Corbally, M. E. Mitchell, T. A. Warburton, Henry Crawford, W. S. Moffatt, George Ward, H. G. Curteis, H. B. Molesworth, Sir W. Watson, Henry Dalrymple, Captain Morris, David Wawn, J. T. Dawson, T. V. Mostyn, E. M. L. Williams, W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. N ap i er, S i r Charles Wersley, Lord Duff, James , Norreys, Sir D. Wyse, Thomas Duke, Sir J. O'Brien, Joh* Yorke, R.H.: Duncan, Viscount O'Brien, T. Duncan, George O'Connell, Daniel TELLE'REI. Dancombe, T. O'Connell, Maurice Roche, E. B. Escat, Bickham O'Connell, J. O'Connell, M. J. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS, (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, MAY 1. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members : Warwiekshire and London (Hampton and Ashchurch Line)—Sir C. Douglas and Mr. Dugdale. Exeter and Great Western—Lord Courtenay and Sir T. Acland. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee:- 1. That, hi the case of the South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 2. That, in the case of the Goole and Doncaster Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 3. That, in the case of the Clyde Dock and Harbour Amend ments on Third Reading, the Amendments are of such a nature as may be adopted by the House it they shall think fit, with the excep tion of those proposed to Clauses 27 and 34. 4. That, in the case of the Furness Railvitty Extensions petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on procuring additional Sub scriptions under Contract to the amount of 3,3001. 5. That, in the case of the Exeter Great Western Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on either procuring additional Subscriptions under Contract, to the amount of 162,5001., making a total Subscription Contract of 487,5001., being three-fourths of the amount of the estimate, after deducting the amount stated in the declaration of the Great Western Railway Company, or on their de positing an amended declaration to the amount of 866,6661. 13s. 4d., which sum, when deducted from the amount of the estimate, will leave 433,333/. 6s. Bd.„ of which three-fourths have been subscribed under the present contract ; and that the parties shall introduce in their Bill provisions rendering it conrulsory on the Great Western Railway Company to contribute the amount stated in their original declaration, or in their amende:t declaration, as the case shall be; and that the Committees on this and the preceding Bill do examine in the fleet place how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. First, second, fourth, and fifth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group No. 18. Lord Hotham discharged ; Mr. It. H. Yorke selected, and added to The Committee. Select Committee on Group No. 23. Sir J. Hope discharged ; Lord Hotham selected, and added to th Committee. Select Committee on Group No. 26. Dr. Rowring, discharged ; Sir J. Rope selected. and added to the Committee. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HOW AHD ELPRIN sTONE, BART., C.B.—The death o f this gallant officer t ook place on ma fez, was seat th of the family, Tuesday evening, at Ore Place, Sussex, at the near Hastings. The deceased , subsequently an A.l,7m3:t‘.° eight sons of Capt. J. Elphinstone a u a l i r l u n es r t th o e s Russian navy, by Miss Warburton, daughter of Mr. J. He Nt Ail born in 1773, and married in 1803 his first cousin, eldest daughter of Air. J. Warburton. The gallant General had been up wards of fifty years in the army, as his COMMissiox as second Lieu tenant in the Royal Engineers is dated April, 1793. Sir Howard was present at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope, in 1795 ; an d i n 1801 he served in Egyp t in the Indian army, under the command of General Sir David Baird. when he was o officer ^ommanding the en gineers. In 1806, he was entrusted with a mission to Portugal. (1 under General Whitelocke, with the Ile subsequently proceede , in the capacity of commanding expedition to Monte Video, engineer. In 1808, when the Duke o f Wellington, then Sir Arthur P o rtugal incommand of the ex- E Wellesley, was sent out to _ eerst of which pedition, he embarked with the Royal ngin of corps , he was honoured by the command. At the battle ßoleia, he rendered especial service, and was severely wounded in that engagement ; but for the gallantry he displayed on that occasion he was rewarded with the decoration of a medal. Sir Howard served in the Peninsula from 1812 to the conclusion of the war, and was commanding engineer at the passage of the Adour, and the blockade of, and sortie from Bayonne. For his services in Egypt, he had re ceived a medal, and a medal and two clasps for Roleia, Nivelle, and Nive. In 1816 he was created a Baronet of the United Kingdom, and was nominated a Commander of the Bath. The deceased was Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Royal Engineers, and his com mission was dated as annexed :—Second Lieutenant, April 24 , 1793 ; First Lieutenant, Feb. 5, 1796 ; Captain, July 1, 1800 ; Brevet- Major, Jan.. 1, 1812 • R e gimental Lieutenant-Colonel, July 21, 1813 ; , • and Major-General, Jan. 10, 1837. Regimental Colonel, Dec. 2, 1824 , The gallant deceased is succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Mr. Howard Elphinstone, M.P. for Lewes. The present Baronet was born in 1804, and married in 1829 Miss Cartels, youngest daughter of Mr. E. J. Curteis. He entered the House of Commons as repre sentative of Hastings, from 1835 to 1837, and at the general election In 1841 he was returned for LeweS, in conjunction with the Hon. Henry Fitzroy. Co mplaints are- unceasingly made of the irregular transmissien o f the country, newspapers by the Post - odice to different parts of separate a heap of lett e rs on the sublect, we can collect three „ ve , practice. Th c ,r,,,Txis of going wrong which seem to be in constant which are orderedriplan is to send in the evening the newspapers that they leave sc. to be in the morning ; the effect of which is, W hi ch they should have coached a few hours after the time at plan, which far surpasses ached their place of destination. The next ventence occasioned, the first in th magnitude , consists e of the incon three days, and then sending th e m i ng the newspapers for two or to observe, the strictest impartial at,t lasers. Here, we are bound papers are sent in the morning or i . t i t, th .w., and whether the subjected to this delay. One might tin ' ag• - "'fling, they are alike for another plan, and that these two ii,ittittieo(l.hat there was no room species of irregularity. But they are nethin'gw°uld include every to the third, which consists in not sending the: r i :‘ t ,,,." f ncleleY we have three several descriptions of complain a ert all. Thus, their papers too late, those who get them at irregnia, those who get those who never get them. There is certainly intervals, and %assailing which Wants mending here.—Times. ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM INDIA. CHATHAM. APRIL 29.—This afternoon a detachment of the 25th Regiment ar rived at the Invalid Depdt, from Gravesend, at which place they disembarked from the ship Malabar, Captain Parr. Its strength consisted of one colour-sergeant and twenty-seven men, with one oguvacny.ia= children, sa and were in charge of Lieutenant James thS 9th of Jaanaryme itß eZPs. The above detachment embarked on 109 days, they lost by de a a t h Cannanore, and during the passage of prises all young men, who c al soldiets. This detictunent cona constitutions, and on medical inspe ti ct o i m on e on account of their broken place some in the hospi ta l ; the greater paint were found necessary to Barracks, there to await for their discharge. ere sent to st. MarY'S STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this day at the appointed hour; present, the Earl of Shaftesary (chairman), Lord Ilawarden, and the Earl of Ilchester. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY (EAST GRINSTEAD BRANCH). This was the first case which came under the consideration of their Lordships. The requisite evidence having been gone through, and Lord Wharncliffe's standing order having been proved, Lord SHAPTESBLItY intimated that the Company had fulfilled th e standing orders, and that the Bill had passed. This line is 31X miles and a half in length, and the capital is 160,0001. Parliamentary agents, Dorington and Co. EXETER AND EXMOUTH RAILWAY , ents This case, after occupying the attentionofifferarCumaemmenitrarye foragsome time, was adjourned until Monday nex t Messrs. Dorington and Co. merely connecting This, which is a very short line , RYE TO RYE II der the consideration of harbour, was the next case whic h came un der Rye Altß rth . th e This, RAILWAY ( ) their Lordships. e standin orders, aud that the Bill promoters had complied with tents , Messrs. Butke, Pritt, and Co. After hearing the usual evidenc e, the Committee decided that the had passed. Parliamentary g GLASGOW, PAllEY'W ‘ed iCAll t ' h i% e (lNA li olt ear .Nl°C in .) g iC' of AN this p c& A se Ylt un ß ti 4 l:oo . l§ T h e i r Lordships adjour n e d shou ld h ave been given of the estimates and declaration, all the other necessary proofs having been given. When these are proved the line will pass as a matter of course. D GLASGOW AM ,PA ISLEY, KILMARNO, AN AYR RAIL ENDMENT AND BRANCHES (No. 2). WAY This case was also adjourned from a similar reason to the pre ceding, as also was the GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK,..AND AYR RAILWAY AMENDMENT AND BRANCHES (No. 3). EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY AMENDMENT AND BRANCHES. • The Committee adjourned this case, for want of farther proofs, until Tuesday next. The following Bills which came before their Lordships, on sdtond reference, were further adjourned till Tuesday next :—Clonmel and Thurles Railway, Limerick, Ennis, and Maim Railway, Great Southern and Western Railway, Ireland (Cork Extension), Mallow and Fermoy Railway, Killsrney Junction Railway, Mount Mellic.k Junction Railway. Their Lordships rose at half-past four o'clock. RAILWAY BILLS and PROJECTS. The following is an alphabetical list of railway companies which have given notices of meetings, pursuant to the new sessional orders of Parliament : _ Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junc tion Railway. Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port. Glasgow Junction. Birmingham and Oxford Junction. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Buckinghamshire and Oxford and Bletchley Junction. Cheltenham and Oxford. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead. Dublin and Kingstown Extension. Dublin and Sandymount. East Coast. East Lancashire. East Lincolnshire. Eastern Counties, Hertford and Huntingdon. Tottenham to Barnet Branches, and the London and Stratford Stations Enlargement. Eastern Counties York Extension. Eastern Counties and Thames Junction. East and West Yorkshire Junction, Harrogate, Knares borough, and York. Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction. Edinburgh and Glasgow. Enfield and Edmonton. Eastern Union. Forth and Clyde Navigation. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr. Great Southern and Western (Cork Extension). Great Western and Uxbridge. Great Western and Wycombe. Harwich and Eastern Countieatinction and Pier. Ilford and Epping. Killarney Junction. Leeds and Bradford. Leeds and Carlisle and Yorkshire and Glasgow Union. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction. London and Brighton, Dorking and other Branches. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct. Liynir Valley and South Wales Junction. London and South Essex. London and Windsor. Mallow and Fermoy. Mahon and Driffield Junction. Manchester, Burton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction. Manchester and Southampton. Manchester and Birmingham Branch Railways and Amal gamation. Midland and Eastern Counties. Mountmellick Junction. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle. North British Railway Branches Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Oldham District. Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Junction. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. Shrewsbury and Birmingham. South Staffordshire Junction, Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4. Stirling and Dunfermline. Taff Vale. Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales Railway and Pier. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction. Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric. THE Sigh, RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : April2s NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • . • • • •• • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath ............... Durham and Sunderland ... •• • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • ••• • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock.. .•• • • . • Grand Junction Gravesend and Rochester • • • • • • • • • • • • Great North of England • • • • . • • . • • • • Great Western . • . Hartlepool London and Birmingham, London and Blackwall. . London and Brighton London and Croydon ........ . London and Greenwich ........ . London and South Western. ........ Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham ........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington .......... Newcastle and Carlisle .............. Newcastle and North 5hie1d5...... .. Norfolk .. •• • ....... ............ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans Paris and Rouen . .................. Preston and Wyre ....... ........ ..• Sheffield and Manchester.. South Eastern •••.• • • • . ............ Taff Vale . • • ...... . .. Ulster . • • ••.. . . Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland . ..... EDINBURGii; Alia. 29, STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 28s.—Airdrie and Bathgate, 42s.—Banffshire, 19s. 3d. —British and Irish Union, 42s.—Caledonian Extension, 31s. 641—Cornwall and Devon, 325, 6d.— Direct Northern, 295. 6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 731.—Ditto, Half Shares, 171.—Edinburgh and Northern, W. 95. Ditto, Newport, 148.—Ditto, Lochgelly, 21s.—Edinburgh and Pee bles, 275. 6d.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 35s.—Glasgow and Bel fast Junction, 245. 6d.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 295. 6d.—Great 'North of Scotland, 3^B.—Lanark and Lothians, 41$. 6d. —North British, 271.—Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 375. 6d.—Perth and Inverness, 325. GLASGOW, Aram 30. SToeir Excite/mg.-The sales are-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 28s. 6d.-Ayr and tlailoway, 30s. 6d.-Banffshire, 215.-British and Irish Union, 425. 6d.-Caledonian Extension, 325.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 305.-Caledonian Direct Northern, 3.55.-Camwath and West Linton, 225.-Cornwall and Devon Cen tral, 31s. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 10s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bath gate, 403.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 19s. 6d.-Edin burgh and Northern, 5% -Edinburgh and Peebles, 295.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 345. 6d.-Glasgow General Terminus, 9% -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 373.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 73%- Ditto, New, 32-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 385. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 325.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 28s. - Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 355. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians, 425. 6d. -Lesmahagow, 40s. 6d.-London and Hounslow, 145.-Perth and Inverness, 225.-Scottish Southern, 355. 6d.-South Midland, 705.- South (Aliens and Potteries, 275.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 345. NEW LAW OF SETTLEMENT. The following are the principal provisions of the new Bill introduced into Parliament to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the removal of the poor : The Bill commences by repealing existing Acts on the subject. The second clause declares that, until removed, destitute persons are to be relieved at the expense of the parish in which they are residing ; except (3) in cases wheie doubt exists as to the settlement. Boards of guardians may then direct their clerk to charge the relief to the parish in which they believe the person's settle ment to be, informing the overseers of the fact. The overseers may, if they think themselves aggrieved, apply within fourteen days for an order of adjudica tion ; and if this course be not adopted, the case may, within six months be submitted to the Poor-law Com missioners, whose decision can only be appealed against within six months. By the sth clause, the Commis sioners, with the consent of a majority of the board of guardians, may make the relief of occasional poor a union charge. The 6th clause provides that any person chargeable to any union shall be liable to removal, except in certain eases specified in the five succeeding clauses. Persons (7j are not to be removed from one parish to another in the same union ; but their settle ment may be ascertained, and the amount expended charged accordingly. The 891 clause is the most im• portant to the Bill, as it makes five years' industrial labour a bar to removal ; we give it verbatim :—" That no person who has resided for the five years last pro ceeding in any parish shall be removed from that parish ; and no residence as a prisoner in a prison, as a soldier, mariner or sailor in active service, as an insane peron in a lunatic asylum, or house licensad for the re• ception of insane persons, or as a patient in an hospital, and no time whilst any person is receiving relief from any parish, or whilst he is wholly or in part maintained by any private rate or subscription, not being a bona , fide charitable gift raised in a parish in which he does not reside, shall be reckoned either as part or as an interrup tion of the five years, or as an interval after the comple tion of such five years ; and the justices, to whom any application is made for a warrant of removal, are hereby empowered to decide whether any allowance made to any person in money or otherwise, was, or was not, bona fide a charitable gift " By the 9th clause no widow shall be removable for a year after her hus band's death. No child under sixteen (10). residing with his father or mother, shall be removable unless his parent is also removable. No warrant (11) shall be granted for the removal of any person in whose case re lief is made by accident of or by illness of himself or any men.iber of his family, unless the justices state in the warrant that they are satisfied that the illness is in curable, or that the accident will produce permanent disability." We now come to the clauses regulating the procedure in removals. If two or es ,are overseers (13) sign a paper admitting a person's settlement, in the presence of a magistrate, no further warrant tor" his removal shall be necessary. A board of guardians (1.:9 may examine into a person's settlement, and give the overseer of the parish to which they deem him to belong notice of application for a warrant of removal, and if no op position be made within seven days, may apply for a warrant of removal. But if any statement of dissent be made to the removal the guardians can proceed no further in the matter, but it must be left to the overseers. The Poor-law Commissioners may authorise boards of guardians to appoint officers to conduct removals, and may make regulations with respect to them. Per sons (16) shall not be removed under the warrant of any justices until after forty day's notice to the over seers of the parish to which they belong, nor during the prosecution of any appeal. The 17th clause imposes a penalty of not more than 41., nor less than 21., on any parish officer, who by threats or otherwise shall obtain the removal of a pauper without the warrant of two justices. In case of the illness of a pauper (20) two justices may suspend the warrant of removal ; and if notice be given within seven days, the overseers of the parish in which the pauper's settlement shall be liable for all expenses of maintenance, except medical relief. When such charges (21) exceed 10/., there shall be a right of appeal against them, if thought excessive, to the next quarter sessions. Overseers (22) may abandon a warrant of removal, on paying the other party's costs. A duplicate (23) of any war rant of removal, together with the original deposi tions, shall, within three days, be transmitted to the clerk of the peace, who shall preserve the same, and (24) furnish copies, if required, at certain charges. Overseers (25) of the parish aggrieved by the warrant of removal, may appeal to the next quarter sessions, and that appeal shall only be respited on oagAovpofeepnrtteehsle(le3aei appellant's consent,:isowonbist.tuthhateotrleutntmthhoteathnsnheete.oasrpedNpte appeal forth rlot ( 2 0 9 f the n o affidavit of special circumstances. No appeal (26) shall justices ) b b r e e o sa e p r n od t grounds enodrfeeugandnrtu respondent's under roda t i tnb h anden e i ss order d in e rt courtsi lof of quarter sessions, shall be removed into any of her Majesty's courts of record, by certiorari or otherwise. The New Poor-law Act (36) , and all Acts passed to amend it, and_the _present Act, shall be construed as one Act. This Act (39)shall extend only to England. THE CAUSE OF REMARKABLY MILD WINTERS IN ENGLAND. An interesting communication on the subject, y Colonel Sabine, appears in the Philosophical Magazine for the present month. The unusual character of the winter which we have just experienced, in which the mean temperature in December, January, and February, exceeded the mean temperature of the same months of 1844-5 by an average of 8 deg., has given rise to the inquiry. The winter which, within Colonel Sabine's recollection, most nearly resembled the present, was that of 1821-1822; and undoubtedly the resemblance is in many respects very striking. The extension of the Gulf-stream in that year to the coast of Europe, instead of its terminating, as it usually does, about the meridian of the Azores, has been assigned as a cause adequate, Colonel Sabine believes, to account for all the phenomena of that winter. " The warm water of the Gulf-stream spread itself beyond its usual bounds, over a space of , o o u o g o h roughly longitude, estimated as carrying exceeding wit h 6o i l miles s n in which water several degrees higher than the temperature of latitude and be the sea in ordinary years in the same parallels." The similarity of the two winters 1821-1822 and 1844-1845 having been shown, and their agreement in those features in which they differ from ordinary winters, Colonel Sabine says, "It will naturally be asked, what evidence we have to prove or disprove an extension of the Gulf-stream in the present year, similar to that which took place in 1821. To this it must be replied, that strange as it may appear, this remarkable pheno menon may take place in any year without our having other knowledge of it than by its effects, although it occurs at so short a distance from our ports, from whence so many hundred vessels are continually crossing and recrossing the part of the ocean where a few simple ob servations with a thermometer would serve to make it know n . edpuorree rsseeonnce t occur, euxw :V t,hr e eit cohmhae,l-w affectye hnm whether l o hdm r e grawatiientnri winter, ea cd erlioy m rc aab e nne a dn n no s foto o t r f ftahaieilearningccwoanhusesinedeaeovnrfeartobhcli t ee - length of time the climate of an extensive district of the globe, including our own islands. History has recorded two instances in which the extension of the Gulf stream is known to have taken place and in both we owe our knowledge of it to the casual observations of an acci• dental voyager." And in a note he says : " It is much to be wished that a society existed in England which should charge itself with the many interesting and important consider ations belonging to physical geography. Did the object and scope of the Royal Geographical Society embrace physical a t s h a w t e I s l e i a e s n e descriptive g p e n o b g l r i e a p w hy o ', u l i d t beat cannot t b l y amCidolostnethleSavbeirniest,yinnefoiniciel benefited." i u d s e io n n ts , d b oes w n h o i t e s h up n p u o r se er ‘ i i nn th a a te t is affected, there may not be others which may be influential in the production of winters of unusual mildness in an equa l , or even inagreateurdueal de gree than the extens i on of the Gulf-stream ; or that whenever th e stream reaches the coasts of Europe, its influence on our climate must neces sarily occasion winters like that of 1,821-1822, or 1845- 1846. It is reasonable to believe that there may be de is usual an -. grees of initial velocity between that which d that which is extreme. There may also be counteracting or qualifying causes with which we are as yet wholly unacquainted. The object of this communication is rather to recall to recollection, on the occasion of the present remarkable winter, the coincidence that was dis covered between the similar winter in IS2I-1822, and the extension of the stream ; and to promote the ' le means as may supply additional adoption of such wrap evidence, whereby we may discern between coincidence eta ed on a single occasion, a nd connexion which may bo established by the observation of repeated coin cidence." In the hope of furthering those views, we submit this abstract to our readers. —Literary Gazette. ANOTIIER VICTIM.—Miss Bridges, eldest daughter of Matthew Bridges, Esq., of Aldershot Manor, Surrey, was received during Lent Into the Romanist Churck at Prior Park.—Church and stat 4 gazette. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 1. (Sittings in Banco.) SPECIAL PAPXR.--GIBBS FLIGHT AND OTHERS. This was a special case arising out of an action of troves*, brought to recover the parish books of St. Stephen's, Val brook, and the case came on to-day for argument. The plaintiff is Mr. Alderman Gibbs, and the defendants are cer tain parishioners of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, between whom and Mr. Alderman Gibbs there has been a long parish war fare, respecting the right of the latter to retain and fill con tinuously the office of churchwarden for the parish, and by reason of that office, and his being a member ex officio of the select vestry, to retain the custody of the parish books. Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and Mr. Cow ling, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Tallourd and Mr. Atkinson for the defendants. Sir T. WILDE, in opening the case, said the parish cf St. Stephen's, Walbrook, had been under the management of a select vestry from the earliest period that the history of the parish could be traced to ; and the plaintiff alleged that there was evidence that it had been immemorially governed by a select vestry. There was no trace of en open vestry having ever acted in its government. It appeared that the vestry had consisted, at different times, of various numbers of vestrymen, from sixteen down to three ; and that the qualification for a select veetryman was his having previously filled the office of churchwarden, The parish consisted of 67 houses, of which a proportion was let out in counting-houses, and would not therefore furnish in habitants capable of filling the character of vestrymen. After the fire of London the number of vestrymen was se duced (by reason of all the houses in the parish being nearly destroyed) to four, who were qualie4 to act; and at that time a faculty was obtained from the Bishop of London, which proposed tceadd fourteen persons to the vestry, of which eight should be a quorum. It also appeared that for a great numbet of years the select vestry had every year elected a church warden out of the general body of the parishioners, who 'first served the office of junior churchwarden, and the follow ing year was elected to the office of senior churchwarden, and became then entitled to act as a select vestrymen. This was the invariable course from 1648 to 1734, with the excels. tion of four times. There was a gap in the books from 166 f to 1675, owing to the fire of London, and they were then re sumed again ; and since that period to 1824 there heel hoer other four instances when this course bad not been pursued The election of the plaintiff took place in 1844, when there were four vestrymen present. and certain overseers, who began to attend the vestry in 1835. The defendants in tended to object to the title of the plaintiff, first, on the ground that the custom of the parish, if any, was that the vestry should be constituted of persons who had either been elected as churchwardens or had fined for not acting; that there should be eight (at least) vestrymen present at the election of a churchwarden; that the junior churchwarden should be elected from the parishioners at large, and in the following year be elected the senior churchwarden. The next objection was, that the plaintiff having served as setae churchwarden prior to the year in which he claimed to be elected, he was not therefore eligible to be elected in 1841. To this it was objected, that as in the year 1672, the date 01 the faculty, and at the date of the plaintiff's election, the number of the vestry was below the number of eight, that therefore the custom was destroyed ; that the custom was uncertain, and had not been settled, but was a sub . ect of dispute. The Learned Sergeant then proceeded to con tend that the attempt of a bishop to control a select vestry by faculty was void. He referred to the case of " Golding and others v. Fenn," reported in 7 Barnewall and Cresswell, p. 765, to show that there must be a reason. able number of vestrymen, and that that reasonableness must be decided with reference to long-established usage and the population of the parish. This was a very small parish. The smallest number attending a vestry prior to the date of the faculty was six. From 1648 to 1672 there were 102 vestries held. The number of vestrymen attending these meetings were, in three instances, 6 ; in ten instances, 8; and the remainder exceeding that number. From 167 k. to 1843, the number of vestrymen attending had varied tren' 3to 11, and during the whole period from 3to 16. There were entries of some adjouruments, because only seven yes trymen were present, but he argued that these were not con clusive. Sturges liourne's Act, the 59th George 111., c. 12, s 1, provided that no select vestry should consist of more than 20, nor of less than 5 members; and looking at the vast number of parishes, some of large extent, under the pur view of that Act, where five vestrymen were thought rea sonable and sufficient to fulfil the duties imposed on them he contended that in this small parish of St. Stephen's four veetry men were a reasonable number—and the adjournments ter a deficiency of vestrymen were subsequent to the date of the faculty requiring eight to be present, and that instrument.he contended, was void. He submitted, that whenever the wants of the parish rendered it necessary to increase the number of the select vestry, it would be sufficient and com petent for them to do so, but it was not a necessary pal t of the custom. He contended, also, that the custom was gone. from the number having, in 1762 as well as in 1844, been reduced below eight. Neither was the number definite, and therefore this was not a good custom. There was nothing in point of law to render it unreasonable that three should be the number of the vestry. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, for the defendants, said the claim, on the part of the plaintiff, was, that a select vestry, composed of those who had served the office of churchwardens, being the persons on whom devolved the election of hurch wardens for all time to come, should be at liberty to elect themselves as churchwardens without limit or restriction. from time to time—that the select vestry should be able to prey upon itself until it sunk down to three in number, in eluding the two subsisting churchwardens. If this ptin ciple were asserted, he did not know why' the number 01 three were to be maintained, or why they should not, like a tontine, sink down to the survivor, and go on till the custom was lost in the skies, when the survivor should depart this life. In truth, this was a claim in a body to take the whole responsibility of a parish into their own hands. For nearly 200 years, down to 1824, there were only eight instances in which the select vestry had not been annually renewed by a perpetual selection of junior churchwardens from the body of the parishioners. In 1811 Mr. Alderman Gibbs was elected junior churchwarden, and subsequently senior churchwarden; and again, in 1824. he was elected junior churchwarden, and senior churchwarden in 1825, and had continued to be re-elected down to 1844, the select vestry every year growing less and less, until the senior and junior churchwardens had almost acquired a fee-simple in their office. In 1844 there were only four persons, in cluding the plaintiff, at the election. The defendants con tended that it was quite impossible that such a custom as this could ever have had a legal origin. It was monstrous to suppose a custom which could thus reduce the select vestry to a point ; it would, in fact, be a suicidal custom. Without depending on the faculty, the namber of eight named in it was good evidence that that number of vestrymen was thought reasonable as a minimum, and it agreed with the usual fact. He submitted that the custom set up was one which their Lordships would not sanction because of its unreasonableness. It was clear that Lord Tenterden, in the case of " Golding v. Fenn," when he suggested that "the love of ease among men would usually counter balance the love of po wer, " never contemplated a case like the present. The effect of the custom contended foi by the plaintiff was to make the churchwardens an irre sponsible body ; as churchwardens ,liable to account to the select vestry, and, as the select vestry, accounting to them• selves. It might be that everything had been done which the parishioners could desire; but this case must not be de cided according to the character of individuals. It might be rare to find a gentleman of the undoubted abilities anti business habits of Mr. Alderman Gibbs thus placed. It might be with regard to Mr. Alderman Gibbs, as was raid by the Emperor Alexander to Madame de Steel, in mime' to her question, " How can despotism be so centered in you?" "Ah, madame," replied he, "I am only a happy ac. cident." It might be "a happy accident" that a gentleman so qualified as the plaintiff was placed in such a position, Ever. since 1835 the overseers had voted with the vestry ; but they were not legally members of the vestry, and had no more right to vote than persons called out of the street& He cited the case of "Tyson v. Smith," in 6 Ad. and lit. 645, and 9 Ad. and EL, 406, to show that, in order to its validity, a custom must be certain and reasonable in itself commencing from time immemorial, and continuing with• out interruption ; and whether the custom is reasonable or not depends on the decision of the judges. Thus a custom reported in Lord Raymend's Reports, p. 1558, alleged by the vicar of Wakefield of a due of 10d. for the churching of women, from every householder having a child born in the parish, at'the usual time when the mother should be churched was held to be invalid, on the ground that the time was certain and unreasonable, as the husband might be called or. to pay though his wife was not churched at all. He would not, however, trouble their Lordships with referring to many of these cases (some of which were very curious), they were so wide of the present question. H. concluded with arguing that as the custom contended for by the plaintiff tended to irresponsible power, it was unreasonable and bad. Sir T. WILDE replied at some length, and the Court re served its decision. The case occupied the whole day. 0 • WORKS OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. With reference to an article, headed as above, which we copied some time ago from another journal, we are happy since to learn that the works upon the Caledonian Railway are in active progress along its whole extent, and that there arc at present upwards of 7,000 men employed on the line. Mess s. Brassey, Mckenzie, and Stephenson, the con tractors, are in full possession of all the land requisite, and have sub-let nearly the whole works to respectable and sub stantial persons, and several miles of the line are formed and ready for ballasting. The rails were purchased last year and there is every pro spect of a great portion of the line being open for traffic in the summer of 1847. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAT 1. STocic ExcnArrox.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 10% —Caledonian, 7%—Great Western, Quarter Shares, 19%—New castle and Berwick, 2134—North Staffordshire, 3% p. M . LNCHESTER, 3IAy t. &Foca ExcriAzias.-The sales are-Blackburn, Chorley, and Liver pool, I9s. db.-Buckingham and Bletchly Junction, par c.-Chelms ford and Bury, 15s. 6d. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, % dis.-Derby and Crewe, 33! p.-Direct Northern, % dis.-Easters Counties, 243¢ - Ditto, York Extension, I is. 3d. p.-East Lancashire (No. 2), 3 ili p.-East Lineolnshire, U p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % die.-Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 9s. 6d. c. p.-Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 1 dis. -Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2% dis.-Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad ford, 2 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1% p. e -lrimuddersffetd and Sheffield Junction, 6% p.-Kendal and Win damaxster,, par -Leeds and Thirsk, 2% dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% p.-Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 2g c. p.- Liverpool, and satne.ndkpaSourt,th4oorit 255. 4d. p.-Liverpool, Manches ter, dis.-Liverpoel, Warrington, Man chester, Preston, Buxton, and Mati0ck,9234,22.13.6_13-.lliii-t London and York, par-Manchester, Manchester and Birmingham, 81 Manchester and Leeds, Ex ditto (C), 11.1,1, p.-Manchester .4,ll.ll;llan'iditanddGrimsby, -Ditto, QuAatileosrsph(Aek, es. c.d. C. a tension, 3% p.- Manchester, p ....}. Staffordshire, 4 p...- cheater and Southamp:on -Preston andelis :W. :ylirc le u,s na3:o,. rortrthh WBrlissh,,2Cata,r.i_isloeialihraainnchp,islt%ricpt:-.IZAIP• Snares, 16% ~... te.rs (No. 2), 3 p.-Ditto,p.d-Ditto, 37: -Ditto, Halves (B), d 1 re 36 t 12s. p.-Ditto, Extension, % dis.-Sheffield andl Lincolnshire,i Junction, Birmingham, % p.-Shropshire Union, .34 dis---Soukth eEwalibterirYl andan Dover, Halves (No. 4), Gs. p.-West Riding Union, 2% p. LEEDS Max 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sides tare * tension, 295. p.-Manchester and L -Eastern Counties, York Ex- , Ditto, Extensions, 31a P.-Mancheest?' Quarter Shares, 9% p.- Shares (A), aV -rs IL-York and North!' and. Birmingham, Quarter Riding), 9% p.-East Lancashire,Nn. 2 Midlandl (East and West Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3 dts.-Lte Accrington), 3% p. - dis.-Ditto, Docks, 2 die.- Ditto, Extension% Quarter Shares, Is. field and Manchester, )4 p.-Iluddersrield and 1559. dis.-Hudders- Leeds and Bradford, 28% p.-Leeds and DewsbUrh.efilel3l' 6%P.- and Thirsk, 3 dis.- Liverpool and Bury, New, 11. 183 s: p 3 - p,-Leeds Bri tish, Half Shares, 3% p.-Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, DAmbergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 13s. dis.-Boston, ' Newark,9s. - - and Sheffield, 225. 6d. dis.-Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, an,, 2 -Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), par-Chelmsford and n'tirys'id6ins. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 15s. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 14. 6d: dis.-Great Eastern and Western, 275. 6d. die.-Leeds, York, and Midland, 265. dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 15s. 6d. dis.- Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 275. dis.-Leeds and York, 223. Gd. dis.-Leeds, , r eeds Wakefield, and Midland, Bs. dis.- Leicester and Bedford, 12s. dis.-Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 28s. Gd. dis.-Liverpool and Leeds Direct, par-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 7s. 6d. dls.-Liverpeol, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1% p.-London and York, ss. dia.-London and Portsmouth, Is. p.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 355. dis.-Manchester, Bux ton, Matlock, and Midland, 15s. p. Manch , - ester Sheffield, and Midland, 2 dis.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 17s. dis.-North Staffordshire, 4% p.-North Western, 2s. 6d. bury and Hereford, p.-Shrews -24s di -Shropshire Union, 12s. 6d. clls.-South . . Midlands, 1% p. -Souths and Midland Junction, 1N( dis.-Welsh Midlands, 225. dis.-West Riding Union, 4% -York and Lancas ter, 233. dit NEWCASTLE-ETON-TYNE, MAT 1. STOCK EXCHANOK.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 31s. 6d. p.- Great North of England, 401. Shares, 48 4 p.- North British, Halves, Hawick, 8 p.-Newcastle and Darlington _E x t e nsions, 9 4 p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 11 p.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 185. dis.-South Midland, 1% p. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 1. STOCK EXCILII.IOE.-The sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 7 4-Huddersfield and .Manchester Railway and Canal, 12-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 131. 1 is. ad.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2 dis.-Clitheroe Junct ion, 1 % -Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 31. 13s. 6d.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 2/. 125.- North Western, 28s. 6d.-South Midlands, 31s. p.-Welsh Midlands, 78 * 3 d.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 275 p.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 11. ls. 3d. Sheffield Juncti HULL, MAT 1. t ars E ga arant __ XCIAME.-The sales are-Hull and Selby (10 per cent. 10%..... 8 72. 26 %-York and North Midland, East and West Riding, . barwen, and Bolton, 22s kburn .-Hudderstield and lisle, 495, 6d, - North Junction, British, Halt Shares, 9% -Ditto, Car. Ik e , 34 5. GdA ho t'Z lal es , 114 -Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Carlisle, 2_0°,4 -East Lincolnshire, 265.-Glasgow, Dumfries, -Direct Northern, I 7 e, 3 2-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 31s. Union, 145.-Hull and p oncaster, Sheffield, &c ., 2/. 14s. 6d.-Grand Bedford, 10 3 . - Leicester and Junction, 255. 9d.-Leicester and and Preston, 3%- Tamworth , Manehest B l,-Liverpool , Ormsklrk, ' Staffordshire , 5... _ _ 5 er, Buxton, and Matlock, 21. 195.-North i 19 . W.-South 31.1,414mag1„ al. 9n. 64.--Nobeffteld, Potteries, and Crewe, 13s. 9d. —Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 2 . 54 West Riding Union, 41. 16s. 3d. SHEFFIELD, Dist 1. STocit ExcizAxor..—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 24 3 ,4 — Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, Gs. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 6s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Railway and Dock, 1% dis.—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.—Derby and Gainsborough, 13s. 6d. (M.—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 15s. dis.—London and Y or k, Bs. dis,—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland,B3. dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 148. p.—South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 9s. dis.—West Riding - Union, 2/. 11s. 6d. p. YORK., MAIr 1. STOOK Excnixoz.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 21. l s.—lpswich and Bury, s%—Lancashire and North York shire, 1/. 4s. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, 10s.—London and York, 21. Ss —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31. 28.—New castle and Berwick, 2034—Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 10—North British, Carlisle Extension, 234—North Staffordshire, 533—North Western, 11.9s.—South Midland, 31.17s.—West Riding Union, 41. 16s. 6d.—York and North Midland Extension, 35% — Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 10%. LON DON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 4,,1840p MR. SMITH O'BRIEN, M.P. On Fr i day a great number of the friends of the Hon. Mem ber for Limerick called to make inquiries and leave their cards at his temporary residence in Old Palace. yard. The room in which Mr. O'Brien is imprisoned, is half-way between' the entrance to the Houses of Lords and Commons. The duos leading to his apartment is the second door on the left (there being no door on the right) art., peesine: the entrance to the House of Commons and entering within the boarding which runs from the House of Commons to the House of Lards. The rcom is on the ground floor, and may be known by the iron railing outside the window. There are two windows se railed; the first is the window of a room through which one must pass to enter that in which Mr. O'Brien is confined. His room is of small dimensions, and furnished neatly but scantily; it contains a folding bed, a table, a few chairs. a wash- hand-stand, and fender and fire-irons, and is carpeted with cocoa-fibre matting. It was reported that on Thurday the Hon. M em b er p a id it a v i s it, and had some furniture put into it ; but th e rumour was i nco rrect. On Tuesday, however,two gentlemen, having mea suring rules, were discovered in the enter r oom, whi c h is generally used as a sort of lurnbei room. On b e i ng ques ti one d, they answered , 4 We belong to the press, and may go anywhere." The messenger was not. however, of the same o pi n ion, and ordered them to go about their bu s i ness. On Thursday eve n ing, while the House was deliberating on Mr. O'Brien 's case, the Hon. Member remained standing at the lib rary d oor, in a state o f grea t excitement, frequently clasping his hands together in a very agitated manner. On being t a k en i nto custody an d l o d ge d i n his apartme n t, 111 r. rie n n : theo answer v s i a a viands d was s s r ; Bellamy wa i ted on him to rece i ve hi s i ns t ruc tio ns as t o th e h which a,n,d, A ,l liquors I o e u s wr h sa o tn u ht l a d its wlsiiokmuelpdl be breakfast,t y o ,,.ahgar ewaibilles. sustain s3s dine, tia ri n. o&n,cßat,u., a l t tea and dry toast to breakfast at any hour that may suit you. I should dine between two and three on anything you please, but let it be simple ; and for tea I shall only have tea and dry toast. lam determined not to pay any fees. I shall pay for nothing but for what I eat, and that shall be of the simplest and least expensive kind." Mr. Bellamy in quired what wine, ale, stout, tzc., the Hon. Member would prefer ? and the answer was, " None at all ; neither wine. beer, nor anything of the kind." The Hon. Member is locked in hi s room at night, and one of the messengers is stationed outside to attend on him. He cannot be permitted to leave the precincts of his prison without the leave of the House, except on Sunday, when he will be allowed to go to chapel, in custody of the Sergeant-at-A rms. Whilst before the Cernmittee of the House of Lords yesterday, the Hon. Gentleman was attended. A vast number of idlers loitered about Palace-yard on Friday, in the vain hope of seeing the Hon. Member, who in the course of the evening perambu lated the passage leading to the " Lords' Entrance," but was not permitted to proceed further. ACCIDENT IN FLEET- sTRF.ET.—On Friday, about te n o'clock, a b oy, apparently between fourteen and fifteen years of age, whilst crossing Fl ee t- s t reet, opposite E ouv erie-street, was knocked down 1 . , Y an omnibus whi c h w as proceeding at a r a p id p ace towards Temple-bar, the wheels use d completely over the boy' s bod y (who, from Lis dress, belon ge d t o s ome printing-office in the neighbour hood). tie Wes p i cked u i ns ensible, and immediate l y conve y ed to the hsspital. I n the boy's p cap were found some preot - slips of a me view. apparently from some wetklaY paper' Lard John Manners an the members of the Cam bridge Athenmum Club will give their annual dinner at the Claren.lon Hotel on Wednesday next. . The inhabitan:s of Camberwell have subscribed a large sum of money for the purpose of presenting ft testimonial to the Bev, C. EL Hyde, rector of the parish. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN DRURY-LANE. As soon as the night charges were disposed of at Satur day Mr. Inspector Black stated to the sitting magistrate, Mr. Henry, that he had been to the King's College Hospital for the purpose of ascertaining what state of convalescence Blewitt, the victim of this catastrophe, was in. He had learned that he was in so improved a state, that it was thought he would be able to attend the examination of the prisoner at this court that afternoon. (The prisoner having, it will be remembered, been remanded till that day !from Monday last.) Mr. HENRY said that he would not recommend the wounded man to be brought out from the hospital if there was even the slightest ri,k, as the sessions would not com mence for more than a week, and it would be as well to re mand the prisoner as to commit him at once, The inspector then returned to the hospital to explain the magistrate's views to the authorities there, and the result was that Blewitt did not attend. RE-EXAMINATION OF TI-IF, ITISONER. At about half past one o'clock the prisoner was placed at the bar. _ _ _ _ Pie was defended, as before, by Mr. Humphrey, The evidence given on the firmer occasion was net again entered into, and the only witness now called was the medical man who attended the wounded man, Mr, James Buncombe, who said, I am house-surgeon of King's College Hospital. I have attended the wounded man 131ewitt, 111.57 opinion wa to his present state is, that he has perfectly recovered from the shock, but is not out if danger yet. Mr. HENRY—W hat is ilia nature of the wound ? Witness —lt is a gunshot w,.und. Mr. HENRY—Has the ball been extracted ? Witness— Wo, it passed through the body. It entered on the right side of the breast bone and passed out at the same side of thp blade bone. I think he will recover, and prebably io. about three Mr. HENRY—I will remand the prisoner till Saturday next, anti by that time von will be able to form a better opinion as to whether be will recover or not. _ . Mr. Humphreys applied to have the prisoner admitted to bail, which Mr. Henry refused. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. THREE CHILDREN THROWN OVER BATTER SEA BRIDGE, BY THEIR MOTHER, AND TWO DROWNED. _ _ Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, a most dread ful occurrence took place on Batersea-bridge, by a mother throwing her own three children into the river Thames, two of whom were drowned. It appears from inquiries made on the spot, that about the hour above stated, a young woman, decently clad, was observed to proceed on to Battersea-bridge from the Chelsea side, accompanied by three children, one a boy about seven years of age ; a girl, about four years of age ; and an infant in arms, also a girl, about ten months or a twelve month old. When she got to the middle of the bridge she walked to and fro a few yards in a hurried manner, and then threw the children one after the other over the railings into the river, and was getting over the balus trades herself when she was prevented doing so by the passersby, who secured her, and gave her into the custody of Policeman Woolgar, Y 54, who opportunely came up and took her to the station -house in Milman's row. At the station-house she stated her name to be Eliza Clark, her age twenty-four years ; that she was the wife of William Clarke, a journeyman painter, liv ing at No. 7, Cumberland-street, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, and that the children were her own. During the time occupied by the above proceedings, attempts were being made on the river to save the unfor tunate children, which were successful in one instance, that of the second child (a girl), four years old, which was immediately carried to the Swan public-house, at the Surrey side of Battersea Bridge, where it received every attention that its exhausted state damanded, and is recovering. The infant child was also promptly got out, but life was quite extinct, and the body was carried to the Adam and Eve public-house, in Duke-street, Chelsea, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. Shortly before four o'clock the wretched woman was removed in a cab to the Westminster Police Court, Vincent-square. for exarninatien. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER. As the Westminster police-court was about to close, at fire o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Eliza Clark, aged 24, residing at No. 7, Cumberland -street, Marlborough road, Chelsea, was placed at the bar before Mr. Burrell, charged with throwing her three infant children into the Thames from Batt•:rsea-brid;;e. The accused, who is stated to be the wife of a jour neyman painter, alii.,ugh somewhat meanly dressed, was a pattern of cleanness and neatness, and had the appearance of a respectable and quiet woman. James Perryman, potboy at the Adam and Eve, Duke street, Chelsea, sworn.—At about five minutes before three, this afternoon, I was in the back yard of our house, which looks upon the Thames, and is close to Battersea bridge. I was on a sudden startled by hearing some thing splash in the water, and I looked towards the spot, and saw a second child go from the centre of the bridge into the water, and then I saw another one go in from the same place. I immediately went and told my mis tress that I had seen a woman throw her children over the railings of Battersea-bridge into the water. Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk—Did you see any person throw the children into the water ? Witness—Yes, after hearing the first splash, which I sup posed must have been a child, I saw the prisoner throw the two others into the river ; there did not ap pear to be much struggling. Examination continued—The children were alive at the time they were thrown into the water. I saw one of them kicking as it fell into the water. I told my master, and we jumped into a boat and put off tewards them. I saw a man afterwards bring a child out. I af terwards went on the bridge and saw the prisoner stand ing near the parapet. Jesse Hattan, a gardener at Wandsworth—l was passing over Battersea-bridge, at about three o'clock, when I observed the prisoner walking backwards and forwards in a very hurried manner, and as she seemed to be in the act of jumping over, I took her by the arm. I asked her what she was going to do, and she said she had thrown her children over there. I looked over, and seeing two children in the water, inquired what she did it for ? She said, "Distress ; she thought she bad better see her children go before her." I called a boat, and I saw one child picked up and taken to the Swan public-house, on the Surrey side of the bridge. Mr. BURRELL—W hat age did that child appear to be? Witness—About two years and a half. On the prisoner being asked by Mr. Taylor whether she wished to put any questions to the witness, she re plied, with much eagerness, but in a subdued tone, "Have you got my baby ? " John Hinchin, a labourer, was crossing the bridge when the prix oner called out, " Here, here ! do you see my children in the water." She repeated this four or five times. Witness went to the spot and saw the chil dren floating in the water. Witness observed," I never saw so affecting a sight." One child appeared to be about two years and a half old ; the other younger (witness saw but two). Witness saw one picked up, apparently the eldest ; the other floated a few yards higher up and disappeared, and, although the witness looked sereral times, he could not see it. Thomas Fordery, a waterman, who passed by directly after the children had been thrown into the water, proved picking up one and taking it to the Adam and Eve. Police-sergeant, 20 V, informed the magistrate that the child was dead which had been taken to the Main and Eve. Dr. Wan borough had attended her, and had used every means that could suggest themselves to restore her, but in vain. Robert Woolgar, 54 V, stated that on hearing that a woman had thrown her three children into the water, he took her into cu s t o dy. Sh e sa id that her husband had ill used her ; that he would be home again at night to ill use her, and the children should not see it. Mr. BURRELL inquired as to the fate of the poor children ? The police replied that the one at the Swan gave every prospect of recc very ; there was a second still in the water, and a third dead at the Adam and Eve, as had been stated. Mr. BURRELL asked the prisoner whether she wished to say anything? Prisoner looked eagerly around her, and ejaculated in a low tone—" He said " Good bye" when he went out this morning; he has not said so for a long time before. He doubled his fist in my face when he went out, and said, " I'll come home thundering drunk, and I'll be hung for you." He broke the panel of the door by knocking my head against it. Mr. BURRELL—Have you anything to say to drown ing your children? Prisoner (incoherently)—Suppoee I had died, my poor children would have been starved to death. It's a hard struggle now to get them a bit of bread. I hate done all I could. Mr. BURRELL remanded the prisoner till Wednesday. Our reporter has very little hesitation in stating that the accused gave every appearance of suffering from aberration of intellect. He is informed that Dr. Wens borough expressed a similar opinion. ADDITIONAL AND LATEST PARTICULARS. The distressing and melancholy affair has created an intense sensation throughout the neighbourhoads of Battersea and Chelsea, and during the remainder of the afternoon the bridge and waterside were crowded by persons anxiously watching the search making for the body of the missing child, which was continued until dark, but without success. A large crowd was also col lected round the police station in Milman's-row, which is near Battersea-bridge, until the removal of the miser able woman for examination at the Westminster Police Court. From inquiries which have been made by the police since the examination, it appears that the wife, about three-quarters of an hour before she threw her children into the water, called with them at the house of her uncle, Mr. Richard Champ, No. 13, Wellington-street, Manor street, King's road, Chelsea, and there complained of the ill-treatment she alleged she had received from her hus band, and remained there about a quarter of an hour, and Mr. Champ, seeing her excited state, asked her 4411 her leaving to come back to his house to tea, as by that time his wife would be home. She, however, said she could not promise, as she was going under the arch of Battersea-bridge, a remark which Mr. Champ unfortu nately took no notice of at the time, and she then left, taking her three children with her. That was about half-past two o'clock. About a quarter of an hour after her departure, one of Mr. Champ's children found a letter on the bed in one of the rooms into which Mrs. Clark had been, which she gave to her father. It was addressed to William Clark, her husband, and on its being opened, the contents were found to be to the follow ing effect :—That her husband had for a long time past continually ill-used her on coming home drunk ; that he had a night or two before come home and knocked her head through the panel of the door ; that she hoped he would treat his next wife better than he had her ; that she wished to see the children go before her and that before he would receive that letter she and her nbildreu would be under Battersea-bridge. From an examination made by Dr. Wausborougb, who examined the infant child lying at the Adam and Eve public house, Duke-street, Chelsea, leading to th e foot of Battersea-bridge, the poor child it appears, has a severe bruise of the forehead, which it is believed to have received by falling on its head on the gravel bottom of the river, the tide being low at the time, and it was most probably killed by the fall. The other child, which is at the Swan public house, at the Surrey end of the Battersea-bridge, is doing well. ' She is four years of age. No trace had up to eleven o'clock last night been dis covered of the eldest boy William, seven years of age, whom some people think was not with her at the time that she threw the two younger ones into the water, and in case that should be the fact, the police last night sent a description of the boy throughout the different divi sions. He is sated to be of a dark sallow complexion, very dark under the eyes, very thin, and dressed in a corduroy suit of clothes, without any cep e'e hat on, a brown holland pimafore over his dress, and a pair of stew loather boots op. IRELAND • THE SCARCITY. DUBLIN, ARBlLfollo~;ic,glette: has been re• ceived b•; Lori, ilernard, in reply to a communication ad areSse4 G • y his Lordship to the secretary "Castle; Dublin, April _2o_ • 4'Lord,--Your Lordship's letter to the Under Secre tary, dated the 9th instant, transmitting the resolutions en tered into At a meeting of the magistrates, Poor-law guar dians, and clergy, assembled at Bandon on the Bth instant_ having been referred to the Relief Commissioners, I am di rected to state that the Commissariat have no means of send ing meal for sale Into th e mar k e t s , an d t h at i t must, on re : flection, admitted this is not an act to b e exerc i se d b y th e Government, who have no machinery for such interference with the course of trade, The measure which the Govern ment could and do intend to adopt is, to sell at such prices from their own stores as shall produce the same effect, "I am further directed to state, that if this measure has been delayed, it is to be attributed to the tempestuous wea ther on the coast, which has serloosiy impeded the commu nications b.) se; from Cork to the more distant depots, and that it is better to wait until there is a supply sufficient to put these high prices effectually, than to attempt it prema turely, and by failure exhaust those means without obtaining the object. The intention of Government is the same as that expressed in the resolutions. It is only the period of carrying out in which there is a discrepancy. Means are now afforded of importing a supply from Liverpool, and thereby increasing the stook of provisions in the country, instead of diminishing the stock in the possession of Government before it reaches its destination. " And I am further directed to state, that as soon as a list of subscriptions, with the usual certificate of lodgment from a bank, or the Relief Committee's treasurer, are for warded to this commission, the Government will a dd a do nation to these funds.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, " J. T. KENNEDY, Secretary. " Right lion. Viscount Bernard, Castle Bernard, Bandon." The accounts to-day from North Tipperary are unsatis factory. The funds of the Nenagh Relief Committee are exhausted, and it is with the utmost difficulty that private subscriptions can be obtained. The state of affairs in this district may be accurately judged by the terms of the follow ing circular issued by the unanimous resolution of the Com mittee:— " Nenagh, April 27. " Sir,—At a meeting of the Relief Committee of the pa rishes of Nenagh and Lisbonny, held at the Court-house, on Monday, the 27th instant, over which I presided as chair man, it was unanimously resolved, that a most urgent appeal should be made to all who hold property in the parishes in behalf of the suffering poor at this trying crisis. The dis tress surpasses by far anything of which we ever had expe rience, and it is only by the most persevering efforts of the Relief Committee, and the generous liberality of the inhabi tants of Nenagh, that an outbreak of the starving popula tion was prevented. Whatever funds were at the disposal of the Committee are now entirely exhausted, and I have most earnestly to hope that you will lend your kind co-operation to sustain our charitable efforts. You feel, lam sure, an in terest in the prosperity of the town of Nenagh, with which you are connected by trade or property, and when I inform you that the poverty of its inhabitants has risen to a most alarming height, I am sure it will be enough to awaken your sympathy and secure your contribution.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, " S. IT. POE, Rector of Nenagh." EVICTION OF TENANTS. The lipperary Vindicator, of Saturday last, briefly alluded to the service of ejectruant notices on the tenantry of the late Mr. Patrick Clarke, who fell a victim to the agrarian code in the month of November last. Yesterday's Number of this paper enters into full particulars of the case, from which it appears that the following " notice to quit" has been served upon forty-eight families : "Take notice, that we do hereby require you to deliver up to us, or to our agent, or bailiff, thereunto lawfully autho rised, on the Ist day of Novemb er next ensuing the date hereof, the quiet and peaceable possession of all that and those on part of the townsland of Rapla, situate in the barony of Upper Ormond, and county Tipperary, and all other lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and premises, which you hold from or occupy under us, together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging pro vided your tenancy concludes at that time of the year; and if otherwise, that you quit and deliver up to us, our agent, or bailiff, as aforesaid, the possession of all said premises at the end of the year of your tenancy, which shall expire next after the end of half a year from the time of your being served with this notice. " And take notice, that in case you shall refuse or neglect to deliver up to us, or our said agent or bailiff lawfully authorised, the quiet and peaceable possession of said pre mises, we will sue for double the yearly value of said pre mises, and all costs and expenses attendinz such proceedings, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, or take such proceedings against you as we may be advised. " Witness our hands this Bth day of April, 1846. " JOHN VINCENT. " R. H. VINCENT. WILLIAM ROE. " ELIZABETH H. ROE. " MARY H. CLARKE." " Each of these families," adds the Vindicator," consists, on an average, of six persons, and at the present moment there are not, we understand, six barrels of potatoes among the entire number. These houses, if indeed huts—huts too of such a description that an Englishman would not breed his dogs in them—can be called habitations for human beings, present an appearance of squalid misery not to be surpassed in any country. Still these creatures were content—nay, almost happy. It does not appear they owe any rent, nor has such been claimed from them. DISTRESS IN THt: SHETLAND ISLANDS. Letters recently received from Shetland all concur in stating that the islands are on the brink of famine. The crops of corn, at no time adequate to the subsist ence of more than one-half the population (about 32,000 souls) were very ill got in last season, and to add to the calamity, the stock of potatoes, which the people are in the habit of keeping in pits during the winter, and on which they rely in a great measure for sustenance during the spring and early part of the summer, have been found, on opening the pits, nearly all destroyed by rot. There is very little meal in the islands, and the people have no money to purchase it with. Their fish is the only commodity they have to give in exchange for bread. The almost only customers they now have for their fish are the Spaniards. From eight to ten sail of Spanish vessels now resort to the islands annually for cargoes of fish, and the Spanish merchants would be glad to send corn and flour in exchange for it, but the corn-law prevents this from being done. A gentleman connected with the island, resident in London, states that a vessel from Spain is now actually on the way to Shetland, in ballast, to load a cargo of fish, and would have taken a cargo of flour could the repeal of the corn laws have been depended upon. In one respect the case of the poor Shetlanders is more desperate than that of the Irish. There are many great and wealthy landed proprietors connected with Ireland, who, it is to be presumed, cannot allow their tenantry ,to starve. In Shetland the re are no suc h wealthy proprietors to whom a starving tenantry can look for adequate relief. The means of the few small proprietors in the Shetland islands are very limited, and are already nearly exhausted by the necessities of a miserable tenantry. While Government is taking measures for rescuing the people of Ireland from famine, the case of the Shet landers will surely not be overlooked. GRAIN CROP OF THE UNITED STATES. The Commissioner of Patents has published an esti mate of the harvest of wheat and Indian corn in the various states for the last two years. As the com missioner has access to many intelligent individuals in various parts of the country, it is probable his estimate is as near an approximation to accuracy as can he made. Wheat. Corn. Ohio ... ... 13,572,000 57,600,000 Pennsylvania ... 12,580,000 17,126.000 Indiana ... 7,044,000 30,625.000 Illinois ... 4,563,000 25,584,000 New York ... 16,200,000 13,250,000 Virginia ... 11,885,000 27,272,000 Tennessee ... 8,340,000 70,625,000 Kentucky 4,769,000 54,625.000 Michigan ... 7,061,000 4,945,000 Maryland ... 4,884,000 3,273,000 North Carolina ••• • • 1 969 000 14,887,000 South Carolina 1,168,000 8,184,000 Maine ••• ••• 502.000 1,912,000 New Hampshire ... 647,000 1,282,000 Massachusetts ••• 241,000 3,098,000 Rhode Island ... ..„ 5,000 731,000 Connecticut ... ... 114,000 2,649,000 Vermont 854,000 1,728.000 New Jersey 1,050.000 7,314,000 Delaware ... 440.000 516,000 Georgia .„ 1,571,000 2,713,000 Alabama ... . . 980 000 16,650,000 Mississippi 378,000 2,167,000 Missouri ... ... 1,525,000 15,625,000 Arkansas 2,427,000 8 250,000 Florida ••• ••• 733,000 Wisconsin ... ... 971,000 672,000 lowa ... ••• ••• 79:3,000 2,028,000 District of Columbia ... 15,000 35,000 Total ... 106,548,000 417,899,000 The crop of 1844 was estimated at 95,607,000 bushels of wheat, and 421,953,000 bushels of corn. There was a material deficiency in the crop of wheat in the state of Ohio last year over the preceding year ; but in almost every other state, except the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama, there was a considerable increase. In the corn crop there was a falling off of one-third in New York and South Carolina, one-fourth in Maryland, one-third in Virginia, one-third in North Carolina, one-fourth in Alabama, and a considerable increase in all the Dther states, except Mississippi.—New York Journal of Com merce. There have been several rumours abroad within the last day or two to the effect that the Bank of England is about to in crease its accommodation► to the public, either by a diminution of rate or an extension of time. That these rumours were wrong in point of fact, was sufficiently shown by the Court of Directors break ing up yesterday without making any alteration in their present ar rangements, but their very existence shows such a wrong notion in the public mind, that it is worth while to set it right. The fact Is, that the Bank of England having parted with much of the money paid in for railway deposits, is gradually becoming less and less anxious for securities, and far from wishing to extend its accommo dation, is moving in a direction preeisely:opposite. Thc time for accom modation, which was originally for two months' has dwindled down into one, and the present limit is fixed st the 30th May; and yet persons were ta_ be 'found yesterday who expected that the two months would be extended into three, while another gory cut air one-halt per cent. fr om the rate of discount.—Time. DOCKS. Dividend ' Amount Name of Compaay. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---..... X s. d. 4 s. d. Commercial ••• East and Wost India 6l. pr cent. Stock. 14134 East Country L - indon ...... ••.• . • • 5/. pr cent. Stock. 115 St. Katharine ••••• • • • 5 per cent. I Stock. 101 Southampton ••..• • • • j 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 30 LBAATmEisS,T Assuß PRICES ' OF SHARE S. IN ANCE, AN/) OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From ne Offici. ll List, PUBLISHED EVERY TIIENDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 1. 50XNT-STOCE, 30.0.1-,TZES. Name of Company. Dividend 1 per Annum. Amuunt I Australasla ........ Brasil:North Ar" • • ionnnerr:-• ..crican `in. - —.a of London GI. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 5!. per cent. Cl. per cent, Gl. per cent, Lo :dn ar , lWcstminstr London Joint-Stock net ropolitan Provincial of Ireland • • Ditto, National of Indand Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New... ...... Union of Australia.... Union of L0nd0n..... 81. per cent. /. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. INSICTR. Price 25 9 4 44• X 22,? 35K 25% 2% 954 21. 2s. 205 It. 4s. ;:hare, .f. 40 0 50 0 0 1(0 0 0 100 0 0 100 u 0 1n 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 Name of Company. Albion ........... • • • Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine.. • • • • • Atlas ... • •. British Commercial .. tleriel,Med.&Gen.Life County .............. grown • • Nagle ...... Economic Life. • • Eng. & Scot. Law • • European Life Freemasons' • . •• • • • • Globe ......... Guardian Imperial Fire •.• • . • Imperial Life .. • • • • Indemnity Marine.. Law Life •• • • •• . • Legal and General Life London Fire London Ship ...... Marine .. Med. Invlid & Gen. Life National Lean Fund National Life.... • Palladium Life Phoenix • • . Protector Life.... • • • Provident Life • • • • • • • • Rock Life.. • •••• • • • Royal Exchange Sun Fire ....• Ditto Life ..... Universal. Life .. LIST OF sco' Name of Company. Bank ot Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Commercial Bank • • • • National Bank. ..... • • Union Bank of Scotland Western Bank.. • • • • • • North of Scotland Bank Clydesdale Bank • . • Eastern Bank • • • • Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank city of Glasgow Bank . Scottish Union Ins. Co. Hercules Insurance Co. Incur. Co. of Scotlnd North Britsh Insur Caledonian Fire Insur. Edinburgh Life Insur. Edin. & Glasg. Railway Ditto, 4 Shares Edin., Leith, & Grantn Mann , & Ayrshir Rail. Glasgw & Greenck Rail. GI sgw & Ganikirk Rail. Dundee & Arbroth Standard Life Assaruce. N'ame of Company. 'CE C, Dividend per Annum. 31. 10e 6 per cent. 6/. per cent, 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share 5/. per cent. 10s. 63. r per ct.,l t& 30s.bs. 5/. per cent. 5% per cent. 5/. per cent. 6/. per cent. 5/. per cont. 6/. and bonus 12s. 1/. 311. & bs. 1/. 53. 10s. I Os. 17. per cent. 4141. per 0. Si. put cent. I,l,per cent. al. per cent. 3/. p. ct. & bs. 5L pin' cent. 1/. ss. 41. 5L per cent. 6/. 10s. I/. 6s. lONL pr cnt 'ISH CO Dividend per Annum. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. par cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 7%1. pr cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 7%1. pr cent. 61. per cert. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. Si. per cent. 5% /. pr cent. 101. per cent. 61. per cent. I/.los. perc. 7s. Gd. p. s. 57. per cent. 2/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61. per cent. 57. per cent. I 20 0 1100 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 WATER-WOICIES Dividend Amount per of j Paid. Annum. Share. - - S s, d. East London.... —•• •• 8/. 100 0 0 Grand Junction •• •• • • 3/. 10s. 41 1:1 4 Kent.... —..—•• • • • • 21. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauxhall —•••••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex ••• • • • 5/.55. or cnt. 43 12 9 CANALS. 4 ( Dividend , 4 Dividend Names of ?...); Price. Names of i ; •+ . per Frio* Companies. .2 ' per , Companies. A Annum. m Annum.' m ~..._-.... £ £ Ashtn& Oldh 97'51.55. p c 70 Monmonthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 41. 70 lintgomrysh 100 61. 98 Barnsley.. • • 160 121.. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 38 Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath .. .• • • 100 171. 340 Brknk&Abrg 1501 5/. 85 Nottingham . 150 121. - Cromford •••• ,100, 14/. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 68 Dudley...... 1 1001 4/. - Regent's ••• • 33 1/. ss. 23 Derby .. - • .1100 I 6/. 73 Rochdale ... •85 41. 77 Ellsmre&Chs ; l33 4/. 65 Shropshire • • 125 81. - Erewash • • .1100; 32/. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71.109. 130 Forth & C1yd,100: 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctnllool 71. 95 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/, 300 Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. 230 Glamorgnsh .1172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 280 Glstr & Brkly .001 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. -* Grantham • .150; 121. 100 Severn and / 26 11. Bs. 32 flnddersfleld.! 57i - - Wye Rail. liennt & Avid 39' 7s. 6d. 10 1 A ,Trnt & Mr-1 50 30/. --- Lancaster ... 147 1/. 10s. - sey, 4 sh. Leeds& Livrp 100, 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - -- Leicester .. - 140, 10/. 105 Worcstr &} ~o 21. 44 Leicstr &Nth , 83 . 4/. 60 Binning a° Loughborogkl42 70/. 850 ;Wilts & Mks 67 11. II MARKET NEWS- (SAT URDAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The supplies of most articles on offer to-day were again extensiv e ; yet a good business was doing at our quotations, Potatoes from to 8s 6d per cwt ; Turnips, 10d to is 8d ; Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d ; SPri to Onions, 104 to 2s ; Greens, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; and Leeks, 8d _ Is 2d per dozen bunches Apples, 2s to ss ; a n d spi na ch, 4d 7 8d per half sieve ; Hot-house Grapes, 8s to 53 ; and New Potato es ' 2d to 6d per lb. White Cabbages, 8d to Is 6d ; and Caaliflowe r 6 l Is to 4s per doz en . C e l ery , 8d t o I s 10d ; H orsera di s h, Is to 4s ; forced A s p aragus, 4 s to 6s ; and Rhubarb, 4d to s2d „r bundle. Oranges, 5s t o 12 s ; and Lemons, 6s to 12s per hundr ed ' Sea•kale, Is 3d to 3s ; an d S mall Salad, 2d per punnet . Broec" Sprouts, 6d to Sd per bu s h e l ; R ad i shes, 3d to ad per dozen. hands' Cass Lettuces, Id to 2d ; an d C ucum b ers, 2s to as each; Strata' berries, 8s per small basket. HUNGER:FORD. We had a very inactive trade with most articles here to-day, ann i prices had, in some instances, a downward tendency. NEVITGATE AND LEAD ENECATM. Each kind of Meat was in moderate supply and heavy demand, 14 barely stationary prices. Beeffrom 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d 10 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d.; and Pork, 1 8d to 5a per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s to 6s ; Goslings, 55 to 8s ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d; Ducklings, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; Tame BO" bits, is 3d to is 9d ; Pigeons, 9d to Is ; and Guinea Fowls, 3s 6d to 5s each ; Surrey Fowls, 9s to 12s ; Ditto, Chickens, 8s to 9$ F .- couple ; Fresh Butter, Is 2d to Is 4d per pound. NEWPORT. 64 Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5 9 to 6s 6d ; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 101 to 5s per 81bs. lIILLXNGSGJITE. Only moderate supplies of Fish were on sale to-day. Generalir speaking, the demand was firm, and prices were well supported. _ . WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s Gd ; Lamb, 5s 44 t° Gs 6d ; Veal, 4 - 3 4d to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 5s per Blbs. BREAD. • The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis ar e from 8, d t 0 93 ; of Household do, 634c1 to 8d per 4lbs loaf. HIDE MARKET. nth bMarket Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d ; do. 641 b t o 721 b, 3d ; d o . 801 b, 3d to 314 d; do. 801 b to 881 b, 31,0 to 3 1 %cl ; do. 881 b to 3 1 ,01 to 4 1 %d; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to sd; do. 1041 b to 1121 b, Os. t',7 - ; Skins, 3s to 6s 6d ; Horse Hides, 13s ; Polled Sh ee p, b s to Is Half Breds, 45 8d to 6s 6d ; Downs, 4s to 5s ; Shearlings, 6d to Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s each. E3.®Y MAILICETS. tO SMITHFIELD —Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41 88; Clover ditto, fl er 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14 s to 11 10 p load. A moderate supply and a heavy demand. Ai 60 CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, j ig to 5/ 148 ; Oat Straw, 11 13s to 1/ 15s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 15s to 11 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. 41 8! WHITECHAPEL.-31eadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 41 Se ; Clover ditto, o to 61; Oat Straw, It 12s to I 1 14s ; Wheat straw, 11 l4s to 11 I per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. ----„ ADVERTISEMENT.IIIIIUSH ES, —IN LW INYNNTIO th —The Triple Hair Brush. One s t ro k e o f this is equal to cuteff e ct brush o o Nn;gea:ipol9e Brush, e e r u t 6h r sd a ah. t d, i ; n wi penetrating, five 6:0 which e rdisoo small-tooth ie:selsnlo,Nt. od6.ldivide combs d , 9D a ;u n ioNc d ukob o .fi n; ost e; f e ll ; n 6Pd a r i e l s , s n Nu o ro; pressure being required , and thoroughly cleans sore lishes the nails in a tenth part of the tirne of any other 3, thud; price in bone, No. 1,2 s. ; No. 2,2 s. 6d. ; No. 3 %rbe 6d. ; No. 4, ss. ; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the lo terstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized brushes, "030 hard ; No. 2, less hard ; No. 3. middling ; No. 4, soft narrow brushes, No. 5, hard ; No. 6, less bard; No. 7 , — .O l dling ; No. 8, soft, at Is. each, or 10s. per dozen in bone; o ver 2s. each, or 21 s. per dozen in ivory, the hair warranted II t he to come out. he Medium Shaving Brush, betwee!, l be usual badger hai r an d b r i st l e b rus h , b e i ng a selection,u; i or strongest h a i r on l y f rom t h e b a d ger s ki n, i n a variety °ltion. both in b one an d i vory. Th e a b ove articles are the Inv ert . de ar of Ross and S ons , 119 an d 120, Bi s h opsgate - stree t, e ded and, being protected, any one imitating them will be Peu‘ - against. 00 • E HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. AN 11 ORDINARY Cusz.—tdward White, residing at 45, Clemen t 4 for Strand, was an in-door patient at King's College liospiti" a o n , abscess in th thigh, and a wound nine inches long 0 11 a e ir limb. He could neither bend his knee nor put his foot to the gro 4 He remained in the hospital live months in bed, when bo ws , tb; le „ formed that " nothing more could be done for him ;" be Taloa carried to his home, and commenced using the above 01 1 a medicines. He is now, to the astonishment of every on e, ltd cured, and can walk as well as ever lie could in his 1ite... 11 ,70er" all retailers of medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Ebbw 244, Strand, London. • - BIRTHS , 0 4 '' On the 30th ult., at Hornsey, the lady of Henry wife., oto of a On son. ra the let inst., at Westbourne - terrace , Hyde-p—..--"-- deil l',.df wife of Charles Mare, Esq., of a son. 00 P' -- On the Ist inst., In Charles-street, Berkeley-Ware' Dalmeny, of a daughter. f Ho f DIED t• t , 010 On the 30th ult., at Eshor, Surrey, Miss Prances Bur& the late Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. pe whits. On the 22d tilt., et Orsywell, neer Odiham, Banta , I ‘ ll .;,* :j thitat• On the 23d ult., at Brighton, Mr. Oliver Hillman, of 1 , 5 6. On the 23d ult., in Devonshire.street, Miss Cordon, ag tbs A1 fQ On the 23d nit , in Cloudesley-terrace, Islington , 3{Bll ' of Mr. Benjamin Perkins ▪ of N°' 11 e London: Printed and Published by IVL - RDO in ▪ the Pt Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Ito. 112. of the Savoy, itl the Countr:of Ididdleeex , 4, 1846. Paid. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 2U 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 IMPALA 3ES. Amount of Share. s. d. 500 0 0 1100 0 0 1100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. !100 0 0 ,hOO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 IN 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 :PAN': Amount of Share. £ s. d. Paid. £ s. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 8 0 0 250 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0, 35 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 3 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 0 I' Prhir3rs aid. X s. d 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 All paid. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 All paid. 20 0 0 All paid. All paid. All paid. All paid. 2 10 0 Price t s ' MARR g r IED. .., ~kett, - On the 30th ult., at St. Pancras Cherch, Sir George to Mrs. Saxe. of Gloucester Lodge Regent's Palk. Wi l liam Cbfiroie: On the 30th ult., at Trinity Church, Weymouth, relict Metcalfe, Esq., Commander, R.N., to Helen E. 1). goe s, ' late William Ross, Esq., of tkeldon, Berbice. ~f Week ending Last week. 549 730 1,064 277 535 3,317 8,276 1,976 876 206 20,101 1,054 37,327 • 826 4,551 1,413 7,010 1,073 4,367 6,302 15,905 2,757 1,857 422 1,203 6,589 667 1,584 6,830 1,108 648 5,176 •Cs od 2.31 Zeo g V" . o.= 610 739 1,045 260 635 2,856 4,694 1,664 847 142 16,563 30,985 1,222 3,792 1,175 6,151 926 3,760 5,956 14,833 2,292 1,386 367 227 6,016 727 4,482 927 557 64 16% 7.% 63i, 53 6% 106 144 10% 3 If ,a' 2.14 162 157 224 161 ii! , ‘ 72 1734 16 704 19 406 I'rict.