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MR. MAXWELL'S NEW WORK, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ADVENTURES of CAPT. O'SULLIVAN; CIVIL, 3IILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries in 3 vols., MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMIIRE, By the COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. - We will not undertake the invidious task of pointing out the originals of the clever portraits hung up for public exhibition in these volumes ; but we cannot refrain from remarking that the author has shown artistic judgment in her admixture of the gay and grave, and that her light colours of satire and comedy are rendered more effective by a contrast with the sombre hues of sentiment and pathos."—Morning Post. " There are much good-heartedness, much good sense, and much good sarcasm in these Memoirs. The style is easy, the adventures are sufficiently various, and the book is not one to be readily parted with."—Athenmum. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. H ULL AND BARNSLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. RETURN OF 20s. PER SHARE. The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT of the above undertaking beg to inform the Shareholders that preliminary to the winding-up of the affairs of the existing Company, they have determined on re turning TWENTY SHILLINGS PER SHARE immediately, and the remaining Balance as soon as the Liabilities of the Company shall have been ascertained and discharged. The Scripho'ders who have not yet sent in their Scrip, are re quested to ibrxard it to the Secretary (who will give a Receipt for the same), at the Offices of the Company, on or before MONDAY the 15th instant (the last day for receiving the same), between the Hours of Ten and Four o'Clock. and The Certificates must be endorsed with the Name, Business, Residence of the Holder, and accompanied with t he subjoined Form, properly filled up and signed, printed copies of which may be obtained at the Office on and after Saturday next. So soon as the Scrip has been examined andregiosrterfeodr,,,a7deqedubeys will be delivered at the Offic€ a of the Compa n y , Post, if required, to parties residing at a distance. Due notice will be given of the time of payment. Scripholders sending their Certificates by post are recommended, for security, to send them in reVysteorr,eiderl,etters. JOHN MOOR, Secretary'. 5i , whitefriargate, Hull, June ;. B s th Es , T 1 8 , 4 , 61 TILE SCRIP. FORM TO BE DELIVERED o To the Secretary of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway Company. Sir,—l enclose Scrip Certificates representing Shares, Nos. in the above undertaking, and I hereby assent to the Dissolution of the said Company, and authorise the Committee of Management to take such steps as they may deem necessary for that purpose, and to cancel the Scrip Certificates sent herewith, stu -, 1 I also agree to receive TWENTY SHILLINGS per Share on each of such Shares, and such further sum as the Committee of Ma nagement shall declare payable, after the final settlement of all claims upon the Company and Directors, in full of all my share and interest whatsoever in the said undertaking, and thereupon to exe cute such Deed of Release as they may deem requisite in respect of the said Shares. Name in fall •• •• •• •••••• • • • • •• Business ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• ideress in full Date-. • • • Witness to 5ignature.................. Address of Witness ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • N.B. The Scrip Certificates must be endorsed with the name, ha siness, and residence of the holder. RAILWAY SHARES EY PUBLIC SALE. mESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their riends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, 'Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Alt Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post ;after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. CERITO his the honour to inform her Friend 9, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be performed Cimar?sa.'s Chcf d'lttivre, hi Two Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGIIETO, Carolina, Madame Grist ; Fidalma, 31 14.1.1niaST;nchioli ; Elisetta, Madame Casten= ; Paolino, Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's " Oda Symphonique of the Desert," by Sig. Pugni, entitled, LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.— Le Chebouck, Pas Beni, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. There will be no Performance this Evening, or To-morrow. On FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar- Mon, Rorrani, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be produced the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Lucien d'Hervilly, 31. Silvain ; Gitane, M. Adrien ; Paquita, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist. In which also will appear Madame Giubilei, Madlles. Sall, Adele, Louise, Les Scent's St. Lenin ; 31. Mathis, W. H. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. In the course of the Evening a Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, by the most eminent native and foreign Artistes. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera, entitled TIIE SLACK DOMINO; er, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. After which, the Comedy of MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. Hal ; Mrs. Quickildget, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. In which Messrs. Rrindal, Tilbury, Backstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. " Robin Hood and Richard Coeur de Lion" every Evening. The " Dustman's Belle" a great hit. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Rinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, awl Miss Forster. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, Ia Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Pillars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain Startling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Pillars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF Alt UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, It. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called "THE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Faul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, .1 Kiss of the Bride. Major Griskin, Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, MI- s Woolgar. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. N. PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce that he has, at great expense, succeeded in bringing to London the most extraordinary and celebrated MONKEYS ankt DOGS ever seen. Those unparal leled animals have obtained the most unbounded success in Paris and the principal cities on the Continent. . Doors - open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, as. ' • Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private BIOME% V. Is. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances THIS EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. pRtNI:ESS'S TFIZATRE. OXFOII.II-STIMPIT. Last Night but One of Mr. MACREADY'S Engagement. THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY (by esreeiail Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of v tn.qaNtus. Virginias, .Mr. Macreaky; Dentatus, Mr. Cooper ; Appius Claudius, Mr.. Ryder ; Virginia, Miss May. To conclude with (only time at second price), the Comedy of THE WONDER; or, A Woman Keeps a Secret. Don Felix, Mr. Wallack,; Col..BritOn, Mr. Vining; Lissario, Mr. Compton ; Donna Vlolante, '►Mrs. Stirling ; Flora, Miss Emma Stanley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. tinder the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. First Week of the celebrated General Tom Thumb, in his popular Drama, by Albert Smith. Second Week of the highly successful Military Spectacle. THIS EVENING Will he performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which is in tro Itical the spl , ndid brass band, double stud, &c. New and popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the numerous troupe of British and Foreign Artistes. To conclude with the Burlesque of HOP 0' MY THUMB. Hop 0 any Thumb, by the General Tom Thumb ; in which he will in tratuce his Nigger melodies, dances, &c. ato.a.vnext, June 12, the second of the gra n d series of the im:4.n eee w representations m wilt take place ; which occasion the per •. 43. be preelSeiy tlieseune as those so recently perfo r m e d ec auti of her most gracious liajesty. The performances will c bran , „,__ence_ at two o o'clock. iron eleven till five o'ciiick.--D6o ra open at six " a , %Yon o'clock. CORtillited vatietylt°4-7—i-ELute.r.tt.ae'ittrTrni:mein!ts' 11 ::i t rs i lt:ft ' g ' itt of an---°"ginal-4"-- ... . THis EvA,,,-, Wiliebe perforniCti a oi : ri.,:ie n to ti e ...._. VICTIM PATRIOT ; , DA.RNARD, TH Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Searle, Tiil vi d. T . t e• Characters by Burton ; Mrs. G . Lee, Miss Treble. Nii3s J efferagre g , ° l' Raymond, a NeW Domestic Drama, Aftrr which Till CV DAY; or, The Trials ot an English 'Faalirienlextil !MIT. Iliggie,,F•:eilericks. Tindeu, Ti ' a r : lei P 4l tilaget.ers by Messrs. Saville, tirle, .aUrtOrl , Howard ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. TQrry, & e. " ra ' s nd , • To conclude with the interesting Drama, entitled TIIE - w/FE ; or, The One Witness. The Wife, Miss Vircent. - - - - Under the PatrollagT of '41.. GARDENS. her Most Gracious Maj est y . ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGIC AL EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. ' DESTR UC VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESL VB.'S, TION of HERCULANEUM an d P OMPEII, in the year 79. This inanitkent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grAndear, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius In the year 73, when the Destruction of Her cuianetun and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction ut .11r..Pan8On• I _ A ripply ornamented GOTHIC WitIDGE of STATUES has been Constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete In all its departments,and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Ca!ypso. The I"YEO'rEell.lifC DISi'LIYS, by Mr. Suathby, are on the tn.rst complete and elective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, rexesenting the Descent of Phi - ebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. earinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Couservittory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivorni by gas-light. reeding ot the Caruivora a t half-past five ; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert , at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One Shilling. a SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. —These gardens were last evening brilliantly illuminated in honour of her Majesty's natal day, a resplendent star, festoons of lamps, &c., being placed over the principal entrance ; there was, moreover, an extra display of fire- Works, and an additional band, which, in conjunction with the ordi nary band, played the national anthem, ac companied by salutes of 21 gams. 'MAAR IFICENT DONATION.—The Secretary to the Rogotatl for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest last evening re ceived the handsome donation of 5001. The only signature appended was " Stratford." ROYAL NAVAL ScaooL.—The directors of the Croy den Railway Company have, through their secretary, Mr. R. S. Young, handsomely granted the use of three acres of land, contiguous this institution, at New Cross, for the recreation of the pupil.% RAILWAY SUN IS NOW PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE, THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 10. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest, 75 ; Noon, '7O. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND S.E. ; variable. MI3II WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 1 minute after 2. Evening .. 24 minutes after t • ...,,,,- - _, , " 34, ;..Y'. 50,.:7_,_-..x,,,,-7v T 4• . . ' ,. ,• - 1 , :f3- , _,)-4 • \ ~,, - • "g -;-,' ` T ,/ • *_:.,...,,r, .;:. „ , ~, lit, -trzTA,_, ~. bp., , , 4-y., '—,.- . . . , ..-.- • h Et .. b e Jentag nit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1846, The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, have made a minute, under date of the 6th of June (which was yesterday inserted in The Sun), on the report of the Gauge Commissioners. Their Lord ships appear to have given the closest attention to the difficult subject in question, and we confess that we are better satisfied with the result at which they have arrived, the suggestions they have offered, than those adopted by the Commissioners. They have considered the report and observations there made by the Great Western Railway Company, which is the company most deeply interested in the question. And, concurring fully in the opinion " that a break of gauge is a very serious evil," and that none of the mechanical contrivances, 'or other methods proposed for miti gating the evil, " are calculated to remedy in any important degree, the inconveniences attending a break of gauge," they come to the real practical question,' viz., whether any just means can be found of producing entire uniformity of gauge. throughout the country? This truly is the great question, for whatever may be the convenience or ad vantages to the public, were they even as great as the warmest supporters of uniformity have asserted them to be, they would be purchased at too high a price if attained by any but just means, and this is the fitting view to be taken by persons exercising so high an influence over the trade of the country, the basis of which must ever be justice and integrity, The Commissioners recommend,amongst other things, —lst. That equitable means should be found of pro ducing entire uniformity c , f gauge, by reducing the broad gauge lines to the narrow gauge. 2d. That all public railways now under construction, or hereafter to be constructed, in Great Britain, shall be formed on the narrow gauge. Their Lordships do not con cur in the entire extent of these recommendations ; they cannot feel themselves justified in recommending an entire reduction of the broad gauge. Several methods had been proposed for meeting the expense which would be occasioned by the reduction ; the principal plans suggested were :-1. That the expense should be defrayed from the public moneys. 2. That it should be defrayed by the companies themselves, who should be compelled to reduce their gauge at their own expense, or to lay down intermediate rails for narrow gauge traffic. 3. That the expense should be borne by a contribution, to be levied on all the rail way companies in the kingdom. The only one of these methods compatible with equity or justice, is that first named, viz., that the expense should be borne by the public. It would be indeed a monstrous injury to the companies who had adopted that standard which they thought best suited to their traffic, who had made all their works with the sanction and authority of Parliament, at increased expense, and who are satis fied that that expense has been properly incurred, and was fully counterbalanced by the additional speed and other real or fancied ad vantages attendant on the broad gauge if they should now not only be called on to forego all the benefits derivable from that increased outlay, and to expend a further considerable sum in reducing their lines to the narrow gauge. Such a proposition is so utterly repugnant to every feeling of fair play and justice, that it requires no argument to be offered against it—it carries with it its own condemnation, And so it is with the other, of levying a general con tribution on all the railways in the kingdom ; it would indeed be hard if railways, which derived little or no benefit from the proposed change, which are far remote from those about to be altered, should be compelled, nolens voleas, willing or unwilling, to pay a large sum of money from their own resources. Private rights have ever been respected by our Legislature, and though it has often been necessary to take the property of individuals for the public benefit, yet the principle has ever been that the public, or parties to be benefited, should pay a full and fair compensa tion for the injury inflicted. If, then, the private rights of the broad gauge companies are to be interfered with, not for their own but the public benefit, it would be mani fest that the public should not only bear the entire expense of the alteration, but make a fair compensa tion for the deteriorated value of the railways after the change had been effected. The question then re solves itself into this—ls the public benefit which would be derived from an uniformity of gauge equ valent to the great expense which would be thereby occasioned ? Their Lordships seem to think not, for they decidedly say that they cannot recommend the Legislature to sanction such an expense from the pub lic money. They also declare themselves unable to suggest any other equitable or practicable means by which the desire" uniformity of gauge could be ob tained. From this decision of their Lordships it becomes manifest that an absolute uniformity of gauge cannot now be attempted, and they turn their attention to the next point of importance, viz., to endeavour to effect such a settlement of the gauges to be used in the several railways already sanctioned, and to lay down such general regulations for the future, as will prevent the increase and further extension of an evil they cannot altogether remedy, and will reduce the inconvenience inflicted on the passenger and goods traffic of the country within the narrowest attainable We think the suggestions they have offered sound and practical, and such as will afford the most bene ficial result. They adopt generally the narrow gauge :as that on which future railways should be constructed, although they do not wish that it should be considered positive and final, wisely —considering that the superiority of some ther and intem'adiate gauge may hereafter be p rove d, an d th a t the advance -- of -Nficance and course of ex p er i ence may point out a practicable mode of altering an existing great operation so costly gauge, and of easily effecting a south , which is now generally conceived to b difficult as to of th e be impracticable. Lines tothe existing line from London to Bristol, an d short loraildles of a few miles in length, i n im mediate be e ith Great Western still Railway, may the sanctioned on the br oa d onnexibli gauge, but a speci a l re Committee on the 818, settingf must be made by th e h a ve induced them to advise sueohrth the r easons th at a gange 2ndly. Unless by the consent of the Legu. lature, it shall not be pe rmitted to the dir ectorsoi com pany to alter the g au g e of their railway, any The other suggestions are, that any suitable / flea _ sures should be promoted to form a narrow gauge link from Gloucester to Bristol, and from Oxford to Basing stoke, or by any shorter route connecting the proposed Rugby and Oxford line with the South-Western Railway. The object of this is to complete the general chain of narrow gauge communication from the north of England to the southern coasts and to the port of Bristol. The South Wales line and its branches, to be formed as the broad gauge, as sanctioned by the Act ; by this means a second continous line of rail way to Ireland, a matter of much public importance, will be secured. It may, possibly, hereafter much Facilitate our intercourse with America. Lastly, the Rugby and Oxford lines, and Oxford and Wolverhampton, are to be still on the broad gauge ; _ . . but additional narrow gauge rails are to be forthwith laid down from Rugby to Oxford, and from Wolver- hampton to the junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester line. And, if it should appear that there is a traffic requiring accommodation on the narrow gauge from the Staffordshire dis ricts to the southern coast, every suitable measure shall be promoted by Parliament to form a narrow gauge link from Oxford to the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. We trust that this report will be acquiesced in and adopted, and that thus the battle of the gauges, so fiercely con tended, may be brought to a peaceful termination. On the 3d inst. the Council of Berne adopted the three first clauses of the new Constitution without any amendment. Madrid papers of the 3d inst. have arrived. They contain no intelligence of importance. The Three per Cents. sold at 331 for cash, the Five per Cents. at 20, the Coupons at 19k, the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 385, and those of Isabel at 196. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. At six o'clock in the morning of that day the regicide LECOMTE was guillotined at the Barrier St. Jacques. The Chamber of Peers on Monday passed the Wes tern Railway Bill and the St. Dizier and Gray Rail way Bill without discussion. In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion on the budget of Algeria had commenced. The Minister of War, who pronounced a high eulogium on Marshal BUGEAUD, was speaking when the post left. These papers contain some additional particulars on the subject of the illness and death of the POPE. " Cardinal de la Tour d'Auvergne received on the 4th of June, from Rome, the following communication:— " Eminence Reverendissime,—Aware of the lively interest your Eminence takes in the valuable health of the Sovereign Pontiff, I eagerly seize the opportunity of certifying in the most positive manner, that the slight indisposition, accom panied with a little fever, which prevented his Holiness from being present at the solemn high mass at Chiesa-Verova, for the fete of Saint Philip Nevi, has produced no ill conse quences, and that his Holiness may be considered as entirely recovered. I receive this information from the Pope's phy sician, my particular friend, whose declaration will allay the anxiety of your Eminence as to the alarming reports circu lated on the subject. " P.S. I am enabled, my Lord, to confirm, at the moment of closing my letter, the happy news of the restoration to health of the Sovereign Pontiff. It is quite positive, and I have it from the Austrian Ambassador himself. (Signed) " The Commander CAMILLE LOUIS DE ROSSI, "French Ambassador. " Rome, May 28." The Presse mentions having received a letter:from Rome of the 30th ult , stating that " a surgical ope ration performed on one of the POPE'S legs produced a violent iilammation in that limb on the evening of the 26th ; it made such progress during the follow ing da3s, that on the 30th the physicians lost all hopes of saving the august patient. GREGORY XVI. had long laboured under a chronic affection in the legs, in consequence of his habit of remaining during the greatest part of the day, seated at his desk." "We cannot undertake to-day," says the Univers, " the history of the long career and the difficult and glorious pon tificate of Gregory XVI. The last events which illustrated it are still present in the memory of Europe and the world. We find an immense consolation - in recollecting the noble words which Gregory XVI. so courageously addressed some months ago to the Emperor Nicholas in favour of the perse cuted Catholics of his empire. He said, considering his great age, that the time approached when he should render an ac count to God, and it was under the inspiration of his piety as well as of his heart that he defended, on that solemn occa sion, justice and religion oppressed. llis soul, full of faith, was not surprised by death. According to the ordinary rules the Cardinals are to meet in a conclave ten days after the death of the Pope, to proceed to elect his successor. The mass of the Holy Ghost, which precedes the conclave, will be celebrated accordingly on the 11th inst., in the church of the Priests of the Mission, on Mount Quirinal." Cardinal DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE proceeds imme diately to Rome to attend the Sacred College, which must be immediately assembled to elect a new Pope. Tie will, on the part of France, exercise a right which that power possesses, in common with Austria and Spain, of annulling the first election, should it prove disagree able to them. Spain, it is said, acts in concert with France on this occasion. The King and Queen of the BELGIANS arrived in Paris on Saturday. The railway from Paris to Sceaux was opened on Sunday. Mr. THOMAS, a notary, has been arrested at Dijon, charged with being the author of the letters threaten ing incendiarism, which were addressed to the Mayor of St. Usage and Echenon on the 30th of April. The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce had published the returns of the corn trade of France during the month of April last, from which it ap pears that the imports were—wheat, 85,946 metrical quintals; other grain, 4,066 ; flour, 414: exports, wheat, 776 metrical quintals ; other grain, 22,512 ; flour, 2,241: and the quantities lying in the Go vernment bonding stores, wheat, 144,183 metrical quintals; other grain, 23,334; and flour, 7,662. The imports during the first four months of 1846 were, wheat, 1,492,628 metrical quintals; other grain, 41,114 ; and flour, 9,278 ; and the exports, wheat, 7,468 metrical quintals ; other grain, 130,095 ; and flour, 13,783. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon day at 83f. 15c. ex. div. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 30c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2561. 25c.; Rouen, 1,030 f. ; Havre, 7501. ; Great Northern, 743 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 895 f. ; Vierzon, 6401. ; Bordeaux, 610 f. ; Boulogne, 487 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 380 f. ; Basle, 220 f.; Dieppe, 420 f. Paris and Strasburg, 505 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 520 f.; Paris and Lyons, 545 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Ceuta., 57f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are quotations for other railway shares: Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 520 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, ditto, 506 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 11—Central of Spain, 1% —East Indian, %-3ladrid and Valentia, 1 —Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France Constituted, 13%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 9% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6 1 ,fi —Paris and Orleans, 4 7%—Paris and Rouen, 39Y 2 —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4 %—Rouen and Havre, 2834—Sambre and Meuse, 5. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. SHARP. - - This case which has arisen out of a church-rate contest was argued at great length this morning. It is an applica tion for a rule to grant a church-rate, made in the parish of Wakefield, under the following circumstances :—A meeting of the ratepayers was called in the usual way, and after some discussion a division was taken, and subsequently a poll of the ratepayers, which resulted in a majority of four in favour of the rate. The opposing party contended that the vicar, who presided, had admitted many improper votes, and that instead of a majority being for the rate, there would be found, on a scrutiny, a majority of one hundred and fifty against it. Some altercation took place about the vicar not granting a scrutiny, and a committee was ap pointed, the result of whose labours did not give satisfaction, as the magistrates were appealed to against the rate. The magistrates dismissed the application, and the result was the present appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench to quash the rate, on the ground of the vicar refusing to allow a proper scrutiny into the votes, and that, therefore, the rate attempted to be raised was illegal. Mr. Baines, with whom was Mr. Hall, was heard in sup port of the rule; and Mr. W. D. Hill and Mr. Atherton were heard against it. _ _ _ (The case had not concluded when our report left.) BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This Court was occupied the whole of the forenoon in hear ing a bill case, the particulars of which were of no interest, except to the parties concerned. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) THE QVZEN V. MALIN. This was a writ of extent, and the jury were called upon to inquire of what goods, chattels, &c., the defendant was possessed within the bailiwick of the Sheriffs of London. The case had been previously submitted to ajury, but the inquiry was abandoned for want of evidence, and the Secondary said that it could be renewed at any time before the return of the writ. The following are the facts of the case :—The defendant is the widow of an officer of the East India Com pany, entitled to a pension of 2051. 6s. 3d., from a fund, called the Royal Bengal Military Fund, founded by Lord Clive, and of which the board at Calcutta are trustees. It was customary for the amount of the an nuities due to persons residing in England to be transmitted to the East India Company, who paid it to them or to per sons holding their powers of attorney. In this case the de fendant resided in Calais, and had been waived (or outlawed), and had given a power of attorney to Messrs. Richards, Little, and Co., East India agents, Bishopsgate-street, who last. The question no w was, whether aTy held the money un d er th e b oar d and had the i Company o u m p p to a n y J a n u were bound to pay it within the City of London, or whether the parties entitled could claim it elsewhere. The SECONDARY said it appeared to him that the pension at all events could not be touched, and that the Company Ny .l4 e ,w r e o n d o d m b o e r ebteht better, agents therefe fi r i e r , t l t i o e pgaeytmtehnet osecretary i v i t d o e n t d h s e . East India Company to attend and explain the precise Mr. WARREN now c o ntended rights of all mere servants of the cfn e t e e t nided that the body in India were the pension and required the l ir d nature of the fund eiliCompany, who sanctioned presarttoiessUbscribe. eeretary's office, was Mr. Thos. Keith, a clerk in yrit,tedvanmi by the saaidmatthteer mofonceoyn NeansientaceerB. Companyc a led H e as It fact, bad the money, but there was an account cLennetveliCe sent over to the Government in India, who settle p d t, and the directors or managers of the fund. An with .application was made three or tour years ago to the Directors to advance the money for the pension on receipt of a certifi cate from t w he agent Of the fund, and i t was consented to, but theywould not take any responsibility on themselves. They might pay or refuse ; there was no obligation to pa y , L or d Clive's fund itself was exhausted tw enty years ago. A tedious discussion ensued in consequence of Mr. Warren cat er what the e l *ming to tend , title Seemed to the pension and the East li a bility of the India Company to pay. i sug g ested that a special • verdict should Mr. WAHREN then si gg be given. said the inquiry was as to what property The SECONDARY within the bailiwick v possessed of of the the defendent was London. In his charge to the jury, Sheriffs of the City of pension was due in - him that the he said it appeared to not bound to pay. A new writ, and that the Company were however might be issued hereafter i f other evidence could b e brought forward. clods chattels, &c .The jury found there were no g / TS E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1846. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvaNs.) IN RE W. H. GREEN. CAUTION TO INsoLvExTs.—The insolvent, who had car ried on business in the country as a dyer, came up to obtain his interim order and protection. Mr. STURGEON appeared to oppose on the ground that the insolvent had paid several of his creditors in preference. The insolvent, i❑ his examination, admitted that during the last year he sold a small estate, on which he received a balance of about 350/., the greater part of which he had paid away to a few creditors after he knew that he was in a hopeless state of insolvency, as he had offered 103. in the pound, but had not made any statement of his affairs to his creditors. He had since sold off all his property. The Learned COUNSEL submitted that, on this showing, the insolvent had excluded himself from the benefit under the Act. The insolvent's attorney said that the insolvent had not kept back but a small sum, and considered he was bound to pay as far as he could. His HONOUR .aid that some of the Commissioners had laid down a rule which he thought very just and proper, that when a person chose when in insurmountable difficulties to administer his own estate, that they would not afterwards in terfere. The insolvent ought to have come forward when he had the money; the petition must therefore be dismissed. The petition was dismissed accordingly. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, including 500 on speculation. Prices were steady, but the market was not animated.-Shares were flat again. The general depression was felt at our sale to-day, and prices are rather worse. Many of the companies do not dis solve so well as was anticipated, and parties will not purchase in such a state of uncertainty. East Indian, 11 s.- Surrey Grand Junction, 3s. 6 d.-North Kent, 1/. 55.-Over Yssels, 17s. 6d.-Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia, 7s. Gd.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 1 25.-Cork, Mallow, and Killarney, 75.-Buckinghamshire, 11. 125.-Churnet and Blythe, 19s. 6d.-Caledonian Extension, 1/. 6s. 6d.-Goole and Don caster, 1/. ss. 6d.-Jamaica South Midland, 17s. 6d.-Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, 1/. 155.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, IN.-London and Manchester, Reming ton's, 13s. 6d.-Reading, Guilford, and Reigate, 18s. 6d.- Great Eastern and Western, 16s. 6d.-Essex and Suffolk, 135.-Reading and Reigate, 125.-Cambridge and Oxford, 135.-Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge, 1/. ss. Most of the ship arrivals to-day are with old dates. It is stated in accounts per West India mail from Belize, that the season's cutting of wood in Honduras will be short, owing to the want of labour and capital, and that an ad vance of 20 per cent, had occurred there in the price of ma hogany. The balance of trade between England and America has favour u s r ho o w f the :_ former recently, as the following par ticulars i lar i w " Quotations for sterling exchange rule much higher now than at the same date last year, which can be attributed al most entirely to the position of our foreign trade; the tight ness in the Money-market, doubtless, has some influence. " It appears, by the most recent official returns, that up to the Ist of May, 1846, the importations were l arger by severa l millions of dollars than they were for the corresponding pe riod in 1845; and it also appears, that in the same period, the exports this year have been more limited than last. This change in the foreign trade of New York is very good evidence that it has been the same throughout the country," The first importation of. Fines has excited some interest, and a numerous party of gentlemen atttended this morning at Messrs. Keeling and Ilunt's, in Monument yard, for the purpose of inspecting the fruit, which was in luxuriant con dition, and did credit both to the parties who have grown them, and the enterprising brokers who have so carefully at tended to the landing and conveyance of them from South ampton 4 .4 a London. The facilities offered by the dock and railway companies of that port are a'so of great importance to the fruit trade, and indeed every branch of importation connected with perishable articles. The Funds have been very heavy again, and Consols at the commencement of business were called 94%, though not officially quoted under 95 to lA. The premium on Exche quer-hills has been 16s. to 21s. Bank Stock has been firm at 205 1 / 2 . The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have just been sold as low as 96%. The Foreign Investments have been very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. realise 37 v s , and Portuguese Four per Cents. 46 to lA. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59. 3 / 4 to 60. The share Market is heavy. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. _ _ .. .. 2051,1 2051 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95% 94% 94% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 9714 96% SG% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. IQ, 1859 .. 10% 10% Consols for Opening .. .. _ .. 95 1 ,6 94% Exchequer Buts. IN d. 1 %d. 1,0001... .. .. .. 16 21 pm. 17 Ditto. Small .... 21 —— pm. '2l BRITISH FUNDS. FOREIGN FUNDS. Equador Bonds Grenada, 1 per Cent .. • • • • Ditto, Deferred Portuguese Four per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. • • • • Russian Bonds .. .. • • • • • • 109 3 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Three per Cent • • • • • • 37 !6 37% French Rentes, 5 per Cent .. 119% Uf. —c. 119 f. 25c. Exchange 25f. 75c. 25f. 75c. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 961 i 9614 Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Gull .. • . 60 59% 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% % 91% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PI i ICES. - .. .. 4% .. .. 46y2 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. 2% .... 1 1 4 Buckinghamshire .. 425. % dis dis. Caledonian .. 10 .... .. • .... . • 111 A Ditto, Extension .. .. .. • • 11 A % 1 36 Chester and Holyhead ••22% .... 20% ........ • • 20% Derby and Crewe .. .. 5; ..... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford .. 2 % 1% 1% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% % Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. SIA .... 3% Direct Northern .. 2% .... 134 % Dublin and Galway 4 2% 1 ,4 ..... Eastern Counties ~ .. 141. 165...., 23% % ...... 23% Ditto New .. 10/. 165.... . 7 p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. p........ % p Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 1 .......... 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 74% .. 75 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 22 • 22 Great North of England . ..100 ....221 . • Great Western .• • • • • •. 85 .•.. • • Ditto, Half Shares • • • • 50 .... 83 Ditto, Fifths • • • • • •• 20 .... 33% Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 4% Harwich & Eastern Count. Junct. 2 1 Hull and Selby • • • • • • •• 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • . 15 .. 35 •• 35 Leicester and Bedford .. •• • . 225. ... lA% dis dis. London ant Birmingham . • • 100 .. .. 227 ...... • • Ditto Quarters .• • • • • • • 2 .. 28% 28% Ditto Fifths .. • • • • • • 2 25 . 25 London and Brighton .. . • •, 50 .. • 64% % London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 London and South-Western • • 41/. 6s. 10d . . • 7814 79 .... .• • 79 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 17% .... 29 London and York .. • • • • • • 2% ...• 1% 2.. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 1 % 1 Manchester and Leeds • . • • •• 82 .. Ditto, Sixteenths . • • • • • 614 9 Ditto Extension • • • • • . 425. .... p p Manchester and Birmingham • • 40 . ... Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 4 .... .13 ........ • • 13 . Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) •9 i% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... p .. .... Manchester and Southampton .• 2 .. Midland .. ..100 .... 150 148 ........ ........ 148 1% Ditto, Now • • • • • •• 1 8 31 . 31 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 45 .. . ...... . 45 Ditto, New • • • • • • • I .. . . 81% 8...... 8 Ditto, New, Brandling .. • . 25 ... 44 44 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 .... 23% • 23% Norfolk .. • • .. • • .. 20 Ditto, Extension • • • • • 2 _,..... North British . • • • • • 22%.. 29 29 Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • 114 Iv s 34 • , 1 31 North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2% 1 7 . North Staffordshire •. . • • • • 425. 2% 3 p Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverlimptu. 12% .... p ..• .... Perth and Inverness • • .• • • 2% .. l% Scottish Central .. • • • •• 10 15% • • 15% Ditto New • . • • • • • • • 2 %.... 7% ... •.. Shrewsbury and Birmingham .• 2% 2 %••• •• • 2% Shropshire Union .. .. • • .. 423. I dis •• • • 14 (its. South Midland • • • • • • • • 425. % % di5...... dis South Eastern and Dovor • • • • 33% 39% 38% 3 , 434 Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 1 9% 19% Do., New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 13% ••..... 13% Do., N id e i w ng ( u d i o ii . o l n s/.) N .. 0. 4 .. . 4 2 1, 24 . 912%1 0. ... ......... 1 %2 West York and Carlisle .. .. • • • • „ ...... Yo D rk itt ri o n . d sc N a o r r b t o h ro li g id h la i t l i r d anc . l . , 2 5 5 0 9 488 • 4 , 8 1 7 Ditto. Extension .. • • •. 15 32 • Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • • • 12 .... 11 Dutch Rhenish .. •• • • • 6 .... 7 ........3,4 .. East Indian . • • • • • • 5 ......... Namur and Liege • • • • •• 6 .... 3 • . . Northern of France Constituted.. 5 14 Orleans and Vlerzon .. 10 .... 14 s. ... . . Paris and Lyons Constituted .• 5 .... G ........ Sambre and Meuse .. • .. 8 .... West _Flanders .• . • .. • 4 .... 2 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1842. Old Mile. St. Demetri ..... ... Ohio Joy The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added; two years old 7st, and three 9st ; fillies and geldings al lowed 31b. To start at the Cup Course post and run in, about half a mile. Blackcock Rufus 11 started. The Royal Hunt Cup, a Piece of Plate, value 200 soya., by subscription of 10 soya each, with 100 added. New Mile. Leaconfield 1 Ironmaster Twenty- cne started. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft. The New Mile. Guaracha.. Taurina .. ANOTHER MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.- Hut, MONDAY.—A wretched mother is now under the surveillance of the police (being too ill to be brought before the magistrates), against whom the double charge of wilfully taking the life of her off spring, arid attempting to terminate her own, will, upon her own confession, supported by other evidence, in case of her recovery, shortly be mad e . The facts were brought to light early this morn ing, when a man named Green and a constable, who were near the w atchhouse at the h ar b our side, saw something like a bundle of clothes floating d own the river. They the body of a woman, insensible, but not quite dead, which was sup ported on the surface of theby the air which inflatedherdregs. water men On being taken to a neighbouring public-house, and medical Jefferies, called in, she recovered her speech , and said her name was weeks, and that she had thrown herself and her child, aged th t r i f e e yof into the river. That fact was confirmed by the finding q f four hours father stated to be " highly respectable," the infant —an extremely well-proportioned one—about unmarried —the afterwards, of course quite dead. The mother took it out, and found it to be to attend. ......, The Inquest will be held as soot:iso the female is able and res i l s dh u ng nm in this town. MARKET NEWS. (THIS DAY.) ARRIVALS. Barlpy. Oats? 150 qrs. -- qrs. 20 Wheat. I English •• •• •• 3 -- qrs. Irish —•—• •• Foreign ...... Flour. skF, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE Io,—Wind S.S.W., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JUNE 9.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Vernon, Yoss, Cal. cutta ; Northumberland, Pollock, Madras ; Calmat ic, lieyne, Bombay. Arrd. from the River, Joint King, westward. Sid. Maitland, Gray, Van Dieman's Land ; Ganges, Walker, Bombay; Lord Collingwood, Renardson, Quebec. OFF PORTSMOUTH, JUNE O.—Dement, M`Pherson, Van Die man's Laud; Wellington, Kenrick, Madras; Gladiator, Bunting, New York. PLYmouTn, JUNE 9.—Arrd. 8. Nunez, Flight, Rio Munez. BRISTOL, JUNE 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Feliza, Pike, Trinidad; Pomona, Smith, Trinidad ; Eleanor, Rees, Barbadoes ; Jessie, Muir, Nevis ; Bowyer, Smith, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF TUSEAR, JUNE G.—lnglewood, -- PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9.—The Mastery, of Jersey, from Liverpool to Rio Munez, was wrecked on Sand Island, on April 13; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 9.—The Holywood is aground in the River Parra RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. NORTH DRITISIE AND maNsricic PINCH. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the above Bills met this morning at eleven o'clock, in room B (New Houses of Parliament). .The members are—Lord Abinger (chairman), the Dukes of Buckingham and Grafton, Earl Burlington, and Lord Downes. Mr. TALBOT appeared for the promoters of the Bill. Their Lordships were occupied fur more than an hour with a dis cussion as to the right of the trustees of the Kelso Union Roads to oppose the Bill, on the grounds that by the diversion of traffic their revenues would be greatly diminished. It was ultimately decided that the opposition could not be entertained. Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to address the Committee on the part of the promoters of the Bill, lie addressed the Committee very shortly, stating that the proposed were two branches of the existing North British Railway, to Selkirk and to Ha wick, and were proposed by the North British Railway Company. The total length was 24 miles, and the esti mate was 350,0001. The lino would give great accommodation to a highly important district, namely, the neighbourhood of Kelso, Selkirk, Berwick, llawick, &c. &c. The only opposition was on the part of the road trustees. Mr. J. Miller, the engineer to the line, was then called, and gave the usual engineering evidence at considerable length. The length of the line and the estimate were as stated by Mr. Talbot. The steepest gradient was 1 in 75, which occurred on the llawick branch, and the steepest gradient on the Selkirk line was lin 200. The sharpest curve had a radius of three furlongs. The question of the admissibility of the opposition on the part of the Kelso Union Trust was then revived. The matter was dis cussed at great length. Mr. PICKERING (on the part of the trustees) proposed the inser tion of a clause to the effect that the promoters should compensate the trustees for any injury they should sustain, and that the amount of compensation should be settled by private agreement, or in case no such arrangement could be made, the matter should be referred to the Sheriff of Berwick. Mr. TALaor would not agree to the introduction of this clause. •In the course of the desultory discussions to which this question gave rise, Mr. PICKERING urged that, although road trustees in England could not oppose railway Bills on account of the diminution of their revenues, yet trustees in Scotland ought to be admitted to oppose on that ground, as they were individually and personally hound, by bonds, to produce the requisite funds for the construction of the roads, and were liable even to personal arrest if they failed to prance them—the English trustees not being bound by any such bond, and not being personally liable. Mr. TALBOT made an offer that the Railway Company should be come liable for one half of the bond due on the west branch of the Kelso Union Roads, which he said was alone influenced by this line. Mr. PICKERING refused to accede to this offer. Mr. TALBOT having refereed to the case of the Berwick and Sel kirk Bill, which passed the House of Commons last session, and in which a clause similar to the present was proposed by the Kelso Union Road Trustees, and was rejected, Mr. PICKERING called a witness, Mr. Corry, to prove that in the case of the Berwick and Selkirk line the roads were actually benefited, and the traffic increased ; and that that was the reason why the opposition was no admitted ; but in this case a diminution of revenue would be sustained by the road trustees. The Committee ordered the room to be cleared, and on our re-ad mission, in about a quarter of an hour, The CHAIRMAN said, the sole question which the Committee have considered—and the sole question which they thought themselves hound to consider--was whether the Kelso Union Road Trustees were entitled to compensation from the North British Railway Company, and they have come to the determination that they are not so entitled. The Bills being now unopposed, The Committee passed both preambles, and having disposed of the clauses, rose and dissolved at about a quarter past two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XIII. The Committee met to-clay at t welve o'clock ; Sir William Clay in the chair. AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY. The case on behalf of this line was resumed. Mr. William Sommerville, cattle dealer, and lessee of a coal work at Dalmellington, gave evidence as to supplying considerable quan tities of coal to the south of that town by carts, and that the railway would be of great benefit in taking the minerals along it. He also deposed that the line would be largely used for the conveyance of cattle. Mr. Hall, a landowner, was exarnined to the effect that the line would confer great benefit to the agriculture of Kirkcudbrightshire. It would bring coal and lime in abundance into the county ; whereas at present there was a very deficient supply. Mr. Maxwell, of Monchies, corroborated the evidence of the pre vious witness. Mr. Holdworth, of Glasgow,. was called and briefly examined in support of Mr. Hunter's evidence of yesterday, and said that he was preparing to erect furnaces for the manufacturing of iron in the neighbourhood of Dalmellington. The efficient working of it Would much depend on the construction of the railway. Mr. Spalding, of Balmaclellan deposed that the licemitile of iron pervaded his estate to a great extent. From an investi gation of the field, the ore was supposed to extend through 1,000 acres of land. in portions of the ore, the proportion of iron was as much as GO per cent., and was nearly as good as the produce of Cumberland. He had expectations if the ore turned out well, of disposing of any quantity of it in Staffordshire. Copper ore had also been found on his estate. The line would afford great facility for ittipping the produce at Balcary Bay. Mr. M`linight spoke as to the advantages the line would confer by bringing coal and lime from Ayrshire into Galloway. He valued the land to be taken for the railway, and he furnished the estimate to the engineer. Cross-examined—This was the first line he had ever estimated for. GROUP XX. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock in room No. 31 (Grand Corridor) ; present Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Ross, Lord W. Bentlnck, and Sir A. Pigot. They proceeded with the consideration of the LONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN. Evidence at oonsiderable length was taken in support of the Duke of Northumberland's apposition. GROUP XXXIII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, In room No. 24, (Grand Corridor), present, Sir Robert Ferguson, chairman, the Mar quis of Worcester, ➢lr. Snsonett, ➢lr. Fellowes,and Viscount Norreys. They resumed the inquiry respecting the RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND 'WAIT:WIC= The whole of the morning was occupied In the examination of Witnesses as to the traffic. GROUP XXXIX. OLDHAM DISTRICT. The Committee re-assembled this momibg at twelve o'clock; Divett in the chair. The proceedings commenced by the evidence of Mr. Joshua Milne, a cotton spinner and coal-owner, at Schawe, the object of which was to show the difference of distance by the two lines of railway, and to prove that the line of the promoters was better than those of their opponents, whether by the Manchester or Huddersfield, or the Man chester and Leeds Railways. In reply to a question, the witness said lie was not aware that a Bill had passed the Commons for a line to Barnsley which would give a direct communication with Manchester to Oldham. GROUP XLVI. This Committee assetrbled to-day at one o'clock ; present, Mr. Bramstone (Chairman), and the other Members. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNC TION, AND TYNE DOCK. Mr. ANDREWS addressed the Committee at great length, on the part of the petitioners, against the Dill. GROUPS XLIX AND LI. --" This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour; Mr. Charles Wood In the chair.l NORTH %VALES MINERAL (DEVIATION AI\TD 2RJLNCH). - Evidence was resumed against the Bill. ➢lr. Henry Jones, a clerk in the office of Messrs. Burke and Co., Parliamentary agents, was examined with the view of showing that the residence of Miss Thomas, a landowner on the line, would be materially injured by the construction of the line. Mr. Edward Roberts, a tenant of Miss Thomas's, gave evidence to the same effect. He had been a tenant of hers for 30 years, and he believed the line would be injurious to Miss Thomas' residence, as well as to the cultivation of the land which he occupied. The severance would be very destructive to :the property. He could not say how many centuries the residence was in the family, but it was a very old family mansion. The crossing of the turnpike road would also be very dangerous at the Sun public• house. The line would have the effect of entirely destroying the beauty of the valley, and there would be no traffic to warrant it. All the landowners were against it. Mr. John Jones, a farmer, was examined as to the traffic along the road. He did not think that the railway, if constructed, would take more slates than the canal at present; it would not in his opinion be generally used. The feeling of the farmers and others was entirely against it. This closed the case of the opposition. Mr. WELSBY, on the part oe the promoters, replied, and after ad verting to the principal points of the evidenceadduced by the opponents of the line, contended that no grounds of opposition had been shown, and hoped the Committee would give their sanction to the project, as every objection which had been made might be applied with equal justice to every railway that was ever constructed in the British isles, and were merely matters for compensation. The room was then cleared for the decision of the Committee, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN made the following announcement:—" We are of opinion that so much of the preamble as relates to the Llangollen branch is not proved." The clauses cf the Bill were then gone through, and it was ordered to be reported. WORCESTER AND PORTHDYNX.LAEN. At the request of Mr. TALBOT, counsel far the promoters of this line, the consideration of the Bill was postponed until Monday next, to enable the promoters to consider their future course of proceeding in regard to it, in consequence of the intentions of the Government just announced relative to the gauge question. The other Bill in this group being unopposed was referred to Mr. Greene, and the Committee adjourned till Monday. GROUP LIII. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; the Iron. E. Lascelles in the chair. SHROPSHIRE UNION AND CANAL (CHES. CORN EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY. The arrival of English Wheat for our market has been on a very limited scale this week, consequently the samples of that article was small. Still, however, the demand for all descriptions was in a very inactive state, at about Monday's quotations. Foreign Wheat was a dull inquiry, yet previous rates were steadily supported. A few parcels of banded found buyers, on certificates, at from 10s. to 11s. per quarter. Itarley and Malt moved off slowly at barely, but at nothing, quotable beneath, late rates. The supply of Oats being un usually short, the oat trade was steady, at very full prices. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last advised. Halt, -- qrs. WHITECILEXPEZ. We had a fair average supply of Meat on sale, while the demand ruled tolerably steady at our quotations. Beef from 29 Gd to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to Gs 2d ; Veal, 46 to 4s 10d ; and Perk, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. TER TO WOLVERHAMPTON). Evidence against the Bill was received on behalf of the Stafford shire and Worcestershire Canal Company. Two witnesses were examined to show the injury which would re sult to the local traffic from the conversion of the canal. Mr. Thum, on behalf of Lord Hatherton, then addressed the Committee in opposition to the line. GROUP LXIV. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room 11; present, Mr. T. S. Duncombe (chairman) and the other Mem bers. XI2,XSH GB. AT WESTERN (PORTA.R.. LXLTGTON TO GALWAY). said that the other evening when they se' NAIRMAN Sa— namely, whether Mr. Cock- The C question which arose, d the - 1 Western RallwaY, had a locus Cock burn, 1 cif not decided. The Committee had since determined that stan.i, w r k a b s urii had not a locus stand! against the preamble of the Bill, b ill ut . sTio c uld be heard against any clause relating to purchase that might be proposed. Mr. Sergeant WaexonAm said that he appeared on the part of the Ifulliugar Company, who opposed the Bill. Mr. TAYLOR, en the part of the promoters of the Bill, contended thattha as the clients of his Learned Friend had not petitioned against preamble of the Bill they could not be heard, and it was the uni versal practice of Committees not to entertain objections under these circumstances. Mr. Sergeant Wa Atiet llAbt contended that ,the circumetaUeee 9f these two Bills having been heard before the House of Lords refuted the assertion of his Learned Friend, and there was no neces sity for petitioning against the preamble of the Bill when they were competing lines, and grouped together. The CHAIRMAN said it was unnecessary to argue the point. The Committee, after hearing counsel pro and con., decided that the Grand Canal Company , under their seal, might be heard against the preamble of the Bill, and that the other petitioners might be heard against particular clauses. The case for the Bill was then resumed. Mr. Richard Lynch, of Galway, was examined by Mr. TAYLOR, and stated that they got goods In Galway from London, Liverpool, and Dublin, and from the latter place that the mode of transit for part of the way was by canal, and the remainder of the road by carts. He further stated that the railway propoSed would be of the greatest advantage not only in bringing goods to Galway, but also in conveying thence corn, 50,000 tons of which came annually into the town, and a greater portion of which was sent to Dublin. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY) HOUSE OF COMMONS, The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were then brought up, and agreed to :—Banffshire Roads ; Belfast and County Down Railway; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (Darfield Branch) ; London and Blackwall Railway (Widening); Marquis of Donegal's Estate; North British Railway (Carlisle Exten sion) ; Sir George Dunbar's Estate; Sheffield, Ashton-under- Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Barnsley Branch ) ; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway ( Worsborough Branch); Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud dersfield, and Goole Railway; Stockton Gas; Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway; Argyll Canal; Birming ham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction Railway; Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches); Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway; Fleetwood, Pres ton, and West Riding Junction Railway ; Glas gow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour ; Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction Railway ; Glasgow Southern Termini Railway ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Gree nock Railway (Polloc and Govan Branch) ; Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway ; Grand Junction Railway (Huyton to Warrington) ; Grand Junction Railway (Huyton and Aston, and other Branches); Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Docks Consolidation ; Har rogate Waterworks; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Diversion and Cooper Bridge Branch); Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction Railway ; London and Croydon Railway (Thames Junction Branch) ; Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway (Chapel Hall Branch) ; Midland Railway (Burton-on-Trent to Nuneaton Branch and Ashby Canal Purchase) ; Midland and Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Weedon) ; Morecombe Harbour and Railway; Norfolk Railway Ex tensions (Yarmouth Extension); Porthury Pier and Rail way; Schoolmasters' Widows' Fund ; Sheffield, Ashton under Lyne, and Manchester Rail wa y (haley Bridge and Hayfield Branches); South Wales Railway (No. 2) ;Yeovil Market and Fairs. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time :—Midland Great Western of Ireland Railway (Mullingar to Galway); Scottish Central and Caledonian Junctioa Railway (by order). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction Railway ; Ballochney Railway (Shotts Branch) ; Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Railway, and Harbour; Bristol and Exeter Railway (Crewkerne Branch); Broms grove Improvement and Small Tenements (No. 2) ; Buckingham Railway (Tring to Banbury) ; Edinburgh Paving -; Great Grimsby Gas ; Leeds and Thirsk Railway (St. Helen's Branch and Deviation); Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough Branch Extension); Leeds and Thirsk Railway (North Eastern Extension— Wath to Hartlepool) ; Leith Paving; London and South Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch); London and Birmingham Railway (Camden and Euston Stations Enlargement) ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junc tion Railway; Midland Railway (Leicester and Swanning ton Alteration and Branches) ; Midland Railway (Notting ham and Mansfield) ; Newcastle-upon. Tyne Improvement; Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway; Scottish Central Railway (Alloa Branch ); Scottish Central Railway (Perth Termini and Stations); Sittingbourne Improvement. RAIL WAYS. Mr. GREENE moved to repeal the following standing orders :—The order as agreed to by a resolution of the House, April 3, 1846,in lieu of standingorder /35 repealed,and to sub stitute the following :—" That seven clear days' notice be given by the Clerk of the Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office of the day and the hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on every private Bill that shall have been referred to the said Committee, that in case of Bills not referred to the Committee of Selec tion seven days' clear notice, rend in the case of a re- committed Bill three clear days' notice, shall be given by the agents for the Bill to the clerks of the Private Bill-office of the day and the hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on every private Bill, and that all the proceedings of any Com mittee of which such notice has not been given, shall be void." —Agreed to. The standing order /37, and to substitute the following in lieu thereof :—" That notices in writing be given by the Clerk of the Committee of Selec tion to the clerks in the Private Bill-office of the postponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private Bill, which shall have been referred to such Committee on the day on which such postponeme n t i s ma d e ; and that in case of Bills not referred to the Committee of Selection, one clear day's notice shall be given by the agents of the Bill to the clerks of the Private*Bill-office of the post ponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private Bill."—Agreed to. The order made on the 20th day of February last, for referring the Mold Junction Railway Bill to the Committee of Selection be read ; that the same order be discharged ; that the said motion be withdrawn.—Agreed to. The HON. MEMBFAL then moved that the Committee on Curtis's Divorce Bill have leave to sit and proceed on Friday, at three o'clock.—Agreed to. The HoN. ME/1113ER also moved—That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Worcester and Portihdynllaen Railway Bill to entertain all petitions which shall be presented against the Bill on or before the 11th day of this instant June.— Agreed to. That the report from the Select Com mittee on standing orders, in the case of the Great Munster Railway Bill, be read, and that the said order be discharged and the Bill withdrawn.—Agreed to. That the report from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in the case of the Ban don and Bantry Railway Bill, be read, and that the said order be discharged and the Bill withdrawn.—Agreed to, That the report from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in the case of the Cork, Macroom, and Killarney Railway Bill, be read, and that the said order be discharged and the Bill withdrawn.—Agreed. to. Mr. SPOONER moved that the Midland Railway (Burton and Nuneaton Railway and Ashby Canal Purchase) Bill be re-committed to the former Committee, with leave to sit and proceed to-morrow, and to report forthwith.—Agreed to. The Lords' Amendments on the following Bills were then considered and adopted : Brighton and Chichester Railway (Steyning Branch); Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Little Hamp ton Branches) ; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway De viations, and Eastbourne, Hailsham, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches ; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 1); Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 2); Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, a nd A yr R a il way Amendment and Branches (No. 3); Midland Railway ( Sys ton to Peterborough) ' • Sligo Harbour Improvem en t. FREE CHURCH (SCOTLAND). Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from mem bers of the Free Church in Scotland, complaining of the re fusal of sites for churches, which they experienced from the landowners in Scotland. He had to present one hundred and forty-seven petitions on the subject, signed by twenty-seven thousand persons.—(Hear,) THE MILITIA. Mr. MUNTZ presented several petitions from Birming ham, praying against the calling out of the militia, or any thing which would have a tendency to induce war. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Mr. DUNCAN presented several petitions against the pu nishment of death. The Hon. Gentleman also presented se ral petitions in favour of the members of the Free Church in Scotland, which alleged that sites for the building of churches had been refused to them by the landed proprietors in Scotland. The petitioners prayed that the House would take some measures to remedy their grievances. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Mr. EVELYN DENISON gave notice, that he should to morrow put a question to the First Lord of the Treasury, whether he was prepared to make any statement on the subject of railway legislation farther than that already made ; and whether he would have any difficulty in laying on the table of the House memorials which had been pre* seined to Lord Dalhousie on the subject of railways ? THE DANISH CLAIMS. On the order of the day being read that the House resolve itself into Committee, for the purpose of taking into conside ration the Danish claims, ' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said—Sir, although the. House on a former occasion con sented to the motion of my Hon. Friend (Mr. Hawes), that on the present day we should go into Committee on this subject, I think there are strong reasons why the House should not fulfil the object of the vote which they came to on that day, and I therefore rise at this early stage of the discussion for the purpose of moving an amendment to the motion of my Hon. Friend. I am sensible, sir, that in doing so I labour under very consi derable difficulties, because I have always found, upon every successive occasion when these claims have been brought before the House, there has been stated in the course of the debate some new circumstance apparently calculated to in fluence the decision of the House adduced at a period when it is difficult to afford a reply to them—statements are made for the purpose of inducing the House to support the pro positions which are made to them with respect to these claims, yet on another day those very state. ments turn out to be altogether void of a jua foundation, and to be such as should not influence th e de. cision of the House. Now, for instance, on the former OCCEL • sion the Hon. Gentleman opposite, in the course of his reply, adduced an additional argument which we had not heard of before in support of these claims. He did not fora moment dispute that there had been a war between Great Britain and m a t n h d e Denmark, but he stated that a declaration ee w ia a v s madeof war, same year, which cured the previous declaration Britain made no attempt to declare w a t t h and restored peace to Denmark ; and e that, was not issued until illegalityti therefore, r : 1 , 1 e Gre cap tures, because the declaration f there itNovember. wasjus t and H e proper that that had suffered in consequence impresseadt, tthheerHefooursee, shouldupon the res t ere Houseo their that former position those. persons v there no foundation for that judg ment?of the war. But,had when s b i e r n a Copenhagen was surrendered Th taken during the war. provided for the • capitulating which was a Of course such goods as The Danish Government itself issued an order in which it was stated that during the war certain regulations were to be observed as to English subjects, express] y nullif ing the assertion of the Honourable G when he wished the House t o believe that these entlemany, capitulations wer declaratione ot made during ti the war the ' • expressly nullifying theof afterwards, that th e Government in sev en d a y s war was then in force, and that certain hostile measures with respect to British sub jects were to be taken in consequence of the war. A new case was adduced by the Hon. Gentleman on the former occasion, for the purpose of inducing the House to agree to his propositions. Sir, I have thought it my duty on various occasions to oppose an address to the Crown for the purpose of remunerating the claimants on account of the Danish losses, and I have done so, Sir; first, upon what I consider to be a most im portant constitutional principle; and next, because I do not admit that there is any justice whatever in the claims which are submitted to the House. Sir, this House has very wisely determined that they will not admit any grant of money, or any remission of duties due to the Crown, unless it come down to the House, recom mended by the respectful suggestion of the Crown ; and they have done it for the best of all reasons, in order that the House may not be imposed upon by specious or plausible statements made in the coarse ,of a debate on An 4% 46 453 109% uninvestigated claim. The object of that determination has been that individual Members may not be influenced — • that they may not rashly vote away the money of the people to parties who by means of great exertion, activ e canvassing, and consta n t representation of facts more or less accurate, have acquired an influence over the minds of Mon bers;and who persuade them to vote away the publie money. And, Sir, this House has laid down a wise rule, and I am not quite prepared to get rid of it by a sidewind When the case was submitted to the predecessors in the office that I hold, and when it had been submitted to me also, we each of us, acting under a sense of our public dutyWL" proceeding. is not to recommend to Parliament to make a grant of Mal unless we are satisfied that the grounds on which the claim is made are just—have refused to assent to the petition to this House, p ra yi ng f or the granting o f these _. And upon the same principle, I will not No', lingly consent that th e C rown s h ou ld be Ole!" in the situation of having an address presente d to it,: when the Crown h as not been advised to reco mmen d to par !lament the payment of these claims. Sir, this is a very da r gerous experiment. It i s , i n f act, virtually getting r id of t e control which the House has established for the pall of preventing an undue expenditure of the public money. is truly a dangerous experiment, because it would not put limit to the e x t en t to which these claims may go.—(H r') If during th e war w i th Denmark you are prepared to give the sufferers by that war the sum of 250,0004 or a gu ar , t o e of a million of money, because the country with wi le you were at war did not make certain regulations as to the capture during the war, there is no telling to what exte.ol' these claims may now, and at future times be Ina o a o e d for if the principle of this grant of money is g with regard to Denmark, the principle is good vn„,. , respect to every c oun t ry w i t h which you may b e at lg.-, whatever their positi on may b e, and however am ple the', means as to trade ; an d I say, therefore, that it is t h e dutfr e those who have any care f or the mode in which the Plifsiu money is to be exp en d e d, to oppose this first step,w hi e b s" introduce this new principle that you are to indemnify Y ° own subjects for losses at sea during a war betweeot this and any other nation. Sir, observe I am ro e here standing up to defend the rights of people of I am defending the rights of the Pe u li e of this country generally. You tell me there is justice in _ .4 , claims of these individuals whose property has been sin. ficed at sea, and that these merchants who have lost tar, fo •ships and cargoes during the war have sustained a los s which you are bound to show them commisseratit and to make them some compensation. Sir, whether itr. inv right or wrong, capt ures a t sea during war are the ".,t riable practice of nations, and that, as a totally differ:7e question from ca pt ures on land, is not the question now 11° the House. COMMONS' SUMMARY. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock, and after the transaction of a great deal of private business, Mr. HAWES rose to meve that the House do resolve itself into a Committ ee o f t h e w h ole House, to cons id e r an Address to her MAJESTY on the subject of the Dan i° claims. The CHANCELLOR of the E XCHEQUER f e l t b oun d, not withstanding the decision to which the House had com a in April, to opp ose th e mot i on. H e d id this under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, for on every n ecil c i non some new argument had been broached ; on the last occasion the Hon. Gentleman, in his rep7 o : l had argued that the convention in September had ea the declaration of war of August, but that argnef a fell to the groun d w h en i t was recol l ec ted only three days after the execution of that convel°„, the Danish G overnment had issued rules for t he e °- , 1 duct of th e war w i t h Great Britain. The House biiv wisely laid do wn a ru l e not to vote any grant of letie; except at the recommendation of the Ministers of :i s Crown, and he c ou ld not consent to the getting r id of t' its rule by a sid e w i n d. I t was setting a most danger°be precedent, and if the principle now sought to to established we re once ac k now l edged, it wou ld 10 4: the indemnification by t h e nat i on of every finer ft who, during any f u t ure war, m i ght suffer l o ss ""/ captures at s ea , w hi c h would impose upon eye-re class of the community a heavy burden for the benefit of one class. The principle equally 0 1 ) P gn -e t s whether the war was just or unjust. These toere l3 7, oo acco rds- 0 had suffered from captures made in strict with the law of nations, and it was most unjust to ce °3 ol upon the tax-payers of this country now and ask the ca to bear the burden which would be imposed upon th e 0 if these claims w ere a d m i tte d . T he declarat i on of war the part of Den mar k t oo k p l ace previous to t h es e captor viz., on the 15th o f A ugust, 1807. Now, G rea t Britilin.ag never made any declaration of war except by is s ul letters of marque—G rea t B r it a i n never i ss ues a declaro Lion of war until a ll th e means o f pacification ar exhausted. In 1812 A mer i ca d ec l are d war in June, l and England did no t d ec l are war until septeinher t: and yet the ca pt ures ma d e during t il interval were considered as legal capture The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to descrtre, the circumstances under whi c h th e ca ptures were M ea d and which have been already frequently described , 1 % concluded by declarin g hi s d e t erm i nat i on to o ppose t P motion. Mr. HAWES denied that there had been declaration of war previous to:;the captures, It even had there b een suc h a d eclaration, that /11". rendered entirely nugatory by the subsequent convex' Lion by which amicable relations had been restore' Besides, the Government had acknowledged the er istence of these claims by appointing a Commission t ° inquire into their nature and extent, and that Conoe ir sion having reported that claims to the mene t : 225,0001. had been made ou t, it was not r i g ht that h Government should repudiate the decision of their ow; Commissioners. The claims were founded in equith. ll _,„ he appealed to the justice of that House to Ma ke good. Mr. CARDWE L L contend e d th a t th e existence e of wetre between the two nations at th e ti me the PaPture s w made was proved by th e ex i s t ence o f h os tilities, and that no declaration of war was necessary. Under thiese circa; stances, the captures wer e l ega l captures, a nd there w no foundation for these claims. tea Colonel SIBTHORP supported the motion, and - -ee t he on the absence of the Att orne y -G enera l and e _ 4 4 Solicitor-General, who had, w h en out o f office, vor'', favour of the claims, but w h o now a b sented theras° from the division. The House then divided, when there appeared-- For going into Committee Against it ,, 85 Majority (LEFT SITTING.) ~ „, ._27 Maste r ' Monday last, bein g T r i n it y Monday, the --- „OA of the Trinity House, i n accor d ance to Smc ient ..,, i, for assembled at ten o'clock, at their offici a l res id enc e. Tower -w- pit' the purpose of visiting Deptford. Froth their residence t,,lpti/O! ceeded to the Tower, where they w ere j o i ne d b y hi s Grace til d taa' of Wellington, who, in his capacity as one of the brother 3 en-. 00 fen their Lord Warden of the Cinq ue P or t s , accompan i e d the - vast e e „ a 'en their annual visit. His Grace- arr i ve d at th e T o wer 4.. " tu" o'clock, and was received by a guar d o f h onour forme d ffOra 1$ d - Coldstream Guards. The proces s i on th en f orme d , and proce ed env due order to the water over the moat-bridge, when the,_P' - f„, , the barked. After visiting the places required by the cu, a- &itirc'' masters and brothers attended Divine Service at the olu_er, re, Deptford. The Corporation, with the exception of the 111 7; eseir turned to London in their state shallops. The banquet I n ___ l l lcelic e. ing, at the Trinity House, was prepared with groat raula' - _,,, Grac e ' Covers were laid for 82. The master presided. Besides P.: Douro' there Were present the Marquis Camden, Marquis 0 ' co llet Earl of Haddington, Earl of D a lh ous i e , E ar l of : l oan. bury, Earl of Ellenborough, Lord G. S ome rset, ' 1/10 Melbourne, Viscount Melville, Viscount Canning, tl 2„ e fain th e Hon. Sidney Herbert, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, ,_l`-faiallia Hon. J. H. Rous, R.N. ; Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel,'Sir 0..„. r„"illoda Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, It l f,olnir H. T. Corry, Right Hon. S., R. Lushington, Right Hon. Dr. 'A WO' ton, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sir T. Fremanal`t , slf T. L. Melvin.. Hon. Henry Fitzroy, Sir Thomas Neave, /If,. j, A. Jos. Barrow, Bart., Admiral Sir Byam Martin, Admiral '''', D erlal Gordon, Admiral Bowles, Sir Charles Adam, Lieuten ant-G micO e ' Sir H. Douglas, Lieutenant-Colonel Astell, Lieut.-Colonel -,' gel. thwait, Major Elrington, Captain Beaufort, R.N., Rev. IlTrYchsp ville, Mr. Anson, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. C ar d we ll, M.P., N!' Fos man, Mr. Cripps, M.P., Mr. W. W. Cotton, Mr. Dean, N r. „ , yr. day, Mr. Hogg, M.P., Mr. King, Mr. Lefevre, Mr. MaGred?owen, Neville, M.P., Mr. Pelly, Mr. it. Pelly, Mr. C. Pelly, M. 1-„,,nes, Mr. W. R. Robinson, Mr. G. R. Robinson, Mr. Sampson, KT* f i r , J. Mr. Tooke, Mr. Turner, Mr. Walker, Mr. Wigram, en d . _ were Young, M.P. The following noblemen and gentlemen, T rn° _„, e otB also invited to the banquet, were prevented by other englaS'A' sit from attending :-Marquis of Bute, Earl of Minto, Major-Gen eraa H. Wheatley, Colonel Allan, C. 8., and Mr. Heath. • for' Mr. Waghorn left London on Monday evening .. o ft . Ellenborough and St. Germans, and Mr. vacatedUredthb Aden, vid Trieste. We understand that Si G r l it ad o s b t e o r ne t ey i ,, ' e na el 'ir t e he e each ' '' ' t; i services. t Montaubanwith his t a..* de Bouffe warded their subscription in aid of the testimonial to Mr . Waging. Marquis and the Marchion y css The Prince Louis Napoleon pally at dinner on last.Setwuredaun u nderstand, has given the suite C i f Her Majesty, we apartments in St• a J t i, e i to the Marchiouess Welle,si - ta.s“ -- ' chioness of Wesetmm. O r n eee h n o tl n y o possession_ of til THE MARYLEBON CLUB T - f , 01% UR/ca.ET.-- E v. CAmßil..- - ~ irir.-The match was resumed yesterday rd , vflo - again some admirable at Lo 0, A s there ~,,,~,, already stated, the University had the advantage 70 ra nB ' • i their second innings to-day the whole score by _..,441 in the M. C. C. for 138 to tie. The was 68, therefore_Ff r io University, however, we",,,,. match, for the score of the Club was 94 in this innings, by 44 ru .— A. $ MEANS OF RESUSCITATION AFTER IMMEBSION an inquest held yesterday before on the Ow e William Carter, Esq., of a man who died from drowning,directions 611 several important _, mentioned by Mr. Joseph Franklin Rose, surgeon, residing a' 0 to 60, Starnford•street, Biackfr: 'ars-road ' to the me Dee ,in reference be adopted in certain cases of drowning. lie stated that he had, 0, appointed surgeon for that district several years by the BO 4 ,ce 0 ; mane Society, which duty he had that day resigned in consequ e! , ;: o ulo the absurd and improper directions issued by the society. Il e 1 ,,,er 0 mention one rule wherein is stated that on no account wh at 0 JO' the body of a person taken out of the water to be placed in e svgs verted position. He assured the Coroner and jury that " 0 . ap able to prove that where a person is taken out of the ' o ' , " deify' . pareritly lifeless, it is absolutely necessary to place the head. .hafg e 4. dOH ' .ri wards, as the only means of allowing the water .^.- ~ biasvo-- itself and ease the inflation of the lungs. Although he ha 00 ll : extensive practice in various cases of drowning since he bad_ _ woe, office, and found the above means prove successful, he 00 1 o uee fearful of using certain remedies in consequence of the placards_l 0 lie win' Deir by the Royal Humane Society, as the friends of persons r 0 1 t . might be called to see would think that he had aceele a. 3 ono death, by adopting such remedies against the society's rut Dial directions. He was only anxious that the public should 1). , gOO % acquainted with his suggestion, as he felt satisfied that mut* a fea be 01 it would result, and the lives of many individuals would doubt, ife This is a question respecting which there should be no _ a 1 g is to be hoped that medical raen of unquestioned authority ~., .....- their opinions on the subject. A t sit: 0 'for PRIMROSE-HILL PARR. A correspon—en ~ , y , t . In consequence of the scrap of land purchased by Gover un , ;;Dtrel, the Primrose-hill Park, the Committee of the West London .. ` . - :,e ring oi Anti-Inclosure Association have memorialised the CoMinl e s s ,,".;,:, Woods and Forests for an additional purchase, to which_ttl.„2l 3l 7; sc,c.! answer has been received by the secretary :-. Office of. " I '__ o f Des missione.a tier , June 8, 1846. Sir,-I have, on behalf of the Com , ___, 3 e i r al Majesty's Woods, & c., to acknowledge the receipt London Can tard dated Ist instant, submitting on behalf of the West thIS DO Anti•lnclosure Association, a memorial soliciting that o , ~,.e c r o viz: t; will, 'with reference to the recent purchase, on behalfrorl ~,,,,,t y of property at Primrose-hill, apply to Parliament e n.. a_7=4,0 Ila n _ purchase some additional ground in its immediate vi i w 17,.r ::: - . 1 ..01: of the land now used road to reservoir, and the long field to -f el `7 • c from the Avenue-road to the commencement of the ui to ac , l us Tj. London and Birmingham Railway. And I have, in reply .. . hior 00 you that the subject of this memorial shall recelyc do c 9 "."'" .-: it n, lec.,"Cuaszati Gioitz, H, D, Griintbih n _ • , • w heyo has tColonse m THE