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New Reedy, eemplelie in cute 'volume, with Portrait, 10s. 6d. bound, TIE Luz OF - • WILLIA.M THE CONQUEROR. ET THOMAS ROSCOE, ESQ. " Thie Life of the Conqueror is the first attempt made to do full Justice to his character and talents."—Britannia. " From various mimes Mr. Roscoe has drawn facts which have never yet appeared in relation to the Life of William the Conqueror." —Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publiaher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POSITION. T HEWEEKLY CHRONICLE will discuss this important Question fully this SATURDAY NEXT en suing ; and will also contain LEADING ARTICLES on all the TOPICS of the DAY, with the fullest details of the PROPOSED NEW SUGAR DUTIES, the Monopolist and Philanthropic Coalition against them, and the Probable result. FREE TRADERS should hold themselves prepared far the issue. Office, 337, Strand, and all Newsmen. Just published, for the first time in the iivo. form, in 3 vols., with Portraits, price 365. bound, printed uniformly with the " Me moirs of George III." MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF K ING GEORGE THE SECOND, By HORACE WALPOLE, Earl of Orford. Edited, with a Preface and Notes, By THE LATE LORD HOLLAND. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 17, CORNHILL, LONDON. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110. Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq ,Chairman George William Anderson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Invalid Lives assured ; also— Select Lives—lncluding the Lives of Naval and Military Officers proceeding to or resident in India, or other parts of the world. Indian rates of premium moth lower than in any existing Corn pany. Table of rates adapted to every class of policy holders. Assurances affected daily, on application at the °nice. Impaired state of health admitted in policies on Invalid Lives. ♦nnual Premium for 100/. Half Premium Table. A First Seven j Remainder A First Seven Remainder A g e ' ' Years. lof Life. I — l e ' Years. of Life. 53.d.1.£ s. d. Xe.d.X s. d. 20 1 0 2 2 0 4 50 2 14 S 5 8 10 30 1 5 10 2 11 8 60 4 11 0 9 2 0 j 4O ' 115 9 311 6 GEORGE N. WRIGHT, M. A., Manager STEAM TO NEW YORK. The GREAT WESTERN, steam ship, B. R. MATTMF.WS, Commander, will start for New York, from the Coburg Dock, Liverpool, at half-past Eleven o'clock, on the morning of SATURDAY, the 25th instant. Passengers are respectfully requested to be on board by Ten o'clock. Luggage should be sent on board the day previous. Fare, 30 Guineas ; Steward's Fee, 1 Guinea. For freight or passage apply, at London, to Mark Pinkerton, 65, Cornhlll; at Bristol, to W. 31. Bennett, Secretary, Princes-street; at Glasgow, 11. B. Webb, Glassford-street; or, at Liverpool, to Gibbs, Bright, and Co., 8, North John-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUZIIDAy 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. Al! Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. PERROT most respectfully informs the Nobllity. Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING. When will be performed (for the last time this season) Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITANI. Eivlra, Madame Grist ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; ArtirO, Signor Mario ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. In the coarse of the Evening will be produced (for the first time) an original Divertissement, entitled LE JITGEMENT DE PARIS. Comprising a new Grand Pas, composed expressly for this occasion by M. Perrot, entitled LE PAS DES DEESES. By Mdlle. Tag lion', Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. Casson, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. To conclude with a Selection from the admired Ballet, entitled LA GITANA. La Gitana, Mdlle. Taglioni ; Ivan, M. St. Leon ; Duke de Medina. M. Gossello ; Smourost, M. Delaval. 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. THE kT7tE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. In consequence of the overflow from all parts of the Theatre on TvssDAT last, Meyerbeer's Opera of ROBERT LE DIABLE will be repeated THIS EVENING. The principal characters by Messrs. Laborde, Zeller, Boulo ; Madlie. Charton, Mdmes. Julien, and Glubilei. To-Moattow, a favourite Opera. On SATITZDAY, the celebrated Baritone, Mons. MASSOL, will make his first appearance in Rossini's Opera of "Guillaume Tell." Halevy's Comic Opera, " Les Mousquetaires de la Reine." is in preparation and will be immediately produced. Doors open at Seven, per,ormance to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WAY TO KEEP HIM. Sir Bashful Constant, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Brilliant Fashion, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Constant, Miss Telbin ; the Widow Belmour, by a Lady (her second appearance in London) ; Mrs. Lovemore, Mrs. Seymour; Muslin, Mrs. Humby. The Band will perform the Overtures, " L'Ambassadrice," and " Edouard e Christina," the Quadrille, "Je Veux Danser," the " Dublin Walzer," and " Czarina Mazourk." Alter which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LIT iCS. Principal characters by Me.•srs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST, In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, &c. will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, tTcEiym. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. SEELEY. First Night of a New and Original Prologue. THIS EVENING Will be performed an v original Prologue, entitled HOT WEATHER. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Willmott, A. Wigan, F. Mathews ; Miss Villars, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followe•i by a New Come Drama, of a singularly novel cha racter, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Meadows, F. Matthews, A. Wigan, H. Butler, Belling ham, Turner, Klnloch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Miss Fairbrother. After which the new and original Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE . THIS EVENING ►ill be performed a New Drama, from the French, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. In which Madame Celeste, Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, &c., will perform. After which an entirely new and original Comte Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To be followed by Mr. Buekstone's Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, The Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Paul Medford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. After which (for the third time), a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TAE SLEEPING BEAUTY I' TILE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. C. Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Yestris. To conclude with a Comic Drama, entitle.l BEFORE BREAK FAST. Nicholas Trefoil, Mr. C. Mathews ; John, Mr. Oxberry. ABTLEY'd ROYAL AM Pl] ITH.E.ATR E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. tinder the especial pitroLage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priacess Royal. Overflowing houses. Enthusiastic approbation still at tends the Representation of our Conquests in India. The First Week of an Equestrian Drama at half-price. THIr EVENING Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; - or,' England's Victories of 1846. Intro ducing the whole of the Istakvand company. After which, Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE. The whole concluding with a Splendid liippodramatic Melodrama. Box-office open trom eleven tilt .five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'elect. . - DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TILVATIIE. Positively the Last Week of the Operatic Company, and Third Week of Mr. Osbaldiaton, Miss Vincent, and a Double Dramatic ComPany. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera-of GUY MANNERING. Colonel Mannering, Mr. Johnson ; Bertram, Mr. D. W. King ; - Dandle Din mont, Mr. Neville ; Domini° Sampson, Mr. Forman ; Gabriel, Mr. Weiss ; Lucy Bertram, M adame Clara Ausell ; Julia, Miss Betts ; Meg Menthes. Mrs. H. Vining ; Flora, Miss Pearce ; Mrs. Wean dlish, Mrs. W. Daly. Atter which, THE QUEEN'S RIDDLE. Marquis de Santiago, Mr. Osbaldlston ; Sancho, Mr. Forman ; Olivia, Miss Vincent; Florae, Miss Lydia Pearce. The Performances to conclude with THE LADYB OF LAMBETH. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, J , hnson, Neville, Forman, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss L. earee, Mrs. Hughes,. Itc. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EYBRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VlEvr, of NAPLES, ElaueTioN of VESUVIUS, DEsTRUC TION of lIERCULANEum and POMPEII, in the This map-o c ent spectacle Is revived to an unprecedented 79. gra ndeur, the picture be in g mo re than twi ce th e size of the 'e f al or e a of , and represents, as acc uratel y as can possibly be done, the former, Eruption of Vesuvius in the, year 79, when the Destruction of Her place : produced under the direction cuianeum and Pompeiitcolt of Mr. Damon. A richly ornamented , CTII IC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE GON , 2ERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in ali its departments, and includes Many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYR.CYrECIIN IC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display. a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. larinelll will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to mee k.. him, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendoily ornamented with festoons cat l a mps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at pis ; Concert et half-past stg ; a:J.3 the Eruptien at dusk. On moproav, Aug. 19, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL and FETE D'ETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. Admission. One Shilling. rfuE MURDER AT DAGENtIAM.—LATEST PARTICII TUESDAY EVENING.—SI rice the issuing of the reward by the Government for the apprehension of the murderers of r as to been used . in the unfortunate man Clark, the utmost vigilanc: last evening endeavouring to trace out the gllilty parting ; fait sr or thmetKenadent no one had been apprehended, nor is It likely that ' an police, were buP111;• until after the inquest is resumed. On Monday Mr. g i y i p p er e r Son will, Pearce, of the F division, with Inspector Richardson, eon, and the active officers . 01 tie detective engaged in watching the parties who are suspected of the in of obtaining sonic clue to the murderer, in consequence or bills offering tire reward be in g extensively placarded in and arounl Dagenham, Rumford, Ilford. & c. &c. On the first assembling of the jury it will be recollected that Mr. Colin, the surgeon, et . lioniford, in giving his evidence , described the extensive wounds La the throat to have been inflicted with some sharp doulale odgeAl instrument. Alter the adjournment Inspector Colston paid a visit to the residence of some of the persons suspected, and a mong other things they discovered a sword and a stiletto, s.r Spanish knife, the latter having a sharp double edge, which they took possession of, telling the parties that they should produce them b e fore the coroner. On the re-assembling of the j ur y Col ston was not In attendance , and it will be rememb ered that when the in q uest w as over, an application was made by a m an named Young to the Coroner to have these things given up to him, which was refused. Before the inquest was concluded, the coroner said that the body would be most likely exhumed for the purpose, as we learn, of allow ing Dr. Colin to examine the wounds, and to say whether the w eapon in question could have caused such wounds. In consequence of the evidence given at the adjourned inquest, tending to throw suspicion on Sergeant Parsons, and also to the effect that he had been guilty of neglecting his duty, a miAnto investigation was gene into respecting his cenduct before Mr. Superintendent Pearce, and subsequently before the superintendent of the K division, Mr. Mac guard, and the result was, that he had performed his duty properly, and that not the slightest suspicion could attach to him. ONFLAGRATION AT ST. JOHN'S.- C The Committee appointed by the Public Meeting of the 15th inst., for receiving subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the fire at St. John's, beg to announce the following contributions, viz:— Amount previously advertised - - - £2,616 lo 0 Addlional. Barclay, Bevan, & C0..£100 0 0 1 J. Worthington, Eel.. Leal,Coles, Smith, &Co 100 0 0 at Willis and Co.'s - 10 0 0 W. and A. Atkinson -21 0 0 Mr. Sergeant Behests, Aylwia Bevan, Cole. at Smith and Co.'s - 10 0 0 and Harris - - - 5 5 O'Rev. Deacon Morrell, Captain Sir Henry Shif- at Prescott and Co.'s 10 0 0 fener, Bart., R.N. (C. James Prevost, Esq., Gosling's) - - - - 5 0 0 2d sub. - - - - 7 7 0 Rev. Sir John New- C. H. and G. Enderby 5 5 0 port, Bart., (Twining's) 3 0 OlGeorge Laurence, Esq. 5 5 0 Messrs. Overend, Our- 'Moses, Levy, and Co. 5 5 0 ney, and Co. - - - 105 00 I. W. Higgins, Esq., Sir C. Forbes, Bart., at I Furnival's-inn - 65 0 Messrs. Coutts - - 50 0 0 James Field, Esq. - - 5 5 0 Cavan, Brothers, and IJ. S. Kennard, Esq. - 6 5 0 Co. - 5 5 0 R. and R. Oliverson - 50 0 0 Charles Ansted, Esq. - 5 4 0 Follett and Co., Top- ;George Mackay, Esq. 5 5 6 sham, Devon - - 25 0 0,1. and J. Adam - - 5 5 0 Marshall, Mullins, and ,James Hunt, Co. - - - - - - 21 00' Idol-lane - - - - J. Nesbitt, Esq., at !Rev. J. Crosby Clark, Messrs. Glyn & Co.'s 20 001 of Chertsey, at Willis Henry Kemble, Esq., I and Cos. - - - 50 0 M.P., at Messrs. ;A. B. St. Ledger, Esq., at Price and Co.'s - - 10 10 0' Messrs. Dnimmonds - Edward Kemble, Esq. 10 10 0 Dr. Ellerton, at Messrs John and Henry Beale 10 10 0 Coutts's Carter and Bonus - - 10 10 0 Matthew Hutchinson J. Drinkald, Esq. - 10 10 0; and Son - - - - 5 0 0 George Pearce, Esq. - 10 10 0 George Appleyard, Esq. 5 0 0 Conway, Phelps, and Thomas Wood, Esq Hayward, at Mess: s. I Milk-street - - - 3 3 0 Barclay and Co's. - 10 10 0 The Chevalier de Race - 2 2 0 Burdon and Gray - - 10 10 OH. Brooks, Esq. - - 1 0 0 Jno. Chr istophers,Esq., ;Thomas Musson, Esq. - 1 1 6 Heavitree, Devon - 10 10 OH. Chapman. Esq., at Gladstones and Co. - 10 10 0 Messrs. Barclay and W. C. Drysdale, Esq. - IL S. Wadeson, Esq. - Egg, 5 5 0 10 10 0' Co's. 10 10 0 C. G. 5 00 5 0 0 Subscriptions will be received at the banking-house of Sir Charles Price, Bart., and Co., and by the other London bankers; as also by the Committee, 11, Leadenhall-street. THE WEATIIER.—SIIN OFFICE, JULY 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 60; Highest. 85; Noon, 72. BAROMETER, 29.92.—W1ND S.W., fine. HI,III WATEIC AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. .. 57 ininutes after 1. I Evening .. 14 minutes after 2. •,,,, - 4 , 'F•fr• • - • .so'< . s „,; m 0 %, • , 'IS` -`3.„ 1 00 2 2 0 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINGI- 3 JULY 23, 1846. well, from which an engine will pun%) it into iron pipes. This process will be carried on in a closed building, and any fcetid exhalations from the liquid during the short period it remains exposed to the atmosphere, will be conveyed into the furnace of the steam-engine. Any silt deposited in the well by the running water will likewise be removed from the well within this covered building. The station-house will not, therefore, be a cause of nuisance, and the liquid will be removed in a far less offensive state than that in which it is now found, when backed in the open sewer by the high tide, and stagnating for hours together in the immediate vicinity of an inhabited eistrict, to be afterwards poured forth at low tide into the open bed of the river." Thus, therefore, will a great public benefit be secured without the infliction of any private evil. But, although the inhabitants of the metropolis will greatly benefit by the removal of this pollution, the advantage which will accrue to them is small indeed in comparison with that which the agricultural in terest will derive. _ _ "It is true (as is observed by the Committee) that this measure has lost something of its efficiency, in consequence of the abandonment of the reservoirs. The result of this concession is, that no more sewage can be drawn at any time from the drains than can be disposed of at the moment to the agriculturist; but even this comparatively imperfect measure will try a great experiment, and if the confident expectation 4 of your committee are accomplished, it will not fail ultimately to realise all the advantages which were originally contem plated. 111r1Dickenson has proved the efficiency of liquid manures. The powermeadc o m f s se o w f ag E e ditu e r r g . h s a i n r. d lr o h f om ll p a s n o s n ii , el o d have f Cli the s r l o m e. v a n nf t l h A e lr. Harvey, of Glasgow, have establi,hed the fact that liquid manure may be applied at a cheap rate, by means of the mechanical contrivance of service pipes and hoses, to crops in every stage of their growth." It is in the application of the liquid manures of great cities, supplied at a cheap rate, that the agri cultural interest will find a compensation, and more than a compensation, for any loss they may sustain by a repeal of the corn-laws ; indeed, there is every reason to hope that by the judicious application of the sewage manure, which has hitherto been suffered to run to waste, the fertility of the soil will be so in creased, that England will not only produce a suf ficiency of corn for the consumption of her population, but that she may become, as she was a century since, a corn exporting country. The sewage of great cities is a mine of unexplored wealth, the value of which no man can calculate. Wisely, therefore, have the Committee acted in introducing into the Bill the following provision : " 2. That the state should reserve to itself the power of resuming its entire property in the sewage, after a certain period, upon conditions to be specified in the Bill." The King of PRUSSIA has issued an ordonnance, confirming, definitively, M. DR BODELSCRWINGR, in the office of the Minister of the Interior, the duties of which he has performed for the last two years. This ordonnance proves that the rumours that were in circulation, that M. D'ARMIN was about to resume the portfolio of the Interior are without foundation. The new Minister is much more liberal in his ideas than M. D'ARMIN. The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Vienna, 12th inst. :—" Mr. WAartoaN has addressed to the Ambassadors of Prussia, Bavaria, and Wurtem burg, a circular, stating that Germany should lose no time in establishing, as soon as possible, a railroad between the Adriatic and the North Seas, if she wishes to prevent the superiority of France, which proposes to form a line from Marseilles to Boulogne. Mr. WAGRORN requests the Ambassadors to transmit his circular to their respective Governments." The St. Petersburgh Gazette publishes the following account of an engagement which took place in the Caucasus on the 24th May:— " Lieut.- Colonel Sousloff, commanding the regiment of Cos sacks of Grebensk, having received intelligence that a large body of Circassian cavalry had made their appearance at Akboulat Yourt, a village situate on the right bank of the Teneck, immediately marched on the threatened point, and, reckoning on the co-operation of the moveable column o Colonel Baron Meller Zakomelsky, crossed the river. Im patient to fall in with the enemy, Lieut. Colonel Sousloff ad vanced with seven officers and 82 - CossacksrWithout foi the remainder of his regiment: After proceeding about eight vents this handful of heroes discovered the vedettes of the rebels, and were immediately surrounded on all sides. The only choice for them was, a disgraceful light or an ho nourable death. The Cosacks did not hesitate a moment, but, dismounting, stabbed their horses and made a rampart of their bodies. In vain did more than 1,500 mountaineers led on by the fanatic Naibs, make repeated charges on them ; the Cossacks remained firm, and repulsed every attack by a murderous fire. This unequal combat lasted more than two hours. The Cossacks had five men killed and forty-nine wounded, as well as all their officers except Lieutenant- Colonel Sousloff and Major Kamboff, the latter of whom re ceived some severe contusions. By this time the Cossacks had expended all their ammunition, and were, by the orders of their valiant chief, preparing their poignards to resist a last attack which the enemy were preparing to make, when some bodies of Russian infantry acivariced from different points to their rescue, and the rebels, fearing to be in their turn surrounded, fled for refuge to the mountains." The Grand Duchess °Los of Russia was married on the 7th instant at the Palace of Peterhoff to the Prince Royal of Wirtemburg. Intelligence has been received from Rothe to the 11th instant. The Government Commissioners have negatived the proposition for disbanding the Swiss troops by a ma• jority of two. There is to be a railway communica tion established between the Adriatic and the Medi terranean, by means of a Rome and Ancona and a Rome and Civita Vecchia Railway. The POPE has given his consent to the, construction of these railways, and it is said that his HOLINESS will likewise sanction a line to the Legations. There is some delay in the appointment of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Austria protests against the ap pointment of Cardinal Giza', and recommends Prince ALTIEEI, formerly Nuncio at Vienna, for that post• This recommendation is protested against by Count Rossi, the French Ambassador, who supports the pre• tensions of Cardinal Gizzi. Don MIGUEL, who is living at Rome, in a state of great distress, had a pri vate audience of his HOLINESS a short time since, for the purpose of soliciting a continuance of the pension of 3,000 scudi, which had 'been allowed to him by the late POPE. A concordat has been agreed on between Spain and Rome, dependent, however, on the adoption by the Spanish Cortes of a measure for the dotation of the clergy. Madrid papers to the 16th have arrived. The star of Don ENRIQUE seems at present in the ascendant, and the friends of Don FRANCISCO de PAULA are about to establish a journal, conducted on moderate Progressista principles, for the purpose of advocating his claims. There were rumours in Madrid of dis turbances having broke out in the Basque provinces, but they were not generally credited. The following from Lisbon, of the date of July 11, is given in the Herald° : " The Portuguese emigrants this day made their entry into the capital, on which occasion the Septembrist party made a great display of their forces. Some seditious cries were even heard. The Patriota, a journal opposed to the present Ministry, says that the country is in a deplorable state, and that a fresh revolution is inevitable, unless the Government changes its course of proceeding. M. Fonseca Msgalhaes, who has succeeded in escaping from Coimbra, arrived at Lisbon on the 9th. The movement at Coimbra has, it is said, been succeeded by another at Santarem, the junta of which would not dissolve itself. At Coimbra the inhabitants of the country round had armed themselves for the defence of the town, in case the Government sh o uld act against them. While the Radical party triumphs at Coimbra the Miguelist party every day acquires fresh strength in Oporto and in the Algarves, and a serious colli sion between the people and the troops is anticipated. At Elvas the corps in garrison do not seek to conceal their dis content, and the Government, fearing a fresh pronunciami en t o , had ordered General Celestino to that place. , ' MADRID BOLSA, JULY 16.—The Three per Cents. were done at 33i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 20i ; the Debt without Interest at 6 ; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 390 ; and those of Isa bel at 208. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday, the leading articles of- the whole of which are devoted exclusively to the approaching elections. The Prince DE JoiNvILLE and his squadron were, on the 12th, at Lampedoss, steering towards Tripoli. It is expected that his Royal Highness will visit Alexandria before he returns to Toulon. A fatality seems at present to attend the French railways. We find the following in the Journal de la Somme,: "About fou r o ' c l oc k on Saturda even i n g, at the moment Boulogne Railway, situate of a heavy show er , a port i on of th e y t u nnel of the Amiens and Sisters of Mercy, s u dd enly f el l i n. Th e accident was attri buted to various caus es , w hi c h , h owev er, we shall not tuate in front of the co nvent of the men tion, as they will most certainly be strictly inquired into by the chief engineer charged with the direction of the works. The storm had most fortunately caused the workmen to quit the tunnel, otherwise a great loss of life would have most pro bably ensued." These repeated accidents have caused quite a panic among the railway speculators on the Bourse. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents., 121E65c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,262 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 960 f. ; Havre, 660 f. ; Great Northern, 688 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 855 f. ; Vierzon, 595 f. ; Bordeaux, 522 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 450 E ; 4f• ; Troyes and Montereau, 367 f. 30e. • ' Basle, 215 E ; ampoux,F 407 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 80 Tours and Nantes, 482 f. 50f. ; Paris and Lyons, 493 f. 75c. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 32. The following are the quotations for the new lines : Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 470 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette ditto, 460 E BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, I iria 22. Boulogne and Asideus, 12—Lyons una: Avignon, —.Namur ad u tTflt rnt LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1846. Lord Jour( RUSSELL having at length very ex plicitly pronounced sentence of death upon the dif ferential Sugar Duties, the redoubtable Protectionists have bethought themselves of their old tactics for obtaining some commutation of the sentence, or, at the least, some reprieve in its execution. The ban quet of home monopoly having been duly discussed and demolished, our free-trade legislators, like Sir HUGH EVANS, are now concentrating their energies upon the "pippins and cheese" of colonial monopoly. Such a consummation, however, of the recent Par liamentary proceedings, though " devoutly to be wished" by the multitude, is directly opposed to the political and eommercial palate of the upholders of the protective system. They perceive the last fragment of their beloved Idol doomed to destruction by the Genius of Free-Trade ; and resolved, if possible, to avert that doom by every logical artifice or sophistical machination, they have assembled toge ther for the purpose of arranging their mode of operation. That momentous council has been held ; those chieftains have deliberated ; their cham pion has already thrown down his gauntlet upon the floor of Parliament. 1 Viewing the " Amendment" of Lord Geouoa BEE TINCY, however, seriously and soberly, it is pre cisely the description of document which might have been anticipated. It betokens in the very feebleness of its verbs and adjectives the smallness of the faction from which it has proceeded. According to the language of their resolution, they opine—" That in the present state of the sugar cultivation in the Bri tish East and West Indian possessions, the proposed reduction of duty upon foreign slave-grown sugar is alike unjust and impolitic." In the present state, &c.! Why what a shallow apology is this for the introduction of such an amendment ! If after the period which has already elapsed since the Emancipation Act those colonial possessions have not recovered their indus trial vigour sufficiently to compete with other terri tories engaged in the cultivation of sugar—if, in addition to this, they afford no definite prospect of ar riving at that condition of prosperity, while their owners are, on the contrary, availing themselves of every opportunity to asperse the Govern ment for affording them but an inefficient compensation,—why not, in Heaven's name, erase that preposterous and superfluous " in the present state rt But let us inquire into the origin of the opinion thus expressed by Lord G. BENTINCIE, in be half of himself and his coadjutors. They conceive that the proposed reduction would prove "alike unjust and impolitic," because forsooth of its " tending to check the advance of production by British labour, and to give a great additional stimulus to the slave trade !" giving thereby a most agricultural precedence to British labour, and introducing the humanity argument as a kind of tag. Of the validity of either of these very pompous and high-sounding reasons we at once proclaim our denial. If ever premises were fallacious, these are so; if ever a question of political economy were dis torted by sophisms, it is that of the differential sugar duties, and those sophisms are in the amendment of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. Con sidering, for example, the notion of these proposed reductions tending to afford encouragement to the atrocious and diabolical system of slave traffic—we have already protested against the accuracy of this supposition. We have commented upon the circum stance of these sticklers for the emancipation of their fellow-creatures crying out against the patronage of slave-owners only when that patronage interfered with their own pockets—of their beholding with silent indifference the commerce in cotton, and cop per, and tobacco,' and so forth, maintained between this country and colonies cultivated by slaves—of their standing forth as the champions of humanity Solely' upon the proposed importation of slave-labour sugar, their own article of rnerchandize ! Besides this, we have declared this dread of patronising slavery to be altogether an illusion, because the planters of Cuba and Brazil are already patronised by us in defiance of all our re. strictions against their admission into British ports ; and have shown likewise that this patronage is most expensive to ourselves without preserv ing any exclusive benefit to our colonial planters. So much for the vaunted humanity argu ment of the colonial protectionists. Although the pretended patriotism of the other reason against the proposed reduction of the differen tial duties is somewhat more speciously. worded in the Amendment, it is, nevertheless, quite as chime rical as the one already answered. We allude to the supposed tendency of such a reduction "to check the advance of production by British labour." we repeat it, is specious, it is adroitly c l o 'h n i c s ei p l o ,e s d itn, ; io but we solemnly protest against it as a mos t illusory, and a most flagitious argument. To strip it of all its flimsy preten sionsi to patriotism , it a mounts literally to this :—" Never mind the thousands of artizans who are turned away incessantly from your factory doors through want of employment; never mind the thousands of labourers who are rendered vagrants, or are thrown upon your parishes periodically from an incapacity to obtain 'work ; never mind these people in England, let them shift for them selves. All we want is that you will cherish some units of planters, and some tens of Hill Coolies : let the thousands of industrious poor in the mother country go to the devil. Shut your ports against foreign.slave-labour sugar, that our planters and Hill Coolies may obtain employment and flourish. Shut your ports against foreign slave-labour sugar, although by so doing you prevent those foreign countries from becoming customers for your manufactures, and by this means prevent your own starving population from gaining the employ ment which would be necessary on such an accession of customers. Enable us to monopolise the traffic in sugar, and you will thereby enable yourself to throw a large portion of your insular community out of employment I" That in literal and honest truth is the substance of the requisition of these colonial protectionists ; that is the simple tendency of Lord GEORGE BENTINOIeti amendment ; and that, moreover, is the tendency—unconscious, we believe—of the clever and gentlemanly remen strance of the Hon. GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY. In protesting against the proposed reductions in the differential duties as " unjust and impo litic," the colonialists altogether overlook the broad groundwork of injustice and itnpolicy upon which those differential duties were originally modelled. They forget that by thus en deavouring to pamper a few cargoes of Hill Coolies, they are doing everything that can well be done to promote the starvation and destitution of whole generations of their fellow-countrymen in the three kingdoms. Charity is hinted at by these lovers of protection and these worshippers of civil liberty. Charity, so be it. But rather let it be charity to the existent people of England, of Ire land, and of Scotland, than to these possible Hill Coolies! An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Commons, previous to the reading of the order of the day for going into Committee on the "Death by Accidents Compensation Bill." The great necessity of an alteration in the law was ad mitted on all sides, and the only question ap peared to be in what manner that altera tion might be most advantageously effected. From the ability and legal knowledge of the several parties who took part in the debate, and the anxiety they seemed to display for the re moval of the inconsistency of the law as it now stands, we entertain a sanguine hope that the prin ciple of the measure, considerably enlarged and ex tended, will soon receive the sanction of the Legis lature. We have already called the public attention to the provisions of the present Bill, and the state of the law which it is intended to remedy ; but where such an important change in the law of the land is contemplated, creating an extraordinary and new responsibility, it cannot be uninteresting again to explain things as they have been, and as it is pro posed they shall be. At present, if any person should receive an injury consequent upon the carelessness, negligence, or wilful act of another, he may maintain an action and recover damage for the injury so sustained against the party by or through whose default it was inflicted, but if he died in consequence, the civil remedy became merged, and no compensation could be recovered. Originally a personal action died with the person, but now, and for some time past, the per sonal representatives of a party deceased might main tain actions for damages to his personal property, or, in some instances, to his real estate. It is difficult to assign any satisfactory reason for such a distinction, and the object of the present Bill is to extend the principle, and to enable the representa tives of a person who had sustained an injury which ended in his death to recover damages in the same way as he himself would have been entitled, had he survived. We cannot understand, however, r why it was proposed to exclude from the operation of the Act cases of murder. Is it because the criminality of the delinquent is greater that the remedy should be taken away? It would ap pear as if it was intended to save duellists from the operation of the law, a class of persons to whom its provisions would be more applicable, and might more advantageously be extended, than to any other what soever, against whom a similar law has been most beneficially acted on in France, and which, if in force in this country, might go far to dimi nish the pernicious practice. We are happy to perceive that the late Attorney-General (Sir F. MESMER) exposed this inconsistency in the Bill, and suggested its amendment in that particular. The Lord Advocate of Scotland explained the law in that country, and mentioned a case wherein he had, as counsel for a railway company, advised a compromise of an action brought against them, by which 1,0001. was giren to each of the children of the deceased person, besides a large sum paid to the widow. We do not quite approve of the law as it is in Scotland, although we admit it to be far preferable to that which has hitherto existed in England: there the jury, by their verdict apportion the damages, as they think proper, amongst the sur viving relatives. Suits of this kind, however, could not be brought by or for the benefit of the creditors of the deceased, nor could they receive any advantage from the amount of the verdicts. Now we cannot see the jus tice of this limitation. Surely the parties who have advanced their money to any man, with a moral cer tainty of being paid the amount from the exertions of the debtor, have sustained a serious loss by his death, for which they should be entitled to obtain aj recompense from the per son by whom that death was occasioned, by whose default they have been deprived of the means of obtaining payment of their demands. We think that in all cases the action should be brought by the executors or administrators of the deceased party, and by them only ; thus the evils consequent upon a multiplicity of actions would be avoided, and the amount recovered should be treated as assets of the deceased, and distributed in a due course of administration, precisely as if the party had re ceived the amount during . his lifetime, and died immediately afterwards : this would be just to all par ties, the creditors would receive the amount of their demands, and the surplus would be applied according to the terms of his will, or if he died intestate, ac cording to the provisions of the statute of distribution. The further consideration of the Bill, as well as that of the Deodands Abolition Bill, with which it is intimately connected, was postponed until Monday next. It is probable that both Bills will then he referred to a Select Committee, on which there will be placed some of the gentlemen acquainted with the practical working of the Scotch law, by whom the details of the measure will be fully considered and revised. The Hon. Member for Kilmarnock, by whom the Bills were brought forward, has every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which they were received by the House. And, although some defects may exist in their present frame, it could scarcely be expected that matters of such consequence, effecting so great changes in the English law, could be brought forward in the first instance in a perfect state, under the auspices of a private Member. He has called the public attention to the evil, and it will be to his exertions that the improvements which may be effected a ill be in a great degree owing. Mr. WAKLEY mentioned a curious case respecting deodands, in the course of his speech : it was that of an accident on the London and Birmingham Railway, where a deodand of 2,0001 was given against the Company. He took the precaution of laying the inqui • sition before an eminent barrister, whose very name would satisfy the public that every precaution which legal skill and ingenuity could suggest would be adopted to insure success. It was, however, immediately quashed, and set aside in the Court of Queen's Bench. No stronger case could possibly be adduced to prove the impossibility of carrying out the existing law relating to deodands. For some years past various plans have been pro posed fer turning the products of the metropolitan sewage ha t m o e profitable e a p c o c l o l u u n t i t o , n a n o d f bt the s fi o l t d h o i o n f g L t o o n d save the which (at least all of it that is soluble) is distributed by the various water companies to the inhabit ants of the metropolis, as pure water fitt e d f or domestic purposes. Under the present system the inhabitants of London are poisoned, and manure of infinitely more value than all the guano that has ever been imported is wasted. Thanks, however, to the persevering efforts of the Metropolitan Sewage Company, both these evils will be remedied. The o re: port of the Select Committee of the House of cm mons, to which the Bill of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company was referred, is a most valuable document. The Committee report that they have considered the scheme proposed by the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, for carrying away the re fuse of the Ranelagh and King's Scholars' Pond , Sewers, and rendering it available for agricultural purposes, and that they recommend the House to con sent to the second reading of the proposed Bill. In all the plans for collecting sewage manure which have hitherto been propounded, it has been proposed to erect tanks or reservoirs for the reception of the sewage. The erection of these reservoirs has always been strenuously opposed by the owners and occupiers of neighbouring lands and houses. The Metropolitan Sewage Company, however, although at first de sirous of having the power of erecting such reservoirs, have now relinquished it altogether. " No reservoir, tank, or catch-pond can be constructed by the company under the proposed Act. The sewage will be conveyed in a covered shaft from the main sewer into the Liege, 3—Northern of France Constituted, 12% ex d.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5 —Rouen and Havre, 26U --Sambre and Meuse, 4—West Flanders, 334. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales 5,000 to 6,000 bales. Shares were steady. The following report on the state of the weather, &c., is from Ceylon:—" While on the continent of India our neigh bours are complaining that the few partial showers which had occurred are insufficient to allay the apprehensions of dearth raised by a previous drought of six months' duration, the S.W. monsoon has burst with more than ordinary force on the southern portion of Ceylon. At Colombo more rain has fallen within the last fortnight than fell in the same period for very many years; and the results have been several land slips, and the tumbling down of sundry houses and walls. The wind has blown down a few trees in the neighbourhood of Colombo, and a great many valuable bread-fruit, cocoanut, and other fruit trees have been de stroyed at Galle, and on the southern coast generally. We hope the eastern and northern provinces have not been passed over in the late down-pourings. " We regret to learn that some coffee estates in the interior are infested by a species of insects well known in the West India Islands as being not a little injurious to the plants. They have already extended their ravages from Kandy up to Puselava. We hope soon to learn that the creatures are not destructive enough to he of any consequence, or that means have been discovered of arresting their progress." There is no particular alteration in the Money Market, and the rate of interest continues steady, without the probability of its being acted upon in any other way than by the mere force of demand,— that is to say, the Bank of England will no doubt act as a free competitor with the other moneved establishments in the City. The Stock Market is very fiat again, and there is a de cline of 1 h per cent. in the quotations, money bargains having been effected at 954 34, and time transactions at 95% %. Exchequer-bills have realised Ils. to 15s. pre mium. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 974 to 1 / 2 , and the Three per Cents. 95% 54.. Bank Stock has been less firm at 207 1 / to 208 1 ,x. The Foreign Investments are heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 24 3 / 4 , Portuguse Four per Cents. 46, and Mexican, - 26. Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 59%. . Shares are in most instances again flat, both the old lines and scrips being affected. Foreign scrip is in some respects not quite so flat as yesterday. BRITIBII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock ... .. .. • • .. .. • • 207% 208% 208% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95% %% 95h Tltree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95%34 k % 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97 54 U % 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 6,11360 .. 10% 5-16 10 5-16 Ditto, N years ! _ Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 346 10 q India Bonds, 1,000/. ~. .. .. .. _ Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. 25 p South Sea Stock .. 105 34 Ditto, New Annuities .. 94% (Joust ls for Account • . • • .. 95% % Exchequer Bills. 1 d 1 lid. 1,0001... 11 15 n pm. 11 5001. 11 15 11 pm. 11 Ditto. Small 11 15 11 pm. 11 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 8614 25 p 105 y, 94;4 95% FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Small .. •• .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. -- Ditto. for the Account Portuguese Your per Cent .. .. 46 Ditto, for the Account .. 45 45 Russian Bends .. 112 112 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% 24% Ditto, for the Account • . 24% Ditto, Three per Cent 36% Ditto, for the Account .. 35h Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Ralf per Cent .. 59% 59% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 94% % 94 1 ,E BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2%...• %%„„.... Birmingham and Gloucester.. •.100 .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 4% 5. Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .. . Ditto New .. .. 5 .. • • 9 •• • • ...... Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 .... 5234 Buckinghamshire .. 425. % dis Caledonian .. 20 .... 12% 13 12%.. Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% 34 „ „ Ditto, Extension • • 23% .... 1% Derby and Crewe .. 2% .......... Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% % . Direct Northern .. 234 .... 134 ........ Eastern Counties .. 141. 165... 24% 24 ...... Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 724 p.... Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61 13s. 4d. % p........ Ditto, York Extension .. Os. .. .. 2 1 74 Eastern Union .. 30 .... .......... Do. Cambridge and Ely .. 2 34 % Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 53( .. 334 Great North of England . ..100 ....232 ...... Ditto, New .. 10 4534 Great Western .. 85 ....150 ..... Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .. 84 . Ditto, Quarter. Wires .. 10 .. .. 22 % 21_1 „ Guildforci, - Earehanz'kFortsmoth 5 .... 53¢ ..., Hull and Selby • • 50 ....10634 .......... Leeds and Bradford .• .. 26 .... 67 69 Leicester and Bedtord .. 225. % dis... .. Leicester, Tamworth, 425..... 1% 1 di5...... Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junet. 234 .... 134 % London an' Birmingham . • • 100 ....229 Ditto, Quarters .. 2 .... 32 ..... 1 endon ana Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8% % London and Brighton . 50 .. . 65 64% London and Croydon • . • • 131. 15s 9d... 23 London and South- Western 411. Os. 10d... 7834 79 London and York - . • .. 1 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 .... 1 Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... Lynn and Dereham .. • • 15 .... 11 Manchester and Leeds .. • . 82 ,„ „ „ Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 11 Ditto Extension .. 42e. M anchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 48 85 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I .• • • 11 10%. „. • M inchester, Buxton, & . Matlock 425. • . % % p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1 34 %.. • • Midland • •• —lOO ....14734 148— Ditto, New 24 .... 3836 38 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 ....121 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. 46 45 Ditto, New . 12 1 % 11% 123( 4 11% Ditto, New, Brandling 25 .... 44% Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .... 26 3 4 ..... Ditto, Tenths .. .• • • 2 •• • • 2%. •••• • • • Ditto, Extension • • . 2 .• • • 2 Nortn British .. • • 25 .. 353 4 % Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 834 13 1 4% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 2% %% North Kent and Direct Dover .. 234 .... 1% North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425..... 34 3 p Noithmpton,Banbury,&Chelthrn. 2 .... 1% Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverlimptn. 1234 .... 734 ........ Portsmouth -lilrect • • 3%... 434 %.!, • Preston and Wyre . .. 25 .... 34 Ditto, Half Shares 1.. • . .. 234 .... 7 .. • ....... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. • 1% di5....... Richmond .. 10 .... 18 ...... Scottish Midland .. .. 10 .... . . . Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 2 Shropshire UI,IOA 425. % dis l% die Smith Midland 425... % % % p 54 p South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 3336 44% •• • • • 44% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 22 • • 223 Do.. New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 15 15% Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2 34 .... 334 South Wales .. 5 ..... 1% Waterford and Kilkenny .. 8 .... .......... 2% West Riding Union • . • • .. 428. •. .. 2 % p 2% p Witbeach and St. Ives .. .. • • 2 .... 23% 234 York and North Midland .. 50 _ Ditto. Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 41% .• ...... 4134 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 1434 14 ...... 14 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 14 .... 11% 74 ...... 11% Bord., Toul., & Cette IMackenzie) 2 Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 East India .. .. .• 58. . -- ••••• • • • • • 6 3. Luxembourg .. .. •••• 4 •••• 1 • • • • • • • • • 1 7 , 4 Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .• .. 12% 3434 AI ••• • . • 12 Orleans and Bordeaux " .. 6 .... 6 734 • • .... 7 1 4 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 4%% % . 5.34 • • 5 34 Sambre and Meuse ... .. 8 .... 4 MINES. 1 129% 52% % dis. 1234 24'i 734 p P 1% 45% 150% 21N 10L;% dia. • 1 dl . 1% . 229 8% 64% 23 114 24 p 10% 1% 148 I%ZI Real del Monte, Unregistered 3 3 ,4 • ••... •.. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, JULY 23.—Wind south, moderate breeze, and fine., DEAL, JULY 23, A.M. Wind N.W., P.nt. W.S.W.—Arrd. Mary, Quebec; Somerset, FOrster, Teneriffe. Arrd. from the River, Dope, Underhill, New Zealand ; Rattler, Goldsmith, Hobart Town ; Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon; Camillus, Sprague, Demerara; Omega, Buchana, St. John's, New Brunswick; John Clark, Disbrow, ditto; Glasgow, Somervillv, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, and std., Southampton, Bowen, Calcutta ; Malabar, Parr, Bombay, Poaxestou'ru, JULY 22.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Wellington, Chadwick, New York, and sailed for London; Cumberland, Bruce, Quebec. Covets, JULY 22.—Arrd. Malrona, Jorgenson, Matanzas. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 21.—Arrd. Florence,-Bromage, Prince Ed ward's Island ; 22, Princess Victoria, Mainland, Pugwash. PLYMOUTH, Jul. , / 22 —Wind S.W.—Arrd. Jane, Cumming, Rio Grande. Sld. S.indwich. Mann, St. Lucia; Queen Victoria, Quebec. FALstourn, JULY 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. King William Holmes, Sierra Leone, and sailed 22d for Liverpool ; Hope, Mlranklcli. LIVERPOOL, JULY 22. Wind N.W.—Arrd. Mary Hannah, Bexley, Africa ; Bombay Packet, Cornish, Old Calabar, eld. May 9 ; Reis Effendi,' Fatherland, Nassau; Hope, Soule, New Orleans; John Wickliffe, Daly, ditto ; Zanoire. Sims, ditto ; Emblem, Smith, ditto ; Georgians, Be hm, ditto ; Brewster, Linco n, 111 obile.; Salem, Milford, ditto ; Michigan, Mason, ditto ; Palmyra, Barstow, ditto ; Reliance, Swinton, ditto; Dumbarton, Pendleton, Apalachicola; Elizabeth, Barclay, N. w York ; Amity, Pugwash ; Choice, Robertson, Montreal; Aberdeen, M'Grath, Quebec ; Harriet, Williams, Newfound! .nd. Sld. Coquette, Wittington, Africa; Ranger, Bahia; Huron, Sebbeson, Montreal. Off port, John 31'Lellan. CLYDE, JULY 21. Arrd. Herald, Ketten, St. John's, Newfound land. Std. 20th, Highlander, I'd`Mullan, Antigua; Faside, Quebec. MILFORD, JULY 21.—The Fidelity, Rowlands, from Fishguard to this pert, missed stays, drove on the rocks outside St. Ann's Head, anslis expecte,' to become a total wreck. MuriaLas, JULY 20.—Arrd. Matthew Harrison, Quebec. rwt.LnELI, JULY 20.—Arrd. Roj al William, Francis, Quebec. KILRUSH, JULY 20.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Ariel, Steward, Mira filch!: Harriet, Rose, Miramichi ; Governor, Gorman, Quebec. Hum., JULY 22.—Wind W.S.W.—Sid. Byzautian, Thurtell, Syra. Hartwicn, JULY 22.—The Ninus, of Scarborough, bound to London, got on shore on the Cork Sand this morning, Out was afterwards assisted off, and proceeded without damage. MARKET N E WS. —( THIS. DAY.) locair ntaalmrs. SMITHFIELD —Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 41; Clover ditto. 41 to Clover ii I d 4 i e tto to , 1 4 1 1 16 t0 s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. load. 55 ; B O o a t t h Straw, li an l I d l s 2s t r t a o w l 11 moved4s ; oWheatff sls l owly, w S I t y r at , .1. 11 . 145t0 ll 1 quotations.6B CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay. 31 to 41 ; Clover ditto, 41 to 5/ 140 ; per Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 148; Wheat Straw, 1/ 148 to 11 16s per load. Supply, good, and trade rather dull. Si N i tr g n s 1;r Oat Straw, A l i l 12s ea4ow f to New Meadow Hay was selling at from 21 108 to 31125, and New Clover, al 58 to 4/ 15s per load. Illa Hay, 3 ; I W to hea 4 t l S ; traw, MEAT MARKET. Sotrrnsix, JULY 22.—We had a full average supply of fat stock on offer this mornlbg ; yet the trade was firm, as follows : Beef, from 25 6d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 55 8d ; Veal, 3s 11,1 to 4s 4d ; and Perk, 3s ild to 4s 6d per 81b6, to :Mak the offal. ROMFORD, JULY 22.—Prime beasts and sheep commanded a steady sale, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a very sluggish state. Beef from 2s 6d to 48 Od; M utton, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per Bibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 298 ; Q uarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 eac h . HAILSHAM, JULY 22.—Beef, from 3s to 4 s 2d ; Mutton, 38 to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s Gd t o 4 s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s Gd per gibs. A fair average supply, and a s t eady trade. AaUNDEL, JULY 21.—We had a steady demand for most kinds of stock today, on the following terms:—Beef, from 3s to 45 ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 40 ; Lamb, 5s to 55 8d ; and Veal, 2s 6d to 4s 4.1 per 81bs. CHICHESTER, JULY 22.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in steady request, at full prices. In other Mule of stock, very little was doing. Beef from 28 8d"to 4s; Mutton, 38 to 4s 4d ; Lamb , 5 5 to bs 8d ; Veal, as Sd t o 4s 4cl; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s gd per Bibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 195; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. NEVIGA.TE AND MEADENEMI.L. ogdtoss 8d ; Veal, 3s Gil to We had a full a verage supp l y o f eac h kind of meat on sale ; yet the general demand was steady, a t full prices. Beef , from 2 s 4 d to 3s 6d ; Mutt on , 2 s 8d to 4s ; L am b, 45 4d ; and P or k , 3 s 4d to 4 s Sd per Bibs, by the carcase. CORN A VER (51 , 5. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 18, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales per Imperial. Quarter. d 38 8E 5 AN 2 9 4 . I 36s 4d PRICE .. 505 lOd 275 lOd 23s Od 36 L 5 Y------ F . 5 WHEAT. IBAELET.I OATS. 1 DUTY... 8 5 04 44 64 14 6 d 4 8 04 4s Od 41 cld I HOUSE OF LOItDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges to -day. The Peers in attendance were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Effingham, the Earl of Kinnoul, acrd Lord Vaux of Ilarrowden. THE PERTH PEERAGE. This ease came before their Lordships upon the petition to the Queen of George Drummond, now Duke of Melfort, ur France, claiming the title of Earl of Perth, in Scotland, as the heir male general of James, the first Earl of Perth, who was created in the year 1605. The title was limited to him and his heirs male. Ile had issue an only daughter, Lady Jane Drummond, who was afterwards mar ried to John Earl of Sutherland. On the death of the first Earl, the title descended to his brother, who sat in Parlia ment in the reigns of James the Sixth and Charles the First. The fourth Earl of Perth filled the office of Lord Chancellor of Scotland in the reigns of Charles and James the Second; he was imprisoned in Stirling Castle after the Revolution, but by a warrant of the Lords of the Privy Council in June, 1693, he was released, upon giving security to de part the realm by the 15th of August following, and not to return without the license of their Majesties or the Privy Council. He left Scotland in obedience to this undertaking, and subsequently joined the Court which James the Second held at St. Germaine. Shortly afterwards King James issued letters patent by which he purported to create the Earl Duke of Perth and Marquis of Drummond, anti those titles were at all times afterwards borne by the Earl and his heirs male of his body until the ex tinction of his male issue in 1760. The Earl and his male heirs were received and accepted as Duke of Perth, at the Court of France. James Earl of Perth, styled Duke ot Perth, died at St. Germ ins on the 11th of May, 1716, and in consequence of the attainder of his son, Lord Drum mend, in ;715, the dignity of Earl of Perth, on his decease, became dormant, On the death of John. styled Duke of Perth, the male issue of James, the attainted Lore Drum mond, failed, and it was contended for the claimant that OR that occasion the earldom of Perth, vested in John Drummond (his brother), as the heir male general of the grantee. John Drummond, the second son of James third Earl of Perth, and next brother of James, the fourth Earl, was created, in 1685, Viscount Melfort, and, in 1686, Earl of Melfort and Lord Forth. A decree of for faulture was passed against him in the Parliament of Scot land, in July 1695, in consequence of his remaining in France contrary to the provisions of the Act of Parliament in that respect, then recently passed in Scotland; but that 'for ' feiture was not to pr e j u di ce t h e Earl ' s issue by his first wife. Lord Melfort accompanied James the Second to France, and that King, by letters patent, signed by his own hand, purported to create the Earl Duke of Melfort. On the death of King James, Louis XIV. accepted the Earl of Melfort as Duke of the kingdom of France, and under that he and his issue have ever since been Dukes of France. The present claimant succeeded to that title upon the death of his uncle, Charles Edward Drummond Duke De Melfort, who was a priest and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, and principally resided at Rome, where he died in April, 1840. Mr. Fleming appeared for the claimant, and the Attorney- General and the Lord Advocate on behalf of the Cron. After the examination of several witnesses, and the putting in in evidence of several documents, among which was the original letter written by King James 11., granting the dignity of Duke of Melfort, the further consideration of the case was adjourned. This being the last seal, the Equity Courts were occupied the whole day with motions, but nothing of interest came before them. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) BIOUNIA P. CAVALLZO. The plaintiff in this action is an hotel-keeper, and the de fendant was described as a vine-grower and wine-merchant at Bordeaux. The demand was for the sum of 81. 17s. for dinner and wine supplied to defendant and his friends. A waiter was called, who proved that on the sth of June last, a person named Paoli called at plaintiff's and ordered a dinner for defendant, and a party of not more than six. The next day defendant and Paoli went at the appointed time, and afterwards some other gentlemen. Defendant left at half-past nine, but the others remained till twelve. The plain tiff took the head of the table, which was, however, said to be customary in French hotels where the master was invited. It was, however, argued for the defendant that lie wai only to supply the wine, and it was not till he charged for the wine that he was charged with the dinners. Mr. Lewis, an attorney, was called, and proved that Paoli said that he was requested to invite him and other gentlemen to dine, and taste defendant's wines, in the hope that they would prove satisfactory, and lead to a purchase. Witness accordingly dined at plaintiff's; he (witness) having named his house in preference to the South American Coffee House, although Mr. Simmons, the proprietor was to be a guest. Defendant gave the orders whilst in the room. The defendant's attorney said, that after this evidence, which took him by surprise, as it was contrary to his in structions, he must let the case go to the jury. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. HOLT V. STOCK. This was an action to recover the sum of 171. 10s. on a bill of exchange. The defence wan-that it had been ob tained from the defendant by fraud. The defendant was tenant to a Mrs. Myers, against whom a bill in Chancery was filed, and in January last a receiver was appointed. The bill was given to Myers on the Ist of March, as it was alleged for rent in anticipation. Notice was subsequently given from the receiver not to pay, and defen dant refused to pay again, and was distrained on in March. The bill was sent to the plaintiff, who is a clerk to Myers' solicitor, and he got it disaiuuted, and it was now contended that there was fraud on the part of Mrs. Myers in getting the bill, and that plaintiff must have been aware of it. Tile ap pointment of the receiver, and rof the distraint by him was not made out, although an order of the court was produced, and the Under •Sheriff, therefore, held that the plea was nut made out, and dirt cted a verdict for the plaintiff. HALLWAY COIII3III TEES. (THIS DAY). HOUSE OE LORDS. Room C. LONDON AND GIZAVESEND. The Committee on the South-Eastern group of projects assem bled this morning. The Earl of Devon in the chair, with the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Craven, - Lbrd Kinuaird, and the Duke of Leeds. Mr. AUSTIN opened for the promoters, and stated that this was a line ;rum London to Gravesend, using the line of the Greenwich Railway for about two miles, as far as the Grand Surrey Canal, thence by a detour to Lewisham, skirting Greenwich Park, passing thence to Woolwich, thence to Dartford, and so on, outside orth• fleet to Gravesend. In the contests in the Commons, allusions had been made to the traffic, and although he would not enter into that subject - , thus much he ought to observe, that although the fare by the railway was ed. and 6d. for the respective classes during last year, and the fare by the steam boats was 4d. to Greenwich, the number of passengers by the railway was more than 2% millions, while that by the steam-boats were only 1% millions The time required to gi tto Greenwich by the boats was half an hour, while by the railway they got in half that time. The time occupied in the passage by the river to Graves end is two hours and a halt; while by the line it would be only three quarters of an hour. The anticipated traffic to Gravesend by the new line would be 3,500,000, which, at a fare of Is. each , would give usual l73 rate olo of r g 4 r o c, gross erre cent, turn thereand d w e o t t c d ti b n e g aworking p r 0 fl ex , , further observe, that along the 20 miles which this line ran to Graves thousand guineas, or a dividend of tea or twelve per cent. Ile might end, or the 28% miles to Rochester, there was a more dense population than on any other line after leaving London for the same distance. For the same distance on the South-Western line the population Is 40,000, on the Great Western line it is 55,000, on the Eastern Counties 41,000, on the Northern and Eastern 55,000, and OH the London and Birmingham it is 43,000; while on the Graves end line it is 100,000, or nearly double that of the best of the other lines. The Learned Gentleman then entered into an explanation of the proposed lines of railway, which, without the plans submitted to their Lordships, would be quite intelligible. It may be sufficient, therefore, to say that the object of the explanation was to assure the Committee that no accident could happen at the junctions of the numerous lines which leave the South- Eastern terminus at • London bridge. They reached Woolwich by rounding Greenwich-park. It was preferred to do this to going through the park, because the instruments in the Observatory might have' been affected by the passing of the trains. The, thence passed at the back of Blackheath, and entered a tunnel of considerable length, reached Woolwich about 165 yards from the Dockyard gates, 65 from the Arsenal ; and from the lowness of the level, by a very ingenious piece of engineer ing, they were enabled to give accommodation by a cube ay both to the Arsenal and Dockyard, with ample opportunity for putting the stores upon the line. From Woolwich they passed over Plumatead Marshes, within half a mile of the pier at Erith, a level station at Crayeard and another at Dartford; they then passed within fifty yards of Erith, where they entered a Gomel of about 160 yards long, and so on to Gravesend. The steepest gradient would be one in ' about 120, and the small es t radius -of a carve 616 yards. The length of the line would be 20 miles one furlong. The estimates for the whole line were 809,0001., and the capital asked for is 1,000,0001. The line is devised by Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. Isidder, and it was not too much to say that it was most judiciously 'aid out. In fact, the project was merely to form a connexion be tween London and Gravesend, for at both termini the stations were made. After noticing the intended opposition of the North Kent Company, who lost their Bill in the Commons, he said that he should object to any opposition than that which had reference to the parti cular part of the country which they had desired to obtain. In this petition there was an allegation of the fares being too low, but tins was both unfair and ungracious, because though they were low they were quite sufficient for paying a handsome dividend. The only petition of landowners was that of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsinid, who was Chairman of the defunct line, and who possessed two small plots of laud in the parish of Pluinstead, just suflieient, and that was all, to give him a locus skin,* before the Committee, and for his land there would be a check ready at the bankers the moment it was asked for. The North Kent line had been debated before the Comunitee nine-at .d-twenty days during last session, and thirty-Mur days this session, so that it could not be said that it had nut been sufficiently deliberated upon, and it had been thrown out on both occasions. He had sad that he objected to any opposition being slowed, or any allusion to the country below Rochester, which he had described as being the ultimate of the present Bill, but he wished particularly and expressly to prevent any supposition that the pro moters of this line were not ready Gs continue their line all the way to Dover, for that was decidedly their intention as soon as the Par liamentary powers could be obtained for that purpose. Mr. Charles Jones, tormerly a civil engineer. and now chairman of the Woolwich Gas Company, testified generally as to the conve. ans , -boats on the river, but thos e did not run later nience of the line to that town, stating that there were as many as than at this time of the year, and f our o ' clock in winter. ninety-se v o e , o s c t k e Ile also stated the feeling of the inhabitants of the place, all of whom were exceedingly anxious for its formation, and the more es pecially as the lines runui g along a lower level, gave access to the Arsenal and Dockyard, while on the other hand the North Kent not only would not afford those advantages, but by running on a viaduct would act as a screen. Meetings lied been held in favour of the Gravesend line, at which it was resolved to support that projoct. On cross - examination by Mr. GOLDSMID, it appeared that there had boeu a change this year in the North Kent project, which made it less objectionable than formerly to the inhabitants of Woolwich. . On re-examinatio n b y Mr. IIEaItEWETHER,. the witness stated that the North Kent Company had not resolved to go to Woolwich till the project of the S out h-E astern C om p an y bad published. bee— n the town Mr. slough, clerk of the Arsenal at W oo lwich, and one of commissioners of Woolwich, stated that both the proposed lines had his line would be very been submitted to that body, and that of the South-Eastern had been unanimously approved. In his opinion, t con venient for putting stores on the line, both alit the from the Arsenal Dockyard loom D. at a quarter to twelve o'clock, the a t y uted till that hear, when the further consideration of the DUMFRIES. AND col:111,8i tctogemnmoitttebeeiningetcot,oo-tdi CARLISLE w l3ll : a r e;Sumae°dr admission of the parties and counsel, On the The Ctiammeri said he had reselved a letter from Mr. Hope John stone, the Chairman of the Caledonian Railway COmpany, which he h a d already submitted to the Committe e, and which he Would now read. it was to the following effect : oPY.) "Caledonian Railway-oflice 28, Parliament-street, London, 22d July, 1846. Lords,—As Chairman of the Caledonian Railway Company, I feel it to be my duty to state to your Lordship, that the decision of the Committee over which you preside has so greatly surprised the parties interested in the Caledonian Railway, and has rendered our position as opponents of the Dumfries Bill so difficult, that I venture to solicit, through your Lordship, the permission to state the gounds on which we would ask a reconsideration of thatdecision. 'would beg at the same time to avail myselfof the opportunity of endeavouring to re move a mistaken impression which appears to have been made on your Lordship and the other members of the Committee on the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Bill, that we are desirous ofinterfer ing with the local accommodation of the country between Cumnock and Dumfries. My object in now addressing your Lordship is to allow that we have not any intention or wish to do so. " It is true that we are in possession of evidence which we believe will satisfy the Committee that the estimates of the cost of the line in question are quite inadequate tor the construction of it, and that the local traffic is not such as to maintain the railway independently of through traffic. That evidence we propose to adduce to-morrow and next day ; but our sole object in continuing the opposition is to mr•otire to the Caledonian Railway that protection against competition raappi issalt9, t 9 wiaida rvr MI simply etas wo otre eatillod, 70 show your Lordship that this is not merely our view, I would refer to the marked passages in the ',accompanying report of the Board of Trade cn these schemes last year. " In evidence of this, [ may refer to proposals repeatedly made on our part, both before and since the commencement of the proceedings M the present session, that we would withdraw our opposition, pro vided the promoters of the undertaking would limit their line to the town of Dunttries, leaving the Caledonian Company to complete the communication between that town and Carlisle. " I ant now about to afford to your Lordship and the Com mittee a farther proof of our sincerity by a still greater concession on our part. The port of Annan has been represented by the promoters as one important and essential terminus of their line; and although we have heretofore considered ourselves entitled to the measure of protection which a branch to Dumfries would afford us, we are willing to withdraw our opposition to the proposed line between Cumnock and Annan, if the remainder of the line from Annan to Gretna be conceded to the Caledonian, together with the Canobie branch. It is clear that the side branches from the main line of the Caledonian Railway to Annan and to Canobie are within the Caledonian Company's peculiar district, and we are prepared to give any pledge the Committee may think pr per, that we shall next section apply to Parliament for the requisite powers, and shall con struct these lines, in case any formal difficulty should prevent the transfer of those portions of the proposed line to the Caledonian Company by clauses in the gre.•ent Bill. " We think that this proposition will afford a fair test of the sin eerity of the promoters of the Bill, in professing that they do not calcu late upon abstracting the through traffic of the Caledonian Company If not agreed to by them, they cannot complain of our pursuing out opposition to their whole line, possessing, as we believe we do, such evid:nce as w ill satisfy the Committee that the grounds on which the Bill is promoted are, in all the important points of cost and traffic, perfectly untenable. "On the other hand, if the promoters of the Bill should adopt our proposition of a division at Annan, we undertake to withdraw our evidence upou the main line from Cutunock to Annan, to that the 111 , 1 to that extent may be held as unopposed. " I have, however, to state to 3 our Lordship that we have objee- Cons of a peculiar character to what is called the Crawick Branch of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line, which, in any event, we desire to lay before the Committee, but the evidence on which will be comparatively short; and having explained that matter to the Com mittee, we shall willingly acquiesce in their decision on the subject of the Crawick branch. " I have the honour to be,my Lord, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) "J. J. HOPE JOHNSTONE. " To the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans, &c. &c." The CHAIRMAN, having read the letter, handed It to Mr. Sergeint Bellasis. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS said it was quite impossible for him to give any answer to it, as he knew nothing whatever of the letter till that moment, and had not consulted the parties for whom he appeared. The CH/MEAN—Thou you had better withdraw to consult your clients. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS—AII I can say Is that I have at present no witnesses whatever. Counsel and parties, at the request of the Chairman, then with drew, to consider the proposition contained in the letter. After being absent about half au hour the parties returned, when Mr. Sergeant BELL&SIS stated that after consulting with hie clients he could not accede to the proposition contained in the letter of Mr. Hope Johnstone. In the first place the pro moters of the Bill hat made an arrangement with the Ayrshire Company for the leasing of the line, on the faith that the whole of the main scheme would be carried out. In fact, this was the essence of the scheme. If any part of the main line was given up, it would be quite impossible to carry out that arrange ment. In the second place, his Grace the Duke of Buceleuch had given his consent to the whole scheme, on the distinct understand ing that the Canobie branch should be constructed in connexion with the main line. They were, therefore, bound to abide by this agree ment. In the third place, the Canobie branch, and; the portion from Annan to Gretna, were the most profitable portions of the whole scheme, and were necessary for the paying of the more northern part. The Ayrshire and Dumfries people were anxious for an efficient communication with the south, and that could not be properly done, unless by full connexion with Carlisle. He was, however, willing to make this arrangement. lie was willing, by clauses to give the Caledonian Company special powers to run over the Annan portion of their scheme and the Canobie, if they in return allowed the present company to run on similar terms over the portion of the Caledonian line between Gretna and Carlisle. If they could not settle the terms on which this mutual use of the respective lines was to be used, he was willing that it should be referred to the Board of Trade. Mr. TALBOT, on behalf of the Duke of Buceleuch, was rising to protest against the arrangement proposed by the Caledonian Com pany, when - COCKBURN interfered. He said the Learned Gentleman bad no right to be heard, lie was only entitled to be heard if he eli° peered against the line, but being a petitioner in its favour be could not. Ha bad at present no right to interfere. The Cnautuati said, if the promoters of the Bill bad listened to the proposition, then the Learned Gentleman might have been heard. As it was t.e could have no object to serve in speaking. He thought Mr. Cockburn had better go on with his ease. Mr. COCKBURN then proceeded to address the Committee. In, doing so, he said he w ou ld proceed on the proposition which had been submitted to the Committee, and while doing so he should, he was sure, succeed in showing that the estimates of the works of the Nitlisdale line were totally inadequate to the construction of the whole line ; that, in fact, the capital was not more than sufficient for the making of the line as far as Annan, and that it would be im possible for them to construct the whole of it, should the Committee concede it to them. The Learned Gentleman was proceeding to enter on the points he was about to prove in evidence, and going to show that it would be advautaseous to the public, as well as the parties interested, that the portion of the line south of Annan, along with the Canobie branch, should be given to the Caledonian, whsa Mr. Sergeant BELLasis interfered. He desired the Learned Gentle man to confine himself to the demerits of the Bill as per the decision o' the Committee, and not to go into the question of the merits of the two lines, ur the question which had been raised in the letter. A discussion arose on the point whether or not Mr. Cockbara should be allowed to go into this matter, which ended in the parties' being requested to withdraw, to allow the Committee to deliberate on it. Room E EXZTIIIi AND DORCHESTER. Their Lordships met this morning at the usual hour. Mr. T. Matchani, coach proprietor, of Andover, who was exaMilled, by Mr. 2.lxitaxwrrnsa, gave evidence of th e num b er o f coaches an the amount of traffic upon the old coach road, which had fallen ollf very considerably since tie formation of the Great Western Bail way ; but in his opinion this traffic would again flow in the saln° direction if the present railway were sanctioned. His occupation brought him into communication with a considerable number of per" sons, all of whom were anxious for the construction of this railway. In his cross-examination by Mr. SLADE, he admitted that there were only two coaches, as elusive of the mails, which went 0 ,6 whole distance to Exeter, via Andover. _ . Mr. T. Mortimer, tanner, of Andover, examined by Mr. MIMS* . WETHEA— In conjunetion with his lather witness had carried on the business of a tanner for a period of between thirty and lorty yet i ; Ile received from 300 to 600 tons of hides from Loudon every Y.": and the expense of carriage of this article would be reduced abn iive shillings per toll it the proposed railway were made. Mr. w. Douitu, of Wallop, held a farm of about 600 acres, a nd in seeds. He wlaasbouinred the Newry, of attending n b diu le d g israd t h n : vantage in consequence of the want of railway places. The market of Andover d n e tl a r t ke e t it s t o e f " L ' o v n el dOn, 5a1gb,,,,..., A r, ndover, New Reading and other distance between W....f010p quence of the high prices which the for the conveyance of London for the purpose of havin and Salisbury witiswunerdeeNa':eence°elnnsmiesd°de.r.olt_lin°,:clm.onse-ed sow., b. w stesmers at SouthtinifiTh.;; d t o gatvilied to send his to Conveyed by afford w grea t destination at Exeter. The peopesed ni rail v wou ld ga facilities for the transmission or sheep t — C. A wa ' . -",. fair, one of the * Largest in England. There w;ndoveo als other very large fairs in that neighbourhood which woult ur,,. ° d a ted bY the railway. The CRAlRstxx Intimated, at this stage of the proceedings, that there was no necessity fcr multiplying evidence upon the question:. traffic. The Committee had heard evidence from different perg. (4 ,7( of various trades and occupations connected with the amount o[ which w traffic, and it was reasonable to suppose that other branches of trade were of the same nature. By a glance at the map and the coots: the line proposed to take, it was self-evident that the ammull , '''' traffic must be very large. .. _ Mr. HILDYAIi) 8,714 that he was quite content to nft:e t . no further evidence on the subject, h e only wished to protect clients from any Injurious effects which might arise from his Learnt': Friend, Mr. Talbot, bringing forw ar d a large quantity of eviden ce. and using against them the st a t ement that they had not made ou t . case for the necessity of tl.e line before the Committee. Mr. TALBOT intimated that it was his intention to bring forward! considerable amount of evidence bearing upon the district betvies' Exeter and Yeovil. The Caatatfax said that he had expressed the opinions of the Committee upon the subject. The parties must, therefore, use thot own discretion, a n d a d opt that course which they thought pes t adapted to promote the interests of tile public. Mr. Avery, of Honiton, grocer and wine merchant, and forMerlf $ coach proprietor, said that the feeling of the inhabitants of Bouiton was unanimous in favour of the proposed line. He received abouti 140 tons of g oo d s annually from London and other parts, Whl would be conveyed by this railway at a less cost than he had to P"-' at present. Mr. Divett, M.P. f or Exeter, one of the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, which was a broad gauge line, said he was certatniy in favour of the broad gauge, but he thought that it was 0 .7 tremely desirable in a pu b lic point of view that there should be....; continuous line conn ect i ng the South-Western and South - Eastern Railway on the narrow gauge; he th oug ht such a railway not only aflOrd great public accommodation, but it would also 1 1 $'" the effect of exercising a wholesome competition. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT—It would be a most serious C a " lainity if Exeter were to be deprived of its present broad gauge coo l : ;nnnicatiou with London. H e b e li eve d that his constituents at eter were almost entirely unanimous in favour of the proposed line, and several public meetings had been held in that city in favour. this line. He thought it very important that there should be A 11 _ 11 .. connecting Exeter with Plymouth and the other ports on the co e aa re .. 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Th e crew of a smack perceiving their conditi? o, 0 , bore down up on them, and safely brought the cutter 1,. The body o f t h e unfortunate owner was washed on the b e ach in the co urse o f the day.—At about the same time as t he above lamentable occurrence took place another more on .. tressing accident occurred in the Swine., a few miles dista.n_..,t" A boat belon g in g t o th e G oo d A greement, o f Colcheel o w t . , was being towed by a fo re i gn vesse l t o t a k e ou t a pil l ,. when it upset, and the two m en th a t were i n it, with the boat, were lost. THE FISTULA INFIRMARY.—The thi r d festival o f the do auxiliary society of the above institutio n was h e ld yeet.e r d s at the Highbury Barn Tavern, Mr. H. F. Richardson ' ll e .. chair, in tile absence of Alderman Copeland, who was i f i r i ,.. vented from attending by the illness of one of his fa! n ' es About 200 persons sat down to a good and substantial "te at four o'clock. The usual loyal toasts being giire n ' br i e f Chairman, in proposing the toast of the evening, gave!, vr oa sketch of the objeas and operations of the society. " rdia g founded by Mr. Salmon in 1836, for the purpose of affo,_. ula pecuniary assistance to the Infirmary fur the cure of _P I I:; 10, and diseases of the lower intestines among the poorer.; talc and since that time had been supported with tolerable au ceas, the expenses being generally balanced by the s ~.D3 ; 3 1, 11 , tions: , Mr. W. H. Martin returned thanks for hie ° g i a nt which was proposed as that of one who had been a 11. t3 i n and the chairman of the last festival. A number of W l ' a nd connexion kith the founder, patrons, friends, officers,o_ded visitors of the society having been proposed and reeta u jer . to in speeches of feeling and ability by Mr. Salmonteltf ei ght dan, the Rev. G. Taylor, &c., the company separated ell , ' a f o'clock. The subscriptions amounted to 17/. 13s- re : i lu fr ' ool which 5/. was from Alderman Copeland. It aPPe a , a w hole. the report that 543 patients were admitted in 18 4 P , ..; si d e red 259 were discharged, 146 materially relieved,_ 43 '_, dat ice, as incurable, 40 discharged for irregularity et alt it and 92 were still on the books, the total number since the foundation in 1836 being 8,236. th. ;