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RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. DTPAICT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. ainnrsoromm, CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND FAREHAM. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Other witnesses were then called, and gave similar evidence. The "Bishop of Oxford was called and examined by Mr. MERE trzTgEN. on the part of the promoters of the Guildford and Chichester. The Right Rev. Prelate gave evidence Isimilar in effect to that of the puke of Richmond, in favour of this line, and against the Direct London and Portsmouth. On the conclusion of his Lordship's evidence, it being past lour o'clock, the Committee rose and adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. LONDON AND YORE. warn DoaregurrEß, waz.zrxELn, AND LEEDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After Mr. ALEXANDER concluded his address, evidence was called to prove the injury which the landowners would sustain by the con artlction of the line. Mr. Sergeant WRANGKAM then replied, after which the room was cleared. After tome deliberation the parties were called in, and informed by the CHAIRMAN that the Committee would defer their decision till they had heard the ca , e for the Swinton and Lincoln line. Mr. AUSTIN then addressed the Committee on behalf of the pro- Moters of the Swinton and Lincoln line, atter which the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP 11. • WEST CORNWALL. Mr. - Hancock and Mr. Harvey were examined this morning in this case. In consequence of the absence of Mr. Brunel, the remainder of the CASS was allowed to stand over till to-morrow. The remaining clauses of the Bill were passed through the Corn. =Mee. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XIII. CAXACDONIAN ZXTENSION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Bell Teller, cross-examined for landowners—The principal portion of the Sanquhar coal-field was within a mile of the harbour o f Ay r . The Blackhouse field was still nearer to Ayr. About seven eighths of the coal shipped at Ayr was supplied by Mr. Gordon, who worked all the fields in the immediate neighbourhood. Cross-examined by Mr. ANDaEws, for the Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway—The Caledonian Corlr:a.iy had promised the harbour trustees the loan of 10,00‘,7. for the ' improvement of the harbour, pro vided they gave- *!sir support to the Bill before the Committee. Be Was ilGi aware that there w as a muc h grea t er quant i ty of fr.j.no and salt brought down to Ayr from Glasgow than imported direct into Ayr from Liverpool. • Mr. James Patton, builder and timber-merchant, resident in Ayr, examined by Mr. BATLE —Between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of American timber were annually imported into Ayr. A treat proportion of that quantity was sent into this country In the direction of the proposed railway for building purposes. There had been a considerable demand lately for wood in the neighbourhood .of Muirkirk on account of the erection of iron works in that locality. A great quantity of friez stone was annually exported from Ayr, which was brought from a quarry about a mile from the town. The supply was not, however, equal to the demand, on account of the want of railway communication to the eastward. Guano In great quantities was loported into Ayr every year, most of which was sent into the interior of the Country. The present line of railway along the coast to Glasgow did not accommodate the interior of the county of Ayr. He Considered the construction of the present scheme would be of the greatest benefit to that district of country. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Sir Tnovas PHILLIPS, to show that the quantity of timber sent from Ayr along the line of the proposed railway was very inconsiderable, but nothing of importance was elicited. Mr. Thomas Gemmel, editor of the ..4yr Adrertiser, was next ex amined—The revenue of the Ayr harbour had been increasing gra dually for the last three years. Last year it had amounted to 1,7001. The number of vessels which came into this harbour during 1845 was 1,146. The entire smount of Custom-hoase duties was 4001. per annum. The general feeling among the inhabitants of Ayr WM decidedly in - favour of the proposed railway. Cross-examined-11e believed there was only one meeting of the Town Council In favour of the Caledonian Extension, and the general feeling was in favour of the line. The dues he had given of the Asrbour of Ayr for the three years were the gross receipts. The authorities and the public of Ayr were decidedly in favour of the present line. Cross-examinad by Sir T. PHILLIPS, for the Glasgow and Ayr Corn puny—The view in which the Town Council had considered the pre sent line was the advantage of it for the through traffic from Ayr and “lasgow. Mi. Adam Hunter, merchant, of Ayr, deposed that he carried on a large business as a general merchant. lie had purchased a consi derable amount of wool along the route of the present line, and if it Wire formed it would be a great accommodation for that kind of goods. Wool from Muirkirk cost about His, a too carriage. Corn Was often brought to Ayr from Edinburgh and Leith. the latter being the principal Scotch port for Baltic grain. Were the line forined there would be great advantage to the traffic, as. since the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company had bought up the canal, freights by that route had risen a great deal. Corn was now, he believed, 16s. a ton carriage. lie Imported grain from Ireland, a considerable portion or which went up to Catrine and the neighbourhood. There was no doubt that a great number of pas- Wagers went from Ayr to Edinburgh. The witness was cross•examined with the object of showing that be was but superficially informed as to the details of the traffic he referred to, when The Conimittee adjourned fill to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XIV. LIVZEPOOL, ORIVESKIRK, AND PRESTON, - - - (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Cornelius Nicholson, Mayor of Kendall, and a director of 1] e Lancaster and Carlisle Railway—This line was one which would give such material accommodation to the country, especially by its branch to Blackburn, that its Importance could not be sufficiently estimated. [lad often travelled over the North Union line, and was of opinion that the accommodation afforded by it was by no means sufficient for the rapidly increasing traffic, even at Preston. There was not sufficient room on the rails for all the trains which arrived, so that an engine, which lied jest arrived, had to run into the adjacent tunnel, and remain there a quarter of an hour, and sometimes twenty minutes, WWI another train had passed. lie had heard that last year there were not less than 60,000 passengers from Liverpool to Scotland. He believed that that number of passengers would, when the lines were opened would take advantage of the railway. The inhabitants were very much in favour of its formation, Other evidence of a similar nature was then adduced. The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XVII The Committee resumed its sittings this morning, at twelve o'clock the Hon. E. Yorke In the chair. MANCHESTER AND SOTITHAMPTON. Mr. Bidder was cross-examined at great length by the opposing Counsel, with respect to the stations, level crossings, landowners, 3sc. In the course of his examination it was elicited, that the posi tions of the ordinary stations had not been decided upon, but that list class stations had been erected at Romsey, Andover, Marlborough, Cirencester, and Swindon, the cost of which Would vary from 2,000/. to 12,0001. He confidently anticipated that the expense of constructing the stations would he defrayed in the course of time by the rent which would he derived from farmers using the granaries which would be constructed in connexion with them. He could not say whether arrangements had been entered Into to the amount of 100,0001. to neutralize the opposition of land• wrners ; it was not within his province to answer such a question ; Toot, speaking for himself, he might say that landowners would re ceive fair compensatb n for any property which might be required for the purposes of the line. The expense of erecting another station at Southampton was perfectly justified by the wants of the inha bitants. He considered that the line would be of advantage to Mr. Moburn, Mr. Bovill, and Mr. Marriott, landowners, near whose property the line will pass at Southampton ; but if they were injured they would be amply compensated by the Company. The junction with the South-Western at Romsey, in order to obtain access to Portsmouth, would be effected (as the existing line is 17 feet higher than the Manchester and Southampton at that point) by two sidings rising about 1 in 50—one a half and the other a quarter era mile in length, and the cost probably 3,000/. To have avoided the land of Mr. Genler and Mr. Everett would have entailed upon the promoters the necessity of leaving Andover out of their route, and the selection of a line more expensive, less convenient by being longer, and in addition, with objectionable gradients. Re-examined by Mr. JAMES —Mr. Maherley, a solicitor, at South ampton, who opposed the line because it would pass his house on an embankment. Formerly supported a line which was intended to pa In a similar manner. The tramways along the pier, at Southampton, would not inconvenience persons using the pier, either for the pur poses of business or pleasure, pes ides a satisfactory arranzement had both made with the trustees. The wishes of the landowners would De met as much as possible within the limits of deviation. In reply to questions from the Committee, the witness said if the works were comme nce d at once that he would undertake to complete it in two years and a half—frout Southampton to Andover could be Completed in a year. The CHAIRMAN suggested that for the future the cross-exami nation of the witnesses should be so arranged that one Counsel should eroes-exatnin: the witnesses with respect to the engineering, and the other with respect to the landowners. The opposing Counsel intimated that the suggestion, although sur rounded with difficulties, would meet with their earnest attent'o•i. Some discussion then ensued respect to theCommliteevisiting Southampton, in order to iffst , :;ct the pier, and the relative positions of the two stations. Mr. limr, intimat!;l that the Sontil-Western would be happy to put a special The CuA nat the servica of the Committee. raJte.si said it was not the Intention of the whole of the Committee, to visit Southampton. He was going to Southampton by the Dine o'clock train on Saturday morning, and should be happy to meet the parties at Southampton in order to inspect the pier. re should also be glad, if possible, to see the property of Mr. Everett, at Appleshaw. Mi.Hawkshaw, C.E., examined by Mr. GURNEY—Had surveyed the line, and he considered it was judiciously laid out, and would meet the concurrence of the dist-icts it would traverse. He was also satisfied with the sufficiency of the estimates, and of the de sirability of the station at Southampton. The tramways on the pier Would not be objectionable. The course of the Andover canal was adTantageous, inasmuch as it wou ld no t i n t er f ere w ith pri vate property. and was the most direct course that could be adopt:d. The line to Andover could be com !!!eted ht twelve months. The line could be carried underneath ‘a• 9,reat Western at Swindon without interfering with the free ..,..2 1 14C:f the line. The heaviest works on the line were at the ' - '" en al eri w tenettr. zbichwere to be tunnelled ; but they presented no Waring the e a , it,Ti:nd the gradients were extremely good, con- The Althea* w et , , the country. Mr. Hatherton. In repl y ezmined by Mr. Hill, Mr. Keating, and et„rnented from w qrstions from the last-named counsel, he stated that the line, it minus. and obliged to use th e making its proposed ter ; bu t it the south-We.stern, would an advisable scheme yet be made, the line would suffer from ivz „ . ",..ProPosed station were not "eying c ommunication with the pier. The Committee then adjourned until one o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XX. RICHMOND (KEW BR..a.wrcu). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The evidence in favour of the line havln: been concluded, th e de . Wilton on the preamble was postponed. LONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN. In respect to the petition against the returns relating to this Bill, the decision on the preamble of which stands deterred, the Commit tee, after a long argument, decided that the petition could not be beard. The Committee then adjourned to Saturday, with t he understand -Ig, that if Mr. Cockburn. Q.C. (for the Kew branch). c annot attend en that day, there will be a further adjournment till Monday. GROUP XXXI. ILMICINGEALWZ AND BRISTOL (ASH" CEITAC2f, TENGMESBI7RIr, and MALVERN). The Committee to which the above railway is referred met to-day it twelve o'clock. The day was occupied principally in hearing the evidence adduced On the part of the promoters of the Bill, in order to show the amount of passenger and goods traffic upon the route of the proposed line between Malvern, Worcester, Tew!cesbury, Chel tenham, and Gloucester. It was proved that the amount of traffic between those points would be amply sutilelent to support a railway, such as the one proposed. The feeling along the line was much In favour of Its formation, as it would aflbrd an infinitely bet ter means of communication than the Severn, which was an uncer tain river, as it was subject to great floods and low ebbs, whirl' some times stopped the passage of the river for weeks together. Goods conveyed by water had also the disadvantage of being much subject to pilfering, by which considerable loss was sustained. The Committee adiounied at four o'clock. GROUP XXXIII. LONDON AND V7ARAVICHSHIRE (THREE 3 31tANCIIES (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The traffic evidence having been conclude.), it was arranged that the engineering evidence should he taken to-morrow, and the Corn zatttke adjourned at tour o'clock. GROUP XXXVIII. mumps, D1EV7333171tY, AND DIA.NCHMSTER. The Committee met at the usual hour, 31r. /Wand in the chair. A number of witnesses were examined this morning with reference to the general tr Its of the proposed line. One of the witnesses stated, In the district through which the line Weadd pap there were coal mines capable of producing one thousand =ions tons. It was but fair to suppose that a iaric quantity of wfisoo"*" along the proposed line. GROUP XXXIX. OLDVallki DXSTEXCT. ?he Complain met at the usual hour, Mr. Dtvttt in the chair. The trio of ono of %ha petitioners azainst the Lill WAS gone into, gm completed this ii3Y. Commtzttiog_cmexto4 the case for several lamlevrners an,l t.llO 4041141 - 46 / 3 0ct P Y RAIt I MP4 1 11,210142411 4V44;13L GROUP XLI. MANCHESTER, BOLTON, 41.17 D (CANAL NAVIGATION AND RAILS(' ILT). The Committee to which this line Ls reftrred met to-day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 16. The day was occupied in examining witnesses, who proved the material advantages which the carrying out of this scheme would afford to the surrounding country. The property it had to cut through was said to be of a most inferior description. Every step had been taken to accommodate the public by all the means in the power of the Company, and at the wharf near Blackfi jars. At Manchester, the railway had been carried on on pillars, in order that the loading and unloading of vessels might not be inter fered with. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock, until twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XLVII. SWANSEA. VALE. ---- The Committee on this group met at twelve o'clock to-day, Mr. Evans in the chair, when Mr. Morgan, a coal-owner, was e ey ceealhlvedtaonsche of theowlite coal affected natureofthe country, and the way in which the its , s . transit 9,du. ta i respectively can a l b th y e v e a a l h u a e l of a t h h a e article, and rail. The t T h h e e ex p p ti en h s c e ip o a f l po h n e t le i 'Ll of the n was ton, while statementtto hetheport it d that t the pa y convey tell a t c t e h o e f from ) ; 't n In . his opinion a railway was absolutely necessary. on the railway it would pay only about to cress examine the witness, on the part of Mr. JAMES was the landowners, when it was objected to by Mr. WIIATELEY, who conceived that he had no right to pursue that course. On this a long argument arose, and the room was ultimately cleared After sonic time, and on the re-admission of parties, The CIIAIRMIN declared that the Committee had decided that Mr. James could only cross-examine on the principal object of the preamble. Mr. Arthur was next called, and stated that he had been a coal owner for twenty-two years, and finally confirmed the evidence of le. acimooaddou.fnraot the previous witness. Mr. Starling Benson for the last twelve years had been interested in copper works and collieries. The Tredgoller works are six miles from Swansea, under the Drummer mountain, where there is a very large supply of steam-packet coal, for which it is adapted by giving great heat, burning quickly, and with little smoke. It is generally included by Government in their contracts for their own packets, but it has been in a great measure shut out from the market by the want of means for its transit. In conse quence of this want, the copper works, where there are upwards of 20,000 tons consumed yearly, are an additional expense r.of 300,000/. a-year. It is usual to ship this coal for general sale in barges of 22 tons, but the breakage was such, from the continual change of carriege, only 17 tons cult be delivered. The difference of cost by rail, independent of breakage, would be considerable, being 8 •ict. by rail and la. 714 d. by canal. It the railway were made it would obviate the necessity of keeping a stock at Swansea. The ex pense of his wharfage at that place is now 2001. a year. This might, to a great extent, be saved. The whole consumption of coal in the cop er-works in Wales is estimated at 300,000 tons. The witness then testified cc to the length ef time in which a desire had been ex pressed for the formation of this railway, and stated that there had been an arrangement between the several land ands coal-owners to carry a line in 1838 up to Tredgoller works. Much evidence was then given as to the peculiar circumstances in which the property in that part of the country is placed, the object being to show that there was not so much a desire for public as for merely personal and private advantage. On cross-examination by Mr. Gactees, the witness stated that there was an agreement for amalgamation with the Welsh Midland. There are 1,000 or 1,200 feet of wharfage front on the river, of which two hundred and fifty feet will be sufficient for the general trade, but there is no provision for coal wharfage, although there are facilities for the trade in the arrangement of placing the line of railway twelve feet above the wharf, so as to enable the goods to be at once transferred to the wharf, by emptying the wag gons, or by running them down a steep inclined plane to the waters' edge. With regard to the railway, about three miles of rail are laid down, most of the earthwork and much of the masonry are done, and the fences, where there is nothing to grow, are formed. Mr. Jones, the engineer, was employed with Mr. Vignoles in the surrey of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, in 1825, with Sir John Rennie, on Southwark and London-bridges, and other great works. Ile had surveyed the Neath Valley line for Mr. Brunel. Ilis attention had been called first to this project in 1830, and had surveyed a line in Swansea Vale at the request of several traders, and had taken the litre which was nearly identical with the present route, and which he conceived was the best in the valley. The line was at that time abandoned, be cause the Canal Company reduced their tolls. In 1840 the country was again surveyed by Mr. Bush, which was nearly the same as this, bat it was Impeded by the progress of the new cut of the canal and the erection of warehouses. In 1844 the canal works were finished, and the Tredgoller line was Immediately begun, and is new in process of formation. The steepest gradient on the first, ten miles is one hi 175. On the upper part the steepest gradient would be one in 58, but this was not so objectionable, as the heavy traffic will be almost entirely down the line. The rails and materials for a single line are provided for the first seven miles and partly laid. In the opinion of the witness this is decidedly the best line which the valley could afford. The cost of the part already formed will be under 5,0001. a mile, and that also will be the price of the upper part of the extension. The estimate for the whole is 100,0001. The line is to be on the narrow gauge, which is better suited than the broad gauge for traffic between col lieries and Iron-works. On cross-examination by Mr. JAMES, the witness stated, that when he was engaged to supply the line on the east side, Mr. Bynol was also engaged to survey on the west side for some considerable distance. The estimate does not include the cost of any stage, jetty, or other shipping place. To Mr. JAMES, the witness replied, that as the steepest gradients would be in the upper part of the line, where the trade will be the least, so on the canal the locks are most numerous in that district, and consequently offer tittle impediment to the navigation 'of the lower portion of its course Thee was considerable cross-examination respecting the way in which the line would affect the land of a gentleman of the name of Benson, at Swansea, part of which is to be enclosed for wharfage for the country. To one of the Committee, Mr. Jones stated that the line, with its branches, will be nineteen miles, the whole of which he had per sonally surveyed. The curve would be on a radius of half a mile. Mr. Glascody, secretary to the Mineral Railway Company, con firmed the evidence of the previous witness as to the cost of con. strutting the line, and the Committee then adjourned till twelve to morrow. GROUP LIII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, la room No. 26 (Grand Corridor); Mr. Lascelles in the chair. They resumed the consideration of the SNILEVITSZIUSLIr AND snunnwairam. Mr. Robert Stephenson was examined by Mr. Horn, in detail, as to the engineering merits. Mr. TALBOT cross-examined Mr. Stephenson on behalf of the South Staffordshire line, atter which the Committee adjourned, at four, to twelve o'clock to -morrow. GROUP LXV. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour, Dr. Bowring in the chair. GREAT LETNSTER AND MUNSTER (No. IX, NIZZENNY TO CLONM The CHAIRMAN asked what had been done to carry into effect the arrangement which had been come ,to yesterday respecting the agreement for compensation ? Mr. PICKERING, On the part of Sir E. Kearney, one of the op posing landowners, stated that an agreement had been drawn up and handed to the promoters for their signature. Mr. CLEMENTS —Yes, but the document has been only handed to us two minutes ago, and it required some time to consider a solemn instrument like that. It was then agreed that the Committee should then adjourn till ;Niro o'clock, to allow time for that purpose, On the re-assembling of the Committee, Mr. PicKeatxu said that he had received the agreement with cer tain amendments and alterations. After a short consultation the agreement, with a few alterations, was agreed upon by both parties The CHAIRMAN then announced that the preamble of the Great Leinster and Munster (No. 2—Kilkenny to Clonmel) Bill was proved. The clauses of the Bill were then passed, and the Bill ordered to be reported. The Committee then broke up. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this morning at one o'clock, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Present the Marquis of Winchester and Lord Hawarden. There were eight Bills on the list, all railway Bills. MIDLAND (LEICESTER AND SWANNINGTON ALTERA TION AND BRANCHES). MIDLAND (NOTTINGHAM AND MANSFIELD BRANCH). In both these cases the standing orders had been complied with. KILMARNOCK AND TROON. This case stood over till to-morrow. Their Lord+hips then resolved themselves into a Select Committee on Merits. The list included but three Bills, two of which were branches of the Great North of England Railway. The case of the AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOSTON, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION, was opened, and some witnesses called, but the further hearing was adjourned till Friday. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND (BOROUGHBRIDGE BRANC,II). GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND (BEDALE BRANCH). These cases were again called on and filially disposed of, being passed, with an amendment in accordance with the deteririnatton expressed by th 44 Committee on Saturday, that at all level crossings on public roads lodges should be erected as well as gates. Their Lordships then resumed the f o r m of a Standing Orders Com mittee, and proceeded with the five Bills remaining on the list. SCOTTISH CENTRAL (ALLOA BRANCH). SCOTTISH CENTRAL (PERTH TERMINI AND STATIONS). The promoters of these Bills had complied with the standing orders in both cases. LONDON AND SOL:TII-WESTERN (FARNHAM AND ALTO.N BRA NCH). A similar decision was made in respect of this Bill. GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONKLANDS JUNCTION. This Bill was also passed, the standing orders being proved to have been complied with. DUNBLANE, DOUNE, AND CALLANDAR. This was the last Bill on to-day's list. The case stands over, and will be proceeded with to-morrow. The Committee rose shortly before four o'clock, and adjourned till to-morrow at two. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY. A general meeting of shareholders was held yesterday at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, for the purpose of considering the propriety of approving of a Bill to authorise the sale of this line to the South-Eastern Railway Company; Mr. Moxen in the chair. Ic appeared from the statements of the Chairman, and the report read by the S , cretary, that the terms of purchase, is stipulated between the two companies, was 310,0001., and that the South-Eastern Railway Company had, on the 24th of April, paid a deposit of 10 per cent., or 31,0001. on the ori ginal purchase-money, to the directors of the Gravesend and Rochester Company, as a guarantee for the due fulfilment of their portion of the contract, one term of which was, that it was to be completed and ratified either on the Ist of September next, or thirty days after the close of the present session of Parliament, unifier pain of forfeiture of fife deposit. to the enpet%staPPr°ving ~ A _l•esnlution in approval of the terms of sale was moved by the and passed unanimously. meetlng of the report, also complimentary se sntlent and secretary. having been passed, the pasted, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman. LYNN - ..." AND .......................mL Y Mi..,........,M0MME=......... rocni. street' for the purpose A special meeti ng of ; l RAILWAY. the offices of the Company razi n etore took pl ace yes t er d ay , at o f empowering the Dire eters to bor was very poorly attended. '' money. The meeting At two o'clock the chair was taken by Sir W. B.Polka s . The CHAIRMAN stated that the capital of the , sas 360,0004, and now that the half of the mo ney ..T.PanY s areholders up, 0 had been • 0 00 1. paid up on the by borrowing money- 1 , . they sought to ease 6 the calls on the ti . --- paid even at th e present of about , 30 000/. in their 8 hands. three first calls, present moment a and the first part of the and the directors had The works were in great progr ess, line would be finished by July next. adjourned. J A resolution empowering the directors to borrow money having been agreed to, the meeting a( A NOVEL SCENE. —On Monday evening last, great excitement was manifested by the arrival of a party who term them sevles "the London Company," of which previous notice had been given, consisting of Judges, Counsel, Clerk of Airaig n, witnesses, &c. Their performance consisted of the trial of " John Barleycorn, alias Strong Drink." After passing the townin tlys, preceded by a band, they alighted at the New Rooms, London-street, where the " court" was opened, and the trial commenced, but its nature being so perfectly absurd and ludicrous prevents our making any comments ; we will. however, state, that If " his Lordship," and Messrs. "Sound.sense, Prudence," &c., as they style 'themselves, were to exercise their talents for carrying out the principles they advocate, In a more rea sonable manner, we think it would be much more to their cred it, and More satisfactory to those who coincide In their view. Beading Is the. last place in the kingdom where such outrageous absurdity Is like!y to succeed, and we are by no means apprehensive of a repe tition of such an exhibition. The audience was rather numerous, but not sufficient to make the speculation answer in a pecuniary point of view. —Berkshire Chronicle. SWARMS OF BE.E3.—During the past week many hives of bees in the towa and vicinity have each sent out a strong independent colony. A swarm was discovered on Friday night in the Kelso Library-room, on the Chalkhengh, which wap secured in a hive by the librarian next morning. There is little doubt that this was a swarm east off from a hive belonging to Mr. Fergusson, in the garden at Abbey Green, on the Friday afternoon, as they were fol. icw'l a good way in that direction.—Xdto Chronicle. On Thursday morning last, about eight o'clock, a man named Smith, from B e lf as t, was killed on the railway near Harring ton,by a splinter from a stone which he and othe rs wer e i n tha act c r blasting. The misfortune was purely accidezt4l azi4ctlana3 can , be 4 ttacac4 to any caa.lCeumOorlau4 • TrIE SUN, LONDON, TlltritSDAY EVENING, JUNE I IB, 1846. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. knife. Witness asked him what he was going to do with that, but Carter said that was none of his business and went out. Witness believed him to have been drunk. in one of the most monstrous outrages that had ever come under his notice, by procuring the abduction of the only per sons whose evidence to the fact could be of any value; and he therefore felt it his duty to order the young women to be kept in safe custody until the police authorities of the county in which the offence, or rather offences, had been perpe trated, could be made acquainted with what had taken place, and could adopt the proper steps to insure the attendance of the young women at the York assizes, when the trial of the ruffians came on. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 17. NAVAL CIVIL DEPARTMENT BILL City police-constable 159 met the prisoner on his way home from the public-house, and heard him muttering to himself like a drunke❑ person, " D— your eyes, I'll do for you ;" but he thought It was nothing more than ordinary excitement in liquor. Thomas Loyd, surgeon, in Basinghall-street—Saw the body of the deceased. There were two wounds on the left side of the belly, the one of which he had no doubt was the cause of the death. Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Dallautyne, defended the prisoner._ _ Sir C.NAPIER (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—The steamers to America and the West In dies went regularly all the year round, as did also the Liverpool and Glasgow packets ; yet when the Admiralty ships went out in stormy weather they got wrecked.—(Hear, hear.) The fault he considered was in the construction of the Ad miralty, and the leaving of the matter all to the manage ment of one man.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Gallant Member then analysed at some length the method of conduct ing business by the Admiralty, which he considered to be most improper and inefficient. The business ought to be properly class:tied, and each department superintended by a proper officer, instead of the whole being under the control of the men who could not attend to it. Especially there ought to be a Comptroller of the Dockyard, and of the Victualling Department, instead of Captain Rous only running down to Portsmouth once a y♦ear and taking a mere glance at what w as go i ng on. The man who should be placed at the head of these departments should be responsible for the efficiency of everything under his charge. 'Were this the case, instead of having as bad a steam frigate as they could well have, they would have as good a one as could be desired. The Bill he proposed would meet all these evils, and provide for one efficient management of the departments to which he had referred. He thanked the House for having listened to his statement, and he would sit down by moving the second reading of the Bill. Lord INGESTRE considered the government of the navy of the country to be a subject of the most paramount import ance. In seconding the motion for the second reading of the BEI, he wished it to be clearly understood, that it was from no party feeling or sordid motive towards those gentle men who were placed at the head of affairs in the Admiralty. In 1832 a Bill was introduced which had for its object the abolition of the Navy Board, and in abolishing the Board the House went rather too far, as it threw an unfair distribution of labour upon the First Lord of the Admiralty, whose office was better placed in the bands of a civil than a naval officer. The Admiralty Board had no time to devote to scientific operations, as they were so much occupied in correspondence and other matters connected with the business of the office. He com plained that the returns he had moved for and obtained were very garbled and incorrect, and had no signature attached to them, so that their correctness was not vouched for. He hoped that the Gallant Officer, the Member for Ripen, would give some explanation of the report. There were no dia grams given in the returns, and he should like to have the opinion of the Admiralty upon them. It was important that they should be assured of going in the right direction. It was a question whether the construction of steamers of large dimensions was advantageous or not to the service. He thought that steamers built on a smaller scale would be found more efficacious and useful. These, however, Chief Justice TINDAL then summed up the evidence. The jury, after consulting a short time, returned a verdict a Manslaughter against the prisoner. The prisoners were afterwards removed in the van to the Westminister Bridewell. SOUTHIVARK. _ _ _ The COURT then sentenced the prisoner to transportation beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. John Rorhe, a powerful-looking man, was charged with assaulting, with intent to rob, a Mr. Tilley, and also with making a very determined resistance on being taken into custody. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A lad, apparently about 16 or 17 years of age, who stated his name to be Richard Barton, presented a letter to Alderman Gibbs, requesting that the magistrates would be so good as to send him, without charge, to Mahon, in Yorkshire, as he was without money. There was something peculiar in the mode of applica tion, as well as in . the appearance and address of' the lad, and Alderman Gibbs asked him a few questions, the answers to which corresponded with the impression made by the applicant upon his introduction. Barton said that he had been brought up in the stables of Mr. John Scott, who was so well known on the turf, and to whom he was bound apprentice, but he had been deprived of both parents in a most melancholy manner, and he most particularly felt the loss at the present mo ment. His father some years ago kept the head inn at Melton, was a subscriber to the Jockey Club, and was g oing on most prosperously, until in a drunken excess hs killed his wife, for which crime he was transported for life. For a comiderable time the applicant resided with his grandfather. He subsequently became stable boy to Mr. John Scott, but having unfortunately consented to ride a private match on the 18th of July last, at Liver pool, the horse fell with him, and broke his thigh. He lay for a considerable time in the hospital, and as soon as he was able to move about, he manned to go to Goodwood, where he saw Lord George Bentinck, who kindly paid his expenses to London, in the expectation that he should meet Mr. John Scott in the metropolis, but upon inquiry at the White Horse, in Piccadilly, he heard that Mr. Scott had returns(' home to Yorkshire. Alderman GIBBS—The place at which a boy, under your circumstances, should apply is, one would think, at Tattersall's. Barton said he was not known at Tattersall's. He had never been a jockey, although he had ridden horses unon trial. On the occasion on which he had brokes his thigh, the gentleman for whom he rode the horse. called Champagne, had promised to give him 51., but all he ever received was 355., the owner having thought proper to deny that any such bargain had been made, Upon getting better of the injury, he applied to Lord eorge Bentinck, to whom I.e had the honour to b. known, and who most humanely undertook to bring for ward his ease in October next ; and, as he had said be fore, paid his expenses to London. All he wanted at present was a little money to defray his expenses to Nlalton, where lie had friends who would receive him, and supply him with the means of repaying the amoutv most readily. Alderman Ginns—How long have you been in London ? Barton—l came on Monday into town, and have spent all I had got from the generosity of Lord George Bentinck, and I did not like to intrude upon his Lordship's kindness again, especially as he undertook to get justice done to me in October. I thought, there fore, of applying to Lord Mayor Johnson, for we hear a great deal in the country of his kindness to those who suddenly fall into misfortune. Alderman GIBBS directed that the lad should be kept in the infirmary in the Compter, under the care of the surgeon, until an opportunity of sending him home should occur. The account given by Barton was by no means made for the sake of effect, bur. necessarily arose from the course of examination pursued by the Alderman, with the view of ascertaining whether the applicant was an object worthy of attention. The poor fellow spoke of Lord George Bentinck as likely to obtain for him 5001., to which he believed he was entitled, by an arrangement made by his unfortu. nate father, previously to conviction on the dreadful crime of the premature and violent death of his mother. The Lord Mayor, almost immediately after this ap plication to Aldsrman Gibbs, received a bank-note for 51., in a note subscribed " T. W.," requesting that his Lordship would appropriate the donation to the objects he might in bis judgment consider most deserving of assistance. A chimney-sweeper was summoned for having emptied a quantity of soot, which had been deposited in his cellar, into some hogsheads which were ranged in a court before his door, very much to the annoyance and di , glist of the immediate neighbourhood. The beadle of the ward, it appeared, had, as he passed along the street, observed the court in a " desperate mess," and, upon approaching the spot where the hogs heads were ranged, saw, as well as he could see through a very thick mist, a man shooting snot from a sack into one of them. It appeared to the officer, that when he approached the person so employed, the soot seemed to descend with aggravated force, so that, if he had not at once retired, he would have closely resembled one of the fraternity. He could not, at the same tim positively ; say that the soot shooting had been increased in order to annoy him, or anybody else. Alderman GIBBS—Was the defendant the person who raised the disagreeable dust ? Witness—l cannot say that he was. Tt e defendant said that hr always employed a man of The complainant stated that on the preceding afternoon he had just quitted a shop in High street with a Mr. Grant, who had just got outside the door, and was reckoning some money, when the prisoner came up and made a sudden snatch at it. The complainant, however, closed his hand at the moment, and thus prevented the attempt being carried into effect, when the prisoner, disappointed, rushed at him, and struck hint a tremendous blow under the ear. which knocked him down. The complainant's friend, Mr. Grant, here interfered, and was also assaulted and knocked down; and when he called out for assistance, the prisoner, with an oath, swore that he would rip up the first poUcem•an that attempted to take him. Several policemen came to the spot, and after a most determined resistance the prisoner was at length secured and taken to the station house. In the course of the examination, it was stated that the prisoner had been recen'ly liberated from gaol, atter undergoing two years' imnrisonment for a similar offence, and that in fact he had suffered incarceration on many other occasions. The prisoner was committed. R S THINS TE R. Yesterday George Jonel, alias Wilcox, a young man who has been before in custody for felony, was charged with the following impudent r.bbery : At about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, Benjamin Burn. police-constable 150 B, saw the prisoner step from the cell of the parlour-window of Mrs. Dowling. No. 2, Staff 'l - d -row, Pimlico, on to the area railings in front of the house, and thence jump to the ground, and run off at full speed. The policeman pursued him, and after a sharp run of nearly a mile captured the fellow, and, having no doubt that he had purloined something from the house he had seen him leave, immediately searched him, and found in his pocket a silver cream ewer, a very handsome silver mustard pot, and five silver spoons, which were identified by Mrs. Dowling's son as her property. They were articles of plate in common use at Mrs. Dowling's. and had been placed on the breakfast table by the servant a few minutes only before they were stolen. The parlour window lvtd been left open, and the prisoner must have entered in the same way as he was seen to leave.—He was committed for trial. were considerations which should be referred to the Naval Board, for them to decide on. He had al luded to the expenses, the trickery, the jobbing, that was going on in the naval department, and the falsified returns, by which the House and the public were prevented from arriving at any correct knowledge of facts. It was time that a stop should be put to the reckless manner in which money had been expended in building ships.—( Hear, hear.) Although he did not agree with all the details of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman's Bill, yet he should be happy to vote for its going into Committee, as it would, in his opinion, tend to prevent many of the abuses of which he had complained. Mr. CORRY thought that the opinions of the Hon. and Gallant Officer, the Member for Marylebone, on the construction of the Admiralty Board were quite inconsistent with his previously exp..essed opinions. A more objectionable measure than that proposed by the Gallant Commodore could not have been conceived. The Navy Board at the timeofits dissolution consisted of six MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. (From the Liverpool Courier ) On Monday, an inquest was held be•i~re the borottgl coroner, on view of the body of George Reed, a tinplat. worker, residing at No. 3. ll.norben•street, Windsor street. who committed suicide under the following dis tressing circumstances : It appeared that the deceased, who was in the 21s year of his age, was only married about five weeks, to a female about 18. At nine o'clock on the morning ot Monday week, the Bth instant, he complained of his head being very bad. His sister-in-law, Esther Stephens, who lodged in the same house, advised him t , . bathe it in cold water, which he did, and while doing se he ground 11:.s teeth a good deal. After the bathing he said he felt a little refreshed ; he ate his breakfast, and. after having sent out for a sheet of paper, he wrote the following note to a publican in Mersey-street Sir,--Please to forward by my wife the sovereign I left with you on Saturday evening.:7Yours„&e. officers, who acted individually, each as a check on the other. He objected to special power being lodged in the hands of one individual, who was to be in a measure irresponsible for any of his acts, and who should not be liable to be removed on a change of Administration. He thought the whole of the measure extremely offensive. It would entail great delay in the execution of the public duties, and would not be counter-balanced in any way by any corresponding advantage. The Hon. Gentleman reviewed the opinion which had been expressed by the Gallant Commodore " CALAIS'S TINMAN. Mr. Calais, it seems, was his employer, and hence the signature—" Calais's tin-man." He had not left any sovereign with a publican in Mersey-street, but having several times ineffectually attempted to send his wif«• out of the house the same morning, he adopted this ruse to accomplish his purpose. Mrs. Reed having taken the note, he sat down and wrote, and addressed the following letter to her during her absence:— on the sailing qualities of the experimental squadron: The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. The SPEAKER having put the question, Lord INGESTRE explained. Captain PECHELL said that the Right Honourable Gentleman, in making his motion, must have for gotten that it had been sanctioned by the very high authority of Captain Eons, whilst filling the office of a Lord of the Admiralty. It had also the suprort of the Noble Lord the Member for Staffordshire. He considered it the duty of the House to pass such a Bill with a view to the correction of the evils which had been to fully exposed and proved to exist in the naval department by the Honourable and Gallant Member (Sir C. Napier). The instant a member of the Admiralty presumed to hold an independent opinion he must prepare to leave that depart ment. That was one amongst other reasons why the House should pass this Bill. It was most desirable that the First Lord of the Admiralty should have it in his power, without .ri;k of loss of office, to act in accordance with what he con ceived to be the interest of the navy. He thought that the Surveyor of the Navy was deserving of the highest respect; and the Admiralty, in endeavouring to get rid of him were, in his opinion, acting a very unwise and unjust part. —(hear.) The Gallant Admiral (Sir E. Cockburn) would hereafter bre called upon by him to produce a certain docu ment, by which it had been agreed by the members of the Admiralty to make the Surveyor of the7Navy a perfect cipher. He was very glad that the Bill proposed to maintain the services of the Secretary of the Admiralty. He hoped that a Board might be appointed to in quire whether the Admirals were fit to command ; he believed that there could not be found at the present mo ment in England an admiral able to command the squadron of evolution. There was such a spirit of insubordination in the Admiralty that he certainly was of opinion that this Bill would effect a change which would be highly bene ficial. His constituents were always calling upon him to vote for reduction of the expenses in the naval department. This Bill had certainly been brought forward without much consideration; but he was at all times ready to vote for a motion that would have the effect of improving the present management of the navy, and he should, there fore, vote for the second reading of this Bill. Sir G. COCKBURN defended the members of the Admi ralty against the charges of mismanagement which had been brought against them. Captain PLUMRIDGE said he knew two gentlemen that were most unfairly treated by the Board of Admiralty; mei! who held inferior offices. and of inferior quality, were ap pointed to situations before them. "Dearest Wife,—Ere you arrive, my journey to an other world will be begun. Sorry am Ito leave you ot, a wide world. Your brother will protect you. More hi cannot do. Tell him to write to my friends on your behalfi They will do something now I am no more. Forget me, my dear Mary, and forgive, though I have acted as I have. A heart could nev e r beat more true towards you. Farewell ! Prepare to meet your God. that you may not follow me to that d—d region wher there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Tel' .I had a spark of gratitude left amidst all my vices, anti I felt grateful for your kindness; but let it not be said of me I cowed in a dismal hour; —opt the contrary, I die as I have liVed these last few years. My last thought i. on you, my dear Patty. Farewell, farwell, to all eternity. " Your htzsband, " G. REED." He also wrote the following letter to his wife's br, thi.r " . .Dttr William,—Take care of my wife. God will re ward you it' no other person does—l mean to protee her from insult. It may he a torment to me, one day. t o se e yo u all happy in h• aven while lam i n h e ll, wit. cl--d spirits, shut up i n endless torment. —Yaw un happy brother, G. REED." Having written the letters, he placed them in hi pocket, and. without speaking a word to any of the in mates, deliberately walked up stairs to his hed-rooie In the course of tw i minutes arter, a report of fire-arm. was heard, and, on entering his room, he was fOund it, a sitting posture OR the floor, with his hank against th wall. Blood was flowing profusely from his righ. temple. and there was a pistol in his right hand. Th, same night he was removed to the Infirmary, where in. died on Sunday last. He was somewhat reduced in eircum“ances since his marriage ; and the day before his dew h he appeared very wild, he complained con antly of his head, and he 13,-at himself with his hands Th, night, before (Siturday), returning home film: work, he was very much depressed in spirits, and said several times "he would do it," but did not add who' he meant to do. His wife had seen the pistol in hi hand on the Thursday prior to his committing the rut-. act,.and, in reply to her epp.stions, he said he had beer, using it—shooting at a cock through the window of his shop room. _ _ very clean habits to deeart his soot, and the only way of Going the thing respectfully towards the neighbourhood was to drop it quietly into a hogshead, His wife always superintended the work. He had ten hov,sheads nicely Placed to take it all, and it might as well he said that a baker, in removing the principal article of his trade, committed a nuisance in the neighbonrhood.—(A laugh.) The beadle declared that the nuisance was re ;11, Irearlful Whether by accident or into tion. just as hf vent up to expostulate, the man who was depo , iting the oot shook a sack which he had just emptied, and the -ffect was quite smothering-. Ablerman GIBBS--Should von know that person 'gain? The beadle said there were generally difficulties -brown in the way of recognising chimney-sweepers, vhen their presence was required under peculiar cir ,mmstances. He feared that identification would be •ather doubtful. The chimney-sweeper here stated that the only man he employed was in Court. A. man in a white smock frock and with a remark ;hly clean face here appeared, amidst the laughter of the spectators. Alderman GIBBS (to the beadle)—ls that the man? —(Great laughter.) The beadle—lt is quite impossible to tell. We can never know them through the soap and water disguise. The journeyman sweep —Please your Lordship I'm ',over of a worse complexion nor lam now. We never goes up chimnies now. It was them as used to black people.—(Laughter.) Alderman GIBBS—WeII, I do not suppose that you committed this with the intention to annoy the neigh bourhood, and I shall not inflict any penalty, especially /3 I have heard a very good character of the defendant. If, however, you offend in this way again, it is in my ewer to inflict a penalty of 51. fur every violation of the Act. _ Mr. C. WOOD supported the Bill, the object of which ht said was to re:tore the intermediate authorities in the Ad miralty which had been recently removed.—(Hear, hear.) Captain BERKELEY, on the part of Captain ROW, denied that he had sanctioned the introduction ofsuch a Bill as tha. before the House. fir. Wm. M•Cheane, the house surgeon at the In firmary, stated that the deceased had been brought there nn Monday night week, with a lacerated wound of the right ear, and a fracture of the right temporal bone. The ear had been nearly blown off. On examining the wound, a small pebble stone was fiend in it, which left no doubt that he had loaded the pistol with the pebble, and fired it through his head. A number of other small pebbles, together with the letters to his wife and brother-in•law, were found in his pocket after the act. Upon a post mortem examination, the brain wit very much lacerated; and that laceration, along with the other injuries, were the immediate cause of death. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that he com mitted the act while labouring under temporary in sanity. Sir C. NAPIER replied. He commenced by reiterating the statement that the Bill had the approval of Captain Rous, and then proceeded to reply to the speeches of tto two Right Hon. Gentlemen the members of the Admi ralty (Mr. Corry and Sir George Cockburn). If the Admiralty consumed less paper in writing nonsensical letters to the admirals of the different ports enc. squadrons, he was convinced that they would mon efficiently discharge their duties.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Their conduct was very like that of children. I f they pursued their present course of tactics they would most assuredly destroy the navy.—( Hear) He had not much fault to find with the Surveyor of the Admiralty, but he really did think that, in every point that gentleman had not properly discharged his duties. He again repeated his convictions of the absolute necessity of reconstructing the Board of Admiralty. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading of the Bill ll Against Majority against the second reading —O6 RATING OF TENEMENTS BILL. Tlie widow of th'e deceased, a fine young woman, ap peared in court, and sobbed very bitterly. She applied to the court for the letter addressed to her by her husband, but was informed that it must accompany the depositions. It was read carefully over to her again. and at its concluding words she seemed utterly incon s3lable. The coroner kindly promised that he should have a copy of it written out for her. Her forlorn con dition excited the deepest sympathy upon the part of every gentleman present. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. R. PALMER objected to the Bill as it at present stood. He would not, however, oppose its second reading, as it might be amended in Committee. The defendant then paid the expenses, and declared that he should take ea - e to have the soot removed into he hogsheads under the roof of his own house in future. IVORSIIP•STREE7; Mr. P. SCROPE thought they ought to pause ere they assented to the second reading of this Bill. It would ope rate, he felt persuaded, against the building of tenements for the poorer classes, as the Bill provided for the rates being paid by the owners of such property, and not by the tenants who occupied them. He thought the law as it at present stood was objectionable, but he did not think the Bill before the House would meet the case. By the Bill, if the Owners paid the rate, then it would be charged on the occupier in the shape of increased rate, while the real ratepayers would have no control whatever in the application and direction of the rates so raised. He would conclude by moving an amendment, that the Bill be read that day six months. Mr. HAWES moved that the debate be now adjourned. Mr. SPOONER seconded the motion. Yesterday two young German wome n , name d M ary an d z u ab h e t th o n h :c -a h u iilg ." e la d n i vit iw h ereplaced at the b ar b e f ore M r. ilroghaving absconded from their bail, under the following remarkable circumstances : On the preceding evening three Germans attended at the , uurt, and, after drawing the magistrate's a tt en ti on to a re port in a newspaper, detailing the particulars of a horrible utrage that had been perpetrated upon two women in York 'hire, about two months since, by six men, five of whom had -, ubsequently been taken into custody and committed to York Castle to await their trial at the ensuing assizes for that ..ounty, and the facts of which outrage excited much public co . tention at the time, from their being attended with cir cumstances of peculiar atrocity, the applicants proceeded to state that the injured women, whose master had been bound aver for their appearance to prosecute, had been since tam ,,,red with by a relative of the prisoners, and brought up to London, where they had been placed in temporary lodgings, id had places taken for them in a steam-packet, which was to sail the next morning for the continent; and they there f ire sought the magistrate's instant interposition to secure he young w.men's persons, or they would, in a few hours. he out of his jurisdiction, and the ends of justice be entirely defeated. Mr. MILES thought, as it was impossible to argue tl - e question that sitting and take the division before six o'clock, it would be better to adjourn the debate. The debate was then adjourned till this day week. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. The further consideration of this Bill, after a short conver, sation, was adjourned till Wednesday, the Bth of July. PLACES OF WORSHIP, &e. SITES (SCOTLAND). The adjourned debate on this Bill was put off till to morrow. CORONERS' (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord LINCOLN, the House went into Committee on this Bill. Upon hearing this statement, Mr. Bingham placed the matter in the hands of Rowland, the warrant-officer, who forthwith accompanied the applicants to a lodging-house in Buckly-street, Whitechapel, where the two prisoners were pointed out to him as the Core took th em i n t o custo d y. persons in question, and he there- In answer to questions from the magistrate, the elder of the young women, appaarently about twenty years of age, now stated, that she and her sister had been brought over to this country about two years since, under articles of indenture for three years, to serve a fellow-countryman of theirs, named 'Conrad Mauritz, as itinerant musi lans, and that while travelling together at the time above mentioned in a secluded part of the country in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, they were suddenly set pon by six men, who overcame their resistance by the liost brutal vi o l ence, an d ultimately in succession sub. t-tcted one of them (the eldest) to treatment of too shocking nature to be further described, the youngest only escap "g the final act of atrocity to which her unfortunate sister tad been exposed, by precipitate flight, while the eldest was struggling with her assailants. Five of the ruffians were ap- ' orehended on the following morning and committed for trial : )y the local magistracy, who also bound over Mauritz to orosecute, and produce them (the young women) as wit nesses; but the sister of one of the men had since found :neans to communicate with them, and having frightened them by telling them that if they ventured to appear at the vial against their assailants their lives would certainly be them earytum e t iatrene e s.shertt d oiiemanotgnn , deTtpdnea: m yaavrhnrstance a citoi nrmwiw d rah3waid e , oelyet otamrmnahm t i eatnts h eoaht abefrnsenonmrntlorie steam-boat, gannual ftheamaggi outfitt ht n mtethwiefr g iobtmewa i ehe: 103i g af:naoit e rItot ourds;prreaas clothing, t .ui bnao e nprereee quithhs purchased etddaeh t tndahhdti eachesi yi passage eh e yna o o u l eti fnei t)grtreehyef brought nt rrno i nahuekmaga withe hnet a e n fl her e l house o S n o t idasryaegs,,b, by n, a aed s n o i ag e mv n aannsg,t seenw called,hioe i';a:lbnwacanifiretsaiAt°teiolomtrhedeivPdscefiGisafely deposited there, went away. Soon after she had oe f t t nuh , e l a i a o upp w d: e ieli v ,eca e erv r a: thinking the circumstance bore a very suspi inncge, ascertainedshe o t h m e t young t h w e o -cies had just stated, she immediately facts inform m e d oe s t k t the e w w h i t a ; ind the result was that the prisoners were placed in the care e d a h e n r oneca husband, n o v f e r the who conveyed them to the station. The two ;iris had only been removed a very short time by the eon stable, when the same woman who hail taken the lodging for why they had not kept their appointment, and met her at tthheenistecaamlle eause of their not doing so, she made a precipitate retreat, And had not been found since. 's bu h t ou_ u se po , nanbdeidnegmanded to k no w a pprised of the Mr. BROUGHTON saild that it was manifest an ig" , 4 *anious cousEirecY 1 14 be; rtsortQa to to Atop the 00 90° 4 11OCQ Si r W. SOMERVILLE objected to goingon at that late bout with such an important Bill, containing fifteen clauses, when it was near six o'clock, and there were other orders of Of day to be disposed of. The CitAtamAN then reported progress, and asked leavt to sit again. The House then resumed. The Administration of Criminal Justice Bill was read k, third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and thi House adjourned at Six o'clock. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. the parish of ' St y O f i j ose ou p n h ekt ear d, ter b was ye t s h t e er w d i a l:u . : murder placed atthebar,h;lieted for Gt la.stabbingfrom onr him A : t i e n r n o t the en the 19th of May, in e n Edition l' : l o f b. Cripplegate. ( Continued Benry Mathews the pot, and eross-examined —He believed but when Carter said ' " N ow then s that Oddy held tit geared very much excited. up, the pot W h a rre, drink with us, ' us see what the railcar hased. oddott his vrthdrawn. and Carter op. way to the door, Samuel Bound, a boot-el go e t." , Said, "Let He said, Carter, on being ceastir was also at the Crow man with the wooden-leg, a,,,etdo whether slmnigy heggar,"pPpuebaltc-house. Said, "lie never knew him for anything that was 80, andle t t s to thi the public-house, lie said to Wood,' gelse." On c7arter's retur ai n a j Oddy went to the door, a man of the n "he wanted Oddy." Beton of beer, and said to Carter, "Come, r e of Spenser, held up a pot Man." ee, come and drink, and be a Cross•exaMined by Mr. CLARKSON— Witness believed Oddy was in liquor, what he ca lled " fre sh , " Witness, with his arm Ina slin g , said he h ad got it ' broken mappeared In Cour t same public-house on the Sunday fortnight after the in a row at th e Th oma s Spenser stated that Carter, as he was lemi'lurder,ng house, at first was accompanied to the pa vement I,y the public- Oddy, and anOtlor and, as they laughed, Carter said, „ierowitness, eyes, 11l fetch something tltat'il do for you," and l ett them. Yom back with somet hin g in his hand, under the tail of Carter his coat Spenser, on seeing this , took up a pot of beer, and said, " Come, sho . p mate, drink and be sociable." "No, I shan't," said Carter. Carter thet; beckoned with his head to Oddy, who walked towards him. Witness said to Oddy, "Don't go near him—l think he has got a knife in his hand." Immediately after the prisoner made a thrust at Oddy with his right hand. Witness tripped up the prisoner on his back, and saw a knife fall from his hand. James Shaw cor roborated the other witnesses in their eviden ce He believed the house of Carter to be about 150 ds yar from the public-house, and his absence might have continued for a quarter or ail hoar. Thomas Rigby stated that he and the prisoner slept in the wine room. On the night in cluestion Carter came into the room after witness had gone to bed. Witness asked him if h, wasn't ccmiag to bed. Carter said " No," and walked 41S 21" , % W 4:42% .:Est 1 3 tti ILp `C4 Plqicg spa TRISTAN D'ACUNHA. We find in a Port Philip paper a very interesting account of a late visit to this solitary spot. The following par tieulara were furnished by Captain Salmon, of the brig Reward, of London. He sighted the island on the 18th of September, 1845, in latitude 37 deg. 5 min. South, and longitude 12 deg. 3 min. West. Its snow-capped top was visible above the clouds, being 8,326 feet above the level of the sea, and the summit covered with snow throughout the year. The wind being favourable and the weather fine, and knowing there were inhabitants on the island, Captain Salmon steered directly for it. On his nearer approach he was surprised to get in view large white buildings and corn fields, all laid nut in neat order and inclosed ; next to see a large green plain with cattle grazing, and flocks of sheep in different inclosures, with patches of green on the sides of the hill, which he was afterwards told were gardens filled with various sorts of vegetables, that grow in abundance. Wheat answers well ; about sixty acres are in a good state of cultivation, and if they had ships calling for sup plies they could grow more. On getting close in with the island, with the English ensign at the main royal mast head, the inhabitants were seen moving in all directions towards the shore ; a whale-boat was dragged towards the surf ; a person in a dirk dress was put in the stern •, her crew stood ready, and she was launched through the surf by the parties on shore. On reaching the ship, the person sitting in the stern came on deck, and Captain Salmon asking if Governor Glass was living? he replied that he was the person. Glass is now in his seventy-second year. and was one of those sent to the island by the British Government at the time of Napoleon's imprisonment at St. Helena. He had been thirty years on the island. He stated the population to amount to ninety souls; he himself had fifteen children living. Out of the whole population, sixty. six are females. These are much in want of clothing, and their agricultural implements are in a sad state. They depend for their sup plies principally on the American whalers, with whom they barter their produce for such necessaries as the ships can spare. The females are the worst off, as they have to make their dresses from Op cotton shirts, few vessels having any cotton or sheeting not made up. The boys wear sheepskins and the men coarse canvas. Captain Salmon, being in want of potatoes, Glass-was ready to supply him with any quan tity. Ho returned to the shore and came off again in an hour and a half with the quantity ordered, taking coffee, tea, and rice in exchange. lie had about 2,0001b 5. o f woo l for disposal. being two years' clip of his flock of sheep, num bering 400. He complained that he was entirely neglected by the British Government; only two of her Majesty's ships had called there for the last twenty years. Sir George Gipps landed on the island on his passage out to New South Wales, in 1838, and had promised to lay his case before the home authorities. Mr. Boyd also touched at it in the Wanderer; but being a little out of the usual track to the east, butl asew British ships have ever visited Tristan d'Acunha; n seals and whales are now disappearing from the locality, the calls of the American whalers are getting less frequent, so that Governor Glass is somewhat anxious his supplies of clothing and othertoread, a nd they ries. The children are all taught exotic a n n eqcess aboutna- their instructor, and he attend religious worship. Glass told Mr. Salmon that a blessirigisiwas ooffenretdheatseavbebrzhm-deaa3l: and prayers at night in every f 3 a p s a r g a e t y g he acted as minister, but he comamtplaaiiel(tlsthaatteliceomw too old and feeble. The presen death there would be no body to instruct ignorant, and on his spiritual eritualA missionary would be gladly received. and govern them. Captain Salmon conEclottilea.sndhmisaynabreraatrivoeuswedittlie that public attention in England t a he h and bodily necessities of our fellow-subjects in the solitary island of Tristan d'Acunha. EXPRESS Rionra.--The nnst extraordinary feat in the way of express riding, in moder n ti mes, was accomplished by a boy aged fifteen years, Fred. Tyler, who brought the news of the battles of the sth and 9th inst. from Montgomery to Mobile. The distance, 190 miles, was accomplished in thirteen hours, and during the entsire night be caught and saddled his horses, none of Watch were in readiness, as he was not loolte,l for by those ,haying the horses in charge. He was re/y=l, 7; a by 4 04tritwavp, p lane cl 70 443304FerOrtia4A4rt * THE MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. (From the Constitutionnet) The opinions expressed by M. Thiers and M.-Gui during a recent debate on the affairs of Spain, and metre particularly on the alliances proposed for Queea Labelle, have excited great attention at Madrid. They have led to some very curious communications, the sources of which we cannot make known, but the authenticity of which we can guarantee. The explanations confirm all that was said by M. Thiers on the subject of the young Queen's marriage, with the exception of one point. It was not from Queen Maria Christina that originated the idea of the candidateship of Count Trapani, which is now declared to be impossible—it is France that must bear the responsibility of this brilliant idea. The share taken by the French Government in the entangled politics in which unhappy Spain is involved is much greater than M. Thiers represented it to be in the Chamber. This question of marriage, so important to Spain, and to her relations with France and with Europe, has long been agitated between the Govern ments. With more or less wisdom, consistency or propri ety, five candida`es fie. the Queen's hand have been though t of—the Duke de Montpensier, of the Royal house of France ; the Count de Montemolin, son of Don Carlos ;- a German Prince of the house of Coburg ; the Neapo litan Prince, Ceunt de Trapani ; and one of the sons of the Princess Carlotta, Mario Christino's sister, have been successively di'cussed upen, and preferred or ex cluded in the councils of the different European Gov rn• ments. The predilections of the Queen Mother have Been from the first in favour of the Duke de Montpensier. This alliance would certainly have been popular in Spain; hut our Government has uniformly declined it. For this refus..l there was a serious motive. In such a nation as Spain great caution Inuit be taken not to make any foreign influence prominent. The marriage of the Dnke de Montpensier to Queen Isabella would have been atten ded with this inconvenience, and have rendered it dis tateful to Spain. This motive of refusal, founded on the suspicious character of the people of Spain, was a grave one, but at the same time was not that which decided the resolution' of our Government. It is, in fact, well known that it has always wished to act in Spain witheut having the appearance of acting. The marriage of the Duke de Montpensier to Queen Isabella might, soon,r or later, give cause for an open intervention in the affairs of Spain, of which intervention our Cabinet has a horror. This candidate put aside, it would hate wil lingly promoted the pretensions of the Count de Mooternolin. It' it had been possible to bring the par ties together, and efface all the traees of the civil war by the inerriage of the son of Don Carlos to the daughter of Queen Christina, thus confounding all rival pretensions, nothing could he more reasonable than such a lonian. But, far from producing this desirable conciliation, the choice of the son of Don Carlos would, on the contrary, revive in Spain till those feelings of hatred which are but half extinguished. The Proe,ressists, and nearly all the Moderudos, would find in this alliance a counter-revolutien, and events would soon justify their fears. The Carlists would gather round the consort of their Queen. and conceive a hope of restoring through him all of Old Spain that the re volution has destroyed. The strife between the restora tion and the revolution would he re-commenced. The Fuerme the clergy, and absolutism wout4 make war upon a social state as yet but insufficiently c;ibsolidatsd, upon the national property acquired so lately, and upon the constitutional system scarcely yet com menced. Thus the Count de Mentemolin, whose mar riage would be desirable if it were likely to accom plish the fusion of' dynastic pretensions, cannot pos sibly be the successful candidate. As to a prince of the House of Coburg, our Government has interposed its veto. This is certainly not because the house of Coburg is German, and because there is a dread of re=establishing that antique European Power which was founded by Charles V., and which cost France 'so many wars and efforts to overthrow. Such a danger could not recur unless an archduke should be the successful candidate ; for the House of Coburg has no serious power in Germany. But this house has become altogether English, and on thi s account cannot .be admitted to a hold in Spain without exciting great ap prehension. The French Cabinet, knowing that this would be thus judged of by the public, has not shown any favour to this project of alliance. Besides, the Houses of Orleans and Coburg, although united by more than one marriage, are nut completely atnalgatnated. After having set aside the Duke de Monponeier, because he might give rise to the question of inter- vention—the Count de Montemolin, because he is ab solutely rejected by Spain, even by the Muderados —a Prince of the House of Coburg. because he sloes not inspire much sympathy in France, there remained but one reasonably political course to take, that of turning towards cne of the sons of Dun Francisco de Paula. nephew of Maria Christina. These are neither too much nor too little BourbottiNts—they art, ipaniards. Liberals, and Princes. To them there is only one obstacle. Imprudent ac , scomtuit - ed by the mother ,ttve weakened the recollection of the ser-ice rendered hy her to her sister, Marta Christina. They hare b,-en made di-plf acing to our Government by their mother caving placed them in the Progressi , t party. This, in ,tead of reconciling the nephews to the aunt, has caused their rejection. The family of the lota ta, already irri aced, became more and more violent, arid suffered its-l' o he led to take inconsiderate stepa—t he division b-care , rivenomed, and an alliance with this branch was rendered ts impossible as all the others. Our Government, owever, brought forward the Count de Trapani, in . pite of the objections raised by the Queen Mother, as ve know, to tkis project. but to which age afterwards 7'eeigtied herself. As long ago as 1843 our Government entered upon this subject with the Cabinets of Vienna , net Berlin. At a later day, at the moment when M. nezaga was about to quit Paris to become Minister in sipein, conferences, at which the King of the Belgians was present. were held in Paris, at which the n am e of the Count de Trapani was mentioned, as Nell as that. of Count d'Aquila, who was not at that time married to a Brazilian Princess. But it was particularly at the reriod when M. Donoso Cartes carnet° Paris to recal the Queen \lother that the Neapolitan Prince was directly named as a tandidate. DT. Donos . O Cortes did not leave unit' alter hay ing been much edified on the merits of the Count de Tra pani, put forth at the various conferences, and carried with him a portrait of the Count, destined for Gonzales Bravo, then Minister. Neither has it been forgotten that an Ambassador was sent to Spain by the Court of Naples, by the advice of France, to endeavour to bring a`►out a reconciliation between the two Courts, and thus prepare the way for, the marriage. At conferences at the Chateau d'Eu, between the King of the French. Queen Victoria, M. Guiz.,t, and Lord Aberdeen, the merits of the several 'candidates were diSeussed, and an alliance between Queen Isabella and a Neapolitan Prince decided upon as ilia most eligible. Nothing, however, could be less politic—more impracticable. The endea vours of the Prince de Carini and M. Bres son to promote the fulfilment of this project, have only rendered the antipathy of Spain more deep and strong. The same feelings which in duced France to accept the Orleans dynasty. al though Bourbon, produces the effect in Spain of making the monarchy popular, at hough the House of Bourbon is not so, but the Neapolitan branch is still less so. It was, in fact, difficult for Spain to forget the manner in which the Court of Naples acted in tha Spanish revolu tion, refusing to acknowledge it. This repulsion was common to all parties in Spain, Moderados as well as Progressists. The Moderados were unwilling to add to all the other grounds of its unpopularity-, true or false, that of assenting to such a marriage, and therefore were almost unanimous in rejecting it. The power to act upon the impressionable mind of Narvaez, and to make him de• cide in favour of the Count de Trapani. Thy n it was that the Moderados, impressed with the fear that the Narvaez Ministry might come to an unfavourabe resolution, made those Manifestions which, in the winter, em broiled Narvaez with his colleagues, and brought about the dissolution of the Moderate) Ministry. In fine, the acceptance of the Count de Trapani has been unani mously pronounced impossible, and in faCt he is given up by all parties. Such is the series of faults which have brought Spain to the position in which she stands, and from which no one can tell how she can relieve her self ; for almost all the marriages which have been suc cessively proposed have failed almost irrecoverably. The Cabinet of the Tuileries is afraid to persist in proposing for the royal hand the Duke da Montpensier ' • the choice of the Count de Montem o li n wou ld ra i se all Spain in arms ; the Count de Trapani is acknowledged to 'be absolutely in ligible, and our Government will not ad mit of a Coburg. The causes of clissetkion which sepa rated the Queen-Mother from the sons of the Infanta Carlotta have been aggravated. Maria Christina anxious to have her daughter married, in order that she herself may be at liberty to leave Spain, says to our cabinet, give the Duke de Montpensier to my daughter •:or a husband, or serer me to marry her to a Prince of Coburg. It is evident that our cabinet, after having ~ ommitted the fault of not wing its influnice in bringing about a marriage between Isabella and one f the nenhews of the Queen Mother. has deprived it,.'lf of the only chance it had of escaping the alt-rnative of a Prince of Cobura, that is to say, an English alliance, or of the Duke de Montpensier, which woull be a com ! ..romi , ing marriage. D not these facts, which are of undouhrti of 'authenticity, render evident t o a ll eyes the wane c„ judgment and foresight in the policy of our G.,vernmen (F i r i m O t t m iN aid T sti, E ne l j . o L ur i na t ilEof Tylu.esd CE,,;.) round MAIDSTONE.—With the exception o f the college g filthy condition, the lower 1 and part of d ea with vermin of various sorts. one adj ,, ining, our hop-Wardens einmiattimegosat di-gusting odour and , co . vere till very The " college ground' clear of vermin in the by no meager, as weakly. It is, however, day. t h 1 e l r n2s o , o v u e wr r nh epe reporton o i e ut d th eaolfnagdsrdtoati week nv h t e h b w i a n as e centr©, which part .ev s t e eh e rey n i t s s yea r s a r 1826. There were then about b' eing cilled a2m there i:n3 r:.rin a lo. r yt e da. fresh ,:e isrri fl ,ein y d ' nlant as now —say 46,718.) FARLE,„m—We have a decided decrease of fly, and the bine hai a better count,nance. Notwithstanding, there is a large quantity of lice, particularly at the outside, when, at the same time, the middle grounds are almost clean. &max.—The hops in this an d ne i ghbouring parishes continue growing vigorously, and branching out well, not withstanding the fly and lice remaining very numerous, the hot weather app ear i ng not to diminish them. The " nig ger" has within these few days come to their rescue. Mid summer is near at hand, when the sap will be checked for a few days, thereby giving some hopes of getting rid of the vermin before the midsummer shoots or branches make their appearance, in which case a g ood crop may yet be got. It, on the other h an d, t h e fly should continue and attack the Midsummer branches, it will prove fatal to a crop. MEREwomt.—lmproving, blue growing fast, and vermin dying away, /he fly golding and nigger making havoc with the lice. PLAN - TOL, WILOTHAM, SHIPBOURNE —The hop plant in Vis neighbourhood still continues to thrive luxuriantly, not- withstanding the increase of vernin. The fly Bolding and nis.ger have increased greatly, and _their increase has much allayed the alarm caused by the increase of the fly; upon the whole there is certainly not so much vermin az there we: at the kogiuleg of the *oh. LENITAM.—In consequence of the favourable weather during the last week, the hops have grown rapidly—the vermin have considerably decreased, but there is still much room for improvement on this account. TUNBRIDGE.—The hops about here are looking, if P° B * Bible, worse than last week. There is less fly, but the lice have multiplied by thousands. The bine still continues to gtpw, though in many places completely covered with honey" dew, and the vermin reach the top immediately. Som e persons think there is still hope, if a change should take place within a week; bat many are of opinion that the it mense quantity of vermin will so reduce the strength of the bine that it will not be able to recover. SEVENOAKS NEIGHBOURHOOD.-01.1r Holmesdale corresp3ndents " say tfit3 hops below the hill are much worse than they were. There Ng been an immense amount of honey dew and fly produced durir the last few days, and t he bine is absolutely covered with these destructive little animals; still it is perfectly astonis:ling to notice, despite these attacks, the healthy tone the bine ir.taintains. Upon the " Ridge" it is the same, and we must cartii!illy assure you that we cannot account for the continuance .of these "griev ances." Despite our augury last week, and the very ho t sunshiny days we have had, we noun think nothing but t 4 thunder storm can do good. Will any of your tOJented car respond,nts tell the people the why it does do good? CANTERBIJAY.—In consequence of the hot weather during the past week the hops have grown considerably, but what with the increase of fly and honey dew they have somewbAt declined in quality, which occasions the estimated duty to be set lower. On Sunday there were partial falls of rain in the county, accompanied with a little thunder. The duty is laid as something below 100,0001. General accounts state that the fly and lice have increased. Some grounds have much honey dew, and appear to be going off with a blight all of which lead some growers to despair altogether _et realising a crop The bine is still growing fast. r attc , h Fatormuu.—Accounts from this district are pretty the same as elsewhere. Since NU there never was so reue" vermin as this year. Nothing,lit is thought, can prevea total black blight. ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON. On Sunday afternoon last, a rnost remarkable pneu matic cccurrence astonished and alarn:ied a portion of the inhabitants of Greenheys. About aiirtetn minutes be fore six o'clock, a whirlwind of a violet; t, charac t e r Com m needin some open ground opposite an unfinished stre et . named Brook-street, at the top of Cambridgl4l-strust ee, be tween that and Boundary. lane. The shavings, dt, &c., w , re hurled into the air, at first forming a Vi lurnn force :,bout seventy feet high ; but afterwards, as th , t - seemed more intense, the pillar became at least 200 Oct in height_ The circle occupied by the whirlwind woo not more than 40 )aids in diameter, in its greatest ex tent. During its greatest fury, when pieces of wood, Sze. were chided into the air, the leaves of the trees within a distance of 20 yards were undisturbed. For a few minutes, its circle of action was stationary ; the whirl wind then took a stately march due north, the vanes of weather-cocks in the immediate neighbourhood (i. within 100 yards hy . i.rieasurement) pointing at the time due west. Passing over the houses, the tiles were torn eft some ; window blinds from the windows of, otbegs all received a storm of dust, shavings, paper, &c. ; and the flowers in the gardens were broken or torn up by the roots. The pillar of dust and violence proceeded slowly' an" wards over the streets and houses till it. came to Newcastle-street, the direction of which it took. Tbe violence of the wind appeared gradually to abate, but was still of the same circumscribd character. It seemed to be lost at the north end of t hat ( to the south, in which direction it was blowing ' street, the wind in the meantime having veere d roan at the past-six. At 17 minutes to seven, the direo.tion of the wind was S..W. by W. when there was some Ahunde Tfut, and at twelve minutes to seven, it was due wes , • in , breeze then appeared to cease altogether, and s°"-- large drops of rein fell. At nine minutes past te .ep' a breeze suddenly sprung up again, and the weat her cocks indicated that it was due north ; in which dire' don it continued till after sunset, about which time, :Wail s noticing the vane, we were surprised to find another change had taken place, and the current of air V 45 N.E. by E. At half-past ten, the wind was blowing due south again ! This is, perhaps, the .moat remarkable variation of the winds which has occurred for :Mani years in this country. The whirlwind itself from its commencement in Greenheys to its cessation in New castle-street, endured about 25 minutes, and caused very great alarm in the neighbourhood through which is passed. During the evening the thermometer indi cated some rapid and curious changes in the 4nn perature. We have heard of one incident connected with this whirlwind, that caused no small consternation to a family in the neighbourhood. After some consuls don as to the coolest place üb , :ut the premises in which to take tea, it was decided that a flagged back yte'd should be the spot, and thither the husband earned a small table, and afterwards the tea-tray, with cups, saucers. &c. Into the yard, suddenly descended the whiAwind, filling the cups and saucera with dust, and then in an instant down went the table, and there was a smit-h of crockery. Some boys who were playi.o . g in the open space of ground, across which the whirl wind took its course, were at first greatly diverted by caps b. , ing' suddenly snatched off their heads and (!arri-d upwards ; but their diversion was soon trans rm-itied into alarm and consternation, for as the violence f the whirlwind increased, they were themselves thrown ,town upon the ground by the force of the wind, to their '.:_re at amazement. No one was seriously hurt.—Man' Chester Guardian. RAILWAY Sit aRE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JUNE 17. SToeg ExcnAgGE.--Thu sales are—Bideford and Tavistock. 21s. 91.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, 1% dis.—Chester and Manchester Direct, It 4 die.- Churnet and Blythe, % dis. -Derby ind Crewe, VA p,—Eastern Comities, 24 —Ditto, York Extension. ls. 3d. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, % Grand Union, dis.-- Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 dis.- Lancashire and North York-hire, dis.—Leeds , Dewsbury, and Manclwter, p. - Leicester and Bedford, 1-1 6 Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, % p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, awl Stockport. par c.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, a-id d, 14s. p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A)** p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 9 p.—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, % dis —Northuotheriand and Lancashire, 15s. 6d. tbs. -- N'orth Eastern, 345. dis.—North Staffordshire, 4-01 d ham. ekes. B" heal, &e., I dis. PreSton and Wyre, 30% —Ditto, _Halves 1 ;).—Shettield and Lincolnshire Junction. par Naives chester, Quarters, No. 3, 5-16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover. S Co 4), 3s p. c.—West Riding Union, p.—Paris And Lyon , stituted. 1 5-16 p. LEEDS, JUNE 17. 234 : STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, P and Great orimsb; aid Sheffield Extension, 19s. dis.—lludt'erSfield a sheffield, 5 p. cash—Leeds and Bradford, 26% p.—Leeds and Thir.Tx —Sheffield and Man -514 dis.—Midland, New, 13 p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 9 0,11: —York and North Midland (East and west Riding). 9N P._ "„., theroe Junction, 235. dis.—Leeds and York , I% dim.— Leeds, iv field, and Midland. , 3 4 die —Leicester and. Bedford, Is. 6d disc' coin, Yor, and Leeds, 235. 6d.dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres ton, I Is. p. —London and Manchester (Rem.), 395. die.— Manchester. Buxton, Matlock, and •Midland, 12s. 63. p. - Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 16s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 31. 17s. P. - 7, North Western. Is. p.—Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 209. 6 41 . dis.—South and Midland Junction, 17s. 6d. dis.— West Riding (Jnlslar 41. 3s HULL. JUNE 17. STOCH EXCHANOE.—The sales are—North British, Carlisle, 335. 6d.— Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 12s. 6d.—East Lincolnshire, 15s. 9d.—Hull and .Barnsley Junction. 295. 3d.—Leicester and Bed. tdrd, 21s.—Leicester and Tamworth, 25s.—London and York, 39s. — London and Manchester (Remington's), I4s. 6d. —Malton and Dritlield Junction, 525.--Manchester , Buxton and Matlock, 21 . 15 s. 6d.-- North Western, 235. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 51. 18sc 3d._ Soatti Midland, 295. 6d.--West Riding Union, 41. 3s. StiErieli:LD, JUNE 17. STOCK EXCKANGE.—The sales are—Midland, Sheffield and 1 10- therham, 35 —South-Eastern, 39—Grimsby andShetlield Eats" sion, 21s. dis.—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn). 16s. dis.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 16s. dis. —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 2s, dis : —Ditto, Extension, 21s.dis.—Sbeflield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries , an d Crewe. 13s. dis. YORK, JUNE 17. STOCK ExcHANGE.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 11, , , -Gratil Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 125. dLeicester_ ter,ttnd B R o e x d t f o o o rd ; 1, 1 1 / . . t l l s o . o - k, 31 . a n it d on jl a u n i d na D o i d i , fileld Junction, 2 ti-Man ctia i a d Darlington, Brancting, 44-Ditto, Ex 2 te L ns l iots, 6d9*-- N lTtle l las - 0 13 r d if ic t a ais n ib a l ACDBayairtnrtlotils:aleNndeEwxt(eunasisotn,andll.wle:ts:lt6iddi;)D,iitot.DalXeitb, 31- North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 48-Ditto, Extension, 23 ----. EDINBURGH, Misr 15. , STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen , 3"- 5 5 _.Aberdeen, and Galloway, EliElgin, Arbroath and Forfar, 27/. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, jbl. 10s.4 -_- Union, 21. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian, 111.-Ditto, New, 1/. 195.-C351e2.. nian Extension, 11. Bs. Bd.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. Bs. 6A. -Caledonian and Northern Direct, IL 148.--Clydeidaie June 9 a 13'.-Direct Northern, 11. 16s. 6d.-Dundee and New,Di Ditto, 11. 11. 68. 49 6 .- d. 13 - . Ai nff id h r i l r e e, and.. Sathgate, 3/. Bs.- Ditto, New, 21/. 58.-Dundea and Ferth, 171. 55.-East Di l l ife, It I la.-East Lothian Central and Tyno Valley Junction. 751 Edinburgh 381.,i .b.s., Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 25.-Edinburgh and GlasgOw, 75 i ditto, 1 1 8 4 1.- f E S d h l a gu s, rg l h V and ln Leith, and Granton, 15/. 10s.--Ditte, Preference , 191 . - si:;aDhlt4tiot,mQosupahroterri:: 18/.- Edinbt ll .l ° and Northern, s'. 10s.-Ditto, Newport, 9s. 6d.- Ditto, loebg ea d 1/. 65. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, I/. I Is. 63.- Edinburgh '"''' d Perth, 11. 19s. -Forth and Clyde Junction, I/. 17s. -Glasgo w N„,. Ayrshire, 731. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 321. 10s.-Ditto, Qua - Shares, 18/. IN.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. Is. 6d.- Shares, Ditto, _. 18s. - Edinbure_ Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 1 2s• - thtri lkirk and Glas is g s e 401. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s .-Ditto. New, 8 1 . - Ditto, Preference, I/. 155.-Great l'Z'.rth of Scotland, 11. 13s.- ton Junction, 10s.--Inverness and Elgin. 1/. Is. 6d.-London and York, 21. 4s. 6d.-North British, 291.-Ditto, [Ulcer', 11/. -Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 1/. 13s. 6d.-- Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith. 61.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. 12s. 6d.- Ditto, New, 71. ss. -Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 1/. 17s. 6d.-tirling 103, -Scottish Midland, 71.-Scottish nouthern, scottish Central, 151. 165.- hit Northern, 345. Dumbartonshire and Dunfermline, 1/. 10s. 6d. - ° l- ,J as(l - ° l ' e l .,. j aro " - E ll 'i rd . rie and Baths -A> 755. fid.-East 1.1.n -.,x--Avr -Avr and Galloway , tension, 245. 6d.-Calc, a ..,,, :;1 1 ,1 1 ., a g ' ocv and Belfast Union, 40s. I, 6d. -Gins dial] Hallway. Os. ,-.• , _....ossan, 295. 6d.- GI t 4•ow, Kilmarnock, and ,_.,-.. gr°" ExcUANGN.2-41h6ed.7c.ectnNtaourta Belfast, and asgow and Dundee Junction, 30s -Larne.Ballymena, 65.-Lesmahagow , thern 375. Scottish Central 505.-Scottish Sou , ii Bo and Caledonian Junc tion, 303.--Slainarn i nn. 3 d rrowstounesS, 65s._Stirlin slit and g TO Midland Junction, 47s. Th e Marquis of Normmby and suite embarked at Biaelovall Pier, on board the G:•nera: Steam Navigatioti Company's steam-ship, Sir E. Banks, yesterday morning. for Ostend. BIRTI - 18. On the 17th inst., i n S ussex nf R r. - gardens, Hyde Park, the lady . White, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Colet-place, Commercial-road, iirs• ~ 7012e 6 Hawkins, of a dau g h ter. , On the 15th inst., at Hampton, the wife of T. 11. Holbertee , Egg ' of a daughter. On the 14th i nst., at East Stoke, Dorset, the lady of the Re v IV. • Buller, of a son. On the 15th i ns t ., at Newport, Isle of Wight, the w if e o f the Re v ' Parker, ot a daughter, still-born. ~..c Mrs' On the ltith inst., at Spencer Farm, Great Yeldham , Es . ' John E. Cooper, of a graM, e ___.....------ the On co t i h d e st l r f e l i h m in c s ; t u . a , rd at s, ri o ' f in a ch so e i s i t . er, the lady of Captain Wi MARRIED. On the I lth inst., at Nether Cerne, Elizabeth Grace, fifth &tiled!! of J. D. Knight, Esq., to W. S Davis, Esq., Lieutenant of the Wu Regiment of Madras Native Infantry. On the Itith inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, John Collingwood , Egj e k:' of Brudinell-place, Roston, to Isabella, daughter of Thomas CM I - , Esq., of IVhitehe ad's-grove, Chelsea. DIED. On the 14th hut, in Park-road, Regent's-park, Lady Jane Muir head, slskr of the late Duke of Achell. On the 22d of April last, at George Town, Crulkshank, Esq. Rev William On the Ilth lust., at Pelham-place, Brompton, the • Thomas Clarke, late of Melton Mowbray, aged 42. i g niles aged 82. On the 13th inst., at Thurlosy-place,.Hackney. 31 . 5 - ' u t Dorothy Fryer, re c On the 14th inst., at Shirley, Southampton , of the late J. C. Hyde, Esq., aged 79. wife of Mr. Daniel Demerara, Alexander On the 14th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Henley, Henley, of Durham-street Vauxhall, aged 76 On toe lath inst., at Oxibid-terrace, Ilyde-park, Elizabeth, the wife a William Courtney, Esq., aged 62 . Esq., 0 On the 16th inst., George, the fourth son of Thomas Smart, Hackney, aged. 28. -----"""'"'"...nn..."--- ."*"----""..".. . ----------- London: Printed and Publfshed by WI/EDO YOITNG, of 2N**4). i:2. 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