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'. -,' ~.../.\;--- re,gi-- _-----....8.E..111..M.51M1N1L1Pa1cm.r......,,,../.06.120...., ...P.......ElfttCD2nr'n.,, .4. rm....L...4 , c ......n.... ,,, 71RICWAI..-....fie. 4.69/P1L1M.17,7g.C. - / a t.i No. 16,773. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING s 9- JUNE 23, 1846. PRICE ~ • . RA I LWA Y COMMITTEES: LONDON, NEWIIITILIT,•AND 13ATEE DgRECT. In the kliscuce of-Mr. Sergeant WHANeRast, who was engaged in the'Doneaster and Leeds room, -1 • • Mr. MisastwErtilin,. at , She request of -the .Chairman (who sug gested ttigi it was an excellent chalice tor' h junior), opened the case iu au able addrPfs o!t bettalfi of .the - promoter*, of this gcherse. The Learned Counsel entered into a minute history of the London, Newbury, and Bath Canal ConipanY, who were the Principal pr,- moters of this line, and showed that they had suffered consideraWy in consequence of the construction of the Great Western Railway, their dividends having fallen from 395. per share to 7s. 6d. After having stated to the Committee the course of the proposal line, the length, estimates, gradients, and the other requisites , for the construction of a railway, the Learned Counsel concluded his speech by stating his opinion that the Conunittee, having heard the evidence, would una nimously decide that the preabsble of the Bill 'vas proved. At the close of his speech, the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester, and. Leeds Hallway and Amalgamation. Manchester and Bolton, and Bury Canal Ikailgatiort and Rahway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation. .. Manchester and Leeds, and Leeds and - Bradford Railway. • Manchester andieeds Extension; &,t. • • Blackburn-Mad Preston, and Eabt :Lancashire Railways Amalga- • mation. • Lancashire and Preston Junction. .• Lancaster and. Carlisle, and Lancaster Railway Amalgamation: Sheffield, Ashton-Inider-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal Purchase). The list having been read by the Clerk, the CUAIRMAN directed the Huddersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Railway and Antalgtimation, and the Sheffield, Ashton-untier-Lyre , and Nan elt:ster Railway, Rtz. :Bills to be referred to the Chairman of tliC Ways and Means, the same being unopposed. BLACIBt7RN AND PnESTON, AND EAST (Y ESTERDAY.) PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, price 6d. I ' • - - . ~;:,!:`, - - e ies e. sS. . _ . , • :. ' ''' ,..Z .' ;-. ROYAL ACADEMY Or , ARTS ; -T.,RAFAL. i• : CZAR-SQT:ABE. ..an Kl l t ' " ' The Lisetaali.lON of flee ROYAL ACADEMT is now 01.4.,..\ I (g - ' tit':' Ad:Mies= (from Eight o'clock till-Saves), One Shillina'. - . 4 .4 I I'A Catalogue, One Shilling*. \ 1 t.._,..„*.. i 1' HENRY./• I. HOWARD, R.A., Sec. a - Mee a., s •,* ) wa' - - •'' s .-G _f GRAVESEND STAR... • and BLAtiKV, ALL PACKETS, ~ ... :, • • Wed and ' Patil way rare included in one paym"ent upon - every . • .. -- "'"'.-''' 2 ,--__ _____ . --a .____ - ______ Paasafle. ,lt P . -...N0 other Packets tall at the GnArs 0: IlltEEN'lttrillt • . . reERS. • . s se se. e... FROM THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEN D - N. 9e 16, i /o. LONDON ' ) ' WEER DAYS.-At 7, 71), 836, 9%, .1134, 1,2, a, 4,5, 6, 75, 2 , 1, Ili, and 8. . . • SUISDAYS.-At 7,7 f, 634, 1134, 1,2, 3. 4, 5. 6. 634, 7, i% , e , I . 9 .TIMaIaTZWRIZIMI32.I-..SEIEra .EG1i... 1 :.............. ""3'N lad 8. KING'S C.OLLEGE. HO.SPITAL FROM THE BRUN'SWICK WHARF, --BLACKWALL. The Committee of Management beg to inform the friends of The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of this.. Hospitals that his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY has these times. - - consented to take the Chair at a NIEETING, to beheld on SATURDAY, WEEK-DAYS.-At 9, 934, 1034, 11, 115 a,, 12, 134, 234, 3t,, tbe 27th of June, In , the New Ball of King's College, for the purpose N. 1, 6, 7, and 7%. • of raising it fund for the purcha se of a site,and for building thereon SUNDAYS.-At 854, 9; 934, 1034, 11, 1 34 , 23 4 , 354, 432 A , -, a new hospital. Th e Committee earnestly entreat. Noblemen end . 7, and 7%. Gentlemen who may be friendly to the hospital, and anxious to pro- Fares.-To or from London-Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail- mote the religious education of medical men,, to lend their aid and Way, 9d. ; Saloon and First C lass Railwa y , Is. influence in obtaining as larg e a meeting as possible UpSn this im- To or from Blackwa'd and intermediate Piers-Fore Cabin, - 6d. ; portant occasion, not only for the sake of forwarding the object itn- Saloon, 9d. medietely in view, but to show becoming respect to the Most Reve - Packets for Excursions. -Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Star Office, rend Prelate who has so kiedly consented to preside. The Chair Fenehureh-street Terminus of the Blackwell Railway. ' • " will be taken a Three o'clock precisely, Tickets.-For Twelve months, 41. 48.; Six months, 21. 15s. ; Three The Meeting will be addressed by the Bishops of London and months, I e 15s, To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; Oxford, Lord Ashley, the Vice-Chancellor of England, Vice-Chan- Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ;or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns- cellor Knight Bruce, Archdeacon Manning, and others. nick-wharf, Blackwell. •• • • M. BIGGS, M.A., Chaplain to the Hospital.. • King's College, London, June 17. DIRECT - LONDON AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. • . RO A YA Ne L w a V l lr t Y ere T st F in .,9 LECTUREg HN I.) I N b y S D T r r i f ty l a T n TlON , on the (RASTRICK'S LINE.) PROVISIONALLY ,REGISTERED. PHENOMENA and EFFECTS of HEAT and COLD, at Half-past 48, Moorgate4treet, Londou, June 20, 184 a. Three daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and The Provisional Directors having dete rmined to Wind up ,the affairs Fridays, 'at Nine o'c'n.ek. 'Professor Bachhoffner's LECTURES OR Of this CoMpany, have been for some time past engaged in ascer- NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant experiments, daily. taming mid liquidating the claims made upon it. • . MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT They find that some of these claims cannot at present. be settled, LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined but thy have so far settled the affairs as ,to enable them to return Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY. the ATMOS ltrimediately 3/. 10s. pee share., . PHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. PORTRAITS of Distill The shareholders will be pleased to apply at the Office. 48, Moor- guished Men in the GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, gate-street, on June 23,.24, 26 , 26, and 27, for a form (a copy of magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY - HYDROGEN Which Will be sent to eaCh'stibectibeirto be signed by them, - and to MICROSCOPE. exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A return the same. form, together with their scrip, to the office as beautiful -Picture of the-CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CA above, addressed to S. M s Hiwkes, Esq.; Secretary to the Company, THERINE'S, Jerusalem, by Smith, is one of the Series of DIS- On June 26. 27, 29, 30, July 1 and 2, between the hours of ten in the SOLVING • VIEWS just letroduced. Morning and four in the afternoon. On the every of the scrip a _ Admission, Is. Schools, Half-price. Printed form of acknowledgment will be given denier same. The Provisional Directors will shortly advertise the days when the MIDDLESEX and SURREY. W. IN, a share msy be received, with a certificate entitling the ELIGIBLE -INVE3T.MENTS, LEASEHOLD GROUND-RENT holder to a further pro rata division of the funds which shall remain and ESTATES, for a long Term of Years. after settlement of all claims upon the Company. M ESSRS. By order of the Board, will SELL by AUCTION, at Garraway's Coffee-house, SIDNEY M. HAWKES, Secretary. 'Change-alley, COrnhill, on WEDNESDAY next, June 24, in Lots, A. LEASEHOLD COTTAGE RESIDENCE and premises, Nun- CHESTER AND .110LYI1EAD RAILWAY.. head -green, Peckham; and well - secured Ground-Rent from other FIFTH CALL 'of 5/. PER SHIRE , mak in g (with the:deposit . p rd p ert y at the same p lace ;Family Residences in Southampton-place, of 51.) 277. 103. per Shire. New-road, and Euston place, Euston-square ; sundry Dwelling- In pursuance of a resolution of the Boa rd of Directors, Share- house s, situate in Drummond-street and Exmouth-street, New holders in this Company are requested to PAY, on or be fore TOES- road ; JOhuson.street a Somers-town ; and coach-houses and stables, bey, the 21st of July next, a CALL of 51 . PE R SHARE, to either So utham p ton-mews, New:road. The respeetiVe-propertice tire -M --of the undermentioned Bankers:- the occupation of highly respectable tenants, on lease and at will, at London-Messrs. Glynn and Co., Lombard-street. annual rents, amounting to upwards of three hundred and sixty Liverpool- Liverpool Borough Bank. pounds. Bangor-Messrs. Williams and Co. The premises may be viewed by permission of the respective Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum will be charged tenants. On all calls remaining unpaid on the said 21st of July. Particulars may he obtained at the office of Edward White, Esq., By Order, , solicitor, No. 12, -Great Marlborough-street ;- at Garraway's Coffee- GEORGE KING, Secretary. house; at the Colosseum Tavern, Portland-road; York and Albany, 61, Mooreate-street, London. June 20, 1846. Stanhope-street, Regent's Park ; Eyre Arms, St. John's-wood ; Eagle Tavern, City road; the Rosemary Branch, Peckham Rye; in c e a l p A e r n in ter s, P i t o lac l e 6 - , p U C () R I T S R U T A . f , L N I , 1 I T anNctoE"Ryli.DEß of the HIGH ma o de in certain Causes of TROMP SON versus FINDLAY, and WOLFE versus FINDLAY, the NEXT of KIN of WILLIAM DAVIDSON PARKINS, late of Cal cutta, in th : East Indies, Coachmaker (who died .n the month of December, 1825), living at his death, or the personal representative or representatives of any such next of kin as have since died, are by on or before the 25th day of July, 1846. to come in y ard, M. r.P. w. ill e a s r im b i n n i s i t t ( e r r, ; C a h n o d un o i f e m rt- e i s ta r e s e . , F o eo o k u l a t m am s Old Burlington-street. ; at k id - REGISTERED PALETOT of LLAJAA CLOTH, 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 65. i'atronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and the following distinguished their. Solicitors, vi sitors " this before sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Cana, at country :-The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the King of his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, Belgium, the King of Saxony, the King of Holland, Prince William and prove their kindred, and make out their claims, or, in default of Prussia, and further honoured by the continued patronage of all thereof, they-es:Plebe peremroorily excluded the benefit of the said who seek an unaffected gentlemanly appearance. The cloth is Order. .The said William Davidson Parkins was a native of the city made of Llama Wool, a fabric most agreeably soft and elastic to the 1 on Carlisle, and.left,that place in the mene,h of April, -1803, for Cal touch, and is one-third the.w ei g ht of ordinary woollen clothes, but it cotta, where he resided until Octob er, 1825, when he quitted for corresponds in shades of colour. It is very durable, and naturally a • EIVI , OId, andelied at sea, off Pondicherry, in DeceMber, 1825. He repellent of rain, yet so porous as to admit of a due escape of exces waft brother of joseph Wilfred Parkins, formerly Sheriff of London sive bodily heat. These advantages, with the very moderate price and Middlesex. charged, renders the Registered P aletot worthy the attention of all. MOUNSEY and GRAY, Staple Inn. _ They can be purchased in London, of the Patentees only, at their 1 1 Warerooms, 114, Regent -street, and 22, Co r n hill, AVIES'S • FINE SPER M CANDLES, Jr Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm , .a. 6d. ; Yellow soap, 425., TIE DELIGHTFUL COOLNE SS of White 4 65., 525., and 58s. per 1121 b5.; M ottled, a s., 60s. and 145.; Wax Linen, even when exposed to the burning heat of the sun, re- Candles, Is, perlb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, is. sd. ; Trans- commends, especially at this sultry season , th e GOLDEN FLAX Parent Wax, Is. 8.1. ; Genuine Wax , 25 . Id. ; Store Candles, s %d* ; CRAVAT COLLAR. which is manufactured from a fine linen of a Extra Waxed -wick Moulds, 634 d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon peculiar snowy whiteness. It needs no addPional cravat; in one Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3 s. 6 d. ; A r g and, or Ve g etable, 4s. 6d. ; ankle is united both collar and cravat. By this happy ombination,e Wind-or Soap, 15.11. per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brew: cravat and collar suffer no disarrangement. ho wever loosel y tied on Windsor, Is. 9d. 3is e. 25.; Almond , 25 . 6d. ; Sealins Wax, 45 . ° • to suitthe warm weather, possessing at the same time an easy elo per lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf- gance of appearance. Obtainable through all the linendrapers, hosier. flag, 934 d. ., ~ and outfitters in London and the country. Each Cravat Collar is For Cash -At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, ''' stamped " Jo n Paterson, London, registered." Mitrtin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. Merchants d shippers supplied by any of the wholesale houses in London and Manchester. AV ATCHES, by WEBSTER and SON, Chro nometer • India Company.-Webster and Son's manufactory has continued in 26, , CORNHI LL ANCE SOCIETY; LONDON. Cornhllll34 years, where may be selecte d, from one of the most ex tensive stocks in London, every description of superior manufacture Capital £500,000. in Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, and at the lowest prices con- Empowered by Act of Parliament. . 'latent w ith security, for the maintenance of that reputation for This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages superior workmanship which has distinguished their house for so with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured many, }ears. Compensated duplex and lever watches, to counteract has, en all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for the variations of temperature. upon the principal of their chronenle- feiture of the Policy, two-thires of the premiums paid (see Table) ; tors, to which Government awarded the prizes three years in succes- also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- Mon ; small elegant lever and horizontal watches in gold cases, terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. engraved or engine-turned ; - small flat silver detached lever and Assurances for terms of years are granted on the l owes t possible horizontal watches for youths, at very moderate , p rices. Superior rates. workmen are employed upon the premises in the repairing depart- DIVISION OF PROFITS. meat for English and'foreign work. The utmost velue allowed for The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society old watches in exchange. WEBSTER and SON'S Publication, with has enabled the Directors, at the last annual Investigation, to declare their Equation Table' for the Present Ye ar, will be sent free on the a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent, on the premiums paid receipt o f two postage stamps_ A large selection of fine Second-hand on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. • Watches at very low prices. EXAMPLES. The ORTHOCRONOGRAPH ; an instrument patented by WEBe . . STER and SON, and introduced by Dr. Robinson at the meeting of the British Association. By this instrument true time may he l ot>. Cri , , , g Premium. k 4 Bonus Bonus in r„ 0.-i Assured t ' o c) twined at any part of the world, for the correction of clocks, watc les, 71 7, 0 4 added. Cash. H g et may mil chronometers, by the most inexperienced person, to a correctness rrectness . • • not hitherto attained but by those accustomed to the use of astrono- ki mr .. Borrow. mical instrumen ts. QHOWER BATHS with CURTAINS, 2i. each ' - --- nf any description of Bath should visit Wm. 5 — --- -- . £ £ 5. d. r 1837 „e 217 15 1 XlOO 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 I 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4. 13 10 2 395 11 1 __ ... ._ ... . el ~ e , RAC 0 .2 ATCHES, by WEBSTER and SON, Chro- Y nometer M.‘kers to the Lords of the Admiralty and the East India Company.—Webster and Son's manufactory has continued in Cornhllll34 year, where may be selected, from one of the most ex tenaive stocks in London, every description of superior manufacture in Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, and at the lowest prices con , sistent with security, for the maintenance of that reputation for superior workmanship which has distinguished their house for so Many. s ears. Compensated duplex and lever watches, to counteract the variations of tetnperature, upon the principal of their chronome ters, to whch Government awarded the prizes three years in succes sion ; small elegant lever and horizontal watches in gold cases, engraved or engine-turned ; small flat silver detached lever and horizontal watches for youths, at very mo derate p rices. Superior vrorkuten are employed upon the premises in the repairing depart ment tor English and'foreign work. The utmost r Ric allowed for old watches in exchange. WEBSTER and SON'S P u bli c ation, with their Equation Table' for the Present Year, will be sent free on the receipt of two postage stamps. A large selection of fine Second-hand Watches at very low prices. The ORTHOCRONOGRAPH ; an instrument patented by WEB STER and SON, and introduced by Dr. Robinson at the meeting of the British Association. By this instrument true time may be ob tained at any part of the world, for the correction of clocks, watches, OM chronometers, by the most inexperienced person, to a correctness i liothitherto attained but by hill those accustomed to the use of a s trono- M ca h l l HO WER BATHS with CURTAINS , 2 A. each ' Purchasers of any description of Bath should visit Wm. S MITItToN'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Bath Show Room, which contains, besides toilet sets japanned in imitation of fancy Weeds, china, &e., in enormous variety, all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, devoted exclusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected, and at thirty per cent. under any other house, where attention is paid to the quality. Full-size Portable Shower Baths, very strong and Japanned, with curtains and copper valve, 9s. each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conducting tubes, brass force-pump and top, complete with curtains, and japanned, from 60e. ilanirShower Baths, 'apaiinecl, 3s. 6d. The Omni-directive Bath.—Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free. W ILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery and Baths is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can hasers be employed d toto give a c,•rrect idea of its v a riet y and extent, purc are call and inspect it..-39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman -street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. I BRAHIN I PACHA'S TENT. --This oriental tent, decorated with the crescent end other emblems of the Mast, and used by the Pacha on the occasion of his visit to the Horticultural Fete, Chiswick, is now Is be sold. It is in shape a decagon, and formed of blue and white drapery; in size about 36 feet in diameter. Apply to Benjamin Edgington, 2, D u ke-street, Southwark , the 'imporium for Marquees, Tents, Rickcloths. and temporary rooms. £ £s.d. 60 1000 74 3 4 1, 1837 1838 1839 1849 1841 £217 15 1' 192 3 0 165 11 10 116 7 6 111 6 8 'IlOO 0 11' 87 1 4 . 74 1 91 54 0 10 49 10 0; £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 13 10 2, 395 11 1 11 3 1 346 2 3 718 10 296 13 4 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the preseat year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. QTJITABLE BON US RE-ASSURANCE. This system, formerly originated by the ASYLTIM OFFICE, to meet the circumstances of the favoured 5,000 Equitable Polley holders for the bonus of 1830, and since continued fur the decennial period to 1840, is now in operation for 18 , 0. Further particulars may be obtained by application to the Resi dent Director, at the Asylum Company's Office, No. 70, Cornhill, London. A SYLUM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIFE OFFICE. 70, Cornhill, and 5, Waterloo-place, London. ESTABLISHED IN 1824. • DIRECTORS. Major-General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.8., Chairman. Charles William Hallett, Esq., Deputy Chairman. J. narvey Astell, Esq. E. Bedvrell Kemble, Esq. Thomas Feun, Esq. Foster Reynolds, Esq. Geo. Palmer, Jun., Esq. John Clarmont Whiteman, Esq. W. Edmund Ferrers, Esq. G. Farren, Esq., Emit. Director. MEDICAL OFFICERS IN LONDON. R. Ferguson, M.D., 9, Queen-street, May-fair. J. Forbes, M.D.; F.R.S., 12, Old Burlington-street. T. Callaway, Esq., Wellington-street, Borough, Southwark. Persons in deteriorated health are insured at proportionate rates, the Asylum being the Company which originally (in 1824) extended the benefits of life insurance to such cues. RENEWABLE TERM INSURANCES FOR HEALTHY LIVES. The advantages of a whole life Policy are secured by the smallest necessary outlay in the first instance—the contract being continuous year by year, whatever the future health of the assured. Extracts frees RENEWABLE TERM rates for select lives. " MY DEJEUNER ALA FOURCIIETTE," By THOMAS HAYNES B tYLY, Esq. " But the guests are arriving, my villa has got Quite a park-like appearance—a beautiful .pot ; . The band on the lawn in the pretty Marquee — This tent for the dinner, and that for theta." • Dancing in the open air, to avoid the inconvenience of heated rooms. BENJAMIN EDGING"! ON, 2. Duke-street, Borough, and 208, Piccdilly. respecfly informs the Nobility and Gentry that, by a new a arrangementt, h ul is MARQUEES and TENTS are completely ventilated, and the most delightful coolness is felt, also in the pavilion or temporary room. Accommodation to any extent, on hire at moderate cost, and erected with great dispatch. Rick cloths with poles, &A., complete. Orders per post to 2, Duke-street, Borough, will have immediate attention. AOl. I Ist yr. I 2d yr. I id yr. I 4th yr. I sth yr. I 6th yr. I 7th yr. 30 1 1 6 41 1 7 1 117 11 1 1 8911 9 71 1 10 5I 1 11 4 50 I 2 7 3 1 2 8 ks 1 2 10 1 12 11 71 2 13 1 1 2 15 111 3 0 4 Extracts from the EVEN RATES for select lives. JUVENILE PLEASURE. Amidst the bright scene we delightfully treasure, We witness with ecstasy juvenile pleasure!! Their light-hearted revels we cherish with joy, Whilst the faee is illumin'd of each beautiful boy!! Oh ! there is not a youth, we may venture to say, But enraptured looks forth to the bright holiday And amongst all the transports, and many are th 'se, There is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes ! Now HYA3I, we freely sledgeacknowede wi h touthtruth, The very best Clothing provide achy, Transcendently high his great name now it shines. For lluisar Suits and Tunics of novel designs! At incredulous prices he now will dispose Of his splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes ! Parents and Guardians are respectfully invited to inspect the im inense variety o f Boys and Youths' Clothing always kept n hand at this Establishment. An immense saving in price is effected, and every garment warranted as to durability, quality, and fashion. LIST OF PRICES. sox. I 20 I 80 I 40 I 80 I 60 I - 70 I $1 -------------- p r om. II 11 9 1 2 2, 0 1 2 17 1 1 4 2 0 1 6le 9110 1$ 6119 1 $ ALTERNATIVE. Two-thirds, only, of the even rates, whether for select or diseased lives, or for the risks of foreign climates, may be paid, and the b a lance, with interest at 4 per cent. deducted from the sum assured. _ _ _ FOREIGN, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL INSURANCE. Distinct classifications of places, according to salubrity of climate ; a specific price for any particular place, voyage, or voyages. Officers whose destinations are uncertain, insured to all parts of the world at a instil but flied extra rate of premium. GEO. FARREN, Resident Director. Dress Coat, braided edges.... „ d. Surtonts, do • ... • 1 5 Trousers, in cloth and doeskins •.• • • 0 0 Trousers, in Tweed • • ......... ••• • • 0 6 Teets, either in cloth or limey Materials • • 0 4 6 SUMMER GARMENTS. Summer Coats, in endless variety •. .. A 9 6 Cashmere Ditto •• • • Fishing or Shooting Ditto Oftice Ditto ••• • • • ...... ..... ••e 9 6 Blouses, in countless profusion.... ...... 0 2 6 Trousers, in all the newest washing materials ........... ••• • • ••• . • 0 6 6 Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed t o retain 0 2 9 their colour • • • • • • • • ...... • • • . • • • • • • MADE TO ORDER. Dress Coats, made to measure •. • ... front 1 10 0 S ur touts, ditto • ..... .. ••.• • • • • ........ 1 15 0 T ro users, ditto ••••• • • . • ..... • • 0 7 0 •• .. 0 15 0 lest, ditto . S.UMM.. ....... .... • • • • • ...... ER GARMENTS. The Hyamonian Paletet, a fashionable Over-coat, made to order, extremely light and Well -adapted for the present season.• ...... ..... •.. ...... ....... 1 1 0 Trousers,. of peculiarly light fabrics d printe •• •• 0 s 0 Vests, in rich Cashmere and Quiltings, French patterns •••••• • • • • • • 0 7 6 An immense Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate :ow prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, should he not approve of his purchase after seeing the articles at his own house, No business transacted on Saturdays until the evening. L. lITAM , Pantechnetheca. 36. Gracechurchstreet. London. SALMON, ODY, and CO. caution • the r ruptures ; Public against the numerous pretended new inven tions ro all of them are old, and are mentioned in Arnaud 's Treatise onnßupoTs tares, published at Paris in 1748. No essential hnprovenie t w which hass made from that date until Salmon's invention in 1 8 06, been, and continues to be , recommended by the most em inent Surgeon in town and country. Salmon, Ody, and Co.'s PATENT SELF ADJUSTING TRUSSES will answer for right or loft side, requiring no under-strap, buckles, or any galling bandage; they admit of in crease and decrease in size and force. N.B.—Persons in the country are requested to send the circuln• ference of the body one inch below the hips. Sold by one or more druggists in every city and principal tows in United Kingdom. Manufactory. 292, Strand, London. VALUABLE FAMILY MED Ic 'HUNTS APERIENT FAMI LY s most excellent Medicine for Bilious Complaints, Disorders PILLS ms AN L: ;, of the Stomach and Bowels, Habitual Costiveness, Heartburn, Pains and Giddiness of the Head, Influenza,lndigestion, Spasms, Nervous and Dropsical Complaints. For upwards of forty-five years have these Pills obtained the nn• qualified approbation of the public in general, among whom may he included families of distinction and medical men. Their composition is so truly excellent, and their beneficial effects have been so widely experienced, that the proplietors feel the greatest confidence in re commended them as one of the MILDEST and MOST EFFICIENT APERIENT FAMILY MEDICINES ever offered to the public. These Pills require no confinement nor alteration of diet, and are adapted to every variety of age and constitution. They seldom operate until eight or ten hours after taken, and th n gently. They restore the tone of the stomach, strengthen the digestive organs, cleanse the bowels of all impurities, and promote the due secretion elf the liver and of the kidneys, and by invigorating the system ge nerally, become an invaluable restorative of health to both sexes. OFFICERS of the ARMY and NAVY will fied these Pills an in valuable appendage to their medicine chests, as they retain their medicinal virtues in all climates. Ladies,. even of the most delicate constitutions, will find these Pills particularly beneficial, both before and after their confinement; nor can they be too highly recommended far the general use of schools. They are also an excellent preparatory in the use of me ' dlclnal waters, sea-bathing, tic,. Prepared and sold by Messrs. Hunt (the original Proprietors), 65, Great Pulteney-street, Bath ; and sold, wholesale and retail, by Messrs. Barclay and Son, 95, Farringdou-street ; Butler, 4, Cheap aide; Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's ; Newbury,4s, st. Paul's ; S an g er, 150, Oxford-street . London ; and by all respectable medicine vendors in the metropolis and provincial towns. - Be careful to sae that the names and address of the Proprietors nre engraved on the medicine stamp around each boa, ao ouch Alen are flOati,l29. WM) 11, l'Ad. Par ta, GUARDIAN" FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London, DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOIJCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. ohn Gellibratid Hubbard, Esq. James Morri, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values. pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 50/. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Midsum mer Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. T HE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-spare. ' TRUSTEES. The Right lion. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Cheadle. Staffordshire. The Right llon. the Earl of Traquair, Traquair House, Peeble shire, North Britain. The Right lion. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. A. Gynch, Esq., Master in Chancery, R 3, Queen -square. Thomas Barnewall, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's Park. Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. Wm. Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex, The Hon. Edward Petre, 26, Wilton-crescent. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. East India Company, and of the London Joint-Stoc m k Bank. ney-terrace , The Very Rev. Mons. A. Magee, D.D., 9, Ro Westninster. R n e e v n . ry Th e o l m ar a k s p D . o p y p le a: D is D q: Francis wnonnell, Esq., Usk, Monmouthsht Director of th James Beads, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley - street , National Bank Esreland. London-road, d r r y o n - h r i O o tt u d s , e , Southwark. Boru i .htoa. Willia m Seymour, q., Montague-place, Russell-STiare. E. Jerningham, Esq. AUDITORS. CONSULTING PRESICIAN James Marshall. Esq. ~,,,, --JRUICS Copland, 31. D F.R.S., 5 , ` -n " ~ Burling,ton-street. CONSULTING SURGEON—WiIIiam Tesvan, Esq., 23, Bryaustone square. STANDING CCM NBEL. England-Mr. Sedeant Shee, Sergeant s ' I nn. Edm. I3eales, Esq., Stone-building,, Lincoln's Inn. Ireland—Sir Colman O'Loughlen, Bart., Merrion-square, Dublin. SOLICITORS. England—Messrs. Norris and Sons, 2, Bedford•row, London. Ireland—Messrs. P. and D. Mahony, 23, William-street. Dublin, CONSULTING ACTUARY—WiIIiaM Lewis, Esq. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street Covent-garden. The London Joint Stock Bank, 69, Pall• mall. SECRETARY- -William Norris, ESQ. The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved of bq the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, is now lying tor Sig nature at this Office, and will remain until Saturday, the 13th inst., inclusive, from Ten, ♦.M., to Four, P.M. Juan 4. 1846. Tl:ufoe:TlC°reeltinatmteoanstuws [ADVERTISEMENT.J—BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and falling off, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use of the two above-named articles, applied alternately—the bo tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a stimulant, and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any further evidence was requir.d of the virtues of bear's grease for renovating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and Sons, 119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first introduced the use of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and kill the ani mals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with their names and address printed on the pot, or the chances are their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to the hair are worse than useless. CRUEL ROBBERY BY A YOUTH.—At the Ilford Petty Sessions on Saturday, James Hatfield, the son of a drover, re siding in Whitechapel, was placed at the bar charged with obtaining a sum of money from a poor woman residing at Stratford, under false pretences. Elizabeth Purkes the wife of a Smithfield drover, residing in Boyce-yard, Stratford, her,said, a that o a n k i n t the e a p v r e e r v y i o s u o s r r Monday oivf ulf ae e t h, said, a accused d, oh called,Mrs. lainzanb,adandneiNsVeiloctOk edteltlipyoinu,ovioitusrpulrili:tbrretd choalsnbpteeern, Wm and he went away, and he has sentonslewfhoriersahtemgaolueeyiy7 have in the house." possi ble, as her husband v. telling her, however, to come up to London as soon as possi- N g T o . lng t iso er n , e fo r u w n a d s h co is n st m or i y tte t d o IQs•, N iSIY,CI to see her. She did as he re bqt to the e [ th a le les i : e C ' l l : . f e . erneourirnTallbnsCedl,r:iionmEnnilnu g with Mrs. Smithery, min a : I —E-- — I Williams, a servant living DROPSY By HoLLOWAY'S PlLLS. —antna of such a size from dropsy as to appear, Oldham-road , Manchester, had lately become &Ion), as big as a butt. Em,etiorit:yeu:arutdts IsStelrisies'khinlagd only 1 trial.pri NARY CURES OP Holloway's Pills, and out effect; in this sad state she had recourse to Hone tried upon two dropsical patients discharge d easbterriernbuetxwpritesh-- by them the water was entirely removed from her system, and an L effectual cure perfected in about six weeks. These pills were lately ' curf th ow elar r mb ge yo s lith t ori h s o xf s ay p ii4 i t t on a incurable from one of s yst i i :2 7l,..b.......r.,d llo o n in d se o u. n i , o so2a4ni4(di, Strand, 4 %7 . al l a , l ia so 9a w ay per,e druggists, bo an t a h astliorr;T: HOUSI OF LORDS. ' CAPIXDRIDGZ AND OXFORD. A Select Committee on the above Bill suet for the arst time, at eleven o'clock, in Room A. New Houses of Parliament ; Lord Mary borough in the chair. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAtif opened the case for the promoters of the Bill at considerable length. Mr. WaDDINGToN (on the part of the promoters) then proceeded to examine Lord Decan, who said he was chairman of the Cambridge and O xford Company, and who gave evidence in favour of the Una. Other witnesses were then called, and gave similar evidence. They were cross examined by Mr. Taltot, Mr. Ilildysird, and Mr. Corry, on the part of the Duke of Buckingham, who petitions against the Bill on the ground of injury to his property, and by Mr. Calvert and Mr. Wells, on the part of several petitioning landowners. Their Lordships were occ..pied the whole day with the general, evidence, and rose at four o'clock. They adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. EDINEXTR.GH AND NORTHERN (STRATH.. El= Dmvia.Tao A,- AND DurcrErtztLxraz BRA - liccn). This Committee having, on Thursday last, adjourned till to-day, in order to give time for the settlement of some matters among the agents for and against the Bill, met again to-day at eleven o'cloek, in Room No. 6 (Committee-rooms in Ablhgdou-street) ; Lord Port man in the chair. Mr. HOPE opened the case for the promoters, an% Mr. Granger gave the usual engineering .. b eV.elleC, ;which was corroorated by Mr. Hawkshaw. GLASGOW, XXLIVZILUNOCX, 11 . 731) na.OSSAN. • GLASGOW, BAIMIIMAD, .B.ND‘ ITEXLSTON (1 3 8.1sLE1 3m NCH). This Committee met. again at twelve o'clock this morning,.in Room B (New Houses -ef.P4,4%ment), Earl Roden in the chair, and present the Marquis of':Ormort and Earls Veralam, Kingston, and Effingham. • • They were occuziedr a considerable time with the clauses of the GLASGuIITi L KTirdycz. , &NOCK. IMP-. AR. _ , DItOSSAN, The preamble of which was, it will be remembered, passed on Thursday, the Committee having adjourned till to-day, to give time for an arrangement among the patties. The Counsel on either side having been enable to agree, and being still unable to settle their differences, occupied their Lordships for some time in a fruitless discussion, which ended in their leaving the room to make an arrangement amongst themselves. The disputed clauses - being settled on the return of the counsel, this Bill was passed finally. The Committee proceeded with the CamASGOW, DAREIIEAD, AND N:aIIESTON. Mr. AUSTIN opened the ca: , e, and called several witnesses whose examination occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, at which hour they rose, and adjourned till to-morrow at eleven. EnrivnußGEt AND NOILTHETZN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The case for the promoters occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, when the Committee rose and adjourned till to-morrow, with the understanding that Mr. Hope would not call any more wit nesses. Room D. SVIINTON AND LINCOLN. This Committee resumed its sitting at eleven o'clock in Room D ; all the Members present. Mr. Demsoti addressed their Lordships at considerable length against the proposed line, which is a branch of the Doncaster, Wake field, and Leeds, on behalf of Sir Joseph Copley, whose mansion would be incommoded by the proximity to the line, which was tes tified to by Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Grey, Mr. Charles Wood, M.P., Mr. Denison, M.P., and several other 'witnesses, though it was admitted to Mr. Hildyard that a. wall might be built so as to shut out the railway from the dwelling and grounds; after which Mr. Serjeant WEAN - Guest addressed the Committee on behalf of the London and York Railway, urging their Lordships to defer their decision till next session, when the merits of the South York line would have been brought before their Lordships, and a fairer estimate of the merits of the competing lines wont , ' then be arrived at. Mr. HILDTABD contended that a great injustice would be in flicted on the public if their Lordships suffered the South York line, which had been rejected by a Committee of the other House, to interrupt their deciston with regard to the Swinton and Lincoln, which was to connect four towns with large populations, namely, Doncaster, Sheffield. Rotherham, and Barnsley, by 1014 miles only of railway. Rotherham was the greatest cattle-market in the north of England, and the coal for 4 orb miles round Barnsley was ten feet thick, of excellent quality, and low in price. A preference would not be given to the Derbyshire coal as had been alleged, and the company were ready to do anything in reason to remove Sir Joseph Copley's objections. Mr. DENISON stated that even were Sir Joseph Copley not con nected with the' South York nothing would reconcile him to the pro posed line. The Committee deferred their decision, and intimated that they would to-morrow morning take the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line, which also asserts its right to be considered a competing line. Their Lbrdships then adjourned at a quarter-past four o'clock. TIIE BROAD GAIVE . THE BANE OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. With an Account of the Present and Prospective Liabilities saddled on the Proprietors by the Promoters of that peculiar:Crotchet. By £s. d. "A barbe de fol, on appren I a raire." [Which, being translated for the benefit of Country Gentlemen, means]— " Arr. Brunel has learnt to shave on the chin of the Great Western Directors." London : John 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall. Just published, price 6d. N ATIONAL UNIFORMITY OF GAUGE ; -a Short Letter to Lord Dalhousie, submitting Reasons for pre ferring the original recommendations of the Gauge Commissioners to the recent proposals of the Board of Trade. Published by W. Stephenson, 12 and 13, Parliament-street. 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In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we should know the simple principles of our own organization, the laws whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted, health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness within the attainment of all ; by the availment hereof in fulfilling our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages on our offspring to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties, which is in ! consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest of God's creations. The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ ings, and the avowal of i heir integrity of purpose, must be measured by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit. 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Gilbert, 5 2 , Paternoster-row; tlannay and Co., 63, Oxford street; Starie, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; torsion, 146, Leaden hall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church street, Liverpcol ; and by all Booksellers. At Home fer Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Fiv the efete of till Et and all alll am ette_rs ik im ßE m p ed r ia o t u el p y - r s e T p ß lied zE t T o : if ßE co n n F tai o ni ßD. ng sOITA1111:. Lownox HOUSE. OF COMMONS. GROUP 11. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of these Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Lord Mojpeth in the chair. WEST CORNWALL. ➢fr. CORBURN made a short address to the Committee on behalf of the opponents of this line, after which Mr. Ss= replied. The room was then cleared, and the Committee having remained some time in deliberation, the parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble of the WestCornwell Railway was proved, and the Committee required certain alterations to be made in the clauses with respect to '.several of the wharfs near the line. GROUP XIII. This committee met to-day at one o'clock, Sir William Clay in the CLair. - 011.Z.1331:10.2k7Z-112.7 .I.32V3=II7St.ZOZT. The case on behalf of this line was resumed. Sir WALTER RIDDELL intimated that it was the intention of the promoters of the Bill to adhere to the course mentioned by Mr. Cockburn—namely, the stopping of the line at Muirkirk. This was done under the impression that a line which was stated by the other silos to be under construction from Ayr to Muirkirk would be bona fide carried out. In such a case it would. be manifestly absurd for two lines of railway to be constructed parallel through such a dis trict of country as that from Muirkirk to Ayr, and hence the promoters of the Caledonian Extension thought it advisable to give up that portion, and retain all the rest. Should the line from Ayr to Muirkirk not to be made, then the Caledonian Extension would come before Parliament in another year for that portion The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. Mr. Fergnsson, mining engineer, and lessee of the Lesmahagow Collieries, gave evidence as to the extent and character of the Coal fields along the route of the line. The Muirkirk field was six miles long by one broad, and* the aggregate thickness of the coal seams, was fort feet. The Glenbuck tool-field was an extension of the Muirkirk field, only it was richer in gas coal. This c•al was 2s. a ton at the pit bank, and 40,000 tons a year could be easily raised if an outlet was given for the sale of them. The present line would effect an opening to the east and west. The Douglas coal-field on the route of the line was also a valuable one. The area of the coal-field was about 30 square miles, of an ag gregate thickness of about 60 feet. Three feet of it was gas coal, which had scarcely been wrought at all. Iron-stone was also abun dant, both clay and block-band; The block-band iron-stone alone could supply 10 furnaces for 32 years, - and the clay-band iron-stone could supply them at least ten times longer. The Lesmahagow coalfield contained 40 square miles, and was, in the aggregate, 25 feet, of which 1 foot 9 inches was gas coal. The greater part of the latter coal was sent by carts to Glasgow. The line would be of great advantage to all these coal-fields. Black-band iron-stone was also found in large quantities in the Lesmahagow field. He had no doubt that, if the line were formed, it -would lead to the establishment of iron works. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Williams, mining engineers, corroborate d the evidence of the previous witnesses.' Mr. Adam Black, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, examined—He was Chairman of the Edinburgh and Leith Gas Company, and he was of opinion the opening up of the Lesmahagow coal-fields would be of great benefit to the company in supplying Cannel coal at a cheap rate. The witness also deposei that Edinburgh, being the head seats of law and education in Scotland, there :was a considerable traffic in passengers between that metropolis and Ayr. Mr. icott, factor to Lord Douglas, deposed that his Lordship approved of the line on public grounds, and that the line would be of the greatest possible advantage to the agriculture of the district. The line passed for twenty miles through Lord Douglaa's property, and would open up in the most airect manner the markets of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Ayr. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XIV. mmite chair. teamet again this morning in room No. 29 ; Mr. )roTthhis Committee in the DEAL AND DOVER. It will be remembered that the landholders' opposition to this case had closed when the Committee adjourned at t he middle of last week. The whole of this morning was occupied with Mr. Merre wether's reply to that oppositi o n, which he contended ought not to prevail against a line of so much public importance as one running between Dover and Deal. The room was then cleared, and after a short consultation strangers were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had come to the deci sion that the preamble to this Bill was not proved. He accompanied this announcement with the remark that some of the Committee, indeed, he might My tha whole of them, were satisfied as to the merits of this line, but that in the present state of the money market, and considering the number of these works Parliament had already sanctioned, they did not feel justitled in passing this Bill. SOUTII-7-11-STMILIT (GnMLNIWZCZI TO GIL.A.ItESVNI)). This Pin was then re-committed. It will be remembered that the Committee passed it at their former sitting, sanctioning a tunnel under Greenwich Park An objection was taken to this in the House, and the Bill was ordered •to be re-committed. The Committee now, pro forma, agreed to the Bill, striking out the clause sanctioning the tunnel, and inserting in its stead a clause enabling the company to adopt their alternative line round Blackheath. The cost of the line with this alteration was estimated at 800,000/. This closed the labours of the Committee. GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON. This Committee re-assembled this day at one o'clock, the Hon. E. Yorke in the chair. Mr. W. Nicholas, who had rented the Luggershall toll-gate on the high road between Cheltenham and Southampton for many years, stated that the amount of toll had decreased at the rate of 10/. , a year; but it came out in the cross-examination that all persons going to the important fairs of Weyhill and Appleshaw, could easily avoid the gate, and no doubt did so. None of the sheep coming or going to these fairs passed through this gate. Mr. John Banning, toll-collector at the Collinborne-gate in the same district, deposed that his receipts had very much diminished ; but he admitted, in his cross-examination, that this amount did not represent the local traffic, because this gate could also be avoided. Mr. Samuel Robbins, residing at Pewsey, where he carried on the business of a timber-merchant, said there was a good conveyance for timber by the Kennett and Avon canal, and that, so far as that neighbourhood was concerned, it would not use the railway for the conveyance of timber. By the CRAIRMAN—No railway was nearer than eighteen miles. Cross-extunined by Mr. JAMES—Supported the project for convert ing the Kennett and Avon Canal into a railway. He made a pro posalur. ne bnetecoaart, nearer ree hisllb l e a ws n ih c i oahurefl noted br ablea b n e d c Southampton turs llel hciosuwharf getld arr ftoiCompanyrmab timber tr larger 4fieettr b s: r i espbou t ei t nier g ; Rb. t l y i u e d i t b Mr. John Hat ris, was proprietor of a coach w rnh hi lec c hu h nh r pe a r n , for twenty byearsu whense tween therailwaysCirencester were openedhe l Cheltenham, it became e v a - Tins, with the exception of the engineering evidence, closed the case on behalf of the South-Western.' . . Mr. Austin, to-morrow, will open the case on the part of the Great Western. The Committee then adjourned until to•morrow. GROUP XVIII. mxETEn, YEOVIL, AND Dane ES TER, (LONDON, saxasnuaY, AND IrmoviL JUNCTION). This Committee met to-day; B. benison, chairman. Several clauses and amendments were agreed to, and added to the Bill as originally proposed, having for their object the protection of the interests of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Mr. AUSTIN made an application to the Committee, on the part of the Great Western Company, to reconsider the preamble of the Exeter Great Western Company, and allow them to con struct the branches as proposed in their Bill from Ax minster: to Bridport and Wimpole to join the Bristol and Exeter. The Learned Counsel contended that the Committee had power to do so if they thought proper. The CHAIRMAN stated that the trat question to be decided was whether the Committee would entertain such a proposition. The room was ordered to be cl eared, Upon the parties being lolled IN T • - he coAllogo owed that Ur APPlicAtin had come tOO IMO. GROUP XX, The Committee met tc(-day at eleven o'clock in Room Xo. 31 (Grand Corridor). Present, Mr. Sotheron (chairman), Lord William Bentinck, Mr. Pigott, Mr. 'Miffed, and Mr. Ross. Theyydsumgd the consideration of the SURREY: IRON RAILWAY (nsscix.vaNG): Additional evidence was received in support of the petitions against tine dliSolution. The object of this evidence was chiefly to show the amount of injury which the petitioners would- sustain by the abandonment of the line. . - - The Cli.tiammi observed that it was needless to go in t o details of the amount of injury, as that would be a que,tion for the.arbitrator, if the Committee should ultimately come to the opinionthat the peti tioners were entitled to any compensation at all. The evidence of the opponents having been concluded, the Com mittee postpotied their decision. ZONDON,'HOUNSLOVI, AND WESTERN. Mr. COCKBUUN'S gumming up of the - eVideuce in support of this line occupied the Committee through the remainder of the sitting, when they adjourned till two o'clock to-morrow. • GROUP XXXI. BrasToL 2111 D BIRIMNGHADT (BATH BRANCH). The Committee re-assembled this morning at about half-past twelve, and proceeded with the examination of witnesses in favour of the aboVe : Mr. Baeheler and other witnesses were examined , and gave general evidence in support of the Bill, and the Committee then ad journed. • - GROUP The Committee on this peep Met this day at AWAX4,,,SQg olslL. in Room No. 24 (Grand Corridor). Present Sir Robert Ferguson (calf:: man), the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Newry, Mr. Smollett, and Mr. Fellowes. They proceeded with the Warwickshire and London Railways (three branches). • WORCESTER AND 'WEED ON, HAMPTON AND A.SHCHUIZCH, HAMPTON AND tzNEURY. Mr. WHATELEr, Q.C., for the opposing landowners, put in additional evidence against the Bill. Mr. Williams, brother-in-law, and land agent to Lord Willoughby do Broke, stated that the Hampton and Banbury line would pass through the Noble Lord's property, to which it would be absolutely destructive. The chief value of the property was in its ornamental character, which the proposed railway would altogether annihilate. Other valuable property, within the limits of the line, would be similarly damaged. Witness was secretary to the Warwickshire Hunt, and he knew that the sporting gentlemen of the county were greatly opposed to the Hampton and Banbury line, and as much in favour of the Birmingham and Oxford. The general opinion was, that the latter railway, by a short line from Fenny Compton to Warwick, would meet all the wants of the company, without inter fering injuriously with private property. Viscount Villiers and other witnesses gave similar evidence against the lines, chiefly on the ground of the injury that would be done to property in the district to be traversed, in consequence of the inter ferenee with the fox-hunting pleasures of the county of Warwick. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XXXVIII. WAKEFIELD TO LEEDS (MIDLAND EX- TENSION). Several witnesses were called this morning, who gave evidence in favour of this extension scheme of the Midland Railway. The evi dence was brought to bear upon the present inefficient mode of com munication between the important towns of Wakefield and Leeds. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP LIII. This Committee re-assembled this morning in Room 26 (Grand Corridor), at the usual hour. Present, the Bon. E. Lanelles (in the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Hildyard, Captain Dalrymple, and Mr. R. Clayton. XIZIMINGHADT, DUDLEY, AND IVOLVZIL 11.a./Y.EPTON. The lion. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., opened the case on behalf of the pro moters. After a few remarks, he contended (and he said he would be able to show by evidence) that the parties whom he represented had a preponderance, and under the circumstances a most remark able preponderance of the opinion of merchants in the manufacturing districts through which this and the rival lines proposed to pass. _ . This line would possess this great advantage over its rivals, viz., that it would not be amalgamated with the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction, thus securing to the manufactures of that dis trict and tke public at large the advantages ofcompetition. This was an entirely independent company, devised by the principal ironmasters of the district. Unless the Committee were prepared to establish in the hands of the parties named, as it seemed to him, one of the greatest and most overpowering monopolies that could ever be con stituted by the cupidity of companies coalescing for the purposes of profit, they could hardly assent to the propositions of his Learned Friend. The Committee might grant the line which he re presented without a single qualm as to the effect which it might produce upon the dividends of the existing canal. They might legislate with perfect freedom upon this point, for the proprietors had already provided against any loss which they might sustain in this respect. In fact, this railway had been laid out for the purpose of preserving the proprietors of the canal perfectly harmless. A man could not, by the proposed Shrewsbury and kirmingham, pass from Shifnall to Dudley. No ac commodatiou was given by It between Walsall, Bilston, and Dudley, er West Bromwich and Walsall, all of which were crowded and most important towns. In order to remedy the defects of his line, Mr. Stephenson proposed to unite with' the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton a line which he abominated, and spurned, ami;, one too, which the promoters of his line said they believed:would never be made. And then, as to the al'-important question of the sta. _lion at Wolverhampton—whether it should be on the high or the low level —Mr..Brunel and Mr. Locke entertained the opinion, that the low level was the better plan, whilst 31r. Stephenson entertained a contrary opinion. Now, he thought, that his (Mr. Talbot's) clients ought to be right, a priori, anti for this reason, that they had the sanction of Parliament. It the Committee decided that the high level was the better of the two, they would make the - decision of ..Parlia ment on this question appear to be an absurd one. If they sanc tioned this, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham would have two lines, and a canal running the length of six miles between Tipton and Wolverhampton, at a distance of five-eighths of a mile. Why, nei ther in " l'unch"—(Laughter) —nor in Bradshaw's map could they find a similar case. The witnesses who had been brought for ward in support of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham as far as regarded the accommodation which it would afford be tween Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury, did not live within ten or twelve miles of Wolverhampton; and, therefore, were not locally acquainted with the district which they were ealled to speak of. He complained that by statements in local newspapers the promoters of that lime had attempted to mislead the public with regard to the accommodation which their line would afford. Their line would cause an enormous destruc tion of property, and it would block up the access to all the principal works of Wolverhampton. All the advantages which they proposed to afford to the people of Wolverhampton would be afforded by the line which he represented. Tile evidence of Mr. Stephenson with regard to the advantages of a high level at Wolverhampton had, in Lis (Mr. Talbot's) opinion, been shattered to pieces. In stead of having absorption of momentum, Mr. Stephenson would have acceleration by his high level station, which would form a sort of pinnacle, which would be in all respects highly objectionable. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to enter into"a comparison of the proposed stations at Birmingham. He admitted that Mr. Stephen son's would be central, but he also maintained that his (Mr. Talbot's) clients' station was still more central, whilst it would afford infinitely more accommodation to goods and passengers arriving from Wolver hampton. He contended, too, notwithstanding the evidence that had been laid before the Committee, that this company's stations would be as near to the banks, post-office, town-hall, &c., &c., as that of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham. He then pointed out, by the aid of a most excellent model of Birmingham, the situations of the pro- posed different stations there, the property which would hy.ve to be de stroyed by each, &c. The gradients of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line as it entered Birmingham were of a most difficult description, and . • . Mr. Stephenson, in order to get out of that difficulty, said that aim lar gradients existed in some of the lines entering London, Manches ter, and Liverpool, but he (the Learned Counsel) trusted that would not be accepted as a sufficient reason for their approval of his scheme. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham would also pass over a burial ground in Birmingham, which might have been very easily avoided. They were all fiercely opposed by the trustees of the roads to pass, and however important the con struction of a railway might be in that district, he conceived that it was the duty of the Legislature to take care that, by their decisions, they did not deprive the public of the advantages of the existing highways, which the Shrewsbury and Birmingham pro posed to destroy. Mr. Fowler, one of the witnesses called in sup port of that scheme, is his evidence, stated that it would afford ac conunodation to a greater number of works than either of its rivals, but lae made this most serious omission—he forgot to' state that, although it might accommodate more numerically, it would not accommodate nearly as much as this did the most important works of the district. There was one point, and one point only, upon which his clients pleaded guilty to something like omission, which had been of course made the most of on the other side. Their line went nearer to Darlaston, which contained a population of 8,244. His defence was this, that the Grand Junction ran within three-quarters of a mile of that very town, which was very inconsiderable when compared with the other towns which the lines would accommodate, its principal business consisting in the manufacture of hinges, b.its. Bre. But, as regarded the difference of accommodation proposed to be afforded by this line and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham to the people living between those two places, the rival companies had made use of the pot and kettle argument. If lie were to be toad of freaks of management, '&c. he could most successfully retaliate on his Learned Friend. The wed lock of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham with the canal in that district would entail the most serious consequences as regarded the interests of the public. The cost of that line would be 1,200,0001., whereas the whole of the line which he represented would cost ne more than 11,0,000/. His clients would have to construct only 15% miles of railway in common with the South Staffordshire, whilst the rival line would involve the expense of 26 miles. This line would be the freest, the moat independent, and the best ; it would not be under the influence of a council sitting at Euston-square, who could have no interest in the district. The Learned Counsel having concluded his speech, of nearly three hours' length, and resumed his seat, rose again in a few minutes, and stated that since he had the honour of addressing the Committee he had the happiness to hear.that an arrangement had been entered into between the Trent Valley Midlands and the South Staffordshire junction, which would have the effect of assigning all the lines on the south of Walsall (which would Include Dudley) to the former Company. Lord Hatherton was then examined by Mr. Sergeant KneeLSXE, on behalf of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley line. His Lordship stated that he was a landowner and mineral proprietor in South Stafforshire, and that it was of the very greatest importance that that district should have the advantage of having a direct railway communication with Birmingham and other large towns. Those ad vantages would be best afforded by the scheme under the consideration of the Committee. The London and Birmingham Railway had not been of the slightest advantage to South Staffordshire. The greatest landed proprietors of the district through which this line would pass, as well as the principal ironinasters, were the priimoters of this scheme. If the proposed amalgamation of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham with the Grand Junction were carried out, to s a y the least of it, a great and permanent evil — in fact , the moat extensive monopoly that Parliament had yet sanctioned—would be inflicted upon the district. He conceived that the high level adopted by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham at Wolverhampton would be most in convenient, and would entail a serious destruction of property. All the lines entering Wolverhampton ought to meet; it was an exporting town, and would be decidedly best accommodaedebhylele Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Cross-examined by Mr. HOPE—He had no recollection of having given instruction to agent to sell land to the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Company on the erection of their high level station atWol -verhatnptOn. He could not say of his own knowledge whether that station would cause great destruction of property, but he had heard several say so, and being a Chairman of this Company's line, he believed the rumours. This line would have the advantage over its rivals of being on the broad gauge, which, in late opinion, was the best and safest. He believed that the amalgamation of this Company with the London and Birmingham would be benefi cial to the public and the parties concerned. About half-a-dozen of the principal ironentasters were in favour of the Company's line, and there could be no doubt that several of the most Wealthy and re spectable iron-masters were in favour of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow. GROUP mixota.a.ND naxviwr ( runcHikss OF OILICHAIVZ CANAL). The Committee were occupied during the greater part of the day on the clauses of this Bill. GROUP LIX. This COmmittee, consist i n g of Mr. E. Buller (chairman), 3lr. Padre, Hon. E. Gore, Mr. Conies, and Mr. Plumptre, assembled to-day, at one o'clock, in Room 16. The following 131115 have been referred to this Committee, viz. : Huddersfield and Shcffield, and M4licileSter and Leeds Railway and Amalgamation. ——— TaPANCEISHIRE ILIVIATAGAIVLEITION . This Bill was opposed by the lessees and occupiers of the collieries ie in the district throu g h w hi c h th e ra il wa y proposed to pass, on ground that the rate of tolls, namely, 1%01. per ton per mile, was eX cessive, and that the same sisaulti be reduced on short distances to the same rate as the Grand Junction Railway. Mr. Crofts appeared in support of the petition against the Bill, anti Mr. Coates (Parliamentary agent) on behalf of the promoters. • Mr. J, Grundy, solicitor'of the line, was examined, mid state that the proposed amalgamation \vault be most desirable. Mr. Sinclair said that the line, in on engineering point orvieli, was extremely favourable. • • - Both witnesses were cross-examines, but without invalidating their evidence on direct examination. • • The room was cleared; and' n our re• admisslim the Chairman an-. - flounced that the Committee had decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved. The clauses of the , Bill mere then agreed to, and orderetf to be' , . reported. - 7• r GROUP Lny. - MIDLAND CZ E AT WES TENN (11TULLZNGAH AND ATHLONE). • . The portions of the subscribers' agreement which were non ett on Saturday were produced. . „ The clauses of the Bill were then gone through - seriatim, and • ordered to be reported. . . . • Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., said, he had to make a very important aPpltea tion to tke Committee, namely, that they shonld re-consider the Irish GreatWcstern Bill either in whole or part. - The decision of the Com.' mittee had been most unexpected, as they had encountered no oppo sition in their passage through the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and he entreated the Committee tore-consider their deci sion, antilot deptive Ireland of the advantages which t his r ailwa y, Mr. Vex r :t.iiiiiTi'oti - thoitart - of tisa miatond Counties. enDeiied application. Tho room was cleared, and on our re-admission, The Cumastast said that the Committee had decided, with respect to the application of Mr. Austin, that such could not be entertained by the Committee, except under an express instruction from the [owe. The Committee then separated. GROUP XL 11. Z.TV'ERPOOX., ORIVISKIRE., AND PRESTON. The Committee re-assembled at one o'clock this morning, and were engaged in hearing evidence against the Bill. Mr. Skersbreck, Mr. Erie, agent for Lord Derby, and Mr. Cred well, were examined against the Bill, and the case for the opposition was not concluded when the Committee adjourned. GROUP XLV. This Committee met this morning for the first time in Room No. I. The Committee consisted of Mr. Bickham Escott (chairman), Mr. Rashlelgh, Mr. J. Tollemache, Mr. Henry Berkeley, and Mr. Goring. The lines comprised in the group were -Ist. The Lancaster and Carlisle Extension to the Caledonian Rail way, and the Lancaster and Preston Junction Amalgamation. 2d. Cockermouth and Working - ton Extension. 3d. Furness Extension. 4th. Caledonian (Carlisle Deviation). sth. Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Whitehaven Extension and Kirksanton Deviation). The Lancaster and Preston Junction Amalgamation (the latter part of No. 1,) was transferred to another Committee. The 3d and sth 'Bills being unopposed, were referred to Mr. Greene. Of the remaining Bills, the first taken into consideration was, THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE EXTEN SION TO THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The formal proofs having been given, and there being no opposi tion to the preamble, The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble proved. The clauses of the Bill were then passed, Certain clauses on behalf of the Corporation of Carlisle, the on:} opposing petition, were also inserted. CALEDONIAN (CARLISLE DEVIATION). The only opposing petitioner to the line was Lord Lonsdale. Messrs. Forsyth and Boyle appeared on behalf of the promoters, and Mr. Lyon on behalf of Lord Lonsdale. Mr. FORSYTH opened the case. The Caledonian Railway was a line connecting England and Scotland, and the object of the present Bill was to facilitate the arrangement of having one station for all the railways running into Carlisle. The present station of the Caledonian Rail way was half a mile from Carlisle, and the company wished to bring it into the town to Crown•street. The length of the extension was a mile and thirty-five chains, and the cost 50,0001. There were no engineering difficulties. After the examination of witnesses, The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble of the Bill proved. A clause was proposed on behalf of Lord Lonsdale, the further consideration of which was postponed till to-morrow. COC3ICERI EOUTBr BATA WORKINGTON EXTENSION. The formal proof In this Bill having been given, The Cnafahrax declared the preamble proved. The clauses were then passed. The Committee adjourned till to morrow. GROUP XLVI. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. The Committee on this group met at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 13 ; present, Mr. Bramstone (chairman), the Marquis of Chandos, Lord Alfred Churchill, and Mr. Martin. _ _ _ It will be remembered that this Bill was brought under the con sideration of the Committee as an unopposed Bill, and the preamble was declared to have been preyed. -übsequently, in consequence of certain eireinnAances with reference to the steepness of the gradients eoming to the knowledge of the Committee, they were of opinion that a re-committal of the Bill was necessary. The promoters immedi ately requested that no re-committal should take place, but that evidence should be heard w ith reference to the gradients and curves. This course was acceded to, and the Committee entered upon the case to-day. Mr. KNOWLES, on the part of the promoters, very briefly opened the case. He stated that the object of the line was to convey mineral productions from the mining districts at Alstone to the Carlisle Rail way, as the mineral traffic through that part of the country was amply sufficient to maintain a railway. The length of the line was to be seventeen miles, and the estimated cost was 280,000/. As the . . lute was to pass through a district of a rough character, and which was also abounding in mines, the gradients and curves were neces sarily severe. There were gradients of lin 33 and lin39 ; but he would be enabled to show the Committee that on various other rail ways gradients of a much severer character might be worked with perfect safety. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Bourne, the engineer to the line, who proved that the railway could be worked with safety. The gradients were severe, as the i nature of the country would not permit them to be otherwise ; but there were much more severe gradients daily worked by locomotive power on other railways, without any inconvenience being felt. Mr. N. Wood, examined by Mr. Itimisat An engineer, confirmed this evidence, and proved that a most extensive and valuable tract of mining country, which was now lying useless for want of proper means to convey fhel to it, would be laid open by this railway. Mr. KNOWLES, on the part of the pomoters, offered to insert a clause in the Bill restricting the company from working the gradients of 1 in 332, and:one in 39, unless by stationary engines, without the consent of the Board of Trade. The CHAIRMAN inquired whether any penalty would attach to the Infraction of the Act with regard to such a clause ? Mr. KNOWLES said that to disobey an Act of Parliament was an Indictable offence at common law. The CIIAIRMAN would prefer that some specific penalty should be introduced into the clause, giving to the Beard of Trade the power of enforcing It in case of non-compliance with the Act. If they were only to be restricted by fear of indictment the Board of Trade might not hear of any disobedience until some serious accident occurred. The required alteration was then made in the Bill, and the Com mittee proceeded with the clauses of the Bill, which were all acceded to. GICOITP XLVII. This Committee met again in Room 25 (Grand Corridor), at twelve o'clock this morning, and were occupied during the whole of the day in discussing the clauses of the SWANSEA VALE Railway Bill. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow GROUP XLVIII. THE LLYNVI VALLEY. -"' The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock. Mr. Ald ham (chairman). The evidence for the promoters was proceed with. A long cross examination, on behalf of several landowners on the line, took place, but nothing of importance was elicited to endanger the case t9r the line. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at one o'clock, in Room I, House of Lords ; present, Lord Shaftesbury (chairman), sincliLords Itawarden, Redesdale, Richmond, and Winchester. There were on the list thirty-two Bills, which, with one exception, were all railway Bills. Decisions were made In the following cases: MORAYSHIRE. This Bill, which in the brevity of its title, is only surpassed by the " Deeside," which was disposed of on Thursday, was one of those in which the standing orders of the House had been complied with by the parties. ASHBURTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTH DEVON. Standing orders complied with. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. The Committee decided that the promoters of this Bill, which had been adjourned from Friday, in the absence of one witness, had complied with the standing orders. The following Bills were called on, and having been part heard, Stood over for further proofs:— YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION. Adjourned till to-morrow. NORFOLK (YARMOUTH EXTENSION AND LOWESTOFT RAILWAY LEASE), also adjourned till to-morrow. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (POLLOC AND GOVAN). GLASGOW SOUTHERN TERMINAL. Both adjourned till Wednesday. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND BRANCHES). This case stood over till to-morrow. The Committee then resolved themselves into a M The decision , MIDLAND. This Bill was SELECT COMITTEE ON MERITS. The list contained sixteen Bills , of which sev en Only were r a il way S v T irt lß uau LL;TG P S ags Hl e ß d. E Bills. Of these the following were disposed o f however, stood over, on the absence of one witness. GLASGOW, STRATHAVEN, AND LE The preamble was declar e d proved. SILARAGOW DIRECT.: A clause was inserted, in conformity Committee, as to placing lod with the resolution of the LONDON ges at all level crossings on public roads . AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ACTS AMENDMENT. This was a third-class Bill. The proofs as to the stand in g orders and as to the merits of the Bill were proceeded with at the same time, and the Committee declared the standing orders complied and the preamble proved. The Hamilton Ncw Gas Bill was passed. THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAIL bei WAY ng absent, its This Bill was virtually passed, but one witness further consideration was postpo ned till tomorrow. , BALLOCIINEI . tinged to the third class, and was Laconic again This Bill belLondon and South Western Amend ment,treated in the same way as the It was passed. above mention/1 4 . TANDING ORDERS. Their Lord hi-resumed the form of a Standing Orders' C om - m ittee, and proceeded - n then w ith the remaining Bills on the list. CROYDON (THAMES LON DON AND CR THAMES JUNCTION BRANCH). The the standing orders Committee declared LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE (NORTH EASTERN). Their Lords SCOhiTT ps ISH C made ENTRAL a similar decision(DENNy 111 this case. Standing o rders complied with. MONKLAND AND KIIiKINTILLOCH. The same applies to this Bill. The Morecorabe Bay Bill was also passed. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST RAILWAY. This case, as well as that of the WISHAW AND COLTNESS (GREENHILL BRANCH), was postponed till to-morrow. So also was the FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION, and some others.- NEWMARKET AND CHESTERFIELD . The standing orders were duly declared complied with. CALEDONIAN (MID-LOTHIAN BRANCH). HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL (HUDDERSFIELD DIVERSION AND COOPER. BRIDGE BRANCH). MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD ASIITON-UNDER.LYNE, AND , BRANCHES). (DUKINFIELD, WORSBOROUGH AND OT H ER N SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND C AL (NEWTOW ti TO CREWE). The above Bills were postponed till to-morrow. d at Quarter to Pe, au adjourned The Committee then rose tal to-morrow at OW. • PRAWlntall ARA DIANIVidt*MAti, ansseet.e, Tt - sE I Or...Vitt Chatebcr confirmed to•ees - the egeneral•deleete.on. the ate 'gfie.eilesiiii.Quee.,:act - e _eral petitions Were ;presented, brought by the 1:44,%:- •frM owe .Ghent by vray of - • . •• ja , • - • ; The I:7;:p,iziirgl: ofelysees affirms that 'the' accounts which - • • • 'sprne have thought fit to publisb;reepectihg the reer.ppear ctsoohneirmtradrise: as , Le i ; roelrePog!rattells'enariecondition,_entirely f a al ;hive -that e oa"t not the e t t abundant crop, and the rye an average crop. •- The - The wheat-promises. an which has attacked the rye will do but little miechj.efe ). 41 !! • ears are fine - and butt Is drought that the yerediice be one-third less titan last•year, il Onthe e other e lcond e a e lttter . frUm Dixmude says, Ht - the drenght thrdaterie sereausineury ' 'to the potatees;andoette.es serious apprehensiorie for the d.s--- - trict. - Th - t - Wheat and ryee-aereueu n •e min _th e y eleeedy . cutting, and the celz e e e tbe produce Of Which is greater than "was ever known. _ • Bnuse - enes, JucE 19.—The Chamber continged:the ne.r.eral debate on the sugar queetion, which was closed with a great majority •in -its faveure ,The Chamber then. proceeded to the discussion of Art. land the amendments:that breve. been proposed ; but, before the debate on Art 1 was concluded, the Chamber was. coented, and there not being a sufficient number eufellerabere _present, the debate was -adjourned. Our readers may have observed bow. much the project of Lew - - on' secondary instruction. , leas )0et. ‘ 1133 - t'interest since the amendments of the Governm en t haw been known. At first, the. Opposition journals proved something to blame, but they expressed themselves with hesitation; and:enow , they are silent. The controversy isideed--41esdlutely dead: A French jodrnale the liberaNne .of Which is not to be sus pelteil, speaks as 'follows '.cf the • project_ of the Go vernment :—" We' ehaire-e before. us - the article of the project of law on secontiareeinstruction, which M. De Thieux, Minister of the•lnfdriOr; 'presented , to the central section of the Chamber cf Representatives of - Belgium. This project is called hypocritical: by an opposition that seems to us to have in view persOns rather than - principles. If we may believe the.Coneriee d' An veri: the Government has decided that: bet. in geceral passports Shalinetbe required at the frontiers Gerihany, and Holland, and that the police should confine the territory vagabonds who ` o Prance, itself exp.oiogfioin might endanger tile publie safety. Thus an honourable Itav'eller,ooming to Belgium, may henceforth spare himself the tinuble Of providing hioselt with a 'passport, which a dishonest -traveller always obtains without difficulty. Ap plications have been'mide to Messrs. Guizot and Dueliatel to obtain reciproCity . Mi their entrance'inbe France. ' . ruussi,kx FUNDS.—Bnualt, JUNE IS. Bills. Money. • 13t:Bcbuld Sell.. 314 per Cent -••••• • " • • • ' 96 % 95W, • I'russ. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent..• •• • • Foreign Exchanges,. ...... ..... •• Exchange on London, Ll Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24% 6 24% Ilarnburgh, 300 Atark3, 2 months.l49% 149 % Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months .. . 79% 79 2.3 2. •tiniversal Prussian Gazette, J une • • • • • • ~ • _ lIAMBLTRGEI pOIZSEN/TALLE. JrN't 19. Austrian 5 Pcr cents .. ..... Money- - Li a o,. shares •. • ... ... • .• • • • . • •• • • • 1580 AnelOeMuesien tan . ..... Russian 5 per Cant., 'Leine. 1014 Ditto let series Inscription Ditto, Hope and C0.,3d and 4th series • • 95 Ditto, iu Certificate • • • . New 4 per Cent., Hope and CO. • • 119%' Ditto Stieglltz •• •. - .Spauish•New 5 per Cent •••• • • • ... •• • • 17 IA 17 Ditto 3 per Cent .... ..... ........ 29 28 Anglo,Portughese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 23¢ per Cent. ••• .. 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. • . • . • • • . . • • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .• National Bank Shares... • .• • • .. • • BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, June 20. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •• . • •• • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ..... •• • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four percent.... Ditto Tbree per Cent... .. - • - Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. lOl% Ditto, ditto, 1842 ••.• • • • • • ••••• • • • • . 102 Ditto, 1844. •••••• • • • • . .•••• • • • • • •• • 99% . Ditto, 1836... • • • Ditto, 1838 Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • . • 100% 100 1 4 .Bruseels Papers, June 21. Bank ofßelgium...... ...... 891 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Jun 13. 5 per Cent. Metalliqnes •• • • .......... . 111 11.16 4 per Cent. ditto . 3 per Cent. ditt0.:.:...... • Ditto, 1839 • ... . ...... ..• 122% Bank Shares • • ... ... Esterhazy'a Loan ........ . ........... 63 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ..... iss x Gloggnita • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 137% Vienna—Milan • • • •••••••••• • • • • • • •• • • 118% Pesth • ..... ••••••• • • • • • • • Oldenburg •• • • •••• • • .• •• • restoja • • •••••••• • • .. • • • • • Apenninen• • • • • • • • • ••• • Pesth Bridge .. • • • • . •Allgemeine Zeittmg. June 16 • 81 •• •• •• 95% ACCESSION OF HER MAJESTY.—Saturday was the anniversary of the accession of her Majesty, and the morning was ushered in by the ringing of merry peals- from the steeples of the various metropolitan churches. The .royal standard was hoisted at Somerset House, St. Margaret's Church, St. Martin-in-the-fields, St Mary Abbott's Ken sington, the Tower, Deptford and Woolwich Dockyards, the Royal Arsenal, and Tilbury Fort, the various vessels lying in the river being decorated with flags of all nation a l presenting a very gay and animated appearance, and at the , usual hour the Park and Tower guns fired a royal salute. At the various law and equity offices, and also the Judge's Chambers, the .day was observed as a general holiday. The judges at Westminster sitting in Banco wore their crimson state robes. ~ The thirty-first tri-colour banner, by the presentation of which at Windsor Castle, on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington enjoys the splendid estate of Strathfieldsaye, was deposited in the guard chamber at Windsor Castle on Thursday last, and placed over the bust of this distinguished military commander. The old banners are carefully preserved in the royal stores at the Castle. 'DEATHB nr GLANDIMS.-About three weeks ago Messrs. Wing, 'grocers and druggists, of Melton Mowbray, had a horse die, which they sold to a knacker named Whitaker, of Melton Mowbray, for 10s. Whitaker skinned the horse, and a few days afterwards was taken ill, and kept gradialrfeitting worse until Tuesday last, when he died. It appears the horse died of the glanders, and when Whitaker was skinning it he accidentally rubbed his head with his hand, having at the same time a small pimple on his head. which caused inoculation and its fearful consequences. A man named Pick, an old servant of Messrs. Wing, has also died from the same frightful disease, he having had the care and management of the horse until it died ' • but how the disease was conveyed to hini is not known. Another man, named Hawley, who assisted Whitaker to skin the horse, has been taken ill ; and it is much feared that his is the same disease. 'lt is also reported that some pigs, which had lain upon some of the straw that had been used by the horse, had manifested signs of the disease. The whole of the furniture in the room where poor Whitaker died, consisting of two beds, bedstead, &c., were burnt the same evening tha e died, to prevent, if possible, the contagion, by order of e surgeons who attended him.— Leicester Journal. We are debted to a correspondent for the following additional p titulars:—The first symptoms of Whitaker having caught the disease exhibited themselves when be was in bed the following night. He complained that his head was .. as heav7 as if a hundred weight was upon it, and that he could not lift it." His wife paid every attention, and medical aid was called in, but without avail. The second symptoms were discharges of foetid matter from the eyes, nose, month. and ears, after which the body broke out all over like small pox, from which discharges were constantly taking place. A short time before dissolution the body turned quite black. thus exhibiting in every stage of the disease the virulent nature of the infection. Hawley is, we understand, better. but it has been found necessary to destroy one of the pigs.-ei Notts Mercury.; VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ENTER TAINMENT TO HZR ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHvOi OF GLOUCESTER.—On Saturday evening Viscount and Viscoun tess Palmerston gave a sumptuous entertainment to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at their mansion on Carlton-terrace. The Duchess of Gloucester, at e t irr e sh n to d enn e , d hb b ey y r Lady d the saloon where th e guests Vis count Palme r ston, whom the royal guest was con t duce A bou dinner uu quarter er w a s of a a n n no h u o n u c r ed aft i e n r the arrival eoofusthdise most The Duchess of Gloucester was sup. o s g"g l a m p einv l s p a dta t s t l u e dbo o , i fa u n a d s i he r n n t h edgeßrawro dining-roo m . . lasse m b l e d .e cha r ac te r. Highness .l.The entertainment T e h t ported on either side by the noble host and the Marquis of Anglesey, and eis-a-ris were Viscountess Palmerston, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Marquis of Kildare. The circle comprised, in addition to the Royal Duchess, the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Kil dare, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess Cowper, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, L or d and Lady Beauvale, the lion. W. Cowper, and Lady Caroline Murray, m attendance on her Royal Highness. Her Lady., ship opened her saloons at ten o'clock for the reception of a brilliant circle of the corps diplomatique and the Eit s o f fashionable society. Her Royal Highness the Du c h ess of Cambridge arrived at eleven o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta in C ce ad G o e g o an rge ad d ca lfs mb . ri E dg . M e eiladmmeay at. a Ili sub s s l34 equ Y e a n i t li pe i rio li ci to honour her L as ad p y r s e h s i i p de b n y ti h t i o s o eo k m th p eacohayee . eirud.ffrhisla SMUGGLING.—A seizure having been recently made at the port of London of a quantity of cheroots, which the .r s i , b f theb p ran r eo iz irvo e efe l ot h gnizaihm e is o o li deee cera lceofe: officers of the revenue found concealed within the hammocks of some ef the crew of a vessel arrived from Calcutta, the principal Officers of the revenue at this port, and the collector. and controllers at the several outports and places throughout tuhnedunder kingdom, their controlhave a nd received sup e, aTairi directions soeomfif tt members is ' ? ft : o • them to use eir best endearoure smuggling, and to enjoin prevent a ny smuggling which may be at temptedto detect and las means, taking care to ac4uaint the by e :n w t h en en ti ev on er ot s it 7 : 3 7ll aG b tut d eEr in tC e ha t tuna—y together on Saturday last. The REPRESENTATION OF WALSALL . — JUNE 20.—Tk e Hon. E. It. Littleton, the son of Lord Hatherton, in a circular o to tie t r h in e g el h ee im torz f o as f Walsall, c tsal di l d , ahteasfoanr theirnoun dissolution bEb roaaTartrlendodEf litera ry Fowls,with ° o f a ny xB :arliament shall occur. The on. Gentleman e o n vi t t e ns th u e p ear on l th ies e t op p ortunity lit o i f cal m qu aking se. l ent sh o a f ll m t N li , says, s y ta s' tm " tions now engaging public attention, which I trust will justify me in soliciting your general support, and secure to .me the honour I shall most highly prize of becoming your repressae tative in Parliament." There is understood to be no founds tion in the rumour that Mr. C. Forster: the barrister ( son of the former Member for the borough), will offer himself: CHINESE UMBRELLAS. —A vessel, called the Larpent, arrived at the port of Liverpool, from Shanghae, China; in addition to an extensive cargo of tea, silks, an d °thew manu f ac ture. TO LORD G. productions, she has brou g ht 100 umbrell as , of Chine se DINNER BENTINCL—We understand it is the intention of the- friends of agricultural protection tie invite Lord George Bentinck to a public dinner atLy . nn, as • mark of their esteem for his public integrity, and their Elsa& ration of the great talent he has displayed in his place in the House of Commons. We have no doubt' that although this feeling has emanated from Lynn, and the agriculturists el that neighbourhood, it will be cordially responded: to, not only in this but in the adjoining counties. It is confidently expected that the Duke of Richmond and other noblemen friendly to agricultural protection will attend.—Lynn Adver • tiser of Saturday, ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLWICH, Jun 20.—A detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners, consisting of seven non-commissioned officers and men, have been ors dered to embark at Liverpool for North America, to be ea ployed in the survey of the country between Quebec and Nova Scotia, a distance of six hundred miles, it being the intention of the Government, it is stated, to form • line eg railway between the two places. • _ :.,~~~~- ~ , f 1 ROYAL- BOTANIC SOCIETY. The LAST EXHIBITION this Season, in the Gardens of the Society, in the Regent's Park, will be HELD on WEDNESDAY, July 1, and will include FRUIT. Tickets cal; be obtaincd at the Gardens, by presenting an order from a Subscriber, price ss. ; or on the day of the Exhibition, 7s. 6d. each. PROMENADES, to which Fellows have the privilege of admitting their Friends, will continue to be held every -Wednesday in June and July, except July 1. J. D. C. SOWERBY, Secretary. "'~~' J ~._ °+'.