The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION. On Friday a general meeting of the association was held in the Lower Room of Exeter Hall, for the purpose of receiving a report from the general committee on the subject of the late conference, and for the general par poses of the association. On the platform we observed Messrs. Longman, Murray, natehard, Bigg, Bohn, Seeley, Dalton, nice Mr. W. Longman, jun., was unani mously voted into the chair, and was loudly cheered. The CHAIRMAN said that, with the permission of the meeting, their proceedings would commence with the secretary reading the report of the committee of what had taken place since their last meeting. Mr. EARLE begged to know whether this was a public or a private meeting? The CHAIRMAN replied that the determination which had been arrived at'by the committee was, that all per sons interested should be invited, and that no reporters, whetter members of the society or not, should be ad mitted.(Cheers.) A motion was made that reporters should be requested to withdraw, on the ground that this was a private meeting. • The CHAIRMAN said that the subject was one which bad been well considered by the committee as to whe ther reporters should be present or not. It was cora sidered by the committee that when so large a body *as invited, 1,200 invitations having been issued, it would be in vain to hope to exclude a report of some kind trora the nevispaperS—Ofeare—tt was therefore felt that it would be desirable to have a•careful impartial report, by parties duly authorised,. rether than any report which might be sent to the newspapers without the knowledge or consmt of .the meeting at large. Mr. SEELEY conjured the meeting not to accede, to the proposition which had been made. He begged the meeting by no means to exclude the reporters. Mr. BIGG said he should move at once as an amend ment that reporters be admitted. The committee had arrived at the conclusion that it would be impcssible to exclude a report from the newspapers. Those who knew anything of newspapers knew that if authorised parties did not furnish the rep ort some other parties would send a report of some kind or other. Now be would suggest that. it would be better they should have a faithful report of what passed. If th ey refused to have reporters present, they might have a report from some gentleman who_ might be f avoura b le to, or opposed to, their views. He wished them to do jus tice to all parties. the motion for the exclusion of reporters was ulti mately w ithdrawn.. Mr. SAMPso N Low, the secretary, then read the fol lowing report of the committee: g e port of the Committee of Publishers and Booksellers sleeted at the Meeting of the Members of the Book sellers Association, held pursuant to public advertise ment• on placard, in the Lower Room, Exeter Hall, on the• 14th of July, 1851: " Subsequently to the meeting of the members of this association in July last, the attention of the committee was directed to the settlement of points on which there was variation of practice on an equitable footing to all parties; and after many conferences with those more' immediately interested, rules on the subject of the allOw anCe to clergymen, and also on that to schools and teachers, were adopted, which rules were finally, at a ge neral meeting of the committee, unanimously agreed to. " Proceeding steadily to deal with those and other undecided questions which were felt to be unfair, and received both from the London and country trade the most cordial support, the committee was led to entertain the hope that the report of the present year would be of a Met satisfactory claaractor. ".13ut the tiesueceesful working of the association soon produced a result which, however, it might be lamented, could excite no surprise. Those booksellers who, as knower undersellers, had been refused books by the wholesale houeeseapPlied to several eminent authors ; in the light of aggrieved complainants. Thus a discus sloe commenced:which threatened results so serious as to compek your committee at last to propose d reference of she whole question to certain distinguished members of the literary-world, by whose decision your committee' pledged itself to abide; in this pledge it will be obvious t h a t nom) but the committee will be included, nor will its members as individuals lie prevented from taking part in any ulterior deliberations that may be thought desirable. " At a special meeting of the general committee, held April 1, 1852, present sixteen out of the whole nieeteea members, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:— . . " That a conference be invited of Lord Campbell and certain members of the booksellers' trade, for the pur pose of deciding whether the Booksellers' Association shall be carried on under its present regulations or not, it being upderstood that the decision of Lord Campbell and other literary gentlemen shall be binding on, the committee, who agree, if th e d ec i s i on h e a d verse, to con vene the trade and resign their functions.' • " Replies accepting the invitation were received from Lord Campbell, the - Very Rev. Dean Milmen, and George Grote. Biqa. and; the first meeting of the con ference was held at Statheclen House,. on the 131 h of April, at which meeting the gentlemen above-named were met by a numerous deputation of the London and provincial committees, who severally explained the na ture of the trade regulations, and urged the necessity of the existence and support of the same. " At the conclusion Lord Campbell said, he would be happy to meet the gentlemen again upon an early day, when he hoped those who opposed the trade regu lations would also attend to state their case. "Subsequently the same meeting was fixed for Mon day, the'l7th of May, on whiobboccasion the same depu tations attended, anti else the opponents, and atter a patient hearing of nearly three hours, Lord Campbell stated that he and the gentlemen connected with him would be prepared to deliver their opinion co the fol lowing Wedeeitley. "Oa which cley his Lordship read as follows (vide Lord Campbell's - peners).. "The committee,' bo AriVer, it rezrete the decision come to by these gentlemen, aud however it tufty deplore, the reiutti which it untietputes may ensue elve no elterna five but to reAiilti , its functions, agreeably to the r'esidu tion of the Bth of April; and it will now consequently rest with the trade - itself to determine if any ulterior measures are necessary, and of what character these measures should be. "In the peculiar position in which the committee findi itself placed,•iedees not feel it expedient to accompany its resignation by the suggestion of any definite course of action. " The whole 13 tely of the trade, however, now assem bled is, of courseefree to adopt any measures it shall deem expedient " The CHAIRMAN said their worthy secretary, Mr. Sampson Low, having read the report of the committee be had but little to do.; nevertheless, he desired to re capitaliteto some extent the circumstances which: had led to the calling the trade together on this occasion, and in'44 - )E &fere them the business which it would be necessary to ge through. They (the committee) hid been duly impressed wile the responsibility tvbion the association generally had placed upon their shoulders, and with the duty which was imposed upon them to carry out the objects of this association. The committee had left no stone unturned to carry out those objects, and really thdie success was tits cause of their,-downfall. —(Cheers.) Actuated by the moat conscientious motives, that committee considered• what curse they should adopt,- and they determined to make an appeal to crtikin authors—to such' msn as Lord Campbell, the 14 'ra Chief Justice of England, and other eminent men, ° • 11111 1e upon them to pronounce an opinion. In the mean t q i ,T o e s l ea thhe ci t press had taken up the subject; and having re sideratiou to the Campbell and others to give their con- Setees to e question, the committee pledged them with whom by his . Lordship's; decision, end those heaseted, whatever the result might be. The Meeting were chairmen, e n g, t r o re what the decision was, and he, as bow the r trntletwa who had acted as the committee,. h a g ing to the (netting °us* to, perform the duty of return power which they. had been return . leases to piece la their I liands. They had now to con . The form another association, or w ould remodel this. h mmittee could not dictate to those present. what fib done at esent. When itth w ey as f ret a i r re t d ho t s h e ey w c h o o u ni leit e h ea pr l re x s p s re ss their opinion, but e b a r t k o determine whe ther the asseciation should t h oug ht it right to . state, wh ether th e en up or not. He +differed from him aridithe.rett of the committee, e y o not bat rogrpt the dissolution ef a nt, that they could • f which the bookselli le ads had under th had been SO auspices o ,° long advantateoUslY writhe On. by those wh o the , hear it mast net be forgotten they, could no t e ta t , .members of the society—indeed , a n n ot be the matter in disp ute c ° ,3e thete it— the as a Conimittec, carried one without the greatest amount ef tention on the part of those who were entr aete r r i s _„cl. at affairs of the association. Without an immense amount the of care: slid attention not t u b nt Nib an association could carried 03. He felt it his duty' to state that the t eiid : as at piehent conducted, c o u ld not be exercised. wit h; the ado ption of practices which must be repugnant his f eelings. It must not be forgotten that such an as _ sedation ai this could only be curried on with the ut most vigilance and exertice; yet Will there haddlwuy a existed, and would east, a great am ountOrviolation o r pledges, - which nothi n g could preinnit,--- Which did injury to the honest man, and which afforded protection only to those whom no pledges could bind. The honest trader anted up to his pledgit e -heeeiss Stabbed in the dark, and knew not freas whence the' blow came.— (Cheera„) He hoped, however, that under new arrenge meats which might be framed it would be possible fur the:trade as between booksellers and publishers still,no be carried on with success and in a eeertehte -6 manner, and that those who were most opp ose d to the viewer of the association would, fie& it nu longer profitable to disassociate them-selves from the association. Ha hoped% however, that out of these facts benefits .would ultimately arise, and that none of them would regret whet had centered., Ile thanked the meeting for having listened to him, and hid Only to add that he now resigned his functions. . The Chairmen then left the chair, and was sue ;seeded by Mr. Hatehard, w;io wits received with deem Mr. Rime:tilos said, he oh:iv:tree' tUat by the the eettenittee, it appeared they bad pledged report of to abiee by h „ d ; ; , ,„ themselves ec ,,, on of 1111) tE•ti. Wore they pr par -d:Suggs tetitof cnrri ; any fresh sueee:eion for the b e . Lostcm ner ' '; ' the toteireoe „,,eist_eht ,ey fled better stick close to had to c, - , , ndid er fie presumed that what they on or net mien ;h w a hether this assoCiatiou should go others of.the committee ques.tion was decided he and would be •-e a any 'questions which ehot be p, p red te answer lIGIABERLET the put to them. ' first the tha.ake of this meeting .resolution—" That thelate committee for . their ex d e u rl to tne members of. conduct of the association durin g t h e past at t"tiqz. l ._tntha theireearnest endeavours to obtain theitest yeer, and. fisr lonia The outcry whichsysn of uni e raised-- uriainated — with -the nudersci,i„! be en - Pegs, as if the bookseller got Red' awl clear profit Mr. JOHN•CHAPDIA.N entered into a :variety of techni cal details, and great noise prevailed. • The motion having been seconded by Mr. SPona, was °E urLied unanimously. ;„', l *-. B zz.t.uir urged that.thedneeting should not be in - .4. a hurry to dissolve the association. They should o e u l e ttr e , A lv s. till they'had matured some other plan. Ha of th e „ 3 ,: t r able speeah '1 , 4 moving" That the question trade h e '4` e A d o in future adopted with regard to the Mr.-Lotion.: x v. Trtiar,the following gentlehten. - NEV . -SANDERS seconded the resolution. disselution of t zt h 's:iid, that. however • much-he felt the seriously e eii , ici _t association, he thought they must . As arm t i ividua rzhat they social(' do tor the future. tire fo th e assoc . felt himself bound in tonour to re attempt t-_, r_viv e . ilt ti°49 which it would,. be -vain to fir' 014.tivIca advocat ed . a ssociation was, t er : e tt „ ed the principle on which the ~._?.. „ ere reduced the re DO too greet . . If the „ u s vi The present allowances were ee 11,..i 5 must give up tairbook. occupation. munn s and rstire to soma other • Mr. fjyINaTON, who took the ch a ir - Mr. Reichard stated that be felt ' • - " nuhself b ound r t l o y f ollowset. . the bee :War satisfaction at e r;t i i ir r n in p r e , g r. m uit a4a looked with which rile. L10g 02 ,, 11 A a? prope par . this large m e4idg. It h u rt . 'whom he addressed had been re , de `flerted that those the tools of the pur ers of worko..,' WO it !'" the eas e ?_ (o . - would ho.'') He hoped t at reply be cun ries of "NJ, - other things to - k Times. jle b e l ieved, j o erd, among ;truth would prevai l ; Ile had hitherto thouo'll'etver, that public opinion,there was Owe bptce o f ;,,.„ that in ; nee the . I "',_"ce, but be . was sorry to may in this 41:fits y had peen 'f'• .dealt with. Vrhst were the retail booksellers is un attly for? No encroachment of enlargemeet of 1)1.0 yr/ding E 4 Re ;was sorry to say 'that the public were not favourable to them, when th e ir o n pocket was eeLeerngtis and he iwas afraid.. that- they should not get justice f r ai n , the public. It was for , that .reason that, after due me . aideration, as far as:he was concerned, he must re algn . hi office .lle .eirenily advised the great body .of the trade to WO* that unanimity Visa 5 ttength. rieutid SUN, of 25 per cent., leaving no margin for dead stock, bad debts, &c. The idea was that the retail booksellers merely received the books, pasted them over the counter, re ceived the money, and that there' the transaction ended. If such were the fact, 10 or 15 per cent. allowance or discount would be a fair remuneration. He contended that the association had been defeated by immoral and unjust conduct, under the guise of a patriotism and zeal for the public interest. It was analogous to the case of the celebrated highwayman, who p ill a ged one set of persons for the be ne fit o f another class. This system had obtained from the time of Dick Turpin down to the Religious Tract Society.—(Great laughter.) It seemed to him to be an impossibility to carry on another associa tion on the same principles. They must consider the multiform allowance now made to schools, clergymen, ' and it would be for any committee to determine whether they could increase their profits by curtailing credit— (Hear) —doing without stock—(Laughter) —and with drawing the allowances which they had made heretofore. Mr. BELL seconded the resolution. Mr. GLADDING thought the committee had acted most honourably in all their transactions. H e w i s h ed they had made more known the case they had to deal with in respect to Mr. Chapman, who had never made his case known to the public. Mr. J. CLIAPMAN said he had great pleasure in ac ceding to the motion which had been made. He con sidered that the committee had acted with vigour, and moat conscientiously; and it wits not that be differed -from them as to their objects or motives s bat he differed from them on principle. In his own case he had given the-whole details in the Westminster Review. As an im porter of American books, he had considered that the sale had been much increased by the retail prices hav ing been much redpced. The speaker then entered into various details connected with the trade, and he was called to order by Mr. TRELAWNY SAUNDERS, Who thought that the speeches should be strictly limited to the resolution before them. Mr. BIGG claimed a patient hearing for Mr. Chap man, as be was their opponent. Mr. CHAPMAN merely wished to call attention to the idea of the re-forming this associaton. Mr. Baca said that the question of the dissolution of this association, or of not dissolving it, would come be fore the meeting, and he hoped Mr. Chapman would confine himself to explanation. After a few words from Mr. Maberley and the Chair- Man, the resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. SEELEY said that the committee had devolved upon him the duty of returning thanks; but it was im possible for him not to offer some observations on the events which had occurred in the last month or two. He thanked the meeting cordially for the approbation which they were pleased to convey on their conduct, trd . he confessed he roes to address them with some degree of feeling mixed. with shame and indignation.' Was it pos sible to disassociate theses feelings in the present instance? Let the meeting observe that the committee was on trusted with the conduct of a great cause, which they had brought .not to a successful issue, but to a failure! And how did the committee feel? They felt more than ever convinced of the• justice of the miss! They were also thoroughly convinced, every. member , the committee, - that it was impossible to have gone before men; of higher honour or intellects than the arbiters! Then how came it, it might be asked, that with a good cause acid excellent. judges this 'cause should fail? H e would tell them the only -cause of failurewas this, that while the committee intended a conferene - it eurned.out to be something different, He had expected tbat they would be placed before some two of three or fuor persons to confer and to consider the matter in a private rQQIII, in order to - sift the matter in dispute; but probably.it arose from the judicial habits of dati Lerd Qhjef Jestice e that they had in lieu of a con ference jadicial hearing; e they were allowed to say what Iheyettad to say, and thus ended the first day's in terview. Op the second day their opponents were hefted, and the deputation had the reply; but (they had not the slightest glimpse of what was ,passing in .the minds cf the judges. Had they been apprised of this the committee would haye known better how to deal with the matter, but thequestion before the arbitrators was scarcely alluded to, and - the judgment seemed to arise miler out of reviews in the newspapers. The question which was put before them was thee whether the fixed price was a benefit to 'the public as well as the trade. It was felt that every in-an knew the price of books. Every men saw in the newspapers the prices, and knew where he could get the book and the price. This point had, been scarcely touched upon. He thought the cause of failure Wes, that instead of a conference the deputation had had ajiidicial investigation. Again, there was some popular notioti—some value ,and unjust notion, of what was called free trade. One observation made by Lord Campbell, which he read, was tb the effect that the publishers had no right to dictate any terms to the re tail booksellers in reference to how they should dispose of their works after they were sold to them, as such a system was a derogation of the rights of the purchaser. Ha would say this was begging the question—it was supping over it. The question the committee urged was, that it was not a matter of bookselling only, and that while there was a fixed price, nothing was more common in free -trading than to maintain that fixed price by, coercive lews.--(Cries of " No," and" Yes.") They cited the case of many of the principal manufacturers in Manchester, who actually inflieted a penalty of 204 when the purchasers of goods were selling at a less price than they ought. There were similar cases in Darby, and stationers and others. Those gentlemen who op posed- them had -set aside certain' reasons, and among these reasons was the one that the present practice was derogatory of the rights of the purchasers, and also that the effect.of the tickets, or the withdrawing them, was hurtful CO the : feelings of those who were tons ex pelled irons the association. Taeae, then, were given as the reasons ter the abrogation of the rures and regu lations of this 'association. 16 was admitted by the jedges • themselves that if the regulateins in question were done away with, with an unlimited competition the number of retail treek.ellers must be very conside rably diminished. That wad what was against the present practice, teed the system of espionage, as it was terme d , when, in order eto - test a mans probity, they sent a person, as an. opea customer, so buy a book, to ascertain whether the tradesman was underselling. The retail dealers were, he supposed, to transport theinselves to the antipodes. The committee did feel that they had worked . hard—that they bad done their, best—to co d act the case o f t h e w h o l e tra d e b e f or e the jatfge,se th e having"tii uro, as he had b e f ore o b se rved, arose from th e i r had a judicial hearing instead of a conference, thought the meeting hal better agree with the Coln. nsittee, and abandon any coercive system: it would be a wore kracefal compliance with ,the judgment they had obtained.. But ,the trade would be wanting in justice to ithelf, if it did not consult upon what should be the system to be pursued in future.—:(ideer.) •Mr. BIGG moved the second resolution, " That the thanks of the retail booksellers be presented to eiassrs. W. Longman, John Murray, and th e other gentlemen who formed, a deputation to L .rd Campbell, fur the . zealous and able spanner in rilitche'on that occasion, they advocated the interests of the bookselling trade."—(Cheers.) 114 'thought a special resolation was due to those gentlemen.: He be li-ved that the judgment of the authorities to whom the disputed point. had been referred would have had much greater weight if the reasons had net been attached to paidtha judgment, for ea a bunt; t'aln° 4g.which was this--that w mete who had a right to do with it as. be liked. But there was one fetid fault, that the large were could aganthostt d t e h n e y n that ile; tbeli evedhe_.tmh majority rwere o of raount.gh,obr but pre sent t i me they were influencedandbyby farlseepriyeeanstaastioton which had been Made to them, what were their intereets; but they were. still. a ., a i nst thew, and so . long as the authors, the publisher; and the retail booksellers constituted a threefold cor d: that cord could not be broken, Their opponents knew that us long as these three 'parties held together, their efforts would,be useless. He would not any they had shows the innocence of the dove, but they.had roused the of serpent a publication of M e . vrserpents.By Parker's, it .appeared that out of 100. authors, 56 bad openly . avowed that in giving their opinion they . were solely guided by the consideration of their own . interest. In other words. these gentlemen thought • that if they reduced - the allowances, it would benefit them. He contended that the •attempt to. alter the present state of things would tend to this—that the retail booksellers would not subscribe as they , had done hitherto, and that the utidersellers would be anxiousfor the renewal of this associatioc. Mr. EnTriGliaat WILSON seconded the resolution, and __in warm terms expressed his regret that the association wets about to be dissolved. Mr. DALTON having briefly addressed the meeting, Mr. LONG3LiN sail it was a great cousulation to find that the etEßts of the committee were appreciated. ' Resolution carried unanimously, Mr. :CURE; a long speech, proposed the nex rk4intion, " That the assouistion tie forthwith dis, TFIE LONDON, TUESDAY shown that unless they protected their own interests, they would not be protected by the public, for the public was greedy of bargains and had no bowels for book sellers. He utterly disclaimed any idea of reviving the association under the existing circumstances. A very tedious discussion followed, which lasted for a long time, and resulted in the adoption of the resolu tion ; the names of the gentlemen appointed to decide on their future plan of operations being Messrs. Longman, Murray, Hatchard, Colburn, Bentley, Smith, Joseph Miles, Gilbert, J. Miles, Rivington, J. H. Parker, Seeley, Nisbet, Shaw, Bain, Bigg, Walton, Moxon, Dalton, Highley, J. W. Parker, Botin, and Nutt, with power to add to their numbers. IMMITTEES. 1852 PARLIAMEN The meeting adjourned, after a protracted discussion of three hours and a half. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 31. IN RE WILLIAM COBBETT. Mrs. Cobbett applied for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up her husband to this court, for the purpose of enabling him to show that he was improperly detained in custody in the Queen's Bench Prison. Mrs. Cobbett moved on affidavits setting oat the circumstances under which her husband was imprisoned, and said it was a disgrace to the country that she should have to make such repeated applications for the re:ease of her husband, who had now been twelve years an inmate of the Queen's Bench. The CHIEF JUSTICE said there was nothing in the matter in which the Curt could act, th© question being exactly the same as that which the Court had disposed of a few days before.—The application was, therefore, refused. ---.0.---- . . THE ELECTRIC TELEGR A PEI COMPANIES. CASE FOR THE RAILWAY COMPANIES. Yesterday on the re - assembling of this Committee, llothani ( c h a i rman), Earl Jermyn, Mr. E, St an l ey, and ' Mr. West. M R i r gh ß t a l l o o n o . h, Lorq Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C., in a lengthy address, opened the case ire opposition to the British Telegraph Com pany's Bill, on behalf of twenty-seven railway companies, on the ground that the Bill sought to invest the pro moters of it with power to enter ' compulsorily upon any railway or canal in order to lay down telegraphs and apparatus for their own private benefit. The Bill also proposed to empower the promoters to remove either permanently or temporarily, as occasion or convenience might require in respect of their works, all obstructions and impediments that might exist on all railways or canals in the United Kingdom. The railway companies, he represented, opposed the delegation of any such compulsory powers to any undertaking as novel and altogether anomalous. Even if the old Telegraph Com pany had not existed, or if that company had been the parties applying for these unconstitutional powers, the railway companies would have - met the measure' with hostility. These powers, if granted by the Legislature, and drawn into a precedent, as set forth in the peti tions before the Committee, would enable the British Telegraph Company to interrupt .at their pleasure the traffic upon any railway, mid the arrangement of its works and stations; and although the Bill provided that. the company shottld give Compensation to the railways for damage that might be inflicted, yet the whole capital of the company, as at present raised, would not'be ade quate to compensate for the damage that might be in flicted by the interruption of truffle for a single day. The process intended to be adopted by the new com pany was not defined, nor was there any restriction upon them, by deposited plan or other means, as to the quail might take, or as t o t h e nature of rrks.nd they y way companies were li a bl e b y statute tttoihteyroir of a wkgeo ou comoeneation for injuries •by accident, but if the servants and Workmen of a rival company were per mitted to exercise such powers`, it would be impossible for the railways to secure the 'public from injury or w ould require that th e i r workmen shonld themselves from p ecun i ary loss. The "works of the ne w enter comp on all parts of the railways, and that materials should be deposited and trains stopped at irregular pl aces . This, if not entrusted to the railley company, would be attended with extreme danger, unless there was a voluntary and not a compulsory arrangement for the purpose. No such powers had been granted to other telegraph 'companies, and, if they were granted at all, should not be granted to one undertaking, but by public ac t to all'of a like nature. The York, Newcastl e , an d Berwick, am ongst other railways, bad constructed, at a cost of 34,000/., a telegraph of their own, and would not have done so bad they not calculated on the undis turbed enjoyment of their own property, and if the proposed • compulsory powers passed into a law their property.would be rendered valueless. The railway companies submittedthat that. telegraph compantes es tablished on at railway with powers indepeudent of and paramoyht to th ose o f t h e railways thems-elves-wopld lead to great inconvenience and danger. The telegraph pro perty of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick might be made the subject of sale or lease, but the new company sought to transfer to itself this pecuniary value without giving- co mpensat i on; end such a transfer would amount to an a c t o f confiscation if allowed by legislative euchre rite. Th e proposal i n the Bill which professed to give com p e nsation to the railway compan i es was . wholly ill usive, where it . p ro f esse d to g i ve compensa tion only for damage done, . a l t h oug h i t was the peculiar characteristic of the electric tele graph to do little or no damage to the land or works over which it is carried,-but at the same time to destroy their value for telegraphic purposes to the owner.. He would take as an illustration of this the case of the mag nificent structure known as the High Level Bridge of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway over the Tyne. A telegraph might be constructed along this without doing more than nominal damage, but ttie claim of the new company was sub , tantially• to enter upon that structure, and to ase it without making com pensation, arid, in fact, for all purposes contemplated by the Bill to . enjoy the advantages of a work that cost them nothing, though it had cost the railway cempeny not less than 250 000/. If the principle of givin g corn , puleory power to enter on - railways was sanctioned, it would be equally available for water companies, gas, and other companies to lay their pipes along the railways Without paying more than nominal compensation. An other objectionable object of • the measure was to limit the personal liability of the members of the new com pany, and which they were now under- in common with all other joint stock companies; but such a limita tion of liability would be anomalous and inconsistent with legislative policy, which heretofore, made • a prac tice of never granting to a company compulsory powers to purchase lands, unless the company proved • by ate adequataelibscription . contract, which did not exist in this case, that they had funds sufficient to carry out the . undertaking. . Experience proved that ' riv a l railway's, either coalesced eventually, or worleed at a losi; and so, he contended, it would 'be with telegraphs; and that the well-known saying on the subject would be realised— that wherever combination was possible, competition was not.of long duration. The Learned Counsel con cluded by calling Mr. J. R. M`Lean, C.E.,_ who stated that he held a lease of the South Stafferd.hire Railway f0r.20 years, and that he had, at his own expanse, constructed a telegraph on that line. Great inconvenience was felt and' much care required in adjusting and repairing the telegraph at present on the railway, and an addi tional telegraph would double the inconvenience and nuisance, independent Ofthe danger that would accrue to the eat) working of the railway, if compulsorily entered upon by rival parties. Should not in that event like to be, responsible for the sate working of the railway, and would rather, though it would be a greet hardship, pay the parties than allow them to come on the line when they might go without danger along she turnpike roads. . Was, - opinion, neverth e l ess, t hat two lines of tele• .4'll!b tter th an one for the polio service. Mrh. did 4 :L was the n e xt w it ness exam i ned. t the c l ause i n the ' Bill for giving a power to th e B oard of Trade would remedy Controllinggti evils i h re e ap wn 66tc would Lltd Eh b bill e ' apprehended, and no board could exone rate a railway from liability to accident, that such a state of things was calculated to superinduce. The railway company would be liable under statute for com pensation in the event of accident to the public, and did not, there was no subscription contract, lodged by t see, as he British Telegraph C ompany, what means the railways would have for recompensing themselves. Was of 'opinion that notice, as was the case in all similar un dertakings, ought to have been given by the promoters of 'the Bill of their proposed intention under the Bill to take land compulsorily from railways. An accident Might on the first commencement of operations happen that would cost 20,000 e, and it was only fair that iaeshould have the secur i ty o f the usual gua rantees were instrume n t a l i n us nhg:trhreaesilfwron saytthe partie s th catastrophe. Knew from experience in public works that where there were rival workmen on-the ground they would destroy and play tricks. The public interest Was identified with having teeth the railway and. telegraph service of thi s country - done in the beet pos sible way, but did not believe that interest would be pro lryeoainodePomit ply for th e out l ay of two capitals and the manipulation s . Did not thi n k i t f a i r that lines of wire, o r th e ostp m hotee o stirat t s do e ooa d ofos sfe b t employ, dn combined'g for afterwards, t hei f tthe a on t h p ea number of n p i e u le , I a i e s wo w o il i s t l frequently e any company should be invested with powers that would enable them to select any railway they pleased, and to stop or go on as they liked. - Did'not know, but it might possibly happen that if t h ese compulsory powers were granted, they might, in the absence of security of capital, be used for the purposes of extortion and buying off. The promoters having got their Bill might exercise it, Rather than permit rival Workmen to come on a railway a would be glad to pay to gee rid of them. pay to-keep them off. Would make one telegraph do'all the work just as he would one railway, and the peblic, if they only saw that as the re salt lotdhfeicnrodamiivlpwiedtauiy:olYtt rthlieti:rrhadto. pay in the end double, had considered the in terference contemplated by the compulsory powers pro posed relative to the commercial and private arranges meats of the railways of this country, apart from the t. would, m r. R ho believed, stephensop, lax., immediate supervision of their officers, and was 1 0 ' opinion that the powers sought for would be highly dangeroua. Oa railways of large. traffic and where .a t a trains were numerous, their position and speed was in great measure regulated by telegraph, and it „ - essential to the security- of the public service at all times thatithis secure ble " and unconletcting. No system was probably more f la the to be injured h -.Y . contingency so much as that .o . telegraph, for the mere accident 'of one wire casually falling - upon another w acalculated to divert.or destroy supervision should be perfectly interfere contingency mig ht b e the electrical connexion. Cohohived that, under the- in fluence of ON rival interests this I . Of frequ With, interests, would • personal one another irrespective of any feitling . ,that might subsist . officera. A . el l t 9eourrenee ,as the two amongst the different All iudividuala and everything connected : with the *working _of a railway, could not be too . absolutely Under one system of supervision . The moot greatly. the electric teleg ra ph' had enabled the London and North-Western Reilway to multiply their trains very Without the telegraph they compelled would have been to have adopted a system of long and large trains Moiling but seldom, for the accommodation of the public. Workmen .employed under rival ,control generallyesp ee ki n _ lc showed earelesstie r sa and a disregard. for interests they were not employed to promote. The reversion , ef these telegraphs after - a certain period to the railivays Would constitute a #aluable property, and any interference with that reversion would be unjust, as an interference with - their legitimate source of profit:- If one company, were to be permitted to force themselves on a r ailway with out a b solute control, did not s ee w h y a third or a fourth should not be ,permitted to do the same. The granting of any sueh power would be the admission of a principle that could not fail to be attended with consequences most disastrous. Competition. ac ap plied to telegraphs, or in other words competition be tween] Aghtning and lightning, was an absurdity. It bad been proved to be an absurdity as regarded railways, for • competition alwayi closed in coalition. Railways could never be worked so well as when centralised under one establishment, and the result Was, as it would it with telegraphs, that the public would derive the greetercnse benefit. In telegraphs, almost" 9.loths of the expense for p the arose from stations and clerks, and it would be interest of the public . as regarded : cost, instead of purposes of establish ment. Could not conceive a case for the. eventual combination more easy, advantageous, or per e baps proper,. t h an that of telegraphs.) It _ termed t o this. and Beton there would be only two or_ three great railway interests in thiicou nt i y , While of Opinion that was ftst- perfect absurdi ty; competition in telegraphs' thOuthe the tel egrap h com panies Might to be co mpe ll ed 1/41°641 rtte-4501Me before/1 3 0%1mi%* out have *tit When made np IFi I From what When • PLAOrad. ,• General Post-omee l port die- due. F . . London. patched. II ' America (by Brit. pkt.)N,june 4 - • , Livernuol —.Arrived • • •kinerlea (by pkt.) Njulte 1 ; America (by U.S. pkt.) Per June 8 I tio v i June 9 America hampt. Jane 3 Atistralis (via' South- Southampt. ampton) •• • ••M • • • • • ,Dover . • Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • 'Plymouth.. • Ditto, via C. of G.llope N,June e l the in .. enth !Plymouth June 3 3.trica (West emit), I N N 4 r & 30th of mo.,Dover Ju,e 18 Alexandria* •••• • • • : 6 a ily Dover .. Daily Belgium 'AI 9th of the month ISoathempt. June 16 Brazil •• 3,1 9th of the month Sonthampt. June 10 Buenos Ayres )1A id & 17th of manor. sou tun ot, June 5 California(viaChagrer N 2d & 14th of June IPlymouth .. June 3 Cape of (I °° 4 Nklnno 2.. • • • •lelYulonth • • Cape. de Te.rde • • N 17th 17th 27th of me ,Dover .. May 30 CentralConstan A tin ni ° t,„ l l° ,, * •,. _2 . 18; l iv it . h d oi rn_ 18,enthatript: Jane 5 & 111. ISouthampt T. ThiSat Charnel Isles 51 '.4 17th of the month liSalthaMpt. June 5 Chili .". • M &N T • wiee daily Dover • • Twieedail France Greece . Ni7thl7th27thofrno ;Dover .. Slav 30 Y iumburgli • NtTuesday & Friday London .. Tags. Sat. Rolland .. •. Wednes. & Satur. London • .. Men• Thur flondnraa Nl7th of the mouth Southampt. June 20 Ireland ,• •• M & NlTwice dally Holyhead • • Twieedelly India(via southamp.) M,2oth of tho month 'Southana t. June 20 India( via Aarseilles) SI 1 •tth 24th of month' Dovn, P • June 28 India, via O. of G. lI o?e N 15th of month Ply Mauritius .••..Nl5 th of month Plymouth.. mouth.. Mediterranetn (via j Southair p ton) .. A 1 20th of the month SMathatiart. June 20 'lfediterianellr.l (vl3 Marseilles) . N Bth&24tlt of month Dover .. June 1 Mexico .. '33 Id of the month.. Southampt. June 5 Mad eira • • •• '3th of the month Southampt. June 10 Malta* • Ttla,l7th,l9th,27th 1 Dover June 10 & 30th of month NaPle3* .. • . 2 sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .• Juno 2 Papal Stated* Ii sth 15th 25th of too Dover .. June 2 Peninsular.. .. M 7th 17th 27 t h ef mo Southampt. !June G Peru .. 17th of the month Sonthatnet. June Tummy* • P sth 15th V.sth of mo Dover .. Junc 2 West wiles 34 17th of the mon th Sont b amP t June 20 West Indies (except • Juno 5 Havanna & Nassau) 11 2d of the month .. SoathemP•_ t 4 9 00 ontrin tbys A V: 9A c 4r? are "" 4 French pschet Via marmillds, FRANCE. The Patrie doubts the authenticity of a firmcn of the Sultan relative to the Holy Cities published in the Siecle of Athens, and which paper has been seized by order= of the French Government. At Marseilles on the 27th all the troops in garrison marched to the Champ de Mars, and the general com manding received from all the officers the oath of obedience to the Constitution and fidelity to Louis Napoleon. The religious ceremony commemorative of fhe Empress Josephine was performed on Friday at the church at Rueil. The church was hung with black on the occasion. Marshal Jerome Bonaparte and the members of the family of the Emperor at tended the ceremony. After the service the Princess Mathilde walked' to Malmaison, where the Empress died. Among the persons present were Generals Piat and Law cestitie, Colonel Laborde, MM. Lacrosse, Leconte, Deputy far the Yonne, and his brother, a captain in the Chasseurs de Vincennes, Garde, Count Tanher de la Pagerie, &c., as well as a number of officers and soldiers of the Grand Army iu their uniforms. The plan for a railway to unite France to Switzer land and Savoy is now under serious consideration. M. Jordan, the engineer, has been charged with the preparatory works of the line, the direction of which appears to have been fully decided on. In conse quence of an understanding between General Du tour, who is a very distinguished engineer, and the French engineers, it has been agreed that the line, which is to start from Lyons, shall, on reaching the frontier, divide itself into two branches, one on Ge- neva, end the other on Chamb6ry. At a future day irbranch line will start from Macon and join the main line between Lyons and the frontier, so as to put Paris in a still more direct communication with Switzerland and also with Piedmont, and the net work of railways now in course of construction in . Italy. ITALY. The Roman Journal of the 21st inst. publishes an official list of the merchant navy of, the' Papal States. It consists of 1,430 vessels, of Which 863 measure 28.204 tons, manned by 9,110 seamen. Vespers were chaunted on the eve of the Ascension in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican in the presence of the Pope; the Sacred College, the Roman Prelacy, and Magistracy. Toe Pope was afterwards carried in great pomp to the balcony, whence, amidst the roaring of artillery, he' gave his benediction to the people. The French and Roman troops, drawzi up on the open ground, gave additional splendour to the solemnity. The Chamber of Deputies of Turin approved on the 26th inst., after a short discussion, a Bill pre sented by the Government, granting an extraordinary credit to the Ministers of Marine and Public Works. Accounts from Florence, of the 231 inst., state that on the preceding day his Excellency Henry Lytton Bulwer had the honour to be received at a private audience by the Grand Duke, when he deli vered the letters accrediting him as Minister Pleni potentiary to the Grand Ducal Court.. THE SHIPS SEEN ON AN ICEBERG. The Governtnent have received the following reply to the inquiry made at Newfoundland concerning the vessels seen, or supposed to have been seen, by the crew of the Renovation:— " Government-house, St. John's, New fbundliind, May 6. " Sir,--I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Merivale's dispatch of the 16th of April, 1852, together with its enclosure from the Board of Admiralty, respecting two vessels reported . to have been seen on a fiekl'of ice attached to an iceberg off Newfoundland, in April, 1851, and wircb it is surmised may possibly be Sir John Franklin's ships; and, .in compliance with the .iustruaions ther.-in contained, I h ave c ause d i nqu i r i es to be made through the Comu3ereittl 'Society of .Sc. John's, but can obtain no information whatever relative to the above deserthed vessels. " I enclose herein a letter received from the President of the Chamber of Commerce, and I Share in the opinion therein expressed, that it is well nigh impossible that tco vessels on a field of ice attached to an iceberg of the magnitude - and description spoken Of by the men of the Renovation could have passed Meng his coast from the north and have reached the latitude of Cape Race without having beqn seen either by some of the numerous sealing vessels which intersect the field ice in the months of March and April, or by some of the many vessels that pass this islsnd at that season en their way to or from the Gulf of St. Lowrance, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, • "In the season of 1851 no vessels engaged in the seal fishery of this island were lost, and therefore I agree in the opinion that there mast have been some misappre hension on the part of the persons who supposed the 3• had seen such'vessels, occasioned, perhaps, by the de ceptive appearance that icebergs assume under some _peculiar action of the atmosphere; whereas, had the in quiry been made with reference to the spring of this bear, not two, but many vessels, might have been seen in positions somewhat, similar to teat deserioed by the men of the Renovation; for, owing to. two disastrous gales in the last month, very great damage has been sus tained by our sailing ii .et, and, out of 400 vessels en gagG•d in that fishery, upwards of 60 have either foun dered ur been abandoned at sea among the field ice, and many of the derelicts have, after being deserted by their own crews, bee❑ brought in by those of other vessels, and vessels have also been dispatched by the local Go vernment in search of others, and to bring off from dif ferent parts of the coast the shipwrecked sealers, amounting nearly to 3,000 in number.—l have, &c., • " J. OASPARD . LE MARCHANT. " The Right Hon, Sir John S. Pakington, &e." Newfoundland, a 5. " Sir,--1 had th e honour h to receive your letter M of this date, and in compliance with your request I have made inquiry from several members. of the Commercial So ciety, and can obtain no information relatiie to the vessels said to have been seen in the ice in April,,lBsl. "It is evident that there 'must have'been 80010 mis appr'heosion on the part of the persons who suppused they had seen such vessels; occasioned perhaps by the deceptive appearance that icebergs assume under some peculiar action of the atmosphere; for it is almost impossible. that an iceberg of the mag niide and description, spoken of by the crew of the. Renovation could have passed along. this coast from the north, and have 'reached. the latitude of Cape Race, without having been seen by pOILIti of the. nume rous sealing vessels whioh constantly, intersect the field ice in the months of Kroh and April; and if it had es . caped their observation it must. have been seen, when within 30 miles of Cape Race, by others. of the very many vessels that pass this island at that season on their way to or from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, .N O Va Scotia, and New Brunswiciroye -by one of ' the' steamers -that weekly pass within a' fe'v , itniles of the Cape; on their way from Liverpool to Halifax or 'the States. - "The opinion is very getioral here that no such vessels could have been saws by tho Crow of the RepOCitiOn. " I have, &e., " TRONA!. 00 Hon. J. Crowdy, Colonial Secretary, &c." . . , -OLD LONDON 116 USES, AND THEIR INTERESTING ASSOCIATIONS —Many a weary step in the streets of London is lightened by the knowledge that in one, the house still exists (with shoemakers working in the' observatory" en the top) where Isaac Nelerton. produced th e wo rk s w hi c h h av e i 0 much trenefit?d the world; that in another, Reynolds pro duced his greatest pictures; in another, Hogarth ; in another Lawrence; that above the gateway of Doctors' Commons, Christopher Wren' resided during the building of St. Paul's Cathedral; that in Cock-lane, Smithfield, is the house in which was enacted the famous Cock-lane Ghost imposition, and that not far from this, is the crypt of St. John, Cierken well, almost the only remaining portion of the sumptuous hospital of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; where Dr. 'Tobiason went with others in all due solemnity to summon the troubled spirit of Cock-lane. These and tk,nsands of other recollections, loth varied and curious. come thick upon the mind when wandering in London.—Builder. CURIOUS INTERIOR Cr A TREE.--Liist week, the sawyers employed at the carriage manufactory of Messrs. Wright and SOD, of Harrogate, while engaged as usual in cutting timber, were very much astonished on dividing a large chesnut tree to see in the centre, about nine feet from the roots, the figure of an eagle perfectly delineated, the eye keen, and the feathers as distinctly marked as if the hand of a talented artist had been most fortunate in his toubhes. This figure, it is imagined, is of some depth in the wood, and • presents a ve r y va l ua bl e cur i os i ty. Already several hun dredsw eli r h e a p v ai e d v i b s i y t ed a t o b i g e h saw-pit t 0 f th o i s f r t e h m e a r m k a a n b u l e f a p c h t o e r io , and en feel on Leeds Mercury. ANTWERP, ANTWERP, 29.--Captain 2 9 2 9.--CaptainCockburn, R.N.; and lady, Major Keno and_ family, Sir William. and Lady m. — Miller and family. and Captain Price, arrived here yesterday morning, by the General Steam Navigation Conspany eW deans-ship Bweusbourue, after a splendid passage. ---- EVENING, JUNE 1, rates revised when dividing more than a given per cen tage, and that would be the very best mode both in telegraphs and other undertakings for preventing the reckless waste of capital by millions. Had taken en interest conjointly with Professor Gioke and Wheatstone, since 1839, in the electric telegraph as a most valuable invention, and was a proprietor in the old Electric Telegraph Company to the extent of 5,0001. The old company had no power in their act conferring limited liability. The company had been, in his opinion unprofitable, and had no notion at first of the difficulties it.had to encounter. They had had to pay immense sums for patents. Nothing short of complete dictator ship in the management of a telegraph or railway would efficient. The Board of Trade would be perfectly in efficient. It should be worked by those who understood both telegraphs and railways, and he was quite sure that the Board of Trade understood neither.—(Laughter.) The old company had paid 8 per cent., he believed, anl when he said it was unprofitable, he merely spoke from the results of his own pocket.—(Laughter.) Had re commended the directors of the old company to reduce their rates, and they had done so. Coeld conceive the possibility of m4icious interference with messages under a system of rivalry, though no doubt the pains and pe nalties of the law would operate in deterring off , nders. After some further evidence the Committee adjourned at 4 o'clock. SIR BARRYIIITfI AT PORTSMOUTH. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 31. The Gladiator, stestm.eessel, came into harbour last night, and landed, at the dockyard jetty, General Sir H. Smith and Lady Smith, who immediately proceeded to the George Hotel, High-street, where they dined and took up their residence tor the night. After their arrival at the George last night and during to-day they have been waited on by the. Port-Admiral, Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs; Admiral Corry, Commander-in-Chief of the Channel squ drou; Lieutenant -General Lord Fre derick Fitzolarence, Governor of Bombay; Sir Francis Baring, Bart., M.P., and Miss Baring; Viscount Monck; the Mayor of Portsmouth, B. Bramble, Esq.; Colonel Commandant Menzies, E.M.• Colonel Balimghall and Mrs. Ballinghall ; Lieutenant -Colonel Holland, Captain the Hon. F. Egerton, Captain H-nderson,R.N., Captain Harris, R.N,, Captain Lawlor, Captain Morris, Lieu tenant-Colonel Hornbrook, R. M. , Colonel Wearing, Lieutenantolonel combo, H. M., Major- General Freeth, Lieutenant-Colonel Willis, R. M.A., and a number of other officers and gentlemen whose names we could not learn. A deputation from the Cor poration alio waited upon Sir Harry Smith, to ascertain his wishes as to the presentation of an address of con gratulation on his return to England. ,The Borough Council met this afternoon at half-past font. o'clock, for the purpose of presenting an address to the Gallant General. The mayor occupied the chair, and the meeting was very largely attended. The fol law ince address was unanimously agreed . "To Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, K. 0.8 " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Portsmouth in council assembled gladly em brace the opportunity offered us by your arrival within this ancient municipality, to offer to you our cordial congratulalons on your safe return from the Govern ment of S ar.hern Africa; and .at the same time to ex- ' •press,our admiration Of the capacity send fianess for corn. wand which, amidst almost unparalleled difficulties, have marked the execution of the important duties which hare devolved upon you; whilst we hail with the greatest satisfaction the prospect offered by your judicious plans and measures for the speedy termination of this pro tracted warfare. Holding ingrateful remembrance the brilliant services and achievements in all parts of the world that , have distinguished your military career, we beg you to accept our assurance of the interest we shall ever feel in your happiness and' welfare, and earnestly trust that those energies and abilities which Providence has blessed you with may be long preserved 'to your country.—Given in open council, this 31st day of May, l”2." To the above address Sir HARRY SMITH said : Sir and gentlemeu,--I thank you with the grateful heart of a veteran soldier for the address you have just presented to me. The most gratifying thing to a soldier is to know that whilst serving his country his services will meet with his comrades' and his country's approval. —(Loud cheers.) In the midst of the many difficulties which surround the soldier he is ever cheered by know-- ing that whilst he is doing his duty, if even he is not quite so successful in the performance of that duty as others may think he ought to be, he is'ever cheered by the belief that the country will do him justice.—(Cheers) You have well tou c h e d' on the peculiarity of my position in South Africi.i. Without egotism, I may and I do assert it, that no m an was ever p!aced sa rn , greater difficulty than I was when first placed iu command in South Africa.—(Hear, hear.) I was a Governor without • a legislative body, and I was a COLI2- minder-in-Chief, without an army.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I will admit I was one cause of the smallness of that army; for if I hid to furnish rea sons whether the army should be reduced or increased, I could better have furnished reasons for reducing it than for increasing it. My wish was, as far as I could, to save the money and blood of my country from being use lessly squandered in a - distant colony. I am ready to say that the minister of the day supported ree with reinforce ments: I asked.for none from home or from the neigh bouring colonies. I was •endeavouring to hold my ground, as others had recommended, feeling that if the minister of the day, wished to retain lisfraria, he would furnish me with the men to do so, whilst, if he did not Want to keep Kafraria a good retreat might be made, with less disgrace, with a small army. than with a - large one.--(Hear, hear.) Bat reinforcements arrived, and I had to ..xteed the eeene of wy operations, which then assumed a formidable character; but' great diffi ail ties then arose. I he not only wow or 40,000 Warlike savages to contend with, but I had a large body of Hottentots, who were supposed to be our friends—if savages ever can be friends—but who now turned against us. I then stood alone in a storm, in which I maintain no other man ever did before in our own time.—(Cheers.) But the Minister sending o u t forces, time should have been given me ; butshe, like myself, of an ardent temperament, believing I was slowly acting—though I was not asleep—(cue,,,. 9 )..._ was dissatisfied. Still I was doing as much as could be done, and I speak now the opinion of a general who bas been in every description of warfare.—(Hear, h ear. ) The measures I had commenced I left to the gallant officer, my successor, who relieved me with the greatest courtesy and kindness, and I left him in command of an intrepid army, in as good a po sition as could be de• siren, for the enemy had been driven over the fief. And I still think that my measures will ultimately be th ose peac e, t r anquillity, and p rosper i ty to which will bring the colony.—(Cheers.) Sin Harry Smith con c l u d ed by again expressing his thanks totahegi7nehea_hbiireta,netshdot stating mouth for the reception theyhe that under any circumstances he ai hould ever f ee l the proud cons cientiouress of having done hi s duty.—(He res °t ex pressed his gratification th at Porte ed his seat amid g reat a p plause.) The MAYOR m a h should be th e first p la c e to g ive a welcome to the d the meeting broke up, ga llant veteran ' all Con has also been presented The following requisition P to the Mayor, requesting him to nall calla public meeting of the inhabitants with the same object. , 6 To the Worshipful the. M ayor of the B oroug h o f • the undersigned, re quest you will P or tsmouth. —We , have the goodness to convene r a public meet i ng of the i n h a bi ta nts of this boroug h . 1., to offdr th e i r warmest con gratulations to General t3lrHarry south, Bart., on his r eturn from the Government of Southern Africa, and to singular express their ardent admiration of thed ngular ability he - displayed in the lach arge of the important duties entrusted to his care." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The following Resolutions were on Friday brought in by the Chancellor of th e Exchequer, and agr ee d to:— That whenever the House shall sit for dispatch of business at twelve o'clock on any day except Wednes day an d Saturday, if such busine ss b e d i sposed of not later than three o'clock, the House will resume its sit tinge at five o'clock; and if such business be disposed of after three o'clock and before four o'clock, the House will resume-its sitting at six o'clock. That when such business has not been disposed of at four o'clock, Mr. Speaker (or the Chairman, in case the House shall be in Committee) do leave tho Chair, and the House will resume its sitting at six o'clock, when the orders of the day nut disposed Of at the morning Sitting, and any motion which was under dicussion at four o'clock, shall be set down in the order book after the other orders of the day. That whenever the House shall be in Committee at four o'clock, the Chairman do report progress when the House resuipes its sitting. That all dropped orders of the day be set' down in the order book, after the orders of the day for the neat thy on which the House Owl sit. 103 ' . SE ORNE MAILS. [ll signillea.that the mails aro sent tons the General Post-office 0y the night—and M by the morning—Rspatch.] • —_ _ IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY.—Sentence was passed on Birch to-day—twelve months imprisonment; no fine. suBmABINE C , XI3II3NICATION WITH LONDON. The proceedings connected with the layieg down of the submarine telegraph from Holyhead have been hitherto enveloped with the profoundest secrecy, the object being no doubt to take the public, and more especially that portion of it interested in the other telegraph companies, y surprise, with the sudden and unexpected completion of the work. The hill of Howth was crowded all day yesterday with specta tors, anxiously directing their telescopes to the offing, on the 100k -out for the Britannia and the Prospero, which were expected with the electric cable, hut it has been since ascertained that a hitch oc:Airred at Holyhead, which has caused some delay. A length of about tour miles of the cable had actually been sunk, when the wire broker, and it was found neces sary to return and raise the cable again, for the pur pose of connecting it. The wire has been laid down from Howth to the railway station in Dubin, and all the necessary preparations have b-. 1) made on this side of the Channel for the completion of the chain of com munication. There ara,it appears, three companies 11,,0, , at work to carry oui; the intercommunication between the two countries---%be Irish Electric Telegraph Com pany, the British Electric Telegraph C and the Magnetic Telegraph Company.. Tne Irish Etcc trio Telegraph Company are represent,d in , he under taking, which is expected to b- esrlieat in the field, by the eminent firm of Newall, Mikes, and Gordon, of Gateshead, Newcastle-on• Tyne, and in en incre dibly short time the connecting cable has bests Com pleted. It is a single wire of copper, coated with gut's percha, and outside a network of wire to strengthen it, and at the same time give it plisbility. Mr. Woodhou se , enginetr of. the company ; Mr. Harty, engineer of rile Dublin And Drogheda Rail way ; with Mr. Cnlverwell, on F., irbiy last, saw the wire placed on the Howth line. The subin4rine cable will come in at the tiorth . -vvc:st of Ireland's Eye, and reach the railway station near the first level cross ing of the railway. At Holyhead it starts from Soldier's Point. It is said that the first message will be communicated to the LordeLieutenanton 'Tuesday evening, at which time the connexion will be coin ptete- The whole passage -across may occupy from 15 to 20 hours, during which time the electric cable will be deposited in its submarine bed. A letter has been received from Holyhead this morning, stating that it is posible the work may not be completed before Friday. TUB TELEGRAPIT TO GALWAY. Everything connecred with the erection of the telegraphic wires from Dublin to Gal vay is now complete, and it is expected that the first experiment will take place this day. It is now very generally believed that the Queen will visit the vouch of Ireland this eummer. The Cork Constitution sa)s:—" We und.rstand it is now pretty certain that his Grace the Duke of Devon shire will pass the greater portion of the summer at his romantic residence on the Black vvater ; and from the very extensive alterations and additions that are being made to the c&i.tle, it is conjectured that Lismore is likely to be honoured with a royal visit this summer." The Hon. Captain Daly, brother of Lord Dun sandle, has issued his address to the electors of the county of Galway. He professes in some respects conservative principles, end declares himself in favour of some measures of relief for the agricultural iu terests, but says n o thi ng o f a re- i mposition of duties on foreign produce. He also intimates that he would be in favour of a repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. The Lord-Lieutenant and Countess of Eglinton are to proceed to-day on. a_visic . to Lord Talbot, of Malahide, at Malabide Castle. Lord Naas arrived in Dublin on Saturday. THE EXO DUS. - -Aecording to the Cork Constitution, a number of respectable young Men, ciciz-ns of that city, are preparing ito leave their mother country with a view of trying their fortunes in Australia. The same authority thus reports generally of the progress of the exodus : " From the 17th of March last to the stb of the pre sent month 3,722 emigrants set sail from Queenstown for America. Among them were. several cisizens and their families, and many first-rate artisans. A ship of 1,000 tons burden sailed from Dublin on Monday, hav ing on board its full complement of pa,sengers. The fine screw steamer Mars reeewed her journey from W 4 terford to Liverpool on Saturday last, having 250 pas sengers on board. On Tu- , sday the Carron cleared out from Foynes harbour with 122 passengers, and the fol lowing day the Thankful set sail from the same port With 154 passengers, all bound tor gieb-c. The Eli zabeth Bentley, for N4PIW York, left Q.l,enstown on Tiles: day, having her full complement of emigrants on board. The London steamer on Thursday carried over 300 pas sengers, most of them emigrants for Australia. Though the flew of emigrants to America has long been steadily augmenting, Australian eunigrwi n n is increasing in a still greater ra'io, and includes classes not only respect able, but those who were once opulent; distinguished students in the universities, barristers and other prof,s -BiollB, and gentlemen of alicient and noble are among the classes who ;elect this priori of the globe as an asylum." • With respect to the " drain" of the legal proression, it is thought probable that, before many terms roll over, it will be found that the Dublin law courts will have contributed their full Quota to the Irish emigra tion contingent. THE HIGHWAY TO AMERICA. Lord Clanricarde haS addrrssed a letter to Mr. J. Persse, of Newcastle, in the county of Galway, refuting certain charges which had been made against his Lordship in reference to a speech recently delivered in the House of Lori's upon the vexed ques tion of an Iri-th packet station. " The purport of what I said was," writes the Noble Marquis— " That I attacned so much import:ince to en accelera tion of postal communication with America, that I rec,,m mended the Treasury to act upon the suggestion of the Commissioners, so far as to have the A .. , erioln mails embarked and landed at Holyhead. I slid I had been blamed in Ireland for making that recommendation; which I certainly made in the performance of my public duty, without reference to local interests; but that such blame was quite misplaced, because I was convince& that it the principle : of establishing the quickest possible postal communication across the At lantic were conceded, the consequences must speedily be the formation of a packet station on the west coast of Ireland. The expression of this last opinion (which is what the placard basely falsifi , $) is clearly reported in the Times of May 4th. I doW,t that the writer of the pl,eard has so great a personal interest in the prosperay of the town of G Away a, I have But apart fr o m th a ,, my sincere opinion is that the have, tTrnment ought to es tablish the quickest possible mode of commutdeatn,n with America, and that for such communication Galw a y will be found to be the best, and capable of b ting made a packet port at a cost very moderate in comparissm wi h the object. The first thing t, be done is o establish the principle upon which the Imperial Government should act. In this object all Irishman ought to join as the people of Belfast have done, with cordiality and honesty. And I trust the people of Galway will evince a due sense of the conduct of those who would c.mvert this great qui - sqon into a weapon or petty, personal, paltry hostility, and make it a matter to serve selfish or party interests." ..It is 'stated in a Cork paper that a question of no ordinary interest will come to be argued before one of the Masters in Chancery at the close, probably, of the present week. It relates to the construction of the recent Act of Parliament, rendering invalid be quests left to Roman Catholic bishops or clergymen for certain therein specified purposes, and is arises in the present instance upon a question raised as to the validity of the will of the late Miss A. Heale), of the city of Cork, who devised large sums of mont-y to the Catholic bishops and'clergy for Catholic chari ties in Cork, specified in the Ail!. These br quest s are disputed now by the testatrix's next of kin, and their validity is contended for by the executor, Mr. Stephen Coppinger,, the barrister of Amiens-street, so that we shall probably have the whole question—Ec clesiastical Titles Bill, &c. —opened before a judicial tribune, and then brought into the Court of Chan eery, if not to the House of Lords, for ultimate decision. Toe 6th Carabiniers (equipped as Light Dragoons) will embark to-day at the no Lb wail for Herne Bay, en route to India, to relieve the 3i Light Dragoons. The horses of the 6th have all been given up to other cavalry corps. The 90 h regiment at Clonmel are under orders to proceed to New Z-inland. The Limerick Chronicle Rates that the 71st Highland Light Infantry Reserve, at Canada, are ordered home, with a view of being amalgamated with the Ist bat• talion at Newry, and then proc:eeding to India. The payments out of the Encumbered E-tates Court last week have been but trifling•--only 26 0001. Toe sales, however, hai , e been unusually exteusive, and th e produce has been about a quarter of a million. The . Customs duties •for the week ending this e verting exceed by 400/ those of the corresponding period o f last year. The particulars are as follow :- 1852. 1851. T , ,a .... ... £7,699 8 4 ••• £7,168 8 7 Sugar ... 2.576 18 11 ..• 1,661 6 8 Wine ••• 1 961 16 7 ••• 965 4 2 Spirits ~. 803. .4 3 ••• 418 1.5 9 Tobacco ... 3 179 9 3 ••• 5 229 0 6 Atiticellaucous 542 2 0 ... 685 8 3 £16,562 19 4 X16,11$ 3 11 COLLISION BaTIiVSEN A BELGIAN STEAMER AND A high, with cloudy BARQUE.—thr Monday night the Belgian mail am ernylorning, when off the packet Rubis, Captain Roose, left Dover Harbour, w i S t t h e th - ; into viiilent contact with the •mails, for Ostend,•the wind being v stove in, weather. At doe o'clock moo Tuesday London,: u o s r ta Q in ue e co ' captain Goystad, on her Gaoroqd; i n t i l i a d n a d , s , 0 f s h s e a toy d a e,fio r n , voyage from ec- ihe a s u te d am w e a r, a w ‘ h it i t c ie h rl i r s is a e . new vessel, had her bow damaged by the crash, but managed' to make her destina r,Tanhde put into D•iver the same morning Her repairs iterable damage in h er destina tion. are being proceeded voyage...4k with, to enable her to proceed on h er col. unroxicie. - - . • . ' The following is the of corn, &c., received in th Essex, from the 24th ,i both inclusive : 4-i • ! ~(13 ! Colchester Harwich Leigh Ma'don 43j 295; -. 9t38, - Oats. 23s Od 2ls 6d 19s Od imperial, LB followir Beans. —s Od —s Od Od 30s Od to kg are the First Second 4ls lid Phird ...... . 39s Od Total quantity of Wheat in Do. • Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans Barley. Oats. Bsa 1 31s 6d 23s 3d 34. 29s 9d 21a 5d 33s 3d 2 i t s 28i 1 Is Od 3 06 market 255 qrs., 232 1 , do. b& qrs., 51 f Ala do. 308 qrs., 26d do. 76 qrs., 7 0 5° 'IOAL vlittitiE I Prices of Coal per ton at Cared Hartley ..... t3d 6d• Chester Main 133 3d-. Davison's West Hartley 13s 6d New l'antield Newcastle Hartley l3s 13d Rovensworth'sW. Hart 13s 6,i Ravensw.•rtliPelaw South Peareth andeld Moor 12s 90 T. --YESTIRDAY. t.he close. of the market 13 9 Walker. !Alain ....... 151 ' Braddyll etton gaswell Keepier Grange t,4/anton 1. 15 0 15 9 143 Lu n m s l h e e Y r ........................ : 49 pd . 6 d Richmond ........ 1 , 5: Russell's Hetton .... c64:1 tewart'R - Heugh Hall ..... ....... .15 3 , A Keltoe 15s 4outti Hartlepool ..... 15s , Backhouse. .............. 145 9 3a • Meer ..... ...... 15 W oo dh ouse Close. .•... 13s 6d • Canfield Moor Butes Tyne Main West Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &o. Gosforth . Barton Harvey Wylam (u.ns.) 12,3 Hebburn Johnson s l2s 9d Ships at arkel. 12s lls 12: 14s g o t . 42 RAIL iv A y su A lib :MARK —TL LIVERPOOL, MAY 31 STOCEXCHANGE.- market d in to-day, and a good busineol has been done at improved prices. The sales reported were Birkenhead. Lancashire, and Cheshire. (l a te Cheater and Bt f; kenhead), 18!-,( z .—Caiedonian, 191A-,Eas ter n Counties, 93 1 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 723 'Ditto, Fifths, 6 fil s. " London and North-Western, New Quarters , EifL l3o , p.—Manchester, ' Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3 2 % —.Midland, 6831—North Staffordshire, 6 1 /i dis.—Oxford, - Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Preference, gumaateed 6PI cent., 3, 1 p,—S ou gh- E as t e rn a.id Dover. 21 % —York North didland, 23 'T —Ditto, Preference, p.—Du tch Rhenish, 3 1 A dis. MANCHESTER, MAY 31. STOCK ExcHANGx.—These has been a fair amount of business done in the share market to-day, but at lower prices. than those of Saturday. The transactions were as folio's :' Caledonian,- t 9 LA—Lancashire and Yorkshire,- 72 L/ 8 don and North-Western, New Quarters, 5% p.—N° l ' . British, 7 5 / B —North Staffordshire, 6 7-i6 dis. • ,MAY 31. • STOCK EXCHANGE. —There Was little or nothing done , the share market to-day. The only sales reported .were' Shrewsbury and Biriningham . (A), 79/ B —Ditto (B), South Staffordshire, I 1-16 . dis. • • • ASCOT RACES AND THE ROYAL EXHIBITION.—' 4I ; valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistens` pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can b e . seen and known l miles distant; they answer every pure on the Race-course, a t t he O pera -houses ;- country seeaehrj and ships are clearly see n a t 12 to 14 m i les; they are invalua b le for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, t o sportsme n ' Gentlemen, Gamek ee p ers , and Tourists. —To be had at A i L es '" lP S. and 11. Solomons, Opticians, 39. Albemarle.street,-`,„011 dilly, opposite the York -hotel. Telescopes —A new important invention in Telescopes, possessing such e% ce , ordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye . tbe will show distinctly, Jupiter's - Moons; Saturn's Ring,' an d Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing onlL tan t, ounces, can be seen a person's countenance miles and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede and other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger auace,,, - sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and n be course glasses, with wonderful powers; an -object 'en 13, clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. a n v . n g • Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable• pr e° , r oe ' Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before anr - os t feet vi , ion, every object appears clear and distinct, th e :to aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is broug its youthful, natural, an original state. The Invisible v ii r ef ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for re li ef 'gnu ex a , of extreme deafness.-39, Albermarle-street, PiccadiHY , r posite the York Hotel. DEATH OF EDMUND AI'DONNELL, ESQ., Was about 72 years of age. A ti ß e m. —Accounts have t i m nr egi a en n pe g he ece t i Rome, opgusrn)e tahets; 378 eonofjno Antrimyt enjoyed d e 9 i 0 n ,t his oosomfowwhhyes right,i lei ar possession n a t i ,month.ofnoll:f E wt t ; 7 0: the present ofAnne ca ., eb t e h eii e reached Fr us of the death of this ge . r m es o t n at u e m a e n n d t castle of of Glenarm. This ' aueleat and married in 1812 (assuming her Lad om h'a name, hi s 1, 11 beautir s judgmentimproved and d rlonaemdentastett leTivb_inegtsitsict: now passes to Hugh Seymour 14.1.), , nne11, Viscount iith", o , and Earl of Antrim, who wa-; born' on the 7th of 4 1114 ,L - h.; 1812, and married, in May, 1836, Laura Cecilia, fifth "a-wel ter of the Earl of Macclesfield, The Earl of Antrim has _, sided for some ears pist at PiirtruAh',. and has become de serv o edly very pypular, owing to the liberality and wildness r , his disposition.—Belfast Whig. .. nerIG S I ADVERTISEMENT.j—THE EARL OF ALDSO ~ ,,,j AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. —An astounding cure by this rAiracu.,:. • medicine, arter every other means had tailed. See extract tr0A 0 4 .4 . Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb 21, 1 74, Professor Holloway—Sir :.I beg to =quaint you that your pills flavor & li an ve d r a atld .ov st er om tho ach co w n hi un ch en all t, the hs . 01 r .,.7 e fee mi t n ed en a t c o n f r t e h o e f f a ac d ra is ty or , de a r t Oven " - Them won d erful ills rienbad. (Sighed) " Al•Disoz • 1 )- ....—, been able to effect; nay, hih n o o mm t Ye ever the waters of Carlsbad or ;"' l =re any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Hollowly Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, SA,' by all m edicine ',Amu , " throughout the civilised world. • —.eel IiLRTHB. A SON. • On the 25th ult., at Chizwell, Essex, the wife of Mel Holcombe 13th (Prince Albert's) Light I n f antry. • •"' Wee • On the 27th ult., at South P e the rton, Somerset, the of the R e v. Henry Bond. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 27th ult., at Ickleford- house, near llitehin, the Hun. Mrs. Frederick Dudley Ryder. On the 28th ult., at ECcleAon.square, the wife of Jolla Pitt Taylor, Esq. . On the 27th ult., at • MA II R or R us IED. ' ey, • the .Hon. Henry L oris Noel, sou of the Rid of Gainsboro. oat, to Emily Eliz-ibetht daught er of the Hun. :inn Rev Baptist Wriqtneslev Noel. On he 271-13 ult ,at Sr. Peter's Jersey. Henry dop [Anger, eldest so n of Rat,ert Beeto n , Es ~ of Mile end , to t Jera ou iss, - ,"t S- * - H Bliar' 's ' ef . r --- q .L third da ug ht er of Charles Rimie•E4q Grfaiin t, tl. of 2 n 4 o t t h hi u e l m t ,uarct,bli'los.rkl4llßacpe,'Edinbargh, aged 77, Ladr Oa the 23d ult., at Funchal, Madeira, Sir Charles Forbes , Bart, 0t Ne ;. , e and Edinglassie, Aberdeenshire, aged 20. On the 2tlth ult., at Il o wley . -ptace-villas , :aged 4t, Arcbi bald Hay, Esq., late Captain in the 89th and BGth R.,gimentet youngest sari of the late General Sir James Hal., K.C.11. Oa the 27th ult., James Phelps, Esq., eldest son of the late Rev. James Phelps, dad. late. Captgia in the 14th Light Dragoons, aged 40. On the .27th ti lt : , at Aliso!). terrace, Regent's-park, gerbil], wife of G:Sannders, Esq., of the Bengal Medical Service, - . On the 28th ult., at Dulwich, Surrey, aged 28, Christopher , Thomas Hors, Esq.. R.N. On the 30th ult., Ann Elizabeth, wife of Ur. Joseph Thomas, of 33, Finsbnry-scinitre, • London: Pristad 'and .Publu4led by MUIIDO No. 112, Strand,.Printer, At roe S un 10064 $ O . , 1444. Strand, in thw Precinct qf the s aw y, 0011211i-g i iiiddlesat TBO Ti J. II 104. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS FUR JUNE. Th e following are ;he dates on which the forign and colonial will he made up at the General Po , t-ofEe P t St. M Grmd. during the present month (in eluding ihe ne'N postal contracts, which will come into operation), and when the return packets will be due at Southampton, Plymouth, Liverpool, &c.:— For British :North America, Bermuda, the United State?, Csli•Ornis, &a., on the evenins of the let (t hi t • evening) and 1511 inst. fro m Liverpool to NeW Yo f ' • dir,et; end on the unruings of the 9th and 23d 'inst., to ditto, viii S Aviiampt!)n, by United States' Mail packets; • on the evening of the 4th inst. to New York, 11th inst. • on Halifax and Boston, 18th inst to New York, and on the evening of the 25th inst. to Boston, vid Liverpool, by,' British Mail . orlekets.. Next packet, due on the•9Lh and then weekly. For the Britc.h and foreign colonies in the West In die:s (except li nciwas, Nassau, and Haysnnah). VW' zuel4, New Grana , la, Grey Town . (San Juan de Nies: raga,), Chili. Peru, and California, on the mornings of the 2 t and 17th inst ; Mexico- ard Havannah on tba ticrJrninz, of the 2d only (to-morrow), and floadurtiet &o, on the,, miming of the 17th inst.' vid Southatapton. Next packets d ue on th e 50 SO 20 h inst. For St. Vincent, Cape of Good Hope, West and South Australia, PHrt Philip, Sydney, New O . Wales, and V 4,1 D. men's Laud, on- the evening of " le 2d must, and tv-reafter on the evening of the 2cl 0' every .. alevrnate month. by the Austr,dirio Royal Mail Coo' - patty's screw peck"te, via Plymouth. Fur Vig t, Op.)rce, Llbuit, Madeira. rid Lisbon. Csdi_ 2l 2 and Gihral7ar, on the morni ngs o f the Ten, 17th, end ti vid Southampton—duu on the 6111, 16th, and 2601 inst. . Aria, A b,, sni ... ia , For the Mediterriinean, Malt!), Greece, Ir, d a i r a s . ei t e i. E , c b o y n t t h h e e f , o v r „ (t n ii i g t,g htly ot or t e h r p h-t B l: h d • 1 Next mail due in London on the 20!.h inst. Pt' For Gibralt.,r, Malra,Greece, Ole lonian lilandg,EgY il . India, &c., on the inorni,,g of the 21st inst,, viii B ° ll ` anvil). A the F'r Li%h ,D, Aiarldra Brazil, Buenos Ayres, au- •, S F , a u lk th la a ri m d p l t s . l i d d s u , e o o n n th th e e m l o 6 r ,h oin in g st ..of the 9.12 /Dag" 136 Ceylon. li , dia, the Island of Ascension For th , -, Cape of Good H o - e , p Port Natal, Mauritius, a c n lo r 2 1 4th n it i s 6 ta :t. 8,,., o r n'tb! e ..vntog of the 14 t h i nst., , via - p,yemouih. , Next 'VICO° over due. d Y • For France and Belgium daily (except S n g - i t s) ' Hamburgh, &e.; Tuesday and Frid a y L nipge; •"* ° " --11614 ' &c., Wednesday and Saturday mornings. . . THE COUN Eeial statement o f th e quan • .TRY HAttIiETS. e port of London from. the ports ID • .12. y. 1852, to , he 29th May. 142° ' ' . - • ...; • . 7 . ~ .4 1 , xi et , , 5 • es . 0 . ! i. ,.. _....... " .......— i ---.. ~ 7 -.- r-.- . • .- - 5. ° i) i 25 (i 26 ' 43 • 3 . 0) . 164' 20 • 9b ,, " n • , .—..— 'III -- •- A . B. 180, 6 3° • CHELMSFORD, MAY 28.—Prices to-day were as mom. Wheat, white, 42s to 485 ; red, 37s to 42s ; barley, 27s to 3 00 ; chevaliei 28s to 33 s ; gr i n di ng 22 s to 28 3; ma lt 55s t0' 661 4 chevalier 55s to 58s ; oat s 19 3 t o 25 s ; p eas , p a rtridge, to 313 ; white, 298 to 31s ; boiling, 3ls to 33s ; dun, ne w ' to 30s ; beans, tick, 26s to 30 s ; h arrow ti c k s , 271 to 318; mazagan, 25s to 295. rad 39 1 COLCHESTER, MAY 29.—Wheat, white 44s to 475; to 423 ; oats, 21s to 235; b eans , mazagan 26 s t o as; niB6 ' t , and small 28s to 3I s ; peas, w hit e - 34510 38s, grey, w 2 3Js ; barley, 28s to 30s per qr. 29.—The following are the got..stioo for grain:— Wheat. Barley. First 455 : Od 305 ed Second 43. al 26s ed Third 3ss• Od —s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, MAY 28.—' grain at our market to-day : Wheat. I peat _,.044 03 01 price ces 6d 6d Od 6d , Od - 04 Od , 6d, 6d