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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following, amongst other Bills, were reada second lime : Oxford and Birmingham Railway. Midands Railway (Birmingham to Wolverhampton). Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Birmingham Canal and Railway. Leeds and Bradford Railway. Caledonian Railway (Carlisle branch). West Cornwall Railway. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway. Louth Salisbury and Yeovil Junction Railway. • London South Eastern Railway (Basingstoke Branch). Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Airdrie and Coatbridge Waterworks. North Wales Mineral Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Dean Forest Canal and Railway. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway. Bristol, Birmingham, and Midland Railway. Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Rail ways Amalgamation. South-Eastern (Greenwich and Gravesend). Lord ASHBURTON brought up the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of the Metropolitan Central Railway Termini. • THE SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. Earl POWIS presented several petitions against the union of these sees. The Bishop of SALISBURY also presented a peti tion to the same effect, and another from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Salisbury, in favour of the Louth, SalisbUry, and Yeovil Junction Railway. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table. On the motion of Lord CANNING, the Spitalfields street Bill was read a second time and ordered to be com mitted. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition from Lord Fortescue against the Taw Valley Railway. SUGAR DUTIES. Lord BROUGHAM said he wished t 6 ask the Presi dent of the Board of Trade a question with reference to the sugar duties. He saw by the Votes of the House of Commons that the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment proposed to introduce a temporary Act, continuing the sugar duties for a short period. There could be no objection to that, but he trusted the passing of that Bill would not lead to any delay in the introduction of the further Bill. The Earl of CLARENDON had no hesitation in assuring the Noble and Learned Lord that there would be no delay in introducing a permanent measure upon this subject.—(Hear, hear.) • SALARY OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, Lord BROUGHAM wished to give a general notice of his intention to call the attention of Government to a very important circumstance arising oat of the appointment of Sir Thomas Wilde to the office of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. A most improper and unconstitutional negotiation had taken place at the time of the appointment of Lord Denman to the office of Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench between the Noble Lord and the Treasury, by which the Noble Lord consented to 8,0001. a year instead of 10,000/ , the sum originally granted to Lord Tenterden by the 6th of Geo. IV. That negotiation he contended, was most unconstitutional, and the Noble Lord had no right to take less than the 10,0001. a year, payable quarterly, nor had tha Treasury any right t interfere in the matter. The Act, of Parliataei. made the money payable to the individual, and in his opinion it was highly improper to bargain for jitzl:;e3!dps in this way.—( hear.) trusted, therefana that no such arrangement had beca come to with the present Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. lie must acid, in giving this notice, that he did not wish to impugn the character or integrity of Lord Denman, than whom a purer and more upright judge bad never sat upon the bench.—(Cheers.) The Act says 10,000 i., and the financial statement only 8,000/. lie only wished that the matter should be lookel into, and if there were no other Act found, then that the evil should be remedied. Earl GUTLY acknowledged that the Noble avid Learned Lord (Lord Brougham) had called the attention of the House to a very important subject. The fact was that in 1830 a committee had bean formed for the revi sion of all the salaries of the several officials of the state, and ,it was by them claiith-d that the whole Hat should be revised, and that the several salaries of those officials, including those of the judicial officers, should be revised arid pi o:p etively required. It was a great pity that alien Lord Aslibtalou's coir.miuee was sitting the Noble and Learned Lord hail not turned his atten tion to it, and the more especially as he himself was the chief authority by whom the charge was guaranteed. Lord BRO LTG fiAM—I did not know it. Earl GREY—Did not know it I Why, from his own knowledge, he could say that the Noble anti Learned Lord must have knowa it at the time, for lie was Chan cellor at the time, and certainly it was his dirty to have inquired into the matter. But this he would say, that his Noble Friend at the head of the Government would take care, if' it was necessary, to bring in such a Bill for rectifying the evil. Lord BROUG 'IAN! was astonished to hear one No'ala Lord contradict, on his. own knowlede, what he had jumt now asserted on his honour that he was ignorant of. What might be the Noble Lord's notion of discretion he could not say, but this he would assert, that he knew nothing of the matter until it was brought under his notice by Mr. Justice Botanquet and Mr. Justice Patteson, and not only did he not know of :it, but it was quite contrary to his opinion. The Noble Earl had stated that he ought to have done that under the circumstances the Nob!e Earl was himself unable to do, wiz, pass an Act of Parliament under circumstances which it was impossible to do ; that is, to pass an Act when he was, as the Noble Earl was himself now, in a minority in that House. The truth was, that nobody knew anything about that which concerned every body and for which nobody cared, Such was the case, ac. cording to' the Noble Earl's notion, but it was not his notion ; and as he was not nobody, but somebody, he believed that this was a matter which required a careful looking after. Accordingly his own impression was that 10,00001. a year was a very proper sum to be given to the Lord Chief Justice, and he thought that a judge ought to be rendered independent of any Government. The Noble Earl had contradicted him flatly in the first sen tence, but had dwindled down to a probable contradic tion in the last. Truly, the Noble Earl ought to have better grounds to go upon than these. Lord CAMPBELL must agree entirely with his Noble and Learned Friend opposite that things should not remain as they were ; and east, if it were necessary, an Act of Parliament ought to be immediately brought in to remedy the defect. The salaries of the judges ought not to depend upon any arrangement be tween the judges and the Government. Now, his Noble Friend who sat near him had intimated no opinion on this subject—on the contrary, be had stated in the most distinct terms, that the Noble Lord, now at the head of the Government, would in quire into it, and that, if' it were necessary, an Act of Parliament should be introduced for remedying the matter. There could be no doubt that if there had been an Act of Parliament passed, if Lord Denman, or any of his executors chose to insist on their rights, they would be entitled to recover tho balance of the whole of the specified salary, but he (Lord Cam )bell) must declare that he never heard of such an Act of Parlia— ment. His Noble and Learned Friend opposite ought, if he felt that these matters required a remedy to have brought in an Act when he occupied the seat on the Woolsack ; he was the party that should have seen that all these things were right. His Noble and Learned Friend had said that he could not have carried such a Bill. He (Lord Campbell) knew that his Noble and Learned Friend had carried Bills despite of the large majorities with which his mea. sures were threatened, and he also knew that if he bad introduced a Bill on this subject, it would have passed both Houses of the Legislature with perfect unanimity. His Noble and Learned Friend could not say that he disapproved of the arrangement, and he continued to hold the Great Seal, and he (Lord Campbell) knew his spirit and his courage too well to suppose that had he failed in carrying such a measure he would not have continued to hold office ; he would not suffer his opinion on such a subject to be over ruled. The Noble and Learned Lord, therefore, ap peared to him to blame himself, after the manner of the Pope, who said, "Judie() me cremari." He acknowledged himself to be in the wrong. Lord BROUGHAM said, that if he took a share of the blame to himself so must his Noble and Learned Friend now on the Woolsack, who was his successor in office, and who had likewise failed to introduce such a Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that he had been the con sulting engineer, and when he surveyed the country had come to the decision that a line towards London would be best carried out by Woodhouse Mill, and that opinion was con firmed by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line being sanc tioned by Parliament. There was ne opportunity for the Sheffield and Manchester line to come down by the Chesterfield line. The Bradford traffic would come by the Sheffield and Manchester line, and the junction would be best effected at Woodho use Mill . T his line was certainly laid out inconveniently for the coal-fields, running as they do through two deep cuttings. The esti mates of the opposing lines are certainly much higher than Mr. Fowler's route, for which the amount stated is 867,0001.; another was 883,0001., and a third 887,0001. To Mr. TALBOT'S cross-examination, Mr. Locke replied that he had executed works through rocks at a lower rate than 40/. a yard, but of course the expense depended upon the nature of the rock to be passed through. Certainly the country was a difficult one. Mr. HOPE cross-examined ; but previous to his addressing the Committee the room was cleared, and on th e re - a d m i ss i on the parties, the Chairman inquired of Mr. Talbot, the reading counsel for the promoters, whether he could inva lidate the evidence of Mr. Fowler, who had stated that 64,0001. per mile would be requisite for the formation of the lines. To this Mr. Talbot replied that he could not speak certainly. By direction of the CHAIRMAN Mr. HOPE then addressed the Committee, contending that both from the expense of the sustaining walls and the alter nate expense of the spoil and waste, it would be altogether beyond the power of any traffic to remunerate the proprie tors. Mr. Yignoles bad stated that he was the father of the steep gradients, and as thewhole of the flat country had been exhausted, that difficult country must now be attempted. It had been originally intended th a t th e M anchester and Shef fi eld line should pass through this country , but both Mr. Locke, engineer for that li ne , an d M r. Gee, wlio, was also intimate with the country, thought the proper access of Sheffield to the south was by Woodhouse. The line as ori ginally planned had been divested of five of its branches, and was absolutely now a distortion, and quite incompetent to satisfy that wart which was now felt for communica tion with the south. Mr. Vignoles had proposed five objects, the shortening of the distance of Sheffield from London by eight miles; the cheapening of the price of coals at Sheffield ; the opening of the Dronfield and B ur l ow coal-beds ; a bett er commun i cat i on with the south, and the increase of the access to other coal-fields. After going through all those points, and making reference to the evi dence which had been adduced, Mr. Hope went to the intrin sic merits of the line itself, which he contended were insuffi cient to justify its formation, especially on the ground that the population was too small to create a traffic upon any line in the neighbourhood. The local traffic thus failing, the next consideration was the through traffic, and this, he contended was also such as not to justify the expenditure of so much capital. With respect to the saving of eight miles. which it was alleged would he saved by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line, which was now sanctioned by both Houses of Parliament, the greater distance would be only 34 miles, while if the line were to be used as now projected, the trains from the north would have to back fully a mile, and thus the distance would thereby be actually reduced to 14 miles. Then with respect to the transit to London, there was a distance by th e Lon don and York Company o f 160 miles, with a difference of nine miles against the Midland Counties, with the superior advan tage if a united management; and if the Erewash Valley were to be used, there would be a saving of a mile and a half. Mr. TALBOT replied, resting chiefly in the outset upon the opening made by the station at Brighton. The Sheffield people were notoriously a persevering people; but it was a fact which was patent to all the world, that just as the London and York Railway had progressed to Parliamentary success—a line which involved three hundred miles of rail way—so bad the worth of its capital decreased. He would treat with the contempt which it merited the hardy assertion of Mr. Fowler, that the whole of that line would be made before this little line of thirteen miles long was con structed. He would assert that on the line of the London and York there was not a single town of the slightest com mercial importance, while on the other line there was access to Sheffield, Nottingham, and Derby, and the several other places connected with the great manufacturing interests of the country. After going through the evidence upon the transit of coal from the neighbouring coal-fields to Sheffield, the Learned Counsel stated that the projectors had reduced their capital by 50 per cent., in order to meet the necessities of the times and the emergencies that might arise to the business people of Sheffield, and the considera tion for the Committee was not the amount of capital to be employed, but whether it would be judiciously ex pended for the public benefit. With respect to the estimates, it was well known that half-a- dozen valuers might be brought on one side or the other, and all speaking to different portions of the subject, might speak the truth, and yet flatly contradict each other, but he had opened this case as one necessarily involving heavy works. The pro moters were quite willing to take upo n th emse l ves the ex pense, so that no objection could stand on that account. The North Midland Company, into whose hands this line must eventually fall, were quite ready to take it up, The people of Sheffield were equ a ll y anxious for its success; and after the rejection of the line last yea r a meet i ng had been held, at which the repetition of the e ff ort was strongly recommended. For himself, he regretted that the pro moters had no better advocate; but he felt that in zeal and earnestness he had fully done his duty by his clients. The room was then cleared, and on the re-admission of parties the Chairman declared that the Bill was not proved, and it is, therefore, for the present lost. TOBACCO DUTIES. Dr. BOWRING rose to call the attention of the House to a return, No. 295, moved for by Mr. Hume, and ordered to be printed on the 11th May last, exhibit ing, in a record of nearly one hundred folio pages, the miseries and the crimes created by the enormous duties levied on tobacco. The duties at present levied !tpon this raw article were enormous, amounting to as much as 300 or 400 per cent. A motion to reduce the duty to a very small amount had been only negatived, upon a former occasion, by a majority of one—that one was the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He (Dr. Bowring) did net dispute for a moment that it was the duty of every Chancellor to attend to the revenue. There were far more seizures of tobacco than any other article, for, by the return of May 1846, there were 538 seizures of tobacco, 171 of spirits, of tea 11, of silk 10, and 25 of all other articles. With regard to the convictions before magistrates, there were in England, from the Ist of January in 1843, no less than 430 convictions. In 1844, there were 583 ; iu 1845, there were 702 ; and in 1846 there were 872, being an increase of cent. per cent. since 1843. In Ireland, in 1843, there were 61 convic ' Lions ; in 1844 there were 149 ; in 1845 there were 132 ; and in 1846 there were 155. In Scotland, in 1843 there were 37 convictions ; and from that time to 1846 there were 204; giving, on the whole, an increase generally of 250 per cent. during the last four years. But he did not mean to trouble the House at any length with the details of the cases of injustice he had cited. If Hon. Members would turn over the leaves of that vo luminous and persuasive document which had been laid on the table on the subject, they would be better con vinced than they could be by any language of his, of the huge and increasing amount of offences which grew out of the existing state of things. Then there had been a great increase in the number of vessels engaged in the tobacco trade. 19,564 vessels, of about altogether four millions of tons, were engazed in the trade ; in the Ame rican and Baltic trade 145,386 tons of shipping ; and if the sAilors engaged in these ships each took—and no doubt they did-301bs. out of these stores, the amount introduced, independent of the coasting trade, would be nearly three millions of tons. Some was also brought to the shore in boats, and landed in the various rivers ; and no doubt large quantities were taken from the ves sels and landed in the night time. Even large quantities were deposited on the banks of the Thames, and brought into the very heart of the city in open day. Smuggling existed in almost every quarter of England ; it employed the wealthy and influential as well as the poor. He knew it was very difficult to discover how far it was carried on, but the general opinion was that the amount of tobacco smuggled was fully eqqal to that which paid duty. He believed that there was in this metropolis 130,000 shops where it was retailed to the public. and it was quite impossible for the exciF.e to exercise over those houses a proper surveillance. it was true that the number of seizures had been latterly on an increase. The total amount seized within the last two years was 266,321 pounds, which showed a great increase on former years, but it was nothing in comparison to the amount which was introduced into the country in an illicit manner. In the evidence which was given before the Committee of Investigation, it appeared that 40,0001b5. of Dutch snuff was annually introduced which never paid duty, and, indeed, he believed that Dutch snuff, of which a great quantity was used in this country, almost never paid any excise duty. He admitted that the article of tobacco was a proper article for the imposition of a duty; but he thought these duties should not be so high as to have the effect of maximising the motives and inducements of the smug gler. The continuance of these high duties had a very injurious effect on the morals of the people, he believed there was scarcely a sailor who was not either a user or importer of illicit tobacco. The number of boatmen who did not avail themselves of the opportunity of smug gling tobacco was exceedingly small. Altogether 478,042 persons were probably engaged in defrauding the revenue with respect to tobacco. On these grounds lie did think he had made out a case for a searching inquiry by the House; and he appealed to the Noble Lord, whose benevolence was proverbial, to turn his serious attention to the subject when revising the import duties, and he hoped the relaxatio❑ he recom mended would take place, although some loss might ry,ssibly be sustained. He appealed also to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give his atten tion to it, and concluded by moving the adoption of the motion. After a few words from Mr. GREENE and Lord CLIvS Dr. BOWRING opposed the Bill, and said that in his opinion the appointment of a Bishop of Jerusalem of it self would lead to great di: satisfaction and disadvantage. He contended that a reverend gentleman, because he had been appointed to that bishopric, had no right to come to that ll , Juse and claim to be naturalised. Mr. HUTT also opposed the Bill, because he thought it was framed in direct opposition to the spirit of the Act of Parliament at present in force on the subject of naturalisation. Lord JOHN MANNERS advised the Hon. Member who had introduced the Bill to withdraw it. Mr. BOUVE !TIE was also opposed to the Bill. Sir W. JAMES said he should be sorry, if the reverend gentleman really wished to avail him self of the privilege possessed by British subj(c's to give any opposition to the Bill ; but as long as the rev. gentleman was not about to reside in England, he could not see why he should seek for such privileges. Mr. HODGSON said that' it was the first time he ever heard any objection to the second reading of a naturalisation Biil, and his Hon. Friend, before calling on him to show his reason for such a Bill, should have stated his reasons against it. Mr. ESCOTT said that this case did not come within the provisions of the Act, but still lie thought that no obstacles should be thrown in the way of the reverend gentleman. Mr. J. COLLETT moved that the second reading of the Bill be posponed until that day week, as the Government should certainly know the object of such a Bill. Lord CLIVE seconded the motion. Mr. lIUME regretted that her Mcijesty's Ministers were not present to explain. Mr. T. DUNCOMIjE said that it was desired that the Swiss gentleman, who held office as Bishop of Jeru salem, should ba Bishop of Jerusalem for England; and in order to effect that, it was necessary to grant letters of naturalisation. He saw no objection to such a course. Sir J. GRAHAM said that there were some inaccu racies in the statement made by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. In the first place, the appointment of the bishop did not rest with the British Government, but with the King of Prussia. Under an Act which had been passed power was given to the Secretary of State to advise her Majesty under certain limits to grant letters of naturalisation, and one was, that the party shoulii be resident in this country. He cid not know the circumstances under which the present Bill was brought forward, nor the advantage which the rev, gentleman proposed to himself by wishing to be naturalised ; but he presumed that it could be explained by the Hon. Gentleman who brought forward the motion„ He did not think the Bill should be passed as a matter of course. Special reasons should be shown for grant ing this naturalisation. If . those reasons were shown, and appeared sufficient to him, he should not oppose the Bill. The onus of proving these special reasons rested with the promoters of the Bill. Mr. EW ART quite agreed with the opinions of the Right Hon. Baronet who last addressed the House ; he thought the proper course would be to have the Bill printed; the House would then be in a position to judge of the merits of the question. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place. After a few words from Dr. BOWBING and Mr. T. D (INCOME, Mr. HODGSON consented to the postponement cf the question for a week. Mr. AGLIONBY thought that the question should be postponed, not merely for the purpose of having the Bill printed, but that when printed, it should be placed in the hands of some of the members of her Ma jesty's Government, in order to have from them a statement of the course they would adopt with reference to the Bill. He did not wish to see it thrown out at once without any inquiry— There could be no doubt that the rev. gentleman was de facto the Bishop of Jerusalem. He would suggest that the matter should stand over for a week, in order that it might receive the consideration of the House. Mr. HODGSON said as many Hon. Members had expressed a wish to have further information on the subject before the Bill was read a second time, he begged, by the permission of th e H ouse , to postpone the motion until Friday. Mr. COLLETT moved that the Bill be printed, in order that the House might be in possession of the details of the measure, but as the motion was not seconded it fell to the ground. Mr. HUTT reminded the Hon. Member that the House was fully in possession of the facts, and that no advantage would be gained by going to the expense of printing the Bill. Lord Kinnaird's (Sir John Webb's) Estate Bill was read a third time. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Mr. TGORNELY presented a petition from Bury, :n Lancashire, praying for the abolition of the punish ment of death. Mr. FIUME seconded the motion, and earnestly ap pealed to the Noble Lord to give the tobacco duties his most serious consideration. He should not consider the principle of free trade properly carried out unless a re• vision of those duties took place, a reduction of wh ch he believed would prevent great immorality in the country. The motion having been put by the Speaker, Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN rose to address the -House, when Room D. An tioN. MEMBER remarked that there were not forty Members present. _ _ T embera of this Committee re-assembl e d t o -d a y ai eleven he o'clock.rn Strangei-s were ordered to withdraw, and there bein/ but thirty- four Members present, the House adjourne until twelve to-morrow. IPSWICH AND BURT ST. EDMUND'S (NORWICH EXTENSION.) Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., opened the case for the promoters, and in the course of his address stated that the line which his clients had projected was entitled to the favourable consider ation of the Committee, as it possessed all the attributes de sirable in a project of tL is description. It met a great desidera tum, was supported by the landed proprietary of three. fourths of the whole line, was opposed only by the Norfolk Railway Company—a competing: company, who had themselves projected a similar scheme last year; was favourable, as regarded engineering features, and could be constructed for 550,0001., which was a very moderate es timate. RAILWA Y COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. A select Committee on the Midland and Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Weedon) and the Blacksluice Drainage Bill, met in Room A (New Houses of Parliament) at eleven o'clock this morning. The members are Lord Beaumont (Chairman), and Lords Foley, Penshurst, Ran furley, and Munster. Their Lordships first took the case of the BLACESLIT/CE DRAINAGE. The case was opened by counsel for the promoters, and Mr. Cubitt was called to give the engineering evidence. A witness was also examined on general points, and the Bill, being unopposed, was passel. Mr. W. Barnard, a mill occupier on the line, was exam i ne d, and deposed to the merits of the line in affording greater facility for the transit of the traffic between Norwich and Ipswich, which was very considerable. After bearing some further evidence to th e same e ff ec t , Mr. Stewart, of Norwich, was examined, and stated that the present mode of transit was quite inadequate to meet the wants of that town, and _that the pr o p ose d ra il way would be very advantageous to the inhabitants. Evidence was also given as to the feeling of the inhabitants along the line, as well as in other places affected by the rail way, and which was represented as being very favourable to the project. _ _ _ MIDLAND AND EASTERN' COUNTIES (CAMBRIDGE TO WEEDON). Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. E. James, appeared for the promoters; Mr. Austin and Mr. Calvert for seventy-two petitioners against the Bill. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAISI opened the case for the pro moters. Their Lordships were aware that the network of railways which was now spreading itself through the eastern counties of England, concentrated at Cambridge. They were also aware that the lines connected with the London and Birmingham line con centrated at Weedon. Now, the object of this line was to connect these places with one another by the most direct flue possible under the circumstances. The length of the line was thirty-eight miles. Commencing at Cambridge, it crossed the London and York at St. Neots, and joined a branch of the London and Birmingham at White-mills, at somewhat less than ten miles from Weedon, to which place that branch afforded a direct communication. It had originally been proposed to early the line up to Weedon ; bui this being objected to by the London and Birmingham Com pany, it had been given up, and the making of the line from White Mills to Weedon was left to them. The line would afford an almost direct communication between Oxford and Cambridge, which had been proposed by a line that came be fore a Committee of their Lordships' House a short time ago, but which could not be effected by that Bill, it having been reduced by amendment to a mere local line from liitchin to Royston. The present Bill was only opposed by one petition, that of seventy-two owners and occupiers -of land, for whom his Learned Friend Mr. Austin appeared. That opposition was, in reality, on the part of the Eastern Counties Railway, as, he thought, their Lordships would very soon perceive. Many of the petitioners had been settled with, and many (he believed thirty) had signed a petition, in which they begged leave to withdraw their opposition, saying that they were not aware of the Contents of the petition when they signed it, and indeed they thought at the time that it was a petition in favour of the line. That petition had not yet been presented, but would be in a day or two. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM then proceeded to call witnesses on the part of the promoters. Mr. Blyth, engineer to the line under Mr. Miller, gave the usual engineering evidence—the works were all of a light character, and there were no considerable engineering diffi culties, A - flexsome further evidence in corroboration of the preced ing, Mr. TALBOT said that the case for the promoters with reference to the traffic was concluded, and that they would defer entering upon the engineering evidence till to •morrow. The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'clock to morrow. TANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lord s hi ps met at the usual hour, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. The business to-day was rather heavy, there being 25 Bills (24 Railway), besides 27 Bills (13 Railway) on the merits. The following Bills were disposed of on standing orders : SWANSEA VALE. The amendment for which the case had been adjourned having been made, the Bill passed in its amended form. STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE. Standing orders complied with. SOUTH DEVON AMENDMENT AND BRANCHES (No. 2). The promoters of this Bill had complied with the standing orders. HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL (OLDHAM BRANCH). The same was the case in this instance. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. B. ESTCOTT gave notice that on Friday next, he would move for a return of all persons who had been committed for vagrancy in Ireland, or who had been sentenced to transportation or subjected to any other punishment for the last twelve months. WINDOW TAX. Lord DUNCAN begged to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the ExcheqUer. It appeared from a circular he held in his hand that the Metropolitan Buildings Act came into operation on the Ist July last, and by that Act certain penalties were inflicted for not having a sufficient number The LORD CHANCELLOR disclaimed having any share in the blame; and the subject then dropped. ROPEMAKERS' BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to bo brought up on Thursday. CORONERS' (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and th e report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday. JUVENILE OFFENDERS' BILL. The adjourned debate on the second reading of this Bill wits postponed. Lord CAMP.BELL had the authority of the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench for this Bill, but thought age should be an element in the consideration. And this because the law on felony and misdemeanour got into very fantastical conclusions. If a few hairs were to be taken from a cow's or a horse's tail, and away carried, that was a felony ; but if tett cart loads were to be taken and brought back again, that would be only a misde meanour ; and the subject was one of great importance, and one requiring much consideration. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought was clear that a Bill of this importance could not receive its due consideration, and he thought that the Noble Lord had exercised a due discretion in withdrawing it. Of course he could not be expectad to give any opinion as to its peculiar advantages now, but he would assure the Noble Lord that it would receive the careful considera tion of the Government. BATTERSEA PARK AND CHELSEA EMBANK. MENT. FURNESS - EMNTAY EXTENSION. Their Lordships declared the standing orders complied with in this ease also. MANCHESTER AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY. A similar decision was made in this case. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VALLEY (BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY LINES). The same applies to this case. OLDHAM, MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, AND BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION. A favourable decision was made in this case also. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Standing orders complied with. Several other Bills were part heard and adjourned, and the Committee proceeded to the cases which came before them as a Select Committee on Merits. Their Lordships decided that the promoters of the HUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD, AND MAN CHESTER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION had proved the preamble of their Bill. GRAND JUNCTION (HUYTON AND ASTON, AND OTHER BRANCHES). Rie preamble oft his Bill also was Proved. Their Lordships, after disposing of several other Bills, ad journed at a late hour. windows in any cellar or building used as a habitation. Now a party with whom he (Lord Duncan) had been in recent communication, had seven windows in his house, and by the Metropolitan Buildings Act he should have eight. If he added an other window he would incur a duty of eighteen shillings and a' penny, and if he neglected to comply with the provisions of the act, he would be liable to a penalty not exceeding 201. a day for every day he remained without complying with the provisions of the act after due notice had been given to him. Under these circumstances, he (Lord Duncan) wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman if such a person would be exempted from payment of the window -tax? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was almost inaudible in the gallery, was understood I Room B. to complain of having received no notice of the Noble The Committee met this morning at eleven, the Earl of Lord's intention to put such a question. He was not Lonedale in the chair, Lord Hawarden, the Earl of Warwick, aware of the particular provisions of the Metropolitan the Earlof Ellenborough, and the Duke of Grafton present. Buildings Act, but he would make inquiry on the sub- LEICESTER AND BEDFORD. jest, and communicate the result on a future occasion. Counsel proceeded to call further evidence in favour of the POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). On an a d nd co ß m i Bill, and most of the witnesses examined on the subject of Mr. HUME moved that a message be sent to th e traffic spoke of the transit of grazing stock from about Lords, requesting a copy of the evidence taken before a o la t rke . t w f a l n a t rb o o f r a o c u c g o l un to wd S a7t i i i o t a b fi o e n l d th i e n aLro k neat p rm la i i n n g ed . Committee of their Lordships respecting the working of limn line. the poor-laws in Ireland.—Agreed to. -Lir. "HILTIYARD took an objection to The line which had SUGAR DUTIES. b een raised before two Committees of the Co.cm Mr. BAILEY wished to know from the Noble w l_l,l l sat o n th e 'Rugby and Huntingdon Bill,.and G nos'e l one Lord at the head of the Government if it was the Leicest er an d B edford, the Bill before their Lordnslipcsil, his intention to bring forward on Thursday no % t It was founded on an agreement come to between the Rugby a distinct measure in reference to the sugar duties? The and Huntingdon and the Leicester and Bedford Companies, reason he asked the question was, a grea t man y M em - to the effect that one or o th er of these companies would hers were desirous to leave town, and the Noble Lord's construct a part of the line common t o b o th compan i es, between deviation from th e d e f ea t e d p l an on that answer to the question might to a great ext en t a ff ect their determination. the Thorpe-road and the W e lli ng b oroug h- road, if the con 'from sent of the landowners can be got, and powers P li Lord J. RUSSELL said that he h a d s t a t e d on the inent to make it, and meanwhilesuspending their-en preceding evenin g that on Thursday nex t h e wou ld statecompul sory powers for the construction of th a t part of the line. the precise day w h en h e would brin g f orwar d hi s measure Mr. Hildyard argued that th e c o nsen t o f certain parties on relative to the suga r duties. H e wou ld name that portion of the line was of no avail, that only ent the earliest day consistent with his public duties, but could sanction the alienation of glebe land or the pas s im of a Several other witnesses were called and examined, but th e case was suddenly checked by the absence of witnesses, and the Committee rose before three o'clock, and adjourned till to-morrow. r HOUSE OF COMMONS. SELECT COMMITTEE. LARNE, MarxAs T, A ND DAucrmEzra.. The Committee re-assemblecgat one o'clock to-day, Mr. E. Denison in the chair. Mr. Baker, one of the opposing petitioners, stated that, al the rising of th e C ommittee yesterday, an d also this nioin ing, Mr. Lambert, on the part of Mr. Carr, had offered to re lieve him and the other dissentient shareholders of the ccm. pany of the shares they held. He (Mr. Baker) held thirty shares, Mr. Drewitt twenty shares, Mr. Cohen thirty, opposition should cea se . and Mr. Marsh a ll twenty shares. He replied that he could not enter i n t o any agreeme nt except before the Com mittee. Mr. Lambe r t corroborated Mr. Baker ' s statement. The object w as th at Mr. Baker's Mr. 11.1.'Donald a l so stated that Mr. Carr h a d i nformed him that he was very anxious to obtain shares in the company, and therefore was willing to take Mr. Baker's shares and those of the other opposing petitioners. The CHAIRMAN,: said the Committee would not lose sight of the fact that Mr, Carr was not a member of the company, Viscount CANNING begged to move the second reading of the Bill for the embankment of the north bank of the river Thames from Vauxhall-bridge to Battersea-bridge. With this embankment there was to be a suspension hridge somewhere about Chelsea hospital in connexion with Battersea Park as it i 3 now intended to be formed. The whole cost of these improvements Was estimated at 160,000/., but this was not to be all a loss, or a cost, to the ccuntry, for the Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Westmin ster) and other owners of property, had agreed to subscribe to it to the amount of between 40,0001. and 50.000 Z The tolls on the bridge were estimated at 6,0001. per annum, which would give ten per TAE SUN, LONDON , WEDNESDAY EVENING , JULY 15, 1846. . . . . but as their Lordshi 1 TI RLIAMEN T. cen t. o n the cost of' the bridge. The Bill had been 1 certain inquiries had to be made previously, whikne- 1 pq,blic roa d; Psycould not.be certain that but had only come forward as an individual anxious to obtain ' I the next Parliament would give thie Sanction, and the rouse- the forni ctin .if a fir,: , eie't, 1 , , ; o , i..in,n, leelnd bee tilt brought in under the sanction of the Board of Woods cessarily caused a slight delay. WS, July 14. line with a chasm in the middle of it to ' the country through which it passed. I The and Forests, _ _ and he trusted therefore that it would pass Mr. BAILEY understood the Noble Lord to say the length of about two miles, he was sure that their Lord- After some general evidence his seat on the Wool he would proceed with the measure on Thursday next. passed without opposition. ships would not pass such a line. The Committee adjourned to Friday, at one o'clock. peintit Lord KINNAIRD would suggest that, as the report Lord J. RUSSELL-Certainly not. I stated that I th a t quence would be a Mr. Sergeant WBANGHAM, in reply, said that the agree- DINGS. Horse of the Committee of the Metropolitan Termini had been would name then the precise day when I would bring ment was misrepresented, for though the deviation could LATEST PRICES OF SHARES Bills, were reads second laid on the table, the proposed bridge near Chelsea forward my measure. not be constructed for want of the sanction which would be necessary, those compulsory powers to construct the dope- IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- Int Hospital might be made to serve the do ,ble purpose of Mr. BAILEY-Will there be a temporary Bill in ay. a Metropolitan passage of the bridge, and of a railway the meantime. sited line were merely suspended, and remained to provide PANIES' STOCK. Bon to Wolverhampton). Lord JOHN RUSSELL - What I propose is to against any chasm. communication across the Thames. -. 0 -......._ Bur Viscount DUNCANNON believed that if there w a s bri ng i n a t emporary Bill for the continuance of the Mr. HILDYARD replied, and the room was ordered to be From tie Offi E cial List, LY• to be a railway communication at all, it would be far existing duties for a limited time, but at the same time cleared. ÜBLISKED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. vacate The Cit.tutausr informed parties on their re-admission that westward of Chelsea Hospital. to state the nature of the measure which I propose to LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 14. Tow ranch). Committee saw nothing in the objection to prevent them The Bill was then read a second time; and their Lord- bring forward for the permanent regulation of the sugar Bon ships adjourned. duties. proceeding with the Bills. XOINT-STOCIC BANHS. Chanc r Railway'. some Traffic evidence in favour of the line was continued. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE AND NEW PALACE The Committee adjourned till eleven to-morrow. the . -. Dividend 1 Amount Bon action Railway. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 14. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Bon COMMITTEE. (Basingstoke Branch). The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to Four. Annum. Share. Es q., Sir R. H. INGLIS moved that Lord John Russell, Room C. ster, NEW MEMBERS. - - City works. Mr. MILNER GIBSON (Vice-President of the Viscount Ebrington, and Colonel Fox be added to the The Committee re-assembled this morning, Earl Radnor .z s. d. Xa. d. Australasia -....-•• 6/ per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 21 Eitzha Westminster-bridge and New Palace Committee. in the chair, when the M Board of Trade), took the oaths and his seat for the GENERAL POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Fowler, the engineer of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Brashly orth American 51 . . per cent. 50 0050 0 0 43 1 4 Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23% City /lid Manchester Railway. borough of Manchester. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Noble Lord line:was cross-examined by Mr. MERE/MI-IER, and I stated n'oionial . and Dean Forest Canal Lord EBRINGTON (one of the Lords of the Tree - lent in the line would be lin 84. Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27% Bore at the head of the Government if he would be prepared sury), also took the oaths and his seat for the borough leaving Sheffield, it would have to be worked London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 14% Cecil I Canal and Railway. of Plymouth. to state, on Thursday next, to the House and to the On . h assistant power, and as this would be ver, metropolitan - 25 007 10 0 of her and Railway. Messengers from the Court of Chancery and the country upon what principles it was intended to -- y • rather than • such a design itthemineral Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 36 of Stet L Gravesend). NEW WRIT. some information upon the subject. had been proposed, but it had been dropped in consequence Ditto, New.- ••• •• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Bore ht up the report of the Mr. TUFN • • ELL moved a new writ for the election of Lord J. RUSSELL did not think it necessary to of a breach of engagement. Union of Australia.. .• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 251 B art., , Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11% quire into the subject of b tr e ic t b s make any statement upon that subject. The principles Mr. Gee, civil engineer, gave evidence against the Bill toßore aMember for the county of Sutherland in the room of ay Termini.whichintendedconduct the the upon he to Gibson INSITEANCE COMPANIES. Mr. Dundas, who has accepted the office of her Majesty's Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that he had been the con ?Il AND were the same as those which he hadpreviously upon • Bore BANGOR. Solicitor-General. sulting engineer, and when he surveyed the country had come Dividend Amount called acted. ral petitions against the SECOND READINGS. TOBACCO DUTIES. .to the decision that a line towards London would be best Name of Company. per of Paid. Price of her 3 The following Bills were read a second time :- carried out by Woodhouse Mill, and that op' • unon was con- Dr. BOWRING rose to call the attention of the ' r also presented a P eti " Lord Kinnaird's (Sir John Webb s) Estate Bill. firmed by the Sheffieldand Lincolnshire line being sane- - East nother from the Mayor, Spalding's Estate Bill, House to a return, No. 295, moved for by Mr. Hume, boned by Parliament. There Xs. Xs. 8. was ne opportunity Albion -....••• • • • • • 31. 103. 500 0 50 0 0 74 be Capi and ordered to be printed on the 11th May last, exhibit- for the Sheffield and Manchester line ilisbury, in favour of the Yeovil Borough Estate Bill.. to come Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 11 0 0 18% COMmi ing, in a record of nearly one hundred folio pages, the down by the Chesterfield line. The Bradford traffic Ditto Marine. •.• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 50 0 51 motion Railway. REPORTS. miseries and the crimes created by the enormous duties would come by the Sheffield and Manchester line, and the Atlas . • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 50 0 16% Nort' if Commons brought up The foll • Bills consideredand owing reports on were Ito lie on the table, adopted:- this raw article were enormous, amounting to as much line was certainly laid out inconveniently for the coal-fields,' Clencl Med.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 210 0 6% be NING, the Spitalfields- Billingsgate Market. as 300 or 400 per cent. A motion to reduce the duty to running as they do throughtwo deep cuttings. The esti- Crown •.•••.•• .. • . • . 31. 100 0 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 50 0 - Co Derb e and ordered to be corn- Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and a very small amount had been only negatived, upon a mates of the opposing hoes are certainly much higher than Eagle ••• Laugher Railway, former occasion, by a majority of one-that one was the for which the amount Mr. Fowler's route, . stated is 867,0001.; Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 20 0 2% Commi wesented a petition from Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Chancellor ofthe Exchequer. He (D B • • r. °wring) did another was 883,0001., and a third 887,000/. European Life .. -•• 5% per cent. 20 0 All paid. 20 s' ......... 51. per cent. 20 0 Freemasons' 3 0 0 Valley Railway. Railway. net dispute for a moment that it was the duty of every To Mr. TALBOT'S cress-examination, Mr. Locke r lied epGlobe - 136 Dula that he bad executed works through rocks at a lower rate Guardian .......• •• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 36 10 0 48 -J. P. DIES. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway. Chancellor to attend to the revenue. There were far than 40/. a-but of c }aid,course the expense depended upon Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 50 0 0 240 Co wished t 6 ask the Presi- Tunbridge Wells Improvement. more seizures of tobacco than any other article, for b , Y.. the nature of the rock to be used b p t-rough. Certainly the sal Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 ig o 0 16% Royi question with reference York and North Midland Railway (widening and en- the return of May 1846, there were 538 seizures It Indemnity Marine. .. • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 13 129 a of . .. of country was a difficu one. Ramsa , ae Votes of the House of largement). tobacco, 171 spirits, of tea 11, of silk 10, and 25 of all Mr. HOPE cross-examined; but previous to his addressing Law Life............ 11.55. 100 0 10 0 0 52 R. Trol the head of the Govern- THIRD READINGS. other articles. With regard to the convictions before the Committee the room was cleared, and on , there-admission Legal an IGe neral Life - 50 0 20 0 6% aporary Act, continuing The following Bills were read a third time and magistrates, there were in England,from - parties,Ch • • • the Ist of .e, ( the the airman inquired of Mr. Talbot, the London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 12 10 0 14% London Ship .. .. od. There could be no passed:- January in 1843, no less than 430 convictions. In 1844, reading counsl for the promoters, whether he could inva- Marine.. ..... •• • • the passing of that Bill Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway there were 583 ;iu 1845, there were 702 ; and in 1846 lidate the evidence of Mr. Fowler, who had stated that Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4341. per ct .50 0 20 0 3 the Cei i the introduction of the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improve- there were 872, b • increas e of being an 64,0001. per mile would be requisite for the formation of the National Lean Fund Si. per cent. 20 0 210 0 234 lane CI ment. since 1843. In Ireland, in 1843, there were 61 convic- • Mr. lines. To this Talbot replied that he could not speak National Life.... Palladium Life B/. per cent. 100 0 51. per cent. 50 0 50 0 934 Fredi 2 0 0 2/. Os. T had no hesitation in MANCHESTER AID SOUTHAMPTON RAIL- certainly. July 2:3 tions ;in 1844 there were 149 •in 1845 there were Phcenix . - - 205 d Lord that there would WAY. , By direction of the CHAIRMAN Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 10 0 1/. 3s. Court o 9 • and in 1846 there were 155. InScotland, 13- , . in ermanent measure upon Ali.. HOPE moved the consideration of the report onMr. HOPE then addressed the Committee, contending that Provident Life - ...... 1/. ss. 100 0 10 0 0 23 hall-sty 1843 there were 37 convictions ; and from that time to both from the expense of the sustaining walls and the alter- Rock LiM............ 4s. 5 0 010 0 4% t eg b ury this Bill. The report was then considered and agreed • • Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 198 Willi CHIEF JUSTICE. to without discussion. 1846 there were 204; giving, on the whole, an increase nate expense of the spoil and waste, it would be altogether Sun Fire ......... •. . 6/. 10s. - - 210 , :A generally of 250 per cent. during the last four years. beyond the power of any traffic to remunerate the proprie- Ditto 49 onuge, I to give a general CURTIS'S DIVORCE BILL. Life .. But he did not mean to trouble the House at any length tors. Mr. Yignoles had stated that he was the father of the Universal Life • - - 10% Lpr cut 100 0 615 0 22 21, at cm all the attention of This Bill was read a third time and passed. with the details of the cases of injustice he had cited. steep gradients, and as thewhole of the flat country had been it circumstance arising PLYMOUTH GREAT WES TERN DOCKS BILL. If Hon. Members would turn over the leaves of that vo- exhausted, that difficult country must now be attempted. LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Adam' Thomas Wilde to the This Bill was read a third time and passed. luminous and persuasive document which had been laid It had been originally . intended that the Manchester 20 Dividend Amount of July :lemon Pleas. A most WEXFORD HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT BILL. on the table on the subject, they would be better con- and Sheffield line should pass through this country, Name , of Company. per Paid. Price Bankru negotiation had taken This Bill was read a third time and passed. • winced than they could be by any language of his, of the but both Mr. Locke, engineer for that line, and Mr. Gee, who Annum. Share. Lombat appointment of Lord SLIGO SHIP CANAL BILL. huge and increasing amount of offences which grew out also intimate with the country, thought the proper a ' cces ° was of Sheffield to the south was by Woodhouse. The line • s £s.d..£ s. d - Robe] Lord Chief Justice This Bill was read a third time and passed. as ori Strand, of the existing state of things. Then there had been a ginally planned had been divested of five of its Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 170 he Noble Lord and the CAMBRIDGE IMPROVEMENT BILL. branches, and Court areal increase in the number of vessels engaged in the - was absolutely now a distortion, and quite incompetent Royal Bank of Scotland 6/per to.. . cent. - 100 0 0 156 ord consented to 8,000/. The report of the Committee on this Bill was con- ' British Linen Company Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 223 Craven tobacco trade. 19,5 64 vessels, of about altogether four satisfy that want which was now felt for communi in originally granted to sidered and adopted. e millions of tons, were engaeed in the trade ;in the ®me- lion with the south. Mr. Vignoles had ca- Commercial Bank -.• per cent. - 100 0 0 163 Fred( proposed flee National Bank 6/. per cent. lO 0 0 15 Middle: to. IV. That negotiation BISHOP OF JERUSALEM'S NATURALISATION r • •' " shipping - 50 0 0 02% Court e itutional, and the Noble BILL. the sailors engaged in these ships each took-and no London by eight miles; the cheapening of the price of Western Bank - ... •• • 6/. per cent. - 50 00 85 court, I hen tl'e lO,OOOl. a year ' , Mr. HODGSON moved the second reading of this doubt they did-301bs. out of these coals at Sheffield ; the opening of the Dronfield and Burlow stores, the amount North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 71, 4 Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 131 Thom Treasury any right to Bill . introduced, independent of the coasting trade, would be coal-beds; a better communication with the south, and the Eastern Bank-. .- • • 5/. per cent. 10 00 1 i at elev( le Act, of Parlian:e7.t After a few words from Mr. GREENE and Lord OLIVE, nearly three millions of tons. Some was also brought increase of the acce ss to other coal-fields. After going Caledonian Bank - 210 0 4 Follett, i the individual, and Dr. BOWIIING opposed the Bill, and said that in his to the shore in boats, and landed in the various rivers ; through all those points, and making reference to the evi- Edinb.& Glasgow Ban 6/. per cert. - 50 0 7% Taylor, h i4ll ly improper to opinion the appointment of a Bishop of Jerusalem of it- and no doubt large quantities were taken from the ves- dence which had been adduced, Sir. Hope went to the intrin- .:i c i t o y tt oLf ' i ; b l;s i lo n w i its Bank. eo 5 5 / 1: pe r cen t t. . 20 - 0 0 10 0 0 1394 willi, sic . merits of the line itself; which he contended were insuffi•• 6 71. l ie e r r cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 241.49;1 street, J iy.-( Hear, hear.) IL self would lead to great diesatisfaction and disadvantag,e. sels and landed in the night time. Even larcre uantities e 1 Hercules Insuranc'e . Co. the Cou arran,_crenacnt, had been He contended that a reverend gentleman, because he had were deposited 0.1 the bnl- of the Thames, acs and brought population was too small to create a traffic upon any line in North of Scetlnd 5/. per cent. ,10 0 0 All paid. io q Brit!sh Insur 5% 1. pr cent. ;200 0 0 10 0 0 28 manbur Fief Justice o f the been appointed to that bishopric, had no right to i nt -.„ , ' 9 the, eery heart of the city in open day, the neighbourhood. The local traffic thus failing, the next Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent.lloo 0010 0 0 22 Gerar ast add, in giving this come to that Heuse, and claim to be naturalised. Edinimr g h Smuggling existed in almost every quarter of England ; consideration was the through traffic, and this, he contended Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% G ld e 'T alee opposed the Bill, because ipugn the character or Mr. 111.51. ..s was also such as not to justify the expenditure of so much Eden. &Maw. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 2 ou -e it empleyed the wealthy and influential wellas the . as 2, at h Ditto, % Shares- • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 whom a purer and more it was framed in direct opposition to the spirit of the "if it. capital. With respect to the saving of eight miles. which it . official a poor. e knew was very difficult to discover how far Ectin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 15% the bench.-(Cheers.) Act of Parliament at present in force on the subject of i was alleged would he saved by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire t was carried on, but the general opinion was that the GI as,„r w & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 7' a Pounten inancial statement only naturalisation. line, which was now sanctioned by both Houses of Parliament, Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/ per cent. 25 0 0 _lll aid 1W Willis amount of tobacco smuggled was fully (lied to that the matter should be Lord JOHN MANNERS advised the Hon. Member the greater distance would be only 34 miles, while if the line Glsgw& Gamkirk Rail. 5/: per cent. 25 0 0 All p 2 paid. 40% Henry which paid duty. He believed that there was in this Dundee& no other Act found, who had introduced the Bill to withdraw it. were to be used as now projected, the trains from the north Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. i 37 h h- , c urc . died. Mr. BOUVERIE was aleo opposed to the Bill. metropolis 130,000 shops where it was retailed to the would have to back fully a mile, and thus the distance would Standard Life Asstirnce.l 5/. per cent. 50 00210019 en n rt ni that t} :e Noble sad said he shrmlii I , cs curer , t . Sir W. JAMES • f I, public.. and it was quite impossible for the excise to therehv he notiv,ll‘, ec.e1,,,,,,,i CO 14 milog Tina., ..,:et. _____ . TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Jutv 11, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, ap pointing Henry Charles Duke of Norfolk to be Master of the Horse to her Majesty. CROWN- OFFICE, Jinx 14. MEMBIRS RITURNXD TO SERVE IN THIS PRESINT PARLIAMENT. Borough of the Tower Hamlets—Charles Richard Fox, Esq , Surveyor-General of her Majesty's Ordnance. Burghs of Leith, &e.—Andrew Rutherford, Esq., Lord Ad ' vocate of Scotland. Town of Perth—The Hon. Fox Maule, Secretary at War. Borough of Halifax—The Right Hon. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Borough of Taunton—The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. Borough of Greenwich —James Whitley Deans Dundas, Esq., one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. - City of Gloucester—Captain the Hon. Maurice Frederick Eitzhardinge Berkeley, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 34 City of Chester—John Jervis, Esq., her Majesty's At torney-General. 35 Borough of Evesham—The Right Hon. Arthur Marcus NI Cecil Hill, commonly:called Lord Marcus Hill, Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. y Borough of Tiverton—The Right Hon. Henry John Vis ) count Palmerston, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Borough of Devonport—The Right Hon. George Grey, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Borough of Manchester—The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, Vice President of the Board of Trade. Borough of Plymouth—Hugh Fortescue, Esq., commonly called Viscount Ebrington, one of the Lords Commissioners ice of her Majesty's Treasury. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia—J. N. Walker, Esq., to I be Captain, June 19. 1% Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of •A Yorkshire. Li North York Regiment of Militia—J. J. Robinson, Esq., to '7 be Captain, vice E. Turton, resigned, July 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. • Derbyshire Militia—M. Brooks, Gent., to be Lieutenant, ,% April 20. 34 Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry —J. P. Lord, Gent. :to be Cornet, Ap r il 24. Commissions b'y the Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain W. R. Ramsay to be Major, vice Aitchison, deceased; Lieutenant R. Trotter to be Captain, vice Ramsay, promoted, J une 27. BANKRUPTS. 14 George Swaine Whitchurch, hosier, Fleet-street, to surren -36 July 21, at two, and A ugus t 28 at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birehin -14,, lane, Cornhill ; Lawrance and Reed. 4'2 N Frederick Belloni, clock and watch maker, Shaftesbury, . July 23, at half-past one, and August 23, at twelve, at the . Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Gilbert and Co., Philpot-lane ; Chitty, Shaf tesbury. William Bundey, builder, Stamford-cottages, Stamford bridge, Fulham-road, July 21, at half past twelve, and Aug. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee; Husband and Wyatt, Gray's Inn-square. Adam Gilfillan, draper, Pomeroy-street, Old Kent-road, July 20, at one, and August 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street. , • Robert Spooner, licensed victualler, Buckingham-street, Strand, July 21, at two, and August 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Bell, Craven-street, Strand. Frederick Clement Gray, lodging-housekeeper, Dalston, Middlesex, July 23, at two, and August 29, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Young and Son, Mark-lane. 4 Thomas Wallis, builder, College-street, Ch e l sea , J u l y 22 , at eleven, and August 29, at one, at the Court of Bankrutcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Taylor, Lincoln's Inn-fields. William Henry Osborn, jun., silversmith, St. James's- street, July 23, at twelve, and August 25, at half-past two, at if 4 the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder (' manbury, City; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. Gerard Polden and Antonio Hipolito Lafargue, shipowners, 1 54 Gould-square, Crutchedfriars, July 22, at eleven, and Aug. 22, at half-past two, at :the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Phillips and Son, Laurance Pounteney-lane. William Henry Pease, John Robert Pease, and William Henry Thompson, wine -merchants, Ingram-court, Fen church-street, July 24, at eleven, and Aug. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman bury; Bird, Lincoln's Inn-fields. William Groves, tea dealer, Huntingdon, July 28, at one, and August 29, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, 18, Aldermanbury, London ; Fox and Britten, Basinghall-street ; Martin, Hunnybun, Huntingdon. Donald Maclean, dealer, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor square, July 24, at twelve, and September 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street Buildings; Innes, Billiter-street. Joshua Garsed, sen., and Joshua Garsed, jun., flax manu facturers, Leeds, July 27 and Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; - Sud low, Sons, and Torr, Chancery-l ane , L on d on ; Lee, Leeds. Thomas Read, cigar dealer, Manchester, July 24 and Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbot, Charlotte-street, Bed ford-square; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. James Smith Walters, surgeon, Bakewell, Derbyshire, July 28 and August 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Falcon, Elm court, Temple, London ; Ha c k er , L ee k ; Oli ver , Manchester. Edwin Cox Nicholls, broker, Bristol, July 28, at twelve, and August 25, at _eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Savery, Clark, and Co., Bristol. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. L. Reis, J. Power, and G. Koenig, merchants, Fenchurcli street—first div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, July 13, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. R. Eusoll, draper, Broad-street, Bloomsbury —first di v . o f 2s. in the pound, July 13, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. J. Chrisp, winebroker, Great Tower-street—second div. of bid. in the pound, July 13, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. S. Pilling and R. G. Watson, wine merchants, Gateshead —first div. of ls. Bd. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. and G. Snaith, ironmongers, Bishop Auckland—first div. of ss. in the pound, any S a t u rday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Bulmer, shipbuilder, South Shields--first and final div. of 20s. in the pound, any Saturday after July 15, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. H. C. Carpenter, clerk, Coborn-road, Mile-end—first div. of Bs. in the pound, July 15, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. Gibbs, grocer, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire—second div. of 2s. sd. in the pound, July 15, and two following Wednes days, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. H. Fricker, innkeeper, Southampton—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, July 15, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. _ _ At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Feaver, mercer, Ludgate-hill, Aug. 6, at one—J. Frost, goldsmith, Grafton-street, Soho, Aug. 6, at one—W. Cooper, hardwareman, Bury St. Edmunds, Aug. 5, at twelve—E. Arnatt, baker, Oxford, Aug. 6, at half past one—J. Vena bles, artist, Beaufort-terrace, King's-road, Chelsea, JulylB, at eleven—A. Brem ner , c l er k , Bromley-street, Commercial road, July 18, at eleven. la the Country. S. Rhodes, worsted spinner Bradford, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. and S. tOwen, merchants, Sheffield, Aug. 17, at eleven, at the Cutler's Hall, Sheffield —T. Tatham, lime burner, Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire, Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Har disty, whitesmith, Wakefield, Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Neivton, J. W. Newton, and F. J. Newton, spirit merchants, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Cutlers'-hall, Sheffield—J. A. Boden, razor manufacturer, Sheffield, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Cutlers'- hall, Sheffield—W. Bull, cloth merchant, Leeds, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Bulmer, merchant. Hartlepool, Aug. 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—H. Kendall, E. Kendall, and J. Kendall, per fumers, Deritend, Warwickshire, Aug. 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—T. Nash, jun., builder, Stour bridge, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court —T. B. Daft, button maker, Birmingham, Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—B. Spencer, baker, Not tingham, Aug. 7, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court —j. Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Philips, and T. Smith, bankers, Leicester, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingha m Di s t r i ct Court—. F. Cannel!, bookseller, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Cooper, hardwareman, Bury St. Edmunds, Aug. 5 J. Avery, dealer in plate, Manchester-street, Manchester square, Aug. 5 —J. G. III:1 . °rd, common brewer, Holloway, Aug. 5—R. C. Capleton, grocer, Cheltenham, Aug. 6—E. Cooban, common brewer, Liverpool, Aug. 4—W. Kelly, common brewer, Chester, Aug. 6—W. and T. Edmond, mer chants, Liverpool, Aug 6—J. Harlow, tobacconist, Leicester square, Aug. 4—S. M. Wade, cotton dealer, Liverpool, Aug. 4 --W. Thompson, wine merchant, Cooper's-row, Crutched Friars, Aug. 4-5., Barwise, watchmaker, St. Marti n ' s -l ane , Aug. 4—H. Fowkes, sharebroker, Manchester, Aug. 4—J. Knox, carpenter, Black Horse-yard, Bond-street, Aug. 4 E. R. Hall, iron founder, Colchester, Aug. 4—J. Timmins, brickmaker, Caynham, Shropshire, Aug. 4—W. Stearman. builder, Princes-street, Cadogan-street, Chelsea, Aug. 4— J, Davies, mercer, Shrewsbury, Aug. 4—C. J. Bond, ta i lor, Tranquil-vale, Blackheath, Aug. 4—A. Crossfield, scrivener, Whitechapel-road, Aug. 4. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Kenworthv and J. Ridgway, corn dealers, Stalybridge, Lancashire—J. gidebottom, J. Ridgway, and E. Kenworthy, cotton spinners, New.mills, Derbyshire—W. Gilbert and R. Fargher, engineers, Milton-street, City—E. Cooper and W. Heap, grocers, Lutterworth, Leicestershire—W. N e l son an d E. Markendale, fellmongers, Manchester—S. and G. Hodg son, timber merchants, Sunderland—W. S. Wheeley and J. Davis, glass manufacturers, Kingswinford, Staffordshire-- S. France, and T. Smith, wine merchants, Warrington, Lan cashire—T. Gill, J. Child, and W. Barker, railway con tractors, Manchester—B. Savage and J. Nock, wine mer chants, Wolverhampton—J. and D. Clarke, silkmen, Hurds field, Cheshire—T. Hinton and W. H. Taylor, silk throwsters, Chalford, Gloucestershire—H. S. Hammond an d H . Biddle. surgeons, Edmonton—A. J. Bruce and R. C. Moore, medical shop- fixture dealers, St. Mary Axe—A. Birrell and T. More • croft vinegar manufacturers, Liverpool—J. Robson and J. A. Etches, millers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Humble and J. S. Collins, surgeon, Newnham, Gloucestershire--T. and G. Sheppard, bootmakers, Portsmouth—E. Ellis and R. Carr, jun., manufacturing chemist, Ossett, Yorkshire—J. S. and T. 11. Williams, milk dealers, Liverpool—H. and T. Wardle, silk manufacturers, Manchester—T. Mac Gill, J. 0. M'C a ll, J. M'Call, and T. M'Call, merchants, Liverpool—J. Mills and H. Smith, die sinkers, Birmingham —S. Sutcliffe, J. Rawson, and W. M'Clellan, cotton-warp manufacturers, Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards W. M'Clellan)— T. Parish and S. Gunn, butchers, Banbury, Oxfordshire— W. and G. Magnay—B. Storey and J. Butterfield, flour dealers, Leeds —E. and L. R. Watts, wine merchants, Bath —J. and J. Selkirk, printers, Newcastle-upon-Tyna—F. Mackie and A. M, Meredith, tailors, Southampton-row— M. Norgate and I. M. Laing, schoolmistresses, Tavistock square, St. Pancras. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Robertson, jun., merchant, Glasgow, July 16 and Aug. 6, at one, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Isabella Renny, Falkirk, July 22 and Aug. 12, at twelve, at Cay's Rooms, Edinburgh, William Provan, sen., and William Provan, jun., spirit merchants, Paisley, July 20 and. Aug. 13, at twelve, at Dean's Tavern, Glasgow. MUMMY WHEAT.—Last year four grains of the fir famed mummy wheat, procured by a gentleman in the north from a friend in England, were dibbled in a garden in Loch broom, and the produce now amounts to 94 ears; 23 ears have sprung from each of three grains, and 25 ears from the remaining oxic—,rnvernen Courser. DOCES. Name of Company. Commercial• East and West India... East Country Landon Dividend I Amount per I of I Paid. Prl Annum. I Share. " I St. Katharine .. Southampton • • • • • • • • Name of Company. 3/. per cent. 6/. pr cent. I/. per sh. 5/. pr cent. 5 per cent. V. per cent. X s. d. X s. d. Stock. 81 Stock. 14' 100 0 0 2 Stock. 11: Stock. 10: 50 0 0 50 0 0 2' NVATER-W'OXLIES. Dividend Amount per of Paid. Annum. Share. X East London.... •• •• s. d. 8/. 100 0 0 Grand Junction •• •• •• 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 Kent .......... ••• • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauxhall • ••• •• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex • 51.55. pr cnt. 63 12 9 CANALS. Names of Names of 7; ( Dividend' 4 Dividend Companies. 7s per Price. Companies. tj per Price ra Annum. co A Annum. £I £ _. Ashtu & 01411 97 51.55. p c 70 Ifonmouthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la -Z 113 41. 170 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley.. • .1160; 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 38 Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ...• • . 100 171. 340 lirknk&Abrg l lso; 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - Croniford .... 100; 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley lO Ol 41. - Regent's ••.• 33 11. ss. 25 Derby ... •.• :100 61. 73 Rochd a l e •••• 85 41. 77 Ellsmre&Chs'l33 , 41. 55 Shropshire •• 125 81. - Erewash -• • ;100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd,100; 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn 100 1 71. • 9514 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 295 Grand Union 100! 1/. 10S. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh . ' 172 , 13%1. 210 Stourbridge .. 145 201. 315 Glstr & Brkly 100 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham • • 150 121. 100 Severn and fluddersfield. l 57 --- Wye Rail. 26 11. Bs. 32 Kennt & Ayn! 39, 7s. 6d. 9% •Trnt &Mr-1 50 30/. - Lancaster , 471 1/. 10s. - sey, M sh. Leeds& Livrp, 1001 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester ..• • r 140 101. 105 Worcstr &1 78 2/. 44 Leicstr&Nth 83 4/. GO Birming. Loughborogh 142 70/. 850 Wilts& Brks 67 11. 11 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 14.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India Muscovadoe Sugar manifested more firmness, and insisted upon prices equal to those of Friday for all descriptions; refiners and grocers were more inclined to operate, and a good business was transacted, the purchases amounting to 600 hhds and trcs, including the public sale of 97 hhds 22 trcs of Barba does and 67 hhds of Trinidad. REFlNED.—Further reduced rates having been submitted to for Refined goods, caused rather more demand from the home trade, and an opinion is getting current that prices for the present have nearly arrived at their lowest point, although the refiners continue to work freely, as stocks in second hands are small, and the consumption continues to be as large as ever. MAURITIUS.—There has been little business transacted privately in any description, and none has been brought to public sale, but holders are not disposed to submit to any further decline in prices, as the stock is still less than it was last season, although further parcels have arrived. The de liveries of this kind o f S ugar con ti nue to b e on a large scale. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was more sought after, but stiffer rates being asked operated against business, and at public sale 1,108 bags were nearly all taken in rather above the value. FOREIGN.—Today there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, but 484 hhds 50 trcs 82 brls of Porto Rico are declared for Thursday. COFFEE.—This afternoon at public sale 2,591 bags of Ceylon Coffee were offered ; there was less demand, and the native was all taken in at 42s for good ord pale ; the planta tion, however, nearly all sold, but upon lower terms. TEA.—Congou has been purchased with caution, but pre vious rates are insisted upon. For Pouchong the demand has been only for small parcels at 3d to 6d for low and mid dling, and 7d to 9d for good to fine quality. Twankay has met with little attention, but prices are sustained. Hyson is not to be had on lower terms, but there is a pause in the de mand. Scented Orange Pekoe is heavy of disposal. Impe rial and Gunpowder in small parcels have been taken at late rates. SPlCES.—Although there are sellers of Nutmegs upon lower terms, still little business had been transacted. Mace has been much sought after, but prices are firm. For Black Pepper there are few buyers, low as prices are. White is only worth 4d to 6d for low to fine quality. Cloves are heavy of disposal. RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice was less in request, and 4,369 bags at auction were only in part sold at 3d per cwt decline. SALTPETRE.—To-day a good desire was shown to operate in rough, and 1,990 bags of Calcutta at auction were all sold at full rates. SPlElTS.—Jamaica Rum of common quality has been pur chased with caution, but the better kinds have brought im proved prices. Leeward Island is still wanted, and prices continue high. For Calcutta the market has a firm appearance. Demerara has been in increased request, and brought fully former rates. Brandy has been purchased with increased freedom, and holders are less inclined to realise. Geneva in fair demand for exportation. For Corn Spirits the market is quiet. INDIGO.—The large quarterly sale of East India, consisting of 15,875 chests, commenced this day. Before the beginning and during the progress of the sale, 1,011 chests were with drawn from various parts of the catalogue. The quantity which actually passed the hammer is 924 chests. The sale began without animation, and the first marks in the cata logues, although firmly supported by the proprietors, sold very unevenly at from last sales' prices to 3d advance. much better demand has prevailed for Rapeseed Oil, but no improvement has occurred in prices. Holders of Palm show less firmness, and have accepted prices rather under those previously current. Prices of Linseed Oil have suffered no further depression. For forward delivery there has been little passing. Olive has been rather more in de mand, but prices are prevented from rising by the continued arrivals. Lard Oil is little wanted. For Seal Oil lower prices having been taken tempted buyers to ope rate with more freedom. Cod Oil has met with little attention. Notwithstanding the low terms upon which there are sellers of Southern, still exporters and the home trade operate with caution. Sperm has been sparingly dealt in, but merchants are unwilling to further reduce their prices. TALLOW.—A brisk demand has prevailed for home made Tallow, and prices are firm at 40s to 40s 6d per cwt net cash, although the market is still well supplied, but at these mode rate rates several parties are disposed to get well into stock. ROMANTIC ESCAPE.--A corresplndent of the Evening Packet gives the following account of a romantic, and, I may add, singularly delightful escape from drowning : Lieut. Fraser, of the 56th Regiment, and Mr. John Swift, of. Fort William, Mullingar, while boating on Lake Owel, on Thurs day last, was upset, and saved themselves from immediate death by clinging to the keel of their boat. They were in a very exhausted state, when three young ladies, who hap pened to be in a boat in the offing, perceived the accident, and with the utmost promptitude plied their oars, and came in a most dexterous manner to the rescue. The heroines took the young gentlemen on board their boat, and, in a short time, landed them safely at Clonohugh, where they re • ceived every attention from the owner of that hospitable dwelling. The ladies are Miss Swift, sister of one of the suf ferers, and the Misses Hamlin, of Belville-lodge, RAILWAY SHARE MARN ER, JULY 14. 1 ,0 1, ,r 1 STocx Exciret4GE.—The MANC sales HEST are—Ambergate, Notting eV'? Eastern Junction, 1% dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, an j10.,..,0 Junction, % p.—Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, 14 j ton, Stamford, and Birmingham, 16s. 6d. dia.—herby 8 , 11 0 1 , 0 0: 4 p.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 14 p.—Eßct ig , mouth, 10s. 6d. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 21 s - , 7 05 1 %,,,',,,/,, Grimsby and Dock Extension, 2% dls. — Huddersfield, 1U - 311' Bradford, 1 15-16 p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshir e _„,toa s i, / Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, p.—Manchester, lock, and Midland, 1 3-16 P.—Manch es t er and Birming'- 0, a 0 Ditto, Quarters (A), 9 % p.—Ditto, Quart ers (B) , p 'l4B. 6( , ter and Hyde, % dis.— . Northumberland and Lancashire, 0 1 j 1 — North Staffordshire, 3% p. — Oldham Districts, 1% d ), 3 :o joi o Birkenhead, &c., 16s. dls.—P res t on and Wyre, Halve ( ur ey —Sheffield and Man c h es t er, Quarters, No. I, 4% 1 1 - ril" and Birmingham, par—South-Eastern and Dover,„,o: - Halves, No. 4, % p. — West Lancashire Coast, 180. a a ' • Riding Union, 234 p. LEEDS, JULY 14. Ter ' STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sales are-E as t ern i r l i a9. , 1 0 „ tension, I% p. -East Lanca s hi re, 434 p. cash- Great 30.5% Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 20s. dIS.-Ditto, Extenslose,,for,. Huddersfield and Sheffi e ld , 6/. 12s. p.-Leeds and B ra- fi- ,, 2 tV p.-Leeds and D ews b ury, 2/. Gs. 6cl: P.-Ditto. RatelO W 1,3" --6 / dis.-Leeds and Thi rsk, 5% dis.-London and cns, dno,yeti cheater and Leeds Extensions, 2/. 43. P .-Newcastle and Ds b 11 Junction Extensions, 10 1 % p.-North British, Carlisle Br _.a're,; - Oxford, Worcester, and Wol ve rhampton, 5 dis.-Araber4 (11;4, tingham, and Boston, 1% dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 1 8 5 Grand Union, 16s. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 13s di 01 0' shire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 455. dis.-Leeds, Wa , l t verr,/ Midland, 17s. 6d. dis.-Leicester an d B e df or d , 10 s . dis. Ormskirk, and Preston, 265. p.- London and York, 263. 4 Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, an d Mi dland, 1 6s. land and Lancashire Junction, 14s. dis.-North Staffor - 4 1 0 , i,, p.-North Western, % dis.-Oxford, Pit ne y, an d Chelte,l4o' dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 235. di s.-Sou th 6d. dis.-West Riding Union. 41. Bs. HULL, Jura' 14. TOC 1 ', 1) ; STOCK EXCNANGE.-The sales are - Eastern Countiek 3u41 tension, 17 8 -Hull and Selby, H a lf Shares, 39-North Briti!id Ditto, Half Shares, 12%-Di tto, Carlisle, 475.--York Midland, East and West Riding, 13% -Ip sw i c h and Bury , castle and Berwick, 26 and Barnsley Junction, ill ;‘1 ,,,, ,'k and Driffield Junction, 48s. 6d.-Manchester Buxton, 0 4 - 0 00 . 3 2 3- North Western, % dis.-North Staffordshire, 51. 145 . -- , i ' land, 7s. 9d. dis. - West Riding Union, 4/. N.-Yorkshire "- d Union, 12s. 6 d.-Direct Portsmouth, 41. 14s. SHEFFIELD, JULY 14. 0 .1 / STOCK Exene xox. - The sales are -London and 011 , 34 A 'is. York sand North Midland, East and West Riding, I **__' Grimsby and Sheffield E x t ens i on, 31s. dis.-Ditto, Quart „.., 10 0 20s. dis.-Ditto, R a il way and Dock, 2% dis.-Grand tingham and Lynn), 16s. dls.-Leeds, Wakefield, and i'de' tnti , die.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 10s. dis.-Sheffield, 1311 "1 - joil" Potteries, and Crewe, 11s. 6d. diS.-South Yorkshire COll , 15s. dis. YORK, Juvr 14. STOCK EXC/UNGE.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, voIX sten, 11. 16s. 6d.-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 11 %nd and Driffield Junction, 2% -Manchester, Buxton, Matloek.„4oilV land, 2% -Newcastle and Berwick, 26- Newcastle and New, 11/. Is. 3d.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 2 .A, -- 13$*gfti Staffordshire, 5% -North Western, IN.-South Midland, Pi.et -West Riding Union, 4%-York and North Midland , "- West Riding Extension, 131. 11s. 3d. GLASGOW, Arty 13. STOCK ExcnewnE. -The sales are -British and Irish 6c1.-Caledonlan, New,6d.-Caledonian Extension, ` T oil,o donian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 255. -Clydesdale,,',o: o . , 171.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 285.-Edinburgh and ; 41 11 11 ,.,1 Ms. &1.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 335.-Glasgow General 8%-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 465.-Glasgow, Ayr, 74%-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 365. 6d. „,si t o? , Airdrie and Monkland Junction, 475. 6 d.-Kilmaniock, 4,01 Pd Direct, 335. 6d.-Lesmahagow, 55 5 . -M anchester and Sout"scot„li , 30s. 6d. -North British, 30% - Scottish Central. 19 1 .10, Southern, 38s. 6d.-Scottish Central an d Caledonian Jeec JO I -South Midland, 335. 6d.-Stir lingshire and Midl an d Jne' t -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355. )/( TEnt FATAL CALAMITY IN A CORNISH following additional particulars of the frightful cahue l i which forty per sons were drowned i n a l ea d m i n e to , wall, are given in the Plymouth Times:--« On FridaY noon the county o f C ornwall was visited with eAotV; thunder -storm. Very dense clouds were seen ~"e - p e along, darkening the locality and presenting a 5- 0 11,, awful grandeur. One of these clouds burst wh en o v; Newlyn East, about five miles to the north of Tre r t : 6s' 4 charging its contents in immense torrents of water, o c ' t 4 1 1 °1: rain, on the hills which surround the East Vi rbe acr l ' e 't Lead Mine, the numerous shafts of which extent', vi at,, the valley. Into one of these shafts the accumulate d poured when the men were at their work beneati;• e ver! first notice the me n h a d was the extinguishing o f , candle by the force of the wind, occasioned by ti; 55 coming down the shaft in such a body as to corel: as . 0 0 contained air. Confusion which was thus begl o , veritil fi t creased by the noise of the rushing water driving f the 1 11 d f w be e f r o e re ,s i n t. app E e v d en as t u h n e d p e r r o , ps a o n f d then To va f ils and irn e m id e e d s i o aet cannotot o r g e e o th u e r r bs , eu e t n t t ih o ne m e uhdin history h n tosot of poorhseua such heartrending fellows dninge event and eas a n. t d their r fi ej (.I `, were at the bottom were miraculously saved, whilst 0 r ;i 5 61 who had got up so near to tha surface as to be rec 4 n ro were driven down Sidan by the force of the immense 13 ;t10; water. Between for nd fifty are missing. It is saiu.: upwards of one hundred children are left fatherless 1 4 lc awful calamity. The managers of the mine are having ,‘ water pumped out with all possible dispatch, mad silcoo,/ the bodies have been recovered. A stone bridge r 0 1 ) erected by the county, in the vicinity, has been e ll swept away by the torrent. --------- .__.-- 01 , On the 11th i nst., at CarIt BIRTHS on-terrace, the CO ° 64st Caledon, o f a son. Wa lter On the 3d i ns t., at Courland-grove, Clapham, Mrs. Bentley, of a son. lie e st°6 On the B t h i ns t., i n t h e V ictoria-park, near Mon the lady of Joseph St. J o h n Y ates, Esq., of a son. of 'l . ' On the 10th inst., at Heysham, Lancaster, the Iso9 Tomlinson, Esq., of a son. bg' On the 11th inst., at John's-place, Alba n y road, CO° di well, Mrs. Robert Cox, of a son. t 01$ On the 11th inst., a t R egency -square, Brighton, b of Jacob Mont e fi ore , E sq. , o f a son. O r P , On the 11th inst., at Wigginton Rectory, near Pa u ----' the wife of the Rev. John Williams, of a son. MARRIED. Are 4 i On the 14th inst., at O s p r i nge, K ent, by the Rev. Vp i ' p Hamilton, Edward Jarma n , E sq., of Brenley House, P--)11+1;; Lucy Sarah Manners S u t ton, widow of the late Rol e Is' ners Sutton, Subdean o f Li nco l n, and only child of t" Rev. H. S. Mortimer, Vicar of Thron - ley, Kent. ero all On the 11th inst., at St. Pancras Church, London, F r i g th e : William One, E sq ., o f U pper Clapton, to OO P ' rine Jane, the eldest daughter of St. Johrl Chiverton Cha Esq., of Apl e y Castle, Shropshire. , , --- M Of AD. Litt le On the 7th inst, in Scotland, Mr. W. Ramage, Portland. street, Regent-street. hi , iwlf el ' On the 10th i nst . , J ames, the fourth son of Jo Esq., of H ens ill , H aw kh urst, Kent. On the 11th i n A., at Lower Tooting, Lydia Harriet, lilife er c t t John Button, Esq., aged 74. VA On the lltli inst., Isabell a , thi r d daughter of L.- „1- J.' Smith, of Belitha- v ill as , B arns b ury-park, aged 21. pito „ On the 18th inst., in Norfolk -street, Strand, Job s noster, Esq., aged 84. _...e" London: Printed and Publi s h e d by IV URDO YOUN(I,V e 0 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand. in or the Savoy, in the County of Itlkkuesoz, Wecw"L-cial, 15, 1846. ••••••••••••••11.11P, AWFUL AremuNT 7 f; :b. °l IZuz- , 1.;. 811n°' ct On Thursday aft ernoon l ast an accident of an unprecedented charact er occurre d at E as t Wheal V ole Silver-lead Mine, situ a t e d i n t h e par i s h of Ne s " b lo about eight miles north o f T ruro, C ornwa ll. At one o'clock, dense thunder-cl ou d s gathered ove r the! mine from the north-west, and i n a few w i g utea ani , poured down, amid s t v i v id li g h tn i ng ' an d aPP dt V thunder, such a flood o f ra i n as very short ly cover s,, surface of the min e t o a d ept h o f some f eet . The 1 e A e0 , , ,, rushing onward th roug h t h e m i ne, w hi c h des o towards the north, on reac hi ng a narrow g ot bet 00 the hills, attained a height of about eight feeL,i es such was its f orce , t h at i t b ore onward large P'7l-sti balk and of i ron b o il er p l ates, which were lodg,e"il! height of sever a l f ee t a b ove the ground. 1-141hTtY on being check e d b y t h e sudden narrowing °,0,4 land, the wat er rus h e d i nto one of the '0 or most northern shafts, and soon afterwards/ 5r or lees, into the other shafts of the mine. The ,!. 1 . 1 . 1 , 3 ,10 1 cumbent weight of water, about the same time, u h ' pr . the " country," forming a large pit. The tro u ::lie' the levels beneath, it is supposed, had been h ". ) sl' down by the water which had rushed into the ehe u lf r if the" country," or soil being of an exceedingly 1005 e ' 0 .1, , ," ble nature, instantly gave way to the weight ahe v , e ',„y deprived of its artificial props. In the level time were upwards of two hundred men , 0 ' 1 : 0 The rush of wind, caused by the sudden influx 1)3 4 and breaking in of the "country," instantly P" co v all their candles. They groped on as well as Eb e l ij o i towards the shafts, where every effort was beieg co o' from above to ass i s t i n b r i ng i ng " to grass"all w ho o f lay hold of the chains and kibbles let down f ar 01, o t Clusters of th e p oor f e ll ows .were successive l l ' „o ?lfs up; but we r egret to say, that after well-directed !Ifs had been sustai ne d f or a l ong t i me to get up melhiliV found in the eveni ng t h at 43 were still below- n , four came up the next morning early ; and two taken up dead from th e 50-f at h om level, about tll,' die of the day. The rema i n i ng 37 are, alas I s till` drowned, or buried beneath the fallen masses d i it The mine was being work e d t o t h e d epth of neeArLt'i: fathoms ; and was flood e d b y t hi s d readfu l aoc`,"d: to some feet above th e 50-f a th om l eve l .; this lasv-W level, the principal one in the mine, being a bout b,oi length. Great is the affliction in and about the neiglo hood of the mine from the loss of so many lives, ° l o t' the fear that a large proportion of the labour 01 0 4 stopped. The mine now pays 2,5001. a month for r i only. The ad ven t urers an d agents are using evepi ertion to procure for the bereaved families the etly,. solation to be derived from the recovery of the h'S i tt the men lost ; th e y are a l so ki ndly and eensin'ecr' taking means to all ev i ate t h e di stress which mus t ti ' , sarily result to the survivors, deprived 'of their means of support by this awful visitation. To u l/ stand why the wat er a tt a i ne d so suddenly elle,'l,l3;' siderable depth an d p ower , i t s h ould be known 111 workings of the mine run north and south thr °ll ' o o . middle of a natur a l amp hi t h eatre, w i th only one ej,'' a narrow ravine at th e nort h . T he rain, which 8 ,.P 1) ,,i; to fall in almost s o lid masses, poured in on the ";;,V which the mine is s it uate f rom the hills.aroun d, we have already said, the outlet was insufficient to rapidly accumulate d waters. The storm 13 - E° ,,,io lasted but little more than an hour, and was so P e ' o b , ' scarcely to extend beyond the limits of the hills 3", encircle the site o f th e m i ne. A n i nquest was be' conk Court-house of the m i ne , b e f ore M r. J. Carl °n' C:10e, on Friday, o n th e t wo b o di es found. The jury 1. ; a verdict o f " A cc id enta l Death ;" and eXpreSse"he P, ' d selves sati s fi e d t h at every effort was made Inv place to prevent the water getting into the eh' f ' 10 ° next in preserving the lives of the men who wer 9 be I ' GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAIL .° iL't A special meeting of the shareholders of this Corer -n e - pr.;l place yesterday at the London Tavern, to receive the the directors. The chair was taken by 31. F. F. de C` ° 4" The SECRETARY having read the advertisement cee` the meeting, The report was then read, which stated that the P - fi ciien e of the Company were in the most satisfactory c , °- 16 The report furl her stated that the company had be e : o bcf d in the month of July, 1845, and that the whole 11 ,1, 0 01 A% shares, 150,000, had been allotted at once, and wt the fr,,4 serve. The objects of the company were, Erg , ' - N O. struction of a great line of railway traversing the P, of Namur and Luxembourg and connecting the St a ' t ihe Belgium with France and Germany, thus serving os„a road to Strasburg, Prussia, Austria, Switzerland, a 'A The repot t was received and unanimously adoP te „ -t i lt vote of thanks having been passed to the chair' meeting separated. °me t , EASE ASI 111 e e e 'n ), act, i n tl ,t4 f h e ate the "e pai Gua m Pl 4 l i t i , lll be held o'cl ' ll Com p; 411 Ith, cY, h %tried FZ,ZY , g the s_ot The ectilatte ' , ~ [a fit,