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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 14. The LORD CR.LNCBLLOR took his seat on the Wool. sack at Five o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following, amongst other Bills, were read• second ;Imo : 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 ASEIBURTON 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 to 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 10,0001., 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 the Treasury any right to interfere in the matter. The Act of Parliament made the money payable to the individual, and in his opinion it was highly improper to bargain for judgeships in this way.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted, therefore, that no such arrangement had been come to with the present Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He must add, 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 10,0001., and the financial statement only 8,0001. He only wished that the matter should be looked into, and if there were no other Act found, then that the evil should be remedied. Earl GREY acknowledged that the Noble and 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 been formed for the revi sion of all the salaries of the several officials of the state, and it was by them decided that the whole list should be revised, and that the several salaries of those officials, including those of the judicial officers, should be revised and prospectively reduced. It was a great pity that when Lord Ashburton's committee was sitting the Noble and Learned Lord had 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 BROUGHAM—I did not know it. Earl GREY—Did not know it Why, from his own knowledge, he could say that the Noble and Learned Lord must have known it at the time, for he was Chan cellor at the time, and certainly it was his duty 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 BROUGHAM was astonished to hear one Noble Lord contradict, on his own knowledge, what he had just 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 Bosanquet 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 Noble Earl was himself unable to do, viz., 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 that, 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. he 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 fur 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 the 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 had introduced a Bill on this subject, it would have passed both /louses 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 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, peared to him to blame himself, a f ter the manner of age pope, who said, "Judico 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 Bill. 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 be brought up on Thursday. CORONERS' (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday. JUVENILE OFFENDERS' BILL. The adjourn e d d e b ate on t h e secon d rea di ng o f t hi s Bill was postponed. Lord CAMPBELL 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 felony ; but if ten cart lo ads 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 A was clear that a Bill of this importance could not receive its due consideration, and he thought that th e N o b le Lord had exercised a due discretion in withdrawin g it. Of course he could not be expected to give any opinion as t o i ts peculiar advantages now, out he w ou ld assure the Noble Lord that it would receive the careful considera tion of the Government. BATTERSEA PARK AND CHELSEA EMBANK MENT. Viscount CANNING begged to move the sec ond reading of the Bill for the embankment of the north bank of the river Thames from Vauxhall -bridg e to Battersea-bridge. With this embankment there wa g t o be a suspension bridge somewhere about Chelsea Hospital in connexion with Battersea Park as it is now intended to be formed. The whole coat of these improvements was estimated at 160,0001., but this was not to be all a loss, or a cost, to the country, 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 50,0001. The tolls on the bridge were estimated at 6,0001. per annum, which would give ten per THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EITE.NTING, JULY 15, 1846. -- - cent. on the cost of the bridge. The Bill had been brought in under the sanction of the Board of Woods and Forests, and he trusted therefore that it would pass without opposition. Lord KINNAIRD would suggest that, as the report of the Committee of the Metropolitan Termini had been laid on the table, the proposed bridge near Chelsea Hospital might be made to serve the double purpose of a Metropolitan passage of the bridge, and.of a railway communication across the Thames. Viscount DUNCANNON believed that if there was to be a railway communication at all, it would be far westward of Chelsea Hospital. The Bill was then read a second time; and their Lord ! ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 14 . Th• SPRAYER took the chair at a quarter to Four. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. MILNER GIBSON (Vice-President of the Board of Trade), took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Manchester. Lord EBRINGTON (one of the Lords of the Trea sury), also took the oaths and his seat, for the borough of Plymouth. Messengers from the Court of Chancery and the Treasury brought up several returns and papers, which were ordered to lie on the table. NEW WRIT. Mr. TUFNELL moved a new writ for the election of a Member for the county of Sutherland in the room of Mr. Dundas, who has accepted the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-GeneraL SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time : Lord Kinnaird's (Sir John Webb's) Estate Bill. Spalding's Estate Bill. Yeovil Borough Estate BilL REPORTS. The following reports on Bills were considered and adopted::— Billingsgate Market. Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Lougher Railway. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway. Tunbridge Wells Improvement. York and North Midland Railway (widening and en largement). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improve ment. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAIL WAY. Mr. HOPE moved the consideration of the report on this Bill. The report was then considered and agreed to without discussion. CURTIS'S DIVORCE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOCKS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. WEXFORD HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. SLIGO SHIP CANAL BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CAMBRIDGE IMPROVEMENT BILL. The report of the Committee on this Bill was con sidered and adopted. BISHOP OF JERUSALEM'S NATURALISATION BILL. Mr. HODGSON moved the second reading of this Bill. After a few words from Mr. GREENE and Lord CLIY, 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 dissatisfaction and disadvantage. He contended that a reverend gentleman, because he had been appointed to that bishopric, had no right to come to that House 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. BOUVERIE 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 subjects 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 Bill, and his Hon. Friend, before calling on him to show his reason for such a Bill, should have stated his reasons against it. Mr. ESUOTT said that this case did not come within the provisions of the Act, but still he 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. HUME regretted that her Majesty's Ministers were not present to explain. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that it was desired that the Swiss gentleman, who held office as Bishop of Jeru salem, should be 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 should be resident in this country. He aid 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, ENV 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. Bowling° and Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Mr. HODGSON consented to the postponement of 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 tho Bill was read a second time, he begged, by the permission of the House, 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. TEIORNELY presented a petition from Bury, in Lancashire, praying for the abolition of the punish ment of death. 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 hi Ireland, or who had been sentenced to transportation or subjected to any other punishulent for the last twelve months. WINDOW TAX. Lord DUNCAN begged to put a question to the fight Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. appeared from a circular he held in his hand that the ._etropolitan Buildings Act came into operation on the .st July last, and by that Act certain penalties were inflicted for not having a sufficient number of windows in any cellar or building used as a habitation. Now a party with whom he (Lord Duncan) had been i n 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 h e n e gl e cted to comply with the provisions of the act, he would be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20s. 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 w ou ld b e exempted from payment of the window-tax? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, ers w to h od o was almost inaudible in the gallery, was to complain of having received no no t ice of the Noble Lord's intention to put such a question. H e was not aware of the particular provisions of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, but he would make inquiry on the sub ject, and communicate the result on a future occasion. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). Mr. HUME moved that a message be sent to the Lords, requesting a copy of the evidence taken before a Committee of their Lordships respecting the working of the poor-laws in Ireland.—Agreed to. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. BAILEY wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of th e G overnment if it wa s his intention to bring f orwar d on Th urs d ay next a d istinct measure in reference to the sugar duties? The reason he asked the question was, a great many Mem bers were desirous to leave town, and the Noble Lord's answer to the question might to a great extent affect their determination. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had stated on the preceding evening that on Thursday next he would state the precise day when he would bring forward his measure relative to the sugar duties. He would name the earliest day consistent with his public duties, but certain inquiries had to be made previously, which ne cessarily caused a slight delay. Mr. BAILEY understood the Noble Lord to say that he would proceed with the measure on Thursday next. Lord J. RUSSELL—Certainly not. I stated that I would name then the precise day when I would bring forward my measure. Mr. BAILEY—WiII there be a temporary Bill in the meantime. Lord JOHN RUSSELL What I propose is to bring in a temporary Bill for the continuance of the existing duties for a limited time, but at the same time to state the nature of the measure which I propose to bring forward for the permanent regulation of the sugar duties. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE AND NEW PALACE COMMITTEE. Sir R. H. INGLIS moved that Lord John Russell, Viscount Ebrington, and Colonel Fox be added to the Westminster-bridge and New Palace Committee. GENERAL POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government if he would be prepared to state, on Thursday next, to the House and to the country upon what principles it was intended to conduct the Government of this country? The people were very anxious upon the subject, and wished to have some information upon the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think it necessary to make any statement upon that subject. The principles upon which he intended to conduct the government were the same as those upon which he had previously acted. 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 upon 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 not 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 ; in 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 tions ; 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 •f 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 engaged 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 equal 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 excise 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 he 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 relaxation he recom mended would take place, although some loss might possibly 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. Mr. HUME 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 eut unless a re vision of those duties took place, a reduction of which 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 An HUN. MEMBER remarked that there were not forty Members present. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and there being but thirty- four Members present, the House adjourned until twelve to-morrow. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. A select Committee on the Midiand 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, Penshnrst, Ran funky, and Munster. Their Lordships first took the case of the BI.ACIESTATICE DRAINAGE. The case was opened by counsel for the promoters, and Mr. Cnbitt was called to give the engineering evidence. A witness was also examined on general points, and the Bill, being unopposed, was passed. 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 WRAIIGHAM 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 line Ipossible 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 carry the line up to Weedon; but 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 Lordship? 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 Hitchin 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 dim. cultiee. Several other witnesses were called and examined, but the case was suddenly checked by the absence of witnesses, an d the Committee rose before three o'clock, and adjourned till to-morrow. Room B. The Committee met this morning at eleven, the Earl of Lon9dale in the chair, Lord Hawarden, the Earl of Warwick, the Earlof Ellenborougb, and the Duke of Grafton present. LEICESTER AND ItEDPORD. Counsel proceeded to call further evidence in favour of the Bill, and most of the witnesses examined on the subject of traffic spoke of the transit of grazing stock from about Market Harborough to Smithfield market, and complained of the want of accommodation on the London and Birming• ham line. Mr. HILDYARD took an objection to ',the line which had been raised before two Committees of the Commons, one which sat on the Rugby and Huntingdon Bill, and one on the Leicester and Bedford, the Bill before their Lordships. It was founded on an agreement come to between the Rugby and Huntingdon and the Leicester and Bedford Companies, to the effect that one or other of these companies would construct a deviation from the defeated plan on that part of the line common to both companies, between the Thorpe-road and the Wellingborough-road, if the con sent of the landowners can be got, and powers from Parlia went to make it, and meanwhile suspending their compul sory powers for the construction of that part of the line. Mr. Hildyard argued that the consent of certain parties on that portion of the line was of no avail, that only Parliament could sanction the alienation of glebe land or the pawing of a public road ; but as their Lordships could not be certain that the next Parliament would give this sanction, and the conse quence would be a line with a chasm--in the middle of it to the length of about two miles, he was sure that their Lord ships would not pass such a line. Mr. Sergeant WAANGHAM, in reply, said that the agree ment was misrepresented, for though the deviation could not be constructed for want of the sanction which would be necessary, those compulsory powers to construct the depo. sited line were merely suspended, and remained to provide against any ohasm. Mr. HILDYARD replied, and the room was ordered to be cleared. The CHAIMILiN informed parties on their re-admission that the Committee saw nothing in the objection to prevent them proceeding with the Bills. Traffic evidence in favour of the line was continued. The Committee adjourned till eleven to-morrow. Room C. 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 had 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 vet flatly contradict each other, but he had opened this case as one necessarily involving heavy works. The pro moters were quite willing to take upon th emse l ves th e ex pense, so that no objection could stand on th a t account. The North Midland Company, into whose h an d s t hi s li ne must eventually fall, were quite ready t o take i t up, The people of Sheffield were equally anxious for its success; and after the rejection of the line last year a meet i ng had been held, at which the repetition of the effort 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. Room D. The members of this Committee re -assembled to-day al eleven o'clock. IPSWICH AND BURY ST. RDDIUND'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 550,000/., which was a very muderate es timate. ... . _ Mr. W. Barnard, a mill occupier on the line, was examined, 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 hearing some further evidence to the same effect, 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 proposed railway 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. . . After some 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. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships 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 (l 3 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. FURNESS RAILWAY EXTENSION. Their Lordships declared the standing orders complied with in this case 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 Bill s were part h ear d and adjourned, and the Committee proceeded t o th e cases which came before them as a Select Committ ee on Merits. Their Lordships d ec id e d t h at t h e p r omoters 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). The preamble of this Bill also was proved. Their Lordship s , a f ter di spos i ng o f s everal other Bills, ad journed at a late hour. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SELECT COMMITTEE LARNE, 313nT. ---PAST, AND BALLYMENA. The Committee re - assembledjat one o'clock to-day,.Mr. E. Denison in the chair. Mr. Baker, one of the opposing petitioners, stated that, at the rising of the Committee yesterday, and also this morn ing, Mr. Lambert, on th e part of Mr. Carr, had offered to re lieve him and the other dissentient shareholders of the corn. pant of the shares they h e l d. H e (Mr. Baker) held thirty shares, Mr. Drewitt t went shares, Mr. Cohen thirty, y and Mr. Marshall tw enty shares. He replied that he could not enter into any mittee. Mr. Lambert corro b orated Mr. B a ker's statement. The object was that M r. B aker ' s oppos iti o n should cease. Mr. M'Donald also stated that Mr. C arr had informed him agreement excep t before the Corn 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, The Committee re-assembled this morning, Earl RaCnor in the chair, when Mr. Fowler, the engineer of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line:was cross-examined by Mr. BIEBEIVETREIL, and I stated that the ruling gradient in the line would b e 1 i n 8 4. On leaving Sheffield, it would have to be worked by assistant power, and as this would be very expensive, rather than incur such a cost it would be better to establish a tramway from the mineral dis tricts, which would answer every purpose. Such a d es i gn had been proposed, but it had been dropped in consequence of a breach of engagement. Mr. Gee, civil engineer, gave evidence against the Bill to the same effect. 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 Wcodhouse Mill, and that opinion was con firmed by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line being sanc tioned by Parliament. There was no 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 Woodhouse Mill. This 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 867,000/. ; another was 883,000/., and a third 887,000/. 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. Hors cross-examined ; but previous to his addressing the Committee the room was cleared, and on the re-admission cf the parties, the Chairman inquired of Mr. Talbot, the ieading counsel for the promoters, whether he could inva lidate the evidence of Mr. Fowler, who had stated that 64,000/. 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 gr. 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. Vignoles had 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 that the Manchester and Sheffield line should pass through this country ' but both Mr. Locke, engineer for that line, and M r . G ee, who 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 want 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 Burlow coal-beds; a better communication 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 be saved by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line, which was now sanctioned by both H. uses of Parliament, the greater distance would be only 33 miles, while it 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 13 miles. Then with respect to the transit to London, there was a distance by the Lon don and York Company of 160 miles, with a difference of nine miles against the Midland Counties, with the superior advan tage of a united management; and if the Erewash Valley were to be used, there would be a saving of a mile and a half. but had only come forward as an individual anxious to obtain the formation of a line which, in his opinion, would benefit the country through which it passed. After some general evidence, The Committee adjourned to Friday, at one o'clock. rbtrb lafttton 'EDINBURGH ELECTION. (YESTERDAY.) (BY EXPRESS.) STATE OF THE POLL AT TEN O'CLOCK. Macaulay Smith 357 Majority ---448 RAILWAY COMMITTEES (urns I)AY.) HOUSE 01 , ' LORDS. Room A. IMPORTANT DECISION. MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES (CAMBRIDGE AND WEEDON.) The Committee on the above Bill met this morning in Room A, at the usual hour ; Lord Beaumont in the chair. All the members were present. The general evidence on the part of the promoters was continued. Several witnesses were called from Cambridge, Weedon, St. Neots, &c., and spoke to the existing traffic between those places, and the increase of traffic that might be expected from the formation of the line. Mr. Miller, engineer in chief to the line, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Blyth. Mr. HOPE cross-examined the several witnesses on the part of the petitioners. On the conclusion of the case for the promoters, the Com mittee, without calling on the petitioners for any evidence, declared the preamble of the Bill not proved. They then separated at an early hour. Room B. The Committee met this morning at eleven, the Earl of Lonsdale in the chair; Lord Hawarden, the Earl of War wick, the Earl of Ellenborough, and the Duke of Grafton, were also present. LEICESTER AND DEDI'ORD. Evidence was continued this morning in favour of this line, for the most part respecting the effect of the railway on the supply of coal to districts of very considerable populousness. Mr. Rantsom, an owner of flour mills at Hitchen, said, in giving his evidence, that he calculated that the proposed line would accommodate from Bedford to Hitchen, 16 miles, by 10i miles of country, and that that land would yield a yearly produce of 602,112 bushels of wheat, out of which, taking the yearly consumption in the district at 264,000 bushels, there would be a surplus of 338,112 bushels for ex port. This surplus would yield 7,400 tons of wheat, and if that were sent up to London, the railway would effect a saving of 7,4001. He calculated that 10,500 tons of malting barley was sent up to London from the district, and that the saving on the carriage of that would be 10,5004 Other witnesses were examined, and gave evidence to the same effect, but the evidence in favour of the Bill had not been concluded, when the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. Room D. The members of this Committee re -assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. IPSWICH AND BURT ST. EDMUNDS (NORWICH EXTENSION). Mr. Locke (engineer to the line) was examined by Ser geant IV RANGHAM—The works were 2,749 yards, which would cost 121,3881. ; the b r id ges wou ld cost 610,0701.; the permanent way would cost 202,6911., and the stations and sidings would amount to a sum of 47,3941. Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS, on the part of the pe titioners—There were six miles of railway at the next station to Norwich. There were six miles of single railway. Could not state the cost of maintaining a station at Norwich; but the whole cost of maintaining the entire railway was much the same as any other line. Mr. Watson was next examined as to the correctness of the estimate of the population along the line, and in his cross examination admitted that he derived his knowledge of the same from the map. Mr. Pilch was examined by Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., and stated that he had been employed to make out the traffic tables of this line, which he stated included the revenue derived from passengers, and he calculated that there would be an increase in the amount of revenue from these sources, which were dis tributed along the line. There were four stage coaches running between Norwich and Stowmarket last July, upon which he based his calculations with respect to passengers. The gross revenue would be 55,00/., from which he deuucted 40 per cent., which left a net revenue of over 33,0001. Mr. AUSTIN cross-examined this witness with a view to test the accuracy of the modus operandi in which he pro ceeded, which he stated was in the usual way, and on the same data as such calculations are usually made. After examining two other witnesses in corroboration of the preceding evidence, Mr. TALBOT stated that the case for the Bill was con cluded. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to address the Committee, and in the course of his observations said that the pre sent line, whether considered in reference to its connec tion with any other line, or solely with respect to its own merits, was not entlitled to the favourable considera tion of the Committee. He would not follow his Learned Friend (Mr. Talbot) into the details into which he had thought proper to enter, nor would he trouble their Lordships with any lengthened observations. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to analyse the evidence, which he contended was the most vague, general, and uncertain that had ever been submitted to a Parliamentary Committee. Mr. Bidder, engineer, was then examined, and stated that the present line was totally unavailable for the purposes of agricultural traffic; that the establishment of dot.ble termini at Norwich would lead to an unwarranted outlay of money, and be productive of considerable inconvenience to the inhabitants of that town P • and that taking the m i n i mum cost as set forth by M r . Locke, and looking to the want of the necessary circumstances to render the speculation pro fitable on this line, it could never pay the proprietors at the estimated cost. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT Was of opinion, without even seeing the signatures to the petition in favour of the Bill, that he himself could obtain signatures in Norwich to the same amount for a different line. Did not think that there was any reasonable ground of complaint against their station at Norwich. After the examination of this witness the Committee ad journed till eleven o'clock to-morrow. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSINt, O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. • • .. .. • . 208 208 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96% li 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95% % 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97%% % 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 7-16 10 7.16 Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 1014 10 Bank Stock for Account .. .. .. .. 208 209 209 Consols for Opening .. .. .. .. .. 957 % 95% Exchequer Bills. 130. 1 l 4 cl. 1,0001... .. ~ • • 11 15 pm. 12 5001... .. .... 11 15 pm. 15 Ditto. Small .... 11 15 pm. 15 ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 85 Chillan Bonds, G per Cent .. 96% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 27% 27 Portuguese Four per Cent CLOSING PRICES. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 47% 46 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent . • • • 24 ii% 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. 534 5 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 36% 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97% 97% Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 5J % 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% % 94% BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSINGPAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. Is; Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 133 .... • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 4% 3% • • 3% Buckinghamshire 425. .... 34 dis % dis. Caledonian .. 20 .... 13334 • 1334 Ditto, Half Shares 234 1 ..... 1 Derby and Crewe .. 2% •• .- 6% ••••.. • • • . 6% Direct Northern .. 234 .... 1 154 Dublin and Galway .. . 4 .... 154 . . 134 Eastern Counties .. 141. 16 4 ..... 24% % % 24% Ditto New .. 101. 165....• 836 p• • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. % p• • Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. 2% East Lincolnshire 1% % Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .. .. Goole, Doncast., and Aieffield, &c. 425. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% —••• • .. Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... •••• • . .. • . • .. 27% Great Western .. .• ..15134 151% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .... 2!% 23 . ..... 23 Ditto, Fifths .. .• .. 20 .... 3434 .......... 34 4 Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 • • ..108 .......... 108 Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. .... 1 dis . 1 dis Leicester and Bedford 225..... % di5..... • • % dis. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... 1 1 di, Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% 1 1 London an Birmingham . • .100 ....227 229. . 229 Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... 30 36 .......... 3034 Ditto, Fifths .. •2 253; % ........ 2536 London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 9 .. •.. ..... 933 Ditto, New .. .. 3 .... 5 3c 5 Ditto, Extension .. .. 5 .... 43( 4 . London and Brighton .. 50 . 55% 66 Ditto ditto Fifths • . • • . 30 .... 4234 42% London and Croydon • • • . 1311 15s 9d... 2334 54 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 —9% x d 974xd London and South-Western • .411. 6s. 10d... 7936 ........ • • 7934 Ditto, New Consul. Eighths .. 40 .... 58 Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 22 ..... London and York .. .. 234 .. •• 1 .. •• • • Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 2 36 •• • • 34 ••••• • • • • • Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 .•.. • • Ditto, Sixteenths 64 .... 9% Ditto Extension .. 425. 2% p...... • • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . • • .... •• • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... 10 36 b Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425....• 36 3f p.. • • Midland ..100 ....151 150 ... • Ditto, New 24 .. .. Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 ••• • • • • • Ditto, New . .. • • • • 1 •• • • 11 % ••••• • " • • Newcastle and Berwick 15 .... 2633 5 1 .. • • Norfolk _ 20 .... 27 .. •••• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares .• • • • • 5 . • • 8% 9 •••• • • • • Ditto, Tenths .. ~. • • 2 •• • • 2% • Ditto, Extension . • . • • 2 •• • • 2 34 ..... •" • • 2 % North British .. 22%•• • • 30% .•••• • • • • • 30% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 9% •• " 117 i ••••• • ' • • • 11 34 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .. • • 2 %%••• • • • • • 2% North Staffordshire 425. 3 36 p...... 3% p Preston and Wyre .• 25 .. 30% •..•• • • • - 30% Scottish Central .. . 10 .... 191434 19 .... 19 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 2 34 •• • • •• •••• • • • • 2 36 South Midland .. 425..... 34 di5........ % p South Eastern and Dovor 3336 .. • • 4436 44% .. • • 44% Do., New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .. •••• • • • • 1534 Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 193( 20 .... • • 20 Ho., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 236 ... 3% 3. •••• • .. 3 Staines and Richmond. I •• - %%%•• • • • • South Wales .. • • • • " Welsh Midland .- • • Welt Riding Union .. .. 425. •• . • 2 % 1 1 • •• • York and Carlisle .• 2 34• • • • • • •••• • • • 1 York and North Midland .. .. 50 ....101 ••••• • • • • 101 Ditto, Selby .. .. 30 .... 79 .......... 7 4 9 % Ditto. Extension • • .. .. 15 .• 34% . Do. E. and W. Riding Exten. • • 1 •• • • 13 % %• •••• • • • 13% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 12% ........ Bord., Tout., & Cette tMackenzie) 2 .. .• Ditto, ditto (Espelete) • • Dutch Rhenish .. • • • • • 6 •• • • 6 A 7 6 % •• •• Great Western Canada .. • • „tt• • • • 4 • • Louvain and Jemeppe • • • • 5 • • • 1 11 ••• • .. Luxembourg .. • • Namur and Liege • • • • • • 6 '• • • 3 % ••••• • • • • Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• • • 1334 % ........ Orisons and litrdeous • • • • 6 •• •• ........ •• • . 3i fits. 94 2U p 10 % P 150 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... % ........ Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 .... 38 .......... Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... 28X ....... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia .. • • • • .. ..... . MINES. Real del Monte, Unreeistered —., 31( - TUESETAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JULY I], 346. The Queen has been pleased to direst 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, JULY 14. 111113Nali AZTURNIED TO SRICTE IN THIS PRISENT 'PARLIAMENT. Borough of the Tower Hamlets—Charles Richard Fox, Esq , Surveyor-General of her Majesty's Ordnance. Burghs of Leith, &c.—Andrew Rutherford, Esq., Lord Ad vocate of Scotland. Town of Perth—The lon. Fox Manic, Secretary at War. Borough of Halifax—The Right Hon. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Borough of Taunton—[he 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. City of Chester—John Jervis, Esq., her Majesty's At torney-General. Borough of Evesham—The Right Hon. Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, commonly called Lord Marcus Hill, Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. 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 of her Majesty's Treasury. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia—J. N. Walker, Esq., to be Captain, June 19. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. North York Regiment of J. Robinson, Esq., to be Captain, vice E. Turton, resigned, July 2. _ Commission by the L or d Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Derbyshire Militia—M. Brooks, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 20. 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.Zto be Cornet, April 24. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh. Royal Itlid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain W. R. Ramsay to be Major, vice Aitchison, deceased; Lieutenant R. Trotter to be Captain, vice Ramsay, promoted, June 27. BANKRUPTS. George Swaine Whitcl_urch, hosier, Fleet -street, to surren • der July 21, at two, and August 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane, Cornhill ; Lawrence and Reed. 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. Thomas Wallis, builder, College-street, Chelsea, July 22, at eleven, and August 29, at one, at the Court of Bankrutcy. Follett, of f icial 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 the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury, City; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. Gerard Polden and Antonio Hipolito Lafargue, shipowners, 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 Thomson, 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, Basingball-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 luw, Sons, and Torr, Ch ancery -l ane , London; 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; Hacker, 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, Fenchurch street—first div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, July 13, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. R. Ensoll, draper, Broad-street, Bloomsbury—first div. of 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 Saturday, 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. Fearer, 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, a t h a lf p as t one —J . Vena bles, artist, Beaufort -terrace, King's-road, Chelsea, July 18, at eleven—A. Bremner, clerk, Bromley-street, Commercial road, July 18, at eleven. In the Country. S. Rhodes, worsted spinner, Bradford, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. and S. Owen, 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—NV. Har disty, whitesmith, Wakefield, Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Newton, 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-Ty ne District Court—H. Kendall, it:. 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 Bi t m i ng h am Di str i ct Court —J. Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Philips, and T. Smith, bankers, Leicester, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. F. Cannell, bookseller, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown tx, the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Cooper, hardwareman, Bury St. Edmunds, A ug . 5 J. Avery, deale r in plate, Manchester-street, Manchester square, Aug. 5—J. G. Ufford, 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, Crutcned Friars, Aug.. 4—J. k ß es tptrzhebro i a se r ,wa k t e c r h , m mak a e n r c , h S e t s . te, M r a Artuing.4 Martin's-lane, Aug. 4- 11 - Fow 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, tailor, Tranquil-vale, Blackheath, Aug. 4—A. Crossfield, scrivener, Whitecliapel- road, Aug. 4. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Kenworthv and J. Ridgway, corn dealers, Stalybridge, Lancashire—J. sidebottom, 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. Nelson and 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. S avage an d J. Nock, wine mer chants, Wolverhampton —J. and D. Clarke, silkmen, Hurds field, Cheshire—T. Hinton and W. H. Taylor, silk throwaters, Chalford, Gloacestershire—H. S. Hammond and 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. H. Williams, milk dealers, Liverpool— H. and T. Wardle, silk manufacturers, Manchester—T. Mac Gill, J. 0. M Call, 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. INlagnay-13. 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. Norg a t e an d I . M . Laing, s choolmistresses, Tavistock square, St. Pancras. _ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Robertson, jun., merchant, Glasgow, July 16 and Aug. 6, at one, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Isabella Benny, Falkirk, July 22 and Aug. 12, at twelve, at Cay's Rooms, Edinburgh. William Provan, sen., and William Provan, jun., sp i r i t merchants, Paist so July BO and Aug. 18, at t we l ve , at Dean'. W1T.114 W. AWFUL ACCIDENT AT EAST WHEAL ROSE. On Thursday afternoon last an accident of an almost unprecedented character occurred at East Wheal Rose Silver-lead Mine, situated in the parish of NewlYt about eight miles north of Truro, Cornwall. At Wilk one o'clock, den se thunder-clouds gathered over the mine from the north-west, and in a few mieutes they poured down, amidst vivid lightning and appalli n g thunder, such a flood of rain as very shortly covered the surface of the m i ne to a d ept h of some feet. The flood, rushing onward through the mine, which descends towards the north, on reaching a narrow gut between the hills, att a i ne d a h e i ght of about eight feet ; and such was its force, that it bore onward large pieces of balk and of ir on b o il er p l ates, which were lodged at a height of several feet above the ground. UnhapPil? on being check e d b y t h e sudden narrowing of the hind, the wat er rus h e d i nto one of the 'ewe: or most northe rn s h a f ts, and soon afterwards, more or less, into the other shafts of the mine. The superia• cum bent weight of water, about the same time, broke in the " country," forming a large pit. The timbers to the levels bene a th, i t i s supposed, had been was h e s down by the water which had rushed into the shatt, an the" country," or soil being of an exceedingly loose, frir ble nature, instantly gave way to the weight above, whe n deprived of its artificial props. In the levels at the time were upwards of two hundred men and lad s " The rush of wi n d, cause d b y the sudden influx of wSte'' and breaking in of the "country," instantly put ei, all their candl es . Th ey groped on as well as they coa l ' towards the shafts, where every effort was being ini l4 ,l from above to ass i st i n b ringing " to grass " all who cow lay hold of the chains and kibbles let down for then Clusters of the p oor f e ll ows were successively brought 11 up; but we regret t o say, t h at after well-directed effolle" had been sustained f or a l ong t i me to get up men, it .- d found in the evening that 43 were still below. Of these four came up the next morning early ; and two we: taken up dead from th e 50-f athom level, about the " dle of the day. The remaining 37 are, alas ! still belo* drowned, or buried beneath the fallen masses of esti''' The mine was being worked to the depth of nearly 1 fathoms ; and was flooded by this dreadful accident to some feet above th e 50-f at h om l evel ; this last-nan ir o level, the princip a l one i n t h e mine, being about a mile is length. Great i s the affliction in and about the neighbo!, hood of the m i ne f rom t he loss of so many lives, and fr y the fear that a l arge proportion of the labour must ..,""r stopped. The m i ne now pays 2,5001. a month for labor only. The adventurers and agents are using every e r ertion to procur e f or t h e b ereaved families the sad oil solation to be derived from the recovery of the bodiea,, the men lost ; they are also kindly and consideratav taking means to alleviate the distress which must necer, s rely result to the sur v i vors , d epr i ved of their o n; means of support by thi s aw f u l v i s i tat i on. To untie', stand why the water attained so suddenly such cofl siderable depth and p ower , i t s h ou l d be known that t he workings of the min e run nort h an d south throug h the middle of a natural amphitheatre, with only one ( Nide: a narrow ravine at the north. The rain, which appesT, to fall in almost solid masses, poured in on the basin which the mine is situate from the hills around, and, ; we have already sa id, th e out l et was insufficient for v e rapidly aecumulat f d waters. Th e storm altogfi.l3,4 lasted but little mo re th an an h our, and was so partial;l scarcely to extend beyond the limits of the hills Wb S f ,:a encircle the site of the m i ne . A n i nquest was he ld a t Court-house of the mine, before Mr. J. Carlyon, coral on Friday, on the two bodies found. The jury returfl; a verdict o f " A cc i dental Death ;" and expressed th(fl selves s a ti s fi e d t h at every effort was made in the , std piece to prevent the water getting into the shafts, : 6 next in preser v i ng th e l i ves of the men who were bel, 71' A 4 1 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWJ'' A special meeting of the shareholders of this Company t place yesterday at the London Tavern, to receive the repot the directors. The c h a i r was taken by M. F. F. de Clossro The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convex' the meeting, The report was th en rea d, w hi c h stated that the prosP(eCt/ z o of the Company were i n t h e most satisfactory con d i tc i The report furt her stated that the company had been fortarei in the month o f J u l y , 18 45, and that the whole number,' shares, 150,000, h a d b een allotted at once, an d without serve. The objects of the company were, first, the C. s o struction of a great li ne o f ra il way traversing the provi : of Namur and L uxem b ourg and connecting the State Belgium with France and Germany, thus serving as the'" f, road to Strasburg, P russ i a, A ustria, Switzerland, and I t Jo The repot t was recei ve d an d unanimously adopted, av' A iy vote of thanks having been passed to the chairmen , meeting separated. RAILWAY SILARE MARKETS' MANCHESTER, JULY 14. Or STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottinght , l l, Eastern Janet, _ _ 1 ...Eton, 1% dis.— Birkenhead, Lancashire , and Chi j/ Junction, % p.—Blackburn, Chorley, and Live r p oo l, l'4 ton, Stamford, and Birmingham, 16s. 6d. dis.—Derby and - 4 0, ..t 4 p.—Eastern Counti es , Y or k Extension, 1 54 p. —Exeter andfmr mouth, 10s. 6d. dis.—Gl asgow an d D umfries, 21s . dis .—s^ Grimsby and Dock Extension, 2J dis. — Huddersfleld, HalifiL l ' Bradford, 1 15-16 p.—Lancashir e an d N orth Yorkshire, IU di Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 14 p.—Manchester, Baxtorl, 6/ lock, and Midland, 1 3-16 P .—M anc h ester and Birmingham, ~, tor Ditto, Quarters (A), 9% p.—Ditto, Qaarters (B), 9% p. -2 "2 1 ter and Hyde, 14 dis.—Northumberland a n d L ancas h ire , 14s. u d. osiv —North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Oldha m Di s t r i cts, 1 % dls.-.01" Ai 16? Birkenhead, &c., 16s. dls.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (8) , ,,,, 3 ; pal —Sheffield and Manchester, Q uar t ers, No. 1,4% p.—Shre"/ )IPI and Birmingham, par—South-Eastern and Dover, 43% IfOr Halves, No. 4, % p.—West Lancashire Coast, 18s. 6d. WS:" Riding Union, 2% p. LEEDS, JULY 14. • STOCK EXCEL/NC / E.—Th e sales are—Eastern Counties, „,„ 57; tension, 1% p. - East Lanca s hi re , 434 p. cash—Great Grlro s Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 20s. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, il 9 g A7 Huddersfield and Sheffi e ld , 61 . 123 , p.—Leeds and Bradtw - ei p.—Leeds and D ews b ury, 21. 63. 6d. p.—Dit.t.. 14r dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dis.—London and Croydon, chester and Leeds E x t ens i ons, 21. 43. /J. —N e wcastle and Darlinir Junction Extensions, 10 1 4 p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 5 dis.—Ambergate,f, tingham, and Boston, 1% dig.—Clith eroe J unc ti on , 18s. 6d. , _w_76, Grand Union, 16s. dis.-- Glas g o w an d D um f r i es , 1% dis. --1 . , r - 04 shire, Yorkshire, and North E as t ern , 45 5. di s.— L ee d s, Wakefielet,l, Midland, 17s. 6d. dis.—L e i ces t er an d B e df ord, 1 0 8. di s .—Live Ormskirk, and Preston, 268. p.— London and York, 265. 6 d. Der Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, a nd Midl an d , I6 s. p. —Northino f oi land and Lancashire Junction, 14s. dis.— North Staffordshi re, : A sk P. — North Western. % dis.—Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenhatacto dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 235. clis 1111111a123 6d. clis.—West Riding Union. 41. Bs. HULL, JULY 14. STOCK Excisarms.—The sales are — Eastern Counties, York ~j tension, IX —Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 39 —North British, — .goy Ditto, Half Shares, 12% —Ditto, Carlisle, 475. —York and "iree, Midland, East and West Riding, 13% — lpswich and Bury, 8 N „„ItP: castle and Berwick, 26 —Hull and Barnsley Junction, 134 and Driffield Junction, 48s. 6d.— Manchester, Buxton, and A ) ," 00' 4 3—North Western, dis.—North Staffordshire, 51. 145.—.9",..;..20" land, 7s. 9d. dis.—West Riding Union, 41 .93 .— Yorkshire and (ice Union, 12s. 6 d.—Direct Portsmouth, 41. 14s. SHEFFIELD, l4. STOCK Ercsramoz.—The sales - Lare—ondon and Croydon, 22 t5 York and North Midl an d , E ast and West Riding, 131. 1154 3.00, Grimsby and Sheffield Ext ens i on , 31 s. dis.—Ditto, Quarter 0 ,ror 20s. dis.—Ditt o , R a il way and Dock, 2% dis.—Grand Union :Is. tingham and Lynn), 16s. dis.—L ee d s, Wakefield, and Midland : g y, die.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 10s. dis.—Sheffield, Buxton i t e t;iii Potteries, and Crewe, 11s. 6d. di s .—S ou th Y orkshire Coal R 1. 15s. dis. YORK, JULY 14. r STOCK ExcaANoz.--The sales are--Eastern Counties, Yon. sion, 1/. 16s. 6d.-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 113.- sv ri and Dffleld Junction, 2%--Ma nc h es t er, Buxton, Matlock, 4n" ffto* land, 2% -Newcastle and B erw i c k, 26-Newcastle and Darlioa- New, 11/. Is. 3d.-North British, Carlisl e Extension, 2t4''''',l4!)r. 6 Staffordshire, 5% -North West ern , 195.-South .Midland, 1/. 1 7,, -West Riding Union, 4%-Yo r k an d North Midland, Eft West Riding Extension, 131. 11s. 3d. GLASGOW, JULY 13. 41fr STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-British and Irish Unio -„ 'c i f 6d.- Caledonian, New, 18s. 6d.-C a l e d on i an Extension, 310.- donian and Dumbartonshire Ext ens i on, 255.-Clydesdale Ju ne .1* 171.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 285.-Edinburgh and Bat il f 51s. 61-Edinburgh and Peebles, 335.-Gl asgow General T e rm n o d S 3 -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 4 65.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock' 6 Ayr, 74% -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 365. 6d.-G1'14,01 Airdrie and Monkland Jun c ti on , 475. 6 d.-Kilmarnock, and to o, Direct, 335. 6d.-Lesmahagew, 553 . - Manchester and SontlisZPAO 30s. 6d.-North British, 30 hi -Scottish Central, 191.-sc°ios, Southern, 38s. 6d.-Scottish Ce n t ra l an d Caledonian Junctio7), -South Midland, 335. 6 d. - Stirlingshire and Midland Junetto ll, -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355. THE FATAL C ALAMITY IN A CORNISH Ai/NE."'"T IP° bf following addition a l part i culars of the frightful calamitt r e which forty persons were drowned in a lead mine in wall, are given in the Plymouth Times On Friday a fter ' noon the county of C ornwall was visited with a 13 7 d, thunder-storm. Very d ense clouds were seen ti°a— ot along, darkening the locality and presenting a scon e ve t' awful grandeur. One of these clouds burst when ° A ir. Newlyn East, about five miles to the north of Truro, " 44 ' charging its contents in immense torrents of water, not to sue. rain, on the hills which surround the East Wheal cr oss Lead Mine, the numerous shafts of which extend . te r the valley. Into one of these shafts the accumulated v0,,,, b e : poured when the men were at their work beneath. 2' er y first notice the men had was the extinguishing of f ilte r candle by the force of the wind, occasioned by the 7, t he' coming gown the shaft in such a body as to compr es s 0 . ve ry' contained air. Confusi o n w hi c h was thus begun W t W o g creased by the noise of the rushing water driving e, the mine before it. Even the props o f the roof and sides o f cone ; were snapped asunder, an d th e wa ll s i mm ediately together, entombing the p oor f e ll ows t h en atth t e th e ir vvvrk Of course the history of such a n e ven t and s r esa le were eoatt the but bottom include „i n:o re s t miraculously heartrendin s aved g s c enes. whil s t oth Some W t who had got up so near to the sur f ace as to be recogn i s 7 t. were driven down again by th e f orce of the immense bore wt water. Between forty and fifty are missing. It is said, t h l 4 upwards of one h un d re d children are left fatherless by t, lio awful calamity. Th e managers of the mine are having "of water pumped out with all possible dispatch, and sixteen, the bodies have been recovered. A stone bridge recen: 3 ,-; erected by the county, in the vicinity, has been entir swept away by the torrent. BIRTH'S. On the 11th inst., at Carlton-terrace, the Countess Of Caledon, of a son. On the 3d i nst., at Courland-grove, Clapham, Mrs. Itr—idter " Bentley, of a son. ter, On the Bth inst., in the Victoria-park, near Mancha the lady of Joseph St. John Yates, Esq., of a son. f• 1 ' On the 10th inst., at Heysham, Lancaster, the lady 0- Tomlitlson, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at J o h n ' s -pl ace, Alb any road, Cambe r ' well, Mrs. Robert Cox, of a son. la On the 11th inst., at R egenc y- square , B r i g h ton, t he of Jacob Montefiore, Esq., of a son. ,On the 11th inst.., at Wigginton R ec t or y, near Banbu r y the wife of the , Rev. John V 1 illiams, of a son. _..--• MARRIED. fiel On the 14th inst., at Ospringe, K en t, b y th e R e • e. J. - to Hamilton, Edward Jarman, Esq., of Brenley Ho: dse , Kent' Lucy Sarah Manners Sutton, widow of the ',ate Rev. 2) 1 11 ,te ners Sutton, Subdean of Linc o l n , an d only P.:nild o f the Rev. 11. S. Mortimer, Vicar of Throwley, Kient. On the 11th inst., at St. Pancras Churc:h, London, Free•-,,,, William Coe, Esq., of Upper Clapton, - Middlesex, to Ce i t u to rine Jane, the eldest daughter of St. Jahn Chiverton ChAri t- Esq., of Apley Castle, Shropshire. DIED. Lit tle On the 7th inst . , in Scotland, M r . W . R amage, o f Portland street, Regent -street. olfe' On the 10th i ns t., J ames, t h e fourth son of John R Esq., of Hensill, Hawkhurst, Kent. oq e i On the 11th i ns t., a t Lower Tooting, Lydia Harriet, 151 ' John Button, Esq., aged 74. IQber On the 11th inst., Isabella, thi r d d aug h ter of Mr. —° Smith, of Belitba-villas, Barnsbury-park, aged 21. ter- On the 13th inst., i n N or folk-str,ct, Strand, Joh* Ps foster, Esq., aged 84. ..1: 1/$ # ' London: Printed and Published by ItUltDO YOUNG, of we. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 , S trand, in t he Pre e jo ji of the Sam, In the County of Middlesex, Wednesdal' 15, 1846. `~ t~ ~ It