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tbirb SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES LW BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM• PANIESLSTOCK. From tile Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 10. JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. ----- ----- T Dividend Amount ' Name of Company• per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. '--- ----------1 X e. d. I X s. d. Australasia •••••• • • • • 1 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 ' 21 Britsh North American 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 434 Commercial of London fa. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23y, "olonial .••••• - . . • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 L 012,111 and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 U 0 20 0 0 27 London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Metropolitan •••• ••• • • - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland- Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 48 Ditto, New......... i 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 18y National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 36 Ditto, New. •••• • • - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25% Union of London. •• .. 51. per cent. ,50 0 0, 10 0 0 114 INSTTAANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Marne of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. £ s. d. .Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. per cent, 0 0 5 0 0 5% Atlas .••••••• • • • . • • • ; 138.6 d. pr oh. 0 0 5 0 0 16% 4 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 0 0 5 0 0 7% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Llfe 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% County .......... •. • . 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - 6s. 50 0 0 6 0 0 5% Eng. IL Scot. Law •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Europeaa Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' ..... •. - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 136 Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 10 0 48 Imperial Firs Imperial Life .. -.. • . l'ls. 100 0 0 10 0 0 164 Indemnity Marine.. • .11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 ' 29 Law Life •••••• • • • • . I/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 52 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 64 London Fire _•••• •• Los. 'lb VUIIZ 10 0 14 , ,i London Ship .. •.. • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% Marino.. ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invild & Gen. Life 4%/. per ct. 50 0 0 I 2 0 0 3 National Leaa Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0012 10 0 21 x%1 National Life......... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 9% Palladium Life . ..... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. N. Phmiaix ..... ..... .. .. 3/. p. ct. & bs. - - 205 Protector Life.. - ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 3s. Provident Life .. .. .. • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life ...• •••• • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 44 Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 198 Sun Fire .. ... • . • • .. - - 210 Ditto Life 11. 6s. - - 49 Universal Life LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. ' Price Annum. Share. ---- - £ s. d. £ a. d Bank of Scotland ••.• • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 170 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. , - 100 0 0 156 British Linen Company 81. par cent. ' - 100 0 0 223 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 163 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 15 Union Bank of Scotland 7.41. pr cent.l - 50 0 0 924 Western Bank-- - -6/. per cent.' - 50 0 0 8.5 Northof Scotland Bank 61. per cent. . - 5 0 0 74 Clydesdale Bank -- • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Eastern Bank. •.•• • • • 51. per cent. ; - 10 0 0 11 Caledonian Bank ••. • • 73 1. pr cent. - 1 2 10 0 4% Edinb.&Glasgowßank 61. per cer.t.l - 5 0 0 7 1 3 City of Glasgow Bank . 5!. per cent. , - 10 0 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 120 0 0 1 0 0 245. 9.1 Hercules Insurance Co. 'li. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Incur. Co. of Scetlnd.• Si. per cent.; 10 0 0 All paid. 104 North British Incur. • . 5 1 ,1,1. pr cent. !200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent.lloo 0 0 10 0 0 22 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. jlOO 0 0 12 10 0 18 1 % Ellin. &,01asg. Raliway 11.10 e. per c. 150 0 0 50 0 0 75 Ditto, 4 Shares •• • • 7s. 65. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 Edict.. Leith, & Gra.ntn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 153,', Glasgw Bc. Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 75 Glasg - w& Greenckßail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16 1 s Gimpy & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 40% Dundee& Arbrothßall. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard Life Assarnce.ls/. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9 DOCKS. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. . £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial ......... 3/. per cent. Stock. ' - 80 East and West India... 61. pr cent. ' Stock. - 142 East Country ••. • • ... 1/. per sh. 'lOO 0 0 - 21 Commercial •• • • • • • East and West India... East Country • • • • • • • . Lyndon.. • • • • . • • • • St. Katharine • • •• • • Southampton • • • • • • • • 3/. per cent. Stock. 6!. pr cent. ' Stock. 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 5/. pr cant. I Stock. 5 per cent. Stock. 4!. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1123 103% 27;i WATER-WORMS. Dividend 1 Amount per 1 of Paid. Annum. I Share. me of Company. 1 £ s. d. East L0nd0n.......... 81. 100 0 0 Grand Junction •• •• •• 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 K.nt...............• _2l. 10s. 100 0 0 Vatizhall .• ••• • • • ...• 5/. per cent. 1100 0 0 West Middlesex .. •• .. 51.5 . 5. pr cnt. 163 12 9 Price. CANALS. • ti, Dividend Price Names of i Dividend Price Names of Companies. ,t 4 per Companies. Annum.'er i Annum. z ,_. Z 1 X Ashtn&Oldh 97 51.55. p c 70 3fornnouthshlloo 81. 160 Ashby-d-14-2 113; 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley.. .. 160, 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 38 Basingstoke.. 1001 - I - Neath - • ... 100 171. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150! Si. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. - Cromford .. - 100 1 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's •••. ' 33 11. 51. 25 Derby llOOl 61. 73 Rochdale .... 85 41. 77 Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. I 55 Shropshire • • ,125 81. - Erewach .•• 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal' 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 100 41. I - Do.Lk Fd St 12 Cl. p. c. 11 #l.Junctuiloo 71. 95% Stffrd &IVorci 140 28/. 295 d Union'loo 11. 103. - Shrewsbury..; 125 151. 230 orgnsh. l l72, 13%1. 210 Stourbridge. 1145 201. 315 Glstr & Brkly 100 - - Strtfrd on Avl . 79 IL 10s. - Grantham . • 160 121. 100 Severe and vil 26 1/. 811. 3 2 Iluddsrsfleld. 57 - - Wye Rail. Kennt $ A 391 711. 6d. I 9% Trnt & Mr-1 150 301. - Lancaster .• •,47 \ 1/. 10s. - BcY, t 4 I. i. 3 Leeds& Livrpt 100 341. 520 Thams &Med, 19 - - Leicester ll4O 101. 105 Worestr &11 78 21. 1 44 Leicatr &N'th 83 41. 60 Rirming. i Leughboregh 1421 701. , 1150 1Wllts& BrkS. 67 11. 1 II a TAUNTON ELECTION. (THIS DAY—BY EXPRESS.) TAUNTON, FRIDAY, TWELVE, NOON.—This morning was appointed by the returning-officer as the period of nomination. The Eight Hon. Henry Labouchere, accompanied by his friends, arrived at the hustings shortly after eight o'clock, and the usual pre liminaries having been gone through, the Right Honourable Gentleman was proposed by James Bunter, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Taunton in Parliament. He took occasion to advert to the connexion of Mr. Labouchere with the town, remarking that it had existed for sixteen years, and that he had had the pleasure of proposiag him as a candidate ten:times. T. WIRREN, Esq., seconded the nomination. No other candidate being proposed, the Hon. Gentle man was declared duly elected amidst loud acclamations. The Right Hon. Henry LABOUCUERE then addressed the electors as follows—Gentlemen, I have waited to address you until I was able to do so under that title and in that situation which I assure you I value beyOnd any other distinction in public life which it is pos sible for me to attain—l mean in the character of your representative.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, a seat in Parliament, when conferred by an inde dependent and intelligent constituency, is to any Englishman a matter of just pride—(Hear) ;—but when conferred under circumstances like those which charac ., terite the present occasion, I conceive that distinction, 'valuable as it is in itself, greatly enhanced.—(Cheers.) I do not meet you on this occasion a stranger, nor ad dress you now for the tir.t, time. My excellent friend who proposed me to you, and by whose side I have aad the satisfaction of standing ever since I MEM to Taunton, has reminded you that the connexion between us has now lasted for sixteen years, and that this is no less than the tenth time on which I have had to thank you for returning me as your representative • to the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, those sixteen years have not been unproductive of im - portent politi ca l c h anges, an d t h ey h ave b een marked I ; I .:, by as great and important events as any sixteen years in the history of this country.—(Hear, hear.) You have had an opportunity of observing my conduct under almost every variety of circumstance. I have stood before you when I belonged to a small and dispirited minority, and I have stood before you in the capacity in which I now stand again—as a servant of the Crown and you have had an opportunity of judging whether my principles, my conduct, and my language, have ever varied under either of those circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) My Hon. Friend has truly told you that the circumstances of the present election were peculiarly gratifying to me. In canvassing on this occasion I found that I have not lost a single old friend, whilst, on the other hand, I acknowledge the gratification I have received from the universally kind roception I have met with, and that, too, in many instances from some who, from conscientious motives, have hitherto felt it to be their duty to oppose me.—(Cheers.) Under these cir cumstances I may truly say that I shall return to the House of Commons with increased feelings of gratitusie and fresh sentiments of pride with regard to my connexion with your town.—(Loud cheers.) I shall imitate the example of my friends who proposed and seconded me, in not addressing you at any great length ; at the same time, however, I feel, that in accepting this renewal of the solemn trust placed in my hands, it is due both to you and to myself that I should make some observations.—(Hear, hear.) It is now five years since I last adddressed you as a candidate on these hustings. I was at that time a Minister of the Crown, but I did not long remain so. I believe almost the first vote which the House of Commons came to was fatal to the existence of that Government, in the ranks of which I :erred. Without any personal regret, certainly, I took my leave of office, and retired to do that which to my personal feeling is a far more agreeable situation, L ►a' ► rf. ~ ,~.. THE SUN, LONDON, FR'IDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1846. that of an independent Member of Parliament.—(Hear.) • But I am happy to say that the ♦ote of the House of Commons which struck down the Ministry of Lord Mel bourne did not destroy the principles which that Minis try advocated.—(Loud cheers.) And, gentlemen, I for one will acknowledge that I never had the slightest fear that it would produce that effect.—(Cheers.) I was thoroughly convinced from the best con sideration I could give to the interests of this great country, that those principles were founded in truth, and must ultimately and speedily be triumphant.—(Loud cheers.) I did not fear that those who succeeded us would follow any essentially different course from that which we ourselves had pursued ; and, accord ingly, although I have been nominally a mem ber of the Opposition, and sat on the oppo site benches to the Government of the day, yet there has been scarcely any important measure which that Government during those five years have brought forward which I have not by my humble vote contributed to support.— (Cheers.) Those measures were, some of them, measures of enlarged religious freedom—some of conciliation and justice to Ireland—some of them measures of free trade calculated to enlarge and extend the com merce of this country ; and the crowning measure of all has been that great measure which the assent of the Crown has just stamped with the authority of the law of the land—l mean the complete and final repeal of the corn- laws.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I can assure you—and those among you who know my private tastes and habits will believe in the sincerity of that assertion—that no five years of my Parliamentary life were ever spent with satisfaction equal to those during which, without the toils, and anxieties, and responsibilities of official life, I had the satisfaction of seeing those principles for which I have always contended carried into execution; and also the gratification, by my humble vote, of lending my best support to their success.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen,the office to which the gracious favour of my Sovereign has called me is, as you have been reminded by one of my friends, not the least responsible or the least onerous of those which are undertaken by the servants of the Crown. I can assure you that, in taking my share of the Govern ment of Ireland, I accept the office in no spirit of pre- Qttniption with regard to toy qualifiaction for the duty. This, at least, I trust I may say, that no ettort on my part shall be wanting to fulfil those duties ; and if I shall be able to contribute, even:in the smallest degree, to the happiness, contentment, and prosperity of that part of her Majesty's dominions, I shall look back to the day on which I took office as the happiest and proudest of my life.—(Cheers.) I trust that the little acquaintance which I possess with the local affairs of that country will be compensated by finding myself sur rounded in the Administration by Irishmen, long and intimately connected with the affairs of that country, and deservedly respected by the inhabitants; and still more do I rejoice that I shall have to serve under a Lord-Lieutenant who has been for the greatest part of his life a resident landowner—(Cheers) —and who from his disposition and ability is, I am sure, eminently quali fied to carry into effect those gracious wishes and in tentions which it is well known her Majesty feels in an especial degree towards that portion of her dominions. I trust that in the government of Ireland we shall be able to follow up those principles on which the govern ment of all free countries ought to be conducted—l mean, to support the law that it may be respected, and to improve the law that it: may be beloved.—(Loud cheers.) I can assure you I highly value the honour of repre senting so steady, so consistent, and intelligent a body of constituents. With regard to other political subj acts I do not know that I need trouble you by going into detail. I have always stood upon these hustings as a liberal candidate and a reformer.—(Hear, and cheers.) At the same time I have always told you that there is not a Conservative in this town or county who is more deeply attached than I am to the great institutions of this country, or who is more thoroughly satisfied the true interests of the community consists in our preserving and maintaining them unimpaired.—(Cheers.) But I believe, at the same time, that in order to maintain institutions unimpaired, it is absolutely necessary to take care that they do not stand in the way of all such im provements as may be required either by the al tered circumstances of society, or by the in creasing intelligence of the age. I believe that Englishman is the truest Conservative, and best supports the institutions of the country, who takes care that there is nothing in them which cannot be reconciled with great and necessary improvements.— (Cheers.) I love and reverence the mixed con stitution of this country, and if I saw the just prerogatives of the Crown or the just prerogatives of the peerage assailed, I would de fend them just as firmly as I would the rights and liberties of the Commons of England, to which I belong.—(Hear, hear.) I feel it necessary to say this, because I stand here on popular principles, and am surrounded by the friends of popular principles in this town, and because I have lent my assistance to the furtherance of many measures which I trust and hope will have the effect of enlarging the liberties of the people, and extending wide the principles of reli- , gious liberty to those classes of my fellow-countrymen who may dissent from the Church of England—whether . as Protestant Dissenters, or as Roman Catholics— (Hear, hear, and cheers)—and have always felt it my duty in public life to do nothing which would shake those great fundamental institutions of the country — (Hear, bear)—on the contrary, those institutions have not a more sincere friend than myself.—(Cheers.) The lion. Member again thanked them for the high honour conferred upon him, and retired amidst loud and pro longed plaudits. The Hon. Member was afterwards " chaired," a very superb car, drawn by four horses, being used for the oc casion. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordship met at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up a large number of railway and other Bills, which were severally read a first time. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the scripholders of the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway against the further progress of the Bill. Lord DENMAN presented a petition from a place in the county of Down, praying for the abolition of capital punish ments. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY The Earl of CLARENDON laid upon the table of the House a minute of the Board of Trade on the subject of this Bill, and moved that it be printed, and referred to the Corn• mittee on the Bill. Several Bills were then advanced a stage, and the House adjourned. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room B. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND BRANCHES). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. John Miller, engineer of the Great North British Railway, in his evidence said that the ground at Shiels bridge was already pre-occupied by the General Terminus Company, whose Bill had been granted, so that the arrange ment come to by the Caledonian Company before the Com mons' Committee, to carry back their junction with the Ayr Railway to near that bridge, could not be constructed without diverting the Paisley canal beyond the limit of the deviations which this Bill gives them power to do. That, assuming the Caledonian got this proposed terminus in the City, their mode of carrying along the through traffic would necessitate a break of the train ; that part of it might be carried along Bridge -street by another engine, or they must give up the Bridge-street branch altogether. Mr. M. considered that the whole scheme was such as the engineer would not now, under the altered circumstances, propose to lay down. Cross-examined by Mr. HOPE—There were altogetherlos feet within the limit of deviation and the canal, and four sets of rails could be laid down in 53 feet; but not so if these sets of rails belonged to different lines, and much less if they were on different levels, as was the case here, for the canal, the Caledonian, the General Terminus, and the joint line, would give four different levels. Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C., produced three letters of the 6th, Bth, and 28th of May last, to Lord Woreley, Chairman of the Commons Committee from the Admiralty, the last of which Was accompanied with a report from Captains Bethune and Denison, unfavourable to any crossing of the river Clyde, as proposed by the Caledonian Company, south of the Stockwell bridge. The Admiralty agreed in this report, but their letter of the 28th of May reached the Chairman of the Corn mons Committee a day after the preamble of the Bill for the Caledonian liine was passed. Lord Belhaven havisig been called, said he was well ac quainted with Glasgow and the lines south and north of the Clyde. He considered it very important that a junction be tween these should be effected, which would necessitate a crossing of the river, but he thought one crossing, and one only, should be allowed. Mr. AUSTIN, QC., proposed to call Mr. Walker, with a view to lay before the Committee a full statement of all the circumstances under which the report from the Commis sioners of the Admiralty had been drawn up, which, he Mr. AN D ex pected to show, was not a final decision. f eN r t w i e o su' saidd hell hadll Evr weress objectedto Mr. Walker being allowed to giv T e h e e vidence, as the case for the promoters was closed. th to at b t e he cle c a e r m ed m . on ca be , in r g . re-admitted, Cfran i t t A Pt i Walker,Walker. Mr. examined by th e been sent down by the Admiralty to ex amine this very cross ing, and he made his report on the 12th of March. He understood that another company was to cross at the place. He believed that Captains Bethune and same on were sent down about the formation of the docks near Glasgow. He said he had stated in his report to the Admiralty that if a great public good were to be gained, the obstruction would be very small to the river. The Committee refused to hear Mr. Walker's report, the one on their Lordship's table being later. He said he was con• suiting engineer to the Clyde trustees. Mr. ANDREWS then addressed the Committee against the Bill, on the part of the Glasgow and Ayr Rail way, the city of Glasgow, and the town of Gorbals, and individual proprietors, contending that the approach to Glasgow, and through it, should be confined to one great general scheme, which would effect a junction with the lines north and south of the Clyde without exposing the city and private property to be cut up by rival and independent companies. Sir. Andrews, in commenting on the evi dence, cautioned their Lordships as to the testimony given by Mr. Walker, who admitted that he was consulting en gineer to the Clyde trustees, the Chairman of which was called to give evidence in favour of the Caledonian line. Mr. MONTAGUE SMITH addressed the Committee on be half of the heritors of Gorbals against the Bill, and called witnesses to show that damage would be sustained be the Gorbals parish church, situated within 30 feet of the Cale conian proposed line, at the corner of Carlton-terrace and Buchan -street. The Committee then adjourned till eleven to-morrow. ROOM C. The Chairman (the Earl of Radnor) and the other mem bers of the Committee assembled in this room to-day. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MID- LANDS JUNCTION. The evidence in support of this Bill was resumed. Mr. Henry Rangeley was examined, and stated that he was an extensive coal-owner, and observed that coal could be sent to Sheffield at a very low rate. Mr. JAMES, who appeared for the landowners' opposition, here took an objection to the Bill in toto, on the ground that when considered in the Committee of the House of Commons, it had a Bakewell branch, and that it was on the express un derstanding of the convenience to be afforded by that branch that the Commons' Committee had passed the project. At this point the room was cleared, after a reply from Mr. Talbot, and on the re-admission of parties, TheCIIAIRMAN declared that the objeCtion could not be entertained. Mr. Butcher, Master of the Cutlers' Company at Sheffield, and his brother, the present Mayor, testified to the general advantages of the railway. Mr. Nall, a dealer in cattle at Chesterfield, stated that his purchases and sales of sheep amounted to between 300 and 400 sheep a week, but his dealings in beasts were small. The cost of conveyance to Manchester was Iss. a ton, the distance being 42 miles. Mr. Burkitt, a brown pottery manufacturer and a maltser at Chesterfield, stated that the quantity of goods sent to Manchester from his neighbourhood was 2,420 tons of earthenware, besides malt. His own produce was about 720 tons. If this railway were made, the cost would not be more than ss. Mr. Hervey, a magistrate of Holmfirth, near Leeds, stated that the population of the township was about 16,412, and of the district 26,344. The witness stated the iquantity of wool brought to the township, and that as many as 80,000 pieces of cloth were manufactured within the precincts. The district around Holmfirth is chiefly peat, and would be much benefited by the introduction of lime. To Mr. CALVERT'S cross-examination, the witness replied that the limestone chiefly used was the Crick and the Bake well lime, which would come by the proposed line. The manufactured pieces were in the first place sent in the rough state to Huddersfield, where they were dressed and made ready for " daylight." At present they obtained their soap and oil from Liverpool. and London, and one of the great objects of the people of Holmfirth was to get as short a com munication with London as possible. To Mr. HOPE the witness replied that the inhabitants in his district were anxious to obtain the mountain limestone, in preference to all other kinds. Mr. TA - I,ll°T on re-examination, ascertained that the chief object was to get the nearest route to London, and that the line from Chesterfield to Sheffield was much desired by them. Mr. Tomlinson. wood steward to the Duke of Rutland on his Derbyshire estates, stated that he tau neara or the aban donment of the Bakewell branch some time since. The pro perty lies chiefly in and near Bakewell, within the neigh • bourhood of the line. The quantity of timber annually sent to Sheffield was/about 12,000 feet, exclusive of underwood, for which this railway would afford great facilities. On cross-examination, the witness stated that the quantity he had named was wood from the Barlow property, and did not at all include the Bakewell estate. _ Mr. Mills, agent of Mr. Arkwright, of Sutton, and also occa sionally engaged by the Dukes of Rutland and Devonshire, stated that he knew Brierly Wood very well. It is the pro perty of the last-named nobleman, and that there was an annual fall of copse wood and timber to the extent of from fifteen to twenty acres. The formation of the Sheffield and Chesterfield line would materially improve the value of his Grace's property, and would give great facilities to the trade of Sheffield. The road at present is hilly and heavy, and he believed that although there was a probability of advantage by the Sheffiield and Lincoln shire line, and there were already advantages existing by the Rotherham and Sheffield Railway, yet that, in his mind, in no way obviated the necessity for the formation of this line. To Mr. CALVERT'S cross-examination the witness replied that he did not conceive a tramway to be of any use what ever, and he thought that the formation of needless railways, or, at least, of those not imperatively required, would be a waste of public property. To Mr. PAGET, the witness replied that the Bierly woods are directly south of Hunstone, and was aware that there was a group of railways already in existence, but they would not serve the purpose of transporting this timber. To Mr. TALBOT'S re-examination—The witness replied that he considered the formation of this line of the utmost import ance in every point of view. The Committee here adjourned till to-morrow. ROOM D. PORTBURY PIER AND RAILWAY. The consideration of this Bill was resumed this morning, the Earl of Devon in the chair; when, as there was no oppo sition, the Bill was passed, the clauses were considered, and the report was ordered to be brought up. This concluded the group. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHA? 'TON. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day with clauses of interest only to the parties. A number of clauses were proposed on the part of the South Western by Mr. Hope and Mr. Bircham, the solicitor for the South estern, but as many of them proposed to give arbitrary powers to that Company over the Manchester and Southampton, they were materially modified by the Committee. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Mr. Edwin James, and Mr. Cripps, appeared on behalf of the Manchester and South ampton. The remainder of the clauses, with various alterations, having been completed, Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM applied to the Committee to in sert a recommendation in their report to the House, to the effect that as the progress of the Bill had been greatly de layed, from its introduction into Parliament early in the ses sion to its coming before the Committee, it was desirable that it should receive the sanction of the Legislature this session ; and that it should be remitted to the House of Lords with out unnecessary delay. The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee in their report would simply state the facts, which would no doubt meet the views of the promoters. The Committee then separated. Their decision will be reported to the House on Tuesday. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at the usual hour, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair, and present Lords Redesdale and Hawarden. SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY, AND CHESTER JUNC TION (CRICKHEATH AND WENN LINES(. SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY, AND CHESTER JUNC TION (EXTENSION AND BRANCHES). The standing orders were camplied with. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER. Standing orders conTlied with. LONDON, SALISBLRY, AND YEOVIL JUNCTION. A similar decision was made in this case. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN (BASINGSTOKE AND SALISBURY EXTENSION.) In this case also the standing orders were complied with. LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTER (DEVIA TION AND BRANCHES.) This Bill was also the subject of a favourable decision. NORTH WALES MINERAL (DEVIATION AND BRANCHES,) So also was this Bill. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fo the Week ending ou Saturday, the 4th day of July, 1846. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued.. • ... •. 29,322,200 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,905,074 Silver bullion ••• • • . 2,417,126 £29,322,200 1 £ 29,322,200 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 9th day of July, 1846. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .......... •• • • 3,424,178 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • . 7,791,200 Other deposits ...• • . 14,402,460 Seven day and other Cioveniment securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • . 12,987,142 Other securities •. • • 18,145,319 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 9,303,090 Gold and silver coin 625,651 867,364 £41,061,202 '. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. &NGE.-(THIS DAY). (Gibraltar.. .. .. .... .. .. Leghorn .............. 30 45 Genoa .. ...... ........ 26 Iti Milan.. • • • • • • • • • . • • • • Venice.. ........ • , Naples . . ... • 3914 Palermo, per as . Li5Fi0n............ • Oporto. ........ Rio Janeiro . Buenos Ayres .. ••. • • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .......... PRIM) OP BULLION, PLR OZ. Foreign Gold la bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Geld Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars •... • • • • 0 4 9!z Silver is bars £ 41,061,202 Dated the 9th day of July, 1846. COURSE OF EXCID Amsterdam C.F.- 12 834 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 5!4 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 9 Antwerp.... 26 10 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 A1t0na.......... • • .... Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 75 Ditto, 3 months .. .. 26 5 Marseilles • ..... ..... . 26 10 Bourdeaux.. ...... • • 26 10 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 3 4 ....... Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... Iterlin ...... Vienna, 10 — . 94 Trieste, ditto.... •• •. 10 10 Cadiz .. ; ........ Barcelona „ „ „ Seville... ..... MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Lyndon New Price Current of July 10.) Susan.—To-day all kinds of West India were sparingly dealt in, only 300 hhds and trcs finding purchasers, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms, making the decline in prices for the week is per cwt., and the total sales only 1,460 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—To.day there was little desire shown to pur chase Refined goods for home consumption, and lower rates are again taken, brown lumps according to quality selling at 66s 6d to 67s 6cf, and standard lumps 68s to 688 6d. Bonded 34s 6d to 35s per cwt for first quality. FOREIGN.—To-day there was less activity in the Foreign Sugar market; 4,703 chests of yellow Havannah were sub mitted to public sale, but nearly the whole was taken in at nearly the previous value. MAURITIUS.—IMNTIerS still refrain from offering any at public sale, and the amount of business transacted privately has been extremely limited in all descriptions, although there are sellers upon lower terms. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 700 bags of Madras Sugar at public sale were only in part sold at about the former value. Privately there was very little business transacted in Bengal, and none was offered at public sale. TEA.—There has been an increased desire to operate in the common descriptions of Congou this week ; a large business has been transacted, without producing any advance in prices. Peuchong is held with firmness, and the rates given have been 3id to 9d low to fine quality. In the better kinds of Twankay there has been little passing, and sales can be made upon rather lower terms. Imperial and Gunpowder are heavy of disposal, and prices have a downward tendency. For Souchong the demand is still limited ; although there are sellers upon easier terms. Scented Orange Poltoe is little wanted. yson is wanted, but at moderate rates. In Young Hyson several purchases have been made, but prices do not improve. Scented Caper has been sold to a fair extent at previous rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was only in li mited request, and 193 bales at auction were nearly all taken in at about the former value—of Ceylon 2,459 bags were submitted to public competition, the Native was all taken abov , - the value; but the Plantation, of which the chief part t, nsisted, all found buyers, in consequence of rather lower rates being taken. RlCE.—This afternoon at public sale 1087 b ags o f B enga l Rice were sold at rather higher rates; but 1350 bags were taken in much above the value, viz., at 14s 6d to 15s. Pri vately 8000 bags has been sold; 100 bags of Brazil at public sale fetched 17s for good white bold grain, and 15s to 16s 6d for sea damaged. SPzcEs.—Although there are sellers of Black Pepper upon previous low terms, still exporters and the home trade have purchased with caution by private contract. Of 1,100 bags of Malabar offered at auction, a small part only was sold. Although White is cheap, still very few purchases have been made privately, and none has been brought to public sale. Nutmegs have been sparingly de a lt i n pr i va t e l y . in Cinnamon a good business has been transacted in all kinds, but the rates paid are not higher. Th e supp l y o f Gi nger i s less plentiful ; by private contract several parcels have been sold at a shade higher rates for all sorts. Pemento is wanted and the supply . continuing small, prices rule firm. Although Cassia Ligna can be obtained upon moderate terms, still there has been little passing privately, and none has been qrought to public sale. Mace is much wanted, and stiffer rates are offered, but the supply is small. SPIRITS.—There has been an i m p rovement i n t h e d eman d for the better descriptions of Jamaica Rum, and stiffer rates have been obtained. In Demerara there has been a large business transacted, and at firm rates. Leeward Island has been much sought after, and stiff rates offered. Calcutta is held with firmness, and several pur chases have been made, and holders show firmness. I Brandy has been in improved request, and holders are less inclined to sell, but the old sorts are yet the most in demand. Geneva in fair demand for exportation, and sales at 2s to 2s 2d for common, and purchases of fine for home consump tion at 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. For Corn Spirits the market is quiet, but prices remain firm. For Gin the value of 22 per cent. under proof is 8s 10d, and 17 under proof 9s 4d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—The market has a firm appearance for Rough, there has been a good demand from exporters and the home trade, and the parccels sold privately were at rather higher rates. At auction 1,292 bags have been offered, the Calcutta, of which the chief part consisted, found buyers at stiffer rates ; but Madras was bought in Gd. above the value. For English Refined a good demand has existed. In Nitrate of Soda the operations are upon a more extended scale. Oms.—Prices continue to decline for Linseed Oil, the sup ply being on the increase. .For forward delivery several contracts have been entered into at 24s to 24s Gd per cwt. In Rape Seed Oil several purchases have been made, but not at better prices. In Palm a good business has been transacted, but holders have submitted to rather lower rates. Of Cocoa-nut Oil there is little in the market, but a better supply may be looked for shortly. Olive has been sparingly dealt in. Southern has been purchased with caution, not withstanding the low rates that prevail. For Seal rather lower rates have been accepted. Sperm is not offered at any further decline in Drives, but only a moderate business has been transacted. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 100 casks of New South \Vales Tallow went at steady rates; good to fine at 39s 6d to 41s 6d, low and middling 37s 6d to 38s 3d. 207 casks Palm Oil fetched 23s to 28 per cwt for low to tine. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 10, 1816. It is hereby notified, that her Majesty's Principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from her Majesty's Minister in Mexico a dispatch containing the copy of a notice sent on the 20th of May lest to Capt. Pelly, the Commander of her Majesty's ship Rose, by Captain Fitzhugh, the Senior Officer of the United States' Naval Forces off the port of Vera Cruz, de claring that port to be blockaded by the said naval forces. It is also hereby notified that her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a dispatch, dated the 21st of May last, from her Majesty's Consul at Tampico, enclosing the copy of a letter which he had received from Commander Saunders, of the fol lowing tenour " U. S. Ship St. Mary's, off Tampico Bar, May 20, 1846. " Sir,—ln consequence of Mexico having commenced hostilities against the United States, I have been ordered by the Commander-in-Chief of the American squadron on this station to blockade the Port of Tampico. Please con• sider this the official announcement of that fact ; and do me the favour to communicate it to all whom it may concern. Vessels now in port will be allowed to sail with or without cargo at any time before June 15; neutral non commercial mail packets are free to enter and depart, and Mexican boats, engaged exclusively in fishing, will be allowed to pursue their labours unmolested. Do me the favour to give publicity to this immediately, for the benefit of the humble class to whom it refers. JNO. S. SAUNDERS, Commander." At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the Bth day of July, 1 846—present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council—this day the Right Honour able Frederick Earl Spencer, the Right Honourable Edward George Fitzalan Howard (commonly called Lord Edward George Fitzalan Howard), and the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson were, by command of her Ma jesty, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Boaad accordingingly. Her Majesty in Counci was this day pleased to ap point the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, President of the Committee of Council appointed for the consider ation of all matters relating to trade and foreign planta tions, in the absence of the President of the said Com mittee for the time being. BY THE QUEEN.— A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas by our Order in Council of the nineteenth of May, in the present year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and in the ninth year of our reign, we were graci ously pleased, for the reasons therein contain ed, to annul the Royal Proclamation of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, of the third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, directing that distribution should be made of the net proceeds of prizes captured from the enemy, of captures and seizures, under the several Acts passed relating to the revenues of Customs, and to trade and navigation, for the abolition of the slave trade, and for the capture and destruction of piralical vessels, and of the rewards conferred for the same, as well as of awards and allowances of salvage granted to the officers and men of ships and vessels of war, when not other wise specially apportioned by the terms of the respective awards and allowances: and whereas in the recital of the said Order in Council in our Royal Proclamation, dated the said nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hun dred and forty-six, the following words, that is to say, " as well as of awards and allowances of salvage granted to the officers and men of ships and vessels of war, when not otherwise specially apportioned by the terms of the respective awards and allowances," were by mistake omitted, and it is expedient that such mis take should be corrected : now, therefore, we do make known to all our loving subjects, and all others whom it may concern, by this our Royal Procla mation, by and with the advice and consent of our Privy Council, that our said Proclamation of the said 19th day of May, 1846, shall have the same force and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if the said words so omitted by mistake had been inserted therein. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and in the tenth year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess of Suthetland to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Buccleuch, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick Earl Spencer to be Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, in the room of George John Earl De La Warr, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lord Edward- George Fitzalan-Howard to be Vice Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, in the room of Lord Ernest. Augustus-Charles Brundell-Bruce, resigned. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JULY 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Arthur Marcus Cecil fill, commonly called Lord Marcus Hill, Comptroller of her Majesty's Hourehold, vice Colonel the Right llon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, resigned. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JULY 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. the Earl Forteacue, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, vice the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.B , resigned. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S-OFFICE, JULY 7. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Alfred Paget (commonly called Lord Alfred Paget), to be Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to her Majesty, in the room of the Hon. Charles Wellesley (commonly called Lord Charles Wellesley), resigned. WHITEHALL, JULY 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Viscount Morpeth ; Alexander Milne, Esq. ; and Charles Alex anper Gore, Esq. (commonly called the Honourable Charles Alexander Gore), to be Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings. WHITEHALL, JULY 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed unper the Great Seal, constituting and ap pointing the Marquis of Clanricarde to the office of her Majesty's Postmaster General. WHITEHALL, JULY 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and ap pointing the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Shell to the office of Master and Worker of her Majesty's Mint WHITEHALL, JULY 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Thomas Babington Macaulay to be her Ma jesty's Paymaster General. WHITEHALL, JULY 8. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United King dom, appointing the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hob house, Bart., her Majesty's Commissioner for the affairs of India. WHITEHALL, JULY 8. The Queen has been pleasad to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto General the Marquess of Anglesey, K.G. and G.C.B. the office of Master-General of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great seal, granting unto Colonel Charles Richard Fox, the office of Master Sur veyor and Surveyor General of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be pissed under the Great Seal, granting unto Colonel the Hon. George Anson, the office of Clerk of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and place of Advocate-General or Judge-Martial of her Majesty's Forces to Charles Buller, Esq. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 10, 1846. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT of fraud the plaintiff had gone too far. It seemed extraordi nary that such a man as the plaintiff, and so well informed generally in public affairs, should have purchased shares in such a company as the present, and it must be taken that he was influenced by the prospectus. On this Bill, as it was constructed, no relief could be given, and therefore the de murrer must be allowed. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) LN THE MATTER OF SIR GEORGE STEPHEN AND OTIIERS, EX of children. One day when witness went to town the Pt ,soner locked the children in the garden, and left the 1 10 r e ; for a considerable time. She h a d no t f oun d f au lt with that day. Elizabeth Barker, aged ten years, stated that after b i e s r t mother bad given the baby the aniseed s h e d r ank uP W i o o remained in the cup. Prisoner went with the baby illt% is washhouse when her mother had left the kitchen, an two or three minutes witness heard th e b a by ml , _ut li to wheezing noise, and she called out, " Mary, don't bar' baby." When the prisoner came into the kitchen she Wes e wiping baby's face w ith a nap ki n; h er f ace was all white, and witness said, " Look at baby, Mary," an' P h o soner then called her mother. Witness did not know W became of the cloth. Mr. James Howell, surgeon, stated, that on Wednell e I evening, the lit instant, h e wen t t o M r. B ar k er ' s h ou se. prisoner fetched him. She told him the child was le erra gerously ill in consequence of some thi ng t h a t h a d b e en gl it. He found the child in her mother's arms. The was present. Mrs. Barker showed him the child's moo which seemed covered with milk; the whole menik„ri f lining the mouth and tong u e a pp eare d o f a white Peke colour. Witness asked if anything had been given to• child? and Mrs. Barker said she had given it a small riss i i i tity of aniseed water, and showed him the bottle ou t G which it was taken. He gave the bottle to his partner , fo Tatham, to be an a ly ze d. Wit ness as k e d if any v itriol P or been given to th e c hild? an d M rs . B ar k er an d t h e both said nothing had been given it except the all' : 74 0 l Witness askesl the prison e r if s h e h a d b een us ing 1 4 ;0 ? for the purpose of cleaning the furniture or other utells:4 and she said, "No." He then asked if there was any v il w - 0 in the house ? and one or other said, ~N 0 . ,, Thera a burn just belo w th e c hild' s un d er lip, and from that an d er to appearance of the mouth, and other indications, he Wa s j 4, tisfied that oil of vitriol had been given. Witness then sired the prisoner to go home with him, which she did; e a he sent her back with a m i x t ure o f magnes i a, so da, .70 water, of which he desired a dessert spoonful to be g i every five or ten minutes, There was nothing deleterioa4 the aniseed water. The top of the neck of the bottle 1 have been introduced into the child's mouth, and calls' appearances spoken of. mt Mr. Tatham, the last witness's partner, gave et similar evidence; but added, that the mother gave ir t y basin containing a quantity of brown matter, whic;#l , child had vomited, and in which he at once detected II t y His opinion had since been confirmed by Mr. Tay wa di chymist and lecturer on medical jurisprudence at bet) Hospital, who had analyzed it, as also the cloth, and of which he had detected sulphuric acid. The prisone; : o much agitated, but he thought it was from 10 4 respecting the child. The infant he now considered o 0 danger. o tt Mr. PAYNTER said, he had care f u ll y peruse d the reP Mr. Taylor's experiments, and it was extr e m e ly well (11- 9 1 up. could not be admitted as evidence for the Crovill' could the prisoner it - gai'Lvcser - see it. kr: l'aYlbr have to be subpoenaed to attend the trial. Inspector Busain stated, that in consequence of Lion he received he went on Th urs d a y last to Mr. 13 . : 1 04 house, and received from Mrs. B ar k er th e b o ttle of t y and napkin produced. He afterwards went down il l bs* kitchen and saw the prisoner. B e f ore h e apprehend. which he asked her if she knew anythi ng o f th e i n j ur y baby had received in the mouth, and she said "NO* b. cautioned her how she answered any questions he put l ed go as, from information he had received, h e was c onvinc t o/ must know something about it, a n d s h e h a d admilli uo s s2 o something to the child. On the way to the s t a tion-k° , said she knew nothing at all about it, an d s h e had gad 03 0! baby nothing. The napkin he prod uce d was staine d . . 6 1/ now is when he first had it, and was no t so s t a i n ed ill quence of his having wrapped it roun d th e bottle. 01 Mr. PAYNTER asked the p r i soner if s h e w i s h e d to AY ,, thing? Or b The prisoner— 0, What I wish to say is, that part S has been swor n i s t rue, an d part is not true. P 10 ‘ l3 O checked by her soli c it or f rom ma ki ng any further s cat Mr. PAYNTER s a id it was hi s duty to send the prisnll o j trial on the capital charge of administering a certain poison, called oil of vitroil, to Mary Anne Barker intent to murder. She wo u ld b e comm i tte d f or tr ialPsV the girl's character had bee n s p o k en o f very highll4ll friends, he would take two sur e ti es in 100/. eac h for P pearance. The bail was not forthcoming, and the prisonorpsl became much affected, was committed to Horsemong e gaol. RAILWAY SH A RE MARKET' BRISTOL, JULY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Gloueel te l Caledonian, 9}4—Ditto, New, I—Great Western, Quartet 23—Midland, New, 39—N ewcas tl e and D arlington Junetp 10%—Newcastle and Berwick, 26 1 4—Taff Vale, 134- North .doji Midland Extension, 35 —Ditto, East and West gi tension, 13. LIVERPOOL, JULY 9. NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.-The Share Market presents •Of' d , P o circumstances of remark since the 6th instant. No gre at :i p s business has been done, but the transa c ti ons have beet , s' i o healthy and legitimate character. Pric es cont i nue to ir o l i 3 O l The sales are-Birkenhead, Lancashire, a n d Ch es hi re Jan A, 9d. p.-Birkenhead and Holyh ea d J unc ti on , 33 5. dis.-135.01, and Oxford, % p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, Pa i 4jsre,,/ Counties, York Extension, 345. p.-Grand Junction, 401. , t, and M., 46% p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarters,dg Ditto, Extension, 265. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Decks, 314 dis.- 0 : 0 1" Bradford, and Halifax, 38s. 6d. p.-Leeds and Thirst, d 3% dis.-Leicester and Bedford, ss. Gd. dis.-LiverPoolt , 1 and Preston, 6s. 6d. p.-London and Manchester (ReM•l o tell Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 10 p.-Man, c , to 0, 4 ,/ Leeds, Fifth Shares, 8% p.-Ditto, Sixt een th s , 9% p. -1) " !KY sions, 2 1 A p.-Manchester, Midland, an d G rea t Grimsby' iburi Manchester, Matlock, and Midland, 1% p.-Midland 5t0ci!;....7 1 "/ North British. Carlisle, lfis. p.-No r th St a ff or d s hire, 331 r 64 41 Wales Mineral, New Shares, 1% p.-N or th W es tern, 151 4, ',.0 Sheffield and Lincoln, 14 dis.-Sheffield and Manche ) Shrewsbury Oswestry, and Chester, 2 dis.-Seuth-Eastern' 1.1 „ 18 dis., 5% p.-Ditto, New Half Shar e s, 9 s . p.-West Rll m c irg. 21 . E p.-Dutch Rhenish, 1% p.-Great Luxembourgil, 38° g MANCHESTER, JULY 9. m olf e4 _, It STOCK Excrterraz.-The sales are-Birkenhead, La n , - ,090711 Cheshire Junction, 3-16 p.-Blackburn, Chorley, and L l ' 004 dis.-Clitheroe, Junction, % dis.-Derby and Creare% pant Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.-Glasgow alllt te rti, 1 dis.-Grand Union, 16s. dis.-Great Eastern and V 7 "_.11 - fly dis. - Liverpool 3d Northdts.-Lgyourdirode.4,A# Id P" - an i c t v-.---- e5n ...... . 3 14 - and Preston, 114 p. - Liverpool, Preston, port, 1 dis.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 415. 9 d• al ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3-16 mingham, Quarters (A), 10 p.-Ditto. ditto (C). 9 %, La gotfj and '" cheater and Southampton, % dis.-Northumberland ... . n. potelji % dis.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 9-16 p.-- "' w i, IV dis. -North Staffordshire, 3 13-16 p.-Oldham, Birkenhe Gd. dis.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 14 dis.- Sheffield andS . SO ter, Quarters, No. 3, 3-16 p.-Shropshire Union, 1 7-1 6 : Or/ Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, % p.-Trent Valle_e, IP, &c., 2% dis.-West Riding Union, 2% p.-York and Caro"' ~ LEEDS, JULY 9. .„,,, § torh STOCK Excualvoz.-Ths sales are-Blackburn and .E . O f i p.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 345. p.-Great Cil' -- „01 Sheffield, 5 dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, I % d15.'1,411 Bradford, 38% p.-Leeds and Thirsk,s% dis.-Manchester l 7o l .,, p.-Manchestecr. nom cheater Quarter Shares, 7% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 2% p.-mane,,..-F,,i Birmingham, Quarter Shares (B), 9% p. -Midland, 1101 ` 9/ y castle and Darlington Junction, 20 p.-Ditto, Extensio ns 'foift -North British, 854 p.-Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 13s. P:,,,, -- 110 if North Midland Extension, 20 p.-Ditto, East and West Jw ij oLge -Clitheroe Junction, 19s. dis.-Derby and Crewe, 434 P., forPicir cashire and Airedale Junction, 20s. dis.-East and Wes_,. r ip,..l 20s. dis.-Grand Union, 16s 3d. dls . -Lancashire and ",° „.110 shire, 235. dis.-Leeds, IVakefield, and Midland, 16s. 6d. d i t toolt4 ter and Bedford, 4s. 6d, dia.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and 1 pip p.-London and Portsmouth, 17s. p.-Manchester, Bturtol%, j 5 o,,tite , and Midland, 1% p.-Midland land Tkirsk Junction, ll ot , -North Staffordshire, 4 p.-North Western, 2s. p• _Net f/ and Mansfield, 4s. p.-Oxford, Witney, an d Ch e ltenhats , i s4, dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, par-Welsh Mil:Liana', V r West Riding Union, 4/. 6s. 6d.-Yorkshire and Glaso" 38s. dis. SHEFFIELD, JuLY 9. ef t „, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby an d P.- A 0 , dis.—Ditto, Extension, 265. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Q uar ter Sna re ef i s ely dis.—Ditto, Railway and Dock, 2/. 18s. 6d.—Leeds, Midland, jr dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 75. GUS.'" Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 12s. 6d. HULL, JULY 9. . 0 , of 7 1 1' 1 STOCK EXCISANOE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby', ...,-.664 39—London and Blackwall, 9—Ditto, Extension, gs. and Sheffield Junction, 19—North British, H a lf Sh ar es, "' Carlisle, 39s.—Ambergate, Notti ng h am , and Boston. vicif Chelmsford and Bury, 12s.—Leicester and Bedford, 160P ; 90 '1, and Birmingham, '—Mahon and Driffield Junctioia, chester, Buxton, and Matlock, 31. 4s. 6d.—Nottingluun field, 2/. 15s. 9d.—North Western, 255. 3d.—North Staffor o 7 2 9o —Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, I %—Prestor.S' Extension, I9s.—West Riding Union, 44—Warwick arid 11 as.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 14s. - YORK, JULY 9. reil l 9 STOCK EXCHANGE.- -I , ell The sales are -Ipswich and Bury (- e le,- 4 t and Ely), 14-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 11. lg.:wil y ,/ Tamworth, Coventry, &c., 1/. 25.-London and York, 134 iil i ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31. 25.-N ewcas tle P 1 0 01 , wick, 26-Newcastle and Darlin g t on, N ew, 10%-Norich, ..,,,,e,l, Carlisle Extension, 1/. 19s. 6d.-N orth Staffordshire, 61.:,;013 rn" Weste, 11. ss. 6d.-Wel s h Mid land, 11. 25.-York and • x , " land, East and West Riding Extension, 121. 18s. 9d. _/ EDINBURGH, JULY 8. f a , oil SYock EXCHANGE.-The sales are - Caledonian Estero c osy Direct Northern, 255.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 44 1 5•; CO Dumfries, and Carlisle, 36 5. -N orth British, Extension ". 395. 6d.-Scotti s h Central, 19; ,, 5 -Ditto, New, 73 , ¢ . 4IP GLASGOW, JULY 8. ,ToiOn,iall' STOCK ExcuANGE.-The sales are-British and Irish `",.,',telFd 6c1.-Caledonian, 134-Ditto, New, 235. 6d.-Caledonian la iedo;pl . ; Direct Northern, 38s. 6d.-East of Fife, 325 . -Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 125. ' sallW 21 8 .-E a at, Indian d ITa , 10s. 3 d.-Edinburgh and Batligate, 525. 6d.-Glasgow !t itto , ,, o o, 365.- Glasgow:joctl°ll34i/f, Union, 465. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 74h i tino4OP 32i -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Ardrossan, 375.-Glasgow, Airdrie and Monkland _,.. ect , . 0 , -Great North of India, 35.-Kilmarnock and Ayr -! - ,T 5. ..-rii, i , tt i# Lesmaliagow, 565.-Manchester and Southampton, 'I,I L Scvar Barrhead. and Ilurlet, 365.-Scottish Central, New, 2,,, , ,7 " Central and Caledonian Junction, 305.-South Midland, ,‘" ling and Dunfermline, 31s. t to 4 essimeemer..._. About a fortnight ago the foll o wi ng sea en. place at Tokay, in Hungary. As a newly-married_d CoOf were leaving the church, a disappointed suitor, who o murderere - b a r r e couldle d gu nb e a s t e t i hz e e d rp u utle to sealed killed charged the other barrel at his ow n head, and blew' ° her.h himself, te fi fo r r e e d a th d e brains. If_ A P SUDDEN DEATH IN A FIT. —On Thursuei 4 0 cv: man's -fields, d l d s, a o n n i inquest acthtahpemGa Chapman, George, Mansell eighty-six. st r eet,oi;:ifejt,ll;o day evening the deceased, who had enjoyed good, J o was smoking his pipe, when he suddenly fell from tl e f e*';, , on to the floor, apparently in a fit. Every restorati 6 4, administered, but he died in a few minutes. Verdict, tural death in a fit." CO MPLETION OF THE WALPOLE MEMOIRS.--11.itr l e dn i ; derstand that M n. C OLBURN has purchased the v s sOfr y copyright of HORACE WALPOLE . S " MEMOIRS OF 117, 7 WO Or GEORGE THE SECOND," Edit e d b y th e l a te LOR D itt LAND—and that it will be published for the first tiol fo re 3l octavo form in th e course of a few days, printed uP with the " Memoirs of George the Third." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A GENTLEMAN E1G11. 1 , 10 , pi t; OF AGE CURED OF A VERY BAD LEG BY HOLLOWAY'S nu olt OINTHENT,-31r. Richard Stephen, residing at sioounu,d c ool i e folk, had a very bad leg, which he was apprehensive wo a d d his life, although attended by an eminent surgeon ; yet : 70 iloa„, became so great that it was deemed necessary to use ;i ie se , : e 0; Pills and Ointment under the surgeon's Inspection. BY „,/ DO butted remedies alone a perfect cure was effected in a fears; yea dine The age of the gentleman makes the case most extraOr ji , IS he is well known, and the tact may be inquired into, to e llt' new a clerk to the commissioners of taxes. These rne-oisla sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Et‘ta 44, Strand, London. tie ° BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., in Gower-street, Bedford-square, Roches, of a daughter. On the 4th inst. at Ed g e Hill , Derbyshire, the lady 0-f ItIO ve inglon, Esq., ofin,t., a son. On the tith at the P arsonage , U p t on St. Leo ooo ' g li 1 Gloucester, the wife of th e Rev . J . Cl ements, M. A ., Of —__ ,o MARRIED. iS On the 2d inst., at th e c h urc h of St. Thomas d'Aquin, Free CO Irld f Edouard Diesbach, to Caroline, daught er o f C ou nt W. ' e l ellg On the 7th inst., a t Rickmansworth, Lieutenant-Coley, Bagot, of the Gre na di er G uar d s, t o S ophy Louisa, e ldest 0 ' Rear. Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy, C.B. V 4. DIED. tO e On the Ist inst., Mary Eli za , th e on l y d aug ht er o f J. 1, lit On the 2d inst., a t T e ddi ngton, M i ddlesex, e Si4 l ' ding, Elq., of Ulster-place, Regent's-park. Ca mp On the sth inst., J ane, the daughter of Colin Ca -- ,rer d Dingle-mount, Toxtoth. park, Liverpool. r of- On the sth inst., a t Craigtiower, Caroline, &tn. -- g'e ° Colvile, Esq., aged 19. Dun On the 6th inst., at To n b r id ge Wells, Madeline E li z abeth , ' Suss °. daughter of John King, Esq., Brunswick-pl ace , ilove,___;.„„. London: Printed and Published by 11.:IIRDO ypUNO.e Pre v iaV Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, strand, i11,',11401 of the Sarah 114 the County of Midd `" 10, 1846. PARLIAMENT. CITY or LONDON—The Right Honourable John Rus sell (commonly called Lord John Russell), First Lord of her Majesty's Treasury. CITY OF WORCESTER.—Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart., in the room of Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt. TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM.—The Right Honourable Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart., of Chantry House, in the county of Wilts, President of the Board of Control. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 10. 7th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. A. Knight to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bambrick, killed in action, April 17. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieut. T. H. Ward to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bathurst, who retires. -3,,rne. W. G. 11.-I.lrieziiwell vibe Lte - ut-eze". 4 ., Ira:Chase, vice Ward. A. Brisco, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cresswell, July 10, Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign H. F. Bythesea, from the 11th Foot, to be Ensign, without purshase, vice Quin, ap pointed to the 98th Foot, July 10. 11th Foot—R. L. Warren, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice . 13ythesea, appointed to the Ist Foot, Julylo. 14th Foot—W. H. &Imlay, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Fortescue, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, July 10. 3 - oth Foot,—Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. S. Ormond, co be Lieut.- Cel., without purchase, vice J. Singleton, who retires upon full pay. Brevet Major J. G. Geddes, to be Major, vice Ormond. Lieutenant A. J. H. Lumsden, to be Captain, vice Geddes. Ensign E. A. Whitmore to be Lieutenant, vice Lumsden. F. D'Arcy, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Whitmore, July 10. 36th Foot—B. R. Shaw, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ponsonby, appointed to the 43d Foot, July 9. 40th Foot—Captain T. J. Valiant to be Major, by pur chase, vice Coddington, who retires. Lieutenant T. L. K. Nelson to be Captain by purchase, vice Valiant. Ensign F. M. Hockings to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nelson. T. Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hochings. Lieut. A. A. Nelson to be Adjutant, vice T. L. K. Nelson, promoted, July 10. 4,43 d Foot —Ensign A. E. V. Ponsonby, from the 36th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Dwen, who retires, July 10. 45th Foot—Lieut. G. Burrell, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cave, appointed to the 54th Foot, July 10. 66th Foot—Lieut. A. Taylor to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dames, who retires. Ensign M. F. Monckton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vibe Taylor. W. S. P. Serocold, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Monckton, July 10. 74th Foot—Major J. Fordyce to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Crawley, who retires. Captain the Hon. T. O'Grady to be Major, by purchase, vice Fordyce. Lieutenant G. Monkland to be Captain by purchase, vice O'Grady. Ensign J. Napier to be Liutenant, by purchase, vice Monk land. C. T. Seale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Na pier, July 10. 79th Foot—Assistant Surgeon J. Grant, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice M'Munn, appointed to the 40th Foot, Julylo. 87th Foot—Second Lieutenant J. Fitz Gerald to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Doherty, who retires. H. Lloyd, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by puchase, vice Fitz Gerald, July 10, 1846. 92d Foot—Lieutenant A. W. Cameron to be Adjutant vice Tattnall, promoted, June 9. 98th Foot—To be Captains, by purchase—Lieutenant F. Grantham, vice Synge, who retires; Lieutenant C. Colby, vice Ilderton, who retires, July 10. To be Lieutenants by purchase—Ensign C. B. Browne, vice Grantham ; Ensign J. Reardon, vice Colby, July 10. To be Ensign, without purchase—Ensign P. E. Quin, from the Ist Foot, vice Browne, July 10. ' To be Ensign, by purch a se — W. W. M a dd oc k , G ect., vice Reardon, July 10. UNArrAcumpd—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut., G. W. M. Lovett, from the 50th Foot; Lieut. W. Yonge, from the 46th Foot, July 10. Hospital Stait—Assistant Surgeon C. A. Gordon ' M.D. from the 3d Foot, to be St a ff S urgeon o f t h e Second Class; W. Singleton, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice J. Grant, promoted in the 40th Foot; A. J. Dolce, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, July 10. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, July 8. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Quartermaster S.C. Dunbar to be Quartermaster, July 2. Dunbar to be Quartermaster, vice Forbes, deceased, July 2. Ordnance Medical Department Temporary Assistant Surgeon S. H. Fasson to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Farr, promoted, July 1 ; R. Thornton, Gent., to be Assistant Sur geon, vice Staunton, promoted, July 6. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. The Royal Bucks or King's Own Regiment of Militia— Lieutenant W. Cavendish to be Captain, vice Lowndes, re signed ; Lieut. R. E. Smith, to be Captain ; W. H. Chapman, Gent., to be Ensign, June 13. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Barley, draper, March. Philip Flood Page and Philip Norris Page,builders, King's road, Gray's-inn. Edward Brailsford, music seller, Brighton. William Osborn, jun., silversmith, St. James's-street, Pic cadilly. John Stiles, soda water maker, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Henry Savage, apothecary, Dorset-place, Dorset-square. James Ballad, innkeeper, Hastings. Robert Harding Evans and Charles Evans, auctioneers, New Bond-street. Edwin Cox Nicholls, broker, Bristol. Thomas Hutchinson, tea dealer, Sunderland. William Robinson, dyer, Saddleworth, Yorkshire. John Mozley Stark, bookseller, Gainsborough. William Watts, machine maker, Doncaster. Spencer Purser, draper, Cheltenham. Benjamin Scott, seedsman, Bath. David James, victualler, Cardigan. Frederick Butler, ironmonger, Stafford. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending July 7, 1846, is 31s. 9d. per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE- CHANCERY COURT, July 9. (Before Sir L. SHADWELL.) IN RE LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. STEVENS applied for payment out of Court of 33,7501. on the withdrawal of this Bill. IN RE GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. Emison applied in like manner as to four branches of this project (the Bill having passed), as follows:-45,0001., 20,0001., 23,0004 and 3,0001. IN RE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Mr. DEssisoisjapplied in like manner, and on a similar oc casion, as to 250,0001. HARVEY O. COLLETT. The arguments in this case were resumed. Mr. WALKER and Mr. HEATniumn appeared in support of the demurrer, and argued that by the authority of all the cases on the point, this being on the face of it a bubble com pany, and the plaintiff coming in the character of a share ! holder, could have no equity as against the company. The Bill was also clearly defective for want of parties, for the plaintiff, although a shareholder, was not an original sub scriber, and could not represent that body, of which he was not a member; and that, therefore, some of the original sub scribers were necessary "parties. Mr. BETH IC LL, Mr. J. PARKER, and Mr. WELFORD ap peared in support of the bill. First, there was a prelimi nary objection to the demurrer, which was to the bill of " Daniel Whittle Harvey, complainant," whereas the bill was by "D. W. Harvey, on behalf of himself," &c. This was a Spanish railway, and therefore under Spanish laws, which made the transfer of scrip legal, and hence the argu ment as to the illegality could not hold ; he also stood in the place of a subscriber. It was on the failure of the under taking that he first discovered what had been done, and the reason why he could not get an allotment was that the directors were retaining to themselves shares for the purpose of selling them to profit. Mr. WALKER was heard in reply. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that it seemed to him the case came to this very short point—viz., whether the thing projected by the directors was not, on the 4th of March, 1845, in their knowledge wholly impracticable. This was very material, because the plaintiff in his bill stated, that having been influenced by the prospectuses which had been put forth, he purchased 100 shares, so that such right as he might thus have to interfere came after the 4th of March, 1845." The bill charged that on the 14th of March, 1845, all the directors knew the fact that the difficulties to be over come were such as to render the formation of the railway to tally impracticable, and " that the same then was totally im practicable," and it was singular that there was a similar charge in a preceding part of the bill. It was most positively alleged that it was not only a bubble, but known by the directors to be so before the plaintiff became a purchaser. There was a statement that by an article of the Spanish code the shares might be transferred, and by another that in an anonymous company a limited responsibility only was in curred by the shareholders ; there was, however, no allega tion whatever averring what was the law of Spain. It then appeared that there were certain grants and concessions by the Spanish Government, and the Queen herself conde , scended to become a patron, in company with a long list of Dukes, Marquises, and Counts. There was no allegation that the projection of a scheme known to be impracticable could be carried out any more by the law of Spain than that of England. It must be taken that at the time of the pro spectus being issued the directors knew that the railway was totally impracticable. If the plaintiff so stated it, he stated that the defendants were projecting a fraud— a mere bubble. He (the Vice-Chancellor) was not at liberty to give such relief as the plaintiff asked by his Bill. Nor was he at liberty now to say that all the relief he did ask was to go for nothing, and that he could merely recover the amount of the value of his shares from the defend ants. The demurrer must hold on this general ground; it was not necessary to enter into the various other questions which had been made. If it had not appeared to be a fraud by the directors at the time of issuing the prospectus, the principle of " Hitchin v. Congreve" would apply. But for the purpose of overwhelming the directors with the charge PARTE BASS. This petition has occupied the Court the greater part of three days. It is presented by Mr. Michael Thomas Bass, of Burton-upon-Trent, brewer, a shareholder in and member of the acting committee of Remington's Company, and it stated that in April, 1845, the London and Manchester Direct Independent Railway Company was projected, and was and is known as Remington's Company, which was duly and pro- I visionally registered, and a committee of management was appointed, and that Sir George Stephen and his partner, Mr. B. W. Hutchinson, and Messrs. Rogers, Cobbett, Wilson, and Owens were appointed joint solicito rs . Th a t i n M ay, 1845, the Direct London and Manchester Railway was pro jected, and was and is known as Rastrick's Company, and the committee of Remington's company wished in October following to amalgamate the two, but were opposed by the solicitors, except Mr. Owens, who was employed in such amalgamation, which was effected on the 25th of that month. The terms of this were, that a joint committee of the t wo companies, of which the petitioner was a member, should apply to Parliament for an Act to construct Reming ton's line, and that Rastrick's line should be abandoned, and notice was given to the solicitors not to insert Parlia mentary notices relating to any application regarding Re mington's Company alone. On the Bth of November the act ing committee of Remington's Company paid 500/. to Messrs. Stephen and Hutchinson, 5001. to Mr. Owens, 500/. to Mr. Rogers, and 5001. to Messrs. Wilson and Cobbett, on ac count of costs, but no bills of costs had been delivered. On the 13th of November the solicitors (exept Mr. Owens) in serted the notices they had been directed not to insert, and were accordingly dismissed from their office of solicitors from that day. At this time the plans, sections, and books of re ference of Remington's line were in the hands of Stephen and Hutchinson and Rogers and Cobbett, and which it was necessary should be deposited at the office of the Board of Trade on or before the 30th, and after some negotiation the acting committee of Remington's line agreed to pay them 28,000/., exclusive of any costs due to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Owens, and accordingly a cheque for 18,000/. was drawn in favour of Stephen and Hutchinson, 5,000/. in favour of Mr. Rogers, and 5,0001. in favour of Mr. Cobbett, which, after some delay, caused by steps taken by Mr. Meteyard, one of the directors who signed them, were ultimately paid, and the plans, sections, and books of reference given up and duly de posited. Receipts in full of all demands were given for these sums, and added to them was a memorandum in these words : —" It being clearly understood that all claims and questions are this day finally - isettiW ana e, concha —a. us and the London and Manchester Direct and Independent Railway Company, and we have severally given receipts in full of all demands; upon this understanding we promise to deliver a bill of costs with all practicable speed, the delivery of them hereafter being one of the conditions of the settle ment, and that settlement proceeding on the basis that all differences, whether pecuniary or otherwise, are finally and amicably adjusted by payment of the sums which we have respectively received. Dated this 22d day of November, 1845." The petition prayed the de livery of, and it was insisted by the counsel for the peti tioner that the solicitors were bound to deliver, a bill of all such fees and disbursements as they claimed to be due in all matters wherein they had been employed as solicitors for Remington's Cempany, and that the same ought to be taxed, the petitioner being willing and offering to pay what, upon taxation, should be reported due, and that the solici tors ought to account, not only for the original 2,0001., com posed of the four sums of 5001. each, but for the 28,0001. The principal respondents insisted that the costs were not such costs as were taxable under the Act 7 Victoria, relating to taxation of costs, for that the services rendered were not of a mere professional character, and that, if taxable at all, the Court had no jurisdiction to enter into the question by petition, but that the remedy, if any, of the petitioner was by bill in equity. Mr. W. T. S. Daniel, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Speed supported the petition, which was opposed by Mr. Russell, Mr. J. Parker, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Goodeve, for the principal re spondents ; and by Mr. Wigram, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Willcock, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Chichester, Mr. Cairns, and Mr. Mee Mathew, for other parties. Mr. Rolt, who, at the opening of the petition, was a junior counsel for the petitioner, having during the hearing been created Queen's Counsel, waved his right to reply, and that duty was performed by Mr. Daniel. His HoNouß—Several points have been made and argued in support of this petition, on which I do not find it necessary at present to pronounce any opinion. These points, and in deed every point of the case, have been exceedingly well argued by Mr. Daniel. It appears to me that there are very special and particular circumstances in the case, and upon the facts which are to be collected from the materials be fore me, I think it at least reasonably arguable that the solicitors had a fair ground for claiming, as they appear to have claimed, on the occasion of the discussions which preceded the severance of the connexion between them and the provisional committee, to be entitled, in honour, if not in law, and by a moral, if not a technical, equity, to a compensation or pecuniary advantage, independent of their professional demands or professional remuneration, and that the compensation or pecuniary advantage thus claimed was agreed to be included in, and was included in, the sum of 26,0001., not fraudulently. How this matter iu truth stands, I give no opinion beyond saying that I am not satisfied that the claim was made dishonestly, colourably, or fictitiously. It may have been well or ill-founded. It may be that it ought to be in some mode investigated ; it may stand or it may not abide the test of investigation. There may have been some degree of pressure; but still, as the money was paid in full of all demands, without a bill, and without any knowledge of the mere amount of costs claimed or due,it was not, I think, proved to have been obtained by fraud, and was, as to an undistinguished, unknown, and uncertain portion of it, paid upon a consideration, which I think that I am not, under this petition, authorised to pronounce dishonest or frivolous, or myself enabled to ques tion. It would, therefore, in nay judgment, supposing that I were to order the delivery of a bill of costs, and to direct its taxation, and that such an operation should produce an amount short of 28,0001., be impossible for the Court in this particular ease to pronounce judicially without a suit whe ther the difference ought to be returned. I ought not, therefore, I conceive, to do more on this petition than to direct it to stand over without prejudice to any suit, with liberty to institute a suit, and with liberty generally to apply. Whether a suit against these solicitors properly framed would succeed, I have an opinion which I will not state. It struck me at one time that the Court, under the present proceedings, might have laid hold of the written undertaking to deliver a bill of costs, worded as that undertaking is; but to order upon the ground of It the delivery of the bill for the purposes of taxation against these solicitors would be wrong, if not otherwise right. The avowed object of the present petitioner is taxation, and that these solicitors, if they have been overpaid, shall be compelled to refund. I cannot treat the bill of costs as re quired for any other than such purpose. Ido not wish now to be understood as deciding that the petitioner on all the alleged grounds of opposition to his petition was right. I shall order the petition to stand over without prejudice to any suit; with liberty to institute a suit, and with liberty generally to apply. Solicitors for the petitioners, Messrs. Lacy an d B r id ges; for the respondents Messrs. Stephen and Hutchinson; fbr other parties served with the petition, Mr. J. Owens and Mr, J. Ravenscroft. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT. , --Heryord, Thursday. July 9. The Commission for the county of Herts was opened this morning at eleven o'clock by Mr. Baron Parke, and his Lordship and Mr. Justice Coltman afterwards at tended divine service. At one o'clock both Courts pro ceeded to business, Baron Parke presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Justice Coltman in the Clown Court. The cause-list is heavy for this county, there being 23 entered, seven or eight of which are special jury cases. The criminal calendar is light, there being only 14 pri soners. None of the cases disposed of during the day contained any feature of public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WANDSWORTH. Mary .North, aged eighteen, servant to Mr. Barker, the coach proprietor, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Paynter, for final examination, upon a charge of having administered a quantity of oil of vitriol to Mary Ann Barker, an infant aged only four months, with intent to murder. The case has excited an extraordinary interest in Wands worth, inasmuch as the accused bore a very good character, and there was an apparwt absence of all motive for her committal of the crime. A solicitor, who described himself as a friend of the accused's family, attended to watch the case on her behalf. Mrs. Barker, the wife of Mr. C. Barker, having been sworn, stated that the prisoner;was her servant of all-work, and that it was part of her duty to take care of the infant child, which was four months old on the sth inst. On Wednesday the Ist inst., between eleven and twelve o'clock, she sent the prisoner for some ingredients to make harness blacking, one of them being oil of vitriol. Immediately after dinner wit ness commenced mixing the ingredients in a large pan in the washhouse, and the last thing she put in was oil of vitriol. The bottle contained four ounces, and she used about half. The prisoner handed her the bottle and remarked, " What dangerous stuff it was, and that Leech (meaning the oilman) would not let her have it without telling_him who it was for." Witness said of course not, it was a deadly poison, and he could not tell what she wanted it for; he could not know whether she was going to take it herself, or administer it to any one else. The prisoner could read print and writing, and the bottle was labelled " Vitriol, poison." After witness had used the vitriol she gave the bottle to the prisoner, and told her to put it on the high shelf, where the children could not get to it. Witness after wards turned away and left the washhouse; therefore she could not say whether she did as she was told or not. Nothing particular occurred till the evening, when she was sitting alone in the parlour a little before seven o'clock, when the prisoner came in with the child in her arms, and a tea cup. She said she thought that baby had the stomach-ache, and a little aniseed would ease it. Witness then unlocked the secretaire and took out a bottle of aniseed ; she put about a teaspoonful into the cup, and a lump of sugar, and then put back the bottle and locked the secretaire. Witness then went into the kitchen with the cup, and poured some hot water in it. She afterwards gave the infant some of the mixture, and left the cup containing the remainder on the table. Witness told the prisoner to walk up and down with the child, and returned to the parlour, leaving her eldest daughter (between 10 and 11 years of age) and the other children in the kitchen. There were no white marks about it after it had taken the aniseed ; it had been vaccinated a week previously, and was very restless. Not more than five minutes could have elapsed when witness heard her daughter say, " Mary, don't hurt baby ;” and immediately afterwards the ~o h, dear n3 h , e r w , h a antd is a s the s m h e a t w t e a r s w a t p h r o b a a c b l s s a i n d e , could not say whether the prisoner was coming towards her e i t r n e e a s t s ra t n o g oWk e y t h a g e t c a h t e i fm mo l n l e t r h , a a n n d d observed h e t hat saidit eyesso. tongue foaming and swollen, and she exclaimed, 0, my God I what is the matter with baby? this can never be the aniseed." Witness did not remember whether the prisoner said anything, for she was almost mad. She told her to run for the doctor, and:Mr. Howell came in in a few minutes. She showed him the infant, and asked him what was the matter with it; and Mr. Howell asked her if she had any vitriol in the house. In consequence of what Mr. Howell said, she afterwards went to look for the vitriol, and found it on a lower shelf in the washhouse, where she let it re main until the next morning, when Mr. Tatham, the part ner of Mr. Howell, asked for it. She then locked it up, and subsequently delivered it to Inspector Busain, as likewise the napkin produced. The aniseed was taken away by Mr. Howell, and Mr. Tatham brought it back the next morning. The child did not vomit until medicine had been given, and what it vomited witness preserved. The cotton gown produced she had on that day ; it is marked in various places with brown spots, and there are also stains from vomiting. 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