The Sun. — London, England, 1837-06-01 00:00:00

81'1121 k' OF THE PUBLIC J OURNALS. Mr. Dennistoun has achlressed to us a letter on the subject of a report of a speech delivered by him in pro posing a vote of thanks to the Sheriff, which afroided to the S!anrlai-d a handle of which it was not slow to avail itself. Mr. Dennistoun is reported to have stited that the Sheriff had had it in his power to dis franchise one thousand of the Liberal voters, and thus give his opponent a majority of 200. What Ito aid say was, that the Sheriff, had he been so inclined; might have disfranchised 1,000 .voters, and as the tutVority of them were fliendly, to him, that ma jority miolit have been decreased 100 or even 200 votes. The reducing n majority of 750 to 550 is obviously a very different affair from converting , that majority into a minority of one-or two bun-. dre 1. In any case, had 1,000 totes been atruek off the roll, a proportion of them would have been Tories ; but it appears that Mr. Dennistoun made the statement on wrong information, as the de cision of the Sheriff could not hare made a dif ftrence of 100 votes one way or other. The Tories have in- the ease of the Glasgow election taken too much pains to let the world see the manner in which they play their game. Their great' - object is to produce an impression of a re-action in their favour. Lewes and Bridgewater, and even Westminster, were so far favourable. to them that the means by which a majority was obtained were susceptible of doubt. We . can understand why they wished also to have a return from Glasgow, no matter. how obtained. But the Reform Member having been returned by a large majority, we do not exactly see i n what manner re-action would be procured by showing that if the writ had been delayed, and the Sheriff had not been an honest man, they might have availed themselves of a defect in the Re form Act to strike off 1,000 good votes. The policy, therefore, of Sir James Graham's proceedings is to us inexplicable on any other principle than a wish on the part of the Right Hon. Baronet to let Lhe public see that the Tories were disposed to - practise an imposi tion on them, and that they were foiled in their object. It was said that the Italians by a clever traveller that he did not think they were really such great rogues as they themselves thought they we re ; an d we think that Sir James Grah am takes too much pains to make the world believe that his principles are somewhat preca rious. He was at immense pains, for instance, to re commend a national bankruptcy, after even Mr. Cob bet'. must have abandoned 'the idea as hopeless; and now, when it is agreed on all hands that the return for Glasgow could not have been affected by the mode in which the writ was conveyed, he, with a clumsiness peculiar to himself, practises all possible means and disingenuous tricks in the House, merely to show that the Tories were disposed to have been rogues and were frustrated. To the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. Str,-1 have just seen in this evening's Standard the re port of a speech said to have been delivered by me, in pro posing a vote of thanks to the Sheriff, by which it would appear that Udistioctiv stated that the Sheriff had had it in his power to disfranchise one thousand of the Liberal voters, and thus have given my opponent a majority of 200. Now What I did say was this, that the Sheriff, had he been so in. clined, aught have disfranchised one thousand voters ; and as the majority of them were friendly to me, that majority might possibly have been decreased by 100 or even 200 votes. I may add, however, that I said this on wrong information, as my friends immediately informed me, that, however the Sheriff had acted, it would not have made a difference of one hundred votes one way or other. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, JOHN DENNISTOUN. 2, Wilton -crescent, May 31. Morning Chronicle. Of all the thrashings inflicted by one Hon. or Noble Member of either House of Parliament upon another, within our parliamentary recollection, that of Mr. E. J. Stanley, the Secretary of the Treasury, on Tuesday last, upon the renegade Cumberland Ba ronet, is the most merciless, the most just, and the most effective. Never was there such a mare's nest discovered as that which the keen eye and delicate feelings of the Hon. Baronet hit upon, through the medium of a good-natured friend, and of Which he made the most in order to show his devotion on the one hand, to the law of the country, and his reckless adherence, on the other, to a party he had spoken, and written, and voted against during.the last twenty years—and never, we wilradd, was there such au ex= posnre of the folly, and malignity, and uncourteous conduct of " the finder " exhibited in such glaring colours. The Honourable Baronet did, we must al low, the best part of the battle—he exposed himself to the satisfaction of all except the new adherents with whom he has so dishonourably allied himself. The Hon. (by courtesy) Baronet thought that by in terpreting the letter of the law, instead of adopting its spirit, which simply says that there shall be no delay in the transmission of writs, he would-be able to con vict the Government of having favoured a gentleman .favourable to its general policy, of sending it by an unusually quick conveyance- - ; but never was there so signal a failure. The Act says "by post or mail ;" but it also adds, that there shall be no delay ; and if the matter had not been already settled, we would have put it to the Right Hon. Baronet, whether a steam or railway conveyance would have been out of the way or contrary to the spirit of the Act ? At the time that the Act was passed there were neither railroads or rail. ways, or steam-boats in existence ; but the progress of knowledge and the progress of national improvement has been such, that these means of immediate dispatch and no delay are now in the power of even the humblest of his Majesty's subjects—and will any reasonable person tell us, that having these means of more immediate dispatch and conveyance at its, com mand, the G overnment m i g h t not fa i rly, in the full spirit of the Act, have availed itself of either one or the other ? The mail and the post" mentioned in the Act were no doubt excellent things at the time the Act was passed; but it could not by possibility have been the intention of the framers of that Act, that more speedy means of conveyance and transmission, if discovered and commonly used, should not be adopted. We should be ashamed of our ancestors if they ever dreamed of the transmission of letters, or writs, or parcels, or of anv other matter by post or mail, as a final decision. We know nothing of final measures, and we agree with the Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade—in the splen did speech he delivered at Manchester two or three years ago—that the idea of final measures is one whielt can only suggest itself' to a mind utterly deprived of foresight,- and inattentive to the immense improvements in arts, in science, in literature, and in legislation, that have been accomplished within the last twenty years. We would not enlarge farther on the matter, but for the discovery of circumstances hitherto perfectly unknown to us, and unquestionably most startling to the public—namely, that the alleged Go- , verninent express did not reach Glasgow till several hours after the mail, by which, according to Sir James Graham, and in accordance with the letter, but not ac cording to the spirit of the Act, the writ ought to have been sent ; and, secondly, that it appears from the evi dence delivered on the occasion, that a Post-office ex press only walks over the ground at the rate of seven miles per hour ! had the Government entrusted the transmis sion of the writ to the Editor of this journal, or to the editor of The Sun (who was the first to lead the way, if we may use the expression, in annihilating time and space), it would have been in the bawls of the Sheriff of Lanarkshire in less than twenty-six hours ; but the Government, we regret to say, either did not know how to oblige its fricnd,or stuck too rigidly to the observance of the statute, to employ any such extraordinary means of conveyance. That which is passed, how ever, will, we trust, teach them the propriety of having a thorough and radical reform of the Post office establishment. When there are railroads and steam-boats, and steam-carriages, and other convey ances in existence, by which from fourteen to twenty two miles an hour are accomplished by private. esta blishments, the idea is ridiculous that the Post office—a public establishment for the accommodation of the public—should be only able to express seven.— Moriiing Advertiser. The season of youth, before one's judgment has been thoroughly matured, is generally characterized by an utter impatience of restraint. We dislike the dis cipline of school. We dislike the orderly restrictions enjoined by parental authority. We recoil from the inhibitory provisions of the Divine canon, and in many instances we would gladly violate with -impunity the we desire above nil things ; and this natural impulse is often strengthened by'that superficial acquaintance with the plausibilities of ancient republicanism which so readly contents tlB in the course of our educational gallop. That this species- of early libertinism should wholly fail to exercise an influence - OVer our political opinions is what few persons acquainted with human na ture could expect : and hence, in almost all cases w here the democratic impulses of rnth have not beenmoderated by the judicious Instructions Weis stand Us in stead of ex perience, it is obserVable that the most able and esti mable teen are prone to begin life with the profession of a political optimism, involving for the, tuost part a passion for all sorts of eXpe'riments and innovations. Nor is it twiaipthot to notice, that lit propOrtion to the ettlotst with, which such views are aubray,ed it Ili rertinacity wherewith they are clung id ) hitd the tar diness wherewith they are tiltinintely relaxed or foregone. Nevertheless, it is the order of nature that age and. ex= perience shall cermet the extravagances of otly yeaYS. To this general law every great and generous mind is Amenable in maturity, as strongly as it may have been fascinated i n y out h by the charms of a wild and apes tulative freedom. Of the fact we arc itow insisting on, the best of our public Ynen in England have afforded the most striking illustrations. Not to recur to earlier \ examples, it is notorious that Burke, Pitt, (both the father and son,) Can ning, Huskisson, and Mackintosh commenced their career with an ardent devotion to ultra-liberal opinions. In the absence of a practical acquaintance with the infirmities of man and the complicated rela tions of society, nothing would satisfy them brit end-* less novelties and devices for the enlargement of indivi dual liberty, and the abolition of social restraints. Time, however, powdered and philosophised their heads. With the observation and experience of advanced years, they saw that the natural tendency of communities, as well as.individuals, is to asset t the right of unbridled liberty; and, consequently, that the province of an enlightened Government is to habituate the people to mild restraints rather than minister to their self-will. The practical enforcement of the lessons which they thus learned was in some respects humiliating. It involved a renunci ation of early errors. It subjected them to the vulgar charge of apostacy. It insured them the forfeiture of applauses which .they had previously been accustomed to prize, and also the certainty of meledictions which they had heretofore been fain, to deprecate. But, obey ing the dictates of wisdom and patriotism, these emi nent men had sufficient strength of principle and pur pose to consult th e t rue i n t eres t s of the kingdom, ir respective altogether, of private and personal considera tions. The mortification of relinquishing early opi nions was, in their estimation, a small matter compared with the sacrifice of their country ; the reproach of vacillation was preferred by them to the guilt of treachery ; and they were willing to encounter the transient acrimony of contemporaries rather than incur the lasting odium of posterity. Recent instances to the same purpose are by no means wanting ; and while Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Carnarvon, Lord Tanker vile, Lord Downshire, Lord Ashburton, Lord Abinger, Lord Stanley, and a whole multitude of others, are alleged to have begun life with certain libe ral opinions, which riper years and the progress of events have induced them more or less to modify, we know that the tendency to revolutionary aggression and change manifested by multitudes since the enactment of the Reform Bill has forced immense numbers of the British constituency into a similar exercise of sound Conservative principle. To say that the distinguished persons whom we have named arc chargeable with po litical apostacy in any discreditable sense, is a vulgar and malignant calumny. The modifications which their opinions may have undergone are in just accord ance with the natural and regular progress of the hu man mind, whose orderly advance is evermore from presumptions to experience, from rashness to caution, and from the love of untried theories to a discrimina ting preference for institutions which have been tho roughly tested and approved. To allege that such per sons are renegade politicians is just about as reason able as to say that a full grown man is an apostate because he is no longer the riotous urchin he once was, or that the fields have become degenerate because their green hues are sobered and superseded by the mellow and beneficial harvest of autumn.—Times. Lord John Russell's motion for the appointment of a Select Committee • on Church -rates, which was to have been submitted to the House this evening, is postponed to Thursday, the Bth inst. Certainly the Noble Lord is making great progress backwards in this matter. He lays before a Committee of the whole House a particular proposition, and is supported by a majority of twenty-three. He calls upon the House, the Speaker in the Chair, to vote the same proposi tion, and the division gives him a majority of five. He. announces a motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to investigate the truth cf the proposition thus twice affirmed by the House, and fixes his notice for' the first of June. He is • afflicted by some. sudden doubt, or thwarted by some unforeseen obstacle, and defers further debate on this important proposition till the eighth of June. Finally, having been, as we may suppose, pre pared a month ago, not only with the resolutions so triumphantly carried, but with the Bill he in tended to found on them, he is now so wholly bewil dered that he not only refuses to introduce the Bill— not only declip-es to act upon the resolutions—but, even with regard to the words of his motion for a Select Committee on the twice-settled proposition, he " must take time to reconsider them, before he puts them on the paper." We cannot wonder that the Noble Lord should be in no hurry to present this subject again to the consideration of the House. An ancient philosopher, being askcd for a solution of a question which no philosopher ever could solve, demanded a certain time for the preparation of his answer. The time elapsed ; and the sage required a fur ther period, twice as long as that he had originally named, " For," said he, " I gain nothing by my re flections on the "question but a deeper knowledge of its difficulties." Lord John Russell is not a phi losopher ; but no philosopher was ever more per plexed that Lord John Russell. Having now post pored his motion for a week, he will, in all probabi lity, next postpone it for a fortnight. In the meantime various excuses are assigned' , for the present delay. Some say Mr. Roebuck has frightened Ministers out of their temerity, by his menace of a motion on the state of the nation. Some suspect Lord John Rus sell of a prodigious anxiety to attend the Spitalfields hall. Some, with better reason, believe that a few of the more respectable Whigs have been whispering in Downing -street, that, having twice voted, at Lord John Russell's request, that a thing is practicable, they are not inclined to vote, at Lord John Russell's re quest, that a Committee be appointed to conNer whe ther it be practicable or not. We shall be much aston ished, if, whenever Lord John Russell shall venture - to move his Committee, there shall not be found some stub born gentlemen to take this course. If it was necessary to examine; by a Committee, into tho circumstances of Church leases, that Committee should have been ap pointed before the House of Commons was asked to pro- nounce upon the very question proposed to the Commit tee. The Report of a Select Committee should have been the cause, not the effect, of a vote of the House of Commons. It is most absurd for a Legislative As sembly to resolve, first, without investigation, and then to commence investigation after having resolved. Who are to be Members of the Select Committee delegated by Lord John Russell to consider the truth of a pro position affirmed by the House of Commons to be true ? Conservative Members may, indeed, sit upon the Committee without impeachment ; for they have uni formly expressed an opinion that the evidence of the practicability of obtaining Mr. Spring Rice's "in creased value" is wholly defective ; but with what face can a Ministerial Member pretend to be an impartial judge of testimony to a fact of which fact he has al ready solemnly recorded his entire and unqualified con viction ? Suppose the Select Committee to present a morals of human law. Unrestricted license is what report in accordance with the resolution of the House of Commons, what have we gained ? There has been a delay in the appointment of the Committee, another delay in the proceedings of the Committee, another delay in the consideration of the report of the ,Com mitiee. After all the delays, the House of Commons will be where it was last week ; except that, in ap proving the report of its Committee, it will have voted a third time a proposition which' it has voted twice al- I ready. Suppose the Select Committee to present a rerort in contradi•Aion to the resolutions of the House of Commons. We shall then b> in straiige rassnient3 indeed. We shall see the deliberate judg nient of the House of Commons solemnly reversed by its own Committee; the determination of the su perior overruled on appeal by the inferior tribunal ; the vote of the assembled Commons itscincled by that a dozen Members, selected from their Wily: - We will not pretend to say What treetttlefit Lord .John Russell twill experience on Thursday next at the hand.: of his opponents ; but we will venture tes say, looking at the circtratit,ances which attend the intro. , (.11.'.'Zion of this trotinn, that. tit, Minittef eVei' aired to ttly t t 5 sttoitgly 611 die complaisance of hiS supporters. L -,- --illorning Post. NAVAL ARCHITEUTUiit. THE INCONSTANT AND PIQUE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) By the return of the ?lilac, we ohtnln tht it:01604 subztnnem of the of report to the Admiral command iog in the Tagus-, on the qualities of thaf ship, and of her comparative calling merits with his Majesty's ship In- Oottslant If the Pique was intended-to be built to carry only 36 guns, and the present masts and yards, she is at least 200 tons larger than is requisite for those specific pur poses, With the saMe propelling powers, she is.supposcd •to be oti a sailing par with the Inconstant and Castor, al though she is 230 tons greater burden, with four feet more beam than the former ship, and :3.50 tons, with six feet more beam than the latter, both ships with a less weight of bull, byloo tons, and not standing so high nut of the water. The topmasts supplied to the Pique are too short to hoist her sails - ; ttnd in a ship where the extremes under water are %cry fine, consequently requiring the weight to be con centrated as much as possible ; the magazine eats up the main -hold, and 10 tons of powder occupy a space capable of stowing 50 tons of water in the 'centre of the ship, and the body of the wing tanks bring five feet above the kelson, leaves a vacuum where their ought to be the heaviest weight. In April, 1835, it was officially stated that the Pique was a failure of the builder's trim ; she plunged heavily, and strained her rigging, so much so, that the lower shrouds chafed into the bolsters, and the iron plates to guard the shrouds against the chain futtocks, were sawed through in one night during the six weeks' cruise in the Bay of Bis cay. These defects were obviated in a great measure, by clearing out the weights from the fore part of the ship, sailing her upwards of two feet six inches by the stern, and raking the masts well aft. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are aware of repeated and earnest solici tions that this point should be conceded. " The experimental cruise under Sir C. Paget proved that the Pique could do nothing against a-head sea with the Inconstant ; and on the two days the Pique had an ad vantage, it was owing to fortuitous circumstances. In the last cruise again, rigorously in the builder's trim, per Ad miralty order, the Inconstant beat the Pique in a fine working breeze, a quarrer of a mile per hour to windward ; runs in the proportion of seven to six of the wind, and in only one day's trial, blowing strong, the Pique springs her foremast. During this cruise there was no opportunity of trying the ship against a head sea. No excuse can be offered for this defeat, except that the Inconstant's copper is the cleanest, she having been lately in dock. If the Pique is allowed to carry masts in proportion to her hull, and to make the alterations alluded to, she will, in all opinions, prove herself a very fast and efficient ship, and may, with great ease, carry four additional guns. " As their Lordships did Captain Rous the honour to intrust a frigate of a new construction to his charge, he has felt it his duty to speak the whole truth, and not to deceive the constructor by flattering and specious reports tending to mislead him ; and the report remarks that a short broad bow, on fine lines under water, is not adapted to meet a head sea ; and that a peg-top midship section, although applicable to smaller vessels, will not pleasantly carry two tier of guns and a full cargo. A raking stern post, and an over-raking stern, with a short gripe, condemn themselves. " These defects being stated, Captain Rous adds his tes timony of her qualifications as a very superior man-of war, from her great stability, being able to work off a lee shore in the heaviest gale, where the old ships could not stand up under their canvass ; and with the greatest respect for the talents of Sir W. Symonds, and grateful as every naval man must feel to him to see a superior class of vessels in the service, he is anxious to have his attention called to these points, in the full confidence that no man is better able to rectify , them." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE MAY 31. The Chieftain, Downie, from Eiamburgh ; Union, Better, Gravelines; Lively, Farner, Dantzic ; Wiesner:, Bies, Wor corn ; Sir Edward Banks, Lomax, Ostend ; Hilda, Nichol son, Charleston; Ann, Virtue, Launceston; Faerland, Sande man, Ghristianstadt, ENTERED OUTWARDS. The Perseverance, Condere, — dater, Merrells, Dunkirk ; Branch, Cttrtle, Grand Canary ; Sohp, Whit combo, Antwerp ; Leadbitter, Leadbitter, Elsineur; Ellen, Yeoman, Jamaica ; Batavier, Dunlop, Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Brankenmoore, Smith, for Montreal; William Faw cett, Macleod, Santander; Columbine, Brown, St. Domingo; Soho, Whitcombe, Antwerp. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. The St. Leonard, Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Luna, Spence, Archangel ; North Love, Frerlin, Sweden 1 Bachelor, Moss, New York ; Indian Chief, Hart, Archangel. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, MAY 30. The Ann Mondell, Armstrong, from Barbadoes; Cecilia, Maap, Dantzic; Free Heton, Hill, T rem t ou; Mi sc hi e f, Downes, Palermo; Henry, Peirce, New Orleans; William Russell, Bruce, Palermo; Havre, Carpenter, New Orleans; Volunteer, Barwise, Singapore; Johanna, Dahan, Iceland; Lownes, Batten, Lines; Augusta, Boucher, Stralsund; Jubilee, Anderson, Calcutta; Charlotte, Grieswolde. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Pauline Perrie, for Ostend ; Edward Thorne, Lizzano, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Bashaw, Tucker, Boston ; Eliza, Miller, Hamplrgh; Amelia, Lyell, Elsineur ; Racer, Lavity, Naples; Ann, M'Alpin, Batavia. TELEGRAPHED. Off port, inward bound, the Emma, from the Mediterra nean ' • the General Wolfe, from Rio Grande ; a nd the Lynx, from Lisbon. We are authoriged to state that the Lords of the Treasury have given directions that in future the hop duty shall be collected on the 15th of November and the 15th of May in every year.—Kentish Chronicle. _ . Yesterday afternoon a party of Scotch sailors, be longing to the §macks lying at the Leith and Berwick Wharf, were in the Marquis of Granby public-house, St. Katharine's, drinking and smoking together, when a quarrel ensued between two of them belonging to the Lively schooner, and, after abus ing each other a good deal they stood up to fight. They were, however, parted by their shipmates before a blow was struck, and one of them, named John Mann, who was in a vi3lept passion, and struggled bard fo get at his shipmate, was forcibly held back while the man he had quarrelled with was allowed to leave the house. Mann was soon afterwards suffered to depart, but his blood had not cooled, and he vowed that he would have his revenge of the other sailor if he met with him. An awful visitation of Providence prevented him carrying his intentions into effect. He reached the Leith and Berwick Wharf, when he was observed,to stagger and put his hands to his head, and, while passing over one of the smacks, on the way to his own ship, he fell down, apparently in a fit. Medi cal assistance was instantly procured. Several gentlemen at tended, and a vein was opened, but no blood flowed. His passion had killed him, and he never spoke or moved after he fell. Mann was in the enjoyment of good health up to the period of this painful occurrence. MULTIPLICITY OF BOOKS.—There arc various causes which have of late operated against the sale of books, altogether irrespective of their merits. Their very number is one of these. It is impossible the demand could ever equal the supply, unless we were a nation of philosophers, and had nothing else to do than to read. Horace said, in his day, that verse was the trade of every living wight. What would he say were he to re-visit the world in 1837, and see the host of authors, both in verse and prose, which at present crowd the temple of Parnassus? You now meet with an author in every, fifteenth or twentieth person you chance to encounter in the daily intercourse of life. Cobbett used to say, that if a string were thrown across the Strand to catch the accidental passers by, it would be found that, taking one with another, they were much abler and more intelligent men than the Members of the House of Commons. Throw a string across any thoroughfare you choose in the metropolis, excepting of course such localities as St. Giles's and the Seven Dials, and you may depend on it that out of every thirty or 'forty persons you catch, two if not more are authors. The mere circumstance of having written a book, good, bad, or indifferent, was at oae time a mark of distinction of itself. Now almost every man+, who can master the most common rules of Lindley Murray„ has in some shape or other, at one time or other of his lifts, seen himself in print. I recollect hearing of a well-informeil young man, much accustomed to literary society, who toots the singular whim into his head that he would never read a line of the Waverley Novels. He adhered to his resolution,. and used to be pointed out in every literary company as the person who had not read the Scotch novels. The man ac— customed to mix with society, who haS not in some way or other been in print, would now be deemed equally singular._ The Great Metropolis —Second Series. Between six and seven o'clock yesterday evening a young man, dressed as a bricklayer's labourer, was run down by , a cab near the bottom of King William-street, in the Strand. Ile was taken into a shop in the neighbourhood, when it was found thst lie had escaped without any material injury. After resting for a short time ho was able to proceed on foot to his lodgings. which he stated were in the llerseferry-read. H' l name is Evison. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANiES,&d. &c. L'4. LOiiliON, TUISt";DAY; MA, 311. .... thtinber DI Vlikilti letfee of rer CANAI S. lie! Shares. Annum. Paid. Share, 1 . 7 6'3 7 Del cent. Ashton and Gidham....Average 97/. 19s. sh. 125 1,180 4t. Ashi,y_dc-le.Zoncli .. Average 11:72. sh. 70 :? ,0 ....,, rin.lstolte •4•i• - i...,,,,,,,,,,,,,11,30/. sh. 54 ;00) . 57: rgi:,t,iioc o l s • and, Ab,iiikaieriiiy -. 4:15(„1. sh. IcT. tr,oop izttii. iir. :is. Aitlit.il?,g l 4 . . - iiii i ictli ph,112 ::: ... ';':81 ,- . 71z. ,d!it 4.Qno 07i14..t 1,1,th 'and Lit eilint a iiiia...l2:. * :. O. 160 Sid L i i 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOC/. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelincr and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 (131. Coventry lOO/. sh. 700 .1 ,5 , 3 . . COs. Croydon , Average 31/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,061 ... 1)t011.y ...,......“..... .... :1...t0...n..10(4 01. 05 (PO 71, hqby 1 0 ;099 - .`1,111.1 1 -Ib,allii Mi i y.iie;;;,:: 301;136. ;t d. 29i.t. v 0 241 ill -~,1 . 1,;; .11 . :;iiiii Atli( Ciit4- .. , /1460e 14 41. L Fril 031 40/. Erewash. '094. kn. an 1,097 251. Forth and Clyde Average 41-161.1 , 4.. ~ .a. 010 11.44) 10/. Grand Juncti , r. Bill!. sh. 204 ~ ..... 2, 7, 451 17. GI ainl Unlod - lON. AIL 21 , t.fiil f ) 4'..:*. , , Wiwi ?4 . 9.0,1 , „i;,....1 _, ,1;,;,,k .... ~„,icvb t n. ~ 10;l4/, liAter cent. liitto (4tiontii) Lii,iii • .I" - " , i'. . itnt;t: U 3,090 ' Oraml Western 000 13/. 10. s. 94. (lam .rgatithire, Average cost 1701. 13s. 4tl. 749 10t. Grantham 150/. sh. 6,233 I/. IN Hudderitit Id Average 571, Os. Ott eh. 100 ~,,,... IC.00.1)0141 .'i;•, ,, • :/•••' -109 sh $ll ild. ` 24- ,3 4 3 * fr. )l . kailiA i lid Aat; 4 1, e.filiiii I',lt: ISA. 10t1: n, 2) 9 .11:4 'RI. lAetis anti Liverpool lOW, sh. 5151 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. 1 , 5 97 - 41. 103. Leicester an. 4 Northampton... Aver i , tl/. Ins. 2,400 101. Alonmouthaldre 100/. sh. 150 101. Melton M0wbrny................ lOOl. sh. 50.0 r,.'.V. Mersey an 4 1 ;0 d , .,,,,,,,,,ff1ut, ch. 3,0 , 0 I!. 10s. Macclesfield• 1001.814 all pd. 1 217 IV. Nedth.“....... 100/. sh. 1,780 :301. OxfOrti . ii 4.4,1 ii•ei.4 . 10 0 1. sh. 2,100 Lt/. Peak Fore St.........,.. A vtrage about 7111. sh. 01,411. 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. OM it.i , ...Bti. All, 5,11'19 6/. per cent. r.ochdale Average 85/. sh. 5(10 84 Shropshire 1,51. sh. 150 J 91, 10s, Somerset Coal ... • 150/. sh. 3,6001. 1) percent. Mtn Lock Fund t.4tnek ....., , . .121 10,. t n . 700 401. Stafford and Worcester 1.101.511. 500 91. Shrewsbury lO5/. sh. 300 91, Stotirbridge 3,647 It. .•.s. St rzbford-on . Avolt ...Average 791, 9s. ltd. sh. 533 121. Swansea 1004 stl, 3,702 I/. Ils. Severn and Wye and ltailway...Av 351. sh. 2,601 sr, 721. los. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 8,149 Thames .n I Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. skl. sh. 1,0005h.1 1.5/. Warwick aid Birmingham lOO/. sh 1,0004,11.3 . 990 I It. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,001) 4/. Os. Worcest-I and Birmingham... Av.76/.Bi. sh. 5,000 225. Wilts an t Berks .. Average 67/. 105. Sd. sh. 500 3/. Wyrley and Essington lO5/. sh ItNi Wisbeacli ....... 905 I/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. 2 ' B" 3 e Commercial 100 L sh. 1,06.5i5h. p • • tO3, 7 11. 6 per ct. East India .l ' Stock 3,23%310-2/. 50s. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,340,000/. M. per ct. West India 2.`2 1 .13 V. 19s. Brlstol 01,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts .... 1.352,75-2 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 44 per ocnt. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years Shoreham Fla i hour 2.500 ........ Deptford Pict 0 0/. sh. N. BRUMES. l''s. II am m ersm tt 1,600 5Ol. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 1,100 I/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. eh. 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81.... . 6O/. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 50,000/. 51. per cent. PiVo Bonds 5,945 14s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. AS , LItANCF COMPANIES. 2,000 31 tOs Albion 500/. sh, 50/ pd 50,000 t s a r , r 5 1.1 Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 50,000 0 per cent. Ditto, Marine 10 0 /. sh. 51. pd 24,000 11 perch. Atlas 501. sh. Si. pd 1,200 }sh. 5/. Birmingham I ire 2.501. sh, 5.51. pd 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. eh. 50/. pd 12,000 81. percent. British Commercial 501. sh. Si. pd 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, Kash. 12/10s pd 4,000 21 les County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 20,000 Sc. Eagle '''' ‘,„ €a nd 30/ Us.l per ecnt. Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd i 2,271 225. per cent. European Li • 2O/. sh. all pd 50,0010 2s. Ditto, New ... 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 1,000,000/. 71. per Ct. Globe 20,000 5/. Guardian lOO/, sh. 2711 pd - 40,000 Os. Od. Hope 501.5 h. 51. pd 2,400 5/. 7s, fid. Imperial Dire 5001 sh. 501. pet 7,500 Os. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 13,458 128. per sh. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. 81. pd 2,020 3/ lOs Kent Fire... 50/. eh, all pd 3/. Ditto Life lii ►3B 148 I i 780 243 250 4 118 10, 0 00 169, Law Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 5 000 10s. London, Fir. 25/. sh. 12/. 10s, pd 154 3,000 10s. London, Ship 251. eh. 12/, 10s. pd 154 30,0)0 :./. per cent. Palladium Lit: 50/. sh. 21. pi 2l Ss osl 10,000 Protector Fire ` l O/. sh. 21. pd 18s 6d 2,500 11. Provident Lie 100,000 51. percent. Rock Life 20/. sh. 2/, pd 61 489,220/ 5/. percent. Royal ExcimigeMock... 225 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sir. 5/. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 Agric and Comm. of Ireland 251. eh, 10/, pd 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd ii yell, 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham SCI. sh. 10/. pd 1(1,1100 19 per cent, ilittningham Bank . . 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 3 0 ,000 5 per cent. I ,onjon anti Westminster...loo/ eh. 20/. pd 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 50,000 74 per sent. Manchester and Liverpool/ 100/ h 151 p d ..s . Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. eh. 251. pd 20, 00 National Bank of Ireland 5 ,1. sh 1741. pd 10,000 1 per cent. National Provincial Eng. „JON. sh. 33/. pd 19,001) . 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. eh. 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6cl Bath 2Ol. sh. 16/. pri 5,000 British 4O/. sit. 161. pd nn r5/.Percent.l s,A ''''' Land BA. ss. j Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 928 5/ 10s Birmingham 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O . eh. 1,500 3/ Ms Brighton 2Ol. sh. 750 3/ los Ditto, New 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20!. eh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Caneolidated lOOl. 0211, pd 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1, 0 00 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 41.1P5. Equitable ... .0,100 21 per cent. Imperial WI. eh. 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thaiiet 25/. sh. 201. pd 2,350 6/. per Cont. I ndependent . . 301. sh. all pd 9,000 9/. per Cent, Phenix iII • • 4,,,...5 0 / , sh. 391. pd 1,000 4/, pet edit. tt:iteilfr • 100/: sti: 804 pd 40'0 South Metropolitan 1).1, ell, 15 1 , pti 2 , 200 51. per cent. United General 504 sh. 461. pd 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 Al. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 11,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,001 Its. Ditto New 5ll. in. 10/, pd rte . Yarmouth. 4 0/. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/ pd 1,434 61. East London lOOl. sh. 5,500 2110 s (trend Junction ....Average 411 133. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100!. sh. 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2/ 10s Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,186 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South Lou.lot, 100!. sh. 6,294 311. West Middleseit ...,Average El/. 12e. 9d. sh. 1,300 1/ 14e York Buildi ng Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 ... ... Birmingham and Derby 9,50 , 1 Birmingham and Gloucester lel pd 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15,i 114 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 10 pd 660 Calcutta and Sailor ~..... ..... 50/. sh. 2/. pd 7,500 ......... Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. eh. W. 3,009 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 24 IA 60,1)00 Eastern Counties 25/ sh. 2/. pd Grand Junction 1001. eh. 501. p 1 Great North of England 7l. pi 25.r,,11 Great Western lOO/. sh. 40/. pd 2,00 8,000 Hull and , elby .50/. sh. 5/. pd 10,00-4 ..... .... Leeds and Manchester 1004 sh. 5/. pd 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 5,100. 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo( /.sh. 1004 pd Ditto Quarter Shares 'W. pd 10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 5/ pd 45,e00 Ditto ditto (Gilebs'l...2ol sh. H. pd 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...sol. sh. 3/. pd 11,0 9 Ditto ditto (Cunety)...loo/. sh. 31. ixl 12,1)00 London and Blackwell 501 sh 3/ pd 20, 0 00 3 per cent. London and Greenwich :201. sh. '2Ol. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 851. pd 20, , 00 London and Southampton 5O/. sh. 401. pd 7,000 ... ..... . London and Croydon 20!. sh. 15!. pd 12,000 London Grand Junction 5 1. sh. 3/. pd 10,0 q ... ...... 1%.4 nchester and Birmingham 50/.sh. 5/. pd North Midland 101)1. sh. 15/.0 Northern anti Eastern lO9l. sh. 3!. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 9/. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 7l. Ixl 1, 0 00 6!. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 9 .000 .- ...... Thames Haven .50!. sh. 2/. 10s. pd 1,411) Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 6,004 ~ - York and North Midland 5O . sh. 3/. pd MINES. 8,000 4,000 I 0,000 Ibion Copper 5l. eh. 31. pd IL se. Alten • 151. eh. 191. 10e pd ..... Anglo Mexican. iss. 5/. pm 1001 . sh. all pd li 01 01 16i 133 3; 240 Of Of . . . .. Ditto Subscription ,3 5/. Po 4 2,000 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm. '351. sh. 20/ pd 26/ 6,9.0 Macaubas 444 Cocaes United 9.5/. sh. 2311. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 91. pd 21 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 204 pd S 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip ' lnl. sh. 81. pd 6 20,004 }trills"' Iron 5Ol. sh. 5"l pd 41 6,000 , Cata Branca.... 6//. pd 6 Candonga , 7#l.lxl 61 10,000 it. Copiapo 2O/. sh 1211 pd 14 5,500 Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,,A50 3/. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 15/. pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 511/. pd 01 3,000 ........ Polberou Consols 10/. sh 8/. pd 7 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered I t Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 112/ United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd II DWI.. Scrip % 2i Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 21 West Cork 50/. oh. 501 , pd 38 ______.........._._ LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 1 5 00 700 King' College 1001. pd N MISCELLANEOUS 10,060 15s. Australian Agricultura 100/. sh, 2fl/. pd 36 6,000 6!. per cent. British American Land Company ... 2fl/. pd 121 10,000 61 per cent, Canada Coin t iany 10J1. sh. 241. pd 36i 200,000 51 per cent. Upper Canada Loan lOO City Bonds, 4 per cent ~. lot 15,000 11. 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151 sh. 13/. pd 241 104 per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company ..251. sh. 2i/. pd 11 New Brunswick Land Company 43/. pd 13 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 126 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New ion!. sh. 701. pd 1 4 5 4,01 X) Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd ' i 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES . MAY 26, 1837. BANKS. 1.500,0011. 61. p. ct. Bank of 5c0iLina.......831. 6s Bd. sh. all pd 19Q/. 2,000,0X1. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1581. 500,0 . X ./. Sp. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. :.11 pd 2361. 3,000,00 e/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 175/. 5. fOnousts. zb o ct.. %stional lOO/. sh. 101. pd 1511. 2,000,0001. 51 p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501, sh. 501. pd 671/. 4,000,00/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd 36.11. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 251).000A. 6i p. ct. Scottish Union - -ioi. sh. 14 pd -25 s , ",509 6i p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd IN 15s. 111e,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland —.104 sh. all pd S#/. 50,000 op. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1::/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. :b. 10/. pd 16/15s 5,001 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 104 p4l 14/ les 100,0110 np. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 7t Ps MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edin. and (Vas. Un. Cana1...504 sh. all pd 921. Ditto Allocated... ~, ...... —WV. sh. all pd 654 5,-100 5 per cent. Edinb;Joint Stock . Water....2s/. sh. all pd 31/ Carron'lren Company 250/. sh. all pd 431. cWO 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founuery... ...... 50/. sh 3SI. pd 4614 1 0 , 0 0 0 3 per cent. FAlinburgli & Leith Glass —.20/. Mi. 164 p 4 Si. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gm 251. sh. all pd stil 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas .51. sh. all pd 61/ 750 1 4 ' oer cent. Leith Coal Ga s 201. sh. all pd 454 jaw , 11 • .. .. Edinburgh end Dalkeil h Railway...so4cl). 55/. 3,000 SA. p -eat. Eqtatable Loan Company 294 sh. al. pd 104. • ~, RAILROAD COMMITTEES. ___:: i , otto6k A:l5 .• The object i f this railroad is to extend off,: nTready ekis!g, +ieitic Of fiti 2ict passed in the year_ MO, con necting a very large eol;icri buOWp by the name of the Govan Colliery, in the vienity of Gksgoit, the har bour, Another Act was pas:;ed in 13:3:J, for carrying tb,i ttii!es end a half further, by whirl' other col lieries would be Ci;rineaeJ w!f.P die itorbour of Gllsgvw or Bromiclaw ; and the present Bill seeks to ek,Ctll tb , !. for completing that engagement, as well as to carry the roal short distanee further, and to give power to the trustees bf the harbotir td cdristftlet, in conjunction with it, other Wbflp kintbe 114% The Comm iice teet.i t:iisieiffcl for several days in hearing witnesses and Counsel oa one side the other, Mr. Sergeant Andrews and Mr. Austin appear:lig in jiiiiu tjf POI ! end Mr. Sergeant Heath against it, on behalf of the I'ruste€ii or Vaisley turnpike-road and others, whose property was represented as likely to be da maged by the railway. In the first instance an objection was taken by Mr. geant r NDltc*e aqrtifist his learned friend being heard at all, contending that he had no lung standi for opposing the measure. Mr, Sergeant HEATH insisted that he• haa sufficient parliamentary ground for appearing before the Coi mittee, and instanced cases in which parties not dissimi larly circumstanced had been allowed to oppose Bills of that Hat utti, The argument ocetittkd a considerable time, a t the close of which the Committee held that the objection takca was not sustainable, Witneses were then called, with a view of 'lictieting the kreat usefulness of the undertaking, as well as its practlea. bility. The railroad, it appeared, was intended to go over the surface of the Paisley turnpike-road, and the ob jection on that ground was the likelihood of accidents hap pening. It was urged by Mr. Sergeant Heath that the railroad might either he carried over the Paisley tnrnpike road by means of arches, or underneath it by a tunnel. The engineer, Mr. M'Neill, stated that it would be im practicable to adopt either of the modes pointed out ; and Mr. Rankin, who has the mannement of the Dalheith railroad, proved that the railroad passed over the surf:ace of nearly a dozen roads, some of which were turnpike, without any danger to the parties traversing them. Another e itness corroborated this testimony. It is proper, however, to state that it was not intended to have any locomotive engines passing along the road, there being now a standing order prohibiting the use of lo comotive engines along a turnpike road on the level. On Tuesday last another ground of objection was laid by Mr. Sergeant Heath, which will be best explained by extracting the following brief particulars from a case pre sented by the petitioners against the Bill. " The petition (for the Bill) was presented on the 17tb of February last ; at that time, no doubt, it was intended that the whole works to be done should be completed by the Railway Company ; but on the 23d of that month, six days afterwards, an agreement was entered into between Mr. Dixon (the promoter of the Bill, and a proprietor of coal works on the south of the Clyde) and the Glasgow harbour trustees, by which the purposes of the Bill were totally altered. They required Mr. Dixon to introduce in his Bill a clause, enacting :-Ist, That the new works should be completed by the harbour trustees, and at their expense :-2dly, That they should levy rates for the use thereof ; and 3dly, That they should, at their pleasure, have power to remove the works." Mr. Sergeant HEATH insisted that this constituted, in point of fact, a totally new Bill for the harbour trustees ; that it had been introduced without notice, without any re lative contract or subscription paper, and even without a petition ; and consequently the Committee could not sanc tion it. These propositions were combated by the Counsel on the other side, but no decision was come to by the Com mittee at the hour of adjournment. On meeting, on Friday, Mr. MAXWELL (the Chair man), and the members of the Committee, proceeded to consult with the Speaker on these novel points thus raised. On their return, the CHAIRMAN said that the Speaker stated his impression to be, as regarded the notices, that the clauses of the Bill, as they now stood, respecting the trus tees of Glasgow harbour, could not be passed. It might, however, be a matter for the consideration of the Com mittee, whether any modification of those clauses could be made, so as to bring them under the original notices. The Spcaker,however, thought that it was impossible to accom plish this. Sir A. AGNEW said it was perfectly obvious that the no tices were given for extending the powers of the Act already existing : but, in point of fact, the Bill gave powers to the harbour trustees. Now, in order to give fair play to the Bill, he wished to know whether some modification could not be made ? _ _ Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS said that he would only now propose to keep the original Act alive, and that he wanted merely to confine the Bill to that purpose, viz., by extend ing the period of time for completing it—viz., the second Act. No doubt the railway could be completed by August, 1885, the time prescribed under the second Act ; but it would be too hastily accomplished, and he was desi rous, for the safety of the public, that the period should be extended as sought by the present Bill. An HON. MtiunEa wished to know whether that part of the Bill now proceeded upon could be considered, seeing the objections which had been taken, as regarded the no tices, had turned out valid ? Mr. Sergeant ANDnEws—No doubt. The HON. MEMBER—Have you any precedents I Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS believed it would not be dis puted by any Counsel that the Committee might enter tain the Bill in the way he proposed. The HoN. MEMBER thought this matter ought not to be taken in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Heath. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS said that he should assuredly, were his learned brother present, object to his being heard. After a few further remarks, the Committee proceeded to consider the clause, when Mr. Robertson, the agent for the petitioners, said that, on behalf of his clients, he should persist in opposing the Bill, on the ground of its being inconvenient and dangerous for the public ; but he did not object (as we understood) to the proposition now made, for the preamble of the Bill being considered. It was then stated by Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS thit bar or chain would be constructed across the road, which would only be opened on a train approaching. An HON. MEMBER thought this was rendered unneces sary ; but Mr. Maxwell having stated that, on behalf of the public, he thought it highly desirable to have such a protec tion—in which opinion other Members coincided—a clause to that effect was subsequently agreed upon, to be retained in the Bill. . The CHAIRMAN—What proposition is made as regards the prohibition of Sunday travelling on this railr'oad ? This question is now so much before the public that I think it proper to advert to it. I have no doubt that a clause will be introduced into every railroad Bill to prohibit Sunday traffic along railroads, or else that some general measure will be introduced into Parliament. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS—We have no intention of using the road on a Sunday, and consequently I do not intend to propose any such clause. I leave that matter entirely in the hands of the Committee. The CHAIRMAN—No doubt it is the wish of the people of Scotland to have no Sunday travelling. Sir ANDREW AGNEW—I have a clause to propose to this effect :—" Provided always that it is distinctly under stood that the Company are not to depart from the accus tomed usage in Scotland of not travelling on the Lord's day." An Hon. MEMBER—I understood that Sir Andrew Agnew had withdrawn his motion on that subject. Sir A. AGNEW—I shall simply, on the present occasion, content myself with proposing the clause, leaving it to the Committee to decide thereupon. Lord W. BENTINCK—If that clause were agreed to there would be again a discussion in the Douse of Commons on the subject. An Hon. MEMBER—No doubt, and that would be a very inconvenient course, indeed. Sir A. AGNEW—The whole of the Members of the House of Commons are not aware of the feelings of the people of Scotland upon this subject. Such being so— It was here intimated that if any discussion were to take place upon the subject of the clause now proposed by the Hon. Member, it ought to be carried on with closed doors. Counsel and strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and after about 20 minutes' absence, on re-appearing before the Committee, they were informed that the Committee had de cided in favour of the preamble of' the Bill. Nothing was said of the clause moved by Sir A. Agnew, it being either negatived or withdrawn. The remaining portion of the Bill, after some further con sideration, as regards that part of the Bill not falling within the .decision of the Speaker, was then agreed to, and the Bill in its present shape was agreed to be so reported to the House. BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY. The engineering evidence in support of the above-named Railroad Bill was yesterday commenced before the Com mittee. Mr. Charles Vignolles underwent a lengthy examination on all engineering points, such as gradients, levels, on the p o wer of the engines to be employed, and inclined planes,&c. In the course of his cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant Mereweather, a plan was put into his hands, and this ques tion was asked— • Does not that plan show the alteration which has been made in your line since it was originally presented to Par liament ? Witness, on looking at the plan, said, with surprise, \4 here did you obt4in this plait? 'e - • Mr. Sergeant INIEnEWETHIEIt—I ea11:10t tell, but I lia v to be an an&f ., vr.r ;1 my :tifurn,:tion from witivb the plAnbas b e e n made 11 . 1 s ' een =torn ilom my ollice.—(ti laugh.) Ei;:r.r;:e;mt arn ry such 0,5 9sraintion—(Law,hter)—btit,'l to to as,' s fmren of I c.-; it contain what I bavest:lte(l? Witnriss,, on further examining the plan, said he could not cottityrchend what was meant by the red lines on it. In answct to , so me questions put by Lor d Stanley, t,e Cili&ttrtn, as to the red lines, Mr. Vignolles was not aware what they could be intendea to cc . 9iTy but the black line, he said, denoted the present line of road. To a further question nut by the Learned Sergeant, 'roe witness said it was nr.:t quite decided upon scliar L pewer of engine would be used cn the rail wa , consideration• 'Die witness was under ocaroilvdion throws' y that matte Adjourned, ib ut the dal. 341,000 AGRICULTURAL REPORT for P. , progressed but little ; still, however , t he crops continue,d, The early !lad of the month c'as cold , and vegetation. healthy, and made regular advances. R ain has bee° stl i fieicntly supplied, but it was attended with very low 10 p e rature, and once or twice with snow or sleet. host nf not 1)1 , 011 wanting ; and herein consists the g reat point °f difl'ercnee betty. cn the present spring of 1837, and that 6: the frig-litfully devastating year 1799 . Th e trees remainr nearly dormant till the 21st of May in bo th y ears ; but t!i; conc omitants of 1799 were rain and cold persistingil the September, when we saw the first crop of hay rotting in t t fields of the midland counties, and the stem of the whe a . n' a ctually immersed in water to the depth of five or S ix inches rise in the price of the quartern loaf to ls. 10 1 d. in Lo (ion, and to 2s. or more in S o mersetshire, was o ne of the fearful results. But in the present spring we have ii d : dry, cold atmosphere, and great powe r of sun ; we s•Wi-,h large breadths of wheat, basley, oats , clove r, alone o Mitt r " black grass (identical with nonesuch, Alcdicago tares (some trifulium), pea , , beans (would we might ads Lilco/lie, every where), green, in full heal th, clean, ant without defect, other than that of small he i g ht of Plaa.,; We acquire also increased temperature, and and from 02 12 deg. to 66 deg. in the shade at noon-day, and frorn deg. to Bde at 10 p.m. Conversing with an able and truly practical farmer an the 27th inst., as we passed over some miles of fine cowl wherein—on different soils—vegetation full of hea lt o brought conviction of the power of all the best crop pass througha long protracted period of very severe Co ld without injury, the question was started whe ther or not, under any circumstances, the most forward w heats cottlo,o. seen in bloom bn old May-day I. What say our rellecti°l readers ? What, we ask, would result from five degrees increase of heat during the ensuing 14 days (i. c. 70 deg mid-day, and from 50 to 55 deg. througho ut the e,,a"' Il tb h night), with warm and rather abundant s howers ? blessings are not of unusual occurrence; and even P while we write, the thermometer shows 61 dew. at four o de. p.m. ; clouds gather, and the mercury of the barometer clines from '29 to 80 cents. Apples promise to be most abundant, pears are 1 0 , 1 ti ll rich in bloom, and seem to set fairly. A mis t and 1;1°d advancing from S.E., at noon, rather furnishes a hint 1$ that 'phcennmenon termed ,c blight," which, how ever), produced not by flights of insects, but by atmosp heri tluence upon the juices of the shoots and leaves, Iv" i v re renders them a delicious repast to those marauders that a o ever ready for their prey. We are earnest to impreoul, the agriculturist the great advantages, in respec t to Pr% as well as enjoyment, that would result from in creased chard planting-, and the universal culture of the vine, W lt e i a view to the home manufacture of cider, perry, a nd eli c t : lent British wine. These are subjects which, occasion 1 , 7 ; vouring, we must enter upon practically ; and, t hanks - l a Mr. Hoare and his excellent Treatise on the Vine, it vict :be easy to show that every wall of every coun tr y cottab;i shed, or outhouse, might be employed to proc ure an 61311' dant supply of grapes with certainty of success. ARISTOCRATIC ENNUI.---The follOVVing has just been made at one of the clubs between three arrti"o. characters, well known in the fashionable world , for a cop' siderable sum ; whichever of the three gains th e most 10011.0 f under the following arrangements to be the winne r :--°flaos the party undertakes to drive a coach for at period a off; months, to and from any town he may choose to fix of the second to perambulate England as a melodist ; is to perform in tragedy or comedy at any theatre in k:,"4"- ' t he Ireland, or Scotland he chooses. We have heard tba t it o latter is to make his debut at Brighton. — [lt is a Pit,' Id. these sporting and fashionable characters could not get b i• manent situations in the respective departments of their are,. tion—one as a regular coachman, in which charac ter We " a a no doubt his merits would be conspicuous ; the second , singer of ballads for life, in which, if he did not sing verl ° t o we dare say he would show considerable tact in pocketigniog the proceeds ; and the third, as a member of some ' s tr mu ch company of players, among whom, if he did not take as as " Squire Groom," he would assuredly b e hand y a s a Can ; snuffer. Will the rich idlers of a nation neve r learn bow.oo avoid at lease, giving open disgust to the industrious porn of their fellow-creatures ?]—Hull Observer. ns' Last Tuesday, Miss Jepson eloped from xt borough with Mr. Jerremy. They were married at Sulee Both elopers are of age.—Lincoln Gazette. a re A SCAINIER IN GERMANY.—To those %clic ) f undecided where towing their flight the coming sur'' d er and who desire a tour full of enjoyment, we cannot do be' 0 , than recommend a perusal of the volumes, just published/ e ia titled " Souvenirs of a Summer in Germany," which COnt°e4 the most recent information for travellers about to pr o pd) on a pleasure tour in a region (the Saxon SwitzerT hitherto but explored, as well as a lively picture o toy familiar manners and peculiarities of the Germans. Th e t b was performed under all possible advantages, the fair 0401 being a near connexion of one of our most distingoP Prelates S PATENT LEVER WA TC 1 , - , .1) With silver deuble-bottom cases £6 6 6 6 With silver hunting cases 1.611 This celebrated construction (the most accurate on inter watch can be made) is offered, with the latest improv ell ,„ e tt i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, c!>f hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintainingr to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, Lonclia n. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchat_l!;_..,,,e.,,,! B On the 25th ult., the lady of the IRTHS. Rev. George Bingham, °f combo Bingham, Dorsetshire, of a son and heir. On the 25th ult., at Bury St. Edmand's, Mrs. John Greelie' a daughter. ° On the 23th ult., at. Burnham Lodge, Somersetsbire, the - • E. Harivood, Esq., of a son. On the 29th ult., at Felixton, Mrs. G. R. Dixon, of a s° "fi . tact,,' On the 30th ult., Mrs. Thomas Parker, of South-row, heath, of a son. MAR R lED. . Bridg th • On the 30th ult., at Throwley Church, Kent, Captain f ti' Royal Artillery, to Jemima Margaret., daughter and heiress ° late J. Smith, Esq., of Throwley. ~ bell, On the 27th ult., at St. Mary's, Islington, E. D. W. M 1 ' 1 :0 111 ED., surgeon, Finsbury-terrace, Finsbury-square, to M arl third daughter of the late Mr. Forty, of Richmond. . 1o On the 30th ult., at St. Mary's, Stratford, Bow, the Re v ' 0 oi Wix, M.A., of Easton Maudit , Northampt onslii re, third t..,,b, C. Wix, Esq., of Battersea-rise, Surrey, to Hannah, eldest la" '' ter of J. Gibson, Esq., of Tredegar House , Bow. DIE. • i'' On the 81st ult., in Sloane-stre D et, William Hemming V in his 79th year. c ob On the 29th ult., Robert Barclay Petrie, Esq. , of Riches.' Lime-street, aged 49- On the 29th ult., Ann, relict of John Ha ll, Esq., of 13 110 ' sciey terrace, Hackney-road. koderol' of On the 28th ult., Mary, daughter of the late Dr. „ Madras, aged 37. wife or 11. On the 28th ult., at Pentonville , Ma r y Ann, the , Goodrich, Esq. • will , °I On the 28th ult., Fanny Jane, daughter of Mr. G. AY I Loughborough-road, Brixton, aged 5. 14i $ 11' On the 29th ult., Lucy Ann, wife of Mr. R. SkiPPe r ' of street, Shoreditch, aged 34. • law, ibe On the 27th ult., Lady Carr, at the house of her son-ln- Rev. J. Adeney, Thorpe, Essex. i 5 moat" On the - 29th ult., at te Vicarage, Chigwell, aged '- John Frederick, youngest child of the Rev. E. L. Sayer. i A ge s On the 27th inst., in Hertford-street, May-fair, aged 1. ,, ate 13. . O. Caroline, the youngest daughter of Alajor-General Sir phenson, G. C. 11. ~ , ,a 71 ' On te 21st inst., at Shaftesbury, Chas. Bowles, E s q . ''__..__...'/'''''' o t, MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY, fo General—Hon. Sir A. Hope, G.C.11., Col. of the Ott al and Lieut. Gov. of Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea. lion. %Nrill' Lieut.-General—Robert Campbell, Gartnagrenoch „ v , , I Fitßoy, near Swaffham ;W. N. Cameron, Comp. q' o. '' Colonels—Phillips, Gov. of Fisbguard ; Kelly, C.D. , '' ' F. ; Cassidy, late Insp. Field Officer. cog ; Lieut.- Colonels —Mason, h. p. 102 F., Gloucester 0.; late 3R. Vet. Bn. ; Goulburn, h. 104 F. t. fl m ; late of 11. Mar.;. 111' Laren, late Bn. l'' h. P. Stewart, late 9 R. Vet. Bn., Br i g hton ; De Be33erse'r' Wattev. Reg. it.,lo lr l .Captains—Lax 34 F. Thurles, Ireland ; .1- S. Pa y ` ::' p. ditt ; Bury St. Edmund's ; Whiting, ditto ; Baumgarten, lion - ; Sot Scarfe, h. p. 35 F. ; Graham, h. p. 37 F., HallY ina 69 wick, Unatt., Langholm. an diner' . - F. • G f•P* ' Lieutenants—West, 12 F., Cork; Green, 3 1 h ' p ' B. ~, y. F., Cork ; Wright, R. Eng., Woolwich ; Ske nc 'n 'l;.. P' s tiopel Rynd, h. p. 21 F. ; Wild, h. p. 48 F. ; Maxwe ~. G o od " b. Virgo, h. p. 3 Ceyl. Reg Cape Town, Cape :1 s _ ., c i s t), Percy, h. p. Fuller's Cay:Armagh ; Rob. W dli r° ' i Leg ; r. R. Mar. pus ,. Ger' Cornet and Ensign--Von der Hellen, h. p., 3 Cadwell, late of Inv., Upholland, La ncashire. iug, h. p,l Paymaster—Small, Rec. Dist.. Edinburg. ...... C o m Commissariat Department,—Assist. Corn. Ge" . Staff; ''' " 0 0 Boulogne. ' Medical Department--Surg. W. Powell, b. P• Ames; h. p, --- - ",4 DTI) ; -.....----.„-,.........--_-±- ---i()UN-- ' C opt' - --- ------ uRDO • London: Printed and Published by M strand,l tb 0 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, of itliddiesel:—Thursday, June It 107' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1837.