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THE WEATHER.--SIIN OFFICE, JUNE 17. TLIERMONETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 79; Noon, 77, BAROMETER, 30.37.—W1ND S. W., tine. HI 4tl WATER AT LON - DOS-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Kerning .. 51 mina ca after 7. I Evening .. '24 minutes after 8, 4... V, ~. i',L, 5.*.* ), 7 ... ~.. - ..:,...i...A, 7' N , ' ( I. i : - .•.. 1:`,'t 7V t V < - -,r,...----( ga..) , * -.... , ":4,1,14„ . '''' . A !. '4'r-7,4! _ - -..• . ~, 0 ... •,:‘ ..... ~ j ik ' ' , V,..t.m. -- 4 ~, ts , ....... ~........c , - k - '''''" '... ' . L ' • \ll,; ' . ..V - -.•-•,... .• Just ready, in 3 vols. post dye., QECOND LOVE, A Novel, FROM THE NOTE-BOOK GE A TRAVELLER, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TIIE OCCULT SCIENCES, Now reaay, and may be had of all Booksell72rs, in Two Vols. tro. rrIIE PHILOSOPHY OF MAGIC, PRO DIGIES, and APPARENT MIRACLES. From the French. Edited, with Notes and Illustrations, By A. T. THOMPSON, M.D. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) LORD BROUGHAM'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in royal Bvo., with Portraits, 21s. bound, The 1 ECOND VOLUME of LORD BROUGHAM'S LIVES of MEN of LETTERS and SCIENCE, Who flourished during the Reign of George lIL ; WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS. Comprising Dr. Johnson, Adam Smith (with an analytical view of his great work.), Lavoisier, Gibbon, SirJ. Banks, and D'Alembert. " Every lover of literature will feel gratified by this employment of Lord Brougham's active research and of his vigorous pen."— kwcod's Magazine. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing Instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. MI Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offces. Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully In, formed that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, When will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITANI. Elvis, Madame Grist ; Gio Signor Lablache ; Arturo, Signor rgio, Mario ; Riccardo, Signor For nasan. After which, the last Scene of Benin! s Opera, LA SONNAN BUL A. Amina, Madame Castellan. To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's Ode Symplionique of " The Desert," by Sig. Pugni, entitled, _ _ _ LA LLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chibonck, Pas Seal, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbells, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglionl, and M. St. Leon, supported bv Mdlles. Demelisse, Ca s san, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. - Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to cont inence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Last Week but One of the Engagement of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of STRADELLA. Ales sandro Stradella, Mr. Harrison ; Signor Bassi, Mr. Weiss ; Barba rino, Mr. Burdini ; Malvolio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Miss Rainforth. After which, Madame Montenegro will appear in the Grand Scena of NORMA ; and will also sing two Spanish Romances. To conclude with the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Lucien d'Hervilly, M. Silvain ; Gitane, M. Adrien ; Paquita, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. In which also will appear Madame Giubilei, Madiles. Salt, kdele, Louise, Les Scours St. Lenin ; M. Mathis, W. H. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. THEATR E ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Anber's celebrated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; sr, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. After which a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe, and Miss Julia Bennett will sustain the principal characters„ To conchCde with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, &c., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Last Night of " Robin Hood." THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Klnloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. - - Atter which, a New and Original Comic Drama, 1n Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St irtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CCEUR OE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrothar, Miss M. Keeley, Airs Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley NUNN Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, M. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN IT.MBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, 7ielby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN of THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with the interesting Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; Largarcette, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste ; Madile. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL SURREY TIIEATRE. tat Six Nights of Mr. CHARLES MATTHEWS and Madame VESTRIS. MORE NOVELTY AND ATTRACTION. WELCH GlRL—Madame Vsstrls. MATTHEWS AND CO.—Mr. Charles Matthews. LOAN OF A LOVER. WHY DON'T SHE MARRY? RAVENS OF ORLEANS. By lleg9r9. Hughes, Johnson, Cowell, Rogers ; Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs, Hughes, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly. HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. PIIELLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. boors open at a Quarter before Eight ; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 25,; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the 'United Kingdom. A security of 6001. will be required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between the hours of Eleven and One o'clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STItEET. Re• engagement of Mr. MACREADY, for this Week only, and the Last Night but One of his Performance in London this Seascn. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Historical Play, in flee Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Macready ; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young, Mr. Murray ; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Mungo Small, Mr. Oxberry ; Lord Kilmaurs, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling ; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fostroke. After which, the Cornedietta entitled THE BRIGADIER. Bras • defer, Mr. Wallack ; Pomade, Mr. Compton ; Louise, Miss Stanley. To con lode with a Grand Fairy BaPet, entitled THE SPIRIT OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Flexmore, Miss Faucit, Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Miss Marshall, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Glorious success of the new Military Spec tacle of our Asiatic Conquests. Second and Last Week of the veritable General Tom Thumb, in his popular Drama. THIS EVENING Will be performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 184 G. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French and English Artistes. TLe whole concluding with the laughable Extravanga of HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and hie Seven League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb will appear,- and introduce his Nigger melodies, dances, &c. Mr. BATTY reseectfully begs to announce, that the THIRD MORNING REPRESENTATION, for the accommodation of the Juvenile Branches of the Nobility, Gentry, &e. will take place on FRIDAY, June W, commencing at two o'clock. Box-of lice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC -1 lON of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This icagnlilcent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her ethanetim and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction et Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. the PROMENADE CONCERTS are aga i n confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is m os t com l ete i n all its departments, and includes many _n eminent native and e i gn mus i c i ans. s addiion to the other rac ti ons o f t h e G ardens, will he exhi "u'l }'AI.GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated (lam, relating h 6 m nritte: representing in the Interior Telemachus morisitieeoPirtpleot:ReatmlieNffteitoiliveisinPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the Preceding the Volcanic Dilile. dueed, representing the a novel exhibition will be intro the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Earinelli will descend rrnmfartiirls in height, to the surface of the lake, ~ , ,i,,,,l 4, :s e, ragoda, seventy feet in oz natnen ed with festoons receive Lim, and bear him to his chrystalhaore—eal. aci's Car will rise to The Glass Conservatory Is splendidly of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the --- _ ..r.culees collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivorl at half-past five; the Pelicans, lc, six ; Concert at half - past six; an: the Eruption at deft. at Admission, One Shilling. IV - jetting lA* LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1846. Another majority of thirty-three, by which Lord ICKLOW ' S amendment of a fixed duty of five shillings in liEu of the proposed sliding-scale was quashed, gives an additional assurance to the country that our congratulations as to the final settlement of these mea sures are neither injudiciou s or precipitate. Slowly, it is true, but steadily, the principles of free trade are winning their way to the statute-book. A pure metal has been cast into the machinery of Par liament, and despite the casual disarrangement of that machinery and its occasional clashing and entangle ment, the golden metal will ultimately come forth stamped with the signet of legislative accordance. As we have repeatedly taken opportunities to remark, the discussion upon these extraordinary innovations upon our commercial policy, though em bellished with the tropes of rhetoric and enforced by the inferences deducible from statistics, have nevertheless displayed a more remark able discursiveness than possibly any previous debate in the records of the Imperial Parliament. Some amongst the antagonists of the measure have shirked every consideration bearing upon its intrinsic merits : they have sedulously avoided any direct allusion to a given point of its application, and have contented themselves with certain vague inuendoes or rambling references to colonial disaffection and other extraneous matters. These orators, and these alone, have been the utterers of what Mr. D ISRAE LI most happily de signated as " damnable iterations of stale sophistries. They have showered upon the Ministerialists and upon the nominal Oppositionists an appalling shower of globular missiles—but these missiles have invariably proved to be nothing more than the bubbles of a specious and pretended logic. Others have strayed still further from the question of impor tation and exportation duties by indulging in a strain of. vituperative bitterness upon personages whose poli tical judgment they had previouslyfollowed as infallible. But their revulsion of feeling has especially expended itself upon one whom they had heretofore scarcely neglected apotheosising. Inflamed with chagrin, and debilitated by an irreparable defeat, their voices have mingled tones of reproach and lamentation ; they oscillated between personal invective and self-com miseration ; they directed their ejaculations almost exclusirely to the Prime Minister, and have almost addressed him, in the very phrases of CATULLUS " Nullane res potuit crudelis flectere mentis Consilium ? . . • • • At non lime quondam nobis promisre dedisti Voce : mihi non hoc misern sperare jubebas !" Only anxious to avoid any decisive collision upon the real bearings of free trade, whether upon commerce or agriculture, and at the same time to ensure, if pos sible, the discomfiture of those whom their morbid imaginations pictured to them as their deadliest ene mies, they have snatched at anything likely to prove a stalking-horse for the ebullition of their excite ment—no matter to them if it were as garbled as the statistics they selected as their first weapons of attack, or as decrepid as their last weapon of attack —the language used upon the Catholic Question, no less than seventeen years ago, by Sir R. PEEL. Such has been the behaviour of the advocates for a perpetuation of the corn-laws in the House of Com mons. And, saving the avoidance of anything like individual recrimination, the Peers have displayed no inferior versatility. As Lord BROUGHAM jO. cosely, but truthfully, observed, their speeches reminded one of " choral symphonies," various in their modulation, but "attuned to the same gamut." If we required any demonstration of the accuracy of this statement, the discussion which ensued upon the Earl of WrcKLow's amendment would illustrate its correctness. What shall be said, for in stance, of a debate upon the taxation or non taxation of the food of the people degenerating into a mere theme for quoting from VOLTAIRE, for quibbling upon a text from " Paradise Lost," or for jesting at the absence of physiognomical beauty in the ex-Chancellor, Lord BROUGHAM ? Do these mere frivolities of boarding-school chit-chat accord well with the solid and thoughtful reputation which Lord STANLEY has acquired as a Parliamentary speaker ? Are they not, on the contrary, thelindications of an incapacity to battle with a solemn and sober earnest ness when the tide of defeat has set in ? Neverthe less, distressing as is this ill-timed exhibition of pleasantry upon a question of such infinite importance, we cannot but regard it as auguring well, and congratu late the country upon it accordingly. It is manifest without question, that after the triumphant majorities which each division upon the Corn Bill has given in favour of free trade, both in the Upper and the Lower House—it is manifest, we say, that this very display of merriment among the protection ists proceeds from the very hopelessness and helplessness of their position. Seeing that their ultimate overthrow is inevitable, they appear to be partially reconciled to their destiny, and prepared to take the defeat in good part. Conscious that all arguments upon the mercantile benefits or in juries which must follow the adoption of the proposed policy would be altogether so much useless exercise of their lungs, they disdain the ancient admonition of " sparing their breath to cool their porrage," and digress upon all kinds of subjects saving and ex cepting alone the subject under discussion. From this very insouciance we may perceive the certainty there is of shortly beholding free trade the law of the land, and of beholding, moreover, the most in- veterate protectionists bowing down iu acquiescence to the doctrines of their antagonists, when time and experience shall have proved to them that freedom of commerce is the surest means of promoting agricul tural welfare. Sir G. Cianta last night brought forward in the House of Commons five resolutions founded on the recommendations contained in the minute of the Lords of the Privy Council of Trade, of the 6th June inst., and the greater part of the evening was devoted to the discussion. We have already alluded at some length to these recommendations, and approved of the spirit in which they were framed, preferring them to those contained in the report of the Gauge Commissioners. The two first resolutions were only disposed of last night, and the further con sideration of the other three was adjourned until this day. There is no doubt that considerable evil resulted from the break of gauge, and that consider able inconvenience was occasioned thereby; but the great question seems to be, is that inconvenience so serious in amount, and productive of so much injury to the public, as to make it worth the while of that public to devote a large sum of money, amounting at least to 1,000,0001. sterling, for its removal ? We have already shown that if the change is to be at all effected, it can only be made at the public expense. Any other course would be so totally inequitable and unjust that there would be little prospect of its re ceiving the sanction of a British Parliament; indeed, we doubt if a single supporter could be found in either House to so monstrous a proposition as that the great expense of altering the gauge should be thrown on the par ticular company whose line was to be so altered for the public convenience. Before, then, we come to a conclusion on this question, it is necessary to con sider whether the evil is wholly unmixed, and whether .here is no advantage to the public in the existing difference. There is little doubt, that in consequence of the jealousy that has hitherto existed between the London and Birmingham and the Great Western—the representatives of the rival systems—each of those great companies has been stimulated to the utmost degree of exertion to increase the accommodation afforded to the public, and to diminish the expense as much as possible, for the purpose of securing the public suffrages in favour of their own particular ga obai u dt g t.t e et . hceot ß p y rib t n h riesle is means the great evil which would therwise have resulted from the monopoly exercised have been in a great degree avoided, degree of competitilzneas the benefit of a certain only one to which rail wayof which h erto is been exposed, and m w o e s l t l. known and management it yet bisust:iul uinnifversally the great advantage fully appreciated. Again, the raaidrwitatyedextpheartiewnceear; v e as a t s improveme nts areiatr an od e u y e l in every year, and it is quite impossible to say h ow far these improve ments m ay be extended, what new It is no trifling advantag e applications of the r esources of science may be made. that sc ientific men should have an opportunity of observingthdeifiNi.e'orreknitngsoft the present system under varied and circum stances, and it affords an additional chance of early discoveries being made and carried into execution. It is, therefore, in some points of view, desirable tlat there should still exist a difference in gauges, and is, at least, quite sufficient to warrant their Lordships in not at present recommending a reduction of the broad to the narrow gauge at the public expense. It is also impossible to say that some simple and cheap plan may not speedily be discovered for doing away with, or at least considerably reducing, the evils at present at tendant on a break of gauge. Many mechanical contrivances, stated by their Lordships to be of great ingenuity, have already been submitted for that pur pose ; and although none of them may be quite suffi- dent altogether to do away with the yet it is clear that the inventive genius of the country is at work: on the question ; and it is impossible to say how soon the problem may be solved. This great expenditure would then become worse than useless, and there is therefore strong reason to pause before a step of the kind is irrevo cably taken. It being then admitted that the exist ing broad gauge lines are not to be disturbed, the next question is, what course can be adopted to re duce the inconvenience to the minimum—so that the public should suffer as little as possible? The recom mendation of the Commissioners seems well calculated to effect the object. It appears reasonable that all new lines should be constructed on that gauge which is in the most ge neral use throughout the country, unless they are so closely connected with existing lines on the broad gauge as to cause a great inconvenience by a differ ence therefrom. We, however, fully concur in the justice of the reasoning which sanctions the construction of the South Wales line on the gauge originally approved of and sanctioned by Parliament. The importance of a second continuous line of railway to Ireland cannot be overrated ; besides the direct communication from London with the Government dock-yards, near Pembroke, and with Milford Haven and Fishguard, wilt be a great public benefit. It cannot be forgotten that the speediest route to the whole of the southern district of Ireland will be thereby effected. The sea voyage from Fishguard may be made in little more than four hours, and if a railway be carried on to Valentia, the distance from London may be regularly travelled in about twenty-four hours. By this means our communication with America will be greatly expedited ; and it is scarcely too much to say that, ere long it will become the high road for all travellers to the western hemisphere, not only from England, but from the entire of Europe. The first resolution was agreed to without a division, with the addition of the words " and South Wales Railway" after the words "Great Western Railway," by which the inconvenience of short lines of a few miles, emanating from the South Wales line being constructed on a different gauge from the parent line, will be avoided. The second resolution was altered in its terms, the House having no power to bind parties by their mere resolution. It would appear ridiculous to vote that which they had not power to enforce. It was therefore, in place thereof, re solved, " That it is the opinion of the House that provision should be made by law to prevent the direc tors of railways from altering their gauge." This is perfectly just, and we doubt not a Bill will speedily be introduced to give effect to the resolution of the House. The remaining three resolutions respect the different lines that should be made on the different gauges, and we have already expressed our approba tion of the manner in which they have been selected. Intelligence from Portugal of the 10th inst. has been received. The PALMELLA Ministry was still in power; but it was considered not improbable that they would have to give way to SA DA BANDEIRA and his friends. The juntas were dissolving themselves throughout the country, except at Santarem, where the junta, headed by MANDEL PAssos, had under their control a force of from four to five thousand armed men. His proceed ings, however, were sanctioned by the QUEEN, who had expressed her approval by a royal decree. There were a thousand men under arms at Villa Franca. The peuplehad retired from before Oporto, and had in most of the districts returned to their homes. The Augsburgh Gazette states that the Sardinian Go vernment had proposed to Austria to submit the ques tions in dispute between them, on the subject of the wine and salt duties, to the arbitration of some third Power, to be chosen by Austria. The same paper an nounces the arrival in the port of Ancona of two Aus trian men-of-war, and states that the city itself is guarded by Austrian troops. The Emperor and Empress of RUSSIA arrived at Cra cow on the 4th instant. Madrid papers of the 10th have been received. The arrival of GONZALES BRAVO in Madrid, from Lisbon, is announced by El Clamor Publico. This is the only article of intelligence in these papers. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 10.—The Three per Cents. closed on the 10th of June at 33 9-16 I cash, 33.1 paper; Five per Cents., 204 cash. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The opening of the Great Northern Railway took place on Sunday. The papers state that the announcement of disturbances in the Pontifical States, published in the Marseilles journals, was premature. A rumour was, however, prevalent that two Cardinals had died, and that a third had been murdered. The Presse says—" The Central League, which de sired to establish itself at Paris for the furtherance of free trade, having demanded permission from the Minister of the Interior to constitute itself, has been for the present refused such authorisation." General LANORICIERE has arrived at Port Vendres from Algiers. A courier from Madrid passed through Paris for London, with the funds necessary to pay the half-year's interest on the Spanish Three per Cents., due at the end of the month. The approaching recal of M. BRUAT from Oceanie is announced in the Arnzoricain of Brest. The Three per Cents., closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 83f. 10e. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 30e.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,245 E ; Rouen, 1,015 f. ; Havre, 742 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 735 f. ; Avignon, 8801. ; Vierzon, 6221.50 c.; Bordeaux, 600 f. ; Boulogne, 4871. 50e.; Dieppe, 415 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 503 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 517 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 538 f. 75c: Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 515 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette Definitives, 509 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 16. Central of Spain, I%—Dutch Rhenish, B—East Indian, 3 —Lou. vain and Jemappe, ILA ex d.—Luxembourg, IN,—Orleans and Bor. deaux, 10 1 ,6—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6k—Paris and Rouen, 39 lA—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 5 .—Rouen and Havre, 28. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) A quarterly General Court of this Company was held at the Company's House, in Leadenhall-street. Mr. loon took the chair at twelve o'clock, and reported that the company had taken proper measures to secure that the pension granted to Lord Hardinge should be paid irrespec tive of his salary as Governor-General of India. The former directors were then re-elected. An HON. PROPRIETOR rose to bring under the attention of the Court a motion of which he had given notice, namely : —" That adverting to the charge of the Lord Bishop of CL cutta on his recent departure from Bengal, and now re printed in England ; and also to the printed statements of the Rev. James Peggs, late a missionary in Orissa, it be re ferred to the Honourable Court of Directors to consider whether the time is not arrived when such rites and usages as contradict the law of nature and overthrow the first prin ciple of our common humanity, may not be terminated con sistently with the amelioration of the natives and the security of our Indian empire." The sacrifice of human life which took place in India, and the idolatrous worship which existed there, ought, in his opinion, now to be put down. Such was the opinion of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, and such, he conceived, would be the opinion of every Christian in the country. He would, however, withdraw the motion, as he did not conceive that he had sufficient information from India to lay before the Court. A letter was read by the CHAIR.VAN, from Mr. Thompson, stating that his health would not permit him to attend the Court, and begging leave to postpone his motion in reference to the case of the deposed Raja of Sattara. Leave having been granted, The CHAIRMAN declared that the business of the Court having been concluded, it stood adjourned. Some disappointment was manifested that the notice re specting Lieut. Waghorn's services was not brought forward. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. Before Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Mr. PRENDERGAST applied to have the case of Dr. Ellis, who is Indicted for manslaughter In a case of hydropathic treatment, post poned till Saturday, which the Court allowed. Louisa Baptiste, a decently-dressed young woman, 23 years of age, was indicted for feloniotisly coining a half-crown. William Binney, inspector of the G division of police, said, he went to a house in New-court, Duck-lane, Westminster, on May '23, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon. On going up stairs to the front room second floor, he found the door fastened outside and in. The door was fastened inside by an upright plank, and a bar barricading that from the floor, and similar obstructions were used on the outside, giving the house the appearance of bang unoccupied. When the police went in they saw the prisoner stand ing by a large clear fire, having a plaster of Paris mould in her right hand, and a large iron spoon, containing white metal in a fluid state, in her left. When she saw them she laid down the Spoon on the hearth, took half-a-crown from a "get" on the chimney-piece, and p i R a i; n tl i y a threw it into the spoon, and then dashed the mould in her light hand into pieces, stamping on it with her feet. e been ri hit hand on ha th d e c secured y pi h e e e r e, o t n h e ey of found h th a r d e Melted, and ame h on being . ecinee t e teeth of which were filled with white metal. rights, but you li ' a the e said, "You b-----, you thought to have me to inlght roods xne. not; if you had come half an hour before, you into the m dropping You t oug alto have been searched before coming Constable 20 CI p roduc h e l d n g i 3 n y enter." which he found Wet with som Co e urt some pieces of copper wire, fluid,attached, lying Ott the table, i n theunid, and a piece of silver le a f batteries,which had fl u id i n them at theelemb°e. urhood of two galvanic of plaster of Paris in the cupboad. The mouldl,lvehfird also powder hand was hot. The batteries were produced in Court, together ha : in her a pot of silver sand, two plate brushes which had bee g n et er With used on piaster of Paris, and several other articles. Mr. Field, inspector of the Mint, examined the pieces of metal pro duced, and the 11,1 f-crown, and said they were Britannia metal. The batteries used were Smec's batteries ; the liquid contained in one bottle was a solution of salt of silver, and another bottle produced was full of a weak dilution of sulphuric acid taken from the batteries. He said tire silver sand wa s used to give a polish from the mould , to the coin after being taken and the " get e spoken of by the officers was t h e su perfluous metal, whi c h must be detached from the edg e of it. Mr. Bodkin and . Mr• Ellis conducted the pros ecut i on, and Mr. T. Payne defended the prisoner. the evidence, and the . Justice TINDAL summed . t the prisoner jury after Chief ed a verdict agains lie prisoner of aiding and consultation return present. abetting, and being personally ears' trans The Court sentenced her to seven ypo rtation. Post-office cases fixed to com e have the Mr. CLAIESON applied to on on Friday, as that day would best suit the convenience of th e Attorney-General. The Court agreed to the application. , Joseph Carter was placed at the i n dicted for the wilful murder of John Oddy, by stabbing him in the belly, o n the 19th of May, in the parish of St. Giles's, Cripplegate. to til e) ury, and called Mr. HUDDLESTONE Introduced the case was at Henry Mathews, a copper-plate printer, w ho stated that he the Crown public-house at the corner of ti n i on -street, about nine o'clock on the evening of the 19th of May. There were several others present; and Carter, after the witness had been there some time, came in. ()tidy was there when w itness entered. r i pot Of Carter, on corning in, wished to drink O THE SUN, LONDO'N, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1846. beer standing on the counter which belonged to Oddy and his companion. Oddy said to him, he was a spungy beggar, and he should have no beer from him, and Carter thereupon appealed to a shoemaker with a wooden leg standing by, as to whether he was a spongy beggar. This man replied that he did not know, he never saw him spend any money. This produced a laugh. Four or five of them after that stood chaff ing and wrangling together, but Carter in a few minutes attempted to get up the pot again, and Oddy removed the pot with his one hand, keeping Carter off with the other, without, however, strikirg any blow. Carter stood for about a minute, muttered something to himself, gave a stamp with his foot, and went out. He returned in about a quarter of an hour, pushed the door open and looked in, upon which the wooden-leg man went towards the door and said, " Do you want me, Joe ?" Carter said something which witness did not hear, and nodded his head to Oddy. Oddy rose to go towards the door, and as he was making, thither, another said to him, "he has got a stick or a poker behind him." Oddy said, in reply to this, as he passed, " I'll stick him." The people, and witness among them, followed Oddy out to the door, and saw Carter back away from the door till he got within a foot or two from the corner of the street, which might he five or six yards from the door. Oddy put his left hand on Carter's shoulder, and lowered his right hand towards his skirt, as if with a view of disarming Carter of whatever he had in his hand, and said, " Give it us, Joe, like a man," or something to that effect. Oddy was calm. Carter on this punched Oddy, as witness thought, two or three times, and Oddy bent double, saying he had gotten a severe blow, and was stabbed. Carter was tripped up by some other person, and the knife fell out of his hands through the grating. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWF CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 to 5,000 bales, including 1,000 bales American, at sd. to 6d. per lb., for export to Russia, 800 Egyptian at 5 1 / 2 d , and the rest American at former rates. The market closed heavily, though prices on the whole were unchanged. Shares were dull. At the Court of Proprietors of the East India Company, held this morning, the subject of some public manifestation towards Lieutenant Waghorn by the general body of the East India proprietors was fixed to be brought forward, and no doubt a most unanimous vote would have been come to upon the merits of this gentleman. In what form, however, the resolution will ultimately be proposed, was not known at the me e ti ng o f the Court, as the proprietor who gave notice of the motion was not present to day. We believe that the directors have already subscribed 300/. to the fund now raising for the gallant and persevering Lieutenant. The subject is one which excites a great deal of interest among all parties interested in the East India, the China, and the Australian trades. In reference to this sub ject it may be stated that some disappointment has been expressed at the formal reply of Mr, Gladstone to the Lieutenant, upon the subject of shortening the communica tion between Singapore and Port Jackson, the expense being at present the objection to the snaking of a trial. In a great commercial country like this, surely the "stingy" principle cannot be the best policy. There are no later Colonial arrivals in the City this morning. The Consol Market has been very firm this morning at 95 1 41 for the Account. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been just quoted at 95 1 / 8 %; and in the New Three-and a- Quarter per Cents. there has been an improvement from 96 , / 8 to 97 1 / 8 . Exchequer-bills have risen to 15s. premium, but they are now a shade cheaper. India bonds from 275. have receded to 21s. premium. The additional success of the Ministerial Corn- law project in the House of Lords last night has given much satisfaction in mercantile circles this morning. The only bargains in the Foreign Market to-day have been a rise in Portuguese Four per Cents. for the Account from 48 to 49 1 4, and a slight reaction in Spanish to 24; in the Three per Cents. to 37-;4, and in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. to 5934. The Railway Shares and Scrips have been steady, without any material change in the quotations. ONE O'CLOCK. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95 lA% New Three - and-a-Quarter per• Cent. Aims. 96% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 3, 1860 .. 10 3-16 4 . India Bonds, 1,000/. .. 27 21 Ditto, under 1,0001. .. 21 27 Consols for Opening .. 95% iy Exchequer Bills. 1 J, 116 d. 1,0001... • 11 15 11 pm. 5001. . 11 15 16 pm. Ditto, Small ▪ •• 15 16 BRITISH FUNDS. ONE FOREIO'N FUNDS, O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 28 Ditto, for the Account .. 28 Ditto, Deferred .. 16% Portuguese Four per Cent .. 48 49% Ditto, for the Account .. • • Russian Bends 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • • 24 % Ditto, for the Account .. 24!,6 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .• • • Ditto, for the Account .. • • • . 3714 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two -and-a-Half per Cent Ditto, for the Account A PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES, CLOSING PRIC ES. 95% CLOSING PRICES. 23M 28 14 16% 109% 594 4 : BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. 10 .... 3% .......•3 34 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... - .. Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .... 84% ..... Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 2% 1 % ..... Derby and Crewe .. 2% .... .. Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 5 •• • • 3 7 , 8 •-•• • • • • Direct Northern .. .... Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... 2% ....... Eastern Counties .. 141. 165... 24% •• .• • Ditto New .. 10/. 165....• 8 %% p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 42. h i 1 p Ditto, ditto, .. . No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. - ..... Ditto, York Extension 10s. Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... - •••• • • • • Ditto % Shares .. 10 .... 17% .. ••• • • • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 22% Great North of England -100 .. • • - .. Ditto, New .. . 1% .. • . 14% Hull and Selby .. .. 50 •.. - •• • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 .... 35% Leicester and Bedford .. 225..... par % London an I Birmingham . -100 .... 225 Ditto Fifths .. 2 25% Loudon and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8 London and Brighton . 65 Ditto ditto Fifths .. • . .. 30 - London and Croydon 13/. 153. 9d... - .• London and Greenwich .. 121 . 15 s. 4 d . - Do. Prefer. or Privilege .. 18/. 17s. 2d. 22 London and South-Western .• 411 6s. 10d..• 77 .• • Lynn and Ely .. .. • . .. 15 - Manchester and Leeds .• •• 82 - ......... Ditto Extension .. • • .. 425. .. - ......... Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 81% Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 4 13% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. % p .. ..... Manchester and Southampton .• 2 .... 1% ..100 .... Ditto, New .• • - • • •• 1 8 • • 31% % ....... Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 123% ..... Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .. • • 45% ......... Ditto, New • • • • • • • 1 •• • 9 Ditto, New, Branding • • • - 25 ••• .. 44% Norfolk .. • • • • • • • • Ditto, Half Shares • . • . 5 . _ Ditto, Extension - • • • • 2 ... North British • • • • •• 22% ..... Ditto, Half Shares .. • - • -8% •• • • 11% ...... Northern and Eastern .- • • 50 _ Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12% •... North Staffordshire • • • • 429 . •• • • 4 Nort hmpton,,Bnarneebtu .. . . . ry,&Chelthm : 31 .... 2.... Portsmouth South Midland .. • • • • • • 425. % di5.... • .... South Eastern and Dovor . • • • 33% ........ Do., New (do. 331. 6s. Bd.) No. 2. 10 13%% % Do., New (do. 15!.) . • O. 4 . •• • 2% % , Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke.. 5% „ 2 , .. Waterford and Kilkenny .. .. 8 West Riding Union • • • • • • 428. .... 2%1 4 D.. Witbeach and Si. Ives .. • • ' 2 • • I% 2.. York and Lancaster .. • • • . 1 York and North Midland .. • • 50 _" Ditto, Scarborough Branch 25 Ditto. Extension .• .. 15 •, .Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.- 1 -11 IYA. 2% 24% 8 14 P 'p 96 RAILWAY CO c,I3IffTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. 174 22% 220 DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOTTTU. GUILDFORD, CrITCHEST:aIt, POItTSIVIOUTH, AND PARE:SIAM. Their Lordships met this morning in Room A (New Houses of Parliament) at the usual hour. Lord Beaumont In the chair. All the Members were present. The case on the part of the promoters of the Guildford and Chi chester was proceeded with. The Duke of Richmond was called by Mr. Sergeant WRANGUAM to give evidence in favour of this line, which his Grace declared to be far superior to the Direct London and Portsmouth, not only on account of its being shorter (by two miles), but also as it gave ac commodation to more important places. Chichester was by far a mere important place than Petersfield, and he thought it would be much better to have Chichescr on the main line and Petersfield on branch, as they would be on this line, than to have Pe: ers field on the main line and Chichester on a branch, as proposed by the Direct London and Portsmouth. It would be a great advantage to the rich agricultural eistriets through which this line would pass, to have the direct communication it would afford to London and other important places. The Direct London and Portsmouth would certainly r o considerable damage to his pro perty, but he was not the person to oppose a railway Bill on such a ground as that. He denied that he had entered into an agreement with the London and Portsmouth, by which he became an interested party ; " and indeed," observed his Grace, " I never yet was con nected in any way with any railway, and I never intend to be." His Grace was not cross-examined by counsel on the other side. Other witnesses were then called, and gave similar evidence. 35% P 225 25% LONDON AND YORM. TEE DONCASTEra, WAXEFIELD, AND 2% p The Committee on this Bill met again this day at eleven o'clock ; Lord Somers in the chair. The case for the promoters having closed, Mr. Alexander, Q. C., opened for Mr. Fountain Wilson and other landowners opposing the line. The Learned Counsel contended that the line was unneces , ary to the population of the districts which it proposed to accommodate ; and that the injnry it Would du to property would be much more than the good which would result. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XIII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Sir William Clay in the chair. Oilier members present, Earl Jermyn, Mr. Curie's, and Mr. P. Ainsworth. The clauses cf the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Bill were postponed till to-morrow. CAMEDONXAN 3ErXTENS2COI7. This line was then proceeded with. The formal proofs were then put in, in conformity with Mr. Dun combe's resolutions. The line is opposed by the Duke of Portland and several petition ing landowners, for whom Mr. Austin, Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Denison appeared. The Ayr and Glasgow Railway also petitioned, and was represented by Mr. Andrews. Counsel in favour of the Bill are Mr. Talbot, Mr. Sergeant Wrung ham, Mr. Hope, Sir Win. Ri dell, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Boyle. Mr. COCKBURN opened the proceedings on behalf of the Bill. The line for which he appeared, he said, was proposed to run from Ayr to a point on the Caledonian line, about two miles from Lanark, called Ravenstruther, with two branches north and south, the former the Lesmahagow branch, and the other went en to Abingdon on the Caledonian line. The great obj&ct of the main line was to connect Ayr with Edinburgh, so that the traffic from the former might be carried forward on the Edinburgh, York, and the Caledonian line. It passed through the important mineral fields of Enterkin, Muirkirk, Glenhuck, and Douglas. The object of the south, or Abingdon branch, was to open those extensive coal fields to Annandale and Dumfries-shire ; and the north branch was intended to open u p t h e valuable coal field of Lesmahagow, which at present was locked altogether. The Lesmahagow was a most extensive and valuable coal field, containing an abundant sup ply of gas coal, which would command through the railway a ready market in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The line, with the branches also, would be of the greatest service in accommodating the agricultural traffic of the three counties that would be connected of ith the line. With regard to the accommodation of passengers passing from Ayr to Edinburgh, he believed that at present by the coast route the dis tance was fifteen or sixteen miles more than it would be by the pre sent line, independent of the break of two miles at Glasgow, which would occasion a material delay. Even were the Barrhead and Kil marnock line formed, the distance would still be ten miles in favour of the Caledonian Extension. This advantage was indepen dent of the great mineral fields that would be opened up. The whole scheme was 76 miles in length ; the main line being 45 miles, the Lesmahagow branch 17 miles, and the Abingdon branch 12 miles. The main line was estimated to cost 782,236/., the Lesma hagow branch 302,8621., and the Abingdon branch 193,264/. ; making the total capital 1,330,0001. He would support the scheme by wit nesses of the highest respectability, and though the scheme was op posed by several proprietors, h , did not think they could make out a case that would justify the rejection of such an important line. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to call his witnesses. Mr. Bell Telfer, shipper, of Ayr, examined—lle said he was in the habit of shipping the iron of the Muirkirk Company. He had three ships of his own, and exported about 2,000 tons of that iron yearly. The iron was brought twenty miles by carts, at a charge of about 10s. a ton. That was a low charge. He also exported a consider able portion of wool that came from the Muirkirk district. The line passed through an important agricultural and mineral district. The principal return cargoes were salt, guano, and oil cakes, which were sent up into the interior. There were large cotton works at Cartine, with which there was considerable traffic from Ayr. There were considerable beds of freestone along the line that would find an outlet to Liverpool by this line. There were 100,000 tons of coal exported from Ayr at present, which came from ports between Ayr and Mauchline on the route of the line; the supplies were mainly on the Auchincruive estate. A considerable amount of grain and flour was shipped into Ayr from Ireland, a great portion of which went into the interior. At present the largest ships that entered were 250 tons register, but the harbour might be mach im proved, and the line would tend to that object. The harbour trustees were in favour of time line and he belived such was the general feeling of the inhabitants. The Town Council had petitioned In its favour. 31% 123!‘ 46% 3y, % dis 2 p • 1% xd GROUP XIV. LIVERPOOL, ORIVISIEXILIC, AND PRESTON. The Committee met at twelve o'clock. The case on the part of the promoters was opened by Mr. TALBOT, who briefly stated that this line was one which must evidently have considerable advantage over the others which were under the consi deration of the Committo, as it would only cost 750,0001., while the others would cost 1,600,0007., and would by no means afford the same accommodation as the one for which he appeared. The length of the main line was 23% miles ; the Liverpool and Bury branch was three miles ; the Southport branch was 12 miles, making the length of the entire line 38% miles, showing a considerable difference in favour Of the line over the Canal Company. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Eccles, who proved that the line w0.,1d be of considerable benefit to the country, by the exten sive accommodation it would efford. Dr. Williams stated that along the intended course of the line there was a great want of accommodation for the passage of goods, and that evil would he removed by the formation of the line. Mr. Samuel Cherey proved that the terminus of the line was so situated as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to the district. Mr. Smith, examined by Mr. BRANDT (who appeared on the part of the promoters), stated that there was great want of accommoda tion for goods at the station of the North Union line ever since the station had been enlarged. The rates en the line were still high, though they had lately unde'gone a reduction. There was es ery necessity for the formation of this line. GROUP XX. The Committee on this (the Windsor) Group met to day, at twelve, in Room No. 31, present Mr. Sotheron (chairman), Mr. Pigott, Sir William Bentinck, Mr. Tailored, and Mr. Ross. They proceeded to hear the arguments of counsel on the point in part reserved from yesterday, in the ease of the ZONDOTT AND wzNnson. It will be remembered that the continued evidence in favour of th!s line was interrupted by the Chairman stating that it wss, in the opinion of the Committee, fatal to this Bill that the consent of the Commissioners of Metropolitan Reads had not been obtained by the promoters, to cross those roads on a level. According to the ar rangements then agreed to, Mr. MEREWETIIER, for the promoters, now addressed the Com mittee. lie said that the present plans were such as the Metropolitan Roads Commissioners would assent to. Mr. CocEputol, on the other hand, contended that the consent of the Commissioner.; would be now of no avail, as the alteration of the plans was such as to bring the Bill under the fifteenth standing order. The promoters would require to build a bridge, whereby their limits of deviation would extend into lands not laid down in the plans de. posited, and of which the ownors were not named in the book of reference. After some eiseussion upon this point, from which it appeare t that in some cases the standing order in question had been dispensed with, The Cuetamax said the Committee had heard nothing to induce them to proceed further with this case. Whatever might be the cir cumstances under which the standing order had been elsewhere dis pensed with, they must hold it to be fatal to the Bill. The Bill was acconlidgly thrown out, and the Committee took the RICHMOND (KEW BRANCH) Mr. CHAMBERS stated the case of the promoters. The proposed line was intended to be connected with the Richmond line about to be very shortly opened. It would extend from Mortlake to Kew, the length being little more than a mile and a half, and the cost was estimated at between twenty-five and twenty-seven thousand pounds. There would ultimately be a continuous line from the York-road to Kew, an accommodation of great advantage not only to the pleasure traffic, but to the scientific traffic of the metropolis. The Learned Gentlemen then went into a detailed statistical enume ration of the numbers and various classes of visitors for pleasure or science to the Botanical Gardens at Kew, and the other points of attraction in that neighbourhood. He quoted largely from the re ports of Sir W. J. Hoooker, in the years 1845 and 1846, on the Royal Botanic Gardens and the proposed new Palm-houses, at Kew, to show the importance of this railway in a popular as well as scientific view. GROUP Will. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 24, (Grand Corridor); present, Sir Robert Ferguson (Chairman), the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Newry, Mr. Smollett, and Mr. Fellows. They proceeded with the LONDON AND WARIVZCIESII3.II,E (MIME BRANCHES The traffic evidence in favour of these branches, as against the Great Western projects, occupied the whole morning. GROUP XLVI. This Committee re• assembled to-day at twelve o'clock ; present, Mr. Bramston (chairman) and the other members. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE (Ex i morzsroN AND BRANCHES). The evidence in relation to this Bill was resumed. Mr. Hudson was examined to show that the apprehensions enter tained respecting :eve' crossings were not well founded, as the neces sary precautions could be taken to prevent accidents. After some further evidence the Committee adjourned. GROUP LVI The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re -assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Evart in the chair. EAST AND WEST awrira. nocms Fs.2li 13 JURIST ZN GI-I ZUN CTIO N. The time of the Committee was taken up this morning In settling the question relating to the crossing of the Blackwell Railway on a level. It was eventually agreed between the parties that tils part of the scheme should not be carried out If the Board of Trade be of opinion that it was incompatible ith the convenient and proper working of the traffic of the Blackwell line. The Committee then pronounced the preamble of the Bill to be proved. The remainder of the day was occupied in discussing and settling the clauses of the Bill. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour. GROUP LVII. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re -assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. F. Baring in the chair. LONDON AND H I RMINCILI.P/I rtarrAvalr crINAL annARTGEMENTS, AND DUDLEY AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL AMALGA MATION. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in settling and arranging the clauses and details of this Bill. The Committee adjourned at an early hour. GROUP • L` 111. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, and went through the clauses of the Hull and Selby Railway Purchase Diu. The Committee adjourned early. GROUP LXI. SCOTTISH CONSOZZDATZONS. The Committee assembled at twelve o'clock ; Sir J. Duckworth in the chair. It will be remembered that the business of this Committee was begun by hearing the case of the Monklands and KirkintillOeli Company, who by their Bill hold a power to Pur chase the Clarnklrk, Monkland, and Kirkintilloch line en the Company, who a deposit of 30,000/. The power was now resisted on the ground of an u g r i h o ti lines ly alteration of circumstances, and the Caledonian co n , neared will r. Sergeant Wrangham, resist the transfer, Oil the plea to it dlverrthe traffic from their line, and do so u purchases districthYa s e f r s O Mw betweenh iwhich PaSsingenEd-Inbburj to the country, as it would instead of north and south have to go round by the Glasgow other a monopoly of and thus give to that company those two places. There were also several have to be made, and the real queS ti management shall tall. On Is as i n t o Whose hands the After hearing counsel in•continnati . adjourned until twelveo'clockoll this to- -8 morning, the Committee their decision will be given, e morrow, when ais understood GROU LXIV. P This Committee re-as sem b le d rv - mit amed the cchalderaticti Of the y 44 twelve o'clock, and re- MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN (MULLIN GAIL AND ATHLONE). Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, on the part of the competing line, suggested that in the list of the company there had been an omission of several names. This was admitted by the counsel for the Bill. The room was cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had come to the determi nation of suggesting to the counsel for the projectors of the Irish Great Western Company to specify the corporation purchasing the Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that he had no objection to adopting the proposed amendment in the preamble. Atter a technical discussion of some length, the Committee adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY). ROUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at twelve o'clock. Plit'ORTS. The following reports were brought up, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed :—Allhallows Tithes; East Lanca shire Railway (Deviation and Branches); London and Bir mingham Railway (Weedon and Northampton) ; North Wales Railway ; Sheffield General Cemetery ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, and North Wales Mineral RAilway Amalgamation ; south-Eastern Railway (Chislet to 'Margate). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Glasgow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Diversion and Cooper Bridge Branch) ; Kennington-lane, &c., Light ing, &c. ; Newmarket and Chestertord Railway:; Newport and Pillgwenlly Waterworks ; St. Helen's Canal and Rail way ; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Rail say (Whaley-bridge and Hayfield Branches) ; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Man c h e ste r Railway Dukinfield, Worsborough, and Glossop Branches, and Sheffield Station Enlargement) ; Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Newton to Crewe, with Branches); Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway (Methley, Aekern, and Oakenshaw Branches). WAKEkiELD, PONTEFRACT AND GOOLE RAIL FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • • • 12 •• • • 11% . Dutch Rhenish .. • • • • • • . 6 •• •• 7% ..ss. •• 4 .. • I% •• 6 .... 10% 101. 5 • 6% • . MINES. East In Han .. Louvain and Jemeppe Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux . Paris and Lyons Constituted . Real del "Monte, Unregistered LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON, j,„ 17.—Wind E., light airs, and hot sultry weather. DEAL, JUNE 16.--Wind E.N.E.—SId. Adolph von Nassau, Prandt, Batavia ; Irene, Franzen, St. Thomas ; Lucretia, Jamaica ; Johanna, Roper, New York ; Prince Carl, St. Thomas ; Melpomene, Buenos Ayres ; Ranger, Dring, Cape Coast Castle. Arrd. from the river, and sld., 16th, Winscales, Sproul, Port Philip; Racer, Hollin, Halifax; Harmony, Sutherland, Labrador. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 16.—The Mary Ann, Cassidy, from Sierra Leone, which put into this port 14th ult. leaky, has been condemned, and will be sold by auction, 19th inst. PADSTOW, Juss 13.—The Matilda Birch, which put In here leaky, is discharging. _ _ _ GLOUCESTER, JUNE IG.—The Alexander Hooper, which arrived here 14th inst. from Cardiff, has sunk in the basin at Sharpness; it is expected she will be raised to-day. BELFAST, JUNE 15.—The Rambler steamer, M`Alliter, from Liver pool to Sligo, ran ashore on the Maiden Rocks during a dense fog yesterday morning, and filled ; crew and passengers saved, a por tion of the cart' landed, partly in a damaged state. LEITII, JUNE 16.—The sloop Mary, of Perth, Loring, from Wemyss to Inverkeithing (in ballast), struck on a sunken rock yesterday morning, and sunk in about sixteen fathoms ; crew saved. YARMOUTH, JUNE IG.—The Ruby, Metcalf, of Sunderland, came into the Roads this morning, leaky, and shipped more hands to pro ceed to London. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The present week's arrivals of English Wheat having been on an unusually limited scale, the stands were scantily filled with sam ples. On the whole the demand for that article was firm at, in most instances, Monday's advanced currencies. In Foreign Wheat very little business was transacted, yet the holders were firm, and would not sell except at-extreme figures. Bonded Grain was a mere tirtf.r, almost nominal in value.' The sale for Barley was tolerably firm, and previous rates were well supported ; but Malt commanded very little attention. Oats moved off firmly at rather more money, while Beans and I'eas were held at extreme rates. • Wheat. English •• • • • • 850 qrs. Irish •••• • • • • Foreign •• • • 3,240 ARRIVALS. Barley. GO qrs. Oats 1 flour. 360 qrs. t 1,440 zits 81;0 . - 8,410 --. Malt, 920 gm - WHITECHAPEIG. Although the supply of Meat here............ the general demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely previous quotations. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 241 to Os 4d ; Veal, 45 to 4s 10d ; and Perk, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 811 m. by the carcase. DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY CUN NINGIIAME, BART.—We have to announce the demise of the above baronet, who died on Monday week at Skaldon, Ayrshire. He was son of the sixth baronet,whom he succeeded in 1837. The late baronet was one of the claimants to the dormant earldom of Glencairn. His brother, now Sir Thomas Cueninghame, succeeds to the family ho nours and estates. THE ASH AND THE OA R.—A correspondent, who last year anticipated a wet summer, because the usual prognosticator of such a season had appeared in the ash opening its leaf before the oak, expresses conticleice in the prevalence of dry weather generall3 throughout the summer, because he has this year, as on many similar occasions, observed the oak to be considerably in advance of the ash. —Eastern Counties Herald. FIRE AT DEvoNronT.—At half-past three A.M. 011 ' gunday, a fire broke broke out in the molt-house of Mr. Thomas Hosband's brewery, at Morice Town. Engines from the dockyard, Caledonia, and belonging to the town and fire-offices, were soon in attundance, and the suction hose of the dockyard engine having been placed in a large tank on the premises, the delivery was so powerful that the slates were driven off the roof by the concentrated body of water, and the flames were speedily extinguished, the damage, which might have been most extensive, being only between 3 00 1• and 4001. REPRESENTAT ION OF IPSWICH.—Mr. Rigby his year Who some time si nce retired from the representation of I P!' wi '" . ain addressed the el ectors, soliciting their votes at the stp proacec. SCARCITY OF L ABOURERS. —Farmers are this year obliged to make a con s i derable advance in the rate per acre hear that ra paid for mowing, owing to the difficulty of obtaining ni°werBai Iv In some parts of Middl esex 7s. per acre is being P d for cutting meadow grass, which 15 25. 6 rate paid la4td. above the average W a_s 022 : has again el year, WAY BILL. Sir J. Y. BULLER moved the itirther proceeding on the third reading of this Bill, which was read a third time and passed. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY BILL. The Lords' amendments on this Bill were read, and agreed to. SITES IN SCOTLAND. Mr. BOYD presented petitions from the ministers and con gregations of various places in Scotland, praying the House to facilitate the obtaining of sites for building places of worship. SMALL TENEMENTS BILL. Various petitions fr4,nt places in England were presented in favour of and against this Bill, UNIVERSITY TESTS (SCOTLAND). • Mr. LOCKHAia presented several petitions against any Bill that might have for its object the alteration of the ex isting tests in the Universities of Scotland. Mr. FOX MAULS presented several petitions in favour of the Bill for obtaining sites for churches in Scotland. Mr. P. M. STEWART presented several petitions to a similar effect. RAILWAY GAUGE. Sir G. CLERK announced that he was not disposed to make any objection to the amendments which had been made to some of the resolutions he had proposed in the debate last night. Mr. DENISON was about to address the House, when he was interrupted by Mr. FOX MAULE, who rose to order. Ile wished to know whether that order of the day had precedence over the other orders ? The SPEAKER said that in matters of public business such orders had precedence. Mr. lIAWES wished to know whether the resolutions could not be pressed forward to-morrow, at the time of pri• vate business. A conversation then ensued, in which Mr. Fox MAUL; Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and other Hon. Members joined, as to which of the orders should have the precedence, but the discussion was put an end to by Sir GEORGE CLERK con senting to postpone the further debate on his resolutions until to-morrow. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY BILL. Mr. MILNER GIBSON moved, " That it be an instruc tion to the Committee on Group 18, to hear the petition from the Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, relative to their Yeovil and Taunton Branch." After a tew words from Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, the motion was withdrawn. BRISTOL AN D GLOUCESTER RAILWAY BILL. Mr. STANTON moved that the evidence taken before the Committee last year on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway be referred to the Committee on Group 58, now sitting. The motion was agreed to. A short discussion then ensued as to the gauges, which was put a stop to by Sir JAMES GRAHAM interposing, and saying that his Right lion. Friend, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, had left the House under the impression that the debate on the question had been adjourned until to-morrow. NAVAL CIVIL DEPARTMENT BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill being read, Sir C. NAPIER addressed the House at some length as to the impropriety of appointing men to the care and manage ment of the dockyards who understood nothing about them, and who were utterly ignorant of ship-building, &c. H e a l so entered into a lengthy statement as to the sailing qualities of the various vess,ls in the squadron. After several hun dred pounds had been expended in the construction of ships, when they were sent out it was found that they were not fit for sea. He instanced in support of his argument :the St. Vincent ; the Albion, the Vanguard, &c. He then gave a detailed statement of the sums which had been expended in the repair of these ill-constructed vessels. He quoted from the returns made by the officers of the dock yards, but he was afraid that, great as the Expense appeared to be by these returns, it was in fact much greater, if the truth was known.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the House of Commons had a right to insist that, when they ordered returns to be made, those returns should be accurate in every respect. It had bean said by the Secretary of the Admiralty that it would be improper to make proper returns on this subject, because, if they did, foreign nations would know the exact condition of our fleet, which might be in jurious to this country. But the truth was, that the French knew much more abont our navy than we did ourselves. The returns which the Admiralty had furnished were very incorrect, in as far as the condition of the steam ships were concerned. He would instance the 'Vulture steamer, the returns respecting which were most inaccurate, and if the returns respecting the others were of the same character, lie must say they were most objectionable. He be lieved there was not one of the steam-boats belong ing to the Government that was fit to he called a ship of war. A great portion of them carried their paddle-boxes five or six feet above the level of the deck, and if they were to go into war the first shots would, he was persuaded, carry them away. If a war took place to morrow, a steam fleet might be sent out with 10,000 or 15,000 men. If that were the case, then, from these high paddle-boxes and engines, the first shot would de stroy all the men in any one of these steamers— the only safety with such vessels was to place the boilers below the water. The Admiralty ought to confess their error, and if these vessels were inefficient, take measures to put them in a proper state for the service of the country. There were many other vessels named in the catalogue which were liable to similar objections. A great number of the steam gun-boats, he believed, would prove to be of no use whatever. They were called gun-boats, but he felt certain they would be found totally useless in case of being employed in war-service. He found, on looking over the returns, that a great number of th r e e an d twc deckers were cut down. He did not object to the first two that were cut down, but they had been so numerous that he must now refer to them. Thirteen two-deckers had been cut down to make bad frigates. It would have been better to have worn them out as they were originally. If a war were to arise, involving: a war in the Baltic or the Mediterranean, they would have no ships to employ but these bad frigates. But so great was the mania for cutting down in the Admiralty that a large number of the large frigates built at the end of the last war in' order to compete with the large frigates of the Americans, were now in process of being cut down to corvettes. Forty five large frigates had been built, and this was the process now employed towards them. The lion. and Gal- lent Member then - referred to the magazine ships, the condi ' tion of which he represented to be equally objectionable. With the enormous number of ships they had built, and what they were building, he thought the navy ought to be more efficient. One great objection he had to those ships was; that many of them were too large in size. He believed that before many years large ships would be given up altogether, and small ships be employed in their stead. He believed a great deal of the neglect of the Admiralty was from leaving the management of building the ships in the hands of one officer. He! felt certain that no one man could attend to these matters: as they ought to be. He knew from his experience that such must be the case. The ship-builders of Glasgow, Liverpool, or on the river. could produce far better steamers than any the Admiralty had built. (LEFT SPEARING.) COLONIAL AND EMIGRATION COMMISSION.. The following are extracts from the sixth general report of the Colonial and Emigration Commissioners (just presented to Parliament by command of her Ma jesty) : , NEW SOUTH WALES : -ITS FINANCIAL STATE. In our last report we noticed the gradual improvement which has taken place in the general state of the colony, and we are happy to perceive that each account since re• ceived tends to confirm our expectations that we should soon hear of its returning prosperity. The Gover nor, in a dispatch transmitting the abstract of the revenue and expenditure for 1844 and the esti matee for 1846, says, that he considered the finances of the colony to be in a very satisfactory e state. The ordinary revenue, which in of the expenditure by 11,895/. 19s. id. and although ex ceeded the expenditure by 8,933/. Bs. 11d., contribution their was not in either of these e v more i t anyyea rs the cid wn revenue, towards the ordinary revenue from the 1841: there was then in at the commencement of June o 1 something how the Treasury about 79,000L18 4114, short of 100,000/. for irnmigra before the depressed interest of six per cent. This debt was tion, bearing an ad t than a ba r: a or2:ol,,Ofmetecun- Crown w C n r odw revenue revenue. .. 1843, . renderedit necessary to put an fwh T ic h h ereis, p a y for the last immigrants sent out, und er t sanctioned in incurred to age to emigration at the public expense. of land sold was soctvit AUSTRALIA. 3 e state : 4 Dt 2 i r B uero a isf c nt the r gtoh e p s ep , c a o :den year rh had a 844 '‘ amountthe realised quantitys extent of land surveyed was 6,680 ac ,666/ 13s The about &id. an acre. This is considerably s' higher h a e . r eo than f E the o maverage explainso f the h preceding atthe u year's ole f t h e surveys 6.,6B ; o. but Captain con sisted of detached blocks of land, lying in ac d r i e ff s erentparts of the settled districts ; and that the excess of expmse is accounted for by the small size of many of the blocks, and the incessant movement of the surveying parties from one part of the colony to another. The total quantity of land sarveyed and open for settlement on the 31st of December, 1844, was 663,553 acres. Further accounts, however, have been received of sales effected in the colony up to the 31st of May, 1845, amounting to 1241 123. ; and we have every reason to believe that much more considerable sales have since occurred. In this country, also, as much as 20,0001. was deposited during the past year in the pur chase of land by the Australian Mining Company, be sides 1,100/. by other depositors. Subsequent accounts, we are glad to re firm the *Women' ►ort, fully con- of valuable mines of lead and copper. We plate in the Appendix an extract from Governor Grey's Annual Re port for 1844, containing some interesting observations both on the mines and on the generally favourable pros pects of the colony. The source of wealth thus unexpectedly opened to the colonists appeared to offer a favourable opportunity of providing for a revenue, which, without being onerous, might keep pace with the growth of prosperity in the colony. Accordingly, in compliance with Lord Stanley s directions to consider the subject, we consulted with different gentlemen connected with the m a nagement of mines in England, and w i t h ot h ers d es i rous of embarking capital in mining operations in South Australia; and vie submitted our views to his Lordship in a report, dated the 14th of May last. His Lordship referred the whole matter to the Governor, authorising him to establish, with the advice of the Executive Council, sucb rules as might appear best adapted to the circumstances of the colony, subject, however, to their being confirmed, dis• allowed, or modified by her Majesty's Government. By the latest accounts the demand for labour conti nued, particularly for agricultural labourers, shepherds , mechanics, miners, and female domestic servants ; and notwithstanding a considerable: influx of labourerS (amounting in the year 1804 to 809, and in the first quarter of 1825 to 613), the previous high rates of wages were maintained. CANADA. The following particulars of sales have been gathered from the Land returns for 1844:—Farm (or country) lots, 381 ; town lots, 838 ; park (or suburban) lots, 70: total► 1,289. Producing 26,0741. 18i. 7d. The number of immigrants lan.led at the ports of Quebec and Montreal in 1845 was 25,375, of whom 633 were cabin passengers. A comparison of this aggregate, with the return of 1844, shows an increase of 5 , 233 ' equal to 26 per cent. It is not practicable to ascertain precisely the numb er of departures fro m t h e p rov i nce to the United States. Mr. Buchanan estimates the number at about 4,000, which is more by 2,800 than went in the preceding year, while the number of arrivals by way of the United States does not appear t o excee d 2 , 600 , mak i ng t h e ac cession to the population cons quent to the year's immigratio n _ to be between 23,000 an d 24 , 000 persons. S ever al of them were possess e d of mo d era t e cap i ta l , an d pro eeedfd at once to purch ase p art i a ll y i mprove d pro perties, or to enter into trade. A larger proportion were small farmers, with sufficient means to enable them to establish themselves advantageously on wild lands; but the great bulk were agricultural labourers, many of whom had nothing even for their immediate support. The total expenditure on the relief of destitute immigrants, including the cost of agency, was 6,9441. 4s. 2d. currency, being an increase of 2,0001. Bs. scl. on that of the preceding year. The charges for agency in the two years was nearly equal. The disbursements for buildings and repairs amounted to 732/. Bs. 2d. in 1844, and only 961. ss. 6d. in 1845. The increase, therefore,_ for direct assistance t o em i grant f am ili es was upwa rds of 2,6001. Some all ow a nce must b e ma d e f or t h ere having been a larger emigration, but the chief cause of the In creased expenditure last par was the enhanced rates 01 transport on the routes between Montreal and King' ston, the passage having been raised from 4s. to Ws. for an adult. We are sorry to notice, that although the average length of the voyage was somewhat less than in the preceding . year there was an increase in the mortality both during the voyage and in hospital after arrivai• Many cases of f ever and small-pox were sent to hospital , and the medical superintendent has mainly attr ib u ted the origin of the di sease to t h e crowded, filthy, and ill-ven tilated lodgings occupied by the emigrants previously to tht•ir embarkation. The. number of passenger vessels during the Pa s ! season was 256. Of th ese not more t h an 147 al' within th e regu l a ti ons o f t h e P assengers ' Act, an d con sequently a very considerable number sailed from ails country without any previous inspection by Government officers. IMMIGRATION INTO THE MAURITIUS. It is desirable to begin by referring very briefly t° the histor of emigration from India tois colon. The first emigration commenced in 1834 and e nded il l 1839. It was carried on entirely by private enterprise' The labourers were introduced under contracts of serviced which after 1837 wer e li m i te d i n d uration to five years, and the emigrant s w ere ent i t l e d at the end of that per iod to a free passage back t o I n di a . Th e a b uses to w hi c h this systera ..0 was found to giv e r i se were f orm id a bl e; among st the evil s proved to h ave b een i n fli cte d on the em i gran ts, it may suffice to enumer a t e kid napp i ng , ac t ua l confinenien.t in Calcutta itself, and com p u l sor y em b ar kation, besta es contracts on disadvantageou s t erms , w hich nevertheless„ were seldom, if ever , str i ct l y f u lfill e d. Th e number o persons introduced in this first emigration from Indio was 25,468, of whom 24,566 were male labourers. At the end of 1842, the emigration was re-opellea under the direct superintendence of Government officers , and a bounty was made payable in Mauritius on the immigrants. No contract f o r serv i ce cou ld be made out of the colony, and none within the colony for a longer period than one year. This mode of emigre' don happily proved exempt from the former evils. It continued throughout 1843, and for the first few months of 1844, when it was succeeded by the third md present system, under which the whole mea sures for the selection and conveyance of the emigran ts are devolved exclusively on a responsible Goverment officer. This change was made partly with a view of lessening the expenses, and partly of obtaining a better ,election of emigrants, including a larger proportion of women, in both of which respects it would appear from she reports to have bee n attended with success. The hole number introduced under the renewed emigration , from the commencement of 1843 to the end of 1 844 ,1 appears to hav e b een 46,014, o f w h om 39,244 w ere Ina"' labourers. From these statements it follows that, in the course °. _ f ten years, 71,482 people were i n t ro d uce d from India into the island of M a uriti u s, o f w h om no l ess than 63,816 were male labourers or servants. unsi INDIA. IMMIGRATION INTO THE WEST INDIES--F--- • On this important s e rv i ce , th e s t eps t o be taken _in this e country last year formed a t fi rs t a q uestion of some difficulty ; we issued, in th e mon th of May, the approval of the Secretary of State, an advertisement, calling for tenders of any ship: ping which the owners would offer on the chance or the Indian agents being able to supply them with auk grants. It was found, however, that shipowners would not offer ships on these terms, except at rates which are . deemed higher than it was expedient to pay. Seeing, therefore, that in the meanwhile much more encourag ing accounts had arrived from Madrid (the port where the collection of emigrants had at first seemed most doubtful) and taking into consideration the express desire of the West India committee in this country, we were authorised, in the month of June, to issue a second ad vertisement for tenders, under which a complement of emigrants was guaranteed to the shipowner. The consequence of the advertisement issued on these terms, and another of a similar nature that followed, was the engagement of thirty-one vessels, capable of conveying about 8,000 coolies. The rates at which they were taken up varying from 141. to 15s. 10s. per adult for the voyage from India to the West Indies. Turning now from the measures taken in England , we proceed to the information which has been received from India. Both at Calcutta and Madras, offices have been formed, including on the establishment at each station, a surgeon for the examination of the emigrants, paid at the rate of 2001. per annum. At Madras, Captain Wilson has contracted for the sup" ply of clothing required by coolies on the voyage, and also for provisions during their maintenance in, depot, pr ev i ous to t h e i r embarkation. The clothing of each adult e m i grant w ill cost about 21s. for males, a nd 159. for females, and the maintenance in depot will cost 34 1 d. per di em f or eac h adult. Captain Wilson h as also entered into a contract with a native for the collection of such emigrants as may be required, at a charge of about 10s. per statute adult. All the emigrants sent by Captain Wilson in the seasons of 1844-5 appear to have been procured by this individual. By dispatches recently received we are glad to learn that the Indian Act has been altered, so that emigration may commence at Madras at an earlier period, viz., on the let of September, instead of the Ist of October of each year. This will be a very useful alteration, which was much called for by the nature of the seasons O Madras. In the season of 1845-6, there were introduced into Jamaica, British Guiana, and Trinidad, 8,131 emigrants irom India. ti 4. • i? • tra --.‘44406,ttc0n HAMPTON RAC E& (THIS DAY —BY EXPREss.) The Ci( ld Cup' Heats, once round and a dkt nce. Lady Cherl tte ........... . .......................... ..... 1 2 I Vitula ............. ....... .11 2 1 2 Bed Leg threw her rider in the second heat. Bum — A a-!—. ED LIVE.--Aboti` ten o'clock yesterday morn ing some workmen were engaged pulling down some aid houses at the east end of the Tower, when the roof fell in, and buried rye men under the ruins. They were got out in about half an hour after the accident ,and taken in a boat from the Tower Stairs to St. Thomas's Hospital, where, on examination by the house surgeon' they were fou n d to have received some very severe injuries. BIRTS. On the 14th o f A pr i l, at Table Ba y, on board the Prince of Wales, the lady of Captain Henry William Leacock, 74th of a son. On the sth inst., at Gurlitt-strasse, Hamburgh, the wife of Mr. If• IL Forrest, of a son. On the 12th inst., in Great George-street, Mrs. H. IL Clark, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Herne-hill, Mrs. J. D. Welch, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., the wife of Charles Rich Tyerznan, 9i Gresham -street, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Upton, Essex, the lady of Charbes Polly, ESQ , of the Madras Civil Service, of twins. On the 14th inst., at Sidney Cottage, Brixton-hill, tilt wife of John Gill= Booty, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. At Valparaiso, Lieutenant Barrie, R.N., of her Majesty's shiP Daphne, to Dolores, eldest daughter of Colonel Wood, of the Chnl Army. On the 11th inst , at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Charles MOT: Esq., to Sophia Lionel, y o u nges t d aug h ter of the late C o l o nel Lionel Hook, of the 16th Regime n t. en DIED. On the 7th inst., at Flo rr i ssan t R enens, near Lama Wye, in Switzer land, Commander John Seager, R.N. On the 11th inst.. Emma, wife of F. F. Whitehead, lf.sel, o f Beech hill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire. On the 11th inst., at North To wn , M a id en head, W3lllam Cannon. Esq., aged 83. On the 13th inst., Frances Cramer Roberts, only I hter of the late T. C. Roberts, Esq., of Branfold, Kent, aged 21. London: Printed and Published by 1.117RD0 YOU2stai, of No. 114, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, N 0.112, Strand., in the Ilealob of the Sawn in the County of Mich]laoss... licilidnaldne. JOS