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k,_ 4 S E tkl Y it R. Tut taft4AT ItITAXIC I.teuteaant JAPittS AusKINS, R.N., Commander, will BALE tor NLW YORK, fr.m the Coburg Dock, Liverpool, at 9 o'clock, a.m.,on TUESDAY, 7th July'. Pa ssengers are respectfhlly requested to be on board by half-past 4gght o'clock. p Fares 25 and 30 guineas, according to the position of the Berths ; a %Ingle Berthed-room, 35 guineas ; Steward's Fee, one guinea. For freight or pass age , apply, In London, to Mark Pinkerton, 65, Cornbill ; In Bristol, to H. M. Bennett, Secretary ; In Glasgow, to 11. B. Webb, Glasford-street ; or In Liverpool to GIBBS, BRIGHT, and CO., North John-street. A C OUNTRY HOUSE, w h o h ave es t a bli s hed a reputation throughout the populous districts of England Mr the MANUFACTURE of VINEGAR ot first-rate quality, have de termined on holding stock in London, and are desirous of meeting with a GENTLEMAN of good address, and persevering activity, and baring a thorough knowledge of buyers, as AGENT and TOWN TRAVELLER. Address, by letter only, with references as to character and ability, to X, to the care of Messrs. Atkinson and Biggar, 66, Aldersgate treete London, G "IT WESTERN- RAILWAY. CALL for THIRD INSTALMENT of s'. PER SHARE on 251. SHARES, making 10/. paid. The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a meeting held t his day, to call, under the provisions of the Acts of Parliaraeut, for an instalment of 51. per Share on 251 Shares; Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay, en or before the 6th day of July next, to any of the undermentioned B ankers, the said sum of 5/ , on each of their respective 25/. Shares ; viz. London... .-- Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax. Mills, and Co. ; at the Great Western Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City. Bristol . ..... Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. Messrs. EMIR% Ames, and Co. Stuckey's Banking Company. The West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool ...• The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham The County of Gloucester Bank. Reading .. • • Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, June 4, 1846. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWA Y COMPANY. HALF -YEARLY INTEREST ON EXTENSION STOCK. No. 1, due 4th July, 1846. The Directors hereby give notice, that warrants for the payment of the Half-year's Interest on Extension Stock, No. 1, falls due on the 4th of JULY next, and will be transmitted on that day to regis tered Proprietors of those Shares. The holders of unregistered Certificates are informed, that such C ertificates must be lodged for examination at the Company's office, two clear days previous to the payment of the interest. By order of the Board of Directors, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. (lakes, Shoreditch, 26th June, 1846. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are prepared to RECEIVE (tinder the powers of their Act of Parliament) TEN DERS for LOANS of MONEY on Security 01 Debentures, bearing interest at the rate of 4% per cent. per annum, the Interest pay able half-yearly, viz., 10th January and 10th July. Tenders, stating amount and term of years for which it is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Secretary, 61, Moorgate-street, London. By order, GEORGE RING, Secretary. LANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. The Bill incorporating and consolidating into one Company the Subscribers to this undertaking, and the Subscribers to the undertak ing of the late Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, under the stile and title of the latter Company, having now received the Royal Assent, all persons holding SCRIP for SHARES in the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Rail way Company are requested, without delay, to transmit the same to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 31, Pr incess -street, Man chester, accompanied by a claim, filled up according to the subjoined form, in order that the same may be duly registered. pt 4 for the Scrip will b e given. ; and on th e completion of the reg Ree iseitration, Certificates, under the seal of the Incorporated Company, will be de livered in exchange, according to the following proportions;—that is to say —In respect of every three shares, of 201. each, in the Lanca shire and North Yorkshire Railway Company, the holder of the scrip representing such shares will be entitled to receive sealed certificates for two shares, oflike value, in the Incorporated Company, uPun each of which he will be credited in the books of that ComoanY with a deposit of 21. 10i., and there will also be returned to him a sum of not less than 11. 6s. on every three shares so sent in for registration and exchange. F urther particulars of th e t i me of payment, &c., will be firture advertisement. given in a In order to accommodate, as much as possible, those who hold such an amount of scrip as is not divisable by three, the Secretary is Prepared to give scrip for single shares in exchange for live-share scrip ; but in no ease will this accommodation be rendered to a greater extent than in c h ang i ng one five-share scrip In- Each any one In dividual. Each scrip to be indor se d on t h e f ace w i th the owner's name and address at full length. Manchester, Ist July, 1846. FOM OF CLAM. L ancashire and Nor ß th Yorkshire l Railway Company. Sir,--As the holder of scrip for shares in the above Company, sent herewith, I hereby claim to be entered on the regis ter of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway Company, as the proprietor of my rateable proportion of the Stock of that Company, under the provisions of the Act Incor- Perating the same, and upon the terms set forth in the advertise ment of the lst July, 1846. No. of Shares. Scrip for 1 share, No. 5 Shares, Nos. to •• • • to •• • • 10 Shares, Nos. to • .. 20 Shares, Nos. to .. „ Total..••..•••••••• Name in full . ..... ......., • Date.. .. .• Profession or business .. • . Address . For may be had on application to the Secretary, at the Com - Dau 's Oftlces, 31, Princess-street, Manchester. C. MOORE WILSON, Secretary. ,ANCASHIRE and NORTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, All persons having any CLAIMS against this Company, are requested Mrthwith to forward the particulars thereof to the Secretary. By order, C. MOORE WILSON, Secretary. 31, Princess -street, Manchester. REGISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH, 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and the following distinguished visitors to this country :—The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the King of 'Belgium, the King of Saxony, the King 01 Holland, Prince William of Prussik an a, and further honoured by the co n ti nued patronage of all who see unaffected gentlemanly appearance. The cloth is made of Llama Wool, a fabric most agreeably soft and elastic to the touch, and is one-third the weight of ordinary woollen clothes, but it corresponds in shades of colour. It is very durable, and naturally a repellent of rain, yet so porous as to admit of a due escape of exces sive bodily heat. These advantages, with the very moderate price charged, renders the Registered Paletot worthy the attention of all. They can be purchased in London, of the Patentees only, at their Wareroonas, 114, Regent-street, and 22,:Cornhill, SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, Without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestably proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the grth of hir, ourishing the roots tilt the latest period of life. Price ow Zs. ed., a 65., n and les. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn lu ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London•tridge ; Finnigin, Ililsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. QHOWBR BATHS with CURTAINS, 2s. each, Purchase - s of any description of Bath should visit Wm. S BURTON'S (late ZIPPON and BURTON'S) Bath Show Room, which contains, besides toilet Sets japanned in imitation of fancy Weods, china, &c., in enormous variety, all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, devoted exclusively to articles of that character, th a t patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected, and at thirty per cent. under any other house. where attention is paid to the quality. Full-size Portable Shower Baths, very strong and japanned, with curtains and copper valve, 9s. each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conducting tubes, brass force-pump and top, complete with curtains, and japanned, from 60s. Hand Shower Baths, 'spanned, 3s. ed. The Omni -directive Bath.—Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLI&M S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery and Baths is literally the largest in the world, and as no lan guage can b e employed to g i ve a correct id ea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it..-39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. ItTWRGESS'S NEW SAU CE, for general pur- Posen. having gained su c h great approbation, and the demand it cont i nuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most r esPectitilly to offer thus their best acknowledgments te the Public trerilirmilibecirk_al Plroanage of the same ; its utility and great conveni c.a.:ate...ll,z: Le a consmended i'. te the most distinguished °reign tion. It is prepared by the all spoken nighlY in its recommends af..ent to families, all possible Z , : r and for preventing disappoint bottl: being sealed on the cork with e th n et? flap been a r i rorted to, by each address, as well as eac h label kaviag their signature. without ' which it cannot be genuine. joHN BITRGESS and SON'S leng-eatablished and mach-esteemed o f ,INCIIOVIES continues to be prepared by them after ESSENCE that has gtroll the greatest satisfaction for many the same minim - OUS. Warehouse. Ifef, Strand, comer of Sav oy Stops, London It OWL AND'S ODONTEARL DENTIFRICE. Patronised by the Queen, and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and the several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe. A WHITE POWDER FOR THE TEETH, compounded of the cboicest and most recherche ingredients of the Oriental Herbal—the leading requisites of cleanliness and efficacy being present in the highest possible degree. It extirpates all tartarous adhesions to the Teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti -septic and anti-scorbutic properties arrest the further pro gress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of the Gums, and cause them to assume the brightness and colour indicative of perfect soundness ; while by confirming adhesion to the Teeth, they give anltinited and fresh zest to appetite by perpetuating effective and complete mastication. The Breath also attains a fragrant sweet ness truly grateful to its possessor. As the most efficient and fragrant Aromatic Tooth Powder ever &lnwn, ROWLAND'S ODON ro has for a long series of years occu piedNobilldistinguished place at th e T o il ets of the Sovereigns and the ty throughout Europe, while the general demand for it at once announces the favour in which it is universally held. CAUTION, —T o Price 2s. 9d. per Box. stoners of Stain Protect the Public f rom f rau d, th e H on . Commis to be engraved on tps hhe av e, directed the Proprietors' Name and Address Government Stamp, thus A. ROW LAND and SON, 20 , H atton-garden, And whist is affixed on Chemists mil Perfinners each Box. ---Sold by the Proprietors, and by *** All others are Fraudulent Imitations. F R AMPT:ON'S PILL 01? HEALTH. poss ession The of aaM mnifold advantages to the h ea d s o f families from the Medicine wn a, may be to With eenticionce, and used with ceas effic in cy cases of temporary resorted sick- Sees, occurring in families more or less every day, aro so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every house holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testmonials, the allowing is respectfully submitted : " TO xa. I . IIOIK AS ?ROUT, 29, STRAND, LOXOON. Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1542. Rir,—T Nave much satisfaction in communicating to you the re- Salt of my experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of 'zany years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found Mutts at onc e so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from redundant bile, bro., &c.. with so little inconvenience 1 I fun therefore, 'warranted in declaring that they supply to me a ;Walls song wanting, of being abie to recommend to families, schools, and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a moat valuable resource ht an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of snaking FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and aPpreciata " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH," The unprecedentd sale of these Pllia, arising from the earnest re,- cornmendationa of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their Ise, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are sot put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but the Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many waiLitnown at tendants, Bilions: an d S i ck Headache, Pain and Oppression alter waits, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Nola. in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Lost of Appetite, Wind, Sparniss, Ire Two or three doaos willi convince the afffic.444 Of their salutary affects. The stomach will speedily regain its strenith 5 a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, 40 Kidneys, will rapidly max pince ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, latrabittb, activity, and renewed health, agtondlog to good old age, Will be the remit of taking this medicine, accordin to the directions acoompanying each box. Sold by PO T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 13¢d. and la, ad. box. also by the 'Tendon of Medieines generally throughout the n iatdom. _Ask for FRAMPTON'S SRXJ, OF HEALTH , and observe the manse Sag Address of !' TROMP trout 22p strand, Londou," on the ITOMIIIIIVIRPOO -- 7-5 , - - - _......----- / . ..., ore e ...... . 7:55 7 - . f /- . *. -- '-,-,' , , - 1 - • rv-i B , t 3 l lr l p tl o l2:t ur l i l d liLe a r ro t at t . . • . • ..... .... -- ..,,.. ~ . . - , . . 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W ~ ."'- 74 E .z• t.o';' V - 3''. , Th t - ''.^ 4 1% 49. , - _.-.... ....,,..-,....= ✓ ly r it h LE 1 • t ilk, ~,...a r e ,„ - 1 1E 1 : 1 1 ° 11 b a er a el? 1 ILe•Vpae, .avza then, the steamer cannot leave by others from that station. It appears, from what can be collected, that on going on shore. Lieutenant Hire ordered the forge to be brought on deck, and on his return found that the first engineer had ordered it below, as the deck was not the place for it, and refused to allow it to be brought up again. His conduct being reported, he was placed under arrest. The second engineer was then ordered to have ,it brought on deck, but he stated it was unde r , the control of the first engineer, and could not bring it on deck without his order. He was placed under arrest, and a similar scene was enacted with the third. It would appear that these three men have been offered employment under the Turkish Government, and were con sequently anxious to be dismissed her Majesty's service to ever that of his Ottoman Majesty. They . have, howefer, miscalculated their strength, and may be tried for mutinous conddct instead of disobedience of orders. The French steamer trom Constantinople arrived this morning, and proceeds direct to Marseilles at ten A.M. • The direct boat from Alexandria is expected to-morrow, and will proceed to Marseille& The India mail may also be expected to-morrow. Her Majesty's ship the Orestes, from Corfu, arrived here this morning ; she will proceed butte in a few days, carry ing invalids, &c., and the Bowiroom marbles will be shipped on boaid her. On mooring, the Orestes saluted the Vice- Admiral. DISTRIBUTION' OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta II arbour—The Ceylon, 12,• receiving-ship, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command, and Superintendent of Malta Dockyard; the Lo cust, steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Eden; the Wee Pet, steam-tug; and the Orestes, 18, Commander Cannon. On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S. Brock, and the Research, cutter, Lieutenant Spratt. At Sea—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief. At Gibraltar—The Virago, war-steamer, Commander Sir G. G.'Otway, Bart.; the Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, Bart.; and the Plicenix,_steam)vessel, Com mander Dennis. E. Ed I Phillips. En route to Beyrout—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fremantle. En route to Smyrna—The Amazon, 19, Captain J. J. Stopford, and the Harlequin, Commander Curry, touching at Corfu. At Constantinople—The Heck war-steamer, CoMmander J. Duffill. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Volcano, Lieutent Crang ; the Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie; and the Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander Buttler. En route from Malta to Marseilles—The Acheron, Lieu tenant B. Aplin. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald. PENINSULAR AED ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S • _______ . At Corfu—the Jac:kali steamer, Lieutent-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco,,and.the True, Captain UnEmeock. ' l 7k 7 iii.t'of Athens—The Syren, 16, tonimander H. 1 1, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieutenant R. LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING S N 9 No. 16,781. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COENHILL LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured hal, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meat other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Polley effected on the Profit scale. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in Deeember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH ; And WASON'S-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. The SECOND QUINQUENNIAL BONUS (averaging 30 per cent. on the premiums paid) has just been declared on the Life Policies effected at this office prior to 1843, and the holders of them have the option of a reduction in their future premiums, or an equivalent amount added to the sum assured. The particulars in eaclrcawluive been farmshert to the parties interested. On all new Policies one half the premiums may remain on interest, if required, for Ave years, and in the event of a death happening within that period, the arrears then due will be deducted from the claim. The Directors beg to remind their Mends whose Fire Insurances become due at Midsummer, that no extra charge is made for the transfer of Policies ; they may be effected for any period of time, and if for seven years, the premium and duty wiil.only be charged for six. June 30, 1846. J. T. CLEMENT, Actuary. T HE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square. TRUSTEES. • The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Cheadle. Staffordshire. The Right Hon. the Earl of Traquair, Traquair House, Feeble shire, North Britain. • The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. A. H. Lynch, Esq., Master in Chancery, 33, Queen-square. Thomas Barnewall, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's Park. Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. Wm. Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex, The Hon. Edward Petre, 26, Wilton-crescent. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. East India Company. and of the London Joint-Stock Bank. The Very Rev. Mons. A. Magee, D.D., 9, Romney-terrace, Westminster. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark, Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton. Francis M'Donnell, Esq., Usk, Monmouthshire. James Rea.de, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley-street, Director of th National Bank of Ireland. William Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square. AUDITORS. E. Jerning,ham, Esq. I James Marshall. Esq. Co:aux:rpm PHYSICIAN—James Copland, M.D., F.R.8., 5, Old Burlington-street. CONSULTING Straczox—William Teevan, Esq., 23, Bryanstonc square. STANDING COUNSEL. England—Mr. Serjeant Shee, Sergeants' Inn. Edm. Wales, Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Ireland—Sir Colman O'Loughien, Bart., Merrion-square, Dublin. SOLICITORS. England—Messrs. Norris and Sons, 2, Bedferd-row, London. Ireland—Messrs. P. and D. Mahony, 23, William-street, Dublin. CONSULTING ACTUARY—WiIIiam Lewis, Esq. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The London Joint Stock Bank, 69, rail-mall. &ma - rear—Witham Norris, Esq. The Deco! of Settlement of this Company having been approved of by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, is now lying for Sig nature at this Once, and will remain until Saturday, the 13th inst., inclusive, from Ten, a.m., to Four, P.M. June 4, 1846. F REEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. DIVIDENDS. Notice is hereby given, that from and after the 9th instant, the Half-yearly Dividend to the 30th ult. will be in course of payment :o the respective Shareholders. JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, July 1, 1846. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. The CALLER Y, with a selection of PORTRAITS of EMINENT PERSONS, is OPEN every Day from Ten till Six. Admission, Is. • Catalogue I. is. BARNARD, Keeper. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, I.IIIJ- A New and Interesting LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, on the PHENOMENA and EEFECT of HEAT and COLD, at Half-past Three daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'c'ock. Professor Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'. RYWOLVING ENGINE,' COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMCITiffstE • . - ENGINE for &MIER; f i nd descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, the ATMOS PHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. PORTRAITS of Distill guished' Men in the GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A. beautiful Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CA THERINE'S, Jerusalem, .rfr Mr. Charles Smith, is one of the Series of DISSOLVING VIEW , Mast introduced. . _ _ Admission, la. ; Schools, Half-price. THIRTY POUNDS REWARD. CAUTION TO BANKERS AND OTHERS. L,OST - inMANCHESTER. between the hours .11U1 of Twelve at noon and Five in the afternoon, on TUESDAY, the Ist day of April, 1845, a 5001. BANK of ENGLAND NOTE, dated London, January 12, 1844—T F 94,911, Parkins, 5001.—payment of which is stopped. The above reward will be paid upon restoration of the Note to Mr. Richard Beswick, Chief Superintendent of the Manchester Police, at the Town-hall, Manchester ; or to the Superintendent of the City Police, chief offices, Old Jewry, London. Manchester, April 18, 1846. " Every hour, every minute of Lerd Snowdon's time was now oc cupied in preparations for the reception of the royal party. Edging ton was summoned in the marquee and tent department."—Love and Pride. DANCING in the OPEN AIR, to AVOID the inconvenience of HEATED ROOMS. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street, Borough, and 208, Piccadilly, respectfully informs the nobility and gentry, that by a new arrangement, his Marquees and Tents are completely ventilated, and the most delightful coolness is felt also in the Pavilion, or temporary room. . . Accommodation :o any extent on hire at moderate coat, and erected with great dispatch. Rick-cloths, with poles, &c., complete. Orders per post, to 2, Duke-street, Borough, will have immediate attention. E ARLY HARVEST.-RICK CLOTHS, with Poles, Pullies, and Lines, complete. "No farmer should be without a good rick cloth, for it is certainly one of the most useful things he can have oil his pre mises. It is not only in hay time and harvest time he wants it—the benefit of it in one awkward day with the threshing machine is equal to the cost."—Gargener's Gazette. Rick Cloths, both New and Second-hand, at a reasonable cost, at BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. Early application will ensure prompt attention. A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly. Marquees, Tents, Flags, Netting and Bunting for Fruit Trees, &c. 66 miles long.. He certainly believed that their expectations on that point would be more than realised. He said the directors had never laid before the meeting the means of forming a correct judgment as to the state and prospects of the railway, and they were anxious that the shareholders should take every opportunity of mak ing themselves acquainted with the merits of the line by consulting the original documents, which were lying at the company's office. The Chairman concluded with moving that the report now read be adopted, printed, and circulated. Mr. KITTRICK seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what extent of the line had been already formed, and when any part of it might be opened ? . . _ The CHAIRMAN said the first portion of the line inclusied a tunnel of great extent, and they were busy with their opera tions in it. There were about 2,000 men employed on the whole line. The mi nera l branches, which were the most important, extended about 30 miles up in the direction of Morialme, but these will not be in operation till September next year, and the whole line in about twelve months after: A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what was the probable rate of interest which the line would bear, and whether the capital would be sufficient, and what were the estimated receipts? The CHAIRMAN referred the gentleman to the report of the estimated receipts. He said that increase of capital woald be necessary, because a double line of rails had been laid down instead of a single line, as at first projected—an increase which was made to meet the increase of traffic, and which, he was sure, would be looked upon as the most prudent step the directors could have taken. Mr. THOMPSON HANKEY, a director, said, that as far as they could judge of the estimate receipts, the income would be far larger than anything originally contemplated. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to another gentleman, said, he did not expect that any call wou ld be made on thei share - holders for some time to come. The motion was then put and carried mlammously. • The Hon. H. BROWNE moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors. Mr. Cnnin. seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN having acknowledged the honour they had done him and his colleagues, the meeting broke up. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNC TION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting , of the shareholders of this Company took place this day, at 38, earliament-street,. for the purpose of having an agreement entered into by the directors with the Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction Company submitted to their approbation. The meeting was very thinly at tended, and at half-past eleven o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. Foster. Mr. WAGSTAFF read the agreement, which stated, that under the arrangement as now completed, the shareholders in the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Company will have an interest to the extent of four-ninths of the actual capital of the united company, • the remaining five ninths being taken by the proprietors of the South Stafford shire 'Junction Railway. The arrampments as to the line are, in substance, that the Trent Valley, Mid lands line shall be adopted from its commencement at the proposed junction with the Birmingham and Derby branch of the Midland Railway, and shall pass through Lichfield, to or near Walsall, from which point the line of the South Staffordshire Company will be adopted to Dudley. The South Staffordshire Junction Company are to make their two communications with the Grand Junction Railway, called the Darlaston and Birmingham Branches, and the Trent Valley Midlands and Grand Junction Railway Company, their branch communicating with the Trent Valley Railway. The line, as now proposed, will consist of about thirty miles of railway, through a rich and most important district of country. It will form a direct communication from Dudley, Walsall, and Lichfield, and the south-west of England, to the extensive Midland districts of the east to which numerous lines made or in progress extend. With Wolver hampton: the communication will be effected by means of the Portobello branch of the Grand Junction Railway. In accordance with the agreement, and with the requirements of the consolidated scheme, the capital of this company has been reduced to 420,0001., and the amount of the shares has in consequence been reduced to 121. per share. The shares of the South Staffordshire Junction Company have been reduced in the same proportion. A resolution having been unanimously agreed to ap proving of the agreement, the meeting separated. TRENT VALLEY, MIDLANDS, AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. SPECIAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the holders of scrip and bankers' re• ceipts for scrip in this Company took place, at No. 19, Great George street, Westminster, at two o'clock this day, for the purpose of having a Bill submitted to their consideration, a copy of the proposed Bill to authorise the construction of the railway. Colonel Anson took the chair at two o'cloek. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN briefly adverted to the advantageous posi tion which the company had assumed by their agreement with , the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, which we have already laid before our readers. The Bills having been read, resolutions adopting them were moved and seconded, and declared to be carried una nimously. The number of shares assenting, as represented at the meeting, were 17,175, without one dissent, and the number required to authorise the further prosecution of the Bill was 6,900. The meeting then separated, baying passed a vote of thanks to the Chairman. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'cLocic. LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mendicant 9 to 1 agst My Mary 12 to 1 agst Satyr 12 to 1 agst Highwayman 20 to 1 agst Intrepid GOODWOOD STARES. 10 to l agst The Hero 20 to 1 agst Jenny Wren 25 to 1 agst Petitioner 25 to 1 agst Giantess 25 to 1 agst Orion 25 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild 25 to 1 agst Maynooth 25 to 1 agst Glossy 25 to 1 agst Camera Obscura 30 to 1 agst Footstool ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 6 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Red Hart 50 to 1 agst Reiver 50 to 1 agst Gabbier 50 to 1 agst War Eagle IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) Leeds, nearly six miles nearer than by the London and line to Lincoln. His Lordship was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. PAGET as to the necessity and advisability of this line, and with a view to show that a better line might have been chosen. It Was stated that the chief markets for tfie produce of the district, are London, Leeds, and Sheffield. The chief country markets for this produce, are Doncaster, Epworth, and Haxey. The potatoes, the princiral export, went generally down the Trent, from Gainsborough to the Humber, vessels of 300 tons being able to get up to Gainsborough. The examination was continued to show that all the means of communication necessary for the dis trict are always provided for by the River Trent and the Great Grimsby , and Gainsborough Railway. Mr. CHRISTOPHER, M.P., confirmed Lord Worsley's tes timony as to the nature of the country and the necessity for the line, especially speaking of the culture of onions, for the growth of which, the soil being exceedingly rich, and four or five feet deep, the district was particularly adapted. Having the advantage of railway transit, this produce would be con veyed to distant markets in a sound state. Sir Robert Sheffield also confirmed the testimony. The navigation of the Trent is open, and much used, the land on the banks of the river being exceedingly fertile, and the main portion of the population residing upon it; but there still is a considerable number of inhabitants residing west of the proposed line. On cross-examination, Sirß. Sheffield stated that, generally speaking, the line would be about five miles within either of the Ouze or the Trent, the navigation of the former river, being like that of the latter, both exceedingly open and free, giving access to Hull and York, and by canals to Wakefield, Todmorden, and the whole of the manufactaring district. On re-examination, the witness stated this line ran directly through the district and. was, in his opinion, the hest. that could be delisecl..., Lord de Maulay being obliged to attend another Committee, their Lordships adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XLVIII. TAPP VALE. The Committee on this group met again to .day, at twelve o'clock, Mr. Aldam,:chairman. 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Mr. HAYTER, M.P., having been called to the chair, ex pressed his sorrow that the chairman of the company was de tained by domestic affliction from occupying his usual place, and then called on The SECRET ART, who, after reading the advertisement convening the meeting, read the report of the directors for the last half-year, ending the 2d July instant. It stated that M. De Grandvoir, an eminent engineer of the Belgian Corps des • Pouts et Chaussees, having been ap pointed in the place •of their late resident engineer, had devoted his whole time and attention with great effi ciency in completing the laying out of the line, and in pressing forward the works; and his plans and drawings, which had been submitted to Mr. Robert Stephenson, and approved of, had subsequently passed the exa mination of the Conseil des Ponta et Chaussees without alteration. it then referred to the reports on traffic, made two years ago by Messes. Sopwith and William Cubitt, founded on the Government returns, and statistics of a trustworthy character, and stated that since then, the Directors being aware that a material improvement bad taken place, bad provided that a report should be made down to the close of 1845, by M. Magis, in reference to the same subject, and founded, as before, on Government returns for the mines, quarries, and other industrial establishments; the personal evidence of the manufacturing firms, and the French Custom-house authorities; showing the increased traffic in the different articles of commerce and manufac tures. The report of the Directors thus concluded the re view of the traffic statistics: "The result therefore is, that, without the increased ac commodation of the railway, and merely by the natural progress of the country itself, the traffic had already reached last year to within about 37,000 francs, or less than 1,500/., o! the amount estimated by Mr. Sopwith as that which it would attain under all the advantages which the railway would confer on those districts. Such, in fact, is the singular rapidity with which the trade of the country is augmenting, that M. Magis has expressed his conviction that the production of iron, iron ore, &c., will, during the present year, amount to double that of 1845; but, even esti mating this increase at only 50 per cent., and reserving the other 50 for the impulse which the opening of the railway, with all its facilities and reduction of cost, cannot fail to give to districts already so energetically disposed, a traffic in these important materials is arrived at of double the amount of that which was originally estimated to be obtained upon the opening of the line. It is hardly necessary to point out the natural inference of this, both as respects the proof of the sound principle on which the original estimate was formed, and the consequences to the interests of the shareholders. The facts will speak for themselves." The CHAIRMAN, when the report had been read, said—The unusual length of the report which they had heard, and copies of which they held in their hands, would render it unnecessary for him to trespass long upon their time and attention. But the reason why a report had been drawn up at such length was the circumstances and the state in which their line at present was, which made it desirable that the directors should lay before them such a report as would enable the shareholders to form as correct a judgment as the directors themselves on the whole of the circumstances of the enterprise in which they were jointly interested; it was in order that the shareholders might be enabled to judge of the prospects which the fnture would develope. Besides this, however, it would gratify the directors to give any further information which might be deemed necessary in answer to questions put from the body of the meeting, andhe expected to be fully able to satisfy them. He thought he might unhesitatingly say that, being now made aware of the increase of traffic which had grown up in the district of their line within the last year, the opinion en tertained of it was one of the most encouraging character. He admitted, however, that if they were to look to England alone, and without taking into conside ration the circumstances of last year, he could not be so sanguine at present when their shares were so depressed in the market. But they were bound to look at the cause, to look at what had occurred the year before, when no enter prise, however bad, no scheme, however visionary, no bubble, however airy, but was eagerly grasped at, and shares immediately bought up—a state of things in which aga i n st projects of even the highest character. He did etootllyoooki the at prospectsthe strie of saursepsi-ceirosoe would m ost naturally excite a panic, and engender .of the e shaine. The directors had felt bound, he said, to examine, with ca refulness and accuracy , t he g rounds on which th e not ire think, market n therefore, o rder t t o they d,g o e u c g o h r correctly had been made in those data on the subject of traffic, increase ratio at which it undertaking was originally proposed, to see whether any in the case of originally been taken. This investigation, and whether that increase was in the great difficulties, as the profits would themselves f orm lines already com pleted and:in operation, would not present a correct criterion ; but in the case ,of a line only in the course of construction, unless one in operation could be found perfectly analogous, it was fraught with difficulty —a diffi culty which would be felt in this kingdom, but much more t in h i a s n p o a t r h t e i c r , u a i n a r d s n p e e . c a l l l e y p u e n c d u i r a t r h i t e i o circumstances a h referred tt acliig to were that what he might call the two great manufacturing districts, iron and coal, lay on different portions of the line, and had to be brought together for the creation of iron. The directors then had ascertained the traffic through the district during the last year, the details of which the meeting had heard read to them, and they naturally expected that, if the :line had been constructed, traffic would have passed over it. If the report was founded in truth and was correct, it only remained for them to consider what would be the results.—(Hear, bear.) The report which had been drawn up on a former occasion by Messrs. Cubitt and Sopwith was founded on an average of seven years between 1836 and 1842, and the conclusion to which these gentlemen had been led by their calculations was, that the line would return an income of 96,000/. a year, including in that sum the addition of 25 per cent., which was no great allowance for the incitement which the facilities of transit would give to trade. Such was the estimate of the return given in by these gen tlemen, and, according to which, they had started with the railway; but last year, without any railway being in opera tion, the increase of traffic had come to within 1,500/. of the calculated returns of the railway itself. These facts, if true, were very important ; the only question was, were they true? He said the report had not been founded on casual observations, such as might be submitted to a Com mittee of the House of Commons by a gentleman who had stood at a turnpike-gate and counted the cattle and carts that passed through ; it was drawn up from the statistical re turns of the Belgian Government. So that the report rested on the authorities recognised by the Government of the country, on statistics made up with the careful industry for which the Belgians were celebrated, and the character of M. Magis, whose official standing in connexion with the Government would gave him from the suspicion of practising imposi tion. As regarded the passenger traffic, that was a subject more difficult to estimate; Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Sop with; had calculated it at the rate of 20/. a day, which, he thought, was no exaggerated calculation for a line of railway GROUP XLII. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. LIVERPOOL, OILIVISICIRE, AND PRESTON. After some discussion on an objection raised by the counsel for the opponents of the Bill (the preamble of which( was proved on Tuesday), the remaining clauses were proceeded with, after which the Committee adjourned. GROUP LIII. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) El - RMINGNAIV/, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VALLEY (BIRMINGHAM WOL VERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY LINES.) A long discussion ensued between the engineers of the two companies ; but eventually an arrangement satisfactory to both parties was entered into, and the station clause, together with the remaining clauses, were agreed to, as well as the report. The Hon. CHAIRMAN intimated that, if the Shrewsbury andp3irmingham parties were not prepared with their case, the Committee would most probably adjourn for a week. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (SIMS TON AND PRESTFIELD BRANCH). The promoters of this Bill announced that they did not intend proceeding with it. The Bill was accordingly withdrawn. SOUTH STAFFORDSHISLE JUNCTION LENEALL AND nLoxicAza. BRANCH). This Bill was also withdrawn. DERDYSHIItiI, STAFFOILDSNIRE, AND WORCESTER JUN CTION. This Bill being called on,, Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C., objected to the Committee pro ceeding to entertain the Bill, inasmuch as it had been twice called upon, and the parties were not prepared to go on with it. In fact, he doubted whether any appearance had ever been entered for the parties. He appeared for the Birminghom Canal Company, in opposition to the scheme, because it proposed to pass his clients' property about five or six times in the most objectionable manner. His clients had regularly attended before the Committee until the case had been called on by the Committee, and as the promoters were not prepared to proceed, they took it for granted that the scheme had become defunct. That was the general im pression, and it was only in consequence of the solicitor of the Bill waiting upon his clients the previous day, and stating that the Bill was intended to be proceeded with, that they were now in attendance to oppose it. On reference to the minutes of the Committee Clerk, it was ascertained that an appearance had been regularly entered for the Bill, and it was accordingly suffered to be proceeded with. The Hon. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Mat thews), proceeded to state the case on behalf of the promoters. He stated that the Bill was in effect unopposed, because, although his Learned Friend, Mr. Alexander, was instructed to appear on behalf of the Birmingham Canal Company to appear against the preamble, when they came to look into the petition of his clients, the Committee would find that his grievances were very inconsiderable and easy of adjustment. The line would commence at Rudgely, upon the Trent Valley line, and would pass through the mineral district in that neigh bourhood. which was a most important one. It then passed throughCannock, and so down to a place called Rushall, on the line of the South Staffordshire Railway, and afterwards formed a junction with the Grand Junction Company, and thence it proceeded to Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The length of the line, he believed, was between 14 and 15 miles. The whole estimate would amount to 260,0001. There would be two unimportant tunnels. The object of it was to introduce into the country already mentioned a railway which would give them a communication with the important district of Bilston, Wednesbury, &c. Having descanted upon the oppo sition offered to the line by the proprietors of the Birmingham Canal, who he stated were the only opponents of the line, the Learned Counsel proceeded to call, in support of his case, Mr. George Remington, who stated that he and Sir John Rennie were the joint engineers of the line, and having de scribed the route of the line, and the character of the coun try, as far as regarded the traffic, he said that this was the best engineering line the country could admit of. The worst gradient on the line would be 1 in 90, and the ruling gradient lin 230. It would be a double line, and he had no doubt that the traffic of the county would justify the con struction of a double line. He then gave a detail of the estimates, and afterwards described the mode in which the promoters proposed to cross the Birmingham Canal Company. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—There was not a single building along the line between Brewaston and Kent. He had never laid Gown a line along so thinly a populated district as this would pass through ; but he expected great passenger-traffic between Wednesbury, &c., and the Pot teries. He did not know that there was great connexion between the people of the Potteries and Wednesbury, &c., and yet the passenger-traffic between the two places was relied on as one of the principal sources of profit. Lord Hatherton had some coal-pits along the proposed line. The Hon. Mr. TALBOT submitted that his Learned Friend was not entitled to cross-examine the witness as to the general merits of the line. The Hon. CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Alexander was, of course, entitled to continue his cross-examination as long as his clients had petitioned against the preamble. Re examination resumed—The length of the large tunnel would be 711, and he did not know whether it would have to pass through free stone; he had not bored the land through which that or the other tunnel (264 yards long) would have to pass. He did not know whether there was a good traffic on the canal. The witness having undergone a lengthy cross-examination as to the estimates, This witness was re-examined by the Hon. Mr. TALBOT, and said that the Carnock Chase, on which Mr. Alexander had dwelt at so much length and with so much drollery, was by no means more unpopulated than Chat Moss, over which the Liverpool and Manchester Railway passed. The line he had no doubt would be a source of great profit to the share holder, and advantage to the public. The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP LXI. EDINBITUOII AND GLASGOW, szorzicratina AND 3Csitacramxx.x.oCll, 11.A.X.I.00HICIEllr AND SiaLIIZILIWNII.2II" 317NCTIONS. The Committee met again to day, Sir John Duckworth, Chairman. The Committee was all day occupied in hearing evidence for the preamble of the Bill. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at the unusually late hour of two o'clock, in Room 1, House of Lords. Lord Shaftesbury took the chair as usual. There was but one Bill on the list, namely, THE WISBEACII, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION, which came before their Lordships on a second reference. The compliance with Lord Wharncliffe's standing order, and the deposit of the additional 5 per cent. required by the sessional order, which had not been proved on the former reference, being now established, the standing orders were declared complied with. Their Lordships soon after their meeting resolved them selves into a Select Committee on Merits. There were 26 Bills on the list, of which 14 were Railway Bills. The others were for the most part estate and Small Debts Bills. Decisions were made in the following cases : AYRSHIRE BRIDGE OF WEIR AND PORT GLASGOW JUNCTION. The Committee declared the preamble of this Bill was proved. BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD AND MANCHESTER. Their Lordships made a similar decision in this case. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER AND PORTSMOUTH (No. 2). The promoters of this Bill also succeeded in proving their preamble. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (AYLESBURY RAIL WAY PURCHASE). The Committee declared the preamble of this Bill proved. SCOTTISH CENTRAL (CREIFT BRANCH). The same decision was made in this case. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM, GRAND JUNCTION, AND MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY AMALGAMATION. A similar decision was made in the case of this Bill. MIDLAND (BRUTON AND NUNEATON BRANCH, AND ASHBY CANAL PURCHASE.) The preamble of this Bill also was proved. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COAT BRIDGE RAILWAY BRANCHES). Preamble proved. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNCTION (DUR HAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY AND WEAR MOUTH DOCK PURCHASE AND BRANCHES.) This Bill was also passed. HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL (HUDDERSFIELD DIVERSION AND COOPER BRIDGE BRANCH). The preamble of this Bill also was declared proved. \YISHAW AND COLTNESS (GREENHILL BRANCH A similar decision was made in this case. HOUSE OF LORDS Their Lordships met this day shortly after five o'clock, when the Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wcolsack. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up certain Bills. FORMATION OF A MINISTRY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that, under standing that the Noble Earl opposite (Earl Powis) had given notice of a motion respecting the second reading of the Welsh Bishopricks Bill, he would rise for the purpose of suggesting to him some little d e l ay in consequence of the late resignation. He was authorised to state that his Noble Friend Lord J. Russell had received her Majesty's commands, and had accepted the commis sion to construct an Administration. He need not state to their Lordships that if that Administration be con structed, it would take some little time before those Members in the other House, whom her Majesty should appoint as members of her Government, could take their seats. He would, therefore, suggest that he would adjourn his motion to this day fortnight, and he could assure the Noble Earl that his Bill should receive a full consideration during this session of Parliament should he adopt the course proposed. Earl POWIS said, in consequence of what had fallen from the Noble Earl, and in order to suit the conveni ence of some other Noble Lords, h e wou ld a dj ourn hi s motion for the second reading of th e W e l s h Bi s h o p r i c k s Bill to Monday fortnight. Their Lordships at half - past Five o'clock adjourned until to-morrow, nearlythe whole of t h e s i tt i ng hav i ng occupied ' nreceiving Bills, whi c h were b rought up to Messengers from the Commons. The only Members of the Government present were, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl o f Ell enborough and Lord Hriwarden. Neither the D u k e o f Wellington ' nor the Lord Chancellor were present. The Opposition benches (if they may be so called) were occupied by Lord Monteagle, the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord Beaumont, Lord Denman, Lord Redesdale, the Marquis 9f Clanricarde, and other Noble Lords. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. ( THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP D. AXHOLDTE,O4LxffsSIOROUGU,GOO LE, YORK, AND NORTH MIDLAND JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM alleged that, inasmuch as Mr. made to his m L:aerdschleiaOrt cleared. but the reply ap• . Childers was a joint ow ner of land s with others, and had a freehold and equitable p ro p ert y in t he lands, he was clearly After much dispute , the CHAIR MAN stated that there was much difficulty in the mi n ds of the Committee, and they thought that the mat ter had bet ter be referred to the Earl h en im tit i l n ed th t e o pe b t e iti heard., although his co-owners did not join of Shaftesbury to deci de. reference A tio ns, the re p was peared to b e con ditional, for after much further dispute and Some time elapsed before th e parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN declar ed tha t the Committee decided that Mr. Childers could not be h eard except as a landowner. They had also decided t hat th e London and York Company could not appear as competitors of the Bill. petitions, Lord Worsley was then called to show the necessity for, and the value of, the line. His Lordship stated that the country through which this line passed was altogether unac commodated by railway. The whole of the Isle of Axholme, which, like Thanet, retains the title of island, but is, in fact, no such thing, but a portion of a reclaimed district of alluvial soil, rich in the produce of potatoes, turnips, carrots, and other vegetables, to the growth of which it is chiefly devoted as well as wheat. The line is intended to connect Gainsborough with York, and will reach Selby to get to JU LY 2, 1846. PRICE SD. OUTRAGE on BRITISH SUBJECTS. The following documents have been communicated to us for publication. The petition, we understand, is to be presented to Parliament by Mr. O'Connell to-morrow even ing : PETITION. " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The humble petition of Thomas Brodigan, of Piltown House, in the county of Meath, " Showeth,—That petitioner having a desire to visit Syria and Palestine, left this country in November last, under a foreign-office passport, which he had Triad at Athens by the British Ambassador, and by that of the Sublime Porte. That on landing at Beyrout he had it further wised by. Colonel Rose, the British Consul-General. That in addition he procured a firman from his Excellency Kiamed Pacha, the Turkish Governor-General of Syria, and was thus perfectly en regle. "That thus supported by ambassadorial, consular, and vice-regal authority, petitioner reached Jerusalem during the Holy week, for the purpose of witnessing the religious cere monies of the Latin clergy in common with the numerous European Christians there assembled. That on the sacred occasion of the ceremonies of Good Friday, petitioner joined in the religioua procession, and had proceeded to the chapel on Mount Calvary, which contained a great number of per sons of the Greek Church. That when the vicar president of the Latin convent and his clergy had moved in front of the spot where our Saviour had been crucified, an objection was made by some of the Greeks present to the removal of the cloth that covered the marble table, which stands over the hole in the rock in which the cross was inserted. That there is a hole in the table corresponding with that in the rock be neath, and, unless the that co _ in the Latin pro Cession could be inserted in the rock according to ancient custom. That such obiection amounted to a virtual defeat of the ancient right of the Latins to use the left, or Greek side of the chapel on that occasion. " That petitioner was standing close to this table when the Greeks interrupted the service by their objections and their clamours. The Latin clergy asserted their right to proceed as usual, and from high words blows were given, which ended in a general engagement. That petitioner, having no wish to interfere, was pushed forward by the Greeks from behind, and was thus thrown into the midst of the fight, where he came in for a share of the blows of the contending parties; that he was grievously assaulted, and, with difficulty, extricated himself in an almost fainting condition. That in the violence of the conflict, knives were used, wounds were inflicted, and petitioner's life seriously endangered. " That there were present a good many British subjects, ladies and gentlemen ; that this sudden attack filled them with horror and consternation ; that many of them' were assaulted equally with petitioner, and all were outraged to an indescribable degree by the desecration of a place so sacred in the estimation of Christians of every denomina tior. " That this fight was only quelled by inilitary force ; that the numerous guards on duty in the chapel being unable to keep the peate, an express was sent to . his Excellency ➢iamoud Paths, who promptly attended at the head of a battalion of 600 men, and it was this force alone that sepa rated the combatants. That had his Excellency not been so prompt, there is no knowing the extent to which life might have been lost; for the tocsin of the Greeks, and that of the Latins, was sounding, calling on the respective nations to the combat and the rescue. " That petitioner has heard that such scenes of violence and barbarity are of frequent occurrence, and bad he anti cipated such an outrage he would not have gone to Jerusalem at that season, however strong his desire• to witness the theatre of man's redemption during the anniversary and celebration. That this liability to assault and personal injury will amount to an interdict against the visit of Christians of distant nations, where the free access to the Holy Sepulchre is secured by the treaties of Christian princes with the Sublime Porte. "That the King of the French is the protector of the con vents and Christians in the East; that his Majesty is their especial guardian ; and on this responsibility of the great and powerful nation of 'France, Christians of all countries have hitherto visited the Holy Land in the full confidence of pro tection from outrage or personal injury. "That petitioner has shown that this protection is inade quate ; that the Latin clergy are assaulted and interrupted in the performance of their sacred ministry, on the most sacred spot, and most solemn occasion. " That effective means must be resorted to by the Sublime Porte for their protection, through a separation of the sects in their respective ceremonies, and that the civil governor of Jerusalem must be invested with and made to exercise a more repressive anthority. "Your petitioner, therefore, humbly prays of this Honour able House to take such measures as will secure the fulfil ment of the variws treaties securing to Christians of every denomination a safe and free access to the Holy Sepulchre. History proclaims that this freedom of access was established through the chivalrous blood of England in the Crusades, and petitioner prays that through the peaceful agency of diplomatic interference British subjects visiting Jerusalem and the Holy Land may be hereafter protected from outrages similar to that of which he was a witness. " And petitioner will ever pray. (Signed) " THOMAS BRODIGAN." " On board the Egyptus, May 11, 1846. "My Rev. Father,---In common with all other Christians who were at Jeruplero, I was very much grieved at the de secration which took place in the chapel of Mount Calvary, in the church of St. Sepulchre, last Good Friday. " It was a circumstance much to be regretted by all pro fessing Christianity that such a sacred place should have been profaned in so deplorable a manner. I sincerely desire to see an end put to these differences between the Greeks and Ca tholics, and it appears to me possible that a religious and po litical influence might be exercised in order to arrange the rights of each worship, to separate their ceremonies, and thus to put a stop to their differences, which are quite oppoeed to the spirit of Christianity. "You, reverend father, have been an ocular witness of all that took place, and I rely upon your goodness to favour me with all the details, in writing, of this unhappy affair. Have the goodness to excuse this liberty, and accept the assur ances of my sincere respect. _ _ " Believe - me, Rev. Sir, your very devoted servant, "THOMAS BRODIGAN. "To Father Gio Battista da Mondovi, of the Order of Capuchins." (Translation from the Italian.) _ " On board the Egyptus, May 11, 1846. "My most Illustrious and most Worshipful Mr. Thomas— I hereby hasten to give you as concise a description as possible of the sanguinary, horrible, and scandalous tragedy premiditated and concocted by the religious portion of the schismatic Greeks, in concert with their Patriarch, and the Greek consul of the Morea resident at Jaffa, against the Catholics, and particularly against the person of the Very Rev. Father Paolo, commissioner apostolic of the Holy Land from Moretta, which took place on the evening. of Good Friday, in the very site where the Divine Redeemer deigned to fulfil the redemption of the human race. On the said evening the procession commenced from the church of the Minor Fathers superintending the Holy Land, and residing in the Holy Sepulchre. There a brief but fervent panegyric oration, adapted to the procession and ceremony, was recited in the Italian language, and at the usual stations several other orations were successively delivered in divers languages ; that is, the second one in French, the third in Polish, the fourth in Greek, and this last at the very site of the Crucifixion. This being over, an other one in Italian was about to commence, after which the ceremony of the placing of the cross on the altar (where the hole in which the cross was fixed with Christ crucified is to be seen) was about to be performed; but, lo ! the riotous and seditious Greeks—a faithless and irreligious people—not knowing how otherwise to interrupt so beautiful, mysterious, and in every respect touching ceremony, infringed the ancient established custom, not only by their presence, but what is still worse, by placing on the said altar a carpet and alighted candle, a circumstance never known before. In consequence of which the Catholic sexton, after having begged of the Greek sexton to remove the said two obnoxious articles, and having seen him absolutely pertinacious in wishing them to remain where they were, such being his instructfons from the Patriarch, he (the Catholic sexton) at length, after find ing that all entreaties proved ineffectual, resolved to take them away himself, which he did. Scarcely had this taken place when a mob of Greek priests and pilgrims burst forth from the side of the chapel, all of them armed, some with daggers, some with sticks, some with whips, and others with stones, which were all used against the Catholic fathers of the Holy Land; and, what is still more remarkable, in the height of the conflict a voice was raised, exclaiming, " Lay hands, lay hands on the Papa!" that is, "Kill, kill the Father Superior!" who stood in the midst of the chapel, clad in his pontifical robr, and at this instant a Greek priest rushed against the said father superior with a candlestick, to kill him with the spikes of the same, and the attempt would certainly have succeeded had not M. Gaetano Tognetti, and principal of the Damascus Hospital, who was present, averted the mortal blow. Meanwhile most of the Catholic fathers of the Holy Land, together with the secular pilgrims, rushed cut in the greatest confusion; and what appears most disgraceful, the French Consul, representing as he does the protecting power of the Christians in the Levant, who, as in duty bound, should have used his influence to allay the disturbance, was the first, together with his family, to decamp. But if he proved himself by his flight a coward, and altogether indifferent in an affair of so great moment, I must not, however, fail highly to com mend the magnanimous conduct of the Sardinan consul, who not only remained immoveable, but took measures to apprise the Pacha. As soon as the Pacha received notice, although out on pleasure, he hastened personally, at the head of a battalion, to the most Holy Sepulchre. Providential inter position ! Ce a rt g a l i e n e i t t m is e , e t e h e a ere th w ad ou h l e d d h e a l v ay e e s d uc h c i e s e interfe rence int h e the eig least, a:ftthe these o C t a h t e h r o , l a ic nt God only knows how much blood would have ham shed; and, notwithstanding this interference, woe of the Catholic fathers of the Holy Lsnd were wounded. No sooner had matters been allayed by the Paeha in person, than the ceremony recommenced without further interruption, both in the chapel of the Calvary and the Uction Stone, as well as in the chapel of the Holy Sepulchre; and although, by the grace and help of God, the Greek rebels suffered more in this conflict than the Catholic fathers in defending themselves, it would, however, be highly laudable and hUno,urable if some check were put to such like continual disturbances caused by the Greeks, and which are even scandalous to the Turks them. selves. Here, then, you have Mr, Thomas Brodigan, my dearest fellow traveller, an impartial account of the above profane act from an ocular witness, and although greatly suffering in consequence of the agitation of the vesse l, still I have endeavoured to express myself with as much brevity as possible. In conclusion, I leave it solely for you (if desira ble) to impart to the subject whatever style you may deem proper, and beg to offer you my services in whatever you may think lam capable of performing for you. I have the honour to remain, with the greatest respect, and to subscribe myself as your most humble, devoted * avid obedient servant, " FATHER JOHN BA.TTIETI 11 4 MONDOVI Apostolic Alissio 9 ary an Capuchin of Syria," A ROBIN'S NEST IN 4N ORGAN.—On Sunday last, during divine service in St, Michael's Church, in this town, the organist found some obstruction in the organ that pre vented him playing, and on searching for the cause after the congregation were dismissed, discovered, to his no sm4ll se tonishment, a robin's nest, with three youne miss in it. They were not disturbed in their singular retreat, but were left to take their flight, wbich they will be able to do in h fow days.— Shropshire Conservative. FLOTILLA. At Southampton—The Pottinger. En route to Southampton and Gibraltar from Malta—The Royal Tar and the Achilles. En route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malta—The Oriental. En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from Malta—The Tagus. En route from Constantinople and the Black Sea to Malta —The Duke of Cornwall. En route from Alexandria to Malta—The Iberia. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT. The French steamer Rhamses ; the Anglo-Maltese steamer Scotia ; and the Neapolitan Maria Christina. PORTSMOUTH, JULY I.—The Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, sailed last evening for Chatham to be paid off. The Vixen steam. sloop, Captain Giffard, remains in har bour to disembark her specie, after which s h e w ill procee d to the eastward to be paid off. She looks in admirable condition, and infinitely more like a ship just fitted out than one from a long distance after five years' commission. The Nelson, 120, advanced ship, is being masted. The Java, 50, having been completely prepared for the pendant, was removed from wider the sheers to moorings in ordinary this morning. Mr. Charles Brown, late Assistant-Master•Attendant, is appointed Master-Attendant of this dockyard, vice Purdo, retired. Mr. Brown is pre-eminently qualified for the office, as he has proved on many highly important occasions of an especial character, as well as by hi; experience during the time he filled the office of Assistant. Mr. John Davis, overseer of the ticket department in the Merchant Seamen's office, is appointed Master-Attendant of Clarence-yard, vice Town, retired. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal.) MAIDSTONE.—The hops appear to be getting the upper hand of all their enemies, the unusual strength of bine re sisting every adverse influence, and giving promise of a larger crop than could possibly have been imagined a few weeks back. EAST FARLEIGH.—The hops in this parish are doing won ders ; there are a few lice to be found on a few hills in some grounds around the outsides ; but, on the whole, they cannot appear more healthy. A full average crop may be expected. WEST FARLEIGIL—The hops here are in a very precarious state ; some Founds are very full of vermin. The result is very uncertain. liAnausG.—The hops in this parish are in a very uncertain state ; there is a great increase of vermin. OTHAISI.—Many of our plantations are tolerably clean, and promise an average crop, while others re ma i n foul; among such a half crop is very doubtful. The midsummer branches are unusually forward, fast putting forth the pin ; among some of the early sorts burr may be found, consequently we anticipate a very early hopping. LENILAM.—The hops in this neighbourhood have gone off very much during the past week. Some grounds are quite past recovery, and all the rest are so infested with vermin that anything like a crop is extremely doubtful. • CRANNROOK.—In the Weal district the plantations are improving. SEVENOAYS.—AIbeit the refreshing showers and heavy thunder, we are sorry to notice but little , ' if any improve ment in the " Below-hill ' plantations the bine still is sho r t, and as full of vermi n as ever , i n fact, looking worse instead of better. Several pieces we have noticed in the adjoining parishes, where the bine has been tut up and the poles pulled up, above the hill; on the ridge we are, however, happy to say there is a most decided and great improvement; but as to laying the duty, as stated by some of your contemporaries, at 130,0001., we should feel under all circumstances disin clined to back 100,0001. WROTHAM, PLAXTOL, SITEPBOURNE, AND IGHTHAS.--The hop plantations in the upper part of Wrotham, above the London-road, continue to suffer very considerably from the effect of the blight. The plantations round Crouch, Crow burst, Clagate-cross, and Plaxtol, present a m ore h ea l t h y appearance. The plant around Shipbourne, and some parts of Ightham is very much cut up. Generally, where the bine is weak, the vermin have stuck, and little hopes can be entertained of its recovery • but where the bine i s s t rong • and vigorous, there certainly is not much fly, and some evident improvement may be seen. The cold nights of the past week have, however, had a chilling effect upon the plant generally. The good-humoured critical correspondent "of the Bruges Express, on whose musically-attuned ear irregularity of number appears to sound gratingly, and whose highly re fined taste cannot alloy of extravagance of comparison, or anything approachins to hyperb o li c d escr i pt i on, poetic al or prosaic, if at all sceptical relative to the state of the planta tions in this locality, would probably be gratified in walk over the Cherry House F i eld o f M r . R . S . T hompson, of ELL, tol, and the grounds around generally, particularly those oN N Mr. T. Knowles, of Ro ug h way , an d t h e Messrs. Goldings, of ..'*" the Tree and Ashenden Farms, where the bine may be seen over the 14ft. poles and down again to the ground, blooming, healthy, vigorous, and gay, we wish we could add, free from vermin. TusmaDGE.—Great improvement has taken place this week in the quality of gardens about us. There is a great deal of vermin still, but not a tithe of what we had three weeks back. The thunder-storm a few weeks since seems to have cleansed them and done great service. Still only a small crop is expected, as the bine is very weak generally. SUSSEX.—Our accounts from this district are still as un favourable as ever. FARNHAM—There is a general improvement here, which also partially extends to the country around. By some the duty is rated at 200,000/. OF CATTLE IN LONDON AND PAR IS. COMPARATIVE CONSUMPTION Previous to the proposed re - construction on more convenient and extended plan s o f t h e public markets of Paris, eorintteod intsopevoitsaitndsreevpeorartl ies wa in s a o p rd p neighbouring e om m c s u s n i r n upon the manner in which market accommodation was elsewhere provided. The market-places of Liverpool, Birkenhead, and Newcastle-on-Tyne attracted particu larly the attention of the members of this commission. Those of London appear to have surprised them by the inferior, inappropriate scale on which they are con structed for the greatest metropolis in Europe. The cattle market of Smithfield, in the very centre of a large city, provoked on the part of the commissioners certain remarks, which, courteously couched as they are, do not redound to the credit of the corporation, whose "feudal prerogatives" these inquiring foreigners soon found were the principal obstacle to the transference of the market to a more commodious locality. " Smith field," they observe, "is the beau ideal of disorder. The driving off the oxen fluid, the departure of troops of sheep, the frightened animals which escape, the barking of the dogs, the shouts of the drivers, all produce a racket and confusion the most frightful to hear, and the most tumultuous commotion that can be seen. We may acid that the streets in the vicinity, which are on the way to the slaughter-houses of Newgate-market, and the stalls where the unsold beasts are kept, are encumbered with animals, and rendered filthy with ordure, which the foot of the citizen cannot escape." The following is the comparative statement of the number of cattle brought to Smithfield, and to the markets for supplying Paris, in the year 1842, but doubtless a misprint for 1844, as given by the commissioners:— Bullocks, Sheep. Calves. Swine. Smithfield 169,995 1,707,196 30,489 30,000 Poissy Sceaux 54,621 381,354 13,068 Paris 9,490 ]4 4.9,012 The excess of cattle brought to Smithfield over the three Paris markets was, therefore, 28,037 bullocks, 1,024,372 sheep, and 30,000 swine ; the Paris markets, on the other hand, show an excess of 63,876 calves. The pork consumed in Paris is probably killed and pre pared in the provinces, for the consumption of ham, alone, which is a favourite food of the Parisians, must be very considerable. Assuming that all London was supplied from Smithfield, the disparity of animal food. absorbed in the two capitals would disappear at once, considering that the population of Paris at one million, is half that of London only. The different gastronomic preferences of the two peoples are sufficiently indicated by the animal races on which respectively they feed, and will be readily appreciated by those conversant with the nature of the living and culinary preparations of each.. The ship Carolina has arrived East India r b e u st n , a tv o in f in the I t : li el lPratt i) , lli si ß x f e o a n th b er o , ar l d 3s s, b o a o l O es s , lates, 70 boxes of cases general merchandise, 100 kegs of patnt,.and 149 bottles. of oil, saved from the vessel Elizabeth, which was wreckedt off Brest, on the coast of France, during her outward— bound voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, with a cargo of 18 casks and 186 Iritish merchandise. - P , kl \ 't~ ` i ..-----'---- ,_..., --- - "ail .... and Id be sider )oard g be lues- Id be n the r the cases the ence, .11—a t tho iv. of ilett, Fd. in Sam- A' is. 'nett, . 6d. 3am- .e-fl Mr. ester I. on Mr. d. in 3am- the office nes's the July Fitz- ma t the her ing- a to