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England on, this subject, if we had men with heads— with heads, Sir ! said he, to manage the nego ti at i ons . He proposed a sketch of a bill which he would vote for, to extend the United States laws over our own citizens there—for fortifying the mouth of the Columbia, erecting light houses, &c. Afters few remarks from Mr. West cott and Mr. Cass, the subject was passed over till Monday, when Mr. Cass speaks on the subject. COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From the Courier and Enquirer.) NEW Yonx, MAY 30.—The public attention is wholly occupied by the events of the war with Mexico, its effects and consequences, actual and probable. The decisive supe riority, manifested by the American troops in the actions of Palo Alto and Resatla de la Palma, on the left bank of the Rio Grande, gratifies the pride of the nation, while it hastens, as is willingly i,elieved, the prospects of peace. In this last view, particularly, it concerns us in these remarks, since peace is the desire and chief interest of men of business. The effect, thus far, of the war has been felt most severely in New Orleans, mere indeed, as yet, from the apprehension of evil, and not from the occurrence of any loss or disaster. The pressure is none the less real on this account. The withdrawal of orders on European account and the suspen sion of credits on Northern cities—the first shape in which the consequences of war began to show themselves—arose mainly from the enhanced premiums of insurance which would, it was reasonably supposed, be charged on shipments from New Orleans. The calculations of profits are now se close that a difference of two or three per cent. in the cost of insurance would turn the scale agai ns t the adventure, and e this difference might be m uc h grea t er , as the orders lr were suspended or withdrawn. M ean ti me produce e New Orleans; but as th ere was littl e or no sale it, ships i t into comparatively scarce, and freights rising ; factors were unwilling or unable to make advances ast g the pressure in the city reacted upon the interior—and it; and thus as the planter or producer of the Mississippi va lley finds his staples unsaleable, he is prevented fro m buying his ordinary sup plies of goods and groceries , and from paying at maturity existing engagements for previous purc h ases . he merchants on the Atlantic sea-board, who furnish these supplies on credit, will in turn find their anticipated resources from their customers dried up, and thus the circle of inconvenience and disappointment is widened, until all departments of industry become more or less involved. The motives, therefore, for desiring peace are not on our aide likely to diminish, while the clear proof that the Mexi can cannot, even with greatly superior numbers, compete successfully with us in arms, will, it is hoped, convince them —the tyaint of honour being satisfied by the gallantry with which they have unquestionably met the battle—that peace is also their chief interest. The President of the United States, in 'the Message of the 11th instant, wherein he re commended war, expressly says, " it is his anxious desire to terminate hostilities speedily, and to bring all matters in dispute between this Government and Mexico to an early and amicable adjustment; and in this view he would be pre pared to renew negotiations whenever Mexico shall be ready to receive propositions or to make propositions of her own." It may be taken for granted, we think, that while making every preparation vigorously to push hostilities both by land and by water, this Government will renew the tender of negotiation, and be ready on the slightest intimation, direct or indirect from Mexico, to settle in a liberal spirit the exist ing topics of controversy. The blockade of the coast of Mexico on both seas, which was foreshadowed in our remarks by the packet of the 16th. as inevitable, has before this time been declared in the Gulf, and will be in the Pacific, as soon as the Commander of the American squadron there shall hear that a gun has been fired on the Rio Grande. •There is ample force in both seas to make the blockade effective and rigid. As England has more commerce with Mexico, more interest in her mines and in her public debt than any other nation, it is hoped that an additional inducement may thence arise for her, first to ar range amicably and promptly her controversy about boun daries on the north-west coast with us, and then to interpose her friendly ,mediation for restoring peace between us and Mexico. All look to England now for the next.move in the Oregon matter, which, on our side, has been eclipsed in pre sent interest by the Mexican war, and which, moreover, by the notice given in conformity with the resolution of Con gress to the British Government by the President, seems for the time to have passed out of our domain. In what precise form that notice was given is not known ; but the President will have been unfaithful to the spirit in which it was adopted by Congress, if he shall not have accompanied it with an expressed desire that an amicable termination of the long pending controversy might thereby be accelerated. The Senate of the United States have recently given another proof of theii spirit of liberal forbearance by postponing the consideration of the Bill from the House of Representatives fur extending a territorial Government over our citizens in Oregon. They await the action of the British Govern ment in the full confidence that it will be both early and amicable. As yet no very serious decline has occurred in our public funds by reason of the war, or of the expenses consequent upon it. The Unit.sd States Six per Cent. Stock range at from five to six per cent. above par, and the stocks of the solvent stag, maintain their prices. The policy of the ad ministratJ,,n, as to providing means fur the large military and naval preparations in progress and in contemplation, is not yet disclosed. The appropriations actually made over and above the ordinary expenditure are— Dollars. For paying and equipping volunteers 10,000,000 Additional estimates for army proper 2,000,000 -- 12,000,000 If the Report of th e N ava l C omm i ttee of the House of Re presentatives shall find favour, as seems probable, which re commends the building immediately of twelve steam-vessels of war of different sizes, there will be added to the above ,4 3ven millions more. It is estimated that there may be about ten millions surplus on hand; this would leave a defi ciency of nine millions to be provided for by taxes, by loans, or by the issue of Treasury notes—by either, or all. If reli ance is to be had upon loans, they can only be negotiated on advantageous terms, by making provision at the same time by a specific pledge of funds for the payment of interest and the gradual redemption of the principal. As they must be negotiated at home--recourse to Europe being understood to be hopeless—there will, perhaps, be less hesitation in resort ing to the necessary taxation, when it is known that its pro ceeds are to be kept at home and not paid to foreign stock holders. In any event, however, if the Government ex penses shall be considerably augmented, the present prices of United States securities must go considerably lower. _ Exchange on Europe is falling sensibly. Various causes combine to produce this result. The scarcity of money is one—occasioned by the necessity under which the Banks of Deposits in this city find themselves to be in constant readi ness to meet the drafts of the Cnited States Government for the accumulated revenue, amounting here just now to about tour and a half millions—and the stringency, therefore, of their discounts, which the other banks are obliged to imitate, that they may not fall into debt to the Deposit banks. Another is the influx of bills of exchange from New Orleans, where it is difficult to effect sales—and a third is the large .hipnnents of produce to Europe from this port and others, and the comparative suspension of orders for goods in re turn. The rates will be found quoted below, as compared with those that prevailed at the departure of the last steamer, as also a comparison of the prices of Six per Cent. Stock. ltlth May. 29th May. Exchange on London ... 109 1 4 to 109"!.i 108 to 1087. k Exchange on Paris ... 5 48 1 4 to 530 530t0 5 32-12 IL S. Six per Cent Stock 105 1 ; 4 to 196 c. 104 to 105. Concerning State Stocks there is nothing new to commu nicate. The confidence of the Treasurer of Pennsylvania is still strongly expressed that he will be able to make pro vision for the August dividend, and the counties are at work to do their part in paying their respective quotas into the *tate Treasury in time. The stake is so great for Pennsyl vania, that we feel persuaded no ordinary or easily sur mountable obstacles will be permitted to interfere with their punctuality: The arrival of the steamer Great Britain to-day, after a long passage, occasioned little or no stir in the market. The somewhat better accounts for cotton stiffened holders a little. In bread stuffs no perceptible change. Holders, in the absolute absence of any demand, ask prices which a real offer for any considerable quantity would soon cause them to abate. The most agreeable intelligence by her was that of the light in which the notice, as authorised by Congress, seemed to be received by the London press, as tending to facilitate an amicable and prompt adjustment of the Oregon contro versy. The rumour in one of the London papers that Mexico had asked the intervention of France and England to protect her possessions, and especially California, against the United States, and that such intervention might possibly be under taken, commands no credit here. The right of the United States, as a belligerent, to attack and conquer, if they can, any portion of the territory of their enemy, is too clear and unquestionable to be liable to any interruption from third parties, standing in the relation of neutral between the two. Our latest dates from Mexico are of the 2d inst. Paredes still was President. Congress had not convened, and there had not been any new revolution or pronunciamiento. We refer to the ordinary quotations annexed. The subscription books for the stock of the " Ocean Navi- Lallai°ruaCh°mpany" were opened yesterday, and about 150,000 have already been subscribed. There is no doubt but that Saturday s subscription will enable the com p an y t o co mmence the b u ildi ng of their vessels immediately. TPIE Sitar ei x p, CRICK ET • 11./TwN, Bia.—on Thu" GM a .1 um, r. lir ITCHA M, WITH A. played at the Oval, an d enernd Friday thi s matc h was a the game has seldom been wi a tia xbibition of the science of crowded on each day, and the only""ddra,w,....ba.e.l.ki:togrthouengrdawits % towards the a it would be cation produced by the PrGe w eed he in n g it was l''o t - i - an t latter part of the second day, impossible to finish the match that evening, i t ~ ea anc tattled that, in consequen ce of previous arrangemeut er , and the following day being Saturday, there was no chance of The: result is, that all b ets the match being played on t . s first Tuni ngs on the match are off, whilst those upon the . g ch are in favour of the Mitcham backer-. The betting, of which be supposed, there was a great deal, varied, as - wi l l readily 5 Was taken very much. - At one point of the .game 25 t o on Mitcham, but at the moment when th e last of t he their Sur rey wickets fell, the odds had turned round to 3 to 1 in favour, that is, ag a i ns t Mit c h am obtaining the 121. The score was as follows :—Surrev Club—First innings, 96; se coed innings, 168. Mitcham—First innnings. 144. Gravesend Town, with Pilch, Adams, and Redgate v. Islington Albion, with Dean, Dorrington, Hillyear, and Lillywhite.—This match was played at the Copenhagen ground on Thursday and Friday, and after much good play terminated in favour of the Albion, with seven wickets standing. OXFORD AN D CAMBRIDGE HARM, E . RI OA Y.—The game wee resumed this morning, when the Cantabs, who had scored sixty-one on Thursday in their second hands, ran it tip to 116, leaving the Oxonians eighty-nine to win. This number they succeeded in obtaining, and eventually won the match with three wickets to go down. The batting of Mr. Lang, on the part of the Cambridge, was deserving the highest praise; after scoring thirty-nine, he triumphantly brought out his bat. Mr. C. Ridding's batting, also, on the part of the Oxonians told well on the score. The play of both sides throughout the day was capital, but the latter ex celled in that great and requisite paint, viz., the fielding. In other respects the, were equally matched. '§UICIDE OF A YoUNC LADY AT GREENWICH.--On i'la.turday an !ropiest was held et the residence of Captain Fowls, of Xyrtle-place, Greenwich, to take into consideration the death of Miss Jane Grant Wilkinson, aged 30 years, who committed Suicide. Mil; Anne Fswie stated that tile deceased was her sister-in-law, and had retarnel from Barbadoes sus weeks ago. Up to Sunday Jan she appeared in her usual health and Alai - Its, but on Monday she became melancholy, in consequence of the continued illness of a younger sister whom she had brought over with her from the West Indies, labotring• under temporary lunacy. Witness went out at the de ceatecl's request, and bought an ounce of the essential oil of almonds, width she said she wished to take back to Barbadoes with her far culinary purposes. On the night of Wednesday she heard the de ceased groaning in her bed, and upon going into theToom she covered that she was just dead. Ths bottle which had contained the oil of almonds was in the bed. A medical man proved that the deceased took enough poison to destroy eight persons. The jury re• turned a verdict of " Temporary Derangement." STRAWBERRIES.— Mr. Cuthill, the florist of Camber well* has been very successful this season in the cultivation of ! strawberries. Many of his plants ha - re borne from 190 to 150 straw )ecres, many weighing an ounce each, and some of them five Mcbes in cir cumference, The pl ant stands up like a little bush ab°7 e the Maud. ebtrb MlTitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Loa") CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) GOODWIN AND ANOTHER V. HEAD AND OTHERS. Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jervis fo r one of the defendants (Mr. Head). The other defendants did not appear by counsel. This was an action brought by plaintiffs, who are law stationers at Birmingham, for 6001, the amount of their ac count for law stationery, advertisements, &c., supplied to defendants, who are provisional committeemen of the Wol verhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway. Verdict for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed. NEWTON V. PRITCHARD. Mr. Watson, with Mr. Brown, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Jervis, with Mr. Miller, for the defendant. This was an action nearly similar to the last. The plaintiff i is a surveyor in Chancery -lane, and surveyed in the month ' of October last a portion of the Thame Valley and Oxford Junction Railway, and also a portion of the Ipswich and Plaibnrotiffughretcteoived recoverl 00 S ou th a mpton Railway. The agreeme n t f or t h e f ormer was onat the rate te t o n f o t d hir t t h y e gu pr i ese neas nt mile.aaction was the balance of 1021. Verdict for the plaintiff for 100/. MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUN- TIES RAILWAY. SPECIAL MEETING THIS DAY. A special meeting of the proprietors and shareholders of the Midland and Eastern Counties Railway took place this day at the London Tavern, in pursuance with the sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament, for the purpose of con sidering their Bill at present depending in Parliament, enti tled "A Bill for making a railway from the Cambridge line of the Eastern Counties Railway at Cambridge to the Lon don and Birmingham Railway, at or near Weedon, in the county of Northampton." The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The Chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. Cobbold. The CHAIRMAN said that a report had been drawn up by a committee of the shareholders to consider what would be the best course to take with reference to proceeding with or discontinuing the Bill. Mr. Haamsox then read the shareholders' report, which merely stated that the line would pay if it were constructed, and that about 3001. more would be the only expense incurred in obtaining the Bill ; that there had been some expenses in curred, and that it remained with the shareholders to con sider whether in the depressed state of the money market they would empower, the directors to proceed. The votes were thdn taken, and the Bill was unanimously carried. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION RAIL WAY.—(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the scripholders of this Company was held to-day, at twelve o'clock, at their offices, 28, Parlia ment-street, to decide as to proceeding with their Bill. The meeting was merely pro forma on account of an advertise. ment having been omitted from the Edinburgh Gazette, an nouncing the meeting held a fortnight ago, and which was fully- reported in The Sun. There was no opposition to-day, and there was 25,000 shares produced for proceeding with the Bill. Mr. Hope Johnstone, M.P., the chairman of the Company presided. ILWA Y COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND PAILEHAIVI. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. W. Cubitt, sen., was next called, and gave similar evidence to that of Mr. W. Cubitt, jun. He said that the line was laid down by the latter under his direction, and subject to his approval or disap proval. Ho himself went over the line in the first instance. In cross-examination he said, that the engines would be adapted to the gradient of 1 in 80, by raking the cylinders somewhat larger than in ordinary engines. This being the case for the London and Portsmouth, Mr. HOPE proceeded to open the case for the Guildford, Chiches ter, Portsmouth, and Tareham. Having addressed the Committee at great length, the Learned Counsel called Mr. Locke, the engineer, whose evidence occupied the Committee for nearly an hour, and was not concluded at four o'clock, at which hour they rose, and ad j ourned till to-morrow at eleven. GROUP IL AND cAmniunGE NJITISBECII, ST. IVES, JUNCTION. The Committee appointed to hear the cases in this group met to-day at 11 o'clock. Earl Grey chairman. Mr. Caoirraza appeared for the promoters of the above line, which was opposed by the Lynn and Ely. After a brief address, the promoters proceeded to call evidence. THE LONDON AND YORE (WAKEFIELD hills, which were tile-tunnelled, that point being in fact the great engineering feature of the line, as the works would be of a heavy character, witt. a gradient which would have to be worked by assist ant power. The tunnel would be three miles and a-half inlength. The line then joined the Gloucester and Birmingham at the 44th mile, by which access on the one hand was obtained to Birmingham, and on the other, by the Worcester and Wolverhampton to Wolverhamp ton, and by the Manchester and Birmingham to Lickfteld, which line he believed had passed a Committee of the House of Commons. in fact they obtained a direct northern communication by lines, whose interests were identical with those of the Manchester and Southampton. From Wolverhampton they went along the Grand Janction up to Manchester. The Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton was, he understood, to be laid down on the narrow, instead of the broad gauge. The exist ing break of gauge was a serious inconvenience. The distance saved between Cheltenham and Swindon, as compared with the existing mode of communication was 17 miles. The entire distance from Manchester to Southampton, was 212 miles, and would save 25 miles, as compared with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton route to Manchester, and as compared with the Rugby route, 19 miles; but he understood the Great Western were to be compelled to lay down the narrow gauge from Oxford to Rugby, instead of the broad gauge, as originally in tended. The estimated expense of the eighty-eight miles of new railway was 1,506,8081., including a surplus of 75,1191. for con tingencies. The estimate was taken at the rate of 17,0001. a mile. There would be two tunnels which he estimated at 501. a yard. The average cuttings were under 50,000 yards a mile. The cost for construction would be below the average amount. Coals he ex pected would be conveyed to Southampton and sold there at 155. or 16s. a ton. Looking to the line, therefore, with refe rence to its affording communication from north to south at its cost of construction, and the present means of communication, he was of opinion that it would be a remunerative line to its pro jectors. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. KEATING, on behalf of the Great Western Railway. The line, by a connection with the Great Western at Swindon, would form the shortest route from London to Cheltenham. Persons going to Cheltenham had to change their carriages twice at Swindon and at Gloucester. The witness was also examined by Mr. HATHERTON, with respect to the proposed station at Southampton. The Committee adjourned until twelve o'cloc4 on Wednesday. GROUP XVIII. EXETER GREAT WESTERN. Mr. Sergeant KrNoLAKE addressed the Committee for Mr. Frampton, a petitioner against the Bill. Several witnesses were called to prove the extent of damage done to the proprietors. The Committee adjourned till 12 o'clock to-morrow. Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway, and the Great Leinster and Munster (No. 2—Kilkenny to Clonruel) being unopposed, were referred to Mr. Greene in the usual course. GREAT LEINSIT3ER AND MUNSTER (No. 2 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1816. Eastern line would not, and would pass through the property of Mr. Angerstein, who formerly opposed, but who now sup ported that project. The line selected was one of an im portant public character, inasmuch as it would be a direct railway from London to Gravesend and Rochester. He pre ferred that the Bill should be committed to the members of the Committee who had heard the whole of the evidence. After a few words from Mr. Rice, Lord Emelyn, and Mr. H. Bayley, Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought the justice of the case would be met if the House would allow both parties to come before them again next year. The interest of the public would not be injured, and such a course would be quite consistent with the position of both Bills. He saw no mode so well adapted to meet the case, and he believed if it were adopted both parties would come forward then better prepared. Mr. WARBURTON hoped that whatever determination the House should come to, one point at least would be resolved on, namely, that Greenwich Observatory should not be de stroyed. Let any man read the evidence given upon that subject, and then lay his hand upon his heart, and say that this would not be the result if a railway were constructed through Greenwich Park. Sir John Herschell, Mr. Baggage, the astronomer from Chatham ; Mr. Challis, Dr. Robinson, the astronomer from Armagh, had all given decisive and weighty evidence against the railway, in con sequ,-nce of the injury the Observatory would sustain ; and Professor Airy was the only eminent and scientific man who had ;riven evidence of a contrary character. He hoped the House would support the Observatory at Green wich; that they would not allow a railway to pass underit, if there was the slightest chance of the Observatory being de stroyed by it.— ( Hear, hear.) Mr. PLUMPTREE said the Eastern were prepared to abandon that part of their scheme which passed under the Observatory, and adopt the loop, if the House would allow them to do so. After a few words from one er two Hon. Members, who called upon the Government to place the South-Eastern Company in the same position that they stood in before the Admiralty gave their consent, On the motion fur resuming the adjourned debate on the consideration of the report of the South-Eastern Railway Bill (Greenwich to Chilham), Mr. A GLIONBY wished to know what the House was about to do. on this subject, and what position it stood in. If they were about to re-commit the Bill, he could offer no objection ; but if they were about to re commit it to the same majority which had before decided the question, they would have the same decision as before. The present inconvenience arose from the fickleness of the Board of Admiralty, and the stipulations which they had made, so as to retain the power to themselves of stopping up the line. Such a course had produced considerable injury to the South- Eastern Company, and was calculated to do them still more. He thought this was necessary, for the expenses were of a material consideration, and unless these were satisfied there would be no guarantee to the shareholders. Mr. O'CONNELL wished now to inquire whether it was competent for him to move whether it is proper to require its re-committal this day six months? The SPEAKER—Certainly; there was a substantive mo tion before the House, and he conceived that till the motion of the Hon. Member for Dover was disposed of no adjudication could be made as to the inquiry., Mr. JARVIS conceived that the case of the South-Eastern Railway had not been fairly dealt with, and that the North Kent ought to be thrown out. It appeared that it was a standing order of Parliament, that no one connected with the railway should have the power of voting for it. He conceived that the report ought to be amended, and that the North Kent line should be beyond the power of opposition. Hon. Members after spending thirty-six days in inquiry without any personal interest, had come to an imperfect decision, and he therefore conceived they ought to have the power of amending the report. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the re-committal Against Majority 148 Mr. PROTHER6E then moved that the Bill be re-com. mitted to the former Committee, for the purpose of considering the copies of correspondence and reports on the subject oi a railroad passing through Greenwich Park (which have, by order, been submitted to this House by the Admiralty, subsequent to the bringing up of the Report of the Commit tee), and the expedieney or inexpediency of sanctioning any of the altercate lines proposed by the South-Eastern Railway in substitution for the line through Greenwich Paak. After a few words from Mr. Plumptree, Sir R. H. INGLIS should vote for the recommittal of the Bill, because he was anxious that the South Eeastern Company should be placed in the same position as they were before the assent of the Admiralty was given to the North Kent line passing under the park. Mr. AGLIONBY would vote for the re-committal on the same ground, but he hoped the Bill would be sent to a different Committee to that which gave power to the Admiralty to stop up a railway on a certain ocntingenc). He intended to vote for the re-committal of the South-Eastern Bill ; and he should, if he had the opportunity, vote also for the re-committal of the rival line, the North Kent. If he had the opportunity he should also vote that the Bill be referred to a distinct Committee, in order that the four Members of the present Committee should not have the same decision to come to. If it were referred to the same Members, that the Com mittee should be constituted as they were when the Bill was originally referred to them. Mr. ENTWISTLE (who rose amidst loud cries of " Oh,") asked, what Hon. Member had moved for the re-committal of the Bill ? The SPEAKER said,: that it was on the motion of the Hon. Member for Dover. The Gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared:— For the re-committal ... For the postponement to that day six months 6B Majority -57 Mr. PROTHIROE must then move that the Bill be re • committed to the former Committee, with copies of the cor respondence which had passed between the Committee and the promoters. 11r. RICE must then move as an amendment that the Bill should be re-committed to the Committee as formerly con stituted. Mr. PROTHEROE said, that this would render it neces sary for the Hon. Member for Worcestershire, who had for merly been a Member of that Committee, to attend for two months, to repeat the evidence which he had formerly heard, He thought this was too great a hardship to impose upon any Hon. Member, especially as the Committee could dispose of the Bill without any such impositiog. Mr. HUME conceived that this would be a great injustice to the parties engaged, and inflict a great expense, which was quite unnecessary, as the Committee might dispose of the Bill without either the cost or the delay. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place. (LEFT SPEAKING.) ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SITTING OF JUNE 8. M. Dumas read a long report of the process employed at the Royal Printing-Office for printing upon stone, and in colours, the large geological map of France. It would be tedious to our readers generally to follow M. Dumas through the whole cf his report, however interesting it may be to printers, who are well acquainted with all the technical details into which he enters. It will be sufficient for us to state that which has been done upon a rather smaller scale, with the most perfect success, by other lithographic printers, and in particular by M. Engelmann, to whose genius and perseverance so many beautiful improvements in lithographic printing are due, is accomplished at the royal printing office upon a more extensive scale, by the mechanical precision which has been attained. Printing in colours, whether from metal types or stone, is, as our readers may suppose, a repitition of the process for as many colours and shades as are required. If in letter-press printing, for instance, it be re quired to print a sheet in six or seven colours, there are the same number of forms set up, each containing the words which are to be in one particular colour. The press-work upon one colour being accomplished, another form containing the letters to be printed in a different colour is brought to the press, and the sheet is so adjusted that the colour may fall nowhere else ; this process is repeated as often as the colours are to be introduced. There must be the greatest care and precision used. It is the same with lithographic printing. For as many portions of the print as there are to be portions in different colours, there are so many engraved stones, and success in the operation depends upon the nal chinery, by which the sheet is made to adapt itself exactly to each. The novelty at the Royal Printing Office appears to us to consist entirely in the extent to which this mode of printing is carried, for it appears that no less than 23 or 24 lithographic stones are used for the same map. The me chanical part of the process is evidently, from the description of M. Dumas, admirably contrived; but whilst due honour is paid to the art and ingenuity evinced in the process at this establishment, we think it is only fair to speak in terms of almost equal praise of the individuals who have with so much public spirit, and at so great a sacrifice of money, brought the art of lithographic printing to its present state. A long letter was read from DI. Boussingault to M. Arago, relative to a tree struck by lightning last month, and which the writer saw and examined after the accident. M. Bossingauit gives a very detailed account of the appearance of the parts rent or carbonised by the electric fluid, but they are wholly without interest, for the writer admits that it dif fered in no essential point from what has been seen in other ayses of the same kind. What, then, it will be no doubt asked, was the writer's object in this long letter ? It was simply to enable M. Boussingault to repeat an opinion which he has frequently expressed, that the belief that the electric fluid leaves behind it a strong odour of sulphur is a vulgar error. He says he was assured by some persons that this tree gave out such a smell, but that having himself visited it he was convinced that there was no smell of sulphur, and that the real smell was precisely the same as that in the manufactories where vinegar is distilled from wood. These two odours are very unlike, and consequently if M. Bous singault is right, persons who fancy that the electric fluid eaves behind it a smell of sulphur are wrong. M. Bous singault adds, that in n o case has he found a sulphurous emanation from any article struck by lightning. In the present case, however, he candidly admits that a person who accompanied him in his visit to the tree was of opinion that the smell was sulphurous, "notwithstanding all his efforts to dissuade him from it." M. Boussingault is a great authority in scientific matters, but his companion seems -to have thought that, independently of science, a nose is a nose, and that he had as much right to smell or fancy that he smelled sulphur as M. Boussingault had to smell or fancy that he smelled the vinegar of wood. M. Comay gave a description of a new sound or probe for detecting the presence of urinary concretions and other de posits, and which he calls a stereoscope. It is an ingenious contrivance, and will, we believe, be found of practical benefit. A communication was received from Monsieur Bouchardat on the functions of the roots of plants. He states that if the roots of plants be plunged in a solution of several salts so weak as to be without chemical action upon the tissues, the plant will absorb these salts in equal proportions. M. de Saussure came to a different conclusion, but this arose, says M. Bouchardat, from his not having taken into ac count the secretion which goes on simultaneously with the absorption. A communication was received from M. de Nothomb, on the use of ammonia in the preparation of plates for photographic impressions. Hitherto it has s in beenplaces considered important to carry on the process photography M. de as free as possible from atnmonial emanation. Nothomb is of quite a different opinion. He says, nothing tends so much to increase the rapidity p o l ft e he in operatio usual n as w t a h N with the vapour of iodine. e • use of ammonia. After prep arin g his at &c., he exposes it to the vapour o f a solution of ammonia, and at the end of twenty or thirty seconds, it is, according to his account, in a much better state than it would otherwise be to receive the impression that is required in the camera obscura. There was no other paper of general interest read at this sitting. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, JUNE 11.—The business done in wool sales is very limited. The spin ners buy only for present consumption. There is, how ever, no fall in price. In yarns there is a fair trade, so far as demand goes, but prices are such as to give no en couragement to spinners to do morebusiness. There has been no alt erat i on i n the piece market for the last two week., BRANCH). The Committee met this day at eleven o'clock. Mr. Sergeant NVaasonem appeared for the promoters, and in a speech of great length and ability laid the points of the case before the Committee. After the Learned Sergeant concluded, evidence was called. Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Lasceles, and several merchants were called, who spoke to the great necessity of the Wakefield branch of the London and York line. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NEWCASTLE AND EDINBURGH AND DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL- WAY. The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock when the cross-exa• minatien of Mr. Green was resumed, Mr. John Miller, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Bell, and other witnesses were examined as to the estimates, price of land, &c. Mr. Marshall, of Leith, was examined as to the traffic on the route of the proposed line, which appears to be rapidly in creasing, as was also the trade of the manufacturing district around Galashiels and Hawick. The gross income from the various sources of traffic he estimated at 28,3621. He described the direction in which the traffic to and from the manufac turing district was now carried. That it was carried partly by Berwck and partly by Leith, the two principal seaports through which goods Were forwarded to and from England. That a circle with a radius of seven or eight miles embraced the who:e of the manufacturing towns, such as Galashiels, Selkirk, Melrose, and Hawick, with other towns, such as Jedburgh, and Roxburgh, and that from the centre of the same district, the distance to Newcastle would be about forty miles shorter by the route of the present line than by way of Kelso and Berwick. The witness then entered into details of the population, showing that the rate of increase was actually greater at Galashiels and Hawick than in the manufacturing towns of Leeds, Manchester, and Glasgow. That while Use population of the first-mentioned towns had increased 35 and 40 per cent. since 1831, the in crease at Leeds, Manchester, and Glasgow, was respectively 23, 30, and 35 per cent. He next proved from the value of the manufactured goods, and from the amounts col lected at the toll-bars, that the traffic was doubling itself about every five or six years. The value of the goods manufactured in itawick had increased from 140,0001. in 1839 to 270,0001, in 1845. He considered the extension of the line to Jedburgh, an object of the greatest importance to Hawick, Galashiels, and other ma nufacturing towns, as the trade with England was ra pidly- and steadily increasing. In his cross-examination, witness entered into additional details shoeing that the rate of Increase in the passenger traffic was in almost every instance much greater than 150 per cent. That its districts in Scotland similar to the one that the proposed line would intersect, the rate of increase was so high as 400 or 500 per cent. The cross examination of this witness was continued on some other points, but nothing was elielted to affect the evidence which he had pre viously given. The Committee then : adjourned to twelie to-morrow, when Sir. Stephenson, civil engineer, will be examined. GROUP 11. CORNWALL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) IMPORTANT DECLSION. ——- • - Mr. AusTrar replied at considerable length. At the conclusion of his speech the room was cleared. Upon the parties being called the Chairman stated that the Cmmittee had decided that the preamble of the. Cornwall Railway was proved, with the exception of the Donnboys branch. They gave no opinion as to the'eentral line. The question of central accommodation will be left open for a future period. The Committee then adjourned at six o'clock till twelve to morrow. GROUP XIII. AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY. (Continued front our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Blythe, civil engineer, was examined, for the purpose of show ing that the estimates would not be sufficient to construct the works, and that the line, from the nature of the country, would be difficult of construction. Mr. Anderson, accountant, who had on a previous occasion taken the traffic along the route of the line from Dalmellington to Castle Douglas, deposed that he calculated the probable amount from pas sengers, goods, sheep, and cattle, at 7,4131. This was allowing 150 per cent. for increase. The promoters of the Bill set it down at 14,0001. Mr. Miller, C.E., corroborated the evidence of Mr. Blythe as to the insuffielency of the estimates and the nature of the country. It was a route for a railway such as he would never have advised. Mr. Sergeant Bzoossis then summed up the case for the oppo sition. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock, when counsel for the Bill will reply. . GROUP XIV. DOVER AND DEAL. (Ccutinued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Committee adjourned ehortly before four o'clock, till to morrow. GROUP XVII. MazTeuEsTER AND SOUTHAMPTON AND so - try /IL ...ft.__ lion. mr. F. Yorke thi ' rnorni " ,rmueuced their engineering ni . tx _ num vA , JuswßN (ROMSEY AND RED- I In. k.inwitt ,lartalrell" at half-past twelve o'clock ; the project Robertorigln'are,l.iw'llnthtlYse'rithgel‘nirtieme The prorhot„. in the chair. Mr. Bidder, who w ln re d with others c one of the to ta no in'd by Mr. .hhheeve_ideHncee,.baymchaelliwngas Stephen- toe i, e son, and that the pj in Manchester and Sonthatnst ou the Midland Railway, all of whom ennected with and unintetrupted communication from i ' ‘o ir r ° t l : ll" ' lltai ning a direct Iris attention first called to the line In 1 Jtho south. lie had b e f ore any prospectus was issued to the pubnen.e The Jtliy last, d by a junCtiull with the Bristol and Birmineti line com mencenear Cheltenham, and am line at Swindon, in Gloucestershire , , would run i line to Southampton t so that there would be about n a nearly direct BA The terminus at Southampton was r • - miles of new railway. independent terminus , p eiected and would have an which h e near the quaYs, cons idered advisable ; but the two stations were intended to be eou- nected by tramroads , to be worked by horses instead of locomotiv es . to meet the wants and wishes terminus w as necessary An independent ter of the inhabitants, as also was a r ailway connexion with the existing pier. A railway which did not accomp li sh this object would , in his t opinion, be defective. There was no difficulty in n carrying he and Liverpool—the qua line ys of of rails along the quay, as at Yarmouth sed several train the docks at the last-named town posses structed in con roads similar to 'those Proposed be con and nexion with the terminus of the Manches ter South ampton. The connexion of the:terminus of this line with the South . , Western in any ether way than that proposed would have destroyed the integral character of the project. That was one of the objections _ , to making theSouth-Western their terminus also. Leaving Soathamp- 1 ton the line ran tor two miles parallel with the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, which they might use for a portion of the Man ehester and Southampton. The Greenwich line, for instance, and the Croydon line, ace mmodated the London and Dover, and the London and Brighton, by the laying down of additional lines; so that if an arrangement were come to with the South tVestern they might run along the Southampton and Dor chester to Redbridge, a distance of three miles. From Redbridge they had adopted the course of the Andover canal as nearas possible, and would run almost on the surface of the ground. At Romsey the line world cross under the Bishopsteke and Salisbury line. From Romsey persons coming from the north might take the Rishopstoke line and proceed to Portsmouth. Taking the canal to Andover avoided to a great extent Interference with residential pro- Perty. The conversion of canals into railways was found a great advantage. In the course of the line to Marlborough from Andover, 20 miles, the property of the Marquis of Aylesbury, was intersected altogether for lb miles. That nobleman: was the largest land owner whose property they passed through. Ills Lordship had assented to the line, and his eldest son, Lord Bruce, was one of the managing committee. At Swindon it would pass under the Great Western Railway on a level by a bridge, the span of which would be 25 feet high and 14 wide. A "girder" would be placed two feet under the Great Western line, and the bridge scooped out. Bridges similarly constructed were to be found on the Newcastle and Darlington, and the Northern and Eastern at Rye-house. The line then pursued its route by Cricklade up to Ciren cester. then up the Talk , : of the Chun to CottlilWad, GROUP XX. LONDON AND WINDSOR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Witnesses were also examined as to the probable effects of the proximity of the line of railway to the powder mills at Hounslow. The general result of the evidence was, that there was not much ground for apprehension. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP ti-X-Xl. BRISTOL and BIRMINGHAM (GLOUCESTER AND STONEHOUSE JUNCTION). Considerable delay took place this morning owing to Hon. Mem bers not arriving sufficiently early to form a quorum. Evidence of a routine nature in support of the Bill, which closed the case for the promoters, was gone into. Mr. CIUSP addressed the Committee at great length on behalf of the Great Western Company, in opposition to the Bill. Mr. HLIAJTAID replied for the promoters ; and at the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's speech the Committee adjourned. GROUP XXXIII. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Evidence in support of the statement was heard during the re mainder of the day, and the Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XXXIX. The Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock, and re sumed the consideration of the OLDHAM DISTRICTS, which was adjourned on Wednesday lat. The evidence was on the usual points, and in conformity with that of the preceding day. GROUP XL I, BLACBBURN, DARWEN, AND DOLTON. The Committee met this morning at the usual hour. The Committee was occupied the whole of the day in hearing eci• dente in support of the line.—Adjourned at four o'clock until to• morrow. GROUP XLVI. NEWCASTLE AND EDINBURGH, AND DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Miller, engineer, was examined, and bore testimony to the advantages of the line in an engineering point of 'view. After hearing some further evidence, the Committee adjourned. GROUP LIII. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Messrs. Hendrick and Wagstaff, manufacturers, having given their evidence in favour of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve to-morrow. GROUP LIN'. LEICESTER AND BIRMINGHAM, WITH A BRANCH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The address of the Learned Counsel occupied the major part of the day. Mr. CAL VERT, on behalf of the London and Birmingham Company and other opponents, then addressed the Committee, and at the con clusion of his sprch 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. Ewart in the chair. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND LON , DON AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION. This case was resumed Mr. Martin was cross-examined at some length on behalf of land holders who opposed the line, but his evidence was is no way shaken. Mr. Robert Stephenson was then called to corroborate Mr. Martin's testimony, which he did both with regard to the estimates and the engineering features of the line. He gave a decided opinion that the line would prove of great benefit and advantage to the public and the commexpial interests of the country. Some other evidence of a formal character was then put in, end the case for the promoters closed. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP LVII' THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM GRAND JUNCTION, AND MANCHESTER AND BIR MINGHAM RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) This Bill was then proceeded with, but as it was an amalgamation Bill, the Ceminittee declined passing the preamble until they shal have conferred with the Board of Trade. NORTH UNION. This was also an amalgamation Bill ; the clauses were gone through, but for the reason above given the decision was postponed. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow. GROUP LVIII. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON 3"O'NC, TION. The Committee on this group assembled at one o'clock ; the Rig': Hon. Edward Ellice in the chair. The group referred to this Committee comprise the series, the object of which is to consolidate the several lines between Northum berland and Devonshire, partly by amalgamation, and partly by the purchase of canals and other similar property. The line first taken was that of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Comp Any, whose line would be forty-five miles long, as originally projected, but It is now shortened by three miles. There are 10,000 shares of 1001. each. The usual meeting of shareholders had been held, by whom the line had been approved. The object of this line is to improve the ac commodation between the north of England and London, and that is the peculiar province of the London and York Com pany, who oppose It on the ground of an interference with the traffic which they expected. The right of this Company to appear and give evidence was then discussed, and it was ultimately decided that it could not be allowed, MIDLAND RAILWAY AND PURCHASE OP OAXHAM CANAL. On this Bill being brought under the consideration of the Com mittee, Mr. Hawley, the chairman of the canal company was called, who stated that the - Midland Company had last year agreed to purchase the canal, with a view to its adoption as a part of their line. Since then, however, a more advisable route had been. ascer tained, which runs through the estate of Lord Harborough. Tile canal consequently had become comparatively useless to the Midland Counties Company, but as their line would ruin the canal, the Company had still to abide honourably by their bargain. The canal consists of 521 shares, of 1301. each. In 1814 a dividend of It. per share had been paid. The whole amount of dividend, in conse quence of the cessatibn from business since 1814, had been only 1 per cent. The witness then generally testified to the traffic on the canal. Mr. PAGET cross-examined, but the testimony elicited was all con flrmatory of the previous statements of the witness. The Committee adjourned a little after four o'clock till twelve to morrow. GROUP LXI. The Committee, comprising Sir John Duckworth, chairman, Capt. Boldero, Mr. Philpotts, the lion. Thomas Vesey, and Mr. Walker, assembled at one o'clock, when, after a long dispute as to which case should be taken first, Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C., opehed the case of the Monkland, Kirkintilloch Railway Company, the object of whose Bill Is to purchase the Glasgow Garnkirk and Coatbridge Extension Railway. The last railway was before Parliament in 1844, when it was opposed by the Monkland end Kirkintilloch Company, in consequence of a portion of the line running parallel with its own line. The object of this Bill was to carry out the agreement entered into by a clause of the Act for making the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridgeßailway, which provides that the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway shall have a right of purchase within one year after the opening of the railway just named, pro vided they were ready to give 30,0001. for the property. A power of purchase was also reserved to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway. The latter Company oppose the purchase, as also do the Caledonian Company, the Caledonian Com pany having obtained a right to traverse both the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and the Wishaw and Coltness Railway. It was alleged that there was to be an amalgamation of the Edin burgh and Glasgow and the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Com panies, but this in no way affected the case or prevented the right of the latter company to the power reserved under the clause of the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Rail way. The Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction runs into the east of Glasgow, and is promoted by the Monklands and Kirkinfilloth Company at least is leased to them, and is to be worked by them. If the extension of the Gairrtkirk, Glasgow, and Coatbridge were to pass from the hands of his clients the Wishaw and Coltness traffic would have to pass over two other lines of railway, while if it were to be given to those whom he represented it would pass only over one property. An additional reason is given in the superiority of the stations, which will give a peculiar advan tage. But he principally relied upon the right of purchase upon which he had opened, and he thought the Caledonian Company could not make out the shadow of a case. Beside the petition of the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Company, there are the petition of Thomas ilouldsworth, Esq., and other landowners; but he be- lieved that their opposition would be of no avail. The Learned Counsel then put In the several documents, when The CHAIRMAN stated that there had been but little experience of the effect of Mr. Duncombe's resolutions, and he was therefore doubtful whether there should not be a power to revise the rates ; but it was ultimately decided that the question should be left. ... .......... Co tbrid e Company, Company, the Glasgow, Gamkirk, and a g for Thomas Ilouldsworth and others, examined Mr. Ady, as to the Mr. SergeantWasimuArg, who appeared for the Caledonianlail wayid portion of the railway that it was proposed to purchase, and his re , T B° h e nearly maps, p .o l I , e El th w at e n t t h t e o i,e r c o e v s e s i t t h y a pt o f th t e h e lines c w h ze e , w ff u n i o na t p i e d r e a n u ti v ef however, put in are on so smail a scale, that the actual position or the several lines was very indistinct; and it was agreed that abeetter map sh ou ld be put in. On examination it appeared that Baliochney, Klamannan, and the Airdrie and Monkland Junction, and the Airdrie and Bathgate Extension, were to be amalgamated with the Edinburgh and (Baum Company. l44 The whole of these amalgamations a tin,dii ci h ao a t at v ot e nb r b ui been agreed er.°Sergeant epr: upon no obtainedn ~, , . N D a. w their m w t hP:iri when the witnesst I ( _ O r n n k e i r . a , that without this Bill the stations on the Edinburgh lineangd Monkland Junction line would be manly useless. The Edinburgh and Glasgow line is two miles longer than the Coathridge line, and four miles longer than the Airdrie line. Mr. Ady's was all to the same effect, with the addition that this contested part of the rail way was made simply to relieve the traffic on the Monkland and haKick rkintillockchange line, on arriage which at this point th ere i s a great difficulty to or the cs. GROUP LXIV, 'Phis Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. Present, Mr. T. S. Buncombe (chairman), and the other lttembers. proceededwith Preceding evidence lyzxxoldiND GREAT WESTEM,N (bruy. LxNGaIZ TO ATllx,ourE) . The returns in compliance with the Chairman's resolutions having been put, in the evidence 3n support of this Bill was Sir J. Burgoyne was examined by Mr. MURPHY, arid g ave evi dence generally in favour of the line. In Some ad. _foamed. rtfurotfhethr eeßviudienwcesslnhearcorrdo,boartraetriownmofethhethe committee Th T e h c is om Co m m it m te i e onsttecemiesttethis morning of GROUP LXV. in land, Mr. Howard, Mr. Saunderson , a nd Mr. Phillips. Dr. Bow f or the ( c fraitun timean Mr. Cumber. in No. 1. The Group comprised the following Bills: — Dublin, Dundrum, and Enniskerry. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction. Great Leinster and Munster (No. I—Carlow to Kilkenny). Great Leinster and Minster (No. 2 —Kilkenny to ClOnMel). Dublin and Kingston Extension; and the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin. The Dublin, DundrEuxi, A nd znajakeay Ue Wok oil ZILILENNY TO CLONMEL). Mr. TAYLOR (with whom was Mr. Clements) opened the case on the part of the promoters of this Bill. It was not an Act which he wished to obtain for the incorporation of a new company, but for altering and amending the provisions of a Bill obtained long since. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to point out the great ad vantages which would be oonferred by the line, and the nature of the opposition given to it, when he was interrupted by The Crufamsfq,who considered that the opposition of the land owners was merely a question for compensation. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrew, that some arrange ment should be come to in the interim between Moe opposing land owners and the promoters. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at about two o'clock, In Room 1, House of Lords ; Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. There were six Bills on the list, but of these only two were dis posed of. These were the BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (TRING TO BANBURY), in which the Standing Orders were declared complied with ; and the BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON CANAL, RAILWAY, AND HARBOUR, which was also passed. Their Lordships, on resolving themselves into a Select Committee on Merits, proceeded to dispose of a list of thirteen Bills, of which, however, six only were railway Bile. Of the latter, four were sub jects of decisions. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Great North of Scotland Bill was passed, but with an amend ment, which the Committee intimated would apply to all Bann ay Bills in future. The effect of the amendment was, that at every level crossing of a turnpike or public road, there should not only be a gate across the railway or acro ,- s the road, but there should also be a lodge. We understand that it is intended to act upon this rule uni versally. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION EXTENSION (No. 3). This Bill was passed, as also was the EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (TAY FERRY). One of the almost innumerable branches of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. This Bill passed through the standing orders but a few days ago. The Committee ordered the case of the ARBROATH AND FORFAR AMENDMENT to stand over till Thursday, in order to give time for theldjust ment of some of the clauses. _ Their Lordships rose at about four o'clock and adjourned till to morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at Five o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Houte of Commons brought up several Bills. CORN-LAWS. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented petitions from Cornwall and several other places against the corn-laws. The Earl of ELDON preented petitions from Lancashire and other places to the same effect. FREE CHURCH SITES. Lord CAMPBELL presented petitions from Ayr and other places in Scotland, respecting the granting of sites for the erection of places of worship for the Free Church of Scotland. NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. The third reading of this Bill having been moved, a discus. sion ensued. In reply to a question, Lord ELLENBOROUGH said as securities were given by the parties promoting the Bill that the harbour should not be injured by the railway, the consent of the Admiralty was given to its passing in the way complained of by several Noble Lords. Lord STANLEY considered that there was no ground for postponing the decision of the Committee. Some confusion prevailed here, and after a few words from some Noble Lords, Lord CAMPBELL said that he hoped that they would read the Bill a third time. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. On re-entering we found that the amendment had been withdrawn and the Bill had been read a third time. CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. Lord DELAAIERE repeated that what he had said the other night as to his never having subscribed to the Cheshire Agri cultural Protection Society, or any other association of that sort, was perfectly true, notwithstanding what had been said by the Noble Duke on the cross benches (the Duke of Richmond). At the time when the Anti-Corn-law League sent its emis saries throughout the country distributing pamphlets to alienate tenants from landlords, and interfere with the registration, and not only with that but many other things, at that time be with many others attended a meeting at North% ich, with a view to taking measures to counteract the operations of the Anti-Corn-law League. It was true that he contributed his poor pittance, only 2.51. ' that the committee might have funds to pay for legal advice, for advertising, and such like. The Noble Earl denied, however, having been either before or after a member of the Central Agricultural - Association. Had he known at the time that the Noble Duke,,made his statement, that he was making such a state ment, he would have risen at the time ; and he did so now, at the risk of delaying important business, only that he might vindicate his own character. The Duke of RICHMOND said it seemed that Noble Lords in Chester did not hear or did not remember much. He did not charge the Noble Lord with any offence beyond what had been committed by many other Noble Lords—the changing of their opinions on the question of protection, and that the Noble Lord had been a member of a protection society. He (the Duke of Richmond) had held in his pocket since the commencement of the discussion on the corn-laws, a list of Noble Lords who had belonged to protection societies—(Laughter)—and before it had concluded he would in all likelihood read it, when it would be found very curious and instructive.—(Hear ' hear, and laughter.) In 1844 there was a large meeting in the county to which the Noble Lord belonged. It met in the Market-hall, and it was so large that it had to adjourn elsewhere.—(Hear.) the first resolution which was proposed at that meeting, and they had heard from the Noble Lord that he was present at it, a resolution was proposed to the effect that "the society be formed for the protection of agriculture, to be called the Chester Agricultural Protection Soociety," and that the society be not only formed to protect the landed interest against the destructive proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League, but also to oppose all measures that may be brought forward, having a tendency to deprive the agricultural inte rest of such protection as they are so justly entitled to.—( Laughter.) That such a society shall not interfere with any political subject except these having reference to agriculture, ' but that every endeavour shall be made to afford the tenant a return for his capital, and his labourer a " fair day's wage for a fair day's work. This resolution was moved by the Right Hon. Lord Delamere.—(Cheers and laughter). It is on that paper (continued the Noble Duke), that I rest my justification. I agree with that resolution, and was the Noble Lord who did so? Lord DEL AMERE said he attended the meeting, which was very numerously attended, so numerously that they were obliged to adjourn it; but that adjournment did not take place from the large numbers that attended, but took place from being ousted by the Anti-Corn-law League. —(Laughter. ) (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SrEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to committed : Clonmel and Thurles Railway Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway Great Southern and We,•ern Railway (Cork Extension) Killarney Junction Railway Mallow and Fermoy Railway Thomson's Charity Estate Waterford, Wexford, Wi REPOcklow, RTS and Dublin Railw a y. The reports on the following Bills were brought up, the alterations and amendments agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed : Banffshire Railway Caledonian Railway (Dundyvan Branch) Hertford and Hatfield Railway London and Birmingham Railway (St. Alban's and Luton Branch) North British Railway (Gretna Branch) St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable Railway Schoolmaster's Widows Fund Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway (Crick heath and Worn Lines) Stockton Gas. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY (GLASGOW TERMINI AND BRANCHES) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Argyll Canal. Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway. Blackburn, Clitberoe, and North-Western J unc ti on R a il way. Edinburgh Paving. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway. Glasgow, Southern Terminal Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Polio° and Govan Branch). Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway. Grand Junction Railway (Huyton and Aston and other Branches). Grand Junction Railway ( Huyton and Warrington Branch). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, and Grimsby Docks Consolidation. Harrogate Waterworks. Heywood Waterworks. Lancashire and Yorkshire North Eastern Railway. Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction Rail- way London and Croydon Railway (Thames Junction Branch) Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway (Chapel Hall Branch) Morayshire Railway Morecombe Harbour and Railway Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Norfolk Railway Extensions (Yarmouth Extension) Portbury Pier and Railway (No. 2) Scottish Central Railway (Denny Branch) South Wales Railway (No. 2) Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Greenhill Branch) Yeovil Markets and Fairs Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY BILL. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order o - fthe - dayfOr — the report on the South Eastern Railway (No. 2--Greenwich Railway to Chilham, near Can terbury, with branches) Bill being read, Mr. HUME said it was a question whether both the con tending lines should be submitted back again to the Committee, and that was the only way in which the justice of the case could be met. Another course, and perhaps the best, would be to postpone the consideration of both schemes to the ensuing session. These were the views that he entertained on the question. Sir G. COCKBURN said the Admiralty had done that which, under the circumstances they thought best to pursue. Their opinion was that going through Greenwich Park should not be allowed till further experiments were made as to the effects on the Observatory. They ought, in his °piton, either to commit both Bills, or postpone them till another year. The Admiralty, entertaining the views it did, had made the report which had been referred to. Sir R. H. INGLIS said he defied any one to read Professor Robinson's report without being satisfied that there was the greatest danger to the accuracy of the observations at Green wich if the tunnel through the park was allowed. He spoke not as to the merits of the two schemes, but to the important question of the Observatory. He thought, how ever, they ought to place the the South-Eastern Company in the same position they were in before they had altered their scheme in deference to the wishes of the Admiralty. Mr. ESCOURT briefly snpported the decision of the Com mittee. He referred at some length to the report of the Com mittee on the Bill, and held that if the Committee had de cided otherwise than they did that the project of the South- Eastern Company would have been mutilated and valueless. After a few words from Mr. AGLIONI3Y, Mr. PROTHEROE defended the proceedings of the Com• mine*, and stated that they selected the South-Eastern project because it was . of a far superior character to the line projected by the North Kent. The North Kent lino would have interfered to a great extent with orna mental property Rear the rettrerello, wha's the 6o'ath• MESMERIC SURGERY. A surgical operation, performed by Dr. Loysel, at Chei. bourg, on the 27th of May last, upon a mesmerized patient,. has produced in that place an extraordinary sensation. The particulars, as they appeared in the Journal de Cher bourg, signed and at tested by the Sous-Prefect, the maritime authorities, the principal medical men, and many distin guished inhabitants of the place, who were present at the operation, are as follows : " At 40 minutes past 4 P. m. of the day above named, Dr. Loysel, assisted by Dr. Gibon and three other medical men, performed, with remarkable talent and complete success, the operation hereafter described, upon a patient named Franfois Bayssett, aged 18, who was previously placed in a state of mesmerism and absolute insensibility. " Since four o'clock the patient, being placed in an arm chair, had been brought into the necessary state by M. De lente, by whom he had been several times mesmerised. After about two minutes, the eyes of the patient closed by gentle degrees ; the upper eyelids, agitated by a gentle trembling, rested firmly against the ball of the eye, which appeared con vulsed under the eyebrow; the muscles of the neck gently relaxed, the head inclined backward, and rested upon the back of the chair. The patient had his arms crossed upon his chest, and his countenance bespoke the most absolute quietude. At this juncture the mesmerizer experimented upon the sensibility of the patient by puncturing the flesh repeat edly, but of which he appeared quite unconscious "In the meantime, Dr. Loysel bad prepared his instru ments, and the medical assistants were ready to aid the operator. At 4b. 40m. the first incision was made, extend ing from the binder part of the left lower jaw to beneath the 53 mphisis of the chin. The operator then dissected with great caution, and speedily oridicated a mass, consisting of seven glands united, of which the largest was of the form and size of an egg. "The first dissection, notwithstanding the skill with which it was executed, did not last less than ten minutes, and during that time the patient continued in a state of utter in sensibility to pain, his features manifesting no motion, but continuing perfectly calm to such a degree as to denote the total absence of the smallest suffering. Nevertheless, several of the spectators, unable any longer to endure the sight which this dreadful operation presented, quitted the apartment. "The pulse ,of which the state was ascertained previous to the operation, remained the same during and afterwards (84), and the heavings of the chest continued in a regular manner, and in perfect harmony with the beating of the heart. "After an interval of a few minutes rest, the Doctor ef fected a fresh incision on the right side, extracting in the like manner two other glands, the patient remaining the same as during the first operation, maintaining a state of calm immo bility altogether inexpressible. " The two operations lasted altogether, including the in terval of repose, 29 minutes. After which one of the spec. tators, who appeared particularly interested by this pheno menon, questioned the patient in the following manner : " How do you find yourself?'—' Quite well, Sir.' " Do you suffer now ; I saw you suffered but a little while ago ?'—' Not at all, Sir.' " At 31 minutes after five the dressing of the wounds com menced, which continued till three minutes before six, when it was accomplished; then everything calculated to make a disagreeable impression upon the patient was removed from the apartment; and, having washed and adjusted his dress himself, he was awakened by his mesmerizer in less than a minute. " Restored to the ordinary state of life, with all the appa rent calmness of a comfortable existence, the patient daclared to the numerous witnesses of the operation, who interrogated him upon the subject, with a lively emotion, that he had no knowledge or recollection whatever of what had just passed, that he was free from pain, and that, without the bandages which enveloped his head, he should have had no idea that the operation had been performed; and after having affec tionately thanked the operator, the mesmeriser, and the medical gentleman, he retirlid and proceeded on foot, and without any support, to his residence at Egneurdreville, about half a league from Cherbourg." LLOYD'S SHIPPING. The following communication has been received at Lloyds— " Admiralty, June 12, 1846. " Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith, for the informa tion of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyds, a Copy of a Letter from the Officer commanding the surveying vessel Philomel, relative to the Master and crew of the Adler, of Hamburg. " I am, sir, your most obedient servant, " W. DOBSON, Esq., Lloyds." " Her Majesty's Surveying Vessel Philomel, " Devonport, June 9, 1846. "Sir,—Her Majesty's Surveying Vessel Philomel, under my command, in latitude 6 deg. 33 min. south, and longitude 30 deg. 50 min. west, fell in with a boat containing seven persons, one of whom informed me that he was Master of the schooner Adler, of Ihnburgh, and that the rest were his orew ; that his vessel foundered in latitude 4 deg. 30 min. south. They were rc'ceived on board the Philomel, and on the following day (9th May) the crew accased the Master of having caused the loss of the vessel, nn which he committed suicide by jumping overboard. Every exertion was used to save his life, but without success. The crew I have landed at Falmouth. " I have the honour to be, &c. &c. (Signed), "B. J. SULLIVAN, Commander. "Admiral Sir Johu West, K. C. 8., Commander-in-Chief." FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Martin, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheapside— first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City. G. Goddard, tea dealer, Leicester—first div. of ss. in the pound, oa any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City. T. Mair, merchant, Broad-street-buildings, City—a div. of 27-64ths of a penny in the pound, on Thursday, June 11, and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate- street. T. Lupton, flax spinner, Leeds—a div. of ss. in the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Clough, chemist, Huddersfield—first div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. Edwards, woollendraper, Huddersfield—first div. of 2s. fid. in the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Roberts, fanner, Derwen• hall, Denbighshire—first div. of 2s. 3d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. P. Owen, miller, Liverpool—first div. of 3s. in the pound, ou any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. J. Mallalieu, cotton spinner, Halifax—final div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound (making, together with the former div., 10s. sd. in the pound), on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Houghton, builder, Birmingham—first div. of ls. d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. G. James, draper, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—first div. of Is. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. R. Warr, auctioneer, Beaminster, Dorsetshire—final div. of 3d. in the pound (in addition to 7s. 6d. in the pound pre viously paid ), on any day after June 15, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. J. Austen, draper, Devonport—first div. of ss. in the pound, on any day after June 15, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Jay, builder, London-wall, July 3, at two—G. Boggs, W. Taylor, and W. Shand, jun., merchants, Great Win chester-street, City, July 6, at twelve—G. Boggs, merchant, July 6, at twelve. _ _ In the Country. R. Headington, laceman, Liverpool, July 2, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—O. Hughes, linendraper, Holyhead, July 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court— vlr. G. Taylor and E. Guy, hosiers, Liverpool, July 3, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—G. P. Payne, dealer in nautical instruments, Liverpool, July 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Blundell, pawnbroker, Wigan, Lancashire, July 7, at twelve, at the Manchesetr District Court—J. Nicholson, linendraper, Blackburn, Lancashire, July 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—C. Reesby, miller, Stamford, Lincolnshire, July 7, at half past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Hoare, apothecary, Alstonfield, Staffordshire, July 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court--J. Cotton, rope maker. West Retford, Nottinghamshire, July 3, at eleven, at the Cutler's hall, Sheffield—J. Higson, hosier, Leeds, July 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Snell, chemist, Caister. Lincoln shire, July 1, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Hull—T. Nash, inn keeper, Stansfield, Yorkshire, July 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. H. Walduck, chemist, New Bond-street, July 7.—T. Cooper, umbrella manufacturer, New Bond street, July 3-- J. Knox, carpenter, Black Horse yard, Kond-street, julv 3 —C. Pitt, licensed victualler, Bristol, July 6—J. R. Croft, commission merchant, Liverpool, July 3—R. Foulkes, cattle salesman, Songhton, Flintshire, July 3-0. Hughes, linen draper, Holyhead, July 3—E. Hill, hosier, Stourpo r t, Wor cestershire, July 9—W. Nash, grocer, Oldbury, Shropshire, July 4—T. Harrison, victualler, Birmingham, July 4—T. Sutton, jun., draper, Atherston, Warwickshire, July 14—R. Freeman, hosier, Edward's-street, Portman-square, July 3 W. Harding, cotton manufacturer, Stockport, July 3—E. Todd, warehouseman, Bow Church-lane, July 3—J. C. Bar ratt, carver, Strand, July 3—J. S. Gregson, grocer, Man chester, July 3—H. Ward, paper manufacturer, Widford mill, Oxfordshire, July 3—M. T. Knight, upholsterer, Bath, July 3—R. Cann, bootmaker, Woolwich, July 3—J. Clough, chemist, Huddersfield, July 3—J. Linnit, goldsmith, Argyll place, Regent-street, July 3—S. Hutchinson, stockbroker Bradford, July 3—T. Lupton, flax spinner, Leeds, July 3 T. K. Rowbotham, book. keeper, Huddersfield, July 8. Al' ' rl ) l7l ' iggl P A DISorVE'D. H. Palmer and W. W.L. 011ard, attorneys, Upwell, Cam bridgeshire—J. Benstead and W. Star, Hamilton-mews, Lis son-grove—E. E. Pontifex and J. Barnett, coppersmiths, Great Dover-street, Southwark—J. Faning and J. Wey mouth, stationers, Plymouth—M. Wiseman and T. Cole, n coach-makers, High-street, Kensington—.W. Warwicropaped, T. C. Gotland, drapers, Cambridge—C. Hoppe, C-_ E. r ide E well - Pre and J. Hoppe, coal merchants, Pig's-quay, W Ilkley, Throgmorton-street--G. W. Dean and i . cinct—W. Casterton and F. S. Dixon, attorneysißAngel-court, silver smiths, High-street, Southwark—J. W St ' a l ton and H. Newton, Moul trie, attorneys, Aldermanbury— j. C.Trent—W. M•Lean and cement manufacturers, Burton-up Frith Tte.lock and C. lan°lchester—E. Hewson and A. Dinwoodie, stockbroker! and Adwal ton, Yorkshire—M. and M. Webster, coal merchants, . Bli:oirslintcoa_stle., Lincolnshire—:F. Bristol —S. W hew and E. C. Grant news newspaper E. H. Needham and Paxton, dress makers proprietors—F. _ architects, Sheffieldn—uff. May Huntingdon—G. Humphrys, A. Keightly, W. Parkin,P, 1,. Cunliffe, and H. A. Beaumon, attorneys (so far as regards G. Humphrys and W. Parkin )—W. Evershed, J. Fames W. Sus sex. Farnes, and W. Evershed, jun., s oap ma u f ' n acturers, Cliffe, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John Anderson and Alexander Brown, smiths, Glasgow, June 16, and July 7, at twelve, at the chambers,,of Mr. Burnet, Glasgow THE FATALZCCIDENTIN CHELSEA REACH.—On Saturday, Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, opened an in coiry at the Red House Tavern, Battersea fields, into the circumstances attending the deaths of three persons, a gentle man and two married women, whose lives were sacrificed by the accidental upsetting of a boat on Thursday evening last. The names of the deceased are James Clark, aged seventeen, a highly respectable young man, articled to a civil engiceer, Charlotte Collinson, aged twenty-seven, the wife of a cab-driver, and Elizabeth Bunce, aged twenty eight, the wife of a fishmonger. The jury, without having the room cleared, returned a verdict of Accidental Death in each case. The present exhibition of the Royal Academy has also its railway features. There Is a capital likeness of the railway king, George Hudson, a half-length ; another half-length of Robert Stephenson, and a whole length of Joseph Locke, with the riband of the Legion of Honour. All are faithful and otrikilig portraits.—Rag war Read. WHAT THE PRINCE MUST NOT SEE, What can this be ? Much has been said and written and printed on what the Prince Consort ought to see on his intended visit to Liverpool, and projects are afloat, and rumours circulated, and hopes' entertained of . his going to one place and another place within forty was! an d rays! . of Liverpool, as if he had nothing to dO ,here, needs go " killing time" in various side-ex'curslonsjus.;, to prevent ennui. Many will be the disapp‘ any such fancies are really indulged in ; for She h°ll/ 0 1 and minutes during which his Royal Highns.Vs w d be able to be absent from the palace are so tatnl e h out that the only difficulty will be hew to get titre 1.!13_ the programme within the assigned limits : so much , n,a! ~ntinents he to ;so much has he to see, But one tiling . 1 i: really must be prevented from seeing, clen a s e ee him . in the very act ; we mean the smoke, the massive, black, heavy, dirty, suffocating, dt_•line's sw e n , ing, begriming clouds of unconsumed carbon ' in interminable volumes from the summits of the h I n— : a of . the countless smoke boats on the river Merss, yaw's nuisance intolerable all around the heads and show of the residents here ; disgraceful to us in the eyes') -- e t ; and the mouths, too, of visitors from every part of a world ; injurious to the public health ; destructor.. to all pleasure in the vicinity of the pierheads parades, damaging to any thing like decent, nn i f Or it will blow to say, elegant dress ; and which, in the crowds o ,pbere smoke-boats which will blacken the whole atm°. of the Mersey on the 30th and 31st July, w ill pitl d havoc with the gay attire, spleedid unifofires , . fe d waving plumes of the Prince and _his steam distinV isiLe friends. There WA3 a time when there n',ere some: r boats on the river ; smoke, from them, wat, hardly of perceptible ; and it is as well known as ' the s'ltn a the Tea n-hall itself, that no smoke need to L'e "kne re r ts tible, if the ready, simple, and undeniably plrin of Mr. Joseph Williams be only at once .eilg te ?; which can immediately be done, entirely at Mr. Wt l u s t be own cost, till found to answer completely. There A " I to a no cavilling about this now. The fact is reducet, the mere display of very discreditable obstinaeY en part of any proprietor of a smoke boat or a smoke tory, who, by the black ensign he issues from.ll alotr! declares that he will glory in smoke • that N e „t3vaioud fuel ; tha 6 ._ pend more money than he is required to do l'or he will defile the air and annoy his neighbou Vs, and thas at he will do all this, as a wiseacre in Parliansei said he would, " till he was compelled by 'AN to St° P, the nuisance and to save his fuel." We say the,`. 'null' be no cavilling about this, and we refer, withe't pe slightest fear of being contradicted on this I N to the unquestionable evidence to be exarrri. nee on the subject at the following places, 10 3( is proofs are so glaring that he who 0 31 may read : furnaces may there be seen in full gle",! with steam superabundant, but no smoke —Joseph FIT" cher and Co., tobacco manufacturers, 3, Sir Thomas a . " soi nger buildings ; W. Skirving, Nursery Walton ; and Mann, saw mills, Seel-street c - M. nutchins.4? ropery, Lodge-lane; D. Chadwick, dittG i editto t ; V ' s a s n v — s ui Dut ton, cabinet-makers, Great George-street '+ ina""l Co., cigar manufacturers, Manesty-lane; Evortone: saw mills, Stanhope-street ; BootleWaterWorks. J. Lawrence, brewery, St. James'-street 9, 11 : 1 1‘. and . Hartley, spirit, &c., depot, 100, Duke-st. reef ' toe Neville, brassfounder, Ranelagh-street ; E. anti 'tam,. bacco-maufacturer, .25, Whitechapel. There are • -- m g • proofs at Prescot, Northwich, Sheffield, and Manch. . 6 7 -- nc i but our object at this moment is so entirely local, urgent, that we will not go beyond the limits o f ye p J. :We ol and Co., town,. where the parties who have adopted the plan 116 . .f• certified, and will certify, not only the complete c a we d the the nuisance, but the saving of money, by the reduc consumption of fuel.—Liverpool Mercury. RAILWAY SH A RE MARKETS' MANCHESTER, Juisz 13. 5 r• -- STOGIE EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn and Preston, - vx.• t r Derby and Crewe,p.—East Lancashire, 3 p.—Exe-e- aildi' ..„. 611 0 mouth, I ls. dis.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, Stc., Union, dis.— Liverpool and Bury, 9—Ditto, New, 1 pi er Os' chester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), Leeds, Sixteenths, 9—North Staffordshire, 4% —EIIIO_,Y tingdoia, 18s. 3d.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters , auLfr Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% dis.—Soutts-r:' Dover, Halves (No. 4), ls.—West Lancashire Cita St, 31) t 6. LEEDS, JUNE 13. fro. Srocs EXCHANGE.—The Share Markets continue Un al l i e l ria lli from speculation ; the fluctuations in prices are iherefore rLoaneell lessened, and the business limited in extent. Polities sir -And the have in a great measure ruled the trade during the Tree.„ist v istrl ati nervousness of the publie on the subject of a change , of ." the present unfavourable season is ver apparent. It gh ":„N.l, oe .„A London, politics looked a little smoother; this improved i"` first-class scrips, say North Staffordshires, West Ridings ; London and Birminghams were not quite 5 _ , wt." but other heavy stocks were Much the same. The re, is CO'ri, existing lines contrast very favourably when compared with a e d sponding period of last year, and the probability of enlarge d p terms ermanent] y-incrcasing dividends has prevented decline to tIT4 "lob. which the uncertainty of political matters would otherwise ,ays,. created, even in old stocks. The London and York COlvPanY e 2„.tng• since my last, proved the preamble of their Bill, without s . s =l. any alteration in the price of Midland or Eastern Countie. The receipts of the latter for the past week amounted to the (tf t l i id., Leeds Extensions() ,eo.. 4; unprecedentedly large sum of 10,0001. and upwards. while t i &ADP lands realised nearly 20,0001. In French shares vs* little yet and prices rather lower. The sales are—Easter n Countie,! ! do Extensions, 9 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield E.Nitensions. —Huddersfield and Sheffield, 5% e and Bradfora,,fivof: p.—Leeds Dewsbury, I% p. Leedscash and TiLirek. 5 % Midland: New, 13 p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, .17s. 6d. rus; 4 , Buckinghamshire, 43, dis.—Chelmsford and Bury, 17s. get . . d_is•„ —L A t e g . and York, 21s. dis.—London and Manch e st e r (R a strick), orth Manchester. Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 12s. tid. Staffordshire, 3% p.—North Western, 2s. p.—SOutil Midland. dis.—West Riding Union, 41. 6s. - SHEFFIELD, Jurre 13. Stocx Excasnoz.-The sales are-Midland, W. Shares, ao% - Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, 18s. dis.-North Western , 6d.ille• NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Juana 13. STOCK ExCBANGE.-The sales are-LiverpOol. Disr.nchester, and Newcastle Junction, 115. die.-North British, Bs. 6d. pg . ' North Staffordshire, 338 p. YORK, JUNE 13. 'Fork EEO" STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties', • sion, 1-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), lls. 9. 1 . - 7nr4 11 1. shire and North Yorkshire, 11. 75.-Leicester and Bedford, ~, 16 ;e 1 c, ton and Driftield Junction, 2/. 65.-Manchester, Buxton , tl and Midland, 21. 14s. 6d. -Newcastle and Berwick, 25-N r t7 and Darlington Extensions, 8/. 18s. 9d.-North British, Ca ,e tension, 1%-North Western, 1/. 25.-Welsh Midland , 1i• S s. As* Riding Union, 41 U.-York and North Midland, Ne w West Riding), 101. 16s. 3d. EDINBURGH, luxe 12. Aberdeen, .-- STOCK EXCHANGE .- The sales are-Aberdeen, 3 1 • 105 te 3 • 7 s' Banff, and Elgin, 11. Os. 6d.-Airdrie and Bathg e ', 5 / . Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares , Armagh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galley - q e ifast Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir, 2/. 45.-Banffshire, 16 5 .:" 6 d.-Ctio" County Down, 1/. 155.-British and Irish Union, 21. • 4s. IL donian, 111.-Ditto, New, 1/. 195.-Caledonlan Axterasiorlsortioro Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Caledonlan and' helm Direct, 11. 145.-Caruwath and West Linton, IL 3 _e• - td efe l 2 . and Bury, 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 131.-Cortny l f,, 1. Central, 1/. 10s.-Deeside Railway, U.-Direct 1•10 11 „'',, --- ,. Ith, o' 4 -Dublin and Enniskillen, 1/. 10s.-Dundee and . 1 ' 1 ,'16 5 ...Za n . : -Ditto, New, 211 . 55.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, yaste", dee and Perth, 171. 53.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, V,,' --- _Eaat,7 Counties Extension, 11. U.-East Indian Railway, &I. , I" Fife, I/. 11s.-East Lothian Central and Tyno Valley J'", "butfe w '' 6e.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 38 .- Edinburgh ant.' pate , 751.-Ditto, Half Shares, 17/. 108.-Ditto, Quarters, IP "- Zdi n. ditto, aNnedw Leith, r Northern, 181.-Edinburgh s 86nGd E , r. d ea-din i Inb. Edinburght ü b oi r u r nog ,sh g . iti-Ditto, pttortho A ,rth t an: m , r o le s of p esr h .l e n r r i bbuurrgglhi, 151. P P o e r e t b o l b e tlo l , i. an i cl is M . M.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 73/. 10s.-Ditto. N dir e C vrS d ie :Y ek: ul7- 5 1-2 2 b°1 0 1 7 1 6 1 i . -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/. 10s.-Glasgow Belfast rElitan. 4. : 4 Dun -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. Is. 6c1.-Glasgoss' e n j t ogoi'r dee Junction, 1/. 125.-Glasgow land Garnkirk, 40/. lOC General Terminus, 9/. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. lt'",, , a rbota 15s. -Glasgow Stock, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 11155.-Glasgow Grand Junction, 1/. 10s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, H. 15 % 'OOO , gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 11. 125.-Glasgow, stra , „one' and Lesmahagow, 21. Bs.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great s od Down, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Great North of Spotland, 11. 135.-Invell2t and Elgin, I/. Is. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 35.-Larne, Began , dam Ballymena, 65.-London, Bristol, and Seuth Wales, 198. - - 1 r .64.• and Hounslow, 155.-London and Manchester (East, 3 1 - 1 1,011 r -London and Manchester (Remington's), 155.-London and , es . 2/. 4s. 6d.-Ditto. Half Shares, 21.-Midland and Eastern Counjtud 11. IN.-Morayshire, 11.-Newcastle and Berwick, 25/.-Newq,„ 6- ..... Londonderry, 11.-North British, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 11L Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 1/. 11s. 6d.- Ditto, Extension to keith, 61. 55.-North Staffordshire, 6/. 155.-North Wales 141- las.-Ditto, New, 6/. 10s.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 11. 138. -Perth and Inverness, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 151. 17a. Ditto, New, 71. 55.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junct.lol2, 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.- Scottish Midland, 71.- ScOttha Southern, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 9s.- ShrewsVO l Y , Oswestry, and Chester, 3/. 65.-South Midland, 11. 7s. 6d.-Stinl t !‘_,, and Dunfermline, 11. 1 Is. 6d.- Stirling and Midland, 2/. 25 • -- too Strathearn Junction, it. DX-Surrey Grand Junction, 108.-.-W " and Coltness, 51/. GLASGOW, JUNE 13. 62 6 STOCK Excnalloz.—The sales are—.Airdrie and Batligato.... — Carnwath and West Linton, 225. —East Indian Railway, Bs, ."` 4 6 d, Glasgow General Terminus, 91.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 400 , Lesmahagow, 49s.—Scottish Central, 161.—Scottish Southern, 366 ' South Midland, 265. FOREIGN FRIIIT.—The arrivals of fruit by steer?: ships from Holland, Belgium, and France, the latter especial?: 2.".7_ time for Saturday morning's markets, were of so extensive a n t"„:: and at this , ally period of the season, as require particular nil; The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, Omar, fO ra _....s, terdam, brought the very large number of 894 baskets of cher..:z: the production of Holland. The same company's ship. Venez u i , from Havre, brought 191 baskets of fruit, consisting, we believes- the Dutch steam .. entirely of cherries, the growth of France, Ant werpen, from Antwerp, with 12 baskets, the P u T t l e 1 continent for Batavia, from Rotterdam, 16 baskets, the growth of H . o c u e an o _d i3e and it r m So large a quantity of cherries being imported from _ _ one days markets, is we believe stub'unprecedengrowatraz!t; completely to stock them, before those of ho me of ripe for use. The cherries are spoken must ffi being most excellent be given to those or quality, although the preference French production, which itnd can well afford, cone', a g enres excellence of other productions, Bering her great utility and g A and the fact of their being first in the forwardness of the continental crops, and of mirket is a proof of the i. it made available for the early supply of in the staple article of too- , the manner In which 1 place within these few days, each having sev'ea—____ In addition to these extensive supplies, th e fruit to this countg;ges i•erema ae rk a t e ti l e o f r this fruit and extensive arrivalofpine-apples fr°4 continue, several arrivals of vessels from _ l4 :, "k f ej this delicious fruit on board. What with the hundred boxes 0 y flue this year, and il av° e l c i iht condition a tinuod otiPP t i si n o u u P tih r f t h r ia t m v i ° I n s e: f foreign countries at present form quite a feature of command a mach more r• - _,,,. munerating price than has hitherto been the case, the fruits suPPl icw-: l u n c d h ies e ' xc w el h i terest and importance in our markets. athrreivWedesltn such BIRTS'. On the 10th inst., i n Southampton-s H treet, Fitsroy-square, Kennel], of a son. lifts• J ° On the 10th inst., at Woolwich, the lady of Captain Lethbridg e ' Royal Artillery, of a son. On the 7th i nst., at Glassell, Aberdeenshire, the lady of Capes Leith, R.N., o f a daugnter. On the 9th i nst., at Park-grove, Brixton, daughter. On the 10th i ns t ., the wife of Mr. Thomas Lucas, of Radnor Folkestone, of a danghter. On the 10th inst., the lady of Lieutenant G. Congdon, It 5 1 . ef• daughter. On the 11th inst., at Torrington .square, the wif e of John Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, of a son. of Jo hn On the 11th inst., at York-street, Portman-square, the lady Neeld, Esq., M.P., of twins, boy and girl. lilts. Alfred Shore, ei On the sth inst., at Tavistock-place, Mrs. Lacy, of a son. mir y. Oil the 7th inst., the wife of John Leeson, Esq., of Fins square, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, the wife of Captain S' •811- son, military paymaster, Bombay, of a daughter. t On the 9th inst., in Myddelton-square, Mrs. T. Glover, of a son•_ On the 9th inst., the wife of W. P. Frith, Esq., Charlotte - St"' Fitzroy-square, of a daughter. On the 11th inst , at Snow-hill, the wife of the Rev. John Col l " - wood, of Christ's Hospital, of a son. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at Trieste, John Bryce, Esq., to Matilda, daugh ter of Basil Freeland, Esq. On the 4th inst., at St. Stephen's Church, Islington, Lieuterter James May, 11th Madras Native Infantry, to Eliza Smith, clang of the late Robert George, Esq., of Rochester. DIED. Ott the sth inst., at Mulgravo House, Limerick, Mr. S. Lafilbert. On the llth Inst., Ann, the wife of Mr. D. Winton, of Sydenhani. On the 12th hilt., Samuel Haynes, Esq., of St. James's-stree t. On the 12th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Sarah Long. Oa the 12th inst., at Greenwich Hospital, Fanny Elizabeth. Il e second daughter of John Whitmarsh, Esq. • On the 13th inst., Mr. J. Draper, of Haberdasher-street, Tfoxton._ 2, London: Printed and Published by hITTILDO YOUNG, of N 1 o. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the rree'....,,n. of the sAyon la tho Couaty of Ailddlcoos. WWI% in". 7 1110,