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i . ; ~... ; .~..,~ GRAVESWD STAR and BLACKWALL Packet and Railway Pare PACKETS included in one payment upon every PIERS . 11 .—No other Packets call at Pa.ssage the GRAY'S or GREENHITHE FROItI THE NEW TER!LtCE PIER, GRATESEND. WEEK DAYS.—At 7, 71, 8%, 9%, 113, 1,2, 3, 4,5, 6,63 w, 7 %; and 8. SU! DAYS.--At 7, 71, 8%, 11%, 1, 2,;..3, 4, 5. 6. 6%, 7,7%, and 8. FROM - THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, ELACKWALL. Ike - Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of these times. WEEK DAYS.—At 9, 93%, 1036, 11, 11%, 12, 1%, 2%, 33.5, 6,7, and 1%. SITNOAYS.—At 8%, 9,9%, 10%, 11, 1%, 236, 3%, 4%, 5, 0 4 aud 7%. _ . Fares.--Tqpr from Lenden—Fore pabin, and Second Class Rail : **Y. 9d.; Saloon and First Class Railway, Is. To or from Blackwell and intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ; Saloon, 9d. Packets for Eficuislons.--Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Star Office, l r enchurch-street Terminus of the Blackwell Railway. Tickets.—For Twelve months, 41. 45.; Six months, 2/. 15s. ; Three Months, 11.155. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; • Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ;or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns ' wick -wharf, Blackwell. STEAM TO NEW YORK. Lver The GREAT WESTERN; steam ship, B. B. MATTHEWS, :C ommander, will start for New York, from i the Coburg Dock, th e 2 Pool, at halti-p.ist Eleven o'clock, on the morning of SATURDAT, sth instant. 4 Passengers are respectfully requested to be on board by Ton o'clock. Luggage should be sent on board the day previous. Fare, 30 Guineas ; Steward's Fee, i , Guinea. • For freight or passage apply, at London, to Mark Pinkerton, 65, Cornhill; at Bristol, to W.- M. Bennett, Seetetary, Princes-street ; • at Glasgow, H. B. Webb, Glassford-street ; or, at 'Liverpool, to Gibbs, Bright, and Co., $, North John-street. .GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that the next HALF-YEARLY • 4 ENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company beheld pursuant •to the- Act of Parliament,' in Bristol, at the Bristol Station, on THURSDAY, the 13th of August next, at Twelve 'o'clock, for the general purposes of business. The chair will be taken at Otte o'clock precisely. C. , Chairman. The Transfer Books will be closed on the USSELL 3d of August, and will n " be opened until after the said Half-yearly Genial Meeting on the 13th of August. CIIAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, Ju1y16,1846. PORT OF `WISBEACH, PgTERBOROUGH, BozmINGIIAM, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES UNION 4 • 4 ILWAy. Al persons having; any Claims against the above Company are . equested forthwith to s a nd 'ln the particulars thereof to the under-- Pi ged, at his Office , 3, Crown-court, .014 Broad-street, London, i n rer that the same be examined by the Committee appointed for the p nv estigation and discharge of all just demands against the said __Zated the 26th...TRuhreC,1118A4R6D. FORD, Sohcitcr to the Committee, NOTICE. • NVERNE as arid ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee of Management of the Inverness and Elgin jure . h ° ,n r tglway lier..by t MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS, to be h eld Within t h e C ompan y' s Office, in Inverness, on MONDAY, the 3d usY of August next, at Ten o'clock, A.M., in terms of the Act 9th a nd 10th Victoria, chap. 28, entitled "An Act to facilitate the disso lution of certain Railway Companies," for the purpose of deter . ntl ning whether the said Company shall be dissolved. Parties holding and producing Scrip or Receipts are entitled to be Present, and to vote personally or by proxy, duly constituted in terms of the said Act. JAMES SUTHERLAND, f Chairman on behalf of the Committee. Inverness, July 17, 1846. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. trucier the Especial Protection of her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Founded 1827. PRESIDENT—ABRAHAM WILDEY ROBARTS, Esq. TRUSTEES. William Taylor Copeland, Esq., Alderman, M.P. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Georze Carr Glyn, Esq. The Subscribers are reapectfully informed that a GENERAL MEETING will be hoiden at the LONDON' TAVERN, Bishopsgate street, on MONDAY, the 25th of January, 1847, for the ELECTION of ANNUITANTS. P ersons eligible as candid a t es are d ecayed merchants, bankers, Professional men, their widows and darks, and single females, daughters of such persons. Printed forms for the recommendation of candidates can be ob. !: 1 9ned of the Secretary, by whom donations and subscriptions in aid 01 the funds will be most thankfully received. STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary, Cole•nan-street, July 8, 1846. INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 17, CORNIIILL, LONOON. In corporated by Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110. • Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq , Chairman Z/ 0 . 411 ,17 1 8: Willi am Anderson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. s Lies-including lri the 's— Lives of Naval and Military Officers • / 1 3•Ing to or resident in India, or other parts of the world. 111rn rates of premium much lower than in any existing Corn • A s tle of rates adapted to army class of policy holders. 14 1 , 4 n r ,ances affected daily, on application at the Office. Paired state of health admitted in policies on Invalid Lives Premium for 1001. Half Premium Table. A, ----,, ' O . .Irst Seven Remainder A „. First Seven 1 Remainder `Years. of Life, --6 ' - ' Years. 1 of Life. __- -- - 1 0 4s. d. £s. d. Xs. d. £s. d. I 4 1 0 2 2 .0 4 50 2 14 5 5 8 10 ~!) 1 15 10 211 8 60 411 0 92 0 -\..._ 1 15 9 3 11 6 GEORGE N. WRIGHT, M. A., Manager. REGISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH, 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 65. 4 att o ° , l ted by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, the Loliet,„2 . : wellington, and the following distinguished visitors to this — The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the King of of the King of Saxony, the King of H o ll an d, P r i nce Willi am mho "4 ' i a, and Sen ,.. further honoured by the continued patronage of all mad an unaffected gentlemanly appearance. The cloth is 'lama Wool, a fabric most agreeably soft and elastic to the ''Orre s ;.„... 4n d Is one-third the weight of ordinary woollen clothes, but it 1 "N)ell e ,, ds in shades of colour. It is very durable, and naturally a t of rain, yet so porous as to admit of a due escape of exces tllfth.,,,." -stno,.. with the very moder:d. once TZVPab...`, renders the Registered Paletot worthy toi, ot can be purchased In London, of the Patentees only, at their 114, Regent-street, and'22, Cornifill, bAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES, Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .6.6 d.; Yellow .ortp, 46 2 52,, 5Ss Peter; Mottled, 5 - s.,and C4s.; wax C Is ^ d • Fine Wax, la. sd. ; Trims andles, Is. per lb. man, , . , Parent w ax, 1,. Eh" ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id, ; Store Candles, 5)4d. ; Xtra waxed-wick Moulds, 6 Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ; Sol ar , 3a . 3d. , Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wlnth:or Soap, 15.1 L. per packet • Palm, Is. 4d. • Old Brown Windsor, is. 9d. 11)3 e. 2s. ; Almpnd, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Hales erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf fing, 914 d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S OH Established Warehouse, 63, St. Itartin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. • JUVENILE PLEASURE. Amidst the bright steno we delightfully treasure, We witness with ccstacy juvenile pleasure Their light-hearted revels we cherish with joy, Whilst the face is illumin'd of each beautiful boy ! Oh there is not a youth, wo may venture to say, But enraptured looks forth to the bright holiday ; And amongst all the transports, and many are those, There is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes ! Now HYAM, we freely acknowledge with truth, The very best Clothing provides for each youth, Transcendently high his great name now it shines. For Hussar Suits and Tunics of novel designs At incredulous prices he now will dispose Of his splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes The..eats and Guardians are respectfully-invited to inspect the im hi%ire variety of Boys and Youths' Clothing always kept n band at s E stablishment. An immense saving in price is effected, and garment warranted as to durability, quality, and fashion. LIST OF PRICES. - A s, d. Dress Coat, braided edges • ..... ....from 1 1 0 • Surtouts. do Trousers, in cloth and doeskins , .....• 0 8 6 Trousers, in Tweed ....... ............. 0 6 6 YOU, either in cloth or fancy,Materials.. 0 4 6 SUMMER GARMENTS. Bummer Coats, in endless variety .. •• .. '1 9 6 Cashmere Ditto •• • •.• . • • .... 0 12 6 Fishing or Shooting Ditto .• • • .......... 0 7 6 °Mee Ditto ••• • • ... Blouses, in countless profusion 0 2 6 Trousers, in all the newest washing Materials ......... ..... • Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain their colour - 0 2 9 MADE TO ORDER. Dress Coats; made to measure •••• • • from 1 1() 0 Surtouts,- ditto ........ ............ . 1 15 0 Trousers, ditto ........ ...... .. •• • 0 15 0 Test, ditto .......... 0 7 0 • SUMMER GARMENTS. • The Ilyamonian Paletet, a fashionable Over-coat, made to order, extremely light and well-adapted for the present Trousers, or peculiarly light fabrics • .... 0 8 0 Vests, in rich Cashmere and printed QUiltings, Trench patterns • ••• • • . 0 7 6 . n 5 ..1 I manse Stock of Yo u ths a n d Eoy's Cl o thi ng at proport i onate .." Prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, s h ou ld h e ne t V i Prove of his purcha'e after seeing the articles a t hi s own h ouse. 440 business transacted on Saturdays until the evening. L. lIYAM, Pante.chnetheca. 36 Gracechurch-street. London. 0 6 6 QLYIIOWER I3ATFIS with CURTAINS, Os. each. Purchasers of any desaiptlon of Bath should visit Wm. S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Bath Show Booms which contains, besides toilet sets japanned in imitation of fancy woods, china, &c. , in enormous variety, all the requisites for the Beason, so arrangd in one room, devoted exclusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected, And at thirty per cent. under any other house, where attention is paid !othe quality. Full-size Portable Shower Baths, very strong and ePanned, with curtains and copper valve, 9s. each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conducting tubes, brass force-pump and top, I'2n:inlets with curtains, and japanned, from 60s. Hand Shower Baths, ;Ignued, 35. 6d. The Omni-directive Bath.—Detailed catalogues, ;, e_ l t as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per t ravings , WILL s t lA3I S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) la„.,, k pf general Furnishing Ironmongery and Baths is literally the a '',,,,4 t ee , 111 . . the world, and as no language can be employed ,to give andidea of Its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call Zstab i nect it..-3, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). ed in Wells 9 -street, 1820. S ?1-; ENDID ARRANGEMENT of LOOKING ge Bering 414 producing the effect pf a long arcade, and so bewil "fte• s ' 0 cause a doubt whether you are in London or in old " Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to pile." and. wi l t' apartment is devoted to cutting and arranging . the hair in, around another, having a beautiful view . of Naples, am on the S ons b e "r. In calling attention to their establisbn . leut, Ross and tak e no g to „ notice the advantages of their s vstem they never ° listo n „ i ' r eatices, nor young men from the country, nor object to Bon h‘W r n a , asking for the same man to wait upon th . em.. Every per- Wast i , d . 'ean brushes, they never being used . twice without being Adar,', a nd Parties are not pres ed to buy things they do not want. , ao Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who ---,..z s zl.!sson s in hair dressing. VALUABLE FAMILY MEDICINE. ITUNT'S APE/tIENT FAMILY PILLS ; Of th, a most excellent Medicine for Bilious Complaints. Disorders Ile a t ' h Stomach and Bowels, Habitual Costiveness, Indigestion, Nit,: ; .„ -- 5 4 r. 1 . 1 ., Pains and Giddiness of the Head, Influenza, Worms, gems, Nervous and Dropsical Complaints. ei4toi. u Pwards of forty-five years have these Fills obtained the tin iaeln'ed. a PProbation of the public in general, among whom may be le sollaci f amilies of distinction and medical men. Their composition .d eiir, er falY excellent, and their beneficial effects hare been so widely e r l e y . en d that the proprietors feel the greatest confidence_ lENT APt l ired them as one of the MILDEST and MOST EFFIC p EI 'TT FAMILY MEDICINES ever cffered to the public. 44 4 1118 require no confinement nor alteration of diet, and are oiler al to every variety of age and constitution. They seldom r ate until 4414, 1 . 4 eight or ten hours after taken, and then gently. They el tone of the stomach, strengthen the digeBt i"organs, of theaerall 7;a bowels of all impurities, and promote the due secretion a. liver and of the kidneys, and by invigorating the system g or,,Lucorne an invaluable restorative of health to both sexes. valti t bi of the ARMY and NAVY will find these Pills an In triedi..alaPPendage to their medicine chests, as they retain their 144,tn virtues in all climates. I'll 4 Le s , even of th e mos t d e li ca t e * constitutions, will find these no _Particularly beneficial, both before and after their confinement; s pools they be too highly recommended for the general use o f ~ di ti,„, Te r es,h are also an excellent preparatory in the use of me- waty sza.-bathing, &c. g :-%,Pared and sold by Messrs. Hunt (the original Proprietors), 65, )44, 1 111teny_ 5tr ...... Bath • and sold, wholesale and retail, by side; '„ l6 ,arcla3- and Son, 95, ' Farringdon-street ; Butler, 4, Cheap- N'ewb,,Z,`t° , 2, 10, P,ow Church-yard; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's ; by 4 , 11 72" , 4 •), !At. Paul's ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-stviet, London ; and mitgrUetcav2q_refnuln town4"..Pectable medicine vendors in the metropslis and provincial to tta it eci th i a an t t e he ata n nt am p es and address of the Proprietors are -.4 . around each box, as net alone are 7 ! 44, - 4 . . 144. Per bin . LETS. we, PAN ancashire , ,4% , lbs. gd; ",40 Ire and 1 ",,V, s ,—LicerP fl , 5 4 , inchester Leeds EXt'",, —North 6 , tsj ,k, ldhsun , Junction' j 6' :o (13), ,„ 7 ;1 1 0 0 ',m0p..., 2, dated. 1 7 1 ; e 2s d, Par" — • Ley ind ,sla stB rnpro v1;060 I cases station o.ot 'here is ft L of coniti , be expo e place , t by 5e11 11 4,0 sputcd clt7, iere has Tot d Stocl‘ s t l o os , s pecula tat an ti ser prices r s l4) wng be . r . It Le disAPP - 64. • NIP don, 4 . c . (OP stet', 178 .! rd, 32)4 `0 .—Leedg_.,4l o 6W."" :•tion s uit sat clOl7 SSOIIIO :Ct 11 , 200. 4. I, 185. W A, Mr 318 ,1.7' . , 210.2;r o rtio rth ,o; ' Un ion, - ion, 2 dil* .litrlisletwegt st and c, ion, 30tinA oog, lvf,aw th Steed Lterlea, rk and Bed V 1 ,:c; Londo r ! he r _3lan;;%, Lawn , is. P. Is. di9.l :xtensiol.,, 'rind, Is --6outU [. dis. York and t• mton , , • ;le 0 1 4 , ern, I g-04 a tom , : Lie Ja,, , liabo• 4;i Gen , 0 . flaw Ardi yid less DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled theDlrectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit smile. EXAMPLES. I ..,," it - - .., 7) "! Bonus 1 Bonus In, ' e t; c 9 g Assured c. ' Premium. . P p 4 added. ' Cash. 5.• 5 :9 ' ff, may . 1 '"0 a Borrow. • 2 ,------1--- x . x ,. d. 1837 £ 217 15 1.4100 0 11, 1 416 0 4 .4445 0 0 1838 . 492 3 0, 87 1 4; ,13 10 ,2; 395 11 1 601000 74 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9' .11 8; 11 346 2 3 1849 116 7 6' - 54 0 101 718 101 . 294 13 4 .1841 111 6 8, 49 10 0 710 41 247 4 5 The division of December of the i 1, and the next will be made In profits is annual, .resent year. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Secretary. NORTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. 4, NEW BANK BUILDINGS, and 10, PALL-MALL EAST. Table's of inCrcaSing premiums have been formed on a plan pecu liar to this Company, whereby afturanee 111,7 be affected for the whole of life, the premium commencing very low, and gradually in creasing during the first five years, after which a uniform premium Is paid during the remainder of life. SPECIMEN OF TIIE TABLES. Premium for Assuring 1001. First Second Third Fourth Fifth R ema i n d er A g — Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. of Life. £ a. d .£ a. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. a. d. £ a. d. 30 1 3 5 1 5 2 1 6 8 1 8 4 110 .0 210 5 40 111 10 113 9 115 10 118 1 2 0 6 3 8 3 This table is not only suitable to those who, from the prospect of an increasing income. or other circumstances, prefer paying a smaller sum during the first few years, but is also decidedly the best mode of insuring with the view of securing the repayment of temporary loans. It is preferable to a period policy, as it may be continued to the end of life, without requiring new certificates of health or incur ring a higher rate of premium. A prospectus may be obtained of the Secretary, Henry T. Thomson, Esq., 4, New Bank-buildings, or of the Actuary, 10, Pall-mall East. JOHN KING Actuary. 1 1 HE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square. TRUSTEES. The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Cheadle, Staffordbt re. The Right Hon. the Earl of Traquair, Traquair House, Feeble shire, North Britain. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. A. 11. Lynch, Esq., Masteri n Chancery, 33, Queen-square. Thomas Baruewall, Esq., 15, York -terrace, Regent's Park. Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. Wm. Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex, The Hon. Edward retre, Wilton-crescent. Sir Richard Jenkins. G.C.8., Director of the Hon. East India Company, and of the London Joint-Stock Bank. The Very Rev. Mons. A. Magee, D.D., 9, Romney-terrace, Westminster. en% Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton. Francis SPDonnell, Esq. ' Usk, 3lonmouthshire. James Reade, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley-street, Director of th National Bank of Ireland. William Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square. AUDITORS. _ _ E. Jernlngham, Esq. - 1 -- James Marshall, Esq. CoNsuvrtxn Parsicust—James Copland, M.D., F.R.S., 5, Old Burlington-street. CoNat - Jima Teevan, Esq., 23, Bryanstone square. STANDING COUNSEL. England—Mr. Serjeant Shee, Sergeants' Inn. Edm. Reales, Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Ireland—Sir Colman O'Lougblen, Bart., Merrion-square, Dublin. SOLICITORS. England—Messrs. Norris and Sons, 2, Bedford-row, London. Ireland—Messrs. P. and D. Mahony, 23, William-street. Dublin. CONSULTING ACTUARY—WiIIiam Lewis, Esq. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London, Loth bury, and Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The London Joint Stock Bank, 69, Pall••mall. SECRETARY—WiIIiam Norris, Esq. The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved of by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, is now lying for Sig nature at this Mice, and will remain until Saturday, the 13th inst., inclusive, from Ten, A.m., to Four, P.M. June 4, 1846. PUBLICATIONS. WATIA THE ,),..,.. i .„ 6 „. pr izi c Al 5 a ,,,,.. 54 ..-..-.r.-, L. R. ,_- _V I - c-e - RAILROAD By amonGr. 0c....... - KA E. Esq.. Barrister-at -Law. Author of "Wanderhurs In C:r00c.,,” and - r r . r .,,.......... ' ^.-- ..., root in Great Britain and Ireland." London : Lonlipnan and Co. GROUSE-SIIOOTING. &c. The Ninth Edition, corn cted, enlarged, and improved, with Eighty five Plates and Woodcuts, by Adlard and P.ranston, from Drawings by C. Farley, Dickes, &c. Bvo. Price 21s. l lv STRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN, in all that relates to GUNS and SHOOTING. BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL P. HAWKER. " The very best book we have en the subject."—Blackwood. "Colonel Hawker expounds the Whole rationale - of shooting with clearness, fulness, and vivacity." —Edinburgh Review. Lon Jon : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lengmans. ROSAS AND THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Just published, in 1 v01..ev0.. price 145.-,cloth, TWENTY-FOUR YEARS in the ARGEN TINE REPUBLIC. By Col. J. A. BING; au Officer in the Army of the Republic. " At the present moment. when public attention is filed upon the naval, military, and political transactions which dre taking place in the River Plata, this volume will be read with avidity; for, besides embracing the author's personal adventures, which are somewhat romantic, it contains the - best account we have seen of the civil and military history of the Argentine Republic, of the character of R 050.5, his policy, &c.—John Bull. London : Longman, Brawn, Green, and Longmans. Just published, price 55., FRAISTKS on URINO-GENITAL DISEASES. Part I. On Gonorrhma and Gleet, exemplifying the influence of a Scrofulous or Scorbutic state of system in producing those Morbid Secretiot,s, and showing that the true nature of their diseased action Is irritative, not inflammatory. Published by the Author, 90, Blackfriars-road, London. WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c. One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence. 1. ®N SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE: (An Original Medical History.) - CONTENTS: Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint--Mis direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity— Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and Infertile Unions —Incongruous Alliances Late Marriages—Love Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience, &c. &c. 2. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS, (In Essay for 1846.) " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature, and by art acquied. Of griefs conceard, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle, the matured and sage, The lonely and the mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit. herein counsel's giv'n, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain.' WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID; With Diet Tables for all Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil: eelings, a good night's rest, a clear head, and a oontented mind. By an ob servance of the instructions herein containe: the feeble, the ner vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire f t tal ti e g p. r .e e rh a ilo t oo e dw s ro t e wf a m leif o se un htl; t ls o dt f tleod t physical happiness, and reach in health the very ry edse T enienatte a er e .i h ma l tp r i:r h t !t a l s th th fu ei ll r wm thr t e e . rsdriannkd, ten."wh shun, s ee: l:l :r p we ly hy , aeat will be volumes, fthy a a lthough u o g f h rearing a yf i 0, v u f ibnij immea surable crea ture c a o filtrable and general able to understan ought to know, b in ut t w t Ticri r these enlightened times, except that quality promu ' lga i te r rlVo l u i gT questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount. In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we should know the simple principles of our own organization, the laws whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted, health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness within the attainment of all ; by tha arailment hereof in fulfilling our duty to ourselves, we secure the lit a advantages on our offspring to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties, which is in consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may be exalted to the summit of perfection, as bast becomes the highest of God's creations. The author's justification for this seeming eulogy' of his own writ ings, and the avowal of their intoTrity of purpose, must be measured by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford. street ; Mann, 39, Corn= ; or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street. Strand, who may he ad vised personally on these matters daily till Three, and in the Ever.- trigs from Seven till Nine. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2s. 6d.. free by post (in a sealed envelope) 38.6 d, THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Worls. on the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes ; and on the loci, of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of Indulge- ce, &c., are fhlly pointed out. Illustrated by Er:- gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. . By ft. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BBRNERS-STREET. OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street; Gordon, 146, Loadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street; and all Booksellers. "We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Fnend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complain., hitherto little tuaderstood, and passed over by a majority of the me diealprofession, for what reasan wa are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has let`s such a favourable impression on en minds, that we net only recommend, hut cordially with every one who is the victim of past fo lly, or suffering fro:” indis cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Ar fr gus. 51 The CORDIAL BALM of 7-111ACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits , and debilities arisingom excess, Ike. In bottles, price I Is., or the quantity of four sr. one bottle for 335., by which 1 ls. are :aved. 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The agreement was to the effect, that the Richmond proprietors should s? 11 the line, and receive South-Western stock at nominal par, viz., 501., the South-Western having really only paid 411.. - The meeting was adjourned till the day of the general meeting, several proprietors thinking the terms offered by the South-Western Company were not sufficient, and that even the basis of the agreement was not properly taken. The meeting then separated, a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and the directors. SUGAR DUTIES. The following protest against the proposed introduction of slave-grown sugars into the British markets was pres'ented to Lord John Russell yesterday. A crisis has arisen in the history of the anti-slavery cause of so grave a nature as to require the instant attention and the prompt and vigorous action of every friend of Liberty and humanity throughout the United Kingdom. It is understood that the first great measure which the new Government intend to submit to the consideration of Parliament will have for its object the introduction of slave^ grown sugars into the British markets. The grounds = which this step is attempted to be justified are those of poli tical expediency and commercial advantage. It is intended thereby to augment the quantity of sugar for home consump tion, to increase the revenue from the duties leviable thereon, and to complete the series of free-trade measures which hive already received the sanction of the Legislature and of the Crown. These grounds would be perfectly legitimate did not the plan contemplated by Government injuriously affect the rights of millions of mankind, and involve the violation of those high moral considerations which should always influx ence the conduct of Governments and Legislatures as well as: that of individuals. That the measure proposed by Government will have thee effect of strengthening the system of slavery, of stimulating the slave trade, and of adding to the horrors of both, admits of no doubt with most, if notall, who have maturely studied] the question. And it is because, in the deliberate judgments of the undersigned, that the proposed measure would lead' to these dreadful results that they enter their solemn protest. against it, and call most urgently on the friends .f the anti slavery cause, in every part of the country, to follow their example. 1. With respect to slavery. —It is assumed by those who advocate the proposed measure for the equalization of the duties on foreign sugars, without regard to origin or country, that from 70,000 t. 80,000 tons of slave-grown sugars Will be annually required to meet the increased demand in tho,Bri ash markets. These sugars will come principally from ;he Spanish West India colonies and Brazil, where, it is rte. , torious, slavery assumes its most degrading and terrific forms. Of the slaves em pl oye d i n the cultivation of the sugars in Cuba, one-tenth perish annually, and the whole are killed off in ten years, In Brazil the mortality on the sugar estates is admitted to be five per cent, per annum, in some cases more, which would destroy the population in twenty years. Now this takes place under the present demand for sugar; but with the increased demand contemplated by the new arrangement of the sugar duties, that murderous mortality will be fearfully increased, or new slaves , must be imported to meet the exigency. At present neither the Brazilian nor the Cuban planters possess more labourers. than they require. They have no unemployed slaves, ncs hands iu want of work, no superabundance of population. On: the contrary, all hands are now worked to excess. It follows, therefore, that the very same people who are thus mur dered by wholesale to make the quantity of sugar now ex ported from Cuba and Brazil, will have to make more—that is to say, they must be forced by the lash to a new excess of labour, at which they will be more wretched while they live, and under which they will more rapidly die. Where the labourer is free, every augmentatation in the demand for the produce of his toil increases his means of subsistence and: comfort • where the labour er i s a s l ave, i t as certainly dimi nishes diem, and destroys him. That slavery will be strengthened must be obvious from the fact that additional capital will be directly employed in sustaining it, and thereby rendering it more profitable than it is at present. A great mercanfl!e house at the Havannah whose authority is quoted in the last slave trade papers, states, that whilst "they had no expectation of the price of sugar being improved, except by having the English mar ket open to the produce of the island," they were convinced that if this could be effected even at a rate of 50 per cent. above the duty on English colonial sugar, still they could obtain for their produce double the amount they can obtain al present." If such be the fact, who can reflect on the con sequences without a shudder? 2. With respect to the slave trade.—No one can believe for a moment that the Brazilian and Cuban planters will let their stock of slaves diminish. To fill up the gaps created by the vast mortality which is incessantly going on among them, they have recourse to the African slave trade. By this horrid means they recruit and increase theirgangs; and, beyond all doubt, this traffic will be pursued with greater . desperation and atrocity . in proportion to the growing urgency of the demand and eagerness of planters to pure chase. At present the enormous profits derived from the contraband slave trade present an irresistible stimulus to the traffickers in men but it will receive an a ddi t i onal and enor mous stimulus diould the proposed measure take effect. Under existing circumstances, the slave trade cannot be put down ; under the additional incentive, it must be not only perpetuated, but increased. If more sugar is made in Cuba and Brazil, there must be more hands to make it ; and those hands must be fetched by slavers from desolated and bleeding Africa. On the supposition that these countries will supply 50,000 tons of the assumed quantity of sugar, 50,000 new slaves at least must be obtained to prepare it for exporta tion ; and to meet the wastes of mortality that will be occa sioned by the severity of the system under which they are placed, a large additional number of Africans must be im ported, to join that host of human beings who are every year torn from their native homes by the slave traders, and compelled to surrender up their liberty to the tyrant task masters of Brazil and Cuba. Thu tri'"'"V MS'illfatia - 41'2....n'. ' 5( ti , e under- Africa rung sage, to interminable bondage. It is unnecessary to dwell on the accumulated horrors of slavery and the slave trade. They are too well known and. too sorely lamented by the friends of humanity to need spe cification. Yet it should be remembered that the slave popu lations of the Spanish colonies and Brazil are innocent men,. women, and children, who have been despoiled of their most: precious rights, and subjected to the most atrocious discipline,: to satiate, if it were possible, the spirit of Mammon. It. should be recollected also, that the murderous system of ale,- very prevalent in Cuba and Brazil is preceded by one stiff{ more terrible in Africa, and during the middle passage. lot may be asserted that for every African slave landed in subsequent mi ntr ies tyio stages- perish i ef the t he le original i i nternalt capture and ese raffie.knd d fu u r n t nd th c further, it sven in ho c u a ld ba be an b d or ß ne ra i z n il n a si r n e d e t n h t a i t tl t e h d e t gr o f e r a e t e e d r o p m orti by on v o ir f t t u h e e o sl f a the treaties of those countries with Great Britain, and are ottl:y debarred from the enjoyment of liberty by the disgracera violation of a solemn compact. But instead of dismandiesil their liberty, a splendid bribe is about to be offered in orde that commercial intercourse may be facilitated with peop&e whose crimes against humanity merit the execration of all men and cry aloud for the vengeance of heaven. But besides the increased au s ff ac e r r i i fi n c g e w o h fh h u w m i a n, human l augmentation of crime and ic undoubtedly,,. life, n a b n t d e d t l izell y e „ be the fruits of this meas.tusred,etthreucutnild.eerseitrgencetds uponconteamllptlabteac with the deepest sorrow, is noble efforts for the made, the of making, Africa for the,- introduction of Christianity into that continent will boa no a rt n s d w i h s ie have e paralysed by the increased impetus given to the slave-trade.e . The enlightenment of men, and the spread of the Gosp e l„ cannot co-exist where the crimes of the slave-trade are per-. petrated and fostered. It is the chief glory of this country, that in the exercise of a high and noble policy, it has, through its Legislature, de-. (dared the slave-trade to be piracy and felony; and the sys-. tem of slavery to be inherently and essentially unjust. It has, moreover, sanctioned a vast outlay of the national trer sure in the attempt to suppress the former and the abol I lion of the latter. To promote, then, their extension in foreign countries either directly or indirectly, or to count( I. nance such enormous crimes, or to seek to increase tl se revenue from sources so polluted, will be flagrantly incon sistent with its solemn decisions embodied in Acts of Par-. iament. In 1840, a measure similar in principle to that under review was propsed to Parliament. Then the Government eye it • a decided negative. The P " could entertain a doubt on ( Mr. Labouchere), said, No one the great mass of President of the Board of Tra_ci . s the event of the motion being carried) that foreign itiu. sugaraß Brazil no sugarinto this wits d e p o r t . ' n d t a r e y ed would except be e f b r , o , m slit t he but the question labour. He felt i ltie t oh h a e d a ta pa a i s n k tu l l ani u s t er t i o va o s pp ti o i s is e , t s l v i h e e to e t r ii ) 11 1 would consent to give such a stimulus to slave labour in. Brazil as would be produced by throwing open the market of this country to the reception of their sugar. lie was r tot able to make up his mind that this was a course which he ght to recommend to the House. He did not believe tl Let ou ti would be agreeable to their constituents, when they und er stood the facts of the case." lie would not be a party to. a measure which, he added, " would inundate the Britisi`t market with sugar the produce of slave labour." The intro duction of slave grown sugar, opposed by such reasons, wail at that time successfully resisted by those who now propose to introduce it. In seeking the exclusion of slave -grown sugars from the British market, the friends of the anti-slavery cause design to uphold no monopoly, to strengthen no class interests, to promote no sordid or selfish views, much less any party pur pose • , but their aim is to lessen the sum of human misery and degradation, and to advance the sacred cause of free dom throughout the world. Thomas Clarkson, Playford- Richard T. Cadbury, Bir hall. mingbam, Stephen Lushington, London, John Dunlop, Edinburgh, Edward N. Buxton, ditto, Edward Cruickshank, ditto, • George Stephen, ditto, Robert Jowitt, Leeds, Samuel Gurney, ditto, Thomas Scales, ditto, George Stacey, ditto, Joseph J. Gurney, Norwich, George W. Alexander, ditto, William Forster, ditto. Joseph Cooper, ditto, William B.Crewsdon, Kendal, John H. Hinton, ditto, Isaac Braithwaite, ditto, John Scoble, ditto, Joseph Fergusson, Carlisle, Josiah Forster, Tottenham, Joseph T. Price, Neath Abbey, Robert Forster, ditto, Samuel Bowly, Gloucester, Joseph Sturge, Birmingham, &c. NorE.—Lord Brougham having been requested to put his name at the head of these signatures, refused to place it be fore that of his honoured fellow-labourer in the anti-slavery cause for forty. four years, Thomas Clarkson, and, r'''^ugh approving of 'the protest, declined signing it after him, be cause of his intention to protest against the proposed measure in the House of Lords. ALTERATION IN THE NAMES OF STREETS.—The fol lowing streets have lately received different names from what they have generally been known by, causing a great deal of confusion to strangers, as well as the miscarriage of parcels, letters, &c. We therefore subjoin the more recent of the alterations, for the information and guidance of our readers :—Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, and Plumtree street, Holborn, are now called Bloomsbury-street; Hanover street, Long-acre, Belton-street, and the Bowl-yard, are now united, and called Endell-street ; Petticoat-lane, Whitecha pel, now bears the name of Middlesex-street; Water-lane, Fleet-street, is now called Whitefriars-street ; Monmouth street, St. Giles's, is now Dudley-street; Leg-alley, Long acre, is now Langley-court; and Phoenix-alley is Hanover court ; Shire-lane, Fleet-street, is Lower Serle's-place ; and Charles-street, Covent-garden, is now called Wellington street North. ARRIVALS OF SPECIE.—An experienced shipowner states that specie of the value of ten millions of dollars will be received in this country by the end of August- This .ainst eludes the two millionS received from Mexico by 0 e l i p n a e c t k al e m t, e t n h t e o t f h t r h ee e millions erxaripeeocntie,d the g Did I v e c , e Li t b t l e y r a e s . t and coiyed fp= Aliiteia.•.-ZiceelAlrercvrY• Ll/ /~ 7 , 44 JULY 21, 1846. LON DO N, TUESDAY g rtv - ' ; 0 - N . ; • !),' • Alm, .1 - • P A M 1 h )".• 4,1 No. 16,797. R OYAL ACADEMY OF. ARTS, TB AFAL R-SQUARE. LAST_ EEK Notice is hereby given, that the EXHIBITION) of the ROYAL ACADEMY will FINALLY CLOSE on SATURDAY NEXT, the 25th Instant, at Seven o'Clock precisely. Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shining. Catalogue, One Shilling. • HENRY HOWARD, R.A.,. Sec. Exhibitors are requested to send for their Works on Wednesday - , the 29th, or Thursday, the 30th instant. 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MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDLkii RAILWAY, the ATMOS PHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. HALLETTE'3 ATMOS PIIERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE/ exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A beautiful Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CATHERINE'S, Jerusalem, by Mr. Charles Smith, is one of the Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS just intro duced. _ _ _ _ _ ArtnNsion, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. CORNWAI.X.. Mr. Brunel, whose cross-examination was resumed to day by Mr. Rowe, stated that the bridge over the Tamer at Saltash was con structed at a cost of between 60,0001. and 60,0001. He had not, how ever, made an accurate estimate of the cost. There had been a pro position to form a public footway over the bridge; but it would be three or four years before it could be completed. He was not aware from personal knowledge that the conseat of the parties to raise the level in the neighbourhood of the bridge had been obtained. The level on tile Devonshire side could be altered Ave feet; but it could be altered only two feet on the Cornwall side, as- had been the case at the town of Sahash. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE —gad a communication with the Admiralty with respect to the bridge over the Saltash, and it would be necessary for him to raise it 95 feet above high water mark: There were much severer and sharper curves and steeper gradients on many lines in operation than on the present. A dif ference of 1 in 60 or 80, as regarded passenger traffic, was not worth speaking of; it would only affect baggage trains. On the Birming- ham and Glencester there was a gradient of 1 in 37. By the CHAIRMAN—ft was always the practice to alter the gra dients in conformity with the undnlaticns of the country. Mr. Ilawkshaw was examined by Mr. Sergeant linvemaxE —lt would be morally impossible to construct a railway through a country like Cornwall without being obligs to have recourse to stcbp.. .gradients and acute curves. The curves had heen improved since last year, as well as the gradients. There were worse gradients on the Manchester and Leeds line, namely, I i n 43 and 44. Cross-examined by Mr. Rows—llad never seen so undulating a sectiot as that on the line before them for such a length. The curves and gradients on the Manchester and Leeds were of course an ex ception, as was the case always in steep gradients. Was not aware of the gradients on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Re-examined by Mr. Ausrm—Would have a perfectly level rail way if he could ; but it was impossible, from his knowledge of the cowitry to have anything of that nature on this line. Bad gradients could not be avoided in this country without an enormous expense. 1 in 60 mi3lit be worked safely, and with ease, at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Mr. AUSTIN said he was ready to call Mr. Vignoles, Mr. Cubitt, and other engineers on this point. The CHAIRMAN said, that having produced two eminent engineers, it was unnecessary to adduce any more evidence of that nature to show that the line could be worked with perfect safety to the public. . - - The list of assents, &c., having been banded in, Mr. AUSTIN stated that the case for the Bill had closed. A discussion was raised as to whether evidence as to land value should be given, which ended in Mr. Laidman being put in the box, for the purpose of proving the value of the same on the Bod min branch. After hearing some fbrtber evidence, the Committee adjourned. Hoorn B, The Committee met this day at eleven ; present the Earl of Lons dale (Chairman), Lord Ilawarden,.the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Ellenborough, and the Duke et Grafton. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD. - ----- Mr. GURNEY (with whom was Mr. Wordsworth) addresdod •the Committee as to the unnecessary injury which the proposed line would inflict on Mr. Guiston, by cutting a good deal of ornamental property. - air. 1 - VORDSWORTH called Mr. Quintus Vivian, Nuston Ball, who spoke to the inbry which the property he leased from Mr. Gulston would receive. Mr. Woodsey, engineer, said he had beat sent down to examine the course of the proposed line over the Gulston estates, and found it intersecting the ornamental grounds close to the house, and proceed. ing for a mile and three. quarters by very heavy works. He had at the same time laid out a deviation line, about 700 yards further ttom the hause than the one proposed, which would do less damage to the property, would be less expensive to the company, and would be equally favourable to the public. Mr. Gulston's case having been concluded, Mr. lIILDTARD then proceeded to lay evidence before the Com mittee on behalf of the South Midlands Railway. Mr. Langlands and Mr. Watkins in their examination gave evidence of the great want of a line of railway to Northampton, a desideratusa supplied by the South M idiands line. Mr Bat : well said he was Mayor of Northampton when the South Midlands line was thrown out, and had every opportunity to ascertain the feeling of the inhabitants of the town, who were unanimous in favour of that line. lie said there were three iron foundries there, requiring about 5,000 tons a year. The Derby iron was very preferable to the Staffordshire, and would no doubt be used if access to it were made easy. From 5,000 to 6,000 hands were employed in boot and shoe making. One house, which employed 500 hands, made 20,000 boots and 60,000 shoes annually, which, he calculated, would give about 150 tons weight. Some other witnesses were called, who spoke to traffic on the South Midlands branch, and the desirableness of having it. The Committee adjourned till eleven to-morrow. Room C. Vh ook ug en h o t r h ' e v° C u a l l i ed fl o n i d nr i the N.thsdale line. He hadfid: • y their prospectus,,witlf this Ilse in existence, it might still. pay. He o t t l , Ca ld :sot ledonian ed tlho o e n pq i acunre question. tfei wasnt. a sstated fo m e d i n . was not aware that only per cent. was proved for the Caledonian property line last year. If so, he could not say that it would pay along with • The Duke of Buceletich examiak—lle said he was well acquainted wants of the district, with the rouse of the present line, It ran for 22 miles through his When the Nithsdale line was first proposed he was against it, • Tie had a'so property on the Crawick branch. as it eame very near ills residence at Drumlanrig. That had been altered ; and now- from his knowledge of the suPPerted. It would confer great benefit on the valley of the Nith, and o pe n the C um nock and Sanquhar coal-fields. The li ne wou ld o ff er grea t er f ac iliti es f or d ra ining than .it now, and increase the value of property. He did not think the Talley could be well served by lateral branches, as there were high lands right and left, and therefore there ought to be a lino running through the valley. The line would be of great use in conveying stock ~to the Glasgow and Liverpool market.. The Crawick branch welted he the means of connecting D umfries - amt.-the valley of the Nith with Edinburgh, by means of the Caledonian line. All the coal for the Wanlock lead mines, which were very extensive, had to be carted from Sanquhar. There would be more traffic on the part of the line south of Dumfries than that from Cumnock to' Dumfries, and therefore he thought the whole should ho placed in the hands of the company, that the better part might make np •for the working of the inferior portion. The Canobie branch could be easily connected with the pits at Canobie; and lie .had no doubt great benefit' would be conferred on Annan and Iminfries by that means. With respect to draining, a great want of tiles was experienced, on account of the deficiency of clay. The tiles now used were brought from Cumnock. Were facilities for obtaining them at a reasonable price given, they would be largely used, as the soil was favourable for draining. The farmers and inhabitants were strongly in favour of the line. He did net think the Nithsdale line would compete with the Caledonian line for the through traffic, though he thought it would lake the Ayrshire traffic. Cress-examined—Last year he believed the Glasgow and Dumfries line on the one tide, and the Hav,dck and Carlisle line on the other side, were brought forward as competing lines with the Caledonian. They were brought forward again this year. ,He supported the Irawick line as wen as the present line ; he did not know whether the Remick line would . again be Drought forward, but he hoped it would. Even though the Caledonian line through traffic might be affected by this line, he thought the interest of the public shculd be cot siderk before that of a company. He did not think any of the Glasgow through traffic would be taken from, the Caledonian has. arr. demo slimier, fanner, orptirinn, in the county of Dumfries, examined' Iris brother s and ll' deft' alecC,,reritiel Inrms in rens anti Itivernesssliire. Witness's evidence was generally in corroboration of the evidence previously given by Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Babe olealer in fat stock, who had assisted Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Hunter in making up the table, was examined shortly la support of the items therein contained. Mr. Lennie, of Dalswinton, convener of the county of Dumfries, examined— The district round Dumfries was a very rich one. There was a great deficiency of lime in the district, on account of the expense of carriage from the Closeburn lime-works. The want of coals was also severely felt. lie had taken up forty shares to promote the railway. The line, he was persuaded, w,nrid be of im mense benefit to the whole district. A toll-bar on the road towards his estate let last year for 4801., exclusive of coach charges. The traffic was regularly increasing. He knew of no clay in the district foe making tiles. The traffic at present by the Edinburgh coaches would be conveniently accommodated by the Crawick branch. Cross-examined—He thought if the line was formed he could get -supplied with lime at half the present price. It was now 10s. a load laid down on his farm. He could then get it for 55., he thought, if the line was formed, and that supplies were had from Cumnock. He could not give the populatiox for five miles on each side of the line, but he could give the population of all the parishes that would be intersected. Mr. Mackee, land proprietor and convener of the county of Kirk cudbright, generally deposed that in his opinion the line would be of great advantage to that county. All the proprietor* and inhabitants on the eastern part were in its favour. - Mr. Marmaduke C. Maxwell, landed proprietor, of Terregles, in the minty of Dumfries, gave evidence to a similar effect. He thought the line woad be of the greatest advantage to the whole district. If it were formed, he believed that both lime and tiles would be supplied by it at Dumfries. Cross-examined - If a line were formed from Dumfries to Killhead, near Annan, there could be an abundant supply got from there. It would yield a larger supply than Closehurn. Mr. Gordon, solicitor, of Dumfries, examined—Dumfries was the principal town in the south of Scotland, and contained upwards of 13,000 inhabitants. He had prepared a total of the traffic and trade of Dumfries and neighbourhood, which he would hand in. The witness was here examined in support of the various details supplied in the table, regarding the carriage of goods by land, and the steam and sailing vessels connected with the ports of Dumfries, An nan, and Kirkcudbright. There was a large trade between these ports and Liverpool, but the regularity of the steamers was very uncertain. He believed if the line was formed, the most of the cabin passengers and the valuable merchandise and fat stock would go by it. Dumfries was a large cattle and pork market, and the trade was on the increase. There was also a large trade in hosiery in Dumfries, and he believed it was increased. The feeling of the town of Dumfries wee all but universal in its favour. He believed there was but oue person against it. Cross-examined —There arc four manufacturers in the hosiery . _ line in Dumfries. The principal exports of Dumfries were cattle and sheep, to Liverpool principally. The imports were timber, guano, flour, slates, and coals. Mr. Nicholson, merchant, of Annan, deposed as to the trade and !Is!sic' of that town, Atinzin was the best rort on the upper part of the Solway, and was highly eligible for the construction of docks. The Ime, he was persuaded, would be of great benefit to the town and harbour. The trade .of Annan, both with Glasgow and Liverpool, was greatly on the increase. With such a line he considered a con siderable pertion of the trade of Port Carlisle would be diverted to Annan. The inhabitants generally were in its favour. Cross-examined—He had lived a long time in Annan. but no great improvements had been made. There were two jetties put up in 1835, by the steam-boat companies, and nothing had been done. Since then he did not think the Solway a dangerous navigation, as but little loss had taken place the last twenty years. A line north of Annan to the Caledonian would no doubt be a great con venience, but he would not prefer it to the Canobie branch. Mr. Laurie, fanner, near Dumfries, examined; said he farmed 900 acres there, and paid 1,3001. rent annually. He had walked over the whole route of the line. The country it intersected was much in want of draining, and there was a great deficiency of clay for tiles. There were 126,000 cultivated acres ; of this 50,000 limes wanted drain ing. It would require 2,075 acres to drain an acre, and Ike same quantity is what were called " soles." 103,750,000 tiles, and as many soles would thus be required. Supposing tllleen years were allowed to - _ - - - - drain . _ re quired• the v,uole cost ot _ incriVelunnock Cues, including carriage, would be 61. 138. thought at least 14,000 ton of tiles would be brought front Cuninock. He thought 6,000 or 7,000 tons of tiles would be brought on the line south of Dumfries. Cross-examined—They could also drain with stones, but they were not plentiful. lie thought Cumnock tiles would come to all the in termediate points between that place and Dumfries. He was not aware of any clay along that route. We never said lately, that now the Dumfries line had passed the Commons the Caledonian might stop their works, and they could make a good bargain for the _ . materials. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. Room 5, slicErrzELD, ROTHERA , BARNSLEY, WAKEFIELD, BUDDERSFIED, AND GOOLE. This Committee met to-day for the first time in No. 5, Abingdon street . the Earl of Radnor in the chair. After the usual preliminary proceedings, Mr. TALBOT opened the case at great length on behalf of the pro moters and pointed out the great advantages which the proposed line would confer. Mr. AUSTIN appeared on behalf of the Duke of Norfolk and other opposing petitioners. The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing evidence of a general nature on the merits of the line, the particulars of which were of the usual character, and possessed no feature of the slightest public interest. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS.: GROUP LXVII. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY TERM INIL The Select Committee to whom these Bills were re:erred met this morning in room 22, in the new houses. The members of the Committee were, the Earl of Lincoln, chair man, Admiral Bowles, Mr. Cripps. Mr. Estcourt, and Lord Jocelyn. The following are the Bills referred to this Committee : London and South-Western (London-bridge Extension). Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Farringdou-street). North Kent (City Extension). South-Eastern (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway). The preliminary proceedings having been arranged, the Committee r,;solved to proceed with the NORTH RENT EXTENSION. Mr. Sergeant WEANGIIAM declined, however, to offer any evidence, in consequence of the main line having been thrown out before the Committee of the House of Commons. The Bill was accordingly negatived. LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN (LONDON - BRIDGE EXTENSION.) Mr. Bore then opened the case of this railway in a speech of con siderable ability; the principal point to which he directed the atten tion of the Committee was the report of the Metropolitan Rail ways Termini Commission, who had reported favourably of the scheme. The Company proposed by the Bill before the Committee to extend their railway to London-bridge from a point in the York-road, Lambeth, where the South- Western Railway would terminate, according to an Act of Parlia ment obtained last year. The Bill, which was granted last year by the Legislature, to the South Western Company, did not, how ever, give them the power of effecting a communication with the river ; that defect would be removed by the present Bill, which proposed to construct commodious goods and passenger stations in immediate contiguity with the river on the southern side. The pre sent amount of passenger traffic on the South Western Railway was upwards of 1,500,000, and the tonnage ofgoods upwards of 100,000. A considerable increase might be expected if a more convenient station could be obtained near the eaabsrii portions of London, and thus remove the delay and expenee of additional cartage. The mileage at pre sent belonging to the fiotith-Western Company, and sanctioned by Parliament was 227 miles, and there were projects before Parlia ment for the construction of 150 miles more, thus together giving accommodation to Southampton and Dorchester, in the south of England, and westward as far as Exeter. The means of communi cation would be also given by this railway to the citizens of London, between Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Richmond, Egham, Staines, Guildford, and a number of other places adjacent to London. The length of the line would be about one mile ; it was proposed to construct it upon a viaduct the whole distance, by which means all damage to property would be avoided, and the recommendations of the Royal Commission would be fully carried out. The estimate of the cost of the railway would be about 500,030/. ; of this sum 338,0001. would be required for the purchase of property, and the sum of about 160,0001. would be required for the works. The line was proposed to be constructed not so much for the Purpose of deriving any profit to the company, as for the purpose of affording accommodation to the public. The opposition to the Biil.was not large. The only public buildings they interfered with were Row land Hill's Chapel, in the Blackfriars-road, which was not of a serions nature ; a Quaker's meeting-house, which also was not of a very alarming nature ; and there was also a , point of the triangle in th e B oroug h market, which they just touched ; this, however, they were prepared to avoid by an alternate line. There was a l so a petition from the inhabitants of so me almshouses • the cause of their com plaint was the noise w hich would be created by the passing of the trains. The inhabitants were t it:A, however, a t present i n a state of quietness or r est, being incl mmediate vicinity of Messrs. and lie believed i that if the p resent railway were Barclays brewery, wo uld be considerably diminished. The constructed, the noise had also objected war dens of St. Saviour's church bathe , on the ground of the in terruption to Divine service, b 3 e passage of trains. This evil would be remedied by the usual arrangement on metropolitan railways to run no trains during Divine service. I th onc usion, he begged to apologise for having trespassed so long on eir attention ; and hoped that the Ccmmittee would carrY out the re commendation of the:Royal Commission, by granting the preamble of the Bill. Mr. MERBEWSTIIER made an application to the Committee to be allowed to bring under the consideration of the Committee some clauses which he, as representative of the S outh - Eastern Company, wished to introduce into the Bill before the Committee, those clauses the Learned Counsel wished to be discussed before the Committee granted the preamble of the Bill. The Committee decided that tho course was q u it e irregular, and refused therefore to gr ant the application. The Chairman, however, stated that the Committee could not declare the preamble of the Bill proved until they had all assurance from the parties that the interests of the South-Eastern C o mpany, in conformity with the recommen dations of the Royal Coremission, should be provided for. The formal proofs req uired under the Duncombe resolutions were then put in. Mr. Ross Mangles M.P. far Guildford, was then called, and ex amined by Mr. Gueseey, who stated the inconvenience of the present station to persons travel ling between Guildford and London, the pro posed station in the y or e-road would not afford sufficient accom modation to the persons residing on leaving business in London. A saving of three quarters of an hour would be effected by the proposed sett ion at London-bridge over the present Nine-elms or the York road station. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY —Did not think a station on the Surrey side of the Southwark-bridge would afford so gcod an ' accommodation as a station at London-brdee, in consequence of the narrow and crowded access to it through Queen -street. At the conclusion of his examination the Committee adjourned. GROUP LXIX. This Committee met for the first time to Room - day, at One o'clock, in 23, Grand Corridor. The following is a list of the Bills referred to them ; geaStern Counties Metall t 9 Stamford and Spalding. Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction. The that Bill taken was the • STAMPOnD AND S.PALDING. The objects of which having been briefly opened by the Hon. Mr. Talbot, Q. C., evidence was tendered in favour of it. The preamble was declared to be proved, and the clauses agreed to. WISEECH, ST. XVES, AND ()AMBRIDGE C T 10 N. This was the next Bill proceeded with. The Committee adjourned at fouro'clock until twelve to-morrow, GROUP LXX. The Select Committee on this group met to-day for the first time, at one o'clock, in Room 24 (Grand Corridor) ; present, Sir George Clerk (In the chair), lion. Captain Carnegie, Culonel Peel, Mr. Smythe, and Mr. Tower. The foriowing is a list of the Bills referred to tAgm : Dublin and Sandymount Atmospheric. Sligo and Shannon. Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction. Galway and Kilkenny Dublin and Enniskillen Londonderry aud Enniskillen Extension. The Sligo and Shannon Bill being unopposed, was referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISILTIMEN. The lion. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the promoters of this Bill, the object of which, he said, was to improve the line of the Londonderry acid Enniskillen, which was sanctioned last session. Mr. Ross, the engineer, having briefly given evidence as to the character of the line, The Bill was postponed until to-morrow, and the preamble ordered to be proved on the production of some formal documents. PRICE SD. THE NEW and the OLD MINISTRY. When a complete change in the Cirovernment takes place, the number of great public functionaries who re ceive new appointments is between fifty and sixty. The larger portion, if not the whole, of the recent changes have already been made known to our readers; but they were necessarily announced as they occurred, from day to day, and sometimes at intervals of two or three days. Now, the particulars of a great event are very liable to be forgotten when commu n i ca t e d b y i nstalments; and, as all these matters have at length been filially oomplt,ted, it may perhaps be as well to take a detailed review of all the new arrangements, which are as follows: First Lord of the Treasury—Lord John Russell, vice Sir Robert Peel. Lord Chancellor—Lord Cottenharn, vice Lord Lynd hurst. President of the Council—The:Marquis of Lansdowne, vice the Duke of Bucchatch. Secretary of State for the Colonies—The Earl Grey, vice Right Hon. William Ewsrt Gladstone. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—Viscount Palmerston, rice the Earl of Aberdeen. Secretary of State for the Home Department—Sir George Grey, Bart., vice Sir James Robert Graham, Bart. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Right Hon. Charles Wood, vice Right lion. Henry Goulburn. First Lord of the Admiralty—The Earl of Auckland, vice the Earl of Ellenborough. President of the Board of Control—Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart., vice the Earl of Ripon. President of the Board of Trade—The Earl of Cla rendon, vice the Earl of Dalhousie. Lord Priry Seal—The Earl of Minto, vice the Earl of Haddington. Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests—Lord Morpeth, vice Viscount'Canning. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster—Lord Crmp belt, vice Lord Granville Somerset. Postmaster-Geneial—Tho- Marquis of Clanrica rde vice the Earl St. Germans:'' Master-General of the Ordnance—The Marquis of Anglesey, vice Sir George Murray, G.C.B. Secretary at War—Light Hon. Fox Maule, vice the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. Paymaster-General of the Forces and Treasurer of the Navy—Right lion. Thomas Babington Macaulay, vice Right Hon. William Bingham Baring. Vice-President of the Board of Trade—Right lion. Thomas Milner Gibson, vice Sir George Clerk, Bart. Master of the Mint—Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shell, vice Sir George Clerk, Bart,, who, in the last Mi n i s t ry, held this office jointly with the Vice-Presidency of the Board of Trade. Attorney-General—John Jervis, Esq., vice Sir Thomas Wilde, who had temporarily succeeded Sir Frederick Thesiger, the Attorney-General of the last Ministry. Solicitor-General—David Pandas. Esq., vice John Jervis, Eq., who had temporarily succeeded Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the Solicitor-General of the last Minstry. Judge Advocate-General—Charles Buller, Esq., (who, it is understood, will also perform the duties of an Un der-Secretary of the Colonies), vice the Right Hon. Janie Archibald Stuart Wortley. Surveyor General of the Ordnance —Colonel Charles Richard Fox, vice Colonel Jonathan Peel. Clerk of the Ordnance—Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. G. Anson, vice Lord Arthur Lennex. Secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance— Lord Clarence Paget, vice Sir Frederick Trench. Under Secretary for the Colonies—Benjamin Hawes, Esq., vice Lord Lyttelton. Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs—Right Hon. Edward John Stanley, vice lion. George Augustus Fre derick Percy Sidney Smythe. Under Secretary for the Home Department—Sir Wm. Somerville, Bart., vice Hon. John Henry Thos. Manners. Sutton. Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control—Right lion. Geo. Stevens Byng and Thos. Wyse, Esq., vice Lord Jocelyn and Lord Mahon. Joint Secretaries to the Treasury—John Parker, Esq., and Henry Turnell, Esq., vice Edward Cardwell, Esq., and John Young, Esq. Secretary to the Admiralty—Henry Geo. Ward, Esq., vice Right Hon. Henry Thos. Lowry Corry. Junior Lords of the Treasury—Lord Ebrington, the O'Conor Don, Henry Rich, Esq., and Wm. Gibson Craig, Esq., vice Henry Bingham Baring, Esq., Wm. Cripps, Esq., the Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, and Ralph Neville, Esq. _ _ _ _ . Junior Lords of the Admiralty—Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas, Captain Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, the Hon. William Francis Cow per, Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., and Captain Lord John Hay, vice Sir George Cockburn, Sir William Hall Gage, Admiral William Bowles, the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, and the Hon. Henry John bons. -Levi u v - Aa m b er l tt i n of the Household —The Eatl Spencer, vice the Earl Delawarr. Iftwa liouaghald—The _EarlFortescue. Earl of Jersey. master of the' Buckhounds—The.Earl Granville, vice the Earl of Rosslyn. Controller of the Household—Lord Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, vice Colonel the Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner. - - - - - Vice-Chamberlain of the Household—Lord Edward George Elizalan Howard, vice Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell Bruce. Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry—Lord Alfred Paget, vice Lord Charles Wellesley. Mistress of the Robes—The Duchess of Sutherland, vice the Duchess of Buccleueh. Lord Advocate of Scotland—The Right Hon. An drew Rutherford, vice the Right Hon. Duncan M'Neill. Solicitor-General for Scotland—Thomas Maitland, Esq., vice Adam Anderson, Esq. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—The Earl of Bes borough, vice Lord Heytesbury. Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland— Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, vice the Earl of Lincoln. Lord Chancellor of Ireland—Right Hon. Maziere Brady, vice Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sagden. Attorney-General for Ireland—Right Hon. Richard Moore, vice Right Hon. Richard Wilson Greene. Solicitor-General for Ireland—James Henry Mona ghan, E,q , rice Abraham Brewster, Esq. Urder Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant—Thomas Nicholas Redington, Esq., vice Richard Pennefather, Esq. Amongst the novel features which the new arrange ments present it may he mentioned that the Colonial Department is to be represented in the Lower House by two Under Secretaries, Messrs. Hawes and Buller. The (Aces of Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint have ceased to be held by one Minister, and are divided between Messrs. Sheil and Milner Gibson. _ _ In the present Ministry, as well as in the last, the Chancellorship of the Exchequer is not united with the office of First Lord of the Treasury. This course, how ever, is at variance with the established practice. The rule until within the last five years was that the Pre mier, being in the Lower House, must not only be the First Lord of the Treasury, but also Chancellor of the Exchequer. 'I he instances in the present century, to go no further back, are Sir Robert Peel himself in 1834-5, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Pitt, and Mr.Addington. The other Premiers within the same period were Members of the Upper House, and therefore could not discharge the duties of Chancellor of the Exchequer. The new prac tice not only diminishes the labour of the Premier, but increases his patronage, by enabling him to bestow the Chancellorship of the Exchequer upon one of his ad herents. The following Members of the former Whig Govern ment have not taken office under Lord John Russell:— Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Kinnaird, Richard More O'Ferrall, Esq., the Right Ron. Robert Vernon Smith, Lord Seymour, Sir William Clay, Bart., &c.—Tidies. ALARMING FIRES ON SUNDAY NlGHT.—Shortly before ten o'clock on Sunday an alarming fire was discovered burning upon the premises belonging to Mr. B. L. Bouchier, a hop corn, and malt dealer, carrying on business at No. 1 9 , Crescent, hackney-road, adjoining the Rising Sun wine vaults, and immediately facing the Refuge for the Female Destitute. The flames originated, from some cause which could not be ascertained, in the basement floor, at the rear of the premises. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock the flames travelled with amazing s wiftness, and in the course of a few minutes the whole of the back portion of the building was blazing away with such fury as to threaten with destruction the adjoining buildings. The engines t , f the London brigade from Jeffrey-square, Watling-street, and Whitecross-street stations promptly attended, as did also that of the West of England Insurance Company. An abundance of water being obtained, the engines were set to work, but although the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost they were unable to get the flames subdued before half-past eleven o'clock, and not until a very considerable deal of damage bad been done. Unfortunately Mr. Bouchier was uninsured. Whilst the firemen were busily engaged at the above fire in formation was received that another outbreak had taken place in the neighbourhood of Saffron-hill. The engines of the brigade and an escape of the Royal Society for the Pro tection of Life from Fire quickly attended. It was then found that from some accident a bed, the bedding, and furniture of Mr. P. Conrey, of 10, Saffron-street, were on fire, but the flames were soon extinguished. THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROGERS AND CO's. — Notwithstanding the efforts that have been made to prevent the circulation of the larger amount of notes stolen from the banking-house of Messrs. Rogers and Co., it has lately been discovered that some of them have been paid in to the Bank of England. It has also been discovered that the numbers of these notes have been altered in so ingenious a manner as even to deceive the Bank clerks themselves, and it was only by the fact of there being other genuine notes of the same number that the stolen notes were discovered. The corre spondence received by the members of the firm on the sub ject of the robbery is of a very curious description, and would form a whole volume. Repeated offers have been made to restore the property stolen for 5,0001., but these have been indignantly refused. ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COITNTIES RatewAy.---On Sunday morning, about six o'clock, as Robert Holland, in the employ of the company, was engaged in clearing one of the engines at the Stratford station, he loosened one of the screws. which caused one of the gauge taps to be turned, and a shower of boiling water was instantly dis charged on the middle and lower _part of his body, which scalded him in a dreadful manner. He was instantly removed to the hospital, where be lies. LONDON AND nl, &CR. WAL X. RAILWAY (WID EN IN G). The Committee on this group assembled this morning, Lord Hatherten In the chair; with Lord 'Bexley, Earl of Effingham, Lord Foley, and the Earl of Scarborough, when the Chairman stated the Committee had decided that the hearing of this railway sheald be postponed till to-morrow. Mr. E DMON TON JamEs, onbelf of the pro j r r ote D ra, Z st7terh E at Z th i ! . object of the line, which would be onl 8f rtmtro. - 'mutt- moccdowriycif-.theau by landowners, but all might be satisfied by clauses. Mr. Waddington, Deputy-Chairman of the Eastern Counties Com pany, stated generally that the formation of this line would mate rially assist in the development of the produce of the district, and in the reduction of the price of coals at Enfield. There was at present no means of railway transit. _ _ Mr. Burke, Chaliman of the Sessions, confirmed this testimony. Mr. Borthwick, engineer of the line, confirmed the evidence of Mr. Waddington as to the length and cost of the line, and stated that there would be no engineering difficulties whatever, as the price of 12,000/. per mile would show. He had agreed with the trustees of the only road which this title would pass that it should be crossed by a bridge. The cost of carriage on the Eastern Counties' line for coal is a penny per ton per mile, and the maximum of toll would be twopence on this line. There was no residential property to inter fere with, the nearest house being beyond the l'inits of deviation, for the land was all of a strictly agricultural character. Mr. Robert Stephenson, the consulting engineer, quite approved of the line. Mr. Leitch!ld, land valuer, who had resided in the district upwards of thirty-five years, stated the quantity required was 19e. IR. 23p., the price for which was, including the land for the station. 7,2431., and the value of the property near the line would be increased 25 to 30 per cent. by its formation. This was the case, and their Lordships having declined to receive any further evidence, the pi eamble was declared proved, the clauses were gone through, and the report was ordered to be brought up. Their Lordships then adjourned. Room D. GLASGOW, BILWIFRIES, AND CARLISLE. This Committee met again this morning at eleven o'cle zlc Earl St Germans in the chair. All the other Members were present. The evidence on behalf of this Bill was resumed Mr. Christie, mining engineer, was examined, in corroboration of the evidence of Mr. Geddes. given on Saturday. He had had con siderable experience of mining operations, and he generally agreed with the statement of Mr. Geddes. He was prepared to go into par ticulars if required. He would explain that the ton of coal at Mans field was more than the wual quantity of 20 cwt., so that the actual ,price of the coal used there was 3s. 9d. a ton. He calculated the consumption of the district on the lino between Cumnock and Dum fries, at 34,000 tons. This was calculating the consumption at a ton and a half per head, including the supply for lime works, and adding 50 per cent. for increase of traffic. This 34,000 tons would come from the Sanquhar and Mansfield coal works. He also estimated the Canobie coal field to send 84,180 tons along the Canobie branch towards Dumfries. A portion of this would pass along the Caledonian line from the Springkeld station, 18,000 tons would be exported, and the rest con sumed at and on the route to Dumfries. He estimated 12,800 tons of lime would be carried on an average for Mx miles. Cross-examined—There was considerable supplies of limo on the line from Dumfries to Carlisle. He had estimated a ton and a half of coal for each individual, and he did not think it a high estimate, as it was the same as that given by the Caledonian last year. He thought Canobie and Sanquhar coal would meet at Dumfries on about equal terms, and hence the consumption would be about halved. The price of screened coal at Canobic at the pit's mouth was ss. 4d. a ton. He had been informed that such was the price. He calculated that Canobie coal would be put on board ship at Annan for 7s. 4d. a ton. To Mr. MURPHY—He thought the Canobic Goal would compete with the Cumberland coal in the Irish market. The Canobie coal was quite as good as the Whitehaven coal. He admitted, however, that the English coal was superior to the Sanquhar and Mansfield coal. He only judged by looking at them, as be had not made ex periments by burning them. A good deal of English coal at present came to Annan ; but he considered the opening of this line would exclude the English coal from this district entirely. He thought the Canobie coal could be laid down at Dumfries for 9s. 4d., and if the English coal could then be laid down for I Is. 4d., still he did not think a pound of It would be used. lle had made this calculations from in formation furnished him, and by looking at the snap. lie had not been over every part of the district himself. There were, no doubt. many slips or breaks in the Sanquhar coal-field, but they occurred in every coal-field. Ile had not been down the Mansfield coal-pits, but, looking at the character of the strata, he considered there was a large supply of coal. lie was geologist enorgh to draw conclusions to satisfy his -own mind. , Re-examined—fle was quite satisfied that the estimate he had made of the coal and lime to be carried was a moderate one. Mr. Wright, manager of the Canobie coal-field, under the Duke of kuccleuch, deposed that, at the instance of his Grace, he had gone over the route of the railway. He had reported favour ably. He was acquainted with both Sanquhar and Canobie coal fields. The former was 7 miles long by 3 broad; the aggregate thick ness of the seams was 15% feet. At present the quantity raised was - _ 15,600 tons a. year. This was for local purposes, as the expense of cartage to Dumflies was too great to take it there. Dumfries was supplied at present by English coal, of which 16,000 tons were an nually consumed. The present price was 16s. Bd. at the ship's side. With the railway Sanquhar coal could be laid down al Dumfries for 85. 11d. There were no disturbances in the Sanquhar field that materially interfered with its working. Until a year ago the working of coal had been in the crop. With regard to the Canebie coal-field, it was 3 miles by 2 in extent, and contained ten seams of 55 feet thickness in the aggregate. The present openings were calculated to yield 100,000 tons a-year for seventy years. Another field had been proved, which would extend the supply of 100,000 tons a-year for 200 years. The present price of English coal at Annan was 14s. a ton, whereas by this line they would be supplied at 7s. 4d. By this means Annan, instead of being an importing, would become an ex porting town. The Crawick branch would be of great ad vantage to the • lead mines near that line. These mines were the largest in Scotland, and used about 2,500 tons a year, which were principally carted Prom Sanquhar, 12 miles. They would go by the branch railway. He agreed with the table put in by Mr. Geddes. Cross-examined—The line ran for 22 miles through the property of the Duke of Bucclench. He did not think the Sanquhar coal as good as the Cumberland coal. It might be worth a shilling a ton less. In the beginning of the present year, the price of coal at Dum fries was 16s. Bd. at the ship's side, and in 1844 it was 12s. 6d. He did not think the difference had arisen from the strikes at coal-pits, but from the increased trade of the country. He had not taken steps to prevent parties from the Caledonian Company getting information respecting the mineral fields. He was not aware that such bad been done. He was not aware that there was any clay fit to make bricks or tiles in the neighbourhood of Sanquhar. . . Mr. Kennedy, a landed proprietor of Kirkland, Dumfriesshire, ex amined—He resided on his property in Dumfrieshire, but held extensive farms in the counties of Sutherland, Inverness, and Argyll. He rented land to the amount of 6,0001. a year, and the extent of it was 200,000 acres. The sheep that he raised in the north he trans ferred to Dunfermline, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Roxburghshire. He sold considerable numbers 'of these to dealers in the district, to be fat tened and sent into England. A considerable number of fat sheep and lambs were now sent to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and if they had a railway both for England and these cities, they would be sent by it. The half-fed sheep, or " hoggets," would also he sent by the same mode. Ho thought from 130,000 to 140,000 sheep and lambs of all sorts would be sent to England, and Ed;nburgh, and Glasgow annually. This was an incatase on his former examination from re cent inquiries he had made. The larger proportion would find their way on to the railway at Dumfries. He agreed with the table which had been drawn up of the sheep, cattle, and horse traffic. He thought it quite correct. He thought 36,000 stone of wool would be sent out of the country which the line intersected, partly into the west of Scotland, and partly to England. He did not think the Craw!ck branch would injure the property of Mr. Thomas Colebroke, but ra ther improve it. Cross-examined--The principal portion of the fattening district of the south of Scotland was between Castle . Douglas and Dumfries, and the most of the sheep and cattle raised want south from Dumfries. The English markets were the beet for them, He did 11 4 3 tIII4IE a groat deal of the %zaftig he had 4' DTYEZIN, SEIXAST, AND COLERAINE. . This 13111 which is unopposed was briefly opened by counsel, and after the tendering of evidence, the preamble was declared to be proved, the clauses agreed to, and the Bill passed. DUBLIN AND ENNISZ.ILLEN. This Bill was next taken. Mr. AusTrts, Q.C„ having explained the objects of the Bill, fie., and stated that the estimated cost of the line was 340,0001, said that a portion of the shareholders had petitioned against the Bill, on the ground that the Bill no longer contained the entire project which was originally submitted to the house of Lords, and for which they said they Lad Subscribed; but it was quite clear that those petitioners could not be heard, because at the time that they signed the docu ment wh„tek—,l39iimsl.-41,4na as, In —U.. undertakin Jor authorised tho direetcr es a - matter 'of course, to proceed to Parliament, either for the whole line, or for parts of the line, or to make any such alterations as they in their judgment might deem fit. The Irish North Midland Company (who had been defeated in the House of Lords), and the Belfast Junction Company were also petitioners against the Bill, the latter with respect to the Company's proposed line between Navan and Eel's. Ile had no doubt, however, that the Committee would decide that these petitioners had no good grounds of objection, and that the Bill should be permitted to pass. Evidence was then tendered on behalf of the Bill, and at four o'clock the Committee adjourned until twelve to-morrow. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. _ Their Lordships met at two o'clock, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair, Present, Lords Iledeschile and Hawarden. There were six Bills on the list, of which four were Railway Bills. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COATBRIDGE RAILWAY PURCHASE). Standing orders complied with. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (WITH BRANCHES) Their Lordships declared the standing orders complied with. The same decisban was made in respect of the Bridgehouse Sewer age, Drainage, and Lighting. SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. On their Lorthi►ips assuming this fora), thirteen Bills out of a list of twenty-five were proceeded with ; ten of these were Railway Rills. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS EXTENSIONS. Their Lordships decided that the promoters of this Bill had proved their preamble. TRENT VALLEY MIDLANDS AND GRAND JUNCTION. Their decision in this case also was favourable. A clause was inserted for the erection of lodges at all level crossings. • STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE. Preamble proved. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH. Preamble proved. MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION. The preamble of this 1011 was also declared proved. EDINBURGH AND BATIIGATE. A similar decision was made in this case, and also in that of the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improvement Bill, and of the Plymouth Great Western Docks. LONDON AND BIRMINGHANI (BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION). A favourable decision was made in this case also. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. The promoters of this Bill proved their preamble to the satisfaction of the Committee. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON AND DUDLEY. The same applies to this Bill. LIVERPOOL AND BURY. This Bill also was passed. Al the Bills passed on their merits were ordered to be reported. Being unopposed they will pass through the House as a matter of course, and will then only wait the Royal Assent, except in the cases of those Bills which have been amended in the Committee, which of course must return to the Commons. Their Lordships rose at a late hour, and adjourned till to•usorrow at one. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JULY 18. STOCK ETCTIANCK.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction, 1% dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3 3 ,4 p.— Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 9-16 p.—East Lancashire, 4% p.—Fleetwood, Preston, &c., 13-16 dis.—Grand Union, 15s. 9d. dis. —Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 2 p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, I% dis.— Leicester and Birmingham, 18s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1% p.—London and York, 1% dis.—Man cheater, Boston, Matlock, and Midland, 7-16 p.—Manchester and BirminOatn, Quarters ), 9% p.—Manchester and Leeds Exten sion, 219. dl4.—Nortli Er S• l ii, Carlisle Branch, 1 1 ,8' p.—North Staf ili fordskre, 3% p.—North N es, Mineral, New, 7s.—Oldham Birk enhead, &c., 14s. 6d. disau-Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 2% p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 3 1 4 p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 7-16 Preston and Wyre Extension...!!_—.l4. ,over, Consolidated N 0.. .---- -: ....._ _ _ - 11, i f i) s' , , „, pl-7-South Midland, 'par w 3 STOCK EXcnANGE.—It is now apparent that money ..., -- "e into the Share Market for Investment, as a steady demand exists for all good old Stocks, and prices are in most instances Improved. In Scrip there is not much to note, save that in nearly all cases where the success of Parliamentary efforts leads to the expectation of fur ther calls being made on the shares, pr.ceB recede. There is about an average demand in lines agreed to be abandoned, but of course at a rate of discount greater than the amount supposed to be expended. In general, where it is likely that a wind-up will take place, more money will eventually be realised by holding on than by selling at present, but the delay will be considerable before all disputed claims are adjusted and the final return of deposits made. There has been a good deal of inquiry for time bargains in registered Stocks, but very little encouragement has yet been given to such speculations. The desire for prospectiva purchases shows, however, that anticipa• tions are favourable to the probability of advancing prices rather than otherwise. The declarations of the July dividends will take place shortll - , and are looked forward to with anxiety. It will be well if expectations on this head do not meet with some disappoint ment. The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, Us. Gd. p.—East Lancashire, 5 1 ,4 p.—Huddersfield and Mulches dis.ter, 1% —Hudderefleld and Sheffield, 7 p.—Leeds and Bradford, 39% p.— Leeds and Dewsbury, 2% p.—Ditto, Branches, 7s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extenions, 2% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 11% p.—Newcastle and Darlington Junction Eaten stens, 10% p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 20s. Gd. p.—York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 50%—Ditto, East and West Riding, 12% p.—Clitheroe Junction, 17s. dis.—Direct Northern, I% dis.—Grand Union, 17s. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 20s. dis. Great Eastern and Western, 31s, dis.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 445. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield and Midland, 18s. dis.— Leicester and Bedford, Bs. 6d. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 12s. p.—Midland and Think Junction, 21s. dis.— Northumberland and LaneashireJunction, Iss. dis.—North Stafford shire, W. 48. p.—North Western, 6s. dis.—Oxford, Witney, and Chet teninun, 17s. dis.—South Midland, Is. p.—West Riding Union. 4% —York and Carlisle, 2 dis.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2 dis. HULL, JULY 18 STOCK ExertAxor.—The sales aro—North British, Carlisle, 475, —Ditto, Dalkeith, 32—York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 14—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Fi —Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 34s.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 30s. 3d. Leicester and Bedford, 9s. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2/. 13s. 6d.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 21. 17s.—North Stafford shire, 51. Gs.—South Midland, 425. Gd.—Shetlield, Potteries, and Crewe,lss. M.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 2 --York anti Car lisle, 4%. SHEFFIELD, JULY 18. STOCTE Excuswit.—The sales are ,Griinsby and Sheffield Exten sion, 27a. dis.—Huddersfleld and Manchester, 11. dis.—London and York, 1N dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 19s. dis.—Manches ter, Midland, and Great Grimsby,2ls. die.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 12s. dis.—West Riding Union, 21. 6s. p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 18. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Buckinghamshire, I Is. die. — Caledonian Extension, 1 Is. Gd. dia.— Ipswich and Bury Extension, 1 dis.—Lanca , hire and North Yorkshire, 275. dis.,—Midland, New, 401. Shares, 16% p.—North British, Halves, Carlisle, I%—South- Eastern and Dover, 16s. 64. p.—York and Carlisle, 335. 6d. die. • YORK, JULY 18. STocz Exclufmr.—The sales are•—Eastern Counties; York Ex tension, 21. Is.—Leicester and Bedford, 13s. W.—London and York, 1 —Mallon and Drithield Junction, 21. 75.--Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 21. 14s.— Newcastle and Berwick, 26%—Newcas tle and Darlington, sew, 111. Ga. 3ol.—North British, Carlisle Exten sion, 21. Gs.—North Staffordshire, 51. 6s.—North Western, 13s.— West Riding Union, 4% —York and North Midland Extension, 3. —Ditto, East and West Riding Extension, 13N. EDINBURGH JULY 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 8/. 155.-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11.85.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31.85. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.-Armagh and Portrush, 145.-Ayr and Galloway, It. ft.-Ayrshire and Bridge 01 Weir, 21. /0.-Banffshire, 165.-Belfast and County Down, 12s. W. -British and Irish Union, 21. Is. 6d.-Caledonian, 141.-Ditto, IfsW, 11-Caledonian Extension, IL 11s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11. ft.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, it. !ft.-Chelmsford and Bury, 12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 17!. ss.- Cornwall and Devon Central, 11. 108.-Deeside Railway, 3/.-Direct Northern, 1/. Is.- Dublin and Enniskillen, 2/. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/.- Ditto, New, 21/. 55.-Dundee and Perth, 22/.-Ditto, Kinross Exten sion, 2/. Gs.-Eastern Counties Extension, 21.-East Indian Rail way, 97. 9d.-East of Fife, 11. 25.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 1/. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 741.-Ditto, Half Shares, 171. 15s, - Ditto, Quarters, 181.- Ditto, ditto, New, 181.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 165.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 15/. 10a. -Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, 71. 155.-Ditto, Newport, 4s. 9d.- Edinburgh and Peebles, 1/. 14s. 9d.- Edinburgh and Perth, 11. 15s.- Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 1/. 95.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 19s.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 751.-Ditto, New Stock, 321. 10s.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. 108.- g a la r s i g e w , I lnil 3s ßl d fest o y a n s i g e o n w , 21 6s. D u 6 n d a - ee G j la u s n g e o ti w o , n D i nfr 2 i s es bc i t ind and.- Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/. 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 8/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditto, New, 8/. 155.- Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 1/.- Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 11.75. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and l i Ardrossan, 11. 15a. 6d.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmallagow, 2/. 163.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great County Down, 11. 125. 0.- Great North of Scotland, 10s.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. Os. 6d.- Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, ss. 9d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, I/. 3s. 6d.-London and Hounslow, 155.-London and Manchester (Bast.), 3/. 145.-London and Manchester (Remington's), 155.-London and York, 1/. 28.- Ditto, Half Shares, 155.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 10s.- Morayshire, 1/.-Newcastle and Berwick, 261. 5e.-Newry and ss.- DM*, Extension to Carlisle , 21.65. 6d.-Ditto, Extension to Dal- Londonderry, 14s. 6d.-North British , 30i. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 127. Dal keith, 61. 10s. -North Staffordshire, Si. 65.-North Wales Mineral, 14/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 8/. 55.-I'erth and Inverness, I/. Ifs.- I t 7 is s i . i 6d. r - ai Scottish ne C ti e o n n: Cen tral and Scottish C c e ai n e t d ral on , ta l n 9/ ju l l o lc s t . 1 1C O e s7-Scottish 12s.- Scottish Midland, 71.-Scottish Southern, 11. 175.-Shrews bury and Hereford, 7s. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 41,- South Midland, I/. 185.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Stir ling and Midland, '2l. Bs. 6d.-Strathearn Junction, 1/. 101.-WlshaW and Coltness, 471. 10s. GLASGOW, JULY 17. STOCK Excnatmx.-The sales are-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 925. 61.-Caledonian, New, 205.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 215.-Caledonian Direct Northern, 405.-Clydesdale Junc tion, 224 -Direct Northern, 205.-Dundee and Perth, 22/. -Dun blane, Donne, and Callander, 205.-East of Fife, 205.-Edinburgh and Northern, 54 -Edinburgh and Peebles, 345.- Glasgow General Terminus, 7 x -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 455.-Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ayr, Quarter Shares (5 per cent. guar.), 18%--Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 335. 9d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardros itan, 355.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 325. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, 21s. Gd.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 335. 64.-Lesmahagow, 555. 6d -Manchester and Southampton, 315.-Scottish Central, 191. 145.-Ditto, New, 7% -South Midland, 395. CUSTOMS.—Captain Saurin, lately connected with the Board of Stamps and Taxes, and who has recently been ap pointed to a Commissionership of Customs, in the room of the Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, has taken his seat at that Board and assumed the duties of his office. Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild had a distin guished circle to dinner, on Sunday, at their residence in Pic cadilly. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Harry Vane, &v., wore among the guests. i - • `. ; ....,w o -- 1. ibb°, elef i