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INSITEANC2-1 COMPANIES. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Priczt Annum. Share. ---. --- X s. d. X s. IL Albion .............. 31. 10s 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine.• •• • - 61. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 5% Atl as •,•,•.... British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7% eleriel,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 00 . 210 0 61 4 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5 1 ,4 Eng. & Scot. Law •• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life .. 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe 6/. per cent. Stock. - 136 Guardian •••••• - • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4830 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0010 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine •• • . IL sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life............ 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 52 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire -••• • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14% London Ship •.••• • .. 108. 25 0012 10 0 1434 Marine •••• • • • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4)41. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.. •• • .... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 9 34 Palladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. Os. Phcenix 3/. p. et. & bs. - - 205 Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 33 Provident Life •.•• • • .. 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 198 Sun Fire ..... .... .. - - 210 Ditto Life . • • • • • • - - 49 Universal Life .• • • ZEST or SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PELICES, Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of 'Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. .----- -- --- - X s. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 170 British Bank of Scotland per cent. - 100 0 0 157 2ritish Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 223 Commercial ••_ Bank .. 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 161 A 0 00, National 8ank...... - 1 15 50 0 0 92 % Union Bank of Scotland 73%1. pr cent. - North Bank • • • • • . - A 0 0 0 85 orth of Scotland Bank Si.SI. per cent. - 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank.• •• - 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Eastern Bank. •••• • • • 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 11 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 4 1 A Pdinb • &Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 7 City % of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% ocottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. 9d llercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% t 11sur. Co. of Scetlnd Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% North British Insur. • • 53(1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 tdinYurgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 - 1 81 /e (11 11. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. pert. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75 Ditto, % Shares •• • • 7s. 6d. p. S. 12 10 0 All paid. 1 8 Edit. , Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 1534 °langw &Ay rshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 74 . l asg - w&Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 11l paid. 16), t 9 iaßw &Garukirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All pa id. 40% R undee& Arbroth Rail. 6 /. per cent . 25 0 0 All paid. 38 tandard Life Amsernce. I 6 1 . per cent. 1 50 0 0 1 2 10 0 ---- DOOMS. ....... Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. I X s. d. ',,lTlln erc i a l t and West India 4•s k. aSt Country ••. • • London ...... k. Ratharine .........5 per cent. , Stock. 104 S outhampton • • ........,.. IKTATZI.-WORKS. --..... Dividend Amount , '-`Tame of Company. per of P a id. Price. Annum. Share. ---- --- -- -- _ -- £ s, d. F astast London.— - 90 81. 100 0 0 210 , and Junction ••• • • • 3 /. 101 . 41 13 4 n 70 rnt.......... .. West .•••• • • • .. 130 Middlesex ••• • • • 51.55. pr cut. 63 12 9 . CANALS. i Dividend Xam es o f .9 !Dividend Price Names of C"aPanies. 'O l 1 per 1 Companies. Annum. per Price. 4 ' Annum. m - - .£ X 'lt n& ohzi, (.7 5/.55. p e 70 NfonmOutliSh 100 81. 160 , BbY-d-la-Z, 113 4/. 70 Mntgomrysli 100 5/. 93 tnsley •• .. IGO 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 1 3 ,aSingstoke.. 100 - - Meath ...... 100 17/. 3403 '''rkrikg c Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottinglifun. 150 12/. - )Zinford.... 100 141. 150 Peak Forast. 78 32. 40 be dley . ..... 100 4h - Regent's ••• . 33 1/. s g . 5 b r bY •• • ... 100 6/. 73 Rochdale .. •. 86 4/. ,77 erare&Chs 133 a. 55 Shropshire • • 125 81. - I,,,tewash 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 •av,rth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 eadJunctn,lool 71. 95% Stffrd&Worc 140 28/. 295 4;and u n i on, 100 ' 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbary.. 125 151. 230 q h , 4l 2rgnsh . 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridgc.. 145 201. 315 qc`rtk Bruy, no, - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - 4 antham•• •,1150 121. 100 Severn and] 2G 1L Bs. 32 eeiders/W.; 57 --- Wye Rail. nnt & Avu' 39 Is. 6 d. 93' Tint & Mr-1 50 301. - I, B Acaster ... 147 11. 108. - BO'', 4 sh. 1.,:r s&Livrp 100 341. 520 Thanes &Med 19 - - I,, c eeter ....,140 10/. 105 Worestr &1 Lkiahb0rc.m........._.222t._.821z2_...._._._..___,m souk. 67 ik iiitr&Nth l 83 4/. 60 Birming. 7B 2/. 44 •-•..._____ ah,.COURSE OF EXCHANGE. --(THIS DAY) -41Srdam --C.F. 12 8% Gibraltar .. ........... - it o - . 4 Ite, at sight ••••.. 12 5% Leghorn . ..... . Cterdam ...... 2U. 12 9 Genoa .. ••••••• • • • • • . b."-Wern....., ........ 26 10 Milan .. ••••••• • • • • • • • ___. C• OURSE OF EXCH. am ......C.F. 12 8% • tte, at sight • • •.. 12 5% ' u tt• erd • ani .. 11. 1 2 9 26 10 ino rg h .M.B. 13 15 tona• "'h i ,. 3 day • s'•sight •• • • 2 5 75 11 - "t 0, 3 months.. •• • • 26 5 4 ftellles .. 26 10 i'otlideaux• •• • • :: 26 10 ; 41 1kfort on Maine.. • . 122 N O t ersburgh, 3Us • • effee. flo ••• • • • 10 9 % e ne, ditto.... • • 10 10 e (l lid . 35 3 4 ••••••• • • • • • . 3t,i4 • z. .41 ) "" • • • • • " • kle e * elona • • • • ' ****** •-•••••••••••••• .NGE.-(T Gibraltar.. • • • • • Leghorn . • Genoa . • • • • • • • Milan .• Venice.. .. • • • • • • Naples .. ••• • • • 39% Palermo, per oz.. . 119; 2 Lisbon.... Oporto . Rio Janeiro • • .... .. 21 Buenos Ayres .. ••.. .. New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... • • .... PRICES OF BULLION, MB OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars . • 0 4 9% Allver in bars ...... • • 0 4 11 ItAJLWAY COMMITTEES. (TUIS DAY.) - HOUSE OF LOUD S. GROUP C. BERCULATIDUM DOCKS. toll? e Committee re-assembled this morning, Lord Ashbur tietil the chair, when, after some time, the preamble was ared to be proved. The clauses of the Bill were passed 14:11gh without amendment , a nd the report ordered to be light up. IVLA GROUP D. --WCHEST En, PITZDZA.NDS, AND GREAT GlialitSVZ .7171VCIVION. t he Committee assembled tnis morning, Lord Somers in e chair. „,Witnesses were called to show the nature of the produce r .O the respective lines of the present competing companies ,r this line, the chief points being to show what ea the extent of magnesian limestone carried into a nd from the neighbourhood of Worksop. "od the supply of stone for grindstones sent f rom Thrybu,gli and , . , i 4f . vVckersOy to Sheffield , as a l s o the number and extent the ironworks in the neig hbourhood of Rotherham. T he lo statements with respect to t he miner .1.4 were made by ~_Lr. Sellers and Mr. Byron , b oth conectad with the district, 4 1e latter agent to Earl Fitzwilliam for his mineral pro lefty. Mr. Dyson, of Rotherham , was t he principal e it 'ha called to show the extent of the ironworks, and Le Stated that bis own manufacture was 500 tons daily, and, of %arse, many thousands of tons a year. . Mr. Chadwick st ated that he was the owner and the oe 41Pier of the stone quarries at Thryburgh, and that the °thl)Posing quarr i es at Wickeraby are nearl y exhausted; while pre was the addition al advantage, the stone having to 'eL , cend a considerable elevation. -the Secretary of the line was e_ then put into the box , and "Pitiated the formal proofs which had been deposited before, Zie l e-ording to the standing orders. The population within e_ree miles of the line, but including all those residing in Gains- C°rough and Rotherham, as stated by Mr. Belton, who has "'en employed in taking the traffic, was 65,855 on a line of the t'crooters, exclusive altogether of the population of Sheffield. ~,_ ith ou t speaking as to accuracy, he found that the local ITloulation was 3 9 , 000, or, according to the statement of the e ngineer of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line, only 34,000. A long c ross-examinatio n e n sued , in which Mr. PAGET ndeavoured t o elicit that the Several places , the line for i ,hose population credit had been takm were, though '„ en tly, really several miles distant; but the discrepancyaPPa 2Peared to be reconciled by the circumstance , th at though Farts of the several parishes were far off, yet the population is sc attered, and spread over wide districts. M ie macconnell, the eng ineer locomotive superintendent of the Bristol and B irmin g ham line, who attended under a ~a rrant from the Speak er, expressed an opinion that 4 t h ere would be danger i n the junction of the Sheffield Lincolnshire line with the Rotherham Railway, as the e was there on a descent. He was impressed with the , i ll fr,eeeSSity of having f our policemen stat ioned at each of the 'llr points of this J unction. It wou ld be necessary also to li ave a first-class station there, where a ll the trains might c ep, as, from the natural s lo p e of the ground, it was impos- Si ble to see the trains as they app roach. The northern point i t , the Midlands Railway would be particularly dangerous, .„, consequence of the cutting interrupting the view both "aYs. t he re-examination by Mr. PAGET, it appeared that all d ;unctions in the kingdom are made by the up or the th at train passing from one pair of rails to the other, and still the junction here spoken of was on an incline of 1 in 100, l l he had himself formed a gradient of tin 37, though he dislik e d gradients. Te Mr. Sergeant Wieteres th e witness said, that tke e ePleyment of policemen would be inevitable, and thus the vipense would be ten guineas a week for this watchieg. th !th respec to the junctions which bad been allude. 4 te, ell iCetrains n i t e Birmingham cad Midlands Railways, with h m exeeption of the e xpress train, stopped at Rugby, end he 1 ,..; understood, with respect to the Warringtoa line, ; that it '''' considered so objectionable, that the people of Lifer 9944 GROUP XVIII. LONDON, NEWBURY, AND EATH DIRECT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. ATERREWETHER then called Mr. Walker, the Admiralty engineer, who stated .that he had been in communication with the Speaker for a considerable time, which was his apology for not appearing before the Committee at twelve o'clock, and that he thought he should be able to save any further delay and trouble to the Committee, as he hoped he should be able to conclude an arrangement with Mr. Brunel. After a short time, which was spent in consultation be tween Mr. Brunel and Mr. Walker, Mr. MEREWETIIER stated that he had been informed that an arrangement had been entered into between the parties, which he would lay before the Committee in a formal and proper manner to-morrow. The Committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XXXIII. SITLIVIINGHAIVI AND OXFORD JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. ViTfiArEtar then addressedlthe Committee on the part the promoters of the Bill at great length. The Learned Counsel said, that the only very important opposition to the line was on the part of the trustees of the chapel, and on the part of Sir Edward Smythe. In respect of the latter, he would only say that he was prepared to refer the question as to whether the Company should buy the whole of his pro perty or not, to any gentleman they might choose; and he would then refer the price to be paid for it to arbitration ; or of Sir Edward Smythe wished to keep his property, or any part of it, they would refer the question of compensation to arbitration, and would give the most liberal compensa tion. In respect of the chap.], the learned Counsel repeated the offer made by Mr. Cockburn on Saturday, as to the con tingent building of a new chapel, and said that he thought the Company could not make a more liberal offer. He also instanced several cases of places of worship being situated in the immediate vicinity of railways, and no inconvenience being sustained, or, at all events, complained of. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to object to the Warwickshire and London Railways. He said that the London and Birmingham Company had, in this case, pur sued an obstructive policy. These lines were not intended to supply the wants of the country, but to take posses sion of it and keep every one else out of it. The Learned Counsel objected to the three lines of the Warwickshire and London on these grounds. The Worcester and Weedori was an Eastern and Western line, and it had been proved that the whole traffic was north and south. There had been no attempt to-prove a case of traffic on this line, except in regard to lean cattle, and indeed there was no traffic that could go by the line but that. The same was the case with the Hampton and Aschurch and the Hampton and Banbury; there had been no evidence whatever as to traffic on either? and the latter was a line beginning nowhere and ending nowhere. It stopped at half a mile from Banbury, and a junction could not be made with the Oxford and Rugby line, because the level of the Hampton and Banbury was thirty feet above the Oxford and Rugby. Besides this, the Hampton and Banbury ran for a considerable distance parallel to the Oxford and Rugby, and then passed through n - ost valuable property. Again, the case set up on the part of the London and Birmingham Company, as to the hospital at Warnford, that the rail way would be rather an improvement than an injury to the hospital. It certainly had been said, by Doctor Jephson, that the patients would rather like it than not; but he would ask the Committee whether a man in the height of fever, or a poor fellowwho had had his leg taken off, and had taken an opiate for the sake of forcing an unnatural sleep, would be very much pleased by a train passing by, with the engine hissing, screaming, and roaring in the dead of the night?—(A laugh.) The Learned Counsel's speech occupied about an hour. Mr. AUSTIN then rose on the part of the wzazwzczEszinE AND LONDON (won- CESTER. AND WED.o.ON, ELANIPTing" AND 73A1VBURY, HAMP,LOIV AND ASHCHURCH). In reply to the speech of Mr. WHATELY, he dwelt at some length on the accusations of that gentleman against the London and Birmingham Company, and observed that he was very sorry that the Great Western Com pany should instruct their counsel to make such allegations as this, which could not be disproved, but which he thought could have no effect with the Committee. The Learned Counsel proceeded to show thrt the three lines of the War wick and London were not competing with the Birmingham and Oxford. The only parts of the two schemes which could at all be said to compete, or even to compare one with another, were the Warwick and Banbury portion of the Hamp ton and Banbury and the corresponding portion of the Bir mingham and Oxford. It had been said that the station of the Warwickshire and London, at Leamington and Warwick, were not convenient. Now at these places each line formed a letter S (Mr. Austin here referred to a plan). In the War wick and London, one curve brought them close to Learning ton, and the other brought them near Warwick; and at each place the station was within one street's length of the popu lous part of the town. But on the Birmingham and Oxford the S was _reversed, one curve taking the line far away from Leamington ' and the other carrying it far away from Warwick._ The Hampton and Ashchurcb, and the Worcester and Weedon were not mere east and west lines, but north-east and south-west lines, and would carry a large amount of north-east and south-west traffic. The Hampton and Banbury ilne did not fall short of the town of Banbury, as represen(ed by Mr. Wakeley. There was a station to the west of the Oxford and Rugby line, which was common to this and the Tring to Banbury line, and although it was to •t in the Tring to Banbury Bill, it still remained in the Hampton and Banbury line. The Learned Counsel dwelt at great length on the question of monopoly and com petition, and urged that the passing of the two Bills for lines competing with one another, would not have the effect of preventing monopoly. There could be no competition be tween two canals or two railways, as when the tolls had once come down to the lowest point to which it was the in terest of the companies to bring them to, they , would amalgamate and raise the prices The ne cessity for high tolls being increased by the double expenditure of capital, the passing of both lines would rather injure than advantage the public. He did not look upon bis Learned Friend's'observations as to the mischiefs that might result from the line passing by the Hospital as likely to have much weight with the Committee. He thought the evi dence of Dr. Jephsou had set that point at rest, and he should think that gentleman's opinion much more worthy to be relied on than that of his Learned Friend. Mr. AUSTIN'S speech occupied about two hours. At about live minutes to four o'clock the room was cleared in order that the Committee might consult as to the course to be adopted in proceeding with the case. On our re-admis sion the Chairman said that the Committee would prefer to take the evidence of the engineers who had been sent down to examine the levels of the Worcester and Weedon line, on Thursday, instead of to-morrow, if that would be equally con venient for the parties. The Counsel having declared that it would, The Committee rose at about half-past four, and adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. GROUP XXXVIII. The Committee met at the usual hour. WEST RIDING UNION. Mr. BAWLS, Q.C., opened the case for the promoters of this line, in a speech of co nsiderable len g th. The first witness called was Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer to the line. He was also the engineer to the Manchester and Leeds Railway. The whole system of railroad included in this scheme was about 45 miles in length. The main line was laid out so as to form a continuous line of communication between Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax. The nest branch was proposed to accommo date Bradford . , Halifax, and Huddersfield. The third branch . ran in the di rec tion of Bradford, De wsbur y , and Wakefield. branch lll T e s r hi o Ne,e l c va coo s ma a cal ls i ( fit ) te a eledsadiadjourned from the main line at Brighouse to e ßradford. ro.exa i A n a b t o a n n c o l co c uu alled the Cockersdale branch was pro- P e o i s l ef to be made for the purpose of accommodating the ex ptrlin.leiedsd tdthiiiesltwrli2ehtot.loe_Trno floiem examinationto-morrow. and the day. GROUP XLVIII. 2VIONTWOUTHSIZIRE, The Committee met again this day, Mr. Oldham, chairman. The remaining clauses of the Bill were proceeded with, and a lengthy discussion ensued on the proposed amendments. The other clauses of this Bill were postponed till twelve o'clock to-morrow, in order to give the pr omo t ers time for introducing . some amendments. prr..IWPORT, .12.33ER.G.A.VMNNT, AND "norm a duty therefore to insist on the question of the accuracy of Le measurement of his Learned Friend's clients' line being settled. They had proposed that it should be settled by the engineers of both lines, or, in case of their disagreeing, by the decision :of their referree. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read and comment on the terms of settlement proposed to be entered into between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Companies. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE then addressed the Committee at some length on the terms proposed by his party. He contended that the low level was the best level for the town of Wolverhampton, and that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company did not struggle for the high level there for the purpose of accommodating the district, but really to construct a line by which they might pour upon their canal line (if they were to obta►n it) the whole of the traffic coming from Shrewsbury. The question of the levels was a public one, and he hoped that the Committee would so decide as to force the traffic arriving in Wolverhampton to be brought in on the low level. His clients were perfectly willing to give up that part of the line which would accommodate Dudley, but he contended that in return for this concession the Shrewsbury and Birmingham ought undoubtedly to give up to his clients that part of their line between Tipton and Wolver hampton.. because the population end the traffic of that district did not require it. The Learned Sergeant con cluded by proposing to put in a written statement explana tory of the propositions of hi's clients, but Mr. HOPE having objected, The Hon. CHAIRMAN decided that the document ought not to be received. Mr. HOPE then contended that the proposals of arrange ment of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Com pany were not such as his clients were fairly entitled to, and replied to the remarks of the Learned Sergeant. The propo sitition he pronounced to be the most niggardly he had ever heard. The question of levels was entirely an open ques tion, and would not, as his friend had adroitly re presented, settle the lines of the district under the consideration of • the Committee. He contended that if the Committee did not sanction that portion of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line between Tipton and Wolverhampton, they would band over that district bound hand and foot to the Great Western Company. His Learned Friend had proposed amalgamation in the same .breath that he had extolled the benefits arising from corn petition. The fact was that if the line proposed by his Learned Friend were sanctioned in its present shape, it would lead to one of the greatest monopolies in the country. Mr. SRLFE said he appeared on behalf of a body of inde pendent ir9nmasters, who were very much interested in the question now before the Committee. He understood that an arrangement between the two companies had been proposed to the effect that the district in question should be fairly and equally divided between them. He begged to say, on behalf of the public, or at least that portion of the public which he represented, that they had a most decided objection to any arrangement which should prevent the green line (the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire) from Tipton to Dudley being carried through to Wolverhampton. He trusted that the interests of the public would not be sacrificed by any arrangement between the two countries. Mr. COCKBURN submitted that before the Committeee de cided upon the terms proposed, they ought to hear his clients on the question of level. They were quite willing to amalgamate with the Shrewsbury and BirmingLam, provided the low level at Wolverhampton were adopted. If the Com mittee decided that the high level of that company should' be sanctioned, the fate of his clients' line was sealed. Mr. HOPE said that,tfor the purpose of coming to a fair arrangement with the Learned Counsel's clients, he proposes that both levels should be adopted, and he submitted that the Committee might fairly come to a decision on the terms proposed between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Companies, with out hearing the case of the other companies as to the advan tage of the low level. Let that lengthened inquiry be re ferred to the engineers —that course had been adopted in other Committees. The Hon. CHAIRMAN said he thought it would be well, in his opinion, that the Learned Counsel on the opposite side should consent to refer the matter. Mr. COCKBURN objected to do so. It was, however, eventually arranged that the question of the supposed inaccuracy in the level should be referred to the decision of the engineers of the lines. The room was cleared of strangers, and on our re-admission, after the expiration of half an hour, Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE again attempted to lay the written statement before alluded to before the Committee. _ _ Mr. HOPE again objected, and The Hon. CHAIRMAN decided that it ought not to be received, remarking that the written terms already before them required no supplemental explanation. DECISIONS. The Hon. CHAIRMAN then said 'that the Committee had come to a decision in favour of two stations at Birmingham, and also two at Wolverhampton. They had also decided that the whole of the lower line (as represented on the map) should be assigned to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, and the upper to the Birmingham, Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley. After a short conversation between the Hon. Mr. Talbot and Mr. Lang and the Committee, The Hon. Citaittmax said that the Committee had come to the decision that the preamble of the SIMOPSIIIRM UNION ItAILWAY and CA NAL (cHEsnov. and WOLVCIZIIA.IVIPTON) Bill had been proved. At the request of the Learned Counsel, the Committee postponed going through the clauses of the Bill until to morrow. - Ihe Committee then adjourned, at half-past three o'clock, twelve o'clock to• morrow. GROUP LXI. EDINIIITIZGH AND GLASGOW, AND SCOT TISH CENTRAL JUNCTION. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, and proceeded with the clauses of the Bill. After some amend ments several were agreed to, and the counsel for the oppo. nents continued to propose other alterations in various clauses of the Bill. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. • Their Lordships met at the usual hour in Room 6, House of Lords, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. There were five Bills on the list, all railway Bills. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD. The Committee decided that the promoters of this Bill had proved compliance with the standing orders.' PORTBURY PIER AND RAILWAY. Their Lordships made a similar decision in this case. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE. In the absence of two witnesses, this part-beard case was adjourned till Monday. EDINBURGH AND BATHOATE. The standing orders were declared complied with. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (WEEDON AND NORTHAMPTON BRANCH). This case was adjourned until Friday. Their Lordships then resolved themselves into a Select Committee on Merits. There were twelveßills on the list, four only being railway Bills. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE (METH LEY, ASKERN, AND OAKENSHAW BRANCH.) The preamble of this Bill wee declared proved, clauses being inserted to insure the building of lodges at all level crossings. ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY. The preamble cf this Bill also was declared proved, clauses being inserted as in the last case. WISHAW AND COLTNESS (GREENHILL BRANCH). The promoters of this Bill also succeeded in proving their preamble. SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN. CHESTER (DUKINKELD, WORSBOROUGH, AND OTHER BRANCHES). Preamble proved. Clauses inserted as to level crossings. Their Lordships then rose at half past three o'clock. MARKET INTELLIG EN CE. (From the London New Price Current of June 30.) SUGAR. —To-day the dullness in the Colonial Sugar market further increased, prices again gave way, and which is to be attributed to the uncertainty that exists as to what alteration the new Ministry will make in the duties on t-ugar the produce of free or slave labour. Although the rates taken for West India Muscovadoe were 6d per cwt under those of Friday, still all kinds were pur chased with extreme caution by refiners and groeers, the pri vate sales not exceeding 160 hhds and trcs. At auction 97 hhds 22 tres of Barbadoes were all withdrawn for the want of buyers. -- ifEFINED.—Today the home trade purchased Refined Sugar with extreme caution, and the nearest quotations are 68s to 69s for brown lumps, and 69s 6d to 70s for standard lumps; the refiners are desirous to sell for forward delivery. Bonded Crushed Sugar has further risen in value, 34s 6d to 35s per cwt being insisted upon for first quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, and privately very little business was done, although there were sellers upon rather lower terms. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Madras Sugar brought to public sale was large, and amounted to 11,435 bags; the whole sold at and atter the sales, but at a decline on former rates of is per cwt. . TEA.—There ut has merchants have been compelled to accept previous low rates. SA Co i, s o .t r l e d i T g a h n t i s s fa u aft a ra e aawdntiitdt3thosalswlifho pkgs of Assam Tea were offerer at public sale, Sugar a n r o k o e n t r a a t t e p s , that is to say from is Id to 3s To-day üblic sale 36 boxes were sold F vas much better supplied onEtax.—To• day the market N at public sale all to I 431 chests yellow, and 115 quantity offered amounting I A 269 cases 334 , barrels Rio, and 332 irtefininisamvaanilite which of the yellow ' Havanna a part only .. ou b n ags Pernambuco ; is higher. ad t d buyers, •in consequence of an t yauce on formir rates of tid to • quired of 39 d h e h sc d r s ip: l on us s e , n t r h a e o q , . ls per cwt being re • BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, this Bill was read a second time. PROTECTION AGAINST VEXATIOUS ACTIONS. This Bill was also read a third time and passed, on he motion of the same NOBLE AND LEARNED LbRD. SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved that this Bill be read a second time. On the motion of the same NOBLE DUKE the standing orders were suspended. The Bill went through Com mittee, and was subsequently read a third time and passed. RAILWAY COMPANIES DISSOLUTION BILL. On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the Commons' amendments to this Bill were agreed to. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM moved the re-com mittal of the Buckinghamshire (Tring and Banbury) Railway Bill to the decision of the Select Committee on the Bill. The object, he said, was to consider the propriety of passing a portion of the Bill which was not objected to. . He must inform the Home that he made the motion with the concurrence of the chairman, else he should not have presumed to have done so. Lord STANLEY explained the reasons why the Com mittee decided against the Bill in question. They did so because they believed the line as an independent scheme would not pay the share holders for the capital invested. Since then he understood the scheme had been so altered, that the major part of it was to be abandoned, and a branch of twelve miles retained to accommodate the towns of Brockley and Buckingham. This small portion sought to be obtained was unobjected to by the landed proprietors along the line, and would be worked by another company. Under these circumstances be had no objection that the Bill should be re-committed for the purpose of considering the propriety of granting the portion in question. Lord BROUGHAM had always felt a great objec tion to the interference of the House with railway committees. In the present case the circumstances seemed considerably altered since the Bill was before the:Committee; he thought, therefore, that there was no objection to the Bill being referred back to the Com mittee. Lord CAMPBELL did not think they were departing from the sound principles of non-interference with the decisions of railway Committees by referring this Bill back to the committee. The motion was then agreed to. --- -- It was then crdered that the Bill be referred to the Select Committee for re-consideration. Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday next. rHE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JUNE 27, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Lord Francis Egerton, and the heirs male of his body law fully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Vis count Brackley, cf Brackley, in the county of North ampton, and Earl of Ellesmere, of Ellesmere, in the county of Salop. The Queen has also be pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity (if a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the following gentlemen, and the re spective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz. :—The Right Hon. Thomas Frankland Lewis, of Harpton-court, in the county of Radnor ; John Somer set Pakington, of Westwood-park in the county Worcester, Esq. ; John Gladstone, of Fasque and Balfour, in the county of Kincardine, Esq. ; James Weir Hogg, of Upper Grosvenor-street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; William Feilden, of Fenis cowles, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq.; Wil liam Verner, of Verner's-bridge, in the county of Ar magh, and of Inismagh, in the county of Tyrone, Esq. ; and Sir Moses Montefiore, of East Cliff-lodge, in the Isle of Thanet, and county of 'Cent, Knight. WHITEHALL, JUNE 27. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton Douglas, Esq. (commonly called Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale), the office of Knight Marishall of Scotland, in the room of William George Earl of Erroll, deceased. WHITEHALL, JUNE 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Brownrigge Collisson, 8.A., to the vicarage of Saint Michael, in the city of Coventry and diocese of Wor cester, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Simson. WHITEHALL, JUNE 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Duncan Campbell to the church and parish of North Knapdale, in the presbytery of Inverary and county of Argyll, vacant by the death of the Reverend Donald M'Lachlan, late minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. John M'lvor to the church and parish of Small Isles, in the presbytery of Skye and country of Inverness, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Henry Beat son, late Minister thereof, to the church and parish of Barra. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 27, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major• Gen, Sir Patrick Ross, K.G.C. St. M. and St. G. to be Go• vernor of St. Helena. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Thomas Denison, Esq., Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieman's Land. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Hon. F. W. A. Bruce to be Lieut.-Governor of Newfoundland. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Murrell Robinson Robinson, Esq., to be Second Assistant Sur veyor for the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Daniel H. 0. Gordon, Esq., to be Chief Justice fur the Virgin Islands. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Sin clair Bryan, Esq., to be Treasurer for the said Islands. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the following officers, in her Majesty's service, and in the service of the East India Company, to be Companions of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath : Lieut.-Col. H. S. Phillips, 53d Foot. Lieut.-Col. T. H. Franks, 10th Foot. Lieut -CoLG. L. Davis, 9th Foot ; and Lieut.-Col. J. R. Smyth, 16th Lancers. Lieut.-Col. C. Godby, 36th Bengal Native Infantry. Lieut.-Col. C. D. Wilkinson, 63d Bengal Native Infantry. Lieut.-Col. R. A. Stedman, Ist Bengal Cavalry. Brevet. Lieut.-Col. N. Penny, 69th Bengal Native Infantry. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Thompson, 59th Bengal Native Infantry. Lieut.-Col. H. J. Wood, Bengal Artillery , . Brevet Lieut.-Col. J Alexander, Bengal Artillery. Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Nash, 43d Bengal Light Infantry. Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. T. Lane, Bengal Artillery. Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. M. Lawrence, Bengal Artillery. Brevet Lieut.. Col. F. Abbott, Bengal Engineers. _ Brevet Lieut.-Col. G. S. Laurenson, Bengal Artillery ; and Major H. Forster, Commanding the Shekawattee Brigade. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Pedro Degola y Ravara, as Consul at Malta for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 26. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major A. W. Hope to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sandilands, re tired on full pay; Second Captain W. B. Young to be Cap tain, vice Hope; First Lieut. E. W. Rodwell, to be Second Captain, vice Young; Second Lieut. J. L. Bolton to be First Lieutenant, vice Rodwell, June 23 OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 'Turin 26. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel E. Matson, to be Assistant Adjutant-General, June 15. Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners—Brevet Major J. Lynn, Royal Engineers, to be Adjutant, vice Whitmore, pro moted, June 18. 5).4, 1 SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tle 011ici4 List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 30 TOXIVT-STOCIL nAraxs. I Dividend er Amount of Paid. Pries Share. Name of Company. Annum s. d. s. d. Australasia • • • • • • • • • • Cl. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 27 BritanNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45 1 4 Commercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial.. ..... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 Loudn ar.J Westrninstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 7 London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 5 0 0 10 0 0 14 1 4 Metropolitan • • • • • • • • • 25 0 0 7 10 0 Provincial of Ireland• • Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 45 Ditto, New.• • • • • • • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 b 0 iSY Rational of Ireland 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 36 Ditto, • • • • • • • • 51. 51. per cent: 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 I 25 % Union of London Si. per cent. 50 0 0 I 10 0 0 I 11 had this session applied for a new and direct line, in order to avoid the danger and delay of that;unction. Mr - . Payne, the . thanager of the traffic on the Bristol and Bi mingham, considered the Woodside Junction very inad : - visabie. _ _ Captain Lawer, manager of the Manchester and Leeds Italway Company from its establishment, testified as to his knowledge of the country through which the line of the promoters was to pass, and to his opinion of the excellence of the hue from the communication which it opened up the Yorkshire coal-field, which is one of the large,t in England for the eastern counties of England. The Aubrey section strikes the Sheffield and Rotherham line about two miles and a half from Rotherham, and in tersected the Silkestone coal-field for more than three miles, and as the whole of the line was on a de scending gradient there would be an excellent facility for the transference of this coal to every part supplied with communication by the London and York line. He decidedly oNected to the junction at Woodside, and would rather go round by Sheffield to Rotherham than incur the risk and trouble of it. With respect to the inclined plane which bad been objected to in the Manchester, Midlands, and Great . Grimsby Junction line, -be could say that the 'Oldham incline, on the Manchester and Leeds Raihyav, is 11., miles long, and on a gradient of 1 in 27, and yet, by the adoption of a system of balances, they found no difficulty whatever in daily overcoming . it. There could be no drubt, therefore, that the engine's could be .worked up the proposed incline of the promoters at a speed of twenty five miles an hour. The facilities for traffic at Sheffield had been greatly increased by the enlargement of the station. . . . In cross-examination by Mr. DAMS, Captain Lawers stated that in ascending the Oldham incline, all the contingencies of breaking of ropes and braces had occurred, but they had al ways found the power of the engine in front sufficient to over come the difficulty. He denied that there had been any de cided hostility to the Manchester and Sheffield line, and al though interested in the Pontefract, Wakefield, and Goole, as well as the branch to Hu*, though not an engineer or a practical manager, he should, in the face of the opinions of all the civil engineers in the kingdom, persevere in his im pression of the great injudiciousness of this gradient. The Committee here adjourned till to-morrow. no L' SE OF COMMONS* GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. ATIIERTON then proceeded to address the Committee against the line, on behalf of Mr. Roe, a landowner at Southampton, near the site of the proposed terminus. He is the owner of a wharf fronting the water, the access to which he held would be destroyed by thb line; and, there fore, he prayed the Committee not to pass the preamble of the Bill. Mr. Hack, an architect at Southampton, considered that the mode of crossing the Dorchester line would be dangerous, and that the carrying of trains along the quays would offer serious incor:venience to the busine,s of that locality, and in terfere with those who were in the habit of going there for the purpose of recreation. In his cross-examination by Mr. ALEXANDER, he stated that four roads were crossed by trains in connection with the South-Western at Southampton, one of which belonged to Mr. Roe. On the whole, he considered the railway would be of advantage to the to n. He should like to see direct rail way communication with the north from Southampton. The Committee then adjourned until twelve to-Morrow. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30. 1646 Mr. Blythe, civil engineer, who explained to the Com mittee the engineering merits. Tlie gradients and curves were most unexceptionable, with a small exception of where the junctions took place; but the difficulties at those points were not more than ordinary difficulties, to be met with on many lines. The Committee, after the examination of this witness, de clared the preamble of the Bill proved. The clauses were then gone into, and the Bill declared to have passed. GROUP LIII. SHREWSBURY, BIRMINGHAM, ETC. _ (Continurd from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. COCKBURN said he was sorry to find that at present his clients could not enter into any arrangement with the other. His party were perfectly willing to amalgamate with them on such terms as the Committee or any person might fairly approve of. It appeared that the other party had no substantial of to amalgamate, but they had raised some technical objection against the accuracy of the measurement of the line for which he appeared. The Hon. CHAIRMAN—That is the level of your line be tween Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury? Mr. CocKnuax—Certainly. They proposed, in the first place, that the question of the supposed inaccuracy of these levels should be ascertained, and they said that, supposing that that inaccuracy should be established, then they would have nothing to do with his clients. Supposing, however, that it was ascertained that no such inaccuracy existed, they would then consent - to amalgamate, so that they offered to play with them a sort of game of" head, I win, tail, you lose." Of course his clients could not consent to amalgamate on such terms. The Hon. CHAIRMAN—If you cannot agree upon the facts, you know you cannot get on further—that is quite clear. Mr. COCKBURN—Just so. The decision on the question of levels might most seriously affect the interest of his clients, and they objected to the Committee coming to any decision until they had heard what were the levels which the other party had adopted. They would be most willing to accom• modate the other party, but of course they could not accept the terms proposed. ➢lr. Hors said that the objection which his party made would, if it were established, be a most fatal one, and it was COCOA.—In West India there has been little passing pri vately, and none has been submitted to, public competition ; previous rates are not obtainable, and the stuck is still a great one. Foreign is held with firmness, but the demand has been limited. COFFEE.—This afternoon at public sale 38 bales of Mocha Coffe sold at Ms 6d to 52s 6d for middling green, which is the full value. Ceylon was in fair demand privately, and prices are firm. None was offered at auction. Foreign is still little wanted. SPICES.—To day at public sale 106 cases and 226 bags of Bengal Ginger were sold: good home consumption at 28s to 30s middling 25s to 27s 6d, and low at 24s to 26s per cwt. SPIRITS—For Calcutta Rum the demand has increased, but no further advance in price has taken place; the sales amount to .250 hhds at is ltd to Is 1 procf with certifi cate, but chiefly at the former rate. To-day Leeward Island Rum was in demand, and the parcels sold were at 2s 3d per gallon proof strength. RlCE.—To•day the demand was active for Bengal Rice, and 3,934 bags 740 pockets at public sale all sold at very full rates. 1,866 bags Madras went at full rates. TALLoW.—Russian is little wanted, and prices are still on the decline, Cs 6d to 42s per cwt having been accepted for small parcels of fine Petersburgh Yellow Candle duty paid, but soap-makers and chandlers only take sufficient for their immediate wants. Although there are sellers for forward delivery upon lower terms, still the business transacted was extremely limited, and 40s 6d to 41s are the rates accepted in bond for the last three months of the year. Town Tallow has been in excellent request in consequence of the moderate rate of 39s having been eccepted nett cash, but there is still a large supply. Australian has been sparingly dealt in at 38s to 41s for good and fine, and at 34 to 37s for low to middling quality. American is dull of sale at 32s to 41s per cwt 'for low to fine sorts. None has again been offered at public sale, and at present none is announced. The stock of Foreign and Colonial i 4 still less than it was last year, but prices are higher, and the deliveries are going on slowly. Oms.—lmporters of Seal Oil have been desirous to realise in consequence of there having been several arrivals since this day week; still, although they submit to a reduction of lOs to 20s per tun, yet the home trade and exporters have purchased with caution. Southern being still plentiful, prices continue to go down, but a good demand has existed for all qualities for home consumption as well as for exportation. Cod has been sparingly dealt in, and prices are drooping, 281. having been taken. The stock has been increased since our last report. Sperm has met with little attention privately, and prices are on the decline, the market having again been well supplied. American Lard Oil has been purchased with caution. Rapeseed Oil is little wanted, the supply is large, and prices are still declining. In Olive there has been little passing, and there are further arrivals. Palm has been in excellent request, and prices are firm. The market is still sparingly supplied, although there are further ar rivals. Cocoa Nut is wanted, but there is not much to be had. Linseed Oil has not improved in value, but the home trade operated largely on the spot. The market is better sapplied with Oil, but Übe consumption does not fad off, prices are much under those of this period in 1845, and the crushers lire obtaining but small profits. Cn Friday J 5 tuns of Southern wfll be offered at auction. There were no sellers of Seal Oil this afternoon in consequence of the calamitous fire at Newfoundland, which destroyed property to an im mense amouat. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Juxr, 2'7 Corps of Royal Engineers--First-LCeUtenant R. M. tuffan to be Second-Captain, vice Ford, deceased ; Second-Lien tenant J. 11. Smith to be First-LieutenUnt, vice Laffan, May 1. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 29. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Colonel W. G. Power to be Colonel, vice Trelawney, deceased, May 4 ; Brevet Major J. L. S m ith t o b e Li eutenan t C o l one l, vice Power; Brevet Major W. H. Askwith to be Captain, vice Smith ; First Lieutenant S. D. Broughton to be Second Captain, vice Askwith; Second Lieutenant J. R. Lugg to be First Lieutenant, vice Broughton, June 23. The dates of promotion of the under-mentioned Officers have beeti altered as follows, viz.:-- Lieut.-Colonel A. W. Hope, May 4, 1846 ; Captain W. B. Young, May 4, 1846 ; Second Captain W. Swinton; May 4, 1846 ; Lieut. W, N. Hardy, May 4, 1846 ; S econ d , C ap t a i n E. W. Rodwell, May 26, 1846; Lieut. J. L. Bolton, May 26, 1846. romp. Ilia wag th i s; m.eg case called on. Sir 'f. Pllll.lAPki, iira 4. koripf address, opened the .case for the promoter?. The Learned COnas,4l vid that it was a line of rbilway which - would open up a rich ecial aid mineral traffic. Alter going into the merits of the scheme, 'the Leariolle.ntleinin called ADMIRALTY, JUNE 23, Corps of Royal Marines—Sergeant-Major W. Ruston to be Quartermaster. _ _ Commission by the Lord _Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. First Regiment of West York Militia—J. S. B. Wham cliife to be Colonel Commandant, vice R. F. Wilson, who retires, June 23. Commissions by. the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire. First Somerset itegiment of Militia—Adjutant W. S. Cook to serve with the rank of Captain, June 18. Second Somerset Regiment f Militia—Adjutant A. J. Macpherson to serve with the rank of Captain, Juue 18. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Hacidingtonshire. East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—J. M. Balfour, Esq., to be Captain Commandant; J. W. Hunter, Esq., to be Captain; T. S. M. Innes, Gent., to be Lieutenant; W. Sandilands Gent., to be Lieutenant; H. M. Davidson, Gent., to b 3 Cornet ; C. Balfour, Gent , to be Cornet. WHITEHALL, JUNE 27. _ _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Sweet, of the city of Bristol, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. George Hornsby, builder, Lasbury, Northamptonshire. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Wood, plumber, Luton, Bedfordshire, to surrender July 10, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ' Cornhill ; Taylor, Finsbury-circus, London. 9 William Molyneux, innkeeper, Sandwich, Kent, July 14, at three, and August 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old .Jewry ; Hall, Mourilyan, and Rowsell, Yerulam-buildings, Gray's-Inn ; Lee and Tapley, Sandwich, Kent. William Henry Hounstield, draper, Cardiff; July 10, and Aug. 18, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. Thomas Dolphin Weaver, ship-broker, Liverpool, July 15, and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Furnival's-inn ; Brown, Liverpool. Joseph Clerk, innkeeper, Plymouth, July 16 and August 6, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as signee, Paul-street, Exeter • Elworthy; Plymoutn ; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street, Exeter; ; Stogdou, Exeter. William Jane Gesell, auctioneer, Cornwall, July 16 and August 6, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Commins and Son, Bodmin ; Stogdon, Exeter; Messrs. Smiths, London. James Waterhouse and Robert Sutton, calico printers, Salford, Lancashire, July 14, and Aug. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man chester; Claye, Thompson, and Welsh, Manchester; Gre gory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London. Robert M'Kim, merchant, Bombay, July 17, and August 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. Manchester ; Abbott, Charlotte-street; Saunders and Atkinson, Manchester. Jane Wright, licensed victualler, Manchester, July 18 and Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tids well, Manchester. Jonn Astley, fustian manufacturer, Manchester, July 15, and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Wea therall, Temple, London; and Dearden, Manchester. George Bury, surgeon-dentist, Handsworth, Staffordshire, July 9, and Aug. 8, at twelve. at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham; Smith and Co., Bedford-row, London. _ _ _ . James Evans, cattle dealer, Haywood Lodge, Hereford shire, July 11 and August 5, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Gwillim, Hereford; Suckling, Birmingham. Isaac Sansome, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry, July 9 and Aug. 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Troughton and Lea, Coventry ; Austen and Co., Gray's-inn. Trytle Joel, jeweller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 7, at half-past ten, and Aug. 25, at half-past one, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton, Church. court, Old Jewry; Hodge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Thomas Melton, victualler, Lincoln, July 15, and Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Guildhall. Kingston-upon-Hull. Kynaston, official assignee, Hull ; Rushworths, Staple-inn, London ; Sanderson, Leeds. LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, June 29. (Before Mr. Justice ParrEsow.) MISS BURDETT COUTTS AND RICHARD DUNN, THE BARRISTER.. To-day waa appointed for Mr. Bodkin and the other parties engaged in the above prosecution to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue to remove the indictment for perjury against Richard Dunn, from the Central Criminal Court to the Queen's Bench. Mr. Dunn appeared in person, and Mr. Bodkin with Mr. Humphreys attended the Judge on behalf of Miss Burdett Coutts. The Learned JUDGE inquired if Mr. Bodkin had any affidavit to put in? Mr. BODKLN replied in the negative. Mr. Dunn, with extreme volubility then argued that he d h e a f d en r d e a c n e t i recei ve d t h . 1 e t t h t e e r s h a p d u r r p e o p r l i t e i odgt to t rot h b e m e a , r a t n h de taker. initials en thoef best means of ascertaining their authenticity; that by appealing to the bankruptcy laws he had adopted what he thought was the shortest course to justice; and if the authority was not genuine, why did not the bankers impound the cheque, and adopt such rigid meaPures as bankers generally would do if a false cheque were presented to them! On the con trary, Mr. Mairribanks had only stated, on seeing the authority, that he had no orders to pay the 100,0001. de manded. He (Mr. Dunn) believed that the influence of the bankers was so great upon the citizens of London, that if he were tried by an Old Bailey jury he could not expect to receive fair play as an English subject who had always borne allegiance to the Queen. He had been watched from house to house by the police—he had had his papers taken from him—no attorney or barrister would act on his behalf— his very food was interfered with through the agency of this woman. _ _ _ Mr. Justice PATrESON said, that two of the Judges would preside at the Central Criminal Court, and therefore the de fendant would have as substantial justice done him as in the Queen's Bench. Mr. Dunn said that he could not obtain the assistance of Queen's counsel without paying a fee of fifty or one hundred guineas. A major in the army, who was also a witness, was absent from London, and he (defendant) required time to arrange his evidence. Forty-two magistrates had on a former occasion decided against him, and but for the interposition of the Queen's Bench, he should have been sacrificed to as base and diabolical a conspiracy as the present. Mr. BODKIN said he was instructed to leave the matter entirely in his Lordship's own hands. The lady, however, who was the object of the defendant's persecution, was en titled to some consideration. If the case was removed to the Queen's Bench it would only entail heavier security on the defendant ; and, without going into the pretended authority to draw upon Coutts' bank for 100,0001., he (Mr. Bodkin) would state that the indictment for perjury assigned that there was no debt due or owing to the extent of one farthing by Miss Coutts. The Learned Counsel then called the at tention of the Learned Judge to the following lines, and which defendant had sworn was his authority for drawing the cheque, and for non• payment of which he sought to make the firm of Coutts and Co., bankrupts : " Send to Coutts's your bill, There are lots in the till, I'll give the clerks orders to do it ; Then get your discharge, Your dear body enlarge, And in Stratton-street do let me view it. And, by the by, love, my affection to prove, For your long cruel incarceration, Tell a good round sum, • As I've plenty of tin To make you a fair compensation.—A.B.C." He (Mr. Bodkin) would put it to the Judge, whether any sane man would pretend to rely upon s uc h a p oe ti ca l effusion as the production of a lady, and as authorising him to draw 100,000/. ? The Learned JUDGE said there were many statements in the affidavit quite beside the question, but he thought it would be more satisfactory to all parties to allow the writ of certiorari to issue, and to increase the bail. The defendant was then ordered to find bail, himself in 200 L, and two sureties of 60/. each, to take his trial on the charge of perjury at the Court of Queen's Bench. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 29. Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice EaLE and London Common Juries.) BARRY V. POLEY. The plaintiff was proprietor of the Journal of Commerce and also of the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette; the de fendant, a provisional director in the scheme for a Chelms ford and Bury Railway. The action was brought for the cost, &c., of advertisements, amounting to 1191. The de fendant had paid 931. into court. The question now to be determined was whether the balance of 261., or any of it, or if any, how much of it was due? The defendant had been registered on the Ist of February, 1845, as a promoter, and subsequently, on the 6th of March, as a provisional di rector. In October his name was registered as that of one who had withdrawn from the projected company on the 31st of August. Part of the advertisements had been inserted in November, the cost whereof amounted to 71. ; 41. were charged for advertisements sent out on the 7th, and inserted in the newspapers on the Bth of February, 1845, the day on which defendant was first registered. There was a question if the defendant was liable, seeing he had not been regis tered until after the order for these advertisements was given, and Mr. Justice Erie left it to the jury to say whether he (the defendant) was or was not liable, or, in ether words, whether he was not engaged in carrying out the concern as well on the 7th as on the Bth. This made one question for the jury; and another was, whether defendant was liable for the advertisements whichappeared'after his regist ra ti on, an d previous to his actual withdrawal of his name. The cost of these was 151. The third was with respect to his li a bili ty for the 71. The jury found that the defendant was liable for the 41. and for the 151., but not for the 71. Verdict for plaintiff accordingly—Datnages 191. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ACKERMANN's, STRAND.—APPREHENSION OF THE THIE F.--12Or a consider able time past serious robberies ha ve b een committed at Messrs. Ackermann's, and the individual supposed to be iin• plicated was taken at a late hour last night. lie has bee,n_: the service of the firm about n i ne years, and. last nightYerth s uspicion entertained, he was l ocked in a back morn e Ile , however, in the Strand till a police•oflicer could be oalledin. Ile, however, managed to j ump out of the window, an d es caped, but on arriving at his lodgings in P en tonviile . lest night he was taken into custody. Several valuable pr i nts en have been found at his l o d g i ngs. The prisoner was con%e ).ed. to Bow_ street station-house. ENGLAND.--Arch bishop Magee, Magee, th e predecessor JESUITS IN THE CHUB„„ ,"- t he - p resent Archbishop of of tion to some clergymen of Dublin, made th e f o ll ow i ng. a s ser tion to his death : I " There are, his diocese, s ome t i me previ o u s (said he) at this y uo me s nt, many Jesuits—concealed, of course—but still acting as Church of England clergym e n, and in the p ossess i on of Pa, rishes who are silently but surely , . u ,-,_ working it's dovrafall.—aurca an d acme G a z ette, THE LATE B. R. HAYDON, THE HISTORICAL PAINTER. (From the Plymouth Times.) It is with feelings of regret we record the death of Mr. Benjamin Robert Hayden ' the historical painter, whose mortal career was brought to a sudden termination at his late residence in Bur R ood-place, London, on Monday last, under particularly melancholy and distressirg cir cumstances, the nature of which we give appended to the following historical details relating to the deceased, which, through the kindness of some of his friends and admirers in his native town, we have been enabled to compile and place before our readers for their gratifica tion, and, perchance, for their information also. Mr. Haydon was a native of Plymouth. His father, at the time of his birth, kept a bookseller's and book binder's shop, on the premises in Whimple-street, now occupied by Messrs. Cornish and Lewin, chemists and druggists. He was a lineal descendant of the Haydons, of Cadhay, in the parish of Ottery St. Mary, in this county, which estate was in the possession of the pain ter's progenitors for several generations ; but was sold by order of Chancery some time early in the last cen tury. Cadhay House was built by John Haydon in the reign of Elizabeth, and shows that an artistic taste has been possessed by the family fur several generations. Robert Haydon, the great-grandfather of the deceased artist, died in Ottery in 1757, and was buried in the vault of the Haydons at Cadhay. By the sale of the estate, the family became reduced, and the son of the abase, Robert, was bound to the late Mr. Savery, of Slade, the pre sent residence of the Pode family, near Plt !Tipton, with whom he conducted himself with so much propriety that he became steward to the family, in which capacity he saved money, and about a century ago came into Ply mouth and opened a bookseller's shop. Benjamin, his son, and father of the painter, succeeded in the busi ness of bookseller, &c., in the pr em i ses i n Whimple street, as before state, and here the great historical painter was born in January, 1786. The remark made above about the John Hayden, of Queen Elizabeth's time, shows that a love of art was in herent in the familiy ; and this is further shown by the recollections of deceased, who remembered his grand father's painting, and mentioned more especially an old head of his. He used also to relate the following inte resting reminiscence :—" Northcote told me my grand father consulted his father as to the colour of elephants' ears, and he told him they were pinkish ; my grandfa ther painted them a fine brilliant vermillion." The North cote alluded to in the above recollection was the distin guished:Academician, who was also a Plymouth man. The love of art was very early manifested in Haydon. Amongst his early recollections, he used to mention the fact of his being placed by the nurse in a chair to the table, with a brush and somevolours for his playthings ; but what more effectually contributed to develop and strengthen this love of art was, that whilst yet a child, his father had for an apprentice Thomas Williams, who afterwards attained considerable reputation as a painter. Williams had, with a great love of art, sound taste and feeling, and, when an apprentice, he used to draw on the walls of the binding-room, and, amongst other figures,drew that of the embryo historical painter. These efforts were never forgotten by Hayden; but being conducted on sound principles, and being afterwards confirmed by the study of the great works of the masters of the art, may be reasonably supposed to have had great influence in the young artist's early perception of the leading points of objects. In consequence of his perpetual devotion to drawing rather than to book-binding the elder Haydon gave tin to his apprentice, Williams, his time ; who then went to London, and drew at the Academy, and returned to Plymouth, and set up a drawing-school. Among his first scholars were Hay don, S. Prout, and the lamented William Gandy, who, according to Hayden, drew the best of the whole. Under the tuition of Williams, his scholars made some progress; and Haydon made copies from some small casts from the antique belonging to his tutor —among which were Hercules, Actaeon, and a series on the pas sions. On showing these drawings to Mr. Samuel Northcote, the brother of the Academician, who lived a few doors from the shop of the elder Haydon, Mr. Nortcote observed to the youthful artist, " My dear boy, you do not know the construction of the figure ; have you no book on anatomy ?" This was an important, and, as it appears; to us, the grand turning point in the history of the artist, and we shall, therefore, give this portion of his experience as much as may be in his own language. To a correspondent in this town, in a letter now before us, referring to the remark of Mr. Northcote, he observes :—" I immediately went home and hunted my father's shop, and found an Encyclo paedia, with plates of the muscles ; studied them well, and made another drawing of the figures ; and my patron said, 'Now you know more of the construction of the figure ; for do you not see anatomy is a word to the wise : you understand a hint above the skin if you know what is under it.' The basis of all my future practice—and, perhaps, I may be permitted to say, the basis of the reform in English art, as shown in the works of my pupils, Eastlake, the Landseers, Lance, Prentice, Harvey, and others —may be dated from the sagacity of this worthy man. He certainly gave me the right scent, which I have followed since through every obstacle, and which made me ready to comprehend the Elgin marbles the instant I saw them." The Mr. Northcote alluded to above, and who ap pears to have exerted so powerful an influence on the character of Haydon, was by trade a watchmaker, and the elder brother of Mr. James Northcote : he was a most estimable character, and is gratefully remembered by many of the older inhabitants of Ply mouth. He was intimately acquainted with all the branches of Natural Philosophy, and possessed a com prehensive mind, a vast fund of information, and a happy mode of communicating it to others : but although eminently fitted for a much wider sphere of operation, he never quitted the small circle of friends by whom his society and valuable qualities were appreciated and honoured. Haydon went to school to Dr. Bidlake, who was then master of the Grammar School. Dr. Bidlake was a man of considerable talent, not only as a divine, but also as a poet, painter, and musician. "He was," says his dis tinguished pupil, " fond of painting; but he had not the ballast of Northcote; he was a sort of miniature Lorenzo — Williams, Northeote,Johns, and Rogers, were always with him; he inculcated a love of nature and idle habits—he hated labour, the price of everything valuable on earth." The following was also told by Haydon of Dr. Bidlake:-- -" On the Doctor's painting days, Elias Dunsterville and I were his attendants : Dunsterville was once sent to cut off the skirt of an old black coat to clean the palette with ; without the least care he cut off the skirt of. the Doctor's Sunday coat ; so that when he came to Stonehouse Chapel on Sunday and took off t;.; rest coat, the clerk exclaimed, " Good gracious, Sir, some body has cut off your skirt. Oh ! said Dr. Bid lake, it must be those wretches Dunster ville and Haydon ; and I, who was perfectly innocent, was kept on Monday, as well as my friend, at a severe task." It does not appear that Haydon made much progress in the Classics under Dr. Bidlake ; but this deficiency was afterwards supplied by the Rev. W. Hayne, of Honiton, who came to Plympton, and where Haydon and Eastlake completed their studies ' • and, curious enough, in the very building which has the honour of being the birth-place of Sir Joshua Reynolds. With all his pupils Dr. Bidlake did much to give them a love of nature : he used to take them to Bickleigh Vale and to other lovely spots in the neighbourhood to sketch. Mr. Johns and Mr. Prout contributed to the instruc tion of Haydon in painting. Prout used to tell him he did not touch with sufficient spirit—at the same time giving him some of his remarkably vigorous examples in the use of the brush. It was through Mr. Johns that Haydon became more intimately acquainted with the Antique, who in 1802 brought to Plymouth some small casts, and to purchase two of which the youthful enthusiast exchanged a two guinea piece given by his godfather before his remembrance. ' Mr. Johns set up a library, which was used by the young men; and here it was that the deceased artist first met with the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds. These were read through by him in one night, and the next morning he came to his breakfast with new feelings and new ideas in his own language, it was "as if a fury had seized me: my mind had expanded ; my nature was altered ; I bore down all opposition by the bitterest sarcasms." His father and mother became alarmed with respect to his state, and not a few of the parties with whom he was brought into contact thought he was going mad, The father sent his friends to reason with him but with out calming the uproarious state of his feelings ; and his mother sent for Mr. Northcote and Mr. Eastlake, as men of intellect, to converse with her son. To these gentlemen Haydon at once explained the nature of his feelings—laid open his soul before them, telling them he had made up his mind to introduce a better method of study. Mr. Eastlake said, "My dear boy, you are right ; I say to you as Horace says, Habet and God bless ye with success." Northcote was calmer, but decidedly approved of the plans of the young enthusiast. These friends having talked the matter over with them, the parents became calmer, and it was eventually agreed to send their son to London with 201. in his pocket, at the same time predicting that he would be glad to come back again. This was during the May of 1804. tore p tu r r o n gr i e n ss a in fut d u e r t e ail ; but We have at present neither time nor space to follow M thi r s . I s ILI e d e e t n w ' metropolitanepurp purpose must suffice for the present to say, that paper. to earliest pictures were some quite equal, ' f sing, anything of their kind accomplish di byina,:rnetui°tdshnferPmr as a proof, we will now merely. mentionng hi competitors or predecessors alum ‘E e his of Solomon," than which 3 gi English painters ; to find, in the range executed with conceived in a finer t anythingor of En .s gli a sh lme a s r t t, imossible More cor ra r as ec a snore a at r th e v o i r o r r o a u s s aa o r r mas terly touch. e This picture ou ght moment to have graced the walls of one of the ) public buildings of the town which had the honour of being the birth-place of him who produced it ; but, alas 1 while Plymouth con tributes painters of the high es t t alent, she has been little disposed to patronise either high art or her own gifted sons. Mainly t h r oygh the influence of Mr. Johns, si rlv . this we Elford taunrde, believe Mr.Tingeo a m b t e a w were cost induced to pur chasei purchase was nutdp in London, and the picture we,, brought Plymouth; but instead of two-thirds of its cost leg raised to reimburse its purchasers, who had gene . rouay offered to subscribe the remaining thi r d, on l y ae about 501. was subscribed, and the picture was conse quently sold again, and so removed from Plymouth —much to the discredit of the good taste and public spirit of the inhabitants. It would seem as though the inhabitants were then, and we fear they still are, most miserably in insensible to the honour which the productions of such men as Hayden, Northeote, Prout, Eastlake, and Rey nolds, bestow upon them, or they certainly,would be desirous of possessing some of the matchless works as sociated with these distinguished names, and of showing them to visitors, and of handing them down to posterity as mementos of what Plymouth men had done. We do venture to hope, that we shall soon find that at least some effort is being made to remove this stigma, by the establishment of something like a public co,lleckil of pictures in Plymouth. " Shepherd of Israel ! Verily. like a scattered flock was thy people in the far north ; there was none to bring back the missing sheep, none to restore the strayed lamb, until thou didst raise a help from amidst our brethren in this country, to the succour of an afflicted and dejected people. Even as on a former occasion, so did thy chosen one, Sir Moses Montcfiore, again stand boldly forward to speak to the heart of royalty, to the Czar, to his ministers, and to the governors of the land, and his words have fructified ! Wherever he turned his steps, the serene countenance of Moses enlightened the dark abodes of antiquated prejudices, and mitigated hos• tile feelings,. "In thy presence, 0 Lord, we now appear to give thanks unto thee for thy exceeding gco loess ; for thou didst protect him, and graciously guide Iris steps in his going forth, and in his coming ; on his j ourney thither, and on his return hither. " Thou who tendest the outcast lambs, though thou do afflict, thou also relievest ; though thou do wound, thine own hand healeth ; as thou halt begun to deal kindly with our brethren, so mayest thou con tinue to magnify thy mercy, and to realise the pro mises of the Emperor, in order that thy children may dwell in safety and tranquillity, under the shadow of un interrupted peace, and live in brotherly union and harmony . with their neighbours. " 0 All-bountiful Lord, who payest every man ac cording to his work, remember, we beseech thee, what Sir Moses, and his eminently distinguished consort, Lady Montefiore, have done; how they did hazard their lives, in order to bring relief to the iedigent, to ad minister comfort to the afflicted in mind, and to revive the spirits of the broken-hearted. " We beseech thee, 0 Lord, let them enjoy the fruit of their deeds, and delight their souls with the quickening consciousness of success. Tho father shall tell his children of their pious and self-imposed missions ; the memory of their nobleminded advocacy in behalf of the many shalt be perpetuated, and the lustre of their names continue unfaded, throughout all generations. "Accept, 0 Lord, our , prayer, and l e t thy countenance shine upon us. Amen.' COURT CIRCULAR. Sir Robert Peel took leave of the Queen yesterday morning, crossed from the Isle of Wight in the Fairy, and arrived at his residence in Whitehall Gardens at half past two o'clock in the afternoon. The Right Honourable Baronet was visited after his return to town, by the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. Baron de Mongorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. French had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. Sir Thomas Fremantle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Dowing-street. The Ecclesiastici Commissioners for England had a Committee-meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London ' Bangor, Gl o uc es t er a n d B r i sto l , Oxford, Rochester, Salisbury and Worcester, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North Ame rican provinces, were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office. Dispatches were received on Sunday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. SURREY TtLEATRE. After a short recess the Surrey Theatre re-opened last evening for the opera season. A complete operatic company, including Madame Albertazal, Madame Clara Ansel, Miss Betts, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Clement White, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. H. Florncastle has been engaged. The services of Mr. H. Hughes, Mr. J. T. Johnson, Mrs. W. Daly, and the established favourites of the Surrey dramatic company, have been retained; and the company has been strengthened by the engagements of Mr. Osbaldiston, Mr. E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, and that prince of low comedians, Mr. G. Forman. The performances commenced last evening with the opera of Cinderella, with Madame Albertarai as the heroine ; and never has the delightful music which Rossini has given to La Cencrentola been more beauti fully executed than it was last evening by Madame Al bertazzi. The " Non piu mesta" at the conclusion, was a perfect triumph. Her voice seemed like some eiqui sitely attuned instrument on which she could play at will. There was no forcing the voice, no painful attempt at producing effect, and yet the most wonderful effects were produced appa -1 rently without effort. Many a prima donna uses greater l ballad n thanthe we ex- simple s las list evening bal a x p p h b r i e t n e t d e b ff y o i t a t to a g m e e t A t h i r b o e u r g t h a z z a i e e cution of the del d'auvre of Rossini, and yet never havo we heard " Non piu mesta" more exquisitely, more delicately, more correctly given ; the intonation of every note was full, clear, correct, and perfect, and her fioriture was wonderful, not alone for its profuseness, but for its, distinctness. No exquisitely attuned instrument could have bean more completely under command than was the voice of Madame Albertazzi. The finale was (moored as a matter of course, and at the conclusion she was again called before the curtain. She was well sup ported by Nang as the Prince, Weiss as Dandini, H. Horn castle as the Baron, and G. Forman as Pedro. Forman's dry humour in this last character was irresistible. The operetta of' No! followed, and the performances con cludedand leis al m it o f s e t n M. ro r T g h o t e t e h n o u t s o e m w e a n s t i c o r n o w t d h e a d t m t o r . e s x c h e e s p s h . with Poco c k' s exce ll ent me l odrama of the Miller atgheer,snapnedrinthteltdethneee ooriehmestr B. a Loa _ np i ;e r : er W d is e menutage a t i r n e g under man r. .J. WINDSOIt, SUNDAY EVENIN G ,—L e Comto George d'Harcourt and Madame la Coratesse de Castres, the son and daughter ' oaugh,teelorekof Yesterday evening liarqu,isferomdllarcourt, reached St. Leonard's-hill, the re sidence of the deceased , between fi ve and ssetantgeeratParis, a special mea ving been dispatched to from the French 'embassy ha Paris with the tidings of the late Tuesday*AniarlotlnTate. then hopeless ..„, be uterred on Wednesday next of the deceased Marqu ise ment which has been come . The painful circumstances which attended itl the family vault inldbtuorysiCnhceurtcbhe, arrivallierts o a f u th a e rr c an oun ge— t and Countess. the l a mentable and tirsudden husband d death t l o i f ofth e.:luanjofrottnenaetreallaladyMiarust— nuise d'llarcourt, deceased, which took place in September, 1831, may be thus briefly referred to. The General had been to pay a hat indented } l e n s e G d e e nn clo s ete e r d d , visit, on horseback, to Mr. Ril e y, a t Forest-lill, and on n L tLo e o at n h3 a ar r ta d er ' g s ti - lei h ei s i t l e, l ;wshmeieceihnt seeing induced his re a t n u lo r o d a b g s e e t r o v g a a S t t i e t o . t m o ad th e e to take it off. The horse, which was a very spirited animal, supposed to have b een ti ghtened by the shadow of the hat, set off at full sp ee d, when the General, who had let go th e reins while talla ig to la Marquise. was thrown off, and, falling upon 'ills head, neve r spoke afterwards. The ase of the skull vias dreadfully shattered, in consequence, as it - was imagined, of the animal's hoofs striking his head as he fell 4 behind. Medical aid was immediately at hand. It was of 17.5 avail, death having ensued within a few minutes after 'ie unfortunate catastrophe. LAURA'S TOMB AT AVIGNON.—There is a tale cur rent of an Englishman having at some time discoved in the church of the Cordeliers, the antique tomb of Pet:larch's Laura, beneath an accumulation of thorns and nettles. The pieces being carefully numbered, he had them conveyed to England; but to relieve his conscience, he left a sum p money for erecting a new one to her memory; it is certain that a modern and meagre monument is there at the present day— The Builder. MURDER IN THE COUNTY ANTRIM: .A. correspond ent of the Belfast News Letter, writing from Newtownbreda, says that on St. John's day a man in a state of great excite— ment, from drunkenness, appeared in the main street, with a sword in his hand, swearing in a frightful manner that he would take the life of some person before night. A short time afterwards a young lad harpened to cross his path, upon whom he dealt most unmerciful blows with his naked awoo, The infuriated man, after wounding the helpless boy in many places, afterwards thrust his weapon into the belly of his victim, who writhed in agony for nearly half an hour, when he expired. The name of the murderer is SWAY ))l'Cxeean. a publican in Saintfield. For more than forty years 7,1 - r, ITaydun fr;llowed hi s profession as an historian! painter, in London, with an amount of enthusiasm and industr - : seldom equalled— produced pictures which . were an 11AL:in' to his country and to the age; and yet he wai not krtunate, but, on the contrary, was ever struggling with e;itliculty. This. ro doubt, arose partly frcrn the fact, that during the greater part of his artistic life he was at variance with the leaders in the art, and more especially with the loyal Academy. his zeal early excited prejudices in the authorities, and this exasperated him (who was, a; Dr. Johnsen would say, " a good hater"), and he revenged it, and unfortunately, when one party was disposed to conciliate, the other re sisted, and thus the contention has ended only with Hay dons's death, if indeed it be pet mitted to end now. Like most men of strong and original minds . , Mr. Hayd on had his eccentricities, and these were, by some, regarded as faults so grave as to obscure th ,, prilbance of his genius—but this was assuredly a narrow and most unworthy view, for his eccentricities principally lay in the sterling honesty, and in the force of his most energetic character. Oppo sition but urged him to surpass and repel his opponent, and thus the mere fact of his being oppo se d by t h e Academy, gave him an isolited reputation, which in other circumstances he neler could have attained ; it urged him to give the country a sa.oel of art which will not be " willingly let die." • • As a husband, father, and friend, ITaydon was tender, affectionate, and faithful ; his loss is therefore most acutely telt by his t family and in his immediate circle of friends. He ever rrtsined his love for Plymouth and the neigh bourhood, and when on a visit to the scenes and friends of his youth last summer, he exhibited the warmth, constancy, and depth of his nfie;.tion in a way that the few favoured ith his friendship e..id not hrgct. Had he lived, it was his intention to visit Plymouth during the present summer, and to tkis effect he wrote a letter to Mr. Johns, towards whom he always entertained a friendship the most glowing. Re rated, with his usual good taste, Mr. Johns's ability as an artist, much higher than he has hitherto had credit for; and would trequently chide him for his timid and retiring disposition. In a further paper we hope to give a list of Mr. Haydon's works, both in art and literature—among the latter, we believe the most distinguished are the article on Painting in the Encyclopadia Brittanic.t, and his Lec tures on the Art of Design and on Painting. The deceased has left to mourn their painful bereave ment an amiable and affectionate widow and four chil dren, on the behalf of Whom we trust an immediate sub scription will be commenced in Plymouth. As the na. tive place of the artist, Plymouth owes it to his memory to be foremost in the exercise of liberality towards his mourning family. We shall be happy to receive any pro position or hint as to the best way of carrying this ob ject into effect. RETURN OF Sift MOSES MONTEFIORE. The following was the prayer and thanksgiving offered up irt the Great Synagogue, Duce's-place, on the occa sion of Sir M. Montetiore's return from Russia:— TRANSLATION.