The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-16 00:00:00

and Gentle• esterday at rtenay 0S- ring }ester prince Al' were taken d at Clare- toured early r on ponies/ nded divine The aer• Che prayer§ 4ons the Nob n. oval High' 'aiquisses of Sandwich, and Canter: et. and Sr rday in th 3 !), officiated )wn at half" r ret=idenah ightess ernoon , b e Tuchess, iv liowor a • present to 1 intervieW •esidence :arl of Pal' Trade lay eYenlllB eft toil"' 011 lonial-00 n ces. . _ 1 intervie7 day, as 134 ay evening t on Sent. Tobag ° ::: t were VI P ar ke, as ;day.) UNT . „% prosy i M inishi ti i tirely er s from th. ° 1 tbe lidiv sprt glint ner, Or e I e disease' rrived, to mod. I li the l i t ' e suPPi le. is hoe,./. 1 , 1 e etIPPu" excuse u.s , ninp, „f Board " should be IT that, ° S . t hat, 0, elation of tic!' 04, nt ity 01 am ptioli fled th e° ttely• flout ed. ppallingt has be:: , for t"- Dist rict 3 M alV. t 0 SUPP iV pOtat el . ileleCtloll 28 Ib9• a whi ch , round 01 at other TirrA a MO . a ulll, 0 as tour' . i ., . ---...............„„.........................................,....................... r..... (frorA lILIAMENTAR 1 BUSINESS. ui tile Votes anc4Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY FEB. 3 i°" 2l - e fQll willg Petitions for Railways :. were . reported, and the Bills ~ r ed to be bron ht ' ''aento w „ , - morr l i s In I , y the undernained lion. Members :- lii 3, tr. 0 _, meside, and Coltness (Improrement and Branches) , , wal t and Mr Farb , Ittow n A , • es. veld ' A .rtute, , lrle, aed Coltness - owt n Branch)-Mr. nta m ` allot Mr. Forbts. - ('.,newton °' lir 0 .n ( Bathgate Ra t ' Is - alil, and Jaweraig Branches)-Mr. Forbes and 1,...0,1 'r.aaleida t ii ,W and Colin, r Lrdi.B-.A.r Oswald and Mr. Forbes. Iladleigh Jane:b.:a-Captain Gladstone, Mr. L. Endlesham. -aeon. Roans] ! . 11., H. ter ia , ;, and Western -Mr. Byng, Colonel T. Wood, and •F! 11141 a 1 )(1 (ll'untingdon Branch)-Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Currie, oleaatain Poll 'll - 7 ° ll and birn 1 a • 1, 6 „ 4 0 , rk end Atr 1 1 , 1 4 , 11 ant (St. Alban's ant Luton Branch)-Colonel 11 ~,,, B ,LII-3der. 11, 1 7 Ile atanal',Toglatm (Newport Pagnell Branch) -Mr. Dupre itetwo.,,, }lxatzett,(4ll: snion- air. Dive h.. ,rilati o a a 0 ' ow et] , „ arrowstownees-Yr Forbes and Mr. Oswald tt, 'Mr . . F. Hodgson, and • Mr. M. Gore. Ict i M i , )boob ,4 1 ' a(Dereham, Wells, and Illakeney Branch)-Mr. tzetter. lair -en -I.r. Burroughs t...t Art laern-Air. Patten, air. Greene, and Mr. Beckett. „,,,trh iii.ze_sl Yo.rki•aiire Junction--sir J. Lowther and Mr. Lawson. ri'ec.4a,(.N,, o!..th.amptoa and Rediard Lines)-Mr. V. Smith, 1 44,.,4'fopsh am '" , .11/•ain Polhill. 1 ,,. 0. , eb .aiUtt Exmouth -Lord Courtenay and Sir T. Acland. t,,a i 2)...., ,a , _, la Imarnoek, and Ayr (Amendment and Branchee triZt'T le p e; 'l'lu J. Stuart and Mr oswald a , a,....1:eY, Kilmarnock, and - * aye (Amendment and Branches a ea ast e ,.. er a,J. Stuart and Mr . Oswald. t ta.., , e. 'a (Cl )let to Margate . ) -Sir E. Fdraer and Mr. S. , ( NV r i , ,Paisi„ xii 'abb.., 1- --I. ont '•,. „Marnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches t ,,,•!e a ria __ e o _ attiart and Mr. o.wald. 10t4.,?!t. die of r Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction--Mr. Bouverie hoe r4 t k i(Maidst o .:rib ~randmr . bo ne to Strood, near Rochester)-31r. W. rv,ti4l (l. dd. t , i !tram „' ar nsle Extens' la, e 7 .er, p l ulaark k B _ lori)-Mr. F. Scott . and . Mr.P..lloward. (;la b anci .iti,ekaaaje., tancaes)-Mr. F. Scott, Sir H. Campbell, K i ll' n e. Le u rd rY SC „ Edmund's (Norwich Extension)-Captain s, _rritm_..,,,_ueuellesbant, and the ' Marquis of Dottro. V el , 41 N41..11. Campbell and Mr. Craig. / ktli. E a 4 am oti n• ,,e_ut-Sir J. Hope and Mr. Drummond. lit ti ttki a• k en i (Bra:' e-Colonel Bail Lie and Mr. T. Hussey. h t i tta. t an e (1 Mt a.,,,,, 11•0,1 1 Reigate to Dorkiug)-Mr. Fuller, Mr. , ti? }: mte r n h l (4,5 anti l. .ke • chin , (hub •,, Rye Harbour)-Mr. Fuller and Mr. Cartels. libe es eel, a nd u rine Wells to Hastings and Bye)-Mr. Faller, ' 1 k 4 , 4 4 Ila t _ er n (God: t r ' B °dd• ke,4„ -odd. One Station to East Grinstead)-Sir E. Filmer ik kr era (Cartter b t klteyg°tigla s u r3 7 to Dover)-Mr. Plumptre, Sir E. Miler, anal, am „. . t l it i 't foik„,_ " 41 WaY-Mr. Patten and Mr. Legh. 41 t o i; e mg R aff , ; ;- , -----____ i'l he $ 44 s e j D ina were presented, read a first time, and .1 4 IN N . , or% m iw ond tim e ,It„.'„, f lis'enil 3Lat„„' a ,ad (Leeds Extension)-" for enabling the iiirsor, lough bet w uu Railway Company to mike a more direct t.„ re o , ~e...._F1 York and Leeds." qiltetue u,,Staines Atmospheric-" for making a Rail- S t ; li tim r n Ran, 'NSW Windsor, in the county of Berks, to the 4 tltk o °I It or r; 7 at Slough, in the county of Buckingham, [4 1 ,, teldie ke , irerging Railway therefrom to Staines, in the 4 44the at e Ralhai' r ? ,Pe Called ' The Windsor, Slough, and Stables q t ,l ( :,.. tix 3; o . i tle ki I dle7 i iray fl.on' Matlock, and Midlands Junction-" for Ni , ~'t the ce l l xit hg Manchester and Birmingham Railway be l e Itfidi an tY of Chester, to or near to the Ambergate k"lth Y " ' 41e bat t r ', R ailway, in the county of Derby, to be act '. Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction I kl, *.le % te nt ( o „ t y , /e 43 - ‘e (14 1 : 11 - ai * 1 ) from the Waterloo-road, near Hungertbrd le Letlo o tini t o m e ~. Railway -"to enable the ~,oath-Eastern ttli - ' n doil - ` al t net t i a " a Railway from the south-west side of (, 44, ; 44 .stetin cl ,pre„ tot ic h e York -road, in the parish of Lambeth, tikt k lic 3 lZh giTng. Railway 2--Gr eent i g v to Chilham near Can ti,e k i , a ,,,ke ei r:, ) ,-" to en bl the South-Eastern Railway la • ' l lett',.,"'Ea t t;,'"waY from London and Greenwich Railway ', to b k 2ll of 67111, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate . Rail ,•l,ttliii, - "ttl, a m , n?lnt, in the county of Kent, with a diverg e,,,relth 4 with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham 'a‘r Of ,N r . bt,,,tAlle,llnta,,,Z7zzo At mospheric-" for making a Railway from k ilitt l / 4 1. :1 1 1 4 1 ,1 .1' ,, 1i, id g i t t ,,, ° r ite town, pier, harbour, and docks of Leith, ne u llnia ru ' l iltrgh and Leith Atmospheric Railway.' ' Z'tr;, l° 4 W ,,.. ti l Ilra iS l e a -- " for making a Railway from Stirling to ob e ,Te ha red . i l ,',.!_ e_s t to r Kim - oss, to Tillicoultry, l %nd a to Allot r 1Z1 0 : 0 110 ea l luts a nd wj, ir inand Dunfermline Ra I ."' ?"lit i', , lett4 n FiCan.c s as%ow Harbour-" tor making a Railway e "11, 1 "Itri x ,„ nre no ;'" Amway to the river Clyde and Harbour t 4 at kiln! d • Rag ". to be called . The General Terminus and ,_.te° l l-... -' Way' h tl ltt a, b e ,It forma k. '4 ) e _eitp k cl4o 4 ~,_ king a Railway from Mold, in the county Sett,l4l sod Th e s roon of the Chester and Birkenhead Ran a tt a , Y, I, t t ith ju nct .gld Junction Railway."' A;I a rn l h ,lia d ~h c W est i i ° ,p-" far making a Railway from Halifax %. A 'N• "'Alai "'ding of the county of York, to be called at e ? ta * ora l 3. Junction 11 1 ' At, 11,21 , tidi, nd , al wa,i, qAwl o th `geh , and N.,. ( E a : st Riding . Branch , et ti 4 ,4 ic kr iv ay 8 ',l,.l‘..!lulland . Railway Company to make t i ll .tk i 'Y I f4 lncl'Tlft•• ' I East Riding of the county of York, lai lke l alt atae danctio a $,,k0l f , 11 en ,, at. i t yle ., n- for making a Railway from the "ke 'lts v : 4 Ellsy th "trY to Thame." r f aati fi Iv t en - ' for making a Railway from the Edin it.t,,f b roe i fh nabtonWay near Kirkintilloch to Kilsyth." 'o44ll4,Loneo,,(Dorking Branch)--" for making a Branch la,yayrki Cr th e " equ amid Brighton Railway to or near to the It • t‘ e 'R ar k , ,Ilester my of Sarre, .' P t,,,4 t,t , 4f5,!he t,,,,,, Rat er and Littlehampten Branches)- , 6, 11 .11 4 ,,71is of ;',IlYs from the Brighton and Chichester l, y t 'eltil t i Bognor and Llttleliampton, both in the ; 44 I? ra n nt i t h este te kk ilt ltt • ,,. th e ' --righ t r . - teYning Braiich)-" for making a Branch ''', 1 ,11 eolia t °II and Chl-he , er Railway to the town of t ' ' Z t kii . y o 'aN, n . he arer e3f SUSSex," ' " t ikily; 3 ' ke N ewcastlepon-Tyne Junction-" for 4 , A Pel4 t ro hi s ,' Richmond Branch of the Great North of k t k , iti , ltiolliisb ,", a nd ,;' ) 1 With Branches, to be called ' The Li 'Se. 4. ewc astle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway." .h..l4,o4jet:sitoelD4ll-Gretna Itranch)- "to empower the Forth til , t e 4 ll aa l 't t 11: r ,„° construct a Branch Railway from the 1 4_4 4 :1ea Vway_ ~Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, to join t a, 44, 4 t•,,,,,, dl pore''' r near Springfield." 1 4 t • Zti L a. ` l , 'IV I11 „ ,Irat.„„ k nonth-" for making a Railway from the ,la It:,,nd othre e , - , a 3'. at Epsom, to the town of Portsmouth, 'litc , lia y "de o ," •I-ondon wortho Railway.' . ~4 1 ,e'e1clo f rom , ( Wands Branch) -" for making a t Ltt k Alb 111 to . 1 0/ 1"e Londo n and Brighton Railway, in the N'tl \-,„ ' tiles .illie South-Western Railway, in the parish t , 1 1 14 q 4 ti04: 1 1) 4 1 , 14 -. 177 l 'tY of su l:!!• •• i, .Pt (;f o il) 3 . IV Railway (Whitby and Pickering)-Second t'l ';i 4b. 17 ' d ilth4t, iCity,_ a n - Liverpool Railway-Second reading, A '16 1,4. ••4 1r1r , . ..„tai Ni ,„ I 1,, Preston Railway-Second reading, Mon -64140. N. eBtl'a Ra ilway -Second Reading, Monday, ' it, " ' i6 "vt ° ll a a Vt11t,.. - 4 0 , • ' -11, . South Devon Railway-Second reading, Ni l tlih i d Ablr k Att b ,' Ileat Rallw ell . , y,i11A1,4;a3., p eb nY (Hatecastle and Sandbach Line)- ig,,,, 4 5 e4143 4 . is it,, ifw • 16 : o k:kth 4(1 1 4% Ity • ay (Churnet Valley Liae)-Second read -01, k,t it k l, k ble 11.7„Y-Second ding, Monday, Feb 16. S .; t am;Way.„_-_-"way-Second readig Monay Feb. 16. • I ttw kl i i - "Way ((..econd reading, Monday ' , Feb. 16. 1 ~ ,a e l k il kl s eat ' liY E xtension)-Second reading, Monday, N41141g, AiLmr4 th: e ttli7 l l ;3'. FebFe I rwaY (Hampton Court Branch)- akk eel t". 4l • eZentlay"tejnßallvvay (London Bridge Extension)- ,' 4,1 11 4,1 1 i IV4 te.. _. 1 . lyali z i , , , ' It . I lietb a ° o ll day3, l !all i ljaY (Chertsey and Egham Branch) 4 t, 4 4 4 'al Junction Railway -Second reading. Mon \lil,..44444"4l,ltehwest N ititt 4l:tlp h .,) . ), L G. ern Railway (Epsom Branch)-Secend "It , e ltta t Zlwa m 414 ,Y• F e b u nion and Warrington Branch)-Se olakia_: 16. O t • "ant Railway -second reading, Monday, lt . Itli \''A• a t r • l 'tOar SP ECI.I --------- )A4 1 1 14, t 'Dor td IL, 4,... s . b 'REPORT. D ORCHESTER '•l l :, t "t, t ' h i .e '' lt l a nrlt r eZ n er t a tle Select Committee on Petitions for ‘i vil) o l,, e0., 1 , din g _ petitions complaining of non-oomph-- ,i7e 4 t‘s i, and ,orders in the case of the petition for vo t Ch tha t th, 84.0!chester Railway Bill were referred, K1A.,„? .. e0 t; ` ,, a lli aid Petitions " had not the name or short Va . '„lt, l ,',`; or k"l' was entered entered in the Votes written at the tit,` , At e",,ule,atraliat i s it there stated whether such petitions !la I lta,7 4 l4 ( its >, .. Rill, or relati g to the non-compliance 1 1 11 4 , 1 e t *Ata -4( lia tt 0 !'s required by standing order, No. 11l a. ‘ 4,,, li te PricZ.llily to 14 4 r, No. 111 a, is not one of the standing \Vtl i fat - RIlls 1 „"e (Miles of the Select Committee on k \ I I o,_.tr4 gue ss the Ilttut Is on, of those relating to the practice t7' at, Illy re on b y 4nuon of the Committee has been called i, s ' , Lai 7 .., ferr ad t le Petition of Edward Woolmer, which i t a h e is pi o n T f m or ittee, t c h on Co k i „ rt ''''' stlbn a t? , the e Ade m ra m tl i o tt n ee of o tl n ie \ e , Cl--------------- p. Oh 1,11-TrrioNs FOR RAILWAY BILLS ~,. .411! „ I - , „-- , 0 ,, ENSUING WEEK, R),S•lkfieZ Zed6ez AY, FEB. 16. l k i );)1 t ; 44 (1 14; 1. . k N'"li 'atop, -1/4Ytkottt, Union. iSN'ort4 4 4.!". - , 41 hi,, • and South Wales. Xtr,, ii r t, erd (elr4l '• th k t k44 b r4 (Je n *el eY Branch). \41,1.1 , 4 xttiek roresen Line at Bradford). , t: t , l l ‘ ,lt il y al li tt 44 Yorle hire. kN i , : 44. ~ ), . 0 , 11 re f • L , , t_ I tal o i r4 ,ya t'Ai Lt , tZ t ? s tta.„ and Canal (Newton to Crewe with ek w itZaYi a nd iy, wittr dt wa y , a Canal (Shrewsbury and Stafford). i ik t Atf tl e ,kla t ; tea ttu ,_ Ila Ca nal (Chester and Wolverhampton ~‘ l o ‘ g tu4 ,l e; gav e l'eton and . \plie , I v e (p_ li, it,,f,sßidderminster. 0 kftat , ytte r i e _ .03ton Railway, k ki , ' i 7, 1 ,7 ! 4,,,. . Li ne) . kik'S'likl4tlilN. c,):4,4me, ckh (ch t k‘ k a k4t tor4R e itkib ire , s al Hall Branch). W.:4011°. l" e, hnc l Colq ue" "' N•i,, l 'Ot ' ,l' %al ' 4'41 Ceitancers ( ( i c l flst a ili e an ß r J a an ne c h lu ) . ‘lt ttl44i tte itil lal t t iirkl ai lq. 4 . A tl b e 4 Ed, l ' i lleoliN eti \\i til l al,' l lpo, - . .,11t, 34 '. ta t (f'ork la t b ; _klat h ry tie . eia t t,„ 2. x ension). t i i t 7tti o r‘rik . ap t i e , ~ ,4 4 4,i i, • ' O 4 .7411:4,,. Branch. it 41 b ko k .,llad „. ti nrt Railway and Tyne Dock. N 44 '4 4 'tit ' ~tik t, ''4 8 41 tt (C C°4 4r d°n ' 1 1 l 4 k,. 4 ; k WOWIt I (etenb t a i -,b kid 1 (av i erne u r ridge to Weedon). ia e lta t , 3 ' k id lie fil dent h _, anch). , Nl' ah. . $4,..e1d 4 . ‘.. g). Is k.l44itt7, i1 e ,2 ,1 t1 J,Tetlon Extension (so. 3). I N N iltbi:::tvi a lrd ,It7,lcettion Extension (No. 2 ). , h„ , i v 4 ? ,_,, t nr Lon Extension (No. 1). Wile ,lid. ertZsion 'niches). kril tt i i ~ -..et it . • N ti 4li q th N., eke , n , Vter 11, 4 -1 1se t ltern g 111h,,,_ • ''11 1 ,:0 ' le , , a "q'fo r . ' - ' , .illaarn Junction. \ I l lei ke 414 4 44 t ao g • P , 4 ' ah 4 (1 4 J wieu 042: 4 4,1'44 kt 'eat ~. °n ( Basingstoke to Teovil). ..iel,ak te 'A, to t , ' lA N er it.alculebY Junction. loila,', k , 4 *kis ki‘ d ~fe I:tr ane Za7 and Canal (Huddersfield Di a ok tr „ta 1. 1 . rekt zi . est at t„ii 4 4, 4 ,'„11 4 , 4 ek t nt1et) e llato n 1 - , ; 1 ,..g JulteLen. Ai t 'z';',Aloa, .."tild •,;,- et (Branches to Thornllebank, \ I : 1,4 4. 4e -44 - eit 4... l l th, 1e,44(1 6raellockujplir,,eet (Branches to Paisley). l; (1 4 IkeK t l T Pre e e n ,ek .114 Ind GOYIM Branch). t n i ght ) he 4 ' rorb -°e k (Etrld ur 13raneh) * 6Na ' Itti 4 ke h eit), a Y. km Exeter. Weir Branch.) , 1 ` 1 :: 1 11, ( Ilee k d o -Ly, ,A l 4 44, 4l lt bh nt kt 1) tr u e . Itrid If \"10 '• '''tta,i't-t a . - clies, ~,,„Incheeter (Dukinfleld, Wors take, aer.L'"e. and ''" ° lleilleld St t' V I I I la nai hie, and "an chester Et a 1"). (i tzs t l ol y i b e r an althl nd 'it V iii• k gtli. t kler., -- Manchester( t 4 1 4 1 .1 k hea' ar olc i4 ne, to e -, t a t „rti, end ...- :wan eh ~N 11 44 1 . 444 'itu let i i kl L nl lwa y ,ind_ ester (Oldham Branch). "‘%NI( 11 1 ) , ),,, 4 411„, B ran c h Now, 'anal (Bradford branch). Ail tlll it," 4 ,,nto,% 4ll .ll,, (6o ll " t e li h tn c , ''t rig lad ' 4 1,1 , an d - nctioa 3 , -e - of Perth Branch). 'At'',,kb k 4a 4 1 '41 1 'neld 4 tlros,,, n e ruartius. ';la t ldhpit • ij i ulla Il ia • t 4 k4 4 11 ' :e a t 1T:"• 4eheater and Southport. t le.Z l ll 4 Ret t i l R„ l ' iti casin re. tk o tttl e, 0 0 4 ei t ti ld, istek e. N t im , `;,11 , 11444 1 ,,, 1 1-41,. VV,414,; ~, s h e ' AN )19,t„. 1. ~:k 4 ) l : tlYt ki Sl , e l i d A ineti . o t k le kk t"ee, (I .lfi r , n umb er p t. l )Ni k l llpt e el le3. e tion it aiur erries). 1 1. ) , i th ilti l ' itnd ri - aY and Grimsby Docks 11 'o% 'hes; an d Cr e at Iki Al f , t ,.._er b it eat G rt 10 4 4 4 '.r. a nd . i 4 kt i ,. t l4, th ,_ e n..r j,, tv. ~... k tti . 4 1) q 4 1.; 41 bell act msby. b, Ei, w:la tx Itto n , Extensions and Davit. It k l' t a lio try , a teu h i on ttnd B ranches. it t tai, k El ri d elle s ' ii,.., Id _ y a nd lister ,hinctio.. ' a Tit " 4,. Wm. "' 1141,1 13 1 " i natil a ` lo nt and L .an id I Q . 1"7 11 / 4 110 491tr, 31111 and Dezeham THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1846. Furness and Windermere Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester. Manchester and Poole (Luggershall, Salisbury, and Poole). Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Whitehaven Extension and Kirksanton Deviation). Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield and Nottingham (Grantham Junction Llynvi Ely and Busy. Ely sod Huntingdon (Bedford Extensions). Cockarnmuth and Workington Extension. Lynn aid Ely (Extension to Spalding). Lynn and Ely (Extension to to March). South Union. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford. Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby. Dover and Deal. Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds. Stamford and Spalding. Monmouthshire. Huntingdon and Wisbeach. Wear Dock. Derby and Crewe Junction. West Lancashire. Congleton and Crewe. Glasgow and Belfast Union. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway and Port of Goole. Oxford, Wituay, Cheltenham, and Gloucester. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction. British and Irish Union. Monmouth and Hereford Eastern Counties, Hertford to Huntingdon. Bedtbrd and Cambridge Extension. Eastern Counties (March to Lincoln), Eastern Counties (Epping Extension). Exeter Great Western. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth. Midland (Claycross to Newark). Midland (Nottingham to Mansfield). Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Barnet). West Cornwall, Grand Trunk and Peterborough, West London Improvement and Extension.. Norfolk Extensions (Thetford and Needham Branches). Taff Vale. London and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation. Midland (Burton to Nuneaton). Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester. Midland (Leicester to Swannington). Midland (Darfield to Elsecar). Chichester, Portsmouth, and Farehans. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Stour Valley Line; Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Birmingham, Wo verhampton, and Dudley Line). Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Lincoln). Eastern Counties Stations Enlargement. Eastern Union (Ardleigh to Colchester). Midland (Swinton to Lincoln). Midland (Newark to Gainsborough). Midland (Purchase of Oakham Canal) Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension. South Wales (No. 2). South-Eastern (No. 7—Ashford Station* Enlargement). Shrewsbury and Birmingham. Staines and Henley (No. 2). Worcester and Porthdynllaen. Vale of Neath. Great Eastern and Western. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. Eastern Counties (Tottenham and Farringdon-atreet Extension). Eastern Counties (Thames Junction Branches). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Ely Extension with Branchca there. from). Monkland and Kirkintilloch. Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal. Lowestoft and Beccles. Midland (Erewash Valley Extension). Midland (Erewash Valley Branches). South Wales Great Western. London and Birmingham, and Birmingham Canal Arrangement Birmingham and Oxford (Birmingham Extension). Birmingham and Oxford Junetion. Hu ldersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds :Railway Conmanies amalgamation. Southampton and Dorchester. Trent Valley (Alrewas Branch). Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Amalgamation. Chard Canal. Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Company. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway. Cornwall and Devon Central (Hale, Lelant, Saint Austell, and Hod min Branches). Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction. Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and Southport. London and South Western Railway Acts Amendment. Trent Valley Midlands and Grand Juneton. Liverpool and Bury. Warwick and Worcester. Runcorn and Preston Brook. Northern and Southern Connecting. Cornwall and Devon Central. Direct Birmingham and Leicester. Thetford Bury St. Edmunds, and Ne wmar k e t. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. London and Birmingham Extension (Northampton, Daventry, Leam ington, and Warwick). Rochdale Canal and Manchester and Leedl Railway. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire. North Union (Horwich Branch). Leeds, York, and Midland Junction. Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland. Manchester and Hyde Railway. Bristol and Birmingham and Midlands Railway. Buckingham Railway (Tring to Banbury). Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Bath Line). Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, and Malvern Line). Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways. Bristol and Gloucester (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction). Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Pontop and South Shields Railway Purchase). London and Birmingham Railway (Birmingham Extension). London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton). South Devon Railway (No. 2). Leicester and Birmingham Railway. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Stamford to WisbeCh). London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Salisbury to Yeovil). Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway. East Coast Railway. London and Windsor Railway. Hid! arid Lincoln Railway. Leeds, Waaelleld, and Midland Junction Railway. Tean and Dove and Eastern and Western Junction Railway. Halesworth and Norwich Railway. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation. Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, and Crewe Railway. Whitehaven and Furness Railway. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction and North Wal(fi Mineral Railway Amalgamation. London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway. Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway. Northampton and Banbury Railway. Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Railway. Furness Railway Extensions. Northampton and Bedford Railway. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Extensions. Buckinghamshire (Oxford and Bletchley Junction) Railway. Bristol and Birmingham (King's Norton to Halesowen) Railway. London and Birmingham (Weedon and Northampton Branch). London and Birmingham (Leamington Extension, Coventry and Rugby Stations Enlargement) Railway. London and Birmingham Railway (Aylesbury Railway Purchase). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company. Midland Railways (Birmingham Extension). London and Birmingham Grand Junction, and Manchester and Bir mingham Railways Amalgamation. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Banbury Line) Railway. Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway. Warwickshire and London (Worcester and Weedon Line) Railway. Bideford and Tavistock Railway. North Wales Railway. Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford Autalgallkation. Morecombe Harbour and Railway. Leeds Central Railway Station. Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction Railway. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction (Darfield Branch) Railway. Slit ewsbury,Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway (No. 1). Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway (No. 2). Clitheroe Junction Railway. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway. Norfolk Extension (Stowmarket and Wymondham) Railway. Colchester and Stour Valley Railway. TUESDAY, FEB. 17. Great County Down Railway. Clonmel and Tharies Railway. Belfast and Ilolywood Atmospheric Raliway. Dublin and Enniskillen Railway. Londonderry and Inniskillen Railway. Portbury Pier and Railway. Enniskillen and Sligo Railway. Newry, Armagh, and Londonderry Juaction Railway. Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway. Glasgow Seuthern Terminal Railway. Scottish DI id.and Extension Railway. Lanarkshire and Lothians Railway. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway. Irish North Midland Railway. Great Southern and Western Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney, and Slamannan Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Wishaw and Coltness Railways Amal- gamation. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Forth and Clyde Navigation Amalgamation. Morayshire Railway. Arbroath and Forfar Railway. Caledonian, Fenix, and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation. Scottish Central (Allen Branch) Railway. Scottish Central (Crieff Branch) Railway. Scottish Central (Danny Branch) Railway. Caledonian Extension Railways. Pollee and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway) Deviation. Caledonian Railway ((,'arlisle Deviation). Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Branch). Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches). Caledonian (Laugholm Branch). Caledonian (Mid Lothian Branches). Caledonian (Leith Junction). Caledonian (Dumfries Branches). Caledonian (Dundyvan Branch). Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase). Edinburgh, Leith, and Grautou Railway Extension and Branches. flelensburgh Railway Extension and Police. Stirlingshire Midland Junction. Strathtay and Breadalbane. Scottish Grand Junction. Caledonian Northern Direct. Perth and Inverness. Inverness and Elgin. Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbrldge Extension. Scottish Central (Perth Termini and Stations). Forth and Clyde Junction. Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct. St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable. Kilmarnock and Troon. Goole and Doncaster Railway. . South Yorkshire Coal Railway. Teinplernore and Nenagh Railway, Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 1). Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 2). York and Lancaster Railway. North of Norfolk Railway. East Dereham and Norwich Railway. Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway. Chichester and Bognor Railway. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Amendment. Dunblane, Donne, and Callander Railway. N ewcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinborgh, and Direct Glasgow Railway. Great Grimsby, Louth, Ilorncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction. Oxford, Coventry, and Burton-on-Trent Railway. Launceston and South Devon Railway (No. 2). Eastern Counties (Lincoln to Milford Railway. Leeds any Thirsk (St. Helen's Branch Deviation), Leeds and Thirsk (North Eastern Extension, Wath to Hartlepool). Leads and Thirsk (Knaresborough Branch Extension). Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Amalgamation. Mallow and Fermoy. Monkland and Kirkintilloch. East and West of England Junction. Aberde.n, Banff, and Elgin. Manchester and Southampton. Alford Valley. Great North of Scotland. Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension). East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction. Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains borough Canal. Harwich and Eastern Counties. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester (Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal Purchase). Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier. Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick. Airdrie and Bathgate Junction. Leicester and Tamworth Junction. Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester. Leeds and York. London and Oxford. Direct London and Manchester. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dumbartonshire Junction. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (N 0.6). Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway. Axholme Gainsborough, Goole and York, and North Midland June- tion Railway. Midland Junction Railway. South Staffordshire Junction Railway and Branches (No. 1). South Staffordshire Junction (Bilston and Priestfield Branch—No. 2). South staffordshire Junction (Showhill and Portobello Branch — No. 3). South Staffordshire Junction (Wlllenhall and Bloxwich) (No. 4). WEDNESDAY, FEE. 13. Carlow rxtension Railway. Cork and Passage Railway. Dublin, Diundruir, and Enuiskerry Railway. Cork and Waterford Railway. Sligo and Sha.nnan Railway. 010 Way ancllLi3l4sßty Ariainsty. Midland Great Western of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway). Midland Great Western of Ireland (Longford and Sligo). Midland Great Western of Ireland (Liffey Branch and Longford Deviation). Cork, Bandon, and Kinsale Railway. Horbury Bridge and Calder Railway. Birkenhead and Llangollen Railway. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Ashchurch Line). Glasgow and Dundee Junction Railway. Cameron's Cott'brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor. Derbyshire, Stallbrdshire, and Worcestershire Railway. Bandon and Bantry Railway. Cork, Macroom, and Killarney Railway. Great Munster Railway. R•rtlt Devon Railway. Sheffield, Aslitort.umier-Lyne, and Manchester (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branch). Dublin and Kingstown Railway Extensions. Chelmsford and Bury Railway. Seauersetshire Midland Railway. THURSDAY, FEB. 19. Wexford, Waterford, and Videncia Railway. Surrey Grand Junction Railway, Cork, rassage, and Kinsale Railway. Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Railway. Midland Railway (Birmingham and Gloucester Branches). Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway. FRIDAY, FEB. 20. Dublin and Sandomount (Atinositherie) Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. FRIDAY, FEB. 13. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway— ('on mittee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Bandon and Bantry Railwiy—Commit tee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 17 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. po ( s 7 t o p i o •le, ne 3 d l i a .r e o r in oo T in, ties a d n , e , l y l l .". 7 ill t it il r i n l e ‘ 3 ,e , d l i t i a e ila y y , — F G eb om i m s. ittee on Petition, Great Munster Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 17 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. North Devon Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branches) —Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. la. Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway—Committee on Peti tion, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Direct Northern Railway—Committee on Petition adjourned till Friday, Feb. 27. Welsh Midland Railway—Committee on Petition adjourned till Tuesday, Feb. 24. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Ferry—Second re .ding, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (Extension to Caledonian Railway) and Lancaster and Preston Junction Its lway Amalgamation—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Newcastle and Bernick Railway—Second reading, Tuesday Feb. 17. North Union Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Grand Junction Railway— (Huyton and Aston, Huyton, Prescot, and St. Helen's, Warrington and Kenyon, Warrington and Parkside, Showhill and Portobello, and Hedgehill and Huyton Branches)-- Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Leeds, Be irsbury, and Manchester Railway Deviations and Branches—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. London and South-Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch) —Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. March and Sheffield and Midland Junction Railway—Second read ing, Thursday, Feb. 19. Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway—Second read ing, Thursday, Feb. 19. litlglitun, Lewes, and lisAtingla Railway Deviations—Second read ing, Thursday, Feb. 19. Eastbourne, Ilailshain, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches—Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branches)—Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. HORRID SUFFERINGS OF A JiOAT'S CREW (Fr^nl the Sidney Morning Herald of Sept. 20.) The following is a narrative of a most interesting character, being an account of the sufferings of Mr. Clarke, the survivor of a boat's crew of eight persons, who was for six weeks drifting about the Pacific in an open boat:— '•I Left Otaheite in the schooner Sophia, for the Penner tors or Chain Islands, March 4, 1843, and arrived at the island where I was to be stationed, seeking pearl shells, in the month of May; but previous to my being placed there, I visited, in conjunction with Mr. Samuel Henry, of Otaheite, in theschooner Sarah Ann, Captain Dunnett, Rn i-land represented to us by the natives us being rich in shell and not known to others who were visiting islands trading; we discoverd it, and stood in with a boat, containing Mr. S. Henry, Mr. J.Dunnett, andmyself; there were also t,n of the natives of a gang with us, all armed; we saw the natives on shore were making the signals by large fires, which the other natives told us was for them to collect together ; we pulled es ithin twenty yards., of t h e s hore ; one of them came down to the beach and hailed us to come on shore ; Mr. Henry told our in terpreter to tell him to come off, we were friends ; after hesitating some time he did so, but at the same time we perceived him followed by others who were bringing with them a long line, which reached into the bush, attached to whch were about fifty natives, so that the line was fast to haul away and get us on shore ; the first native had by this time se am to the boat ; our interpreter told him to go aft to the chief, meaning Mr. Henry ; Mr. Henry told him to come in, which he no sooner did than he seized Mr. J. Dunnett's musket, and would have wrenched it from him, had not Mr. 11. struck his fingers with a cutlass, which compelled him to let go his hold; he im mediately jumped overboard and swam to the beach, whet: he made all manner of gesture, by which our in terpreter told us he meant to show what he would do to us if he got us on shore; the other natives that had followed the first swimming and diving to the boat, seeing their chief leap overboard so quickly, thought something was wrong, and scon followed, those on shore hauling in the line, which the one who had been intrnsted with it had no time to fasten; after they all had left we opened fire upon them for their treachery, and de livered about forty rounds; but as we fired so they fell on the ground, to be less exposed; we saw a large number of females with baskets on their arms, made from the cocoa-nut leaf; our interpreter told us they were interded to carry our limbs into the bush to be cooked, had they been successful in their foul designs. It being sundown, and not liking the character of the natives, we pulled on board the Sarah Ann, which had been laying off and on ; we were convinced there were pearl shells there from the ornaments that were around their necks and arms ; we judged there must have been 600 natives on the island. Mr. H. proposed to Captain Dunnett to remain off and on the island that night, and zo on shore the following morning to force a landing, having seven good boats, besides fifty natives, sufficient, we supposed well armed to - effect it ; but Captain D. thought it better to proceed on our voyage to the island of Takumea, one of the Sam,. group. After visiting several gangs of divers on the other island, we arrived at An island called Tahania, where I was landed with five boats and a gang of sixteen divers, with five females to open the shells. " The first week we were prevented from commencing operations from bad blowy weather, when if such is the case it ruffles the lagoon so that the divers cannot see where to descend ; ice formed a settlement on the west :ide of the island, and ,:ommenced operations ; found the ,hells very scarce ; remained collecting five weeks, and was then visited by the Sophia schooner, Capt. M•Lean, from Otaheite, who brought a supply of cocoa nuts, which were now becoming very scare. The payment usually made to these men for diving was three cocoa nuts, a portion of sour bread, fruit, and from eight to ten fathoms of navy blue cloth per month. However, I per suaded them to gather the shells and take them in our boat to the small harbour there was in the island, and there leave them. " The time for the return:of the Countess Wilton or Sophia had now expired, and being very short of provi• sions, I began to feel somewhat anxious, and proposed with a boat's crew to visit Hanes, an hand about 45 miles south-west, to endeavour to obtain information if any vessel had called there from Otaheite, and supposing such not to have been the case, to proceed direct to Otaheite, about 250 miles distant ; we next day got our boats ready (one of the Greenland fishing boats), and put into her for provisions, about 301 b. of biscuit' in a bag, one small sucking pig, cooked, about four gallons of water, and six young cocoa nuts ; tlie following m orn i ng at day-break, 15th August, 1844, we left, myself, f our grown up men, and three youths, in all eight persons. I also had my dog with me, besides my chest and bed. After great difficulty we got out of the harbour and di rected our course to the westward, with a nice breeze; at noon we were on the west ered of the island, and sighted Taitea. I proposed remaining the night, but the natives objected, not being on good terms with them. We then stood to the south-west for Hanea. About four P.M. one of the natives said he saw the haze of the land, but he was mistaken. The breeze had been freshening from noon, and was now blowing pretty stiff. We kept on the same course until ten P.m. I proposed, that as it was probable we could not get to land that night, to steer fur Olaheite, as the wind was fair and strong, to which they 111 consented. Having no compass, we had to steer by the stars, and bore away, as we supposed, due west. We kept the boat this course up to two A.M., when we shipped a sea which neirly filled her to the thwart. We then rounded her to the sea, lashing the oars to make a raft, which we threw overboard, when she lay compara tively easy, attached to about four fathoms of the native rope, unshipped her mast to ease her, then had some thing to eat, being the first we had since the morning previous, but found our bread saturated with salt water. We were in this state' lying to' about two hours, when the rope parted, and the boat immediately went broad side to the sea, which was breaking with violence on board her. I offered the natives several fathoms of cloth if they would leap otter and secure the raTt,butfromthe sea running, they said it was impossible, and the boat drifting so rapidly, they could not overtake it. While we were lying to, we shipped two seas which completely filled us. I jumped to the stern oar, and put her before the wind, while the natives baled her ; we shipped our mast again, and set fore and aft foresail without the sprit ; this we found sufficient, and with this sail we ran about eight knots an hour ; we ran in this way for three days, and on the 4th, at noon, I took an observation of the sun, having my sextant and epitome with me, and found ourselves 80 miles south of Otaheite, and supposed about 150 miles to the westward. On the 4th day it began to moderate, and I proposed to the natives to haul the boat to the NW., or as near to the point as the sea would permit ; we steered to the NW. until sundown, when we saw a flock of birds standing from the north ward to the southward. The natives wished me to steer in that direction, as they were sure the land was there. On this day I put all hands on allowance, about half a pound of bread a man; this we ate each day at four P.M. I told the natives, when they wished me to alter the course, that I had found my latitude, and knew where we were, that by steering to th e northward we should probably fall in with some of the islands to the north and west of Otaheite; but they insisted on my giving up the charge and took the steer oar from me, which it was useless to resist, they being seven to one. " On the fourth day all our water was expended, and they kept running the boat about, following birds, unti the fifth day ' • on this day we caug h t some water, b y means of our buckets and cans, about one quart each. On the sixth day the natives consulted what coarse to steer, which was determined by a majority; but they kept running her about in so many directions that I asked them to allow me to steer; they said no—that as I had missed Otaheite they would still retain the charge. I had possession of the bread, which was allowanced, and with me one bottle of brandy, about a pint and a half ; this I mixed with my portion of water, making about two quarts of it ; of this I was very careful, impressing also on the natives the necessity of being sparing with theirs. Oa the seventh day they killed my poor dog, without my consent ; this they cooked in the saucepan, produc ing fire by rubbing two sticks together, breaking out the sides of the boat for firewood. This they ate, and with the blood mixed Ns ith the salt water, said it made excellent soup ; they offered me a portion, but I refused, he having been a great favourite. " On the eighth day, at one of their consultations, the majority proposed that we should steer to the westward, which they did for two days, the boat running about five knots, the wind and sea in our fey ur. All this time our soddened bread was becoming less, and our allowance s ah h na i di p : bo b en u e i o; hmc mo e rning or per t diem. h w eosthe Ont. otnh eleventhethteisn d t h a dy e avtyhe they i yo n u g enod w n e st hu h el t o e v wd e im t n o ds , could only be about the size of a quarter of a common on the best course to steer; I told them, if they thought the wind would continue for a week, we might, per chance, sight some of the islands to the eastward (Society Islands), but as there was a very heavy head sea, and the boat only going two knots as hour, I told them it would be better to steer to the westward, and endeavour to make the Harvey Group; but they insisted on steering to the eastward, which they did for two days and a half. The water belonging to the natives had been out near two days; but I had still my bottle of brandy and water secreted in my chest, from which I continued to sip at night unknown to the natives. They now slept a great deal, and spread an old mat in the bottom of the boat to 1;e on, which they could do, she being perfectly tight. On the thirteenth day the wind shifted to de eastward ; they then ran the boat about again ; not knowing where they steered, they consulted me as to Palmerston Island and Aitutaki, of which they had heard. I had all this time taken the sights to obtain the latitude, but could only guess the longtwle ; I told them they were the eastward of those islands—that they had better steer south, for the Harvey Group, but thsy would not take my advice. " From this time they only ran in the day time, and lay to at nights, lest they should run past land. On the 18th day we discovered we had only one day's al lowance of buiscuit left ; but on the morni ng of the 19th I found that some of them had come aft and stolen it from the bag whilst I slept. This finished the only remaining portion of that which I had fondly hoped would have certainly kept those with me alive at any rate one day longer. " They generally ate their miserable allowance by putting it into a bottle, pouring salt water on it until it became quite soddened, and then sucking it through the opening. " After the bread was expended, the natives ga ve way to the most piteous lamentations and howlings it is pos sible to conceive, continually bewailing their fate, and charging we with bringing them to so miserable an end. " On this day they consulted together, and ga ve me charge of the boat, intimating they wished to lie down in the bottom of her, and there die; that to tbis end the mast should be unshipped, and the boat kept stationary, and no run hrr in search of land; but I had that hope within me which never forsakes, and I put the b; at to the southward, endeavouring to male the Harvey group. Qu this day, having a very little coffee, i gave thew few berries each, but it only increased their desire for salt water, of which they continued to drink freely. " This day I commenced drinking laudanum, mixed in small quantities of salt water, which produced sleepi ness, but lulled my miserable feelings. When I com menced steering to the south, I was in 16 degrees. "Nothing particularly happened until the 24th day when the natives having suspected me of stealing the 19th day's allowanc e , p erce i v i ng I d i d not suffer as much as they, searched my case while I was asleep, and dis covered my medicine chest, the contents of which they drank, five ounces of castor oil, a small phial of laudanum, also a bottle of sugar of lead; they were soon overtaken by sleep from the laudanum, and two of them slept 48 hours without awakening. The castor oil had not the slightest effect on them. " I still kept steering to the southward, and on the night of the 28th day we caught a little rain from a passing squall; the natives roused themselves, and com menced licking the boat and sails, to produce saliva, but not enough, this small quantity only increased their desire for more, and one of my poor fellows became insane. They having two hatchets, I persuaded them to deliver them to me, with their knives, telling them the poor fellow might kill some of them and me ; but I te as more afraid of their retaining it than him, as they con tinued threatening that if I ran the boat, and did not keep her still, they would knock out one of her timbers, and go down altogether. After these were delivered up, I felt much more- at ease, throwing the knives overboard and securing the hatchets. • " The absence of reason of my pnor cook troubled me a goad deal, as he had been one who had kept our spirits from droopirg entirely by his lively conversation, and upbraiding them for finding fault with me, aid re proving them for making such horrid lamentations. " On the morning of the 29th day my poor fellow died, and was buried in his winding sheet of native cloth and shirt, which was a determination they had previously come to, that when each Wed, not to eat them, but throw him overboard. On this day the father of one of the boys in the boat, who was very ill, came and demanded the little water I had caught, about half a pint, from the last rain, to give him, 'Which I did ; but this did not save his life, for on the morning of the 31st day he died, and was buried by his father. In the afternoon of this clay, I had occasion to go forward to arrange some part of the jib sheet, when the old man, who had buried his son in the morning, gave me a push, and overbourd I went, but fortunately succeeded in catching the gunwale of the boat, and clambered up. I asked him what he meant, and he told me it was the lurch of the boat, and not him who did it. The natives gradually grew worse, and after my laudanum was drunk, I commenced drink ing sugar of lead, mixed with salt water, which produced violent sickness. " We had had no rain since the 29th day, and on the 35th day two more of my crew died in dreadful agonies, gnawing the boat and beating themselves distractedly. They had eaten all the leather from the rowlocks, as also part of the sails. On the 36th day another died, and was buried by me, as also the -two previously, the others being too weak to assist. " Thus leaving three, but in the evening another died, and was thrown overboard, reducing our number to two. No one can judge of my feelings when I looked at the last of my unfortunate crew, and wondering whether he should throw me overboard or I him ; but I bad not long to wait, for in the morning of the 37th day I found him dead, and had a great deal of trouble to throw him over board, being an enormously big man ; this was the father of the poor lad who died the second. " I was now alone, and found myself getting very weak, and unable to hold the steer oar; this I fixed amid ships, and allowed the boat to go where the wind wished; I laid myself down in the bottom, with a mat laid on the thwarts as protection from the sun. "I was ruminating one evening what my end would t p h r e o b b a o b a ly , be, w t, and knewhne I t h h e e m a r d t o something o Ip d e a found bythe th side of they were jumping at a little end of the mat sail trailing in the water ; I immediately threw over three pearl hooks which I had brought from the Chain Islands, when they were caught at greedily by a fine albacoa, which I thank fully hauled on board, and caught a second and third in the same way. I eagerly drank their blood, and took out their eyes, which I ate, but their flesh I could not ma nage, as my throat seemed stuck together. I sliced them and laid them on the seat of the beat to dry. I sank down again in my usual place, and fancied what Providence would send next, for something within now began to tell me I was not to die, and I remembered I had brought my violin ; this I unitrung, and ate all but the fourth string ; but what I wanted was something to allay my excessive thirst, under a sun in the tropics. It was now four days since my last native died, and brought me to the fortieth day, and on looking overboard I perceived right ahead, land ! Just imagine my surprise, running steadily along towards it. What land it was I could scarcely imagine, but supposed it must be the Navigator's Island. Towards mid-day it fell calm, leaving me in the same uncertain state, and so continued for two days; but on the forty-second day at break of day, I raised myself to look over the boat, and saw ten canoes pulling towards me, with five natives in each. I sank down in the bottom of the boat from excitement and exhaustion, thanking Providence for hope of deliverance. I now heard, from their conversation, that they had approached pretty close, and, putting my head over the side of the boat, they raised one cry of horror and surprise at the wretched object I lookei, and immediately pulled away, crying out, ole Pope ! ole Pope !' (the Priests, the Priests), meaning the French, for these native cannot disconnect the idea of there being priests without necessarily being Frenchmen. I beckoned them to ap proach, and intimated I wanted to drink by the usual sign, when they handed me a cocoa -nut, the only one they had. They now had more confidence, but still alarmed at my appearance, my beard being nearly seven weeks old, and the shadow of a man they saw. After some consultation, one of the chiefs, being heathen, pro posed that I should be killed (this I understood, from the great similarity the language possesses to that of the Chain Islands), but the majority were Christians, and said, No,' that it was contrary to their religion ; they ; wi t t h h is th b e e i i r ng pa t d h d e le c s a , se a , n e d ig n h .e t wentoofu ought h h e t o m t n ° j abuhemo goodrpee.d into a m in a; i boat " The arrival of a stranger at any time at the little island of Manua(the most windward island of the Samoan group) is treated with no little importance, but now a herald preceded us in one of the canoes, and raised the whole population, who reside on the sea shore, with the words, they are bringing the pavalanyi niai le vase' (the white man they had found on the sea) ; so that conse quently, when I was carried on the shoulders of four stout natives we were followed by all who could walk, to the number of about two to three hundred, crying out Arva, Arva !' this being a word expressing as - onishment. I was thus borne along to the residence of Tongateacher, and laid down on the best bed they could find—a few mats laid on the ground. While some were preparing these, others procured some food and cocoa-nuts ; but I was exceedingly cautious, lest by eatingheartily it might produce that which providentially I had just been re leased from. My thirst continued unquenched for three days, and I was still very weak ; in fact, so weak that I kept my bed for three weeks ; during this time an in cessant levee was held at the house of ,my kind host— natives came from far and near to see me and shake hands, even while I slept ; the screen was frequently raised that they might be allowed the pleasure of seeing me. At the end of three weeks I began to move about, and found myself on an island differing from most others, from there being no outer reef, and the sea breaking with terrific violeuce on the windward part ; so that had I not been becalmed I should have, in all probability, been dashed to pieces, being too weak to steer the boat over the breakers. "I now felt a desire to return to Otaheite, but the natives insisted on my not leaving them yet, that they wanted to pay a visit round the island to their friends, and take me with them. I had almost forgotten to men tion that just as I was recovering I received a kind visit from the Rev. M. Harbutt, the agent for the London Missionary Society at Manua ; he showed me great at tention, and impressed on the natives the necessity of doing likewise. "'There being no harbour at Manua, and having been there now three months, I proposed to visit Tortirila, an island about seventy miles distant, to see if there was any opportunity of returning to Otaheite. Accordingly I left and took with me fourteen natives from Manua, and arrived at Tortirila the same evening; we found that at the harbour of Apia, Island Upolo, another of the same group, was the harbour most frequented by shipping ; but unfortunately we were detained from proceeding there, from westerly winds, for nearly three weeks. The island is about forty miles from Tortirila. On arriving at Apia, judge my surprise in finding a vessel, the Currency Lass, bound direct to Otaheite, to sail in two or three days. There being no mate on board, I was offered that situation, and eagerly ac cepted it ; we took with us two passengers, the Messrs. Evans, from Apia, and sailed from thence on the 30th of January, 1845, and here again we did not escape privation from exceedingly light and con trary winds ; our provisions and water were soon ez pended, so that until we made the island of Atini we had then lived twelve days on yams alone ; after a long passage of forty-three days to accomplish one thousand two hundred miles, we arrived at Otaheite, just twelve months from the day I left to superintend the ' shelling.' I found on my arrival that the oars and raft from which my boat had parted were driven on shore on the south end of Otaheite (Tairaboo), and recognised by Mr. Henry, who had consequently given us up for lost. " My sorrow was soon turned into joy ; on my arrival at Otaheite I found a letter had long been lying there from England, and on opening it I read that property to a considerable amount had been left me, and was ordered home to secure it. " HENRY CLARKE." THE EARL OF DEADY AND FREE TRADE.—We are enabled positively to announce that the venerable head of the house of Derby has no sympathy with the protectionist predilections of Lord Stanley, and may be classed among the warmest admirers of free trade.—Laneaster Guardian. A highly respectable tenant farmer residing at Thorn - don, near Lye, under a good landlord, on Tuesday last sent, as a present to Sir R. Peel for his liberal measures now sub mitted to Parliament, a fine haunch of mutton off a sheep bred and fatted on the estate, which weighed upwards of 8 stone, 141bs. to the stone.—Suffolk Cliroxide. has Lo been good, Northallerton Great Candlemas Horse Fair corn oedinburgh, and all part s o f and high prices given The most ns, while thedemand menced on Monday last, and is now being held. Fi rs t- rate coach horses, hunters, and nags have not been so plentiful as on some f ormer dealersfrom f the country, as well as several foreigners, have been i n a tt en d ance, and have made large purchases. occasions, eminent • PARLIANENTARY PAPER-NAVY ESTIMATES AND EXPENSES. - A return has just been printed, by order of the House of Commons, containing an account of the naval receipts and expen diture for the year ending 31st March, 1845. This document gives the details of the expenditure of 6,466,0191. for the several branches of naval service ; which sum exceeds by 44,420/. the aggregate amount of grants voted by the House for that department. The prlacipal excess is in the item for naval stores, building and repair of Chip docks, l4cc., iu which the ;mount expended is larger by 68,619/. than the sum granted. The cause of this excess is explained to be the dispatch in providing steam machinery and iron steamers, and the necessity of obtaining supplies of timber for steam-vessels at Deptford yard, which had bun established daring the year as a bulld po. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MU TUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. The fifth annual general meeting of the donors, sub scribers, and friends of the benevolent department of this as sociation was held on Wednesday evening, in the large room of the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The meeting was very fully attended. Dr. MULLINDER, the secretary, having read the advertise ment convening the meeting, Mr. RICHARD HENRY JONES, the Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Managers, read the report, which stated that "the managers, in meeting the friends, members, and patrons, for the fifth time, had had great cause of con gratulation, inasmuch as the results of the year 1845 had been most encouraging. During the year 1845 many influ ential gentlemen and firms who had, in the first outset of the association, been lukewarm, had during the past year given their names to the association ; amongst whom might be noticed Messrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Company, Jones, Loyd, and Company, and the Court of Director, of the East and West India Dock Company, *who had each subscribed 1001. to the funds, the latter body re commending their clerks to become members. The report referred to the fact of a resolution having been passed at the last annual meeting au t h or i s i ng the eection of two an nuitants, and that the board, after the most mature de liberation, found that there were not two members duly qualified by length of membership, according to the rules, but b -ing desirous to put the most liberal construction upon the rules for the benefit of members, had selected two cases; the husband of the one, an assurer, being at that time an inmate of a lunatic asylum, his wife having four children dependent upon her exertions for support (he having assured with the Society for 1001.,) the other a sub scriber to the Benevolent Fund; but before the intentions of the board could be carried into effect with respect to the first case the husband died, yet, nevertheless, lest the inten tions of the association should not he liberally carried out, the board determined to allow this widow to become a can didate, and the board are happy to add that these two widows were elected to receive annuities of lot. each sub ject to this meeting conferring the continuance of such arnuity. Here it ought to be remarked that no other candidates had offered themselves, The suggestion of a public dinner had been a most happy one, inasmuch as the sum collected, inclusive of the three donations already alluded to, had bees nearly 1,0001. The report also alluded to the circumstance of two attempts having been made during the past year ' to establish societies for particular sections of clerks, but which had proved abortive, and had been abandoned. The managers had, by the advice of the treasurer, fixed the 6th of May next for the election of two more annuitants; and the evening of such day as the occasion of a general dinner of the friends, supporters, and patrons. The list of stewards already offered were of the most influential character. The report then went on to shew that the loan department had been most successful and beneficial to members, and that during the past year every case of application for temporary relief had been most promptly met. As also that the situa tion book had been of great service to members. Particular stress was laid upon this department, as a means whereby much good might accrue to the members. The report then noticed that the gratuitous services of the talented medical officers of the association had not only been continued tomembers, but in many cases had been beneficially applied to the families of members, and that in several in stances the same line of conduct had been kindly pursued in the provincial towns. The report also noticed that several suggestions had been made by members with the view to make the association more popular, every one of which sug gestions had received the most attentive consideration of the managers; and some members entertained the notion that, ith the present small rate of annual contribution to this particular branch of the association, viz., IL is. per annum, they must necessarily be entitled to positive and fixed annuities quite irrespective of age and other circumstances, but, for an answer to which the board referred to Mr.' Massen's late work " Contributions to Vital Statistics," as also to the letters of the secretary of this society iu the Bankers' and Post Magazines of September and October last. 1 It appeared from the report, that during the past year the number of agents in the provincial towns had been more than doubled, and that every day new members were joining both branches of the associ ation. The report also alluded to the circumstance of the house of Magniac, Jardine, and Co., of which J. A. Smith, Esq., AI P., is a partner, having assured with the association the lives of each of their clerks for sums varying from 1,000/, down to 2501., making each gentleman a present of his policy. Many portions of the report were received with great cheering. Tirosisosr HANKEY, Jun., Esq., on moving that the report I be adopted and printed, expressed his regret that the task I which had been assigned to him, had fallen into his hands, in consequence of the absence of several gentlemen of much higher standing in the city than himself. He regretted this 1 the more because they should have had the opinions of gen tlemen who had not attended their meetings so regularly as I he had—(Applause)--but who were deeply aware of the importance of the Society, who had expressed their cordial assent to its rules, and also had stated that at any time they should feel happy to do all in their power to benefit it.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it was hardllneces sary for bins to make any observations with respect to the report. The proceedings of the past year were so fully de tailed as to render it unnecessary for him to detain them with any remarks respecting it, but the meeting must excuse him for a few minutes, whilst he expressed, certainly, different feelings to those he had given utterance to on previous occa sions. His feelings were totally at variance with those he had entertained at any previous meeting which he had had the pleasure of attending in that room.—(Cheers.) It could not be a subject of small satisfaction to those gentlemen who had watched the progress of the institution since its com mencement, to know and to feel that it had now taken root, and that it was likely to make that progress which all those who had taken an interest in it from the beginning had so cordially desired.—(Great applause.) He thought, then, that he might venture to give expression to feelings very different from those which he addressed to the members of the association at their meeting last year. He thought he might venture now to congratulate the mem bers on the progress—the substantial progress—that had been made during the past year.—(Great applause.) He thought they would now see the Institution go on in a state of constant and satisfactory prog ression. —(Cheers.) This was no small pleasure to those who felt, as he knew those gen tlemen did who had taken so much interest in the institution since its origin, that the interest of their clerks in London was intimately connected with the interests of their own houses, and how mainly they were indebted for their suc cess in business to those on whom the proper management of it principally depended.—(Cheers.) He knew, however, that these sentiments had been expressed before wore forci - bly than he could lay claim to ; but he knew that they were sentiments in which lie was joined by every brother mer chant in that metropolis.—(Cheers.) He was sure there were none but felt the intimate connexion that must exist between the heads of houses and their clerks and how mainly they were indebted to their exe r ti ons , to the integrity of their character, and to their ability and zeal, for every success which had attended th em i n th e i r put suits.--(Hear.) Feeling this, as he did—a feeling in which, as he had said, lie was sure his brother merchants had parti cipated—how could they but feel a deep interest in their permanent prosperity, and in the success of any institution which tended to provident habits—habits which were so highly essential to the welfare of the principal as well as of his clerks ?—(Hear.) However, this was a topic on which he would not allow himself to dwell, as he was sure, in dealing with it, he should only detain them longer than lie would wish.—(Cries of " No, no.") But he must beg leave to express the great pleasure he entertained at the great increase which had taken place in their funds during the past year.—(Cheers.) Not that he thought that hitherto the institution had been joined by so large a number as he still hoped and looked forward with pleasure to see in the course of a few years.—(Hear.) But he thought that the accession of members would ultimately do away with the great difficulty which the directors had had to encounter of providing for the uncertainty of the relief required in cases of need.—(Hear.) Now, how could they best obviate that difficulty ? How eould that relief sehich was so much desired in such cases be rendered as certain as possible? A satisfactory mode of effecting this was felt to be all -important by those who take an interest in the insti tution.—(Cheers.) It appeared to him that this difficulty must continue to exist until a considerably greater num ber had „joined the association—(Loud cheers)—for it seemed to be highly desirable that a large proportion out of the whole number of persons qualified to be members of that in stitution should join it, in order to enable those entrusted with its direction to obtain that statistical information necessary for the proper apportionment of the funds at their command, to enable them to decide without hesitation in giving that regular assistance in the time of need, which would make every member satisfied that, w hen the day of adversity should overtake him, he would find a sure refuge and aid, when his misfortunes were of a nature to require it.—(Hear, hear.) He had taken the liberty of ex pressing these opinions, because he strongly felt their im portance. When the number anticipated had joined them, the directors would be enabled to form an average of the demands which would be made upon them. When this took place, they would have attained the desideratum they all had in view. He concluded by moving, " That the report for the year 1845, now read, be adopted and printed, under amidst direction of the managers ;" and resumed his seat general cheering. J. Coors, Esq., of the firm of Trueman and Cook, in seconding the motion, said he felt a degree of interest in the welfare of the institution.—(llear, bear.) It was a glorious thing to see in that great city—a city re nowned over the whole world, not. only for its wealth and com merce—but renowned over the whole world for its liberal support of everything benevolent and philanthropic; and not one of its least remarkable features was the establishment of institutions like the one in which they were so deeply in terested. The CHAIRMAW said, before he put the motion, he wished it to be understood that a separate resolution would be put to the meeting, with respect to the confirmation of the pro ceedings at the last election ; and that the adoption of the notion then before them would not prevent theta from making any remarks on that subject. The motion was then adopted. The CHAnutAar then proposed, "That th e proceed ings at the election of annuitants of the 28th of May last be confirmed, and that the two annuita n ts then conditionally elected, be, by thi s meet i ng declared tob e per manently so elected, subject to the rules and re gu l a ti ons o f the Association for the time being." R. H. JONES, Esq., seconde the motion, which Yffl , carried. T. BARING, Esq., M.P., rose to propose the next resolution. He said, owing to a mistake as to the hour for which the meeting was called, he had not heard the report read, and apologised for his non - attendance at the commencement of the proceedings. Re knew, however, enough of the report to be cognisant of the improved aspect of their affairs. They had hitherto had the same tale to tell, and it had generally been told by the same narrators; but the case was altered, as their affairs had improved, And those who had not spoken on former occasions now did so. He had great pleasure in meeting the members of the Institution, and expressing his ardent hope that the success they had already obtained might be greatly augmented. His approbation of the Society had in no degree diminished, and he was delighted to find that the opinions he had expressed with respect to it had been more than realised. Their position this year was superior to the last, and there was every reason to anticipate a greater addition to their funds which had, and would con tinue to be, applied to benevolent and charitable purposes. He said benevolent and charitable purposes, because the reso lution which had been put into his hands materially partook of these attributes, as it was to the following effect : " That on the 6th of May next, or such other day as the board may appoint, due notice of the same being given to the members, a special general meeting be held for the purpose of electing two additional annuitants, being members or widows of members." This was the best proof he could ofrer that their funds were in a good state, that their prospects were im proving, and that they were «bout to extend the bentits of the Institution to others. It was satisfactory to know , that s their Nadi increased they did not hoard them, but spent them in benevolence to a class of society, of whom there were a great number in the city of London,. and who bacl,,if. t hen claims upon the me t chants on account o f the nature duties. The Ben. Gentle= resu hls med se at amidst loud Owe, WILLIAM SMEE, Esq., Chief Accountant of the Bank of England, seconded the motion. Mr. Law is called the attention of the meeting to the 14th rule of the Institution, and stated that it contradicted itself. It stated that no business should take place at a special general meeting, except what was stated in the report, or in the paper furnished to them, and yet a power was given to the directors to suspend the officers of the institution at these meetings, if they thought proper. the CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Lewis that that was not the proper time to propose the abrogation of one of the laws of the Society, as this was a meeting of the Benevolent Depeet inent of the Institution. Mr. LEWIS said the directors of one department occupied a similar pawn in the other. He had had no notice of the intentions of the directors, and therefore he had availed hi:nseif of the first opportunity to refer to the subject. Dr. AfULLINDER said the rules of the Institution required that notice should be given by advertisement er otherwise, and not "and otherwise." The chairmau then held in his hand a letter which had been addressed from the office to Mr. T. D. Lewis, 3, Windsor-terrace, Dover-road, which had been returned by the Post-office with "not known" endorsed upon it.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said this was only mentioned for the pur pose of showing that if Mr. Lewis did not receive a notice it was unintentional on the part of the office. Mr. Lams said he received a netice at his office, 64, Moorgate:street, with respect to this meeting. The motion was then adopted. J. J. Iseeix, Esq, said that so many observations had been addressed to the chairman in the course of the evening that he was glad to be in a position to relieve him of the trouble of puttieg the resolution he held in his hand to the meeting. It was to the following effect :—" That the warmest thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby presented to the t ressiirer and f melees for theircont in nal patronage and sup port." They did him the honour a short time ago to elect him as one of their directors and he had done all in his power to promote time interests of the Institution. The resolution he felt ought to have been placed in abler hands, because he thought lie could not do justice to the subject, or adequately enlarge on the necessity of sued an Institution as this to the clerks of London. He felt that in coming amongst them this evening they were not unmindful of their own interests, but those interests were made secondary to the generous views, good feelings, and enlightened perception, which belonged to the high mercantile classes. Having said so much, he might now address the chair, because lie felt that he was called upon to make a few observations bearing on the nature ( and object of the Institution at large. It had at one time been considered that a clerk was nobody. Persons in a very humble sphere of life, when they were asked in what manner they would bring lip their children, would say, that they would article them to builders and surveyors; and others ora still humbler class would answer that they would apprentice them to tailors, carpenters, or to shoemakers. They all ap peared to think that tailors, carpenters, and shoemakers, were somebodies, but that a clerk was "nobody." He would ask why clerks were considered as nobody, and he would wish to have the question answered. They would be nothing in the eyes of political economists who regarded men in proportion as they contributed to sonic physical or tangible want of human nature, but if they were regarded as men, contributing by their exertions to the highest branches of commerce of this the greatest commercial country in the world, they would be considered " somebody" in the scale of society. They would he looked upon not as individuals, but as men who afforded a considerable stimulus to commerce in general. Independently of the claim of this class to valuable assistance from their superiors, they ought to feel confidence in their own powers, and those powers could only be brought into action by com bination, and that combination was now offered to them by this Society, headed by some of the principal commercial men in this country. It was impossible to contemplate the extent to which such an institution might be carried. As yet, however, this great metropolis had been comparatively untouched by the operations of the Society, but he relied on the energies of the present meeting, who felt the prospects of the Institution, and who would, be was sure, inculcate that feeling to the utmost amongst ahem The example set in this country had net been adopted in any other, but it had been foreshadowed to some extent, and this association might calculate upon being imitated elsewhere. lie felt it necessary to make sonic apologies for having di verged from the express form of the resolution and for having so tar trespassed on the attention of the meeting ; but he would once - more impress upon them that the work was in their own hands ; and although they had some very high and honourable merchants at their board, they must depend on their own exertions. Let them remember the exertions made at the Bristol meeting, at which every gentleman present was made to take the task of securing in a given time some friend who would also join that Association. Let them adopt that course, and the abject they pursued would be accomplished both to the satisfaction of the merchants at their head, and of themselves. Mr. W. J. Jolene/4 seconded the resolution. The CIIAIIIMAn said that it had not been proposed that the resolution just read should be put to them by him, bee cause being treasurer, the thanks expressed in that resolu 'don would be put for himself, by himself. In anticipation, however, of the resolution being carried, and in anticipation of that respect which lie had invariably met in that room, he would trouble them with a few observations. Mr. Baring had ably contrasted the different circumstances under which he had been able to address the meeting, as compared with the Chairman. The progress made by tie Institution during the last twelve months, if it did not place them in a state of absolute security, at least gave them the certainty of much further progress, and justified the most sanguine expecta tion that the Society would be an enduring one, and it was, as lie knew, founded on those principles which would stand the test of experience, and which, in England, were sure sooner or later to win. If, as he believed, the Society was founded on the interests of the clerks as much as on the in terests of the persons who guided them,;he felt, that as to the numerical strength of the Institutiou, it would bear compari son with any other in the kingdom. His pleasure at observ ing the progress of the Institution was great, but his dis appointment would be equally great—it would be excessive, if the Society, not only did no t i ncrease, but if it remained ! continually in its present position. Front the beginning he had been an earnest supporter of the Society, for the more he reflected the more lie was satisfied that the clerk who was relieved front that most ,pain ful anxiety—the fear of destitution falling on his wife and children—was a much better and a much more effi cient servant to his employer, as he knew that a provision had been made for his family, and he was able to give him self more completely and more devotedly to the ditties im posed upon him. The adva n t ages of the Institution must be evident to those persons who looked upon it with the coldest and most calculating view of self interest.. The mune of hi house had been mentioned as having insured the lives of their clerks.—( 11ea,..) lie was very much obliged to them, but lie begged to be distinctly understoed that lie did so, not only front a warm wish for the welfare of this Society, but from the deliberate conviction that it was his own interest to do ha-- (Hear, hear.) He should take the liberty of adding, that those who attributed too much to himself or partners were wrong in their commendations. At the same time he did notwish to undervalue his good wishes to the Institution. His exertions for that establishment were made in order that an example might be set—that a footing might be gained on real grounds; an example to the least extent would be beneficial, and a conviction of that fact brought to his mind what would be the best interests of the Society. lie felt—he was confident—that the greater their union was the greater would be their support, and the extent to which they would be united must depend solely on the zeal, the co-operation, and encouragement, which every individual belonging to that Institution must feel himself bound to give to it and its measures. The resolution was then read as follows :—" Resolved, that the warmest thanks of this meet ing are due, and are hereby presented, to the treasurer and trustees for their continual patronage and support," Mr. Immix then ut te resolution to he meeting. /t was carried u n anim o usly , and with loud and continued cheering. JOHN ALEX. HANKaY, Esq., rose to move the sthresolution. He said that no doubt the meeting had been told that the suc cess of the Institution depended mainly on their own exertions. In future they must look to their own endeavours as much as to the gentlemen to whom the management of the affairs were entrusted. (Hear, hear.) They bad had the most zealous support, whicb had raised the Institution to an eminence hardly to be anticipated in the beginning. It was the first time he had had the honour of appearing before them, but, although he had not attended their meetings, he had not been inattentive to their interests and to the interests of the Institution. Ile had done all in his power to forward it, as he had been for many years aware of the necessity of such an establishment. The East and West India Dock Company, of which he was Deputy-Chair man, had also been long aware of the necessity of such an institution, and some few years ago they had established a benefit society, very much inferior to the present one he admitted, b u t s till it was d one on similar principles. He had d one a ll in his power assist that establishment, and should always do so in cases of a like nature. Before lie concluded his remarks , h had one observation the providence o f to , some misconception as to o ie as th w ecl a s f i i n a l id t oa li t st there had b een clerks gave on such an institution. He Imust say that a provident disposition was certainly an indirect claim on the . part of a member, and would, in many ways, tend to pre- Mote the interests of the Society. The sth resolution was then read as follows :—" Resolyekthat the best thanks of this meeting be presented to the auditors, honorary soli d i. tors, the medical officers, and actuary, for their continued va luable services." J. ANDERSON, Eeq , of the firm of Anderson, Bre, there, said that he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. It was the first time he had had the pleasure of being there, but he had seen an account of the r t ot e h c oa e yl i i p o t sw were o h n i in t he very to o b cc e a satisfactory, occasion e o f f t a l i dinner that had b een given, and eir il s 6 te w Ca u rd la s ask on the the occasion the next dinner. The CHAU:MAN then put the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Dr. JONES, the physicianito the Institution, said that he hoped that he, with the other gentlemen with him, had en deavoured to fulfil their duties to their utmost, and they re ceived this mark of approbation with very great pleasure, and felt sure that it 'would be an incentive to continue their exertions. He had reason to rejoice that he attended the benefit department, and he trusted that, whatever might be the result of the Institution, he might be able to s h ow t h at the value of the lives of clerks was as much, and, perhaps, more, than the value of many other lives. That worth:lllm doubtedly be the case, provided that many of the super fluities of life were dispensed with, and the style:of living altered. That course would remove one of the prevailing causes of anxiety. He hoped that the members of the nstitutioa would feel that the medical gentleman would en deavour to do all in their power to promote and carry out to the fullest extent their benevolent wishes. With regard to the sanatorium—as he had been instrumental in bringing forward and recommending that institution—he could not help feeling great regret at the want of support which had been shown with reference to it. It was founded solely for the purpose of relieving the suffering of clerks who were af flicted, and it was a matter of sorrow it had not succeeded. Mr. HOWDEN said that he, with several other gentlemen. had endeavoured to do all in their power to increase the members of the Society, and:also for the increase ofithe funds. The largeness of their actual fund would be the loadston• e which would attract all persons. Feeling that this ul7s as cri t b h er • case, he proposed that every niember who was a n for the • should, in his next subscription, place him al se/ order to increase the permanent . fund. i. sum of one guinea in addition to hi!annu There were about Th subscription, dews in oo b would ted makel,o a great members, a could not get five or they subscription asked. subscriptions, K i l i j e s ' Y so ery co m ile u e c t l ed i a was about to put to carry out that even ten in gu s i o n t e n a s s, h a li t t l i d on thi to eir th Fund. He hoped,instances , tnast teal whatever views the Society might S a o n dt he eo subscribers laboriously t t a he o i l r ut i i i o t i n l io h s e t woudi to entertain the m, begun that with however,:.hreegyard would to the (o increase so fast that the secretary would hay. dii f i. blrlysttiltuitrioneu;bloicyheilvi.ad blefentbssoyaabildy „Ity in taking down their names.—(Laughter.) If this s uggestion were adopted, the/addition of render the permanent fund n ear l y d ouble, t he guinea Fouls] 1 u Resolved,—That every member of this society, The resolution was then read. as follows : scribers and assurers, pledge themselves to raise b° be t • h a a il u tti b : tional subscription; at least one guinea each person, - for the Flirt* of augmenting the permanent fund." f.g Bvnx wended thQ mobilo. MORE RESIGNATIONS. We have reason to believe that Admiral Sir George Cockburn has resigned his seat at the Board of Admiralty. It would be difficult to calculate the loss that the Government.must suffer from this retire ment, as Sir George has been, for all professional and practical pur poses, the mainstay of the Naval Department. Virtually he was the First Lord of the Admiralty. It is further understood that Lord Forester has resigned the post he held in the Royal Household as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. Some short time ago we stated that the Earl Delawarr had ten dered his resignation of the high office of Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, but that, on the urgent request of an illustrious personage, he had consented to retain the appointment. We are now assured, however, that his Lordship has actually resigned. Thus has the persistance of Sir Robert Peel, in he attempt to drag his supporters through the dirt, deprived the country of one of its ablest executive officers, and the Court of two noblemen whose cha racter and bearing added dignity to the offices with the duties of which, in better days, they had been entrusted by their Sovereign. —Post. It is currently rumoured that Sir George Cockburn and Rear- Admiral Bowles have resigned their seats at the Board of Admiralty. The appointment of Captain Bons is the reason assigned for these resignations.—Chronicle. SOUTH NOTTINGHAM ELECTION NOTTINGHAM, FIIIDAT.—Both the candidates are canvassing with much assiduity among the townspeople of this place and the adjacent farmers : both express themselves most sanguine of the result. Mr. T. B. T. Hildyard is only twenty-five years of age, with a moderate paternal estate, and but little known in connexion with local politics. Lord Lincoln's address is acknowledged on all hands to have been most able. There are six polling stations for the election of Members to re present the southern division of the county, viz., 15ewark, South well, Bingham, Lowdham, bast Leake, and Sutton•upon-Trent. The number of voters for this division ou the register of the present year is about 3,400. As to Lord Lincoln's present success, we find that out of one hundred county voters in Nottingham and Sneinton who were can vassed his Lordship only met with four refusals, the other ninety six promising to vote for him. Wednesday, the 25th instant, will, however, show which party will come off victorious. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—It was a prevalent notion here for a day or two after the amount of the railway deposits was disclosed, that matters would soon revert into the ordinary channel, and the subject lose all its importance; but this does not appear to be the case. They become, on the contrary, a subject of constant and increasing uneasiness. At the Stock Exchange prices of all kinds seem almost wholly under the influence of the broker for the Court of Chancery ; the bankers and discount-brokers avoid all transactions for distant dates, the most useful and necessary of all for the trading interest, because they are uncertain what assistance they may receive front the Bank of England ; and the Bank itself is, in its turn, kept in a similar degree of suspense, because they are en titled to no notice whatever when the railroad money is wanted for investment, and hold these large funds in fact at absolute call. It is not easy to perceive by what means this great weight is to be removed, for being subject to so many species of control, there is no one power which can act upon it. Dependence is now chiefly placed upon the Committees of Parliament, and espe cially upon that Committee to which it is referred to place the lines in groups, where any decision upon one must dispose of several others, and thus set free a large portion of the capital locked up. At present all managers of companies are placed under the greatest diffi culty how to act with the funds they hold in trust. Luckily the Bank is at present affording assistance most liberally, and the opera tions there take a much wider range than formerly, by assimilating the facilities to those of the private bankers, and dispensing with many of the old forms ; but still there are large classes not in the position, as already intimated, to obtain this relief, and who are com pelled to pay far more dearly in the open market than they would do If these funds were properly distributed. It has been remarked with respect to the influence ore the funds of the purchases by the Accountant-General, that it was hardly fair to impute to the members of the Stock Exchange any preconcert to raise or depress prices as the broker of the Court was supposed to be a buyer or a seller. The real Influence is that of a scarcity of means. such as existed some years back, for effecting large operations. As there is very little floating stock, so the jobbers keep less money at disposal to carry on their bargains with, and when a sudden demand arises either way there is no power to meet it. A sudden demand for stock, for example, to supply the Chancry brisker, puts the jobbers upon the inquiry where it is to be found ; and in this way, and not by any concert among them, the market is influenced. During the great loan-transactions of the war, and for many years afterwards, the case was different, but the Stock Exchange has since undergone a great revolution. The greater portion by far of Government stock is locked up in trusts and endowments, or held by great public com panies who never think of moving it. The present state of things has thrown a great increase of power into the hands of the Bank of England, which probably never stood in so high a position, or possessed so great relative importance towards the rest of the banking and trading community. Money has been in much demand during the day, independently of the Stock-Exchange. The arrival of tho India Mail has proved a most seasonable relief to the public mind, as the attempts to account for so singular and unusual a delay have led to the circulation fur some days past of the most disastrous rumours in the City. All these are now happily dispelled, but the causes of that detention, which are now made known, are commented upon in terms of great indignation. That any public officer should take upon himself at so critical a period to detain Government dispatches at Alexandria, of the importance of which he could not but bo aware, for six or seven days, is deemed at present perfectly unaccountable. The whole depends upon whether the Consul had any intimation that it was designed to send a second steam-vessel from Bombay with the results of the late battle. Still the delay, even under that supposition, far exceeded what was requisite and proper. For the letters through France the delay is a serious one, but far more so for those which are to come by Malta and Southampton, which can now hardly be ex pected to reach England before the middle of next week, and that portion of the bi-monthly mail which is to come by the Marseilles route will follow close upon it. One false step In such a machinery as that of the India snail has a tendency to throw all the rest into con fusion ; and this is what the merchants would desire to see impressed upon all public officers who manage it in its transit. As regards the Consul at Alexandria, or whoever gave the order for the present de tention, it is but right before condemnation that his explanation rhould be heard. The commanders of the British steam-packets have no voice in such a proceeding, as they are under the direction of an Ad /li b-Ally agent, who is placed on board for that purpose. SUGAR DUTIES. Transactions in sugar, in the London market, have been, during the last and present weeks, very limited; the quo tation given in last night's Gazette, upon the following sales to the 10th instant, were only 766 tons of West India, at 355. 51d. per cwt.; 375 tons of Mauritius, at 345. 80. per cwt.; and 844 tons of East India su gars at 355. Bd. per cwt., giving a total average of 355. sd. per cwt. It really will be most unfair to the agriculturists to make them pay this price for sugar when their protection is reduced to 4s. a quarter for wheat, when they could buy uncertificated Manila sugar at 21s. per cwt.; the common justice of the case demands that the agri culturists should be put in a position to lay in their supplies of sugar, and other colonial articles, at unprotected prices be fore they are compelled to dispose f their produce upon simi lar terms. As it is, the farmers and others dependent on the land for subsistence will be unfairly treated. It is rumoured in Mincing-lane that when Sir Robert Peel brings on the sugar question, and insists on keeping up the distinction on the duties on the produce of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Brazils, in favour of the sugars from Java and the Philippine Islands, he will be in a fearful minority. In fact, we want more sugar: with abundance a 8 much revenue would be obtained on it at the reduced duty of 14s. as was heretofore received when the duty was 245. per cwt. This being the general opinion, much life cannot be expected in the market until an altera tion is made. RED DEER.—Red deer are uncommonly sagacious, and seem to employ the whole of their sagacity in in v.:silting and adopting plans of self-preservation. Wherever a red deer is found, if his seat be carefully examined, it will appear that it possesses a more commanding view than any other part of the surrounding scenery. If a deer travels in snow to his form, be gazes at and watches his own track with the greatest anxiety. If the wind blows from the direction of his pursuers, he will smell them at several miles distance. If any of them are perspiring, he will detect them much further. It must have been frequently observed that almost every herd of red-deer carries i!young one along with it. The young one is the sentinel. He is placed on an eminence to watch, while the others browse beneath, and if be attempts to quit his post the stags pursue and butt him with their horns until he resumes his watch. When the leading stag is perplexed with baffling winds, he works up the herd to a pitch of terror in a similar manner, Ile leaps from his form as if in extreme flight—scampers off, but soon: returns, followed by the others. After a little, when no danger is apparent, they begin to browse, and the stag suddenly repeats his ruse. In this manner he convinces the herd that some danger threatens, and they all become watchful as so many lynxes. They also adopt this system in instructing their young. There is a perpendicular rock above the village of Shieldaig, on the summit of which a stag selected his form. Ile lay with his flank towards the pre cipice, end commanded a view of the surrounding country, and did not seem in the least degree alarmed at the approach of the shepherd or his boy, or even the cutterrnen ; but if the gamekeeper entered the ground he bounded away directly Inverness Courier. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY OT A. CHILD.— On Friday, at seven o'clock, Mr. William Payne, the Cooxier o re r earned an inquiry at the Horse Shoe Tavern, Friar-street, Doctofs - commons, respecting the death of A. newly-born female child, found in a box in the engine-house of St. Atitt, Diackfriars. Police-con stable Banuington said, in answer to the Cotototr, tit he had made every inquiry, but had not been able to obtain any tartan:; particu lars, The Jury returng4 A Yerilct of " Imo deal., , raIO fol'