The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

frourtt trition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. NORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY. SPECIAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) A. special meeting of the proprietors of the North Graves • end Railway was had this day, at the station of the Eastern Counties Railway, in pursuance of the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament, eleven o'clock. The chair was talon by M r . The CHAIISIAN, having shortly explained the objects of the meeting, and having stated that scrip, representing 7,520 shares, had been entrusted to him, which was three-foarths of the capital, observed that the meeting was legally consti tuted. Gentlemen had, therefore, to consider whether it was expedient to proceed with the line. He would therefore move that Ile scripholders considered the Bill should be proceeded with. MT. RICHARD HARRISON, of Liverpool, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The meeting their broke up. ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and scripholderi took place, this day, at the station of the Eastern RailwaF Counties Company, at twelve o'clock. The chair was taken by Mr. Routh. The CHAIRMAN having explained the object of the Bill, stated that 8,250 scrip had been intrusted to the Board of Directors, for the purpose of voting in favour of the Bill. The SECRETARY then read the advertisement calling the mee ing. The CHAIRMAN observed, that now the meeting was le gally constituted he would move that the directors be em powered to proceed with the Bill. Mr. Hatnalsow, of Liverpool, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The meeting then separated. CALF DO 'EXTENSXON AND BRANCHES). The case on behalf of the promoters of this scheme was resumed. Mr. Pare, who was to have been examined this morning to ex plain some discrepancies that arose out of his cross-examination yes terday, being detained on a Committee of the House of Lords, other witnesses on behalf of the -promoters, and in opposition to the Dum fries and Carlisle scheme, were proceeded with. Mr. Williamson, mining engineer, examined by Mr. RICKARDS, said that be had had extensive experience of mining operations. He had examined the traffic tables of Mr. Anderson, and he quite agreed with the corrections which Mr. Wood had made in them. He consi dered the mineral traffic had been over-stated. He considered that Dumfries would be supplied with coal from Canonbic and Glenbuck instead of from Sanqubar. Glenbuck was a very extensive coal field. The coal it yielded could be supplied in Dumfries at 9s. 6d. The Caledonian Extension line would traverse this coal field. , He had calculated the mineral traffic that would come along theDu h rr: ii Dum fries and Loughor branches. He put in the tables which he fro dra m wn whi u c p h on th th e D e umf auble e ct s es t:t w C as umn ahn oc o k st , exhausted. ne Th ex e pe r e an te s d fi mi eld ne co ral il su li p e rl s i Cross- examined—He gave the opinion he had of the Mansfieldl2 feet thick. fields from Investigation. The whole field was about coal The gas coal, 1% inches high, was still working, but the ethers were pretty well exhausted. He thought the deep of the field nearly worked out. He did not, however, go down and examine. The Glenbuck coal field was to the east cf Muirkirk, but it extended to Cumnock and Auchinlech. They were working the crop at Glen- Durk, but he could not say what the price would be when the deep was worked. That would not be, he though*, forjbalf a century yet; he did not think the Sanquhar coal would be sold in Dumfries, but would stop at Holywood. To Mr. AINSWORTH—The Sanquhar coal is as good as the Canonbie coal, but the latter, he thought, would be cheaper. - Cross-examination cnntinued—His proposition was, that coal from Glenbuck should also pass along the Caledonian Extension on to the Caledonian, over the Beatock summit, and down the branch to Dum fries. He was not aware that the Glenbuek field was troubled, or that:an iron-works had been:shut up on that account. There was coal to the westward of Muirkirk, and he did not see any reason why it should be dearer. This coal field, however, was all let to the iron-works. He understood that all belonging to the Duke of. Portland was so let. About three miles to the west of Muirkirk Sir James Boswell's property came in. The most of his coal was also let to the iron-works. Ile did not know there was a large space of coal-field between the Lugar and Muirkirk iron-works unlet. The price about here was 6s. 6d. a ton. Me knew Crossfiats coal-field to the south-east of Muirkirk were not let, and where coal was sold for 3s. 4d. There was a great deal of coal on the Marquis of Bate's property, at Cumnock, not let. Re-examined—The coal passing along the Caledonian would go partly up hill, but it would be down hill mostly. At present the Glenbuck coal field was entirely landlocked. Even if the Mansfield coal field was not nearly exhausted, he thought it would never com pete with the Glenbuck and Canonbie coal. The difference of price he thought would be Is. 6d. He agreed in what previous witnesses had said about Sanquhar being a limited coal field. EASTERN COUNTIES and THAMES JUNCTION BRANCH RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) - A special meeting of the above Company, in pursuance of the sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament, was also held at the Eastern Counties Railway Station, at one o'clock. Tire chair was taken by Mr. Routh. The SECRETARY hating read the advertisement calling the meeting, and having stated that one thousand five hun dred'shares were represented at the meeting, in favour of the continuance of the scheme in Parliament, The CHAIRMAN put the question to the meeting, whether it was their opinion that the Bill should be proceeded with? Mr. HARRISON seconded th e mot i on, wh i c h was earned unanimously, and a vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting separated. To the CUATBMAN—The last time he was at Mansfield tke" price of coal was 4s. 2d. at the pit's mouth. The distance from the Glenbuck coal field by the Nithsdale scheme to Dumfries would be near 60 miles. There would be little difference between this distance and that by the Caledonian scheme. He thought that from Muirkirk the Nithsdale scheme would be a descending line. Mr. Ferguson examined—He was a coal merchant of Lesmahagow, and had had extensive experience of the Lanarkshire coal fields. He had been assisting Mr. Williamson in making his surveys, and in drawing out the tablas submitted. He generally agreed with the evidence of Mr. Williamson and Mr. Woods. Mr. Henderson, of Paisley, and late provost of the town. He generally agreed with the evidence of Mr. Farquharson. He thought the Caledonian line supplied the trade of Paisley in the most direct manner and that if the Nitbsdale line were formed, it would be little, if any, used by the inhabitants of that town. The difference between Paisley and Caslisle, in respect of the two schemes was, 11% miles In favour of the Caledonian. When the Barrhead and Nellston direct line was formed, then the difference would be only 456 miles. He thought the Fleetwood passengers, by way of Ardrossan, were prin cipally from Glasgow. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (YORK EXTENSION). SPECIAL MEETING. (THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and scripholders of this Company, in compliance with the ses sional orders of the Houses of Parliament, took place, at half part one o'clock this day, in the London Tavern, Bishops gat e-street ; George Hudson, Esq., in the chair. The SECRETATAY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN, briefly stated the objects of the meeting, and proposed that the several extensions should be adopted. He dilated upon the favourable prospects of the line, and said that the traffic of the line was increasing so fast, that the directors found it necessary to in crease their staff of locomotive efigines. Their present want caused some few irregularities, but he pledged himself that after a few months the Eastern Counties Railway would not only be one of the best managed, but the most paying line in the country. Many of the statements respecting mismanage ment which appeared in the newspapers were perfectly un true, but the directors were much better employed than in answering them. Resolutions were then put in favour of pro ceeding with the Bill, which were carried unanimously. Mr. DYSON then proposed a vote of thanks to the chair man, which was passed by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN briefly thanked the meeting, which then broke up. Cross-examined—He had gone by the steamer twice, and then he saw but few passengers taken up on the Ayrshire stations going to the steamer. He thought the Nithsdale line would be of advantage to the counties of Renfrew and Ayr, as far as the local points in Dumfriesshire were concerned. In 1844 he attended a county meet ing, at which he supported resolutions in favour of the Nithsdale scheme, bat that was under different circumstances to the present. The plans of the Caledonian had been changed so as to render the communication by that line more favourable than originally proposed. He believed it was then the im pression of the meeting that the Caledonian would enter Glasgow from the north-east by the Edinburgh and Glasgow line. Mr. Burley, a proprietor of land in the valley of the Ayr, examined—His land was not affected by either line. He knew the wants of the county well. With respect to the Ardrossan steamers, he thought the most of the traffic was through traffic tram Glasgow. The steamers went four times a week, and a train invariably in connexion with them. The agricultural produce of Ayrshire was very great, and a large demand existed for it in the east of Scot land. Cattle and dairy produce were sent in large quantities. This was a much better market than Dumfries or Carlisle. He did not think there was much traffic along the valley of the Nith. He considered the western part of the Caledonian] Extension would be of much greater advantage than the Nithsdale scheme. Cross-examined—He had not often gone by the steamers, but he had resided some time at Ardrossan. He stayed there last year about a month, and also a short time two years ago. lie had nothing to do with the Caledonian now, but he had been a member of the provisional directory. He had never held any shares. He had Leen offered some, but he declined them. He did believe that a considerable traffic would take place between Ayrshire and tha east. Ile did not know that meat was dearer at Glasgow than at Edinburgh ; nor was he aware that meat was sent from Edinburgh to Glasgow. He thought the railway, however, would equalise the prices. He did not think that meat would go to Edinburgh, but dairy produce and grain would. Ile believed at present that large quantities of grain went from the Lo thians, of which Edinburgh was the centre, to Glasgow; still he thought a good deal of the Ayrshire produce would go to the east. He did not think the growing population would take s up all the agricul tural produce. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. BERRY. 4 to 1 agst Sting 6 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 10 to 1 agst Humdrum 12 to 1 agst Fancy Boy 12 to 1 agst Tom Tulloch 20 to 1 agst Brocardo 25 to 1 agst Crown Prince 30 to 1 agst Peri colt 50 to 1 agst Draco 50 to 1 agst Maid of Hampton 50 to 1 agst Traverser 50 to 1 agst Twig 50 to 1 agst Premier OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Vanish. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sttiegs at Nisi Pri - us, Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Common Juries.) A case was called on this morning shortly after the sitting of the Court, in which was involved an action for a breach of contract against the owner of a vessel, but there was not the least interest attached to that or any other case heard during the day. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Guildhall.) Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN was occupied during the day in disposing of cases, the leading features in almost all of which were breaches of contract, or actions for the recovery of debts of small amount. SERIOUS CHARGE OF SINKING A SHIP. Yesterday, Robert Henry Leighton, late master, John 13.owmaker, mate, and Thomas Hairelough, William Grozier, and Thomas Wallis, three of the crew of the schooner Helen, of Sunderland, who were formerly arraigned on Friday last, before the magistrates at the Police Court, Sunderland, were again placed at the bar, charged with having scuttled the schooner Helen, of Sunderland, coal laden from that port to Stettin, on the high seas, with intent to defraud the under writers Qf the Indemnity Insurance Seciety, London, of the insurancg effected upon the said vessel. W illiain Snowball, Esq., solicitor, appeared in support of fhe prosecution, instituted by the Under-writers of the Helen, and Messrs. G. S. Rauson and Christopher T. Potts attended on behalf of the I). isoners. Mr. Cooper appeared for Mr. R. Hutchinson, the owner, and stated the case. _ _ _ _ Mr. Snowball called John Hodge, who deposed that he is a fisherman, and lives at Bridlington Quay. On the night of Sunday the 26th of April last, he went off to a schooner with John Boddy, which had just come round Flamboro' Head ; as soon as the vessel saw us approach him in our coble, she altered her course, and stood away from us ; we then went ashore again, it was half-ebb of the tide. Gros-examined by Mr. Ranson—When we first saw the vessel she was about three miles from Bridlington; was wain a ebb's length of the schooner when she bore away from us; cannot tell whether the crew were pumping the vessel or not, but thinks they were not; saw four men upon the deck ; cannot say whether the vessel was by the head or the &tern. Re-examined by Mr. Sxownam—Has no doubt but she was the same vessel which we saw on the 26th of April, that afterwards came ashore upon the beach to the northward of Bridlington harbour. John Boddy, who is also a fisherman, deposed that he went off with the last witness to a schooner in Bridlington Bay about half-past seven o'clock in the evening of the 26th of April, the course the vessel was steering would have taken her to land about five miles to the south of Bridlington, between four and five o'clock on the morning of the 27th of April, I was standing on the cliff at Bridlington-quay alggg with Francis Gray and others, when saw the schoonersßE which had been previously riding at Vier anchor. We saw the vessel sink all but her masts ;on the Wednesday following the vessel discharged herself of her cargo of coals, and we towed her on shore. She turned out to be the Helen, of Sunderland. Has no doubt but she is the same vessel that Hodge, Miles, and himself, went off too on the Sunday night. She came on shore on her starboard side, there were between fifty and sixty vessels in the bay at the time she sunk. Robert Usher —ls a sailor at Bridlington. Saw the _Helen sink on the morning of the 27th of April. She made mp signal of distress before she sunk. Francis Gray—ls also a sailor at Bridlington. Assisted in towing the Helen ashore on the 29th of April. On the Satur day after we discovered four or five auger holes in the starboard quarter of the vessel.zhich had been bored from the inside of her. The plankirls splintered on the outside. The se hole; were covered with water until the Saturday. I was present the two pieces of plank and timber, which had the holes bored in them, wer e cu t ou t o f the vessel (the plank and timber were here produced in Court.) H as n dpubt, whatever, but that the hol es had been bored from the inside of th 6 ship. Found the chisel and auger now p ro _ dnced in the cabin of the Helen. To kr. CIIRTEIS —The Caledonian:Extension was about a mile-and a-half from this property. By Sir T. PutiaPi—About half of the landed proprietors on the line of the Caledonian Extension scheme had petitioned against the Bill. Re-examined—There was a very great demand for the agricul tural products of Ayrshire to the north, but very little to the south. Mr. Bell, examined by Mr. RICHARDS Lived near Ayr. Was en gaged to a small extent In agricultural pursuits. In his opinion the Caledonian Extension would accommodate the county of Ayr in a much more satisfactory manner than the Nithsdale scheme. There was not such a demand for the agricultural products of Ayrshire to the south as would warrant the construction of a line of railway proceeding in that direction. He bad heard the evidence of the last witness, and quite agreed in all he had said. Cross-examined by Sir T. Purups--He had not had much commu nication with the cattle dealers. He did not know that the wealthy and influential inhabitants were all in favour of the Nithsdale scheme. He admitted that there was a large county meeting at which resolu tions were carried in favour of the line, but he thought there were many parties there who took no interest whatever in the matter. No amendment was proposed. He thought that if a meeting was called on behalf of the Caledonian Extension, it would be equally well, or betters supported. Ile believed it was reported that 10,0001. was to be given by the Company for the improvement of the harbour. Cross-examined—The Ayrshire people were not adverse to any line. The two lines were not placed in competition with each other at the meeting to which he referred. Mr. Robson, examined by Mr. Rzcrushs—He lived near to Dum fries, and was conversant with agricultural proceedings. lie knew the branches of the Caledonian line, and the districts through which they passed. Those branches in connexion with the Caledonian, would afford great accommodation to the district. The North Dumfries branch, went through the most populous parts of the country. The population of Dumfriesshire is 72,000, and Kirkcudbright, 41,000. There were 54 towns and villages in Dumfriesshire, comprehending a population of 36,000, situated in the neighbourhood of the Caledonian main and branches. Thirty-eight of these were situated within fenr miles, two within six miles, and fourteen within fourteen miles of the Caledonian Railway. Looking at the wants of the district, he thought the Cale donian scheme would accommodate it better than the Nithsdale scheme. He had no doubt the Nithsdale line would be a benefit to the localities through which it went, but he did not think that two lines from the extreme points would pay. Ile thought the cattle and sheep traffic of the Nithsdale line had been over-estimated by 2,4251. When that was deducted, it left 1,0001. even more than it was calcu lated by them last year. Cross-examinedHe prepared the Caledonian Northern Dam fries Branch, as a route to Glasgow, over the Nithsdale route, because it would be two miles shorter. He had been at a meeting in Dumfrbas, at which the opinion expressed was decidedly in favour of the nth Line. He did not think 2,000 fat beasts would be sent from Dumfries district along the Nithsdale line. lie did not think that number was fattened in the whole district. He did not think more than 1,800 would be taken. lie thought the Ayrshire cows taken credit for would In a great measure be taken by the Caledo nian scheme. Mr. Pare recalled and examined in regard to the Dumfries branches. He gave last year an estimate for the Caledonian scheme of 226,0121. This estimate included the Dumfries branch. This evidence he gave in the Commons, but the Dumfries branch was struck of by the Com mons' Committee, so he amended his tables for the Lords by striking off 9,6331., leaving 216,3801. Yesterday he gave the 226,0001. without ab straction, which ought not to have been done. The loss of tbeCaledonlan line, If the Nlthsdale was formed, would be the abstraction of 9,6331. for the loss of the Dumfries Branch, and 6,0831. for the loss of the Edinburgh and Glasgow traffic from and to Dumfries, on the main line, making in all upwards of 15,0001. This would leave the nett revenue of the Caledonian line nearly the same as he gave yes terday, about 3% per cent. Cross-examined by Mr. MARTIN—The 226,0001. he gave last year was gross traffic. The reduction made was for the mileage of the Dumfries struck off. He did not strike off anything for loss of the Dumfries traffic that would have gone on the main line towards Glasgow and Edinburgh, and which was now included in the 6,0831. It was an error which he had corrected. At that time, however, his impression was that the Dumfries traffic would find its way on to the Caledonian at Lockerbie, there being no second line. Ills items respecting the traffic between Dumfries and Carlisle generally agreed with those of the Nithsdale Company. Mr. Locke was recalled and examined as to the working expenses of the Caledonian line last year. Ills estimate then was 107,0001. Though a reduction In traffic was made to the extent of 50,000/. or 60,0001., there would net be anything like a proportionate decrease in the working expenses. The total deduction, if one passenger train was taken off each way, would be but 10,4201. But he did not think that they could do without running the full number of trains calculated for. Cross-examined—The present calculation was made last year. He might have calculated his working expenses on the gross receipts. When he gave his evidence the Caledonian had not formed any union with the Clydesdale Junction or the Barrhead and Neilston Direct. The Scottish Central, the Scottish Midland, the Clydesdale Junction, and theßarrhead lines were not in existence last year when the Caledonian traffic was given in. These lines were now con nected with the Caledonian. He thought credit had been taken for the northern traffic last year, else the Castle Carey would not hare been made. Re-examined—As well as the lines referred to that went north wards there bad been at the same time a competing line sanctioned from Edinburgh—the Edinburgh and Northern line. Mr. HOPE intimated that he had other witnesses to call to speak to the points of traffic, but in exercise of Isis discretion he would not call them. And as he had only some slight evideuce to offer on englneeering points before he closed he wished to express a desire that no decision should be come to till the evidence for the Cale donian Extension and the liawick Branch was taken. Mr. Walter Bramwell—ls agent for Lloyd's at Bridlington.. usual for Recollects the Helen sinking on the 27th ult. masters of ships to report to him when any acci l d t en is t o ccr!rs to .them ;in this case no report wasmade to him. Is opinion ►hat the auger holes had been bored within two or three days d the time that he saw them, and from the inside of the ship. s 31r. Thomas B. Siney is Lloyd's surveyor at Sunderland and Isis of opinion that the holes had been bored from the in side of the ship, and that they had been recently done. Mr. Rulph Hutchinson, the owner of the Helen, stated she was insured or 6004 and her cargo and freight 2001. He bad refused MO/. for her. The magistrates commuted all the prisoners for trial at the ne* Durham assizes, but said bail would be taken. The CUAIIMAN said that if a formal application was made the Committee would consider it ; still, he must say, the Committee could not but think that the Caledonian Extension was substantially a part of the Catedonian case. Mr. Ai/names said the Dumfries Company had nothing to do with the Hawick and Carlisle Extension, and thoug ht it hard that parties should be kept in to wn and delayed without of opinion that if the C a l e d olnan Extension wa y no r i ason d He o was .s with for a week, and if no decision was o n given till evidence was fered for it, there could be no hardship imposed on the lihneueolfe- Company. Mr. ANDIEwa, at the suggestion of the Chairman, made a formal application that the Caledonian Extension, ilawlck and Carlisle. should be heard before the Committee gave a decision. After some further conversation, it was agreed that the point should be argued in the morning, when the remaining evidence of the Caledonian was gone through. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. AIL AY CONI3IITTEE (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LONDON AND YORK. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. R. Liddell, examined by Mr. E. DENISON—IS a magistrate of lie county of Bedford. There were exported from that district about 10 . 060 t o ns of grains the year, at a cost of 11. per ton. If a rail way were con;tructed, it would be a saving of about 8,0001. .a year. There was also a great traffic in wool, which by railway accommodation would be a saving of same consideration, through the cheapness of the transit. In rite consequent reduction 40 the carriage of coals alone , there would be a reduction in the price which I yould be a. saving of about 5,0001. :a year to the people of gjggi,,swade, The London and York Railway was the most popular scheme 10r supply:2 l g the required =amino ...dation. Two other witnesses were called, who gave the most favourable to g . tiniony as to the great advantages which a direct line o f commit nt aton with the north, and the metropolis, would ,Vilfer upon the t rTlei•sei merchants, and agriculturists of the line. It being now four o'clock the Committee were about JO adjourn, whet Mt • Sergeant KINGLAKE wished to learn from their LonishiPs whether it was their intention to sit on Saturday? The :vows CHAtintAN said that they would be happy to sit if it worild at all shoe en the proceedings, which he considered it ulti mately would. A .IsToste LORD—Would such a step tend to fatigue and wear you out, and so abridge the tedious inquiry which we are likely to mi j o y Laughter.) Eiwnet) DENisoN—I thifik your Lordships will see that we have no other day to ourselves bait Saturday, and we have many other things to atend to interesth 1g to ourselves. Mr. klanvAßD, CI.C. —At- least your Lordships will state how long you intend to sit on Saturday. I th.tuk your Lordships can make it a short sitting. The gosLE CHAIRMAN—The Committee are resolved to sit the 1411 time on next Saturday at all events. theand Committee adjourned to The corrversation then dropped, leaven o'elock to-morrow. ROUSE 0 F COMMON'S. CR OUP XIII. _ _The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Sir William Clay e chair ; the:other member p present were Lord Shelburne, Mr. (*nets, and Mr. Y. Ainsworth. THE SUN, LONDON, TITITIISDAY EVENING. ception of the clause relating to tolls, which was postponed in order that a schedule of the rates might be prepared for the Committee to decide on. A clause for making the Junction with the Great North of England was proposed and agreed to. A few additional clauses were intro• duced, and the Committee adjonrued till to-morrow. GROUP XLIV. C LITHER.OZ ZUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Cowen, owner and driver of a coach from Skipton to Preston. There was little or no truffle between those places. He hardly ever had a passenger, and frequently had to " treat " the passengers, by which he was at a loss. There certainly was no traffic between Skipton and Preston, that could suppott a railway, tho road was very lonesome. Cross-examined by Mr. MEREWETHER—The only reason why he had " bad the heart " (as the Learned Counsel expressed it) to keep up the coach for the last two years was, that he was " kept up by Government," his coach being the Skipton and Preston mall. Some letters went by that mail now and then. _ The cross-examination extended to a considerable length, and ex cited considerable mirth, but it consisted entirely of jokes as to the " desert waste," "sad solitude," &c., and was of no public interest. Mr. Cowsdale and Mr. Haycock, two carriers on the same line of road, gave evidence corroborative of Mr. Cowens. Mr. Robert Trapps, town-clerk of Clitheroe, spoke to the feeling of the people of Clitheroe, and more especially of the corporation,. in favour of the line. Mr. Gooch, the engineer to the line, conjointly with Mr. Cawley (who was examined yesterday), proceeded to give the engineering evidence. lie described the course of the line. It was utterly im possible to avoid the gorge in which Mr. Taylor's property was situated. A series of mountainous ridges extended the whole way from Coln to that place. The estimate (600,0001.) was 100,000/. less than that of the Blackburn and Preston. The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. MEREWEATHER, and the cross-examination lasted till four o'clock, when the Speaker was announced at prayers. Notwithstanding the fact that the Com mittee had now risen, a discussion connected with the case of Mr. Peters, a petitioner, took place, and occupied a considerable time, so that it was half-past four o'clock when the Members left the room. The Committee will meet again to-morrow at twelve. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE - OF LORDS Their Lorchhips assembled at the usual hour. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission to the Exchequer-bills Bill (18,380,200/. ), the Indemnity Qualificat ion Offices Bill, the Insolvent Debtors' Continuance Bill, the Burghs (Scotland) Bill, the Great Western Railway Im provement Bill, the Monekton Navigation Bill, the Ellesraere and Cheshire Canal Bill, the Manchester and Salford Waterworks Bill, the Boston Waterworks Bill, the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, the York Waterworks Bill, the Sunderland Docks Bill, the Birmingham Cemetery Bill, the Rockester Bridge Bill, the Welsh Charity School Bill, and several other Bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Dnke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Haddington. SA LE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUNDAY. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented a petition, praying their Lordships to adopt some measure whereby the sale of in toxicating liquors might at least be prevented on Sunday, if not entirely prohibited on all days. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from the bishop, dean, and other inhibitants of Peterborough, against this Bill, SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. Earl PO WIS presented a petition against the union of these two sees. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the members of a society, entitled " The Society for the Improvement of Ireland, irrespective of sect or party," and also from various religious and other bodies, praying their Lordships to alter he present financial relations between Ireland and England. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. _ _ Lord CAMPBELL presented a great number of petitions from Churchmen, Wesleyans, Independents, Unitarians, and Roman Catholi cs aga i ns t th e Charitable Trusts Bill. SITES FOR CHURCHES (SCOTLAND). Lord CAMPBELL also presented a petition from a con gregation in the county of Dumfries, praying their Lordships to adopt some measures by which they might be enabled to obtain sites for churches. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. _ _ Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition against the Cha rity Trusts Bill. Lord COTTEN HAM also presented a number of petitions from the trustees of Wesleyan property, in different parts of the kingdom, also against this Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Cork, signed by 9,000 persons, in favour of the above mea measure ; also a petition from the University of Cambridge— not in favour of the Charity Trusts Bill—but in favour of the Eastern Counties Extension Railway.—( Laughter. ) Lord CAMPBELL begged to move for a return of the number of petitions and petitioners for and against the Charitable Trust Bill. Lord BROUGHAM conceived that all trustees connected with charitable trusts in this country, and numbering betwecu 3,000 and 4.000 persons, would prefer to have no in inquisition into the mode in which they manage their trusts. They would no doubt petition against this Bill and every other Bill that was introduced for that purpose. The motion was then agreed to. The Earl of ELDON presented a petition from the Wes leyan body of King's-cross Lincoln's Inn-fields, and other places in the vicinity o f London, to the same effect. Lord STANLEY begged to call the attention of the Noble Lord to the propriety of laying upon the table of returns connected with the importation of grain into this country. He wished to have the fullest information on this point. A return had been made of the corn which had been imported Ireland in the month of February last. He wished this return to be extended to the months of March and April. He also wished to have a return of the number of corn laden ships from the different countries of Europe, and America, specifying the proportion of British ships, ships belonging to the places whence the corn was imported, and other foreign ships. In addition to these returns, to which he hoped the Noble Lord would not object, he would now beg to ask for an explanation of certain discrepancies which appeared to exist in the returns already on the table with regard to this matter. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said he bad no objection to the laying of the returns wished for by the Noble Earl upon the table of their Lordships House. His Lordship briefly ex plained an error to which the Noble Lord had alluded to as having been made in the returns already made. Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of the quantity of corn taken out of bond during the last two years. Earl DALHOUSIE said the motion was perfectly unneces sary, inasmuch as that return was already on their Lordships table. After a few words from Lord ASHBURTON, the motion was withdrawn. REPEAL OF THE UNION. The MARQUIS of NORNIANBY presented a petition from a certain town in Ireland in favour of the repeal of the legislative union. DISEASES OF THE CHEST. Lord NORM ANBY presented a petition, the prayer of which, he said, was rather of a singular nature. The peti tioner stated that he had invented a new medicine for diseases of the chest, and he prayed their Lordships to appoint a Com mittee to investigate the merits of his invention. That meant, the Noble Earl supposed, to try it themselves. CHARITY TRUSTS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented two petitions from congregations of independents in favour of the Bill. Earl FoNTESCUE presented several petitions from Wes leyan and ether re!igious bodies against the Bill, also petitions in favour of the repeal of the Catholic Disabilities. SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the clergy and rural deans of Chichester against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. Lord PORTMAN moved that a Select Committee be ap pointed to inq. i-e into the merits of this Bill. After a few words from Lord HADDINGTON and the Duke of Hien:now n, the motion was negatived. POLLING-PLACES IN IRELAND BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second read ing of this Bill. The Noble Marquis expected no opposition in that House, as it had met with none in the other, and therefore felt it unnecessary to enter into any argument or detail on the subject, especially as the preamble of the Bill spoke for itself. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. GROUP XIV. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY WICH TO ° I s O r L e i -W e l d C m li e t ) ' to-day ero, chairman ; (GREEN- The Committee to which this W line the committee o'clock, in Room No. 30. Present, Mr. Pr e o rr th Linlyn, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grogan. The CHAIRMAN said that since the last meeting ofLord he had had a communication with the Board of Admiralty, ry, and therefore found that it was impossible to ascertain what restricti t o y, and had laid on the railway with regard to the speed and weight might be the train. Such restrictions would only be i mpos Z ei lht of event of any damage being done to the Observato the Committee were of opinion, that as the Board of Admiralty would take care that no damage was done to the Observatory, the Com mittee were relieved from the necessity of hearing evidence to show that the Observatory would not be affected. They would hear evi dence as to the estimates, the utility of the line, and the damage done to the landowners on the line. With regard to the permission of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, as to the passage of the line, the Committee wished to hear in what position the South Eastern line stood in reference to that body. Mr. AusnN put in a letter from Viscount Canning, stating that an engineer had been employed for the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and was at present employed in d r awin g up a report. Mr, Acryrol then called Mr. Stephenson, who stated that in order to form the line under the park, it was intended to lower the present Greenwich terminus, twelve feet. The lowering of the ,line was to commence at a point on ,the railway called Deptford Creek, which was about a quarter ot a mile from the terminus. The in was to be l in 104, passing under the first road at,a depth _of eleven feet, and at a spot called Coombe-bill, just at the entrance to the park, the depth was to bp twenty-three feet. They would pass under the streets of Groenwich in open cutting, fo Th r the de e line Pth would was venter ot enough the tyark i o allo the railw ng ay to be covered, w n Ltunnelli and after proceeding 851 yards in tunnel, would emerge at a point called May's-bill, and from that point would proceed a distance of 2% miles across the country to the town of Woolwich, which it would enter in open cutting, the streets being carried across the line in the same way as at Greenwich. The gradients were very easy. One q u a r ter af a Mlle Of t line—from Deptford Creek to the term at Greenwich—was aft grad.ent of lin 104, and all the rest of inus tho line to Woolwich was a dead level. By Sir W. RIDDIL—There is a swing bridge at Deptford Creek. The present terminus of the Greenwich line will be removed, Church-passage will be carried over the line by an archway. c e a t IL. , Bidder stated that the estimate for the line from Deptford creak Charlton was 125,0001. ,The formation of the line would enable the Woolwien and Wleerness traffic to be worked With the general trallic, By Mr. GoLoon!) (for the North Kent). The estimate of 125,000/. includes the value of the land, which is 45,00001., and the pulling down of the Greenwich station, and also the rebuilding. The taklog down of the Greenwich station and a portion of the viaduct would be more than sufficient to build another station, with approaches, &c., so as to come within the estimate of 125,0001. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XVIII. This Committee assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr . B. Denison in the chair. EXETER, YEOVIL AND DORCHESTER RAiLWAY. Mr. S. Cocxxuate opened the case on behalf of the promoters of this railway in a speech of considerable length, in which he dwelt on the benefits to be derived by the southern and western portions of the kingdom by the construction of this railway. The line was pro posed to commence near the city of Exeter. They then proposed to construct a branch from the line to connect with the Bristol and Exeter ; the line then pursued its course to Honiton, thence to Axminster and Beaminster, and finally ended at Yeovil. The total length of the line was 60 miles, including the branches, and the es timated cost was 1,30001. Mr. Avery was the first witness called, who gave general evidence as to the nature of this line, which in his judgment would be of great benefit to the population of Exeter and its neighbourhood. He con sidered the line of much more importance to that part of the county than the line proposed by the Great Western Company for the ac commodation of this district. Mr. Gard gave evidence of a large meeting held in Exeter in favour of this line in consequence of a requisition signed by 1,300 of the merehants and leading gentry of that city. He also considered that the construction of this line would afford great advantages to the inhabitants of Exeter. Mr. Dlvott, M.P. for Exeter, was next examined. He was a na tive of Devonshire, and had known Exeter from his infancy. He was a director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. He considered that it would be exceedingly beneficial to the inhabitants of Exeter, that a mere direct line should be made to London, and it would also have the advantage of keeping up a wholesome competition with the existing company. The report of the Guage Commission had in creased the general feeling of the inhabitants in favour of this line, which was a narrow one. The further examination of Mr. Divett was postponed till to-mor row, in conseqence of its having been announced that the Speaker was at prayers. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XXII. This Committee met for tie first time to-day at ono o'clock, Sir George Grey in the chair. Some time was consumed in arranging the order of business, which, when accomplished. the Committee proceeded with the IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUNDS (NORPOI.E. BRANCH.) This line Is opposed by the Norfolk Extension to Newmarket. Evidence was shortly taken in proof of compliance with Mr. T. Duncombe's resolutions. Mr. TALBOT then opened the case an behalf of the promoters. The line, he stated, was an extension of thitty-two miles long from the existing Ipswich and Bury St. Edmand's Railway from Stow market to Norwich. The whole scheme when completed would be 113 miles long. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to explain the engineering peculiarities of the line, which he represented to bs generally favourable, and the necessity which there existed to con nect an important agricultural district with the populous mono. factoring city Norwich, proceeded to call his witnesses. Mr. Frederic Brown, and other witnesses, were examined as to the agricultural ar d other traffic that would go along the line. The amount was represented to be very large between the two termini of the branches. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow at twain. GROUP xxx. This Committee assembled to-day at one o'clock; present, Lord Charles Wellesley (chairman), and the other Members. mrni...anra AND EASTERN COUNTIES (CAMBRIDGE TO WEEDON). The usual preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. 0. Matxxv, on the part of the promoters of the B ill, said, that it would be his duty to lay the merits of the Bill before the Committee. At present Cambridge was the focus of several railways—one of these,connecting Cambridge and Norwich, Cambridge and London, and Cambridge and Bury. The object of the present railway was to connect Cambridge and Weedon, and by that means to connect Yarmouth, Harwich, and other ports on the eastern coasts with those on the western coasts by a direct line, instead of having to go round by the port of London, as is the case at present. The line they originally proposed was one from Cambridge to Worcester, and many of the difficulties they had labbured under were occasioned by their connexion with Worcester, for the London and Birmingham Company considered that that district belonged to them. But this was not the only difficulty they had to encounter. The South-Western Company, who at first entered warmly into their interests, after inducing them to alter their course and make their surveys for a line to Esham, had then deserted them. They then found themselves obliged to give up that portion of their line as far as Worcester. It was then so late that they were com pelled to make deposits of alternative lines, thus considerably in creasing the preliminary expenses. At present they proposed to con struct a line only to Weedon ; here it might be as well for him to state that if the London and Birmingham Company should succeed in their line from Worcester to Northampton, so as to meet their Peterborough line, that they proposed to have a clause inserted in the (Midland and Eastern line) Bill, to carry their line only as far as White Mills, to run then into the London and Birmingham Railway. From this it would be evident that the Bill at present was virtually for a line to White Mills, from a conviction that the London and Birmingham Company would proceed with their line. He would just briefly point oat to the Committee the advantages that would result from the Bill. The port of Harwich was likely to become the great eastern port, and it must be consequently of great importance to the towns in the district and the people of Harwich to have a direct line of communication with the western ports, in stead of as at present being obliged to go up two sides of a triangle. The town of Ipswich was a most important trading town. It was chiefly important, however, from its iron manufacture, and the importance of a communication directly to it must be apparent. At present the • town of Northampton was really without any good communication with the towns on the coasts, and their line proposed to meet that want, and to give them direct communication with three ports. Lynn, which was already connected with Ely, which was not only a pert, but one from which Northampton itself drew at present very many of its supplies, would thus be connected more immediately with Northampton. It was therefore evident that as far as the town of Northampton was concerned, there could be no doubt of the advan tage of this railway. This, too, would be clearly shown by evidence. With respect to the line generally, an inspection of the map would satisfy any one of its importance ; for it would be seen, that though a number of railways were traversing the country, there was still a total absence of anything like a direct communication between the coasts on the eastern and western sides of the kingdom. It was a matter of the greatest importance that such a communication should be es tablished. In conclusion, he had only to say that the gra dients were very favourable, there being only two of I in 100, and these not exceeding together more than four miles and a half. The other engineering points were equally favourable, and the oppo sition of the landowners was not greater than that usually offered, and upon no more forcible grounds. Mr. IlorE, on the part of the petitioners, said he had to make a propos'tion which might save further trouble with respect to this Bill. There could be no moral doubt that the shareholders of this undertaking did not intend to proceed further, and that the soli licitor was going on merely with a view to discharge what he considered he was legally bound to perform. He thought, therefore, that it would be desirable if the further consideration of this Bill should be postponed till the sense of the shareholders should have been obtained. He would, therefore, propose that Mr. Wilkinson, the solicitor of the Company, should be called to substantiate this statement. Mr. O'MALLEY said he was ready to accede to the proposal of his Learned Friend. However, though he entertained a different opinion last night, he believed that this Bill would be prosecuted, and he was instructed that a meeting would be held on the 22d with reference to the subject. He had no objection to Mr. Wilkinson being called. Mr. Wilkinson was then called and examined by Mr. HOPE Mr. Wilkinson stated that he had attended a meeting of the share holders on the Sth instant. One advertisement of the meeting had been omitted from the Times. Ile stated to the shareholders that he would call another meeting, and made a statement of the aecounts of the company, which was received with considerable disapprobation from several parts of the room. There was a general disinclination on the part of the meeting, under the financial condition of the company, to proceed with the Bill ; one ground being that the five per cent. had not been paid up. A forest of hands were held up on the motion that the affairs of the Company should be wound up. It was in conse quence of his being of opinion that they were legally bouni to bring the Bill before the Committee, that he had proceeded with it. He had no objection to the proposed postponement. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were of opinion that it would be better for all parties to postpone the Bill till the 25th instant. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXI. The following Rills aro comprised in this group:- 1. l'ortbury Pier and Railway (Na. 2). 2. Bristol and Birmingham (Bath line). 3. Bristol and Birmingham (Aslichurch, Tewkesbury, and Malvern line). 4. Bristol and Birmingham (Bristol and Stonehouse Junction). 5. Bristol and South Wales Junction. 6. South Wales (No, 2). 7. Gloucester and Dean Forest. The Committee to whom they have been referred mat this after noon, at one o'clock, in No. 22 Committee-room. Present, Alr. Charles Round In the chair, Lord J. Manners, Mr. Burroughs, Sir 11. lialford, and the Hon. C. Cavendish. No. I was petitioned against by the corporation of Bristol and the Bristol Dock Company ; No. 4, by the Great Western Company ; No. 5, by the Duke of Beaufort; No. 6, by the merchants and cor poration of Gloucester, and others ; and No. 7, by the Hereford and Gloucester Canal Company, the corporation and merchants of Glou cester, Severn and Wye Railway and Canal, &c. The usual formal proceedings having been gone through, some dis cussion ensued with respect to the Bill which should be taken first. It was at length decided that the BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION Bill should be first proceeded with. The Bill was unopposed. Evidence as to its length, amount of capital, &c., having been given, the Committee immediately passed the preamble, and agreed to the clauses without alteration. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST. This Bill was next proceeded with, the parties promoting the South Wales Railway (No. 2) not being prepared to proceed with their case. Mr. WIIATELEY then proceeded to open the case on the part of the promoters. He said it was promoted by some merchants in the city of Gloucester, and by the Great Western and South Wales Railway Company, and it was intended to make a railway from the Great Western Railway at Gloucester to join the Monmouth and Hereford Railway at a place called Westbury, on the Severn, thus completing that portion of the Monmouth and Hereford Railway, which but for being thrown out in the Standing Orders' Committee, w:mld no doubt have been passed last year. The second object which they had in view was to join the South Wales Railway in the parish of Awre, in the city of Gloucester, thus completing the railway from South Wales to Gloucester, and the third object was to make a branch for the conveyance of coals from the main line at Awre to the Gloucester docks. The length of the llne from Gloucester to the South Wales Railway was fifteen miles and a half, the branch to join the Monmouth and Hereford Railway one mile and two furlongs, and the branch to Glou cester docks one mile and two furlongs, and the estimated ex pense 320,000/. During the last session an application was made to Parliament to sanction a great part of the railway for which powers were now sought, but in consequence of the acci dent to which he bad referred—an accident which sometimes hap pened to the best schemes—it was thrown out of the Standing Orders, but the Committee reported favourably to the House on the project, and stated that it had been mainly objected to be cause it crossed an objectionable part of the river Severn. The line was not opposed by the South Wales Railway, but by the merchants and corporation of Gloucester, but he apprehended that their objection to the line would be removed by the insertion of clauses in accordance with their views. They were also opposed by the Wye and Severn Canal, but at the proper time he should object to their opposition on the ground of inconsistency and misstatements, and their total want of locus stand;. The line and branches would greatly facilitate the conveyance of minerals, and would open up a railway communication with th e south of Wales. Mr. Brunel, the engineer to the line, wag then examined with re spect to the line. After describing its course, he w en t on t o say that the works were very light and moderate, and were of a nature to allow the opening of the line by the completion of the Monmouth and Hereferd Railway. The Haglow or Awre branch was direct, and passed along the valley of the Severn. There were no tunnels. The steepest gradient was I in 90 for 15 chains, but it was close to the Gloucester station. The shortest curve was 33 chains in length. The estimates were amply sufllcient for the construction of the line. In of xtothr,erwmllinAe,nraLlEtryitffioj. W3yler. C:tidowns:terawas their the event of its being Made, it would carry all the coals from Wales to Gloucester and its neighbourhood, and would have a great quantity C n about al let omcrio3sans-ye_XahualdinenoNtrl.ocunrstinsetla,abttti,tiri4s ected. on the ground that his clients—the the Forest of Dean related chiefly Ye to th tl e i itniotnerfered with They t t o h e3 t ft property, o w pc i e d : e to n yw i:: :in o td r he their cau e: • n theline. eos:roieljuleattdiththseNvipicwadroeinsseariwttaeltocitlice:evawg:taaaalsniiidisatii maintained that tonfutelliemas, and tb n e eith pe e m t r i p d r l o d p u ert ot y ni n t o t r vi t i h t e h i l r n tr e afti m c i mites before the Committee, as it would hbief materially interfere with ll interfered Wit/Tthe 4" the Great Western a locus standi ll a e n d the W)tt joint project between the South Wales way Canal. tits therefore held that his cli e n ts Railway, both of which before the. Committee. Rail- Al r. WIIATELEY said, if the arguments of his a dmitted to be tenable, there would be ag end toth Learned F r i end were they would create. The simple ground 00 whichleieetfluslon which right to appear wag this, that the nn ..—uthWales and thee} d he had a C om panies would furnish e portion o f the reat West ern necessary capital. 'rise Great Western Company supplied some of the capital for the con struction of a Wexford Railway; and if the right were admittedhs Learned Friend might have opporied that line sin g l y , b eemuie the Great Western supplied so e me . l i t i he aapital.Tae arguraent wa . a Hew ono, and it almost porplxed m because d clear Impropriety. was completely sur prised by its no velt y and clear The room was then cleared. On the admission A of the parties , IltslAN intimated th a t the the CU Committee were of opinion that the Severn and Wye Railw a y C anal had no locus Vail& before them. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XLIII. LEEDS AND WUXI= RAXLWAY (NoRTH EASTERN EXTENSION. The Committee assembled at the usual hour this morning, and were occupied in passing the various clauses In ritti the 11111. The whole of them wer• agreed to with Seine trifling alteons, With the ex- DEEDS REGISTRATION BILL. - - - ----- The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from the solicitors and attorneys of the city of York, against the Bill introduced by his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Camp bell). At the same time he wished to intimate tha.t he would express no opinion either for or against the Bill. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The LORD CH ANCELf.oßl);esented a petition against this Bill from the Braziers' Company of the city of London. SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. The Bishop of Exeter preseated a petition Irons the Dean and Chapter of Westminster against the union of th,:se two sees. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. REPORTS. The follow;ng reports were brougt up and agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed, viz. : Harrowgate Gas. York and North Midland Railway (Whitby and Pickering Extension). Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. Great Grimsby and Shef f ield Junction Railway ( Humber Ferries). Carshalton Rates. Northumberland Docks. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Extension and Branches). Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branches front the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and Tay Ferry Improve ment). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Strathearne D. sviation). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's Branch). Rye and Derwent Drainage. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement. Manchester Markets. Arbroath and Forfar Railway. Airdrie Police. Salford Hundred Court. East Fife Railway. BILSTON GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ST. A USTELL SMALL DEBTS. This Bill also read a third time and passed. LONDON, BRISTOL, AND SOUTH WALE S DIRECT 'RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE made the following motions, all of which were agreed to :—That the Order made on th 13th day of March last, referring the London, Bristol, and South Wales- Direct Railway Bill to the Committee of Selec :tion, be now read ; and that the said Order be discharge. I ; and thnt the said Bill be withdrawn ; and that the Midland Railway (Nottingham and Mansfield Itranch) Bil be read a second time this day, notwithstanding -the Breviate of the same has not bee laid on the table one cl ear day pre viously ; and that the Committee on the Caledoni an Insurance Company have leave to sit and proceed on Frids .y ; and that the order of the sth day of May last, referring to the Birken heap and Llangollen Railway Bill to the Commisti :e of Selec tion, be discharged. That the said Bill be withd. raven. METROPOLITANSEWERAGEMANURE( 30.MPANY. Colonel WOOD proposed the second - reading of this Bill. Sir DE LACY EVANS objected because I he Commis sioners of the Metropolitan Sewers had had na o pportunity of opposing the Bill before the Standing Orders Cot nmittee. He did not pretend to say that there might be very great advan tages to agriculture if the principle of the Bill were carried into practice. lie thought, however. that an experiment of the kind that was contemplated had better be tried in some less populated district, but instead of that the most densely inhabited part of the metropolis had been selected. The effluvia from these operations would be very- offensive. And Le understood it would be necessarrto have- a chimney 100 feet higher than St. Paul's to carry off the 4 auvia. A noxious gas would be generated, which tend mat erially to in jure the health of the inhabitants of the metropolis., A similar experiment had been tried at Edinburgh ; but isa consequence of the numerous deaths that'were occasioned, tine scheme was abandoned. Other experiments had been tried., but all had been abandoned in consequence of the injury to b. salth that re sulted fret tLe noxious effluvia. He should move as MAY 14, 1846 amendment that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Sir ROBERT INGLIS seconded the amendment, and al though the promoters of the Bill contemplated conferring be nefits on agriculture, he would not be a party to benefitting the agriculturists at the expense of the health of the inhabitants of towns. The scheme was one which, if undertaken at all, ought to be undertaken by the Government, and not by a public cot& pany. The Bill contemplated raising a large reservoir of ma nure, and then squirting it up to the height of Highgate-hill. The effluvium would overtop the neighbouring hills of the me tronolis, and would give rise to typhus fever and other diseases. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON said it was a general rule that in private Bills Members of the Government should take no part—but the present Bill was one that interfered with public health, and therefore the Government were bound to give an opinion upon it. It appeared that the public health was likely to suffer if the principles of the Bills were allowed to be carried into practical operation, from the malaria and noxious of which would be generated. Colonel F. WOOD stated, in reply, that he considered Go vernment should not interfere in the measure—at any rate not on the second reading. Sir G. GREY thought the Govarnmant had acted quite properlo in causing an inquiry to be instituted irate the matter. Sir J. GRAHAM proposed that the consideration of the question should be postponed till Monday next, when the re port prepared :or the Government would be placed in the hands of lion. Members. Lord R. GROSVENOR supported the proposition. The further consideration of the question was then postponed till this day week. RYE AND DERWENT RAILWAY. Mr. EVELYN DENISON called the attention of the House, at the time of bringing up the report on this Bill, to the opposi tion of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the preamble of that Bill. The Hon. Member stated that it appeared strange to himself and other Members of the Committee that the society should have fumds to spend in this opposition, while it could not pay the sums required for the carrying out of its legitimate pur poses. It was, however, accounted for by the circumstance that Mr. Charles Knight Murray was Secretary to the Com mission ; Mr. J. Murray, his brother, was the solicitor who conducted the case; and Mr. Murray, the third brother, was the Counsel before the Committee. On the return of the Speaker to the House, Mr. E. DENNISON said, that during the absence of the Speaker from the House, a paper had been put into his (Mr. Dennison's) hands, which was addressed to himself, and which was signed White and Murray ; but he begged to say that, until he came into the House, he had had no knowledge whatever of it. He now begged to say that it appeared to the Committee that the ecclesiastical commissioners had failed to prove their case, and he appealed to several Members of the Committee whom he now saw present to state whether he was correct or not. Mr. G. PALMER said, that he as chairman of the com mittee, quite concurred with the Hon. Member. Mr. HASTIE said it appeared to him that no case had been made out; from all he had heard of it, he should say it ap peared to him very like a job. Mr. E. DENNISON said that he did not know now what the House would think of the paper he held in his hand. A similar case existed at the present moment in that House. The Hon. Member for Sunderland had been obliged to leave the House, and had placed in his hands two cases, which he desired him (Mr. Denistoun) to lay before the House. One of these cases was on the Newcastle and Darlington Railway Bill, against which the Ecclesiastieal Commissioners peti tioned, and rsquired their costs to be paid by the parties againstwhom they petitioned. He had, in speaking of this case' gone somewhat beyond what he ought to have said. He had stated that no reasons had occurred to the Commissioners, instead of which he should have said that no reason presented itself to the minds of several members of that Corn mission that there was no cause for those proceedings, except the fact that Mr. Charles Knight Murray petitioned, another, Mr. Murrray was the solicitor, and another Mr. Mur ray was the counsel for the Bill. Another reason which in ((treed him to bring the subject under the notice of the House was, that he thought that the time when it was necessary that some reconstruction the Ecclesiastical Commission should take place.—( Hear, hear.) He did not say so without great respect to every Member of that Commission, for when he stated that it was composed of the Archbishops and Bishops of England and Wales, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justices, the First Lor d of the Treasury, and other gentlemen of the highest respectability, no one could doubt that they were all honourable men. There was not sufficient individual responsibility, the business was entrusted to too few ; but if there was a secretary in whom the public could rely, the business would be better conducted. He did not think Mr. Charles Knight Murray was a man of that description. He had been put down in va rious railways as a subscriber to the amount of 500,0001., and he wished to know whether the reports current were correct— viz., that Mr. Knight Murray had had railway clerks waiting in the office of the Commissioners, while he signed scrip up stairs. He did not think that the public interest would be pro perly entrusted in the hands of Mr. Murray. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the question had not been brought under his consideration, and that therefore he would confine his ob:ervations to the report which was then under discussion. He had no opportunity of knowing the exact merits of the case. But if he was rightly informed, the whole charge consisted in the attested improper sale of two hundred acres of ecclesiastical lands, from the cir cumstance of the secretary to the Boa r d o f Ecclesiastical Com missioners, being a brother of the solicitor engaged for the Company, and a third beother being the advising Counsel. This commission had most invidious duties to perform. In behalf of the church it was their bounden duty to defend their reversionary interests. Reference had been made to the con duct of these commissioners with regard to railway Bills. Now no less than sixty notices had been served upon the com mission, and they would have neglected their duty if they had not presented petitions to have clauses inserted in the various railway Bills for the protection or the Church. They were compelled to present petitions, because it was by that course alone that they obtained a locus slandi before the Committee ; but in no ease had they opposed the preamble of a railway Bill. With regard to Mr. Murray, he could see nothing in that gentleman's conduct which should render him censurable or unworthy of tile greatest confidence. Sir G. GREY, who was most inaudible, was understood to say that a petition being necessary for the protection of certain rights, and that being the case, he could not see anything wrong in presenting it. The question for the House was, whether the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had carried their powers as Commissioners out too far, He could only say, with regard to Mr. Murray, that he had done nothing which could be blamed in the slightest manner, for he considered that he had discharged his duties with great efficacy. He hoped, however, that some arrangement would be come to, so as to prevent any mistake occurring in future. Mr. STEWART said it was very satisfactory to him to see the turn which this case had taken. But it appeared to him that some .Honourable Members laboured under some misapprehension as to the actual injury which the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners would sustain. Here was a Bill which was proposed to drain two hun dred acres of land, and in addition to that, this same property would also be most injuriously affected to the extent of 400 acres by the manner in whieh this Bill proposed to deal with them. No doubt the manner in which the Committee had dealt with the matter might be right, but the effect of it would be to burden these 400 acres of land, which the tenants would not have to pay, but which would fall exclusively upon the commissioners. And now let him ask, was it because those commissioners had thought proper to suggest that they could deal with those lands in a more advantageous manner than was proposed by the Bill, that therefore they were not justified in adopting this proceeding, Ile should say also that he did not think that the Honourable Member who had brought the motion forward had stated the matter quite fully. He considered it was a very strange charge to make, that a brother of a barrister employed by the commissioners could not be secretary to the board, and he understood it was made for the first time, for it was not considered as such by the mem bers of the commission. He knew the gentleman in question he was amember of the Chancery bar, and he hoped the House would forgive him for saying that he considered that it was very im proper to make charges against gentlemen without giving any notice either to him or his friends, so as to enable him to ex plain his conduct or even defend it. fie could state that lie knew the gentleman some years ago, and he knew him to be a mars of honour and integrity—( Hear, hear) —and he fully deserved the commendations which he had re ceived from the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. EVELYN DENNISON said he would not take the trouble to again advert to the various circumstances of the case • his opinion remained unchanged.— (Cries of " Or der, order.") Well, then, as a matter of ex. planation, he would say that he acquainted the gentleman of what he intended to say in the House ; so, therefore, the com plaint of the Hon. Gentleman that due notice was not given was by no means well founded. - Mr. SPOONER, in pursuance of notice which he had al ready given, moved that " the petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Oxford Canal Navigation, presented on the 12th of May against the Midland Railway Bill, be referred to the Committee on the Midland Railway:( Burton-upon-Trent) to Nuneaton Branch and Ashby Canal Purehase Bill." Mr. WILSON PATTEN opposed the motion. He did so with regret, as he did not wish to interfere any motion on private business, but he thought his friend the Member for Birmingham had relied too much upon the Report of the Com mittee of Amalgamation. Sir G. GREY thought it was quite advisable that this matter should be referred to the Committee of amalgamations. Mr. SPOONER. thought that a clear case hadbecn made out, acd his impression was that under the circumstances that it would be better to wait the report of the Committee of Se lection. Yet, as the matter now stood, the probability was, the House would not agree to his proposition, and that the report of the Committee would be consequently of little use. Mr. W. PATTEN would wish to guard against any supposition of this petition was treated with disrespect, or had not received sufficient attention of the House. .Mr. SPOONER—As matters now stood it would be better to withdraw the motion, and it was accordingly withdrawn on the motion to that effect being put from the Chair. Mr. C. BERKELEY presented five petitions against the Oxford and Cheltenham Railway. SEYMER presented several petitions against the East Cornwall Railway. Mr. MILLS presented a petition from the landowners on the line against the Oxford and Worcester Railway Extension Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition in favour of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway. Mr. H. HINDE presented a petition against the West Yorkshire Railway. (LEFT SITTING.) CENTRAL/ CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF THE RICHARDSONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Various other witnesses were examined. The evidence they gave was the same in substance as the evidence which they had pre viously given before the magistrates, and which has already been published. Air. CLARKSON addressed the Court at considerable, length for the prisoners. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury, alter deliber ating for an hour and a half, returned a verdict of "Not Gui ty." POST-OFFICE NOTICE.-DEPARTURE OF THE INDIAN AND FOREIGN MAlLs.—The following notice relative to the departure of the Indian and foreign mails, was yesterday posted at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" Mails to India, China, - &c.—The next malls for India, China, &c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the morning of the 25th inst. Peninsular mails.—The next mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Spain, Gibraltar, andModiterra nean, &c., will be dispatched from hence on the 18th inst. The Pacha, for the Peninsular mails of the 18th, will sail from Southampton. Mails for the West Indies, &c.—The British colonies (except Honduras), Bermuda ; the foreign colonies (except Havannah). San Juan, Nicaragua, New Granada, Venezuela, and Madeira, will be dispatched on the 18th instant by the Dee, Irons Southampton. India and China, via Southampton.—The next mails dispatched on the 20th instant, by the Achilles. Mails for America.—The next mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be dispatched by the Hibernia, from Liverpool, on the 18th inst. The Caledonia, due at Liverpool on the 15th instant. Malls for Syd ney, New South Wales.—The next mails dispatched en the list inst. Holland and Hamburgh.—The Giraffe, for the Holland mails, dis patched this morning. The John Bull, with the Hambwrgh mails, sailed yesterday. Mails for Rotterdam.— A mail bag for Rotterdam will be dispatched by the Batavia on Saturday next, the 16th inst. ROBBERY OF - 30,0001.-0 n Saturday last a. mer chant's box, containing bills of exchange and railway scrip to the amount of 30,0001., was stolen from the counter of the Royal Bank, Liverpool. It was brought in for the purpose of being deposited there for the night. There was only 471. in cash in the box ; 2091. eward has eeu °tiered for the reeovery of it. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Hill, currier, Birmingham—first aiv. of Is. Gd. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Yalpy, Bir mingham. B. Wade, tailor, Strand—first div. of 2s. 3d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. D. Smith—first div. of 2s. 2d. in the pound, on any Wed nesday, at the office of Mr. Aeraman, Bristol. I. Blackburn, engineer, Minorite—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on Wednesday, May 13, and two following Wed uesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. A. Pettit, livery-stable keeper, Exning, Suffolk—first div. of 3s. 7d. in the pound, on Wednesday, May 13, and two fol lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. T. SiM3, licensed victualler, Whitechapel-road—first div. of 2s. 10d.. in the pound, on Wednesday, May 13, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. TurqUand, Old Jewry. _ _ - A. A. Dobbs, wine merchant, Liverpool—a div: of 20s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool. T. B. Golborne and A. A. Dobbs, wine merchants, Liver pool—fourth div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Garland, corn chandler, Walham-green, June 3, at eleven—D. Marks, pen manufacturer, Hounsditcb, June 11, at one—A. H. Chambers, jun., banker, New Bond-street, June 2, at two—W. 11. Matthews, cheesemonger, Blackfriars road, May 22, at eleven—ll. J. Murton, Lieutenant-Colonel, R. M., Hill street, Bkompton, May 22, at half-past eleven — J. Quarrel), Napier-street, New North-road, Iloxton, May 22, at half-past eleven—L. B. Bartholomew, Whitley, Berkshire, May 22, at twelve—J. Peters, Reading, Berkshire, May 22, at twelve—J.- Sergeant, haberdasher, High-street, Poplar, May 22. at twelve—W. M'Millan, carpenter, Lambeth-road Southwark, May 24, at eleven. In the Country. J. Radbone, broker, Alcester, Warwickshire, June 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—C. Harrington, plumber and glazier, Kidderminster, June 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—S. Rogers, earthenware manufacturer, Burslem, Staffordshire, June 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Scholefield, cutler, Cheapside, June 3—W. Kearton, cheesemonger, Lamb-street, Spital-square, June 3—G. B. Earp, shipbroker, London, June 3 —M. Jones, grocer, Theo bald's-road, June 2—J. Shirt, grocer, Broad- street, Lam beth-butts, June 4—F. Ilerpent, warehouseman, Sherard street, Golden-square, June 4—P. Crispin, carpenter, Bath, June 5—S. Vertue, merchant, Liverpool, June 2—G. Wil liams, watchmaker, Bristol, June 5—M. T. Knight, uphol sterer, Bath, June 4—G. Brown, banker, Shiffnal, Shrop shire, June 6—J. Bromiley, manufacturer, Bolton-le-Moors, June 2—T. Clifton, printer, Barnard Castle; Durham, June 2—J. Bowman, woollendraper, Carlisle, June 2—W. White, tailor, Aylesbury, June 2—J. B. Gillett, dyer, Apperley bridge, Yorkshire, June 2—J. Sisley, carpenter, Margate, June 2. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Reed, E. Roberts. A. Roberts, and C. A. Roberts, mil liners, Liverpool—C. L. Brocklehurst, T. Brocklehurst, and W. M. Hunter, linendrapers, Holmtirth, Yorkshire (so far as regards C. L. Brocklehurst)—J. Darby and R. Garland, warehousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside—R. F. Long and W. H. Job, saw-millowners, Lime house—T. W. W. Smart and E. C. Hill, surgeons, Cranborne, Dorsetshire—W. Simpson and G. Boyes, stockbrokers, York—F. and J. Protheroe, coopers, Bristol—T. Huffman and D. T. Westaway, tailors, City-road, Finsbury—R. and H. J. Bellingham, chemists, Strand—T. H. Hadfield and T. Bailey, silk dyer, Barton upon-Irwell, Lancashire—G. Gregory, W. Harding, and J. Whicher, millers, Fisherton-Anger, Wiltshire—J. Watson and T. Jackson, corn millers, Leeds—G. Blogg and L. Sa muel, Bucklersbury—J. Hebdin and R. Parkinson, jun., sharebrokers, Leeds—J. Lomax and S. Kay, cotton spinners, Hall-fold, Lancashire—T. Bull and W. Nash, provision mer chants, Minories—G. Jones and J. Walker, ironfounders, Bir mingham—J. and H. E. Boucher, drapers, Birmingham—E. A. and J. Sewell, wholesale toy merchants, Fore-street—W. and J. Wilson, linendrapers, New Bond-street—J. Smith and J. W. Browne, attorneys, Swindon, Wiltshire—G. W. Wat kins and G. Gaundry, oil warehousmen, Oxford-street—C. Adshead and J. Goodband, commission agents, Leicester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ _ Archibald Couper, jun.,..s;lesman, Glasgow, May 18, and June 8, at two, at the office of Mr. Young, Glasgow. George Sanderrin, baker, Colinton, May 18. and June 8, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Robertson, Edinburgh. THE GAME-LAW CASE. The evidence of Thomas Silvester, in the recent conviction of Mrs. Bridger, the fisherman's wife, for buying game, and who has been released from durance vile by the humanity and kind-heartedness of J. Collett, Esq., M P. for Athlone, will not be uninteresting to the enemies of the game-laws, and will afford some valuable information to Mr. Bright's Committee, now sitting in the House of Commons. At the Petty Sessions, held in the Town Hall, Petersfield, on April 7th, 1846 (Captain Lyons and Sir Charles Taylor, Bart., the presiding magistrates), Thomas Silvester, charcoal burner, in the parish of Liphook, deposed on oath as follows : Police-constable Hale, No. 76, of the North Hants con stabulary force, called on me, when the following conversa tion took place between us : Policeman—Have you any work now to do? •' Silvester—l have nearly done up all the work I have in hand, consequently I shall be glad to get another job. Policeman—l can tell you how to earn Si. Silvester—ln what way, and how? Policeman—l have got a pheasant and a hare in my house; if you will take them to Bridger, the fisherman, at Petersfield, and get him to buy them, and afterwards lay an information against him, in the event of his being convicted, I will guarantee you the 51. from Sir Charles Taylor, of Hot lycomb House, near Liphook. Silvester—lf you cannot recommend me to a better job than that, I would sooner go into the union house than be come an informer. This disgusting affair has caused a great sensation in the town and neighbourhood, and is strongly condemned by the inhabitants generally. The poor fisherman has been called on since the return of his wife from gaol, by Police con stable Smith, with a message purporting to be from Sir C. Taylor, stating that he had two other cases against him, and that ha was to appear on the sth instant at the Petty Ses sions, at the Town-hall, to answer the charges. Conse quently Bridger at , ended in person before the game-pre serving and unpaid magistrates on Tuesday last, when Sir Charles Taylor promised to withdraw the two cases if the fisherman would enter into a bond of promise not to commit the like offence again in future ! I !— H ampshire Independent. MADEMOIIELLE PLESSY.—This charming actress was, on Friday, condemned to pay 100,000 francs 0,0000, with loss of her pension as a societaire, for having quitted the Theatre Francais, Paris, contrary to the articles of agree• ment between her and the director. Our readers will recol lect that, some months ago, this lady married a literary gentleman, M. Arnould, and immediately left France for St. Petersburgh, where she was engaged at a high salary. We gather from the trial that, in reply to a letter from her country residence, stating that she was ill, she received a harsh communication, telling her that the director would not send a physician seven leagues to certify her -illness, and ordering her to return. This very ungallant note so shocked the lady, that she at once closed with the tempting over tures that had been made from St. Petersburgh, and abandoned the director of the French theatre. THE LATE MR. BLEWIrr.—In consequence of the lapse of time that took place between the infliction of the gun-shot wound and the death waathosf e t x h c e ite u d nfo a r n tt .i t o n n a g te st in t a h n e Blewitt, considerable interest ballthe the tra versed, fatal medical professio e n psre re e s is p e ec c t a in a g s e t t h l e i a t course superinduced th't Thisa the t h a rose from an impression amongst r t es a u n l y t Of the faculty , that the ball passed through the lungs, whilst others imagined that it was the shock which the sys t e m sustained that occasioned death. Last night a post mortem examination was instituted, Mr. Partridge acting as chief operator, of which the folio oting is an accurate analy sis :—The ball traversed in a circuitous direction, extending from between the sixth and seventh ribs below the right shoulder-blade, and from thence partially around the chest, between the pleura covering of the lungs and the walls of the chest, through the substance of the inferior lobe of the right lung. On removing the interior part of the thorax, a large quantity of purulent matter escaped, which was ob served to occupy the right pleural cavity, pressing upon the lungs, and thus rendering it impermeable to the air. The large amount of fluid of a purulent character, with the shock the system had sustained, was the paramount cause in the production of death. COALS, &C.—A return has been issued by order of the House of Commons, relative to the quantities of coals, cinders, and culm, shipped, &c., from the United Kingdom. It thence appears that in 1844 there were 7,377,862 tons of coals, cinders, and culm shipped at the several ports of the United Kingdom coastwise to other ports thereof ; and that in 1845 the quantity was 8,723,468. In the year 1844, the quantity exported from the United Kingdom was 1,754,171 tons, of which the declared value was 672,0561. In the course of: the last year the exports amounted to 2,531,282 tons, and the declared value thereof to 937,6351 In 1846, the quantities of coals brought coastwise, and by inland navigation and land-carriage, into the port of London, amounted to 2,563,166 tons; and in 1845, to 3,461,199 tons. A JUVENILE LAMBERT.—There is at present in the city of Glasgow, a boy of nine years of age, standing 4 feet Gi inches. He measures round the chest 444'inches ; round the belt 46i ; round the thigh 24 ; round the calf 16i ; and turns the beam against 14 stone His name is Kenneth APCaskill : is a native of the island of Soa, one of our western Archipelago, between Cana and Skye, in the direction of the Spar Cave, and brought hither, we believe, by his father, who is in no affluent circumstances, for exhibition. The boy's sole language is the energetic language of Ossian.— Scotch paper. NORWICH A PORT.—It seems that the Railway Com pany will have the credit of demonstrating, practically, that Norwich can be made a port of importance. During the last week, as many as eighteen sea-borne vessels, via Lowestoft, many of them of considerable burthen, having been lying near Foundry-bridge, laden with coals, coke, and other materials, for delivery at the railway station. This proves how excellent and how practicable was the plan of our late esteemed fellow-citizen, Crisp Brown, Esq.; and must cause universal regret that it then failed. It becomes a question, whether, as the Haven and Pier Commissioners and the Yarmouth people, throw so many impediments in the way of effecting a communication between Norwich and the sea yid that port, it would not be well for the committee for im proving the navigation to turn their attention to Lowestoft, where a commodious and spacious harbour is forming ; an d by which, it is now abundantly proved, sea-borne vessels can obtain access to our wharfs?—Nolrfok Chronicle. THE MAMMOTH LOG OF MAHOGANY.—By the last West India mail, we learn that our fellow-subjects at Hon duras were rejoicing in the possession of what they had christened the "Mammoth Log." The schooner Vigilant had towed up, from Glover's Reef, the largest log seen in the settlement for many years. It was to be shipped toEngland in the St. Croix. The full measurement was:—Length, 19 feet six inches ; breadth, 5 feet; depth, 4 feet 2 inches; and set down at 4,750 feet; exceeding 12 tons in weight. This log was cut about three years ago, at the Rio Cuero; but in consequence of its great draught of water, could not be got over the bar till recently, when advantage was taken of a great freshet in the river. The colony was doing well. By the Superintendent's message to his Parliament, it appears that the balance of revenue over expenditure for the past year was 4,070/. The salmon fisheries in Sutherlandshire have been more productive this season than for some years back, and while we noticed numbers caught by the net, we are equally delighted with the success of the anglers. On some of the Sutherland rivers seven salmon have been killed in one day with the same road, some of which were very large. One gentleman when fishing for salmon, hooked a very rare fish, not known to be an inhabitant of the rivers, and, from its strange appearance, some of the old fi s h ers have named it ' colonel." — Rost-shire Advertiser. Ambrose Hussey, Esq., M.P. for Salisbury, has been unavoidably absent from his duties in Parliament during the present session, haring been obliged to visit Naples for the health of a member of his family ; but, as soon as circumstances will permit, be laopos,to resume triose Atilles, or meet his Conatituente in can or is dilottrageri. RAILWAY SHARE MARKITS. MANCHESTER, MAY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &e., 21s dis. —Birkenhead,Lancashire, and Cheshire, 2p. —Blackburn,Chc r ley, and Liverpool, 1% dis.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 1 dis.— Buckingham and Bletthly Junction, 7-16 p.—Caledonian Extension, % dis.—Chester and Manchester Direct, 28s. dis.—Clitheroe Junc tion, 9.16 dis.—Derby and .Crewe, 3% p.—Direct Northern, 36 dis. —East Lancashire, No. 1,4 IA p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 7s. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 14 dis.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 5-16 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, dis.—Ditto, Quarters, par—Huddersfield, Halifax, &c., 2 1b IL — Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, par—Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, % p.—Leicester and Birmingham, % dis.—Liverpool and Bury, New, % p.—Liverpool , Ormskirk, and Preston, 255. 6d. p.—London and York, 3-16 dis. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 5-16 p.—Manchester and Bir mingham, Quarters (B), 834 c. p.—Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, % dis.—Manchester and Hyde, % p.—Manchester and Southampton, par—North British, Carlisle Branch, I► /a p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—North Western, % —Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 12s. p.— Sheffield and Lincoln shire Junction, 7-16 p.—Ditto, Extension, % dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 1 c. p.—Shrewsbury and Binning ham, 13-16 p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 11-16 Ws. South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), 7-16 p.—West Rid" Union, 3% p. LEEDS, Max 13. (late Brom Excumrok.—The sales are—East Lancashire, No. 2 Accrington), 3 p. c.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Share s. % dig.—Ditto, Extensions, % die.— Huddersfield and Manchester , % p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 61 16s. 3(1. p. c.—Leeds and Dews bury, 2% p. c.—Ditto, Branches, ss. p.—Ditt o , E x tensions, ss. P. Leeds and Thirsk, dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions. p.—Nortlf,British, Carlisle Branch, 255. Gd. p.—Ambergate, Notting . ham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.—Buckingliamshire, 10s. p.—Clitiscr«e Junction, 10s. dis —Direct Northern, 15s. dis.—Lancashire aid North Yorkshire, Ss. dis.— Leeds and York, % dls.—Leeds, field, and Midland, Is. 6tl. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 6s. 6d. ths. —Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 3s. dis.—London and York, 4s. dal. —London and Portsmouth, ss. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, 3latlock. and Midland, 31s. 6d. —North Staffordshire, 4%—North Western. 13s. 6d. p.—South Midland, 2 p.—Welsh Midlands, 225. 6d. West Riding Union, 51. 195.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 235. (W. HULL, Mey 13. STocs EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares. 271. 16s. 3d.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 51s. 9d.—Ditto, Dal- Keith, 6—Buckinghamshire, 21. 11s. 6d.—East Lincolnshire, 245.-- Grimsby, Louth, and llorneastle, 20s. 6d.—Hull and Barnsley June tion, 255. 3d.—Leicester and Bedford, 15s. 6d.—Leicester and Tans• worth, 24s.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 41. Is. 6d.—Nortli Western, 11. 12s. 6d.—Rugby and Huntingdon, 225. 6cl.—South Mid land, 31. 16s.—Shropshire Union, 134—West Riding Union, 61. 3s. 6d• SHEFFIELD — , MAY 13. STOCK ExcizAwax.—The sales are—Sheffield and Manchester , Quarter Shares, No. 3, scrip, 1 1 ,fi p.—Grimsby and Sheffield Eitel.- sion, 65. dis.—London and Windsor, 16s. 6d. dis.—Leeds, Waketieli, and Alidland, Is. dis.—Northumberland and Lancashire JUIldlO.lO ISs. 6d. dis.—North Western, 12s. p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire , 10s. p.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 13s. dls• South Yorkshire Coal Railway, is. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 13. STOCK ExerfANos.—The sales are—Leeds and Bradford, 29 P.-- London and York, Is. Gd. dis.. : —West Riding Union, p. YORK, MAY 13, STOCK Excus.wor.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 1/. 16s. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, s/—London and York, 21. Bs.—Malton and Driftleld Junction, 2/. 4s. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, end Midland, 31. 13s. 6d.—Newcast2, and Berwick, 26 North British, Carlisle Extension, 21. 12s.—North Staffordshire, 61. 17s. —North Western, 11. 13s. 6d. 7 West Riding Union, 6. GLASGOW, MAT 12. STOCK Excnemz.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgate, 565. 61. —Ayr and Galloway, 375. 6d.—Caledonian, 13 1 4—Caledonian Ex tension, 365. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 33s. — Direct Northern, 42s.—Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 30s.—East Indian Railway, 16s.—Glasgow General Terminus, 10l. —Glasgow and Belfast Union, 41L—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 38s. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 44s.—Kilmarnock and Avr Direct, 35s.—Lanark and Lothians, 43a.—Lesmahagow, 435.—Man cheater and Southampton, 56s.—Perth and Inverness, 298.—Scot tish Southern, 355. Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 299 * 6d.—South Midland, 85s.—South and Midland Junction, 225. 6d. Stirling and Dunfermline, 335. LADY NESTER STANHOPE.—AII who hare perused the memoirs of this remarkable individual, will be glad W learn that three new volumes have just been published, cow prising the narrative of her travels. The work is intended (says the prospectus) to complete the Memoirs of Lady llester Stanhope. As the "Memoirs" embraced a period Uf about 15 years, in which were traced the causes which to the " decline and fall " of her Ladyship's somewhat visionary Empire in the East, the Travels take up her his: tory from the time she quitted England, and by a faithful narrative of her extraordinary adventnres, show the rise and growth of her Oriental greatness. A distinct line may nt once be drawn between this and all other books of travels is the East—for it boasts of a heroine who marches at the boa of Arab'trlbes through the Syrian Desert—who calls Gover nors of Cities to her aid, while she excavates the earth is search of hidden treasures—who sends Generals with their troops to carry fire and sword into the feat ful passes of fi mountainous country to avenge the death of a murdered tra veller—and who then goes defenceless and unprotected to OS down a sojourner in the midst of them. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIY° VNOON RELIEVED, 39, ALDERMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY..NewIr invented acoustic tubes, for relief of extreme deafness, and vale° inserted in the ear cannot be perceived by the nearest observer they aro entirely different from all others, and are the smallest hea r " ing instruments constructed—measuring only a quarter of an inch la their widest part; they may be securely adjusted in the ears unob served, and removed therefrom with as great ease and facility. per sons are enabled to join in general conversation, and to hear mea t distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what should be greatly. considered, a natural expansion of the cavity of the ear is preserv, —a thickening or contraction of which in many instances is pa" tially the cause of deafness—and by their use the unpleasant sen sation of singing noises in the ears is entirely obviated. Also im proved hearing trumpets of every description. Immediately the newly-invented spectacle lenses are placed before imperfect vision* either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which aPPea r before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear SA distinct, se that the most aged defective sight beeomes brith- t. .0 - n 4 brilliant, and is brought to its youtheil, natural, and original state: Also the most powerful achromatic telescopes, opera glasses. and microscopes. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, a r e not in any way connected with a person of the same name in th eir . immediate neighbourhood , nor in any part of the country. To prev ent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—only to be had at 39, Alberrnarle treet, Piccadilly, opposite the Yor [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A VERY BAD LEG CURED Br HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—The foreman of the lark . ° paper mill near Armagh (the property of Mr. Gwynn), from et- - cessive confinement and being employed so much on his feet, lila" one leg swollen to such an extent as ultimately to break into ulcer 4. from which he suffered so severely as to Incapacitate him from al tending to his duties. It was a desperate case ; but this, like many of the same nature, was quickly healed by using these powerful re medies. All wounds, abscesses, contracted, and stiff joints, as like wise white swellings, tumours, or other unnatural enlargements, ata readily cured by the use of Holloway's Pill. and Ointment.— Sold by all druggists and at the proprietor's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. To THE SPOZTING WORLD.—The sale of Bell's Life in London exceeds twenty-four thousand. Bell's Life is published at 170, Strand, every Saturday, in time for the afternoon railwaYs• Bell's Life, May 17, will contain a full report of the pugilistic contest between Gill and Norley. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-lIOCISE KEEPERS' As. SOCIATIoN.—This charitable association for the relief o f reduced coffee and eating-house keepers, their wives and fa' mines, celebrated its ninth anniversary on Tuesday, by dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern. Between two and threa hundred persons sat down to dinner. The chair was taken by General Sir de Lacy Evans, M.P. Immediately on the cloth being removed, and after the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed " the health and prosperity of theLondoll Coffee and Eating-house Keepers' Associ a ti on ," in a slugs and appropriate speech expressive of its benefits, statinp that the whole body of coffee and eating-house keepers in the metropolis amounted to about 2,000; of these one thou sand were members of the association, but, he regretted to say, that only 250 were annual subscribers. The society had, however, from its commencement been steadily progress" ing. The toast was received with the utmost enthusiasms and drunk with three times three. Other toasts, including the health of the chairman, were given in the course of th evening. Some excellent comic and other singing contr buted to the general hilarity' A DAGUERRBOTYBED ECLIPSE...—During the solar eclipse of Saturday last, Mr. Cherry, the daguerreotype artist , planted his apparatus, by way of experiment, before the partially ob scured luminary, when a rather singular phenomenon presented itself as the result. Two suns, each undergoing an eclipse, we re Pre duced at the same time, by the myst , c lens on the metallic plate. with this remarkable difference, however, between the two, that the one showed an opaque, the other a luminous surface; the former being encircled by silvery clouds, the latter standing out like a ra diant speck on the ethereal vault. What may be the explanation of this beautiful prodigy, the joint production of art and nature, we ar e unable to conjecture.—Belfast Banner. MELANCHOLY CASE.—On Monday evening abontnine o'clock, a man rung the bell at the door of Mr. Probyn, of Lower Belgrave street, and on its being opened by the servant, she wa s told that her mother had died very su dd en l y. The announcemen t had such an effect on the poor girl's mind, that she ran up stairs, and we° heard to exclaim, that " She would soom be with her mother." Im mediately a loud crash was heard in the area of the house, into which she had thrown herself from the attic w i n d ow. M r. Griffith sent for, and was on the spot in an instant, when he found she hi" fractured her arm and her leg, and met with other injuries. She w t' perfectly sensible, and was conveyed to St. George's Hospital. On the 7th, at half-past eleven in the morning, th e Prince de Joinville embarked in his boat at the Arsenal of under a salute of 24 guns, which, immediately on his appearance lii the roadstead, was repeated by all the ships of war, which w ere dressed on the occasion. At half-past one his Royal Highness we ll t on board the Souverain, where he hoisted his flag, and took the com mand of the squadron, in the room of Rear-Admiral Pareav!",._ DeE.ch4nes. In the a ft ernoon the Prince visited all the ships, a u!: ginning with the Jemappea. All the ships of the squadron that ready for sea were to sail immediately for the Levant. The Princ e will, it was said, put In at Naples ou his way. SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.—On Tuesday morning about nine o'clock, the family of J. Rolfe, le —ace, of Walcot-Ho use. Ship-lane, St. Mary's-square, Lambeth, was thrown into a state ?! great excitement in consequence of the body of a uew-borb stat e being found In the garden by one of the female servants. It wt° Toulon; tied up in a piece of merino, and appeared to have been born but few hours only. The body was that of a full-sized infant, and b,a (ll no doubt been born alive. It was c onveyed to Mr. Wags t a ff, tt,', o surgeon, but he could not give any o pi n i on as to the cause o f dea th without a post mortem examinati on . D unn , t h e b ea dl e o f the dis trict, immediately took charge of the b o dy, an d removed it in . where rt e Ai d tN i ap n w t e a iT t ts 7e R s t : c e o w tt b :l 2l shell to the dead-room at Lambeth Church, west. FO 12,220 ; in 184 4 .• BILK._N T T: n N un ß ,l, C o l r O o T f S, pa S i rllsO of men ' s n S ,,, T bo oC o K til l ii N ini C Bp S o43, t 1 r 3 3: 2 1 6 11 ; 8 1 4 n 1, 18 N 4 v 5 7 1 4 4 ,8 ,3 2 8 1 7 ; . i N a i l ii B e 4 . 2 te . , 2 ,th 3s . 3 ef ; these come, Of course front' of men's 1 i mported in the , su m © live years was 14,454 ; women's boots, ditto, 20,843 . The num b France. The number of pairs 1 - 10 -8 ; of pairs of boots and shoes of all sorts collectively imported was —ii i 1841, 39,867 ; in 1842, 55,360 ; in 1843, 74,773; in 1844, 85,059 ; in 1845, 82,302. The following is the import of foreign cotton stock ings and socks :—ln 1841,7,413 pairs ; in 1242, 9,250 ; in 1843, 7,7 6 1' In 1844, 14,331; in 1845, 8,055. Quantity of thrown silk imported 11' 1841, 266,651 lbs. in 1842, 363,524 lbs.; in 1843, 333,602 lbs. ; .11 ' 1844, 405,927 lbs. ; in 1845, 541,787 lbs. The quantities of foreiel: silk hose and gloves, and cotton gloves, were these are included In " silk manufactures not also moved fzub,tie; rated," and "cotton manufactures whollvo. otherwise eharged with duty." or in part made UP, BIRTHS On the 9th inst., at Brighton, the . Es* , of a daughter. wife of George Cary Eli""" o. On the 10th inst., a t Richmond Mrs. H. Hopwood, of a dauatter or Op the 1 Rh inst., at the Rectory, Orcheston St. M ar y, the w ife the Rev. E. T. Bidwell, of a daughter. On the I 1 th inst., at Shoreditch, Mrs. W. F. Scales, of a son. On the I 1 th i ns t ., at Upper Porchester-street, Cambridge-6QO O, Mrs. William Williams, of a daughter. /nos David On the 10th inst., at Herne-hill, Dulwich, the lady of DIM Noad, Esq., of a daughter. Nor th On the 10th i nst., Mrs. Neale Horne, of Grove.road , Brixton, of a son. ~,..uohs ter On the 10th i ns t ., t he wife of Graham Wilimore, Esq., of eo On the 11th l us t ., at Frognal, Hampstead, the lady o, , 7aug Davis, Esq., of a daughter. ____--- MARRIED. " On the 7th inst., at Church Kirk, by the Rev. R. T. lar q ln ., curnbent of St. John's Church, Blackburn, Thomas SimPso n ' t llia of Fox-hill Bank, Lancashire, to Ellen, only daughter of B enJ— Walmsley, Esq., of Paddock House, Lancashire. Cane, VOq'' On the 9th inst., at the Old Church, Brighton, W. A.• of Uxbridge, to Miss Harriet Jane Bend, of Earl's-court, Brom, PDT:II - the 9th inst., at Walcot Church, Edwin T. Caulfeild, of I ;, 3 „„ e rid, duff, in the Queen's County, Ireland, Esq., to .Alicia A .. , l T rin g youngest daughter of General Sir David Lathmex Fluting NVI"" ton, K.C.H,, &e. On the 9th fiat., at Bromley, Rent, Lieutenant-Colone l T..T.rf Chase Parr, of the Bombay Army, to H arr i e t, second daullh' e ' Charles Pott, Esq., of Freelands, in the same county. On the 9th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square,lltiam Bosville James, Esq., to Ellen, second daughter of Alderman DIED. ear, On the 28th of April, at Naples, of consumption, in his 17th J W John, only son of the late Hou. George Talbot, and nephew to Earl of Shrewsbury. On the 7th inst., in Spencer-street, Northampton-square, Mr. J. Cornick, aged 66. carter- On the Bth inst., Cecilia, wife of Mr. G. Bellamy, of Little lane, aged 52. Ou the Sth inst., Sarah, wife of Mr. G. Murton TrtlOY, surgeon, Acacia-road, St. ohn's-wood. On the Bth inst., at Shanklin, James, ellieet son of Mr. Thomas Jackson, of Kingston, Surrey. Loudon : Printed and Published by MURDO 'YOUNG, of Strand, Printer, at The ,Stgn Orrick No. 112,. strand, tp the RO4 . of the the ebulay a Ancim%x, ThurstlVl 1840.