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Comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usual hour this morn , Lord Morpeth in the chair. Wass COSINVTALL. Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the line, underwent a lengthened !Toss-examination this morning, on behalf of several opposing land holders, with the view of showing that if time were allowed, a line with more commercial advantages, and less objectionable in its en eineering features to the present scheme, could easily be obtained. •• Th e room was then cleared, and the Committee having remained in consultation for a short time, strangers were re.admitted, when The CilexistAte announced that the Committee had come to the tilsointion that the preamble to the Bill of the St. Ive's branch of the Cornwall railway was not proved. The Committee then adjourned. ' GROUP XIII. The Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock, air Wm. Clay hi the chair. ATICSIUNZ AND GLASGOW. Mr. Bons said, as, according to the Committee in deciding on this Bill, it appeared the Committee thought the case for this Bill had to some extent been made oat, seeing that they had laid it down that the Glasgow and Belfast Union would give every facility to entering on their line at ..tyr, providing the Legislature should consent to the Ayrshire and Galloway Bill passing the next year, he now prayed that the decision might be vecocsidercd, so that the preamble of the portion of the scheme from Ayr to Dalmellington, which scarcely any objection had been taken to, might be granted. The CHAIRMAN said he was not prepared to state all the reasons that had led the Committee to the decision ; still the Learned Gen tleman was correct in saying that the main objection to the linen as to the portion south of Dalmellington. They did not, however, feel disposed to reconsider their decision, but they would do this—they would take care that a clause should be inserted in the Glasgow and Belfast Union Bill providing that every facility should be given to the Ayrshire and Galloway line at any future time entering Ayr by the Ibrmer line. C.A.Z.E.DONXA.N EXTENSION. Ceunsel for this line said the promoters had an intention of restrict ing their project, to the portion east of Muirkirk , thereby giving up that from Ayr to Muirkirk, under the impression that in so doing the petitioners against the line, who were landowners on the portion pr the o posed to be given up, could then have n o locus s t w uti against liiiisainder of the scheme. A long argument ensued pro and con.,the petitioners' Counsel con tonding that the petitions were against the whole schema s uncalled for, and, therefore, against any portion that migh btained, while the other side maintained that the petitioners could only direct their Opposition to the portion that had relation to their respective pro perties and interests, which was that between Ayr and Muirkirk, which the promoters with a proper understanding were disposed to abandon. given by counsel Precedents of Committee proceedings have been on both sides, the room was steered. On our re-admission, The Ciaatassate said that the Committee were of opinion, as this was an integral scheme throughout, that though a porion of It might be abandoned, we e d e petitioners had a locus standi, and might be pagainst that part of the scheme which remained. allowed to To put an end, however, to any doubt, he was willing to consult the Speaker on the point. Mr. Coczsustr hoped the Chairman would consult the Speaker, sad adjourn till to-morrow, when the promoters would be prepared to state the course they Intended to take. The Committee consented, and accordingly adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Mr. Robert Stephenson was then called and examined by Mr. Chntrav—He said he was joint engineer to the line with Mr. Bidder, and that it had been under their joint direction. The country which it traversed, and he was well acquainted with it, was of an impor tant character and muck required direct communication. The Station at Southampton was well adapted to meet the wants of the town, and to facilitate exportation and importation. The construction of the line along a portion of the Southampton water presented no difficulty. The Ant!over canal was well adapted for carrying a railway along its course, so many facilities did it afford, and so easy would this portion of the line be of construction, that the line from Southampton to Andover could be opened hi twelve months. In addition to this it would not interfere with private property. It went on from Andover to Weyhill and Apple show, where large cattle and sheep fairs were held ; passing through Marlborough it proceeded to Swindon, where it crossed below the Great Western, which could be effected wi'h out interfering with the traffic of that line. A junction was proposed to be formed at this point between the two lines, and if the companies were in unity the public convenience would be greatly promoted. The passage of the Cottiswold hills involved no engineer ing difficulties of any moment. The local traffic would he con sidered be sufficient to pay, and there could be doubt at all that it would amply remunerate the shareholders for the outlay which it would involve. Cross-examined by Mr. RsATmo--Calculated that a , reat portion of the traffic between Llheltenham and Swindon would come on the proposed line, because it would have better gradients. A separate uired this line were made. terminus at Southampton would be red line could be connected with the present station without Crossing several public streets, and by the adoption of several objectionable curves. Mr. Forman, collector of the port, and Mr. Doswell, gave evidence with respect to the eligibility of the tramway's and the general ad vantages of the Ens to the town. Mr. E. Jasas having handed in the assents and dissents, intimated that this closed the case on the part of the promoters. The Committee then adjourned until to-morrow at twelve o'clock, when the evidence in support of the opposition of the South Western will be commenced. GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, AND ROMSET AND REDBRIDGE BEGAN Cll (SOUTH-NITEST3BEN). The Committee met this morning at one o'clock; the Hon. E. Yorke in the chair. L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. for the Potteries. examined by Mr. GUANEY —The Potteries suffered much from the want of direct communica tion from north to south. No district of so much importance was so badly suppiied with railway communication. Had bad his attention directed to the Manchester and Southampton, and considered that it would be of the greatest importance to the large district which he re presented, as it would facilitate and increase the imports and exports, and, consequently, increase the trade of the district. By Mr. Kzarssal--Was aware that a communication would be opened up from Manchester to :outtutrapton by railways, made and empowered to be constructed by Parliament; but the route would be extremely circuitous, and, therefore, did not present anything like the facilities dffered by the Manchester arid Southampton. Was not aware of the exact distance, but if it was eighteen miles It would be AR important drawback. By Sir W. Jamas—The break of gauge presented so many !neon. 'cadences, that parties uould, if possible, go round in order to avoid it. Mr. Wortley, land valuer and land agent, had valued the whole of the land which would be required for the purposes of the railway at 198,8411. ; 847 acres would be required. which he had taken at 2351. per acre, which he considered was at the fair market value. It did net, however, include the land which would be required for stations. GROUP XLII. LIVERPOOL, ORIVISKIRE, AND PRESTON. The Committee assembled in Hoorn, No. 23, in the New Houses, this morning, and proceeded with examinations with respect to the value of the land and the sufficiency of the estimates for the I:ne. A slight discussion of an unimportant nature ensued between the Committee and Counsel, which was put a stop to by the adjourn ment of the Committee. GROUP XLVII. The Select Committee appointed to in q uire into the merits of the GROUP XVI II IMPORT ANT DECISION. The Committeemet at the usual hour; 31r. B. Denison, chairman. After hearing evidence this morning, the Committee declared that the preambles of the 113CETER, YEOVIL, DORCHESTER, AND THE LONDON, S .ILISDITILY, AND YEOVIL Bills were proved, and that the preamble of the Exeter (Great Western) 11111, promoted by the Great Western Company, was nut proved. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXI. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM (ASH.. CHURCH, TEWKESBURY, AND MALVERN). The Committee assembled this morning at the usual hour, ano were engaged In hearing evidence on the part of the opponents of the line. The case having been concluded the room was ordered to be cleared. On our re-admission, the CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion that the pi eamble of the Bill had not been proved by the evidence. The counsel for the promoters a ished to know In what respect the videnee was deficient. The CHAIRMAN said that it was not the duty of the Committee to make out the ease of the promoters or to show in what way it was deficient. The case had certaaily not sailed through limy deficiency Ist the engineering evidence. - Te engineering evidence was then gone into, and the Committee ijourned. GROUP XXXIII. The Committee on this group met to-day at twelve o'clock in room No. 24 (Grand Corridor) ; present Sir Robert Ferguson (chair man), the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Newry, Mr. Similett, and Mr. Fellowes. I They proceeded with the further consideration of the three branches Of the Warwickshire and London itailwa)s, vaisiely— WORCESTICR AND WEEDON, HAMPTON AND A.SHCHI7RCH, HAMPTON AND BANBURY. Sir Willoughby G, - irdon, Quartermaster-General, was examined by Mr. Kzeurr MACAULEV. lie attended in obedience to a postserip from the House ofCemmons. Ile could not be supposed to know anything of railways, much less of their relative merits, except as to the conveyance of her Majesty's troops. The accommodation proposed to be afford, d I. Weedon would be of importance to the service. That place was an ordnance depot. There was not a large number or troops kept there—only a competent number for the protection of the depot. It would be of great importance to have a railway from Weedon to Northampton, the distance being, 1 owever, only seven miles. 'Th • Weedon and Worcester line would be advantageous, as it would make the communication by - railway between Weed., an d : h e port of Flyalollth compete and direct. In fact, every railway was of im portance to her Majesty's military service, and that tine was toe most jp whico dad the fewest breaks. Every break was inconvenient to - Dr feate family in travelling. It was more so, in the ratio of the cumbers, to a body of troo p s. ; cross-examination by Mr. WAIELET, Q.C., the Gallant Officer said that he could give no opinion as between the competing lines. In this case the competing lines, by connecting Wolverhampton with Weedon, Birmingham, Worcester, and Plymouth, would be of im portant advantage. The break Of gauge and increased distance were disadvantageous. But shortness of distance was not always an ad vantage of itself. The consideration of shortness was frequently qua lified by circumstances of convenience. ; e could give no opinion as to the comparative merits of the broad and no/Tow gauges. He was in the habit of transmitting by railway an average of sixty thousand troops per annum, and he had found the accommodation afforded to her Majesty's service by the • directors of both systems such, that he could not have effected the transit of the troops more conveniently if be had directed it himself. Colonel Thornton, commandant of Birmingham, gave evidence of & similar character. Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., M.P. for North Northamptonshire, was examined by Mr. K. 3lacarLiv, and gave evidence strongly in favour of these lines, as regards the advantage to the agricultural Int . rests in the conveyance of produce, &c., and to the general inte restsof the public in the conveyance of coals and other articles of c.2 l 2,u lll ,o,t_ e io_o• However, it was chiefly with a view to the agricul. ``' ws "`"' tern ";l. r ll ..n t he ways. favourable to the Warwickshire and London Other witnesses were er w e e t r h ee , xamined to the same effect as the Hon. ' Baronet • amongst poor la . ai t c lte land agent o f th e M arqu i s o f H er tf or d, who said that the s through which the lines would pass Found be greatly benefited t o c f h th p i i s , : c m , railways. Persons or because capitalwe such was always the effect of uainted with the e r xt y e b ri; th in e t i o r ea w n h s t e ,tu of w co ei n e v a ey e: mince made acq giecte d , and were induced to emplo o'clock upon them. adjourned till twelve 'clock The COMlBiltee .rew„ Until'? XXXVIII. i pr warms, DEWSBURY, ANDPallage.,... . Mr. Acland, chair man. —....iii-rx im Mr. Grainger, the engin eer to the lin e , was examined at eon able length. The total leng th of the line was seven miles livlikr.. longs. The gradients were of a favourable nature. The estimated cost of the line was '280,000/. The line would be easily constructed, and the traffic would make it 1 remuneratire line to the shareholders. After hearing some tUrther evidence, the Committee adjourned till twelve (o'clock to-morrow. GROUP imam ERSPIELD AND MANCHESTER (oLDE,Dsx ins nucT). The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Evidence was adduced In support of the Bill, and the ease on the fart of the promoters having been closed, The Committee adjourned until Monday. GROUP XLI. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. VIA.NCIIESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY ca. NAL AND RAILWAY. The case for the orponents of this Bill was entered into. Mr. HOPE (on the part of the iverpool and Manchester Railway Company) said he trusted that the Committee would not sanction Inch a Bill as that before them—a Bill which interfered most mate rially with the rights o: another company without affording any ade quate advantage to the public. The company he represented had trot only expended a large sum in the construction of their works, bat also had paid 41,000/. for a free way, and it was now sought by the promoters of the present Rill to cross their line and divert their traffic, and by the establishment of a station at Manchester to reap the advantages of his clients' toil and money. No case ever came before Parliament involving au an Interterence with the rights of a public Company. Level crossings had been sanctioned in other parts of the country, but never wtheut a necessity far greater than could be shown in the present case to exist, and never on a line crowded with traffic, like the Liverpool and Manchester. On Nat ' line there were no less than ninety trains passing daily; in addition to which, the prices of conveyance were the lowest that had ever been charged. In support of what he had advanced as to the amount of traffic, he would Just advert to one item, namely, the pleasure traffic. This was already very consider able, and was daily increasing in the ratio of the population, as would be shown by the evidence. Such was the traffic of his clients' line. What was the case with their opponents'. Why, they had only thirty trains. Was it, then, not preposterous that they should. seek to pass through the very centre of the most thriving district in the country, when railway traffic was daily developing itself, and that at the disadvantage of delay, if not of danger? for there were instances where disasters had re. gutted from these very level crossings. From these considerations, he trusted that the Committee would not sanction the present Bill on these grounds : first, that his clients had afforded the public great eenvenience, and In the next place that the line proposed was not Orly not required, but that It wag not even a proper rile. it Ajta i a tu r 1 1° 4 ' 1, 4 some evidencezuip4t, the ptiticatS3 A laixt t o=tatte adjonmerl, SWANSEA VALE undertaking re-assembled this morning at the usual hour. Evi. deuce was again laid before them. They adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XLVIII. The Committee appointed to dispose of the cases in this group met at one o'clock, in Room 31, Mr. Oldham, chairman. The following are the Bills to be heard :—Monmouth and Hereford, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford, Carnarvon, Coalbrook Steam Coal, and Swansea and Loughor, the Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales, 1., nvi Valley and South Wales Junction, Taff Vale, d the 3fonmouthshire. The first case taken was TEE LYNVI VALLEY AND 13 otrra WALES JUNCTXON. Mr. Mills appeared for the promoters. The Bill was opposed by certain landowners. The Learned Counsel, in a brief address, laid the merits of the case before the Committee, after which the evidence was proceeded with. GROUP LILL This Committee resumed its labours at twelve o'clock to-day, in Boom 26 (Grand Corridor). Present, the Hon. G. Lascelles (chair man), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. R. Clayton, Mr. Hildyard, and Captain Dalrymple. SIIREWSBURT, BIRMINGHAM and STOUR VALLEY. The business of the morning commenced by a cross-examination of Mr. Stephenson, jun., the engineer of the line, by Mr. F. Robinson, eounsel for the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line. He was also subjected to a cross-examination on the part of Mr. Corbett, but nothing of much importance was elicited. Mr. HOPE then re-examined Mr. Stephenson at great length as to the advantages which would result from the junction of this with the London and Birmingham line. The entrance to Birmingham, he said, was flfty-flve feet above the levels of the rival lines ; and as the Birmingham Canal intervened it would be impossible to ameliorate the lines. The station of this line at Birmingham was an exact model of the station of the Manchester and Leeds Railway at Manchester, which had the largest traffic iu the world. Mr. Wm. Hayes, a solicitor of extensive practice at Birmingham, stated that his offices were in New-street, and that he has been clerk to the town commission for the last twenty-five years. He was also agent to Colonel Gouch, ar.d other gentlemen over whose properties this and its rival lines would pass. The station of this line at Birmingham would be decidedly preferable , to its rivals ; the inhabitants of Birmingham were of the same opinion. The other lines would enter the town by tunnels, whilst this would enter by a ♦iaduct which was a preferable mode. It would stop up narrow streets, and instead give a wide one. The junction of the London and Birmingham with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham would be of great advantage to the public. The rival companies did not con template such a junction. Cross-examined by Mr. ROBINSON—He understood that it would be necessary to descend a flight of about 24 steps to get upon the level of this line at New-street. Mr. Alderman Weston, of Birmingham, stated that he had served the office of Mayor of Birmingham, and that about a week ago the stations of these rival lines in Birmingham formed the subject of a discussion by the Town Council of Birmingham, and the result was a decision in favour of this company's station ; the majority being 16 to 6. He considered New-street the most favourable position for a station, as it was the central part of the town, and the approaches to it were easy. The station of this hue would give the best accommodation to the people of Birmingham, and all with whom he had conversed on this subject were in favour of it. The approaches to the Snowhill sta tion would be very narrow, and it would be on a steep acclivity. Mr. Alderman Weston, cross-examined by Mr. ROBINSON—His place of business was close by New-street, and so were those of the majority of the people with whom he had conversed on the subject. The report to the town council on the subject of the New-street station did not condemn or even allude to the station proposed to be erected at Snow-hill. Goods and passengers from Wolverhampton entering Birmingham were generally lodged in the neigkboUrhood of Snow-hill. _ _ Mr. HOPE said the question of the station at Birmingham had been very fully discussed between two other companies in another com mittee-room, and he suggested that it would shorten the business in this room if the Committee permitted him to lay that evidence before them. The MN. CIIALIMAN said that would no doubt be a good plan, but Mr. ItoßissoN and Mr. Conn Err having objected, inasmuch as their clients had not had the opportunity of being represented before the other Committee, and the evidence ,might therefore mislead the Committee, The Hon. CHAIRMAN said that, as the parties did not consent to the reading of the evidence, the counsel were of course prevented from acting in accordance with the suggestion of Mr. Hope. Mr. Stirlam, carrier, of Birmingham, was accordingly called by Mr. RICKARDS, to show the superiority of this company's stations at Birmingham, both for passengers and goods, over those of its rivals. He was cross-examined by Mr. F. ROBINSON, for the purpose of showing that there were extensive works in the neighbourhood of Snow-hill (the site of the rival companies' stations), but he insisted that the station of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line would give by far the greatest accommodation to the people of Birmingham. Re-examined—The greatest number of merchants had their places of business in the Crescent, being in the neighbourhood of the sew street station. _ _ _ Mr. John Lord, general merchant, Birmingham, said that in hopes of the erection of this company's station, he had changed his place of business and residence to the neighbourhood of New-street. He con sidered that the merchants and people at large of Birmingham were vitally interested in the erection of this company's station in New street. The banks, the post-office. the town-hall, the news•reom, the contemplat d exchange, and all their buildings of any note were in the neighbourhood of New-street. Business was continually leaving the neighbourhood of Snow-hill. New-street was, in fact, " the place where merchants most do congregate." Nothing posi tively could be more acconuriodating than the New-street station. New-street was the centre of Birmingham as regarded business. Cross-examined by Mr. ROBINSON—Some of the banks were equi. distant between the Snow-hill and the New-street stations. Re-examined—The principal banks were in the neighbourhood 01 New-street. Mr. Lake, of the firm of Bolton, Watt, and Co., engineers, Bir mingham. gave evidence to the same effect, and that he and his co partners had petitioned Parliament in favour of this scheme. Mr. John Evans, miller, Dudston, near Birmingham, said that he was a member of the Town Council of Birmingham, and was present at the meeting recently held on the subject of the stations proposed to be erected by the different schemes in that town. The council almost unanimously passed a resolution in favour of this company's station. sir. Alderman Matthews proposed a resolution in favour of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, of which he was a director, and the discussion principally turned on the gauge question. Ills proposition, however, was rejected, only four voting for it. This scheme would give the people or Birmingham the most direct communication with Shrewsbury. The Earl of ARUNDEL and Straarr —Had the Committee of the Town Council, before they presented their report, the sites of the Snow-hill as well as the New-street station under their consideration, I believe so ;at least it 'was their duty to consider both. _ _ _ Cross-examined by Mr. WOOLYCHE—I do not know whether the Mayor or Birmingham is a shareholder in the Stour Valley line. Mr. Baker, assistant engineer to Mr. Stephenson, presented a detail of the estimates, the total cost being 2,200,0001., which would include the cost of the erection of the proposed station at New street. Cross-examined by Mr. WOOLTCIIE, with the view of showing that this Company proposed to deal with the roads in the neighbourhood of Birmi gliani in a way that was mat practicable, but he was not very successful. _ _ _ Thia closed the promoters' case, and the Committee thou adjourned at hall-past three o'clock til twelve to-morrow. GROUP LVI. The Select Committee appointee to tcr consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Ewart In the chair. THAMES SUNCTION BEANCEES. The object of this Bill was to make a short Ir-aach from the Eastern Counties Railway to the East and West India Company's warehouses, which lie between the Thames aid the river Lee. '1 he estimate was pi oved by Mr. Bidder to be amply sufficient for the works. It was 40,0001. The Commutee declared the preamble to be proved. The Committee were occupied the rest of the day in settling and arranging the clauses in this and the other Bills they have had before them and passed in the cour►e of their sittings. GROUP LX. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER. SALE TO THE SOMI-EASTERN uOMPANY. The Committee met at one o'clock, in Room 'So. 2, and after II short hearinz, The CHAIRMAN declared that the preamble of the Rill for the sale of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway to the South-Eastern Com pany was proved. The clauses were then disposed of, and The Committee proceeded with the PAR,EELANI, PORTSMOUTH ' AND CIIICFIES- TER. EXTENSION. Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., stated that some time since a Bill was obtained for the formation of a line from Brighton to Chichester. The powers for the formation were to be vested in the Brighton Railway Company. Last session a Bill was obtained to form au extension to Portsnacuth and Farcham from Chichester. It was thought advis at le to vest the powers of the extension in the Brighton and South- Western Companies. An agreement was ent red into between the companies to petition Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of vesting the right of extension in them jointly. The Brighton Company, however, had refused to perform their agreement, and to come forward with the Bill. On the part of the Brighton Company it was urged that the understanding was that the South-Western Company were to have given certain fazilities, which they had not done, and therelore the Brighton Com , patty declined to proceed. The Committee, alter clearing the room, said that they were of opinion that under the circumstances the Bill should not be pro ceeded with. The Committee then proceeded with the LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND CROYDON CONSOLIDATION BILL. After formal proof had been adduced of the benefit of the consoli dation, and an assurance given that the fares would not be increased, The Committee declared the preamble of the Bill to have been proved, and proceeded to the consideration of the clauses, which were all, without exception, agreed to. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP LXIV. This Committee re-assembled to•day at twelve o'clock ; present Mr. T. S. Duncornbe (chairman), and the other members. IRISH GREAT WESTERN (PORTARLING.• TON TO GALWAY). MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN Or IRELAND (MULLTNGAR TO GALWAY). Mr.Fitzstephen French, M.P., chairman of the Irish Great West ern Company, deposed to having presided over a meeting which was held on the 29th of May, in accordance with the Sessional Order, and stated that there was only one party who was opposed to the carrying out of the Bill. After some further evidence, Mr. COCKBURN, Q.C., addressed the Committee on behalf of some of the shareholders of the Great Southern and Western Railway (treland). Zf t ; Sergeant WRANGIIAX contended that the statement of the or the line in the preamble was not shown by the evidence. A - dtscusston ensued, after which the Committee adjourned. RS' COMMITTEES. ad jnoulerinrmLeoiriclt,shiinpsitoom isi tis , after noon ST A.ND-,„ vi --- ous.DEE on their list six 'lx G ORDERS' two o'clock, pursuant to , I %) 7lli L is ord Shaftesbury of Winchester trills, besides two on met t 0P LORDS. Ltieil,l to-morrow' at took the Chair, and there virei'eTr c'se " two ' and Lord Kinnaird. They had Dreamt— Marquis second reference. The only one called on was the MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND u rn , The further conAderation of which w ai , ~,,,,,,T,,)AnNeTi. JuNeTioN Their Lordships then resolved themselves into a on Merits, In order to proceed with a list of thirty.tw a i t V'mrinittee all but nine were Railway Rills. 4. of which THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY. This case was part heard, and postponed till Monday. DtiNDEE AND ARBROATH (EXTENSION). This Bill was passed. DUNDEE AND PERTH AMENDMENT. The preamble of this Bill was declared proved. EASTERN UNION (ARDLEIGII TO COLCHESTER). Preamble proved. MANCHESTER AND BIRMING/SAM. The same decision was made in this case. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND (EASTERN EXTENSION). The promoters of this Bill were equally succesful. ALFORD VALLEY. Preamble proved. MIDLAND (EREWASEI VALLEY EXTENSION). The preamble of this Bill was also proved. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND (LEEDS EXTENSION). The promoters of this Bill also succeeded in provinu their preamble. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION. This Bill was also passed. NORTH-WESTERN. The Committee declared the preamble proved. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIF:LD JUNCTION (HUMBER FERRIES). A similar decision was made In this case. WILSON TOWN, MORNLNGS IDE, AND COLTNESS (BATHGATE BRANCH). WILSONTOWN, MORN INGSIDE, AND COLTNESS (CALEFONIAN BR 1NICI). WILSONTOWN, MORNINGSIDE. AND COL'fNESS (IMPROVE MENT AND BRANCHES). These three branches of the 'Masontown, Morningslde, and Colt ness, and also the ilamannan (Balhgate, and Jawcraig Branches) were called on, but Ole promoters not being prepared to proceed, they stood over till Tuesday next. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (NEWPORT RAILWAY AND ST. ANDREW'S BRANCH). EDINBURGH A,ND NORTHERN (PETTYCUR BRANCH AND DYSART DEVIATION). These two ware Wlz ci the Zlizault 424 Northern BkilFam ARBROATH AND FORFAR AMENDMENT. This case Was adjourned till Tuesday. CHARD CABAL RAILWAY. The preamble of this Bill was also proved. In each of the above cases clauses were in-erted in accordance with the resolution an nounced by the Committee on Saturday, as to placing lodges at level crossings on public roads. Five out of the nine Rills for local purposes above mentioned. were passed, the remaining four stand over. They wore principally estate and improvemeht Bills. Their Lordships then resumed the form of a Hklnding Orders Com mittee, and proceeded with the consideration of the Bills remaining on the standing orders list. DEESIDE. The promoters of this laconically initialed Bill had complied with the standing orders. MANCHESTER, BUXTON', 3fATLOCK, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. This Bill, which in the length of its title *presehts a remarkable contrast to 'he last, also passed through the Committee. BRISTOL AND EXETER (CREWKERNE BRANCH). The promoters of this Bill also proved compliance with their Lordships' stauding orders. Adjourned till tomorrow. S The h O e F . a l: n I e F FE ' the case with the KILMARNOCK AND TROON. The two remaining Bills bad come befere their Lordships on second reference. They were the SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLISHIRE EXTENSION, the promoters of which were declared to have complied with the standing orders; and the GALWAY AND KILKENNY, the further consideration of wkich was adjourned ill Tuesday. Their Lordships then rose at half-past Four, and adjourned till to•morrow at twelve. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jute I. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) LEWIS V. ROE. This was an action in trover, brought by Mr. Lewis, the Sheriff's officer, against Mr. Roe, an officer of the Guildhall Police-court, for the unlawful conversion of certain goods in his possession, the pro perty of the plaintiff, tzT detaining the said goods for the purpose of depriving the plaintiff or the use of them. The present action arose out of certain proceedings that took place last year, arising out of a seizure of goods belonging to a Mr. Cole, on the part of Messrs. Bond and Co. At the instance ( f the latter Mr. Lewis made a seizure of a diamond ring, a gold watch, and chain, and other other articles of jewellery, which were subse quently advertised for sale on behalf of the seizing party by Mr. Isaacs, th auctioneer. A brother of Mr. Cole attended the sale, and made the purchase of what he conceived to be the seized articles, but upon examination it came out that the goods were not the articles that were seized, but jewellery of an inferior character which had been substituted. Some proceedings arose in consequence of this disco very, when Mr. Lewis, Mr. Isaacs, and other parties were brought up before Mr. Alderman Farebrother on the charge of conspiracy, with intention to defraud. The goods sold to Cole's brother, with those that were ascertained to be the goods actually seized were produced in Court, and at tits order of the Alderman, Mr. Roe, the officer of the Court, was instructed to take possession of them, and Mr. Lewis was held in bail for a charge that might be preferred against him at the ensuing Central Criminal Court. The second examination at Guildhall took place on the 19th of April. The ensuing sessions were held ou the 12th of May, but the case did not come on then. In the meantime an ar rangement was come to between the parties, Mr. Lewis giving an undertaking, that if no further proceedings were taken he would deliver up the goods, and meet certain expenses arising out of the proceedings. On the 9th of June a demand was made on the defendant, Mr. Roe, to give up the goods, in order to be able to fulfil the undertaking entered into by Mr. Cole's attorney. Mr. Roe re fused ; and at the sessions held on the 20th June, a verdict of " not guilty" was, with consent, entered, and the matter was disposed of, subject to the undertaking being completed. The present action, therefore, was brought against Roe for detaining the goods when demanded to deliver them up on the 9th of June, and after the parties had compromised the matter. Counsel to-day was heard on both sides, and a host of witnesses examined, the Learned Gentleman for the plaintiff dwelling strongly on the difficulty his client was placed in, after having made an ar rangement, not being enabled to carry it into effect from the deten tion of the goods, thus being subject to an action for not fulfilling the contract he had been a party to. Mr. Justice PATTESON, in charging the jury, said that it was per fectly clear that the magistrate bad a right to order the goods to he detained, to satisfy the ends of justice, and that the officer had a right to bold them and not to deliver them up to any one till the matter was finally disposed of in Court. Now, the demand was made on the 9th of June, and the case was not before the sessions till after the /oth ; the point, therefore, they had t^ consider was, did the de fendant, under the circumstances, detain the goods with the object of unlawfully converting them to his own use, or of depriving the plain tiff of the permanent use of them. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 18. (Sittings at .Nisi Prius, before the Loan extEr BARON and Middlesex Special Juries.) The cases of "the Attorney-General v. *. Bailey," and of "the At torney-General v. J. Bailey," were called on this morning for trial, but the same objection in law being taken in them on behalf of the respective defendants as was urged yesterday in the case of " the Attorney-General v. C. Bailey," by Mr. Martin, the Court directed them to be placed in the list of remanents for Michaelmas Term. In the case of the Attorney-General v. Griffiths, for the illegal dis tillation of spirits, a verdict was entered for tne Crown. The Court afterwards sat in banco, for the first time OUt of term, according to previous notice. SHERIFFS' COURT, June 18. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL) WEBB V. CROSS. SELLING OF PUTRID MEAT FOR NENVGATE-MAARIT.— The plaintiff in this action is a butcher in Newgate-market, and the defendant is a horse slaughterer at Camden Town. The action was brought to recover the sum of Si., for money had and received by defendant, under the following circum stances : The principal witnesses were George Benton, assistant to plaintiff, who proved that in April last plaintiff bargained with defendant for the carcase of a cow, which was said to be in the Ram Inn yard, Smithfield. Defendant said it was fresh, fat, and bright, like one he pointed out, and said it had been killed that morning by his son. Plaintiff said that if so he would give Si. for it. The money was paid, but when the cow was seen it was found to be unfit even for cats' meat. Thomas Fairey, a slaughterman in the Ram Inn yard, proved that defendant took the cow early in the morning, but after it was dressed witness found it so bad that he cut it in two and setit aside, as it was not fit for human food. Witness told defendant it was not fit to go to market, and he would not send it, or have anything to do with it? Defendant stood by whilst it was dressed. Defendant afterwards said he had sold it to plaintiff for 81. Witness would not have delivered it in the market, as he would have been liable to an action. :Witness recommended defendant to return the money, and take the cow away. Defendant said he would not ; he had got the money, and he would " stick" to it. He had known him sell other cows. Witness had never bought any himself. He sent for a policeman to see the meat, but he would not take the defendant into custody, and the meat was con demned. Wm. Grafton, one of defendant's men, gave the strongest evidence as to the bad state of the meat ; it was carried to the Ram on the knacker's cart. Defendant said he could make a better job of it than cutting it up into dogs' meat and he should try to get 91. or 101. for it. Defendant bought it of a person in Kentish-town for 275. 6d. It had died a natural death. Other evidence was adduced to the same effect. For the defence it was contended that in law no bargain could be set aside where there was any consideration, and if a person made a bad bargain he must put up with the loss. It was contended that, however ban a "knackerman" might be to sell an old diseased cow for human food, the butcher must be worse; arid the jury ought not to assist him by giving a verdict. Witnesses were called to prove that defendant gave 61. hi-. for the cow, and that it had nut died a natural death, but had been killed because it was very " weak on its legs" and " giddy." Mr. - Cooper, a veterinary surgeon, deposed that the cow was not diseased in the flesh, but had wnat is called the cold phellaim, which only affected the spine. Robert Hale, a slaughterman, said that the animal had been offered to him, but when he began to cut it he found it was a " stinker ;" it was a dead one, and must have been dead some days. Mr. Tnomas, for the plaintiff, in reply, said that the abuse of his client was unmerited, as he had been grossly imposed on, and the cow spoken of by Mr. Cooper could not be the one offered to be sold to Hale and the plaintiff. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and said that if the jury were of opinion that both parties were culpable—that was, if they thought the plaintiff had any notion that he was making a purchase of what was not exactly good, the de fendant would be entitled to the consideration. It would be seers that plaintiff had dealt with the defendant, knowing him to be a knackerman, and if he was only deceived as to the extent to which the meat had become bad, but thought it would just do, that would not entitle him to a verdict; but if, on the contrary, the plaintiff had been wholly deceived, and had not had what he had bargained fur, then there was a failure of con sideration. The jury retired, and on their return gave a verdict for the defendant, but expressed their opinion that the case was dis graceful, particularly on the part of the defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURE. (Before Baron Roue and Alderman Mvsattove.) John graham was placed at the bar, indicted for feloniously killing and slayiag Thos. Blewitt, in the month of May laat, in Drury-lane. Mr. 'MIND, who conducted the case for the prosecution, ad dressed the jury, and proceeded to call witnesses. Louisa Cook, having been sworn, stated that on Saturday, the 25th of April, she was passing through Drury-lane, about five minutes past eight o clock, when she met the prisoner, and pushed acciden tally against him. lie made use of a bad expression, and said, " liew did you do that ? Go along." She called him a puppy, and went up Prince's-street, but was followed by the prisoner, who caught her by the shoulder, and atter a few words went to Drury lane. Ile returned a second time, with a pistol under his right arm, and the witness said to him, " Ir you don't go away I'll give you in charge," and called out " Police." The prisoner ran away, and she saw no more of him till near an hour after, when he was in theacus tody of the police. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—She never saw the prisoner before that night. She was certain the prisoner is the same person. Willies's Hathaway, compositor, said about twenty-five minutes to nine o'clock on that night he saw the visoner in Drury-lane with a pistol presented in his right hand. Ile walked up to the witness, having the muzzle of the pistol presented at him. Witness moved aside and stood still, the prisoner also made a stop. There was another man near at the time. Immediately after witness heard a report of a pistol, and Blewitt say " I'm shot." The prisoner after wards ran away with the pistol in his hard. By the JUDGE—Witness saw the prisoner all the time, and when he fired he was but a yard from him. Blewitt stood near the wit • ness ; neither of them, however, had touched the prisoner. There were many others passing at the time. Charles Gilmour corroborated the testimony of the other witnesses. He saw both the prisoner and the deceased within five or six yards of each other, the prisoner having something in his right hand, and the instant atter he heard the report and saw the flash. The deceased staggered, and the prisoner stood for a minute and a half and than ran away. He heard the prisoner, after being caught, repeatedly say it was an accident. Cross-examined—The witness saw the prisoner's hands in a posi tion such as they would assume in reducing the pistol tojhalacock. Police-constable F 32 saw the occurrence, and heard the deceased cry out, "0 Lori, 0 dear t" Witness walked seven or eight paces, and met the prisoner, to whom he said, " Why, what's thematter ?" The prisoner risoner said his pistol had gone off by accident. Witness did not see anything in his hand, and as several persons cried out a man had shot himself, he let the prisoner John Fisher, a chimney-sweep, said he laid h Id of the prisoner go. and gave him into the custody of a policeman. The prisoner had a h pistolsTan,iafmoietnstahitynclni:ea leaden i b s u p l t o e :: diVahipoc powder r sa fi id as h k e o h n ad hi l m et . off Drury rhea, examined--Was 83 searched the prisoner at the station-house, n bullet had struck the fifth rib of the house-surgeons s et i sv d Kj e it o tn f the g , ;ll .B Co b l r l o e u g g e h rl t seventh. That wound was the cause tiie of Illewitt's death. on its entrance. and passed out near the Mr. CLARKSON then addressed ' chest. The having received a gun-st:ilere o w u he d n on Tl i t h om er as igh ß t a l After several witnesses were calledury in defence of the prisoner. After to speak to the prisoner's. Baron ROLFE went through the evidence, and addressed the jury at some length on the distinctions which hold between murder. manslaughter, and accident. The jury retired to consider their verdict at ten minutes past twelve o'clock, and had not returned their verdict at five o'el.,ck, coins five of them having by that time cautioned their wives by letter not to look for thrill before to-morrow morning. B a ron RoLFE, however, sent for them at six minutes after five o'clock, when the Court was about to rise, and said that he was afraid that the manner of his putti ng the case U them had perplexed them. 'there was wh a t h e would call that involved • culpable negligence, and manslaughter. There mitre do rashness, which was, however, was a more bold bra va still only manslaughter, though of a deeper shade. But th ere was a venial negligence, aga inst which ordiit theforprisoger.nary cou d not guard; if it n was What, the jury would acqu The jury then consulted for a few minutes, without ret i ring, and returned a verdict of 'Sot guilty. o be discharged. The prisoner was then ordere d t SELF-DEVOTION.—A very melancholy catastrophe occurred on Shun lay last at a place called Ballyglass, in the neigh. bourhood of Woodford. A man named Flanagan, tenant to the Hon. A. Nugent, who had been married only two months, accompan ed his wife to their farm for the purpose of milking the cows. While she was thus employed, the husbaEd went to bathe in an adjoining river ; his cries soon attracted his wife's attention ; she ran to his assist **lce. ounze ha , ithl ha the otrui ej Q ll2 zritted. au Tway niongr POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A stalwart powerful man, about 40 years of age, dressed in fashion able style, who on being charged at the station-house, described him self as " John Macdonald, captain in the British army, and at present residing at St. John's Wood," was placed at the bar to answer for committing the following outrageous and unprovoked assault upon Mr. John Lovelace, a tradesman, living at No. 16, Casle-street, Leicester-square. The complainant stated that between eleven and twelve o'clock en Wednesday, as he was entering the doer of his own residence, the defendant suddenly came upon him, and striking him a heavy blow on the head felled him to the ground. Whilst he was lying prostrate on the footway pavement, and nearly insensible from the effects of the defendant's violence, he 4 e a furious kick at a part of com plainant's ;'erson likely to produce the most serious, if not fatal con sequences. Fortunately at the instant police-sergeant No. 115 of the C division came up and secured the defendant. The sergeant said he was on the opposite side of the way and wit nessed the attack made by the defendant upon the complainant; it was of a most violent and brutal description ; the comptinant most luckily escaped the injury the defendant evidently intended by the kick he attempted to inflict. Mr. Mixrav asked ,f the complainant gave the defendant any pro vocation whatever? The complainant—None in the least. _ _ _ . _ _ Mr. MAx.Tay—Do you koow him? Complainant—l certainly do by sight, he having greatly annoyed and forced his company on a lady living in our house. tine is a married woman, and wishes to dispense with the detendant's importunities; he will, however, take no denial, an., has repeatedly scaled the wall to get to the lady's chamber at night. The lady is in the receipt of a handsome annuity, a share of which .seems particularly attractive to the defendant. Mr. INlAtany asked the defendant what he had to say In answer to the charge against him? The defendant said that the complainant had grossly insulted him by calling him opprobrlus names. He would not have lifted hiN hand aaainst such a person without the strongest provocation. He denied having actually kicked the de fendant, although he said he deserved It. Mr. Mahraysald the charge was proved to his satisfaction, and he should impose a tine of 51., or two months' imprisonment en the defendant, who not having the r - Auired, amount was locked up. WORSHIP-STREET. Wednesday two young German women, named - Mary and Elizabeth Kauffman, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having absconded from their bail, under the following remarkable circumstances : On the preceding evening three Germans attended at the court, and, after drawing the magistrate's attention to a re port in a newspaper, detailing the particulars of a horrible outrage that had been perpetrated upon two women in York shire, about two months since, by six men, five of whom had subsequently been taken into custody and committed to York Castle to await their trial at the ensuing assizes for that county, and the facts of which outrage excited much public attention at the time, from their being attended with cir cumstances of peculiar atrocity, the applicants proceeded to state that the injured women, whose master had been bound over for their appearance to prosecute, had been since tam pered with by a relative of the prisoners, and brought up to Landon, where they had been placed in temporary lodgings, and had places taken for them in a steam-packet, which was to sail the next morning for the continent; and they there fore sought the magistrate's instant interposition to secure the young women's persons, or they would, in a few hours, be out of his jurisdiction, and the ends of justice be entirely defeated. Upon hearing this statement, Mr. Bingham placed the matter in the hands of Rowland, the warrant-officer, who forthwith accompanied the Applicants to a lodging- house in Buckly-street, Whitechapel, where the two prisoners were pointed out to him as the persons in question, and he there fore took them into custody. In answer to questions from the magistrate, the elder of the young women, appaarently about twenty years of age, now stated, that she and her sister had been brought over to this country about two years since, under articles of indenture for three years, to serve a fellow-countryman of theirs, named Conrad Mauritz, as itinerant musi cians, and that while travelling together at the time above mentioned in a secluded part of the country in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, they were suddenly set upon by six men, who overcame their resistance by the most brutal violence, and ultimately in succession sub jected one of them (the eldest) to treatment of too shocking a nature to be further described, the youngest only escap ing the final act of atrocity to which her unfortunate sister had been exposed, by precipitate flight, while the eldest was struggling with her a.ssailsnt.. Five of the ruffians were ap prehended on the following morning and committed for trial by the local magistracy, who also bound over Mauritz to prosecute, and produce them (the young women) as wit ne-ses ; but the sister of one of the men had since found means to communicate with them, and having frightened them by telling them that if they ventured to appear at the trial against their assailants their lives would certainly be sacrificed, made them engage to quit this country imme diately. The woman afterwards presented each of them with a sovereign and an outfit of clothing, and having brought them to town by the railway, purchased a passage for each of them in a Calais steam-brit, in which they were to have sailed that very morning for France, had they not been taken into custody on the night before. A G..rnia r woman, named Isabella Sorg, was then called, arid stated, that at a late hour on Sunday evening last the two prisoners were brought into her house by a woman, who hired an apartment for them for a few days, and having seen them safely deposited there, went away. Soon after she had left, however, thinking the circumstance bore a very suspi cious appearance, she engaged the young women in conversa tion, and having ascertained from them the facts one of the girls had just stated, she immediately informed her husband, and the result was that the prisoners were placed in the care of the police, who conveyed them to the station. The two girls had only been removed a very short time by the con stable, when the same woman who had taken the lodging for them called at the witness's house, and demanded to know why they had not kept their appointment, and met her at the steam-packet wharf; but upon being apprised of the cause of their not doing so, she made a precipitate retreat, and had not been found since. Mr. BROUGHTON said that it was manifest an infamous conspiracy had been resorted to to stop the course of ustice in one of the most monstrous outrages that had ever come under his notice, by procuring the abduction of the only per sons whose evidence to the fact could be of any value ; and he therefore felt it his duty to order the young women to be kept in safe custody until the police authorities of the county in which the offence, or rather offences, had been perpe trated, could be made acquainted with what had taken place, and could adopt the proper steps to insure the attendance of the young women at the York assizes, when the trial of the ruffians eame on. The prisoners were afterwards removed in the van to the Westminister Bridewell. SOUTH IVA 17K. John Rohe, a powerful-looking man, was charged with assaulting, with intent to rob, a Mr. Tilley, and also with making a very determined resistance on being taken into custody. The complainant stated that on the preceding afternoon he had just quitted a shop in High. street with a Mr. Grant, who had just got outside the door, and was reckoning some money, when the prisoner came up and made a sudden snatch at it. The complainant, however, closed his hand at the moment, and thus prevented the attempt being carried into effect, when the prisoner, disappointed, rushed at him, and struck him a tremendous blow under the ear, which knocked him down. The complainant's friend, Mr. Grant, here interfered, and was also assaulted and knocked down ; and when he called out for assistance, the prisoner, with an oath, swore that he would rip up the first policeman that attempted to take him. Several policemen came to the spot, and after a most determined resistance the prisoner was at length secured and . taken to the station house. In the course of the examination, it was stated that the prisoner had been recenly liberated fro m gao l, a ft er undergoing two years' imprisonment for a simil ar o ff ence , and that in fact he had suffered incarceration on many other occasions. The prisoner was committed. WESTMINSTER. Yesterday George Jonei, alias itri/cox, a young man who has been before in custody for felony, was charged with the following impudent robbery : At about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, Benjamin Burn, police -constable 150 B, saw the prisoner step from the cell of the parlour-window of Mrs. Dowling, No. 2, Stafford-row, Pimlico, on to the area railings in front of the house, and thence jump to the ground, and run off at full speed. The policeman pursued him, and after a sharp run of nearly a mile captured the fellow, and, having no ; doubt that he bad purloined something from The house he had seen him leave, immediately searched him, and found in his pocket a silver cream ewer, a very handsome silver mustard pot, and five silver spoow, which were identified by Mrs. Dowling's son as her property. They were articles of plate in common use at Mrs. a.wling's. and had been placed on the breakfast table by the servant a few minutes only before they were stolen. The parlour window had been left open, and the prisoner must have entered in the same way as he was seen to leave.—He was committed for trial. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1A46.1 ATTEMPTED MURDER. r 7 On Wednesday, shortly before ten o'clock, the vicinity of Drury-lane again became the scene of alarm, occasioned by another deliberate attempt at assassination, which will, in all probability, terminate fatally to the unfortunate victim. From the particulars collected, it appears that at the hour above-mentioned loud screams were heard to proceed from the kitchen of the house No. 3, Feathers -court, occupied by a man named Hannan, and his wife, Margaret Hannan; and, in an instaat after, a woman was seen rushing from the house into the court bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in the neck. The poor creature staggered, and fell into the arms of some neighbours, who, attracted by her screams, had assembled around the house. She was sensible at the time, and exclaimed, " Oh, my husband has stabbed me !" With out loss of time the unfortunate woman was carried to the shop of Mr. Walker, the surgeon at the corner of Black moor -street, when, on examination by that gentleman, a large wound was discovered in her neck on the right side, in length upwards of three inches, and completely dividing the external jugular vein on that side. The blood was copiously from th e wou nd, and it was with some diffi culty Mr. Walker succeeded in tying the jugular vein, and in sewing up the gash. Having effected this, however, the woman was conveyed i n a f a i n ting condition to King's Col lege Hospital, where she was placed under the care of Mr. Duncan, the hous e surgeon , by w hom she is pronounced in a very dangerous condition. The alarm created by the occur rence drew the attention of the police to the spot, and the husband, Han nan , was i nstan tly t a ken into custody in tha passage of the house, and conveyed to Bow-street station. On the ar r i va l o f t h e accuse d at t h e s t a ti o n-house the charge was taken against him by Mr. Inspector Logan, and, in answer to interrogatories, he said his name was John Hannan, that he was a bricklayer by trade, but got his living by selling playbills at the Princess's Theatre, and carrying boards. He denied the charge against him, and said if anything had happened to his wife she did it herself. At the time of the screams he had just come home, and was on his way to the kitchen ; but had not seen his wifa since three o'clock in the afternoon; that previous to that he pawned his coat, and they spent part of the money in drink together; and that his wife, who is a cripple, and walks with a crutch, had been continually drunk for the last three weeks. He added that he was the father of the child known as General Tom Thumb. Inspector Logan inquired of the constable who took the prisoner if he had been minutely searched, and if any weapon had been found, to which a reply was given that he had been searched, as also the house, and that no weapon had been found, nor was there any blood on his the was presence refsed, o a f n i d h the e inspector, as loc locked at up.no t a marks oe appears rs f bloodwere romti clothes. The accused was then more minutely examined in found on him. He then asked to be admitted to bail, but o t h n e d a y,e‘, several a l aS oc N c v as as i frequently q t t h i e r n e tal threatened n ed their t o c custom ie r an h d er. tha T t h h e e m h a a n d , statements of the lodgers in the same house, that the man Hannan and his wife had been quarrelling and drinking all murder however, when brought into the station at Bow-street, ap peared perfectly sober. The last account at the hospital, as to the state of the wom an , was t h at s h e was in a very dan gerous condition. She persists in the statement that her husband stabbed her with a white handled knife, but which has not been found. torture " whi c h [ ADV ERTISEMENT.]—Do vou wish to avid all the shavi ng h as enta il ed upon your chins? " t h en hasten and t r y R o-s and Sons' newly invented Railway Strol so named, as it enabl es you to shave yourself at a railway pact and with as littl e f riction, making even the commonest ram cut well. 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Copeman 5,337 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Bickford and Hunt .. 38,389 13aldoek 11,nk and Bald .ek and Bivgleswade Br.k, •ialdoek—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... Barnitar.;e Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Cole. Seymour, and Co. Bed'oid Bank, Belford—'l'. Barnard 13edford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— Trapp, llalfhead, and Co Bend toy Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank. Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham —Lewis, Meilliett, and Co Biandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co Bridgw-ter Bank, Bridgwater—E. & J. Sen'ey Bristel Bank, Bristol-7tfile ,, , Harford, and Co. Brosek-, , and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and 13roseley Bank. Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard luck ino ham Bank, Buckingham —Bartlett, Parrett, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market 34.427 12 299 23,775 33,954 7,990 15.653 25,454 24,081 17,064 8.548 75,187 9.734 9 , 5 65 41,765 23,442 26,051 Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan. and Co. Baol ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. Pano:iry Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... Batt - City Bank, Bath—Mager and Son lied'ordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton 72,018 37.848 48,863 3,310 Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Binningham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradtord Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. 36,664 37,627 and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 1 ridport Bank, Brid port—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, 12.643 68,106 23,696 and Borrer Burling-ton and Driffield Bank, Burlington— 28,018 Ilardinv„ Smith. and Co Bury St. Edrnunds_l3ink, Bury St. Edwunds— 12,283 J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stombridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and 3,143 16.014 Sons tambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge— Messrs. F..rsters Canterbury Bank, Canterioury—Hammond and 23.b67 49,766 Co - Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 25,607 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey--,Messrs. La Cosre Colchester Bank, Colchester—Hound, Green, 23.076 3,115 and Co. Colehestur and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and liadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 20,380 36,074 45,781 cock t'itti• Bank. Exeter—Milf ad and Co Craven Bank, Settle— Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Chri,tchurch—Tice, Welsh, 7,775 19.817 73,278 and Co Cardiff Bank. Cardiff—Towgo.4 and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. I )erby Batik, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bauk, Devize3—Hugbes, 2.190 6,291 9,291 11.728 38,811 24,664 Locke, and Co I)iss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— 17.736 10,604 12,331 (look and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham. and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 57,271 84,559 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. 107,110 East. Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Watford and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- 8,941 45,4 E 49,701 53,551 30,255 heck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 7,833 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 13,208 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 4,820 Got - Wining Bank. Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King 17,833 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... 12,447 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 28,083 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. 31,366 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware— 19,961 S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,453 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall 22,762 Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. 35,740 Hereford Ross, and Archenfie'd Bank, and Ross aril h.rchenfield Baak, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 27,833 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Iladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexai ders anzl Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer liin t ,,rton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J - Davies and CO 25,159 Knighton Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co 9,265 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna •esborough —Terry and Co 20,826 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and C( Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gotch and Sons 8,520 Lane Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C llarv, y and Son Leeds Hank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 53,178 Ikeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown, and C i. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and _ • Congleton Bank.Leek—Fowler,Gaunt. and Co. 3.816 Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 29,314 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 39.924 LiohFeld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 19,671 Lincoin Bank. Lincoln—• Smith and Co 86,562 Llan..lovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. '...ouf , hborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle _ . . _ t.,na and e'radock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co 12.416 Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co 6,716 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 14,112 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bulk, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 10,237 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyurns and Co 16,526 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 27,125 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon _ Bank, Chepstow B mit. Chepstow Old Bank, and Boss and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead 16,815 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 27,148 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 36,904 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son 19,800 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson 2,580 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and udsons 38,825 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur -70,212 neys end Co Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart. Fellows, and Co ............. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcock n C 0............... . .................... ... ..ar;_s. ..... 5,582 Naval Bank, Plyiaouth—Harns, H i , d . ...................... 22,573 Everett, and New Serum Ban Co ....................................... Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 29,089 Os% estry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os weetrv—Croxon a d n C .......... . ............. 17,762 Oxtord 'B a nk, Oxford—J. o and R. M0rre11...,,,. 12,037 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson... ................. .. . . ... ...... 33,014 Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and ° Wells:Weil Old aud Ba.nk,Trbri_dge and Tunbridge e Sevenoaka Bank, Toabridge-- 29eching and 6-au., ........... .... it, 9,057 Average Amount Oxford:lbl7e Witney Bank Witney—William , ,, Clinch, and Go.. Pease's (►ld Bank-, Hull. the Hull old Bank and Beverl. y Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank. P4.nzance—Batten and Co I ?eierborough Ban2t .and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Banl:. Peterborough —Simpson, White, and Simpson Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordaest—J. and %V. Walters Penzance Union Bank. Falmouth Bank, and Trurn Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthuven, a",-(1 Reading Bank, Readkng--Sitnotids and Co li, , adiog Bank, licading--Stephens, Moldy. and Co Richmond Bank. Richmond —Sta plet , in and ('0... Ringwood and Poole Batik, and Town and County of Pool, B.itik, Ringwood—Lrdgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Wetaiale—aeroent, RON ds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strout Batik, 'Roches ter—Day and Nich. lson. Romsey and lituripshir, Bank, !lonise) , —Foi.t_ tier and Sun R iyston Bank, ltorstott—Fordharn anc Sons... Hu& Bank. Rugl 7 l 3 —Undo, and Son. Ry,- Bank, Rye—Curteis. Poinfta-t, and Co Reigate and Darking Batik, and lt , igate. Croy - don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nat.h and Co Ross (ill Bank, IL retordshire, Ross—Pritchard an ,1 Allaw ay ..• Saffron Walden and Norti. Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury —Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough ()id Bank, 3carborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury and Marae. Dray. on Bank, Shrews bury—Adams. Adati.s, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bark, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, 'ahr. wsbury— Rocke, Eyt,,ns, and Co. Sittinghourne gni Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and -on Southampton T. and County Bank, South ampton —Maddi:, , , and Son Southwell Bank, :ionthwell—Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank. 'it. Alban's —J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Batik, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and 11-.mpshire Bunk, Southamp ton—Ai herly at--d Fall Stone Bank, Stony—W. Moore Stourbridge Bat. Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Ca Stafford Old Bank, f;tafford —Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourhridge Old Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrew%bury and Welshpoid Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward. and Co. St. Alban's and Hertz Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart... Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs, Badcock Tavistock Bank, J'avirtock—Gill, Rundle, and Co Thornbury Bank, rhornbury—Rol ph, Yates, and Parslot; Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-1 inns ford and Barn Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Tnrapst in— Yorke and ElAnd Tring Bank aid Chesham Bank, Tring— But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S 9,964 47,028 11,114 8,231 11,218 12.522 17.149 38.334 6,494 10,507 4,743 9,468 3.555 15,755 11,899 18,768 14,306 4,235 36,168 17,460 24 449 8,059 40,384 3,830 9,238 6,219 7,222 15.830 13.036 29,827 17,950 24,153 2.315 27,705 12,237 8,636 10,187 11.478 12,568 Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helton—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old think, Uxbridge—Hull, smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, I‘'allingford—Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. Weill. gton Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Bnithers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, WaApfield--L. wham, Tew, and Co Whi'by Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, arid Aiton Bank, Win chester— Bulprtt and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Batik, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth--Elliott and Pears.. Wirkesworth arid Ashhourne D.-rbyshire Bank, Wirkeswnrth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbtch— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscomiie Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good riche and E 1 lyoake. Worcester Bank. W, 'roes ter—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 84,099 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner 9.232 17,085 25.298 9,600 28,295 3,772 49,032 14,605 22,335 6 431 15.930 35,A80 53,035 6,39 9,792 13,215 12,627 Whitby -. Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons _ _ . Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 1,847 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbe , dc. and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon. Bart., and Co 9,539 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten 9,523 York Bang. York —Svt ann, Clough, and Co 44,794 JOINT. STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal ... Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 50,242 Bilston District Banking Company. Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company. Brad ford .... 17,152 Burton, Ult. , oceter. and -tatfordsl ire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesiertielt l tutu North Derbyshire Banking Company. Chesterfield Cumberlani anion BAnking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Ch. itenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry.. 11,661 Como% of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19.182 Dudley and Wet Bruin wich .`tanking Company, Dudley Del by and Derbyshire Banking Company Derby 19,705 Dirlington I Httriet Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Rank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 154 , 1146 Halifax Joint-St-ek Bank, Halifax 18,369 Huddersfield Banking Company, HudderAield 32,291 Hull Banking Company. Hull Halifax Comith-reial Banking Company, Hali , ax 11,610 Halifax a , d Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company. Helston 1,451 Herefordshire Banking Company, Heretord 22,217 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbri.k.e joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,806 Lancaster Bailing Company, Lancaster 59.014 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Bankint. Company, Leicester Lincoln an Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 45,911 Leamingto 1 Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds 706 Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 12,053 Ludlow an.i Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,858 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing l'ompany, Nottingham 27,073 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company. Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 72,098 National Provincialißank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilt- Banking Company, Melksham 57,324 Northamptintshire Union Bank, Northampton 75,150 Northampton. hire Banking Company, North -23 180 ampton North and S .ut•ti Wales Bank, Liverpool ................ 1 .. 56 , 780 Pares's Leictsti rshire Banking Company. L 53.805 asiln,i,ki.:ln s h i r 0 Banking s toe k Company, B nki ' 4 4 5 9 , , 2 1 6 6 3 3 sa c d e d s i te ew r orth . ria . n . k .. i ........ . C .. i . n . n . i. . ;;; ;.. . s .. ffi.. .. de . id . d . l ............. ......... . ... ... 311:74: Shc minki,g Com .. f fi l nr b e e yl r,diß' d s e a ga tn ßn o eß d k u a n : n r n :1 g e Sh p e a ffi r Stamford, i el , d s ß t a S a m p r4 a l : o l l d r y d i :F t; !., . Company, .a . n . .. i .......... ................ 0. . .. In. . Bank, Somerset portStshire Lang uckaiundg .......................... .................. s.t.l 326.734 S B hi a ff n i k i i i i i i . g C . Company, Kidderminster 57,448 ShropshiresSthopeu Sheffield ... ................... 24 608 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stoc k Bar:king . ... ............ . 54,552 Company, St,-.ili,;.'d ..... ........ Swaledale and Wensleydale Richmond ... .., StJekton and D ur h am C • 49,860 County Banking Com pany, Stockton 6,429 Storey and Tholuas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury .. • 9,713 Sheffield and R et f er d B an k , Sheffield ... Suffolk Bankin C mipany, Ipswich Wolverhampton a.i,lStaffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolvei - ha,mpcon 35,020 Wakefield and Bantsley Union Bank, Wakefield 11.578 Whitehaven J , ,iot.Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven .. .. . Warwick and Le...ton gton Banking Company, Leamington West of England and South Wales District B&Uktbribtat .6 .......... ..is ..... motions ..... im MPS. Average Amoun Wilts awl Dorset Banking Coniparp,, Salisbury 65,797 West Riding Union Bai king Con , paily, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking;' Company, Whitchurch .. Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester.... , 6,570 York Union Banking Company, York 69,976 York City and County Banking Company, York 89.057 Yorkshire Banking Company, 14,4,,1s P. li ti', AN S, Registrat o f Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, June 13, 1846. MARK ET NEWS— ( Y EsTERDAY.) Y MA SMITHFIELD -- 31eadow Hay, 3/ to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 4/ is to 5/ Iss ; Oat traw, I/ lOs to II 12s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s W 1114 s per load. Trade • nil, at but little alteration in prices. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Ilay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 4/ 55 to 51 I4s; Oat Straw, I/ lOs to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, II 12s to 11 145 per bald. Stmply moderately good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—M (WI OW Ilay, 3/ to 4/; Clover ditto. 41 5s to 5. I7s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 10s to I/ 12s ; Wheat Straw. Il I2s to 11 1 4 $ per load. A lull average sut ply, and a heavy demand. New Meadow Hay was selling at from 2155 to 31 75 per load. MEAT cIOUTTIALL, JUNE 17.—We had a very steady demand. for Prim e Sheep. Lambs, and Calves, t very MN prices In aU other kiwis of stock exceedingly littl e b us i ness was doing. e 4 from 2s $d to 4s ; Mutton, 4d to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s Id ; and Park, 3s lOU to 4s 8d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JUNE 17.—Prime stock moved off steadily at extreme currencies, othvrw-se the demand rule heavy. Beef from 25 tied to 4s; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to Gs 2d ; Veal, 4$ to 4s 8d; and Pork, 45 to 4s 81 per bibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 205 ; Quarter-- old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small CAM 161 to 181 lOs each. LEWES, JUNE 16.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 8d to tts 4d; Lamb, 58 to 6s ; Veal, 4s to 4.-! 8d ; and Polk, 48 to 4s 8d per Bibs. Supply good, and trade dull. NEWGATE r• TACILDE:NEt ALL- We had only a moderate supply of each kiln! of Meat, yet the genea l , demand was in a very sluggi s h s t ate on the follow i nK ter ms :—Beer, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10(1 to 4s; Lamb, 5s 4d to V , al, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3 s 4d to 4s 10,1 per Bibs. by the carcase. 0 4d ; CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Wee, ended June 13, 1x46, m a C ae up from t h e Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. _ 1 WIIF.AT . l BARLEY. OA I.S. 1 BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 52s Od 27s Id 23s /id :25 4d 35s 8d 34s 9d DUTY ... , 8, . a 98 Od 5s i d 98 (id 7 6d 83 6d RAILWAY '4ll KL *IARKETS. MANCHESTER. JUNE 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. The `ate , . .re —Bideford and Tavietock, 21s. 9d.— Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, 1% dis. -Ch- ster and Manchester Direct, 1 1 4 dis.- Churnet and Blythe, 7 Cis. - DerbY and Crewe, 4 1 / 2 p.—Eastern counties, 24 1 ,4 Ditto York Extension. I Is. .11. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and W es t Riding Su iction, dis.-- Grand Union, y 4 dis. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway And Canal, 1 dis.- Lancashire and North York hire, 14 dis.—Leeds. Dewsbury, and 3lancheater, p. Leicester and Bedford, 1-1 6 dis.- Liverpool, Ormskirk, t'reston, p.-- Liverpool, Preston. Manchester, and Stockport par c.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock. and Midla d, 14s. p.—Manchester arid Bi mingham, Quarters (A) , 9 p.—Ditto, ditto (11), 9 1 / 2 p. Manchester, Midt,nd, and. Great Grimsby, % dis. --Northuoita nand and Lancashire, 15s. 6d. die. — North Hasten., 345. dis.—North Staffordshire, 4—Oldham, Birken head, &c., 1 1 / 2 dis. Preston and Wyre, 30 1 / 2 —Ditto, Halves (B), TI. p.—Sheffield attd Lincolnshire Junction, par—Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. 3, 5-16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover. Heav es (No 4), 3s p.c..—West Hiding Union, p.—Paris and Lyons, Con. stituted, 1 5-16 p. LEEDS, JurNE 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.-1115 sales are—East Lancashire, 2U P. -- ; Great ~ritnsk- aid Sheffield Extension, 19s. dis.—Lluct creed and ShefMeld, 5 p. cash—Leeds and Bradford, 2644, p.—Leeds and Thirsk. 51 3 , dis.—Midland, New, 13 p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 9 , P* Cll- -- York and North Midland (East and est Riding) 9% p" - theroe Junction, 235. dis. Leeds and York, 1% dis.—Leeds, WAk e• field, and Midland, dis —Leicester and Bedtord, Is. 6d dia.—Lin . cA in, Yor , •, and Lek.ds, '23s. 6d.dis.—Liverp 01, Qrmskirk. and Pres ton, I Is. p. -London and Manchester (Rem.), 398. dls.- Manchester. Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 12s. 6d. p. Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 16s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 31. 178. P*- Nora Western. Is. p.—Oxford, Wl tne y, an d Ch e l ten ham, 20s. 6u. dis.—South and Midland Junction, lis 6d. dis.— West :Riding VW"' 41. 3s. HULL. Jurtz 17. Srocit EXCHAN.E.—The sales are—North British, Carlisle, 3 35 . 6d. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 12s. 6d.—East Lincolnshire , 15s. 9d. - Hull and Barnsley Junction 295. 3d.- Leicester and Bed ford, 21s.- Leicester and Ttunworth, 255. - London and York. 39s. — London and Manchester (Remington's). I 4s. Gd.—Malton and Driffhld Junction, 525.-. Manchester, Buxton and Matlock, 21. 15s. ritt.— North Western, 235. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 51. 18s. 3d.—South Midland, 295. 6d.—West Riding Union, 4/. 3s. SEIEFFIELD. JCNE 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are -- Midland. Sheffield and Ro therham, 356 - South-Eastern, 39 Grimsby and Sheffield Exten sion, 21s. dis.—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 16s. dis. Leeds. Wakefield, and Midland, 16s. dis. - Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 2s. db. —Ditto, Extension, 21s.dis.—Shefileld, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe. 13s. dis. YORK, JUNE 17. smut Emu's. Nat.— The sales ;Ire - Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, I L -Gran_i Union (Nottingham and Lynn), I2s. 6d.—Leicester aad Bedford, 11. Is.— Malton and Di iffiedd junction, 2% --Manches ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. its. 6d.—Newcastle and Darlington, Branding, 44 -Ditto, Extensions. 9—North British. Carliole Extension, 1. Hs. 6d.- Ditto, Dar.elth, 31—York and North Midland, Sea, borough Branch, Atl - Ditto, Extension, 335( - •• Ditto, New (East and we,t. Riding). 101 EDINBURGH, JUNK 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sales are- Aberdeen, Si. 55.--Aberdee ll s Banff, and Elgin, IL Gs. 6d. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 811. - Arbroath and Foliar, 271. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 108.- Ayr and Galloway, 11. 45.-Banffshire, 165.-British and Irish Union, 21. 2s. 6d.-Caleileulan, 111.-Ditto, New, 1/. 195.-Caledo - Mall Extension, 11. Bs. Bd.- Caledonian and Dumbarton, I/. 85 6d. - Caledonian and Northern Direct, 11. 1.43.- Clydesdale Junctloll, 131.-Direct Northern, 11 168 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 381. - Ditto, New, 211. ft.-Dundee and Perth, 171. 55.-East of Fife, 1/. 11s.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 11. 63.-- Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 2s.- Edinburgh and Glasgow. 751.- Ditto, Halt shares, 17/. Ds. - Ditto. Quarters, Ditto, dittO, New, 181.-Edinburgh and 1 etth Atmospheric, 18s. - Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton, 151. 10s.- Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, 5/. IN.-Ditto, Newport, Os. 6d.- Ditto, r.ochgellf. It. 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, it. 11s. 6d.- Edinburgh and Perth, IL 19s. -Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 17s. -Glasgow and Ayrshire. 73/. 10s.-Ditto. New Stock, 321. 10s.- Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. IN.-Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle, 21. is. 6d. Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 125.-Garukirk and Glasgow. 401. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s.- Ditto, New, 81. 155.- Ditto, Preference. It. 155.-Great nwth of Scotland, 11. 135.-Gran ton Junction, IN.-Inverness and Elgur, I/. Is. 6d. - London and York, 21. 4s. 6d.-North British, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 111. -Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, I/. 13s. 6d.- Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. 12s. 6d -Scottish Central, 15.1. 165.- Ditto, New, 71. 55.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction. 11. 10s,-Scottish Midland, 7/.-Scottish southern, 11. 17s. 6d. -Stirling and Dunfermline, I/. 10s. 6d. GLASGOW. JUNE lg. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sale- ire-Airdrie and Bathgate, 78s. —A, r and Galloway, 945. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Ex tension, 245. 6d.—Caledonian Direct Northern, 345. 6d.—East In dian Railway. 9s. 94.—Glasgow and Belfast Union. 404. 6d. - Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 295. 6d.— Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 308 —Lame. Belfast, and Ballymena ss.—Lesmaltagow, 50s.—Scottish Southern, 375. Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc tion, 30s.—Slama. mot and Borrowstouness, Midland Junction, 475. 658.—salingshire and [ADVERTISEMENT.]—LeadiPs. travelling or Other' wise exposed to the scorching rays of the summer sun, will find Rowlana's Kalydor a most refreshing preparation for the curt plexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The in memoa varieties of cutaneous eruptions, sunburn, freckles, tan. and discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately clear and soft. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy and haute vntee. Beware of spurious " Kaly dors" for sale, containing mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the Com plexion, and by their repellent action endangering health. See that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an engraving of exquisite beauty, from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co.) All others are fraudulent counterfeits. COLLISIoN ON THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY On Sunday morning last a collision took place on the Grand Junction Railway, about four miles beyond Crewe, which caused great con sternation to a very long train of passengers, and resulted in a grea t many severe contusions and bruises ; but no life was lost, and We ha e not heard of any fractures It seems that the cheap excursion train, which left Manchester for London on Saturday, May 30 - rvie B 1 returning to Manchester on Sunday morning last, consisting of 39 first, second, and third-class carriages. drawn by one engine. It was about six o'clock in the morning, the atmosphere ve r y thick and misty, when the traits came suddenly upon tour Or five a ationary goods-trucks, some empty and some loaded, and by the collision with these trucks the p ssengers were thrown violently against each other, or against the inside of the carriagea, manY re ceiving severe bruises on the head,'lac e . shoulders, &c., and a num ber suffered from black eyes. As to th ( c a u se of the collision, it seem s a goods' train from Birmingham, which had preceded the excu rsion train some tine, had, by some accident, lost or left a part of RS trucks on the line. Fortunately, owing to the misty state o f the atmosphere, the train was going slowly at the time, or the conse quences of the collision would have been mush more strfous.—Ma n ' Mester Guardian. PUBLIC BATHS —At the meeting of' the Chester Town Council on Friday last, a memoral was laid before that body, with reference i 0 the construction of baths for the use of the operative classes of this city. The council , having no surplus estates , were of course unable to aid the memorialists by a grant of public money for the purpose ; but they appear , d unanimously to approve of the ob ject the memorialists had in view, and made the offer of a piece of land, supposed to be convenient tor the erection of the required build ings. The Mayor, and several other members of the council liberally promi-cd to come forward, if the baths were erected by public stlb scription.— Chester Courant. THE NIOHTINOALE.—SeveraI provincial pipers no- • tice that the nightingale has been this year heard in places where his note had not previously awakened the echoes of night. Frosrabeneun merous other parts of England this delightful songsterwhamung. driven by the railroads, therefore he must search for I wher the railway tunne , e their own most beautl several years is that part cf Hampstead near disturb the silence of mid the steam-whistle and the signal-bell aloneis never ted by night places. Among other places where his note has not bee ne n heard for night. Nightingale Wiley, at Clifton, from ful woods, by the constant blasting _f ^ W edit, slay the two hundred 10L— ,, " , ing des, as they have been °riven aw o a FOOT RACE FOR for Si.a s ide, Ins and Loved*, came off at yards' race between Coll good race the former won. Holloway, and after a fIoiLL O WAY ' S PILLS AND F [AnvgtamEDINNT . __..as ~x MO , t r linary are the known Ea' virtues if MALE COMPLAINTS. .--- the rocks. great many titled ladies Holloway's pills that It quantitiesg to distribute to an others are pur chasing theta largein a manner upon the 8 poor families. Thema pills art in so wonderfulDJ, (even on infants at theMen' and constitution of tom ides when * ring into womanhood , breast), that whether taken ' he ' -ene of this fl or at the turn of life, or at au/ ether time, a few doses fine medicine will alwaysproduce the desired effect, and restorehealth when every other faded. Sold by all medicine vendors, and remedy has esta blishment, 24 4 , Strand. London. at Professor Holloway's W O hi n te t . h E e s l q 7 .! h or in a st s . o , n in BIRTHS'. . Sussex -gardens, Hyde Park, the lady of B. r• On the 14th inst., at Colet-place, Commercial-road, Mrs. Jones Hawkins, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Hampton, the wife of T. H. Holberton, Est , of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at East Stoke, Dorset, the lady of the Bee. W. ' Buller, of a son. On the 15th Inst., at Newport, Isle of Wight, the wife of the R ev. W. H. Pa r k er, oI a daughter, still-horn. O4 Co t On the lfith i nst., at Spencer Farm, Great Yeldham. Essex, 14". John E. Coop er , ofa son. ilidestlr,e)talimin(s;tu.a, rds, atlN o ' f ir a ich so e n at . er, the lady of Captain l'irigram, o the MARRIED. On the 1 Ith inst., at Nether Cerne, Elizabeth Grace, of J. B. Knight, E s q.. t o W. S D av is, Esq., Lieutenant of thee 15th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry. fifth datttb te T On the I tth Inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, John Collin 'god, Egi*. of Brudinell-place, Holton, to Isabella, daughter of Thomas Clatet, Esq., of tVhitelt • ad's-grove, Chelsea. DIED. On the 14th inst ,in Park-road, Regent's park , Lady J a ne Milli' head, sister of the late Duke of Atholl. On the 22d of April last, at George Town, Demerftra, Alexander Cruikshank, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Pelham place, Brompton, the Rev. William Thomas Clarke, late of Melton Mowbray, aged 42. On the 13th inst., at Thurlow-Mace, Hackney, Miss Biles, aged 82 . On the 14th inst , at Shirley, Southampton, Dorothy Fryer, relict of the late J. C. Hyde, Egq., ag . ed 79. On the 14th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Henley, wife of Daniel Henley, of Durham-street, Vauxhall, aged 76 On the 1%11 inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, Elizabeth , the wife of William Courtney, Esq., aged 62. On the 16th inst., George, the fourth son of Thomas Smart, Esq., 0 Hackney, asze , l 28. London: Printed and Published by 11.' CHDO YOUNLI, of No. 112. Strand, Printer, at The Sur, Office, No. 112, Strand. in the Precinct of the SavoY• 11 the Co mit y of bliddlevar, 14461 16 131 13.164 1,989 21,513 _I