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them, they are permitted to accommodate their payments to their circumstances, or to discontinue them altogether; and even further, if needful to possess themselves .gain of the whole or any portion of the amount deposited during a series of years, together with the accumulation to which the po licy may have become entitled ; while to parents and those interested in the welfare of young persons, it offers such a beneficial mode of investment as cannot fail to be fully ap preciated. The advantages thus developed the directors believed to be as many and great as can be derived through the medium of life assurance, and the accumulative plan miay be consi dered as supplying all that was eficient in the ordinary sys tem. It exactly provides for the wants of those who desire that pecuniary provision in the event of death should ad vance with the increasing necessity for it; while to those who at any time wish to terminate their arrangements of this kind, it suggests a mode by which their object may be attained with the least possible loss or expense. As a pro vision for the young it must be considered invaluable, as at once guarding the parent from loss, while offering to the child an example of prudence and a stimulus to exertion. The directors of the City of London Life M.surance Com pany, in concluding this short explena ion of the accumu lative principle as applied to increase the usefulness of life assurance, venture to express their full confidence in the po pularity which it will acquire. They have resolved to carry it out in the way which will most conduce to its success, with caution and economy; and in endeavouring to secure the best scientific advice and assistance to guide them in the outset of their plan, they desire to give the strongest possible pledge that their subsequent course will be marked by a rigid regard to the security of the iuterests entrusted to their Management. . _ . . As the system of Accumulative Assurance is peculiar to the City of London Life Assurance Society, the directors, in introducing it to the public, would only further state that the calculations respecting it have been made expressly for them by Air. J. M. Rainbow, their consulting actuary, whose talents and experience will be a sufficient guarantee for ac curacy and security. Extract from the Accumulative Assurance Table, adopted by the City of London Life Assurance Society, showing the amount assured at the respective ages mentioned for each 100/. deposited. Amount Age Amount Aso, i Amount A g e ' Assured. * Assured. 1 —.--- - —' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d, 7 270 0 0 20 240 7 8 45 167 211 0 271 4 9 25 225 6 4 50 154 4 7 9 270 12 5 30 210 5 11 55 142 14 6 10 259 16 7 35 195 10 8 60 132 11 0 15 255 6 0 40 181 2 5 WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the scripholders in the Warwickshire and London Railway Company was held on Sa turday, in pursuance of Sir R. Peel's sessional orders, at the Euston- square Station of the London and Birmingham Rail way, for the purpose of approving or otherwise of the fol lowing Bills : A Bill for making a Railway from or near the city of Worcester to the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Weedon, with a branch to Alcester. A Bill for making a Railway from the London and Bir mingham Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of Warwick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish of Ashchurcti, in the county of Gloucester. A Bill for making a Railway from the London and Bir mingham Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in •Arden, in the county of Warwick, to the town of Banbury, in the county of 'Oxford. Mr. G. CAun GLYNN was voted to the chair, and in open ing the bu--iness or the meeting, he said he held in his hand a note from Lord Warwick, who was the provisional chair man of the Company, in which the Noble Lord expreised his regret at being unable to attend, in consequence of a pressing engagement. He need not go • into the merits of the Bill, because they had already been fully detailed some four or five times. They had all passed through standing orders, and now stood for committal in the week commencing the Bth of June, when the tug of war would be again re resumed.—(Cheers.) The Bills were then formally approved of, and the meet ing, which did not last more than five minutes, terminated. LONDON AND WINDSOR RAIL- WAY. SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and scripholders of this Company, took place on Saturday, in the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in compliance with the sessional orders of both Houses of Parliamenr. _ _ - -...-...-.... The SECILICSAILY read the advertisement convening the meeting, and the chair was taken at one o'clock by Major Boileau. The Cliniamaw, having briefly announced to the meeting that it was in compliance with tne sessional orders that they had been convened together, in order to decide whether they would proceed with their Bill in Parliament, adverted to the satisfactory prospects of the Company. Resolutions were then proposed in favour of proceeding With the line, which were carried unanimously. EAST INDIA HOUSE. The Court of Proprietors was specially summoned on Fri day to confirm the annuities to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough, as unanimously agreed to on the 13th instant. The Chairman (Mr. Hogg, M.P.), presided, and the proceedings of the last Court were confirmed. The CHAIRMAN said, that after the feeling expressed at the last meeting he need not make any observations, except calling upon the clerk to read the resolutions now brought forward for the proprietor's consideration. " At a general Court of the East India Company, held on Friday, the 15th of May, 1846, "Resolved unimously,—That this Court confirm the re solution of the 13th instant, approving the unanimous reso lution of the Court of Directors of the 29th ult., granting to Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Viscount Hardinge, Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Military Order of - the Bath, an annuity of five thousand pounds (5,0001.), upon the grounds, and in the manner therein stated, subject to the approbation of the Right Hon. the Board of Com missioners for the affairs of India. " Resolved unanimously—That this Court confirm their resolution of the 13th inst. f .approving unanimously the re solution of the Court of Directors of the 29th ult., granting to General Lord Gough, Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Commander-in- Chief of the Forces in the East Indies. an annuity of two thousand pounds (2,0001.), upon the grounds and in the manner therein stated, subject to the approbation of the Right Honourable the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India." Ttie CHAIRMAN considered it would not be necessary to read the coatents of the Bill to be passed. In noticing the Bill, it will be sufficient to describe it as— " The draft of a Bill to enable Lord Hardinge to receive the full benefit of the annuity now granted, without any diminu tion of his salary as Governor-General of India." The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN seconded - .he motion.—(Cheers.) Sir P. Lanais agreed with the resolution proposed, and he hoped to see statues placed in that room to the gallant men who had so nobly supported the interests of their country. A PROPRIETOR hoped that the great services of Sir H. Smith would not be passed over. Mier a few remarks frt m Mr. Fielder, Major Randall, Mr. Weeding, and others, the resolutions were unanimously con firmed. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 16 —Wind N.E., light breeezes and cloudy. pEaL, MAY 15, A.m. —Wind E.N.E., f res h . —A rr d . Te l egraph, Morrison,!ailed for Cape of Good Hope ; Treflig, Ekstrom, Rio Janeiro, and stiratifor .amburgh ; svea, Pernamb uco , an d sa il e d f or G ot h en b urg; e.d aa, Ards, Azores. Sid. J o hn C oc k, stenn i ng , M onte Vi deo. Ariiy from the River and sated, Sea Queen, Word, Hobart Town; Hants, Edg ar , Si ngapore ; O rator , Homan, Calcutta ; Aboukir, Scott, Cork and Calcutta; Syria, Simmouds, Bombay; Universe Ritchie, C"``27,. Shepherdess, Simpson, Mauritius; Premier, Cidly, ' Jamaica ; A ck Hudson, More, New York; Alert, Davidson, Quebec; `TPbell, Jack, ditto. is:,lldotrril, MAY 15.—Wind S.—Arrd. 14th, Rob Roy, Dryburgh, "aro Janeiro. • tona F ARTMOUTH, MAT 14.—Arrd. Nimrod, Bombay; Queen Vic . New Orlesza, Sailed On , - FALMOUTH , MAY 14.—Arrd. the Experimental Squadron , and cia PE rk i: westward. MAY 10.—Wind S.E.A N.E. N.E.rrd. 14th, Unity, with sails split, than plates started, Re., having been .tact with the Good Intent, of Fowey. Sid. Triton, Quebec. . 4 V;POILT, MAT 15.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Agnes, Thompson, Aden; Vannet, Nickol, Grenada ; Eliza beth, St. Thomas; Ono, Q uebec. SWANSEA, MAY 15.—Wind E..—Arrd. Appleton, Peuhorwood, Cuba. LIVER.POOL, MAY 14.—Wind S.S.W.,lignt.—Arrd. 15, Duncan, ea eutta ; Huraciq, Zobaran, Havan.•ah ; Richmond Mushart, Phila delphia; Lady Sale, Anderson, ',Jaren Island ; Arabian, Hawkins, ditto ; Pri ncess Ch ar l o tte, Nickels, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Leander, Phelan, Quebec. CLYDE, NAY 14.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Isabella Cooper, Guthrie, Singapore and Whampoa ; Eleanore, Wakeham, Jamaica; Jane Lowden, Dodd, Quebec. DUBLIN. MAY 14.—Wind E.N.E.—Sid. 13, Simeon Hardy, Rey nolds, I;arbadoes. POOLE, MAY 13.—S1d. Superb, Brown, Newfoundland. OFF PORTLAND, MAT 12.—Arra. Willtehnitie, Westman, St. Do _ mingo. Orr SALcottaz, MAY 14.—Arrd. Lady Evans, New Yerk ; Rebecca, Havannah. Bati,rot, MAY 15.—Wind, E., fresh.—Arrd. Dockfour, Bache, St. John, N. 8.; aid. Clard, Cook, Jamaica; Sir Henry Pottinger, Camp bell, Quebec. CAJtDIFF, Alex 13.—S1d. H. Rockwell, Bread, Savannah. CORK, MAT 15.--Wind, N.N.E.—ad. 13, Corornandsll, Fraser, Calcutta ; General Palmer, Forsyth, ditto ; British Sovereign, Cow, ditto; Pcictiers, Denny, ditto; Lahroe, Burt, ditto; Edniundsburg„ Stuart, ditto; Duchess of Northumberland, Withers, ditto. DINGLE, MAT 13. —Sld.l4acer, St. John's, .New Brunswick. BELFAST, MAT 14.—S1d. Miltiades, Cowan, Quebec. The Linnet, Smyley, of t.,at port, from Troon to Marseilles, foundered yesterday, twelve miles east of the Mull of Galloway ; crew saved. The Syria, Cos, arrived at Liverpool from St. George's Bay, New foundland, sailed on the 22d• ult., and passed through great quantities of ice and icebergs, between the meridian of 59 and 54 West 1011., and 45 30 and 46 N. lat. The fills of ice appeared to be getting thin. CiLvrasm, MAY 15.—The head-quarters of the 65th Regiment are under orders to embark, on Monday, the 18th instant, at oravesend, on board the ship Java, for New South Wales, and, Owing to the measles being in the regiment, the Horse Guards directs that the tharried officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, with their famine will not be are not to proceed in that vessel, consequently there Colonel C . E. Weir ior child on board. By this order Lieutenant proceeding with the and Assistant-Surgeon l'ark are both prevented others, who are married_ The as also the sergeant-major and many orders for embarkation co The strength of the regiment under present winpai n ii s e ist s of the grenadier comp: ny, the 2J, 3d, bt h , 6th, and light 16 corporals, 19 drummer % ::,?°..tpilirising in the whole 13 sergeants, rau u et s, 6 rank and file, with the following officers :—Major James Barry, Captain James Fitzherbert de Tessier, Captain St. Leger tigteanant Y. Captain IV. Pym Young, Lieutenant C. A. Cuthbert, Lio 4r K. I•3'rancis Percival Drought, Lieu tenant R. 11. Ma c g regor, E Thomas Barnard, n J. Ewen, Ensi ' 4 , l 7: C. ithatigann. Prendergait, Paymaster M ars hall, Ensign J. J. Endgeoe, surgele. Slegg, Ensign w. F. T. F. Murray Oliver Barker J. w. Marshall , and Adjutant of a coalurray D'Arcey is on leave,-and Captain George .guard in lieu of convict-ship, in charge 'want, a detach John Cabling IS C. board the Captain St. Leger Barry. On Saturday, the 1 4 1 th i he provisional battalion, consisting aptain J. Green ment from t comm and . - , f . 2 sergeants, I drummer, and 42 rank and tile, under this garr i gen e n route for duty at , under ch. to relieve wood, 31st Regiment, with Lieutenant Warren Ain Elton ocionunand of narNnvuity, 57th, will march from at twat station a similar detachment of the 65th, which With and Lie jo u i t n en t a h n e t ir j. re i g l i e m rv e e si v t. The two Captain Peter returns to this garrison te formed companies of the Chatham division or Chelsea Penehrecently ordered to assemble at Chatham next week for drill, and thnecrshaorlee of the four corriP4ues, Net comprising one sergeant-major, 4 ser geants, 4 corporals , 2 drununers, and 60 rank and tile, will after that assemble for a few days exer.tse. The two recently formed compa nies are incorporated with the Pensioners of the Royal Marines. CaptainE.J. Vaughan, staff-officer of the distri c t , t akes command of these veterans of cavalry, artillery, and line regiments. THE FRUIT CROPS IN KENT.— !Be , reillardS around ns in this " garden of England" are now luxuriantly in bloom, and, should the weather remain favourable, there is every prospect of abundant crops. —.Maid.vone Journal CAUTION TO TRaDESMEN.—A man .of gentlemanly appearance has defrauded several tradesmen in the metropolis by offering forged cheques above the amount of the goods be has ordered and receiving the surplus in . cash . • It may be useful to inform the Public that he has thus obtained money under false pretences of an upholsterer, a coal-merclunt, linendraNr, and a pastrycook, in one day this week. Information should be given immediately to the police, who have received the tollowing description of the offender:- About thirty years of ale, live feet seven inches high, pale com plexion, and small whiskers; had on a black dress coat, gray tweed trousers, and light waistcoat. He called at two of tltc above places In a chaise. The same description of man, dressed in a black frock coat, and representing him elf as a shoemaker, obtained money under the above circumstance§ from a leatherseller, , BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIR MING lIAM (STAMFORD TO WISBECH) RAIL WAY. take, as he had placed some shares in the secretary's hands, though not with the intention of assenting. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had not yet voted, and he had merely stated the number of shares which had been placed in the hands of the se cTrheetar thteo oppernocinegedionfg p n t i t n o g th w e it p h ro t c h e e ed ß in i g ll ; Y num as her ass u e was, as he had stated, 11,2151. If any mistake had been made by any scripholder present in placing their votes in the hands of the seeretary, it would be rectified. Whether they proceeded or not did not affect the directors more than as being shareholders to a considerable extent they had an interest in the success of the company. The directors considered the scheme a feasible and good one, and that they ought to go on with it, as it was sure to bring bazE their money with a good profit The Bill had passed through the Select Committee of the House of Commons, and was now waiting the decision of this meeting before the third read! A SHAREHOLDER called the attention of the Chairman to a return moved for by Mr. Labouchere, and printed by order of the House of Commons, setting forth the shares taken up by the provisional directors of railway com panies. From this it appeared that Mr. Spooner had not taken up any shares, and there were two other direc tois that had only taken up two shares each. The CHAIRMAN said that, with regard to Mr. Spooner, he had taken but little interest in their proceedings from the beginning, and his name had been`put on the list at the tune the line was brought forward, so as to give con fidence to the public in this undertaking. A SHAREHOLDER ca.ied the attention of the Chair men to a member of the Managing Committee, who wes represented in the returns to hold only five shares. The DIRECTOR to whom allusion was made explained, that at the time this railway was projected there was another brought forward in connexion with it, which promised to be of considerable advantage. As it was considered advisable that the directors of the present company should hold a number of shares in the other company, it did so happen that he took a considerable number of that company's shares, and did not take up, at the same time, those allotted him in the present com pany. He found out his mistake when too late, and since then he had bought a sufficient number of shares. He thought, therefore, he had acted, as far as he could, in the manner a director was bound to do. The shares he had purchased he now possessed. Mr. LECHMERE did not tbiuk there was any ground of complaint against the directors. With regard to the scheme, he was satisfied that it was a goo d an d h onest one, and would prove remunerative to the shareholders. Referring to the Bill, he found the amount of capital tattAl at 252,0001., and the shares at 12,600, of 201. each. Now, if the capital stated was too low, and 300,0001. was fixed to be theamourt, it would be a desirable arrange ment, as then that would make the 30,000 shares issued to be 10/. each. If the Bill could be so altered as to make the capital 300,000/, to be raised in 30,000 shares of 10/., it would harmonise well with their past proceed ings. He would also suggest that there should be fur ther time given in the Bill for the execution of the line, and the raising of the capital. It would be a satis factory arrangement, if the period for finishing the line were . extended, and a clause in serted that no call should be made till a year after the passsing of the Act. Many other com panies had done this. He had no doubt the line would be a good paying concern. It was a line, also, which he believed had, received the unanimous support of the lect Committee that had sat on it. He hoped all in the room, like himself, would decide to go on,with the undertaking. proceedings of the diredtors, he'was satisfied, had not been like that of many other companies. He was told, last week, of one that had only passed' through tee standing orders, yet had spent 36,0001. out of 46,0001. of deposits.—(Hear, hear.) He could not too highly commend the proceedings of the directors in regard to the 20,00 J unissued shares, when they had every inducement to issue them, and put the profit in their own pockets.—(Hear, • hear.) So satisfied was he with their conduct, that he would hare great pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks to them% at the end of the meeting. A special general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, at their offices, 18, Abingdon -street, estminster, in pursuance of the resolutions of the House of Commons, to ascertain the decision of the scriphold ers as t o w h et h er they assented or dissented to proceeding with the Bill. The meeting, a numerous and respectable one, in the absence of the Chairman, R. Spooner, Esq., M.P.. was presided over by Thomas Macauley, Esq., the Vice- Chairman. The CHAIRMAN rose and said, the duty of presiding over the meeting devolved on him, on account of the una voidable absence of the Chairman, Mr. Spooner, arising from engagements of a Parliamentary nature. They were aware, that they had been called together in pursuance of the resolutions of the House of Commons, proposed by Sir Robert Peel, to ascertain their assent to, or dis sent, from, proceeding wi:h their present Bill ; and the first business necessary to be done was, the reading of the notice calling the, meeting, so as to be satisfied that it was duly and legally constituted. The Secretary then read the advertisement convening the meeting, which he said had been inserted in the Gazette, and the principal London and provincial news paper. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meet ing, said his first duty on behalf of his co-directors and himself was, to return their cordial thanks for the per fect confidence the shareholders had hitherto shown and reposed in them, and which, he trusted, would be still continued. He could assure them, when he became a director of the present company—and he believed he could say the same Of his brother directors—his only object was to do everything in his power to advance the general benefit of the concern.—(Hear, hear.) As many of tho,e who were now scripholders in the company were not original subscribers to the undertaking, they would not, he was persuaded, object to his occupying their attention for a short time, while he gave an outline of the scheme from the period of its announcement to the present time. It was right he should dos.so, that they might understand the present position and pros pects of the company, and in order to ac count for the change which had been made in the scheme, as compared with its original intekition and extent. It would be remembered that the present Anpany was originally formed a little more than a twelvemonth ago, the object of it being to con struct an independent line of railway from Boston and Lynn, by way of Stamford, to unite with the Leicester and Birmingham Railway. 'this arrangement had in view the formation of a direct line of communication between the west of England, the great manufacturing and iron districts, and the eastern counties. . It was pro posed that the line should start from the Leicester and Birmingham Railway, at a point between Leicester anc Rugby, and proceed alon the valley of the Welland through Stamford, to the port of Wisbech, there form- ing a connexion with the Lynn and Ely Railway ; thus constituting a direct communication between the east. and west of England. He need not dilate on the great ex citement that then prevailed in the public minel—he need not dwell on the strong public opinion that "prevailed in favour of direct lines from one side of England to an other. These were matters with which they were all familiar. It was in agreement with this teeling, and to open up in the best manner an important district of country, that the present scheme had beep brought out. The original number of shares was 50,000 at 201. each, or a capital of one million. But though 50,000 was the number of shares announced, it was deemed prudent not to issue more than 30,000, representing a capital of 600,000/. He mentioned this as it required explanation. The intentions of the directors towards the shareholders were bona fide. The 30,000 shares were issued, con ceiving that 600,000/. of a capital would be sufficient, and deeming that it would be well to keep back the 20,000 shares to satisfy landowners along the line, or in case of amalgamation with some other company ; the directors at the same time determinim., that whatever share-s remained over, or the - whole, were they not required for the objects stated, should be distributed pro rata to all those who had signed the Parliamentary deed.— (Hear, hear.) Such was the resolution of the directors, and he could inform the meeting that though the shares rose to 21. premium, not one of these shares were issued by the dii ectors, or appropriated by them.—(Cheers.) This brought him to explain the intention of the directors as to proceeding with the line near agreed on. Shortly after they had made their surveys for their original line, early last summer, they were threatened with various competing schemes. To show the advantage of the line, and that there was every rea son of its proving a successful concern. he need but state there were no less than six other companies early last summer, and at the very ccanmencement of the railway excitement, seeking to occupy the sane ground.—(Hear, hear.) The larger part of these were exphemeral schemes ; two of them, however, were of a different class, being put forward by two of the most powerful compa nies in i,he empire—the Midland Counties and the Lan don and Birmingham Railways. The one company proposing -the South Midland from the Midland Counties Railway, through Market Harborough to Huntingdon, which ran for nine miles along the course of this com pany's line ; and the London and Birmingham proposing a scheme from Rugby, by Market Harborough to Stam ford, taking up the larger portion of the central part of this company's line—the junction from the Leicester and Birmingham line to Stamford. The directors of this company did all they could to effect an amalgamation on sisch terms as to admit the capital of 600,003/. on equitable terms, but without success. . They had also lodged plans • and sections for the whole scheme; but being certain of the power ful opposition of the two great companies referred to, the directors thought it be.t to contract the scheme, and to do what they could to secure an unopposed, cheap, and profitable line.—(Hear, hear.)—They thought it better to retire from a long and expensive contest with companies, especially such as the London and Birming ham, whose powers had been so often successfully proved, and against whom, if a victory were obtained, it would be at a tearful sacrifice ; and to give up the por tion of country these companies sought to accommodate, and to content themselves with that which remained—a line cheap, unopposed, and likely to be most remunera tive to the shareholders.—(clear,' hear.) The line as now proposed was twenty-two miles in length. It started at Helpstone, near Stamford, from a point on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, passing in a through. out line through Market.lleeping, Crovvland, Thorney, and Parson's-Drove, to Wisbech, where it fell into the sta tion of the Lynn and Ely line. Near Helpstone it crossed the main line of the London and York, and near to Pe akirk it also intersected what was called the loop of the same line, the effect of which would be to con nect Bo•ton, Lynn, and Wisbech in the directest man mer with London and the North of England. With this, and the junction that would take place with the other lines to the east and west a complete and direct system of railway communication would be formed with all the principal parts of England. The result of this alteration of plan was, that.,,, instead of the ex tended scheme formed, embracing a large capital, they were placed within a small compass, and had within their reach a line of easy construction unopposed, competing with no existing line, nor likely to be so, and promising a - itindsorne per centage on the capital embarked. The directors estimated that the construction of the whole of the line, with several small extension branches contemplated, would be 300,0001. They were firtunately unopposed by any land owners. Ho had received a letter from Mr Tycho Wing, the agent of the Duke of Bedford, giving the consent of his Grace to the passing of the line, which went six miles through his property. They had also the support of the Marquis of Exeter. The expense of the stations would be very little. They would require no terminal stations, as the line started from - out for Helpstone station of the Lyston and Peterborough Railway, and terminated in the Wisbech station of th.- Lynn and Ely Railway. There would only be required a few road stations, at a trifling cost. It would also be important to remember that they would he at no loss for plant, as it would, in a short line like theirs, be better and cheaper to hire engine power from one of the two com ponies with which they would b in con nection. He had nut at present considered which com pany should be applied to, but he had no doubt that the present line would tall into the hands of a more power ful company; and if that were the case, of which he had no doubt, and an amalgamation was found to be desirable, he should take care and see that it went into the hands of such a company at a remunerating rate to the present share helders.—(Cheers.) To this point the increasing energies of the directors would be directed. In regard to the amount of expense already incurred, he did not consider it would be prudent then to go into details, as it might be used in a prejudicial manner by their enemies. They must recollect that the past year had been a very expensive one in getting forward railway su rve y s , i n comparison with former periods. Engineers had re velled in champagne andturteleo,nhsiedencreabtle. heLm o u ia stex u p g e h e o t the expenses to have been their. expenses had been moderation itself. Still-he must say, compared with manyothe F r iirt companies, er t s than this it would not be well at present to say. They had still a large sum of money in hand, and if the meeting gave their consent to proceeding, there would be no necessity . . ---- further call the Bill be enabled to meet the 10 would for anytill - was passed into a law, . gon the 'h Id s Supposing E crip o er per cent. without calling the scheme went on, and no extensions were made. then need not expect the present capit a l to the shareholders be called up, as no m one-half of the 600,0001. ore than would be required. On this account he congratulated and not shares, them on t he keeping back of the 20,000 having been led away with the favourable state of to throw them into things, when the shares were issued, the market. He had now kndeavoured to go through the history of th e scheme . a duty to the present time, . which h e was aware h e h a d b ut i na d equa tely performed, and h e wou ld now address himself briefly to proceedingb with th e i r present scheme before Parliament. It had been shown before the Select Committee of the Huse of Commons, that the returns would yield ten per cent. on the capital of the company ; and that the line could be easily made for the money stated. In proof of that, tLe Midland Company had laid down a line at 10,0001. per mile. He had been over the whole extent of country through which the present line passes, and it was of a most favourable character. The line did not interfere with a single one of the drains, and it had received the support of the Drainage Conirnissioners.—(Hear, hear.) That assent, with the support of the Duke of Bedford and the Marquis of Exeter, were most favourable circum stances in, their favour. H e would now conclude, by intimating that the number of shares assenting to proceed with the Bill that had been placed in his hands by the secretary, and supplied to him by the share holders' was, 11,215 ; di ssen t s 1 0. The SECRETARY intimated that there were, perhaps, more dissents in the room; the assents only had been received - by him. A SHAREHOLDER again recurred to the return of the [louse of Commons in respect to the shares taken up by several directors. The CHAIRMSN said the returns were, in several in stances, very. inaccurate. With respect to the member of the Managing Committee that had been referred to, those who knew him could not for a moment believe ho could do anything but what was strictly fair and re putable. Mr. PRITCHARD said his was a case in point. He had signed the deed for a considerable number more shares than appeared in the document. Mr. FRANKLIN thought the shareholders ought to be satisfied with the explanation. No one had been more strongly opposed to proceeding with the railway than himself, and he had acted with others who thought ,he scheme should he broken up. But, before that was done, they thought some investigation should take place. The result of that investigation had changed his opinions, and, instead of opposing the line, he would now support it.—(Hear, hear.) He had now good reason for thinking that the through traffic would yield 10 per cent., leaving out of calculation the local traffic. He also thought it would be impossible to go on without effecting an amalgamation, in which he had no doubt they would obtain satisfactory terms. With respect to the reduction of the amount of the shares, it was a waiter of little moment. He was satisfied that not. more, than 51. or 61. per share of the present 30,000 shares would be required for the line, as the rest could he raised on loan. Supposing they got 150,0001. from the shareholders, there would be no difficulty in raising 100,000/. by loan. Whether the shares were called 101. or 201. was of little consequence, as the real question with them was, how much would they be required to pay up? If the gentlemen who referred to the pro ceedings of the directors, and complained of one or two of them not taking up shares, had investigated their proceedings as he had done, he was sure all opp os iti on on their part would be withd r awn. The CHAIRMAN said, with regard to altering the shares, there would be great Parliamentary diffi3alty, as they would, in that event, have to recommit the Bill, and go through various expensive forms. Practically, the alte ration would be of no importance to the shareholders. In respect to a clause not to make any calls for a twelve. month, to do so might operate injuriously to the pro gress of the Bill, and might favour the supposition that they were not in earnest in pushing the scheme forward. tle. did not think, however, that any call would have to be made till two-thirds of the year was gone. The great point with them was, to get the line carried out as soon as possible, in order to make satisfactory terms with other companies. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know if all the 30,000 had been paid on. Mr. BAXTER replied that IL 2s. per share had been paid on the whole, making 33,0001. At the suggestion of several shareholders, the beads of the Bill 'before Parliament, as amended by the Com mittee, was read. After a few observations relating to the interest agreed to be paid on the deposits, but which was of no material conseq ience, Mr: C. HAYCOCK, mayor of Stamford, said he held 511 shares in the present company. A few weeks ago he was opposed to proceeding, but he had since changed his mind. He now thought it would be cne of the best little lines in the kingdom. It would be of great advan tage for carrying corn from Boston to Norfolk, instead of, as at present, by water. He had looked at the rate of tolls, and while the time would be so much reduced, the ‘ price of conveyance would be but one half it was as compared with the water. Owing to the uncertainty of the water conveyance, he had himself lost from 2001. to 3001., because he could not Beet the grain brought by water delivered in time. He believed the transit of vegetables along the line would also he enormous ; for while potatoes in the neighbour hood of Lynn and Boston were selling at 2s. 2d. per cwt., they were ss. Bd. in Birmingham, and they could be taken to Birmingham and Derby for 7s. 6d. a ton. There would likewise be a large traffic in stone and lime, and live and dead beasts. He could bear witness that the feeling in Stamford was all but universal in favour of the line. Mr. GALE inquired how the 12,600 shares of the Bill , k ere to be allotted among the holders of the 30,000 shares ? Mr. BAXTER—Upon a rateable arrangement, accord ing to their present stock. In answer to another Shareholder, Mr. BAXTER said the line crossed the river above Wisnech, and that the crossing had the sanction of the Bedford Level Commissioners. The CHAIRMAN, after a few preliminary observations, then moved the following resolution : " That this meeting of holders of scrip and bankers' receipts representing scrip in the proposed Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham' Railway Company, con vened and constituted conformably to the sessional or ders of the Houses of Lords and Commons, having had submitted to them a copy of the Bill now before Parlia ment,for incorporating the said Company, do approve thereof, and do authorise the directors to prosecute the samein the pre sent sess i on of Parliament."—Carried unanimously. Mr. ARMS, of Lynn, seconded the motion, and re marked on the advantages the eastern district would en joy by such a through communication to Birmingham. The residents at Lynn at present received .their hard ware goods from Birmingham in a nio‘t circuitous manner. They had to travel by railway from Birming ham to Hull, 150 miles, and then to be brought by sea to Lynn. Now, if this line were formed, they would come direct—a distance of only 130 miles, at a cost of hut 28s. 6d. a ton—very much under the present rates. He thought also a considerable portion of the Birming ham export trade to the continent would be done through the port of Lynn. So strong was the feeling of the in habitants of Lynn in favour of this line that, though many rival schemes had been proposed, and though one of them had called a public meeting of the inhabitants, and employed barristers and other agents from London to advocate their cause, still their eloquence was una vailing, for a resolution in favour of the present line was carried unanimously by the meeting in question s The resolution was then put from the chair, and una nimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to cast up the votes. The assents up till then were 11,215, being more than sufficient for compliance with the resolutions of the House of Commons. Still, in order that as many votes as possible might be recorded, the secretary would con tinue to take them till the close of the meeting. Mr. HAYCOCK then moved— " Thai the Chairman of this meeting, and the solicitor of the Company, be authorized and requested to affix their respective signatures to the said Bill, and to any m a 1 5(42; ar. LE agurde edcdaoci certificate of the holding of thi s meet i ng w hi c h th e f orms of Parliament may require ." Mr. P RITCHARD secon d e d t h e resolution, which was 'E t oRrEs moved h e a i r vote z e a ?i f a t b h i a l i n ty k , s h to o t e h s e ty C p h in a t i e r : Mr. A SaigiguoiADEß thought there must be some mis- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA Y MORNING MAY 18, 1846. health of Lord Dudley Stuart.—(Loud and long con tinued cheering.) Lord DUDLEY STUART then rose, atid was received with great applause. He said it was impossible for bim to find words to express his feelings. He begged them to accept his thanks, which, if clothed in the most elo quentt mt( m hce o enm r e e abes w ers raeos. assemblage t bo h ya When,gt eh b ew u ta he e, t eg h ali e son : nadkt w ooe o dfr ou round,w, d hoo n nm o d t b aon e wf la nguage o f t h e most finished orator would be i and ass a o cew r on e mhp s wn i o n whs c oe edlr large f highest sciencet— postso f writers,in t h o worldvvho worksseof commerce—when he names t a a n s d se w m h b i l c y h h w ad ou n l o d t served their country in high offices of men make be distinguished in the various branches of learning and that European, to that h a denied t h w t r t o e . r p s r e t s h e e n m o e selves immortal---(Cheers)—of gentlemen filling the saw of the ministers of religion—that it was illuminated by ladies of beauty and of fashion—(Hear, hear )--presided over by one w h ose approval alone was enough to make one glad—(Hear) —on e whose talents and high h t and the manner i n w hi c h he bad so worthily cborne character rac the r part assigned t o hi m i n the government of l'is country, had made his n ame k nown throughout the civilised world—who, by his countrymen of all parties was uni versally respected. When he knew this, and that it was congregated for the p urpose of Presenting him with a token of the regard with whicli the ladies of Poland were pleased to look upon his endeavours on behalf of their country, was it, he asked, any wonder that he was at a loss to find words to express his gratitude —was it any wonder that he considered that the proudest moment of his life?—(Cheers.) But he saw something more in that assembly than a mere compliment to him self ; he could not but regard it then, as a recognition, to a certain degree, of the justice of the great cause to which he had allied himself.—(Cheers.) He would not attempt to commit any one to opinions he did not hold ; he would not suffer himself to be deceived by any wishes of his own, but he was proud to say that in that room he met men of different parties, of different faith, and of different feelings on all subjects. He knew that many of them differed from him in their appreciation of the cause of Poland, and still more as to the practicability and mode of promoting the regeneration of that country; but he believed, if their attention had been directed to the subject with the same intensity as his, that their conclusions and his would not fall short.—(Cheers.) If their thoughts had been so directed, they would see, as it had been described by an eminent Conservative Mem ber of the House of Commons, "that the cause of Poland is not only th 6 cause of humanity and Christian civiliza tion, but that in are involved the interests of religion, the improvement and extension of commerce, the faith of treaties, and the honour and well-being of Europe."— (Loud cheers.) But he felt that there were others, not in that assembly, who also deserved his thanks, and he was anxious to seize the only opportunity afforded him of assuring the ladies who had presented him with the token of their regard, of his deepest gratitude for the gift. His thanks directly given would be to them a source of sorrow, captivity, and exile—(Hear)—but that glorious engine for the diffusion of information, burst ing through police and prohibition as the light of the suu bursts through the clouded horizon, the press, would carry to them his thanks—(Cheers)--and by its aid they would learn that the precious gift on which they had been pleased to employ - their time and exercise their -kill, and which they had been pleased to confer upon him as an appreciation of such poor services as he had been able to render to the cause of their country— they would hear of the interest attached to it, the ad miration it excited in that assembly, and of his sym pathy, of his interest, and gratitude, and pride. The history ofb Poland testified to the high qualities of the women of 'that country in all time past. A queen of Poland, betrothed to William of Austria, but who sacri ficed her love, and married the Duke of Lithuania, who was half a savage, for the purpose of converting millions of her countrymen to her religion, formed a splendid example of heroism rarely equalled; and the pa • triotism evinced in 1831 by the women of Poland, and particularly by the Countess Claudia Potocka, who de voted her time to attend on the sick in the hospitals of her country. Every hour of her time, and every farthing of her money, were devoted to relieving the misery of those who had defended their country. There was also another example of patriotism—the wives and sisters of Poland, so far , from wishing to keep their dearest rela tions from rushing into danger, when their country was concerned, had even been the first to incite them to do so ; thus the influence which a mother possessed, ren dered essential service to a nation. It was not long since, that a lady of fashion paid the following compli ment to a Polish lady of noble blood, of extreme beauty, 'and great accomplishments, now dead, one of whose sons was the present Count Zamoyski. She said she was " mad about her country, ps - rfectly mad," for all her seven sons, on all of whom she doted, she would have sacrificed in the chance of establishing the independence of Poland.—(Hear.) Oh, noble madness, that made a mother forfeit her sous for her country ! Oh, noble lunacy, that made the tenderest feelings of our nature subservient to our country ! Where mothers were ac tuated by such feelings, their sons would not belie them. The Noble Lord concluded by proposing the health of the Ladies of Poland.—(Loud cheers.) Col. Laza SZYRDIA returned thanks, in a neat and ap• propriate speech. - Lord 31ORTETEI said he had ono more toast to pro pose. After a few introductory observations, he said it had happened to him to be one of the confidential ser vants of the crown ; and he did not know that he should feel ar y scruple in adding, without any mock delicacy, especially as he had ascertained from experience that his own preference would point another way, and the same thing might not happen again, but whether this was the case or not he should be very reluctant to say anything while out of office that he might think, if in office, un suited to the foreign relations of the State, or the de corum to be observed towards foreign nations in amity with our own. He and, his family had received attention and courtesy while in the dominions of the Emperor of Russia, but he considered there was nothing in the page of past history, or in the letter of present treaties— (Cheers)—which should restrain him from expressing the deepest and warmest sympathy is the destinies of unhappy Poland.—(Cheers.) It was unnecessary in such an assembly as that to attempt to recal the days of her past freedom--the glorious days of her nationality— when she occupied the most exposed frontier on the outposts of civilisation, and when she bore the brunt of the battles of the cross.—(Cheers.) Neither need he recall that crisis when the cry of " God and Poland" burst through the Moslem and Europe, and christendom owed Its relief to Poland and Kosciusko—(Cheers)-- still less was he tempted to recal those days of dark decline, illuminated as they were by the most de voted and desperate valour ,which irresistibly brought to one's mind that memorable passage in the works of their lost Campbell, who was entitled to some thanks on a day like that—(Cheers)—for it was impossible to find anything equal to it in spirit or in rich feeling. The season of hopes and fears had not yet expired, freedom was not yet mute, and the very object for which those around him assembled testified this to be the case.-The brief reference he had made to Polish his tory was directed to ages long gone by, but if he were to refer at greater length to the later history of that country, no doubt he would find many failings and many faults—that the people were hemmed in and trod den down, and that foreign foes were not amongst their last enemies. But if they had any faults they had made ample amends for them by patience, humility, and long suffering. He exhorted the people of Poland to persevere in that self-denial and truly noble course. He would not counsel them to any precipitate efforts which might only aggravate the evils they 'sought to redress. The friends of Poland could counsel no in centive to human vengeance or to the shedding of human blood—(Hear, hear)—but they could not bid them banish or efface the hope that, in the pro vidence of God, the day might come, when, reared in the school of affliction, and chastened with the long vigil of her suffering, Poland would yet enjoy better times, and see the dawn of a brighter morn than she ever be held in her stormy though bright career—(Cheers) — that she might yet, in a greater degree than during the days of her civilisation, when she promoted the moral conquests of their faith, spring up among the nations of the earth, and rank with them in commerce and intl..- p„nd e nc,(Cheers.) lie would give them a name which would awaken the chords of sympathy and inte rest in the bosom of those present, hut which, in those of sorne, would thrill to their heart of hearts—that name was " Poland." The toast was responded to with loud cheers. Count ZAMOYSKI replied to the toast. He thanked Lord Dudley Stuart for his great exertions on behalf of the Poles, and drew attention to the partitioning of Polanl, which he characterised as cunning and despoti cal. One of the Kings of Prussia stated that his father would not have sanctioned the partitionment of that country if he had known what would have been-the re sult. The Emperor Alexander of Russia, during a great part. of his reign, acknowledged the sufferings of the Poles, and admitted that they ought to have another sovereign than himself. The treaty of Vienna had net given satisfaction to their. just claims, and he must state to an English audience, that if that treaty had not been successful, it had been the fault of the Governments who had had to watch its e xecution.—(Cheers.) Among those who had rendelled repeated services to the Poles were Cutler Ferguson, Patrick Stewart, Stratford Can ning, and others. The health of the chairman was then proposed by Lord SANDON, 'and Lord MORPETH briefly returned thanks. Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave the "Literary Association of Poland;" to which Mr. CILA.. RLES DI C KENS replied in a brief but eloquent address. The " Committee of Management" and the "Ladies" were then drunk, and the assemblage separated at a late hour. PRINTING MACHINE INDEX.—It gives us pleasure to notice a very simple yet ingenious piece of mechanism, the invention of Mr. Edward Strong, machine manager at Messrs. Cox% printers, Queen -street, Lincoln's Inn. It is generally known that machines are used principally on account of the large quantities of printed sheets now re quired for the enormous and increasing number of rea ders which of late years sprung up. It need not be won dered at, therefore, that .mistakes do occur with those who have the duty of giving out the paper, or those who put them into quires after coming from the machine. The in tention of Strong's Printing Machine Index is, therefore, to register the number of sheets printed, and this it does accu rately and with facility up to 100,000. When it is consi dered that 100 copies can be printed in ten minutes at a slow machine, the utility, especially in the case of news papers, will be immediately perceived. It is gratifying to see the workman thus turning his attention to the means of simplifying his labours; and this small addition to the printing machine is all the more creditable to Mr. Strong from its simplicity. DEATH OF THE IToN. D'ARCY GODOLPHIN Os ocoora.—We have to record the demise of the above Hon. Gentleman at his residence4n Devonshire. He' was youngest son of Lord and Lady Godolphin, and was born October 20th, 1814. The Earl of *Auckland, the Duke of Leeds, and several (iuuili Of rank are placed In mearniiag by his demise, • 1 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) i FRIDAY, MAY 15. i CORN IMPORTATION BILL. t Motion made, and Questi on proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon ; this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word `now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 227. Acheson, Viscount Ferguson, Colonel Newry, Viscount Acland T. D. Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Sir D. L A'Court, Captain Fitzroy, Henry Northland, Viscount Aglionby, H. A. Fitzroy, Lord C. O'Connell, Daniel Ainsworth, Peter Fitzwilliam, G. W. O'Connell, M. J Aldam, William Fleetwood, Sir P. O'Connell, John Anson, Colonel Flower, Sir J. O'Conor, Don , Armstrong, Sir R. Forster, Mathew Ogle, S. C. Arundel, Earl of Fox, C. R. Ord, William ' Baillie, Col. Gibson, Thomas M. Owen, Sir John ' Baine, Walter Gill, Thomas Paget, Colonel Bannerman, A. Gisborne, Thomas Paget, Lord W. Barclay, David Glyune, Sir S. Paget, Lord A. Barkly, Henry Godson, R. ' Palmerston, VisCoun Baring, F. T. Gore, Montague Parker, John Baring, W. P. Gore, Robert Patten, J. W. Barnard, E. G. Goulburn, Henry Pattison, James Barron, Sir H. Graham, Sir James Pechell, Captain Beckett, W. Granger, T. C. Pell, Sir R. Bellew, R. M. Greene, Thomas Peel, Jonathan Benbow, John Gregory, W. H. Pendarves, Edward Berkeley, Craven Grey, Sir G. Pennant, Colonel Berkeley, Captain Grhusditch, T. Philips, G. R. Berkeley, H. F. Grosvenor, Lord R. Philipps, Sir R. Bernal, Ralph Guest, Sir John Philpotts, John Blake, M. J. Hall, i6ir Benjamin Ingot, David 'Blewitt, R. J. Hallyburton, Lord Plumridge, Captain Bodkin, W. ti. Hamilton, W. J. Pothil , , F. Bottleld, Beriah Hamilton, Lord C. Ponsonby, C. F. Bouvcrie, Edward P. Hamner, Sir John Powell, Caleb Bowe's, John Hastie, Archibald Protheroe, Edward Bowles, Admiral Hatton, Captain Pulaford, Robert Itowrlng, Dr. Hawes, Benjamin Rawdon; Colonel Boyd, John Hay, Sir A. L. Reid, Sir John Bridgenian, Hewitt Hayter, W. G. Bright, John Reid, Colonel Heatlicoat, John Brocklehurst, J. lierben, Sydney Ricardo, J. L. Rice, E. R. Brotherton, Joseph Heron, Sir R. H il i e l r l, ve L y jrd Lo x rd ar t us . Rich, Henry Browne, It. 1). no lte lniv ebuck , , J J. I.I A. Browne, W. Bruce, Lord E. Hindley, C.• 3, 0 il I ' b 01 . d, lt. C. E . Buckley, Edmund Holthouse, Sir J o h n Bulkeley, Sir R. Hogg, J. W . R Buller, Charlet! Hollond, Robert Russell, Lord John Busfeild, W. Hope, G. W. Russell, L or d E . Butler, Colonel Housman, Edward Illtuuthseeirlinrjd. B. Salmon, viscobuit Butler, P. S. oward, C. W. Byng, George Howard, J. K. Scott, R. Byng, G. S. Howard, E. G.; Scrope, G. p. Cardwell, E. Howard, P. H. Seymour, Lord Carew, R. S. Howard, Sir R. Seymour, Sir H. Carnegie, Captain Haghes, W. B. Smith, Benjamin Cavendish, C. Q. Hume, Joseph Smith, J. A. Cavendish, G. H. Humphery, Ald. • Smith, Vernon Chapman, B. Hutt, William Smythe, George Chichester, Lord J. James, William Smollett, Alexander Christie, W. D. James, Sir W. C. Somers, J. P. Clay, sir W. Jerilyn, Earl Somerset, Lord G. Clerk Sir George Jervis, John Somerton, Viscount Clive, B. H. Jocelyn, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Cobden, Richard Johnson, General Stansfield, W. R. C. Cockburi, Sir G. Johnstnne, Sir J. Stanton, W. H. Colebrooke, Sir T. Johnstone, Hope Staunton, Sir G. Collett, John Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Stewart, P. M. Coffins, William Labouchere, Henry Stewart, John Copeland, Ald. - Lambton, H. Stuart, Lord J. Corry, H. Langston, J. H. Stuart, Henry Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Strickland, Sir G. 1 Craig, W. G. Layard, Captain Strutt, Edward Crawford, W. S. Leader, J. T. Sutton, Henry Cripps, William Legh, G. C. Tancred, H. W. Currie, R. Lemon, Sir C. Thesiger, Sir F. Curteis, H. B. Lineoln,-Earl of Thornely, T. Dalt:luny, Lord Lindsay, Captain Tollemache, F. J. Dalrymple, Captain Loch, James Tomline, G. Darner, Colonel Lockhart, A. E. Townely, John Dashwood, G. H.', Lyall, George Traill, George Denison, J. E. Macaulay, T. B. Trelawny, J. S. Dennistoun, John Mackinnon, W. A. Trench, Sir F. W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. M`Carthy, Alexander Troubridge, Sir B. Dickinson, F. F. ll`Donnell, J. M. Tufnell, Henry Divett, E. M`Geachy, F. A. Turner, Edmund Douglas, Sir C. B. M . Neill, Duncan Vane, Lord H. Douro, Marquis of 31• Taggart, Sir I. Vernon, G. Drummond, H. Mahon, Viscount Villiers, Charles Duff, James Mainwarlug, T. Villiers, Viscount Dugdale, W. S. Maitlaud, T. Vivian, J. H. Duke, Sir J. Mangles, R. D. V ivian, Captain Duncan, Viscount Marjoribanks, S. Wakley,,Themas Duncan, George Marshitll, William Walker, Richard Duncannon, Lord Marsland, Henry Wall, C. B. Duncombe, T. Martin, John Warburton, Henry Dundas, David Martin, C. W. Ward, H. G. Dundas, F. Masterman, John Watson, W. Dundas, J. C. Matheson, J. Wawn, J. T. .. Easthope, Sir John Meynell, Captain Wellesley, Lord C. Eastuor, Viscount Milnes, R. M. Wilde, S. T. Ebrington, Viscount Milton, Visconnt Williams, W. Egerton, W. T. Mitca tie, H. Wilshere, W. Ellice, Edward Mitchell, T. A. Winnington, Sir T. Elphinstone, H. Moffatt, George Wood, Charles Escott, Bickham Molesworth, sir W. Wood, Colonel Esmonde, Sir T. Morpeth, Viscount Wood, Colonel T. Estcourt, T. G. Morris, David Wrightson, W. B. Etwill, Ralph Morison, General Wynn, C. W. Evans, William Morrison, James Vyse, R. Evans, Sir De Lacy Mostyn, E. M. L. Yorke, R.7,1* Ewart, William 31uniz, G. F. TELLERS. Feilden, Want= Napier, Sir Cheri% Young, John Fielden, John Neville, Ralph Baring, Henry grity,and perseverance in forwalding the interests of the shareholders. On this being seconded, a short discussion ensued, in the progress of which the Chairman, in answer to a shareholder, intimated that the directors had taken up 4,000 shares, and paid on them. The motion was then put and agreed to, amidst considerable applause. A considerable number of additional assents were given in and recorded, after the numbers announced by the Chairman, but the total was not intimated when the meeting closed. DINNER TO LORD ii 171)LEY • STUART. A dinner was given to Lord Dudley Stuart, at Willis's Rooms, on Saturday evening, by the admirers of his exertions on behalf of the exiled Poles and in the cause of Poland; and also for the purpose of presenting to his Lordship a piece of tap , stry worked by the ladies of that country. Nearly 200 were present. Lord Morpeth, M.P., presided. The guest of the evening sat on his right, and Earl Fortescue on his left. Amongst the assemblage we observed the Marquis of Lorn, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord James Stuart, Lord Sandon, M.P., Lord Worsley, M.P., Lord Ebrington, .M.P., Lord Cranstoun, Count Zamoyski, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord Oranniore, Hon. W. Couper, Hon. R. Boyle, Hon. Stewart Worthy, Hon. E. L. Moseley, W. Hutt, Esq., M.P., Col. Ferguson, M.P., M. J. O'Connell, Esq., M.P., G. Craig, E-q.. M.P., Captain Townshend, M.P., Col. Fox, Esq., M.P., ;T. H. Langston, Esq., M.P., H. Tuff nell, Esq., M.P., D. Barclay, EA., M.P., W. 1). Christie, Esq., M.P., F. H. Vivian, Esq., M.P., Sir W. Stirling, General Caulfield, W. Wilbraham, Esq., Charles Dickens, Esq., J. F. Stuart, Esq., Dr. Worthington, the High Bailiffs.of Southwark and Westminster, Rev. E. Cooksly, &c. &c. Among the ladies in the gallery were the Marchioness of Lorn and Lady Caroline Gower, Lady Mary Howard, Countess Dowager of Morley, Lady Frances Sandon, and Hon. Miss Ryder, Lady Charles Fitzroy and Miss Fitzroy, Lady James Stuart and Miss Stuart, Countess Fortescue and Miss Geale, Hon. Mrs. Seymour Bathurst, Lady Caroline Darner, and Lady Louisa Darner, Hon. Mrs. Singleton, Lady George Stuart, and Miss Towns hend Hon. Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. John Abel Smith, Mrs. J. 11. Vivian and Miss Vivian, Mrs. Gibson Craig, Mrs. Thomson Hankey and Miss Hankey, Hon. Mrs. Wynd ham and Miss Wyndham, Countess Grabowski. The usual loyal and national toasts having been dis posed of, and warmly rest:sanded to, Count VALERIAN KRASINSHI, in rising to present the tapestry, said—My Lord, it, is with a feeling of the highest gratification that we come to deliver to you the message with which we have been entrusted by our countrywomen. The long and unwearied exertions which you have been making in behalf of our injured country, and your faithful adherence, through good and bad report, to her cause, have rendered your name an object of veneration and gratitude to all true Poles, of every condition, creed, age, and sex, and before a grate fal posterity will award the just and well deserved meed of praise to your merits, you may, even now, according to the expression of a great poet, i‘ read your history in a nation's eyes." Yes, it is not only the history of Poland which wilt have to record the services rendered by you to that country, but I think that it is a subject upon which the future historians of Great Britain will dwell with satisfaction, because it is a fact, perhaps, without its parallel in the annals of the world, that the citizens of one country should embrace the cause of a foreign and distant nation, with whom they previously had- but little contact, from no other motives except that injustice had been. done to that nation. Such is, however, precisely the case of you, my Lord, and of the high-minded individuals who, regardless of the religious and political differences by which they may be divided, have all united in the name of right, justice, and humanity, in order to vindicate by thei r joint efforts the cause of injured Poland. It may be therefore affirmed, without any presumption, that as long as the principles of right, justice, and humanity shall remain sacred to mankind, their vindication in the case of Poland, by British citizens, will constitute not the l eas t bright page in the history of this great and free country. However melancholy and depressed is now the condition of Poland, the spirit and the hopes of her children remain unabated. It is, 'indeed, an extraordinary and novel feature in history, that the severe reverses with which all the efforts that had been made by our nation to recover her indepen dence have hitherto been attended, have, instead of damping her hopes and spirit, only served to increase the intensity of these feelings. It is, therefore, our firm belief, that the unconquerable feeling of nationality, which may be said to prosper by storm and to grow under oppression, and which has hitherto been the cause of so much suffering to our nation, would not be implanted into our hearts by the hand of an all-wise Providence, which does nothing in vain, without some .;rest and good objecr. We therefore humbly hope that the severe trials to which the Almighty has, in His in scrutable ways, subjected our snation, through the in tensity of the feeling to which I have alluded, were ne cessary, in order to prepare us to'resume, free from the errors of our ancestors, but preserving their virtues, that station which we have occupied for centuries ee.nemStrenuous a e n o d o o u t rny has ever been, and, we trust, will contin ue t o b e , our ceasingao ngs amongst s theooar r nations o resistance f to E u t r h o e p gratitude to her friends is no less strong; and although our best friends could give to our country only their sympathies, the moral support which our cause derives from this sympathy of the noble hearts amongst other nations, is no less valued by us, than would be any material assistance they eetild afford to the same cause. This feeling of gratitude is particularly manifested by the women of Poland, who never fail to take a prominent part in all that is national. It becomes not us to expatiate on the merits of our own country women, but it may be said without any exaggeration, that,they have behaved, under all the trying circumstances to which our country has been so frequently subject, in a msnner worthy even of the daughters of Albion, so pre eminent in all that most adorns their sex. It is now in the name of these countrywomen of ours, that we are offering to you, m a y Lord, a testimonial of national gra titude. It is a piece of tapestry, worked by Polish la dies, and representing the arms of the ancient provinces of our country, grouped round those of Poland and Li thuania, with an inscription in our national language, which signifies in English, " The sisters of the exiles to their protector." These now dissevered and discon solate parts of a once mighty kingdom, which are repre sented by this testimonial, are still looked to as their ideal fatherland by those whose hearts cannot rest until they have brought back their ideal to the world of reality ; and this we hope will be accomplished, by the help pf God, at no distant date. Then our country will testify her gratitude to her friends in adversity, in a manner worthy of the cause they have embraced. The fabric consists of dark blue cloth, and beautifully embroidered. It is about twelve feet long, and ten feet broad. At the top are these words :—" Siostry I'VY9- nancow ich Opiekunowi" (the sisters of the exiles to their protector.) In the centre are the arms of the kingdom quartered with those of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, surmounted by the Vhite Eagle and Crown of Poland, and wreathed with the civc oak and the military laurel. The Order of the White Eagle is suspended from the arms. The twenty-seven ancient provinces, of Poland and Lithuania are each represented by their respective escutcheons. The CHAIRMAN said, the interest in the transaction of which they had just been attentive and sympathising spectators would form a proper prelude to the toast which they would expect him to give, in order to comple and crown the whole.—(Cheers.) That audience must now be properly wound up to receive the name, and to drink the health of Lord Dudley Stuart.—(Haar.) Next to the touching token of regard which had just been con ferred upon him, and which must possess a double source of interest to him, in being both natural and feminine —(Cheers)-Lworked by the fair daughters of the land which he had made half his own—(Loud applause)— worked by them with all the assiduity without any of the misgivings of Penelope.—(Hear.) And the next striking tribute to his deserts was the attendance of such an assetribly.—Hear, hear.) But beyond those two toasts he begged the company to bear with him for a few short moments, and his lordship, who, perforce, must li s t en to t h e b r i e f est i mate wh i ch be should venture to submit of the reasons which had brought• them there that night.—(Cheers.) He consi dered it as a necessary part of his functions to tell him, even in his own presence, what he thought of him, and us that was the reason which had induced him to come there, he hoped he should- not prove altogether an un faithful, though, he f e a re d, an imperfect interpreter of the reasons which had induced them all to come too.— (Cheers.) One thing t h ey m ight depend up on —th at h e . would not say one w ,rd more than he fully thought the occasion warranted. The exertions of their noble guest, then, would not have been misplaced in the days of classic heroism, if he had stood on the prow of argoses; or, in later days of chivalry , if he ha d e ntered the lists as a lie said this because be thought cast n some sort of ha rmony w i th that shoord sensitively' knight of Palestine. his mind was i classic and chivalrous age, and in th e mo d e in which strain they were embodied ; but hi s noble friend had carr i ed 'his high talents into that work of benevolence.—(Ch eers.) His charity, indeed, like that of all th e truly tuned cha ritable, wassw so and en e e as to •ei, er of suffering—to the misery of any one country; but though it found a range abroad, it did not f orget its daily work at home.—Hear, hear.) B ut the field in which his exertions had been most sig na li sed, and in re nonlfiyneltyo ference. to which mainly they had met there that night, was Poland.—(Loud cheers.) In his place in Parliament, —he (Lord Morpeth) wished he had it still —in the audience rooms of Ministers, in the public assemblies of his countrymen, in the course of private intimacy, he had discreetly, resolutely, and untiringly advocated the cause of the Poles—(Cheers)—which was the cause of the brave, the gifted, and the unfortunate—(Heae, hear) —the cause of exiles without a home.—of a people with out a country.—(Loud cheers.) Nay, more, his Noble Friend, in prosecuting this great work, had shown a courage which he (Lord Morpeth) believed in his con science would not be shown in very many cases, except by men prepared to stand unmoved before a volley of the enemies' artillery, or to walk unmoved to the scaffold or the stake.—(Hear, bear.) He had shown this courage, and had pursued this great work without heeding failure or being set down as a bore—not minding it being said by persons less warmly impressed with the real sacred ness of the object which he had in view, " Here comes Dudley Stuart with his eternal Poles." But over and above all this—even the jeers of the frivolous and the obstructions of the interested, and the fears of the timid, and the scruples of the mean—(Hear)—his Noble Friend had persevered and prevailed, and still lived to persevere and prevail while there was suffering to feel for—while there was work to do—while Poland had a tear in her eye and the glow of her former glories in her bosom.—(Cheers.) Therefore, in whatever degree they ' wished Poland might obtain sympathy in her perilous and dark hour—in whatever degree they wished Eng. land while she was great also to be generoils, he was . ture they would give bumpers, cheers, and i lear t. 3 th e Y MINORITY-NOES, 229. _ . Ackers, James buncombe, A. Manners, Lord C. Adore, Viscount buncombe, 0. Manners, Lord J. Adderley, C. B. East, J. B. March, Earl of Alexander, N. Eaton, R. Maunsell, T. B. Alford, Viscount Egerton, Sir P. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Allix, J. P. Emlyn, Viscount lki ildmay, 11. St. John Antrobus, E. Entwisle, W. - Miles, P W. S. Arbuthnott, IL Farnham, E. Miles, W. Archbold, Robert Fellowes, E. Morgan, 0. Arehdall, Captain Ferrand, W. B. Morgan, C. Arkwright, G. Filmier, Sir E. Mundy, Edw. Miller Astell,:William Finch, George Neeld, Joseph Austen, Colonel . Fitzumurice, W. Neeld, John Bagge, William Floyer, John Newport, Viscount Bagot, William ,Forbes, W. Norreys, Lord Bailey, Joseph Forester, G. C. O'Brien, A. S. Bailey, J., jun. Forman, T. 8. Ossulston, Lord Bernie, William Fox, S. L. Parke, C. W. Belteur, J. M. Frewen, C. H. l'akington, J. S. BankeS, George Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Robert Barrington, Viscount Gardner, J. D. Palmer, G. Baskerrille, T. Gaskell, J. M. Pigot, Sir Robert Bell, Matthew Gladstone, Captain Plumptre, J. P. Bell, John Gooch, E. S. Pollington, Viscount Benett, John Gordon, Hon. Capt. Powell, Col. Bennet, Philip Gore, W. R. 0. Rashleigh, William Bentinck, Lord G. Gore, IV. 0. Rendlesham, Lord Bentiuck, Lord H. Goring, Charles Repton, G. W. J. Blackburne, J. I. Granby, Marquis Of Richards, Richard Blackstone, W. S. Grogan,4dward Rolleston, Colonel Blakemore, R. sale, R.. Round, C. Bolden", H. G. Haltbrd, Sir Hem? 'Rotted, John Dorthwiek, Peter , Hall, Colonel Russell, C. Bradshaw, J. Halsey, T. P. Ryder, Granville D. Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, J. li.. SandersoH, It. Blue°. M. Hamilton, G. A. Scott, Francis Broadley, H. Harcourt, G. G. Seymer, Henry ller laro.idwood, H. Harris, Hon. Capt. Shaw, F. Brooke, Lord Heathcote, G. J. Sheppard, T. Brownrigge, J. S. Heathcote, Sir W. Shirley, E. J. Bruen, Colonel Heneage, G. Shirley, E. P. Buck, Lewis W. Heneage, Edward Sibthorp, Colonel Buller, Sir J. Y. Henley, J. W. Smith, A. Burrell, Sir C. Hildyard, T. B. T. Smith, Sir H. Burronghes, H. N. 11111, Lord E. Sotheron, T. H. Campbell, Sir 11. Hinde,. J. H. Spooner, Richard Carew, W. P. Hodgson, F. Spry, Sir S. Cayley, Edward S. Holmes, W. A'Court Stanley, E. Chandos, Marquis of Hope, Sir J. Stuart, John Chapman, Aaron Rope ' A. Taylor, E. Chelsea, Vise. otham, Lord Taylor, J. A. Cholmondeley, H. Houldsworth, T. Thompson, Aid. Christopher, R. Hudson, G. Thornhill,!G. Churchill, Lord A. S. Hurst, It. H. Tollemache, John Chute, W. L. IV. Hussey, T. Tower, C. Clayton, R. R. Ingestro, Visct. Trevor, G. Clifton, J. T. Inglis, Sir R. IL Trollepe, Sir J. Clive, Visc. Irton, S. Trotter, John Codrington, Sir W. Jollitle, Sir WG. H. Tumor, C. Cole, H. A. Jones, Captain Tyrrell, Sir J. Collett, W. R. Ramble, H. Verner, Colonel Colquhoun, J. C. Kerrim, Sir E. Viiriall, J. E. Compton, H. C. Knight, F. W. Vyse, R. Connolly, Lionel Knightley, Sir C. Vyvyan, Sir R. IL Courtenay, Lord Lascelles, E. Waddington, U. Z. Cresswell, B. Law. Hon. C. E. Walpole, S. N. Davies, D. A. S. Lawson, Andrew Walsh,. Sir J. H, Deedes, W. Lefroy, A. Williams, T. P. Denison, W. J. Lennox, Lord H. Wodehouse, E. Denison, E. B. Liddell, H. T. Worcester, Marquis Dick,:Q. Lockhart,. W. Worsley, Lord Disraeli, B. Long, W. Wyndham, J. 11. Dodd, George Lopes, Sir R. Yorke, E. T. Douglas, Sir IL Lowther, Sir J. H. Douglas, .1. D. S. Lowther, Colonel TELLERS. Dowdeswell, W. Lygon, en. Beresford, Major Bras, J. S. W. E. Mackenzie, T. Newdegatc, C. N. Duckworth, Sir I. Mackenzie, W. P. • THUILSDAY, MAT 14. JOSRUA. TOULMIN SMITH. Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Committee be ap. pointed to consider the petitions of Mr. Toulmin Smith and the papers presented to the House relative to the ease stated iu those petitions." The House dirided MINORITY—AYES, 125. Acheson, Viscount Escott, Bickham O'Brien, A. Stafford Alexander, N. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, Daniel Archdall, Captain Farnham, E. B. O'Connell, John Armstrong, Sir A. Fielden, John Pechell. Captain Astell, William Fellowes, F,. rhinpotts, John Baillie, W. Finch, George Plumptre, J. P. Baices, George Fltzmaurice, C. Pluniridge, Captain Barnard, Edward G. Fitzroy, Lord C. Polidli, Frederick Baskerville, T. B. Forster, Matthew Powell. Caleb e l ltancion, Colon Rennet, P. Frevren, C. 11. Bentinek, Lord G. Fuller, A. E. Rendieeltm, Lord Bantinck, Lo-d IL Granby, Marqu i s el ißtoThtfsi',.... (i. Colonelv'j. perestord, M ajor G rog...n. E. s„,, t e, F. B Berkeley, ikb ar , i , C , C aptain tti a Harris, Captain mael,stone, %V. S. }lave,', B. B J C .. a 7 v. Somerville, Ur . W. Spry, Sir . S. Blake, M. J. Stuart, J. Borthwiek, Peter 11111, Lord E. Ileuverie, E. P. hill. Lord Marcus Tancred, 11... W. Bowrine, Dr. I lindley Charlet; Taylor, J. A. Bradshaw, JameS Hudson, George Thompson, Mclennan Bridgman, H. 1 iigestre, Viscount Thernely, T. Bright, John Inglis, Sir R. Tollemache, J. Wise°, M. KerrisoniSir E. Tronbridge,Sir E. Browne, R. D. tnightley, Sir C. Tufnll, Henry Buck, L. W. Law, C. E. Tumor, C. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Lawson; A. Buller, Edward Long, W. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Verner,Xol. Cayiey, E. S. . M`Taggart, Sir J. Vyse, It. IL:R. H. Chandos, Marg. of Maitlitnd;ilThomen Waddington, R. S. Christopher, It. A. , Manson, Lord J. Wakley, T. Church Lord A. R. March, Earl of Watson, Henry Clifton, J. T. Marsland, Henry Wawn, JT. Colqnhoun, John Miles, William 'Wilde, Sir ThOMILS Crawford, W. S. Moffatt, George Williams, W. Denison, W. J. Morison, General Wodehouse. E. Dick, Q. Mostyn, E. M. Worcester, Marqul Disraell, E. Aluntz, G.F. Wyse, Thomas Duncan, George Neeld, Joseph Yorke, R. T. Duncombe, T. Neeld, John Duncombe, A. Newport, Vise!. Duncombe, 0. Norreys, Lord Elphinstone, H. Norreys, Sir D. TELLER.. Spooner, Richard Newdegate, N. MAJORITY —NOES, 134. Anson, Ainsworth, Peter Colonel Flower, Sir James Manners, Lord C. Formats, T. S. Martin J. Antrobus, Edmund Fox, C. R. Martin, , C. W. Austen, Colonel Gill, Thomas Meynell, Captain Baillie, Colonel Godson, Richard Milton, Viscount Baine, Walter Gordon, Captain Mitchell, T. A. Barclay, David Gore, Montague Morpeth, Viscount Baring, F. T. Goulbarn, Henry Morris, David Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir J. Neville, Ralph Bell, Matthew Grimsditch, Thomas Ogle, S. C. Bellew, R. M. Hale, R. B. Patten, J. W. Benbow,'John Hamilton, W. J. Peel, Sir Robert Bodkin, William S. Hamilton, Lord C. Peel, Jonathan r H Boldero, H. G. anme. Philips. 1 Sir J . . G. R. ... ... ...... Bottleld, Beriah Bowes, John Bowles, Admiral Boyd, John Bretherton, J. Bruce, Lord E. Buckley, Edmund Buller, Charles Busicild, William Cardwell, Edward Carew, W. IL Pole Carnegie, Captain Cavendish, G. H. Chichester, Lord J. Clay, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. Cockburn, Sir G. Colebrooke, Sir T. Corry, Henry Cripps, W. Darner, Colonel Dennistoun, J. Dickinson, F. A. Divett,;Edward Douglas, Sir C. Drtunmon 1. H. H. Dugdale, W. S. - • Dundas, F. Pandas, J. C. Estcourt, T. G. iita97l )IPr7 _ Hayes, Sir E. Reid, Colonel Heneage, G. H. W. Roebuck, J. A. Herbert, Sidney Romilly, John Heron, Sir R Round, C.:G. Hervey, Lord A. Round, John Hinde, J. H. Rutherford, A. Holmes, W. A'C. Seymour, Sir H. Hopp, Sir [J. Smith, Abel Hope, G. W. Smith, J. A. Hornby, John Smyth, Sir H. Smythe, George Horsman, E. Hotham, Lord Somerset, Lord G. Howard, E. G. Stanstield, IV. H. Jennyn, Earl Strutt, Edward Jervis, John Sutton, H. M. Jocelyn, Viscornt Thesiger, Sir F. Tomline, George Trench, Sir F. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Jones, Johnstone, Captaini iope Vernon, G. H. Langston, J. H. Vivian, J. E. Lascelles, E. Walker, Richard Lascelles, W. ii. Walpole, S. H. Lincoln, Earl of Warburton, H. Lindsay, Captain Wellesley, Lord C. Lockhart, A. E. Wintidngton. Sir T. Lockhart, W. - . Wood, Charles Lygou, General Wood, Colonel T. Mackenzie, W. F. Wrightson, W . B. Al'Nelll, Duncan TELLEdts, Mahon, Viscount Baring, Henry kliganagi li 'ow, &au .___ PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY; MAY 14. Birkenhead and Llangollen. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group No. 54. Mr. Fitzzerald discharged ; Mr. Waddington selectedeand added to the Committee. Select Committee - on Group No. 55. Mr. Hughes discharged ; Viscount Ingestre selected; and added to the Committee. - Select Committee on Group No. 56. Mr. Maher discharged; Air. Irton selected, and added to the Committee. _ The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups:— A Committee consisting of—lion. E. Yorke (Chairman), Hon. P. Tollemache, Mr. Brocklehurst, Mr. D. C. Ker, and Sir W. dames, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 17 of Rail way Bills, viz. : manchester:and Poole, Manchester and Southampton, London and South-Western (Romiey and Redbridge), Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 25, at ono. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Vernon (Chairman), Mr. Trail, Mr. F. W. Knight, Mr. Borthwick, and Mr. Ackers, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised In Group No. 24' of Railway Bills, viz. :— Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Cambridge and Ely Extension), EV? and Bury, Newmarket and Chesterford. Thetford, Bury St. Edmund's, and Newmarket. The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, May 28, at one. A Committee consisting of—Lord Dalmeny (Chairman), Mr. St. John 51ildmay, Mr. Marton, Mr. Matheson, and Viscount I.: ilton, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 28 of Railway Bills, viz.:— London and Birmingham (Newport Pagnell Branch), liertford and Hatfield, London and Birmingham (St. Alban's and Luton Branch), London.and Tork (St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable Branch), Extra Northern and Southern. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 25, at one. A Committee consisting of—the lion. H. Liddell (Chairman), Mr. T. D. Acland, Sir A. Armstrong, Mr. Antrobus, and Mr. Du Pre, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Groap No, 39 of Rail. way Bills, viz.:— Manchester and Leeds (Railway Extension, ste.), Huddersfield and Mfachester (Oldham Branch). Oldham Distriet, Oldham, Liverpool, 'Manchester, and Birkenhead Janette% Huddersfield and Manchester (Cooper Bridge Branch). The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, May 28, at One. • A Committee consisting of—Mr. Parker (Chairman), Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Sir A. Brooke, and Captain Dalrymple,_,,. D : Borrinit, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. .o; Railway Bills, viz.:— Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Birminghaut, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Birmingham, tr , c., s S o o u u t t i l , , Lines), StaffordshireStaffards Staffordshire J J . un ne c t t i l o o n n, (13 Birm ingham, Wolverhampton' and Steur Valley (Stour Valley Line), Liston and Prestfield Branch), douth Staffordshire Junction (vrin al Trent Valley, Midlanas, and Grandejuncitim. and Bloxwich Branch), Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction, and Canal (cheater And WolverhampL42ll (Shrewsbury t o St a ff or d) , Shropshire Union Railway a nd Canal Shropshire Union Railway Line), Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, & South Staffordshire - junctio n (N o. I), Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, & South Staffordshire Junction (No. 2). The Select Committee to meet ou Monday, May 25, at one. The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committees on the Groups Nos. 33, 38, 41, 46, 49, and 57, to meet in the week commencing Monday, June 8. FRIDAY, MAY 15. The following Petitions for a Railway Bill were withdrawn : Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, and Nottingham and Grantiatula Junction. Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction.; Grand Trunk or Stafford and Peterborough Union. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee:— That, in the case of the Edinburgh and Peebles Railway Bill, clauses proposed on the further consideration of the report, clause (A) is of such a nature as may be adopted without the re-commitment of the Bill, if the House shall think fit :—That clause (B) is of such a nature as not to be entertained without the re-commitment of ths Bill. That, in the case of the tendon and Birmingham Extension, Northampton,,Daventry, Leamington. and Warwick Railway peti tion, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. That, in the case of the Northampton and Banbury Railway peti tion, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. That, in tlje case of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway petition to read the Bill a third time the sessional order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to read_their Bill a third time accordingiy.—Report to lie on the table, RAILWAY RETURNS. --............._ RAILWAY Taarric.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the Week respec in the previous year : tive returns are made, together with the receipts of the saint NAME OF RAILWAY. Week May 9 Arbroath and Forfar •• • ••• • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda..••• ••.• Dublin and Kingstow n •••• • • • • ••• •• • • Dundee and Arbroath • •••• • • • Durham and Sunderland ••••• • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • •• •• • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• •• Glingow and Greenock.. • • • • • . Grand Junction •• .. Gravesend and R0che5ter....^....... Great North of England ............ Great Western. • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • •••• • Hartlepool ... •••••••••••• London and Birmingham, fr-e. .• • London and Blackwall•• • • • • •• •• •• • • London and Brighton. •• .• .• London and Croydon . •• • • • • • • .. London and Greenwich Loudon and South Western. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham.. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties •••• • • • . Newcastle and Darlington • • • . Newcastle and Carlisle... Newcastle and North ••• •• North Union and Bolto , - and Preston Paris, Cornell, and Paris and Rouen . ..„ „ Preston and \v:; re.. „ .... Sheffield 111,,, Manchester...... • South Eaten,„ •••• Taff ale •••••••••• •• • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • sitar. • farmouth and Norwich .. ••• • • • ( York and North Midland. • • •• •• •• Last week. X 192 2,476 751 973 278 683 3,178 8,363 2,054 915. 225 19,568 1,183 39,626 1.118 4,572 1,634 7,74 1 , `474 4,849 e,aoi 16,824 2,618 510 1,206 7,280 6,011 - eii 1.660 7,139 1,805 623 Q. 4 1,948 771 1,001 276 589 2,842 5,147 1,785 912 18,369 35,216 1,100 4,220 1,477 7,271 957 4,702 6,303 15,244 2,471 1,651 381 303 6,102 6,806 5, - 19a 708 5,166 1,067 566 BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM.—The Rev. Samuel Gobat, who has been appointed by his Majesty the King of Prussia to the Bishopric of Jerusalem, vice Dr. Alexander, deceased, is expected to arrive in town in the course of next week, in order to receive can, secretion from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. There was a very numerous attendance of members and their families at thr ninth soirée of the British and Foreign Institute, which was hen on Thursday, and a large number of foreign visitors gave great va riety to the brilliant assemblage. Among the musical guests of the eve , iing were Madame de Belleville Oury, Madame Pacini, Miss Lneombe, Madame Hennelle, Mr. Charles Horn, Madame Macfarron Miss Orger. Mademoiselle Speyen, and Messrs. Salaman, Kiallmark, Mahlenfeldt, Et rlimann, Grattan Cook, Bodda, Macfarren, Lavigne, and others. The proceedings of the evening were wound up by a vivid description of the colossal ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Am mon, at Thebes, and the crowded assembly did not separate till near midnight. _ TtiE PARKER SocIETT.—On Thursday the annual meeting of this Society, instituted in 1840, for the publication of the works of the fathers and early writers Of the Reformed English Church, was bald at Freemasons' Hall. Lord Ashley, the president of the society, occupied the Chair. Xl'. George tit ken read the filth annual report. It stated that the delivery of books for the year had been completed; the amount 'received was 6,9661. 105. lid., an d t h e expenditure 6,8521. 155. 90_, leaving a balance of 1131. 15s. 2d. to be carried to the next ac; : our i t , five in number, con!,ablingThe volumes issued last ye a r were the remaining portion of Bishop Latimer's works: Letters from the Archives of Zurich, select Devotional Poetry of Bisho:p of tree of Queen Elizabeth, and a p or ti on o f th e works Jewel. Fourteen authors were at present in preparation. and v. arious other standard books, which from their scarcity are be y ls;od the reach of a large number of persons who would otherwise make themselves acquainted with their contents. The report having been adopted, a Tote of thanks was passed to Lord Ashley, who, In acknowledgment, remarked that be had become possessed of two w copies of all the works the Parker Society had published. Ono set be had reserved for himself, and the e th er h e h a d pr e sented to the library of the new Protestant Colle ge a t M a lta. Ills Lordship re-elected president, and a council for the ensuii:iy, year e the warm e appointed. 4j i The meeting then separat e d. war ASSOCIATION FOR CLEA.NLINEss. _ . __ weather has set in the demands apon the iased. ~. gratuitouscrt - - The daily'ifii. of this w institution in Glasshouse-Yard hay* g e 80, and of those who weed number of those who h"the averag t ° there were ho fewer than 52 time.en- Ono of t he gaged in the latter at one ealo particular is, that, after having tnititution to are destitu t r ey feml supplied with a temporary dress whilst I hawed ti li w ire e i l r v o e tn, and also with materials for mending, the soap clothes about 140. On tiatur o AT 1 . , they was and other materials being furnished free. Nearly 300 Persons in. hablting small tenements and rooms have availed themsel, es of the gratuitous supply of whibewaSti given by the association. On Thursday morning about a dosen of our mark. tiTtyheofvfirs,ab,wfromporinOtiontoNNE,ooas bointigithbaulit, e . r h el ic bo h artesarliestarned eaedpuitlitlhveriLuan. gi'rSthaLetuadoFonAraZ i k u gs rli T D l3 7l ll:6 4ii aagetk os.— . On Thursday; a sale aeholiS, the property of S, Kertz, ESC, e a , n t kl ik e th e e w c a o u l t l. e d c o t I;n r a l c o g f , by auction of a valuable collection of ancient drawing by the ninet. lateen, and formerly in the Arundel col., eminent masters of the German, 'tallest, Dutch, rtemiA S ik lr e. J ,t . oo lt k e p lo a l c dS e in , Sir mr P . . p l i el illi y rooms; in N'T ise th a s u' i C ri tt l en cli o: .. *eta Bond -street. In this collection there are 230 draw. 1110," diTi':ied into 205 lots, of which number 118 were disposed of yestetaay, the remaining portion, the most choice, being for sale this! clay (Friday). The sale yesterday consisted of works by the early. I German and Italian masters. Among the former there ware six drawings by Albert Darer, one by Hans Holbein, one by Hern.skirk e one by Lucas Van Leyden, two by Lucas Cranach, &c. These were principally pen and ink drawi ngs f rom the Fries collection, end isoltl for good prices. In the Italian school the drawings were moss nu*: meroas, comprising three by Michael Angelo, four by Annibale Car. racci, twelve by Agostino Carracci, nine by Cignani, two by Cor regio in red chalk, nine by Guide, principally in red chalk and pen and ink; three by Claude, pen drawings, washed with bishe ; five by Guercino, one by 3lurillo, pen, washed with black Ink ; eight by Parmagenio, seven by Nicholas Poussin, and one by Gaspar resgain. Ike. &c. The subjects were inincieallY of a raugtous dberaeter, 4 vuto et the bat were parehaeott for the Bridib Messrs. Mr. Smith O'Brien on Thursday received the deputati on from the 'B2 Club appointed to deliver to him the address of that Society. The Ron. Member returned an appropriate answer, whicts berequeeted the depatation to deliver to his brethren, end the depiPt talion retired. _ _ DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM MILLER, BART.—We have to record the death of Sir William Miller, Bart., better knows as Lord Gleulee, who expired, on Saturday morning last, at Barskining, Ayrshire. The deceased Baronet had arrived at an advanced age, for he was in his 90th year. He was son of the first Baronet, the Lord President of the College of Justice in Scotland, and married his cousin, Miss Chalmers, daughter of Mr. George Chalmers. In 1789 he succeeded his father in the baronetcy. and in 1795 was 'gr imed and iet consequent b his eldest son,. now Sir one of the Lords of Session, when he assumed, by courtesy, The title oinflarbmoviteY'4sh he r e t i red of Lord Glenlee. In 1840, from his increasing attached to that high legal aGemusneremaleTntomoraTshcaurnusbcd He office. The i s dh ue o. judicial i c bench, c ‘c e lin ed atli ed e Thomas Miller, ISsrt. after Y er gars a str , VISIT OF 'GENERAL Ti. , 31 THUMB TO TIIE ST. RATER. was driven to the dock In a cab, and was smuggled i n th '" e NE S ' t a . Katherine ' s Dock b m y orn th in e g vi m si u t ch of , unknown t. 4 the gatekeepers, by his conductor, who, in the first instance, on veyed him on board the large New York packet ship Prin4 C ' ' when lie wont through part of his performance, to the Albert; of the crew. One of the sailors, however, gave great delight General by taking him up and putting him in h Much offence to the visited the packet ship Westminster. It is pocket. He next the "General " was in the dock, and soon became known that tti, catch a glimpse of him. ___ people flocked from all quarters His conduct cloak, and proceed e d to the ri i or at last put him un d er hieloak, i'le by a Custom-ho use oMeer, who Pal e ordered him to ntrance, throw his cloak aside , where be was stopped Tom Thumb's Conductor did --- Ni s i11 0w , d... ..___ _ so , and exhibited the little fellow, who/ Wt. Kat t a.l 7,, en : wee. 111 1400ga Certainly a " idnisabseal marl THE CROPS IN G ta.Tiir. GEORGIA.--The Macon A d vocate 911 the 20th • instant says :—We learn from a gentlemen who hipt just retu rne d from a tour through Baker, Lee, Sumter, Dooly and other counties in Sout-Western Georgia, that the crop& of small grain, particularly wheat, were never more . pre. raising than at present. The corn looks well, but cotton, in consequence of the wet and cool weather experienced ila that adetion for some time past, -appeared rather backward, and in some places Fears were entertained that it would die; and the land have to be re-planted. The weather having become clear and pleasant, however, with a prospect of continuing so, the placate may revive;And prove thrifty is Vie oud. 1 •