The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAIL- WAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) was held on Saturday, at the offices of the Company, in Whitehall-place, for the purpose of receiving an expla nation from the directors of the present position and future prospects of the affairs of the undertaking ; Mr. ritastephen French, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The number of shares repre sented at the meeting amounted to 16,000. The CHAIRMAN, after reading the circular and ad vertisement convening the meeting, stated that he had received letters from a number of influential share holders, who took a deep interest in the undertaking, but who were prevented, by unavoidable circumstances, from attending that meeting. One of the letters was from Mr. Stewart, the Member for Limerick ; another was Sir John Gaiday, and another from Admiral French, who were large holders in the undertaking, and who were anxious for him (the Chairman) to act for them in the same way that he would do for himself. Mr. RODGERS begged pardon for interrupting the Chairman, but he wished to state that he had received a number of similar letters from shareholders residing in the county of Galway, who held from 600 to 700 shares in the Company. The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting had been called to enable the directors to explain to the shareholders the position and present prospects of the Company; but, as they would have to hold another meeting, in accord ance w ith th e resolutions of the House of Common s , th ey did no t wish the shareholders to come to any resolutions now. On the contrary, they wished the shareholders to go home and consider the statements which would be now laid before them, and decide at a fut ure da y whether the undertaking should be proceeded with or not. He did not know whether it was necessary for him to any notice of the var:ous annonymous attacks which take made upon them. The directors had treated them with perfect contempt, and had no idea of wasting the funds of the Company in answering them.—(Rear, h e ar.) The shareholders must form their opinions from f ac t s , and not from annonymous statements,' an d he was sure if they did so they would arrive at the conclusion, that the line would piove a most valuable undertaking, both for the shareholders and the country.—(Cheers.) He would now, with the permission of the meeting, read the report which the directors had prepared. "The Committee having thought it advisable, at the pre sent crisis, to make th e s h areholders fully acquainted with the circumstances of th e undertaking , beg leave respectfully to submit the f o ll ow i ng report : " The Bill authorising the construction of a railway from the trunk of the Great Southern and Western, or Cashel Railway, at Portarlington, to Galway, has been sanctioned by the Select Committee of the House of Lords, after a pro tracted and acrimonious contest maintained against it by the Grand Canal, and Dublin and Mullingar Railway Companies, in every stage of its progress. The competing line to Galway, Proposed by the last-named Company, has been rejected by the same tribunal, and the Bill for establishing railway com munication between Dublin and Galway (od Portarlington) entire, as brought forward by your committee, now awaits a third reading in the House of Lords, and it is to be expected will be the law of the land in a very few weeks. " Your committee are aware that, under the existing cir cumstances of the money market, very great c au ti on w ill b e required their future steps, and, after th e most mature con sideration, they have determined not to make any call upon the shareholders, except one, upon registration (not to exceed one pound per share) until the line shall have been opened to as great an extent as the means at the disposal of the com mittee will permit. Local circumstances offer facilities for the carrying out of this plan. Sixteen miles from the junc tion with the Cashel trunk at Portarlington, the line reaches Tullamore, the assize town of the King's County, contain ing nearly 7,000 inhabitants, and situated upon the Grand Canal at 0. point which is the pivot of the greatest part of the passenger traffic now carried on by that establishment. Seven miles beyond Tullamore is Clara, another important station, and six miles further, Moate, which is within nine miles of Athlone. The railway can be conveniently pushed on, gradually, to these four stations, and made to pay for its progress as it shall be advanced. Your committee beg leave to lay upon the table a com munication from the engineer, by which it will b e seen t h at the cost of the c ons t ruct i on of that portion of the line between Portarlington and Tullamore is estimated at 148,000 L, and o f that between Tullamore and Athlone at 215,0001. " The means available to the committee for the attain ment of so much progress in the works will be understood upon an examination of the following account : ABSTRACT of the ACCOUNTS of the IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (DUBLIN TO GALWAY). Deposits of 2L 10 s. per share, on 21,600 shares... £54,000 0 0 Additional deposit of 1/. 10s. per share on 21,050 sha res 31,575 0 0 Deposit of 4/. per share, on 5,339 new shares 21,356 0 0 Interest credited by various bankers on old account ........ 64 5 8 EXPENDITURE LAST S £106,995 5 8 ESSION. £ S. Engineering Dep ar t ment • .... ........ 6579 Id. 3 0 Legal and Parliam en t ary E xpenses 16 , 6 33 , 0 7 Office, Advertising, Brokerage, Commission, .? 5 2,031 811 Incidental Expense s , &c. ... ...... ... .. ...... 284 £25, 26 " The bala nce rema i ning after the heavy expenses of last session thus amounted to 81,711/. 3s. 2d., and of this sumBl,ooo/. h as b een deposited in the Irishourt of Chancery and invested in December last in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, at an average price of 95/. 12s. per cent. The actual expense of the Parliamentary proceedings during the present session it is as yet impossible to state ; but even estimating it at something near the outlay of last year, (say 21,0001.), there will remain a balance to the credit of the Company of 60,0601. To' this may be added 00,0001., the subscription of the Great Southern and Western Company, which that body are willing to advance, as may be required, and there will then be the sum of 159,006 . /. available for the imme diate commencement of the works, without calling upon the shareholders for a single farthing. This sum, it will be seen, by the e - 4gineer's report, will be sufficient for the construc tion 4:i sixteen miles of railway. "To one important feature in our circumstances your com mittee are desirous of directing the particular attention of the shareholders, viz. : the firm and cordial support affarde:: to this undertaking by the Great Southern and Western Company, and the close connexion existing between the two etablishments, by means: of which unusual facility will be given to the opening and working of the line. The Main trunk of the Great Southern and Western is now com pleted as far Portarlington, and will be opened for traffic in the present summer. - The station at Portarlington, the staff of servants, and th e carry i ng stock, will be available at once for the service of the Galway line, so that traffic can be commenced upon it the moment any portion of it is com pleted, without the intervention of the delay commonly at tendant upon the manufacture of locomotives and carriages, and the training of servant, and officers. Owing to these advantages, it is continently expected that the Hee will be in profitable operation, as far as Tullamore, within eight months from the date of the passing of the Act. " The rate of further progress with the works will of course, in some degree ; depend upon the state of the money market ; but your committee confidently hope that, by ;pursuing a course of caution similar to that with which they intend to commence, they will be able, without pressing unduly upon the shareholders, to complete the line to Galway long within the time prescribed by Parliament. By adopting the plan now proposed, each step of progress will be mad e t o p a y f or itself; but, f ee li ng as t h ey do the great importance to the interests of the Company of completing the communication between Dublin and Galway as speedily as possible, your committee will let no opportunity escape of expediting the accomplishment of that object. " Of the necessity for, and advantages of, a line of railway from Dublin to Gal Way, the experience of your committee during the past year, and the local inquiries they have been able to make, have much strengthened their conviction. The 'report of the Committee of the House of Commons last . session,- and the evidence brought forward on the part of this Company, have so strongly directed the at tention both of the Government and the public to the value of Galway, as a commercial port, and as a packet station with Noith America, that it would be superfious to dwell at length upon a proposition which appears to be self-evident. The statement of traffic, prepared with great care by Mr. Hum phrey Brown, is now laid upon the table. With regard to Mr. Brown's calculations, the committee of the House of Commons, last session, remarked that they were made upon the principle of taking everything at the lowest possible figure. They have been since cau ti ous ly an d l a b or i ous ly revised, a n d now exhibit a prospect of advantages such as can scarcely be equ a lled by any p ro j ec ' e d ra il way. a t.I conclusion, your c o m m it tee have great satisfaction in ta mg that the/ have received the most cordial support firoutins.etwaLomendomnb.and Birmingha m R a il way Company, two treetbeomor tuinet moat apßios_e w of that bo ar d h av i ng been named as advice and as s i s t ance cannot fail Company:' 'Led. advanta ge to the interests of the The CHAIRMAN then intimated would be t a k en down wished to ask any questions, th in writing and answered seriatue that if s h areholders m y . Mr. CLARKE said he was an exceedingly holder, he in the indeed, he might say h e was the largest holder room ; and with the permi ss i on o f the meeting take the liberty of putting a q uest i on or two. ivnoutillda first place, he had to complain of want of cour tesy on the part of the officers of th e Com pany, for he had written repeatedly for some of the new shares, but up to the present moment he had received no answer whatever. Now, he wanted to know what had become of the new shares. Ile, for one, thought, in the present state of Ireland, the line could never prove remunerative, and he hoped the share holders would consider tha matter calmly and dispas sionately before coming to any decision upon it.—(Hear.) Mr. STANFORD wished to ask a question, as to whether the Dublin and Cashel Railway Company would be dispofied to lease the line, and guarantee to the share holderttiTer cent.? A SHAitittoLDER wished to know whether the oppo sition to the.line had been abandoned? Mr;MaxsELL, one of the directors, proceeded to answer the questions put to the directors with reference to the disposil of the shares. fie stated that a deposit of 24 10s. per share had been paid on 21,600 old shares, which amounted to 54,000/. ; the additional deposit of 1/. 10s. per share, on 21,050. 550 of the original shares had not been accounted for—no deposits had been paid upon them. With reference to the 5,332 new shares, 2,500 had been taken by the Dublin and Cashel Com pany. The remainder had been allotted to various parties resident in the various counties through which the line passed. Not a single share had been taken by the di rectors or their friends.-- . (Cheers.) As to the question relating to the line to Galway, one being actually a line from Dublin be e u o u f the most direct lines of railway that could possibly Another opposition came from between the two poin ts. Pimm, who was a proprietor in a gentleman named Grand Canal, and co-partner with Mr. Samuda atmospheric patent, and who was opposing the line in e t thrown out, so as to enable him to bring ee eaffo g rw et a t r in d g a i n t atmospheric line next year. This gentle the author of the anonymous pamphlet against the ;n es and uh it was to be hoped his opposition would have as e m , effect as his writing. An honourable proprietor hade asked whether the line could be constructed for the estimate ?—and he could state, upon the authority o f the engineer, that it could be made within the estimate. He believed he had now gone through all the questions; but if the meeting required any other information he should be most happy to give it. Mr. *CA.lttr, one of the di rectors o f t h e Duhlindand. Cashel line , mid b. was OtrOugly otiochp4 to this under. taking,, from a conviction that it would tend to develop the great resources of Ireland, and prove highly remu nerative to the shareholders. With regard to the pro position of Mr. Standish, he could not, of course, speak, as representing the Dublin and Cashel Company ; but, for himself, he was decidedly of opinion that this line ought to be leased by that company at a minimum per tentage, with a fair and equitable division of the profits. He would take an early opportunity of submitting the proposal to the board of directors, and he hoped some satisfactory ar rangement would be come to before they met again. Thanks were voted to the Chairman ,vad the meeting separated. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. grantingTChamberiEi I l e a nfG theuE indemnityAPßlLs tatea: States-General e — ar c ca l l t uo the -ndt a y sitting ti inunda tions, was to, byelnraithreeposerctonond o f the e militarypr ojectof theo i laweodfnao Second majorityom.As we had the pleasure of an th e project sitting, the a r e e of law a for Section a a u w g hatomfuep2n6dt amending the book exPe of rt enting tho imporet first t d dthuoti penale s, s a Rd code.on a projec 2 au t l s g . TE DAM APRIL nevonennicning,ginyeosrtdeerrdat3o-, ghlivseMtaolatyntha.eudliiienngeeartroivtehdeyemstielirtadaryy civil authorities, and public bodies, of which notice had i rt ee d n given. The attendance was extremely numerous this morning. His Majesty will return to the Hague this evening, but we are happy to learn that he intends to return on Mon day next with her Majesty the Queen, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, and Princes Alexander and Henry, and to remain here for a week. BRUSSELS APRIL 20.—The Chamber of Representatives resumed its labours to-day. The galleries were crowded at an early hour, and the Chamber was nearly complete, very few members being absent. After the reading of the process verbal of the last sitting, M. de Theux, Minister of the Interior, rose to speak, and amidst the most profound silence read the programme of the new Cabinet, from which we ex tract the following on the subject of Education Law, which broke up the late Cabinet "The Government likewise expresses a wish that the law respecting a public education may be voted during the present session. For this purpose it desires that the Central Section, appointed to examine the projects presented in 1844, shall be completed, and present its report. The Cabinet will make every effort that this project may be decided in a spirit of patriotic conciliation." The reading of this programme baying been listened to with profound attention, the President asked if ally person desired to speak, and no one desiring to do so, the President declared that the Chambers would proceed to the order of the day. The Minister of Finance then rose, and presented severe budgets for the next year, and a project of law allowing a vote of credit of five millions for the war department. M. Dole; without stopping for the present to appreciate the new Cabinet, required that explanations should be given by those members of the Chamber who took part in the projects for reconstructing, the Cabinet. MM. Rogier, de Theux, d'Hoffschmidt, an d M e l on were i n d uced to speak in consequence of these observations. BERLL`f, APRIL 17.—1 t is stated on good authority that the Synod of the kingdom, in which laymen will also be ad mitted as members, will meet on the Ist of May. As far as is yet know the whole number of members will be seventy or eighty, and will consist of the chief President, the President of the Consistorils, the General Superintendents, the Bishops of the Evangelical Church, the four royal Chap lains at Berlin, a number of the faculties of divinity, and law, and of some laymen, to be chosen by the Provincial Synods, the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs to be the Pre sident; but the choice of the Vice-President is to be left to the Assembly itself. POSEN, APRIL 15.—The accounts which we receive from the neighbouring kingdom of Poland are not of a very agreeable nature, though persons sus pected of political offences are proceeded against with inflexible rigour. Thus it is confirmed from all quarters that the beautiful Madame Von K., who is said to have been the channel of correspondence with the Paris Propagande, has received a great number of lashes with the knout. It is likewise said that the Pseudo Roman Jesuit, the monk Gruszynski, who was arrested by the pea sants on the frontiers of Prussia and Poland, and delivered to the Polish authorities, has been punished with the knout. In consequence of the investi gations that have been made many persons have been ar rested, and all strangers and travellers are most strictly watched, and if guilty of the slightest imprudence exposed to ill-treatment. COSEL, APRIL 14.—Nearly 150 Polish insurgents were sent to-day from this place to Cracow. HANOVER, APRIL 18.—The public journals have related what has been done with respect to the German Roman Ca tholics in this kingdom—namely, that the congregation of German Roman Catholics at Hildesheim, the only one at present in the kingdom, is permitted to have divine service in private: but, in the public notice of this court, which is highly important to the persons interested, nothing is said of the condition on which the continuance of this permission is made to depend. The German Catholics have given up the Confession of the Council of Leipzic, and have adopted that of Schmeidemiht. This condition was laid down by the Government, and accepted by this congregation. . DRESDEN, APRIL 11•—Yesterday afternoon, by a rescript of the City Council and of the elders of the Protestant Church, the consent of the Ministry for Eccle siastical Affairs was notified to the elders of the f.3-erman Catholic congregation that they should have the use of a church. Accordingly the church of the Orphan Asylum has been granted to them, with the condition that the Protestestant service shall not be affected by it, and that neither the pulpit nor the altar shall be used by the temporal elders to address the assembly. BRUSSELS, APRIL 21.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 18th of April, was 23f. 39c., and that of rye 17f. 11c. In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day, discussion was continued on the explaw‘tions relative to the tormation of the Ministry of the 31st of March. The Brussels Herald, in its last number. proposes to the English inhabiting Belgium to hold a meeting, for th 6 pur pose of sending a deputation to Paris, to present a respectful address to the King of the French, manifesting their joy at 'he escape of that august Sovereign, from the dreadful attack of which he was so near becoming a victim. The King of i he French, on former occasions, previously received a similar address from the English residents at Paris. The bonds of affinity which unite him to the King and Queen of the Belgiatv, the sincere friendship which subsisted be tweea King Louis Philippe and Queen Victoria, and the peaceful relation between the two great nations over the destinies of which they preside, should induce the English inhabitants of Belgium publicly to manifest the sentiments of respect and esteem which they entertain for the enlight ened Sovereign who governs France. lIAMBUItC.I.I BOF.SENUALLE, Aram IS. kustrlan 5 per Cent s •. ........ • • 113 ' Bills. Money. I Bank Shares •...... .• .••• • • • • 1610 Anglo-Russian Loan • • 1070 • 107 106% Russian 5 per Cent., llarab. Certificate. 101 1 ,4 101 Ditto Ist seriesbascription- •••• •• • • 102 1 ,( Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certificate New 4 per Cent., Slope and Co. ••• • .• 89 Ditto Stieglitz •88 Spanish New 5 per Cent 163( Ditto 3 per Cent •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 28% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 232 per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. . Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1814.... 81 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • • 87 863 National Bank BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussam, Arum 21. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • ...... . ... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -. • • Ditto Three per Cent •. • . Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto,dltto, 1840 ....... . ..... . . 101 Ditto. ditto, 1842 • 102 1 4 Ditto, 1844.. • . Ditto, 1838 .... ....................744 Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • . ..... •••• • . 10014 Ditto, 1843 • • .• • • • • - • • • • •- • . tOO% Bank of Belgium • • ••• •••• • • • ••••• • • • • 890 —Brussels Pipers. April 21. DUTCII F UNDS. ANSr zceAN, APRIL 21. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2 3% per Cent.. •• •••• .• • 60 601,4 Ititto, 3 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent..... • ....... 94 94% Amort Syndic, 4 3% per Cent.. Ditto, 332 per Cent•••••••••• ••• • • Commercial Company, 4% per Cent 167% 168% East India Loan, 4 per Cent •••••• • • • • 93% 94 Exchange on London, at sight •• • •• • • 12 32 Two months . 12 25 On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 75 Two months... •• ••••• • • • • • 35 75 -Ditch Papars. April 22. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bmtmx, Aram 18. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •••••• • • • • • 97 9634 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ...... Foreign Exchanges Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 25% . 6 2534 Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ..... 80 1-12 Twotnonths. .. • • .• • • • • .• -Universal Prussian Gazette, April 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 15. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • • • 4 3 per Cen t, ditto. t C eth ef tl t ts .. 3ia i9tto... 7 100 3 Loan, 1834 .. • ............ Ditto, 153% 1 • Bank S,hare s . ... •••• • • •• • • • • • ••••• • • • " • 22 Esterhazy's Loan.. ..... : .. : •••• • • • • 1562 The Northern, or Ferdinand .. ( IT ll i cig enra t — tz M • • iia • n • . k• • . ILW A . • 11 1 51 i 797 : 14 ; Leghorn Pesch U 17 Sienna .• Orosetto ...... ......... •" 92 3 ‘. Oldenburg ...... • • 93 !ii Apemilnen .• .• .• • ....: • • • •••••• • • • • • 96 1 .4 Meath Bridge ...... ••••• • • • • • • .......... ....... DUTC H it): 26.—lnlSi tlt i si L tt S i • of rn e th ss e n S ge eco l i y i a d s T HAGUE,APRI L Chamber of the States-G eneral, a royal read, accompanying a project for making some altera -1.1031S in the existing law of the 12th March, 1818, on the grt at fisheries. The central section afterwards brought up its report on the proposal of Messrs. Nedemeyer and Rosenthal, for revising the fundamental law, that is to say, of Articles 130, 131, 132, and 152. The debate was fixed for Monday next. We learn from Vienna, that in con sequence of misrepresentations to the Austrian Govern- Inftet, the augmentation of the tonnage duty on foreign ships, imposed on the Ist of March, in all the Austrian seaports, is not to be extended for the present t o t h e ships of the Netherlands, which will, therefore, be tefitted in the Austrian ports on the same footing as Austrian ships. THE HAGUE, APRIL 24 —By his Majesty's order, the Minister of Finance has made a report, dated the 20th ApTil, 1846, on the amount of the national debt on the Ist January, 1844, and the Ist January, 1846. This report, and the accompanying documents, are published, by his Majesty's leave, in an extraordinary supplement to the Staats . Courrant, of this day (25th Apra) This supplement fills four pages. The general result is as follows: — On the Ist of January, 1844: In principal. Interest. The fixed debt ...f.1,201,017,575.18 f. 38,758,894.88 f. 27,077,418.09 f. 740,791.00 The floating debt.. f. 1,928,894,993,27 f. 39,499,685.88 On the f. 5 he Ist of January, .1846: In i 9 ne 9 i , p 0 a 4 1. 1.16 1 nterest. The fixed d e bt ...f.1,22p r:0 5 212,861.00 f. 35,662,509.83 The floating debt.. f. 125,438.00 f . 1,231 ,122,702.16} 1.35,787,947 : 83 MS it appears that the prizeiptg of the debt is ia creased only by a sum of f. 3,027,708.801, and the annual interest is reduced by the sum of f. 3,711,718,05. It is to be observed, however, that the amount of the floatin g debt, both in principal and i nterest, will be rather in creased in the sequel, wh en certain sums, now in the treasury, are disposed of for the purposes athe coinage and for draining the lake Haarlem. "Your Majesty will not fail to observe that in consequence of these opera tions a part of our floating debt is converted into fixed debt, so that the floating debt cannot now be estimated at more than eix millions." THE HAGUE, APRIL 24.—1 n the Second Chamber of the States General to-day (the 24th), the p ro j ec t o f l aw for the augmentat ion of the duties on importations and exportations, was put to the vote and agreed to by a majority cf 43 to 11; it was accordingly sent to the First Chamber. The Jaya papers received by the overland mail brings an order to his Excellency the Governor-General, dated the 11th of February, for the improvement of the circu lating medium. STRALSUND, APRIL 16.—The high prices of corn have been falling for some time, and continue to fall daily. There is every appearance of a fine harvest this year. People must not be misled by the unfavourable reports spread by speculators. MERRY CONCEITS in the FRENCH CHAMBERS. There is nothing in Punch more comical than a debate in the French Chambers on naval estimates; and while I am making extracts from it, I tremble to think that I must pass for a mock Punch—a travestie of that great work of plea santry—so droll are the mock-heroic fables that I offer._ Monsieur Mercier, the spectator of the battle of Trafalgar, thus entertained his audience on the 16th of April : " I have seen the French sailors contend honourably with the English ; the crews of Admiral Villeneuve's fleet were composed of men fresh from the English prisons and the English hulks. They were animated by the love of country. I beheld our captain nail sixty flags to his mast, and de clare that when these pavilions were shot away he would surrender His ship did not surrender. She sunk !—le vais sean coulou I—she of the sixty streamers lies in the depths of Cadiz Bay. Vice sensation in the Chambers; still more roif in old ocean's dark unfathomed caves, where such a trophy was never seen before. No doubt the water nymphs that in the bottom dwelt ' Held up their pearly wrists and took her in,' and the flags are now all turned to coral." This fable, worthy of Ariosto, has no foundation ; for no French line-of-battle ship was sunk in that action on that day, pavoise or not ; but some 18 were taken, carrying 1,400 cannon, and about 1,400 man. Glorious as this tale is, Monsieur Mercier has in reserve greater glory—a revelation Indeed. " Qu'il me Boit permis ici de reveler un fait qui n'est pas assez connu." This un known, unrecorded fact is, that when Nelson, in the Victory, of 100 gens, ran on board of the Redoubtable, he narrowly escaped being made prisoner by the French 74, Capitaine Lucas. "Le drapeau tricolor eut flotte sur ce vaisseau amiral, si le vaisseau A trois pouts, la Bretagne, n'etait pas venu a son secours." Two ships of 100 guns to take the French (truly) Formidable of 74. Now the Britannia of 100 guns was never near Lord Nelson in that engagement, nor likely to have been, as her commander, Lord Northetsk, was third in command of the fleet, and busy elsewhere.. So says James, the most impartial of naval writers, by the admission of M. Dupin. When Admiral Latouche Treville, escaping out of Toulon, wrote home that Nelson had fled before him, Nelson de clared that if he took him he would make him eat the libel. Monsieur Mercier should not be invited to eat his bounces, for they cause a great " sensation" in France, and a very agreeable Arabian Night's diversion in England, furnishing, too, a good measure of the French power of swallowing with out choking. "The salt-sea shark's gulf and ravening maw" is less capacious, less national. Bait your hook with sixty tri-colour flags, and your Chamber will swallow them all, with the Victory to boot; perhaps, morally,. the Britannia herself. Moral—Great nations have great swallows and diges tions, a l'autruche." P. TRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 27, 1846. AN AMERICAN FEAT. In his return to the Rocky Mountains, through Upper California, Captain Fremont relates a tragical adventure, which, hlwever glorious he may think it, will be read with very different feelings by Europeans. One day two Mexicans entered the camp, who had with great difficulty escaped from a party of Indians, that had taken or killed four others of their party, with some horses. The gallant leader of the expedition promised them such "aid as circumstances might enable him to give them. Two men were accordingly dispatched with one of the Mexicans to ascertain the route which the plun derers had taken ; but the horse of the latter being unable to keep pace with the rest, he soon returned to the camp, while his better-mounted companions pur sued " The Arabs of the New World." Here is the result : " In the afternoon of the next day a war-whoop was heard, such as Indians make when returning from a victorious enterprise ; and soon Carson and Godey ap peared, driving before them a band of horses, recog nised . by Fuentes to be part of those they had lost. Two. bloody .scalps dangling from the end of Godey's gun,. announced that they had overtaken the In dians as well as the horses. They informed us that aft::r Fuentes left them, from the failure of his horse, they continued the pursuit alone, and towards nightfal entered the mountains, into which the trail led. After sunset, the moon gave light, and they followed the trail by moonshine until late in the night, when it entered a narrow defile, and was difficult to follow. Afraid of losing it in the darkness of the de file, they tied up their horses, struck no fire, and lay down to sleep in silence and in darkness. Here they lay from midnight till morning. At daylight they re sumed the pursuit, and about sunrise discovered the horses ; and immediately dismounting and tying up up their own, they crept cautiously to a rising ground which intervened, from the crest of which they per ceived the encampment of four lodges close by. They proceeded iplietly, and had got within 30 or 40 yards of their object, when a movement among the horses discovered them to the Indians ; giving the war-shout, they instantly charged into the camp, regardless of the number which the four lodges would imply. The Indians received them with a flight of arrows, shot from their long bows, one of which passed through Godey's shirt collar barely missing the neck ; our men fired their rifles upon a steady aim, and rushed in. Teo Indians were stretched on the ground, fatally pierced with bullets ; the rest died, except a lad that was captured. The scelpe octlie fallen were instantly stripped off ; but in the process, one of them, who had two balls through his body, sprung to his f'et, the blood streaming from his skinned head; and uttering a hideous howl. An old squaw, possibly his mother, stopped and looked back from the mountain side 'she was climbing, threatening and la menting. The frightful spectaeld appalled the stout hearts of our men ; but they did what humanity re quired, and quickly terminated the agonies of the gory savage. . They. were now masters of the camp, which was a pretty little recess in the mountain, with a tine sp:ing, and apparently safe from all inva sion. Great preparations had been made to feast a large party, for it was a very proper place for a rendezvous and for the celebration of such orgies as robbers of the desert would delight in. Several of the best horses had been killed, skinned, and cut up ; for the Indians living in mountains, and only coming into the plains to rob and murder, make no other use of horses than to eat them. Large earthen vessels were on the fire, boiling and stew ing the horse-beef ; and several baskets containing fifty or sixty pairs of moccasins, indicated the presence or ex pectation of a considerable party. They released the boy, who heel given strong evidence of the stoicism, or some thing else, of the savage character, in commencing his breakfast upon a horse's head, as soon as he found he was not to be killed but only tied as a prisoner. Their object accomplished, our men gathered up all the sur viving horses—fif eon in number—returned upon their trail, avid rejoined us at our camp in the afternoon of the same day. They had rode about 100 miles in the pur suit and return, and all in thirty hours. The time, place, object, anal numbers considered, this expedition of Carson and Godey may be considered among the boldest end most disinterested which the annals ot' western ad venture—so full of daring deeds—can present. Two men in a savage desert pursue, day and night, an un known body of Indians into the defiles of an unknown mountain ; attack them on sight, without counting num bers, and defeat them in an instant ;—and for what ? To punish the robbore of the desert, and to avenge the wrongs of the Mexicans, whom they did not know. I repeat : it was Carson and Godey who did this—the former an American, born in the Boonslick county of Missouri ; the latter a Frenchman, born in St. Louis— and both trained to western enterprise from early life." j ELOPEMENT. The gossips in our town—dear souls !—have had an , nteresting subject to chat about during the lest few days —an elopement —quite an event in these unromantic matter-of-fact days ; and, to do them justice, they have made the most of it. The gay Lothario was: a pupil in the house of a very worthy clergyman, residing within two miles of Taunton, and upon the Chard-road ; -=-- and the damsel nothing less than his reverend tutor's h ousemaid. It appears that for some addressed by the Lord been time past the heart of the poor youn man (he is The following letter has PUBLICATION of his diocese: — only 19 years of age) has been made as ort of target Bishop of Llandaff to the clergy Paul's, April 7, 1846. of by that wicked urchin, Cupid. Miss Dishcloth, with , " Deanery, St. h been made to that discrimination which in such matters is so eharac- "Rev. Sir.---eCrequent complaints -aye by banns in teristie of her sex, obse rve d what the little god was abo u t, me of irregular marriages being celebrated - instances hare occurred of bigamy, The evil of and resolved that the fault should not b e her s if aconquet parishes where the parties did not reside. OF BANNS. was not made. Acco r di ng l y she set her cap at the de- late years seems to have increased, and some flagitious voted youth, and pursued her task with so much persever ance and address that he soo n be came h er willing marriage, obtained by these means, which have cause and happy slave. Some people say it is very great scandal to the church. In every instance the rude to talk of ladies' ages, and our gallantry fault has been traced to a want of due inquiry on the should not allow us to touch upon tl part of the clergymanas to the actual residence of the and of incestuou d s eate point in the present instance, were it not abso- parties in the parish it; which their banns are published. lutely necessary to the romance of the thing, to state " I will not now enlarge upon the evils which flow that Miss Dishcloth is by one year the junior of Mr. L, from this negligence. They are sufficiently manifest, her lover. How long the courtship has been going on, and they are the very evils which the law has provided is of course only known to the parties themselv es ; but against in the most efficient manner. The:clergyman who from circumstance s which transpired some month s ago, neglects to make thein ' for which the law allows and which late events have brought fresh to the recol- ample time, has quireyv, ea if he has been deceived no excuse,. lection of those who witnessed them, it would seem that by false not nl guilty of a moral statements, a che p o y the young student's mind has for a considerabl e time offence, but is liable to the penalties of the law. ' That been occupied with other thoughts than those which "By the 4th Geo. IV. c• 76, s. 7, it is enacted, to his reverend tutor sought to inculcate, and that the no parson, vicar or curate shall be obliged servant girl had for a similar period aspired to a publish the bans f 'minister, timoy between any persons higher position than that of scrubber of floors and whatsoever u 1 ome ons to be married shall seven cleanser of dishes. All was, however, kept secret, and days at lea'st 11 beforeess the persons ;required for the first pub i the time cause to be suspicion, if any had ever existed,' was most corn- cation of such beansrespectively deliver, or curate, a pletely disarmed, up t o th e t i me t h at the " lash of all" which marks the strange eventful history of notice in writing, dated are on ' the day on which the same nd courtship, and changes the dreams of love into sober shall be so delivered, of their true Christian names a . their respective and unmistakeable realities, took place. This happened surnames, and of the house or houses of and on the 15th instant, at an early hour in the morning abodes, withinsuch • h r chapelry as aforesaid, pares o It inhabited, or of which the poor servant received a note which of the time during which they have e d we , drew tears from her bright black eyes and lamentations lodged in such house or houses respectively.' does so from her ruby lips., Her dear cousin, residin at a " ill, and If the clergyman omits this precaution, he does d that he has suddenly been taken ill, and WAS ' at his own peril. He cannot plead afterwar s short distance, had obtain assurance the point of death. Would " missis" allow her been taken unawares. He may indeed inquiry,without already at or suffering relative, ere the cold hand of of the fact, by personal knowledge to hasten to the in small rural Could " missis" refuse such a exacting this •notice, and death had fallen upon hina! e . ident, it may be Womanlike—ever considerate, parishes, where the clergyman is resident, rule, and cape request? Certainly not. lady immediately granted perhaps superfluous. But Rs a general that a ever kind—the estimable distressed girl, who, having cially in populous . ' e ' I strongly recommend leave of absence to the 6. . 3 .pans..es, containing the bedeck herself in her best tog- written • notice be to - every case required, recited, before first taken care to Master ineortnetion specified in the clause above errand. and that after fiery, started upen her melancholy . - ' the same morning. The the banns are published fsr the first time; pile whether the parties L. had left the house early . th, fur breach of Pub li cation, due in qu i ry b e in case agaiust that varlet butler, flli have actually resided in the parish until the day of the marriage. " Besides these wilful and fraudulent violations of law, there are cases where districts have been recently formed, not always under the same Acts of Parliament, which may lead to doubts whether the inhabitants are confined to their district church for the celebration of marriages, or have their option of being married either in that or in the mother Church. Doubts of this kind may readily be removed by inquiry at the office of the Registrar of the Diocese as to the Act of Parliament under which the district was constituted. The general rule is, that there is no such option ; but there are some exceptions to this rule. _ "1 trust the admonition will be taken in good part by , all my clergy. But I think it right to declare, that when ever an irregular marriage may have taken place, no indulgence will be shown to those who cannot prove that they have used all due means to guard against it. " I remain, Reverend Sir, "Your faithful servant and brother, " E. LLANDAFF." MARYLEBONE VESTRY. CHURCH-RATES. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Ves try, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, Mr. HOOD, the vestry clerk, brought up the estimates which had been made for the various rates for the en suing year—viz., 43,0001., required for the relief of the poor, at the rate of ninepence in the pound, a psving rate of ninepence in the pound, and shilling for the highway district, and a church-rate of three halfpence in the pound. On the church-rate being put to the vestry for approval, Sir P. LAURIE said he - Could not alloiv this 'church; rate to be made without offering a few observations on the subject. From a return he held in his hand, he found that the pew rentals of the various churches were, in 1844, the sum of 4,7361., and in the year 1845 the rentals were 4,7361., the sum received in both years being within 101. of each other. This being the Me, he wished to know what necessity there was for an increase in the church-rate now of one-third more than in the two years he had just mentioned ? From the return he had before him, he found that there was no less than 916 empty pews in the churches of the parish. Mr. GRANGE (churchwarden of Christ Church) said there could be no doubt of the want of this increased church-rate, if the state of the St. John's Wood burial ground were taken into consideration. The quantity of broken coffins and human bones lying about was enough to prevent persons from interring their deceased rela tives at that place.—(" No, no," and "hear," and " ques tion.") Mr. FLOOD, in answer to Sir Peter Laurie, said the receipts for pew-rents formed but a small item when compared with what was required to be paid, out of a church-rate. The parish were in arrear to the amount of 1,0001. in the payment of the church-bonds which had become due, and this money was required to pay them off. Mr. DANIELL denied the truth of the charges against the St. John's Wood burial-ground, and asserted that there was not one better regulated in London. Mr. NISBETT said be had examined the burial-ground for the poor, and bad found some of the coffins only nine inches below the surface. Sir J. HAMILTON stated that St. Mar) 's church was so crowded that now seats could not be got in it, and num bers were obliged to stand. . . The resolution for the increased church-rate was then put and carried, but was immediately followed up by Sir Peter Laurie moving for an immediate. return of the number of unlet sittings in the churches of Marylebone, and the number of empty houses in the parish. NURSERY RHYME. THE STORY. OF THE REPEAL OF THE QORI•T-LAWS, " SUITED TO THE MEANEST CAPACITY." (From Punch.) There was a little lady---who had 24,000,000 babies, and she wanted to get cheap bread for them, but she could not, because of the corn-law. So she went to the Lords, and she said— " Lords, Lords, repeal this law, or I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." Then the Lords said to her, "Pooh 1 we are the landed interest; what do we care for your babies? The Tories to a man will stand by us." So she went to the Tories, and she said— " Tories, Tories, desert the Lords; the Lords won't repeal the law; and I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." Then the Tories said to her, " Madam, we have no objec tion to eat dirt ; we do it every day; but at present we are under the orders of the Duke." So she went to the Duke, and she said " Duke, Duke, order the Tories ; the Tories won't desert the Lords; the Lords won't repeal the law; and I cannot get cheap bread for my babies. Then the Duke said to her, " F. M. the Duke of Welling ton is Commander-in-Chief of the army, but he is neither a malster nor a miller. All communications to his Grace must be made through Sir Robert Peel." So she went to Sir Robert Peel; and she said— " Peel, Peel, speak to the Duke; the Duke won't order the Tories; the Tories won't desert the Lords; the Lords won't repeal the law; and I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." Then Peel said, "The Tories brought ma in, I know, but I should like to rat and cut the snobs. However, as yet, there is no pressure from without, there's no great fact to frighten me." So she went to look for a great fact; and she heard a voice, saying to her, " I am ready to come to your help, if you will only get somebody to form a League, and call me into notice. There's Richard Cobden." $o she went to Richard Cobden, and she said— " Cobden, Cobden, form a League; the League will soon become a fact but there's no fact yet to frighten Peel, and Peel won't speak to the Duke ; the Duke won't order the Tories; the Tories won't desert the Lords; the Lords won't repeal the law ; and I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." Then Cobden began to form the League; the League began to become a fact ; the fact began to frighten Peel ; Peel began to'apeak to the Duke., the Duke began to order the Tories; the Tories began to desert the Lords; the Lords set to to repeal the law; and so the little lady got cheap bread for her babies. ELY A PORT.—This ancient city, the capital of the Isle has hitherto been described as " situated on the river Ouse which is navigable from Lynn for barges," and having nothing of which to boast but its beautiful cathedral. It is now approaching a crisis from, which all future historians will depict it as rising to considerable eminence in the mercantile the world. It is now about three years since the first sea going vessel, with a cargo of coals direct from the colliery, reached the Ely quay, and by an enterprising firm in the corn and coal trade,'was reloaded with a cargo of wheat (about 320 quarters, the produce of this luxuriant district), for the London market. Too much praise, we think, cannot be bestowed upon this firm for its continued exertions in carrying out, in spite of all opposition, so desir able au object as that of shipping coals in the North and conveying them, without change of vessel, direct to the in habitants. On Friday last, the opening of a spacious dock, made by Messrs. Grissell and Peto was celebrated. It has been since'sold to the Eastern Counties Railway Company. Ii is capable, we understand, of accommodating 18 or 20 vessels of 70 or 80 tons burden, and has a very convenient wharf, with side-rails on the next side of the main line of railway. At eleven o'clock, the Luck's All, Captain Cawkwell, master, about 68 tons burden, a Humber keel, and two sloops—one the Isabella, Captain Acaster, 72 tons burden ; the other the Sea Adventure, Captain Barrack, 57 tons burden—majestically glided into the dock, amidst the shouts of the assembled populace. This event is justly regarded by the inhabitants of the ancient city of Ely as one of great importance, and is certainly calculated, in combination with the advantages which will undoubtedly arise from the numerous railways connected with it, to con tribute materially to its prosperity. After the vessels had been safely moored, about twenty coal porters were employed by:Messrs. Cross, the owners of the Luck's All, and of all the cargoes, to discharge the coals fot transmission by the railway, and we are informed that Mr. M'Keone (the agent of John Peto, Esc&., the contractor) pre sented each' of 'the three captains with a sovereign. The same gentleman, in conjunction with the Messrs. Cross, dis tributed Cl. amongst the porters and musicians, who, after the ceremony of opening the dock was completed, adjourned to the Angel Inn to conclude the festivities of the day._ Cambridge Advertiser. ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY Comp.irty.—On Tuesday, a middle-aged well dressed man, named 13e11, was brought up at the Borough Court, charged with att em pti ng t o d e f raud the grand Jiv;c tion Railway Company of a portion of its fare. Mr. Critchle , inspector of the Ordsall-la ne - s t a ti on, sa id the prisoner left the morning train from Liverpool at Ordsall-lane. He had no ticket, and he paid Is., saying that he had come from Kenyon Junction. The guard of the train having reason to doubt the truth of his statement, detained him, and he subsequently admitted that he had come from Liverpool in a third-class carriage, for which he ought to have paid 2s. 6d. On being asked by Mr. Maude what he had to say to the charge, the prisoner said it was true that he rode from Liverpool, but when he gave the shilling be merely said, " Kenyon Junc tion," without saying where he had come from. He said he was a draper. Mr. Maude—Well, is it not quite shocking to see a man in your class of life, and of your a pp earance, attempting a trick which is as dishonest as if you had stolen anything out of a shop ? Prisoner—That is very correct ; it was necessity that compelled me to do it. Mr. Maude —Necessity ! you had plenty of money. Prisoner—l had not money to take me back. In answer to a question from the bench, the guard of the train said he could not tell how it had happened that the prisoner had got into the train with out paying at Liverpool. He had done so without the know ledge of any servants of the company. Mr. Maude said the offence, if offence there had been, was within the township of Salford, and therefore the magistrates of the borough of Manchester had no jurisdiction. The prisoner was then taken before Mr. Trafford, at the New Bailey, and he decided upon hearing the case at the Salford Town Hall, this (Wednesday) morning, the prisoner being allowed to find bail for his appearance.—Manchester Guardian. STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACE `I2RADEIL—Th e e wrought cotton hose branch has retrograded, but not to the extent of being much felt. The spring has hose etradeis workmen former times, at this season, stockuigers asar rived, when, in Were at a ' premium. The cut-up or rather w slop el pretty good, though in one bneh, against a master namely, the half hose selvage footed hose isa state a of agitation stockinger at Snenton, who, from circumstances, has been in duced to stop his frames ; this has been construed by his wor kmen to be with a view to a reduction of wages. 13oth the hosiers and journeymen have united to reduce his profits, though by theaid of machinery he has been enabled to make as good hose, three at once, as is in general made one at once. Several workmen have been committed to Southwell under the intimidation Act (as will be seen from our police report), as every species of annoyance has been resorted to to induce the master to succumb and take on the refractory men again. The drawer branch continues a shade better. The glove trade keeps pretty good. - The fancy, lace trade is considered worse than ever, though there are some exceptions where ma chines are yet worked to a profit. The plain trade, though both low in wages and profits, is much better than the fancy trade. Invention and improvement seem to be nearly abandoned. The warp lace trade is in a most depressed con dition.—Nottinghom QUALIFICATIONS FOR A SENATOR.—A Washington letter gives this sketch of the United States Senator from Georgia. Mr. Colquitt is not only an able legislator, but a sound lawyer, and a good preacher. He is a man of decided talent, energetic, persevering, and industrious. He is said to have made, in one day, two stump speeclie, preached two sermons, argued a case in Court, and joined a couple in the holy bands of wedlock ! He also possesses, according to his friends, another very eminent qualification for a Senator of the United States. To use the language of the authority referred to, "he can thrash any other man wrapped up in the same quantity of akin !"-- Boston Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE, INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 25. THE CASE OF THE REV. C. WETHERELL. At the rising of the court, an application was made on the part of the Rev. Charles Wetherell, rector of By field, Northampton, to rescind and vacate a vesting order, obtained by Mr. W. Thurmott, a coal merchant, residing in Bedford-street, Covent-garden. Mr. COOKE, on the part of the applicant, said the grounds of the application were, that a fraud had been practised on the Court; that Mr. Thurmott had been induced to apply for a vesting order when he would not have done so had he been aware of the circumstances of the case, and that gentleman was anxious that it should be vacated, and had given his consent to that effect. The COURT directed that a rule nisi should be granted to set the vesting order aside, on the ground that it bad been obtained in fraud. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. On Saturday, Martha Biner, a girl about sixteen years of age, servant of all work in the, family of Mr. Bennet, a builder, in Critchell-place, Hoxton, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, thi , magistrate, on suspicion of having attempted to destroy the family by infusing poison in the water of the tea-kettle. She was also charged with the comparatively venial offt•nce of stealing tea and sugar. The prosecutor stated that, on his return home on Friday morning, he took some water out of the tea kettle to shave with, but he observed something white floating in it, and asked the prisoner what it was ? She replied that she did not know, adding that she had put: nothing :nto the water, but she saw something white in it when she filled the kettle from the cistern. He then skimmed the white powder off the water which he had taken from the kettle, and carried it upon some paper to a medical man in the neighbourhood, who told him it was what is called white precipitate. The prisoner's box was afterwards searched without finding any of the powder in it, but there was a small quantity of tea and sugar, and the prisoner was given into custody. Ile afterwards took the kettle with the remainder of the water to the same medical gentleman whom Le had first applied to. Mrs. Bennet confirmed the evidence of her husband, and said she had been obliged to give the prisoner warn ing to quit, finding her condition to be such that she could not possibly keep her, her filth having even infected her children. The prisoner now repeated that she had not put any thing into the water, but had observed that white stuff in it when she drew it out of the cistern to fill the kettle. With respect to the charge as to the,tea, and sugar found in her box she had nothing to say. The Magistrate, after a long inquiry, discharged the prisoner out of custody, and ordered her to be taken to the Shoreditch workhouse, with directions that she should be strictly kept there for the present. SOUTHWARK. • On Saturday Richard Steel, a man apparently between thirty and forty years of age, who made a voluntary confession that he was an incendiary, was brought up under the following circumstances. Sergeant Dorrig, M divisihn, stated that while on duty in High-street, he saw the prisoner on the Steps of a door, apparently in a state of great exhaustion. He accordingly questioned him, and he accounted for his present weakly condition by saying it had arisen from his having had no food for four days. He also added that he had set fire to his employer's premises at Man chester, and that since then he could not rest day or night, and wanted to deliver himself up into the hands of justice. As the prisoner seemed so ill, he was pro vided with food and kept in custody. In answer to Mr. Seeker, the prisoner said he was a native of Knaresborough, but th9t he had been working for some time in Manchester, on the premises of Messrs. Turnbull and' Young, yarn manufacturers. That he re mained in the employment of the firm until last Sep tember, when he set fire to the premises. That ever since then his mind had suffered, and he left Manches ter and wandered about the country, leading a wretched life, and had at length resolved to deliver himself up into the hand.; of justice. The MAGISTRATE said the prisoner's mind seemed to be affected, and as it was evident he was in great dis tress, orders should be given for his admission into the workhouse until inquiries were made respecting him. promise of marriage, was expected to come on in the Assize Hall in the course of the day, and "he had gone to hear it tried." Evening came, and Master L., like a good boy, made the best of his way home at a proper hour. Polly, the servant aforesaid, made her appearance soon after, and in due time the family _re tired to rest, the pupil, with praiseworthy self-com mlnd, proceeding alone to his dormitory, and Polly to her attic. On the following morning, in consequence of certain expressions having fallen from the latter, " missisThegan to suspect that all was net right, and sending tor the girl she closely questioned her, but the only information she succeeded in eliciting for a consider able time was that she (Polly) " had no need to stay in service," and that " she hoped one day she would be a lady." At length, examined, cross-examined, and re examined—lectured, entreated and advised—as she was, she revealed the whole secret. The story about her dear cousin had been got up merely to deceive her unsuspecting mistress, and instead of going to see her, the wicked dam sel wended her way with all possible expedition to the railway station, were the student anxiously awaited her arrival. Day tickets for Bridgewater were taken, and off the fugitives started, the very engine screaming with de light at " the idea of the thing." A license had been previ ously procured, and they at once proceeded to church and were made one flesh. The whole affair having been thus divulged, the happy couple started off, no one knew whither. An uncle to the young man, who came to Taunton immediately upon hearing of the circumstances, set out in pursuit of them—we have not heard with what success ; but as the whole pecuniary resources of the happy pair do not exceed 504 it is not improbable that they will soon find their way back of their own accord. —Taunton Gazette. THE BATTLE OF SOBRAON. (EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) Camp, before Lahore, Army of the Sutlej, Feb. 26. Being one of those who were fortunate enough to escape with a sound head at the battle of Sobraon, on the 10th. inst., I take this opportunity of writing you a few lines. You will probably see the Commander-in -Chief's dispatch in the papers before this reaches you. We were in .the thick of it —in Brigadier Stacey's brigade, Sir R. Dick's division. The latter, poor fellow, was shot through th e s t omac h t owar d s the ose of the action ; we were almost crying when we saw him taken to the rear. .His only regret was, he said, that he could not live to write his own dispatch and do artillery began to fire about su justice nr to on h the i s d m i v o i r s n i n n g. of Our the 10th. We had all got into position before day break. The first hour and a half was purely an artillery fight, but our artillery did not in any way appear to silence the enemy's guns, and about nine o'clock the Commander-in-Chief sent orders for Sir R. Dick's divi sion to advance and storm (while the cannonade was going Stacey's brigade was partly concealed in the dry bed of a river, so that the enemy's cannon-shot, with one or two ex ceptions, passed over us); Stacey's brigade deployed into line-10th Foot on the right flank, 53d Foot on the left, and the 43d and 59th Regiments of Native Infantry in the centre,s and off we went towards a place pointed out by an engineer officer, where we were to storm. The line had not advanced far when the enemy had got our range, and the men began to fall in all directions; a little farther, and we began to feel their grape-shot coming amongst us like hail• stones. When within about 400 yards from the trenches, we got the order to double, the artillery in our rear ; and the Commander-in- Chief and all the staff gave a cheer, the regiment on the right of our line took it up, and it went down the whole line, Sepoys and all cheering as loud as they could, the whole line doubling all the time under a storm of grape and cannon shot such as you cannot possibly imagine. When their grape opened upon us I thought it certain death ; but, thank God, I did not get even a scratch. It was a mournful sight to see our poor fellows blown almost to pieces when we got close under the guns. Many were sent up into the air without the shot touching them, and the grape-shot strewed them by sixes and sevens. I lost nine men, killed and wounded, in the company which I commanded, and that is a small proportion compared to the loss among the Europeans ; they appear generally to draw a greater fire upon thm. The fate of India almost depended upon us, and I think every one did his duty nobly. I felt sure that we were fighting in a just cause, and that I think tends to give one confidence. The slaughter was beyond any thing you can imagine. None were spared, for the men, Europeans particularly, were infuriated. I suppose there was never heard such a roll of musketry as there was after we had gained the trenches. The enemy were driven in a mass headlong into the river. A rush was made for the bridge, audit gave way under the weight. The river seemed alive with wounded and drowning men, and in the mean while some horse artillery galloped up on the right and fired into the retiring masses. Their loss is stated at 10,000. We have lost in killed and wounded 2,400," 56 officers. The Akalees are the most daring men I have ever seen. Many rushed out singly with nothing but a sword, and attacked large bodies of men. I saw them trying to make cuts with their swords, with bayonets stick ing in them. I think they must have been intoxicated. The Seikh artillerymen fought very bravely; they were strewed in heaps at their guns, and, indeed, so did all of them, ex cept their cavalry; they never made a stand. There were several European tents in the intrenchment, and furniture of different descriptions. I got a drink of water out of a soup plate ; it was a great boon, for I could hardly speak at the time from thirst, and, having got a good portion of clay into my mouth when doubling, and no breakfast, I felt rather exhausted. It was all over by about half-past eleven o'clock, when the Commander-in-Chief and Governor-General and staff rode in. The intrenchments then resounded with cheers, and every one had his eye fixed on the old chief's frosty head, which was uncovered. General 3fonton and the Spanish engineer, who constructed the Seikh works, were sent into our camp two days ago. I believe we can do no thing to them. The Seikhs used totalk of going to Calcutta, and then going and taking London ;—what an idea! You teed not be afraid of the bearded gentlemen going all the way to London. We are, I hear, to be presented with a star and clasp, in honour of the battle: of Sobraon, but some thing more useful, ik donation of twelve months' batta is to be given to the troops ; a lieutenant's batta amounts to 1,400 rs. I hear we remain here until the final instalment of the indemnification money is paid, about the middle of next month. One instalment came in yesterday. Ghoolab Singh, the newly. created Minister of Dhuleep Singh (a minor), will agree to anything we choose to impose ; and no doubt Sir H. Ilardinge will make a very stringent treaty, otherwise we shall have the same work next year. The 31st Foot and 16th Lancers go to England immediately. You will see Brigadier Stacey's a brigade frequently mentioned in e a r n y d p a r o e v u e d u o t f l y t t h h e a n m k a G n n o d e r t h i a n t w I h s i n h s t e h fe e o S l e t t p o o y f s t b h e the Commander 41 1 -Chief's dispatch, and a l so m y reg i men t. aI feyeeld action. BANKRUPTCY and INSOLVENCY. A few days ago the Bill introduced into the House of Com mons to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy _and insol vency was printed. It bears the na mes o f Mr. Hawes, Mr. Masterman, and Mr. Wynn Ellis. This Bill is in many respects similar to the one printed at the close of last session, brought forward by two of the same sponsors (Mr: Hawes and Mr. Masterman). It is admitted that the law on debtor and creditor is a very difficult subject. Additions have been made year after year, but it is denied that such additions have been n d but, on the contrary, clogs to a law. There are some good correctimprovements,eret endi ng e the provisions in this measure, as there are in the several Acts now in force. Some practical hand could doubtless bring the discordant elements into fortn,and would, notwithstanding the difficulties that present themselves, produce something like a goad measure, having regard to the interest of both creditors and debtors. The object of this Bill, as declared by the preamble, is to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency, with a view to, afford to creditors greater protec tion against fraud and wilrul extravagance. This is a one sided view of the matter, and shows that only one class has been considered in framing the provisions. Both parties should be regarded by the Legislature. Creditors have rights, but debtor., in their embarrassments, should be con sidered. - There should be a provision to compel traders to keep books "of account to which creditors could refer, and, on a refusal; summon the party to a court of competent ju risdiction. • Those who require credit would not refuse an inspection by their creditors, and there . should be a serious punishment for keeping false accounts: In the Bill now before the House of Commons (appointed to be read a second time on Wednesday next) there are 36 clauses and four sche dules of forms. The very first provision 'commences the difficulty, "That all laws, statutes, and usages, so far as they may be at variance or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed, but in all other respects shall co n ti nue i n force.' There are various Acts now in operation on the law - of bankruptcy and insolvency, and what one Commissioner might consider in consistent another might hold to be in accordance with the same. From the 4th to the 14th section it is proposed to amend the law respecting the summoning of traders to the Court of Bankruptcy. By. the 15th, the Court of Bank ruptcy is to appoint solicitors to prosecute fiats when ob. tained by bankrupts. Several provisions follow as to protec tion and non• protection to bankrupts and insolvents. Then it is proposed that assignees and creditors who have proved their debts are to be deemed to be judgment creditors in cases of bankruptcy and insolvency; and certificates are to be granted, which certificates are to have the same effects as judgments obtained. Par; half-pay, and pensions of bank. rupts are to be applicable for the benefit of creditors; and all bills of sale are to be registered, and the registry open to public inspection. The concluding provisions have reference to the cases of traders dying without legal personal repre sentatives. Such is the substance of the measure to be dis cussed. The Government could select some competent per sons and refer the Acts and Bills on the same subject, with instructions to draw an impartial measure. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, APRIL 24.--The demand for Foreign Wool has been only flat this week, and sales comparatively limited. Prices may be quoted abcut the same as last week. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRIL 24.—There has been a better feeling in the market, but the manufacturers complain of the di-proportionate prices of manufactured goods and the raw material, and are extremely cautious in their purchases of wool. LEEDS. —There was considerable improvement in business at the Cloth Halls, both on Saturday and Tuesday; on the latter day more goods were sold than on any market day during the last two months. Prices continue pretty steady, and the stocks on hand are below the usual quantity at this season. Trade has also been more lively in the warehouses this week than for some weeks past. A number of drapers from the country and from Ireland have visited the town, and some Americans have also been here during the week. Alto gether. the prospect is better than might have been expected a few weeks ago. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is no disposition to buy any: kinds of wool except on the limited scale we have observed for. some time past ; no alteration in price. The improvement in the demand for yarns, noted in our report of last week, is fully developed to-day, as the buyers are dis posed to purchase for distant delivery, to which the spinners are not ready to accede, as the prices now current must un dergo a great advance before they can realise prime cost ; but as long as.wool maintains its present disproportionate price to yarns, thre is but little hope of the large quantity of totally idle machinery being put to work to relieve our distressed operatives... During the week and to-day more business has been done in all kinds of dress goods suitable for auturnr, and a feeling is gaining ground that we shall continue to improve.' The delay in the Government measure affecting the corn-laws has no doubt tended to retard the progress of the merchants, particularly the export houses. The absence from the 'market of a rather extensive buyer noted in our last, turns out more unfavourable than was expected, and considerable embarrassment is felt among the smaller manu facturers; several of whom have already had to yield to the loss they will sustain, and many once respectable men will be completely ruined, and necessarily involve increased tempo rary distress among the operatives in the villages where they reside. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have net had so much doing in cloth this week as many anticipated there would have been. The manufacturers, in addi tion to the advance on the staple, are asking also a further advance, and this on heavy fabrics would amount to at least 5 per cent., which buyers at present refuse to give ; hence only needy parties comply with the manufacturers' demands, and the business is consequently limited. There are one or two houses who generally employ large numbers of hand-loom weavers in town, who are discharging them in considerable numbers, as the goods manufactured by them are chiefly for the home market. Yarns are in fair de mand, and prices firm as compared with those current this day week. fRADE OF LEICESTER.—SeveraI home buyers have been in our market this week, and have bought cautiously ; ma nufactured stocks in hand are light, and there is no intention to produce by the makers what is not likely to be wanted. Some American orders have been received, and purchasers are now in the market for goods suitable for the full demand, but the uncertainty existing with respect to the Oregon question induces them to conclude their purchases quickly, leaving no time far anything to be manufactured on specula tion. Wools remain the same, and worsted yarns are more in demand.—Leicester Journal, of Friday. LOSS of the BRITISH SCHOONER BALIUS. Foreign-office April 14, 1846. Sir—l am dire c t e d b y th e E arl of Aberdeen to transmit to you, for the information of the Chairman and Committee at Lloyd's; a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at St. - Michael's, reporting the wreck of the British schooner Balius, at Fayal. I am, Sir, yours, &c., (Signed) (Name illegible.) William Dobson, Esq., &c., Lloyds. British Consulate, St. Michael's, March 23, 1843. My Lord—l have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that Mr. Minchen, the British Vice-Consul at Fayal, has re ported to me that the schooner Balius, of Liverpool, bound homeward from Jamaica, with a cargo of rice, spices, and logwoed, was totally wrecked at that island on the 28th ult., and that Samuel Scott, a seaman, and Esther Hasleden, a native of Liverpool, a passenger, were unfortunately drowned. The remains of these two persons were recovered and in• - terred, under Mr. Minchen's direction, in the English burial ground. I have, &c., (Signed) THOMAS C. HUNT. The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., &c. RO YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. There is now exhibiting at the Royalto eeig i Polytechnic ine in vention - tion a model of Mackintosh's rotary e which bids fair to eclipse all other retatory engines, either for simplicity or , statiotiary, locomotive, or maripe . p u rposes. economy. It applica T b h l e e e d i i t r h ee er te t re o iv 2 e, s worked by atmospheric pressure , diameter ; and so compa ct is the of this establishment have u a p P on ith a ed ci t re t u o la a r lo r c a o i ra lw o a l y at a loss to discover its mode of operation , practical men arc arrangement, that even f wheels, the rest of the machiner y bein g inside the c y linders. or there is nothing to be seen exce p t the c y linders and The arrangement consists merely of the ring of a drum, the inner surface of which is concaved across; over the concavity is laid a piece of flexible material, called metalised cloth, which is merely cloth dipped in a solution of metal, which renders it not only durable and strong, but also imperviouS to wetter or steam. At one part of the circumference of the drum the' cloth is held firmly against the concavity by a stop, on each side of which there is an orifice, one for ad mission, the other for the escape of the steam. If, th en, steam be allowed to enter the former orifice, it will traverse the circumference of the drum, between the metal and the - 1 a cloth, until it escape through the other orifi ce , producing a considerable expansion of the cloth ; and, b y causing - roller, so formed as to fit the concavity, to press against the cloth, holding it firmly against the dr um , the steam, in its attempts to expand the cloth, will p rope l t h e roller before it; and this roller being fixed to the end of a lever, gives moti on to the shaft running throu g h th e ax i s of the drum. The arrangement is rather diffi cu lt t o b e understood without . the aid of a drawing or model, but, when once seen, may be comprehended at once by the most unlearned in mechanical science. There is no rubbing surface, the existence of w hi c h has been the princip a l cause of the failure of all those hitherto exhibited. It can be worked by steam, air, or any of the gases. --- The private view of the ;exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours at their Gallery, Pall-mall East, on Saturday was visited by a numerous body of amateurs and patrons of the fine arts, amongst whom we noticed— Earls; Brownlow, Mansfield, •,Powis, St. Gerinans, &c.; Duchess of Northu m b er l an d ; C ountesses 'Brownlow, Mans field, Fowls, St. Germans, and Dowagers Essex 'and Morley; Bishops of Winchester and Lichfield; Lords Alford, Chelsea, Calthorpe, Monteagle, Pradhoe, and Ashburton; Ladies Chelsea, Marianne Alford, Monteagle, and Pradhoe ; Sir John Swinburne, Mr. Rogers, &c., &c. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 24.—We have ex perienced a very good dematiii, for all descriptions of sugar, . I.l (l,!price i BAre Nay rs.,dearc than ,ithis dayp week. Several parcels of Fresh landed sugars have been dt§posed of 'as soon 1 1 Offend. Rum is looking better.—Bristol Mercury. RAILWAY SIIABE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 25 STOCK EXCANGIIE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Gloucester, 124-y i —Bristol and South Wales Junction, I—Caledonian, 636—Mid land, New, 3136—South Wales, I 1-16—Taff Vale, 134—Dutch Rhenish, 6 1-16. MANCHESTER, Amu. 25 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 1% dls.- Blackburn, Ciitheroe, and North Wales, 1% .dis. -Chelmsford add Bury, dis.-Chester and Manchester, Direct, 21s. Gd. dis.-Derby and Crewe, 1 3 4 p.-Direct Northern, 1% dis.- Eastern Counties, 21s. Gd.-Exeter and Exmouth, % dis.-Exeter. • Yeovil, and Dorchester, 1 dis.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 3% p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, % p.-Liverpool, Pres ton, Manchester, and Southport, % dis.-London and Manchester (Remington's), 345. Gd. dis.-London and York, 1 dis.-Manchester, Buxton, and .31atlock, par-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), p:-Ditto, ditto (C), 7 9-16 p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 8% p.-Manchester and Southithipton, dis.-Northumber land and Lancashire, 63. Gd.-North Staffordshire, 475.-Oldhath,Birk enhead, &c., 1 dis.-Preston and Wyre, 35 =Ditto, Halves (A), 3% p.— Ditto, ditto (B), % p.- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, % die.-- Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 1), 4% p.-Ditto, ditto (No. 3), 65.-South Eastern and Dover. Consolidated (No. 3), 1 p -Ditto; Halves (No. 4), 3s. 9d. dis.-West Riding Union, 1% p. . LEEDS, APRIL 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The Government measure for facilitating the winding-up of railway schemes appears to afford great satisfaction,. and has done much already towards restoring confidence and re establishing the share market on a healthy and firm basis. The • value of most old stocks has been enhanced since the issue of our . last week's circular, especially Eastern Counties, Edinburgh and_ , Glassrows, Brightons, South-Westerns, Midlands, Newcastle and.. Darlutgtons, North British,. and Dovers; and the tendency of our market to-day is again upwards, but with perhaps not quite. so much business doing. Many scrip stocks continue to be sold at.. heavy discounts, as the proposition of Sir Robert Peel affords an op portunity for the majority of the scripholders in a scheme to insist: on its continuance against the will of the minority, without, as was. expected, permitting those-desirous of withdrawing from the concern. . to do so on paying their proportionate amount of expenses incurred. ' Such a clause appears to us desirable before the measure can be said fully to effect tit _object for which it is intended. The better class of scrip partakes of the improvement manifested in the shares of existing lines, aid among others may be mentioned West Ridings, Eastern Counties (York Extensions), and East Lancashires (No. 2), as having a better appearance on the market. . The sales•are-Eastera . Counties, York Extension, 22s p.- Sheffield and Manchester, Quar ter Shares, 4 p.-East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 325. fid. • p.-Great Grimiiy and Sheffield, 5 dis.-Huddersfield and Manches ter, I dis.-liteldersileld and Sheffield, 3% p.-Leeds and Bradford,: 27 p.-Leeds arid Dewsbury, 1% dis.--North British, 5% -Ditto, , New Carlisle Branch , I 1 p. - Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, . 255. dis.-Essex and Suffolk, Its. dis.--Glasgow and Dumfries, 155..' dis.- Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 275.. dis.--Liver pool, Ormskirli, and Preston, % p.-London and Manchester (Rem.),.- 31s. dis -Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1 p. -Mid land and Thirsk Junction, I dis.-Northumberland and Lancashire,' Junction, 168.6 d. dis.-North Western, 7s. dis. -Welsh Midlands, dis.-West Riding Union, 3% -York and Carlisle, 28s. die. Arßu. 25. _ . STOCK EXCPIANGE.—The sales are—Midland, 401. Shares, 30%-- , . York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 8 3 , ; p—North Bri-• tish, Carlisle, 365. 3d.—Chelmsford and Bury, I Is. M.—Bost.- Coast, 208.-1101 and Barnsley Junction, 235. 3d. —Leicester and... Tamwortb, 20s.—Northampton Bedford, and Cambridge, 245. M. — North Staffordshire, 4/. 7s.—South Midland, 41s.—West ItidiatC Union, 31. 11 s. 6d.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 225. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield, Exten— , sion, 11. 2s.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15s.—Ditto, Railway and Dock, 2 —Huddersfield and Sheffield, 1016 Derby and Gaiusborough, 14s. Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 18s.— Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries,. and Crewe, 13s. 9d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Arun 25. Saws EXCHANGE.—Tho sales are—Lancashire and North York— shire, I9s. dis. —North British, Carlisle, 3i p.—North Staffordshire,- p.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 103—Northumberland and Lanca— , shire, 18s. dis.—Rugby and Htintingdon, 16s. 6d. dis.—West Riding: Union, 134 p.—York and Carlisle, 265. 6d. dis. EDINBURGH, APRIL 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales arel-Aberdeen, 31.-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 1/. 55.--.Airdrie and Bath,gate, V.-Arbroath and For- far, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 105.-Armagh and Portrush, 10s.-Ayr and _Galloway, It. 95.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir, V. 25.-Banffshire, 10s.-Belfast and County Down, 24-British and. Irish Union, 2/. N.-Caledonia:in, 10/. 10s., ex new,-Ditto, New, 14. 55.-Caledonian Extension, IL 95.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 14.. Gs. 6d.-Caledonlan and Northern Direct, 17. 17s. 6d.-Carnwatln and West Linton, I t. 25.-Chelmsford and Bury, 155.-Clydesdale , Junction, 124-Cornwall and Devon Central, 1/. 10s.-Deeside Rail way, 41.-Direct•Northern, 1/. 10s.-Dublin and Enniskillen, U. 105..., -Dundee and Arbroath, 39L- , Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and For-- . far Junction, 1/. 165.-Dundee and Perth, 151.-Ditto, Kinross Ex tension, 21.-Eastern Counties Extension, 11. 55.-East Indian Bail way, 9a. 9d. - -East of Fife, 11. 105.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction,' 11. 75.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. Os. 6d.- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.-Ditto, Half Shares, 16/. 58.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 151.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, , and Dumbarton, 195. 3d.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 1/. ' 3s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 16/...D1tt0,' Preference, 181 - I -Edinburgh and Northern, 41. Bs. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 103.-Ditto, * Lochgelly, 18s. 3d.-Edinburgh and - Peebles, It. 65,-Edinbargh. - and Perth, 2/. 65.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 1/. 105.. -Forth and Clyde Junction, It. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrallire, 'TOL 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 281.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 171. 10a. , -Glasgow Belfast Union, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries,' and Cllr lisle, 11. 135.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, it. 10s. 6d.--Glasgoivr and Garnkirk, 40/. 10s.- Glasgow General Terminus, 91.--Glasgew l and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New Stock, 101.-Ditto, Preference, 11- 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 11. 105.-Glasgow Har bour Mineral, 11. 155.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and 'Ardroasan, 11. 5 95.-Glasgow, Stratbaven, and Lesmahagow, 2/. Is. 62.-Granton. Junction, 105.-Great County Down, 1/. IN.-Great North of Bcot land, 11. I Is.-Great North and South Wales, 9s. 4d.-Inverness and: Elgin, I/. Os. Gd.-Lanark and Lothians, 21.-Larne, Belfast, aiid Ballymena, It. Is.-London and Hounslow, 155.-London and Man- , chester (Bast.), 31. 5s -London and Manchester (Remington's), IL.) -London and York, It. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 21.-Midland and:, Eastern Counties, 11.-Newcastle and Berwick, 171. 10s.-Moray shire, I/.-Newry and Londonderry, I/. 75.-North British, 26/.-- Ditto, Halves, 81. 55.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 1/. 145.--Ditto,: Extension to Dalkeith, 61. - North Wales, Mineral, 11/ 105.-Ditto, New, 21. 10s.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 1/ 12s. 6d.-Perth and Inver ness, 11. 10s.-Scottish Central, 131. 10s.-Ditto, New, 5/. 55.-- Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. 6s -Scottish Grand Junction, 155.-Scottish Midland, 61. 7s. 61.-Scottish Southern, 11..; 13s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, ss.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and I Chester, it. IN.-South Midland, 11. 17s. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfersn-: line, 11. 165.-Stirling and Midland, 21.-Strathearn Junction, 11. 25.. 61.-Surrey Grand Junction, 55.-Tean and Dove Valley, 15a.-; Wishaw and Coltness, 471. 7s. 6d. GLASGOW, Aram 25. STOCK. Exciiertoz.—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 28s. 6d.2 . —Banffshire, 20s.—Caledonian Extension, 30s.—Caledonian and Ayr-, shire Junction, 40s.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 295. - 6d.—Carnwath and West Linton, 225. 6d.—Cornivall and Devon Cen tral, 32s.—Direct Northern, 29s.—East Lothian Central and Tyn , s) Valley, 28s.—East Indian Railway, 9s. 9d.—Edinburgh and Northern i. 414—Ditto, Lochxelly, 175.—Edinburgh and Peebles, 26s.—Fortir; and Clyde Junction, 355. 6d..—Glasgow General Terminus, 91.--. Glasgow and Belfast Union, 345. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, ancD Ayr, New, 30!. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 365. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 265. 6d.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct,t 375.--Lanark and Lothians, 41s.—Perth and Inverness, 31s.—rertix and Crieff, 325. 6d.—Seottish Grand Junetinn, 12e.—Scottish South ern, 36s..—S1arnannan, 2.sl.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 36s.—Wistaer and Coltuess, 47%. FALKIRK DISTRICT OF BURGIISL LORD LINCOLN. • The following paragraph appears in the Glasgow , Herald of Friday .—" It will be observed, from our ad vertising columns, that Mr. - Baird ; of Gertsherrie, the , . representative of the Falkirk district of burghs, has: accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and that the Earl of.. Lincoln has offered himself a candidate for the vacant: seat. The fact that his LordshiP has done so is the best. comment on the unsoundness of the rumour which has been recently circulated concerning an immediate disso lution of Parliament. Lord Lincoln's chances of success. are of the most flattering kind. Mr. Wilson, of Dundyvan,.: it is well known, holds a requisition, lately presented to , him, inviting him to allow himself to be put in nomination.,:_ for this district of burghs, and signed by a large number of the electors. But Mr. Wilson, having been conferred : with on the part of Lord Lincoln, and anxious to strengthen the hands of Sir. Robert Peel in carrying his free-trade measure, readily agreed not to claim the - suffrages of the electors at this time, provided his re- , uisitionists would go along with him in this. He has been holding meetings in the different burghs with this. view ; and we are glad to learn that the requisitionists• generally acquiesce in the expediency of the measure at this time ; so that Lord Lincoln has every chance of being elected member for these burghs." I ki entirely on We have seen a copy of the noble Lord ' s address to the claims sittuo their en ofsutflllreag l e ' a s n Burghs,hs grounds identification:. withhis oe with free-trade principles. " I seek," says his Lordship, "your suffrages on public' grounds. I know that you have not been unobservant ; of the struggle which is now pending in Parliament, and - I believe you desire the success of those measures which. : her Majesty's Government his proposed to the Legisla ture, and is now, earnestly endeavouring to. carry into effect. As a warm advocate of those measures f o r the ,. amendment of our commercial policy—as one who has., lately had occasion to show the sincerity of his attach-: went to those measures, and his conviction of their no-. cessity and value to all classes of the community, I ven ture to ask you to return me to Parliament as your re presentative, and thus strengthen the h!inds of a Govern ment which has considered no honourable sacrifice too , great to accomplish an object in which the welfare of the people is concerned, and for the attainment of which it has not hesitated once to abandon power, and now to make the greater sacrifice of party attachments and Ling cherished friendships." We are enabled to state, from private sources of in formation, that there is no doubt whatever of the Nob'et Lord's success. " Emilia Wyndham," by the author of " Two Old Men's Tales," &c., This story turns upon the life- s t rugg le of" ; a high-minded, deVoted girl, whose noble performance of what, she sees to be her duty, conducts her at last through the roughest and most unpromising paths, through the sternest and saddest sacrifices, through the most affecting patience and self-denial, to a solid and sacred happiness. We question if th this ide a withh a so ever much of that inestimable s been unfolded into such sweetness, or adorned whi t . 4 belongs to the common and daily trials, and needful mutual forbearances of hearth and. home. Wynd ham" is a masterpiece — t he characters are real, the incidents unforced, and the whole story a delightful combination of the. g, tender It is, o indeed, ra ca a n Can .o novelst nbeautifulat u natural, the tal e,pams,sitiohnaatec,haarnmditnhe wise. readers desire more ? We shall lay it up among oulespecial favourites, with the " The Simple Story," and " Mount Sorel." —Examiner. EXCURSION TRAIN. —On Easter Monday, the Eastern Counties Railway Company offered to convey passengers to London, from different places on the line, at reduced rates. The number of tickets was limited to 500-one hundred being allotted to Colchester ; and as there were many more applicants than tickets, a large, number of persons was dis appointed. Th e arrangements 'of the company, we under stand, did not give satisfaction to those who secured tickets —the common luggage trucks having been provided for their r a ccommodation instead of comfortable covered carriage- ' Surely the company would best consult its interests by affording, on such occasions, the utmost convenience, and • displaying a liberal spirit.—lpswich Express. Dispatches were received on Saturday, at the Colonial' ! office, from the Governors of Ceylon, the Mauritius, a nd Malta. , BIRTHS. .. On the 22d inst., the wife of the Rev. William Gibson, Rector of Fawley, Hants, of a son. On the 22d inst., at Hyde-park-gate, Kensington-gore, the lady o f l James Pratt Barlow, Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., at Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square, Mrs. Iv • Everington, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. W. H. Baillie, Cavendish-square, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., Mrs. Francis Lloyd, of Bedford-square, of a , daughter. • On the 14th inst., at Brixton-hill, Mrs. James E. Sheannan, of A ; daughocr. On the 22d inst., the wife of Mr. Jacob Unwin, BucklersburY , ° f a Son. _ . MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Bath, Edward Carleton Tttfnell, En.; to llonorla Mary, only daughter of Colonel Macadam, K.H. - • DIED. On the 19th inst , at West Brixton, Themasin, the wife of Dir. O• Fagg, aged 53. _ On the 23th inst., at Nurwood-place, James Thomson, Esq.. c ' Billiter-square. On the 20th inst., Mr. John Covrie, of Holies-street. On the 21st inst., at Lose-hill, Sydenham, Marianne, wife al . ' Williams, Esq. . . . • On the 224 inst., at Groywell, neer Odiham, Hants, Mr. D. WhOo. On the 234 lust., at Brighton, Mr. Oliver Hillman, of Worthing . On the 234 lust., in Devonshire-street, Miss Gordon, aged 56. ~,, On the 234 indt., in Cloadesley-termee, Islington, M ar y, the Ncl'' of Mr. Benjamin Perkins. __.... .cridon: rrinted. alatt Published by 3,:unDo YOUNG, o"-`e' t'- Strand, Piinter, - at The - Ruts Office, N 0.112, Strand-, in the PreC il r. of the Savoy, the Couety of Middl esex , Monday, AP ru 27, 1846.