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Mr. John Bernard Hartley was, with his father, engineer to the railway, and those which now sold for 38s. or 401. a ton could be new Liverpool docks. New docks were in course of construction supplied at 325. a ton. under the Bilt of last year. The plans are in preparation for lay- Mr. Chitty, proprietor of a water bone-mill, at Leatherhead, log down rails along the docks. Agrei.d with Mr. Thompson in stated that he had about 300 tons a-year, which cost him 12s. 9d. thinking the connexion between the projected line and the docks a ton for carriage -3s. from the Borough to Nine.elms, 2s. 9d. by simple and feasible. Slips were in course of construction for rail to Kingston, and 7s. a ton thence to Leatherhead. He thought landing cattle at the docks. Considered the course proposed by that more bark was sent to Bermondsey from that neighbourhood Mr. Thompson for shipping cattle advantageous. The " hoist" than all England put together, it might be from 7,000 to 10,000 proposed would answer all the purposes of shifting the coals from tons a year. A great number of hides were sent to him from the stages into the holds of the vessels in the docks beneath. London, and he was obliged to send for them himself in conse- Mr. John Raslig, civil engineer, stated that he had examined quence of being eleven miles from any railway. There were about the country traversed by the proposed line, and the branches fifteen toes of grocery goods a week sent to Leatherhead, which of it, and his opinion was that, in an engineering point of cost 20s. a ton, while by the atmospheric line they would get them view, the line bad been judiciously laid out to suit the cha- for 16s. 6d. a ton, and in coals alone they would save 10s. racier of the country. Had examined the estimate of the a toe. For all purposes the terminus at London-bridge expenses of the railway, and thought they were ample for all pur. ; would be most convenient especially for business purposes, and poses. There were no engineering difficulties on this line. There unless they got this line he must give up the whole of his busi. were two gradients in the line; one of them was lin 97, and the ness, for he could not compete with any person who had the ad other lin9o ; but three would be no difficulty in working the en- vantage of railway communication within one hundred miles of gine along them. There were two gradients, 1 in 87 and lin 97, London. along the Liverpool and Manchester line, and a gradient of lin 80 Mr. ELLIS, proprietor of a large water-mill at Peteham, near along the Bolton and Leigh line. There were no objectionable Leatherhead, stated that he sent from eighty to ninety sacks of curves On the line. The railway running along the docks would flour weekly to London, and the saving to him in carriage of the be particularly advantageous, and so would the elevation at the ter. proposed line would be 3801. a year in flour alone. The trade at minus. The line would pass through an excellent coal-field, Leatherhead had declined, and the only chance of its recovery was which would be highly beneficial to the agricultural and manufactur- the formation of this line. In addition to this flour he had three ing population of these districts. hundred tons of corn in which he should effect a saving. Mr. George Leather, an engineer, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Crafts, formerly a coach proprietor at Petersfield, said that the last witness in every respect. in 1836 and 1837 there were 17 coaches and two mails went Mr. John Hawkshawe, an engineer, bad been engaged in laying through the town daily, making 122 journeys, and carrying nine down and completing several railways. Knew the country which passengers each journey. There were above 100 pairs of horses would be traversed by the proposed line, and thought the ►ine had employed in posting between Godalming and Portsmouth. Their been judiciously selected. There were no engineering difficulties duty would average about ten miles a day. They had received on it. The curves and gradients were favourable, with one or about 3,6001. a year for coach parcels, and of fish especially there two trifling exceptions. Thought Mr. Thompson's estimates fully was a very large quantity carried from Portsmouth, as much, he sufficient to cover all expenses. would say, as would return 14,0001. a year. They also at that Cross-examined by Mr. BRAND—The Wigan coal.fields were time bad a great traffic with the Isle of Wight; but the trade had at present traversed by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, but the greatly decreased since the opening of the South-Western Railway. route of the canal was very circuitous, and it got out of the coal- This concluded the evidence for the traffic and produce on the held as soon as it could.—(Laughter.) line. Mr. Dangan gave confirmatory evidence. He w as ready to corn.. plete the proposed lineon the estimate furnished by Mr. Thompson. Mr. Wightman had examined the line of the projected railway in Liverpool, and the value of the land and loss occasioned by pulling down buildings would be 102,1761. Mr. Picton, architectural surveyor, corroborated the testimony of the last witness Mr. Joseph Darlington, a land agent and valuer, residing near Wigan—The •alue of the land and buildings on the main line in the neighbourhood of Wigan was 20,3981. I6s. 2d., and at the Ormskirk branch 2,9491. 9s. 0; d. Mr. Jelin Herand said petitions had been presented from Liverpool, Bolton, Wigan, and Bury, in favour of the projected line, signed by 44,298 persons, comprising some of the first mer chants in Liverpool and the other towns ; also numerous peti tions from Irish towns and cities--Waterford, Newry, Clomnel, and other places. Cross-examined by Mr. BRANDT—Was Secretary to the Corn. puny, and was in some manner instrumental in getting up the pe titions, but did not canvass for signatures. With the exception of some formal evidence, the case for the promoters of the line closed, and the Committee adjourned. HORSHAM BRANCH RAILWAY. The Committee on Group L took this line, which is an extension of the Brighton line intermediately, as it was unpposed. Mr. Rastrick, the engineer to the Brighton Railway, stated that the proposed line was a very easy one, the steepest gradient being 1 in 132 for the distance of a mile, and the smallest curve bad a radius of 20 chains. The line commenced at the Three_ bridge, station on the Brighton line, about 99 miles from London, the total length of the line being eight miles and three furlongs. There were no engineering difficulties, no tunnels, deep cuttings, or high embankments. Six parish roads and two turnpike roads would be crossed on the level. The estimated cost was 100,0001. The earthworks would be 12,2051. 7s. ; bridges, 14,750/. ; the per manent way, 27,838/. 15s. ; stations, signals, &c., 6,590/. ; con. tingent expenses, 9,9761. 15s. ; making the whole engineering cost 76,422/. The land was valued at 12,700/. by Mr. Driver, thus leaving 10,878/, surplus. Mr. Driver stated that he had surveyed the line, and that the valuation was amply sufficient. Mr. Mangridge stated that the number of passengers anticipated was 88,076 annually. Mr. Sutton, Parliamentary agent of the Company, stated the pro posed capital was 100,0004, of which the Brighton Company were entitled to raise 33,0001. by load.; the shares were all taken, and the required deposits had been paid. The preamble was then prayed, and the Committee went through several of the clauses, but the Committee requiring some regulation of the tolls, adjourned the consideration of the remainder till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP LL. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION. The Committee on this group continued this morning to hear evidence in favour of this extension. Messrs. Chapman, Rowland Hill, Chadwick, and Flower were examined. Their evidence corroborated that which has been given by former witnesses, showing the eligibity of placing the terminus of this line of railway near the access to Hungerford.bridge, and the inconvenience arising from having the terminus at Nine.elms. At four o'clock the Committee adjourned till tomorrow, GROUP N. SOUTH DEVON AND TAVISTOCK RAILWAY. Mr. Sergeant KINOLAKE briefly opened the case on the part of the promoters. The object of the Bill was to enable the South Devon Company, which is laid down for atmospheric traction, to construct a branch of 13 miles in length from Crab.tree Marsh, two miles from Plymouth, to Tavistock, and to construct branches from Lairy.green to Sutton Pool, of a little snore than a mile in length ; and from Plymouth to New Passage, of a mile and a half in length; and to extend the branch line from Plymouth to Millbay, at Stonehouse. Those lines were to be worked by atmospheric power, the gradients on the Tavistock branch being impracticable by locomotion. The wants of all those districts would be accommo. dated by the proposed line and branches. The proposed station at Eldad was to be abandoned, and erected in Union-street, Plymouth, and would offer greater facilities than the former to the three towns, Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse. Mr. PEACOCK and Mr. BRAMWELL appeared on behalf of Alder. man Johnson, who has petitioned against the line on the ground that twelve months ago the South Devon Ccmpany gave notice that they should require the Dartmoor and Plymouth Railway, which runs from Plymouth to the granite quarries, for the pur. pose of forming a portion of their line, whereas they had applied for powers to construct their line in the same direction, but in no way connected with that line, to its serious injury. Mr. Whiteford, solicitor to the South Devon Company, gave evidence with respect to the amount of traffic likely to go by the lines, and as to the advantages which would accrue from them to the towns with which they would be connected. Mr. Pearce, a surgeon of forty years' standing, considered that the branch to that town would be of great convenience to the in. habitants, and for the better and more rapid conveyance of mer chandise. Mr. Symonds, a farmer and land-surveyor, and well acquainted with the country through which the line would pass, had esti. mated the land required for the lavistock branch at ninety-two acres and a-half, and at the value of 9,2501. For the line to New Passage 8,0001. As Mr. Brunel's evidence could not be obtained to-day, the fur ther consideration of the line was postponed until Monday. The Committee then proceeded with the TAVISTOCK AND LAUNCESTON LINE, which is proposed to form a junction with the last line. It was unopposed. It will be thirteen miles in length, and will be worked by atmospheric traction. Launceston, which is situated in the centre of an extensive agricultural district, is a town of consider able importance, and has a population of 6,000. Mr. Gurney, the solicitor to the Company, residing at Launces ton, gave evidence as to the wants of the district through which the line would pass. The traffic was considerable, more particularly the agricultural produce. The mode of conveyance at present was most imperfect and tedious, and the railway would be a great deside ratum to the district. Other evidence was adduced to bear out these opinions, and the Committee adjourned until Monday. GROUP P. NEWPOR,T AND PONTYPOOL. On the re-assembling of the Committee this morning, at twelve o'clock, Sir T. PHILLIPS addressed the Committee on the railway tolls, and laid a tabular statement of the whole expenses of the railway, with its contemplated improvements, kefore them. The expense of the new railway would be 120,0001., and improvements would cost 40,0001. The original capital of the Company was 240,0001. The amount of debts was 41,8371., making a total of 441,8371. A sum of money, amounting to 39,0001., had been borrowed, and the gross total of capital, speaking in round numbers, about 500,0001. The present price of the shares in the market would be worth 200,0001. more. The income of the railway derived from the carriage of iron at lad. per ton, tin at Id., and coal at Id. per ton, would be 4,1831. 95., and from passengers the gross amount would be 2,9951. 45., from which 40 ocr cent. being deducted for working expenses, a net annual income of 5,9801. 15s. would be the result. Mr. KEATING called Mr. Barber, who denosed generally as to the probable revenue which wculd result from the Newport and Pon. typool line. When made, it was estimated at about 30,0001. The witness also showed the superiority of the proposed new line over the Taff Vale Railway. Mr. Brown and Mx. Cartwright gave evidence as to the compa. rative rates of tolls of the two lines. Counsel having addressed the Committee on the tolls clause of the Newport and Pontypool Railway, the Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP R. BUZ - MAME AND rarNxszcxmLzrz. The Committee assembled at twelve o'clock, and resumed the exannnatlon of witnesses, Mr. Gibson Craig in the chair. Sir John M`Niell, civil engineer, examined, said that the pre. sent line would form a good communication between the north west of Ireland and the city of Dublin, and was part of a plan which was to be carried forward to Sligo. He was now engaged in making plans for the extension of the line from Enniskillen to Sligo. His calculations, however, of traffic had nothing whatever to ao with the success or failure of the extension of the plan. There were no planes so steep as to require an assistant engine, unless for very heavy trains. The severest gradient was one in 102. There was a station on the top of that plane. There were no peculiar engineering difficulties, or tunnels, or viaducts. The entire length of the line was upwards of 62 miles. It crossed no navigable river, but it crossed the Ulster Canal once. The canal was crossed at an eleva. tian of 17 feet, and would not be at all impeded in its navigation. The gradients, with the exception of the one he had named, were of the most favourable character. There were several roads crossed upon the level, but they were at places and ever highways where the public would not be endangered or inconvenienced. Nearly all of them were at stations where police would be always in attendance, but those which were not so situated would have police appointed to watch them. These level crossings were neces. sary to avoid heavy embankments The deepest cutting on the line was seventy-eight feet at the sixty-first mile-stone. The curves were generally very good. The following were the estimates he had made of the coat of construction :—land, 50,5111.; earthwork, 211,5061. 13s. sd. ; altering roads, 8,8991. Is. 9id.; altering the course of streams, 6921.; sliding slopes, 7,60 V. 65. 10d.; balancing and boring, 42,1674 10s.; altering approach to bridges, 2,6021. I6s. ; fencings, 10,0271. 10s.; bridges, 34,0961. ; level crossings, 2,308/. ; culverts, 6,9211. lUs. ; permanent way, 198,101/. 18s. 6d. ; stations and con tingencies, 89,2361. 4s. '3d. Total, 684,1441. 4s. ad. The capital of the Company was 750,0001., which, after meeting these items, left a considerable margin. The annual charge of working the line he estimated at thirty per cent. on the receipts, and after meeting that, and the interest of money borrowed at the rate of four per cent., the receipts would leave a sufficient sum for the shareholders. This closed the case for the Dundalk and Enniskillen line. The Committee, having resumed their decision, called on the case of the NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAN opened the case on behalf of the pro jectors. As the line was unopposed he would but briefly point out the advantages of the line, and the local benefits it would confer on the country through which it was to pass. The line was seventy-one miles in length, and was proposed to be taken from the town of Enniskillen to the port of Newry, thus connecting a great interior agricultural district with an im portant commercial town and harbour. The Learned Gentleman then went into the leading facts he intended to prove in evidence, and proceeded to call witnesses on behalf of his case. Captain Lewis, of Monighan, gave evidence as to the feelings of the people of that county being generally in favour of this line. Mr. Kirk, of Keady, gave evidence as to the linen trade of the north of Ireland, and especially along the route of the proposed line. It was in substance similar to what we gave in the report of the same gentleman's examination on the Belfast Junction. Mr. Corvine, timber merchant, of Newry, gave evidence as to the trade of Newry, which he represented to be very considerable. In comparing the freights, those of Newry were lower than those of Dublin and Belfast, arising principally from the superiority of the harbour. Lord Gosford, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Armagh, gave it as his opinion that the line would be of great service to the county, and that it was most desirable to connect the interior with such an important port as Newry. The further hearing of the evidence was then postponed till Monday Etz.r.x.a.sT JUNCTION BILL. The remaining clauses of this Bill were then read and agreed to, and the Chairman instructed to report it to the House. The Committee then adjourned till Monday, at twelve o'clock. GROUP SS. The Committee on this group re-assembled at the usual hour _ _ _ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA I MORNING, JUNE 7, 1845. this morning, and proceeded with the affirmative evidenve in the case for the promoter of the EREVTASR VALLEY RAILWAY. Mr. William Wilson, agent to the proprietors of Swanwiek col liery, and a resident at Alfreton, proved that the Swanwick col.. heries would have to be shut up if Parliament refused to sanction this railway. The coal produced from them was carried into a market where it had to compete with the coal produced from collieries in the neighbourhood of the Midland Counties Railway; and unless the present expenses of conveyance and carriage were reduced, and it was impossible this could be done without a railway. Swanwick coal would be shut out of themarket altogether. The witness was cross-examined at some length by Mr. S. E. DEN Isom, with a view of showing that the existing Erewash Canal, which was almost parallel with the railway, carried the coal as cheap and as economically as any railway could possibly do, The witness was also cross.examined by Mr. GREENWOOD, on behalf of Mr. Master, the proprietor of Cadnor Park, whose estate would be seriously disfigured and interfered with by the course of the Swanwick branch of the railway in question. The witness ta citly admitted that the recently projected Nottingham and Amber gate line would just as well serve the Swanwick Colliery as the Ere. wash Valley line. The Learned Counsel endeavoured to elicit from the witness the fact that the former line would have a mate rial advantage over the latter, the one boing so completely isolated as to be unavailable for any other but coal traffic, while the other would have a tolerable quantity of passengers as well as mineral traffic. Mr. Pickering, whose examination in chief was taken yesterday, was recalled and cross.examined by Mr. Denison, with a view of eliciting the fact that the canal could convey the coals at a much lower rate than the railway. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. GROUP V. THE IYLELNCHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, AND SHEFFIELD, and the ALTEIMATIVE LINE. The Committee met this morning at half.past eleven, in room No. 9. Present—The O'Conor Don (Chairman), Sir Denham Norreys, Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Hope Johnstone. Witnesses were called by Mr. JOU/MONA, on the part of the alternative line. Jehnn Woodhouse, mineral surveyor and mineral agent, living near Ashby-de.la.Zouch, had great experience in the various coal-fields in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, both on the line from Chesterfield by Dronfield, and a►so on the line by Woodhouse-mile (the alternative line). He con sidered that the Dronfield coal-seam was not superior to the Stave ley coal, and he was quite aware that no converting coal could be found in the former quarter. The nearest point to Sheffield in the direction of Dronfield, at which coal could be received, was some six miles distant, and, consequently, more removed than those upon the other line. He thought the alternative was the better of the two for the purposes of the town of Sheffield. Benjamin Scholefield gave evidence that the proposed line would injure the Canal Company's property in Sheffield, and the markets in their vicinity to an extent which no compensation could meet. That injury would not be inflicted by the alternative line. Mr. Fowler, C. E., was examined to show that the quantities of cuttings and embankments had been altogether misstated, and that therefore the estimate of construction would be very far exceeded. The witness entered into the details of such cuttings in suppart of his allegation. He was cross-examined by Mr. Bi►xes, but did not in the slightest degree alter the opinion he had already given. Mr. Swanick, C. E., gave similar evidence. Mr. Stephenson, and other professional gentlemen, followed with precisely similar evidence. The Committee adjourned till to. morrow. GROUP W. IMPORTANT DECISION. WAREFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY, AND BRAYTON AND GOOLE. The Committee to whom the above lines were referred re-assem. bled this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. Pakington in the chair. The Hon. Mr. Maxwell, the Hon. Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Whitmore, and Lord Seymour were also present. Shortly after our admission The CHAIRMAN ordered the room to be cleared, that the Cora mittee might resume their deliberations as to the decision they should come to on the competing lines. The Committee remained in deliberation for nearly an hour, and on our readmission The CHAIRMAN announced that the: Committee had decided that the preamble of the WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE, was proved ; and that, the preamble of the BRAYTON AND GOOLE RAILWAY was not proved. The CHAIRMAN then said, that if there was any one present on behalf of Mr. Smith (one of the dissentient landholders on the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line), the Committee would be happy to give every consideration to any clause he could suggest, having for its object the protection of Mr. Smith's property. The Committee, however, did not consider that they would be justified either um rejecting or postponing the consideration of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line, in consequence of the annoyance to which Mr. Smith would be subjected by that line passing contiguous to his house and lauds. The CHAIRMAN then said that the Committee would now pro ceed to the consideration of the several clauses of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway. Mr. WEB/TER, on the part of the opponents of the Doncaster and Goole line, asked for leave to apply for the Speaker's warrant to compel the production of certain books and documents belong ing to the river Don Navigation Company. Mr. CaownEa, on behalf of the promoters of the Bill, opposed the application, and after some discussion it was refused. The Committee were then engaged up to four o'clock settling the rates of the different descriptions of goods that were to be conveyed on the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line. GROUP X. LONDON AND YORK, LINE. At the sitting of the Committee this day Mr. AUSTIN said he understood the Committee had arranged to take up, after the disposal of the London and York line, the Lin. coin and Direct Northern. He would ask, would it not be equally convenient to the Committee to take t.p the Midland and Eastern Counties ? By doing so it would be convenient to him, as he was interested in them, and he believed no party Would be incon venienced. The Cuarituati said the Committee would let him know in the course of the day. Mr. AUSTIN then proceeded to state the grounds of opposition he was instructed to lay before the Committee on behalf of the Archbishop of York. The Bishop's Palace was situated on the river Ouse, and the bishopric was a benefice of very great anti quity ; he believed it dated its origin so far back as the reign of Henry 111. He understood that the London and York line pro posed to pass within 450 yards of the palaee, and close to one of the gardens, and the result would be, not only serious Injury to that part of the property, but cause great inconvenience to his Grace. He (Mr. Austin) would now proceed to call witnesses, by which it would appear 'that the country around Bishopsthorpe was so level, that a considerable deviation might be made in the proposed line, by which the proposed innovation would be avoided, while at the same time no additional expense to the company, or inconvenience to the public, would be the consequence. Mr. Birkenshaw, surveyor, was then called, at•.d his depositions corroborated the statement of the Learned Counsel. In his cross-examination, he said that the direct Northern proposed to pass in a direction quite as objectionable as this. Two other witnesses were examined to the same effect. Mr. PAGET said he by no means meant to deny that much personal inconvenience would be occasioned, not only to the Archbishop of York by the direction taken by the London and York line through Bishopthorpe, but to all other persons through whose properties this line would pass, and this admix. sion he had already made in respect to Lord Scar. borough and Sir W. Milner, but then all he could say was that the London and York Company wouid be ready to make any concession to those parties consistent with public convenience. With regard to the innovation on the private walk of the Arch bishop of York, he (Mr. P.) understood from Mr. Cubitt that a deviation might be made by which this private road could be avoided. Messrs. Hounsefield and Co., coal.owners at Sheffield, objected to the line, as it cut off the communication between their coal-pit and the entrance to their yard. Mr. BAINES next addressed the Committee on the merits of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line. He contended that the line sug gested by Mr. Cubitt, was a very circuitous line, and very un • necessarily involving a destruction of propery, while the line he (Mr. Baines) represented, proposed a comparatively straight line, and did not at all involve an extensive removal of houses and other pri►ate property. Mr. PAGET contended that the opposition of his Learned Friend's client amounted, in one word, to a claim for compensation, which would be a question entirely for a jury. Mr. HARDY appeared on behalf of Mrs. Smith, landowner, re siding near Wakefield, against the Doncaster and Wakefield branch of the London and York scheme. The part his client complained of was that which ran through his property from Okenshaw to Wake. field, which spoiled the view and approach to his residence. Mr. Smith had already sacrificed to the public convenience on two occasions, namely, the Manchester and Leeds line, and the North Midland line, both of which passed through his property. The Learned Counsel then read a passage from the report of the Board of Trade, by which it appeased that that body did net approve of the Don caster and Wakefield branch. He then went on to say that if this line should be made, Mr. Smith would be completely hemmed in, as this would form the base of the triangle of railroads through his estate, and be a complete eyesore fr om hi s h ouse. _ _ Mr. Clarkson, land surveyor at Wakefield, supported Counsel's statement. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. The CHAIRMAN here intimated that as the Committee proposed to sit until five o'clock, the Learned Counsel who intended to open the case for the Cambridge and Lincoln line had better be prepared. Mr. WEBSTER said he would be prepared. Mr. HILDVARD said the course he intended to pursue in reference to the Cambridge and Lincoln line was this : he would commence by placing his engineer, Mr. Rendall, forthwith in the witness box, and r( serve his observations for the close of his case. But this he could not do at present, as M r . R en d a ll was a t th at moment being examined as a witness before another Committee. if this Committee would, therefore, adjourn slow, and meet to-morrow at eleven o'clock, he would be prepared to proceed then. The Committee agreed to do so and then adjourned. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held yesterday at the Nine Elms Station, Vauxhall, Wm. Chaplin, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair, for the purpose of agreeing to the draft of the Bills which the Com pany have at present before Parliament. The drafts of the following Bills were unanimously agreed t. without discussion, namely, for a branch to Richmond, for the ex tension to Hungerford and Waterloo bridges, for the purchase of the Guildford branch, and for the extension to Portsmouth. The Dorset and Salisbury Railway Bill was not submitted, as ar. rangements with the Woods and Forests Commissioners have not been completed. As far as that Bill was concerned, therefore, the meeting was adjourned to this day week. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.— After a protracted struggle of three weeks between the two great companies of the Manchester and Leeds and York and North Midland, the preamble of this ling of railway, which connects the east and west coast of linglat,d, was to-day declared to be proved, and the line promoted by the York and North Midland was . . ihrov;.n out. This is the first defeat which Mr. lludson has sustained, and is likely very materially to affect his favourite York line. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The eighty-sixth quarterly meeting of members was held in the theatre of the Institute, Mr. Birkheck, President, In the chair. Mr. 111 4 Farlane read the report. During the last three months 142 new membersj oined, making a total of 640, comprising 19 ladies; 166 books were given by friends to the library, and the several classes were well attended. The receipts, including a previous balance, amounted to 3231., which the expenditure exceeded by 91. ss. 10d. The outstanding liabilities figured 2,0621. The report, in conclusion, stated that in the ensuing quarter additional classes will be formed for music, landscape.drawing, and elocution, and that Mr. Coulton intended lecturing upon the poetry and genius of the late Thomas Hood. MMail, isltlattoeryth that t t t h e e r s B4 t from h n iment , edb3.rthtehree, were Overlandunder Ppeeehe Russia, orders for M a d ras, to be relieved with part of the 94th, daily ex d,T Duk e d e L euchtenberg, son-in-law of the Em ro te r of is said to be th e great personage expected at the Russian Emboss) , in Par* LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 6, WORTHINGTON V. GRIMSDITCH, M.P. This was a rule obtained in Easter Term last year, to show cause why the verdict for 1,2081. 4s. 10d. obtained in this cause should not be set aside, and a verdict returned for the defendant on the issue raised on the plea of the Statute of Limitations. Lord DENMAN delivered the judgment of the Court. This was a case tried at the Chester Spring Assizes in 1844, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff. The rule was obtained to set aside that verdict on the ground that certain evidence which took the case out of the Statute of Limitations had been improperly left to the jury. It appeared that,the defendant was solicitor and cousin to two old ladies, and held a sum of money in his hands be longing to them. Instead of paying interest to them, he paid an amount equivalent, or nearly so, for rent due by them in each year, and the question was, whether this payment was on ac count of interest or not. It appeared to the Court that the rela tionship in which the parties stood to each other had much to do with the question as to what account the payments were upon, and the statements in the hand-writing of the defendant showed that al though the: first payment of rent was not made by au. thority, the second, and some subsequent payments, had been distinctly charged against the interest, and although the interest account in late years had disappeared, still the account in respect of which the payments were made, and all the circum stances, formed matter of fact rather than of law, and had been properly left to the jury. They had found that the payments were made for interest, and thus taken the case out of the operation of the Statute of Limitations. The evidence had been properly ad mitted and the rule must be discharged. SECONDARIES' COURT, June 6. (Before Mr. Secondary JAMRII,) TEED V. KERSHAW. This was an action for a balance of 201., for goods sold and deli vered. The plaintiff is a wholesale grocer in Bishopsgate-street, and the defendant a country grocer. The little interest, and arose from a dis- Puted case acco possessed very account. The defendant vy had claimed a deduction of 201., alleging he had paid that sum beyond the amount given credit for. This, however, was denied by the plaintiff, who, after the dispute, sent stamped receipts for the different payments, defendant having threatened to set proceedings in motion against the plain tiff for using receipts on unstamped bills. The 201. still remained unpaid. The jury, without hesitation, gave a verdict for 191. 19s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAIN' SION-HOUSE. A journeyman carpenter, named Thomas Young, was charged with having attempted to destroy himself. A policeman stated that he :cm the defendant fling himself into the water from London-bridge, and on going down the steps he found that a waterman had picked him up. The defendant expressed his sorrow that the waterman had bean so officious, and said that if he had a chance he would try to cut life again. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the unfortunate man appeared to be intoxicated. The policeman replied that there was no symptom of intoxication at all about him. The defendant's wife said her husband was a man of most sober habits, but the difficulty of getting work had made a serious impression upon him, and his fear of starvation had evidently overpowered his understanding. The defendant said that if the Lord Mayor would be so good as to allow him to go home with his wife he would never again make any wicked attempt of the kind. The wife said her poor husband had been singularly unlucky, for since his marriage, which took place two years and a half ago, he had had but six months' em ployment. The LORD MAYOR thought he could rely upon the promise of the defendant, and discharged him. It was stated that the defendant had very nearly fallen upon a steam-boat which was passing under one of the arches of the bridge, at the time crowded with pas sengers. Jeremiah Leary, a bricklayer's labourer, was charged with having mounted upon a scaffold in a state of drunkenness, and endangered not only his own life, but the lives of others who were engaged in the labour. A policeman stated that h e had been applied to by the men employed in the building to which the scaf folding was attached, who considered that they were all in danger. The defendant was not only unfit to go upon a scaffolding, but actually unable to walk upon the pavement, and if he had fallen he would have been killed upon the spot. It was with some difficulty he was re moved from his perilous situation. The defendant said he was quite sober enough to go up a ladder with a hod to any height, and that he ran not the least hazard in going to the work to which he had been accustomed. Ile had taken but a drop of beer, too, so that he was as sober as a bishop, and stood in no more danger of falling than gentlemen of that per suasion. The LORD MAYOR —I must prevent, as much as is in my power, these dangerous experiments, to which drunkenness invariably leads, by punishing drunkenness itself. I fine you ten shillings. The defendant—The d—l a mag I have in the world, so you must send to the foreman for the amount. It sbows that people know but little of me when they think a drop of beer would tumble me off a scaffold.—(A laugh.) Two men were fined in the penalty of five shillings each for having carried several persons in boats on Sun day last without being duly licensed by the Watermen's Company. The LORD MAYOR said, that loss of life had been fre quently caused by the unskilfulness of persons who took upon themselves the responsibility of rowing boats without being duly authorised, and that he was deter mined to fine in every instance, and when the defendants could not pay to imprison them. LAMBETH. • SenneTtow.—.Miss Mary Ann Salisbury, the daughter Of a Dissenting minister at Bath, was charged with attempting to commit suicide on the preceding night. Frederick Godfrey, a servant in the employment of the London and Westminster Steam 'boat Company deposed, that on the preceding night he observed the prisoner on the steps leading to the Company's pier, on the Surrey side of West minster-bridge, and knowing that the boats had ceased to run for the sight, he asked her what or who she was waiting for? She replied nobody. There was something about her manner which induced him to watch her closely, and perceiving that she was approaching the water's edge he;followed her, and again asked her what she wanted? At this time she appeared to be praying, and did not reply to him for some moments, when she drew a letter from her bosom, and requested he would put it into the post-office. She then said that her lover had jumped off,London-bridge on Sunday or Monday night, and he hoped ' she would do the same. She then made towards the edge of the water, and was in the act of throwing herself in, when he (witness) caught hold of her clothes and held her until assistance came, and she was handed over to the care and charge of a policeman. The witness added, that after saving her, the prisoner told hisa he was very unkind for interfering with her, and asked him several times to l e t h er d o w h at she wanted, but she appeared in a state of distraction at the time. The witness, in answer to a question from the magistrate, further said that on the same ( Wednesday) night a young man had thrown himself off the London -bridge, and was picked up alive, as he heard, by one of the Watermen steamers. Police-constable Bovill, 140 D, deposed that on her way to the station-house the prisoner told him she was the daughter of a clergyman, at Bath, and had come away from there a fort -night ago with a young gentleman who had since deceived her. She also said she lodged at 2, Edward -street, Blackfriars road ; but he had since called there, and no such person as the prisoner was known there. The prisoner here said, the name of the street she now re collected was King Edward-street. Sergeant Arnold, L 8, said that after the charge had been taken the prisoner stated to him, that the young man with whom she had come from home had taken from her her valu able gold watch and rings, and had got from her all the money she possessed. The prisoner, who is not 21 years of age, and who was evidently deeply affected, made the following statement : —Her father, she said, kept a boot and shoe warehouse at Bath, and carried on a very extensive business, and was also minister of a Dissenting congregation there. For some rears past, Mr. A. Bertram, with whom she had been brought up from childhood, had paid his addresses to her, but for some reason or other her father had set his face against their marriage. A short time since Bertram was on a visit to his father, who resided in the Royal Tork-crescent, and assured her he had got a license for their marriage in London, and promised that if she accompanied hint there the ceremony should be at once performed. Believing his representations, and confiding in his honour, she consented to leave her father's house unknown to him or any part of her family. The time chosen for her leaving home was on the night of last Tuesday fortnight, and while her father, her mother, and the family were engaged in a prayer meeting at their own house, she isanaged to hand a small trunk containing a part of her wearing apparel to Bertram, and immediately after left herself and ac companied him, Bertram, by the railroad to Londor. They arrived in tosrn at an early hour on the following ( Wednesday) morning, when Bertram took her to a house opposite to Drury lane, which he said was his aunt's, and where he wished her to stop, but observing so much of what she conceived to be gross misconduct going on there, she refused to remain beyond that morning, and the following night she slept at the Bull and Mouth Inn. Mr. NORTON—Do you know the name of the person who keeps the house near Drury-lane, to which you had been taken, and who Bertram represented as his aunt? Prisoner—l do not, Sir, there is no name over the door, but merely the initials H. S., the H being large and the S The prisoner pro cee d ed to say t h at, after sleeping at the Bull and Mouth one night, she took a lodging in King Ed. ward-street, and continued to occupy it up to the present time. She was visited there by Bertram, who promised her clay after day to produce the license for their marriage, but who put it off from some excuse or other. On Friday night last she reluctantly accompanied him to the house of his aunt, as he called her, where he kert her to a late hour, when be told her that her father had offered 20/. for her ap prehension, said the officers were searching for her in all directions, and that the only security she had for her personal safety was to sleep there that night. Under the peculir cir cumstances she consented to atop, and a bed was ordered for herself alone. Previous to going to bed Bertram prevailed upon her to take a tumbler full of what he called " Temperance cordial," and after taking it she felt her head quite giddy, and it subsequently produced a stupifying effect. While in bed she heard Bartram in the room, and seeing him about to take off his boots she threatened to scream aloud if he did not at once retire from the apartment. He did so then, but subsequently returned and got to bed with her without her being then aware of his presence. In the morning she was so ill that Bartram had to send twice for a surgeon to see her. On the same morning Bertram handed her what he called a saline draught, and desired her to take it. She drank a small por tion of it, and found it so nauseous that she refused to take any more, and what she had taken had made her so ill that she was obliged to discharge its contents. Bertram was at this time in the room reading a book, and having got up to go to the win dow, she took up the book, and found under it a paper, which had evidently been recently emptied of its contents, and upon which was written the word " Poison." She spoke to and asked him how the paper came there, and what it had contained? And he replied, nothing, and endeavoured to get the paper out of her hand, but in the struggle for it it got torn. As soon as she was able to be moved, he took her home in a cab to her lodg ings, and from that time to the present she had not seen him. On Monday evening last, however, she received a note from him. the purport of which was, that by the time she received it he would be no more, as he had jumped off the bridge, and he hoped she would follow his example. This, of course, made her wretched and miserable in her mind, but she had no recol lection of going near the water, as had been stated. In reply to the questions of Mr. Norton, she said that the father of Bertram was a gentleman of good fortune, but his son being somewhat wild, he was sent to sea, and was at present the mate of a ship. Some days after she had come from the country, she had overwound her gold watch, worth 201., and broke the mainspring, and Bartram said he would get it repaired, and took it with him for that purpose. He subsequently told her he had left it to be repaired at the shop of Mr, Mott, in Cheaßside, but since Monday she called there, I and no such watch had been left. Bertram also toek away two rings, one of them of considerable value, and the last sovereign she had, and left her without anything except the few articles of clothing she had brought with her. Mr. NORTON remarked that much allowance should be made for the prisoner under the unfortunate circumstances in which she was placed, and if her statement was true, and he had no reason to doubt it, there could be but one opinion of the infa mous conduct of her seducer, who, not content with destroying nor innocence mo t scandalous means, had plundered her of her property, and, as a last act of infamy, had suggested to her the act of self-destruction. Of the draughts or the poison paper he would say nothing at present, but should direet that the prisoner should be taken care of until some communi cation should be had from her friends. The prisoner here begged that in any communication with her father the circumstances about the poison might be omitted, as her father would, she was sure, at once proceed by action against Mr. Bertram and seriously injure him. The prisoner, who it should be stated had given up the name of Bertram with great reluctance, was given up for the present to the care of one of the summoning officers. THE FATAL DUEL A T GOSPORT. INQUEST CONTINUED. PORTSMOUTPI, THURSDAY.—The inquest on the body of Mr. Seton was resumed yesterday after our report Ht. Andrew Rogers Savage, Lieutenant and Acting. Adjutant of the Royal Marine Artillery, deposed, that he is a subscriber to the King's Rooms, of which Mr. Hollingsworth is the proprietor. Wit ness acted as steward, and was present at the rooms on Monday, the 19th of May last. Knew the deceased Mr. Seton. who was present on that occasion. Knew Lieut. Hawkey, who ava., also paesent. Mrs. Hawkey was also present. Knew Mr, 'Oates, Mr. Mauginn, and Lieut. Pt m, who were also present. Ido net know upon what terms Mr. Hawkey and Mr. Seton were on that evening, I was not a witness to any quarrel between them, Ido not know upon what terms Mr. Hawkey and Mr. Seton were on that evening. I was not a witness to any quarrel berween them. I did not know that they retired from the ball-room. I took Mr. Hawkey out of the ball.room in consequence of what Mr, Rowles said to me when in the card-room. I told Mr. Hawkey that Mr. Rowles bad in formed me that he (Mr. Hawkey) had called Mr. Soren a black guard and a scoundrel, and Mr. Bowles bad wished me to give him my advice upon the subject, and to know whether I would advise him to refer it to his commanding officer, Colonel Jones, or not. I told him I timid not mix myself up with his affairs. I was then asked, as I was steward of the rooms, whether I would speak to Mr. Hawkey upon the subject. I said I had no objection, as steward of t' ei room, to do so. Mr. Hawkey, in re ply, told me the business could net be arranged there ; that he had received An injury, not an insult. This is the substance of the conversation I had with Mr. Hawkey. After that conversation I did not sea Mr. Seton or Mr. Hawkey, and left the rooms before the soiree terminated. I was alone with Mr. Hawkey when the above conversation took place. Mr. Hawkey also stated to me that Mr. Seen had refused to meet him, as " light cavalry never meet Infantry." I saw Mr. Hawkey the next morning about nine o'clock ; he sold mis Mr. Rowlett had Peso to Mat to arrange meeting between him and Mr. Seton, which I understood to be a hostile meeting. He told me he was then going to look by pistols, and then we parted, I did not see him 1 14 in, I °Nestle Mr. Seton dance twice with Mrs. Hawkey. I did not maki to, report to Colonel Jones pf the fact that there was 114ely t o be a breach of the peace. Mr. Jenkins, surgeon, of High-street, Gosport, deposed—Oza the evening of Tuesday, the 20th of May last, a car riage stopped at sly doer, conveying a messenger, who requested to see me. I inquired his fineness with me, when he stated that my attendance was required at Brown down, where a gentleman was bleeding to death. On my road to Brown-down I was stopped in the bay in anise. quence of seeing some persons looking out for me, as I supposed. near Dr. Burney's cottage, Stokes-bay. On walking a little dis tance, 1 observed a small boat pulling in shore, and signalling me to walk in that direction. I went to the boat and was requested to go on board a small yacht lying off: When I got on board the yacht I found Mr. Seton, the deceased, lying on his back on a board. Some gentlemen were on board with deceased whom I did not know, nor do I now. I found Mr. Seton in a state of extreme weakness, and faintness from loss of blood. The gentlemen were endeavouring to keep him up by throwing water on his face. The pulse was scarcely perceptible. They had put a strong ligature round the thigh, binding both extremities of the wound, especially the outer. The bleeding had quite stopped through faintness. I did not at that time remove the ligature from and examine the wound ; the yacht was so small, and as the bleeding was stopped, I thought it impolitic to remove the ligature. I adminis tered a little brandy and water, and the yacht sailed on. The gen_ ilemen on board expressed the greatest desire that the patient should be taken to Haslar. [Witness here stated that as the patient was refused admittance to Haslar, not being a naval officer, they carried him to the Quebec Hotel, Portsmouth.] I had him immediately undressed and placed in bed. Soon after Dr. Mortimer came. I then took of the bandages and inspected the wound, which was just above the bone of the great trochanter, and was, I have no doubt, caused by a pistol ball. The wound commenced on the right hip passing across the lower part of the belly, and through the walls of the belly, the cavity of which it did not enter. The ball passed out of the left groin. There was a very considerable degree of swelling, extravasation of fluid in the right groin and scrotum. The ball entered on the right side. There was no bleeding at that time. By half-past 10 o'clock the circulation was sufficiently established to satisfy me that the patient was doing well, and to enable me to leave him with safety. There was no bleeding at the wound at that time, nor up to the time of the operation performed by Mr. Liston. I visited him daily. The next day the temperature of the skin was completely restored ; a reaction had taken place. I considered the deceased to be in a ♦ery dangerous state from the beginning from the large quantity of blood he bad lost previous to my seeing him. It was arterial blood, which led me to suspect that some artery of importance was wounded. Deceased was going on pretty fairly up to the Tuesday following. the 27th inst., when we discovered a pulsation in a tumour which had formed in the groin. and which had not existed before that visit. We (Drs. Stewart, Mortimer, and myself) consulted together respecting the treatment to be adopted, and we arrived at the conclusion that an artery of considerable magnitude had been injured, and determined that since it was possible that such a degree of bleeding might come on as might destroy the patient's life at once, it was necessary to cut off' the supply of blood from the limb. to tie a large artery above the seat of the injury —the external iliac artery. I considered the more time that elapsed the greater the propability of sudden danger. We then communicated the state of the case to the patient, and told him that an operation was necessary, and that the operation was a serious one. when he (deceased) expressed his willingness so submit to any operation deemed necessary in his position. Mr. Liston arrived from town on Friday evening, the 30th ult., when we immediately consulted; the result of which was, that the operation of tying the external iliac artery was re solved upon, but Mr. Liston was of opinion that there was no oc casion for any immediate hurry. He then left the patient, and we met again at eight o'clock the next morning, when the operation was performed (in the presence of ourselves, and Mr. Sampson and Mr. Potter, surgeons, from London) by Mr. Liston, with the ut most skill and judgment, but was attended with unusual difficulty from the fatness of the patient. The deceased suffered a great deal the night after the operation. I considered him in great danger from the first time I visited him; but the performance of the ope ration rendered it necessary that two or three weeks should pass away before we could give a decided opinion with regard to the patient's recovery. He died the next day (Monday). I am not prepared to say that the operation performed by Mr. Liston killed deceased, as I have not examined the body since death. By Mr. Field—Death would have been the inevitable conse quence had the operation not taken place. James Allan, M.D., deputy medical inspector, and first surgeon of Haslar Hospital, sworn—l made a post mortem examination of the body of the late James Alexander Seton, in consequence of an order I received from the Coroner. I made the examination yes terday at three o'clock. I found three weunds, one upon the upper part of the right hip, another upon the opposite groin, and the third in the position in which it is usual to perform the operation of tying up the external iliac artery; the latter was an incised wound about six inches in length. ,I traced the wound from the right hip to the left groin, and found an efitsion of coagulated blood, which had caused a tumour on the right side of the pubes, and which extended down into the scrotum. I think the operation performed by Mr. Liston was absolutely ne cessary, under the circumstances of the aneurism and tumour ex isting. My decided opinion is that deceased died of peritoneal in flammation following the operation. _ . It being half past nine o'clock, the inquest was adjourned until .wo o'clock on Thursday. THURSDAY.-At two o'clock the jury assembled, and very soon proceeded to the examination of the witnesses, the number of whom appear to be daily increasing in such progression, that the inquiry cannot possibly terminate for some days. The Coroner issued his warrant for the burial of the body of Mr. Seton last night, and the interment will take place at Fordingbridge, Hants, in the family vault, on Tuesday nest. The remains were removed to the late residence of the deceased, Queen's-terrace, Southsea, this morning. Lieutenant Hawkey and the seconds have not been heard of up to the present time. Dr. John Mortimer, M.D., was the first witness examined to day. He gave his residence as Upper South-street, Gosport. He said—l did not know the deceased until I saw him wounded. On Tuesday evening, the 20th of May, I received a message from Mr. Jenkins, requesting I would meet him at the Quebec Hotel, to visit a gentleman who had been wounded at Brown.down. I proceeded thither immediately, and on my arrival found that he had been landed from a vessel a few minutes before. I had never seen him before, but he was the deceased, James Alexander Seton. In con. sequence of his having been placed on a bier for the more easy transition from the vessel, and it being too wide to admit of his being carried at once into the bedroom, I saw him at the top of the stairs, and found, from the shock given to his whole frame, partly by the influence ofthe wound he had received and the supposed bleeding that had supervened, he was in a state of great bodily prostration. Mr. Jenkins and myself assisted in carrying Mr. Seton and placing him on the bed in which he died. There was no bleeding, but the cellary texture was loaded with blood. The scrotum and organs of generation were equally so, and deeply discoloured. We recom mended a little hot brandy and water, and applied blankets to the extremities, which were equally cold, and he soon revived. At this stags I said to him, "Sir, you must have stood well up to your man, or else you must have been shot dead." There was an oblong tumour on the right of the symphasis pubis. The rest of this witness's evidence related chiefly to the mode in which the patient was treated till the operation was performed by Mr. Liston, which he also described. He concluded by saying the operation was necessary to his life. Ultimately he would have died if the operation had not been performed. By Mr. Field—The cause of death was peritoneal inflamanatioa. The torn artery was not the immediate cause of death. James Stewart, M.D., of St. Thomas-street, Portsmouth, sworn —I knew the deceased, James Alexander Seton. I ♦isited him on the 21st of May last, at eight o'clock in the evening. He appeared extremely exhausted from loss , of blood. Deceased lived about sixty hours after the performance of the operation. The primary cause &death was the effect of a ball passing through the body of deceased. The secondary cause of death was peritoneal inflamma tion, which set in after the operation. The deceased on the se_ and day I saw him put this question to me, " Do you consider me in a state of danger ?" I replied, " I do." He then made a statement to me relative to the indiction of the wound. Deceased said, " I am aware of my danger, from your opinion, as well as that of the other medical gentlemen, and were I to die to-morrow I know not why I was shot ;" and this he repeated several days after. I sat up with deceased on Sunday night, the ht of and on several occasions during that night I conversed with him on this unpleasant affair. He told me he saw Lieutenant Hawkey present the pistol, which did not go off the first thee. He was then standing in his proper position as an opponent, somewhat near Stoke's-bay. He distinctly saw Lieutenant Hawkey present the pistol the second time, the ball from which pistol went through his (deceased's) body. I asked him if he had any doubt. DeeeeeNl said, " Certainly none." That was on the morning of the any on which he died. He was then aware that he was much worse, and this was his last statement. Deceased said he fired at his oppo nent, and connected with that, deceased said, " Had we stood at the distance my opponent wished (namely, six paces) he would now have been in my place and lin his." Deceased also stated that he had fired twice. By the Foreman_ Deceased Made no statement as to the fairness or unfairness of the duel, LAUNCH OF THE " QUEEN OF THE FRENCH" MAIL EtcKET.—Thursday afternoon, at high water, a very splendid iron steam ship, called the queen of the French, was launched from the building-IVO or Messrs. Ditchburn and Mate, at Blackwall. She ill the property of the South -Eastern Railway Company, intended to ply as a mail-packet betwean Folkestone and Boulogne. Her form is after that of the Queen of the Belgians. She has five compartments, so as to ensure her safely in the event of any accident. Height 145 feet, width 22 feet, draws six feet of water, and will be fitted with engines of 126. horse power, on the annular cylinder principle, by Mr. J. Maudsley, the patentee, similar to those which so well succeeded In the Princess Alice Govexnmeixt pAttillacket, „sr GROUP L. Tire Committee resumed their inquiry this morning, Mr. E. B. Denison in the chair, when Mr. Bonham Coster was called. He stated that he was a large proprietor of land in the neighbourhood of Petersfield, possessing property in East and West Mein, Liss, and Maple Durham, and also in the neigbourhood of Portsmouth, and in the Isle of Wight. The country about his property was decidedly over-timbered in consequence of the difficulty of getting it away. Among this timber, there was much that was eligible for the pur. poses of the navy ; and if this atmospheric line were to be formed, there would be a great advantage to all the landed proprietors in the country. He had no shares at present, but he was quite willing to take them in order to give his sanction to the line. The fares on the South-Western line were dearer, according to his experience, than any other line, for he had paid the other day precisely- the same sum in travelling from Leamington, for 103 in:les, which he had to pay for travelling the 77 miles to Southampton. For all purposes he conce.ved that the atmos phe.-ic line would be the best for the country at all the inter mediate stations. Sir William Magnay stated that he had a large manufactory at Chitlford, near Albury, between Dorking and Godalming, and was, in addition to a large business on his hands, a Government con tractor for a considerable amount. The Government contracts were objects of great competition, and the question Cli carriage made a most important difference. In consequence of the cheapness of the carriage, and the facilities that the manufacturers pos. sessed, it cnabled them to compete with the makers in the south to such an extent that he had been induced to close one of his mills and get part of his supplies from the north. The distance of the terminus at Vauxhall entirely prevented any advantage from the - South. Western line. His carriage amounted to 1,0001. a year, and he should immediately increase his power it this line were to be formed. They used water power, but steam was the means by which they dried their paper, and they consumed a con siderable quantity of coals in boiling their rags. He had also a :mill near Rickmansworth, iA Hertfo:dshire, but had never used the :Birmingham Railway, from which his property was about four miles distant. It was of importance to him where the station was placed, and he believed that the atmospheric line would pass by his mill head. To the cross-examination by Mr. Cocxauare, Sir William stated that he was not aware that the line had been changed to aivoid Mr. Drummond's property, and if it did not pass near him, aud there was not a station at Albury, the whole of his evidence would fall to the ground. If there were no station at Wonersh, and if there were only stations at Godalming and Guildford, he would be better as he was ; but, if there were a station at Sheer, .or at the south of Mr. Drummond's park, it would be a g,-eat advantage to him. They sent all their goods to London by waggon, but got their coals by water. They were now 27 miles from London, and he expected that the atmospheric line would shorten the distance by two miles. Mr., John Sparks, a landowner at Wonersh, and in three ad joining parishes—He held about 700 acres in his own hands, and had also a tan yard, from which goods, at the rate of .a.bout two tons a week, were conveyed to and from London, .asst he would save about half of his present expense carriage if the atmospheric line was made. He sent r i.o.-rs 40 to 50 beasts to the London market, and 500 or 600 sheep n or -hag the year. He used Guildford market for his wheat and Goda uoing for barley, and if a direct communication were opened he shout,l send a larger quantity of corn to each place. In the neighbour h ood of Cranley there was a considerable growth ,f umber, w hich was now sent by water carriage, but was slow and unc ,rtain, and they did not enjoy the advantage which they ought to pot'sess. The terminus at London-bridge would cer. tainly be the best. To the cross-msm;nation of Mr. H. SMITH, Mr. Sparks stated that the feeling of the landowners was certainly not against the atmospheric line. He now paid 255. a ton . for carriage, and ex pected to save one-half by the railway. His means of conveyance were now waggons, although there was a canal within about two sidles, which gave them water conveyance to Guildford. He sent his cattle and sheep to market, partly on foot, and partly by rail, the &I - Terence between the projects being about three miles. Mr. Samuel Lovegrove, at Gewhur4, near Abinger, a charcoal hu rner and timber dealer, having a tyle_yard in his hands, stated ram` he experienced considerable difficulty in getting his goods to the London market. He sent about 10,000 sacks of charcoal to the Loudon market at a cost of from 3d. to 4d. a sack. The whole weight might be about 200 tons, and he sent also about 150 tons of timber, and he would save a considerable sum if the atmos pheric railway was made. He had lost an order of between 6001. .and 70u1. lees than a fortnight ago, in consequence of the carriage. For this purpose the Guildford and Chichester line would be per fectly useless to him, and, though the atmospheric line was at some little distance, yet, in the event of there being a station at Albury, he would obtain all the advantage he desired. Mr. Rose, a timber-merchant for the last 26 years at Dorking, stated that the feeling of the people at and about that place were decidedly in favour of the atmospheric line. He sent between six hundred and seven hundred tons of hoops to London every year at a cost of 14s. to 15s. a ton, while by the railway they would be sent at not more than ss. or Gs. a ton. He believed that there were not less than 200,000 or 300,000 quarters of oats brought from London at a cost of 2s. a quarter. There was alto a large quantity of oil-cake and other feed for cattle sent. Commer cial goods now cost a guinea a ton for carriage, and ha would save 50/. to 2001. a year. The terminus at Lohdon.hridge would also be tar more convenient than the other. He had bee:, i i favour of the proposed Brighton line, but that would take them a long way round about. To the re-examination of Mr. RAWLINSON, the witness stated that there had always been a considerable trade between Leather head, Ewell, Epsom, and Dorking, and there was but little inter_ course w,th the eastern country. All the coaches, waggons, and other public c.,nveyances passed by the route thi oogh Leatherhead. He knew that coals were frequently to be obtained at Portsmouth at from 165. to ISs. a ton, and certainly much cheaper than they were to be had in London. Mr. Ede, postmaster and wholesale perfumer at Dorkin!, stated his impression that the formation of the railway would materi. ally increase the business of the town and neighbourhood. Dorking had formerly been a favourite place for the residence of gentlemen in the City, but it had been superseded by other places which had better railway communication. He had personally suffered considerably from the want of a railway, and he did not think tha: the Brighton Railway could satisfy the requirements of the country. Certainly if this railway were made he could double the amount of his trade. 'dr. White, an auctioneer and estate agent at Dorking, stated that, until within the last five or six years, there had been a great accession of strangers during the summer, two coaches extra being put on the road on Mondays and Saturdays, but that but that circumstance had made but little addition to the trade of Dorking. The property there had consequently greatly declined in value since the opening of the lines to Southampton and Brighton, awl he had now several houses which were at present not likely to be let, and others, for which he was now negotiating, and which were to be let or not, as this Bill was obtained or lost. By private inquiries, he had learned that the amount of traffic was more than 23,000/. With respect to coals, if the communication were to be opened to the south, they would get them very much cheaper and in greater abundance. He thought that the line from Iteigate to Dorking would not give them the same advantage on the atmospheric line, and the whole of the feeling of the town was in favour of the latter. He had taken the population within three miles of both the proposed lines, and he found that within that distance there was a population of 135,061 on the atmospheric line, and 117,966 on the Guilford line- Between Epsom and Godalming there were upwards of 170 gentlemen's seats, the whole country being a continual park ground, the distance being about 21 or 22 miles. To the cross-examination of Mr. M. SMITH, the witness stated that tie did not think that the visitors of the town would be ab stracted by the coast if they had a railway to the town. In one 4..nad i n tarkce he had t a k en t h e popu l at i on from Epsom to P ortsmou th , the other from Guilford, and he had included Chichester, hut had left out both Petworth, and Midhurst. Mr. James Pranks, a miller and farmer at Albury, stated that he sent from seventy or eighty sacks of flour to Leatherhead, Dorking, and some ,in London, and he thought that the London_ bridge terminus would be infinitely more convenient to ,a) him, and that railway communication would be very largely in creased by the proposed line. Mr. George Dewdney, a miller at Dorking, st a t e d th a t if t hi s line were made , they would save l 6 three-fourths of the expense o f earriage. They now paid about s. a ton for c arr i age, while the ailw ay would carry f or 4s. They sent about 4SO sack s a wee k , and L se ono whey could send SOO or 900 to n, and he believed that they would do so. The Dorking flour had a very high character i n th e Lswrdon market, but the m i ll ers around Dorking king were undersold by the millers at Guildford, who could get flour to London for 6s. a ton. To the inquiries of the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that Dorking nas eight miles from the Reigate station, the same dis .l2, nee which Guilford was from Woking, and it was certainly not cot irely owing to railway communication, but tho Guildford people h a d thQ advantage of water carriage, the cost of which had been re. duce since the railways were opened. And if they had this 'e rail way, .- k Lelieved they could compete with the steam.p ower on the Thames; hut lie had now lcst three or four very good customers, from the want of conveyance. To the inquiry of Mr. OSWALD , the witness stated that the di:- twice from Dorking by Epsom was about 24 miles, and by Rei. gate 26 or 27 miles. Mr. iioih well, a lime-burner and coal.merchant for the last 30 years at Dorking, stated that he employed from 25 to 30 horses i n carrying lime to London and bringing back coals. For the last :three or tour years he had consumed about 10,000 tons of coals, lout the trade had declined durimg the last nine or ten years, not withstanding the high repute which the Dorking lime had in Lon don. Coals also were very dear at Dorking, and he believed that if thjs railway were made the trade would be recovered, and he felt assured that the atmospheric line was the best tor the town and neighbourhood. There was a considerable quaotity I t grocery goods, Limber, stone, and slates brought to Dorking tor the .aupply of ,the adjoining districts. He would bring all his coals by LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IS RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, I lIBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE G. RAIL WAYS. Name of Company. Dividend Per Arnowlt Annum. Share. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush .. •••• • .1 Birmingham & Gloster Ditto, New, iss. Do. Half Shares .... Brighton, Lews,& Mist. Bristol and Exeter Do. New . Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian .......... 7ambridge. and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead! Chichester & Brighton' Chttrnet Valley ....... Coventry, Bodworth, & Nuneaton .......... Coventry and Leicester Cornwall Diroet 'Sorthern Direct biorwich Diss, Beccles, & Yrmth Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto 411 d Galway .. Do. aml Mullingar Eastern counties ..... Do., Perpetual, No. 1 Ditto, ditto, No. 2 Eastern Union Do. Extension . • • . • • Edinburgh Olasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New Quarters Ely anO Bedford ;.•Irand Junction • • Ditto, Half Shares • . Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern & Western Da, Extension Do. Additional.. Great North of England Ditto, New Do. New •• • •• Great Western Hitto t Half Shares Ditto, Fifths. Quildford, Fareham, & Portsmouth •••• • • • Harwell . ..... •„ Hull R 11411 4 " (1 Ga; " .. aorocgli 73elby Quarter Shares Do, Half Shares • • • • iNttdal & Windermere Kentish Coast • . • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto. Half Shares• • ..... • Ditto, Quarter Shares London S. Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto, New Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton.. Do. Consolidated Bths :•ondon and Croydon Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. c. London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv.. London and S. 'Western Do., New Cons. Bths Ditto, New ........ Do. New .......... London and York . LndonderrySc Coleraine Do. & Enniskillen .. Lunn and Ely Do. & Dereham Manchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths Manchestr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland ............. Ditto, Fifths ..... Do. 7.,:Telv Ditto, Mr:IL & Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & Newcstle & Darl. Junc.i Do. New Brandlin g ! Newry & Newark and Sheffield.. North British Do. New Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, iss. 51. d. Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent North Wales Norwich and Brandon. Ditto, New ....... Oxford & Worcester Preston and Wyre Rictunnd & W. E. Junc. Rugby ....• •• • • Scottish Central .. Do. Midland.... Sheffield and Lincoln Sheffield & 3lanchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares South Devon -.. .. South-Eastern & Dow. Ditto, New iss. 32/.dis. Do. New, No. 2 .. Do New, No. 3 South Wa!,,E Staines and Richmond Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall.... • Yarmouth & .Norw•ich. Ditto, New ..... • • •., York& North Midland I)itto, Half Shares.. Do Scarbro' Branch. Ditto, Selby Scrip • • Ditto, Extension .. •.1 Bordeaux and Toulous e ) • Do. and Cette Boulogne and Amiens. Dieppe and Paris Junc. Gt. Northern of France Lyons and Avignon.... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans & Bourdeaus Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) Do. (Ganneron's) .... Do. (Calon's) Paris and Strasbourg .. Paris & St. Quentin .. Paris and Orleans. •• •• Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain..! R,:uen and Havre •• . • Sambre and Meuse.... Strasbourg and Bale Tours & Nantes (Mac kenzie's) .......... Do. (Levey res). 41. Os. per sh 11. 121.168. per sh. s. d 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 0 (1 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 ' 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 ti 13 4 6 13 4 50 0 0 2i 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2.1 0 0 100 0 0 n 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 ": 0 b 0 50 0 0 1 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 12 15 4 18 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 o 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 2." , 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 33 2 4 0 0 50 0 0 :) 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 9j , 0 0 ‘() 0 0 20 0 @ 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 BAN: 2 0 0 2 0 0 Australasia Brash North American Commercial of London Londe and Westmlnatr London Joint-Stock Metropolitan ..... Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New......... National of Ireland .. Nat. I'rovncial of Eng. Ditto, New... Union of Australia.... Union of London... • • 6/. per cent. 41. per cent. 5/. per cent. N. per cent. 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 8/. per cent. 8/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 V 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 INSURANCE COr/IPA.NIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Slice. - - £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .........• •. • . N. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 723(, Alliance Brit. and For. G per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine..• •. • • W. per cent, 100 0 0 50 8 6% Atlas British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl,Mcd.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown - Eagle • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Economic Life .•.• • • • • ti c s P 3 c o r s e b t "l 1000 0 0 250 0 0 Eng. & Scot. Law Life.. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 European Life- ... ••• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 k'reemasons' .. •.•• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe . - 142 Guardian Imperial Life... -- -12 s. 100 0010 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine... • 11. sh.& be. 100 0 0 513 1 29% Law Life ...... -- - IL 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire .. • . ..... 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15% London Ship ....• •• •• 10s. 2:0 0012 10 0 153¢ Maria, Mcd. Invlid &- Ctn. Life i5O 0 0 20 0 3 National Loan Fund • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Lite- ... •.• • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 934 Palladium Life W. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Phmiix .. .. . ..... •• • • 31. p. at. & bs. - 195 Protector Life •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s. Provident Life •••• . • • • 1/. 55. 10 , , 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life.. ---• • • • 45. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange ••••• • 5/. per cent. Stock. - 188 Sun Fire . - - Ditto Life ........• • 1/. 6e. .- Universal Life .... .• • 10%1. pr ant. 100 0 615 0 14 DOCAEL. Dividend Amonnt Name of Company. I per of ( Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Oommercial .. .. -- s. d. £ s. d. .£— East and West India ,P hl per cent. Stock. . pr cent. Stock. 140 East Country ... 1/. per sit. , 100 0 0 21 London ••••••• • • • • • • 4 1 ,4/. pr cent.l Stock. 116% St Katharine —..•• • .1 5 per cent. Stock. 108;4 Southampton • ....... 4/. per cent. i 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. ----- Dividead Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d, Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 170 British Linen Company 81* per cent. 100 0 0 228 Commercial Bank .• • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 170 National 8ank...... Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 98 Western Bank.. •• • • North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 VA Clydesdale Bank.. 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 15'/ Eastern Bank.. •• • Caledonian Bank ••. • • 61. per cent. 210 0 3% Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. _ 50 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. _ 815 0 15 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1 4 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Incur. Co. of Scotlnd• . Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur 9/. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 E di t ,. B,,Giasg. Railway 5/.percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 Ditto, IA Shares .• • • 4% /. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 164 Edin., Leith, & Grantu Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4% /. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 63 I Glasgw& Groenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 Glsgw& Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 9 All paid. 37% Dundee &ArbrothßaLl. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All Paid.: , 3 2 Standard Life Assurnce.l Si. per cent. 150 0 0 1 210 0 1 ^ ZOINT-STOC: Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Name of Company. Bs. per sk 2/. 5s p. sh. [ls 3d pr. sh, 16/. por et. 10/. per ct. 10/. per ct. 6 1. Os. p. sh IP. p. sh. 81. per et. 81. per et. 8 1. per r• 31. 10s. pr. sh. 17s. 6d. pr sli 91. per cent. 9/. per cent. 91. per cent. lOL per ct. 10/. per et. 101. per et. 6s. 31. N. per sh, 16s. per sh. 41. per share 10s. pr. sh. 6/.125. persh, 21. 2s. per sh IV. per share, 61. per cent. 14/.123.6d.p.c 141.05. per sh. Per share. 11.145.10d.p.s 21. ss. 15s. 12s. 10d. p. shl 4s. 6d. 10/. per et. 101. per et. 101. per ct English Iri4;11 Foreign ARRIVALS. Barley. 690 qrs, Wheat. 3,160 qrs. Oats. 140 9,080 7,400 1 I . 1 2,6 10 I--- I --- 7,070 Prr Blbs. to sink the offal, s. d. s. d. inferior Beast .. .. 210 3 2 Second quality thtto. 3 4 3 6 Prime large e,xen.. 3 8 4 0 • Prime SeoN ...... 4 .2 4 4 Larf.7e, C 0 3 .. $e Calves 310 4 6 Prime so ,a7l ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Sticklin Calves, ..18 0 30 0 inferior Sheep ..... 3 8 4 0 SUPPLY AT Feasts. I Sheep, 797 9,740 Tr.7` 1 ,170.&.TV4 .131.7:r We had a steady demand prices. Beef, inferior„ „ „ d. At per stone, by the Carcase. i. 8• to , i 0 s 2 . d 6 . to 8 3 . d o . middlir, middling ,. 4 : 410 . •• •• 3 2 3 6 ------ 4 . , Prim•, large 3 8 310 i ----- Prime • • •• 10 ' 2 A 2 pr i •die small 3lO 4 0 , Pork, large •••• ' • • • 8 - Veal . 3 4 0 5 0! smal l • Mutton, inferior .. 8 8 . 4 6 Lamb. 4s 10d to 5s 10d. MO:ROUGH HOP raziativar• _favour- The plantation accounts not being considered ver.7 nd for able, we have to report a somewhat improved most hinds of Hops, at fully last week's quotations. COAL 21TARZEZT. dales 11I t Prices per ton at the close of the mark et 853; Dean's Primrose, 14s thi ; Hol3 well 3 t tain , gar tley , Original Tanfield, 15s 6d Old Pontop, 1 55 ; nd (19 " 18s; West Wylam 15s 6d; Wall's-end, Bewic.e toelro Gordon,Hetton 19s 6d ; Kelloe, 19s 6d; Brown's 18s 6d ; Braddyll's ' Hetton, 203; Lambton, 2 ° 5 ; 18.56 d; 16 s 6 ( 1 ; Lewis's Mertlr, 21s 3 1—ShIPI yr, since last day, 30. , Deanery, rived k SUGAR.—Today B r iti s h Plantation Sug ar (From the L on d on Arens Price Current of Jfall e n'‘ e er u ; board in rredr Osking was much in reque s t, an d near ly e very was again bought u p, a f ur th er r i s e in prices eeell the advance for the week Is to Is 6d per col' a iled e el REFINED.—To-day the home trade were eetq f r o n& r 70s to 71s for brown, and 71s 6d to 72s per el ° hel d f° lumps. Bonded Crushed Sugar is do e! 39s 6d to 40s per cwt for the best. higher, an" t his MAtiarTrus.—Although the market ha s un ` pet's ° oe supplied, still a n a d vance i n prices of 641 to -' 000- taken place , th e r i se b e i ng more apparent ou br" and fine yellow descriptions. sug ar ws n ea P st el Easy INDIA.—This afternoon white Beng- with ho ld it attention fully form;e former t chased with eagerness, and all other sorts ar t e d sod ° l o ts bite W an '' „ d e ' were rather higher. A ee eve- is Y et POREIGN.—Prices are still on the ii- eap osilLe t ckete r p at u e b s li; isnadleee3d,33c2ombmagons w Or d ' bo - scription, the orders being numerous, arrivals t s ine ots/ 5 11 1 90 0a on the decrease, and the advices from the clew Sh i very encouraging ; added to which, the irPf r ae. itt ch hr . will be much less than it was on the pre'l n Ae g- cr ° iptiZ" o u 'be °l2 MOLASSES.—For West India of ever/ 1 , -5 10 in b quiry has existed, and stiffer rates offersne t te"; t ut checked by the supply havm become s eA r n— i" was, " " fi° COFFEE.-- This afternoor g i Ceylon u`r„ede be t business was checked by higher rates br„b o veliw i l ,, Scs n- i ed t h bap at auction were nearly all taken in 4 ' re — ode 1 ; 0 0 1 IC ra . TEA.—To-dav extensive purchases s re— a s par e c i v of e n. " ' Orange Pekoe at . 2e lld to 3s. C o ogoe Go' incree.seel freedom, and stiffer rates grle n. mon quality sells f ree l y a t I s 2id t o is ifterie the js" RUM, BRANDY, AN D HOLLANDS...P:; - 01 , h a ll .7; , vernment contract for 100,000 gallons of f'P llf c4r and half West India, was all taken by Me ' s "' r g all°ll' Fenwick, but at the low rate of Is Me per or' 'tbf" e strength. eset ' ll per o ld SPICES.-This afternoon Cassia Lignea -- tve k Per P e chasers at an advance of Is to • a gal. 00g t • 1 at full rates. OlLS.—This afternoon 180 tons of Sou the - r -?' - fa r 17 f 1 ; 21 sale went at full rates and fetched 26159 to 26_ 1 ‘ 1: 0 1 ow to good ; 30 tuns of Colonial Sperm realized "% at ter. t wit to 75/ for Oil, and 85/ to 8515 s per tun for hes" hs s • ea ced Pe en °P e a cessi ng TALLOW.—A further rise of 6d to 15 b as be to , place for Russian. and a lively demaid feC on the spot; chandlers and soap makers larg I Y. sta itea been t "" feel their stocks. An extensive business has se lling forward deli very . T own T a llow has b een 39s 6d to 40s per cwt, net INTERESTING [ADVERTISE MENT.] To Messrs. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gattn 04. Percy-place, Landport, Portsmouth. AP.ri l t • e iof ol/1 r e r onti ir al g ly e_tt ; h f lg ea d ri a n il g y t m ha o t re l Gentiemen,—l think it but an act of jnstico of yon a TO LADIES. r jeuclon• you of the benefit I have derived from the W e I fon!, admirable lh Macassar Oil. About six. m ouths ag d sinec vi s ' h e O k uld an l discoloured, from a practice I had adopted of 7 e 1.., oe r it 010%110 0 hearing of the efficacy of your M ssar ° il s 1 's ill -A ° some time past constantly used aca 1 he resu lt I ; o p. my hair is nowperfectly' it, and 1 e h iit . s oa restored a nd Lau Ar .0; ~..- per. in appearance glossy. and colour, having become thl ' o f VI e which ; it also curls freely without the ne e As I ,:i it never did before. To all my frien—oco'na warmly recommended your Macassar Oil as al bole an restorative b. and preservative for the hair. A S ~ iiiill 11 o r o jef•tion to see my name in print, I beg ) 1 ° - lett er '„to dosethin, _ettiog ii publish it; but you are at libcrty to show 60 app make any other use I 'fl - nd refer O i l s ', )ls' you piease o i , a to m • e, if necessary, in roof of the efficacy of I ° cassar Oil.—Your obedient servant, • • the • • • • • Pe ° Row ' land s Macassar Oil preserves and repro Grei ,' og 0 Hair • , prevents it from falling off or Wai l fre es , Changes Grey Hair to its Original ColourtlfullfeO" from Scurf and Dandruff, and makes it bean and curly. 0.. Ask for " Rowland's Macassar o.d‘ All others are fraudulent ante 00$ 9 1 --- - Loro to [ADVERTISEMENT.]—T he - - N ov ws is eq —The Triple Hair Brush, One stroke of L' l th c otol' to the effect of one penetrating, five sreell-t°°„, Po and one even-cut brush ;to be had in f ou r 9 , 1- 0 1,1 S• of ss. 6d ' ; No. 8 7s• 6i N 99' 6d. ; s° ' ' - 'Joes °- The Double Anti *Pr'es:ureo.N'ails.Brush, wh ich beia re‘ iii divide the quick from the nail no pressor% DO in quired, and thoroughly cleans and polishes th . a ice 4, a tenth °art of the tii;te or any other rnet" cl ' r i‘ lo. OA "le l h:)-s. v - • -". I, 25.; No. 2. 2s. 6d.; I'l°. very. Ol e the , 5 2.; an4i on a!' sizes and prices ill i bet weel i .od Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters fail-91.10 interstices of the closest teeth ; 10...,_a ri l icid„ T t i t of brushes, No. 1, hard ;;No. 2, lsss hard; I"°*,„: r d; P h " . or N 0 .,, 4n,ssrodf;t.NoT.h7e. middling; brushes, No. 5 ' .--- ei.f 0 11 p ozen in Done; less ' 10s. -o r ( I • . ea ch or - _ 0 0. „ i x in ry ivory, the hair warranted; never to coror ba dger li P o ir ledium Shaving Brush, between the tog a g og h IP and bristle brush, belly ,. a selection of the str . o es, bol' o pti ainngd;2Ns.o. 8, soft,,sit6.7o. P it 0 only from the badger skin, in a variety of s lz • yrtit t g, is 4tfee bone and ivory. The above articles are t he g ote t ira of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bi s}3°l : tA tio . London, and, being protected, any on° ' ll6- Wee will be proceeded against. ii ,o o vere S ALARMING FIRE AT WANDSWORT.-' lic e P e ep a to D i nesday morning, shortly before three o'clock, th e rse rifri . ; (ol that a fire had broken nut in one of the sieepinb, i ce'"," Down Lodge, West-hill, Wandsworth, the resideo:4 s;0 tr; a merchant. The inmates were soon aroused, j'eiberoping 11 supply of water having been o!)tained, they. : g d O n nt ite c°11 : police, succeeded in extinguishing the fire. ';- the e : 4 b/ 3 4 " ravaes to the apartment in which it broke l'"occoPoppo'l teats i of which were consumed. The room sc ,e , It le ~citic ": invalid lady, who kept a light burning all nigh' e d the' - p k . P that the flame caught the bed-curtains , and so aft eaLile ore :A - m r s t FATAL ACCIDFNT FROM tal. --- - 0 re o,- h ife , little girl, named Clarke, about tsvelve years °f µI; rC este •eh ° lle Sallins-common, in the parish of Bockletoo, ocic, o tte s - n a go thoughtlessly had torn. The are communicated to the restot.'"- e bed , , )oer attempted to burn off a bit of be e ( LI dre se ' 01 0 , on the ot. I I , her alarm she ran up stairs and thrbw hersel. tog e, „ o ut also took tire, and the flames spread to the ° d ied IP . I;ase e° child's mother dragged her from the spot, hut_„' h „ e n a.- -Cfre hour, and the tottage was burnt to the Igiv - Examiner. o clorf' BIRTHS. le G er of On the 3d inst , in Chester-squares adatre,'sident, the wife of his * Saxon Majesty's Minister P.' eerl4 daughter. ;n otoll' cr.l On the 2d inst. in Stanhope-place, 3 1 ° rn- - gA 4 Mrs. Wi!liam Cook. of a son. Ko O on n e t,sh-row, aofstohne. Rev. J o seph mv.2'' jowl o'f ° f Lin O k n ia t t h , : , 3 p c ,_. l. sq i7 , st o . f: aidnattgehattliall-street, the WI f t he ili di o Rugby, the On the 3d inst., at the Rectory, rball3b o f J° l / 1 3 Rev. J. Moultrie, of a daught er. v On the 29th ult., at Brighton, th e tad ~ Gor ge Ormsby Gore, Esq., of a da u g hter. yof 3111.1°r e On the 29th ult., at Black heath, the lad Logan, Madras Army, of a son. b . :9 l : olo ll : g . l o b i t e Per : On the 3d inst., at ,strtA. reorigevi; 1)0.07:0 ti Weaver, Esq., of lowgate-hill, to Eglizaj! of the late Andrew Smith, Esq., of the Stock P . :, ,_ _...,, Ja „ On the 3d inst., at St. Marylebone Church, r_ i r o l c isil l ' o Esq., barrister of the Middle Temple, to MarY!,l„perPs ter of William Colville, Esq., of North-bank, oeiv got , and the Laws, Forfarsire. a Pelf' 00 .. ,, On Tuesday, the 3d inst., at Harrow, Eavilir t, to ; .ro yi ? ( 1.9 of the Royal Military College' Saidnurs 0, os Sothis second daughter of J. F. Marillier, Esq. , 1 a Scbool. fdO k r. On the 3d inst._, rt St. James's Pr aiclingt?g'd,, W 1: George, only son of Joseph Hartnell,'Eq, of lf° el Too I horst, to Ellen Arabella, daughter of tb e late SOW oueest ",,,. Esq., of Balham, Surrey. .-------..-...- a bll , - , r , , fs4" , ToOvini-tphlaece2,7ithenutl.t., in Loina lj j . an'ed gel)i c r o e , n° ,r r NL.iyeOfinntghtteohnle:t Hants,inst. , at her residence, Newtown-Fr.: gear, Chicheley Plowden, EEsqug.,efnoiram' erll-yido°firth°ef BtehifgallaiVil s,er 88th year of her age. (red B°' RfoircohltalrrPotdh,evelc3,ll:slam, on the 2d inst., John Fenn , El.' a, arOritlll daughter Tuesday last, at Maltby, near Boatel:11,0v, " of the late Col. Heatheote, of.gack,.e • „ r Bea" short rt illness. :ilinnls:gcttg.o:,,na,geactil d7se, opMtrb.litteir.itdiN.Lil3l:incsiort jJs b, ;,: g S o, On the 4th inst at his residence, Belmont, nes 116 et London: Printed -s_tr,anci pri--------fultDO IC° ll2O Iv o. ra_thd and ei,blishad bv it , c _ ,o. _f '19:50. in the Precincti dr' VhelliSelVs.loYfia°ls;Clll)l 41 Middlesex - , Saturday, Julaa 7, 180. 1 MARKET NEWs,(YESTERDAY.) CI MN =CHANGE Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat have , !l o n on a very moderate scale, they not having exceeded NS,ieolteicsterda rates s7els but commanded r o n t aLd r ed ki a n( s i t s ea l c v i 4uarters, hence the show of samples of that article was srai" lit t d e Fiq.eign Wheat, free as well as in bond, very e y re il a j6luirY' Was ( kinc , vet the quotatiors . were supported. Barley an at fully 11; Malt truce - loffslowly late Th • ec ,at rates. There was A steady' slow inquirY , I demand for Oats, Beans, and Peas, at full prices. 3,1510 Malt, 1,940 ors Slvainnirrsz LI), The supply of Beasts on sale was only moderate, whga th e - Beef trade was ver y s t e ady at fully Monday's quotations'd There were on offer 100 Oxen and C'oWs from Holland, a°, ,0-0 Scots from Scotland. The nuto'oers of Sheep were ran t ' limited, o w i ng to w hi c h t h e sa l e f or them was rather act and, ve, nd, in some instances, more nronev was obtained f or p oo l old Down s . 150 Lambs wcre received from the IslB ° Wight, Generally speaking, the Lamb trade was rico." $t very full prices. Calves moved off freely , at late riles. 15 . Pigs a fair busine9S w as doing. Mich Lows sold from 16/.. to 191. 10s. each. S econ d quality' ditto tr.. 2 d. 9'4. a! Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 ; Soutbdown Wethers 4 10 b Ditto ou. of the woo't -- L ar ge Hogs 0 3 a Small P or kers • 310 4 • Quarter old Pigs ..16 • 2 . 0 L am b s . ...... 5 0 4 v MARKET. Calves 3 3 0. I Figs. 3G2 gMeat, a t fn ., for each kin d of il ,A‘dk Paid. X s. d. 2 10 0 1 7 6 100 0 0 17 10 0 3 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 14 16 0 4 13 4 0 13 4 10 0 0 1 10 0 30 0 0 12 10 0 2 10 1 5 o o o o 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 2 10 b 100 b 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 7 6 15 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 6 16 0 0 6 0 0 Price, 135!4 13 2!,4 245 5 % 1% 107 69% 411,4 19V, 7 % 104 24v _./2 15y, 114 5 1 ,4 5 6!4 2% 165 10 185 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 45% 18 ;a 184 : 5 19% 2% 4 3 30% 20% 08 57% Paid 5% 1.5 114 Price dioe