The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-17 00:00:00

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Le r i° uteofthe , ed dt h Aut o I ceedinge ° C th. cil I S vy Coun , coding. of 0 gust, 1 944 ' c il aittee of Coon ng to trade paragraph s : h report of 7 iwaysllB44) •": be submitted ler the n otic e °f B o ard (or ' u .„ the care of e Bills, a nd le form of pi% •§lo' R a ilway l e t ed , ,ly establisi. novel in t i h ic i e i f public t-; tween itePs::ro, railway v° 4 3 t h ol e for triii‘ a law. he upon t , t he l e object oi probithlY 1411. trong P. a s n ot ,hat it cloes e terrain!, w brought be co l &Olga A di ✓imultsn Od'•Di o itO Oti TaPani" biCS r duties Old oun t of IP ,- f, tst nmittee h be ,rte sho w " i n s depart ay .- Upon th is h av e CO O. 0100 14 ay D. l e previou sl &C U ' various .ect, each Pr t : la t all be 10dg.,,,s as shall I°' clauses of :h relate to George Clest rov i s ion shot, .h e railwel u` if , an d the reP r , al of theie " letent, ,h hr t o ruler for "el yard; bu t th d (subject , as t ar articula r respect to-:-.4 of tranesew uate and Oil id satisfactode , will de fol ;i Board oho° Dot i ' railwayis .en minute., mmittet mittee Wil l :0 ben of it ; 01 , to big COO the in§P- - "eta the suPeri nne, an d ° ail ,f—firstlY, lecondlY , t h Z, n engingel.- ma d e be- C , r d i direct tP. prepare IltiC!1; ier wiie, 0 01 .: 0 ie inforcosti as n earlY 'in conoe%_ i f s e , u nless w_ s ; ntil We'. l o uses o frAt' ) mum ,h wolfe 1 1 report . .nts with in g orlf i l l i s n cay project e Of the 11°5 • is the inte o o. f the House e Join t- St ° • 1 if tha t 13a 1, ice under t , made t pu b es rig AS wa s Do( Lords ai f r being ' l ', ress of tutor '' of the Dint.. es, before r 1 cause to rcular beret to the Pub /i f w ine t not .. ..di o be PrePld, rd to be )f Vern* f e s which hA present fn' t Colon . ed . o'" g, on cc 3 to rende r ? continue, :ommittee on on the cot°. opinion th e r the railvc si iusiness• A 1 co nstitu t. i itinued acted b 1 t "; in the sad • C l ransacierl r Cornrcit lee ; by seP srs o f the Lord, f ,al officer.. lament, he xa ri ; A'tcomPetin' ling the r ub ' ;e of the °°;• ,f the Pc' re hat the Pr e. uses of Par" )e promoter; h e Board 0 so be We.: rent l l Wit ° Ines, on so h Ordnance tion of th e nd r intend to ,uld deposit! Bill, as Welt ss. seem exP e. ion of ?sr with it, Mr IM time . e a accord subjects :-.0 iegie i s tiat el In the ir Po lir/ ; ni sepal' s. " !way co 0" for wh iC o 7) law ; with the grounds t° signed h 1 it shall .ive merit! !,re of th e vy Counc il )th Houee. 1 for tll , re.ooo° stances, or ent. Sessio o seaaj°"" somewha t us eat"' )0 are in other of fig niP ' following s everal !, dry-0 4 Berke leY : n. Rober t Ed w ard rid Count Linc°l°l d n ; X ; pill" Wig that chard !,1, said, tiny Of ration 0 f k, when, mot, had LI his CO," THE SUN, LONDON, T.FIURSDAY_MORNING, JULY 17, 1845. 'A* 11.11WENYM , S&IORTING INTELLItiENCE. JULY .:ETIG LI VEr , 01,/LIVE s' 1 UE R SD POOL AY EVENING. M. -LATE:_ N T BETTINJ. 1 a gst IVinesour (t) H T 3 6 . to cup. 1 9 to 1 agst Rowena t o 6 `° 1 -- Milton (t) - -- 20 t ) 1 - Extrava;anza 7 to 1 1 _____ Trueboy Lothariu I I 2 0 to 1 - Little Ha npt , n 125 to 1 - Brunel ST. LEGEII.. L to 1 agst Mentor 2 to I agst Pantasa 4 to 1 agst'The Baron: ~aadeville HORSES ARRIVED. Corrauna, Erebus, Semiseria, Cinizelli, Trueboy, llcl-Lothian, Shadow, Alamode, Lothario, Lancashire Witch, Extravagana Lug' nunary, b e by Princess Alice, Sotades, Proserptne, Phoenix out of L'Hirodelle, Andrew Brandy, laZi t , hd aY, Kismet Bretwalda, Ada, Triumvir , Frill colt, Jack Ir on aler, Steam, Kismet, Mickey Free, Godfrey, Rowena, eniaster, Everton, ' The Dog Billy, Little Hampton, Phil Robin, April Noddy, Ambition, The Duke of Kent, P t , Quebec Beaumont , Sweetmeat, Plaudit, Sir Ab -"Plis, Doa orHusband , Imaum, Miss Holbrook, Sir Henry, fiq "Psis , Doctor Wood, Wolf Dog, Pantasa, Sheet Anchor Ould ea° Swift, Ireland, The Baron, Yardley, Queen Pomare, Burlesque b f by Jereed dam by Bustard, Juvenal. (RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.) LIVERPOOL RACES. .I'l l RACE COURSE WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST THREE. Croxteth Stakes o ' f 15 save. each, 10 ft, and 30 added ; s YrS old 6st 81b, 4 yrs Bst 21b, 5 yrs Bst 91b, 6 yrs and aged eaLtn.ares, &c., allewed 31b. Mile and quarter ( . Prince) I ...Eaglinton's Vaudeville, 3 yrs k` r, !,t msay's Mid-Lothian, 3 yrs 4„Jacques's Semiseria, 5 yrs mine following also ran :—Sir J. Gerard's Erebus, 3 yrs y . keiklarn's Trueboy, yrs—Mr. Mostyn's A-la-mode, 4 l land 11,1 r. Worthington's Lancashire Witch, 3 yrs. t etti ng--3 to 1 agst Trueboy, 3 to 1 agst Mid-Lothian, 5 °l,ir'gst A-h-rnode, and 5 to 1 agst Lancashire Witch. heek°ll. Tr by a length. Mid-Lothian beating Semiseria by a Th e I' ueboy a respettable fourth. r oduce Sweepstakes, of 50 Say!. each, for 3 yrs old colts, Nat 61b, and fillies, Bst 31b ; two miles. Off. e Sefton Stakes, of 30 Sovs. each, for 3 yrs old, mile-and-a tom half. T he hie half. Pug, 71b walked over ttin e - Mersey Stakes, timed for a quarter before four, was not 'lnen our parcel was forwarded from the course. Ali e f" flowing were expected to start for it :—Princess q 42, Sotade+, Lumina, L'Hirondelle colt, Birthday, " r ewi randy, and Kisme ry t. BETTING ON THE CUP. 11 3 1 , aim Winesour, sto 1 agst Lothario, 6to I agst t o l ,m l , 9tol ag t Rowena (t), 11 to agst Curranna (t), 14 agst E "' s xtravaganza. 6t o , DONCASTER ST. LEGER. ap eo) agst Merry h Monarc, ken frevly. The weather ti t company more select than numerous. Possession Liverpool, of when I wrote ) esterday, being now cePt:hi: (l, a few remarks upon them may not be unae '''r tlateed the Croxteth Stakes there are eleven animals_ derinp,'analV d out of them I expect to see at the post au. eashi , he Shadow, Alamode, Mid-Lothian, and Lan- T h r ,e Witch. /Vita ls 1% ,' 111 be the first appearance of the Lancashire ea & nice her d e f ea t f or t h e O a ks, and will give her ii) ;PPertunity of redeeming the character she lost at her f)4l h, i As she has had a 1: ng rest, and the weight on 43 th,,, n g v"ry favourable, I t:xp-ct to see her announced t tetl h w thrl r. Corra,ina and ;he Shadow will, I have '4 11 ,,.ti make a goo d ti g ht of it for second. ter `ue Maiden Pl a t e th e re are six subscribers, and, as as Neri t " W IC running is any criterion of an animal's t heh e rd Eglinton's t3retwalda should be able to beat I,4thers with little difficulty. % tart r t he Queen' s Plate, I do not expect Lothario will d ists:,retwalda and the Slane colt will never live the l'eetii,el'ie• Midlothian must be too sore from her . recent 'foi r C h gi I think to enable her to get her h::ad in front Oyer ho rses like the Shadow and Arcanus. Poussin is "beeit'pelleierate animal. The merits of Dr. Wood and Pox's leer are, ' I imagine, known only to their owners. fed t h e once is by no means a despicable one, and to her ;rei ) Shadow I leave the race, with a strong pr 'leteQe-,f‘ir the latter, as she has won more Queen's 4l iee — lt triat i,any mare n England, with the exception of Th e ' L ewttio rn . C 4 43 ley S ta k es w ill be one o f th e m os t i n t eres ting ett,„ ( '', t he meetin g . Th e e ntry includes Pluto, the ere ea ut last year, seeing that he beat the tte d Ratan at Richmond, and, at Not Ingham, ht t leth,, e at, Stit c h, an d R owena ; L anc a s hire Witch, he capital t wo -y ear - o ld performer ; Hope, p ith a s e hrld in this elr's Oaks, and Lord Harry, a colt I, lle t Pretension s to speed, and a pretty good win the -s se ason; and although Pug, Hope, and the Witch, tf Ph i ; ehhditions of the race, receive 21b., still, I think ~74r in his two-year-old form, and starts, we shall 4n, i; 44 0 as th e winner. If he does not go, why, Th, s ftri to H o p e . top t i: 4 ll ing stakes looks a certainty for Poussin. TELEGRAPH. S, TO qlk - THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.. h Ne r ' the he meeting at Liverpool ]. t a b o is oe w eek will be slightly ptatlces for the Cup vio g ,„, average, the very s : ma t Z 14 beTtiested itself , of its pi.' ipal attraction in the eyes of e e t t al , g_world. : ' It co t mm ne ences to-day with the Crox eight start, including Alamode, ih tiii rria e , er which a d bo p u erhaps the Lancashire WitclSLftonl S t 4 lts "l ‘ ta t he io r fi!s a t f la a n r n d d u third for the winner. T he po e or b k„ p i i Will go Bentinck's pocket, with h b g aok "jace ie ' The Produce ' Stakes, a walk over for t e I ,10141,j The Merse Stakes will bring a good field together, .ac e - Y nor a doz en. y I see nothing likely to beat the airl( 6:LAlice butthPeri colt and William Tell, and t hey h 4 1 h a 4 It extremely diAcult. I think they will pass the c a t if Wild, v e Placed them. The Maiden Plate to Steam or Bre ,On i•Zitla Ada and Triuirvir close up. t' l h e ar-tt` l aY the Foal St a kes, for which the winter " crack" e Post '7aY and the Connaught Ranger will be brought to ttahtoive r :it ru h a o n t:e . of the other two, probably Chertse , y, will 4. e 'e r , ° ught to be an ea: gallop for 111. r. tidy Cup field, pro ttiej fifteen, which will, I think. consi,t of the following : tZ r eY, True] ) ' Nereus, Little Hampton, Corranna. Rowena, - -°3', Milt Winesour. lothario, Mickey Free, f N t ali, Z'ganz4, Duke ofKent , Dig Billy. and Brunel ; Ever- I Ihtning, and 1 1 . - ter are doubttul. Out e te ase el, Dog En t e ir"ans f K'ent Extravaganza %le•- 114414tt1e Ha mpton, ' ly. Duke of t Robin stand but very little ,\Vt lle e ; and of th and Cock Mickey Free, Milton, and 1 4 0 1 t ilt a s n l o ie air;n_the best r . em ln i I shall expect : to s , 'lose „ '"eY Free first, with Wine sour and Mr. Meiklam e -1 "-1 am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. CRICKET. , Tap, RENT V. ALL ENGLAND. Ae ' v eli qa a k Y i n thii . l "tch - was resumA bv Mr. Swann and Mr. CA at a g their appearance at the wickets, there being, - 'ee af I?. early hour of tile day, a very numerous attend- Lilli'll , N sitors ') — "re stood thus when " time" was called :- 1 , 4. ENGLAND. Otha l . te ' e llillyer, b b Hillyer 7 4 . lite r, b 'ii: . 00000000000000 30 R,t,, c p.,. tilYer... ......... 14 b ditto. 37 ptll,ll`,.l,:tib ditto .. 3 b Mynn 6 b •.) ° ' b dit u .'Y a n ............ ::: 16 c Swami, b Martin ...... C 4411 11 b‘ ° . "• ..... 0 b Hillyer . ... 30 . GT av ' i ditto ..... ...• .... •• • 5 b Adams .. 1 b aViflyr; E N., c Ida; ..... .... c Martin, b Hillyer ... 13 t 4r ti 11 Yer 0 r r In.e'gbciiii:l ......................... 0 7 b ditto o r b,,, not out ....... 5 b ditto 3 tt t a, hq.l!urst, c Dorrin- b ditto all 'blP in ..... 15 11 Yes,1 4 111 Yer .... 1 t.: ....... 0 not out • klatij:, '') ixel (MY : Z . 4 . , Byes, 1a - , wide (Adams 2, 5 ............ 19 Mynn 2), 4 ; no balls 28 ( m A a d r a ti m a s s) 2 9 , Mynn 2, 142 lit 114 • v,' l4 Yliti P itt_wr. 2 k lily t n lll , .... , .. 12 gell -1) / -sq., c Bathurst, Martin, c Sewell, b Martin -113e,r2q. c..... . i i - .. C. J. Whittaker, Esq., c . Aoll totingeh yw ite, 11 . Box, b ditto 4 1 bieli tik /3 bean . • . ''''''''' .) C. Harenc, 1 •"•,. s,; e kartin ''' il .6 i; ' ditto '''''' 14 Hillyer, b Dean Martin dittall°, E sq• ge e ' ditto, i b Byes, 10 ; wide— 2 . no Esq., not out t.,, , 1. ... ' , • 9 gell 1, Dean 1„ b o„,. 'clo, c (Jru3, b (114 1 ; E- '''''''' -', ''' ~... ball—Martingell 1 orri,t__ •• '' : ......... .... 82 1. Th e fe , b ditto ......... 0 "I° "t w re, th f to n for hing that !,I),i‘t4(l„,tile betti • er . e ore, of their accomrlis • ion (4 There ng is in favour entertain an opin 4t the ~,,_‘ eaarree those, however, who go in yesterday . 174 to 44,0tri:rmit against them. ~.f s , ERsus LEGs--A Ob er °3, Whi c h f rell AT CRICKET.—AR3 of 8 roni its novel character attracted . the cricket trolind oftil'ettaore, was played last week in The players on '''te side eo,es"4llwaY Tavern at Reading. immense tliile n t. isted of an eleven with only one Te a a n_ rm a each ; 1, „,.. 0 _ _ he ether Q;,i - ue each had but one leg — savinghis arms, kw-1V °lle- One ef the umpires had lost t 14 the other had N a c , sele cted not a leg to stand upon." ! At the corn -Ilieerneli who had neither arms nor legs • one kills ; n... t. 9f the play the odds were in favour of the y backers. billtrit_ .`iewl_thstiiin_.. -. the Single. legs had ho A h referee was ti.:lroLttitid ftirrosmit Thntriis, in consequence o th f n th three legs were 'd of a kedien, bu t these wertee rains, no less,, without a the ai . th e ',cal / Ilan, a nei /lb s?on set skilfully performing the sot nature of lite °Peration " t,, ouring carpenter i_ (.1. th us °n • At the t ermination of the game__ . the score 25 second 144,8 '6,..--The S..ingle-legs, fifst innings, ge, 50 ; 4 tto 4 ' c l ! 4(-? total, il. The One-arms, first i ' t he i,, !4flings, 60—total 110• The lavers dined between Ilings at the P.ailwav favern. P forßik f re e GREENWICH REGATTA. , k .__ a waternten of East Greenwich on Monday contended . 2lata:'raerviceable ne patro n and good money prizes, in five ,`l i .44111 n! regatta was ised as the cards expressed I 'ltlit y ral Stopford, and the nobility and gentry of the ad 1 . • ' and the afternoon being exceed' the steame Ash I 'l took d la r ,i own great number of personsto this very r`aaa of public resort. Will' FIRST HEAT. 7 , L 'ara Horn, pink 1 C harle s dark blue ..................... 2 ,-aarles E lliott,Fenwick, light blue 3 t Hen ry SECO ND HE.A.T. h. Harvey green........., - ZdwPr illialt Leade' d ard Gellet r t, ryeelloW eii_„ THIRD HEAT. • I tortt ............................................ ................................... . Ho rn FOURTH HEAT. • ) , I„.,:eililieiatnit ' . ' ...................................... 2 ................... .... .................. ••• GRAND HEAT. Horn, pink ... ............ ... 1 It seas ,ward Gellett, yellow ........................... 2 igsed ' smart heat. The winner took the lead, but was 'lto ate.rerely throughout by his opponent, who came in oni7 foci ats lengths astern. lea W r 'lay last a match between the Eton eight intended b,lotlanainser match, and a crew composed of gptle dlal, te o rng to the Cambridge and Oxford Subscription i „at , ti , s 5 place on a beautiful reach of water extending V'kstsp'aMl• - ' l , l e and a half from Datchet-bridge to New-lock e: . 0. '4 , 11 e Eton boat was manned as follows :—Winter, OlaaY i'lenards, Adlington. Luttrell, M'Niven, Talfourd, eet w i t' , ; Shaw Stewart, steerer.. The crew of the looms' t t t • ,I:C"'Afr. Henn- Stapylton, stroke; Mr. Pickering, 'haPyl't,-"o3, Mr. I,llltaman, Mr. Lbert, Mr. Thomas e 44 1 ' Air. Murdoch ' . Mr. Lawford, am an Etonian, steerer. to.siG Waa admirable the Etonians being on the Berk- Ntel eu : of the T hames.' Both boats went away at a tra p ing well together until they reached the beatiful villa of Mr. Fowler; at this p )int it became evident that the strength of the Roonis' boat was too great for their youthful competitors, and they gradually gained a-head of them, winning the match, after a most s; irited c3ntest, by a boat's length. The banks of the Thames were lined with spectators. PENSION S. (CIVIL L 1 ST.) A List of all Pensions granted between the 20th day of June, 1844, and the 20th day of Jude, 1845, a id charged upon the Civil List (pursuant to A A 1 Vic. c. 2) :- 1845. Jan. 28. Patrick Frazer Tytler, Esq. (in considera tion of his eminent literary attainments and merits as an historian.) 2OO Jan. 28. Mrs. Jane Hood. (To William Elliott, M.D., in trust for her, as the wife of Thomas Hood, Esq., author of various popular works, in consideration of his literary merit and infirm state of health Jan. 28. Susan Robertson 5O Mary Robertson Eleanor Robertson Elizabeth Robertson (The four daughters of Lieutenant-Co lonel Robertson Macdonald, and grand • daughters of the late Principal Robertson, in consideration of the eminent literary merits of their grandfather, as an historian, and their own destitute situation. In trust to James Rolland, Esq., and John Stewart, Esq., Writers to the Signet, in Edinburgh.) Jag. 31. Jane Caroline Stoddart 75 Frances Agnes Stoddart .... . 75 SSisters of the late Lieutenant-Colonel toddart, murdered at Bokhara, in consi deration of the services of their brother, and of there being no adequate provision for them. In trust to John Kitson, Esq., of Thorpe, near Norwich.) March 5. Mademoiselle Augusta Emma D'Este. (In trust to Edward Majoribanks, Esq., and Sir Edward Antrobus, Bart., for her, in con sideration of her just claims on the royal beneficence June 11. Clara Maria Susanna Lowe (daughter of the late General Sir Hudson Lowe, in consi deration of the services of her father, and her own destitete condition. In trust to Sir Joshua Ricketts Lowley, Bart., Cap • tain, R.N., and Lieutenant Edward Wil- liam De Lancy Lowe, 32d Regiment of Foot) £1,200 EDW. CARDWELL. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, July 7, 1845. LORD ASHLEY'S LUNACY BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Alany thanks for your very able article on Lord Ashley's Lunatic Bill and for the clear exposition of the im provements to be effected by its operation. It would be well indeed if the Press would enlighten the public mind more generally on this most important subject. I agree with you that his Lordship's measure is still very deficient, and that it continues, and I fear will perpetuate the unconstitutional mode of depriving an Englishman of his liberty, and taking from him his civil rights by the certificate of two mad doctors or two needy and bribed apothecaries or one of each of them. As soon as I had recovered from the surprise and stupor that so heavy and unexpected a blow as confinement in a mad house produced, I began to call to mind what I had heard and read of Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights—l recollected that no Englishman was in future to be deprived of his liberty without a trial by a jury of his peers. That this constitutional principle has been carried out and incorporated in our laws, which, to ensure the liberty of the subject, have provided that a British subject shall not be detained in custody without being taken before a magistrate, having witnesses sworn to the truth of the charges made against him or her being confronted with his or her accusers, and then acquitted or committed for trial by jury. Meditating on the subject, and studying the disease of in sanity with its operations in the characters of those around me, I soon discovered that it might be wise and expedient to prevent a man in a stare of delirium or frenzy committing crimes for which he would not, from the present state of his disease, be amenable to the laws hereafter—to give either one or two medical men the power, under a written certificate, of handing that person over to safe custody, either under the guard of a keeper, a prison, or a lunatic asylum; but here the power of the medical certificate should end. Within seven days it should be required, and within 24 hours, if the patient be sane enough, to demand the right of inquiry, he should be again brought back within the pale of the Constitution, and be carried before a magistrate; his state and case inquired into; the deposition of medical and other witnesses be taken ; and the magistrate decide upon the necessity of further confinement or otherwise. This confinement not to extend beyond three months without the intervention of a trial by jury on his sanity or insanity, in the same inexpensive form as our criminal proceedings are conducted, under the authority and presidence of the judges of the land, who are infinitely more capable of patient research arid expounding the laws than any of these new-fangled autho rities—the Commissioners, whose existence, I hope, will be as brief as their deserts. Had this been the law and practice, I, who am not conscious of having had any attack of insanity in my life—who challenge the whole world to produce any insane act I ever committed— who was once absolved in open court by my bitterest enemies, of having committed any violent act, and also of ever having threatened one—instead of having had to endure the misery and wretched sufferings of passing nearly five years among the maniac, the idiot, and the epileptic ; I should not have been confined more than seven days at the utmost, in place of five long years. Were mine an individual, an isolated case, although so ruinous and disastrous as I have described, I feel that it would be pre sumption in me to occupy your space and time, but I can and will, if required, supply half a dozen cases similar to my own. I am, Sir, &c. , WILLIAM BAILEY. P. S. I would that every individual, mm or woman, in this kingdom would deeply consider that under the present and the proposed regulation of lunacy, under Lord Ashley's new Act, "That what was my case yesterday may be yours to-morrow." WEST INDIA PlNES.—Another large importation of pineapples has just taken place. A vessel which arrived at Fresh.wharf, and reported at the Customhouse on Saturday, from Nassau, New Providence, brought nearly 1,000 dozen of that de. scription of fruit in very fine condition. The markets have, since the sale the other day by the enterprising brokers in Monument. yard, presented an excellent show of this luscious fruit at a re markably low figure, and it is probable that this fresh cargo will shortly be offered for sale, thus insuring a continued supply to the public at probably a still lower price, in consequence of their abun dance. MARGATE PIER.—In reply to a second memorial from numerous respectable inhabitants of Margate, the Directors of the Pier and Harbour Company again state—" That, in justice to the Proprietors, they cannot reduce the duty on passengers below the present charge, which they consider so moderate as not to be open to reasonable complaint." Thus, an end is put to any ar rangement between the owners of dteam-boats and pier directors, by which the fares, now five, six, and seven shillings, would be reduced to three, four, and five shillings, and the town thereby filled with visitors. This is the lamentable state of affairs in " poor old Margate," which seems, indeed, hopelessly doomed.-- Kentish Observer. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT WORTHING.- The mother of the unfortunate young lady, Miss Eden (not Eaton, as previously reported), who was drowned off Worthing, on Friday last, was on the beach, and witnessed the accident; and it is a re markable fact that she also witnessed the death of her first hus band, Mr. Baring, who, we understand, was drowned off Dart mouth Pier, by the upsetting of a boat. Mr. Eden, who is a brother of Lady Brougham, had gone to town the day before the accident happened. The melancholy event has cast quite a gloom over the town. The inquest was to be held yesterday. It is rumoured, in well-informed circles, that a certain high functionary is about to imitate the example of one of his predecessors in office, by engaging a second time in the bonds of Hymen. The Noble Lord's affections, it appears, are bestowed on the lovely and accomplished daughter of one of our most dis tinguished nisi prius lawyers, and one honoured with the confi dence of the Government —lrish paper. - . KONINGSBERG. — The loss incurred by the recent Are in this city is estimated at half a million of thalers. MUNIFICENT DONATION.—MiSS Catherine Lee, of Albert-terrace, Knightsbridge, on Monday forwarded the handsome sum of 200 guineas in aid of the building fund of the Hospital for Consumption, &c., now in the course •f erection at Brompton, and of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert laid the first stone on the 11th of June, 1844. THE WEATLIEIt TN THE NORTII.—The weather in this district has been highly favourable for some weeks, and during the last few days excessively warm and genial. There have been occasional showers in the morning and evening, which have pro• tinted the growth of vegetation, and the various crops give pro mise of an abundant harvest. Much of the grass in the valley of the Tyne has been cut, and led. Wheat and Barley are strong in the ear, and have a most healthy appearance. A few weeks of bright warm weather would bring the sickle into general operation. —Newcastle Journal. LEIPSIC, JULY 5.—A monument in the shape of a mausoleum, was inaugurated here this day in one of the principal squates. in commemoration of the grand battle of Leipsic. We understand that Captain Taylor's floating timber breakwater has stood the teat of the gales off Brighton re. markably well, and might be used at Dungeness and other bays with benefice] effect for the numerous vessels that now avail them selves of the good anchorage on the south-eastern coast, their only refuge in the channel at present.—Sentish Observer. OFFENCES IN THE PARKS.—The number of offences committed in the Parks, during the past month, show an increase in comparison with the months immediately preceding, ten persons having been convicted—viz., seven for injuring trees ; one for furious driving, and thereby injuring a child ; one for dog-stealing; and one for cutting a seat—the amount of the penalties inflicted being 101. 10s. The offences were committed in St. James's and the Green Parka, with the exception of one in Hyde Park. FOOT-RACE ON WATERLOO-BRIDGE FOR 101.— On Sunday the running match between Dodd and Munto fer if. aside came off on Waterloo-bridge. The distance was 200 yards. After several efforts the start was made, Munro taking the lead for fifty yards, when his adversary succeeded in coming up with him, and at 100 yards the men were equidistant from the goal ; they both exerted all their powers of celerity, and when within thirty yards Munro had a lead of one yard of his opponent, who made the last and ineffectual struggle, which concluded his defeat, and Munro ran in the winner by two yards. Munro was the favourite. I he two Englishmen (Parker and Williams) in whose possession four stolen Bank of England notes were found, were tried and convicted in Paris, on Thursday, and sentenced— Parker to be imprisoned for one, and Williams for eight months. The bank notes were confiscated, but 240 sovereigns in gold, and 480 francs in silver, were returned to Williams, in whose posses. sion they had been found. HER MAJESTY QUEEN ADELAIDE.—We under.. stand that the Queen Dowager, in the early part of the ensuing month, will leave Bushy Park, for Scotland, on a teur through the Highlands, and we are informed will, during her progress there, honour several noble families with visits. Her Majesty will be ac companied by her illustrious Fister, her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. We have no doubt but that her Majesty will be heartily welcomed in the " land o' cakes." There is no foundation for the report that our gracious Sovereign contest. plates going to Scotland this next autumn.— Herald. CAPFOLD ACCIDENT.—Tueday afternoon Wil liam Graham, a labourer, living in Princes-street, Chelsea, whilst whitewashing the back premises of a house in Ebury-street, Pim lico, was suddenly seized with a fit of epilepsy, and fell off the scaf fold (a height of at least thirty feet) into the back area. Medical assistance being promply procured, it was ascertained that the un• fortunate man had severely injured his spine, in addition to which he has sustained several serious internal injuries. Only a short time since a similar misfortune happened to Graham, when he fractured his leg. RUSSIAN BARBARlTY.—According to a letter from Ostrovo, in Poland, dated June 30, the Russian General, Tolstoy, assassinated, with his own hand, in open day, at Warsaw, an un happy hackney.coachman, who had committed the " crime of slightly touching the sleeve of his uniform as he passed him I In vain the poor coachman threw himself on his knees before him, and begged for pardon, the General Immolated him to his wounded dignity, without the least pity.—Brealau Gautte. THE ST. LAII ATLANTIC (ritom A aEsrEcTAa The following are the divi t different raiirolds in th per cent. Lowell Worcester Eastern Nlassachussets (to Portland) ,, ..... . 7 Eastern Maine (to Port land) Providence Maine to Portland 6 Nashua VRENCE AN D RAILROAD. ILE CORRESPONDENT.) 'Wends actually paid 9n six le United States : New Bedford per cent. 6 Taunton Branch ... Charleston Branch Utica and Schenectady ll Mohawk and Hudson 7 Auburn and Syracuse Auburn and Rochester 6 Baltimore and Ohio This table shows the superior advantages investment in a new country, the resources of which are in a state of progressive development, over these which the old countries of the continent of Europe can offer. The only reason why United States' investments are less sought after, is the doubt which at present attaches to the solvency and good faith of American State=. The com pany formed in Canada to construct a railroad from Mon treal, its capital, to the Atlantic at Portland, promises to combine the high rate of United States returns, with the certainty of English investment; for the Company is locally resident with►n the limits of British juris diction. This railway is in connexion, at its seaboard terminus, with two of the railways quoted above (Eastern Massachussets and Eastern Maine), and it is proposed to extend and unite it with two more of them (Lowell and Nashua). The rates of dividend paid by these works form, therefore, a very good ground for estimating those of the St. Lawrence and At lantic Railroad. They are, however, supported princi pally by local traffic, while the St. Lawrence and At lantic is calculated to become the channel of an exten sive foreign trade. It will form, during six months of the year, the channel of communication for all Canada East (with a population of 700,000, rapidly increasing),and for a large portion of Canada West (the population and re sources of which are still more rapidly extending.) This scheme has received the warmest sup. port in the colony (where one• sixth of the capital has blen already subscribed), and it has received in London the sanction of the most eminent Canadian merchants. It cannot prove othererise than a profitable investment, and will tend to accelerate incalculably the develop ment of the resources of Canada. It possesses an inte rest not only for the colonists, but for the vast numbers who have friends and relations settled in Canada. •es of railroad VESSELS ORDERED TO . BE LAID DOWN IN 1846. FRIGATES. Guns. La Resolue 4O L'lsis 4O La Ceres 4O BRIGS. Le Faune . . L'Entreprenant Le (Masseur • Le Janus STEAMERS. Tisiphone (iron) ... 220 Tanger (iron) La Moriette (iron) Le Goeland (iron) Le Heron (iron) Horse power. To be built at Cherbourg. Brest. L'Orient. Brest. Rochefort. L'Orient. Toulon. L'Orient. Indret. }Private contract. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.--The Rev. Mr. Potti cary, of Blackheath, Was robbed in a singular manner on Friday last. The Rev. Gentleman, who is on a visit at Brighton, had been into the country, and on his return, about eleven o'clock at night, was walking from Sewell's stables, in Church street, to the Grand Parade. Between Marlborough.place and the Grand Pa rade, and northward of the entrance to the Pavilion, is one of the " enclosures," a lawn surrounded by a gravel walk, a border of flowers, shrubs, and trees, and a fence of iron palisades. While wa'king on the footway outside these palisades the Rev. Gentleman was suddenly seized by two arms, which were passed through the palisades, and which drew him backwards, so as completely to pinion him ; and, while in this position, he found his macintosh raised, and a third hand passed into his pocket, whence his puree, containing three sovereigns and some silver, was taken. The whole operation was over in less time than we have been describing it ; and the Rev. Gentleman gave an alarm to the sentinel at the Palace gate, who crossed the road, and assisted him in searching for the thieves. No trace, however, could be found of any one; and it is a remarkable fact that the Rev. Gentleman heard no voice during the whole affair. Some London thieves have the credit of planning and executing this extraordinary and impudent robbery. DISSOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY.—Tuesday a meeting of the governors and subscribers of this school, which was founded in 1616, for educating, clothing, maintaining, and instructing, in various useful trades. legitimate children of the indigent poor, was held in the beard-room of the institution, Mitre-street, Aldgate, to consider the circumstances of the charity, and the propriety of continuing or discontinuing it. James Sehooling, Esq., treasurer, was called to the chair, and was supported by Doctor Alexander M'Caul, rector of St. James's, Duke-place, the Reverend J. V. Povah, A.M., minor canon of St. Paul's, and other old supporters of the school. Thomas Saunders, Esq., City Comptroller, stated the position of the school, which he said had been founded by the late Rev. R. Povah, LL.D. Latterly their finances were so re duced that they were compelled to give up the boys' school, and now, in consequence of a further decrease in the subscriptions and donations, they found that they could not continue the girls' school. He then explained that the receipts for the last two years were only 395/. 6s. 6d., and that they were indebted 23/. to the treasurer. In conclusion, he said that they had only the painful alternative to dis solve the girls' school. After some discussion it was resolved to call another meeting for the purpose of appointing a committee to wind up the affairs of the charity, and to collect funds for the pay. ment of its liabilities. After which, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. _ _ . There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmund Mildmay, his Royal Highness Prince George; the Dukes of Somerset and Beaufort; the Duchesses of Somerset and Beaufort ; the Marquises of Ai!es bury, Abercorn, Huntly, Granby, and Clanricarde ; the Mar. chionesses of Ailesbury, Douro, Aberdeen, and Westmeath ; the Earls of Shelburne, Lonsdale, Jersey, Wilton, Harrington, and Falmouth ; the Countesses of Shelburne, Westmoreland, Wilton, Dalhousie, and Harrington; Baron and Baroness Brunnow ; Ba. ron Talleyrand ; Lords Macdonald, Cranstoun, Charles Wellesley, F. Fitzclarence, John Hay, Alva.iley, Somerton, Leveson, Wil liam Lennox, and George Paget; Ladies Easthope, Wetherell, William Paget, Goldschmidt, Fitzroy Somerset, Alford, Francis, Hope, Meux, Goddrell, and Maynard; Count Noailles, Count Kielmansegge, Count and Countess de Jarnac; Hon. Booth Grey, Hon. Mr. Mildmay, Hon. General Upton, Hon. Mrs Warneford, Hon. Mrs. Carew, and Hon. Mrs. Fitzgibbon ; Sir H. Willoughby, Sir H. Meta, and Sir R. Wilmot; Mrs. Bowyer Smith, Major Baring, &c. EFFECTS OF CIGAR SMOKING IN BED. —Mr. Isaac Redpath, a young man, residing in Augustus-street, Cumberland. market, returned home slightly intoxicated on Monday morning, about twelve o'clock, and ;TWO to his bed smoking a cigar. II soon fell asleep, and the lighted cigar falling on the sheets igni;ed them, and he was severely burnt about the neck and face before he could extinguish the dames. rortunately there was not any bed Airnituri or to the bed. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 16. The House met at Twelve o'clock. TURNPIKE ACTS BILL. The report was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. The report of this Bill was also brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. THE HIGHWAY RATES BILL. This Bill was abs reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL. This Bill was also reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL. The report was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. LAND REVENUE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The report was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Friday. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was or dered to be brought up to-morrow. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. On the motion for resuming the Committee on this Bill, Mr. DUNCOMBE again objected to the House pro ceeding in the absence of the Cabinet Ministers. Sir James Graham, however, having entered the House, the Committee proceeded. On the clause fur granting retiring pensions to the officers under the Commission being read, Mr. DUNCOM BE objected that there should be any allowance whatever where there was no service performed. Lord ASHLEY believed that it was but just, where an indivi dual had spent his life in the public service, to secure him from penury afterwards. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD objected to the principle of retiring pensions altogether. Mr. WYNN thought that this provision was necessary to secure the services of efficient persons. On the sth clause being read, Mr. WARBURTON proposed an amendment to the effect thatall the retiring pensions granted unuer this Act should be subject to the provis'ons of the 4th and sth William IV., which regulated the allowance to all those official persons who entered the public service after the 4 t h o f August, 18'29. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that he thought the allowance of 1,500/. a year to the Commissioners was enormous, and cal culated to disgust the country, and he should give the Bill all the opposition in his power. Sir: JAMES GRAHAM suggested that the Bill had better be suffered to pass, even though as a temporary measure. Sir C. NAPIER said that perhaps the objections of the Hon. Member for Finsbnry to the retiring pensions might be re moved, if the allowance to the Commissioners were reduced. Mr. CHRISTIE suggested that the age of the Commis sioners ought to be a consideration. Mr. VERNON SMITH said that any limitation of age was unnecessary, for they might appoint an infirm young man as well as an infirm old man. Mr. WA IC LEY said, that in legislating for the most help less portion of the community, it was their duty to secure efficient services, and he should therefore propose that no person should be appointed who exceeded the age of 45 by six months. After a short di.cussion, the Committee divided on the clause when there appeared— • For the clause ... 43 Against it Majority for the clause 4O The clause was then agreed to, and ordered to stand part o the Bill. Clauses from 6 to 9 were agreed to with a few verbal amend. ments. _ _ On clause 10 being propose], which related to the pension of the secretary, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE objected to the clause. Mr. WAKLEY begged'to enter his protest against the pro position. Lord ASHLEY defended - the clause. Strangers were ordered' to withdraw, but no division took place, and the clause was agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the Bill. On our admission to the gallery, we found the Committee discussing various amendments that had been proposed 'by the Honourable Member for Finsbury on (different clauses in the Bill, which having in a greater meacsure adopted, the Committee went regularly through the Bill, Mr. T. Duncombe consenting to postpone any further opposition till the report. Clauses from 11 to 56 were agreed to, with a few verbal amendments. On clause 57 being proposed, Mr. B. SHERIDAN considered that• it ought to be ea • pranged. The clause, after a short discussion, was agreed to, as were clauses from 58 to 88, with a few verbal amendments. On clause 89 being read, which enacted that no person (ex cept a person deriving no profit on a Committee) should take charge of a single lunatic, except upon such order and medical certificates as provided by the Act and under certain regu lations. Mr. C. WYNN congratulated his Noble Friend (Lard Ashley) and the Committee on accomplishing that which was so much called for, and had so often before been attempted un successfully. Mr. WAKLEY approved of the clause, but regretted that it did not go much further, He had known cases where per sons had been kept in a room for years, and no person allowed to go near them except the keeuer. The clause was agreed to with a few verbal amendments, as were also the clauses up to 112. On Clause 113 being proposed, which exempted Bethlehem Hospital from the operation of the Bill, Mr. HAWES objected to such exemption. If they exempted Bethlehem, why not St. Luke's. The Honourable Member concluded by moving the omission of the clause. Lord ASHLEY agreeing to the proposition, the clause was struck out. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, as were also the schedules with some verbal amendments ; the Bill as amended was ordered to be printed, and the report was ordered to be received on Friday neat. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The Drainage (Ireland) Bill went through Committee. Sir W. SOMERVILLE moved the insertion of the follow ing clause :—" That in every case where a portion exceeding , one-third and not exceeding one half in extent of the land pro posed to be drained or improved, as mentioned in the said re cited Act, either alone and independent:y of or in connexion with the t avigation of such river, or part of a river, as mentioned in the said Act, shall belong to one proprietor, and such proprietor shall refuse or neglect to assent to the execution of the works for such proposed drainage or im provement during such time as the Commissioners under the said recited Act shall appoint ; and the proprietor of the rest of such land, if there shalt be but one such, or the proprietors thereof, if there shall be more than one such, shall assent to the execution thereof, by writing under their hands, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall think fit, to cause such works to be executed, and otherwise to act in all re.peets as if the assent of such proprietor who shall refuse or neglect to assent to the execution of the said works as aforesaid, had been given in writing under his hand, within such time as aforesaid. Provided always, and be it enacted, that the said Commis,ioners shall not exercise the discretion given to them by this Ac unless they are satisfied, and shall so certify, that they contem plate the improvements shall yield at least 61. per cent. profit on the money to be expended." Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE opposed the clause, believ ing that its introduction would make a most important altera tion in the principle of the Bill. Sir W. SOMERVILLE withdrew the clause, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. Sir T. FREMANTLE moved that the House should go into Committee on this Bill. An HON. MEMBER moved that the House be counted, and there not being 40 Members present the House adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock till to-morrow at Twelve o'clock. There were only 23 Members present. RAILWAY COMMITTE ES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY. The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, Lord Auckland in the chair, when the further consideration of this line was taken. THE CASE FOR THE OPPOSITION. Mr. AusTrx resumed his address on behalf of the London and Birmingham Company. He commenced by reference to the sub ject of transhipment. Ile said it presented itself in a twofold aspect—as an engineering and as a commercial question. With regard to the engineering part of the question, evidence had been called to show that transhipment could be accomplished with the greatest ease, by a certain machine represented to be in operation at the Paddington station ; and in respect to the commercial part of the subject, witnesses had been examined that no difficulty would arise in the reassortment of goods at the particular points which had been referred to. H e was persuaded, however, that he could show that the ease and facility represented to accompany this transhipment of goods, was entirely illusory. He would show by the evidence of carriers and other practical witnesses, that the greatest delay, confusion, and inconvenience, would attend this system—that, in fact, in a com mercial point of view, the greatest possible evils would arise from this process, represented to be so easy of accomplishment. He would be also prepared to show that the engineering difficulties were quite as great as the commercial ones, and that very great additional ex. 'pensee would of necessity be incurred. The Learned Gentleman then went in detail into the process of transhipment, the proposal for laying double rail on the two systems, and the keeping of double stocks of trucks and waggons adapted to the broad and narrow gauges , all of which lie contended would occasion th e greatest amount of surveillance, expense, and inconvenience. It would be much better, both to the interest of the public and to the interest of the corn. panies themselves, that the two gauges should be restricted to their respective districts, than to be allowed to penetrate into sorto ought each othet's territory. The L earned Gentle man then add ressed himself to the point at which the break oftahs ch up gaugeser e m tW u o i to take place. Oxford, he would show, w Rugby ; as at the former place, there would b e much less eon. fusion and delay in the transfer of goods than at the latter. The point of transhipment ought not to take place where there was the greatest focus of goods, but whe re there was t he smallest accu . mutation. At Rugby there was a ver y great amount of goods and passengers; whereas at Oxford there was not, the goods and passengers being ver y limi ted in number; and if any machine was required to facilitate transhipment, then it could be easier and efficiently worked at a place where there was a comparatively small amount of traffic than where it was very large. At Oxford a much greater amount of goods reached their final des. tination than at Rugby, and, there fore, the transhipment would only be required for the small amount of goods that went south of that place. But if Rugby were selected, then not only would all the goods coming from the north, goi n g south of Oxford, h ave to be transhipped, but also all the goods of O xford itself, with th e nu . merous and populous intermediate places. This view was that so ably supported by the Board of Trade, and, in his estim a ti on, it was a conclusive argument against the present scheme. I f a machine, therefore, was at all necessary , it was self-evident that Oxford, and not Rugby, ought to be the place where it should be situated. The same remarks applied to Bristol, which had a large terminal, but very little through traffic. Oxford and Bristol, therefore, were the points, and not Rugby and G loucester, that naturally presented themselves for the break of gauge. He begged their Lordships' attention to this important point, and he would be glad to hear what answer his Learned Friend would be able to give to it. _ . The Learned Gentleman having made his statement f or the Lon __ don and Birmingham line, proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, for which he also appeared, showing that the scheme under consideration would con stitute a competing line to that railway. The sanctioning of such a competing line, he contended, would be a violation of the A ct of Parliament by which that company was constituted, and put an end to all protection and guarantee that such an Act of the Legis lature afforded. The Learned Gentleman here showed by the m a p before the Committee, and by several other il!ustrations which the Learned Gentleman introduced, how this competition would ope rate. Having afterwards shortly called the attention of their Lord ships to the case of certain petitioners of South Staffordshire against the toll clauses, he proceeded to call the witnesses on behalf of his case, • On the termination of Austin's address, the Committee re‘ tireil to deliberate, during which period there was considerable anxiety manifested as to the motive of their Lordships, and lest they were about to consider the propriety of decidini on the cal without further evidence. This suspense was put an end to by the return of the Committee in about a quarter of an hour, when The Noble CHAIRMAN called on the counsel for the opposition to examine the first witness for their case. Mr. TALBOT acid that before his Learned Friend, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, called his witness, he wished it to be settled as to the course the opposing parties intended to take. Mr. Austin, who appeared for the London and Birmingham, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Companies, and also for several mineral proprietors, had stated his course clear enough ; but there were other opponents to the Bill, certain landed proprietors, and it would be well to know the order in which their examination was to be allowed. The Noble CHAIRMAN said it was not the intention of the Com mittee to allow the counsel for the petitiorers referred to to do more than examine witnesses on the allegations set forth in the petitions. They would restrict them to the matters which had been complained of, and allow of nothing further. Mr. HILL said he was perfectly satisfied with that—he had no desire to claim more. Mr. WHATELEY and the other counsel expressed themselves to a similar effect. The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. Mr. Richard Smith, mineral agent for Lord Ward, at Dudley, was first examined as to the traffic of the district, the number of blast furnaces, the annual mineral produce, the difference of gauges, &c., &c., the evidence being in substanceprecisely the same as that he gave before the Commons' Committee. He generally expressed himself favourable to the Tring scheme In preference to the Great Western, principally on account of the breakage of gauge, and the tranship ment of coal, He also put in some tables, on which he was exa mined at some length. In his cross.examination, he admitted that as far as the most important part of the mineral district was concerned—that between Dudley and Wolverhampton—the Great Western line had the lowest levels, and would afford the greatest amount of accommoda tion to the works. The Committee then adjourned till tomorrow at e'even o'clock. THE SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee reassembled this morning at eleven, and after having deliberated for some time, _ The Noble CHAIRMAN intimated to the counsel for the pro moters of the Bill that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Bill bad been proved. The Noble CHAIRMAN inquired whether the railway was to be laid out as a single or a double line ? Mr. Hope replied that the Company would be very happy to act accordingly as the Committee might wish. If desirable, a clause should be inserted in the Bill for the line to be laid out as a double line. The Noble CHAIRMAN having intimated his approval of that course, a clause seas accordini ly prepared and inserted. Mr. ANDREWS, on behalf of the trustees of certain turnpike roads, proposed the insertion of a clause for compensation for injury done to the roads, and also to secure the trustees from loss on money advanced for improving the roads, by the passage of the rail way along and across them. The clause was embodied in the General Act for Scottish Railways, which had not yet received the royal assent, and had been proposed to be inserted in several Scotch railway Acts which had been passed during the present session. Mr. HOPE, in reply, said that the trustees were not entitled to compensation in the manner proposed by the clause. The tolls on the roads would be rather increased than diminished by the railway, and, for any physical damage occasioned to the roads by altering the level, or in other ways, the Company were willing to make ample compensation. He would contend against the admission of a specific clause fur compensation, as it would be included in the " General Act" when passed. The room was then cleared. On the re-admission of strangers,— The NOBLE CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the clause should not be inserted ; but, on a point of so much im portance, they considered that the matter should be referred to'the House of Lords itself for a special decision. It vinuld - be, therefore, perfectly competent to the opponents of the 'Bill, on the Bill being reported to the House, to instruct any Noble Lord to move the in sertion of the proposed clause. The remaining clauses were then gone through, the Bill was ordered to be reported, and the Cominitteebroke up. WAKEFIELD PONTEFRACT, -AND 'GOOLE RAILWAY. • • - • The Committee resumed this, morning in the Rolli'CoUrt-=Lord Monteaglein the chair. - • " 'ihe examination sf evidence for the promoters 'vat taken" the first thing. • Mr. B. venison, M.P. for the West Riding of Yorkahrre; said that as Wakefield was the great corn market•of the West Riding, and as the in the districtthrough which the railway was intended to pass was a corn growing country, the present railway would be the very best for their benefit that could be constructed. Lord Beaumont said the general feeling of • his' tenantry near Snaith was in favour of the line. He bad presented Many peti tions to the Legislature In its favour. • • Mr. Creythe, a landowner, near Goole, spoke of the feeling in favour of the proposed railway. He himself was a director and shareholder to a considerable extent, and he was only so because he was convinced that the railway was the best for the purposes of the district. Mr. Hymers, miller, Mr. Norwood, cornfactor, Mr. Smith, farmer, Mr. Weddel, landowner, Mr. Rouse, of Bradford, and Mr. Andus, of Leeds, spoke of the unanimity in favour of the line. Mr. Harris, C.E., had examined and laid out the line, and he was confident that no better could be found for supplying the wants of the country. The ruling gradient was 1 in 150, and the curves were unexceptionable. The total estimate was 365,0001., and the works were already accepted by a contractor at that price. An extensive coal and agricultural country would by it be laid open, which at present was totally unprovided for. The advantages to Wakefield, Goole, and the intermediate towns would be incalculable. The witness was cross.examined at great length by Mr. HILD YARD, but without any alteration from the statements of his exami nation in chief. NORWICH AND lIR.A.NDON-DEREHILDI XIELANCH. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee met at eleven o'clock. Mr. COPPOCK said he had to inform the Committee that an arrangement had been effected between those for whom he appeared and the promoters of the Bill, which, he believed, would be for the interest of both. He begged, therefore, to withdraw the opposition. Mr. Till, the secretary to the Norfolk Railway, having given formal proof of the capital, &c., The CusivisN declared the preamble to have been proved; and, the clauses having been agreed to, the Co:nmi:tee separated. THE CORNWALL RAILWAY. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, the Earl of Ellenborough in the chair. 111 r. Gurney, a magistrate of Cornwall, gave evidence against the projected line, and in favour of a central one, which he thought would be far more conducive to the welfare not only of the county of Cornwall but of Devonshire. This was the opinion of some of the most influential and respectable men in both shires. The wit ness went into the engineering evidence, which has been already detailed. Mr. ROWE handed in a section showing the gradients and curves on the proposed line. _ . . Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE objected to the production of this docu. went, inasmuch as it was not the regular official document. A long discussion ensued between Counsel, and the Noble Chairman at length decided that the Committee could not receive the section, as the curves and gradients in it were not laid down upon the same scale, and as it was not in any respect an exact copy of that which Parliament had sanctioned. The evidence of Mr. Gurney was proceeded with. He thought the gradients upon the Cornwall line of a dangerous character. He thought Lady Bassett was favourable to a central line. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE-Why, Sir, do you not know that Lady Bassett has shares in this line to the amount of between 9.0004 and 10,0001. ? Mr. Gurney—l do not know that, but I have heard it. I be. lieve her Ladyship is favourable to any line of railway. Cross.examination continued—The chief amount of traffic was carried on along the south coast. Thought it very questionable that the larger amount of population was on the south coast. There was a large mining district along the south coast, and so there was on the north coast lkewise. Mr. Avery, a merchant and shipowner residing in Cornwall, was next called—Owned several mines and granaries there. Imported a vast deal of timber from America ; imported from the southern coast of Cornwall and from Plymouth. Was well acquainted with the commercial interests of Devon and Cornwall. Thought a line from Falmouth to Exeter would be highly beneficial. A line from Penryn to Falmouth would be greatly to the interest of both places. It was most desirable that Falmouth should be a packet station. Captain Berkeley had been a Lord of the Admiralty, and was well acquainted with the ports of Plymouth and Falmouth. The Ha.. moaze was one of the great naval ports of England. A great deal of traffic had passed up there. Had been given to understand it was proposed to carry the trains across the Hamoaze in ferry boats. Thought there would be great inconvenience and delay in this practice in war times. His objection was, that it interfered with the transport of ships in ordinary 'town to their places in the dock yard. Thought the pro. posed transit also objectionable as regarded the electric telegraph, for he belipved it would be impossible, in such case, to convey the telegraph under the water. Thought it de sirable that, in time of war, there should be the most speedy communication between the Hamoaze and the metropolis by elec tric telegraph. Was also against swivel bridges, for they, too, im peded rapid navigation in time of war. Cross-examined—Opposed the Bill in Parliament because he thought it would be prejudicial to the country, particularly in war time. Thought a line running near the sea, along the coast, would be objectionable, because it could be easily destroyed in time of war. Sir C. Napier, M. P., examined—l am well acquainted with the ports of Plymouth and Falmouth. I know that the Hamoase is one of the great naval estuaries of England. I heard what has been said by Captain Berkeley, and I think the passing of railway trains over a steam-bridge would cause a great deal of delay occasionally. It might cause no delay to ships, for I sup pose provision would be made against that by the Admiralty, but it would certainly occasion delay to the trains in time of war. I know the Government is now form. ing a large steam basin at Plymouth. Falmouth is a most important naval station, a good harbour of refuge, and a good seat for men-of-war. Formerly it was not much used in conse quence of the difficulty in getting out of it, but the case is now altered, as there is a steam navy. Lord Cornwallis used Falmouth, and there were at the time of the war eight sail of the line there. I am generally opposed to all lines of railroad running near the coast unless they run so near to it that it can be fortified with Martello towers and used as a means of defence ; if they cannot be so used I think the further inland they are the better. My only reason for opposing this line is a regard for the interests of the country, for I have no personal concern in it one way or the other. The Hon. and Gallant Officer was cross-examined, but his tes. .imony, so far from having been shaken, was rather strengthened by his answers. Mr. Thomas, an engineer, was called to prove that the Central line was superior to the Cornwall line in point of engineering capability, Their Lordships adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow morning. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. The Committee, having adjourned from Saturday last to this day, met this morning at their usual hour, and proceeded with the examination of the preamble of the Bill of the WM:STEIL AND DEAL LINE. Mr. MERREWETHER objected to the admission of the opposition of Mr. Hill (on the part of certain landowners petitioning against the line) on the ground that Mr. Curling, the solicitor who in. structed Mr. Hill, had received no instruction from the land owners whom he represented. Mr. HILL insisted on his right to appear on the part of the landowners alluded to. Mr. Solly, Mr. Lee, Mr. Beni!, and Mr. Kempe, the four land owners alluded to, were called and examined as to the na ture of their opposition. They stated that they had signed the petition at the request of Mr. Curling, but had not authorised Mr. Curling to instruct counsel or incur any expense in their names. These witnesses severally withdrew their opposition to the Bill. Mr. Hut cross-examined the witnesses, who then stated that Mr. Boys, the agent of the South-Eastern Company, had induced them to withdraw their opposition, by representing to them the expense which they would incur by following it up. Mr. MERREWETHER read a letter from Mr. Curling, the late soli. citor for the North Kent Company to Mr. Fearan, the soliciter to the South. Eastern Company, complaining of the means talsen by the latter company to induce the petiqoners to withdraw their op. position to this Bill. Islr. Hill was about to speak the part of Mr. Rosignal , an. A other petition.'rligainst the line, wh en Mr. MErtaEwmina said, that although Mr. Rosigoal had peti. tioned against the line, he had not been represented by counsel, and tiql.t no Verkl9ll could have A locus standi before the Com. THE FRENCH NAVY. The following is the last report of the French Minister of Marine on the state of the navy in the building department —those vessels whose names are printed in italics being or dered to be launched either this year or the next. It proves the great energy which the Government directs towards the increase of its navy, particularly in the construction of steamers. It is worthy of remark, that whilst there are 23 line-of-battle ships in an unfinished state, some of which have grown old upon the stocks, and none have been laid down later than 1838, not one is ordered for completion, at the same time three 40-gun frigates, three sloops, two schooners, and 17 steamers will be launched before the end of 1846. The 40-gun frigates invented by M. Segondat, naval constructor at Brest, are considered by good judges superior to our Pique, Inconstant, and other 36 gun frigates, which are only armed with 36-pounders, whilst these admirable vessels are i n t en d e d to carry 40 pounders (Paixhans), are of large scantling and superior sailers, as, indeed, all French ships-of-war are : When Pro g ress LINE-OF-BATTLE Guns. Begun towards Wherebuildlng SHIPS. completion. La Ville de Paris 120 1807 19-24tha 1 Le Louis XIV l2O 1807 18-24 I L'Ulm Le Turenne .. Le Dugu?sclin 9O 1823 20-24 J Le Ileums lOO 1825 21-50 1 Le Xavarin lOO 1832 19-24 L'Eylau, Le Fontenoy L'Hector Le Castiglione 9O 1835 8-75 J Le Duguay. Trouin 100 1827 18-24 1 L'Hannibal Le Wagram lOO 1833 12-75 S L'Orient. Le Bayard.... Le Donawerth 9O 1827 17-80 J Le Valmy... ..... Le Tage ... ... Le Breslau Le Henri IV. ...... 100 1829 17-24 L'Austerlit z lOO 1832 6-24 }Cherbourg. Le Tilsit. FRIGATES. La Renonamee 6O 1827 22-24 La Semiramis L'lleliopolis 4O 1830 8-24 Rochefort. L'Algerie ... ...... La Zenobie ..... La Sybille La Magicienne ...• 5 2 1845 1-24 La Vengeance.— 60 1829 19-24 1 L'Entreprenante 6O 1829 18-50 I - La Duchesse d'Or leans 6O 1829 20-50 L'Orient. L'Astree. 52 1845 1-24 I La Jeane d'Arc. La Pomone La Perseveraut .... 60 1829 22 24 La Nemesis 52 1828 21-50 La Pandore 52 18 ' 29 20-24 Brest. L'Amazone ... L'Alceste ... ..... La Bellone. La Clerinde 4O 1843 ... SLOOPS. L' Artz wise 3O ••• ... L'Orient. La Galatee .. • „Brest. La Bayonnaise . SCHOONERS, La Jozzquille ...... 12 Anzaranthe Horse STEAMERS. power. Le Mogador 640 1 8 4 0 9-24 Le Cat inat . Le Coligny Le Roland. ... 14 Caton 220 1844 8-24 }Toulon. Le Salanzandre Le Vauban 450 1840 ... L'Orient. Le Brandon l6O 1844 ... Le Platon 450 1845 ... 320 1845 2- 24 Brest . Le Socrate Le Sane. 450 1840 •.-. Le Colbert ... 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 18 8 4 4 5 Cherbourg. 5 1-24 } Le Solon l6O 1844 1-24 Le Newton. Indret er L'Eclaireur ...... Establish- Le Passe Partout BO 1845 .•• rnent. Le Chaptal Le Comte d'Eu 320 1844 ••• Havre, do. Le Dauphin ...... Le Requin l6O 1844 ... Bordeaux, do. Le Petrel ... ...... mittee, when appearing for the first time at this stage of the proceedings. He (Mr. Merrewether) had no opportunity of proving that no injury was done to Mr. Rosignal's property, which he could have proved if that gentleman had made an appearance at an ea her stage. Mr. HILL replied, that representing the body of petitioners, of whom Mr. Rosignal was one, he actually represented Mr. Rosignal. The CHAIRMANsaid that there was no reason why Mr. Rosignal should not be ailowed to oppose the Bill, but that the Committee were of opinion that this kind of opposition ought not to be con tinued. Mr. HILL consented to withdraw the opposition on the part of Mr. Itosignal. The CHAIRMAN the❑ declared the preamble of the Bill to be proved. After the clauses of the Bill had been read, and the ne cessary alterations made, Mr. TALBOT made a proposition on the part of the LONDON, CROYDON, MAIDSTONE, AND ASHFORD LINE, to the effect that the consideration of that Bill should be postponed to next session, in order that the Committee might have a better opportunity of judging of the probability of the succtss of the at. mespheric principle. Some discussion ensued as to whether it was necessary to hear a portion of the case before such an arrangement could be made, and the room was cleared in order that the Committee might consult on this point. The Committee gave no formal resolution on the subject, but decided on postponing the examination of the Croydon and Mani. stone, and of the remaining Bills, to next session. They accord ingly rose at abut three o'clock. GROUP X. DIRECT NORTHERN LINE-TAIIRINGDON- STREET EXT•t:WSION. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee en these projects met this morning at the cus tomary hour. Present— Visci_unt Courtenay, Chairman, Mr. Darby, Mr. Scrope, and Mr. B. NVall. Previous to the resumption of evidence adduced by the London and York line against the Farrizigdon.street extension, Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., renewed the application made by Mr. Mid yard yesterday afternoon on behalf of the North-Eastern and Mid land Companies, that a more specific arrangement should be made respecting the time and order for hearing the evidence of those lines rebutting that of the London and York. Mr. DARBY wished the Learned Counsel to answer whether he considered he had any right whatever to be heard, as the opposi tion of the various schemes had been by a previous decision of the Committee amalgamated in that of the Direct Northern. Mr. TALBOT replied that he most certainly contended for the principle audi aileron? partcin. The London and York bad put forth a case plausible and extravagant enough, but he would pledge himself, if permitted by the Committee, to produce evidence which would demolish every partical of the absurd statements put forth by his opponents, and more especially their attempts to drag all the coal traffic of the south upon their wholly unconnected line. The CHAIRMAN urged that during the rebutting evidence of the Direct Northern, full consideration had been given to the effect of the statements made respecting the traffic south of Huntingdon as calculated to come upon the London and York line. Mr. TALBOT, Q C., contended that such evidence was merely trivial and indirect, elicited perhaps in the course of cross.exami»a tion, but that which he would produce separately, and in the dis tinct character of another opposing party, whose locus atancli had been recognised and allowed, was highly important, and he strongly protested against an attempt to withhold from. tim that right which he unquestionably possessed. The Committee having then withdrawn and remained .in deli. beration an hour and a quarter, on their return , 7 The CIIAIIIMAN said—As it appears that the resolutions we had previously come to are not yet fully understood, the Com mittee are desirous of withdrawing all misapprehension, and- to re. peat their former deterMination. I, therefore, am requested to state to the parties interested that we have, after, mature delibera. - tion, come to the following resolution : " That the Committee, in the exercise of that.disotetion vested in theni by the House of Commons, have selected from the various - schemes submitted to them for affording. through communication - to York, th'e London and York line and the system of railways made up by a combination of the Cambridge and Lin coln, the Direct Northern, and the Tottenham Extension, with the existing railway to Cambridge; as the only two schemes-which com pete inter se. As respects a direct trunk communication from London to York, it is not open to the promoters of any other line to bring forward rebutting evidence against either of such sche►rtes, as far as respects the througfi communication, "That the Committee will take the Cambridge and liuntingelori line next in order; the promOtets of that and other lines will-then have an opportunity of bringing forward positive and rebutting,tvi dence, as well inter se, as against such. portions of either of the two - schemes referred to in their former resolution as then remain undecided on, and as they may then be considered to compete with." This important decision was followed by an intimation that the Committee would receive the subsequent evidence, not as a com parative consideration of the merits of the lines, but with a view to give a positive recommendation of one or other scheme to Parliament. Mr. Gibbs, an engineer ; Mr. Seager, a distiller; and Mr. Green, a surveyor, were then severally called, and gave rebutting evi dence against tha Farringdon-street Extension, and the Com mittee adjourned. PARLIAMEN T 1R Y DIVISIONS. (Front the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JULY 15. TREATIES WITH SPAIN. Motion made, and Question put, " That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, stating that this House have taken into their consideration the Papers which, by tiw Majesty's gracious Cninmand, have lately beau laid before them, containing Copies of a Correspondence which has recently taken place between the Spanish Minister at her Majesty's Court and her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the subject of a Oahu made by the Spanish Government, in virtue of the Treaties subsisting between the Crowns of Great I'a•itain and Spain ; and praying her Majesty to direct that the subjects of the Queen of Spain should be permitted to import into the United Kingdom all the productions of the Territories or Posses sions of the Spanish Crown, paying thereupon no higher Duties of Customs than are paid by the subjects or citizens of the most favoured Nations, on the Importation of like articles being the pro duction or the Territories or Possessions of such Nationq.” The House divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 87. . - - - Aglionby, H. A. Ferguson, Sir R. A. O'Connell, M. J. Ainsworth, Peter Fitzroy, Lord C. Ogle, S. C. Arundel, Earl of Fitzwilliam, G. W. Oswald, James Baine, W. Forster, Matthew Pahnerstom:Lord Baring, F. T. Gibson, T. M. Pattison, James Barnard, E. G. G ill, Thomas Pechell, Captain Berkeley, Craven Core, Robert Plumridge, Captain Berkeley, Captain Grosvenor, Lord R. Ponsonby, C. F. A. Bouverie, E. P. Hallytturton, Lord Protheroe, Edward Bowes, John thistle, Archibald Pulsford, Robert Bowring, Dr. Hawes, B. Ross, David R. Bright, John Hay ter, W. G. Russell, Lord J. Brotherton, J. Heathcoat, John Sheridan, R. B. Browne, W. Hindley, Charles Smith, J. A. Clay, Sir W. Holland, Robert Smith, Vernon Colborne, W. R. Horsman. Edward Somerville, Sir W. Cowper, W. P. Howick, Viscowit Stuart, Lord J. Craig, W. G. Hume, Joseph Strutt, Edward Dalmeny, Lord Hutt, William Townley, Johu Denison, W. J. Labouchere, Henry Vane, Lord H. Dennistoun, J. Lemon, Sir C. Villiers, Charles Duff, James Leveson, Lord Walker, Richard Duke, Sir J. Macaulay, T. B. Warburton, Henry Duncan, Viscount Marjoribanks, S. WS,WII, J. T. Dundas, Admiral Marshall, William Williams, William Dundas, Frederick Martin, John Wilshere, W. Ebrington, Viscount Mitcalfe, Henry Yorke, Henry R. Ellice, Rt. lion. H. Mitchell, T. A. TELLERS. Evans, William Moffatt, George Hill, Lord M. Ewart, William Morris, David Tuthell, Henry MAJORITY—NOES, 175. Acland, Sir T. D. Farnham, E. B. Martin, C. W. A'Court, Captain Feilden, W. Masterman, John Acton, .Colonel Fellowes, Edward Meynell, Captain Alford, Viscount }liner, Sir E. Morgan, 0. Allix, J. I'. Fitzroy Henry Mundy, E. M. Antrobns, Edmund Flower, Sir James Neeld, Joseph Arbuthnott, H. Forman, T. S. Neeld, John Arkwright, George Fox, S. L. Newdegate, C. N. Ashley, Lord Fremantle, Sir T. Nicholl, John Astell, William Fuller, A. E. Norreys, Lord Baillie, Colonel Gaskell, J. M. Ossulston, Lord Baillie, 11. J. Gladstone, W. E. Packe, C. W. Baird, W. Gladstone, Captain Pakington, J. S. Baldwin, Barry Gordon, Captain Palmer, Robert Barkly, H, Gore, Montague Palmer, George Baring, Thomas Goulburn, Henry Peel, Sir R. Baring, W. B. • Graham, Sir J. Peel, Jonathan Barrington, Viscount Granby, Marquis Pennant, Colonel Benbow, John Greenall, P. Pringle, Alexander Bennett, Philip Greene, Thomas Rashleigh, W. Beresford, Major Grogan, Edward R e pt on , G. W. J. Bernard, Viscount Hale, R. B. Richards, Richard Blackburne, J. I. Halford, Sir H. Rolleston, Colonel Bolden), H. G. Hamilton, C. J. B. Round, C. G. Borthwick, Peter Hamilton, J. H. Round, John Bottleld, Beriah Hamilton, G. A. Rous, Captain Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, Lord C. Russell, Charles Bramston, T. W. Hampden, Bean Ryder, G. D. Brisco, M. Harcourt, G. G. 'Bandon, Viscount Broadley, Henry Henley, J. W. Scott, Francis Broadwood, 11. Hervey, Lord A. Seymour, Sir H. Bruce, Lord E. Hodgson, F. Sibthorp, Colonel Buck, W. L. llogg, J. W. Smith, Abel Buckley, Edmund Hope, Charles Smith, T. B. C. Buller, Sir J. Y. I lope, 0. W. Smollett, Alexander Bunbury, Thomas Ilothain, Lord Sotheron, T. H. Cardwell, Edward Houldsworth, T. Spooner, Richard Chelsea, Viscount Hughes, W. B. Spry, Sir S. T. Cholmondeley, H. Hussey, Ambrose Stewart, John Chute, W. L. W. Hussey, Thomas Stuart, Henry Clayton, R. R. Irton, Samuel Sturt, H. C. Clerk, Sir G. James, Sir Walter Sutton, H. M. Clifton, J. T. Jermyn, Earl Tennent, J. E. Cockburn, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F. Codrington, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Thornhill, George Cole, 11. A. Jones, Captain Tollemache, F. J. Collett, W. R. Kemble, Henry Tollemache, John Compton, Id. C. Lennox, Lord A. Trench, Sir F. W. Corry, Henry Lincoln, Earl Trevor, 0. R. Crippe, W. Lockhart, William Waddington, M. S. Darner, Colonel Loftus, Viscount Wellesley, Lorde . Dickinson, F. 11. Lopes, Sir R. Wodehouse, Edmond Douglas, Sir H. Lowther, Sir J. 11. Wood, Colonel Douglas, J. D. S. Lowther, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Duncombe, A. Lygon, General Yorke, E. T. Duncombe, 0. Mackenzie, T. Eastnor, Viscount Mackenzie, W. F. TELLERS. Egerton, W. T. Maclean, Donald Toung, John Entwisle, William M'Neill, Duncan Baring, Henry Escott, Bickham Manners, Lord C. S. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. TUESDAY, JULY 15. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone). Cockermouth and Workington Railway. Cork and Bandon Railway. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland). Richmond (Surrey) Railway. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ; 1. " That, in the case of the South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway) Bill, clause on consideration of report, the clause is of such a nature as, under the circumstances of the case, ought not to be adopted by the House." 2. " That, in the case of the North Walsham School Estate Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties b e p erm itt e d to procee d w ith their Bill." Second resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group ZZ. Mr. Thomas Mackenzie (Ross, &c.), discharged from attendance on the Committee. The Hon. C. Forester (Wenlock), selected, and added to the Committee. Manchester and Leeds Railway (No. 2)Bill,—tobe con sidered in Committee on Thursday, July 17, at Twelve o'clock. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE TriLL OFFICE. Manchester and Leeds Railway (No. 2),—C omm i ttee on Bill, Thursday, July 17, at twelve. Gravesend =d i . Rochester Railway, —Third Reading, Thursday-, :,'"uty 17. Epping Railway (No. ,2 ), - N-Report, to :be considered, Friday, July 18. , Rye andTenterden itallway,—Report, Thursday, July 17. South Devon Railway (Tavistock and other Branches), Report to be considered, Thursday, July 17. Launceston and South Devon Railway,—Report to be con sidered, Thursday, July 17. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, JULY 14.—There was a crowded meeting of the A.e.t.o. elation to-day. The Liberator, accompanied C apt. and other members of the Committee, entered the Conciliation Hall at half-past ten o'clock, and was reecirtd With the warmest clemonsttations of applause. On the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, Counsellor Loughran took the chair. Mr. RAY read letters from Mr. W. S. O'Brien, in answer to the address voted to him. After the dispatch of the business of the day, of no importance, Mr. O'CONNELL announced the rent for the week to be 3181. Bs. 10d. In the county of Cavan a young man was shot by the police, under the circumstances described in the following letter in toe Pilot : STRADONE, SUNDAY EVENING —A homicide was perpetrated last night, about ten o'clock, at Lavey, within a mile of this town, by the police, when on patrol. They met a few men on the road at that place, who were out before their houses observing the bonfires which blazed on the surrounding hills, in celebration of the anniversary of the 12th, and whom, without further cause, they ar rested. A young man named Tierney, who was at the time quietly enjoying himself by his own fireside, hearing that his neighbours were made prisoners, ran out to inquire the cause, and before he got within seven perches of the police, they fired upon him and mortally wounded him—this morning terminating his existence. The unhappy victim was a person of must excellent character, the son and support of a widowed mother. The inquest will be held this evening or to.morrow. ENNISKILLEN, JULY 13.—The l'2.th of July has passed over in this town without the slightest disturbance of any kind—indeed a feeling of cordiality and good-will appeared to pervade all classes of the inhabitants. TILE MURDER OF MR. BOOTH. The following is appended to a letter of the Hon. Somerset R. Maxwell, in the Dublin Eveninl Mail:— <<" Court House, Cav an , S a t ur d ay, July An application being made to the grand jury on behalf of the widow of the late Mr.:Booth, for compensation under the 6th and 7th \VII lam IV., chap. 116, sec. 106, evidence was adduced to prove that the deceased was murdered on acoount of his exertions as a magistrate to bring disturbers of the public peace to justice. A tter a patient investigation, the grand jury were unanimously of opinion that the widow's claim was fully made out, and they awarded her five hundred pounds, to be paid by four 11,,i1-3 early instalments. After some discussion as to the locality from which to levy this sum, it was decided that, as the Ribbon conspiracy from whence the overt act in question proceeded, snore or less pervaded each barony its the county, the sum should be levied on the county a t large. After some progress had been made in the examination, the formats suggested that the facts elicited bole so strongly Upoll the present state of the county, that though they were only dealing with a fiscal question, he :thought it most important tits; the evidence should be committed to writing, with a view to. tint it to the Government." THE HARVEST. There was a decided improvement in the weather to-day, calcun laced to allay the serious apprehensions in the public mind for the safety of the crops. The reports received from the country this morning generally state that no serious injury has yet been sus.. tattled. THE INQUEST AT BALLINHASSIG. • Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., arrived in Cork on Saturday morn. ing, by the Vanguard steamer, and proceeded to attend the inquest at Ballinhassig. On the re assembling of the jury on that morning, the case on the part of the police implicated in this disastrous affray com menced. Mr. SCANNELL addressed the jury on behalf of the accused. Ile said it was undeniable that the police were at the fair for a lawful purpose. That man of whom they had heard so much, called Ranter, was unquestionably, upon that occasion, placed in such 4 position, even upon the evidence gi, en for the prosecution, that it was impossible for them to be deluded into the notion that he waa not about to commit a riot. He had no hesitation in saying that the truth WSS frightfully suppressed. After a few other °War. vations, the Learned Counsel adverted at length to the nature of the evidence he had to produce, and concluded by calling his witnesses. Mr. WALSH—Whom do you call ? Mr. ScsxNeLL—Sub-con stable Hickson. Mr. WALsii—ls this one of the parties accused here of wilful murder; Mc. SCAN ELL-It is one of the police force who was present on the evening in question. Mr. WALSH —Oh, we p7otest against such a course as that. After the matter had been argued at some length, The CORONER said he would take the course adopted at Rath. corinac, which was never called in question ; he would admit the evidence. Mr. WALstr—Then I shall look upon the rest of this investiga. Lion as nothing short of a mockery. I would retire altogether only my duty compels me to remain here. Police.constable Richard Ilickson was then called—He deposed that the mob were crushing in on the police to rescue the prisoner ; that at the commencement of the affray there were 9.00 or 300 of them closing in on the police ; that the Sub.inspector Kelly told them to stand back and not crush in, an which they commenced throwing stones ; that the police fixed bayonets and charged, when the stones flew faster than before ; that on their retreat to the dis pensary they were ordered to prime and load ; that Kelly implored the people to retire, or he should be obliged to order the men to fire ; that while speaking to them he received a blow in the face from a stone; that the police then asked Mr. Kelly if he meant to let them be killed, and asked permission to fire ; that the first shots were fired through the window and door; that the mob were on the roof throwing stones through it at the police, by whirls many were hurt. Then the second firing took pace; the men did not go outside to fire at all. He considered the police were in immi. tient danger all the time they were in the Dispensary. A little boy named Ilomigan deposed to seeing a large crowd at the Dispensary screeching in a horrible manner, flinging stones, and flourishing sticks. The Court then adjourned to Monday. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—Juts - 14. GOVERSNILNT FUNDS .—Three per Cent. Consols, 99 99k —Three and.a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 101 — Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Debentures, 931 MISCELLANEOUS.—GrafIa Canal Debentures Six. per Cent. Re. duced, 681—Four per Cent. Reduced, 461—Four per Cent. City Debentures, 94—Royal Bank, lii—Patriotic Insurance Company, I' —Mining Company of Ireland, I 41- —Wicklow Copper Mines, I IIaILWA Vs.—Belfast and Ballymena, 61—Belfast and County Down, 31—Cork and Bandon, 61 7—Cork and Waterford, I Cork and Voughal, 3—Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, 2 —l/übliu. and Belfast Junction, 7 —Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine June. Lion, 21—Dublin and Drogheda, 110— Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3—Enniskillen a,ti Sligo, 21—Great Southern and Western, 231 Great Southern Extension, I Midland Great Western Railway and Royal C.mal Company, 31—Great Wes. tern Extension to Sligo, 21—Killarney Junctions, 2 / —Londou decry and Enniskillen, 31—Waterford and Limerick, 61 1 — Waterford and Carlow, 2:4—Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, I HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal.) NAIDSTONE.—We are inclined to report more favourably of our hops to-day. Another week having passed away not of the most favourable weather, and rather on the whole a decrease of fly, although the lice are very numerous—but the nigger still keeps them a little in abeyance. There has been very little honey-dew to be seen for these last few days. We cannot say we are quite clear of mould, but it is very trifling at present. Some of our tine Golding growers have stripped their hop bines five to six feet up the poles (which are 16 to 18 feet); in riding by the hop bine all about us looks strong and healthy. Duty, 180,000/. CRANBROOK.—The hops are going on splendidly, c ri a pa l think the duty will pay 2.00,000/. LAMBERHURST.—Our hops in this parish remain clean and healthy, and premise well for a good crop. WROTHAM, PLAXTON, ICHTHAM.-The hops hereabouts gene rally have recovered from the effects of the late uncongenial wea. ther, and are looking healthy, free from vermin, and some grounds are really beautiful and luxuriant. There is every prospect of a very considerable approach towards a full growth. SETENOAKS.—We find In all quarters near us the hops still maintaining the high position we assigned them last week ; nothing can exceed the beauty and healthiness of the plantations generally. CANTERIURY.—The thunder storms of the past week have been, highly beneficial to the hops, though in a few slight instances the poles were blown about. Altogether the hops are going on well, and cannot be said to be much infested with vermin. General accounts speak of the like favourable appearance, with indications of a tolerable crop, should nothing adverse yet arise. JAVA PRIZE MONEY.—A return of' Java prize money invested in promissory notes of the Bengal Government, and placed in possession of the East India Company, shows that the total amount of the said promissory notes, with the Interest thereon, to be 46,64,376 12 10 sicca rupees. The promissory notes were issued to the prize agents in lieu of bills of exchange drawn by the Lieutenant-Governor of Java, in payment for timber, stores, and various articles made over to the Java Government by the prize agents, and on account of cash paid by them into the Java Treasuries between the years 1811 and 1814. CONSECRATION OF A NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CEIIETERV.—On Tuesday the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, titular Bishop of London, consecrated a new Roman Catholic cemetery, adjoining the new schools, Cadogan-street, Chelsea. The mor. tuary chapel attached to it was consecrated at an earlier hour of the morning. The Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Arundel and Surrey, Lord Cameys, the Rev. T. Sisk, the Rev. T. Reardon, the Rev. Mr. Moore, and a large number of persons, clerical and lay, were present at the ceremony. ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Tuesday afternoon, about two o'clock, Mr. Edward Wisling, son of J. Wisling, Esq., of the Vauxhall-road, was rowing on the river in a light wager boat, when, in endeavouring to adjust the stretcher the boat over turned, immersing him in the water. The accident was observed by a gentleman named Sampson, who immediately pulled to the spot, and succeeded in catching hold of young Wisling as he was sinking for the last time. He immediately conveyed him on shore, and, after the application of the usual remedies, in a short time he was sufficiently restored to be conveyed home. MELANCHOLY CASE.—On Tuesday Mr. J. Payne held an inquest in the Compter, Giltspur-street, on the body of James Crathern, aged 39, a compositor, lately employed at a rail 'way newspaper office. It appeared that he had lately been in an unsettled state of mind, owing in some degree to his having been. for some time previously out of work. In the night of yesterday week he made many attempts to set some copy, and, finding he was unable, gave it up, and at six o'clock in the morning left the office. Shortly afterwards a workman on the pier at Blackfriars-bridge saw him in the water struggling and calling for help, and with great difficulty rescued him. He was taken before the magistrate at Guildhall for attempting to commit suicide, and remanded; but was too unwell to be brought up again, and on Monday last died. Mr. Bl'Murdo, the surgeon of the prison, said that death arose from inflammation of the membranes of the brain, a complaint which might have been produced by intense anxiety.—Verdict, " Natural death." _ _ -------- THE QUEBEC FIRE.—The Liverpool subscriptions for the thousands rendered houseless by the late fire at Quebec. amounted on Saturday evening to 9661 . The largest d ona ti on during the past week was given by the British and N ort h American Mail Stcam.packet Company, who contributed 100/..-.Li„ rpoei Albion. TRADE OF KILMARNOCK.—The different manufac turing establishments in town have undergone little alteration since last week ; whatever change there has been is to the favourable side, and operatives are more numerously employed. LOAN SocrrnEs.—The present Act for the govern. ment of loan societies expires on the Ist of October, and a Bill• has just passed the House of Commons to renew the same for another year. EXPLOSION or GuNrownra.--On Tuesday morn ing, between nine and ten o'clock, Ann Markland, whilst at work for Mrs. Chudley, laundress, residing at Kensington Gravel-pits, purchased two ounces of gunpowder, and placed it in the copper fire, for the purpose of clearing the chimney from soot. Some time elapsed, and the powder not having exploded, she isstprudently opened the door of the grate, and stirred the lighted coals, when a tremendous explosion took place, which blew dovin the brickwork of the copper, and knocked the poor woman to AConsiderable dis tan', setting her dress on fire. She was found lying insensible amongst the bricks, much burnt about the body, neck, and Alec_ and was removed to the hosptal, enduring great sufferings. TIIE LINEN TRADE ,tion of flax from Russia this Season has as yet not been le large as in the previous year, arisi ng partly from its comparative inferior - quality, together with th e e n h ance d pr i ce —evils which have, how. ever been in some measure redressed by the,add,itional supplies which' have arrived occasionally from Ireisuitt Audi the mediteir.,,. raneati, The most of our Kirkahly spinners Wert, besidea, for.. tunate In having retained a goodly residuum of their 0 1 / 4 1 stotk.; while they at the same time have been kept fitil by tit* arrival of new flax from the markets of Rolland, Belgium and Prussia. scotc7i payer. •4 4.. "'irk