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RAILWAY NEWS. Stti.►s and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS bffore the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the EDITIONTHIRD of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. ORDER the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEVIS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun-office, 112, Strand. ASYLUM for the INSANE of the MIDDLE CLASSES of SOCIETY. —At a PUBLIC MEETING, held at Freemasons' Hall, on Thursday, 10th July, 1845, Lord ASHLEY, M.P., in the chair, the Prospectus of an Asylum for the Insane of the Middle Classes having been read, the following resolutions were carried unani mously :- 1. Moved by SAMUEL GURNEY, Esq. ; seconded by W. Tim Esq., That it is highly desirable to establish an Asylum in the neighbour hood of London tbr the reception and cure of insane persons belonging to the middle classes of society, whose circumstances are too limited to meet the unavoidable expense of private asylums. 2. Moved by Dr. SOUVIWOOD SJIITII; seconded by B. GRAINGER, Esq., . _ _ That patteuts in every' stage, forrn, and complication of tha disorder should be admissible to such an asylum, when recommended by a Governor, subject to the decision of the Committee of Management. 0. Moved by Viscount EBRINGTON, M.P. ; seconded by J. lIANCocs HALL, Esq., That a Provisional Committee, consisting of the following persons, with power to add to their number, be appointed to carry this object into effect ; and that an appeal be made to the nobility, clergy, and public in general for donations and subscriptions : Lord Ashley, M.P. Thomas Bevan, M.D. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq. Frederic Cobb, M.D. John Conolly, 5.D.3 William Dimes, Esq Henry Duesbury, Esq. Edward Hamilton, M.D. Samuel Hitch, M.D. Sir George Larpent, Bart. James Cowles Prichard, M.D., F R.S. John Scott, M.D. T. Southwood Smith, M.D. Samuel Solly, Esq„ F.R.S. Arthur Stillwell, Esq. William Thornborrow, Esq. William Tite, Esq., F.R.S. Joseph Toynbee, Esq., F.R.S. Robert Willis, M.D. Forbes Winslow, M.D. 4. Moved by JOHN WILES, Esq. ; seconded by Dr. WissLow, That Lord Ashley, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., and Samuel Gur ney, Esq., be appointed Trustees of the Asylum. 5. Moved by SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq. ; seconded by Dr. BEVAN, That there shall be established, in connexion with the Asylum, a charitable fund, raised by means of donations, subscriptions, and be quests, which shall be funded in the names of trustees specially ap pointed, and the interest applied to the relief of a certain number of persons to be elected from the patients who have been one year or more in the Asylum, and placed on the list of patients received for a lower payment, or even without any payment whatever. 6. Moved by Dr. CONOLLY ; seconded by Dr. WEBSTER, That the grateful and cordial thanks of the meeting be given to Earl Spencer and Lord Ashley for their kind patronage of 'the pro posed Asylum ; and to Lord Ashley for having given his valuable assistance on the present occasion, and for his zealous, benevolent, and efficient exertions on all occasions affecting the protection and welfare of those afflicted with insanity ASHLEY, Chairman. 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Now Ready, in 3 vo l . with rai sIS Portts, 31s. 6d., bound, IEIIOIIOF LADY HESTER STANHOPE, AS RELATED BY HERSELF. Among the numerous remarkable personages of whom interest ing particulars and anecdotes are given in these volumes, will be found the following :—George 111., George IV., Queen caroline, Pitt, Fox, Canning, Sheridan, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lords Chatham, Bute, Liverpool, Hawkesbury, Hood, St. Asap!), Bridport, Brougham, Palmerston, Carrington, Ebrington, Suffolk, Byron, and Camelford, Sir Edward Sngden, Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Abercrombie, Walter Scott, Thomas Moore, Beau Brum:nell, Lady Charlotte Bury, Lady J., Mrs. Fitzherbcrt, &c., &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE IMPROVISATORE." Just Ready, In Three Vols., post Bvo., 0 • T. LIFE IN DENMARK, AND ONLY A FIDDLER, From the Danish. By MARY lIOWITT. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Mdlle. C. GRIST respectfully informs the Subscribers to the Opera, her Friends, and the Public that HER BENEFIT (and Last Appear ance but One) will take place THIS EVENING On which occasion (BY SPECIAL DESIRE)___ Will be revived - Mozart's celebrated Opera, COSI FAN TUTTE. Floridillgi, Madame Anaide Castellon ; Dorabella, Madame Rita Berl() ; Despina, Madame Rossi Caccia ; Ferrando, Sig. Mario ; Gluglielmo, Sig. F. Lablaohe ; and Don Alphonso, Sig. Lablache. After the Opera the new PAS DE QUATRE, composed ex pressly, by M. Perrot. for :Mlles. Taglioni, Cerit ), Grahn, and Carlotta Grisi (her last appearance but one). After which, -.elections from the Last Act of DonizettPs Opera ANS . A BOLENA. The Principal Characters by Mdlle. Grist, Mdlls. Brambilla, and Sig. Moriani. To conclude wite the Second Act LA GISELLE. Giselle, Mdlle. C. Grist. Doors open at Seven, to commeac e at Ilalf-past Seven o,Clock THEATRE LOYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MIL B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will bo performed THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Mr. Hollylodge, Mr. W. Farren ; Pansy, Mr. Buckstone ; Nonpareil, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Hollylodge, Mrs. Glover; Ellen Forrester, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, the Musical Farce of TfIE LITTLE DEVIL. Nicolo Angcli, Madame Vestris ; Vlncentio d'Estella, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with an entirely New Farce, called TIIE KING AND I. Period, 101. Sir William Melrose, Mr. H. 801 l ; Burchell, Mr. James Bland ; Perkin Pyefinch, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessie Donald, Miss Juli Bennett. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. rickets and f•laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING _ _ Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esq., Mr. Hudson; John Rawdom, Esq., Mr. 0. SmPh ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright ; Marie Dncange, Madame Celeste. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Btaletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. I .llontgoinerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgometie Tibbs, 11Irs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. To be Ibuo ved by THE IRISH ATTORNEY ; or, Galway Prac tice in 1770. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson; Jacob Wylie, Mr. Culleuford. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. 'NDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Week of aie;v — Faree—Roars of laughter at Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and Turner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To ohich will be added an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN - LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled C IND ERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , „f, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. iCeeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. WoollVge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Play of KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. Wallack; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling; Blanca, Miss E. llonner. After which, the Comedietta, entitled TIIE BRIGADIER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. Wallack, Granby, and Compton ; Miss E. llonner, and Miss E. Stanley. To which will b 3 added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will ba introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume, with the Original Music. To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUI)LE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. To conclude with 019 Farce of THE THREE CLERKS. Fudge, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Trudge, Mr. Oxberry ; Drudge, Mr. Granby ; Miss Julia Snooks, Mrs. Brougham ; Mrs. Trudge, Miss Somers. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Macb , nist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. And positively the Last Week hut One of Monsieur Philippe's Appearance in London. By Desire, and at the request of numerous Families of Distinction (who were disappointed in securing places for M. Phillippe's last Juvenile Entertainment), he win give another GRAND MATINEE MYSTERIEUSE, on MONDAY MORNING NEXT, commencing at Half-past One o'clock precisely. And in consequence of the nightly overflows, and continued demand for places to witness Monsieur PHILLIPPE'S WONDERS. LES SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES will be repeated TILES EVENING, (Thursday), and on Saturday next, commencing each Evening at Half-past Eight o'clock, being positively the last week but one. Stalls, 7s. , Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may he secured r.t Mr. Mitcheli's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHFATRE. I'ROi'RIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi- Itary Manoeuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prising Leap of the Horse Beda over the Rroken and Flaming Bridge, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. New and Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole of the French Equestrians. To conclude with THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em peror Napoleon by Mr. Gomersal, who is engaged expressly for this occasion. Box-office open from Eleven till Five, DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Brilliant Success of the New Opera Company—Second Week of Madame Eugenia Garcia's Engagement. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodoipho, Mr. Weiss ; Elvino, Mr. I). W. King, Arnim, Madame Eugenia Garcia ; Lisa, Miss Collett. After which MRS. CAUDLE WILL DELIVER HER LECTURES. To conclude with a New Drama, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., called FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks. Honner, Cowell, Johnson, Heslop, Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Homier, &c., &c., will perform. - 1 7 1 ace s. and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box (Alm from Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON, COMBINATION OF ATTRACTION S, ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. RXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED he A cme REPRES of Scenic Illusn. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eight. 4nd on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carnivora at Half-past Five; Pelicans and Polar Bears Concert at Half-past Six ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine. E lilt July 23, a Grand Union Flower Show b y the Ro y al SOui L cultural Society, on which occasion a combina , ol7Warita Novelties will be presented, exclusive if the ' _Tistra4 3 Vap:::: ~A •• - •: -,4 r - ...cLuatii.ixii , D - ..f: ion co tho,rieir4 s t --_:_tiregaitis)v )-1,.....?,... KFEamENT.—The Rev. Thomas 11a• of Shepton Montague, Somerset; patron the .N I .1 s 4 THE WEATHER.—Stn; OFFICE, JULY 17. THERMOMETER. Lowest, 47; Highest, 69 ;___Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 30.08.—WIND, W. S. W. Nora.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Chermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. lITIOntII LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1845. The Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met at Twelve. The Turnpike Acts Bill, the Loan Societies Bill, the Highway Rates Bill, the Militia Ballot Suspension Bill, the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill, and the Land Revenue Act Amendment Bill were respectively reported. The Ecclesiastical Patronage (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee. The House then went into Committee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill. . . . The fifth clause, granting retiring pensions to the officers was opposed by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Mr. WAR BURTON, Mr. WAKLEY, and several other Hon. Members, and supported by Lord ASHLEY and Sir J. GRAHAM. On a division the numbers were, for the clause, 43; against it, 3 ; majority in favour of the clause, 40. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday. The Drainage (Ireland) Bill passed through Com mittee; and on the motion of the committal of the Valuation of Lands (Ireland) Bill, the House was counted out. In the Houses of Lords and Commons, on Tuesday night, the question of admitting into the English home market the slave-grown sugars of Porto Rico and of Cuba, on the same terms as the free-labour grown pro duce of Venezuela and the United States, was brought forward by the Earl of CLARENDON in the Peers—by Viscount PALSIERSTON in the Lower House. Both the Noble Earl and the Noble Viscount appeared as sponsors for the case so ingeniously put on behalf of the Spanish Government by the Duke DE SOTOMAYOR, in the able state paper we have very recently noticed. It is scarcely necessary to say that the Noble Earl and the Noble Viscount (the latter more particularly) made as much of their case as it was probably suscep tible of. But, after a careful and dispassionate review of the arguments severally adduced by them, we see nothing to alter, in the main, the opinion we have already recorded in favour of the Earl of ABERDEEN'S construction of the real effect of the existing treaties, cnd his repudiation of the claim advanced by the Duke of SOTOMAYOR. It is somewhat remarkable that the sense of each House against the Spanish Minister's ap plication was pronounced by a majority, the proportions of which are almost similar ; the motion in either case being negatived by about 2 to 1, or 100 per cent. of the Peers and Members present. The Earl of CLAREN DON'S motion, for the admission of Spanish colonial sugars on the same terms as those granted to the free labour sugars of Venezuela and the United States, was rejected in the Lords by a majority of 14. (Contents, 14; non-contents, 28) Lord PALMERSTON'S motion, to the same effect, was lost in the Commons by a majority of 88. (Ayes, 87; noes, 175.) Lord CLARENDON con tended, indeed, that both the honour and the interests of this country were involved in the view which the Government had taken of the application made to it. He maintained, that by previous treaties prior to that of Utrecht in 1713, and especially by the terms of this latter, it was stipulated that the subjects of Great Britain and of Spain, relatively, should be treated on the footing of the most favoured nations. Though nothing could be more explicit than these treaties, the Earl of ABERDEEN had endeavoured to pervert their meaning, by attempting to show, that under a treaty executed in the year 16;9, the subjects of either Crown were expressly proli'..eited from visiting—and a portion from trading—A ith the West Indian possessions of the other s This Lord CLARENDON considered as futile a pre tension, looking to the constructi o n of the subsequent treaty of Utrecht, • practacally adopted by both States, as the distinction attempted to be taken between " subjects " and " produce " of " the most fa voured nations " was untenable ; and unworthy of the British Government. Lord PALMERSTON reminded the House of Commons how often the Government had been warned, when they brought forward their fantastic scheme for limiting the sugars of Venezuela and the United States to those produced by free labour alone, that it would soon prove visionary and absurd, for that they would, as the inevitable consequence of that concession to States which could by treaty claim to be considered as the most favoured nations, be speedily compelled to admit, in virtue of similar claims under like treaties, the slave-grown sugars of Cuba and Porto Rico. What had been thus granted to Venezuela and the United States, on their reclamations under treaties, could not, the Noble Viscount insisted, be, in honour, or policy, or consis tency, withheld from Spain. To this sort of appeal the answer of the Earl of ABERDEEN was compatible with the tenor of his dispatch to the Duke of SOTOMAYOR. He was (he said) as anxious as Lord CLARENDON could be to uphold the faithful observance of treaties. The British Government had violated none, nor would a word have been heard of this claim of Spain but for the ge neral policy of the British Government recently an nounced on the sugar question. Nothing had more as tonished him than to hear from Lord CLARENDON that Spain had always observed the faith of ancient treaties. In the course of Lord ABERDEEN'S experience he had met with nothing from Spain but constant denials of the validity of such treaties. The spirit and scope of those treaties must be determined, not by their letters, but by the constant practice of both countries in respect of them. So far from the distinction taken by this Govern between the " subjects " and the goods or produce of the most favoured nations being, as Lord CLARENDON had said, a mere quibble, in recent treaties, concluded with Venezuela and other States, clauses had been in troduced conferring large privileges on " subjects" of the States negotiated with, where subjects were dealt with, and their goods and ships. In a word, we think Lord ABERDEEN holds his own in this important argument ; and we could have wished that Lord CLA RENDON had seen reason to declare that Spain had been refused an indulgence conceded to other States, not " because (as his Lordship says) she was weak," but because (as we say) she was faithless. If the treaties between Spain and Great Britain leave this indulgence optional at all, or to be decided on a case of merit s , we should say that the simple fact of its having 'oeen ap plied for at the instance of such a person as NARVAEZ, supplied the strongest possible ground ke its refusal. The country which has been base enough to acquiesce in the results of his treacherous in;,eigues deserves no favour at the bands of freemen. But we adhere to the opinion that, irrespectively of all uch considerations, Spain cannot make out her (Ave on any existing treaty. Whilst we give the Earl of ABERDEEN full credit for having demonstrated tlaat his own Government is in the right, we cannot but direct attention to the bitter and humiliating truths which Lord PALMERSTON read to that Government on unveiling its hyiescrisy and its incon sistency on the sugar question generally. When the last Government, in 1841, prepared to introduce impor tant modifications in these duties with a view to the ex tension cf the trade, and espcially the relief of the con sumer, by making the commodity more cheap in our own market, it is true, indeed, as the Noble Lord re marked, that they were assailed by Sir ROBERT PEEL and his friends with every species of remonstrance and misrepresentation. They made that question the field of a pitched battle. They beat the Whigs upon it, and trode over their defeated adversaries into power. In power they soon found themselves obliged to resort to the very extent—and something beyond it—of remodel. ling the sugar duties, which had been unsuccessfully attemptedsosi signally their predecessors. But they produced that ab sur d sc h eme o f M r. G LADSTONE ' S on l y, w hi c h has failed, and generated these new demands maonraTddthehpoiorseqntueeTutnssions into the bargain. Mr. GLADSTONE crotchet i eda r y ; ebin e u v at e ii n nts i Iwgassi an remains —since melancholy rally to fight f sugar, utter s o failure. far permanently cheaper t o th e home consumerfbroym be in of anything that Sir ROBERT and Mr. GLADSTONE have done, as to be already one penny per lb. for loaf dearer in our retail shops (being largely bought up by dealers THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ErENING, JULY 17, 1845. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of yester day evening contained — The report of the Poll at Cambridge as received at the Post-office, in the Afternoon of yesterday. The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of both Houses of Parliament. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a Report of the proceedings in the House of Commons, up to the hour of adjournment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 50 minutes after 11 I Evening •• 0 minutes after 0. from Germany) ; since it is impossible to keep out slave grown sugar (the attempt at excluding which, however, is the sole pretext for keeping sugar so dear as it is in our own market)—what is to be done to rectify so pre posterous an anomaly, and to relieve the public from so unreasonable a hardship ? Is it worth while consider ing whether it would not be well to abandon any such impracticable distinctions between slave and free labour, admit the product of all countries under what regulations you may determine, and trust for the better repression of the slave trade to the increased vigour with which the zealous and effectual co-operation of France will enable you henceforth to carry out that great object. The objects of Lord ASHLEY'S "Bill for the regulation of the care and treatment of lunatics in England," which has occupied two morning sittings of the House of Commons, are undoubtedly excellent ; but it is equally undoubted that there are grave objections to the machi nery by which these objects are to be effected ; and the little effect which has attended the attempts of Mr. DUNCOMBE, Mr. WAKLEY, and other Liberal Members, to amend the Bill, lead us to hope that it will not be passed into a law this session. It was pro posed in the Bill to allow past years of service on temporary Commissions, during which the gentle men now for the first time appointed permanent Com missioners have been remunerated on a high scale calcu lated with reference to their having no retiring pension to look to—have been paid, in fact, by the job, and at the rate of a guinea an hour for the time they were employed—to count for retiring pensions; and it was stated, without contradiction, that some of the proposed Commissioners had already served on the previous tem porary Commissions the number of years (fifteen) which is to entitle a Commissioner, when permanently disabled, to a retiring pension. This monstrous pro posal has been abandoned. That it should ever have been sanctioned by Lord ASHLEY is only to be ac counted for by attributing to his Lordship such a de gree of simplicity as is too often conjoined with pre eminent virtue. Never, we suppose, was such a working commission thought of, as is proposed by this Bill, certainly not since the days of JEREMY BENTHAM'S publications on administrative government. It were almost enough to startle the Utilitarian sage fiom his grave, that so heavy a responsibility as is involved in the superin tendence of all the lunatic asylums of the king dom should be entrusted to a commission, com posed of no less than eleven members. If there is one political axiom more undisputed than another, it is that to have responsibility as efficient as possible it must be as much concentrated as possible ; and that nothing is more adverse to efficient responsibility than a numerous board. " What is everybody's business is nobody's business ;" and the blame, which has to be divided between eleven, will fall with the weight of a feather on any one individual. Eleven Commissioners are appointed by this Bill. Six of them are not to be paid, and one of the unpaid is to be the chairman. Mr. CHRISTIE pointed out how the fact of Commissioners giving their services gratuitously would interfere with their responsibility, but to no purpose. And then the six paid Commissioners, three of them being physicians or surgeons, and three barristers of five years' standing, are each to receive 1,5001 a year, over and above their travelling and other expenses ; with a retiring allowance after fifteen years' service, if permanently disabled. We do not hesitate to designate this a most disgraceful waste of public money. Six Com missioners at 1,5001. a year each, over and above tra velling and other expenses, and what on earth may not be covered by " other expenses?" But 9,0001. a year in salaries to the Commissioners, and 8001. a year more to a Secretary, who is also to have a retiring pension to look to ! If it had been a commission consisting of only two or three members, who would be taken from among the most eminent in the medical and legal professions, then, indeed, 1,5001. a year would not be one whit too high a salary. But for the ordinary barrister of five years' standing, or for a medical man of moderate prac tice (and it is only such a man that will take even 1,5001 a year), then we do say that these salaries are an unjusti fiable squandering of the public money. But much may be done at a morning sitting which will not bear the light of a full House ; and it can only be a fear of the grave responsibility attendant on delaying for anoth er year a Bill that will relieve so much vi i i scry and stay so much cruelty, that can have led Mr. DUNCOMBE, and his small but patriotic - m i nor i ty, to consent, under any circumstances to the grant of these extravagant sal ar i e s. Tl 7, - Prison Inspec -0 tors are paid 7001. a year —thck Assistant Poor-law Commissioners -Are paid 1,0001, a year—the Police Ma gistrates are - paid 1,0001. a :rear—and is it pretended that the men 7:no are looked, to to fill the Lunatic Commis sioner:nips will be, cre need be, superior to those who fill the above-named offices ? So far as the Commissioners and their salaries are concerned, this Bill is a flagrant job. Madrid journals of the 9th have been received, and it ap pears from nearly the whole of them that the QUEEN'S jour ney to the Basque provinces is looked upon with strong sus picions in the capital. The Eco del Commercio states that in many of the provincial towns the same feelings prevails, and that the public consider the object of it is to force a KING on Spain in the person of CHARLES VI. (the Prince of As- Tutus). The Clamor Publico says the journey will prove fatal to liberty, and both the Tiempo and the Heraldo, organs of the Moderado party, contain articles recom mending that her MAJESTY should bestow her hand on a son of Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA. This indeed appears the least objectionable match, both as regards Spain and foreign Powers; but Queen CHRISTINA, and also some people at Paris, may have different views. A great intrigue is in active operation. The intelligence from Barcelona is to the 10th. The opposition to the conscription had been put down by military force, and we regret to say not without considerable loss of life. A dispatch from General CONCHA, dated Sabadel the Bth, states that he had completely beaten and dispersed the rebels, killed twenty men, and made a great number of prisoners. The next day he was to proceed to Tarrosa, which he entered on the morning of the 10th. A letter from Barcelona of the 10th gives the following account of his entry into that town : " General Concha, on arriving yesterday morning at; six o'clock before Tarrosa, received a discharge from the guns of the insurgents, which wounded several of his men. General Concha himself was at the head of the troops, and his humane orders were, 'ln advance, no quarter !' The soldiers immediately charged the barricades at the point of the bayonet, and took them, and massacred every one whom they met, whether they opposed them or not. Upwards of 100 persons were killed on the side of the insurgents before mid-day, In the afternoon the firing continued, but the number of victims is not yet known. General Concha Is master of the town, and this morning he marched upon Martonell, a town situated on the Llobregat, nine leagues from Barcelona, where the insurgents have taken refuge. During the night Villafranca, a town on the road to Tarragona, pronounced, and the inhabitants have set the bells a ringing, to rouse the country. On the other hand, the town of Igualada, which is situated on the route to Lerida, has also pronounced, and has formed a junta, which takes the name of the Central Junta, and acknowledges Espartero as Regent. Later accounts, however, have been received by a tele graphic dispatch, dated Barcelona the 13th, announcing that CoNctiA had entered Igualada without opposition, and that the revolt was suppressed. The General had issued a procla mation to the Catalonians, in which he says, that the draw ing of the conscription was a mere pretext, seized by the enemies of public repose to excite the population to revolt; that their design was to plunge that industrious province in an abyss of calamity by means of an alliance betwflc at the Carlists and the Republicans, and that, with +:,e aid of th e loyal inhabitants, he will speedily restore tt e sway of the law. On the Madrid Bourse the Funds ;, n th e 9 t h were some what firmer, the Three per Ce for cash havi ng reac h e d 28*, and even 28 befole the close of the ma r k e t. Th e i transactions for the recount were also more numerous, at prices varying between 24 and 28 9-16. • The French Chamber of Peers, on Tuesday, commenced the discussion on the estimates for 1846, but nothing of the slightest interest had occurred up to the hour of post. In answer to a question from the Count DE BOISSY relative to the reduction of the Five per Cent. Stock next session, the Minister of Finance said, as he had refused in the other Chamber, to declare what were the intentions of Govern ment on that subject, he could not answer the question. The .3loniteur publishes the returns of the indirect taxes during the half-year ending the Ist of July. The total receipts amounted to 389,904,000 f. (15,600,000/.), showing an increase, as compared with those of the cor responding period of 1844, of 11,778,000 f., and of 19,530,000 f. over those of a similar period of 1843. The following are a few of the items :—Stamps, 19,729,000 f. ; Customs, 75,869,000 f. ; Salt, 30,567 f.; Liquors, 48,810,000 f. ; Tobacco, 54,017,000 f. ; Postage, 23,441,000 f. The birthday of the Duke .of BORDEAUX gives rise to curious ejaculations in some of the Legitimatist journals, of which the following are specimens. The Quotidienne says— " To-day, the 15th, is the fete of the exile. France in other times would have celebrated this day with distinction; at present she can only think of it with affection. Kind wishes will, however, be directed towards Henry of France, and prayers will ascend in his favour towards heaven. It is the :whole flattery which is permis sible towards a royalty without power, for hope itself cannot reach him, unless God should send it by his mysterious messengers. May, in this day, the thought of his country present itself to Henry with all the consolations that it possesses, in the same way as his name remains in France with all the presages which it formerly held out!" The following is from the France:— " The 15th of July is a day of happiness and joy —it is thefete of the good Henry—it is that of the Count de Chambord. In 1820, when this young Prince by his birth redeemed the crime of Feb ruary 13, and replaced tears by the spectacle of happiness and hope, King Louis XVIII. selected for him the name which he was to bear. Next to that of Louis, which the Duke d'Angouleme was to con. tinue, there was none more popular or more national than that of Henry. Henry is the personification of love for France, greatn ess, dig. nity, clemency, and generosity. It was a noble model given to him whom France welcomed as the joy of the present moment and the hope of the future. ' A child is born to us,' cried the King, in ad dressing his people ; and the Ambassadors replied, It is not only the child of France, but of Europe.' Times are changed. This Noble Prince, to whom was destined the greatest of all crowns, is no longer amongst us, but his memory remains alive. Whether at a distance or near, he knows that there are hearts which throb at his name, and which preserve to him the respect and love that they owe him. If he is touched with this fidelity of th e h eart, we are proud lfiwilihnigathGeopdrroemseisreve:flot tairth, and wh a t_ ever m to ybehold be h e destiny him fulfilling , we shall never fail in what we owe him. Today hi —sf. fete beholds us r a di a t e w i t h at joy, as not long since our grief accompanied hi s , w h en, kneeling at the holy tombs of Gorit:, he wept for the august Princes who had watched over hi 4 infancy and his youth with such paternal solicitude:" Accounts from Algiers of the Bth announce the loss of another French steamer en the African coast, and also the capture of a tribe faithful to ABD•EL-KADEE, by General CAVAIGNAC. The particulars are thus given in the Sud of Marseilles : " By the arrival of the Ville de Bordeaux, Captain Combes, we have received accounts from Algeirs to the Bth. A lee ter of that date gives a report, settirq forth that General Cavaignac had recently made a bold coup de main at a place about forty leagues south of Tlemcen, and had carried off' a number of people, who were still devoted to the cause of Abd.el.Kader. The report of the retrograde movement of the ex-Emir is confirmed by all the accounts from the west. His retreat is attributed to the unfavourable dis position of the tribes of the south towards him. The Akbar gives an account of the lose of the Sphynx Government steamer, which took place on the evening of the 6th to the eastward of Cape Mati foux. She was proceeding from Bona to Algiers with dispatches, but the weather being so excessively foggy that no land could be seen, she was driven ashore on the rocks at the above place by the force of the current, the captain at the time supposing himself in the Bay of Algiers. The passengers, to the number of 308, were all safely landed, and immediate information was sent off to Al giers, from whence two steamers were dispatched to render assist ance. Everrexertion was made to save the vessel, but without effect, the damage she had sustained on the rocks rendering the task hopeless." The Funds on the Paris Bourse continued flat. On the 15th the Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 15c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 35c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,142 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Nierzon, 735 f. ; Havre, 835 f. ; Avignon, 955 f. ; Basle, 2481. 75c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 59%; Spanish Three per Cents., 37 1 / 8 . The following are the quotations for the new lines _ _ Or%lns and Bordeaux, 1651. premium ; Boulogne, 113 f. 754 ditto ; Troyes and Montereau,l7l. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons (La ffitte), 20f. ; ditto (Calon), par ; ditto (Ganneron), sf. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Rosamel), 9f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 121. 50c ; ditto (Talabot), 27f. 50c; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), sf. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par. ; ditto, and Cette (Espeleta), 4f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, 2f. under par ; Paris and St ras b urg (G an n eron ), SE 50c. ; Dijon and Mulhouse, par; Dieppe, 22f. 50c. MARSEILLES, JULY 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, 975 f. ; Boulogne, 620 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 670 ; Vierzon, 755 f. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 530 f. ; 1 ditto (Sebas tiani), 507 f. 50c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 500 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleth), 502 f. 50c. ; Toulon, 495 f. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Buactru.s.. ) VORNOCR V. LEES. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 41. Bs. 9d. for wages. The defendant pleaded that he never was indebted in a larger sum than 41. 3s. 4d., and that he had tendered that amount. Mr. TH0111.4.11 stated the case. The defendant is a grocer, and the plaintiff had been his shopman ; he went to the situation on the 2d of April, and remained two months and four days, when the defendant, from some reason, but apparently not an unfriendly one, desired plaintiff to look for a situation. Evidence was then adduced at some length, when it ap peared that the cause of plaintiff leaving was in consequence of frequently asking for leave of absence for and hour, and sta:;, m , longer. He asked, on the 2d of June, for an hou r , "a 'de fendant said that if he wanted an hour then he h4d better go altogether, and plai n tiff sa id he would. Df:endant tendered him 41. 3s. 4d. for two months' wages at per annum, and asked for a receipt. The next day, the 3d, the plaintiff called, and made a demand of 41. Bs. 9d., for two months and four days' wages, and defendant said he would not pay him anything, as 11e had not served his full time. Mr. Thomas contended that the tender was bad, being clogged with a condition; and also that from the 2d to the 2d, including the last day, must be more than two months, and, therefore, that the plaintiff was entitled to the difference. The UNDER-SHERIFF left it to the jury to say whether the asking for a receipt was such a condition as to lead the plaintiff to suppose it was to bar him from proceeding to recover any balance he had a right to, or even conceived he had a right to ; if so, his (the Learned Under-Sheriff's) opinion was it was bad in law. The other question was, as to whether the time was two months exact, or was to be taken as being so many weeks and so many days. The jury, after some time, gave a verdict for the defendant on both issues. Mr. THOMAS applied for the writ to be retained, on the ground that the calculation of thejury as to time was erroneous, and that the tender was bbd law. The UNDER-, sHERArr said he could not do that, for it would imply that he was ;tissatisfied with the verdict, which he saw no reason to d:., tur b, A judge, ly . , wever, could be applied to. as both questions were purely f or the jtlry. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Susan Gregory, a young woman, who for the last two years 'and a half has held the situation of one of the housemaids at the Army and Navy Club-house, St. James's-square, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold breast pin, the property of Hugh Richie Wallace, Esq. The prosecutor stated that he is a member of the club, but at present was residing at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street. On Sunday last he dined at the club, and he then noticed that the pin was safe in his cravat. He returned at night to the British Hotel, and on undressing to go to bed he discovered that he had lost the pin, and gave information of it to the police. The pin produced was the one he had so missed. Robert Dixon, apprentice to Mr. Thomas Blackburn, of Skinner -street, Somers Town, pawnbroker, stated that about three o'clock yesterday afternoon the prisoner offered the pin in question to pledge for 10s. He asked her who it belonged to, and she said her husband. Having received notice from the police describing the pin he gave her into custody. 51r. MALTBY asked the prisoner if she wished to say any thing ?—The prisoner said she had merely offered the pin to pledge to ascertain its value. The pawnbroker said such was not the fact. Mr. MALTBY-But how do you account for the possession of it? Prisoner—l found it on the hearth. rug at the club. The prosecutor said he aid not wish to prosecute, as he under stood the prisoner had borne an excellent character. Mr. MALTBY said any representation in her favour could be made before the Court at her trial. She was fully committed to Newgate. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO 11111 V t. At Liverpool yesterdtv the sales of Cotton were 10,000 bales, including 3,51)0 on speculation, and 1,000 for export. Prices were firm. A limited busines was done in Shares :- Bristol and Gloucester, 58 ; British and Irish Union, Os. ; Belfast and Ballymena, 6 5 A %; Belfast and County Down, 3%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 19 1 4 3 / 4 ; Caledo nian, 10%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% 5%; Churnet Val ley, 4% A; Clitheroe Junction, 3% ; Clydesdale Junction, 9; Derby and Crewe, 51s. 6d, 2%; Eastern Counties, New Shares, 124 ' • Ditto, Perpetual, No, 1, 8 f Edinburgh and Glasgow, 754 ; Edinburgh and Peebles, 575. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 20% 4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 10% ; Grand Junction, 238 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 117 1 2 118%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 59 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 22% %; Grand Union, 3s. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3; Great Southern and Western, 224 ; Ditto, Extension, 11 3 ; Hud dersfield Canal and Railway, 8%; Leicester and Bedford, 1 ls. 3 A • Leicester and Birmingham, 335. 6d. 335. ; Liver pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and Birming ham, 243; London and Brighton, 77; Londonderry and En niskillen, 3%; Lond o n an d York, 37 8 4; Direct Northern, 3% % ; Leeds and D ews b ury , 19% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6/.135.9d. 61.185. 9d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 60%; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth, 9% ; Matlock and Midland, 5%; Midland Railway, 193%; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 30 3 / 4 314 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3% %; Newcastle and Dar lington Junction, New Shares, 38; North Union (A), 175; North Staffordshire, 4%; North Wales Mineral, 154 ; North Western, 4%; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4 3 A ; Ox ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 7%; Sheffield and Manchester, 131 ex int. ' • Ditto, Quarter Shares, 17 ex int. ; Ditto, No. 2,5% ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 65.; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 68s. 6d. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 33j '% ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 31s. 6d; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 1, 18 3 / 4 ' • Ditto, No. 3, 84; Scottish Central, 6 3 / 4 ; South Midland, 1% 425. ; ; Trent alley Continuation, 1 3 A ; Worcester and Tring, 14 275.; York and Carlisle, ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 1% 345. ; Dutch Rhenish, 6 6%; Jamaica and South Midland, 5; Lyons and Avignon, 51s. 6d. ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 5; Ditto (Rosa mel's) English, 495. 51s. 6d.; Ditto (Lebeuf's), 41s. 6d.; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron' s ), 2%; Ditto (Calon's) 1%; Paris and Strasburg (Hainguerlot's) 2 1 4. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 16.-The sales are -Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus, 6%; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 9% ; Blackburn, barwen, and Bolton, 5 3-16 4 ; Blackburn and Preston, 21 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 19% 3 / 4 ; Caledonian, 10 15-16 11 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 5 1-16 ; Churnet Valley, 4 3 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 3 3 / 4 ; Erewash Valley, 31 1 ,4 ; Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 3% ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, % 7-16 preen. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 18s. ; Grand Union, 31s. 6d. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, Quarter Shares, 11-16 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 8%; Leeds and Thirsk, 5 9-16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 19% 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6 11-16 %; Leicester and Bedf or d, 7 s . 6d . 7s. prem. ; Leicester and Birmingham, 1%; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 105 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 215-16 3 ; London and York, 3%; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 22% ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 54 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 61 ; Manchester and Birming ham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1% ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 24% •, Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 31 ; Newark and Sheffield, 214 % ; Newcastle and Berwick, 191. 11s. 6d. ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lan cashire, % prem. ; North I ;astern, 1%; North Staffordshire, 4%; Nottingham, Erewash, Amber-gate, and Manchester, 2% 7-16 ; Presto;, and Wyre, 32 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3 7-16 ; Sheffield an'l Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 4 1 , prem. ; South ',astern and Dover, No. 3, 8 9-16 1A ; South Midland, 37 % tid. 40s. ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 17%; Welsh Midland, 3 1 ,2 7-16; West Lancashire and Coast Line, 1 5-16 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 5 3 A 6 ; Great Northern of France (English), 5%. We have been furnished with the calculations of the weekly returns of banks of issue ' made up to include the month ending the 21st ult., for the Bankers' Magazine. From these we find that the average circulation of the private banks was 4,399,1101., and of the joint-stock 3,131,(97/., giving a total of 7,530,207/., or a decrease, compared with May, of 387,724/. The Washington papers are counting the number of British ships of war on the coast of Africa and South America, amounting, they say, to 52, and 800 guns. They speak of some fortifications on the United States sea -coast, but their attention seems to be directed to the great lakes; improving the harbours to admit of large steam-vessels, and encourage their construction for commercial purposes. They speak of making Lake Michigan a Mediterranean, fortifying the Straits of Michellimacinack, and bringing steamers from the Mississippi by the Illinois canal, &c. Accounts of May 17 from the Cape of Good Hope state that the Governor left on the day preceding for the frontier, hav ing, however, first received the gratifying information of the Boers, who were inclined, vi et armis, to resist the colonial authority, having abandoned their opposition, given up their arms to our troops, and, in many instances, taken the oath of allegiance. The Funds are steady, and the settlement is likely to go off satisfactorily to-morrow. Consols are 98% , for Money. Exchequer-bills are firmer at 545. to Ms. prem. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. have been 102 1 /s 1 4. Bank Stock is 210 1 4 to 211 1 / i . Spanish Bonds are still improving. The Five per Cents. realise 26 to and the Three per Cents. 36% to 37. Mexican Bonds have been 36%, and Columbian 17%. Dutch Two-and-a- llalf per Cents. are 62 to 1 4. In Railway Shares there is a fair business doing, and prices are rather buoyant. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9 8 5 ( 838 98N _ . .... ••••)v New 3 1 4 per Cents ......102f ; q 102 k Long Annuities to exvireJan 1860 'Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 1 I 1 / 1 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 3-16 11 3-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 `Ditto under 1,000/. . Consols for Opening 98 3 /4 %% 98% Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 54 56 pm. 54 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small — pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 BB Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 45% Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 17% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36 j 8 Ditto, Account — Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Ditto, Converted — Russian Bonds ••• .., ••• . - Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account Ditto, Passive Ditto. Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. • ••• Ditto, Account Dutch, 214 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99% 99% PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONII O'CLOCK. IRICES ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 88 1 / 2 45 , j s 173 k 36% 37% 20% 64 1 / 2 118 Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Porirtish l% 2 1%... l% Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bri'ton, Lewes, & Haat. 20 - ..... 25 Bristol and Exeter Do. New ... ........ 2 ...... 11% ll% Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 58 Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2%..... 2% 2% Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 .-- 5V s 4% 4% Chichester and Brighton 20 Churnet Valley - 5% Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... Ili t ...... 1 1 4 Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June. 2% — ~. Dublin and Galway..... 2% 3: Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 21%%14 2 1 1% Ditto New 41. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d l3 l l /2 l% Eastern Union l5 .. ... Ditto Extension . ... 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 18% lB% Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2% B% B% Great South. and West. ( I reland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..100 Ditto New 2 — Great Western BO 213 214 214 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O ll7 118 ..... .... 118 Ditto, Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 21/2..... Harwich Hull and Selby L ncaster and Carlisle... 20 L yndon and Birminghm (5t0ck)...245 Do. New Thirds — lO - 55 Do. 1% Shares London and Blackwell. 161. 13s. 4d 9 t B 3 /4 lO London and Brighton... 50 Do. New consolidated Bths 25 4 7 47 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 24 22% Do. New l3s 4d l%. .... ....... . 1% Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6s 10d - Do. New London and York 2% 3 % 3A Londonderry &Coleraine 2 1 4-- - 3% Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l% 2% 2% Manchester and Leeds... 76 Do. Quarters Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 4% 4% Midland... 100 194 192 192 Do. New Midland Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and Darling ton Junction .. 25 ..-.. 56 57 55%... .. 56 1 ,4 Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and isenvick 1 1 /., 1 9 1% 19 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 2 North British Do. New North Staffordshire 22s. ...... 3 1 4 3% North Wales .. l% 2% 23 Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Oxford and Worcester... 2% 7%- 634 7% Preston and Wyre Richmond and ‘Vest End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & 1 . 1. ing 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l%. ..... 2 1 /0 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 l / 2. . . 3% 3 3 l /2 South Devon South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 47 3 / 4 47% Do., No. 1. Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales 2%...... 41/ 2 3% •.. 4% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction /2 is 1% Welch Midland York and Carlisle 23 .....- -- . 33/i A— ....• _ _ ork and Nut t: I Midland 50 113 Do. % Shares: 25 Do :- elby ... Do. Extension FOILLIGN RAI 1.v.. A. I Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Deadre Valley ...........2 ...... 1% l% Great North. of France CLaffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Jamaica Junction l l /2 5 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 5 1 / 8 4 3 / ...... Lyons and Avignon Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... 10 1 / 2 . .. l O l /2 Over Yssel 413 s 4d 0 54, 0';;1 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 ...... 2% 2% Paris and Rouen .. Sambre and Meuse Verona and Ancona...... 1 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARK=S. SOUTHALL, JULY 16. Although our market to-day was tolerably well supplied with most kinds of stock, and that too in good condition, the demand was throughout steady, at about last week's quotations :—Beef from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, Ss 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3a 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs., to sink the offal. RomFottp, JULY 16.—For beasts the demand was not so active, but with other kinds of fat stock the trade was fine. Beet; from 2s 8d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, Ss 6d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each. LEWES, JULY 15.—We had a very steady trade here this morning, and prices were fully supported. Beef from 3s to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs. it 4 r . , ~.......z . k ) .. ..,, vol t ? nimpw el ::, , X., , r - or .;;:*•` . t r . m 0 4,04. ~R .orr , „ I n r 4 ,— ,. - ..4- _ - • —, - A \l‘ -, ‘ 1 1 ,..p, ~ - ~io w '...14 ,• : , .."...V."'-, ~, - FLANDERS MAIL. - - BaussEts, .Ita.v 14.—A letter from Bielefeld, near Dusseldorf, says, " All the workmen employed in the viaduct Schilderche struck yesterday; the same is the case on the whole line. They demand an increase of lfr. 50c. on their wages. This morning (the 11th) they have committed serious excesses. The officers and the police have been ill-treated by them•; 2,000 workmen are encamped on the road, and are demolishing the works which are begun ; the drums are beating here and a battalion of Fusileers of the garrison is going to Schilderche with their arms loaded. Further particulars to-morrow." We have received a letter from the banks of the Rhine, which states that Prussia intends to employ its whole influence in the Congress at Carlsruhe, to support its actual tariff of Customs in the States of the Zollverein, under which tariff those states have ac quired an extension of their manufactures and a degree of prospe rity which none of them knew previously to the formation of the Zollverein. It is expected that Prussia will be out-voted in the Congress en the question of cotton th read. It is not very certain that it will succeed against the demands of many places which live by spinning thread by hand against the new petition of that spun by machinery in England. _ There is no reason to be surprised that no foreign diplomatic agent appears at Carlsruhe, for the conferences are secret, and suspicion would attach to any step from without which should seem to be designed to influence the delegates of any of the confe derate States. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte will be presented to-night, cast in the strongest possible manner. The pas de quatre will also be given by the four great danseuses, the last time but one it can be performed, in conse quence of the departure of Carlotta Grisi. This pas is unques tionably the " event" of the season. con ogswi eFßENCHwhich rwne evening,rg PwLe afteryteosi -•• —t eighty-four yT. mostfhco country, u s r s t successful pieces yc d c. ee havefgu hl During t e u ba l es been thennperformances produced, codouuse ffit fth seventy-onethe f w season almost every French artiste of celebrity has appeared at the St. James's. Mr. Mitchell has richly merited the success with which his efforts have been crowned, for never was manager more untiring in his exertions to s e ci ) :e his patrons. Au revoir, Mr. s M eas itc o h n. ell, we anticipate gre:;,, pleasure in meeting you again next GRE r PUGILISTIC CoNrucT.—On Tuesday the m. ..tch between Curly Donovan and the Whychford Forester, to fight for fifty pounds aside, was decided. The toss for choice of ground was won by Donovan, and the Great Western Railway was settled as the route. The parties met at the Twyford station, and a suitable locality was selected for the fight. The necessary pre liminaries being gone through, the men entered the ring, and they appeared in fine condition. Donovan was seconded by M'Donald and Johnny Hannan, and Stocks and Bob Castles did the requisite for the Forester. The men shook hands and immediately com menced hostilities. They both displayed considerable science, and when thirty minutes had elapsed they had received much punish ment. At the twenty. fifth round Donovan received a severe blow from his antagonist, but he quickly recovered. The fight was proc longed for two hours and eleven minutes, both pugilists being greatly distressed, when the seconds of Donovan withdrew their man from the battle, and the Whychford Forester was declared the winner. FIRE AT THE MANSION OF GENERAL RAMSAY, NEAR BERIELEY-64UARE.—Yeaterday (Wednesday) morning, about a quarter-past three o'clock, as the lamplighter on the dis. trict was going his rounds for the purpose of extinguishing the gas.lights, his attention was arrested by a volume of smoke, which he perceived issuing from the rear of the building belonging to General Ramsay, in John-street, near Berkeley-square. Having succeeded in arousing the inmates, it was found that the back kitchen on the basement story was in a blase. Immediate and effective assistance being rendered without delay, the progress of the flames was arrested by the Inmates, police-constables, and fire men from the brigade, County, and West of England of f ices, and the flames were happily prevented from extending beyond the kitchen, the Contents of which were destroyed. The origin of the fire could not be satisfactorily ascertained. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE DURING A BALL AT WHITE CONDUIT House.—Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, the following singtllat and shocking actidcht occurred at A ball at White Conduit House, which followed the dialler held there on Tuesday evening, by the ratepayers of St. Pancras, in celebration of the fourteenth anniversary of the passing of the Vestries Act. In order to gratify the wish of Com modore Sir Charles Napier, M.P., who had signiAed his intention of being present, Mr. Ripley, the conductor of the entertain. ment, bad especially engaged the piper of the Earl of Aberdeen, and a number of Scotch friends, to perform the dances of their country. The whole party Were Magnifitefitly attired In the Highland costume, and commenced by dancing a Highland reel, in which the gallant Commodore took part, and danced with equal spirit to any of his juniors in yez.rs, amidst the loud applause of the crowded assembly. The celebrated " Tullagorum" was next called for, and whi!st performing some of the extraordinary steps requiring the development of great muscular power, incident to that dance, a young man, named Warren, suddenly missed his footing, and fell with his right grin under his body. Theoccurrence at first created a laugh, but from the fainting condition of the dancer, it soon became evident, that some serious injury had been sustained. Sir Charles Napier was one of the first to run to Mr. Warren's assistance, and he was removed in an Insensible condition to the private apartments of Mr. Rouse, the proprietor, and there seen by one or two medical gentlemen, who were in the ball-room at the time. On examina tion, it was found, that his right arm was broken in a frightful manner, and he was forthwith removed in a cab to the Middlesex Hospital, where he received the necessary attention, and was then removed to his residence, in Chapel-street, Tottenham Court-road, where he now lies. The arm is so dreadfully shattered, that it is feared the entire loss of it will be the result, NAT 141.11.141LET5. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 188 to 4/15s ; useful do., 4l 16s to 51 8s ; fine Upland do., Si lOs to 5/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 11 18s ; Wheat Straw, 21 to 2l 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold freely at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 4/ lOs; useful ditto, 4/12s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 8s to 5l 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 18s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2l; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2l 2s per load. A short supply and a steady trade. WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4/ 153, useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; tine Upland ditto, 5/ 63 t• 5/ 14s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 18s , Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Trade tolerably fair, at our quoted prices. In New Meadow Hay a good business was doing, at from 315 s to 4/ lOs per load. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES' OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 12, 1845, made up from the Returns of thfi Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Walus, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY] OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 4 is 10d 29s Od 21s Gd 33s lld 39s 8d 38s lld DUTY .• • 20s Od 9s 0(1 6s Id lOs 6d 4s 6d 4s Gd IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at Twelve o'clock. The Highway Rates Bill was read a third time and passed ; as were also the Militia Ballots Suspension Bill, the Loan So cieties Bill, the Turnpike Acts Bill, and the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The report was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. The Earl of LINCOLN moved the third reading of this Bill. Colonel SIBTHOHP protested against a Bill of this import ance being proceeded with with the haste that marked its pro gresi. ire knew it was useless to contend against the determi nation of the Government, but it might at least have been pro posed at that portion of the day when the House was fully at tended, and not when the Members were sure to be few. Mr. H. R. YORKE supported the Bill, and believed it to be a very useful measure. Mr. gHARMAN CRAWFORD opposed the Bill as an in vasion of the rights of the poor. If, indeed, these commons had been inclosed and the value of them formed into a fund for the benefit of the poor, there would have been some plea of justice for it, and some utility might have followed, but, as it was, it was evidently an attempt to increase the property of the rich. There was no evidence that out of the 10,0001,00 of acres of land any of it would be appropriated for recreation, or for allotments for the benefit of the poor. It should be considered that it was the very poorest portion of the poor who resorted to the commons. It was not the commons that made the people poor, but because those who had no other means resorted to the commons for support. With regard to the objection that these commons would be turned into potato-gardens—what if such were the case ? It was better for these potato-gardens to be formed than that the independence and spirit of the poor man should be broken down. He should contend that the lands, if taken at all, should become the source of a fund for the relief or enjoyment of the poor, for he believed it would be hard for them to be ejected from their allotments without recompense; and he should, therefore, divide the House on the motion being put that this Bill do pass. Mr. E. B. DENISON said that the character of the Hon. Member for Rochdale (Mr. S. Crawford) stood ao high, both in and out of the House, for kind consideration for the poor, that he was anxious to secure his vote for this Bill. He him self conceived that it was of the highest utility and likely to be most beneficial in increasing the wages and means of em ployment, and in improving the condition of the poor. As a magistrate, and occasionally as chairman of quarter-sessions, he had had many opportunities of ascertaining that those per sons who lived on the edges of commons were the very persons who committed the greatest number of crimes, and he lieved that it would tend to save much evil, and he should therefore give it his warmest support, and he thanked the Go vernment far its introduction. The Earl of LI COLN said that the speech of his Hon. Friend the Member for West Yorkshire had saved him the necessity of entering into any elaborate defence of the Bill. But he was anxious to say one word upon the statement of his Hon. and Gallant Friend that th;s Bill had been hurriedly pushed through the House. The Bill had in fact been before the House for three years. There had certainly been several alterations made in it—(" Hear, hear," from Col. Sibthorp)— but the Bill in its present state had been under notice for nearly three months. There had been sixteen hours' discus sion in Committee, and one very long night's debate on its principle. With regard to the objection of the Hon. Member for Rochdale as to the allotments for the purposes of recrea tion, and for the advantage of the poor, that was the very first consideration entertained by those who prepared the Bill, and adopted it in its provisions. And as to the observation respecting the remuneration for manure and growing crops, the omission was quite uninten tional, and after the Bill had been read a third time, he pro posed to introduce a rider, whieh he had prepared, and now held in his hand. He trusted, therefore, that the Bill would be allowed to pass. The Bill was then read a third time, and the rider was adopted. On the motion that the Bill do pass, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD said there was no distinct provision for allotments, and he should therefore feel it his duty to record his opposition to the Bill, by . dividing the House. Stangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared — For the motion 4B Against it Majority .. The Biil then passed. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. On the motion that the House resolve itself into Committee on this Bill, Colonel SIBTIIORP stated that he had more objection to this Bill than the former, and he also thought the period of bringing it on was exceedingly ill-timed.' The Earl of LINCOLN was assured that the Gallant Mem ber for Lincoln had not read the Bill or he would not object to it. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. The different clauses were agreed to with a few verbal amendments, and the report was ordered to be read tomorrow at Twelve o'clock. LUNATIC ASYLUMS AND PAUPER LUNATICS BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. H. BERKELEY moved to insert the following proviso, which was agreed to :—" Provided always that in case the asy lum so declared inadequate or unfit as aforesaid shall be a work. house, it shall be lawful for the said Secretary of State, if he shall think fit, upon the application in writing of the guardians or overseers of the union or parish to whom such workhouse shall belong, or of the major part of them, to direct such ad ditional buildings or such additional asylum as afore said, to be erected or provided by the said guardians or over seers; and every such workhouse which shall be so added to, and every such additional asylum which shall be erected or provided as last aforesaid, shall be and be deemed to be a lunatic asylum for such county or borough, and shall be in cluded in and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act • and it shall be lawful for the guardians or overseers to whom such direction shall be given, and they are hereby authorised to apply, or to assess, raise, and levy such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid from such funds, or by such powers, ways and means as are now by law belonging or given to or vested in such guardians or overseers specially, or in churchwardens or overseers of the peor generally, in relation to the purchase or hiring of lands, or the purchase, building, hiring, enlarging, or maintaining of workhouses." The Bill was then read a third time. , On the motion that the Bill do pass, Sir J. GRAHAM rose, and was (LIFT siluxixo.) MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The total num ber of deaths during the week ending July 12, was only 777, the smallest number we believe that has been returned since the establishment of the Registrar-General's office. This shows a decrease of 26 as compared with the previous week ; it is less by 127 than the weekly average of five summers, and is little more than one-half of the number of deaths that occurred during one of the weeks of the last spring. With the exception of bronchitis, measles, and hooping-cough, which are respectively as follows-12, 44, 34, there is a considerable decrease under almost ever head. The deaths from small-pox, which amount to 13, occurred to persons under ten years of age. The violent deaths have been 16, of which 5 were from suicide, 1 murder, and the rest from accidents. The appointment of Mr. M'Lane as Minister in England for the United States is regarded as an event of much im. portance by those who take interest in our relations with America. The greatest possible respect is testified for Mr. Everett, the pre sent Minister, but it has been considered that as he differs in politics from the present Executive, he has less power than will be possessed by Mr. M'Lane, who is completely in the confidence and favourable to the views of President Polk. Mr. M'Lane is also well and favourably known in this country, and as he is, we believe, A personal and intimate friend of the present Foreign Secretary, his appointment may be considered as evincing a disposition on the part of Mr. Polk to maintain the friendly relations with Great Bri tain which Mr. Everett has been so successful in preserving. The Jesuits have established themselves and their schools, within the last few years, in and near the city of Dublin, in the following places, viz.—ln the magnificent house, late the residence of the Earl of Belvidere, in Great Denmark street, fac ing Great George-street North, on the splendid chapel and ad joining presb) tei y of St. Xavier, Upper Gardiner-street. In the school and adjoining monastery Margaret place, North Circular Road ; and at Drumcondra House, purchased for a trifle from the new Corporation of Dublin, where they have a college for mis sionaries.—Cork Examiner. STATE OF FRADE.-1 he demand for yarn conti nues as good as fo► some weeks pa=t ; and, the quantity on the market being exceedingly small, prices, especially of the counts under No. 40, have still an upward tendency. In the goods' market there i. a fair business doing, and purchasers have shown more inclination to enter into contracts for future deli very of good shirtings and printing cloths, but lighter fabrics are not quite so good to sell as the better qualities.--Manches ter Guardian. RAILWAY COM3II I E• (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS' c oy THE OXPORD.WORCESTER, AND W°3s HAMPTON RAILWAY. The Committee on this Bill met to-day at Eleven o'Cloeoi. Auckland in the chair, when the case for the oppos ition 04 ' au In d. • P itiel In reference to a charge of fraud brought aga inst certain _moo on l connected with the Great Western scheme for introducinS_f"eoo. after the withdrawal of the opposition in the Com mons the n t illi p ott lni ject of tolls, different to what originally appeared in which had been referred to in some conversation that toe yesterday, A c'ded The Cu/Lunar; intimated that the Committee had -e 4 , t gs they would allow of evidence as to the alleged a lteration s ' id i r e toll clauses, and the manner in which those alterations Il e, D id fluence the traffic of the railway, and the trade of the dii_ t h r ich IV they would not admit evidence as to the mann er in :Ditlie clauses had been introduced into the Bill in the Coranillt". House of Commons. A solin ei Mr. Sparrow, an extensive iron master, was called an" by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM.—The substance of his evni' d ; c 6fOl• that the iron masters of the district had been very Mu ch be 14 ' When the Bill was fi rst introduced, the tolls were then "" so per ton per mile, but after the preamble had been Pr °l .,, eti ' D e ~1 4g, ration was surreptitiously introduced, changing it to lrig% per mile. This alteration would have a very serious eff eC o ffo f f mineral tra ffi c of the district. He decidedly preferred Itie„de to the broad gauge, as altogether better adopted to traffic. id AO Mr. Phillip Williams, iron master, corroborated th e cf.-4 the previous witness. 0 $ schem e ' 0 11 In Lord REDESDALE objected to the Great Western went through a fox hunting country, which it would /c" rop erll inconvenience, and that it did considerable injury to his P oe OW He had suggested another line by which all the difficul ties plained of could be avoided. (LEFT SITTING.) 014 °°11 WAREFIELD, PONTEFRACT, A . 04 LINE. The Committee re-assembled thiemorning further evidence on the merits of the line was tendered promoters. Sit promoters. Mr. Thompson, from the office of Sir John M'Sei l !, 4 " g ole, t ;' . and examined by Mr. WILKINS—He had had eee.',7 4 - fgose:of perience in railways, and was at present engineer-in -cu ., — sr.; seven lines in England, Scotland, and Ireland. He _,, b— to c lie n; examined the ground over which this line was intende" ' th " i tP7, ll at eleven eres'O'"oi ried, and he was decidedly of opinion that it was the beg, fo re,. be selected. The working gradients were unexceptionsts Pit lin 150, a straight line between the termini at Goole tiiT g field would only be shorter than the proposed scheeteot quarters of a mile. The schemes advocated by the e" .. ,011 ,-4 were comparatively valueless, because they effected 10 AY Lion with Pontefract. - iferS Mr. Fowler, C.E., and Mr. Thomas Stephenson , :pi satisfied that the estimates for the construction of the 0 , sufficient. bond for Mr. Thornton, contractor, was willing to execute s - construction of the work at the estimates. Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Cubitt gave evidence corroh o r 3tiye other engineers. Mr. Henry Hunt had taken the value of land rettu if f t he railway, and the intersectional damage for 11 Wi le° ° beginning at Wakefield, and his estimate was 29,0001. e of Mr. Durham had surveyed the remainder of the lih estimate amounted to 23,9441. hi• be % Mr. Cottam, accountant, put in the traffic tables, iv- lief a revenue of 46,018/., and, deducting 40 per cent. IL"t. expenses, left a clear profit to :he promoters of 7i Per (LEFT SITTING.) CORNWALL RAILWAir• Alen, Their Lordships met at eleven o'clock, the Earl of .1 In the chair. 0 00; The evidence of Mr. Thomas, the engineer, who W e 00" on the previous evening (mentioned in The Sun)' 1 7 . 1 bsfe The evidence consisted of dry engineering details, wh' e " already given. e allA p 4 tp i Mr. Gurney, mho was examined yesterday, was re -- 5 .5 stated that there were on the proposed Cornwall lin e 01 railway having gradients more severe than lin &O• len stlh Mr. Gurney was cross-examined at considerabl e nothing material was elicited. 10 °rd° Mr. Randall, civil engineer, was next examined-- of the Birkenhead Docks, and constructed the 1017000 Hamoaze. Was of opinion that Captain Moorsooes te !, pet h specting the time occupied in crossing the Hamoaze a ? "' OP" correct. Captain Moorsom said it would occupy onicaleillto shift the trains on the floating-bridge and shift them ep the sails on the other side. This he thought entirallo # It must occupy from eight to twelve minutes. He 4 $ 14 0 4 prove of this mode of crossing the Hamoaze"deste, A he could not consider it at all practicable—he could not coar_d it could be managed that the rails on the floating-bill: r o o stormy weather be brought up to meet those upon se nt , place, so that the trains would run with facility an d e is o o ° ,oo latter on the former, which was indispensable. P 00 0 to construct a sort of dock on each aide of the Hamoaze' bsot4 the floating-bridge might be brought ; by means of Pi leil s ool! 1 , 0 4 1 have a platform formed over it, and on this platform he ot o the trains brought, so that they could by a mechani cal of be dropped down from the platform to the bridge- den° o ol/ Mr. Bidder, engineer of several railways, Save roborative of a great part of the a b ove . Thought it w c wit h a f l half.an.hour in crossing the Hamoaze with the trai n6 1 ,10 6 .. . ° 111! preparatory operations on both sides of the water. Sr"- line with such bad gradients as this. The ruling S r " - eou' fr ei a line was the exception on other lines. A fifty-ton train le . be driven faster than fifteen miles an hour. The eVc ale it would be double that of any other railroad. (LEFT SITTING.) A rg,4o7; THE GLASGOW JUNCTION 2t.- - tec lepoll The Committee assembled this morning at elevenb;63 proceeded to the consideration of the scheme which h ad to them, the Earl of St. Germans in the chair. sr COO The Bill was opposed by the Harbour Trustees, " th • -• CO Lord of the Manor of a portion of Glasgow, and by of Commerce. 21L ~e oliinbeCtoel: Mr. ANDEWs w opened as t t o he fo c r as m e a fo j r u t n h c e tio p n ro b m e o tvi te ee rs o . the proposed line tTbe le and Glasgow and the Glasgow and Ayr RailwaYe for the, the line was about a mile and a h a lf, an d p roc eeded "" - f 0ir ..d 0 4 length by means of a tunnel under the town - a n from the quay on the Clyde to the Edinburgh prW„gl , terminus. No injury would accrue to the h ( n is i o rjeAl"oo as: the tunnel was worked through freestone 50 fee .00 0 1 0 ; 0 00 level of the soil. The capital for carrying out t he „ e 00 0 150,0001., which would be amply sufficient for a ll and would realise a very profitable return to There were no engineering difficulties to ww w ttll )if tered in the construction of the lin e exception of the tunnel, and tunnelling nn W , — „ o t C° 0 1' been brought to such great perfection, that engineers t ied of that it constituted any valid objection to the railway. Petitions from 19,000 of the Inhabitant s b 00,10 sented in favour of the line, and he felt satisfied be,400- able to bring before the Committee such sufficient ell" olt the great benefit the line would confer on Glaas e L94, l/ country generally, that their Lordships would unties '"" commend its adoption. .. n ge IG Mr. Phillips, magistrate and merchant of Leith, or' 30 09 traffic between Leith, Glasgow, and Greenock, and al d I visions coming from Belfast to Leith. The proff s would be of immense importance in facilitating the trio general traffic to its ultimate destination. (LEFT SITTINE.) HOUSE OF COMMON S ' GROUP X. 900 DIRECT NORTHERN-1 1 .8.2,12 , 1N• - dz. - STREET EXTENSION. 4 IV The Committee on these lines assembled today at o'clock, Viscount Sandon in the chair. The evideec'ed the case of the Farringdon.street Extension was res o° ceiving that of _, , Mr. Carpenter, who, under examinaticn by „ads .) to being architect and surveyor, and having in that prryl o tr amined and made plans of the proposed line, from pre ;0 street. He thought several engineering difficu:t ies it iv, themselves in the details of the project, and render ° 00 ,0 f objectionable. tiO The evidence of this witness having closed ther e--hu 0 11 14 the London and York line, „wet Mr. WEBSTER, for the Farringdon.street XE' e " 1"" fresh evidence to support his project. ter Sieli e, Mr. Low, examined by Mr. WEBSTER—IS SUPer" ° 00 1 ,,,5r Sewers; and after a careful inspection of the proPee e t O P. Farringdon.street, can state that its construction i fi ' s e, slightest degree injure the sewerage along which It pa' (t FT arruNa.) GROUP ZZ. MANCHESTER AND X.E0 3 p g ,.. 0 40 0 The Committee on this group, of which Mr. T. Du j ' w- 4 107, chairman, met in No. '2 Committee-room this morni n g' oillt - f iß i Mr. Er.tcordair briefly stated that the object of °f t , jror . ,:ic was unopposed, was to raise the sum of 350,000 1 . , the line, erecting warehouses, and for increasing tPc sore carriages. the nis 4 Mr. Hawkeshaw, the engineer of the line, deposed ,ri be U sit). for increasing their capital for these objects. is o 10_ 4 , been in work for three or four years, and the traffi c " ec eisnir to such an extent as to render this increase of capital loses The Committee passed the preamble, and the c 00 agreed to. 0 iford BOLTON AND LEIGH, KENYON li „.„. l r l te,o , 3UNCTION, LIVERPOOL AND 217i10W TER, AND GRAND TUNCTION . COMPANIES' AMALGAMATION' Mr. TALBOT stated that the object ef the Bill was t° these lines. (LEFT BITTING.) CITY DUES ON COAL'bo th , l l ° ' A stronger feeling than we at fi rst supposed seek ! ° le! - ...J 0°. excited by the determination of Government to cone t . pave forcement of a penny duty on all the coal irnporte d in order to provide a fund for metropolitan improveroje3,:, friends of the poor say, that if a specific tax is to be purpose of making such improvements, it would be in 4oo o r, just and ra , ional to levy it upon wines and silks than rartn rnodity which, next after food, is that which the Per 00 4 tr, requires. It is admitted that the duty is an extrenleil Dui 0 ", ir in itself; but it is alleged—and we believe experiene e r. 00 1 10 0 position—that every impost of this kind is exceeding'' is f Yli, upon the retail purchaser. So long as a tax rerna in Pot D e se, the excuse for much extortion which otherwise wool" the or tured upon, and it throws difficulties and expense s ° IO which embarrass those who might be willing to em ber FO' to supply the poor at a lower rate of profit. . the o ,e, At all evens, of the abstract injustice of taxin g ielor man's fuel to pay for what are called the rnetroP el w j byLil ments, there cannot be a moment's question. t hew; A O, poor people pay more for the means of worryi n g,. !id O that rich people may have more convenient be n t; inC. if airy streets ? Why should not the rich Pal of " o sif. vantages out of their own pockets, or by Ine.a-- eon' upon some commodities which they exclusivelleig ot; It is true that labouring people are employed upon Did ° el" merits, and in so far they derive a benefit from them' 3014„,. would if the funds came from some other source than s o " one of the main necessaries of a poor man's l ife. ~,„! tpi „f object to the improvements, nor deny that indirec tl y ""oso some benefit from them ; but it is for the sake of th e ,. r„, tie comparatively rich, they are undertaken, and therein' 416' to tos and not the poor, ought to pay for them. gto el Let us see Government Commissioners undertakili ce et di° proper drainage, and light, and fresh air, and aboodsee%pe,t, water, for tollte districts in which the until live, and s t r i e r ooS ni c ee,, continue ive,and then, but not then, we Oa" be I ' v er'"; justice of taxing the poor that such improvements W I ; o f 0 : 0 ',fished. Were it, however (as it ought to be), th e el l i oti l4 e . . 011 ment to b., generous to the poor, as well as jus t, we ire r- cis f Administration proposing measure after measure to ojet condition of the lower orders at the expense of the W of the community:— Post. le e 0 g i,l1;,0 t _ A Wolin IN SEASON.—NotWithStalluk.,4, ..rOwt we should rather say in consequence of the heat of 6.- t ") ice in large quantities is to be met with in every streets;cietPe pastry cooks. It is to be wished that the Myrn a° Pf o o somebody, would have these places marked „ parigerotl;ooll especial benefit of young ladies, who frequently burl venturing too often on the ice.—Punch. rhe 3 Hr• Hu F -