The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-10 00:00:00

rbirtt ktittion 411. FUNDS— I di (CLOSING PRICES.) oNE CLOSIN' PRICES PRICES OF BRITISH FENDS. O'CLOCK. 209 Bahl Stock • 209 97% 3 per Cent. Reduced 99% 3 peiCent. Consols • 98% % / 99% N, n 1 w 34 per Cents 10014%% lt;O:, 1 1 m 1.4 g Annuities t o exp i re Jan. 1860 11 llndiaßonda, I,ooo[ oooi Di tto under 1, 0001, .. 68 68 ebonsola for Account 99 9 Ditto pm. 56 Ditt o u .. s ' te heqlter Bills, 1,0004, I%d. pm. 54 57 54 57 54 pin. 51 s ma I tICES OF CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS.' ONE CLOCK. PRI CE 15S. % Columbian Rands, ex V enezuela. 0 15%14 37% Alex ican, 5 per C e n t. 1837 ... 37% 37 1 4 37% ~ . Ditto, Account ' G tuguese 11 °11(13 1 5 per Cent 66% Ditto, Converted RUSsiala Bonds .. 16-1684% 118 .......... ••• ...••• BPanish per Cent. 1840 . . 30% Bi,110; Per 30%,6 8 tiittai p ass i„ 8% % 42 1 4 1 Ditto 3 per Cent. •• ~nillo, Account' Dutch 2% per Cent Ll. - ):4 42% 9. 4_ 7 21 7 : " 41 0, 4 per Cent., Certific 97%% CLoSINO ~. IlticEs OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. ruicFs 'lll. Al SHARES 4% deep ...... 2% — 111'111ing41/1 iin-c105x...- 3% .D..,fo)rd Junction ..... .... 2 :1011. Lewes, & 'last. 10 59% ".stol and GlLuseater... 30 „..... 59% 10 ‘-lledonian l O - 11 1 03 4 % • c,,,T1 ................... •8 3 c, ?ridge and Lincoln 1% 7 16. 4 .4 ~ , ,ter and Holyhead... 5 ~u,lchester and llrighton 10 6i/ .....• 1 , 61164 -,4:11,1'.11et Valley ......_... 2 c o r l ,‘ kid 'Waterford ... 11 c o st ' ll Y and Leicester 1 1 4 1 ',;', 4 1 4 D l'llltail .................. 3 ••• . 4: i ' ) 4 ,'',ll,ct Northern ......... 214 374 '•-'''''''' 101 A I ;,' ol!o Sid Hell'ast June 2% lO i "44, lick— • I_, . Belfast, and 2 3 4 D -"!etaine ............... 21,4 . 2 3 4 4 üblin . .. r. 3%4 4 x • anti 1 4'41 Way... 2% tit:tl4lo C° '" 1914 unties ......... .. 25 rerpatual, 5 per b.` 41 1, No. 1 ..51. 13.. 4d — 11to ditto I.; 9 133. 4d... 0 1 / N it .... , . , . 0.... ..... 2 .. bis t : i niOn : ........... 15 .. ... —, ~„ ka.._,..rxtension .... 1% 2it 74 1;111'gli and Glasgow 50 Get4llt°, ICeiv Quarters.. 2% 6 IA ••• ' South. and \Vest - 2214 L i Nand) , ............ ,10 . 224 1214 G I , 1110 Extension • ...... 2% . 121 .2 ~. 196 itAurthof E ngland..loo 196 20% G,,t^vir-Novr ...... 2 185 '6llt o,lern ....... .. .... so l t ,•s 41%, „411 to Piillis 2 ° 1 it ..,,, . ........... %ill ...4"A' GralnBborOUgh 1% 1" " 2 10 33 6 . 14 1.4,1k1,71405(te1ibl . : ........ 50 , 10 . 3 108 1061,4••• 1), ,ke.._ Thirds innglim (Stoek) 233 44% hi, i , w 32 I- - A Shares ...... 2 .o ndo , L, ._ end Blackwell. 16/. 13s. 4d. B XI 633 / 1,4 4 ,, and Brighton... 50 Lot-- and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. 18% -71 Loa °4414 • 4 8 W t ' / ' 10d "8 4 ' 61 771 h— 4/2 cb aß and. yes ern 41 6. i „ d i , - 4 1 ork ....... .. 214 .... . . 44 4 l ' i lciond e . 3 4 toto on ,, '73 &Coleraine 21/4. 314 killen"l73' and Ennis -4 lack ........ .. .. ..... 1 ' 44 4 151 ester and Lee Is:. 73 /2 68 hiL)°ll•46l:ltStellaernesthv ........... ... .... 3211 69 68 7% 7% I`;',osme!ter and Bimini.. 40 4 ..-.. 7% kidla:,_.e.W Quarters ... 2 - • 157 00 i, ~ ................. 100 17% Rfli . \ e'lr ..... ... 2 18 17% ..... ' - 115 Ne 444 ' B IM, lied; .:: .. ...... 115 *castle and 3...1°° 1,411 Junction.. Daring. s'Llkaile and Be n ' .10t lie u° : ~e ' '' Brandli .... :... 25 ...... ; 10 1 11% . 14; "144 and SI. fr i rwie 1 4 414 /.2 . 41 4 srili_lll3rltl3ll el d ••• 1 1 12 11P rhi jek4oll:ilieocin:ttl.a.:: ; ... ...7...... %•••• .; .' . 4433/41312% v....Q, x e , ... !. ...... 10 14 3 A est End • 3% NI, Wor i' ...... ... 1 e tii.,4 - c .4 ,..._ 8 r_l&. Trutig 1 4%4% 6 7ttilif mniirai ~ ... .. ; 2% ...... 6% 6 3% "ohrew,_ .:„Iland .... • .... 1 1 / 2 ...... .3% di-, yr olverharn 4 1 $ L ti tt....e.v.,,,, •„. ..-•P all 4-:‘,41rin„,... 214 . .... ,il. 59 10 0 9 N o. r 3 n l k Dover 3312, 4d... 39 /4 ' 6 . 4 ... tin e , „,_, _ .. •...... 2 1 ,4 ...... 614% 1% zouth Iraileuic4tlond... 1 , 4 44 V a li 5 ..•• . •••••••• ... 2% - 17% 14 trelitx . ,, , ,, ... • ... .. ..... 2 ..... . 17% Jlead ,rtits?.!ao/ld .I.loly -2 Y ork yoriZrn ......... 1'...... 2k 2 4 o go ind N tl ....... " 2 % 2% . 4,12'.0 Midland 50 • 16 1 4 •‘ 4 41 A ....... iii 1614 ......... "' - 110 111 ' F , . • to ,ogne and a A 1, RENCH RAILWAYS. 10 1104'411X S it I' . le ns... 4 2 , rdea uz. .., .cediterran. 2 . 2 2% %e 4"a Toulouse 2 ..... 2% . ekt LiToUlOns ...... G t* .... e, end 2% %, ti_ .. . ..... 2 2% 141 Nerth . 4ll „,. Q° ,l l % ... 2 5,% Ja m b 09. (4 - ' O . rsra nce, 4 24 and to et jiltetcarnel's) 2 ...... 2 1 414 • 4 1v: 1 1. .. 41 _4 and ,I,X l *** ...... 114 ..... . 4% Orl e ur 44,1 Lie.l:PPB*** - •••• • 4%Y(/li 5 i4 I. .444 an vi g.. .... 2 q 5%34 ) 14% I" ac Lvoo. 1".11,4" ••• 2 1 ' J 4 3 ,Ins and c o ....) ............ 3 ,‘ neron' s si 2N -.lk-4clttireli'a(;nridh..if". 1.471.11.4 r ::: .2 2 2 216 54/i% * • Praviocia-17o;i1 ereu1............._ja1nd1N..":112...- 255T°C::::....851A01341;5i°.. 50 itAIL N ,-,,,---__....z.::___ . __.____ lAy COMMITTEES. • aRIS DAY.) 0% Group V. 4 hn f; (C°ntiNted from our Afternoon Edition.) . . •14'1ti o! t-r A tt e t ' h C at el h e' e rtst s or this fairnging re! w ine: k h a l n a t e h a e l l e e , dffi c u e po o n f t t h h e e I N ,en o j t e t e i n t o g r h e a o m f t C h a e n a 1 . Corn y , This wi tness CoMpany.clauses which should protect the i cisuse, Was ordered to retire and to be called in whe n the kr .rr °l rl be Under discussion ' tiist ih`lestrdY, Towncouncillor of Nottingham, was e ca t l h le e d e to l's,l tittea°l,„l,:nr,ati°o only objected to the crossing °. kr. bi.1.1".e1. They had no other objection. t traffic show the he t,,,,,,,". 144 in a had of tables to show the pr..ueen'osi railw e -- and county of Nottingham. The annual charge the r espeetect traffic would be 19 000/ per annum , which deducted from of t Le li ne 'MC WOUltl al'lotv 9 . per cent in ' terevt to the Prom r ye thie ile thought that even in the event of a railway being l ' i 'sssn Eer c t tl ! from Lincoln to London,would . obstruc that i r h i : No t raff ic h r : S he that oters , at Present went througn . Nottin e g , h ,e a d ni ti , p hy tkittiseirlathay ir:,Pl;(cite:lcabty the better communnidcaelitohrei smeirt,mGt :ii n a bo u g h r op places. Mr. C arri a „ " went into the rail a stem, I O faith, )' .10 exist in competition w i t h ) cowd ,_,.,... . . e calculations a to show that w y no sy water Itr, s develope d Whethe"'i ''t thern that they had to report 1 ' ,1 (1 r te es CLAIM& then addressed the Committee. He e the ~,,1 stllliCient traffic had been shown to mime Ana --.._,waY and to perrait a profit to the Prom oters. to the Hous e for 14,4311. th., respect to the evidence of Mr. Biddder—e sroul ti "4:11,' evidence the whole merits of the case reste ~.,h „ 1 ' his it the Committee if they could attach any we.i." t t ikl tio, atein,,i, p The conclusions to which he had arrived The ta,arnbeeen warranted by the evidence of the other witnesses. giv en. _ . d Sergeant then went over the tra ffi c evidence already t by th e 4no contended that the heavy goods which at present wen tr,%,, _.!all.al would snit be transferred by the railway. A t,r thesolTelerst to warrant the Committee in passing the preamble d trt4ted th i a li t had not been proved, and he, therefore, hoped an kr... the 1 3 11 would be thrown out, 1444.1.,1,5eauLav shortly replied, and on the conclusisn of the tiietl:'::.T: address the room was cleared. On the public l'lltie.dislO admitted it Was announced that the preamble was 1 . 4 and tfth hC.aatastax added, that it was hoped that plans and sectio . ns `'maid t'dtes across the canals and navigable rivers en the line 'Thl/4 ,!Pr°,incetl before the Committee. ,orureittee then adjourned till Wednesday. T AI'IAV AL INTELLIGENCE. tf titc,...•savric Exre.alTioN.— We omitted to mention the names the so,,totiore Ihr Francis Collier, K.C.B. (under whose N ac ool. likkii""endelle. the discovery ships have been fitted out .at the rtl3%;tini.'l gear! ommasider Fitajames, the second o fCapta h m rscon. 4ctetC,4.1.4 ist of the distinguished officers and Thy with this of expedition, • rhe ay At at dinner by the Earl of Haddington, at the Adm i ra lty. who were entertained on t '4l C at ,l at " . Haddin ton Vice Admiral Sir William Ha ll . Gage, o trthL44 Hamilton, of h ' Admiralty with the Marquts 1 f Xreht,;""Pt°ll (the p' . t e I Royal Society), vi"ted, Their Lord --.and Terror disreeoinvdeerntshoif ships at Woolwich yesterday. . Inuer 11‘.°Per'iritk were received by Y p Commodore Sir Francis Collier,tli trt,:itteto,i:ltd,eriviteof the Dockyard, and Captain Sir John Franklin, it,Atit4tatahLTythisiLftolfetihe Arctic exped it ion. Earl i" Haddington, yesterday, ws to those— -Tire efficers only who had arrived from the tler„,„Y to see his 1 ordshi They were —Captains W.FW:lien- 1 1„") CB, 1( • „P• h , ',Jett ii r ,! •I.;E. 1. Parrey, W. A. Willis, T. Bangle, Augoa. !iser" IL 1 "ice Powell ; Commanders I'. Vernon Wat kins,nriewia, ity enBr4n, John 11. Bowker, William Edward C tfg" ,r,',llawkins, E, 11, V.'estbrooke, E. T. Crouch, Lietne' •oorrias Wilson, Philip A. Heltinian, Charles C. O wen , Edward 4 , 44 , 1-11,,4hts . W Ward, W R. Payne, A. Darby. He nry .t, ‘44tie"g;h\VeeiVetid. There will be no levee held by the Firs V I e Chiefe;A4,rairal Sir Edward Duraford King, hes t i , t Sheerstess isabsent leave ; and Commodore Sher r i e th s bro m . on 3 • • at Chatham, as the Commaneler.in r t serii, Pendant 2) in on board the 1 oictiers, 114 or offiver. Dete*etteXPeritnental line.of.battle ship squadron will be rea o dy o t n o t tclethr" their trial cruise early in June. They will all g ~The -i, to the I, 4r e. i 'stellar. 120, Captain Martin, was to have gone 14, ta !NO Sheerness Harbour , on Wednesday, but Captain Thom. 544 44'Y adjusting coati:asses at 'Woolwich. 1 , tog ad The v lust hers. could not go to atieestilon,sl,), ,ICBaption Fitzgerald, progresses, in her fitting. „ The'it -'4ertiess basin. ors The tY, at 2 , 0 p.. C zz, t ,:r Hay, jtra s ii are , d v it f i r , o s m p , li) ci e e v . in:ipor t ., o a n , ,Y, ,11rigantii'le Lieutenant Commander Wooldridge, Shet s il,,"olstewhearngteealtfrom Sheerness Basin and is ready for sea. 'l"' better lY aide seamen, as st ated in a At iiht (having returned paper which ought to ste4Tn hi "n"s--The Trafalgar Ocean, Raven African tal.Witli seamen volunteers), Spy, The ~1 ! Arbour Herald, and Let 41(inang( I, ti 4, advanced ship at Sheerness, is taking on board t4xek cables. , Th e I t ,' . P Tint ItALEIGN, 50, AND CALYPaO , 20, 'slitio, 'leigh, 50 guns, and Calypso, 20 guns, w minutes past r,1.4'..e.d front Chatham Dockyard, the Calypso at tea going au the e a r T e c y H e i s T te il r k d M ay . Mi l , ,u'ick and Raleigh at ten minutes before two, . 4 i i . 4 idol style. The Calypso was named by Miss } C eig S .i lie h r y - Ili4'spilter of the Captain Superintendent, and the h ß o a t with his 1 ',. 1 1, e & lai n, a friend of Capt. bir Wm. Symonds, w Sir Baldwin "'kik -Stain fiTtrionds were present, and also Capt. N o_ el., of the Queen. , as L7lethstanding the lnauspicious state of the weather, were I. _ and the heads of the various departments. ti (1070 tvals from the early part of the morning, thefrewho. g r In ot a 'oud to 7.000 respectable persons present, taktieching, as, about half-past one, the rain ' " Captain Super. ii lts t „,' and etintinued during the afternoon . Th e . entertainments .ent end Master; Shipwright, Mr. Laire, gave ewe' ra ' ost came down very aftor the lauzches. The Royal IL:rine band and the dockyard band were in attendance, and enlivened the scene with many fa • vourite airs. We gave, last week, the dimensions of the above ships, as or— Ted, and now give them as built. THE RALEICII, 50-GUN FRIGATE. Ordered. Built. ft. in. ft. in. Length between the perpendiculars 180 0 180 0 of keel for tonnage 149 0 148 9 Breadth, extreme for tonnage ... 49 5 49 6 moulded Depth in hold Burden in tons 1934 69.64 1938 78.94 Old rule New 1374 974.4500 Forward. ft. in. Launching draught of water Broke in launching Weight on board 8 tons 13 cwt. THE CALYPSO, 20 Gyres. Ordered. Built. ft. in. ft. in. Length between the perpendiculars l2O 0 120 1 of keel for tonnage Breadth, extreme ... . ........... for tonnage •• • 37 2 37 3} moulded 36 8 36 W I Depth in hold 9 7 9 7 Burden in tons ... 731 8.94 734 49.94 Old rule. 734 42.94 New 473 649.3,500 Forward. Aft. ft. in. ft. in. Launching draught of water ... 9 2 13 9 Broke in launching ... 0 0i Weight on board 4 tons 6 cwt. The Raleigh is built from the design of I.lr. Fincham, the master shipwright of Portsmouth, and was the only 50. gun frigate allowed to be built during the time of supreme dictation of the Surveyor of the Navy. She is two feet narrower beam than the Vernon, but much like her in other respec.s, or she would nut have been allowed to occupy a slip in a royal dockyard. As it was, however, the surveyor was well satisfied with her similarity to the ntuitive" form, and " did not care how many Raleighs were Aft. it. in. 17 9 built." The Calypso, 20, corvette, is a sister vessel to the Dido (whose fast-sailing qualities turn out to be all moonshine), and conse quently one of the pets of the Navy-office. She was taken into dock yesterday, to have her bottom coppered and to be fitted for commissioning. The Active, 36, at Chatham, is progressing very fast in build. ing, and is expected to be bunched in July next. The Speedy cutter, Lieut. Commander George Spong, has left Sheerness for Glasgow. The Emerald tender has returned to Portsmouth from Sheerness. The Duck lighter arrived at Devonport on Wednesday, with stores from Sheerness, and the Quail lighter, from Pembroke. The Juno, 26, is fitting at Sheerness, for commission. The St. LaWrenee, 46, Alarm, 26, and Brilliant, 20, are in dock there. The Vulture, steam.fiigate, Captain Macdougal, is progressing in her fittings for sea, in Sheerness Basirr. She is waiting for some iron work, the smiths being very busy, working from 5 A.H. to 7 p.m., including the dinner hour. The Medea, steam sloop, Commander Warden, called at Sheer ness, on her passage to Woolwich, on Tuesday, with some super numeraries from Portsmouth. The Jackal!, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pasco, at Devonport, has had first-class engineer Jahn Hetherington, and second.class ei:gineer George Cookley, appointed to her. The Retribution, steam.frigate, was taken into dock at Chatham, on Thursday, to complete her fittings for sea services. The Sampsom, steam.frigate, is fitting in Sheerness Basin for commission. Txe JANUS.—This steam.sloop made another attempt yesterday forenoon to work her engines. After trying all in their power, without effect, they were forced to give up, and the Ruby, steam tug, took ber in tow and proceeded with her to Gillingham. She is regarded as a failure by scientific men at Chatham. A by the the -1 ' the is cAlls ts l ow a 1 01 0 00 6 " reil ag A s I . O il. rktg If Tbe w it 'OO 'ot"' I sof t .44 co , of 0 0 of o f o Islk 0.- 'nto an. sti• o il esent I golf.' tocold reel 11 , L f 0 c oo ;ch vo te u pt tO Ce • I vor o ) , i tit h r: ot tv ) ly.r oo ou / f 0 0° 1 1 0 and TELE„SUN, LO,ND_ON, SASU-RDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1845. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSEL:, MAY 7.—A dreadful catastrophe, which public report however exaggerated, occurred on Monday last about eleven o'clock in the morning. It was an explosion of fire damp at Mons. The workmen above ground were astonished at seeing a thick smoke arise from the shaft, as they had net heard any explosion ; not seeing any of the workmen come out, they gave notice to the direc. tor, who immediately descended into the shalt with two other per. ; on arriving at the bottom they found a number of men more or less mutilated and burnt, but still alive, and a greater number already dead. It was ascertained that ninety-four men had gone down the shaft, of whom twenty-seven escaped uninjured ; twenty. five were brought out mutilated and burnt, of whom two died im mediately, thirty-four were found dead, and it is certain that five are still buried under the rubbish. It appears certain from the testimony of the survivors, that the disaster was caused by the imprudence of a workman who dis. obeyed the chief orders which he had received. This workman has escaped unhurt. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszt,s, MAY 8. Actual Debt, 24 per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • •• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -• •• Ditto Three per Cent .. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• • • Ditto, ditto, 1840.......... Ditto, ditto, 1844... .. ............. 102% Ditto of the City, 1843 ............ Ditto, 1833 .... • • ....... ........ Bank of Belgium .. •• • . ...... ....• .... 630 - Brussels Papers, May 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 2. b per Cent. hletalliques• • • 113% 4 per Cent. ditto... • • • •• ........ 3 per Cent. ditto•• • • • • •• •• • • • 78 1 4 Loan, 1834 .. • • •• • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, 1839 .. •• . • • • • • • • • • Bank Shares Esterhazy's I.oan ..... . ....• —Allgemelne Zeitung, May 5. • 16bo FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. C. Evans, banker, Manchester—second and final div. of 6d. and 1.20 th part of a penny in the pound, May 22 and 27, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Nicks, carpenter, Warwick—final div. of Is. 5%d. in the pound, and first div. of 2s. 6d. ' on new proofs, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. I'. Pretty, grocer, Bilston, Staffordshire—first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Birmingham. E. Sheppard, sen., and E. Sheppard, jun., clothiers, Uley, Gloucestershire—final div. of three-eighths of a penny in the pound (in addition to Bs. already paid), May 12, or any sub sequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. Crisp, appraiser, Liverpool—div. of 6d. in the pound, May 13, or any subzequent• Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Nash, tea dealer, But Le-row, City, May 30, at half past eleven— A. Robertson and L. H. Folger, cabinet makers, High-street, Shoreditch, June 4, at half-past two. In the Country. A. Alder, cloth factor, Brimpscombe, Gloucestershire, May 30, at twelve , at the Bristol District Court—J. Baker and E. SY, inburne, timber merchants, Birmingham, June 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Baker, timber merchant, Birmingham, Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. .1. T. Reeve, licensed victualler, Gravesend, May 30—J. Williams, draper, Cardiff, May 30—T. Griffiths, auctioneer, Blaenifed, Cardiganshire, June 3—li. Hill, currier, Exeter, May 30—J. Peters, innkeeper, Godston, Surrey, May 30— C. Moore, carver, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, May 30—J. Kelsall, fishmonger, Hanley, Staffordshire, May 30.—T. G. James, builder, 1: iver- street, M vddleton - square , May 30- IC'.ll. Colt, grocer, Long Mellon', Suffolk, May 30—C. Lee, miller, Wakes Collie, Essex, May 30-11. Whittaker, silk throwster, Macclesfield, May 30. I'ARTN ERSHI PS DISSOLVED. J. B. Bryan and William Robarts, surgeons, Burnham, Buckinghamshire—J. ' , tinge and G. Bland, wine merchants. Change-alley—N. B. Lash and W. Addison, provision agents, Upper Thames-street—W. Barnes, J. Chamberlain, J. Hall, and F. Hall, wine merchants, Worcester—J. Redden and J. M. Brooke, coach builders, Cambridge—J. I'. Falkner, R Falk ner, and W. Falkuer, drapers, Manchester—B. Jones and W. Brown, bonding merchants, Cardiff—W. C. Chapman and G. C. Chapman, tea dealers, Manchester-square—E. Vertegans and 11. Mural, wine merchants, Cannon-street, City —L. W'idenham and T. Adams, watch makers, Lombard street—W. Porter, sen., and W. Porter, jun., ironmongers, Northampton—J. nutty and F. Key, linen drapers, Beverley -R. Sockett and J. Pryce, dairymen, Mitre-square, Aldgate —J. Mortimer, T. Garforth, and P. Fletcher, coal proprietors, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (so far as regards I'. Fletcher)-11. Hall and G. Rawlinson, farmers, Tailing Neville, Sussex — .J. Duncan and F. Malcolm, booksellers, Paternoster—row — W. Handley and J. Garner, coal merchants, Warwick—J. Lord and J. Lord, linen drapers, Collie, Lancashire—G. 3. Mitchell, jun., and J. Mitchell, gingham manufacturers, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—E. Hollinshead, J. J. Roebuck, and L. Roebuck, straw bonnet makers, Huddertield. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles M'Lean, calico prints-, Bridgeton, Glasgow, May 15 and June 19, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Service, Glasgow. Robert W. Sutherland, bookseller, Glasgow, May 1G and June 5, at twelve, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. William Tait, baker, Dundee, May 14 and June 4, at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. Alexander Webster, juin grocer, Kirrieiauir, May 14 and June 4, at twelve, at the Chambers of Messrs. Wilkie and Walker, Kirriemuir. Charles Macpherson Roy. merchant, Banff, May 17 and June 7, at one, at the Banff hotel, Banff. John Arres, farmer, Orchard, near Hawick, May 17 and June 7, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Chrystal, Stirling. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for tile week ending, May 6, 1845, is 295. 34d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURT CIACULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by the lion. Miss Devereux, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel Wylde, rode out on horseback yesterday morning. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. llis Royal Highness Prince George visited her Majesty yesterday. l'heir . Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alke, were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. I ler Royal highness the Duchess of Kent had a very small and early soiree dansante yesterday evening, at her resi ,ieece, Clarence llouse, St. James's. tier Majesty and Prince Albert. and the Royal Family were present. Lady Augusta Bruce has hpen appointed Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Iler Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterday in a carriage. Iler Majesty visited het Royal Highness the Urand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, at the Duke of Ilamil ton's residence in Portman- square. Ilis Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl visited her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meek lenburgh Strelit z, attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the Duke and Duchess of 13uccleuch with their company at dinner yesterday, at Montngu house. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, paid his respects to the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, yesterday. His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured Mr. Sloane Stanley with his company at dinner yesterday even ing, at his residence in Curzon street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishops of London, Ely, and Lincoln; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the. Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. IL Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. John Nichol'. BRISTOL SUGAR. i II AnIiET 7 MAY 9,—The demand for raw sugar continues dull, and the transactions of the week are unimportant. Refined goods Lave rather given way :in value, but the supply ready for delivery is still short. Treacle is very badly w anted, but there is none offetinf...lirisNl Alcrcurv. SPORTING aNTELLIGENCE. (rnom orn COT:RESPONDENT.) • The Chester meeting tin•, 1.845 is over. Those who went down to it anticipating good sport were not disappointed. Intrepid's victory took the metropolis by storm. 1 verily ihelieve there were many speculators on the race who wore ignorant of there being such an animal in it.. As his price was siever less than 40 to 1, his owner and party ought to have made rather a good thing of it. I used to be of opinion that Bellissima and Counsellor were the best cocktails that ever ran in England, but Intrepid's performances are such as to make me consider him immeasurably superior to either of those useful animals. Although not fortunate enough to pick out the winner, and who but a " Ghost" would have been intrepid enough to have named a moderate cocktail plater to win so great a race as the Chester Cup, yet I flatter myself your readers cannot. say I have led them much astray. For the Produce Stakes, Two-Year-Old Stakes, and the St. Leger, I was first. For the Stand Cup, Free Handicap, and the Cheshire Stakes, I was second. In every instance my selections being the favourites at starting, and beaten no further than a neck. With regard to the Cup, my opinions of Cataract, Semiseria, Fitzallan, The Era, and Obscurity, horses all backed for very large sums, have turned out correct. From the first, I entertained a very favourable idea of St. Lawrence's chance, but his defeat at Bath by Sweatmeat and Pug, induced me to imagine his prospect of winning materially diminished. The race for the Welter Cup, for which I put down all the starters, was won solely by Captain Pettat's superior jockeyship. In races for gentleman riders, I generally back the man, not the horse. The reason I fancied the Bat was, I thought Captain Williams, who has ridden him previously, would have been on him ; and that the 51b. which the Bat received from Naworth would have just turned the scale in his favour. The Manchester meeting commences on Tuesday, and lasts four days. The races, however, are of too much importance to be treated of in so short a space as you can afford me to day. I must, therefore, defer my remarks upon them, as well upon the Newmarket Second Spring, until Monday. I may as well observe that St. Lawrence's performance at Chester will most certainly give Weatherbit a lift in the Derby -betting ; and that my idea, that The Libel would become a prominent favourite for the same race—bas proved correct. When I wrote my readers could have easily got 40 to 1 about him ; now 12 to 1 is scarcely attainable. London, May 10, 1845. TELEGRAPH. CHESTER RACES.—FrunAr. The Free Handicap of 10 soya. each, with 50 added. Three quarters of a mile. (20 Acceptances.) Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland, 3 yrs, sst 41b (Pigot) I Mr. Jaques's Semiseria, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 2 The following also ran :—Mr. Collett's Corranna, 6 yrs, 9st 21b—Mr. Thompson's iludibras, aged, Est 81b—Mr. S. Standish's Susan, 4 yrs, Est lib; Mr. Robinson's April Noddy, 4 yrs, sst Sib—Mr. Dawson's Ciim. Con., 3 yrs, sst—Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary, 3 yrs, sst—Mr. Halford's Outcast, 3 yrs, 4st 1 lib—Mr. Pcttitjean's Tarrow, 4 yrs, 4st 91b—and Lord Stanley's Psalinsinger, 3 yrs, 4st 51b (carried 4st 81b.) 6 to 4 agst Semiseria, 7 to 2 agst My Mary, and 5 to 1 agst Ould Ireland. The race was entirely between the two horses placed, and was won only by a head. Corranna, My Mary, Crim. Con., and Yarrow ran in close together, about two lengths from the winner. Match for 200 sovs.,_h ft. Cup Course. Captain Peyton's Extempore, 5 yrs, 9st . ...(Templernan) 1 Mr. Landshaw's British Tar, 4 yrs, Bst 2tol on British Tar. Won by a length. The Cheshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de clared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs. to the fund. From the Two Year old Post, once round and in. (32 Subs., 18 of whom de dared.) Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 4 yrs, fist 121 b (and 7 lbs extra) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 5 yrs, Bst Sib Mr. llesseltine's Fitzallen, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b 3 Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, 3 yrs, 4st 71b Even on Fitzallen and 11 to S agst Intrepid. Intrepid made all the running and won by three parts of a length. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CHESTER RACES.—F►UnAY (coNcLuDED). The Wirral Stakes of 10 sot's. each, with 30 added, fur two yrs old, - 6st 121 b, and three yrs, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the second saves his stake. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Mr. Bennett's llope, 3 yrs (Butler) 1 Mr. Irwin's The Hermit, 3 yrs Mr. W. Scott's Malt, 2 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Meiklam's Andrew Brandy, 2 yrs; Mr. Denham's;The Jave lin, 3 yrs; and Mr. E. Peel's Frances, 3 yrs. Betting-5 to 4 agst Hope, 2to 1 agst The Hermit, 4to 1 agst Andrew Brandy, and 5 to 1 each agst the others. The Hermit took the lead to the distance, where he was headed by the favourite, and defeated cleverly by a length. Match, 200 soya., p. p.,Cup7courso—Mr. Irwin's Morpeth, aged, Bst (Burnby), beat Mr. Hawkin's Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Marlow). 6to 4 on the mare. Won by half a length. The Ladies' Purse of 501. for the beaten horses. Heats, once round and a die. _ . _ Mr. Critchley's Coeur de Leon, 3 yrs (Arthur) 1 1 Mr. Mostyn sblf by Skeet Anchor, out of L'Hirondelle 0 2 Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 3 yrs 2 3 Mr. Hawkins' Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yrs 0 4 Mr. Hook's Bastion, 3 yrs - odr Mr. Smith's Alice Gray, 3 yrs 0 dr The first heat was won by three parts of a length, and the second easily. THE SHERIFFS' FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE COURT GAZETTE. Sta,—Among the eorporators of the City of London I know there are some highly honourable, wealthy, and benevolent per sons ; and it affords me a great pleasure to witness how nobly and usefully some of these men devote their time and their means to support and extend the many charities and useful institutions in connexion with the metropolis. Indeed, I have only to refer often to your advertising pages to show their exertions in behalf of charity in almost every form. I beg, however, to call the atten tion of your readers to an institution, which 'although not of re cent origin, is one in its nature and object of the most important kind, and which may not, perhaps, have come previouily before you. I mean the " Sheriffs' Fund for Middlesex and London." That most excellent and benevolent mart, whom Providence has also blest with ample means, Alderman John Johnson, and his very worthy ant charitable colleagues, Sheriff William Hun. ter, and Sheriff Thomas Sydney, with their excellent Hono. rary Secretary, Mr. Cooper, are, I am aware, using every effort to make this institution largely, practically, and I trust lastingly useful. It has hitherto not been duly known or supported. Every friend of humanity must, I feel convinced, go with them in spirit, and aid them to the fullest extent. It has been an invariable rule for the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs for the time being to subscribe largely to this fund. The now Sheri& have done so, but I believe I can, as a part of the Corporation of the City, state that the present Lord Mayor has not done so ; this offi cial and routine personage is allowed by the Corporation of the City a very large income to support the charities, the dignity, and the hospitality of the City ; and it is well known that the charities, the many and admirable charities of the City, which are anything but rich, have not been subscribed to or supported by the pre sent chief magistrate. As a citizen, I feel wounded and insulted to observe the princely income of the present occupant of the Man sion-house chair unal,propriated to any of these charities, and more especially to that (the " Sheriff's' Fund") which is uniformly the first to which the Lord Mayor usually devotes a large sum on his assumption of of f ice. The Corporation of London have been all charity to him—they have bestowed on his son, a young clergy man, a City benefice of some hundreds per annum and In return, this son, the Rev. Mr. Gibbs has, I am told, offered topreach a sermon for the benefit of the " Sheriffs' Fund."—l am, Mr. Editor, yours faithfully, A COMMON COUNCILMAN. [We readily give insertion to the above letter, having so of ten formerly intimated a hope that Mr. Alderman Gibbs was "as much sinned against as sinning"—and we are yet of opinion that as the Lord Mayor of the great City of Landon, he will not let his name go down to posterity, as one refusing to aid a mast laudable and Christian cause, when funds so ample also, are at his imme. diate disposal.—En. C. G.] THE IRISH ACADEMIES'. BILL. YKOSI TILE 7.1011N1N0 PAPERS OF Tills DAY. TIMES.—The new academical institutions aunounced for Ire land are too thoroughly in accordance with the precedents of the last few years to excite any surprise, or, we should think, to meet with any effectual opposition. It appears to be a settled point, which the Whigs have fought for, and the Conservatives have yielded, that whatever the State does for the education of the laity, shad be without respect of religious differences. Session after session, and almost week atter week, seems to remove further trona our eyes that once common spectacle of a British statesman willing at all events to contend for this point. Existing institutions may run out their time, be it for years or centuries. But the rulers and legislators of the British e►r.pire no longer avow themselves competent to found new colleges and schools of general learning on the :exclusive principles of Wykeharn and Waynfieete, of Wolacy, of Usher, or of Laud. The pledge which last year re joiced the heart of Mr. Wyse could not be redeemed with any plan that preferred religious unity to literary and scientific improvement. HER A LD.—Sir James Graham last night explained at length the proposed plan of academical education for Ireland. The plan is, almost to the letter, that which we have more than once arost earnestly recommended. We can, therefore, give it our unqualified appro. bation, without incurring the suspicion of merely flattering a Ministerial proposition. ADVERTISER.—Sir James Graham last night brought for' ward the Government plan for academical education in Ireland. The plan is simple, and has the great recommendation of being free from sectarianism. It appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the House, as it will, we doubt not, to the country. Ignorance is one of the greatest of Ireland's evils, and the education of her people will go farther to ameliorate their condition than any course of political legislation which could have been devised. CHRONlCLE.—Notwithstanding the general approbation with which the statement of Sir James Graham was received ly the House of Commons last night, we cannot anticipate any very brit liant success for his scheme, either as a measure of conciliation or a measure of educational improvement. He refuses positively to open to Roman Catholics the higher advantages of that University which must always take rank in Ireland above every ether, and which will continue, let Parliament do as it may, to form the minds and opinions of the bulk of the educated class, Ile refuses, therefore, to adopt the only means of placing Roman Catholics and Protestants really upon a par in the matter of education. lie may do sonic positive good by the establishment of provincial colleges, if the hostility of the Roman Catholic clergy does not prevent their establishment; but the good, at the utmost, will bear no sort of proportion to the evil inflicted upon society in Ire. land by the continuance of the exclusive system of Trinity College. We are ready to give the Government credit for good intentions in the matter, although not for the statesmanlike boldness which the case required, and we would not give a particle of encouragement to the clerical opposition with which they are likely to be met but if the resolution to resist alteration in Trinity College be per. slated in, we really think it will become a question whether the Bill proposed will, upon the whole, attain any of the great objects of an academical reform. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, MAY 9. The following Bills were presented and read a first time : Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Blullingar and Athlone). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Line). Whitehaven and Furness Junction - Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Exten sions, Stoke Branch and 31idland Railways Junction). The following Bills were reported, and the report referred to the Select Committeo on Standing Orders:— North Wales Railway. Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge and Bury St. Ed mund's Extension)• The following Bills were read a second time, and committed and referred to the Committee of Selection ; Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. London and Brighton Railway (nor6llarn Branch), Guildford Junction Railway. i . , -- xes,aki Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway. The I;,llowing Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petition. s f)r Private Bills : Newpert and Ponty Pool Railway. Brighton, I.::wes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye,and Ashford Extension). The Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Caine Extension Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. NOTICE s GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Tnuttsi)Ay, MAY 8. Bristol and Exeter Railway Branche s ,—Committee on Bill, adjourned till Monday, May 19, at twelve. FRIDAY, MAY 9. Whitehaven and Furness Railway,—Select Committee on project, Tuesday, May 20, at one. White haven and Furness Railway,—Second reading, Thursday, May 15. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. Eastein Uaion and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2), —Committee on Bill, Monday, May 9 6, at half after twelve. Lowestoft Harbour and Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at half after twelve. Diss and Colchester Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon day, May 26, at half after twelve. Norwich and Bran , lon Railway (Diss and Dereham Branched),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at half after twelve. North Woolwich Railway,—Committee on Bill, Wednes day, May 27, at one. South Eastern (Maidstone to Rochester) Railway,—Com mittee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern (Branch to Deal and Extension of the South Eastern Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate) Rail way,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern (Ashford to liamings) Railway,—Commit tee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern ( Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway),---2onunittee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. _ South Eastern (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells) Railway, —Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern (Hungerford-brhke to Chilham, with Branches) Railway,—Select Committee on project, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Paddock Wood) Railway,—Select Committee on project, Monday, May 26, at twelve. Liverpool and Manchester Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. Blackburn and Preston Railway,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, May 27, at twelve. • Aberdare Railway,— Report, Thursday, May 15. Grand Junction Railway (Dudley Branch),—Report, Thurs day, May 15. Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch and Oldham and. Heywood Extension), —Report on re committed Bill, Thurs day, May 15. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,— Report, Thursday, May 15. Trent Valley Railway,—Report, Thursday, May 15. Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Select Committee on project, Monday, May 26, at half after twelve. Cork and Bandon Railway,—Committee on Bill, Wednes day, May 28, at half after twelve. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, May 27, at half after twelve. Liverpool, 'Ormskirk, and Preston. Railway,-,-Select Com mittee on project, Monday, May 26, at one. Preston and Wyre Railway (Lytham and Blackpool Branches),—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, May 27, at twelve. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Davis tion),—Second reading, Thursday, May 15. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Line), Second reading, Thursday, May 15. Great Western (Ireland) Railway (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone),—Second reading, Thursday, May 15. Brighton, Lewes, and llastings Railway (Hastings and Ashford Branch),- Committee on petition, Tuesday, May 20. Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liver pool Railway, and Bury Extension),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at one. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, —Second reading, Thursday, May 15. North \Vales Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 19, at twelve. London and Croydon Railway (Enlargement),—Second reading, Thursday, May 15. London and Croydon Railway (Chatham and Gravesend, —Second reading, Thursday, May 15. London and Croydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tunbridge),—Second reading, Thursday, May 15. London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch),—Se cond reading, Thursday, May 15. London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilham),— Second reading, Thursday, May 15 . Bills°n petition, 'Wednesday, or projects comprised May Ipl el 2 e ' c iln. t S: Epping itiCommitteeßailway,—Committee on Railway in Group DD., adjourned till Friday , May 16 , at twelve. Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group 13., adjourned till Monday , May 19, at twelve. omitt ee Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group N., adjourned till Tuesday, May 20, at twelve. Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group Q., adjourned till Monday, May 26, at twelve. Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group X., adjourned till Friday, May 16, at twelve. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group CC. postponed from Wednes day 28th till Thursday, May 29, at half after twelve o'clock. Select Committee on Group NN. postponed from Wednes day 28th till 'Thursday, May 29. at one o'clock. Select Committee on Group A. • Lord Harry Vane discharged from attendance on the Com mittee. The Hon. W. S. Lascelles appointed Chairman. Sir Arthur Brooke (Fermanagh County), Mr. Roche (Cork County), selected, and added to the Committee. Select Committee on Group SS. Mr. David Dundas discharged from attendance on the Committee. Lord Harry Vane (South Durham), selected, and appointed chairman of the Committee. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway Bill,—Order referring the Bill to Group B. discharged. North Wales Mineral Railway Bill,—Committed for Mon day, May 26, at twelve o'clock. The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committees on the Groups I'., Z., GG., and LL. to meet in the week commencing Monday, June 2. Memorandum—The Committee of Selection will meet on Friday, May 16, at twelve o'clock. Tun MORNING MAILS.—III consequence of the numerous railways that are now established throughour the United Kingdom, the Postmaster. General, the Right Hon. the Earl of Lonsdale, has taken advantage of this public benefit by the facility thus afforded for the transmission of morning as well as evening, snails to nearly every town in Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland. The following is the official list of post towns to which letters and newspapers can now be forwarded by the morn ing mails, issued yesterday ; —Abingdon, Accrington, Alnwick, Andover.road, Appleby, A.lfford, Banbury, Bangor, Bath, Barns. ley, Basingstoke, Battle, Beaumaris, Bedford, Belper, Berwick, Berkhampstead, Bilstone, Birmingham, Bishops.Stortford, Black. burn, Bolton, Bradford (Yorkshire), Brackley, Brampton, Bridge water, Bristol, Brighton, Brough, Buckingham, Burnley, Burton NV., Bury (Suffolk), Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Carnarvon, Chatham, Cht pstow, Cheltenham, Chester, Chester-le-street, Ches ter field, Chippenhana,Cirencester, Clitheroe, Cockermouth,Conway, Coventry, Cowes, Cranbrook, Cuck field, Thrlington, Dartford, Da. re ntry, Derby,Dorking, Dover, Dunmow, Durham, Durslcy,Exeter, Fairham, Fairford, Farringdon, Felton, Fenny Stratford, Fever. sham, Folkestone, Gateshead, Gudalming, Gloucester, Gosport, Grantham, Gravesend, Guildford, Guernsey, Halifax, Hastings, Haydon.bridge, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Iligham, Highwortb, Hoddesdon, Holyhead, Holywell, Huddersfield, Hurst green, Ilyth, Jersey, Kendal, Lancaster, Leeds, Leamington, Leicester, Lech dale, Leighton-Buzzard, Lewes, Liverpool, Loughborough, Maiden. head, Maidstone, Manchester, Margate, ytaryport, Melton Mowbray, Miltithorpe, Mold (Monmouth), Mowed), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Newmarket, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport - Pagnel, North. atripton, North Shields, Nottingham, Northallerton, Oxford, Penk. ridge, Peurith, Portsmouth, Preston, Preston Brook, Pwllhell, Ramsgate, Reading, Reigate, Riekmansworth, Ripon, Rochdale, Rochester, Rotherham, Rugby, Ityd e , Saffron Walden , Sevenoake, Sheffield, shlthsell, Sittingbou rre, Shoreham, S hrewsbur y , Slou g h, Sunderland, South Shields, S ou th am pton, S ta plehurst, St. Asaph, St. Antes's, St, Leonard's, St a ffb r d, Stockport, Stockto n, Sto n e, Stroud, Stony Stratford, St ra tf or d- on -Avon, Swinton , T aunton, Tetbury, Thirsk, Towcester, Tring, Tunbridge, Tunbridge Well., Ulverstone, Uxbridge, Wak e e e w, Wallingford, Walsall, Ware, Warrington, Warwick, Watford, Wednesbury, Weedon, West Bromwich, Wellington (Salop), W e llington (Sosn e rsetshire), White. haven, Wigan, Wigton, Winchester, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Wooton-under Edge, Workington, Wortley, Y ork ; all Scotland and Ireland. For all the above places the letter-boxes at the re ceiving-houses will be open from 7 e as. for newspap ers, and 8 a.m., for letters ; and those at the branch offices, Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the Borough, for the reception of news papers, until half-past 7 A.M., and for letters until 8 a.m. At the General Post.ollice, St. Marti:es-le-Grand, and the Branch-office in Lombard-street, the boxes will close for newspapers at 45 minutes alter 7 a M. and for letters at 30 minutes after 8 A.M. POOR-LAW COMMISSION.—A vacancy has oc curred in the number of Assistant Poor_law Commissioners by the death of Mr. Gilbert, which event took place on Wednesday at his residence in Rostrevor, county Down. His decease, caused by a fever of ten days' duration, Is stated to have been most unexpected. Esq., and John William Miles, Esq., the o b r y n the lVi lii personal a n' Mites, property EB q. ' alone i l ll : 1 o ) WILL or A MILLIONAIRE.—The will and codicil of Philip John Miles, Esq., late of B g ri ( s t i, h b ig a t r i s e k s e t r a , m h o a u v n e t ju to st w b h e i e c is , bequeaths to his sons (eight in proved in Doetors' wle C sh, o o n t s , n a s v o c tis , , w sons Williamand executors , Skinner an additional sum several godsons 200/, b dro, e uf, a t:fly ' o s b o : eo : r e o)lo, t ai l i s yo. e at:b valueoite.o payable). 81. The an a l ,rdeh n s so, deceasedinl s i n o d n ot s ootel Williamr. 1 i e t s a ; blues ch each ; to neices and man y other relatives le g acies v arying f r om 1001. to 3,000 1 .; to h is two solicitors 2001. Each, and legacies to three of his confidentia l clerks; to each of hi, banking partners l ega cies varying from 100/ . to 3001. He obs erves that he has pro videdea for leis three 1,0001. each , and directs his colle c ti on o f p i ctures and best service of plate to go with his mansions in the nature of heir. l o oms. Ho gives to th e Herefordshire Infir mary 2 001; to the qu. themsith t h ree eldest daughters, on their marriage, and be. o f March to the)pooTr The e f c fo o u d r ic n il vi i g s hb d o a u te r : Somersetshire Infirmary, 200/. ; to the Gloucester Infirmary, o probatef b i t* . e a e d f and th e meat, y a lu e '2OO/. ; to the Bristol Infirmary, 5001.; to the Bristol Dispensary, 501.; to tt e Lying-in Institution at Bristol, 501, ; and to the " three Dorcas Societies," 5 0/. each. He directs sufficient money to be invested to pr( duce the suns of 701. e is given to his sons and executors. The will is dated in 1842, and is of great yearly, ig . h t,oesotrbf:e:piil;a:p: i d el o ao i fr t teed i r3 s 6vt t oeo h r yefotiiiipurchaseoei. manylegacies, and distributed every Ist n e n '4 l t B h 4 4 (7 . 9 elites Giraffe,O N I S l whichS gsliaegtgiC:o,nnlyl:l:°'shnalt'u:Praas.:::AaYl4'.°Ote:e. ern articles i g t.l.° nc:f Duch 'I arrivedhe off r the of 15,7501. Rotterdam, had on " sh P ip ft . Custom Steam I 'OR N I E a oo I I f ' ,, G i board 27 oxen and one cow, 43 packages of fish of different de quantity scriptions, about 590 packages of butter, 700 of cheese, besides a manufacture. The Tourist, reported the same day from Calais, had 10 packages of Frenc h p oultry ; and the Rain bow, which arrived at the St. Katharine's Steani_whai f, had nearly 100 packages of eggs on board, besides a full cargo of merchandise, and a large number of passengers (rein Havre, .atler a very quic k passage . The American line.of . p acket ship IN estinitister also brought from New York 136 tierces of beef, 150 barrel s of pork. and about 2,100 packages of cheese, besides a large c..rgo of every other description of American produce. ' the importation of foreign provisions bat lately increased to a very great extent. It is with deop regret we state that Vincent Stuckey, Esq., the emin ent banker, died sud denly in his l ibrar y , at his seat in Langport, on the night of the Bth inst. He was in his 74th year. The deceased was most deservedly respected by all with whom his extensive mercantile transactions brought him ac quainted.—Somersel County Herald : The fleet of the Royal Cork Yacht Club for the ensuing season musters 39 vessels, including the Thetis, 43 tons, O'Grady, and the Caroline, 49, Colonel Vandeleur. A regatta is determined on, tikitS 1 a AND Vittatt Opinion. " Who runs may read." PORMIGN. The King and Royal Fami:y left the Tuileries on Wednesday for the Palace at Neuilly, where they will take up their residence fur some weeks. The health of M. Guizot is so much improved, says the Presse, that it is hoped he will be able to attend in his place in the Chain. ber, and support his budget as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The funeral of M. Cavaignac took place at Notre Dame de Lo retie on Wednesday. Bodies of National Guards, the students of the schools, and a number of his political friends attended at the ceremony. Ali Effendi, Ambassador from the Sublime Porte to the Court of London, arrived at Marseilles on the lit inst., and was to embark on the 4th for Constantinople in the steamer the Orient. M. Lessees, the French Consul at Barcelona, was also at Marseillts on his way to his post. The illness from which )1. Charles Laflitte has been for some time suffering, is so far abated that his physicians hope to be able, in a few days, to send him into the country to complete his conva lescence. In reference to the grants for improving the harbours of Toulon and Port Vendre, the 1' reuse asks—" Why is Havre overlooked, when it is obvious that in the collision which appears the most im minent, that harbour would be the chief point menaced along the coast ? In forty-eight hours an English fleet could born Havre, annihilate the immense commercial riches accumulated there, and ravage all the other towns on the coast of the Channel and the Atlantic. And, nevertheless, a contingency so possible, and per. haps so little remote, attracts no attention." The Journal de Debuts announces the death, at Liancourt, in the 90th year of hie age, of M. Ferry, a member of the National Convention. The Paris jourcals give the following comparative account of accidents upon the Paris railroads, and those which took place within a certain number of years, from diligences and other car. riages :—" On the Corbeil Railroad there were conveyed, between September 10, 1840, and June 10, 1843, 2,200,000 per. sons, of whom only one was injured. On that of St. Germain there were carried from August, 1837, to September, 1844. upwards of 6,000,000 persons, of whom only one was killed. In 1842, the proportion of wounded and bruised was not snore than one in every 100,000. According to an official return of the six Paris railways, the total length of which is upwards of 340 kilometres (65 leagues, or about 20ti miles), there ran from the Ist January to the 30th June, 1843, no fewer than 18,466 trains, carrying 1,689,718 passengers, who travelled over 510,215 kilo metres (about 127,554 leagues, or 308,935 miles), not a single passenger was either killed or hurt. Three of the men employed on the roads were the only ♦ictims." The total number of per sons killed by accidents from stage-coaches connected with Paris during six years, ending 1840, was 74, and nearly 2,000 wounded. JAW AND PONZOIis. In the Bail Court on Thursday, Mr. Justice Coleridge granted a rule, calling cn Hobbs, the plainiiff in the Qui Tam actions against the newspapers (or inserting advertisements of foreign lotteries, to show cause why he should not give security for costs. The Court of Common Pica; made the rule absolute for setting aside the nonsuit in the case of A) hag to. Golding. This was an action for crim. con. that was to have come on for trial at the last Sussex Assizes, but in which the plaintiff had been nonsuited, in conse quence of non appearance. It appeared he had been mistaken as to the time appointed for the trial. Mr. Commissioner Goulburn suspended the certificate and the protection of Gibbons, a bankrupt grqcerof Eton, for P.! months. In the Insolvent Court, George B. Allen, who has already been in prison four years, was again remanded on account of his refusal to give up certain title deeds. At the Guildhall, Sir Peter Laurie committed John Ell and Henry Corduroy for stealing, and John Dodge for feloniously re ceiving certain reams of paper, the property of Messrs. Magnay. The prisoners, together with a man named Nicholson, and another named Sharpe, were remanded on several other charges of a simi lar nature. An omnibus conductor, named Wm. S. Bobbett, the wearer of the metal ticket Lonts, was charged, at the instance of the registrar, with deceiving a passenger as to the route. The case, which was heard at the Queen's-square Police-office, was fully proved, and the defendant convicted in the penalty of twenty shillings, or fourteen days' imprisonment. It would be well that the public should remember the numbers of those conductors who have been thus convicted, in order that they may avoid them. Osman Creswell, civil engineer, Cirencester, charged by Mr. Rose, grocer, No. 312, Oxford.street, with having defrauded him of 341. by means of a spurious cheque on I'raed and Co., was re manded from Marlborough-street. At Worship-street, Mr. Jacob Magnus, Trafalgar.place, Hackney-road, appeared, charged with haring violated the person of Charlotte Emma Robinson, a delicate looking girl, fifteen years of age, the daughter of a laundress at Greenwich. The prisoner had lured the prosecutrix to his house under the pretence of getting her a situation as nursery snail, and had there perpetrated the offence. The defence was that all that had been done was with the consent of the girl. The Magistrate said that, from the defendant's own admission his conduct towards the complainant reflected upon him the most indelible disgrace and infamy. lie should take time fee consideration as to whether the case was suit ciently strong to justify his committal upon the charge, and should in the meantime require him to enter into his own recognizance in 200/. and find two responsible sureties in 1001. each for his ap. pearance on a future day. William Smith, a man of colour, belonging to the American ship Massachusetts, lying in the London Dock, was committed from the Thames-court for stealing a silver watch, gold chain and guard, and a gold key, the property of Tomas Antonio Goylcz, the master of the Spanish ship Sottara. COURT-PASITIONA.BLE. It is now understood that the Queen and Prince Albert wilt leave town for the Isle of Wi l :ht this day. Iler Majesty will only remain two or three days at Osborne, during which time the Lightning, steam tender, Master Commander Pettey, will be in attendance. Madlle. d'Este has arrived at Cheltenham from a visiting tour. It is expected that the Caleiloaian fancy dress ball will take place the first week in June under the same distinguished patronage as former years. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton had a dinner party on Thurs day evening, the company being invited to meet the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden. There were present the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord and Lady Claude Ha milton, the Earl of Orkney, the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, &c. The Earl of Angus and Arran has received the names of William Alexander Louis Stephan, the two latter being after his august relatives the Grand Duke of Baden and the Grand Dowager Duchess Stephanie of Baden. The Bishop of Exeter has arrived at the Episcopal Palace from town. Lord Mostyn, Hon. E. M. Lloyd Nfostyn, and Lady Harriet Mostyn, have arrived at Parkgate, Cheshire, where the Noble Lord and family purpose making a short stay. Mr. Rutherford, M.P., and Mrs. Rutherford left Farrancea's Hotel on Wednesday for Edinburgh. Lady Elizabeth Elliot has arrived at Lord John Russell's resi dence in Cheshamplace. • The Earl and Countess of Haddington have left town for Oxford. shire. MISCELLANEOUS. On Sunday last fourteen persons read their recantation from the Church of Rome, and received the sacrament according to the rites of the Church of England, in St. Andrew's Church, Dublin. The foundation-stone of a new church, Woolwich, to be named St. John's, was laid, at two o'clock, P.M., on Wednesduy, on a piece of ground granted by the Board of Ordance, and situate on the south side of Wellington-street, opposite Brewer -street. The Rev. W. Greenlaw, rector of Woolwich, laid the stone. The Dutch stemr-ship Batavier, which arrived at the St. Ka tharine's steam-wharf on Wednesday evening, from Rotterdam, had on board 68 oxen and cows, which were pronounced to be free from disease, after the usual examination had taken place, and de livered immediately, in addition to 55 packages of fish of various de scriptions, 24 cases of eggs, about '270 packages of butter besides cheese, and other articles of Dutch produce, for consumption here. The General Steam Company's steam-ship Earl of Liverpool also brought from Ostend 14 cases of poultry, and a large quantity of butter, eggs, &c. On the same day, no less than eight vessels reported at Liverpool as arriving from the island of Ichaboe, bringing between them 3,530 tons of guano ; and one vessel had also 6 tons of skins of the penguin, with which bird the Island is swarmed, and which is understood to be the cause of the bland producing so extensve a supply of this novel description of article for the purpose of manuring land. The ninth annual meeting of the friends and supporters of the Church Pastoral Aid Society was held at Freemasons'-hall, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Ino.fields; the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, Vice President, in the chair. On the platform were several dig nitaries of the Established Church, and the body of the hall was occupied by a large auditory, composed chiefly of ladies. The Secretary read the report, from which it appeared that since the establishment of the Society the receipts amounted to 1.0,4261., an the income for the past year was 9.'2,0001., while the expen diture exceeded 12,0001. Several resolutions to forward the So ciety were agreed to. In the northern counties, during the last eight or ten days, a great deal of rain had fallen daily, and on Sunday last there were several heavy hail showers, with a cold northwesterly wind. Since Tuesday the atmosphere has been somewhat milder; still the rain continues to fall up to this day (Wednesday). Should the wea ther now become genial and warm, the crops of grass both sown and meadow will be abundant and heavy. The oat crops have made their appearance out of the ground, and look remarkably well and thriving ; and so does the wheat, which, in many districts, has already grown too flush, and is kept back by putting live stock upon it. NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE FREE-TRADE BAZAAR. The Great Free-Trade Bazaar, in Covent-garden Theatre, was crowded during the whole time it was open yesterday, and the visitors seemed asto nished at the variety and value of the ar ticles collected together in this great exposition of national industry, and delighted w ith the excellence of the arrangements which enabled them to view the multifarious contents of the Bazaar without in convenience. During the course of yesterday, as of the previous day, the Messrs. Ilarrison of Manchester per formed several popular airs on a rock harmonicon which is placed in the bazaar, and the tones of which are the most exquisite we ever heard—as clear and as beautiful as those of the musical g losses, and infinitely more powerful. he tones of this harmonicon could be distinctly heard in the remotest parts of the theatre, and the execution of the performers was iiiost brilliant. Every lover of music should visit the Bazaar to enjoy the treat of listening to the performances on this rock harmonicon. ANOTHER COLLISION OFF TIIE EDDYSTONE.—On Wednesday afternoon, the 7th inst., at two o'clock, when about four leagues to the SS. W. of the Eddystone, Jasper Burt, the skipper of the trawling sloop Reindeer, descried a large East India. man coming down Channel, with topmast-studding.sails set, having the wind from N.N.E. It is usual with fishermen to corn. municate with outward bound ships, and accordingly Burt and one hand went into their boat to ascertain if the commander wished to send anything ashore. They pulled about four miles before joining her, and were at first dismissed, but when about half a mile off re called, to convey to the post-office a letter which the clerk went into the cabin to write. While waiting alongside they informed an officer (supposed to be the captain), that the sloop had her trawl-net down, and that it was therefore necessary to be cautious in approaching her. However, notwithstanding this caution, and although hailed by John Hill, who, with the boy was left in charge of the sloop, the helmsman ran the ship so close that her studding. sail boom took the Reindeer's peak halliards, and this bringing her up the ship's foreyard caught the leach of )ter mainsail,and top. ping.lift and carried away her boom and gaff. Her tafTrail, two stern timbers, and knees, and part of mainrail and bulwark are damaged, masthead gone, mainsail torn, and gafflopsail past repair , b es ides other injuries. Hill and the boy first ran below to avoi d the falling wreck, but, fearing she might go down, got on board t he ship. Burt and the other hand in the boat let go immediately lest they should be crushed between the vessels. The seamen cut away the wreck, and the fishermen, finding th eir sloop did n o t sink, went aboard. A sudden squall of heavy rain came on, and the ship, which is called the Robert Small, pursued her voyage. The Reindeer was with some difficulty brought into Plymouth. The Robert Small is said to belon g to Messrs. T. and W. Smith, o f London and Newcastle, 745 t ons register, last from rortsmouth, awl bound to the Last Indies, RAILWAY CO:iLMITTEE3. (YESTERDAY.) Group Q. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. (Contidued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Daniel Breese, solicitor for the Bill, was then examined as to the traffic anticipated on the line. It appeared from this wit. Hess that the yearly t umber of passengers calculated to pass along this district was 64,334, which was a daily average of 413 per day, and would mount to 125,000/. per annum. The states and mine; rats were calculated at .223,004 tons, producing 27,875/. ; live stock at 60,026, amounting to 3,001/. ; miscellaneous goods, 4,489 tons, amounting to 5601. ; and f n ign goods that were likely to be landed at Purtilynllaen fur Manchester and the inland parts of Lancashire, at 20,000 tons, amounting to 2,500/. This witness proceeded at great length to detail the sources of traffic and its amount which was expected en this line, with the modes which he adopted to come to such conclusion. Other witnesses were then exiimined as to the assents and dis sents of the owners along the line, and the number and character of the shareholders. This closed the evidence of the promoters. The CHAIRMAN wished to examine Sir John Rennie as to some of the engineering points, on which he was not entirely sa:isfied, before the Committee came to a decision on the preamble. Mr. CALNLirr was sorry that Sir John Rennie was not in at. tendance (he being at present engaged esewhere on other rail ways), but had he imagined that his presence would have been ne cessary he would have had hint in attendance. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the resolution of pcsponing the further cc nsideration of this Bill till Monday, the 26th inst., when they expected the attendance of Sir John Rennie, to give evidence on the points referred to. NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY. Sir WALTER RIDDELL, on behalf of the promoters of this Bill, explained its objects, and the necessity which existed for its for. minion. Last year a Bill had been passed for the construction ot a line from Chester to Wrexham, and this year a Bill had been moved for another line from Shrewsbury by Oswestry to Ehuabon, and the object of this line was to con. met the two lines, and thus maintain a complete line of connexion between Shrewsbury and Chester, the line to commence at Wrexham, and to join the Shrewsbury and Oswestry line at a village called Cefn Mawr. The branch would be about six miles and a quarter in length; there would be two tunnels on the line—one of 396 yards, and the other of :220 yards. There was no great engineering difficulty on the line. The cost of the main line would be 105,1:501. Mr. 11. Robertson, the acting engineer of the railway, was next examined.—He deposed to the correctness of the statements made by counsel in opening the case as to the favourable nature of the ground through which the line was to pass, the comparatively easy and inexpensive nature of the works which would be required, and the competency of the amount estimated to complete the line. He also referred to the advantage which would be conferred on the district by this line ( - Telling up the valuable coal fields of Rhuabon and Wrvxham to Chester, Birkenhead, and Liverpool en the one side, and to Shrewsbury and the different towns in Shrop shire on the other. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday, the 26th inst. Group X. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Palmer was subjected to a long cross-examination, bu nothing material wai elicited. The — Committee then proceeded with similar evidence with respect to Newark. Several witnesses, tradesmen in the town, were called, and they stated that the proposed railway would be a great advantage to them. The Committee then adjourned to Monday week. Group V. NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN LINE. The evidence of Mr. Itastrick (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) . , Cross-examined by Mr. MAcAuLay—By his proposition a gradient 1 in 100 would be required, and that would entail an expense et 1,0001. per annum for an assistant engine at Nottingham. This gradient was certainly objectionable, if it could possibly be avoided, especially in the cave of heavy trains. If he were called on to lay out the line, he should certainly propose to cross the Flood-road at the level. He did so propose in a line of his own at 'Worthing, but the House of Lords compelled him to build a bridge. Mr. Wood, architect and surveyor of Nottingham, was called to give evidence corroborative of that given by Mr. Itastick. The witness also from his knowledge of the country was enabled to speak of the traffic on the Trent Navigation Canal, none of which, he thought, would be transferred to this railway in the event of its being formed. . _ James Fenton was of opiuion that it was perfectly practicable to work single engines on gradients of lin 150. He had done so on the Manchester and Leeds line, and the inclination on the Edin. burgh and Glasgow line on leaving the station at the latter city was 1 in 42. The witness was under examination at four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned. (Group B.) THE WEST YORKSHIRE LINES, (Continued from tour Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) . • Mr. KNOWLES called evidence to prove that tie line would seriously disfigure an estate in the valley of the Calder, called the Pyeness Park. Sir G. Lewis adduced similar evidence on behalf of the Low more Iron Company, and Mr. GURNEY on behalf of Colonel Tem pest, whose family it was stated had been the owners and occupiers of Tonge Park, for a period of upwards of 700 years. Counsel also appeared to oppose the line, on behalf of the Bradford Sur ♦eyors of the Highways and the Bradford Canal Company. . - . Mr. HILL then proposed that counsel on either side should say nothing in reply, but pair off. Mr. TALBOT accepted the proposal of his Learned Friend. The room was then cleared, and the Committee having deliberated for upwards of three-quarters of an hour, strangers were then re-admitted. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the preamble to the Leeds and West Riding Junction Bill had been proved, and the Committee had determined to negative the West Yorkshire line. Group N. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday 1 Captai❑ Moorsem was examined at great length by Mr. Rowe —His evidence went to show that the line beween Trur• and Itedruth, seven miles, would have steep gradients. In one place they were lin 22 ;at other places 1 in 26 and 1 in 40. At the other portion, five miles and three quarters, the ruling gra. dient would be 1 in 50. The trains would in weight average from 20 to 25 tons ; the weight of the engine and tender would be from 14 to 15 tens. On those gradients the speed would average thirty miles an hour. The rate of speed on the steepest gradient would be twelve suites an hour. The whole line, including branches, would be twenty.three miles and a half, and the expense of construe. lion would be about 6,7001. a mile. Eleven miles and a half would be worked by atmospheric traction, and ten miles and half by locomotive power. The expense of constructing the loco motive portion would be between 2,300/. and 2,400/. a mile. At some portions a double line would be laid down, and the expense, as a matter of course, would be con. siderably increased—nearly double that of the singe line. With respect to the atmospheric portion of the line, the cost of construction would be 2,0001. a mile ; where a double line was laid down 1,3001. more. This would be distinct from the atmos pheric apparatus, which was not included in the 180,0001., the estimated expense of constructing the line. Arrangements, he believed, had been made for laying down the apparatus. He would allow 3,3001. per mile for the atmospheric power. The charge for the use of the patent, he believed, was 5001. a mile. That expense would not inc►ude the engine-houses and the engines. The witness was examined on ruieuto details respecting the atmospheric system in connexion with the line, also with respect to the locomotive portion. Ills general evidence went to show that the line would be constructed in accordance with the late, t improvements, not beyond the usual cost for such vast undertakings, in which the public safety would be carefully attended to, and with advantage to Cornwall. Mr. AUSTIN, on the part of the promoters of the Bill, said he understood from Captain Moarsom that he would carry the line off Mr. Thomas's property, and within the limits of deviation. On these grounds he held that Mr. Thomas could not maintain his locus standi as a petitioner against the Bill. He therefore took that objection to the course he was pursuing, and should request the decision of the Committee upon ir. The Company were by this opposition to their scheme put to considerable expense, while they were willing to meet the views of the petitioners. The Committee expressed their willingness to go on with the in. quiry until five o'clock, if the matter was likely to be decided within that time. At the suggestion of Mr. AUSTIN, Mr. Macaulay left the room for the purpose of consulting the Speaker on the subject of Mr. Thomas's right to oppose the Bill, after the offer which had been made by the Company. On his return he said the Speaker was of opinion that the locus slaudi of Mr. Thomas was not lost, and that he had a perfect right to continue his opposition. After much conversation it was arranged that the Committee should adjourn until Tuesday, the 20th inst. Group E. NORTHUMBERLAND ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. The Committee at its sitting came to the determination of ad. journing the consideration of the Newcastle and Darlington. At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Cubitt, said that he would en deavour to get a diagram ready, showing the manner in which it had been proposed that different trains running on a single line should stop or pass each other, and lay it before the Committee in the course of the day, in order that the cases now before the Com mittee should be brought to a conclusion this week. Mr. Fawcett, chemist, of Gateshead, on examination by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, gave instances in which the proposed viaduct would be productive of serious danger, especially as Dean-street, through which it would pass, was a very great thoroughfare. The feeling of the people at Gateshead was decidedly against the New. castle and Berwick line, as they were now convinced from the re. post of the Committee of the superiority of the atmospheric system. Cross-examined by Mr. lIILBYARD—In witness's ',Onion the height of the viaduct would not tend to diminish the danger of acci dents. Mr. Robson, a member of the Town Council of Gateshead, was examined, and corroborated the evidence of the former witness. On being cross-examined, he stated that a resolution had been pro posed by the Town Council of Gateshead in favour of high level bridges. Mr. Busby was called to prove that the feeling of the inhabitants of Alnwick and that district was favourable to the Northumberland atmospheric line. The traffic tables were then put in, and Mr. Kennedy stated that the case for the promoters of the Bill was closed. AUSTIN,n behalfhaving of h betene landholder,ierm forthey w h Committee oinh e appeared, t ad dress)ir. them on against the proposed Northumberland line, produced a general plan of the line, and pointed out the circumstances under which apainful interference would take place with most valuable property. The line between Ilawick and the sea shore. which would hare Leen a practical level, had been rejected because it interfered with one estate ; but now the inconvenience would be felt one belonging to Sir Matthew Ridl e y an d t h e other bery two estates, Braidling. In order, then, to avoid injuring one property they were now called upon to inflict a serious injury on two. The injury would be sufficient to preclude the adoptiou of the atmospheric line. The railway trains, according to that plan, would pass within earshot of two houses on Mr. Brandling's property. The injury would admit of no locomotive compensation, line would b t u h t . t t haeli not t i b t h i e j e u v r pe y ru); done r b o y t o t h t e h e i f r o rm estates a t io of v h t n e posos of railway communication could mitt ee b w e ° e t ? effected tbythe sanction t iie l ater fo sy rm st a e t m io , n h o e f a trruasitledwathuathtichhe would inflict such serious inj ury on the owners of these estates. The Learned Counsel then produced several drawings of the grounds and houses alluded to. Mr. J. Dobson, architect of Newcastle, the Rev. R. Brand hng, and Mr. Turner, the steward of Sir Mathew Ridley, were then examined for the purpose of showing the serious injury that would accrue to the estates of Mr. Brandling and Sir Mathew Ridley, if the proposed line of atmospheric railway were adopted. After which the Committee adjourned. Group DD. THE CALEDONIAN, AND GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAYS, Mr. Baird's examination (continued from our Afternoon Edi tion of yesterday—lf the railway were made, the quantity of lime brought Into the district would be increased to 10,000 tons every week. The expense of conveyance from Netherwood to Garthsherrie would be Is. 6.1. per ton. Thu want of suthcient lime for agricultural thes was greatly felt in the neighbourhood of Airdrie. His iron works were situated near the Castlecary branch. tic was in the babit of studing large quantities of iron to Grangemouth for shipment. He exported at least Els per cent. of the iron made ; and a similar proportional quantity was sent away by the other manufacturers in the district. At least 83,000 tons of limestone were cotiStimed annually ; and the expense, in cluding carriage, from Netherwood to Garthsherrie was his. 6d. to 4s. ed. per ton. If the railway were constructed it would tend to open up many mineral fields at present unexplored, and he had no hesitation in distinctly saying that the line when made would be generally of great public advantage. Mr. John Miller, manager. of Lord Elphinstone's estates in Ambernault, was next examined. He said the:neighbourhood of the Castlecary brallich abounded in minerals of various descriptions. There were great quantities of lime at Cumbernault, of two kinds,. that were sold for 3s. ed. to 4s. 6d. per ton. Ironstone was occa sionally used for smelting purposes, particularly at the Carrots Iron Works, but it was not sent to Garthsherrie, because there was no direct means of conveyance. If a railway were made ironstone would be taken in considerable quantities. Ihe Castlecary branch in conjunction with the Scottish Central, will form the best and most direct communication between Grangemouth and Coltness. The present price of burnt lime was Ss. per ton, but it could be sold at a cheaper rate if the railway were constructed, and at least 15,000 tons yearly would he sent north from Cumbernault. The quantity of grain consumd an. nuahy in the district of Airdrie amounted to 14,561 tons, the principal p: rt of which was brought from Stirling and Falkiik. A very large number of potatoes were also sold in the neighbourhood of Airdrie, amounting annually than 8,000 to 10,000 tons annually, and of this amount .2,000 tone were sent from the north. Another article of produce of great consumption in the district was turnips, which were conveyed from the north to the extent of 500 tons every year. The further evi. deuce of this witness was merely corroborative of previous state. meats. Mr. Bruce, paper-manufacturer, at Leith, was then called. The quantity of paper which he manufactur. d in the course of the year was 300 tons. There were eight other paper manuflie'oried in the neighbourhood, and the quantity produced by these amounted to 2,000 tons annually. Coal was extensively used in the different factories, and the price when delivered at the canal side averaged from fla to 10s. 6.1. per ton. Gas coal was alsJ con. turned to a large extent, and its present price was ss. per ton at the p is mouth, the cost of cartage from which was 17s. per ton, which amounts, added together, would give a result of 225. per ton—the present price of the coals. lf, however, the coals were brought by the Edinburgh branch of the Caledonian Railway, the cost would be considerably reduced. All the manuf.cturers would consume more coals, if they could be procured at a cheaper rate. The produce of the paper would also be greatly increased if more facility was afforded. The paper-works were for the most part carried on both during the night and day. Rags and old ropes used in making the different kinds of paper were principally brought from Ireland by sea, and they could be pro. cured at a much cheaper rate if there was a better and mote direct mode of conveyance. Mr. lloldsworth, cotton.spinner at Glasgow, the next witness. stated that he could concur generally with the evidence which bad been previously given, and was distinctly of opinion that the majo rity of the mercantile community of Glasgow was in favour of the Caledonian Railway. M. Hill, paper manufacturer, gave concurrent testimony to :bat given by Mr. Bruce. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock •n Friday, the sth instant. Group F. LONDON, WORCESTER, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The examination of Mr, Richard Greaves (continued.from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—The Moreton Railway, at present in connexion with Stratford, had been purchased, he be lieved, by the Great Western Company, conditionally on their getting their Bill. He did not think, however, it could be applied to the purposes of the broad gauge. Be-examined by Mr. HOPE—The London and Birmingham bad made a similar conditional purchase of the Moreto■ and intended to carry it forward so as to connect Stratford with Tring. Mr. William Caylis, corn and coal dealer and farmer at Ban. bury, examined— He farmed about 170 acres of land. The quart. City of coal used in the town and neighbourhpod was about 60,000 tons. It was derived principally from South. Staffordshire ; a small portion came from Hawley. The carriage from South Stafford shire was Ss. per ton; that from Hawley, which was 57 miles dis tant, was a halfpenny per ton per mile. The corn trade of the town was also considerable. About 35,000 quarters were sent from the neighbourhood principally northwards. Birmingham was the market to which dealers generally went. The feeling of the inhabitants of Banbury was at present decidedly in favour of the narrow gauge. If the wide gauge was carried out as pro posed to Rugby, great inconvenience would be created in the car. rlage of coal by the breakage in the gauges. Mr. Robert Peel, of Banbury, generally confirmed the evidence of the previous witness. Sir. William Ward, of Oxford, said he was a dealer in coal. The consumption in Oxford was about 50,000 tons. The coals were derived from South Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Somereetshire. A considerable portion was from the north, and brought by canal. The average price at present was per ton. There was very little through going traffic at Oxford.. The heads of the University were in favour of the Great Western scheme; but the popular feeling was with the narrow gauge. if they bad the broad gauge to the south and west, and the narrow gauge to the north, it would be all that they required. Mr. Robert Houston, of Gloucester, said he had been fifty years in the employment of Messrs. Pickford and Co.. the extesi. sive carriers. One of the chief advantages of the narrow gauge was, that small quantities of goods could be sent long distances without being disturbed, the carriages required being so muck smaller than those employed on the broad gauge. Great delay often took place at Gloucester in taking goods from one gauge on to the other, so much so, that parties often preferred using canal, it being found equivalent in point of time. As an instance of this delay, a quantity of fish, lately sent from Bristol for the Birmingham market, that lett at half-past six o'clock on Saturday morning, did not reach its destination till the market was over (half.past ten o'clock) in the evening, so that the fish had to lie over Sunday, and could nut be sold, except at very depreciated prices. The parties who sent the fish were now seeking to recover 101. for the damage done. He censidered the best points for the break between the two gauges - would be Bristol and Oxford. Mr. W. Harding, manager of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway. which was a broad gauge line, he considered Bristol a better posi tion than Gloucester, as there was much less through traffic at . the former than at the latter place. As a proof of this, while during a week they shifted at Gloucester 470 tons from one line . to the other of thrcugh going traffic, they only shifted at Bristol on to the Great Western line thirty-six tons. Birmingham and Wolverhampton had an immense amount of through going traffic which would require shifting, while Bristol and Oxford hal very little. Nearly all the traffic at the latter places was ter. minal. Ile considered Oxford a touch better point for a break in the gauges than Wolverhampton. The narrow gauge was connected with 12,000,000 people, the broad gauge with about 3,000,000, while 2,000,090 were unprovided for. He thought it much better that this remaining 2,000,000 should be connected with the larger than the smaller number. The number of miles of both gauges already completed, in progress, or projected, was as follows. This was including Scotland : NARILOW GLUGI. Completed ... In progress Projected and before Paz liament this session...... 9,098 Total URO GAUGE, 5,557 Completecl In progress projected, &c. Total. 6:41 Mr. COCKUURN examined this witness at some length without materially affecting the main substance of the evidence gi ven in the examination in chief. The CHAIRMAN wished a great discrepancy that existed between the map before him, and the figures given by the witness respect ing the miles of the broad and narrow vase. corrected. Either the witness or the map must be ♦ery much in error. The witness made the number of miles of the narrow gauge much more than the map, and the miles of the broad gauge considera bly less. He hoped this would be explained at the next sitting of the Committee. The Committee then adjourned till Wednesday next, at twelve o'clock. SELECT COMMITTEE FOR STANDING ORDERS. (IRISH RAILWAYS.) The Committee appointed by the House to inquire into the Standing Orders in regard to their bearings on Irish Railway Bing. commenced its sittings at twelve o'clock, in room No. 7, Sir Q. Grey, Chairman. _ The proceedings were strictly private, but the effect of the evi dence adduced was to show the great dTficulty of promoters of railway schemes in Ireland complying with the standing orders, irn asmuch as the land tenure of that country was of such a character as to make it almost a matter of imposibility in some cases to serve notices on the proper parties. To a small patch of ground there were, in many instances, five or six claimants as owners, and many of them could not be heard of till after the period that notices were allowed to be served. The Committee adjourned their inquiry till Wednesday next. GREAT WESTERN (IRELAND) DUBLIN AND GAL WAY RAILWAY. The following statement, in reference to this most important line of railway, was yesterday issued for the use of Members of the House, fur the purpose of disabusing them of the views formed altar a perusal of a former statement got up by their opponents, and purporting to be written by, and on behalf of, the Grand Canal Company, but which was subsequently denied by them. DUBLIN ANI) GALWAY RAILWAY. The printed reasons distrihuted to Members of the House of Commons, on behalf of the Grand Canal Company are q site ura. founded. lst. There was no allegation whatever proved of non-complianet with the standing orders—except in respect of numbers omitted on one plan, namely, that lodged with the Clerk ct the Peace at Naas. There was not one of these of an important character, and they are explained in the annexed statement. For every house, garden, and field, cut by the proposed rai►way notices were duly served on the owners, lessees, or occupiers, and the same were entered in the books of reference. Every dwelling-house in Tullamore, l'hilipstown, llobertstown • and Clara, within ten yards of the line of railway (beyond which deviation the Company were restricted at those places from exer. cising any compulsory power under the provisions of their Bili) : was numbered, and eularged plans were given of the same, and notice* uly served on the owners, lessees, and occupiers thereof. The railway, as laid down in the plans, could not in any way ob. struct the navigation of the canal, and no such allegation was brought before the Sub. Committee. The petition of John Ennis and others was proceeded with on the first day of the sitting of the Committee, but no allegation a non-compliance with standing orders contained therein was sua. tallied, and it was afterward► withdrawn. These were the only petitions that were proceeded with the Sub-Committee. The Secretary of the Grand Canal Company, who was the peti tioner, prepared an agreement for the protection of the Canal Com pany, which was at once acceded to by the Railway Company without alteration. The petitioner violated this agreement, at the moment of going into Committee, and having taken the Railway Company by sur. prise, proceeded with the petition. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.-CIIATIIAM, MAT This morning a detachment of the Ilth regiment, consisting of three sergeants, three corporals, and 43 rank and file, with six women and two children, with one private of the 58th, and one woman, under the command of Captain Conron, with Paym►ater Timbrell of the sSth, marched from this garrison en route for Deptford, as a convict guard, where they embark on board the transport David Malcolm, to proceed with convicts for Norfolk Island. Yesterday the tour companies of the depot of the 3d Buffs, which has been doing duty at Sheerness for some time, ar. rived at Chatham by the Victoria steamer, Captain Giles, and joined their head-quarters, recently arrived from India. The depot consisted of 140 men, with the following officers : Captain Kelly. Lieutenant Chamberlain, Lieutenant Green, and Lieutenant Syms., This day a detachment of the 11th regiment arrived by the Victor. ria steam.vessel, consisting of three sergeants, and 132 rank and tile, under the command of Major Bloomfield, Captain Tobin. Lieutenant Parker, and Ensign Crook, the above having been re— lieved by a detachment of the 96th from Dover.. THE IJUKE OF SUSSEX STEAMER.—The baggage and effects of the passengers who were on board this vessel at the time of her being wrecked close to the port of Boulogne, have bees. saved, and, amounting to about 50 packages, have been broughS by tho City of Boulogne steamer from Boulogne, which arrived at London.bridge wharf on Thursday evening. The Auction Duties Repeal Bill received the ropil assent on Thursday, and no duty is to be paid on any 9,l,l whit took glace since the ett Qt April lat.