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-ALTO DOURO RAILWAY. The Allotment of Shares in the Capital Stock of this Company ,is now complete, but the issue will be suspended during the progress of most important negotiations in Portugal, which have just been .eomrnenceil, in consequence of dispatches received by the last arrival from Lisbon. By order, 95, Gracechurch-street. T. M. RUSSELL, Secretary. THE CITY and CAMDEN-TOWN (BIR MINGHAM JUNCTION) RAILWAY COMPANY. Registered provisionally. Capital 600,0001., in 24,000 shares of 251. each. Deposit 11. 10s. per share. Temporary Offices, No. 7, Tokenhouse-yard. PROVIsioNAL COMMITTEE. Sir James Duke, Alderman, Br.c., M.P. Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park Francis Homan, Esq., 25, Skinner-street, City Henry Lamplough, Esq., 88, Snow-hill, City Henry Stokes, Esq., 18, King-street, Snow-hill Lieutenant-Colonel Gant, Stoke Newington, Middlesex William Walker, Esq., 5, Farringdon-street, City John King, Esq., 17, College-hill, Thames-street John Girdner, Esq., 38, King-street, Snow-hill Ebenezer Ferrite, Esq., 1, Birchin-lane William Lawrence, Esq., 30, Bread-street, Cheapside George Bousfleld, Esq., Gracechurch-street Richard Taylor, Esq., F.S.A., Red Lion-court, Fleet-street Edward rlickson, Esq., King-street, Cheapside With power to add to their number. BANIERS—Messrs. Glynn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London. CONSULTING ENGINEER — J. U. Rastrick, Esq., F.R.S. ENGINEER—T. A. Galloway, Esq., M. Inst. C.E. ARCHITECT AND ScRVETOR—John Young, Esq., 35, Bing-street, Cheapside. sowcrron—John Castle Gant, Esq., 37, Nicholas-lane, Lombard ' street. The proposed line is intended to form a connecting line between the Great Western and the Birmingham Railways, and the most central part of London, and thus to obviate the serious inconvenience arising from the great distance of their respective termini from the City. It will also meet the expressed wish of the Board of Trade in favour of a central terminus. To accomplish this desirable object, the line will commence at the south-west corner of the new Farringdon-street, passing in a north westerly direction to Battle-bridge, and from thence it will proceed almost in a straight line to the luggage station of the Birmingham Railway, at Camden-town. The houses in and about Saffron-hill, and also on the greater part of the line, are small, and of such a description that their removal will greatly benefit the neighbourhood, by improving its salubrity, and increasing the value of the surrounding property. The Provisional Committee have satisfied themselves, by careful surveys, that no engineering difficulties will present themselves in the construction of this railway, and it may be reasonably expected to yield a fair profit to the subscribers, as it is calculated that, by fares from passengers alone, a return of more than 71. per cent. upon the capital will be realised, without including what will be received for ground rents, vault rents, the carriage of goods and cattle, and also irrespective of the increased traffic which may reasonably be anticipated from the lines already formed, or contemplated, to the north and north-east of London, and of which the terminus of this Company will eventually become the common centre. No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of his subscription. and power will be taken in the Act of Incorporation to allow U. per cent. Interest on deposits and calls, from the period of obtaining the Act until the completion of the line. Applications for snares, in the form required by the Registration Act, as annexed, can be made, addressed to the Company's Solici tor, John Castle Gant, Esq., 37, Nicholas-lane, London; to Messrs. Chalmer and Simpson, stock and share brokers, 23, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London ; or to the Company's Temporary Offices, No. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, aforesaid, and no other form of application can be attended to. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SH ARES. To the Provisional Committee of " The City and Camden Town (Birmingham Junction) Ralway Company." Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares, of 251. each, in the capital of the Railway Company, and I hereby under take and agree to accept the same, or any less number of Shares which you will allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 11. 10s. per share thereon, and to sign the subscribers' Agreement and the Parlia mentary Contract, when requested so to do. Dated this day of 1845. Christian and Surname in full •• . .. • • •• • • Private residence .. • • .. • . • • • • • . • . • . • • • • • • Place of business ••• • • • ........ ...... .• • . Profession or business .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . Reference . •• •••............ N.B. No application without a reference can be attended to. THE CITY and CAMDEN TOWN (BIR MINGHAM JUNCTION) RAILWAY COMPANY. Registered provisionally. Temporary Offices, No. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. Notice is hereby given that in ccnsequence of the great number of Shares already subscribed for, no applications Will be received after the 24th inst., instead of the 30th inst., and that as soon as possible, after the 24th inst. the allotments will be made. By order of the Provisional Committee, JOHN CASTLE GANT, Solicitor. 10th June, 1845. 11EIE GREAT EASTERN and WESTERN RAILWAY, from YARMOUTH to SWANSEA. Provisionally Registered, pnrsuan to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. Offices—No. 5, GRESHAM-STREET, BANK. Capital 3,500,00'1., in 70,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit, Cl. 10s. per Share. The preliminary expenses not to exceed 10s. per share, without the Sanction of a general meeting of the Shareholders. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. penry Williams, Esq., Penpont, Lord-Lieutenant of the eounty of Brecon Sir John E De Beauvoir, Bart., Director of the Manchester and Sir William 3I rgnay, Bart., Alderman of London Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction Railway Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Director of the Eastern Counties Railway. David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P., Belfast. Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, and a Director of the Namur and Liege Railway William Hughes Hughes, EAl. ' F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London, and a Di , cetor of the London and Greenwich Railway RichardAsliton, Esq., White Lion Court, Cornhill floben Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, London W.lliam G. Beare, Esq.. Porchester -place, London, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway Joseph Beaumont, Esq., The Tump, Abergavenny, and Cwm Celyn Iron Works J. W. Bevington, Esq., Neckinger Mills, London and Worcester Thomas Henry Bluck, Esq., Limehouse John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Docks Tom Ll. Brewer, Esq., Coalbrook Vale Iron Company Thomas Brown, Esq., Ebbw Vale and Syrhowy Iron Company William Henry Buckland, Esq., Caduxton House, Vale of Neath Andrew Caldecott, Esq., Russell-square Messrs. Chamberlain and Co., Royal Porcelain Worcester Works, Worcester James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, and Birmingham Railway, and Whitehaven and Fur ness Railway George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester street, Grosvenor-place Edward Henry Cole, Esq., Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, Kildare Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthan-court, and Old Palace, Richmond. Frederick Levick, Esq., for Messrs Crutwell, Allies, and Co., Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Works James Parker Deane, Esq., D.C.L., Porchester-terrace, Bayswater Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlbro'-place, St. John's-wood Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Boughton Monchelsea, Kent David Evans, Esq., banker, Merthyr Tydvil John Evans, Esq., banker, Brecon William Findon, Esq., Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park Rowland Fothergill, Esq., Aberdare Iron Works, Glamorgan Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park George Hall, Esq., Ely John Harvey, Esq., Rush Hill, Surrey Richard Heaviside", Esq.; Brighton, Director of the Cork and Water ford Railway J. C. Hill, Esq., Pwllddw Colliery, Blaenavon Samuel Homfray, Esq., Tredegar Iron Work Monmouthshire Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., Fenchurch-street, Director of the Great Northern of France Railway James James, Esq., Swansea Thomas Jevons, Esq., Liverpool and Venallt Iron-works, and Blaeng wrach, Venallt, and Forchgoch Collieries John Kinn, Esq., London-bridge Wharf, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway Lucy, Esq., Albany Steam Flour-mills, Worcester William John Macquire, Esq., Hampton Court Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, and Denver Hall, Norfolk John Maund, Esq., Tymawr, near Abergavenny, and Blain Dir Coal Works Henry Brooks Marriott, Esq., Vale of Neath Brewery Company William Morgan, Esq., Tay Dee Park, Abergavenny Charles Moseley, Esq., New Barns, Ely. F. H. Needham, Esq., merchant, Worcester Thomas Norbury, Esq., Sherridge Hall, Worcester George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction Railway Joseph Rusher, Esq., Glyn y Rose, Vale of Neath John Bradley Read, Esq., merchant, Worcester Edward Smith, Esq., Old Broad-street 33. j. spedding, Esq., Mines Royal Copper Company, London and Neath. William Steele, Esq., Abergavenny, Blaenavon Iron Company. B. 11. Steele, Esq., Abergavenny Timothy Steward, Esq., Iligham Lodge, Norwich Henry St rck, Esq., Beddgelert, Carnarvon John Shapland, Esq., Moorend House, Mathon, Worcester Joseph Shapland, Esq., Middle Temple, London, and Mathon, Wor cester Edward Tewart, Esq., Coupland Castle, Northumberland, and York place, Portman-square Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway George S. Trower, Esq., St. Mary-at-Hill, and St. James's-place, St. James's Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park and Norwich Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the Chichester and Brighton Rail way Thomas Wayne, Esq., Gadly's Iron Company, and Aberdare Coal Company. H. Webb, Esq., merchant, Worcester J. Webb, Esq., merchant, Worcester William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., the Pryors Bank, Fulham, Director of the Irish Great Western Railway. (With power to add to their number.) ACTING COMMITTEE. Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P. R ow land Fothergill, Esq. David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P. 11;rernon W. B. Grevllle, Esq. Thomas Henry Black, Esq. .Richard Heaviside, Esq. Henry Cornfoot, Esq, Samuel Homfl'ay, Esq. Thomas Dowglasse, Esq. Arthur Mann, Esq. ENGINEER IN CHlEF.—William Graratt, Esq., F.R.S. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS. Sandiforth F. Gritfln, Esq., C.E. Charles Brumell, Esq., C.E. SeLlciTofts.—Messrs Elmslie and Preston, 47, 3foorgate-street, London. LOC AL AGENTS. Swansea—Charles Basil Mansfield, Esq. Neath—George Leeds, Esq. Merthyr Tydril—Messrs. Perkins and James Brecon—Messrs. Maybery, Williams, and Cobb Abergavenny—Messrs. Morgan and Batt Hereford—John Gwillim, Esq. Worcester—Henry Foley, Esq. Birmingham—Messrs. Lee, Pinson, and Best Kidderminster—William Talbot, Esq. Norwich—Joseph Colman, Esq, BANNERS. London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury. London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury and Henrietta. street. Swansea—The Glamorganshire Banking Company /lerthYr Tydvil and Brecon—Messrs Wilkins and Co. Leicester —Messrs. Berwick, Lechmore and Co. SzcarraaT (pro tem)—Robert de Neufrille Lucas, Esq. The object of this railway is to open a direct line as between Bir mingham,t Swansea, and Yarmouth, taking Birmingham centre of the manufacturing districts, and bringing it into communi cation with the British Channel and the German Ocean. The distance bet ween S wansea an d W orces t er w ill be seventeen miles shorter than by any other proposed line, while the most ample accommodation 6 provided for 'the Iron and Coal district, South of Merthyr Tydvil, by a l oo p li ne t h rough Ab er d are and Pontypool, joining the direct Passenger line at Abergavenny. The Bee, commencing at Oakham, or Peterborough, to the East, will embrace, directly or indirectly, the towns of Norwich, Thetford, Brandon, Ely, Downham, Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, Stam ford, Oakham, Leicester, Nuneaton, ,lirmingham, Dudley, Stour bridge, Kidderminster, Stourport, Worcester, Hereford, Aberga venn se curiny, Pontypool, Merth yr Tydvil, Aberdare, death, and Swansea, g the nearly 3,000,000 a dvantages of railway communication to a population of Power will be asked in the Bill to be presented to Parliament to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent, per annum on all deposits and calls, from the time of payment until the opening of the line. Applications for Shares to be made to the Provisional Com mittee, at the offices of th e C ompany, No. 5, Gresham- street, Bank ; to Messrs. Elraslie and Preston, Solicitors, 47, 1 Moorgate-street, London, or Messrs. John Shewell and Son, Sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard. London ; Mr. John Smith, Share broker, 3, Shorter's-court, London; Mr. Jain Duncuft, Sharebroker, Manchester; Mr. John O'Neil, Sharebroker, Manchester; Messrs. W. Reynolds and Son, Sharebrokers, Liverpool; Messrs. H. and C. Beardshaw, Sharebrokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Share brokers. Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson, Sharebroker, Birmiaigham; Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Sharebrokers, Bradford • Mr. Mess". les, Sharebroker, Worcester ; Mr. Robert Allan, S'ha're-. brWoilkliearn: EMdiinburgh; Mr. William Gordon, Sharebroker, Aberdeen; Sharebroker, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Bruce and Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may be had Mr. Andrew Brand, Symes, Sharebrokers, _ . _ GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. Notice Is hereby given that no further applications for shares will be received after the 24th inst., except from parties locally interested, whose applications must be made on or before the 27th inst. and WESTERN TO LOVERS OF CLEANLINESS. CROYDON'S COMPOSITION for DESTROY ING HOUSE BUGS. This remedy has never been known to fail during Twenty years' application. It may be used safely without damaging the finest damask. Heads of schools, keepers of boarding-houses and hotels, pawnbrokers, persons going abroad, officers of the army and navy, Missionaries and emigrants, will find this application truly valuable as a means of eradication as well as prevention. Proprietor, E. H. Croydon, Walsall ; sole agent, W. S. ItunmY wholesale chemist, 3, Queen-qreet-piacP, London ; and to ha had Vlpatent medicine vendors and most respectable chanifts in tom an I Country, in ball-pint canisters, 25. 3d. each. K ILKENNY, CARLOW, and WICKLOW RAILWAY. Provisionally Registered pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 110. Length of Railway 70 miles. Capital 1,000,0001., In 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 11. 58. per Share. Offices, 449, West Strand. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Earl Fitzwilliam The Hon. Frederick Ponsonby The Earl of Besborough Robert Chaloner, Esq. The Earl of Courtown John Alexander, Esq. Lord Viscount Milton William Duckett, Esq. Sir Thomas Butler. Bart. Horace Rochfort, Esq. Colonel Acton, M.P. C. H. Doyne, Esq. W. G. Hasler, Eaq., M.P., Director of the Great Western and of the South Wales Railways R. F. Gower, Esq , Director of the Great Western and of the South Wales Railways F. Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western and of the South Wales Railways Lord Viscount Duncannon, M.P., Director of the Waterford, Wex ford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Sir T. Esmonde, Bart., M.P., Director of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway. SOLICITORS—aIessrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall, London. BANKERS—Messrs. Cocks, Bicldulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross, London. SECRETARY—Richard 31. Muggeridge, Esq. The object of the proposed undertaking is to complete the line of railway communication between the important city of Kilkenny and the capitals of Ireland and England, via Carlow ; and to afford to the rich counties of Kilkenny, Carlow, and Wicklow, the most conve nient local intercourse, with the cheapest mode of transmitting their produce to many of the principal markets of England and Wales. A glance at the map will show the vast importance of the proposed railway, which will afford the most direct communication between all the south midland counties of Ireland and London, and the south and west of England ; and it is expected that as soon as the contem plated railway from Port Dynllaen to Worcester is completed, the direct journey from Kilkenny to London will net exceed thirteen hours, and from Carlow, twelve ; while the proposed advantage of short and direct railway access to a port of shipment on the eastern coast of Ireland, will afford such increased facilities for the export of the live stock, flour, and other agricultural and mineral produce, abounding in the counties through which the proposed line of railway will run, as may reasonably be anticipated to produce a considerable profit to the Shareholders, and to prove of inca:culable advantage to that rich and highly improving portion of Ireland. The counties of Kilkenny and Carlow are also peculiarly faine4 for limestone of the purest quality, which is an absolute necessary, as manure, to the soil of the county of Wicklow, where, at present, with all the disadvantages of slow and expensive land-carriage, it is con veyed in very large and rapidly-increasing quantities. The mineral traffic of the county of Wicklow, close to the mints of which the proposed line of railway will pass, amounts to considerably upwards of 100,000 tons annually, a large portion of which is exported to Ncath, Swansea, and the south-west of England, from which dis tricts there is, in return, a very large importation of coal and culm, which would find its way into the interior of the counties of Carlow and Wicklow by means of the proposed railway. It may also be expected that the amount of passenger traffic from the inland counties of Ire land, which the projected line will unquestionably draw towards the unrivalled natural beauties of the county of Wicklow, may be esti mated as a source of very considerable income. From servey - s already completed, it has been ascertained that there are no engineering difficulties calculated to impede the speedy and successful formation of the line; and the promoters have the satis faction of stating, that about three-fourths of the land through which the railway will pass is owned by the noblemen and gentlemen who compose the Committee of Management of the Company. The capital of the Company has been fixed with a view of making such necessary improvements in the harbour of Wicklow as the public convenience may require. A portion of the Shares will be reserved for the Great Western, and the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Companies, and power will be taken in the Act to lease the line to the latter Com pany at four per cent. per annum on the capital subscribed, in addi tion to a moiety of the profits, if deemed desirable by the share holders. It is also proposed to take power for augmenting the capittl, and extending the line direct from Kilkenny to Clonmel, if hereafter con sidered advantageous ; in which ease priority as shareholders will be given to the shareholders of the present company. The plans, sections, and books of reference will be ready within the time prescribed by the standing orders of Parliament, and appli cation will be made for a Bill to incorporate the company very early in the next session. No subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit of 11. ss. per share until the Act be obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. Applications for shares may be addressed, post paid, to the Se cretary, in the following form, at the Office of the Company, 449, West Strand, London, where prospectuses, with map and printed forms of application, may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Committee of Management ..of the Kilkenny, Carlow and Wicklow Railwayellompany. Gentlemen—l request that you win allot to me Shares of Twenty Pounds each, in the proposed Kilkenny, Carlow, and Wick low Railway Company, on the terms and conditions of the Prospec tus ; and I undertake to pay the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds, when required. Dated the day of 184 . Name.......... • .......... Profession ........................ Place of abode and post town ...... Reference .......... ....... • • • • • Address! of Reference ....... • • • - - THE WEATHER. —Since our last we have had de lightful weather —a mar k ed increase of temperature, with many genial showers. Vegetation is making extraordinary progress, and a most abundant harvest is expected. Many fields of hay have been cut, and some carried. The crop is extremely fine. We learn from the Limerick papers, that a field of wheat is in full ear near that city. In South Lancashire this is not the case, though a few ears have been gathered on the Cheshire side of the river at New Brighton. All the spring crops. whether of roots, grain, or pulse, are growing luxuriantly, and pro mise a plentiful yield. While we rejoice at the favourable pros_ peels of our own country, we cannot but regret to pad that th e price o f :orn has in qucorinsseentoenacegorefatthhe prospect p e e % tßorf a ussedlreacianedntthharvrottestgh O ut lip cr , PIE YORK and LANCASTER RAILWAY. Provisionally Registered. Capital 1,600,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. 10s. per Share. This railway is intended to connect the City of York with Lancas ter in a Direct Line. It wM commence near the City of York and proceed thence through or near Knaresborough, Ripley, Pateley bridge, Hartlington, Burnsall, Thorpe Linton, Threshfleld, Hetton Bordley, Malham Kirkby, Malham Dale, Skipton, Gargrave, and Set tle to Lancaster, passing en route through extensive tracts of goal, lead, and other mineral productions. A detailed prospectus, with a list of Provisional Committee, will be published in a few days ; in the meantime, applications for Shares, accompanied with respectable references, can be made to the Solici tors, Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square ; or to the Secretary, Samuel Holdsworth, Esq., SOWerby-bridge, near Halifax, Yorkshire. BIRMINGHAM, DUDLEY, and WOL - VERILUIPTON RAlLWAY.—Extension from Smethwick, through Cradley to Stourbrielge, there to join the London, Worces ter, and South Staffordshire Railway.—The object of this extension is to connect the large mineral and manufacturing district of the Valley of the Stour with Birmingham, and the lines of railway cen tering there. This scheme, in conjunction with the London and Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway, will afford the greatest facility of com munication to the towas and manufactories along the whole Valley of the Stour, with Birmingham and the principal markets in the Mid land districts. Application will be made to Parliament in the next session, for a Bill to authorise the construction of this extension.—Dated 13th June, 1845. INGLERY, WRAGGE, and COPE, 1 Solicitors to the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhamp tonS. CARTER, Railway. RAILWAY from ST. QUENTIN to MAU BEITGE and the BELGIAN FRONTIER. . . The Directors of this Company bag to state that a limited num ber of Shares of the Charleroi and Erquelinnes Railroad will be reserved for the subscribers to the St. Quentin and Maubeuge Company ; but the amount will be inevitably small in consequence of the whole number of the Charleroi and Erquellinnes shares, at the disposal of the Directors for the English public, for the holders of the Paris and St. Quentin Shares, and for those of the St. Quentin and Maubeuge Shares, being restricted to 8,000. CHAS. GRAHAM and CO., Agents. 20, King's Arms-yard, 14 June, 1845. N ORTHERN RAILWAY of FRANCE, with its BRANCHES. _ (LEDEL'F'S COMPANY.) Capital 200,000,000 francs, or 8,000,0001. (one-half of which has been already subscribed in France), in shares of 500 francs, or 201. each. Deposit in England 2/. per Share ; to be returned to the Subscribers without deduction, but without interest, within sixty days after the adjudication, should this Company not obtain the concession. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. Mons. Desrousseau de Medrano, Administrateur des Manufactures de Glaces de St. Quirin, Cirey, &c., et Membre duConseil General des Ardennes—President. Mons. Andre Kcechlin, Depute de Mulhouse. Mons. Le Marquis d'Alon, Anclen Prefet du Cher et de la Cha- • rente Inferieure Mons. Le Vicomte de l'Espine, Adininistrateur de la Conapagnle " La Providence." Mons. Auguste Lefebure, Negotiant Mons Le Baron A. Pinoteau, Ancien Sous-Prefet Mons. Vejux, Depute de Besancon, et Conseiller a la Cour Royale Mona. Catharinet de Rancey, Anclen Admlnistrateur des Mena geries Royales Mons. Bechard, Depute Mons. L. Lebeuf, Banquler, a Paris Colonel Barlow Henry Bonar, Esq., a Paris • John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool William Feilden, Esq., M.P. William G. Hayter, Esq., M.P. Charles 'Lindley, Esq., M.P. J. Dorrien Magens, Esq. Mons. Adol,he de Milly, a Paris Francis Mowatt, Esq. William Rotheram, Esq., Liverpool The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. T. M. Weguelin, Esq. BANKERS. Mons. L. Lebeuf, Paris ; Messrs. Currie and Co.. London. ENGINEERS. William Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S. Joseph Cubitt, Esq. NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES in this Company can be received after TUESDAY NEXT, the 24th inst. By order of the Committee, EDWARD FILDER, Secretary, pro. tem. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, London, June 20, 1845. NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE. Notice is hereby given, that NO FURTHER APPLICA TION for SHARES in this Company can be received after TUESDAY next, the 24th instant. By order of the Committee, EDWARD FILDER, Secretary pro. tem. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, London, 18th June, 1845. A RMAGH, COLERAINE, and PORTRUSH. RAILWAY. _ At a numerous Meeting of Noblemen and Gentleman connected with the North of Ireland, held this day, at the Thatched House Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the most cifec • tual means for obtaining a Suspension of the Standing Orders in the House of Commons in favour of the above Company, it was Moved by the Earl of CIIABLEMONT ; secondeh by Lord ACHESON, M.P.; and unanimously resolved, That this Meeting, being impressed with the very great import ance of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrnsh line of railway, to the very populous district through which it passes, desires to promote to the utmost the success of the project through Parliament ; and, with that view, are most anxious to afford every assistance to the passing of the Bill during the present session. Moved by Lord IsrOIITIILAND, 3f.P. ; seconded by Lord CLAM) HA MILTON, 3f.P. ; and unanimously resolved, That the country immediately to be benefited by the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway, being one of the wealthiest and most populous in Ireland, is entitled to the warmest support of the different noblemen and gentlemen possessing any influence in the Legislature; and, inasmuch as the inhabitants have, by petitions, signed by them in various districts, exoressed 4 unanimous desire that the standing orders of the House should be suspended, in order that the Bill for its construction may pass into a law tills session, this Meeting agree to support a petition on the part of the Directors of the Company for that purpose. Moved by Capt. JONES, M.P. ; seconded by Capt. BATESON, M.P.; and unanimously resolved, That this meeting, aware that the object of the standing orders being complied with, is mainly for the protection of the landowners and others interested on the line, are of opinion that, after such expressions of public feeling as those evidenced by the petitions re ferred to, a petition on the part of the Directors ought to be imme diately presented to the House, praying for the suspension of the standing orders. Moved by Colonel RAwOEN, 31. P.) seconded by Mr. MecnoNNELL. of GlenannCastle ; and unanlmouslyyesolved, That a petition on the part of the Directors of the Armagh, Cole raine, and Portrush Railway, having been prepared and read to the Meeting by the Solicitor to the Company, this Meeting is of opinion that the same should be presented to the Comrrions House of Parlia ment, with the shortest possible delay, that the claims of the Com pany may he immediately brought before the Legislature for a sus pension of the standing orders in their favour. _ _. . _ _ _ _ _ Moved by Lord RossionE ; . seconded by CUARLEB Fox, Esq. ; and unanimously resolved, That the several petitions from the local tenantry and others in favour of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway to the House of Commons, and that the standing orders might be dispensed with this session in its behalf, are entitled to the greatest weight and con sideration, and prove at once the importance of the line, and neces sity of its early adoption. This Meeting is therefore of opinion that the same should be immediately presented to the House, and the proper measures should be adopted with that view. GOSFORD, Chairman. The Earl Gosford having vacated the chair, and the Earl of Char lemont having been called thereto, it was Moved by Lord CLAUD HAMILTON, M.P.; seconded by Lord NORTH LAND, M.P. ; and unanimously resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be Aven to Earl Gosford for his proper conduct in the chair. CIIAELEMONT, Chairman. June 20. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA I MORNING, JUNE 23, 1845. fellow-countrymen. And it is equally little a matter of doubt, that the vast—indeed, the enormous—fun•ls annually assessed for the purposes of such relief, should be faithfully and economically administered by responsi ble officers, on a well-organised and intelligible scheme of management. But it is the peculiar misfortune of the New Poor Law that all its executive officers appear to imagine that they are administering some immutable edict of the Medet and Persians, the decrees of which may neither be detracted from nor added to by a single syllable, however unlooked-for and unthought-of the particular exigency which may demand their modifica tion in practically dealing with them. It has always ap peared to us, that magistrates, boards of guardians, and relieving officers exhibit, in nine cases out of ten, where any circumstances attach to a pauper case before tliem that may happen to he thus removed beyond the apparent scope, or of the express enactments of the statute, an utter paralysis of the faculties of common sense and clear judgment. They seem to ima gine that they have no discretion whatever beyond or within the letter of the statute, and fall into a sort of abject despair, or an apathetic indifference about any degree of hardship, cruelty, or injustice which their servile compliance with that letter may cause them to inflict. There is scarcely one of her MAJESTY'S subjects who does not, at least twice in twenty-four hours, con travene, without hesitation, some positive law or other, about the breach of which he gives himself no trouble, being sensible that, could the Legislature have foreseen how such law would operate to work a grievance to him, in con nexion with matters indifferent in themselves, it would never have passed it. By reasonable analogy these func tionaries might surely suppose that they would be at liberty to act, where the exigency of the case demanded prompt and effectual relief, in the spirit with which alone any system of poor•law relief can have been projected and accomplished, however the letter of the law embody ing it might have omitted to prescribe a specific course to be adopted in such specific case. If it be a sound maxim that lex neminem cogit ad " impossibile," it is surely as sound a one, that" lex »emblem ad erudele cogit." A must extraordinary case appeared last week in the columns of a contemporary, which will be found fully to bear out these observations. It even of Great Britain ; a capacity which the quick eye of our undaunted DRAKE—whose judgment in these matters was little inferior to his bravery in action—pro bably appreciated, when, sixty years after the Spanish hero, he took possession of tbis singular and extensive peninsula. It is of little moment, now, to inquire whe ther the title which he asserted to it under the confirma tion granted him by the native King of the country was, in any respect, more valid or binding than that by which, in our own times, the King of the Mosquito country devolved upon the Indo-British, or Spanish Cazique, GREGOR APGREGOR, the sovereignty of the Poyais territory. In a hundred years after the confirmation granted to DRAKE, the Jesuits had established their missions on the most happily situated of these remote coasts, and by the vessels they built in their distress, and the rude investments they were able to send by them to the friends and compatriots, whose aid they solicited from distant captaincies and go vernments in America, the sufficiency attested what were the natural capabilities of the fine region also into which they had passed, voluntary exiles from civilisa tion, and all the conditions of social life, to plant the cross in the savage forests of a primeval wilderness, and to preach the doctrines of peace and truth to the races of the human family still wilder and more barbarous than the gloomy solitudes to which they had banished themselves. In a very few years these marvellous men had outstripped in their career of useful benevolence and reclaiming iedustry all that is fabled of the noble lessons derived by the first husbandmen from Ceres or Triptolemus. Thdy really carried with them grain and seed to a soil which had never raised them previously, but rewarded -in an incredibly short period the infant labours of savages, who at first could scarcely be made to comprehend the rudimental principles or processes of cultivation, with abundant crops. But they were a stupid and obdurate race ; and very many of the good fathers were cruelly exterminated by those who had derived from them this first of human acts, and the most vital of all truths. Still, it is most re markable, that with these and a hundred other irre fragable evidences to the value of a region, which the Jesuits had done so much to settle, amidst difficulties and dangers of the most extrordirelry nature, Spain never seems to have made a subsequent effort to " reap"—:as well she might have done—where those Jesuits, who she expelled, had " sown." During the sharp contest between the Governments of Spain and Great Britain in 1771, about the occupation of the Falkland Islands, there does appear to have been an awakened interest in the former i❑ favour of the neglected California. COOKE'S sagacity was quickly alive to its importance ; and his patron, Lord SANDWICH, responded to his ♦iews and opinions upon this subject. Another long lull has succeeded to this transient activity of geographical excitement; and now political circumstances will probably raise the tide of that excitement to a higher pitch than it has yet at tained. Beyond all doubt, our present extended com mercial position in China—its connexion with the still unexhausted resources of the trade to be secured in the North Pacific—and the accidents that invest the question of the Oregon territory occupation—bid fair to commu nicate a new interest and importance to the destinies of California. is the more remarkable, moreover, inasmuch as the communication, although an anonymous one, is stated to be made on the authority of a magistrate, who declares his reason for bringing such facts before the public in such a shape to be. that he knows very well if he were to move the grant of the relief which the case he nar rates imperatively calls for, " he should be outvoted at the Board of Guardians." So that here is a magistrate and a member of a Board of Guardians, so worked upon by this species of unworthy weakness, that he is afraid to move his own proposition to a board of which he is a member, because the fear of the Commissioners of Somerset House and their rescripts is ever before its eyes. Here is a magistrate who, having a case of sin gular harshness and inhumanity, occurring within his own cognizance, to urge against the administration of the poor-law, resorts to the vicarious aid of a newspaper, in order to make known those facts, and his opinions upon them, which might have been so much more impressively given by him from the bench. It seems that in the Hardwick (near Reading) union, at the board of which this magistrate acts, there dwells one WILLIAM WELLER, of the parish of Whit church, in the county of Oxford,—that be is between 60 and 70 years of age, and has been confined to his home for these last five weeks with a bad leg. The doctor in attendance upon him, and humanely so attend ing without any union order, gave a note to WELLER'S wife to take to the relieving-officer, stating that the man was very poor, and being in this dangerous state required to have better and more nourishing food allowed to him. This case was brought before the board, who refused relief, except on the condition of its being acknowledged as a loan, and to be repaid by WELLER. This the poor woman refused ; and, remonstrating with the board, she told them " that the poor mat], even when he was comparatively well, was unable, by re:son of his malady, to work for intervals of many days, and on some occasions, of many weeks together :—that were they, at his age, and under these circumstances, to undertake to repay any amount of relief that should be extended to him, as a " loan," they must be half starved in order to do so, or must go the workhouse. In the workhouse, the man would lose his business, after being compelled to abandon his home ; so the poor man—a person of very good reputation—still lies in this precarious state, unrelieved, and without the chance of relief by the union, except under one of these two hard conditions ; either, that he take upon himself to discharge whatever may be disbursed on his account in the name of relief, (he being already in that utter poverty which has left him without the means of subsist tence, and has compelled him to make his reluctant ap plication for relief from the poor-rate ;) or, tha he go, with his wife, into the Union house, as the proper punishment for their advanced age—for their good character—for their reluctance to invoke parish assistance—for their desire still to support themselves, to as great an extent as possible, by honest industry— for their praiseworthy attachment to their humble but honest home—and for the " unpardonable and reckless" improvidence of an artisan, at 60 years of age, being afflicted with so chargeable an ailment as a bad lt g ! Madrid journals of the 14th have been received. Ac cording to the Esperanza, a Cellist paper, the French Government had granted Don CARLOS passports for the Department of the Lower .Ups, where, it is said, he will take up his residence for some time. General PRIM had left Madrid for Paris, and the Count DE BRESSON, the French Ambassador, was at Bayonne on the 16th, also on his way to the French capital, The Madrid Gazette of the 13th publishes the estimates for the year 1845, amounting altogether to 1,184 millions of reels, or 11,843,771/. The following are the estimates for the dif ferent departments in English money :—Civil List, 435,000/. ; the two Legislative Chambers, 11,423/. ; Foreign Affairs, 102,132/. ; Department of Justice 187.882/. ; the Interior, 1,226,104/. ; Army Estimates' 3,223.3401. ; Navy, 884,2261. ; Finance, 3,527,5511. ; Sink epg Fund. 991,1561. ; the Church and Nunneries, 1,254,9511. Accounts from the Baqque provinces st&to that the abdication of l)on CARLOS had been received favourably in those districts, and was regarded as the precursor of a marriage between the QUEEN and the Prince of ASTURIAS. Considerable fluctuations took place on the Madrid Bourse on the 13th. The Three per Cents. closed at 31i for cash, and 32i account, and the Fives at 23+ ac count. O❑ the 14th the Threes declined to 314 cash, and 32* account ; and the Fives closed at 23k. The Paris papers are still occupied in discussing the statements made by Sir C. NAPIER and Lord PALMER STON, relative to the steam navies and fortified ports of the two countries, and the writers seem not a little puz zled what to make of them. The Journal des Debuts claims cre.lit for the present Government, from the very fears expressed on this side of the Channel at the grea strength of France, and especially her means of attack and defence, and ironically attributes all the glory to M. TRIERS and the Left Centre. "It was easy," says that journal, " to conceive the embarrassment into which our opposition journals have been thrown by the speeches of Sir C. NAPIER and Lord PALMERSTON ;" but it is curious to observe how they try to get out of the dilemma. Is our naval position improved ? Yes, it is so undoubt edly ; but then this has been done independent of our Ministers, or rather in spite of them. The traitor:, We take it there can be no sort of doubt about the main features of this case. The correspondent of our Contemporary (the Times) took the precaution of making a formal application to the relieving officer of the union, who admitted, in reply, that the application had been rejected, except on the stipulation that the relief should be granted as " a loan," and be repaid by the poor old applicant. A loan, indeed ! Why the board, or their relieving officer, might have granted all that was asked and necessary in this matter, without one instant of hesitation. If the Somerset house Council of Three had even addressed one of its awful missives of censure to such offenders in the cause of humanity—the latter would still have survived it ! The public would only laugh as heartily at its prepw terous attempts to enforce unifomity " of con‘trueti. , n' in the interpretation of its crude " irsttuctions" and its sleepy "minutes," as they have already laughed at its attempts to enforce uniformity of diet. And with the saute result too, the common sent.e and right feeling of the public would ride over the most express authority conveyed by a dozen such ill-digested concoctions as the " Amended Poor-law," to a body so excessively uncon stitutional in the principles and the powers of its esta blishment as the Poor-law Commissioners, in favour of the constitutional as well as inherent title to the sort of relief claimed and refused in this case, and which is still the indefeasible birthright, we are prepared to maintain, of every Englishman. would have willingly left us at the mercy and discre tion of England, but they were not allowed. The) have raised the fortifications of Paris, they have laic down railroads—but all this against their own will They still remain as mean and miserable as we have re presented them to be ; and if France has a navy, al. army, railroads, and steam ships, the honour belongs to the Radical party alone. To the Radical party ? IsTe, indeed ; to M. TRIERS and the Left Centre. Who has governed the country for five years ? The Left Centre, to be sure. Who has obtained the abolishment of the right of search ? M. BILLAULT and the Left Centre. Who passed the Fortifications Bill ? M. THIERS and the Left Centre. Marshal EOULT and M. GuizoT have been merely the puppets of the Left Centre. The part taken by the Ministry is this—it makes fine speeches about peace, and then goes .to sleep in infantine security ; while England, foreseeing war, is providing to meet it. But read the two speeches of Lord PALMERSTON and Sir CHARLES NAPIER, and it will be found that they make the same reproach to the Tory Cabinet as is made here against the Conservative Cabinet. It is accused of leaving the means of defending the country to perish, while France, they say, under the direction of an able and powerful Government, is placing herself in a posi tion to invade England, and burn and destroy her ports and arsenals !" The Presse takes a very different view of the question, and treats the fears of Sir CHARLES NAPIER as purely imaginary. We give the following extract as a specimen : The report which the last advices from America have brought to England of the declaration, by Cali fornia, of her national independence, is on.. o f imme diate moment by no means commensurate with the pro bable importance of such an event on the future relations of the Old and the New World. Already we perceive our excitable friends, the citizens of the United States, are revelling in the anticipation of the new State " knocking at the doors of Congress to be admitted into the Federal Union." Already does the prospect of a new dismemberment of the vast elements heretofore comprising the immense Mexican territory stimulate the unscrupulous passion for territorial aggrandisement, wbich is so eminently characteristic of the " Annexing Republic." This is all very natural, perhaps ;—a feel ing compatible enough with the notion which its citizens have lately taken up of absorbing, within the area of their own federation, all the inhabited or habitable regions of the continent on which they are established. For ourselves, disap proving on general principles of the policy of giving further extension to our own territorial possessions, we should be sorry to see our Government establishing —by the treaty and accommodation of course—its ancient pretensions on California, although there is, perhaps, no country on the shores of the " Vermillion Sea," (as that portion of the Western Waters of America are called), on which the capital, energy, and commerce of Great Britain could realise a more speedy or profitable development. And, probably, there is no country on the surface of the globe in which we have done less to improve the advantages offered by an ancient connexion with it. Its pearl fisheries, though long discontinued, or very inadequately worked, there is good reason to believe from very recent observe- " Sir C. Napier has fallen into most ridiculous exaggerations, He has underrated beyond measure the power of his country, and swelled up beyond all bounds that of France. Such hyperbolical assertions cannot obtain credit without danger. It is so much the more necessary to re_establish the truth in this respect, that our Ministerial journals have affected to take for gospel the fantastical speech of the Gallant Commodore, proudly opposing it to those per. s ons who say that our naval resources are not what they ought to be, and who urge the Government to increase them. That Sir C. Napier should give proofs of ignorance when speaking of our affairs, is not very astonishing, although he has abused somewhat too much the permission he might lay claim to of being raistals en, as we shall show just now. But the French journals must not be permitted to fall into the same errors, and there is no excuse for their echoing his assertions. Sir C. Napier has maintained two things; first, that our coasts are in a formidable state of defence; and, se. condly, that our navy, and, above all, our steamers, had reached such a point of development as to leave the navy of Great Britain far behind. To state this opinion is almost to criticise it sufficiently. As to the new packets that are being constructed, that is a fact due to the imagination of Sir C. Napier. No order in this respect has been given or could have been given. Nothing will be done until after the vote of the Bill now pending, and then the packets that are to be built will belong altogether to commerce, and not to the Royal Navy." In the Chamber of Deputies the estimate for improv ing and strengthening the harbour of Algiers came under discussion, when the Members showed themselves more lavish of the public money than even Marshal SOULT. The Minister of War had demanded only 1,500,000 f. for that purpose, but the Committee thought the sum too small, and recommended a grant of 2,000.000 f. (80,0001.), which was voted, after a slight opposition. The strike of the journeymen carpenters still con tinued. " Two weeks," says the .Reforme, " have now nearly elapsed since the strike' commenced, and we are afraid that this will not be the last. The workmen are determined not to abate their demand ; they have even enhanced their original propositions, and now claim for journeymen of all grades uniform wages of five francs a day." M. GulzoT had a long conference with Lord COWLEY on Wednesday, at the English embassy. On Thursday Marshal SEBASTIAN! read the report of the Committee appointed to examine the Slave-trade Convention Bill. The Committee fully approve of the t rms agreed to, pay high compliments to the nego tiators, the Duke DE BROCLIE and Dr. LUSBINGTON, and recommend the most scrupulous and faithful exe cution of the treaty, and the adoption of every means at the disposal of the French Marine for rutting down the infamous traffic in slaves. This is a gratifying result, as the new treaty, we are convinced, will be infinitely more effectual than all those that have yet been nego tiated. tions by European travellers, who had, like Lieut. HARDY, for example, peculiar opportunities of communicating with and mixing among the native divers and fishers, might be rendered at least as productive as in the best periods of its yield in past years. But passing over its other and more imp ,rtant products, vegetable and mineral, we confess that we should like to have some as surance that in any new political position which Cali fornia may be about to assume, she may be induced to treat with our own Government on terms which shall giv,o us ready access to, and the unlimited facilities of, her barbours for our fleets and our merchantmen. No more extensive or perfect harbours, so far as tl.eir na tural features, as yet unimproved by art, are concerned, have presented themselves to the research of commerce since these were first discovered by the intrepid CORTEZ, now three hundred and ten years ago. One of these, as we had often read, and have lately been assured through the official dispatches of a French admiral, would suffice to accommodate the vast navy The Three per Cents. closed on the Bourse on Thurs day at 84f. 15c. ; the Five per Cents. at 122 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 1,085 f. ; Vierzon, 780 f. Uastre, 870 f. ; Avignon, 1,022 f. 599, Basle, 265 f. ; Spanish Passives, 38 1 4 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 404 ; Ditto Passives, The following are the qu. , tations f a. the new lines:— Orleans and Bordeaux, 205 f. premium ; Boulogne, 115 f. ditto •, Troyes and Montereau, 30f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 18f. 75c. ; ditto (Calon), 50c. ' • ditto (Ganneron), 4f 50c. ; Northern line ( Laffitte), 25f. ; ditto (Rosamel), 6f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 9f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 6f. 50c.; ditto (Jacques Lefevre ), par ; Lyons and Avignon ( Lecointe), 18f. 75c. ; ditto (Talabot), 40f. •, ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), Bf. 50c. •, Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), lf. 50 ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 4f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 10f. ; Dijon and Mulhausen, if. 50c. MARSEILLES, JUNE 14.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,0451.; Boulogne, 6251. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 7201. ; Vierzon, 820 f. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 542 f. 50c. ; ditto (Sebas tiani), 522 f. 50c.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 510 f. ; Bordeaux:and Cette (Espeleta), 517 f. 50c. ; ditto (Mackenzie), 507 f. 50c. LYONS, JUNE 16.—Avignon and Marseilles, 1,025 f., for the end of June: Paris and Rouen, 1,095 f., ditto ; Orleans and Vierzon, 791 f., ditto. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 960 f., ditto. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—A report is current in Dublin, that as the present building is in a very dilapidated state, and the site not very healthy, a new edifice will be erected in a different locality—probably on the lands of Cabinteely, about six miles from Dublin, on the Wicklow road. The report is entitled to cre dit. The present College, we believe, was built as a private residence, and is not well adapted for the purposes of education. Two advantages therefore may be gained by the change—a more healthy situation, and a more euphonious name. Any name, in fact, would sound better iii the ears of certain English men and Orangemen than Maynooth. Cabinteely Col lege, for instance, would fall like music on the ears of Roden, and Winchilsea, and Plumptre—any name, indeed, would be preferable. Maynooth and Sir Robert Peel, therefore, committed a great oversight in not abolishing the odious appellation by Act of Parliament ; but pos sibly it can be done by a royal proclamation. WESTMINSTER HALL.—Scaffolding has been erected for some time against the gable of this ancient building, in Old Palace-yard, for the purpose, it is said, of re moving it altogether ; and, of course, along with it the magnificent gothic window so universally admired. We certainly understood, that according to Mr. Barry's original plan, the Hall was not to be touched, but no thing, it appears, is safe under the new management. The Commission appointed by the Legislature to super intend the construction of the Palace of Westminster (for this is to be the title of the two Houses of Parliament), are either asleep or on a journey, and constant deviations are adopted, utterly inconsistent with the plans sanc tioned by Parliament. We should not be surprised it' Mr. Barry, under the guidance of his new patrons, were by and by to come to the conclusion that the vene rated Hall of William Rufus and old St. Stephen's were incumbrances, and ought to be removed. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Anna Thillon's engage ment positively ends in seven more nights, and, with her en gagement, closes the longest season Drury-Lane has ever made. The house is sure to be full each night, for the attraction of this charming singer increases every time she performs. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.— On dit that the South Wales Railway is yet likely to be submitted to the Com mittee, inasmuch as the objections of the Admiralty to bridg ing over the Severn have been met by a proposal to tunnel under it. Sir Robert Peel has appointed the youngest son of the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, to a junior clerkship in the Treasury.— Observer. MR. ORBERRY'S BENEFlT.—Oxberry being the quaintest of mortals—little Oxberry—great little Oxberry takes his benefit at the Princess's on Wednesday. The whole talent of the company is to be put into requisition on the occasion ; and as Oxberry, in the various characters of author, actor, and manager, has won " g , lden opinions from all sorts of people," we hope that they will mint their opinions into coin, and give him a bumper. ROBBERY OF TWO TIZOUSAND AND FORTY POUNDS Few,: A DISTILLIEL—On Monday night, while Mr. Cowan, the extensive distiller at Fintry, was on his way home from Glasgow in his gig, and when near the top of Campsies Moor, about twenty minutes past eleven o'clock, he was attacked by two men, who copped his gig and robbed him of his pocket.book and a large sum cf money. We have not beard the extent of violence to which the unfortunate gentleman was subjected, but we under. stood that the pocket.book—a black leather one, tied with black tape—contained, besides some accounts and other papers, old bills, &J., the following bank-notes :—Twelve for 1001. each, twenty three notes for 201. each, fifty-two notes for 5/. each, besides several small notes, making in all 2,040!. Up to Tuesday last no trace of the highwaymen or any part of the money had been discovered. The weather at Paris has been excessively sultry for some days. On Tuesday the thermometer in the shade rose to 87. On Wednesday, however, showers of rain, accompanied by a thunder storm, reduced the temperature considerably. BELGIUM AND THER HINE.—Gtpta in Bowyer, R N., and Mrs. Bowyer, the Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, John Stanley, Esq., with several servants and two carriages; Captain and Mr. Morse. Mrs. Harriet Coleman and family ; Dr. Reed, and Captain Powell, embarked yesterday morning at the Blackwall. pier, on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Soho, for Antwerp. ELOPEMENT.—On Sunday morning last a young lady, of some personal attractions and considerable property in the neighbourhood of Cardiff, made her exit with " her loved one," a young man respectably connected in Cardiff. It• would appear they accidentally met in Bristol, where the dams was kindled ; they subsequently had an interview at Cardiff, and on Saturday night last she informed her friends that she intended walking over in the morning to take breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. —, and that she would return in the evening. She accordingly got up with the lark, and went off, as her friends thought, to breakfast; but instead of which her ardent swain, who was in waiting with a carriage and pair, carried away his priae at railway speed. Her friends, finding she did not return according to promise, became uneasy and went in search of her, pursuing the route she was said to have taken, but we have not heard of their having captured the fugitive. —Monmouthshire Merlin. BRIGHTON, JUNE 19.—The General Steam Naviga tion Company's packet Magnet, Captain Henry Cheesman, arrived at the Chain-pier this morning from Dieppe, having made the passage in seven hours, and landed the Duke de Poix, the Countess de Noailles, Lord Clinton, and Major-General M'Leod. A letter from Lord Cowley, our Ambassador at Paris, was brought by the packet to Mr. P. Black, the French consul and agent of the Com pany here, directing him to forward the luggage of the Duke de Poix and the Countess de Noailles without delay. Yesterday the Company's packet Menai, Captain Goodburn, arrived from Havre with *w i lt, Arty pitsSengers, including Admiral Baudin, naval tutor of thiPriace de Joinville, who is come over for the purpose of inspecting Captain Taylor's floating breakwater, three sections of which are moored a little to the w.stward of this town. MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE' QUEENS OF ENGLAND, VOL Vlll.—Besides the deeply interesting life of Henrietta Maria, consort of Charles 1., the new volume of this valuable work comprises the life of Catherine of Braganza. It is full of costume and pageantry, and sparkling with the whim and frolic of the Merry Monarch and his pleasure loving Court. The particulars of the early life and closing years of Catherine are derived from unedited Portuguese records and memorials hitherto unknown to English readers, and even to English his torians, who, in sketching the annals of the times have not put themselves to the trouble of searching the archives of the Bra ganza family. The knowledge of these curious facts has enabled Miss Strickland to enter into the secret chain of cir cumstances which led to the implication of this Queen's name with the mysterious accusation connected with the Popish plot, and which will be read with no common interest at this period of national excitement. The death of Charles 11. ,of which so many contradictory statements have been written, is related from the testimony left by an eye-witness, from beginning to end, with careful accuracy, and it is one of the most striking passages in the memoir. The archives of France have also given up their long-hidden mysteries to supply some of the fresh information contained in this volume. The widowhood of Catherine, and the triumphant sunset of her days as Queen Regent of Portugal, will be read with pleasure, as affording an unexpectedly bright termination to the trials and mortfications of the virtuous and neglected consort of the reckless Charles IL THE BRUNSWICK PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.—Art excursion from London to Brighton and back in one day, by special trains engaged for the purpose, took place on Tuesday last, in aid of the funds of the above Society. This excellent Charity was formed in 1840, and ranks high amongst the numerous charities which exist for the alleviation of the dis tresses of the necessitous and deserving poor, during the in clemency of the winter season. Its object is the relief of poor persons and their families who in the winter, from want of em ployment and other casualties, experience the greatest priva tions, by suppls ing them with bread and coals. At nine o'clock the trains left the London terminus with nearly '2 00.) persons, reaching Brighton, after a pleasant trip, in two hours. TELEGRAPH OVER THE ATLANTIC.—A writer in the New York Tribune suggests a plan for bringing Old England within a speaking distance. He proposes to run a copper wire, well covered, and as large as a pipe stem, from Nova Scotia to the coast of Ireland. This, as is thought, may be accomplished by winding the wire upon reels, and arranging it on board a steamer sl as to be reeled off as fast as the boat goes, and dropped the whole width of the Atlantic. The writer says—" Its gravity would sink it to the depth where water was so dense as to be of equal gra vity, and of course beyond the reach of any kind of collision. Be ginning and ending upon a bold shore, beyond the reach of anchors, it would be out of harm's way, and exposed but to two kinds of accidents—viz., from separation by its own weight, and the loss of the coating with which the metal must be protected. The steamer Great Britain would carry more wire of this size than would ex. tend to Europe, and its cost, I think, would be less than a million of dollars." THE GAME-LAWS IN FRANCE. — 44 We are tempted," says the Presse," to ask, do we live in a civilised country, when facts are passing round us such as we are about to relate ? A ship arrived late.y at Havre from the Spanish Main, having on board a stag, intended for a merchant at Bordeaux, but as the vessel was not bound to Bordeaux, it was necessary to land the animal at Havre. A serious difficulty, however, arose. Th. new game-law declares that no game shall be suffered to be conveyed by sea or land at a period prohibited. What, then, was to be done with the stag ? Throw him into the sea. But the stag might swim to shore, and the vessel would become liable to seizure for smuggling. The case appeared so difficult of solution to the custom-house authorities at Havre, that they referred it to the authorities at Paris, and the case has net yet been decided. Certainly, since the memorable deliberation of Domitlan's Senate, relative to the pro per sauce for a turbot, never was so serious a matter submitted to the consideration of a public administration. We are curious to ascertain how the custom-house authorities will extricate them selves from the formidable difficulties occasioned by the arrival in France of an American stag at a season prohibited by law." THE IRON SPECULATIos.—The bulibte has burst at last. Pig-iron, which was selling at 61. two months ago, can now be bought at 555. a ton ; and is, under present circumstances, a dangerous speculation even at that figure. Fine calculations appear in the papers, going to prove that iron really ought to bring 71. a ton, or more; and yet people are so blind to their own inte rests that they will persist in giving only 555., when they ought to be giving at least double. It will not do to tell us about new rail roads going on. The iron works can provide for them as fast as the Legislature will pass their Acts. We should like the ques tion solved—What is to be done with the enormous quantity of iron now storing for behalf of speculators ? How is this addi. tional quantity to be got rid of? Hovt is our foreign trade to be recovered ? How is our home trade to be revived ? Certainly in no way but by a season of continued low prices. We wish makers would see it their interest to face the matter at once, and reduce prices to a figure that will encourage consumption at home and cause expottation to foreign countries. Instead of pursuing this course, however, they hold their meetings, and say the price is 41. Ins., when it can be bought at 555. Now this state of things cannot last. Their order books may be full now, and they may think themselves independent of prices for six months to come; but these months will pass over, and they will then find that most of the orders now executing, and most of the iron new being produced, Will enter into competition with their future make, and, in ail probability, force down prices lower than ever.--Glasgow National, MONEY and COMMtRCIAL NEWS' (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) There was no change to notice in Cotton at Liverpoolyes terday. Sales 6,000 bales, including 1,500 on speculation. Shares were quiet, and in some instances rather lower. Armagh and Portrush, 24 % ; Bandon and Bantry 6 e. ; Barnsley Junction, 7 ,• Half Shares, 3% ; Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, 114 %; Blackburn, Burnley, and AC crington, 94 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 51/0 Belfast and County Down, 14 265. • Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 15% %; Caledonian, 11%; 'Cambridge and Lincoln, 4N I 4 ; Cambridge and Oxford. 4s. 55. Chester and Birkenhead, 6S 63 ; New Shares, 58 ; Churnet 'Valley, 54 • Clitheroe Juq-; tion, 3% 3 / 4 ; Cork and Waterford, 2; Derby and Crewe,. 14 Xi ; Dublin and Wexford, 2% ; Dundee and Perth, 3 Eastern Counties, New Shares, 11 1 74 16s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow; New Quarter Shares, 7 1 / 2 ; t dinburgh and Northern, 41s. • Glasgow and Dumfries, 18s. 6d. 1; Glasgow and A: , 65; ' Grand Junction, Half Shares, 118; Eighth Shares , 2 z; Grand Union, %; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3 3 / 4 7i; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13%; 'Liddell ~ Canal and Railway, 6% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 6 4 ; Lancaster and Carlisle 46 ,• Leicester and BirrningbarT. k: Limerick and Waterford, ' 8% 18s. 9d. ; Liverpool, Orms„,"; 1. 1 . and Preston, 3% 3s. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, z 3 1 321. Shares, 45 1 %; London and Brigl:ton, 744 ; London and York, 795. 3 3 4 ; Direct Northern, 3%; Leeds and DewslataT 10 ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, 1% ,4 ;_l la, chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 174 ; Manchester, Sh;disend and Midland, 3% ; Matlock and Midland, 5% 1 4 ; ‘ , 141 ,,, 5 t1e Railway, 187 186 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 29 28,4 ; l' ew '•• t, and Darlington, New Shares, 364 ; Newry and Warrertn, 1% ; North Kent, 4% ; North Union Wales Mineral, 15 V 3 •, New Shares, 5% 4 • North WesTord, 44 ; Oxford and Birmingham J u n do Y" ; Mon. 160 ; ' 4 °47 , Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 5% 6 ; Sheffiela and co chester, Quarter Shares, 16%; Shrewsbury and Her t a n s % shire, 15s. 6d. 16s. 6d.; Shrewsbury and North Wales" ~..c . e 5,..., Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5% ; Shrewsbury, o_ 3, 6d. and Cheshire,4% 4 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, t ires , 465. • South-Eastern and Dover, 48 4 ; Ditto, N e i l ° Ditto, No. ' l, 19 1874 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 17% " Midland ,i New Shares No. 3, 9 ; Scottish Central, 6% • South kefield, % 3 / 4 South Wales, 6% % ; Trent Valley, 1 ' 9% „; `Wakefield, Wor- Pontefract, and Goole, 18% •, Welsh Midland, VA 7sk u tral tester and Tring, 2% ; York and Carlisle, 823. 845.; t_'" 6 d. ; of Spain, Is. 6d. • Paris and Lyons (Latfittea), 35'. Ditto (Ganneron's), 2% 565. ; Sambre and Meuse, Il e ' s sr a MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 20. --Th e gi„„bire Barnsley Junction, 7 : Birkenhead, Manchester, and 'iti Junction, 114 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accringte,%.l6; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction, t ' gi a Caledonian, 12 • Cambridge and Lincoln, 4%; Cbegrornet Birkenhead, 64 1 % 1 1 / 2 •, Chester and Holyhead, 17 Derby s nd Valley, 5 1-16 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 3ii l l :Quarter s, Crewe, 1 3 / 4 prem. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, .i. e l .gow a nd 7 3 / I ; Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % 9-1 Grandbaijejan, 1/4 Dumfries, 1 ; Grand Junction, Eighths, 22; 4lz. • lind • % prem. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, f l ed , and dersfield and Manchester Railway andianal, 7; .I ' l o% %; Thirsk, 6%; Leeds, Dewsbury. and ncher: ,- ~," ter se d ,, Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% 'A : 174, s re ston , v o Birmingham, 2 1-16 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, e n ro by, 276 2 15-16 ; London and Worcester, Oxford and ..'e t g on, mat -2 15-16 ; London and York, 3 3 / 4 • Manchester, n el „. ho n Cen; lock, and Midland, 54 ; Manchester and Birwun%ester lad tinuation and Welsh Junction, 2 1-16 I ,k; rti"Beritish, Sew. Leeds, 170 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, 25 1 A ; l' - h barn, ~.....Ar e. Shares, 6, 1 1 ; North Eastern, 1 ,4 11-16; Notting Olts"'"' wash, Amber gate, and Manchester, 1% Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 5% ' , Sheffie't_d North colnshire Junction, 1%; Shrewsbury, lierefordasi,`,l,, vizier), Wales, % 7-16 prem. ; Shrewsbury and Trent lc n "y , 4 3-16; 2 3-16 % ; Southport and Euxton, 2 ; Welsh 1V 1 `, 1 11.16 p f re in : Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, /4 4 f Good iiq' Accounts have come to hand from the Cape e to April 7, but they have been anticipated. _, :mis during The features in the Bank of England's oper,"nsL in the the week to Saturday last, are an increase of 15 4 1 the otal. amount of notes issued, and of 472,110/. in that 0 , augrnentation liaot reserved to the banking department, a„ / ' - 'n the Pu b % preT; ;and Lin. 101,8341. in the bullion, and of 5 13 '' .. I deposits a s sp „ ~„. ra iivistr , ,, bps The decisio upon the gauges ''' l a st nig""' pears by then ote of the House of Commons _ hill y ani n el , created a great sensation in the City, esP v ;l l , are Y . the members of the Stock Exchange' the i r prin mostly engaged in railway transactions fi' r ./3 „11 a nd Bea r cipals. The general feeling, irrespective n ,, ,/ , the operations, is in favour of the ' ‘' broad ga u g e ' a t 997 a 'A a Consols for the Account have been done Three' an Three per Cent. Reduced at 99% V ' tbe Ne" 4,, boiler - Quarter per Cents. at 1024 % • and DO ' . to 595. premium. the fe relgt ; chi,' in to , s old te Very few bargains have been made to- ; Securities. The Spanish Three per Cents. liw ire e 67 1 / 4 ted at the Account at 41% • the Portuguese Coulter i , .an e the Dutch Two (1 ' Hlf C ts• at 6 3 % 7n -an -a- a per en • a in Colombian at 17 3 / •i, disPlaie is 4. A considerable degree of firmness has l i c i i b u sines s the Railway Share Market this day. -ga ga J. e on the increase. bills at 570. cv 3515(4 _ i oNz., Pll l 11 2 11 PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCA-• , 9 9 4 Bank Stock ......... 2113 A 2 11 . . 3 per Cent. Reduced 1.1 6 New 3 1 4 per Cents 1024% 11 • ..-- Long Annuities to exnireJan. 1860 11 7 -16 1 1 , India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001... . Consols for Opening 991 P ,,, 5 9 -• 59 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11,0..•• 57 5 9 0 1 ' 57 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small corE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK' rl4l/714 6 3 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17 3 4 ....., Dutch Exchange 2% per Cent.... 63: 4 2”*. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — ..-' Ditto, Deterred Portuguese 5 per Cents — 6770 Ditto, Converted 67% 1 / 2 6r . 1 Ditto, Account 67 117'9171 Russian Bonds - ... 118% 2870 ...,,, Spanish 5 per Cent. 18 4 0. Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive - 41 . Ditto 3 per Cent. ... •• — Ditto Account Dutch, 2 1 /, per Cent / SO Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99%% C ~s lg cf • PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOC/r• FP 4 BAILWAY riIIARES Aberdeen t.1.1A Armagh, Coleraine, and 1 % — ..... . ...... •" 15 0 Portrush Birmin and Gloucester. 100 l3O ............... 5 Birmingham and Ox -7 ! ford Junction Bri'ton, Lewes, & Ilast. 20 Bristol and Exeter Do . Ne w ... . . ......... 70 2 ..... .. .. 92 1 9 2 7 % 210621117 / 2 2771%. . .. ....... 1:1 ! Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... .... ' ...... Caledonian ...... Ditto Extension ...... 2%.. Cambridqe and Lincoln 1 % 4Nil'A A ....... Chichester and Brighton 20 Cournet Valley ....... Coventry and Leicester 11„1 — ........ •,..••• Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin, Belfast, and ...... Coleraine Dublin and Iklullingar 2 l/ .•••• 5% '•" ~,..• Dundalk & Enniskillen 2%....... 4 3 4 •••••*" Eastern Counties 141. 165...... .21 203 A Ditto New 41. 16s. .... . . 7%01 .....•''' Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d....... 12 - OEOA ............................. i ' ...... Great Grimsby and Shef r(elait•eNla,t)irdth) field Great South. and West Ditto New 2 ...... 35 % .i' .... . . ..... ' Great Western SO ...... 21: 21:- ...... Hull, i D il c i at and de H r aal and Shares 5O ...... 118 ................ Ditto, Fifths Selby dCarlisle 5 2 00 ........... 10-8 .............. ::::. .... .. .. London and liirminghtn (Stock)..• ••• •...; .... Do. 1 ,,,i Shares ...... London and Blackwell. 161. 13s 4d. 1 1 1 - s .... : . l '/" . 74. / 2 London and Brighton ti O... 74A % I°9 .. •••• Do. New consolidated Bths 25 ...... 42 ........... .; .... London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 20 ....... ..., ... 2_4314/ ... ... ... ................... ..............., ....., Lunt. & S.Western 411 6s 10d...... 82 8 3 ••" ...... .. Do. New .... Gt. England-1(1)(07'71,T:: London and York ...... • 214.....' 4 ......... .. ..... • Londonderry &Coleraine 2 !,•L ...... 4% ...... ..,..... Manchester and Leeds 73 ...... .............. •• Do. Quarters 2 • ••• 2i,2. 25% ....... .• , ... .... Manchester and Birmin. 40 ...... 60/2 ' ....... Do. Quarters Manchester, Buxton,and 22 4 2 5. .. .. ......... Matlock Midland 4 3 g ..... ...... ... Do. New Midland,Birm., Derbv 100 ...... .... Newcastle and Darling- ... ••• " ton Juncton 25 55 .... ..•••' 100 ...... 183 186 • .. .. . ...,. Newry l . o " Newcastle N a l t v i and i, B :n r a n ' i l s l d e k i r i i A l i v:i c n - k: 1 2 0 1 1 1 j 2 ................. 3 18 5 4 i ; •. : ' North British ,_••• • 1 , ...... Do. New Northern and Eastern 45 ..... - - ri/, . ..... '' North Kent Norwich and Brandon lO ...... -- ••' . ...•"'' Do., New Oxford and Worcester 2 : IA .................. 1 4. , 11/(2,4 5z. .. i : 1.A. . . 7 . ...... ...... Richmondand IVest End ....... •''.. Junction Rugby, Worst r. & 'cring I ...... 1 %4 -"°'' .. ••• • ' ' Scottish Central 'scottish Midland l %. ••••• -- .. Shrews., Wolverhamp 411%." .. .• Dudley, and Birm South Devon... ..... ..••• •-outh Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d.• • - 7,, •.. . ........ •'. Do~ No. 1.. Do., No. 2. ...... le A74/.. 3 / 1 ...." 0/ 91 z - t" -•••••'' Do~ No. 3 61A4..... ' ;oath Wales ..... ... 272 ...... 18 1 ' .... •••"' Trent Valley 2 ...... ',..pi 4.••••• ••• Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- .. ••••••••• 6 1 4. ... .. •• mouth York and North Midland 50 ... .. .. -- 5514 ....... .....:::: Do. 1 /- 2 Share.? 25 ...... 20 t i i „, l / 4 ... ••'' Do. Extension FOREIGN RAIL . ' v gti..."' 8/s ' .... " Boulogne and A toiens 4 ..... / 3 ... ..... . •••• Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ...... __ ' .......... Bordeaux al,d Toulouse 2 ..... Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Great North. of France (Latlitte's) ........... 4 ...... -- ................ Do. do. (Hosanna's) 2 ...... 6 ... ..... .„ Louvain and Jmineppe..• 4 ••• ' ....... .. • Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 -- .. .., ... ..• Orleans and Bordeaux. 2 :: .. ::: 11(*(3..9./.13.......... :: Over Yssel ............... 4/ 3s 4d'. ...... ... ...... . • Faris & Lyons, Lalritte's 2 ...... ..... .... Paris and Lyons, Gan- 214 ............. neron's, ... .. ............ 2 ...... ,-- ....... ...• Do. (Com pt ede L'Est) 2 ...... 2 14 ....••• '...... Royal North of Spai n ••• 2 ...... 9 ........ : ..... Sambre and Meuse •... 4 _ .... 2 5,4 1 / 4 ... ' STO Verona and ...knconl JO ... T ... 1 C •••ii3A;NIi.S• .. „.. ......, ~ ....... ...... Australasia .... I N ••• 40 ...... 261/.....„.. 01 r."--"--------------'"----------y A S,.slltl:o'fiji,l",,tetr L ondon and Westminster 20 ••••• _ .t. co url 3 o, oil lye EXORCISM ExTRAoItD I" Ti , e - c . s ow, 111 , '1,00 4 0 0 1e to states that the cure of fdinistrol don o f defit 1 unfor_ . - 0,10_,, °miring a woman possessed by a leg', er o f 7,9 9 .__ A ., tior .o 4 1 .. . resist all the attacks of the civil . 0d cc low operations every fete day. , . tinhe forcing last de : i l l t o o f f a all, rmtohree t Cu i tinin:iugnf:urn:uhn,, bial..,-,7;r..re‘tielrue"lll°llti f r • o 4t list put au way his 131:".41" 50, 4 2 1 ' ) 1 0 2 4 , 1 07 40 55 /. ..... ••• 5 • 17 1 1 5 1 , 4 Of; 9, 2 5 5 4 / 96-,4 Now ready, at all the Libraries in 3 vole , T HE WHITE SLAVE; OR, THE RUSSIAN PEASANT GIRL. BY THE AUTHOR OF " REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE First Appearance of 3faclatoe Rossi Caccia and gig. Barroilhet. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be ref iced Donitetti's Opera, entitled ROBERTO DEVEREUX. Queen Elizabeth, Madame Rossi Caccia (her first appearance in this country) ; Sarah, Duchess of Nottingham, Mdlle. Rosettl ; Roberto Devereux, Earl of Essex, Sig. Motiari ; The Duke of Nottingham, Sig. Bai roilhet (his first appearance in this country). The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jose phine Weiss) will appear in some of their most favourite Dances. To conclude with LA ESMERALDA . La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi (her last appearance but two) ; Fleur de Lys, Madame Petit Stephan ; Phoebes do Chateupers, M. St. Loon ; Pierre Grlngoire, M. Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, snd Pit Tickets to be made at the Tera-effice, Colonnade Haymarket. _ _. . _ Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced net 3ldlle. TAGLIONI has been en gaged for a series of Five Farewell Nights, in which she will take leave of the Subscribers and the Public ; the dret of which Will take place ON THURSDAY, JUNE 26, It being an Extra Night, not included in , te Subscription, When will be presented (second time these four years) lionizetti's Opera,.ROBERTO - DEVERELTX. Queen Elizabeth, - Madame Rossi Caccia (her second appearance in this country) ; Sarah, Duchess of Nottingham, Mdlle. Rosetti ; Roberto Devereux, Earl of Essex., Sig. Moriani ; The Doke of Not tingham, Sig. Barrollhet. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jose phine Weiss) will appear in some of their most Favourite Dances. With various En ertainments, in which Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Ca' otta Gt:si, M. St. Leon and M. Perrot will appear. To conclude with the Ballet of LA SYLPHIDE. La Sylphide, Mdlle. Taglioni, it being the First of her Five Farewell Nights. kpplications fo: .es, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box °dice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven, THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an entirely new and Original Opera, entitled THE ENCHANTRESS. The Music composed by M. W. Balfe ; the "Abretto, by M. de St. Georges and Mr. Bunn. Don Sylvio, Mr W. Harrison ; Rafhir, Mr. Borranl ; Duke J'Aquila, Mr. Weiss; Nugnez, Mr. H. Horncastle; Stella, Madame Anna Thillon. After which will be repeated a Comic Ballet, in Two Acts, en titled .NATALIE ; eu, La Laitiere Suisse. The Ballet produced by M. Silvain. The Duke, Mr. Birt ; Count, Monsieur Silvain ; Edward Mr. A. Webster ; Brockman, Mr. Howell , Alfred, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Natalie, Md'le. Louise; Betzy, Madame Glubilei ; Catarine, Mdlle. Adele; the Duchess, Mrs. W. H. Payne. _ _ Dress Circle, 7s; Boxes, ss; Pit, 3s; Gallery, 2s; Upper Gallery, is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par- ions, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will Ise repeated a New end Original Comedy, by Douglas jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDERS. Goldtbumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Uoldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews : Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bossy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which will be repeated a Dramatic Sketch, entitled THE OLD SOLDIER. Sir Lionel Railer, Mr. Brindal ; Master Michael Cramp, Mr. Tilbury; Adam Lethersole (aged 95), Mr. W. Farren ; Buff, Mr. James Bland ; Patience Cramp, Mrs. Stanley ; Helen, Miss Telbin. To conclude with an entirely New Farce, called THE KING AND I. Period, 169 1 . Sir William 3lelrose. Mr. H. Holl ; Burchell, Mr. James Bland; Perkin Pyefinch, Mr. Bilekstone; Jessie JDonald, Miss Julia Bennett. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-oflice, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI. First Night of another New Piece THIS EVENING Will be produced a Yew Comedy, entitled PEG WOFFINGTON ; or, The State Secret. The Marquis de Mousseux, Mr. Selby; Baron Stuph, Mr, Paul Bedford ; George Tarleton, Mr. Hudson ; Merestick, Mr. Wright ; Peg Woffington, Miss Woolgar. . _ _ To :)e followed by the highly successful and Original Farce, called PHE IRISII DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson. . After which, an Original Terpsieh,rean Burletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgometie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally linobbs, Miss Woolgar. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOiID-STI4hEI. LESSEE, MR. J. M. 3IADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger Mr. Wallack ; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Winterstein, Mr. Courtney ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. After which, a New Divertissement, called A COURT BALL IN , 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bat Costume, with the Original Music. To conclude with the Second and Third Acts of Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvin, Mr. Allen , Amina, Miss Grant. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wailack; Stags Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Two Acts, entitled FRIENDS AT COURT. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, A. Wigan, Diddear, Turner, Collier, and Bender ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, and Miss Falrbrother. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMEN,', entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appeal. To be followed by 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 conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , f, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. I. W. Collier, Mrs_ lieeley, Miss Pillars , Miss FaybrotherMrs. Woolliege, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c LT. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCH PLAYS. First appearance at this Theatre of the popular Actor, M. ARNAL, THIS EVENING Will be performed Hoffman's Petite Comedie, in . Un Acte, LE ROMAN D'UNE HEURE. Lucile, Mademoiselle Eliza Forgeot ; Vatcour, M. Pascal ; Lisette (Suivaute), Mademoiselle Bonval. After which (first time), L'HUMORISTE ; ou, L'Homme a Vivre. Remy, M. Aural ; Marie, 3tademoi,elle Lievenne. To conclude with (first time) LE MARI DE LA DAME DES CHCEURS. Moquet, •Tailleur en Mallets, M. Aural; NI/tette, Mademoiselle Ozy. STRAND THEATRE. • THIS EVENING Will be pr. sented (first time) an en•lrely new Drama, founded on Douglas Jerrold's celebrated " STORY OF A FEATHER." to give due effect to which, in addition to Messrs. 11. Hall, C. Boyce, 11. Lee, R. Younge, Cockrill, Dean, R. Romer, Misses Hamilton, Fitz james. Weymouth, and Mrs. Lee, arrangements have been made with Messrs. John Webster, Laws, Mrs. C. Boyle, and Miss Beau champ. After which, CIIARLE' THE SECOND. To conclude with the very successful new Drama, called SECRET MEMOIRS. Mr. H. Hall's Benefit on Monday, June 30th ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITEL ATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Crowded and delighted Audiences—Two Grand Battle Spectacles— The Scenes in the Circle combine the greatest display of Female Equestrian Talent ever witnessed. THIS EVENING Will be performed 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. New Scenes in the Circle, presenting the first talent of British and Foreign Equestrians of the present day. To conclude with the New Grand Pantomim!c Spectacle of THE GREEK RENEGADE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a new local Drama, entitled THE OLD MINT of SOUTHWARK. The Sceaery from designs taken on the spot. Splendidly cast, &c.. After Which, VIDOCQ, VIE FR :NCH THIEF-TAKER. Blip ported by the entire Company. fo condole with THE WEIRD WOMAN OF THE WRECK. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box- Ake, from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. The Four Juvenile Ifinstrel Brothers and the Rock Harmonicon, Every Day,i'Ann Nine till Dusk. ROMANTIC CARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. tie MINSTREL BROTH':IIS, from Four to Twelve Years of Age, will perform Select Alrs at intervals. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Elie , t. -Ind 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 Bear at Six ; Concert at Half-past Six ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have referred the letter of Mr. Wilkinson to our reporter. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55 ; Highest, _7l; Noon, 70. BAROMETER, 30.05.—W1ND, N. E. NoTa.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest"'and " Highest" denote the lowest and higliest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 5 minutes after 4 Evening .. 30 minutes after 4 f , ..ir CIC ..,:,... • 1- , 1 , 0 4 • t'oo_:-iT:.4,: i '''' ,‘'•.". --r- _; -- , k -• •<.e.,.-,,,,, .: • , -c , ,,, 4. "—::- . • ~ ,,,,r - Vi a l' 1 . ..... NI •_ , ~• A .„,,,,,,__, Att„-„, h. - -, -, .10. --'.ATe . 1 .11-• . . ~ ~,, 44i . •14 1 4 4 ,.. , r -. ' -°-.444 0.35E00 1!'- l' • 4- .:`:,-, g-1 . .A.,:,..i ,, N,,..: . .. ' '•• "4 0114 - intarnilta nit LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1845. So long as the New Poor-law shall be administered, in respect of cases not specifically provided for by the Acts last passed for its amendment—(and which cases, of course, must always form the vast majority of the ob jects to which it is practically applied)—on principles not compatible either with common sense or common humanity—so long will it prove an unfailing source of suffering, discontent, and resentment to the pauper com munity whom it is its confessed object to succour ; and of invidious administration and personal unpopularity .to all concerned in its administration. No man doubts for a moment the necessity for a law to provide for the main tenance of the destitute poor, whose destitution is not the result of their indolence, wilful misconduct, or acts of moral or legal criminality. No man doubts for a moment that destitution, not the result of these causes, has a just claim for relief upon the more fortunate ChM* of his RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS efore the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDI7ION 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 oilier NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. ORDER the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun-office, 112, Strand. 4