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

L of neYi etter asnl, the =sent 3b y" irdly vork, 1:9 4 te lls e C OP n 3 dev a oi a in land e pos Peed" 15 )1 ' 554 , c cou r o l o •vg wirat :;1 1 .otert SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The Chester meeting for 1845 is over. Those who went down to it anticipating good sport were not disappointed. intrepid's victory took the metropolis by storm. 1 verily believe there were many speculators on the race who were gnorant of there being such an animal in it. As his price was never 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 'ntrepid's performances are such as to make me consider 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 SS the Chester Cup, yet I flatter myself your readers cannot Sa y I hav e l e d them much astray. For the Produce Stakes, Two-Year-old Stakes, and the St. Leger, 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 oat corre c t. F rom the first, I entertained a very favourable idea of St. Lawrence's chance, but his de feat at Bath by Sweatmeat and Pug, induced me to ra i ' n agine hi s prospect of winning materially diminished. The race for the Welter Cup, for which I put down all the starters, was Won solely b y C apta i n P ettat ' s super i or j ockeyship. In races for gentleman riders, I generally back the man, not the 1 1 . t or se• The reason I fancied the Bat was, I thought Captain who has ridden him previously, would have been n iaa ; and that the 51b. which the Bat received from `aworth would have just turned the scale in his favour. I:The Manchester meeting commences on Tuesday, and lasts °11 , 2. d ays- The races, however, arc of too much imp or t ance daoe treated of in so short a space as you can afford me to• I must, th ere f ore, d e f er my remar k s upon them, '; 8 well upon the Newmarket Second Spring, until. Monday. as well observe that St. Lawrence's performance' at bChester will most certainly give Weatherbit a lift in the arnY betting ; and that my idea, that The Libel would e nle a promi nent f avour i te f or t h e same race—has proved : rre ct- When I wrote my readers could have easily got au to 1 about him ; now 12 to 1 is scarcely attainable. London, May 10, 1845. TELEGRAPH. T CHSTER ACES.—FnIDAY. The F ree Handicap E of 10 sov ß s. each, with 50 added. Three k r 1 . quarters of a mile. (20 Acceptances.) p. At r win's Ould Ireland, 3 yrs, sst 41b ( rg,ot) 1 -,r,,,r• Jaques's Semiseria, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 2 9 ", e i ,following also ran :—Mr. Collett's Corranna, 6 yrs, S it . ":; : " — Mr. Thompson's fludibras, aged, Est 81b—Mr. S. 4t-tkush's Susan, 4 vrs, Est llb ; Mr. Robinson's April Noddy, d'rs, sst 81 b —Mr. bawson's Crirn. Con. 3 yrs, sst—Lord ir Bentinck's My Mary,sst—Mr. ' Halford's Outcast, /Z r rs, 4st 111b—Mr. Pettitjean's Yarrow 4 yrs, 4st 91b—and 6 4 1 .,., 5t ,, a n1eY's Psalmsinger, 3 yrs, 4st 51b , (carried 4st 81b.) pa ' agst Semiseria, 7to was My Mary, and sto 1 i)Ould Ireland. The race entirely between the two a ra r , es ;laced, and was won only by a head. Corranna, My tw„; ' 'riln. Con., and Yarrow ran in close together, about - 'engths from the winner. t ah , . Match for 200 sous., h ft. Cup Course. kr Tin Peyton's Extempore, 5 yrs, 9st ...( I empleman) 1 -Laudshaw's British Tar 4 yrs, Bst The r , 2tol on British Tar. Won by a length. \-heshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de -I%ltrnneedr , with 50 added, the secon d t o save hi s sta k e, and the to pay to the fund. From the Two I ear- ! °,ldPost, oneroundand and in. (32 Subs., 18 of whom de kr etar ed.) e r kr. .kerrat t ' s I ntrepid, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (and 7lbs extra) 1 111,..'e i klam's T rue b oy , 5 yrs , B s t 81b to r o", e sseltine's Fitzallen, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b 3 p,r4glinton's Bretwalda, 3 yrs, 4st 71b all t i l er ' oil Fitzallen and 11 to 8 agst Intrepid. Intrepid made 4 / a mi ng and won by three parts of a length. ri , (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) Ile ,/,,,CA.r.STER RACES.—FIUJIAY (coNcLUDED). 3, '„, i rral Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, for two "T i ' s 'id, Est 121 b, and three yrs, 9st ; mares and geldings 1 1 4 ired 31 b; the second saves his stake. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) kri,.., ennett's Hope, 3 yrs (Butler) 1 kr. 4 ;rwi ScotTt'n's he Hermit. 3 yrs Th. s Malt, 2 yrs 3 keiki, fo llowing also started, but were not placed :—Mr. 1 413 —I n's Andrew Brandy, 2 yrs; Mr. Denham'sThe Jaye tetirs ; and Mr. E. Peel's Frances, 3 yrs. Itg,at A,,, -- 5 to 4 agst Hope, 2 to 1 agst The Hermit, 4 to 1 4 1er t - ;"'cew Brandy, and sto 1 each agst the others. The 10. 11 1 1 't f took the lead to the distance, where he was headed en k at * i _a v ou: ite, and defeated cleverly by a length.. aged , 1", 200 sovs., p. p., C u p course—Nlr. Irwin , s Morpeth, 31 '8, 8 8 1 (Bumby), beat Mr. Hawkin's Nix-my-D 0 11y, 4 6 e n -:' 41b (Marlow). 6to 4 on the mare. W on by h a lf l e a dies' Purse of 50/. for the beaten horses. Heats, once kr,, round and a dis. k, Vitchley's Cceur de Leon. 3 yrs (Arthur) 1 1 kr . i• l 9st3les bl fby Sheet Anchor, out of L'Hirondelle 0 , Mfr, yr. pJrutotrs PrinCess Royal, 3 yrs 0 , awkins' Nix-my -Dolly, 6 yrs kr. Os Basti on, 3 yrs ` 0 dr Tp, Inah's Alice as Gra 3 Y rs 01 first heat w won by three arts of a length, and the — ' 4(l Qasil wo • - p THE SHERIFFS' FUND. ,Al TO THE EDITOR OF THE COURT G A Z ET T E . ` t ies a rs irtiOng the co rporators of the City of London I know kai u're so me highly h onoura b le, wealthy, and benevolent per -14" 114" it a ffords me a great pl easure t o w it ness h ow no bl y an d sap pt souse of th ese men devote their time and their means to N rt exte a i nd extend the many charities and useful institutions in t. 1.1 w ith the metropolis. Indeed, I have only to refer f tha r "Tour advert aes to show their exertions in behalf o t• I t> g g 6r a lm ost every f orm . I b eg , h owever , t o ca ll th e atten ,4.4to,Z,°er readers to an institution, _which 'although not of re. ` 4l d, aa ' r t, Is On e in its nature and object of the most important You . t ' 4l Wh may not, perhaps, have come previously before hat mean the " Sheriff ' s' Fund , for Middlesex and . Londoll.'' 415 0 04 excellent and benevoleut man, whom Providence has d 1 :? ‘,"'l:4 With ample means, Alderman Jelin Johnson, an a " d ' e w°llll Y ana heritable colleagues, Sheriff William Hun. ey r q t' ea m ' her iff Thomas Sydney, with their excellent Hono. %re' :10n -acre tar Ya Mr. Cooper, are, I am aware, using ?Air nglY I , - 0 make this institution largely, practically, and I Useful. It has hitherto not been duly known or hen, ~E ve rY friend of humanity must, 1 feel convinced, go ar - '" gPirit and aid them to the fullest extent. It has been "ttlea'lahle rule 'for aid Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs for the da t (s hea r) ° s Ubscribe largely to this fund. The now Sheriffs have t : ''' u t I believe I can, as a part of the Corporation of the . • iii‘o-ciarti! that the present Lord Mayor has not done so ; this offi "` ' is allowed by the Corporation of the City kaPitalit of income to support the charities, the dignity, and the atiy the City ; and it is well known that the .harities, the tie-b" acirnirable charities of the City, which are anything le bt ' have not been subscribed to or supported by the pre ribs lt- 41s er ve th aglstrate. As a citizen, I feel wounded and insulted to ti ; ° a• sou e Princely income of the present occupant of the Man the e,pee'elaellilair unappropriated to any of these charities, and } tis firs t to Y . to that (the " Sheriffs' Fund") which is uniformly n a ll 441) .WhiCh the Lord Mayor usually devotes a large sum o rs,44ehasttyPtZOf Office. The Corporation of London have been thi Cit i m—they have bestowed on his son a young cler . gy- I 4 betiefice of some hundreds per annum ! and in retarn, ka rt4 oti s r the Rev. Mr. Gibbs has, I am told, offered topreach a essita„,, the benefit of the " Sheriffs' Fund."—l am, Mr. Your the faithfully, tW a A COMMON COUNCILMAN. - re m •, ,247letty In give insertion to the above letter, having so often thuth ntiroated a hope that Mr. Alderman Gibbs was "as t l 5 Losd-s9,dagainst as sinning" —and we are yet of opinion that as to t t o ` a Yor of the great City of London, he will not let his 4.,:chrt, ti _wo to posterity, as one refusing to aid a most laudable tiiii, oB 44 cause, when funds so ample also, are at his imme 'l'"--Eo. C. G.] RISH ACADEM lES' BILL. tzs 'fl 1- THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIM DAY. alt,i`rt eq t,, y e new a ca d em i ca l i nstitut i ons announced for Ire thoTOughl in accordance with the precedents of the excite any surprise, or, we should think, to meet tha iYiekltb," th e t;ts.al opposition. It appears to be a settled p h oint, th m . h 'g , have fought for, and the Conservatives ave y o ~,;,Whatelar the State does for the education of the laity, at al~gts tial‘°t-It respect of religious differences. Session after t un " 4 to coenteeonmdr7 ta - at a Z e °st week eater week, seems to remove further from British statesman willing on sp . ectace t ot- a Existing institutions may sa l iegit t t 4 time, be itortntrin y s ea p r o s in o ' r centuries. But the rulers o t ti r ras etery tors a t °' the British empire no longer avow themselves Nts m e ‘eai,, f °und new colleges and schools of general learning r'Vve principles of Wykeham and Waynfleete, of 0,4 Prhe he'ther, or of Laud The pledge which last year re. titefesa,,:rrts•Mr. Wyse cOuld not be redeemed with any plan Oro aa _ l iska a, religious unity to literary and scientific improvemen h t. t a m Sir James Graham last night explained at length t e sa, tb e l etter °I academical education for Ireland. The plan is, almost tisj n 'tree t , d e :s that which we have more than once most earnestly itiwith'. We can , therefore, give it our unqualified appro. t e • "olit ' AD '4l prosincurring the suspicion of merely flattering a W atti V ,I.lOition. f41 1; 11 ' , ( Say }- ' ll . --Sir James G ra h am l as t n i g ht b roug ht f o r- Pet Sinipi sr4 l - nent plan f or academical education in Ireland. The Ila, 4 4j arti ott e ' a nd ha s tl e great recommendation of being free from q ' i l le a PPeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the gre ate„ "a we doubt not, to the country. Ignorance is one litsi t f l° ra m of Ireland's evils, and the education of her people legistir ameliorate their ' condition than any course of tvhichhONicaLt'clo which could have been devised. ho s , the „ , s•---No twithstanding the general approbation with Rsut a e of ' aL errient f • COro, 0 Sir James - Graham was received I y the bee es . on last night, we cannot anticipate any very bril. for his last " Of ed eme, either as a measure of conciliation or a h i _ to to_ Ucational i mprcvement. He refuses positively to aa raust'an Catholic the hi d ante es of that University th!' alwaYmakes'er v g other, and Iqt , , oi corm rank In Ireland above every h t ) } ,'eaer a4cl opi ni let Parliament do as it may, to form t e , ottl r e, to ado nns of the bulk of the educated class. He refuses, e t „ ar ' t a reali Pt , the only means of placing Roman Catholics and - s ante p , 3 : 7 1)°,1 a par in the matter of education. H . e 4 t„ e 'i . if t he : it ive good by the establishment of proviacial tt° stility of the Roman Catholic clergy does not 41 ho „„)tt establishment •bt the good, at the utmost, will by th e °f Proportion to Ihe u evilinflicted upon society in Ire. thet,i4t:ttre,r44ottaltglrlivUeanee of the exclusive system of Trinity C ti o n i n e s g t e n . t t ! ,, e . the Government credit for good tj'quir ed, "'ugh not for the statesmanlike boldness which the % ha t t if aieal cni.,(.1,,,e. ould . not give a particle of encouragement tat ee,oios:!'saition with which they are likely to be met ; Drop:, w e to resist alteration in Trinity College be per. te . "l think it will become a question whether the Bill ; o ' to u r l' m oti the whole, attain any of the great objects of an A4l O . 44AMEN (.4 .1 1e f TARY BUSINESS. 1 e at lAtvi FRIDAY, laahtl A estern Rare" presented and read a first time : ft!thi n ' t i lt:(it tr ) . Way (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullin gar \'74l ll* 1 411 1 a 1 : 11 4" Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation). .tlir4lltiello.,,tian 9,loucsster Railway urness Junction *Railway. ( Wolverhampton Line). St,ke4,l,-la Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Exten r , and -Midland Railways Junction). !1.1 1 °1(4 1 .• ' S ,,t,leQ in g,_Dills were re , ported, and the report referred " ales Oo , Yttt on Standing Orders : th Coy, u ihvaN-. nd+a- Js ties - r' skta„,i ot s‘aa (...ambridge and Bury St. Ed -4110 )11 '). ta tt , i r leer, g Bills were read a second time and commi , fed, ' O O ,- Ile Co mmittee of ' Selection id Enniskillen Railway. ighton Railway (Horsham B ranc h ). on Railway. Gravesend and Rochester Railway. Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway. The Mowing Bills were referred to the Select Committee ea Petitions for Private Bills : - Newport and Polity Pool Railway. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension). The Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Extension Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE, THURiDAY, MAY S. Bristol and Exeter Railway tiranches,—Committee on Bi adjourned till Monday, May 19, at twelve. FRIDAY, MAY 9. _ Whitehaven and Furness Railway,—Select Committee on project, Tuesday, May 20, at one. Whitehaven and Furness Railway,—Second reading, Thursday, May 15. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2), —Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at half after twelve. Lowestoft Harbour and Railway, —Committee en 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 Brandon Railway (Diss and Dereham Branches),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at halt after twelve. North Woolwich Railway,—Committee on Bill, 'Wednes day, slay 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 Hastings) Railway,—Commit tee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern ( Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells) Railway, —Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. South Eastern (Hungerfiwd-bridge 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 25, 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 Devia 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 Hastings 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 - Wales 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. Epping Railway,—Committee on petition, Wednesday, May 21. Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group DD., adjourned till Friday, May 16, at twelve. Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group 8., adjourned till Monday, May 19, at twelve. Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group N., adjourned till Tuesday, 11lay 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. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1845. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) Group Q. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Daniel Breese, solicitor for the Bill, was then examine.] as to the traffic anticipated on the line. It appeared from this w;t. ness that the yearly numb er o f passengers ca l cu l a t e d to pass a l ong this district was 64,334, w hi c h was a d a il y average of 413 per day, and would recount to 125,000/, per annum . The slates and mine rats were calculated at 223 , 004 tons, pro d uc i ng 27,5751. ; live stock at 60,026, amounting to 3,0011. ; miscellaneous goods, 4,499 tons, amounting to 5601. ; and f reign goods that were likely to be landed at Portdynllaen for Manchester and the inland parts of Lancashire, at 20,000 tons, amounting to 2,5001. 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 examined 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 satisfied, before the Committee came to a decision on the preamble. Mr. CALVERT was sorry that Sir John Rennie was not in at. tendance (he being at present engaged e'sewhere on other rail ways), but had he imagined that his presence would have been ne cessary he would have had him in attendance. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the resolution of posponing the further consideration 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 promuttrs of this Bill, explained its objects, and the necessity which existed for its for mation. Last year a Bill had been passed for the construction o: a line from Chester to Wrexham, and this year a Bill had been moved for another liue from Shrewsbury by Oswestry to Ithuabon, and the object of this line was to con nect the two lines, and thus traintain a complete line of connexion betwee❑ 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 I W 5,250/. Mr. H. 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 alto referred to the advantage which would be conferred on the district by this line cpening up the valuable coal fields of Rhuabon and Wrexham to Chester, Birkenhead, and Liverpool on the one side, and to Shrewsbury and the dirtl.•rent towns in Shrop_ shire on the other. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday ; the 2tith 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 was 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. Raetrick (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Cross.examined by Mr. MseAULAY—By his proposition a gradient of I in 100 would be required, and that would entail an expenseof 1,0001. per annum for an assistant engine at Nottingham. This gradient was certainly objectionable, if it could possibly be avoided, especially in the case 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 w give evidence corroborative of that given by Mr. Rastick. The itness 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 opinion 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 Edit:. 'burgh and Glasgow line on leaving the station at the latter city was Group F. 1 in 42. The witness was under examination at four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned. (Group B.) THE WEST YORKSHIRE LINES, "." (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr: karowl.Es called evidence to prove that the line would seriously disfigure an estate in the valley of the Calder, called the P)eness Park. Sir G. LEWIN 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 'rouge Park, for a period of upwards of 700 years. Counsel also appeared to oppose the line, on behalf of the Bradfurd Sur veyors of the Highways and the Bradford Canal Company. Mr. HILL then proposed that counsel on either side should say nothing in reply, but pair eff: 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 CUAIRMAN then announced that the preamble to the Leeds and West Riding Junction Bin had been proved, and the Committee had determined to negative the West Yoi kshire line. Group N. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday ) Captain Moorsem was examined at great length by Mr. Rows Mr. Robert Houston, of Gloucester, said he had been fifty years in the employment of Messrs. Pickfotd and Co., the exten 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 much 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 left 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 not be sold, exeept 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. —His evidence went to show that the line beween Truro and Redruth, 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 gia client 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 tons. On these gradients tho speed would average thirty miles an hour. The rate of sve ,„i on the steept st gra di en t wou ld be twelve miles 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 2,4001. 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 1,300/. more. This would be distinct from the atmos pheric apparatus, which was nut included in the 180,0001., the estimated expense of constructing the line. Arrangements, he believed, had been made for laying down the apparatus. Ile would allow 3,300/. per mile for the atmospheric power. The charge for the use of the patent, he believed, was 500/. a mile. That expense would not include the engine -houses and the engines. The witness was examined on minute details respecting the atmospheric system in connexion with the line, also with respect to the locomotive portion. His general evidence went to show that the line would be constructed in accordance with the latest 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 Moorsom that he would Carly 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 it. The Company were by this opposition to their scheme put to considerable expense, while they were willing to meet th e v i ews o f t h e petitioners. The Committee expressed th e i r w illi ngnes s to go on with the in. quiry until five o'clock, if th e matter was likely to be decided within that time. At the suggestion of Mr. A VSTIN, 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 standi of Mr. Thomas was not lost, and that lie had a perfect right to continue his opposition. After much conversation it was arranged that the Committee should adjourn until Tuesday, the iOth 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 lie 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 Corn. mittee should be brought to a conclusion this week. Mr. Fawcett, chemist, of Gateshead, on examination by Mr. Sergeant WHANGIIAM, gave instances in which the proposed viaduct would be productive of serious danger, especially as Dean-street, people at Gateshead was decidedly against th e N ew. fteherloinugghofw thehich it would pass, was a very great thoroughfare. The castle and Berwick line, as they were now convinced from the re. port of the Committee of the superiority of the atmospheric system. Cross-examined by Mr. Ilitimian—ln witness's opinion 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 prove that th e f eeling of the inhabitants examined, and corrobora ted the evide nce of the former witness. On being cross-examine d, he stated that a resolution had been pro distri to was favourabl e to the Northumberland pro posed by the Town Coun cil of Gateshe ad in favour of high l eve l bridges. oa atmospheric Busbylln p w he i c r k c line.arid w The that the case for ttras called t district retlienopfutthe Bill was c l ose d . in. and M r. K ennedy stated promoters e Mr. AUSTIN, having bee n p ermit ted by the C omm i ttee to ad • dress them on behalf of the landhol ders, for wh om lie appeared, traffic tables the againstproposed prope , Northumberland l ine, produced a general plan of the line, and pointed out the c ircumstances under which a painful interference would take place with most valuable property. The ti ne between Ilawick and the sea shore. which would have been a practical level, had been rejected because it interfered with one estate; but now the inconvenience would be felt by two estates, one belonging to Sir Matthew Ridley and the other to Mr. Brandling. In order, then, to avoid injuring one property they were now called upon to inflict a serious injury on two. The injury woald be sti icient to preclude the adoption of the atmospheric line. The railway trains, according to that plan, would pass within earshot of two houses on Mr. Brandling's property. i The ; - "JurY would admit of no compensation, but the injury done by the formation of the locomotive line would not ba very material to their estates. When it was evident that all the purposos of railway communication could be effected by the lat.er system, he trusted that the Com mittee would not sanction the formation of a railway which would inflict such serious injury on the owners of these estates. The Learned Counsel then produced several drawings of the grounds and houses alluded to. _ __ Mr. J. Dobson, architect Newcastle, the Rev. R. Brand ling, and Mr. Turner, the steward of Sir Mathew Ridley, were then examined fur 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, Mr. W. Harding, manager of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, which was a broad gauge line, he considered Bristol a better post. 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 ti . ey shifted at Gloucester 470 tons from one line to the other of through going traffic, they only shifted at Bristol on to the Great Western line tblrty-six tons. Birmingham and Wolverhampton had an immense amount of through going traffic which would require shifting, while Bristol and Oxford had very little. Nearly all the traffic at the latter places was ter. minal. He considered Oxford a much 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 2,000,000 were unprovided for. He thought it much better that this remaining 2,006,000 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 to Grangemouth for shipment.. He exported at lead 25 per cent. of the iron made; and a similar proportional quantity was sent away by theother manufacturers in the district. At least 85,000 tons of limestone were consumed annually ; and the expense, in. eluding carriage, from Netherwood to Garthsherrie was 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per ton. If the railway were constructed it would tend to open up many mineral fields at Kele. t unexpl3red, 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 branch abounded in minerals of various descriptions. There were great quantities of lime at Cumbernault, of two kinds, that were sold for 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per ton. Ironstone was occa. atonally used for smelting purposes, particularly at the Carron 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. The 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 Bs. per ton, but it could be sold at a cheaper rate if the railway were constructed, and at least 15,000 tons yearly would be sent north from Cumbernault. The quantity of grain consumed an nually in the district of Airdrie amounted to 14,561 tons, the principal pert of which was brought from Stirling and Falkirk. 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 tons were sent from the north. Another article of produce of great consumption in the district was turnips, which were con +eyed from the north to the extent of 500 tons every year. The further evi dence of this witness was merely corroborative of previous state ments. Mr. Bruce, paper-manufacturer, at Leith, teas then called. The quantity of paper which he manufactured in the course of the year was 300 tons. There were eight other paper manufactories 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 9s to 10s. 6d. per ton. Gas coal was also con sumed to a litrge extent, and its present price was ss. per ton at the ries 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. If, however, the coals were brought by the Edinburgh branch of the Caledonian Railway, the cost would be considerably reduced. All the manufacturers 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 Lenity 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 more direct mode of conveyance. Mr. Holdsworth, cotton spinner at Glasgow, the next witness, stated that he could concur generally with the evidence which had 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. Mr. Hill, paper-manufacturer, gave concurrent testimony to that given by Mr. Bruce. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock on Friday, the 15th instant. 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. Re-examined by Mr. HOPE—The London and Birmingham had made a similar conditional purchase of the Moreton Railway, 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 quan. tity of coal used in the town and neighbourhood was about 60,000 tons. It was derived principally from South Staffindshire ; 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 riage of coal by the breakage in the gauges. Mr. Robert Peel, of Banbury, generally confirmed the evidence of the previous witness. Mr. 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 Somersetshire. A considerable portion was from the north, and brought by canal. The average price at present was 255. 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. ,i , A "" pO9 ;:‘ ti 't f‘CII() Wi pe , l De 0 11 4 ) 0Y a , n I. :4 '4th "c v e Q col ':o 04 4 , 4 : 1 1 ( ~t l , ' 's R a Y u 6 ' -1 41', 1 1PItie; , n POl 1)., '4(4,, ). • , i I , l"s)ii ii) i 0 ~ ~ 'tk °W ing il P IS 4Cl °4c r i l.e ' l tO t] is ,'lti,, ) , l Erry an ‘ l 4 O 44, 113 r i J rd jiluetl .;,......1". RAI L W AYS. Select Committee on Group CC. postponed from Wednes•- dal 28th till Thursday, May 29, at half after twelve o'clock. 'Select Committee on Groitp 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 lion. 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. ➢ir. 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 11. 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 P., Z., GG., and LL. to meet IL. the week commencing Monday, June 2. Memorandum.—The Committee of Selection will meet cn Friday, May 16, at twelve o'clock. TEE MORNING MAILS.—In 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, mails 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, Ashford, Banbury, Bangor, Bath, Barns ley, Basingstoke, Battle, ileaumaris, Bedford, Belper, Berwick, Berkhampstead, Bilstone, Birmingham, Bishops-Stortford, Black burn, Bolton, Bradford (Yorkshire), Brackley, Brampton, Bridge water, Bristol, Brighton, Brottgh, Buckingham, Burnley, Burton VV., Bury (Suffolk), Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Carnarvon, Chatham, Chepstow, Cheltenham, Chester, Chester-le-street, Ches. ter field, Chippenham,Cirencester, Clitheroe, Cockermouth,Conway, Coventry, Cowes, Cranbrook, Cuckfield, Darlington, Dartford, Da. sentry, Derby,Dorking, Dover, Dunmow, Durham, Dursley, Exeter, Fairham, Fairford, Farringdon, Felton, Fenny Stratford, Fever sham, Folkestone, Gateshead, Godalming, Gloucester, Gosport, Grantham, Gravesend, Guildford, Guernsey, Halifax, Hastings, Haydon-bridge, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Higham, Highworth, Hoddesdon, Holyhead, Holywell, Huddersfield, Hurst. green, Hyth, Jersey, Kendal, Lancaster, Leeds, Leamington, Leicester, Lech dale, Leighton-Buzzard, Lewes, Liverpool, Loughborough, Maiden. head, Maidstone, Manchester, Margate, Maryport, Melton Mowbray, Milnthorpe, Mold (Monmouth), Morpeth, Newcastle.on.Tyne, Newmarket, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport-Pagnel, North. ampton, North Shields, Nottingham, Northallerton, Oxford, Penk. ridge, Penrith, Portsmouth, Preston, Preston Brook, Pwllheli, Ramsgate, Reading, Reigate, Rickmansworth, Ripon, Rochdale, Rochester, Rotherham, Rugby, Hyde, Saffron Walden, Sevenoaks, Sheffield, Shiffnell, Sittingbourne, Shoreham, Shrewsbury, Slough, Sunderland, South Shields, Southampton, Staplehurst, St. Asaph, St. APJan's, St. Leonard's, Stafford, Stockport, Stockton, Stone, Stroud, Stony Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon, Swinton, Taunton, Tetbury, Thirsk, Towcester, Tring, Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Ulverstone, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wallingford, Walsall, Ware, Warrington, Warwick, Watford, Wednesbury, Weedon, West Bromwich, Wellington (Salop), Wellington (Somersetshire), White. haven, Wigan, Wigton, Winchester, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Wooton-under- Edge, Workington, Wortley, York ; all Scotland and Ireland. For all the above places the letter.boxes at the re. ceiving.houaes will be open from 7 kat. for newspapers, and 8 a. at. , 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-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the Branch-office in Lombard-street, the boxes will close for newspapers at 45 minutes alter 7 A x. and for letters at 30 minutes after 8 A.M. IHE POUR-LAW COMMISSION.—A vacancy has oC cursed 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. WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE.—The will and codicil of Philip John Miles, Esq., late of Bristol, banker, have just been proved in Doctors' Commons, by William Miles, Esq., Philip William Skinner Miles, Esq., and John William Miles, Esq., the sons and executors, who have sworn the personal property atone to be above the value of a million sterling (the highest amount to which duty is payable). The deceased bequeaths to Isis sons (eight in number) 100,000/. each, and to William Miles an additional sum of 50,000/. ; to grandsons 100/. each ; to several godsons 2001 each; to neices and many other relatives legacies varying from 100/. to 3,000/. ; to his two solicitors 200/. each, and legacies to three of his confidential clerks; to each of his banking partners legacies varying from 100/. to 300/. He observes that he has pro vided for his three eldest dau.ehters, on their marriage, and be queaths them 1,000/. each, and directs his collection of pictures and best service of plate to go with his mansion in the nature of heir looms. He gives to the Herefordshire Infirmary 2001; to the Somersetshire Infirmary, 200/. ; to the Gloucester Infirmary, 2001.; to the Bristol Infirmary, 5001.; to the Bristol Dispensary, 50/. ; to tie Lying-in Institution at Bristol, 501, ; and to the " three Dorcas Societies," 50/. each. He directs sufficient money to be invested to pri duce the sum of 701. yearly, which is to be laid out in the purchase of bread and meat, and distributed every Ist of March to the poor of four neighbour ing parishes. The residue, after very many legacies, is given to his sons and executors. The will is dated in 1842, and is of great length (79 sheets of p,per, or 360 folios.) The codicil is dated in 1844. The stamp affixed to the probate is of the value of 15,750/. FOREIGN CATTLE AND PROVISIONS.—The General Steam Navigation Company's ship Giraffe, which arrived off the Custom house on Thursday evening, from Rotterdam, had on board 27 oxen and one cow, 43 packages of fish of different de. scriptions, about 500 packages of butter, 700 of cheese, besides a quantity of eggs, yeast, and other articles of Dutch produce and manufacture. The Tourist, reported the same day from Calais, had 10 packages of French poultry ; and the Rainbow, which arrived at the St. Katharine's Steam-whalf, had nearly 100 packages of eggs on board, besides a full cargo of merchandise, and a large number of passengers from Havre, after a very quick passage. The American line.of-packet ship Westminster also brought from New York 136 tierces of beef, 150 barrels of pork, and about 2,100 packages of cheese, besides a large cargo of every other description of American produce. The importation of foreign provisions has lately increased to a very great extent. It is with deep regret we etate that Vincent Stuckey, Esq., the eminent banker, died suddenly in his library, 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 exteusive mercantile transactions brought him ae kma9ited.—Somerset County Herald. Th e fleet of the Royal Cork Yacht Club for the ensuing season muster.; 39 vessels, including the Thetis, 43 tons, O'Grady, and the Caroline, 49, Colonel Vandeleur. A regatta is determined on. Group np, THE CALEDONIAN, AND GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAYS B (continued f rom our Afternoon Edi tion y a es ira ter 's day e l a l m f i t i l ' i a e ti r " a l i ' lway were made, the quantity of lin.a brought Into the district would be in,l'eased to j 0;000 Was every week. The eglterise prcooveya,ice born I. , ,Tetilfrwood to Garthsherrie would be Is, Gd. per ton. Thu want of sutflolent liter for agricultural uses was greatly felt in the neighbourlngQd of Airdrie. His iron works were situated bear the Castlecary branch. lie was iii the habit of sending large quantities of iron NARROW GAUGE, _ Completed 1,844 In progress 615 Projected and before Parliament this session,„.., 3,099 Total ....... 5,557 BROAD UAUOE. Completed Q6l In progress Projected, &c. 550 - Total 881 Mr. CoctutiuN examined this witness at some length without materially affecting the main substance of the evidence given 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 gunge, corrected. Either the witness or the map must be very 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 commenced its sittings at twelve o'clock, in room No, 7, Sir G. Grey, Chairman. The proceedings were strictly private, but the effect of the evi. dence adduced was to show the great d'fficulty of promoters of railway schemes in Ireland complying with the standing orders, in 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, for the purpose of disabusing them of the views formed after 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 AN) GALWAY RAILWAY. The printed reasons distrihuted to Members of the House of Commons, on behalf of the Grand Canal Company are q cite un. founded. Ist. There was no allegation whatever proved of noncompliance with the standing orders—except in respe:t of numbers omitted on one plan, namely, that lodged with the Clerk cf 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 railway notices were duly served on the owners, lessees, or occupiers, and the same were entered in the books of reference. Every dwelling.h.ouse in Tullamore, Philipstown, Robertstown, and Clara, within ten yards of the line of railway (beyond which deviatien the Company were restricted at those places from exer cising any compulsory power under the provisions of their Bill):waa numbered, and eularged plans were given of the same, and notices 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 allegatjon 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 of non-compliance with standing orders contained therein was sus. tained, and it was afterwards withdrawn. These were the only petitions that were proceeded with before ;he Sub-Committee. The Secretary of the Grand Canal Company, who was the yeti. 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 stir. prise, proceeded with the petition. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, MAY B. This morning a detachment of the 11 th 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 tater Timbrell of the 58th, marched from this garrison en route for Deptford, as a convict guard, where they embark on board the transport David Malcolm, to proceed with convlc:s for Norfolk Island. Yesterday the four 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 R e ii„ V"YicTos, Li eu t e nant Chamberlain, Lieutenant Green, and tdein e , lant This day a detachment of the 1 401 regiment arrived by the ria steeM,yeliel, consisting of three sergeants, and 130 rank and nle, under the command of Major Bloomfield Captain T o bi n, Lieutenant Parker, and Ensign Crook, th e a b ove lieved by a detachment of the 96th from Dover. ha ving been re ' IiEAAJEtt tl' THE DUKE OF Sus” were on board and effectsof tide paisentorq who , he baggage th is time (if* tieing wrecked close t o t h e port of Bo ul g n v e e , s he l y e at b e t e h n e saved, and, amounting to about 30 packages , have been brought by the City of Boulo gne steamer from It e u s logne, which arrived at I,ondon.brulfo wharf on Thursday eveflin t . The Auction Duties Repeal Bill received the royal assent on Thursday, and no duty is to be paid on any sale which took place since the Bth of Aril. last, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. EZELILSE T. Prices per ton at COA the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 15s; Buddle's West Hartley, 16s 6d; Carr's Hartley, 17s 6d ; Chester Main, 15s 6d ; East Tanfield, 14s ; Hasting's Hartley, 17s; Holywell Main, 16s; Nelson's West Hartley, 16s 6(1; New Tantield, 14s; Old Pontop, 13s 6d ; Pott's Primrose, 13s ; Tanfield Moor, 17s 6d ; West Hartley, 17s Gd ; West Wylam, 15s 6d ; Wall's-end Clennell, 16s ; Heaton,l7s ; Belmont, lis 6d ; Braddyll's Hetton, I9s ; Haswell, 19s 3d ; Hylton, 15s 6d; Larnbton, 18s 9d; North Hetton Lyons, lis3d ; Richmond, 17s 6d ; Caradoc, 18s 64 ; Hartlepool, 19s 3d ; Kelloe, 18s 3d ; Ad e l a id e , 18 s 3d ; B ow b crn, 16s ; Brown's Deanery, 17s 3d ; Maclean's Tee; 16s 3d ; Seymour Tees, 17s 6d; Derwentwater Hartley, 16s 6d; Hartley. 16s 6d ; Sidney's Hartley, 163.—Ships arrived, 19. (From the London New Price Current of May 9.) SUGAR.—To-day there was more activity in the West India Sugar market, a large business was transacted ; 850 hhds and trcs finding purchasers, but holders were unable to obtain any advance in prices. The total sales for the week are 2,330 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—To-day there was a much better demand for Refined goods for home consumption, and many parcels were sold at 66s to 67s for brown, and at 67s to 68s for standard lumps. Matuunus.—By private treaty there has been little doing, and at a public sale yesterday, of 7,304 bags and 385 casks, prices gave way is 6d to 2s per cwt for Refiningdescriptions, and is for other sorts; a part only was disposed of, but nearly the whole was sulphury. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal Sugar was purchased more freely, and 530 bags at public sale were sold at very full rates. Fine white at 57s Gd, good 54s to 54s Gd, middling 51s, damp 50s Gd to 53.3 6d, and washed 48s to 523 per cwt. Manilla is wanted, but higher rates being insisted upon, checked business, and 1,686 bags at public sale, with out certificate, were taken in Is per ce t above the value. FOREIGN.—The market is yet sparingly supplied with all descriptions of Foreign Sugar, and importers are still san guine in their expectations ; at public sale only 463 boxes of yellow and 197 boxes of white Havannali have been offered this week, which went at stiff rate. Porto Rico has met with increased attention, and three floating cargoes, consist ing of 1,200 hhds, have been disposed of at 21s per cwt for re fining here in bond. In Brazil Sugar an extensive busi ness has been transacted at advanced rates; a cargo of brown Bahia has been sold at 21s Gd, deliverable at Konigsburg; two cargoes of Pernam'auco, one brown of 280 tons at 26 s for a near port, the other 300 tons white at 27s 3d for the Mediteranean, and 300 chests of Palk on the spot at 20s to 21s 6d for brown, and at 24s to ' 27s per cwt for white. Yellow llavannah much wanted, and stiffer rates offered. By private contract 600 chests of fine fetched 26s 9d, and 120 boxes ditto 26s 6d, and 400 chests good 25s 6d. In white business is prevented by the stiff rates that are insisted upon, 32s to 39s per cwt being re quired for common to fine quality. The business transacted privately in other kinds of Foreign Sugar has been at furthe improved prices. MOLASSES.—The purchases have been extensive by pri vate treaty this week, amounting to 500 puns of Antigua at 17s, 250 old ditto 15s, 100 Demerara at 18s, and 20 puns of Dominica at 20s. 28 puns 4 casks of new Trinidad at auc tion went at 17s per cwt. Bengal Treacle is worth 16s, and Madras 13s Gd per cwt. FRUIT.—For Currants there has been rather an improve ment in the demand; prices, however, are much the same, but in Raisins there has been a further decline. Red Smyrna and Chesme Raisins selling at 38s, and Black Smyrnas at 275, 'Valentias 425, Denias in baskets at 31s to 325, Sultanas 58s to 60s, and a parcel of Lipari Currants, 400 barrels, now landing, has been sold to the grocers at 41s. COFFEE —This afternoon Ceylon was less in request, and the sound of 864 bags Native at auction was nearly all taken in at the former value; there were buyers of the best at 455. 50 casks 8G brls Berbice found purchasers at fair mar ket rates; 69 brls coloury Rio went rather cheaper—mid at 52s to 545, and low mid 49s to 51s per cwt. Tna.—The market has a quiet appearance, and only a limited business has been transacted privately in Black and Green; at the public sales yesterday of 6,700 pckgs the bid dings were languid, only 1,800 were actually sold upon firmer terms, excepting Hyson and Gunpowder, which went a little cheaper; Twankay but middling coarse Is 2d to is 2d, but mid rather strong flat Is 2d to is 3d, mid strong Is 70 to Is 74(1, Hyson Skin, but mid flat Is Id to is 2d, but mid rather sourish Is to Is Old; Souchong rather strong 2s 10d to 2s 114 d, but middling Is id, Hyson middling good Tea fresh 2s 5d to 2s sd, middling fresh and rather strong burnt 2s Iod, Gunpowder, but middling rather strong scented 2s 3d to 2s 30, Canton kind 2s 21d to 2s 30, Young Hyson good fresh and strong burnt 4s Id to 4s !30, Scented Caper 2s 3d to 2s 30. COCOA.—To-day Trinidad Cocoa met with little attention ; 138 bags 86 brls at public sale went rather cheaper—good mid red at 42s 6d to 435, mid 41s to 425, low 38s 6d, and one lot of good 48s fd per cwt. SPICES.—To-day Malabar Pepper was in limited demand, and 550 bags at auction were nearly all taken in at the former value, half heavy brown at 30, good light aid, and fair 3d'per Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The market is quiet for Jamaica Rum, and the limited business has been at a slight decline; 30 to 36 per cent over proof selling at 3s to 4s 4d, and superior 4s 6d to 4s 8d p er ga ll on. In Leeward Island a good business has been done, rather lower rates having been taken, 300 puns having been sold at Is 7d t o ls. 70, proof strength. Demerara brought, former prices, the sales are 130 puns at 2s 8d to 2a 9d for 34 to 37 per cent over proof. Of Calcutta 180 casks have been sold at is 5d proof with certificate. There has been more life in the Brandy market, and many parcels have been sold,at full rates :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; do 18.39, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s ; do 1840, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s Ild ; do 1841 hhds 4s Id, puns 3s lld ; ditto 1842, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d; ditto 1843, hhds 3s 9d, puns 38 7d; ditto 1844, hhds 3s Bd, puns 3s 6d; middling and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 6d, low 2s 5d to 2s 7d, and Bordeaux 2s 5d to 2s Gd per gallon. The stock is on the increase of Geneva. and at value of are not many orders ; Is 71 to Is 8d is the value of common shipping sort. RICE.—To-day a good desire was shown to purchase Ben gal Rice, and 1,975 bags at public sale all sold at the former value, viz.—mid white dusty rather small grain at lls to Ils 6d, sea-damaged first class 103 6d to I Is, second class 10* to lOs 6d, third class 9s 6d, and sea-damaged and repacked 102 per cwt. _ _ Oiis.—This afternoon the market was much better sup plied with Southern Oil, 180 tuns were offered at auction and sold at 2715 s to 281 15s for fine, and at 261 to 2715 s for low to good, being, however, a little cheaper; 90 tons Sperm of Fo reign Fishing 851 per tun. TALLow.—This afternoon, at public sale 542 casks of New South Wales Tallow sold at 35s 9d to 38s 9d ; 5,486 pkgs American 34s 6d to 38s ; 45 knapsacks Cape 40s 3d to 40s 9,1; and 8 casks East India 38s to 39s per cwt. COURSE OF EXCHAb Amsterdam CF. 12 81 Ditto, at sight l2 61 Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 15 Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Alton& Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 !months 26 10 Marseilles Bourdeaftx 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3 Us... Berlin - — Vienna, effee. 13 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36; Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona —. Seville — GE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.... — Leghorn . Genoa 26 10 Milan ...... Venice .... . Naples 39i Palermo, pe.; oz ll9 Lisbon 52/ Oporto... • Rio Janeiro .... Bahia . ....... Buenos Ayres New York dys sight Philadelphia ......... • PRICKS CIF FIDLT-lON, PER OZ- Foreign Gold, bars.. 43 17 Portugal Gold win 3 17 5 New D 0 ' 2 .ti100n5..... 0 0 0 New Dollars O4 9i Silver in Bars ..... TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 7, 1845. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John Macpherson Brakeabury, Esq., late her Majesty's Consul at Cadiz, K n i g h t of the Royal Hano verian Uuelphic Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 7. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Charles Fellows, Esq., of Russell-square. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 8. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Peebles—William Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., of Portmore, one of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 9. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Denbigk—Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. of Wynnstay, in the county of Denbigh, Bart. - WAR-OFFICE, MAY 7. Her Majesty has been pleased to promote his Royal High ness Prince George of Cambridge, KG Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Light D ragoons , to he Major-General in the Army, May 7. _ WAR-OFFICE, MAY 9. 4th Dragoon Guards—Ensign and Adjutant W. G. Sutton, from the 69th Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, May 9. th Light Dragoons--Cornet G. F. W. Miles to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Savile, who retires; William Vis count St. Lowrance to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Miles, May 9. 311 Foot—Ensign 11. Portal, from 83d Foot, to be Lieute aant, by purchase, vice Cameron, who retires. May 8. 16th Foot—Ensi gn E. N . Dickenson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wall, who retires ; C. C. Grant, Gent., to lie Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickenson, May 9. 18th Foot—Captain W. Evans, from 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Staveley, who exchanges, May 9. 24th Foot—ll. F. Barclay, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, May 9. 31st Foot—Lieutenant J. R. Travers, from the 25th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Matthews, appointed paymaster of a Recruiting District, May 9. 32d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon C. Scott, M.D., from the 36th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Bampfield, deceased, May 9. 36th Foot—W. M. Dowding, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Scott, promoted in the 32d Foot, May 9. 37th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. G. A. Spencer, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bradshaw, who exchanges, May 9. 41st Foot—Lieutenant R. Portal, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice C. A. Morshead, who retires on half-pay of the 3d Foot, May 9. 43d Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. C. 11. Lindsay to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Wright, who r e ti res upon full pay; Ensign J. S. Kennedy, from the 45th Foot, to be 1:p . sign, without purchase, May 9. 44th Foot—Captain C. W. D. Staveley, frQl.l) the 18th who exile9ii'gneAnMaywi9t.hout Foot, to be Captain, vice Evans, i t :the 43d ' Foot, May 9. 4.3 th Foot—T. J. Grant, o G in e t n o t ,, . : a.Pl,l").\Tsicreadsshpaewn,cefrro:mwhllote e3x7telitiain'gooets,. purchase, vice Kenneth 60th Foot—Lieut.-Col, to be Lieutenant - C , .',lonel • Play 9. Bth Foot—G. S. Nunn, Gent to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Ma cne ill , whose appointment . has been cancelled, vMicayOt 9. 'Thurston,h9e Foot—ll. who tII.II g I. Ea g ar, Gent., t o b e E ns i gn, by purchase. retires, May 9. 2d \Vest India Regiment—J. T. Shower, Gent ,to be En shiagsmbleNe' ip c o a li n t e e p l u l e r Cah v q ice Robertson, whose appointment I 'e a s t t h India v,lio st 3 3d West India Regiment—Ensign F. J. Hills, from th e I s t \ Regiment,' to be Lieutena n t, by p urc h ase , r i ce smith, promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, May 9. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. J. M. Macdonald to be Captain, by purchase, vice B. E. Lavard, who retires ; Se cond Lieut. P. O'Gorman to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macdonald ; D. D. Greentree, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Gorman, May 9 ; J. Meade, C,eut., to be Second Lieutenant, without. purchase, vice Muller, deceased, May 10. BnEvlcT.—Capt. G. E. Turner, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major in the Army, May 9. tis.trracp.:m—Brevet Major J. Algeo, from the 77th Foot, to be Major, without purchase; Lieut. J. Hay, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, witholt purchase, May 9. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Second Lieut. Tailing, of the Rifle Brigade, are Charles William Francis. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAr 8. Royal Re; intent of Artillery—First r Lieutenant W. J. Irr • 1 Smythe to be Second Captain, vi ck -3 *.liiii?-iist e d • IS , Second Lieutenant R. H. Carlyon ~ iput ;.. pat, 1:,-,-,, , • • Who 'rat 1.. - vice W. J. Smythe, May 6, 1845. ~.1 , , Ordnance Medical Department. jemperfirpa s stioaßat:t• Surgeon E. Gilborne to be Assistant 44gOn-,-- ADMIRALTY, hllkt..g. c / 1 7 1, r t . , , Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieut. T. Af 1131,4 . 0 nington, to be First Lieutenant, vice H. Crispin, to half-pp Second Lieut. J. Elliott, to be First Lieutenant, vice J. P. N. F Clapperton, deceased. .. WHITEHALL, APRIL 19. The - Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Tucker the younger, of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Gent, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, APRIL 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Mitchell Charlesworth, Gent., of Horburv, near Wakefield, in the county of York, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, APRIL 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Dendy Sadler, of Dorking, in the county of Surrey, Gentleman, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Simon Peter, of Lis keard, in the county of Cornwall, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Foot Piper, stay manufacturer, Cheapside, to sur render May 20, and June 18, at one, at, the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official as s i gnee , C o l eman - street- b uildings; Cox, Bank ruptcy Broad-street. Edmund Baldwin and Richard Garrett, grocers, Henfield, Sussex, May 16, at half-past one, and June 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Hill and Mathews, St. Mary Axe. William Harrison, pattern dyer, Woodhouse Carr, Leeds, May 21, and June 9, at. eleven, at the Leeds District Court. hope, cfficial assignee. Leeds ; Sudlow, Son, and Tory, Chancerv-lane, London ; Naylor or Tempest, Leeds. George Walicer Gee anti John Fearne Gee, drapers, Leeds, June 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Frazer, official assignee, Manchester; Sale and Worthington, Manchester; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, L on d on . John Jones, innkeeper, Abervstwith, Cardiganshire, May 23, and June 20, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Heaven, Bristol. George Rudman, mason, Bristol, May 23, and June 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; White and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Short, Bristol, Thomas Cooke, glove manufacturer, Leicester, May 20, and June 30, at twelve, at the Birminaham District Court. I Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Toiler, Leicester ; James, Birmingham. James M'Dougal, draper, Leicester, May 23, at half -past twelve, and June 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hoskins. Loughborough ; James, Birmingham. Jacob Newton, John Wa r d N ew t on , an d F rancis Jacob Newton, spirit and porter merchants, Rotherham, Yorkshire, May 20, and June 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Badger, Rotherham ; Black burn, Leeds. Henry Pares, plumber, Loughborough, May 27, at twelve, and June 13, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Brown, Nottingham; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. John Mears, grocer, Leeds, May 21 and June 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Rushwortb, Staple-inn, London; Sanderson, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. C. Evans, banker, Manchester—second and final dir. of Gd. 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 ls. 5%d. in the pound, and first div. of 2s. 6d. on new proofs, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. T. Pr : etty, grocer, Bilsten, 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, Ulev, 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 ponnd. May 13, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. - DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Nash, tea dealer, Budge-row, City, May 30, at half past eleven—A. Robertson and L. H. Folger, cabinet makers, liigh-street, Shoreditch, June 4, at half-past two. In the Country. A. Alder, cloth factor, Brimpscombe, Gloucestershire, May 30, at twelve, at the Bristol Disttict Court—J. Baker and E. Swinburne, 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. CERTITICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown W the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. T. Reeve, licensed victualler, Gravesend, May 30—J. Williams. draper, Cardiff, May 30—T. Griffiths, auctioneer, Blaenifed, Cardiganshire, June 3—IL Hill, currier, Exeter, May 30—J. Peters, innkeeper, Godston, Snrrey, May 30— C. Moore, carver, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, May 30—J. Ke!sail. fishmonger, llanley, Staffordshire, May 30.—T. G. James, builder, River -street, Myddleton-squaro, May 30— W. 11. Colt, grocer, Long Melford, Suffolk, May 30—e. Lee, miller, Wakes Cohie, Essex, May 30—H. Whittaker, silk throwster, Macclesfield, May 30. PA RTN ERSHI PS 'DISSOLVED. J. B. Bryan and William Robarts, surw.tons, Burnham, Buckinghamshire —J. Funge 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. P. Falkner, R Falk ner, and W. Falkner, drapers, Manchester— B. Jones and W. Brown, hondisicr merchants, Cardiff—W. C. Chapman and G. C. Chapman, tea dealers, Manchester-square —E. Vertegans and 11. Murch, wine merchants, Can non -street, City —L. Widenhain and T. Adams, watch makers, Lombard street—W. Porter, sen., and W. Porter, jun., ironmongers, Northampton —J. Rutty and F. Key, linen drapers, Beverley —R. Sockett and J. I'ryce, dairymen, Mitre-square, Aldgate —4. Mortimer, T. Garforth, and P. Fletcher, coal proprietors, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (so far as regards P. Fletcher)—H. Ball and G. Rawlinson, farmers, Taming Neville, Sussex— J. Duncan and F. Malcolm, booksellers, Paternoster—row-- IV. Handley and J. Garner, coal merchants, Warwick—J. Lord and J. Lord, linen drapers, Colne, Lancashire—G. J. Mitchell, jun., and J. Mitchell, gingham manufacturers, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—E. IJollinshead, J. J. Roebuck, and L. Roebuck, straw bonnet makers, Huddersfield. • SCO TCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles M`Lean, calico printer, Bridgeton, Glasgow, May 15 and June 19, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr, Service. Glasgow. Robert IV. Sutherikna, bookseller Glasgow. May 16 and June 5, at twelve , at t h e B lack Bull ' Hotel, Glasgow. William Tait, baker, Dundee, May 14 and June 4, at twel7e, at the British Hotel, Dundee. Alexander Webster, jun. grocer, Kirriemuir, - blayl4 and June 4, at twelve, a t the Chambers of Min!Srs. Wilkie and Walker, Kirriemuir. Charles Macpherson Roy, rnerclo:ut, Banff, May 17 and Jund 7, at one, at the Banff Hott ) ,, Banff. John Arres, farmer, Orchard, near Hawick, May 17 and June 7, at twelve, at th.% chambers of Mr. Chrystal;Stirling. PRICE OF SUGAR. The kverage Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the NVG n ' A. ending, May 6, 1845, is 295. 3id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday. the 3d day of May, 1845. SUEIMARYOF NE.ii:S AND tOttbitir Optutou. " Who runs may read." rort.ExaN. The King and Royal. Family left the Tuileries on Wednesday for the Palace at Neuiliy, where they will take up their residence for 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 Cham ber, and support his budget as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The funeral of M. Cavaignac took place at Notre Dame de Lo rette on Wednesday. Bodies of National Guards, the students of the schools, and a number of his political friends attended at tie 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 fur Constantinople in the steamer the Orient. M. Lesseps, the French Consul at Barcelona, was also at Marseilles on his way to his post. The illness from which M. Charles Lallitte 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 Part Vendre, the Presse 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 t oast ? In forty-eight hours an English fleet could burn Havre, annihilate the immense commercial riches accumulated there, and ravage all the other towns on the coast of the Channcl and the Atlantic. And, nevertheless, a contingency so possible, and per haps so little remote, attracts no attention." The Journal de Debats announces the death, at Liancoutt, in the 90th year of his age, of M. Ferry, a member of the National Convention. The Paris jourLals 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 Corbel! Railroad there were conveyed, between September 10, 1940, 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, 1937, to September, 1944, upwards of 6,000,000 persons, of whom only one was killed. In 1842, the proportion of wounded and bruised was not more 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 (85 leagues, or about 206 miles), there ran from the Ist January to the 30th June, 1843, no fewer than 18,466 trains, carrying 1,889,718 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 victims." 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. LAW 41.15 f D JP'o2.XeC)ki. In the Bail Court oa Thursday, Mr. Justice Coleridge grantel a rule, calling cn Ilobbs, the plainiiffin the Qui Tam actions against the newspapers for inserting advertisements of foreign lotteries, to show cause why he should not give security for costs. The Court of Common Pleas made the rule absolute for setting aside the nonsuit in the case of A) ling v. Guiding. 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 grocer of Eton, for 12 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 1,03,3, 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 Cresswell, civil engineer, Cirencester, charged by Mr. Rose, grocer, No. 322, Oxford-street, with having defrauded him of 341. by means of a spurious cheque on Praed and Co., was manded from Marlborough-street. At Worship-street, Mr. Jacob Magnus, Trafalgar place, Hackney-road, appeared, charged with having 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 maid, 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 for consideration as to whether the case was sufti ciently strong to justify his committal upon the charge, and should in the meantime require him to enter into his own recognizance in 2001. and find two resionsible 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 sifter watch, gold chain and guard, and a gold key, the property of Tomas Antonio Goylez, the master of the Spanish ship Sottara. C 0 1.71&T -riss HI 0 NAB E It is now understood that the Qucen and Prince Albert will leave town for the Isle of Wight this day. Her Majesty will only remain two or three days at Osborne, during which time the Lightning, steam tender, Master Commander Petley, will be in attendance. Madlle d'Este has arrived at Cheltenham from a visiting tour. It is expected that the Caledonian 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 l'hurs day evening, the company being invited to meet the Dowager Grand Duchess of Paden. 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 Lord Mostyn, H.... E. 1.1. Ll l nrustyn , anti Lady Harriet Mostyn, have arrived at Parkgate, Cheshire, where the Noble Lord and family purpose making a short stay. Mr. Rutherfurd, M.P., and Mrs. Rutherfurd left Faryances's Hotel on Wednesday for Edinburgh. Lady Elizabeth Elliot has arrived at Lord John Russell's resi dence in Chesham-place. The Earl and Countess of Haddington have left town for Oxford shire. IVXXSCELLANEOUS. 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 grown] granted by the Board of Ordance, and situate on the south side of Wellington.street, opposite Brewer-street. The Rev. W. Green law, rector of Woolwich, laid the stone. The Dutch steam-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 then 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 island 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 Inn-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 120,4261., and the income for the past year was 22,000/., 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 north-westerly 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 with 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 previuus day, the Messrs. Harrison 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 glasses, and infinitely more powerful. The tones of this harmonicon could be distinctly heard in the remotest parts of the theatre, and the execution of the performers was most brilliant. Every lover of music should visit the Bazaar to enjoy the treat of listening to the performances oa this rock harmonicon. ANOTIIBR COLLISION OFF THE EDDYSTONE.—On Wednesday afternoon, the 7th inst., at two o'clock, when about four leagues to the SS. W. of the Eddystone, Jasper Burt, dm 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 h a lf a mile off re- called, c t o r cabin con owveyto to the post-oflice a l e tt er which the clerk went into the e write, While w a iti ng a l ongside they informed an officer (supposed to be the captain), t h at 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. yard caught the lea c h o f her mainsail, and top. sail boom took the Reindeer's peak halliards, and thi s b r i nging her i u ,i p ng t _ h li e ft s a h n i cr car sf r ° i r ed away her boom and gaff Her taffrail, two stern timbers, and knees, and part of mainrail and bulwark are damaged, masthead gone, mainsail torn, and gafftopsail past repair, besides other injuries. Hill and the boy first ran below to avoid the falling wreck, but, fearing she might go down, got on board the 04, Burt and the other hand in th e b oat let go immediately, lest they should be crushed between the vessels. The seamen cut away the wreck, and the fishermen, finding their sloop did not 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 belong to Messrs. T. and W. Smith, of London and Newcastle, 745 tons register, last from Portsmouth, and bound to the East 2~1.~--T. /-~~ ~~~_ ~~~ ~~ ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £. X. Notes issued Other securities... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,088,142 Silver bullion 2,078,953 I ---. £29,167,095 1 £29,167,095 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Bth day of May, 1845. BANKING D. .PARTMENT. Proprietors' capita 114,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings. banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi- Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 9,857,686 Notes 7,827,925 Gold and silver coin 641,159 (lend accounts) 2,712,041 Other deposits 10,355,640 Seven day and other billy £31,943,736 M. MA . Dated the Bth day of May, 11 £31,943,736 11SHALL, Chief Cashier. 845. PROMISSORY NOTES. (From last Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory- Notes payable to bearer on demand, which h ave b een in circulation . by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ire land, weeks a e n n d d i b n y g e o t 2 11 6 e t r h B d a a n y k so fiApril, n dlB, 4 d s u:in p g urs t u h a e nt fo l i tr e the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 • SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks £3,001,24) IRELAND. Bank of Ireland 4,036,400 Private and J o i nt - Stock Banks 3,016;231 Total __ _£10,053,871 Stamps and T axes, M ay 9, 1845. H. L. WICitHAM. COURT CIRCULAR. 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. Ills floyal Highness Prince George visited her Majesty yesterday. Their - Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham. Palace. ller Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had a very small and early soiree dansante yesterday evening, at her resi dence, Clarence house, St. James's. Her Ptlajesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Family were present. Lady Augusta Bruce has been appointed Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterday in a carriage. Her Majesty visaed het Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, at the Duke of Hamil ton's residence in Portman-square. His Serene highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstalal 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 Strelitz, attended by Mr. Edmond honoured the Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch with their company at dinner yesterday, at Montagu House. The '1)-easitderhdalsyr."Pecti theto e Chevalier Grand Bunsen, puchessste i p ltan eof M n in ad is e t n er , • His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured Mr. eoa. street.ny at dinner yesterday even ing,Sll'han e te E l SAcistcalrenessliea?(setiian'e'ctelh hiB Curzon Commissioners in for England had a meet ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. f e t i n } g : d i a l o r t n l Ely, f o John sabdrLu ; the e ch r e ll t ai y in e (e r , ne e i p (i r ir e .o s fi e i n t oitlbeti Exchequer,ieußsei h a u o d p s t