The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-28 00:00:00

vaottton SUN OFFICE, Se:'en o' Clock. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSn' PRICES MICES OF BIiITISII FUNDS. hank Stock Y v OlO 209% 3 per Cent. Reduced ........ ... 9 8 14% 98% 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 ner Cents ...101 1 / s 1 / 1 101% Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 5-164 11 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 11% 111.8 India Stock South Sea Stock Ditto 01(1 Annuities Consols for Account... ... .. 99% 99 5 / s Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 .(1. ... 63 64 62 pm. 62 • Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small — pin. Ditto Advertised 62 63 pm. 63 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... 88 Danish Bonds, 1b25, 3 per Cent... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18:37. Ditto Account Ditto. Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents Ditto, Converted 66% Russian Bonds. . _ Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Passive Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. .... ... —41 A Ditto, Account 41% Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch, 2% par Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific...• 981 /S I A 984 PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAY SHARESPRICES. PRICES. Aberdeen Binning. and Gloucesterloo 134% 134 Do. New Ditto 1,4 Shares Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bri'tou, Le wes , & H24ast. 20 Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ..-- 58 57 1 % 58 1 /,..• EB l Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 114 ...... 6%% c !Jester and Holyhead... 15 Chichester and Brighton 10 Cliurnet Valley Cork and Waterford ... 11A _51494% i. 4 Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 114...... 214 Coventry and Leicester 14 l% Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 1% 2 lh rect Northern - .. Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast Junc. ' l / 2 1 0 1 4 C 23' Dublin and G a l way. _ .. 2% 4 3% I )üblin and Mullingar. . 2 1 A Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 4 4 Eastern Counties aa .. • 184 Ditto New 41. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1...51. 13s. 40. — Ditto ditto, No. 9 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — Cr ,, st South. and West. ( Ireland) Ditto Extension Great _North of England..loo 240 245 245 Ditto New Ditto New Great Western BO 156 Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 23 ...... 23 Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birminginn (5t0ck)...242 243 ... Do. Ne w Thirds Do. 4 Shares .............34 London and Brighton Loudon and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9(1 — _. Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lonjon and Greenwich 12/ 15540 — Lonec,n and S. Western 41/ La 10d 78% 79 Do. New London and York 2% 4 l, Londonderry &Coleraine 2 - oyi, Manchester and Leeds... 73 132 Manclielter and Bininn. 40 Do. Quartets 4 Midland... 100 Do. New Mid and, Birrn., Derby ICO l4O Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 , 9 i 2 53 53 Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 / 4 I7J /2 184 1674 17% Newark and Sheffield .. 11 72 3 '!'. ( l . . 3% North British Do. New North Kent A North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 10 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 - 4 Scottish Central .._. _ Scottish Midland 1 % ... .. 2. 1 4 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 l / 2.... 4: South Devon... l 5 South Eastern &Dover 33/ 25 40... 41 , 4 A Do., No. 1.. 8 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 South Wales 2% 5 1,4 'ront Valley Ti ent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterierd and Kilkenny 1 ...... 31 ... Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 Ditto Searboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Lo. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS Boulogne and Amien5.., 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ............. ..... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 41 , 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Namur and Liege /2 5 /V4 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 40 % Pans and Lyons, Gan -2 37 1 ,4 17% f,3,i 3634 17 66% 119 Peron's, ... .. Paris and Strasbourg ( Gann eron's) Do. do. (llainguerlot's) 2 Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ~.... 4 10% 3 4 1 / 4 4 3 . 3 18A JOINT STOCK BAINK;:. British North American 50 .. ...., National of Ireland 0 1 A 66 4% 2 j 23 41% 141/t 5 1 % 16 1 / 2 2 5 4 3 1 / 2 27 1 / 2 104 CBV 2 18:14 4 1 ,4 95/ 5'4 1•N 2 1 / s 10% 47 3 / 4 201/2 EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Epsom Stakes of 5 sous each, with 35 added ; three years old, 7 st 101 b, four, Bst 1 lib, five, 9st 21b, six and aged, 9st Gib ; mares and gelding;, allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for HO toys. 1 mile. Mr. T. Dawson's b c Live and-let-Live Mr. Hook's b f Wild Rose, 3 yrs 2 The Walton Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 3.5 added ; three years old, 7st 101 b, four, Bst 111 b, five, 9st 211,, six and agel, 9st 61b ; mares and Tidings, allowed 31b ; the winncr to be sold for 120 sovs. ; three quarters of a mile, New T.Y.C. Mr. Phillinfore's ro f Physalis, 4 yrs 1 Lord G. Bentinck's br f Moonshine, 3 yrs The Burgh Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 35 added ; three years old, Bst 21b ; four, Bst 11 lb ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 41b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; The winner to be sold for 80 sous. ; last half mile. Mr. Shelley's b e Prince of Wales, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Phillicaore's ro f Physalis, 4 yrs 2 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Group K. LONDON AND NORWICH DIRECT LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Charles Beard cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS, on the part of I the landowners on the line—There is no wholesale warehouse in Bury, nor any extensive factory, except a willow-plait manufactory, in Which about 100 hands are employed. About 3.Sths of the grocery , goods, and I.4th of the iron-ware come from Ipswich : the cost •for carriage is on an average 10s per ton, ex. elusive of wharfage and sufferance, payable by the purchaser. One-half the goods brought to Bury, or shipped from it, are also liable to cartage charges. The estimate made by thlzwras shares for conveying good s i s , f or b ar i ron lid . per m il e. aresln the Di rect N orwich Railway, and consequently has considerable interest in its success. John Meadows R o d well.—ls a large farmer of Suffolk. The Phingoe union, including Bury, comprises 30,500 inhabitants, and 90,000 acres, of which 18,000 acres are pasture and wooded, and 8 per cent., or 5,760 acres, waste, leaving 66,240 acres for arable purposes. Of this he reckons 16,560 acres would be devoted to the growth of wheat, and calculating each acre to produce six coombs, the total amount of the grain grown would be 99 ; 8360 o coombs ; deductin g t wo bushels per acre f or seed, ° inhabi tants,coombs,o, and two 80 combs per soul for 30,500 coombs, the total quantity g surplus , for rh u o s of 30,080 e consumption would be 69,280 coombs, le 0,080 coombs for exportation. Allowing 16,560 acres for the growth nine coombs as the produce p er acre, the totalof barley, an d yieldw families, seed id . e t 149,040 coombs. Deducting three b us h els per acre 12,420 coombs, and for the co nsumption of 7,625 for at two coombs each, 14,250 coombs, thet7ootal home consumption would be 27,670, leaving 121,3 coombs for exportation. Allowing 8,290 acres for peas sur p lus beans, and seven coombs as the yeld per acre, or 58,030 coombs, and deducting 6,218 coombs for seed, and 4,500 coombs for the use of the population, making a total for local consumption of 10,718 coombs, three would remain for exportation 47,312 surplus combs. The seeds would also give 1,507 coombs for ex portation. The whole amount of this produce, requiring a means of transit for exportation, would be, in weight, 19,796 tons. For this, he considers no line hitherto projected offers equal advan tages with the Direct Norwich line. This Speaker having been at this juncture announced at prayers, the Committee adjourned. E' -.---- ^_ Group V. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) John, Wilson resided near Chesterfield, and was a timber mer. Nebant2 Oreat quantities of oak and other timber were grown at -13,o;stield s „a14.1 he sent at least 900 tons to Manchester and Liver ti pool eveivear , He paid by the present defective railway corn inumeaV per ton per mile, and he lost, comparing it with the - Vreserlt ected line at the same rate of carriage, 29, 3d. per ton. 11,3 ~1 - Theodore 'Walsh, captain and farmer nor Dronfield, said, that in the article of lime alone the projected lin, would save him ss. per ton. Mr. Sykes, of Sheffield, proved that the project d line would lower the price of the Droz,field and Unston coal at 1 ast 2s. 6d. per ton, and that in that case it would be used by th • gas com pany to the extent of 200 tons a week. The general feeling of the town of Sheffield was in favour of this line, and they had passed resolutions in its favour at a public meeting. Mr. Ritchie, engineer, would prefer the DronEeld coal to any other, if got for 6s. 6d. per ton. Benjamin Fox, steel refiner, Sheffield, would prefer Dronfield coal to all others, if he could get it at an equally low price. William Butcher, steel manufacturer, corroborated the last evidence. Mr. Hawksworth also spoke to the superior quality of the Un ston and Dronfield coke, and added that if the carriage were better, a greater quantity would be used in the Sheffield market. Isaac Scholefield put in a return of the coal and coke used in Sheffield, the greater part of which would come from the Dronfield pits. The total amount was of coal, per annum, 530,178 tons; coke, 100 tons. The Committe adjourned till to.morrow. Group A. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND ROCHESTER RAIL. WAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. J. Batter, auctioneer and surveyor of Rochester, was also one of the Rochester magistrates. There was a great quail. tity of fruit grown on that part of Kent, and much loss was sus. tuined by the delay and irregularity of the conveyance to the Lon don market There was also great want of railway communication between Dartford and London. Witness was yesterday five hours coming from Rochester to London, being delayed one hour at Gravesend. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had no doubt that a railway was desirable, and they ought to confine themselves to the question which line was the best. 'I he Counsel on both sides expressed their concurrence, and Witness was cross-examined by Mr. WlLMORE—Witness did not think that the North Kent scheme would be at all injurious to Gravesend. On the contrary, the increased advantage of every communication with London all through the year would induce many families to reside there. Mr. Mathews, secretary and part proprietor of the Terrace Pier at Gravesend, who was next examined by Mr. Sergeant SHEA, said that there was great want of regular communication between Gravesend and London. Fish were often detained at a great lose in Gravesend, especially in winter. They were obliged to be taken by land, as the expense of steam-tugs to take up the fishing-boats in winter wou!d be too great. In all respects the convenience of North Kent would be best promoted by the London, Rochester, Chatham, and North Kent line. Cross-examined by Mr. MILLER—Did not think that the ne cessity for the line was at all removed by the great increase of steam navigation on the river. But he must admit that as the steam-boats did not pay themselves it was not likely that railroads could compete with them at their present rates. By Mr. MEREWETHER—Thought that the North Kent line was superior to the one projected by the South-Eastern Company. The former line passed through the most populous parts of the whole country. Mr. Park, of Gravesend, surgeon, examined by Mr. Sergean SHEA, gave testimony in favour of the North Kent line. Cross-examined by Mr. WILMORE—As a medical man he would say that steam.boat trips upon the river were very conducive to the health of the inhabitants of the metropolis. Cross-examined by Mr. MEREDITH—Knew that there was a great difference of opinion es to the two lines in Kent. Mr. Waite, landlord of Waite's Hotel at Gravesend, could not say what the opinion of the inhabitants of Gravesend generally on the subject. He knew that the commercial gentlemen who frequented his room were very anxious for a railroad, as it would enable them to re main at Gravesend in the winter, by affording a regular and speedy communication with town. He could not say whether the rail way would benefit Gravesend or not. He knew it would benefit him.—(A laugh.) He could give no opinion which line was the best. The cross-examinatiou of this witness elicited nothing material. Mr. T. Strong, of Welling, auctioneer, gave evidence in favour of the railway; there was very little accommodation for persons going to or from Welling to London since the formation of the existing railways which had driven off the road almost all the former con veyances. There were but two coaches daily through Welling at present; a few years ago there were upwards of seventy. There was great loss sustained in respect to the fruit trade, in consequence of the greatly diminished means of conveyance. The CUAIIIMAN said that it was unnecessary to go into proof of the want of a railway. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM said the object was to show that accommodation was wanted at Welling, which the North Kent line proposed to give. Mr. Swaysland, of Crayford, cotton printer, stated that up wards of 600 tons of goods were sent to London annually from his factory. Great inconvenience was suffered from the present want of conveyance, the deficiency being occasioned by the present exist ing Kentish Railways, which did not give any facilities to Cray. ford. Cross-examined.—He would prefer the line which would pass nearest to his own factory; provided that it went on a level, and not on an embankment. Mr. Callow, of Dartmouth, builder, stated that the population of that town was about 6,000. There were several factories of steam. engine makers there, besides gunpowder and paper-mills. Formerly there were great facilities of transit to London, the falling off of which had caused very great inconvenience. He was in favour of the North Kent line. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM stated to the Committee that he felt at this part of his case in a position of some difficulty. As far as the question between the North Kent and the South- Eastern Companies was concerned, the report of the Committee of the Board of Trade had rendered it in a great degree unnecessary to go into any proof on the subject of traffic. He therefore would avoid taking up the time of the Committee with the investigation of that part of the subject here, but he apprehended the gentleman who appeared for the London and Croydon might take advantage of the omission and put in adverse evidence at a future time. He was prepared to put in satisfactory evidence, but to save the Committee unnecessary trouble, he wished to submit to their judgment whether the evidence was to be gone into or no:. The Committee, after some conversation, decided to go into the evidence. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM said he would new proceed with evi dence to show the amount of traffic. Mr. Denham, of Welling, builder, was then' examined by Mr. Sergeant SHEE—The population of Welling was about 1,000, and there was a considerable traffic to London, espe • cially of fruit, which required speedy transit from that town, and the adjacent ones of Bexley, Boxhill, and Charlton. He knew the opinions of the people in those places to be ♦ery strongly in flvour of the North Kent line. It was certainly to be preferred to one which should go round by Eltham. Mr. Hartland, land surveyor, of Wickham, gave similar evi dence as to the great want of conveyance to London since the establishment of the Kentish railways, by which the coaches were driven off the roads. A railway to London direct through that part of Kent would be a great advantage to the neighbourhood, and have a considerable traffic. He was in favour of the North Kent. William Chunley examined—Had until very lately driven a coach from Brompton and Rochester to the Golden Cross, Charing cross, London. He had been obliged to give it up in consequence of the railroads. There was now, properly speaking, no direct land communication between those places and London. It was a great inconvenience to the inhabitants. A great number of coaches were formerly maintained. He thought the North Kent line the best, as it passed through the most populous and stirring parts of the country. Mr. TALBOT—Was it not the abominable river that drove the coaches off? Witness—Thought the steam-boats had something to do with it. Mr. Mathew, of Canterbury, chemist, proved, as the other wit nesses had done, that there was a great deficiency of conveyance between the metropolis and the parts of Kent which had not yet the advantage of a direct railway communication. The railways had driven the coaches off the road, and had thereby greatly in. jured the city. There was now a great difficulty in letting lodg. ings, which formerly was not the case. The great wish of the peo ple of Canterbury and the neighbourhood was to have a di rect line; but of the two lines proposed, the feeling was greatly in favour of the North Kent. At a meeting convened by the Mayor six weeks ago, resolutions in favour of that line were carr;ed by a majority of one hundred to one. The people of Canterbury were sufficiently aware of the advantage they should gain by having two rival Companies, for they saw by this time what they had to expect from monopoly. As sooli as the de cision of the Board of Trade in favour of the South. Eastern Corn. mpany was known, they raised the rate of parcels from Bd. for 141 b. to Is. Bd. To Mr. MEREWETIIER—Since that they had reduced the rate to 7d. That was done after the display of public feeling at the meet.. ing, where resolutions were passed in favour of the North Kent. William Austin, of Canterbury, tailor—Was a member of the town council. He knew the opinions of the inhabitants generally, and he had no hesitation in saying that five out of every six were in favour of the North Kent. The fares and rates on the South- Eastern were higher than by the told coaches. All the people of Canterbury were in favour of two companies, for they thought that the public interest would be served by preventing a monopoly. Cross-examined by Mr. MEREWETHER—The South Eastern Com. pany lowered their rates after the meeting. Before the rates were raised he could not say that there was any feeling in favour of one Company more than another. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant SUEZ—After the decision of the Board of Trade, which was against the North Kent, the South Eastern raised their rates. That convinced the people in Canterbury that it was necessary to have a second Company to check the monopoly, as at preent the South Easters' could raise or lower their rates as they pleased, and therefore they had the public at their mercy. Mr. IVIEREWETHER suggested that It was needless to carry the evidence as to traffic further. Mr. MELLOR said that, on the part of the London and Croydon Railway, he wished to show the Committee that there was not ►ufticient traffic to justify the establishment of a new Company, whereas the one which he represented had the means of supplying, at less expense, the wants of the places through which the North Kent was proposed to pass. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee would go on with the cri. dence as to traffic. Mr. Cobb, of Canterbury, grocer, said that the feeling of the pub lic in that neighbourhood was decidedly in favour of the Vignoles, or North Kent line. He corroborated the evidence of the pre ceding witnesses as to the raising of the rates by the South- Eastern, and the inconvenience and loss which the inhabitants were at present suffering. The CHAIRMAN said that it was now too late to take any further evidence. But, before the adjournment of the Committee, the counsel for the Croydon Railway were allowed to put in evidence of their traffic. The Committee-room was excessively crowded all day, and the noise and talking of the strangers produced great inconvenience, and were repeatedly complained of by the counsel, and reproved (but with exceeding forbearance) by the Committee, who observed that they could not hear counsel or witnesses on account of the noise. Group F. LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. The cross-examination of Mr. Brunel (continued from our Amer- noon Edition) : At 'Worcester the London and Birmingham line passes closer to the town than the Great Western, but the difference was very trifling. They pass closer to the town-hall by 16 chains. The passenger station of the Great Western line was most convenient ; it was almost as near to the canal as the London and Birming. ham. In the event of this line being carried, there is a company formed for carrying a line from Shipton to Cheltenham. It would save half the distance. With regard to Stratford-on-Avon, they proposed to connect it with Morton by the Marton line, which line has been purchased by the Great Western line. With regard to the Rugby and Oxford line, they propose to con nect them with Warwick and Leamington. Their line was as near as the Tring line. Were quite as well situated with those places as the London and Birmingham. They could be as well accom modated by their line as the Tring line. Between Wolverhampton and Worcester the Great Western line was three miles nearer. We obtain our summit, taking a common point from Dudley, which is three miles. Between Dudley and Worcester the London and Birmingham would have two miles more railway to make. Our steepest gradient in ascending Dudley is lin 88, and the London and Birmingham 1 in 67. They have followed the valley, and we have avoided it. By IP) doing, he attained the height better than Mr. Stephenson. By this they did not neglect a n y important traffic. We go into Droitwich and the other line did not. Between Oxford and Worcester we have 1 in 80 and 1 in 81, and they have 1 in 100 in several places. The superiority of the Great Western gradients was, that from the eon_ centration at one point, and the good gradients at others, they were enabled to carry larger loads. They had'better gradients, and the line was much shorter. All experience and allcould reaso r nin u g la i t n e th ra ilway matters proved that no legislative enactment uteiriec remuneration nor the accommodation working t h e e g t t n h e e . P • Ite raaltliodepended e thecuopmopny, expense The gradients on the Rugby line are I in 308, and those on the other line were 1 in 100 in several places. At one point of their line they had 1 in 200, and there is one ascending from Oxford to Rugby of 1 in 129, end this would make a great difference in the loads which could be carried. As regards the communication between Worcester and London, their gradients were more favourable. The ascent is concentrated in one part for the assistant power. Good gradients were very desirable, and ought to be had where it was possible. In the report of the Board of Trade it was said that there was nothing in the gradients to give a preference to one line over another. That remark was not applicable, for the gradients, as he had already stated, on the Great Western line were far superior to the London and Birmingham scheme. There was also a remark in the report con cerning the break of gauge. Looking at the question of the gauges, he could not see what bearing the break of gauge on the Worcester and Wolverhampton line had to do with the line from Bristol to Birmingham. There was another passage in the report regarding the centre of gravity on the broad gauge where it was connected with the narrow gauge. The question did not apply. The report also said that a great expense would be incuired by laying down switches. This would not be the case, as there would be switches for both gauges. Although they had independent rails for the two gauges, the buffers were the same, and there was no danger whatever attached to the working of the carriages. Had given the subject very great consideration. There was another remark in the fourth report of the Board of Trade, where, in speaking of the change of gauge on the Weymouth and Dorchester line, they thought it would be well to have clauses introduced into the Bill, for the purpose of having them laid down under the guidance of proper persons for the safety of the public. The broad gauge could be applied with greater safety on the present line. On the Oxford and Rugby line it was pro. posed to lay down the broad gauge, as the traffic from that place could be carried on to the Great ;Western. line without any difficulty whatever, as both gauges would be the same. With respect to the difficulty anticipated in shifting the goods from the broad to the narrow gauge, he met that by a simple me chanical contrivance. This was to be done by trucks, which would shift from one train to the ether, without disturbing the goods. Was some time engineer to the Gloucester Com pany, and he recommended that they should obviate the difficulty of transhipment on the break of gauge by an improvement in the trucks and the erection of these where the break of gauge took place. His recommendation was not carried into effect. He heard that numerous statements had been sent into the Board of Trade respecting the chaisge of gauge. The statements were made by the other side. Considered that it was necessary for him to explain it to the - Board of Trade, and when he waited at the office to see Lord Dalhousie, he was informed that his Lordship was not to be seen. Was told so by Mr. Laing. He accordingly sent in a written explanation of the change of gauge. With respect to the transhipment of goods, it could be managed with perfect ease, and without any injury to the goods, or delay in the transhipment. It was a simple contrivance. There was no difficulty in it. Mr. Stephen. son had invented far more difficult contrivances. He had invented a most beautiful and simple contrivance on the Blackwall Rail. way for drawing the trains by ropes. Had heard of the manner it. which the diligences were lifted at Paris and Rouen. The bodies of the carriages were lifted up and placed on the other trains. Had set one to work at the Paddington station, and it answered well. It was shifted in a very short time, and with very little expense Had no doubt whatever that it would answer. On the Rugby line the [transhipment would be necessary. The cost of the un favourable gradients on the London and Birmingham line would be more expensive than the transhipment occasioned by the change of gauge. If they had even to shift the carriages, wheels, and all on to the broad guage, it could be done at as little expense, if not at less than the additional power of working the unfavourable gradients on the London and Birmingham line. Preferred the broad to the narrow gauge. It was best adapted to the accommodation of heavy traffic. The large waggons are of more convenience to the carriage of cattle and live stock generally. The carriages on the Great Western line were much larger than those on the London and Birmingham. The Great Western car riages weighed, with passengers, ten tons, and those of the London and Birmingham only weighed five tons. Could carry much more weight on the broad gauge by slackening the speed ; but there was nothing gained by having long trains, for it wore out the carriages. It was as well to go on with a moderate train. The weight on the carriages of the narrow gauge is greater than that on the broad gauge, inasmuch as the carriage from the narrow basement had more pressure on it than the broad carriage, which having a broad basement the load was more divided. A railway is contemplated between Dudley and Birmingham, and there was no doubt it would be carried out. The connexion between these places will then be complete. By this line Stourbrictge would be brought nearer to London by twenty miles, than by the Tring line. What was wanted was not a communication between Bristol, by London and Birmingham, for that already existed, but what was really wanted is a communication from the agricultural to the mineral districts in South Staffordshire, so es to have the agricultural and mineral traffic brought on to the great lines, and so affording a marketfor their articles. Cross.examined by Mr. AusTEN—The line surveyed in 1836 was from Didcot to Worcester. It was not intended to be a broad gauge because the Great Western was not then constructed. There was another line in contemplation which he had not men tioned, and that was a line from the Oxford and Rugby to Bir mingham. If the Oxford and Rugby line is to be on the broad gauge line, so would the line to Birmingham be on the broad gauge. There were more names in that project connected with Liverpool and Birmingham than with the Great Western Company. Mr. Russel's name was amongst the pro. lectors. This line will take up Leamington and Warwick. The general course of the former line was almost similar to the line now proposed by the London and Birmingham Company. A meeting was held at Banbury in 1834. Mr. Barlow spoke at that meeting. He is one of the directors of the Great Western Com pany. Was not aware of any other meetings where the abandoned line was spoken of as the most favourable for the traffic of the county. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve o'clock to• morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. - - - - - - The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. The Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill (Burnley Branch), and Heywood and Oldham Branches Extension Bill were read a third time and passed. Upon the question for the further consideration of the third reading of the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway Bill from Shipley to Colne, Mr. C. WOOD moved that the Bill be re-committed. lie thought that it was necessary to take time to re consider the merits of this Bill, anti he thought it ne cessary that the House should know the grounds on which he moved the re-committal of this Bill. Tlire were two clauses in it which were totally inconsistent with each other. By the 43d clause a maximum charge was established for the carriage of coals, which made the price lid. a ton per mile. By the 39th and 40th clauses this was extended to 3d. a ton. By the general standing orders this' price was limited to lid. per ton, but by the 30th clause a power was taken to raise the price to 2d. a ton, where distance over which the coal was carried was more than 15 miles. By the 40th clause an additional penny was given, which made the price 3d. a ton per mile. There was, therefore, a glar ing inconsistency between the clauses, as one gave only lid. a ton, while another gave 3d. a ton per mile. This distinction was openly re pudiated in the Committee. The Committee themselves thought that there ought to be no distinction between the carriage for fifteen miles or snore. The power of charging the aid. a mile was above the maximum charge fixed by the Board of Trade, and there was, therefore, no means of getting rid of the inconsistency, except the re-committal of the Bill. The Company themselves had expressed their willingness for the alteration, and he should, therefore, move that the Bill be re-committed. _ _ Mr. P. M. STEWART thought that the best plan would be to re-commit the Bill, as this would do away with the inconsistency, and establish one maximum in all the clauses. Mr. ENTWISLE thought that no imputations of unfair conduct could be brought against this Company, because the House would find that the 39th clause of their Bill was exactly in conformity with their offer to the Board of Trade. After a few words from Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. P. Stewart, and Mr. Charles Wood, the Bill was ordered to be re-committed. The Leeds and Bradford Extension, and the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Bills, were read a third time and passed. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. Mr. PARKER moved the reconsideration of the re port on the Scotch Central Railway Bill. Mr. DUNCAN moved as an amendment, that the Bill be re-committed. Mr. E. ELLIS, jun., secunded the amendment. He had no doubt but the Committee had given the line the greatest attention, but the facts as they were reported could not stand. He wished the whole of the ease should go before the Board of Trade, and the fixing of the ter minus, &c., should be left to it. The motion having been put, Mr. J. PARKER opposed the re-committal of the Bill, on the ground that the decision of the Committee on the line itself and on the different termini was influenced by a regard to the public interests. Mr. HOME DRUMMOND hoped the House would support the Committee.---(Hear, hear.) The Committee had been unanimous in their report, and he saw no reason at all for the re -committal of the Bill. The amendment having been withdrawn, the motion was then agreed to. Mr. J. PARKER thought much time would be saved if a great portion of the railway business were given over to some inferior tribural, he would therefore move that it be referred to the Select Committee on Railway Bills, to consider whether certain portions of the case for every Bill, on which reports are now required by the Standing Orders, may not be investigated under the authority of the House, before the Bill goes into Com mittee, and to report their opinion to the house. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought this motion had better be deferred till the greater portion of the reports of the Committee bad been brought up. Mr. PARKER said that the intense attention to pri vate business prevented that consideration O f genera l principles which they required, but as the House was not at present in a position to entertain his motion, lie would beg t; withdraw it. The motion was then with drawn. DEVONPORT GAS BILL. On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the amend ments of the Lords to this Bill were agreed to, and the Bill was passed. On the motion of Mr. REMBLE, the Bermondsey Im provements Bill was read a second time. M. T. DUNCOMBE moved that it be an instruction to the Committee on the Cornwall Railway Bill, to con sider the schemes referred to them by this House, for a central railway through the counties of Devon and Corn wall, as prayed in the petition of Richard Thomas. Two of the three lines referred to the Committee had not complied with the standing orders. All ho wanted was that the petition of Mr. Thomas be referred to the Com mittee, and he be allowed to enter into proof, so that former he might show a better line than any yet se lected, and thu s s p are th e d es t ruc ti on o f hi s property . 'louse, use Committee, and i t* He maint a i ne d that according to the practice of that l take occasions, the according h e couldto t s h h e o resolutions e t o t f er th l e in elleoxu exis on ted. any caa e olfatnhdeow Potteries'ne r m i n t e. come Whilebe fo t r h e a a t He would Committee were sitting a new company sprang up in opposition to the Potteries Railway Company, and the parties promoting that company were allowed to ap pear befsre the Committee. The case was simply this, that the Committee :.fitting on the Potteries Railway Bill and the Committee on the Northern Railway Bill had allowed evidence ; whereas Mr. Thomas had be( n dis allowed. It was his opinion that Mr. Thomas ought to have been heard, not as a shareholder, but as a land owner. After a few words from Mr. LEGH, which were in audible in the gallery. Sir G. GREY briefly defended the proceedings of the Committee, which he considered were, upon the whole, fair and just. Mr. ESCOTT said he understood that the Committee had shut out evidence which ought to have been heard. —(No, no.) At least so he understood it from the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Duncombe). He should certainly vote to instruct to receive the evidence referred to. After a few words from z-dr C. LEMON, the motion was withdrawn. HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAIL. WAY. Upon the motion of an Box. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Bill wasread a third time. An Hort. MEMBER complained that Mr. Osborne had not attended his Committee. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that this was rather a suspicious day for the Hon. Member to have been absent.—(Laughter, and cries of " Yesterday.") Lord ASHLEY said he had seen the Hon. Member alluded to, and he told him he would be in his place this evening and explain the cause of his absence. Numerous petitions in favour of private Bills were pre sented, but not one of them was distinctly heard in the gallery. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. - - - On the motion of Mr. SPOONER this Bill was recd a third time. GLOUCESTER EXTENSION RAILWAY. O❑ the motion of Mr. SPOONER, leave was given to bring in a Bill to form a branch of the Gloucester and Birmingham Railway to Worcester and a place on the Severn, in Cheshire. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, this Bill was read a second time. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS BILL. On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, this Bill was read a second time. DORCHESTER RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was also read a second time. On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON the Blackburn Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed. THE BLACKBURN, DARWEN, AND BOLTON RAILWAY. Mr. M. GIBSON moved the third reading of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill. Sir G. CLERK complained that the Bill gave the Company power to charge 4d. per ton per mile car rying coal, and 4id. per mile for passengers. He was, therefore, opposed to the passing of the Bill. Lord HO WICK agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet that the House ought not to pass this Bill. He could not help saying, that he entirely concurred with what fell the other night from the Hon. Member fill. New wark. The Hon. Member had truly stated that the effect of their standing order for regulating fares on railways was entirely destroyed by the practice which committees had followed, fixing the rates of charges higher than any that were actually in existence. It appeared to him that the House ought to take some means or other to reduce the table of charges in the Bill then before them. It was the first example of a Lill containing very high rates of charge being brought be fore them. He would suggest that the further proceed ings on this Bill should be adjourned for a couple of days, so that, in the meantime, those clauses fixing the rate of charges should be carefully laid out by the Gentleman who had taken eNarge of the Bill, and printed. Mr. M. GIBSON consented to postpone the motion, and make it an order of the day for Friday next. The motion was accordingly postponed. The Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway was read a third time and passed. Mr. HUME gave notice that on Tuesday week he should move for the production of the correspondence that had taken place between the Board of Control and the East India Company respecting the recall of Lord Ellenborough. 1,7 ANATOMY BILL. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for an inquiry into certain provisions of the Anatomy Bill. Mr. MILES presented several petitions from various places in Somersetshire, against the Law of Settlement Bill, the Merchant Seamen's Bill, the grant to Maynooth, and the law abolishing imprisonment for debts under 20/. GUERNSEY. Mr. ROEBUCK presented petitions from persons in Guernsey, complaining of the administration of the law in that island. He should move on Friday that the peti tions be printed. On a future day he would bring for ward a motion for an inquiry into the state of the law there. Lord SANDON presented a petition for the repeal of the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Also a petition from some merchants in Liverpool, to take measures fc r the renewal of the treaty between this country and Brazil, and also in favonr of the im• provement of the navigation of the river La Plata, in South America. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. IIUME said that he had fixed a motion for the 10th of June, but he now found that a motion had got upon the paper, he knew not how, by which he was pre cluded.—(A laugh.) He should, therefore, fix the 17th. The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Gentleman was mistaken ; the rule only precluded him from giving a notice within four days. - - - After a few words from Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Mr. HUME said he would give his notice to morrow. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Montrose against clauses in the Merchant Seamen's Bill. SANITARY MEASURES. Lord DUNCAN begged to ask the Noble Lord oppo site (Lord Lincoln) whether he could state when th e sani tory measures alluded to in her Majesty's speech would be introduced to the House ? Vv Lord LINCOLN hoped that in a few days he would be able to fix a day. (LEFT SITTING.) A MEMORY OF THOMAS HOOD. BY MRS. S. C. HALL. ends; acold bleak "season" in the number of its (From the Art- Union. ) The past winter has been one of dismal heaviness to us, for it ehas—each b month eens to su rpas man y surpassing dearng iits predecessorf ri bereavements, until we have asked eac h ot h er, " Is the cup of sorrow :0 -et unfilled?" All through February and March the dull boom of the death-bell mingled with the snow wreath and rose above the storm, while the frost-bound earth echoed the clank of the mattock and the spade. We do not speak of the simple hearts, near and dear, whom death found as fittest for immortality—ripest for the sickle—but of others, known to the world about us, who have been taken "home" in the flower of their days; and more especially of one, just gone, whose gentle spirit past away while nature was re cruiting,—resuming her leaves and flowers, and wearing once again a happy look of plenteousness and peace. First, from over the sea, came news of the death of one who, if longer spared, would have achieved a much higher reputation than she had yet won—for her mind was evidently gaining strength, and her views of life and knowledge of literature were expanding: One of our Contemporaries has said, that Mary Anne Browne was " spoiled at first by over praise ;" over-praised the girl-poet might have been, but none who have read what she has written as Mrs. James Gray could have deemed her " spoiled"--for all her later works evince care and thought, and much genuine refine ment ; and her last small volume of poem s —" Sketches from the Antique"—supply evidence of higher hopes and holier aspirations than belong to the " spoiled" c hild ren o f th e Muses. Her short life, though uneventful, was chequered and of uneven course—as literary lives always are in Eng land—but she was a loving and a beloved wife, esteemed by those who knew her as a kind and amiable woman, and one of rare industry. I found it hard to believe that death had taken her from the new-born infant that nestled in her bosom ; that the grave had closed over the laughing girl I had seen but as yesterday—her rich brown curls clustering round her throat, and her eyes luminous with mirth. But heavier sorrows followed. There are few, indeed, who are acquainted with the light and graceful literature of our country—who cull the simple and natural flowers so plenti fully scattered in their paths—to whom the name of Latnan Blanchard is unknown : his ready and eloquent pen could in dite a sonnet, point an epigram, tell a story, or lend interest to an essay, while slower spirits were wondering and ponder. ing wkat they had to write about. His name was a pleasant watchword, a guarantee that something was to follow—racy and fanciful. His wit, rather genial than caustic, and so abounding that it brightened everything it played about, was checked only by a sensitive desire to avoid giving pain ; even where to censure became a duty, this tenderness in his nature was apparent in his writ ings : he frequently stopped short of his object lest he might inflict a wound. Of late, few articles bore his name in pc-• riodical works; and those who are unacquainted with the mighty mechanism that scatters" leaders," " criticism," and " reviews"—" opinions" of all kinds en all subjects to guide the multitude—little imagine what volumes have passed down the stream of time—written for " the day," by this man of many labours, but upon which the power of the throbbing brain had been lavishly expended. Sixteen years ago we knew him ; even as a poet, buoyant with youth and hope—his purpose fixed, his independence unflinching—with the dreamy, ardent temperament - of a genuine " child of son" yet tiring himself to the direst and hardest duty work, andg,labouring at everything that did not compromise the principles with which he set out in life, — fighting his way with a brave heart and a bright eye, known only to be loved, and imparting as much pleasure to, as he received from, literary society. Many are the happy and profitable hours we have passed together ; his ready sym. pathy attracting confidence that was never betrayed. Alas I his wife became the victim of a distressing malady; and his sensitive nerves were ill able to endure long midnight watch ings, relieved only by midnight labour—the coin with which genius purchases bread. She died some months ago, and to all but him her death seemed a mercy. From that time, however, his light of life either blazed or flickered, as it was excited. He rose up, and went about, and wrote, when he could, but fancied, and perhaps truly, that he could not write as he had done. The fact was, his mind required repose—a total absence from labour—it craved rest ; but how is the producer of periodical literature to find rest ? People tell you "not to be excited," " not to over work yourself." Ah ! they cannot see underneath the gay draperies that society folds around the form—they cannot see the chains that bind us to the galley. A terror that he should be unable to provide for his children took hold of our poor friend—seized him by the brain through the heart ; his eyes became atrected—to all appearance they were as bright as ever, but he could not endure the light, and con tinued to suffer intensely ; his imagination appeared to retain its power after his reason had given way; and thus was the fountain of life exhausted at one-and -forty! The eloquent and tender poet—the man with many real friends, yet dying in harness which, if one ready hand had unbuckled for a time, might have been worn, after a brief rest, in honour for many years ! Not but be was difficult to manage ; loath to owe any debt save to his own exertions ; and proud—as all right-thinking men must be—of the independence that had won the respect and friendship of the intellectual and the true ; and it was hard, when you saw his bright face or heard his pleasant words, to think of him and sorrow—the sure suggestion v. - as, that he would be better by-and-by. Ah lit was a mournful termination to such a life. And, after he was laid in his grave, the bells tolled on; another and another passed away—names highly honoured in Art—Calcott, Smirke, Phillips, the gentle and highly• gifted Duncan ; and now one whose name has long been a household word, but whose death has been anticipated for months, nay, for years—the noble poet—yet, strange, better known as the annual " jester"—Thomas Hood! Truly, the man who, year after year, furnished abundant food for mirth, and yet could imagine " The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies," " The Dream of Eugene Aram," and depict such realities as " The Song of the Shirt" and " The Bridge of Sighs," must have been formed in no common mould! He, too, is gone " home !" I remember the first time I met him was at one of the pleasant soirees of the painter Martin; for a moment I turned away—as many have done—disappointed, for the counte nance, in repose, was of melancholy rather than of mirth : there was something calm, even to solemnity, in the upper portion of the face, which, in public, was seldom relieved by the eloquent play of the mouth, or the occasional sparkle of the observant eye ; and it was a general remark among his acquaintances, that he was too quiet for " the world." There are many wit• watchers to be found in society, who think there is nothing in a man, unless, like a sound ing•board, he make a great noise at a small touch— who consider themselves aggrieved, unless an " author" open at once like a book, and speak as he writes ; this vulgar no tion, like others of the same stamp, creeps into good society, or what is so considered, and I have seen both I-look and Hood " set," as a pointer sets a partridge, by persons who glitter in evanescent light simply by repeating what such men have said. Mr. Hook, perhaps, liked this celebrity— this setting and starting, this lion hunt—so different from the heart-worship paid to veritable greatness. Mr. Hood did not : he was too sensitive, too refined, to endure it ; the dislike to being pointed at as the " man who was funny" kept him out of a crowd, where there were always numbers who really honoured his genius, and loved him for his gentle and domestic virtues. It was only among his friends that his playful fancy flourished, or that he yielded to its influence ; although, strictly speaking, " social" in all his feelings, he never sought to stimulate his wit by the false poison of draughts of wine ; nor was he ever more cheerful than when at his own fireside he enjoyed the companionship of his dear and devoted wife.. He was playful as a child; and his imagi nation, pure as bright, frolicked with nature, whcm he loved too well ever to outrage or insult by slight or misrepresen tation. And yet he was City born,and City bred,—born in the unpoetic district of " the Poultry ;" though born as it were, to letters, for his father was a bookseller ; and the son was remarkable for great vivacity of spirits, and prone to asto nish good citizens, guests at his father's, no less than his fellow-pupils when at school, by the shrewdness and bril liancy of his observations upon topics of which it was thought he knew nothing. He finished his education at Camberwell ; and, even at that early age being in very precarious health, was advised to try the effect of a sea voyage upon his con stitution. The sea suited him not. I can well imagine its boiling turbulence—its fitfulness—its glittering brightness, and its fearful storms finding no sympathy in the gentle bosom of the author of " The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies." He passed some years, on his return, with relatives in "Bonny Dundee ;" and, manifesting a great talent for draw ing, was apprenticed to his uncle, Mr. Robert Sands, an engraver. But he trifled with the pencil, while he laboured with the pen ; his future destiny was pointed out by the light of genius. And what rare talents did he not possess, blended with the gentleness and kindliness of the sweetest of poetic temperaments—how full his sympathies !—how honest his heart—how great and true in all things ! Although his existence was a long disease rather than a life, he was free from all bitterness and harshness of spirit, feeling intensely for the sufferings of others; he was in every way unselfish ; prone to the very last to turn his own sad zuffer ings into jests, and forcing those who wept over his agony, fierce as it was (until the last dull sleep which continued from the Tuesday to the Saturday of his death), to smile at the wittiness of his conceits, mingling as they did with a touching consciousness of his situation, and the solemn belief in that hereafter which, in all faith and humility, we believe —to the full extent of knowledge—he now enjoys. But what a sad picture—and by no means a solitary one— de the last months of this GREAT MAN'S life display ! " The Song of the Shirt" wasj knocking at every heart in Great Bri tain, while its author was panting for breath, and trying to enlist the forces of his friends in the launch of the Magazine that still bears his name. And his friends stood by him : they gathered willingly beneath the banner which, had it been raised by a strong arm instead of one trembling with pain and the unsteadiness of departed health, would have battled the breeze boldly and waved for years triumphantly above—as a shelter to—his home. A little longer, and the difficulties of his position increased; one illness succeeded another, and " l'Envoi" at the end of each " periodical la bour," induced the mingled smiles and tears of his admirers. Ile wrote wit while propped by pillows; and the chapters of a novel—doomed to remain, like his life, a great fragment— were produced between the intervals and beatings of heart disease. Alas! what those endure who write for bread ! But it is all over with him now: the gold has been refined and the crud is broken ; the toil-worn body has been bowed in death that the soul might escape into life; the mortal cerements have been burst; the winged child is borne into the true life —the life of eternity Those who loved him best rejoice at his release from labour—lnever remunerated in proportion to the pleasure it gave—never in a way at all commensurate with the enormous profit it produced seldom, perhaps, thought of by those whose hearts it opened. Latterly his dear friends had been agonised by his terrible lament, " I cannot die—l cannot die I" Such friends were thankful to lay him, on the 10th of May, in a calm grave at Kensall green. It will not, we are sure, be long before a monument is raised to his memory; and there are hearts enough in England to remember that his widow and two children have but the hundred a year to subsist on—bestowed by Sir Robert Peel, whose letter, in words which did him honour, con veyed the request that he might be permitted to make the personal acquaintance of one whose works and whose cha meter he had long admired and appreciated. In this gene rous wish and hope he was destined to be disappointed—but Honour and glory to a great statesman with a good heart 1 Such men are worthy almoners of genius! LITERATURE. THE CONQUEST OF Sit\ DE, &c. By Major- General W. F. P. Napier. [SECOND NOTICE.] After the battle of Meanee, Sir Charles Napier took possession of Hyderabad. The treasure in that place was said to be enormous. Sir Alexander Burnes had reckoned it at twenty millions sterling; and Bernier, the French physician, magnified it still more, but said it was difficult to discover, as the Ameers had secret vaults botti there and at Omer cote, in which they contrived to hide their treasures in times of disaster. Gold, silver, and jewels, how ever, when every search was made, did n o t ex ceed in value 400,0001. Sir Charles Napier and his little army were supposed to have gained immense fortunes by the victory, but un fortunately for them they have not yet received any portion of the booty, nor even a promise of any. In fact, all they got was hard fighting, plenty of glory, but still more abuse from the Indian and Eng lish press, and little thanks from the Directors at the India House. The little gallant army, notwith standing the disappointiaent, were not disheartened, and prepared manfully to meet another army still more formidable than that which they had defeated, and Lord Ellenborough nobly supported them in the struggle. On hearing, by report, of the victory at Meeanee, he dispatched several regiments with bat teries and field trains, which raised the army under Napier to nearly 5,000 men, and enabled him to conquer Sinde, and put an end to the war. Shere Mohamed, or the Lion, as he was called, had collected an army with the hopes of avenging his cousins the Ameers, and recover ing Hyderabid. With a formidable body of troops, exceeding 25,000 men, he advanced within ten miles of that town, and openly boasted that he would "Cabul the British." He had a different man, however, than Elphinstone to deal with. Napier was not slack to meet his challenge. He secured the Ameers, still plotting against him, even in captivity, by placing them aboard the steamers, though not, as had been reported, in irons, and prepared for the contest. It is needless to describe the battle. The British were completely victorious, and all the move ments, with one exception, were successful, though there was scarcely a man on the staff above twenty three years of age. The Lion, however, escaped, but his troops were dispersed, and the entire country was subdued. General Wm. Napier thus describes the results : " This memorable battle, fought thirty-five days after Meeanee, and within a few miles of that field, bears three names, Dubba, Naraja, and Hyderabad. The first from the village, the second from the plain, the third from the city near which it was fought. The last is the one by which it must be known, being that which is in scribed on the colours and medals of the gallant soldiers by whom it was won. s, "Prompt as the English General had been to fight this action, after receiving his reinforcements, he was now still more prompt to render it a decisive one. His first care was to gather the wounded men, and make arrangements for transporting them to Hyderabad ; this and the re-organization of his army for forced movements in advance, together with the writing of his dispatches, took about eight hours. Then, having ascertained that the retreat of the Belooch army was principally towards Meerpoor, he put his troops in march again, resolute to win all that fortune would offer to his energy and bravery. "The dreadful heat was augmenting each day ; the desert was before him ; the Indus was on the rise behind him ; the Lion had still a force of nearly four to one, if he could collect his dispersed troops ; and he had two fortified towns, Meerpoor and Omercote, to receive and cover his beaten army, and enable him to prolong the campaign. The mercury stood at 110 degrees on the day of the battle; the troops had marched twelve miles to find the enemy ; they had fought for three or four hours afterwards ; they had only rested eight hours, if that could be called rest, when they had to cook, and gather their wounded, and receive fresh ammunition in the time. But all these things were disregarded by the General, when he saw the enthusiasm of his officers and soldiers, who met him with cheers wherever he moved. They were disregarded also because he well knew the importance of the occasion, and called to mind Cxsar's golden rule of war, 'That nothing is done while any thing remains to be done.' Nor was his confidence in his men betrayed by weakness of body or mind ; not withstanding their previous fatigues and the withering heat, th9y made more than twenty miles in advance before they halted. During this march they passed through two strongly entrenched positions which the Lion had prepared to fall back upon ; but he could not gather men enough in time to occupy them. This was the first reward of the British eturgy the next day the Poonah horse were at the gates of Meerpoor, forty miles from the field of battle. " Thus pressed, the Lion abandoned his capital, and carrying with him his treasure and hi. 4 l family, fled through the desert to Omercote. The gates of Meer poor were immediately opened by the people who being all undoes and Scindiaris, welcomed the vanquishers of the Beloochees as deliverers. It was strongly fortified and full of stores." Thus ended the reign of the Amoers, whose fate has excited no little sympathy, real or pretended; but no wicked rulers ever so well merited condign punishment, as the following facts will prove : " The Ameers governed by the sword and by no other law. The Beloochees were their troops ; the Scindians and Hindoos their subjects, their victims ; up to the battle of Mecanee, any Belooch might kill a Scindian or 'Endo° with impunitf,for pleasure or profit; this licence was widely exercised, especially where women were concerned. " The Ameers dealed largely in the slave-trade, and so did all their feudal chiefs, both as importers and ex porters. " They had, to form shikargahs, or hunting grounds, laid waste, in less than sixty years, more than a fourth of the most fertile land of Scinde, a country nearly five hundred miles in lenzth, and from one to three hundred miles in breadth. And to form one of these hunting wildernesses for a child of eight years old, they would depopulate whole villages with less hesitation and feeling, than an English farmer smokes a hive of bees. They extracted money from Hindoo and other mer chants by torture and mutilations. They forced labour ing men and mechanics to work for them by the same means, at about two pence daily wages, when their ser vices were worth ten times as much, and more often than not they cheated them even of that pittance ; this oppresion they carried to such an extent, that when Sir Charles Napier took possession of Scinde, scarcely could a mason or carpenter or other handicraft man be found—all had fled with their skill to distant countries. The Ameers also re►tricted commerce, and oppressed merchants and traders, because they disliked the pre sence' of strangers, who might draw comparisons be tween their rule and that of other princes. They dreaded lest their subjects should be told the inflic tions they endured were unknown save in Scinde, the most fertile and the most miserable country of all Asia. Finally, they stopped one of the great water-courses derived from the Indus, purposely to destroy the fertility of the neighbouring kingdom of Cutch, which had been irrigated from it. The oppressive nature of their government is pos sibly unequalled in the world,' said Sir Henry Pot tinger. ._ "' It is an iron despotism," wrote Sir Alexander Burnes. " "They have all the vices of barbarians without their redeeming virtues,' was the observation of Mount Stuart Elphinstone, whose dictum carries with it the authority of great sagacity, combined with extensive and accurate knowledge. " Major Outram called it a Patriarchal Govern ment.' " But God (lid not form the teeming land of Scinde with all the germs of fecundity, nor spread the waters of the Indus to bring them forth with plenteousness, merely to support the brutal Ameers in luxury: they thought so, but his arresting and avenging baud was laid upon them at Mceanee. "'Their actions as men were even more hideously wicked than their actions as sovereigns. " They filled their Zenanas with young girls torn from their relations, who were never allowed to see them more ; and they permitted all their Sirdars and other chiefs to do the same. Bow were those girls treated ? It mould suffice as an answer, to say, that when the Ameers fell; not one woman, old or young, mother, wife, or concubine, would follow them to Bombay, so much were they detested. And reason good there was for that hatred. They and all their Sirdars and followers, alike, perpetrated such horrid iniquities that the women would have been demons had they not shrunk from the con tamination'oe the Ameers' company. "If a suspicion of infidelity crossed the mind of a Be looch, he sought for no proof, but made the father or mother hold the daughter by the hair while he cut her throat, or hacked her to pieces with a sword. The slightest quarrel, or disobedience, or reluctance shown, was enough provocation for cutting off the miserable girl's nose or ears with a knife. " The Ameers and Sirdars kille3 all their illegitimate children; that was the rule ; and not unfrequently they extended this rule to the female legitimate children. " And how did these monsters destroy their own off spring ? First they gave potions, called odalisques,' to procure abortion ; if those failed, they sometimes chopped the children to pieces with their own hands im mediately after birth ; but more frequently placed them under cushions and sat down, smoking and drinking and jesting with each other about their hellish work, while the children were being suffocated beneath them ! Nor was this even the limit of their abominations. With in human cruelty they chastised what they deemed the poor women's offences, such, perhaps, as weeping over their slaughtered children. Nusseer Khan of Hyderabad, reputed the most noble and generous minded of the Ameers, the most humane of the pernicious brood, had in his Zenana a whip expressly to correct the women ; the lash is composed of two lengths of twisted brass wires ! It is no fable ! The usage is certain ; the whip itself is in the General's possession, and not the least prized of his trophies ; it tells him how excellent a deed it was to put his foot upon the ruffian's beaded neck." INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS.—MAY 20. Sir JOHN RENNIE, President, in the Chair. Mr. P. Barlowe presented, as an appendix to his paper on the atmosph ric system, the results of a series of experiments upon the force employed in drawing car riages up an inclined plane of 1 in 43 by a stationary engine and rope traction upon the Canterbury and Whit stable Railway. From these experiments, it appeared that the stationary engine of 25-horse power with a rope would produce an useful mechanical effect equal to the engine of 100-horse power on the Dalkey Atmo spheric Railway, thus proving by direct facts, the deduc tion of Mr. Stephenson, as to the amount of lost power by the latter system. These statements were ordered to be printed with Mr. Barlow's paper. A paper lby Mr. Thorole, M. Inst., C.E., gave an account of the late failure of the suspension bridge at Yarmouth. After giving the dimensions of the structure, which appear to have been altered from the ori;: inal design, without the consent or superintendence of the architect, the immediate cause of the failure of the bridge was attri buted to the fracture of one of the main links near the point of attachment to the pyramid. On examination it appeared that the iron was originally of indifferent quality, and that the weld had been made so imper fectly that only one-twentieth part of the sectional area of the bar had been welded ; it was, therefore, evident that these links could never have been properly tested. An interesting discussion ensued, in which the prin ciples of the construction of suspension bridges were clearly laid down ; and it was insisted upon, from the experience of the Menai and Montrose, and other large bridges, that the platforms of such bridges should be rendered perfectly rigid, so as to prevent any undula tion, and that the chains should be merely used to sup port the actual weight of the platform and the road. The novel but ingenious plan for the bridge over the Menai Straits, proposed by Mr. Stephenson, to be con structed of a large wrought iron tube, supported by chains, was also mentioned, and the principle appeared to be considered sound. The next paper was by Mr. Grantham. It gave an interesting account of the wreck of the Vanguard iron steam-vessel, which went on shore o❑ a ledge of rocks at the entrance of the Cove of Cork, _and after remain ing there until the rocks were cut away at low water, so that a high water tide carried her oft was found to be so little injured that a few days sufficed to repair da mages. The engines were scarcely strained, and nothing was broken. This led to the mention of some very re markable instances of the power of resistance of iron vessels, and to the experiments now in progress of trial at Woolwich on the power of iron vessels to resist shot. It appeared that, with a large charge of powder, a hole was merely punched through the plate by the ball ; but that, with a heavy charge, the ball striking the plate with great velocity rendered it brittle, and the fragments flew about in an extraordinary manner. Sir John Rennie, President, invited the members to his approaching conversazione ; and it was announced that the paper to be read at the next meeting, of Tues day, the 27th inst., would be " On the Ancient Port of Ostia," by the President. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. N. Roskell, merchant, Liverpool —first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, May 29, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. N. Roskell and J. de P. Ogden, merchants, Liverpool-- first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, May 29, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. W. Wyrill, ironmonger, Bradford—first div. of 2s. in the pound, May 27, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. G. Fielding, ironmonger, Theme, Oxfordshire—first div. of 6d. in the pound, May 31, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Vaile, wine merchant, Cheltenham—first div. of 9s. in the pound, May 28, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Kirkpatrick, banker, Newport, Isle of Wight, June 17, at one—W. Austin, builder, Bell-street, Edge ware • roa d, June 20, at half-past one—C. S. Halyard, grocer, Colchester, June 20, at eleven—T. H. Ford, victualler, Rochford, Es sex, June 17, at eleven—T. Watson and W. Byers, woollen warehousemen, Skinner-street, City, June 20, at twelve— J. Farren, corn dealer, Nine Elms, June 20, at half-past eleven—T. F. Lucas, coach proprietor, Long Buckby, North amptonshire, June 20, at half-past twelve. In the Country. W. and J. Losh, calico printers, Manchester, June 30, at twelve, at the Mancheste; District Court—T. Holyland, woollen cloth manufacturer, Manchester, June 20, at twelve, at the Manchester' District Court—R. Blockley, linen draper, Crewe, Cheshire, June 20, at one, at the Manchester Dis trict ourt—W. E. Jarman, confectioner, Exeter, June 20, at one, at the Exeter District Court—lt. Hill, currier, Exe ter, June 20, at the Exeter District Court—A. Tempest, worsted spinner, Clayton Heights, Yorkshire, June 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. '%% ironmonger, Statibrd, June 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Lambert, licensed victualler, Portsmouth-street, Lin coln's Inn-fields, June 17—J. Home, veterinary surgeon, Woodstock-mews, Blenheim-street, New Bond -street—G. W. Stocks, linen draper, Norwich, June 20—H. F. Bellenger, licensed victualler, Oxford-street, June 18—G. J. Carter, carpenter, Hornsey-road, June 19—J. Winscombe, shoe maker, Bristol, June 18—R. Wooifall, butcher, Warrington, June 19—J. Price, draper, Oaken Gates, Sh ro p s hi re, J une 20 —C. F. Warman, china dealer, Houndsditch, June 17—E. Bayley, apothecary, Cheswardine, Shropshire, June 17—W. Green, cattle dealer, Gorleston, Suffolk-, June Closson, stationer, Lower Holborn, June 1 7—R. Lewes, brewer, Sun derland, June 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. Raphael and J. Raphael, ci4ar manufacturers, Ratcliffe highway—T. Throssel and J. Prince, machine makers, Dun nington, Yorkshire—E. Limmer and J. Rose, ironmongers, Ipswich—E. J. Kerly and S. Ware, solicitors, Gray's Inn— W. Newton and G. H. Newton, cement manufacturers, Hull —C. Wilson, W. Horner, and W. Townrow, straw hat manu facturers, Bedford—B. Wells and J. Wells, machine M 410,3,1 Bradford—H. R. Kingsb ury , M . H. Kingsbury aPd ""- liams, builders, Uxbridge-,g. Skelly,j. W. ;Shelly, and J. inerchm;tB, (trot Yarmc;uth (sofarasregar4 T. C. Robins'and S. Hobbs, attorneys, Wells,"Somersets hire F. C. Cope, C. Eales, and E. W. Elmslie, archite cts, Lang ham. place —B. Baker and W. Partridge, commission agents, Aldermanbury—S. Hall and J. Wager, linen drapers, Wirks- BNa°rrne'ardS Surrey — e, worth, Derbyshire-li. Young and C. G. young, far mers ' Archbold, and A. C oc kb urn , w ine merchants. New Bou d, Chelsea—H. Hughes a n d T. Ellis, joiners, Wi rAidlexTa.nili-leerr o rth, attorney!: street—M. A. Bark er an d A. F r ith, grocers, pandas,,PondstrEell. gan -- Hyams and L. Metz, cigar manufacturers, Mitre-square, Aldgate. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Webster, solicitor. Edinburgh, June 2 and 33 at two, at the. Royal Exchange Coffeehouse, Edinbu r g h. James Crawford, flesher, Port-Glasgow, June 3 and 6, at twelve, at the Town Clerk's Office, Port-Glasgow. David Kay, merchant, L e ith, M a y 31, and June 21, at one, at Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh. Thomas Thomson, clothier, Glasgow, May 31 and June 21, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Ogle, Glasgow - . John Ogilvy, me rc h an t, L erw i c k, d ece ased, June 3 a nd 2 4 , at twelve, at the Sheriff Court-room, Lerwick. Simon Mackenzie Ross, jun., cattle dealer, Aldie, May 29 and June 18, at one, at the Ship Tavern, Edinburgh. L ANY INTELLIGENCE• SHERIFFS' COURT, Ma . 27• (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Bur . gLL.) HOWARD V. GOSSETT, ENT. dan tt The plaintiff in this acti on i s a so li ci t o r, and the de fen Sir Wm. Gossett, is Sergea n t- a t-A rms t r the House of Cwg : ri mons. The action was brought for an assault and false inW sonment, and the ama dges were laat The defendant had pleaded that he had acted under tthe authority of the House ; but on demurrer it had been the Speaker's warrant was illegal, and the plea bad. ne west came before the Jury in the shape of an inquiry to damages. and pot sr Defendant suffered judgment to go by default, pearing to urge anything in mitigation, stated the Mr. PETERSDORFF appeared for the plaintiff, and s- • the cse. He traced the course of the various proceedings IA 0 action brought by Mr. Stockdale against Mr. Ha ns ,, a i n the printer to the House of Commons, for a libel contained ru les printed report of the Inspectors of Prisons, and also the and orders of the House of Commons, declaring it to their breach hold class; breach of privilege for any person or persons to 9 ,1 9 6 c ow privileges or interfere with their officers obeying heir islands. A C0° 55.1 The UNDER-SHERIFF thought th a t the Learne - e d to ought to confine himself to such facts as he was pr e p support support by evidence. dilate °I3 Mr. PETERSDORFF considered h e h a d a right to roes the facts, which were open for th e j ur y t o d r aw their i°' e ehe de from. It was admitted on the fa ce o f the record th a a t ,,,, s e of fendant was acting und e r th e or d ers o f the ","" was, Commons, whose delegate an d hi g h officer l' re e n ifitd• and by whom there was no d ou bt h e was inu e ;idered He would not idly occupy the time of the jury, but c° ; ,7 21,q -he had a right to lay before them not strict, tech°7 tb o er ficial facts, but matters of public notoriety—.drar"°ge Ore' attention to them, and leaving them to draw thei t r . , ° T o trsc e rences. This was a trespass, and he had a rig ht A whether it was illegally and wantonly done, or *"," wages mistake. He contended that it had been decided by tie;io that the House of Commons had no power to graut ete rdie warrant, and that their proceedings were in effect an a l ii e j the, tion on judges, juries, and witnesses. He then de t se to means taken to arrest Mr. Howard in his own the subsequent surrender of the latter to Sir ass af• at the House of Commons, by whom 11 a but j e terwards committed to Newgate. He urge-.. bou-1 attorney when applied to professionally, sad pett fearlessly and manfully to carry out his duty, howl t° the or mighty the body might be in the State, and 0 ° ru" . most of his ability to gain justice for his client ; au n d e sce o _ A r ' side' ed that the House had deviated from justice in e" o feso l 7. ing to punish the plaintiff for exercising his r ; ( 1 by functions, which had been in every respect sanction courts of law. 0 61° Thomas Howard, son of the plaintiff, proved the s ued an detention of the plaintiff. bl6 l The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and said, t do In t a of the case of Stockdale and Hansard had very little t° oo cow' the matter, it did not appear on the record, whic h • s n i : the It be looked to by the jury. The simple way of putts ° } w or was this :—that the defendant had acted und er t and the which a superior court had decided not to be leg al ' so t soy jury would consider the case in the same way as isiPr e : ( l officer of any other court who had acted under thoogegy sion he was legally authorised. The plaintiff had; falll e ye thet he had suffered in health or business, but hqba in c° , P oot titled to compensation for his injured feelings, a°°, ‘ „,, ( 1$ mence he had been put to in the House of Coinor, o irers' e in Newgate. They would, therefore, give such' mages as they thought proper. 2 0 ° 1 ' The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—dantsge COURSE OF EXCIIA] Amsterdam CF. 12 84 Ditto, at sight l2 6i Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 20 Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 95 Ditto, 3 months 26 15 Marseilles 26 15 Bourdeaux 26 20 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3 us.. Berlin — Vienna, effec. fl. 311 Trieste, ditto Madrid 361 Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona ..... ......... Seville — GE.-(yESTr-.• Gibraltar....•-•••••''' 30 8° Leghorn ..... ........ , 26 1 5 Genoa ..... • • ...... " Milan ...... .....•••• Venice .... • • ••••••"' 39t N ap l e s ........ ...... Ir 2 ,„ Palermo, ;,F 3;..... • 1 Lisbon ............... .• , 0 1 O por to. , • .. ............ ;73, Rio Janeiro ...... ' Bahia ...... . • ... Buenos Ai. .... .. t .. NewYol k .:::!dyssigh Philath i rb ; 1 ' ......... ritrcr.s lIULLIO., • - Forei'2;ol, bars- S 1 7 " g Porta6a! Coin 317 NOW Poublaons..... 0 0 New Dt,=rs ......... 0 4, T Silver r. , 0 4 " go .t).., DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INsTaIimENTS•---,,"dactor-, marle-street, Piceadill.—lnvisible Voice C° ll a ocerri fwo or when talb ii fi dne x e : nti d ftonsr i e n spps t l , h zi o ncese. cavity tpatnTibthllyee o: t.toh t e l ja i . no o nai e nbi a ll rs , are not mot ie p i n ea in general i i n ng di v a i d u s a c tu l o : 1 i ..0 ( k i Of - i nt Creme vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' staoti" . ,.% ati e "' and to catch the sound of a distant, low sr - a ie" - church, theatre, &c. They pour the couver s4ti : ca the ears to such an extent, that in most s e l:sre . t r :i deafness cannot be observed. Also orig ille i Ears , '''' nets, French, German, and Spanish Artiticia. 0. galt improved Hearing Trumpets of every descriPt i %doe a. of those instruments have received the aPr ev r eto l3r T the Royal Society and Royal Institution of _,,,,,bail t ta h i e n y . arTehpelaNceedwlybefolirieveenxtetdrernSepiyectacles, f1iw.,i,i00,,, :s brought to its youthful, natural, Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glassesoicoo; scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. 6 01 l , Jpticians and Aurists, are not in any . wa y col:l io nei% b ; higrof r e i c g t 1 . ri T ili t c A r ....: t a person of the same name in their ini t tu blite e o l; loo ;;l . o n o i u st r a h k o e o s d ; b a e or ea i u n ti a o n u y s, p a a n rt d of ob st,lierevetuonntr?; i e ha d . e j, 39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite THE ATRAPILITORY, OA LIQUID iou rol, it the only dye that really answers for all : c o . ° r oeis , of does not require re-doing but as the ha ir t' t irpl ° i te never fades or acquires that unnatural red or P w ith , eon , I P common to all other dyes. Ross and Soils dye i or greatest confidence, recommend the she ve d Will:i c ed fallible, if done at their establishment ; a ll •"" 'll gentlemen requiring it, are requested to Il rie vi g hiell : i d or servant with them to see how it is used' he chs l i. 0 enable them to do it afterwards without t, en tire ) ea t failure. Several private apartments devoteutolishlet,9o. the above purpose, and some of their 0 , 0 0eg 5 .0 having used it, the effect produced can be e'._,. ori ole , They think it necessary to add, that h.Y attel lY l, n oi li ing to the instructions given with each bottle 9 / Ao utee i.oa s• rous persons have succeeded equally well 1 1 2 " 0, 13is" ; rB , to them. Address Ross and Sons, 119 an d rerftl e p aot Fair -cutters, s, t a h n e d i c i e a le ir b . r d a y te e d rs. P N er . r ß u . qp it e r r t l os attolW a d their own residences, whatever the distance' Jo°o distance li n god ( HER MAJESTY'S BAL COSTUME.-- • V e t° ''',Al 0' that the forthcoming number of the 4, 0 0 t I '4o Magazine will contain a paper which c " . O interc s ti. gratifying its numerous readers who feel , a her ) la dhied' the approaching Lai costume to be giver' „I s , strie' S ect It is an anecdotical narrative, written IV ' -- f bot h t s orf; illustrative of the illustrious personages_ las t cee. s ad who flourished about the middle of 0 1 ;4 03 0, 1 ,, $ 1)/ wort descriptions of their costumes, claire ° j n a ig 7 / !le paits. This is a subject so opropost a stice , tti i dle a b u a t n i d oi s pa o t f o a th w a r t iteL i s s o s scatvpiaubklieauodf,d,;opillogrtirtsitaegraellfr r anticipate 1); authoritybo th the o f invitedtb the most and t valuablehe non invited, MONDAY.—The General, aerof 00 : doy gation Company's steam-ship Magnet left4re this day for Dieppe. The Magnet returned P ho rd, "'"plf with several families of distinction on : o h ivoi whom were Lady Lowther. The passag e o t w ia ~,,tb bs," occupied six hours and a half, Russo, THE PIANISTE.—/W CharaCter;,,eo 14:01; e u nder; 0 0 0. - 06 o , fi n g ; invited, h youthful pianist, named Michael Aeg e „ o . in I T ' e "... been creating a great sensation at Ingo - f ow. pe. e 0 his o t has he completely turned the heads b y to gas nese, no mean judges of trls e '„ o lt foi l we Abe formances of some of the most ditl"' the d e t' t Thalberg, including his " God sa i . ve w od h e , f e 10,.° 5 ; and " Rule Britannia," but he has pev a ( ' by ' ro r, tii.: Imperial Court, and has been honou r b e e PIP ° 0 thl flattering marks of approbation from t wo be! so o . P: Empress, and the Imperial Court- _ af f o rd a n ' eg y . rie' prodigy will visit England, in order te,. the Ra., oo tt• portunity of judging of the justice, otnese dim which are lavished on him by the Vie ° isOnt _ --- . c ; at i. BIBTIIB. la dy ot x , ' On the 14th inst., at Gibraltar, the_ daug hter... a 500 . e. Colonel Louis, of the Royal Artillery, ofuartield, °, ,ta gh ' On the 21st inst., at Hastings, Mrs. Austin, °a:, , j On the 24th inst., at Hertford, Mrs. S.rsimoght b r e bo b u• On the 25th inst., Mrs. V. YardleY, ' `ir ootlf urd ' t d yer, On the 26th inst., at Monk hams, r El o lio o t t ll le acn 26 ag th ht i e n n s , t E ., sq in ., o c t . iledsahtiagmh.tpeira.ce, Mrs , • 36, eid' r° ' 3irg' of a son. IlamPs t ,aalo r On the 27th inst., in Edward-street, F. S. Partin, of a daughter. the lady °f Aaie o f A O P h Pi ° On the 27th inst., in Tavistock-squ JoseP sq square, e t , li ß e i ti s h 7 o t h p signal; theate-street, re e t l lady a o of 10itlaedvrl.: a; r o s f . ::::d er, of a daughter. Eyre, t E h s e q. 2 , 0 1 s f t a i s n o s n t . ., at Sheffield, .... r• Lonsu,ir,,,, of 0 On the 21 st inst., at Ramsgate, ai rs.. viola ~,y, On the 22d inst., at Eaton-place, La c f__ . l ._____ ' ____________.----•. dauglitei:.____________---- etia te, 0:......4.7../13). 1 th o over;, a wl On the 26th inst., In St. George's Chum 1 0 ,.... (r. 0 , 1 7 Lord Lovaine, to Louisa, eldest daughter t lu . Lady Harriet Drummond. Fi -n-----------------' t C :zr n o) t - l - 1 On the 25th inst., John Watson, Lag. , ° f ' itir° s e: u s a t r h e 1 . nst., llobertflio-Pjsslict aed 79. v, rstoet, k Georg e On the 25th inst., in Sussex-square, /I.3'de-Par-, Frederick Arthur alker, of the 43d Light Infantll.l,__t got On the 27th inst, in Norfolk-street, Arthur, the 1 14 " of John F. Isaacson, ' Esq, onag er On the 23d inst., at Tonbridge-wells, Mary An surviving daughter of Mr._Matson of Battersea. -aroulc On the 24th inst., Miss:Wary ..Inne .tivart, of Lower v street, Grosyeno:, - - square. - of 11 London: Printed and Published by PIURD ( I, °' 7 No. 112, Strand. Printer , at Tke Son Owee'llnunti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tile IdidcUe4ez, Wedaeglay, 14117 28, 1845. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,' MAY 28, 1R45,