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Now ready, in Bvo., with Portrait, ss. bound, THE FOURTH VOLUME •of M. TRIERS' HISTORY of the CONSULATE and EMPIRE, A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution. Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq. With the sanction and approval of the Author. The present volume comprises, among other important and inter esting topics, the Rupture of the Peace of Amiens—The Camp of Boulogne and Threatened Invasion of England—The Conspiracy of Georges, &c., &c. ' Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. _ Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE WHITE SLAVE; Oa, THE RUSSIAN PEASANT GIRL... By the Author of " Revelations of Russia." " The White Slave is a romance which for dramatic power, pro found and startling thought, bold and efficient execution, and well sustained interest, has few equals."—New Monthly. " We trust our readers will make themselves acquainted with this 4pirited novel, which will well repay perusal."—Morning Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, now Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTII, Esq. The August Number will contain, among other interesting articles— The Priyateersman, a Hundred Years Ago. By Capt. 3larryatt,R.N. Beauchamp ; or, the Error. By G. P. R. James, Esq. The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. Death and the Bunions. A Tale from Chaucer. By Leigh Hunt. Revelations of London. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. In the September Number will appear The Water Cure. By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. *** Mr. Ainsworth begs it to be distinctly understood that he now writes EXCLUSIVELY for the New Monthly, and is connected with no other Magazine whatever. genry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor LABLACIIE respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that lIIS BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING. When will be performed (for the last time this Season) Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fornasari; Ernesto, Sig Mario ; Notary, Sig. Dai Fiori ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. Ater which, a Divertissement, in which will be presented a Pas d'Actien Donsaute, entitled LA BACCHANTE. By Mdlles. Lucie Grahn, Moncelet, Cassan, and Monsieur Perrot. To be followed by a Seiection from the First Act of Donizetti's Opera LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. By Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Branibillo, and Sig. Moriani. To conclude with (for the first time) a New Ballet Divertissement, entitled DIANE. Diane, Mdlle. Taglioni (her last appearance but Two). applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box pfice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated, compressed Into Three Acts, Morton's Comedy of A SCHOOL FOR GROWN CHILDREN. Old Revel, Mr. W. Far rep ; Young Revel, Mr. Hudson Frank Ryeland, Mr. Webster ; Lady Stanmore, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Revel, Miss Fortescue ; Dame Ityeland, Mrs. Glover. After which, the Musical Farce of THE LITTLE DEVIL. Nicol() Angell, Miss P. Horton ; Vincentio.d'Estella, Mr. Webster. To conclude with THE DEAD SHOT. Private Boxes, Tw., Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and ilaces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office. Ir en Ten till rive o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI THIS EVENING _ _ - Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esq., Mr. Bowe ; John Rawdon, Esq., Mr. 0. Smi'h ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright ; Marie Dacange, Madame Celeste. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Barletta, called POWDER AND BALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomcrie Tibbs, Mr. Lntnbert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; - Montgomeile Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs. 11133 Woolgar. To be followed by (for this week only) . :4"ORMA. Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. To concude with the highly successful and Original Farce, called THE IRISH DRAGOON. ~Vr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaglian, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE LOYAL, LYCEUM. uNT)r.R THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and tuner ; Miss Ilicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, to he called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Brand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To nhich will be aoldo.l an apropos Bagatelle, in Ono Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an eittirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Rothantic Burlesque, entitled CIN D ERELLA. The Principal Cb.tracters by Mr.Keel , y, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. 'Keeley, Miss Villars, 3liss Fairbro:her, Mrs. Woolli.!ge,,Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &e PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LE,SEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed DON CAISAII DE BAZAN. Don Cesar de Bazar, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To which will b.;added A COUR. r BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tu,,,e, with the Origlnal Music. Aftvr winch, Shal:speare's Play of KATHERINE AND iO. Petruchio, Mr. Wailack ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling; Lianca, Miss F. To be folowed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS C. 4 DLE ; or. Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxherrs H. I. Wallack Stage Dire tor, Mr. Emden Ir. Edmund l>ratiwell. a:lager, r. ASTI.I.:I"zi ROYAL AMI'IIITIWATRE. PROl'itl ETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Hi llary Manoeuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and cur prising Leap of the Horse lieda over the Broken and Flaming Bridge, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. New ant Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole of the French Equestrians. _ . _ . . To conclude with T/ IF: BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em peror Napoleon by Mr. Gomersal, who is engagad expressly for this occasion. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. TATS EVENING, Will be performed the Opera of LA SONNAMRULA. Count Rudolph°, Mr. Weiss ; Elvino, Mr. D. W. King, Amine, Madame I:l7qcnia Garcia ; L!sa, Miss Collett. Af. er which MRS. CAUDLE WILL DELIVER HER LECTURES. To coaela.le with a New Drama, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., called FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks. Horner, Cowell, Johnson, Heslop, Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Homer, 8.c., 8;c , perfOrm. Places ant l'rivate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box * e. from Eleven to 1' our. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. RONIANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE, COLOSSAL MODELLED ItiPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scotle Illusion. The BOCK HABAIONICO:si from Three Mt Eight, knd on MONDAYS, TUESD:II'W„ WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. i'Qeding the Carnivora at Half-past Five; Pelicans and Polar Bears at Six ; Concert at Half-past Six; and Fireworks at llalf-past Nine. THE WEATIIER.-SuN OFFICE, JULIE _24 ertIERMOMETER, Lowest. 51 ; highest, 61 ; Noon, 59. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, N. by E. Ts.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-tour hours. All the other observations are mado at noon. artnint .ITATA LONDON, THURSDAY. JULY 24, 1845. The Lords did not sit last night. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock. On the motion that the report on the Smoke Prohibi tion Bill be brought up, several Hon. Members expressed their disapprobation of the measure, and at length, at the suggestion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Bill was withdrawn by Mr. MACKINNON, the Hon. Member haying previously obtained from Sir J. GRAHAM an assurance that the subject should undergo seientific inquiry. The Small Debts Bill passed through Committee. Mr. SPOONER moved the third reading of the Dud deston and Nechells Improvement Bill. ' The motion, which was opposed by Mr. MIINTZ, was carried on a division, the numbers being—for the Bill, 78 ; against it, 52. Mr. B. DEN' SON moved that the London and York Railway Bill should be divided into two Bills. Mr. MILES seconded the motion. Mr. WARD considered it unfair that the motion should be made without notice, and on the sug gest i on of Mu r, BROTHERTON it was postponed until to- morrow (this . day). • Mr. F. FRENCH rose and, in allusion to what had taken place in reference to a speech of his delivered in that House on Monday, the accuracy of the report of which, in the Times, had been impugned, declared that he had uttered every word that had appeared in that report. After a few words from Mr. Clam: and the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the subject dropped, and the House Went into Committee on the County Rates Bill. The whole of the clauses in the Bill were agreed 4 - \ -10 ;H (1" i birpiT cep • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1845. to, and the report was ordered to be received to•mor row (this day). Sir R. PEEL then laid on the table certain correspond ence respecting the slave trade, which, he said, on a former occasion, he did not think it his duty to produce. The adjourned debate on New Zealand was then re sumed by Captain Rous, who said he would not enter into the merits or demerits of the New Zealand Com pany, but he would deprive them of their charter, and give them a fair remuneration for what they had done. The House was afterwards addressed by Mr. WARD, Mr. G. PALMER, Sir C. NAPIER, Mr. HAWES, ►Sir R. PEEL, and Lord J. RUSSELL, but ultimately the motion was negatived by a majority of 66, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'clock. One of the strongest objections made to the Irish Colleges Bill, by those friendly to its great principle of united education, has been the absence of provision for an University to confer degrees on the students of the colleges. But there is at least this advantage in leaving the question of the university unsettled, that the door is not shut against an ultimate connexion of the new Irish colleges with the existing University of Dublin, and at the end of three years it may be easier to effect this arrangement than it is now. We are glad to infer, from some words attributed to Lord STANLEY in the Committee on the Bill on Tuesday, that the Government are not pledged against an affiliation of the University of Dublin. Lord STANLEY is reported to have said—" Perhaps the most satisfactory course, on some accounts, would be to affiliate the new colleges with Trinity College, Dublin ; but their Lordships would be aware that there were difficulties in the way of such an arrangement. Then came the question whether the new colleges ought not to be associated as a separate Univer sity, the general meeting to be held either at a distinct place, or alternately at one of the colleges. It would obviously be highly desirable, upon this and other points, that the opinions and wishes of the governing bodies, and for this'and other reasons delay seemed not inex pedient." The Government then have not made up their minds, and it might be much worse. If the Irish Colleges Bill had contained a provision for an University, we have no doubt that it would have been a new university. On every ground it ought to be the present University of Dublin, of which, properly, Trinity College is only a college, as Trinity College, at Cambridge, is a college of the University of Cambridge ; or Trinity College at Oxford, a college of the University of Oxford ; though being, contrary to the original integ,tion, the only college, it has engrossed the government, and mo nopolised the privileges of the University of Dubin. Does Joini BULL, who has already been called on to pay 100,0001. down, and 21,000 E a year for the three new colleges, know that he has not yet got the whole Bill, if there is hereafter to be a new university ? There must be a staff of examiners, who must be paid salaries, and who, .though they will only be called upon to examine twice or, at most, four times a year, while the professors of the colleges will have to lecture during the greater part of the year, will not receive salaries less than those of the professors in proportion to their lesser amount of work ; for it will be necessary to have examiners of even higher calibre than the professors of the colleges, and a higher scale of salary will be neces sary in order to get a good man. Then, too, there must be prizes and exhibitions in connexion with the examinations for degrees, as there are in the University of London. Now the University of London costs the public 4,5001. a year ; and a new separate Irish univer sity would not cost the public less. The whole of this additional expense would be saved by opening the endowments of Trinity College and the professorships of the University of Dublin, as the degrees of the University are open, to Catholics as well as Pro testants, and making the new colleges colleges of the University of Dublin. The fellows of Trinity College and professors of the University would then serve for examiners, and Catholics as well as Protestants, being fellows and professors, the Catholic popu lation of Ireland would fed no distrust of a Dublin board of examiners so constituted. The saving of expense would be the least advantage of such an ar rangement. The existence of two distinct Universities, one accounted the Protestant and the other the Catholic University, would go far to counteract the healing effects of these new mixed colleges ; and while Trinity College and the University of Dublin stand in proud isolation, there will be danger of a mark of inferiority attaching to the new colleges, and of what is intended fur a boon to the Catholics of Ireland being but a new sign of their degradation. After all, what a farce it is to pretend that the exclusion of Roman Catholics from the endowment of Trinity College is necesk..ary to its assumed object of the education of Protestant clergymen ? Assuming this to be the object of the College, but assuming it merely for the sake of argu ment, why is the exclusion of Catholics from participa tion in endowments necessary, if their exclusion from participation in education is not necessary ? A Pro testant clergy can be educated in communion with holders of other creeds, and the restriction of endow ments to Protestants is nothing more nor less than a pretence. The liouse of Lords is passing the Irish Colleges all at a railruad pace, which must wofully disappoint Sir ROBERT INGLIS, if he built his hopes upon " another place," and which proves, if proof were needed, the eagerness of that House to do the bidding of Sir lionEnT PEEL. If the Bill had come from a Whig - Government how would the House have resounded with imputations of " Godlessness," and how nearly would this excellent Bill have be en thrown out, which is now passing without a division 1 The debate of Monday night in the House of Lords, on the petition presented by the Duke of RICHMOND from veteran officers who had served in the Peninsular campaigns, praying their Lordships to interpose in their behalf, by supporting an address to the Sovereign, praying that the petitioners might receive from her MAJESTY some honorary distinction for the services rendered by them in the Peninsular campaigns, is well worthy of notice. The Noble Duke certainly discharged the duty entrusted to him by these gallant petitioners with much modesty and pro priety—observing, happily and truly, that it was un necessary for him to enter into airy details of those ser vic:,.s, because their Lordships had on repeated occasions voted their thanks to the petitioners on account of them. It was equally unnecessary for him, he said, to dwell on the vast importance of the results of the Peninsular cam paigns—so glorious to the British arms—in the general pacification of Europe. All that the petitioners asked for was but a strict act of justice ; and without im puting blame to any one, his Grace added, without for one moment calling is question the propriety of those general and remark able distributions of medals and distinctions which had been made by the Sovereign on account of the battle of Waterloo, and of the services of the army in the countries beyond the north-western frontiers of India, and in China, he did think that the brilliant ser vices rendered by the petitioners throughout the pro tracted campaigns in Spain ought to be placed on the same footing in respect of such testimonials or distinc tions. We cannot see how any stronger or more reasonable case could have been laid for the tardy performance of what the gallant Duke justly termed a "strict act of justice." In the whole range of modern European his tory, there can be found no parallel to the sustained gal lantry, endurance, and success which distinguished the British army in the six or seven Peninsular campaigns, commenced in Portugttl and concluded in France—a career of triumphs almost without a cheek—a manifes tation of improved organisation in the field, of developed and augmented resources at home, of general discipline, moderation and good order in quarters, and in action, that we believe to be without example. If medals and distinctions have been granted to officers and men engaged in single actions, however memorable in themselves or momentous in their consequences, it is to be inferred that those who have been actively engaged in the leading operations of several consecutive campaigns, distinguished by their multiplied engagements and sieges, have, to say the least, a commensurate claim on the consideration of the Cro%%n Why the testimonials of that consideration should have been so long withheld, we protest that we are still un able to understand, notwithstanding the speech in which the Duke of WELLINGTON replied to that of the Duke of RICHMOND. The Noble and Gallant Duke objected that it was not "regularr nor "according to the practice of their Lordships," to interfere in a question of this de scription. But how can it be said that, in the nature of thing, applications of this kind can be so frequent as to have admitted the establishment of any rule of practice in dealing with them ? And even, if they had been more frequent, how can it be denied that every such case ought to be determined upon its own merits ? What form of proceeding could be applied, a priori, to a state of things, such as that which arose out of the prodigious variety and extent of the exertions of our armies in the Peninsula in defeating the mighty combi nations of NAPOLEON, conducted by the ablest of his Generals and the flower of the French armies. Those campaigns formed, or perfected, the military reputation of the most distinguished Generals who, within the last five-and-thirty years, have exalted the renown of our arms under the personal auspices of WELLINGTON him self. We are left under no difficulty about the prin ciples on which the Noble Field-Marshal declined, so far as his voice or vote could be concerned, to comply with the prayer of the petitioners. He said that, in 1840, the same gentlemen whose names were appended to the document in the hands of the Duke of RICHMOND bad made an application to him to lay their case before the throne ; but that he (the Duke of WELLINGTON) had stated to them that these were subjects which it remained with the Sovereign and his ad visers, and with them alone, to deal with ; that he had never, either in his military or his official capacity, assumed the office of interposing in the manner now prayed, although, when he had been honoured with the commands, on repeated occasions, of the Sovereign of this country, and of foreigh Sovereigns, to recommend to them officers for honorary distinction' he had always promptly done so, in terms (he trusted) not unsatisfactory to those officers themselves. And he had, accordingly, recommended to those gentlemen to make their application to the Sovereign through the proper authority. He bad since instituted careful in quiry, but had been wholly unable to trace either the fact of such application having been made, or any offi cial record thereof ; but he believed that a petition, in all respects similar to this, was some time ago pre sented to the House of Commons. These objections of form, and even the principle of them, we can fully enter into on the part of the Noble Duke, whose long connexion with civil office, and whose experience of courts, have doubtless qualified him to speak with as much authority on these as on purely military matters. But we can neither bring ourselves to take the same view of the difference which the Gallant Duke insisted on as taking the case of these Peninsular officers out of the same category with the case of those who achieved the battle of Waterloo, the triumphant close of the operations in Affghanistan, and the success ful demonstration of our forces in China ; nor perceive the good taste and delicacy of so disparaging a compari son in the mouth of the illustrious Marshal who made it. After remarking on the numerous honours already awarded to officers who bad served in some of the prin cipal affairs of the Peninsular campaigns, he denied that the services of the petitioners in these campaigns gave them a claim to any general distinctions or honours such as had been granted in honour of the battle of Waterloo, and of the campaigns beyond the north-western frontier of India, and on the shores of China. These latter were in the nature of signal and decisive victories, which had re-established the peace of empires, and illustrated the reputation of our arms and our prowess at moments of singular exigency. This had been eminently the case with the battle of. Waterloo, and in consideration of that fact, the Crown had granted medals, not only to the General commanding and other officers, but to every individual in our army who had been present in that great conflict. For reasons, in the force of which he, the Duke, entirely con curred, a Noble Earl (Lord ELLENBOROUGH) had re commended a similar course to be adopted with regard to those armies, composed of our European and our Sepoy troops, who had retrieved by their distinguished gallantry in the last actions fought in the Punjaub, the disasters of Caubul—" the most signal reverses which had happened to our arms during the last sixty years." Dismissing these Asiatic triumphs, as less germane to the matter in hand, we must contend that his Grace took a somewhat invidious, and, moreover, a somewhat inte rested view of the superior claims of Waterloo. He com manded on that memorable occasion ; and without in tending, for one instant, to diminish by an iota his claims upon the gratitude of the living generation, and the admiration of posterity, for the consummate valour and abilities displayed by him in that decisive fight, we are to remember that it was the culminating point of his fortunes, as well as of his renown : the immediate fountain of those honours, whose sources have ever since so lavishly poured out upon him their unstinted bounty. Who brought him to its margin ? Of those who commanded under him, the intrepid British soldiery, who plucked the bloody laurels of Waterloo, but few among the best and the bravest ; the most tried, and the most generous of his companions in arms, were present. The honourable wounds and scars that the majority of these bore in compulsory retirement, or on other duty, were still the living attestations of their heroic achievements at Vlineira, at Aibufera, at Ta lavera, Salamanca, Badajoz, Vittoria, Orthez, Toulouse, and a score or two of other immortal fields. Their honours—such as they were,—their military rank, whatever the course of their promotion—had been earned, not as after a campaign of a few weeks .deter mined in a single pitched battle, but in the course (for the most part) of long, hard, and hazardous services ; under manifold privations ; against enormous odds, in :he midst of general engagements, or the devastating slaughter of storms and sieges. Their arms, their en thusiastic attachment to hire, their fidelity to his re nown, and their country's confidence, bore him to the crowning triumphs of 1814. A treacherous peace of a few brief months returned some to the bosoms of their families, others to the peaceful occupations of half-pay retirement. A single but terrible battle, crowned by a sanguinary victory, was fought by us in the follow ing year ; and since then war has not subsisted between her MAJESTY and any of the European Powers. Now, because these veterans of the Peninsular cam paigns of five or six years were not present at the single battle of Waterloo, they have in all this interval of thirty years not been deemed worthy of any general honorary distinctions to record and reward their nable services. Can anything be more unfair or unreasonable than such- a forgetfulness of the deserts of veteran merit.? Yes. The distribution of the Waterloo medal itself. The Duke of RICHMOND assured their Lordships that it was a well-known fact that one regiment had received the Waterloo medal which did not even know of the bottle until some time after the victory had been achieved. We hope and believa that her MAJESTY will be advised to grant the very reasonable prayer of these petitioners, which the voice cf the whole empire will cheerfully recommend to her MAJESTY'S gracious con sideration, notwithstanding the Marquis of LONDON• DERRY'S ridiculous, but characteristic protest against officers of the army addressing themselves on an occa sion of this kind, whatever the circumstances that may have preceded it, to either House of Parliament. It is happy for the army that Parliament exits for them, as well as every other class of the QuEEP.'s subjects, to make all constitutional appeals to. Madrid journals to the 16th inst. have been received. We find in the Gaceta a bulletin dated Barcelona, the 12th, and signed by General NAUVAEZ, announcing that the Captain- General had just returned, after restoring order wherever it had been disturbed, and leaving several columns to pursue such of the rebels as had fled to the mountains. The bulletin added that, on the 17th, the QUEEN would proceed by sea to Valencia, and that troops had been marched to that town. According, however, to a more recent communication, the Court had, in conseqeence of the re-establishment of order in the province of Catalonia, determined to proceed, on the 17th, to Saragossa. which place they were expected to reach on the 20th. The Ministers remaining at Madrid still intended to be at Saragossa, on the 24th, in order to compliment the Queen-Mother on the occasion of her birth-day. The claims of the Infante Don HENRY to the hand of the QUEEN are viewed with increased favour every day. La Guia del Commercio supports his claims in the most enthu siastic manner. At a meeting of the editors of the Pro gressista journals held on the 15th, it was agreed that they should give no opinion on the subject of the QUEEN'S mar riage, and that they would not propose any candidate of their own. The kingdom was perfectly tranquil. The Three per Cents. closed at 29 for cash, and 29 1 , at 60 days. he other securities were not quoted. We have received the Paris papers. They all publish the article from the Moniteur Algeria (which will be found in another column) on the subject of the massacre at Debra. This article may be considered as the official defence of the transaction, and in it the responsibility of the whole affair is thrown on Marshal BUGEAUD, inasmuch as Colonel PELIS SIER. " had only used the means recommended to him by the Governor-General." he article appears in the Govern ment papers without a word of comment, but the Oppo sition journals animadvert on the conduct of Marshal BUGEAUD in terms of just severity. We give the following from the Commerce as an example of the tone of the Oppo sition journals on this occasion : " When so cruel an act takes place in the course of a war by the force of danger, and the urgent necessity of defence, humanity is afflicted, but the excuse goes hand in hand with the evil. It is another thing to prepare beforehand, to calculate and command cruelty as a means; and, what is still worse, is to attempt to justify by cold reasoning such a system of warfare. Marshal Bugeaud says that philanthropy would render war impossible. This may be ; but without a certain degree of philanthropy war becomes odious and abominable." On the subject of the rumoured landing of a Turkish force at Tripoli, the Journal des Debats says : " It is well known that every year, about the same period, it is regularly rumoured that the Ottoman Porte is preparing an in vasion of the regency of Tunis. The Turkish fleet had, in fact, the custom of annually cruising in these latitudes ; it was an exer cise which appeared to have become necessary to it. This year nothing is said of the fleet, but a land expedition is spoken of, and it is reported that a considerable body of Turkish troops has been landed in the regency of Tripoli, to enter by that road into the territory of the Bey of Tunis. We can easily comprehend, and indeed we share, the interest which all that concerns the safety of the Tunisian territory excites in France. It is certain that our own security, as possessors of A lgeira, is intimately connected with any events that may take place on this part of our frontier ; and up to the present time, whenever the Ottoman Government has appeared desirous of making a demonstration on that side, the French Government' has shown, by sending out some men-of. war on the coast, all the interest which it took in the mainte. nance of tranquillity in the Regency of Tunis. As to what con cerns the pretended plans of invasion by land, we believe that they are as exaggerated as were formerly those of a naval expedition. However, they are not without founaation ; and this, if we are well informed, is what has given rise to the reports in circulation. There Is at present a war going on, on the frontier of Tunis and of Tripoli, between two tribes, which dispute with each other about a portion of territory; it would appear that the Porte has determined to seise on this opportunity to make an act of intervention, and at the same time a sort of taking possession on the territory of Tunis, and that in consequence, as tie report goes, she has for this object sent rein.. forcements to Trtoli. In fact, news had been received that for some time past Tarkish troops were landing at Tripoli, by detach ments of from 2(0 to 400, and even 800 men. We do not believe that the Porte really wants to make a serious demonstration, nor should it, beside, be believed that an invasion of the regency of Tunis is so eay a matter. ➢ien who have studied the ground with care affirrt that a Turkish army, unless it were a very con siderable one, 8r more considerable, indeed, than the actual re sources of the Woman empire afford, could not traverse with safety the eighty leagies which separate Tripoli from Tunis. We are therefore persuaded that more importance is attached to the projects of the Porte han they merit. But, . however that may be, we have no doubt hat the French Government has already deemed it right to addres to its Ambassador at Constantinople precise in structions on tie point, and to have all the representations that were necessar: made to the Divan. At all events several vessels have been sen' to Tripoli, and two ships of the line to Tunis." In relationto this subject a letter in the Presse states that the Porte's ittention in landing troops at Tripoli is to attempt a coup de min on Gerbi, and then to effect a rising in the south-easteri part of the regency, with the view of marching against TunS. The Press announces that the QUEEN of Spain left Barce lona on the :Bth, for Saragossa and the Basque Provinces. The Gide, alluding to the reports in circulation about a dissolutiol of the Chamber of Deputies, has the fol lowing : " All that has been said on this subject is the most gratuitous and improballe invention. Undoubtedly, no one can pretend to know the future; but, unless some event should occur radically to change the )resent situation, it would be difficult to explain how the Cabinet could hope for a firmer and more united majoritjon all the great luestions." The Dukt and Duchess of NEMOURS are to set out to-day on their journey to the Pyrenees. Their Royal Highnesses are expected to be at Gueret on the 26th inst , at Limoges on the 28th, at Liboume on August 4, and at Bordeaux on the sth. Their Majesties will not take their departure for Eu until the commencement of August. The celebrated violinist ARTANT died of consumption at Ville d'Avray, near Paris, on the 20th inst., at the early age of 30. The KING gave a dinner, on Sunday, at Nenilly. Among the guests were the Duke DE RIANZARES, M. D. CORTES, Secretary to the QUEEN; the Chevalier BRESSON, French Ambassador to the Court of Spain ; the Prince D'A.NGLONA, and the Duke D'OSSUNA. His MAJESTY conversed a good deal with the Duke DE RIANzARES and M. D. CORTES, who, it is said, declared to his MAJESTY that the health of the Queen of SPAIN would not permit of her being married at present. • Securities of nearly all denominatians improved in price on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 60c. ; the New Loan at 83f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents. at 1211. 85c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,190 f. ; Rouen, 1,045 f. ; Vierzon, 747 f. 50c. ; Havre, 855 E; Avignon, 977 f. 50c. ; Basle, 268 f. 75c. ; Spanish Actives, 36% ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38 ; Spanish Passives, 7. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- Orleans and Bordeaux, 1721. 50c. prem. ; Boulogne, 122 f. 50c. ditto; Troyes and Montereau, 15f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 26f. 25c.; ditto (Calon ), par ; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. 50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 45f.; ditto (Rosamel), 11f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), Bf. 50c.; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 31f. 25c. ; ditto (Conpagnie Meridionale), 6f. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 6f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 10f. ; Dijon and Mulhouse, par; Dieppe, 22f. 50c. MARSEILLES, JULY 18.-Marseilles and Avignon, 955 f. ; Boulogne, 620 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 670 E ; Vierzon, 740 f. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 531 f. 25c. ; ditto (Sebes tiani), 5101.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 5021. 50c. ; Toulon, 495 f. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—The first division of the 76th left here this morning, for Manchester, and will be replaced by the 68th Light Infantry, from Dover. The report of Sir Thomas Hasbury's being appointed to succeed Captain Boldero at the Ordnance-office has given great satisfaction here. The want of a naval officer in that departmeut has long been needed, and frequently impressed upon.the Government by Sir Charles Napier. Rumour assigns also the command of the Excellent to Captain Chads, an officer who served with much gal lantry in China. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.— We are authori sed to state that the preamble of this Bill was proved yesterday, and the promoters allowed to com mence the works immediately between Pontefract and Goole, and between Wakefield and Pontefract immedi ately, by " consent in writing of the landowners," until application is made to Parliament for the branch to Leeds, when full compulsory powers commence. The " Admiralty Memorandum," introductory to a supplementary vote, "to provide for an increased retirement allowance to 300 Captains of her Majesty's Navy," and which we published in our impression of yesterday, appears to us (on the cursory perusal we have yet found time to devote to it) an exceedingly judicious and wise scheme of compensation and reward, and to be well calculated to secure to the country an immediate supply of efficient officers, of ages at which their professional and physical powers may be sup posed to have attained their full vigour and maturity. We shall speedily recur to this important paper. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE_ DUDLEY RACES—MONDAY. The Handicap of 3 sow. each, and 25 added, two miles, was won by T'Auld Squire, .4 yrs (Bradley), beating Mud lark and The Bird. The Half bred Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 25 added (10 Subs.), one mile and a half, were won, in four heats, by Mr. Owen's Chintz Print, beating Mr. Martin's br f by Slane, Mrs. Bales' Master Downes, and several others. The Ladies' Plate of 251., one mile and a half, was won, in two heate, by Mr. Davies's Princess Royal, 3 yrs (W. Flin toff), beating Dulcet, 3 yrs, Modesty, aged, Scrambler, 3 yrs, The Bird, 6 yrs, and two others. DUDLEY AND TIPTON RACES.—TUESDA Y. The Dudley Castle Stakes, of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, second saving his stake, one mile and-a•half (4 Subs), were won in 2 heats, by Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs (Bradley), beating Sandy, 5 yrs, and Mudlark, aged. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile and three quarter, winner to be sold for 80 soya. (5 Subs.) were won in 3 heats, by Mr. Percival's, The Bird, 6 yrs (Bradley), beating b m by Wamba, out of Maid of the Mist, 5 yrs, The Elbe, 4 yrs, and the Old Maid, 5 yrs: The Ashwood Hurdle Stakes, of 3 sows. each, and 20 added, one mile and-a-half, over 6 hurdles (5 Subs.), were won in 2 heats, by Mr. Storer's Modesty, aged (Stagg) beating Mudlark, Marmion, Donna Anna, and br g by Fungus. NEWTON RACES. -WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for 3 yrs olds, 6st 91b ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; syrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 21b. Mile and quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian, 3 yrs Sir John Gerard's Juvenal, 4 yrs ... 2 The Lyme Park Produce Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for 3 yrs olds; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. Mile and quarter. (3 Subs.) Mr. F. R. Price's Lena, allowed albs Walked over. The Lord of the Manor's Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Handi cap of 20 sow. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles and a dia. Sir. Bell's Winesour, 5 yrs (Bumby) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 4 yr= Mr. Standish's Little Hamp•on, 4 yrs .... . 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Parthian, 5 yrs—Ratan, 4 yrs—.advice, 4 yrs—April Noddy, 4 yrs—and Wynyard, 3 yrs. A fine race with three. The Drawing-room Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 15 added, for two yrs old fillies, Bst 51b each. Golborne Course. Mr. Hesseltine's The Slayer's Daughter .. (Bumby) 1 Mr. Thompson's Clara Webster I'late of 701., for three yrs old, 7st ; four yrs, Sat 41b; five yrs and upwards, Bst 101 b; mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 4 yr 5........ (Oates) 0 1 1 Mr. Wilitins's fby Physician, out of Venus, 3 yrs 1 0 0 Mr. Mostyn's fby Sheet Anchor, L'Hirondelle 0 0 2 Mr. W. Jones's Rolla, 3 yrs 0 2 dr Lord Stanley's Ambition, 4 yrs . Mr. Phillips's f b Physician, out of Theano, 3 yrs 2 0 0 Mr. Bennett's Ada, 3 yrs 0 dr Sir. J. Clarke's fby Physician, out of Columbine 0 dr (From the Armagh Sporting Chronicle.) DOWN ROYAL CORPORATION RACES. MONDAY, JULY 21.--Ifilisborougii - Cup.—The Hunters' Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, for horses foaled in, and bona fide the property of freeholders or residents in 'the county of Down, to which will be added the Challengeable Cup, given by the Earl of Hillsborough, value'loo/, to become the property of the winner three successive years, were walked over for by Mr. Maxwell's br c by Turcoman. The Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, for hunters, (race. horses admitted), 451. added ; two mile heats, were won by Mr. Martin's b h Croydon. TUESDAY, JULY 22.—The Hunters' Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for now foals, to run when three years old, on the Tuesday of the July Corporation Meeting, were won by Mr. Maxwell's b c by Robin, out of Lady Guy. Match—Mr. Rice's g g Brain beat Mr. Colquitt's b g Corkscrew. Maiden Plate—The Sweepstakes of 6 sovs each, 2 ft, for maiden hunters that never won plate, prize, match, or stake (value 50 soy's.) prior to the day of entrance ; mile and a half heats, were won by Mr. Maxwell's Master Robin. Royal orporation Plate—The Sweepstakes of 5 guineas each, :p.p. for County Down bred hunters, that never won a racing plate or stake, were won by Mr. Maxwell's b c Frederick. CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V. THE PLAYERS OP ENGLAND. The continuation of this contest was resumed yesterday at Lord's, in the presence of a considerable number of the sup porters of the game—none others, of course, would on such a day expose themselves to the inclemency of the weather. PLAYERS._ Lillywhite, b Bathurst "0 .. c Bathurst, b Mynn ..,, 0 Barker, b Taylor lO .. b Mynn ... 0 Martingell, b Mynn Pilch, c Napper, b Bathurst 44 ... b Bathurst Guy, b Taylor Bushbv, b Taylor Sewell, b Mynn Dorrington, b Taylor Box, b Taylor liillyer, b Mynn 4 c Pickering b Bathurst ... 18 Dean, not out Byes 4, wide (Mynn 8, Byes 7, wide (Mynn) )3, no Taylor 1, Bathurst 1), balls (Mynu) 7 ...... Napper 1, Mynnl), 7.. 21 127 149 THE GENTLEMEN. J. A. Anson, Esq., 1 b w b Hil!yer ll Not out 3 C. G. Whittaker, Esq., c Dean, b Hillyer 9 b Hillyer E. Napper, Esq., b Lillywhite A. Mynn, Esq., b Lillywhite C. G. Taylor, Esq., c Dean, b Lillywhite 9 Run out 2B N. Felix, Esq., b Lillywhite ............... 43 b Lillywhite 6 R. Kynaston, Esq , b Lillywhite E. M. Dewing, Esq., b Lillywhite F. Pearson, Esq., run out. • W. Pickering, Esq., not out Sir F. Bathurst, b Lillywhite ... 0 Byes 7, wide (Dean) 2 9 Byes 6, wi. 3 9 94 108 The Gentlemen have, therefore, 74 runs to get to tie, with six wickets. The mach wasyesumed this morning at eleven o'clock. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1 CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bags, and the :market was quiet, without any change in prices. There was not much speculative demand. A large busi ness was done in Railway Shares, generally at higher priees :- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% 5%; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5; Blackburn and Preston, 22; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 8 8% ' • Caledonian, 11%; Ditto, Extension, 2%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% %; Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 61 ' • Chester and Preston Brook, 4; Derby and Crewe, 2% 51s. 6d; Eas tern Counties, 20 4 %; Ditto, New Shares, 11%; Ditto Perpetual, No. 2, 245. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 21s. 235. ; Grand. Junction, 238; Grand Union, 335. 6d. 355. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 31% %,• Ditto, Quarter Shares, %; Goole and Doncaster, 225. 1% ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 10% % ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 6 3 4 7 1 4 ; Leicester and Bedford, 3% 3s. 6d. ; Leicester sad Bir mingham, 2% ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 42 1 4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% ; London and Brighton, 77 ; London and York, 5 3 4 5 ; Direct Northern, 3 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 51. lls. 3d. 7L 3s. 9d. ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7%; Lynn and Dereharn, 2% ; Manchester and Birmingham, 62% •, Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation, 22% ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 9 1 4 ; Matlock and Midland, 6%; Midland Railway, 185; Ditto, 401. Shares, 29 28 ; Mold Junction, 1; North Kent, 2% ; North Union, 180 ; North Staffordshire, 5% ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6; North Western, 5%; Notting ham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 2% ; Oxford and Birming ham Junction, 4 3 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton, 7 1 , % ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 1% 7s. ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 4 3 4 1 ,4 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 3% %; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 41s. ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 1, 19% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8%; South Midland, 3 1 4 3 ; Trent Valley Continuation, V. 41s. ; Wakefield, Ponte fract,' and Goole, 20 ; Welsh Midland, 695. ; West Lanca shite, 1% 1%; West Yorkshire, 7 1 4 %• ' Worcester and '!'ring, 1 1 4 265. ; Armagh and Portrush, 2 ; Belfast and Bally mena, 7 1 4%; Cork and Bandon, 7% • ' Dublin and Bel fast Junction, 9 1 4 ; Dublin and Galway,3%; Great County Down, % 1 4 ; Limerick and Waterford, 7% ; Dutch Rhenish, 9 14; Jamaica Junction, 5% ; Northern of France (Laffitte's) 5% ; Ditto (Rosamel's), 51s. ; Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's), 2% 495. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 23.-The sales are -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 1 4 prem. ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 10% • Black burn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction, 1* prem. ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 27 28 3 4 ; Caledonian Ex tansion, 2 11-16 ; Churnet Valley, 6 ; Clitheroe Junction, 4 1-16 1 / s ; Derby and Crewe, 2% ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 12s. 6d. 13s. 9d. prem. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 225. 225 . 6d. • Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester, 1 7-16; Grand Union, 1% % ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 15s. ' • Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 10% V i ; Leeds and Thirsk, 6% 7 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 24% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 1 4 %; Leicester and Bed ford, 3% 1 / 2 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 % ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 1% ; London and York, 5% 1 ,4 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 6 3 4 % ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarter Shares, 7 3 A ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh, Junction, 425. 6d. 435. 9d. ; Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 29 ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lan cashire, 10s. 1 ls. prem. ; North British, New Shares, 7 1 4 %; North Eastern, 1 13-16 % ; North Staffordshire, 5 1 4 % ; North Western, 4% 5 ; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 3 A ; Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 3 4 prem. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 130 % ex int. ; Ditto, Quarter Sares, No. 3, 6 3 4 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 2% 1-16 • South Midland, 3% 14 ; Southport and Euxton, 2 3 ; l irent Valley Continuation and Holyhead 1/ 2 •, Junction, 1 ; Welsh Midland, 3 7-16 West Lancashire S and Coast ine, 1% % prem. ; West Yorkshire, 7% A; ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 2% M ; York and Carlisle, 4 1-16.; Dutch Rhenish, 9 1 4 ; West Flanders, 41 2. There are no arrivals to-day. The English Stock Market is very quiet, and there is no particular alteration in prices. Consols have been 99 to % for Money, and 99 1 4 for Account. Exchequer Bills have been 545. to 565. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102% 1 ,4. Business in the Foreign Market is very inactive. Spanish Three per Cents. have been firmer at 37%, and Peruvian have been up to 38% to 39. The market for Railway . Shares has been vacillating again; and what with the London and York decision s and the anxiety about the broad gauge, there is certainly enough to occasion fluctuation. There is a new foreign line-the Central Sardinian-about to be brought on the market. Respecting Railway investments, a writer says :- " The combined exertions of private persons, unburdened by the patronage and unrepressed by the interference of the Executive Government, have made still greater conquests over nature. Sums of money, so vast as to startle the un derstanding, have been contributed, and in the main profita bly to the subscriber, for the construction of railroads, which in so undulating a country as England must needs be nearly level, filling up valleys and preforating mountains, which could not avoid impediments by sudden curves, and which had every physical difficulty aggravated, and the pecuniary cost greatly increased by the restrictions of the Legislature. By means of these railroads distances, which at no very re mote period required four days to travel by the common roads, are now traversed with ease and certainty in ten hours. More than 2,000 miles of railway have been constructed within twenty years, at an expense of nearly seventy millions of pounds, voluntarily contributed by individuals, in the exer • cise of their own discretion, subject to their own control, and with a view to their own profit-a view which, if sometimes disappointed, has been generally realised, and often to an ex tent far exceeding the most sanguine expectations of the speculator." CLOSING PRICES. 211% 99% 'A% ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Sauk Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99 New 3% per Cents Long Annuities t o expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 11 1 / 2 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001.. 72 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 d.... 56 54 pm. 54 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small 102 1 ;4 11 7-16 11% 274 ONE CLOSING VRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 88 Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 48 1 / 2 49 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17 3 / 18 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Deferred • • 21 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto. Account .. 38% 39 38% Russian Bonds ............ ... _ 118 3 / Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840, Ditto 3 per Cent. _ , Ditto Account Dutch Exchange 2 1 / 2 per Cent — 62% PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PRICES. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .... .1% Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 134 135 135 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20 ...... 26 ... 26 Bristol and Exeter Do. New .... . ......... 2 ~..... 12 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 ...... 34 2 1 / 2 3% 4 Ch e lt en ham and Oxford 2 ...... 3 Clydesdale Junction..... 5 ... 91/ 9 Coventry and Leicester iq _ 2 Direct N orthern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 1 ,4 9 Dublin and Galway ..... 2 1 / 2 % 1 / 2 2% Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 17 /2 3 Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 19% 20% Ditto New 4/. 16s. 6 l /2 7 l/i Eastern Union l5 .. ... Ditto Extension . 79 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — 2 1 / 2 Ditto New 1 1 1 Shares... 2% — .. 91,4 Goole and Doncaster .. lx, iv, l l4 Grand Union l% l% % l% Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo 232 Great Western Ditto % Shares Ditto, Fifths Guildford, Fare'in,Ports. 2%..... Hull and Selby 5O 106% ......... ..... 106% Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle Leicester & Binninghm. 225. Leicester and Bedf,ird... 225. 3% % 3 /4 3% Limerick and Waterford 2% London and Blackwall. 161.135. 4d. 10% % London and Bright0n... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 25% 25% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lond. &S. Western 411 6s 10d 78%... ...... .... 78 Do. New London and York 2% 6 3 / 4 % 7% 6%% 6% Londonderry & Coleraine 2 1 ,,&. 4 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l% 2% 2% Manchester and Leeds... 76 Do. % Shares Do. Quarters Manchester and Birmin. 40 — Do. Quarters .. Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 6 3 / 4 % 6% Midland 100 lB3 180 186 lB6 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby 100 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 .... 58 Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1% 194% North British Do. New Northern and Eastern..: 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% lB North Kent North Staffordshire 22s. 41% 3% 3% North Wales .. l4 2% 2% Oxford and Worcester... 2% B% 7 3 / B% t - erth and Inverness ... 2% Portsmouth Direct 2%, 5% 1% 5% Richmond and W est End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Triug 1 :-cottish Midland .. 1 1 / 2 . ... 21 1 / 2 2i n Shrews., Wolverhamp., _ _ Dudiey, and Birm - ' 2% . . 4% 1 4.. Shrewsbury and Trent Vailey Union 225. South Midland 22s. South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 47 46% Do., No. 2. P Do., No. 3 South Wales 2 l /2 r4 4 6 5 1 4 6 IA Trent Valley and lloly head Junction - Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wlcklw, and Dublin 3 0% O% y 8 1 4% Welch Midland West Cornwall 1 1.A... 2 3 4 3 3 IA York and Carlisle 2% 3 34 .-- •••.• • • 3% York and North Midland 50 lO9 110 llO Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amien5... 6 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Uolguners) 2 — 6% 5 1 / 4 15 3 4 10 3 A 31h Jamaica Junction........ 1% 6% Do. South Midlnd. June. 1 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . —. ... Orbans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 15%... Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 Over Yssel 413 s 4d — Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's ' Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ~... 4 Verona and Ancona 1 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia 1% 7% 4 1 / 4 43/4 CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 19, 1845, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. PRICE .. 50s WHEAT. Od 29s d I BARLE 6 Y. 1 22s OATS. 4d 132 s RTE 8d . 139 s 9d BEANS. I PEAS. 40s 2d DUTY... 20s Od 9s Od Gs. Cd lOs 6d 3s 6d 4s 6d MARKET NE WS.-{'THIS DAY.) BAY ViIit.IiTEETES. S3rITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/15s ; useful do., 4/ 16s to Si 8s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 103 to 5/ 158 ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ is to 213 s per load. A fair average supply and a steady inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 41 12s ; useful ditto, 4115 s to Si 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5/ 175; Clover Hay, 4/12s to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 21 is to 2/ 3s per load. Supply but moderate and trade firm. WHlTEcnarEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4/ 15s; useful ditto, 41 lOs to 51 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 108 to 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4112 s to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 Is to 213 s per load. Trade steady at the above quotations. New Meadow Hay sold freely at from 31 lOs to 4/ 88; and New Clover 4/ to 41 15s per load. MEAT VIALE/EZTS SOUTHALL, JULY 23.—With the exception of Sheep moving off freely, at full prices, we had a somewhat inactive demand at our quotations :—Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. A small portion of the stock was turned out unsold. RUMFORD, JULY 23.—Although our supplies were not to say extensive, the general inquiry was inactive, at barely late rates. Beef, from 3s to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10(1 to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 293; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 18/ 15s each. JULY 23.—Prime Old Downs sold freely, at full prices; otherwise the demand ruled inactive :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, JULY 22.—We had rather a sluggiSh demand for each kind of Stock, at barely late rates :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. CMCLIESTER, JULY 23.—0 n the whole there was less busi ness passing here to-day, yet very little variation was noticed in the quotations :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calves, 16/ , to 19/ each. COAL ra.a.rtxruc. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 15s 6d; Carr's Hartley, 15s 6d; Davison's West Hartley, 15s 6d; New Tanfi , 3ld, 13s 6d; Original Tanfield, 13s 6d ; Old Pontop, 13s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 13s ; Ravens worth's West Hartley, 14s 6d ; Stewart's Steam,l43; Taylor's West Hartley, 15s; Tanfield Moor, 16s; Tanfieid Moor Butes, 133 6d ; Townley, 14s 3d ; West Wylam, 14s 9d ; Wylam, 14s; Wall's-end, Killingworth, 15s3d ; Eden Main, 16s ; Braddyll's Hetton, 17s 6d ; East Hetton, 15s 6d ; Ful well, 17s ; Haswell, 17s 9d ; Hetton, 17s 6el; Lambton, 17s ; Pemberton, 153 6d ; Russell's Hetton, 17s ; Richmond, 16s ; Stewart's, 17s 6d ; Caradoc, I7s ; Hartlepool, 17s 6d ; Heugh Hall, 16s ; Kelloe, 17s ; Trimdon, 17s ; Adelaide, 17s ; Ade laide Tees, 17s; Brown's Deanery, 16s 6d; Eden Hartlepool, 15s 9d ; Maclean's Tees, 15s 6d ; South Durham, 16s ; Tees, 17s ; West Tees, 15s ; Hartley, 14s 6d.—Ships arrived, 106. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) _ DUNDERDALE V. ROBERTSON. NEW PmsLic COMPANIES, &c.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of 91., as clerk to an association for obtaining subscriptions for a testimonial, called the Symington Testimonial. The defendant is editor of the Mechanics' Magazine. Mr. WILDE, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that the claim was for services rendered to this society, or committee, from February 10 to May 3. Mr. C.. 1. Payne examined—Was introduced in November or December last to the defendant Mr. J. Clinton Robert son, and was appointed secretary to the committee by Bowey, and after some conversation as to the construction of the com mittee, defendant said the first thing they must do was to en gage offices and hire a clerk, and report to him when he had done so. Took offices in Cornhill, and engaged plaintiff, who commenced his duties on the 10th of February. Communicated these facts to defendant. Plaintiff was engaged at 15s. a week. Plaintiff remained until the 10th of May. Cross-examined by Mr. Tuomas— Told defendant what he had done, but not until three or four days after plaintiff went. Defendant did not say he would not have anything to do with the expenses. Witness did not say he should not; nothing was said about it till the 18th of February. Witness and Mr. Pariah, who was joint secretary with him, signed a letter that they would bear the expenses, but the arrangement under which it had been written had gone off and the money was never collected. Plaintiff applied for his money to defendant six weeks afterwards, and defendant said he had nothing to do with it. Witness ordered furniture by direction of defendant. He also ordered wine, and drank part of it with the committee. —(Laughter)—Mr. Uowey, a surgeon, Dr. M'Lean, and others. Was formerly secretary to the Oriental Life Assur ance. Left that about two years ago. At a conversation with defendant on the 17th February, he asked what would be the best way of paying the secretaries, and said it occurred to him the better plan would be to pay them a per tentage, and said he would speak to a Mr. Gould and the other committee. men and fix it the next day, when they were to have a meeting. Defendant said then that he had nothing to do with the expenses; the next day a meeting took place, defendant, Mr. Gould, Mr. Bowey, Mr. Parish, and witness were present. It was proposed that the secretaries should have 101. per cent. for their trouble, and bear the expenses, but this was declined ; another proposal was made and agreed to ; the letter was the basis of that agreement, but it was never carried into effect. Witness had paid the porter, because he was a poor man, and had supplied the office with coals. Was engaged at the same time with Mr. Bowey in forming the " Cambrian Life Office." Had nothing to do with it, but from hearsay he believed it was still being carried on by Mr. Bowey. Re-examined—Witness had not received a sixpence for his trouble in forming the committee. Mr. THOMAS addressed the jury, and contended, that even admitting there was a liability, it could only be for one week, for it was clear that on the 18th the witness himself under took, and Mr. Robertson, the previous day had denied the liability. The Undea-SHERIFF said it did not appear to him that any agreement made on the 18th could affect the plaintiff. Mr. THOMAS then addressed the jury on the merits, and cared Mr. Archibald Broomen, agent for patents in Fleet-street, who deposed that he was clerk to defendant, and anticipated becoming partner. In April, plaintiff called and asked for his salary. Ile said. he had been sent by Mr. Payne, but k new very well he had no claim on Mr. Robertson. Cross-examined—Wrote that down at the time. Had been applied to by the landlord and other persons on matters con nected with the Symington Committee, but knew nothing about it. Did not remember the conversation, but knew Mr. Robertson was not a committeeman. Mr. WILDE replied. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and The jury found a verdict for 9/. Mt. THOMAS moved for a reduction of the amount, as there had been a repudiation of the plaintiff's services at least on the 9th of April. The UNDER-SHERIFF thought there was no reason to re tain the writ. It was not stated in any part of the prodeedings what the " Symington Testimonial" was. KING OF HOLLAND.—The Gooeral Steam Navigatio:i Company's mail-packet Ocean arrived at Blackwall-pies this day. Captain Hast reports that he left Rotterdam with the Cyclops steamer, having the King of Holland on board. The Ocean lost sight of the Cyclops last night, but he thinks she may be here about four o'clock this afternoon. BRIGHTON, JULY 23.—The Baron L. Rothschild arrived here this day, by the packet Fame, from Dieppe. SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—Mr. Bagshaw arrived at Sunderland on Tuesday evening, and addressed the electors. It would appear from his address that he concurs entirely with Colonel Thompson in opinion in all great leading political questions, so that the contest between them turns entirely on local and personal considerations. It is generally thought that, before the day of election, some arrangement will be come to, which will have the effect of inducing one of the candidates to withdraw, so as to pre vent a division of the Liberal interest, which, if it continue, will give the Conservative candidate an easy triumph. The Conserva tives have started Mr. George Hudson, who is expected to arrive there this day. His Committee report that their canvass has been most successful, many cf the old Whig party having expressed their determination to vote for him, on account of his extensive connexion with railways, and his business habits. SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL. SOCIETY.—The third show of the flowers, fruits, and culinary vegetables, ex. hibited under the auspices of this Society, and for the medals, &c., they distribute, took place yesterday in the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The collection of specimens was more than usually good; indeed, it may be placed amongst the best collections ex. htbited this year, or in any previous year. A great number of prizes were awarded by the judges, who, from the uniform excel. lence of the specimens, had some difficulty in coming to a judg. ment as to which were the best. The pines were very fine; the grapes were also fine. The cucumbers were of their class ad mirable, and the more common products of the garden showed to what excellence horticulture has now arrived. The most entitled to praise amorig the flowers were the piccotees and the carnations. Mr. G. Edmonds won the gold medal for the former, and Mr. Reeves for the latter. The silver cup for the piccotees was also won by Mr. G. Edmonds; the silver cup for carnations by Mr. .1. Edwards. Mr. B. Hawes, M. P.'s, prize of 5/. was awarded to Mr. Bruce, and the gold medal for orchidaceous plants to Mr. Ayres. Unfortunately the day was unfavourable to the show. Tents and marquees protected the company from the rain, and great praise is due to Mr. Tyler, the lessee of the grounds, for his excellent arrangements for the accommodation and gratification of the exhibitors and visitors. GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF DESlGN.—Yesterday the annual meeting, and the distribution of prizes to the successful students took place at the rooms, Somerset House. The rooms were hung with specimens of the students' 'skill, most of which were performances reflecting great credit on the scholars them selves, as well as on those to whom the direction of their studies has been entrusted. It was announced that the exhibition would be open gratuitously to the public on Thursday (to-day) and on Friday, between the hours of eleven and three. THE FOREIGN MAILS. MEDITERRANEAN AND Ixota Mems.—The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India and China, via Southampton, will be dispatched on the evening of the 2d of August. The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched this evening —SYDNEY AND NEW Sotrrn WALES—The Dublin for the mails of the 31st instant.— WEST INDIES—The Forth steamer far the mails of the 2d of August.—Asnaucli— The Hibernia steamer for the mails of the 4th August. IMPERIAL PARLIA3II724:I. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OrCOAIIVIONS. The House met at Twelve o'clock. FULL. On the motion of t COAL he Earl of DITTY LI NCOLN, this Bill N' 1161114 a third time. On the motion that the Bill should pass, Sir JAMES DUKE moved," That it be enacted, tha!*. o ff ...ll and after the 31st day of December next, there shall be101"e upon the exportation from the port of London, vrestw ;.. City boundary on the river Thames at Staines, of goals tvve r nty ceeding in quantity in one barge, lighter, or other ves , el , f a ll tons, which shall not have been landed, a drawback of ilia d amount of all the rate, or duties which shall have been P al „„.. respect of such coals, subject, however, t o such rules and I:_tr. lations as may from time to time be made by the mayaor.c.cii men, and commons of the City of London, in Corinno !-: el . ', ch assembled, to prevent fraud in respect of such drawback. e '' e " o f rules and regulations to be approved of by the Comm rc her Majesty's Privy Council for managing the affairs ofi,tradci:s and if the master of any vessel, or any coal -weigher, r.,ot any certificate or otherwise state any circumstance whichals,:',, true, for the purpose of enabling the owner of such co . ! 0 " y his agent, to obtain any such drawback as aforesaid, or if lighterman or other person employed to carry such c oals! '_" ....es destination westward of the City boundary on the river Thames at Staines, shall not deliver the whole quantity of s u ch coalsevrsuc some place to the westward of the said boundary, aen'"iffend., master or coal-weigher, lighterman, o r other person, 5 ).,,, D ot ing, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any s exceedi one inindred pounds." the M d r a . ty l-I . ng UME thought that there should be a inodifie et/W 4 the ie' Sir G. CLERK said that he could no t consent to 1 t he troduction of this clause. He was perfectly ready to ache it i ttlis fact that the South Sea trade had diminished, yet he W n um ber same time confident that the amount of shipping and tbe „ so of seamen had increased. Since the introduction of. buts navigation, the coasting trade had certainly decline, eu _ a ; i the business and the prosperity had increased, and thereer poi larger quantity of sea-borne coal introduced into th I; e 0 of London than had ever before been carried. Th e lanrwrt portion of this tax, viz., eightpence in the shilling, sre s ,„. o o. gaged by the Woods and Forests to pay for the terefare, ments in the Cit and port; and he thou ght wit° ther taX• that it was incompetent for the House to interfere e ore Mr. FORSTER said that on the 4th of th is month ther ,h, 286 tons of coals in the port, which cost 7s. 6d. a tc,!;,. the 286 freight on this cargo was 7s. 9d. ; and there were olu e du es penses, to the amonnt of 2s. ; and this, with the Pe r ,.. and brought the cost of coals to 1/. 3s. 6d. a ton to the btlYe. : a bly on the consumer the charge, was,. of course, proportioa heavy. -c r i ad M. STUART WORTLEY said that his Noble read sloenvgener,yeiatrs,haavaindg was s en was proposing to continue this tax for sevent ionly thusPre previously y g a worse position than any . other trade in s 'ies t e s coal trade There could be no doubt if facility were given top n " t i jaa P bring commodities into the City of London, a great por those commodities would be brought in.—( Hear') the prig. The Earl of LINCOLN opposed the clause upon 7,o e ari ciple of justice to the creditor who had lent money L'ocle:. cothnetinued f o g je 0 He could not understand how it could be just, havi e g,4oes ~,`. money for a certain purpose, and under certain eon"L' ou ld ' "" attempt to reduce the security. He thought it 7 .1 o ohs much better for the Honourable Member to wilit, r iu Or clause now, and in another session to introduce a v be bodying te clause. . $ 5 Mr. Bl h ASTERMAN could not agree to the clans" N O believed the tax of Bd. a ton on coals was nio rtgefie i/ htie full extent, and, therefore, that the Hous e had 0° r' honour or justice to interfere. , e Oot e , Mr. WAKLEY hoped this would be a lesson tO t 55 4 5 how it taxed the necessaries of life. This tax ha d be f e ie n s° tened on the public, and when they would get rid of t, bo gie; only knew. There was no common-sense or justice in e . t . P ric e on coals going another.—( ileac, hea a r y .) one price on coals coming onew and ene the e - reo ef If there 1 1 l y - tbei common sense Alembers present, he knew wel l which 11' would vote.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. R. PALMER supported the clause. _I tie After a few words from Mr. WA WIS i . t .„ a+ d e Mr. MUN TZ protested a ainst the inequailbei stet' of taxing the inland g consum 600, w bile M s t r r . a nS:oPerrOst the N ee ri E as u ß steh o e p a p . . ....................................... easing the continental consumer in every P waY• O . and the divided, when there appeared— ............... Against it ............ . ..... 1. , .......... .• Majority against the clause . ' -- The clause was consequently lost.idea On our admission to the gallery we found oa 0 Mr. HUME moving to strike out the clange,,,,t it '' o , draw, . ... tinned the penny du'y. His objection to the tax vest ,'"ibe e ars' paid by the poor, who were not so much interested i so cl 11 ' perty it was intended to improve as the proprietors, therefore, they ought to pay the tax The Earl of LINt;OLN objected to the 0 9 ° ell Mr. FORSTER seconded the m ' otion. .hlss.eiormSr report .UoorbcAtsl observations rfr T ykta,htALl nr.sTfrou not the imposition of a new tx, but the continunne„„eg. ,re one that was of little or no importance to the conso"tatua'oe u3 otion• o f a 0 E fac s M A c e a f or t t .f t e , r t , of the tax; he thought it highly improper to contiiine • 0, di o Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but p 0 taken place when our report left. 1 O s ..... v , 4 RAILWAY cuikliVll ll. from n Committee.WOßTLEYe 1 L 1 , o a r n d d ß fi I objected r G . rt V i 7: sth : e : r : : :,: , : t , : 13 : ti+ (THIS DAY.) 1) S HOUSE OF LOit - , • E 1 EEw.asa vALLEir saw u ttell e o' The Committee met at eleven this morning , I s ll ,. b iliti ° the chair. After a short discussion as to the adrei' s ' ins /JO dence as to a line not before the Committee, nt rse Mr. MACAULAY suggested that the most regular eo"-..a for Mr. Calvert to object to some-particular question, 1 7, 1 oi e ec t, having been raised in this manner, it could be argU t heb eDj .,eol si , and the Committee would then give a formal vote en . d yo j oo' The CHAIRMAN observed that Mr. Calvert bed 311 t . that he was unwilling to take an objection. If the co unsex cotitseO. raise the point, the Committee had a right to do se. . 0 .:0 00 Mr. MacauLAv said that the point would arise JO. the i,oal the case, and that it would then be much more conveyte the point. le PI The Committee being of the same opinion, th` - served, and the evidence was resumed. fr. iiir ce Mr. Wm. Wilson a resident at Alfredtown, and h i 0 10 resident at Heanor, , were then called, and gave I°c3 ,01 1/VI A favour of the line. o fiv Mr. Jessop, engineer, was then examined, and ee li° oi' Or prO „ 4 , 4 evidence of Mr. Woodhouse and Mr. Bidders. The first laid down by Mr. Rennie, in the year 193 ; on nolles had laid down a similar line in 1835, but it 11 ,7 the c 'l d ' level than Mr. Rennie's, and was, therefore, oppose d 1,0 0 ," owners. The witness laid down the present line ill t oi - e ae and it was the same as Mr. Rennie's, except tha t 6° ; g tor , ',ll o4ll had been made at the desire of various coal -pit Pr op : 00 w The witness was under cross.examinationbY D ir. DI we went to press. 00 (LEFT SITTING.) Gia.S.SGOW, EARRHEAD, AND '''''- 1 7 2,A71rLWAY. l ' erd‘ The Select Committee appointed by the Ho us e jfat .h quire into the merits of this scheme re.assembiu- fa hour this morning, and resumed the general ev idence De e the line. Mr. John Williamson, an eminent mining Ogl e :10 0 , 1 :f ef engaged in surveying the route of the direct line on - , 0 0 0 `. ° of the Ayreshire Company, and had found that til e le 1 20 OP versed by the direct line contained almost 111011141 0141/ coal and ironstone, but the route of the branch lin e W dent in this respect. w rs e 'V st t" Mr. James Gaines, an innkeeper at Barrhead, h ,. 0 /e di dn nibus between that place and Paisley, was called to P ro ol majority of the passengers going to Paisley fit e ,!f: stop at Paisley, but went on to Glasgow by the rail"`":' 0 49 (LEFT SITTING.) yr - IRISH GREAT WESTE:ECAT tg 7_,7 IC‘ , caxavAy) itraLvinoc • ~„0, 1 cb- The Committee met at eleven o'clock in the wor d co 0 e Court, Earl Bathurst in the chair.thatthe Committee l'3‘l The CHAIRMAN then sai resolution of reporting the evidence which they ha d e or e ,jel l ,e i t' l to the House of Lords, and that they would take th e ; it , o' o tot al House as to whether or no they should proceed ° t. sia ° the Bill. They would be qt ite ready to hear the o ep ots the cases hi, h had been rnade out by the petitoners•ld be to e ' y ee ° Mr. TALBOT said he thought the better cours e vOn, 13 , ba As ii to the House at once. He would admit that there W i g th at negligence on the part of the Company; though e ve t bete ° , l o il3 by any means clear, but he denied emphatically that lose id thing proved against them, except want of caution. t tro pt imputation whatever upon them. tire' .0 P e After some further discussion, the Committee-s lot al not not announce how soon they would meet again, "'b or in a week. v oo l° RUNCORN AND PRE STOW •- 11.A.ILIATAY. 103S - ' IMPORTANT DECIS - L — pt to-j' ) ,rl the Committee to whom this line was referred Itile half.past eleven o'clock and resumed the consideration ° ttio 1): $14 0 5 of this railway. Present, Lord Camoys, Chairman:, th e:" Leeds, the Earl of Kinnoul, the Earl of Uxbr idge, d esse ,p of Londonde rry WNDE ad° ooa e po Mr. LOS, counsel for the promot ers, the' to OP. to - 3 Committee on the rebutting case brought forward bystataddie it of the Bill. The principal ground of objectio n 11 , 35 .„ e to part tt of it a w g as ra t n h d e t i o n n te e lt e io , i n r yof whichthe lairmomoncoteprosiyofwtohueldc,:. tcia.njeo.e;l: our' cg the Grand Junction Railway of the traffic of thee Il an r oc tended that that was a gratuitous assumption, ead vi i i :lre tP a Y sc le jf and that the real ground of opposition was the "" to the I ; e r the prosperity of the port of Runcorn, and Pr °l° . ° tt of Birkenhead. After referring to the various Poo l - th e It or es - 10 and passenger traffic which had been referred to 11 .hoo eClb on behalf of petitioners, he concluded a very lei?ro 0 1 : l e! by calling on the Committee to confirm the dec i t ° d sot t „, t .e.t il been already come to by the House of Co mmon.. if SUeee" al p ro se a °° their sanction to an opposition which, .... I p ro retard the prosperity of the port of Runcorn,a" rious to the welfare the . 'on ,d eta il ! The room was then cleared district , and on our re-a" 3:: 1- bad to Ow The CITAIRMAN announced that the Caa lnlitt h ,g ca ll° considered the merits of the proposed line , sod conclusion that thepreamble of the Bill was WI pro 11 11 g 11 11 The Committee then broke up 0 0 wa ,o SOUTH WALES RAIL , Ibrillf. - ‘ - co, ,r• 11.1133 712011EFORD „ r ds t" Vpel The Committee appointed by the House of 1 -; 1 - 5 - , cpo . r t these Bills met this day for the first time in the 11°0f $ oft' o , iot present-Lord Portman (chairman), the DOT Lo rd l' e _2 ° P it Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Roden, anu_74,l The promoters of both Bills were represenfc" Ca° Mr. Talbot, Sir T. Phillips, and Mr. Ben ton. t he "Dl e Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Merrewether suPPortee.. Richard Bulkeley Phillips, M.P. for HaverfordwOr" T he P_,' Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoter.. Iwo 0; of the Bill set out that it was proposed to Inakeeaolatl °toot' guard and Pembroke Docks to Chepstow, in tb to If° Ol t mouth, thence to be continued by a branch railw7roblp: He (Mr. Talbot) need not inform their a P oo st' o f more important line than this had not iT s - o pef ar tr ,ct, c , in the course of the present session. It wa g lad e 0 1.,, to observe that the railway passed throug h - rY , cD I.I a o f country at present unoccupied by any other, ~ co ~e had to recommend it a commercial intercourse 0 1 ", is css' t",, 'on Of rfor ratter. He believed that the best introduction e re ' at c ,te be to read to their Lordships some portions _ o de to 0 1 4 Board of Trade on the subject. That report 0 06_ 0 derable length, and it was, perimps, as well at an their c that it then had reference to a larger scheme th,a_" . ... o d to P . ,ter fleetto consider. The scheme at that period cel i c i l o ` f Glota gh ; 0 ,00 ing the whole of South Wales with the tav i st, Chepstow. But it must be borne in mind, tat tftetiolf of that connexion was severed at to 01°41 be enabled, in the next session of rarlialDent, A (I m a Or, his 6 01, t oo , lq t 1340,