The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-09 00:00:00

Urn CONQUEST ANO ADMINIS TRATION Y I SINDE. Y our TO THE E DITOR OF TH E TIMES. e resso — our insertion some ti me ago of a letter that lad to kad t o You about th e Si n d e Government now induces me that, e s , c ne addition a l, an d I h o p e i n teresting remarks, .on he , alinlect sp , eecially , as there seems to be an incipient desir aset e e7 ll as a great lack of, information on everythine con- e, te ase ith that province. The little knowledge acquired by 1 44 Who for factions purposes have sought information has maa tO f t . y aintowfaocrtksebduPweapons, party that any simple state ell e els to k calm observer may be satisfactory, because Dres s i. now the truth, although so many distort or sup like, Some weeks since we received the Indian Govern ;.l P u blication of Sir Charles Napier's dispatch, and etete difficult operations in mountain and desert against ”erbli border tribes ; but for this we should still Vil;gtorattt o f t h e result, evcept f rom pu bli c rumour. hu" Board o f C ontro l h ave so l ong neg l ec t e d this ins hetthh duty is hard to sa y, bet it will surely be mortifying . lap era tne Gene ra l an d hi s arm y when they know of mad e n, and very naturally so ; for when troops . have lliee a t e • ea roPaign of such hardship and danger, and . , without tee the of battle, have displayed in a conspicuous de telaciate hardest of military virtues ; when uncommon skill and 4titv,lY, in the General, with a corresponding devotion in . the to t i t ale brought a deep-laid and perilous plan of operations kPPY and nearly bl oo dl ess is s ue, with the accomplishment Bast political object (farigreater than the generalt of /li ght s ere are aware of), they surely deserve at least ! some latec e „enetitio n of their services by hir Majesty's Govern lalteejic Henry Hardinge himself a soldier, seems to have atip u ' e Pel . has done his p ' art; but the . Board . of Control's heith e " silence shows that whoever directs its movements Nit a r i ncapable of appreciating such exploits, political or Yt or has liet re , sadly neglected his duty. Such negligence herai ,'"aae good and faithful soldiers ; yet India depends Tjleg s - o r E l and it is morenver gratifying to the spirits and 6 'le officers, notwithstanding that their sense of leet, - e -nue il on higher principles than can be shaken by the e t i t Incapacity, of an effete Minister. "'late l y! Government of Sinde has been judiciously ad 4e, (ett,i ministered is, I think, proved by this campaign, in which we Vust e i t e h a lY two years after a bloody conquest) the British e t ) ; t rio e t l P a rted, and most usefully and zealously supported, )tr oop) Ilelooch cheftains (tole of them a sovereign Naie st i h t . thei r own expense, and with a numerous following , Hoe friends a n d c ountrymen. But it has been asked, -libelee Sinde governed? By any form of native or general ajratraia-° t 1 ti or by the simple fiat of the Governor? . Let i e hYt l e :• t2 as yet infant system of its administration, and , e ls -r ing in mind that " Rome was not built in a day, ' 'altr e ," o : 9l ttle village " we live in in a week, endeavour to Sind "caequestione. bi n e ;t e is, a great military conquest, the Government " e 2 the will of the Governor, as it did previously in Ne t Adneers • but all their forms that are practically ege t ,- sill humanity have been preserved. r 4 ht lef alter • common e. , te a al terations made by Sir C. Napier are—first, a pro tlihetcgan'st fathers, brothers, husbands, and nephews,. dots a g ai nst all males related to the female, cutting the sais g, af their women, as they were in the common habit of t il° , s t nnle when the latter were detected in the act of I" g ert a r ti t ' a u ,„'lt 'on the general suspicion . of it. For instance, government, if any man chose to declare elotill !aa l a e ;' it as e la ci oul a an er - w . a . s an adulteress, or otherwise unchaste, ktt e 4,4 Srh ' s u n . re ,n ie se n d . ex a c ra u mour, a h n is d murdering both the protected him from 144 Pi lf the l) accusation were notoriously false, tn i : iet t eo e t ie ruiris a d r ,e ,e rt.e . tre, .4 . * , relations took an opportunity of slaY amnelinasle-I,,cd•feud , was commenced between Noe 'S, but the Government . took no notice of these ste, :coially, Sir C. Napier abolished torture, which was blird O Practised by the Ameers . themselves, but by the a p . the i _or Government agents in each village, as well as L a girda l ' a kires." or governors of towns. Thirdly, the `,:ste sh , 4 l ,ll or feudal lords, had also the. power of life, death, g - ; this also hag been abolished. Fourthly,. sla '<"", exting uished altogether; and let no man ima- P a le ignorantly do, that slavery was a light load in 4 t iati e l"e exultation of the slaves, their openly expressed de tter 4 of their masters, their eager and noisy appeal to the I, ll ' e d tt r i t 'i r against some chiefs who had disregarded the law r etained them in thraldom, and their joy at the ell l te - , P i u f a i r - i 'behent and their . own final emancipation, is j !_ a d er. a ?using were re:juice . .. l , t , confute those writers th e a eti eti t ho ass e rt and. foiets 1 o c b e lieve ' the contrary. °lough deserves great praise f or this. Fifthly, in i %oh e a 'n of revenue the Governor very early endeavoure i t i tlt h a ,'e all feee and reduce the ruinous a.mount of taxaiion stf th i q the Ameers, who, amongst other things, seized ta a ' e or the aericultural produce, leaving the rest, along ki 4 l 4 i t eter t of tillage, to the cultivator. t 4 io n of r e thine alluded to was commonly used in the exa lte witn s for which there were no regular rules, Ik e os ee eeses, . 14t ass iaci ;._lali for the adminiAration re justice. The usual mode e t 4 se te e ! was to ask the witness without anyoath what he e lk , th e '!" was ? If he pleaded ignorance, ad thus ex lihedgv's suspicions, torture was directly applied to yes, confess what the judge considered he oug ht to e. tip 1 , This was done by either hanging the suf t' to t j ec uY the thumb and apptying a red hot ram tter, lreet parts of his bedy, or pricking hint with a f r ePPlYinse its naked blade to the throat with a euti Such were the usual modes of .ins as e a a s l 'e . e r '" h - kie but chiefly used when the q i lit eeor a „considered as an aceomplice : Catho were ten he't ta t e Trig to the ferms of their religion to persons of ind ieateac",'l unsuspected. of any motive for concealtnent, an 'nation then proceeded ; but a man of high rank was e eiced to state what he knew, it being considered a e i t , l T ee e . a a t l h by Hindoo and Maltometan gentlemesi to be put 2d sti l e '''. At present a form of solemn affirmation is con te'tioe 4 7,,e'ent, as in the rest of India. At Hyderabad the teg ste ts somewhat different ; oaths were administer u e o d d i e n t. Ott , e , but no regular criminal trials ever took . place to t rib e ."' In cases of murder, the usual practice was let IW Sth t ("We it amongst themselves ; and, as regarded rob ytelitigtlekotardar" ascertained to the best of his ability who and er di tain t e nit him in the stocks, and beat t i te 4t e t e e re d h . i w ne as t;ntilh t e e c n orifessed, while any one refused to fi e l l tre atee '! e e, if he were believed to knew something, was simi fet,,tisd 'n Until his reluctance ceased. There were also the lice., w atery ordeals. If the acceed were burnt in the 1 1 , thei er Unable to remain under se ater the prescribed time kit h a tter - wi t h out su ff ocat i on, or if h e refused the proof, v' t acl e „ a t once condemned. This, however, only applied to Mi and Sind or Beloochees of a weak and helpless ary ; er if strong and powerful, no concealment was„rie /4.4 e ,",!, Property was kept in defianee of " kardar o . r liLaii" the first man who came to apprehend the culprit let a ne e e r t era e l'niously dispatched ; but if the person robbed 1 6 ly o i:j_ni , y the protection of a powerf t u o l r c e h d ief, T th h e i n s the as e tl e d Reh erae . equivalent was commonly t th e ce ' , e k e char s c e l 'acter of Sindian justice under the Ameers, er sufter e et e . is now sensibly felt and fully appreciated by all rand safety especially the women, who feel that they h tlvhere are 'iso' atet e rntee ht . civil judges as yet . appointed b y the h supreme t o pl eat! ' the Governor is all in all, nor is country Nave b nth for them. Sir Charles Napier's plan s aist ea tioe e t :" in civil and criminal cases, a preliminary ex. 'Y British officers acting as magistrates, and as cs,ellottea, eazi "or Mahometan attorney, who expouns 11 1 ;' i t is , - ,T ra at" law and Sinde customs. The magistrate's n i j eare e e ar equity, and after a full examination, assisted by lej t ceer e l eh , e aposi' ' ons, he decides according to the best of 444 ile t , e , i r ao lta t p e - rt ` nPon a certain class of cases, but only thos fi e of , atlee, on which lie is autholised to impose a t n h e, ei th l at °f ea t , and c or p o ral punishment; the first to th e . 1 11 - hare ° ,ne hundred rupees, the second for three mon ' l "itr, the third to the number of two dozen lashes. 4, " s e , a ,'"s he i s much guided by the opinion of the the tie law is generally very just in 111 - ,,k,Z - 61 1 - In all criminal - eases of a grave character la ' t:4h - t - t: ra te only takes the evidence, which is forwarded et' t s ' s t „ i -e : Judge- Advocate-General, accompanied by the kern ' e e ,.`" a '° l l, to the Governor ; after due study . the lli t e prp te 6r era a military commission to try the p . risone t r o . lil e ov es emlti gs of this commission are then submitted fo, co te through and by the Judge-Advocate-General,. n' t' t e ' W1 1 14' :' ll y acts as prosecutor, unless other duties inter 'eie` some officer is substituted. In forw ardin g lee t 7 ac e , t n the Governor, the Judge-Advocate •General i' ai l'anies them with a written statement of his own cOher' re f ' e e e r, the ro •eedines and tentence, the whole f whom ead and considered by Sir Charles Nap o ier, who ,to e ' t a-e t ,'"lttie or orders a revision cf the sentence, a.! in 4 4 vs; , ll this difference, however, that the military 11 : 4 1 , hi s t l h - i s not . a legal court, but only a council to assist e t ➢°ge t , e di stribution of justice, he possessing full power to '4Y e ' t fr era °l' co mmute their sentence by his individual autho leblieat Wh ich l the Court derives any. Sir Charles A t ( ee ' re l • it would a alone a ne pear considers the opinion of. the :nth ereatar"itsion G eneral as One eourt ; the opinion of the J l u l dge- V' rt or a '''eneral as that of anether (which may he ca eda ti arti liPeal ) ; and the final decision by himself as the opinion 14141 i trend,%iirs; W'he r efore, if all three courts concur in the s sentence, it is -presumed that the prisoner has s t en d : 4 ' and is justly judged, whether condemned ac thel e If etlettei the opinions of two of these courts disagree— ad ‘ , o v „r` e, the comm i s sion and Judge • Advoca te- General, le k riti; trical elves his casting vote, and the prisoner has the tk t k ir dat; e c i 4 ,f knowin distincti case has been carefully in des' tie s ny three courts, quite independent of Plet: e t t'lif r e . The Governor's enormous power, extending as it ate de and death, renders this form of proceeding corn ; isef a niwildent on his will, which is, of course, th . e grea t tle e lee aak a ,hsolute governments; but despotic rule is as ye teai ` w ee ", A le for the protection of the Sindran people , tire s"'", obey no other, and any attempt to introduce a government would in all likelihood produce a hat e' e deo are the checks that the present Governor seems lOg n edlY placed on himself against the possi . ble, but, i ite d ,doe; 'le fron t his acts not probable abuse of his own ref it4 i en ray but they entail on him the vast labour (in " military duties and examination of courts tisitkleti,twbich are p u arate) of reading and cautiously d e ~over every trial that takes place throughout all tii,losh e . 7." thisfair proof, at least, of his . anxiety to i s rite ati bat, when coupled with a civil, milltary, and 111:1 'lders ; :otr espondence with two presidencies, it acc.umu 'enatiftll weight of business on one pair of kdee l4 "sir' and People are astonished at his endurance. In th e ' ° r just government Sir C. Napier . zealottsly til a it ! all British officers, both civil and military ; so r ' s °at Point of fact I believe it may be safely asserted that t i t h le eritf s ra Pt and substantial justice is administered every aitZe and not only in cities and towns, but in the most i Nll'„'ist l as a t i l es of the country. That both the Governor ant 'lae s 'aere 'nay occasionally err in their judgment is only to s k irrta tit tll; but such errors are not likely to be frequent or at t , i Y of 4 y uecause the crimes they pronounce upon are gene th4„l'd at• °r Ysross character, and just decisions are easily 1 1 11' Il ow, with reference to these improvements, t as l t iea % t t o ttl k e Ca n be as yet fairly expected, still we become I . l k hal ) . "W if any effects have bee produced on the cha ileelY, t h its, or affections of the three classes of inhabitants,. De ns : 13 elooch, Sindian, and Hindoo populations ; and att t r Th u s to eontemplate the reaction amongst the latter lee ta theHindoo, now finding himself equally protected th e !a llnabetan shows a desire to exercise over the Be te; la ca r ," a rne tyranny that he formerly suffered from him, and th;,,stler4 e 2 a llY apparent in money matters. The Hindoos are 4 4 1 wer e rits and bankers of Sinde. . Under the Ameers , ae ta _Sioe, r a llied like the Jews cf the middle ages in Europe • It er ates oeether is a very striking picture, or rather ',ante fo r c e .7 those unscrupulous days. Leans of money witel erfeeeirom them by the Mahometan feudal chiefs, the ti el aleirj rni ch was repaid either by instalments or corn thew th e t Y Protection, or, more frequently, not paid at all. e capi t tes are tnrnecl, and the Hindoe not o nly demands Pet ilD Ale i te ' le ht, but lo ng ar r ears of ecmp undinterest upon % o str,t ag -- crest of t wenty, thirty, forty, and even. higher forming cages so' difficult and complicated tnat the ett et an vats at once compelled to cut the Gordian knot, and s al tleeir',contrects of an earlier date than that of the , battle %'it tt e irt ,e're ee- e., Per however, allowed the Hindoos a aright t uis, by giving the military magistrates a . righ , t•e6 ti na ow n discretion in minor cases, and of , s . ubmittine b e \est, e wr c irnnortance to the Government. I•he largest 1: - Laitoteils "„ °2 ?-iirli of these claims was that made by Ilindoo s t. 'glittst th e A rlee , on which they made strong ti e , ' be e e justice, an ' il " his answer svas the only Alp: 3 an Old IXOI h a y s eiven, consistent. w iris the lcatie e t e cir enuattae-oe•—• , r iii,l nut tight the bathe of i c,' t - , - ,Pay the ( lAA; " :pct, the demands t" a a 1 1 4 „"' zit reas , n A e ' yr'rh;tant ; the claimants most atro hlaliall'-erere, Utterly devoid of principle, and to whom no NWite io ll e" rt , 13 '0111:i for a moment have listened , be sid e s ' 4I Y proof of their debts. The 4meerh equally -rnE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAIEVENING, AUGUST 9, 1845. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. NAmus OF IZATLWAYS, London, Liver- I Mn- Bristol.) York. pool. eliestvr. Leeds. Hudders field. 1 ISlieffield Glasgow. Aug. 8. Aug. 8. 8• 'Aug. 7. !Aug. 6. lAug. 8. lAug. 7, lAug. 7. Aug. 7. 70s. Dublin. 'Aug. 7. unscrupulous, had they been applied to, would, no doubt, have acknowledged every farthing of the debt, on purpose to make the British Government pay it, and the snore so as they were then sanguinely expecting to be restored to their dominion;, where torture would soon have squeeeed back all the money from the flindoos. The Sindian Mussuimans have acted with less asperity, for their transactions were not pecuniary, and they show no vindictive feeling towards the Below:flees, but seem content at being emancipated from their thraldom. The three races under the A meers were, in fact, precisely the Normans, Saxons, and Jews of England under the first Norman Kings ; but with this difference, that the Saxons had laws, the Sindians none. At the moment of conquest, and for a long time after, no artizans could be found; the mechanical industry of Sinde was driven away by oppressive exactions, and workmen came from Bombay ; now they are flocking in so rapidly from every fart that appeals have been made from neighbouring states against the emigration of their subjects to Sinde. The _ Indus, in consequence of its Protean nature, is still a doubt and a puzzle with reference to its commerce; and so shortly after the violence of conquest and revolution no strongly marked progress in commerce can be fairly expected in a barbarous country. The thing is impossible ; the din of arms has scarcely ceased, and the Ameers, abetted by their British partisans in India and elsewhere, have never ceased inculcat ing a belief that they are to return to Sinde. The effect of this, to say the least of its imprudence, has been most mis chievems to commerce. Take an instance :an inhabitant of Kurachee, who is the greatest merchant and the richest man in Sinde, has turned all his convertible property into gold, silver, and jewels, and has retired to Delhi; at the same time inform-. ing the Governor, that if he could assure him that the Ameers would not return, or guarantee his security if they did, he would remain, ard whenever the English dominion of Sinde should be established past a doubt he would return ; but that his known good-will to the English would not only ensure his being ruined, but tortured also, if the Ameers came back ; wherefore he took the opportunity of British protection to re move out of those princes' reach, with all his property ! This is not an islolated case, but one of many, and even some of the British officers themselves are afraid to build, or are doing so with the fear of losing their property ; they therefore live in tents, as no other quarters are allowed them by the Company. But, in despite of all this, Kurachee has nearly doubled its po pulation since the conquest ; mercantile speculations have be gun to show signs of activity, and the Lady of the Lake was expected last March direct from London to Kurachee with a cargo of something more than was exactly necessary for the mere military consumption in that country. This swallow, therefore, promises a future summer. The shikargurs, or wooded hunting-grounds of the Ameers, are likely to turn to enormous account ; large forests on the banks of a large river must ever be valuable, and the Governor of Since took the early precaution to place them under the charge of an especial department, by which they have been care fully attended to, and are soon, it is said, to yield great profits. But in everything relating to the regeneration of such a country and people extreme patience is above all things necessary, and the magical effects of wealth and enterprise in Eng land spoils us for the slower progress of other lands. Nevertheless, there is strong reason to believe that trade is very rapidly increasing even under all these disadvantages, although on the part of Sinde the exchange must as yet be in raw materials alone, but to what amount is not yet ascer tained. Her chief produce is indigo, sugar, wool, tobacco, opium, grain, alum, sulphur, salt, and saltpetre;- and by an experimental garden, formed by Sir Charles Napier's orders, at Kurachee, it is proved that every kind of vegetable yet tried, as well as fruits of ail species, flourish surprisingly. There seems also strong reason to believe in the presence of both iron and coal, if not in Sinde, at least close to it, in the Bolan Pass, and in Schwistan, close to the Indus. As the climate of Sinde is only unhealthy on the banks of the river, subject to inunda tion and consequent malaria, sickness will abate whenever the waters are brought under control, but probably never be en tirely removed ; there are now, however, sanguine hopes entertained that, in consequence of the precautions, suggested by reason and experience, which the Government will pro bably soon have completed, little or no loss of Europeans will occur next bad season, and at all others Sinde is a healthy climate, except in the usual effects of great heat on European constitutions, which equally apply to every other part of India. Neither Hyderabad nor Kurachee is unhealthy; the latter is fast becoming a favourite Indian station, and in time will pro bably be the Alexandria of Sinde. Although the feudal chiefs still hold their land on tenure of military service, the Governor is gradually changing it into one of landlord and tenant ; yet this must necessarily be a very slow and difficult operation, but which he, as it would seem, means ultimately to follow up, by allowing the Jaghirdars to purchase their lands on fee-simple ; a still more difficult measure, for these chiefs have no money, neither can any of them write or read, and they are all in debt to tie Hindoos. These and other obstacles, all well known to Government, must be removed before any important change can take place in the land tenure of Sinde. But " patience and perseverance" is the Governor's maxim. I will conclude this leiter by giving a general outline of the machinery of Sinde government, as eenceived and established entirely by Sir Charles Napier, almost in the midst of hostilities. The Executive Ministers, if I may so call them, are a Government secretary, three collectors of land revenue, and one collector of customs ; the latter resides e Kuracbee, and regulates the Sinde trade according to the Bombay fnrms, which have lately been revised and corrected, and, besides being reckoned good in themselves, have been wisely adopted in Sinde to facilitate the transaction of business with that port, which must necessarily be fur a long time the focus of Sinde commerce. The three collectors of land revenue hare eighteen deputy collectors under them, and under these again are "kardars" and minor officers, all of them the same as under the Ameers ; so that those in immediate contact with the people are not strangers, only better behaved friends. Sir Charles Napier divided Sinde into three great revenue districts or collector ships—namely, Kurachee, Hyderabad, and Sukkur. That of Hyderabad includes all the British territory on the eastern bank of the Indus, as far north as the dominions of Ali Morad, which begin at Nowshara. That of Kurachee includes the territory on the western bank of the southern Indus as far as Sehwan; and the collector ship of Shikarpore, or Sukkur, all the British territory from Sehwan to the northern boundary on both banks of the river. The deputy-collectors are dotted about the different collec torships ; their duty is generally that of a magistrate and the collecting of the revenue,—as well as to look after the conduct of the kardars and other subordinate officers, to see that the canals are properly cleaned previous to the inun dation of the Indus, arid to make reports to Govern ment, through the collectors, on any improvements that they think may be undertaken for the advantage of the pcople. Each of these gentlemen keeps a diary, in which he inserts an abstract of every letter that he receives or issues from his office. He also records therein all his decisions relative to questions of revenue and land. This diary is sent weekly to the Government Secretrry through the collector; the former lays them before the Governor, who reads everything, and thus becomes acquainted with every transaction carried on by the collectors and their deputies; for the former also keep their separate journals. This is a very simple, but for the ruler a very laborious means of knowing the state and wants of the country; yet they are worth the labour, for the great ability with which most of them are said to be drawn up must be of the highest importance to the Governor, for several reasons. They give him a thorough knowledge of what is going on; they enable him to keep his system more consistent in its movements by an uniform method of acting amongst the collectors and their deputies; they enable him to judge of the abilities of these officers, are a check to their assumption of powers (were any so inclined) that do not properly belong to their office, and restrain each within his legitimate bounds, of which none can better judge than the author of the system himself. Still he lire given himself a hard task, unaided as he is by any council or any of those great official establish ments which exist in all old and regularly organised govern ments. The whole machine is of his own construction, and he must necessarily feel an anxious responsibility for the movement of every wheel, to maintain which these diaries afford him considerable instruction of a general nature, by the opinions therein recorded on subjects with which he must ne cessarily be unacquainted. These opinions the Governor is said to collate with great care, drawing from them his own conclusions ; by these he is at least enabled to form opinions that he could not otherwise accomplish, and if they are, as is said and believed, extremely able productions, he must gain considerable information both in opinions and facts. The de sert tribes in the south-eastern part of Sinde, bordering on Cutch, are placed on a different system ; they are very dis tant from Hyderabad ; arc robbers, with peculiar manners and customs ; and were in some degree independent of the Ameers, the Rao of Cutch, or any other Government. Sir Charles Napier, seeing the inapplicability of his main system of financial administration to them, placed their country under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Roberts, an officer of great ability, who had been political agent in Cutch, and passed many years of his life amongst those tribes. Under this gen • tleman's able management they have been reduced to an or derly state ; and he draws a revenue from them, in accordance with their own customs, which would all have been broken through by an attempt to apply the Sindian system, and pro bably caused a revo.t. The police is intrusted with the usual duties of such an establishment, and consists of 2,000 men, cavalry and infantry, well armed and tolerably drilled by one European captain and three lieutenants of police ; all the other officers are natives. The revenue of Sinde tar exceeds the expenditure, including the police ; but whether it includes also a young battalion of Belooch ees that Sir Chas. IN apier has already ventured to raise, arm, and discipline, I cannot say ; but where I could speak with confidence I have, in this neces sarily long communication, endeavoured to add a few facts to the slender and imperfect knowledge of Sindian affairs that has hitherto satisfied, or rather dissatisfied, the public ; and have he honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OFFICER. WISBECIT-FRIDAY. A meeting was held here to-day, in pursuance of a requi sition numerously signed, as fellows : PUBLIC MEETING. "TO JOHN WHITSED, M. 11,, ESQ., MAYOR OF WISBECH. " We, the undersigned, request you will call a public meet ing at - an early day, to determine upon the most advisable measures to be taken for securing railway communication be tween the town and port of Wisbech and the metropolis and the manufacturing counties. "Wisbech, July 30." " In compliance with the foregoing requisition, I do hereby convene a meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neigh bourhood of Wisbech, to be held at the Town Hall, in Wis bech, on Friday, the Bth day of August next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of the requisition. " The chair to be taken at twelve o'clock precisely. " J. WHITSED, Mayor. "Wisbech, July 31st, 1845." The meeting was so numerous that an adjournment to a larger space was unavoidable, and the meeting was concluded at the Sessions-house. Such a meeting has never before been held in Wisbech. Resolutions in favour of a railway were unanimously adopted, and a committee appointed to carry out the object of the meeting. A line of railway will now cer tainly be carried, and the people of Wisbech are determined not to be any longer at the mercy of great rival companies, but to have a substantial benefit, instead of the hopes hitherto held out only to delude them. - - ‘‘, S E RIOUS ACCIDENT LAST IV EEK.—As a chaise cart, containing a man and his wife and two children, was passing down the Mile-end-road, an omnibus coming by at the time upset the cart, and hurt the persons who were in it very much. The doors of the Jews' Hospital, called Beth Holim, were most readily thrown open to the sufferers. The poor man and his Wife were, at their own had req sustained very severe injuries, were at once taken up into the wards, where they received every attention from the medical attendant of the institution, Dr. Snow, and front all the officers of the establish ment, where they have been sedulously attended to ever since. It will thus be seen that the Beth Holim Hospital, although intended for the reception of sick Jews, is most willing to render assistance, in cases of emergency, to persons of all denominations, which reflects the highest credit on the liberality and humanity of the establishment; We have much pleasure in calling the attention of the public to the subscription recently opened for the purpose of acknowledging, by some pecuniary reward , the services which Lieut. Waghorn has rendered to the British empire, by being the first to establish a regular overland commu nication with India. When it is remembered that before this zealous and enterprising gentleman devoted his energies to the subject, no part of India could be reached in less than four m onths, and that the mails trom Bombay now arrive in London in about thirtyelour days, we feel sure that the appeal now made in his favour will be liberally responded to by all classes of society.-- Aberdeen Arbroath and Forfar Ditto Half Shares . Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Eirknhd, Lan. & Ches, Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New ( iss. at VA dis.) Ditto Half Shares Bi rminglim & Oxfrd. June. Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Blackburn, Darwn, & Boltn Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Brighton, Lewes, and Hast. Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian . Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Half Shares Chester and Holyhead. Cheltenham and Oxford Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley Clydesdale Junction Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford .....•• Cork and Youghal Covntry, Bedwrth, & Nun. Coventry and Leicester ... Cornwall . Diss, Beceles, and Yarmoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich ...... Dublin and Belfast Junet. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New...... Dundee and Perth.. Eastern Counties Do. New .... Do. Perp., 5 pr No.l Do. ditto N 0.2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension ... Edinbgh, Glas., and Dom. Edinburgh and Glasgow... Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith, and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and. Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Bedford Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr.— ...... Do. Quarter Shares Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New • Ditto Preference ...... Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car. Goole and Doncaster. Grand Junction . Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths Grand Union Great Grimshv & Sheffield Gt Sothrn & \Ystrn (Irelnd) Ditto Extension Great Munster ... ••• Great Northern of Scotlnd Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, 401. Shares Do. New, 30/. Shares Great Western Ditto Half Shares. Ditto Fifths Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports Harwich . Hudrsfld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Half Shares. Inverness and Elgin. ..... ••• Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle..... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds and W. Riding June Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis,& Kil. June Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares • Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters London and Blackwall London and Brighton Do. Cnsolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Ditto New... Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent. London and Greenwich Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London & South Western Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 50/. Shares Do. New, 40/. Shares London and York London and Windsor Londn,Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham... ...... Manchester and Leeds ..... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares .. Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Manchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Midland Ditto Fifths . Ditto New _ _ _ Do. Cons. Birm. & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nwcastl & Darhngtn June Do. New (Brandiing) Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield North British . Ditto 1 1. 2 .. Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 1)o. Quarter Shares North Kent North Staffordshire N orth Eatern North - Union (A) Ditto (B) North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares . North Western North Wales Nor wich and Brandon Ditto New Not., Belvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston N ott., Erewsh Val. & Man. Nottingham and Mansfield Oxford and Birming. Junc Oxford and Worcester...... Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre . Ditto Half Shares Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar. Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Richmnd and W. End Junc. Rugby, Worcester, &Tring Scottish Central ....... ..... Scottish Midland..... Sheffield and Manchester.. Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb.,Wor., and Crewe Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrewsb,Herefii,&N.Wals Slamannan . South Devon . South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 1 Do. (iss. 33/.65.8d.)„ 2 Do (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond.... Staffordshire & Shropshire , Stirling and Dunfermline.. 1 South Wales — Trent Valley D:). and Holyhead June West London, Old Shares West End & Southrn Coun Wexford and Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub Wakild,Pontefrct, & Goole Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring ..... Whitehaven and Furness.. Do. New half Shares... Welsh Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire . Wilts, Somrst. & Wevmth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares. Do. Scarborough Branch Diito Selby ... Ditto Extension Aug. 8. 31A irb Mittton IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT BY HER MAJESTY. This being the day fixed upon for the prorogation of the Imperial Parliament by her Majesty in person, con siderable bustle and excitement were manifested in the neighbourhood of St. Stephen's and along the route usually taken by the royal procession, from an early hour. At all points from which a view of her Majesty could be obtained scaffolding and platforms were in the course of erection, for the purpose of accom modating those liege subjects anxious to obtain a glimpse of the imposing pageant of the Queen of the Isles going in state to relieve herself and those who have been engaged in the business of legislation, for a season, from the more weighty and pressing cares of the state. The morning bore a threatening aspect, but by mid-day the sky cleared up, and fortunately continued so during the whole progress of the royal pro cession. About one o'clock a strong party of the Metropolitan Police arrived on the ground and formed themselves at regular distances on each side of the space along which the royal co, t, , ye was to pass from Bucking. ham Palace to the entrance of the House of Lords. Im mediately after the horse and foot guards took up their respective positions. Exactly at half-past one the Queen, with her usual punctuality, left the palace in the state car riage. Prince Albert sat en the same side of the carriage as her Majesty, dressed in a Field-Marshal's uniform, and opposite were seated the Duchess of Buccicuch, the Mistress of the Robes, and the Earl of Jersey, the Master of the Horse. During the whole progress of the royal procession, from the palace to St. Stephen's, her Majesty, who looked exceed ingly well, and seemed in excellent spirits, was cheered by the immense assemblage with heartiness and cordiality—tokens of good feeling and respect which she acknowledged in the most condescending manner. We have seldom seen a larger concourse of people assembled on such an occasion, or one whose conduct was more deserving of praise ; for during the whole proceedings, though we traversed the entire route of the procession, we did not witness a single act of rudeness, or hear one unseemly observation. The ladies, as is usual on such occasions, mustered strongly, and were particularly marked for their anxiety to secure a good view of her Majesty and all the " pomp and cir cumstance" by which she was surrounded. The royal cottage reached the entrance to the House of Lords at.ten minutes to two precisely, the fact of which was announced to the assembled thousands by a discharge of cannon. HOUSE OF LORDS. The gallery of the House of Lords was opened to-day for the admission of strangers at ten minutes after twelve o'clock. Shortly afterwards the galleries and body of the House were filled with elegantly dressed ladies. The Dukes' benches were reserved for the Peers, all of whom appeared, as usual on the auspicious occa sion of the presence of the Sovereign in the higher House of Parliament, in their full robes. There was more than the usual attendance of Peers, owing probably to the fact of her Majesty not having prorogued Parliament in person since August, 1843. On the Bishops' benches we noticed the Bishop of Ely and the Bishop of London. None of the Judges were present. _ _ _ In the place set apart for the Foreign Ambassadors were the French, Russian, Prussian, Austrian, and Turkish Ambassadors, together with a great number of attendants. The steps of the throne, as is usual on these occa sions, were covered with rich carpetting. The chair of the Prince of Wales was placed on the right of her Majesty's throne, and that of his Royal Highness Prince Albert on the left. The chairs were all lined with crimson velvet, and were ornamented with rich gold fringe. At half-past twelve o'clock the Earl of Shaftesbury took his seat on the Woolsack, when prayers were read in a most impressive manner by the Lord Bishop of Ely (Dr. Turton). In those portions of the prayers where those present were called upon to kneel, the rustling of the ladies' dresses sounded like a heavy shower of rain. Among the Peers present we noticed the Earl of Shaftes- bury, Lord Glenelg, Lord Monteagle, Lord Wharnebffe ;who was dressed in the Windsor uniform), Lord Mid- dleton, Earl St. Germans, the Earl of Leitrim, Lord Forester, the Earl of Zetland, the Marquis of Clanri carde, Earl Beauchamp, the Duke of Bucelona (who wore the Windsor uniform), Lord Campbell, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, the Duko of Norfolk, Lord Grantley, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Ikaumont, Viscount Canning, and several other Peers. The Duke of Wellington entered the House at twenty minutes to one o'clock, habited as a Field-Marshal. His Grace wore over his Field-Marshal's dress a dark wrapper. his Grace looked extremely well, and en, teredheartily into conversation with several of the ladies present. The Prince Dwarkanauth Tagore, with his son and nephew, arrived at ten minutes before one o'clock, and proceeded to the seat appropriated to their use in the gallery to the left of the throne. The Lord Chancellor entered the House at one o'clock, and took his seat on the Woolsack. The Duke of Cambridged, dressed in his robes, and habited as a Field Marshal, entered the House at ten minutes past one, and immediately shook hands with Lady Lyndhurst and several of the Peeresses present. Prince George of Cambridge entered shortly afterwards. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE brought up the report of the Select Committee on the London and York Railway Bill. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Isle of Ilan, praying for the establishment of local courts. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid papers on the table, by command of her Majesty. Shortly before two o'clock the firing of guns and the flourish of trumpets announced the arrival of her Ma jesty at the entrance to the House of Lords. The cheers and shouting of the crowds assembled outside were dis tinctly heard within the House. At five minutes before two o'clock her Majesty entered the House, preceded by the Duke of Wellington, bear ing the Sword of State, the Duke of Argyll, bearing the Crown on a crimson velvet cushion, and the Earl of Zetland, bearing the Cap of Maintenance. Upon her Majesty entering the House the whole of the Peers, Peeresses, the ladies, and all present, rose to receive her. Her Majesty leant on the arm of Prince Albert, and was conducted to the throne by his Royal Highness. The Mistress of the Robes, her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch, was in attendance on her Majesty in her official capacity. Her Majesty then took her seat on the throne, the Duke of Wellington, bearing the Sword of State, stand ing on her left hand, and the Earl of Zetland, the Duke of Argyll, and the Lord Chancellor, standing on herright. Her Majesty then, in a clear voice, commanded that their Lordships would be seated. The Usher of the Black Rod (Sir Augustus Clifford) was then commanded to summon the House of Com mons into the presence of the SOvereign in the House of Peers. The SPEAKER shortly afterwards, dressed in his state robes, and accompanied by a great number of Members of the Lower House, appeared at the bar, and addressed her Majesty as follows:—"Most Gracious Sovereign: We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons' of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land in Parliament assembled, attend your Ma jesty with our concluding Bill, of Supply for the present year. We are about to close a session rendered unusually laborious by the rapid development of human industry and enterprise, in the construction of railways, from which we anticipate the best results to commerce and industry, and we have devoted much time and labour for the purpose of faci litating the carrying out those important projects, not withstanding the mass of other public business neces sarily pressing on our consideration. Your Majesty was graciously pleased to intimate at the commencement of the present session your approval of the manner wa had carried into effect the Act for the more effec tually giving effect to charitable donations in Great Britain. In the same spirit we have continued to legis late for Ireland. We have granted a more suitable en dowment to the College of Maynooth ; and at the same time we have bad a due regard to the particular circumstances of that part of the kingdom, and the religious feeling of the majority of the inhabitants ; and we hope and believe that the encouragement afforded by this and former Parliaments to the education of the people has placed the future tranquillity and improvement of Ireland upon a sure and lasting foundation. Our attention has not lost sight of the condition of the destitute poor of Scotland, tied assisted by the information that your Majesty com manded should be laid before us, we have made such amendments in the law relating to the poor of Scotland as will secure to them a permanent subsist ence. We have endeavoured, by facilitating the drain age of land and of inelc.ing commons, materially to ittvove the agricultural interests of the country. But we refer with peculiar satisfaction to those measures which we have adopted for the further security and extension of the trade of the country—l allude to the measures with respect to banking in this country, which, with certain modifications, we have extended to Scot. land and Ireland, by which the operations of trade have been rendered more secure. We have also given facilities to trade by the abolition and reduction of duties and imposts. We have materially reduced the duty on sugar, and on the important staple manufacture of glass all fiscal charge has been removed. To make up fur the deficiency in the revenue, we have considered it necessary to continue for a further period the tax upon income, and we have thereby been enabled, in accordance with your Majesty's suggestions, to add to the efficiency of the naval service, and at the same time to afford ample protection to commerce. It has now been my duty to advert thus shortly to the prominent measures of the session, and we believe that, under the dispensation of Divine Provi dence, they will tend to promote the interests of the country, and to the welfare of your Majesty's subjects; and if we have felt it our duty to con tinue to impose a tax which is generally only imposed in times of war, we have the satisfaction that we have imposed it, not for the purpose of aggrandisement or contest, but for the purpose of re linquishing those in•posts that pressed heavily . upon the industry of the country, and to enable all our fellow-subjects to participate in those blessings which peace has cast around us. It now becomes my duty to present to your Majesty two Bills, one fur raising the sum of 9,240,000/. for the supplies of the year, and another for appropriating the sum of 10,659,0001. out of the Consolidated Fund, to which we humbly beg your Majesty's royal assent." Her Majesty then gave her royal assert to the Exchequer-bills Bill, the Appropriation Bill, the Small Debts Bill, the Silk Weavers' Bill, the Blackwell (Eastern Counties) Railway Bill, the Bristol Rates Bill, and the Marquis of Westminster's Estate Bill. The Lord Chancellor then advanced to the foot of the throne, and, bending on one knee, presented to her Majesty a copy of the speech (for which see another column). Her Majesty then read the speech in a most clear and distinct tone. After which The LORD CHANCELLOR said—lt is her Majesty's royal will and pleasure that the present Parliament be prorogued to Thursday, the 2d of October next ; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday, the 2d day of October next. Her Majesty then rose from the throne, and the royal procession left the House in the same manner in which it entered. Prince Albert took her Majesty's hand, and thus the royal pair left the House. We are happy to be enabled to conclude our report by stating that her Majesty looked in excellent health, as did also Prince Albert. Her Majesty wore a splendid tiara of diamonds on her head, a brilliant necklace and stomacher, and a dress of white satin. Altogether the scene within the House was of a most imposing description. . . Her Majesty left the House of Loris at half-past two o'clock. The procession returned in the same order in which it quitted Buckingham Palace. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met to-day at Twenty-five Minutes to Two o'clock. Mr. W. PATTEN gave notice that early in the next session he would move for a Select Committee to consider the expediency of relaxing the privileges of this House respecting the fees and pecuniary penalties imposed on private Bills. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. HAWES brought up the report of the Select Commit tee on the London and Yo:k Railway Bill. On the motion of Mr. B. DENISON, it was ordered to be printed. Mr. VILLIERS moved for returns relating to the general assessment in England and Wales.— Agreed to. Mr. S. HERBERT brought up returns relating to the Ordnance Department. Mr. ESCOTT said, that in moving for the return of fees which had been paid the clerks of assize in criminal proceedings, he wished to add a distinct return between those courts which administered justice with fees, and those who administered it without fees. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. WYSE moved for certain return's with respect to edu cation in Ireland, from 1836 to 1845 inclusive. NEW IRISH UNIVERSITIES. In answer to a question with respect to the new universities, Sir J. GRAHAM said that as the Act for the establishment of the new universities in Ireland had only received the royal assent a few days ago, sufficient time had not elapsed to allow charters of incorporation to be made out. As soon as they were framed copies of them would be laid before Parliament. EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES IN MINES. Sir J. GRAHAM, who was mere than usually indistinct, was conjectured to say, that seeing the Hon. Member for Finsbury in his place, he wished to inform the Hon. Member that he was now in a condition to inform him that women were employed in the mines alluded to by the Hon. Member, but in none other in England. 'I he Right Hon. Baronet made also an explanation in reference to the poor-laws, of which ex planation no two consecutive words were heard in the gallery. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT. . P. BORTHWICK said he vs ished to put a question to the Right lion. Baronet at the head of the Government—a very grave and important question, which stood under his name for that day. He wished to guard himself against any expression of disrespect, either against the Right lion. Baronet or his Government. A few nights ago the Noble Lord the Member for London called the attention of the Government to the same circumstance, but no reply was then given; and he ( Mr. Borthwick) conjectured, from that silence, that the subject was under the consideration of Government. He regretted now to to think otherwise. He alluded, of course, to the Queen's in tended visit to the Continent. There was nn precedent in the history of this country in which the Sovereign had left the country without appointing a Commission. It was always considered a great constitutional principle that the functions of the Crown should not be exercised out of the realm. From the earliest period of our history to the pre sent moment this custom had been religiously observed, and he saw no reason why it should Ise departed from on this occasion. A precedent to the contrary ought not to be formed, for, although it could not be in any way dangerous at present, it might on a future occasion be attended with the worst consequences to the peace of the realm. He would not say one word on the subject, but would prefer lis tening to the reasons which the Right Hon. Baronet could advance for the course which the Government thought fit to pursue. Sir R. PEEL said-1 hope the Hon. Gentleman will not attribute the abruptness of my reply to any want of courtesy towards him, but rather to the shortness of the time which I can now occupy the attention of the House. I will begin at once by saying that the Honourable Gentleman is wrong on every single point which he has thought proper to advance.—( Great laughter.) First of all, he is wrong, utterly wrong, in point of precedent. lie said that there was no instance where the Sovereign had been absent from the realm, and where a Commission of the Lords Justices had not been appointed. Now, Sir, that is not the fact, The Hon. Gentleman says he will go back to the earliest periods of the history of our Constitution. I cannot say what he means by Constitution, but there are instances within— Here the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and the Right Hon. Gentleman sat down. The Usher advanced to the table, and announced that is was the desire of her Most Gracious Majesty that the Commons should immediately attend her in the House of Lords. The Speaker forthwith rose, and attended by the Sergeant - at-Arms, and followed by the Members in a body, of whom there were about sixty present, proceeded to the House of Lords. After an absence of about a quarter of an hour, The Speaker returned, and the Queen's Speech having been read from the Chair, the busy and protracted session of 1 e 45 was brought to a close. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-021.1141EN._ We had a most abundant supply of both Fruit and Vegetables, yet the demand was steady, at our quota. lions .—Potatoes, from 3s to Gs per cwt, Turnips, Is Gd to 2s ; Carrots, 5s to 6s ; Young Onions, Is to 2s; and Greens, Is Gd to 2s Gd per dozen bunches ; Plums, os to 4s ; Broad Beans, 10d to Is 2d ; Peas, ls to 2s ; Gooseberries, is 3d to 3s Gd ; Currants, 2s Gd to 5s ; French Beans, 2s; Apples, Is 3d to 2s; Pears, 2s to 3s 3d; and Spinach, 9d to is per half sieve; Cherries, 2d to 8d; Hot house Grapes, 4s to 6s ; and English Pine-apples, 4s to 7s per lb ; Cauliflowers, 8d to 3s ; Cabbages, 8d to Is 2d ; and Peaches and Nectarines, 12s to 20s per dozen ; Horse-radish, os to 5s per bundle; Walnuts, for pickling, 8d to Is 6d, and Lemons, 7s to 12s per 100 ; Cucumbers, 2d to is; Colonial Pine-apples, Gd to 4s; and Melons, 2s to 5s each ; • Radishes, 4d per dozen hands; Green Gages, Is 6d to 2s 6d; Orleans Plums, 2s to 3s 3d ; Small Salad, 2d ; and Mush rooms, Gd to Is per punnet ; Strawberries, 2d to 6d ; and Raspberries, 4d to 8d per pottle. HUNGERPOILD. Although the supplies of most articles were by no means extensive, the general demand ruled heavy, at barely last week's quotations. NEWOATE AND LEADENHAILI. We had a full average time-of-year supply Ti Meat. Generally speaking, the trade ruled inactive. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4(1 to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to Os ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s Bcl ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs, by t lie carcase. There was only a moderate supply of Poultry, yet the general demand ruled heavy, at late rates. NEWPORT. We had an inactive demand, at barely previous quotations. Beef, from 2s lOd to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 10(1 to 6s ; Veal 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Oysters were very abundant, and selling at from 30s to 50s per bushel. Mackerel produced from 25s to 32s per ; Turbots, 8s to 18s ; and Cod Fish 3s to 6s each ; Salmon, 4d to 10d ; and Eels, 4d to 8d per lb. WIEXTECNAPEZ. Although the supplies of Meat were but moderate, the general demand ruled inactive, at late rates. Beef, from 3,3 to 3s 8(1; Mutton, 33 611 to 4s 8,1 ; Lamb, 55 to Gs ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8,1; and Pork, 2s 8(1 to 4s per Sibs. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 8 1 0 to 9d ; of Household ditto, 61-d to 8d per 4168 leaf. NIDE MARKET. Raw Hides, aL per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 8d; Middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; Inferior ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per Skin : Market Calf, Gs 6(1 to Ss; Shearlings, 10(1 to Is 4d ; Lamb. skins, is 3d to 2s 3d. NAY DIANKETS. S a nnurtErm.—Coarse Meadow Hav, 3! 18s to 4/18s ; usefu do., 51 to 518 s ; tine Upland d&, 5/ to 6/ lOs to 5! his Cl ov er Hay. 41 lOs ; Oat Straw. I/ 183 to 11, Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 25 per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. yam latLANl).—Coarse MARd 17 74 T 111 "', 41 to 41 18s s. t 74„k -l'Arolliej 4 -.1.7.i•-' 3 . '#:,,,,..... ~.. . ...-t 7ri-1.4 • fee useful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lost:dons sv— Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to - `77 7 : Wheat Straw, 2/ to 21 3s per load. A fair averag supply, and a steady demand. Agr i WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 I6s to 41165 , j„,i,t.: useful ditto, 4/ 18s to 51 8s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 104 1 4 Si 15s; Clover Hay, 4/ las to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18a to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Trade dull, at but little variation in prices. New Meadow Hay 3/10s to 41135, and New Clover 4/ to 5/ per load. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 8,000 2,000 being on speculation. The market closed steadily. Shares were much the same. Thellerald brings news of April 9 from Sydney. Trade was not brisk. Exchange on London, 5 per cent. discount. Freight for Wool, I%d. to per lb. "Ilie Sydney people had held a large meeting on the subject of the New Zealand conflict, anti it was the general opinion that energetic mea sures alone could preserve our tooling in that colony. A collision is said to have occurred at. Kororarika between Johnny Mackey and the Europeans, during an outbreak at the Bay of Islands, in which a number of persons were killed ; but we are glad to learn that two vessels, with more troops. had sailed from Sydney. The New Zealand Bank had stopped, there being a defiCiency.of 2,500/. Pecuniary assistance, by means of public subscriptions, was to be aflorded to the unfortunate settlers, who were di iyen out of their homes. The Funds arc rather heavier to-day. ONE CLGSINO PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Elt1( :ES i per Cent. Reduced 3 per,Cent. Consels Annuities 98, 7 " , 99% 99 I, New 314 per Cents 109 L ' 4 - —s, e 1024 India Stock ---.- India Bonds, 1,000/ 69 69 Ditto under 1,0001.. . . — Cqnsols for Account . 99 1 ,i 99 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 114 d.... 50 51 49 pm. 49 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ONE PRICES 05' FOREIGN FU.NDS. O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 171;; Mexican, 5 per Cent. 183; 35:1 . 4 7 36 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted Ditto Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account .... 38 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Cerutic 9964 .... 64 cLOSINO PRICES. 17 1 ,4 36 38 454 62% 9914 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIMI II A I LWAY SHARES PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICLb, Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush . . l% 2l Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter Do. New .... . ......... 2 ...... 121 113;1 Caledonian Ditto Extension Chester and Holyhead... 15 - 9 ° Coventry, Nuneaton,Bir. and Leicester 1 Cornwall Direct Northern 2 %4 Dublin and Belfast J une . 21 4 Bli Dundalk & Enniskillen 2f‘:. 2% Eattern Counties 141. 1 6s. ..... 2 fLy ) g 3 ,:z% Ditto New 4/. 16s. ,7% '7 Eastern Union Ditto Extension . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2 1 -4 1034 Ely and Bedford 41' , .' tt J Great South. and West. 11 10 4 22 luN 11% (Ireland) Ditto Extension - Great North of England-100 Ditto New Great Western BO -232 - Ditto, Fifths 2O - Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 1 / 2 ..... :3 Hull and Selby 50 ;Do. Half Shares ...... 2 Leicester and Bedbrd... 225. ...... 21: 2 414 p 2 q London and Birmingnm (Stock) 250 253 24 8. Do. New Thirds Do. Quarters 2 3 6 1. London and Blackwall. 16!. 135.4 d. 11414 I ondon and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 24 , 14 4 I)o. New l3s 4(1 1 ?4• •• Lund. & S.Western 41/ 6a 10,1 631,4 82 Do. New London and York 2 l /2 5 1:004 .. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .....,. " ' l,4 - ' Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham IA4 4% 51 1 4y,; ; ... 4:c i Manchester and Leeds... 76 9 03 202. Manche:ter and Birnun. 40 Do. Quarters 4 32 I)o. New Quarters 2 4 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 22 x... .... 714 634 7 7l. 1 3 Midland 100 . .1771' 176 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby...100 N.nvilisile and Berwick 11 2 4 1;1 25 24 25 25 Newry and Enniskillen. 21 7 y North British Do. New North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 14 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Oxford and Worcester. 91 4 1,..% ' 75 Ferth and Inverness ... 2 1 i Portsmouth Direct 9 l/ 3°X 4 4 4 Preston and \\`y - re Rugby. Worstr, & Tring 1 S 31 2 jr, 2.S cottish Central - /4 6 1:: 6!. Scottish Midland 11 4 2. ... 2 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2F4 3 i,a 34 South Devon 2O ..... 314 3lli South Midland 22s. South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... Do., No. 1... 8 ' IBN Do., No. 3 South \Vales ..... ... 214 54 SI4C Trent Valley Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union ..... 1%..... 3N,1 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and Carlisle York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Dutch Rhenish Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamers) 2 Namur and Liege Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, ... .. ............ 2 1 79 24U p tt2 16% 414 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain . 2 2 1, ,... .... ~. . Sainbre and Meuse 'est Flanders 'IS4 3i 30 25 1 4 2 1 4 2'14 50 414 , ;i 214, REPRESENTATION OF SUNDER- LAND. THURSDAY, AuGusr 7.—The following letters addressed by the late Noble and talented representative of this borough, to A. J. Moore, Esq., Colonel lhompson's professional legal agent, will explain the cause of the delay which has occurred in the issue of the writ for this borough : " llowick, August 1, 1645. " Dear Sir,-1 have just received your letter of yesterdas ; in reply to it, I beg to inform you that 1 have not been abbe sooner to take measures for eutaining my summons to the House of Lords, because 1 could not find the patent of peerage which it is necessary to produce. This has, however, now been found, and 1 have instructed my solicitor in London to apply to the Chancellor to issue the summons without any fur ther delay. I am, yours " GREY." " Aug. 5, 1845. " Dear Sir,-1 write to you one line to say, that I havo. received this evening an intimation from my solicitor its London, that the papers which I had sent up, and which had supposed to be all that were required in order to obtain my summons to the House of Lords, are not considered sub cient by the Lord Chancellor's secretary, and further evkience in support of my claim has been called for. This evidence has been sent off by return of post, and I trust there will be no further delay. I shall be obliged to you if you will explain to the electors of Sunderland that I regret very much that which has already taken place, and that I have done all that is in my power to expedite the issue of the writ, and to relieve theta from the excitement of a canvass and contested election. I should be glad to have this known by ail parties in the town ; as I should consider it avert bad return for the kindness 1 ex-. perienced there four years ago, if I needlessly prolonged a period. of suspense, which I know must be very inconvenient. " I am, dear Sir, yours, " GREY." The usual nightly meetings save been held, which have net diminished either in interest or numbers ; and in addition, a meeting of ladies exclusively was held in the Lecture Theatre of the Athenaeum this morning, which was very numerousky and respectably attended. The principal speakers were Cot. Thompson and Mr. Robert R. R. Moore. Another diabolical attempt has been made to damage the character of the Gallant Colonel in the estimation of the Wes leyans and other Dissenters, by the publication of some gat blest extracts from speeches delivered at Hull, and reported in slot Hull Pocket (the Tory newspaper of that town ), under the head, " The Religious and Political Opinions of Col. Thco:dp son." There is also a quotation from Hansard of part of a speech delivered by Cul. Thompson in the House of Commons nn a Bill being introduced for the better observance of the Sabbath. It as follows :—" By the same right by which our fathers protested against the doctrines and practices of an ancient church, so he would protest, and if he stood alone in the House he did not stand alone out of doors, that the judicial observanc e , of the sabbstli was not only not directed in the Scriptures, to which all parties professed to look for authority, but was abst , - lutely prohibited." This is surely innocent enou.,lh, though it may be regarded as a ening sirs by some few Wesleyan 3 • its publication, however, shows the shifts to w hi c h t h e Tories' are. s c t a il u l s k e ept up, and Y ol k citizens driven to prop up their si c n r k y in is st The " local interest" are buying up Durham and Sunderland Railway ' share. in the full expectation that Mr. H u d son w i ll be returned, and . that Iv will do something to promote the prosperity of this line. AVM'. PaoNtoTION.—Mr. James W. Ozzard, secretary's thief clerk under the flag of Rear Admiral Cochrane, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, has been promoted to the rank of paymaster and purser, and ap pointed to the Vestal, 26, seniority, 9th April, 1845, vice Ore gory, died of fever, at Madras. Mr. Ozzard is a talented pro fusing young officer, of more than ten years' standing as clerk in the Childers, Edinburgh, Bellerophon, Wasp, Powerful, au.', Agincourt, where lie served with great credit, particularlv i in the Syrian campaign, where he was often a volunteer 8 4a i int the enemy. The last three and a half years of his err ploy has been under the immediate eye of Sir Thomas C'ichrane, in India and China, who has been pleased to mark his, high appro bation of 11Ir. Ozzard's zeal and integrity, bv g i v i ng hi m a commission in a death vacancy. Thn Government contract for '..A000 gallons of rum for the navy was again taken yqttirclay by Messrs. Lernon, j that, and Son. 9814 1214 12311 22 3% 3% 2% ..... 8% 20 3 /, 6741, 0 1 Ap 24 3 / 3 V 2 87 21 101 A 2 1 M 30 1 / ,__ 2 49 IA 26 1 / 2 119.:3d. 41s. 3d, 3% 5% 158 s. 6d, 583. 9d. 3 % 376 14% 1245. 6d 265. 13s. p. 6% 105 1 / 23 1 ,4 21 3 / 4 25 2 3-16 3% 235. 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