The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

- i r eget ables be folio! . ; Turivps, Coleworth zen Pe r do 5 and u 'o ' rced i erts, 13 to 3s id to '" to 18 „„j 123; ;, 15ss to 5J Ls, j 1 'alad, 3, ;rries, , imprOC 4 o ineS 6 " u G4 4 ta tior• , uppormb,sg /ja )5, bll spesk 4 , 2s 9d t' A A. D ee( ' t° 61' ove J ll n a tirl th Sill n ' 0 1 ,1, 1300 • ful l 43 x 1 1 0 33 4a t 771 E VOICE OF FRIENDSHIP. Sung by Mr. I V. Har, ison. Troid s by .Eugenia Parham _Rolfe ; AlAic b uy IL .Ft. Leger. . YO l-1 I,OrE BUT :4E. Ballad, sung by Madame Anna Thillon. Words by Eugenia Pa; ham Rolfe. Music by IL J. St Leger. The art of writing words for music is an art more difficult than tho-e who have never made the attempt _e:rnitietrnutff a ine. It is not sufficient to be a p oe t—th e ha ve good song must b e a musician also—must an ear fur the "dulcet concord of sweet sounds" --Thwt esche w all harsh, guttural, hissing intonations. e' songs are w r itt en , not on l y poetically, but kelodousl, and w e h ope th at E ugen i a Parham Rolfe will write many more b a ll a d s . Th e sent i ment of th e wOrds has been well translated into the uni versal langua ge , mus i c, b y Mr. St. Leger, and the fl)rp a ments prov e th a t b e i s not a mere dilettanti oposer of melody, b u t an accomp li shed, we may add, a learned musician. RAILWAY RETURNS. w„itytlwAT TAAFF IC. — The following are the Total Receipts of Rail repecg_tile Past week—th at i s to say, up to the date to w hi c h th e c returns are made, together wills the receipts of the same • year : previous p Last R week. I EI NAME OF RAILWAY. 44 7 17 Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • •• • • • Chester and Birkenhead . . Dublin and Drogheda •••• • • • • " " Dublin and Kingstown •• • • • • ** Dundee and Athroath . • • •• • • Dur ham and Sunderland •• • • Ecli n '•urgh and Glas g o w .••• •• • ••• Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Gl asgow, Kil marnock, and Ayr • • • • •• Glasgow, and Greenock— •• •• •• Grand Junction Gravesend and Rochester •• •• .' • ' Gre at North o f E ng l and •• •• • • •• " " Great Western .• • " Ilull and Selby Liverpool and Manchester • • • • •• •• •• Loudon and Birmingham .•••• •• ' London and Bl ac k wal l. • •• •• •• • • •"' London and Brhton . Londou and Croydon. •• ... • • • • • • • ••• Lon don and G reenw i ch . •• •• • London and South Western • •• • • • • •• Bolto,mingh and Bury .. M a n chesterand Birmingham........ • • •• • • 11„anchester, Leeds, and Dun Assoc.. Valand Counties. • • •• •• •• l ewca stle and Darlingon .• • • • • • • • • ,l e w Qw ea-s tle and Car1i51e.............. •• ••• • • • • • NTeastle and North Shields.. • • ••,•• °r tlt and Bolton and Preston Parls, CotZil and Orleans • • •• • • • • P ri ' and Loom •• •••• •• • •• "" ** reston and Wyre • • • • •• •• •• Meld and Manchester.. • • • • •• • • •• ZsOli Eastern.... l'aft V a1e....... ..... ........ uster ....... •. • • • • **** •• • • Yarm ou th and No rw i c h •• • • • • • ..... Vork and North Midland . • 1,026 1,002 3,001 5,431 2,373 1,004 10,096 5,547 603 1,617 5,552 1,130 287 2,826 'Xi „ in ....------ The writer o .4ke ho rr ib l e oIasOLTII CATASTROPIIE.- 7 . be ,„ letter published last week in this paper is to lit - '4ll°fled before the jury, to corroborate or deny hs el4tem r e : f t i ,' His name is Karnes, and he is a solicitor's ya.. tu erl Y - the Office of Messrs. Fisher and Lucas, r °l.Tut•,--ipsuich Exp.. css. Pro44R,ING Fxsuuer.—We beg to remind those De_re - t i v ll tmg the herring fishing, and others, that it is itn the .? uPon them, by the recent Act of Parliament for the ''egistration of seamen, that before proceeding to . t sea• tiek/e,Pfuvide themselve s with the necessary . regis n ry . cow.: ''N'in the nearest custom house, otherwise no ity to the requisites - of the statute will be taken of ante • • entitled to one half th e ge of by informers who arc . fu- PlttltY, which is very heavy. It were well, there : mergeat those interestel in this branch of our com tkp and against anything deteriorating their advan i °I. B,,Peculations.,—llosshire Advertiser. b its 1 / ; t e HE roN CHURCH AFFAIR.—A subscription tth t'ell commenced in Ilelston and its neighbourhood pieee!e'ent Prederick Hill, Es.q. churchwarden, " v l a t l h of the th liceoeufrspelahtee, for the purpose Of testifying approval of adopted in opposition to the proceedings by eiv• Walter Blunt, the curate. The sum subscribed letietlen Person is not to be more than half-a-erown nor b gttil a Penny.-- ]N e es,' Briton. , kit .11rght°w--SINGULAR CHARACTER.— On Friday 4., ‘.. Strann.o... . 1 s. y behaved character was taken.befor.e himself Wi v ili ds ; - .1 . '• H. Chesshyre and C. Clarke, calling hims F3p ort 111 -Louis Bourbon Patmore, that the Pri n sillati• Superintendent Redin deposed_ the Royal Battue voit 8 1; 11 7 Was brought to him the day before, charged 4 binn s d7 r °ti n; at the deer in Hatfield Forest with *4% , tin s . and heir of the Duke / le said he W O a t s i t b h e e in s g on asked who and what he of fa"--Ladtabbritie, Prince of Royal.Diamons,.Dumker. o ß f ed V ie e , rg b e e n i u e s g , o 0 rother of the Princess y decided (after e ~,,k r, t ri r lc: that his intellect was disordxcermedie, examination e t a f n o d r , or lver . Surgeon, who certainly insane: he could not be b sa len) that ho hi, rc'iught to speak o w n as any subject without alluding to ektrraen'a,,,iti.oriship with royalty. d On se e a n r t c s hin w g er h e im iou s n om d e ; tiut,c‘imoary and curious ocum tiar,A: °t ilers a book, made up of scraps of paper, pic gat'—'ir"l P "eh, pieces of newspaper, decorated with . taiill,d4T,nnobliterated postage stamps, which the lunatic Perkett',lloyal Sportsman's Battue Licence ; he . was t he tea' -arti 'less and good humoured. By order from . 411, Varates, the S upc . rintendent conveyed him to . s . ir -ez.pee„, a -Lunatic As lin], at Huston. —lps wi ch --pswich 3 be e b u e r t : s r : , th A co rr lab esP°''dent c omplains of the paucity of i 3 Wn rk f e 1h ne von line ; he observes or hundre d s n m i of men, and suggests that it would "Peeialle e 414 -lent for our agricultural labourers, or p easau 1 8 J Ur N _lO le nt . Devon and Dartmoor and Exmoor Ili k tvta . ' 11e 1- „ a ;" the plough, and try their hands * moan e . - Psites an instance of a Dartmoor man, *moan Were only 4s. per week, but now,. _h3 l It ,7,... r the line, he earned, in the last fortnight, Oft ted t r i, °t° tlie number of railroads in hand, and fed '7.' s '•" e e°ll)lo.yment is likely to last for years. - zr , tbit.ir t ,„,„" es • I laria that---:-Gn CuArit OF ASTRONOMY.—We Under oteauol.osvervtenre, c fl a o p v : r t l i t isr m o t od ha u v o e pe a , ppoi n t e d Mr. Smith, astrono . - strffn64,,_e,rsilY. v a cant by the death of tPhreocfehsasiorrofHaestnrdoennomony.Ln bt;ga ftkpERMINE SUICIDE THROUGH A WIFE'S MIS he Rep .--Last , ~,,, t '•l3ht an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, a t . *ltoti Ta ve rn, Ch an Alu ate on the body of Samuel 111e,41isged,,..tforty-three years,' who g eom'mitted suicide. Thomas that the de- Zr t r i t .ed hkitteact Is }of No. 11, Church.rolwr, in the service of Mr. tis e ,, ° , i n f ! of the liu;l lii°l"o7.Aldilaatew" O n n as T t h e ursday a ft ernoon, be v"itininesisvbeeacria,dn:ixoriclock, the deceased was missed from his work. N ..ove aia and, oa going up stairs to his bedroom, "t btia- 6 ' red the deceased suspended by a rope to the top of tat dow ''' t. Witness called for assistance, and the deceased was teltteasetthin theli e appeared cold and quite dead. Witness me n t a t d h a e N ° ‘ ,l' l% i 4 hl5 hll4ld7annidngs'aidll'e` hteeernahedoul l'''r "8 re r d at n h o e t r e b x e c o it i ed ive . by He nighl.,, h e dee konstsated With him but he did not make any answer. etl & eas ed had had much tro'uble with his wife, and had been saret. He)% her for several ears in consequence of her bad con- The j 4r Paid es. a week to the Parish for the support of his wife. All r Y ' " Ur ned a verdia of " Temporary insanity." tele dinLESEX SESSIONS It will be recollected that ' h hs wa: s ;:. Bi nee, a gentleman of the name of John Quincey Harris, . '' 'Se Of .'s4"l"Y the representative of Newcastle-under-Lyn . ein the -a a,,, t-0n,,,0ns to r 'nit upo,-, t • ' Was coMmitted for trial atßthebseettssessaiosnoslinfoir_ tu't's„l-/Pon his n's brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas o st ate or examination at Bow.street, doubts we . re' l ra n ised wa as s "1 by ~ h's rnind. Subsequently to the committa e - tlt tine, d , nrae delme gentlemen, by whom he has been !, p vi r n o g Iri:ur de:y4:si4tie: certificate of t c his fact a ed y 1 rid s glie d, the unfortunate man has been since remov b - ''Z'l' A t " lu natic 4 1o rj . - sr ST u , asylum. s Yesterday an th e ne t t in__ AM -130AT 41.CCIDENT.— li 'ltett,,,, viest was held before Mr. J. C. Carttar !. t . o . investigate ,'er,i, ,stances attending the death of Thomas William Scott, a 4f On g b a e n e',, ag s e d, 21 . who Was drowned in consequence of his boat d e ter 41, 4) 2 i„`"4ll)ed under the bows of the Shannon steamer. %,i'' ad c bc," (l44 Y the jury decided on a verdict of " Accidental se e ved b y 7g it as their opinion that, if greater care had been it,j, r red • ~,,b s e on board the Shannon, no loss of life would ha ha ve l et - cl be',l—`se further expressin g their hope that some prov i s i on stl, kl 1 -)Y the Steaua-boat Company for the relatives of t he 'th e I f i l to,. ri, 1, 4 4 :: ::::: win g tohr : at u 4 r i d l a O y ALA ,S, HOOD AND THE PREMIER.- 1 , .s.ais,,, i s abridged from a notice by Mr. S. C. Hall, in d t . he } , u14 0 . ,.. 4 'n ' air,„ - ,, 44 a life • yet existence hilisriemripoear',Paunembi 1) 15 ;", s ad — ever cheerful and kindly, turning, to the very last, tter ed w as by a c l o u r n A g in Li l a% 'it l Y fi "1441$ intojests and forcing those who wept over st % t hat „ er , e .e a s it was (till 'he was overtaken by the last dull i 111 e "e2snued for three days preceding his death) , . todamitthe Ni i,ivlonici,,,,'s'i,,s of his conceits, however strangely msoftle rts, Y•sir t , e" 6 f his situation, and his solemn forecast of the sr,. 'ed i hr 14.elang hereafter Nor were such terrible contras t s ~ la s lc noeS, ''' 6e4tl-bett o nly Even when the ' Song of the Shirt l ifer ti4 c l for b l ',. g ,, ,t every heart Y In Great Britain, its author was life ,' ly pro .' ai n i and soon after he was confined to his bed, and let,,di'lialithl),k'd nP by pillow s to write wit. And so he struggled l iss a - , h url w:,etc.`"ive paroxysms of illness, till the last few months te e , "e (r hor '"'"g amidst the very crisis and beatings of heart lire, t 4 hl Y ch4tt,hrasn once. even in the intervals of deliriu m !) at the Ne,,, 4l eat sr 'f . his last novel doomed to remain, like his 14 t , 'd fro,agilleilt. But it is all over with him now. tth te the labour s a n ever remunerated in proportion to ne th i e s a, e ,: teb, h , Y ,,"e, an to the enormous profit they produced to ,thought of b y . iritri::, and w , Perhaps those whose hearts they ca oohs'' 1,,,n care they seemed to beguile. Latterly his t he 1 0 ' 1 di, ~ ag°lllsed by his terrible lament—. I cannot die, ''' ea t „ ti l of ar Ut they Co uld not but be thankful to lay him, o on ~ ,I ) t ;,' , , , u May , in : ca-grave, at Kensall : green. h. lt m w e l m ll ory . , ew" r_na,t b efo re a monument is raised to is 0. ...; e sti kind rh e a i e 8 er,ough in England to remember t . h il l 4 ''l nl"."4e l tt '' . h aVe Ltit the small pension bestowed by . Sr . r R. ]'hle,,l,ti n„,,,, , e cr, in words that did equal honour to the Minister at 44, 1 a „ "v t3 , (1 his regret that the grant was necessarily so se sequaio. ‘sque,t that iht he ermitted to make the per. I\a,i . `4''ce cf one with g tvhose P works he was intimately rlittli'(l4.ll,d, whose talents and character he had long appreciated ti As : , , alt 1 fr: i b N, 4t of grain ' CORN AJAR/SET FRIDAY.— Our ar hN t°- day• 4 : e V erY small this week.' There is a poor show of I° t: 4 l ' d i i s t l s ) s 4 e i l , ' si t' i ai : l dQ : x ‘ tr i e ll it tictis are '..s. p e r quarter higher , and very II : ig, and 0 _ e rates. Barley is acute an'il dearcr. beans' have not varied. Malt and other ar t i cl es ts , I .A's li iiaNrd w" \V I/ LI k LAIDLAW, 1 i tr . I.ail Renuin ' 1 " . ~1„,, so li ~,,,, e korro exnd regret, the death of Mr. Wil . ESQ.—We have t l 4t„, - ; 'd, , Lu 'er of thequicitely simpl e and pathetic Scot '''. bi t "d get) " 8 Pli ttin," and various contributions to natural Ala 10 1 l eral literature besith a being . pecufiarly distinguished Scot t: '''/efos,i and enrifidential'i t r Tbinh i , k r. La ,,, a .n e course with St . r Walter Scott at i , 'in th e volip lu, w died on Sunday morning, the ISth inst., "ash, I. I`si,,,m., ',. 13 : . Of Ross.—lnverness Courier. ott' .I.ia Th ecl b " 'LUNN E1....--In reference to a para. ti , 3', w e a, Y a correspondent, which appeared in our aPer 'st e 401 A, e requested ILI:sl h o ,of th by the Tunnel authorities to state, in ! ,, ,,L, clu ßbf ate, " i e , ro_bbe.tY described as having taken plVaceare It. .Soli '' t that t 4 t "tirely destitute of foundation. N e , St t , N stanti unnel is not the haunt of loose women, an d ; e ,, 1 , fo:' l eSs ,oY,,,:pa_t_c_bed by a police force of its own. _on. v a ',. sia:Sseo nt ;,'""ll and the Misse s Irvine have left Graft ft, i ., .11Ogg a4,34'uogalinon's seat Brsninalt, Derbyshire. Grafton ',t 131" 1-°"'erlol., Lady EliZabCth Russell have left Earl Dcla. '''4 eve,,'nber,„,,,,Street, for Bourne Hall, Cambridgeshire. - `uB at t h", i c`ne Celedonian lilint give their annual banquet latellitert Hetet We e ,. er,d4 , -V 4. t - FUNDS-(CLOSIT'iG PRICES ONE PRICES OF BRITISTI FUNDS. Wei.OcK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced ... 98M IA 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 11 .1 t per Cents ..10 1 14% Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 1-16% Ditto 30 years, 0ct.10,1859 ..- 11 1-16 __ _ ... Consols for Account . ... 99% 1 / 1 99 1 4 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1%d.... 60 58 pm. 58 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small Ditto Advertised pm. CLOSING PRICES'. 2104 984 99 I/ 4 101% ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES.: I PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • ..... Ditto, Deferred 52 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ... 374 Ditto Account Ditto. Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 67 Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto. Account ... . ... •••••••%••• Ditto 3 per Cent. — Ditto, Account Dutch, 21 / per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 7 3/ PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAY SHARES PRICES, Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2% Birming. and Gloucesterloo 135 Do. New . _ _ __ 242 Birmingham and Ox- - - 194 ford Junction 1,480 Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20 1,319 319 Caledonian 925 Cambridge and Lincoln 1% •--• 71 / 4 7 ,914 Cheater and Holyhead... 15 Churnct Valley , 450 Coventry and Leicester 14 l l% ,408 Cornwall 452 ,791 I 'ublin and Belfast June 2% l O l /2 ,241 Dublin and Galway 2 14. 3 % 3 /4 967 Dublin and Mullingar... 2% 4 3 / 4 1 /2 .. . ...... .. . ,668 Eastern Counties 413 Ditto New 4/. 16s. 45%% na Eastern Union l5 469 ; 39 Ditto Extension 034 Great North of England..loo 221% 222 221... 844 Ditto New 526 Ditto New 65 ' 5 Great Western 522 Ditto 1 /.. Shares 5O lO6 85 - 314 Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 % ... .. 5% )97 Hull and Selby 5O 10 7 1,4 107 )81 Landon aud Birminghm (5t0ck)...240 238 1 / 2 ... iO2 Do. 4 Shares :09 301 London and Brighton... 50 148 Loudon and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18 3 / 4 % ,29 Do. Guaranteed 5 per !41 Cent. ;28 London and S. Western 411 6a 10d 79% 79 Do. New London and York . 2% 4% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &Coleraine 21.. 3% -Londonderry and Ennis killen 2% - 4 3 / 4 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 154 Midland 100 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 132 131 132%... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ...... 50% ... Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcasile and Berwick 1% 15% 164 15% Newry aud Enniskillen. 2 1 ,4 North British Do. New Norwich and .Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... .... 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 , 4% Scottish Central Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 1,4.... 5 4% South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... Do., No. 3 South Wales -2% 5% - Trent Valley 2 .... . 184% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Wexford and Carlow ... 21/...... 3% West Yorkshire Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 — Do. Selby Do. Extension l4 1 7 3 / 4.. FRENCH RAILWAY. Boulogne and A miens... 4 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Dijon and Mulhouse 2 ... 2% Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2' Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 1 2 ••• Louvain- and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 3 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 „.... 11%y e Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. do. (Hainguerlot') 2 ...... 2% 1 ,4 Royal North of Spam... 2 Sambre and Meuse ~... 4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland ... 25 RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) Group W. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Harris continued to detail the estimated expense of the line. The 'sleepers for the rails were estimated at 20,7071. ; the wood stays, 1,015/. ; wood pins, for fastening the chairs, 7311. ; the cost of ballast road laying and carriage materials would be 24,6131.; and stations and contingencies, 20,3061. The total cost was 365,0001. Was quite sure that the proposed line was the best that could be selected to open up the resources of the country, and was besides the least expensive, from the favourable nature of the ground through which the line passes. The estimated coat would be quite ample to complete all the works. The whole length was 27 miles, and the cost per mile would be about 13,0001. The height of the line above high water was 16 feet. By Mr. KNOWLES—The Ayre and Calder Company has en gaged to give every facility to the line. Mr. PICRERING here rose and said that he felt himself again under the necessity of requesting the Committee to interpose their authority to prevent Captain Laws from making suggestions, and acting as a prompter to the dill rent witnesses under examination, The CHAIRMAN reprimanded Captain Laws, and suggested the propriety of his leaving the seat where he at present sat and of re moving to another part of the room. Mr. Harris was subjected to a long cross-examination by Messrs. PICKERING and KNOWLES, with a view to point out the inaccuracy of the estimated cost of the works on the line; but as the Committee did not think that any slight discrepancy which could be pointed out in the cost of the construction of the works was worthy of such a protracted examination, The: CHAIRMAN suggested to the opposing counsel the propriety of abridging this cross-examination, unless some very material error could be pointed out. Mr. AUSTIN, who had entered the room a short time before, Lere rose and said that that was the strangest doctrine he had ever heard announced from a Railway Committee. At that rate an engineer might come forward and say anything he pleased. He might say that the estimated cost of a line was 100,0001, while in reality it would cost 1,000,0001. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had not the least idea of dictating to counsel the course which they ought to pursue, but he thought that unless some very great mistake could be pointed out in the estimate, they were only taking up their time to no purpose. He had no doubt but the competing lines were both very good, but he thought that their duty would be limited to the conlideration as to which of them would be most advantageous to the public interests. A very smart conversation then took place between counsel on both sides, in which some personal observations passed between Mr. Austin and Mr. Wilkins, and which resulted in an apology from Mr. Wilkins for the warmth into which he bad been betrayed. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. Group V. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. BAINES replied, and the Committee determined• that they would net pass the preamble of the line under consideration until they had heard evidence on the Sheffield, Manchester, and Chester field line. The Committee then adjourned. Group EE. DUNDEE AND PERTH (NORTH) RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Enington cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS—It is not abso. lntely necessary in the survey of a line that shafts should be sunk to ascertain the nature of the earthwork : boringa are frequently employed, but neither will give perfect accuracy. Has had con nexion with the Junction and the Glasgow and Greenock lines, and in comparison with those lines estimates the expense of working at forty-five per cent., and the average cost of earthwork at Is. ad. a yard. The management will entail an expense of 2,8901. Mr. Miller, examined by Mr. FORSYTII—Is an inhabitant of Perth, and having seen the traffic tablts banded in by the promoters of the Dundee and Perth line, has discovered various discrepancies. The witness was on the point of mentioning the items in which inaccu racy was palpable, when - Mr. ANDREWS objected to any evidence being proceeded with on the question of traffic, relying on the faith of a pledge given by Mr. Forsyth not to enter into that subject. The COMMITTEE ruled in favour of the objection, and witness was accordingly withdrawn. This being the last witness on behalf of the opponents of the line, Mr. COCKBURN proceeded to sum up the evidence on the case, and avowed his intention of confining his objection chiefly to the erroneous and underrated estimate fu►nisbed by the promoters of the Bill. That estimate had named 200,0001. as the sum 'Acces sary ror the construction of the line, and they had only asked for powers to raise that sum, besides a loan of 66,0004 which it was very doubtful if they could ever eth ct. But Mr. Stowe, a most emi lie engineer, and a witness full competent to give indisputable evidence, had solemnly stated that not less a sum than 365,000/. he question,, therefore, for the Committee to decide w...s nar rowed to the one, whether they were perfectly satisfied that Mr. Miller's estimate was sufficient le complete the project, and whe ther, in the event of its insufficiency being established, they were prepared to pass the preamble of a Bill which would empower a company to begin a line, rind their funds inadequate to proceed, encroacd on the land of owners, and then leave mounds and incumbrances, whose only effect would be to swallow up the capital, which, inadequate for the purposes proposed, was suffi cient to entail considerable loss, if not ruin, on the unfortunate parties who subscribed. Another ot•jectton was the in tetference it would necessarily create with the Aberdeen Railway—a project to come before the Committee in the ensuing week. He, therefore, conjured the Committee to refuse the preamble of the Bill, as a matter of justice to that company whose merits and consideration were yet in abeyance. Mr. Foitarril, on the part of the conservhtors of the River Tay, addressed himself to the subject of the inconvenience arising to that river from the erection of the bridges. Mr. ANDREWS having replied for the promoters, the room was cleared, when, after an interval of a few minutes, strangers - were re-admitted, and tlse Chairman announced that the preamble had been proved. Eighteen unopposed clauses were immediately passed pro forma, and the Committee adjourned till Mon•- ....ions bir Robert expected to see, on that no Government pould go actJv effotts to atlay the religious . 004;010 0 ns which had been so unhappily ex nat. 1 cited, and to . diruiriiii3 the prejudices by which TILE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY .EVENING, MAY 24, 1845. 52 371. A 67 67% 30 1 4 41% 63 % 97% This closed the case for the Dublin and Belfast Junction line. The Committee adjourned till Monday, at twelve o'clock. 2% [35 . 33 23 8 22l 57% 29 1 4 [B7 l -A 106 238 1 / : 3314 64 79 13 414 Some discussion having arisen as to the rate of speed, Mr. AUSTIN thought twenty miles an hour would not be too igh a rate. Mr. CLARKE thought it ought to be much less. The parties not being able to agree, the mote was cleared. Upon the parties being called in 169% 2O 1 /; 133 The CHAIRMAN said the C-mmittee resolved that the rate of speed between Middleton Muir and Dalhousie Manse should be fifteen miles an hour. Mr. BURKE then drew up a clause, limiting the rate of speed, which, having been approved by the Committee, was declared to stand part of the Bill. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the Committee adjourned to twelve o'clock on Monday, when they will proceed with the Edinburgh and Northern line. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MAY 23.—Trans actions in foreign wools have been pretty extensive this week for the season of the year, and the advanced rates realised at the London wool sales now pending have imparted an additional firmness to prices in this market. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MAY 23.—Business still continues in the same state as reported in our last two advices. No alteration either in. demand or price. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MAY 23.—We have had rather more inquiry this week than for several preceding weeks for middle wethers, which have been the dullest article of sale for some months past, and being met by holders by some further submission in price, more sales have been passing. Hogs continue light in stock, and stationary in price. Short wool of all sorts meets sale at rather improved rates. LEEDS.-The cloth markets at both halls have been very dull, both on Saturday and Tuesday, particularly for goods of low qualities. The merchants generally are holding off purchasing in consequence of the high prices to which they have advanced during the last few months. Prices, however, are firm, and the stocks are by no means large. Fine goods continue to be in pretty steady demand, without any alteration in prices. The great influx of people from the country who are now visiting London, has had the effect of keeping many of the larger buyers at home, and in consequence, business has been rather dull in the warehouses during the week. LEICESTER.—Hosiers are making their engagements for the autumn trade, and worsted spinners a re there fore more active. ools remain without any alteration. A fair home demand is generally expected in manufac tureti goods.—Leicester Journal of yzsterday. BRADFORD MARKET, TimusDAL—There is but little combing wool changing hands ; the spinners buy with very great caution, the prices sought being tar too high to offer any inducement to more extended opera tions ; and the prospect of the eoming clip not being an average, causes the staplers to hold firm, till they can replace to meet the prices offered here. The same degree of dulness noted for se veral weeks past, still pervades the yarn market, acd the stopping of machinery is becoming daily more general, for at no period was the disproportion so great between the raw material and yarns, and there is no other alternative remaining but to bring the quantity produced down to such a level as will pay prime cost. In the piece market there is a steady business doing to day in Orleans and Coburgs. Low inerinoes are also more inquired after, and are not plentiful. The fancy makers complain very much, and this branch of the trade is very unprofitable. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had rather less doing in cloth since Tuesday than was anti cipated, but we fancy that prices have not changed so as to be quotable. The tendency however is, on the whole, downward, and applies to . goods of nearly all qualities and descriptions. Spinners are enabled to quit their productions without difficulty, and at very full prices; indeed, the demand is most excellent. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 23.—The sugar market seems at length to have taken a turn upwards, and has certainly assumed a more healthy appearance. In our own market the transactions, in all :descriptions, have been large, and prices must be quotod from Is. to Is. 6d. per cwt. above our last week's quotations. Re fined goods continue in brisk demand, and the refiners are still enabled to obtain their own prices.—Brista Mercury. slh 184 2% 2 1 / 2 A, 27% iil/' 2% Ty s % 11% THE MAYNOOTH BILL. The Maynooth Bill has passed the House of Com mons, and goes up to the House of Lords recommended by as great a weight of argument and authority as can ever be expected in favour of a legislative measure in volving disputed principles of policy. No opposition that we can remember has made so poor a figure in Par liamentary debate as that by which the Bill has been resisted. Not one has been so conspicuously wanting in the power of viewing the subject comprehensively, and with reference to the actual circumstances of the empire. Upon one topic, indeed, the anti-Maynooth orators are pointed enough. The attacks upon the Prime Minister for inconsistency, tergiversation, and betrayal of his party, are as ptingent as the attempts to reply to his argument are feeble and contemptible. But what, after all, is the fact which forms the basis of these ace u i m s a r t i r o a n e s t i ? c Simply atle aa and that h a un t s i c r h ß i e o v b o e u r s t , P e p el h as principles nc a i s a ple b s and, me which, though they might be acted upon for a time by an irre sponsible and reckless Opposition, could not be applied by any Minister to the government of the country. Ihe Opposition which overthrew the Whig Cabinet was an aggregation of jarring elements which could not hold together after that work of destruction was accomplished, and the principles which it put most prominently for ward would have led us to social convulsion and the dis memberment of the empire. Every one can remember how Anti-Poor-law demagoguism, the most vulgar and unscrupulous, then added to the popular strength of the Tory party. Every one can remember how all the cor• rupt monopoly interests in the country were banded together, to tight the battles of that party, in the belief that its triumph would prevent all change, and secure them against the most just demands of the public. Above all, no one can forget how the Conservative Opposition was nourished, and invigorated, and extended by the ex citement of that No-Popery feeling which, whether latent or active, has been for ages one of the strongest sentiments in the popular mind of England. This feel ing constituted the strength of the Opposition and the weakness of the Whig Government during the five years that preceded 1841. Alleged alliance with the Roman Catholic party in Ireland was the head and front of Lord Melhburne's offending, and all- the machinery of popular influence was put in play to stir up the pride of England against that " semi-Popish domination." The extension of corporate reform to Ireland was resisted, year after year, as a new Roman Catholic concession which would be fatal to the Protestant Church. Divi sion lists were analysed, in order to mark and parade the names of Roman Catholic and Irish supporters of the Government, as persons upon whose votes it was dis graceful to a Cabinet to be depeadent. The protnotion of Roman Catholics by the Irish Government was de nounced as truckling to Popish agitation. The Roman Catholic priests were branded by influential journals with infamous appellations, and accused of conniving at, if not encouraging, the most atrocious crimes. In short, every conceivable. l'evice was employed, from, factious um:ions in the house of Lords (!own to forgery at Exeter Hall, to inflame the prejudices of the English people against their Roman Catholic countrymen, and to overwhelm with odium a Goverment desirous of conciliating the Roman Catholic millions of Ireland. A. course like this, in which various agents might work in various ways for a common purpose, without b e i ng formally connected, might serve the pu pose of an Opposition, but no Government could countenance the promotion of religious disc between different parts of the empire. Peel, indeed, might have be his accession to oft on witf---• Group R. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) To Mr. O'MALLEY—He had read the Board of Trade report re specting the North Western Line, from Dublin, through Cavan, to Kells, but he did not recollect the purport of it. His opinion was, that a line from the Navan to Drogheda was much greater than the traffic to Dublin. Drogheda was the nearest and cheapest port for Navan, and the best market for agricultural pro duce. He considered the making of a line from Navan would be a waste of money. The height of the junction of Kells branch with the Dublin and Drogheda Railway was 95 feet above the level of the Boyne. He expected there would be an arrangement made for lifting up produce from the quays to the line, but that was an after consideration, it was not provided in the Bill. To the CHAIRMAN—He was convinced that this line was the best for the interests of the county. He knew the whole county well, and that was his matured and decided conviction. He did not believe it possible to approach Newry in a better manner than he proposed. Mr. Ackersley, a Director of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, was next examined about the traffic of the line. He took it in October last, at some stations for fourteen days, and in others for twenty-one. There are six public conveyances between Drogheda and Portadown, each averaging about fifteen passengers. On the branch line only three public conveyances, two coaches and a car. On the Dublin and Belfast Junction the population was 79,000. The estimated annual increase from all sources was 129,741/. 135., which, after deducting all expenses, would leave an available sum for dividend of 66,341/. 135., or 8 per cent, on the capital. The tables on which these general results were based were then put in. This witness was examined by Mr. Boyle, Mr. O'Malley, and Mr. Smith, but no material point was further elicited. The formal proof of the capital was then given by the Solicitor of the Company. Group X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Muschamp, in his cross-examination by Mr. HILDYARD, who was counsel on behalf of the Midland Counties, the Lincoln and Cambridge, and the Eastern Counties schemes, deposed that the coal owners had at present tram-roads from the pits' mouths to the different ports of shipment Coals were improved by the breakage consequent on repeated shipment ; did not think the same amount of injury would be in curred by a railroad transit of 240 miles. Although there were coal wharfs all along the margin of the river Thames, for the delivery of Durham coals for domestic use, still witness was of opinion that coals for domestic use would on an average be de. livered from the depot at King's-cross one shilling per ton cheaper than from the wharfs. Mr. W. J. Reynolds, whartinger, deposed that the charges upon coals for domestic uses to the merchant, coming by water, exclusive of the cost price of the article, would be 6s. which of course would be charged against the consumer by the merchant; much of this would be saved if the article came by railway. After a few questions in cross-examination, the Committee adjourned. Group FF. EDINBURGH AND HAWICK RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. AUSTIN called Mr. Miller, the engineer to the Company-- He stated that the cost of the tunnel over the line would be 10,0001., and there would be cuttings at each end. The room was then ordered to be cleared, and after some time spent in consultation the parties were called in, and The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee declared the pre amble of the Bill to beproved. The Committee hEd also agreed that a clause should be introduced into the Bill, restricting the rate of speed between Middleton.muir and Dalhousie-manse. The clauses were then gone into. he. found England and Ireland divided. For a time, however, he did not make those efforts. What was the consequence ? At the end of two years Ireland had become unmanageable. According to the statement of the Prime Minister himself—a state ment most truly described by Lard J. Russell as a sad and humiliating confession for any Government to be obliged to make—the condition of Ireland, towards the close of 1843, was such as to render the enforcement of the law absolutely impracticable. The only instrument for en forcing the law, says Sir R. Peel, is an appeal to trial by jury; -but trial by jury is not available where the great mass of the people is hostile to the Government. A most monlentous acknowledgment ! Such was the practical result of overthrowing Lord Melbourne's Government by incessant and unscrupulous attacks on his Irish policy. The mass of the people hostile to the Government, and trial by jury not available for the enforcement of the law ! Language cannot convey a stronger expression of the utter failure of the Go vernment to accomplish the main purpose of its exist ence. It was high time to make a change. A Go vernment to which the mass of the people is hostile is a tyranny, let its name and forms be what they may ; and if it be not only detested, but so weak that it cannot enforce the law, it is one of the worst evils under which a country can suffer. Such a Government was the natural offspring of the late Tory Opposition. It is not surprising that thcse who were guilty of producing such a monst,r should now be repentant. Sir R. Peel has abandoned former prin c ipl es , b u t n o t before they b roug ht him to the verg e o f anarchy. Government, law, pro perty, public order, are all the creatures of opinion. They have no deeper foundation than the habits and feelings of the community. Disturb these customary feelings, shake by any means that habitual respect and obedience t o t h e laws which surround life and property as with walls of brasQ, and the vast struc ture of society totters to irretrievable ruin. The mass of a people hostile to the Government is one of the most awful facts in social exist ence. It points to convulsion, revolution, intermin able disorders. How is such an evil to be cured ? Evidently not by force in a country having free institutions. There is nothing for it but to remove the popular distrust by removing its causes, and the remedy must be potent in proportion to the inveteracy of the disease. Above all things, Government has to consider what was enforced by Lird John Russell, in that most noble and masterly speech with which he closed the Maynooth debate, that there is much to be done before Ireland can be expected to show gratitude. "I hope, the Right Hon. Gentleman hopes, that the disease may be cured, that we may now be on our way to better times; but there must be other measures—.(Cheers) —recourse must be had to a further policy—l don't know that I should say of conciliation—l don't want to use the word— but of justice towards Ireland. Nor must we any more hear 'that old cry of 'Oh, how u ngra t e f u l th e I r i s h are ? —( Cheers.) We give this grant to .Maynooth, and yet they are not thankful.' This has been the continual parrot cry ever since you first relinquished the atrocious penal laws. You said, Only think of these Catholics—we have allowed them to educate their own children, and yet they are net grate ful. We have allowed them to have priests of their own chil dren, without fining, transporting, or imprisoning them, and yet they are not grateful. We have permitted them to ride horses, which may be of the value of 301., and yet they are not grateful for the indulgence. We have allowed them to go to mass, and yet they are not grateful. We have al:owed them even to inherit landed property, and yet this barbarous and savage nation will not be grateful—they still ask for other things.' To be sure, Sir, they ask for other things, and they will ask for other things-4' Hear, hear,' from Mr. Sheil)—until with respect to England and Ireland there is a perfect and just equality.—(Loud cheers.) And then when you can say that there is perfect and just equality I shall fear nothing from this cry for a repeal of the union, formidable and powerful as it is, among great masses of the people of Ireland at the present moment." Let Sir Robert reel, in attempting to carry out a Whig policy, observe the advice of the Whig leader, and he too will be able to say, what he cannot now, that be "fears nothing from this cry for a repeal of the anion."— Chronicle. GREAT MUNSTER and LEINSTER RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting of the Directors and Proprietors of the above scheme was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing Directors. . Mr. C. H. Latouche was elected to the chair, and he was about to call upon the Secretary to read the advertise ment convening the meeting, when Mr. SMITH said he would object to that, as he was prepared to maintain that there was no Secretary to the Company. It was known that some years ago a resolution was passed, the effect of which was to put the Company in abeyance. The offices had been closed and there had been a total cessation of the powers of all parties con nected with the Company, and therefore Mr.llarte could not officiate. In his opinion he had been con fimed by the advice of several eminent lawyers. Several meetings had at various times been held, at which he had invariably acted in the capacity of secretary, and he would contend that he was the secretary for all the purposes of the Bill. The CHAIRMAN said, in reply to the objections of Mr. Smith, he would read an extract from the minutes of the meeting which was held on the 13th September. It was as follows:—A communication having taken place between the Directors and Mr. Harte relativ3 to his future services as secretary, it was mutually agreed that his present salary should cease at the expiration of the pre sent quarter. Mr. Harte entering into the views of the Directors as to the necessity of reducing the expenii tore of the Company, but the Directors deem it essential to the interests of the .Ampany that Mr. Harte should still retain the appointment of Secretary at nominal re muneration, to secure to the Company the advantages of his experience, should circumstances enable them at a future period, to proceed with the undertaking. After a great deal of discussion, which was noisily carried on, amidst great confusion, for some time as to the eligibility of Mr. Smith or Mr. Harte to act as Secretary, it was agreed that their respective claims should, for the present, re main in abeyance. The orignal business of the meeting for the election of Directors, on the motion of Mr. BEAMISII, was then proceeded with. A difficulty, however, arose as to the re ception of proxies which w re held by Mr. Smith, for persons absent in the country, as it was doubtful whether they were bona fide or not. It was ultimately resolved that the Chairman should receive them under protest. The annexed resolution was then moved by Mr. SMITH is resolved that the following gentle men be elected Directors—viz ,J. B. Beamish, J. Par. nell, B. Shaw, T. Mooney, P. Gale, J. Alexander, Esqs., Capt. Lamont, J. D. Lowden, Esq., and that it be an in stuction to those Directors to nominate P. P. Collett, Esq., M.P.. N. 11. Thom as J. Brand, Esqs., Sir T. But ler, Col. Bruen, M.P , B. Grogan, Esq., M.P., W. P. Iloey, IL S. Ginn ess , and T. Redmon d , E sqs ., as soon as the last-named ge n tl emen had qua lifi e d un d er th e A c t. . This list was objected to by Mr. BRYSON, who pro posed to substitute another but his amendment was lost, and the original motion was passed pro forma by the Chairman, on his receiving under protest the proxies which Mr. Smith hold. After the discussion of some unimportant routine business, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. C. Lee, Customs' locker, Liverpool—first div. of Is. 7 1 4 d. in the pound, May 28, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. G.,Taylor—first and final div. of 13s. 9d. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. S. Law, upholsterer; Great Portland -street—final div. of ls. 7d. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. T. Higginson, pawnbroker, Liverpool—second div. of 2s. in the pound, May 29, and any following Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. L. IVatson, smith, Rickmansworth , Hertfordshire —first div. of ss. 9d. in the pound, next, and any following Wed nesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Cole man. street. F. B. and W. Stacy, warehousemen, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside—first div. of 6 1 ,4 d. in the pound , May 24, and any following Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frede rick's-place Old Jewry. W. Hincliliff, haberdasher, Marlborough-road, Chelsea —first iliv. of 4s. Bd. in the pound, May 24, and any follow ing Saturday, at the office of air. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. R. Rochester, butcher, Hartlepool—first div. of Is. in the pound, any Saturday after May 24, at the office of Mr Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Pringle, carrier, Morpeth—first and final div. of Is. 4d. in the pound, any Saturday after 11Iay 24, at the office of i a, n May 26, and any following Monday, at the o ffice of . Mr. Bird, Liverpool. Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon - Tyne. J. Donnelly, merchant , L iver pool — first div. of 2d. in the millers, Congleton, Cheshire — second pound, May F 26, and any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. jiie r nan an div.d E of. 11 5 r d d .m n n the ju pound, R. Swainson and J. Gardner, grocers, Liverpool—second div. of 2 1 %d. in the pound, slay 26, and any following Mon day, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Carbuet, publican, Liverpool—tirst div. of 38. 10d. in the pound, May 28, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. 1: 1 1: 3 - 13 w s u a t en r s i el v i l e e t g r , 1 :; Portland llt e 1 lee Linter t i n o u w tne n r ~ • _ 3.. p A in t u t t h o e n, Co b u to rt ne of li r ohm k na r :in u f,s P pit t eia e r r sg June 13, at twels---T. DingleY, draper, Stratton-gro d, / at twelve—J. grocer, v Westminster, eter _ ,: t u r n e e t, l3 l , s , a t t t t Green, wine merchant, Pall-mall, June 17, at one , --W. Spencer, common brewer; •Wallingford; Berkshire ' J une 17, at eleven—W, Armlield, draper, Northampton, June 13, at one-.W. 1-1. Mills, wine merchant, Mark-lane ; Jtine 13; at twelve—R. Swansborough and H. tian ~. i ., 4 ,.-e; 4 ararehougemen, Bread-street, June 13' at tiVelVe---;,.0. tiarrey; tattle dealer, East Monica, Esse:tc, June 14, at haltlnast elererj _M • trle, musk edict-, Bristol, Jline 14, k r tiitit . 4...,. v. .i.L. 0 r . bells, grocer ) Abingdon, June 14, at eleten•-111. II; L. G. Culnaghi p r int seller, Cocks ptir kt M --t; thine 13; at One— R. Marshall, stone nta,sorl,,Ptptlbillk Rine l:;' at tiVelve , - D. Smith; merchant,buddersbury, June i, at twelve. In the Count. • G. Ball, carpenter, Bath, June 18 ry , at eleven, a t th e Bris tol District Court—. Jolmsorb mereban,t. Liter:Viol, June 17, at eleven, at the LiVefpnOl...A6triet CiiiirtT. And W. Wilscn, merchants, LiVettidol, is tine Pi, at twelve, at the Liverpol Viet; ii Conrt—C. IL Buchanan and W, Cunning- ham, merchants; Liverpoolo hut 1?, at tOrelfe, at the Cotirt. ,4 l'. 'Whyte, hardware merchant, 119vrtenrPin7hi District_ ani ;Birk 17, at eleVen, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court--W. Munton, ClreAtfnrd, Lincolnshire, June 17, at half-past t7ieittl, at the Birmingham District Court—N. N. and E. so!ty, iron masters, Tividale,.Yorkshire, June 23, at clevi"" t the Birmingham District Court—G. R. Gitton, ~ a June 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham anted unless cause be shown to b c . r Ei lc t it r T e i c r i , t - } B pi r ac i u ( . l , r g t, n . E o r s t h t , o b ogr , the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Burt, boarding-house.koeper, llarrow-road, Padding 17—J. Welch, licensed June 14--J. Gibbs, g Huntingdonshire, June Ramsey, grocer , 11 1 , rth butcher. Paddington-street, t ary e ,sgHatoeilaJwnatyle, 16-4. Hollingsu 0 , c i st ro a s m s ton, June 17—R. Stockley:iecattillineetr,lllßalitnegr,- bone, June 16—A. Donald, bookseller, 't.Alban's,, June 17— T. Weston, plumber, Southampton, June 17—M. Farrand, fancy cloth manufacturer, Htiddersfield, June 16—W. H. Mills, wine merchant, Mark-lane, June 13—J. Martin, victualler, Bexley-heath, Kent, June 13—H. Green, woollen draper, Liverpool, June 13—T. Lane, scrivener, Hereford, June 13—J Pim, linen draper, Clapham-common, June 13— T. K. Gorbell, bookseller, Bedford-place, Commercial-road, June 13—R. Swansborough and H. Oake, warehousemen, Bread-street, June 13—G. Haywood, bricklayer, Luton, Bed fordshire, June 13—J. Banks, seedsman, Birmingham, June 13—H. C. York, lodging-house keeper, Cheltenham-place, Westminster -road, June 13—R. Rochester, butcher , Hartle pool, Dur:fam, June 13—A. Knott, miller, Treyford, Sussex, June 13—J. - Roberts, grocer, Liverpool, June 13—W. Reeves, coach builder, Walcot, Somersetsbire, June 13—J. Kewley, tailor, Liverpool, June 13—S. Marshall, builder, Hull, June 13—W. Burchett, chemist, Whitechapel-road, June 13—W. Conyer, T. Ridsdale, J. Senior, E. Bailey, J. Milnes, W. Mayman, J. Oldroyd, J. Castle, S. Oldroyd, J. Breary, J. Denton, A. Ellis, M. Healey, J. Bailey, and J. Clegg, woollen and scribbling millers, Batley Carr, York shire, June 13—C. Burrage, butcher, Newgate-market, June 13. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Saunders, T. F. Saunders, and J. Bloor, common brewers, Burton-upon-Trent—G. Clement and G. Inskipp, linen drapers, Hastings—C. W. Wood and A. Cooper, sur geons, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire—M. Gompertz and 11. t. Haswell, exhibitors of dioramic pictures—R. Ridway and T. Dent, joiners, Manchester—M. Heyman, L. Webb, and M. Mitchell, coach builders, Guildford—W. Skinner and D. Robertson, cheesemongers, Bermondsey -street—E. Har rison and T. Houlker, attorneys, Preston—M. Hardy and H. Unthank, wine merchants, Manchester—H. S. Ash and J. Parsons, purse manufacturers, Nottingham—R. Campling and J. Creake, haberdashers, Norwich—R. White and A. Balston, nurserymen, Poole—S. and G. Green, innkeepers, Langsett, Yorkshire—C. Coxen, W. Fieldhouse, and J. Hawkini, china manufacturers, Foley, Staffordshire Potte ries—M. Lowe and W. Morrison, manufacturers, Leicester— S. Holtham and M. E. Brewer, milliners, Brighton—D. G. Moody and L. Jones, fruit merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne --J. Poulson and . J. Spencely, varnish manufacturers, Church • lane, Whitechapel. S6OTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Robb, china merchant, Aberdeen, May 29 and June 30, at one, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. Robert Taylor, jun., and Co., wholesale tea dealers, Glas gow, Ma 29 and June 19, at twelve, at the chambers of J. Monteith, Glasgow. NORTH • AMERICAN BUFFALOES. The buffalo, or wild American ox, which formerly abounded in most parts of North America, is every day becoming scarcer, in proportion as civilization and culti vation advance. It was found throughout the whole range now occupied by the United States, with the ex ception of that part which lies east of Hudson's river and Lake Champlain and of narrow and swampy strips of coast on the Atlantic Gulf of Mexico. The fineness of the buffalo wool, which, within a few years, has caused it to become an object of comrrerce for the manufacture of hats and cloths, is mentioned by Merton, a New England settler, iu 163?. He says, " Their fleeces are very useful, being a kind of wolle, as fine almost as the wolle of the beaver." At present they are seldom seen east of the Mississippi and south of the St. Law rence. But they are found in considerable numbers west of the Rocky Mountains, in the Columbian region, nearly to the borders of California, and west of Lake Winipeg up to the sixty-third degree. Their general colour is dun: sometimes they are spotted. The frame of the buffalo is larger than that of the generality of domestic cattle, and, though the fore parts are uncouth, the hind parts are handsomely and rather delicately formed. It looks very formidable from its large shoulder hump, its flowing wiry mane and sweeping beard, and thick horns, curved backwards. A herd of buffaloes, when pursued, especially if there be• a great number of bulls, emits a strong odour of musk, which is left in their wake, and their feet make a loud crackling noise. Their sense of smell is very acute. Sometimes they will scent man, if to windward of them, at a dis tance of two or .three. miles, and then they will gallop away with the greatest speed. When they cannot scent a man they will bear his near approach, or advance themselves very near him without any shyness. Whether this is to be attributed to the imperfect vision of the animal, whose eyes are obscured by the great quantity of hair which covers his face, or not, it is not easy to determine. Though buffaloes and elks are seen on the same prairies, they do not herd together. Wolves commonly attend them, and neither seem to molest the other. It is almost impossible to kill this animal by shooting it through the head or chest : the head is so protected by a matting of coarse, wiry hair, that a ball becomes entangled in it before reaching the bone; and the chest is so fenced by a bulwark of bone that it will require many bullets to penetrate it. Accordingly, the hunters contrive to gallop by the side of the animal, and shoot it, with bullet or arrow, behind the shoulder blade. They sometimes congregate in such myriads on the prairies west of the Rocky Mountains that the whole circle of vision within the bounds of the horizon presents one dark mass of these animals. The bulls march at the head of the cows, and it is then dangerous to encounter them, for, if they become enraged or frightened, the whole herd start off in a straight line, and in close order, regard less of all obstacles, and would crush to pieces men, horses, and waggons, if in their way. Some of these bulls weigh 3,0001b5. each. Whet► there is abundance of this sort of game the hunters often content themselves with the choice parts, the tongue, the slices by the hump ribs, and the marrow, the carcases being left to the wolves. This waste often leads to woful want. When this animal is hunted he becomes sometimes bewildered and exasperated, and turns round on his pursuers : then it is inevitable death to come within range of his horns. —Dunn's History of the Oregon Territory. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, MAY 23. The Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) Bill, was read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. The West Cornwall Railway,—Petition for additional pro vision; referred to the Select Committee on petitions for Private Bills. The following Bills were reported, and the report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension). Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 2). Trent Valley Railway. Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Report from Select Com mittee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Parker. Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wilshere and Mr. Burroughes. West London Rail way,—Report f rom Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to brought in by Captain Rous and Mr. Mangles. The following Bills are to be read a third time on Monday nest : Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway. Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway. Chester and Holyhead Railway. PRIVATE 'BUSINESS, FOR MONDAY, MAY 26. THIRD READINGS. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway. Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway (Shipley to Come). York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington Branch). York and Scarborough Railway Deviation. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Berks and Hants Railway. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch, and Hey. wood and Oldham Branches Extension). Eastern Counties Railway (Ely and Whittlesea). Lynn and Ely Railway. Whittle Dean Waterworks. Ely and Huntingdon Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported; 1. " That, in the case of the Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier (No. 2) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 2. "That, in the case of the Harwich and Eastern Coun ties Junction Railway (No. 2) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 3. " That, in the case of the Lady's Island and Tacum shin Embankment petition to read their Bill a second time, the Sessional Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to read their Bill a second time accord 4: " That, in the case of the Diss, Becclea, and Yarmouth Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their 5. " That, in the case of the Whitby and Pickering Rail way amendment on consideration of report, the said amend ment is of such a nature as to justify the House in enter taining it, if they shall think fit." . . 6. ' - '. - That, in the case of the Goole and Doncaster Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on omitting such clause or clauses as enable the Company to sell or transfer their Railway to the Midland Railway Com pany :—And that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such Order has been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the Report of the Bill." 7. " That, in the case of the Shrewsbury and Grand Junc tion Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." g. That, in the case of the Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough) Bill, amendments on consideration of re port, the amendments are of such a nature as not to be adopted by the House without the re-commitment of the Bill." Third, fourth, and sixth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. iniers,=-Motion on the Corn-laws, deferredcsftaToiletf NOTICES GIVEN ON FRIDAY, MAY 23. 1. Lord John Manners,—Address to her Majesty, for - Copies of any Correspondence which may have passed be tween her Majesty's Government and the Government of France, with reference to a Petition from certain Spanish Officers and Soldiers, presented on the 14th of March last, deferred from Tuesday, May 27, till Tuesday, June 3. 24 Leti'd Asbley,—Two Bills fur the regulation of the care and treatment of Insane persons in England and Wales.— Tdesday l June 3. 31 Sir Valentine Blake,—Motion respecting Members.— Tuesday, Jun W. 4. Mr. V Tuesday . , 3d, till Tuesday, June 10. rht r au d nr e tnt r heedo o t. fnttotai the namesel t a v for 5: Sit Henry Winston Barron,—Bill to exempt all occu 6. Mr. Ilindley,—Oi t i ohn r en e Ei a oa d ligl i eo n l picfs of land et houses Ireland from County Rates or Grand Jury Taxes, unless are possessed of lenses for a term of not less than seven -Tuesday—Tuesday, June 10. g ornar the England, c allowance a i g Oe t Dissenting i s ' e p m n e t i r t i s n t o e g t e t sorfeSc Ministers euiiN)-pini3g. Trustees administering the same. NOTICES - GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch) Railway, —Third Reading, Monday, May 26. York and Scarborough .Railway. Deviation,—Third read ing, Monday, May 26. - Harwich Railway,—Committee .on petition, postponed from Monday, 26th, till Friday, May 30. Cambridge and Bury Railway,—Committee on petition, Tuesday, June 3. South:a - tiptop. and Dorchester Railway ' —Qonsideration of Report, Tuesday, Ma' 27. r ( FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) I was sorry to find by the account furnished you of the Gorhambury meeting by your excellent reporter, that it was not unlikely it would be discontinued on the ground that as the gambling booths are abolished, the expenditure exceeds the income. Surely so good a sportsman, and so popular a nobleman as Lord Verulam, will pause before he puts an end to a meeting which has annually been the means of afford ing infinite amusement to the inhabitants of the county, as well as materially benefiting the ancient town of St. Alban's, of which he may be said to be the patron. Owing to the unfafourable state of the weather and the Queen's ball, the attendance at Gorhambury was not so large as of late years. Still there was a fair sprinkling of fashion ables present, and the speculation on the Derby and other races pretty brisk. The Queen of the Tyne winning the Gorhambury Stak es showed a marked imp rovemen t in her form from when she ran at Chester. Millipede or Philip, I imagined, would have won, but the former was not sent, I suppose, being kept for Epsom, and the latter was only beaten half a length. Fitzallen ran exactly as I thought be would. Lord Verulam, as matter of course, won the Prte Stakes with his Liverpool colt, nothing but Velox having started against him; and Mr. Martyn sent him only, I expect, to get back his stake, which, as second, by the condition of the race, he received. The less said about the Brigade Stakes the better. The Double-headed Oak Stakes, as I told your readers on Mon - day, went into Mr. Dawson's pocket by means of Crim Con and Tommy Lye beating the touch cried-up Maynooth, who looked far more like a hunter than a Derby winner. The Park Stakes were assigned to the Duke of Richmond's Tug Net, which was sent from Goodwood, instead of Cherokee, preserved in lavender, no doubt, for better engagements. The St. Alban's Handicap the Squire won entirely by fine riding. The' winner, Europa, is a useful anima], and will, no doubt, pay her way. The - rise of Weatherbit and Jinglepot, and the decline of Pam, are exactly in confirmation of the remarks I made upon them in my last. I also said, from the fact of Mr Greville's matching Alarm against Old England for so large a sum as 5001., he could not be very much amiss. He was then 18 to I—now his price is 7to I. The other great winter lion—l mean the Cobweb colt—from being quoted at Tattersall's at 200 to 1, would not, I imagine, as I have pre viously stated, start. The Duke of Beaufort and Marquis of Noimanby, to whose decision the qualification of the Iron master was left, yesterday pronounced an unfavourable judgment against him. He is therefore out of the race. The terms in which the above two noblemen couched their opinions, and the clear and sensible reasons they afforded for them, render it impossible for any one to cavil at or question them. Sweatmeat's success at Shrewsbury is most encou raging to the backers of The Libel, which horse I expect to see before the day at far less odds than he stands at now. For the convenience of the country subscribers, I perceive, the room was opened to-day, and is to remain so to-morrow. I understand Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way has arrived at Epsom, and that his owner is doing everything he can to make the public imagine what a valuable horse he has got. For instance, he has a bed iL the same stable with him, and has engaged an eminent jockey to ride him, promissing him a thousand pounds it he wins. 1;;:tt, in spite of all this parade, the bait does not take, and Clear-ti,:• way still remains at 50 to 1. On Monday I shall treat fina2y of the Derby, and at the same time analyse the public running of the Oaks' mares. London, May 23, 1845. TELEGRAPH. WEYMOUTH. QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 15. THE QUEEN V. THE MAYOR OF WEY3IOUTIT, This case was argued in Trinity Tenn last by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Crowder. Attorneys, Mr. Coppock and Messrs. Hicks and Co. JUDGMENT. Lord DmotAm—The Queen against the Mayor of Wey mouth. A, mandamus to the mayor, aldermen, and bur gesses of the town of Weymouth and Melcombe-Regis, to elect—to proceed on the 28th day of June, and do all that was necessary for the election of two assessors for revising the burgess list, in the place and stead of two whose year of office expired on the Ist day of March, when no election of new assessors was made. The return is, that on the day named the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses met, and were ready and willing to proceed to such election—the aldermen and burgesses to vote, and the mayor to receive the voting papers when they were so assembled; but there was not, nor bath been, any assessor of the said borough, and in conse quence thereof they could not proceed to bold the said elec tion. We hold this return to be clearly bad, for the reasons assigned in the demurrer. It leaves the Court in doubt whether an assessor duly elected has died or become in capable; or whether, in case no assessor was elected, or some assessor was elected whose title is thought to be invalid from some legal defect. In any of these cases, which appear •to be all the words of the return can suggest, the real state of things ought to have been distinctly pleaded, that-the prosecutor might have an opportunity of question ing its existence, or bringing forward other particulars to vary its effect, or of placing before the Court such points of law as the known facts of the case might raise. It was argued that the special circumstances relied on to support the return need not be stated, because the mandamus itself was ill. for it directs that to be done which, applying only to provisions of public interest to the facts stated in it, could not by law be done—that it would, therefore, make the return argumentative to state the reasons why it could not be obeyed. The answer is two-fold, without adding the fact of there being no assessor, no difficulty appears in the way of obeying the writ, and, secondly, simply to return that fact, unless the inability to elect equally exists under every sup posable state of circumstances under which there may have been no assessor of the borough would be sufficient ; but we think the Ist of Victoria, chapter 78, meets the difficulty which would otherwise exist under the present state of things. In any election made before this Act, or " this Act," the expression is any election made before this Act or under this Act shall be good, although made before the appointment of assessor. There is a re d m e e a d n y for omission, an d s i b o n e to calledap h ini e t i s e e t e t e r t r i a l s si t i All o tce inc t l h u at Aci r m om a3, l i p t o i i s n i t a as rg s e es e s n o o rs u . g electors under it, for they are all subject to its provi s i ons . If the proper time had elapsed the corporation may o bt a i n authority by writ of =imams, and ought p it ar to t?cudloarso. election l'his i may eNv 1 1 ) .) 1 e ay a t i .( \ec c e m ss ; arY step previous to the but their own neglect to take it cannot re lieve them fro m t h e d uty now sought to be enforced. S then, that ther e are means intrusted to them by law fur - doing what the law requires, we are bound to givej udg ment for the Crown f or a peremptory mandamus. The effect of this judgment will be important to the liberal interest in Weymouth. DRUItY-LANE THEATIIE.—The non-appearance of Madame Thillon last evening was attributable to the opinion of her medical adviser, Mr. /earsley, that a further repose of a day or two sas absolutely necessary for the perfect restoration of tier health. We have seen Madame Thillon's letter to the lessee, in which, subject to this indulgence, she has stated her ability to ap. pear on Mgnday next, and also Mr. Irettrsley's letter urging the i necessity of that terse. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Third reading, Mon-- day, May 26. - Berks and Hants Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Dublin and Drogheda Railway,—Report, Monday, May 26. Manchester and L ee d s R a il way (B urnley Branch and Hey wood and Oldham Branches Extension),—third reading, Monday, May 26. Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea) Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Lynn and Ely Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Ely and Huntingdon Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. RAILWAYS. The Select Committee on the Groups HH., 88., and SS. are postponed from Tuesday 27th till Thursday, May 29, at One o'clock. Select Committee on Group LL. Mr. Edward Heneage discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Fellowes (Huntingdonshire), selected, and added to the Committee. MEmouaNnum.—The Committee of Selection will meet on Thursday in next week, instead of Wednesday. MARKET IN TELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 23.) SUGAR.—To-day West India was in excellent request for grocery and refining purposes, 500 hhds, &c., finding pur• chasers at a further improvement in prices, making the ad vance for the week Is to Is 6d per cwt, and the total sales 3,370 hhds and tierces, which is a very large quantity. COAL 211CARIEET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 17s Gd ; Chester Main, 15s; Hasting's Hartley, 17s 6d ; Hollywell Main, 16s 6d ; Old Pontop, 13s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 14s; Townley, 15s; Taylor's West Hartley, 17s; West Hartley, 17s 6d ; West Wylam, 15s 3d ; Wall's-end, Hilda, 16s; Killingworth, 16s 6d; Eden Main, 17s; Bel mont, 17s 6d ; Braddyll's Hetton, 18s 3d ; Haswell, 18s 9d ; Lambton, 18s ; North Hetton Lyons, 17s ; Pemberton, 16s 3d ; Russell's Hetton, 18s ; Richm on d, 17 s 6d ; Sh otton, 18s ; Caradoc, 18s ; Hartlepool, 18s 6d ; lleugh Hall, 17s 6d ; Kelloe, 17s 9d; Adelaide, lis 9d; Bowburn, 16s; Tees, 17s 9d ; Graigola, 21s 6d; Lewiss Merthyr , 21s; Sydney, 16s; Powell's Dtffryn Steam, 22s 3d ; New Walker, 15s.— Ships arrived, 24. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—FRIDAY. Although only a bye day, the room was well attended, and some reasonably brisk business transacted on a few of the Derby fal;ourites. Idas was backed for several hundred pounds at 5 to 2, and Alarm for nearly a thousand at 6 to I, the layers having the pull in the first instance, and the backers in the other. Weatherbit was in demand at 8 to 1, and Winchester at 1,000 to 12 and 15; and the Lo (J. Day's), at 4to 1. The investments on the whole nul heavy. Takers of 12 to 1 about The Libel, of 20 to 1 about Doleful, of 30 to I about Mentor, and of 40 to 1 each about hedger, Pam, The Merry Monarch. and Jinglepot. Wets to take 1,000 to 15 about the Cobweb colt! Nothing of consequence done on the Oaks: DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas 4 to 1 agst J. Day's lot—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Greviile's Alarm—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 10 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's hedger—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Waller's Columbus--taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 40 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Jinglepot—taken 50 to I agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way 50 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Gully's Winchester—taken 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen. 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy. OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere. THE GAME-LAWS. Mr. Williams said he would remind the Learned Captain that it was rather a dangerous thing to take people into custody without a warrant, or without reasonable suspicion of felony. For aught that had been proved, or that the Bench knew, those very eggs might have been received by the defendant from some licensed dealer in game. The COURT having held that the information was sufficiently proved, Mr. Williams then addressed the Bench in mitigation, and ex pressei his surprise at seeing Prince Albert's green and gold game. keepers mixing themselves up with a prosecution, apparently originating from Sir John Walsh. If the letter had not been written by Milley to entrap him, he would not have been placed in his present unfortunate dilemma. He would denounce tise whole as a conspiracy, for the sake of putting one-half of the penalty into Mr. White's pocket, who was in the room, and whom they dared not call as a witness for the Crown. He would then read the letter which had been sent to the defendant to entrap him, as he intended to keep nothing in the back ground. It was written by the witness Milley, who signed himself as "gamekeeper." The letter was as follows: " Mr. Dean,—l Bleave you sent to me last week about some pheasants eggs, And I did not know Wether they was good or not, And so I did not give the man any particular answer about them ; but if you are got some to part with, and they are good, I will try and deal with you on reasonable terms. And please to send word back by the boy when you will bring them if you are got any to part with now; the man was saying you had got two pheasants to pat with As well As eggs, And if they are likely birds for laying, I should have know objection to try and make a deal with you for them, but send me word when you will come, so that I can be in the way, for you might come 50 times And not find me At home. I am Liveing in A New house just above the Royal Forester. (Signed) "JAMES MI LLEY, Gamekeeper." The game-laws were already sufficiently severe in their operation, but if gamekeepers, however Illustrious their employers might be, were to make a trade in informations for the sake of half the penalties, the ignorant and needy would be constantly led into temptation, and the wrongs of the poor unendurable. The magistrates retired for nearly half an hour. On their return— Mr. CR trrcntmc addressed the defendant, and said, he considered the offence with which he was charged a very bad one; and that the letter which had been written to him was an aggravation of that offence. The Bench had, therefore, - determined to inflict the full penalty the law allowed, which was that he be fined 21. for each of the pheasants, and ss. for each of the eggs found in his possession, and ordered him to pay IL Is. costs, making together 101. 1 Is., and, in default, that he be committed to the county gaol for four months, with hard labour, viz., three months in the case of the birds, and one month for the eggs being found in his pos. session. Mr. Williams having applied to the bench to give the defendant a fortnight's time to raise the amount of the fines and the costs, to which Mr. Voules, on the part of the prosecution, cheerfully assentcd, Capt. SULKELEY said no time whatever should be given —the man must pay the money at once, or go to gaol. The defendant was then taken away in custody. The proceedings were taken under the Ist and 2d of William IV., cap. 32, sections 24 and 25. COURT UI,A.j. ' The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Prince of Leiningen, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Dowager Lady Lyt telton, Lord Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel Wylde, arrived at Claremont, from town, in three carriages and four, at a quarter before six &clock on Thursday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Claremont pre vious to her Majesty. Colonel Bowles also arrived from town in the afternoon. There was no addition to the royal dinner party in the evening. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk in Claremont Park. The Royal Family were also taken airings in the grounds adjoining the mansion. Their Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of Leiningen lode out on horseback in the forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Clare mont yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson. Her Royal Highness remained on a visit to her Majesty. The band of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards ar rived at Esher yesterday afternoon. Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty the queen Dowager yesterday afternoon at Marlborough House. The Royal Duchess left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at five o'clock, attended by Lady Ann Maria Dawson, for Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Somerset with their company yesterday afternoon at the public breakfast given by their Graces at their residence in Park-lane. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined last evening with the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, at the Thatched House Tavern. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder, went to Richmond yesterday morning, and visited the Dowager Countess of Dunmore. The Grand Duchess, accompanied by his Excellency, proceeded to s Le Duke e the o f H G a r m an il d . v H ie am wi p n t g on a ;c e o g u ar rt d P en a s la a c n e d , garnodu,ndasf,terretuinrsnpeedettiongßitchhemPonaldaye Herand Royal Highness returned to town in th e e rtvi afternoon. His Roy E o rt f ch th e- e ton's residence in Portman-square. i r t . h John tbe C W h o a o n d c , , ior Chairmano fthe Duchess Ste a p l ha n ni i e gh o n f e n gs ade i n 'r . i v i e e s e terd A a l y b , at the al residence in Downing -street. Bangor, Ely, Commissioners r. for England had a meeting quo:E x l A c . l h i e , Es C t h ce . c a rl d K de anals at Ecclesiastical a nct r i l e i a s r y v o i a f e fi n t e v d i wereyesterday presentafternoon tthe Bishops att of f e Looffinedeoni Winchester,W hi t Whitehall-place. a l I -p l3 l a a c n e Lichfield, and Rochester, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Bon. H. Ilobhouse, the Right Hon. J. Nichpll and the Dean of West minster. The Court is expected to return to Buckingham Palace on Mon day next, from Claremont. The royal visit to her Majesty's marine villa, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, is expected to take place at the close of the ensuing week. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. The Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delawarr, has issued cards for his usual grand official banquet, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, on Tuesday, to the Lords Equerries and Grooms in Waiting on the Queen. Covers will be laid for twenty-four. Lord and Lady George Seymour arrived yesterday at Mivart's Hotel, from Brighton, where the Noble Lord and Lady have beem residing seme months. The erwesly-eanp,poe,inwthedichßhisis Lordshiphop of Ely, pi y,OcDcur.Ted aurtsoni)ehaans orfemv‘:o.sed_ ro:im :t i c ei r i ns id to the spacious mansion of kis predece ssor i n Dover. st rect. mi L n ord ' Sidoey Osborne, uncle to the Duke of Leeds, has taken mansion in Upper Portland.place. ECCENTRICITY.—A respectable correspondent in forms us that in the neighbourhood of Dudley a gentleman has recently offered to give the munificent sum of 5,000/. from his own resources, for the purpose of erecting a new church, provided that penny postage stamps to the amount of 2,0001., which have been obliterated by passing through the post .office, are sent to him within a limited period. Several ladies in Dudley are endeavouring to compel the gentleman to fulfil his offer, by collecting postage stamps from the various at. torney's offices and counting houses in Dudley and neighbourhood, and we trust their present sanguine hopes will not be disappointed. —Worcester Journal. DEATH OF W. J. HUGGINS, ESQ., THE MARINE Aavlsv.--On Monday last, at his residence, No. 105, Leadenhalt. street, after only two days' illness, William James Huggins, Esq., aged sixty-four, and marine artist to his late Majesty William IV. The early years of Mr. Huggins were passed upon the ocean, hating made several voyages to China, in the service of the East India Company ; and this enabled him, who had keenly endured the horrors of the storm, to paint the subject so accurately ; for no artist has ever excelled him in portraying a gale of wind with all its concomitant terrors. The three large pictures of the battle of Trafalgar (now at Hampton Coutt Palace), which Mr. Huggins painted for the late King, evince a thorough knowledge of nau . tics! affairs, especially the tempest lifter the engagement. These were originally designed for the collection at Greenwich Hospital, and it was a source of grief to the worthy artist that, through some cause or other, they never reached .heir destination. His s of ships, to which he was principally confined, were ex_ ansl the scenery displayed many a sunny spot of beautiful colouring, particularly in his delineations of Chinese landscapes. In private life, as well as in his professional capacity, he enjoyed the esteem of many of the mcst talented men of the day.—Pictorial Times. celle CHURCH INNOVATIONS. - ST. GEORGE IN THE EAST. —The polling on Friday went on very languidly for a church rate, and very few of the parishioners interfered in the matter. Some personal friends of the rector, who has driven the great bulk of the parishioners from their parish church by his Puseyite prac tices, rceorded their vote in favour of the rate, and to coun_ teract this, the church party (for it is a fact that the opposition to the rate emanated from churchmen) who are disgusted with the innovations introduced by the Rev. Mr. King, voted against the rate, avid coutd have brought up hundreds had it been neces. sary. At the close of the first day's poll, Mr. Liquorish, the senior churchwarden, stated the nutubets to be, for the rate, 14 ; against th rate, 36; raajority,:22. On Thursday last, an old man named Jamei Dean, between 60 and 70 years of age, a shoemaker, of East Hampread, was charged before Mr. P. H. Crutchley and Captain Bulkeley (county magistrates for Berks), on the information of George White, one of Prince Albert's gamekeepers for the Swinley district, ' with haring unlawfully offered for sale four pheasants and six pheasants' eggs, on the 13th instant. The examination took place ' at the private office of Mr. Seeker, the town-clerk of Windsor, and clerk to the county magistrates. Mr. C. S. Voules, solicitor, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. J. J. Williams, barrister.at-law, for the defendant. The case excited considerable interest, in consequence of the method which bad been adoptei to entrap the defendant. Charles Milley, gamekeeper to Sir John Walsh, of Warfield, examined by Mr. Voules—On the night of Monday, the 12th instant, defendant came to my house at Winkfield, in consequence of a letter I had written to him that morning. 1 let a person named John Shakespere privately in at the back door to hear what was said between me and Dean. Dean told me he had only half a dozen pheasants' eggs by him just then. Dean els, said he had three hens and a cock pheasant by him at home. The deal between me and the defendant was then conclude'. He brought to me the next morning, about five o'clock, three hens and one cock pheasant alive, and six pheasants' eggs, saying they had all been caught in wires since the previous Tuesday. When I asked him if he was authorised to sell game, he said" No, but there will be no harm between you and me." When he said he had no license to sell game, I told him I could not buy of him. He then said he would take them back again. II eplied, " You cannot do that, for I must take them be fore a magistrate." Shakespere, who had been secreted, then appeared. Cross-examined by Mr. Williams—l am gamekeeper to Sir John Walsh ; but I have no deputation nor any license to deal in game, nor any license to kill game. I look after Sir John's game. I decline to say if I ever killed any game. I have had possession of the birds and eggs ever since they were brought to me by Dean. John Shakespere corroborated the testimony of the last witness. Cross-examined by Mr. Williams—Pray, in whose employ are you ? Who is your master ? Upon the witness hesitating to give an answer, Captain Bulkeley said, " Oh, the Woods and Forests pay him, or else the Crown." Mr. Williams—l had much rather have an answer from the witness, Captain Bulkeley, unless )ou yourself choose to be sworn. Witness, after being again pressed by Mr. Williams for an answer, at length replied, lam game-keeper to Prince Albert. I know a person named George White, who laid this information. He is now in the room, in green and gold. He is one of the head game-keepers to his Royal Highness. The case having been closed on the part of the Crown, Mr. Williams took several technical objections to the summonses, which were overruled. He then addressed the Bench on the part of the defendant, who, he said, need not have appeared that day at ail, as the summonses were both decidedly bad. He however had consented to appear, in order to save further trouble and loss of time to the Bench. Captain BULKELEr—He was already here when the case was opened, and if he had attempted to have gone away I would cer. tainly have given him into custody. Mr. Williams—lle was here as a spectator, and was not bound to plead. He could have walked out of the room, without appear. ing to the summons, most certainly, if he had so pleased. Captain lIIILKELEI'—I should not have parted with him. I should certainly have ordered him into custody if be had attempted that. jot d ltt , old°' • e' 6d; sn'i °lll raf t cO!