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_— field 0 —and a beating ood au" vhould for any t heeling, Lot tiiink nil touch t..kP ll . addcd ; ;lone) 1 ....... , ft, ar' d a ball' • 1 lams) 2 ''''''''''' %v i l er) ' 0 ''''''''''' QVS' ea‘ sst 2 03 ; es allowed 1 w)! '''. 3 3 30 Ad d°j. i n ia) .1) ;a -bid' oh 10 ft, '(coy) 31 0 ' ,ae3 two 1-- 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 9 jr Alic° r' P 1 ii:d3 ,0 ,If 1 13 ! tte re ti pv ol ea s ,:;J 1 1 4 0 1 ; e 06 4 v 0t bo ds ., ' c oo 8 00' oP yeO 01, br 00108 s SUfignA„ "'ma v±o NUTS VtOttr Optittou. " Who runs may read." POREIGN. On Tue,day evening, their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received the Hanoverian and Saxe Wei . mar 11 . inis ters, the Duke d'Albufera, M. Casimir Pe!ier, Minister 'rola France to Hanover ; the Marquis de WednesdayßumiyGenetrael Sebastiani and the Count de Bondy. On , d n a Xi ' a g came from Neuilly to the Tuileries, but remained ve r y,_ the snort time. D uchess Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke andn c d f 4 Aumale, and the Prince and Princess Augustus .... "'" e 'Cohlirg, had arrived at Neuilly from Chantilly. th e he different reports received by the Government ; s h aLs ei,.. 6less ager, announce that. the Kilig'sf rte was ever ) eeetated with éclat and order ; the entire popnlatio t n he to r o e k . t a rt in it, and the clergy celebrated at the same time g rn iOas and the national fete. he consu mp and 40,413 sheep,tion of meat i n P ar i s during the last month li w e ls C,V,B oxen, 1,374 cows , 6 , 862 ca l ves, lig 310 oxen less, and 228 cows, 518 calves, 3,915 sheep more than in A ril ' 1844. The brit] eof boats over the Rhine, at Busach, erected at ~.til_eeint e)Egpence of France and the Grand . Duch i v en o e f e ß o a f l t e b e e , authorities pened. to the public a few days ago, . tt,traorities of France and Berlin, in the adj i a n cf p n r t e loca:ies. sentenced D "It Government of the Canton of the Valais hti there " ar inann, who took a leading part in the disturb_ n a e nc o es f ,ere, to deprivation of civil rights for two years, a lisen te nce La,' A similar I ,_ ~ and the costs of the proseeution. ' l l been pronounced upon M. Torrent. ~L a st week the son of a farmer, residing near St. Omer, in raghin me on number of gold pieces. They ha . l; . e , "'Ned Daisbe Coins of Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, itn„,(lof Charlcs VIII. and Louis XII., the g • contain several _ Behr and Valenciennes journals • Kings of France. 7:c°llllt a of accidents from lightning, notwithsta tt n e di e n l g eet t r b ie e fluid state of tbe atmosphere. On Thursday last d elilifiell near Valenciennes, at a place calledmVenonTier-sur e...o.nr, on a house inhabited h e officer, It o the chair on la, i ,",n,ed by. the chimney, and broke i by a in Nem" the man was sitting by the fire, pieces and o le i f t t t mhearks sameda; thel"e•4 all the iron articles in the room. i n tertric fluid fell on a wooden house at the camp of Beverloo, i ng we gi s u a ro t 0 , nocce u s p e i t ed on ty fir C e s o ipt A ain su L m ouis Caimo, und b th n e k b n u o i t l e d s: 413'000f. in aonsumed. B°,l..tues N'aluableejewels, and all the furniture were t c l4 `o',,_earcli being. made after the fire bad gone ou ,_ ngs P . ' ii,o_florins mere found half melted, and two earri rit ytortii `j oe r e t tt s e ta li n d t i the cere ieces inneoptlbe4 m on ar t r b ia e g 2 e 6t of h liit, commenced zeui on °,r, ropkianch, and te sister of the Su Mehemet A lta li n P . ac T h h a e , p G ro o . • , to 1 .) , in'," by no means o h splendid as such aea f n E ts as u te s r e n d o c f os t ur ne p : u o l erti r s :e n a d rs. 1. ivested of their accessories o conf ection, •-• train of servants, bearing on their heads pot! sire of ar e , and Broussa silks had rather t r h e e tai a n pp er e s m of r oYalty . aleb ern , waiters at a tavern than the and r eh,, /./. , .Cairo . . .et All left on the 19th of April for Mansoura, n the n „ ,gnness intended remaini . His ''"htlil B ea' ' ne would proceed to Alexandria.n ef o r a few h Excellencyhours only, l 'rine e l. son of the Viceroy, is going to parisintotjhoaint city for ranruels brother, who has now been residing The lehan a year. vtilleriocouin„lenguf o n f ex P t r w us e s e i k a , o w n as a e t x on p r ec o t f ed ins t p o ec l t e i a o v n e t P hr o o ts u d g a h m th in e th 8 Provinces in his dominions which have suffered from teerlieneent , inundation& The arrival at and departure from at thiset English, Russian, and French Cabin 4Pital, t°3l,ll:entti,,vrcording to accounts from the Prussian Al ti i ra•Alar /MD POLICE. lilt ° ~ e Central Criminal Court, John Dobson, for breaking krtielLet;e Church of St. Marylebone, and stealing divers At ; yas sentswed to ten years' transportation. 'ant,. alariboroueh .street Mai' , Ann Johnson, a young th - e li n , was charged vrith ' stealing a shilling seed cake from gi rl, wi p of Air. Tarver, baker, Coventry-street.. n The poor Prc, st i t u° had for some months past been leadi_g_ n a g l e if o e m o! th ittea tit " , had taken the cake for the purpose of bei tef n ,,,, 8 ? as to be removed from the streets. Mr. Tarver lett er ' ~to press the charge, and the magistrate gave . her a a ca reFonnuendation to the Magdalen. tliru" Wilkins charged with having deserted his wife and arissehcolifild_ren, w'berety they had hecome chargeable to th . e a nin „, ,‘t. Mary Abbots, Kensington, was committed tor o e 'h or L" Irom Hammersmith. Old G ge Alallinson, a butcher, aged 26, of Skipper's Folly, th, T i l'arel-l ane, S t. ,-, veorge's in-the• East, was at himself to k littl e a'!l,3 Police -court with indecently Reek s girl, and committed to the House o e f x grr si e n g ion for six lab cnr. a s a rogue and vagabond, there to be kept to hard COATI LT—PASIIIONABLE. Princei Albert is to be enrolled a member corporationofthe hnall kini; Goldsmiths' Company this evening, 72 the 14 2 of State are invited to meet his Royal It h a s been erro neo,;' of that wealthy Civic company. I her Majesty's kinis'Y represented as an entertainment to tiighness at a L pojittrasi zhe banquet is Wholly d ty ev d o i i tf d er o e f ne a e n s y a th re ing w l a i y k . e s knah m 8 OW, as politics and par Th e - -6 04 such occasions. S trath. Die of Wellington has arrived at Apsley of most ex cetien.tuelaillon. 1, J His Grace is in the enjoymentl e Noble Duke, as 4, 5 , 1 „ -till*. On Wednesday next, House from the - a distinguished it'ci' ",! . °,f' the A.ncient Concerts, will entertain Duchess of dine 'PsleY Ho e when the Duke and x e Witi l g h e l a s it 4 1 the 4,14 ii,hes.o, _ , ..., race. •oness Ducushes's of Glcracester are e p cted to dine ,%.,,_ over Friday, and Sutherland, the Marquis . and Marchi te./rin, .kajor-Ueneral Sir Robert Gardiner, K C.R. and . wtnt ' ' ll d a large party visited Woolwich on 4aonetheeNit,oZtailo!dift R th e r po ee s t it r o o r o y p , rtin,, B 0 the glad to hear that Colonel Sibthorp we CryB:re the common. ti Nourabi s o a f ud ßo a y ft a e l r l -w l a o r r t se ls eons, sever' and rapidly recovering from the effects or ,rbeEtitlitecident is going_o h n is ve r ry e. fardtne, fro: s o t has returned to his house in . Carlton , na-t 1 65 seat in X . , 4 N ' i Sit to the Right Hon. S. R. Lushingt The Mar K ent' -tt. wit i the ti C11 , 1 , b , • l ad ower of y. tins. The E cl.,ll:B;:rbeorlnuYngliam has joined the Royal Yacht Countess at St. George tit : It inaroriage of Lordg AleMaur, youngest son be sole mn u is k e,, f Soi ot Thelthlle iv,,eek freolin"Be Ce rr on o l v inu M es seriously indisposed. nferset, wi d th Miss Horatia Morier, will b . e Count 's, Hanover. square. We stmoreland arrived in the early part kironi.. tl _ tr i and Countess of Clanwilliam entertained the Col-he:4°f Douro, the Marquis of Winchester, the Dowager lector an,gPernbroke, his Excellency the Austrian Ambas laid 4 d'i'``tonntess Di etrichstein Count Potocki, Earl Bruce, t u tse e i r rer , :e I t 3 4 . 1 10 g 11 4 i i n s 11 ed t e dinner, i c g ir r c a l: e a . t eqe e re. u t t. IVIZSCIII.I..a.IanneauS. P.eparations are now making at Holyrood Palace for A ns4lll, ,ption of the Lord High Commissioner to the General finis 3 ' The state apartments are being cleaned and Li s re,i7,' 11.1aGrace (the Marquis of Bute) will take_ p suite h a ", t , e .h'e In the Palace on Wednesday next, part of his court IS ea p,„, ing beadyair Palace arrived. His Grace's forthcoming h.`Led to a brilliant ° one, graced, as it will be, by the lon I , l °o. Bess, 1 / 4 11 Fi r l t i,lY Inerning the infant son, fourteen months old, of IPrtin"lll.sh, q. ', of Westbourne-terrace, Bayswater, n ePen go ut .,° l its 1111T4'8 arms whilst she was standing at an gltra ex , , n-ise" window on the ground-floor and fell into th . Nils ..' " ei ght of eight feet. The infant fell on its head , 1 1 ! 43 _ Th. nsidered in a dan erous state. Iles:: ""sdaY evenin g service of int is ?: Marsden and Nichaols, brewers, Lewisham, was dlivd gs John Gooch, in the . dow it Tarn down Loampit-hill, Lewisham, be was himself, th, e ne y the tore horse, and before he could recover hima a n , by ~,,bl7w.heel passed over his head, crushing it nearly !t in t . 7 41 g i.riullue]lis brains were forced out nearly en masse, Po a arm OfV te (leath. The poor fellow bad been long in the much espetteekessrs. Marsden and Co., by whom he was Lle s geiovneert, Under the direction of Mr. Charles Salam h an c s i;, e GoN e, e tt e 4 FridaY morning, in aid of the funds by ''' e grejeesses' Benevolent Institution is to be supported. wl ° c,'o e i, T, r oom in the Hanover-square Rooms was, Y. n I be e ,:ed With the friends and patrons of the Institutio . Club t-sttoraarY meeting of the members of the Navy llou e , ) e i, ) " Place on Thursday last, at the Thatched r Move tweanvro, St. James's -street. Covers were laid for %te en th 3% CaPtaki Pechell, M.P., filled the chair, and were t 4 gallant officers connected with the Club present_ I t ) :iilntr i e u a rp r tr i .0 . : dr oiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Rear-Amiral D. •alai, c -wnniodere Sir C. Napier, Captain Lord F. G. ' CaPtaba Lord E. Russll, Captain Alexander, 1 itilli•arelleartelay, Captain Maunsell, Captain N-ite- °rb ' —e V . tP 1 erston was the visitor in to the dinne.e. lae°un a m —WAY RETURNS. iye TRA fOr thr, Prle.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail !t47."l returns .. v - past week --that is to say, up to the date to which the ba th e , nr are made, together with the receipts of the same "i °us Year , . //. tel t tl,lint NAIIE OF RAILWAY- Last week, G 7 ~,d g.t4: a.scc, t r.—. 0 to U .9. 11 4 1 t 9 11 13 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 .• Arbroath an d Forfar • • ' Birmingham and G10uce5ter.......... ... .... Chester and Birken head . . Dublin and Drogheda. • • ' ' ....• Dublin and Ringstown •••• • • ' ... r)Dundee and Arbroath ..• • • ' ''''' .... .urilana and Sunderland ..• • • .... z'L,dluktrich and Glasgow • •• • • • trn.• '7.,astern Counties and North Eas e .. kilasgow, lillmarnock, and Ayr . • •.: .. Ulasgow, and Greenock— • • .... Grand Junction ************ •• • • ** Gravesend and Rochester— .. Great Great North of England •• •• • • •••• ~ Western • • ' '' • • • • • • •• •• • Hull and Selby •• • • •' • • • • • •' Lip an d and Manchester •• • • •• •.... London and Birmingham . •• • ' • : **** London and Blaekwth• •••• • • • • '' Loudon and Brighton. • ' • ' ** ...... Londou and Croydon . • • • ... London and Greenwich ..• • • ***** . London and south Western. •• —•• ..aneheater, Bolton, and Bury • • • • • Nanchester and Birmingham ** . Atanchestr, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Ilidiand Counties.— • • ' ********** • • • Newcastle and Darlington • • —• • ; . .N.,,,evveastle and Carlisle— .• •• • .. iNeWcastle and North Shields.. • • • North Union and Bolton and Preston. Paris Corbeil, and Orleans ***** • • • • P ar t s and Itouen ..... . • , reon and 'Wyre • • • • •• •• Sheffield and Manchester.... .. ' raft Eastern.. •• .• • ' • • •• ****** •• • • ale .• • • • • ******* —••• • " • • • _tibiter ......• •• •• •• **** York and Norwich .•.•• • York and North Midland . - • - • —— - 140 3,490 1,947 770 1,000 fBB 2,841 5,147 1,784 912 10,201 1,869 18,308 1,324 5,334 19,708 1,100 4,219 1,476 7,271 957 4,702 6,302 11,753 1,G51 381 iO3 2,148 548 1,050 6,101 5,808 243 2,413 4,3 , 2 2,065 869 7,534 707 5,165 1,067 1,316 15,964 921 4,645 16,9C4 1,044 3,521 855 6,242 756 3,144 4,846 8,263 313 2,658 50 1,383 299 1,273 5,885 6,145 613 3,932 909 531 270 1,963 , ALARNI, ~ btlw e - 'l(4 k.TD:I ACCIDENT. — Yesterday aft . e . r e n nt en ..__ yn e and two o'clock, an alarming gig accid Mrs. i t 'r i el In Er.idge-street, Par liament -street, to Mr. .arn crse„. ya,"',,,,lnd infant son, livery -stable keepers, of WhiterHeci,dos dri'',,, __vvoindtmill-street, .Haymarket, caused by rtici n i "...g . ,t . two cab-rivers that were amusing th t e h m e e s w el i z e s l by f , fla 01 tneir cab horses against each other. The -Itild a l t he cabs came in violent contact with that of the gig i nto t'll-eraet it, icirecipitating Mr. and Mrs. Winch and s infant W oo l ', Q ad, by which they received serious , injun e e r . yacht Vair3,, 1,1":wleil, MAY 16. —ner Majesty s 143. I.,_nnuilt bx Ditchburn and Mare, and fitted with riv engines to r i: and :ion, and intended as a tender to the Royal Vie t° a lit, and Albert yacht, was commissioned to-day by 111 Itoyl Q.• 1-1. Thain, master and late second master of the 401414 ,yietoria and Albert yacht. The Erebus, on t t -v Muklin, and Terror Captain Crozier, left Woolwich Terror()nday for Greenhithe. The crews of the Erebus and Captain Sir ,_lye re paid in advance to-day, and to-morrow (Satur .Y3,)knwoifilthsaiLfor their destination, accompanied by th e Mon .-I,tit 04 e nattier st eam - Ye4sels, ordered to tow them to -••aeY Ishinda. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS. [The following is a more full report of the annual festival of this Society than we could find room for on Friday] : The annual festival of the supporters of this benevolent institution took place on Thursday evening, at the London Tavern, when a magnificent repast was served up, and the dessert was particularly good. An abundance of beautiful flowers were interspered amongst the dishes. In addition to an efficient military band, which serenaded the company during dinner, and efficient corps of glee singers, formed of Messrs. Francis, Cooke, Hatton, Machin, and Masters Stevens and Willings, discoursed most excellent music, and received the meed of deserved applause. Mr. Toole, sen., was the toastmaster, and it is needless to say that his arduous duties were performed in first-rate style. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in the chair, surrounded by several foreign ambassadors and other friends of the Society, amongst whom were the Count Kiel mansegge, Chevalier Bunsen, Mohun Lal, Consul General Tottie, Consul General Tiarks, Consul General Prebost, Rev G. W. C trtron, Rev. Mr.. Dangars, Mr. Salamons, &c. The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal toasts were proposed and drunk with enthusiasm; after which the Noble Chairman called upon Mr. Horneman, the secretary, to read the report. It stated that the past 3 ear had been tile most prospetous one for this Society since its first establish ment, with the sole exception of the two years,lBl4 and 1833, in the former of which the presence of the Allied Sovereigns and other propitious circumstances first enabled it to invest a sum of some magnitude in the public funds ; while in the latter, its shattered finances were replaced on a secure foot ing by the b►illiant result of the never-to-be-forgotten fancy fair, held under the auspices of her Majesty Queen Adelaide. The Directors attributed the present position of affairs to the successive arrival on the British shores of several foreign Monarchs, who had munificently contri buted to the funds of the Society. Many other large donations and favourable circumstances had been the means of raising the funds to the present favourable state. The number of pensioners during the past year had been 70; 73 persons had, besides, received small regular allow ances ; 102 persons had been assisted with - the means of returning to their native countries; casual relief had been given in 2,289 instances, among which there were 236 new cases. But notwithstanding the ample support given to the Society, it was not able to relieve the numerous cases that came under its notice : the Committee, therefore, begged to claim the liberal donations of the gentlemen present at• this festival. The total amount of receipts during the past year amounted to 4,212/. 2s. 7d., and disbursements to 3,715/. 3s. 2d., leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 496/. 19s. sd. _ On the conclusion of the report the Noble Chairman, in a few words, proposed "Prosperity to the Society," and the toast was responded to with immense cheering. Chevalier Bunsen then proposed " The health of their Illustrious Chairman," to which his Royal Highness briefly responded. The " Health of the Foreign Ministers" was then drunk, for whom Count Kielmansegge returned thanks. This toast was followed by the "Health of the Vice-Pre sinents," which was briefly acknowledged by Chevalier Bunsen. The Stewards' lists of donations were then read, and in consequence,of the great exertions and splendid list of Mr. Brandt, in which appeared a donation of 1001. from the free City of Hamburgh, his Royal Highness proposed the health of that gentleman, for whom his son, Mr. Adolphus Brandt, returned thanks, as follows : Mr. ADOLPHUS BRANDT said—ln rising to respond to the toast which has been so kindly proposed, and so flatteringly received, I must apologise to you, both on my father's behalf and on my own. On my father's behalf, that he finds him self so oppressed by the feelings with which this unexpected honour has overwhelmed him, as to be utterly unable to thank you in however few words, and on my own, that I am so inadequate to the duty which has fallen upon me. In making up the long list of bountiful contributions which has been presented to you in my name, I cannot pretend to any great share of the merit. It is to my father's numerous friends and his influence amongst them, that it is to be attri buted. The Society has long been the objecrof his constant solicitude, and on this especial occasion he has had a twofold motive—his interest in its welfare, and the success of my stewardship. The result would of itself have amply rewarded all his trouble ; but the manner in which it has been received by you, he bids me say, adds so greatly to his satisfaction, as to make this a day which he can never forget, which he will remember with pride and gratitude to the latest moment of his life.—(Cheers.) To my father's warmest thanks I may be permitted to add my own, for the honour you have con ferred upon him; and allow me to express the hope that future anniversaries of this excellent charity may be as dis tinguished as this has been, both in individual and aggregate amount of contributions, and that my successors in office will, year after year, exert themselves to render each suc ceeding festival more beneficial to its funds than the last. The list of Mr. Adolphus Brandt amounted to the enor mous sum of 1,2461. 16s. Mr. SALO3IONS then rose, and spoke to the following effect : —I obey the call of your oyal Highness to introduce to this great meeting a toast committed to me from the unavoidable absence of Mr. Colquhoun, the Chage d'Affaires of the Hanse Towns, who is prevented from attending by indisposition, which I most sincerely regret. I have to perform an im portant, although an invidious duty, to select from among the contributions of this day, poured in upon us from all parts of Europe—indeed, from all parts of the globe, from the coasts of America to the shores of the Bosphorus—one which particularly merits our attention and especial acknow ledgment, It is that from the Senate of the Free City of Hamburgh. It is not long since that devoted city was visited by an awful calamity, which appealed to the hearts of every one of us, and claimed a universrl sympathy. Tt.e donation of this day is an evidence of her having recovered from the effects of that terrible visitation, as well as of her gratitude towards those who sympathised with her in the how of mis fortune. Again we must acknowledge the persevering and kind exertions of the philanthropic Mr. Brandt, a native of Hamburgh, although so long established amongst us, and now to be numbered among the merchant princes of this great metropolis, where I trust his name will be preserved for many generations. He it was who brought the claims of this Society to the notice of the Senate of Hamburgh, as will be seen from the copy of the letter from Sindicus Sieveking to Mr. Colquhoun, and which, by the permission of your Royal Highness, I will venture to read, at least that. part only as is material to my present purpose :—" The request of a con tribution towards the friends of the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, coming from a man who has so just a claim upon his native city, as Mr. Emanuel Henry Brandt, has been taken into favourable consideration by the Senate, and you are authorised to subscribe, on behalf of the Senate, through Mr. Brandt, the sum of one hundred pounds as a donation." Thus we see the good effects of high and ho nourable example, such as ever has been set us by the Royal Family of England, such as our daily experience offers us of your Royal Highness's kind and distinguished patronage of the metropolitan charities—setting a laudable example to us all, assisting us to raise the splendid monument of philan thropy peculiar to this country, where all charitable estab lishments flourish by the exertions of private benevolence, unassisted by State contributions. We rely entirely on the extended influence which charity never fails to beget, where men assemble together to encourage each other to soothe the distress of our fellow-men. It has happily become part of our every-day life to cultivate these sympathies, to give play to these feelings which are planted in the heart by our Almighty Father, urging us to listen to tales of sorrow, and prompting us to relieve the distress of the forlorn and destitute stranger. I trust that these sympathies will ever be culti vated and extended, not alone by ourselves, but by surround ing nations ; and 1 hail with great delight the contribution from the City of Hamburgh as an earnest of their desire to promote and extend the field of philanthropy. I beg to pro pose the toast of " Health and happiness to the Senators, and prosperity to the good and grateful City of Hamburgh, and thanks to the Senate for their liberal contribution." This toast having been done justice to Mr. TuomrroN proposed "The health of the Duchess of Cambridge," which was drunk amidst general applause. The Noble CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of the foreign clergymen, and the other directors of the Society," to which the Rev. Dr. Kuper replied in a very appropriate and feeling manner. The company sat until a late hour, and broke up highly delighted with what had taken place. SCENES AND ADVENTURE/ IN SPAIN.—The chief interest of this work consists •in the faithfulness of its de tails respecting the late civil war in Spain, in which the writer was actually engaged. On this account the work has an historical value which a book of mere travels cannot possess. It was about the end of May, 1835, traversing the beautiful valley of Aspe, the author proceeded to Taragoza, thence to Toledo and Pampeluna, and advanced through the country to Santander. From that place he pursued his journey to the interior, and finally arrived at Madrid. The military details give an animation and an interest to the nar rative that no art at second hand can accomplish. The effects of the unnatural struggle which for years convulsed Spain are vividly depicted. The writer gives his antagonists due praise for bravery in many a hard contested fight, and exalts far beyond what we have been accustomed to give them credit for, the personal valour of the Spanish soldiers. The writer remained some months in Madrid, and his descrip tion of the Spanish capital is minute, and accompanied with a good deal of interest—Atlas. A MAN FOUND.—About five o'clock this morning a man was found dead in the Finchley-road, near the Swiss Tavern. He is about 35 or 40 years of age; height five feet four inches ; dressed in a brown frock coat, black waistcoat and trousers, blucher boots, and socks ; a shirt with blue:spots on it ; and one of'his hands is marked T.G., with blue lel. The body was taken to the Yorkshire Grey, Hampstead, to await an inquest. EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS ON THE WEATHER.—It has been suggested that the state of the electricity of the atmosphere, on which depend most of the meteorological changes, may be greatly altered by having iron conductors traversing the country in all directions. Thus, iron trans mits electricity easily from one end of the country to another; but not being insulated, it only opens a communication of easier transmission in all the directions of the iron rails. It has been said that not more than half the quantity of rain has fallen during the past year. The electricity of the clouds would be puzzled were the surface of the earth covered with a non-electric, as glass; and why should not a complete con duction in certain lines give passage to much electricity. which in the ordinary character of the usual surface of the ground would be more naturally and more beneficially dis tributed ?—The Builder. COLONIAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Last evening the annual meeting of the friends of this society was held at Weigh-house Chapel, Fish-street-hill, J. R. Mills, Esq., in the chair. The objects of this society are chiefly to assist other missionary institutions, and to educate a native agency in the British colonies. From the report it appeared that the society had stations in America, different parts of Africa, and Australia, in most of which their endeavours had been rewarded with a large share of success. The receipts for the past year amounted to 3,3381. 14s. Bd., and the expenditure exceeded that sum, leaving a debt of 780/. due by the com mittee. Several addresses were delivered on behalf of the society. The Dowager Lady Sitwell gave a brilliant soiree at the British and Foreign Hotel attached to the Institute, in George-street, Hanover-square, on Thursday evening. The company was very numerous, and the entertainment of the most sumptuous character. Among the visitors were the Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. and Miss Shaw Lefevre, the Hon. Mr. Bathurst, Lady Caroline Bathurst, and Miss Bathurst, the Hon. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie and Miss Mackenzie, the Dean of Litchfield, Count Stravenski, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Loyd, Colonel Le Blanc, Mr. and Mrs. Le Blanc, Mrs. Wyldman, Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Mrs. Watt Russell, Sir George and Lady Sitwell, and the Misses Sit well, Lady Harris, Sir Francis Hopkins, Sir Edward Pierson and Lady Pierson, Sir Richard Sutton, Lady Wheeler, Dean of Windsor, and others of the fashionable world, who ex pressed themselves all highly gratified with the style in which the whole entertainment was conducted. The Bishop of Exeter h s, in a letter to a gentle man of this diocese, declared his intention to join in a resist ance to the measure for the endowment of Maynooth College, when the Bill shall reach the Lords.—Plymouth Journal. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FninAv.—The ar rival of grain is moderate this week. Fresh thrashed Wheats meet a fair sale at fully the rates of this day se'nnight, but the demand for other sorts is very limited. Barley quite as dear. Oats and Shelling steady. Beans do not vary in value. Other articles as before. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAVEVPNINd, MAY 17, 1845. RAILWAY CO%IAIII"I'EES. (YESTERDAY.) Group F. THE LONDON, WORCESTER, AND _SOUTH STAF- FORDSHIRE RAILWAY. The Committee re assembled at twelve o'clock this day, the Right Hon. F. Shaw in the chair, and proceeded with the inqu'ry into Mr. P. Clarke examined by Mr. HOPE—Has been in the service of the Midland Railway Company. Was super intendent of the general traffic on the line. The amount of goods traffic taken on part of that line was 20,000 tons per year. It has lately amounted to 50,000 tons per year. This quantity passes up to Birming ham from the Midland line and the Grand Junction. The, change of gauge at Gloucester had greatly diminished the traffic. The delay has been so great that the canal took the greatest part of the goods traffic. There is coming from the Gloucester line 10,000 tons of salt per annum -7,200 were brought by the narrow gauge. Bringing up the broad gauge to "Rugby will greatly diminish the coal traffic on the Midland line. The traffic in goods must be lost to the railway on the change of guage, inasmuch as the waggons to local parts would reach their journey's end by the time the transhipment could take place. The tranship ment should take place where the briak of gauge occurred. The witness was not cross-examined. . Mr. Win. Hanson, examined by Mr. Hors—ls manager traffic on the Eastern Counties Railway. That line proceeds to Colchester 51 miles, and to Bishop Stortford 32 miles, and further on, making in the whole 85 miles. There bad been a change of gauge, which cost the Company 50,000/. This change of gauge was occasioned in consequence of coming in contact with other lines—the Yarmouth and Norwich and the Northern and Peterborough—these lines being on the narrow gauge. The Eastern Counties anticipated the great delay which would arise, and consequently changed their line from the broad to the narrow gauge. Some mechanical contrivance had been suggested to remedy the inconvenience which would arise, but the Company thought it better to alter the gauge at once. The larger carriages for traffic were most inconvenient for short stations, as more hands were required to shift the goods. This transhipment took place more especially at short stations, in conse quence of there being goods in the carriages destined for other parts of the line. His objection to the large trucks was on commercial grounds; they occasioned great delay and considerable expense without any advantage. The Eastern Counties line travelled thirty-two miles in a time varying from thirty-seven to forty-one or forty-two minutes. This speed commenced within the last three weeks, and it was perfectly safe and convenient to passengers. Tha former rate was twenty-five miles, in the same time. For the last three years gentlemen going to the races were taken at the higher speed, and they were well satisfied with the mode of conveyance and the safety of their lives.—(Great laughter ) From this increased rate of speed the Company had no ap prehension of danger; in point of steadiness, the narrow gauge was as safe as the broad gauge lines. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—The speed just men tioned was the same on the North Eastern. There were two trains running daily at that rate of speed. The two trains were independent - of the mail trains. The first left at a quarter past nine, and the other in the evening. The time this rate of speed actually commenced for general passenger traffic was on the Ist of May inst. Attached to that train are the luggage-trucks, and a horse-box, and it was intended to run during the year. The junction with the other lines was effected through the points, and the carriages which stop at that place were shifted into the sidings. The traffic was very large in hay, wool, malt, and flour. It was carried on four-wheel waggons ; all the six-wheel waggons on the line were about to be done away with, inasmuch as the smaller and lighter carriages answered best. Mr. George Hudson, chairman of the Midland Conn ties Company, examined by Mr. Ausnx—The Mid land Railway to Derby, Birmingham, Rugby, and other places will establish a communication with the whole north of England and Scotland, now that the Hull and Selby line is leased to the Midland Company. Was of opinion that the identityof gauge should be kept up on the present line, If by experience he found the broad gauge necessaiy to the advantage of the public, he would recom mend it; and on the other hand, if the traders approved of , the narrow, gauge, would favour its adoption. Thought ' the narrow gauge would give as much convenience to the public as the broad one. In respect of speed, as much could be accomplished by the narrow as the broad gauge, with as much safety and convenience to the public ; meant on the North Midland line more parti cularly. On the 2d of September last, on the York line they took 960 tons of manufactured goods on two trains, and they had subsequently taken 95 waggons with one en gine, there being about four tons of goods in each waggon, the latter ,being three tons each in weight, making a total of 665 tons to one train. Took down about thirty-four carriages with one engine for about ten miles, at which part of the line there are thirty trains running daily. It was done with the greatest safety. The receipts of the North Midland last year were 600,00€., or very near that sum, and it might be set down at that per annum. Where an additional engine was re quisite to get the goods train down in time no company could be so foolish as to object to put it on, for the public paid in return by the increased traffic. By the CuanimAN—The cost of an additional engine was not more than 300/. per year to any company, and it was an item too small to prevent them adopting the extra power in cases of necessity. By Mr. Hors—lt was to the interest of the companies generally to supply an extra train in an emergency. On the Midland Railway for ten miles of the line, Normanton to Leeds, there were sent daily 5,000 tons of goods, and that quantity could be doubled with the greatest safety. Had not the least doubt the present traders were in favour of the narrow gauge, and the traffic would be greater on that than on the broad gauge. At present they ran down from London to York in seven hours and a half, and to Newcastle in ten hours and a half, which is three hundred miles. The latter could be done in nine hours with great safety. They were the first to introduce two large engines on the line, which ' would run away with twelve carriages in no time.—(Laughter.) A transhipment of goods at any place was a great inconvenience. With reference to Bristol the transhipment of goods would be of less consequence there than at Birmingham, inasmuch as there would be less goods to tranship at Bristol. Mr. Hudson was briefly cross-examined by Mr. COCK BURN, but nothing of sny interest was elicited. Mr. James Bhuidd, of Swansea, Vice-Chairman of the Welsh Midland Railway, gave evidence in favour of the narrow gauge. Mr. Muntz, M.P., examined by Mr. AUSTlN—Attended a meeting held at Birmingham in reference to a continuation of one gauge from Bristol to Birmingham. Was largely con nected with merchandise at Birmingham. The merchants at that place were greatly interested in having an unbroken gauge, but they did not care which gauge was adopted. Com•• petition was very good at present, but not where three rail ways competed. It could be better managed by an Act of Parliament. _ _ _ _ Mr. AUSTIN informed the Committee that Mr. Stephen son, their engineer, was under examination in another room, and he trusted they would adjourn till Monday. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. Group V. NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD LINE. (Continuedifrom our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Probart, a butcher in Newark, bought beasts in the districts around Newark, which he chiefly sent to the Rother ham market. The railway would lessen his expenses at least one-half, besides preventing the great deterioration of his cattle consequent on the fatigues of a three days' journey. Richard Greenall. thread manufacturer at Mansfield, said that at present he suffered great loss from the uncertainty of the communication with Lancashire. The railway would remedy that evil. Henry Morris, land-agent and maltster in the town of Mansfield, corroborated the last witness's evidence. Charles Lindley, Mansfield, the owner of quarries which supplied the stone for the New Houses of Parliament, Trafal gar-square and several public monuments, produced specimens of the several qualities. The expense of carriage was at present 16s. 6d. per ton, and the railway would carry for 4s. 4d. A great many witnesses from Mansfield, and the other towns in the line, were called, who each expressed his ap probation of the project, and stated that its formation would be of incalculable advantage to the district. The Committee adjourned till Monday. Group DD. THE CAFRIE S, LEDONIAN, AND THE GLASGOW, DUM AND CARLISLE RAILWAYS.. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. TALBOT called Mr. Williamson, mining engineer, who was cross-examined by Mr. ANDREws—Mr. Williamson said he had been engaged for thirty-five years in his pro fessional capacity by Lord Wemyss, Lord Elgin, and others, and could corroborate in every particular all that had been stated by the previous witness as tea he quallby and quantity of coals and minerals from various . places through which the Caledonian line would pass. Mr. Thomas Nimmo, coalinaster, was next examined—lie deposed that the coals obtained from the Wilsontown works was usually sold for 4s. per ton at the pit's mouth, and the average price of it at Edinburgh, including expense of carriage, &c , was from 17s. to 18s. per ton. He had a thorough knowledge of the limestone strata in the neigh bourhood of the railway. Lime was generally discovered lying in beds on the surface of the coal, and was usually raised with it. The selling price of the lime at the different works averaged from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per ten, and great quantities of it were disposed. of at those prices for agricultural purposes. In his judgment, the ironstone from the locality of Wilsontown would be used for the supply of the iron works to the west. He believed that the interests of the mineral proprietors in that district were considerably crippled owing to the defi cient means of communication at present existing, and he had no difficulty in saying, that if the proposed line were constructed the result would be generally beneficial. Mr. N. Wood coal-master, gave evidence as to the scanty supply of coals to the districts lying south. The calculation for the quantity of parrot, or gas-coal, consumed in Scotland was based on the assumption that for every ten persons one ton would be used ; and the gas-coal was at present obtained' from the neighbourhood of the Lothian hills. This witness corroborated generally what •had fallen from the previous witnesses. _ _ Mr. Taylor, coal-viewer and engineer, in the county of Northumberland, merely deposed as to the correctness of the statements made before the Committee. The examination of the last witness concluded the evi dence for the promoters, as far as the item of minerals was concerned. Mr. SANDronn then called Mr. Mitchell, farmer, Lanark shire, who spoke as to the traffic in cattle. He said that the principal thoroughfare for, cattle from north to south was in the line laid down by the Caledonian Company, and that the railway would afford every facility for their conveyance. The quantity of sheep annually exposed for sale in the great market at Inverness amounted to 100,000, which, when sold, were generally taken south. The fairs were held during the months of Sep tember and October. The number of these sheep which pro ceeded along the Glasgow and Carlisle road, and for which toll was paid, averaged about 25,000. The quantity on which toll was paid from the Doun market was 27,000. The present expense of travelling, including driver's wages, and making allowance for deterioration on the road, was estimated at 18/. Gs. for every 200 sheep, or at 1/. 7s. 6d per score: The time occupied in the journey from Falkirk to Glasgow was generally ten days. The Falkirk and Doun markets chiefly supplied' Glasgow with cattle, to the extent of 54,000 annually; and the proposed railway would afford a good means of conveyance fur them, as they were bulky animals, and were generally shoed for their journey along the road. The d e terioration, &c., averaged a t p resent a b out assume d expense of driving cattle to Carli s l e , i nc l u di ng to ll s, m l4 e s n . ' 4 B i w d! per ges head. The estimated number of mulch cattle that would be transmitted by the railway was 10,000 heads, which quantity included the cattle sent from Dumbarton. A large portion of these beasts were supplied to the Appleby market. They were usually driven by way of Hamilton, Lismahago, and thence through Glasgow to Car lisle. Great quantities of fat cattle were transmitted from the upper wards of Lanarkshire and Peebles-shire, the whole of which would most certainly be conveyed by railway if that facility were afforded. The average number of cattle which passed down the Clyde-road from the Glasgow market was from 200 to 300 a week ; and a great quantity also went along the Carlisle road. Travelling by road injured the animals mate rially, and sometimes dete r i ora t e d from their price in the market. The witness further stated, that from his know ledge of the trade he considered there was a large and in creasing traffic between Lanark and Glasgow. He had also furnished the information to Mr. Pare, from which that gentleman had prepared the tables of cattle traffic, and was satisfied that they were generally correct, and afforded a fair estimate of the extent of the present trade. Several other witnesses were examined, who all gave cor roborative testimony to the foregoing evidence, and with their statements the proofs fur the cattle traffic were con cluded.—The Committee then adjourned. Gp E THE NEWCASTLErou AND . BERWICK LINE. The Committee this morning proceeded to hear the evi dence of Mr. Stephenson, engineer, in favour of the New castle and Berwick locomotive line of railway. He stated that on a single line of locomotive railway there would be as much likelihood of accidents as on an atmospheric line, if the points and crossings were not attended to. Nothing could be more dangerous than siding rails ; there were several acci • dents from them on the Birmingham line, in consequence of. which they had to be done away with altogether. There was so arrangement existing on a single line which he considered exempt from danger. Mr. Cubitt's plan, he was of opinion, would not obviate. the danger which might occur. The meeting points which he proposed to adopt on the Newcastle and Berwick lines would not lead to any danger. In his judgment, the Northumberland line of railway, as repre sented, could not be worked with any degree of convenience according to the locomotive system. It was capable of being traversed by a locomotive engine, but no engineer would lay down such a line as Mr. Brunel's for that purpose. As to the comparative expense of working the lines, that of the atmospheric line would exceed that of the locomotive line of railway. The annual expense of the Newcastle and Berwick line, including the interest of the money to be expended in carriages, &c , would amount to 47,5001., that of the N or th um b er l an d line, including the in terest on the carriages and depreciation, the patent rights, and the expense of tanks, would be 48,750/. On cross-examination hi , Sergeant WRAC SHAM, he said that there should be, according to the atmospheric system, 25,000 cubic feet of a tank, which might be formed fifty feet square and ten feet deep. In order to make it air-tight there should be 1,200 tons of weight placed on the masonry. He estimated that there would be 7i per cent. on the expenses of carriages on the Newcastle and Berwick locomotive line. There would be six passenger-trains each way. The sum of the resistance for a train 'wising at the rate of 50 miles an hour would be 1,920 pounds, 48 pounds per ton ; the re sistance for a train passing at 55 miles an hour would be 56 pounds per ton. On the atmospheric line the resistance for a train passing at the rate of 28 miles an hour would be 13 pounds per ton, making 52 pounds per ton at the rate of 56 miles an hour, not including eight pounds per ton for friction. Up to a certain limit the resistance varied according to weight. Supposing a passenger train to be under forty tons weight, the atmospheric resist ance to that train varied directly as to the tonnage. Both bulk and weight ought to be elements of consideration, but they had not bad experiments by which they were ascer tained or discriminated. What he meant by tonnage was bulk assuming an average specific gravity. The variation of the resistance depended upon the angle in which a head-wind struck the train, and according to the surface which the first carriage presented. As a general law a carriage of lead and a carriage of feathers would meet the same resistance. The variation depended on the velocity at a given weight, but at a given velocity of 28 miles an hour, the atmospheric resistance varied according to the tonnage. The witness then pro ceeded with the details of the experiments made on the Kingstown and Dalky Atmospheric Railway. After which the Committee adjourned. Group X. • LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. (Continued from our A.ternoon Edition of yesterday.) Dr. Hall, and Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P., bore testimony to the advantages that would accrue to other towns by the formation of the proposed line. Mr. White, who described himself as a farmer, surveyor, collector, auctioneer, bone dealer, baker, and about six other trades, lived at East Retford, and knew the district well. He was sure the London and York line would be beneficial to the•country through which it would pass. After some further evidence, The Committee adjourned until to-morrow. obirlY FHE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock , 210% 210 4 3 per Cent. Reduced - 98 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents ................ 1 01 100% 101% 101% Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 1 4 11% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock .. 277 1 / 2 277% India Bonds, 1,0001- . Ditto under 1,0001. Consols for Account..... 9 3 1 /2 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 / d 56 54 pm. 54 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ONE O'CLOCK. 99% pm. 56 CLOSING PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela — Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • .... Ditto. Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — D.tto Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted. 6 7 14 67 1 / 4 Ditto, Account 67 % 14% 67 1 A Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. — Ditto, Account 42% 42% Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 984 97% 97% PRICES OF CLOSINU RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l%, 2% ............ 2 3 4 Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20 Bristol and Exeter 7 3 / 4 Do. New .... -........2 ...... 7% - - 60 /AI 15% 36% Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ..........; 66 . Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 A ...... 7 %4 .. Chester and Holyhead 5 ...... 16% ...... Chichester and Brighton 10 ...... 11% Churnet Valley ......... 2 ...... 6 1 / 8 6 ...... Direct Northern Dublin and Galway 2l/2...... 4%16 Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 4 ...... Dublin and Mullingar... 2 1 / 2 ...... Eastern Counties _ 25 ...••• -- ** __- Ditto Perpetual, 5 per 114 Cent, No. 1.-51. 13s. 4d....... 114 . Eastern Union l5 .. ••• Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, New Quarters.. 2%....• 6% 6% Great North of Engla n d..loo .. - .... Ditto New 5 ...... 51 1 / 24% Ditto New 185 Great Western B O2 .. 105 Ditto % Shares 5O ...... 105 5 1 / 1 43 5% Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2%..... /4 1% Harwich ...... .... 2 18 t 185 33 WA 64 18% 21 it% 13% LL Lo n donLmoooannr Manchester dddcooohnnnlld e s r Th YyaaYS:nae 3 . London London d saia and nitennerdddrr Br: Brighton... m i g h i u t g o h n m . . . ( 5 S o t ock . ).. i .. .. — 64 ...... Do. New Quarters ... 2 ...... 33 1 / 2 ... London and Blackwell. 16/. 13s. 4d. 95i London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 1 8 k London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... 10 9 4 11 Do. New ins.e - 4 7 1 3 / 2222 :721/2/21i . 6 , s .... . .....1 ..... . 0 .... ..... d ..... _ 7 14:4 9! killen Do. Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 .•• •• Do. Quarters 4 ...... 9 1 4 9 14 Midland 100 ... 164 162% 164% 166 Do. New 125 Newcastle and Darling— Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo ...... .. . 126 125 ton J unction ......... ... 25 ...... 49 1 4 Do. New Brandling... 10 ...... 29 h 3O odncr and Ennis- Western ieEeernd Lan i Newitast le and Berwick 1 1 A ...... 14 1 A 3 A l 4 l. North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent Norwich and Brandon... 10 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 , Scottish Central ......... 2% ...... 6 3 / 4 6% Shrews., WolverhamP. , , Dudley, and Bimi ...... 2'24 • 4 •••• % 1 4.., South Eastern & D over 33/ 2 8 d... 41 41 2% 6 3 A— 7 S ou th Wales. .......... ... 2% ...... 5% 6 6 T r ent Valley and Holy head Junction ......... 1%•••••• 2% 2:v York and North Midland 50 ......104 ... Do., No. 3 ............ 104 Ditto % Sh ares ........ 25 52 .. ........ ... 52 68 Do. Selby ............... 20 1 68% Do. Extension ......... 1 A lB % % lB% FRENCH RAILWAYS. 3AF 4% 70N Boulogne and Amiens... 4 10 1 / s B or d eaux and Toulous e 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and 2% Cette ......... .... ..... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 • ...... 2 8 1 4 BANKS.. • • Louvain and Jetneppe... 2 ... . A , '7B d... . Namur and Liege ...... 2% .... " • Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laflitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan -31/31/iVs••• .... neron's, ... ... ........... t Paris and Rouen . ........ 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 28% Royal North of Spain ... 2 Rouen and Havre JOINT ....... 240/ 2 STOCK U National Provincial of England: ............... 35 .. 274 42 1 4 3 2814 21.2. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Group E. THE NORTHUMBERL BERW ANL; AND NEWCASTLE AND ICK LINES. resumed by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM.—It The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, and the cross- examination of Mr. Robert Stephenson, the eminent ro‘l'in'asone of Mr. Samuda's experiments that there falling in a n o d n et the e f hisfluiexperiments was consequently refe r re d b e t o . is a greater tenuity produced at that end of the pipe next the engineer, ersetrhan at the nand. The barmeter rises as the pipe exhausted; the In the experiment tried by carrying 64 tons b c( e n co i m n hour by the atmospheric principle, the mean quarter of a mile was slightly augmented. lasttime before 64 tons could be put in mo tion,milesmust take on barometersome but the space of time depends upon the amount of force applied. In the experiment Just alluded to, the barometer was raised to 24 inches. It was remarkably uniform, and commenced at 22 inches, or I llb. per square inch, and 24 4.10 at the close. It rose to 24 inches during the first quarter of a mile, and the speed continued to increase slightly. On the atmospheric line a stoppage of 15 minutes must take place at every point, and in his experiments 17 minutes Ak ere taken up, consequent on the impossibility of attaining an uniform velocity; and even assuming that Mr. Brunell is correct in stating that 21 minutes aresufficient for exhaustion in every mile, it would be impossible to calculate the stoppages with reference to uniform speed at less than 15 minutes, when proeeeding at the rate of (0 miles an hour. To go ore.. a distance of three miles, 11 minutes are required from the moment the train is attempted to be moved until the three miles are gone over. He is now speaking of a4O ton train, and he is of opinion that the general rate of travelling will not exceed seventeen miles an hour, but it may go at a some what greater speed as the train approaches the engine. Mr. Brunel maintains, that by means of this tank and by working the motive power half the vacuum is obtained, but this only reduces the time in pumping, but as there is but one engine to work the two tubes, there is no gain in point of time and :speed after the vacuum is obtained. Thinks that from the great pressure on the reservoirs, they must be made of iron. The pressure on them would be 1,200 tons, or 7 per square inch, or half a ton to a foot. There is great dan ger to be apprehended from trains on atmospheric railways, whether the trains go right through or stop at particular stations. In the case of a train going right through, and no other train coming upon the line, then accidents are to be ap pended at the level crossings only. Does not recollect any accident having occurred on the Great Western and the London and Birmingham from trains going through when they arrived at the level crossings, but then there are few level crossings to be met with on either line. On the Blackwell line the switches at the Minories are locked, and the danger is thereby in some measure obviated. The accidents on the Blackwell, where the switches are placed at the Minories, arose from me, mentum, which he . anticipates would be a cause from wl:ich danger would be greatly to be apprehended on an atmospheric railway. The engine matt at the station should, if possible, be aware of the approach of a train, but he is not necessarily so from the working of the pump, because the pumping goes on when perhaps there is no train on the line It is ridiculous to suppose that the engineman, whose attention is absorbed by watching the working of a large machine, could attend to the moving of the switches on the approach of the trains, and he thinks it would be most improper to devolve such a duty on a per son who has otherwise enough to attend to. Has known of accidents occurring from self-acting switches, from going back after having been properly opened. The Peterborough line, although a single line railway, is unobjectionable with the present traffic, but if the traffic increases much, two rails will become absolutely necessary. His experience of the running of large monster trains is not that they are always behind time, on the contrary, they are generally punctual. Delays might arise when monster trains are run, from a desire to accommodate the public. Is aware that these is an ob jection entertained at the Board of Trade against monster trains, but not against excursion trains. Has always recom mended the South-Eastern line to divide these monster trains. The large engines which he has lately constructed, and which he believes to be the largest in the world, are ca pable of carraing 600 or 700 tons at a speed of from 12 to 15 miles an hour, and he has tried one in which it pro pelled 500 tons at 18 miles an houa, and he con• siders the engine capable of carrying lio tons at the rate of ten miles an hour. They are of 300-horse power. The goods trains are dispatched at night for the con venience of carriers and the public, and not for any particular object which a railway company has in selecting night trains for carrying goods. It is, of course, cheaper to a railway company to concentrate the goods and forward them in large trains, than if they were to forward them by smaller trains. The 300 horse- power engines are not used to carry passengers, but for goods only. Again examined in chief by Mr. JlMMlED—Resistance is composed of three elements—the first, is the mere friction, which is 81b.. per ton ; the next, is the resistance arising from gravity when the rail is not level, and that resistance is, of course, variable; the force of gravity on 1 in 100, being 221 b per ton ; and the third arises from the atmosphere, which varies with the velocity. Gravity contains two laws, weight and bulk. The experiments made by Messrs. Locke, Wood, and the other engineers, at the request of the British Association were made on trains varying from thirty to thity-five tons, which is about the tonnage :proposed to be carried on the at mospheric lines; and in drawing my deductions from these experiments, I bore in mind a particular part of their re port. It is that atmospheric resistance depends upon the number of carriages of which a train is composed—the re sistance varying according to the number, or the resistance to two carriages is double that to one carriage. On the Peterborough line only two trains meet in one day, and the line has been purposely constructed to have two rails, and there is a clause in their Act which empowers the Board of Trade to- compel them to have two rails whenever that is deemed necessary. There is an electric telegraph on this line. It is much easier to pull up with a locomotive than with the atmospheric power, beeause when the steam is turned off there is only the momentum to contend with, and even this • can be coupteracted by moving the engine backwards; but on the atmospheric line the train continues to advance by the power by which it is propelled, besides the momentum, until it has had time to be controlled by means of the valve. If two thousand men were to be sent from one place to another by an atmospheric rail way, it is evident, from the diagram, that the line would be entirely stopped, because it appears that between many of the trains there is an interval of an hour and a half. Recollects when a large body of troops and a great quantity of material were forwarded by the Birmingham Railway, three or four years ago, and they were dispatched with great expedition. Mr. Hildyard—Yes ; and I remember that a French officer who was present, told me that he was so much surprised with it that lie considered that railways must effect a revolution in military science. Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C.—They have at last got h good witness in the case—(Laughter)—and as he is so ready to give his testimony to the Committee, I hope lie will not forget to recommend the French slicer to the favourable attention of Marshal Soult.—(Laughter.) The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Mon day. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 10, 1845. The Queen has been ].leased to appoint William Arrindell. Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the colony of British Guiana. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint E. F. Wylde, F.:4, to be Clerk of the Peace at Worcester, in the Eettlement of the Cape of Good hope. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 16. _ _ Ist Draf,roon Guards—Captain J. Crofts, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Jackson, who ex changes, May 16. WHITEHALL, MAncu 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Potts, of the city of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Coraer, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan cer y, BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Frederic Lindsay Cole, wine merchant, Fenchurch-street, City. Absolom Francis, ironfounder, llalkin, Flintshire. BANKRUPTS. James Richards, plumber, Deptford. bridge, to surrender May 30, at half-past twelve, and June 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Burn, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'.commons. Frederic Lindsay Cole, wine merchant, Fenchurch- street, June 5, at twelve, and June 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Goddard, Wood-street, Cheapside. John Lampray, money scrivener, Warwick, May 30 and June 24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Morris and Walling ton, Warwick ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. James Livingston and Thomas Brittain, plumbers, Man chester, May 30, at eleven, and June 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester ; Kelsall, Chester ; Goulden, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London. William Summers aad Nicholas Rae, rope-makers, Strange ways, June 4, and July 1, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Stanway, official assignee, Manchester; Makin son, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bour dillon, Bedford-row, London. Edward Lawton and Thomas Kay, iron founders, Roch dale, Lancashire, June 2, and June 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee; May hew and Son, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn ; Halsall, Mid dleton, Lancashire. William Russell, James Knowles, and Henry Simister, dye's Salford, May 24, and J une 1 9, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple ; Todd, Manchester. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending, May 13, 1845, is 28s. 10id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. Dividends, &c., in our next. THE CATASTROPHE AT GREAT YARMOUTH. In our last communication on this subject, we stated that no further proceedings would be taken until an answer was received to the memorial addressed by the coroner's jury to the Home Secretary. On Thursday the following letter was received by the foreman of the jury (Mr. S. Palmer) from Mr. Wilshere, M.P. for this borough, to whom the memorial had been sent : " Hitchin, Wednesday, May 14. " Dear Sir,—l find from a letter this moment received from the llome-office, in reply to one which I had written, that Sir James Graham had given instructions to Mr. Cubitt to go to Yarmouth and examine the bridge. It will not therefore be necessary for me to have an interview with Sir James, which, however, had been fixed for three o'clock to morrow afternoon. lam exceedingly glad Sir James has acceded to the wishes of the memorialists : whatever may be the report of the engineer, the public will at all events be gratified at the attention shown to the application. In haste. —Yours truly, " N. WILSHERE. " To S. T. Palmer, Esq." After the interview referred to, it is expected Sir James will send an official communication, addressed to the Coroner and jury, stating when the engineer will arrive. The above, it will be perceived, is not literally an official announcement, though it is so virtually. Notwithstanding the above communication, it is at pre sent by no means certain that Mr. Cubitt will proceed to Yarmouth to investigate the state of the bridge at the time of the accident. The nature of Sir James Graham's com munication to Mr. Cubitt was, we are informed, to request that gentleman to proceed " immediately" to Yarmouth. This Mr. Cubitt's numerous engagements, consequent upon his extensive practice as a civil engineer, rendered impossi ble; and he accordingly wrote to the Right Hon. Baronet, informing him that some time, probably ten days or a fort night, must elapse before lie should be able to go down. Mr. Cubitt had not yesterday received a reply from Sir James Graham, and it is, therefore, at present extremely uncertain whether Mr. Cubitt will go at all, or whether some other engineer will not be appointed who can proceed to Yarmouth at once. YARMOUTIE, FRIDAY.—A Ltter has this morning been received from Sir James Graham, of which the following, is an extract Whitehall, 15th May, 1845. Sir,—" I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham, to inform you with reference to my letter of the 13th inst., that Mr. James Walker, a civil engineer of eminence, will ar r i ve at Great Yarmouth on Tuesday morning next, for the pur pose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the falling of the Suspension- bridge over the river Bum." (Signed) S. M. PHILLIPS. —Norfolk News, MR. DOUGLAS JERROLD.—On the recent visit of this gentleman to Birmingham, the working.jewellers pre sented him with an elegant gold ring, with an onyx stone in the centre; and in an address expressed their admiration of his talents, and their gratitude for his literary advocacy of their own class. The scene took place in the Polytechnic Institution. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, MAY 16. _ . The following Bills were read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Tottenham and Farringdon- street Extens,on Railway. Aberdare Railway. Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation). The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Southampton and Dorchester Railway. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). The following Bills were reported, and the report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders:— Chester, Manchester, and Liverpool Junction Railway. Sunderland, Durham, and Auckland Union Railway. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2). COMMITTEES OX PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. TrESDAY, MAY 20. Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 2) Newport and Ponty Pool Railway (for additional provision) Sheffield Waterworks (for additional proviska) Guilford Junction Railway (fur additional provision) Grimsby Docks Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye,and Ashford Extension) Harwich Railway London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch) North British Railway (for aoditional provision) Preston and Wyre Railway (for additional provision). COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. FRIDAY, MAY 16. 1. Kidwelly Inclnsure Bill,—Committee postponed from Monday, 19th, till Wednesday, May 21, at half after two o'clock. 2. Wolverhampton Waterworks Bill,—Committee post poned from Tuesday, May 20, till Monday, June 2, at one o'clock. 3. Yoker Road Bill,—referred to the Leinster List, and Sir R. Heron (Peterborough), Mr. Grogan (Dublin), Mr. C. Turner (Lincolnshire), Viscount Newport (North Salop), Hon. William Dawnay (Rutlandshire). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 20, at one o'clock. 4. Chelsea Improvement Bill,—referred to the Middlesex List, and The Hon. Rice Trevor (Carmarthenshire), Mr. E. Stanley (West C'umberland), Mr. Farnham (North Leicester), Mr. Colvile (South Derby), Mr. Mark Blake (Mayo County ). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May2l, at twelve o'clock. 5. Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland,—referred to the Leinster List, and Viscount Howick (Sunderland), Mr. Mark l'hillips (Manchester), Mr. Pat tison ( London), Mr. J. Tollemachc (South Chester), Mr. R. Walker (Bury). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May 21, at half after twelve o'clock. 6. West of London and Westminster Cemetery Bill,—re• ferred to the Middlesex List, and Lord C. Fitzroy (Bury St. Edmund's), Mr. W. Fielden (Blackburn), Mr. Wilshere (Great Yarmouth), Hon. G. Fitzwilliam (Peterborough), Sir G. H. Smyth (Colchester). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May 21, at one o'clock. 7. Duddeston and Nechells Improvement (No. 2) Bill, — referred to the Warwick List, and Mr. Stanstield (Huddersfield), Mr. Hodgson Hinde (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Hon. G. S. Smythe (Canterbury), Right Hon. U. S. Byng (Chatham), 'Hon. T. Vesey (Queen's County). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 22, at twelve o'clock. 8. Quinborowe Borough Bill,--referred to the Kent List, and Mr. Tatton Egerton (North Cheshire), Mr. Towneley Beverley), Mr. Ferrand (Knaresborough), Mr. G. P. Shirley (Monaghan county), Mr. Corbally (Meath county). Three to be the Q u o rum o f Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 22, at half after twelve o'clock. 9. Hartlepool and Port Bill,—referred to the Durham List, and Colonel Rawdon (Armagh), Mr. Ramsay (Edinburghshire), Mr. A. Hope_( Maidstone), Mr. Thomas ussey (Lyme Regis), Mr. Deedes (East Kent ). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 2, at one o'clock. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group NN. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone discharged from attend ance on the Committee. The Viscount Castlereagh appointed Chairman. Mr. Hornby (Blackburn), selected, and added to the Committee. Select Committee on Group L. Mr. Gibson Craig discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Beckett Denison (West Riding of York), selected and appointed Chairman of the Committee. Select Committee on Group R. Mr. Beckett Denison discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Gibson Craig (Edinburgh), selected, and appointed chairman of the Committee. Select Committee on Group FF. • The Right Hon. R. L. Shell discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Collins (Warwick), selected, and added to the Committee. The Select Committee on Group AA is appointed to meet in the u-eek commencing Monday, June 2. The Order appointing the Select Committee on Group Z to meet in that week is discharged. The following is the List from which Members will be se lected to serve on those Railway Committees which com mence their sittings in the week beginning Monday, June 2 : Mr. Barclay Mr. Heathcote (Tiverton) Mr. Beckett Mr. Lambton Mr. Edward Buller Mr. Edward Heneage Mr. Burroughes General Johnson Mr. Childers Lord John Manners Sir Thomas Esmonde Mr. Philip Miles Mr. W. Evans Mr. William Miles Mr. Fellowes Mr. Muntz Marquis of Granby Mr. Newdegate Viscount Grimston Sir John Owen Sir Stephen Glynne Mr. G. R. Philips Mr. Henley Sir John Trollope NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. London and Croydon (Orpington Branch) Railway, —Com mittee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,—Committee on Bid, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London and Croydon (Chatham to Chilham) Railway,— Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London aed Croydon (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tonbridge) Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 2C, at twelve. London and Croydon (Chatham and Gravesend) Railway, —Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. Hull and Selby ( Bridlington Branch) Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester itailway,—Further con sideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20, at twelve. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway,—Furtfier consi deration of Report, Tuesday, M ay 20 . Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway,—Further consi deration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May :0. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,—Fur ther consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Grand Junction Rah way,—Furtlier consideration of Re port, Tuesday, May 20. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Ely and Huntingdon Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway,—Fur ther consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Chester and Holyhead Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Berks and Hants Railway,—Further consideration of Re port, Tuesday, May 20. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway,—Further con sideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough),—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood Branches Extension) Railway,—Further conside ration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,— Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Trent Valley Railway,— Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Guildford, thicheater, and Portsmouth Railway,—Com mittee on petition, for additional provision, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. Newport and Ponty Pool Railway,—Committee on peti tion, for additional provision, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. Birmingham and Gloucester (Worcester Deviation),—Se cond reading, Tuesday, May 20. Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 2),—Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, Mayl9, till Tuesday, May 20. THAMES ANGLING PRESERVATION SS OCIET Y.-The seventh general annual meeting of this Society was yester day held at the Freemasons"ravern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and was the most numerous and influen tial assembled since its formation. W. H. Whitbread, 1..5q., took the chair, and regretted that the funds of the Society had not kept pace with the exertions of their excellent and worthy treasurer and secretary. Henry Farnell, Esq., the hon. secretary, read the annual report, by which it appeared that the Thames, through the exertions and watchfulness of the bailiffs of the Soci e ty, was in the finest angling condition from Richmond to Staines, abounding in the largest trout, jack, perch, dace, barbel, and roach. Poaching and illegal netting were nearly annihilated, for during the past year there had been only eight convictions. If the Society were not better supported, ho a n d hi s honourable colleague, 11. Perkins, Esq., of Amworth Park, would b e o bli ged to re sign, and the Society to dissolve ; and then farewell to angling in the Thames, since it would be almost entirely despoiled of its fish. Henry Perkins, Esq., the hon. treasurer, read the financial account, by which it appeared that the expenses of the year exceeded the receipts by 26/.ls. Id., and that defl- Fiency, added to a former accumulating one, made the Society indebted to him 921. I Is. W. Several gentlemen present said that they had come to pay subscriptions of two years' stand ing, for which they had never been asked. It was resolved to continue the Society, and every member present pledged himself to support the treasurer and secretary, in order to prevent the dissolution of a Society meriting the zealous sup port of every brother of the gentle craft in London and its vicinity. The usual courtesy having been tendered to the chairman, the meeting separated. HAWICK.—DARING TREFL—Late on the evening of Friday last., or early on the morning of Saturday, rsto upwards of 100 yards of check trou . sering s w an e d e Laing, from the tenter ground of Messrs. D k delinquents, manufacturers. nor Up of tthoet property,he presen t hare been b s io e n n traces o voefrtande S I: IMPERIAL PARLIA P \ - 1 1 6 1s ‘ 4 " HOUSE OF LORDS, M Their Lords Lips met for the first time ter tin suntide recess, at Five o'clock. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bisholi the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop of Gloucester, and Lord Kenyon, presented several petitions against the Maynooth grant. Several other Noble Lords presented petitions to a similar effect. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS BILL. This Bill was brought up from the Commons and read a first time. MAYNOOTH. The Lill of RADNOR presented a great number of petition• 'n favour of the grant to MaynoL.th. The Bishop of CASHEL presented several ns against it. - SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH. The Bishop of BANGOR presented several petitions from places in Wales against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The Marquis of SALISBURY, in presenting a petition from the Company of Clothworkers, in the City of L.,n don. begged to draw the particular attention of the House to the purport of this petition. He thought that it involved an important principle, and he should, their- tore, with their Lordship's - permission give the substance of it. His Lordship then read the following portion of die petition : " - Sheweth—That your petitioners have read with much concern the provisions of a Bill brought into your Lordships' Hous e on th e 7t h ultitne, for securing the due administration of Charitable Trusts in England and Wales ;' inasmuch as, while they rt::•ognise some salu tary objects of a general nature as likely to be accom plished by its passing into a law, they perceive no in tention to exempt this and the other ineorporatcd Livtry Companies of London from its operation. " That your petitioners have possessed a corporate existence from the }t a r 1508, in the reign of litnry 7th, but formed long previously a guild or fruternity, united for the better protection of the art or mystely to which they owe their style and title ; and have ever been faithful and loyal to the Sovereigns of this realm, giving such support in times of need as their means and revenues would enable them to do. "That your petitioners are the administrators, in their corporate capacity, of numerous trusts and charities endowed almost wholly by members of their own body, nd requiring in many cases m uc h t rou bl e , as ts ell as knowledge of the wants of the poor persons to be re lieved by such benevolent gifts and endowments. 4" That your petitioners firmly believe, and are con = vinced, that these trusts and charities have been mainly created and placed under their management through the confident persuasion which governed the minds of the donors, that the prudent and certain administration of them would thereby be secured in perpetuity, and the trouble required for the discrimination of the cases of the poor members, end others intended thereby to be re lieved, be chrerlully incurred. That your petitioners affirm, and can prove, if re- quired, to the satisfaction of your Lordships' House, that all the various trusts committed to their charge are strictly fulfilled ; and that they have, moreover, in very many cases, been materially increased by appropriations from their own corporate funds. _ "That your petconers firmly believe that the opera tion of such a Bill as that referred to, and now before your Lordship's House, would be injurious and de grading to this and the other incorporated Livery Com panies of London ; and that it is calculated, moreover, to defeat and nullify most of those charities which now fall under their administration, as well as to put an end to all further benevolent gifts of a similar description." Lord BROUGHANI hoped his Noble Friend would not press the second reading of the Bill to-night. Tne LORD CHANCELLOR said it was an import ant measure, and fixed the second reading for Thurs day next. He thought the petitioners had misunderstood the object of the Bill. The only objection which they could reasonably offer to it was, that they would be required from time to time to state the amount of their receipts and expenditure in connexion with the charities. Ile thought no public body ought to object to such a return. _ Lord CAMPELL warmly supported the principle of the Bill, but would not then enter into detail respecting it. On Thursday the Bill would be regularly before the House, and they would then hear what was said on both sides. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no doubt that the constitution of the tribunal proposed in the Bill, in rela tion to the elnrities, would meet with his Noble Friend's (Lord Campbell's) approbation. On the evening he had named the Noble Lord would have an ample opportunity of considering the Bill. MAYNOOTH. A NOBLE LORD presented ap: tition fr om tFe Presby tery of Dunbar, against any increase in the grant to Maynooth. THE TWENTY-POUND DEBT CLAUSE. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition against the 201. debt clause. LICENSING TOLL•BARS IN SCOTLAND. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from some place in Scotland, against the licensing of toll.bars for the sale of spirituous liquors. He would merely remark, that this system tended, more than an) thing else, to demoralise the people of that country. Another NOBLE LORD presented two petition., one in favour and another against the grant to Maynooth. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that on Monday he would lay on the table of the House several Bilk which had carefully been prepared for removing cle&cts in our system of civil and criminal jurisprudence. ARBITRATION LAWS. The Earl of GUILDFORD presented two petitions from the operative silk-weavers of Leigh and Middleton, complaining of certain defects in the arbitration laws. As it was his intention to lay a Bill on their Lordships table to meet the exigences of the ease, he should enter into no further detail, and would now content himself with presenting the petition. Lord SKELMERSDALE presented petitions also against the Arbitration Act, from Leigh and Middleton. CHARITABLE TRUSTS' BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from theGoldsmiths' Company, and another of the Guilds of London, against this Bill. HIGH CONSTABLES BILL The Duke of RICHMOND, in rising to move the second reading of this Bill, thought it was unnecessary to detain their Lordships long on this Bill. The con stables were now put to much inconvenience, and the country to considerable expense in the compulsory at ten,lance on sessions and assizes. This might be easily obviated, and he therefore moved the second reading of the Bill. Lord PORTMAN thought that it would be better to refer the Bill to a Committee up stairs, for there were some details which he thought had been overlooks d. The Duke of RICHMOND had no objection to the course suggested by Lord Portman. and he should move that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee on Mon day next. The Bill was then read a second time, pro forma, and ord(red to be referred to a Select Committee on Monday next. SCOTTISH TOLLS BILL. The Duke of RICHNIOND said that,. in moving the second reading of this Bill, his only object was to assimilate the tolls in Scotland to those in England. In the former country, it was an almost universal prac tiee to license the toll-keepers for the purpose of selling spirituous liquors ; and he . had been credibly informed when a carter paid his The excuse was, that the custom of licensing t of money. t t o h l a lt i o t p w a -a s a s a a bcaor7roogaivPerlauemticheis change in liquor . instead these houses was necessary, in consequence of the dis tance at which these houses stood from each other. But this was all a. mistake, for these houses were licensed, in many instances, where the houses stood within a few hundred yards of a town. He believed that there metre not less than 450 houses which were licenselunder th c i rcums t a nces. This was plainly unneces ary fortt wa nts of the public, and he thought th a t th e Bill wou ld do away with a great evil, and he should, therefore move the second reading. Lord CAMPBELL gave his most hearty concurrence to the principle of this Bill. lie could speak from recent experience, for since he had last been in their Lordships' House he had been into Scotland, and had there heard complaints from all quarters of the evil working of the practice. There was one county in which there was not a single toll-house without a licence; and so far from these houses being established as a con venience, he knew that in one instance the house was not more than 300 yards from 0 e town. In other in stances the houses were placed at the foots of bridges, and the bridges were actually beleagured by them. In one county the sheriff was the person who farmed the houses, and he who ought to be the conservator of public morals was the very person to betray them. The Duke of MONTROSE approved of the Bill, and RthOisSEß was E t l o lli be Y a said genmeruaclh lawinconvenience he should certainly, if necessary, give his vot e f or i t. ir ol t would and would interfere materially w i t h pr i vate property : he result Earl o i f f Many notorious abuses existed under the old Act, which were abrogated in a gre a t measure b y t h e Act at . present operation. He could not agree with his Noble Friend that this should be a sweep i ng mea - ure. Some exceptions ought to be made in particular districts. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said the abolition of the system of licensing t o ll-b ars f or t h e sale of spirituous liquors in Scotland would no t d estroy t h e ev i l . of intoxi cation, a s those desirous of purch as i ng sp i r i ts m i g h t gra tify their inclination at grocers' shops ; yet great good would accrue to the public b y withholding these licences. He should theref ore vo t e for the second readirg of the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time. CALICO PRINT WORKS BILL. • The second reading of this Bill was postponed until Tuesday. Several Bills were alvanced a stage, and their Lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SCARBOROUGH WATER-WORKS. After the presentation of several petitions against the grant to Maynooth. the Scarborough Water-Works' Bill was read a second time. RAILWAYS. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that he would detain the House but a very few moments before moving the adoption of the resolution of which he had given notice, and which was simply in con formity with a recommendation in the first report . of the any general liadial all i n 3efen r u railway siuluraar.,jaßeyei tll, Bills Committee on Railways last session. He was . Induced to draw the attention of the House to this subject from a belief that we were not yet in a position to come to ghtioas le gislati on . its precisions . en (. t n h e l ufor pass e d , ii .nmgti the ti T•it l hij a , F st railwaysse ss requiredc) ft should r u was the plan adopted by his Right Hon. Friend L___ - • 'v