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AILAVAY COMMITTEES. ESTEIMAX.) HOUSE OF LORDS. THE COI2.NVIALT, matx.wiek.Y. The Comm,t;ee met at eleven o'clock, Mr. Kennoh and Mr. Whitby were the first witnesses examined this morning. Their evidence regarded the value of the land through which the line passes, and was not of an important character, Mr. Whitby was cross.examined by Mr Rows, rot only as re_ gay the value or the land, tut respecting the geu'ogical nature of the country, and the disadvantages of the line in point of curves. He thought the curves on the central line were better than on the Cornwall line. Mr. MEKRIVALE objected to Mr. Rowe's eliciting evidence in support of a line which was not before the Committee. Mr. Rowe said he only wished to show the demerits of the line before the Committee, but the object on the other side was to shut out the truth. An altercation then occurred between the Counsel, and the old question of the locus standi of the opponents to the Bill was renewed. The Committee decided upon allowing the crose-examination to go on. It was proceeded with accordingly, but nothing material Was elicited. Mr. Brown deposed that he valued the land on the Bodmin branch at 3,550/. Charles Pearce had conducted the steam ferry-bridge at Tor point for upwards of eleven years. He worked from six in the mornin till half-past nine at night. Was able at all times to work the bridge. There was very considerable naviga tion there. Vessels of ISO tons went up to Morham. Cross-examined—Collisions had sometimes occurred between barges and the floating bridges. A lady was drowned on one oc casion. but it was from extreme carelessness on the part of the boat conductors. In answer to a question from Mr. )ILRaIvaLE, witness said he thought there would he no difficulty or danger in passing over a railway train on this floating bridge. The Marquis of BREADALBANE—Hew long does it occupy you to cro.s the Hamoaze with a large load ? Witness—Not more than six or seven minutes. The CIIAIHMAN—i/o you carry cattle over 7 Witness—Frequently. The solicitor for the Bill then gave some formal evidence respect • ing the number and amount of shares. He was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. Rowe. NiVi.ness explained to the Committee a conference which took place between the promoters of the Bill and the Admiralty, when it was satisfactrrily arranged that several clauses should be intro duced into the Bill which would guarantee against all injurious in tent-, retire with the navigation of the Hamoaze. The Noble CHAIRMAN observed that it would be much better if the Boards of Admiralty and Ordnance would carry on their corn muoicAtions in writing than oral y. The case for the promoters of the Bill then closed. The tirst witness called for the opposition to the Bill was J. W. Tranaine, who stated that the line would pass through his property and near his residence. Did not think the line a good one, and further considered that the county was not able to sup port two lines. Mr. Locke, the engineer, said it was the most dan gerous line he had ever seen, and that a floating-bridge for the trains was possible, but a contrivance which he would do a great deal to avoid. Such was witness's opinion likewise. The coast line would be most difficult, and would cross several deep ravines at right angle s. The line would cross several rivers. The witness was cross.examined at great length. He admitted that population was the strong point in favour of the present Bill. The line passed through a populous district. But it would be utterly useless to the corn-growing country of the north. The bridge at Lostwithiel would be a great nuisance to that town, as passing so near their principal street. In 1840 and 1841 everybody in Corn wall was in favour of the central line, but many of them were now in favcair of the line before the Committee. Tim Committee then adjourned tilt to-morrow morning. WAILErIZILL, PONTEERA.LT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Committee on this line (and Tenterden and the Charn) met at eleven o'clock, in the Court of Common Pleas. A great number of opponents entered their names against the Bill; and Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters. He said that the construction of this line would confer the greatest advantages en the eastern counties of England, and particularly on the town of Goole, which at present was almost destroyed by its contiguity with its powerful rival Hull, and the disadvantages under which it laboured in railway communication as compared with it. The Learned Counsel entered into minute details of traffic, showing that at Goole the northern coal-fields and the Yorkshire and Lancashire manufactures would find an admirable outlet, and that from the connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, no scheme in England had greater claims on the public. The Learned Counsel referted also to the petitions of the Earl of Beverley, a Mr. Smith, of the York and North Midland Company, and orhers. The It ngth of the line was twenty-seven mil s, and the cost 363,000/. Witnesses were then called, and the first, Mr. John Lister, gave a brief retrospt ct of the rise, progress, and decline of the Goole trade, in consequence of the superior advantages of the port of Hull. The tinny thing that could balance those advantages would be the construction of independent railways, of which this would be one. There was a counter line proposed by the York and North Midland, but in his opinion it would confer no benefit upon the tow❑ of Goole. Mr. Milnes, M.P. for Pontefract, spoke to the feeling of the borough in favour of the proposed railway. Mr. Richard Patten, collector of Customs, furnished a return of tl.e trade of Goole, from which it appeared that while it had de cri a,eit that of Hull had greatly extended. Mr. l'alk and Capt. Laws gave similar evidence, and their Lord. ships adjourned shortly before five o'clock. ox.ronz, WORCESTER, AND 1,1707.VER- PTON. The Committee met to-day at eleven o'c!ock, Lord Auckland in the chair, when the examination of witnesses was resumed, Mr. Brunel's (civil engineer) examination continued—The Ox ford a, d Rugby line was much more favourable than the branch of the London and Birmingham. The country was very easy, the severest gradient being only one in 120. The gradients on the corn ' etiog lines were very severe, the steepest being sane in 1(10. 'With respect to the break of gusges, he considered Rugby superior to Oxford, as,the point for Chit purpose. At Rugby several railways now converged, as, under any circumstances, there would base to be an unmaking and remaking of the goods trains, the tranship. nient from the broad to the narrow gauges, or vice versa could be accomplished with very little additional labsur or expense. The witness then explained the mode by which the transhipment would be effected, which has already been fully given in his previous exa mination before the House of Commons' Committee. The witness was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIANI, with the purpose of showing that the object sought to be accompl shed by the present scheme was the construction of a continuous line of railway to Birmingham, so as to establish direct competition with the London and Birmingham Railway. The present lives before the Committee would not effect that direct communication with Birmingham, but in the event of the Birmingham and Warwick line being formed, and a proposed one, of which a prospectus had been published, from Fenny Comp ton to Warwick, then there would be a direct communication. These, however, were proposed by companies independent of the Great Western Company, and the distance from London to Bir mingham would then be twelve miles further than by the London and Birmingham. Still with the superior gauge and engines of the Great Western Company he admitted that they could take goods and passengers at a cheaper and quicker rate than the London and Birmingham. The difference of capital between the present scheme and the London and Birmingham was nearly a million of Loney He could not exactly explain the difference of capital, as t he works on the London and Birmingham line were heavier than hose on the Great Western. The scheme of the former was ten miles longer than the latter, but this was not sufficient to explain the difference of the estimates. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM said he would suggest a course that would save the time of the Committee, as far as those estimates v ere concerned. He would furnish Mr. Brunel with a series of written questions, to which he could furnish answers and explana tions, to be afterwards placed before the Committee. Mr. Brunel had no objection to the course suggested, and it was accordingly so arranged. the witness was next cross-examined by counsel on behalf of Lords Ward and Rcdesdale and the Birmingham Canal Company, but without leading to any material result. Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Vignolles, civil engineers, were examined in corobornion of the evidence of Mr. Brunel. They both certified as to the ease with which the two sets of rails could be worked on the same line of railway. With regard to the transhipment of goods, they considered that it could be effected with dispatch, and at a most reasonable expense, Mr. Cubitt stating that goods might be transferred from one gauge to another at a farthing a ton. After the witnesses were briefly examined on the evidence ad duced, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. WEST LONDON rtAITAWAY LMES.SZ AND mxTEI:i - 57L017. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords to ascertain the merits of this Bill re.assemblcd, after the adjournment, this morning, and, at the request of the parties, again adjourned till Friday. xavEnPooz AND BURY zrATE. On the meeting of the Committee this morning at eleven (the Marquis of Clanricarde in the chair), the evidence in favour of the above line was continued. Mr. Samuel Cottam, accountant, at Manchester, gave evidence a, to the traffic and capital of the proposed line. Thecapital of the Company was 912,0001, and the amount of loan which they sought to raise 304.0001. The amount of shares already sub scroed for was 698,9001. The rest of this witness's evidence re. I:.rred ptincinally to the traffic tables of the Company, which had been mane out by himself. This concluded the cose on the part of the promoters of the line. The preamble wag then declared to be proved. The clauses of the Bill having been examined, and slightly aL tered, the Committee rose. WEST LONDON 72AXI.WAY. The Committee on this line, of which Lord Brougham is the Chairman, met at 11 o'clock. The arrangements h‘tween counsel not having been completed, in consequence of the absence of an engineer, it WAii proposed, that the Committee adjourn until Wednesday. After some conversation it was at length determined that the Committee should adji,urn until Friday.—Adjourned accordingly. SCO rT - SF! IV/ZDLA.ND RAILWAY. On the re-assembling of the Committee this morning, it eleven o'cicck, . _ Mr. ANDREWS proceeded to ..,ddress them on behalf of the op_ posing landowner. The Learned Counsel quoted several extracts from the report of the Board of Trade, from which it appeared that the coast line was not an inferior line to that before the Com. mittee, but that the stoppages on it were objectionable. The question of the proposed line, looking simply at its merits, divided itself into two parts. First, into the through traffic, and then into the question of the local traffic. The subject of the traffic going north and south was a mere question of saving, in point of time, of about five minutes as compared with the coast-line; and looking at the greater amount of public accommodation which the latter line would it afford, it was most unquestionably the preferable of the two. With respe,it to the local traffic, he contended that the amount had been over.rated to the extent of '20,0001.; that the periods of the year which had been selected for the computation of the tables were most unfair, and that the small requirements of the district which the line traversed did not j ustify the damage and nuisance which it wou ld occasion to the owners of the eight miles of land who were opposing the Bill. He contended also that the passenger traffic, which had been put down as being derived from Cargi I, A r b roath, and other places, could not, in point of fact, be properly i ncluded. These were ma tters which their Lordship.; ought to consid er well before they came to any decision on the subject. With re gar d to the goods traffic from Forfar to Dundee there had not been one particle of evidence to show that it would go by the railway, and the probability was that it would continue to be conveyed along the road by which it had always been .cent. The same observa_ t i ons wo uld apply to the traffic in stone, wood, and other sim,lar articles. The items in the coal and lime tables had been greatly exaggerated : credit had been taken for 26,000 tons out of 40,000 tons from mere guess and pro.pective notions. There would be as great a competition in the sale of coals from the Dundee market in Glarnis and other points of the proposed line as there would be in the coal coming from Forfar, which place hail been set forth as the point of concentration, where all competition would end. The grand dept for their cattle traffic was at Brechin. That point could be settled in a few words. A railway already existed for the conveyance of the cattle from Brechin to the sout h. The same onservatien applied to all the traffic except the in' evmdia , e cattle triffie. but then it was absurd to suppose that to tie cattle wcula be driven four or five milts for the purpnaeofmerely travelling a few miles by railway. He contended that it was the du y of the promoters to lay before the Committee that clear and cogent evidence that its authenticity could not be doubted. The cause, however, was teat their tables had been constructed on in.. correct data, and consequently could not be relied on. Mr. Stocks, who was examined for the opposition, spoke gene rally as to the traffic to Perth, which he said he should prefer sending in carts as at present, rather than by the proposed railway, owing to the distance. They carried potatoes to Perth, and brought back coals. The price of the Glengarry coal, at Perth, was 14e. per ton, and English coal, of an inferior quality, might be obtained at 12s. per ton. He never saw any cattle coming east. ward from the Forfar market. Cargill was almost entirely an agricultural village, and certainly not one-third of the population were engaged in cotton spinning. He thought the tables were generally very incorrect and extravagant. He had conversed with all the farmers between Kinclaven and Perth, and the majority of them were adverse to the proposed ►ine. He was not aware of any petitions being presented in favour of it. For his own part, he thought it would never answer. Mr. Isaac M'Cray, coach contractor at Aberdeen, was next ex amined. He said he was nearly the largest contractor in Scotland, and usually kept from 200 to 250 horses. He considered that the main line of communication between Dundee, Perth, Arbroath, and Montrose would be by means of the coast lines, and not through Strathmore. The coach traffic in the tables had been generally overstated. The proposed line was not, in his opinion, necessary for the convenience of the district, as the points of distance were very short, and were easily travelled by coaches. The witness was subject to a short cross-examination by Mr. Hors: without materially altering his statements, and The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at eleven. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAI MORNING, .1 ILT Y 15, 1845. IeVEATL VA.I.MEY "at.AXLV7AY. The Committee to whom this line was referred met to.day, al eleven o'clock, in No. 6, Abingdon-street. Present, Lord Bexley, Chairman, the Bishop of Ely, Lord Charlemont, Lord Lyttleton, and the Earl of Delawarr. Mr. Sergeant Bellassis, with whom was Mr. Talbot, appeared for the promoters, and Messrs. Austin and Slade for the land owners who opposed the Bill. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS opened the case. He proceeded at great length to detail the object of the Bill, which was to connect the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, with Frostaley, and also a branch terminating at or near Bishophy Crag In Stanhope, in Weardale, in the county of Durham. After detailing the ad vantages which would result to the public by the construction of the line, he alluded to the engineering works, which he said were all easy, and presented no difficulties whatever. He concluded a very minute statement of the case (all of which we have already reported very fully when it was under consideration before the Committee of the House of Commons) by assuring their Lord. ships that the projectors of the line had no wish to take the pro. pert) , of any of the landowners on the line without giving them ample compensation for it. The usual evidence about traffic, and the cost of the line was then about to be submitted, when, after a short consultation be. tween opposing counsel and the landowners, Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS announced to the Committee, that an arrangement had been come to with the landowners, which would probably save the Committee further trouble. The nature of the arrangement was, that he would give an assurance on the part of the promoters, that if the landowners permitted the passing of the Bill, they (the promoters) would not impede any scheme which might be brought forward at a future time, and which running east and west, would afford a communication with the sea. This he was prepared to do. Their Lordships then adjourned till halt.past four o'clock, to afford time for drawing up a legal agreement to that effect. The agreement was then ratified. A clause was also added, requiring the assent of the patron, in. cumbent, and bishop, in case of a new site and bui'ding being re. :wired in consequence of this Act. The clauses were then read ever, which, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to, and the Committee broke up. SELECT COMMITTEE ON UNOPPOSED PRIVATE BILLS. The Earl of Shaftesbury sat this afternoon as Chairman of the Select Committee on unopposed private Bills. THE PRI' ST ON AND WYRE RAILWAY BILL passed through Committee. THE LONDON AND SCUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY BILL was adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. DIRECT NORTHERN LINE-TARRINGDON• STREET EXT,,NSION. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee on the London and York lines met this morning at the accustomed hour, and having withdrawn to deliberate on the question argued on Saturday last, after an hour and twenty minutes' absence returned, and The CHAIRMAN, addressing the counsel, said he was sorry for having detained counsel so long, but they had been discussing the matter suggested on Saturday last, and he had now to inform the parties that, in reference to the application then made, after the most mature consideration, the Committee had come to the following resolution :—That when the cases of the Direct Northern and Farringdon.street Extension had closed, they would proceed to discuss the merits of the two competing schemes at present before the Committee for effecting a second trunk line between London and York, viz., that of the london and York Company, the Cambridge and Lincoln, Direct Northern and Farringdost-street Extension Junction, in connec. Lion with the Eastern C 'unties Railway. Mr. AUSTIN inquired when the Committee meant to go into the case of the York and North Midland Company, and other evidence, apart from that which impugned the engineering accuracy of the competitors, which he was prepared to urge in opposition to the London and York line ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the effect of their late decision was to arrange that, immediately after the question of the Faringdon. street Extension had been closed, anything which could be ad vanced by the Direct Nor.hern Company would be heard prior to any other consideration ; all engineering evidence, therefore. which could be adduced as a rebutting case to the London and York scheme, would be included in that hearing. Mr. AUSTIN, on benalt of the York and North Midland and Eastern_Counties Railways, complained that this virtually put the case of those companies out of court, at they had been previously postponed to late stage of the proceedings, and were now excluded altogether. The CHAIRMAN replied that the decision of the Committee had not been come to without considerable anxiety, and it could not now be opened anew. Donaldson, an architect, examined by Mr. WEBSTER—De posed to the accuracy of an engraving and a survey of the site and approach to the Tottenham and Farringdon.street Extension Rail way London terminus, and described the various localities as indi cated on the plans; but the evidence would be wholly unintelligible apart from the representations it explains. Mr. Fuller, examined by Mr. WEarrEa,"deposed to having surveyed the land with Mr. Donaldson's valuation, and proved its accuracy in every respect. Mr. Scales, a cattle dealer and grazier, examined by Mr. WED srea, gave his opinion as to the inutility of layers for cattle, unless they were brought from a distance. Mr. Broughton, examined by Mr. WEBSTER—Is a clerk at the Eastern Counties Railway station, and deposed to the fact that 1,000 sheep and cattle pass weekly on an average by that railway. They never look jaded, and do not avail themselves of the use of layers. Mr. Robert Herbert, examined by Mr. WEBSTER—Is clerk of Smithfield market, and produces tables of the amount of cattle. Islington station is now nothing but a site for layers, but these are but little used by cattle travelling by rail. Mr. Lane, examined by Mr. WEBSTER —ls clerk on the Northern and Eastern Railway, and states that the traffic tables, which he now hands in, are correct. Mr. Carpenter corroborated the accuracy of Mr. Lane's tables, and the Committee adjourned at five o'clock. MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. DERRY, SATURDAY EVENING._This afternoon a special general meeting of the Proprietors of the Midland Railway was held in the large room at the station in this town, for the purpose of agreeing to a lease of the Great North of England Railway. Considerable disappointment was felt be a number of Share ' holders, who left London by the train for Derby in the morn • ing. This train should have arrived in Derby half an hour before the meeting commenced, but, in consequence of a large number of private carriages having arrived at the Euston square station to go by the quick train to Birmingham, which starts before nine o'clock, that train was delayed three-quarters of an hour beyond its usual time of starting. The Derby train consequently could not get off, and instead of starting at pine o'clock, the usual time, it was ten before the train left the station. Several of the Shareholders of the Midland Railway were in the train, together with the reporters for the railway press, and much disappointment was felt by the parties as they did not arrive at the meeting until half an hour after its com mencement. George Hudson, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, occupied the chair. The Secretary (J. F. BELL, E-q.) having read the adver tisement, by which the meeting had been convened, s The CHAIRMAN submitted a resolution confirming the agreement entered into with the Great North of England Com pany. The Chairman entered into a statement of the advan tages likely to arise from the arrangement which had been made, and recapitulated nearly the same arguments which he used at the meeting on the same subject, held a fortnight ago, of the shareholders of the other railways, with which Mr. Hud son is connected. Captain WATTS contended that too high a price had been paid for the Great North of ENland line, and moved that the agreement be rejected. The motion, however, fell to the ground, for want of a seconder. The CHAIRMAN was about to put the resolution, when the shareholders who had come by the trains from London entered the room. Colonel BLAINE, who was one, said that he had just arrived by the train which had been so much delayed, and therefore he did not know what proceedings had taken place. He would, however, before the resolution was put, suggest that if there should be more than 10 per cent. returns on the Midland Rail way, some of the surplus should be given to the shareholders in the Birmingham and Derby Railway. The CHAIRMAN said he should be delighted to see the time arrive when this railway paid ten per cent. Certainly, he would he very glad, if he had the opportunity, of supporting the proposition of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman. It must, however, be remembered, that their receipts must increase 250,00 t)/. before they would be enabled to pay ten per cent., and 'hat even to pay o.ie per cent. more than they did now would require an increase of nearly 50,c00/. That was without taking into account any increased expenditure. He did not say that each an increase would not take place ; he hoped it would, of course ; but, certainly, if it should, and they should be enabled to pay ten per cent., he should be glad to aid in crrrying out the proposition of the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman. Col. BLAINE expressed himself perfectly satisfied. The resolution was then put, and unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said—l think this is not an unfitting opportunity to call the attention of the Proprietors to the different extensions of our lines which we have felt it our duty, at various times, to submit to your consideration. We anticipate that every person who has watched the course of lace events will be impressed with the convicti in that the Lon don and York Bill will not be enabled to pass through Parlia ment this session. We may, therefore, falrly anticipate that the whole of the projects in the group of Bills referred to the Committee will go over to the next session. There will then be a lair and open field for us all, the London and York, the Cam. bridge and Lincoln, and other companies. Gentlemen, it was said last night in the House of Lords by a Noble and Learned Load that we had been the means of placing obstructions in the way of passim , the London and York Bill, that the counsel em ployed by the companies with which I have the honour to be connected had been the means of obstructing the Bill, and of preventing a decision being come to on the merits of the dif ferent lines. A Noble Lord did me the honour to get up and give a contradiction to Lord Brougham, for the Noble and Learned Lord had stated a thing that was totally untrue. hAamdott,ei ngovteher things that Lord Br o ugham stated wa s that w counsel employed. The simple fact is that we had four or five counsel who, during the progress of the London and York case, attended to watch the course of the business. But when the Cambridge and Lincoln came under consideration of the Committee, ou r counsel did not attend, because we did not feel ourselves 'n a positi on to oppose that company. WP, therefore, took no part whatever then in the proceedings. Then came on the direct Northern, in which we were interested, and then our counsel did attend. Every one knows that that case did not last more than a week or so ; and to say that we were the means of obstructing the business of the Committee was a most unfair and unjust accusation, not only upon you, but upon me individually. The Faringdon station case is now before the Committee; and as in the case of the Cambridge and Lincoln, we did not think that we were in a position to oppose it, and therefore we withdrew our counsel from the Committee. As I said before, I think that no determination will he come to upon these Bills this session, and we shall, therefore, have to begin afresh. The Directors of this Com pany have taken an interest in the lines which have been before Parliament, which lines we felt it our duty to resist as much as possible. I allude to the Chesterfield and Sheffield and the Sheffield and Newark. We opposed them, and very fortunately we were successful in throwing out the two lines. We were, however, fully aware that such a district as that ought to be supplied with railway communication, and we are quite prepared to adopt such measures as will enable us to supply that district with good railway communication. We intend, therefore, gentlemen, to request Mr. Stephenson to survey for us a good communication with Nottingham, going near to Newark, then going on to Mansfield and down to Ches terfield. We are also fully aware, from the feeling which has been evinced in the town of S'aeffield, that it is our duty to give to that town a better sou':nern communication. Ido not think, however, that there will be any saving in time, although there may be in distance. Still, seeing the feeling of the town, we are prepared to recommend to the Proprietors of this Com pany to adopt a line which will give a better southern com munication to Shefleld than at present exists. We are also anxious to accommodate Worksop, and we hope to be enabled to give such accommodation to that town and its neigh bourhood as will be satisfactory to you and to the public. You are aware that there is a line projected called the Barnsley Junction. This will accommodate Silkstone coal fields. We propose to do this, if no other parties purpose doing so, but we do not wish to interfere with our neighbours, the Sheffield and Manchester Company, if they think proper to afford the accommodation. You are aware that we have two lines, one front Nottingham to Lincoln, and the other from Syston to Peterborough. These Bills have received the royal assent, and the railway from Nottingham to Lincoln we shall ern to the public as early next year as we possibly can. ( Applause.) The town of Grantham we hop* to supply from our Syston and Peterborough branch, which will give both a northern and a southern communication. There will be a northern communication by means of the Amber-gate scheme, of the capital of which this Company holds one quarter. When the line is completed, they will not only have the best north and south communication at Grantham, but the best communication to the west of England. You are aware that we have a scheme before Parliament for a line from Swinton to Lincoln and from Lincoln to Ely. This scheme has been all but rejected for the present, but I see no reason why it should not be prosecuted next session if we do not this. We will, gentlemen, now come a little nearer home. We propose to make a line from Burton to Leicester. W. have made ar rangements by which we have purchased the Leicester and Swannington Railway. We have guaranteed to the pro_ prietora of that railway an interest of eight per cent., the return which the railway makes to them at the present time. We feel that it is important that we should have possession of that line, as it will form part of the line from Burton to Leicester. There are other mea sures which are before us, by which we hop* to fortify your position, and by which we shall endeavour to make our railways afford the public accommodation in the best possible manner. We may con , idsr that we have now 800 miles of railway which have been sanctioned by Parliament, all carried on, and to be carried on, I may say, under one direction. We shall, therefore, be enabled to carry on the undertakings in a manner far more efficiently than it would be possible for any other company to do. I am sure that every one around me will admit that a more perfect establishment than oars could net be found, and I hope and trust that it will long continue to be so, and I trust that we shall continue the undertaking in such a manner as to entitle us to the continued support of those who have invested their money in these Companies. Gentlemen, there is one other matter to which I beg to call your attention, and that is that in the next published returns of the Midland Railway we shall include the receipts of the Birmingham and Gloucester and Gloucester and Bristol lines. We think it better that they should appear together. I hope and trust that the receipts which have latterly appeared have been satisfac tory to the Proprietors. I think that they justify the step which we took as Directors, in leasing the Birmingham and Bristol lines. I think that the receipts will still continue to be satisfactory, and still further justify the step which we took. —( Applause. )• The reason why we thought it better to unite the receipts of all the Companies was, that it would give you a better opportunity of estimating the value of your stock. Gentlemen, I have now discharged my duty as chairman of this meeting ; but there is one other subject to which I beg to call your attention. TFSTIMONIAL TO MR. STEPHENSON. The CHAIRMAN continued. The subject which lam about to bring under your notice is one which has already occupied your attention, and I may say the attention of the whole rail way world. I had the honour of bringing the .übject forward at the meeting at York, of the York and North Midland Com pany, and also at the meeting of the Newcastle and Darlington Company. We shall not take any resolution now ; but I have now alluded to the subject in order to give the public notice, with the approbation of my colleagues, of our intention to submit a proposition to you with reference to an individual to whom, I believe, all will admit this country owes a deep debt of gratitude for his having invented the locomotive, and applied it to railways, and brought the railways to their present state of perfection. This is not the first public tribute that has been paid to his ability; the town of Liverpool has had the honour of taking the lead, as she had a right to do, but we all owe him a deep debt of gratitude. Every Proprietor in the kingdom is indebted to my friend George Stephenson. —(Cheers. ) I am sure that the proposition, which it is our intention to submit, will be received with that cordiality and warmth by this Com pany which it fully deserves. I will say no more at present, because I have dwelt on a former occasion on the excellencies of my friend. With these observations, I beg to thank you for the hearing you have given me, and I hope to meet you on the 25th, when I expect to bring with me a satisfactory state ment of nur affairs.—The lion. Gentleman sat down amidst loud applause. A PROPRIETOR suggested to the Chairman the propriety of taking steps to support the Derby and Crewe Company, as the Tears and Dove Valley Company had lately altered t' . , e i r plans, and might, therefore, become a source of eonv ect i t i on with projects sanctioned and supported by the .11110 . : gand corn. etter be left to be, 'I he CHAIRMAN said such a matter had b discussed in the board-room. Colonel BLAINE sugge•ted that. proposition for a tes timonial to Mr. Stephenson had..„„ made, it would b e a goo d opportunity for steps being '.aken for getting up a testimonial to Mr. Hudson. —( Cher:"). The thanks of the n.eeting were then toted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. Front the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Comment.) FRIDAY, JUNE 11. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Thirty-fifth Clause :—Parochial Board may resolve as to the manner in which the assessment shall be imposed, and may resolve that ens half shall he imposed on the owners, and the other half upon the tenants, or that one half shall be imposed on the owners of lands according to the annual value, and the other half upon the inhabit ants, according to their means and substance, or that such assess ment shall be imposed as an equal per centage upon the annual value of the lands, and upon the estimated annual income of the inhabit ants, and from means and substance :"—Question put, " That the said Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided:— MAJORITY--AYES, 92. Acland, Sir T. D. Darby, George Mackenzie, T. A'Court, Captain Davies, David A. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Ainsworth, Peter Denison, E. B. APlceill, Duncan Antrobus, Edmund Dickinson, F. H. M'Taggart, Sir J. Arundel, Earl of Douglas, J. D. S. Masterman, John nalllie, Colonel Duncan, Viscount Meynell, Captain Baillie, H. J. Duncombe, A. Morrison, James Bailie, Walter Fitzroy, Henry Nicholl, John Baird, W. Fremantle, Sir T. Palmer, Robert Balfour, J. M. Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Sir Robert Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Jonathan Bentinck, Lord G. Godson, Richard Pringle, Alexander Blackburne, J. I. Gordon, Captain Pusey, Philip Bodkin, W. H. Gore, Montague Repton, G. W. J. Bolder°, 11. G. Goulburn, 11. Rolleston, Colonel Borthwick, Peter Graham, Sir J. Scott, Francis Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, J. H. Sheridan, R. B. Broadley, Henry Hamilton, George A. Smith, T. Y. C. Brotherton, Joseph Hatton, Captain Smollett, Alexander Bruce, Lord E. Hawes, B. Somerset, Lord G. Buckley, Edmund Henley, J. W. Stuart, Lord J. Campbell, Sir Hugh Herbert, Sidney Sutton, H. H. Cardwell, Edward Hope, Sir John Tennent, J. E. Christopher, R. A. Hope, Charles Tower, Christopher Clayton, R. R. 11.,pe, G. W. Trench, Sir F. Clive, Robert H. Howard, P. H. Trevor, G.:lt. Cockburn, Sir G. Hughes, W. B. Vesey, Thomas Colebrooke, Sir T. Hutt, William Wellesley, Lord_C. Corry, Henry Jermyn, Earl Craig, W. G. Johnstone, Sir J. TELLZRII. Cripps, William Lincoln, Earl Young, John Damer, Colonel Lockhart, William Lennox, Lord A. MINORITY-NOES, 32. Archbold; Robert Ferguson, Sir R. Rawdon, Col. Bouverie, E. P. Forster, Matthew Redington, T. N. Bovvring, Dr. Gladstone, Captain Ross, D. R. Browne, W. Basile, Archibald Scrope G. P. Chapman,:llenjamin flume, Joseph Somerville, Sir W. Clements, Viscount Maher, N. Stewart, P. M. Crawford, W. S. Mitcalfe, Henry Turner, Edmund Hermiston!), J. Morris, David Wawa, J. T. Duff, James Muntz, G. F. Dundas, Frederick Napier, Sir C. Esmonde, Sir Thos. O'Connell, M. J. Ewart, William Paget, Colonel TT.LLERS. Ellice, Edward Duncau, George Fifty-third flange :—lf any Inspector of the Poor shall not per form the duty of hls Mike, or shall, in the opinion of the Beard of Supervision, be unfit to perform such duties, it shall he lawful for the said Board to dismiss such Inspector:—Amendment proposed, in page 24, line 15, after the word •' Supervision," to Insert the words " or Parochial Board :"—Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided : Bouverie, E. P. Chapman, E. Coletrooke, Sir T. Duncan, George Hope, Sir John MINORITY-AYES, 11. Lockhart, W. Sinollett, A. Mackt.nzie, T. M'Taggart, Sir J. Morris, David O'Connell, M. J. TRLL Hall. Duncan, Viscount Craig, W. G. MAJORITY-NOES, 81. B aine, W. Ellice, Edward M'Neill, Duncan Baird, William Ewart, William Manners, Lord C. Balfour, J. M. Ferguson, Sir R. 1. Masterman, Joha Baring, W. B. Fitzroy Henry Meynell, Captain lientinck, Lord G. Fremantle, Sir T. Napier, Sir C. Berkeley, Captain Gordon, Captain Nieholl, John Bernard, Viscount Gore, Montague Peel, Sir It. Blake, M. J. Goulburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan Itorthwick, Peter Graham, Sir J. Pringle, Alexander Bowes, John Hamilton, J. 11. Rawdon, Colonel Ilowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Ross, David R. Bowring, Dr. Hamilton, W. J. Scott, Francis Brotherton, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Smith, T. B. C. Browns, W. Mastic, Archibald Stewart, P. M. Bruce, Lord E. Batton, Captain Stuart, Lord J. Burroughs, H. N. Ilenley, J. W. Stuart, Henry Cardwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Sutton, Henry Clayton, R. 11. Clerk, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir G. _ !lope, Charles Hope, G. W. llouldsworth, T. Thesiger, Sir F. Trench, Sir F. W. Trevor, G. IL , . Howard, l'hilip H. Vesoy, Thomas Cole, 11. .A. Corry, henry Hutt, William Villiers, Viscount Cripps, W. Ingestre, Viscount Warburton, H. Curtels, 11. IS. Jermyn, Earl Wawn, J. T. Davies, D. A. 8. Jocelyn, Viscount Wellesley, Lore C. Dickinson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl of TELLERS. Duncombe, A. Lowther, Sir J. 11. Young, John Dundas, F. Mackeraie, W. F. Lennox, Lord A. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. SATURDAY, JULY 12. Epping Railway,—Report, Tuesday, July 15. Rye and Tenterden Railway,—Report, Tuesday, July 15. Richmond (Surrey) Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 15. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland),—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 15. Cork and .Ilandon Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, J u l y 15 . Lynn and Dereham Railway, —Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 15. Great Western (Ireland) Railway (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone),—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tues day, July IS. Gravesend and Rochester Railway.—Report to be consi dered, Tuesday, July 15. . The King of Wurtembnrg had a narrow escape on the sth inst. Whilst at Ludwigsburg, seeing some experiments with a newly-invented cannon ball, one of the projectiles burst close to his Majesty, but, fortunately, the pieces took a contrary direc. tion. An officer and soma men were slightly wounded. LAW INTELLIGENCE HOUSE OF LORDS, July 14. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers pres.'nt were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cattenham, and Lord Campbell. TREVOR V. TREVOR. Th• further arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and occupied their Lordships the whole of the morning. ROLLS' COURT, July 14. His Lordship the Master of the Rolls took motions and causes to-day, none of which possessed any points of interest. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, July 14. His Honour, the Vice-Chancellor of England, was occupied the whole day with causes, exceptions, and further directions. The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce sat in Bankruptcy, and the Vice-Chancellor Wigrani, took motions and causes. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Buckingham, Jul+j 11. CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Baron ALtigesow.) srosiah Brooks, aged 19, was indicted for assaulting William Blackwell on the Queen's highway, and robbing him of a bundle, containing a variety of articles, on the night of the 10th May last. Mr. Sanders appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was not represented by counsel. The prosecutor resides near Great Marlow, and on the night in question fell in with his friend the prisoner at a " public" in that town. Having drank their " absent friends" till near eleven o'clock, they set forth and parted outside the public house. The prosecutor, however, had not got very far on his way home, when he was overtaken by Brooks, who, as he now swore, knocked him down, knelt on his head, and tried to rile his pockets of his purse, which bad been produced at the inn. He failed in this, but seining hold of the prosecutor's bundle, made off with it. As soon as the prosecutor recovered himself he proceeded on his journey, but in about half an hour after the prisoner came up again to him, and again knocked him down. On this occasion, being assisted by a companion, he succeeded in obtaining possession of the purse, with which both the thieves decamped in the direction of Marlow. In answer to this charge the prisoner called a girl and a man, who swore that he came home to his mother's house at ten mintes past eleven, and remained indoors all that night. Mr. Baron A LDERSON, in summing up the case to the jury, observed that he had been long enough acquainted with cri minal trials to be ♦ery shy of mere evidence of personal identity. When unaccompanied by confirmatory facts it was very frail evidence. and its adoption in such a case required great caution on the part of the jury. Here there was nothing but the oath of the prosecutor to the prisoner's identity, while on the part of the prisoner an alibi had been set up. Now it was a common thing to abuse such a defence, but he (111 r. Baron Alderson) did not go along with that practice, for it was like " giving a dog a bad name and then beating him for it." An selibi, if true, was the best possible defence, and indeed the only one a really honest and innocent min could resort to very often. The case, however, was for the jury, and with these remarks for their guidance they would say whether they thought it was sub stantiated. The jury, after a short deliberation, Acquitted the prigoner. Robert Price, aged 27, and John Martin, aged 27, were indicted for cutting and wounding Francis Saunders with in tent to do him some grievous bodily harm, and to prevent their lawful apprehension. Mr. Birch prosecuted, and Mr. Power defended the pri soners. The prosecutor i 3 the bailiff of Mr. Dashwood, a gentleman residing at West Wycombe, in this county • and was going his usual round in the farm-yard at eleven o'clock at night on the 12th of May last, when his attention was roused by the pre sence of a " small sandy terrier dog," which ran towards the hen-house. On approaching that building the prosecuter became aware that some strangers were in it, and at tempted to open the door. While so engaged he received from some one a revere blow on the head with a stick, but nothing daunted, he persisted in his efforts, seising hold of the half open door with his right hand. Upon this he received a cut across the wrist with a knife, which com pelled him to let go, whereupon two men rushed out anti made their escape, together with their dog. On examining the hen-house several dead ducks were found, all ready for removal. In order to bring this charge home to the pri soners, the prosecutor now described the dress and personal appearance of the men he had seen on the night in question, and it was shown that the prisoners, on the same night, were drinking at a neighbouring public-house, which they left just before eleven o'clock, with a small sandy terrier sort of a dog.; besides %visit+, one of there, when arrested on this charge, exclaimed with an oath that " they were done at last." Mr. POWER having addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soner Price, His LORDSHIP left it to them to say whether they were satisfied with the proof of identity in this case, which had re ceived a material confirmation from the landlord of the public house. The jury having found the prisoners Guilty, they were forth with transported for 15 years. SATURDAY.—Both the Courts sat to-day, and disposed of the remaining causes at an early hour. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Jolt, 11. The assizes for this county commenced here this !naming, their Lordships having opened the commission Ye , lr.:rday even ing. The cale n d ar i s li g ht i n poin t o f num b er , 4 there being but forty-eight ca s e s f or t r i a l, implicati ng fit - '. y - n i ne pr i soners. There are two cases of manslaughter, four o f rape, twelve o f ' robbery with violence, th r ee of cutt aig and wounding, and eight of burglary. On the Civil ‘.. , ioe there are twenty-one causes entered for trial in the li ';c for the North and East Rid ings, and sixty-eight causr:, in that for the West Riding, making a total of eii - r:„ y -nine causes, several of which are likely to occupy a (—, as i derable time. CIVIL ' .SIDE.—( Before Mr. Baron Rotrz.) RICHARDSON V. RICHARDSON. This 'was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover c"'":..pensation in damages for the seduction of her niece, who resided with her, and assisted her in the management of her household. Mr. Dundas and Mr. Pashley appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Baines and Mr. Dearsley for the defendant. It appeared from the case on behalf of the plaintiff that she is a widow, 60 years of age, residing at Poppleton. Her maiden name was Eshelby, and her sister, the mother of the young person who was the unfortunate cause of the present action, was married to a person of the name of Stead. Stead—many years ago—deserted his family, and his not since been heard of. Mrs. Stead died shortly after, and the children were distributed among the surviving relatives, Hannah Stead and her brother coming to live with the plaintiff, who had no children of her own. The defendant, Thomas Richardson, is the nephew of the late husband of the plaintiff, and resides with his mother in the same neighbourhood. He was in the habit of visiting at the plaintiff's house, and was understood to be paying his addresses to Hannah Stead. In the latter part of the year 1833 he succeeded in obtaining possession of her person, and the result was the birth of a child in June, 1844. The re latives of the parties sought to induce him to remedy--so far as was in his power—the injury he had done the girl, by marrying her, but he refused ; and, as he declined to do anything for the maintenance of the child, an affiliation order was applied for, and the defendant directed to pay 2s. 6d. per week. The reason alleged by the defendant for declining to marry the mother was, as he alleged, that she had been guilty of improper conduct with other individuals The present action was brought to recover compensation by the plaintiff for the loss of the young woman's services. Hannah Stead is now about 24 years of age. The defendant is about three years younger. Mr. BAINES, for the defence, contended that, even on the showing of the case set up by the plaintiff, it was one of the lightest kind. There was no premeditated seduction. The age of the plaintiff at the time that this occurred, the riper years of the young woman, the facility with which, even on the plaintiff's own showing, she had yielded to the defendant's wishes, negatived any such supposition. He would show also, by the testimony of a person who lived next door to the plain tiff, that Hannah Stead had been guilty of such conduct with other parties as could leave no doubt on the minds of the jury that intercourse of an improper kind had taken place between them. Several witnesses were called on the part of the defendant, one of whom, Rebecca Hopwood, deposed t o h av i ng se en Hannah Stead in the neighbourhood of her aunt's house in the company of one William Richardson and of another party, under circumstances which, if the jury believed the evidence, were inconsistent with any other supposition than her previous unchastity. Mr. DUNDAS, in reply, called William Richardson, who, so far as he was concerned, ex pressly contradicted the evidence so adduced. Mr. DUNDAS, after some observations by Mr. Baines on this evidence, replied on the whole case, and Hi: Lonnswir having summed up, The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages 60/. Saturday, July 12. (Before Mr. Justice Cnisswzm..) Levi Gledhill was indicted fora highway robbery. Mr. Hall and Mr. Boothbv conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Blanshard. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, William Cookson, an elderly person, affected by spasms in all his limbs, which gave him the appearance of a person in an advanced stage of intoxication, that on the 11th of March last he had been at Huddersfield, transacting business in his trade as a clothworker. In the evening he set out on his return home to Stainland, and had arrived within a few hundred yards of his own home, when he stopped at a public-house kept by a person of the name of Calverley. The prisoner, Levi Gledhill, was there when he entered. The prosecutor sat at Calverley's for a considerable time, and had three several twopennywortha of gin. This, however, was, with the exception of a glass of beer, all he had had during the day, and he was perfectly sober. The prisoner, in the course of the evening, asked the prosecutor to let him have hi. to pay for a glass of beer, as he had drunk all his money. The prosecutor did so; and, having had occasion to go to the door shortly after, the prisoner aced the landlady of the house how It was the prosecutor's son had not accompanied him from Huddersfield, to which she replied that she supposed he had, but had left him on his getting so near home. The prisoner left the house a little before ten o'clock, and the prosecutor set out to go horse abort ten minutes after. He had gone but a short way when he heard some one coming after him, and drew aside to let him pass. The person tripped him up, and thrust his hand into the prosecutor's pocket, and took away a sum of silver which was there, amounting to from Bs. to 10s. He could see it was t h e same perso n whom he had met at Calver ley's. The entphon home and son, Thewentto pro secutor a public-h ouse k ept b y a person of the name of Sykes, at a short w r o is m, r an th d e t n he maden, in company off over with the w h a i l s l. distance from Calverley's. He there found the prisoner, and accessed him of robbing him. It appeared that the prisoner had arrived at Sykes's a few minutes after ten—about the time the proiecutorj was robbed, and that before the pro secutor's arrival he had spent about 2s. in refreshments of various kinds. On his person were found upwards of 7s. in silver and some halfpence. Mr. 131.ANSWARO addressed the jury for the defence. His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury found the pri soner guilty. Sentence, twelve months' imprisonment. George Green and John Halsworth were indicted for a highway robbery. Mr. l'ashley and Mr. Overend conducted the prosecution ; the prisoners were defended by Mr. Bliss. The prosecutor, it appeared from his statement, is a shop keeper at Rawcliffe, and on the 17th of April last he had occasion to go to Howden on business. He left his horse at Booth's ferry, and walked on to Howden. He set out on his return home about nine o'clock, and was accompanied a short distance by a friend. Shortly after his friend leaving him, two persons, whom he recognised as the prisoners, came up, and they walked on together. 'they had some conversation on indifferent subjects, and then the prisoner Green stopped for a moment to do something to his shoe. He then said to the other, " I'll go back and see for Johnson." Halsworth replied, Nay, come on." On which Green immediately sprang up from his stooping position, this hnis is lookingdseisedthseerious, prose cutor by the throat, while Halsworth pinioned his arms behind. The prosecutor said, "Well, and struggled with his assailants, when all came to the ground. Green then said, " D—n you, we'll give it you now," and Halsworth put his hand over the proseentor's face, while Green knelt on bis belly. The prosecutor then yielded, saying, " For God's sake, spar* my life, and take my money." They then rifted his pockets, and Green calling out to Halsworth, " Have you got bit turnip ?" they both ran C. 4 Z7l f• o p. t 01 CJ , 0. tsP Pi. CA PA. . We will merely make one remark upon this table in support of our opinion of the want of fairness in the apprnaching trial. it will be perceived that the Albion, two decker, of 90 guns, is of 3,099 tons burden, but her displacement is 4,152 tons, and she carries 432 tons of water, her weight of provisions being less than that of the St. Vincent, 120, three decker, by 168 days' consumption for 135 men ; the St. Vincent also carries 98 tons more water, and her displacement is 4,484 tons; con sequently the St. Vincent has a far greater burden to carry through the water than the Albion, yet has 4,840 feet of can vass less in her sails to enable her to do it ! The Surveyor's 80 gun two.deckers are each of the same tonnage, yet the Van. guard can stow 109 tons more water than her "sister" ( the Superb)! We could give numerous other instances in support of our opinion as above expressed, did our space permit, but we leave the above tabular document to speak for itself. Contracts were taken at the. Royal Clarence victualling establishment, Gosport, on Thursday, for 1,650 quarters of wheat, weighing not less than 601 b. a bushel, at 495. 6d. and 51s. 6d. per quarter, being an increase of ss. on the contract taken six weeks ago. _ The Rolla, 10, Commander Simpson, arrived at Sierra Leone from Chatham, on the 24th of May. The Resistance, 42, troop-ship, Commander Patey, arrived at Cork, from this port on Monday, and embarked the 66th Regiment for conveyance to Gibraltar. away. The prisoners were apprehended about half an hour afterwards in flowden, in company with three others, when the prosecutor immediately pointed them out as the individuals by whom he had been robbed. None of the prosecutor's pro• perty was found upon them. The prisoners were found Guilty. Sentence was deferred. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winchester, July 12. THE 6031 . 01 LT DUEL. The grand jury returned a true bill against Lieutenants Hawkey and Pvtn for murder. Mr. RawLtNaos applied for a bench warrant against these parties, which was granted. Mr. Baron Platt was occupied nearly the whole of the day in trying cases which were totally unfit for publication. THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON Poamsmourw, JULY 13.—The squadron now at Spithead ender the orders of Rear-Admiral 113de Parker, is officially reported ready for sea, and will leave the anchorage on the trial cruise to-morrow. This being the last opportunity we may have for some time of mentioning in detail the experimental squadron, we will give a few particulars respecting the construction, ke., of each ship, which may be interesting to the general as well as the nautical reader. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, Commander-in-Chief of the squadron, was built on the lines furnished by the late Sir William Rule; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain W. E Martin, was built by Mr. Oliver, Lang, Master Shipwright of Wool wich Dockyard, at that yard, in 1841 ; the Queen, 110, Cap tain Sir B. Walker, was built on the plan furnished by Sir \. Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, a t P or t smou th D oc ky ar d, i n 1839 • the Rodney, 92, C a pt a i n Ed war d C o lli er , was b u il t on the plans furnished by the late Sir Robert Seppings (Surveyor of the Navy), at Pembroke Dockyard, in 183 t ; the Albion, 90, Captain Nicholas Lockyer, was built on the plans of Sir William Symonds (Su rve y or Of the Navy ), at Devonport Dock yard, in 1843 ; the Vanguard, 80, Captain G. W. Willes, and the Superb, 80, Captain A. L. Corry, were also built by Sir William Symonds (the former at Pembroke Dockyard in 1836, and the latter at the same yard in 1842); the Canopus, 84, Captain F. Moresby, is of French construction, and was cap tured at the battle of the Nile. These are the eight ships forming the experimental squadron of 1845,•which will sail from Spithead on Tuesday to try their respective qualities as models for future ships of their class. As this is professedly to be a trial of fairness we may be excused for offering a few remarks upon what appears to us a want of equity in the said trial. It will no doubt strike the reader, as it does us, as somewh a t strange , an d at var i ance with those principles of impartiality upon which a squadron of such import ance should be sent out for the attainment of so great and na -ionally important an end, that four of the eight ships com posing it are by one constructor, and two of them of the same class. The ordered mender. undenia following table, being a copy of the official return to be made to the Lords of the Admiralty by the Corn -in-Chief of the squadron, on Friday last, shows, in ble terms, the capabilities of each ship of the squadron, an authentic document, is highly interesting and im- and, as portant ,-•., ...• n e. .... , ,- r :-.. O P 0 E.- P a. = g a. 70 , , A c g ; o t -- 0 . . . . •-• A, GO On cin 0-0 to 0 4- t,D N 0 0 1 0 10 10 10 C 4 t 0 C. Cle tC, c 0 0 •—• cD O'+ C . , CI •^1 .^7 00 - , lr CC t; t ti a a;) 0 Y, 0 C ., C. , C. 71 C, C , C ., - -I ~l 0 --1 GO .--. CA GO Ca 0 --I - -X -4 c..v ca P- , cC... , c.,-, co., UT tO tsp tsD ?,.1 .4- 4. 4. V. tsD Lr. 0 CA 4+ 0 .4 5. 4.. ' 4 8 I.D b., 1 . ... 4 , ts., 114 to IsD ND , IND ND ND ND ND ND it C 4 ca c 3 C 4 •P• 4.• r t •—• •—• -4 0 Oo CT IND C 4 bio• ND 10 ND 10 ND 10 10 10 ori ;.Tv Ca Os r . t.O 1•••• 1•••• •••-• C .1.-• .4,-. • ... C) -1 :...-, --r C) c, 0, c, 4-., 4-0 04, t.D UL ro CA., .9 0 C° 2' 03 O Sj` .7' .5' - . 8 8 S 8§ F§ IR ELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 12.--ONE OF THE SENTINELS AT THE VICE- REGAL LODGE SHOT.—An alarming rumour was in circulation yesterday that one of the sentinels at the Vice-regal Lodge, in the Phoenix Park, was shot dead the previous night. On proceeding to the park we ascertained the following par. ticulars :—About one o'clock yesterday morning one of the police on duty at the. Vice.regal Lod ge h ear d t h e report o f a gun or pistol at a point within the wall of the Vice-regal garden, known as •' The Bush," and on proceeding thither found the sentinel, John Kelly, of the 44th Regiment, with his right hand shattered as if by slugs or small bullets. He told the police. man that he had heard some noise near his box, and on turning out to challenge, the shot was fired which wounded his hand. The report of the weapon soon brought other guards to the spot, and the wounded man was removed to the Royal Hospital, which is about a mile from the scene of this extraordinary occurrence. The medical gentleman con nected with this institution at once decided upon am putating the hand, which was done, and the man is going on favourably. It was suggested soon after the shot was heard, that Kelly shot himself thus with the view of being pensioned on; and rigid search was made about the ground, but no weapon was found. He is ready to depose that he was wounded as he stated to the policeman, but it is a remark able fact that several yards away from the box a pool of blood was discovered and marks on the ground, as if by the discharge from a pistol. The officers of the 44th believe that Kelly in duced some friend to inflict the wound, who immediately made o ff when he accomplished his object. What possible motive could any one have in shooting a sentinel placed where Kelly was at the moment ? He says he h a d no quarre l w i t h any one. His musket was loaded whest the alarm was given, and it would be impossible for any of the chain of sentinels around the lodge to commit the act. It is a remarkable fact, that about forty years ago, during the Vice-royalty of the Duke of Richmond, a nearly similar case occurred. A sentinel was shot in the hand, and his story was believed, until Colonel Rawdon produced, from an adjoining bush, a pistol which was seen with the man the pre vious evening. As soon as Kelly is convalescent, wh!ch is expected to be in a few days, a rigid investigation will take place. fie is a young lad, only eighteen years of age, but recently enlisted, and his father is a pensioner. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—Jinx It The business in Shares to day was languid, but prices remained tolerably firm. Sellers showed no disposition to force sales at re duced quotations. The Drogheda Railway shares receded to 112/. The Mining Company of Ireland and the Wicklow Copper Mines, were in good demand at the improved prices quoted below:—Go. ♦ernment Three per Cent. Consols, 119 99A—Three-and.a Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1011 i—Three.and-a.lialf per Cent. Debentures, (921. 6s. 2d.), 93I—Patriotic Insurance Company, 11—Mining Company of Ireland, 141 14b—Wicklow Copper Mine, 171—Bel fast and Ballymena, 61 —Bandon and Bantry, ll—Cork and Water ford, 11 i—Cork and Youghal, 31 3—Cork, Blackrock, and Pas sage, 2i I—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 71 I—Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 24—Dublin and Drogheda, 112—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3 31—Great Southern and Western, 23—Great Southern Extension, 11 11/—The Midland Great Western Rail. way and Royal Canal Company, 31—Great Western Extension to Sligo, 2i I—lrish Great Western (Dublin to Galway), 3i Kingstown and Bray, 6 5 ,'—Killarney Junctions, 21 / Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction, 5 4/—Londonderry and Enniskillen, 31—Newry and Enniskillen, 34 —Newry, Warren. Point, and Rostre, 3—Waterford and Limerick, 6% I Wexford, and Carlow, 2A—Waterford, Wexford and Dublin, 11. DUBLIN ♦ND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. Return of traffic for the week ending Thursday, July 10 : Amount received for passengers and parcels, 8151. 19s. 3d. Num ber of passengers, 12,510. Amount received in the oorresponding week of last year, 7921. Os. lid. THE INQUEST AT BALLINHASSM. The proceedings at this investigation en Thursday and Friday possess no novelty. The same story in told over and over again with the usual amount of deviations in the cross examination, and bickerings between the lawyers. The evi dence was principally confined to the facts of the death of seve 'feral persons, that is that those persons were killed by gun shot wounds, &c. Captain Boldero is Member for Chippenham, and has for several years held the situation of Clerk of the Ordnance, the salary of which is twelve hundred pounds. Mr. Bonham was formerly Member for Harwich. He has not a seat in the present Parliament, but, on the accession of Sir Robert Peel to office in 1841, was appointed Storekeeper-General of the Ordnance. The emoluments of the office are said to be about 1,2001. a year. LONG DURATION OF SLEEP.—The trance under which Mr. Barry has been labouring for weeks past, still continues as bad as ever. He passed a very restless day on Monday, owing to the noise made by the incessant firing at the review in Hyde park. Prince Albert has been unremitting in his inquiries; and strict orders have been given by his Royal Highness that Mr. Barry, as long as he continues in his present hopeless state, is not to be disturbed by anybody. Lord Brougham called in the course of the week, but was instantly denied. His Lordship left word that he would look in again shortly, as he was most anxious to know how Mr. Barry was getting on. Mr. Barry is still quartered at the new Houses of Parliament, it being the spot where his singular complaint drat began. Should theta be no signs of improvement, however---that is to say, of his getting rapidly wide awake—there is a loud talk of removing him.—Punch, MARKET NE W S—(YESTER DA Y). comm.-74*c Xiang* During last vO2Oll arrivals of English Wheat for our mailitt Were on a very moderate scale, while the receipts of nearly every description of grain—including Irish Oats and Foreign Wheat—were small. Fresh up scarcely ally wheat of home produce was received, hence the stands were very scantily tilled with samples of that article, owing to which, the full attendance of buyers, and the Unsettled state of the weather, the deitiand was active at an improvement in the rates obtained on this day se'nnight of 2s per quarter, and at which nearly the whole was di, posed of. From all parts fa vourable accounts continue to reach us respecting the growing crops. As might be expected, holders of foreign Wheat were ver3 firm, and would not sell except at Is. to 2s. per quarter more money. This advance, however, was not generally paid. The show of Barley was limited. rinding parcels were held at a trifle more money. In other kinds very little was doing. Although the supply of Malt was small, that article moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply of Oats was by no means good. A fair business was doing at late rates. Scarcely any Beans or Peas on offer. In prices we can notice no altera tion. The Flour trade was steady. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, :Halt—Chevalier 648 to 65* Red . .. •• • . 43s to 41s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto, White • • • • 47s 59s Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 23a Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe 24s 25s coin, Red... • . 40s 478 Yougha., and Cork, Ditto, White.... • . 42s 55s Black . Irish, Red —$ —8 Cork, White . • Ditto, White...... —s —s Scotch, Feed. .. • • 22s 22s Rye—Old ............ 30s 348 Beans—Tick . .... •• • . 34s 39s New. •• • 358 36s Pigeons ..... . • 36s 39s Earley—Grinding ... • . 23s 28s Pease—Grey... Malting . ........ 328 348 Maple . • ••• • • 35s 38s Chevalier ........363 —8 White . Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••• • • 40s 421 folk 58s 63s Flour—Town-made .• • 42s s Brown ... Kingston and Ware 60s —a Stocktn & Norfolk 338 35s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic . • 328 to 368 Beans II amburgh Barley ..... • . 208 24s Flour—American • • 19s —s Oats —New ... .•• • • • 198 23s Baltic ... • • •• • lag —s tied ••• • • • 19s 22s 1 SMITHFIELD. Since Monday last the imports of live stock from abroad into London have been again somewhat extensive, viz., 28 Oxen from Ilamburgh ; 37 Cows, 64 Oxen, 18 Calves, and 17 Sheep, from Rotterdam. The supply on offer here com prised 70 Oxen and Cows, in, generally speaking (though there was nothing remarkable amongst them) fair average condition. On the whole, a fair inquiry existed for them, at prices varying from 161. to 19/. 10s. each, and at which they were nearly all disposed of. Fresh up to our market of to day the arrivals of Beasts from our own grazing districts were seasonably good, and on the increase compared with those reported on Monday last. Notwithstanding the attendance of buyers was rather numerous, we have to notice a sluggish demand for all kinds of Beef, at, in most instances, a decline, in the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight, of 2d per tilbs, the highest general figure for the best sorts being 4s 4d per Sibs. In the quality and condition of the beasts a great improvement was noticed; indeed, we have seldom seen a better collection here at any previous corresponding season. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire consisted of 650 Scots, homebreds and short horns, while, from the northern counties, we re ceived 250 short horns; from the western and midland counties 700 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 400 horned and polled Scots. The number of Sheep were somewhat less than those exhibited last week. Prime old Downs sold freely at extreme quotations, while the value of other breeds was again supported. The few store Sheep on offer were held at unusually high figures. For Lambs, the supply of which was not to say large, we had a steady sale, at full prices. The Veal trade was steady, at last week's quo tations. In Pigs very little busines was transacted. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts .. ••2 10 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 4 Second quality ditto. 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdown Wethers 410 6 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Large Hogs .. 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto .. 4 6 410 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2 Suckling Calves, •18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep .. •• 3 2 3 6 Lambs .... •• • • 5 0 6 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 2,669 I 26,110 169 275 kg BIM' GATE AND LEAD7IENaA. L. From Scotland, and nearly all parts of England, the arrivals of slaughtered Meat since Monday last have been on the de crease, though somewhat large for the time of year. With London killed Meat, however, we have been well supplied, while a decided improvement has taken place in quality. For nearly every description of Meat the demand has ruled very firm, and Lull prices have been realised in every instance, and at which good clearances have been effected. About 20 carcases of foreign Beasts, and a few Calves and Sheep, have appeared on sale, At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior— ••.. 2 4 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 3 2 3 8 middling .. ••2 10 3 0 middling.. 310 4 6 prime large .. 3 2 3 4 prime .. •• 4 8 410 prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.... ••• • 2 6 3 8 Veal ••• .. ...... ..• 310 410 i small .... ••• • 3 6 4 2 Lamb. 5s —d to Gs —d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calres Pigs. Scotland •• .. ... ........ ••• . • 50 500 180 Yorkshire ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 30 400 200 Lincolnshire . .. 20 100 40 Suffolk . . . . Cambridgeshire Essex• ..• • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20 50 GO 80 Surrey ••• • • • •••••••• • • • • • • • • 30 60 50 100 Devonshire Wiltshire . Other parts .. •• .. - - - Total • • Previous week's arrival • . 335 2,509 290 1,160 Difference since our 'ast .... 64 1,029 90 330 MORO 17071 AND SP MCA. 363E'IELD S. For the time of year the supplies of Old Potatoes are large. For all descriptions the demand is excessively heavy, at prices varying from 20s to 70s per ton. WOOL DIAREET. The imports of Wool during the past week have been again extensive, they having amounted to nearly 3,000 bales. The public sales, at which already about 12,060 bales have been offered and nearly all disposed of, arc going on ex tremely well, and prices are stealily supported. For English Tool there is rather more inquiry, at very full currencies. TATA.CiVir. This market is very steady, and a fair moderate business is doing on the spot for the season. In new 'fallow there is little passing ; the market price for the last three months is 40s 3d to 40s 60, yet there are no buyers at above 40s. Town Tallow is 40s net clph. BOROUGH NOP 11/.4931,/{23T. In consequence of the favourable accounts which have been received from most of the plantations respecting the progress of the bine, the trade here is very dull, at drooping prices. Ia the duty scarcely anything is doing. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 15s 6d ; Bates West Hartley, 14s ; Buddle's West Hartley, 15s ; Carr's West Hartley, 15s ; Davison's West Hartley, 15s ; Hasting's Hartley, 15s ; Holvwell Main, 15s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 14s 6d; North Percy Hartley, 14s; New Tanfield, 14s ; Original Tanfield, 13s 6d ; Old' Pontop, 13s ; Ord's Redheugh, 13s ; Pontop Windsor, I3s 6d; Ravensworth West Hartley, 14s ; Stormont Main, 12s ; Taylor's West Hartley, 14s 6d ; Tanfiell Moor, 16s ; Townley, 14s ; West Hartley, 14s 6d ; West Wylam, 14s 9d ; Wylam, 14s 3d ; Wall's-end Bewieke and Co., 15s; Bell Robson, 14s; Gibson, 15s 6d ; Gosforth, 15s ; Hotspur, 14s 3d; Killingworth, 14s 3€l; Riddell, 14s 9d ; Walker, 14s 9d ; Wharncliffe, 14s 9d ; Eden Main, 15s 6d ; Belmont, 15s 6d ; Braddyll's Hetton, 17s ; East Hetton, 15s ; Haswell, 17s 3d ; Hetton, 17s ; Lambton, 16s 9d ; South Hettorr Lyons, 15s 6d ; Pem berton, 148 9d ; Russell's Hetton, 16s 3d ; Shotton, 16s 9d ; Stewart's, 17s ; Hartlepool, 17s ; Heugh Hall, 15s 6d ; Kelloe, 16s 3d ; Trimdon, 16s 6d ; Adelaide. lee; Adelaide Tees, 16s 6d ; Barrett, 14s 6d ; Barrington Tees, I4s ; Brown's Deanery, 15s ; Eden Hartlepool, 15s ; Fox, 14s 6d ; Gordon' 14s ; Seymour Tees, 15s 6d ; South Durham, 15s ; Tees, 16s 6d ; West Tees, 14s 6d ; Cowpen Hartley, 15s ; Derwent water Hartley, 15s 6d; Hartley, 14s; Llangennech, 21s; Lewiss Merthyr, 21s 6d ; West Hartley Netherton, 14s 61— Ships arrived, 24.3. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS CLOTH MA iticET. —The business at the Cloth-halls has been comparatively flat this week, and the supply of goods was small, both on Saturday and Tuesday. Prices remain about the same. The princip I demand was for beavers, fancy cloakings, and shawls. There was but email business done in fine and middle cloths. In the warehouses a little improve.. ment has been observable. - - --- MANCHESTER TRADE.— There was a very healthy market yesterday for goods generally, with a tendency to rather higher prices, particularly in shirtings for the east, and in do mestic cloths. The demand for yarn continues still buoyant, and higher prices were obtained for some numbers, for which large contracts have been made. BRA Iwo RD MARKEL—There is a good demand for combing wool at former prices. Short wools are much sought after, but do not realise higher prices. In the yarn market prices are a little higher, but not so much as might be expected from the production being very meagre. In the export trade there is a fair business done, but the reason of yarn being higher, is on account of there being a better demand for pieces made altogether of worsted. For the better kind of pieces there has been a good sale. The attendance of mer chants has been numerous. Worsted goods are much more in request than the mixed ones.— Leeds Times. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE ORIGINAL METALLIC TABLET STROP, WITIL FOUR SIDES.--Mr. George Saunders, inventor and manufacturer, No. 25, Strand.— This article has been in extensive use for the last thirty years by the first cutlers, who pronounce it to have no equal in producing a fine smooth edge to a razor, so necessary to shave with comfort. They may be had of the following cutlers:—Lowcock, 38, Cornbill ; Lund, 24, Fleet-street ; Davis, 69, and Looker, 42, Leaden. hall-street ; Verinder, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard ; M.llikin, 161, Strand ; Coleman, Mitymarket ; Philp and Whicker, 67, St. James's -street ; Warner, 25, Sackville street ; Paget, 195, Piccadilly ; Kingsbury, 152, and Durham, 201, Regent-street ; Einslie, 46, St. Martin's lane ; Robinson. 53, Bishopsgate-street ; Carter, Paris ; Lamprey, Dublin. The fact of their being sold by the above makes it superfluous for the inventor to speak further in their favour.—George Saunders, No. 25, Strand. [ AD VERTISEMENT.]—Ladies, whether temporarily exposed to the scorching rays of the summer sun, or frequenting the crowded saloon, or close assembly, will find Ron land's Kalydor a most refreshing preparation and auxiliary to comfort, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation from the complexion, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The numerous varieties of cu taneous eruptions, sunburn freckles, tan, and disloura tions, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin tendered delicately clear and soft. Its purifying and refreshing properies have obtained its selection by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy and bent toe. The high re putation it bears causes unprincipled shopkeepers to offer their spurious "Kalydors" for sale, composed of the most deleterious ingredients, containing mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellent action erdangering health. It is there fore imperative on purchasers to see that the words "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an engraving of exqukite beauty, from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co.) All others are fraudulent counterfeits. CAUTION 10 PARENTS.—Yesterday a girl, five years of age, named Kenny, the daughter of labouring parents, was brought into Westminster Hospital in a state of the most dreadful suffering, from having drank a quantity of vitriol incau. tiously eVposed on A table in a room where the child was left by herself while the mother went out on an errand. The death of the girl was taonaentazily expected, F I d 4 1 o' C ar; :?•• 4 " LORD BRO LTC HAM AND MR. obl s The following letter stated to have been addressed by tu `el and Learned Lord to a gentle man a t Cambridge, is P ubli ' fi " - the Cambridge Chronicle : 1 iy 5 ' `° Grafton-street, Thursday, -" " My dear Siry—You wish to know whether or not Yl e e l likely to have a new election at CAmbririte in rt l "r n i the death of my dear f r i en d, Si r Willi a m Follet fot only say, I know not ; but I devoutly hope yo u hare known Fitzroy Kelly all his professional life, 4 ; gat certainly don't know a more worthy successor to him we ba ler He (Kelly), with my valued friend, Sergeant Wilde, is i n ,";fid bly at the head of our profession, and this, inderwite n , 6l „ personal regard, is enough to make me desire his prosaow ° ;lol Is destined for the highest places in the law, and his Pwri l l b oll o claims are proportionally high. Some one told me latel4 stl vote on Maynooth would hurt him- I fear you, my fnen olls also of that way of thinking, and that you may little heretical. All I have to sa y i s , th a t no man in ED O ° 0 0. 0 Popery more than I do, and i n a ll it s s h a pes and x ll i ts quences, secular as well as spiritu a l. B u t m y support of tn_.,o nooth grant was quire consistent with th a t hatred which 'Pled on all occasions, as I did i n g i v i ng t h at v ote. You 10;0 those with whom I wish to st a nd we ll ; th ere fore 1 hav e lo° your letter at large. Wishi ng y ou a S o li c it o r-General .. 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Pocket Edition (500 pages), in an envelope, price 25., 1, , _Yr - N MARRI A- Its Hindrances and Obligations. " Of grief concealed, and disappointments keen, Which yaung and gentle—the matured and 5540 3, The lonely and the mated—all sustain." 14y R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., r.icenr,w* Member of the Royal College o f S urgeons of Eng l a nd, the Hall, and twenty-three years Resideut Practitioner in t IP' Also, companion to the same (72 Engravings), price 15., 1 1 ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and Disease& " Whereon doth hinge the dignify of man, The health of offspring, anti domestie love I" 1 04 These publications are free fro m em py r i c i sm a nd Mil to fIP mentality—they abound in stern truths, and are addressed telllgence of the times. 0 1 Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-ro w ; C arva lh o , 147, -rejtatlt'lS Hannay - , 63, Oxford-street ; M a n n , 39, Coruhlll ; and th e 'rundel-street, Strand.—At home daily till Two till Nine. /40 A DR. CULVERWELL'S GUIDE TO HEALTH A N O' ADDRESSED CHIEFLY TO YOUNG r'C6'4,, New Edition, with additions, pri ce Is., by post 1 0 . A TOP' W HAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND 41 MEDICAL TABLE-TALK.' On the Errors and Extrav aganc i es o f E ar l y Lif e , such Id rate feeding and drinking, snuffi ng , smo ki ng , prec ociene 0 1 51 strained indulgences, mental and bodily excesses, late W I , 0 0 .7.1 excitement, and other outrages, exh aus ti ve t o th e animeLl i f fro also, per contra, the va l ue o f care f u l li v i ng, f res h air, e3007A1l and out-door exercise s a lut ar y occu p a ti on, an d good inenttot melt, v Thereby the most shattered constitution may be health, aad life preserved to the latest period allotted to In'"10.„e rt. By Z. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., 31.11,C.5., L. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,l47, Fleet-sir - osof; nay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhilli and the .`,/ Arundel-street, Strand. At home, daily, till l 2 ; evenings FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND On 0 , Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. 0,1 Just published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed enveVi o rS j T HESILENT FRIEND ; a Medical 1 0 _, #ll the Infirmities of the Generative System in 130. Ar on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of 1 ;1 The baneful effects of solitary indulge- ce, neglected for Al l toms, gr,c., are pointed out. Illustrated by Engrevime r l eo2 l by observations on Marriage, with plain directions for the Co A pl certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., ti o r Surgeons, London. 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In bottles, price 1 Is., or th e quan tity of , 1 1 .; 1 01' bottle for 335., by whi c h It s. are save d . The five-P0" be had as usual. an ti The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, ento ~,,, litic remedy for sea rc hi ng out and purifying the blood " - ho ot et A' blotches en the head, fa ce , an d b ody, ulcerations, suld.;;/ te affections arising from impr o p er t reatment or the s ff ee'''ol. , removing secondary symptoms, an d a ll erupt i ons o f the ' V Ile. and 335. per bottle. yd., 46.1 PERRY'S i'UItIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s• - ,0,1 , 00 1 and ils. per box, are the most effectual remedy f o r strictuta bott oration, Irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindranc e ... a o , a l, Consultation fee, if by letter. 11. Minute detail of cor - otiTf Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultatil i till,' ridence, 19, Berners-street, Oarord..treet, London. fteln ~, Ti till R. On Sundays from 10 till 12. O ne p er sonal es aari , tons{.-et a 11.1 .,,, 1k nt (1),.. LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, 174 .„.. ) 1 DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, " lie, who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms. A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man !" -ce 4 P A*. Just published (in a sealed enve l ope), Tenth Edit i on, P sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d. , vottr a l ELF-PRESERVATION: a Popular r 0.7,0 LI those concealed disorders, originating in voiltltti e ttit9 and terminating in Nervous Debility, L oca l a nd C° t o, ro sd, Weakness, and all those Sinki ngs , A nx i e ti es , an d 'lnT r i of: afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and th e Delicate. IS,stologr.ie Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Pk Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directs perfect Restoration. By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surges ,1190 11 0 A 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburg"t o oll'` Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, tr Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. t, " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and ralpfeoill herent privileges of mankind, a r e f requen tly marr ed an a h, ot te, through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To s others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many ' ye a y' may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no aPPesi e 0 lild t 4 most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. "Long experience in the treatment of a class of dises b o eo : 4 o neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove in tlitoi! concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, wh er- tft e lt o v o routine practitioner would never dream of finding there' a pd to certain habits, forming the most secret, yet dead l , l lo springs of domestic mis er y, an d premature mortalitY.' i Journal. er t 1. 6 14: Published by the Author, and so ld i n L ondon by S. C ab "" t, 52, Paternoster-row; Starie, 23, Tichborne-street, Qnadrsachss street; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114 ,.ief$* lane Gordon, 146, Leadenh a ll- s t reet ; and by all Bookset. At home every day till Th ree, and from Five till r'ir tr WEATHER PREDICTION S. delight in this foreknowledge should purchase , „ - o se rof' of time, GRIMSTONE'S WEATHER ALMANACK, if e . 611.1 , 41 tions of the weather, from his publication to the presen; b ef hears checked by many proprietors of newspapers and ° ,l O . 111 / .0 The " Times " has eulogised its correctness and Pe c %so ol , printing ; see page 57. The "John " published its;: c tiotPf? Dec. 22, 1844, giving it, indeed, 336 correct daily pre 9 copy, pages 52 and 54. Also, " The Sun," the Globe,' 1 0, the " Post," " H era ld , " " Chronicle, " " Satirist," "111,./ofi'l4o many others, have noticed the correctness of this unidne i afk, Amongst the great variety or matter is an interesting :I,X( hie Royal Hi g h ness P r i nce Alb ert wh i le at the College 01004., useful Chronology, Royal Family, both Houses of Perlin-the mary of Populati on o f th e B r iti s h E mp i re, Populatioa tio 4o,4 towns and cities ; a Calendar, con t a i n i ng S un d ays , fe; e, versaries, phenomenons, chronolo g i ca l even t s , moon's o f tides, gardeners' monthly calend ar , a co l umn for the roost Tet i day ; pages 3to 25. St am p s , assesse d t axes, & c. ; a 115 t t he Copies of 31 letters, from ladies and gentlemen of e, respectability, cured of ophthalmia, gutta serena, catara c 'dtsy , nervous deafness, headache, and spectacl e s left off, sonl n e t iff '4„ hem upwards of 20 years, by using Gemstone's Eye: 61,, 10,' ations in French, Italian, and Spa n i s h ; p ages 59, 6 ," , 1 4 4 Read page 54, the Medical Report in the "Forceps,' ,e proving proving the great advantages arising from the constant ",eet 6 ,l6 , :j stone's Eye Snuff having been the cause of clearing our sr s. 1), e 9 many green eye-shades, and other human disfiguremo°,, t or lfi, only fashionable snuff of the day sold under the ant",,, t ejo Lords of the Treasury and Royal Family. Grimston.vut Almanack Is a beautiful pocket size, with a steel elle n , renting a bird's eye view of Oxford-street, &c., bound of f0 ; 1 0 blue, with gilt edges. sA Sold, at 3d. each, by all the London wholesale publishela, sellers. Wholesale only by th e proprietor, W. GRIMSTo' Snuff and Cigar Merchant, 434, Oxford-street, London. OS Copy of one of the above Letters : St. Martin's-le-Grand, General Post-office, Inland P` $111 %41 October, 9, 1844. o beto4 Sir,—For the last three or fou r y ears I have been lab o . a nervous deafness, so much s o a t ti mes as to be a l m ost ! c ool , ' hearing. After trying several ver y em i nent aur i sts, from fat rived scarcely any relief, I w as i n d uce d at t h e solicitation a!, to try your excellent Eye Snuff. I accordingly procure__ heti;t o p 4s. 4d. canisters, alter taking which I found considerabict pea A much so that I sent for two more, which, having used , _t , 1,0; hearing completely restored, and I have not been deaf ‘, si , n s c ;• 4 „- ni ; mention that the time I commenced taking your April last, and have continued taking it since.—l am, Sir j ij) dient servant, W. 0' 009.4, To Mr. W. Gemstone Any quantity of Eye Snuff can be forwarded throut•- • ,, dp• Post, by sending money ord ers . A 2 s. 4d. can i ster , will cost 3e, and so on in like proportion BIRTHS'. Vis c°llllr On the 9th inst., at Wilton-cres cen t, L on don, Melgund, of a son. On the 9th inst., Mrs. He nr y D owns , o f St. t, race, Richmond, Surrey, of a son. 1 On the 10th inst., at Sidmouth, Mrs. S. Sevl' l ' Ist a son. On the 11th inst., at Carlton-villas, Maida-imi" of I. M. de Leon, Esq., of a daughter. of 1101 On the 11th inst., at Tottenham, the latlY Hall, Esq., of a son. j ktl: 4 MARRIED. phi On the Ist of February, at Melbourne, Port t coll' e tS tralia, James Simpson, * Esq., to Caroline Sera u 'ig,P,i(le, daughter of the late Henry Bowles, Esq., of Cuckftie' 131. 1 ' et On the 10th inst., at Kensington, the Rev. J. of Mirzapore, East Ind'es, to Sarah ' Odell, eldest 01 1,6' Mr. W. M. Newton, of Kensington. so,lf Be. ev On the 10th in s t., at Exminster, Devon, the . -- „ c es, S. Hutchings, Curate of Kingsteignton, to Fi l " do t 7 surviving child of the lat e C. P. H o d son , Esq. voY f io On the 10th inst., a t E g h am Ch urc h, William "`' to Y r re Esq., Captain in th e 88th (C onnaug ht R an gers /L e , St i eldest daughter of J. D o bi nson , E sq ., o f E g ham LG'" D LED. On the 4th inst., at Barnet, Louisa, the wife ° f 1 13°°° ao ti e Bunt, Esq., of Bristol. ag e t of On the 4th inst., at Islington, Mr. Henry_..-e , ' re ic- t o On the sth inst., at Torquay, Elizabeth Mari , I , ` Rev. G. F. Clarke, late Rector of Thornton Viratl9o3.cei., On the 6th inst., at Dorchester, C. Stickling ], 9 re o Lieutenant-Colonel of the 59th Regiment of F o ° t. 'se , On the Bth inst., at Newent, Gloucestershire, 1,43°) 130 ,00 of Robert Shepard, Esq., aged 71. , the On the 9th inst., Mr. H. M. Bayfield, of tavern, Somers-town, aged 33. .. J o er On he 9th inst., at Limehouse, Mr. J. Weiler' D r V IP- On the 9th inst., Mr. J. Gilbertson, of UPP— f street, aged 63. Wil k a, 6 On the 10th inst., Sophia, wife of R. B. W" iiiiv Amwell-end, Ware. of B. Ao On the 11th inst., at Putney, Jane, the wife fw , Esq., of Montagu.square, aged 67. gorr i° ' 0' On the llth inst., Sarah,.relict of the late G. .f r , of York-place, Mile-end-road. i T ., Of P' °- On the 10th inst., Herbert William, the i nf ant 6 J. Cheshire, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. Q 0 1 ( Loneon Yripteci enn enblished by DIURDe., 5 0 4° No. 112. Striti,e, P•-inter, at TA. Si* Omw"Col° Atrami in the Preoinot of ate StVOV, in the Bliddlesta. Tuesday. July 15. 1345. ab oei 40./1. a o h n s 41 4 . aYde To — ' TILL E Arne 41,•!,ae1i t a oepoBit A 11 : 11 ' Tb 444 raal ~~ ~~ §* : S < C ..~ i r j f` .... K ~ 7 u r. v ~ O A "~ 1 8T bi le 0 d ays,, at at trtu; s : 1 3 < 7 ' n 44; Th e The' Th e . Th e • Thl