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De.loo l r. blok _oe, st nud e s ' bells• b 9 i l e ver]," ich, 5 r Subs*/ ) Frali ciS 5 ..• 5 ......... li ..... '1;01 p, pot lo- 0, sty r 1 , 6 6. aid to 1%0 0 Swi l l, t Pea ° ig ° .; Free. to, and nn 1— l e o „ g uar- ) ; .......... ' , ......... •iso l ' keierl ie firic Sir to u! agst 0 1 0 ,rt tot ii°00,1:: gil ndii ° od R"` ~ ,_ - .~ ttiirb • bttion rHE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE CLOSINO PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICE,. NIA Stock 2ll l /.1, 2111,6 3 Per Cent. Reduced - I , • --5 s ll tper Cent. Consels Annuities 99% 99 ( eIY 3 1 4 per Cents ...102 1 4 1 102% India Bonds, 1,0001..... 7l 71 Ditto under 1,000/. C)nsols for Account ... . 991% 99% Excheq . uer Bills, 1,000/., 1%d.... 54 56 pm. 56 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small -ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • — 100 1 ,% Ditto, Deferred .5. 31 531 / 2 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 17% 18 18 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Account 374% 37% Ditto. Deferred -20 SI Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 334 33 , y 4 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted 6 5 14 6514 Ditto, Account — 65% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. 374 3 7 I A Belgian 4 1 ,1, per Cent. Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific.... 99 1 1 1 99 1 / 2 PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. mica. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 1; Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester... 30 0 dedonian , 10% s o Ditto Extension 2 1 / 2 .. ... 2 3 / 4 Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 , ...... 5 .q„' i 5 / 8 4% Chester and Holyhead... 10 Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 1 1 / 4 074 O% Coventry and Leicester 1 1 / 4 1%% I I,E Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Galway..... 2 % Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 , 4 31. Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 2iIA %% 21% Ditto New 41. 16s. 71 %% 7 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per , Cen 8edf0rd ....51. 13s. 4d l4, l% Ely and •1 IA 2M 2 , A Great South. and West. _ _ ( Ireland) _____ 10 Great. North of England..100 ( heat Western BO 214 .. ... .. ..... 214 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths null a n d S e lby Lancaster and Carlisle... 23 4, lnaerick and Waterfurd 21/2 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...244 . Do. 14 Shares iondon and Blackwall. 16/. 13x. 4d. 10 9 3 / 4 9 34 ,London and Brighton... 50 1 ), 0. Newconsolidated Bths 25 ...... „London and Croydon, 13/. 155. 9d. 23 LOnd.& S.Western 411 6a 10d B 2 Do. New London and York 2 l /z 3% 4 1 4 4 4 1% Lone - -.ldonderry& Coleraine 2w.. Linn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Blanchester and Leeds._ 76 l7l 173. _ _ ---..-. Do. Quarters l anchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 4N 14 514 5 14 Midland 100 192 191 193 „Do. New A % eircasCe and Darling ton ,1 otiet!on 25 ...... 57 58 ... ...... .. 58 Do. New Brandling New.tasil, and Berwick 11/ 19 )3 19% North and Enniskillen. 2% 314 3 14 oorth British 1 : 1 0. New N orth Kent North Sta ff ordshire 22s. ...... 3%% 3ll Norwich and Brandon... 10 „Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 ford and Worcester._ 2% 7 61/4 7% 7 L tichmond and W est End , Junction 4 4gby, Worstr. & Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 3 1 4 3 14 11 th Devon '°oth Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 48 47% Do., No. 1 Do., N 0.2. 17V, 17 Do., No. 3 ootith Wales .... ... 214 5 .. Tr ent Valley 2 .... . Trent Valley and Holy - head Junction "aterford and Kilket ny 1 ...... 2, -, ', , 2.' , lork an d North Midland 50 ll 4 lh 114 ll4 iiitto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 11 0Ulog Le a n 1 Amiens... 6 Great Nt rth. of France (Laffitte's) ... .. ..... 4 bn. dn (Rt camel's) 2 J amaica Junction .. 1% 5% 5% Do. South Alidlnd. Junc. 1 Louvain and Jgmeppe... 4 ... . 5% 4% ...••• 4% A ainur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 15 1 4 : 1.i 1 5 34 Orleans and Bordeaax... 4 3s 4d — IN L yons Cans & Lyons Latlitte's Paris and Orleans Rouen and Rouen .. *"'° ll en and Havre ...... 16 tanibre a n d M eus e ~... 4 Vest and Ancona...... 1 Weitt Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. A ustralasia aaondon & Westminster 20 RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAN.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CORNWALL RAILWAY. --- The Committee met at eleven o'clock, the Earl of Ellenborough In the chair. The following gentlemen were called in and examined b y Mr. R ows: in opposition to this Bill : —Mr. Pendarves , M .P. for Corn- Captain Heset, and Captain Holland. These witnesses, for th e reasons already repeatedly stated by other witnesses, preferred re central line to the southern, and alleged their belief that if 14 'e central line had been deemed a successful project, many of the mlluential men in Cornwall, who were now in favour of the 4°Othern line, would be advocates of the central one. 14 r. Brunel laid before their Lordships a section sho win g curves lathe Cornwall line. Rowe addressed their Lordships for the opponents to the f tl iat great length. The scheme was a g rcat delusion, and the f ailure of the central line was entirely owing to the panic which e=latedin the Money Market at the time it origina ted. The sue. t 55 of the Cornwall line up to this time was, in a 11 1 ;7 4 measure, owing to the assistance of the Great oaten, Railway Company, aided by the report of the card of Trade :in its; favour. There could, however, be doubt that the Cornwall line was highly disagreeable a great ma ss of the inhabitants of Cornwall and Devon, for 150 liTtitions had been laid on the table of their Lordships' House against t he Amongst the opponents to the line he had called s ome of 5 Most wealthy and influential men as witnesses, even including l i r t ionten and Members of Parliament. The Co r nwall line was, filth, a most impracticable line, and would never answer the 7 r Pmes for which a railway should be establishe d . It would tither have speed or regularity, and he might add safety. The Learned Counsel then went on to read the passages of the P 5 ), rt of the Board of Trade, and confute them seriatim. After - ' 5 4 and very argumentative speech, the Learned Counsel con - Curl ed , Th e .9 calling upon the Committee to declare the pream ble of 4411 100 t proved. .4ErxElin, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE Lnv E. T he Committee re-assembled at eleven o'clock, and pr oceeded to hear further evidence on behalf of the Brayton rival scheme. de : r he first witness called was Mr. Alexander Sheriff, and his evi . ih u ve went merely to prove that the flax.spinners of Leeds were " f a'our of the Brayton scheme. 1 :r. Stri c kl an d , o f Snaith, said that the branch to Broughton ,40 14 Confer very great advantages on the farmers in the district , ; a tise it would give a direct and speedy communication with 'eeds, Blackmore, station.master at Normanton, spoke to the business there, and the regularity with which trains from their Par ate companies arrived and departed. Nothing could be con . .uct.ed in a more regular manner. ItoSnnilar evidence was given on the part of Sir John Simpson, of . I . k . Mr. Phillips, Mayor of Pontefract, and others. They all d ered that the Brayton project would benefit the district by i i t up a direct communication with Leeds and Bradford. Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday. I n /1E GLASGOW' JUNCTION SAILVI.O.T. tat Tn the reassembling of the Committee this morning the e xam ' . " of witnesses in support of the Bill was resumed. „„ ^". Hartley, of Liverpool, said the rails along the docks at 4.1 r erPool were very convenient. He considered the rails on the 'i t 'll at Glasgow ought to be on the level. _ Mr. Moore, Ch a i rman of t h e D oc k Trustees at Liverpool, con urred in th e ev i dence of the prev i ous w itness. fir* S Yrcons manager of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway, de.. rails to the facility f or the transmission of tra ffi c which the I on the ways belonging to that railway afforded. h ir• Dickson, of Hull, described the manner in which the goods ^ere lifted from the waggons into the boats from off the quay. r Reeds of the Glasgow Railway Company, deposed as to t he !!! of charges on that line. Mr. Knight spoke as to the cartage. . Kiastone said the proposed junction met with the full ap proval of the ironmasters. _ Mr. Ch r i st i e stated that the iron manufacture had greatly in creased Within the last ten years, and there was every probability I te being further increased. Leadbitter said that there were 80,000 tons of stone an "MY brought tiito Scotland for shipment and home consumption. °3OPORD, 'WORCESTER., AND WOLVER. HAMPTON. Th e Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, Lord Auckland in thech air, when the case for the opposition was resumed. ‘ ,l l the Noble Loan taking the chair, he stated, that with re ;Fleet to a petition presented by Mr. Macey, of Banbury, against ,_ e , B in. the Committee had decided that, considering the late 'nd at which the petition had been presented, counsel could not be heard in its support. v 1 4r. L a i ng, of the Board of Trade, was then examined in rela di" to a statement of Mr. Cockburn in opening the case, that the tVietniinn of the B oar d o f T rade had been given on exparte d ence. The witness, in his examination, denied this, and stated that before the decision had been given, both interests had been fully heard. Both Mr. Brunel and Mr. Saunders had been examined, and had frequent Interviews with the Board of Trade. The Noble Criatastax thought this quite sufficient in answer to the statement of counsel on that point, and the witness was dis- Missed. Mr. George Hudson, the celebrated railway proprietor, was next (generally examined on the respective merits of the two gauges, and the t ranshipment of goods. He deposed that the narrow guage was Ptefetable tn the other, and that no kind of mechanical contrivance THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAI EyEIioUNGI_,LILLY.L.I9.I.2.S. would do away with the evils and inconvenience aris►ng thorn • transhipment and break gauges. The evidence was in effect a repetition of what he stated in the Commons' Committee, already given. Mr. Robert Stephenson, civil engineer, examined by Mr. IlopE— He entered into a lengthened explanation of his own line in contra distinction to the Great Wester❑ scheme, going through the map before the Committee, and showing the number of towns, the amount of population, and the public works that wculd be accom modated by the Tiring line. With regard to the mineral traffic, li • considered Lis line would be much better adapted for that of South Staffordshire than the other. It was the practice on all lines of railway in mineral districts to join side or branch lines up to the mouths of the pits. This he had in view in laying down his line; and it would have this great advantage over the other, that the same gauge could be used on both the main and branch lines, so that mineral traffic would not require to be disturbed, or changed from one waggon to the other in its transit. The wit ness was next examined as to the question of trans. shipment. He did not think that themode proposed by Mr. Brunel would at all get rid of the evil. With regard to placing waggons without wheels on trucks, in order to facilitate transhipment, it had been tried on several occasion and abandoned on account of the confusion it created. It had been attempted on the Liverpool, and Manchester, and Bolton Railways, and he had tried it himself at Canterbury, but in all these cases it had been given up. The change at the break of gauge was the least part of the evil. The machine proposed by Mr. Brunel would but very partially meet the evil. One of a similar kind at Warrington had been abandoned. foiled in his efforts to eapture him. He had reason to suspect that his man was concealed in a house at Pa , sy. Diseutsi das a quack dcsior, he set up his stage immediately opposite the house. For three days did the doctor harangue the passing multitude on the vir tues of his wonderful specific. He became the town talk—every one was anxious to see, and at length—his cur:osity overcoming his prudence—the mysterious gentleman over the way wanted to peep out of his hiding-place, to endeavour to catch a glimpse of the wonderful universal medicincr. Whetlite he did so or not at the time, history does not relate, but tl.e mediciner caught a glimpse of him, and the next day he was arrested, and was ultimately sent to the galleys. He next ap peared as Benjamin, a Parisian cobler, a simple soul who, by his very simplicity, picked up a vast amount of informatior, for those who v. ished to enlighten his ignorance. which infoi mation he always turned to excellent account. This appears to have been one of his most favourite, and, at the same time, one of his most useful disguises. His next appearance was as an Auvergnat 11 iur-factor, and, in this disguise, he made, perhsps, his most celebrated coup. In 1814, just atter the restoration, there appeared in the suite of the Due d'Angouleme. at the Tuileries, a certain Comte de Chambly. It was reported that he had been a Vendean chief, had suffered great losses in the cause of the Bourbons, and had been rewarded wish a post at Court, which brought him into intimate connexion with the Royal Family; and he was, moreover, superintendent of the police of the Tuileries. Vidocq, when he saw this man, re cogi,ied him as an escaped galley-slave, a man of good brother to the Comte de Chambly, but a forger, a thief, and a swindler, who had actually stolen his brother's papers, and on the faith of them had passed himself off as the Vendean chief. To have arrested him in the Palace would have been un peu trop fort, and therefore Vidocq had :recourse to stra tagem. Assuming the disguise to which we have alluded, he waylaid the Comte, and, pretending to be drunk, strutted up against' him. The Comte was outrageous—the Auvergnat was insulting, and at length the Comte calling for assistance, gave his opponent into custody, and went to lodge his complaint before the eommissaire. The commissaire, as hen he heard the Comte's name and titles, was all obsequious, and turning to the Auvergnat demanded, in a tone of imperious authority, to know who the miserable canaille was who had dared to insult an officer of the palace. "Je m'appelle Vidocq," was the calm reply, and turning to the Comte, " vous etes mon prisonnier." The Comte was speedily transferred to the galleys. " Ohl," adds Vi locq, "it ne joue pas de la comedie." As a mere specimen of histrionic talent, this exhibition is mo.t amusing, but when we consider who it is that exhihit , , and the results which have followed from this wonderful exercise of unique talent, we think our readers will admit that we are right in characterising this as the most remarkable exhibition in the metropolis. II the narrow gauge lines were adopted, the whole question of transhipment would be confined to the distance from Oxford to Basingstoke, and a narrow gauge liue between those two points would settle the question of gauges for ever, flora Inverness, in the north of Scotland, to Southampton, in the south of England. His estimate of the London and Birmingham scheme was 3,040,0001., including the local traffic, or side lines. He esti mated Mr. Brunel's scheme at 2,029,999/.; this was allowing nothing for side lines at all ; so that the amount of money for the two schemes was about the same, though his scheme gave a much greater amount of accommodation than the other. His lines were ten miles longer than the others, but the cut tings were much less. The calculation of Mr. Brunel's lines just given allowed three limes of rails on the Oxford and Worcester line. With four lines of rails on the two gauges, the expense of Mr. Brunel's scheme would be 3,118,0591., and with side lines, like the Tring scheme, 3,297,676!. Supposing that the Rugby line was laid down the same as the Oxford and Worcester line, then the total cost would be 3,519,0001. He con. sidered Mr. Brunel's estimates were much too low. Instead of making the Rugby line at 12,0001. per mile, as calculated, it would require 16,000/. or 17,0001. The quantity of earthwork os that line was 90,000 feet per mile. Mr. Brunet's estimate was 2,100,0001., so that. taking the lowest estimate the witness had given, compared with that of Mr. Brunel, there was a deficiency of nearly a million. The cost of the scheme would be so great, that it was doubtful whether it could be made to pay interest on the capital invested, unless it commanded a considerable amount of the through northern traffic. Cross.examined by Mr. TALBOT—With respect to the estimates of Mr. Brunel, they had never been questioned in the House of Commons. He had not been examined on them, though he was satisfied of ►heir deficiency. He thought it utterly impossible to construct the Oxford and Rugby line at 12,0001. per mile. His recent experience of the Peterborough line convinced him it could not be done. The Noble CHAIRMAN inquired if it was the intention of Mr. Talbot to tender any evidence on the estimates ? Mr. TALBOT replied, Mr. Brunel, according to previous arrange ment, had been furnished with a series of queries on the subject, to which he had given answers that would be adduced before the Com mittee. After Sir John M`Neill, civil engineer, had been briefly exa. mined in corroboration of Mr. Stephenson's evidence, The Committee adjourned till Monday, at eleven o'clock. FRID,Or NICITT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. G. Rothery, currier, Wakefield—first and final div. of Is. Id. in the pound, July 21, and any following day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Brown, merchant, Sheffield—first div. of tis. Id. in the pound, and a further div. of led. in the pound, and to those who have not received the former dividend, a further div. of 10d. in the pound, July 21, and any following slay, at the office of Alr. Young, Leeds. S. John, scrivener, Penzance—div. of 4d., and 1-16th of a penny in the sound, June 21, and any following day, at the office of Nlr. Hernaman, Exeter. T. Kilford, cabinet maker, Southampton--first div. of Hid. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Gra ham, Coleman-street, City. W. J. B. Staunton, wine merchant, Bishopsgate-street Without—first div. of 12s. 9d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman -street, City. R. W. Robinson, jun., grocer, Bedford—first div. of 3s. I Id. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City. R. Evershed, timber merchant, Pulborough, Sussex—second div. of 3s. Id. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City. J. Smith, corn merchant, Southampton—first div. of ss. 3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City. T. Revely, jun., plumber, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first div. of 2a. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. J. Brown, cooper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—second and final div. of 2s. 41. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first and se cond div of 4s. 8d in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Hardisty, whitesmith, Wakefield—first div. of ss. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. S. Marshall, builder, Hull—first div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. D Asknam, lime burner, Knottingley, Yorkshire—final div. of 4s. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. DIRECT NORTHERN-- FARILINGDON STREET EXTENSION. The Committee on these lines resumed to-day at the customary hour, Viscount Courtenay in the chair. The Comr.:ittee immediately after reassembling withdrew with Mr. Creed, the Parliamentary Clerk, and after remaining some time in deliberation, returned. The CHAIRMAN said he wished to call the attention of the par ties and their representatives in this Group to an annonymous letter, containing charges against the Clerk of the Committee. The letter, which was addressed to him as Chairman, and received this morning, adverted to an article which appeared lately in a weekly railway paper, insinuating that Mr. Creed had a large inter est in one of the lines, immediately and prominently under consideration, and stating that rumours to that effect were rife in the neighbourhood of St. Stephen's. In justice to themselves as adjudicators on the interests of the public, as well as the particular injustice to those companies, and in justice to their officer, the Committee had specifically asked the question of Mr. Creed whether he had, or had not, any interest in the companies before tnat Committee, and he had given a most satisfactory assurance that he was not in any way whatever concerned in the issue of the inquiry, or connected with the schemes. Several other anonymous com munications, some of a similar tendency, had been received, but the Committee had not thought it necessary to notice any but that named to-day. Atter some discussion, from which it appeared that the wit nesses upon whose evidence Mr. Webster relied had been misled by the printed sections, the paper on which these sections had been drawn having slightly shrunk, The Committee decided that they would hear no further evidence upon the point, and that the objection to the London and York datum line had not been sustained. Mr. WELLS then applied for leave, on the part of the Eastern Counties Company, to produce to the Committee evidence respect ing the accommodation which would be afforded to the public by the station of the Stratford branch of that Company, which would have the immense advantage of giving a communication with the Thames. That was the only part of the case of his clients respecting which he would ask to adduce any evidence, and after all the Committee had heard upon the other side with respect to the benefits which the public would derive from the proposed King's- cross station of the London and York Company, he trusted that the Committee would feel that it was only fair that they should re ceive the evidence he had to offer with respect to that part of his client's case. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM resisted the application, the effect of which would be, he said, if it were granted, that the Eastern Counties Company would have an opportunity of obtaining an in vestigation into what might be the most favourable portion only of their case. The Committee at once determined on refusing the application. It was then arranged that Mr. Sergeant Wrangham should com. mence his closing address for the London and York line at the meeting of the Committee at twelve o'clock on Monday. The Committee adjourned at a quarter past three o'clock. DI VIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Honk, contractor, Wandsworth-road, Aug. 12, at half past twelve—F. Shaer, grocer. Portsea, Aug►. 12, at half past-twelve—J. liichards, plumber. Deptford-bridge, Aug. 15, at eleven—C. Soul, Long-alley, Moorfields, Aug. 11, at twelve. In the Country. J. Southern. grocer, Birmingham, Aug. 9, at one, at the Birmingham District Court—B. H. Hunter, merchant, Liver pool, Aug. 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court — J. A. Forrest, glass merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District. Court—J. Heron, ship owner, South Blyth, Aug. 12, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—H. J. Dixon and J. Dixon, carpet manufac turers, Kidderminster, Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court —E. Prodgers, banker, Ludlow, Shropshire, Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Mucklow, publican, Birmingham, Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Deakins, horse dealer, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, Aug. 16, at twelve, at the Birmingham District C,:urt. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. L. Watling, butcher, Gilbert-street, Hanover-square, Aug. 11—A. AI. Johnson, innkeeper, West Smithfiel:l, Aug. Il E. M. Marks. upholsterer, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Aug. 12—C. T. Hicks, drug grinder, Upper Thames-street, Aug. 12—B. Chandler, ironmonger. Stanmore, Aug. 12—J. Harbottle, grocer, Amble. Northumherlard, Aug. 12—J. W. Summers, cork manufacturer. Sunderland, Aug. 12—W. Cox, money scrivener, Durley, Gloucestershire, Aug. II—J. Gre gory, innkeeper, Weston, Somersetshire ' Aug. I2—T. Harris, currier, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Aug. B—W. U. Lester, dea'er in potters' material., Newcastle-under-Lyne, Aug. 8— F. J. W. Newton, F. .1. Newton, and J. Newton, spirit mer chants, Rotherham, Yorkshie, Aug. B—J. Gerard, cotton spinner, Holm-mill, Yorkshire, Aug. B—A. H. Chambers, sen., bankers, New Bind-street, Aug. B—T. M. Cocksedge, millers, Northfleet, Aug. .5—R. Balker, drugg's', Manches ter, Aug. B—J. W. Carter, coach plater, Lang-acre, Aug. 8 —.l Balls, livery stablekeeper, Holloway-road, Islington, Aug. B—T. R. Knott, druggist, Bolton-le-Moors, Aug. 8— T. Oliver. livery statlekeerer, Prestbury, Gloucestershire, Aug. B—.J. Haigh, clothier, Hogley, Yorkshire, Aug. Michael, general dealer, North Shields, Aug. 8. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : Week ending Last week. O AL ; 2 ': F. 8 u C> > •F. J. Pendered and J. Wright, spirit merchants. Welling borough, Northamptonshire—R. Zwilcheubart, E. Z wilchen hart, and A. H. Lemonius, commission agents, Liverpool— T. Sereeton and R. Dales, joiners, Kingston-upon-Hull—B. L. Phillips and I. J. Doughty, bakers, Whitechapel-road —H. Pershous' and G. Weich, metal dealers, Birmingham—E. and W. Cato, grocers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Binns and A. M'Leod, hat manufacturers, Halifax—A. and E. Gilbert, schoolmistresses, Shiffnall, Shropshire—J. Lamb and T. Stani forth, bone button manufacturers, Sheffield—J. Boulton and J. Boulton, jun., mercers, Hanley, Stafford,hire—H. All.so_pp and J. Drewry, common brewers , Burton - upen - Tr ent—W Hewson and T. Stuart, painters, Leeds—W. Moore, J. M'Creight, and P. Metge, porter dealers, Liverpool (so far as regards J. 51.‘Crieght)—T. Courtice and G. H. Blake, tan ners, Park, Devonshire—S. Cross and F. Lucas, wine mer chants, Oswestry. Shropshire—W. Milnes and J. Howe, coal factors, Coal Exchange, Lower Thames-street—W. M. Christy, J. Christy, T. Christy, jun., S. Christy, H. Christy, and A. Christy, hat manufacturers, Gracechurch-street (so far as relates to W. M.Christy)—N. Lowe and G. Oakley, coal merchants, Ryde, Isle of Wight—J. Hayes and J. Char flock, coal dust grinders, Wigan—C. Rose and C. Dyson, stock b-okers, Leeds—J. Stott, J. Wood, and E. Walshaw, wood grinders, Skircoat, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Wood)—W. H. Aulsebrook, J. Ward, and W. Ward, general agents, Nottingham (so far as regards W. H. Aulsebrook)— A. W. J.,linson, J. Norton, and H. Atkinson, scrap iron manufacturer!, Thames-bank, Chelsea--W. Leete and G. Warburton, ironmongers, Tottenham•court-road—W. Herni man, H. S. W. Peacock, and W. G. Herniman, fishmongers, Bristol (so far as regards H. S. W. Peacock). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Drummond, farmer, Cairnstone, Perthshire, July 21 and Aug. 12, at one, at Kinross's Inn, Dulblane. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 15, 1845, is 31s. 10d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im• portation thereof into Great Britain. THE LATE THOMAS Hoon.—We are glad to learn that the subscription for the family of this distinguished writer already exceeds 1,0001., and is still making progress. We have observed also with satisfaction, durir.g the last few days, the in fluential names of Mr. Charles Dickens and Mr. Thomas Carlyle added to the committee list. Sanctioned by such eminent ex amples, and hitherto so liberally supported by the public, this ex cellent object can hardly fail to meet with a complete success—such a success as will fitly express the public recognition of the poet's genius, and ensure to those whom he held dear an ample provision against future want. We call attention once more to the subject, as we understand that the subscription•lists are to be closed at the end of the current month. DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.—Down, JULY 18.—Yesterday the presence of his Excellency M. Van de Weyer at the York Hotel announced the early arrival of their Majesties, which was at first fixed for half past five, but the arrival of a train at that hour brought in. telligence that the royal train would not leave London until four o'clock, and that the King and Queen would not arrive until half past six, some time previous to which hour his Excellency's car. riage, with four horses, from the York Hotel, was in readiness to convey their Majesties on board the Princess Alice, Captain Smithett, which was speedily done, and the vessel left the quay at a quarter to seven o'clock, but owing to the delay consequent on sailing from the Government yard, the vessel did not leave the harbour till twenty.five minutes to eight o'clock. A guard of honour from the 68th Regiment, under the command of Major Hugh, was in attendance. The Be►gian Ambassador, Colonel Jones (the Belgian Consul), and Sir J. Mimißon, were in attend ance to escort the royal party on board. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. —On Friday Mr. Payne held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Jonathan Hill, aged forty-three, an engineer. It ap. peared by the evidence that on Tuesday evening last, deceased left London by the last Brighton train, to proceed to Shoreham. On the arrival of the train at Reigate deceased got out of the carriage for a few moments. On his return the engine was in slow motion, deceased ran along the platform to overtake it, when he made a sudden stop, and putting out his hand towards the car riage made a spring to get on to it. In doing so his foot slipped, and he fell beneath the wheels, which passed over him. The en. gine-driver immediately stopped the engine. A special train was provided, and deceased was conveyed to the hospital, where he died on the following day, frum the effects of the injuries he had received. Verdict—Accidental death. JAMAICA IMMIGRATION. 1- IRELAND. A public meeting of planters, merchants, and others interested THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS—COERCrvr. LAWS. in Jamaica, was convened yesterday at Willis's-rooms, King- DUELIN, JULY 17.—1 n the memorials transmitted to the street, St. James's, fur the purpose of expressing their opinion as Lord Lieutenant front the counties of Longford, Leitrim, to the nrcessey of extending trie immigration of labourers into and Cavan, the most urgent demands are made for martial that colony. law, or (Alter coercive, measures, as the only mode of restoring There was a very full attendance of gent'emen interested in the trampiiiiity in those districts. It is well known that the welfare of the colony. Government are unwilling to adopt any such extreme course Shortly atter one o'clock the E a rl of Harewood was called to the until the ordinary laws shall have been found ineffectual. chair. Among these pres e n t we o a ser e e d the Errl of St. Vincent, I Immediately after the memorial of the magistrates had Sir Alexander Grant, the Honourable Douglas Colonel Pe miant, been fiirv-arded irons Leitrim, the focus of the predial disturb- Captain Nairne, Edward Thompson, E-q. ; George Thompson, antes, Mr. Justice Jackson (who had been Solicitor-General Esq. ; W. Burge, Esq., Q.C. ; R. Bernal, Esq., M.P. e R. under the present Administration), arrived in Carrick-on- Gordon, F-sq. ; Breckford, Esq., and several other gentlemen Shannon, to open the commission for that county. In his possessing property in Jamaica. address to the grand jury, he drew an appalling picture of the The Noble Cneiameer, in opening the business of the meeting, rapid increase of crime since the commencement of the agra called attention to the great prosperity which had attended the runt disturbances. Referring to the call made upon the efforts of the Society f or promoting i mm i g ration and cultivation in Executive by the snagistrates fur new and coercive laws, his Jamaica. The Hill Coolies who had been brought into the co'ony Lordship sant :—" I have heard it stated it will be necessary were a very cheerful a n d i n d ustr i ous class of men. He considered new laws should be enacted to suppress this growing evil. the preseut the proper time f or p ro moting iremigratien line Additional laws are not required. In my opinion the Jamaica. The climate, which was excellent, suited the immi- laws of this land, as they now exist, are abundantly grants perf ctiy well, and th ere was g r e at hope of making the sufficient, if duly administered, to put an end to this island a settlement as agreeable as it was profitable.—(Curers.) system, both its this and the adjoining counties. There Mr. SAMUEL Illintear, in absence of Colonel Pennant, to whom have, been laws enacted a considerable period ago, laws the duty had been assigned, rose to move the first resolution. The of peculiar severity in their character. No doubt they are lion. Gentleman urged tree necessity of the measures coetem- so. Formerly the convict under them was subjected to plated by the present meeting. As far as the principle of innni. the awful ' - qmislinient of death. This latter portion has oration had been carried out, it had proved most beneficial to tl.e been repealed of late years, and transportation Mr life sub colony; and a most striking contrast was presented in the stare saituted ; which, with periods of long imprisonment, and of cultivation since tropical labourers had been introduced into severe corporal puniehment, await those now convicted of Jamaica, from what it b or e b e f ore the system of immigration offences of this description. If there be a general co-op; rut ion commenced, front the higher to the well-disposed low classes, it will be The resolution having been seconded by Mr. BAKER, was truant. utterly impossible this state of things can be prolonged." mously adopted. Toe Learned Judge then referred to his own experience Mr. Baecaeoen, without making airy observation, moved the when similar disturbances existed, especially in Clare in 1831, second resolution, which Mr. Essare seconded, and it was unani. when a much worse state of things existed. On those mously adopted. occasions, the ordinary laws were found all sufficient for the Mr. Mame moved the t hi r d reso l u ti on , an d said—The object suppression of illegal confederacies, organised under the which the present meeting sought to effect called lou,ny for the pretext of grievances connected ttidn land. His Lordship support of all persons wh o h a d th e welfare and the civilisation of thus concluded aq admirable charge, which cannot fail to their fellow-men at heart. H e r e g re tt e d to say that, so far as re- produce a very salutary effect under present circumstances : forded the coloured population of our West India colonies, this " illy opinion with regard to the sufficiency of the laws is, object had been too long neg!ected, and it was his conviction, that that they are quite powerful enough ; but, if not found to unless some active measures were at once set on foot, the Mita. be adequate, I make no doubt other laws more severe and bitants of Jamaica would be reduced to a comparative state of bar- snore penal in their consequences will be enacted if neces barism. The effect of neglecting immigration would be to plunge sary. Souse of us may be too young, but many of us know Jamaica into a worse state of degradation than it had ever been in what dreadful consequences attended the suspension of the before emancipation took pl a ce. Il e cordially concurred in the habeas corpus, the drum-head court-martial, and other object for which they were then met, in the accomplishment of penalties of tine kind, beyond tire power of the common which he believed depended the future prosperity of Jamaica. law ; and if this combination be not put down, that will Mr. Score seconded the resolution which was agreed to. be the case with this county. Gentlemen, it is only necessary Sir A. GRANT moved th e f ourt h reso l ut i o n, and observed, that for you to co-operate with the other classes, and in the dis the accounts winch he had r ece i ve d f rom hi s agents a t St. Mary's charge of your duty as magistrates , by the due adtninis and St. Thomas's were, that alm os t all the men of colour, who tration of the law in briuging offenders to justice, enable were formerly labourers, had become freeholders. The conse- those entrusted to administer it to act and restore your county quence was, that the time when their labour would be most useful to tranquillity." to himself (Sir A. Grant) they required for the cultivation of their COUNTY OF ARNIAGII, JULY 15. own land, and were only willing to give their labour to others ExTisminnlNAßY CASE OF Al unolin.—A case of a most when they had nothing to do for themselves. lime few coolies who revolting character was tried before Judge Ball. Peter had been imported had conducted themselves admirably, and Magill, a email fanner, was indicted for the murder of Chris with such general good conduct as to be of the most material Cipher Jordarii on the Ist of April, near Forkuill, by beating advantage to him and others who possessed estates in that part of hint, nod afterwards throwing hint in a bog-hole. The prin- Jamaica. cipal witness against the prisoner was his own son, Owen The resolution having been seconded, was adopted unanimously. Magill, who described the murder, and identificed his father Mr. E. 'rIIO3IPsON proposed the fifth resolution. He said, bay- as the perpetrator. Another sun had sworn informations, ing just arrived from Jamaica, he felt it necessary to give an ac. but afterwards withdrew them ; and, it is said, is to be pro count of the good effects of immigration in that country. The secuted for perjury. whole island of Jamaica was in want or more labour. The census In the truss-examination of the witness, some irregularity probably showed a large proportion of labourers to the amount of appeared iu the informations, which caused the Learned population. But time fact was otherwise, for as the Honourable Jui!ge to rebuke the Crown solicitor, Mr. Hamilton, for Baronet had just observed, many_ of the labourers were them- neglect. The case was adjourned until Wednesday. selves possessors of land, to cultivate which nearly occupied ORANGE PROCESSIONS.-INQUEST AT ARMAGH. their whole time. He had had several African emi g rants The inquest at Armagh, on the body of John Boyle, a on his estate, and from the time of their arrival the increase Itonian Catholic youth, shot by the Orangemen, was resumed of labour p er f o rmed wa s most astonishing. Of the number yesterday, and has not yet terminated. of coolies who had arrived, 160 had been put on STATE OF TIPPERARY. — In opening the quarter sessions his estate by Lord Elgin, in order that they might at N enagh, on Monday, Mr. Sergeant Howley congratulated be visited by the immigration agent weekly, and their con- the grand jury on the improved state of the district. It was forts be a tt en ded to. Th e w ages of these people—who were in that division of the county that agrarian disturbances so a very quiet, orderly set—were extremely good. The terms extensively prevailed two or three months since. The other on which they worked were these:—The employer had to —the southern division—has enjoyed tranquillity for a con give them a Is. a day for nine hours' labour. lie must siderable time, and the calendar ter the coming assizes is one provide them with a good sized house, aid greed them of the lightest for many years. medical attendance in times of sickness. Rice, or whatever DUBLIN STOCK EXCIIANGE.—JULY 17. was their food, was furnished them on the same terms as GOvEnNMENT FUNDS.—Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. the merchant paid. A piece of land was given them to cut- Stock, 101 1 / g 1 4 ; Three per Cent. Consols, 98 1 / 2 ; Four per tivate for their own benefit, and if they worked longer than nine Cent. Ballast-office Deb., 98V,. hours, they were to be paid accordingly. After working for about MiscELLANlioUS.—Wicklow Copper Mine, 181 . six months, they accumulated enough to live independent during RarawArs.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6% Belfast and the rest of the year. Ile considered the w ages not too much, but County .Down, 3% ; Cork and Bandon, 6% :Y 1 ; Cork and there was not labour enough while the remuneration was so high. Youglial, 3 ; Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, 2 1 / 2 ; Dublin The negroes themselves regarded the coolies w.th good will, arid and Belfast unction, 7 . 74 8 774 ; Dublin, Belfast, and Cole exhibited more good sense than their pretended friends —(Cheers.) raine Junction, 2% ; Dublin and Drogheda, 105; Dundalk the resolution was seconded by Mr. ATKINSON, and carried and Enniskillen, 3 ; Enniskillen and Sligo, 2% ; Great unanimously. Southern and Western, 23 1 /. 2 %; Ditto, Extension, 11 3 % 1 / 8 ; A vote of thanks was moved to Mr. Thompson for his valuable Kingstown and Bray, 6 ; Midland Great Western Railway statement, and passed. and Royal Canal Company, 3 1 % A ; Irish Great Western In answer to a question by Mr. GORDON, vubl,n to Galway, 3 1 ,4 1 ; Killarney Junctions, 2% lie ; Mr. Eowenn THONH'SON said there were very few female im. Limerick, Ennis, and Killalue Junction, 4 3 4 7 • Londonderry m i grants. and Enniskillen, 3 ; Newry and Enniskillen, ; Newry, GEORGE TIIOMPSON, Esq., rose to address the meeting. Warren Point, and Rostrevor, 3; Waterford and Limerick, The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. George 'Thompson whether he was a 6%; Waterford and Kilkenny, 2%; Wexford and Carlow, ladder of any property in Jamaica? 2 I/ 8 ; Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 1%. _ . . Mr. G. TnompsoN—l refuse to answer that question. The CHAIRMAN peremptorily requested him to sit down or leave the room.—(Cln ers ) Mr. G. TnossPsoN, amidst much confusion, declared his deter mination not to be put down, maintaining that he had a right to be heard. The CHAIRMAN, with warmth—Unless you resume your seat, I shall send for the police.—(Cheers.) Mr. G. TuomesoN persisting in addressing the meeting, and great confusion ensuing, the meeting adjourned to another part of the house, and passed the other resolutions. It was agreed that a memorial, embodying the foregoing resolutions, should be submitted to the House of Assembly in Jamaica. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Noble Chairman, who briefly made his acknowledgments, and the meeting separated. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE PETITIONS RESPECT ING TILE IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY BILL. By the Lords' Committees appointed a Select Committee to consider of the petition of James Pim, junior, of the city of Dublin, banker, and one of the company of undertakers of the Grand Canal, Ireland, complaining that the Standing Orders had not been complied with on the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) Bill, and praying to be heard by his agents and witnesses in support of the allegations of his petition presented on the 7th of this instant July; and also a similar petition presented on the nth of this instant July; and to report to the House; and to whom were referred certain petitions in relation to this matter presented on the 11th of this instant July : While the meeting was passing the last two r, solutions, a per sonal recontre took place between the two Mr. Thompsons on the stairs; Mr. E. Thompson availing himself of a good sized stick, while his opponent was unarmed and unaided, except by two friends, who found two opponents in advocates of immigration. The affray was bri:le but brief for the peace-preserving powers interposed, and separated the belligerents. THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY AND THE 110 USE OF COMMONS. The following circular has been addressed to the Conserva tive Members of the House of Commons : The Directors of the New Zealand Company present their compliments to and take the liberty of requesting his attention to the following statement:— " It is well koown to the Directors that not a few of the Members of the House of Commons who voted against Mr. Charles Ruler's motion on the 19th of June last, notwithstand ing their opinion in favour of the el tims of the Company and of the suffering colonists, did s.t in consequence of the sentiments expressed by Sir Robert Peel on that occasion. The hopes excited by the Pi ime Minister's declarations have, however, been completely disappointed. L. rd Stanley adheres substan tially to that one ire policy of the Col , vial office, under succes sive Administrations, which has deeply injured the Company, inflicted grievous wrongs on the settlers., and exposed the na tive race to destruction. The Court sf Directors, therefore, are about once more to appeal to the justice of Parliament, and they trust that will excuse them for expres sing to him their anxious desire, no less on account of the Com pany, the settlers, and natives, than from personal consideration for a large proportion of their shareholders who are general su pporters of the present Government, that the question be tween the Company and the Colonial-office may not become one of party. " The Colonial-office, on the contrary, in a case where public opinion is generally so adverse to them, are naturally desirous of obtaining the support of party feeling ; and in this object they must necessarily succeed, unless such a number of the general adherents of the Government in the House of Com mons should support the Company's claims as to deprive the vote of a party character. That a mitjority of these do concur with common opinion as to the gross case of private wrong and public impolicy, the Directors feel assured; and they are equally persuad, d that if a vote of the House of Commons, without reference to patty considerations, should give effect to this general sentiment, and to the recommendations of the Select Committee of last session (which numbered ten general supporters of the Government out of its fifteen members), the Colonial-office will at once put an end to the controversy by altering its course ; whereas, on the other hand, if the claims of the Company for themselves and on behalf of the colonists should be defeated by a mere party vote, the most frightful consequences in New Zealand cannot fail to ensue, and the responsibility of their occurrence will rest on the present Ad ministration. " The Directors conclud e by expressing their hope that will deem these considerations of sufficient weight to justify them for taking the liberty of drawing his attention to the subject', and that they may induce him to treat the ques tion about to be submitted to the Clouse of Commons as a difference not between the Government and the Opposition, but between the Company and the Colonial-office. " New Zealand House, July 11 1n45." ORDERED TO 1 - i EPoRT, That the Committee have met, and considered the sub ject matter to them referred, and have examined several wit nesses on the allegation of forged and fictitious names having been placed on the contract deed, but have not thought it expedient to examine into the other allegations, which may be more properly inquired into by referring the Bill back to the Standing Order Committee, or before the Select Com mittee if the Bill should be opposed. The Committee find, however, that it has not been the practice of the Directors of this Company to require ref er ecces to the characters of the parties applying for shares, and t hat allotments have been made to persons under feigned and , fictitious names, to paupers, and to persons who would not nave been allowed under their real names to obtain shares, and who could have no !neaus of paying, from their own re sources, even the deposit. That the letters addressed to those persons were by some means obtained before their delivery by the post. That all the transactions of the company appear to have been carried on in an unsatisfactory and careless manner ; that out of 974 applications 863 had no reference whatever, and 111 had references, of which, however, only 29 appear to have been marked as inquired into, and out of that num ber 14 reported as ta:l. That the Committee have no means of ascertaining how many of the persons whose names are attached to the con tract deed are solvent persons. That they cannot conclude their report withoa observ ing that the system adopted is one which tends to defeat the intentions of the Legislature, by passing a fraudulent and fictitious contract deed through the Standing Order Commit tee, and by this means substituting a list of shareholders, who, in case of a failure of the undertaking, would have no means of making good the amount for which they appear on the deed to be responsible; and they beg leave to express their opinion, that the reduction made in the last session of the amount of deposit previously required by Parliament has had the effect of facilitating the commission of frauds of the nature of those adverted to in this report. And the Committee have directed the Minutes of Evi dence taken before them to be laid before your Lordships. TIIEATRE ROYAL DUBLIN.—The fertile inventi.n ' of Italie has given to the world more than one opera since The Daughter of St. Mark was produced at Drury-lane; but last even. ing was the first time of its representation here, and it had the comparative merit of novelty, as with the exception of one, or at least two airs, the music is not generally known in a detached form. The opera itself has many of the char,cteristics of Balfe's style. A brilliant, often showy, but not generally very profound instrumen. ration ; not a few cominon.places, so well expressed as to obtain an importance merely intrinsic, and then some graceful strain of melody weaving its remembered sweetness through other and lengthened passages which have left no abiding-place. As to the genius of the composer, it is more or less .lipart nt in all his works; but he often writes hastily and without that intensity of purpose which would displace a single note, if not in pursuance of a general and matured design. The finale to the first act is an elaborate and effective piece of concerted music. The song which won most ap plause was that sung by Mr. Harrison, with admirable expression and delicacy of manner, " We may be happy yet." It is - a very pleasing melody, and met with an encore, as did also the serenade in the second act. Miss Ro i.er rendered the music of her part with much energy, skill, and feeling; and in the pretty rondo at the close she showed that her vocal powers were equal to the long trial to which they had been exposed during the evening. Mr. Borrani slid every justice to the music, and his fine voice and pure intonation proved most effective in the recitative. Ile was equally happy in the less level singing, and the touching air " When all around our path is dreary," received an encore. In the port of Monceitigo Mr. Chute has his energies overtaxed, as was soon ap. parent. The mise cn scene was creditable to the theatre, and the opera having been favourably received, the leading artistes were called before the curtain to receive the floral compliments, &e., usual upon such occasions. The house was fully and fashionably attended.—Saunders's News 1 eller. A NEsT OF ItiIQUIT Y.— YeSterally, Mary Lawson, an elderly woman, residing in George-court, Fox-court, Gray's lnu-lane, was charged, at Clerlen ell Police-court, with having committed au assault upon a girl, one of her lodgers. In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the defendant rented the whole of George-court, consisting of severs houses, which she • let out in tenements for brothel , to prt.stitutes, and she had accom modation for forty-six girls. The complainant owed her 2s. 6d. rent, for which her goods were seized : and having an intaot to support, she was driven to waialer about in great want, When she was ri heves' by some of the poor creatures living in the house, in eon. quence of which the y wer e persecuted and threatened that their property should be tit ized unless they left the house. A broker, named Chase, of Saffron-hill, who:was employed to distrain, seas cAttioited by Mr. Greenwood, who informed him (as a lawyer) that no money can be due arising out of small places of immorality. He would take care that the parish authorities should be made ac ' quainted with the affair, as they ought to indict Mrs. Lawson. He tined her 50s. and costs for the assault, and a message was for. warded to the parish authorities of St. Andrew's, Holborn, with a CITY OF LONDON TAX UPON COALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.. SIR,-By the statute of 1 James 11., c. 15, s. 13, it is enacted, " That coals to be delivered at Chelsea College shall be free of the City duty." Can you be kind enough to inquire if the same privi lege is conceded by the Bill now before Parliament for regulating the City tax upon coals.—l am, Sir, yours, &c. Ilfracombe, July 16, IS-15. IC W. 1). THE 1‘1AE(11.11s OF SALISBURY'S GRAND FETE.- On Thursday night the Marquis of Salisbury gave a magnificent , r0 1,, a i ki,Nispio.—We are informed, On n, in Arlington-street, which fe wa te s d cn a :an KING tI , at numerouslyth o e i,t family o attend e d. the highest authority, that the King of Holland is hourly expected at Mivart's Hotel. From dispatches received yesterday, his Ma- EXPRESS fit. 11 statement hf:s On iris his valuable estates in the parishes of Ross j b e e s e ty n " in .as t circulation o embark r ‘Y e i s c i t e : c i t —d in a g YA t m h i e r s nei r.e irj e lg d :'l ol i f e ii, t n rai ti ns k . the London and Birmingham ane it has been ascertained that the and spee wiles Kincardine, to James Matheson, Esq., of the s u i l s e i t i ca t " 3 l3 : a 4 t 6 er hour, Lewis and Achany, M.P.— d‘keen eEd instead daerr etn o l: f 0 4 0 3 1 Ross -shire Advertiser. KET, II U ktSDAY.— Wool —There Sutherland has l iold m AR is nothing materially differett either in demand or Fives for some weeks past. Fine wool are more inquired after ; but the prices sought by the growers are such as will not admit of pur ent in the demand, and th e s pi nners gener ally chases being made fur sale in this mar k et. Yarn—There i s a salrieghntolmiferloinveemd to spin except to order. There is still a large quantity of unemployed machinery owing to the ruinously low prices at which yarns have been selling. Piece—The demand for goods suitable for the autumn is tolerably active, arid the manufacturers gewrally are looking for improved prices._ Trakefi.ld Journal. The Aledical Gazdte states, " upon good ntl4‘.C -rity,” that there is some prospect of the College of Surgeons throw. option of acquiring it by seniority, or at an throw ing open the Fellowship, under certain restrictions, to members of twenty years' standing, without examination, and henceforth to individualsgive e ie The plan is not yet matured ; but we are satisfied that it would meet with the approbation of a ma. earlier periodb y t e l jority of the fellows as well as tha members of the college. It would at once tend to put an end to much of the ill.feeliug which the recent conduct of the Council has excited in the profession. FINE LANGUAGE. — A f'isilii , ll,tble lady, being in quired of how she liked the dinner at a distinguished party, her reply was—" The dinner was sweet, but my seat was so promote from the nicknacks, that I could not ratify my appetite, and the xreaminatirn. pickled cherries had such a defect upon my head, that I made a motion to leave the table, but Mr, gave me some hartshorn, dissolved in water, which bereaved me." CRIMINAL bTAl lsTics . ---- A Piirliamentary Blue Book has just been issued, containing an account of criminal of fenders in England and Wales in the course of last year. It ap pears that in 1844 the commitments. numbered 26,542, which was a considerable diminution compared with the preceding year, when the commitments amounted to 29,591. 1.. 1841, thir.• wire 27,760 commi.ments for trial; in 1842, 31,309 ; in 1843, 29 591 ; and in 1844, only • 26,542. It V l / 4 . 6114.1 stem that, fur the last live years, the numbers have increased, compared with the preceding five years. The commitments for the last five years numbered 342,388, and In the previous five years, 112,604. view of putting down the nuisance. TII E tir 111 riSDA I. E MURDERS NFAR CARLISLE.—It will be remembered that about a month ago two important inquests were held at Carlisle, by several acijcurnm:nts, on the bodies of Mr. John Graham, a rcs; ectahte yeoman of the village of Grinsdale, and Margaret Graham, 01 Kit k Andrews, his daughter.in-law, who were suspected of having oied from the t freets of poison. Mr. John Graham, of Kill( Andrews, farmer, the son of the former, and the husband of the latter, was the person on whom suspicion fell as being the guilty person. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against John Graham for the murder of his father by poison, but with respect to the charge laid against him as to his wife he was acquitted. He is now a pr i soner in Carlisle gaol, and since his commitment a quantity of arsenic has been found in the pockets of his clothes, and it was understood that he would also be indicted for the murder of his wife. However, on Wednesday last, he made a full confession that lie was the murderer of his lather and wife, and there is no l'eubt now Lut that he will undergo the extreme penalty in the law, shortly after Carlisle assizes in August next. .-kItTII,I ,, RY FOR N - Ew ZE‘LAND.—Orders have been r'ceived at Woolwich, in consequence of the recent in telligence 1. 71 1 m New Zealand, that the whole of Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion, arc to embark immediately for that quarter of the porlrl ; and the Castle Eden is daily expected from Deptford to convey h• mto their destination. Previous to the arrival of the last unpleasant intdligence from New Zealand it was intended that a part of Caloaiti Turner's company shou'd have proceeded to Weedon, to do duty there for some time, but their services are now rt quired on a foreign station. Tie hcad-quaiters of the I Ith Regi ment of Foot, unOer the command of Lieutenant.(7olonel Bloom fight, embark at the same tune in the Castle Eden for a passage to Van Diemen's Laud. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—An arrangemen is now in progress, and approaching completion, for the purpose of transferring the whole property of the Kennet and Avon Canal navi gation to the Great Western Railwa) Company. The question of transforming the canal into a railway has for some time been under discussion , but at a general meeting of the Kennet and Avon Corn paey, on Tuesday, it was resolved unanimously that an offer of the canal be made to the Railway Company. There is no doubt, whatever, of the issue of this negotiation, not only from what has already passed between the parties, but from the obvious interests of both. The Great Western Company would at once monoi.olise the whole of the carrying traffic from Bristol to London, through a double line of country (viz., the present line and the Kennet line), but a great part of the canal lies parallel to their Ilerks and Hants branch line, and within a few yards. To the Canal Company the advantages of disposing of a gradually declining concern, and of avoiding the future competition of a powerful opponent are self evident. The purchase will equal in importance some of Mr. Hud ' son's in the railway department. NAME OF RAILWAY. July 12 Arbroath and Forfar ••••••• • • •• •• Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • •• •• Chester and Birkenhead . •• • • • • •• • • Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • .... Dublin and Kingstown •• • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . •••••••••••• Durham and Sunderland ........ Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •••• • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern• • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • • • • Glasgow and Greenock. • • • • • •• • . • • • Grand Junction -.- Gravesend and Kochester• • • • Great North of England .. • • • • • • • • • • Great Western . •• • • •• • • • • •• • • • • •• •• Hull and Selby__ Liverpool and Manchester .• .. London and Birmingham . . • • London and Blackwall. • • • • • • • London and Brighton • ..... London and Croydon ..• - London and Greenwich . • • •• • • • • • • •• London and South Western . • • • • •• •• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • • • • • - Manchester and Birmingham • • • • • • • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc• • Midland C0untie5................... Newcastle and Darlington •• • - • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle...- •• •• •• • • •• Newcastle and North Shields.• • - •• •• North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel', and Orleans • • •• • • • • •• Paris and Rouen • • Preston and Wyre • • .. Sheffield and Manchester • • • • • • •• •• •• South Eastern .• • • • . .. Taff Vale •• • • • • • ........ •• •••• •• • • 780 813 1,238 302 548 2,732 5,215 2,010 1,249 10,318 332 18,821 6,962 21,009 1,461 5,946 1,78 e 1,249 8,1181 Ulster. • • • • ... .. ... • . • • • • • • • • • • Yarmouth and Norwich ...• • . • • • • • • York and North W.,lland . • . • • • • • • • • 449 5,103 602 792 1,165 2,539 4,896 1,908 1,296 8,610 1,709 17,997 5,416 18,161 1,578 4,635 542 864 8,444 896 3,298 6,1,2 13,072 699 1,880 401 1,575 5,306 5,458 627 5,276 PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JULY 18. The South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of Lie London and Greenwich Railway) Bill, was read a third Line and passed. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Wear Valley Railway,—Lords' amendments to be consi• dered, Monday, July 21. South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal, and Extension of Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Railway),—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 22. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,—Third read ing, Monday, July 21. Epping Railway,—Third reading, Monday, July 21. Manchester and Leeds Railway (No. 2) Bill, —Report, Monday, July 21. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings. Rye, and Ashford Extension), —Third reading, Monday, July 21 PRIVY COUNCIL. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, for the purpose of hear ing petitions and appeals. The Lords present were—the Lord President (Lord Wharn cliffe), Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. GORE'S PATENT. This case came before their Lordships upon an application to have an early day appointed for hearing the petition fur the extension of the letters patent obtained by the petitioner. Their Loonsmrs appointed the first day of sittings after the recess to hear the case. Their LORDSHIPS, after disposing of several other minor applications, proceeded to hear the case of Cockcroft v. Rawles, which came before their Lordships upon appeal from the Pre rogative Court. The arguments had not concluded when their Lordships rose. VIDOCQ. If we were asked to point out the most remarkable exhibi tion in London, we should have no hesitation in at once saying it is Vidocq, and in directing the inquirer to the Cosmorama rooms, Regent-street. In saying it is Vidocq, in preference to Vilocq's, we speak advisedly :—who has not beard of Vidocq, at once the Napoleon and the Talleyrand of the French police—the man who could penetrate all disguises, but who at the same time never could be himself discovered—the man whose name was and is a terror to evil doers—who might, without exaggeration, adopt as his motto, veni, vidi, vici. He is himself the exhibition. The disguises, the fetters, the wea pons, the museum of crime which is exhibited on the tables of the room, all derive their interest from their connexion with Vidocq. A student of human nature would travel some miles merely to see such a man, and he would take a day's journey to converse with him, to see him in his var►ous dis guises, and to listen to his anecdotes, as we had the pleasure of doing last evening. At five o'clock every evening Vidocq gives what he calls a Representation Extra ordinatre, that is to say, he is at home ala 'Alathews. He appears, first of all, in the disguise of a quack doctor—the veritable Dr. Dulcamara, with powdered wig, velvet coat, em broidered waistcoat, satin smials, hooped silk stockings, and buckled shoes. He dilates upon the virtues of his medicines, and convulses his audience with laughter by his admirably humorous delineation. He then explains the history of his dis guise. A great criminal had long eluded the vigilance of the agents of police. Even Vidocq himself had been repeatedly tIRT CIACU•LA.R. _ • The Queen held a Court at balf-past one &cloak yeateirilisy afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Sami Pacha had an audio/cc of her Majesty. His Excel lency was introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen, K. T., her Ma jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His Excellency was accompanied by his Interpreter. Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Wailing, and Captain the Hon. Alexander Hood, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived at Buckingham Palace at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, to pay a visit to the Queen. Her Majesty was accompanied by their Serene High nesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses Anna and Amelie of Saxe Weimar. The illustrious party par took of a defame with the Queen and Prince Albert, and afterward; ret urned to Marlborough.house. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday after noon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and en couraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr House, at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Palmerston, Lord CoUrne, the Right Hon. T. B. Alacaulay, Sir Robert H. Inglis, and Mr. Benjamin Hawes. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk yesterday morning, in the royal gardens. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytteltot., were taken an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing yesterday, in the gardens cf Buckingham Palace. _ _ . . fler . Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Majemy the Queen Dowager and suite left town in three carriages a. d four at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, for her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty was ac companied by their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida and the Princesses Anna and Amelie of Saxe Weimar. _ _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Russian Ambassador and the Baroness Brunnow with her com pany yesterday evening at the ball given by the Baroness at Ashburnham House. Mr. Emerson Tennent had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial. office, yesterday. Mr. Alderman Moon, accompanied by the Town-Clerk and the Remembraneer , had the honour of an interview with the French Ambassador yesterday at Hertford House, Manchester square, to cleaver to his Excellency the emblazoned copy of the address of the Corporation of London to his Majesty the King of the French, upon his visit to England in October last. Mr. Hutt, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Thursday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Solicitor-General transacted business yesterday at the Home-office. _ . Mr. Hart Davis had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office tor the Governor• General of Canada, and also fur the Governors of the other North American provinces. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord brougham, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard on a petition, " Willis v. Sir George Gipps," to fix hearing. The Lord Pre sident read the correspondence between the Privy Council and Celonial-offiee, showing that everything had been done on the part of the Privy Council-office to expedite the case. At the close of the proceedings Lord Brougham, on the part of the Court, appointed the apppeal to be heard the first case in November. Mr. Purton Cooper, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. W oo d, Queen's Counsel, were heard upon a petition, " Flint v. Walker," for leave to appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Mr. E. D. Moore was heard on " Gore's Patent," to fix the hearing. Counsel was heard upon a petition of the Chief Justice in an appeal 66 The House of Assembly of Grenada v. the Chief Jus tice of Grenada." Mr. Burge, Q. C. was heard upon a petition, "Peter Ni cholson from British , Guiana," for leave to appeal. An appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " Cockcraft and Tooze v. Rawles," was opened by Mr. Kin• dersley, Q. C. The case was adjourned. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. _ _ _ July 12.—Corsair cutter, John Congreve, Esq., from Cher bourg, having been supplied with a new mast; she sprung her former mast on her passage out. 13th.—Esmeralda schooner, T. W. Fleming, Esq., from Ireland and the Mo!herbank—this gentleman is the Commo dore of the R. V.Y. C., lately formed at Ryde ; Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, from Torbay ; Wave cutter, Mar quis of Blandford, from Portsmouth. 17th.—Emmeline brig, E. N. Harvey, Esq., from Milford; this beautiful brig, it is said, was formerly a slaver. DEPARTURES. July 12.—Kestrel brigantine, Commodore the Earl of Yar borough, for Spithead, to accompany the experimental squa dron to sea. 14th.—Falcon cutter, John Beardmore. Esq., for Plymouth; Stormfinch cutter, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowers, C.R., to the westward ; Gitana schooner, J. Digby Murray, Esq., on a cruise with her Majesty's fleet. 16th.—Louisa schooner, Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., for Ire land. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Flirt, Camilla, Fairy, Maud, Resolution, Mer n, Esmeralda, Wyvern, Syren, Julia, and the brig Emmeline. Cutters—Pearl, Sparrowhawk, rm, Peterel, Avenger Whim, Forest Fly, Corsair, Elizabeth, Nymph, Amazon Breeze, Osprey, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Turquoise, Noran, Naiad Medina, Wave, Heroine, and Columbine yawl. _ _ The following noblemen and gentlemen have arrived during the week at the Globe Hotel, Marine-parade :—Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Cantalupe, Lord W. Graham, Sir John Cope, Col nel Dundas, Mr. and Mrs. Mil ner, Captain Ma ard, Captain Murray, J. Brown, Esq., Co lonel Keene, and Mr. and Mrs. Tapper. The Duke of Beaufort arid family are expected at Trafalgar House to-morrow, and the Earl and Countess of Wilton at Grove House, the Mat quis and Marchioness of Blaiidford at Vine Cottage on Monday. Her Majesty and suite are ex pected to return to Osborne House to-morrow. It is under stood that the Queen Dowager proposes taking up her residence in the neighbourhood this autumn and winter, if she can obtain a suitable residence. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A horse belonging to her Majesty at Osborne, a vicious brute, kicked one of the stablemen named Pope on Tuesday last, and broke the poor fellow's jawbone. SPANISH BONDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia —Permit us, through the medium of your paper, to endeavour to draw the attention of influential persons towards the case of the English holders of Spanish Bonds. The Spanish Government gave us an assurance that the coupons, or dividends, should be paid, and it is to be hoped that our own Government will remonstrate with the Spanish Ministers on account of their breach of faith. If one of our merchant-ships should be attacked by Spaniards, our Government would en force retribution, and certainly the English holders of Spanish Bonds have a just claim and every hope to be reimbursed. — We are, Sir. your friends, MANY HOLDERS OF SPANISH BONDS. Plymouth, 17th July, 1845. THE LATE CASE OF FLOGGING AT WINDSOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have read the account published in your paper of the praiseworthy conduct of the two privates in the 24 batta lion of Coldstream Guards, stationed at Windsor. It makes the Christian shudder to find that such severe, unjustifiable punishment should be awarded with such unaccountable haste to two such excellent men as Seyman and Laurin, who, rather than eipose their persons in the truly indecent way they were required to do with so many of their brave comrades, dated the authority of such disgusting iiidecency, and cared little, com paratively speaking, for the sanguinary punishment. Should the circumstances stated in your paper be true, there can be but one opinion upon it. The punishment for good morality and decency of conduct has been inflicted—the only thing that can now be done by a generous people, is to reward such heroism by a public testimony of approval. Let a sub scription he immediately opened, which no doubt will be en thusiaqically met by the religious feelings of the moral people of this civilised nation.—l ant, Sir, July 18, 1845. A CONSTANT READER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-Irl reply to a letter, signed "E. A. C.," which ap peared in your paper last evening, I beg to say, in ju%tice to Madame Feron (to whom my daughter has been some time a pupil), that whatever benefit she has derived from musical instruction is to be attributed solely to Madame Feron's great exertions (combined with my daughter's own predisposed natural talent), and the result is evident from the kind and flattering reception she has met with from the public, which I hope and trust will be highly gratifying to Madame Feron. In justice, therefore, to that lady, 1 must beg you will insert this letter.—l have the honour to be, Sir, yours, &c., B. S3IITIISON. 13, Clifford's Inn, July IS, 1845. COUNT KONIGSMARK.— Captain Chamier's new historical romance, just published, under the title of " Count Konigsmark," is exciting much attention. The adventures of one of the handsomest men and brilliant soldiers of fortune of his day, could scarcely tail of doing so; and the manner in which this popular author has brought his hero forward as an adventurer an.t a man of gallantry, parlicultrly as regards his attempt to gain the hand of the wealthiest heiress in England —the youthful La'ly El.zaheth Percy, who while still a girl was three times a wife—and his culpability in the murder of her se , !ond bu,band, Thomas Thynne. Esq., whose monument is in Westminster Abbey, renders it one of the most effective works of the season. The volumes are full of adventure, for whether filling the part of a Matador at the bull fights of Madrid, a soldier among the knights of Malta, a gallant at the court of Louis XIV., or a courtier in that of Charles 11., the Count is always playing the hero. The interest of the story, therefore, never flags. -.:\ lANSLAUGuTER —Yesterday Peter Christopher King was charged at Southwark Police-court with causing the death of James Anderson, in the employ of Messrs. Shears, copper smiths, of liankside. A certificate was produced from St. Thomas's Hospital, stating that Anderson was admitted on Sunday last, having received severe injury on the back part of the head, and that he died yesterday morning in that institution. Mary Ann Ryder stated that on Saturday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as she was walking along Emerson-street, Southwark-bridge road, she obseived the prisoner and the deceased quarrelling with one another. First she heard the deceased call the prisoner's wife a , upon which the prisoner immediately struck hitn a blow on the breast. The deceased was knocked down by the force of the blow, and the back part of his head striking against the kerb stone, he received a wound, from which the blood issued in great quantities. lie was taken up immediately in a state of insensibi lity, and conveyed home. The witness added, that the prisoner and deceased appeared to have been drinking, and the former seemed to be in much trouble of mind after he found sucli,se,sriou injury had been done, and lie was the first to run to diddeeenaos oit a pp as sistance, and lift him up off the groun d. . The blowsaid i C i sent to have been a very serious one. Mr. Traili I r i e e u s i a li T o w ii l i d u n u o t untilea ll v o io n n da ;l: eautiiirtishoantehr rfo,rhhoius,ddeafoecnec.pet, b but should remand appearance on that day. The required sureties having beets found the prisoner was discharged. w hile I have a voice that is not dumb in ChlATon.—" i‘lr. President, I shall A ROARING ntleman, Sir, cannot expostulate this matter is more suitable than now, this remandassembly. tur e ti silent, inTeh : S I i ,ga r, et , to any to lie may talk, ' Sir, of the Herculaneum revolutions, where republics are hurled into arctic regions, and the works of centuries refrigerated to ' a shes, but, Sir, we can tell hint, hid& fat:gably, that the consequence inult:plied subterrancously by the everlasting principles contended for thereby, can tin more shake this resolution than the roar of I Niagara rejuvenate around these walls, or the howl of the midnight ' It e mpest cotiflagrate the marbl e s t atue i nto i ce. Th at ' s j us t w h a t I told them." The President fainted.—Boston Iva.. S yT trl,•/' 01Plit14-44A - Pailki4 FIOUSi GP LORDS, July :18. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. •N• - , --- Several Bills were brought up fi om the House of Comp:Puss% WEST LONDON RAILWAY EXTENSION. t "- " Lord 13ROUGHANI reported tl at the Select Committee on the West London Railway Extension and Lease Bill had found that the standing orders had been complied with, and they had agreed to the Bill with some immaterial amenements. STATE OF THE COUNTY OF LEITRIM. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition from the magistrates and others of the county of Leitrim, setting forth the state of that county, and praying their Lordships to adopt some steps to improve that condition. The petitioners suggested that the best remedy which cauld be applied to the evil was to extend the law which at present granted compen sation to a particular description of property when the pro perty should be maliciouly injured, to all descriptions of property, and also to injuries upon the person. Having presented that petition, he would proceed to put the question of which he had given notice, relative to the conduct of Mr. Watson, a Magistrate and a Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Leitrim. It would appear that, on the 22d of June, a meeting, attended by 300 Masters of Orange Lodges, was held in the town of Lisburn, whith meeting was pre sided over by Mr. Wilson. At that meeting tl.e following resolutions, which were signed by Mr. Watson, were passed. The first resolution stated that the meeting deemed it essential to take immediate steps to reorganize the Orange institutions of the county, and the second stated that inasmuch as that unjust measure entitled the Anti-prom ssions Act was about to expire, all the Orange members of the county be re quested to attend the forthcoming anniversary of the Boyne. He had received a letter from the Noble Marquis .~'-~~ _ at the tab!e ( the Marquis of Londonders y), in which he deprecated the conduct pursued by that gentleman. He therefore wished to know whether the Go vernment had taken notice of his conduct, and had dismi:4ed him from It.e commis , ;;;nitheiaace ? it they had not, and had behaved to him with leniency, they had acted incon latently, as t'r.ey had pursued a more illiberal line of conduct towards another great political party in Ireland. If they had not made inquiry into the circumstances he had detailed, the cry might fairly be raised that justice had not been fairly meeted out to Ireland. He wished to know if any steps had been taken in con-equence of the meeting over which Mr. Watson presided at Lisburn, on the 20th of July ? Lord STANLEY regretted that the Noble Marquis had not simply asked his question, and explained the object of it, without entering into the state of the county. Her Majesty's Government had seen with regret and with considerable disappointment, that through a great part of Ireland the members of Orange Societies had been so reckless in their proceedings as to neglect the cautions which had been given to them by those who ought to be entitled to their confidence and esteem. As long as both the great political parties in Ireland continued to fo ment disturbances it was quite impossible that country could be in a happy or prosperous state. The blame which attached to many processions ought not to be attributed to one party to the exclusion of another equally to blame.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the conduct of the person complained of, if the facts were found as they were represented, her Majesty's Government would deeply regret that a gentleman, occupying a high station in Ireland, should have been so misguided and so misled as to lend his name and his character--and the higher the character the greater the evil —to the meeting in question. He would not say, however, that the matter had been left untouched by the Government, for the Lord Lieu•enant of Ireland had been in communication with his Noble Friend the Secretary of State on the subject. The question as to how he should be dealt with, he ( Lord Stanley) was not prepared to say. He trusted that the Noble Marquis would not call upon him to declare the result of that communication ; but this he would say, that the Government would treat the matter with the greatest impartiality. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to say a few words on the subject, as he had been alluded to by the Noble Marquis. With regard to the character of the individual whose conduct was called in question, he had nohesitation in saying that up to the present time that individual hadconducted himself with the greatest pro; riety. For his own part, he had urged upon the Orangemen of Ireland to refrain from those processions, and he thought that the great majority of the Orangemen of Ireland had taken no part in them. He thought that any severe measures :with regard to him would be productive of more harm than good in that part of Ireland. Aud the eloquent speech of the Noble Lord (Stanley) would have, a better elect than even the dismissal of that venerable person. A message was brought up from the Commons. RAILWAYS. _ _ _ Lord BROUGHAM presented 16 petitions (which made 161 altogether) against the Cornwall Railway Bill. The Noble Lord took the opportunity of moving the Standing Order, which he had postponed till this evening. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, it was read ro forma the first time as a Bill. AFFAIRS OF SYRIA. Lord BEAUMONT said, in compliance with a notice which he gave yesterday, he begged leave to move an humble address to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to lay before their Lordships' House certain papers and correspondence relating to recent events in Syria. The object he had in view was to have a continuance of the correspondence on the same subject laid before their Lordships in 1841, in order that their Lordships might be enabled to judge of the important question of the Levant, which had at one time threatened the peace of Europe, and which now was the cause of constant recrimination between England and France. The outbreak between the Druses and the Maronites bad been charged by France upon the English Government and the English Consul at Syria, and though the French Chamber bad repeated the accusation with almost insolent tenacity, both the Minister for the Colonies, and for Foreign Affairs appeared to forget the horrors their own subjects had beeu carrying on not far distant from their own confines. He therefore thought it due to the honour of this country that the explanatory papers should be granted. 'lie Earl of ABERDEEN said, there could be no objection on the part of the Government, to lay the papers on the table of the House. A great part of the statements made b; the Noble Lord were perfectly correct. It was true, that outbreaks, ill feeling, and bloodshed had prevailed, of an appalling cha racter. But it was not to be assumed that all these horrors were to be traced to that misrule of the Porte, so frequently too justly charged upon the Turkish Government. Ile con fessed he was not very sanguine of seeing good govern ment ever established in the Turkish provinces —( Hear)— as it was their object to obtain the improvement of the condi tion of the people, with as little interference as possible with the sovereign rights of an independent State, a State which, however imperfect its government and administration in many respects, they still had an interest in preserving and strengthening by all the means in their power. He was not aware that it was neces sary for him to say any more, as there would be no objection to produce the papers to the full extent desired by the Noble Lord. Lord BEAUMONT then said a few words in explanation. He said that as the Noble Lord had not read the debate in the Chambers, he would inform hint that he would find it stated by M. Guizot that he maintains the sole right of protecting the Maronites. He was prepared to act on that principle, and if he found it advantageous he would adopt it. The motion was agreed to. AUSTRALIAN WASTE LANDS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Lord STANLEY wished to state the intention of this Bill. Under the present Act it was intended to empower the governor of the settlement to grant leases not exceeding twenty-one years. He said twenty-one years, because he wished to leave it to the discretion of the Government there. It was impos sible to apply the principles of this Bill to the convict colony. They were imposing upon it an immense outlay upon police and gaols of 60,0001. a year. All the other institutions were supported at the expense of 70,0001. only. It might also be a subject for consideration to allow those persons whose term of transportation had expired, to rent land from the Government, to get a certain tenure, so as, while they could not become pur chasers, to enable them to obtain by a temporary tenure a Com fortable subsistence. He had thus briefly stated the provisions of the Bill, and he would conclude by moving that it be read a second time. The 'Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that it lay upon the Noble Lord to make out a case, not only of general policy or expediency for the passing of this Bill, but of actual necessity. He thought that at such a period of the session, when other measures of the greatest imi ortance were obliged to be put aside, that the necessary care and attention could not be given to it. He thought there was a degree of arbitrary power con ferred by it, which he could not think of giving to any Go vernment. In the 6th clause, providing fur persons who have occupied waste lands under a licence from the Government, they were made liable to a tax of the most enormous amount. He therefore hoped that their Lordships would not proceed at this period of the session with the Bill. Lord STANLEY explained. The licence was an annual licence, and the Government had the discretionary power of fixing its amount from year to year. It was, in fact, a per sonal, not a proprietary right; and the licence was charged not for the extent of land occupied, but the number of cattle de pa;tured. Lord MONTEAG LE said that, in l 84?, an Act was passed regulating the sale of colonial property; but this Act, extend ing to all the Australian colonies, suspended the operation of the former Act, and of all Acts at present existing respecting penal settlements. If it was intended to suspend the operation of this Act as far as Van Dieman's Land was concerned, why not say so at once in the Bill? After a few words from Lord Polworlb, Lord Stanley, and Lord Nlonteagle, the Bill wcs read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday next. BRAZILIAN SLAVE-TRADE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted. FOREIGN LOTTERIES BILL. On the question being put fur the third readtug of this Bill, Lord NION TEAGLE remarked that by this Bill Government proposed to take into their hands the power of prosecuting in dividuals fur promoting foreign lotteries ; and it was therefore not too much to ask them to give an assurance that the law should be strictly enforced on the first appearance of the adver tisements of a - foreign lottery. At all events, if such an assu rance were not given he sho. Id feel himself called upon to move the insertion of a el:iu.se binding them to put the law in force, and then these frauds would be put down without favour to any part y. Lord STANLEY replied that the Noble Lord was per fectly justified in asking tor such an assurance ; and as the Bill had been brought forward with the Loma fide intention of put ting down these frauds, he had not the least objection to give the required assurance. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. FIELD GARDENS BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the second reading of this Bill. The Earl of RADNOR wished to know if the Government s upported this Bill, and if they approve d of it, he s h ould be g lad to hear upon what grounds. 'I he 13111 proposed to establish powers, without . being responsible t a h ry , Bill was most objectionable in other corporate bodies in all parts of the country, who were to be in give his vote ta rct s n t s tt. to the Bill ''°‘ :trong to justify the e rt from the Bill. The t o trusted ony i w ah i r t et h i e. e sh x io t u r l a nd o d r c d ea i rs n t ainiy Looirdthweerr.eatsetiffipa:eernst l o Y f the irresponsible parish wherein complained would respects,G LordrrnSiAt b N t:d L yw E o l i tf ' hw d h i ho d il dc n ht o it t tierh Noble bp l t pe h o Lord they acted, and certainly he could see no objection to the Bill bsteatuenddebry the e e n u t b r ' o e l in this respect. The poor-law was for the relief of the destitute poor ; the object of the present Bill was to enable the indus trious poor to fill up their spare time profitably, and to afford the opportunity of bringing up their children in good and useful habits. It was different from the Irish system ; that whereas that system threw those who had small plots of land on that land altogether for support, the present Bill only provided that small portions of land should be set apart fur the purpose of ging up the spate time of the industrious classes in a profitable mariner. The Bill wa3 then read a second time and ordered to to com mitted on Monday. DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY. The Earl of BESBOROUGII moved that the petitions of John Pym and others, which had been presented to their Lord ships on a former occasion, be referred to the Select Committee on the South-Western Ireland) Bill, and that the vvidenee taken before the Committee apiointed to consider the elle gatiosns contained in such petition relative to forging natncs to the contract deed of the same railway, and the report of the Select Committee, be referred to the Committee on the Bill ; and that the Committee be requested to report specially on suck allegation.—Agreed to. i • v ''k-.5 SAtag ,N- e