The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-28 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL N S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A large business was done in cotton at Liverpool yester ;lay ; sales, ten thousand bales.-In shares there was less animation, and prices were not quite so firm Armagh:- and Portrush, 24 ; Bandon and Bantry, 55.; Barns ley Junction, 7 13 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3 1 j 2 • Bideford and Tavistock, 2s. 6d. ; Blackburn Damen, and ' Bolton, ; Belfast and Ballymen a , 7 ; Belfast and County Down, 3% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 17 1 / 8 1634 ; Caledonian, 11%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% 5 ; Cambridge and Ox ford, 3s. 6d. ; Chester and Birkenhead, 61 1 / 2 63; Ditto, New Shares, 56 57; Ditto, Half Shares, 30 1 ;, 31 ; Chester and Preston Brook, 51s. ; Clitheroe Junction, 68s. 6d. ; Clydes dale Junction, 894 9 ; Cork and Waterford, 1 3 / 4 ; Derby and Crewe, 2% 3; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 9% 9; Dublin and Drogheda, 102 I._ ; Dublin and Galway, 41 % % ; Dundee and Perth, 3% %; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone 434 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 334 ; Eastern Counties, 20 1 4 3 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, 12 11% ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2, 233. 10d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 18% ; • Ditto, New Quarter Shares, ; Edinburgh and Perth, 245.; Glasgow and Dumfries, 19s. 6d. 195.; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 18 1 20 4 ( ; Ditto, Half Shares, 9 3 / 4 10; Glasgow and Avr, 70 72 1 / 2 ; Grand Junction, New Quarter Shares, - 503 / 4 ; Grand Union, 9s 3d. 95.; Great Southern and Western Extension, 12; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 74 %; Iluddersfield and Sheffield, 618 ; Limerick and Waterford, 7% ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 106 ; Ditto, New Shares, 41 ; Liverp oo l, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 34% ; London and Blackwell, 1034 ; London, Oxford, and Cheltenham, 1 / 8 38- • 6d. ; London and Windsor, 265. ' • Londonderry and Ennis killen, 4%; London and South-NVestern, New 501. Shares, 16 ; Leeds and Dewsbury-, 11% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 64 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% 34 ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, 38s. 6d. ' • Manchester, Birming ham, and Bury, 183 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 3 361/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 180 183; Matlock and Mid land, 54 %; Midland Railway, 40/. Shares, 29 A ; Newark and Sheffield, 565. 6d. 2 3 /4 ; S'ewcastle and Carlisle, 114 ; Newry, Banbridge, and Belfast Junction, 245. ; Newry and • Warrenpoint, 245. 255. 6d. ; N or th British, 25 • Ditto, Half Shares, 6 3 4 ; North Union (A), 164 165 ; !North Wales, 2 % 3; North Western, 81s. 6d. ; Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 14 ; Nottingham and Mansfield, 15s. ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4 1 . E 4 ; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, 6% % ; Sheffield and Man chester, Quarter Sh ares , 16 %; Sheffield and Lincoln, 31s. 11 A . 2 . Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 125.; Shrewsbury and North Wales, 3; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Bir laringham' 81s. 6d. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 414 1,8 ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 2, 16% ; Ditto, No. 3, 834 I Is. 3d.; Scottish Central, 6% 94 ; • uth Midland, 425. ; South Wales, 5%; Trent Valley, Continuation, 24 ; Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole, 23; Warwick and London, 28s. ; Welsh Midland, 3% 94 ; West . Yorkshi re' 335. 9d. 365. ; Worcester and T r i ng , 1-1(, ; White haven an d Furness, 2% 3; York and Carlisle, 4 1 / 8 ; Dendre Valley-, I Is. 10s.. ; Jamaica and South Midland, 275. ; Namur and Liege, 54 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 9 1 ,4 ; Paris and Lyons (ltflitte's), 595. ; Ditto Urerich), 2% ; Tours and Nantes, 2%. MANCHESTER STOCK ENCILANGE, JUNE 27.-The sales are ---- Barnsley Junction, 7 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3 1 4 7-16; Bir kenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 114 ; Black burn, Burnley, and Accrington, 918 3-16 ; Blackburn, Cli thezoe, and S'orth Western Junction, 1 7-16 % prem.; Black burn, Damen, and Bolton, 51,E ' • Bolton, Wigan, and Liver r'ol, 16% ; Caledonian, 11%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% , • ; Churnet Valley, 4/4 ; Clitheroe Junction, ; Derby and Crewe, :3 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 100 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, N ew Quarters, 8 1 / g 1 / ; Erewash Valley, 31 ; Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, .14 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/, 1 88. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junc tion,a, 1 :3-16 ; Grand Union, 134 :375. ; Great Grimsby , and ~"neflield Junction, Quarter Shares, 78 ; Huddersfield and } tanchester Railway and Canal, 7IA ; Huddersfield and S heffield Junction, 6 3.16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man chester, 12 18 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% 9 ; L„lverpool, Ormskirk, and P re ston, 2 15-16 % ; London and on uth-Western, New Shares, 164 15 ; London and Wor ester, Oxford and Rugby, 1% ; London and York, 334 4tanchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 5 3-16 C ontinuation and Birmingham, New Quarters, 74 ; Ditto , untinuation and Welsh Junction, 134 ; Manchester and reds, 179% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 82 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 94 ; Manchester, hheflield, and Midland Junction, 34; "ewark and Sheffield, 2 1 / ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lan ,c,,?shire, 12s. 6d. 15s. prem. ; North British, New Shares, 634 ; ;',) o rth Staffordshire, 4%; Nottingham and Mansfield, 2 1-16 ; • n ttingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 1% pm. ; S xt heffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1 9-16 ; Sh e ffi e ld and ,7 4 anchester, 126 ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 11-16 reen ; South-Eastern and Dover, No. 3, 84 ; Trent Valley, ' ,l titinuation and Holyhead Junction, 2%; Wakefield, Pon tefract, an d Goole, 23 11 4 2414 ; Welsh Midland, 334 ; West Un ion, 1% 9-16 ; W orces t er , Sh rews b ur y, an d Crewe rl ion, 3 / 4 prem. ; York and Carlisle, 4%; Paris and Lyons q anneron's), 2 12. The American advices have come upon us in such volu '4,nnous files, that it is difficult almost to wade through them. ,_he state o f t r ade, however, was scarcely so brisk, and there " rk , a rned rather less confidence in the money market. in _the private accounts from Canada give a most heart-rending count of the devastation and misery occasioned by the wide reading conflagration,and which it will take years to repair. ; 11 important address to the inhabitants of Great Britain • 11 d Irel an d h a d b e en drawn up by the general committee, a ppointed for the relief of the sufferers, and cordially ; Ye hope that it will be responded to ere the cold season in ;,!aada re-commences, and the poorer sufferers are plunged - "„to irretrievable misery. In two days the Quebec people t'ascribe 11,000/., and the Montreal inhabitants 10,000/. ; theirs trongest efforts could not alleviate a tithe of the ' `llBfress without assistance from home. th under weather in Canada bad become warm since the * "'ander and rain on the afternoon of the sth inst.., and still i,4lntinued so, notwithstanding heavy showers and thunder. „egetation had made astonishing progress ; within a week , 4 c colony had passed out o f th e f requen t re turn of frost and t he vegetation to all the luxuriance of summer. The Gehls and the woods were ag a i n i n a ll t h e i r sp l en d ou r. Th e i r light was, however, somewhat diminished by those deter kintd swarms of place-bunters, the mosquitos or 'Darin -61: fins, who had again raised their incessant note, ever ready The on their victim and gorg e th emse l ves w ith hi s bl oo d. a the i ssu e of n o te s by th e B an k o f E ng l an d d ur i ng th e to the 21st inst., was 30,051,610/., an increase of 0 , 195/. The bullion was 16,639,315/., an augmentation of 5; ; 95 /. The public deposits increased, but those on private s,.,('urit fell off. aa khere has been rather a flat market to-day for the British ii‘y.,arities. Consols for the Account have been done at 98%, : 4 the Three per Cents. Reduced at 99, but the demand r t l ee has rather increased. Exchequer-bills was at ai s. to , 1 , 8 • ‘ ; India Bonds at 735., and Bank Stock is at 211 . of T he correspondence between the newly appointed age n t s he Mexican Government, and the Messrs. Lizard' and Co. p r i, been a topic of m ' uch interest. The opinion of the sripal holders here is that the interests of' the Bondholders A e ll- he advanced by the change. Mexican Stock for the li o e ° l lnt was firm to -day at 37 1 ,4. Portuguese Converted Th rl ds opened at 66 3 4, arid are no; at 674 94. The Spanish Per Cents are / at 41, and the Consols at 27%. 114tenerally speaking, the Railway Shares may be said to be as the list of prices will show. 1114 - sITISH FUNDS THIS DAY - AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2ll 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 091,, 4, New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuties 10 2 1,% Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll% India Bonds 1,000/ 73 Ditto under 1.000/ Bank Stocl- Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 1344. d. 1 ,000/. 500/. - ... 57 59 pm. Ditto Small OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. . Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36% Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stock .. 21% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted Spanish Bonds, 5 perCent,l840 Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 7ls Ditto Deferreu Ditto 3 per Cent 4 l l /8 41 Ditto for the Account. Venezuela Bonds.. 2 per Cent Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. bi. t kali !lb agh, Coleraine,Portrush 1% 1N%... to ngham and Gloucester 100 13 2 1 /2 ..... to B~ 10 , Half Shares 134'ton, Lewes, Hastings ... 20 h! .01 and Exeter o 14 0 New 2 ......10 1 4 11% to 10 44, 0 .-, ti man 140 Extension tktabridgc and Lincoln ptieeter and Holyhead ql4ll3 et Valley 1\• wall . 3 .... 4 b ir tet IsT o 1; . 2 1 / 2 3% 4 ... to b , A b,,_ rt ern ~ P l i; and Galway 2 l /2 44 to 4 t it 4 ,1 . 2 11 and Mullingar 2% 4%..... to evrn Counties 1)0;P ew 4/. .16 tk to - h bi tt e rpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d , cdirltiunoitto, No. 2. ... 13s. 4d ON to 4 Di t ..!Ra and Glasgow - " ll ) _,Ne w 4 Shares 2 l/, 8 N tt gn Bedford l 1 /i 24 ..... to ` l 4 l , t ` - ‘ 7 ll lisby and Sheffield... 2% 44 ...... to Oi ti 'orth of England 100 04")1 /2 to 246% ... Ne ' r t , l *lt W w quitt ' ter n BO 207 ii iiii cif ° Fifths 011 Or d , Fareham, Portms. 2% , 4 4 41 Selby 2% to 3 50 lO 7 -- 4.04480ter aad Carlisle... 2O ...... 46( 1 .. .. to 1 bi tt i and Birmingham ...100 r , 11 ( 1,,.. .4 Shares ... rt d on ' and Blackwall 16% L %...... to °Oll, and Brighton 5O 7414% to IL, n and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d.... 21V; to 20 Fotki o _ ew 13s 4d l l / 8" to 1 s 'Oti t i o " and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... 10% to 1 Di t , n and South Western.. 41% 79 1 - %(1.0 ‘ ,. ° N ew 2% l 3 l /2 to 1414 0'4 4 ' and York... ..... ...... 2 1 / . , 3 l / 2%... to Ni and El , 11 th es , 3" vi tt „ Lei and Leeds 73 .....158 /.tne,,,,, Quarters .. - g litn,",.. ,Buxton, & Matlock 22s ...... 3% to —' 4 biiTog .................. . 100 lB 6 l/ .2 to 1851/ lv t* ea ti ew eiv ar Z - -e and Berwick - to 1914 Orth British Shcflield Vhtto ic e f") rd ' "v 1 .. ... 6 1 2 : !:i... to k!igt )y . , Znd Worcester "V., 6 i ,,i 14.- to 004tj811'Ir:Drcester, and Tring 1 oth , Central - ` )l lti t ,;'evon l5 - 25 D!tto3/448.,,tern and Dover ... 33 1 ,i. • 1 4 'ew, No. 1 8 S, l) itt ° o / , e w, N 0.2 7 .....16 ...... to V , 'th \e w, No. 3 01/e 7:,t to I t ,tit, rt. al es '1 eelch 3 , 1 :. and Kilkenny 9 l, 1 .. .. ... , A to ' O 4 411 dland 9 l /2 :3t-, h. t at'd North toS c , Midland ... 50 ......110 mttt ar boro'Branch °' ttc, ztension 1 1 „4 91 14 224 to 21 3 4 gr tli ngu t , FOREIGN RAILWAYS. e at - and Amiens (1 N'orth 4 ..... . 8,',%... to bAffi tte. ern of Fri,nce 4 c '• 1:1 s) ...... 001:azkayRos.arnePs) z b 2 l, . L,s . unction • 1 1 , , ' iP.livaittviltiLiklid_land Junction 1 czkr,4, nn_4eineppe 444 47 . 41Pg e•• • anal Oilcans aial Eordeaux .. 2 ...... 81,4;* - Over Vssel 413 s 4 0 O, -; Paris and Lyons (I,aflitte) ... 2 Parisand Lvons(Ganneron's) 2 ... 2'V,.. ... Paris and liouen Sambre and Meuse J011;T STOCK BA:NKS. 40 39 Australasia M A RICE T N s.. -('THIS DAY.) covrwT-Gannzu. We had an unusually large supply of both Fruit and Ve getables, yet the demand was throughout steady, on the fol lowing terms .—Old Potatoes, from 3s to 4s per cwt ; Turnips, Is 8d to 2s 9d; Carrots, 5s 6d to 7s; Young Onions, Is to 2s; and Greens, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches; Peas, is to 2s 3d ; Gooseberries, Is Gd to 2s 3d ; Currants, 3s to 6s ; and Spinach, 8d to ls 3d per half sieve ; Cherries, 6d to is 4d ; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 8s ; new Potatoes, 2d to 6d ; and Pineapples, 8s to lOs per lb ; Cauliflowers, 8d to 3s ; and Summer Cabbages, is to 2s per dozen ; Rhubarb, 4d to is 6d ; Asparagus, is 6d to 7s ; Horse-radish, 3s to ss; and Celery, Is to 2s per bundle ; Oranges, 8s to 14s; Lemons, 7s to Us; and French Beans, is 6d per hundred; Cucumbers, 4d to 2s ; and Melons, 4s to 6s each ; Radishes, 4d per dozen hands ; Small Salad, 2d ; and Mushrooms, 6d to is per pun net; Strawberries, 4d to 8d per pottle ; Peaches and Nec tarines, 24s to 50s per dozen. AN Xis 34EADE29 1 / I .X. We bad a large supply of both English and Foreign Poultry. Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, at late rates. The supply of Meat (town as well as country) slaughtered, being on the increase, the demand was, throughout, heavy, at barely stationary prices. KUNGERFORD. We had a decided increase in the supplies of most articles, yet the general demand ruled steady, and last week's quota tions were generally supported. zrzurpOßT. Prime Mutton and Lr.mb sold freely at full prices, but otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s ; Veal, 3s JOd to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per Blbs. IN GSGATE. There was a considerable increase in the supplies of Fish brought forward, yet the trade was steady at our quotations. Turbots 8s to 16s; and Cod Fish, 3s to 9s each; Salmon, Gd to is per lb; Eels, 4d to 10d per lb; Mackerel, 16s to 30s per 120. WHITECRAPEL. We had a full average supply of meat ; on the whole, the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 36 to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Blbs. =MELD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to 8d ; of _Household ditto, 5-1 2 -d to 61d per 4lbs leaf. HIDE maul:Li:iv Raw Hides, at per stone of 14Ibs:—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s to 5s Gd; Middling ditto, 4s Gd to 4s 10d; Inferior ditto, 4s to 4s 4d. Sheep and Calf-skins, at per skin : Market Calf, 6s Gd to 8s; Lamb Skins, is Gd to 2s 3d; and Shearlings, Gd to 10d. rezanimrs. SMITIIMELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 41 to 41 lOs ; u.c Cul do., 4/ 12s to 51 5s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 6s to 5/ 14s , Clover 11ay, 4/10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw. 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. A fair average supply, and a steady trade. CumistutiAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3118 s to 4/18s ; useful ditto, 5/ to 5165; fine Upland ditto, 518s' to 5/ 16s ; Clover Ilay, 41 8s to 51 18s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. WmTEcHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow 1 - lay, 41 to 41 15s ; ust,ful ditto, 41 16s to 5/ 7s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 8s to 51 Ms ; Clover Flay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/18s , heat Straw, 11 IBs to 21 per load. Trade steady, at ful: pr ices: New Meadow hay sold freely, at from 3/ lOs to 4/ 8s per load. LLo VP'S ttil - IIPI - 'ING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 28.—Wind W., fresh breeze, and cloudy. There was a Leavy tall of rain. DEAL, JCS: 27.—A.M., Wind S.S.W. light breeze ; at 11.15 P.M., S.W. by S., moderate.—Arrd. Herefordshire, Richardson, Bombay; Ross, Mirantichi, for Hull. Arrd. from the River for, Kite, Ritchie, Madras; Bucephalus, Bell, Cape of Good Hope, &c.; British Sovereign, Cow, ditto; Andromache, Skelton, Bombay; Taker, Cheyne, ditto; Barbara Gordon, Ritchie, Tobago; Catherine Grey, Diet, St. Kitt's ; British Monarch. Muirhead, Jamaica ; Ludlow, Rumford, St. Jago de Cuba ; Peruvian, St. John's, New Brunswick. Poursmourn, JUNE 27.—Wind S..S.W. to W.S.W., blowing hard.— Off port, Mary Kay, Dobson, Launceston. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 27.—Wind S.S.E., fresh—Arrd. Champion, Mossop, Barbadoes. Sid. the outward bound and Cambria steamer, Ju,lkins, Boston, &c. CLYDE, JUNE 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. 25, Duchess of Portland, Dickson, Barbadoes. 26. London, Brown, Pulver, Erromango, Kelso, Montreal; John Brown, Wallace, ditto. Sld. 25. Parsee, ' Ci4evars, Singapore; 26. Thalestris, Telfer, Demerara; St. Peter, Ramon, Gibraltar. CORK, JUNE 25.—Off port, Ellen, German, Porto Rico; Arethusa, Card, Yarmouth, United States. NEWPORT, JUNE 27. Sid. Thomas Bell, Simpson, Grenada; Good luck, Luce, ditto. DEAL, JUNE 27.—A vessel bottom up, apparently a cutter or schooner, of about 100 tons, was passed on the 20th ult., in lat. 45, lon. 12, by the Herefordshire, Richardson, arrived in the Downs. WHITEIIAVEN, JUNE 26.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Lady Stewart, Antigua. DutiraN, JUNE 25.—Std. Garonne, Dunn, Antigua. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 27.—The Hope, White, from Cape Breton to Liverpool, was lost in the ice on the 17th ult. ; crew and passengers saved. 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:— g . NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Last week. Arbroath and Forfar •• • • • • •• • • . Bristol and Birmingham . •••• • • . . Chester and Birkenhead •• Dublin and Drogheda— .• Dublin and Kingstown . ..... Dundee and Arbroath Durham and Sunderland .... ..... EdinbUrgh and Giasgow . •• • . • Eastern Counties and North Eastern Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • Glasgow and Greenock • ... ..... Grand Junction Gravesend and Rochester • • • . . ..... Great North of England Great Western . .....• • hull and Selby Liverpool and Manchester . London and Birmingham London and Blackwell .............. 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 Counties .... • Newcastle and Darlington Newcastle and Car1i51e.......... Newcastle and North Shields North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel', and Orleans l'aris and Rouen .••• • • • ••• • • • Preston and Sheffield and Manchester South Eastern.....• •• „ Taff Yale • . • • . • • ... Ulster . ... „ „ Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland 160 4,533 670 991 1,477 400 2,702 5,489 1,902 1,101 10,565 262 2,196 19,740 150 2,858 5,759 22,144 1,423 5,992 1,8!4 1,814 9,715 1,104 923 4,12 , 6,450 12,505 1,580 1,597 389 2,198 4,6 , 7 1,306 939 9,359 1,596 20,329 1,3t,3 RAILWAY COMMITTEES THE PENINSULAR MAIL.—The Queen, Captain Russell, from Gibraltar, arrived at Southampton last night. Her dates are—Gibraltar, 18th June; Cadiz, 19th ; Lisbon, 23d ; Oporto, 23st ; Vigo, 23d ; and Corunna, 24th. She brings 1 package of specie ; 10 hhds. of oil ; II cases of leeches ; 2081 chests of oranges ; 45 boxes of potatoes ; 35i chests of lemons, 1 tigress for her Majesty the Queen, &c. DEATH OF BURRELL EDWARDS, ESQ., OF SUTTON. —On Sunday this gentleman, who was well known for his ec centric habits, was found drowned in a pond on his estate at Sutton. On Saturday evening he asked one of his labourers whether he thought there were any fish in the pond. The man said he did not know. Mr. Edwards then instructed him to go the next morning (Sunday) very early and rake the pond about well, to see if he could stir any fish up, and to tell him if there were any. This singular request was attended to as desired, and while the man was raking the pond, he felt something remarkably heavy, and on pulling it up discovered it to be the body of his master. His stick was lying on the bank.— Ipswich Express. PUBLIC FLOGGING AT RAMSGATE.— Some of the most respectable inhabitants of the town have expressed a de termination to call a public meeting under the following cir cumstances:—Recently a scene of flogging took place at the Market-head of this town, upon a lad about 15 years of age, for stealing two candlesticks, value 25., for which he was con victed, and sentenced to six months and hard labour, and in the last month to b e p u bli c l y w hi ppe d i n t hi s town. Thi s excited great disgust amongst the inhabitants and visitors. It is upwards of fifty years since a similar exhibition has taken place. 19,219 1,419 4,273 508 826 7,349 790 3,254 5,632 9,841 602 1,636 349 1,493 6,018 6,442 401 582 4,586 780 487 378 1,923 fi (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICZE IRAIL'Untz.2". ABANDONMENT OF TILE NORTHUMBER LAND ATMOSPHERIC LINE. The Committee on these competing lines met this day, at eleven o'clock, in the Court of Chancery, Lord Stradbroke in the chair. The case for the preamble of the Newcastle and Berwick having closed, Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM opened the case for the atmospheric line. At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's speech, The CHAIRMAN said the Committee could not entertain the atmospheric line on its merits, but they would go into the case as a locomotive line, thereby placing both lines on their general merits. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM—That being the case, my Lord, we shall not offer evidence on the case. It would be but wasting time after such a decis►on. Mr. A nsrlN--Then I understand that the opposition of the corn peting line has ceased. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM—ExactIy so. Lord Howick was then called to state the origin of the atmosphe ric line, which he said was originated to prevent the destruction of Howick Hall, The opposition from the landowners was then proceeded with The landowners' opposition had only just opened when it was said that an arrangement had been come to, and the opposition was immediately withdrawn. The preamble of the Bill was then proved, and the clauses were gone through. The Committee then adjourned to one o'clock on Monday, when they will meet pro forma. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. LINCOLN AND CADIRILIDGE RAILWAY. The Committee having assembled this day at the usual hour, Mr. Cubitt, engineer for the London and York line, was placed in the chair, and explained, at considerable length, the manner in which lie proposed to obviate the difficulties and remove the ob structions, stated by Mr. Leather, to exist at various places on the London and York line. The witness said he would make towing. paths where the line of rail would impede the navi gation of canals, and viaducts where it crossed fields or roads, private property, and bridges across rivers, &c. He was cross.examined by Mr. HILDYARD, after which he said, in answer to a re-examination by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE, that if the bridge now proposed to be built at Boston should be found to im pede the navigation in any way a lifting bridge would be substituted, to which no objection would be raised by any party. The banks of the Witham were at present of an undulated form, and if the water was to escape over the banks at all it would of course be over the lowest parts of the undulated ground, but as the rail would run parallel with those banks, they would be raised, in consequence of the works, so that, in fact, the effect of the railway would be to improve the banks. Mr. P. SCROPE—You say there is to be a towing-path along the banks of the canal, parallel. Is there to be a fence along by the rail to prevent the horses being frightened by the engines P—Why, the horses never are so frightened no w-a-days.—(Laughter.) Mr. Wrigby was next called and asked a question about coals, to which Mr. WEBSTER objected, on the ground :that the Committee had had this evidence twenty times before. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE contended he had a right to ask the question, inasmuch as his Learned Friend had given evidence to the effect that the Winderworthmere coal and the Dukesmere coal was equal, if not superior, to the Derbyshire coal. The CHAIRMAN said, that if the object of the Learned Sergeant was to disprove the evidence of Mr. Machon on this point, he had a right to ask the question. Mr. Sergeant KINGLALE said that such was his object. The CHAIRMAN then desired the question to be put. The witness then went on to say that the coals of Claycross had to come to London to go to Vauxmall, which increased the expense of transit. Witness had made inquiries so late as yesterday, and found Derbyshire coals by no means in such good repute as the Durham and Silkstorie. To Mr. WEISTER—It was on the 3d of January he made his in. quiries about the price of Derbyshire coal at Grantham ; the cost of bringing coals to Stamford differs very much, owing to the dif ferent places it comes from, and the different routes it takes. Mr. Sergeant KING LAKE—Can you see any reason why people at Grantham should give 245. for Silkstone coal, when they can get coals from Derbyshire of equally good quality for 18s. ? —I may answer that question generally; I have spoken of the dif ferent coals according to the prices I found them bringing in the market, and the quantity sold. Mr. Bishop was the next witness, with a view, Mr. PAGET said, to corrosorate the evidence of the last witness. Mr. Bishop said he found Claycross coal so bad at the markets he inquired at, and so full of sulphur, that nobody would buy them. Mr. Wimberly was next called to depose to certain coach traffic, with a view to rebut the evidence of Mr. Parks, who appeared on behalf of the Cambridge and Lincoln line. The evidence was ob. jected to, and the Committee declined to consider it; and when they returned The CHAIRMAN said the Committee had decided that the evidence might be given. The evidence was then proceeded with, and the witness said that according to the Stamp-office returns, 17 coaches had been put on the particular line in question, and 10 taken off. Mr. HILDYARD contended that this was new evidence, and therefore conceived he was entitled to be allowed till Monday to test the accuracy of these tables before he could cross-examine the witness upon it. The Committee, having retired, declared that they would accede to the Learned Ccunsel's proposal to adjourn the cross-examination to Monday, but that both parties should confine themselves to the Stamp-office returns of May, 1845, and in the meantime the other evidence for the London and York line should be proceeded with, (LEFT srrrixo.) THE I : _NFANT APPllo.—This very talented child, whose musical performances are more wonderful than ever, has just returned to town from an extended and most successful provincial tour, and will make her tint appearance on Monday at the Adelaide Gallery. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT TO GERMANY.—The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave England for the Continent, according to present arrange ments, very soon after the prorogation of Parliament, which, it is expected, will take place, if not by the end of July, very early in the following month. The Prince Consort's birth-day, the 26,h of August next, when his Royal Highness will enter upon his 27th year, will be celebrated at Saxe-Gotha, during the visit of her Ma jesty and the Prince to their illustrious relative, the reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe•Coburgh and Gotha, where her Ma- Majesty will be met by her royal mother, the Duchess of Kent and several distinguished personages, who have arranged to be present on that auspicious occasion. The Queen will be accom panied during her continental tour by the Earl of Aberdeen, the Foreign Secretary. Her Majesty will proceed to Ostend in the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, and thence to Brussels, as at pre sent arranged, cn route to Germany. MR. PIERCE EGAN.—The sporting world, and more particularly that part of it who remember the ancient pugilistic sports of bygone days, and their historians, will regret to hear that this veteran writer is suffering severely from the effects of an acci dent on the Greenwich Railway, which took place on Trinity Mon. day last, when he was thrown with several others on the ground in consequence of a concussion with some carriages on the rails, as he was descending from the carriage in which he had ridden. He has received a severe wound on the knee and has been confined to the house ever since. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR RICHARD DOWNES JACKSON, K.C.B.—We learn by accounts received yester day that Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Downes Jackson, K.C.8., died suddenly at Montreal, on the oth of this month, in a fit of apoplexy. The gallant deceased was Commander of the Forces, North America, and was on the eve of returning to this country. THE CHARITABLE SOCIETY OF DANCERS AND TEACHERS OF DANCINO.—The annual general meeting of the above society, instituted to support poor and afflicted dancers, on or off the stage, was held yesterday afternoon, at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen street ; Mr. James Byrne in the chair. The Chair man having stated that the meeting was called for the purpose of rendering a general statement of the funds and effects, proceeded to read the annual report of the charity, from which it appeared that the net receipts of a benefit at the Haymarket Theatre, in August last, were 481. Is. 3d., the use of the theatre having been granted by Mr. Webster gratuitously. The total income of the charity was 4321. 12s. Bd., which included 51. from the Earl of Shelburn, and a similar sum from the Duke of Devonshire. The expenses for advertising, printing, rent, and sundry other items, amounted to 2941. 7s. 9d. A balance therefore remained at the bankers of 1381. 4s. 4d. The report having bees adopted, Mr. Benjamin Webster, Oscar Byrne, and Mr. George Gilbert were elected trustees ; and after the election of the committee and other officers, an entertainment came off in the Hall, in which Miss Ade laide Byrne, a daughter of Mr. Charles Byrne, and a pupil of Mr. Cipriano Potter, of the Royal Academy, played a concerto, by Thalberg, on the pianoforte. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. This Committee met to.day in the Chancery Court to consider this important line of railway communication. Members of Com mittee present, Lord Radnor, chairman, Marquis of Exeter, Lord Kenyon, Lord Dufferin, Lord Walsinghani. Mr. COCKBURN opened the case on behalf of the promoters of the line, and pointed out at great length the advantag s which it would confer on both England and Scotland, constituting, as it would, the great line of communication between the two king doms. He then commented on the engineering peculiarities, which he stated, with one exception, to be generally of a favourable cha racter. Some of the gradients he admitted to be rather steep, but recent experience had shown that they could be worked with perfect speed and safety. He next alluded to the opposition which the railway had met with, which he was satisfied was far from suffi. dent to warrant the rejection of such an important national commu nication. There was a rival line to this, but after three con siderations of their respective merits, decisions had been given in favour of the Caledonian and against the other. The Royal Corn. missioners and Board of Trade had given the preference to this line, which decision had been confirmed by the recent Committee of the House of Commons after a long, patient, and careful consideration. The Learned Gentleman, after drawing a parallel between the rival railways, showing that all the leading advantages were in favour of the Caledonian line, proceeded to call the witnesses on behalf of his case. Mr. Smith, of Deanston, was the first called, who gave evidence as to the nature of the country through which the line passed. The line commenced at Carlisle, having a junction with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. It went on to the Sark, which it crossed. From thence it passed on to Ecelefechan and Lockerbie to Beatock. The country, up to this point, was very fine. From Beatock it passed over the summit level on through Douglas„ to the point of divergence to Edinburgh and Glasgow, near to Lanark, through a rather bleak pastoral country. The two diverging lines to their respective termini went through very valuable tracts of country. The country on the Glasgow branch especially was very rich in minerals, coal, ironstone, and lime. The railway would be of incalculable benefit in the car riage of those minerals, as they might be carried at one-third their present rate. He had seen the traffic tables, drawn up by Mr. Pare, and he considered they were founded upon very fair data—rather under than overstated. The witness gave other evi dence of a similar character, the leading points have already ap peared in our reports of the Commons' Committee. Mr. Croal and Mr. Piper, coach.proprietors, of Edinburgh, gave general evidence as to the traffic between that city and the termi nus of the line at Carlisle. MR. AUGUSTUS NEWTON AND THE BAR.—The following order has been affixed in the hall of the Middle Temple: —" The masters of the Bench having full) investigated the charge preferred against Augustus Newton, Esq., barrister of this society, and having heard him in his defence, are unanimously of opinion that his conduct at the bar, as proved before them, has been in several instances highly unprofessional, and is deserving of severe censure. And they do order that he be excluded from the hall for the period of two years from this date, and that this order be affixed to the screen in the hall. Dated the sth day of June, 1845." Late Times, THE COAST GUARD.—The Lords of the Treasury having directed that all seamen serving in the Coast Guard should be registered under the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, chap. 112, with a view of maintaining a correct register of the seamen employed in her Majesty's service, the Commissioners of the Customs have issued instructions to the collectors and control lers of the revenue at the various ports throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britein and Ireland, to register the chief boat men, commissioned boatmen, and other boatmen, mariners, ordi nary mariners, and boys of the first and second classes, serving in the Coast Guard, and to issue the reluisite register tickets accord. ingly, upon application being made to them for the same. ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM Mr. Kinneir and Mr. Easton, of Glasgow, gave evidence to a similar effect, as to the traffic from Glasgow, along the route of the line. Mr. Steel, of Carlisle, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh were severally examined as to the very great traffic and amount of popu lation that would be accommodated by the construction of the rail way; and also as to the:feeling of the inhabitants, which was repre sented as generally favourable. The witnesses were subjected to cross-examinations at some length by counsel on behalf of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle scheme, but no point of material importance was elicited. The Committee then adjourned. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICIE RAILWAY. The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour in the Lord Chancellor's Court, and proceeded with the question of investigation of the scheme which had been submitted to them ; the Earl of Stradbroke in the chair. The engineering evidence was gone into, when Mr. It. Stephenson, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. G. Stephenson, the eminent civil engineers, were severally examined in detail as to the course of the proposed line, and its engineering capabilities. No new point was raised, and the entire evidence adduced by those gentlemen was merely a recapitulation of the statements which have already appeared in the most compre hensive manner before the public in the reports published of the proceedings of the Committee on this railwLy in the House of Commons. After other evidence of a similar character the Committee ad. journed until to-morrow. STANDING ORDERS. The Standing Orders' Committee met this day at three o'clock, Lord Shaftesbury, chairman, The following Railway Bills were set down for hearing : The Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Ashton Branch), the Lynn and Dereham Railway, the London and Brighton Railway (Horsham Branch), the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway, the North Wales Mineral Railway, the Chester and Birken_ head Railway Extension, the Cornwall Railway, the Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway (Ardwick and, Guide-bridge Branches), the Ulster Railway Extension, the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, the Water ford and Limerick Railway, and the Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches. The Committee having proceeded with their inquiry, it was declared that in the cases of the Cornwall Railway, the Manchester and Birmingham Railway ( Ashton Branch), the Manchester South Junction, and Altrincham Railway, that the standing orders had been complied with. The Lynn and Dereham Railway, the London and Brighton Railway (Horsham Branch), the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway, the Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liverpool Railway (Ard wick and Guide-bridge Branches) were declared to be in ac.. cordance with the standing orders. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. NORTH KENT LINE. The Chairman took his seat this morning at twelve o'clock, but in consequence of the absence of two of the Hon. Members the business of the Committee could not proceed. The CHAIRMAN explained that Mr. M'Geachy was unwell and unable to attend; Mr. Roche was accidentally absent, but on his arrival the business of the Committee would proceed. On the arrival of Mr. Roche Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, on the part of the North Kent line, said that in reference to the resolution of the Committee made last evening, he proposed to put in evidence of the authenticity of the letter from the Board of Ordnance, and also to remove any doubt on the minds of the Committee as to the integrity of the Company which he had the honour to represent. The CHAIRMAN said that he did not think any imputation had been cast on the North Kent Company. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM then called Mr. Bigham, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, who spoke to the authenticity of a letter from the Board of Ordnance giving their consent to the passing of the railway under the common on certain conditions, and put in in evidence a minute of the Master-General of the Board referring to it. Mr. Hignet had received directions from him to draw up clauses to be inserted in the Bill of the North Kent Company, and to bind them to comply with the wishes of the Board. These clauses were to be submitted to the Master-General of the Board, and then to be sent to Mr. Stevens, the solicitor of the North Kent Company. They had accordingly been drawn up, and enclosed in the letter put in in evidence on Wednesday. On cross-examination, Mr. Bigham stated that these clauses ought to have been submitted to the Master of the Board before they had be sent to the North Kent Company, but this paper had not been submitted to the Master of the Board, and the letter in which it was inclosed had not been approved of by the Board. Mr. WIIATELEY then opened the case on the part of Lady Darn. ley, and of the trustees of Lord Darnley, now in his minority, against the LONDON, CROYDON, PENGTON LINE. CHATHAM, AND OR. . _ (Consisting of line from Sydenham to Chatham, line from Chat ham to Chilham, and project of a branch to Orpington.) Mr. FoRSTER spoke to the injury which would be done by the proposed line to Cobham Hall and Park, the residence of Lady Darnley, and also to the beauty of the country in that neighbour hood. Mr. Berkley,"an engineer and assistant to Mr. Stephenson, spoke to the accuracy of a plan handed in by Mr. Whateley, and which contained and contrasted sections of the proposed London and Croydon and of the South-Eastern lines, and which showed the superiority of the gradients on the latter. Mr. WHATELEY then addressed the Committee on the part of the petitioners. RAILWAY.—On Thursday afternoon a fearful collision between two trains occurred on this line. The train which left Gloucester at half.past ten for Birmingham, on reaching Camp Hill, came in sight of a train proceeding from Birmingham, on the same line of rails, and ere the engines could be reversed both trains came into fearful collision—one engine being completely destroyed and the other very nearly so by the shock. These engines were the finest and most powerful on the line. One of the engine drivers and stokers jumped off, but the former was severely hurt, having fallen on his back on the rails; the stoker was likewise hurt, but not so seriously. The men an the other engine escaped. From thirty to forty of the passengers are estimated to have been more or less hurt, but it is not supposed that any of them were dangerously in jured. The moment that the accident was heard of at Binning. ham everything was done by the officers of the company to afford relief to the sufferers. The cause of the accident is said to have been the leaving of the Birmingham train before the arrival of the train from Gloucester, a thing altogether against orders. :The whole circumstances, however, were to undergo official investiga tionlast evening. A RUSSIAN COUNT, HIS COUNTESS, AND CHILDREN BURNT ALIVE BY THEIR SERFS.—We have received from Southern Russia the news of the tragical end of Count Apraxin, well. known for his divorce from his first wife. This gentleman, who treated his serfs with unheard-of cruelty, has, together with his second wife and children, fallen a victim to their vengeance. The infuriated people at midnight surrounded his castle, and having gutted it of its contents, bound the inmates, and set fire to it. The Count, who had freed himself, attempted to escape, but was overpowered and beaten to death by this savage horde. The first wife of the Count Apraxin bad married an Hungarian nobleman, but the Pope would not give his consent to this marriage, which besides was not reecgnised by law, her first husband being still alive. The catastrophe which has taken place has now, however, removed this obstacle, and the union having been sanctioned by the Holy See, the Countess has been received at the Court of Vienna and by Prince Metternich.—Debats. In consequence of the absence of Mr. M`Geachy, The CHAIRMAN proposed that the Committee should adjourn t Monday. Mr. MELLOR objected on the ground that the loss of two days would be a serious injury to his clients. The CHAIRMAN said that the loss would be only the remaining part of this day, as in any case the Committee would not sit to. morrow. Atter some discussion it was agreed that the Committee should adjourn till Monday, but that, if Mr. M`Geachy was still unable to attend, the business should proceed in his absence. The Committee then adjourned shortly after two o'clock. GROUP K. BURY ST. ED2Varzars AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. The Committee on this railway met this morning at half-past eleven o'clock, and commenced business by the cross-examination of Mr. Braithwaite, the engineer, whose direct evidence was taken yesterday. This witness, in answer to Mr. GIRDEN, stated that there were twenty-three public roads to be crossed upon the line and several occupation ways. The paddocks in the neighbourhood of New_ market had raised the value of the land to more than 1,0001. an acre, but though a few of these had been put in the schedule as within the limits of deviation, none would be touched by the line. He did not conceive that the frequent level crossings required in construction would be either expensive or unsafe. The CHAIRMAN stated that a very erroneous opinion existed on the danger of level crossing. On the London and Manchester Rail: way, on a distance of 35 miles, there were no less than thirteen crossings on a level; and yet, though one of the most frequented lines in the kingdom, not a single accident had occurred since its opening. Mr. Braithwaite, under cross-examination by Mr. RAwciNsoiv, stated that 40 per cent., as mentioned in their Bill, would be amply sufficient for the working of the line, including the expense of keeping watchmen on the occupation and level crossings. The pur chase of land had been taken at 580/. per cent., including 50 per cent, for severance and 50 per cent, for contingencies, The land on the Eastern Counties Railway cost upwards of one million ster ling, or as much as the entire purchase was on the London and Birmingham line. ANOTHER CHILD MURDER AT GREENWICH.—Great sensation has been created in consequence of another child-murder having occurred at Greenwich. Late on Thursday night, as Sergeant Wilson, of the R division of police, was going his rounds, he heard some children say that a young woman, named Mary Ann Eager, living at the "Cavern," under Blackheath-hill, with her parents, had committed murder. On instituting inquiries, he dis. coveredthat the report was too true. On going to the houSe of her father, a working gardener, he learned that the young woman had delivered herself, about three o'clock in the afternoon, of a female child, and that, after doing so, she had destroyed life by cutting its throat in two places with a pair of scissors. That she afterwards proceeded clown stairs from her bed-room, to take tea with her mother, and that the latter, suspecting something wrong from her altered appearance, went up stairs, and found the infant lying dead in a pool of blocd on the floor. Information was forwarded to Dr. Oak Mitchell, of Royal Circus-street, Greenwich, and Mr. Hatch, surgeon, Blackheath, who attended, and, after examining the body of the child, declared it to have been born alive. The prisoner is dangerously ill, and confined to her bed, under the surveillance of the police. ST. PAUL'S, COVENT• GARDEN.-SIGNAL DEFEAT OF CHURCII.RATES —Last night a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, was held in the vestry. room of the Church, Sir. James Tapster, churchwarden, in the chair, to make a church-rate to pay off 297/. 15s, 10d., a balance due for the repairs of the church. Mr. Thomas B. Simpson and Mr. Ol➢ey having stated that the amount sought was the balance of 659/. 3s. 6d , a debt Incurred for the repairs of the church and churchyard in 1842 and 1843, after a lapse of fourteen years, during which period there had been no outlay for the repairs of the church, moved and seconded the adoption of a twopenny rate to pay the balance. Mr. Walker opposed the rate, and moved the adjournment of the question to that day six months.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Jolly seconded the amendment. On a division the rate was negatived by an overwhelming majority. Mr. Colville proposed, and Mr. Walker most willingly approved of, a collection being made to pay the 2971. 158. 10d. Several other parishioners also acquiesced in the proposition. A Is. 2d. poor.rate and Is. Id. im provement-rate were carried. CHURCH-RATES.—A spirited contest regarding a church-rate of 3d. in the pound, for the repair and enlargement of the ancient parish church of St. Dunstan, Stepney, one of the oldest and most interesting ecclesiastical edifices in the kingdom, terminated yesterday. Both parties exerted themselves, and much excitement prevailed in the parish. At four o'clock the poll finally closed, and a few minutes afterwards the Rev. Mr. Vawdrey, the rector, announced the numbers as follows :—For the rate, 840; against the rate, 991 ; majority against it, 151 . T he rate was consequently lost. A vote of thanks to the rector and churchwar dons was carried by acclamation, and the contending parties sepa rated amicably. It was stated the next step would be an appeal to the Ecclesiastical Courts iii Doctors' Commons, and that the in habitants in refusing the rate were likely to be involved in consi derable expense and litigation. Mr. Page, lessee of the tolls at the Paper.mills.gate, near Cam bridge, deposed to the traffic passing the gates annually to Bury, deducing thence the probable amount falling on the line. Mr. John Decke, the post-master, bookseller, auctioneer, ap praiser, land-agent, proprietor of stagecoaches, and an ex.mayor of Bury (!), bore testimony, in turn, to the importance of the pro jected line to each and every branch of his varied business. Mr. Muskett, the steward of the Duke of Norfolk's property in the county from which his title is derived, expressed his opinion of the importance of the line between Cambriege and But'', as affording a link in the communication with Ipswich and the exten sive manufacturing districts contiguous. A produce of 45,000 quarters of barley finds its way into Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Bedfordshire annually; and a merchant had informed him that he alone would send 20,000 quarters of this amount on the line to Cambridge, if constructed. REPRESENTATION OF THE WESTERN DIVISION OP THU COUNTY OF SUFFOLK,—PhiIip Bennet, jun., Esq., has issued his address to the electors of this division of the county of Suffolk, soliciting their suffrages for the representative seat in Parliament, vacant by the lamented death of Colonel flushbrooke. Mr. Bennet is a Conservative. Mr. Kitchener, a solicitor of Newmarket, stated the feeling of that town to be decidedly in favour of the line. The parishes from Milden Ha'l in the north, to Lidgate in the south, uhich the rail way would accommodate, are 67 in number, with a population of 32,520 exclusive, and 76,531 inclusive, of the termini—the population of Cambridge being 24,453, and of Bury 12,558. Mr. RAWLINSON affirmed that the line actually went through no more than a population of 10,900, and in that statement the Board of Trade concurred. Mr. Pare, the traffic taker, stated the capital subscribed for was named at 330,0001.: the gross revenue anticipated on the line was 29,6021. Is. 4d., deduct 11,840/. 1 Gs. 4d., for working the line, and a net annual return of 17,751/. ss.,giving a dividend of 5 1.3 on the subscribed captital. The amounts had been obtained by anticipating 4,4221. ss. 4d. passengers by stage coaches, 2,524/. from travellers by post and private carriages, 4,64 G/. from grain, coal, and general merchandize, 1,375/. from live stock, and other smaller items, leaving a total of passenger traffic returns of 11,153/. 10s. Bd., or doubled, for increased accommodation, 22,307/. Is. 4d., and the goods traffic making up the total of 29,6021. as the gross receipts on the line. THE CASE OF MR. OAKELEY.—It is expected that Sir Herbert Jenner Fust will deliver the Judgment of the Court of Arches upon Mr. Oakeley's case on Monday next, the 30th inst.— English Churchman. At Southwark Police-court, yesterday, a tradesman named Thos:, Pym, of Bermondsey. street, was fined in the mitigated penalty of ii)!. for aiding his son to desert from the Royal Marines at Woolwich. We are requested to state, that Colonel Fox, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, has been prevented by severe illness from attending Parliament for the last three weeks. Under cross.examination by Mr. GIRDEN, Mr. Pare explained the mode he had adopted for finding the details of traffic and passenger transit on the line, the system being the same as that repeatedly described by the witness of placing parties at different portions of the line to observe the number of persons travelling over the route, and then doubled or halved according to a scale applied to the circumstances of the district. DEATH OF DEAN LE FAN 1.1.—0 n Friday morning, at the Glebe-house, Abingdon, after a few days' illness, died the Very Rev. Thomas Phillip Le Fanu, LLD., Dean of Emly, and Rector of Abingdon, to the sorrowing affliction of his family and relatives, and sincere regtet of leis friends and neighbours.--.Linierick Reporter. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till noon on Monday. THE S N, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN LNG, JUNE 28, 1845. GROUP L. The following has only appeared in part of our impression, for want of space : PORTSIVEOUTE ATMOSPRZTVEC MINE, The Committee resumed the inquiry on this line on Thursday, Mr. E. B. Denison in the chair, with all the members of the Corn. mittee present, when Mr. ALEXANDER replied en behalf of the promoters of the line, and in the course of his observations introduced a very happy illustration of the difference between impulsion and suction by the figure of a spiral spring placed within a tube, and which, by pushing at one end has all its springs compressed, and is at last only forced out by main force and with great difficulty, while by being pulled out at the other end is gradually drawn forth. The convolutions nearest the end are first affected : they are elongated and gradually separated from each other, each successive coil being so acted upon as to present less and less resistance at each draught of the drawing apparatus, till at last the whole space of the tube is left vacant. The CHAIRMAN here put into the hands of Mr. Alexander a diagram, which he had sketched at the moment, exhibiting two sets of parallel lines, which represented a long tube, through which there was a series of lines drawn at right angles with the length, so as to exhibit the state of the air within the tube. At one end the lines were dark and closely put together ; the marks were gra dually less and less strong, and wider and wider apart, illustrating the density of the air at one part, and the increasing tenuity to. wards the end where the engine is applied, until the marks became almost indistinct, and showed very forcibly the approach to a per fect vacuum which the engine would effect in the pipe. Mr. ALEXANDER admitted very readily indeed, as all must ad mit, that this was a very excellent illustration of the resistance op posed by the air in the tube to the advance of the train. He further went on to say that the actual advance of the piston in the tube would accelerate the pro gress of the train by forcing the denser air towards the place where it would be most readily acted upon by the exhausting engine. He next adduced the evidence from before the Select Committee of the House of Commons in the origin of railroads upon the force of the locomotive engine, and in which it was stated by the engineers of that day that not any evidence had been given to show that the locomotive engine ever could travel at a speed of more than four and a half miles an hour—indeed, at any speed than that which was attained on the canal, eliciting, as might be expected, a hearty laugh at the difference between these anticipations and the result of travelling to Exeter, 1944 miles, in four and a half hours. Mr. Alexander then went through the evidence of the se veral witnesses against the atmospheric principle, taking each on the particular point which they had been called to prove. As we have already given the evidence on both sides, we need not repeat Mr. Alexander's observations here, except to allude to the point en which he particularly dwelt of the plans adopted for obviating the danger at the stopping places, and which be showed to be completely prevented by the arrangement which could be made for that purpose. This was the result of all the evidence which had been adduced. As to the merits of the line and the principle on which It was to be worked, this was shown by the advantage which would be offered to get to the sea side to the public in London. Again, the advantage by the charges was so self-evident that he need do no n:ore than state them. The atmospheric promoters proposed to charge for the first, second, and third-class passengers respectively, 2.1., lid., and id. per mile, while the South-Western Company proposed to charge 3d., 2c1., and I id. per mile. The total charges for the journey to Portsmouth would be 125., 95., and 65., for the first, second, and third-class passengers, while the charge by the South-Western Company would be 205., 14s , and 7s. 6d. for the same distance. By the atmospheric line the promoters intended to send fifteen trains a day, by ten of which there would be third class carriages, while the South-Western promoters only proposed to send nine trains a day, and only one would be a third-class train. To the Chichester and Brighton line there was no such ob jection as to the South-Western; on the contrary, the promoters of the atmospheric line were quite ready to give up the branch to Havant. By so doing, they would save about 120,0001., which might be applied to the formation of a double line, if Parliament should think it necessary. The same observa tions would apply to the branch to Fareham, and the South.. Western Company might have that if they pleased. If those plans were to be adopted the Portsmouth people would have a choice of three lines—by the coast to Brighton, by Fareham to Bishop stoke, and by the direct atmospheric line to the metropolis. In addi tion to all this there was the fact that the direct line kept up the whole of the old coach road through Hampshire. He deprecated the post.. ponement of the line till another year, for it was impossible to say what changes might take place, and how far the shareholders might be inclined to support it after the experience they had al ready obtained of the power of the South-Western Company to crush their enterprise. By the establishment of this line, the inhabitants of Portsmouth would be sure . to obtain a direct line to London, for Mr. Cubitt stated that it might be turned into a locomotive line. To that gentleman's cool. ness of judgment, foresight, and general ability, Mr. Alexander himself bore very high testimony, and whose skill and high qualities he believed every engineer who had been examined would be ready to attest. He trusted, therefore, that the Committee would not subject the inhabitants of Portsmouth to the great in. jury of delay, and with thanks for the attention and consideration which the Committee had given to his remarks, he left the matter with confidence in their hands. Mr. COCKBURN, on behalf of the promoters of the South Western line, advocated that line on the ground of the advantage to the inter mediate districts which it gave over the Portsmouth direct line. With respect to coals, the evidence which had been adduced in favour of the direct line was quite as much in favour of the Guidford and Chichester line as the other, as Guildford, Godalming, Dorking, and Epsom could be quite as well supplied by the latter as by the former line. There was no evidence of the traffic between Dorking, Godalming, and London. There was a project to make a railway from Dorking to Epsom, which his client would not oppose. And if, therefore, there was the traffic between those places and their neighbourhood which had been stated, it would be abundantly supplied by that Bill, which was, in fact, an extension of the Croydon Company, and promoted under their protection. It was therefore not alto gether fair to keep this point out of the sight of the Committee, for on this plea it was that the opposite party rested their chief claim to consideration. Between Dorking and Godalming one railway was not less than six miles further round, and in addition there was a great opposition to encounter from the proprietors of estates ; and this was a matter of great consideration, for it was a principle that was universally recognised that Parliament would not interfere except on the most urgent necessity. Be tween this point and Petersfield there was nothing but a succession of commons and downs, heaths, wastes, wilds, and, as Mr. Mangles stated, one of the most wild and desolate districts in all England—going over the Devil's Punch Bowl, and by the Hind Head, and traversing, indeed, a mere suc cession of sterile end thinly populated district. The line then goes to Petersfield, at which place there was a market, which the promoters of the atmospheric line endeavoured to put into compe tition with that of Chichester, and he adduced other matters, which we have given in the evidence in chief, to show the differencebetween the importance of the two lines. The tolls on the two roads also proved the traffic on both lines of the road, and showed the great superiority of the Guilford and Chichester line. But here he would make an observation as to the weight which had been placed on the evidence of Sir W. Jolliffe, that there was no doubt but that if a railway were to pass through that district it might do good to somebody, and the Committee would therefore have to throw over. board all the evidence oil this particular point on both sides, espe cially as the coach traffic on the Petersfield line was at present destroyed. Mr. Cockburn pursued the contrast between the evi dence for and against the traffic on the intermediate districts on both lines, showing that the traffic on the South- Western line was far superior to the other, and indeed between Godalming and Petersfield there was no comparison. Godalming and Havant was common to both, with the advantage of placing the former place six miles nearer to London than it was on the atmospheric line. Chiches ter, which, next to Portsmouth, was the most important place on the line, was made 19 miles nearer on the Guilford line than the other to Hungerford-bridge. Mr. Cockburn then went through the evidence as to the distances which had been stated by Mr. Locke and Mr. Horne, and which we gave at the time, showing the prevaling distance of the several places on the line. The population on the two lines was as five to four in favour of the Guilford line; and therefore, with respect to both population and distance, the point was quite in favour of this line. There was an advantage, too, possessed by the South. Western Company in the two stations which they possessed at Vauxhall and Hungerford.bridge—the former already in existence, and the Bill for the latter having already passed the House of Commons—while the other side only had the one at London bridge. In addition to this, there was the facility possessed by the former Company in the ability to take goods out of the lighter and place it upon the rails at Nine Elms, so that for timber and all other heavy goods there would be an advantage which was not possessed by the other line, and if the other line had the advantage of Dept ford-creek, there was, practically and in reality, no benefit to the atmospheric company, as the goods could be conveyed to Nine Elms in one tide, so that no extra expense would be incurred. With regard to passengers, Mr. Horne stated, that before any rail way was established, all the coaches had been removed to the west-end of the town, which showed that the tendency of the traffic was to the west, and not the east ; so that, looking at the stations, the advantage was evidently in favour of the South. Western project. Further than this, it was a fact that the Brighton Company were now about to apply more than 100,0001. in making a branch from New Cross to Hungerford-bridge, in order to avail themselves of the west.end terminus. The station at London-bridge having the Brighton, the Dover, and the Croydon lines all running to it, was exceedingly crowded, !and it would be manifestly unwise to increase that inconvenience. The coolness with which the South-Western project was lo.iked upon by the Portsmouth people he was quite ready to allow. It had been an unpardonable offence in the South-Western Company to choose Southampton instead of Portsmouth. There had always been ajea. lousy between the two places, and he feared there always would be. But with respect to the delay which had been alleged as taking place on the line, it was proved that the South-Western line was worked with as much rapidity and punctuality as any other line in the country. Then, as to fares, they had put in tables of fares of the other great lines, and showed that the charges on those lines were the same as those of the South-Western Company. The jealousy of feeling should be left out of the question ; and if he had shown that one line was shorter than the other, better for the intermediate districts, and equally as good for Portsmouth itself, the others wet e minor circumstances, and he did not think the Committee would allow themselves to be prejudiced by any mere expresson of popular feeling. Then there was the question of expense and engineering difficulties. The gradients of the South. Western line were far more favourable than on the other line. If, therefore, it was necessary to make either line a locomotive line, the advantage was clearly In favour of the former, and if it was thought necessary to make the line an atmospheric line, the South- Western Company were quite ready to make theirs an atmospheric line. In the event, hots ever, of the atmospheric principle being inapplicable to a long line, then the question of gradients became one well worthy of serious consideration. It was readily conceded that on a short line the atmospheric principle might be very efficiently brought into action as between Dublin and Dalkey. But on a long line the whole of the evidence had gone to show that the difficulties in working the principle were so great, and would in volve such an immense expense to overcome them, that to all practical purposes it would be totally inefficient. If, from the moment that they had overcome the via inertiue of the mass they had to put into motion, there were no other causes to oppose than these would be to its progress, he had every reason to believe that what was said by the other side would be true, but there were such causes. The constantly opposing power of the increasing density of the air in the tube after the first exhaustion would offer such an obstacle as would In proportion to the increase in the length of the tube impede the velocity of the train as at last to bring it to a stand-still. Mr. Hawkesley had by theory arrived at a certain formula, which had been confirmed by the practical experiments of Mr. Stephenson. Mr. Alexander had put it on a question of the credibility of witnesses. On the one side they had Mr. Brunel, Mr. Hawkesley, Mr. Cubitt, and Mr. Samuda; and on the other they had Mr. Locke, Mr. Bidder, Mr. Hawkesley and Mr. Stephenson. Without additional experience, who could decide between them ? With respect to Mr. Samuda's evidence, it was not to be questioned but that Mr. Samuda was a gentleman of great ingenuity and scientific attainment, but in this instance an interested and, therefore, a suspicious witness. With respect to Mr. Brunel, this was just the sort of thing to seize upon a mind like his, which was always ready to grasp at a diffi culty which was to be overcome, and he would be ready, there 111 was no doubt, to undertake anything simply for the difficulty of itself if for no other. Then as to Mr. Cubitt, he was precisely the wit ness for h:m ; and Mr. Cubitt had, with great prudence, deferred laying down his line between Epsom and Croydon until lie had laid down his line between London and Croydon,and he would not lay down that line till all these Bills, or as many of them as should be fortunate enough to get through the House of Commons, got into the House of Lords. Mr. Cubitt was a prudent man. It was plainly impossible for any man to say whether this principle ever could be brought into action or not, and the question was whether a line should be adopted which could be worked by the atmospheric principle alone, or whether they should take a line which, if that principle failed, could be worked as a locomotive line. The South-Western line had, therefore, a scientific advantage. They touched upon a better line of country, and reached the several positions at shorter distances, and at less expense, both in the formation and in the working. There was also great uncertainty as to the passage of the trains, and an inflexibility about the sys tem which would prevent the atmospheric principle from supplying the wants of the public, and they were involved in the inconsist ency of having the less i.owerful apparatus between London and Epsom, where the traffic was the greatest, and especially during the races in spring and autumn, and the more powerful apparatus on that portion of the line where the traffic was least; so that they proposed to bring the whole of the traffic of the Portsmouth line on to the Epsom line, which was already overworked. Mr. Cockburn then went through the estimates of expense given in evidence, to show the amount in favour of the South-Western line, and after throwing out a suggestion for a mutual formation of the line between Chichester to Portsmouth, concluded his ob servations by stating that the formation of the atmospheric line would offer no competition for the public advantage of Portsmouth, but would entirely and unnecessarily injure the South-Western Company. This being a better line in every respect, he trusted the Committee would give it a preference. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. " ... Yesterday being the day the decision was to be given upon the several lines comprised in the Portsmouth group, a large number of the promoters of the several lines was present at one o'clock, the hour appointed for the sitting of the Committee, when shortly after the room was cleared, and, after a deliberation of about two hours, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had desired him to state that they had decided that so much of the Bill for the GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER., AND PORTS— MOUTH MINE, as referred to the line between Guildford and Godalming, be passed ; that so much as related to the line between Farcham and Portsea be passed, with a junction at Cosham. PORTSMOUTH ATMOSPHERIC LINE. The Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill for the Direct Portsmouth line, as laid between Epsom and Ports mouth, be passed without a branch to Chichester. In stating this decision, he particularly wished to say that the Committee ex pressed no opinion whatever on the atmospheric principle--either for or against—but they thought that it was a line which ought to be made, with due proteetion for Lord Grantley and the gentlemen in his neighbourhood. The promoters of the atmospheric line might lay down an atmospheric tube or not, as they pleased. BRIGHTON, CHICHESTER, AND PORTS-. MOUTH LINE. The Committee decided that so much of the Bill as referred to the line between Chichester and Portsmouth was passed, sub.. ject to an arrangement as to the terminus at Purtsea. The Cn►IRMAN stated that it was a direct understanding that the tube, if laid down, was not to interfere with the locomotive line, and they thought that the tube had better not be carried into Portsmouth town, but that that portion should be a locomotive line. The Committee said that they did not bind the companies to the terminus at Portsmouth, but suggested that all the companies should use one terminus. Mr. AUSTIN and Mr. WMATELEY stated that it was the desire of the counsel and promoters that the Committee should adjourn to Monday, to make arrangements about the termini—it being under stood that there should be a terminus for the accommodation of the public on Loth lines at Godalming. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. GROUP X. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. CLOSE OF THE CASE. At the sitting of the Committee this day Mr. TRIPP rose, on the part of ➢lr. Pemberton, a landowner, state his case, but Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE objected, unless the case could be dis posed of in a short time. The Committee retired, and on their return The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Sergeant Kinglake whether he ob jected to Mr. Tripp's proceeding ? Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE having replied in the negative, Mr. TRIPP proceeded to say that he would now state to the Com mittee an outline of the injuries that his client's property would sustain by the manner in which the line would run through his property at Chesterton, and which would be fully detailed by witnesses which he would produce, The Learned Counsel then handed in a plan of the property, at Chesterton, for which Mr. Pemberton was trustee, and pointed out the route which the line would take, by which he contended the property would be greatly injured; that the darn proposed to be made would cause certain valuable meadows to be flooded, which might be avoided by a viaduct, and he could show another route by which all this injury would be avoided, and by which the Cambridge and Lincoln Company would save about 15,0001. Mr. Harwood deposed as to the value of Mr. Pemberton's pro perty. Mr. W. Newman deposed as to the traffic between Chesterton and Cambridge, which principally consisted of articles for domestic consumption in the former place. Was of opinion that great inconvenience would be caused by the proposed line to the inha. bitants. Mr. S. Hughes, civil engineer, Duke-street, Westminster, stated that his opinion was, that if the proposed line were taken in a direction by which to avoid this property, it would afford equal facilities to the public and cost the Company much less, though it would be a mile longer. Great injury would be done to Mr. Pemberton's meadows by the overflowing of the river Cam, across which it was proposed to throw a bridge by the Cambridge and Lincoln Company, but his opinion was that it ought to be a viaduct. Mr. Rendall's assistant said that the embankment proposed to be made by the Cambridge and Lincoln Company, as well as the bridge over the Cam, would have the effect of carrying away all the Hood water; there were arches and drains proposed to be made across the meadows. Mr. TRIPP said that no such evidence had been given by Mr. Rendall. The witnesses having given evidence as to the amount of the population, the Counsel for the London and York line called witnesses to rebut it, after hearing which the Committee adjourned at half-past five. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 27. _ _ The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Liverpool and Manchester Railway. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Exten. Lions, Stoke Branch, and Midland Railways Junction). Great Ncrth of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction; Railway. Richmond (Surrey) Railway. Newry and Enniskillen Railway. South Wales Railway,—Petition for additional provision reported; referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. RAILWAYS. The following is the list from which Members will be se• lected to serve on the Railway Committee which will coin• mence its sitting in the week beginning Monday, July 14. Col. Austen Mr. Thomas Mackenzie Mr. Thomas S. Duncombe Mr. John O'Connell Right lion. T. D'Eyncourt Mr. Savile Ogle The Hon. Cecil Forester Mr. Smith O'Brien Viscount Howick Mr. William Williams Lord Leveson Sir John Walsh. NOTICES GIVEN AT TIIE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Wear Valley Railway,—Third reading, Monday, June 30. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2),—Third read. ing, Mouthy, June 30. Middlesbro' and Redcar Railway,—Third reading, Mon day, June 30. St. Helen's Canal and Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July I. Aberdare Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 1. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway,—Third reading, Monday, June 30. Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2),—Report to be consi dered, Tuesday, July 1. London and Greenwich Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Monday, June 30. North British Railway,—Lords' amendments to be consi dered, Monday, June 30. Glasgow Junction Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 1. Norwich and Brandon Deviation (piss and Dereham Branches) Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 1. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway,—Re port, Monday, June 30. London and South Western Railway (No. 2),—Third read ing, Monday, June 30. Preston and Wyre Railway Branches,—Third reading, Monday, June 30. Newport and Pontypool Railway,—Third reading, Mon day, June 30. Greenwich Colliery Railway,—Report, Monday, June 30. London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch) Railway,— Report, Monday, June 30. Birmingham and Gloucester (Worcester Branch and Chel tenham Extensions) Railway,—Report, Monday, June 30. Belfast and Ballymena Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Monday, June 30. FRID.AY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, Julie 26, 1845. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Frederick Foster Quin, Esq., Al: D., to be Physician to her Royal Highness. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alexander Paterson as Consul at Leith for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Senor Jose Maria Saens Montoya, as Consul in London for the Republic of New Granada. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 27. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Edinburgh—Sir John Hope, of Craighall, Bart., in the room of William Ramsay Ramsay, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 27. 7th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. W. Hogg to be Captain, by purchase, vice Codrington, who retires;' Cornet C. Ark wright to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Hogg; A. N. Adams, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Arkwright, June 27. 13th Light Dragoons—Major J. Lawrenson, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brunton, who retires, June 27. 17th Light Dragoons—Captain F. Burdett to be Major, by purchase, vice Lawrenson, promoted in the 13th Light Dra goons ; Lieutenant H. R. Benson to be Captain, by purcha.e, vice Burdett ; Cornet R. D. H. Lane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Benson; P. J. W. Miles, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lane, June 27. 9th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. H. C. Tyler, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanford, June 27. 11th Foot—Brevet Colonel J. Hogge, from half pay Unat tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir M. Creagh, who exchanges ; Major H. K. Bloomfield to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hogge, who retires ; Captain John Singleton to be Major, by purchase, vice Bloomfield; Lieu tenant J. T. Stanley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Singleton ; Ensign J. A. Hunter to be Li e ut enan t, by pur chase, vice Stanley ; C. M. G. Quantrille, Gent., to b e En sign, by purchase, vice Hunter; Assistant -Surgeon H. Hadley, M.D., from the Rifle Brigade, to be Surgeon, vice D. Leonard, who retires upon half-pay, June 27. 19th Foot—Lieutenant G. B. Jennings, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Maguire, who exchanges, June 27. 24th Foot—W. Selby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hackett, who retires, June 27. 40th Foot—Ensign W. H. Queade to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tyler, promoted in the 9th Foot ; R. J. L. Coore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Queade, Juba '27. 44th Foot—G. Cooper, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Chamberlain, who retires, June 27. 49th Foot—Lieut. G. F. Bartley to beCsaipntailtr, I%,vithout purchase, vice Wright, d ecease d , J une 20 ; En from the 93d F oo t, t o b e Li eutenant, vice Bar tley , June 2 R 7 o . ss, 60th Foot—Lieut. J o h n M agu i re, from the 19 t h Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jen n i ngs , w h o exchanges, June 27. 62d Foot—Ensig n M. J. Gregorson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 'Macleod, who retires; Gentleman Cadet F. H. E. Burnside, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gregorson, June 27. 79th Foot--T. G. Robertson, Gent. , to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Maitland, who reti res , J une 27. 93d Foot—Gentleman Cadet W. W. Carden, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ross, promoted in the 49th Foot, dupe 27. • James Forrester, baker, Hampstead, July 8, at half-past two, and Aug. 6, at halipast eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Vandercom and Co., Bush-lane, Cannon-street. Charlotte Paine, plumber, Lewes, Sussex, July 11, at half past one, and Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Sowton, Great James -street, Bedford-row ; Blaker, Lewes. Robert Westmore, joiner, West Derby, Lancashire, July 9, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bed ford-row, London; Payne, Liverpool. William May, draper, Liverpool, July 11, and Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as signee, Liverpool ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester. Fenwick Loraine, boDkzeller, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, July 8, and August 20, at two, at the Newcastle District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Shield and Harwood, Queen-street, Cheapside, London; Chartres, New castle-upon-Tyne. Edward Thomas, wine merchant, Bristol, July 11, at twelve, and August 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. Bristol ; Habedeld, Bristol. (Dividends, &c., in our next. ) • LOSS OF HERMAJESTY'S TROOP , SHIP APOLLO. Yesterday evening a very painful interest pervaded the Artillery Barracks at Woolwich, in consequence of a private letter having been received from Greenock (announced in the " Shipping List" of last evening), describing the loss of her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo on the coast of Newfoundland. The letter was received by the packet.ship which reached I.iverpool in the early part of the week, addressed to Messrs. Baine Johnson, merchants in the above town, from their agents at St. ,rohn's, Newfoundland. It bears the date of Friday, the 6th of June, and briefly announces the melancholy fact that the Apollo troop-ship, with ti.Nps for Canada, had been lost at a place called St. Shots, near St. John's, and that 80 of those on board had perished. At first the report was con sidered by the officers of the garrison as unfounded, neither the same conveyance which brought the above letter nor the preat Western, bringing any communication from the officers or crew of the Apollo, respecting the lamentable occurrence. On referring,' however, to the last advices from the officers on board, and the great distance where the sad catastrophe is said to have occurred, perhaps off one of those isolated spots which are so numerous on the banks of Newfoundland, where the only communication is by coasting vessels, the belief that the reported Calamity was but too true gained ground. The Apollo sailed from Sheerness in the early part pf April last, having on board from the Woolwich garrison two comparis of the Royal Artillery Corps—viz., of the Ist and 9th battalion, under the command of Captain Bent and Captain Collington, with the fol. lowing officers attached :—Lieutenant Travers, Lieutenant Glelg, Lieutenant Lovel, Lieutenant Evans, Lieutenant Bent, Lieutenant Ord, Hon. E. T. Gage, Lieutenant S. K. Bayley, Lieutenant R. Granville, and Lieutenant J. G. Boothby, with Dr. Bent, of the Ordnance Medical Department. They were to relieve other com panies of the Royal Artillery in the Canadian territory, under Major Furneaux and Captain Cater. The ship arrived at Ports mouth on the 10th of that month, and took her departure on the 19th, bound for Cork, Halifax, and Quebec, taking on board at the former port portions of a regiment of the line. The last advices received by the authorities bear date Halifax, the 28th of May, announcing her safe arrival at that port, and the satisfaction of those of the Royal Artillery that the troop which had embarked at Cork had been landed there. She was to sail from Halifax on the following day for her destination, Quebec. It appears from other accounts of that date that a succession of very fearful gales took place off the banks of Newfoundland, there being at that time a vast accumulation of ice. Several ships had been lost, and amongst them was the barque Jupiter, from Liverpool, bound to St. John's. She had been crushed by the floating ice, and so suddenly that eight out of the ship's company perished with her. The captain, Mr. Sed mond, of Scarborough, and the remainder of the crew, escaped the same fate by jumping on a piece of ice, and subsequently obtain ing possession of the ship's long boat, which providentially had floated. Respecting the fate of the Apollo, the greatest anxiety must necessarily prevail until the arrival of the next Halifax packet. The Apollo has been engaged in conveying troops to different parts of the world for several years. She was corn. missioned on the 3d of March last by Captain Ratcliffe, her officers comprising Lieutenant Risk, Mr. Williams (master), Mr. Graham (surgeon), air. Dowell (purser), and Mr. F. J. Kent (second master). She carried eight guns, and was upwards of 1,000 tons burden. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. Yesterday the distribution of prizes, awarded by this institution, took place in the theatre of the College. The Archbishop of Can terbury presided, and was supported by the Bishops of London, Winchester, and Lichfield, the Dean of Westminster. Lord Rad stock, and Sir C. Clarke. The theatre was crowded by the friends of the pupils. The Most Rev. Primate then made a few prelimi. nary remarks as to the business of the day, after which the Professors in order addressed the meeting on the int. provemcnt and good behaviour of their respective pupils. The prizes were then delivered in the following order :—Depart. ment of General Literature and Science.—Divinity (senior year)_ Edwards, Lynch; (second year) Heywood, Greenwood; (junior year) Kitchen, Irving. Classics—Heywood, Kitchen, J. Salter, J. Wilson, Watson, sen. Mathematics—Wray, Edwards, Locke, Watson, Brogden, Hemmans. English Literature— Heywood. English History—Wray. Stephen's Prize—Church. Latin Essay—Downs, Wilkes. Latin Verse—Vance. Eng lish Verse—Vance. Hebrew—Crallan. German—Maugham. French—Payne. Literary Union of K. C.—Salter. As sociates—Fletcher, Webb, Smith, F. W. Green-street, J. Copley Wray, J. C. Lynch, R. St. John Tyrwhitt, Arthur James Payne, and Samuel Slater. Department of the Applied Sciences. Mathematics —Whltcombe, I•larman. Mechanics —Young, Donne, Lawson, James, Campbell, Nunn. Chemistry—Ashpitel, May. Geology—James. Mineralogy—Young. Manufacturing Art Young, Donne, James, Shelley. Surveying—Young, Noad, Donne, Francis. Workroom—od, Winter; Ist, Francis, Asso ciates—Thomas Nichol, James P. Wormeley. Certificates of Honour—Young, James. At the termination of the distribution, the CHAIRMAN rose, and stated that he was sure all parties present would be highly gratified with the many proofs of the good behaviour and the great improvement made by the various pupils, which was no doubt owing to the very efficient Professors chosen for their instruction, and that he, should Providence spare him, would be ready at any time to assist this valuable Institution by every means in his power. The Bishop of London proposed that the thanks of the company be returned to the Archbishop of Canterbury, not only for his exer- Lions on the present occasion, but on many former times. The Dean of Westminster seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously. The meeting then separated. IVILFUL MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.. The village of Stondon Massey, in this county, was yesterday (Thursday) thrown into a state of painful excitement, by the dis. covery that the wife of a labouring man named William Black , burn had been murdered. It appears that about six o'clock in the morning the husband was seen to leave Stondon Hall, the resi dence of Mr. Tames French, a farmer, in part of which he lodged, and soon after a daughter of Mr. French discovered the lifeless body of Blackburn's wife lying across the bed in almost a state of nudity, with her throat cut in a horrible manner. An alarm being given, a number of persons, with the police, instituted a search for the husband, and in the afternoon he was seen in Church Wood, about a quarter of a mile from Stondon Hall, standing by a gate. Finding himself observed, he went out of the pathway into the standing wood, from which he afterwards came out with a frightful wound in his throat, the blood trickling down upon his breast. He was unable to speak, but a rattling noise was heard in his throat. A razor and knife were found in his pockets. An inquest was held this morning, before C. C. Lewis, Esq. , and the scene, on viewing the corpse, was one of the most appalling character, the floor and walls of the room being deluged with blood. From the state of the body it is concluded that the unfortunate victim struggled greatly in her endeavours to avert the hand of her mur derer. Mr. Barlow, surgeon, of Blackmore, described the state of .the deceased and the wounds, one of which, lie said completely divided the larynx, and exposed the spine of the neck. Henry Seers, a police-constable, proved that Blackburn, the hus band, about eight o'clock last night, wrote broken sentences on a slate to the effect that he did not know what he was about till be committed the deed, and then he tried to end his own life; that he loved his wife—who had no time to reflect—dearly, but he hoped the Lord would have mercy upon him. The evidence went to show that the man had been low-spirited for a considerable time, and had been unable to work. The jury, without hesitation, found a verdict of " Wilful murder" against William Blackburn. The medical men are of opinion that he will not long survive, the sus tenance he takes escaping from the wound in his throat. De ceased has left no children.— Chelmsford Chronicle. INQUEST ON TIIE HON. CAPTAIN DE SALIS.—Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Goat, Arabella-row, Pimlico, on the body of Charles Lewis de Salis, aged twenty-four, captain in the Scotch Fusilier Guards. Mr. Henry Jerome de Salis, deceased's c asig,,trd : a ebtaide s nrm e ld d aubfr ' sitst br sieui o te,er: t i egs, l ss i re e ihaos r lin, iyo a s oel s ft:i sdn p nelis r l e ;sat, s bi e n:qv i ed i uu t itacstr a ot ‘sotv t fiearoxri t A d i e r Ce deceased aw y fiitg, Wednesday issr,r,o,moair,n:i:sralsy.ni e diGi v g. e .L i dni hona-Oefr:omctapiwillyol:cihnksdpoufr u uiarom lgrune,lPimlico, inquiry. said and Judd. Mr. Liston was also called in. Deceased had two wounds, one on the right hip, and the other in the knee. He was also labouring under concussion of the brain. He was put to bed, and treated for concussion without success, for he gradually sank, asid died on Thursday evening at eight o'clock. Thomas Garmonswys, a gr oom, said that on Wednesday even i ng, about six o'cl oc k , h e was about to cross the Victoria-road from Brewer- s t reet, when he saw deceased and Lord Douglas cantering sl owly by. Just as th ey were passing deceased's horse, a pony made a long stumble of five or six yards, in consequence of its hitting one foreleg against the other, and in, trying to recover itself it struck the hind foot with the pastern joint of the near fore-leg. It then stopped suddenly, and deceased fell on the off side, the pony rolling on to him. Witness picked hint up bleeding Sails said his brother was twenty-four years of ag e , and insensible, and took him to the surgery o f the first witness. Mr. H. Jerome de n h excellent horseman. The animal he rode was a hired one . andwas an 'cotenant and captain in the Scotch Fusilier Guards. li e Several of the jury said they saw the accident, and that deceased rode well, and kept his seat until the horse fell with him. Had he been a bad rider he would have been thrown far from the horse, and probably have escaped. Verdict—" Accidental death." _ _ Sir. M. W. Ridley's splendid pack of hounds (124) were landed early yesterday morning at Colman's Irongate-wharf, near the lower, from the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship London Merchant, that arrived early that morning from Newcastle. It was said they were for immediate bale. Rifle Brigade—F. D. Howell, Gent, to be Assistant Sur geon, vice Hadley, promoted in the 11th Foot, June 27. UNATTACHED.—Captaia J. O'Grady, from the 2d Fcot, to be SlAjor, without purchase, June 27. MEmoitANDum.—The date of the commission of Ensign J. S. Davidson, in the 78th Foot, is to be the 18th of January, 1845, instead of the 30th of May, 1843. The date of the commiss!on of Ensign T. Collingwood, in the 78th Foot, is to be the - 19th e January, 1845, instead of the 12th of September, 1843. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JuNE 26. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen CaJ.lets to be Second Lieutenants—J. S. W. Atkinson, vice Pigou, promoted ;W. L. Dumaresq, vice Fraser, promoted ; G. Le Marchant Tup per, vice Telfer, promoted ; H. Heyman, vice Strange, pro moted ; A. Dew, vice Gregory, promoted ; G. S. Robertson, vice Newton, promoted ; E. H. East, vice Gleig, promoted ; D. E. Hoste, vice Frye, promoted ; E. Taswell, vice Yelver ton, promoted ; E. 13. Winterbottom, vice Vesey, promoted ; J. Singleton, vice Standish, promoted, June 18. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—C. C. Chesney, vice Mann, promoted; E. C. de Moleyns, vice Nugent, deceased; L. J. A. Armit, vice Lovell, promoted ; C. B. Ewart, vice Synge, promoted, June 18. ' WHITEHALL, MARCH 21, 1844. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John William Jones, of Lydney, near Newnham, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extrarordinary in the High Court of Chancery. —,....orainary BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Herne, draper, Cardiff. BANKRUPTS. Samuel May and Pryce Mottram, drapers, Shrewsbury, to surrender July 10 and Aug. 8, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Goddard, Wood street, Cheapside, London. Richard Carr, cheesemonger, Fore-street, Cripplegate, July 10, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, /3asinghall street ; Gauntlett, Gray's Inn-place. William Greenwell, wheelwright, Redeross-street, South_ wark, July 5, at one, and Aug. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Well borne, Tooley-street, Southwark. 'ward Great .rich 4 ; ixes, liana ip '4 ices• ruing erase L ogo' dash ,-cl3l. Vest ,ct, to oats con room f the '•) es of yeti . its Of 1 ) d a ape. gr. NI in le ill' re of ;ere's