The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vttbitt - iiptitto " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. d ueen otPriti._Taesday evening, their Majesties the Ring an Lunar b. . trench received the Hanoverian . an d . Saxe W,,.. -3 °lsters the Duke d' klbufera M. Casimir Perier, Mini 7, fro ra F , ' - ' •de P.umigny, Genera 4 seb._..rdnee to Hanover; the Marquis IQ Sebastian and the Count de Bondy. .0 - Wednesday the i . ag same from Neuilly to the Tuileries? . but remained a ye 7 short time. he Pri nce and Princess de Joinville, the Duke an d Z . "a d'Au ma l e, and the Prince and Pr i• acess A ugus t us o f ! Coburg, had arrived at Neuilly from . Chantilly. aere diff erent reports received by the G ove rnment, says the ,a ecleb rs ager, announce that the King's- - with Eclat and order; the enui 'free was s pulation took ever where t ar tia it, and the clergy celebrated at the same time the re- Th e and the national fete. her co nsumption of meat in Paris during ,. t_he last month „ 6,45 8 oxen, 1,374 cows, 6,862 calves, a id 40,413 sheep, ...." r g 3 10 oxen less, and 228 cows, 51S calves, 3,915 sheep ".?,, than in April, 1844. A l i k e. bridge of boats over the Rhine, at Busach, erected Al i o °lnt i t ex, Pence of France and the Grano Duchy of sia ten, aoth.n ato the public a few days ago, in presence of the Th u e ll ;',,les of France ar.d Bath n, in the acllacent localities. Dr. B.` - ' ll vernment of the Canton of the . Valais has sentenced th ere, rnann, who took a leading part in the disturbances 150 f, °deprivation of civil rights for two years, a fine of l im ',. and the costs of the prose,!ution. A similar sentence ploJaen pronounced upon M. Torrent. t wetk the son of a farmer, residing near . tar le g, came on a number of gold pieces. 'they Omer, in fled ont to be coins of Philippe le Boo ' -t Charlcs VIII. and Louis XII., Kings of France. Duke of B rh ur e t.., y, u l n ia d7, accoL lae lgian and Valenciennes journals Fontainseve t r h a e l lo w ""'s of accidents from lightning, notwithstanding e _ ec r.c “„state of the atmosphere. On Thursday last the e l r..e t ur i_ I,``l,teoll near Valenciennes at a place called Vehnoduefei officer, rela"tear' " , a house inhabited' by a custom ;t h e li eelleef°': by the chimney, and broke in p d iece the chair on bah,. the man was sitting by the fire, an left marks of its all . the iron articles in the room. On the same day a B e li,.. r le dui (Veil on a wooden house at the . camp of Beverloo, jag uln, occupied ty Captain Louis Calm, and . the build florae at once set on fire. A sum ,bf I 3,000 f. in bank notes, oe 'valuable jewels, and all the furniture were co_nsu p m .eu e e d s . 14 P rch being made after the fire had gone out,, n l 4 8. 1 A , florins were found half melted, and two earri the cere_ `:, eonstantinople, on the 26th ult., Ali cominenc V clia, Go 147,0 es the marriage of Mehemet nAL;IO,,r (tendingTopklanch, used and the sister of the Sultan. a The pro to be is was bY no means so splendid as suchpageants Cost 1- 1- 0 ruler years. Divested of their accessories of Eastern s of to r iel, a long train of servants, bearing on their heads ar t_ kikearectionarleii and Broussa silks had rather the fpe of l'ov i c ' t Porters and Waiters at a tavern than the retainers wit ty. Aith th ere Z . net, Ali left Cairo ork the 19th of April for Mansoura, tad th e e, Highness intended rernitininefor a fe . ..v hours Excellentony, it pbe would proceed to Alexandria. iIT . cy ?ri a ,„ ~,Y, son of the Viceroy, is going to Parisjoin the to -la ? rno ro ft _ b rother, who has now been residing in to that city The fi l Te a year. : 41 eoun t „g i .of Prussia was expected to leave t t r o o ts u d g a h m th in e ro ut , - D (14 next week, on a tour of inspection ii,„, receiri n in ees in his dominions which have suffered from -'ll4lll lit n ,dation . The arrival at and departure is ta at ,, t i..., hi s °r in - e n a r e l it, _ltu s ssian, and French Cabinet Couriers ' ' 4l , very ac - t il,Zecording to accounts from the Prussian At th p_ Z.a.w. AND POLICE. into th e eirkntral Criminal c att ,iolea,Zireh o f sr. Marylebone, o and stealing divers Court, John Dobson, for braking At le' lenttileed to ten years' transportation. wa rns adh ere :iettitilith:tion.chatirggehds.ityr. et Mary Ann Johnson, a ) o f un u g i e th ' tealing a shilling „ 441 , w ° 11„ ° I ; Mr- Tarve l sbaker, Coventry-street. The life seed cake ro r ' 4 °44 - "ad for some' r ths past been leading a life of , had t akenth m e o c n ake for the purpose of being T a c r ° v in er , t efu e 4 B( 4 l 3 ' as to be removed from the streets. , ett er f, Jrus the ch arge, &Jolla It,'7,°2lainendation to the Magdalen. and the magistrate 3 g l a r N .- e her a p a i d cfni,," 4 ins, charged with having deserted his wife and Itrish of "sr,en,:whereby they had become chargeable to the il loath fro" elary Abbotts, Kensington, was committed for Qe or I, Ilarnmersinith. Ott ge Uallineon, a b h , aged 26, of Skipper's Folly, t he ltri:vel'lane, St. Geor g g e 's er -in-the- East, was charged at %littl e ~_rnea Police -court with indecently exposing himself . to aeel ta 60 , and committed to the House of Correction for six 141 )04 . 4 a rogue and vagabond, there to be kept to ha .itottiti;tistiek.ooildtsihnaitt hmrse' ?rine COraT— FASHIONABLE. e f . th,. ~.e Albert is to be enrolled a member of the corporation Companywealthy this evening, when all the t be lici rs ,Pf State are invited to meet his Royal Highness a ki • Y repre Civic company. It has been erro , - Ifist er sented as an entertainment to her Majesty e s 1.41,01444 i Buck banuet is wholly devoid of anything lik "‘ l liahm ' 8 " 0 ‘v, as politics and party differences are always --4 on such tat;:2 D I A, A ,..,,,, e nsions. t e irefiela se c e ' Iry ..tl . ingt , ,on has arrived at Apsley House from n'o ment of most ex birent health . 'i ts Grace is in the e i ly Noble Duke, as o f e el :tor of the * A _ On Wednesday next heut...at whenAA ai i i io te u n se tConcert t s illete t rt is aii - i a distinguished the Duke and Duchess of CETi )tithTind the DucheL of Gloucester are expected to dine Them* Grace Gardiner, K.C.B. and 11 L ° l ll, ll At e as . 0f ,Sutherland, the Marquis and Marchioness w'4l., andor-(.eneral Sir Robert . eat p eer a larg e witheh.A the R l Military Repository, and afterwards i s oya party, visited Woolwich on Friday, and A rtill Le evolutions of the three troops of Royal Horse , W e r i p °lithe common. of his re -44°,14,1t rat e l y g , l e a d mi to hear tha t Colonel Sibthorp is going on very l evers -- rapidly recovering from the effects Th e p 4r , accident. E 4 deus, f ' °f Rikon has retut ned to his house in h Ca t r e l n to , n a - t is a u , . t ern a vlsit to the Right Hun. S. R. Lus-ing T he L ' t u Xeut. eh% w7nit h ar tlie 6 PlO t w °n Yughain has joined the Royal Yacht ,ke Earl ! , t - marteorreourghaerorow., 183 tons.. tlieTalarnage of Lord Ai attunes seriously indisposed. le marriage of Somerset • so The at St. yr tne week bfroourn: Geor ' 'With gerno n St. Maur, youniest son of and Cothuntess of „ fbe Countess of wg e 8, Hanover- square. Miss Horatia broiler, will be Tile , Min. estrnoreland arrived in the early part ... a ar, Zi t) rquis of satitint" "PeMb; k Clanwilliam entertained the alkior andeo untees e u ?, his e Slarquis of Winchester, the Dowager . i. . a distinguished Excellency the Austrian Ambas etrichstein, Count Potocki, Earl . Bruce, 'lett roans,o, ,_Belircle at dinner, on Thursday evening, at . m grave-square. Gre at .3418C3C1.1,..a.NE0U5. the preparation s "! reoePtion or th s are now making at Holyrood Palace for i:- 74 Mly. T he e . Lord High Commissioner to the General i'; rla is, hed. Hi s GrB%ate apartments are being cleaned and en ! it t e ` s , ide . n ee ill th: the Marlpis of Bute) *ll take up it: uaviZe• already Place on Wednesdaynextw,ipartof his ).' 4 1 ) eet,..4%._ i s _ ._arrived.. His Grace's forthcomingcourt " ta r rohi o - 1 :' '-'' a Prilllant one, graced, as it will be, by the 44 ri(1;; * s b , ll Ilid c ize l 2rnkng the infant aon, fourteen months old, of tib: 4 l out -oh Es q ., of Westbourne-terrace, Bayswater, 1.044-it ..,..deared i. its nurse's arms whilst she was standing at an tittti... ench window on th A d is hei g h t . . e ground-floor and fell into the olnevdatufgeeert.ousThe state.i n fan t fell on its . head, f 7,. e asrs, ii r ,„!_g sY evening, as John Gooch, in the service o i l ,! tea,A rs tlen. and Niclarls, brewers, Lewisham, was tit...bi lk:4 bYth e T vn L aainpit-hill, Lewisham, he was knocked bl, n ear w h eel °re horse, and before he could recover himself, ~,•' *hi e ', L passed over his head, crushing it nearly flat, li . p ik - eau:lB_, brains were forced out nearly en masse, piodtuce icee of re death. The poor fellow had been long in h ~.__ 11 Priday rnornin tea. "ars- Marsden and Co., by whom lie was much Rai eMietrt th e an o tz a 0 , tinder the direction of Mr. Charles Salamans, it greatleasea' Benevolent Institution is to be supported g, in aid of the funds by which . q;',ek till.Pril in the Hanover-square Rooms was by two Club e4 ; - i . ' o with the friends and patrons of the Institution. 1 :lo afte tool t „, I ;rY meeting of the members of the Navy , Tavern ~,,ac e .... `uov e ate o - 'we nt ,.' 14. James's-street. Covers were laid f u or . Iv ete l t t e t ~„ Captain Pechell, M.P., filled the chair, d b t , Assist officers connected with the Club pres a ent 4 41 ,1 1 (1„ s .- u 0... hs....miral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Rear-Amiral D. Cer , +- 31 / 1 1 rton . "`",-, ° d°re Sir C. Napier, Captain Lord F. G. t444" 4 40 e,,,,,.,-aptain Lord E. Russll, Captain Alexander, Vitti':Perb;%_nay', Captain Maunsell, Captain Lloyd, C5)- 1.0 th e a '°. Viseount Palmerston was the visitor in liner. It t 4 t 4 911 a RETURNS. ,:tk er i ; the DaB 4- t 74.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ** Lretu ra , weak --that is to sa y, up to the date to wh ich the —Le previous U11t412, together with the receipts of the same Jus y ear I Last week. i 5,,,, i:=. l. e.,?- - ;....' 'al U kay 1 4,645 16,904 " • eto r it rer des' Abe Air at S•job!, pr. ar rio`for 17 0 0 0 ;ow veir ' or fe e es a aied!bot h Sd's w ith its %ILI aid :0 11 : 00 0el b j9 ' I in i en ts tri eJe d oist 501 - Dov i c i bs Cer ° j i t c 0 ,10 06 11b° ~,,,,,,t , , /Luiz OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar •—— •• .. .::' Bira,., ..•••• --...htun and Gloucester • ...... Chester and Birkenhead • • • • • '' ..... bablln and Drogheda.. • . • ' " • , .. • • Dublin lUld Kingstown . ..... • • • ..... balidee and Arbroath • • • • ' • • • • • . • - • • Larnans and Sunderland • • • • • • • ' .... ',L:ctu4llrgh and Glasgow • •• • • • tern • ' ,-," 44 ,_ tern Counties and North Eastern.. .... „,aagow, xumaraock, and Ayr • ' .... 7,144gaw and Greenock.. • . • • • • ' s'ralid Junction •• . • '' •• . .•• ' • Groesend and Rochester.. • • " • ..... Great North of England • • • • • • • . ~.. Great We ....... ...... •• • .... 11411 and Selby • • ..... • • • • • ' • • • . .... Liverpool and Manchester .• • • ' . .... 14, Aden and Birmingham • • • • • • • • • • ' LOtnion and Blackwall• • • • " " • : .... LT °M oll and Brighton . • • . • • • " ...... ..011cloa and Croydon • • • • • • ' • • ....• London and Greenwich • '• • • • • . • • . • London and South Western • • • • • Mali c e, Bolton, and Bury ........... 'l,,,,44cligster and Birmingham... Assoc.:: Ma nua Leeds, and Hull Kidlanel Conntie,•' ........... ... •• l'i,..ewoalitle and Darlington •• •• " .. Rewcaatle arid Carlisle.... • • ' • • • • : ~ talle and North Shields. Kuh ion and Bolton and Preet . on pkria, Corbel, and orieans • ..... • ... Paris and Rotten ••• • • ...... •—• • • •• i'z'lton and byre ******* • •• •"• ••• •• %ciheilit.l. and Manchester.. .. • ... is oath Eastern.. .• .• •• •' .• • ***** . .• Yarrnonti am Mid len ****** •• :... York and North land. •• —•• ........._ 140 3,490 1,947 770 1,000 tBB 2,841 5,147 1,784 912 10,201 1,869 18,308 1,324 5,304 19,708 1,100 4,219 1,476 7,271 957 4,702 6,302 11,753 6,101 5,808 707 5,165 1,067 613 3,932 909 311 2,658 L4"nytitili-kI4G Ulla ACClDENT.—Yesterday ,1:44-I,l9&tpild two o'clock, an alarming gi Mr a . c and Mrs. War ..."I,7uge-street, Parliament -street, to t' White Horse ht4 ‘irt9u infant son, livery -stable keepers, o g afternoon, cident oc. ta t i it( two k by . 411V14. 14(110W-street, • Haymarket, caused by the reckless 0 , , ag thet . eau-drivers that were amusing t of the gig wog th r e4l) horses against each other. themselves The wheel of I,over e ,b 8 t ame 14 violent contact with tha Winch and infant -..0 h. ' l et ; jarecipitating Mr. qpd Mrs. •• s \V":„Ntd, by which they received serio44 l acu. liti --"l'wielr AI 16 H "river y . b.l e AY .• er a M jesty's ngines 11 )' Z' 41 tby Ditehb and M and fitted with e .... - 1,,,0411 4nd UM are, murie . 4 , 4 itl ld Albert' and intended as a tender ~,,, by Mr. kt h q yacht, was commissimod to-day of the Vic- J o 1 .. li. Main master,and late second master . Sir j„ a 'V ia_ , Captain to the o ' l ' l 4 prmilui,?a and Albert yacht. The Eyebus, left Woolwich . 1 , Ilktotidit iin, and Terror, Captain Crozier,Royal vic er ror 5 ' ft't Greenhithe. The crews of the ~ . ivere ' (Satur ry) will paid th e l, to-daY, and to-morrow . e .... on _ t il is > itild 0,8111119 r ir destination, accompanied by t h 51 them to NI -41 Itat °'gr 01 . 0E45 4464 t 4) t 077 ey /44444- .- , / Erebus and SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS. [The following is a more full report of the annual festival of this Society than we could find room for on Friday] : The annual festival of the supporters of this benevolent institution took place on Thursday evening, at the London Tavern, when a magniAcent repast was served up, and the dessert was particularly good. An abundance of beautiful flowers were interspered amongst the dishes. In addition to an efficient military band, which serenaded the company during dinner, and efficient corps of glee singers, formed of ° lllessrs. Francis, Cooke, Hatton, Machin, and Masters Stevens and Willings, discoursed most excellent music, and received the meed of deserved applause. Mr. Toole, sen., was the toastmaster, and it is needless to say that his arduous duties were performed iu first-rate style. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in the cl"sair, surrounded by several foreign ambassadors and other friends of the Society, amongst whom were the Count Kiel mansegq, Chevalier Bunsen, Mohan Lal, Consul General Tottie, Lonsul General Tiarks, Consul General Prebost, Rev G. W. Cartron, Rev. Mr. Dangers, Mr. Salmons, &c. The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal toasts were proposed and drunk with enthusiasm ; after which the Noble Chairman called upon Mr. Horneman, the secretary, to read the report. It stated that the past s ear had been tile most prosperous one for this Society since its first establish ment, with the sole exception of the two years,lBl4 and 1833, in the former of which the presence of the Allied Sovereigns and other propitious circumstances first enabled it to invest a sum of some magnitude in the public funds; while in the latter, its shattered finances were replaced on a secure foot ing by the brilliant result of the never-to-be-forgotten fancy fair, held under the auspices of her Majesty Queen Adelaide. The Directors attributed the resent position of affairs to the successive arrival on the British shores of several foreign Monarchs, who had munificently contri buted to the funds of the Society. Many other large donations and favourable circumstances had been the means of raising the funds to the present favourable state. The number of pensioners during the past year had been 70; 73 persons had, besides, received small regular allow ances ; 102 persons had been assisted with the means of returning to their native countries • casual relief had been given in 2,289 instances, among which there were 236 new cases. But notwithstanding the ample support given to the Society, it was not able to relieve the numerous cases that came under its notice : the Committee, therefore, begged to claim the liberal donations of the gentlemen present at this festival. The total amount of receipts during the past year amounted to 4,212/. 2s. 7d., and disbursements to 3,715/. 3s. 2d., leaving a balance in the hands of the t reasurer of 4961: 19s. sd. On the conclusion' of the report the Noble Chairman, in a few words, proposed "Prosperity to the Society," and the toast was responded to with immense cheering. Chevalier Bunsen then proposed " The health of their Illustrious Chairman," to which his Royal Highness briefly responded. The "Health of the Foreign Ministers" was then drunk, for whom Count Kielmansegge returned thanks. This toast was followed by the "Health of the 'Vice-Pre sidents," which was briefly acknowledged by Chevalier Bunsen. The Stewards' lists of donations were then read, and in consequence of the great exertions and splendid list of Mr. Brandt, in which appeared a donation of 100/. from the free City of Hamburgh, his Royal Highness proposed the health of that gentleman, for whom his son, Mr. Adolphus Brandt, returned thanks, as follows : Mr. Arspernes BRANDT said—ln rising to respond to the toast which has been so kindly proposed, and so flatteringly received, I must apologise to you, both on my father's behalf and on my own. On my father's behalf, that he finds him self so oppressed by the feelings with which this unexpected honour has overwhelmed him, as to be utterly unable to thank you in however few words, and on my own, that 1 am so inadequate to the duty which has fallen upon me. In making up the long list of bountiful contributions which has been presented to you in my name, I cannot pretend to any great share of the merit. It is to my father's numerous friends and his influence amonzst them, that it is to be attri buted. The Society has long been the object of his constant solicitude, and on this especial occasion he has had a twofold motive'.-his interest in its welfare, and the success of my stewardship. The result would of itself have amply rewarded all his trouble • but the manner in which it has been received by you, he bids me say, adds so greatly to his satisfaction, as to make this a day which he can never forget, which he will remember with pride and gratitude to the latest moment of his life.—(Cheers.) To my father's warmest thanks I may be permitted to add my own, for the honour you have con ferred upon him; and allow me to express the hope that future anniversaries of this excellent charity may be as dis tinguished as this has been, both in individual and aggregate amount of contributions, and that my successors in office will, year after year, exert themselves to render each suc ceeding festival more beneficial to its funds than the last. The list of Mr. Adolphus Brandt amounted to the enor mous sum of 1,2461. 16s. Mr. SALOMONS then rose, and spoke to the following effect : .—I obey the call of your Royalf Highness to introduce to this great meeting a toast committed to me from the unavoidable absence of Mr. Colquhoun, the Chagd d'Affaires of the Hanse Towns, who is prevented from attending by indisposition, which I most sincerely regret. I have to perform an im portant, although an invidious duty, to select from among the contributions of this day, poured in upon us from all parts of Europe—indeed, from all parts of the globe, from the coasts of America to the shores of the Bosphorus—one which particularly merits our attention and especial acknow ledgment, It is that from the Senate of the Free City of Hamburgh. It is not long since that devoted city was visited by an awful calamity, which appealed to the hearts of every one of us, and claimed a universal sympathy. The donation of this day is an evidence of her having recovered from the effects of that terrible visitation, as well as of her gratitude towards those who sympathised with her in the hour of mis fortune. Again we must acknowledge the persevering and kind exertions of the philanthropic Mr. Brandt, a native of Ilamburgh, although so long established amongst us, and now to be numbered among the merchant princes of this great metropolis, where I trust his name will be preserved for many generations. He it was who brought the claims of this Society to the notice of the Senate of Hamburgh, as will be seen from the copy of the letter from Sindicus Sieveking to Mr. Colquhoun, and which, by the permission of your Royal Highness, I will venture to read, at least that part only as is material to my present purpose :—" The request of a con tribution towards the friends of the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, coining from a man who has so just a claim upon his native city, as Mr. Emanuel Henry Brandt, has been taken into favourable consideration by the Senate, and you are authorised to subscribe, on behalf of the Senate, through Mr. Brandt, the sum of one hundred pounds as a donation." Thus we see the good effects of high and ho nourable example, such as ever has been set us by the Royal Family of England, such as our daily experience offers us of your Royal Highness's kind and distinguished patronage of the metropolitan charities—setting a laudable example to us all, assisting us to raise the splendid monument of philan thropy peculiar to this country, where all charitable estab lishments flourish by the exertions of private benevolence, unassisted by State contributions. We rely entirely on the extended influence which charity never fails to beget, where men assemble together to encourage each other to soothe the distress of our fellow-men. It has happily become part of our every-day life to cultivate these sympathies, to give play to these feelings which are planted in the heart by our Almighty Father, urging us to listen to tales of sorrow, and prompting us to relieve the distress of the forlorn and destitute stranger. I trust that these sympathies will ever be culti vated and extended, not alone by ourselves, but by surround ing nations; and I hail with g reat delight the contribution from the City of Hamburgh as an earnest of their desire to promote and extend the field of philanthropy. I beg to pro pose the toast of " Health and happiness to the Senators, and prosperity to the good and grateful City of Hanaburgh, and thanks to the Senate for their liberal contribution." This toast having been done justice to Mr. THORNTON proposed "The health of the Duchess of Cambridge," which was drunk amidst gen eral a pp lause. The Noble CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of the foreign clergymen, and the other directors of the Society," to which the Rev. Dr. Kuper rep lied in a very appropriate and feeling manner. The company sat until a late hour, and broke up highly delighted with what had taken place. 2,148 548 1,050 234 243 2,413 4,372 2,065 869 7,534 1,316 15,964 1,044 3,521 855 6,242 756 3,144 4,946 8,263 565 1,383 299 1,273 5,1135 6,145 300 SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN SPAIN.—The chief interest of this work consists in the faithfulness of its de tails respecting the late civil war in Spain, in which the writer was actually engaged. On this account the work has an historical value which a book of mere travels cannot possess. It was about the end of May, 1835, traversing the beautiful valley of Aspe, the author proceeded to Taragoza, thence to Toledo and Pampeluna, and advanced through the country to Santander. From that place he pursued his journey to the interior, and finally arrived at Madrid. The military details give an animation and an interest to the nar rative that no art at second hand can accomplish. The effects of the unnatural struggle which for years convulsed Spain are vividly depicted. The writer gives his antagonists due praise for bravery in many a hard contested fight, and exalts far beyond what we have been accustomed to give them credit for, the personal valour of the Spanish soldiers. The writer remained some months in Madrid, and his descrip tionof the Spanish capital is minute, and accompanied with a good deal of interest.--Atlas, A MAN FOUND.—About five o'clock this morning a man was found dead in the Finchley-road, near the Swiss Tavern. He is about 35 or 40 years of•sge ' - height five feet four inches ; dressed in a brown frock coat, black waistcoat and trousers, blucher boots, and socks ; a shirt with blue:spots on it; and one of his hands is marked T.G., with blue ink. The body was taken to the Yorkshire Grey, Hampstead , to in quest. EFFECTS an EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS ON TIIE WEATHER.—It has been suggested that the state of the electricity of the atmosphere, on which depend most of the meteorological changes, may be greatly altered by having iron conductors traversing the country in all directions. Thus, iron trans mits electricity easily from one end of the country to another ; but not being insulated, it only opens a communication of easier transmission in all the directions of the iron rails. It has been said that not more than half the quantity of rain has fallen during the past year. The electricity of the clouds would be puzzled were the surface of the earth covered with a non-electric, as glass ; and why should not a complete con duction in certain lines give passage to much electricity, which in the ordinary character of the usual surface of the ground would be more naturally and more beneficially dis tributed 7—The Builder. COLONIAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Last evening the annual meeting of the friends of this society was held at Weigh-house Chapel, Fish-street-hill, J. R. Mills, Esq., in the chair. The objects of this society are chiefly to assist other missionary institutions, and to educate a native agency in the British colonies. From the report it appeared that the society had stations in America, different parts of Africa, and Australia, in most of which their endeavours had been rewarded with a large share of success. The receipts for the past year amounted to 3,338/. 145. Bd., and the expenditure exceeded that sum, leaving a debt of 7801. due by the corn rnittee. Several addresses' were delivered on behalf of the society. The Dowager Lady Sitwell gave a brilliant soiree at the British and Foreign Hotel attached to the Institute, in George-street, llanover-square, on Thursday evening. The company was very numerous, and the entertainment of the most sumptuous character. Among the visitors were the Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. and Miss Shaw Lefevre, the Hon. Mr. Bathurst, Lady Caroline Bathurst, and Miss Bathurst, the Hon. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie and Miss Mackenzie, the Dean of Litchfield, Count Stravenski, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Loyd, Colonel Le Blanc, Mr. and Mrs. Le Blanc, Mrs. Wyldman, Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Mrs. Watt Russell, Sir George and Lady Sitwell, and the Misses Sit well, Lady Harris, Sir Francis Hopkins, Sir Edward Pierson and Lady Pierson, Sir Richard Sutton, Lady Wheeler, Dean of Windsor, and others of the fashionable world, who ex pressed themselves all highly gratified with the style in which the Whore u•ntei:taiument was conducted. The Bishop of Exeter 11 s t in a letter to a gentle man of this diocese, declared his intention to join in a resist ance to the measure for the endowment of Maynooth College, when the Bill shall reach the Lords.—Plymouth Journal. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.--The ar• rival of grain is moderate this week. Fresh thrashed Wheats meet a fair sale at fully the rates of this day se'nnight, but the demand for other sorts is very limited. Barley 'quite as dear. Oats and Shelling steady. Beaus do not vary in Beier} 1 20 1 vre , • RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) Group F. THE LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAF•• lORDSHIEE RAILWAY. The Committee re- assembled at twelve o'clock this day, the Right Hon. F. Shaw in the chair, and proceeded with the inqtfry into Mr. P. Clarke examined by Mr. HOPE—Has been in the service of the Midland Railway Company. Was super intendent of the general traffic on the line. The amount of goods traffic taken on part of that line was 20,000 tons per year. It has lately amounted to 50,000 tons per year. This quantity passes up to Birming ham from the Midland line and the Grand Junction. The change of gauge at Gloucester had greatly diminished the traffic. The'delay has been so great that the canal took the greatest part of the goods traffic. There is coming from the Gloucester line 10,000 tons of salt per annum -7,t200 were brought by the narrow gauge. Bringing up the broad gauge to Rugby will greatly diminish the coal traffic on the Midland line. The traffic in goods must be 104 to the railway on the change of guage, inasmuch as the waggons to local parts would reach their journey's end by the time the transhipment could take place. The tranship ment should take place where the break of gauge occurred The witness was not cross-examined. Mr. Wm. Hanson, examined by Air. HOPE—IS manager traffic on the Eastern Counties Railway. That line proceeds to Colchester 51 miles, and to Bishop Stortford 32 miles, and further on, making in the whole 85 miles. There had been a change of gauge, which cost the Company 50,0001. This change of gauge was occasioned in consequence cf coming in contact with other lines—the Yarmouth and Norwich and the Northern and Peterborough—these lines being on the narrow gauge. The Eastern Counties anticipated the great delay which would arise, and consequently changed their line front the broad to the narrow gauge. Some mechanical contrivance had been suggested to remedy the inconvenience which would arise, but the Company thought it better to alter the gauge at once. The larger carriages for traffic were most inconvenient for short stations, as more hands were required to shift the goods. This transhipment took place more especially at short stations, in conse quence of there being goods in the carriages destined for other parts of the line. His objection to the large trucks was on commercial grounds; they occasioned great delay and considerable expense without any advantage. The Eastern Counties line travelled thirty-two miles in a time yam ing from thirty-seven to forty-one or forty-two minutes. This speed commenced within the last three weeks, and it was perfectly safe and convenient to passengers. The former rate was twenty-five miles, in the same time. For the last three years gentlemen going to the races were taken at the higher speed, and they were well satisfied with the mode of conveyance and the safety of their lives —(Great laughter.) From this increased rate of speed the Company had no ap prehension of danger; in point of steadiness, the narrow gauge was as safe as the broad gauge lines. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—The speed just men tioned was the same on the North Eastern. There were two trains running daily at that rate of speed. The two trains were independent of the mail trains. The first left at a quarter past nine, and the other in the evening. The time this rate of speed actually commenced for general passenger traffic was on the Ist of May inst. Attached to that train are the luggage-trucks, and a horse-box, and it was intended to run during the year. The junction with the other lines was effected through the points, and the carriages which stop at that place were shifted into the sidings. The traffic was very large in hay, wool, malt, and flour. It was carried on four-wheel waggons ; all the six-wheel waggons on the line were about to be done away with, inasmuch as the smaller and lighter carriages answered best. Mr. George Hudson, chairman of the Midland Court. ties Company, examined by Mr. AUSTIN—The Mid land Railway to Derby, Birmingham, Rugby, and other places will e:tablish a communication with the whole north of England and Scotland, now that the Hull and Selby line is leased to the Midland Company. Was of opinion that the identity of gauge should be kept up on the present line, If by experience he found the broad gauge necessai y to the advantage of the public, he would recom mend it ; and on the other hand, if the traders approved of the narrow gauge, would favour its adoption. Thought the narrow gauge would give as much convenience to the public as the broad one. In respect of speed, as much could be accomplished by the narrow as the broad gauge, with as much safety and convenience to the public ; meant on the North Midland line more parti cularly. On the 2d of September last, on the York line they took 960 tons of manufactured goods on two trains, and they had subsequently taken 95 waggons with one en gine, there being about four tons of goods in each waggon, the latter being three tons each in weight, making a total of 665 tons to one train. Took down about thirty-four carriages with one engine for about ten miles, at which part of the line there are thirty trains running daily. It was done with the greatest safety. The receipts of the North Midland last year were 600,000/., or very near that sum, and it might be set down at that per annum. Where an additional engine was re quisite to get the goods train down in time no company could be so foolish as to object to put it on, for the public paid in return by the increased traffic. By the CrimumAN—The cost of an additional engine was not more than 300/. per year to any company, and it was an item too small to prevent them adopting the extra power in cases of necessity. By Mr. HorH--It was to the interest of the companies generally to supply an extra train in an emergency. On the Midland Railway for ten miles of the line, Normanton to Leeds, there were sent daily 5,000 tons of goods, and that quantity could be doubled with the greatest safety. Had not the least doubt the present traders were in favour of thenarrow gauge, and the traffic would be greater on that than on the broad gauge. At present they ran down from London to York in seven hours and a half, and to Newcastle in ten hours and a half, which is three hundred miles. The latter could be done in nine hours with great safety. They were the first to introduce two large engines on the line, which would run away with twelve carriages in no time.—(Laughter.) A transhipment of goods at any place was a great inconvenience. With reference to Bristol the transhipment of goods would be of less consequence there than at Birmingham, inasmuch as there would be less goods to tranship at Bristol. Mr. Hudson was briefly cross-examined by Mr. CocK BURN, but nothing of sny interest was elicited. Mr. James Bhuidd, of Swansea, Vice-Chairman of the Welsh Midland Railway, gave evidence in favour of the narrow gauge. Mr. Muntz, M.P., examined by Mr. Ausrm—Attended a meeting held at Birmingham in reference to a continuation of one gauge from Bristol to Birmingham. Was largely con nected with merchandise at Birmingham. The merchants at that place were greatly interested in having an unbroken gauge, but they did not care which gauge was adopted. Com petition was very good at present, but not where three rail ways competed. It could be better managed by an Act of Parliament. Mr. AUSTIN informed the Committee that Mr. Stephen son, their engineer s was under examination in another room, and he trusted they would adjourn till Monday. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. Group V. NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD LINE. (Continuedifrom our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Probart, a butcher in Newark, bought beasts in the districts around Newark,which he chiefly sent to the Rother ham market. The railway would lessen his expenses at least one-half, besides preventing the great deterioration of his cattle consequent on the fatigues of a three days' journey. Richard Greenall. thread manufacturer at Mansfield, said that at present he suffered great loss from the uncertainty of the communication with Lancashire. The railway would remedy that evi!. Henry Morris, land-agent and maltster in the town of Mansfield, corroborated the last witness's evidence. Charles Lindley, Mansfield, the owner of quarries which supplied the stone for the New Houses of Parliament, Trafal gar-square and several public monuments, produced specimens of the several qualities. The expense of carriage was at present 16s. 6d. per ton, and the railway would carry for 4s. 4d. A great many witnesses from Mansfield, and the other towns in the line, were called, who each expressed his ap probation of the project, and stated that its formation would be of incalculable advantage to the district. The Committee adjourned till Monday. Group DD. THE CALEDONIAN, AND THE GLASGOW, DUN FRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAYS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. TALBOT called Mr. Williamson, mining engineer, who was cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS—Mr. Williamson said he had been engaged for thirty-five years in his pro fessional capacity by Lord Wemyss, Lord Elgin, and others, and could corroborate in every particular all that had been stated by the previous witness as tot he quality and quantity of coals and minerals from various places through which the Caledonian line would pass. Mr. Thomas Nimmo, coalmaster, was next examined—He deposed that the coals obtained from the Wilsontown works was usually sold for 4s. per ton at the pit's mouth, and the average price of it at Edinburgh, including expense of carriage, Esc , was from 17s. to 18s. per ton. He had a thorough knowledge of the limestone strata in the neigh bourhood of the railway. Lime was generally discovered lying in beds on the surface of the coal, and was usually raised with it. The selling price of the lime at the different works averaged from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per ten, and great quantities of it were disposed of at those prices for agricultural purposes. In his judgment, the ironstone from the locality of Wilsontown would be used for the supply of the iron works to the west. He believed that the interests of the mineral proprietors in that district were considerably crippled owing to the defi cient means of communication at present existing, and he had no difficulty in saying, that if the proposed line were constructed the result wonld be generally beneficial. Mr. N. Wood coal-master, gave evidence as to the scanty supply of coals to the districts lying south. The calculation for the quantity of parrot, or gas-coal, consumed in Scotland was based on the assumption that for every ten persons one ton would be used ; and the gas-coal was at present obtained from the neighbourhood of the Lothian hills. This witness corroborated generally what had fallen from the previous witnesses. Mr. Taylor, coal-viewer and engineer, in the county of Northumberland, merely deposed as to the correctness of the statements made before the Committee. The examination of the last witness concluded the evi dence for the promoters, as far as the item of minerals was concerned. Mr. SANDFORD then called Mr. Mitchell, farmer, Lanark shire, who spoke as to the traffic in cattle. He said that the principal thoroughfare for cattle from north to south was in the line laid down by the Caledonian Company, and that the railway would afford every facility for their conveyance. The quantity of sheep annually exposed for sale in the great market at Inverness amounted to 100,000, which, when sold, were generally taken south. The fairs were held during the months of Sep tember and October. The number of these sheep which pro ceeded along the Glasgow and Carlisle road, and for which toll was paid, averaged about 25,000. The quantity on which toll was paid from the Doun market was 27,000. The present expense of travelling, including driver's wages, and making allowance for deterioration on the road, was estimated at 181. 6s. for every 200 sheep, or at 11. 7s. 6d per score. The time occupied in the journey from Falkirk to Glasgow was generally ten days. The Falkirk and Doun markets chiefly supplied Glasgow with cattle, to the extent of 54,000 annually; and the proposed railway would afford a good means of conveyance for them, as they were bulky animals, and were generally shoed for their journey along the road. The assumed expense of driving cattle to Carlisle, including tolls, men's wages, deterioration, &c., averaged at present about 14s. 41. per head, The estimated number of mileli cattle that would be transmitted by the railway was 10,000 heads, which quantity included the cattle sent from Dumbarton. A large port ion of these beasts were supplied to the Appleby market. They were usually driven by way of Hamilton, Lismahag o, and thence throu gh Glasgow to Car -1 lisle. Great quan tities of fat cattle were transmitted from the upper wards of Lanarkshire and Pe ebles - shire, the whole Q t' w inch would most certainly bo conveyed 17 railway if that facility were afforded. The average number of cattle which passed down the Clyde-road from the Glasgow market was from 200 tr, 300 a week; and a great quantity also went along the Carlisle road. Travelling by road injured the animals mate rially, and sometimes deteriorated from their price in the no The witness further stated, that from his know ledge of the trade he considered there was a large and in creasing traffic between Lanark and Glasgow. He had also furnished the information to Mr. Pare, from which that gentleman had prepared the tables of cattle traffic, and was satisfied that they were generally correct, and afforded a fair estimate of the extent of the present trade. Several other witnesses were examined, who all gave cor roborative testimony to the foregoing evidence, and with their statements the proofs for the cattle traffic were con cluded.—The Committee then adjourned. Group E. THE NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINE. The Committee, this morning proceeded to hear the evi dence of 111 r. Stephenson, engineer, in favour of the New castle and Berwick locomotive line of railway. He stated that on a single line of locomotive railway there would be as much likelihood of accidents as on an atmospheric line, if the points and crossings were not attended to. Nothing could be inure dangerous than siding rails; there were several acci • dents from them on the Birmingham line, in consequence of which they had to be done away with altogether. There was no arrangement existing on a single line which he considered exempt from danger. Mr. Cubitt's plan, he was of opinion, would not obviate the danger which might occur. The meeting points which he proposed to adopt en the Newcastle and Berwick lines would not lead to any danger. In his judgment, the Northumberland line of railway, as repre sented, could not be worked with any degree of convenience according to the locomotive system. It was capable of being traversed by a locomotive engine, but no engineer would lay down such a line as Mr. BrunePs for that purpose. As to the comparative expense of workinc , the lines, that of the atmospheric line would exceed that of the locomotive line of railway. The annual expense of the Newcastle and Berwick line, including the interest of the money to be expended in carriages. &c.. would amount to 47,5001., that of the Northumberland line, including the in terest on the carriages and depreciation, the patent rights, and the expense of tanks, would be 48,7501. On cross-examination by Sergeant WitAziGnAm, he said that there should be, according to the atmospheric system, 25,000 cubic feet of a tank, which might be formed fifty feet square and ten feet deep. In order to make it air-tight there should be 1,200 tons of weight placed on the masonry. He estimated that there would be 71 per cent. on the expenses of carriages on the Newcastle and Berwick locomotive line. There would be six passenger-trains each way. The sum of the resistance for a train passing at the rate of 50 miles an hour would be 1,920 pounds, 46 pounds per ton ; the re sistance for a train passing at 55 miles an hour would be 56 pounds per ton. On the atmospheric line the resistance for a train passing at the rate of 28 miles an hour would be 13 pounds per ton, making 52 pounds per ton at the rate of 56 miles an hour, not including eight pounds per ton for friction. Up to a certain limit the resistance varied according to weight. Supposing a passenger train to be under forty tons weight, the atmospheric resist ance to that train varied directly as to the tonnage. Both bulk and weight ought to be elements of consideration, but they had not had experiments by which they were ascer tained or discriminated. What he meant by tonnage was bulk assuming an average specific gravity. The variation of the resistance depended upon the angle in which a head-wind struck the train, and according to the surface which the first carriage presented. As a general law a carriage of lead and a carriage of feathers would meet the same resistance. The variation depended on the velocity at a given weight, but at a given velocity of 28 miles an hour, the atmospheric resistance varied according to the tonnage. The witness then pro ceeded with the details of the experiments made on the Kingstown and Dalky Atmospheric Railway. After which the Committee adjourned. Group X. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. (Continued from our A terooon Edition of raterday.) Dr. Hall, and Mr. Evelyn Denison, ALP., bore testimony to the advantages that would accrue to other towns by the formation of the proposed line. Mr. White, who described himself as a farmer, surveyor, collector, auctioneer, bone dealer, baker, and about six other trades, lived at East Retford, and knew the district well. He was sore the London and York line would be beneficial to the country through which it would pass. After some further evidence, The Committee adjourned until to-morrow. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week eliding on Saturday, the 10th day of May, 1845. ISSUE DEPAUTMENT. Notes issued 29,222,935 £29,222,93 5 M. Dated the 15th day of May, Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities—. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bu1£29,222,935 13,124,113 Silver bullion... £29,222,935 ►IARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. 1845. :PARTMENT. Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 10,104,644 Notes 8,140,050 Gold and silver coin 638,751 £32,300,411 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1845. BANKING D: Proprietors' capita 114, 65 3 ,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Sevin gs• banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi dend accounts) 3,391,477 Other dep05it5......10,065, 486 Seven day and other bills £32,300,411 M. MA Dated the 15th day of May, FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 10, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to aproint William Arrindell. Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the colony of British Guiana. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint E. F. Wylde, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Worcester, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 16. Ist Dragoon Guards—Captain J. Crofts, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Jackson, who ex changes, May 16. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain G. W. C. Jackson, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Crofts, who ex changes, May 16. 2d Dragoons—Cornet H. S. Scobell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bar nett, who retires ; D. C. R. C. Buchanan, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Scobell, May 16. 3d Light Dragoons—Major R. B. Edwards, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. Malcolm, who exchanges ; Captain C. W. M. Balders to be Major, by purchase, vice Edwards, who retires; Lieutenant W. E. F. Barnes to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Balders ; Cornet J. G. A. Burton to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Barnes ; C. R. Colt, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Burton, May 16. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant C. 11. Wyndham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Alfred Paget, promoted; Cornet J. M. Hagart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wyndham ; E. H. Cooper, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hagart, May 16. 14th Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel E. Harvey to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, v i c e Townsend, de ceased, April 23 ; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel T. Jones, from half-pay of the 21st Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Harvey ; Captain W. H. A r cher, to be Major, by purchase, vice Jones, who re ti re s; Lieutenant J. H. God dard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Archer; Cornet R. J. Brown to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goddard ; W. English, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brown, May 16. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Capt. J. H. Hudson to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice the lion. C. J. F. Stanley, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. M. West to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hudson ; A. H. L. Fox, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice West, May 16. 12th Foot—Ensign F. Brydon, from 3d West India Regi ment, to be Ensign, vice Maitland, who retires, May 16. 15th Foot—Lieutenant A. R. Sewell to be Adjutant, vice Hay, promoted, May 16. 46th Foot—Brevet Colonel F. Le Blanc, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice A. Clarke, who ex changes ; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel R. Garrett, to be Lieut- Colonel, by purchase, vice Le Blanc, who retires; Captain R. Campbell, to be Major, by purchase, vice Garrett; Lieut.- D. Fyffe to be Captain, by purchase , v ice Cam p bell ; Ensi g n B. Menzies, to be ,i eu t en ant, by purc hase, vice F y ffe ; F. Dallas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchse, vice Menzies, May 16. to be Ensign, by chase, vice M‘Dermott , who retires, May 16. 67th Foot—Ensign F. R. Taylor to be Lieutenant, without 49th Foot—W. W. Maitland , G ent., pur purchase, vice. Jones, who retires ; F. W. Breedon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Tice Taylor, May 16. 77th Foot—Lieut. B. W. A. Sleigh, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Dumaresq, who ex changes, May 16. Ist West India Regiment—F, Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hills, promoted in the 3d West India Regiment, May 16. 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. C. T. Dumaresq, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sleigh, who exchanges, May 16. 3d West India Regiment—C. F. Amiel, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Brydon, appointed to the 12th Foot, Mey 16. fleet, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase, May 16. MEMORANDOL—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel T. C. Kirby has been permitted to retire from the Army, with the sale of an Unattached Majority, he being about to become a settler in UNATTACIIED.—Captain Lord A. P Nova Scotia, from May 16, 1845. The Christian names of Captain) Trevelyan, of the 60th Foot, are "James liarington,” not "Harrington," as pre viously stated. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of L ancas hi re . Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aril 11 ; J. G. Marsha ll, H. Hoghton, Esq ., to be ditto, April 12 ;C. L. /‘ Stan dish, Esq., to be ditto, Awil 13. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Sir W. Eden, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; F. Mil bank, Esq., to be ditto, May 3. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. The lion. C. C. Neville to be Deputy Lieutenant; J. C. Whiteman, Esq., to be ditto; R. W. H. Dare, Esq., to be ditto, May 6. WHITEHALL, MARCH 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Potts, of the city of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the Gent., to be a High Court of Ch WentTEHALL, MAY 3. in the county of Warwick, The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Corner, of Master ordinary in the Birmingham,High Court of Chancery. BA NKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Frederic Lindsay Cole, wine merchant, Fenchurch-street, City; der, Ha • • • Absolom Francis, ironfoun , lkin, Flintshire. BANKRUPTS. James Richards, plumber, Deptford-bridge, to surrender May 30, at balf-past twelve, and June 27, at twelve, at n y. Alsager, official• the Court of Bankrupt assignee, Birchin lane ; Burn Great Carter -lane, Do ctors' - commons. Frederic Burn, Cole, wine merchant, Fenchurch-street, June 5, at twelve, and June 27, atone, at the Court of Bank runtcv. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Goddard, Wood-street, Cheapside. John Lamprey, money scrivener, Warwick, May 30 and June 24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official aseynee, Birmingham ; Morris and Walling ton, Warwick ; kiwis= awl Smith, Birmingham, James Livingston and Thomas Brittain, plumbers, Man chester, May 30, at eleven, and June 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester ; Kelsall, Chester ; Gmilden, Manchester ; Ming, Parry, - Milne, and Morris, Temple, London. William Summers sad Nicholas Has, rope- m akers, Stran ge ways, June 4, and July 1, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Stanway, ofilelal assignee, Manchester; Makin son, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Boor dillon, Bedford-row, Lond , m. Edward Lawton and Thomas Kay, iron four ders, Roch dale, Lancashire, June 2, and June 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee; May hew and Son, Carey-street, Linc oln's-inn ; Halsall, Mid dleton, Lancashire. William Russell, James Knowles, and Henry Simister, dyers, Salford, May 24, and Jnne 19, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple; Todd, Manchester. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending, May 13, 1845, is •28s. lop. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im• portation thereof into Great Britain Dividends, &c., in our nest. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. COAL riTARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 14s 6d ; Carr's Hartley, 17s; Chester Main, 15s; Dean's Primrose. 14s 6d ; Hasting's Hartley, 17s; Holywell Main, 168 6d ; Nelson's West Hartley, 19s 6d ; Original Tanfield, 14s; Old Pontop, 13s Gd; Ord's Redheugh, 14s; Ravens worth West Hartley, 16s; Smith's Pontop, 13s fid ; Taylor's West Thrtley, 16s; West Wvlam, 15s 3d ; Wall's-end hi'.da, 16s; Killingworth, 15s 9d; * Walker, 15s 9d; IVharncliffe, 15s9d ; Braddvll's Iletton, 18s; East Iletton, 15s9d ; Has well, IBs 6d ; Hetton, 18s 3d ; Lambton, 178 9d ; Pemberton, 16s; Russell's Hetton, 17s9d ; Stewart's, 18s ; Caradoc, 188; Hartlepool, 18s ileugh Hall, 16s ; Kelloe, 17s ; Adelaide, 17s 6d ; Barrett, 16s ; Eden Hartlepool, 17s ; Gordon, 15s ; Roddymoor, 163; Seymour Tees, lis ; Tees Hetton, 14s Gd ; Ander's Grerestield Coke, 28s ; Clavering's Coke, 25s ; Der wentwater Hartley, 15s Gd; Hartley, 16s; Lewis's Merthyr, 2183 d; Llangennech, 21s; Powell's Dutrryn Steam, 22s. — Ships arrived since last day, 54. (From the London New Price Current of May 16. ) SUGAR.—To-day the West India Sugar merchants mani fested firmness, and obtained full rates for all kinds; a good demand prevailed from grocers and refiners, 660 hhds, &c., being disposed of, making the total sales for the week 2,210 hhds and trcs, and the market closes firmly. REFINED.—Today Refined was much sought after by the Home trade, but the scanty supply prevented a large busi ness; a further advance in pi ices took place, standard lumps selling at 695, and brown lumps 67s 6d to 68s per cwt. MAunfTws.—Although the market has been abundantly supplied this week, still previous rates have been sustained for brown and inferior sorts, whilst on middling and good Grocery, of which the supply has principally consisted, the fall in prices has been only 6d to Is per cwt, but fine fetched full rates, and of the quantity offered at auction, amounting to 17,585 bags, nearly the whole was actually disposed of. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon, with Bengal Sugar the market was better supplied : four parcels, amounting to 5,626 bags, were offered at auction, and the principal part sold at steady market prices, middling white 49s 6d, low dingy 46s to 475, damp 42s ed to 48s 6d, Bally Khal, syrupy, fine grainy yellow 50s 6d, good 44s to 48s, low mid 38s Gd to 41s, ordinary brown 335, washed yellow but grainy fine 51s to 535, and inferior ditto 40s to 42s 6d, brown 33s 6d, date good sound yellow 41s 6d, middling 40s to 40s 6d, low 39s damp 35s to 435, washed 36s to 395, ordinary sound date 36s 6d, damp brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d, very low 31s to 325, fine sound strong yellow 53s to 555, middling and good 41s Gd to 445, damp 39s to 545, low ditto 37s to 38s 6d : 66 bags Ma dras went at 3ls Gd to 41s 6d for low damp brown. There was an extensive public sale of 27,335 bags of Manilla, with certificate, in bond ; the whole was disposed of at very full rates. _ _ _ FRUIT.—The demand for Currants has increased consi derably, and an extensive business has been transacted ; Patras at 47s to 50s, Zante and Cephalonia 46s 6d to 475. In Raisins a good business has been done, Valentias at 40s to 425, Red Smyrna 37s to 40s, and very fine 42s to 435. FOREIGN.—BraziI is still much wanted for exportation, and from our refiners working under bond, the demand has been good—the operations are two floating cargoes of brown Pernams, one at 21s 6d for delivery at a near port, the other at 21s 9d for refining here in bond : 300 chests Bahia on the spot at 21s 6d to 22s for brown, and at 24s to 25s for white, and 4,200 bags brown Pernams 22s per cwt. In yellow Havannah merchants insisted upon further advanced rates; 300 boxes of soft quality sold at 25s 6d per cwt; white is held with firmness at 32s to 39s per cwt. COFFEE.--ThiS afternoon Berbice Coffee was in excellent request, and 163 casks 63 barrels at public sale were all sold at full rates for unclean, but clean kinds went Is to 2s higher; 52 casks Jamaica sold at stiffer rates, middling at 88s, low middling 78s 6d, fine ordinary 53s 6d to 55s 6d, good ordi nary 46s 6d, and Triage 35s to 455. Of Java 2 casks 17 barrels 6 bags went at 45s for good quality. 16 barrels Rio 45s to 49s for fine fine ordinary. 137 bags Bahia taken in at 35s for 'fine ordinary. 80 bags Plantation Ceylon went at 70s for fine fine greyish, and Pea berry 81s, which is the full worth. 667 bags of other kinds of Coffee went at 23s for good ordinary brown Padang, 21s 6d for sea damaged, and at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt for middling sound brownish Ba tavia, being rather cheaper. MOLASSES.—The demand has fallen off for West India this week, and only a limited business has been transacted. Ben gal Treacle is held for 16s per cwt, and it is getting more into consumption amongst the grocers ; it is cheaper than the Treacle made here from 2s to 3s per cwt. Of Bengal Tama rinds 227 casks at auction went at 12s 6d per cwt for low quality. Cocoa.—This afternoon 68 bags of Trinidad Cocoa at pub lic sale were sold at 39s 6d to 41s for ordinary, and at 44e 6d per cwt. for middling quality. TEA.—Holders manifested firmness, but no improvement in prices. Cougou was in good demand, common selling at 94 to 91-cl, and good common 10d to mid per lb, cash. In Twankay several purchases were made upon former terms. Pouchong has been purchased with more freedom at 4d to 9d. At public sale yesterday 4,839 pkgs Tea were offered, 2,100 of which sold upon former terms, excepting plain and scented Orange Pekoe and low Scented Capers, which went 4d to 2d per lb cheaper. Rti3l, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND& —There has been a much better demand for Jamaica Rum this week; good and fine qualities have fetched full rates, but low and mid kinds are rather cheaper; in all, 250 puns sold, fine 35 to 36 per cent over proof of favourite marks at 4s 3d to 43 6d, good 33 to 39 per cent over 3s 8d to 4s, fair and mid 30 to 36 per cent over 3s to 3s 4d per gallon. Leeward Island has been in excellent request upon former terms, and 350 puns have been sold at Is 7d to Is 7i4 per gallon proof strength. Demerara sustained the former value, and 100 puns sold at 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon for 30 to 34 per cent over proof. A considerable increase has taken place in the demand for Calcutta, and prices have become film ; the large quantity of 550 casks sold at Is 5d per gallon proof with cer tificate. Brandy in good demand, but holders are prevented from obtaining any advance in prices in consequence of the heavy stock. Geneva is not much wanted, is 7d to Is 8d is the value of common sort. English Corn Spirits 10s 2d per gal. cash, but the distillers are more inclined to sell at that rate. Rica.—This afternoon the market was much better sup plied with Bengal Rice ; four parcels, amounting to 7,056 bags and 845 packets, were offered at public sale, and the whole was readily disposed of at very full market prices • fine bold clean white went at 12s, good but rather dusty 11; 6d to 12s, good middling ditto II s to II s 6d, middling ditto lls per cwt, low ditto lOs 6d to II s, low small broken very dusty lOs 6d to lls, sea damaged first class lOs Gd to Its 6d, second class 10s to lls, third and fourth class 5s 6d to 103 per cwt. Srims.—This afternoon the market was much better sup plied with Pimento, 1,117 bags were offered at auction, but the whole sold with much better spirit at full rates ; good mid went at 270 to 3d, and mid 2 3 / 4 d per lb. 8 chests Ben • coolers Cloves taken in at 2s 2s, and six casks of Amboyna at Is 2d to is 3d. 89 barrels Jamaica Ginger sold 31 15s to 9l; 60 boxes Ginger Powder 35s per cwt ; 473 bags 3 cases 2 barrels African Ginger sokl at 49s to 545, inferior at 42s to 435, and sea damaged 41s to 475. 86 cases of Cassia Buds were withdrawn. SALTPETRE.—This afternoon Saltpetre met with little at tention, and 562 bags of Calcutta at public sale were taken in at 26s for good strong grey, 4 1 4 to 3% per cent refraction, being rather above the value ; a few lots of unrefracted were, however, sold at 24s 6d per cwt. Cociiimr.at, maintained former currency, and 105 b ags were all sold, at and after the public sales—namely, Mexican black fine at 5s 8d to 5s 9d, middling to good 5s 4d to 5s 7d ; Honduras low silvers 4s lld to ss, middling 5s Id to 55 2d, good middling 5s 3d; Lima fine bold silvery black 5s 6d to 5s 10d, and good 5s 6d to 5s 8d ; 6 bags of Garblings realised 2s 2d to 2s 10d, and inferior is 10d to 2s per lb. 011 S.—This afternoon prices further gave way for Southern Oil, 70 tuns suction sold at 25/ lOs to 291 lOs per tun for low to fine quality. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 675 pkgs of South American Tallow were sold at 30s 3d to 37s 9d ; 399 cask. of New South Wales 34s 3d to 38s 9d; 61 casks and 91 skins of Cape 39s 6 Ito 43s 9d; and 150 casks of P.Y. Candle Tal low 37s 9d to 38s per cwt. THE CATASTROPHE AT GREAT YARMOUTH. In our last communization on this subject, we stated that no further proceedings would be taken until an answer was received to the memorial addressed by the coroner's jury to the Home Secretary. On Thursday the following letter was received by the foreman of the jury (Mr. S. Palmer) from Mr. Wilshere, M.P. for this borough, to whom the memorial had been sent " Hitchin, Wednesday, May 14. " Dear Sir,—l find from a letter this moment received from the Home-office, in reply to one which I had written, that Sir James Graham had given instructions to Mr. Cubitt to go to Yarmouth and examine the bridge. It will not therefore be necessary for me to have an interview with Sir James, which, however, had been fixed for three o'clock to morrow afternoon. lam exceedingly glad Sir James has acceded to the wishes of the memorialists : whatever may be the report of the engineer, the public will at all events be gratified at the attention shown to the application. In haste. —Yours truly, " W. WILSHERE. " To S. T. Palmer, Esq." After the interview referred to, it is expected Sir James will send an official communication, addressed to the Coroner and jury, stating when the engineer will arrive. The above, it will be perceived, is not literally an official announcement, though it is so virtually. Notwithstanding the above communication, it is at pre sent by no means certain that Mr. Cubitt will proceed to Yarmouth to investigate the state of the bridge at the time of the accident. The nature of Sir James Graham's com munication to Mr. Cubitt was, we are informed, to request that gentleman to proceed " immediately" to Yarmouth. This Mr. Cubitt's numerous engagements, consequent upon his extensive practice as a civil engineer, rendered impossi ble ; and he accordingly wrote to the Right lion. Baronet, informing him that some time, probably ten days or a fort night, must elapse before he should be able to ge down. Mr. Cubitt had not yesterday received a reply from Sir James Graham, and it is, therefore, at present extremely uncertain whether Mr. Cubitt will go at all, or whether some other engineer will not be appointed who can p roceed to Yarmouth at once. YARMOUTH, FRIDAT.—A I.tter has this morning been received from Sir James Graham, of which the following is an extract : Whitehall, 15th May, 1845. Sir,—" I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham, to inform you with reference to my letter of the 13th inst., that Mr. James Walker, a civil engineer of eminence, will arrive at Great Yarmouth en Tuesday morning next, for the pur pose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the falling of the Suspension-bridge over the river Bare." (Signed) S. M. PHILLIPS. 'bllt News —Norf MR. DOUGLAS JERROLD.—On the recent visit of ' this gentleman to Birmingham, the workingjewellers pre sented him with an elegant gold ring, with an onyx stone in the centre; and in an address expressed their admiration of his talents, and their gratitude for his literary advocacy of their own class. The scene took place in the Polytechnic Institution. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, MAY 16. The following Bills were read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Tottenham and Farringdon- street Extension Railway. Aberdare Railway. Liverinol and Manchester Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation). The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Southampton and Dorchester Railway. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). The following Bills were reported, and the report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders:— Chester, Manchester, and Liverpool Junction Railway. Sunderlanel, Durham, and Auckland Union Railway. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway Oco. 2). COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. TUESDAY, BIAY 20 . Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 2) Newport and Ponty Pool Railway (for additional provision) Sheffield Waterworks (for additional provish.n) Guilfoid Junction Railway (for additional provision) Grimsby Docks Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension) Harwich Railway London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch) North British Railway (for additional provision) Preston and Wyre Railway (for additional provision). COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. FRIDAY. MAY 16. I. Kidwelly Inclosure Bill,—Committee postponed from Monday, 19th, till Wednesday, May 21, at half after two o'clock. 2. Wolverhampton Waterworks Bill,—Committee post poned from Tuesday, May 20, till Monday, June 2, at one o'clock. 3. Yoker Road Bill,—referred to the Leinster List, aLd Sir R. Heron (Peterborough), Mr. Grogan (Dublin), Mr. C. Turner (Lincolnshire), Viscount Newport (North Salop), Hon. William Dawnay (Rutlandshire). Three to be the Quorum of selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 20, at one o'clock. 4. Chelsea Improvement Bill,—referred to the Middlesex List, and The Hon. Rice Trevor (Carmarthenshire), Mr. E. Stanley (West Cumberland), Mr. Farnham (North Leicester), Mr. Colvile (South Derby), Mr. Mark Blake (Mayo County). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May 21, at twelve o'clock. 5. Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland,—referred to the Leinster List, and Viscount Howick (Sunderland), Mr. Mark Phillips (Manchester), Mr. Pattison (London), Mr. J. Tollemache (South Chester), Mr. R. Walker (Bury). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May 21, at half after twelve o'clock. 6. West of London and Westminster Cemetery Bill,—re- ferred to the Middlesex List, and Lord C. Fitzroy (Bury St. Edmund's), Mr. W. Fielden (Blackburn), • Mr. Wilshere (Great Yarmouth), Hon. G. Fitzwilliam (Peterborough), Sir G. H. Smyth (Colchester). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May 21, at one o'clock. 7. Duddeston and Nechells Improvement (No. 2) Bill, — referred to the Warwick List, and Mr. Stanfield (Huddersfield), Mr. Hodgson Linde (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Hon. G. S. Smythe (Canterbury), Right Hon. G. S. Byng (Chatham), Hon. T. Vesey (Queen's County). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 22, at twelve o'clock. 8. Quinborowe Borough Bill,—referred to th e K en t Li s t, and Mr. Tatton Egerton (North Cheshire), Mr. Towneley (Beverley), Mr. Ferrand (Knaresborough), Mr. G. P. Shirley (Monaghan county), Mr. Corbally (Meath county). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 22, at half after twelve o'clock. 9. Hartlepool and Port Bill,—referred to the Durham List, and Colonel Rawdon (Armagh), Mr. Ramsay (Edinburghshire), Mr. A. Hope (Maidstone), Mr. Thomas Hussey (Lyme Regis), Mr. Deedes (East Kent). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 2, at one o'clock. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group NN. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone discharged from attend ance on the Committee. The Viscount Castlereagh appointed Chairman. Mr. llornby (Blackburn), selected, and added to the Committee. Select Committee on Group L. Mr. Gibson Craig discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Beckett Denison (West Riding of York), selected and appointed Chairman of the Committee. Select Committee on Group R. Mr. Beckett Denison discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Gibson Craig (Edinburgh), selected, and appointed chairman of the Committee. Select Committee on Group FF. The Right Hon. R. L. Sheil discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Collins (Warwick), selected, and added to the Committee. The Select Committee on Group AA is appointed to meet in the week commencing Monday, June 2. The Order appointing the Select Committee on Group Z to meet in that week is discharged. The following is the List from which Members will be se lected to serve on those Railway Committees which com mence their sittings in the week beginning Monday, June 2 : Mr. Barclay Mr. Heathcote ( Tiverton) Mr. Beckett I Mr. Lambton Edward Buller Burroughes Childera Mr. Edward Heneage General Johnson Lord John Manners Sir Thomas Esmonde Mr. Philip Miles Mr. W. Evans Mr. Fe Howes Mr. Will Him) Miles Mr. Muntz Marquis of Granby Viscount Grimston Sir Stephen Glynue Mr. Henley Mr. Newdegate Sir John Owen Mr. G. R. Philips Sir John Trollops NOTICES GIVEN AT TILE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. London and Croydon (Orpington Branch) Railway,—Com mittee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,—Committee on Bill, Monday, Slay 26, at twelve. London and Croydon (Chatham to Chilham) Railway,— Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London and Croydon (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tonbridge) Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. - London and Croydon (Chatham and Gravesend) Railway, t s o ' minittee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. ull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway,—Further iteration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Left's, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway,—Further con sideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20, at twelve. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolten Railway,—Further consi deration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway,—Further consi deration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,—Fur ther consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Grand Junction hallway,—Further consideration of Re port, Tuesday, May 20. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,— Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Ely and Huntingdon Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway,—Fur ther consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Chester and Holyhead Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Berks and Ilants Railway,—Further consideration of Re port, Tuesday, May 20. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway,—Further con sideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Midland Railways (Svston to Peterborough),—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood Branches Extension) Railway,—Further conside ration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway, — Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Trent Valley Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway,—Com mittee on petition, for additional provision, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. Newport and Ponty Pool Railway,—Committee on peti tion, for additional provision, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. Birmingham and Gloucester (Woroester Deviation),—Se cond reading, Tuesday, May 20. Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 2),—Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. THAMES ANGLING PIIESERVATION SOCIETY. —The seventh general annual meeting of this Society was yester day held at the Freemasons"ravern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and was the most numerous and influen tial assembled since its formation. W. H. Whitbread, Esq., took the chair, and regretted that the funds of the Society had not kept pace with the exertions of their excellent and worthy treasurer and secretary. Henry Farnell, Esq., the hon. secretary, read the annual report, by which it appeared that the Thames, through the exertions and watchfulness of the bailiffs of the Society, was in the finest angling condition from Richmond to Staines, abounding in the largest trout, jack, perch, dace, barbel, and roach. Poaching and illegal netting were nearly annihilated, for during the past year there had been only eight convictions. If the Society were not better supported, he and his honourable colleague, 11. Perkins, Esq., of Amworth Park, would be obliged to re sign, and the Society to dissolve • and then farewell to angling in the Thames, since it would be almost entirely despoiled of its fish. Henry Perkins, Esq., the hon. treasurer, read the financial account, by which it appeare d that the xpenses of the year exceeded the receipts by 26/.ls. Id and that defi ciency, added to a forme r accumu l at i ng ;nada the Society indebted to him 92/. ll s. 6d . Severa one, e tlemen present said that they had come to pay subscriptions of two years' stand ing, for which they had never been asked. it was resolved to continue the Society, and every member present pledged himself to support the treasurer and secretary, in order to prevent the dissol u ti on o f a Society meriting the zealous sup port of every brother of the gentle craft in London and its vicinity. The usual courtesy having been tendered to the chairman, the meeting separated. HAWICII.—DARING THEY r.—Late on the evening of Friday last, or early on the morning of Saturday, upwards of 100 yards of check trousering were stolen from the tenter ground of Messrs. Dicksons and Laing, manufacturers. Up to the present time, no traces of the delinquents, nor of the property, bare been discovered. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 16. Their Lot dships met for the first time after the Whit• suntide recess, at Five o'clock. The Archbishop of Cant , rbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop d' Gloueester, acd Lord Kenyon, presented several petitions against the Maynooth grant. Several other Noble Lords presented petitions to a similar effect. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS BILL. This Bill was brought up from the Commons and read a first time. MAYNOOTH. The Earl of RADNOR presented a great number of pqiti,,tp: in favour of the grant to Maynooth. The Bishop of CASHEL presented several petitions against it. SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPIL The Bishop of BANGOR presented ti&terai petitions from places in Wales against the union taf the UPS of St. Asaph and Bangor. - CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The Marquis of SALISBURY, in presenting a petition from the Company of Clothworkers, in the City of Lon don, begged to draw the particular attention of the House to the purport of this petition. He thought that it involved an important principle, and he should, there fore, with their Lordship's permission give the substance of it. His Lordship then read the following portion of the petition : " - Sheweth—That your petitioners have read with much concern the provisions of a Bill brought into your Lordships' House on the 7th for securing the due administration of Charitable Trusts in England and Wales ;' inasmuch as, while they recognise some salu tary objects of a general nature as likely to be accom plished by its passing into a law, they perceive no in tention to exempt this and the other incorporated Livery Companies of London from its operation. " That your petitioners have possessed a corporate existence from the year 1508, in the reign of Henry 7th, but formed long previously a guild or fraternity, united for the better protection of the art or mystery to which they owe their style and title ; and have ever been faithful and loyal to the Sovereigns of this realm, giving such support in times of need as their means and revenues would enable them to do. " That your petitioners are the administrators, in their corporate capacity, of numerous trusts and charities endowed almost wholly by members of their own body, and requiring in many cases much trouble, as well as knowledge of the wants of the poor persons to be re• lieved by such benevolent gifts and endowments. " That your petitioners firmly believe, and are eon • vinced, that these trusts and charities have been mainly created and placed under their management through the confident persuasion which governed the minds of the donors, that the prudent and certain administration of them would thereby be secured in perpetuity, and the trouble required for the discrimination of the cases of the poor members, and others intended thereby to be re lieved, be ch. erfully incurred. •• That your petitioners affirm, and can prove, if re quired, to the satisfaction of your .Lordships' House, that all the various trusts committed to their charge are strictly fulfilled ; and that they have, moreover, in very many cases, been materially increased by appropriations from their own corporate funds. "That your petioners firmly believe that the opera.' tion of such a Bill as that referred to, and now before your Lordship's House, would be injurious and de grading to this and the other incorporated Livery Com panies of London ; and that it is calculated, moreover, to defeat and nullify most of those charities which now fall under their administration, as well as to put an end to all further benevolent gifts of a similar description." Lard BROUGHAM hoped his Noble Friend would not press the second reading of the Bill to-night. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was an import ant measure, and fixed the second reading for Thurs• day next. He thought the petitioners had misunderstood the object of the Bill. The only objection which they could reasonably offer Wit was, that they would be required from time to time to state the amount of their receipts and expenditure in connexion with the charities. He thought no public body ought to object to such a return. Lord CAMPELL warmly supported the principle of the Bill, but would not then enter into detail respecting it. On Thursday the Bill would be regularly before the House, and they. would then hear what was said on both sides. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no doubt that the constitution of the tribunal proposed in the Bill, in rela tion to the charities, would meet with his Noble Friend's (Lord Campbell's) approbation. On the evening he had named the Noble Lord would have an ample opportunity of considering the Bill. MAYNOOTII. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from the Presby tery of Dunbar, against any increase in the grant to Maynooth. THE TWENTY-POUND DEBT CLAUSE. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition against the 20L debt clause. LICENSING TOLL-BARS IN SCOTLAND. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from some place in Scotland, against the licensing of toll•bars for the sale of spirituous liquors. He would merely remark, that this system tended, more than anything else, to demoralise the people of that country. Another NOBLE LORD presented two petitions, one in favour and another against the grant to Maynooth. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that on Monday he would lay on the table of the House several Bills which had carefully been prepared for removing defects in our system of civil and criminal jurisprudence. ARBITRATION LAWS. The Earl of GUILDFORD presented two petitions from the operative silk-weavers of Leigh and Middleton, complaining of certain defects in the arbitration laws. As it was his intention to lay a Bill on their Lordships table to meet the exigences of the case, he should enter into no further detail, and would now content himself with presenting the petition. Lord SKELMERSDALE presented petitions also against the Arbitration Act, from Leigh and Middleton. CHARITABLE TRUSTS'-BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from the Goldsmiths' Company, and another of the Guilds of London, against this Bill. HIGH CONSTABLES BILL The Duke of RICHMOND, in rising to more the second reading of this Bill, thought it was unnecessary to detain their Lordships long on this BilL The con- stables were now put to much - inconvenience, and the country to considerable expense in the compulsory at tendance on sessions and assizes. This might In easily obviated, and he therefore moved the second reading of the Bill. Lord PORTMAN thought that it would be better to refer the Bill to a Committee up stairs, for there were some details which he thought had been overlooked. The Duke of RICHMOND had no objection to the course suggested by Lord Portman, and be should move that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee on Mon day next. The Bill was then read a second time, pi o forma, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee on Monday next. SCOTTISH TOLLS BILL. The Duke of RICH AOND said that, in moving the second reading of this Bill, his or.ly object was to assimilate the tolls in Scotland to those in England. In the former country, it was an almost universal prac tice to license the toll-keepers for the purpose of selling spirituous liquors ; and he had been credibly informed that it was a common practice, when a carter Read his toll to pass a bar, to give him his change in liquor instead of money. The excuse was, that the custom of licensing these houses was necessary, in consequence of the dis tance at which these houses stood from each other. But this was all a mistake, for these houses were licensed, in many instances, where the houses stood within a few hundred yards of a town. lie believed . that there were not less than 450 houses which . were licensed under awe circumstances. This wasp lainly unnecessary . fort ie dwo-anatwsaoyf%,thiLt,hpaubglrice,atanedvilh, e an t d ho h u e gh sh t o t u h l a d t , t t h he ere ß ro il r l e N‘ m •o o n r ld e the second reading. Lord CAMPBELL gave his most hearty concurrence Bill. to the principle of thisHe could speak from recent experiecce, for since he had last be en i n th e i r Lordships' house he bad been into Scotland, and had there heard complaints from all quar t ers o f t h e ev il working of the practice. There was one county in which there was not a single toll-house without a licence; and so far from these houses being established as a con venience, he knew that in one instance the house was not more than 300 yards from the town. In other in stances the houses were placed at the foots of bridges. and the bridges were actually beleagured by them. In one county the sheriff was the person who farmed the houses, and he who ought to be the conservator of public ptehraatt thiso s lhydlboiasunerliosdEtefoodbsur lea:sddtt destroy yhsowstetaehlaae geegyblfa. e ii g edoeo w r l :efig spirituous ai e th i 0 ootn a of c tfot hhnet good h e I l ie. morals was the very person to betray them. l The Duke of MONTROSE approved . of the Bill, and he should certainly, if necessary, give his vote . for it. The Earl of ROSEBERRY said much inconvenience would result if this was to be a general law in Scotland, and would interfere materially with private property. Many notorious abuses . existed under the old Act, w hi c h were abrogated in a great measure by the Act at ons ought to be made in particular districts. s p s r oo e mb s e lee n e t Fx ieinepnt Friend stliqem of E l9n a f r s l l ic o co f etnl D as ni , n ‘ dg L wt H oolu O l intoxi cation, l a ifoey t o slth n dh ,oeaaui accrue cd t ri those o sltieno thereforeda tt e hi s oe i rnpo public vote tl oiegefr purchasingobfcyrevwithholding tehs ho secondoshops ds spi rits i might BilL The Bill was then read a second time. CALICO PRINT WORKS BILL. The second reading of this Bill was postponed until Tuesday. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their Lord , ships adjourned. RI USE OF COMMONS, May 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SCARBOROUGH WATER-WORKS. After the presentation of several petitions against th• grtint to Alaynooth, the Scarborough Water-Worke Bill was read a second time. RAILWAYS. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that be would detain the House but a very few moments before moving the adoption of the re•olution of which he had given notice, and which was simply in con formity with a recommendation in the first report of the Committee on Railways last session. He was induced to draw the attention of the House to this subject from a belief that we were not yet, in a position to come to any general rule on railway legislation. During the l!ist session of Parliament a Bill had be en passed. which required that all future Bills for the form a t ion of railways should be subject to its pronstons. This was the plan adopted by bis Right Hon, Prfeisti 1 2 Ile, cb► i 3 t dr 0 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1845.